Kirby, Nick vs Lee, Peter
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[Event "Hamilton Russell Cup"] [Site "The Athenaeum"] [Date "2018.11.27"] [White "Kirby, Nick"] [Black "Lee, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E70"] [Opening "King's Indian: 4.e4 O-O"] {Annotations by Peter Lee (black)} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Re8 10.d5 Ng4 11.Bd2 f5 {My Fritz strangely prefers 11.. Ngf6 here, but the point of playing 10.. Ng4 was to play 11.. f5.} 12.Ne1 Ngf6 13.f3 f4 {I was happy here, though Fritz thinks White is a bit better.} 14.Nd3 g5 15.b4 Nf8 {Moving towards a typical KI with Black attacking on the king side, but White trying to exploit a space on the queen side.} 16.c5 Ng6 17.Be1 h5 18.Bf2 g4 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.a4 Bh6 21.Rc1 Re7 {Planning to defend the c7 square and attack via Rg7.} 22.Nb5 a6 23.Nxd6 {An interesting sacrifice, though 23 Na3 planning to go to c4 and b6 is an alternative option.} Qxd6 {About equal now according to my old Fritz.} 24.Bc5 Qd8 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Qb3 Kh7? {26.. Kh8 is better as is 26.. Qe8 planning Bf8 and Bd6.} 27.Rc3 Ne8 28.Rfc1 Nd6? {28.. Bd7 or 28 gxf3 is better.} 29.Rc7 Bd7 30.fxg4 f3! {Nick grimaced, but the position is still about equal.} 31.Bxf3 Bxc1 32.Nxc1 h4 33.Nd3 Rc8 34.Qc3 Qd8 35.Rc5 b6 {25… Bxa4 is better.} 36.Rc6? {My machine thinks taking twice on c8 is equal, but I felt Black has good winning chances in the endgame. But Rxc6 is bad.} Bxc6 37.dxc6 Qg5 38.Kf2 Rf8 39.h3?? {Short of time, a catastrophic blunder.} Nxe4+ {#R} 0-1
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Players
WhiteKirby, Nick
BlackLee, Peter
Game
Moves39
OpeningE70 — King's Indian: 4.e4 O-O
Result0-1
DateNovember 27, 2018
Tagsnational liberal club Athenaeum
Tournament
TournamentHamilton Russell Cup
LocationThe Athenaeum
Round