[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Allan, J."]
[Black "Porter, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'B'"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bc4 c6 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Nd3 Nb6 16. c3 b4 17. cxb4 a4 18. Bc2 a3 19. Bb3 axb2 20. Kxb2 Qa7 21. Nec5
Rd8 22. Ne5 Qa3+ 23. Kc2 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qc4 Qxa2+ 26. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 27. Kb3
Rxf2 28. Nxc6 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Kf8 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Ra1 Ke8 32. Ra8 Kd7 33. Ne5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shapland, D."]
[Black "Cully, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "Shapland,Dave"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'B'"]

1. e4 e6 {I'd expected a Caro Kann or a Sicilian but of course, I'm always
happy to see a French Defence!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 {The Guimard Variation I
believe. Unusual but by no means bad if handled correctly.} 4. c3 g6 $6 {I
think this is dubious. It only encourages White to close the centre and Black
can end up very passive.} 5. e5 Bg7 6. Ndf3 {Fritz is not a fun of this move
and it does look like a waste of time. However, there was a point which was
based on how I considered Black would want to continue his development.} Nge7 {
This was what I'd been hoping for.} 7. Bg5 {I thought that Black would have to
wreck his king's side in order to drive away this bishop and later on, maybe
there will be the chance to play Bf6.} O-O 8. Qd2 {White can play this a bit
like a Yugoslav Attack in the Dragon. Develop his king's side pieces, advance
the g and h pawns and castle queen's side if he needs the extra rook to get
involved.} Qe8 9. Bd3 Nf5 $2 {I think this loss of tempo is decisive.} 10. g4
$1 {Of course. The Black knight has to go back where it came from and the
White g-pawn is now primed to support h4-h5.} Nfe7 11. Bf6 $1 {Crushing! Black
can't exchange bishops because Qh6 will get him mated. White just increases
his strangle hold.} Bd7 {There is no counter play and defence is challenging.
nevertheless, something other than this gave better chances of survivial I
think. Maybe Na5 or even Nb8 intending Nd7 nexxt move. Still, Black looks like
a sitting duck to me.} 12. h4 Kh8 13. h5 {I spent ages looking at...} (13. Qh6
$1 {But for the life of me I couldn't see all the lines to mate. Now I see
that it was pretty straignt forward.} Nf5 14. gxf5 Bxf6 (14... Rg8 15. Ng5) 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 {... is a heartrending devastation.}) 13... Ng8 14. hxg6 {g5
was also strong.} fxg6 15. g5 {This seemed to be the most 'straight forward'
method. I also analysed...} (15. Nh4 Rxf6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nxg6+) (15. Rxh7+
$2 {I also analysed this but couldn't see the win and abandoned it. In fact
it's a total reed herring.} Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kh8 17. f4 Nxf6 18. exf6 {I'd seen
all this and that White threratens Qh2 with mate, but I couldn't figure out
how to respond to...} Rxf6 $1 19. Qh2+ Kg8 {...and White is a rook down and
the attack is stalling.} 20. N1f3) 15... Bxf6 16. gxf6 {The Black king is
completely trapped now. Ng5 will be terminal now and Black will get mated or
lose heaps of material.} Qf7 $2 17. Ng5 {It's over.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Black "Webster, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. c3 Be7 5. Qb3 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Qxe6 Nf6 8.
d3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Nf8 10. Qb3 b6 11. h3 Qd7 12. a4 Ne6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8
15. Nh4 Kh7 16. Nf5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. Nf3 Kh8 21.
d4 Qe6 22. d5 Qf6 23. Qd3 Rae8 24. Rfe1 a5 25. Rad1 Re7 26. Qd4 Qg6 27. e5 Rfe8
28. e6 Nf6 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. Nh4 Qh5 31. Nf3 Nh7 32. Qh4 Qe8 33. b3 Rf6 34. Re3
Nf8 35. Ng5 Ng6 36. Qh5 Qf8 37. Ne4 Nf4 38. Qh4 Rf5 39. c4 Ng6 40. Qg3 Nf4 41.
