[Event "Calderdale Team Knock Out: Semi-Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamer, M."]
[Black "Webb, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "186"]
[BlackElo "180"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Todmorden 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Qxe6 10. Nd5 Na6 11. Nd4 Qf7 12. Rb1 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. b3 Qg7 15.
Nf3 Rd8 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Bd4 d5 18. c5 Nb5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 d4 21. Rbc1 Be6
22. b4 Nc3 23. Nxd4 Nb5 24. e3 Nxd4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Qc3 Kf7 27. b5 Bc4 28.
Rfe1 Bxb5 29. Qb3+ Kf8 30. Re6 Qf7 31. Qe3 Rad8 32. Re1 Rd1 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34.
R6e5 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxa2 36. h4 Qf7 37. h5 Bc4 38. Qg5 Re8 39. Rb1 Qe7 40. Qf4
Bf7 41. h6 Rd8 42. Qa4 a6 43. Qb4 Rd7 44. Qc3 Bd5 45. Re1 Qf7 46. Re5 Bxg2 47.
Kxg2 Re7 48. Rxe7 Qxe7 49. Qb2 Kf7 50. Kh2 a5 51. Qd4 g5 52. Qg7+ Ke6 53. Qd4
Qf6 54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. Qc7+ Kg6 {I don't have the rest of the moves because
Matty was forced to stop recording owing to his shortness of time. He pressed
for a win but ultimately came unstuck when Martin was able to create a passed
c-pawn and then exchange off the queens in such a manner that the Black king
could not stop White's pawn. Matty could have forced a draw at various stages
through perpetual check so he understandably felt unhappy to lose the game in
the end.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale Team Knock Out: Semi-Final"]
[Site "Shredder for iPad"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Clarkson, A."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "163"]
[BlackElo "149"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.29"]
[WhiteTeam "Todmorden 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 {Of course I'd been
hoping for a Yugoslav Attack. Andrew had played this against Darwin when we
played Todmorden away last season. Darwin had won that game in the end but
Andrew had "won the opening". Although I haven't played a Yugoslav Attack over
the board for years I was looking forward to an interesting theoretical debate!
} Nc6 {This is pretty much the only move. The natural looking} (6... Bg7 $2 {
would be a mistake and is the main pitfall Black needs to avoid in this line.}
7. e5 Nfd7 8. e6 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Kf8) 7. Nxc6 {In my "Easy Guide to the Dragon"
book, Mikhail Golubev recommends the line} (7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 {for White.
However, after} Bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Ne4 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 bxc6 {
Black appears to be doing just fine in the endgame.}) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 {If
Black wants to play for anything more than a draw then this move is pretty
much arbitrary. Dubious is} (8... Ng4 $6 {When White can secure acomfortable
endgame advantage after} 9. Be2 h5 10. h3 Nh6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Bf3 Bd7 13.
Qxd6 exd6 14. O-O {and Black will have to work hard for a draw.}) 9. exd6 exd6
10. Be3 Be7 {Black has to remain vigilant and play accurately. The bishop
needs to maintain a watching brief on the d-pawn.} 11. Qf3 {This move makes a
lot of sense. White puts pressure on the Black c-pawn and also on the long
diagonal. Black can now chose to blockade the diagonal with d5 or defend the
c-pawn in some way. By this point in the game I was out of my opening book
knowledge and was just trying to make a sensible plan and keep myself in the
game.} d5 {This seemed most sensible as Black can challenge for the central
dark squares with his pieces. Also, this move limits the scope of White's
king's bishop.} 12. O-O-O $5 {I must admit that this move surprised me a
little. It's typically uncompromising play from Andrew which is what I'd
expect and is the reason why we both enjoy playing each other. All three
encounters to date have been pretty toe to toe. In this instance castling long
seems double edged as Black can 'automatically' creat threats with moves like
Rb8 and Qa5. I suppose that such a plan is fairly transparent and can be
defended against but never the less some concession may have to be made. In
the meantime, how swiftly will White's attack reach the Black king's side. I
was already starting to calculate whose attack might arrive soonest.} O-O 13.
g4 {Andrew's last move has pretty much committed him to attacking in this
fashion. White does have targets to help him accelerate his attack but not as
many as he would have in a standard Yugoslav Attack where the Black knight
would be on f6 and the bishop on g7.} Qc7 $6 {This is not a great move. I was
still trying to be subtle and play flexibly. In fact speed and decisiveness
was required. Fritz suggests instead that} (13... Qa5 14. Bd4 Rb8 15. h4 Bf6 {
is the best way for Black to secure an advantage. I guess it will be hard for
White to open up the Black king's side as he would like even though that
f4-g4-h4 phalanx looks menacing.}) 14. h4 Rb8 15. h5 Nf6 $6 {Once again,
probably this was not the most acurate move. I wanted to threaten the g-pawn
and force it's advance when I intended to pop my knight onto g4. I didn't
forsee Andrew's clever reply. One interesting option that I did consider was} (
15... g5 $5 {This looks suicidal but infact if White grabs the g-pawn it isn't
at all straight forward or advantageous for him.} 16. fxg5 (16. h6 {is Fritz's
suggestion.}) 16... Ne5 {This is the real point behind that strange looking
pawn advance.} 17. Qf4 Bxg4 {and the game is becoming rather sharp and
complicated!}) 16. f5 $1 {A good move which secures the advantage for White.
