Fortune favours the brave! - Bedford Chess Club

Another win, but I expect you have had the experience of thinking you’ve played a nice sacrificial attack only for Fritz to pull it to pieces. Anyway, aggression can pummel the defender into an error and that’s what happened. Two leaders now on 4.5/5 and I am =4th on 3.5/5. Next game is v Geoff James, difficult psychologically because I have been dining with him (and Stewart Reuben) every evening.

   [Event "British Seniors 65+ Championship"]  [Site "Bournemouth"]  [Date "2016.07.28"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Habershon, Paul"]  [Black "Hutchinson, Norman"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2019"]  [BlackElo "2061"]  [PlyCount "39"]   1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. exd4 cxd4 7. d3 Bd6 8. O-O  Nf6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. Nxe5 Qa5 14. Rb1 Bc3 $2  {Seems a strong square for the bishop but it soon finds itself on the wrong  side of the board.} 15. Rb5 Qxa2 16. Bg5 a6 17. Bxf6 $6 {It would be nice to  think that it was sound to let my b5 rook be captured. In fact Fritz likes 17  Rxb7 Bxb7 18 Bxb7 Ra7 19 Qf3.} axb5 18. Qh5 h6 $4 {Black thought for ages and  still goes wrong. The best defence is 18...Ra6. Even 18...gxf6, which I  thought was no good, seems to lead to no more than a perpetual after 19 Be4 f5  20 Qg5+} (18... gxf6 19. Be4 f5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 {I thought I had 22  Ng4 here, forgetting there would still be a pawn on f5.}) 19. Nxf7 $1 {Now  Black has had it. Note how the g2 bishop would get involved after 19...Rxf7 20  Bd5.} Ra6 20. Nxh6+ {It's mate after 20...gxh6 21 Qg6. Or 20...Kh7/h8 21 Nf5+  g8 22 Ne7.} 1-0