[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "162"]
[BlackElo "143"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 b6 {John Emms, in Attacking with 1.e4, says
of this move that "Black's play is very much directed towards punishing an
early g2-g3 from White." However, I've already played this, as opposed to the
normal 4.Ngf3, so who knows what difference this makes to the openings
experts' judgements?} 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. f4 {Fritz 14 doesn't like this, preferring
any of 6.exd5 (which I really don't understand), 6.e5 Nfd7 7.f4 (so now f2-f4
is OK!) or 6.Ne2.} c5 {We both missed} (6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 (7. dxe4 Na6 8. Qe2
Qd7 $15 {Black looks very comfortable.}) 7... Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1+
10. Kxd1 Nd7 {Black has slightly the better of this drawish position.}) 7. Qe2
Be7 8. e5 Nfd7 {Fritz prefers 8...Ng8, redeveloping via h6 and f5, most likely.
Certainly Black's pieces are now rather cramped, but that's Andy's kind of
position.} 9. c4 Qc7 {Fritz prefers the more active} (9... b5 10. b3 (10. cxb5
$6 a6 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nb3 Nb4 13. a3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 c4 15. Qf3 cxb3 {White's
king's position looks somewhat draughty!}) 10... O-O {and Black's getting good
play on the queen's side.}) 10. Ngf3 {Due to Andy not punishing my inferior
moves, I've managed to equalise! Funny, I rather liked my position.} Nc6 11.
O-O Nd4 $2 $16 {This is where the game is lost for Andy, IMHO. His pawn on d4
remains vulnerable, until I finally manage to capture it. Simply 11...O-O, 11.
..d4 or even 11...dxc4 would have maintained equality.} 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. a3 $2
{Giving all my advantage back. I was concerned to prevent one of his minor
pieces arriving on c5, but my move shouldn't have helped matters. Better was
simply} (13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Nf3 {winning the d4 pawn, because} Bc5
$2 {makes matters even worse:} 16. e6 $1 Nf8 17. f5 fxe6 18. fxe6 Ng6 19. Ng5
$18) 13... dxc4 14. Nxc4 {Fritz also likes 14.Bxb7, which I suppose keeps my
queen on the e file, hindering Black's freeing f7-f6. However, I didn't see
why his queen should have the long diagonal. At least I was right to avoid 14.
dxc4: although I have a nice-looking queen's side majority, his d4 pawn may
turn from a weakness to a strength.} Bxg2 15. Qxg2 $11 Rd8 {Castling was
better, especially as the rook soon moves back to c8.} 16. b4 $14 O-O 17. Bb2 {
This looked obvious to me, clearing the c file for my rooks, as well as
attacking his d pawn. Fritz prefers 17.Qf3 or 17.Bd2, defending my own
weakness.} Nb8 (17... a5 {again removes most of my advantage:} 18. Rfc1 axb4
19. Na5 Nc5 20. axb4 bxa5 21. bxc5 {and we're heading for a draw.}) 18. Rac1
$14 Qd7 19. Rc2 {Again, it seems obvious to double rooks on the only open file,
though it did cross my mind that I could equally well double on the f file.
Fritz wants me first to centralise my queen, by 19.Qe4, then Kg2 (presumably
mostly to avoid black-square checks) and Nd2-b3 or f3, putting a lot of
pressure on his d pawn, while also keeping my king's side attacking options
open.} b5 $6 {This helps my knight to advance, though actually Fritz rates 20.
Nd2 as equally good. Fritz wants him to play 19...Qa4, which my queen being on
e4 would have hindered.} 20. Na5 $16 Rc8 21. Rfc1 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 {After
"thinking" about it for quite a while, Fritz has decided it agrees that this,
taking control of the c file, is better than 22.Rxc2. That's OK too as, if
Black challenges with 22...Rc8, White can exchange, make his king a bolt hole
with 24.h4 and then pick up the d pawn; this didn't occur to me.} f6 {Black's
priority should be Bd8-b6, supporting his d pawn.} 23. Nc6 $6 {Yet again, more
than half my advantage goes. The simplest way to invade Black's space is by} (
23. Qc7 Bd8 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxd4 $16 {At last, his d pawn goes, and his
pieces have little compensating freedom of movement.}) 23... Nxc6 24. Qxc6 Rd8
25. Kg2 {My idea was simply to march my king to e4, exchange queens, and take
his d pawn. Fritz prefers} (25. exf6 Bxf6 (25... gxf6 26. Qe4 $16 {and
something has to give.}) 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rc5 {followed by Kf2-f3-e4, which
amounts to the same thing. Taking the b pawn could be dangerous, after 27...
