[Event "Autumn Swiss R4"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.12.18"]
[Round ""]
[White "R Brenton"]
[Black "A Dunn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.12.18"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 d6 2.d3 e5 3.Be2 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.O-O c6 7.f5 {Richard
releases the tension....} 7...g6 8.fxg6 hxg6 {....and now Andy has an open
file to work with.} 9.Bg5 Qb6+ {Advancing the f-pawn makes this diagonal
weak. Andy takes advantage.} 10.Kh1 Ng4 11.Bxe7 Kxe7 {Displacing the king
is no problem for black, as Richard has no prospects of an attack.} 12.Qe1 Ndf6
13.Na3 Be6 14.h3 Ne3 15.Nh2 Bxh3 ( 15...Nxf1 16.Nxf1 Qxb2 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.
Rb1 Qxa2 19.Rxb7+ Kf8 20.dxc4 Qxc2 {gives black a large material
advantage. Instead Andy decides to sacrifice. } ) 16.gxh3 Rxh3 17.Rf3 Rah8
( 17...Rh7 {avoiding exchanges and preparing to double rooks looks
stronger.} ) 18.Rxh3 Rxh3 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.dxc4 Qe3 {Andy provokes
exchanges...} 21.Bf1 Rxh2+ {and this might be one sacrifice too far.} (
21...Rg3 22.Qxe3 Rxe3 {and black has some advantage in the ending.} ) 22.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 23.Kg2 Qf4 24.Qg3 Qxe4+ 25.Kh3 {A bad mistake...} ( 25.Kg1 Qd4+
26.Kh1 Nf2+ 27.Kg2 Ne4 28.Qe1 Qxb2 29.Bd3 {and black will be pushed back.}
) 25...f5 {....which Andy fails to take advantage of.} ( 25...Qh1+ {leads
to a quick mate.} ) 26.Bd3 Qd4 27.c3 {A tactical oversight.} ( 27.Rf1 {
would leave white in charge. eg} 27...Qxb2 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Rxf5 {and black
can't rescue the knight.} ) 27...Qxd3! 28.Kh4 ( 28.Qxd3 {allows} 28...Nf2+
) 28...Qxg3+ 29.Kxg3 Ne3 {There are too many pawns and Andy easily wins
the ending.} 30.Rh1 f4+ 31.Kf2 Nxc4 32.b3 Nd2 33.Ke2 Ne4 34.Rh7+ Ke6 35.c4
g5 36.Rxb7 g4 37.Rxa7 f3+ 38.Kf1 g3 39.Ke1 g2 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss R4"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.12.18"]
[Round ""]
[White "L Jarman"]
[Black "J Blackmore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.12.18"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 d5 9.
O-O Nc6 {The opening phase is over, and Len has to decide what to do. }
10.Nb5 ( 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.cxd5 exd5 {with a battle against the hanging
pawns, looks reasonable. Instead, Len advances his knight, } ) 10...Nh5
11.Be5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Nf6 13.Qc2 a6 14.Nc3 {Len's knight has been pushed
back, and, now, Joshua opens the position for his bishops, in the process
winning a pawn.} 14...cxd4 15.exd4 dxc4 16.Rfd1 b5 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Rc8
19.a4 {Inviting Joshua's pawns to advance.} 19...b4 20.Ne2 Nd5 21.Qd2 a5
22.Rdc1 Bf6 23.Nf4 c3 {The queen is deflected and a piece disappears.} 24.
bxc3 bxc3 25.Qe1 Nxf4 26.Rxc3 Rxc3 {and the rook is taboo, due to a knight
fork. Len resigned.} 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss R4"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.12.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "E Manning"]
[Black "M Holland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.12.16"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9.h4 h6 10.Qh5 Qf6 11.Nh7 Rxh7 12.Bxh7 g6 13.Qe2 Nf4 14.Qf3 h5 15.
Nc3 Bg4 {The game has been very accurate so far, and Ellis has maintained
a small advantage. But his next move changes everything.} 16.Ne4 ( 16.Qg3
Qg7 17.O-O {looks like it might give white a plus. Black's king might find
it difficult find a safe home.} ) 16...Qf5 {White is losing at least a
piece, and even after that black will have a big attack, so Ellis resigns.
} 0-1