[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ursal, D."]
[Black "Broadbent, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 Qd4
15. Rd1 Qxe5 16. Rd7 Qf5 17. Qf4 Qc5 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Rxb7 f5 20. Qc7 Rf7 21.
Bg5 Qxb2 22. Rc1 Raf8 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Qe5 {The game went on for
some time after this but the score sheet is unclear.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Bendall, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "158"]
[BlackElo "138"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 {In too much of a hurry; better Nf3.} cxd4 4. cxd4 d5
5. e5 $6 {Darwin suggested that this was a bad idea, and he's usually right.
It's not as if Black had a knight on f6, to gain me a tempo. My d pawn ends up
being a weakness.} ({Better} 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3) 5... Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3
Qb6 8. Nf3 e6 9. a3 {To prevent any incursions on b4, but it weakens b3.} Nge7
{Clearly heading for f5, putting further pressure on d4.} 10. Nbd2 $6 ({Better
} 10. O-O {e.g.} Qa6 11. Qxa6 bxa6 12. Nc3) ({or} 10. Nc3 {e.g.} Nf5 11. Be3
Nxe3 12. fxe3 {supporting d4. Fritz 12 rates all these lines as equal; i. e.
I've already misplayed the opening.}) 10... Nf5 {Now Black is better, if only
by half a point.} 11. Nb3 Be7 12. O-O O-O {I thought he might have played h5,
preventing 13.g4, but perhaps he'd already seen far ahead!} 13. g4 {For some
reason, I thought this forced Nh6.} Nh4 14. Ng5 $2 {Missing his 15th move.} ({
Better} 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Be3 {when my knight may be the one getting the
outpost.}) 14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxd4 16. Bxh4 $2 ({I missed} 16. Nd2 {which
appears to win one of his knights:} Ng6 ({or} 16... f5 17. Bxh4 fxg4 18. Bg3) (
{or} 16... f6 17. Bxh4 fxe5 18. Kh1 e4 19. Qe3 e5 20. Bg3) ({or} 16... Qxb2 17.
Rfb1 Qc3 18. Qxc3 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Nxc3 20. Rb3) 17. Be3 Nxe5 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19.
Bxd4 Nxg4) 16... Nxb3 {Now he's winning; that didn't take me long!} 17. Rae1
Nc5 18. Qe3 Qb5 19. Be7 Rfc8 20. Qg5 {With vain hopes of generating an attack.}
h6 ({Or} 20... Ne4 {and if} 21. Rxe4 h6 ({Not} 21... dxe4 $4 22. Bf6 {and wins.
}) 22. Rb4 Qxb4 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bxb4 {and I've turned a pawn down into the
exchange down.}) 21. Qh4 $6 ({At least} 21. Qd2 Nb3 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. Bxb4 {
might keep me just one pawn down.}) 21... Ne4 22. Re3 Qxb2 {Why not? And now
he's after my e pawn, without which I have no attack whatsoever.} 23. f3 Qd4 {
Of course! It's now a question of whose king is in greater danger: White's is!}
24. Rfe1 Rc1 ({Simpler} 24... Rc3 25. fxe4 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Qf2 Qxe4)
25. Kg2 Rxe1 {Letting me off the hook, somewhat.} (25... g5 26. Bxg5 (26. Qxh6
Rxe1 27. Rxe4 (27. Rxe1 $4 Qf2+ {and mate in three.}) 27... Qd2+ 28. Kh3 Rf1
29. Re3 Qxe3 30. Qxg5+ Qxg5 31. Bxg5 {Game over.}) 26... Rc2+ 27. Kh1 hxg5 28.
Rxe4 Qd2 29. R4e2 gxh4 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 {and wins. He could have saved me a
further 30 moves of fruitless squirming!}) 26. Qxe1 Qd2+ 27. Re2 ({Better} 27.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Rxe2 {and it's harder for his knight to reach c4.}) 27... Qxe1
28. Rxe1 Nd2 29. Rc1 Nc4 30. f4 Re8 31. Bb4 Rc8 32. Kf2 Rc6 {Unpinning the
knight.} 33. Ke2 $2 {Which should have lost yet another pawn. Move the rook
away; it's not doing anything useful on the c file.} f6 (33... Nxe5 34. Rxc6
Nxc6 {and it really is time to resign.}) 34. exf6 gxf6 35. h4 Kf7 36. Rf1 a5
37. Bc3 Nxa3 ({Simpler} 37... Ne3 38. Kxe3 Rxc3+ {and wins.}) 38. Bxa5 {
Slightly relieved to have exchanged pawns.} Nb5 39. g5 Nd4+ 40. Kd3 Nf5 41. Rb1
hxg5 ({I was hoping for} 41... Nxh4 42. Rxb7+ Kg6 43. gxf6 Kxf6 44. Bd8+ {
winning the knight, though I've still got three pawns to deal with.}) 42. Rxb7+
Kg6 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. fxg5 Kxg5 45. Bd2+ Kf6 46. Rd7 Rd6 47. Ra7 {At least
Fritz agrees that I should keep the rooks on.} e5 48. Bc3 Ke6 49. Bb4 Rc6 50.
