[Event "Autumn Swiss"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.10.27"] [Round "2"] [White "T Thynne"] [Black "D Morton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2022.10.27"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Ngxe5 6.Be2 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9.a3 Be7 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Ng6 12.Nf3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bf6 14.Qc2 c6 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.f5 Ne7 17.g4 Qxb2 $6 {This tempting move enables white to get a strong kingside initiative.} 18.Qxb2 Bxb2 19.Ra2 Bf6 20.e4 {Trefor could have won a piece with 20.g5 but might have been wary of breaking up his kingside pawns. This might have been best but with 20.e4 he still retains the advantage.} 20...h6 21.h4 g5 22.e5 Bh8 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Bb4 Re8 {Trefor has a very attractive position and here he had the chance for a tactical breakthrough.} 25.Rd2 ( 25.Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26.Nxg5+ {leaves black very exposed, and} 26...Kf8 27.f6 {for example, will see Trefor winning back material in abundance.} ) 25...Nd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 b6 28.Nxg5 Bxe5 29.Re1 f6 {Trefor misses a final chance to break Doug's defences.} 30.Nf3 $2 ( 30.Rexe5 $1 fxe5 31.Rd6 Bb7 32.Rg6+ Kh8 33.f6 Bd5 34.Bd6 $1 e4 35.f7 Bxf7 36.Be5+ $1 Rxe5 37.Nxf7+ Kh7 38.Nxe5 {would be a lovely way to win. Now Doug forces a draw.} ) 30...Bb7 31.Rd3 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Autumn Swiss"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.10.27"] [Round "2"] [White "C Howard"] [Black "J Blackmore"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2022.10.27"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bd2 Ne8 10.Ne1 f5 {In this variation of the King's Indian, the centre is blocked which allows attacks on the wing. Here white focuses on the queenside, while black tries to blast through to the king.} 11.f3 Nf6 12. Nd3 f4 13.c5 a6 14.b4 g5 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nf2 h5 17.b5 Qb6 {Moving the queen away from the kingside might not be the best idea.} 18.Rb1 Qc7 19. bxa6 bxa6 20.Qb3 Nd7 {Another move in the wrong direction. Maybe 20...g4 trying to keep the attack going was best.} 21.Na4 Rb8 22.Qc3 Qa7 23.Qa3 Rf6 24.Rxb8 Qxb8 25.Rc1 Bb7 26.Qb3 Bc8 {Swapping off the queens leaves black's queenside exposed and white's pieces flood in.} 27.Qxb8 Nxb8 28. Nb6 Rf8 29.Bb4 Rd8 30.Bxd6 {wins.} 30...Rxd6 31.Nxc8 Rd8 32.Nxe7+ Kf7 33. Rc7 Kf6 34.Nc6 Nxc6 35.Rxc6+ Ke7 36.Bxa6 Rb8 37.h3 1-0

[Event "Autumn Swiss 1"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.10.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Josh Blackmore"] [Black "Eli Gallamoy"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2022.10.20"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.d3 O-O 6.c3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Ne4 Bb6 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nxe5 Qd6 14.d4 c5 15. Nc4 Qc6 16.Nxb6 cxb6 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Qf3 Rfe8 19.Bd2 Rad8 20.Rfe1 Qb5 21. b3 Qc5 22.c4 Nf6 23.Be3 Qc7 24.Rac1 Nd7 25.Bf4 Qc5 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qd5 Qxd5 28.cxd5 Nc5 29.Be3 Rc8 30.b4 1-0

[Event "Autumn Swiss 1"] [Site ""] [Date "2022.10.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Niranjana Narayanan"] [Black "Andrew Kinder"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2022.10.20"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Rc8 9.Qd2 Na5 10.b3 Nc6 11.O-O Nb4 12.Bc4 e6 13.Nb5 Bf8 14.d5 a6 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Nc6 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 Qf6 20.Bd4 Ke7 21.g4 h6 22.f3 Qxe5 23.Bxe5 Rh7 24.a4 d5 25.exd5 exd5 26.Bd3 Kf7 27.Rac1 Ne7 28.Bc7 Rhh8 29.Bxb6 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Rc8 31.Rd1 1/2-1/2