[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vickery, J."]
[Black "Parsons, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.12"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qxe2 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Rfe1 e5 19. Qe4 Qb6 20. Rb1 Qe6
21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. cxd5 Rad8 23. d6 Bf8 24. Rec1 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc7 Rb6
27. Rxb6 axb6 28. h3 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Salvation Army Citadel"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Marshall, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "154"]
[BlackElo "191"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "6"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 (5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4) 5... e6 6.
Nc3 $2 {According to Fritz} (6. Nf3) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 d5 8. exd6 {I felt this
was necessary, to avoid being left with a backwards pawn, which suggests that
6.Nc3 wasn't so clever.} (8. Bd3) 8... Bxd6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nf6 {This
surprised me, as I thought e6-e5 was his objective.} 11. O-O b6 12. Bg5 {
Better Ne5 or Re1} h6 13. Bh4 ({Better} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4) 13... Bb7 14.
Qa4+ ({Better} 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Re1 {when the bishop isn't left hanging on d3})
({or} 14. Re1) 14... Kf8 15. Rfe1 (15. Qd1) 15... Qc7 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qc7
17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 (18. hxg3 h5) 18... Qxc3) 16. Ne5 g5 17. Bg3 Kg7 18. c4
Nh5 19. c5 $6 {In for a penny, I thought, but it probably isn't sound.} (19.
Qb3) 19... bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 $6 ({Better} 20... Bxc5 21. Rac1 Nxg3 22. hxg3
Rac8 {when I don't have much for my pawn.}) 21. Qd7 $6 ({Better} 21. Rac1 Qb4
22. Qd7 Rhf8 23. Rb1 Rad8 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Nxg3 26. Nd7 Nh5 27. Nxf8 Kxf8
) 21... Qc7 22. Rab1 $2 ({Better} 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. Nxf7 {(I didn't see this
resource)} Kxf7 24. Bxc7) 22... Bd5 23. Rec1 $2 ({Still} 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24.
Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Bxd6) 23... Qxd7 24. Nxd7 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rhc8 26. f3 $2 (26. a4
Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rd8 28. Nc5 Rc8 29. Nb3 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 f5 {and Black is winning,
but not so easily}) 26... Bxg3 27. Nc5 $4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Salvation Army Citadel"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hepworth, P."]
[Black "Leonard, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "123"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "6"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. d4 $2 {According to Fritz} Nxc3 5. bxc3 c5 6.
Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. O-O $2 cxd4 $6 ({I bottled out of} 9... Qxc3 {
not noticing that his pawn on c2 is en prise.} 10. Qb1 (10. Bd3 Bg4 11. dxc5
O-O-O) 10... O-O-O) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 (13. cxd3
{was worth considering, in view of my lag in development.}) 13... e6 14. Rfc1
Be7 (14... Rc3 15. Qe2 (15. Bd2 Rxd3 16. Bxa5 Rxd4) 15... Rc4 {prevents him
playing c2-c4.}) 15. h3 $6 (15. Rcb1) 15... O-O 16. c4 dxc4 $6 (16... Qa6 {
wins the c pawn.}) 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 b5 19. Qb3 Rc8 $6 (19... Rd8) 20. Rb1
$6 ({Better} 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5) 20... a6 $6 ({Fritz suggests} 20... b4) 21.
Kh2 $6 ({Still} 21. d5) 21... Rc4 22. Rd1 (22. Rc1) 22... Qc7 23. Qb2 Qc6 24.
Qe2 h6 25. Qg4 Kf8 26. Qh5 $6 ({Better} 26. Rd2) ({or} 26. Qe2) 26... Rc2 27.
g4 $4 Qf3 28. Re1 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Salvation Army Citadel"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Rubio, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "154"]
[BlackElo "171"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "6"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. h3 $2 {According to
Fritz} (6. Bc4) (6. Be3) 6... Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 ({Fritz suggests} 8. Qe2 {
but I don't like blocking my bishop in.}) 8... Nxe5 9. Bf4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nxf3+
11. gxf3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 c6 ({Fritz suggests} 13... Rd8 14. Bxc7 Rxd3
15. cxd3 Kd7 16. Be5) 14. O-O Bb4 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bd6+ $2 ({Better} 16. Rd4
Bxc3 17. bxc3 h5 18. c4) (16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3) 16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Re8 18.
