[Event "Autumn Swiss Rd 4"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.12.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Brooks"]
[Black "P Ruszelak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.12.14"]
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Qc2 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Bd2 Qc7 8.h3
Be7 9.e4 O-O 10.Be2 Na6 11.a3 Nc5 12.O-O a5 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Rac1 {This is
one waiting move too many. } ( 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Na6 16.Na2 {gives white
a small advantage.} ) 14...a4 15.Be3 Nb3 16.Rb1 Bc5 17.Bxc5 ( 17.Nxa4 Bxe3
18.fxe3 Rxa4 19.Qxb3 b5 {leads to near equality, but now black is better.}
) 17...Nxc5 18.Ng5 Rfe8 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Rd2 Nb3 21.Rd3 Nd4 22.Qd1 {Black
has a stable advantage. His minor pieces are much better than white's. The
best plan now is to consolidate with moves like ...Ree8, followed by ..Nd7
and ...Nc5 to put more pressure on white's queenside. Instead Piotr was
worried about an undermining 23.f4 so he played a move which weakens his
kingside and gives white some play.} 22...g5 23.Bg4 Rd6 24.c5 Rdd8 25.Nxa4
Nxe4 26.Nb6 Rab8 ( 26...Nxc5 {is met by } 27.Nxa8 Rxa8 28.Rxd4! exd4 29.
Qxd4 {and white is better because of the kingside weaknesses.} ) 27.b4 f5
28.Bf3 Nf6 29.Be2 Nd5 30.Nxd5 ( 30.Rxd4 {again was better.} 30...exd4 31.
Nxd5 cxd5 32.Qxd4 Qf4 33.Qf6 {and white has good play against black's
king.} ) 30...Rxd5 31.Rg3?! {Allows a simple combination which should have
led to black's advantage.} 31...Nf3+ 32.Rxf3 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Qf7 34.Rc3 Kg7
( 34...Kh8 {was best avoiding any pins on the seventh rank.} ) 35.Bc4 Qe7
( 35...Qe8 {was better although it would be difficult for black to win
this. eg} 36.Rcd3 e4 37.Rd6 e3 38.Be6 exf2+ 39.Kxf2 Qf8 40.Rd7+ Kh8 41.Rf7
Qe8 42.Re1 f4 43.a4 Ra8 44.a5 {and neither side can make progress.} ) 36.
Rcd3 Kh8 37.Rd7 Qe8 38.Bf7 Qf8 39.R1d6 {White's pieces have become very
active. Black needs to be careful and time pressure was approaching.}
39...e4 40.Be6 ( 40.a4 {was the right move } 40...Ra8 41.a5 Rb8 42.Bh5 f4
43.Rf7 Qg8 44.Rh6 Qxf7 45.Bxf7 Kg7 46.Rh5 Kxf7 47.Rxg5 Kf6 48.Rg4 Ke5 {
when the ending is better for white.} ) 40...b6? ( 40...Qf6 {should lead
to a draw.} 41.Bc4 Qa1+ 42.Bf1 f4 43.Rh6 Kg8 44.Rdxh7 Rd8 45.Kh2 Qxf1 46.
Rh8+ Kg7 47.R8h7+ {with a perpetual check.} ) 41.cxb6 Qf6 42.b7 Rxb7 {
Piotr hopes for 43.Rxb7 Qa1+ 44.Kh2 Qe5+ picking up the rook on d6 with
advantage but....} 43.Bb3 {attacking the queen wins.} 43...Qa1+ 44.Rd1 {
Black loses the queen or a rook.} 1-0
[Event "NA v Totnes D3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.12.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Piper"]
[Black "R Brenton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2023.12.14"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.d3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Be2 Be6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nh4 Qd7 11.Rb1 b6 12.f4 d4 13.c4 Qe7 14.f5 Bd7 15.Qd2
Qa3 16.Ra1 Nb4 17.Bh5 Ba4 18.Rab1 Nxc2 {Black's queenside pressure has
netted a pawn. } 19.Rfc1 Ne3 20.Rb4 Bc6 21.Rcb1 Qa5 22.g3 Qc5 23.Ng2 a5
24.R4b2 Nxg2 25.Kxg2 Ke7 26.Bd1 Rag8 27.a4 Rg7 28.Kh3 h5 29.Kh4 Bd7 30.Kh3
Rg5 31.Kg2 h4 32.g4 h3+ 33.Kg3 Qa3 34.Rb3 Qc5 35.R3b2 Rhg8 36.Kxh3 Kd8 37.
