In order to get a bit of material to think about a future training event, Devon U9 Team co-Manager, Ben Sturt, took on the might of the U9 entry in a 7-board mini-simul.

These were the games... more on this later!

[Event "Mini-simul"] 
[Site "Churston Grammar"] 
[Date "2016. 1.10"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Sturt,Ben"] 
[Black "U9"] 
[Result "*"] 
[ECO "C40"] 
[EventDate "2016. 1.10"]


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bb4 3. c3 Nf6 4. cxb4 Nxe4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. d3 Nxf2 7. Kxf2 Qf6+ 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd2 Nd4 10. Bc3 Nxf3 11. Bxf6  *

[Event "Mini-simul"] 
[Site "Churston Grammar"] 
[Date "2016.10.01"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Sturt,Ben"] 
[Black "U9"] 
[Result "*"] 
[ECO "B01"]


1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Bg4 3. Be2 Nc6 4. dxc6 f6 5. cxb7 Rc8 6. bxc8=Q Qxc8 7. Bxg4 Qb8 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Bh5+ g6 10. Nd4 gxh5 11. Qxh5+  *

[Event "Mini-simul"] 
[Site "Churston Grammar"] 
[Date "2016.10.01"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "U9"] 
[Black "Sturt,Ben"] 
[Result "*"] 
[ECO "A00"]


1. e3 e5 2. Bb5 c6 3. h4 cxb5 4. Rh3 d5 5. Rf3 Bd6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. Qd3 Bxf3 8. Qxd5 Bxd5 9. Nf3 Bxf3 10. e4 Bxg2 11. Nc3 Nf6  *

[Event "Mini-simul"] 
[Site "Churston Grammar"] 
[Date "2016.10.01"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "U9"] 
[Black "Sturt,Ben"] 
[Result "*"] 
[ECO "C50"]


1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Ng5 Ng4 7. h3 Nh6 8. a3 Qxg5 9. d4 Qf6 10. Nd5 Qd8  *

[Event "Mini-simul"] 
[Site "Churston Grammar"] 
[Date "2016.10.01"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Sturt,Ben"] 
[Black "U9"] 
[Result "*"] 
[ECO "C42"]


1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Nd5 O-O 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. d4 c5 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Nxe5 Qxe5  *

[Event "Mini-simul"] 
[Site "Churston Grammar"] 
[Date "2016.10.01"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "U9"] 
[Black "Sturt,Ben"] 
[Result "*"] 
[ECO "C00"]


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Qe2 Nxd4 7. Qd2 a5 8. Nh3 Bb4 9. Qxb4 axb4 10. Ng5 h6  *

[Event "Mini-simul"] 
[Site "Churston Grammar"] 
[Date "2016.10.01"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Sturt,Ben"] 
[Black "U9"] 
[Result "*"] 
[ECO "C01"]


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bg4 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Bxe2 ( 10... Qxe7 11. Bxg4 Qxh4 12. Bxh5 ) 11. Qxe2  *