[Event "Richmond A v Surbiton B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.10.12"] [Round "0"] [White "Richard James"] [Black "Paul Shepherd"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [Opening "QGD Tarrasch: 4.e3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.Bg5 Be6 12.a3 Qd7 13.Ne5 Qc8 14.Bc2 Bf5 15.Bb3 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Re1 Qc7 19.Rxe4 dxe4 20.Bxf7+ Kh8 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.Qe2 Nc6 23.Rc1 Nxd4 24.Rxc7 Nxe2+ 25.Kf1 Nf4 26.g3 Nxh3 27.Rxb7 Rf8 28.Rxa7 Rxf2+ 29.Ke1 h5 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Ng5 e3 32.Ra8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Thames Valley League Div 2"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.09.29"] [Round "0"] [White "Genga Somupillai"] [Black "Adrian Waldock"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [Opening "King's Indian: 3.Nf3 Bg7"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O Re8 8.Qc2 e5 9.d5 Nc5 10.e4 a5 11.Be3 b6 12.Bxc5 bxc5 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.f3 h5 15.Bd3 Bh6 16.Ne2 Be3+ 17.Kh1 Kg7 18.Rae1 h4 19.Ng1 Bf4 20.Ne2 Be3 21.Ng1 Bd4 22.Nb3 Nh5 23.Nxd4 cxd4 24.Rd1 Rh8 25.Nh3 Ng3+ 26.hxg3 hxg3 27.Kg1 Qh4 28.Rfe1 Bxh3 29.gxh3 Qxh3 30.Qg2 Qh4 31.Kf1 Qf4 32.Kg1 Rh2 33.Qf1 Rah8 34.Qg2 Rxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rh2+ 36.Kg1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Richmond A v Kingston A Thames Valley League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.05.13"] [Round "0"] [White "Dan Rosen"] [Black "John Foley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Anderssen Opening"] 1.a3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.b4 cxb4 4.axb4 Nf6 5.e3 Bg4 6.c4 e6 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.c5 Qxa4 9.Rxa4 Nbd7 10.d4 Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Bb2 a6 13.Bd3 Bh5 14.O-O Bg6 15.Be2 Ne4 16.Rfa1 Rac8 17.b5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Nxd2 19.Nxd2 Nf6 20.Ra7 Rb8 21.Nf3 Rfc8 22.Ne5 Bd8 23.Ba3 Kh8 24.Bb4 Bc7 25.f4 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Ne8 27.Ba5 h5 28.Bb6 Bf5 29.Bd7 1-0

[Event "Richmond v Wood Green London League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.10.15"] [Round "0"] [White "Abraham Neviazsky"] [Black "Ali Kikoyo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Polish: 1...d5 2.Bb2"] 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 a6 3.e3 Nc6 4.a3 e5 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Qc2 Nf6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nge4 Kh8 13.O-O Nxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.Nc5 Bxc5 16.Qxc5 Qd6 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Qg6 19.Bd5 Rf6 20.Bf3 e4 21.Be2 Rfd6 22.Qc2 R8d7 23.g3 Qe6 24.d4 exd3 25.Bxd3 Nxb4 26.axb4 Rxd3 27.Rxd3 Qe4 28.Kf1 Qg2+ 29.Ke2 Qf3+ 30.Kd2 Be4 31.Rxd7 Qxf2+ 32.Kc3 Bxc2 33.Rxc2 Qxe3+ 34.Rd3 Qe1+ 35.Rcd2 Kh7 36.Rd7 Qe3+ 37.R2d3 Qe6 38.Kc2 Qe2+ 39.Rd2 Qe4+ 40.Kb3 Qe6+ 41.Ka3 h5 42.Rxc7 f4 43.Rd8 Kh6 44.Rh8+ Kg6 45.Rxg7+ Kf5 46.Rxh5+ Ke4 47.Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Maidenhead v Richmond D Thames Valley League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.01.20"] [Round "0"] [White "Steve James"] [Black "Abraham Neviazsky"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "St. George Defence"] 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 e6 5.a4 b4 6.O-O c5 7.Re1 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Be3 Qf6 10.c3 Ne7 11.Nb5 axb5 12.Bxc5 bxc3 13.Nxc3 bxa4 14.Qg4 Qg6 15.Qh3 Qh6 16.Qg3 Nbc6 17.Be3 Qg6 18.Qh3 Ne5 19.Be2 