Don’t ask me how but one of the two games I played for Luton whilst in recovery from my main accident, where I fractured my skull alongside a great very many other vicissitudes has been found, and here it is. I do remember the game, and do remember delivering mate.
And in case you can’t read it, here it is:
Mark.J.McCready
Shamal Mohammed
24/11/16 OU v Kents/Luton
- e4 e6
- d4 d5
- Nd2 c5
- ce Nc6
- Nf3 Qb6 This is an antiquated move which I played because I forgot the theory. Qb6 was premature, the queen should never be moved so early in the French Defence.
- exd5 cxd5
- Nb3 Bg4
- dxc5 Bxc5
- Nxc5 Qxc5
- Be3 Qd6
- Be2 Nf6
- 0-0 0-0
- Nd4 Bxe2
- Qxe2 Nxd4
- Bxd4 Rfe8 This is precisely what I aimed for. Mostly inspired by Capablanca in my youth who blockaded an IQP with a bishop in one of his famous games. Normally this is done with the knight and not the bishop.
- Qb5 Ng4 I found black’s last move to be strange, the cheap threat is very easily countered.
- g3 Qh6
- h4 Qh5 Black needs more pieces in attack to make this work. There is no threat here.
- Rae1 f6. I understood it but thought it was not the best move in the position.
- c4 Ne5
- Qxd5 Kh8
- Bxe5 Rxe5
- Rxe5 Qxe5
- Qxb7 Rb8
- Qxa7 Qxb2 It was better to take with the rook I thought and was surprised by this.
- c5 Rc8
- Qa6 Rg8 After this was played I knew I would win.
- c6 g5
- c7 Qc3
- hxg5 fxg5
- Qd6 h5 The fatal blunder.
- Qh6 mate. Believe it or not it took a second or two to register but then I had not long been out of hospital from a head injury and was not yet fully functional.
MJM
McCreadyandChess 
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