[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Williams, W."]
[Black "Leonard, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "180"]
[BlackElo "156"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. c3 e5 {So much for preparing for Darwin! Still, I'm grateful to Nick for
the information that Winston opens this way. My idea was to aim for something
that highlighted his inability to play Nc3. Dave said that he had intended the
same first move, if he'd been playing Winston...} 2. d4 Nc6 {...but Dave would
haved played 2...e4} 3. dxe5 {I'd felt comfortable about} (3. d5 Nce7 {
followed soon by c7-c6 attacking his centre. I thought it was too much to hope
for}) (3. e4 exd4 4. cxd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 (5. Bd2 Qe7 $15) 5... Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7.
Qc2 d5 {when I like Black's active position.}) 3... Nxe5 4. Bf4 Ng6 5. Bg3 Nf6
{I can't see that Black has much to worry about, and White's c pawn is still
in the way!} 6. Nd2 d5 {Focussing on preventing e2-e4. Fritz 14 agrees with me
here, but later "thinks" that I should have paid more attention to promoting
my plans and less to thwarting his. That's to do with playing a higher-graded
opponent, I think.} 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8. e3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 {An example of my caution;
Fritz slightly prefers the more aggressive 9...c5, when of course he can't
play Nc3-b5!} 10. O-O-O {If he'd played} (10. Bd3 {I was considering} Nf4 {
pretty well forcing the exchange of one of his bishops for my less well-placed
knight. Curiously, Fritz doesn't rate this, preferring 10. ..Bg4.}) 10... Bg4 {
It looks like he's planning an assault on the king's side, which I wanted to
restrain. Fritz thinks I should have got straight on with my own attack:} (
10... a5 11. Bd3 a4 12. a3 c6) 11. Bd3 {At least I'm comfortable in the
knowledge that he won't chase the bishop with} (11. h3 {as it loses a pawn to}
Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Rxe3 {or, even better,} (13... Qd6 14. g4 Rxe3))
11... Ne5 {I was concerned about White's pressure on the b1-h7 diagonal; again
Fritz wants me to set my own agenda:} (11... c5 12. c4 (12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. h3
Bxf3 {and I don't see much sign of White's attack.}) 12... b5 13. cxd5 c4 {and
Black's attack appears the more advanced.}) 12. Bf5 {I felt this was really
kind of him; I was wondering how to oppose his bishop and queen, and he
exchanged them for me!} Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Qd7 {I did think about} (13... g6 {but
was afraid my strong oppenent might exploit the "looseness" of my position. In
fact,} 14. Qc2 (14. Qg5 Nd3+ 15. Kb1 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Nf2 $19) 14... a5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Bh4 h6 17. e4 g5 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 {looks OK. To force his
queen to exchange or retreat, I could have thought of}) (13... Qc8 14. Qxc8 (
14. Qc2 a5 $15) 14... Raxc8 {doesn't require the knight to retreat.}) 14. Qxd7
(14. Qc2 Nxf3 15. gxf3 a5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 {Would I have chosen this? It does
open the c file for me.} (16... Qxd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4
20. Rxd6 cxd6 {and Black has won a pawn, which he can't keep:} 21. Rd1 Rd8 22.
Rd5 b6 23. Rb5 Rb8 24. Rd5 Kf8 25. Rxd6 Ke7 26. Rd5 f6 $11) 17. Kb1 b5 18. Qd3
Rab8 19. Nb3 b4 20. Nd4 Rec8 21. Rc1 {is dead level, according to Fritz.})
14... Nfxd7 15. Nxe5 {From White's third move, Fritz has rated the position as
(marginally) favouring Black. Now, with} (15. Nb3 c6 16. e4 Nf6 17. exd5 cxd5 {
White would gain equality; a reflection on 1. c3, IMHO.}) 15... Bxe5 16. Nf3
Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 {Black is a comfortable half point ahead.} 18. Kd2 {A
strange-looking move, but he wants it to guard f2.} c6 19. Rh4 Re4 {I was more
concerned to keep his rook away from the queen's side; Fritz prefers} (19... h5
{e.g.} 20. c4 g6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rb4 b6 23. Nd4 Ne4+ 24. Ke1 Rac8 $15) 20.
