[Event "Competitors' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "R Brenton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 Nh5 5.Bg3 Nxg3 6.hxg3 Bb7 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Qc2
h6 9.e3 d6 10.a3 ( 10.Qa4+ {wins a piece.} 10...Nc6 11.d5 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3
Qd7 13.dxc6 Bxc6 14.Qc2 {should be winning for white.} ) 10...Bxc3+ 11.
Qxc3 Nd7 12.Bd3 Qf6 13.e4 e5 14.d5 Nc5 15.Bc2 g5 16.b4 Nd7 17.Qe3 Ke7 18.
Ke2 a5 19.Nd2 Nb8 20.c5 Ba6+ 21.Bd3 Bxd3+ 22.Kxd3 Nd7 23.cxb6 Nxb6 24.Rhc1
Rhc8 25.Ke2 a4 {Blocking the position favours white who has more space,
the half-open c-file and fewer weaknesses than black. Jack plays the next
phase of the game in a very controlled fashion.} 26.Rc6 Kd7 27.Rac1 Rab8
28.Qc3 Rb7 29.Nf1 Qg6 30.Qd3 Qh5+ 31.Kd2 Qg6 32.Ne3 Rcb8 33.Nf5 Na8 34.Ra6
Nb6 35.Qb5+ Kd8 36.Qc6 g4 37.Rxb6 {A good exchange sacrifice.} 37...cxb6
38.Nxd6 Rd7 39.Nf5 Qg5+ 40.Kd1 h5 41.Qxa4 Qf6 42.Rc6 Qh8 43.Rxb6! Rc8 44.
Rh6 Qe8 45.Qa5+ Rdc7 46.Rd6+ Qd7 47.Rxd7+ Kxd7 48.Qa4+ Kd8 49.Nd6 Rc1+ 50.
Kd2 R8c3 51.Nxf7+ {Jack misses a chance to round off the game with a nice
mate.} ( 51.Qe8+ Kc7 52.Qe7+ {and it's mate in one.} ) 51...Ke7 52.Nxe5
Kd6 53.Nc6 Rc4 54.Qb3 Kc7 55.b5 Rc5 56.b6+ Kb7 57.a4 R1c4 58.Na5+ {and
Richard gives up the ghost.} 1-0
[Event "Abbots v S Hams"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.04.11"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Abbott"]
[Black "D Archer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.04.11"]
1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e4 e5 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6
9.Be3 h6 {The copying has to stop at some point.} 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.f4 exf4
12.Nxf4 Ne5 13.h3 Rb8 14.Rf2 Bd7 15.Raf1 {Mark has a small advantage here,
and it's the type of position he likes and Dave doesn't. Dave lashes out
which only makes things worse.} 15...f5 16.b3 a6 17.Kh2 Qa5 18.Ncd5 Qxd2
19.Rxd2 N7c6 ( 19...Nxd5 {was better eg} 20.Nxd5 fxe4 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Bxe4
Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 Rxf3 24.Bf4 Bf5 {and it's equal.} ) 20.Nb6 Rf7 21.Nxd7 Nxd7
22.exf5 gxf5 23.Bd5 Re7 24.Ne6 Bf6 25.Bf4 Rbe8 26.Nc7 Re2+ 27.Rf2 Rxd2 28.
Rxd2 Re1 29.Be6 Nde5 30.Bxf5+ {The smoke has cleared and Mark has won a
clear pawn.} 30...Kg7 31.Kg2 Nf7 32.Be4 Bc3 33.Rf2 Bd4 {Now the
influential bishop is exchanged and Dave's position becomes critical.} 34.
Ne6+ Kg8 35.Nxd4 cxd4 36.Bd5 Nd8 37.Bxd6 {Another pawn goes......} 37...
Kg7 38.Bc5 Ne6 39.Bxe6 Rxe6 40.Bxd4+ {.....and another. Mark now steers
the game to victory in a controlled fashion.} 40...Kg6 41.Bb2 Nd6 42.g4 h5
43.Kg3 hxg4 44.hxg4 Kg5 45.c5 Nb5 46.a4 Nc7 47.Rf7 Ne8 48.Kf3 Rh6 49.Bc1+
Kg6 50.Bxh6 Kxf7 51.Be3 Nf6 52.g5 Nd5 53.Ke4 Ke6 54.Bd4 Ne7 55.b4 Nd5 56.
b5 axb5 57.axb5 Nc7 58.b6 Nd5 59.c6 1-0
[Event "Competitors' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.04.04"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Brooks"]
[Black "M Abbott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Nf3 b5 {Mark plays a sharp line.} 10.O-O b4 11.Ne2 a5 12.Nd2 {White's
pieces become tangled after this.} ( 12.Ng3 {was better.} ) 12...Ba6 13.
Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Ng3 Nb6 16.Rb1 h5 17.Re1 Re8 18.Ngf1? {Paul just
overlooked the next move. From here Mark plays well to reinforce his
advantage.} 18...Nfxd5 19.Qd3 Ra7 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxd5 Nb6 22.Qd1 Rd7 23.
Bf4 d5 24.Qc2 c4 25.exd5 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 c3 27.bxc3 bxc3 ( 27...Nxd5 28.Be3
Nxc3 {is better when black's pieces dominate the board.} ) 28.d6 Nc4 29.Ne3
( 29.Qa4 {was a final chance.} 29...Nxd6 30.Bxd6 {is the point! If} 30...
Rxd6 31.Re8+ {wins the queen.} ) 29...Nxd6 30.Rc1 Nb5 31.Nc4 Rd4 {Now it's
easy.} 32.Qb3 Qd5 33.Be3 Rxc4 34.Rd1 Qc6 0-1
[Event "Abbots v S Hams"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.04.11"]
[Round ""]
[White "P McConnell"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.04.11"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nf3 e6 6.Ne5 Bd6 7.g4 Bxe5 8.dxe5
Nxg4 9.h3 ( 9.f3 Nh6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.fxe4 Bg6 13.h4 Bh5 14.Rg1
{gives white plenty of compensation.} ) 9...Nh6 10.Bxh6 ( 10.e4 {is
correct.} 10...Bxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.O-O-O+ Kc8 14.Bg2 Nf5
15.Bxe4 {is roughly equal. Now white is just a pawn down. Trefor builds
his advantage over the next few moves.} ) 10...gxh6 11.Qh5 Qg5 12.Qxg5
hxg5 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.f4 gxf4 15.exf4 Rg8 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Rxd3 O-O-O 18.Rhd1
Rg2 19.a3 Rdg8 20.b4 {This creates a weakness which Trefor exploits.}
20...b5 21.Rf1 R8g3 22.Rxg3 Rxg3 23.Ne2 Rxa3 24.Kb2 Rxh3 25.Rf2 Rh6 26.c3
Kd7 27.Rg2 Rg6 28.Rh2 h6 29.Kc2 Ke7 30.Kd3 f6 31.f5 Nxe5+ 32.Ke3 Ng4+ {
Trefor ends up 4 pawns ahead.} 0-1
[Event "Abbots v S Hams"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.04.11"]
[Round ""]
[White "S Levy"]
[Black "A Brusey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2024.04.11"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.c3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.a4 Be6
9.Re1 Bxc4 10.Nxc4 Qd7 11.a5 h6 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Rfd8 15.
Bf4 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qe4 Bf6 18.Bg3 Nxc3 {An enterprising idea from
Alan.} 19.bxc3 Bxc3 20.h4 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 Qd4 22.Re1 Qxe4 23.Rxe4 Rd7 24.Ne5
Rd1+ 25.Kh2 c5 ( 25...b5 {might have been better.} 26.axb6 ( 26.Nc6 Rc1
27.Ne7+ Kh7 28.Nd5 c6 29.Nc7 Ra7 {is complicated but maybe a bit better
for black.} ) 26...cxb6 {gives black 2 connected passed pawns to push.} )
26.Nc4 Rd4 27.f3 Rxe4 28.fxe4 Rd8 29.Bd6 f6 30.Kg3 Rc8 31.h5 Kf7 32.Kf4 g6
33.hxg6+ Kxg6 34.g4 Kf7 35.Kf5 Rg8 36.Bf4 Rh8 37.Nd6+ {The computer likes
} ( 37.Be3 {with the idea} 37...Rd8 ( 37...h5 {is possible.} 38.g5 fxg5
39.e5 h4 40.Bxg5 h3 41.e6+ Kg7 42.Bf6+ Kh7 43.Bxh8 h2 44.e7 h1=Q 45.e8=Q {
and white should win, but it would be brave to take this line on.} ) 38.
Bxh6 Rd4 39.Nb6 c4 40.Be3 Rd3 41.Nxc4 Rc3 42.Nd6+ Ke7 43.Bd2 Rd3 44.Bf4 {
and white has a winning endgame if black takes the knight.} ) 37...Ke7 38.
Nxb7 {Now black's c-pawn should provide enough compensation.} 38...c4 39.
Nc5 h5 40.Nxa6 Ra8 41.Nb4 Rxa5+ 42.Nd5+ Kf7 43.gxh5 c3 44.h6 c2 45.h7 Kg7
46.h8=Q+ Kxh8 47.Kxf6 Ra1 48.Ke6 Rf1 49.Bg5 Kg7 50.Ne7 c1=Q 51.Bxc1 Rxc1
52.e5 Re1 53.Nf5+ 1/2-1/2