[Event "Exeter Juniors vs Tiverton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knowles, John"]
[Black "Keat, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 {
No threat to Black's survival, of course, but solid enough.} 4... Nc6 5. Nc3
Nf6 6. Bd3 {An invitation to play an IQP game.} 6... Bd6 (6... cxd4 7. exd4
dxc4 8. Bxc4 8... Be7 {
unbalances the position, if Black wants to play that way instead.}) 7. O-O O-O
8. a3 8... Ng4 {A bit early, and a bit loose.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 (10. dxc5 $1
10... Bxc5 11. Nxd5 $1 {Exposes the looseness of Black's position.}) 10... Nf6
11. Qc2 g6 (11... c4 {grabs a bit of space} 12. Be2 Bh3 13. Re1 Re8) 12. Nb5 b6
(12... c4 13. Be2 13... Bf5 $1 14. Qd1 14... Be7 {
keeps the Bishop pair, with a small advantage.}) 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1 Bg4 15.
dxc5 15... bxc5 {Black has the hanging pawns, and chances of attack; White has
chances of weakening the defences of the pawns.} 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. b3 17... d4
$5 {Right idea, wrong timing.} (17... Ne5 $5) (17... Rad8 $5) (17... Rac8 $5)
18. f3 $6 (18. Nc4 $1) 18... Rxe3 $6 (18... Ne5 $1 {
is best, but not easy to see!} 19. fxg4 19... dxe3 $1 20. Rxe3 (20. Nc4 20...
Qxd3 $1) 20... Qd4 $1) 19. Rxe3 dxe3 20. Nc4 20... e2 $1 21. Bxe2 $4 (21. Bb2
$1 {was necessary, and wins a pawn}) 21... Qd4+ {
Not sure how far back saw this idea, but it wins.} 22. Kg2 22... Qxa1 {
Black will be fine if only the Queen can escape! But it can...} 23. Bb2 Qe1 24.
Bc3 (24. fxg4 Re8 25. Bd3 25... Nxg4 $19 {With a safe exchange plus for Black.}
26. Bc3 Qe6 27. h3 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 Nd4) 24... Bxf3+ $6 (24... Nd4 $1 {wins} 25.
Bxd4 Bf5 26. Bc3 (26. Qb2 cxd4) 26... Bxc2 27. Bxe1 Re8 28. Kf2 28... Bxb3 $19)
(24... Bf5 $2 25. Qb2) 25. Bxf3 25... Qe6 {
Black is still winning, but running very short of time.} 26. Qb2 Nd5 27. Bd2
Nd4 28. Bh6 Re8 29. b4 29... cxb4 $2 (29... Nf5 30. Bg5 cxb4 31. axb4) 30. Qxd4
Nf6 31. axb4 Re7 32. Bg5 Kg7 33. Bxf6+ Qxf6 34. Qxf6+ 34... Kxf6 {About equal.
If Black keeps the King and Rook on opposite coloured squares, there will be
no forks or pins.} 35. Kf2 Kg5 36. Ne3 f5 37. h4+ Kh6 38. Nd5 Re5 39. b5 g5 40.
hxg5+ Kxg5 41. b6 $6 {If White is trying to win, the swap should be avoided.}
41... axb6 42. Nxb6 h5 (42... f4 43. Nc4 (43. g4) 43... Rc5 $11) 43. Nc4 Re7 (
43... Rb5 $1) 44. Ne3 44... f4 $2 45. gxf4+ 45... Kxf4 $4 {Oops.} (45... Kg6 $1
) 46. Nd5+ Kg5 47. Nxe7 h4 48. Kg2 Kf4 49. Bc6 Kg4 50. Bd7+ Kg5 51. Kh3 Kh5 52.
Nf5 Kg5 53. Nxh4 {KBNvK is a win, but is the hardest mate without pawns.
Black resigned here, with 40 seconds left, and White showed he knew how to
carry out the checkmate.} 53... Kf6 (53... Kf6 54. Kg4 Ke5 55. Kg5 Kd6 56. Be8
Ke5 57. Nf3+ Kd5 58. Kf5) 1-0
{White played an unknown system and got a bit lost. Trying to save a pawn, White lost one piece and should have lost another. The position settled down with Black dominant, and White never really had a chance.}
See also: http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/making-it-you-go-along
[Event "Exeter Juniors vs Tiverton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Trott, Tomas"]
[Black "Thorpe-Tracey, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "52"]
1. d4 {
I've not seen you play this before.} 1... Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5.
e4 d6 6. Bf4 {Making it up as you go along?} 6... Nbd7 7. Nf3 7... c5 {
I expect Black has played these moves many times before. I don't think anyone
has played White's system before! After Bg2 they usually play Nge2 h3 and Be3,
keeping the long white diagonal free.} 8. e5 $2 {
The Nf6 can unmask an attack from the Bg7, so White loses at least one pawn.}
8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 cxd4 10. Nd5 $4 {Makes things much worse} 10... Nxd5 11. Nxf7
$2 11... Rxf7 (11... Kxf7 {is also winning} 12. Bxd5+ e6 13. Bg2) 12. Bxd5 e6 (
12... Qa5+ $1 {wins on the spot} 13. Bd2 Qxd5) 13. Bxe6 Qe8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15.