Rdh1 a5 {Perhaps now is the wrong time to start queen's side operations; I
never thought of Fritz's recommended} (20... g6 21. Ng5 Rxh4 22. gxh4 Kg7 {
followed by ...Re8, ...h6 and ...Ne4.}) 21. Ng5 Rxh4 22. Rxh4 h6 {To relieve
my knight of defensive duties and give my king a breathing space.} 23. Nh3 $6 {
I'd expected} (23. Nf3 a4 24. a3 Ne4+ 25. Ke2 Ra6 {(Fritz's idea, though I
might have seen it, when I got closer)} 26. Ne5 Rb6 27. Nd3 Kh7 $15) 23... Ne4+
$17 {His rook and knight definitely appear "side-lined"; I should have made
more of this than I did.} 24. Ke2 $2 b5 $6 {I never saw beyond} (24... g5 25.
Rxh6 {but now there's} Kg7 26. Rh5 Kg6 27. g4 f5 28. Nxg5 {e2 was the worst,
though the obvious, square for his king, as he can't play} (28. f3 fxg4 29.
fxg4 Ng3+ $19) 28... Nxg5 29. Rh4 Ne4 30. gxf5+ Kxf5 $17 {Even better was}) (
24... f6 25. Rh5 b5 26. Kd3 Kh7 27. Rf5 b4 28. f3 g6 29. Rf4 g5 {winning the
exchange.}) 25. Ng1 {Breathing space for his rook!} a4 $6 {The way of breaking
through is} (25... b4 26. c4 b3 27. axb3 Rb8 {e.g.} 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. f3 Nxg3+
30. Kf2 Nf5 31. Rf4 (31. Ra4 Rxb3 32. Rxa5 Nxe3 33. Ne2 Nd1+ 34. Ke1 Nxb2 35.
Rxd5 $17) 31... Ne7 32. Ra4 Rxb3 33. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 34. Ne2 $17 {In either case,
Black is a pawn up, though there's a long way to go go win the game. I was
beginning to be conscious of my clock; not dangerously short of time but
insufficient to evaluate these sort of lines, where the wrong choice can turn
rampaging pawns into weak ones. He had plenty of time left.}) 26. a3 Kh7 $6 {
Too late to be trapping his rook; Fritz prefers} (26... Nd6 27. Kd3 Re8 28. Nf3
Nc4 29. Kc2 Re6 {followed by centralising the king.}) 27. g4 g5 $6 (27... c5
28. f3 g5 29. Rh2 Nd6 {and White's pieces are in a pretty tangle.}) 28. Rh1 c5
{We're level again, more or less.} 29. Nh3 $6 Rb8 30. Rd1 $6 Rd8 $2 {Coward! I
hadn't left myself the time to look properly at} (30... b4 31. cxb4 cxb4 32.
Rd3 (32. Rxd5 $4 bxa3 {and either the pawn queens or he loses the rook:} 33.
bxa3 Nc3+) 32... bxa3 33. bxa3 Rb2+ 34. Kd1 (34. Ke1 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Ra1 36. f3
Ra2+ 37. Ke1 Ng3 38. Rxd5 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Rxe3 $17) 34... Ra2 35. Kc1 Nxf2 36.
Nxf2 Rxf2 37. Rd2 Rf1+ 38. Kc2 Ra1 39. Kb2 Re1 40. Rd4 Re2+ 41. Kc1 Rxg2 42.
Rxa4 f5 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. gxf5 h5 $19) 31. f3 {Dead level again.}
Nf6 32. Kd3 $6 {Allowing my knight to escape, which I didn't immediately spot.
Fritz prefers any of 32.Kf2, 32>ng1 or 32.Nf2.} Kg6 33. Nf2 Nd7 {Too late,
really.} 34. Kc2 $6 (34. Ke2 {followed by 35.Ne4, wherever my knight goes, is
actaully slightly better for White; the first time since the start of the game.
}) 34... Nb6 35. Ne4 Nc4 36. Rd3 Ne5 $6 {Chickening out, but at least I'd made
the time control, with a minute or two to spare.} (36... Re8 37. Nxc5 Nxe3+ 38.
