[Event "Autumn Swiss R2"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "Y Liu"]
[Black "R Pratt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.10.16"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 g6 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Bf4
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.Nbd2 Qb6 11.O-O Bg7 12.b4 ( 12.a4 {maintains a small
advantage for white, as if} 12...Qxb2 13.Rfb1 {traps the queen.} ) 12...
Rc8 13.Rfe1 Nh5 14.Bh2 O-O 15.Nb3 Qd8 16.Re2 ( 16.a4 {is good, planning
a5, and a possible Nc5.} ) 16...Nf6 17.Nbd2 Ne7 18.Rc1 Nf5 19.Ne5 Nd6 20.
Qg3 {In the last few moves, Yuan hasn't found a plan and now the weakness
on c3 starts to tell.} 20...Bh6 21.Nef3 Nde4 ( 21...Nf5! 22.Qe5 Nd7 {traps
the queen in mid-board!} ) 22.Qh4 Bxd2 23.Nxd2 Rxc3 ( 23...Nxc3 {is
another winning chance.} 24.Kf1 Nfe4! 25.Qxd8 Rfxd8 {and something has to
give.} 26.Nxe4 Nxe2 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Be5 Nc3 30.Nxd5+ Kf8 31.
Nxc3 Rxc3 {is the best white can do, but it still leaves black a clear
exchange ahead.} ) 24.Rxc3 Nxc3 25.Re3 Nfe4 26.Qh6 Nxd2 27.Rxc3 Ne4 {
Richard underestimates white's potential.} ( 27...Nc4 {leaves black with a
large advantage.} ) 28.Be5 f6 29.Rc7 {The tables are turned and Richard is
in big trouble.} 29...Rf7 30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Qxh7+ Kf8 32.Qh6+ ( 32.Qh8+ Ke7
33.Qg7+ Ke8 34.Bb8! Qe7 ( 34...Qxb8 35.Qg8+ {wins the queen.} ) 35.Qxg6+
Qf7 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.Bxa7 {leaves white with a winning endgame.} ) 32...
Kf7 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Bc7 Qe7 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Bd8 {This leads to an ending
with equal material, but Yuan could try} ( 36.f3 Nc3 ( 36...Qxc7 37.Qh7+ {
again skewers the queen.} ) 37.Bd8 Qf8 38.Qxf6+ Ke8 39.Qxf8+ Kxf8 40.Bg5 {
and if } 40...Nxa2 41.Bd2 Ke8 42.Kf2 Ke7 43.h4 a6 44.g4 Kf8 {and while
Richard has to worry about the kingside pawns, Yuan can calmly walk his
king across the board to pick up the knight.} ) 36...Qf8 37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.
a3 ( 38.f3 {is necessary.} 38...Nc3 39.Bxf6 Nxa2 40.Be5 Ke7 41.Bb8 a6 42.
Ba7 {and it should be a draw.} ) 38...Kf7 39.Kf1 Nd6 40.a4 Nf5 41.Ke2
Nxd4+ 42.Kd3 Nc6 43.Ba5 {The knight manouevres have bamboozled Yuan.} (
43.Bc7 {was the best move, but black is well on top.} ) 43...b6 44.Bxb6
axb6 45.b5 Ne5+ 46.Kc3 Nc4 47.f3 e5 48.Kb4 Ke6 49.Kc3 Kd6 50.Kb4 Ne3 51.g4
Nc4 52.Kc3 Kc5 53.h4 d4+ 54.Kc2 Kb4 55.h5 {Yuan creates a passed pawn but
Richard has it all under control.} 55...gxh5 56.gxh5 Nd6 57.h6 Nf7 58.h7
Kxa4 59.Kd3 Kxb5 60.Ke4 Kc4 61.Kf5 d3 62.Kg6 Nh8+ 63.Kg7 d2 64.Kxh8 d1=Q
65.Kg7 Qd7+ 66.Kg8 Qxh7+ {The pawns will win it.} 67.Kxh7 b5 68.Kg6 Kd4
69.Kf5 b4 {With the pawn about to queen, Yuan resigns. An epic battle!} 0-1
[Event "Knights v Pawns Rapidplay"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Holland "]
[Black "T Bonds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.10.16"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2
c5 9.Rb1 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nc6 {Tom misses the force of Mac's next move.} ( 10...
cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 b6 {leads to a pretty equal endgame.} ) 11.Rb5
Qc7 12.Rxc5 Qb6 ( 12...b6 {is better.} 13.Rb5 Ba6 14.Rb1 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Na5
{and the pressure on the queenside and down the long diagonal provides
some compensation for the pawn deficit.} ) 13.Rb5 Qc7 14.O-O Bg4 15.Qf4
Qd7 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Bxd4 {Tom goes for a combination, hoping for
18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Qd3 Qxb5 20.Qxb5 Nxb5 21.Bxb5 with some chances of
survival, but...} 18.Rd5 {squashes his hopes.} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "K Middleton"]
[Black "A Clarke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.10.16"]
1.d4 f5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nd2 d6 5.f4 Be7 6.Ngf3 b6 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Bb7
9.Qb3 d5 10.Ne5 c5 11.Qd1 Nbd7 12.b3 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Ng4 14.Nf3 {The game is
equal. Adam tries a typical kingside pawn advance.} 14...g5 15.h3 Nh6 16.
Nh2 Qe8 17.Bd2 Kh8 18.Be2 Qg6 19.Bh5 Qg7 20.Qe2 Bc6 21.g4 {It's probably
better not to advance pawns on the side where you are being attacked.
Maybe} ( 21.a4 {trying to create queenside play is a better idea.} ) 21...
Be8 22.gxf5 exf5 23.Bxe8 Raxe8 24.Qg2 Qf7 25.Kh1 Rg8 26.Rf2 ( 26.Ng4 {
keeps things level.} 26...Rg6 27.c4 Rd8 28.Nxh6 Rxh6 29.cxd5 Rxd5 30.e4
Rxd4 31.Rxf5 Qh5 32.Bxg5 Bxg5 33.Rxg5 Qxh3+ 34.Qxh3 Rxh3+ 35.Kg2 Re3 36.
Rf1 h6 37.Rf8+ Kh7 38.Rf7+ {is perpetual check! But that's very
complicated and by no means forced. Now Adam keeps advancing.} ) 26...g4
27.Nxg4 {The losing move.} ( 27.hxg4 Nxg4 28.Nxg4 Qe6! ( 28...Qh5+ 29.Qh2
Qxg4 30.Rf4 Qg6 31.Rg1 {is ok for white.} ) 29.Rf4 fxg4 {is better for
black, but it's still a game.} ) 27...Qh5 {Black moves out of the pin but
the white knight remains in trouble.} 28.Rxf5 {Desperation, but it does no
good.} 28...Nxf5 29.Rf1 Rxg4 {A small combination to wrap things up.} 30.
Qxg4 Qxg4 31.hxg4 Ng3+ {The ending is totally lost.} 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss R1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "O Andrews"]
[Black "M Sapiecha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.10.16"]
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1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Nd5 ( 6.Bxf7+ {is
interesting. eg} 6...Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg6 8.Ne6 Qg8 9.Nxc7 Rb8 {with a messy
position which the computer evaluates as equal.} ) 6...Nxd5 7.Bxd5 c6 {Now
Mike pushes his pawns forward to create a space advantage.} 8.Bb3 e4 9.Nd2
d5 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.h3 Qc7 12.Nf1 h5 13.Bd2 a5 14.a3 b5 15.a4 b4 16.Qd1 g6
17.c4 bxc3 18.Bxc3 Ba6 19.Nd2 h4 20.Rc1 O-O ( 20...Rh5 {followed by
21...Rg5 would put severe pressure on the white kingside.} ) 21.Nf1 Rab8
22.g3 {It's not usually a good idea to advance pawns on the side where you
are being attacked, but Oscar wasn't spoilt for choice.} 22...Qb7 23.Ba2
Bb4 ( 23...Kg7 {followed by 24...Rh8 is possible aiming to attack down the
h-file.} ) 24.b3 Qe7 25.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 26.Nd2 hxg3 27.fxg3 Qd6 28.Rg1 Nh5 29.
Nf1 Bxf1 30.Kxf1 Nxg3+ {Black finally wins material.} 31.Kf2 Nf5 32.Qh5
Ng7 33.Qh6 Qf6+ 34.Ke2 Nf5 35.Qf4 Nxd4+ {Another pawn goes.} 36.Ke1 Qxf4
37.exf4 Nf3+ 38.Kf2 Nxg1 39.Rxg1 Kg7 40.Rc1 Rbc8 41.Rc5 f5 42.Rxa5 d4 43.
b4 Ra8 44.Rc5 Rxa4 45.Bc4 Rxb4 46.Rxc6 Rb2+ 47.Kg3 d3 48.Rc7+ Kh6 49.Be6
Rc2 50.Rb7 d2 51.Bb3 Rc3+ 52.Kh2 Rxb3 {The pawn queens and mate follows
shortly.} 0-1