1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 h6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0–0 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.a3 0–0 12.Re1 c5 13.Nb5 c4 14.Bb1 a6 15.Nd6 Bxd6 16.Bxd6 Re8 17.Bg3 b5 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 Ne4 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Qb6 22.Qh5 Qe6 23.f3 Nd6 24.h4 gxh4 25.Qxh4 Nf5 26.Qg4+ Qg6 27.Bxf5 Qxg4 28.Bxg4 Rf8 29.Bf5 f6 30.Bf4 Kg7 31.Kf2 Rh8 32.Rh1 Rae8 33.Rh4 Bc8 34.Bxc8 Rxc8 35.Bd6 Rc6 36.Bc5 f5 37.Rch1 Kg6 38.g4 Rf6 39.g5 Kxg5 40.Be7 c3 41.bxc3 b4 42.cxb4 a5 43.Bxf6+ Kxf6 44.Rxh6+ Resigns

 

 

Having drawn the previous encounter with the Black pieces, Gareth now had white in his return match against Mike Walters.

 

Gareth built up a solid attacking position and managed to gain some space with black’s light squared bishop blocked in by his pawn for a lot of the game and an ‘attacking knight’ struggling to find a good square. Whites 22nd move Q-h5 followed by 23.f3 and 24. h4 created additional pressure and induced a mistake with black playing Nf5 losing a whole piece after the Queen calmly moved out of the way of the knight’s path.

 

Black fought on valiantly for a further 20 moves but Gareth was not going to relinquish this game with a full piece advantage.

 

 

 

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