Over 65 round 3 - Bedford Chess Club

Paul playing the perfect Swiss strategy!

“Just as I was thinking I know little about this opening, Black goes seriously wrong on Move 5. Only Oliver Jackson, top seed, on 3/3.”

   [Event "British O-65 Championship"]   [Date "2021.10.06"]   [Round "3"]   [White "Habershon, Paul"]   [Black "McKenna, John"]   [Result "1-0"]   [Annotator "Paul Habershon"]   [PlyCount "79"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bf5 $2 6. Qf3 Bxd3 $2 ({   Black has to admit his mistake with} 6... Bc8) 7. Qxb7 c5 8. Qxa8 Nfd7 9. cxd3   cxd4 10. Qb7 (10. Qd5 $1 Qb4 11. a3 {saves the knight}) 10... dxc3 11. Qc8+ Qd8   12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. bxc3 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Kd2 Nc6 16. Nf3 Kc7 17. Rab1 Rd8 18.   Rhe1 e5 19. Ng5 Nb6 20. Kc2 Rd7 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rd5 24. Rb7+   Kc8 25. Rxf7 Bh6 26. Ne4 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. Kd2 Ne7 29. g4 Nd5 30. g5 Bf8   31. Rf1 Ke8 32. h4 {photo! - Ed}  Ba3 33. Rb1 Nb6 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Nxh7 e4 36. Nf6 exd3 37.   Kxd3 Bd6 38. Rf1 Ke6 39. Ne4 Be5 40. c4 1-0