[Event "Middlesex League: Division 3"] [Date "2018.09.24"] [White "Adam Cranston"] [Black "Ben Rothwell"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "136"] [WhiteTeam "Hammer 3"] [BlackElo "112"] [BlackTeam "Hammer 4"] [TimeControl "75'/30 + 15'"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian Defense: Accelerated London System"] [StudyName "All my OTB Games"] [ChapterName "Cranston v Rothwell"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/3xOWz1wn/kpSyvbQO"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Check_M88"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. h3 { Sargissian, G. - Asadli, Vugar, 1/2-1/2, 19th Dubai Open 2017, https://lichess.org/SrqSAS2u } 6... d6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 { Alekseev, Evgeny - Rozum, I., 1-0, TCh-RUS Blitz 2017, https://lichess.org/zMkGydMh } 8. Bd3 O-O { Kovacevic, Slobodan - Vladimirov, Evgeny, 0-1, Oviedo rapid, 1991, https://lichess.org/k0o3bqfz } 9. e4 c5 10. O-O { Yedidia, Jonathan - Garcia, Gildardo, 1/2-1/2, World op 23rd, 1995, https://lichess.org/RiN6izc4 } 10... Qc7?! { Here the black queen can become a target in a lot of lines } 11. Re1 e5 12. Bh2 a6 13. d5 b5 14. b3 Nb6 15. c4 b4 16. Qc2 a5 17. a3 Bc8 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Ra6 Nb6 22. Qa2 Rb8 23. Nf1 Qc8 24. Ne3 g6 25. Bg3 Na4?! { Black had played absolutely fine up until this point. The sacrifice is not necessary } (25... Ra8 26. Rxa8 (26. Rxb6?? Rxa2) 26... Qxa8 27. Qxa8+ Nxa8 $10) 26. Rxa4 Bxa4 27. Qxa4 Ra8 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. dxc6 Rc8 30. Nd5 Nxd5?! (30... Kf8! { The move that white had missed when going for this line. Luckily for him black also missed it } 31. c7 (31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Nxe5 $13 { an interesting and highly tactical line }) 31... Ne8 32. Nd2 Nxc7 $10) (30... Bd8? 31. c7 $18) 31. cxd5 h6 32. Ba6 Rc7 33. Nd2 (33. Nxe5! { wins on the spot } 33... dxe5 34. Bxe5 $18 { white's connected passed pawns more than compensate for the exchange }) 33... Kf8 34. Nc4 f6 35. f4 Ra7 36. Bb7 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Bd8 38. Nxd6 Bc7 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Bxe5 Ra2+ 41. Kf1 Ke7 42. Nc8+ Kd8 43. Bxc7+ Kxc7 44. d6+ Kd8 45. c7+ Kd7 46. Nb6+ Kxd6 47. c8=Q 1-0