[Event "Spielvogel 2019"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2019.03.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Rodney Jacobs"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1564"] [BlackElo "1657"] [ECO "A17"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 e6"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.a3 {Preventing Bb4. (RJ) a3 is a waste of time l should developed [jb]} d5 4.e3 a6 {a waste move l think he should developed [jb]} 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.c5 {don't know why l played this move} b6!? 8.cxb6 cxb6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.f4 {I have been on the receiving end of this manoeuvre from Jamie in many lightning games. White aims for castling, playing his rook to h3 via f3 and Queen to h5 with a strong attack. A club stalwart in the 70's and 80's was the late Dick Ogden, an elderly, quiet, small, English gentleman with a wry smile. Dick loved "the Stonewall" and, when White, invariably played it, winning many games. After being beaten more than once by him, I for our next game, spent several hours agonising over the dilemma of how to counter it. That experience was helpful here. (RJ) knight takes d7 l think is better f4 weaken e3 and that is fritz16 first move knight take d7 on move 11 is a waste off time my attack is not going to get me anywhere [jb]} Ne4 12.O-O f6 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bd2 f5 15.Rf3 {rook f3 is not going to get me anywhere its a waste of move knight take e4 was better and fritz16 sat to [jb]} Kh8 16.Na4 $19 {Tempting, but the white queen is overloaded. I glanced at Jamie and saw that he knew that I knew he had blundered.(RJ) yes l blundered that's what happens when you play to much blitz [jb]} Nxd2 17.Nxb6 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qd8 19.Na4 Rc8 20.Nc3 Qb6 21.Ne2 Qb3 22.Nc1 Qxb2 {l should not play blitz it makes me tired then l cant play good chess and l couldn't concentrate that night anyway. l hope to crush you next time [jb]} {#R} 0-1