[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Eagleton, G."]
[Black "Lewyk, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Ihor Lewyk"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne8 {This is all familiar in the Czech Benoni. Black plays for a break on f5.}
9. Qc2 g6 10. Bd3 {Not sure of this loss of tempo. However, it isn't ctitical
in this sort of blocked position.} Ng7 11. Bh6 Nf6 12. a3 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rfb1 f5 {This is probably the critical position.
Black's plan is simple (f4, g5 then g5) but should he give white so much on
the queen side? The thing I overlooked was that the Knight on g4 has to move
to allow the gpawn forward but then has difficulty in getting back into the
game.} 17. Rb2 f4 18. Rab1 Nh6 {I had planned to move teh Knight back to f6 at
this point. However, Ng5 is uncomfortable and White has the possibility of
landing on e6 and the subsequent capture allows the other Knight to land on
the excellent outpost of d5.} 19. Rb8 Rxb8 20. Rxb8 Qc7 21. Qb2 Nf7 22. Ra8 Bd7
23. Rxf8 {draw agreed. Well Man U were on TV downstairs and I felt that
without any major pieces black's plan of pushing the g-pawn wouldn't have the
necessary bite. In actual fact black is the only player with winning chances
here but it will take a long, long time to make progress.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Burke, M."]
[Black "Bak, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "180"]
[BlackElo "173"]
[Annotator "Andrew Bak"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 {I've got a terrible record against Mitchell, which I think is why
Huddersfield altered their board order so that Mitchell could try and beat me
again! (In fairness Huddersfield had their board order written down when I
arrived before they knew Andy would be playing - Dave)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6
{I'd tried allsorts in the past, including 3...f5, 3...a6 4.Bxc6 and 3...Nf6,
none with any success! I'd never played this ...g6 move before, the only
reason I had chosen to play this was because I had done a little prep for a
couple of my potential opponents in the 4NCL who played this line with Black.}
4. O-O (4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 {etc is
supposed to be the "critical" variation.}) 4... Bg7 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 O-O 7. Na3
{I didn't really understand this, I've always got e5 more than well covered.}
d6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 {I thought trading pieces would be good for me as I had a
slight disadvantage in space.} 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 (10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc4+ Kh8
12. Be3 {I wasn't sure if this attempt to weaken my light squares was worth
doing for White or not.}) 10... c6 (10... a6 {I would've preferred to save a
move and play like this, but unfortunately I lose my queen.} 11. Rd1 axb5 12.
Rxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxb5) 11. Bc4 b5 {In hindsight, this was probably too premature.
I need to allow myself the option of playing ...b6 and ...c5.} 12. Bb3 a6 13.
Nc2 (13. Be3 {I thought this move was quite awkward to meet and my pieces were
going to be tied up. This is why I probably should've played 11..a6 or 11...Qc7
}) 13... c5 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. Ng4 c4 {I didn't really want to commit this but I
need to deal with Nh6+ and f7 being loose somehow!} 16. Bc2 h5 17. Ne3 Kh7 {I
had planned this move when I played ...c4, but looking back I don't think this
achieves much. I was trying to leave myself the possibility of playing...Ng8
and either ...Nh6 or ...Nf6} 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. c4 Nc6 {
A tactical point to allow my knight to get active.} 22. Bb1 (22. cxb5 Nd4 23.
Qc4 Qxc4 24. bxc4 Nxc2 25. Nxc2 Bxe4) (22. Nd5 Nd4 23. Nxc7 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 Rac8
25. Nd5 Nd4) 22... Nd4 23. Qa2 {This is a very passive square to move the
queen to. I was expecting Qd1 because I couldn't see any usefulness for my
discovery and the queen is eyeing up a potential g4 break or can jump to the
Qside with Qa4.} bxc4 24. bxc4 {After this I thought I was a bit worse, my
dark squares are quite weak and this c-pawn might prove to be quite awkward to
fight against.} (24. Nxc4 Bc8 {I would've tried to manoeuvre the bishop to e6
to put some more pressure on the Qside and assist a future ...h5-h4 advance
with all of White's army stuck on the Qside.} (24... h4 {The computer actually
likes playing this straight away, which I did also consider.})) 24... Qb6 {I
think this was necessary as I didn't particularly want to meet Nd5 with ...
