[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Shredder for iPhone / iPod to"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Hamer, M."]
[Black "Parsons, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Matthew Parsons"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Golden Lion"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 Na6 8. Re1
Nd7 9. c3 Nc7 10. a4 O-O 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bf1 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 {
I was pleased with my opening play, and felt White was too passive allowing me
to reach a decent position. However, at this point, I wasn't quite sure about
how to proceed. I don't in general like the e6 breaks in these positions, as I
haven't quite worked out yet how to play the resultant imbalances.} 15. c4 a6 {
I was disappointed with this move. It's a simple blind spot. I was intending
to meet 16.a5 with 16...b5 seeing the en-passant exchange but somehow missing
my knight would be attacked. After playing this, I was therefore worried about
White playing a5 and then Qb3, and my b7 pawn being a permanent weakness.} 16.
Bf4 b5 17. e5 bxa4 18. Qd1 Qf5 {I spent some time over this move. I felt I was
setting a trap in the line that was played in the game, and that after 21...
Bd4, I would be winning, as I thought that White would have to defend f2. I
would then take the pawn on d6 and just be a piece up.} 19. exd6 Qxf4 20. dxe7
{After the game we both decided that if White takes the knight on c7 instead
of the pawn on e7 Black would be better. So, after investing time over 18...
Qf5 I was happy when White went for this line.} Rfe8 21. d6 Bd4 {I think
Martyn had missed this move from his reaction, however I had missed his follow
up, when analysing the position before 18...Qf5.} 22. d7 {At this point I
decided to force a draw, I had seen the line 27... Bxf2 and taking the rook on
e1 but I couldn't judge the resulting complications. I had seen the line that
follows with my knight coming to e6 but I really wasn't sure what was
happening there.} Qxf2+ {It turns out that Black is totally winning after 22...
Bxf2, which at least suggests my judgement in playing the line was correct,
but the resultant moves that need to be found to gain the win are far from
simple, and I would imagine many GM's would struggle to find them.} (22...
Bxf2+ {After this move Fritz gives...} 23. Kh1 Bxe1 24. d8=Q Qxf1+ 25. Kh2 Qf4+
26. Kh1 Bh4 27. Q1d6 Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Ne6 {... as winning for Black [Ed]}) 23. Kh2
Qg1+ 24. Kg3 (24. Kg3 Bf2+ {This is similar to the variation above and is also
winning for Black. The engine now gives...} 25. Kf3 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Ne6 27.
dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 28. Kg3 h5 29. h4 Rxe7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Clarkson, Andrew"]
[Black "Leonard, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "175"]
[BlackElo "162"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Golden Lion"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

{Andrew remarked that this was the first time he'd had White against me. I'd
forgotten the other occasions: a timid draw and a feeble loss, both against
his Pirc Defence.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3
Nc6 7. h3 {Of a similar position, a move later (7.Be2 Be7) Timothy Taylor, in
Alekhine Alert!, says: "White can prevent [...Bg4], but only at the cost of
time."} Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 Bf5 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O d5 {TT's suggested line
is different, in these circumstances, but I'm not going to say what it is;
everyone knows I play Alekhine's Defence, and a fair number play the Exchange
Variation (neither will I say what TT calls that)!} 12. c5 Nc8 $6 {Still
following a different line; Fritz 14 suggests} (12... Nc4 {when} 13. Bxc4 dxc4
14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Rfd1 a5 $11 {White can get rid of that bishop, by 16.Ne1, but
loses his own d pawn in the process.}) 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Qb3 N8e7 14. g4 $14)
13... h6 {Pleased to see that this is Fritz's choice too.} 14. Rfe1 Re8 15.
Rad1 {Fritz prefers 15.Bb5 and 16.Bf4, or the other way round.} N8e7 16. Bf1
Qd7 {Fritz prefers either 16...Be6 (which seems a retrograde step to me) or 16.
..a6, preventing Bb5. However, I wanted to play b7-b6 and/or ...Nf5 (after
moving the bishop, of course), hitting his centre.} 17. Ne5 $6 {This was a
surprise; White demolishes his centre for me!} Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5
20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 c6 {After the game Matthew Parsons said he thought that
this was weakening d6 (though White never goes there), preferring 21...Be4.
Fritz disagrees, and gives Black an advantage (-0.08) for the first time in
the game.} 22. Rd2 Bf6 {Black has come out of the opening with a slight edge;
I had hopes that his c pawn might prove to be a weakness. My move is not bad 
(-.0.10), but Fritz prefers} (22... Be6 23. Bxh6 (23. a3 Bf6 {(-0.25)}) 23...
Bxa2 24. Be3 Bd5 {or 24...a5, also (-0.20), and Black's bishops are much
better placed than I achieved.}) 23. Red1 Rad8 {I was, perhaps, over-concerned
to neutralise his rooks, which my bishops are doing quite well. The trouble
with this move, as in the game, is that he could simply have exchanged twice
on d8 and played Bd4, claiming the long diagonal. More promising is} (23... Be6
24. b3 a5 {when Fritz, to my surprise, suggests} 25. Bc4 {(surely no human
would play this!)} Bxc4 26. bxc4 Re4 27. Rd7 Rb8 28. Rc1 Bg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 {
