Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Richard in Oban

In this game Black had a slight advantage, and never less than equal throughout, however,Richard mentioned that his opponent had very little time left when he sprang a final tactic on him, a very neat end to a good game.
I have not added notes as I have not the ability and using an engine to add loads of variations would take away from the game I think, see for yourself:


Oban Open,
Birkett, Richard (1999) vs. Berry, Neil M (FM) (2314)
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(white to move)
1.e4e5
2.Nc3Nf6
3.g3d5
4.exd5Nxd5
5.Bg2Nxc3
6.bxc3Bc5
7.Ne2Nc6
8.d3O-O
9.O-OBe6
10.a4Qd7
11.Ba3Bxa3
12.Rxa3Rad8
13.Qc1b6
14.Qe3Bd5
15.Bxd5Qxd5
16.c4Qd6
17.Rb3Rfe8
18.Rb5Qa3
19.Qe4Re6
20.Rd5Qxa4
21.Nc3Qxc2
22.Nb5Rf8
23.Rd7Nd4
24.Nxc7Rh6
25.Nd5a5
26.Ne7+Kh8
27.Ra7Qe2
28.Ra8