[Event "Bishops v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Clarke"]
[Black "J Wills"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2025.10.30"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 exf4
9.Bxf4 Be6 10.Nd5 Na5 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.Rf2 e5 15.
Be3 Nh5 16.c3 Rf7 17.Kh2 Raf8 18.Raf1 Qe6 19.b4 Qg6 20.Ne1 Qg3+ 21.Kg1
Rxf2 22.Rxf2 Rxf2 23.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 24.Kxf2 {Jack has defended well and this
endgame is just about equal.} 24...a6 25.a4 Kf7 26.Kf3 Nf6 27.b5 axb5 28.
axb5 Ne7 29.c4 b6 30.Nc2 Nd7 31.Nb4 Nb8 {The first real mistake in the
whole game. } ( 31...Nf8 {would allow Jack to defend the c7 pawn from e6.}
) 32.g3 ( 32.Na6 {is very strong. Remember that knights are bad at
defending against passed rook pawns.} 32...Nxa6 33.bxa6 Nc8 34.Kg4 Kg6 35.
d4 exd4 36.Bxd4 {and white is 'more-or-less' playing with an extra piece.
eg} 36...c5 37.e5! {and Jack can resign.} ) 32...Kg6 33.Kg4 ( 33.Na6 {
again.} ) 33...Nc8 34.Nd5 {White now wins a pawn but it's still tricky.}
34...c5 35.bxc6 Nxc6 36.Nxb6 Nxb6 37.Bxb6 Nb4 38.Bc7 Nxd3 39.Bxd6 Kf6 (
39...Ne1 {might be better, but it's very difficult to see.} ) 40.h4 Nb2
41.c5 Nc4 42.Bc7! Nd2 {Jack is winning his pawn back but things are not so
simple.} 43.c6! Nxe4 44.Kf3! {This ending is a forced win for white. He
keeps harassing the knight while bringing his king closer to the passed
c-pawn.} 44...Nd2+ ( 44...Nc5 {is no good because of } 45.Bxe5+! {and if
the bishop is taken the pawn promotes.} ) 45.Ke3 Nc4+ ( 45...Nf1+ 46.Kd3
Nxg3 47.Bxe5+ {is catastrophic.} ) 46.Kd3 Nb2+ 47.Kc3 Na4+ ( 47...Nd1+ 48.
Kb3 e4 49.Bb6 Ke6 50.Kc2 {and the knight falls.} ) 48.Kb4 e4 49.Kxa4 e3
50.Ba5 {A brilliantly played ending by Adam.} 1-0
[Event "Bishop v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Dunn"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.10.30"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.b3 Bg4 {This is one of the most
challenging lines against Andy's Colle-Zukertort system. The c8 bishop is
usually black's worst piece. Here, it becomes active very early in the
game.} 6.Bb2 cxd4 7.exd4 e6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.a3 O-O 10.O-O Rc8 {Maybe 11.c4 is
a better idea, putting pressure on black's centre.} 11.Qe2 Bh5 12.h3 Qc7
13.g4 {Andy strikes out on the kingside, but Paul has plenty of defenders
and hasn't made any weakening moves.} 13...Bg6 14.Ne5 Bxd3 15.cxd3 {A very
dynamic decision. White's strongest attacker has been exchanged off, so
Andy hopes to make the most of the open files he has created.} 15...Rfe8
16.f4 {The pawns come forward, but black still has no weaknesses. The
danger is that these pawn advances will later lead to weak squares which
Paul can exploit.} 16...Bd6 17.g5 {Now, there's a hole on f5!} 17...Nd7
18.Ndf3 Bxe5! {Paul gives up his 'good' bishop to create a pawn structure
where his knights have free rein.} 19.Nxe5 ( 19.fxe5 {is slightly better,
but black still has a clear advantage.} ) 19...Ndxe5 20.fxe5 Ne7 21.Rac1
Qb6 22.b4 Nf5 {The knight is brilliant while the bishop is terrible. Andy
decides he can't tolerate it.} 23.Rxf5 exf5 24.Rc5 Qe6 25.Qf3 Red8 {All
black's weakpoints are defended, and the bishop is still bad. Next will
come 26...b6, forcing a swap of rooks, and black will penetrate down the
c-file, winning more pawns in the process, so Andy resigned. } 0-1
[Event "Bishops v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Sapiecha"]
[Black "J Blackmore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2025.10.30"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nf3 a6 8.Bf4
h6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Bxe5 Bg4 11.Bxf6 Qxd1+ 12.Nxd1 exf6 13.Ne3 Be6 14.Bb3
O-O-O 15.c3 Bc5 16.Ke2 Rhe8 17.Rhd1 Bxb3 18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.axb3 f5 20.Kd3
f4 21.Nd1 g5 {We have reached a fairly level ending.} 22.b4 Bb6 23.Nd4 Ne6
{Invading with } ( 23...Re1 {looks interesting.} ) 24.Nf5 h5 ( 24...Rd8+ {