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 21.f4 Nd5 22.fxe5 Qxe3+ 23.Qxe3 Nxe3 24.Bf3 Nd5 25.Re4 Ke7 26.Rexa4 Rxa4 27.Rxa4 Rb8 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.b4 Ke6 30.Kf2 Kxe5 31.Ke3 f5 32.Kd3 f4 33.Kc3 Rc8+ 34.Kb3 d4 35.b5 d3 36.Ra7 d5 37.Ra2 Kd4 38.b6 Rb8 39.Ra4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Thames Valley League"] [Site "Richmond"] [Date "2017.10.19"] [Round "0"] [White "Chris Kreuzer"] [Black "Colin Hughes"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.g4 h6 9.h4 Be7 10.Be3 Nc6 11.f3 Rc8 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Na5 14.c3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Qd3 b5 17.O-O-O Nd7 18.Bf2 Ra4 19.Kb1 Qc7 20.Rhg1 Qc4 21.Qxc4 bxc4 22.Nd2 O-O 23.Ne4 Rb8 24.g5 h5 25.Be3 g6 26.f4 Ra5 27.Rd2 Rab5 28.Rf1 Nb6 29.Bxb6 R5xb6 30.fxe5 dxe5 31.d6 Bd8 32.Nc5 Rb5 33.Nxa6 R8b7 34.Nb4 Rd7 35.Nd5 Kg7 36.Nf6 Rdb7 37.d7 R5b6 38.Re1 Re6 39.Re4 Rc7 40.Ne8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Richmond v Epsom Surrey Online League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.03.17"] [Round "0"] [White "Burke, John"] [Black "Dams, Mike"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6"] 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 f5 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3? {This allows Black to damage White's pawn structure and White's bishop pair don't compensate.} Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 d6 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nd2 Qe8 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.a4 a5 14.Qe2 Ne4 15.Nb1 Qg6 16.f3 Nf6 17.Nd2 e5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c5 { White is trying to open up the position for the two bishops.} bxc5 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Nb3 e4 22.f4 Bd5 23.Rfd1 c6 24.Nxc5 Qf7 25.Bxd5 Nxd5 26.Rdc1 Qa7 27.Ne6 Nxe3 28.Kh1 Rf6 29.Nd4 Nd5 30.g3 Rb8 31.Rab1 {This looks like a blunder but in fact White is setting a trap. The old adage - if it looks too good to be true it probably is! Although as White was running short of time it looked plausible.} Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Nxc3?? 33.Qa6!! Qe7 34.Rb8+ Rf8 35.Qa8 Kg8 36.Nxc6 Qd6 37.Rxf8+ Qxf8 38.Qxa5 Ne2 39.Qd5+ Kh8 40.Qd8 {With time running out White goes for the safety first option and exchanges Queens eliminating virtually all counterplay that Black might have.} Qxd8 41.Nxd8 Nc3 42.a5 Nb5 43.Kg2 Nc7 44.Nc6 g6 45.Nb4 Kg7 46.a6 Kf7 47.a7 Ke6 48.h3 Kd6 49.g4 Na8 50.gxf5 gxf5 51.Nc2 Kc5 52.Kg3 Kc4 53.Ne3+ Kd3 54.Kf2 Kd2 55.Nxf5 Nc7 56.Ne3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ealing Juniors A v Richmond A "] [Date "2021.11.16"] [Round "0"] [White "Tombolis, Christopher"] [Black "Barlow, Bertie"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [Opening "QGD Tarrasch: 4.e3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 { Looks passive to lock in c1 Bishop (BB). This is a move for White, just a very solid one (MH)} Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nd4 Qd6 10.a3 {I was expecting O-O (BB). This does indeed seem an overly ambitious loss of tempo (MH).