[Event "Test Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes, H."]
[Black "Ursal, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "200"]
[BlackElo "185"]
[Annotator "Intermezzo"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Burnley"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. f4 {Not the most common response and therefore
probably a good idea! A quick check of Chessbase reveals to me that most
commonly played is} (4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 g6 {This would
have given Darwin is favourite Dragon-type set-up. 7...e6 is also playable for
those that prefer a Schevenigan structure.}) 4... Nc6 5. Bxd3 e6 {Darwin opts
for swift development and play on the dark squares. Both 5...d6 and 5...d5 are
more frequently played and 5...g6 is also an option. In this game, both player
opted to play the position rather than trying to tranpose to more typical
Sicilian structures. It makes for an enthralling contest.} 6. Nf3 {6.Be3 is
also possible if White wishes to prevent Black's king's bishop from landing on
its dream square.} Bc5 7. Nbd2 {This is the first move of the game that does
not feature in the Chessbase iPod app that I used to check the theory. Instead
of this the database has} (7. b4 {as played in Khandelwal - Mehovic, EU
Championship U16, 2006.}) ({and} 7. Qe2 {Which was played in Sylbing - Kocsis,
Haarlem Nova College Open in 2004. Both these games ended in White wins but
that may have nothing to do with the current position or the chosne
continuations. We are in fairly unchartered territory here.}) 7... Nf6 {
Encouraging the subsequent pawn advance but it appears Darwin has a specific
idea in mind around the vulnerable dark squares in Howard's position.} 8. e5
Ng4 ({Fritz 11 preferred} 8... Nd5 {and now after a line like} 9. Ne4 Qb6 10.
Nfg5 h6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh3 {the position is extremely complicated and very
sharp. Fritz assesses it in White's favour but this isn't the kind of position
that humans and computers tend to agree on. Humans tend to make mistakes in
these kinds of positions and computers don't. So, if you are playing a human
and the line isn't clear there's always a chance your opponent will make a
mistake before you do!}) 9. Ne4 {The best move. White takes aim at the
dangerous Black bishop and protects f2 simultaneously.} Qb6 10. Qe2 ({Fritz
thinks that releasing the tension immediately with} 10. Nxc5 {is at least as
good as the game continuation.}) 10... d5 {Objectively this makes Black's
position even worse but, as he was already facing difficulties, it made sense
to try and mix things up by opening the position somewhat.} 11. exd6 O-O {
After this move White is the positional equivalent of 3 pawns up according to
Fritz. The silicone monster preferred 11...f5 to protect the knight on g4 and
drive off the knight on e4, even at the cost of exchanging that nice Black
bishop.} 12. Nxc5 {Who can blame White for chosing this concrete method of
winning a pawn. I wouldn't have spotted it, and should I have, I would
certainly have played it. Even if it were only on the grounds of being the
most aesthetic continuation. Of course Fritz finds an even better route with} (
12. Nfd2 {The discovered attack on the knight is critical as it gains a tempo
for what comes next.} f5 13. Nc4 $1 {and now the queen is hit and has nowhere
to run that doesn't allow Nxc5 on the next move, winning a piece.}) 12... Qxc5
13. Bxh7+ $1 {White's point.} Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qxg4 {This is the critical
position in the game. Can Black take advantage of White's centralised king and
damaged structure or will White's menacing attack on the Black king hit home
first?} f6 $2 {The crucial error. Darwin's agony was compounded by the fact
that he had analysed the best continutation for about 20 minutes before
rejecting it. I'd be interested to understand why. The best move is not
exactly easy to spot but it is principled. White's king is in the centre and
Black must try and open lines to prevent him leaving for safer waters.
Therefore he had to try} (15... e5 $5 {An interesting practical try though it
appears with best play White is still winning. This advance paves the way for
the Black queen's bishop and rooks to get into the action as swiftly as
possible.} 16. Qh4 $1 ({Not} 16. Qh5 {when for example} Bf5 17. d7 ({In this
position} 17. g4 {doesn't work in view of} Bg6 18. Qh4 exf4 {and Black is
clearly winning.}) 17... Rad8 18. Qe2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Rxd7 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Qf2
Bd3 22. O-O-O Nb4 {is clearly much better for Black.}) 16... Bf5 17. g4 exf4
18. gxf5 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 {and Black doesn't really have enough to go on with so
White must be winning although hs exposed king position looks rather scary.})
16. Nxe6 {Ouch!} Bxe6 {More testing was} (16... Rf7 17. Nxc5 Bxg4 {and at
least Black still has the same number of pieces as White!}) 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18.
