(2) Drexel,John (1985) - Wickering,Allen (1735) [E52]
June 2010 Calvin Grand Rapids, MI (1), 05.06.2010
[Andy Catlin]



1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.f4 Ne4 12.Qc2 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Rc8 14.a4 c5 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.Rf3 cxd4 17.exd4 Qe7 18.a5 Rc6 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra7 Ra8 21.Rxa8+ Bxa8 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4
White's a clean pawn up.

23...Rc8 24.d5?!
[24.Qf5 or; 24.Qg4 attacking the Rc8 gives White time to avoid returning material.]

24...Qc5+! 25.Qd4 Qxd4+ 26.cxd4 Bxd5 27.Rc3 Rxc3 28.Bxc3
Now with bishops of opposite colors, the game should be a draw. But White's two center pawns on the same color as his bishop make things a little awkward, so White has a narrow path to walk on here. As we've seen before in Allen's games, he plays a fine endgame to take advantage of some imprecise moves and brings home the win.

28...Kf8 29.g3 Ke7 30.Kf2 Kd7 31.Ke3 Kc6 32.Kd3 Kb5 33.Bd2 Ka4 34.Kc3 b5 35.Kb2 b4 36.Bg5 Kb5 37.Be7 Kc4 38.Bf8 g6 39.Bc5 b3 40.h4 Kd3 41.Bb6 Ke4 42.e6?! Bxe6 43.Kc3 Kf3 44.Bc7 f6
Allen gets to work creating another passed pawn.

45.Kb2 g5 46.hxg5 fxg5 47.Bd6 h6 48.Kc3 h5 49.Be5 h4 50.gxh4 gxh4
White resigns. 0-1