[Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.06.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Mackenzie, Matthew"] [Black "Cole, Dave"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2R2rk1/p4p2/n3p1p1/3pP1Np/P2b1Q2/8/1q1B1PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {Black to move:- This is a really interesting position from the crucial game between the then two leaders of the Barrow Club Championship, Dave Cole and Matthew Mackenzie. The important features are the Rook totally enprie on c8 for Matthew as White. Infact Matthew is threatening 2.Rxf8+ Kxf8 2.Qxf7# or another mate goes simply 2.Qxf7+!! Kh8 2.Rxf8#, and Dave himself is threatening mate on the 1st rank. I have given here a posible way out for Dave though it is unlikely as at move 7 of the line 7.Qe7+ wins for Matthew anyway. The actual game took a different path in that Dave played 1...Qb1+ 2.Bc1 Bxf2+ when Matthew came up with the stunning reply 3.Qxf2!! when everything is holding together despite a scattering of enprie pieces and Matthew still threatens mate, not surprisingly after the loss of a piece, Dave lost but not without a fight.} 1... f6 2. Rxf8+ Kxf8 3. Qxf6+ ({trying to win the piece just loses the advantage.} 3. Nxe6+ Kg8 4. Nxd4 Qb1+ 5. Bc1 fxe5 6. Qg5 exd4 $11) 3... Ke8 4. Qf7+ Kd8 5. Nxe6+ Kc8 6. Qe8+ Kb7 7. Qb5+ (7. Qe7+ {not easy to spot the winning move here but this is it.} Kc8 8. Qd8+ Kb7 9. Qxd5+ Kc8 10. Qc4+ Kb7 11. Nxd4 $18) 7... Qxb5 8. axb5 Bxe5 9. bxa6+ Kxa6 10. Nf8 Kb5 11. Ne6 a5 12. Nf4 a4 13. Nxd5 a3 14. Nc3+ Kc4 15. Bc1 Bxc3 16. Bxa3 $14 *