(9) Pritchard,Abigail - Fielding,Tom [B35]
Fylde Individual Championship 08/09 Kirkham (4), 24.02.2009
[Tom Fielding]

157MB, Fritz9.ctg

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.0-0
The simplest way to play against the accelerated dragon. Now d6 would reach a well known position, so instead I play the simple equalizer...

8...Nxe4 9.Bxf7+?!
This move allows black to dominate the centre. [Better was... 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd3 dxe4 12.Bxe4 with equal chances.]

9...Rxf7 10.Nxe4 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 d5
[Not 11...e5 12.Be3 d5 13.Bg5 When black is struggling on the weak dark squares.]

12.Ng3 e5 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.c3 Qf6?!
Not the best - Qh4 looks like an improvement.

16.Rad1
[16.f4! ]

16...h5!
Threatening h4-h3 and mate threats

17.Nh1?
I think this is an overreaction - the knight is away from the action here, so this is the time to open the game up. [17.Qd2= PR]

17...d4 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Qd2 Bxa2 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 Rc2
Black has the better endgame. The queenside pawns will advance, and there is pressure on white's Kingside. Black has 3 active pieces next to white's 1

23.Rb4 Kg7 24.Ng3?? Bc4 25.Ra1 a5!!
This move was hard to find, but wins straightaway, displacing white R from the 4th rank. [Not so good is 25...Rfxf2 26.Rxc4 Rxg2+ 27.Kf1 Rcf2+ 28.Ke1 Rxb2 ]

26.Rb6
The last chance to 'bail out' was Rxc4 but white is lost anyhow. [26.Rxa5 Rc1+ 27.Nf1 Rxf1# ; 26.Rba4 b5 ]

26...Rfxf2 27.Rxb7+ Kh6
The checks soon run out and white will be checkmated! 0-1