[Event "GBR-ch 101st"] [Site "Aberystwyth"] [Date "2014.07.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Pert, Nicholas"] [Black "Williams, Simon Kim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2462"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2014.07.19"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "WLS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.08.29"] {Another spectacular spectacle from stars of England here. Nick Pert is a fastly improving British Star, he is obviously putting in the effort to make it on the international scene, I did fear at one stage he would give up Chess at the top level but he seems reinvigurated. Simon Williams is also a British Star, he has actually beaten a sitting World Champion and is known for his fighting chess. They are both good friends but friendly rivalry can be fierce as this game shows...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 {This is the Petrosian System of the Queens Indian Defence, the set up with pawns on e6 and b6 and Knight on f6 is what makes a Queens Indian Defence but the Black Queens Bishop is no longer played to b7 but often goes to a6.} (4. g3 Ba6 { Nimzowitsch famously played this move first in 1925.}) 4... Ba6 {a transposition of the Nimzowitsch move which is still very common today.} 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 $5 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 $2 $16 {Garry Kasparov used this move as Black to defeat Boris Gelfand in 1997 but Bd6 looks much the better move because g6 weakens the Kingside pawn structure too much.} (7... Nxd5 $4 8. Qe4+ Ne7 $2 9. Qxa8 $18) (7... Bd6 $14) 8. Bf4 d6 (8... Nxd5 $4 {this still doesnt work for the same reason.} 9. Qe4+ Be7 10. Qxd5 $18) 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. h4 $3 (10. Qa4+ { this is more common here and though h4 has been played before it is close to a novelty.}) 10... h6 11. e4 {Nick negates castling as it is by far the simpler option.} Bxf1 12. Kxf1 O-O 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Nb5 Be5 $6 (14... Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. h5 g5 18. Rh3 a6 19. Nc3 Nd7 $16 {White has an advantage but Simons position is playable.}) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bc1 a6 17. Nc3 {a momentary retreat from the barrage.} h5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Qa4 $3 Nh7 $6 (20... Kg7) (20... Nbd7 {this may actually be playable though it leads to an ugly position for Simon.} 21. Qc6 Qe7 22. Rd1 b5 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. d6 Qe6 $14) 21. Be3 {again a similar manouvre to the retreat in the other 2014 British Championship game I analysed in this History Section on the Barrow Club Website. Namely Chris Ward vs Mark Hebden. It is instructive how Nick keeps his strong Bishop on the board refusing to swap it for a poor Knight on h7. Here it is more obvious that the Bishop is needed in attack because the move g6 has been played around the King and the defending side does not have a Bishop on g7 or indeed at all.} f5 $2 {again too weakening of his Kingside, Simon needs to read some Russian books on how not to play weakening moves.} ( 21... Rc8) 22. Bh6 Rd8 23. Qc2 $1 Re8 24. Rh3 (24. exf5 gxf5 25. Qxf5 Qxh6 $14) 24... Ra7 $6 (24... f4 $142) 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qxf5 $3 {what a move.} Qxh6 28. Rg6 Qf8 $1 (28... Rf8 $4 29. Qxe5+ Rg7 30. Rxh6 $18) 29. Qxh5 $5 Nd7 {defending the key e5 square just in time.} 30. Ne4 (30. Rh6 Re7 $14 ( 30... Ndf6 $4 {this natural looking move is disasterous.} 31. Rxf6 $3 Qxf6 32. Qxe8+ $18)) 30... Re7 31. Nd6 $2 $15 {giving away the advantage.} (31. Re6 $16) 31... Ndf6 32. Qf5 Nxd5 33. Qxf8+ Nxf8 34. Rh6+ Kg8 35. Nc8 {this appears winning but it is an illusion.} Rh7 36. Rxh7 Rxh7 37. Rxe5 Nf4 38. g3 Nd3 39. Rg5+ Rg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Nxb6 Ne6 42. Ke2 Ne5 $2 $16 (42... Nxb2 $3 43. Kd2 Nd4 44. g4 Kg6 45. f4 a5 46. f5+ Kh6 47. f6 Kg6 48. g5 Nf3+ 49. Kc2 Nxh4 50. Kxb2 Nf3 51. Nd7 Nxg5 52. Nxc5 Kxf6 53. Nb3 a4 54. Nc5 Ke5 55. Nxa4 Kd5 56. Kc3 Kc6 $11) 43. Ke3 Nd4 44. f4 Ng4+ 45. Kd3 Nf5 46. Ke4 Ngh6 47. Kd5 Nxg3 48. Kxc5 Kf7 49. b4 Nhf5 50. a4 Ne4+ (50... Nxh4) 51. Kc6 Ke6 $2 52. h5 {this may not be technically the best move but it avoids a dubious mark ie an ?!, because it actually works.} (52. Na8 $3 $16) 52... Nd4+ 53. Kc7 Nc2 54. h6 {despite Nicks threats all looks over for a result ie it looks drawn, but their is to be a surprise ending.} Nd6 $4 55. f5+ $3 {At first I thought this was still drawn after 55...Kxf5 56.Kxd6 Kg6 57.b5?? axb5 58.axb5 Nd4 but instead of 57.b5?? if Nick plays 57.Nd5!! the position is crushing.} 1-0