[Event "NA Abbots v Totnes"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.11.02"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Abbott"]
[Black "C Collins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2023.11.02"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2
Nc6 9.d5 Qa5 10.Rc1 Ne5 11.h3 O-O 12.f4 Nd7 13.Nf3 Nf6 14.Bd3 e6 15.c4
Qxd2+ 16.Nxd2 b6 17.e5 Ne8 18.O-O f5 ( 18...f6 {chipping away at the
centre was better. Now Mark gets a clear advantage with his passed d-pawn.
} ) 19.Nf3 ( 19.d6 {immediately restricting black's knight would be even
better.} ) 19...h6 20.Bc2 Nc7 21.d6 Na6 22.a3 Bd7 23.Bd3 Nb8 24.g4 Nc6 25.
gxf5 gxf5 26.Kh2 Kh7 27.Rg1 Bh8 28.Nh4 ( 28.Bd2 {followed by 29.Bc3 would
have avoided black's coming counterplay.} ) 28...Rg8 29.Be2 Nxe5 {A clever
countersacrifice which gives black activity and disrupts Mark's slow
strategic build-up.} 30.fxe5 Bxe5+ 31.Kh1 Bg3 32.Nf3 e5 33.Rcf1 ( 33.Bg5 {
is suggested by the computer as a way of white regaining the advantage,
but it's VERY complicated. One line is } 33...Bf2 34.Be7 Bc6 35.Rxg8 Rxg8
36.Rd1 Bd4 37.Kh2 Rg7 38.Rf1 Be3 39.Nh4 Bf4+ 40.Rxf4 exf4 41.Bf3 Be8 42.
Nxf5 Rg6 43.Bg4 Re6 44.Nh4 Re1 45.Ng2 Rf1 46.Bf5+ Kg7 47.d7 {winning the
bishop and eventually the game.} ) 33...Raf8 34.Bf2 Bf4 35.Rxg8 Rxg8 36.
Rg1 Rxg1+ 37.Kxg1 e4 38.Nh4 Bxd6 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Be1 Be5 41.Kf2 f4 42.Bg4
Bxg4 43.hxg4 Kf6 44.Kg2 Kg5 45.Kh3 {Now black's mobile passed pawns give
him the advantage, but the next move is a mistake.} 45...f3 ( 45...h5 46.
gxh5 Kxh5 {keeps black on top - he can try to create another passed pawn
on the queenside. eg } 47.Nf5 b5 48.cxb5 c4 49.Bd2 Kg5 50.Nh4 c3 51.Bc1
Bd4 52.a4 Bb6 53.Ng2 e3 54.a5 Bxa5 55.Nxe3 fxe3 56.Bxe3+ Kf5 57.Bxa7 Ke4
58.Bc5 c2 59.Ba3 Kd3 60.Kg4 Kc4 61.Kf3 Kxb5 62.Bc1 Bb4 63.Kf2 Kc4 64.Ke3
Bc5+ 65.Ke2 Kb3 66.Kd3 Bb4 67.Ke4 Ba3 68.Bg5 Kb2 69.Bf6+ Kb1 70.Bg5 Bc1
71.Be7 Bh6 72.Ba3 Bg5 73.Kd3 Bf6 74.Ke4 Bb2 {and the pawn reaches its
destination.} ) 46.Nf5 Bd4 47.Bd2+ Kg6 48.Kg3 h5 49.Nh4+ Kf7 50.gxh5 e3
51.Bxe3 Bxe3 52.Kxf3 Bc1 {Now white's countersacrifice has given him the
advantage again.} 53.a4 Kf6 54.Ke4 Kg5 55.Nf5 Kxh5 56.Nd6 a6 57.Nc8 b5 58.
cxb5 axb5 59.axb5 ( 59.a5! {wins. Black can't stop the a-pawn. For
example,} 59...c4 60.a6 c3 61.Kd3 c2 62.Kxc2 Be3 63.Kb3 Bc5 64.Nd6! Kg5
65.Nxb5 Bb6 66.Kc4 Kg6 67.Nd6 Ba7 68.Nc8 Bb8 69.Kb5 Kf7 70.Kc6 Ke6 71.Kb7
Bg3 72.a7 {and the pawn queens.} ) 59...Bd2 60.Kd5 c4 61.Kxc4 Be3 62.Kd5
Kg5 63.Nd6 Kf6 64.Kc6 Ke6 65.Ne4 Ba7 66.Nc5+ Ke7 67.Na6 Kd8 68.Kb7 Be3 69.
