[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Clarkson, A."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[Annotator "Clarkson,Andrew"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.10.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+
8. g3 Qd8 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qf4 d6 11. Bc4 Nh6 $146 {New, but the move has been
employed later in a practical example. And by way of illustration here is a
game by the author of the variation, Benjamin Blumenfeld. This is also the
first example of this variation that I can find.} (11... Ne5 12. O-O Nh6 13.
Bb3 Bh3 14. N1c3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 a6 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Nd5 Qxf4 18. Rxf4 Nc6 19.
Ne6+ Kg8 20. Nexc7 Rc8 21. Ne6 Re8 22. Ng5 Re5 23. h4 Kf8 24. Nb6 Re7 25. Nc8
Rd7 26. Be6 {Blumenfeld,B-Cohn,E Berlin 1903 1-0 (76)}) 12. N1c3 a6 13. Nd4 Ne5
14. Bb3 f6 {If Black tried to squash my Bishop with...} (14... c5 {then I
intended} 15. Nf5 c4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Nxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6+ Ke8 (18... Kg8 $4
19. Nd5 f5 20. O-O-O $16) 19. b3 Ne5 20. Qg7 {and White would have good
practical chances at the board.} Ke7 21. Nd5+ Kd7 22. O-O-O) 15. O-O {Yes, I
did contemplate...} (15. O-O-O {Indeed it might be better.}) 15... Ke8 (15...
Nhf7 16. Rad1 $11) 16. Ne6 $6 {Poor really. Much better was...} (16. Nf5 {and}
Nxf5 (16... g5 {dissuaded me, but} 17. Ng7+ Kd7 (17... Kf8 $4 18. Qxg5) 18. Qf2
$16) 17. exf5 g5 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 {Turns out good for
White. For example} Rxh2 21. Nd5 $16) 16... Bxe6 17. Bxe6 c6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19.
Bf5 Rd8 {Black is holding on, but it was probably not much fun to play the
position. Black is doing fine after...} (19... Kf7 {too.}) 20. Ne2 g5 21. Qf2
Rf8 $2 {After the game, Andy knew he should have gone for...} (21... Nxf5 22.
Qxf5 Nc4 {and White has a choice of two moves, neither of which might lead to
anything of value. If} 23. Qxf6 (23. Qf3 Nxb2 24. Qh5+ Qf7 (24... Kd7 $2 25.
Rb1) 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rb1) 23... Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Nxe3 $11) 22. Nd4 Nhg4 {I
expected...} (22... Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Qc7 24. b3) 23. Qe2 h5 $2 {There was only...}
(23... Nh6 24. Qh5+ Nef7 25. Ne6 Nxf5 26. exf5 $16 {Careful!} (26. Nxd8 $4 Nxe3
27. Nxf7 Rxf7 $17)) 24. h3 Rh8 $2 {Hopeful speculation. But...} (24... Nh6 25.
Qxh5+ Nhf7 26. Qh7 Rh8 27. Qg7 {is a great advantage to White.}) 25. hxg4 hxg4
(25... h4 26. Ne6 Rb8 ({And} 26... Rd7 27. gxh4 Rxh4 28. Kg2 $16) 27. Kg2 $16)
26. Kg2 {And Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Hebden Bridge"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Clarkson, A."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Leatherbarrow,Andy"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'C'"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 {My only previous outing as Black
in these lines was against Andrew last season, then I played Nf6 the Mieses
Variation. I had briefly looked at Bc5 lines as a chance to play something
different.} 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 {The Blumfeld attack, something Andrew has
looked at as a sharp sideline. No main line then!?} Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ {My last
knowledge of any theory.} 8. g3 Qd8 {I thought this best, you can play Qxe4
but I didnt like the weak d6 square after Nc7+ and Nxa8} 9. Qg4 Kf8 {Andrew
said he had not seen this before, but it comes up second in my database after
g6, the modern move is g5! with the idea being to restrict Q access to f4,
then use blacks knights to harass the Q, interesting play if you look it up.}
10. Qf4 d6 11. Bc4 Nh6 {I looked at Ne5 for ages which is probably best but
some development won out, though lose Nf6 possibility} 12. N1c3 a6 {again Ne5}
13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Bb3 f6 {To strongpoint f6} 15. O-O {Possibly 0-0-0} Ke8 {Idea
to clear f8} 16. Ne6 {engine gives 16.Nf5!? Nxf5 ef with advantage to white}
Bxe6 {I was ok to give up the bishop to get more development engine gives this
as approx =} 17. Bxe6 c6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bf5 Rd8 20. Ne2 g5 $11 21. Qf2 Rf8 $2
{Getting to ambitious FRitz gives 21......Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Nc4 =} 22. Nd4 Nhg4 $2
{Having checked this out previously with N on e2, it doesnt work now.} 23. Qe2
h5 24. h3 Rh8 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Kg2 {I resigned here, congratulations to
Andrew.} 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hamer, M."]
