[Event "Competitors' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.04.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.04.25"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf5
9.Na4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.Bc3 Bd7?! ( 11...Bxc3+ 12.Nxc3 Qb6 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.
Bxc6 Bxc6 {leads to an equal position. Now the c3 knight causes problems.}
) 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.Nxc3 Rc8 14.O-O a6 15.g4 Nfe7 16.b4 Qd8 17.Na4 Ng6 18.Nc5
Rc7 19.Qd2 f6 {Trying to get some play on the kingside - it almost works.}
20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Rfe1 O-O 22.Bd1 Qf4 ( 22...Nf4 {should have enabled black
to hold. (In fact, he might even be a little better.) Now with the queens
off Alan slowly improves all his pieces while all Paul can do is wait.} )
23.Qxf4 Nxf4 24.Ra2 Bc8 25.Rd2 Rcf7 26.h4 h6 ( 26...b6 {on this move or
one of the following was a better try. eg} 27.Na4 Rb7 28.Kh2 Bd7 29.Nb2 b5
30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Rxd3 a5 32.Rb3 axb4 33.axb4 Ra8 {and black gets
counterplay.} ) 27.Kh2 Rf6 28.Kg3 R6f7 29.Ne5 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Rf6 31.g5 hxg5
32.hxg5 R6f7 33.Bg4 Re7 34.Rd1 {In a lost position Paul makes a blunder.}
34...Rfe8 35.Kxf4 1-0
[Event "Challengers' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.04.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "I Henry"]
[Black "R Ballantyne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.04.25"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Be2 e6 6.d4 d6 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8+
Kxd8 9.O-O h6 10.Rd1+ Kc7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Ne4 Rd8 14.Rxd8 Bxd8 15.
Bxc5 f5 16.Bxb6+ Kxb6 17.Nd6 Bd7 18.Rd1 Bc6 19.Nxb7 Kxb7 20.Rxd8 Nd7 21.
Rxa8 Kxa8 22.b4 Ka7 23.a3 Nb6 24.h4 Bb5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Nd4 Nc4 27.Nxb5+
Kb6 28.Nd4 Nxa3 29.Nxe6 Nxc2 30.Nxg7 1-0
[Event "Challengers' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.04.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "R Randhawa"]
[Black "L Barron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.04.25"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 d6 4.d5 Nce7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 g6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Be2 h5 9.
O-O-O Bh6 10.Bxh6 Nxh6 11.h3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Qg5 Nf7 15.Bxg6
Bf5 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.Qd2 Ke8 18.g4 Bg6 19.Ng5 Kd7 20.Ne6 Qg8 21.Qg5 Qf7
22.Rd2 Rag8 23.Qe3 Ra8 24.Rdd1 b6 25.f4 exf4 26.Qxf4 Qxf4+ 27.Nxf4 Bh7 28.
gxh5 Raf8 29.Ne6 Rf6 30.Rdf1 Bf5 31.Ng7 Rhf8 32.Nxf5 Nxf5 33.Ne4 Rh6 34.
Rf3 Rxh5 35.Rhf1 Ke7 36.Rh1 Rh7 37.Rhf1 Rhh8 38.Rh1 Nd4 39.Rxf8 Rxf8 40.
Kd1 Rf5 41.c4 Rf4 42.Nd2 Nf5 43.Rf1 Ne3+ 44.Ke2 Nxf1 45.Nxf1 Rxc4 0-1