[Event "2017 Teters"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017-08-10"]
[White "Justin Goodison"]
[Black "Jasan Barnett"]
[WhiteElo "307"]
[BlackElo "898"]
[Result "0-1"]

{When the draw was announced and I was paired with Justin, as black, I knew we would have an Alekhine game as Justin likes e4 as his first move.  Rob Bailey, knowing I almost always play Alekhine, gave Justin some pre-game opening tips on a different (and I think, better way) of playing Alekhine rather than 1. e4 Nf6  2. Nc3 d5 (which I find a lot of the junior players do).} 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 {To Justin's credit, he remembered and followed through Rob's advice exactly.} Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 {This is the modern variation, an Alekhine variation I like.  To the lesser experienced player, there is a temptation to attack either knight with a pawn immediately, but both knights can escape easily and into better positions.  The next move for white in this position is actually e6 (an unnatural looking move)} 6.d5?! {A slight error as the knight can escape to e5, winning a pawn in the process.} Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 {Although a pawn up here, I decided to focus on development and not necessarily focus on protecting the e5 doubled pawn, so white still has many opportunities here.  The next half a dozen moves or so made by white were very well played, I thought.} 8.Nc3 g6 {I was expecting an attack via c5 followed by Qa4 so I wanted to get a kingside castle as soon as I could.} 9.c5 Nd7 10.b4 {A typical Justin aggressive play, and I thought, well thought out:  White has a wall of pawns, all protected (except b4, but that can be easily protected later), and threatening Qa4 next move.  Black must be very careful here.} Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Bc4 {A clear queenside development for white focusing on a strong kingside attack.  Both bishops diagonally targeting the kingside, along with a knight to assist.} b6 13.c6 Nf6 14.f3 e6 15.g3 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Qd6 {The long exchange I constructed to permit development of my white squared bishop, which had been stuck until this point.} 18.f4?? {Unfortunately, it was the type of position where the wrong move ended the game.  This results in a lost pawn and bishop} Qxb4+ 19.Qd2 {Best move, otherwise the bishop on b2 is lost.} Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Rd8 21.Bxe5 Rxd5+ {All these moves, following on from the check, are best.} 22.Ke2? {White should have moved to a black square to prevent another check (and development of my last piece, with a tempo)} Bg4+ 23.Ke3 Bxe5 24.Rae1?? Bf6 25.Ke4 Ra5 {Too many black pieces close to the king: I don't want to fall for a king fork later on.} 26.h3 Bf5+ 27.Kf3 {A pity about move 18.  I was ready at that point for an interesting finish.  Well done Justin for some really solid piece development in the early/middle game, putting some strong pressure on the black kingside.} {#R}