and White's pawn weaknesses look worse than Black's, though Fritz only scores
the position as (-0.04).}) 24. Bc4 Bc2 {Strongly encouraging the rook
exchanges, with the disadvantage noted previously. Fritz prefers} (24... Rxd2
25. Rxd2 h5 {and again Black's bishops are better placed than I achieved (-0.
09).}) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bd4 Bg5 {Do you know, I considered
b7-b5 on a number of occasions, but not this one, when it entailed no risk at
all, and greatly improved my position on the queen's side? Still only (0.00),
even so.} 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 g6 {Wow! Four half-moves in a row with which
Fritz agrees.} 30. g3 Ke7 31. f4 Bf6 32. Ke3 h5 33. h4 Bf5 {(0.02) Hereabouts,
I harboured fond hopes of exchanging both pairs of bishops, blocking the
queen's side pawns and still having f7-f6 available, with which to gain the
opposition. Pride comes before a fall, as they say.} 34. a3 a5 {Again, not
actually bad, and losing only a few fractions of a point, but he's never going
to allow me to follow with 35...a4 and this leaves my other two queen's side
pawns less secure. Make him come to you, but I thought I could win this.} 35.
b4 axb4 36. axb4 Be6 {I wanted to exchange my "bad" bishop first but of course
he isn't going to oblige.} 37. Bd3 Bd5 38. b5 cxb5 {Not liking the look of 39.
b6 and 40.Ba6, though I could have countered with 39...Be6 and 40...Bc8. Fritz
agrees with my choice.} 39. Bxb5 Ke6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Kd4 Bf3 {More or less
anywhere on this diagonal will do, though I could have tried} (41... Bc6 {
hoping for} 42. Bxc6 bxc6 {when his king certainly can't outflank my c pawn,
as he'd lose his own. It's a dead draw, despite my wishful thinking about
f7-f6:} 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Ke4 f6 46. f5+ gxf5+ 47. Kf4 Kd5 48. Kxf5
Kxc5 49. Kxf6 Kd5 50. Kf5 c5 51. g4 {and we both queen together.}) 42. Bc4 Bc6
43. Bf1 (43. Kc3 Be4 44. Kb4 {with the intention of manouevring the king to c7
and bishop to c8 via b5 and d7 doesn't work yet, because of} Kf5 {forcing 45.
Be2, as} 45. Bxf7 $2 Kg4 {and suddenly White is losing:} 46. Kc4 Kxg3 47. Kc3 (
47. Bd5 Bxd5+ 48. Kxd5 Kxh4 {It will take Black five moves to queen, with
check on White's king on b7, after which Black can simply give up his queen
for the pawn (by now on c7) and queen his g pawn instead.}) 47... Kg4 {Here's
a slightly unusual struggle for the opposition, as Black's bishop is in its
ideal place. That's why Fritz didn't play 47.Kd4 Kxf4. I wonder how many
humans, of my endgame ability at least, would not play either} (47... Kxh4 48.
Kd4 Bc6 49. Bxg6 Kg4 50. Ke5 h4 51. Bf5+ Kg3 52. Bc8 h3 53. Bxh3 Kxh3 54. f5
Kg4 55. f6 Be8 56. Ke6 (56. Kd6 Kf5 57. Kc7 {does equally well.}) 56... Kf4 57.
Kd6 (57. f7 $4 Bxf7+ 58. Kxf7 Ke5 {wins for Black; what a knife-edge we walk
upon!}) 57... Bf7 58. c6 {and Black's last pawn must be exchanged; or}) (47...
Kxf4 48. Kd4 {which is pretty much the same.}) 48. Kc4 Kf3 49. Kc3 Ke3 50. Kc4
Bb1 {threatening 51...Ba2+, so White cannot play 51.Bd5.} 51. Kc3 (51. Kb5 Kxf4
52. Bd5 Be4 53. Bxe4 Kxe4 {is hopeless for White, e.g.} 54. Ka5 Ke5 55. Kb6 Kd5
56. Kb5 g5 57. hxg5 h4 58. g6 Ke6 {Clever! Black's king covers the g pawn, and
his h pawn will queen in three moves, with check on White's king on b7, if he
tries to promote his c pawn.}) 51... Kxf4 52. Kd4 Be4 53. Be8 Bf5 54. Bf7 Kg4
55. Bd5 Bc8 56. Be4 Kxh4 57. Bxg6 Kg4 58. Ke3 (58. Bxh5+ Kxh5 59. Kd5 Bg4 {
followed by 59...Bf3(+) and bringing his king across to capture the c pawn.})
58... h4 59. Kf2 Bf5 60. Bf7 Kf4 {and White cannot avoid the loss of his c
pawn, after which the two widely spaced pawns will be too much for his bishop 
(Black's bishop is the "right" colour for his h pawn).}) 43... Ke7 $4 {Having
analysed the game through to the end, this is the losing move, even though it
makes only a fractional difference to Fritz's score (0.14). Why on earth did I
give way like this? I still had some ideas of winning; poor judgment. Simply
play my bishop up and down the long diagonal, and how is White to make
progress? If I keep my king on f6 or f5 and the bishop on the long diagonal,
White cannot break through in the centre: if he plays his bishop to d5 or e4,
I'm not going to exchange and, if he plays Bxc6 bxc6, I think he's now in
danger of losing, if he tries too hard. It takes his king four moves to reach
b6, and mine only two to reach d5.44.Bc4 doesn't help him, as analysed on move
43.} 44. Ke5 Bf3 $4 {Another blunder, but he lets me off.} 45. Bh3 $2 {I'm in
big trouble, after} (45. f5 $1 Bc6 (45... gxf5 46. Kxf5 Kd7 47. Bb5+ $18 {
keeps Black's king out, while White's makes hay.}) 46. Bd3 gxf5 (46... f6+ 47.
