Raymond Keene vs Brian Denman - British Team Championship Final Cambridge v Brighton 1974.??.??

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Raymond Keene vs Brian Denman
British Team Championship Final Cambridge v Brighton England 1974.??.??
English Opening: Agincourt Defense 1-0

[Event "British Team Championship Final Cambridge v Brighton"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Brian Denman"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6
5.c4 dxc4 6.bxc4 {This is stronger than Bxc4.} Be7 7.Qc2 Nc6
8.a3 {!} b6 9.Bd3 { 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Rad1
Qc7 [12...h6! was recommended by Petrosian.] 13.Ng5 g6 14.f4
Na5 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.f5 exf5 17.Rxf5 Rc6 18.Rf4 with a tremendous
pull, Tal - Kapengut, Moscow Russia 1972.} Bb7 10.O-O Qd6
11.Nc3 Rd8 12.Be2 O-O 13.Rad1 h6 {!} 14.Rfe1 Rd7 15.Qb1 Qb8
16.d3 Rfd8 17.h3 Ba8 18.Bf1 Bf8 {Black should play
consistently for ...b5 with ...a6.} 19.Ne2 {!} Ne8 20.Ng3 a6
21.d4 Bd6 { 21...cxd4 22.exd4 b5 23.d5! exd5 24.cxb5 axb5
25.Nf5 } 22.Ne4 cxd4 23.Nxd6 Nxd6 24.exd4 Na5 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.d5
exd5 {26...Naxc4 27.Nxc4 Nxc4 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.dxe6 fxe6
30.Qg6} 27.cxd5 b5 28.Ng4 {Setting up a bishop sac at g7.} h5
29.Ne3 {The safe move, played in time pressure. 29.Bxg7!? Kxg7
(29...hxg4 30.Bf6 Re8 31.Rd4) 30.Qa1+ and White should win. }
Nac4 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.Qa1 f6 32.Bc3 Re8 33.Bb4 Rcc8 {33...Rce7
walks into a pin a d6, but it possibly offered more
prospects.} 34.Rd4 c3 {?} 35.Bxc3 Nb5 36.Rd3 Qf4 37.Bb4 Qe4
38.Qd1 Rcd8 39.Nc2 Qc4 40.Rxe8+ Rxe8 41.Ne3 Qe4 42.Qxh5 g6
43.Qd1 f5 44.Qd2 { 44.Ng4! would have led to a more elegant
win. } Nc7 45.Rd4 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Nb5 47.Rh4 Qa1 48.a4 Qe5+ {
48...Qxa4 49.Nxf5 ! gxf5 50.Qg5+ +- } 49.g3 g5 50.Rc4 {Black
resigned. eg 50...Na7 51.Bc3 50...f4 51.Ng4 fxg3+ 52.fxg3 Qe2+
53.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 54.Kg1 wins } 1-0

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Updated: 18 January, 2022
Created: 18 January, 2022