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H. Lwambula
P. Waller
Rapidplay v Emsworth, 2007
1. Nf3The match is 2-2 at "half-time" and the trophy will be Fareham's if we can repeat that; otherwise it will be a complicated game count 1... d5 2. c4e6 3. Nc3Nf6 4. d4Be7 5. Bg5Nbd7 6. e3h6 7. Bh4O-O 8. h3c6 9. Qc2dxc4 10. Bxc4Nd5 11. Bg3Re8 12. a3Nxc3 13. bxc3Nf6 14. e4Qa5White is now better and I have to be very careful not to let the Queen get trapped 15. O-Ob6 16. Ne5Bb7 17. f4c5 18. Bd3cxd4 19. cxd4Rac8 20. Qe2b5 21. f5exf5 22. Rxf5a6 23. Raf1White starts going for the big attack 23... Qxa3 24. Nxf7Kxf7 25. e5Rc3My first big mistake and the last chance to think - again both players are getting equally short of time; if I just defend - here by moving the King out of the immediate firing lineto g8 I ought to have won but my attempts to attack don't seem to work 26. Qh5+Ke6 27. Rxf6+Kd7 28. Bf5+Kd8 29. Rd6+This is a mistake I should have punished - Rb6 is winning 29... Bxd6 30. Qf7Re7The wrong way to defend - the other rook back to c7 and Black is winning; I thought it was a draw by repetition but White declined 31. Qf8+Re8 32. Qxg7Re7 33. Bh4Qa2 My last two moves are hopeless but they had to be made instantly 34. exd6Rce3 35. Qf8# OK so it is now 1-1 in missing mates but there was no good 34th move for Black 1-0
