[Event "NA v DHSB Div 4"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.19"]
[Round ""]
[White "D Phaneuf"]
[Black "E Coulson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.10.19"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbd2
O-O-O 9.e4 dxe4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxe4 h5 12.h3 Bxf3 {Evan has a good attack
here and he needn't swap off. eg} ( 12...Bf4 {and if} 13.hxg4 $2 ( 13.g3
f5 14.Ned2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Bxh3 {is also much better for black. eg} 16.Rfe1
h4 {and if } 17.Nxh4 Rxh4 18.gxh4 Qxh4 {followed by Rg8+ and mate.} )
13...hxg4 14.Nfd2 Bh2+ 15.Kh1 f5 {and black will blast through on the
h-file.} ) 13.Bxf3 h4 14.c3 Ne5 15.Nxd6+ Qxd6 16.d4 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Rh6 18.
Rfe1 Rg8 19.Kh1 Rhg6 20.Rg1 {White has got everything covered and now it's
time for Evan to think about defence.} 20...R8g7 ( 20...c6 {anticipating a
potential d5 break was much better.} ) 21.Rae1 Qa6 22.d5 $1 Qxa2 {The
queen moves far away from the action - black is now lost.} 23.dxe6 fxe6
24.Rxe6 Rg8 25.Qf5 {The threat of the discovered check is decisive.} 25...
b6 26.Re2+ Kb7 27.Rxa2 Rg5 28.Qe4+ Kb8 29.Rd2 f5 30.Qf3 {and white won
after a few more moves.} 1-0
[Event "Bishops v Abbots "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.19"]
[Round ""]
[White "J Wills"]
[Black "J Blackmore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.10.19"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 a5 11.Rc1 Ba6 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.Rxc5 h6 15.
Bxf6 exf6 16.Qc2 Rfc8 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.Be4 Bf8 19.Rc3 ( 19.Bxg6 Bxc5 ( 19...
fxg6 20.Qxg6+ Bg7 21.Nh4 Qd8 22.Nf5 Rc7 23.Nxh6+ Kf8 24.Nf5 {gives white 3
pawns and an attack for the piece.} ) 20.dxc5 Qc7 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Be4 Re8
23.Nd4 {is the computer's suggestion. White's active pieces and black's
damaged pawn structure certainly give white good compensation.
} ) 19...Bb4 20.Rb3 c5 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Qb1 Rac8 24.Rxc5 Rxc5
25.h3 ( 25.Nd4 Qc7 26.Ne2 {was the only way for Jack to keep his head
above water.
} ) 25...Qc7 26.Rc3 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Rxc3 28.Qf1 Rc1 29.Ne1 Qc3 0-1
[Event "Bishops v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.19"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Abbott"]
[Black "P Ruszelak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2023.10.19"]
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.d3 Qd7 8.O-O Bh3
9.Nd5 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Nge7 11.Nec3 Nd4 12.Bg5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 h6 14.Bf6 O-O 15.
Qd2 c6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ne3 f5 18.f4 Rae8 19.Rae1 exf4 20.Rxf4 fxe4 21.dxe4
Rxf4 22.Qxd4+ Rf6 23.Rf1 Qe6 24.Ng4 Rf8 25.Nxf6 Rxf6 26.b4 Kf7 27.Rxf6+
Qxf6 28.Qxf6+ Kxf6 29.Kf3 Ke5 30.Ke3 d5 31.exd5 cxd5 32.c5 $6 {Piotr has
coped well with Mark's potentially dangerous Botvinnik system, and the
game was heading for a draw. Here, Mark tries to take advantage of his
queenside pawn majority but....} 32...d4+ 33.Kd3 Kd5 34.a3 a5 $6 {Piotr
misses his chance.} ( 34...a6 $1 {and black will win the tempo war. eg }
35.h3 ( 35.h4 h5 36.a4 a5 {is no better.} ) ( 35.Kc2 Kc4 {and black's king
will penetrate decisively.} ) 35...a5 $1 36.g4 g5 {and white is in
zugzwang. Another chapter in the 'Pawn Endings are Incredibly Difficult'
saga.} ) 35.h3 axb4 36.axb4 g5 37.g4 Ke5 38.b5 Kd5 39.c6 bxc6 40.b6 Kd6
41.Kxd4 c5+ 42.Kc4 Kc6 43.b7 Kxb7 44.Kxc5 Kc7 45.Kd5 Kd7 46.Ke5 Ke7 47.Kf5
Kf7 48.Ke5 Ke7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Bishops v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.19"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Kinder"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2023.10.19"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.Nc3
Qd8 9.Be3 Nf6 10.O-O Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bc4 Rc8 14.Ba2 a6 15.Rc1
b5 16.b4 Qd6 17.d5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Ne5 21.Qb7 Rb8
22.Qe4 Rbd8 23.Bc5 ( 23.Rfe1 {threatening 24.Bc5 was better.} 23...Ng6 24.
Rc6 Qd3 25.Qxd3 Rxd3 26.Rxa6 {leaves white a pawn ahead for insufficient
compensation.} ) 23...Qf6 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Rfe1 Rfe8 26.Rc5 Nc6 27.Qxe7
Rxe7 28.Rxe7 Nxe7 29.Rc7 Kf8 30.Ra7 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Ke8 32.Ra8+ Kd7 33.Bxf7
Rd6 34.Ra7+ Kd8 35.Bh5 g6 36.Bg4 ( 36.Bf3 {was another way of activating
the bishop. eg} 36...h6 37.Bb7 Rb6 38.Bxa6 Nc6 39.Ra8+ Kc7 40.h4 Nd4 41.
Bc8 {and white has won another pawn but it's still not an easy win. Both
players were short on time too.} ) 36...h6 37.Ra8+ Kc7 38.Rh8 h5 39.Bf3
Rf6 40.Ra8 Nf5 41.Ra7+ Kb8 42.Ra8+ Kc7 43.Ra7+ {White might still have an
advantage but it's difficult to see a clear path to victory.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Bishops v Abbots"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.10.19"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "P Brooks"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2023.10.19"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3
h6 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Ng6 {Alan calculates that he can win the exchange, but
it's not so simple!} 10...Nb6 11.Nxf8 ( 11.Bb3 {was better.} ) 11...Nxc4
12.Qd3 Nb6 {The knight is trapped - Alan must sacrifice with} 13.Ng6 fxg6
14.Qxg6 Qe8 {Now he has to swap off queens and Paul has the advantage.}
15.Qxe8+ Nxe8 16.Re1 Nf6 17.Nb5 Bb4 18.Re2 Nbd5 19.Bd2 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Bd7
21.Nc3 Re8 22.f3 Nxc3 23.bxc3 Bb5 24.Kf2 Nd5 ( 24...Bc4 {was the way to
enforce the blockade.eg} 25.a4 Nd5 26.Rb2 b6 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 a5 {
leaves white very uncomfortable. Now Alan creates a bit more breathing
space.} ) 25.Rb1 Ba6 26.c4 Nb6 27.c5 Nd5 28.g3 Nc3 {Black might still be
better but it's less clear. Paul was happy with the draw against Alan.}
1/2-1/2