} O-O 11.Bxc6 {Didn't expect him to give up the two bishops (BB)} bxc6 12.b4 Bb6 {White is investing time to chase the bishop to a more threatening square - c7. The queenside pawns are also potentially vulnerable to pawn breaks. (MH)} 13.Bb2 a5 (13...Ba6 {I considered Ba6, when he would have to place a knight passively on e2 for O-O to be eventually feasible. (BB)}) 14.Na4 Bc7 15.b5 {I didn't expect this, but if he allowed me to exchange a pawn on b4 I like Black's position (BB)} (15.Bc3? Ne4) (15.Qb3 Re8 {White's forces are not well coordinated, and Black can start thinking about attacking (MH)}) 15...c5 16.Nc6 {This is an outpost, but not a particularly useful one. The knight is a liability more than anything. (MH)} d4 {A pawn sacrifice to stop the threat of Be5. (BB) A really excellent move! (MH)} 17.exd4 Re8+ 18.Kf1 c4 {Black understands that White's bishop on b2 is locked in by the d4-pawn. (MH)} 19.Ne5 (19.d5 {This is the move White would like to play, opening up the b2-bishop, but Black has no reason to take yet. (MH)} Bf5! 20.b6 Bd3+! 21.Kg1 Nxd5!! 22.bxc7 Nf4 {The 'fishbone bishop' on d3 puts that white knight on c6 to shame - a proper outpost! (MH)}) 19...Bb7 20.f3 Bd5 {! - Sealing its rival on b2's fate. (MH)} 21.Rc1 Qe6 22.Nc5 {This could be criticised in view of the sequel, but it's difficult to suggest anything good. With the White King position, Black's two bishops and the offside a4 knight I think Black has more than enough for the pawn. (BB)} Qb6 23.a4 {A mistake in a difficult position. Again difficult to suggest moves but after Kg1 Bxe5 Qxc5+ Bd4 White can capture on f6 next move (BB)} (23.Kg1 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qxc5+ 25.Bd4) 23...Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qxc5 25.exf6 c3 {Takes advantage of the opening of the e-file and wins material (BB). A lovely little move - good positions breed tactics. (MH)} 26.Rxc3 Bc4+ 27.Rxc4 Qxc4+ 28.Kf2 Rad8 29.Re1 Qc5+ (29...Qh4+! 30.Kf1 (30.g3 Qxh2+ 31.Kf1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Qh1+ 33.Kf2 Qxd1) (30.Kg1 Rxe1+ 31.Qxe1 Qxe1# {(MH)}) 30...Rxd1 31.Rxd1) 30.Qd4 (30.Kg3 {Kg3 was the only chance. I then can't see anything better than Qg5+ followed by gxf6. I think Black is much better then, but does not look an easy win. (BB)} Qg5+ 31.Kh3 (31.Kf2? Qh4+!)) (30.Bd4 Rxe1!) 30...Qxd4+ 31.Bxd4 Rxe1 32.Bb6 Rde8 33.Bxa5 Ra1 { And with Black having two rooks against a bishop the game is over (BB) Eventually 0-1

[Event "Richmond A v Ealing A"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/xjz"] [Date "2021.11.29"] [Round "0"] [White "Johnstone, Alastair"] [Black "Gajowniczek, Maks"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B27"] [Opening "Sicilian: Hungarian Variation"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3?! O-O 8.Qd2 d5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.e5 Nd7 12.f4 e6 13.Kb1 f6 (13...Rb8 14.Nxd5 (14.b3 Qb4 15.Bxa7 Ra8) (14.h3 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Bd4 Rb4) 14...Qxd5 15.Qe1 Qe4 16.Rd4) 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Ne4 Qxd2 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Rxd2 Rb8 18.Bd4 c5 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.g3 Bb7 21.Bg2 d4 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 23.Re1 Kf7 24.Re5 Rf5 25.Rde2 Rb6 26.Rxf5+ exf5 27.Re5 {pretty bad (losing?) move} Re6 28.Rxe6 Kxe6 29.Kc1 Kd5 30.Kd2 Ke4 (30...h6 31.b3 c4 {(would be the winning critical line)}) 31.Ke2 c4 32.b3 (32.b4 h6!! {(winning)} (32...cxb3 {(sets a trap)} 33.cxb3 (33.axb3 a5) 33...h5 34.b4 h4 35.a4 hxg3 36.hxg3 d3+ 37.Kd2 Kd4 38.b5 Kc4) 33.a4 g5 $7 34.fxg5 hxg5 $7 35.a5 f4 $7 36.gxf4 gxf4 $7 37.b5 Kd5 $7 38.h4 d3+ $7 39.cxd3 c3!!) 32...Kd5 33.b4 a5 (33...h6 34.a4 g5 {winning} 35.Kd2 Ke4) 34.a3 (34.c3 {Last chance for white to draw}) 34...axb4 35.axb4 Kc6 36.Kd2 Kb5 37.c3 {Puzzle position (White was sure he had secured a draw)} dxc3+ 38.Kxc3 h6 39.h3 g5 40.fxg5 hxg5 41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 f4 43.h5 f3 44.Kd2 (44.h6 f2 45.h7 f1=Q 46.h8=Q Qa1+) 44...c3+ 45.Kxc3 f2 46.h6 f1=Q {#R} 0-1