C.Smith - S.Marsh (184) [B03]
02.10.2002

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Bd3?! [8.Rc1 0-0 9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.c5 N6d7+/= ]

8...0-0 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Qd2 e5?! [11...Nb4 12.b3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 ]

12.d5 Nb4 13.f3 Bf5 14.Ne4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Rc8 16.b3 Ra8 17.N2c3 Bc8 18.Rad1?! [18.Nb5 a6 19.Nbxd6 f5 20.c5 fxe4 21.fxe4 Nd7 22.c6 bxc6 23.dxc6 Nf6 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Nf7+ Rxf7 26.Qxf7+/= ]

18...f5 19.Nxd6 Mr Fritz doesn't think this was very good.

19...Qxd6 20.c5 Qf6? [20...e4! 21.fxe4 Qe5 22.cxb6 Qxc3 23.Qxc3 Bxc3 24.Rc1 Ba5 25.bxa7 Re8=/+ ]

21.cxb6 e4? This kind of forces me into a favourable position!

22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.fxe4 Qd6 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.bxa7 b6? 26.Rc1 Bb7 27.Qb5! Rxa7? 28.Rf1+ Kg8?? The final nail in blacks coffin. [28...Bf6 29.Bxb6 Ba6 30.Qc5 Qxc5+ 31.Bxc5+ Kf7 32.Bxa7 Bxf1 33.Kxf1+- ]

29.Qe8+ Bf8 30.Qf7+ Kh8 31.Bd4+ 1-0

One of the 'secrets' of beating good players is catching them when they have an 'off night' Sean has beaten GM's in his time and rarely gets beat at local level, so it was a very good result for me.