Bxd5. With my queen on c7, my queen wouldn't really have any sensible squares
to move to, so I need to take prophylactic actions to get my queen out of the
picture.} 25. c5 {Played instantly, trying to stick the knight on d6 and take
some more space.} Qb3 26. Nc4 {When he played this, I though it was very
strong, however after my response, maybe he should have traded queens first.}
a5 {Giving luft for my bishop and allowing it to become active.} 27. Re1 Qc3 {
I think Mitchell had missed this completely. He assumed that I was just trying
to trade queens with ...Qb3 (which I was!), however this is a way of declining
the trade which gives White a couple of problems, as both the rook on e1 is
threatened as is .. .Nb3.} 28. Nd2 Kg8 {I was getting shorter on time and I
was trying to find an effective plan to give me an advantage, but none came to
mind. I played this threatening ...Bh6 in the hope that it might confuse
Mitchell. I always knew that if something went drastically wrong, then I could
always bail out into an endgame with ...Qxd2. This ...Kg8 move also brings the
king closer to the centre for any potential endgame as well as defending f7.} (
28... Bh6 {This was the move I really wanted to play as I think it's just
winning, if White didn't have. I thought it might still have been playable but
I wasn't sure and didn't have time to calculate it.} 29. Qxf7+ {The computer
assesses this as still good for Black, but I'm sure you won't blame me for not
being able to navigate my way through this variation!} Kh8 30. Qxb7 (30. Qf6+
Bg7 31. Qxg6 Qxa1 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 {White has no more checks and Black is a rook
for three pawns up.}) 30... Rab8 31. Qf7 Bxd2 32. Qxg6 Qxa1 33. c6 Qxa3 34.
Qxh5+ Kg8 35. c7 Qe7 36. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 37. Ba2+ Kg7 {The computer assesses this
as -0.9, needless to say I have no idea how accurate this assessment is and I
never would have seen any of this line!}) (28... Qxd2 29. Qxd2 Nf3+ 30. gxf3
Rxd2) 29. Kh1 $4 {Mitchell said he was trying for a win with this move, but it
just loses on the spot. Alternatviely he could have played} (29. Qb2) (29. Re3)
29... Bh6 30. Rd1 Nb3 31. Bb2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zelei, I."]
[Black "Leonard, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "157"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 Nf6 {At least I chose the right opening to revise!} 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6
4. d4 d6 5. f4 g5 {This apparently surprised everyone present. Nigel Davies,
in Alekhine's Defence, writes "You need to be very enthusiastic about
undermining pawn centres to play this idea of GM Albin Planinc. More than
thirty years [published 2001] after Planinc used to play it the shock value is
still intact....Michael Schirmer thinks it's good enough for correspondence
chess."} 6. Nf3 {Davies writes: "In the classic Eales and Williams book on the
Alekhine [which I've never seen, to my knowledge], 5...g5 is relegated to a
side note. But neither of the suggestions offered seem very good; 6.Nf3 can be
met by 6...g4..." So that's what I played; after this, we're on our own!} g4 7.
Ng5 {Fritz 14's preference; I can see he wouldn't want to make an ignominious
retreat. The knight is a potential risk both to him of getting trapped, and to
me of leading an attack on f7.} Bf5 {Fritz obviously thinks I left it far too
late to begin demolishing White's centre. My focus was more on exploiting his
knight's position; Fritz prefers} (7... dxe5 8. c5 h6 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. fxe5 Nc6 {
I'm not sure; I don't like opening up lines that are likely to favour his
bishops rather than mine.}) 8. Bd3 Qd7 {Missing a more obvious opportunity to
start the demolition:} (8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 h6 10. Ne4 {What I didn't like about
parting with my queen's bishop so soon was the possibility of lines like} (10.
Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qf5+ Kg8 12. Qg6+ Bg7 13. Qe6+ {with a draw by perpetual check,
but it could have been worse.}) 10... dxe5 {though even this isn't all that
clear cut; he can play} 11. c5 Nd5 {or even} (11... Qxd4 12. Qxd4 exd4 13. cxb6
axb6 {Black does have three pawns for the piece.}) 12. dxe5 Qd7 {followed by
13...Nc6 and 14...O-O-O. White's pawns and king look more vulnerable than
Black's.}) 9. Nc3 Nc6 {My failure to attack his knight or his centre is
getting more serious; Fritz prefers} (9... h6 10. Bxf5 Qxf5 11. Nge4 dxe5 12.
