Vann, Richard (1907) vs Tipper, Chris (1706)
1196944
[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
1-0
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Players | |
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White | Vann, Richard (1907) |
Black | Tipper, Chris (1706) |
Game | |
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Moves | 29 |
Opening | A40 — Queen's Pawn: Polish Defence |
Result | 1-0 |
Date | October 17, 2021 |
Tags |
Tournament | |
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Tournament | Ashby Club Championship |
Location | Ashby |
Round | 4 |