Kf4 gxf5 48. Be2 Be8 49. Kxf5 $18 {is the same.}) 47. Be2 Be8 48. Kxf5 f6 49.
Bf3 {and my bishop can't protect both white-squared pawns.}) 45... f6+ {Better
late than never? No, it's too late, as demonstrated at move 49.} 46. Kd4 Kd8 {
Matthew suggested that 46...f5 would still have drawn: my king prevents his
bishop from attacking my g pawn. Unfortunately, Fritz demonstrates how White
could still have won:} (46... f5 47. Bf1 Bc6 48. Bc4 Be4 49. Kc3 Bf3 50. Kb4
Bc6 51. Ka5 Bf3 52. Kb6 Bh1 (52... Kd7 53. Bf7 Ke7 54. Bxg6 Ke6 55. Kc7 {55.
Be8 also works, by bringing White's bishop in front of Black's pawns, when
Black's bishop will be unable to defend them all.} Kd5 56. Bxf5 Kxc5 57. Be6 {
and the f pawn will win it for White; Black's bishop will be unable to cover
f7.}) 53. Kc7 Bf3 54. Bb5 {followed by 55.Bd7 and 56.Bc8.}) 47. Be6 {Fritz
suggests} (47. f5 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Ke5 Ke7 50. f6+ Kf8 51. Be6 Bg2 52. Bc4
h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Kf4 h3 55. Kg3 {and now how is White to progress? I
sometimes think that Fritz doesn't know much more about endgames than I do!})
47... Ke7 48. Bc4 Bc6 49. Bg8 {Andrew could have done this much earlier, but I
think that now} (49. Bd3 {would have worked. Unlike with the pawn on f7 to
defend, Black's king now needs to be on f7 to guard g6, which makes all the
difference. Fritz still doesn't "see" this; aha! Now it does, 49.Bd3 gets +- 
(1.84), where it was only about (0.45), a half move and several minutes ago.}
Kf7 50. Kc3 Bf3 51. Kb4 Bc6 52. Ka5 Bd5 53. Kb6 Bf3 54. Kc7 {and now, to
prevent Kd6 and Bc4-d5, winning the b pawn, Black must play} Ke6 55. Bxg6 Kd5
56. Kxb7 Kxc5+ 57. Kc7 Bg4 58. Bf7 Kd4 59. Kd6 f5 60. Ke6 $18 {winning the h
pawn at least.}) 49... Kf8 {Again, there was no need to move my king; his
bishop's only bluffing.} 50. Bb3 Ke7 51. Bc2 Kf7 {Fritz again suggests 51...f5
and only revises its assessment after I've played 52.Bb3 Bf3 53.Kc3. I'm
beginning to wonder whether the engine's greatest strength lies in the middle
game, as I'm not always impressed by its judgment of openings, either.} 52. Kc3
Kg7 {Still suffering from delusions of breaking through on the king's side,
but I now know that the position is lost anyway. Attempting to swap duties for
the king and bishop fail:} (52... Be8 53. Kb4 Ke7 54. Be4 $18 {and one of the
pawns must go.}) 53. Kb4 Kh6 54. Ka5 g5 55. Kb6 {Of course he isn't going to
oblige me by exchanging!} gxf4 56. gxf4 Kg7 57. Kc7 Bf3 58. Bf5 Kf7 59. Bc8 Kg6
60. Bxb7 Bd1 61. Be4+ {Spoilsport!} Kf7 62. Kd6 {I'm losing my bishop for his
c pawn, and my king can't get near his pawns. Well played Andrew, though badly
played me for giving him the opportunity. I've certainly learned a bit about
bishop endgames! I apologise to those who aren't interested for the very
lengthy variations given; most of these were by no means obvious to me, even
with the engine's rating of the positions. I take some satisfaction from
completely equalising in the opening. There wasn't a lot of middle game; if I
could have accepted that a draw with Black against a higher rated player was a
good result, I needn't have lost.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Clarkson, A."]
[Black "Leonard, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[Annotator "Clarkson,Andrew"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.03.26"]
[WhiteTeam "Golden Lion"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be3 Bf5 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Qd2 {Perhaps new over the
board, but players have looked at this with engines over the last year. The
only over the board example I can find is the following game but it is not of
a particularly high standard.} (13. Re1 N8e7 14. g4 Be4 15. g5 Nf5 16. gxf6
Qxf6 17. Kh2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ncxd4 19. Bxd5 c6 20. Bg2 Rad8 21. Rc1 Ne6 22. Qg4
Nxe3 23. fxe3 Nxc5 24. Rcd1 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 Nd3 26. Rf1 Qe5+ 27. Qg3 Qe6 {Wagner,
B (1642)-Mix,C (1474) Magdeburg 2014 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 13... h6 14. Rfe1 Re8 {I
have faced:} (14... Nb4 15. Rac1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. Nb5 $2 (17. Bf4 $16) 17...
c6 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. b5 Bg6 22. b6 Ne7 23. Ra1 Nf5 24.
Bf1 $2 {Andrew Clarkson (2057) - MAD-eYe BlUe (1953) 3 minute blitz /
Playchess internet site 2015 / 0-1 (54)} (24. Ra7 $1) 24... Qd7) 15. Rad1 N8e7
16. Bf1 Qd7 17. Ne5 {After a long think, and trusting that the position after
21...c6 was not worse for White.} Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5
Qxd5 21. Rxd5 c6 22. Rd2 Bf6 {Upon the expected} (22... Bf4 {I intended} 23.