c5 Nd5 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 b6 15. dxe5 {though White is almost a point ahead
now.}) 10. Be3 {His turn to miss Fritz's preferred approach: d4-d5 possibly
preceded by 10.Bxf5.} Nb4 11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12. Nge4 {The only way I could see for
him to exclude my knight. He can't do this with the other knight:} (12. Nce4 h6
{and his king's knight has lost its retreat square.}) 12... O-O-O {I wanted to
get my king out of the way before capturing on either e5 or c4. I did consider
Fritz's preferred move:} (12... d5 13. cxd5 N6xd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Bc1 h5 16.
O-O O-O-O {which does look pretty solid for Black. In fact, I could apparently
have captured on c4 without losing a piece:}) (12... Nxc4 13. Qa4+ Kd8 14. Qxb4
Nxe3 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Nb5 Nxg2+ 17. Kf2 Nxf4 18. Nxa7 Nd5+ 19. Kg1 Bh6 20. Re1
Be3+ 21. Rxe3 Nxe3 22. Ng3 Qd7 {which Fritz evaluates as precisely level; I
wonder how much of this we'd have found, over the board!}) 13. b3 Bh6 $6 {This
is the point at which, analysing the game OTB, I realised I should have played}
(13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bg7 {Fritz also offers} (14... Bh6 {Hang on! It's
unprotected, but Fritz is cleverer than I am:} 15. Bxh6 Rxd4 16. Qb1 Nd3+ 17.
Kd2 Rhd8 18. Re1 Qxe5 19. Kc2 f5 20. Nd2 Qf6 {(this mix of sledgehammer and
sublety is beyond me!)} 21. Nb5 R4d7 22. Be3 Nb4+ 23. Kc1 a6 24. Bd4 Rxd4 25.
Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Re2 Nd3+ 27. Kd1 Nf4 28. Qxf5+ e6 29. Qe5 Nxe2 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 {
Good heavens! White hasn't been mated but Black is now a piece and a pawn up.})
15. a3 Nc6 {However, it's not as clear cut as I thought, as he *can* get his
queen off the d file, breaking the pin, without losing the d pawn:} 16. Qc2 Qg6
17. Rd1 {This too is rated as level by Fritz, but I'd rather be Black than
White. However} f5 18. exf6 exf6 19. d5 f5 20. dxc6 fxe4 21. cxb7+ Kxb7 22.
Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxe4 Kb8 24. O-O Re8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Re1 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 {looks
pretty much like a draw, unless in practice Black can manufacture something
against White's king.}) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Ng3 Qg6 {Was} (15... Qd7 {better? Fritz
prefers it slightly and also prefers White:} 16. d5 Na5 17. exd6 Bg7 18. Rc1
exd6 19. O-O h5 20. Nb5 h4 21. Ne4 Kb8 22. Bd2 c6 23. Nxa7 Naxc4 24. bxc4 Bd4+
25. Kh1 h3 26. Ba5 $18) 16. Qe2 $6 {I thought at the time he should have played
} (16. f5 Qg7 17. f6 Qg6 (17... exf6 $2 {loses to} 18. Nf5 Qg6 19. Nxh6 fxe5
20. d5 Nd4 21. O-O) 18. Bxh6 Qxh6 19. Nf5 Qg6 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. fxe7 Rd7 22.
exd6 Qxd6 23. O-O Qxe7 24. Re1 $14) 16... dxe5 {At last! The first pawn
exchange! In fact, I missed} (16... Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Nxd4 18. Qe4 Nxb3 $15 {Again
Black has three pawns for the piece.}) 17. dxe5 Qd3 {Time was getting short;
not even half the moves played and we both had less than 15 minutes left. In
my haste to get my queen away from f4-f5, I overlooked} (17... Nd4 18. Bxd4
Rxd4 19. O-O (19. f5 Qg5 20. O-O Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Rd3 23. Nge2 Bd2
$17) 19... Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. Qe3 {winning back the exchange} Rf5 22. Nxf5
Qxf5 23. Rf1 Qe6 $15) 18. Nge4 Qxe2+ $6 {After trying to set up pins to win
his e pawn, I missed this one} (18... Nxe5 19. Bxb6 f5 20. Rd1 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2
axb6 22. fxe5 fxe4 $11) 19. Kxe2 Nd4+ $6 {Again in too much hurry, I missed} (
19... f6 20. exf6 exf6 21. Rad1 (21. Nxf6 Bg7 22. Nce4 Nd7 23. Nxg4 Bxa1 24.
