[Event "D3 NA v Teignmouth"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "R Brenton"]
[Black "C Doidge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.b4 a5 4.Ba3 axb4 5.Bxb4 Nc6 6.c3 g6 7.e3 Bg7 8.Qb3
Nge7 9.Bc4 Nxb4 10.Qxb4 Nc6 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qb4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 {Even though he
is a pawn down Charles has come out of the opening well, with a great
bishop, rook on an open file and a better pawn structure.} 13...Qc7 14.Qb4
Qc6 15.Nf3 Ra4 16.Qb3 Ra5 17.O-O Qxc5 18.Rc1 O-O 19.Nbd2 Ra3 20.Ne4 Qa5
21.Qb2 d5 22.Ng3 ( 22.Nfd2 {is a clever move to relieve the pressure. The
idea is that if black plays } 22...dxe4 23.Nc4 {forks queen and rook and
if } 23...Bxc3 24.Qxa3 Qxa3 25.Nxa3 Bxa1 26.Rxa1 {black is better but not
by much. Now the pressure on the long diagonal means that black should
lose at least the exchange.} ) 22...Bxc3 23.Rxc3 Rxc3 24.Qd2 Qc5 25.h4 b6
26.h5 Bb7 27.h6 Rc8 28.Kh2 Rc2 29.Qe1 Rc1 30.Rxc1 Qxc1 31.Qb4 Qc5 32.Qf4
Qf8 33.Nh5 {Richard is fighting hard. If the knight is taken it will be
perpetual check.} 33...f5 34.Ng3 Rc4 35.Qe5 Qxh6+ 36.Kg1 Bc8 37.Qb2 Qf8
38.Ne5 Rb4 39.Qd2 Rb1+ 40.Nf1 Ba6 41.Nd3 Bxd3 ( 41...Qa3 {is much more
clinical. As the game plays out white's queen gets activity which could
save him.} ) 42.Qxd3 Qb4 43.Qa6 Qe1 {And here} ( 43...Qc4 {stops the white
queen from doing too much damage.} 44.Qa8+ Kg7 45.Qa7+ Kh6 {and the checks
have run out.} ) 44.Qc8+ Kg7 45.Qc7+ Kh6 46.Qh2+ Kg7 47.Qe5+ Kf7 {This
moves gives white a chance. Charles has to play} ( 47...Kh6 48.Qh2+ Kg5
49.Qg3+ Kf6 50.Qh4+ g5 51.Qh6+ Ke5 52.Qg7+ Kd6 53.Qf8+ Kc6 54.Qe8+ Kc5 55.
Qc8+ Kb5 56.a4+ Kb4 57.Qf8+ Kb3 {and there are no more checks. But this is
very challenging to spot - which is why the improvements at moves 41 and
43 are worth noting.} ) 48.Qc7+ Kf6 49.Qd8+ Ke5 50.Qh8+ ( 50.Qc7+ {would
lead to a perpetual check.} 50...Ke4 51.Qc2+ Ke5 52.Qc7+ Kf6 53.Qd8+ {etc.
Now the king gets away and it's all over.} ) 50...Kd6 51.Qd8+ Kc5 52.Qc7+
Kb4 53.Qxb6+ Kc3 54.Qa5+ Kc2 55.Qa4+ Kb2 56.Qb5+ Ka1 {A very nice hiding
place!} 57.Qa6 Rb2 58.Kh1 Qxf2 59.Nd2 Rxd2 {A fighting game!} 0-1
[Event "Challengers' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "D Morgan"]
[Black "R Hammond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
1.e4 d5 2.e5 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.g4 Bg6 5.f4 e6 6.Bb5 Qd7 ( 6...Qh4+ 7.Kf1 Be4
{gives black a big opening advantage.} ) 7.c3 f6 8.Be3 Be4 9.Nf3 a6 10.Ba4
Bxf3 11.Qxf3 f5 12.g5 g6 13.Nd2 h6 14.h4 hxg5 15.hxg5 Rxh1+ 16.Qxh1 Nge7
17.Nb3 b5 18.Nc5 Qd8 19.Nxe6 {This fork gives Dave a big advantage.} 19...
Qc8 20.Nxf8 Kxf8 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Bc2 b4 23.O-O-O bxc3 24.b3 a5 25.Rh1 Qb7
26.Qh8+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ {Here Dave misses a mate} ( 27.Qf6+ Ke8 28.e6 {and
there's nothing to stop the rook invading on h8.} ) 27...Ke6 28.Qf6+ Kd7
29.Qxg6 {Another mate is } ( 29.Bxf5+! gxf5 30.Qxf5+ Kd8 31.Rh8+ Ng8 32.
