[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Chantelle Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "723"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nc6!? 7.Nf3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Nd5 Rd6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c5 Rxd5 13.exd5 Nd4 {13...Nb4 is better
(P.C.)} 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.O-O-O Bf5 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Rxd3 Rd8 18.Re1 Rxd5 19.b4 b6
20.cxb6 axb6 21.Re8+ Kg7 22.Rc8 c5 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Kc2 Re5 25.a4 Be7 26.Kb3
Kf6 27.Kc4 Ke6 28.a5 Kd7 29.Rb8 Bd6 30.Rb7+ Bc7 31.a6 Kc8 32.Rdb3 Re6 33.a7
Ra6 34.Kxc5?! {34.Rb8+ immediately was better (P.C.)} d3 35.Rb8+ Bxb8
36.axb8=Q+ Kd7 37.Rxd3+ Ke6 38.Qc8+ Kf6 39.Qxa6+ Kg7 40.Qa1+ f6 41.Rd7+ Kh6
42.Qc1+ Kh5 43.Rxh7+ Kg4 44.f3+ Kf5 45.g4+ Ke6 46.Qe3# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Jasan Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "941"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Be3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.h3 O-O 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qe2
c5 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.g4? (11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Bb5 Nbd7 13.Ne5 {(BvR) I had missed
that move (and Jasan's reply), and the resulting pressure on black, ultimately
winning a few pawns..} Re7 14.Qd3 Qf8 15.Bxd7 Rd8 16.Qb5 a6 17.Qxb6 Nxd7
18.Qxb7 Nxe5 19.Qxa6 {+2.57, two pawns up and a won position for white})
11...c4! {(BvR) forcing a swap of a side-pawn (black) against a more important
centre pawn (white)} 12.Bxc4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 {(BvR) from here to move 19 the
positions remained more or less in balance with only a small advantage for
white.} 14.Rh2 Qc8 15.Ng5 Bb7 {15.f5.. was stronger, if only to complicate
matters} 16.Bd3 Nc6 17.Qd2 f6 (17...Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Bb5 Qc5 20.Qxd4 Qxb5
21.Qf6 Qd7 22.Rxd6 Qe7 {(BvR) looks very drawish}) 18.Ne4 Qd7 19.f5?! {(BvR)
not the best move (e.g.20. Ng3 first, followed by f5), but I had to complicate
the game, and intended to attack along the g-file} Ne7 20.Ng3 exf5 21.gxf5
gxf5? {(BvR) Jasan's first mistake, but is was too tempting to try and hang on
to a pawn, I guess. White's attack is not (yet) life- threatening, hence black
should have stayed calm and play 21..Rac8 for instance, bringing the rook into
play.} 22.Qf2 {(BvR) +0.57 advantage for white} Be4? {(BvR) now +2.05
advantage for white, as after the swap, white will have the bishop pair, black
has a very dis-jointed pawn structure, and also a dangerously exposed king.
Black should have strengthened his defence by Kh8 and Qe6, but it is not an
easy decision to make.} 23.Nxe4 fxe4 24.Bxe4 d5 25.Bd3 Rf8 {(BvR) Jasan had
only 4 minutes on his clock. Therefore, his following moves are not the best,
eg 25...Kh8 or 25..f5} 26.Rg1 Rf7 27.Bh6 Kh8 {(BvR) 27..Ng6 would be slightly
better} 28.Bxg7+ Rxg7 29.Qxf6 Rg8? {(BvR) Jasan missed his best chance to
survive:} (29...Ng8 30.Qe5 Re8 31.Rxg7 Qxg7 32.Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.Kd2 {White is
+1.72 better and an extra pawn, but winning is still difficult}) 30.Rhg2 Nc8
31.Rxg7 Rxg7 32.Qf8+ {(BvR) An unusual checkmate after an enjoyable game.