Ra8 e4+ 51. Kd2 Ke5 52. Bc3+ Kf4 ({Or simply} 52... d4 {when I've helped him
to do what he wanted to do.}) 53. Rd8 Rd6 54. Re8 d4 55. Bb4 Rc6 56. Rf8 Ke5
57. Re8+ Re6 58. Rd8 Nd6 59. Rh8 Nc4+ 60. Kd1 e3 61. Ke2 Rf6 62. Re8+ Re6 63.
Rf8 Nd6 64. Rh8 {And I finally put myself out of my misery by losing on time.
It would be nice to think that I had used up my quota of poor moves in this
game!} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shapland, D."]
[Black "Hudson, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Re8 8. c3
Na5 9. Na3 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Ne3 Bf8 12. a4 $1 c6 13. Nf5 {Possibly this is
a little premature. Instinctively I felt that I would stand well if Black
exchanged my knight for his bishop and I didn't think 13...g6 was possible on
account of 14.Nh6+ and now not 14...Kg7?? 15.Ng5! Fritz 11 thinks that} (13.
axb5 {is best for White but I'm not sure resolving all the tension so quickly
is all that promising as the line} cxb5 14. Qb3 a6 15. c4 (15. Bd2 $5) 15...
bxc4 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Qa4 {demonstrates. White has very little is anything
here.}) 13... Bxf5 {I was happy enough to see the light squared bishop leave
the board.} 14. exf5 Qc8 (14... Qd7 {clearing the back rank might be a better
option.}) 15. g4 {Commital. Fritz prefers the more circumspect} (15. axb5 cxb5
16. Qb3 a6 17. Nh4 {and the position is level.}) 15... g6 16. Nh4 Bg7 $2 {
Logical but Fritz illuminates this as an error.} 17. Qb3 {I thought this was a
clever way to win a pawn but I hadn't looked far enough into the variation. I
also analysed} (17. axb5 cxb5 18. g5 {which looks like it creates good
pressure on the Black position. Now Fritz gives} Nd7 19. f6 Bf8 20. Be3 {and
White stands better.}) 17... a6 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nxg6 {The point! However, if
I'd looked a move further I think I'd have seen Black's reply...} Nxg4 $1 {and
if I recapture Black will take on g4 with check and regain the knight meaning
it will be White who has lost a pawn!} 20. Bg5 $2 {Compounding the error. I
thought the threat of 21.Ne7 was enough to keep the advantage but I should
have allowed discression to be the better part of valour and skulked off empty
handed.} (20. Nh4 {Leaving both king's exposed and vulnerable.}) 20... Qf5 $1 {
I missed this move.} 21. Bh4 {Of course what I'd missed in my initial
calculations was that if} (21. Ne7+ $4 {then} Rxe7 22. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qh2#
{is mate!}) 21... Nf6 {Now there is no way to save my knight. I desperately
searched for counter play but it's a pretty grim case.} 22. Kh2 Qxg6 23. Rg1 {
This tempo was the best compensation I could find. Not much for a whole knight!
} Qf5 24. Rg2 Re6 $2 {This turns out to be a mistake but the refutation is
pretty hard to find and still leaves me behind in the game. Just not as far
behind!} 25. axb5 (25. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 26. Rag1 Kf8 {However, after} ({The point
is that Black's intended} 26... Rg6 $2 {fails to} 27. Rxg6 {and the f-pawn is
pinned!}) 27. Rxg7 Qxf2+ 28. R1g2 {Black still stands better due to his extra
pawn and the precariousness position of White's king.}) 25... cxb5 26. Rag1 (
26. Bxf6 $1 {with the same idea as the previous note was still on for White.})
26... Nh5 27. Qd5 Rae8 28. Qc6 {I was trying to prevent 28... Rg6} Kh8 29. Qxa6
{What else was there?} e4 $1 {Nick found a nice way to increase the pressure.}
30. d4 {Desperately trying to keep the e-file closed.} e3 {Quite right too!
