[Event "Nigel Short Simul 2016"] [Site "Ballarat Chess Club"] [Date "2016.03.10"] [White "Nigel Short "] [Black "Tim Commons"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "1236"] [ECO "B04"] [Opening "Alekhine: Modern Variation"] {"He chased me until I could run no more" - Cassandra Barnett} 1.e4 Nf6 {Black played an opening he is known for at the Ballarat Chess Club but later discovered Nigel "does not rate Alekhine's Defence" - P. Cook. Nevertheless this proved to provide Black with an interesting and inventive game deep into the middle game...} 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.c4 Nb6 7.exd6 cxd6 8.O-O Be7 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rc1! d5 12.c5! Nd7 13.a3 e5? 14.Nxd5! e4 15.Ne1 Bg5 16.Nc2! f5 {Rather than wait around to be smothered, Black decides to launch an attack and see where it leads...} 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.Qh5 f4! {Black's best moment of the game. Causing Nigel to stop, cross his arms, and think for at least 7 seconds. :-)} 19.Bd2 g6 20.Qd1 f3 21.g3 h5 {Black probably had better but was forced to move with a GM towering over him impatiently.} 22.Re1 h4? {Losing the e4 pawn... probably better Re1 first which I contemplated.} 23.Rxe4 hxg3 24.hxg3 Rf7 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Rh4+ Kg7 27.Nce3 Nf6 28.Nxf6 Rxf6 29.Bd5 Bd7 30.b4 Rh8 31.Rxh8 Kxh8 32.Bxf3! Bf5 33.Bg2 Rf7 34.b5 Ne7 35.c6 bxc6 36.bxc6 Qf6 37.Qd2 Rh7 38.d5 Nc8 39.Nc4 Kg7 40.d6 Bh3 41.d7 {#R} 1-0