Qh2 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Syrett, M."]
[Black "Wadsworth, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. Kf1 Nh6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bxf4 Be7 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. h3 Nf6 11. g4 b5 12. Bd3 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Re1 Nd7 15. g5
g6 16. h4 Nb6 17. b3 Bg4 18. Qe3 Bh5 19. Be2 Ng7 20. Nh2 Nf5 21. Qf2 Ng7 22.
Ng4 Bb4 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Nd7 25. Bxh5 Nxf6 26. gxf6 Nxh5 27. Nd1 Bxd2 28.
Qxd2 Qd7 29. Re3 Qg4 30. Nf2 Qf4 31. Rhh3 Qf5 32. Rhf3 Qe6 33. Rc3 Rac8 34. Nh3
Qg4 35. Ke1 Qxh4+ 36. Kd1 Qg4 37. Kc1 Qe6 38. Qh6 Nxf6 39. Rxf6 Qg4 40. Rfxc6
Rb8 41. Rc7 a5 42. Ng5 Qh5 43. Qxh5 gxh5 44. Nxf7+ Kg8 45. Rg3# 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "Cragg"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Black "Hughes, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Annotator "Andy  Leatherbarrow"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'C'"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Be2 {last book move} e5 7.
O-O Nf6 8. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} (8. Qa4 O-O $14) 8... a5 (8... O-O 9.
Qa4 $14) 9. b3 (9. Qa4 $142 $5 O-O 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nc4 $14) 9... O-O $11 10.
Qc2 {White has a cramped position} Qe7 11. Re1 dxe4 (11... d4 $5 $11 {might be
a viable alternative}) 12. dxe4 $14 Be6 13. Bb2 (13. Nc4 Rad8 $14) 13... Nd7 (
13... a4 14. bxa4 Nh5 15. Nc4 $14) 14. Rad1 Nb6 {Black has an active position}
15. Bb5 (15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 a4 $14) 15... Rac8 16. h3 {Consolidates g4} h6 {
Covers g5} 17. Qd3 Na7 18. a4 Rcd8 {Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd3}
19. Qe2 Kh7 (19... Qc7 20. Ba3 $11) 20. Ba3 Rc8 (20... Qc7 21. h4 $14) 21. Bb2
(21. Bd3 Rcd8 $16) 21... Rc7 (21... Rcd8 22. Nc4 Nxb5 23. Nxb6 $14) 22. c4 (22.
Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Nc8 $14) 22... Nd7 (22... Nxb5 23. axb5 f6 24. Nb1 $14) 23.
Nb1 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Nc3 Rb6 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Rd2 f6 28. Red1 b6 29. Rd6 (
29. Nc3 Qf7 $16) 29... Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc8 31. Qd1 Bf8 32. Rd3 Nb8 33. Nc3 Nc6
34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 {The white rook is well posted.} (35. cxd5 Nd4 $16) 35...
Nd4 36. Nxd4 (36. Qd3 Rd8 $14) 36... exd4 $11 {Black has a new protected
passed pawn: d4} 37. Qd3 (37. Qg4 $5 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Bc1 $11) 37... Bg7 (
37... Re8 38. f3 f5 39. e5 $17) 38. Bc1 Rc6 (38... Re8 $142 $17) 39. Bf4 $14
1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "Cragg"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Syrett, M."]
[Black "Webster, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'C'"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 h6 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. Ne2
Nf5 9. c3 Be7 10. Ng3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Na5 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. Rxh4 Qe7 14. a4 O-O-O
15. b4 Nc4 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bc6 19. b5 Bd5 20. Qe2 a5 21. Bd2
b6 22. c4 g5 23. Rh2 Bb7 24. f3 Rxd4 25. Kf2 f4 26. g4 Qc5 27. Ke1 Rxd2 28.
Qxd2 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 Qxh2 30. Kf2 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Qh2 32. Rd1 Kb8 33. Qf2 h5 34. gxh5
Qxh5 35. Qd4 Qf7 36. Kf2 Qe7 37. Ke2 Kc8 38. Qc3 Rd8 39. Rh1 Qg7 40. Qc2 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "Cragg"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sullivan, T."]