Bxf7+ 15... Qxf7 {White is not so far behind on material, but Black's pieces
completely dominate the game.} 16. O-O Bf5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 (17... Re8 $1) 18. c3
$6 18... d3 $1 19. Qe3 b6 20. f3 Qd5 21. g4 Bc8 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Bf4 Ba6 24. a3
24... Ne6 $1 25. Bg3 Rxf3 26. Qd2 26... Ng5 {White lost on time.} 0-1
{Black wins a pawn but misses a discovery to lose a piece. Black keeps going and eventually finds a perpetual check.}
[Event "Exeter Juniors vs Tiverton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reardon, John"]
[Black "Whittington, Reece"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "113"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3
c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Re1+ Ne7 10. Nbd2 Qb6 11.
Rf1 O-O 12. b4 Bd6 13. Be2 $2 13... Qc7 $1 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 15... Qxc3 {
Black has won a pawn.} 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Bb2
Rac8 21. Qd4 Nf6 (21... Nf5 22. Qxa7 22... Neg3 $1) 22. Rfe1 Nc6 23. Qd2 23...
Qd8 $2 (23... Ne4 $1) ({During the game I got interested in} 23... Be5 $2 {but}
24. Rxc6 $1) 24. b5 (24. Bxf6 $1 {wins back the pawn} 24... gxf6 (24... Qxf6
25. Qxd5) 25. Rcd1) 24... Ne7 (24... Ne4) 25. a4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 26... Nh5 $2 {
That's a dodgy move! The Knight moves towards the edge and is undefended and
is in the line of the Be2. Yes, it does threaten ...Bf4,but} (26... Ng6 $1 {
Makes the same threat with good move.} 27. Bxf6 27... Qxf6 $1 28. Qxd5 $4 28...
Nf4 $1) 27. Be5 {White spots the threat.} 27... Bxe5 28. Nxe5 28... f6 $4 29.
Nd3 $2 {But why is White happy to block the Queen?} (29. Bxh5 $1 29... g6 (
29... fxe5 30. Bxe8 {with the Exchange for White}) 30. Ng4 Qd6 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32.
Bf3 {with an extra piece for White}) 29... Ng6 $4 30. Bxh5 $1 {That's why!}
30... Re7 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Nf4 g5 33. Ne2 b6 34. Nd4 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Nc6
Qd7 37. Qe3 Kf7 38. Qe2 d4 39. Qc4+ Kf8 40. Nxd4 g4 41. Ne6+ Ke7 42. Nxg7 gxh3
43. Qe4+ Kf7 44. Nf5 hxg2 45. Kxg2 45... Qe6 $4 46. Qb7+ $4 (46. Qxe6+ Kxe6 47.
Ne3 Kd6 48. f4 Kc5 49. Kf3 Kb4 50. Nd5+ Kxa4 51. Nc7 Kb4 52. Ke4 Kc5 53. Kf5
Kd6 54. Na6 Ke7 55. Nb4) 46... Kf8 47. Qg7+ Ke8 48. Qh7 48... Qe4+ {Draw?} 49.
Kg3 Qe5+ 50. f4 Qe1+ 51. Kg4 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 Qe1+ 53. Kf3 Qf1+ 54. Ke4 Qg2+ 55.
Ke3 Qg1+ 56. Ke4 Qg2+ 57. Kd4 1/2-1/2
{White started very well but the position became blocked and difficult. Trying to get something going, you played a poor move, and things then went from bad to worse.}
[Event "Exeter Juniors vs Tiverton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Trott, Becky"]
[Black "Brinkley, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 Be7 5. Bxf4 Nf6 6. Nc3
O-O 7. Bc4 7... c6 {White has a dream of a position, but how to make use of
it? The answer has to be: complete development, then look for a breakthrough.}
8. d5 $6 {You have a Bishop on c4, but this spoils its view of f7. Really,
you want to keep the position open, so your better pieces can make use of the
open lines.} 8... c5 (8... b5 $5) 9. Qd3 Nh5 10. g3 (10. Be3 $1 {
keeps the Bishop pair.}) 10... Bg4 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. h4 (12. h3) 12... Re8 13.
Rd2 Bf8 14. Re1 f6 15. Bb5 15... a6 $1 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. e5 $2 {This is the
right sort of idea but is bad right now. With your pawn still on d4, it's much
better.} 17... Qf5 $2 (17... fxe5 $1) 18. Qe3 $4 (18. Qxf5 $1 18... Bxf5 19. e6
$1 {with a big plus for White.o}) 18... fxe5 {Netting the Bf4.} 19. Ne4 $2
19... exf4 20. gxf4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qh5 $2
24... Re1+ 25. Rd1 25... Rxd1+ $4 (25... Qxf4+ $1 26. Kb1 26... Qd2 $1 $19) 26.
Qxd1 Qxf4+ 27. Qd2 $4 {
Whatever hopes White has left, they must involve the Queen.} 27... Qxd2+ 28.
Kxd2 h5 29. a4 Kf7 30. Kd3 Kf6 31. Ke4 Be7 32. Kf4 g6 33. Kg3 Ke5 34. c4 {
There was a bit more of this, but I don't have the heart for it!} 0-1