[Event "Goodwood Ladder"] [Site "Goodwood Chess Club"] [Date "2014.07.29"] [Round "0"] [White "Abraham de Villiers"] [Black "Roland Quirk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C17"] [Opening "French: Winawer, 5.a3"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 {"6. b4 is the recommended move here, but I am not in bad company as 6.Qg4 is regularly played by great players such as Leko and Short!" - Abraham de Villiers} g6 7.Bg5 Qc7 8.O-O-O {"This move may initially seem a bit risky, as after 8...Bxc3, the pawn structure is weakened and the White King seems exposed, but later analysis shows 8.O-O-O to be fine for White. "- Abraham de Villiers} Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Kb2 c4 11.Rb1 Na6 12.Qf3 Nc7 13.Ne2 Bd7 14.Ra1 b5 {"Personally I think that this last move was too passive from Black as it limits the mobility of its Queenside Knight and Bishop. White now gets a chance to breath!!" - Abraham de Villiers} 15.h4 h6 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.g4 a5 18.Bh3 Na6 19.Rhb1 Qb7 20.Kc1 Bc6 21.g5 h5 22.Nf4 {"Later analysis shows that 22.a4 is a more ambitious move as it attempts to open up the Queenside, but at this stage I was fixated on Black attacking the Queenside that I did not even consider counter-attacking there!" - Abraham de Villiers} Ne7 23.Kd1 {"Here I realized that there was not much into the game anymore and with less than 15 minutes on the clock for both players, I offered a draw and my opponent accepted." - Abraham de Villiers} {#d} 1/2-1/2