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J.D'Sousa-Eva
Fareham Chess Club
Correspondence, 2006
1. e4This was a correspondence game started on 25 March 2006 and concluded on 13 February 2007; Fareham's moves were decided at the club each week 1... e5 2. Bc4Nf6 3. Nf3d5A speculative pawn sacrifice; the main merit seems to be taking White out of his opening book 4. exd5e4 5. Qe2Bb4 6. O-OO-O 7. Ng5Bg4 8. Qe3Bf5 9. Nc3Re8 10. f3exf3 11. Qxf3Bg6 12. d3Nbd7 13. Bf4Nb6 14. Bb3Bxc3 15. bxc3Nbxd5 Finally winning the pawn back with a fairly level position 16. Rae1Nxf4 17. Qxf4Qd6 18. Qxd6cxd6 19. Ba4Re5 20. Rxe5dxe5 21. Re1e4 22. Nxe4Nxe4 23. dxe4Rc8 24. Re3Rc4 25. Rd3Threatening mate and forcing Black to decide which way to go; for some reason FCC members thought Kf8 was bad but the King now ended up stuck a long way from the centre 25... h6 26. Rd8+Kh7 27. Rd4Rxc3 28. Kf2b5In post-game analysis Fritz quite likes these Queenside pawn pushes and Black's position (about half a pawn ahead) 29. Bb3a5 30. Ke2f6 31. Kd2Rc7 32. c3 Now White has a slight advantage; Black tries to free his King 32... Be8 33. Be6g6 34. c4bxc4Apparently Fritz would have rated White between 0.1 and 0.2 pawns ahead and he may be able to win the a pawn but was concerned that Black's Kingside pawns might then roll - and therefore accepted Black's draw offer ½-½