Nb8 Bf2 70.Nc6+ Kd7 71.Ne5+ Kd8 72.b6 {Black will take the pawn. An epic
battle of punch and counterpunch.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "NA Abbots v Totnes"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.11.02"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Goldschmidt"]
[Black "A Brusey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.11.02"]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O
c5 9.Nc3 a6 10.e4 b5 11.Qe2 b4 12.e5 bxc3 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.bxc3 Bb7 15.Rd1
Nd5 16.Bb2 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Qc7 18.Nxe6 {Alan missed this sacrifice - but he
should still be OK.} 18...fxe6 19.Qxe6+ Kh8 20.Bxd5 Bc5 21.c4 Rae8 22.Qg4
Rxf2 23.Bd4 Bxd4 ( 23...Rfe2 {gives Alan enough counterplay. eg} 24.Qf4
Qc8 25.Qf1 Bxd4+ 26.Rxd4 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Qc3 28.Rf4 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 Qxd5+ {and if
anyone has the advantage it's black.} ) 24.Qxd4 Rfe2 25.Rd2 Qd7 ( 25...
Bxd5 {is still enough for equality} 26.Rxe2 Rxe2 27.Qxd5 h6 {and black's
active rook ensures that white can't make progress.} ) 26.Bxb7 ( 26.Rxe2!
{wins easily because of the bank rank weakness.} 26...Rxe2 27.Rf1 {and
black has no defence. The best he can do is } 27...Qe8 {when } 28.Bxb7 {
wins a piece.} ) 26...Rxd2 27.Qxd7 Rxd7 28.Bc6 {This keeps the extra pawn
with a clear advantage. Alan decided to resign.} 1-0
[Event "NA Abbbots v Totnes"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.11.02"]
[Round ""]
[White "E Coulson"]
[Black "C Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.11.02"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Bb6 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O
Re8 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxb6 axb6 11.Bd3 d5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Re1 Bb7 14.a3 Qd7
15.Qd2 Rad8 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Re1 h6 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Qe2 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 c5
21.c4 dxc4 22.Bxc4 Ne4 23.f3 Nd6 24.Ba2 Kf8 25.Kf2 Ba6 26.b4 cxb4 27.axb4
Bc4 28.Bxc4 Nxc4 29.Nc3 Ke7 30.f4 Kd6 31.Kf3 Na3 32.Ke4 Nc2 33.Nb5+ Kd7
34.g4 Nxb4 35.h4 Nc6 36.h5 Ne7 37.g5 f6 38.g6 Kc6 39.Nd4+ Kd6 40.Nb5+ Kd7
41.Nd4 Nc8 42.Kd5 Nd6 {Evan has battled really well up to here and the
position is dead drawn if he makes the right move now.} 43.Nb3 ( 43.f5! {
leaves Charlie with no moves which improve his position. If he moves his
knight} 43...Nc8 ( 43...Ke7 44.Nc6+ {and there is nothing better than}
44...Kd7 45.Nd4 {repeating moves, or} 45...b5 46.Kc5 Ke7 47.Nc6+ Kd7 48.
Nd4 {and again there is no way of making progress. eg} 48...b4 49.Kxb4 Ne8
50.Ne6 Kd6 51.Kb5 Kd5 ( 51...Ke5 {here even loses the game for black} 52.
Kc6 Kxf5 53.Kd7 Ke5 54.Kxe8 Kxe6 55.Kf8 {and white will queen first.} )
52.Kb6 Kd6 {with a repetition.} ) 44.Ne6 {wins the g-pawn and the ending
is drawn. } ) 43...Nf5 44.Nd4 Nxd4 45.Kxd4 Kd6 46.Kc4 Ke6 {Hard luck,
Evan.} 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.11.02"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "L Jarman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.11.02"]
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Re8 8.O-O b6
9.Be3 Bb7 10.Qd2 e5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Bc2 a5 13.Rad1 Ba6 14.Nb5 {This loses an
important central pawn. In this position white should try to advance on
the queenside with 14.b3 and 15.a3.} 14...Nfxe4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Qd3 Nc5
17.Bxc5 e4 18.Qc2 exf3 19.Be3 fxg2 20.Kxg2 {Len's active play has given
him a big advantage - white's king is in the open.} 20...Bc8 21.b3 Bf5 22.
