[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burke, M."]
[Black "Webb, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Dave Shapland"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. d3
Nf6 9. Qe1 Bd7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Qh4 b5 13. f5 Qd7 14. Bh6 a5 15. Ng5
Rfc8 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 {It looks like the exchange sacrifice
on f6 is the move the players analysed as winning for White in the post-mortem.
Indeed it looks like it was after...} (18. Rxf6 $1 exf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Nd5 $1
{Threatening Qh8 mate so...} Bxd5 21. exd5 Re8 22. Ne6+ $1 {Is the decisive
move.} Rxe6 (22... Ke7 23. Re1 Ra7 24. Qg7) 23. dxe6 Qa7 24. exf7 Qxf7 25. Qh8+
Qg8 {and now White simply picks off the pawns.} 26. Qxf6+ Qf7 27. Qxd6+ {and
wins.}) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Rh8 20. Qf4 Rh5 21. Rae1 Rah8 22. h3 b4 23. Re2 Qb7
24. Ne4 Qxd5 25. Kg1 Rf5 26. Nxf6 Qxa2 27. Qe3 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 exf6 29. Qe7 Qa1+
30. Re1 Qxb2 31. Qxd6 Qxc2 32. Re7 Rh5 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kh7
36. Qe7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keely, L."]
[Black "Lewyk, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Dave Shapland"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. d3 Bf5 10. Bg5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Be3
Qb6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qe5 18. Bf1 Rd4 19. Re1 Qb8 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. Re1 c5 23. Re3 b6 24. b3 a5 25. Rg3+ Bg6 26. Qd2 Kg7 27.
Qe3 Qe6 28. f4 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rxf4 30. Re7 Rd4 31. Rb7 Rd6 32. Kf2 f5 33. Ke3
Kf6 34. Be2 Kg5 35. g3 Re6+ 36. Kd2 h5 37. h4+ Kf6 38. Bf3 Ke5 39. Bd5 {
White's winning try here is really rather intricate. As always Fritz is on
hand to show the way...} (39. Ke3 {Black is running out of moves and this is
the critical factor in the position.} f4+ (39... Rf6 40. a3 Rd6 41. Rb8 Ke6 42.
Bd5+ Kf6 43. Kf4 {and White is creeping in.}) 40. gxf4+ Kf5+ 41. Be4+ Kg4 {
This is the point of Black's pawn sacrifice. It looks like he's holding on,
but wait a minute...} 42. f5 $1 Bxf5 43. Rxf7 Bxe4 44. Rf4+ {A useful
intermezzo.} Kh3 45. dxe4 {and I'd have though White should be winning or have
very good chances of winning from here. There is still much work to do of
course.}) 39... Rf6 40. Re7+ Kd4 41. Rd7 Ke5 42. Ke3 f4+ 43. gxf4+ Rxf4 44.
Re7+ Kd6 45. Kxf4 Kxe7 46. Be4 Kf6 47. a3 Ke6 48. Kg5 Bxe4 49. dxe4 Ke5 50.
Kxh5 Kxe4 51. Kg5 f5 52. h5 f4 53. h6 f3 54. h7 f2 55. h8=Q f1=Q 56. Qh4+ Kd3
57. Qg3+ Kc2 58. Qd6 Qc1+ 59. Kg6 Qxa3 60. Qxb6 Qb4 61. Qc7 Kxb3 62. Kf5 Kxc4
63. Qf4+ Kb3 64. Qf3+ Qc3 65. Qd5+ c4 66. Kf4 a4 67. Qb7+ Kc2 68. Qe4+ {The
moves were not recorded after this but Black eventually won when he was able
to drive home the a-pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parsons, M."]
[Black "Bak, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qh6 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf6 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Qg5 Qxg5
15. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tooley, D."]
