[Event "NA v TBGS Div 2 B1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2022.11.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "B Holland"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2022.11.17"]
1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg5 e6 6.e3 a6 7.a4 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 Nc6 11.Nge2 Nb4 12.Qd2 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.f3
Rc8 16.e4 dxe4 17.fxe4 Nd7 {The opening has been quiet with Trefor
building a solid compact position. Now he looks to simplify and possibly
develop pressure on white's centre.} 18.Bg3 Nc5 19.Qe3 Bg5 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 Nb3 22.Raf1 Qd7 $2 {Trefor's queen move gives up some control of the
black squares which Bradley's surprising next move seeks to exploit.} (
22...Nxd4 23.Nxd4 e5 24.Ne6 Qd6 25.Nxf8 exf4 26.Qxf4 Qxf4 27.Rxf4 Kxf8 {
was another possibility leaving black slightly better.} ) 23.Rf6 $1 {An
amazing idea. Bradley sees that the rook can't be taken as he will get a
massive attack on black's king.} 23...Kh7 ( 23...gxf6 24.Rxf6 {and black
will struggle to survive. The best the computer can come up with is }
24...Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Rfd8 26.Qg3+ Kh7 27.Nxe6 {and black will have to give up
his queen eg} 27...fxe6 28.Qg6+ Kh8 29.Rf7 Qxf7 30.Qxf7 {and white's
attack continues. Instead Trefor tries to use his king to bolster the
kingside pawns.} ) 24.Rxh6+ $1 {Another surprise.} 24...Kg8 {This time the
rook definitely can't be taken.} ( 24...gxh6 25.Rf6 Kg8 26.Qxh6 Rfd8 27.
Qg5+ Kf8 28.Rh6 {and black's only defence is to sacrifice his queen with a
hopeless position.} ) 25.Rff6 $1 {A third surprise in a row!} 25...Rfd8
26.Qg3 {Bradley lets it slip.} ( 26.Qh3 $1 {threatens mate and would lead
directly to a win.} 26...Kf8 27.Qh4 Nxd4 28.Rh8+ Ke7 29.Rf1+ f6 30.Rh7
Nxe2+ 31.Nxe2 Rg8 32.Qxf6+ $1 Ke8 33.Qh4 Qe7 34.Qh5+ Kd8 35.Rd1+ {and
black is forced to sacrifice to avoid immediate mate. If he doesn't} 35...
Kc7 36.Qe5+ Kc6 37.Nd4+ Kd7 38.Nf5+ Bd5 39.Rxd5+ Kc6 40.Nxe7+ Kb7 41.Nxc8
exd5 42.Qxd5+ Kxc8 43.Qxg8+ Kb7 44.Rxg7+ Kc6 45.Qd5# {is a fitting end.} )
26...Nxd4 27.Qh4 Nxe2+ 28.Nxe2 Kf8 $4 {Trefor misses his chance to draw.}
( 28...gxh6 29.Rxh6 Qd2 $1 {covers h6 and forces white to take a perpetual
check.} 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Rh7+ ( 31.Qh7+ {allows the black king to escape.}
31...Kf6 32.Qh4+ Ke5 33.Qg3+ Kxe4 34.Rh4+ Kd5 35.Qf3+ Kd6 36.Qa3+ Kc7 37.
Qg3+ Qd6 {and the checks run out.} ) 31...Kg8 {etc.} ) 29.Rh8+ Ke7 30.Rf3+
f6 31.Rh7 Qd1+ 32.Kf2 Kd6 33.Qg3+ e5 34.Rd3+ Qxd3 35.Qxd3+ {and in this
hopeless position Trefor ran out of time. Well done Bradley!} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2022.11.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "C Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2022.11.17"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Nc3 a6 8.Ba4
b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.O-O Nbxd5 12.Re1 Bg7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Rc1 h6 15.