Kb1 f5 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. Rd2 (40. g3 h5 41. Rd4 Re7 42. Ka2 Ke5 43. Nd3+ Kd6
44. Nb4 Re5 45. Nd3 Rf5 46. Ne1 g4 47. f4 h4 48. gxh4 g3) 40... Kf4 41. Nd7 Re6
{Both lines give Black real prospects of winning.}) 37. Rd1 Nc4 {I offered him
a draw, which he was pleased to accept. As I felt that I had had the better of
it, with Black, against a 180-graded player, I was satisfied with my game. I
shouldn't have been; clearly I allowed him to overawe me, when I missed a
number of chances for a win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ursal, D."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 {I'd expected 5.Bg5 and the
Botvinnik System but Darwin obviously decided that might be a bit too
theoretical. The Meran is much less scary. However, that works for both sides.
There's less danger for Black in the Meran too.} Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 a6 {This is the Wade Variation, which is the line I studied when I first
added the Semi-Slav to my repertoire years ago. These days I think that the
fashionable move (which I really ought to familiarise myself with) is...} (8...
Bd6 {It makes sense to develop a piece instead of moving another queenside
pawn. In this way Black is able to build up serious pressure on the White king
quite quickly as well as preparing to castle more swiftly. A game that made a
particular impression on me was Aronian - Anand, Tata Steel A Group, 2013.
This was undoubedly one of Anand's masterpiece's and it continued...} 9. O-O
O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 $1 13. Nxh7 Ng4 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Bc5
$3 16. Be2 Nde5 $3 {and Anand won a beautiful game. I'd recommend anyone
interested in this variation look this game up.}) 9. O-O Bb7 {All standard
Meran System moves up until this point. This position appears 3752 times on my
Chessbase online database.} 10. b3 {Darwin told me after the game that this
move was something he'd cooked up himself. Well it has been played before but
my database shrinks down to 127 games that featured this position.} (10. e4 {
is the mainline here and must be a more critical test as well as being more
ambitious. Play can now continue...} c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 {
and now White can chose to apply the pressure with a move like...} 14. Ng5 {14.
Nd4 and 14.Qe2 are also very popular.}) 10... c5 {This is the point of Black's
play. Defending the pawn on b5 enables him to advance the c-pawn and free his
pieces very effectively.} 11. Bb2 {I could possibly have chosen to build up
before playing this move with either 11...Bd6 or Rc8, however, I didn't want
to give Darwin the chance to play e4.} cxd4 12. Nxd4 {I expected this move
rather than allowing the creation of an isolated pawn with the line...} (12.
exd4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Rac1 O-O {and Black stand well here. White has no
advantage at all and can expect Black to pile pressure up on that d-pawn.})
12... Bd6 13. Rc1 {Darwin's plan is to play Bb1 and aim to create threats
against my king with his battery of bishops and possibly his queen. Even
though this was Darwin I was playing against I was pretty confident that this
plan wasn't dangerous for me and that it would infact be my battery of bishops
that would be the more threatening.} O-O 14. Bb1 Qb6 {The bishop on b6 needs a
little bit of reassurance and so the queen naturally seems to belong on this
square now that White has occupied the c-file with his rook. For the first
time in the game Fritz awards Black a modest advantage in this position.} 15.
Qe2 Rac8 {At this point in the game I started analysing moves like e5 and Ne5,
but they didn't appear to lead to anything concrete and I remembered some
advice I've recently received from some stronger players about being patient,
so I decided that completeing my development was the right thing to do.} 16.
Rfd1 Rc5 {Possibly this is too ambitious. The most sensible move would have
been Rfd8, but I wanted to try and double my rooks on the c-file if possible.
There is also an threat to play Rh5 in some lines although that wasn't the way
I expected the game to develop. Fritz prefers...} (16... Rfd8 {and it's hard
to see how White can improve his position.} 17. a3 Ne5 18. f3) 17. Nf3 Rfc8 18.
h3 Bb8 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 (19. gxf3 Be5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nc5) 19... Be5 $1 {This was the move I missed in my
calculations, thinking only of 19... Ne5. This continuation yields Black a
winning advantage after...} 20. b4 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3) 19. b4 {According to
the engine this is the only move for White to maintain the balance of play. I
now spent quite a long time on my next move as the decision about where to put
the attacked rook is by no means straightforward.} Rc4 20. Na4 {This was the
response that occupied most of my time in calculating my last move.} Bxf3 $2 {
It turns out that this is a mistake. I'd done all my calculations for this
continuation when playing 19... Rc4 and I couldn't see a problem with it.