[Black "Syrett, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'C'"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Qd2 Ng4
9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bc8 11. g4 Nd7 12. h4 Nc5 13. h5 f5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. gxf5
gxf5 16. Bh6 Qf6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. O-O-O fxe4 19. fxe4 Qf4 20. Nge2 Nd3+ 21.
Kb1 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Rg2+ Rg4 25. Rxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Swales, A."]
[Black "Bedford, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "Shapland,Dave"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.19"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'C'"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. e3 Na7 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15.
Bxg7 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kxg7 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Kg2 Qb6 19. Rh1 Qb7 20. e4 Rbd8 21. Qe3
h5 22. Bxh5 Rxd2 23. Bxg6 Rxf2+ 24. Kxf2 fxg6+ 25. Ke2 Rf6 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27.
Qh7+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Rad1+ Rd6 $2 {It looks like Black should be lost
after this. He probably has to give up his bishop with Bd5 here.} 30. Rxd6+
Kxd6 31. Rd1+ Ke5 {The king is forced to stagger up the board. I wonder if
Beaky had missed...} (31... Kc7 32. Qd8#) 32. Qg7+ Kxe4 33. Qxg6+ {Natural,
and White is still better after this but the most clinical finish is with...} (
33. Rf1 {Aiming to create a mating net with Qc3 and Qe3 so Black has to try...}
bxc4 34. bxc4 g5 35. Qc3 {...and now the only way to avoid mate is...} Qb2+ {
... which is clearly hopeless for Black.}) 33... Ke5 34. Qg5+ Ke6 35. Qg6+ Ke5
36. Ke3 Bf3 37. Qg5+ Ke6 38. Qg6+ Ke5 39. Kf2 $2 {With this one move the
assessment of White's position slips from better than +3.00 to worse than -3.
00. Chess can be a cruel game!} (39. Qg7+ Ke6 40. Qh6+ Kf7 41. Qf4+ {wins a
piece.}) 39... Bxd1 40. Qg5+ Kd6 41. Qd2+ Kc7 42. Qxd1 bxc4 43. bxc4 Qb2+ 44.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Kd6 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. g4 e6 49. g5 Kf5 50. g6 Kxg6
51. a3 Kf5 52. Kd3 Kf4 53. Ke2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dickinson, P."]
[Black "Gledhill, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Shapland,Dave"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Nd7 7. f4 Ngf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Be1 Rad8 12. Bh4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qe1 Qg5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. g3 Qxe3+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 f6 20. Raf1 fxe5
21. dxe5 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Ke3 c5 26. Bh5+ Bg6
27. Be2 d4+ 28. Kd2 Be4 29. a3 Kg6 30. Bg4 Bf5 31. Bf3 b6 32. a4 Kg5 33. h4+
Kg6 34. g4 Bb1 35. Be2 Be4 36. b3 Kf7 37. Bf1 Bf3 38. Bh3 h5 39. g5 Bg4 40. Bg2
Kg6 41. Be4+ Bf5 42. Bf3 Bb1 43. Be2 Be4 {Black seems to be winning after...} (
43... Kf5 {He needs to be brave and let the h-pawn go.} 44. Bxh5 Kxe5 45. Bf7
Kf5 46. Bg8 Kg4 47. Bxe6+ Kxh4 {... and Black will sweep up the g-pawn and,
with two extra pawns, should finish off matters comfortably enough.}) 44. Bd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Shredder for iPhone / iPod to"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Eagleton, G."]