Rxa1 Rde8 25. Ngf2 Re7 26. Kf3 Rhe8 27. g3 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Rxe3+ 29. Kg2 R8e6 30.
Nxh7 Rxb3 $11 {Black's OK if the rooks can combine to stop those pawns.}) 21...
f5 22. Ng3 Rdf8 $14) 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. g3 Rhd8 $2 {I should have been aware of
the position on the h file, and played to open up lines for my bishop} (21...
Bg7 {Even so, after} 22. Ng5 Rf8 23. Nxh7 Rg8 24. Ng5 Bxe5 25. Nxf7 Bf6 26.
Rad1 $16 {White is comfortably ahead.}) 22. Nb5 $4 {Calamity! He turned a good
position into a dead loss, in one unfortunate move. Afterwards, he suggested
simply Rd1, but even better was} (22. h3 gxh3 23. Rxh3 Bf8 24. Rxh7 $18) 22...
Rxe4+ {Not surprisingly, he resigned. This keeps happening to me; I think I'm
doing well and Fritz shows me just how thin was the ice on which I have been
skating. As Andy said on the way home: "I shouldn't play 5...g5 every time you
encounter the Four Pawns Attack; people will be ready for you, next time!"} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Owen's Defence"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tooley, D."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.10"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. d4 {There isn't much to say about the early moves in this game. I knew Dave
would play the Torre and spent a few minutes considering the best way to
create an unbalanced position against it. I thought a King's Indian type set
up would do the job and, although I didn't play my moves with the greatest
accuracy (well I'm not a KID player!) I nevertheless got a decent position due
to White's relatively passive set up.} Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3
O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 {Unusual, but White can't play d5 so why not?} 7. Nbd2 Qe8 8.
O-O e5 9. Qc2 {Fritz gives} (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qb3 Bg7 11. Rfe1 b6 12. d5 Ne7
13. e4 c6 {and Black is doing just fine here.}) 9... Nh5 10. Bb5 {Or again 10.
Qb3 is an decent option.} Bd7 11. Rfd1 $2 {This is inaccurate and allowed me
an opportunity that I considered but passed up.} h6 {Better was} (11... Nxd4
12. cxd4 Bxb5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxc7 {Black has a solid advantage here but I
didn't fancy the line for some reason. I think that I felt it was a little too
balanced in terms of both structure and material. This wasn't the kind of
middle game I played the opening in the hopes of reaching.}) 12. Bh4 f5 $6 {
This move is a bit too loosening at this moment. It's not downright bad but
it's certainly dubious.} 13. dxe5 {Dave could have inserted 13.Bc4+ Kh7 before
exchanging on e5. I'm not sure it makes a massive difference but Fritz likes
it.} Nxe5 {According to the computer it's marginally better for Black to play}
(13... Bxe5 {but I didn't want to exchange my king's bishop. As a Dragon
player I have a pre-disposition to preserve this piece if I possibly can.} 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qb3+) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxd7 {No better is} (15. Qb3+ Kg7 16.
Bxd7 Qxd7 {with equality.}) 15... Qxd7 16. Qb3+ Qf7 $1 {Played after a long
think. Of course there is no way to protect my b-pawn, but I'd seen that a few
moves ago and decided that I'd get excellent counter chances if Dave went for
that. Psychologically I think the game move is interesting. Essentially White
is being offered a dare. Black's saying "If you want to play for a win you can
have b7 and we'll see what happens. If not then please exchange queens because
I believe in my endgame chances." For a long time I considered moves like d5
or Kh8-Rab8 but then I realised that in the lines where White takes on b7 my
queen has much more to offer on f7. I was already looking at the idea of
g5-Nxg3-f4 as the battery of queen and rook on the f-file look quite dangerous
and, without the bishop on the board the White king looks scantily protected.}
17. Qxb7 {If White is going to decline the queen exchange then he might be
better off improving his knight's position and driving back the Black bishop
first. Black can hardly exchange on b3 as the half open a-file will be of more
use to White than Black.} (17. Nf3 Bg7 {and now White has the same choice to
make as he did on move 17 but his position has improved somewhat.}) (17. Qxf7+
{Exchanging the queens gives nothing for White} Rxf7 18. Nf3 Bg7 {If anything
Black is slightly better here as the White bishop is pretty poor and if it
relocates to g3 from where it has better prospects, it will just get swapped
off.}) 17... Rab8 18. Qxa7 {He might as well take the other pawn as well.} Rxb2
19. Nb3 $6 {I was happy when I saw this. In my view the knight needs to be on
f3 when I had planned to play} (19. Nf3 g5 $5 {The point is that if Nxe5 then
dxe5 and White's bishop will be trapped, so} 20. Qa3 Rfb8 {and Black is better.