Rxe8+ $6 (18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Ke7 20. Red1 Rd8 21. R6d4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 {looks
like a draw to me, though Black's king is better placed}) 18... Kxe8 19. Na4 $6
({Better} 19. Ne4 Ke7 20. Rd4) 19... Ke7 20. Rd3 Rd8 21. Re3+ Kf8 22. Nc5 b6
23. Nxa6 Nd5 24. Ra3 ({Better} 24. Rb3 b5 25. Nc5) 24... g6 25. Kh2 h5 26. Rb3
({I should have played} 26. Kg3 {which may have forstalled much that followed.}
) 26... h4 27. c4 $6 ({Better} 27. Nb4 Nxb4 28. Rxb4 Rd2 29. Kg2 b5 30. a4 bxa4
31. Rc4) 27... Nf4 28. Rxb6 Rd2 29. a4 $2 {This seems to be the point at which
I finally lost it; I need to be able to play Rb3.} ({Fritz suggests} 29. Nb8
Rxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf3 31. Rb3 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 Rc2 34. a4 Rxc4 35. a5
Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2+) 29... Rxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 $2 ({Better} 
32. Kh1 Rxf3 33. Nc5 Rxh3+ 34. Kg1 Rg3+ 35. Kh1 Re3 {though Black is still
well ahead,}) 32... Nxh3+ 33. Kh1 Ng5 34. Kg1 Rd2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Nc5 $2 (36.
Rb3 Ne6 37. a5 g5 38. Nb4 Nd4 39. Ra3 h3 40. Nxc6 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 Ne2 42. f4 g4
43. Ne7 g3 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 46. Rxg3 Rxg3 {also wins, though more
slowly}) 36... Nxf3+ 37. Kf1 h3 38. Ne4 Rg2 39. Nf2 Nd2+ 40. Ke1 Nxc4 $2 (40...
h2 {wins straight away}) 41. Nxh3 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 Nxb2 43. a5 Nd3+ {and my flag
fell. I should have stopped recording the moves, but my position was hopeless.}
0-1

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Salvation Army Citadel"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hudson, N."]
[Black "Leonard, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "153"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "6"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 $2 {According to Fritz, which is nonsense, IMHO} Nb6
4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 $2 {According to Fritz} Nc6 $2 {According to Fritz; we aren't
doing very well!} (5... g6) 6. exd6 cxd6 (6... exd6 {According to Fritz}) 7. b3
(7. d5) 7... g6 8. d5 $2 (8. Nc3) (8. Be2) (8. Be3) 8... Bg7 9. dxc6 Bxa1 10.
cxb7 Bxb7 11. Bh6 Nd7 12. Be2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qc7 ({Better} 13... Qxa2 14. Nc3
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O {Not all pawns are poisoned!}) 14. Bh6 Bf6 15. O-O Ne5 16.
Nd4 Nc6 (16... Qa5) 17. Nf3 O-O-O (17... Qa5) 18. Ng5 Bxg5 $6 {I'd had enough
of messing around with his bishop} ({Better} 18... e6) 19. Bxg5 h5 ({Fritz
suggests} 19... d5 20. cxd5 Ne5) 20. Nc3 f6 21. Nd5 Qa5 22. Bxf6 $2 {But he'd
picked up the pawn,} ({before noticing} 22. Nxf6 Qxg5) 22... exf6 23. Nxf6 Qe5
24. Nd5 Ne7 $2 ({Better} 24... Nd4 25. Re1 Qg7 26. Ne7+ Kb8 27. Bd3 Rhe8) 25.
Ne3 $2 ({Missing} 25. Re1 Nf5 26. Bxh5 Qg7 27. Bg4 {though Black is still ahead
}) 25... Kb8 (25... d5) 26. Re1 Qg5 (26... d5) 27. Bf1 ({Fritz suggests} 27.
Bf3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 d5) 27... Rhe8 (27... d5) 28. b4 d5 {At last!} 29. c5 Nf5 ({
Fritz suggests} 29... d4 30. Nc4 Nf5 31. Qc1 (31. b5 Nh4 32. Re5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5
Qxe5 34. c6 d3 35. Qd2 Bc8 {and Black is winning}) 31... Qxc1 32. Rxc1 d3 33.
