[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.11.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "I Henry"]
[Black "M Hussey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.11.14"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f3 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4
d6 9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.a3 Rd8 13.Bb3 Rd7 14.Qf2 {The
opening has turned out well for Mike and in the next few moves he makes an
impressive advance in the centre.} 14...d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Na4 d4 17.Bg5
Bb7 18.Qe2 Bd5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Qe4 Rd8 22.b3 Ne3 23.Rfc1 f5 {
Again the central pawns push back white's pieces.} 24.Qd3 e4 25.fxe4 fxe4
26.Qd2 Re6 27.c3 Rg6 {The only small blemish on the game.} ( 27...Ng4 {
hitting the h2 pawn is more convincing. eg} 28.g3 ( 28.h3 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Qh1+
30.Ke2 d3+ 31.Qxd3 Qxg2+ 32.Ke1 Qf2+ 33.Kd1 Rxd3# ) 28...e3 29.Qg2 d3 {and
the pawns march on.} ) 28.cxd4 Qf4 29.g3 ( 29.Rf1 {might prolong the
agony.} ) 29...Rxg3+ {An excellent sacrifice to rip open white's king.}
30.hxg3 Qxg3+ 31.Kh1 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 h6 33.Qf2 Qg4+ 34.Kh1 Qh3+ 35.Qh2 Qf3+
36.Kg1 Rd5 {and Ian resigned. A very good game from Mike.} 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.11.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "L Jarman"]
[Black "R Hammond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.11.14"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Nf6 5.Nxb4 Nxb4 6.a3 Nc6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nf3
d5 9.Qc2 e4 10.Ng5 Bf5 {Rhys has played the opening really well and here}
( 10...h6 11.Nh3 Nd4 12.Qc3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 c5! 14.b3 ( 14.Qxc5 Nb3 {wins a
rook.} ) 14...Bg4 15.Ng1 Be6 16.Qc3 Bxb3 {is an example of how he might
have capitalised on this.} ) 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.Qxc4 Qe7 13.O-O h6 14.Nh3 Rad8
15.b4 {Rhys is still well ahead, but now starts to lose the thread. It's
difficult to see the purpose of swapping the good bishop for the knight. }
15...Bxh3 ( 15...Nd4 16.Re1 Qe5 {and black has lots of threats.} ) 16.Bxh3
Rd4 {The knight belongs on this square not the rook.} 17.Qc3 Nd5 18.Qb3
Ne5 19.Rd1 b5 {The piece arrangement looks pretty, but there aren't any
threats. Len shows that the rook is in trouble.} 20.Bb2 Rc4 21.d3 Rc6 (
21...exd3 {is the only hope and if} 22.exd3 ( 22.Bg2 {is better. } ) 22...
Nf3+ 23.Kg2 Nd4 {rescues the rook. Now Len hoovers up the pieces and it's
all over.} ) 22.Qxd5 Rd6 23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Bxe5 Rc6 25.dxe4 f6 26.Bf4 g5 27.
Rac1 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Re8 29.Bg2 1-0
[Event "Bishops v South Hams B1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.11.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "S Levy"]
[Black "J Wills"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.11.14"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 b6 4.O-O Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.b3
Nbd7 9.Bb2 c5 10.e4 d4 11.e5 {This is a thematic move in the king's indian
attack but here the pawn's advance gives the black knight a really good
square.} 11...Nd5 12.a4 Qc7 13.h4 Rae8 14.Qe2 f5 15.Nc4 h6 16.h5 Ba8 (
16...a6 {aiming to push white back on the queen side looks better.} ) 17.
Kh2 Kh7 18.Ng1 f4 19.Be4+ Kh8 20.Nf3 fxg3+ 21.fxg3 Nb4 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.c3
dxc3 24.Bxc3 Nc2 25.Qxc2 Rxf3 {The position is now equal.} 26.Qe2 Raf8 27.
Rf1 Qc6 28.Rxf3 Qxf3 29.Ra2 Rf5 30.Qxf3 Rxf3 31.Rd2 Bg5 32.Rd1 Nb8 33.Kg2
Rf8 {In the next few moves, Steve takes over.} 34.d4 cxd4 35.Rxd4 Rd8 36.
Nd6 Kg8 37.Rc4 Nd7 38.b4 Kf8 39.Rc7 {Now it's very difficult for Jack,
because both the knight and the rook are vulnerable.} 39...a5 40.Nb7 axb4
41.Nxd8 bxc3 42.Nxe6+ Ke8 {The position is now completely won for white.
