[Event "Autumn Cup 2018"] [Site "Wellington Chess Club"] [Date "2018.05.24"] [Round "5.2.1"] [White "Winter, Ryan"] [Black "Sellen, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1999"] [BlackElo "2085"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Two Knights Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/hellsorganist"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/gLq4vh3a/wt9sMqwz"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 (6... Nc6 { is more common here, but the move played is fine too }) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 a6 (8... f6 { , which is also more commonly played }) 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 b5 11. h4!? { Ryan said after the game he just "wanted" to play this move. He felt, reasonably, that giving up a pawn was worth it to remove any black control over his own dark squares } 11... Nc5 { First there's time to force white's pieces to less active positions } 12. Bf1 b4 13. Ne2 Bxh4 { I'm still not sure if I should have taken this pawn. It certainly doesn't lose, but I have to play carefully now. } 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. g3 Qe7 (15... Qh5 { as suggested by Ross Jackson after the game, e.g. } 16. Nd4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 { and the exchanges should favour black }) 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qg4! { This move disconcerted me somewhat. I had not really considered it, but it is a very logical move! } 18... O-O?? (18... Kf8! { would have been played almost instinctively! In this case I can reasonably expect to free the rook with an h5 played at some propitious time }) 19. Bg5 Qd7? (19... f6) 20. Bf6 g6 21. Qg5 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0