Rxg8+ Ke7 33.Qh7+ Ke6 34.f5# ) 29...Kd8 30.Rh8+ {And a third time} ( 30.
Qe6! Qb4 31.Rh8+ Ng8 32.Rxg8+ Qf8 33.Rxf8# ) 30...Kd7 31.e6+ ( 31.Bxf5+
Nxf5 32.Qxf5+ Ke7 33.Qh7+ Ke6 34.f5# {is a fourth mate.} ) 31...Kd6 32.Qf6
Rxh8 33.Qxh8 Kxe6 34.Qf6+ Kd7 35.g6 a4 36.g7 Nd8 37.Qf8 Ne6 38.Qf7 Kd6 39.
g8=Q Nxg8 40.Qxg8 axb3 41.Bxb3 Qb5 42.Qg1 Qd3 43.Bc2 Qe2 44.a4 Nd8 45.Bxf5
Qb2+ 46.Kd1 Qa1+ 47.Bc1 Qxa4+ 48.Bc2 Qc4 49.Qg6+ Ne6 50.Bd3 Qxd4 51.Ba3+
c5 52.Kc2 Qf2+ {Rhys has been under the cosh for a long time but here was
his chance.} ( 52...Qa4+ 53.Kxc3 Qxa3+ 54.Kd2 Qb4+ 55.Kd1 Qxf4 {leaves him
2 pawns ahead. } ) 53.Kxc3 Qd4+ 54.Kc2 Ke7 55.f5 Qf2+ 56.Kc3 Qe1+ 57.Kb2
Qd2+ 58.Ka1 Nf8 59.Qg7+ Ke8 {Rhys resigns because 60.Bb5+ will win the
knight with mate not far away.} 1-0
[Event "Champions' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "E Manning"]
[Black "B Sturt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 {This line in the Winawer
doesn't have the best reputation.} 6.axb4 dxc3 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7
Qc7 10.f4 {White has a space advantage but both sides are lacking
development.} 10...b6 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Ng5 {A tempting move which should give
away white's advantage.} ( 12.Ra3 {threatening to bring the rook to the
c-file is much better.} ) 12...Nxe5 {The incorrect capture.} ( 12...Rxg5
13.fxg5 Qxe5+ {gives black lots of counterplay.} ) 13.fxe5 ( 13.Be2 {is
much better. White threatens to take the knight without allowing a queen
check.} ) 13...Qxe5+ 14.Be2 Rg7 {Ben misses a tactic. } ( 14...cxb2 {keeps
him in the game.} 15.Qxf7+ Kd8 16.Bxb2 Qxb2 17.O-O Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Qe3 {ends
up slightly better for black but it's still very complicated.} ) 15.Qh8+
Kd7 16.Nxf7 {This is what Ben missed. The pin on the rook stops him from
taking the knight.} 16...Qf6 {Now there's a quick mate.} 17.Qd8+ Kc6 18.
b5+ Kc5 19.Be3+ d4 20.Qd6# 1-0
[Event "D3 NA v Teignmouth"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Pratt"]
[Black "M Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.e6 fxe6 7.Bxe6 Nf6 8.Ng5
Bxe6 9.Nxe6 Qd7 10.Nxg7+ {White's active opening play has led to an
advantage.} 10...Kf7 11.Bh6 Rg8 12.c3 d5 13.Nd2 Rxg7 14.Nf3 Nc6 15.Ne5+
Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ng4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qd4 {After some clever tactics Adrian has
a clear exchange advantage.} 18...Qf5 19.e6+ Kg8 20.f3 ( 20.O-O {might be
a bit better.} ) 20...Qxe6+ 21.Kd2 Ne5 22.Rae1 Nc4+ {Black forces an
endgame but it's still a win for Adrian.} 23.Qxc4 Qxe1+ 24.Rxe1 dxc4 25.
Rxe7 Rc8 26.Ke3 a5 27.Kd4 b5 ( 27...Rd8+ {was a better hope.} 28.Kxc4 Rd2
29.b3 Rxa2 30.Rxc7 Rxg2 31.Rxb7 Rxh2 {is still a bit better for white but
black would have drawing chances.} ) 28.Kc5 c6 29.Re6 Kg7 30.Rxc6 Rxc6+
31.Kxc6 b4 32.Kb5 {White's king will gobble up the queenside pawns. Well
played Adrian.} 1-0
[Event "D3 NA v Teignmouth"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "R Hart"]
[Black "R Randhawa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d4 e4 {Ronit has reacted aggressively to
white's slow opening and now has an advantage.} 5.Nfd2 Nxd4 6.Nb3 Nxb3 7.
axb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bc5 9.e3 O-O 10.c3 Re8 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Nd2 Qd7 13.b4 Bb6 14.
