[Event "Div 2 NA v DHSB "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.04.03"]
[Round ""]
[White "C Caleshu"]
[Black "J Wills"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.04.03"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 h6 7.a4 a5 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 Qe7 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Bb3 Bxb3 12.Qxb3 Qd7 13.Ng3 Ne7 14.Nh4 Qe6 15.Qd1
Qg4 16.Nhf5 Nxf5 17.Nxf5 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Rfe8 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Nxe3 Rad8 21.f3
d5 22.Nc2 dxe4 23.dxe4 Rxd1+ {After this move white gets control of the
open file. Maybe } ( 23...Nd7 24.Rd5 Nf8 25.Rad1 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 b6 {followed
at some point by f6, Ne6 and Rd8 was a better way of keeping things equal.
} ) 24.Rxd1 Re7 25.Rd8+ Re8 26.Rd3 Re7 27.Kf2 Rd7 28.Ke3 Kf8 29.Na3 b6 30.
b4 axb4 {An instructive moment. This pawn exchange gives Caleb the
opportunity of creating a passed a-pawn, and it is known that knights are
not good at defending passed pawns on the outside files. But it's not
clear how Jack could have avoided this.} 31.cxb4 Ke7 32.Nc4 Rxd3+ 33.Kxd3
Nd7 34.a5 bxa5 35.bxa5 f6 36.Kc3 Nb8 37.Kb4 c6 38.Kc5 Kd7 39.Kb6 Kc8 40.a6
c5 41.a7 Nd7+ 42.Kc6 {A well-played ending showing how a small advantage
can be nurtured to a win.} 1-0
[Event "Competitors' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.03.27"]
[Round ""]
[White "R Brenton"]
[Black "S Pasupulety"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.a3 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
exd5 cxd5 9.Bb3 {With his strong centre, Shreyas already has the
advantage.} 9...Bb7 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.Be3 d4 12.Ba4+ Bc6 13.Bxc6+ Nxc6 14.Bc1
Bd6 15.Nd2 O-O 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.O-O Rac8 19.Rd1 e5 20.Bd2 Qg6
21.c3 {It's understandable that Richard wants to attack the pawn front but
this just allows Shreyas to roll his pawns forward.} 21...d3 22.Qe3 e4 23.
Re1 Rfe8 24.f3 f5 25.fxe4 fxe4 26.Rf1 {Richard can't afford to release the
pressure on the e-pawn.} ( 26.b4 {was better but black is still for
choice.} ) 26...Ne5 27.Rf4 Nf3+ 28.Rxf3 exf3 29.Qxf3 Re2 30.Rd1 Rf8 31.
Qd5+ Kh8 32.Be1 Qb6+ 33.Qd4 Qxb2 34.Qd5 Rxe1+ {It's mate in 2 - well
played Shreyas.} 0-1
[Event "Competitors' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.04.03"]
[Round ""]
[White "R Santos"]
[Black "I Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.04.03"]
1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.Nbd2 e6 6.Ne5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nxe5 8.dxe5
Nd7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nf3 ( 10.f4 {is fine. The move played drops a couple of
pawns.} ) 10...Qb4+ 11.c3 Qxb2 12.Rc1 Qxa2 13.O-O Qa3 14.Bb1 Qe7 15.Qd4 a5
16.c4 {Just pushing the a-pawn looks good for Ian. Rodel can't do much at
the moment.} 16...c5 17.Qg4 g6 18.Rfd1 Nb6 19.Ba2 O-O 20.h4 {Ian could
have played a4 on either of the last 2 moves. Sometimes you worry about
what your opponent can do instead of getting on with your own plan and
giving them something to worry about.} 20...h6 {Not usually a good idea to
advance the pawns in front of your king when you are being attacked.} 21.
Qf4 Kg7 22.h5 g5 23.Qg3 Rd8 24.Nh2 dxc4 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Qf3 Qe7 27.Ng4 Rb8
{I don't really understand this one.} 28.Bxc4 Nxc4 29.Rxc4 b6 30.Nf6 Bb7
31.e4 Ba6 32.Rc3 c4 {Ian finally advances a pawn, but it's a bit late.
Rodel manages to generate real threats on the kingside.} ( 32...Rd8 33.Qg3
Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Qd8 {and black will be able to swap off on the d-file and
still have 3 passed pawns.} ) 33.Qg3 Rd8 34.f4 Rd3 35.Rxd3 cxd3 36.fxg5 {
Ian had to settle for a draw. His next move loses.} 36...Qc5+ ( 36...Qf8
37.gxh6+ Kxh6 38.Qf4+ Kg7 39.Qg5+ Kh8 40.h6 a4 41.h7 Qg7 42.Qc1 {and black
has nothing better than} 42...Qf8 43.Qg5 Qg7 44.Qc1 {repeating.} ) 37.Kh2
d2 38.gxh6+ Kxh6 39.Qf4+ Kg7 40.Qg5+ Kf8 41.Qg8+ Ke7 42.Qe8# {A good
battle.} 1-0
[Event "Champions' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.03.27"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "E Manning"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.03.27"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 e4 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Ne2 c6 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.a3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d5
{This natural move allows white to target the central pawns. Maybe } (
8...d6 {was better.} ) 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.c4 a5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.