[Black "Parsons, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Nd7 10. h3 Nf8 11. c4 Qc7 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be3 Bf4 16. d5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qg3 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Shredder for iPhone / iPod to"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Keddie, D."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Shapland,Dave"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 c5 {Thinking that I was likely to play Dave, over the weekend before the
match, I couldn't decide whether to play 1...e5 or 1...c5 as I did in round 1
this season. This was after a long break from the Sicilian. Then a little bird
reminded me that Dave played the c3 Sicilian and I remembered that I used to
play an old, offbeat line against that when I lived down in London over 15
years ago. I dug out the games and found I had scored +3 =2 -0 against it.
That seemed a good enough reason to give it a go even though the opponents
back then were much weaker than Dave is.} 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 $5 {
I'm not convinced this variation is especially good but it seems to catch
everyone I've played it against off guard. It's a bit discombobulating as it
looks all wrong.} (4... Nc6 {... is another, possibly more sensible move order,
but it's not as disturbing for White to face I fancy.} 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5
7. Nc3 Bb4 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bg4 10. a3 Nxe5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 {was played in
Gibbons - Shapland, Middlesex League 2002. The game was eventually drawn.}) 5.
Nf3 (5. dxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be3 (6. Be2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Nh3 {led to a wierd and
wonderful game which I eventually won in Clenshaw - Shapland, Middlesex League,
2003}) 6... Nf6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bg4 {was Jones - Shapland,
Middlesex League 2003. The game was drawn after many adventures. It's
relatively typical play for this opening line.}) (5. Qf3 $2 {This is not a
great idea.} Nf6 {e4 leads to a big advantage at once.} 6. Bg5 $2 {Gives Black
another chance!} e4 7. Qg3 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. dxc5 Nc6 {and I went on to win
comfortably in Zoeftig - Shapland, London League, 2002}) (5. Bb5+ $6 Bd7 6. Qa4
$4 Qxg2 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {and White actually resigned here in the fastest win I
think I've ever had. Burgoyne - Shapland, London League, 2003}) 5... Nc6 {
After a bit of a think I decided to keep the tension for a little while longer.
} (5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 {... transposes back to the line given above.}) 6. Be3
{I think the game is already pretty much equal by this stage. It's just a game
of chess with the book out the window.} (6. dxe5 {Is a logical continuation
and now...} Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Be2 O-O-O+ 9. Nbd2 {... is supposed to be
playable for Black if I remember rightly. After Nge7-g6 Black will regain the
pawn and will only be inconvenienced by his slightly awkwardly placed pawn on
c5.}) 6... Bg4 7. c4 {At first I was slightly alarmed by this and wondered if
I'd have to simplify with Bxf3 immediately. After some time to reflect I
realised that if I retreated the queen to d7 then it didn't matter that much
if the White pawn advnaced to d5 as my knight could occupy d4.} Qd7 {Just
making sure that there are no tricks with Qa4. In fact it turns out Qd6 is
fine too and Qd8 is not a disaster. Still, this square seems most logical.
It's not a full retreat and the queen also protects the bishop on g4 from here.
It does mean I need to keep an eye on Nxe5 tactics from White though.} 8. d5 e4
$6 {This turns out to be slightly dubious. Best was the other continuation I
had analysed and will play if I ever fall into this line again...} (8... Bxf3
9. gxf3 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Nd4 {... and Black can be very happy with this position.
If White ever takes the knight on d4 he'll give Black a passer of his own.}) 9.
Be2 {Missing probably his best chance of the opening to secure an advantage,
Dave needed to find...} (9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Be2
{... when White stands well as Black's pawn on e4 is weak and will surely fall
at some point. White can castle long and expect good winning chances I'd
imagine.}) 9... exf3 {From this point on I think I played the game pretty
accurately.} 10. gxf3 Bf5 11. dxc6 Qxc6 12. Qd5 {This surprised me a little
because, although it gives White his passed d-pawn, his structure is pretty
shattered and, long-term, I fancied my chances of picking up some pawns.} Qxd5
13. cxd5 O-O-O {I tend to fair pretty well in queenless middle games so I was
quite happy to be in this position with some weaknesses to target. I think
Black's position is easier to play than Whites.} 14. Nc3 Nf6 {14...Ne7 would
have lost the c-pawn and 14...Bd6 allows 15.Nb5 with tempo, so this appears to
be the only logical move.} 15. O-O-O a6 {Preventing Nb5 and so preparing Bd6.}
16. Bg5 Be7 {Bd6 was also fine. However, I chose this move because I saw
potential tactics with Nxd5 and wanted to leave those possibilites open.} 17.