Rde2 Bxe3 (23... Bd3 $4 24. Bxf4 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Re8 27. Kf1 $16)
24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd8 26. Bc4 $11) 23. Red1 Rad8 24. Bc4 {I was 20
minutes behind on the clock at this point, but Pete now used over 10 minutes
before playing...} Bc2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Not} (25... Bxd8 $2 26. Rd7 Bg6 27. Rxb7
$16) 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bd4 Bg5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 g6 30. g3 Ke7 31. f4 Bf6
32. Ke3 h5 33. h4 Bf5 34. a3 a5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Be6 {The time control is
reached and White now had 28 minutes to complete the game against Black's 23
minutes. The ensuing same coloured Bishop ending will test White's technique
and Black's resilience.} 37. Bd3 Bd5 38. b5 cxb5 (38... Bxd4+ 39. Kxd4 Be6 (
39... Kf6 $2 40. f5 $1 gxf5 41. Be2 $18) 40. Be4 Bd7 41. Bg2 Ke6 42. Bh3+ Ke7
43. bxc6 Bxc6 {is similar to the game.}) 39. Bxb5 Ke6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Kd4 Bf3
42. Bc4 Bc6 43. Bf1 Ke7 44. Ke5 Bf3 $2 (44... Bd7 {might hold the balance.})
45. Bh3 $2 {Missing a good opportunity. The decisive breakthrough is} (45. f5
gxf5 (45... f6+ 46. Kf4 Bg4 47. fxg6 $18) 46. Kf4 Bc6 47. Kxf5 $18) 45... f6+
46. Kd4 Kd8 47. Be6 Ke7 48. Bc4 Bc6 49. Bg8 {Trying to lure the Black King
away from the queenside.} Kf8 {Black must run to protect b7 with his King.} (
49... Bd7 $5 50. Bd5 Bc6 51. Bb3 Bd7 52. Kc3 Kd8 53. Kb4 Kc7 54. Bc2 Be8) 50.
Bb3 Ke7 51. Bc2 Kf7 {and I seize my chance to run to c7. Pete was in time
trouble from here on, while I had over 10 minutes to complete the game.} 52.
Kc3 Kg7 53. Kb4 Kh6 {There will be no breakthrough by Black.} ({If} 53... f5
54. Ba4 Bf3 55. Ka5 Kf7 56. Kb6 Ke7 57. Kc7) 54. Ka5 {Also effective is:} (54.
Ba4 Bf3 55. Ka5 Be4 56. Bd7 Bf3 57. Bc8 Kg7 58. Kb6) 54... g5 {This alters
nothing. White's pawns will still be on black squares. Nothing can save Black
now.} (54... Kg7 55. Kb6 Kf7 56. f5 g5 57. Kc7 Ke7 58. Bd1 Be4 59. Bxh5 Bh1 60.
Bd1) 55. Kb6 gxf4 (55... Kg7 56. Bf5 Kf7 57. Kc7 Ke7 58. Bc8 {is still the
same outcome.}) 56. gxf4 Kg7 57. Kc7 Bf3 {Also futile is:} (57... f5 58. Bxf5
Kf6 59. Bc8 Bf3 60. Bxb7 Bg4 61. Bc8 Bf3 62. Kd6 Bg4 63. Bd7) 58. Bf5 Kf7 59.
Bc8 Kg6 60. Bxb7 Bd1 61. Be4+ Kf7 62. Kd6 {And Pete resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "English Opening "]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Cook, P."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Golden Lion"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. Nf3 {This was expected, Phil a couple of years ago played in 1.c4 pretty
much all the games I'd seen him play, recently he seems to have switched to 1.
Nf3. I must say I've been really impressed by how he handles these Reti
positions and he seems to know the main lines in great detail in the games I
have seen him play, so I knew I'd have a really tough game!} c5 {I played Phil
a couple of years ago and lost playing} (1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5
5. O-O Nc6 {I'd not really played this much as then I was expecting 1.c4}) 2.
c4 Nf6 3. g3 {Black has many options here in this variation of the Symmetrical
English} b6 (3... g6) (3... d5) (3... Nc6) 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 {This is the
starting position of the infamous Hedgehog variation} (5... g6 {is a major
option}) 6. b3 (6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {is the main line}) 6... Be7 7.
Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d5 $1 {Better than...} (8... d6) 9. e3 dxc4 {This is the main
line according to HIARCS, however...} (9... Qc8 {... is the line given in my
reference source! I actually did look at this move with the idea of playing a
quick Rfd8, which shows that I am playing well this year.} 10. Qe2 Rd8) 10.
bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 {all this is main line, to my surprise, Phil
did mention it was main line too after the game, I've never had this position
before and have only really looked at Hedgehog lines with 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4/Re1}
13. d3 (13. Ne1 {is the main line accoridng to HIARCS}) 13... Qb8 14. Ne1 Qa8
$10 {The position is dead equal according to HIARCS, indeed I felt okay in
this position.} 15. f4 Rfe8 (15... Rcd8 16. g4 Ne8 {is a better way to go}) 16.
g4 Nd7 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. Qf2 Ne7 19. Rd2 f5 20. gxf5 exf5 $14 {White is a bit
better here, but I felt pretty comfortable here} 21. Qh4 Ng6 22. Qf2 $6 (22.
Qh5 $16) 22... Nf6 23. h3 Rc7 $6 {This is where it starts going wrong!} (23...