Nd2 Bc6 {threatening Re2}) 30. Nc2 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 Qe7 (31... d4) 32. Qc1 Rc8 33.
a4 a5 34. Nd3 axb4 35. Qf4+ Ka8 36. Qxb4 Qc7 37. Qb5 Ka7 38. Qb2 Ba6 39. Qf6 {
I was getting short of time, and stopped recording the moves} Bxd3 40. Bxd3 Qc6
41. Qf7+ Rc7 42. Qg8 Re7 43. h3 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Qe6 45. Qh7+ Ne7 46. Bb5 Qe5+ 47.
g3 Qe4 {was approximately how it finished} 0-1

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Salvation Army Citadel"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Firth, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "154"]
[BlackElo "186"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 $2 {According to Fritz; nonsense!} d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 $2 {
According to Fritz, too} 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 Nbc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nh4 {Fischer's
move} Ng6 $2 ({Better} 8... Bd7) ({or} 8... Qc7) 9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. f4 $2 ({
Missing} 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bxd5+) 10... d4 11. e5 Be7 12. Ne4 {A splendid
square for the knight} Qd7 13. a3 b6 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. h4 {Fritz prefers Qe2 or
Qg4} a5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Qe8 (17... Nd8) 18. Qh3 ({Fritz prefers} 18. Qxe8
{why on earth would White swap queens?}) 18... Qf7 19. Bf3 g6 20. Qh1 ({Fritz
suggests} 20. Bg4 Bc8 (20... Nd8 21. Ng5 {I didn't give sufficient
consideration to this move, throughout the game. If he takes the knight, he
messes up my pawns, but I get a discovered attack on his queen and a wonderful
square for my rook on f6.} Bxg5 22. fxg5 Qe7 23. Rf6 Rf7 24. Raf1 Bd5 25. R1f2)
21. Rae1 Ra7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qe8 24. Rf6 Raf7 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Qxe6 Qxe6
27. Rxe6) 20... Rac8 21. Rae1 h5 22. Re2 {I had the idea of tripling, if
necessary, on the h file, which is part of the reason behind 20.Qh1. But
actually the f file was a better bet.} ({Fritz suggests} 22. g4 c4 23. Ng5 Bxg5
24. fxg5 cxd3 25. cxd3 h4 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxf7 Bxh1 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Kxh1)
22... Kg7 23. Rh2 Rh8 24. Rff2 ({Fritz suggests} 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Qd7 26.
Be4 Ba8 27. Rhf2 Rhf8 (27... Nxe5 28. Rf6 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd5 30. Qf4 Rhe8 31. c4
Qd6 32. Qe4 Rf8 33. Bf4 Rxf6 34. Bxe5) 28. Rf6 Ne7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Bxa8)
24... Ba8 (24... Rcf8) 25. g4 hxg4 ({If} 25... h4 26. g5) 26. Bxg4 Rcf8 27. Bf3
({Better} 27. f5 exf5 28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Bxf8 Bh4 30. Rxh4 Rxh4 31. Qxh4 Kxf8 32.
Qh8+ Qg8 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Qxf5) 27... Qf5 $4 (27... Rc8) 28. Ng3
Qf7 29. Bxc6 {The other reason for 20.Qh1!} 1-0

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Salvation Army Citadel"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gonzales, A."]