My inaccurate 13th and 15th moves have led to this situation. It just goes to
show how accurate Black has to be in the Dragon in order to secure equality.}
Qa5 {An admission of guilt for sure! I had calculated a specific idea here
that I hadn't spotted on move 13. If I'd seen it then I would have played 13...
Qa5. In fact this move isn't best. Fritz suggests another move which I did
give serious consideration to.} (16... Rb4 {This was my second choice in the
position. Fritz thinks Black will have to give up the exchange to stay in the
game after} 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe5 {and White is much better
here.}) 17. hxg6 {It's totally logical and consequential for White to open
lines against the Black king but Fritz says that} (17. Bd4 {delaying the
opening of files to secure the White king's position is the best way to secure
the advantage because it snuffs out Black's counter play. For example} Qb4 18.
b3 Qd6 19. Kb1 {and White has a big advantage.}) 17... fxg6 18. g5 $2 {This
allows me to turn the tables. Bd4 was still preferable says the engine but
Andrew has the scent of blood in his nostrils and is playing for the Black
king. I'd probably have done the same. However, now my counter-plan is
feasible.} Rxb2 $1 {Certainly the most dramatic move available! 18...Bxf5 was
also possible but I wanted to go for the most concrete line assuming that I
was calculating accurately.} 19. Bd4 {Of course the rook can't be taken as
it's mate after} (19. Kxb2 Ba3+ 20. Kb1 Qb4+ {etc}) 19... Bxf5 {Not best
because, with the White bishop now on d4 instead of e3 the rook on b2 is no
longer invulnerable. Instead Black should play} (19... Ba3 $1 {I thought about
this move for a long time but couldn't see how to exploit the discovered check.
Fritz knows of course...} 20. gxf6 Rb4+ $1 21. Kd2 Rxd4+ 22. Bd3 Bxf5 {and
Fritz gives Black an enourmous advantage although the play is still very
complicated.}) 20. Bd3 Ne4 {An interesting shot this but 20...Ba3 was still
the best continuation.} 21. Nxe4 {Andrew over looked a very interesting
thematic counter sacrifice here which really would have set the cat amongst
the pigeons.} (21. Rxh7 $5 {A very cunning resource but Black should still be
winning} Bxg5+ {This is better than} (21... Kxh7 22. Qh1+ Kg8 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24.
Qg7+ Ke8 25. Kxb2 Nxg5 {when the game is still very complicated and now also
rather messy.}) 22. Kxb2 Qb4+ 23. Ka1 Qxd4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 {and Black remains
very much on top but in a double edged position where all three results are
still possible.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 $1 {A really good try. Giving up the
queen for a rook and a piece. It shouldn't be enough but I didn't play
accurately in the aftermath of this move.} dxe4 $2 {This poor move should have
cost me the game. I played it in haste when I had plenty of time to give it
more careful consderation. No excuses, I should have avoid what follows.} (
22... Bxg5+ $1 {This intermezzo defuses White's idea. I saw it almost as soon
as I'd picked up my d-pawn but by then it was too late!} 23. Kxb2 Qb4+ 24. Ka1
dxe4 25. c3 Qa4 26. Bxe4 {and Black is winning fairly comfortably.}) 23. Bc4+ {
The two bishops and two rooks turn out to be very powerful indeed and I'm
about to lose both of my rooks in exchange for the White queen.} Rf7 24. Bxb2
Bxg5+ 25. Kb1 Qb6 $4 {A terrible mistake that should have cost me the game. 25.