Nd7 $10) 24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Nxe5 $4 {The only real mistake I
made, that's all Phil needed to win} (26... Nh4 $10 {A move I obviously looked
at, but for some reason discarded quickly}) 27. fxe5 Nd7 (27... Rxe5 28. Nd5 {
I'd only looked at 28.Nd5 but} (28. Nb5 $1 {this is the move I missed}) 28...
Rxd5 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Re2 Nb4 $15) 28. Nd5 {The rest is a mere formality. To
make matters worse I was very short of time here.} Rb7 29. Rxf5 g6 30. Rf1 Bg7
31. d4 b5 32. cxb5 Nb6 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. a4 Bh6 35. Rf3 cxd4 36. exd4 Reb8 37.
Ba3 a6 38. Bc5 Re6 39. b6 a5 40. Re2 Bf8 41. Bxf8 Rxf8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Rb2
Re8 44. b7 Rb8 45. Kf2 {Well played Phil, I only really made one mistake and
that was all it took :-(} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Shapland, D."]
[Black "Bedford, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Shapland,Dave"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Golden Lion"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 {Beaky choses not to repeat our discussion of the Two
Knights Defence that we entered into in Round 3 of the Calderdale Individual
last season.} 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 {I'd played this same line with White against
Phil Cook in round 4 of this year's CIC. I learnt a bit from that game and
tried to apply it here.} Bg4 5. Be3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. a4 {This move
is just about trying to gain space. It's the move I consdered and then
discarded against Phil. However, best here is...} (8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 Bxf3 10.
gxf3 Ne5 11. Qd2 {... and White has a pleasant advantage with extra space and
better development.}) 8... d5 $1 {Quite right too. Beaky doesn't give me a
second chance to play d5 and gets it in himself.} 9. e5 Ne4 {An irritating
follow up. Now my a4 advance looks rather silly as Black is threatening to
play Bb4.} 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nxd2 {Fritz thinks that...} (11... Qd7 12. O-O
O-O-O {is a better option for Black but I'd imagine that Beaky didn't want to
get into an opposite side castling scenario against me when I already had a4
on the board.}) 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. O-O {The position is almost completely equal.
White has a bit more space but Black will break with f6 and e5 if given the
chance. There are a lot of similarities with a French Tarrasch position 
(except Black hasn't played c5 and has managed to exchange light squared
bishops) and that was somewhat deliberate on my part.} f6 {The best idea.
Black must create some breathing space for himself and this break is thematic.}
14. exf6 Bxf6 15. c3 Na5 {I must admit I'd somewhat underestimated this when I
played 12.Qxd2. The c4 and b3 sqaures are tender.} 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Bf4 e5 {
Again thematic. Beaky played this phase of the game very accurately. White has
nothing whatsoever.} 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Qf6 {Infact, compared
to a French Tarrasch, Black's queen's side structure is compact and White's by
contrast is a bit loose with a4 on the board. But the battle will switch to
the e and f files now.} 21. Rae1 c6 $6 {Beaky was surely concerned about me
getting to play 22.Qc3 hitting both d5 and b7. However, this is just a little
bit too slow. The outcome is that I now have just a small window to seize the
initiative back. Better would have been...} (21... c5 22. f4 cxd4 23. Rxe5 dxc3
24. Qxc3 {... and White's advantage is minimal.}) 22. f4 $1 {It took me quite
a long time to build up the courage to go for this. I was well aware that I
was loosening my kings position. However, finally I figured that all my pieces
were pretty much optimally placed and if I delayed playing this at once Black
would have time for Rae8 next move when any chances I may have had would
disappear. Finally, I'd seen some tircky variations for Black and I felt this
move would apply some pressure to my opponent again and possibly provoke an
error. I guess this is the most practical move in the position then.} Ng6 $6 {
My gamble yields immediate rewards. Black needed to throw his knight forward
rather than retreat.} (22... Nc4 {... and now after a line such as...} 23. Ne6
Qf5 24. Qe2 Rf6 25. g4 Qe4 26. Qf2 Qd3 27. Kg2 Nd6 28. Nc5 Qc4 29. f5 {...
White is keeping the show on the road.}) 23. f5 Ne7 $2 {After this White is
pretty much winning. Again, Black needed to go forwards not backwards and I'd
expected...} (23... Ne5 24. Ne6 Rf7 {... when Black is still right in the game
but White has something to work with.}) 24. Re6 $1 {This is crushing.} Qf7 25.
Qe2 {White can simply gang up on the knight which can only run to c8 and
that's not pleasant either!} Rae8 {The rest is reasonably straight forward.
Just some careful calculation needed.} 26. Re1 c5 27. Nf3 Qxf5 28. Rxe7 Rxe7
29. Qxe7 Qc8 30. Qe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Rd8 32. Re7 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Connor, M."]
[Black "Swain, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "Shapland,Dave"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Golden Lion"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rd1
h6 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Qe7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. h3 Rad8 15.
e4 c5 16. Nb3 Ng6 17. f4 Nh5 {The beginning of some crazy complications. With
so many of White's pieces away on the queen's side, it's hardly surprising
Black should be able to sacrifice some material to get at the White king.} 18.
