[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site ""] [Date "2021.03.11"] [Round ""] [White "Trefor Thynne"] [Black "Josh Blackmore"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E72"] [EventDate "2021.03.11"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O Bg4 9.d5 Nd4 10.Qd3 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.Qe2 f5 14.f3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 b6 16.Be3 Rf5 17.Rac1 Nc5 18.g4 Rf8 19.b4 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Qe7 21.g5 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Qxf8 24.Qf2 h5 25.gxh6 Bxh6 26.Qxf8+ Bxf8 27. Bg5 Kf7 28.Kg2 Be7 $2 {Josh naturally wants to swap off his 'bad' bishop but this leads by force to a lost king and pawn ending.} 29.Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Kg3 a6 31.a4 a5 32.b5 Kf6 33.Kh4 Kf7 34.Kg5 Kg7 {The critical position - Trefor plays a natural move, but it loses all his advantage.} 35.h4 $2 ( 35.h3 {wins. eg} 35...Kf7 36.Kh6 Kf6 37.h4 $1 {This is the key. Josh has to retreat and Trefor can penetrate with his king.} 37...Kf7 38.Kh7 Kf6 39.Kg8 g5 ( 39...Ke7 40.Kg7 {also wins easily.} ) 40.h5 g4 41.h6 g3 42.h7 g2 43.h8=Q+ {queening with check! } 43...Kg5 44.Qg7+ {and Trefor picks up the pawn.} ) 35...Kf7 36.Kh6 $4 { Now this loses!} ( 36.h5 {holds the draw. } 36...gxh5 37.Kxh5 Kf6 38.Kh6 Kf7 39.Kg5 Kg7 40.Kf5 Kf7 {and neither side can make progress.} ) 36...Kf6 37.h5 g5 $1 38.Kh7 g4 39.h6 g3 ( 39...Kf7 { trapping Trefor's king and allowing the g-pawn to walk through neatly highlights the problems of the position. } ) 40.Kg8 g2 41.h7 g1=Q+ {queening with check! } 42.Kf8 Qg7+ {This game illustrates how delicate pawn endings can be - the moral is don't swap off into a pawn ending unless you are sure you know how to win it! } 0-1

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Date "2021.03.11"] [White "Peter Ruszelak"] [Black "Alan Brusey"] [Result "0-1"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian"] 1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e4 6. Nge2 Ne5 7. d4 Nd3+ 8. Kf1 Ng4 9. Qc2 Ngxf2 10. Rg1 Ng4 11. Nf4 Nxc1 12. Qxc1 Nxh2+ 13. Ke2 Ng4 14. Bh3 Nh6 15. a3 d6 16. Qd2 Be7 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bg2 O-O 19. Bxe4 Bg5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Rf3 23. Nd5 c6 24. Bxg4 Rf8 25. Nc3 Re8 26. Nd1 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Qe7 28. Rg3 Bh6 29. Nf2 Qe6 30. Qd3 Re7 31. Rh1 Rae8 32. Ng4 Qe4 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Nxh6 gxh6 35. Kd3 R4e6 36. b4 Rg8 37. Rf3 Kg7 38. Rhf1 Re7 39. Rf6 Rge8 40. R1f3 Rxe3+ 41. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 42. Kxe3 Kxf6 43. Kf4 h5 44. b5 cxb5 45. c5 dxc5 46. d5 Ke7 47. Ke5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Date "2021.03.11"] [White "Wilf Taylor"] [Black "Paul Brooks"] [Result "0-1"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense, Endgame Variation"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Nb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 e5 14. Be3 b6 15. Ba6 Bb4 16. a3 Bd6 17. Bc4 Ke7 18. Kd2 Nf6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Rxa1 Rb8 21. a4 Nd7 22. Kc3 f5 23. b4 f4 24. Bd2 e4 25. fxe4 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Date "2021.03.11"] [White "Andrew Kinder"] [Black "Mike Hussey"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Ne8 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Kh7 10. Qd2 Rg8 11. Rad1 Ndf6 12. h3 Bd7 13. e5 Nh5 14. g4 dxe5 15. dxe5 Ng3 16. fxg3 Rh8 17. Qxd7 Qb8 18. Qxe7 Rf8 19. Rd7 a6 20. Ne4 c6 21. Bf4 Qa7+ 22. Kh1 Qb8 23. e6 Qd8 1-0