[Event "Autumn Swiss"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "O Main"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2022.11.10"]
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nbd7 7.Ne2 e6 8.Nd2
c5 9.c3 c4 10.Qc2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 b5 13.b4 a5 14.a3 Nb6 15.e5 Nfd7
16.Be3 Nb8 17.f4 Nc6 18.Nf3 Qd7 19.Ng5 g6 20.g4 f6 21.Nf3 fxe5 22.Nxe5
Nxe5 23.fxe5 axb4 24.axb4 Ra4 25.Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.Rf1 Qa7 27.Nf4 Qe7 $2 {
Ollie needed to press on with his queenside play.} ( 27...Ra1 28.Bc1 ( 28.
Nxe6 {loses the knight} 28...Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qf7+ 30.Nf4 g5 31.Qf5 gxf4 )
28...Qe7 {and the sacrifice doesn't work,because white runs out of pieces.
} 29.Nxg6 hxg6 30.Qxg6+ Bg7 31.Bh6 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qf7+ {swaps queens and
leaves black slightly better.} ) 28.Nxg6 $1 {An excellent piece offer.}
28...hxg6 29.Qxg6+ Bg7 30.Bh6 Nd7 $6 ( 30...Ra7 {is more resilient, though
Jack is still better} 31.Bxg7 Qxg7 32.Qxe6+ Kh7 33.Qf5+ {and white has all
the chances. NOT 33.Qxb6 as black would mate in 5!!!} ) 31.Bxg7 Qxg7 32.
Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Rf7 {and Jack wins the queen, the knight and the
game.} 34...Qxf7 35.Qxf7+ Kh8 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Qxd7+ Kh8 38.Qxd5 Ra1+ 39.Kf2
Kh7 40.Qxb5 Kg6 41.Qxc4 Kg5 42.Qg8+ Kf4 43.Qf7+ Ke4 44.e6 Kd3 45.e7 Kc2
46.e8=Q Kb2 47.Qe2+ Kb1 48.Qb3+ Kc1 49.Qbc2# 1-0
[Event "Abbots v Bishops B1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2022.11.10"]
1.e4 c5 2.a3 $6 {This rather slow move gives Trefor good chances to
equalize.} 2...e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 c4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O
Be7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Ne5 Bf5 11.Nd2 Qb6 12.g4 Be6 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Bg3 Rac8 15.f4
Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ne4 17.f5 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bd7 19.Nf3 Qc5+ 20.Kg2 Rfe8 21.Qc2 Bc6
22.Rbd1 f6 {This is too loosening, allowing Alan a protected passed pawn
and weakening the white squares.} 23.e6 Bd6 24.Nd4 Be5 25.Qd2 Rcd8 26.g5
Ba4 27.Rde1 Qd6 28.Bh5 Re7 29.Bf7+ Rxf7 $5 {Alan has been pushing hard for
the last few moves,and here Trefor takes the brave decision to sacrifice
the exchange, relying on his strong unopposed bishop to hold the position
together.} 30.exf7+ Kxf7 31.Rf3 $6 {The computer suggests } ( 31.Qe2 {with
the idea of invading on h5. Here } 31...Bxg3 {is no good because } ( 31...
g6 {allows } 32.gxf6 Bxf6 33.fxg6+ hxg6 34.Ne6 $1 Re8 35.Rxf6+ $1 Kxf6 36.
Qf2+ Ke7 37.Nc5+ Kd8 38.Nxb7+ {winning the queen.} ) ( 31...Ke7 32.Qh5 Rh8
33.Nf3 {might be best, but white has a strong initiative.} ) 32.Qh5+ Kg8
33.Re6 {invades decisively.} ) 31...Bd7 32.g4 Rg8 33.Rh1 h6 34.g6+ ( 34.
gxh6 $1 {is hard to calculate but is better as it allows white's pieces to
break through on the h-file.eg Now the position is closed, Trefor is able
to steer the game towards a draw.} ) 34...Ke7 35.Re1 Kd8 36.Qe3 Re8 37.Qd2
Kc7 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.Rf2 a6 40.Qe2 Re8 41.Qf3 Re7 42.Re2 Bc6 43.Nxc6 bxc6 44.
