Ray Collett - Steven Mellor

Worcester, KO semi-final, played 29.04.2010 Modern Defence

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Be3 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2
[5.f3 Nbd7 6.Qd2 c6 7.g4 h5 8.g5 Ng8 9.f4 e6 10.Na3 Villanueva,G-Maga,M/Manila 1997]
5...0–0 6.Ngf3
[The white move was to stop 6...e5. Previously played was 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 e5 8.0–0 Ng4 9.Ne1 exd4 10.cxd4 Nxe3 11.fxe3 b6 Conlon,J-Campbell,E/London 1993 when the black pawns look better]
6...Ng4 7.Bc4
[7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Nf6 may be better for white]
7...Nxe3 8.fxe3 c5 9.0–0 Bh6 10.Qe2 a6 11.a4 Nd7 12.e5
[12.b4 Nf6 13.bxc5 Ng4 14.cxd6 exd6 is slightly better for white]
12...Qb6?! 13.e6 Nf6
[13...fxe6 14.Bxe6+ Kg7 15.Nc4]
14.exf7+ Kh8
[14...Kg7 15.Bb3]
15.b3 [15.Bb3!? is also a good continuation]
15...Ng4 16.Ne4 Nxe3 17.Rfe1 cxd4 18.a5! Qa7 19.cxd4 d5
[Better is 19...Bg4!]
20.Neg5 Nf5
attacking the isolated pawn
21.Qe5+ Bg7 22.Qxd5 Nxd4 23.Kh1 Nc2 24.Rxe7 Nxa1

Collett - Mellor after 24...Nxa1

[Collett expected 24...Bxa1 but had not seen the follow up 25.Re5! Bh3 26.Qd6 (26.Nxh3 Ne3 27.Qe6 Ng4+-) 26...Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Ne3+ 28.Kg3 Nf5+ 29.Rxf5 Qb8 30.Qxb8 Raxb8 31.Rf4 and white is winning]
25.Ne6?
[The correct move is 25.Nxh7! Kxh7 26.Bd3 and white is winning]
25...Bxe6–+ 26.Qxe6 Rad8 27.Rd7
black can now consolidate
27...Rxd7 28.Qxd7 Nc2 29.Qe7 Qe3 30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Be6 Bc3 32.b4 Bxb4 33.Ne5 Bxa5 34.Nd7 Kg7 35.Bb3 Bb4
and now white resigned after reaching the time control 0–1