[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2017"] [Site "Geelong Chess Club"] [Date "2017.08.13"] [Round "0"] [White "Alistair Anderson"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1818"] [BlackElo "1699"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Reti (Spielmann) Variation"] 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 g6 $146 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 O-O 9.Qe2 Ba6 10.d3 c5 11.c4 Nc6 12.O-O Ne7 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Rae1 Nb8 15.g4 Na6 16.Nh4 Nc7 17.Rf2 Kh8 18.Ref1 Ng8 19.Nhf3 Ne7 20.h3 h6 21.Nh4 Ng8 22.Nhf3 Ne7 23.Nh2 Qd7 24.h4 Rg8 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2017"] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2017.08.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Zoran Babic"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1713"] [BlackElo "1648"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English: King's, 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 d6 6.h3 $146 a6 7.g3 h6 8.Bg2 Be6 9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 Bb6 11.Rc1 $15 {11.O-O...would be better (P.C.)} Qd7 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Qc2 Rab8 14.Nd1 Rfc8 15.Be3 $17 {Nc3 would have been better -0.44 black is little bit better 0-.44 jb} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2017"] [Site "Geelong Chess Club"] [Date "2017.08.13"] [White "Andrew Wemyss"] [Black "Ruarie Coffey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1527"] [BlackElo "1297"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Bf5"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c3 e6 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 h6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 a6 {8. Qb5+ would have been worrying for me} (7...Bd6 8.Qb5+ Nbd7 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qxa7 Bxf4 11.exf4 Rxb2 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Qa3 Rb6 14.O-O Qa8 15.Qc1 Rfb8 {With perhaps an attack by black}) 8.h3 $146 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 c5 10.c4 cxd4 11.exd4 Bb4 12.O-O Bxd2 13.Nxd2 O-O 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bh2 N7f6 16.Nf3 Rc8 17.a3 Qb6 18.Rab1 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Ne7 20.Be5 Nfd5 21.Qe2 Ng6 22.Bg3 Qb3 23.Rd3 Qc2 $17 {Now either 24. Qd1, Re1 or Qxc2} 24.Rd2?? {Missed the next move} Qxb1+ $18 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2017"] [Site "Geelong Chess Club"] [Date "2017.08.13"] [White "Rodney Jacobs"] [Black "Reza Daneshvar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1816"] [ECO "B18"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Classical"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 e6 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 {Still following the main line. But Nbd7 is more usual. (RJ)} 11.Bd2 Qb6 {Rare, according to Chessbase. More usual is, again Nbd7. (RJ)} 12.O-O-O {Book. (RJ)} Nbd7 13.Kb1 $146 {Also not usually played. Ne5, Ne4 and c4 are, in that order, the most popular moves. (RJ)} O-O-O {Taking it completely out of book. Be7 is the move given by Chessbase. (RJ)} 14.Qe2 Ba3 {I did not think that this was a great move here, not believing that this would ultimately get Black anywhere. But both my programs say it's best. (RJ)} 15.Bc1 Nd5 {Threatening Nc6. Reza plays the whole game very aggressively, continually creating issues for me to deal with. (RJ)} 16.Qd3 {The alternative was Ka1. (RJ)} Be7 17.Rhe1 {Both Stockfish 7 and Deep Shredder point out that the much stronger c4! gives White an edge. (RJ)} Rhe8 {Nb4 or c5 were better. (RJ)} 18.Qc4 {Again c4 is stronger. it's about even at this point.} Bb4 $10 19.Bd2 Ba3 20.b3 {At the time I was confident that, while potentially weakening the black squares around my king, Black would not be able to make anything of it. Both my engines indicate b3 is best. (RJ) Black eventually did make something out of it! But I clearly went astray later. (RJ)} N7f6 {The programs don't like this, preferring the aggressive a5. (RJ)} 21.Ne5 Re7 22.Qa4 {Threatening thke bishop as well as Ba5. (RJ)} Bb4 23.Nc4 {The engines like Bxb4 a little better. (RJ)} Qb5 {Daring White to take the a pawn. I wasn't game, and Reza also had felt White couldn't. But both my programs say he can and should, giving 24. Qxa7 b6 25. Qa8ch wth a perpetual. (RJ)} 24.Qxb5 cxb5 {Now the engines give Black a .5 advantage. (RJ.} 25.Bxb4 Nxb4 26.Ne3 Rc7 27.Kb2 Nbd5 28.Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Re5 Rcd7 30.Rd3 $19 {Rxd5. (RJ)} a6 $15 {Rxd4} 31.Kc3 a5 32.Rxd5 Nxd5+ 33.Kd2 Nf4 34.Rc3+ Rc7 $10 {This largely dissipates Black's advantage. Kd8! is the move. (RJ)} 35.Rf3 $15 {This hands it back again. 35. Re3! and if ....Nxg2 36. Re4 embarrassing the knight. (RJ)} Nxg2 $15 36.Ne4 {c3 is a bit better. (RJ)} Rd7 $15 {The engines show that Rxc2! (as indicated by Reza after the game) was a little better. (RJ)} 37.c3 $15 f5 $15 {Hands the initiative to White. f6 or Nh4 are necessary. (RJ). Nc5 Fritz 11 0.53 jb} 38.Nc5 Re7 39.Ke2 $10 {Nd3! and White has an advantage of about 1, according to both my programs. After Ke2 it's even. But, due to having to deal with the various problems set by Reza, I only now have 6 minutes left to his 27.(RJ) Fritz 11 equal by -0.05} e5 40.Kf1 Nf4 41.dxe5 $10 {Fritz 11 equal -0.14 jb} Rxe5 42.Nxb7 {Best. (RJ)} Nxh5 43.Rxf5 $19 {Expecting 43......Rxf5 Nd6ch, and overlooking Black's clever riposte. Simply Nd6 and it's even.(RJ) Fritz 11 -7.91 jb Nd6+ Kd7 Nf5 is equal by Fritz 11 jb} Ng3+!! 44.Kg2 Nxf5 {Overall, due to aggressive opening play, Reza had the running of the game, with me trying to stay in it. Due to an inaccuracy on move 27 he handed a slight initiative to me, which I quickly let dissipate. Finally, in time trouble, I made a bad error, overlooking a smart zwischenzug which immediately won the game. (RJ) stockfish fish is rubbish I'm going to get Fritz 16 its more strong} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2018"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.08.12"] [White "Geoffrey Gill"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "1721"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Ngf6 7.f3 b6 8.Qd2 a5 9.Bd3 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ba6 11.b3 O-O 12.Nge2 Nfd7 13.g4 Qf6 14.Kf2 Qh4+ 15.Kg2 Qe7 16.Ng3 Bb7 17.h4 c6 18.Rad1 cxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Rab8 21.Qxd6 Rfe8 22.h5 Bf8 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Rd5 Ne6 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Ne2 Bg7 27.Rhd1 Ndc5 28.Kg3 g5 29.Nc3 Kh7 30.Nb5 Kg6 31.Rh1 