Rc7, as White's bishop looks lost.}) 25... fxe5 {This makes my life easier. I
thought he might try to keep my king out, by} (25... f5 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rc8+
Kf7 {27...Bd8 28.Rb8 Kf7 transposes.} 28. Rb8 Bd8 29. Rxb5 Bb6 30. a4 Rc7 31.
Kf3 Rc2 32. Ba1 Rc1 33. a5 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Rxa1 35. axb6 Ra2+ 36. Kd1 axb6 37.
Rxb6 Rxh2 38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. Rxg7 Rb2 40. Rb7 h5 41. b5 {I think White's
probably winning, but there's a long way to go. I could have avoided all this
by exchanging pawns on f6 but, after so long trying to stop his pieces
protecting d4, this went rather against the grain.}) 26. fxe5 Qd5+ {Forcing my
hand, but there doesn't seem to be anything better for him.} 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28.
Rc7 Kf7 {Andy had a very long think here but I think he concluded what I felt:
there's no way out. Fritz's "best" is} (28... Rxe5 29. Bxd4 Rd5 30. Bxg7 Bg5
31. d4 Bc1 32. Rxc1 Kxg7 33. Rc5 Rxd4 34. Rxb5 Rd7 35. Ra5 {Again, I think
White should win; Black's king is a long way from the queen's side.}) 29. Kf3
Ke8 {29...Rxe5 30.Bxd4 was still his best chance.} 30. Ke4 h5 {Trying for a
distraction, hoping to exchange these pawns, or maybe just for something to do?
} 31. Bxd4 {Fritz actually prefers (though not by much) either 31.Rxa7 or 31.
Rb7; there's no danger of his rook invading from its current position. Having
spent most of the game aiming to win his d pawn, I wanted to make sure of it.
An added bonus seemed to me to be the prospect of Bc5, finally bringing my
bishop into the game.} g5 32. Bxa7 {I wanted to keep full control of c5,
though Fritz actually prefers 32.Rxa7.} g4 33. Bc5 Bd8 34. Rh7 {Fritz prefers
34.Rb7, mopping up his b pawn, but I wanted no nonsense happening on the
king's side, while my back was turned. As John Kerrane remarked, all my extra
pawns are backward, but there are just too many of them. I suppose he can play
Rd7-a7xa3, but that's as far as he's going; there's still no way out for his
bishop. I suppose, strictly, there is Bg5-c1xa3, but then I'll probably pick
up his e pawn as well. One of those games where I thought my position was much
better than it actually was, but I did mostly find more or less the right
moves. This is the first time I've beaten Andy, at the conventional time limit;
he's a hard man to beat.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Slav Defence"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Bedford, R."]
[Black "Gledhill, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Nf6 6. b3 b4 7. Bxc4 a5 8. Bb2 e6
9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Ne4 Qc7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nc5 Nf6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Qe2 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rfd8 21.
Qg4 e5 22. Qf5 f6 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Bg6+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Ke6 27. Bf5+
Kxf5 28. e4+ Ke6 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Qh5+ Ke6 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Qh5+
Ke6 34. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "French Defence"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Suttie, N."]
[Black "Kerrane, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4 7. e5 Nge7 8. a3
Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15.
Bd3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qd7 20. Bg3 b6 21. Rc2
Ne7 22. Bf4 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Rc8 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. h4 Qc7 26. h5 Rc3 27. Qd2 Rc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hunter, I."]
[Black "Hamer, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrave 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Golden Lion"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Ne1 Nf6 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nd3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Nec5 Qe7 20. Qb5 e4 21. Nc1
Ne5 22. N1b3 b6 23. Na6 Bd7 24. Qb4 Qf7 25. Nd4 Rac8 26. Rfc1 f4 27. gxf4 gxf4
28. Qd2 f3 29. gxf3 Qg6+ 30. Kh2 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Rg8 32. Rxc8 Bf8+ 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Patrick, D."]
[Black "Clarkson, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Clarkson,Andrew"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.01.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrave 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Golden Lion"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 {Everybody knows
that I play the Pirc defence, and there is no end to the different systems
that opponents play. David's choice is as good a try as any, particulary as I
had never faced this over the board before!} Bg4 7. Qd2 c6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3
Qa5 {Having played this Black must always be aware of the possibilty of Nd5 by
White.} 10. O-O {Here is a practical example from the opening.} (10. Bh6 e5 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12. g4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qe5 14. Qxe5 dxe5 15. O-O-O Na6 16. g5 Ne8 17.