Black insists on opening the e-file. It's the most direct way to play and
totally correct.} 31. d5 {Desperate stuff! There was a trap here for Black if
he grabbed the pawn but why on earth would he? He's playing for mate. The fact
that the best Fritz could come up with here for White was 31.Qa1 says it all
about my position!} Nf4 {A perfectly logical winning move for a human to make
because it improves his position and creates a mate threat. That Fritz finds a
stronger move that forces mate in 12 is of little consequence.} (31... exf2 32.
dxe6 Be5+ 33. Rg3 Nxg3 {and Black simply crashes through.}) 32. Rg4 exf2 {
Fritz assesses this position as being +18.19 for Black. I didn't realise it's
scoring algorhythem went that high!} 33. Bxf2 Re2 {I had been expecting/
dreading the move} (33... Rh6 $1 {whereupon I felt my time was almost up
although in fact it's actually still pretty damn irritating for Black to
unravel the knot after for example} 34. R1g3 Nxh3 35. Qxd6 Nxf2+ {with mate
coming sooner or later!}) 34. Qa7 Be5 (34... Nd3 {Looks pretty terminal.}) 35.
Rh4+ Nh5+ 36. Kh1 {At this point Nick suddenly realised that his flag was
rising dangerously close to it's zenith and, without hesitating a moment
longer he played.} Rxf2 $4 {Sadly, undoing all his good work up to this point.}
37. Qxf2 {Phew! The queen is invulnerable of course...} Qh7 38. Rg5 {I'm not
normally one to feel sympathy for an opponent but on this occasion I must say
that I did. Looking at the only other board to finish I realised that two
draws would be enough to win the match and that my colleague couldn't lose his
endgame so I decided to offer a draw. Perhaps that was naive. In any case if
Nick had found the continuation below there would still have been plenty of
work for me to do to win the game...} Ng3+ 39. Rxg3 Qxh4 40. Rg8+ Rxg8 41.
Qxh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Whitehouse, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 (6. Ndb5 Qc6 7. e5
Ne4 8. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qb4+ 10. c3 Qa5 $16) 6... a6 7. O-O b5 8. Re1 b4 9.
Nce2 (9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Rb1 $16) 9... Bb7 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bc5
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 h5 $1 14. Nd2 $6 (14. h3 $11) 14... Ng4 15. Re1 h4 $2 (
15... Nxh2 $1 16. Nxh5 $17) 16. Qxg4 hxg3 17. Qxg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Ke7 19. f3 Rh6
20. Kf2 g5 21. Nb3 d6 22. a3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nb4 24. Na5 Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 Bc8 26.
Rc3 Bd7 27. Rc7 Rhh8 28. Rec1 Rhc8 29. Rxc8 (29. Nc6+ Ke8 30. Rh1 Rxc7 31. Rh8#
) 29... Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Ke3 e5 32. d4 Bd7 33. dxe5 dxe5 34. f4 gxf4+ 35.
gxf4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 Kf6 37. g4 Be6 38. b4 Kg6 39. Nb7 Bc8 40. Nc5 f6 41. Na4
Bd7 42. Nb6 Be6 43. Nd5 Bd7 44. Ne7+ Kf7 45. Nf5 Kg6 46. Nh4+ Kf7 47. Nf3 Ke7
48. e5 fxe5+ 49. Nxe5 Be6 50. g5 Kd6 51. Ke4 $6 (51. g6 $1 Ke7 52. Kg5 Bg8 53.
g7 Ke6 54. Nc6 Kf7 55. Kh6 Ke6 56. Kg6 Kd7 57. Nb8+ Ke7 58. Nxa6 {wins for
White}) 51... Kc7 52. Kd4 (52. g6 $1) 52... Kb6 53. g6 Bg8 54. Nd7+ (54. Nf7
Kb5 55. Nh6 Bb3 56. g7 Kc6 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Kf6 Ke8 59. Ng4 Bg8 60. Ne5 Kd8 61.
Nd3 Kd7 62. Nc5+ Kc6 63. Nxa6) 54... Kb5 55. Kc3 $2 {This thows it away, the
win is below, at this stage the wins involved long variations based on trying
to get the knight on the light squared diagonal to block the bishop} (55. Nf6
Bb3 56. Ke5 Kxb4 57. Kd6 Kc3 58. g7 Kd4 59. Ng4 Bg8 60. Ke7 a5 61. Kf8 Bd5 62.
Nh6 a4 63. Nf7 a3 64. g8=Q a2 65. Qg7+) 55... a5 56. bxa5 Kxa5 57. Kd4 Kb5 58.
Ke5 Kc6 59. Nf8 Kc7 60. Kf6 Kd6 61. g7 Kc7 $4 {This allows me to get the
knight on the light squared diagonal to block the bishop and queen the pawn} (
61... Bd5 $1 62. Ng6 Kd7 $11) 62. Ke7 Kc8 63. Ng6 Kc7 64. Kf8 Bc4 65. Nh8 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Black "Grandage, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Intermezzo"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. f4 Re8 12. Rae1 d5 13. Kh1 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Bh4 {Interestingly, Fritz 11 scores Black a heavy advantage in this position.