Be3 Qb5 19. O-O-O {Now that the White king is safely castled Black has no
counterplay and can only look forward to staggering on for a short while
longer.} Rfe8 20. Qh3+ Kg8 21. d7 Re7 22. Rhe1 Qc4 23. Kb1 Rd8 24. Ka1 b5 25.
Qh5 b4 26. Bc5 {And it's all over. Who'd have thought we'd have seen Darwin
out-calculated like that this season? Well played Howard.} 1-0

[Event "Test Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Parsons, M."]
[Black "Clarkson, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "176"]
[BlackElo "177"]
[Annotator "Matthew Parsons"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.23"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge"]
[BlackTeam "Burnley"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 c5 {Here is where Andrew
diverted from our earlier game this season. Still, I'm familiar with this
approach. My general intention is to transpose to positions I know. However,
Black delaying castling led to some new and interesting positions in this game
for me. I'm not sure I played it correctly over the next 2-3 moves. My play is
fine, and exactly what should be played if both sides had castled, but without
castling it does give me other options and I am studying those at present!} 6.
c3 Qb6 {These queen outings are never that good an idea against the London.
Black can never really get away with taking on b2.} 7. Nbd2 Be6 (7... Qxb2 8.
Nc4 Qxc3+ 9. Kf1 b5 10. Rc1 Qb4 11. Rb1 bxc4 12. Rxb4 cxb4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Qb3
{with an edge to White in a complicated position.}) 8. Ng5 {Best move. I was
familiar with the Karpov - Gelfand games in similar positions to this. Also,
I've had this Be6 idea played against me before.} Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5
11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bg3 {This seems illogical now. I wanted to keep the bishop on
the same diagonal as the queen, but there is not any tactical reason to do so.
I should have just grabbed the pawn.} Ne4 13. Qd3 Nxg3 14. Qxg3 cxd4 15. O-O {
This is a blunder. I was playing on fel, thinking that I would have play on
Black's queen. I missed the idea of b5 followed by Be5. When I saw this idea a
move later I was glad Black missed it and played Nd7. I should just have taken
on d4.} dxc3 ({The reason Matthew felt castling was a blunder can be seen in a
line like} 15... b5 $1 16. Nd2 Be5 17. Qd3 dxc3 18. Qxb5+ Nd7 19. Nf3 cxb2 20.
Rab1 Bf6 {and Black is well placed. Maybe not all of this line is forced but
it does look pretty concrete. - Ed.}) 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Qxg5 Bf6 18. Qe3 b5 19.
Na3 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21. Nxb5 Bxa1 22. Nc7+ Kd8 23. Nxa8 Bd4 24. Rb1 {Black
has no way of getting at the knight and has to avoid White's idea of Rb7, Bb5
etc.} Nb6 25. Nxb6 {And I offered a draw. There is nothing left in this
position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Test Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Appleby, S."]
[Black "Wright, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "159"]
[BlackElo "155"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Burnley"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qb8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Re1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Nxe4 Kf8 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nd6 Qa5 18. b4 Bg4 19. bxa5 Bxd1 20. Rcxd1 1-0

[Event "Test Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Whitehead, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "154"]
[BlackElo "169"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge"]
[BlackTeam "Burnley"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Qe2 Ng6 10. c3 {As much to stop incursions by his queen's knight as to
prepare d4.} f5 {With his knight perhaps a little uncomfortable on g6, I felt
that this was a bit loosening.} 11. Ng5 h6 $6 {Opening up his position still
further.} (11... fxe4 12. dxe4 d4 13. Bh3 {also looks good for White. e.g.} ({
Though, to be honest, I was thinking more on the lines of} 13. Qh5 h6 14. Qxg6
hxg5 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bxg5) 13... Rf6 14. e5 Ngxe5
15. Nde4 d3 16. Qd1 Rg6 17. f4 Nf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Qxd3) 12.
exd5 hxg5 13. dxc6 bxc6 {If nothing else happens, I've a considerable endgame
advantage.} 14. Nc4 g4 {Curious! Fritz prefers this, too.} ({I had thought that
} 14... f4 {was much nore threatening. However} 15. Be4 Rf6 16. Qh5 Nf8 17.
