[Event "Totnes v Bishops"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.11.04"] [Round ""] [White "M Goldschmidt"] [Black "P Brooks"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2024.11.04"] [FlipB "1"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc3 f6 12.Rae1 fxe5 13.dxe5 Bd7 14.Na4 Qd8 { Possibly the losing move.} ( 14...Qb4 {leads to a level game.} ) 15.Nc5 b6 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Nd4 {This knight kills Paul. The queen has to defend the e-pawn and black's bishop has no prospects.} 19... Qd7 20.f4 Rae8 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.f5 exf5 24.Nxf5 Rf8 25.Qxd5+ {A neat tactic decides the game.} 25...Qxd5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Rxf8+ Bxf8 28.Nxd5 Bc5+ 29.Kf1 Bd4 30.e6 Kg7 {Again the knight paralyses black.} 31.b3 a5 32. Ke2 Bc5 33.Kd3 b5 34.Ke4 Bd6 35.h3 Kg6 36.Nc3 b4 37.Nb5 Be7 38.Kd5 Kf6 39. Nd4 h5 40.Nc6 {A very well-played game from Martin.} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R2"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round ""] [White "R Santos"] [Black "I Henry"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2024.11.07"] [FlipB "1"] 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nc6 3.Nf3 f6 4.Bh4 e6 5.e3 a6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.dxe5 fxe5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.e4 d4 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Bxe6 Qxe6 14.Ng5 Qe7 15.f4 {This pawn advance is thematic but it might have been better to wait and see which side black castles.} 15...h6 16.Ngf3 O-O-O 17.Qe2 ( 17.Nxe5 {is a bit better.} ) 17...exf4 {Ian has won a pawn and the e3 square is a weakness for white.} 18.Nh4 Qc5 19.Kh1 g5 20.Ng6 Rhg8 21.e5 Rxg6 ( 21... Nd5 {heading for e3 is much stronger. The knight on g6 can't really go anywhere.} ) 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Qg4+ Kb8 24.Ne4 Qf5 25.Nxf6 Qxf6 {Rodel has won the exchange but Ian has very good compensation.} 26.a3 Ne7 27.Rae1 Nf5 28.Qe2 Ne3 {A knight finally gets to e3. It's now very tricky for white.} 29.Rf2 Qc6 30.Qd3 Qb6 31.c3 c5 32.Qe4 Qd6 ( 32...d3 {is best. eg} 33.Rd2 c4 {and white will struggle to survive.} ) 33.cxd4 Qxd4 34.Qxd4 Rxd4 35.Kg1 b5 36.Ree2 ( 36.g3 {trying to undermine the knight is the best chance. Instead Rodel allows mate in two.} ) 36...Rd1+ 37.Rf1 Rxf1# 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss R2"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round ""] [White "R Hammond"] [Black "I Chrysomallos"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2024.11.07"] [FlipB "1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.h4 {This pawn causes Rhys lots of problems.} 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.d3 Ng4 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Qf6 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.b3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 {Now the h-pawn is undefended, so Iosif should have played} ( 11... Qxh4 12.Nf3 Bxf2+ 13.Rxf2 Qxf2+ {when he is clearly ahead.} ) 12.c3 ( 12. Qxg4 {is much better for white. eg } 12...d6 13.Qg3 {and if } 13...Bxa1 14.Bxh6 {gives white a mating attack.} 14...g6 15.Ne7+ Kh7 ( 15...Qxe7 16. Qxg6+! Kh8 17.Qg7# ) 16.Bxf7 Rxf7 17.Qxg6+ Kh8 18.Qxf7 {and there is no defence.} ) 12...Qxh4 {Now black should be mating.} 13.Ne7+ Kh8 14.Re1 Bxf2+ ( 14...Qxf2+ {is mate in two.} 15.Kh1 Qh4# ) 15.Kf1 Nh2+ 16.Ke2 Bxe1 17.Qxe1 Qxe7 {Iosif is a rook ahead and wins easily.} 18.Qg3 Ng4 19.Qxg4 d5 20.Qg3 dxc4 21.bxc4 f5 22.a4 f4 23.Qf3 Qg5 24.g3 Bg4 0-1