Qe3 Kb7 45.Qf3 a5 46.a4 Rd7 47.Qe3 Ka6 48.Rb1 Rb7 49.Qd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Abbots v Bishops B2"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "G Darling"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2022.11.10"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.a3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Bf5 4.e3 c6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.cxd3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.b4 O-O
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Bb2 {George's makeshift opening has worked out quite well
for him. He has a queenside initiative so Paul tries to counter in the
centre.} 10...e5 11.Ne2 Re8 12.O-O e4 13.dxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Ng3 Qe7
16.a4 h5 17.Ba3 Qe6 18.Rab1 h4 19.Ne2 Qxb3 20.Rxb3 b5 {Black plays to shut
out white's bishop.} 21.axb5 cxb5 22.f3 $6 {Paul expected 22.Nc3 when
after 22..a6 both sides will find it difficult to make progress.} 22...Bh6
23.Kf2 exf3 24.gxf3 Nd5 {George is aiming to be active but the pin on the
e-pawn stymies his idea.} 25.f4 {Putting another pawn on a black square
leaves Paul better positionally.} 25...Nd7 26.Kf3 f5 27.e4 fxe4+ 28.Nxe4
Rf8 29.Kg4 $2 {The losing move. George must have missed Paul's next.
Instead 29.Bc1 keeps Paul's advantage to a minimum.} 29...Rae8 30.Nc5 {
George might have missed that} ( 30.N2c3 {allows} 30...Ne3+ {forking the
king and rook.} ) 30...Nxc5 31.bxc5 Rxe2 32.c6 Rc8 33.Rxb5 Ne3+ 34.Kf3 Ra2
35.Kxe3 Rxa3+ 36.Ke4 Rxc6 37.Kd5 Rc8 38.Rb7 Rd8+ 39.Ke4 Ra4 40.Rd1 Bg7 41.
Kf3 Rdxd4 42.Rc1 Rxf4+ 43.Ke2 {and George battled on for another 28 moves,
but eventually had to resign.} 0-1
[Event "Abbots v Bishops B3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2022.11.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Blackmore"]
[Black "A Kinder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2022.11.10"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nfd2 d5 7.a3 Bc5 8.Nc3
d4 9.Nce4 Be7 10.g3 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 f5 12.Nd2 {Andrew has a dominant position
from the opening. He has a strong centre and more space, but Josh hasn't
created many weaknesses.} 12...Bd7 13.Bg2 Bc6 14.Nf3 Bf6 15.O-O e4 16.Ne1
g5 $6 {Too loosening - you can't move pawns backwards! Much better was
16...0-0.} 17.b4 b5 $6 {Another loose pawn move. Black needs to castle and
develop his pieces behind the strong centre.} 18.cxb5 Bxb5 19.Bb2 a5 20.a4
Bc4 21.b5 h5 22.Qd2 ( 22.Rc1 {is better.} 22...Be6 23.Nc2 {wins the
d-pawn.} ) 22...Ra7 23.Nc2 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 d3 25.Qd2 $6 ( 25.Qe3 {maintains
the advantage.} 25...Bxb2 26.Ra2 dxc2 27.Rxb2 Rc7 28.Rc1 Qd1+ 29.Bf1 {and
white will win the c-pawn.} ) 25...Bxb2 26.Rad1 Rd7 {According to the
computer 26...0-0 keeps the balance, but it's very complicated.} 27.Ne3
Qf6 28.Qxa5 $6 {Josh wins back a pawn but his queen goes AWOL.} ( 28.Nxf5
{was a better way to win the pawn as} 28...Bc3 29.Qc1 Bb2 30.Qc5 {doesn't
quite work.} ) 28...Bc3 29.Qa8 Kf7 30.Nd5 Qd4 31.Nxc3 Qxc3 32.Rc1 Qxc1 $2
{Andrew appears to think he can force the pawn through, but it turns out
he can't. 32...Qd4 left him better, as the centre pawns are stronger than
those on the wing.} 33.Rxc1 d2 34.Rd1 Rc8 35.Kf1 {This simple king move
wins for Josh. } 35...Re8 ( 35...Rc1 36.Ke2 {holds everything together.} )
36.Qa5 e3 37.fxe3 Rxe3 38.Rxd2 Rde7 39.Qb4 Nd7 40.Qc4+ Kg7 41.Qd4+ Nf6 42.
b6 Re1+ 43.Kf2 Kg6 44.h3 g4 45.h4 Rd7 46.Qxd7 Nxd7 {47.Kxe1 is a simple
win.} 1-0