[Event "2022 Electronics Knights Championship"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2022.09.04"] [White "Walsh, Patrick"] [Black "Finnegan, John"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1834"] [Annotator "Irons,Robert"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/m9Fx6Mti/xAmEVRYF"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,57,25,16,59,71,77,75,73,44,55,45,2,9,12,8,-2,-6,4,11,9,5,16,7,-7,-38,60,20,27,37,43,35,39,37,33,34,31,36,45,54,89,26,64,4,26,17,0,1,9,-4,70,61,37,58,72,61,77,58,150,99] } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. c3 Bd7 8. Nf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxb5 10. Na3?! { White gets a bit more with } (10. a4 Bc6 11. b4 $14) 10... Bc6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd4 Nxd4?! $14 (13... Be7 14. Nc2 O-O { keeps things relatively level. }) 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Nb5 Qa5?! $16 { And here } (15... Qc8 16. b4 O-O $14 { is better. }) 16. Nc3 O-O 17. a3?! (17. f4! $16 { planning a rook lift. }) 17... Qc7 18. b4 Be8 19. f4 { But here } (19. a4! { is better. }) 19... b6 20. Kh1 Rb8 21. Rac1 bxc5 22. bxc5 Qa5?! $16 (22... Bf6 $14 { is somewhat better. }) 23. a4 Bf6 24. f5 Qc7 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Qa6 Qe7 27. h3 Rb2 28. Nb5 Bxb5?! $18 { Black can stay in the fight by playing } (28... h6 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. cxd6 Bxe5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. dxe5 Bd7 $14) 29. axb5 { The a-pawn is a target and the advancing b & c-pawns are a real threat. } 1-0