} 21. Bg3 Bg7) 19... g5 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 f4 {Carrying through my plan.
White can't avoid the f-file being opened because he can't advance two pawns
at the same time and if he takes my f-pawn then the g-file opens instead.} 22.
Qa3 $2 {This has to be classed as a mistake because it leads to a lost
position by force. Nevertheless, the refutation requires a certain amount of
pluck, so it's not too surprising that Dave may have missed or underestimated
my next move.} Rxf2 $3 {I'd been considering this move whilst Dave was
pondering his last. I decided it looked promising anyway but after Qa3 I
almost felt compelled to go for it. I couldn't figure out all the variations
if the rook sacrifice was accepted but it looked to me like the White king was
going to go wandering if he did take it so I just decided to go for it. With
the engine to help me calculate afterwards it looks like the move is sound,
indeed, the best move available.} 23. gxf4 {Of course the critical line
involves accepting the sacrifice. Does Black have enough?} (23. Kxf2 fxg3+ {
This is the best move as it forces checkmate. It was however, not the pawn
capture that I'd decided I would play if Dave took the rook. We'll come to 23..
.fxe3+ in the next variation} 24. Ke2 Qc4+ $1 {This was the move I didn't see
in this variation. It's of critical importance that the Black pawn on g3 will
protect the rook's invasion on f2.} 25. Rd3 Rf2+ 26. Ke1 Qxd3 27. Qa8+ Kg7 {
and it's all over.}) (23. exf4 {was the other plausible move. In this instance
Fritz recommends the straight forward continuation} Rxf4 $1 {Black insists on
giving up the rook.} 24. gxf4 {Of course White doesn't have to take the
sacrifice here either but here's what happens if he does.} Qxf4 {is also going
to be mate.}) 23... gxf4 {Once again Black could go for} (23... Rxf4 $1 {Again,
White can't take the rook without getting mated so how about} 24. Qb2 Rh4 {
Well, according to Fritz this leads to mate in 10.}) 24. e4 {Dave is trying
his best to keep the lines closed but now I can leave him with no choice.} (24.
Kxf2 {Now lets look at the line I thought I'd play on the last move if White
took the rook.} fxe3+ {Leaving White little alternative but to take the pawn
as anything else quickly gets mated.} 25. Kxe3 Qf2+ 26. Kd3 Qg3+ {I'd seen
this far in my calculations. Of course if Dave had taken the rook on his 23rd
move then I'd have just captured a pawn on g3 and there would still be a Black
pawn on g5 aswell. It makes no difference to the outcome.} 27. Kc2 Qxc3+ {I
hadn't been able to visualise at the outset that I'd be able to capture here
with check but of course I'd have seen it if we got this far!} 28. Kb1 Rf2 {
Threatening Qc2 mate. White can block this with 29.Rd2 but after Rxd2 30.Nxd2
he loses his queen.}) 24... f3 $1 {This is very strong. There's no need to
move the rook. If White takes it he is subject to the same blistering attack
as seen in the previous notes.} 25. Kxf2 {This loses but anything else allows
25...Rxg2+ which just loses slightly more slowly.} fxg2+ 26. Ke3 {Not} (26.
Kxg2 Qf2+ 27. Kh3 Qg3#) 26... Qf3+ 27. Kd2 Qxc3+ 28. Ke2 Qf3+ 29. Kd2 Bxa1 (
29... Qf2+ 30. Kc1 Qe3+ 31. Kb1 Rf2 {and Black is mating either via 32...