Nb3 Bh3 {Ronit wants to exploit the white squares in the kingside.} 15.Nd4
Bxd4 16.exd4 a6 17.Bg5 Bxg2 18.Bxf6 {A major blunder.} ( 18.Kxg2 Re6 19.
Qd2 {keeps the game going.} ) 18...Bf3 19.Qd2 Qh3 {It's mate in one.} 0-1
[Event "Champions' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Brooks"]
[Black "A Brusey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bf5 {In this line, white tempts
black to attack his queen in order to subsequently put pressure on b7.} 6.
Qb3 Qb6 7.e3 Qxb3 {This is a concession from Alan; the doubled pawn on the
b-file is less important than the open a-file and the chance for a white
queenside attack.} 8.axb3 Na6 9.Nc3 Nb4 10.Ra4 {This move puts white on
top.} 10...a5 {Advancing the knight is also not good.} ( 10...Nc2+ 11.Kd2
dxc4 12.bxc4 {and the knight is in danger of being trapped by 13.Bd3} ) (
10...Nd3+ 11.Bxd3 Bxd3 12.Kd2 dxc4 13.bxc4 Bf5 14.Be5 Rg8 15.Rb4 Bc8 16.
Ra1 {also leaves white well placed.} ) 11.Bc7 {wins a clear pawn.} 11...
Nd3+ {This makes things worse.} 12.Bxd3 Bxd3 13.Kd2 Bf5 14.Rha1 {Now all
white's pieces are active and black is way behind in development.} 14...
Bg7 15.Rxa5 Rxa5 16.Rxa5 O-O 17.Ra7 {White turns his focus to the b-pawn.}
17...Bc8 18.c5 Ne8 19.Bg3 f5 20.Na4 Nf6 21.Nb6 Ne4+ 22.Ke2 g5 23.Be5 g4
24.Bxg7 gxf3+ 25.gxf3 Kxg7 26.fxe4 fxe4 27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.Rxb7 {After the
liquidation, white is a clear 2 pawns ahead. Now Paul just needs to be
careful.} 28...Kf7 29.b4 Ra8 30.b5 cxb5 31.Rxb5 Ke6 32.f3 exf3+ 33.Kxf3
Rf8+ 34.Ke2 Rg8 35.Rb6+ Kd7 36.h4 Rg2+ 37.Kf3 Rh2 38.Kg3 Re2 39.Kf4 Rh2
40.Ke5 Rxh4 41.Kxd5 {Paul has activated his king and the end is near.}
41...Rh5+ 42.Kc4 Rh3 43.e4 h5 44.b4 h4 45.Kd5 Re3 46.Rh6 {Just to avoid
any mishaps, Paul puts his rook behind the passed h-pawn.} 46...h3 47.b5
Rb3 48.b6 Rd3 49.c6+ Ke8 {Any other king move leads to immediate mate.}
50.Rh8+ Kf7 51.c7 {Black can't stop at least one of the pawns queening. A
smooth performance from Paul.} 1-0
[Event "Champions' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Abbott"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c6 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.Nge2 Re8 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rae1 Ndf6 14.f3 Nxc3 15.
Nxc3 Be6 16.e4 Qb4 17.Ne2 dxe4 18.fxe4 Bxa2 19.Ra1 Bb3 20.Qc3 Qxc3 21.Nxc3
Red8 22.Ra3 Be6 23.Ne2 a6 24.h3 Rd7 25.e5 Nd5 26.Be4 Nb6 ( 26...Nc7 {looks
better, aiming to target the backward d-pawn.} ) 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.Bc2 Bc4 29.
Bd3 Bxd3 30.Rxd3 Re8 31.Nf4 Nd5 {Trefor has to make something of his
queenside majority. Maybe} ( 31...a5 {is an idea as an attempt to distract
white from the kingside. As it happens, Mark is able to create enough
pressure to keep Trefor's pieces passive and a draw is soon agreed.} ) 32.
Nh5 g6 33.Ng3 Kg7 34.Ne4 Ree7 35.Rg3 Nc7 36.Nd6 Kh7 37.Rgf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Challengers' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.01.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "B Thewlis"]
[Black "J Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.01.30"]
1.b3 e6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bb4 {.Always take care if your
opponent has a bishop on the long diagonal.} 6.Bxg7 f6 7.O-O e5 8.Bxc6
Bxc6 9.Bxh8 Qe7 10.d4 exd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Re1 Qxe1+ 13.Qxe1+ Be7 14.Qe6
Bd7 15.Qxg8+ Bf8 16.Bxf6 h6 17.Qg6# 1-0