[Event "Competitors League"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.01.26"] [Round ""] [White "D Morton"] [Black "M Abbott"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2023.01.26"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 {Doug likes to play gambits in the opening.} 3... Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Bc4 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.c3 c5 8.d5 {Perhaps 8.dxc5 is better. } 8...exf3 9.Qxf3 O-O 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.Nf3 Rc8 14.O-O-O c4 15.Bc2 Qa5 16.Kb1 Rfd8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rxd5 19.Rxd5 Qxd5 20.Be4 Qb5 21.Bxa7 Nd3 {Doug's attack hasn't really gone anywhere, and now Mark is lining up his pieces against Doug's king.} 22.Bd4 e5 23.Be3 f5 24.Bxd3 cxd3 25.Qe1 e4 26.Bd2 Qd5 27.f4 b5 28.a3 b4 $1 {Mark breaks through on the queenside.} 29.axb4 {If} ( 29.cxb4 Qb3 30.Bc3 Rxc3 31.Rh2 Rc2 {and there's no stopping check mate.} ) ( 29.c4 {lasts a bit longer, but } 29...Rxc4 { followed by 30.Rc2 is killing.} ) 29...Ra8 {A quick mate follows.} 0-1

[Event "Competitors League"] [Site ""] [Date "2023.01.26"] [Round ""] [White "T Thynne"] [Black "C Howard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2023.01.26"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.O-O Be7 10.f3 b5 11.a3 O-O 12.g4 Nb6 13.g5 Nfd7 14.Qd2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Rf2 Qc7 17.Rd1 a5 18.Nc1 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rfb8 22.Nd3 Qc4 23.Ne1 Ra2 24.b3 Qa6 25.Qd3 Qa5 26.h4 Bd8 27.Rfd2 Bb6 28.Ng2 Qa7 29.Kh2 Qc7 30.h5 Rc8 31.c4 Rxd2 32.Qxd2 Bc5 33.Ra1 Qb6 34.Bxc5 Nxc5 35.Qe3 Rb8 36.Kg3 g6 37.h6 Qd8 38.Ra7 {Trefor's position looks threatening, but Charlie's sacrifice reveals the down side of the advanced pawns.} 38...Nxb3 39.Qxb3 Qxg5+ {Now Charlie has at least a perpetual check.} 40.Kf2 Qd2+ 41.Kg3 Qxh6 42.Ne3 Qf4+ 43.Kg2 h5 44.Ra4 e4 45.fxe4 Qxe4+ {Surprisingly } ( 45...Re8 {gives black a strong attack. eg} 46.Rxb4 Rxe4 {and the knight can't be saved. If it moves eg} 47.Nd1 {it's mate in 3.} 47...Re2+ 48.Nf2 Rxf2+ 49.Kg1 Qh2# ) 46.Kf2 Qd4 47.Kf3 Qc5 48.Nc2 Re8 49.Rxb4 Qg1 50.Rb8 Qf1+ {Charlie has to take the perpetual.} 1/2-1/2