Rhe1 Rhe8 {After a very long think I decided that I couldn't play...} (17...
Nxd5 {... at once because I saw...} 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxa6 {... and now it
wasn't clear to me how Black should continue or even who was better. Fritz
suggests that...} Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Kc1 Be6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxe7 Rd7 24.
Re4 Be6 {... is indeed slightly better for Black owing I assume to bishop vs
knight and a weaker structure for White.}) 18. Bf1 Nxd5 {It works here too!}
19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ne4 $2 {This turns out to be a mistake. I imagine that Dave
considered undoubling his f-pawns and exchanging his knight for my bishop
would compensate for his missing pawn. At first I felt inclined to agree but
then I realised there was a huge outpost for my knight on d4 after that
exchange and so I had expected instead...} (20. Na4 {... or exchange a pair of
rooks on d8 first and then play this.} Nc6 21. Nxc5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Kc7 {... but
even after this the engine still likes Black rather more. It must come down to
the structure I guess.}) 20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 Nc6 {Heading straight for d4
naturally.} 22. Bh3+ {Fritz doesn't like this and I guess it does infact help
improve my king's position. But it seems natural enough to deploy the bishop
here.} Kc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. e5 {It seems that White's position goes further
down hill after this but it's hard to find a better idea.} Nb4 $1 {Electing
not to go to d4 after all! Instead there is Nxa2 and Nd3 threatened.} 25. Bf5 {
Opting for active defence is surely the most sensible idea for White. After
this the game becomes quite concrete again.} Nxa2+ 26. Kb1 Nb4 27. Bxh7 Rh8 {
Of course I looked carefully at...} (27... g6 {... which looks crushing until
you find...} 28. e6 $1 fxe6 {And now 29.Rxe6 allows Rd1 mate! However...} 29.
Bxg6 {... and White has survived for now and managed to liquidate some
important pawns. He has a passed h-pawn now too.}) 28. Bf5 Rxh2 {Now I felt
like I was close to winning. I thought that as long as I could maintain one
king's side pawn my task would be appreciably eased.} 29. Rd1 {I figured I
could let him get to d7 with check so. ..} Rxf2 30. Rd7+ Kc6 31. Rd6+ Kb5 {The
bishop and mate are threatened so White must keep checking.} 32. Bd7+ Kc4 {Now,
suddenly, the Black king has joined the attack!} 33. Rd1 Nd3 34. e6 Rxb2+ 35.
Ka1 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kc3 37. Bf5 {I saw that White could try...} (37. Rxd3+ Kxd3
38. Kxb2 {... but four pawns against the bishop, especially with that lone
g-pawn still in play, is too much.}) 37... Nb4 {Dave resigned here as Nc2+
can't be stopped and with the minor pieces off the board (38...Nc2+ 39.Bxc2
Kxc2) and his king trapped on the back rank, White is doomed. I was pretty
happy with my play in this game and now I'm +4 =2 -0 with this line!} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Westmoreland, S."]
[Black "Leonard, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "155"]
[BlackElo "173"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 {Tempting him to transpose to the Grunfeld; in any event,
I'm not willing to allow White e2-e4, unchallenged.} 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 {I
was so set on my Grunfeld that it didn't occur to me to play} (4... e5 5. Bg2
Be6 $11) 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 $6 {I was happy with this,
restoring my central pawn; Black has equalised. Fritz 14 wanted him to play
Qb3, putting pressure on d5 and b7, for some time now.} cxd5 9. d4 Nc6 {I
should have capitalised on his failure to play Qb3, by 9...Qb6 at once.} 10.
