Porter and Brown were team mates at the Turin Olympiad 2006.Therefore they would get a deep insight into each other's game. Also Equitable as the new NM is keen to establish himself amongst the elite. Porter has so much experience of National Championships but he has not climbed the peaks of achievement. That honour has gone to Elliott.

Hence, his hunger.

Equitable has moved through the ranks in stealth mode and no one writes about his games.

But the games are usually filled with good moves and consistent finishes. With more confidence and encouragement Equitable will soon threaten the likes of Elliott and Matthews for the top position.

Anyway onto the fight of hungry lions.

1.c4 Porter never backs down from proving the worth of his English. Porter will never admit it in public, but he is a counter puncher as a result he lets the other side build up and over commit himself then he hits back.

1...Nf6 Equitable goes for an Indian set up.

2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Porter cuts out Grunfeld possibilities and heads to his favourite variation of the Kings Indian Defence-The Classical.

3....d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1

The first crucial juncture has come. Porter has shown a love for this since the mid nineties.

This is a favourite of the current World Senior Champion ,Korchnoi who has faced down Kasparov with it.

9....Ne8 A move used by Kasparov, Shirov, Polgar and Topalov.

This move allows for the f5 push and also defends d6 against the onslaught of c4-c5 and cd6.

Also the bishop on c8 is not obstructed. Both sides will play on the wings as the middle of the battlefield is congested. Black goes for checkmate on the kingside and white seeks to hold the fort and then triumph on the queenside in the ending.

10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.c5 Here white chooses this move or 13.g4.

Porter has chosen a move with a good record.

13....Ng6 Equitable was faced with the choice of the text move or 13...h5. He may have missed the powerful concept of 13....Rf6 with the idea of ...Rh6, ...Nf6, ...Qe8 and ....g4.

14.a4 An important part of whites strategy is to push this pawn as far as possible or create space for the rook on a1 to go to a3 where it will defend the Kingside. Korchnoi has done this many times. Equitable faces a crucial moment in the game:

Does he continue with kingside expansion with moves like h7-h5,Ne8-f6 and g5-g4 or does he stem the white army on the queenside first. This is a tough position where the long term

advantages lie with white in the queenside. If Equitable pursues action on the kingside it must lead to mate or the win of material otherwise he will be stuck defending weaknesses on the kingside. Anyone who doubts this should look at the games of Korchnoi.

14.....a5?! Brown goes for the physical block of the a-pawn. Unfortunately this leaves a number of weaknesses on the queenside. Both players have reached the limit of their knowledge of this position.

15.cd6 cd6 Brown could still have tried 15...Nd6 defending b5.However he needs the knight for the queenside.

16.Nb5 Shredder 10 awards the clear advantage to white here. Black's attack against the white monarch is not easy as he needs time to place the artillery on the g-file when white simply has moves such as Kh1 and Rg1. Black must have a favourable ratio of attacking pieces in the area.

A rook on g7 and sexy black queen on g5 is not enough.

16....Rf7 17.Rc1 Bf8 Standard procedure.g7 is vacated for the rook and d6 is over protected.

18.Qb3 h5 19.Na7 Shredder10 evaluates this position as hugely advantageous for white.

19....Ra7 20.Ba7 b5 Equitable tries to solve his queenside problems in radical fashion. However the problems are worse.

21.Bf2 b4

Optically it looks as if Brown has sorted out the queenside but there are new pressure points for white.b5 c6 and a5 are vulnerable.

22.Nd3 -Shredder suggests a very simple plan- Bb5,Qc4,Bc6 and Qb5 with Bb6 in mind.

The Bb5 move would clear the second rank for defence and allow for Rc2 should the need arise to defend g2.

22.....g4 23.Rc8?! A radical move. Porter seems to be very anxious about the queenside,

23...Qc8 24.Rc1Qd7 25.Qc2g3 Brown's attack gains momentum. 26.Bb6

26.Be7 27.Qc6 -Shredder considers 27.Qc8 to be better.

27...Bd828.Bd8Qd8 29.Qc8Qb6 30.Kh1Kf8 31.Qe6Rf6 32.Qd7Ne7 33.hg3fg3 34.Qh3Qe3

Because the dark square bishops are off Equitable moves with greater ease on the dark squares.

35.Bf1 Qg5 Bertram reports a time scramble at this point. Porter cannot pursue aggressive moves.

He blunders at this point. Equitable's punishment is brutal and efficient.

36.Rc2? Now the Bishop on f1 is loose.

36...Nd5 37.ed5 e4

38.Nc1 Rf4!! 39.Qe6 Rh4 40.Kg1 Qe3 0-1

Appropriately for a Kings Indian defence the winning move comes on the dark squares.