Rh8 32.Rxh8 Bxh8 33.Nd6 Nd4 34.Bd1 Rd7 35.Nc8 Rxd5 36.cxd5 Nd7 37.Ne7+ Kf6 38.Nc6 Kg6 39.Nxd4 exd4 40.Bd2 Be5+ 41.f4 gxf4+ 42.Bxf4 f6 43.Kf3 Nc5 44.Bd2 Na6 45.Be2 Nb4 46.a3 Na2 47.Bd3 Nc3 48.a4 Na2 49.Bf4 Nb4 50.Bxe5 fxe5 51.Bc4 Nc2?? {I accidentally touched the knight before realising there was no where safe to go! RL} 52.d6 Kf6 53.g5+! Kxg5 54.d7 Ne1+ 55.Ke2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2018"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.08.12"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Rod Hessing"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1493"] [BlackElo "1596"] [ECO "A10"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Dutch"] 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 b6 4.d5 Bb7 5.Nf3 e6 6.dxe6 Bb4 7.exd7+ Nbxd7 8.Bg5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 O-O 10.e3 Qe8 11.Be2 Ne4 12.O-O Nxc3 13.Qc2 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Qh5 15.Rfd1 Ne5 16.Nd4 Qxg5 17.f4 Qe7 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.c5 Rae8 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Rac1 Re7 22.Nc6 Bxc6 23.Rxc6 Rfe8 24.h3 Qxe3+ 25.Qxe3 Rxe3 26.Rd7 R8e7 27.Rd5 g6 28.a4 Rb7 29.a5 Ra3 30.axb6 axb6 31.Rb5 Ra6 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Kg3 Ke7 34.Kf4 Kd7 35.Rc2 h6 36.Rd5+ Ke6 37.Re5+ Kf7 38.Rb5 Ra5 39.Rb3 b5 40.Ke5 Ra4 41.Kd5 Re4 42.g4 b4 43.gxf5 gxf5 44.Rf3 Rb5+ 45.Kc6 Rbe5 46.Rd2 Kf6 47.Rg2 f4 {the Dutch defense is rubbish and I lost to it bummer its not play at the top level good} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2018"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.08.12"] [White "Alistair Anderson"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1778"] [BlackElo "1688"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Reti (Spielmann) Variation"] 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.g3 h6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O O-O 11.d3 b6 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.c4 d4 14.Ne4 Rad8 15.Bh3 Nb4 16.Rf2 Qc6 17.Nfd2 f5 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Ne4 e5 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.Bg2 Qc7 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.a3 Nxd3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat-Geelong match, board 1"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2018.08.12"] [White "Bas van Riel"] [Black "Michael Sugrue"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1789"] [BlackElo "1864"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 c5 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.e3 Nxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rac1 Qd7 15.Rfd1 b6 16.a3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bb3 18.Re1 Bd5 19.Bf1 Bc4 20.Bg2 e6 21.Bh6 {(bas) now it is white's turn to invite black to swap his good bishop against his weak colleague} Bh8 22.Bf4 e5!? 23.Be3 exd4 24.Bxd4 {(bas) Michael was convinced that he would win a pawn here. I was quite worried, I must admit} Red8 25.Qg5 {(bas) I thought for 15 minutes here, as there is a lot to calculate. My choice was simply between Qf4 or Qg5, though. Immediately after I played 25.Qg5, I had a sneaky feeling that I had made the wrong choice. It was only at the postmortem that we discovered that Qf4 indeed would have been the better choice as inthat case the d4-pawn would be poisoned: 25.Qf4,Bxd4; 26.cxd4, Qxd4?; 27.Re8!, and black will loose a rook. It turned out that both of us had overlooked this option during the game. Oddly enough, the same theme will bite black at the end of the game when disaster struck for him.} Bxd4 26.cxd4 Qxd4 27.Re4 $10 Qd1+! {(bas) white's only move. eg after Qb3, Qa4 or Qd3 white will win after 28. R4xc4 and black's rook on d8 hangs; or 27...Qd5, Re8+ with the loss of black's queen.} 28.Re1 {(bas) probably not white's best move, but I did not like my position, resulting from 28.Rxd1, Rxd1+; 29.Bf1, Bxf1; (threatening 30...Bh3 checkmate) 30.f3, Bd3+; 31.Kf2, Rc2+ etc. However, I overlooked the saving move 30.Qe5!, Rcc1 and white would have perpetual checks. Unfortunately, such deep calculation was beyond me, obviously....} Qd2?? {(bas) black, having a plus-pawn could have played Qd6 or Qd7, to exert pressure on white's weak 3 pawn and clearly play for a win. Instead, he overlooked the same trap which could have occured earlier. See comment at move 25.} 29.Re8+ $18 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2018"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2018.08.12"] [White "Rodney Jacobs"] [Black "Reza Daneshvar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1720"] [BlackElo "1853"] [ECO "B53"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...d6 3.d4 cxd4"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 d3 5.Bxd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Qc2 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Rc8 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.h3 Bd7 12.Re1 Nf6 13.Nb1 O-O 14.Be3 b6 15.Na3 Na5 16.Qb4 Nc6 17.Qd2 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Bf4 e5 20.Bg5 Na5 21.Qe3 Be6 22.Nd2 Re8 23.b3 Nd7 24.Bb1 Nb7 25.Nf3 a5 26.Rcd1 Ndc5 27.Nb5 Bd7 28.Nc3 Bc6 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Qc7 31.Qd2 f6 32.Bh4 Ne6 33.Bg3 Red8 34.Rd1 Qe7 35.Qe3 Rc5 36.R5d3 Rc6 37.R3d2 Nec5 38.Ne1 Ne6 39.Nf3 Qf8 40.Bh2 Bh6 41.Qd3 Qf7 42.Re2 Bf4 43.Bc2 Bxh2+ 44.Kxh2 Nf4 45.Qd2 Nxe2 46.Qxe2 Rdc8 47.b4 Kg7 48.Bb3 Qe7 49.Ba4 Rxc4 50.Bb3 Rxb4 51.Bd5 Nc5 52.Nh4 f5 53.g3 Nxe4 54.Bb3 Nc3 55.Qa6 Rf8 56.Rc1 Ne2 57.Qxe2 f4 58.Kg1 fxg3 59.fxg3 Qg5 60.Rc7+ Kh6 61.Kh2 e4 62.Qb2 Qf6 63.Qd2+ g5 64.Kg2? Rd4? 65.Qe3? Qf1+ 66.Kh2 Rf2+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher Morrow 2019"] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2019.08.11"] [White "Rodel Sicat"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1850"] [BlackElo "1673"] [ECO "E20"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.Bd2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.Bd3 d5 8.c5 Nbd7 9.Nf3 e5 {best (RL)} 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Re8 12.O-O Ng4 13.Qb3 Bxc5 14.Qxd5? {Bf4 better (RL)} Qxd5 15.Nxd5 Rd8 16.Bc4? {Be4 better (RL)} Be6 17.b4 Bxd5 18.Be2 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Nxf2 20.Kxf2 Rac8 21.Be3 b6 22.a4 Re8! {Took a while to find Re8 but it is best by 0.5 according to Komodo (RL)} 23.Bd4 Rc2 24.Re1 Bc4 25.Kf1 Bxe2+ 26.Rxe2 Rxe2 27.Kxe2 f6 28.Be3 Rxe5 29.Kd3 f5 30.g3 Re4 31.a5 Rxb4 32.axb6 axb6 {Better was Rb3+ 33. Kd4 RxB 34.KxB axb then use pawn majority in conjunction with passed pawn to Queen either b or other pawn. (RL)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher Morrow 2019"] [Site "Girl Guides Hall, Geelong"] [Date "2019.