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1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 a3 Bb7 5
Nc3 d5 6 cxd5 exd5 7 Bg5 Be7 8 e3 O-O 9 Bd3
Nbd7
This line of the a3 Queen's Indian is
supposedly innocuous.
10 O-O Ne4 11 Bxe7 Qxe7 12 Qb3 Ndf6
13 Rad1 Rfd8 14 Ne5 c5 15 Bb1 c4 16 Qc2 Nxc3 17 bxc3
Qxa3 18 f3 Qd6
Bradbury has sacrificed a pawn for an attack which
I completely underestimated at the time. He prepares e4 ... e5, so it is
difficult to find the time to advance the queenside pawns.
19 Rde1 g6 20 e4 Nh5
White was threatening 21 Nxf7 foll- owed by 22 e5. But now
Bradbury maneuvers his queen to a very strong position.
21 Qc1! b5 22 g4 Ng7 23 Qh6 Re8 24 f4
dxe4 25 Re3
The threat is 26 Rh3. Desperate times call for desperate
measures.
25 ... Rxe5 26 fxe5 Qe6 27 Rf4 a5
White has defended the g pawn, but 28 Rh3 is still not
possible because of 28 ... Nh5! 29 gh Qxh3 30 Rxf7 Qg4+ and 31 ... Kxf7.
The queenside pawns finally begin to move, but they are awfully slow.
28 Bxe4 Bxe4 29 Rfxe4 b4 30 Rh3 Nh5
31 Rh4 b3 32 gxh5 b2
White has an extra rook and a strong attack but he must
temporarily defend with
33 Re1 a4 34 h3?
This seems logical, but according to my computer, it is
here that Bradbury slips up. He should have played 34 Qf4 z3 35 Qe4 Rb8 36
Qb1, but it is hard to put the queen on such a square in time trouble.
Moreover, even here, it is by no means over for Black. I suggest 36 ...
Qa6 37 Qa2 Qb5 with the idea of ... Qb3.
34 ... a3 35 hxg6
Qxg6+ 36 Rg4 a2
The 7th Cavalry has arrived. white is lost.
37 e6 b1Q 38 Rxg6+ Qxg6?+
In huge time trouble I miss 38 ... fg which wins on the
spot. The move played however, does not spoil anything. the rook ending is
completely won.
39 Qxg6+ fxg6 40 Ra1 Kf8 41 Kf2
Ke7
If now 42 d5 then 42 ... Ra5 43 Ke3 Rxd5 44 Rxa2 Rd3+ and
so on.
42 Ke3 Kxe6 43 Ke4 Ra3 44 d5+ Kd6 45 Kd4 Ra4 46 Ke4 g5 47 Kd4 h5 48
Ke4 g4 49 Resigns.
49 hg hg 50 Kf4 Kxd5 51 Rd1+ Kc5 52 Ra1 Rz3 53 Kxg4 Rxc3
54 Rxa2 Re3 cuts the white King off from the pawn. |
