[Event "Newton Abbot v Exmouth Board 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.12.8"] [Round "?"] [White "Stephen Homer (NA)"] [Black "John Stephens (EXM)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteECF "183"] [BlackECF "193"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 a5 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Bg5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. a3 Rb8 18. axb4 Nxb4 { ? 18...Bxd5 is much better as it ensures that, after the exchanges, Black's rook continues to pressure the b-pawn. Now white gets an open a file too, and over the next few moves he gradually improves his position.} 19. Ncxb4 axb4 20. Ra6 Kh8 21. Bf3 g6 22. Rd1 Qd7 23. Ne3 Rfd8 24. b3 Be7 25. Nd5 Bf8 26. Rda1 Rb7 27. R1a4 Rdb8 28. Qd2 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Kg7 30. g3 Be7 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. Qc6 Qc8 33. Qxc8 Rxc8 34. Bg4 Rcb8 35. h4 h5 36. Bh3 Kf8 37. Ra7 Bd8 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Ra8 Ke7 40. Bc8 Rb6 41. Ba6 { 41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. Bb7 Be7 43. Bd5 Rb8 leaves white's rook and bishop totally dominant, and will allow white to advance on the kingside towards victory eg 44. Kh3 Ke8 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 f6 47. Bg8 Kf8 48. Bh7 Kf7 49. Bxg6! White finds a different way to win a pawn.} Bc7 42. Bb5 Rb7 43. Ra4 Bb6 44. Rxb4 Ra7 45. Ba4 Bc5 46. Rb8 Kf6 47. Rg8 Ke7 {47...Rb7 is a bit more resilient.}48. f3 Be3 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 Rc7 51. Kf3 Bd2 52. g5 Be1 {?? missing the next move, but white is now winning. 52...Ke6 (only move) 53. Re8+ Re7 54. Rd8 Ba5 55. Ra8 Be1 56. Bc6 Bxh4 57. Kg4 Be1 58. Bd5+ Kd7 59. Rf8 Bb4 60. Bxf7 Bc5 61. Bxg6 Rg7 62. Kf5 and black is busted } 53. Re8# 1-0
[Event "Newton Abbot v Exmouth Board 2"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.12.8"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul Hampton (EXM)"] [Black "Alan Brusey (NA)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteECF "193"] [BlackECF "174"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. O-O e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Ndf3 O-O 11. g4 Be8 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qh4 f6 15. Bd2 Bg6 16. Kh1 Qa4 17. b3 Qc6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. f5 Bf7 20. Rf3 exf5 21. gxf5 Be5 22. Rg1 c5 23. Qg4 Be8 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Rh3 Re7 26. Qh4 h5 27. d4 Bd6 28. Qxf6 Rf7 29. Qh6 c4 30. Rxh5 1-0
[Event "Newton Abbot v Exmouth Board 4"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.8"] [Round "?"] [White "Steve Martin (EXM)"] [Black "Trefor Thynne (NA)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteECF "183"] [BlackECF "168"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. a3 Qc7 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. h3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qc6 15. f3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Newton Abbot v Exmouth Board 5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.12.8"] [Round "?"] [White "Vignesh Ramesh (NA)"] [Black "Meyrick Shaw (EXM)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteECF "164"] [BlackECF "167"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 e5 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rad1 Bc7 16. Rd7 Rac8 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Re7 a5 19. Bd2 c5 20. Bc4 Bxc2 21. Rc1 Ba4 22. Bc3 Bd6 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Ra8 26. Bc3 Kf8 27. f3 f6 28. Kf2 Bc7 29. b3 Bc6 30. a4 Ke7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Newton Abbot v Exmouth Board 6"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.12.8"] [Round "?"] [White "Oliver Wensley (EXM)"] [Black "Andrew Kinder (NA)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteECF "170"] [BlackECF "151"] 1. e4 a6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Re1 Bb7 8. a4 Nd7 9. d5 e5 10. b4 h6 11. Qd3 Ne7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Qg3 Kh7 14. Ra3 Nf6 15. b5 a5 16. Be2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxd5 18. Bd3 f5 19. Nc3 Be6 20. f4 Qd7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxh6 e4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qe5+ Rf6 26. Bxe4 Raf8 27. Rd3 Qc8 28. Rf3 Nf5 29. Ref1 Qd8 30. Nxf5+ Bxf5 31. Bxf5 Re8 32. Qg3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Ref8 34. Bd3 Qe3 35. h4 Qh6 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. Qxc7+ 1-0