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Colin Sellwood 0 - 1 Richard Smith Camborne v Truro (County Shield) 2014, Bd.4                       |
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Colin Sellwood 0 - 1 Richard Smith Camborne v Truro (County Shield) 2014, Bd.4 |
Notes by Robin Kneebone
Juniors will like this game as it is almost as chaotic as games in the Cornwall Junior Championships. A game which reflects well on both players: their trenchant approach will interest learners.
Brave as a lion.
There are better moves, but who learns how to cope with 2 ... f5? 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5
3...fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.Be2 d6 6.Nc4 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Ne3 d5 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.b3
White has played solidly in the face of the Lion's roar. Position is about level, a success for black.
11...Nbd7 but normal development does interest our hero.
12.Bb2 Qc7 13.h3 a6 14.Rc1 Qd7? 15.Ng4
Scared by the chance of Bxh3, white goes wrong. 15.Na4 Bxh3 16.Nb6
Brave, in the meaning of foolish. But fun. 16...Qd6
18...Nbd7 Lionheart is attempting to mate without his queenside pieces.
Several other moves are winning too.
Weakens f2
Spot the threat
At last
22.Bc1 Bd6 23.Be3 Kf7 24.Bf1 Rh8 25.Qd2 Ng4
Juniors: what happens if you take the knight with 26.hxg4?
Find the mate in 4 after 26.hxg4
27.hxg4 hxg4+ 28.Kg1 Qh5 29.f3 Qh1+ 30.Kf2 Bh4+ 31.Ke2 gxf3+ 32.Kd1 f2 and the Lion rips open his opponents' insides
27...cxd5 28.Na4 Qf6 29.Nc5 Nxc5 30.dxc5 g5
Here the clocks were put back 30 mins instead of 15, showing how scrambled the players' brains were.
Exchanging is better, but black courageously plays for more.
32.c6 bxc6 33.Rxc6 Nxf2+ 34.Kg1 d4 35.Bc4
35.Qxf2 wins easily enough; the whole game is an example of how hard chess is, especially in unusual positions.
A crowd gathered: position chaotically level (Fritz11)
37.Qe2 g4 38.c5 gxh3 39.Qc4+ Ke8 40.Qd5 Ng4?
40...Rh6. According to Fritz 40...h2+ 41.Bxh2 Nh3+ 42.gxh3 Qf2+ 43.Kh1 Qxe1+ 44.Bg1 Qf1= The position is beyond my limited powers of calculation
41.Bg3 slaughters the lion. Now find the win that black missed after 41.Rf1.
41...Qf2+ 42.Rxf2 exf2+ 43.Kf1 Ne3+
Find the self-mate in two, as Crusher did.
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