[Event "Autumn Swiss R1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.10.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "K Middleton"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.10.10"]
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 e6 6.f4 {Keith has played the
stonewall - a system where white creates a solid centre by placing his
pawns on black squares and then tries to attack on the kingside. In order
to succeed he has to make use of his queen's bishop which looks a bit sad
at the moment.} 6...b6 7.Ngf3 Bb7 8.O-O Bd6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.a3 Qe7 ( 10...Ne7
{rerouting the knight to the kingside looks better.} ) 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Ndf3
f5 {Trefor has blocked the pawn structure. This makes things a bit safer
on the kingside, but reduces the dynamism in his position too.} 13.Nxd7
Qxd7 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.Bd2 Rad8 16.Rf3 Rf6 17.Rh3 Rh6 {Not a good decision -
the pawns will be doubled and black will have little compensation for the
weakness created. } ( 17...Rdf8 {, waiting, looks a bit better, though
white still has some advantage.} ) 18.Rxh6 gxh6 19.Qh5 Qg7 20.Rf1 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Qg5 22.Be2 cxd4 23.Qxg5+ hxg5 24.exd4 {The kingside pawns are
undoubled but they are still weak. Keith has made something of his
dark-squared bishop.} 24...h6 25.h4 f4 26.Rf3 Ne7 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.g3 Rf8
29.gxf4 gxf4 30.Rxf4 Rxf4 31.Bxf4 {Now Keith has the much better ending
with 2 bishops, an extra pawn and Trefor's bishop is blocked by his
central pawns.} 31...Bc6 32.Bd3 Kf7 33.Kf2 a5 34.Bg5 Nc8 35.Kf3 Ke8 36.Kg4
b5 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Nb6 39.Bd2 Na4 40.Kg5 Ke7 ( 40...Kf7 {makes life
more difficult for Keith as he can't penetrate the kingside so easily.} )
41.Kg6 {Now it's fairly straightforward.} 41...Be8+ 42.Kg7 Bc6 43.Be2 Nb6
44.Bg5+ Kd7 45.Kf7 Na8 46.Bg4 Nc7 47.Be7 Bb7 48.Bd6 Bc8 49.Bxc7 Kxc7 50.
Bxe6 Bb7 51.Ke7 Bc6 52.Bf5 Bb7 53.Bd7 Ba6 54.e6 {Trefor has no way of
stopping the e-pawn from queening, so he resigned.} 1-0
[[Event "Autumn Swiss R1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.10.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "I Henry"]
[Black "A Brusey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.10"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.c3 Bb6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.Qc2 h6 10.h4 a5 11.a3 Bg4 12.Re1 dxe4 ( 12...d4 {gaining space in the
centre looks better.} ) 13.dxe4 Nh5 14.Nf1 Qf6 15.N3h2 Be6 16.Be3
Bxe3 17.Nxe3 a4 {Now Ian's position looks more promising with good
outposts for his pieces.} 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Rad1 Qc8 20.Qe2 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ gxf6
22.Bf3 Kg7 23.Bg4 f5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 ( 25.Rd5 {looks better.} ) 25...
Qxf5 26.Qg4+ Qxg4 27.Nxg4 e4 28.Rd7 h5 29.Nh2 Rac8 30.Rd5 Ne5 31.Rd4 Nf3+
32.Nxf3 exf3 33.Re3 Rcd8 34.Rxd8 Rxd8 35.Rxf3 {Ian has reached a rook and
pawn ending a pawn up. It's very promising for him.} 35...Rd2 36.Rf4 Rxb2
37.Rxa4 Rc2 38.Rc4 c6 39.Kg2 Kf6 40.Kf3 Ke5 41.Ke3 ( 41.a4 Kd5 42.Rd4+ Kc5
43.Rd3 Kc4 44.Re3 Kb3 45.a5 {might be a better way of making progress.} )
41...Kd5 42.Rd4+ Kc5 43.Rd3 Ra2 44.Rd7 Rxa3 45.Kd3 ( 45.Rxb7 {should win.
eg} 45...Rxc3+ 46.Ke4 Rc4+ 47.Kf3 Rc3+ 48.Kg2 Rd3 49.Rxf7 Rd8 50.Rf5+ Kc4
51.Rxh5 {and white should be able to get into a situation where, even if
Alan gets his c-pawn toward queening, Ian should be able to sacrifice his
rook for it and win with his passed pawns.