Rd7 Nc5 18. Re7 Ne6 19. Rxb7 Nxg5 20. Bg2 Nd6 21. Rd7 Rfd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23.
Rd1 Ne6 24. Ne2 Kf8 {Kolbert,E (2158)-Milenkovic,S Serbia 2006 0-1 (47)}) 10...
Nbd7 11. Rad1 Rfe8 {I spent too long looking at} (11... c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6
dxc3 14. fxg7 cxd2 15. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 16. Bxd2 {but could not assess in my
mind's eye whether this was good for Black. Fritz says Black is doing well.})
12. Rfe1 c5 {Now with no 15.gxf8+..., I was prepared to take a punt.} 13. e5 $2
{David takes the bull by the horns and decides to test the validity of 12...c5.
I would be lying if I said I was certain that Black would come out on top.} (
13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe3 $11) 13... cxd4 14. exf6 dxc3 15. Qxc3 {I had not
expected this and wondered whether I had made a miscalculation. White could
try the same structure as the game but with Queens still on the board. This is
what I expected} (15. bxc3 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19.
Ra1 Qc4 20. Ba6 (20. Rxa7 $2 Qc7 21. Rb1 Ne4 $17) 20... Qc5 {but Black is
still better.}) 15... Qxc3 {I almost played} (15... Qxg5 16. fxg7 Rac8 17. Qb3
b6 {but this is nowhere near as good as the game continuation.}) 16. bxc3 Bxf6
{The Black Knight will prove to be superior to the White Bishop.} 17. Bxf6 Nxf6
18. Bxb7 {David had believed that he would be OK from here, but that was not
the case.} Rab8 19. Rb1 Kf8 20. c4 Nd7 21. Bc6 Red8 $1 22. Rxb8 {I could
already envisage my Knight on c5, Rook on c7, followed by the targeting of c4
and c2. After the game David wished that he had tried the Rook ending with} (
22. Bxd7 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxd7 24. Rb8+ Kg7 {but I would have been equally happy
with this.}) 22... Nxb8 23. Ba4 Na6 24. Rb1 Nc5 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Bf3 Rc7 27.
Rb8+ Kg7 {and I already had the notion of an outrageous robbery being carried
out by my King.} 28. Ra8 $2 {Far too passive. But} (28. Rb5 Kf6 29. Kf1 Ke5 30.
c3 f5 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. g3 Na4 33. Kd3 Nb6 34. Rb4 e5 35. Bd1 Nd7 {illustrates
White's difficulties.}) 28... Kf6 29. Kf1 Ke5 30. Ke1 Kd4 31. Kd2 Kxc4 {Having
carried out this remarkable theft I determined to run back as quickly as
possible to g7.} 32. Rb8 Kd4 33. Rf8 e6 34. Rb8 Ke5 35. Rb4 Kf6 36. Rh4 {
Really?} Kg7 {The time control has been reached. White now had 22 minutes to
complete the game and Black 30 minutes.} 37. c4 $2 {The White Rook is in
danger of being trapped now.} (37. Rd4 Rd7 38. Ke3 Kf8 {and the game continues.
}) 37... e5 38. Bd5 f5 39. g4 {By way of illustration} (39. f4 e4 40. g4 h6 41.
gxf5 gxf5 {and the White Rook seems to be incarcerated.}) 39... g5 $2 {Worth a
question mark, as I fail to see the correct way to embarrass the White Rook.
It also nearly costs the full point. Fritz points out} (39... f4 40. g5 Rc8 41.
Rg4 Rb8 42. Kc2 Na4 43. f3 Rb2+ 44. Kd3 Rxa2 45. Rg1 Rh2 {with advantage.}) 40.
Rh5 Kg6 41. h4 h6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f3 $2 ({White must remain active to have
any hope of survival.} 43. Rh8 {Instead} Ne4+ (43... fxg4 $4 {and I believed
White could draw.} 44. Rg8+ $11 Kf6 (44... Rg7 45. Rd8 Rd7 46. Rg8+ Kf5 47.
Rf8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh5) 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46. Rg8+ Kh6 47. Ke3 Rg7 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49.