However, White does have a very convincing riposte. Instead I should have
played the other move that I'd been considering and continued my policy of
'safety first'.} (20... Qc7 {and now White has nothing better than exchanging
on c4 in the hopes of playing against the isolated pawn.} 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22. a3
h6 {and the game is dynamically balanced.}) 21. Rxc4 $2 {Darwin missed his
best chance of the game here. Whilst he was considering this move I realised
that...} (21. Qxc4 $1 {wins White the exchange after...} bxc4 (21... Bh2+ {
This tricky move was the one I planned to go for if Darwin had played Qxc4.}
22. Kf1 (22. Kxh2 {allows...} Qb8+ 23. Qf4 Bxd1 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Rxd1 bxa4 {
and Black preserves the material balance though positionally he 's in big
trouble.}) 22... bxc4 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. gxf3) 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. gxf3 Nfd5 {
this has to be close to winning for White as the Black c-pawn seems doomed to
fall and once it does he'll have no counter-play.}) 21... Rxc4 22. Nxb6 Bxe2
23. Rd2 Rc7 {After this it looks like White is in trouble and won't be able to
regain his piece deficit.} 24. f3 {Played after long thought. This is a
cunning move. Darwin saw the back rank threats and wanted to bring his king to
f2 in some variations. The point of course is that White can't play...} (24.
Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd7 Rc1+ {and it's mate!}) (24. Rxe2 {is no better of course
after} Nxb6 {and White still can't capture on f6} 25. Bxf6 Rc1+) 24... Kf8 {
I'd seen that Darwin would win back his piece after this move but I couldn't
see any way to hang on to it and wanted at least to relieve the pressure on my
back rank. I'd also seen that Darwin's light squared bishop on b1 had very few
squares to go to in the endgame we now reached and I felt that would give me
an advantage. However, this was my turn to miss an opportunity for the full
point. If only I'd found (and I seem to remember briefly considering)} (24...
Ba7 $1 25. Kf2 {I think I thought that} (25. Bxf6 {saved White's bacon because.
..} gxf6 26. Rxd7 {and if 26... Rxd7 then 27.Nxd7 holds the balance. However,
Black instead plays...} Bxb6 {and he keeps his extra piece.}) 25... Bxb6 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 27. Kxe2 Ne5 {Black is winning. What a shame I missed this as I'm
sure I would have been able to convert from here.}) 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Rd8+ Ke7
27. Rxb8 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 {Revealing the point behind his 24.f3 move.} Bc4 {
Stronger would have been either...} (28... Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rxb1 {and Black looks
good. Or...}) (28... Rxb1 29. Kxe2 Kd6 30. Rc8 Rb2+ 31. Kd3 Rxg2 {with good
winning chances.}) 29. Rb7+ Kf8 {I was anxious about giving Darwin counter
play and didn't want to abandon my f pawn. However, as Fritz points out, doing
just this is what would have given me winning chances in the endgame. Here's a
sample line...} (29... Kd6 {Activity is the key for Black. White is passive
and Black's pieces have all the energy.} 30. Nxc4+ bxc4 31. Be4 {What else?}
Nxe4+ 32. fxe4 Rc2+ 33. Ke1 Rxa2 34. Rxf7 c3 35. Kd1 Rxg2 36. Kc1 {This looks
extremely promising for Black}) 30. Be4 Nxe4+ 31. fxe4 Rc2+ {Now Black just
has a small edge and I quickly squandered it.} 32. Kf3 Rxa2 {Grabbing the
booty too hastily. Fritz gives...} (32... Bf1 33. g4 g5 34. Nd7+ {and Black is
much better here.}) 33. Nd7+ Ke8 34. Ne5 f6 35. Nc6 Kf8 {Fritz shows that} (
35... Be2+ 36. Kg3 Bf1 {also defends the g-pawn as now if Rxg8 Rxg2+}) 36. g4
h5 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kg6 39. gxh5+ Kh6 40. Nd4 Ra1 41. Rb6 {This endgame
is level now but we carried on anyway.} Kxh5 42. Nxe6 Bxe6 43. Rxe6 {With the
minor pieces off the draw seems inevitable} Rb1 44. Rxa6 Rxb4 45. Ra7 Kg6 46.
