[Event "CCLA Server Team Division 2 - Board 3"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "2013-10-21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roberts, David"]
[Black "Richardt, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[Opening "Tchigorin"]
[ECO "E00"]

 {As I play more and more correspondence chess I had been asked by the British
Correspondence Chess Association if I would like to represent the BCCA in a
tournament where there is no computer assistance is allowed.   The tournament
is organised by the US CC federation and would play against other countries.
Each team consists of 6 players I play on board 3 for BCCA: http://www.
iccf-webchess.com/event?id=40497  We were allowed to use the Opening Database
but other than that no computer assistance is allowed.}
 1. d4 {My Opponent is
David Roberts, who plays for the Welsh Dragons in that tournament. He also
lives in the UK!}
 1... Nf6 {I usually play Tchigorin but usually on CC level not
the best opening. Therefore I play different opening is CC games which are
much more reliable and tougher to beat.}
 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 {Strangely I have played this opening against Ben Edgell a few years ago. It
served me well so I thought I will try it again.}
 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O {I was following this game from
my special CC Opening Database}
 13. Bf4 {This is
the first new move for me as theory suggests 13.a4}
 ( 13. a4 Na5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Ra2 f6 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8
 21. e5 Qa4 22. exd6 cxd6 23. Qe2 Qb3 24. Rc1 e5 25. Be3 Bf7 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Be4 Qa3 28. Bc6 Qa6
 29. Qf3 Kg8 30. Be4 Nxe3 ) ( 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Qh5 f5
 19. Qh4 Nb7 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Bd4 Nd3 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qe8 24. Bf3 Be5 25. Rf1 Bf6 26. Qh5 g6
 27. Qh6 Bxd4 28. exd4 f4 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. g4 b4 {0-1 Andersen,L (2226)-Shpakovsky,A/ICCF 2006}
 ) 13... Re8 {so from now on I had to find my own moves and not "blindly" follow a game.
According to the computer analysis this wasn't the best move but I am playing
a human now and not a tin box any more.}
 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Ne5 Bc8 16. d5 Bf8 17. Nxf7 {That was a very interesting move. I saw this move when I was in Germany
checking my games and I thought I have missed something. I think my reply took
me 12 days!!! }
 17... Kxf7 {OK, after 12 days I decided to take the
Knight as I couldn't see anything sinister. And if I have missed something
then at least I would go down in style. }
 18. dxe6+ Bxe6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc7 Rd2 {up to here I calculated everything as it's
more of less forced. According to the computer 21...Nb3 is better but those
kind of computer moves are beyond my capability.}
 ( 21... Nb3 22. axb3 Rc8 23. b4 Rxc7 {I think my plan was better and easier to understand for a human
player!}
 ) 22. Bxa5 Bc5 {that was the idea - to play against the now weak
f2-pawn.}
 23. Kh1 Rxf2 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Bg4 26. e5 $6 {maybe the final
mistake}
 26... Bf3+ 27. Bg2 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Ke6 29. Bc7 ( 29. Kf3 Kxe5 30. Bc7+ Kd5 ) 29... b4 $3 {what a fab move and one of my pawns will go through}
 30. cxb4 ( 30. Bd8 b3 ) ( 30. Ba5 b3 ) 30... c3 31. Bd8 Be3 0-1 

