[Event "Competitors League"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.04.20"] [Round ""] [White "M Abbott"] [Black "A Brusey"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2023.04.20"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Be5 f6 10.Bg3 Bf5 {Mark missed this move which gives black the advantage.} 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.e3 O-O 13.Bb5 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Na5 15.Qb2 c6 16.Be2 b5 17.Nf3 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Nd2 h5 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.f3 Bd3 22.h4 Re8 23. Kd2 {Mark chooses the wrong side.} ( 23.Kf2 Qe7 24.Rae1 {keeps the king safer.} ) 23...Qe7 24.Rae1 g4 25.Qb4 a5 26.Qb6 Qe6 ( 26...Ra6 $1 {is an amazing shot.} 27.Qxa6 ( 27.Qb2 Ra7 28.Bf4 Rb7 {and Alan will invade down the b-file.} ) 27...Qa3 {and mate is on the cards.} ) 27.e4 {Mark tries to get activity but Alan keeps control. He wins a pawn and gradually builds an attack.} 27...dxe4 28.fxe4 Bxe4 29.Re3 Qd5 30.Rhe1 Bg6 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Bxe8 33.Qb8 Qe4 34.Kc1 Kg7 35.Qb7+ Bf7 {White's king is more vulnerable than black's.} 36.Qb8 Qxg2 37.a4 Qf3 38.Kb2 Qe2+ 39.Ka3 Qd3 40. Be1 Qd1 41.Qg3 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "Competitors League"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.04.20"] [Round ""] [White "P Ruszelak"] [Black "J Blackmore"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2023.04.20"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nf6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.O-O g6 7.e5 Nd5 8.d4 Bg7 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Be3 Qd6 13.Bd4 f6 14.Qd2 O-O 15.b4 Re8 16.Rac1 Bb7 17.Bc5 Qc6 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.a4 a6 20.a5 e5 21.Nb3 Bc6 22.Bb6 d4 23.c3 Qd5 {The fork, threatening mate, wins a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Div 2 Teignmouth v NA"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round ""] [White "T Thynne"] [Black "P Halmkin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2023.04.18"] 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 b6 4.Ngf3 Bb7 5.g3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O Qc7 9.Re1 Nc6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Nf1 O-O 12.h4 Rfe8 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.Bh3 Nf8 15.N1h2 Ng6 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.hxg5 d4 18.Ng4 Nb4 19.Bg2 Rb8 20.a3 Na6 21.Qd2 Nc7 22. c4 Qe7 23.Re2 a6 24.a4 Qd7 {Trefor has been trying to build an attack on the kingside which Peter has defended well. Here, when they agreed a draw, Trefor has a chance. 25.Nf6+ is a strong sacrifice. 25...gxf6 26.gxf6 Kh8 27.Ng5 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 and white can build an attack on the h-file.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Div 2 Teignmouth v NA"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round ""] [White "J Wills"] [Black "I Henry"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2023.04.18"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Nge7 6.c4 Bxg3 7.hxg3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qd6 9.Qc2 h6 10.a3 a6 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.g4 Nf6 14.g5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16.Qf4 Qd6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qf8 19.gxh6 gxh6 20.Qf6 h5 21.g4 Qh6 22.Rxh5 Qxf6 23.exf6 O-O-O 24.Ke2 b5 25.Bd3 Rxh5 26.gxh5 Rh8 27.Rh1 Rh6 28.e4 e5 29.Ke3 c5 30.f4 exf4+ 31.Kxf4 Rxf6+ 32.Kg5 Re6 33.h6 Re8 34. Kf6 {The king will shepherd the pawn to promotion.} 1-0

[Event "Div 2 Teignmouth v NA"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round ""] [White "R Hart"] [Black "N Narayanan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2023.04.18"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.a3 e5 5.b4 Bxb4 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 c6 11.d3 O-O-O 12.Ng5 Bg6 13.Bxf7 Rdf8 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Nce4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bc7 17.Qg4 Qb6 18.Rab1 c5 19.Bxe5 Qc6 20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.g3 Kb8 22.Re3 Ne5 23.Qe2 Qc8 24.Ng5 Ng4 25.Re7 b6 26.f3 Nxh2 27.Qe5+ Ka8 28.Qd5+ Kb8 {The players agreed a draw when white has a forced mate in 5! 29.Qd6+ Ka8 30.Rxa7+ Kxa7 31.Qxb6+ Ka8 32.Qa5+ Qa6 33.Qxa6#. A lucky escape for Niranjana.} 1/2-1/2