[Black "Wadsworth, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'C'"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. b4
Nc6 16. Bb3 Ne8 17. Nh2 Kh7 18. d4 f5 19. d5 Nd8 20. Bc2 f4 21. Ngf1 Nf6 22.
Nf3 Bh5 23. Qd3 g5 24. N1h2 g4 25. Nh4 gxh3 26. Qxh3 Qxh3 27. gxh3 Rg8+ 28. Kh1
Nf7 29. Rg1 Ng5 30. Nf1 Nxh3 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Bd2 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "Cragg"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brown, A."]
[Black "Whiteley, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'C'"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 h6 6. Bc4 c6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd5
cxd5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. d4 O-O 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rc8 13. Nf4 Nb6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Qd3 Qe8 16. Qg3 Qh5 17. f3 Nh7 18. O-O Rf6 19. Qg4 Qf7 20. Qg3 Rg6 21. Qf2
Ng5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. g4 Rh6 24. Kg2 g6 25. Qg3 Kg7 26. Nb5 a6 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28.
Qxd6 Rch8 29. Rh1 Kf6 30. Qxb6 Qh7 31. Bxd5 Rxh3 32. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Sugden, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "160"]
[BlackElo "161"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Halifax 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. f4 {John Emms, in Attacking with 1.e4, wants}
(4. Nc3 {restraining Black's d7-d5; e.g.} O-O {or} (4... c6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O
d6 7. h3 b5 8. Bb3 Nbd7 9. a3) 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 c6 7. e5) 4... exf4 $6 {I
was going to mark my previous move as dubious, but my next is a simple missed
opportunity.} 5. Bxf4 $2 {Fritz 14 spots, which I didn't, the potential of} (5.
e5 Ng8 6. Bxf4 d5 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Bxd6 {with something of a lead in
development.}) 5... d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qf3 $6 {Better to keep my black-squared
bishop; if I'm going to indulge in tricks with my queen, Fritz prefers} (7. Qh5
Be6 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxd5 10. Nf3 $15 {It's curious how Fritz's assessment
changes, even though each side plays the "best" move:}) (7. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15 8.
Nf3 g5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 g4 $17 11. Nc3 Qe6+ 12. Kd2 f5 (12... gxf3 13. Re1 Qf7
14. Qxf3 $44) 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. Re1 gxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 $11) 7... Nxf4 8.
Qxf4 O-O $17 9. Nf3 Bf6 $6 {His turn for a dubious move; I was more concerned
about} (9... Bd6 10. Qg5 Re8+ 11. Kf2 Qxg5 12. Nxg5 Bc5+ 13. Kf1 Rf8 $15 {My
king's position is uncomfortable, and he has the two bishops.}) 10. Nc3 $11 {
At last I choose the "right" move! I can't prevent him from forcing my king to
move, but at least all my minor pieces are developed. I didn't think he'd
exchange the knight; the bishop pair is more use to him than doubling my pawns.
} Qe7+ 11. Kd2 Nc6 $2 (11... Qc5 12. Rae1 Nc6 $11 {While considering my 11th
move, I'd been concerned about}) (11... Qb4 $4 {until I noticed} 12. Bxf7+ $1)
12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Nxf6+ {I debated whether to give him an isolated queen's pawn
as well, and decided that it would support his knight on e5. Poor logic, as
d3-d4 drives it away.} (13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Rae1 $16 {would have
given me an even nicer position.}) 13... Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rae1 $16 {
Still, this is nice too, and much better than I had feared, a couple of moves
ago!} Bd7 {Dave offered a draw, hereabouts. Apart from Dave Shapland having
won already, there was much to play for in the other games and, in any case, I
thought I should be able to exploit those doubled pawns. So I should have!} 16.
