Another game from the 2021 ACTJCL Summer Swiss. At some point White gets tangled up and manages to surround his own king. Then, just to make matters worse, he also misses and upcoming knight fork, and ends up with a choice between smothered mate or losing his queen to a fork. In the end he simply chose neither.
ACTJCL Sunday Summer Tournament 2021.01.10
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 ( 6. Nf3 e6 7. Na4 ) 6... e5 7. Bg5 d4 Black is adapting an aggresive strategy of taking space in the centre. 8. exd4 exd4 9. Qe2+ ( 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 +/- ) 9... Be6 10. O-O-O Bxc5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. h4 Qd5 ( 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxg5+ 14. hxg5 Qxg5+ 15. f4 Qd5 looks to win a pawn, but Black is only slightly better after 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne2 O-O-O 18. Nxd4 Bxg2! 19. Bxg2 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxd4 with a tricky ending in store ) 13. Bxf6 gxf6! ( 13... Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 = ) 14. Nc3 ( 14. c4 Qa5 15. Qd2 =+ ) 14... Qa5 15. Nb1 ( 15. Ne4 Bxa3! leads to a winning attack 16. bxa3 ( 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Nd5+ Qxd5 18. bxa3 Qa2 -+ followed by Rac8 ) 16... Qxa3+ 17. Kd2 ( 17. Kb1 Ba2+ 18. Ka1 Bc4+ -+ ) 17... O-O-O 18. Ke1 f5 19. Ng3 Rhe8 -+ ) 15... Rc8 ( 15... O-O-O is also good ) 16. Qd2 Qa4 17. Bd3? Na5! Bringing the game to an abrupt halt. Nb3# is the threat and can only be avoided by allowing the queen to be captured after the knight check. 0-1
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