[Black "Syrett, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Dave Shapland"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qc8 8. Qc2
e6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. b4 Ne4 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nc5 b6 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. c4 Rfc8 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Qb3 a6 21. b5
axb5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 h5 26. Ra6 Qc7 27. Qa3+
Ke8 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Ke7 30. Qa3+ Ke6 {I think it was about here that
Martin offered Dave a draw. Dave didn't think about it for too long and said
pretty much straight away that he felt he had to play on. In fact Fritz thinks
Black already has a small edge here.} 31. h3 h4 32. Qb2 Qc4 33. Kf2 g5 34. fxg5
fxg5 35. g3 $2 {The losing mistake. After Black finds his next move it's all
over very quickly.} Qc7 36. Kf1 Qxg3 37. Qc3 Qxh3+ 38. Ke1 Qg3+ 39. Kd2 Qf2+
40. Kc1 Qf1+ 41. Kb2 Qxb5+ 42. Kc1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Breen, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "156"]
[BlackElo "168"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. e4 e6 {(+)Dennis plays the Sicilian and NID.[+] I'm not sure how the French
fits into that!} 2. d3 b6 {Then again, this barely figures in the chapter on
the French in John Emms' Attacking with 1.e4.} 3. g3 {It seemed logical to
continue with fianchettoing this bishop, as I'd blocked its other diagonal.}
Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 {Here, I thought he'd play 4...f5, which seems consistent with
his play so far.} 5. f4 {Apart from claiming sone space in the centre, this
enables me to protect the bishop by Qe2; I was still expecting f7-f5. Fritz 14
doesn't think much of my idea.} d5 6. e5 $15 {Nor does Fritz think much of
this, preferring} (6. exd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5) 6... f5 $6 {
However, this move reverses Fritz's assessment of the position; I felt the
pawn had to be captured...} 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Qe2 $14 {...leaving me with a nice
backward pawn to focus on.} Qe7 {I suppose he didn't want the queen to be
harrassed by Ng1-f3-e5 or g5, but this move has the drawback of blocking his
bishop in.} 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O {I was going to comment that Fritz had
concurred with my choice for 6 moves in a row (from 7 to 12), but here it
actually prefers the immediate} (10. Bh3 Kd7 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 Kc7 13. Re1 $14
) 10... O-O-O 11. Bh3 {While having some small concern about removing this
bishop from the long diagonal, I didn't think he had an imminent mating attack.
This makes sure his e pawn can't advance.} Rd6 $6 {This almost merits a full ?
IMHO, as it doubles my advantage, by Fritz's scoring.} 12. Re1 $16 Nd8 $6 {
This would have made matters even worse, if I'd spotted my best approach at
once.} 13. Nc3 {I felt that I really should make some use of my queen's side
pieces, but Fritz prefers the immediate} (13. f5 $18 {The e pawn has been
self-pinned, and the best that Fritz can suggest is} e5 14. Nxe5 Nf7 15. Nxf7
Qxf7 16. Bf4 $18 {Black's a pawn down, in a worsening position; woe betide him
if the f pawn gets the chance to move.}) 13... Bc6 14. a4 {By this time, I'd
spotted the potential of f4-f5, but thought this first would provoke a
weakening advance, which it did.} a6 15. f5 d4 16. Ne4 {Not bad as such, but
it blocks the e file. Fritz prefers} (16. Nb1 Kb8 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Nc4 Qb7 19.
Bf4 Bxc4 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Ka7 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 $18) 16... Nxe4 17. dxe4 exf5
18. Qxa6+ Qb7 19. Bxf5+ {Even better was} (19. Qd3 Kb8 (19... g6 20. Ne5 {
followed by 21.exf5.}) 20. Bxf5 Ne6 21. Ne5 {or} (21. Qb3 Nc7 22. Bf4 g6 23.
Bh3 Rd8 24. Ne5 $18) 21... Be8 22. Qb3 Nc7 23. Bf4 g6 24. Bh3 $18) 19... Kb8
20. Qxb7+ {Fritz prefers 20.Qd3, with a4-a5 to follow. I thought my life would
be simpler without his battery on the long diagonal.} Kxb7 21. e5 (21. a5 g6
22. Bh3 d3 23. cxd3 Rxd3 24. Ne5 Rd4 25. Be3 {brings all my pieces into play
while half of his are on the back rank.} Rxe4 $2 {loses immediately to} 26.
