White: Robert Parker
Black: Rory O'Kelly, Kent
SCCU Counties' Essex v Kent, 26.1.2002
ECO D28
Annotations: Robert Parker

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3

More usual is the immediate 7. Qe2.

7... Nc6

7... b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 O-O = (Andersson-Tarjan, Indonesia 1983.)

8. Qe2

We are back in the main line.

8...Qc7 9. Rd1!?

9. Bd3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. b3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 - Timman - Suggested line in BCO2.

9... Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 b5 12. Bd3

Sacrifices on b5 were pretty tempting, but prudence ruled in the end.

12...Bb7 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qb6

17... Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Rd8 19. Qc2 f5 20. Bd3 Qd6 21. Rd1 Qd5 22. Rd2 h6 23. e4! fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qc4 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg6+ 1-0 (Bisguier, A v Horowitz, I / New York Rosenwald 1956)

18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Qh5!

Winning.

19... h6

19... g6 20. Nxc6!! gxh5 (otherwise 21 Qe5 follows) 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Nxc8 Bxc8 23. Bd4 Qb8 24. Bg7+ Ke8 25. Bc6+ Rd7 (25...Bd7 26. Bf6 +-) 26. Bf6 White has a winning position.

20. Nxe6!! fxe6 21. Qg6 e5 22. Bxe5 Bf8

22... Nxe5 23. Qxb6 Bxe4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qe6+ winning.

23. Qe6+

23. Qh7+ also wins by force but the method chosen was prettier.

23... Kh8

24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Bg6. 1-0

27 Qh3+ wins outright.