Qxg5 {leaves White very nicely placed.}) 15. f4 gxf3 {or he's saddled with a
horrible backward e pawn.} 16. Qxf3 ({Fritz prefers} 16. Bxf3 e5 17. Bh5 {and
he's losing the e pawn.}) 16... Bd7 17. Qh5 Nh8 {Not where I'd expected him to
go!} ({Better was} 17... Be8 18. Qe2 e5) (17... Ne5 18. Nxd6 Nxd3 (18... Qxd6
19. Bf4) 19. Nc4 e5 (19... Nxe1 20. Bf4 Be8 21. Qe2 {and White's minor pieces
are much better than Black's rook and pawn.})) 18. Nxd6 {I'm sorry to part
with this knight, which may have had prospects on the king side, but I want
that bishop out of the way.} Qxd6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Rad1 {"Let's see; he's going
to want to bring his knight out again, so this will give him the opportunity,
while developing a piece myself."} Nf7 $2 21. Qxf5 c4 {I'm not sure what this
was about; his heart didn't seem to be in the game.} 22. Qh5 {KISS!} (22. dxc4
{followed soon by posting the bishop on d6, was objectively better, but I saw
no need to risk suddenly losing my queen.}) 22... Nd6 (22... cxd3 23. Rxd3 Be8
24. Be4 Nh6 25. Qh3 {also leaves me well placed.}) 23. Qc5 ({I thought that
his king could wriggle out, after} 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Be4 Rf6 {say, but} 25.
dxc4 g6 (25... Qe7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 (26... Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxa8) 27. Rf1 Rf5
28. g4 Qc5+ 29. Kg2 Rxf1 30. Rxf1+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Kd8 32. Rf8+ {wins.}) 26. Bxg6
Qe7 27. Re4 Be8 28. Bxe8 Qh7 29. Rg4+ Kh8 30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rd7+ Kh8 32. Bg6 {
wins.}) 23... Rxf4 $6 ({He can't have noticed that} 23... Nf5 {guards his
queen. However, I liked the endgame after} 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. dxc4) 24. gxf4 Rb8
$2 (24... Kf8 25. dxc4 Nf5 26. Qe5 {is still winning.}) 25. dxc4 {Now, of
course, 25...Nf5 26 Qxe7 and 27 Rxd7 loses a piece. Why couldn't all those
league games have been this easy?} 1-0

[Event "Test Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tokeley, R."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "161"]
[BlackElo "149"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Burnley"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 {I've been essaying the Semi-Slav recently (without much
success it must be said) but as this was a friendly match I thought something
more frivolous was in order and I've been playing the ol' 'Pest for several
years now.} 3. e3 {I think Rob was forgetting himself at this early stage of
the game. It's normally polite to accept anything that is offered to you when
you are an honoured guest. That includes pawns in my view!} e4 {I mostly
played this move to irritate my opponent. It's an irritating kind of move
although objectively I don't think it amounts to much. Black sets out his
stall, even at this early stage, to make the message clear that "If you don't
want my pawn then I'm going to stick it up you!" The 'correct' way to play was
probably} (3... exd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nc3 Be7 {Without the e-pawns on the board
it is probably prudent to reinforce this diagonal rather than go for the
active option of Bb4. The position becomes a pseudo Queen's Gambit with an
open e-file. Weird!} 6. Nf3 O-O $1 7. Be2 {Black could win a tempo now by
capturing on c4 but it isn't clear that it is a good tempo to win as the White
bishop will then assume a more active post and Black will have renounced his
stake in the centre. Of course he may get active piece play and will certainly
have an isolated White d-pawn to play against but it's not my cup of tea
really.}) 4. Nc3 Bb4 {The only consistent follow up to my previous. Once the
thorn in White's flesh has been established it must be preserved for as long
as possible or be removed only after a concession of some sort from White.} 5.
Nge2 {Working around the obsticle on e4. The early play all revolves around
this brave fellow.} d5 {Strategically consistent at least. 5....0-0 was
probably a little better. Some simplification is already inevitable here
though.} 6. a3 {White can't develop properly without liberating the queen's
knight from the pin. Black must give up the bishop for the knight now or the
d-pawn drops.} Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Be6 $2 {The problem with focusing on strategic
consistency is that one often overlooks tactical flaws. This is a mistake.
Correct was} (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O {and Black can preserve that
pawn on e4 with a future Bf5 if required. It's an odd position to be sure.}) 8.
cxd5 {How fortunate for me that Rob was also focused on strategic consistency.
