[Event "Autumn Swiss"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "J Wills"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.10.12"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 d6 ( 7...Bxf1
{is an alternative, forcing white to castle by hand.} ) 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Nf3
Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Qa5 12.a4 Rfb8 13.Re2 Nd7 14.Ra3 Nb6 15.Nd2 Nb4 16.
Nb3 Qa6 {Jack has played his Benko Gambit well and has lots of pressure on
Alan's queenside.} 17.g3 c4 {This is a mistake - Jack gains access to d3
for his knight, BUT he loses control of d4. Alan's knights get as much
activity as Jack's.} ( 17...Nc4 18.Ra1 Nxb2 19.Bxb2 Nd3 20.Ra3 c4 21.Rd2
Nxb2 22.Rxb2 Qb6 23.Rb1 Bxc3 {shows how Jack could have regained his pawn
with a strong initiative.} ) 18.Nd4 Nd3 19.Ndb5 Qa5 20.Nc7 Ra7 21.N3b5
Nxc1 22.Qxc1 Rab7 23.Qd2 {Alan's knights have moved forward but without
much purpose, and Jack still has good pressure, which is amplified by his
next move.} 23...c3 $1 24.Qe1 Nc4 25.Rxc3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Qxa4 $2 {Jack
spoils his great effort.} ( 26...Qxc3 27.bxc3 Rc8 28.Na6 Ra8 29.Nb4 Rxa4
30.Nd4 Ra1+ 31.Kg2 Rc1 32.Ndc2 {leaves black up in material and position.}
) 27.b3 Qa5 28.b4 Qa4 29.Qxc4 Rxb5 30.Nxb5 Rxb5 31.Qc8+ Kg7 32.Qc3+ f6 33.
Rb2 {Now white is a clear pawn ahead and Alan's technique brings home the
point.} 33...Rb7 34.Kg2 Qb5 35.Qc6 Rb6 36.Qxb5 Rxb5 37.Kf3 f5 38.Ke3 Kf6
39.Kd4 e5+ 40.Kc4 Rb7 41.f3 fxe4 42.fxe4 Kg5 43.b5 Kg4 44.b6 Kf3 45.Kb5
Kxe4 46.Kc6 Rb8 47.Rb4+ Kd3 48.Kc7 e4 49.Kxb8 e3 50.Rb1 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "P Ruszelak"]
[Black "L Barron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.10.12"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.O-O Qf6 6.h3 Bd7 ( 6...Bxf3 7.Qxf3
exf4 {is a better bet.} ) 7.Nc3 Qg6 8.f5 Qf6 9.Nd5 Qd8 {The early queen
excursion hasn't achieved anything.} 10.d4 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Ne7 {Les
misses a trap!} 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nxf6# {The king is smothered by its own
pieces! A pretty finish by Piotr.} 1-0
[Event "Autumn Swiss 23"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "A Kinder"]
[Black "S Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2023.10.12"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.Rc1
Bb7 9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.b3 Nf8 13.Ne5 $2 {This gives Simon
the chance to win a pawn.} 13...dxc4 14.Bxc4 cxd4 15.exd4 Rc8 ( 15...Qxd4
{might have been better.} ) 16.Qd3 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Ndf3
Rec7 20.Qe3 Qe7 {Simon's best chance for victory was to swap off rooks and
win the d-pawn as follows} ( 20...Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 f6 23.Nd3
Bxf3 24.gxf3 Qxd4 {with an extra pawn and a destroyed pawn structure.} )
21.Rxc7 Rxc7 22.Rc1 Qd8 23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.Qd2 Bb7 25.Ne1 f6 26.N5f3 Ng6 27.
Qc2 Qxc2 28.Nxc2 Nf4 29.Nfe1 Bd5 ( 29...Ne2+ 30.Kf1 Nc1 31.Nb4 Be4 32.f3
Bb1 {was a last chance to establish a big advantage.} ) 30.Kf1 Kf7 31.h4
Ng6 32.g3 Bb7 33.Ke2 Ne7 {Well played Simon.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Autumn Swiss"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L Jarman"]
[Black "D Morton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.10.12"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.d3 h6 8.a3 Bg4 9.
Nd2 Nd4 10.Nb3 c6 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.Be3 O-O 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4
f5 16.Bg2 f4 17.f3 {Len blocks his bishop - it never leaves its prison for
the rest of the game.} ( 17.Bf3 {trying to swap off the bishop would be
better.} ) 17...Be6 18.Qe1 Qd7 19.g4 {This move seals the bishop's fate.}
19...g5 20.b4 Qc7 21.bxa5 Rxa5 22.Qb4 Rfa8 23.Rfb1 b5 24.Rc1 bxc4 25.dxc4
c5 26.Qb2 Rb8 27.Qc2 Kg7 28.Rcb1 Rxb1+ 29.Rxb1 Rxa3 30.Qe4 Ra7 31.Rc1 Kf6
32.Kf2 Ra4 33.Qd3 Qf7 34.Qb3 Rb4 35.Qd3 Qb7 36.Rc2 Rb3 37.Qd2 Qb4 38.Qc1
Rb1 39.Qd2 Qxd2 40.Rxd2 Rc1 41.Ra2 Rxc4 42.Ra6 Rc1 43.Ra4 c4 {Len resigns
as Doug's passed c-pawn gives him an easy win.} 0-1