a3 {Fritz doesn't bother with this, getting straight on with 16.Rhf1, 16. Bd5
or 16.Bb5.} Rfe8 17. Rhf1 Kg7 18. b4 Re7 $6 {We've both played the best moves
for a while, but this gives me an opportunity, which I missed.} 19. Rxe7 (19.
b5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Na5 21. Bd5 Kf8 (21... Bxb5 $2 22. Re7 Rd8 23. Rxf7+ Kh8 (
23... Kg6 24. Be6 Bc4 25. Nh4+ Kh6 (25... Kg5 26. Rg7+ Kf4 (26... Kxh4 27. Bg4
{and mates.}) 27. Rg4+ Ke5 28. Re4+ Kd6 29. Nf5+ Kc6 30. Bxc4 $18) 26. Nf5+ Kg5
{Other moves lead to mate.} 27. Rg7+ Kf4 28. Bd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Be6 30. Rxh7
Bxf5 31. Rxc7 $18) 24. Be4 Rd7 25. Rxf6 $18) 22. Nd4 Rd8 23. Be4 c5 24. bxc6
Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxh7 $16) 19... Nxe7 20. Re1 Re8 {He wants to contest
the open file, but 20...Ng6 or 20...Nf5 was better.} 21. d4 {Fritz prefers 21.
g3, denying f4 to his knight.} Ng6 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Bd5 (23. Bd3 {aims to
control f5; he never moved the pawn there, though Fritz thought he should have.
The move also prepares for c2-c4 and a queen's side advance. Play might
continue} h6 24. Ke3 Bd7 25. c4 f5 26. g3 Kf6 27. b5 b6 28. d5 Ne5 29. Nxe5
Kxe5 {and it's going to be hard work to make progress.}) 23... b6 24. Ke3 Ne7
25. Bb7 {I wasn't sure where to go, but felt I wanted to keep on the long
diagonal. Fritz rates 25.Ba8, 25.Ba2 (which facilitates c2-c4) or 25.Be4 as
better than this.} Bb5 26. g4 $6 {I could see that he was intending 26...Nf5+,
making life difficult for me; I should need to avoid 27.Ke4?? Nd6+. Fritz
prefers either 26.Ke4 or 26.Nh4 to prevent his knight move. Fritz's "best"
reply for Black in either case is 26...f5(+); my piece returns whence it came,
and now f5 is no longer available to his knight. What's more, my knight would
have e5 to use, if only temporarily; his doubled pawns are easier to attack if
they can be induced to advance.} Bc4 $6 $14 {Best was to take advantage of my
incorrect advance, by} (26... f5 27. g5 (27. Kf4 fxg4 28. Kxg4 f6) 27... f6 28.
gxf6+ Kxf6 29. Ne5 {In either case, White has lost almost all of the small
advantage he previously held.}) 27. Nd2 $6 $11 {Better} (27. Be4 Be6 28. Kf4 h5
29. gxh5 Kh6 {and now I should have expected White to make every effort to
achieve c2-c4. Instead, Fritz gives} 30. Kg3 (30. Nh4 Kxh5 31. Ng2 {I should
have been tempted by} (31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 {and surely now White will direct
his attention to the queen's side. No! Fritz gives} Nd5+ (32... Ng6+ 33. Bxg6+
fxg6 34. c4 Kh6 35. Ke4 Kg5 36. d5 f5+ 37. Ke5 f4 38. Ke4 Kg4 {Now, the pawn
on h2 prevents any immediate further advance, and White will queen first.} 39.
a4 g5 40. c5 bxc5 41. bxc5 f3 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. Kxf3 $18 {K&P endgames - no, all
endgames - are amazingly complex; now it's the h pawn that will decide the
matter.}) 33. Kg3 b5 34. Bd3 Nc3 35. Kf4 Kh6 36. Kf5 Kg7 37. Bf1 {I see! Black
is to be forced to put another pawn on a white square, where the bishop can
get at it. Unlike the knight, the bishop can waste moves.} a6 38. Bd3 Nd1 39.
Kf4 {39.c4? is impossible because of the fork on e3.} Nc3 40. Be4 Kh6 (40...