e5 Bxe5 {This is tempting for sure. However, Black could also have played more
patiently with...} (18... Bc7 19. Qf2 Bxh3 20. Nc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {... and
Black is a pawn up here and going well.}) 19. fxe5 Nxg3 20. Qf2 {This is ok
but it's not the most accurate move. After this Black continutes to set White
problems. Instead...} (20. Nc3 $1 {... was best here. Completing the
development of his queen's side pieces and connecting the rooks has to be
sensible.} Qg5 21. Nd5 Bf5 22. Qf2 Ne4 23. Bc1 Nxf2 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Kxf2 {
This leaves Black a piece down but with two pawns and a shattered White pawn
structure to pick at as compensation. White has a small advantage but not much
more according to Fritz.}) 20... Bxh3 $5 {Sam rolls the dice by initiating
great complications. This does indeed look very dangerous, but with precise
play White should still be able to hold the balance.} 21. Rxd8 (21. Nc3 $1 {
Coolly completing development also holds for White. Now the exchange on d1 is
of no concern so Black must see to his loose pieces.} Qh4 22. Bxh3 Qxh3 23. Qg2
Qg4 24. Kh2 Qh5+ 25. Kxg3 Qh4+ 26. Kf3 Nxe5+ 27. Ke2 Nxc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rg1
Qh5+ 30. Kf2 Qf5+) 21... Rxd8 22. Qxg3 {The engine suggests this position is
still equal.} Rd1+ 23. Kh2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 $2 {This is actually the key error.
Instead White does better to give back a piece and complete his development.} (
24. Nc3 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Bc6 26. Nd5 Qf8 27. Bb2 {This is one line given by Fritz.
Certainly Black's initiative has subsided but he now has three pawns for his
piece and so, objctively at least, the position is dynamically balanced.})
24... Qd7 {This is good. Even better was...} (24... Rd3 $3 {... and amazingly,
the White queen is getting mated here. It looks like an open board with plenty
of options but various squares that appear safe fall to knight forks.
Obviously the rook on d3 is invulnerable due to Qxd3 Nf4+.} 25. Qg4 {Or...} (
25. Qf2 Qg5+ 26. Kf1 Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Qh5+ 28. Ke3 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5+ {... is
mate in 12 evidently!}) 25... h5 26. Qc8+ Rd8 27. Qf5 {Or Qh3} Nh4+) 25. Nc3 {
Finally, Mick gets his queen's knight out, but now it's too late.} Rd3 26. Qf2
Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Rf3 28. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Ke1 Nf4 {Black won after a few more moves
but the rest of the scoresheet was not legible.} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Keely, L."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. h3 O-O 11. d4 Qc7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Re8 15.
Nf1 Be6 16. Ne3 g6 17. Ng5 Qc8 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qf3 Bd8 20. Nd5 Nd7 21. a4 Ra7
22. Be3 b4 23. cxb4 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Bb3 Qd6 26. Rec1 Nb6 27. b5 axb5 28.
axb5 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Qd7 30. Ra6 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Rf8 32. b6 Qb5 33. Ra7 Qe8 34. b7
Bc7 35. Ra6 Qb5 36. Ra8 Qc5 37. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Keddie, D."]
[Black "Stollery, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. d4
Neg4+ 8. Ke1 h5 9. Bg5 Nf2 10. Kxf2 Ng4+ 11. Qxg4 hxg4 12. Bxd8 Kxd8 13. h3
gxh3 14. Rxh3 Rf8 15. Rah1 c6 16. Rh8 Ke8 17. Be2 b5 18. d5 Bb7 19. d6 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Tooley, D."]
[Black "Syrett, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 Nxg3 5. hxg3 d5 6. Qd3 h6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Nxd5 e6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. a3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qb4 Qxb4+ 16. axb4 a6 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nb3 Kf6 20. O-O h5 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. b3 h4 23. gxh4 Rxh4 24. g3 Rh6 25. Kg2 Rah8 26. Rh1 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Rxh1
28. Kxh1 Bf8 29. Kg2 Bd6 30. f3 Bxc5 31. bxc5 a5 32. Kf2 b5 33. cxb6 cxb6 34.
Ke2 b5 35. Kd2 Ke6 36. c3 Bd7 37. Kc2 Kd6 38. Be2 Kc6 39. Kb2 Be6 40. Ka3 Bd7
41. Bd3 Be6 42. e4 fxe4 43. fxe4 dxe4 44. Bxe4+ Kd6 45. Bd3 Bd7 46. c4 bxc4 47.
bxc4 Ke6 48. Bc2 Kd6 49. Ba4 Bg4 50. Bc2 Bd7 51. Be4 Ke6 52. c5 Bb5 53. Kb3 Kd7
54. d5 Ke7 55. Bf5 Be8 56. Kc4 Bf7 57. Be4 Be8 58. Bc2 Bf7 59. Ba4 Kd8 60. Kd4
Ke7 61. Ke5 Bg6 62. d6+ Kd8 63. Kf6 Be8 64. c6 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Sutcliffe, R."]
[Black "Kerrane, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Nge2 O-O
8. Qd2 c6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Qc7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Nf4 Nd7
15. Qe3 Nb6 16. Nd2 Re8 17. h4 Rac8 18. Nc4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rdg1 Be6 22. g4 Rc7 23. Kb1 Kf8 24. g5 f5 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qg5 Bf7 27. h5 h6 28.