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Jasan Barnett"] [Black "Robert Dejanovic"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "913"] [BlackElo "1283"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...c5"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nf3 e6 7.e4 a6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Qd2 Nge7 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 O-O 12.h4! {Off goes Harry the 'h' pawn on a conquest! (For Rob.L :))} Rd8 13.h5! {Harry is pretty keen, here.} Nd4 14.hxg6 {Well done, Harry!} Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 hxg6 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bh6 g5 18.O-O-O Bxh6 19.Rxh6 Kg7 20.Rh2 b6 21.Qd6 Qc5 22.Qxc5 bxc5 23.Rd6 Bb7 24.Nd5? Nxd5? 25.exd5 Ra7 26.Bd3! Bc8 27.Rh7+ Kg8 28.Rxf6 Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Rh8+ Ke7 31.Rxc8 d6 32.Rg8 Rd7 33.Rg7+ Ke8 34.Rxd7 Kxd7 35.a3 a5 36.a4 Ke7 37.Kd2 Kf6 38.Ke3 Kf7 39.Bf5 Kf6 40.Ke4 Ke7 41.Bh7 Kf6 42.b3 Kg7 43.Kf5! Kxh7 44.Ke6 Kg6 45.Kxd6 Kf5 46.Kxc5 Kf4 47.d6 Kxf3 48.d7 Kxf2 49.d8=Q g4 50.Qf6+ Kg2 51.Qxe5 g3 52.Qxg3+ {(bas) An excelent game, Jasan} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher Morrow 2019"] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2019.08.11"] [White "Mio Ristic"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [BlackElo "1553"] [ECO "C07"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.c3"] {I've known Mio for a few years, now. This is our first encounter over the chessboard! "A historic occasion", said Mio at the start. (P.C.)} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Ngf3 a6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Nb3 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.O-O O-O 15.Be3 f6!? {Black is cramped...what else is there? (P.C.)} 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Bg6 Rd8 18.Qd2! Nf8 19.Bf7 g5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Rac1 Kg7 22.Bh5 Bd7 23.h4! Nh7 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Nxg5 Nxg5 26.Bxg5 Rh8 27.Bxf6+ Kxf6 28.Qf4+ Ke7 29.Qe5 Rag8 30.Bf3 Qd6 31.Rfe1 Qxe5 32.Rxe5 Kd6 33.g3 Rc8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Re2 Rc1+ 36.Kh2 Bb5 {I had thought 36...Rd1 regains the pawn...but now I saw 37.Rxe6+ Kxe6 38.Bxd1...winning another one. (P.C.)} 37.Rd2 Rc8 38.g4 Rh8+ 39.Kg3 Bc6 40.Bg2 e5 41.dxe5+ Kxe5 42.f4+ Ke6 43.f5+ Ke5 44.Re2+ Kd4 45.f6 Kd3 46.Rf2 Ke3 47.f7 Rf8 48.Bf1 Bb5 49.Rf3+ Ke4 50.Bxb5 axb5 51.g5 d4 52.Kf2 d3 53.g6 d2 54.Ke2 Rd8 55.Rf1! Rf8 56.g7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.08"] [Round "0"] [White "Coffey,Ruari"] [Black "Sugrue,Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1635"] [BlackElo "1709"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.Bf4"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bd3 d6 5.e4 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 O-O 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Qd2 Qb6 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Bh6 Be6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.f4 Rc8 17.f5 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Bc4 19.Rf3 Qd4 20.Raf1 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Qe5 22.Rh3 h5 23.Re1 Rc4 24.Rh4 Rfc8 25.Re3 b5 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Qe1 b4 28.Ne2 d5 29.b3 Rc2 30.Ng1 d4 31.Rg3 Ng4 32.h3 Rc1 33.Rhxg4 Rxe1 34.Rxg6+ Kf7 35.R6g5 Qxe4 36.Kh2 Rcc1 37.Rg7+ Ke8 38.Rg8+ Kd7 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.08"] [Round "0"] [White "Daneshvar,Reza"] [Black "van Riel,Bas"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "1530"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Giuoco Piano: 4.O-O Nf6"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Bg5 d6 8.Nc3 c6 9.Kh1 Be6 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.f3 Nxe2 14.Qxe2 Be6 15.b3 O-O 16.Qf2 Nh5 17.Rae1 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.e5 dxe5 20.Rxe5 Qf6 21.Rfe1 b6 22.Qd2 Rfd8 23.R5e4 g5 24.Re5 Rd5 25.Rxd5 Bxd5 26.c4 Be6 27.Qe2 Rd8 28.h3 Qd4 29.Be4 c5 30.Bc2 Qd2 31.Qe4 Bf5 32.Qxf5 Qxe1+ 33.Kh2 Qe6 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Be4 Rd4 36.Qh8+ Ke7 37.Bd5 Qe1 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.08"] [Round "0"] [White "SeanMacak"] [Black "AussieRookie"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1413"] [BlackElo "1788"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bf4 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Ndxe4 Ng6 13.Be3 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 f5 15.Bg2 e5 16.Qh5 Kh7 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.Bh3 Rf8 20.b3 Qe8 21.Qe2 Bf6 22.Bd4 Rd8 23.Bxa7 Ng6 24.Qxe8 Bxe8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Bc5 Rf7 27.Re1 Bd7 28.Rd1 Bf6 29.Ne2 Kh8 30.f4 Kg8 31.Kf2 Nf8 32.Nd4 g6 33.Bg2 Kg7 34.Re1 Kg8 35.Bf3 Kg7 36.h3 h5 37.Kg2 Kg8 38.Re2 Kg7 39.Bxf8+ Kxf8 40.Ne6+ Kg8 41.Nc5 Bc8 42.Re8+ Rf8 43.Rxf8+ Kxf8 44.Nd3 Bd4 45.h4 Ke7 46.Kf1 Kd6 47.Ke2 Be6 48.Nc1 Kc5 49.Kd3 Bf2 50.Ne2 Bf7 51.Kc3 Be1+ 52.Kc2 Bf2 53.Kb2 b5 54.cxb5 cxb5 55.Kc3 Be1+ 56.Kc2 Bd5 57.Bxd5 Kxd5 58.a4 bxa4 59.bxa4 Kc4 60.Kd1 Bf2 61.Kd2 Kb4 62.Kd3 Kxa4 63.Kc4 Ka3 64.Kd5 Kb2 65.Ke6 Kc2 66.Kf6 Kd2 67.Kxg6 Kxe2 68.Kxh5 Kf3 69.Kg5 Bxg3 70.Kxf5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.08"] [Round "0"] [White "RookieM"] [Black "AustraliaRob"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2054"] [BlackElo "1541"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.a4 Nc6 12.g4 Nb4 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.g5 Nh5 15.Rg1 f5 16.gxf6 Rxf6 17.Bg5 Rf7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Bxb3 21.cxb3 Rxf3 22.Be2 Rh3 23.Bg4 Rxh2 24.Bxc8 Nf4 25.Be6+ Kf8 26.Bc4 Ke7 27.Rb6 g6 28.Nd5+ Nfxd5 29.exd5 Kd7 30.Rxb7+ Kd6 31.Rb5 e4 32.Rxa5 Nd3 33.Bxd3 exd3 34.Rd1 Rh3 35.Rb5 Ke5 36.a5 Kd4 37.d6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.08"] [Round "0"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Geoffrey Barber"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1484"] [BlackElo "1535"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav: 4.e3 a6"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Bxg6 hxg6 9.Nbd2 e6 10.Qc2 b5 11.Rc1 Bb4 12.a3 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Ng4 14.h3 bxc4 15.bxc4 Qh4 16.O-O Ngf6 17.Nf3 Qh5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qc6 O-O 20.a4 g5 21.Ba3 Rfe8 22.Bd6 g4 23.hxg4 Qxg4 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Qg6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.g3 Kg7 28.Qc2 f5 29.Kg2 Rh8 30.Rh1 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2016"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [White "Rod Jacobs"] [Black "Geoffrey Gill"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1659"] [BlackElo "1790"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, 3...Bf5"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 {Interestingly, in his superb book "The Ideas behind the Chess Openings"", Reuben Fine states of this variation - sets up the cramping Pawn chain, but there is nothing cramped, which makes the move entirely useless, unlike its analogue in the French......Black has all the advantages of the French without any of the disadvantages. After P-QB4 he will have at least equality.'