[Black "Leonard, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "135"]
[BlackElo "154"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "6"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 $2 {According to Fritz; I don't have much quarrel with this}
d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Ne5 $6 Bxb5 6. Nxb5 Qb6 $6 ({Better} 6... a6 7. Nc3
e6 8. O-O Bd6) 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 ({I didn't see
why I should complicate matters with} 10... Qxc6 11. Nxd4 (11. O-O e5 12. Re1
O-O-O {also looks good for Black}) 11... Qxg2 ({But} 11... Qe4+ 12. Ne2 Qxg2
13. Rg1 Qxh2 {was better for me}) 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Rc8 14. c3) 11. d3 e5
12. O-O Bd6 ({Or} 12... g6 13. c3 Bg7) 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Ne4 ({Better
} 15. Nf5) 15... Be7 ({Fritz suggests} 15... Qc7) 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. b3 Rad8 ({
Fritz suggests} 17... f5) ({or} 17... Nd5) 18. Qg4 (18. Qh5 {was more to the
point}) 18... f5 19. Qg5 Nd5 20. Ng3 h6 21. Qd2 c5 22. Rfe1 Rde8 23. Rab1 Nc3
24. Rb2 $6 a5 $6 {Getting side-tracked by his oddly placed rook.} ({Better} 
24... e4 25. Ne2 Nd5 26. c4 e3 27. fxe3 Nxe3) 25. Ne2 Nd5 ({Better, having
taken this path, to continue with} 25... Qb4 26. Qc1 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. Nxc3
Qxc3) 26. Ng3 ({Better} 26. c4) 26... a4 27. Ne2 a3 28. Rbb1 e4 29. c4 e3 30.
fxe3 Nxe3 ({Better} 30... dxe3 31. Qd1 Nb4) 31. Ng3 (31. Nf4 Qd6 32. Qf2 g5 33.
Nd5 f4) 31... Qg6 32. Re2 (32. Kh1) 32... f4 33. Ne4 f3 34. Rf2 fxg2 35. Rxg2 {
I stopped recording the moves at this point} Nxg2 36. Qxg2 Qxg2+ (36... Re6 {
is better, as my king's rook will get to f3}) 37. Kxg2 Re5 $2 {Allowing him
counterplay} (37... Re6 38. h3 Rg6+ 39. Kh2 Rf3 40. Rd1 Re6) 38. b4 cxb4 39.
Rxb4 Ra5 40. c5 Rc8 {I can't remember what I played here} 41. Rxd4 Rb8 42. c6
Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rxa2 $2 (43... Rc2 44. Rc4 Rxc4 45. dxc4 Ra6 46. c7 Rc6 47. c5
Rxc7) 44. c7 $2 (44. Rc4 Ra8 45. c7 Rc8 46. Nd6 {and White is better}) 44...
Rc2 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. c8=Q Rxc8 47. Rxc8 a2 48. Rc1 a1=Q 49. Rxa1 Rxa1 {I
somehow ended up winning his h pawn; he may have played} 50. Ke3 Rh1 51. d4
Rxh2 52. d5 Kg8 53. Kd4 Kf8 54. Ke5 Re2 55. Kd4 Rxe4+ 56. Kxe4 Ke7 {That's
about how it ended up!} 0-1

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Shredder for iPad"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sriharan, S."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Sykes, Nick"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 {I nearly always play 1...d5 against 1.d4, however my last two games
I have played 1...Nf6 with 2...e6} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 {The second
me in a row I have had this line, I had this position previously as Black
against Dave Milton in the Summer Individual KO} 5. e3 (5. Bg5 {is also
possible} h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7) 5... Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Be2 (7.
Bd3 {is more usual}) 7... f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ba3 Rf6 (10... d6 {
maybe better}) 11. Rfd1 d6 12. c5 Rh6 13. cxd6 cxd6 $11 14. c4 Nd7 15. Nd2 $4
Qh4 $1 {This is now forced mate} 16. Nxe4 {all other moves lead to checkmate} (
16. h3 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 (17. Kh2 Rxh3+ 18. Kxh3 Qg3#) 17... Ng3+ 18. Kh2 Qxg2#) (
16. Nf1 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 Ng3+ 18. Nxg3 Qxg2#) (16. Bxd6 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 Ng3+ 18.
Bxg3 Qxg2# {are just some examples}) 16... Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 Qh1# {Not a very
interesting game but a good start never the less!} 0-1

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Shredder for iPad"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Broadbent, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "Sykes, Nick"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. c4 {I have exactly 200 White games of mine in my database and this is only
the 4th time I have ever played this first move (as opposed 1.e4 -117 times, 1.