} ) 45...b5 46.Rxf7 b4 {The move which Ian underestimated - now it's at
least equal.} 47.Rf5+ Kb6 48.Kd2 Rxc3 49.Rxh5 Rf3 50.Ke2 Rf8 51.Rh7 {A
fatal error - the rook can't get back to stop the b-pawn.} 51...Rd8 52.Re7
c5 53.h5 b3 54.Re3 c4 55.Kf3 b2 56.Re1 c3 57.Rb1 Kc5 {and Ian resigned. An
epic battle.} 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss R1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.10.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Brooks"]
[Black "M Hussey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.10.10"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 h6
9.Be3 Nh7 {Not the right direction for the knight.} ( 9...Ng4 {was better.
} ) 10.Qc1 g5 11.Nd2 Kh8 12.b4 Rg8 13.Bh5 Qe8 14.Nb5 {The opening has gone
wrong for Mike and Paul has a big advantage.} 14...Qe7 15.Nxa7 {Paul
thought for a while about this move.} ( 15.Nxc7 {is obvious, but he was
worried that the knight would be out of play on the queenside after eg}
15...Ndf6 16.Nxa8 Nxh5 {. White is winning easily here, but Paul played
the other capture which also leads to a large advantage.} ) 15...Ndf6 16.
Nxc8 Raxc8 17.Be2 h5 18.f3 Qd7 19.c5 Bf8 20.a4 Be7 21.b5 g4 22.c6 bxc6 23.
Qxc6 Qd8 24.a5 Nd7 25.Qc3 Bf6 26.Rfc1 Ng5 27.fxg4 h4 28.h3 {Now the
kingside is closed and Paul will win on the queenside.} 28...Qe7 29.Qb4
Qf8 30.b6 Bd8 31.b7 Rb8 32.Ba7 Be7 33.Rxc7 Qh6 {Mike thinks he's spotted
something....} 34.Rxd7 Nxh3+ 35.gxh3 Qe3+ {...but he misses the backwards
bishop move!} 36.Bxe3 {Oops!} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.10.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "I Chrysomallos"]
[Black "A Kinder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.10"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd1 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 d6 8.Bd3
O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Ne8 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qb3 Rb8 {White has a good
advantage here, but his next move gets him in trouble.} 14.Na4 Ne5 15.Nxe5
Bxa4 16.Qa3 Bxe5 17.Rab1 ( 17.Bc2 {is required when Iosif can fight on
after } 17...Rc8 18.Bxa4 Rxc4 19.Bb3 Qxa3 20.bxa3 Rxe4 21.Rad1 { but now
he loses a piece and the result is never in doubt.} ) 17...Qa6 18.c5 Bb5
19.Bxb5 Qxb5 20.f4 Bg7 21.cxd6 Nxd6 22.e5 Nf5 23.Bc5 b6 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.
Qxe7 Qc5+ 26.Qxc5 bxc5 27.b3 Rfd8 28.g4 Rd2 29.a4 Rd3 30.Rbc1 Bf8 31.f5
Rbxb3 32.Re2 Rg3+ 33.Rg2 Rxh3 34.f6 h6 35.Rd1 Rhd3 36.Rc1 c4 37.Rf2 Bc5
38.Kf1 Bxf2 39.Kxf2 Rf3+ 40.Kg2 Rfe3 41.Rd1 Rxe5 42.Rd7 Re6 43.Rxa7 Rxf6
44.a5 c3 45.Rc7 Rb2+ 46.Kh3 Rf3+ 47.Kh4 Rh2# 0-1