(RJ)} Bf5 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3?! {Up until now following the main line. The engines are not too keen on this, recommending Be3, and they are right. That is the recommended move on Chessbase. The whole game pretty much revolves around the strength or otherwise of White's d pawn. White must start to overprotect it. (RJ)} Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nh6 {Favoured by Stockfish 7 and Chessbase. Black already has an edge.(RJ)} 9.Be3 Qb6! {Again the best move - favoured by Chessbase and the engines. (RJ)} 10.Qd2 {In the post-game analysis we both thought this was a bad mistake. But Stockfish 7 and Deep Shredder indicate it's not at all. However simply b3 was better. (RJ)} cxd4 11.cxd4? {THIS is the first serious mistake, completely overlooking Black's response. Stockfish 7 gives the correct move as Bxd4!, with equality.(RJ)} Na5! {Again the best move. Black forgets about pressuring the d pawn and goes after bigger fish. Geoff plays the whole game with great accuracy. (RJ)} 12.Qf2?? {Planned beforehand and, carelessly, played immediately and without making a beginner's check. I had intended to meet Nc4 with Bc1. As pointed out by Geoff after the game, Qe2 is necessary. Black is still however under pressure. (RJ)} Ng4 {Unfortunately this tame effort put the team behind the eight ball quite early. (RJ)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2016"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [White "Zoran Babic"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1751"] [BlackElo "1633"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...d5 2.Bb2"] 1.b3! {Zoran plays Patrick's specialty against him!} d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 a6!? 7.d4 b5 8.c5 Nbd7 9.b4 Bb7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 {The drawmeister ...offers a draw...} 12.Qc2 h6 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.f4 Rf8 15.Ne2 Qd8 16.Ng3 Qc7 {Black's position is very passive, and he's reduced to shuffling pieces.} 17.f5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Ng4 19.f6! Nxe3 20.Bh7+? {(BvR) After 20.Qe2, Nxf1; 21.Qg4, g5 22.fxe7 and Rxf1, white is completely winning} Kh8 21.fxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nh5+ Kh8 23.Qd3 Nxf1 24.Rxf1 Rg8! 25.Rxf7?? {White misses Black's nifty riposte! (BvR) Instead, after 25.Bxg8, Rxg8; 26.Qf3 and 27.Qxf7 black would have been bankrupt for the second time. A remarkable comeback to win the game at the end.} Bxc5+! 26.bxc5 Qxf7 27.Bxg8 Rxg8 28.Nf6 Qg6 29.Qxg6?! {It was probably better to keep the Queens on the board.} Rxg6 30.Bc1 {Now White offered a draw...} a5 31.h3 b4 32.Kf2 Ba6 33.g4 Bc4 34.a3 b3 35.h4 Rg7 36.Ke3 Rb7 37.Bb2 Kg7 38.Kd4 Kg6 39.Kc3 Be2 40.Kd2 Bf3 41.Ke3 Bd1 42.Kd2 Bc2 43.Ke3 Rb5 44.Kd4 Bd1 {White is in zugzwang!} 45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 Kxg5 47.Ng8 Rb7! 48.Nf6 Kf5 49.Ne8 Rh7 50.Nd6+ Kf4 51.Bc1+ Kf3 52.Ne8 Rh2 {Zoran becomes the latest victim of "Patrick's Curse"! (BvR) A remarkable and tenacious comeback by Patrick after two near-death experiences in the beginning of the game.} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2016"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Geoff Davis"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1554"] [BlackElo "1500"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "QGD: 3.Nf3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 a6 6.e3 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.c5 b6 9.cxb6 cxb6 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.a3 b5 15.b4 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bf3 Be6 19.a4 Rac8 20.Ne2 Rxc1 21.Nxc1 Qg5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Qd3 Rb8 24.Kh2 Qe5+ 25.Kg1 Bf5 26.Qd2 Ne4 27.Qa2 Nc3 28.Qd2 Rc8 29.Nd3 {not a good move -1.16} Qf6 30.Nc5 Be4 31.Bxe4 dxe4 {now white 1.11} 32.Rc1 Rxc5 {the losin g move +-3.14} 33.bxc5 b4 34.Qb2 Qc6 35.Rxc3 bxc3 36.Qxc3 f6 37.Qd4 Kf7 38.Kh2 Ke6 39.Kg3 Qd5 40.Qxd5+ Kxd5 41.Kf4 g6 42.g4 Kxc5 43.Kxe4 Kd6 44.f4 Kc5 45.h4 Kd6 46.h5 gxh5 47.gxh5 Ke6 48.Kf3 f5 49.e4 fxe4+ 50.Kxe4 Kf6 51.Kf3 {000} Kf5 52.Kg3 Kf6 53.Kg4 Ke6 54.Kf3 Kf5 55.Kg3 Ke6 56.Kf2 Kf6 57.Ke3 Kf5 58.Kf3 Ke6 59.Ke4 Kf6 60.f5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2016"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [White "James Watson"] [Black "Thanh-Binh Nguyen "] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1821"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.Bf4 e6 8.a3 Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 c5 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.O-O Nc6 13.b4 Qb6 14.b5 Na5 15.Rc1 Rfd8 16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Ne5?! {originally intending to meet 17...f6 with 18.e4 fxe5 19.Be3 before realizing black can simply capture on e5 with the bishop first.(BvR) This move deserves a question mark only, as it changes white's good position into a ruin. Instead, 17.Bxd6 was needed, exchanging a weak bishop (w) against a strong bishop (b).} f6 18.e4 Bxe5 19.exf5?? Rd4 20.Bxe5?? {suddenly realizing that black has the d4 square available for the queen white resigns} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher Morrow 2016"] [Site "BMI"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [White "Geoffrey Barber"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1635"] [BlackElo "1571"] [ECO "C03"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, 3...dxe4"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 c5 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.Bd3 f4 12.Qh5 h6 13.Qg6 Rf6 14.Qh7+ Kf7 15.Nf3 Nc6 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Bc3 e5 18.Rfe1 Bd6 19.Bc4+ Be6 20.Bxe6+ Rxe6 21.Qf5+ Ke7 22.Nh4 Rf6 23.Qe4 Re8 24.Nf5+ Kf8 25.Rad1 Bc5 26.Rd5 Qb6 27.Re2 Rfe6 28.a3 Kg8 29.b4 Bd4 30.Bd2 Bb2 31.Rd7 Rg6 32.Qd5+ Kh8 33.Qf7 Nd4 34.Qxe8+ Kh7 35.Nxd4 Bxd4 36.Rd8 Rg5 37.Qg8+ Kg6 38.Bxf4 Bxf2+ 39.Kf1 Rf5 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Rxf2 exf4 42.Rd1 Qa6+ 43.Kg1 Qb6 44.Qe4 g6 45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.Rd8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow Shield 2016"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [White "Mio Ristic"] [Black "Michael Tausz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1551"] [BlackElo "1491"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Be6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Nd2 f5?! {Comment MT: too ambitious and it seems to lose a pawn from here, as the Ne5 gets into trouble after eventual f3. Probably better Bf5 which would allow the Ne5 to retreat by d5 to d6. Or NxNd2.