Rd8) 44. Bxe4 fxe4 45. Rd8 Rc6 46. Ke3 Kf6 {sees a Rook ending that White
might hold.}) 43... fxg4 44. fxg4 Rh7 {The Rooks come off and Black's
prospects look very promising.} 45. Rxh7 Kxh7 46. Ke3 Kg6 {The Black King sets
off to attack the White pawn on a2.} 47. Bc6 Kf6 48. Bd5 Ke7 49. Bc6 Kd8 50.
Kd2 Kc7 51. Bd5 Kb6 52. Kc3 Ka5 53. Kb2 Nd3+ 54. Kc3 {If} (54. Kb3 Kb6 55. Kc3
Nf2 56. Bf3 e4 57. Be2 Kc5) 54... Nb4 55. Be6 Ka4 56. Kb2 {White could try
active defence with} (56. c5 dxc5 57. Kc4 e4 58. Kxc5 e3 59. Bc4 Nc2 60. Kd5
Kb4 61. Bf1 {but after} Ka3 62. Bc4 a5 63. Ke4 a4 64. Kf3 Kb2 65. Ke2 a3 66.
Bd3 Nb4 {the Knight triumphs over the Bishop.}) 56... Na6 57. Kc3 {There are
plenty of alternatives for White but there should only be one result.} (57.
Bd7+ Kb4 58. Be6 Nc7 59. Bf7 a5 60. a3+ Kc5 ({A good illustration of why it is
worth carrying on in 'lost' positions would be} 60... Ka4 $4 61. Bg6 {
hilarious,}) 61. Kc3 e4 62. Bg8 d5 63. cxd5 Nxd5+) 57... Nc5 58. Bg8 Ka3 59.
Bf7 a5 60. Bg6 Kxa2 {The Black King is without doubt 'man of the match'.} 61.
Bc2 Ka3 62. Bb1 {Nothing can save White.} (62. Bg6 a4 63. Be8 Ne4+ 64. Kd3 Nf2+
65. Kc3 Nxg4 {winning.}) 62... Na4+ 63. Kd3 Kb2 64. Bc2 Nc5+ 65. Kd2 a4 66.
Bxa4 Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Khan, K."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "Shapland,Dave"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrave 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Golden Lion"]

1. Nf3 {I've endured two very painful losses to Karim with the Black pieces.
One from a completely winning position and the other from an at least even,
possibly slightly better for me position. He is a pernicious hoodwinker and so
I was very wary about my chances in this game. Sometimes you just have to
break a bad cycle of results against an opponent in any way possible.} c5 {
Just for a moment I hoped to persuade Karim to play 2.e4 and contest a
Sicilian. I guess he's entrenched with Larsen's Opening these days.} 2. b3 d5
3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10.
Re1 Bg6 11. a3 {Karim's being super-cautious. I've been trying to play
sensibly too. Eventually though I was going to lash out. It's inevitable!} b5 {
I was hoping to make the c4 break impossible or unappealing. c4 or e4 are the
two most likely breaks by White as d4 would restrict his queen's bishop.} 12.
Ne5 {Finally, he ventures into my half of the board.} Nxe5 {We can't have that!
} 13. Bxe5 Nd7 {My idea was to play Bf6 or f6 and e5 at some point to restrict
his play on the long diagonal.} 14. Bb2 e5 $4 {A lazy move. I wasn't 'in the
flow' of the game at this point and couldn't see a way for him to undermine my
burgeoning pawn centre. I should have looked a bit harder!} 15. Bf3 {Of course!
} Qc7 {I had a choice of ways to lose a pawn. This seemed the least bad. I
hoped to push c4 myself at some point, break up his structure and at least get
some activity for my lost pawn.} 16. Bxd5 Rab8 {Setting up tactics on the
b-file.} 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Bh5 c4 {After this move Fritz increases White's
advantage... but in my view all the alternatives just lose in a more passive
way.} 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Bc1 $2 {Karim is still being
mega-cautious despite his pawn advantage. Ironically, this move loses most of
his edge. I guess he saw possible tactics on both the b and d-files and got
spooked but there was nothing at all wrong with...} (21. Nxc4 {Initially I'd
thought that...} Nb6 {Would cause him problems but then I spotted that now
White plays...} (21... Bf6 22. Qe2 {... is best for Black but now he's two
pawns down!}) 22. Bxe5 {... and this is simply winning for White.}) 21... Nb6 {
After this move Fritz assess the game as level again.} 22. Qe2 cxb3 23. cxb3
Qc3 {White is just in a slight tangle at this point because that bishop
retreat cut the communication between his rooks.} 24. Rb1 Bxa3 {The engine
preferred 24...Qd3 aiming to exchange queens and hold the endgame a pawn down.
