[Event "Moja Chess Extravaganza (B section)"]
[Site "Kimberley"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Jugree, Arav"]
[Black "Maravanyika, Charlton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1375"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[Annotator "Keith"]
[Source "Reflections 7"]
{I discovered this game score in Reflections volume 7 by Lyndon Bouah:} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Ne5 7.Nxe5 Qxe5 8.Kh1 dxc3 9.Nxc3 c6 10.f4 Qd4 11.Qb3 Nh6 12.h3 O-O 13.f5 Qf6 (13...d5 $1 {was called for}) 14.e5 $1 Qh4 15.Bxh6 Qxh6 16.Ne4 Bd4 17.Qg3 {A good move, but 17.Bxf7+ or 17.Nd6 were even stronger. Black's Queenside is undeveloped and he is in big trouble.} 17...Kh8 18.Rad1 $1 Bxb2 19.Rf2 (19.Nd6 $1 b6 20.Nxf7+ Rxf7 21.Bxf7 Ba6 22.Rfe1 $18) 19...Bc1 20.Rc2 $2 {This spoils it all, as the Bishop becomes very annoying on f4. Plonking the Knight on d6 wins quickly.} (20.Nd6 Qg5 21.Qxg5 Bxg5 22.Nxf7+ Rxf7 23.Bxf7 b6 24.f6 $18) (20.f6 g6 21.Nd6 Bg5 22.Qa3! $18) 20...Bf4 $1 21.Qa3 Kg8 22.Nd6 Bxe5 $1 23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Qe7 d5 25.Rxd5 $1 {"Stupendous" says Lyndon, but both he and the players missed something.} 25...cxd5 (25...Rxe7 $4 26.Rd8#) 26.Bxd5 Bxf5 $2 {The losing move, Black missed an incredible Novotny interference defence. I couldn't believe my eyes when Fritz pointed it out.} (26...Be6 $3 {putting the Bishop en prise to three different pieces looks ridiculous, until you realise that the White pieces get in each other's paths, whichever way the Bishop is captured.} 27.Bxe6 (27.Qxe6 Qxe6 28.Bxe6 Re8 {threat ...Rxe6} $19) (27.fxe6 $4 Rf1#) 27...Kh8 28.Bxf7 (28.Qxf7 $2 Qe3 {threatens mate on e1} 29.g3 Qe1+ 30.Kg2 Qe4+ {picks up the Rook}) 28...Qf4 $1 ({but not} 28...Qe3 $2 29.Qc5 Qe1+ 30.Qg1) 29.g3 Qxg3 30.Qc5 Rd8 $19 {and it is White's back row that is the problem.}) 27.Qxf7+ Kh8 28.Qxf5 Qd6 29.Rc8+ 1-0