Nxe4 $2 41. Kxe4 Kg6 42. Kf4 f5 43. c3 Kf6 44. h4 Kg6 45. Ke5 c6 46. Kf4 Kf6 (
46... Kh6 47. Kxf5 Kh7 48. Kf6 {and White will give up the h pawn for the f
pawn, followed by the c pawn and the d pawn will queen.}) 47. h5 Ke6 48. Kg5 f4
49. Kxf4 Kf6 50. h6 {with the same outcome.}) 41. Kf5 Kg7 42. Bc6 {I'm sure
that most of us would go for the pawn, with} (42. Bb7 Nb1 43. Bxa6 Nxa3 44. c3
Nc4 45. Ke4 f5+ (45... Na3 46. Bc8 Nb1 (46... Kg6 47. Kf4 {denying b1 and c2
to the knight; bishops can fork too!} Nc4 48. Bd7 Nd6 49. Bg4 {and how is
White to make progress?}) 47. Kd3 Na3 48. Bb7 Nc4 49. Bd5 Nd6 50. Ke3 Kg6 51.
Kf4 {similar to the previous line; Fritz rates both as +0.83, but now Black
can waste moves too, with his king, between g6 and g7. I cannot see why he
should want to play f6-f5, giving White's king entry points.})) 42... Nb1 (
42... Nd1 43. Ke4 Nb2 44. Bd5 Kg6 45. Kf4 Kg7 46. h4 Kg6 47. Bb3 Kg7 48. h5 c6
49. Kf5 Nd1 50. h6+ Kxh6 51. Kxf6 Nc3 52. Bxf7 {and White is winning
comfortably.}) 43. a4 Na3 44. c3 Nc4 45. Kf4 Nd6 46. a5 {and the difference
between this and the previous lines is that Black's a pawn is harder to defend.
} Kf8 47. h4 Kg7 48. Bd7 {Zugwang:} Kh6 49. c4 bxc4 (49... Nxc4 50. Bc8 {and
the a pawn will decide matters.}) 50. b5 axb5 51. a6 c3 52. Ke3 Nc4+ 53. Kd3
Nb6 54. a7 b4 55. Bg4 f5 56. Bd1 f4 57. Kc2 f5 58. Kb3 Na8 59. Kxb4 f3 60. Kxc3
f2 61. Be2 {and White's king will deal with Black's queen's side before
Black's can force both f pawns home:} f4 62. Kb4 f3 63. Bf1 Kh5 64. Kc5 Kxh4
65. Kc6 Kg3 66. Kb7 Nb6 67. d5 Kh2 68. d6 cxd6 69. Kxb6 Kg1 70. Bb5 f1=Q 71.
Bxf1 Kxf1 72. a8=Q f2 73. Qh1+ Ke2 74. Qe4+ Kd2 75. Qf3 Ke1 76. Qe3+ Kf1 {and
the presence of Black's d pawn negates the usual stalemate resource in Q v. BP;
having come so far, let's go on to the bitter end.} 77. Kb5 d5 78. Kb4 Kg2 79.
Qe2 Kg1 80. Qg4+ Kh2 81. Qf3 Kg1 82. Qg3+ Kf1 83. Kc3 Ke2 84. Qd3+ Ke1 85. Qe3+
Kf1 86. Kd3 Kg2 87. Qe2 Kg1 88. Qg4+ Kh2 89. Ke2 d4 90. Kxf2 d3 91. Qg2# {I
think I should have run out of time before this!}) 31... b5 32. h4 {Again I
see! White has a passed h pawn now and switches the focus of his efforts.})