Bh4 Re8 16.Ne5 g5 17.Bg3 e6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qf3 Qe7 20.Nc6 Qd7 $6 {Charlie
has played well to keep Alan's advantage to a minimum, but here he needed
to exchange off the knight.} ( 20...Bxc6 21.Rxc6 Qf6 $1 {moving the queen
off the line of the rook} 22.Qxf6 Nxf6 {and white will find it hard to
make progress.} ) 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qxd5 exd5 23.Na5 $1 {This might be the
move Charlie missed. Now his pieces are forced into a trap from which he
never really escapes.} 23...Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Bc8 25.Re8+ Kh7 26.Be5 Kg6 (
26...Bxe5 27.dxe5 Kg6 {might have been a slightly better way forward.} )
27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rd8 Kf6 29.f3 h5 30.a3 h4 31.Kf2 Ke6 32.Ke3 f6 33.Kd3 Ke7
{This might seem odd, forcing white to take the pawn, but black was
running out of moves.} ( 33...f5 34.Kc3 g4 35.f4 h3 36.g3 {and he has to
give up the pawn anyway - in a worse position.} ) 34.Rxd5 {Now Alan gives
a master class in nursing an advantage to a victory.} 34...Bd7 35.Rc5 Re8
36.Rc7 Kd6 37.Ra7 Bc8 38.Rf7 Ke6 39.Rc7 Kd5 40.Rc5+ Kd6 41.Rc6+ Ke7 42.b4
Kf7 43.Nb3 Bf5+ 44.Kd2 Re6 {After the rooks come off Alan makes it look
easy, but it's difficult to suggest anything better.} 45.Rxe6 Kxe6 46.Nc5+
Kd5 47.Kc3 Bc8 48.Ne4 Ke6 49.Kd3 Ke7 50.d5 g4 51.fxg4 Bxg4 52.d6+ Kf7 (
52...Kd7 {loses the bishop to} 53.Nxf6+ ) 53.Kd4 Bc8 54.Nc5 {Charlie
resigns without waiting for 54...Ke8 55.Kd5 Kd8 56.Kc6 and either the
bishop or the queenside pawns will be lost.} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2022.11.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "N Narayanan"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2022.11.17"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4
Nxd4 $4 {A blunder which gives up a piece.} 9.Nxd4 O-O ( 9...Qxd4 10.Qa4+
{and the bishop is lost for nothing. Paul tries to make the best of it by
developing quickly.} ) 10.Nde2 Bg4 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.O-O $2 {Niranjana returns
the favour.} ( 12.f3 Bf5 13.O-O-O {and white is well ahead.} ) 12...Bxe2
13.Bxe2 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Qxe2 15.Qxb7 $6 ( 15.Bxf6 {is more sensible, breaking
up the pawn structure and giving white good chances to take advantage with
her heavy pieces.} ) 15...Rfb8 16.Qc6 Qe4 17.Qc5 c6 18.Qg5 $6 ( 18.Bxf6 {
is even stronger here} 18...gxf6 19.Rae1 Qd5 20.Qc3 {and black's position
looks very shaky.} ) 18...Rb5 19.Qg3 {Niranjana offered a draw, but Paul
declined, hoping to obtain an attack on white's king.} 19...Nh5 20.Qc7 $6
Rg5 21.f3 $2 ( 21.g3 {should lead to a draw.} 21...Nf4 22.f3 Qe3+ 23.Kh1
Nd3 24.Rad1 $1 {and black can't make progress as } 24...Nf2+ {is hit by}
25.Rxf2 {when} 25...Qxf2 {is hit by} 26.Rd8+ {mating.} ) 21...Qe3+ 22.Kh1
Ng3+ $1 {This must be what Niranjana missed.} 23.Qxg3 ( 23.hxg3 Rh5# {is
immediate mate.} ) 23...Rxg3 24.hxg3 Rd8 25.Rfe1 Qc5 26.Re5 Qd6 27.Rg5 $4
Qh6+ {The rook drops - not a very accurate game.} 0-1
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2022.11.17"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Blackmore"]
[Black "S Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2022.11.17"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 b6 4.Ngf3 Ba6 5.c4 Ne7 6.Be2 Ng6 7.O-O Nf4 8.exd5
exd5 9.Re1 Be7 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Qxd7+ Nxd7 12.Bf1 h6 13.g3 Ng6 14.cxd5 Bxf1
15.Nxf1 O-O 16.a3 Nf6 17.Ne3 Rad8 18.Nf5 Bd6 19.Nxd6 Rxd6 20.b4 Rxd5 21.
Bb2 Rfd8 22.Rac1 Ne8 23.Rc2 f6 24.Nd2 Kf7 25.Nc4 Ne7 26.Ne3 R5d7 27.a4 Kg6
28.b5 Nf5 29.Nxf5 Kxf5 30.Rce2 Nd6 31.f3 Nc4 32.Ba1 Kg6 33.Rc1 Na5 34.Re3
Kf7 35.Kf2 Re7 {Simon has defended well until now. This move drops a vital
pawn.} ( 35...c6 $1 36.bxc6 Rc7 {wins back the pawn with an equal game, as
} 37.Rec3 {runs into} 37...Rxd4 ) 36.Rxe7+ Kxe7 37.Rxc7+ Kf8 38.Bc3 Nb3
39.Ke3 Re8+ 40.Kd3 Ra8 41.Kc2 a6 42.Kxb3 axb5 43.axb5 Rb8 44.Bb4+ Kg8 45.
d5 g6 46.d6 1-0