Rb7 Rb2 {The passed b-pawn gives Black some chances but only if White plays
inaccurately, which I realised was extremely unlikely.} 47. Rb6 Kh7 48. h4 b4
49. e5 fxe5 50. Rb5 b3 51. Ke4 Rb1 52. Kxe5 b2 53. e4 Kg6 {I'd have snatched
your hand off if you'd offered me a draw at the start of the game but the fact
is I should have won this. Still, I'm pleased to have limited a player of
Darwin's calibre to just one opportunity in the whole game. Thank goodness he
missed it!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "King's Indian Defence"]
[Date "2014.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Somerset, W."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. d4 Nf6 {I expected this and was considering playing} (1... d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 c6 {which I have good results with}) 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {This is the
opening I have been playing mainly against 1.d4. I was aware Bill played this
as Black so I knew I would have to play it well to achieve a decent position
out of the opening} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 {This is the Gligoric
system, I am aware it exists a know the basic ideas but I wouldn't say I know
it very well at all} (7. O-O Nc6 {was what I was expecting based on limited
research of Bill's games}) 7... Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bd2 {Vigorito reckons this
move cuts off White's control of d4 and therefore makes little sense compared
with 9.Bh4 or 9.Bc1} (9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 {is the line I was aware of}) 9...
Nh6 $6 ({Vigorito simply gives} 9... Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 {and states Black is doing
well}) 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 (11... Nd4 {I had a feeling this was the best
move over the board, but decided after} 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 {I would be a
pawn down for not a lot}) 12. b4 {White has a kind of suped up Bayonet attack
where Black's pieces are not on their best squares} f5 13. Ng5 fxe4 $1 {this
is the best move I assumed the thematic} (13... f4 {would be far too slow.
Basically White is trying to play c5 and reckoned his position would be less
favourable without the centre pawns. However I was aware that exchanging gives
White control over e4 which he can use as a platform to build a promising
position}) 14. Ncxe4 Nef5 15. Bd3 Nd4 16. Rc1 Nhf5 {Black has played the last
5 or so moves pretty accurately and White's position is only a bit better} 17.
c5 h6 $6 (17... c6 {is suggsted by HIARCS as the best move when it assesses
the position as dead level}) 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Nd4 20. Qd1 {the only move}
(20. Qg3 Ne2+ {would have been nice!}) 20... Bf5 21. Be3 Bxe4 $2 {This is a
serious mistake and shows a lack of understanding of the position. Bill
correctly highlighted this as a key error after the game and gives White a
clear advantage.} (21... a5 {and White has only a small plus according to
HIARCS}) 22. Bxe4 Nf5 23. Qg4 {Bill said after the game he thought he was
winning here. Well I'm not quite sure he is winning but he certainly has a
comfortable advantage} Qf6 24. Bd2 {I figured he played this so he could play
f4 next move. However Bill reckoned this would be seriousy weakening} g5 $6 {
White is probably close to winning here. This move I found the most difficult
to play. I was trying to prevent f4} (24... Kh7 {makes life more difficult when
} 25. f4 $6 {isn't actually anything to fear (Bill was right again!)} (25. cxd6
cxd6 26. Rc7 {is the right way for White to proceed, White is better but Black
has more chances here than with 24...g5?!}) 25... exf4 26. Bc3 {(taking the
pawn allows Qd4+) and now} Ne3 $1 27. Bxf6 Nxg4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 {and Black is
not worse according to HIARCS}) 25. Rc3 Nd4 26. cxd6 (26. h4 $1 {is stronger})
26... cxd6 27. Rc7 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. h4 $1 {This is very strong and sets
Black difficult problems that I could not solve} Rf8 $2 {White is clealry
winning now, however Bill less than 2 minutes on his clock here. However he
played the rest of the game very accurately and put me away without any
problems} (29... Bf6 {is a bit better, but White is still much better}) 30.
