Exeter Chess Club: Blunders\blun_73.htm

73) Hammond T. J. - Wareing J. P. [B24]

Exeter Premier (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nge2 Be7 6.0-0 d6 7.d3 a6 8.f4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8...Qc7 9.h3 Bd7 10.Be3 d5 11.Bf2 dxe4 12.Nxe4 b6 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Rae1 0-0 15.g4 Bc8 16.Qc1 Bb7 17.N2g3 Nd5 18.f5 Nf4 19.f6 gxf6 20.Nh5 Nxh5 21.gxh5

+-----------------+
|.+.4.4k+|
|+b1.gp+p|
|p0n+p0.+|
|+.0.+.+P|
|.+.+N+.+|
|+.+P+.+P|
|P)P+.GB+|
|+.!.$RI.|
+-----------------+

21...Kh8 I don't think Fritz really believes this is a blunder, but the threatened invasion of the Queen to h6 must be reacted to now.

[-0.22 Fritz 5.00: 21...f5 22.Bg3 Ne5 23.Qf4 fxe4 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Bxe5 f5]

22.Qh6 Rg8 23.Bh4 Rg7 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qxf6

+-----------------+
|.+.4.+.i|
|+b1.+p4p|
|p0n+p!.+|
|+.0.+.+P|
|.+.+N+.+|
|+.+P+.+P|
|P)P+.+B+|
|+.+.$RI.|
+-----------------+

25...Qe5

[0.78 Fritz 5.00: 25...Kg8 26.a3 e5 27.Rf5 Qd7 28.b3]

26.h6 Qxf6 27.Rxf6 Rg6 28.Rxf7

+-----------------+
|.+.4.+.i|
|+b+.+R+p|
|p0n+p+r)|
|+.0.+.+.|
|.+.+N+.+|
|+.+P+.+P|
|P)P+.+B+|
|+.+.$.I.|
+-----------------+

28...Ba8

[1.53 Fritz 5.00: 28...Ne5 29.Rf6 (29.Rf2) 29...Nxd3 30.Rxg6 Nxe1 31.Rxe6 Nxc2 32.Rxb6]

29.Nf6 Rxh6 30.Ng4 Rg6 31.Be4 Rg7 32.Rxg7 Kxg7 33.Bxc6 Bxc6 34.Rxe6 Bd5 35.Rxb6

+-----------------+
|.+.4.+.+|
|+.+.+.ip|
|p$.+.+.+|
|+.0b+.+.|
|.+.+.+N+|
|+.+P+.+P|
|P)P+.+.+|
|+.+.+.I.|
+-----------------+

35...Re8

[2.84 Fritz 5.00: 35...a5 36.Rb5 a4 37.Rxc5 Bxa2 38.Re5]

36.Kf2

[1.63 Fritz 5.00: 36.Nf6 Re5 37.Nxd5 Rxd5 38.Rxa6 Rg5+ 39.Kf2 Kf8 40.Rf6+ Ke7]

36...Rf8+ 37.Ke2 h5 38.Ne3 Bf3+ 39.Kd2

+-----------------+
|.+.+.4.+|
|+.+.+.i.|
|p$.+.+.+|
|+.0.+.+p|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+PHb+P|
|P)PI.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

39...h4 Black needs counterplay, not material!

[3.09 Fritz 5.00: 39...Rf6 40.Nc4 Bd5 41.Rxf6 Kxf6 42.Ke3 Kf5]

40.Rxa6 Bh5 41.Ra5 Rf2+ 42.Kc3 Rf3 43.Rxc5 Bg6 44.Ng4 Rxh3 45.a4 Rg3 46.Rc4 h3 47.Nf2

[47.a5 DR 47...Bf5 48.Nf2 h2 49.a6 Rg1 50.Ra4 Bd7 51.a7 Bc6 52.Rh4 Rg2 53.Ne4]

47...h2 48.Rh4 Rg2 49.Ng4 Panicky

[0.47 Fritz 5.00: 49.Nh1 Bf5 50.a5 Bc8 51.b4 Kf6 52.Rh8 Bd7 53.Kd4 (53.a6) 53...Rxc2]

49...Rxg4 50.Rxh2 Rxa4 51.Rf2 Bf7 52.b3 Ra8 53.d4 Kf8 54.Re2 Bh5 55.Re5 Bg6 56.Kb2 Re8

[2.91 Fritz 5.00: 56...Kg7 57.c4 Kf6 58.Kc3 Ra1 59.Kb4 Ra8]

57.Rxe8+ Kxe8 58.c4 Kd7 59.Kc3 Kc7 60.b4 Be8 61.b5 Kb6 62.Kb4 Time trouble? Well worth playing on! 1/2-1/2

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