..Kf8 was the only way to get the exchange instead of simply losing a rook for
nothing. In that eventuality Black is still on top due to his proliferation of
pawns although there would still be a good deal of work to do. What was I
thinking?} 26. Rhf1 $1 e3 27. Rxf7 Qb4 28. Rg7+ $2 {Immediately after the game
Andrew was in agony when he realised that} (28. Rdf1 {is just giving check
mate for example} Qxc4 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rf8+ Qg8 31. Rgxg8#) 28... Kf8 29. Rg8+
{In desperate time trouble Andrew offered a draw and I soon realised that
neither side had anything better than the perpetual check that is coming. One
of those strange games where both players played well at times and both made
mistakes and missed wins. Andrew was disappointed not to have won at the and I
felt I should have won earlier on. Perhaps a draw was a fair result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale Team Knock Out: Semi-Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Tokeley, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "147"]
[BlackElo "161"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Todmorden 'A'"]

1. c4 {As people who know me will realise I pretty much remember what every
players opening repertoires are and although I didn't know a lot about Rob I
knew he played the Caro-Kann and the Slav. I thought for a good few minutes
which opening I fancied taking on. Against 1.d4 I had expected the Slav, I
played this more to give Black something to think about} c6 2. d4 (2. e4 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. d4 {was also running through my mind transposing into a
Panov-Botvinnik Caro-Kann}) 2... d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 (4. e3 {is also an
option and a move I played frequently a couple of years ago. I think the move
played is a little bit more aggressive}) 4... e6 {This is a move I was not
expecting! I fully expected Rob to play down the main line of the Slav with We
are now in Semi-Slav teritory} (4... dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 {etc.}) 5. Bg5 (5. e3 {is
the other main move when} Nbd7 6. Bd3 (6. Qc2 Bd6 {leads to one of the many
Anti-Meran lines, one of which was played in the game N Sykes - R Sutcliife
earlier this season}) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 {is the Meran variation})
5... h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {is also an option leading to the Moscow
variation of the Semi-Slav. However my only experience with this is on the
Blackside}) 6... Be7 {This gives the position a completely different flavour,
and now we have an Orthodox Queen's Gambit Declined} (6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 (7...
b5 8. e5 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 {is the wild Botvinnik variation, I was also
ready for that!!}) 8. Bg3 b5 {is the Anti-Moscow variation, this leads to a
complex and sharp fight and one I was hopingfor!}) 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9.
Rc1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 $6 {The problem with this move
is that it will be more difficult to make the ...c5 or ...e5 break} (12... O-O
13. O-O e5 {or} (13... b6 {would be a Main Line Lasker Defence of the Queen's
Gambit Declined})) 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. O-O Bd7 {If Black cannot play a
favourable ...c5 or ...e5 then this bishop (which is the problem piece in this
opening) can be a little bit naughty} 16. a3 {preventing Nb4 and also giving
the option of playing b4 to clamp down on ...c5. However a was wary of playing
b4 due to Black playing . ..a5 at some point} Rac8 17. Bb1 {preparing the
awkward Qd3} f5 {a radical solution, blunting the b1-h7 diagonal} 18. Ne5 Be8
19. Qd2 g5 $6 {this is a bit much as Black may pay for losening his king
position} 20. e4 $1 {the classic repost meet a flank attack with an attack in
the centre!} fxe4 21. Bxe4 {Fritz gives White a clear advantage here} Nf4 22.
Rce1 (22. g3 {was strong here according to Fritz}) 22... Rf6 $2 23. Ng4 c5 (
23... Rf8 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 {isn't much better}) 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. dxc5
Bb5 26. Bxb7 $6 {a slight inaccuracy, but White is still has a winning
advantage} (26. Rd1 Bxf1 27. Qd7 Rb8 28. Qc7 Re8 29. Kxf1 Qxb2 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31.
Qxh6+ Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bxb7 {is one example Fritz gives and White is
just two cleart pawns up}) 26... Rxc5 27. Qe3 $6 (27. Bf3 {is better}) 27...
Rc7 $2 {it must be said Rob was struggling on the clock over the last few
moves!} (27... Rc2 28. b4 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Qg7 30. Be4 {makes White work a little
bit harder}) 28. Qxa7 Qe7 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Bf3 Bxf1 {White has won two clear
pawns and Fritz assesses the position as winning for White. Black's king
position is also notgreat!} 31. Rxf1 Qf6 32. b4 Qd4 33. Qe4 Qc3 34. Qh7+ Kf6 (
34... Qg7 {is better but still losing for black}) 35. Qxh6+ Kf5 $2 {this loses
at once} 36. g4+ Ke5 37. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Calderdale Team Knock Out: Semi-Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edwards, P."]
[Black "Blinkhorn, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "126"]
[BlackElo "140"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Todmorden 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 f5 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. Rdg1 Bb4
15. g4 Bf7 16. Bd4 Qe6 17. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "cragg vale"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Murray, R."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Andy Leatherbarrow"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'D'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridgec'B'"]
[TimeControl "300+10"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 {Could be
different plan to main line or later d4 just transposes} Nf6 {As always there
is the Bg4!? option} 5. Bc4 {Delaying d pawn for piece development still
leaving lots of possible transpositions} Bf5 {Having reviewed the Bf5 move
before c6 recently, but here its not the best both c6 and Nc6 would be more
accurate !} 6. d3 {Although Bc4 and d3 is a plan against the scandinavian it
does not mix with Nf3} c6 7. Bd2 e6 8. Nd5 {Heading for one of the more modern
lines with a pawn on d3 instead of d4 to Black gain} Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Or
Qxf6 for those with a stronger constitution. I felt I would be more familiar
with the endgame ideas here than Robert} 10. Bc3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nd5
13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. d4 Bd6 17. g3 {Controls f4} Qc7 18.