keeps things even.} ) 25.Nd6+ {Josh must have just missed this.} 25...Kd7
26.Nxe8 Kxe8 27.b3 Kd7 28.Ra2 f5 29.Re2 {Almost immediately Josh gets a
chance. } ( 29.Rd2 {was safe and good.} ) 29...f3 30.gxf3 Nf4+ 31.Kd2 Nxe2
32.Kxe2 a5 33.b5 f4 34.Nb2 Ke6 35.Nc4 {Mike misses his big opportunity.} (
35.Na4 Ba7 ( 35...Bc7 36.Nc5+ Kd5 37.Nxb7 {isn't any better.} ) 36.b6 Bb8
37.Nc5+ Kd5 38.Nxb7 Kc6 39.Nxa5+ Kxb6 40.Nc4+ {should be an easy win.} )
35...Bd8 36.b6 Kd5 37.Kd3 ( 37.Nxa5 {is still much better for white.}
37...Bxb6 38.c4+ Kd6 39.Nxb7+ Kc7 40.c5 Ba7 41.Nd6 Bxc5 42.Nf7 g4 43.Ng5
Kd7 44.fxg4 hxg4 45.f3 g3 46.hxg3 fxg3 47.Ne4 Bd4 48.Nxg3 {and white
should win. Obviously this is not forced, but white definitely has the
better prospects.} ) 37...g4 38.fxg4 hxg4 39.Nd2 ( 39.f3 {is the move
which saves the game.} 39...g3 40.hxg3 fxg3 41.Ke2 Bh4 42.Kf1 Bf6 43.Nxa5
Bxc3 44.Nxb7 Bd4 45.Na5 Bxb6 46.Nc4 Bc7 47.Kg2 Bf4 {and neither side can
win.} ) 39...Bxb6 {Now black is in command.} 40.Ne4 Ke5 41.c4 Bd8 42.Nd2
b6 43.Ne4 Bh4 {It's zugzwang, white has no good moves.} 44.c5 bxc5 45.Nxc5
Bxf2 46.Ke2 Bxc5 0-1
[Event "Bishop v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "M Abbott"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2025.10.30"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.d6
O-O 9.dxe7 Qxe7+ 10.Nge2 a6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Bb3 Bb7
15.O-O Rc8 16.Bg5 Qd6 17.Bf4 Qc6 18.f3 Nd5 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.Qd2 Nxf4 21.Qxf4
Rcd8 22.Rfd1 Bd5 23.Qc7 Qe6 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Rc2 {Altough Mark has been a
pawn down for most of the game, he has had strong compensation, due to
better development and a good bishop on g7. Here he has a chance to gain
the advantage.} 25...Qe3+ ( 25...Bxd4+! 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 {and suddenly white
has some problems. He can't take the rook because of immediate mate, and
the pawn on a2 is hanging. The computer suggests } 27.Rcc1 Qd5 28.Qc2
Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qxa2 30.Qd4 {but it looks to me that black is a clear pawn
ahead. Mark plays a safe move which leads to a quick draw.} ) 26.Kf1 Rxd4
27.Nxd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Menton International"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2025.10.22"]
[Round ""]
[White "T Thynne"]
[Black "J Quiniou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[EventDate "2025.10.22"]
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.e5 Nd7
9.Re1 Be7 10.Nf1 a5 11.h4 Qc7 12.Bf4 h6 13.h5 O-O-O {A dangerous side to
castle - it would be more usual for black to castle kingside and try to
create problems on the queenside before white's attack gets too big.} 14.
Qe2 Rdg8 15.a3 g6 16.hxg6 Rxg6 ( 16...fxg6 17.c3 g5 18.Be3 a4 ( 18...Ncxe5
19.Nxe5 Nxe5 {is not so good, because white opens things first with } 20.
b4 ) 19.d4 c4 {looks fine for black. He has blocked the queenside and
still has prospects of pushing his kingside pawns.} ) 17.c4 dxc4 ( 17...
bxc4 18.dxc4 d4 {looks a better bet.} ) 18.dxc4 b4 19.Rad1 h5 20.N1d2 h4
21.Ne4 hxg3 ( 21...h3 {is interesting.} 22.Bh1 h2+ 23.Nxh2 Ndxe5 {and it's
very complicated.} ) 22.fxg3 Rd8 {It's not the time to defend.} ( 22...
Ndxe5 23.Neg5 Bxg5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxg2 26.Qxg2 Rgh6 27.Rd7 {ends up
about level.} ) 23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.exd6 ( 24.Rxd6 Ne7 25.Nh4 Rgg8 26.Red1
Bxg2 27.Qxg2 {leaves black under a lot of pressure. eg} 27...Nb6 28.Bg5! {
and material will drop.} ) 24...Qb6 25.Qd3 Rdg8 26.Re3 Rg4 27.Kf2 Nd8 (
27...Nd4 {keeps black well in the game. Now Trefor's pieces become very
active.} ) 28.Bh3 R4g6 29.Ne5 Rf6 30.Ke2 Nc6 31.Qh7 Rf8 ( 31...Rd8 {is
more resilient.} ) 32.Nxd7 Kxd7 33.Qg7 {and black is losing material.}
33...Rxf4 34.gxf4 ( 34.Bxe6+ {finishes the game with aplomb.} 34...Ke8 35.
Bxf7+ Kd7 36.Be6+ Kd8 37.Qd7# ) 34...Nd4+ 35.Rxd4 cxd4 36.Rxe6 d3+ 37.Kxd3
Qd8 38.Re7+ Kc6 39.Bg2+ Kxd6 40.Qe5# {A good fight.} 1-0