30... Kxh5 31. Bd3 Bg4 32. c3 {I can't face another web of variations! I
should say that White is better placed here, as Black hasn't the pawn on b5,
restraining White's queen's side advance.}) 27... Be6 28. Bf3 Nd5+ $2 (28... f5
29. gxf5 Nxf5+ $11 {Black has exchanged one f pawn and he's the one with a
passed pawn, although White's queen's side majority could still prove
dangerous.}) 29. Kd3 $2 (29. Bxd5 {It never occurred to me to exchange bishop
for knight in an open-ish position; however, after} Bxd5 30. c4 Be6 31. Kf4 c6
32. c5 {(I don't think I'd've seen this, either)} bxc5 33. dxc5 Kf8 (33... a6
34. Ne4 Bb3 35. Nd6 Kf8 36. Nf5 Be6 37. h4 Ba2 38. g5 fxg5+ 39. Kxg5 Bc4 40.
Nd4 Bd5 41. Kf6 Bg2 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. Nf5+ Ke8 (43... Kd7 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. Nd6+
Kf8 46. Nxf7 {looks clear enough; Black's bishop can do nothing while White's
pawns are on black squares.}) 44. Kd6 Be4 45. Ne7 f5 46. Nxc6 f4 (46... Bxc6
47. Kxc6 f4 48. Kb7 f3 49. c6 f2 50. c7 f1=Q 51. c8=Q+ Ke7 52. a4 {Fritz rates
this as won for White, at 4.65 or better, but I can't face a Q&P endgame at
this time of night!}) 47. Ne5 f3 48. Ng4 {and White's king can come back and
mop up the f pawn.}) 34. Nf3 Ke7 35. Nd4 Kd7 (35... Bd5 36. Kg3 a6 37. Kh4 Kf8
38. Kh5 Be4 39. Kh6 Kg8 40. h4 Kf8 41. a4 Kg8 42. b5 cxb5 43. axb5 axb5 44.
Nxb5 {Now, can White win this, with knight and h pawn?} Bf3 45. Na7 Bxg4 46. c6
f5 47. Kg5 f6+ 48. Kf4 Be2 49. c7 Ba6 50. c8=Q+ Bxc8 51. Nxc8 Kg7 52. Ne7 Kh6
53. Nxf5+ Kh5 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. Kg4 Kf7 56. Ng3 Kg6 57. Kf4 Kg7 58. Kf5 Kh6 59.
h5 Kg7 60. Ne4 Kf7 61. Nxf6 Kg7 62. Kg5 Kh8 63. Ne8 Kg8 64. Kh6 Kh8 65. Nd6 Kg8
66. Ne4 Kh8 67. Ng5 Kg8 68. Nxh7 Kh8 69. Kg6 Kg8 70. h6 Kh8 71. Ng5 Kg8 72. h7+
{and wins.}) 36. Kg3 Bd5 37. Kh4 Bg2 38. Kh5 Bf1 39. Kh6 Bh3 40. Kg7 Bxg4 41.
Kxf6 Bh5 42. h4 Bg6 43. Nf3 Ke8 44. Ne5 Be4 45. Nxf7 {and this also appears
won for White.}) 29... Nf4+ 30. Ke4 Nd5 31. c4 Ne7 32. d5 Bc8 {Hereabouts,
Fritz wants Black to play f6-f5(+), eliminating one of his doubled pawns.} 33.
Kd4 $6 {Better} (33. c5 f5+ 34. gxf5 Bxf5+ 35. Kd4 {threatening 36.d6.} Bd7 36.
Nc4 Kf6 37. Be4 h5 38. Ne5 Bc8 39. cxb6 cxb6 40. a4 $16 {White is making some
progress.}) 33... Ng6 34. c5 Ne5 35. h3 Kf8 36. Be4 h6 {We'd reached the time
control, he with 11+ minutes and me with 2+. That's not much time with which
to navigate a complicated endgame!} 37. a4 {Amazingly, we've both been making
most of Fritz's chosen moves; here, however, Fritz prefers} (37. Nc4 bxc5+ 38.