Qd2 Qh4 23.Rh1 Rac8 ( 23...Qe4+ 24.Kg1 Qf3 25.Nxc7 Be4 26.Rh2 Be5 {and
white's position is shattered.} ) 24.Bxb6 {Jack tries a counter sacrifice
but it shouldn't work.} 24...cxb6 ( 24...Be5 {focusing on the attack is
better.} ) 25.Nxd6 Bh6 26.Qd4 Be4+ 27.f3 Qg5+ 28.Kf2 Qf4 ( 28...Bxf3! {
rips open white's king and leads to a quick win. eg} 29.Kxf3 ( 29.Rhg1 Qh5
30.Rde1 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Qxh3 {isn't much better.} ) 29...Re3+ 30.Kf2 Qg3+ 31.
Kf1 Rf3+ 32.Ke2 Qg2+ 33.Ke1 Qxh1+ {and it's mate in a couple of moves.} )
29.Nxe4 Qh4+ ( 29...Bg7 {keeps black in the game.} 30.Qd3 f5 31.Nc3 {and
black's initiative compensates for the pawn deficit. } ) 30.Kg2 Bf4 31.
Nf6+ Kf8 32.Nxh7+ Qxh7 ( 32...Kg8 {was a final chance.} 33.Nf6+ Kf8 {and
if white takes the rook,} 34.Nxe8 Qg3+ {is crushing} 35.Kf1 Qxf3+ 36.Qf2 (
36.Ke1 Rxe8+ {mates.} ) 36...Qxh1+ 37.Qg1 Qf3+ 38.Qf2 Qxd1+ {and white is
massacred. So Jack would have to take the perpetual check. Now Jack gets
on top and cashes in on his extra material.} ) 33.Qxf4 Re2+ 34.Kg3 Rxa2
35.Qd6+ Kg7 36.Qxb6 Qh5 37.Qd4+ Kg8 38.Rhe1 Qg5+ 39.Qg4 Qf6 40.Qxc8+ 1-0
[Event "Somerset v Devon B12"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round ""]
[White "C Purry"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.10.29"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 {This is a variation recommended by GM Daniel King - we
reach a French defence.} 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.Nc3 Nf5
8.Bb5 Bd7 9.O-O Be7 10.Ne2 {This error shows that Chris doesn't really
know the French well. Paul wins a pawn with a standard tactic.} 10...Nxe5
11.dxe5 {Of course if } ( 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 {still wins a pawn.} ) 11...Bxb5
12.g4 Nh4 13.Nfd4 Bd7 14.Be3 O-O 15.Nf4 Ng6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.f4 Bc5 18.Rf3
Qh4 19.Rg3 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 {Paul swaps bishop for knight - in the endgame
this could be drawish - but in the middlegame opposite-coloured bishops
favour the attacker. Whose attack will prove stronger?} 20...Rac8! 21.Kg2
{It looks like white's attack down the h-file might be dangerous. Black
has to find counterplay somehow.} 21...Rc4 22.b3 Rc7 23.Rh3 Qe7 {Now
black's possession of the c-file gives him real prospects; Chris rushes to
swap off.} 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Qb4 {In the next few moves, white really
needs to swap off the heavy pieces leaving an endgame which might well be
drawn.} 26.Qb2 ( 26.Qc3 { was better.} ) 26...Rc8 27.a3 Qe1 {Now the
drawbacks of white's pawn advances become apparent - Paul gets in round
the back of white's position. } 28.Re3 {Again} ( 28.Rc3 {trying to swap
off was better.} ) 28...Qd1 29.Re2 Bb5 {The french 'bad' bishop finally
comes to life in a decisive manner.} 30.Rf2 Qxg4+ 31.Kh1 Bd3! {Now there's
no defence - the weak white squares will cost Chris the game.} 32.Qd2 Be4+
( 32...Rc1+! {was quicker.} ) 33.Rg2 Bxg2+ ( 33...Rc1+ 34.Bg1 Qf3! 35.a4
Qf1 36.Qf2 Qxf2 37.h3 Qxg2# {is a mating finish.} ) 34.Qxg2 Rc1+ 35.Bg1
Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 b6 {In this hopeless position white resigned.} 0-1