[Event "Bishops v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Abbott"]
[Black "A Kinder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 c6 8.Rb1 a5 9.
a3 O-O 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Be6 12.Ng5 Bc8 13.b5 h6 14.Nf3 Rf7 15.Qb3 Be6
16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Nd2 Rfa7 18.Bb2 Nfd7 19.Ra1 Nc5 20.Qc2 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Rxa1+
22.Bxa1 Qb6 23.Qa2 Nba6 24.Qb2 Qxb2 25.Bxb2 Bd7 26.Na2 Kf7 27.h4 Ke7 28.f4
Ke6 29.Kf2 Bf6 30.fxe5 dxe5 31.Ba3 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Nb4 Nxb4 34.Bxb4 Be7
35.Bc3 Bf6 36.Nf3 Be8 37.Bb4 Be7 $2 {After a very even game so far, Andrew
misses a tactic.} ( 37...Nb3 {would have kept things level.} ) 38.Nxg5+ $1
Kf6 39.Bd2 Kg6 40.Nf3 Bd6 41.Bc3 Kf6 42.d4 $4 {An oversight from Mark
which loses a piece and the game. Andrew plays the ending very sensibly
from now on.} 42...Ne4+ 43.Ke3 Nxc3 44.dxe5+ Bxe5 45.Nxe5 Kxe5 46.Kd3 Ne4
47.g4 Nf2+ 48.Kd2 Nxg4 49.Kd3 Nf2+ 50.Kc3 Ne4+ 51.Kd3 c5 52.e3 Bf7 53.Bf1
Nd6 54.Bg2 Bxc4+ 55.Kc3 Bd5 56.Bh3 Ne4+ 57.Kc2 Nf2 58.Bf1 Bf3 59.Kc3 Bd5
60.Kc2 Bf3 61.Kc3 Bd5 62.Kd2 c4 63.Kc3 Ne4+ 64.Kc2 Kd6 65.Bh3 Be6 66.Bg2
Kc5 67.Bf3 Kb4 68.Bg2 c3 69.Bh3 Bb3+ 70.Kc1 Ng3 0-1
[Event "Bishops v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Ruszelak"]
[Black "D Morton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Bc4 c6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.f3
Be6 9.Bxe6 Qxe6+ 10.Nge2 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.O-O-O Nxg3 14.hxg3
O-O-O 15.d5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Qc6 17.Qd4 Nf6 18.Nec3 Rg8 {Peter has played the
game well so far and has a clear advantage. he now thinks he spots a
clever tactic.} 19.Rxh6 $5 ( 19.Rd3 {would have been another way to keep
the pressure on.} ) 19...Rxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 $2 ( 21.Qxa7 {would
have forced Doug to play } 21...Qxd1+ 22.Kxd1 Bxh6 {when the queen and 2
pawns should be stronger than the 3 pieces.} ) 21...Nxd5 {Now it's pretty
even.} 22.Rh7 Ne3 23.Re1 Nf5 24.Rxf7 Nxg3 25.Kd2 Nh5 26.Rf5 Nf4 27.g4 e6
28.Rf7 Rh8 29.c4 $4 {missing a simple tactic.} ( 29.Re5 {keeps things
interesting.} ) 29...Bb4+ 0-1
[Event "Bishops v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Blackmore"]
[Black "F Sugden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.c3 h6 8.d3 Nge7
9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bc2 f5 11.Nb3 fxe4 12.Nxc5 dxc5 13.dxe4 Qxd1 14.Bxd1 O-O-O
15.Be3 c4 16.Ne1 Ng6 17.f3 Nf4 18.a3 g5 19.Rf2 Rd7 20.Rd2 Rxd2 21.Bxd2 Rd8
22.Be3 Nd3 23.Nxd3 cxd3 {Black has a passed pawn, but there's no way to
make progress.} 24.Kf2 Na5 25.b4 Nc4 26.Bb3 Kb7 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.Ke1 a5 29.
Kd2 Ra8 30.h3 Rf8 31.Rg1 axb4 32.cxb4 Rf6 33.Ra1 Ra6 34.Kc3 Kc8 35.Bc1 {
Josh could make some progress here by } ( 35.a4 Kb7 36.a5 {but I'm not
sure if it is enough to create real winning chances.} ) 35...Kd7 36.Kd2 c5
37.Bb2 Ke6 38.Bc3 cxb4 39.axb4 Rxa1 40.Bxa1 h5 41.Bc3 Kf6 {The game was
agreed drawn here - it looks like it's an opposite coloured bishop draw
and Josh was short of time. But the computer REALLY likes white here. An
example line 42.h4! gxh4 43.f4 Ke6 44.Bxe5 when white will move his bishop
back to c3 and use his king to help support the 2 passed pawns.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Challengers League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "R Brenton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2023.02.16"]
1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.b4 {Although it looks like white gains a pawn, this
isn't a good idea as black develops quickly and exploits the weak black
squares.} 3...a5 4.c3 axb4 5.cxb4 Qf6 6.Qc2 Qxa1 7.Nc3 Ra3 ( 7...Nc6 $1 {
is even better.} ) 8.Qb2 Qxb2 9.Bxb2 Ra8 {Black is a rook for a pawn up
and just needs to be careful.} 10.e4 Be7 11.Nb5 Rxa2 $2 {This loses most
of the advantage, as white wins back the rook.} ( 11...Kf8 {keeps the
material and black will be able to slowly unravel.} 12.a3 Nc6 13.Nf3 Rb8
14.Nd6 Bxd6 15.cxd6 b5 {and white is just material down.} ) 12.Bxg7 f6 13.
Bxh8 Kf7 14.e5 Nc6 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Bxf6 Kxf6 17.Ne2 b6 18.Nec3 Ra1+ 19.Kd2
bxc5 20.Ne4+ Kg7 21.bxc5 Ba6 22.Ng3 Bxc5 23.f3 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Ra2+ 25.Kc3
Rxg2 26.Ne4 Ba7 27.Rd1 Nd4 28.Rxd4 Bxd4+ 29.Kxd4 d5 30.Nc5 Rxh2 31.Nxe6+
Kf6 32.Nf4 h5 33.Nxd5+ Ke6 34.Nf4+ Kf5 35.Ke3 Rh1 36.Bd3+ Ke5 37.Ng6+ Kf6
38.f4 Rh3+ 39.Ke2 Rxd3 40.Kxd3 Kxg6 41.Ke4 h4 42.Kf3 Kf5 43.Kg2 Kxf4 44.
Kh3 Kg5 45.Kh2 Kg4 46.Kg2 h3+ 47.Kh2 Kh4 48.Kg1 Kg3 49.Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2