[Event "Totnes v Abbots"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.02.05"] [Round ""] [White "M Furnevall"] [Black "E Manning"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2024.02.05"] [FlipB "1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Ndf6 14.Nf4 Qe8 15. Rac1 Nxf2!? {Very enterprising play from Ellis. He sees he will win the exchange and a pawn for his piece sacrifice.} 16.Kxf2 Ng4+ 17.Ke1 Ne3 18. Qc3 ( 18.Qb3 {was better, forcing Ellis to take the rook, when white's pieces are in good positions for an attack. } 18...Nxd1 ( 18...g5 {doesn't work, as } 19.c5+ Kh8 20.Ne6 {when the threat of 21.Qf3 forces} 20...Nxd1 {when} 21.Rxd1 Qe7 22.Qc3+ Rf6 23.Nxc7! {is winning for white.} ) 19.c5+ Kh8 20.Rxd1 {looks better for white.} ) 18...g5!? {Aggressive but double-edged.} 19.Nxg5 Nxg2+ 20.Nxg2 Bxg2 21.Rd4 Qh5 22.Nf3 {Too timid.} ( 22.Ne6 {with a hidden threat against g7 is good.eg} 22...Rf7 ( 22...Rf6 23.Rg4+ fxg4 24.Qxf6 {is best when white has a pawn advantage after} 24... Qe5 25.Qxe5 dxe5 26.Nxc7 Rc8 27.Nb5 ) 23.Rh4 Qg6 24.Nf4 {and white wins a piece.} ) 22...Rae8 {With a threat....} 23.Rh4 {which white misses!} 23... Qxf3 24.Qxf3 Bxf3 25.Kf2 Bxe2 {Now it's an easy win and Ellis eventually finds a mating net.} 26.Rc3 c5 27.Rh6 Bg4 28.h3 Kg7 29.Rxd6 Bxh3 30.Kf3 Bg4+ 31.Kf4 Rf6 32.Rd7+ Kg6 33.Re3 Rfe6 34.Rd6 Kf7 35.Rexe6 Rxe6 36.Rd7+ Kf6 37.Rxa7 Re4# {Well played Ellis!} 0-1

[Event "Totnes v Abbots"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.02.05"] [Round ""] [White "M Goldschmidt"] [Black "T Thynne"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2024.02.05"] [FlipB "1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb7 11.Rd1 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 ( 12...Qc8 {moving the queen off the line of the rook and supporting a c5 advance might have been better.} ) 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Ne5 {Martin has emerged from the opening with a space advantage. It's instructive to see how he nurtures this in the next few moves.} 16...Bf8 17.a3 Qe7 18.b4 Red8 19.Rc2 c5 {Trefor loses patience but this advance will give Martin the chance of establishing a strong knight outpost on c6.} 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 g5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Nc6 {Martin has a dominating position.} 24...Rd7 25. Be5 Bg7 26.Rd2 a6 27.a4 axb5 {This leads to a massive liquidation from which Martin emerges with a winning ending.} 28.Rxd7 Nxd7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30. cxb5 Qc7 31.a5 Nb8 32.Qe5+ {Game over!} 32...Qxe5 33.Nxe5 Kf6 34.a6 Kxe5 35.a7 Nd7 36.a8=Q c4 37.Qc6 1-0

[Event "Totnes v Abbots"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.02.05"] [Round ""] [White "A Brusey"] [Black "K Arkell"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2024.02.05"] [FlipB "1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Ngxe4 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.Bf3 Qd7 15.Qd2 c5 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.Qe2 Qb3 20.Rad1 Rd4 {The game is level. Now Alan decides to swap rooks, which gives Keith the small advantage he wants.} 21.Rxd4 ( 21.Be5 {, encouraging Keith to make the exchange, was safer.} ) 21...cxd4 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Rd8 24.Bc7 Rc8 {This wins a pawn. Alan should retreat the bishop to e5, but he tries to save it and things get worse.} 25.Qc6 Bf8 26.Qd7 ( 26.g3 Qxb2 27.Rd1 e5 28.c5 Qc2 29.Rf1 Qb3 {when the d-pawn will march forward, is terrible for white.} ) 26...Qb7 27.Qxd4 Qxc7 28.Rc1 a5 29.g3 Qc6 {A piece down against a Grandmaster, Alan resigns.} 0-1

[Event "Competitors' League"] [Site ""] [Date "2024.02.08"] [Round ""] [White "J Blackmore"] [Black "P Brooks"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2024.02.08"] [FlipB "1"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qc2 b5 9.Ne5 a6 10.O-O-O {Josh removes the knight from the pin, but this enables Paul to swap oof pieces and still retain the extra pawn.} 10...Be7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.f4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 {Paul has a clear advantage - an extra pawn, pressure down the e-file and a potentially very strong knight.} 15.Qd2 O-O 16.g4 Rfe8 17.Bg2 Nb4 18.Kb1 Rad8 19.h4 Qxe3?? {After Paul's intended} ( 19...Nd3 20.Rh3 Qb4 {Joshua would have to exchange queens leaving Paul with clearly the better ending. Refusing the swap with eg} 21.Qc2 Ne1 22.Qe2 Nxg2 23.Qxg2 Re4 {leaves Paul with a crushing position. Paul thought the king was still on c1 so the queen would be pinned!} ) 20.Qxb4 {Black's position is still OK - he has plenty of compensation. Maybe best was trying to hoover up the kingside pawns. Instead, possibly shaken by the blunder, Paul goes for the big attack.} 20...Qf2 21.Bh3 Re2 22.f5 Rde8 23.g5 c6 {Here Paul misses a win -} ( 23... a5! 24.Qxb5 c6! {the move Paul missed} 25.Qb6 c3 26.bxc3 a4! {and white is helpless.eg} 27.Rc1 ( 27.a3 Qg3! 28.Bf1 Rb8 {and the queen is lost} ) ( 27.Bf1 Rxa2 28.Bd3 a3 29.Rhf1 Qh2 30.Rh1 Rb2+ 31.Ka1 Qxh1 32.Rxh1 Rxb6 { and the ending is completely won for black.} ) 27...a3 {and black wins the queen, } ) 24.Bg4 a5 25.Qc3 b4 26.Qc1 R2e4 27.Rd2 Qg3 28.Bd1 c3 ( 28... Rxh4 {is better, when black's active pieces give him a small advantage.} ) 29.Rc2 Re3 30.f6 Rd3 {The final mistake. Black wants to get his other rook into the game but misses a tactic.} ( 30...Re1 {was still viable} 31.Rxe1 ( 31.Rch2 Qd3+ 32.Qc2 Qxd4 {and there's still plenty to play for.} ) 31... Rxe1 32.bxc3 Qd3 {wins for black.} ) 31.h5 Re1 32.Rxe1 Qxe1 33.Re2 {Paul loses his queen or is mated. 33....c2+ is no good because of 34.Kxc2.} 1-0