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Lane,G (IM) - Sean Pope

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb6 11. Bb5 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Na3 e6 14. Nc2 Nde7 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. a4 a5 17. Ne3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nc4

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White is only slightly better placed; 21...Nd5 and only then ...c6 may have held.

21... c6 22. Rxe7 cxb5 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Nxb5 Rfd8 25. Re2 Rd7 26. Rae1 Bf6 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Na3 Rd5 29. Re8 Rbd8 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Re8 Kf6 32. Ke2 Be7 33. Nc4 b5 34. axb5 Rc5 35. Nxa5 Rxb5 36. b4 Re5+ 37. Kd3 Rf5 38. f3 Rg5 39. g4 h5 40. Nc6 Bd6 41. c4 hxg4 42. hxg4 1-0

Doing better...

Several folk did well for much of the game, outplaying our esteemed visitor for at least some of the time. This goes some way towards suggesting that masters don't do anything very different to club players, rather they do it more or faster.
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