[Event "CT Class 1 #95"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2015.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Kent"] [Black "Stephen Woodhouse"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34p"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "ENG"] [WhiteElo "2251"] [WhiteRD "89"] [BlackElo "1872"] [BlackRD "49"] [GameID "390805"] 1. d4 { Kent: Here we go again! } 1... e6 { Stephen Woodhouse: Yes, repeating patterns:-) } 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 h6 12. Bf4 cxb3 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. axb3 Qd7 15. Na4 Bh3 16. Qd3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 c5 21. Qa5 cxd4 22. Qxa7 Qxa7 23. Rxa7 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Bf4 Kf8 26. Be5 d3 27. exd3 Rc2 28. Ra8+ { Kent: you're moving to fast! } { Stephen Woodhouse: Yes:-(( Sorry, I messed that up. I didn't want to play f6 but that must have been the move. } { Stephen Woodhouse: The critical position is after you played Bf4. I had expected Rxe7, going into a rook ending where I am a pawn down but with an active rook and I thought that I could hold it. } { Stephen Woodhouse: After Bf4, I no longer liked my position. If I play Bc5, Rc7 goes into a bishop ending which I thought was winning for white while Bf6 left black passive } { Stephen Woodhouse: Being passive was better than the line I chose which - as you suggested, was careless. } { Kent: After exd3 I think ...f6 was probably slightly better than Bc5, tho it still would have been a bit of a struggle. A decent game up till the misstep. } { Stephen Woodhouse: Yes, I was enjoying it. I am still learning the Tarrasch. It is better suited to my style of play that the Dutch, I think, but it is easy to drift into position where white is slightly better and black is just playing for a draw at best. } 1-0