Kxc5 Nxc4 39. Kxc4 Bb7 40. Kc5 Ke7 41. b5 {followed by advancing the a pawn
looks pretty good; e.g.} f5 {Why? Presumably to distract White's bishop from
the defence of the d pawn, but it doesn't save Black.} (41... Kd8 42. a4 a6 (
42... f5 43. Bxf5 a6 44. Bd3 a5 45. h4 Ke7 46. Bf5 Ba8 47. d6+ cxd6+ 48. Kb6
Kd8 49. Ka7 Bf3 50. h5 {and advancing the b pawn will cost Black his bishop
and the game.}) 43. b6) 42. Bxf5 a6 43. bxa6 Bxa6 44. Kc6 Bc4 45. Kxc7 Bxd5 46.
a4 {will do the trick. I did wonder about}) (37. d6 cxd6 38. cxd6 {but I
really need my bishop on a4 for this to be effective. It's not much worse than
the move I chose; e.g.} Ke8 39. Ba8 Kd7 40. Ne4 Ng6 41. b5 Nh4 42. Kd5 f5 43.
Bc6+ Kd8 44. Nf6 Be6+ 45. Kd4 Ng6 {and despite White's well-placed pieces and
advanced d pawn, it's not easy to see the way forward.}) 37... Ke7 38. Bc2 {I
thought that I should avoid exchanging knights, though some of the above
variations show that my bishop would be better than his. Fritz prefers either
38.Nf1, heading for f5, or 38.Nb1, heading I'm not sure where.} Ba6 $6 39. Ne4
$6 {I should have taken advantage of his bishop's absence by seizing f5:} (39.
cxb6 cxb6 40. Bf5 Bb7 41. Ne4 Nf3+ 42. Ke3 Ng5 43. d6+ Kd8 44. Nxf6 Nxh3 45. a5
Ng5 46. axb6 axb6 47. Kf4 $18 {and Black's h pawn looks set to fall.}) 39...
Bf1 40. Nf2 Bg2 41. Bf5 {Belatedly.} Nf3+ 42. Ke3 Ng5 $6 (42... Ne5 43. Be4 Bf1
44. Kd4 Ng6 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 Ne5 {and no-one appears to be going anywhere.}
) 43. Ne4 $2 {A misguided plan of forcing 44.d6+, with my bishop nicely placed
on f5. Unfortunately, he has a move first! This is a symptom of panic on my
part, as my time was ebbing away and the game could have many moves to run.} (
43. h4 Nf3 44. h5 {would have greatly improved my position. The sad thing is
that I'd thought about the desirability of h3-h4-h5, leaving my king's side
pawns easy to defend; what a pity that I didn't remember this when he'd given
me the chance to do this with tempo.} Ng5 45. Ne4 Nxe4 46. Bxe4 Bf1 47. a5 bxc5
48. bxc5 {Can White's king break in? Fritz appears to have no idea, though it
rates the position at 0.90. It seems to me that White's best chance is via b5.
The king can easily reach c4, by simply playing Bd3. I see that the trouble is
that Black will play his bishop to the long diagonal, and White's king and
bishop can't both be on c4! What's more, White's bishop needs to be on e2, to
guard the g pawn. c5-c6 would give c5 to the king, except that Black replies
Kd6! I don't think it can be done, and neither, to judge by the faffing around
in the three "best" lines I can see, does Fritz.}) 43... Nxe4 {Fritz's
reckoning is negative (-0.06), for the first time since move 10.} 44. Bxe4 Bxh3
45. Kf4 Bf1 46. a5 {Despite having thrown away a pawn for no benefit, I was
much more concerned about losing on time than on the board.} Bb5 47. Kf5 {
Hereabouts, I returned Dave's offer of a draw. At this time, the match score
was 2.5 to 0.5 in our favour so, not unreasonably, he said he'd better play on.
} Bd7+ 48. Kf4 Bc8 49. axb6 axb6 50. Bf3 Bd7 51. Be4 (51. d6+ {achieves
nothing; after} cxd6 52. cxb6 {Black's bishop may be unable to stop the pawn...
} Kd8 {...but the king can!}) 51... Bc8 {Fortunately for me, Board 4's game
was agreed drawn, so Dave agreed to the draw here. Given the errors made by
both of us - though we also picked the "right" moves, a lot of the time - it
was a fair result!} 1/2-1/2