Steve makes a natural capture, but it has a flaw!!!} 43.Nxg5 ( 43.Nxg7+ {
is the winning move.} 43...Kf8 44.Ne6+ Ke8 45.Rxc3 {and it's easy for
Steve.} ) ( 43.Rxc3 {also works.} ) 43...Nc5! {The tables are turned! The
c-pawn is really difficult to stop, and black is the only one with winning
chances.} 44.Rf7 hxg5 45.Rf2 Nxa4 {Jack brings the b-pawn into play.} 46.
Kf3 b5 47.Ke3 b4 48.Ra2 {Both players were down to their last 2 minutes
and this is the losing move. It was still possible to draw with} ( 48.Kd3
{when black could take perpetual check with} 48...Nc5+ ( 48...b3 49.Rf1 {
also draws.} ) 49.Kd4 Nb3+ 50.Kd3 Nc5+ ) 48...b3 49.Rxa4 b2 {The two
passed pawns are unstoppable.} 50.Rb4 c2 51.Rxb2 c1=Q+ 52.Rd2 Qe1+ 53.Re2
Qxg3+ {Black will pick up the pawns and win easily.} 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.11.18"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Brooks"]
[Black "R Brenton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.11.18"]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e4 Bf6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.Nge2
Ng6 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Nd7 11.f4 {Richard has played a rather strange Benoni
- Paul plays to gain space.} 11...a6 12.a4 b6 13.Ra3 Re8 14.Kh2 Qc7 15.Bc4
Be7 16.Ng3 Ndf8 17.Qh5 ( 17.e5 {here is even better} 17...dxe5 18.f5 Nf4
19.Nce4 Bd6 20.Qg4 {with a huge attack.} ) 17...Qd8 18.e5 Nh4 ( 18...dxe5
19.f5 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.d6 {was complicated but} 21...fxg3+ 22.Kh1 g6 (
22...Bxd6 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Qg8# ) 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Bxf7+ Kg7 25.Qf3 {is good
for white.} ) 19.f5 {Paul's pawns are very threatening.} 19...g6 20.Qg4
Kh8 21.e6 fxe6 22.fxe6 Bf6 23.Nce4 Be7 24.Ng5 Kg7 {There are lots of ways
to win - Paul's might not be the most efficient.} 25.Nf7 Qc7 26.Bd2 Nd7 {
Richard tries to complicate things.} 27.Bc3+ Ne5 28.Nxe5 {A simple way to
win a piece.} 28...dxe5 29.Rf7+ Kh8 30.Qxh4 Bxh4 31.Rxc7 Bf6 32.Ne4 Bg7
33.Nd6 {Richard resigns as he loses a rook or gets mated eg 33...Rf8 34.f7
and the rook has nowhere to go.} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.11.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "I Chrysomallos"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.11.14"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Bg5 c6
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.d5 a5 11.h4 h5 12.Rdf1 Nc5 13.Nh2 Ng4 ( 13...a4 {looks
better to further black's attack. Instead Trefor's knight move helps Iosif
to advance his pawns.} ) 14.Nxg4 Bxg4 15.f3 Bd7 16.Rfg1 Rab8 17.g4 hxg4
18.fxg4 f6 19.Be3 Rf7 20.h5 g5 21.h6 ( 21.Bxc5 {looks good for white.}
21...dxc5 22.a4 {and the queen side is blockaded leaving white a free hand
to try his luck on the king side.} ) 21...Bf8 22.Rh5 Kh7 23.Bxg5 {Again} (
23.Bxc5 {was the correct move. Instead Iosif plays a sacrifice which
doesn't work.} ) 23...fxg5 24.Rxg5 Be7 25.Rh5 Rg8 26.Rg3 Bg5+ 27.Kb1 Rf4
28.Ne2 Rf1+ {Now it's all over.} 29.Nc1 Rxc1+ 30.Qxc1 Bxc1 31.Kxc1 Nxd3+
32.Kb1 Nf4 33.Rh4 Qd8 34.Rh1 Ne2 35.Rf3 Rf8 0-1
[Event "Bishops v S Hams B2"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.11.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Brooks"]
[Black "J Schofield"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.11.14"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c5 8.Qxc4
Nbd7 9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qc2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nbd5 12.a3 Bd7 13.e4 Rc8 14.Qd3 Nb6 15.
Nc3 e5 16.Nf3 ( 16.Nf5 {was better.} 16...Bxf5 17.exf5 Qxd3 18.Rxd3 Rfd8
19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Bxb7 {and white wins the b-pawn.} ) 16...Qc7 {A theme in
this position is the sacrifice ...Bxa3 followed by capturing the knight on
c3. Paul moves his bishop and rook to counter the threat.} 17.Bd2 Nc4 18.
Rab1 Rfd8 {Now if } ( 18...Bxa3 19.bxa3 Nxd2 20.Qxd2 Qxc3 21.Qxc3 Rxc3 22.
