[Event "KO Cup South Hams v NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "A Brusey"]
[Black "S Levy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.cxd5
exd5 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.b4 a6 13.a4 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.
Rb1 Qc7 16.Bd2 c4 17.Bc2 {This position should be better for white, but
black will hope to make something of his passed c-pawn. Alan now sets out
to advance in the centre.} 17...Bc6 18.f3 Rab8 19.e4 {Maybe this is
premature.} ( 19.Rxb8 Qxb8 20.Re2 Nf8 21.Be1 {moving his pieces to better
squares before the advance is more promising.} ) 19...Rxb1 20.Bxb1 dxe4
21.Nxe4?! {The knight on c3 performs a good job blockading the c-pawn.
It's better to keep it on the board.} 21...Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Nf6 23.Bxc6?! {
Again the swap-off helps black.} 23...Qxc6 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 {The smoke has
cleared and black is better, because queen and knight generally are more
efficient than queen and bishop.} 25.Kf2 h6 26.Qc2 Qc6 27.Bb4 Nd5 {The
knight has a great outpost here, and it supports the advance of the
c-pawn.} 28.Bc5 c3 29.g3 Qb7 30.Ke2 a5 31.Ba3 Qc6 32.Bc5 Qd7 {Steve keeps
probing with his queen.} 33.Kf2 Qh3 34.Kg1 Qe6 35.Ba3 Qe1+ {Alan loses his
queen to a fork next move. It's also mate in 4!} 0-1
[Event "South Hams v Bishops"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.03.21"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Brooks"]
[Black "S Levy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.03.21"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 d5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.cxd5
exd5 9.Qc2 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.b3 Rc8 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Rac1 Rfe8
15.Qb1 Qb8 16.h3 {The game has been fairly sleepy so far, and now Steve
tries the typical breakthrough. } 16...d4 17.Ne4 dxe3 18.fxe3 Nxe4 19.Bxe4
Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Bg5 21.Qg4! {This was the move Steve missed. } 21...Bf6 (
21...Bxe3+ 22.Kh1 g6 23.Rxd7 Bxc1 24.Bxc1 {leads to a position which
should be advantageous for white. eg} 24...Rcd8 25.Bg5 h5 26.Qa4 Rxd7 27.
Qxd7 a6 28.Qd5 {and white's two pieces are better than the rook.} ) 22.
Bxf6?! ( 22.Rxd7 {was much better. The attack on f7 gives white the
initiative.} 22...Bxb2 23.Rf1 Rc7 24.Ng5 Re7 25.Rfd1 Rcxd7 26.Rxd7 Bf6 27.
Ne4 {again leaves white better. } ) 22...Nxf6 23.Qf4 Qb7 24.Rc4?? {Totally
forgetting that he needs to control d5, Paul blunders.} 24...Nd5 25.Qg5?
Nxe3 26.Rdc1 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 h6 28.Qc1 Re4 {Paul can either swap rooks, or
take the pawn on c5, which after 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Qxc5 Qb6 leads to a
completely lost endgame of knight v rook.} 0-1
[Event "KO Cup South Hams v NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "C Black"]
[Black "T Thynne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bg5 d6 8.Nc3
Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd3 Rb8 12.Bb3 Be7 13.Qe3 Qb6 14.Qg3 Qc5 {
Maybe} ( 14...Kh8 {hoping to advance the f-pawn was better.} ) 15.Rad1 Be6
16.Na4 Qb4 17.Qe3 Qa5 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.b3 Rf6 20.Rd3 Qc7 21.c4 Rbf8 22.f3
Rg6 23.Re1 Bg5 24.Qe2 Bh4 25.Red1 Be7 {The position is fairly tense. Cathy
advances the c-pawn.} 26.c5 d5 27.exd5?! ( 27.b4 {keeping the position
blocked is more likely to favour Cathy's knight.} ) 27...exd5 28.Re1 Re6
29.b4 a5 30.a3 axb4 31.axb4 Rf4 32.Qd2 {Trefor is better here, but he
doesn't find the best sequence of moves.} 32...Qb8 ( 32...Bg5 33.Nb6 Re4!
