[Event "Abbots v Bishops B4"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.10.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Kinder"]
[Black "P Ruszelak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.10.17"]
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 Qa5 6.Bd3 e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Be2 O-O 10.Qd2 Rfe8 11.Rab1 Qc7 12.h3 Bh5 13.b4 Nb6 14.Rfc1 Bxf3 15.gxf3
( 15.Bxf3 Nxc4 {picks up a pawn so Andrew is forced to break up his pawn
structure BUT this does open the g-file.} ) 15...exd4 16.Bxd4 Qd7 17.Kh2
c5 18.Be3 cxb4 19.Nd5 Nbxd5 20.cxd5 a5 21.Rg1 Rac8 22.Bh6 g6 23.Rb3 Rc7 (
23...Bf8 {adding support to the defence of his king was black's best.} )
24.f4 {Andrew wants to bring the queen's rook across to the g-file but
this is a blunder.} 24...Nxe4 25.Qd3 Rc3 ( 25...Bf6 {is the best move, as
Piotr pointed out after the game.} ) 26.Rxc3 Nxc3 {The key error.} ( 26...
bxc3 27.Qxe4 Bf8 28.Qd4 Bxh6 {and black is still well ahead.} ) 27.Bg4 Qd8
( 27...Qb5 {is the only hope, but white is winning after } 28.Qxb5 Nxb5
29.Bd7 Ra8 30.Bxb5 ) 28.Be6! {A great attacking move, the white squares
are collapsing.} 28...Bf8 {Now checkmate is forced.} ( 28...Kh8 29.Bxf7
Rf8 {allows black to carry on.} 30.Bxf8 ( 30.Qf5! {is the killer move,
when black has to find } 30...Qe8! {to avoid immediate mate} (
30...Qc8 31.Rxg6! hxg6 32.Bg7+ Kxg7 33.Qxg6+ Kh8 34.Qh6# ) 31.Bxf8 Qxf8
32.Qe6 {the advance of the f-pawn will cause problems for black.} ) 30...
Qxf8 31.Qd4+ Qg7 32.Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.Be8 {is better for black because of the
pawns.} ) 29.Rxg6+ Kh8 30.Qd4+ f6 31.Rg8# 1-0
[Event "Abbots v Bishops B1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.10.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Abbott"]
[Black "A Brusey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.10.17"]
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bc4 e6 8.Nf3
Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.a3 a6 12.Rc1 b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.b4 Qb6 15.Re1
Rfd8 16.Ne5 {Mark sacrifices his d-pawn....} ( 16.Be3 {is much safer and
leaves white with a tiny advantage.} 16...Ng4 17.Ne4 h6 18.Nc5 {and white
is for choice.} ) 16...Qxd4 17.Bxh7+ {....and then a piece. Will he get
enough compensation?} 17...Kxh7 18.Qc2+ Kg8 19.Rcd1 Qb6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nd7 Qc7 22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Ne4 f5 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Qc3 e5 26.Nh5+ Kg6 27.Ng3
Rxd1 28.Rxd1 {Alan has defended well, and is winning. Mark has to make the
best of it.} 28...Rd8 29.Rc1 Qe7 30.Qf3 Qg5 31.Rxc6+ Bxc6 32.Qxc6+ {
Winning two pieces for a rook gives Mark a little hope.} 32...Qf6 33.Qc2
e4 34.h3 Rd3 35.Qe2 Qg5 36.Qc2 Rxa3 37.Qc6+ Qf6 38.Qe8 Rd3 39.Qg8+ Qg7 40.
Qc8 Qf6 41.Qg8+ Kh6 42.Qf8+ Kh7 43.Nh5 Qg6 44.Nf4 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Qg7 {Alan
makes an inaccuracy.} 46.Qc5 ( 46.Qe7 {threatens 45.Nh5 with a perpetual
attack on the queen or perpetual check eg } 46...Rd2 ( 46...e3 {is forced,
when} 47.fxe3 Rd2 {is still better for black according to the computer,
but it's much harder to prove this.} ) 47.Nh5 Qg6 48.Nf4 Qg8 ( 48...Qg7
49.Nh5 {repeats.} ) 49.Qh4+ Kg7 50.Nh5+ Kf8 51.Qf4 Rd8 52.Qh6+ Ke7 53.Qf6+
Kd7 54.Qxf5+ {and black can't escape the checks.} ) 46...Qf6 47.g3 Rd6 48.
Nh5 Qe6 49.Nf4 Qd7 50.g4 fxg4 51.hxg4 Rh6+ 52.Kg3 Qc6 53.Qf5+ Kh8 54.Qe5+
Kg8 55.Qg5+ Kf8 56.Qd8+ Qe8 57.Qd4 Qe7 58.Nh5 Qd6+ {The queens are forced
off and the ending will be hopeless, so Mark resigns.} 0-1
[Event "Abbots v Bishops B3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.10.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "J Blackmore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.10.17"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.e3 Qc7 7.b3 d5 8.Nbd2 Nc6
9.Bb2 Rd8 10.O-O Bg4 11.Qc1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Bb2 Rac8 15.
cxd5 Qe7 16.Ba3 Qd7 17.Qe1 Nxd5 18.Nc4 {The game has been very even so
far, but this move gives Josh the chance for an advantage.} 18...b5 19.Nd6
b4 ( 19...Bf8 {is best.} 20.Nxc8 Bxa3 21.Qd2 Qxc8 {gives black two pieces
for a rook.} ) 20.Nxc8 bxa3 21.Bxd5 {The bishop is immune because of a
knight fork so Jack wins the exchange.} 21...Rxc8 22.Bg2 Rc2 23.Qb4 Bf8
24.Qa5 Be2 25.Rfe1 a6 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 Qe6 28.Rfd1 Qf6 29.Rd2 e4 30.Rb1
Rc5 31.Qxa3 Rc2 32.Qa5 Rc5 33.Qa4 Qc3 34.Qd4 Qa5 35.Rbd1 Rc8 36.Qxe4 Bb4
37.Rd5 Qb6 38.Qd4 Qxd4 39.R5xd4 Be7 40.Ra4 Rc6 41.Rd7 Kf8 42.Ra7 Rc1+ 43.
Kg2 Rc2 44.Rc4 {The rooks are forced off, and black will win the ending
easily so Josh resigns. Excellent positional chess from Jack.} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.10.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "B Sturt"]
[Black "D Morgan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.10.17"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Bg5
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 {David has played the opening well and now has a small
advantage.} 9...h6 10.Bh4 Qa5 ( 10...d6 {is better, keeping the queen in
place for a recapture if Ben's bishop takes the knight. Then Dave can
develop his pieces and eventually play g5, before moving his queen.} ) 11.
Qd2 Ne7 {Ben can now wreck David's pawn structure and get a big attack.}
12.O-O d5 {This is the right idea in principle but....} 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qxh6 {....gives Ben a very strong attack.} 14...Qxc3 15.Qxf6 dxe4 16.Bxe4
Ng6 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Qxg6+ Kh8 19.Qh5+ Kg7 20.Nxe5 Bf5 21.Qg5+ Kh7 22.Qg3
Qxc2 23.Rac1 Qxa2 24.Rc7+ Kh6 25.Qh4# 1-0