Kg3 Bxa4! {A neat move.} 38.h3 ( 38.Bxa4 {leads to a rout.} 38...Rxg4+ 39.
Kf3 Rf4+ 40.Ke2 Rg2+ 41.Ke1 Rxd2 {and black should win easily.} ) 38...
Bxd1 {Not a good decision. Richard swaps off his good bishop for his
opponent's bad one.} 39.Qxd1 Ke7 40.Rb5 ( 40.Qa4 {stopping black's queen
becoming active is better, and white's rooks can penetrate eg} 40...Kf8
41.Rb5 Qe7 42.c5 bxc5 43.Rb8+ Kg7 44.h4 {and it's curtains.} ) 40...Qa3
41.R1b3 Qd6 42.Rd5 {Again } ( 42.c5 {was better} 42...bxc5 43.Qc1 {with a
strong initiative.} ) 42...Qc6 43.h4 {Allows the following swap, but will
the queen be better than the 2 rooks?} 43...Rxg4+ 44.Qxg4 Rxg4+ 45.Kxg4
Qa4 46.Rbb5 {Now black is winning easily.} 46...Qc2 47.c5 c6 {This is
tempting but} ( 47...Qd1+ {wins immediately.} 48.Kg3 Qxd3+ 49.Kf2 Qxb5 )
48.cxb6 cxb5 ( 48...cxd5 {is better - it still threatens to win the b5
rook as in the last note. But black should still win.} ) 49.b7 Qg2+ 50.Kh5
Qf3+ ( 50...Qg8 {is the move.} 51.Rxb5 Qb8 52.Kg4 a4 53.Ra5 Qxb7 54.Rxa4
Qb3 {and black will mop up.} ) 51.Kh6 Qf4+ 52.Kh7 Qxh4+ 53.Kg7 {Black
can't get back to b8, so has to keep checking.} 1/2-1/2
[[Event "NA v Totnes D3"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.12.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "A Lopez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.12.14"]
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Qe8 8.h3 c6 9.
O-O Nbd7 10.Bh2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc2 Qe7 13.Qe2 b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.a3
Rad8 16.Rd2 Rfe8 17.Rad1 Nh5 {Black wants to advance the f-pawn, but this
moves neglects the centre.} 18.Rd6 f4 19.exf4 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Qd2 {
The pressure on the d-file wins at least a pawn, and Jack has no problems
converting the full point.} 21...Bc8 22.Qxf4 Nc5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8+
Qxd8 25.Qe3 Be6 26.b4 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Nd7 28.Nd4 Bf7 29.Nxc6 Qc7 30.b5 Nc5
31.Qd4 Qd7 32.Qxd7 Nxd7 33.Bd3 Nc5 34.Be2 Kf8 35.Nxa7 Ke7 36.f3 Ke6 37.Kf2
Ke5 38.Nc6+ Kd6 39.Ke3 Be8 40.Nd4 Na4 41.Nb3 Nc5 42.Nxc5 Kxc5 43.Kd3 Bf7
44.Kc3 Be6 45.g4 Bf7 46.f4 Be6 47.Bd3 Bg8 48.f5 g5 49.f6 Kd6 50.f7 Bxf7
51.Bxh7 Kc5 52.Bd3 Be6 53.Kd2 Kd4 54.Ke2 Bf7 55.Kd2 Be6 56.Bf1 Bf7 57.a4
Kc5 58.Ke3 Bg6 59.Bd3 Bf7 60.Kf3 Kb4 61.Ke4 Bg6+ 62.Kd4 Bxd3 63.Kxd3 Kxa4
64.Kd4 Kb4 65.Kd5 Kc3 66.c5 1-0