The Game Changer

[Event "May We Mate?"]

[Site "Hollley Center, Salisbury, MD"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "West, Darryl"]
[Black "Thomas, Brad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.05.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. a3  b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bd3 f5 11. Rc1 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rxc7 Qd6 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Rxc5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Qc6 [I thought I was flat out up a pawn but it ends up and even position where I've got compensation for a pawn and then I started a riot in my own prison. Better would be 20. Nb3] 20. b4 Rab8 21. Nb3 Qa4 22. Qb2 Rfc8 23. Rc1 a5! 24. Nd4[Now is the beginning of my counter attack. The key is the knight is valuable in that it has an outpost station and the last of the minor pieces.  It will be hard for black to exchange his rook for a knight] axb4 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Nd6 bxa3 27.Qxa3 Rc7 28. h3 Ra7 29. Qc3 Qe6 30. Qd4 Ra2 31. g4 Rbb2 32. Nf5 Qf7 33. Rf1 Rc2 34. Rb1 h6? [What a shame Brad missed 34. ... Ra8 instead I can now unleash a game changing attack] 35. Nxh6+ gxh6 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ 0-1 [ 38. Rb5+  I missed the mating attack and went to win some 30 more moves later.  Brad had resigned because he saw it.  I anlyzed the best moves which black gave up his queen anyway.]






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