[Event "Ashby Club Championship"] [Site "Ashby"] [Date "2022.05.01"] [Round "0"] [White "Tipper, Chris"] [Black "Vann, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1735"] [BlackElo "1859"] [ECO "A03"] [Opening "Bird: 1...d5 2.Nf3"] 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Be2 e6 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Ne5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.d3 Qb6 12.Nd2 {Now that development has been achieved, it's about equal. But White has chances of a king-side attack.} a5 13.a4 Nd7 14.Rf3 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 {With most of the minor pieces gone, you might thing there's less chance of a White attack.But now Chris skilfully organises some mischief down the h and g files.} 16.Rh3 Rfe8 17.g4 Nd7 18.Kh1 e5 19.f5 Qd8 {Here 19...e4 is =, but you need a chess engine to find how to stay = as Black. 19 ... Qd8 is not a disaster though.} 20.Rg1 e4 21.dxe4 dxe4? {21...Qf6 is much better, however risky it looks.} 22.g5 Nf8 23.Nc4! {I had overlooked how strong this is. It The Nc4 has permanent pressure into my position.} Ra7 24.Qh5 {At a time like this, Black has to be like Sherlock Holmes and check all the possible outcomes carefully. Note, a ticking clock, inches from your nose, doesn't help.} f6?? {The absolute losing move. 24..g6 may just hold to a draw. I must have got disorientated by the increasingly threatening attack started by 16 Rh3. After 24...g6 25 Qh6 I had thought that 26 f5-f6 would win outright. But after 25 Qh6 I simply play 25...gxf5 and Black just about survives with careful play.} 25.gxf6 Qxf6 {Loses the Re8, but there is nothing better.} 26.Qxe8 {Black Resigns, 1-0.} {#r} 1-0