[Event "Autumn Swiss 1"]
[Site "NACC"]
[Date "2022.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "R Brenton"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2022.10.13"]
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 {The Sicilian Wing Gambit - an aggressive and rather
dodgy approach.} 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.c3 Nc6 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.Ne2 Nge7 10.cxb4 Nxb4 11.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12.Nbc3 Nc6 $6 ( 12...Qc4 {is a
safer way of consolidating black's extra pawn.} ) 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.O-O Qd7
15.Qb5 Rb8 16.f4 g6 17.Rf3 Be7 18.g4 h5 19.Rh3 a6 20.Qb6 h4 21.g5 Qd8 22.
Qb2 b5 23.Nd1 Qb6 24.Kh1 Kd7 25.Ne3 Rh5 26.Ng4 a5 27.Nh6 Ke8 28.Ng8 Kf8 $6
{Ignoring the bishop with 28...b4 is better.} 29.Nf6 Bxf6 30.exf6 b4 31.a3
( 31.Rc3 $1 {is great way of getting the rook active} ) 31...Ke8 32.Rd3
Qa6 33.Qc2 Rh8 34.Nc1 Qc4 35.Qd2 Nxd4 $1 36.Kg1 {Obviously the knight is
immune, because of immediate mate on f1.} 36...Nb5 37.axb4 axb4 $2 ( 37...
Nd6 {or 37...a5 maintains black's advantage.} ) 38.Rxb4 Qc5+ 39.Kf1 Kd7 {
Now Richard misses his chance.} 40.Nb3 $2 ( 40.Rdb3 {gives white a winning
advantage. eg} 40...Rhc8 41.Nd3 Qb6 42.Qb2 {and black must lose material.}
) 40...Qd6 41.Nd4 Nxd4 42.Rbxd4 Rb1+ 43.Kg2 Rhb8 44.Rc3 $2 {The losing
move. White could still escape with} ( 44.Rxd5 $1 exd5 45.Rxd5 Qxd5+ 46.
Qxd5+ Ke8 47.Kh3 {and he shoud be able to steer the game to a draw.} )
44...R8b2 45.Rc2 Qb6 46.Kh3 Qb3+ 47.Rc3 Rxd2 48.Rxb3 Rxb3+ 0-1
[Event "Autum Swiss 1"]
[Site "NACC9"]
[Date "2022.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "M Hussey"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2022.10.13"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c6 3.Nd2 Qb6 4.Nb3 d6 5.Nf3 g6 {In this rather rare
variation of the London system, black tries to take advantage of white's
early bishop move to put pressure on the queenside dark squares. He also
wants to make them more vulnerable by swapping off the dark-squared bishop
for his knight.} 6.e3 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 ( 9.Nfd2 Ng7 10.Bg3 Nf5
{might be a better way for white of arranging the bishop swap.} ) 9...Nxg3
10.hxg3 Bg7 11.c3 a5 12.Rb1 $6 Be6 13.Bd3 a4 14.Nbd2 $6 {Now white is able
to safely take the a-pawn.} ( 14.Nc1 {leaves black slightly better.} )
14...Bxa2 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Ra1 Bb3 17.Qb1 Nd7 18.Ncd2 Be6 19.Nc4 b5 20.Ncd2 {
In the game, Mike is focussed on maintaining the triangle of black-squared
pawns. Maybe he could have played more actively at some point.} 20...Nf6
21.Qc2 d5 $6 {A poor move positionally, but Paul was worried about a pawn
thrust to e4 or c4.} ( 21...Bd7 {supporting b5 and not worrying too much
about 22.e4 should be better.} ) 22.Ne5 $2 {Mike helps Paul. } ( 22.b3 {
immediately was better.} ) 22...Nd7 23.Nef3 Nb6 24.Bf5 {Swapping off the
white-squared bishops also helps Paul.} 24...Bxf5 25.Qxf5 Qd7 26.Qc2 f5
27.Qd1 {White tries to sneak his queen into h5, but it's not really a big
threat.} 27...O-O-O {Paul goes for it. But it's probably not the best
move. Castling kingside might have been better.} 28.Ng1 {Another
mysterious retreat.} 28...e5 {Now Paul tries to blast through with his
pawns.} 29.Ngf3 Rde8 30.O-O e4 31.Ne1 h5 32.f3 {It's almost never a good
idea to advance your pawns in front of a king that is being attacked.}
32...h4 33.gxh4 Rxh4 34.Kf2 f4 35.Nc2 g4 $1 {A pretty picture. The pawns
are poised to rip the cover from white's king.} 36.Rg1 gxf3 37.gxf3 Rh2+
38.Rg2 Qh3 39.Qg1 Rh8 $6 {In time pressure Paul doesn't find the best
route to victory.} ( 39...fxe3+ 40.Nxe3 Qh4+ 41.Kf1 Rh1 {is much cleaner.}
) 40.Rxh2 Qxh2+ 41.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 42.Ke1 exf3 43.Ra2 Bh6 44.Nb4 f2+ 45.Kf1
fxe3 46.Nf3 Rh1+ {It's mate in 2!} 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss"]
[Site "NACC"]
[Date "2022.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "C Howard"]
[Black "J Wills"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2022.10.13"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 {This
has turned into a Queens Gambit Declined Exchange variation.} 8.Bd3 c6 9.
Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Qb6 $6 {The queen is misplaced here. Charlie's next move
is natural and defends the b-pawn.} 11.Qc2 Nf8 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.
Bxe7 Rxe7 15.a3 {Now Charlie starts a minority attack. The aim is to leave
black with at least one weak pawn which white can attack and win.} 15...a5
{Maybe Jack wasn't familiar with this strategy - he allows Charlie's
attack to proceed unchallenged. He had to conjure up some play of his own.
Perhaps} ( 15...Bg4 {with the idea of generating some counterplay on the
kingside was better, but with the queen offside it isn't easy.} ) 16.Na4
Qc7 17.Nac3 Be6 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Qd6 20.b5 Rc8 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Na4 Ra7
23.Nc5 {White's attack has been a success. The backward pawn on c6 is
really difficult for Jack to defend.} 23...Nd7 24.Nxd7 Rxd7 $6 ( 24...Bxd7
{is a bit better, though black's position remains uncomfortable.} ) 25.Qc5
Qxc5 26.Rxc5 Rdc7 $2 ( 26...Ra7 {with the idea of defending the c-pawn
with the bishop and counterattacking on the queenside was much better.
Jack's passive move gives Charlie all that he wants.} ) 27.Rdc1 Bd7 28.Nc3
{Black must now lose a pawn....} 28...Nf6 $2 {....but this move loses the
exchange.} 29.Nb5 Rb7 30.Nd6 Rb3 31.Bc2 Rbb8 32.Nxc8 Rxc8 {The rest is
relatively straightforward, as white is ahead on material, and black still
has problems with his c6 pawn.} 33.f3 Re8 34.Kf2 g5 35.Ba4 Kg7 36.Bxc6
Bxc6 37.Rxc6 Re7 38.Rc7 Re8 39.g4 Re6 40.R1c6 Re8 41.Rd6 Rb8 42.Rdc6 Re8
43.Ra6 Rb8 44.Raa7 Rf8 45.Ke2 Kg6 46.Kd3 Kg7 47.h3 Kg8 48.Rc6 Kg7 49.Raa6
Ng8 50.e4 dxe4+ 51.fxe4 f6 52.Ra7+ Kh8 53.Rcc7 Re8 54.Rh7# 1-0