Falconer-Barron, Edinburgh League Division 3, 2020, 1-0
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1.d4 d5
2.Nf3 c6
3.Bf4 Nd7
4.e3 Ngf6
5.Nbd2 e6
6.c3 Be7
7.Bd3 O-O
8.Qc2 Re8
9.h3 Nf8
10.g4 Bd6
11.Bxd6 Qxd6
12.Ne5 N6d7
13.f4 Nxe5
14.fxe5 Qc7
15.g5 Bd7
16.O-O-O c5
17.Rdf1 cxd4? { There was no need to relieve the central pressure, particularly as the recapture improves the white pawn structure. 17...b5 is superior, initiating a queenside attack }
18.exd4 a6
19.h4 Bb5
20.h5 Bxd3
21.Qxd3 Qa5
22.Kb1 Qb5
23.Qf3 Qd7
24.h6 Qe7 { Black has taken four moves where one would have sufficed. This waste of time costs him further. }
25.hxg7 Kxg7 { Moving the knight would have meant Qh5 would be even more decisive, as black will be mated in short order. For example, 25...Ng6 26. Qh5 Kxg7 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qxg6 with Rh8 to follow }
26.Qh5 Rac8
27.Rf6! { A very strong move which not only blockades black's f-pawn, preventing defence along the seventh rank, but also frees the f1 square in order to play the manoeuvre Nd2-f1-g3-h5 } 27...Rc7
28.Nf1 Rec8
29.Ng3 Rxc3
30.Qh6+ Kg8
31.Nh5 Rc1+
32.Rxc1 Rxc1+
33.Kxc1 Qc7+
34.Kb1
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