34.Qc3 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 {leaves Trefor with the more active pieces.} ) 33.Nb6
Qc7 {Now it's level again.} 34.g3 Rf8 35.Kg2 Bf6 36.b5 cxb5 37.Nxd5 Qxc5
38.Nxf6+ gxf6? 39.Rd5 {Cathy misses a chance.} ( 39.Rc1! {gives white a
winning attack against the weakened king.} 39...Qb6 40.Rd7 Rf7 ( 40...f5
41.Qg5+ Rg6 42.Qe7 {and there's no defence.} ) 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.Rdd8 Ra7 43.
Rg8+ Kf7 44.Qd3 e4 45.Qd5 {and black is tied in knots.} ) 39...Qe7 40.Rxb5
Rd8 41.Qa2 Kg7 {There's nothing in it so the players agreed a draw.}
1/2-1/2
[Event "KO Cup South Hams v NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Ruszelak"]
[Black "P McConnell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Re1+ Nge7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9.Ne2 a6 ( 9...Bg4 {makes life awkward for white.} 10.Ng3 Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 {loses a clear pawn, so white might have to accept the worse
structure by playing 11.gxf3} ) 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.Bf4 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Ng6 13.Bxd6
Qxd6 14.h4 h6 15.h5 Nge7 16.Ng3 Rfe8 17.Re2 Qf6 18.Rae1 Rad8 {Black might
be better to cover up on the e-file with 18.Nd8 followed by Ne6.} 19.c3
Nb8 20.Nf5 Nbc6 21.a4 Kf8 22.Nxe7 Rxe7 23.Qh7 {The queen is a nuisance
here.} 23...g5 24.Rxe7 Nxe7 25.Ne5 Qg7 26.Qd3 Ng8 27.Qf5 Ne7 ( 27...Nf6 {
gives some hope of survival although black is still struggling.} ) 28.Nd7+
Ke8 29.Nf6+ Kf8 30.Nh7+ ( 30.Qe5 {is more clinical.} 30...Re8 {and white
can take his time as black has no moves. eg} 31.c4 dxc4 32.d5 Qh8 33.d6
cxd6 34.Qxd6 {and black is in a complete stranglehold.} ) 30...Ke8 31.Re5
c6 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.Nd7+ Ke8 34.Nc5 Rb8 {Now white wins a piece and all he
has to do is mop up.} 35.Qd7+ Kf8 36.Qxe7+ Kg8 37.Qc7 Qf8 38.Nd7 Rc8 39.
Nxf8 Rxc7 40.Re8 Kg7 41.Rd8 Re7 42.Kf1 f5 43.Nd7 Kf7 44.Ne5+ Ke6 45.Rh8 f4
46.Rxh6+ Kf5 47.f3 Re6 48.Rxe6 Kxe6 49.Kf2 b5 50.a5 c5 51.b4 cxd4 52.cxd4
Kf6 53.h6 1-0
[Event "KO Cup South Hams V NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "T Hurt"]
[Black "R Randhawa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.a3
Rc8 9.Ne2 Nge7 10.O-O Nf5 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Rc1 Qxb2 13.Nbc3 Qb6 14.Rab1 Qd8
15.Rxb7 Bxa3 16.Rcb1 Be7 17.Nb5 a6 18.Na7 Nxa7 19.Rxa7 Ra8 20.Qxa6 Rxa7
21.Qxa7 O-O 22.Nc3 Qa8 23.Qb6 Qc8 24.Rc1 Qb8 25.Rb1 Qxb6 26.Rxb6 Nxd4 27.