Not my style.} 25. Ne4 Qb4 26. Bxa3 Qxa3 27. Ra1 Qb4 28. Qf3 Rd3 {Now I was
confident I was back in the game and could exert more pressure. The plan was,
win the b-pawn, keep my passed a-pawn and swap off the heavy pieces.} 29. Ng5
f6 30. Ne6 $2 {I was praying for this move! I thought the White knight was
trapped and I could win it.} Qe7 31. Qe4 {The alternative was...} (31. Qg4 Kf7
32. Nc5 Qxc5 33. Rxa7+ Kg8 34. Qxg6 Rd7 35. Rea1 Qe7 {Black has consildated
and can simplify. IT should be a comfortable win from here.}) 31... Rxb3 $6 {
Not best. I still thought I was winning the knight here but I'd over looked a
nasty wrinkle. Correct was...} (31... Rd7 {It's important to hold the seventh
rank and allow the queen to capture on c5 if the knght moves there.} 32. Ng5
fxg5 33. Ra5 {... is the best Fritz can come up with but Black should win here
too thought there's plenty to do.}) 32. Nf4 g5 {I'd planned on playing...} (
32... Rb4 {... but I noticed that White has...} 33. Nxg6 Rxe4 34. Nxe7+ Kf7 35.
Rxa7 {... and White is better, but possibly not enough to win.}) 33. Ne2 {We
were both running short of time at this stage but I had about 8 minutes to
Karim's 2. The postition is extremely complicated and we both made errors in
this next phase.} Rb4 34. Qf5 (34. Rxa7 $1 {Equalises on the spot.}) 34... Nc4
35. Nc3 Rd8 36. Red1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Nd6 {An innaccuracy straight after time
control! This forces White's queen to a better square and causing me problems.
37...Nb6 was better.} 38. Qd3 Rc4 $4 {Right idea, wrong square. 38... Rb3 is
the only move for Black here.} 39. Nd5 $6 {Phew! He missed it. White can win a
piece with...} (39. Nb5 $1 {Not possible with my rook on b3 of course!} e4 40.
Qd5+ Qf7 41. Qxd6) 39... Qe6 40. Qa3 {40.Nxf6+ was possible at once.} Nb5 41.
Qb3 Rc5 $2 {The knight had to go back to d6 to defend the rook.} 42. Nxf6+ {
This should have been the decisive break through for Karim.} Kf7 43. Qxe6+ Kxe6
44. Ne4 Rc7 45. Nxg5+ {This end game will be very hard for Black to defend.
And of course time trouble was already looming again. My only hope was to try
and hold it for as long as possible and hope that Karim ran out of time and
would be forced to accept a draw. He had still about 5 minutes less than I did.
'Hunkering mode' was switched on.} Kf5 46. Nf3 Nc3 {Praying he'd blitz out Rc1!
} 47. Rd2 Ne4 48. Ra2 Nd6 49. g4+ Ke6 50. Nd2 Nb5 51. Kg2 Rc6 52. Ra5 a6 53.
Kf3 Nc3 {At this point I stopped recording the moves because we were both down
to our final few minutes. I can't be entirely sure of the following sequence
of moves but they went something like...} 54. Ne4 Nd5 55. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 56. Nc5+
Kf6 57. Nxa6 {With plenty of time on the clock, this endgame would be
elementary, but KArim must have only had about a minute and was playing his
moves instantly. I'd offered him a draw which he might well have accepted had
he not needed a win to tie the match.} Ke6 58. h4 Ne7 59. Nb4 Ng6 60. Nd3 Kd5
61. h5 $4 {Eek!} e4+ 62. Ke2 exd3+ 63. Kxd3 Nh4 {The game reeled on after this
for another ten moves at least but by now Karim was playing on vapours. I
managed to hoover up the rest of his pawns whilst preserving my own.
Interestingly though, in this very position, Fritz says White is winning!! He
has too many pawns. Karim can count himself very unfortunate to have lost this
game but I probably owed him a swindle based on our previous history!} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Shapland, D."]
[Black "Tooley, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Golden Lion"]
[BlackTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 f5 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Ndf3
Nc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Ng5 g6
15. Be3 Bd6 16. g3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. Nc3 Rf6 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Qxh5+ Kg7 21.
Qh6+ Kf7 22. Qh7+ 1-0