Bxc3 Qg5 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.Rb1 O-O 16.Rxb7 {White has won a pawn but still
needs to develop his kingside.} 16...Rc8 17.g3 Qh6 18.Qb3 Nd7 19.Bb5 Qe6 (
19...Be6 20.Qb2 Nf6 {gives black good compensation. It's hard to see how
Alan will keep his king safe.} ) 20.Qxe6 Bxe6 {Now with the queens off the
king is less of a problem and Alan has a significant advantage.} 21.Kd2
Rd8 22.Rb1 Nc5 23.Rc7 Nb3+ 24.Kc2 a4 25.Bc6 Ra6 26.Bxe4 {Another pawn goes
and Alan is well on the way to victory.} 26...h5 27.Bd3 Rb6 28.Bb4 g6 29.
Rd1 Nxd4+ 30.exd4 Bb3+ 31.Kd2 Bxd1 32.Kxd1 Kg7 33.Bc4 Rxd4+ 34.Ke2 Rxb4
35.axb4 a3 36.b5 h4 37.b6 a2 38.Bxa2 Rb4 39.b7 1-0
[Event "Champions League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.04.03"]
[Round ""]
[White "T Thynne"]
[Black "J Blackmore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.04.03"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Qb6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.cxd4 a6 10.Nc2 Rc8 11.b3 Nf5 12.g4 {A double-edged decision. The knight
is forced back and Trefor is able to swap the black-squared bishops, but
this move creates weaknesses on the dark squares.} 12...Nfe7 13.Ba3 Ng6
14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.Qd2 Qa5 16.b4 Qc7 17.Bd3 ( 17.Na3 {aiming for b5 and
contesting the c-file looks more to the point.} ) 17...Nce7 18.Rac1 Qc3
19.Ne3 {Trefor should keep the queens on.} ( 19.Qe3 Nf4! 20.Qxf4 Qxd3 21.
Nce1 Qa3 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8 {is better than the game continuation but still
good for black.} ) 19...Qxd2 {Now there is a forced line where black wins
the d-pawn.} 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Nxd2 Nf4 22.Bb1 Ne2+ 23.Kg2 Nxd4 24.Rc1 h6
25.Bd3 Kd8 26.f4 Bd7 27.Nf3 Nxf3 28.Kxf3 Nc6 29.a3 f6 30.exf6 Rxf6 31.Kg3
Ke7 32.h4 Kd6 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Rf7 35.Rd1 b5 36.Bg6 Rf8 37.Bh7 Ne7 38.
Bc2 Rc8 39.Kf2 Rc3 40.Rd3 Rxd3 41.Bxd3 e5 42.fxe5+ Kxe5 43.Kf3 Nf5 44.Nc2
d4 45.Bf1 Bc6+ 46.Kg4 ( 46.Kf2 {is slightly better, but Joshua has played
this ending well and soon forces Trefor to resign.} ) 46...g6 47.Be2 Be4
48.Ne1 Ne3+ 49.Kg3 Kf5 50.Nf3 d3 51.Nd4+ Kxg5 52.Nf3+ Bxf3 53.Bxf3 d2 0-1
[Event "Div 2 NA v DHSB "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.04.03"]
[Round ""]
[White "R Brenton"]
[Black "J Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.04.03"]
1.e4 c5 2.a3 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.Bxf7+ {A trick which is worth
knowing.} 5...Kd7 ( 5...Kxf7 6.Ng5+ {wins back the piece with advantage.}
) 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nd4 8.Qd3 g6 9.c3 Nc6 10.Qc4 Nf6 11.d3 ( 11.Be6+ Ke8
12.d4 {opens up the game with a big advantage to white.} ) 11...Ne5 12.
Qb5+ Kc7 13.Be6 a6 14.Qb3 Nxd3+ 15.Ke2 Nxc1+ 16.Rxc1 {Now it's more or
less equal again.} 16...b5 17.f3 Bh6 18.Rd1 Nh5 19.Bg4 Nf4+ 20.Kf2 Qg8 (
20...c4 {leaves black on top.} 21.Qc2 Bg5 {and the bishop on g4 is in big
trouble.} ) 21.Qc2 Rd8 {Again } ( 21...Bg5 {is the move.} ) 22.a4 Kb6 23.
Nd2 ( 23.axb5 {opening up the position is much better for white. Both
players seem to have neglected development throughout the game.} 23...axb5
24.Na3 Ra8 25.g3 Ne6 26.e5! dxe5 27.Qe4 Bg7 28.Rd7 {and black is in real
trouble.} ) 23...d5 24.Nb3 c4 25.a5+ Kc6 26.Nd4+ Kb7 27.Kg1 e5 28.Ne2 Nd3
( 28...Nxe2+ 29.Qxe2 d4 {and the pawn roller gives black good winning
chances.} ) 29.Rxd3 cxd3 30.Qxd3 Bg5 31.f4 Bxf4 32.Nxf4 exf4 33.exd5 Kc7 (
33...Qe8 {followed by a check on e3 keeps things level. Now Richard gets
ahead for the final time.} ) 34.Rd1 Qf8 35.Qd4 Qd6 {A mistake in a lost
position.} 36.Qa7# 1-0