Nxc6 Kxc6 27. a6) 21... Bxf3 {I could understand why he did this, as it
disposes of my dangerous pawn. His rook's only safe square is d5 and my e pawn
may cause havoc. I may even have realised that a4-a5 could bring my queen's
rook into the game.} 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Be4+ {I thought it was a good idea to
eliminate his more active bishop; Fritz prefers} (23. Bd2 Nc6 24. Re6 Kc7 25.
a5 b5 26. Rae1 {and now the two rooks can operate at their best. White is
actually threatening 27.Rxd6, winning either a piece, two pieces for a rook or
checkmate.}) 23... Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nc6 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Rd1 {I was concerned to
neutralise his advanced pawn, but I see that 26.Rf1, with a view to Rf7, was
better.} Bf8 27. Rd2 {Covering c2 against a possible ...Nb4, but that's no
good for him, as I can play c2-c3. Fritz still wants this rook on f1.} c4 $2 {
Too adventurous.} 28. Kg2 Bc5 29. c3 Ra8 $2 {This loses more material; I
expect he was trying to manufacture a pair of passed pawns and some
complications.} 30. cxd4 Bxd4 31. Rexd4 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxa4 33. Rd7+ {With my
bishop able to occupy the long diagonal, I saw no reason why my rook shouldn't
go pawn-grabbing.} Kc6 34. Rxg7 Ra2 35. Be5 b5 36. Rxh7 b4 37. Kf3 {Important
to break the pin. As I could see the situation arising where I needed to
sacrifice my bishp for his b pawn, I wanted my king near enough to protect my
c pawn.} Kd5 {I thought he'd try} (37... c3 38. bxc3 b3 39. c4 b2 40. Bxb2 (40.
Rc7+ Kb6 41. c5+ Ka6 42. Rc6+ Kb5 43. Rb6+ Kxc5 44. Rxb2 {enables me to keep
my bishop, but I'm not sure I'd've seen this.}) 40... Rxb2 {when those two
pawns alone will be enough to win, without needing the c pawn.}) 38. Rh5 {I
was pleased to have seen that this stymies any further advance. He needs to
play ...c4-c3 to free c4 for his king, but that allows Bxc3+.} Ke6 39. Ke4 Ra1
(39... c3 40. bxc3 b3 41. Rh6+ {Better than} (41. c4 Re2+ 42. Kd3 b2 43. Bxb2
Rxb2 {but White still has plenty enough to win.}) 41... Kf7 42. Rb6 {stopping
the b pawn.}) 40. Rh6+ Ke7 $2 {Oops! Better to have chosen one of the white
squares.} 41. Bd6+ {Ending all his chances, and the game.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shapland, D."]
[Black "Broadbent, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 Re8 8. Bd3
b6 9. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Nf8 12. O-O Nxd5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Be4 c6
15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Ne6 17. g3 c5 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. e4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Nxf3+ 21.
Nxf3 Nf6 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Nh4 Nxe4 24. Rfe1 Nf6 25. Qg5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd1 27.
Qe3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 g6 29. f4 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Pirc Defence"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Hudson, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. e4 {I was expecting 1...e5, but Nick was saying his results have not been
great playing this move, so decided a change} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6
(4... a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 {Is "Tiger's Modern" a trendy way of playing the
Modern with 4...Nf6 Black transposes to a Pirc}) 5. f3 {Playing akin to a
Yugoslav Attack in the Sicilian Dragon} O-O {Delaying castling with} (5... c6 {
is more common} 6. Qd2 b5 7. g4 h5 {is main line}) 6. Qd2 Re8 $6 {I think this
is far to slow here. In positions with opposite side castling then every tempo
counts and this IMHO is a waste of tempo} (6... e5 {is the best move here when
play can go along the lines of} 7. d5 c6 8. O-O-O cxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5)
7. O-O-O c6 8. g4 {I have one thing on my mind. Mate the Black king!} b5 {Nick
thinks the same Mate the White king!} 9. h4 a5 10. h5 b4 11. Nce2 {I feel
White's attack will be faster here Black's seriously lacking in development}
Nbd7 12. hxg6 fxg6 {Mission accomplished the h-file is open!! For what it's
worth the computer says White has a huge advantage here} 13. Ng3 {A
multi-purpose move, opening the diagonal to develop the f1 bishop, clearing
the 2nd rank for a possible Qh2 and if g5 is at played at some point then Nh5
is discouraged} Nf8 {Neccesary to protect h7, but it's one less piece in
Black's attack} 14. Bh6 Qc7 (14... Bh8 {is best but I thought Black couldn't
play this due to the attack on h7 but it comes to nothing after} 15. g5 (15.
