[Event "KO Cup South Hams v NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.02.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "S Levy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.02.13"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.e4 Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Qe2 Nd4 14.Qd1 e5 15.b4 Be7
16.Nb5 O-O 17.Bb2 Nxb5 18.Bxb5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe5 a6 {This gives
Alan the opportunity to develop an initiative.} ( 20...Qxd1 {was much
safer and equal.} ) 21.Qg4 Bg6 ( 21...Bf6 22.Rad1 Qe7 23.Bd6 Qe6 24.Qxe6
fxe6 25.Bd7 Rfd8 26.Bc7 {is also good for white.} ) 22.Rfd1 Qc8 23.Bd7 Qb7
24.Rac1 Qe4 25.Qxe4 Bxe4 26.Re1 Ra7 {The losing move.} ( 26...Bd5 27.Red1
Be6 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Rc6 Rad8 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Kf1 {is better for white but
there's still a long way to go.} ) 27.Rc7 {Steve missed the strength of
this.} 27...Rxc7 28.Bxc7 Bd8 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxe4 {The bank rank weakness
leaves Alan a piece ahead.} 1-0
[Event "KO Cup South Hams V NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.02.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "T Hurt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.02.13"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 dxc4 4.d5 {Jack forces black back.} 4...Nb8 5.e4
Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 b5 10.Bd3 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.a3
e5 13.Ng5 Qe7 14.Be3 Be6 ( 14...h6 {was safer. Maybe Trevor feared } 15.
Bc5 Qxc5 16.Qxf7+ Kd8 17.Ne6+ Bxe6 18.Qxe6 Qd6 {but white doesn't have
enough for the sacrificed material. Now white is better.} ) 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Nxb5 Rb8 17.Qa4 axb5 18.Bxb5 Rxb5 19.Qxb5 Qd7 20.Rc1 Nd4 21.Qb8+ Kf7
22.Qxe5 Nb3 ( 22...Nb5 {is the only hope.} 23.a4 Nd6 24.O-O {and Jack is
winning but it's not all over.} ) 23.Rc7 {Now it's easy and Jack mops up
efficiently.} 23...Qxc7 24.Qxc7+ Kg6 25.e5 Nd5 26.Qc2+ Kh5 27.Qxb3 Be7 28.
Qd3 h6 29.h4 Nxe3 30.Qxe3 Rf8 31.Qe4 Rf5 32.g4+ Kg6 33.gxf5+ exf5 34.Rg1+
Kf7 35.Qxf5+ Kg8 36.Qg6 Bf8 37.e6 h5 38.e7 1-0
[Event "KO Cup South Hams v NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.02.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "L Howarth"]
[Black "R Hammond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.02.13"]
1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 d4 3.Nd5 c6 4.Nf4 e5 5.Nfe2 Bd6 6.c3 dxc3 7.Nxc3 Nf6 8.Bc4
Qb6 9.d3 Bc5 10.Qe2 Ng4 11.Be3 ( 11.Nd1 {looks awkward but it's best.} )
11...Nxe3 12.fxe3 Bxe3 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.a3 ( 14.Bxf7+ {is a tactic worth
noting. If } 14...Kxf7 ( 14...Ke7 {is better.} ) 15.Nxe5+ Ke7 16.Qxg4 {and
white is right back in the game.} ) 14...Bd4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 O-O 17.b4
{A big error.} ( 17.O-O-O {is best although Rhys still has an advantage.}
) 17...Bxc3+ 18.Ke2 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 Nd7 20.Rf1 Nf6 21.g4 Qc7 22.g5 Ne8 23.Qh5
Nd6 24.g6 hxg6 25.Qxg6 Nxc4 {Another piece goes.} 26.Qg4 Nxa3 27.Rf5 Rad8
28.Rh5 Qd6 {Well judged by Rhys. He sees that his attack will come first.}
29.Qh4 Qxd3+ 30.Kf2 Qd2+ 31.Kf3 Rd3+ 32.Kg4 Qf4# 0-1
[Event "KO Cup South Hams v NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.02.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "D Archer"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.02.13"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.e3 e5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Na4 Qa5+ 8.c3
Ne4 9.Bh4 Nxc5 {The opening has gone well for Paul, and here} ( 9...b5 {is
a hammer blow.} 10.cxb6 axb6 {and the knight has nowhere to go.} 11.b3
Nxc3 12.Qd2 Bb4 {is hopeless.} ) 10.Nxc5 Bxc5 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bb5 O-O 13.O-O
a6 14.Ba4 f6 15.Bg3 Qf7 16.Qc2 b5 17.b4 Bb6 18.Bb3 Rac8 19.Qb2 Rfd8 20.
Rfe1 {Here Paul loses the thread. Releasing the tension with d4 is not
good as white's sleeping bishop on g3 will come back to life. So the best
idea is to activate the knight on c6 which looks nice but isn't doing
much.} 20...Re8 ( 20...Ne7 21.a4 Nf5 {with the idea of manoeuvring to c4
or e4 is a better plan.} ) 21.Rad1 Rcd8 22.a3 d4 {Not a good idea. Now all
the tension goes and it's level.} 23.Bxe6 Rxe6 24.cxd4 exd4 25.exd4 Rxe1+
26.Rxe1 Nxd4 27.Nxd4 Rxd4 28.Qe2 Qd7 29.h3 Kf7 {The fatal mistake. Simply}
( 29...a5 30.Qe8+ Qxe8 31.Rxe8+ Kf7 32.Rb8 axb4 33.axb4 ( 33.Rxb6 bxa3! {
gives black a winning position.} 34.Rxb5 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 a2 36.Ra5 a1=Q 37.
Rxa1 Rxa1 {and the ending should be won.} ) 33...Bd8 34.Rxb5 Be7 {is very
equal.} ) 30.Qh5+ Kf8 31.Qxh7 Rd3 32.Qh8+ Kf7 33.Qh5+ Kf8 34.Qg6 Rd1 35.
Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36.Kh2 Qd2 37.Qf5 Kf7 38.h4 g6 39.Qf3 Qd7 40.h5 g5 41.Qa8 Bc7 (
41...Kg7 {is a chance. } 42.Qxa6 Qc6! {cunningly 'traps' the queen, and }
43.a4 bxa4 44.b5 Qe8! 45.Qxa4 Qxh5+ 46.Kg1 Qe2 {is equal according to the
computer.} ) 42.Qh8 Bxg3+ 43.fxg3 Qg4 ( 43...Qf5 {also makes life harder
for white.} 44.Qa8 g4 45.Qa7+ Kg8 46.Qxa6 Qxh5+ 47.Kg1 Qf5 48.Qb7 Qb1+ 49.
Kh2 Qf5 50.Qc7 Qg5 51.Qf4 Kf7 52.Kg1 Ke6 53.Kf2 Qh5 54.Qe4+ Kf7 {and I
can't see a win.} ) 44.Qh7+ Ke6 45.Qg6 {Now there's nothing black can do.
Paul tries to create a perpetual but it doesn't work.} 45...Ke7 46.h6 f5
47.h7 f4 48.Qe4+ Kf7 49.Qd5+ Kg6 50.Qg8+ 1-0
1-0