In fairness to him, I suspect he had also perceived the opportunity to secure
the bishop pair against my knight pair in a semi-open position, which ought
never to be a bad thing. However, we'd both overlooked a tactic which would
have taken the game along a very different course.} (8. Qb3 {This forces} dxc4
9. Qxb7 Nbd7 10. Nxe4 O-O {and the position is pretty messy. Black is a pawn
down and has a horribly damaged queen's side structure but does have some
fairly active piece play as White is lagging in development. It can't be
enough compensation but it's possibly not the end of the world.}) 8... Bxd5 9.
Nxd5 {Collecting the Black bishops for his knights. I knew I had to try and
keep the position as closed as possible now. Not easy when the centre is
already half-opened!} Qxd5 10. Qc2 {I had expected this. The c7 pawn is weak
for a moment and White should try to capitalise. Fritz refines this idea
slightly when it indicates a preference for a different continuation} (10. Bd2
O-O 11. Rc1 {White can afford to be behind in development because he knows
that as the game progresses his bishop pair will become stronger and stronger.
Black will have to find a very active plan to exploit his development
advantage and it isn't clear what that plan would be.}) 10... c6 {I was
mindful of the potential weakness I had on the a4-e8 diagonal. Especially with
my king yet to castle. There is a typical computer move however which
indicates why it preferred 10. Bd2 for White last move.} (10... Qc6 $5 {looks
really odd but it works. I'd never have considered this!}) 11. Bc4 {A logical
follow up of course. Now I needed a bit of a think. Ideally I wanted to put my
queen onto the king's side but I spotted that if I played 11....Qg5 he could
respond with 12.Qb3! and win either my b7 or f7 pawns. I thought a bit longer
and didn't fancy the look of my situation if I defended passively against this
threat with a move like 11...Qd7 intending next 0-0, Na6-c7-d5 if left
unimpeded. In the end I decided that I might be able to get some play against
the White king's side if her went after my pawns and decided to take the risk.}
Qg5 {After this move Fritz gives White a healthy advantage, presumably due to
his ability to target Black's weak pawns and the presence of the bishop pair.}
12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 {I must admit I was surprised by this move. I figured that
Rob would want to develop his dark squared bishop ASAP and that this would
require him to play Bd2 intending Bb4 or that he would first try and open the
centre with 13.f3 which will give the currently bad bishop much greater scope.
The computer likes this latter option giving the line} (13. f3 Nb6 14. fxe4
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. e5 Ne4 17. Rf4 Qg6 18. Qd3 Ng5 {and White is a pawn up
and clearly has much better chances to win whilst Black must try and save a
draw.}) ({Or the move I was originally concerned about} 13. Qb3 {and now} O-O
14. Qxb7 c5 15. Qb5 {and again White stands better.}) 13... Qh5 {Now at least
I'm protecting f7.} 14. Be2 Qd5 15. Bc4 {Rob's last two moves seemed to take
him quite a while to decide upon. It seemed to me that he wasn't keen on his
position. I had again expected him to develop his sickly bishop and try and
improve it with} (15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rac1 a5 {Trying to restrict the bishop's
activity at least for the moment. White still has the better prospects here
though in my view.}) 15... Qh5 16. f5 {It seems this was what all the thinking
was about. A rook lift appears to be coming. I couldn't see the point but I
kept looking for methods he might use to trap my queen. All along though it
appeared to me that he still had two pieces sat at home and if he didn't
develop them that would ultimately be to my advantage.} O-O 17. Be2 {This
appears most odd but it must be said that this was Fritz's second choice in
the position before this move. Now it was clear to me that Rob was going after
my queen. Calculate as I might I couldn't see how he was going to do it. Was I
missing something or had he miscalculated? One way or another we would soon
find out.} Qg5 18. Rf4 Nb6 {Simple, logical and best. After this move the
computer thinks Black has equalised. I was always aiming to land a knight on
d5 but I hadn't expected to threaten to win a tempo in doing in it.} 19. h4 $2
{The critical inaccuracy in the game I think. This is too ambitious. White
probably had to admit that he couldn't snare the queen, play Rf1 and offer a
draw. After this move I was able to assume the initiative.} Qg3 $1 {It looks a
bit scary to play this but I worked out that White couldn't play Bd2-e1
without leaving e3 enprise. Surely by the time he'd arranged himself to create
a threat I would be able to launch my own assault?} 20. Bc4 {Again!? White is
uncoordinated and now, vulnerable.} Ng4 {Beginning to create threats. Even
more concrete was} (20... Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Ng4 {Pretty much forcing White to give
up the exchange.} 22. Rxg4 Qxg4 23. Bd2 Qxf5 {and Black is just winning.}) 21.
