[Event "Mamhead Cup"]
[Site "Newton Abbot Courtenay Centre"]
[Date "2024.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brooks, Paul"]
[Black "Harris, William F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2024.04.20"]
[Board "10"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 Nfd7 {This slightly strange
variation of the King's Indian is a speciality of Bill.} 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Be2
O-O 8.Qd2 Re8 {Because Bill has moved his pieces away from the kingside,
Paul launches an early attack.} 9.h4 a6 10.h5 e5 11.hxg6 fxg6 12.d5 Ne7
13.Ng5 {Here, Paul missed a quick win of a pawn.} ( 13.Rxh7 {and the rook
can't be captured because if} 13...Kxh7 14.Ng5+ Kg8 15.Ne6 {wins the
queen.} ) 13...Nf6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Rh4 Qc8 16.Rdh1 h5 17.f3 Kf8 18.g4 hxg4
19.Nh7+ Nxh7 20.Rxh7 Ng8 21.fxg4 Re7 22.Qd1 Rf7 {Paul couldn't find a
decisive sacrifice, so he decided to play more positionally with....} 23.
g5 {Now the black minor pieces on the kingside have little scope, and Paul
focuses on the f-file.} 23...Qe8 24.R7h2 Ke7 25.Rf1 Qf8 26.Rxf7+ Qxf7 27.
Rf2 Qe8 28.Bg4 {Swapping off black's only good piece.} 28...Kd8 29.Bxd7
Kxd7 30.Qf1 Ke7 {Paul sees a way to win a piece.} 31.Qh3 Kd8 32.Qh7 Bf8
33.Qxg8 Be7 34.Qxe8+ Kxe8 35.Rh2 Kd7 36.Rh7 Rg8 37.b4 Ke8 38.c5 Kd8 39.Nd1
Ke8 40.Nf2 Rf8 41.Rg7 Rf3 42.Kd2 Rg3 43.Rxg6 Kf7 44.Rh6 Rxe3 {Bill tries a
tactic which doesn't quite work.} 45.Rh7+ Kf8 46.Kxe3 Bxg5+ 47.Kd3 Bd8 48.
cxd6 cxd6 49.Rxb7 a5 50.Rb8 Ke7 51.Rxd8 Kxd8 52.bxa5 {The a-pawn will
queen in a few moves.} 1-0
[Event "Mamhead Cup"]
[Site "Newton Abbot Courtenay Centre"]
[Date "2024.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wills, Jack"]
[Black "Liggatt, Clive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2024.04.20"]
[Board "13"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 e6 4.Bf4 Bd6 5.Bg3 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 Ne7
9.c5 Bxg3 10.hxg3 Ng6 11.Qc2 Qe8?! 12.Ne5 {Clive has misplayed the opening
and Jack has a simple plan of attacking down the h-file.} 12...c6 13.O-O-O
Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 f5 16.Nxg6 Qxg6 17.Bd3 Qf7 18.Bc4 Qe7 19.g4 Kh8
20.gxf5 exf5 21.Qe2 Be6 22.Rh2 Qf7 23.Rdh1 h6 24.Rxh6+ {An excellent
combination which smashes open the kingside and leads to mate.} 24...gxh6
25.Rxh6+ Kg7 26.Rxe6 Qc7 27.Qh5 Rf6 28.Qg5+ Kh8 29.Qxf6+ Qg7 30.Qh4+ Kg8
31.Re8# {Well played Jack.} 1-0
[Event "Mamhead Cup"]
[Site "Newton Abbot Courtenay Centre"]
[Date "2024.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blackmore, Joshua P"]
[Black "Cooper, Harvey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2024.04.20"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O f6 8.b3 (
8.d4 {is mandatory. After } 8...Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Qxd4 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 {
white has a small advantage.} ) 8...Qd7 9.Bb2 O-O-O 10.Qc1 g5 11.Ne4 Qf7
12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.Qxc5 h5 {Black's attack is coming first.} 14.h4 gxh4 15.
Nxh4 Rhg8 16.Qc2 Qd7 17.Rfd1 Ndb4 18.Qc5 Bd5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Qc2 Rg5 21.
