(1) Marsh,R - McCumiskey,A [A42]
Portsmouth Division One, 21.10.2003
[Andrew McCumiskey]



1.d4 g6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.c5
[ 7.g4 f5 8.gxf5 gxf5 9.Qh5+ Ng6 10.exf5 Qh4 11.Qxh4 Nxh4~~ is the latest book]

7...f5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
[ 8...Kf8 is book but 9.f3 Bh6 10.Bxh6+ Nxh6 11.f4+/= when Ward beat Speelman in the Rebus tournament 2000.]

9.cxd6 cxd6 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.f3 Nf6!?
[ 11...Bh6 12.Bxh6 Nxh6 13.Qd3 0-0+/= ]

12.Nge2 fxe4 13.Nxe4?! Nxe4
[ 13...Nexd5 14.Bg5 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Nb6~~ I rejected this, although a pawn up it let's White off the hook.]

14.fxe4 0-0 15.Nc3 b5! 16.Rf1? b4 17.Ne2 a5
[ 17...Qg4! 18.Ng3 Qh4 19.Bg1 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Rf8+ 21.Ke1 Bh6-+ ]

18.Rc1 Kh8
making room of the Knight

19.Ng1!? Ng8 20.Rxf8 Rxf8 21.Nf3 Qg4 22.Qc2 Nf6 23.Ng5 h6
[ 23...Bh6! 24.Qe2 is the only saving move 24...Qxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Bxg5 26.Bxg5 Nxe4 27.Bh6 Rb8 28.Rc7 a4 29.Ke3 Nc5 ]

24.Ne6 Rf7 25.Qc8+ Kh7 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Qxc7 Ne8 28.Qf7 Qxe4 29.Nf8+ Kh8 30.Nxg6+ Kh7 31.Nf8+
and White has to repeat the position to avoid losing a piece. 1/2-1/2