O'Gorman, Francis (Worcestershire) - Bullock, A (Dorset) [A40] Brown Pond ECF Corres, Bd 3, 2008

1.d4 b6 2.e3 Bb7 3.Nd2 g6
According to one database with over 3 million games this is a theoretical novelty! there is one game up to white's third move, but black replied ...f5 and players transposed into a Stonewall-like set-up
4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.Bd3 e6 6.b3 Ne7 7.Bb2 d6
Black has adopted the hippopotamus position!
8.c3 Nd7 9.e4 0–0 10.Qe2 a6 11.Nf1
11.0–0 c5 leads to a balanced and more open game
11...h6 12.Ne3 e5
12...f5 is more active: 13.exf5 exf5 14.0–0=
13.0–0 Kh7
13...f5 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.dxe5 fxe4 16.Nd4 Nxe5 17.Ne6=
14.Nd2
14.dxe5 leads to greater white pressure because white gains control of the d-file and the knight on e7 is poorly placed 14...Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Rad1
14...g5?! [Better is 14...d5 15.exd5 exd4 16.cxd4 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Nc4= (18.Bxa6? loses piece 18...Re8 19.Qd3 Rxa6–+ 20.Qxa6 Qg5)
15.Nf5
15.d5! Ng6 16.Bc2 Nf4 17.Qf3 Qf6 18.Nf5 Bh8 19.c4 looks good for white becuse the advanced black knight will be kicked away, whereas white's advanced knight is sitting pretty.
15...Nxf5 16.exf5 f6
The move immures the bishop and a better one may be 16...Kg8 17.Rfe1.
17.Rae1 Re8 18.Qh5 Nf8
The knight retreat serves no useful purpose and it later returns to d7, so better is 18...Re7 19.c4 but white retains a small edge.
19.c4 Re7 20.Ne4 Kg8 21.d5 Qe8 22.Qh3 Nd7 23.Be2 Nc5 24.Ng3 Bc8 25.Ba3 a5 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.a4
It is difficult for black to attack the backward b pawn.
27...Bd7 28.Ne4 Qf8 29.g4
better was 29.Bh5! this exchanges off white's 'bad' bishop or the bishop on g6 is a thorn in black's side. For example 29...Rb8 30.Re3 Rb4 31.Bg6 Qb8 32.Rd1 Bc8 33.Qf3 Ba6 34.h4 gxh4 35.Qh3 Qf8 36.Qxh4 Bb7 37.Bh5 Rd7 38.Rdd3 Kh8 39.Rg3 Re7 40.Rg6 wins in the g file.
29...Rb8 30.Qc3 Ra8 31.Bf3 Ree8
to deploy the rook to the b-file, but 31...h5 looks better.
32.Ng3
Re3 looks better because the knight later returns to e4
32...Reb8 33.Rb1 Rb4 34.Ne4 Qb8
34...h5 35.gxh5 Rab8 36.Bg2 Bxf5 37.Qf3 with an edge to black
35.Nd2 Kf7 36.Be4 Qc8 37.Qd3 Rab8 38.Kg2 Qa6 39.h4 Rh8 40.Rh1 Rbb8
Abandonong the b4 salient looks wrong
41.Rh3 Rbg8 42.Rbh1 Qa8 43.Bf3
42...Qb7 looks better.
43...Ke7 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Ne4 Rxh3 46.Rxh3 Rh8
46...Kf7! is necessary
47.Rxh8 Qxh8 48.Qc3 Qa8

After 48... Qa8       

48...Qb8!? 49.Qxa5 Bc8± is the only other move.
49.Nxc5!
A simple tactical blow, but easy to miss in tense manoevering. It wins a pawn and implants the knight securely on e6 when the game will "play itself", so black resigned.
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