Qxe4 {Finally, White is able to clear the bone in his throat. However, the
initiative is now with Black. Nevertheless a pawn is a pawn and I needed to
ensure I calculated some of the forcing lines correctly.} Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23.
Ke2 Nf6 {This is fine but even more efficient was} (23... Rfe8 24. Qf3 Nxe3 {
and it's butchery. White's queen's bishop and rook are sadly still sitting at
home so Black can afford to sacrifice a piece even to get the killer blow
landed.}) 24. Qf3 Nxc4 25. Qg3 {He's still hoping to trap my queen with 26.Rf1
next move. Time to liquidate!} Nxe3 {Neither the queen nor the bishop can take
so...} 26. Kxe3 Nd5+ {This is fine but either of the rooks to e8 or, better
still, Qd1 were even more efficient.} 27. Kd3 Qd1+ 28. Bd2 {The only way to
avoid mate immediately but at a terrible cost.} Nxf4+ 29. Qxf4 Qxa1 30. f6 Qb1+
31. Ke3 Rfe8+ 32. Kf2 {By now White was in terrible time trouble so much of
this last phase of the game was played mostly out of momentum.} Qe4 33. Qg5
Qxd4+ {With Qxf6 coming next White decided enough was enough.} 0-1

[Event "Test Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Edwards, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "147"]
[BlackElo "149"]
[Annotator "Intermezzo"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge"]
[BlackTeam "Burnley"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 d6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 Be7 11. a4 Na5 {Formally this is the first departure
from the opening database. 11...b6 is probably the most frequently played here
as Black aims to prevent White from getting in a5 and then possibly landing a
bishop or knight on b6. Usually this Black knight would be destined for b4
either immediately or sometime soon.} 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Bf3 Bc6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15.
Qe1 h5 16. a5 Nd7 17. Qg3 g5 {This appears to be over ambitious. Fritz prefers
instead} (17... Bf6 18. Rfd1 h4 19. Qh3 Rc8 20. Rd2 {With some complex play.})
18. fxg5 h4 19. Qf2 O-O-O 20. Na4 {Heading for the soft spot on b6.} Rdg8 21.
Nb6+ Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Qd7 23. h3 Rxg5 {The game hangs in the balance. Black has
managed to create king's side counter play. White has to play carefully.} 24.
Rad1 Rg3 25. Qe1 e5 26. Rd2 Bg5 {White is temporarily on the back foot and
hoping to drive Black back. Perhaps there was a better way to pursuit the
initiative by breaking open the centre with} (26... f5 {although now Fritz
thiinks that} 27. Rd3 Rhg8 28. Rc3 Kb8 {and the game is still finely balanced.}
) 27. Be3 Rg8 28. Bxg5 R8xg5 29. Qd1 Kc7 30. Bg4 R5xg4 31. hxg4 Rxg4 $2 {
Having correctly sacrificed the exchange unfortunately Black doesn't find the
best follow up.} (31... Bxe4 {creating counter threats against the White king}
32. Rf6 d5 33. Kh2 Rxg4 {and the game is still dynamic and unbalanced, but
equal.}) 32. Rxf7 {Enough to secure a clear advantage in the endgame but even
better was} (32. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 ({Not} 32... Qe8 33. Rxc6+ Kxc6 34. Qd5+ Kc7 35.
Rxf7+ {and Black must give up the queen or get mated.}) 33. Rxf7+ Qd7 34. Rxd7+
Bxd7 {wins for White.}) 32... Qxf7 33. Qxg4 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ {Black was in
time trouble here and probably losing anyway but swapping the queens off
doesn't really help him.} 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Rd4 Bd7 {After a discussion with
his Captain, Nick offered a draw here and Colin gladly accepted. With all the
other games over this one could have lingered on for a good while yet and it
seemed a little over enthusiastic to pursuit the match win too strenuously. It
was a friendly after all. If White did want to win then I guess that a move
like 37.Rd1 intending Rf1 and clearing up the f-pawn would be a good way to
start. Black can't prevent White from sweeping up those two king's side pawns
and after that it should be fairly straightforward.} 1/2-1/2

