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Submitted by:Alan Davies
Submitted:13 May 2016 10:05 am
White:Ashby, Ken (97)South Hams
Black:Davies, Alan (95)South Hams
Game Date:12 May 2016
Competition:Friendly Graded
Result:1-0 
Private:No 
 

Comments since submission:

15 May 2016, 6:54 amCliff Peach
At last we saw Alan crack under pressure, something worth keeping in the memory for future games. Ken doesn't need any training workouts for the Defibrillator game, he's up and ready, the Homan player will need ear muffs after the game though, so beware, as competition secretary I will keep Steve well away from the match and he can eat his yogurts outside, the mind game has created different problems a punch up is far easier to control. Over time you will recover Alan.
 
14 May 2016, 10:43 amAlan Davies
I think this game was a lesson to me in the importance of keeping my concentration and fighting spirit right to the end. Attributes which Ken displayed better than me, so luck wasn't really a factor and his victory was deserved. I thoroughly enjoyed the game and look forward to a re-match sometime Ken.
 
13 May 2016, 4:17 pmKen Ashby
On the night I thought I got lucky. And frankly, reviewing it now, I reckon I got even luckier. Alan's 31st move is a catastrophic error; albeit an understandable one with the lure of a double Qb1+ and Qa2+ follow-up. Clearly, the urge of imminent victory proved too much temptation. We've all been there. Black's 47th move proved the death knell. Given the time limit, I can't see how white could have gained the victory if the h pawn had remained on the board. After all, my queen would've had no choice but to defend the threat of promotion.

All in all, I guess this match comes under the banner of being a hard-earned but undeserved victory. That said, it was thrill-a-minute stuff. Dunleavy boys beware: Alan's a killer!
 
13 May 2016, 11:03 amPhil McConnell
Well played, both. What a knife-edge game chess is - this game swung 180 degrees on Black's 31st move. One jus can't afford to drop concentration at any stage, which is tough with that clock ticking away...

This was a good opportunity for Ken to train for the "Defibrillator Game"!
 

Submitter's comments:

13 May 2016 10:05 amAlan Davies
Well played, both. What a knife-edge game chess is - this game swung 180 degrees on Black's 31st move. One jus can't afford to drop concentration at any stage, which is tough with that clock ticking away...



This was a good opportunity for Ken to train for the "Defibrillator Game"!
 

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[Event "Friendly Graded"] [Date "2016-05-12"] [White "Ashby, Ken"] [Black "Davies, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nd4 4.a3 g6 5.e3 Nf5 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 d6 8.Qc2 h5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.e4 Ne7 11.Bd3 h4 12.h3 g5 13.f3 Ng6 14.Ne2 Nh5 15.Nd2 Nhf4 16.Nxf4 Nxf4 {Shr -0.14} 17.Bf1 Bd7 18.a4 Qe7 19.Ba3 Rf8 {? b6 much better} 20.c5 f5 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Nc4 Rf6 23.Qc3 Rc8 24.Qb4 Rxc4 (24. ... fxe4 25.fxe4 Bf8 26.Qxb7) 25.Qxc4 {Shr +1.86} fxe4 26.Qxe4 Bf5 27.Qc4 e4 28.O-O-O {? fxe4 much better} exf3 29.Qc3 {?? gxf3 much better} (29.gxf3 Qe3+ 30.Rd2 Kd8 {Shr -1.2} ) 29. ... Ne2+ {Rf7 better} 30.Bxe2 fxe2 31.Rde1 (31.Rhe1 Rf7 32.Qc4 exd1=Q+ 33.Kxd1 Be5 {Shr -4.5}) 31. ... Qe4 {??! Blunder: Rf7 wins. Shr -6.6} (31. ... Rf7 32.Rxe2 (32.Qd2 Qc7+ 33.Bc5 Qxc5+ 34.Qc3 Qxc3#) 32. ... Qxe2 33.Re1 Bxc3 34.Rxe2+ Re7) 32.Rxe2 Qxe2 33.Re1 Qxe1+ 34.Qxe1+ Kf7 {Shr +3} 35.Bb2 Rg6 36.Bxg7 Rxg7 37.Qb4 Kg6 38.Qxd6+ Kh7 39.Qe5 Bd7 40.Qb8 g4 41.Qxb7 gxh3 42.gxh3 Bxh3 43.Qb4 Bg4 44.Qe4+ Kg8 45.d6 h3 46.Qf4 h2 47.Qxh2 {Black resigns} 1-0

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[Event "Friendly Graded"]
[Date "2016-05-12"]
[White "Ashby, Ken"]
[Black "Davies, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.c4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nd4 4.a3 g6 5.e3 Nf5 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 d6
8.Qc2 h5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.e4 Ne7 11.Bd3 h4 12.h3 g5 13.f3 Ng6 14.Ne2
Nh5 15.Nd2 Nhf4 16.Nxf4 Nxf4 {Shr -0.14} 17.Bf1 Bd7 18.a4 Qe7
19.Ba3 Rf8 {? b6 much better} 20.c5 f5 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Nc4 Rf6
23.Qc3 Rc8 24.Qb4 Rxc4 (24. ... fxe4 25.fxe4 Bf8 26.Qxb7) 25.Qxc4 {Shr +1.86}
fxe4 26.Qxe4 Bf5 27.Qc4 e4 28.O-O-O {? fxe4 much better} exf3
29.Qc3 {?? gxf3 much better} (29.gxf3 Qe3+ 30.Rd2 Kd8 {Shr -1.2}
) 29. ... Ne2+ {Rf7 better} 30.Bxe2 fxe2 31.Rde1 (31.Rhe1 Rf7
32.Qc4 exd1=Q+ 33.Kxd1 Be5 {Shr -4.5}) 31. ... Qe4 {??! Blunder: Rf7 wins. Shr -6.6}
(31. ... Rf7 32.Rxe2 (32.Qd2 Qc7+ 33.Bc5 Qxc5+ 34.Qc3 Qxc3#) 32. ... Qxe2
33.Re1 Bxc3 34.Rxe2+ Re7) 32.Rxe2 Qxe2 33.Re1 Qxe1+ 34.Qxe1+
Kf7 {Shr +3} 35.Bb2 Rg6 36.Bxg7 Rxg7 37.Qb4 Kg6 38.Qxd6+ Kh7
39.Qe5 Bd7 40.Qb8 g4 41.Qxb7 gxh3 42.gxh3 Bxh3 43.Qb4 Bg4 44.Qe4+
Kg8 45.d6 h3 46.Qf4 h2 47.Qxh2 {Black resigns} 1-0
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