Nxe5 {is level.} ) 19.Qe2 Bg4 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Nxd2 22.Rxd2 Rxd2 23.Qxd2
Bxa3 {James plays the sacrifice when it doesn't work. The bishop on d7 has
moved!} 24.Nb5 {wins a piece, and the game. Paul now moves his pieces to
good squares.} 24...Qb6 25.Nxa3 Rd8 26.Qc2 Qe6 27.Kg2 Rc8 28.Qd3 g5 29.Bd1
h5 30.Bb3 Qb6 31.Nc4 Qc5 32.Ne3 Qb4 33.Bd5 b6 34.Qb3 Qe7 {James doesn't
want to swap queens, but now there's a forced win.} 35.Nf5 Qd7 36.Bxf7+ {A
neat finish. If 36...Qxf7 38.Nh6+ wins the queen and if 36...Kh7 37.Be6
wins another exchange leaving white a rook up.
} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.11.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "K Middleton"]
[Black "A Brusey"]
[Result "*"]
[EventDate "2024.11.14"]
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 e6 6.Nd2 b6 7.Ngf3 Bb7 8.O-O Qc7
9.Ne5 Be7 10.Ndf3 Ne4 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Bd2 f5 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rac1
Qd8 16.Be1 a5 17.b3 Rc8 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Bg3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Ba3 21.Rxc8 Qxc8
22.Qc4 Ba6 23.Qxc8 Rxc8 24.Rd1 {This position should be better for Alan as
he has the open file and 2 bishops. I'm not sure why he avoids ...Rc2 on
this move or the next one.} 24...h6 25.h3 b5 26.Be1 b4 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Nd7+
Ke7 29.Nc5 {Now the knight blocks the c-file and it's difficult for black
to make progress.} 29...Bb5 30.Bd2 Bb2 31.Bc1 Bc3 32.Bd2 Bxd2 33.Rxd2 Bc6
{The games has had its ups and downs but we have reached an equal position
where neither side should lose. Keith just needs to keep the position
closed to favour his knight against Alan's bishop. Instead he pushes the
g-pawn to open the position and Alan takes advantage.} 34.g4 ( 34.h4 Bd5
35.h5 {leads to a position which is dead drawn.} ) 34...Kd6 35.Kg3 g5 36.
Rf2 Rg8 37.Rg2 ( 37.fxg5 {is perfectly OK.} ) 37...fxg4 38.h4 {I don't
really understand this.} ( 38.hxg4 gxf4+ 39.exf4 e5 40.Re2 {is still
fairly equal.} ) 38...gxf4+ 39.Kxf4 h5 {Now Keith is in trouble. How does
he defend against ..Rf8 followed by ...Rf3?} 40.Nxe4+ Ke7 41.Rc2 Rf8+ 42.
Kg5 Bxe4 43.Rc7+ Kd6 44.Rc5 Rf5+ 45.Rxf5 Bxf5 46.Kf4 Bb1 {And it's all
over.} *
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.11.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Blackmore"]
[Black "S Pasupulety"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.11.14"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Bd3 {The position Shreyas gets into
gives a good indication why it's popular to play 3...dxe4 in this opening.
} 5...b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1 Ne7 8.Bf4 g6 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bg7
12.Bb5 Bc8 ( 12...Bxe5 13.Bxe5 O-O {was the only way to play it. Now Josh
finds a way to win the exchange.} ) 13.Bc6 Rb8 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bxd7+ Kxd7
16.Bxb8 Qxb8 17.c3 {Now it's just a question of being careful. After some
meanderings, Josh brings home the point.} 17...Re8 18.Qa4+ Ke7 19.Qa3+ Kf6
20.Re3 Bh6 21.Rf3+ Kg7 22.Qa4 Re7 23.Qb5 Qb7 24.a4 a6 25.Qd3 a5 26.Rb1 Rc7
27.Qe2 Kg8 28.Rd3 Qc6 29.Qd1 Qd6 30.Ra1 Kg7 31.Qb1 Qf4 32.g3 Qe4 33.Rd1
Qe2 34.Re1 Qd2 35.Kf1 Qg5 36.h4 Qg4 37.Kg2 g5 38.f3 Qh5 39.g4 Qg6 40.Qxg6+
hxg6 41.hxg5 Bxg5 42.Kg3 Rc8 43.Rh1 Rf8 44.f4 Bd8 45.Rh3 Rh8 46.Rxh8 Kxh8
47.b4 Kg7 48.Rc1 Bc7 49.Kf3 Kf6 50.bxa5 bxa5 51.c4 Bd6 52.cxd5 exd5 53.Re1
Kg7 54.Re8 Kf6 55.g5+ Kf5 56.Ra8 Bxf4 57.Rxa5 Bxg5 58.Rxd5+ Kf6 59.a5 Bh6
60.a6 Bf8 61.a7 1-0