hxg5 h5 (30... hxg5 31. Bxg5 {is no better}) 31. Qd1 Rc8 32. Be3 Rc4 33. g6 Qe7
34. Qxh5 Ne2+ 35. Qxe2 Rxe4 36. Rc1 Qf6 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Qh5 Rh4 39. Qg5 Qh8
40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qf5+ Ke8 42. Qf7+ Kd8 43. Bg5+ Kc8 44. Bxh4 Qh5 45. Qe8+ Kc7
46. Qd8# {I thought I had played better than I actaully did in this game.
Simple fact I was hopelessly outclassed by a far better player, who knew the
opening and strategy far better than I did, maybe time to ditch the KID and
play something a little less theory intense and complex} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Velosa, C."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Velosa,Carlos"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 {Controlling b4 and d4 squares}
g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Na3 {Stopping the queen moving to b6 or alternatively
allowing support for d4 after Nc2} O-O 8. Re1 {supporting a possible e4 move}
Rb8 9. Nc2 {I went with the d4 idea in order to gain control of the centre} Bd7
10. d4 cxd4 $17 11. cxd4 d5 {preventing e4} 12. Ne5 Qc7 (12... Be6 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. b3 $17) 13. Ne3 $15 e6 14. b3 $11 {opening c1-a3 file for the bishop}
b5 {preventing Ba3} 15. Bb2 {further defending the d pawn as i was
antecipating Qb6} Qb6 16. Bh3 {I was expecting the black knight on f6 to
eventually move to d6, so i prepared a knight sac on d5, with a pawn gain} Nxe5
$15 17. fxe5 {kicking the black knight so that i could then sac my knight} Ne8
(17... Ne4 $142 $5 {was a much better move} 18. Qd3 (18. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]}) 18... Bc6 $15) 18. Nxd5 {and
my plan was now in motion} exd5 19. Bxd7 Bxe5 {I must confess, i did not see
this coming but looking back, it is the most obvious move to make} 20. Bxb5 {
i thought i would continue gaining pieces} Bxg3 {but so did Andy!!} (20... Qxb5
21. dxe5) 21. hxg3 $16 Qd6 {this move looked odd at first but i then spotted
the attempt at forcing a draw} 22. Qd3 Rxb5 23. a4 {preparing the bishop on a3
and gaining a rook for a bishop} (23. Ba3 $1 Qxa3 24. Qxb5 $16) 23... Rb7 $14
24. Ba3 Qe6 (24... Qb8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Kg2 $14) 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rac1 Nd6 {
the knight should have gone to f6 to prevent the pin} 27. Rc6 Qd7 28. Rec1 Ne4
29. Qe3 (29. Qf3 {Apparently this was a better move but i was looking at Qh6+}
Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 $18) 29... Kg7 $16 30. Kg2 Qg4 (30... Qf5 $142 31. Rf1 Qd7
$16) 31. Rh1 $4 {not the best move because now the game was leveled. I was
still looking at Qh6+} (31. Qf3 $142 Qd7 32. a5 $18) 31... Rxb3 $4 {This move
lost the game for Andy} (31... h5 $142 {h5 would remove all threats and level
the game} 32. Re1 h4 $11) 32. Qh6+ (32. Qxb3 $4 {and the game would have been
lost for white (mate in 3)} Qxe2+ 33. Kh3 Ng5+ 34. Kh4 Qh5#) 32... Kg8 33.
Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qe5+ {and Andy resigned} (35. Qe5+ Qe6 36. Rc7+ Kd8
37. Rh8+ Qe8 38. Rxe8#) (35. Rc7+ Qd7 36. Qe5+ Kd8 37. Rh8+ Qe8 38. Rxe8#) 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Parsons, M."]
[Black "Slinger, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Courier 'A'"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3
Be6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. a3 h6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nbd2 c4 13. e4 b5 14. d5 Bd7 15. a4
Rxa4 16. Rxa4 bxa4 17. Nxc4 Nxe4 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Ra1 Nc5 20. Be3 Be8 21. Na8
Rc8 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Na8 Rc8 1/2-1/2