} 12.Nf3! {MT: I underestimated this knight manoeuvre. On exf6 e.p. 13. Nxf6 would be fine for Black, and NxN would open the f-file for Black.} O-O 13.Nd4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.f3 c4 16.fxe4 cxb3 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Qxb3 Rc8 {MT: in the post-game analyses 18...Be4 was highlighted. Can't argue with engines, but I still prefer to put the rook on open file, as either rook or bishop might become annoying from c2.} 19.Qg3 Qb6 {MT: stops things like Bh6 because of Qxe4+.} 20.Be3 Rc2 21.Qf3 {MT: Now Be4 is impossible due to Qxf8#, and d5 is attacked. Sure looked good at the time. Around here the engine on MR's phone gave some alternative computer lines that all turned out more in White's favour, but I can't remember them, and we both agreed we would have never been able to calculate them over the board. As the engine did not reveal any obvious blunders here, I don't bother recreating them.} Qd8 {MT: MR said he did not see that this covers both d5 and prevents g4 from being catastrophic (on any other move, bishop can't move after g4 because of mate on f8!).} 22.Rf2 {MT: b2 was hanging.} Be4 {MT: finally...} 23.Qxf8+ Qxf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Rf1+ Ke7 {MT: One pawn down I was quite ok with these exchanges. Not worried about Bg5 as Ke6 would go where he wanted to anyway. And the following rook swap is nearly forced, because otherwise g2, b2 are left hanging. That leaves opposite coloured bishops and Black should hold comfortably.} 26.Rf2 Ke6 27.Rxc2 Bxc2 28.b4 Bb1 29.a3 Bf5 30.h3 h5 31.Kf2 Be4 {MT: I was under the pump the whole game, and happy to hold the draw. Unfortunately that did not help my Ballarat team much.} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Date "2016.08.14"] [White "Cassandra Barnett"] [Black "Jack Smith"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1097"] [BlackElo "1250"] [ECO "D90"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Rb1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Bg7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rxb7 Na5 17.Rd1 Qc8 18.Rxe7? {(C.B) Qc3+ would have been a lot better.} Qxc4 19.e5 Nc6 20.Qf6+ Kg8 21.Rc7 {A wasted move, really. I think Rcd7 is better sooner than later.} Rac8 22.Rcd7 Rfe8 23.e6 {A little trap set here, if fxe6, then Qg7 is mate. Likewise, Rxe6, then Qxf7+, Kh8, Qg7 mate.} Qxe6 {Qx is best.} 24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.Kf1 Rce8 26.Rc7 Ne5 27.f3 {Spotted the knight sac, Nd3, that would be possible if the king was left. I also saw the knight had no where to go as f3 covers g4.} Nd3? {Jack said he went into 'auto pilot' here without realising the sac no longer worked. I know how that is; I've done that plenty of times myself.} 28.Rxd3 Re1+ 29.Kf2 R8e2+ 30.Kg3 Rxa2 31.Rdd7 Ree2 32.Rxf7 Rxg2+ 33.Kf4 Rxh2 34.Kg5 {There is actually no win with Rfd7 as it seemed to be. Didn't consider the pawn check on g5! It's perpetual checks after that.} Ra4 35.Rfd7 Rh5+ 36.Kf6 Rf5+ 37.Ke6 Rxf3 38.Rxh7 Ra6+ 39.Kd5 Rf5+ 40.Ke4 Ra4+ 41.Ke3 g5 42.Rxa7 Rxa7 43.Rxa7 g4 44.Ra1 g3 45.Rg1 {I offered a draw here as I couldn't see how black could keep the pawn.} Kg7 46.Rxg3+ {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat-Geelong 2016, brd 2."] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [Round "0"] [White "Michael Sugrue"] [Black "Bas van Riel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1867"] [BlackElo "1880"] [ECO "B33"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"] {584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 a6 10.a4 Be6 11.f4 Rc8 12.Kh1 Qc7 13.g4 h6 14.h4 {Becoming very interesting here: white throws his king-side wide open, and in the process throws his kitchen-sink at the black king. However, I became quite optimistic about my chances against white's queen-side. Fritz gives black a small advantage} Na5 15.g5? {not the best continuation of white's attack. Better15.f5, forcing the exchange or the retreat of black's powerful bishop.} hxg5 16.hxg5 Nh5 {In fact, I felt quite clever and happy about this move. As it turns out for the wrong reasons. It was the best move, with only a slight advantage and limited practical chances. Fritz suggests the knight sacrifice 16...Nxe4!; 17.Nxe4, Qxc2 and humongous complications. I must admit that I didn't even consider this option. Also Michael did not mention this line during the post- mortem analysis either.} 17.Bxh5 Nxb3? {a blunder because I had overlooked 19.Rc1. Instead 17...Bxc3; 18.Nxa5, Bxb2 would have given black a slightly better position. Black is suddenly lost now.} 18.cxb3 Bxc3 19.Rc1! Qa5 20.bxc3 gxh5 21.f5! {ruthless and efficient} Rxc3? {I should have seen and tried 21..Qe5, 22. Qf3!..However, this would not improve black's dire predicament by much} 22.Qd2 {A very solid victory by Michael. In a game in which I fell short at the first moment some serious calculations were needed.} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2016"] [Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [Round "0"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Reza Daneshvar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1606"] [BlackElo "1743"] [ECO "A16"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Nb6 8.b3 Rb8 9.d4 Bd7 10.Bb2 Qc8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qc2 Bh3 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Qxe4 Rfe8 16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.f4 f6 18.Rac1 Ba3 19.Rc2 fxe5 20.fxe5 Bf8 21.Nf4 Qh6 22.c5 Na8 23.e6 g5 24.Nd5 Bg7 25.e7 Qg6 26.Rf5 c6 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.Qe6+ Qf7 29.Qxf6 Qxf6 30.Rxf6 Rxe7 31.Re2 Nc7 32.e4 Rbe8 33.Ref2 Rxe4 34.a3 Nd5 35.R6f5 Re1+ 36.Kg2 Ne3+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2016"] [Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.08.21"] [Round "0"] [White "Robert Bailey"] [Black "Owen Courtis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1515"] [BlackElo "1634"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French: Rubinstein, 4...Bd7"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bxe4 9.Qxe4 Qd5 10.Qxd5 exd5 11.O-O Bd6 12.Re1+ Kf8 13.Ne5 f6 14.Nd3 Nc6 15.c3 Kf7 16.Bf4 Rad8 17.Re2 Rhe8 18.Rae1 Rxe2 19.Rxe2 Ne7 20.Kf1 Ng6 21.Bxd6 {Draw agreed} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2016"] [Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [Round "0"] [White "Nick McClaren"] [Black "James Eyre"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1350"] [BlackElo "1262"] [ECO "B50"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Bg4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Nc3 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.O-O e6 10.Bf4 Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.b4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nxd4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nf5 17.Qh5 a5 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 h6 20.Ne4 Kh8 21.g4 Ne7 22.Ng5 Kg8 23.Ne4 Kh8 24.Kg2 axb4 25.axb4 Ra2 26.g5 Ng8 27.gxh6 Nxh6 28.Ng5 Kg8 29.Qh4 Rd8 30.Qc4 Raa8 31.Qe4 Nf5 32.Qc2 Qxb4 33.Qc7 Qg4+ 34.Kh1 Qxg5 35.Qxb7 Ra2 36.Rc7 Kh7 37.f4 Qh4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "FMShield2015"] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2015.08.09"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Andrew Wemyss"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1602"] [BlackElo "1494"] {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FMShield2015"] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2015.08.09"] [White "Tim Commons"] [Black "Ben Kersten"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1192"] [BlackElo "1480"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nge7 9.O-O Nf5 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.a3 Be7 13.b4 Ba6 14.Re1 Bc4 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Bg5 a5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nc5 Ra7 19.Nd2 {Nxd4 is now appealling but poison} axb4 20.axb4 {Maybe better to take the Bishop (Nxb4)} Bb5 {*Black offers a Draw, which is swiftly but politely declined by White.} 21.Ndb3 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Qg5 {This move made White a little nervous.} 23.Qc3 h5 24.Nb7 f6 25.Nd6 fxe5 26.Rxe5 Qf6 27.Nxf5 exf5 28.Nc5 Rf7 29.f4 Ra7 30.h3 Ra2 31.Qg3 h4 32.Qf3 g6 33.Ne6 Qf7 34.Ng5 Qf8 35.Qe3 Re2 {Is Rook & Bishop worth the Queen here?} 36.Qa3 Rxe5 37.fxe5 Qe7 38.Qa8+ Kg7 39.Nf3 Qxb4 {Capturing the free pawn Looks attractive but gives White valuable tempo. } 40.Qb7+ Kf8 41.Qc8+ Ke7 42.Qc7+ Ke8 43.Qg7 Qb1+ 44.Kh2 f4 {A cheeky trap that White nearly falls for.. 45.Qxg3+ followed by QxQ!} 45.Nxh4 Qe1 46.Qxg6+ Kd7 47.Qf5+ Kd8 48.Qxf4 Bf1 49.Qf6+ Kc7 50.e6 c5 51.dxc5 Bb5 52.e7 Qe4 53.Qb6+ Kc8 54.Qxb5 Qe5+ 55.g3 Qxe7 56.Qc6+ Kd8 57.Qxd5+ Ke8 58.c6 Qe1 59.Qd7+ Kf8 60.c7 Qf2+ 61.Ng2 {Ballrat's 2015 Reserves Champion takes a scalp and justifies the faith shown in him by his club President Patrick Cook. A tough battle.} {#r} 1-0

[Event "FMShield2015"] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2015.08.09"] [White "Paul Wendrich"] [Black "Michael Tausz"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C26"] [Opening "Vienna: 2...Nf6"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.b3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 Be6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d3 Nc6 8.Ne2 Qe7 9.Ng3 Rad8 10.Be2 d5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 e4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nh2 exd3 15.Bxd3 Rfe8+ 16.Be2?? {White initially tried to illegally Castle-Out-of-Check! Strictly speaking, he should now have to move the King. Instead, he makes things worse! (comment by Patrick.Cook.)} Nd4 17.Ng4 Qxf5 {Threatens at least NxBe2. If Ne3 then RxNe3, because fxRe3 will be followed by Bb4+.} {#R} 0-1

[Event "FMShield2015"] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2015.08.09"] [White "Owen Courtis"] [Black "Robert Bailey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1640"] [BlackElo "1635"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed, Grand Prix, 3...d6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 a6 6.a4 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe1 Nd4 9.Bd3 Nxf3+ 10.Rxf3 Be7 11.b3 Bd7 12.Ba3 Bc6 13.Qe2 O-O-O? {Unnecessarily sharpening and giving the opponent chances. Short castle was simpler. I wanted my rook to hit the d-file in one tempi!} 14.b4?? cxb4 15.Bxb4 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Qxb4 17.Rb1 Qa5 18.Rff1 Nd7? 19.f5 Ne5 20.Rfc1 Bf6 21.Na2 Nxd3 22.cxd3 exf5 23.Nb4 Qxa4 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Rxc6+ Kd7 26.Rcc1 Rb8 27.Ra1?? Bxa1 {#R} 0-1

[Event "FMShield2015"] [Site "Geelong "] [Date "2015.08.09"] [White "Chris Segrave"] [Black "Jack Smith"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1215"] [ECO "A49"] [Opening "Neo-King's Indian: Fianchetto System"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.e3 Nc6 8.a3 Re8 9.Re1 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.Nxf5 Qxf5 13.h3 Rad8 14.Qe2 c6 15.e4 Qe6 16.b3 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf3+ 19.Qxf3 Bxa1 20.c3 Qxb3 21.Bg5 Qxc3 22.Re3 Qc1+ 23.Kh2 f6 24.Bd5+ cxd5 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Qxd5+ Kh8 27.Bxc1 b6 28.Qb7 Re2 29.Qc8+ Kg7 30.Qd7+ Kg8 31.Be3 f5 32.Qxa7 Ra2 33.Bxb6 Re2 34.Be3 Be5 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.Qb7+ Kf6 37.Qc6+ Ke7 38.Kg2 Bf6 39.a4 Ra2 40.Qb7+ Ke8 41.Qb5+ Kf8 42.Qb3 Rb2 43.Qc4 Rb8 44.a5 Ra8 45.a6 Be5 46.Qc5+ Kf7 47.Qxe5 Rxa6 48.Qd5+ Kg7 49.Qd7+ Kf8 50.Bh6+ Kg8 51.Qg7# 1-0