[Event "Div 2 Plymouth Uni v NA"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round ""] [White "T Davis"] [Black "A Kinder"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2024.11.07"] 1.d4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 ( 4.dxc5 bxc5 5.e4! {is an interesting line. The point is that} 5...Nxe4 6.Qd5 {is very good for white.} ) 4... Bb7 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 d6 9.b4 Nbd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.e4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nxe4 13.Bxf7+ Rxf7 14.Nxe4 {Andrew has emerged from the opening with more active pieces. } 14...Bxe4 {This seems a bit odd.} ( 14...h6 { keeping the knights out of g5, while retaining the strong bishop looks better.} ) 15.Rxe4 Nf6 16.Re1 ( 16.Re2 {looks more flexible when white can think about building up on the e-file or the c-file. The rook also protects f2.} ) 16...h6 17.Qb3 Rc8 18.Bb2 Qc2 19.Qxc2 Rxc2 20.Rab1 Nd5 21. h3 Rf8 22.Nh4 {An oversight.} 22...Rfxf2 23.Bc1 Bxd4 24.Kh1 g5 25.Nf3 Bc3 26.Rg1 Nf4 27.Bxf4 gxf4 28.Nh4 Kf7 29.Rbc1 Kf6 30.Rxc2 Rxc2 31.Rf1 Bd2 32. Nf3 Be3 33.g3 Rc1 {Andrew swaps off into a won endgame.} 34.Rxc1 Bxc1 35. gxf4 Bxa3 36.b5 Kf5 37.Nd4+ Kxf4 38.Nc6 e5 39.Kg2 d5 40.Nxa7 Ke3 41.Nc6 e4 42.Kf1 Bd6 43.Ke1 d4 44.Nd8 d3 45.Nf7 Bf4 46.Kd1 Kf2 47.Nh8 e3 0-1
[Event "Div 2 Plymouth Uni v NA"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round ""] [White "P Brooks"] [Black "J Hishon"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2024.11.07"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 b5 {A rather dubious way of trying to hold onto the pawn. Paul reacts appropriately.} 5.a4 c6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 e6 8.bxc4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 b4 {This just loses a pawn.} 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qxb4 Nc6 13.Qa3 Qe7 14.Qxe7+ Nxe7 {Taking with the king was a bit better.} 15.Bd3 O-O 16.O-O Nc6 17.Rfb1 Rfb8 18.h3 a5 {Now Paul plays a forcing set of moves which wins the a-pawn.} 19.Rxb8+ Rxb8 20.Ne5 Rb2 21. Ndf3 Be8 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.Ne5 Be8 24.Rxa5 Rb8 25.Ra7 g6 26.e4 Rd8 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Nd7 29.Nc6 {Paul picks up the exchange. Joe resigned.} 1-0
[Event "Div 2 Plymouth Uni v NA"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.11.07"] [Round ""] [White "S Amarasinghe"] [Black "K Middleton"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2024.11.07"] [FlipB "1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.O-O d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Be3 a6 12.Qf3 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.g4 Qd7 15.g5 Ne8 ( 15...Nxe4 {is good and if } 16.Nxe4 Qc6 {regains the piece.} ) 16.Bd5 b4 17.Ne2 {A mistake.} ( 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Nd5 {keeps things balanced.} ) 17... Bxd5 18.exd5 g6 19.Rad1 Ng7 20.c4 bxc3 21.Nxc3 Qf5 22.Qe2 Bxg5 23.Bxg5 Qxg5+ {Now Keith has an extra pawn and the safer king.} 24.Kh1 f5 25.Rg1 Qe7 26.f4 e4 27.Rd4 Qb7 28.b3 Rfc8 29.Rc1 Nh5 30.Qf2 Rc7 31.Rc4 Rac8 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Ne2 Rxc1+ 34.Nxc1 Qxd5 35.Kg2 e3+ 36.Qf3 Qd2+ 37.Kf1 Qxc1+ { The rest is easy.} 38.Ke2 Qd2+ 39.Kf1 d5 40.Qe2 Qxe2+ 41.Kxe2 d4 42.Kd3 Nxf4+ 43.Kc2 e2 44.Kd2 d3 45.a4 Nd5 46.a5 Nb4 47.Ke1 Nc2+ 48.Kd2 f4 49.b4 Nxb4 50.Ke1 f3 51.h4 f2+ 52.Kxf2 Nc2 53.Kg3 e1=Q+ 54.Kg4 d2 0-1