But, now Andy throws the dice...} 15. Qh5 $5 Bxe1 $2 {This was what Andy had
been banking on and it should turn out well for him. Of course the computer
engine finds the refutation to White's buccaneering play.} (15... g6 $1 {
Gaining a tempo in order to blockade the b1-h7 diagonal.} 16. Qh6 Bxe1 {The
point being that now after} 17. Ng5 Qxg5 $1 (17... Nf6 18. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1
Qd4 {is simplest but 'only' gains Black the exchange.}) 18. fxg5 Bxd2 {and
Black has won a knight, bishop and rook for the queen.}) 16. Rxe1 $4 {Andy
returns the favour. Instead the winning continuation was} (16. Ng5 $1 {
discovering a massive attack on h7. Now there is a long forcing sequence.} Nf6
17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Rxe1+ Kd6 {But now it gets very
murky. Fritz 11 helps illuminate the right path but this would be hard to get
right over the board.} (20... Kd7 21. Qh3+ Re6 22. Nxe6) 21. Nxf7+ Kc5 22. Re5+
$1 Kb6 (22... Rxe5 23. Nxd8) 23. Nxd8 $1 Rxh8 24. Be3+ Ka6 25. b4 $1 {and
Black now has to give back material to stay on the board.} Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 b6
27. Ne6 Kb7 28. Nxg7 {and White has a winning endgame. Phew!}) 16... Bxe4 17.
Rxe4 Rxe4 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Qf5 Qe8 20. h3 Re1+ 21. Kh2 Rd1 (21... Rd8 {was
better, but Black is still winning comfortably.}) 22. Bxf6 Rxd3 23. Qg5 g6 24.
cxd3 {Now it's just an extra exchange for Black, but it should be plenty.} a5
25. Be5 Ra6 26. d4 Qe6 $4 {Incredible!} 27. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Syrett, M."]
[Black "Farrar, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrave"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. O-O Be6 8.
d4 Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd6 12. Qe2 Qh4 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. Nf3 Qh6
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Ne3 17. Bxe3 Bxc4 18. Bxf4 Qb6 19. Qxc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Rc8
21. Bd6 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxa2 24. Re7 Bd5 25. Kf2 f6 26. g3 Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Blinkhorn, J."]
[Black "Barnett, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrave"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Qxe6 Nf6 11. Nf3 Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 13. Nb5 Nd5 14.
c4 a6 15. cxd5 axb5 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Rc1 c6 18. Kd2 O-O 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bg3
Bh6+ 21. Kd3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 c5 23. Ng5 cxd4 24. Re1 Rf5 25. h4 e5 26. Ne4 Nc5+
27. Kd2 Nxe4+ 28. Rxe4 Re8 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. Kc2 Ke6 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. a3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kerrane, J."]
[Black "Gonzalez, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrave"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 a6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 e5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. f4 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. f5 Bd7 15.
h3 h6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Qc2 b5 19. b3 Nh7 20. Kh2 b4 21. Ng1 Bg5 22.
Nf3 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qe7 24. g4 Rfc8 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 Nxg5 27. Nxg5 Qxg5 28.
Qxg5+ hxg5 29. Kg3 f6 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bamford, N."]
[Black "Johnson, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrave"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bf3 Ne5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15.
cxd3 Bd7 16. Nde2 Rac8 17. Rf3 Ng4 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Raf1 Bb6+ 21. Be3
Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Rc7 23. d4 Rfc8 24. Ref3 a5 25. e5 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Todmorden"]
[Date "2012.04.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Clarkson, A.A."]
[Black "Clegg, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "Clarkson,Andrew"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/8/1RP1p2p/3PPp2/2P5/4K3/2r1r3/8 w - - 0 48"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2012.04.02"]
[WhiteTeam "Todmorden 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Courier 'A'"]

{C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: Nf3 and a4} 48. Kd3 Ra2 $6 ({There is an
'easy' win in} 48... Rcd2+ 49. Kc3 exd5 50. cxd5 Rxd5) 49. d6 {With Black
under psychological pressure from the spectators and losing time on the clock
he agreed to my proposal of a draw! But there is a Black win} Reb2 $1 ({
However here is what Black feared} 49... Rh2 50. d7+ Kc7 51. Rb7+ Kxc6 52.
d8=N+ $3 ({NOT} 52. d8=Q $4 Rh3+ 53. Kd4 Rd2#) 52... Kc5 53. Rb5#) 50. d7+ ({
The following would cause Black some concern about choosing 49. ..Reb2.} 50. c5
h5 (50... Rxb6 51. cxb6 Ra5 $1 (51... Kb8 $4 52. d7) (51... Kd8 $4 52. b7 Rb2
53. c7+)) 51. Kc3 h4 52. Rxb2 Rxb2 53. Kxb2 h3 54. c7 h2 55. c6 {but is
harmless at the end, and White must resign.}) 50... Kc7 51. Rb7+ Rxb7 52. cxb7
Rb2 $1 {would have won.} 1/2-1/2