[Event "FMShield2015 "] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2015.08.09"] [White "Barbaros Karos"] [Black "Rod Jacobs"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1599"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian: Marshall, 4.Nf3"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Qc8 14.Nc3 O-O 15.b3 Bf6 16.Bf4 e5 17.Bd2 c6 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Bc3 Qe6 20.Qg3 f6 21.Qe3 Nd7 22.Rd3 b6 23.b4 a5 24.Qd2 axb4 25.Bxb4 Bxb4 26.Qxb4 c5 27.Qb5 Nb8 28.Rd6 Qf5 29.Ng3 Qc2 30.Rxb6 Rd8 31.a4 Nd7 32.Rb7 Nf8 33.Nf1 Ne6 34.Ne3 Qe4 35.Qb6 Nf4 36.Qc7 Qg6 37.Kh2 Rac8 38.Qb6 Rd2 39.Rf1 Re2 40.g3 Rxe3!! 41.gxf4 Rxh3+!! 42.Kxh3 Qh5+ 43.Kg3 exf4+ 44.Kxf4 Qh4+ 45.Kf3 Qh3+ 46.Ke4 Re8+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "FMShield2015"] [Site "Geelong"] [Date "2015.08.09"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Reza Daneshvar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1607"] [BlackElo "1657"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "QGD: Harrwitz Attack"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bd6 5.Bxd6 Qxd6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e3 a6 8.c5 Qe7 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.O-O Nxe5 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Qxe5 Qxc5 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.Qh5 Bd7 18.Rfd1 f5 19.Rd4 Rf6 20.h3 Rh6 21.Qd1 c5 22.Rd2 Bc6 23.e4 d4 24.exf5 exf5 25.Rd3 Rg6 26.g3 Re8 27.Qb3+ Kh8 28.Na4 Qe5 29.Qd1 Qe4 30.f3 Rxg3+ 31.Kf2 Qh4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "FMShield2015"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.08.09"] [Round "0"] [White "Michael Sugrue"] [Black "Bas van Riel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1922"] [BlackElo "1787"] [ECO "B08"] [Opening "Pirc: Classical, 5.Be2"] {584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.O-O dxc5 8.e5 Ng4 9.Bb5+ Kf8? {I rejected 9...Nc6 because of the ugly, isolated double-pawns after 10.Bxc6, and 9...Bd7 because 10.Bxd6, Nxd7; 11.e6! But Kf8 is the worst of the options.} 10.Bf4 a6 11.Bc4 {From here on, white plays a series of weak moves, eroding his big advantage. 11.Ba4 would have kept the pressure on. 11..b5 would fail on 12.Qd5, Ra7;13.Ng5, Be6;14.Nxe6 etc} Nc6 12.Qd2 {12. Qe1 is better} Bf5! {still black is worse..} 13.Rfe1? {13.Instead 13.h3,Ngxe5;14.Nxe5,Bxe5;15.Bxe5, Nxe5; 16Qh6+, Kg8;17.Rae1,Nc6; 18.Nd5, Qd8; 19.Rxe7! is quite easily won for white} (13.h3 Ngxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Nxe5 16.Qh6+ Kg8 17.Rae1 Nc6 18.Nd5 Qd8) 13...Rd8 {positions are now equal} 14.Qc1 b5 15.Bd5 Nd4! 16.Be4! b4 17.Bxf5 gxf5 {(!)} 18.Nd1 b3? {spoils it all for black: we both believed that the text-move would give black at least an exchange advantage, but the combination is flawed.18...Rg8! instead would have been more effective and patient} 19.Ne3! {White's saving move! It should have saved white's day..} Nxe3 20.Nxd4 { better would have been axb3 first} Nxc2? {the worst of 3 options: cxd4 and (the preferred) Nxg2 which I all had considered} (20...Nxg2! 21.Kxg2 cxd4 22.axb3 Qd5+ {simple and equal}) 21.Nxc2 bxc2 22.Qxc2 e6 {now black has an inferior pawn structure} 23.Rad1 Rd5 {draw offered, but refused by white for quite obvious reasons. However he was short (7 minutes) in time.} 24.Ra1? {White did pick up his Rd1 with the intention to take on Rd5, when, the rook in midair, he discovered that checkmate would follow on e1. Feeling embarrassed, he offered a draw, although his position still is better.} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow Chess Challenge"] [Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2014.08.03"] [White "Geoffrey Gill"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1812"] [BlackElo "1622"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.e3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O Be7 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Qe2 c5 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.Bb1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 O-O 16.e4 Bc5 17.Nb3 Rac8 18.e5 Nd5 19.Ne4 Rc7?! 20.Nexc5 Nxc5 21.Qc2 g6 22.Nxc5 Rfc8 23.Rxd5! Bxd5 24.b4 Qc6 25.f3 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Bxf3? {Black lashes out...} 28.gxf3 Qxf3 29.Qe4! Qxe4 30.Bxe4 g5 31.Bf2 Rd8 32.Be3 Rdc8 33.Ra1 Kg7 34.Kf2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow Shield Match"] [Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2014.08.03"] [White "Barber, Geoff"] [Black "Aikins, Toby"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1627"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5 3.Bxg8 Rxg8 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxh7 Rg7 8.Qh8 Nd4 9.Bh6 Rf7 10.O-O-O Qh4 11.g3 Qxh6+ 12.Qxh6 Bxh6+ 13.Kb1 Be6 14.h4 O-O-O 15.h5 g5 16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Ne4 Rdf8 18.c3 Nf3 19.Ne2 g4 20.d4 Bd5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2014 Fletcher-Morrow"] [Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2014.08.03"] [White "Rod Jacobs"] [Black "Reza Daneshvar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1578"] [BlackElo "1531"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra Accepted"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O a6 8.Qe2 d6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bf4 b5 11.Bxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Qb6 13.Nxd6+ Kf8 14.e5 Ba6 15.Qe4 Bb7 16.Nxb7 Qxb7 17.Rac1 Na5 18.Qc2 Qa6 19.Qa4 g6 20.Rd7 Qb6 21.Rcc7 Rb8 22.Rxe7 Nxe7 23.Bh6+ Kg8 24.Rxe7 Nc6 25.Rd7 Rd8 26.Qxc6 Qb8 27.Qb7 Qa8 28.Qc7 {#i} 1-0

[Date "2014.08.03"] [Round "0"] [White "Andrew Wemyss"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.e3"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Bd6 7.Be2 h6 8.O-O O-O 9.c5 Bc7 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.f4 Ne4 13.Be1 Ndf6 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Qc1 f5 16.h3 Ngf6 17.Ne5 Qe8 18.Bf3 Rd8 19.Bh4 Rc8 20.Qe1 Bg6 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.b4 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Nh7 24.Rb1 a6 25.Na4 Rc7 26.Nb6 Bh5 27.Bg3 g5 28.Nc4 Qg6 29.Kh1 Rg7 30.Bh2 g4 31.h4 g3 32.Bg1 Qe8 33.Rf4 Qe7 34.Qf1 Bg4 35.Nd6 Qxh4+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Geelong vs Ballarat - Fletcher-Morrow Shield"] [Site "Geelong Chess Club"] [Date "2013.08.10"] [White "Andrew Wemyss"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Bd7 10.Nf3 a6 11.a3 Rc8 12.Kh1 Na5 13.Rb1 Ng4 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc6 16.Qg1 Qa5 17.Nd5 e6 18.Nb6 Rc7 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.Bd3 d5 22.e5 Ng4 23.h3 Nh6 24.Qf2 Kg7 25.Rfd1 Ne7 26.c3 Nhf5 27.Bc2 h5 28.Ne4 Qd8 29.Nf6 Rc7 30.Bd3 Ng8 31.Bxf5 exf5 32.Rxd5 Qc8 33.Qh4 Nxf6 34.exf6+ Kh7 35.Rbd1 Rc6 36.g4 fxg4 37.Rxh5+ gxh5 38.Qxh5+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Geelong vs Ballarat - Fletcher-Morrow Shield"] [Site "Geelong Chess Club"] [Date "2013.08.10"] [White "Michael Sugrue"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [Opening "English: Nimzo-English, 4.g3"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.Qb3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Nbd7 9.d3 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.b3 Bb7 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.Rxc8 Rxc8 16.Rc1 Rxc1+ 17.Qxc1 Qc8 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geelong vs Ballarat"] [Site "Geelong Chess Club"] [Date "2013.08.10"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Reza Daneshvar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A50"] [Opening "Indian: Slav-Indian, 3.Nc3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O a6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Qb3 e6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nd5 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Qxb6 N7xb6 15.Nc5 Nd7 16.Ne4 N7b6 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.Ne5 f6 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Rc2 f5 21.Nc5 Nxc5 22.dxc5 Rac8 23.b4 Kh8 24.Rfc1 Rfd8 25.Bc4 Bf6 26.a4 e5 27.g3 e4 28.Be2 Re8 29.c6 b6 30.Bxa6 Rc7 31.Bc4 e3 32.Bxd5 exd2 33.Rxd2 Rd8 34.Rd3 Be7 35.b5 Ra8 36.Bb3 Raa7 37.Rcd1 Kg7 38.h4 h5 39.Rd4 Kf6 40.Re1 Kg7 41.Be6 Kf8 42.Bd7 Ra8 43.Rc4 Raa7 44.Ra1 Ra8 45.a5 Raa7 46.Rca4 Rxd7 47.cxd7 bxa5 48.Rxa5 Rxd7 49.Ra8+ Kf7 50.R8a7 Ke8 51.b6 Bd6 52.Re1+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Geelong-Ballarat 2013"] [Site "Geelong Chess Club"] [Date "2013.08.10"] [White "Bas van Riel"] [Black "Geoffrey Gill"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1870"] [ECO "D85"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O Na5 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 b6 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.d5 e6 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Nf4 Qd6 17.Qd2 Be5 18.g3 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qe2 Qe7 22.Qg4 Bxf4 23.Bxf4 e5 24.Bg5 Qf7 25.Bb1 {( ?) is too fancy and slow and overanxious to protect the a-pawn. 25. Bb5 would have been much more forceful and direct.} h5 26.Qe2 Qc4 27.Bd3 Qd4 28.Be3 Qa4 29.f3 Rc3 30.Bb5 { A blunder destroying a very good position. I was lucky to be able to create drawing chances (and even more, albeit overlooked..)} Rxe3 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Qxe3 Qxb5 33.Qh6 Qc5+ 34.Kg2 Qc2+ 35.Rd2 Qc6 36.Qh7+ Kf6 { 36..Ke8 would have been a perpetual} 37.Qh8+ {37.Rd7! would have given checkmate in 2 moves. Here I did suffer a weird brainwave, thinking that rook-move would be folllowed by 37...Qc2+ 38.Kh3, Bc8. Somehow, I thought that the bishop was to check me (and Qxh2 checkmate), but this was not to be if the rook was placed on d7 of course.} Ke6 38.Qg8+ Kf6 39.Qf8+ Ke6 40.Rd8 Qc5 41.Re8+ Kd7 42.Rd8+ Kc7 43.Qe8 Bc6 44.Rc8+ Kb7 45.Rb8+ Ka6 46.Qxg6 Bd7 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interclub : Ballarat v Geelong"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2012.05.27"] [White "Alistair Anderson"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1909"] [BlackElo "1623"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Two Knights Variation"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 d4 4.Ne2 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Ng3 e5 7.d3 Qc7 $146 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.Ne1 Be6 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Rxf5 Ne5 16.Qa4+ Nfd7 17.Nf3 O-O 18.cxd4 cxd4 19.Kh1 Nxf3 20.gxf3 Nb6 21.Qb3 g6 22.Rg1 Rac8 23.a4 Rc7 24.a5 Nd7 25.Rd5 Qf6 26.Qa4 Nb8 27.Rxd4 Nc6 $15 28.Rc4 Qxb2 29.Rc2 Qf6 30.d4 Rcc8 31.Rd1 $10 Rfd8 32.Rcc1 a6 33.Rc2 Qg5 34.d5 Ne7 35.Rxc8 Nxc8 36.Qd4 Nd6 37.Rg1 Qh4 38.Rc1 Nf5 39.Qg1 Nd6 40.Qg3 Qh6 41.Rc2 Qe3 42.Qg1 Qf4 43.Qb6 Re8 $10 44.Qd4 Nf5 45.Qa4 Nd6 $10 46.Qd4 h5 47.Kg2 Nf5 48.Qd2 Ne3+ 49.Kh1? Re5 $18 {. . . Rxe4! ( instead of Re5 ) ; 50. fxe4?, Qf2! and mate can't be prevented(R. Loveband) Fritz 11 white is winning by +-3.83 pushed d6 and is winning jb} 50.d6 $18 Rg5 51.d7 $19 {?? Throws away a win. 51. Rc8+ is winning.} Rg2 52.d8=Q+ $19 Kh7 53.Q8d6?? {?? throws away a draw. . . 53. Q2d6 forces a perpetual} Rxh2+ 54.Kg1 Rg2+ {My first ever win against Alistair! (P.C.)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "2012 Interclub"] [Site "MCC"] [Date "2012.09.30"] [Round "0"] [White "Milan Stojic"] [Black "Rob Bailey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qe2 Be6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.f4 Bg4 11.Qd3 Bxd1 12.Qxd1 O-O 13.g4 Nc6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bh3 Nb6 16.f5 Nc4 17.Qe2 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Nd4 19.f6 Bd8 20.fxg7 Kxg7 21.Bf5 Nxb3+ 22.axb3 Qc5 23.Qh3 Bxg5+ 24.Kb1 h6 25.Qg4 Kh8 26.Qh5 b5 27.Nd5 Ra7 28.h4 Bd2 29.c3 Rg8 30.Kc2 Rg2 31.Kb1 Qf2 32.Nf6 Bf4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow Shield Match 2012"] [Date "2012.09.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Michael Sugrue"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E61"] [Opening "King's Indian: 4.Nf3 O-O"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.b3 Re8 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.h3 Nh5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bb2 f5 15.c5 e4 16.Bc4+ Be6 17.Nd2 Qe7 18.b4 a5 19.a3 b5 20.Bxe6+ Nxe6 21.Ne2 a4 22.Bxg7 Qxg7 23.Nf1 Rad8 24.Rxd8 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow Shield Match 2012"] [Date "2012.09.30"] [Round "0"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Serif Tuglaci"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: 3.Bd3 g6"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O c6 6.c4 Qb6 7.Nbc3 O-O 8.Rb1 Bg4 9.Be3 Bxe2 10.Bxe2 Qc7 11.f4 Rd8 12.Qe1 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.f5 Nbd7 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.Bg5 Qd6 17.Rd1 Qe6 18.Qh4 Re8 19.b3 b6 20.c5 b5 21.Rd6 Qe7 22.Bg4 Rad8 23.Bxd7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.10.24"] [White "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Black "Jack Smith"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1444"] [BlackElo "1620"] [ECO "C68"] [Opening "Spanish: Exchange, 4...dxc6"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Nf6 6.d3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.c4 Be6 9.a3 a5 10.d4 exd4 11.e5 Bxe5 12.Nxe5 Qe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Nd3 b5 15.Nf4 g5 16.Nh5 bxc4 17.Re1 Nxh5 18.Qxh5 Qf6 19.Ne4 Qg6 20.Qxg6+ fxg6 21.h4 Bf5 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Kg7 24.Nd2 c3 25.bxc3 dxc3 26.Nc4 Bd3 27.Re7+ Rf7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Fletcher-Morrow 2021 Board 2"] [Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.10.24"] [White "Anderson, Alistair "] [Black "Stewart,Scott"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1974"] [BlackElo "1714"] [ECO "B50"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f3 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rfe8 14.g4 Be6 15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Rxd2 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Rc5 19.g5 b5 20.Rhd1 Rec8 {#d} 1/2-1/2