[Event "Ashby Club Championship"] [Site "Ashby"] [Date "2021.10.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Vann, Richard"] [Black "Tipper, Chris"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1907"] [BlackElo "1706"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Polish Defence"] 1.d4 b5 {The Polish Defence, most unexpected. Chris normally plays 1...f5 but has gone off it.} 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 {Aggressive and best.} 5.c3 c4 {Don't particularly like this in general as it freezes Black's queenside pressure on d4.} 6.Bc2 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.O-O d6 {Both sides develop normally into solid (ie no tactics) positions. But both now have to decide how to complete their development.} 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nf1 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Nb6 12.Qe2 {Spent at least half of my clock time considering both d5 and e5 for me, and ...d5 and ...e5 by Black. But at each move, I couldn't see how it would benefit me, because d5 leaves a hole on e5, and e5 leaves a hole on d5. So I preferred to keep the tension and wait a few more moves to see which side, or if at all, Black would castle.} a5 13.Bf4 O-O-O? {Chris did not fancy 13...OO as it seems White has Q Bishops and Knights lined up for a king side attack. The problem with OOO soon becomes obvious.} 14.b3 {14 a4 has a similar aim, ie to open the b file onto the c8 king.} h6 15.bxc4 Nxc4 16.Nd2 {The idea is to play Bd3 combined with a4 to remove the Nc4. It is hard for Black to get back to a level position.} g5 17.Be3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Ng4 19.Qe2 h5 20.Rab1 {Calmly adding pieces into the attack. Couldn't see any nasty Black attack on my king.} Kd7 21.Bd3 h4 22.Bxb5+ {22 Nf1 is equally good, if you would have played that. There's nowhere for the black king to hide.} Bc6 23.d5 Rb8 {Note, if 23...Bxb5, then 24 Qxb5+ Kc8 25 Qa6+ Kd7 26 Rb7 wins the Q.} 24.Bxc6+ Kd8 25.Qxg4 hxg3 26.Qxg3 Bf6 27.Nc4 Ke7 28.e5 {The killer move. So White does get to play d5 and e5 after all. Playey here, these pawn moves create devastation, whereas earlier they may have yielded omnly a small advantage.} dxe5 {If 28 Bxe5, the plan was 29 Rxe5, the obvious sacrifice.} 29.d6+ {So even the N on c4 came in useful. Chris resigns, 1-0. As a footnote, I have lost to Chris in an earlier year in the Club Championship. In that game, posted on microbase following this, I am Black and get crused by an obliterating attack on my castled king.} {#r} 1-0