Bxf8 $6 Rxf8 16. g5 Ne8 17. Qh2 Rf7) 15... N6d7 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 {the point a
knight comes back to f8 protecting h7}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. N1e2 {Possibly
stronger is} (16. g5 $1 N6d7 17. f4 Bb7 18. f5 {and White's attack is probably
winning}) 16... Be6 17. Kb1 b3 $2 {I can see why Nick played this but it
actually does nothing to weaken White'a king position and just loses a pawn,
although it does open the b-file for Black's major pieces} 18. cxb3 Qb6 19. Nc3
Reb8 {The computer says Black is simply losing this position. It's intersting
that Black hasn't really made a big blunder yet he is objectively lost. I feel
Nick played the opening poorly, not understnding the specific strategy for
Black based on White's set up, this possibly comes from a lack of experience
playing this opening therefore just playing a serious of slighly sub-par moves
eventually built up to him being in a much worse position. Playing the Black
side of these Yugosalv Attack type positions require precise handing and can
be difficult even for experienced players of this opening for Black} 20. Bc4 $6
{I figured I would just develop my last piece to its best sqaure. However
although it is not a terrible move there were lots of better moves} (20. g5 {
and}) (20. Be2 {are better}) 20... Bd7 $2 {This is a mistake. Black needed to
take advantage of White's last inaccurate move by playing} (20... Bxc4 21. bxc4
{This was suggested by Dennis breen after the game saying Black had
significant counterplay due to his open b-file. I agree this move would be far
better than the move played, although White still has a huge advantage}) 21.
Rh2 {I had a very long think here. There are so many good moves for White here}
(21. e5 $1 {Was the other move I almost played, and it would have also been a
good move, one possible line of many goes} Ng8 22. exd6 exd6 23. Qf4 d5 24.
Qe5+ Nf6 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Nge4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 dxc4 (27... Bf5 28. gxf5 Ra7 29.
Nf6+ Kh8 30. Qe5 Qc7 31. Bd3 Qxe5 32. dxe5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 {And White has a big
material advantage, an attack and connected passed pawns}) 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29.
Rxh7+ Nxh7 30. Qxh7#) (21. Nf5+ {was suggested by Matthew Parsons after the
game and is also very strong} gxf5 22. Qh6+ Kh8 23. gxf5 {Black is a piece up,
but good luck defending that position HIARCS suggests Black is completely
busted!}) (21. Qh6+ Kh8 22. Nf5 {is given by HIARCS}) 21... Qc7 {I suppose
tihis is planning ...d5 hitting the bishop on c4 and the knight on g3?} 22.
Qh6+ Kh8 23. Bf7 (23. Nf5 Bxf5 (23... gxf5 24. gxf5 {When opening the g-file
will prove terminal for Black}) 24. gxf5 e6 25. fxg6 Ng8 26. Qh3 h6 27. Bxe6
Nxe6 28. Qxe6 {and Black will not be able to defend}) 23... Be8 $4 (23... Ng8 {
was neccesary but Black will have a hard time defending, but White will have
play on for a while in order to win}) 24. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wright, A."]
[Black "Whitehouse, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. e3 Nh5 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nxf4 9. Qxf4 e6 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 Nc6 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qh6 Qf6 15.
Nd5 Qe6 16. Nxc7 Qf6 17. g5 Qd8 18. Nxa8 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Ne7 20. Qh4 Rxa8 21. Rb1
Re8 22. Qe4 Qd8 23. h4 Qd7 24. h5 Nf5 25. Qg4 Qc6 26. Qf3 Qa4 27. Rd1 Qa6 28.
Qd5 Qb6 29. Qb5 Qd8 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Bg4 a6 32. Qxb7 Qxg5 33. Qg2 Bg3 34. Bxf5
Qxf5 35. Re1 Qd3+ 36. Kg1 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Black "Grandage, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Brighouse"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nh4 Be4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8.
Nf3 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Bxe4 c6 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Bg2 Qc7 17. c3 Rad8 18. Qc2 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfe1
Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Qc7 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qa4 b6 24. a3 Qb8 25. Re7 a5 26. Qc4 Qd6 27.
Qe2 Qd8 28. Bc6 Nd5 29. Rd7 Qc8 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Qe5 Ne7 32. Bb5 Nc8 33. Rd5
Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Nd6 35. Bf1 g6 36. a4 Re8 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 38. Kg2 g5 39. Kf3 f5
40. Bd3 Nd6 41. h4 h6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. g4 f4 44. b3 Kg7 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. f3 Ke5
47. Ba6 Ne8 48. Kd3 Nf6 49. Bb7 1/2-1/2