Nf3 - 48 times, 1.d4 - 30 times and 1.b3 - 2 times). It is also the first time
I had played 1.c4 since 2002! I had promised to play some different openings
this tournement as opposed to my customary 1.e4 as White and 1...e5 as Black v
1.e4 and 1...d5 as Black v 1.d4} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 {I can't
help feeling the knight belongs on c6 in the 1...e5 lines} 5. d3 Be7 {This
seems a little passive to me, I had expected ...g6 ...Bg7} 6. Nf3 Rb8 {
avioding any tactics with the bishop on g2} 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 {This move
usually has to be prepared with either a3 or Rb1, but as Black has his knight
on d7 instead of c6 White gets this move in for 'free'} Re8 9. h3 Nf8 10. Be3
b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. d4 $1 Ng6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3 c5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. b5 $6 (
16. Nb5 Qc8 17. Nxa7 Qc7 18. Nb5 $16) 16... Rbd8 17. a4 Nf8 18. Bg5 $6 {I
played this so I could play e3 prevent the knight coming to d4} Ne6 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. e3 $2 (20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Qa2 $11) 20... Rd7 $6 (20... e4 $1 {Blacks
misses his only chance to get a good position in the game} 21. Nh2 $17) 21.
Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 (24. cxd5 $1 Nd8 25. d6 Qd7 $16 {
I felt that taking with the pawn maybe better but with my time running short I
wanted to keep it simple}) 24... Rd8 25. Qd3 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 g6 27. Nd2 Nf8 28.
Ne4 Bg7 $6 (28... Be7 $14 {Black must cover the d6 square}) 29. Nd6 $16 {With
ideas of going to c8 winning the a7 pawn} Qd7 30. Qc6 $18 {White is winning
according to Fritz} Qd8 $2 (30... e4 {is Fritz recommendation} 31. Bxe4 Be5 32.
Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Nc8 Bb8 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. Nc6 {is still grim for Black}) 31. Bd5
$1 Ne6 (31... Qe7 {is better but still White is clearly winning here} 32. Nxf7
h5 33. Ng5+ Kh8 34. h4) 32. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:02] This is now mate on} (
32... Qe7 33. Bxe6 {White is a piece and a pawn up}) 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 34. Qf7# {
Luckily I checkmated Robert here, fortunate as I had less than 5 minutes on
the clock compared to Robert's 15! This lack of clock management would haunt
me throughout the tournament} 1-0

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Shredder for iPad"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaw, P."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "Sykes, Nick"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 $5 ({I was expecting} 6.
e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 {or} (9... Ng4)) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 $11 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14.
Rc1 a6 15. Bb1 Qd7 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qd2 Kg7 (17... g5 {maybe better}) 18. Na4 {
with the threat of Nb6} Rad8 19. Bg3 (19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qe7 {maybe better
according tio Fritz}) 19... Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Na4
$11 {Black is at least equal here according to Fritz, however I had the
feeling I was just hanging in there against my 200+ opponent!} Ne7 (23... Na5
24. Bc2 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Nb3 26. Qc2 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 gxf5 {is good for Black}) 24.
Qf4 Bf5 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Ba2 Bd7 27. Nac3 g5 28. Kf2 Ng6 29. Bb1 Bc6 $6 (29...
b5 {is better}) 30. Bd3 Bb7 31. Na2 Nh5 $4 {This loses! However I was very
short on time here} 32. Rc7 $2 {My opponent was also short on time which is
possibly why he missed the best move!} (32. Ng3 $1 Nhf4 (32... Rxe1 33. Nxh5+
Kf8 34. Rxe1) 33. Rxe8 Nxd3+ 34. Kf1 Nxc1 35. Nf5+ Kh7 36. Nxd6 Nxa2 37. Nxb7)
32... Re7 33. Rec1 $2 (33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Ng3 $1 {Same idea as before!!} Nxg3
35. Rxe7) 33... Rdd7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. g3 Nf6 36. Nac3 Ne7 37. Nd1 $14 {White
only has a small advantage here. Both players here had only a couple of
minutes, I eventally lost on time just as I blundered a piece!} 1-0

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Shredder for iPad"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hepworth, P."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Sykes, Nick"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 $5 {What's this no 1...e5. I have not played the Sicilian (or
anything other than 1...e5 for that matter) in a rated game in 4 years,
however I had promised myself I would play different openings this tournament
and I have played different variations of the Sicilian many times before} 2.
