[Event "Autumn Swiss"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Ollie Main"] [Black "Alan Brusey"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.cxd5 Nxd4 5.e3 Nf5 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Qa4+ Kf8 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Ng6 14.h3 Nf6 15.h4 g4 16.Nd2 Nh5 17.O-O-O Ngf4 18.Bxf4 Nxf4 19.Be2 h5 20.g3 Nxe2+ 21.Nxe2 Bd7 22.Qb3 b6 23.f4 Qe8 24.Qc3 a5 25.Nc4 f6 26.Rhf1 Kg7 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.Rf2 Qe7 29.Rdf1 Rhf8 30.Nf4 Kh6 31.Nd3 ( 31.Ne6 {is strong.} 31...Bxe6 32.dxe6 Qxe6 33.Rf5 {and white regains his pawn while keeping the initiative.} ) 31...Rxf2 32.Rxf2 Re8 33.Qd2+ Kg6 34.Ne3 Rf8 35.Nc4 Rxf2 36.Qxf2 Qf6 37. Qd2 Bb5 38.b3 Kf7 39.Kc2 Bxc4 40.bxc4 Qf3 41.Qf2 Qxf2+ 42.Nxf2 Bc5 43.Nd3 Bd4 44.Kb3 $2 {The losing move.} ( 44.a4 {holds. eg} 44...Kf6 45.Kd2 {and black can't try } 45...Bg1 {as after } 46.Ke2 {he has to go back to d4 otherwise the bishop will be trapped.} ) 44...Ke7 45.Ka4 Kd6 46.Kb5 Bg1 47.c5+ bxc5 48.Kxa5 c4 49.Ne1 Bf2 50.Ng2 c3 0-1

[Event "Autumn Swiss"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "2"] [White "P Brooks"] [Black "B Stephens"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nd2 c6 6.g3 f5 7.Bg2 Nd7 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.b3 Be6 10.c4 h5 11.c5 Bc7 12.h4 g6 13.O-O Ng4 14.Nf3 O-O 15.b4 a5 16.a3 {In the Trompowsky, white swaps off his black squared bishop and then often places his pawns on black squares to try to accentuate the strength of his remaining bishop. Here white has a small advantage and a clear plan of attacking on the queenside. Positions like this can be difficult to hold as black just has to defend and has little active play.} 16...axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 Qa8 19.Rb1 Qa6 20.Bf1 Ra8 21.Qxa6 bxa6 ( 21...Rxa6 {is slightly better.} 22.b5 Ra2 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Rb7 Ba5 25.Ra7 { and white is in control but still has work to do.} ) 22.Nc3 Nf6 23.Rb3 Ne8 24.Ra3 Bc8 25.b5 $1 {The key breakthrough. White uses the pinned a-pawn to activate his pieces.} 25...cxb5 26.Bxb5 Nf6 27.Bc6 Rb8 28.Nxd5 Ng4 $2 { Brooklyn lashes out, but even after the better} ( 28...Nxd5 29.Bxd5 {black has a miserable defensive task.} ) 29.Nxc7 Rb2 30.Ne5 Nxf2 31.Bg2 Nd1 {and in this hopeless position Brooklyn resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Autumn Swiss"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round "2"] [White "A Kinder"] [Black "R Brenton"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 b6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Ba6 9.e4 Nc7 10.Be3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 e6 12.Rd1 Nba6 13.Qc4 Nb8 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qc8 16.Bg5 O-O 17.Qd4 Nba6 18.h4 Ne8 19.h5 Ng7 20.Bf6 Nxh5 21.Rxh5 gxh5 22.Qe3 Rd8 23.Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "NA v TBGS Div 3"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.11.03"] [Round ""] [White "J Smith"] [Black "P Ruszelak"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2022.11.03"] 1.e4 a6 2.Nf3 b5 3.d4 Bb7 4.Bf4 Bxe4 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.a3 e6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O c5 9.Re1 c4 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Rad1 Ne7 14.Ne5 Ng6 15.Bf3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 d5 17.Ne5 Bg5 18.Qe2 Nf4 19.Qf3 f6 20.Nc6 Qd6 21.Nb4 O-O 22. h4 Bh6 23.h5 g6 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Kf1 Nxg2 27.Qxe6 Qh2 28.Ne2 Rae8 29.Qd7+ Kh8 30.Qxd5 Nxe1 31.Rxe1 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Bd2 33.Nc6 Bxe1 34.Ne7 Rxe7 35.Ng3 Bxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qh2+ 37.Kf3 Rfe8 38.Qc6 Re3+ 39.Kf4 Qh6+ 40.Kg4 Qg5+ 41.Kh3 Qxg3# 0-1 %