Qg2 g5 29. Qf1 Qc6 30. Qg2 f4 31. Re1 Rce7 32. Qg4 e3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Rxe3
Rxe3 35. Qf5 Kg8 36. Ka2 Qe6 37. Qxe6 Bxe6 38. Kb1 f3 39. Kc1 g4 40. Kd2 Re4
41. c3 Re2+ 42. Kc1 f2 43. Bd1 Re1 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Hunter, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "162"]
[BlackElo "177"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrave 'A'"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Nge7 {Thus
far, by transposition, from John Emm's Attacking with 1.e4. He says "A
consistent follow-up to 6...e6, but this allows White to carry out one of hs
main plans."} 8. Bh6 {Emms gives this an !, saying "Of course!"} Bxh6 {Emms
prefers 8...O-O, saying "After 8...Bxh6 9.Qxh6 Nd4 10. O-O-O (would I have had
the courage to play this, after the shambles against Bill Somerset, a few
weeks ago? I hope so!) 10...Nec6 11.Nge2 White is better simply because Black
cannot castle for the moment."} 9. Qxh6 Ng8 {I'd not seen this before, and
Nick Sykes said, after the game, that he should have played 9...Nd4, as in the
previous note. Interestingly, Fritz 14 rates 9...Ng8 as 0.00 and 9...Nd4 as 0.
02, but what does Fritz know about anything?!} 10. Qd2 {I certainly wasn't
going to play 10.Qg7 Qf6 forcing the exchange of queens. If I'm going to
generate any sort of attack, I need my queen.} Nge7 11. h4 h5 {Nothing wrong
with this, but it does start the process of weakening his king's side. You
could say the same about mine, except that I still have my fianchettoed bishop.
} 12. Nh3 {Fritz rates 12.O-O-O, 12.f4 (followed by 13.Nf3) or 12.Nce2 as
preferable to this; almost the only time in the game that it doesn't approve
my choice! My thinking was to castle king's side (so I did still have Bill's
game in mind) while still being able to play f2-f4, which this knight supports.
} Nd4 13. Nd1 {I'm not prepared to allow him that nice outpost on d4; this may
also lead to my opening the centre, with d3-d4.} e5 14. c3 Ne6 {We both missed
14...Bxh3, when I must recapture with the rook, putting it out of position and
denying me king's side castling. Fritz also prefers 14...Ndc6; I could see
Ian's thinking. trying to make it harder for me to play f2-f4.} 15. O-O d5 $6 {
Over-ambitious, with his king still in the centre: = (0.14) has become +/- (0.
79).} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne3 {Fritz prefers 17.Re1 (but I thought this rook
should be supporting the f pawn's advance) or 17.Qe2.} Ne7 $6 {Again, I can
see Ian's point, keeping his pieces nearer the king's side and attacking f5;
Fritz rates this as +/- (1.03), compared with 17...Nb6 +/= (0.40).} 18. Nc4 f6
{His best move, but further weakening his king's side.} 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4
Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nf5 $6 {Although it may prove to be "castling into it", Fritz
prefers 21.O-O +/- (0.98).} 22. Rae1+ $18 {(1.92) now.} Kf7 23. Ne3 {Seeking
to dislodge his best defender. Fritz prefers using the bishop for this, by 23.
Be4 or 23.Bh3 (all right, Fritz didn't approve *all* my moves). I see its
point: after the exchange, my knight has d6 at its disposal.} Qxd3 $4 {We
concluded, after the game, that he simply couldn't play this; my advantage is
now (18.00). Fritz's best bet appears to be} (23... a5 {presumably with the
idea of getting one rook, at least, into play. White's still winning:} 24. Qc4+
Kg7 25. Qxc5 Re8 26. Nd5 $18) 24. Bd5+ Kg7 {The best Fritz can offer is 24...
Qxd5.} 25. Nxf5+ {Apparently, however Black recaptures, it's mate; in 9 on 25..
.gxf5, 8 on 25...Bxf5 or 6 on 25...Qxf5. If he doesn't take the knight, it's
mate next move. I was expecting 25...Bxf5 (at last "developing" his queen's
side) 26.Re7+ Kf8, when I would like to have played 27.Qd6; very nice, and
Black doesn't even have a meaningful check. I was a little concerned about 27..
.Qxd5, attempting to give up queen for rook and bishop, so may have gone for
the cruder 27.Re1+ instead. Alternatively, I may have noticed that 27...Qxd5
loses to 28.Qxf6+ and mate next move, as Ian pointed out. This has to be one
of the most satisfying games I have ever played, though it almost seemed to
play itself. I think I can expect a much tougher struggle, the next time Ian
and I meet!} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "King's Indian Defence"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Patrick, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrave 'A'"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 a5 12. cxd6 Nxd6 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. f3 f4 15. a4
g5 16. Ba3 Ra8 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Qb3 Nec8 19. Nc4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Bogo-Indian Defence"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Bedford, R."]
[Black "Bowman, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrave 'A'"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Bd3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc3 Ng5 11. Be2 d6 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Bf3 Be4 14. Rc1 Nd7
15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. b4 Rf6 17. d5 Rg6 18. g3 e5 19. Qe2 Rf8 20. a4 Rf3 21. Rc2
Rh6 22. Kg2 Qg4 23. Rh1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. Qf1 Qf5 26. a5 Ng4 27. Re2 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Hughes, P."]
[Black "Clarkson, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "Clarkson,Andrew"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.03.12"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Golden Lion"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 {A rare bird which gave me pause for
thought. After some consideration I played for the first time} c5 {in true
Grunfeld style. I was now in uncharted territory for myself.} 5. dxc5 d4 6. Nb5
Nc6 7. Bg5 {Here is a good example of the consequeces of this opening.} (7. e3
e5 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 axb4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Bg7
14. Ne2 O-O 15. Nc1 Bf5 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. g4 Bc2 19. Rg1 Rd1+ 20.
Kf2 Rd2 21. Ke1 Rd1+ {Lainburg,V (2281)-Bagirov,V (2493) Gladenbach 1999 0-1 
(56)}) (7. Bf4 {Having played 4...c5, I had been expecting this move} e5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd6+ Kf8 {when White has achieved no advantage from the
opening.}) 7... Bg7 8. e3 Qa5+ {And a final example from a similar level:} (
8... h6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Bg3 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxc5 13. Nxc8+ Raxc8 14.
exd4 exd4 15. Bd3 Rhe8 16. Ne2 Kf8 17. a3 Ne5 18. Rc1 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Re3 20.
