Letsplaychess.com presents Khandaker vs T.Gavriel

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Barnet managed to beat Watford II last night in the Herts Div 1 league. I drew with Khandaker (ECF 168) playing black on board 2. It was an exciting game, but I was gutted to have been distracted at the end by the temptation of winning a piece, instead of just playing simple positional moves.

Khandaker vs T.Gavriel
Watford II vs Barnet, Herts League

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 (4... d5 5.
e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ng5 Nc6 8. c3 Qd5 9. Qe2 Bf5 10. g4 (10. Qc4 e6 11. h3
Qxc4 12. Bxc4) 10... e3 11. Rg1 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Kd1 Qa4+ 14. Ke1 Qb4+)
5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 (7... Nbd7 8. Bh6 (8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6
fxe6 11. O-O-O Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qb6 13. Qxe6 Ne5 14. Qb3 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3) 8... Bxh6
9. Qxh6 e5) 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 b4 10. Ne2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... dxe5 12.
Nxe5 Qe7 13. Nc4 Nbd7) 12. O-O (12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. f4 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O
Nc5 16. e5 O-O-O 17. Rad1 Kb8 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. fxg5) (12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. Nc4 Nbd7
) 12... Nbd7 13. Ng5 Ng4 14. Qh4 h6 15. Qxg4 hxg5 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. Qe3 O-O 18.
a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Bc4 Kg7 21. Rfd1 Rab8 22. Ra7 Nc5 23. Nc1 Ra8 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. Bb3 c5 28. c4 (28. Qe3 Rd8 29. f3 Qc7 30. Nf2
c4 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Ba2 Qd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. b3 cxb3 35. Bxb3 Ba6) 28... bxc3
(28... Bxe4 29. f3 Bf5 30. Nf2 Ra7 31. Qe3 f6 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Nd7 34. Rd5
Ra1+ 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Qd6 37. Bg4 Nb8) (28... Rd8 29. f3 Rd4 30. Ba2 Nxc4
31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Nf2 Rd4 33. Qe3 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 c4 35. h3 Qd6 36. Nf2 f6 37.
Qa7 Qc7 38. Nd1 Kh6 39. Kh2) (28... Rd8) (28... Rd8 29. f3 Rd4) 29. Qxc3 Nd7 (
29... c4 30. Nxe5 (30. Bxc4 Rc8 31. b3) 30... cxb3 31. Nd7+ Kh7 32. Nxb6 (32.
Nf6+ Kh6 33. Ng4+ Kh7 34. Nf6+)) (29... c4 30. Nxe5 cxb3 31. Nd7+ Kh7 32. Nf6+
Kh6 33. Ng4+ Kh7) 30. f3 f6 31. Qc4 {draw agreed} Ba6 32. Qe6 Qxe6 33. Bxe6
Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Nf8 36. Bd5 Rc1 37. Rb3

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