Games
[Event "MSCL Div 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Forster, Michael"]
[Black "Anthony, Gareth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Fryer,David"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[WhiteTeam "Horsham"]
[BlackTeam "Crowborough"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 (9... Qa5+ {is an alternative idea}) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O
12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 (16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6
18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 $40) 16... Kh8 17. Nce3 {This move had been considered
harmless, until in an impressive game Ponomariov showed that White has plenty
of hidden ideas.} (17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 $11) (17. h4 Bh6 18. Nce3 Bxe3 19.
Nxe3 Ne7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (29) Asrian,K-Khalifman,A/Bled 2002}) 17... g6 ({In
order to avoid the game continuation Black can play} 17... Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7
19. O-O f5 $14 {/=}) 18. h4 {White takes full advantage of the rook on h1.} (
18. O-O f5 {½-½ (44) Anand,V (2786)-Kasparov,G (2804) Linares 2005}) 18...
Bxh4 (18... Bh6 $6 19. h5 $16) (18... Bxe3 $6 19. Nxe3 $16) 19. g3 Bg5 {
with a very complicated position} (19... Bf6 20. b3 $1 {½-½ (45) Ponomariov,
R (2700)-Kramnik,V (2754) Wijk aan Zee 2005}) 20. f4 (20. b3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 f5
22. Rd2 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Rxd6 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (35) Amonatov,F (2588)-Van Wely,
L (2679) Moscow 2005}) (20. b4 $5) 20... exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 f5 {~~} 23.
b4 (23. b3 fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 25. Ng2 (25. Qh5 Rb7 26. Ke2 Be6 27. Qh6 Bg8 $13 {
1-0 (46) Giri,A (2768)-Shirov,A (2691) Hoogeveen 2014}) 25... Rb7 26. Nxh4 gxh4
27. Rxh4 Rg7 28. Qh5 Bf5 29. Qh6 e3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Stangl,M-Kindermann,S/
Altensteig 1987 (53)}) 23... fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 {Gareth had this position 8
years ago at the 4NCL} 25. Ke2 (25. Kg2 Rb7 26. b5 Rg7 27. f5 Ne5 28. f6 Rxf6
29. Nxf6 Qxf6 30. Rf1 Nf3 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Qxf3 exf3+ 33. Kxf3 g4+ 34. Ke4
Re7+ 35. Kd3 Bg5 36. Re2 Rxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Bb7 39. Kf4 h5 40. Be6
Kg7 41. Bb3 Kf6 42. Bc2 Ke7 43. c4 Kd8 44. b6 Bc6 45. Bf5 a4 46. Bc2 a3 47. Bb3
Kc8 {0-1 (47) Jones,W (2010)-Anthony,G (2210) Hinckley Island 2008}) 25... Rb7
26. b5 $16 gxf4 27. Rxh4 Qg5 (27... f3+ 28. Kd2 Ne5 29. Kc2 $18) 28. Nc7 (28.
Qg1 f3+ 29. Kf2 Qg2+ 30. Nxg2 fxg2+ 31. Rf4 {1-0 (31) Snape,I (2204)-Williams,
S (2246) Coulsdon 2008}) (28. bxc6 {is surprisingly good for white if you have
nerves of silicon} Rb2+ 29. Nc2 Bg4+ (29... Qg2+ 30. Ke1 Qg3+ 31. Kd2 Qf2+ 32.
Kc1) (29... f3+ 30. Kf2 Qg2+ 31. Ke3 Qg5+ 32. Nf4) 30. Kf1 Bxd1 31. Rxh7+ Kg8
32. Nf6#) 28... Rxc7 29. Qxd6 Qd8 30. Qg6 $2 (30. Qh6 $1 f3+ 31. Kf1 Bf5 32.
bxc6 Rg7 (32... Rf6 33. Qg5 Rg7 34. c7 $18) 33. Rg1 $18) 30... Rff7 31. Rg1 (
31. Bxf7 $4 Qd3+) 31... Rf8 32. Rgh1 1/2-1/2