Ballantyne, Steve – Stanley, Martyn

Ballantyne, Steve (1365)
Stanley, Martyn (1230)

Result: 1-0
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bd3 f5 8. Be5 O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Ne5 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. f4 e6 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 Bb5 15. h4 Nc6 16. Ndf3 Ng3 17. Rh3 Nh5 18. Kf2 a5 19. Qg1 a4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. a3 Ra5 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Bd1 Rfa8 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Qd1 Be8 26. Qe2 Rb5 27. Rg3 Bg6 Trying to tempt me to take his Bishop but my knight was in a great place 28. Ra2 Rb3 29. Rg1 Ra5 30. Rc1 Rab5 31. Rc2 I was about to offer him a draw then he made a mistake with his next move 31... h6 32. gxh6+ Kxh6 33. Ke1 Qg7 34. Qg2 Qf6 35. Qg3 Ra5 36. Rg2 Rab5 37. Nxg6 Qg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Rxg7 Kxg7 After move 41 he played a few more moves then resigned