Nc3 {Yawn!! Another Anti-Sicilian.} a6 {This is a line recommended by Palliser
in his book 'Beating the Anti-Sicilians'. Its advantage is that White normally
has a set plan when playing the usual Closed Sicilian or Grand Prix Attack
lines. Now he must face a more unfamiliar set up} 3. f4 {I honestly believe
White's best bet is to play 3.Nf3 and 4.d4 and transpose to an Open Sicilian.
So does Palliser, however if you are not going to play Nf3/d4 on move 2/3 then
you are not going to play it here} b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 {This is why i like
this line. GP Attack players are used to playing there bishop to c4 or b5.
Sorry that aint going to happen here.} e6 6. a3 d5 7. e5 h5 {This type of set
up is again recommnded by Palliser once White has closed the centre with 7.e5}
8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Nh6 10. d4 Nf5 (10... cxd4 $1 11. Na2 (11. Nxd4 Bc5 {wins
for Black}) 11... Bc5 12. Qd3 Nf5 $17) 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Ne2 Ne3 (12... Bc5 $17)
13. Bxe3 dxe3 14. c3 Bc5 15. Bc2 O-O $6 {I had already used over 15 mins to
get to this position, this was going to come back to haunt me later on!} (15...
h4 {is better and Black has a clear advantage according to Fritz}) 16. Qe1 Qe7
$6 {My idea was to play Rd8 with the idea of d4 but this plan is flawed as it
takes too much time} 17. Qg3 Rad8 18. Qh3 g6 19. Nfd4 Rc8 20. Rf3 $2 Nxd4 $2 (
20... Bxd4 $1 21. cxd4 Nxe5 22. Rxe3 Rxc2 $19) 21. cxd4 Bxa3 {I was getting
short on time here!} 22. bxa3 $2 ({I had expected} 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. bxa3 $15)
22... Rxc2 23. Rxe3 Rfc8 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. g4 $6 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Kg7 27. Qg5 Qd8
28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc1 Rdc8 $19 {Black is clearly better and close to winning
according to Fritz however I had not managed my clock well and had to make the
rest of my moves by 'hand' rather than by 'brain. This led me to be mated
about 20 moves later.} 1-0

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Shredder for iPad"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Gonzalez, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Sykes, Nick"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. c4 {Why not, since it worked so well in Round 2!} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 {I
have to really play into a QGD here, to maintian pure 'English' channels I
would have been better off playing 2.Nf3 or 2.g3. This did not concern me as I
have played these positions as White a few times before albiet a few yearsago!}
Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 (4... exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 {would be
the 'normal' Exchange QGD}) 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 (6... c5 {would be the
normal Semi-Tarrasch move}) 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 {This is already
very comfortable for White, Fritz seems to think I have well over a pawn
advantagealready!} 10. Re1 c6 (10... c5 {is surely more active}) 11. Ne5 Bd6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Rb1 Ne8 15. Bg3 (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {maybe better with
ideas of swinging the rook over the the K-side} 16. Re3 Nf6 17. Rg3) 15... Bd6
16. Qf3 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 {Although material is level Fritz seems to think I have
almost a winning advantage! However it means nothing if I can't convert it!!}
f6 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 ({missing the elegant} 19. Bxe5 $1 Nc7 (19... fxe5 $4 20.
Bc4+ Kh7 21. Qxf8) 20. Bg3 {winning a pawn and mainting a positional plus})
19... Qd7 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Red1 Nd6 22. h3 $2 ({why not simply win a pawn?} 22.
dxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5) 22... Qe6 23. f4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Qxa2 $2 ({I was hoping for} 
24... Nxe4 25. Qg6 $1) 25. e5 $1 Nf5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxb7 (27. exf6 gxf6 28.
Rxb7 {is the better way round, however the game simply transposes}) 27... Qg8
28. exf6 gxf6 29. Qh4 Qg6 30. g4 $6 {This makes life more difficult, but my
nemesis for this tournament the clock was again taking its toll} (30. Re1 $1 {
is the simplest way to win}) 30... Be4 31. Re7 Bd5 32. f5 Qg5 33. Qxg5 hxg5 34.