Qd2 Rce8 {0-1 (20) Jambrich,J (1770) -Schwarz,D (2110) Bratislava 1998}) 9. Kf2
{I expected} (9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 dxe3+ 11. Bxe3 O-O) 9... dxe3+ (9... h6 10.
Qe1 Qxe1+ 11. Rxe1 hxg5 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13. Nxa8 dxe3+ 14. Rxe3 $17) 10. Bxe3 a6
11. Nd4 $2 {After the game Peter said that he wished he had played} (11. Nc3)
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {Not} (12. Qxd4 $4 Ng4+ {Even though I was alert to this
potential tactic after 9.Kf2, I still failed to use it when it presented
itself soon after this.}) 12... O-O 13. Qe1 $2 {Allowing the aforementioned
tactic. However} (13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qe1 Qxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Bxb2 {is still of
considerable advantage to Black.}) 13... Qc7 {Not the most incisive move but
at least consistent. After the game Peter immediately pointed out} (13... Ng4+
14. Ke2 ({If} 14. fxg4 Bxd4+ 15. Kg3 Qxc5 {is crushing.}) 14... Qxe1+ 15. Kxe1
Bxd4 16. fxg4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3+ 18. Kd1 Bxg4+ 19. Kc2 Bf6 $17) 14. Qc3 $2 (14.
Ne2 {would have been more of a test for me.}) 14... Rd8 {Commiting myself to
the exchange sacrifice on d4. Also strong was} (14... Qf4 15. Ke1 Nd5 16. cxd5
Bxd4 17. Qb3 Qe5+ 18. Ne2 Bxc5) 15. Ne2 {Peter avoids} (15. Rd1 $4 e5 $1 16.
Bxe5 Qxc5+ 17. Bd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 (18. Qe3 Nd5 19. cxd5 Qc2+ 20. Be2 Rxd1) 18...
Ne4+) 15... Rxd4 $1 {I was aware that there would be no quick killer blow for
Black, but with the White King stuck in the middle, and no forseeable way into
the game for the White Rook on h1, Black should be able to convert the
positional advantage. Another way was} (15... Ng4+ 16. fxg4 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 Qf4+
18. Ke1 Bxd4 19. Qg3 Qg5 {with the same sort of advantage as in the game.}) 16.
Nxd4 Qxc5 {Not the best, but good enough. Fritz can see all of} (16... Qf4 17.
g3 (17. Ke1 Nh5 18. Rd1 Qh4+ 19. g3 Nxg3) 17... Ne4+ 18. Kg2 Bh3+ $1 19. Kxh3
Qh6+ 20. Kg2 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qd2+) 17. Ke1 Ne4 18. fxe4 Bxd4 19. Qc2 Qe5 {Peter
laboured hard over the next five moves but there is no salvation to be found.}
20. Be2 ({If} 20. Rb1 Be6 21. Be2 b5) 20... Be6 21. Rd1 Bxb2 22. Rd3 Rc8 23.
Rf1 Bd4 24. Rdf3 {I rather expected} (24. Qd2 Rxc4 25. Kd1 Bc3 26. Rd8+ Kg7 {
and the position is still hopeless for White.}) 24... b5 {Black has multiple
threats, none of which can be parried, so Peter resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Gornall, S."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'B"]
[BlackTeam "Golden Lion"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 f6 5. b3 e5 6. dxe5 fxe5 7. Bb2 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. O-O Qe7 10. c4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e4 12. Ne1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O-O 14. Qe2
Ne5 15. g3 h5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Ng2 h4 18. Nf4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Rh6 20. Rad1 Rdh8
21. Rf2 g5 22. a4 gxf4 23. exf4 Qf5 24. Rg2 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Qh3 26. Ba6 Qxh2+ 27.
Rxh2 Rxh2+ 28. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Ng4+ 30. Kh3 Nf2+ 31. Kh4 Nxd1 32. Bc4 Nc3
33. g4 e3 34. g5 e2 35. Bxe2 Nxe2 36. f5 Be7 37. f6 Bxf6 38. gxf6 Kd7 39. Kg5
Ke8 40. Kg6 Kf8 41. f7 Nd4 42. b4 b6 43. Kf6 c5 44. bxc5 bxc5 45. Ke5 Ne6 46.
Kd5 Kxf7 47. a5 a6 48. Kc4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Randhawa, M."]
[Black "Turu, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Golden Lion"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. h3 Bd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qe2 e5
9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 b5 11. a3 Qe7 12. Bh6 d5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Na2 a5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Kb1 c5 17. b3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Ka1 c4 20. Kb2 c3+ 21. Nxc3 dxc3+
22. Qxc3 Bd7 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Be8 25. Be2 Nxe4 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. Rhd1 b4 28.
a4 Nd5 29. Qg5 Nc3 30. Qxe7 Nxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nxe7 32. Nxe5 Nc6 33. Nc4 Nd4 34.
Bf1 f6 35. Bg2 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Nxc6 37. Re1 Re8 38. Ne3 Nd4 39. Rh1 Rac8 40. c4
bxc3+ 41. Kc1 Nxb3+ 0-1