Qb5+ Qd7 {Happy to exchange off the queens and keep my king in the centre as
its security is always of concern in this line.} 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. f4 (20. h4
$142 $5 $15 {might be a viable alternative}) 20... Rh3 $19 {I had seen this
for a while and thought I would have a significant advantage} 21. Rdf1 Rah8 22.
Rf2 Rxg3 $1 {Discovered attack} 23. hxg3 {A pinning theme} Rxh1+ 24. Kd2 f5 25.
Ke2 Be7 26. Rf1 Rh5 27. Bd2 f6 28. Kf3 g5 29. Kg2 g4 30. Re1 Rh8 31. Re3 Rc8
32. Rc3 Rc4 {Playing for the better pawn position and opening for my king on
the white squares} 33. Rxc4 dxc4 34. c3 (34. b3 b5 $19) 34... Kc6 35. Kf2 Kd5
36. Ke3 Bd6 {Reaching the time control with every chance of heading for the
win with the ideas of e5 and holding on the queenside with b5.} 37. b3 (37. Be1
$19) 37... cxb3 {Had planned to go b5 but changed my mind when going to play
the move thinking this would be okay too casual! Missed the a5 idea here.} (
37... a5 $142 $19 {and Black takes home the point}) 38. axb3 b5 39. Kd3 a6 40.
c4+ Kc6 41. c5 Bc7 42. b4 Kd5 43. Bc3 Bb8 44. Bb2 (44. Bd2 e5 $19) 44... Bc7 $4
{I thought that e5 was the right move but couldnt convince myself, the key
idea is the a5 move allowing the pawn to queen first} (44... e5 $142 {and
Black can look forward to a comfortable game} 45. Bc1 Bc7 $19 46. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} exd4 {[%eval -232,19] [%emt 0:00:31]} 47. Be1 {[%eval -284,24] [%emt 0:
01:19]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 48. bxa5 {[%eval -302,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]}) 45. Bc3 $11 {Draw offer at this point both had less than 10
mins on the clock} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sharpe, C."]
[Black "Sugden, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Intermezzo"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'D'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. b4 a5 4. c3 axb4 5. cxb4 Qf6 6. Nc3 Qxc3+ 7. Bd2 Qa3 8.
e4 Nc6 9. Qb1 Be7 10. f4 e5 11. Nf3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qxb4+ 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Nd4
Bxc5 15. Rb1 Bxd4 {A nightmare from start to finish for Craig. He can't
recapture on b4 because then Bc3+ wins the rook.} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Crampton, D."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'D'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'C'"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg5 Ne7 5. e4 Nbc6 6. Bf6 Bxf6 7. exf6 Ng8 8.
e5 d6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Bc4 Qxf6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Qh6 Nf5 14. Qf4
Bd7 15. Nbd2 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Nce7 18. Ne4 Qxb2 19. Nfg5 Qg7 20.
Nxd6 Nxd6 21. Qxd6 Bc6 22. Qxe7 Re8 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxe8+ Bxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qf8
26. Rxf8+ Kg7 27. Ne6+ Kf6 28. Bg8+ Ke5 29. Rb8 b6 30. Rb7 Ke4 31. Rxa7 Kd5 32.
a4 Kc6 33. Rxh7 g5 34. Nxg5 Kc5 35. f4 b5 36. axb5 Kxb5 37. f5 Kb4 38. f6 Kc3
39. f7 Kb2 40. f8=Q Kc3 41. Qd6 Kb2 42. Rc7 Kc1 43. Qf4+ Kb2 44. Rb7+ Kc3 45.
Qb4+ Kxc2 46. Bh7+ Kd1 47. Rd7+ Ke2 48. Qe4# 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leggett, D."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'D'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Be6 7. O-O Bd4
8. Nf3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Re1 Nd6 11. Ne5 Qg5 12. d4 Qh4 13. c4 Nf5 14. Bb2
O-O 15. Qg4 Bxc4 16. Qxf5 Qf6 17. Qe4 Bd5 18. Qe3 Qh6 19. Qg3 f6 20. Nd7 Rfd8
21. Qg4 g6 22. Nxf6+ Kf7 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qf3+ Rf5 25. Qb3+ Kf6 26. Qe6+ Kg5
27. Bc1+ Rf4 28. Qe7+ Kg4 29. h3+ Kf5 30. Re5# 1-0