Bf4 Qb6 {Better late than never.} 11. Qd2 Rd8 {I wonder why I didn't simply
take the pawn:} (11... Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rfd1 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 e6 {In fact,
Fritz only scores this as = (-0.17), as White has compensation in the bishop
pair and Black's weak black squares.}) 12. Rfd1 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bf5 {Fritz prefers}
(13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 d4) 14... d4 {Though it only
scores = (-0.08).}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. h3 h5 {Why let him chase my bishop away?
c2 and b1 seemed important squares to control.} 16. Rac1 Rac8 {Fritz wants me
to prevent b2-b4 with 16...a5.} 17. Rc3 {He should have prevented my next move,
with} (17. b4 {I should then have had to switch my attentions to playing e7-e5,
by} Re8 18. Qc3 {It will take some doing; White is slightly better (0.09).})
17... c5 18. Rb3 Qe6 19. dxc5 Rxc5 {I'd used a lot of time, by my standards; I
had about 30 minutes to reach move 36.} 20. h4 {I'm not sure whether I'd have
taken the h pawn; Fritz wants White to be more active:} (20. Rb7 Rc2 21. Qa5
Rdc8 22. Qxd5 Qxe2 23. Be3 Be6 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Bxf3 Rxb2 26. Rxe7 Rxa2 27. Bd5
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 {This is a dead draw; Black surely can't save his a pawn.}) 20...
d4 {I was pleased to find this move, especially since Fritz agrees with me. I
needed to prevent Re3; the d pawn is also safer on d4 than d5.} 21. Rb8 $2 {
This makes life easier for me; Fritz prefers} (21. e4 Bg4 (21... Bxe4 $2 22.
Re1 Re5 23. Bxe5 Bxg2 24. Bxg7 Qh3 25. f3 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Qh2 27. Bxd4 e5 28. Rd3
exd4 29. Rxd4 Bf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Re2 $16) 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.
Qxc1 Qa6 24. Ra3 Qe2 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Rc8 {The d pawn gives Black an edge,
but not more.}) 21... Rxb8 {Happy to get rid of my "loose" rook, which was
vulnerable after ...Rc2 Qa5.} 22. Bxb8 Qb6 {OK, but I should have benefitted
from the fact that Qa5 gives White no game of time, by playing} (22... Rc2 23.
Qe1 Rxe2 24. Qf1 Rxb2 25. Bxa7 Bc2 26. Ra1 Qd7 $19 {The d pawn will be
unstoppable.}) 23. b4 (23. Bf4 {is better, but not much.} e5 24. Bg5 Rc2 25.
Qe1 Qxb2 $19) 23... Rc2 {I now had rather less than ten minutes for my
remaining dozen moves.} 24. Qf4 Rxe2 25. a3 d3 {Again not bad, but I guess
time pressure stopped me from making the logical follow-up of 25...e5.} 26. Bc7
Qd4 27. Bf1 e5 $2 {This should have lost most of my advantage, though
fortunately not quite all. I should have covered e1, with 27...Qc3.} 28. Qxd4
exd4 {I stopped recording moves; I noticed Steve was counting them, but he
gave up even this, a couple of moves later.} 29. Bxe2 $4 {Steve too was under
time pressure now, having almost caught me up on the clock. After this, my d
and e pawns have swapped files, and are unstoppable.} (29. Bf4 Ra2 30. Bxd3 Bg4
{and 31...Rxa3 is -/+, but the clock may have been the winner.}) 29... dxe2 30.
Rc1 d3 {My moves, fortunately, were obvious enough. Here, though 30...Bh6
would have prevented 31.Bf4.} 31. Bf4 Bb2 32. Re1 Bc3 33. Rb1 {At least, I
think that's where he moved it.} d2 {Steve was right, we were still a few
moves short of the time control. White is going to lose both pieces; indeed,
he will have to be a little clever to prevent my bishops from excluding his
rook. I imagine we'd have blitzed a few more moves, before agreeing that we
must have reached 36 and giving each of us a welcome extra 15 minutes. My
first win of the season! At least I didn't bottle out this time.} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Swain, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.
e4 c6 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bc7 13. h3 Rae8 14. b3 h6
15. Ba3 Rf7 16. Rad1 Nh7 17. g4 Be6 18. Ne4 Nhf8 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Ng6 21.
Nxe5 Ndxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxg4 23. Bxg7 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Tooley, D."]
[Black "Suttie, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Huddersfield 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Nd7 5. e3 Ndf6 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bd3
g5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. fxg3 Bg7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qa4 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4
15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Bf5 e6 17. Bb1 e5 18. Bf5 O-O 19. Re2 Be8 20. Qb3 Rd8 21. Qa3
b6 22. Ref2 c5 23. Rc1 cxd4 24. exd4 exd4 25. c4 a5 1/2-1/2