Qxe4-Qc2, or if 32.Qa8+ then Kg7 and now Black is also threatening Rb2 mate.})
30. Qa5 Bc3+ $1 {Forcing off the queens and allowing the coronation of the
g-pawn thus} (30... Bc3+ 31. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 32. Kxc3 Rf1 {White can't stop the
pawn even by giving up material.}) 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "cragg vale"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aguirre, A."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Andy Leatherbarrow and David Shapland"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 Nc6 {For a change of scene, a Nimzo Defence (Andy)} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {
Into a joint line that the Scandinavian and Nimzo share (Andy)} Qxd5 {
Fortunately I had looked through this this week (Andy)} 4. Ne2 {Best is Nf3
though this is an interesting try to avoid Bg4 lines (Andy)} e5 {Not the best
if White plays accurately, Bf5 playing against the misplaced Ne2 is fine (Andy)
} 5. Nbc3 Bb4 6. Be3 {This drops into the 4.Be3 lines that are fine for Black
Bd2 leaves White with the two bishops (Andy)} Bg4 {I remebered the Bg4/f3/Bxf3
motif, the alternative exd4 is also fine (Andy)} 7. f3 (7. a3 $5 {is noteworthy
} Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 $14 {(Andy)} (8. bxc3 $143 Nf6 $15)) 7... Bxf3 $5 $11 {Tony
seemed to have overlooked that he can't capture the bishop because 8.gxf3 Qxf3
attacks both his bishop and his rook. It looks ugly for White but Mr Aguirre,
to his great credit, kept his head. (Dave)} 8. Kf2 {It looks pretty scary
moving the king like this but Tony accurately analysed that this was the best
wa to hold the balance. A brave decision nevertheless. A good deal of
simplification is now forced. (Dave) Tony found a good move here, Qd2 isn't as
good 8......Bxe2 9. Nxd5 BxQ 10. Kxe2 Bxe3 11. Nxc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 exd4 with
advantage to Black. Scheerers analysis 1.......Nc6 '!' (Andy)} (8. gxf3 $2 {
springs to mind, but} Qxf3 9. Rg1 Qxe3 $19 {(Andy)}) 8... Bxc3 {The only
viable altenative doesn't look good for Black after} (8... Bxe2 9. Nxd5 Bxd1
10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Bxc2 12. dxe5 {and White looks better to me though it's
going to be a pretty complicated ending. (Dave)}) 9. Nxc3 Bxd1 10. Nxd5 {White
has the pair of bishops (Andy)} O-O-O {Black has to give up his bishops for
White knights in an open position. (Dave)} 11. Rxd1 Rxd5 {Also possible was} (
11... exd4 {which leads to a different kind of endgame position after} 12. Bxd4
Rxd5 13. Bxg7 Rxd1 14. Bxh8 Rc1 {My engine assesses this position as pretty
much equal. The two bishops mean less for the moment because Black's rook is
so active compared to Whites and he can win a pawn again shortly. Once White
has untangled himself though he'll maintain decent chances to at least hold. 
(Dave)}) 12. Bc4 Rd8 {This might well be a bit too passive. Fritz suggestes
instead a more active manouevre for the rook.} (12... Ra5 13. Bxf7 Nf6 {and
again Black is hoping that his more active pieces will counter act White's
bishop pair. (Dave)}) 13. dxe5 (13. Bxf7 $4 {Taking the pawn is naive (Andy)}
Rf8 14. Ke2 Rxf7 $19) 13... Nge7 {I pondered here contemplating exchanging the
rooks then Nxe5 but thought development was required. Wrong again! (Andy)} (
13... Rxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxe5 $11) 14. Bg5 $4 {White loses the upper hand (Andy)
Instead if} (14. Bxf7 $142 {then} Nxe5 15. Be6+ Kb8 16. Kg3 $16 {and White has
regained the pawn and the bishop pair should give him some chances to play for
a win in the endgame. (Dave)}) 14... Rxd1 $15 {I've been allowed to correct my
mistake (Andy)} 15. Rxd1 Nxe5 16. Bb5 {Tony offered a draw, this is the
obvious move maybe a slight advantage to Black but White has the two bishops,
draw accepted (Andy) A short game to be sure but it was by no means
uninteresting. Play could have continued with} (16. Bb5 f6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 {and we reach a very interesting endgame. Fritz thinks Black is a
little bit better but that might well be it's materialistic instincts showing
through. Can Black really expect to convert a single pawn advantage in an open
endgame with two knights against two bishops. This end game would be worthy of
some study I think. (Dave)}) 1/2-1/2