Qe4 Rdg8 22.Kf1 Nce7 23.e3 Rg4 24.Qh1 Nb4 {White's position seems to be
full of holes.} 25.Qf3 Rxh4! 26.gxh4 Qd3+ 27.Qe2 Rg1+ {The queen is lost
and the game is too!} 28.Kxg1 Qxe2 29.Ba3 Nbc6 30.Bxe7 Nxe7 31.d4 Nf5 32.
dxe5 fxe5 33.Rd5 Qg4+ 34.Kf1 Nxe3+ 35.fxe3 Qf3+ {A neat finish.} 0-1
[Event "Mamhead Cup"]
[Site "Newton Abbot Courtenay Centre"]
[Date "2024.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manning, Ellis"]
[Black "Underwood, Jonathan Wr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2024.04.20"]
[Board "7"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 a6 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.h3 Qc7 12.Nh4 e5 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.Bg5 Qd8
16.Nhf3 Nxf3+ 17.Rxf3 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Raf1 Bg7 20.Nc4 Be6 21.Ne3 Qg5
22.Qd2 d5 {The game has been quite even, but here Ellis gets his moves in
the wrong order.} 23.h4 ( 23.exd5 Bxd5 24.h4 Qe5 25.Nxd5 Qxd5 {is equal.}
) 23...Qxh4 24.exd5 Be5 {The move Ellis missed. Now black gets an attack.}
25.Rc1 Bd7 26.Nc4 Bh2+ 27.Kf1 Rce8 28.Ne3 Bg3 {The threat of checkmate
forces Ellis to sacrifice the exchange.} 29.Rxg3 Qxg3 30.Bf3 Re5 31.d6
Bxa4 32.Nd5 Kg7 33.d4 Rf5 34.dxc5 Bc6 35.Qd4+ f6 36.Ne7 Rf4 37.Qd3 Bxf3 {
The bishop can't be captured as black will win the queen.} 0-1
[Event "Mamhead Cup"]
[Site "Newton Abbot Courtenay Centre"]
[Date "2024.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kumar, Raman"]
[Black "Randhawa, Ronit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2024.04.20"]
[Board "9"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Be6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ne4 Qe7 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.a3 Rad8 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.e4 Be6 15.
Rad1 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Rxd4 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Bg4 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.h3 Bh5 21.Bf3
Bxf3 22.Rxf3 {Ronit has played very solidly and has a strong grip on the
position.} 22...Qd7 23.Qd1 Rxe4 {A tactic which wins pawns.} 24.Qf1 Rxc4
25.f5 Rd4 26.Rg3 {Raman decides to go for the attack.} 26...Qd6 27.Rdg2
Rxd3 {Very calm. Ronit has calculated that he doesn't need to worry too
much about the g-file... but is he right???} 28.Rxg7+ Kf8 {The wrong way.}
( 28...Kh8 {is safe.} ) 29.f6 {Tempting but wrong.} ( 29.Rg8+ Ke7 30.Qe1+
Kd7 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8 32.Rg8+ Kd7 33.Qe8# {is the way Raman could have won.} )
29...Qd4+ 30.Kh1 {A blunder.} 30...Rxh3+ 31.Rh2 Qd1 32.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33.Kg2
Rxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Rd2+ 35.Kg3 {The rook and pawn ending is an easy win, and
Ronit converts his advantage smoothly.} 35...Rxb2 36.Rh7 Ke8 37.Kf4 c4 38.
Ke5 c3 39.Rh8+ Kd7 40.Rf8 c2 41.Rxf7+ Kc6 42.Rxc7+ Kxc7 43.f7 c1=Q 44.f8=Q
Re2+ 45.Kd5 Rd2+ 0-1
[Event "Mamhead Cup"]
[Site "Newton Abbot Courtenay Centre"]
[Date "2024.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Henry, Ian"]
[Black "Pasupulety, Shreyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2024.04.20"]
[Board "11"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
1.e4 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5
O-O 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxf6 12.O-O-O Qc6 13.Qd2 Qc4 14.Kb2
Qb5+ 15.Ka1 a5 16.Rb1 Qc4 17.Rhe1 Nd7 18.Bf1 Qc6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Ba6
21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Rbe1 Raa8 23.Qe3 {Shreyas has played sensibly and the
position is slightly better for him. Now he advances the wrong pawn.}
23...a4 ( 23...b5 {with the idea of advancing to b4 to open the queenside
was better.} ) 24.a3 Qd6 25.Ka2 Qc6 26.Kb2 Qb5+ 27.Ka2 Qc4+ 28.Kb2 Qb5+
29.Ka1 Qc6 30.h4 h6 31.Qf3 Rad8 32.g4 g6 33.g5 h5 34.Qe3 b5 35.Kb2 Qd6 36.
Re7 {Ian misses a chance.} ( 36.f4 {makes life difficult for black. eg}
36...Qd7 37.f5 Qc6 38.Re7 Qd6 39.fxg6 fxg6 40.Qd3 {and black is losing.} )
36...c6 37.Qe5 Qxe5 38.R1xe5 {Now it's more even and with neither side
seeing a breakthrough the draw was agreed in a few moves.} 38...Rd6 39.Kc1
Rfd8 40.Kd2 f6 41.R5e6 R8d7 42.f4 f5 1/2-1/2