[Event "Abbots v Teignmouth B1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "W Ingham"]
[Black "A Brusey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.12.07"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 f6 {Alan plays a reversed Samisch
variation against Bill's King's Indian Attack.} 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.c4 d4 8.Ne1
Qd7 9.Nc2 Bh3 10.b4 cxb4 11.a3 bxa3 12.Bxa3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 h5 {Alan attacks
down the h-file. Note how the bishop stops Bill advancing his own h-pawn
to slow the attack.} 14.e3 h4 ( 14...Bxg2 {is more accurate.} 15.Kxg2 h4
16.g4 h3+ 17.Kh1 dxe3 18.Nxe3 Nge7 {leaves white's king permanently in
danger.} ) 15.Bxh3 Qxh3 16.g4 Nh6 17.f3 f5 18.g5 Nf7 19.exd4 Nxd4 {This is
a mistake, which Bill fails to take advantage of.} 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.f4 (
21.Qa4+ {is very strong.} 21...Kf8 22.g6 Ne5 23.Qb4+ Kg8 24.Qxb7 Re8 25.
Rxa7 {with a mating attack.} ) 21...O-O 22.Rf3 ( 22.Qf3 {is safer and
should lead to a fairly equal game.} ) 22...Qg4+ 23.Kh1 Rfe8 24.h3 Qh5 25.
Qf1 Re7 26.Nb3 Re1! {A nice tactic which wins the game.} 27.Qxe1 Qxf3+ 28.
Kh2 Qxf4+ 29.Kg2 Ne5 30.Nc5 Qxg5+ 31.Kh1 Qe7 32.Qb4 Rc8 33.Na6 Qd7 {The
knight will soon be lost.} 0-1
[Event "Bishops v South Hams B4"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "T Hurt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.12.07"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bf5 4.Qb3 Bxb1 5.Qxb7 Nbd7 6.Rxb1 a5 7.Bf4 ( 7.cxd5
{stops the counterplay with ..e5.} ) 7...e5 8.Bxe5 Bb4+ 9.Kd1 Nxe5 10.Nxe5
O-O 11.a3 Rb8 12.Nc6 Qd7 ( 12...Rxb7 {was the way to go.} 13.Nxd8 Rxd8 14.
axb4 Rxb4 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Kc2 {The threat was 16...Nc3+.} 16...Rxd4 17.e3
Nb4+ 18.Kb3 Rd2 {leaves black on top.} ) 13.Nxb8 Qf5 ( 13...Qa4+ {is the
better check.} 14.Kc1 Ne4 15.axb4 Nxf2 {threatening mate in one} 16.b3
Qa3+ 17.Kc2 a4 18.Qxd5 Qa2+ 19.Kc1 axb3 {forces white to sacrifice to stop
mate.} 20.Qf5 g6 21.Rb2 gxf5 22.Rxa2 bxa2 23.Kb2 Rxb8 24.Rg1 Rxb4+ 25.Kxa2
Rxc4 {and if anyone's better it's black.} ) 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.axb4 Nxf2+ 16.
Ke1 Nxh1 17.Qxc7 Qf2+ 18.Kd2 Qxd4+ 19.Kc2 dxc4 20.Kb1 Qf6 {Now white's
knight escapes and it's easy.} 21.Nd7 Qf5+ 22.Ka1 axb4 23.Nxf8 b3 24.Nd7
h6 25.Qc8+ Kh7 26.Nf8+ Kg8 27.Qxf5 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss R3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.11.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Kinder"]
[Black "D Morton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.11.30"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.b3 b5 4.e3 b4 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bd3 d5 7.Ne5 Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qf3 c5 11.Qh3 cxd4 12.exd4 a5 {Doug's queenside advances
have given him an easy game.} 13.Rae1 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qd3 Qb6 16.Kh1
Rc8 17.f4 g6 18.Ndf3 Ra7 19.Ng5 Nf8 20.g4 h6 {Andrew sacrifices for attack
but it isn't enough.} 21.f5 hxg5 22.fxg6 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Ne4 24.gxf7+ ( 24.