Rxa7 {White has thrown away his advantage and the game was eventually drawn a
few moves later. Even though White is a pawn up, opposite bishops and lack of
time will mean winning wil be very difficult} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brighouse Quickplay"]
[Site "Shredder for iPad"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Day, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Sykes, Nick"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. c4 {Well I have played 1.c4 as many times today as I had my entire chess
life before this tournment!!} d5 $5 2. d4 ({I imagine playing} 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3.
Nc3 {is more 'correct' but i prefered to play something more 'familiar' so
another Queen's Gambit it is}) 2... e6 {Phew,I was hoping he wouldn't play 2...
c6, 2...Nc6 or 3...e5 as a) I hate playing against the Slav! b) I never know
what to do against the Chigorin!! and c) I don't really know what to do
against Albin-Counter and I know that is not good as you can lose quickly
against it. I just know not to play an early e3?!} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {
not again!!} 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 {the more principled Semi-Tarrasch move} 7.
Nf3 (7. a3 $1 {is the move recommended by Schandorff in his book 'Playing the
Queen's Gambit a Grandmatser Guide'}) 7... Be7 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {is main line and what Schanandorff is trying to avoid when
playing 7.a3}) 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 (9... Nc6 {maybe better}) 10. Qe2 {I
wanted to play a rook to d1 and was aiming for a d5 push} a6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bg5
b6 13. e5 (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. e5 Nd5 (15... Nh5 16. g4 Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 Qe7 18. Qe3 $18) 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxd5 {nets a pawn}) 13...
Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rac1 $11 (15. Bxd5 exd5 {is better}) 15... Bb7 16. Rfd1
Rfd8 17. Bd3 $6 {a lazy Round 6 kind of move} Nf4 {of course!} 18. Qe3 Nxd3 19.
Rxd3 {Black is probably better now!} Bc6 20. Ra1 Qd7 {At this point I though
stuff it you can have the pawn my knight is going to d6!} 21. Nd2 Bxa4 22. Ne4
Bb5 $4 23. Rdd1 $2 (23. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 (23... Kh8 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rdd1) 24. Qh6
{out of nowhere mates for White. I think this was a tough one to spot}) 23...
cxd4 24. cxd4 Qe7 25. Nd6 {I thought Black should sac the exchange here as the
knight is too strong on d6.} Bc6 26. Rac1 Bd5 27. Rc3 f5 28. Rdc1 Ra7 $2 {
losing the exchange anyway, but under less favourable circumstances} (28... Rd7
{is preferable}) 29. Nc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kf7 31. R1c3 {Now White is close to
winning according to Fritz} b5 $4 32. Qc1 (32. Qh3 $3 {and all roads lead to
mate amazingly!} Qb4 (32... h6 33. Qh5+ g6 34. Qxh6 Qe8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Rxe8+
Kxe8 37. Rc8#) (32... Qg5 33. Rg3 Qg6 34. Rxg6 hxg6 35. Qh7 g5 36. Rg8 Rc7 37.
Qxg7#) 33. Qh5+ g6 34. Qxh7# {are just a few of many examples!!!!}) 32... Bc4 {
now it is going to be tough to win!} 33. Rc5 $2 (33. Qd1 {is a better try for
the win}) 33... a5 34. Qd1 g6 35. Qf3 Qd7 36. Qh3 Kg7 37. Qh4 Qe7 38. Qxe7+ {
This basically agrees a draw} Rxe7 39. R5xc4 bxc4 40. Rxc4 Rd7 41. f4 h5 42.
Kf2 Kf7 43. Ke3 Rb7 44. Ra4 {The position is dead equal!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Summer Individual Knock Out"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milton, D."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "124"]
[BlackElo "148"]
[Annotator "Sykes, Nick"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O d6 11. Ne1 Qh4 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. Qf2 Qh5
15. Qc2 Rf6 16. e4 Rh6 17. g3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Nf6 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Rae1 Rf8 21.
Re2 Qh3 22. Qd2 Rhf6 23. Re3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qg4 (24... Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rxf3+ 26.
Qxf3 Rxf3+) 25. Nd2 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Rf6 27. Be2 Qh3 28. Bf1 Qh6 29. Qe2 Qg5 30.
Bg2 Rf8 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 Qf6 33. Ne4 Qe5 34. Qd3 Bc8 35. Qd2 h6 36. Nf2 Bf5
37. Nd3 Bxd3 0-1

