Games played by club members in the 2022-23 season Division 1 action James and Richard take it to the wire. [Event "Bedford Division 1"] [Date "2022.03.17"] [White "James Gardner"] [Black "Richard Bodily"] 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 8. Be3 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 9. Nd5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Bxd5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 10. exd5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 11. O-O {[%clk 0:00:00]} O-O {[%clk 0:00:00]} 12. c4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Ne8 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 13. Rc1 {[%clk 0:00:00]} f5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 14. f4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} a5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} (14… b6 {is better to deter white's expansion}) 15. fxe5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} dxe5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 16. c5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} a4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 17. Nd2 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Bg5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 18. Bxg5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Qxg5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 19. Rc3 {allows Nxc5 equalising which we both missed, Nf3 is better[%clk 0:00:00]} e4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 20. c6 {[%clk 0:00:00]} bxc6 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 21. dxc6 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%clk 0:00:00]}c7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 23. Qc2 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Rxc7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 24. Nxe4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} fxe4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 25. Rxf8+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Kxf8 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 26. Rxc7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Qe3+ {a useful intermezzo forcing Kh1 as Kf1 allows Qf4+[%clk 0:00:00]} 27. Kh1 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Nxc7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 28. Qxc7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Qxe2 {engines have this as drawn but it is much easier to play as Black, James offered a draw here[%clk 0:00:00]}29.Qd6+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 30. Qc7+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Ke8 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 31. Qb8+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 32. Qxb6 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Qe1+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} 33. Qg1 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Qd2 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 34. Qc5+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 35. Qc6+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Ke5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 36. Qb5+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Kf4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 37. g3+ {the final mistake, letting the king in[%clk 0:00:00]} Ke3 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 38. Qc5+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Ke2 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 39. Kg2 {[%clk 0:00:00]} e3 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 40. Qh5+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Ke1+ {an interesting final move, discovered check by the king[%clk 0:00:00]} *your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts