Games
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1395"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Darshan is a superb player similar in ability to LifeWithoutChes, even though
he did better than latter in their match together. In their only meeting
admitedily in a blitz game the result was drawn, so it was with treperdation
that William finally played Darshan.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {A
Nimzo-Indian Defence. This is so good for Black many gm's avoid it by playing
3.Nf3.} 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. d5 Ne7 $4 {The rest is technique.} (
7... Nd4 $3 $14 {This gets out of the difficulty.}) 8. Qa4+ $1 c6 9. Qxb4 cxd5
10. cxd5 O-O 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. g3 Bg4 13. Bg2 Qd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O Rac8
16. Kb1 f5 17. h3 Bh5 18. Ka1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. g4 f5 21. gxh5 fxe4 22.
hxg6 exf3 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Bf1 Qg5 25. Bd3 Qg2 26. Qxd6 Qxf2 27. Qxe5+ 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Was William going to run away with the match as he did in the last grand prix
against LifeWithoutChes. He was 1 - 0 up before this match and in the last
game Darshan fell for a cheapo.} 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 c6 3. f4 Qc7 4. Nf3 e5 5. f5
Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O d5 8. d3 d4 9. Nb1 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Na3 a6 12. c4 Bd7
13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Nc2 Rdg8 15. a3 g6 16. Ng5 Be8 17. b4 gxf5 18. Rxf5 h6 19.
Nf3 $2 $17 {The problem is the White Rook on f5 has no-where to go and the
exchange will follow.} (19. Qf1 hxg5 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Qd8 22. Qf2 $15)
19... Bd7 $1 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. b5 Nb8 22. bxa6 Nxa6 23. Qe1 Bc6 24. Rb1 Qd7 25.
Bf1 Qg4 26. Qf2 Nc7 27. Be2 Qg6 28. Na1 Ne6 29. Nb3 Ng5 30. Na5 $4 (30. Nxg5
$17) 30... Nh3+ $5 31. Kf1 Nxf2 32. g3 Ng4 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. a4 Ne3+ 35. Kf2
Nc2 36. a5 Nb4 37. Bxb4 cxb4 38. Rxb4 Kc7 39. a6 Rb8 40. Ra4 Ra8 41. c5 Rhb8
42. Nd2 Qg5 43. Nc4 Qc1 44. a7 Rb7 45. Nb6 Raxa7 46. Rc4 Qb2 47. Kf1 Ra2 48.
Kg2 Qxe2+ 49. Kh3 Qxh2+ 50. Kg4 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qxd3 52. Rc1 Qxe4 53. Rf1 Qg6 54.
Rg1 Qh5# {So its already looking ominous with William on 2 out of 2, ie
leading 2 - 0.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "darchanmk46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1355"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{William was powering forward with a 2 - 0 lead but he was to find Darshan,
the indian promising junior, more than a handfull.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 {like the first game this was a Nimzo-Indian Defence but here Darshan
doesnt fall for the loss of the piece with d5 push undermining the Knight on
c6, defence of the b4 Bishop.} 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Be2 $4 {a mistake which isn't
at all obvious.} Nhf4 $1 13. Bxf4 {there is no way not to lose a piece.} Nxf4
14. Bf3 Qxg5 15. c5 Bg4 16. cxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 cxd6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rc3 Rxc3
20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Rc1 $4 Nh3+ $1 {now Qxc1 is looming and a probable mate. Now
it was 2 - 1 to William and game on.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1355"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This game was an eventfull draw as Darshan finds the tactics to cancel out a
traditional counter attack by William...The position in the match is 2 - 1 to
William and it is 2.5 - 1.5 after the game.} 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 Qc7 4.
Nc3 e5 {William plays his traditional Harkins Counter-Attack.} 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bc4 Bd6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h3 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13.
a3 b4 14. Nb1 c5 15. Bc4 Nc6 (15... Bb7 $19) 16. g4 Nxe4 17. Qe2 Bb7 $1 18.
Bxh6 $4 Nd4 $3 19. Nxd4 cxd4 $1 20. f3 $2 Ng3 21. Qd3 Nxh1 $6 (21... e4 $3 22.
Qxd4 gxh6 $19 {with a big advantage to William.}) 22. Rxh1 gxh6 $4 {this
allows a draw escape.} (22... e4 $1 23. fxe4 gxh6 24. e5 Bg5+ 25. Kd1 Bxh1 26.
h4 Rfc8 27. hxg5 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 $19) 23. Qg6+ $3 Kh8 24. Qxh6+ $1 Kg8 25.
Qg6+ $5 Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 {Williams king can not
escape perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1355"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{In this game another Classical Nimzo-Indian, William again struggles to play
behind a pawn mass and offers a bishop for an attack, which cleverly Darshan
refuses until he swaps off for an advantageous position. Again this stuff was
less than obvious and took some vision and a half.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Ng6 10. g3 b6
11. Bg2 Bg4 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 h6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Bh1 Bh3 16. Ng2 Nh7 17. f4
f5 18. fxe5 $6 (18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qb3 $17 {still whites position looks ropey.})
18... Nxe5 19. Qc1 $4 (19. Bf4 Ng5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qd2 Bd3 23.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Ne3 $17) 19... Nxc4 $2 {William loses a pawn} (19... fxe4 20.
Qb2 Nf3+ 21. Rxf3 exf3 22. Nf4 Ng5 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Qf2 $19 {even getting all
the pieces around the White king won't save him.}) 20. Bxh6 $4 {asking too
much of the position or simply desperation.} Qe7 $2 {technically a mistake but
it has a sting in its tail and is probably a trully brilliant move really.} (
20... gxh6 $1 {Darshan can get away with taking the Bishop.}) 21. Rf4 $2 (21.
Bf4 $17) 21... gxh6 $1 22. exf5 Bxg2 $3 {a simply great move} 23. Bxg2 Qe3+ $3
{The game is over with the swap off of Queens with the material advantage
Darshan has...it doesnt actually end for 14 more moves but its like Iceland
being 2 - 0 up against England in injury time at soccer.} 24. Kh1 Qxc1+ 25.
Rxc1 Ne3 26. Bh3 Ng5 27. Bg4 Rae8 28. Bh5 Re4 29. Rf2 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Nxf5 31.
Bg6 Re5 32. Rf1 Ne3 33. Rf2 Ng4 34. Rf4 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kf1
Nxf4 {So its even at 2.5 - 2.5.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1355"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{As the competition hotted up, William again struggles to find a way through
Darshans defences but honours are even after the match at 3 - 3.} 1. e4 d6 2.
Nf3 c6 3. d4 Qc7 4. Bd3 {a new move here by Darshan in the Harkins
Counter-Attack.} e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. c3 O-O 10.
Re1 h6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 Nh7 13. Qc2 Ng5 14. Nh4 $2 Nxh3+ $1 {a pawn for
nothing is swooped upon by William.} 15. gxh3 Bxh4 16. Be2 Bg6 17. Nf3 Qd8 18.
Kh2 $2 {another pawn goes.} (18. Ba3 $17) 18... Bxf2 19. Rf1 Be3 20. Rcd1 Nf6
21. Bd3 Nh5 22. Bc1 Bf4+ 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Bc4 d5 25. dxe5 $3 {the black d
pawn is pinned by the Rook on d1 to the Queen.} Qc8 $1 26. Ng1 $3 {an
extremely accurate series of moves. The Queen has unpinned itself thus the
Bishop on c4 is maybe doomed but the Knight move to g1 both covers the pawn on
h3 and uncovers an attack on the Knight at f3, which means a piece for a piece
exchange.} dxc4 $4 (26... Nh5 $3 27. Bd3 Qe6 28. Nf3 Nf4 29. Kg3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3
dxe4 31. Qd6 exf3 $19) 27. Rxf4 cxb3 28. Qxb3 Qe6 $6 $17 {Rather generously
William accepts a draw offer.} (28... Qc7 $19) 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1409"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{With the match score at 3 - 3 it was going to need a push by one or other of
the two to get into a commanding position, but the two players cancelled each
other out with a win here by William and one in the next game by Darshan to
keep up the tension to fever pitch.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {
The Classical Nimzo-Indian Defence yet again.} Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ng6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Ng4 $6 13. h3 Nf6
14. b4 b6 15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Qc8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Ra1 Qb7 20.
bxc5 $6 (20. Qb1 $1 $16) 20... bxc5 21. Bxg6 $2 {releasing some of the tension
for little gain.} (21. f4 $16) 21... fxg6 $1 22. f4 Bf5 $4 (22... exf4 23. exf4
Bf5 $11) 23. e4 $1 {yes, the problem was this move with the instant Bf5, it
was best to swap off the e -pawn first.} Bd7 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Ra8 26.
Rxa8+ Qxa8 27. Bd6 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qd4 29. e5 Ne8 30. Bb8 Qf4+ 31. Kh1 g5 32. e6
Qxb8 33. exd7 Nf6 34. Qf5 Qd8 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Qd6+ Kg8 37. Qxc5 Qxd7 38. Qd4
g4 39. hxg4 Qxg4 40. Qxg4 Nxg4 41. c5 {The endgame is fairly easily winning
for William but Darshan puts up a fight.} Kf7 42. Ne4 Ke7 43. c6 Ne5 44. Kg1
Kd8 45. Kf2 Kc7 46. Ke3 Nxc6 47. dxc6 Kxc6 48. Kf4 Kd7 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Ng5 g6+
51. Ke5 h6 52. Nh7 Kf7 53. Nf6 g5 54. g4 Kg7 55. Kf5 Kf7 56. Nh5 Kg8 57. Kg6
Kh8 58. Ng7 Kg8 59. Nf5 Kf8 60. Nxh6 Ke7 61. Kxg5 Kf8 62. Kg6 Ke7 63. g5 Kf8
64. Kh7 Ke7 65. g6 Kf6 66. g7 Kg5 67. g8=Q+ Kf4 68. Qg4+ Ke3 69. Kg6 Kd3 70.
Kf5 Kc3 71. Ke5 Kd3 72. Qd4+ Ke2 73. Qc3 Kd1 74. Qb2 Ke1 75. Ke4 Kf1 76. Kf3 {
maybe Darshan could have resigned a few moves earlier but I have myself got
draws from totally lost games in opens before playing on and I myself love
trying to wrangle a stalemate (in a lost position) almost as much as winning a
game, so who am I to say. Anyway this result gave William a temporary lead at
4 - 3.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Darshan was to level up the match in this game with a blistering attack,
which looked a little suspicious lets say and won Williams Queen on move 19.
If it was a genuine game I am sorry Darshan. But after this game it was 4 - 4.
} 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 {this is a Pirc Defence but an unusual line.} Bg4 3. h3 Bh5
4. d4 c6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nbd2 e5 {the setup of centre pawns and Queen may look
familiar to those that have seen the Harkins Counter-Attack but this is a
kinda delayed Harkins Counter-Attack.} 7. b3 Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10.
Bb2 Bc5 11. Nc4 {ganging up on the e5 pawn.} Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Rad1 b5 14.
Ne3 Bb6 {The e5 pawn survives for now but Darshan has a perfect square for his
knight on f5 which gives him an advantage though it snt yet a winning one.} 15.
Nf5 $1 Nc5 $4 {a disasterous move which gifts the game.} 16. Qg3 $1 {
threatening mate on g7 with the Queen defended by the Knight on f5 and also
attack the forlorn e5 pawn which has been systematically undermined by Darshan.
} g6 $4 (16... Nh5 $3 17. Qg5 g6 18. Ne7+ Kg7 19. Bxe5+ f6 20. Bxc7 fxg5 21.
Be5+ Kh6 $18) 17. Bxe5 $1 Qd8 18. Qg5 $1 Nh5 $4 (18... Ncd7 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20.
Bb2 Re8 21. Bc4 $3 bxc4 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxf6+ Kf8 24. Nf5 Bd4 25. Qh6+ Kg8
26. Qg7#) 19. Ne7+ $6 (19. Nh6# {missing a one move mate.}) 19... Qxe7 {
but this wins the Queen anyway.} 20. Qxe7 Rae8 21. Qd6 Re6 22. Qxe6 Nxe6 23. c4
bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nhf4 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. Rc1 c5 28. Rcd1 Re8 29. Bf6 h5
30. Rd7 Nf4 31. e5 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nc3 33. R1d2 Ne4 34. Re2 Nc3 35. Red2 Ne4 36.
R2d3 c4 37. bxc4 Nc5 38. Rd2 Nxd7 39. Rxd7 Re6 40. Rb7 Rc6 $4 (40... g5) 41.
Rb8+ {The method of swapping off an advantage for lesser material advantage is
justified by the fact that a large material advantge creates an increasing
plus for yourself so swapping off major pieces for minor just helps maintain
the plus and eliminate any chances of being checkmated in all all out attack
by a desperate yet to be beat opponent. This method of winning won games has a
name-its called technique. The match is tied at 4 - 4.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1404"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Darshan was tired in this game and it showed, he makes a simple absolute
blunder to lose his queen.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6
6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 e4 12. Nxe4
Ne5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. O-O Nxd3 $4 15. Bxf6 Nc5 16. Bc3 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 18.
Rfd1 g6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Bf5 21. Qc1 Nd3 22. Qd2 c5 23. h3 h5 24. Ba1 Rd7
25. Qc3 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Bf6+ Ke6 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Rd2 b6 31.
f3 Re7 32. e4 Re6 33. Qh8+ Ke7 {So the score is 5 - 4 to William.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1414"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{William and Darshan lock horns in this game but little concrete comes of it.
Both wary of losing too much so a quick draw is agreed.} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 Qc7 4. Bd3 e5 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nf1 O-O 10.
Ng3 (10. Ne3 $142) 10... b5 $6 {influenced by my own play against the Kings
Indian of William, he comes up with weakening move here, as the pawn on c3 is
a much more solid reply in defence than a pawn on c4 or Knight on c3.} 11. h3
Be6 12. b3 a5 13. c4 $6 (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nd5 15. Bb2 $14) 13... bxc4 14.
bxc4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Ndf5 $6 $11 (16. Ngf5 $14) 16... Rfd8 17. Bc2 $2 {
The final position shows a double edged setup in an even position Bc2 was a
mistake because it leaves the c4 pawn undefended. So after this game the score
is 5.5 - 4.5 to William as he only needs 1 point to win the match. William is
looking strong favourite for both this match and the overall grand prix.}
1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The match score was 5.5 - 4.5 in Williams favour and he only needed a draw
from the last two games to be unassailable in the match with a tye looking
possible.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2
e5 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O $4 {this mistake should have cost William the game and
tyed the match going into a possible decider, but William mounts a massive
counter-attack with everything he has and the kitchen sink rolled in.} (9. d5
Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Be2 Bd7) 9... Bxc3 $1 10. Bxc3 e4 $5 11. Be2 exf3 12. Bxf3
Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. f3 Bh5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Rae1 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5
19. Qd4 Ne6 20. Qd2 c5 21. f4 Nd4 22. f5 $1 Bh5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. f6 $3 Qb6 25.
Qg5 $5 Bg6 26. h4 Qc5 $6 (26... Re5 27. Qg3 Qxb2 $19) 27. Rf5 $3 gxf6 $6 (27...
Re5 $142 $3) 28. Qg3 $3 (28. Qg4 Rxe4 $4 29. Qxe4 Qxf5 30. Qxa8+ $16) 28... Re5
$3 29. h5 $3 Rxf5 30. exf5 Qxf5 $2 31. hxg6 fxg6 $6 {hxg6 was better defending
the e6 square from checks and slovaks.} 32. Qxd6 {so its 6 - 5. one game to go
for a consolation point for Darshan which will take him into the lead in the
grand prix and tye this match.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match3) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.08.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "darshanmk48"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1639"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The deciding game of the match between Darshan and William Harkins ends with
a Darshan win which sets him up as favourite for the Grand Prix event 2 after
the match thus ends tied 6 - 6. It all goes downhill for William on move 29.}
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
{this works because Darshan intends to castle Queenside and attack Williams
king on the kingside with a ready made attack. Note-its another Harkins
Counter-Attack Opening -my pet name for this opening setup by Black.} g6 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Nc3 b5 15. Rhg1
a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Ne2 Qa5 $6 {with Queens off its hard to see where Williams
attack is coming from.} 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. Bd2 Ra8 20. Bc3 O-O 21. h4 Rfb8 22.
a3 c5 23. Ng3 b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Bd2 b3 26. cxb3 Rxb3 27. Bc4 Rxf3 28. h5 g5
29. Be3 Ng4 $4 {trying to get the marooned Rook on f3 out of the trap isnt
wise.} (29... a3 30. bxa3 Rxa3 31. Be2 Rfxe3 32. fxe3 Rxe3 $13) 30. Rxd7 Nxe3
31. fxe3 Rc8 32. Bd5 a3 33. Nf5 Rb8 34. b3 Rf2 $2 (34... Rf8 $18) 35. Rxf7 Kh8
(35... Bh8 $4 36. Nxh6#) 36. Rxg7 {Now the result is out of Williams hands for
sure.} Rb2+ 37. Ka1 Rc8 38. Ra7 Rcc2 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Ra7+ Kh8 41. Rxa3 Rh2 42.
Ra7 Rbc2 43. Ne7 Kg7 44. Ng6+ Kf6 45. Rf7# 1-0