[Event "Alondra Park chess club tourney"]
[Site "Lawndale, CA"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael Cooper"]
[Black "Ted Roth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defense: Balogh variation"]
[ECO "B03"]
[NIC "AL.09"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 dxe5 6. Qh5 e6 7. dxe5 a5 8. a4 Na6 9. Nf3 {White can get a reasonable game with 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Bg5!? Be7 11. Rd1.} Nc5 10. O-O {10. Ba2!? should be tried. Black is better now.} Nxb3 11. cxb3 Qd3 12. Nc3 Qg6 {Very accurate play by Ted.} 13. Qh3 Bd7 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 {I did not want to give up my remaining bishop, but in reality, when facing two bishops, you should usually prefer to have two knights rather than bishop and knight, even though the bishop pair is normally better in both cases. Also, after this trade, Black's queenside majority is better, thanks to White's poor structure. 15. Rc1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Be7 17. Nd4 would keep Black's advantage small.} exd5 16. Qh4 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Nd4 {I figured I had a glimmer of hope here: if Black leaves the bishop on g4 for a move, I may be able to gain time attacking it with h2-h3 to get my kingside pawns rolling.} c6 {I think 18... Bd7 was wisest.} 19. h3 Bd7 20. f4 g6 {Anticipating a slow build-up with g2-g4 etc. But...} 21. f5 {...g7-g6 helped the pawns advance rather than hindering them! Suddenly White has a strong attack, even with the queens off. Black now quickly collapsed.} O-O-O 22. e6 fxe6 23. fxe6 Be8 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. e7 {The fact that there are more moves in this game is probably owing to the ban on time delay at the Alondra Park Chess Club.} Rf7 26. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 27. Rf1 Kd7 28. Rxf7+ Bxf7 29. Nf3 Kd6 30. Bb6 c5 31. Bxa5 d4 32. Nd2 Kc6 33. Bd8 b5 34. a5 c4 35. Bf6 d3 36. b4 Bd5 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. g3 Ke6 39. Bd4 Bb7 40. Ke3 Kf5 {The remaining moves are lost like tears in the rain, but Black was never in danger of holding a draw.} 1-0
