Rendle, Thomas (2374) - Adams, Michael (2727) Bunratty Masters op 20th, Bunratty 2013.03.02, Round: 4,

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 20th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2013.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rendle, Thomas"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Mickey"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.03.01"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.08"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. d4
Bg7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 (11. Nd4 {looks more challenging.})
11... O-O 12. dxc7 Qxc7 {This is actually a theoretical position but wirth the
White rook on e1 instead of the queen on e2. The difference is obviously
substantially in Black’s favour as the heavy pieces can be harassed by Bb5 in
some lines.} 13. Na3 Rfe8 14. Be3 b5 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Nc2 Nd6 17. Nd2 (17. a4 {
looking to swap some pawns looks more sensible.}) 17... Nf5 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qh3
Bf6 20. Nd4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bg5 ({I couldn’t decide between this and} 21... Bxd4
22. cxd4 Qc2) 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nf1 ({For some reason I had completely
overlooked} 23. Qd3 {followed by N2f3 perhaps my opponent made the same error.}
) 23... Bf6 24. Qd3 (24. a3 $5) 24... b4 {After this leaving 2 weak pawns on
the queenside there are a lot of targets in White’s position and practically
it is hard to hold.} 25. Ne3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Qf4 27. Nc4 h4 28. g3 Qc7 29. Ne3
hxg3 30. hxg3 Qd7 31. Kf1 Bg5 32. Re1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Qg2 34. Kd1 Qxf2 35. Nec2
Be4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 {White resigned he could have tried} 37. Nf3 {but I had seen
the best response} Re3 38. Nxe3 Qxf3+ 39. Kd2 Qf2+ 0-1
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