Rb7 {Ronit has played well, but he has to be accurate here.} 27...Nc6 (
27...Ra8 {threatening mate, is the move.} 28.h3 Ra1+ 29.Kh2 Bf8 {leaves
black a clear pawn ahead with good chances of converting to a win.} ) 28.
Rc7 Nxe5? ( 28...Ra8 {is still correct.} 29.h3 Ra6 30.Rc8+ Bf8 {and black
is still better. Now Trevor wins material and eventually the game.} ) 29.
Rxe7 Nc4 30.Be1 Rd8 31.Kf1 Kf8 32.Rc7 Ne5 33.Ke2 d4 34.Ne4 d3+ 35.Kd2 Rd4
36.f3 f5 37.Bf2 Ra4 38.Nc3 Rb4 39.Bc5+ Ke8 40.Bxb4 Kd8 41.Rxg7 Nc4+ 42.
Kxd3 Nb2+ 43.Kd4 1-0
[Event "KO Cup South Hams v NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "S Howard"]
[Black "A Doble"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 c4 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 b6 10.Nh2 Bb7 11.f4 e6 12.Qd1 b5 13.Qe1 a5 14.Ng4 b4 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Nf3 bxc3 17.bxc3 a4 18.Ba3 Be7 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Bd1 a3 21.Bc2 Qc7 22.Qh4
Kg7 23.Ne5 h5 {Simon has a small advantage here, but his next move is a
mistake which loses the game.} 24.Qg5? ( 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Rh8 26.Qg3 {is
a small advantage for white.} ) 24...f6 25.Qg3 fxe5 26.fxe5 Nf5 27.Bxf5
exf5 28.Rab1 Bc6 29.Rb4 Rab8 30.Rfb1 Rxb4 31.Rxb4 Rb8 32.Rxb8 Qxb8 33.Qg5
Qf8 34.Kf2 Bb5 35.e6 Qf6 0-1
[Event "KO Cup South Hams v NA"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round ""]
[White "L Howarth"]
[Black "R Hammond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2024.03.14"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 Nc6 8.Rc1 a6
9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 b4 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Be4 ( 13.Qa4+ {wins the
knight.} ) 13...Rb8 14.d5 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Nxd5 16.c4 f5 17.cxd5 ( 17.Ne5 {is
a good attacking move.} 17...Qf6 18.Qh5+ g6 19.Nxg6 Rg8 20.Nf4+ Qf7 21.
cxd5 fxe4 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.Rxc7+ Kf6 {leaves white well ahead.} ) 17...
fxe4 18.Qa4+ Bd7 19.Qxe4 Qe7 20.O-O Rc8 21.Rfd1 g5 22.d6 ( 22.Ne5 {is very
good again.} ) 22...cxd6 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qa4+ Qd7 25.Qxd7+ Kxd7 26.e4 Ke7
27.Nd4 Bb7 28.f3 e5 ( 28...Ra8 {is correct with the idea of pushing the
a-pawn.} ) 29.Nf5+ Ke6 30.Nxd6 ( 30.Rxd6+ {wins the bishop on b7.} ) 30...
Bc6 31.Nf5 a5 32.Rd6+ Kf7 33.Rxc6 Ra8 34.Rxh6 a4 35.Ne3 a3 36.Nc2 a2 {Rhys
hopes the a-pawn will save him, but it shouldn't.} 37.Kf2 Rb8 38.Ra6 ( 38.
Kg3 {is best.} 38...Rb2 39.Na1 Rb1 40.Ra6 Rxa1 41.h3 Ke7 42.Kg4 Rg1 43.
Rxa2 Kf6 44.Kh5 {wins.} ) 38...Rb2 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Rc7 {The final mistake.}
40...Rxc2+ ( 40...a1=Q {is even better.} ) 41.Rxc2 a1=Q 42.Rc6+ Kf7 43.Kg3
{Rhys mates quickly.} 43...Qe1+ 44.Kg4 Qh4+ 45.Kf5 Qf4# 0-1