[Event "Challengers League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round ""]
[White "R Brenton"]
[Black "I Freestone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.03.23"]
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3 a6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O c4 8.Bc2 O-O 9.
Re1 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.e4 Nh5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.e5 Rf8 14.Ng5 g6 15.Qf3 {
Richard misses a tactic here.} ( 15.Nxh7 $1 {and if the knight is taken}
15...Kxh7 16.Qxh5+ {with a massive attack.} 16...Kg7 17.Qh6+ Kg8 18.Bxg6
fxg6 19.Qxg6+ Kh8 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Bh6 {and the only way black can stop
immediate mate is by sacrificing the bishop with} 21...Bf6 {but Iain's
position would be hopeless.} ) 15...Bxg5 16.Bxg5 f6 17.Bxf6 Qf7 18.Bh4 Qg7
19.Qg4 Bd7 20.Re3 Rf4 21.Qh3 Raf8 22.Nf3 h6 23.Bg3 R4f7 24.Rf1 Ne7 25.Re2
b5 26.Nd2 Be8 $6 27.Qxe6 Kh8 28.Bh4 $2 {Iain has battled hard and this
move gives him a chance.} 28...Nf4 29.Qg4 Nxe2+ {Iain makes the obvious
capture, but the computer recommends another move.} ( 29...g5 $1 {gives
black the upper hand.} 30.Bg3 ( 30.Re3 gxh4 31.Qxg7+ Rxg7 {also leaves
black ahead on material with an attack.} ) 30...h5 $1 31.Qf3 Nh3+ $1 {wins
the queen for insufficient compensation.} ) 30.Qxe2 Kh7 31.Bf6 Qg8 32.f4
Rxf6 33.exf6 Rxf6 {The losing move. Iain had to move the knight first.}
34.Qxe7+ Rf7 35.Qe3 Bd7 36.Rf3 Bf5 37.Bxf5 Rxf5 38.g4 Rf7 39.Qe5 g5 40.f5
Qf8 41.Qxd5 {and in this hopeless position Iain resigned.} 1-0
[Event "Competitors League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round ""]
[White "T Thynne"]
[Black "D Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.03.23"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.
e4 Nfd7 10.Qc2 Ne5 11.Nd2 g5 12.f3 Na6 13.a3 Nc7 14.b3 Bc8 15.Bb2 Bd7 16.
Nd1 b5 17.Ne3 Qc8 18.Rab1 a5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 b4 21.a4 Ne8 22.Bh3 f6
23.Rbe1 h5 24.f4 g4 25.fxe5 gxh3 26.e6 Bh6 27.Nf3 Kh7 28.Nh4 Rg8 29.Ng6
Rg7 30.Qe2 Rxg6 31.fxg6+ Kxg6 32.Qe4+ Kg7 33.Rf5 Nc7 34.Rxh5 ( 34.Rxf6 $3
{would have been a spectacular finish.} 34...exf6 35.Bxf6+ $1 Kxf6 36.Rf1+
Ke7 37.Rf7+ Ke8 38.Qg6 Nxe6 39.Rh7+ Kd8 40.Qf6+ Ke8 41.Qe7# ) 34...Qe8 35.
Rxh3 Qg6 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.Re4 f5 38.Reh4 Be3+ 39.Kf1 {Doug, the exchange
and a pawn down, feels the ending is hopeless so he resigned.} 1-0
[Event "Competitors' League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round ""]
[White "P Brooks"]
[Black "A Kinder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.03.23"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Na3 g6
9.Qd2 a6 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Nh3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bh6 b5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Na3 c4 {Andrew makes a misjudgement. It's
quite safe for Paul to take the pawn. } ( 18...b4 {is better, when Paul
has just a small advantage.} ) 19.Nxb5 Qc5+ 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.Kh1 Nd3 22.Bxd3
cxd3 23.Nf4 $1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Ra8 {A threat has been missed.} 25.Rxa8 Bxa8
26.Nfe6+! {and the queen will be lost.} 1-0
[Event "Competitors League"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Abbott"]
[Black "J Blackmore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2023.03.23"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3
Be6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 f6 11.Rfc1 Nd5 12.a3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Qd7 14.Ne4 b6 15.
Rc3 Nd4 16.b4 Rac8 17.Rac1 Nb5 18.Rc6 Bd5 19.R6c2 Nxa3 20.Rb2 Nb5 21.h4
Nd6 22.Nxd6 Bxd6 23.Ra1 c6 24.Kh2 Rc7 25.h5 Qe7 26.Nh4 f5 27.b5 f4 28.
Bxd5+ cxd5 29.Qd2 e4 30.Ng2 fxg3+ 31.fxg3 Rf2 32.Qe3 Qh4+ 33.Kg1 Qxg3 34.
Qxg3 Bxg3 35.dxe4 Rff7 36.Rb3 Be5 37.Rd1 dxe4 38.Re3 Rf5 39.Rxe4 Rxh5 40.
Rd8+ Kf7 41.Ne3 Bf6 42.Rd1 Rxb5 0-1
[Event "Newcomers Tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round ""]
[White "I Henry"]
[Black "J Brassington"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2023.03.23"]
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 c5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Ne7 7.Nc3 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.Nxd5 g6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Bxf6 Rg8 13.O-O Qd6 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Rfe1 Qxe2 16.Rxe2+ Kf7 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Rd1 Rac8 19.c4 Be7 20.
b3 g5 21.g4 h5 22.Ne5+ Kf6 23.f3 Rge8 24.Nd7+ Kf7 25.Nb6 Bc5+ 26.Kf1 Bxb6
27.Rd7+ Kf8 28.Rxb7 Bc7 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.h3 Kd7 31.Ra7 a5 32.Ra6 Bf4 33.
gxh5 Ke7 34.Rxa5 Rd8 35.Ra7+ Kf8 36.h6 Kg8 37.a4 Rd1+ 38.Ke2 Rd2+ 39.Ke1
Rb2 40.Rb7 Bg3+ 41.Kd1 Rb1+ 42.Ke2 Re1+ 43.Kd3 Be5 44.Re7 Rd1+ 45.Ke2 Bf6
46.h7+ Kh8 47.Re8+ Kxh7 48.Kxd1 1-0