Barry Green Annotates

Barry Green has kindly annotated a good recent win from the match between Cavendish II and Streatham. We'd like more games on our website - could club members please send (preferably annotated) games to Matt Piper?

Green,Barry N - Thomas,Robert [C10]
10.12.2009

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 a new line to me 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.h4 h6 9.Bd2 Ngf6 10.Qe2 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Qxe4 c6 12...c5 may be better to open lines and to deter White from 0-0-0 13.0-0-0 Nf6 14.Qe2 Qd5 15.c4 Qf5 16.Rhe1 16. Ne5 may be better and if 16...Qe4 17.Rhe1 keeps an edge. 16...b5? This is too slow. 16...Ng4 would prevent what follows. 17.Ne5 Rc8?? Diagram

18.g4 Qh7 19.Nxf7 0-0 20.Qxe6 Black resigns. Black's game went from a small minus to dead lost in a few moves without me having to do anything too clever. 1-0