Bd4 {is better but still not good enough.} 24...Qb8 25.Bxa7 Qxa7 26.gxf7+
Kg7 {and white can't break through.} ) 24...Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qf3+ Ke7
27.Rf1 Kd7 28.Qf7+ Kc6 29.c4 bxc3 30.Ba3 Nc5 31.Rc1 d4 32.b4 axb4 33.Qf3+
Kb5 34.Rb1 Qc6 35.Rxb4+ Ka5 {Andrew ran out of time in this hopeless
position.} 0-1
[Event "Abbots v Teignmouth B2"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "T Thynne"]
[Black "C Doidge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.12.07"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 e6 8.Ndb5
d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 O-O 12.O-O-O Qxd5 13.Nxd5 Be6 14.Ndc7
Rac8 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Kb1 b6 17.Rd7 Nb4 18.c3 Nc6 19.Rhd1 a6 20.Nd6 Rb8 21.
Rc7 Ne5 22.Ne4 Nf7 23.f4 e5 24.Rdd7 Rbd8 25.g3 exf4 26.Bxf4 Rxd7 27.Rxd7
Re8 28.Rxf7 Rxe4 29.Rd7 Re1+ 30.Kc2 Re2+ 31.Rd2 Rxd2+ 32.Kxd2 Kf7 33.Kd3
Ke6 34.Kc4 Bf8 35.a4 Bd6 36.Bxd6 Kxd6 37.Kd4 g5 38.h3 Ke6 39.Ke4 h6 40.g4
a5 41.b4 axb4 42.cxb4 Kd6 43.a5 bxa5 44.bxa5 Kc6 45.Kf5 Kb5 46.Kg6 Kxa5
47.Kxh6 Kb6 48.Kxg5 1-0
[Event "Abbots v Teignmouth B4"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Blackmore"]
[Black "J Smith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.12.07"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 Ng6 7.c3 Bb7 8.d4 Na5
9.Bc2 exd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Qe1+ Be7 13.Qxa5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Bd6
15.Qe1+ Ne7 16.Nc3 O-O 17.Ne4 f5 18.Bb3+ Kh8 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Qe5 Qg6+ 21.
Qg3 Qf6 22.Bg5 Qxd4 23.Bxe7 Rfb8 24.Rfd1 Qxb2 25.Rab1 Qe2 26.Bc5 Re8 27.
Rd7 Qe5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Bd4 1-0
[Event "Bishops v South Hams B1"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "S Levy"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.12.07"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 b6
9.Rc1 Bb7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.g3 Rc8 12.Nh4 Be7 13.Ng2 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 c5 {Black
has an easy game.} 15.Qc2 Bf6 16.f4 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Nf6 18.d3 Qd7 19.Rcd1
Rfd8 20.Qe1 a6 21.g4 b5 22.h4 b4 23.e4 Qd4+ 24.Kh2 Rd7 25.g5 Ne8 26.h5
Rcd8 27.g6 fxg6 28.Bg4 Qf6 29.Qg3 gxh5 {Black has defended well and now
stands better.} 30.Bxh5 Kh8 31.Bg4 g6 32.Qh3 Ng7 33.Qe3 Qd4 34.Be2 Rf8 {
Much better to support the c-pawn with} ( 34...Rc8 ) 35.Rc1 a5 36.Rxc5! {
Paul missed this - now Steve is better.} 36...Ra8 37.Qxd4 Rxd4 38.Rc7 Ba6
39.Rfc1 Ne8 40.R7c6 Rd6 41.e5 Rxc6 42.Rxc6 Ng7 43.Ne3 Bb7 44.Rc7 Ba6 45.
Rc5 Bb7 46.Nc4 Nf5 47.Rxa5 Rxa5 48.Nxa5 Bd5 49.Nc4 Nd4 50.Bd1 Nb5 51.Ne3
Bc6? ( 51...Nc3 {is much better and should lead to equality. eg} 52.Nxd5
Nxd5 53.Kg3 Kg7 54.Bf3 Nc3 55.d4 Kf7 56.Kg4 Nxa2 57.d5 Nc1 58.dxe6+ Kxe6
59.Bd1 Ke7 60.Kf3 Nd3 61.Be2 Nc5 62.Bc4 Ne6 63.Kg3 h5 64.Bd3 Kf7 65.Be4
Nd4 66.Bd5+ Ke7 67.Kh4 Ne6 {and white can't make progress.} ) 52.Nc2 Nc3
53.Nxb4 Bb7 54.Bg4 Bc8 55.a4 Kg7 56.Kg3 Kf7 57.Bf3 {2 pawns down and with
nowhere to put his pieces, black resigned.} 1-0