Warley Quinborne again, and I'm sitting by the radiator. Oh well. Opponent Vic Ward is a wily old fox. Got a draw with him a couple of weeks ago in another league. I don't think I've ever beaten him

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Oh no, not this again. I had a lucky win last time, so I'd better play it differently. Got to swap pawns though, else I'll really be under the cosh. 3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Don't want to play NxN because that gave me a lousy game last time. 4... Bc5 5. Nxc6 If I retake, it should be with the b-pawn, but I think I've seen something better. 5... Qf6 6. Qf3 My theory is, keep making threats, however obvious, and eventually he might miss one. He saw the mate though, unfortunately. 6... Qxc6 7. Nc3 I was hoping he'd play Bc4, then I'd go Bxf2ch and pick up his bishop.. 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 I thought about Bd4 here, but he's got moves like Nd5 or Nb5 or Bb5, and it's looking a bit unsafe, lots of pieces hanging or unsupported. This lets him double my pawns, but I don't care about that very much. 8... O-O 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Oh dear, when we went into that sequence I saw this move, and thought I'd cover it with Bb6. I missed that he was forking the other pawn as well. 11... Bd4 The plan here is if Nxc7, Bxb2, Rb1, Bc3 ch followed by Rb8 12. O-O-O I missed that completely. Oh well, he can only get one of the pawns, and if I get one back it's not so bad. 12... Bxf2 13. Nxf6+ Kg7 Hit the Knight. keep making threats and I might eventually get two at once, and win something. 14. Nxd7 Missed that as well. No point taking it, it just brings his rook into play. Rd8 immediately is no good because he just moves his knight, then swaps rooks or forces me away again. Wait a minute I've just seen something! My opponent said afterwards that he'd seen this ages ago, and just forgot, but this is as near as I get to brilliancy! 14... Be3+ 15. Kb1 Rd8 16. Bc4 He's not giving up. Take the knight while I can. 16... Rxd7 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Rd1 Obvious move is Be6, but then Bxe6, fxe6, Rd7ch and I lose at least a pawn. After the next move my plan is Bg5, then move the white-squared bishop. 18... Rd8 19. Rd3 Can't go Bg5 now, because Rg3 followed by h4. Bf4 stops him going Rg3, and then I might go something like Bd6, Be6 19... Bf4 20. Rf3 Oh no! If I move the bishop, I lose the f-pawn and I'm in a bit of trouble, though I should still win. Hang on though..... 20... Be6 White resigned. He can stop the mate, but another pair of pieces go, and he's got no real threats left. I've just noticed that Bg4 might have been even stronger, leaving me with 2 bishops against one, instead of R+B against R as would have happened here. 0-1