[Event "Competitors' League"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.05.11"] [Round ""] [White "A Kinder"] [Black "T Thynne"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2023.05.11"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 ( 4...bxc6 {keeping more influence in the centre is another possibility.} ) 5.f4 Bg7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nh6 {The knight seems out of play here.} ( 8...c4 {aiming to disrupt white's smooth development is interesting.} ) 9.d3 O-O 10.g4 f6 11.Be3 b6 12.O-O-O {White's kingside majority looks dominant - Trefor can only defend.} 12...e5 13.f5 Qd7 14.h4 Kh8 15.g5 Ng8 16.h5 {The pawn advances continue - Trefor's position is critical.} 16...fxg5 17.hxg6 Bh6 18.Rxh6 { Andrew sacrifices the exchange to break through on the h-file.} 18...Nxh6 19.Rh1 g4 20.Qg3 Nxf5 21.Qxe5+ Ng7 22.Rxh7+ Kg8 23.Bh6 {The knight will fall and soon after it will be mate. An impressive attack from Andrew.} 1-0

[Event "Competitors' League"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.05.11"] [Round ""] [White "C Howard"] [Black "P Ruszelak"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2023.05.11"] 1.d4 b5 2.e4 a6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qe2 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.O-O e6 8.Nbd2 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 Qd7 10.Rae1 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.h4 c4 13.Bc2 h6 14.h5 Be7 15.Nh2 O-O-O 16.Nf3 Rde8 17.Bf4 Bd8 18.Qd2 Ne7 19.b3 Ref8 20.Ra1 Qc6 21.b4 Qe8 22.Rfe1 Ng8 23.Qe2 g6 24.a4 Ne7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra3 gxh5 27.Qe3 Ng6 28.Bxh6 Rfg8 29.Bg5 h4 30.Bxd8 Qxd8 31.Ng5 Qe8 32.Rea1 Kc7 33.Ra7 Rh5 34.Ne4 {A spectacular winning move.} 34...dxe4 35.Bxe4 Qc8 36.Bxb7 Qb8 37.Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers' League"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.05.11"] [Round ""] [White "M Hussey"] [Black "I Freestone"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2023.05.11"] 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 Bf5 5.Nd2 e6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Ndf3 h6 9.e3 c5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc6 13.g4 Be7 14.Rg1 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nh7 16.Qd2 g5 17.Be3 f6 18.Qd3 Qe8 19.Nd4 fxe5 20.Nxe6 e4 21.Qxd5 Qf7 22. Qb3 Rfc8 23.O-O-O Rc6 24.Qxb7 Qe8 25.Nc7 Rb8 26.Qxa7 Qf8 27.Nd5 Re6 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29.Qd4 Nf6 30.Qc4+ Kh7 31.Rd6 Qf7 32.Qxf7+ Rxf7 33.Rgd1 Ra8 34. Kb1 Kg6 35.Rb6 Rd7 {An oversight.} 36.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Newcomers Tournament"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.05.11"] [Round ""] [White "P Walsh"] [Black "S Howard"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2023.05.11"] 1.e4 e6 2.Bc4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bb3 Nf6 5.h3 c6 6.d3 Be6 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nd4 O-O 10.Be3 Re8 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.d4 Qc7 14.g3 Re7 ( 14... Bxg3 {was a strong sacrifice. If Phil takes the bishop,} 15.fxg3 {then after } 15...Qxg3+ {Simon will take the rook pawn with check, then the bishop on e3 with an overwhelming advantage.} ) 15.Qd2 Rf8 16.Rae1 b5 17. Bf4 {This move allows Simon to break up Phil's pawn formation without any compensation. } ( 17.Kg2 {adding to the defence of g3 is stronger.} ) 17...Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Qxf4 19.gxf4 Nb6 20.f3 Nh5 21.Ne2 Nxf4 22.Nxf4 Rxf4 23. c3 g5 24.Re5 a5 25.Bd1 Nc4 26.Re2 Kf7 27.Bb3 Nd6 28.Bc2 a4 29.b4 axb3 30. axb3 Rf6 31.Re5 Ne8 32.Bd1 Ng7 33.Bc2 Nh5 34.Rfe1 Nf4 35.Kh2 Ra7 36.Bf5 { This just loses the bishop.} 36...Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Graded Game"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.05.11"] [Round ""] [White "P Brooks"] [Black "R Brenton"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2023.05.11"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 d5 4.e3 c5 5.c3 h6 6.Bh4 Bd6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Ngf3 Qc7 9.Bg3 c4 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Bc2 b5 {Richard has played very sensibly and reached an equal position.} 12.O-O O-O 13.a4 b4 14.e4 e5 15.exd5 Ba6 16. Re1 b3 17.Bf5 ( 17.dxe5 {was better.} 17...bxc2 18.Qxc2 Qxd5 19.exf6 Nxf6 {leaves white a clear pawn ahead.} ) 17...exd4 18.Nxd4 Rfe8 19.Qf3 Ne5 { Richard tries to keep things complicated.} 20.Qg3 Qxd5 21.Ne4 Ned7 22.Nd6 Re5 23.Bxd7 ( 23.Nxf7 {was a spectacular sacrifice which Paul saw but couldn't work out the complications.} 23...Kxf7 24.Qg6+ Kg8 25.Be6+ Rxe6 26.Nxe6 Ne8 27.Nxg7 Nf8 28.Nxe8+ Nxg6 29.Nf6+ {is winning!} ) 23...Nxd7 24.Rxe5 Qxe5 25.Qf3 {Paul has found a simpler way of putting pressure on Richard's position.} 25...Rf8 26.Qc6 Nb8 27.Qc7 Rc8 {A big mistake.} 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Nxc8 Bxc8 30.Qf8+ Kh7 31.Qxc8 a5 32.Qf5+ {Faced with an ending a rook down, Richard resigns.} 1-0