Jasan made me work hard, and made his only mistakes in timetrouble. Good
game.} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1115"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Bd6"]

{The day before the game Tom sent me a text msg : "We are playing each other
tomorrow night. Be prepared!" I replied : "I'll be happy if I'm awake!" His
response : "Good. I have a chance then.  I have never beaten you in classical
tournaments". (P.C.)} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nd2 c6
7.Ngf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.c3 Qc7 11.Qc2 Bg6!? 12.Bxg6 hxg6 {More or
less signalling my next move (P.C.)} 13.Rfe1 O-O-O 14.c4 {The immediate
14.Ng5...was worth considering (P.C.)} Rde8 15.Rac1 Bf4 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.cxd5
Nxd5 18.a3 g5 19.g3 Qf6 20.Kg2 Rxe1! {An important exchange (P.C.)} 21.Rxe1
Qh6 22.Rh1 g4 23.Nh4? {23.Ne5...was better . (P.C.)} gxh3+ 24.Rxh3? {This
loses a piece. 24. Kh2...limits the damage  (P.C.)} g5 25.Qf5 gxh4 26.Rxh4 Qf8
27.Re4?! {27.Rxh8 Qxh8 28.Qxf7...at least gains a pawn plus 2 connected passed
pawns for the piece (P.C.)} Nf6 28.Rf4 Rh5 29.Qd3 Qh6 {And so my record
against Tom remains intact! (P.C.)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Ben Naughton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1238"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two Knights: 4.d4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 Nxe4 8.O-O
Bc5 9.Nd3 O-O 10.Re1 Nd6 11.Bxf7+ Rxf7 12.Nxc5 b6 13.Nd3 Nc6 14.Bf4 Bf5
15.Bxd6 cxd6 16.Na3 Nd4 17.Rad1 Raf8 18.Nb4 Ne6 19.Rxd6 Ng5 20.f3 Bc8 21.Red1
Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Rxf3 23.Rd8 Bh3 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Nd3 h5 26.Nf2 Be6 27.Re1 Bd5
28.c4 Bc6 29.Re5 h4 30.h3 Rf6 31.Nc2 Bd7 32.Ne3 g6 33.Rg5 Kf7 34.Neg4 Bxg4
35.Rxg4 Re6 36.Rf4+ Kg7 37.Kf1 g5 38.Re4 Rc6 39.b3 a6 40.Ng4 Rd6 41.Ke2 Rc6
42.Re7+ Kf8 43.Re5 Rg6 44.Ne3 Kf7 45.Nd5 g4 46.Rf5+ Kg7 47.hxg4 Rxg4 48.Kf3
Rg1 49.Rh5 Ra1 50.Rxh4 Rxa2 51.Rh3 Ra3 52.Ke4 a5 53.Nxb6 Kf7 54.Rf3+ Ke7
55.Kd5 Ra1 56.Na4 Rd1+ 57.Kc5 Rd8 58.Re3+ Kd7 59.Rd3+ Kc7 60.Rxd8 Kxd8 61.Kb5
Kc7 62.Kxa5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leonard Goodison"]
[Black "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "580"]
[BlackElo "961"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 2.d4"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 a6 7.O-O Re8 8.Nc3 Bg4
9.Qe3 Qc8 10.h3 Bd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Bc6 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.c4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Bxe5 17.Rfe1 Bd6 18.Qe3 Nc6 19.Qh6 Be5 20.Rab1 Bg7 21.Qd2 Qd7 22.Re2
Rad8 23.Rd1 Ne5 24.Bc2 Qxd2 25.Rdxd2 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Nxc4 27.Rd7 Rc8 28.Rxe7 b5
29.b3 Nd6 30.a4 b4 31.Bg3 Bf8 32.Bxd6 cxd6 33.Re2 a5 34.f3 d5 35.Rd2 d4 36.Be4
Rc3 37.Bc2 Bc5 38.Kf1 d3 39.Bxd3 Rxb3 40.Bc2 Rc3 41.Ke2 Kg7 42.Kd1 b3 43.Bb1
Ba3 44.Be4 Bc1 45.Rd3 Rxd3+ 46.Bxd3 b2 47.Kc2 f6 48.Kb3 h5 49.Kc4 h4 50.Kb5
Bd2 51.Kc4 g5 52.Kd4 Kf7 53.Ke4 Ke7 54.Kf5 Bc3 55.Ke4 Be5 56.Kd5 Kd7 57.Kc4
Kc6 58.Kb3 Kc5 59.Be4 Bd4 60.Bf5 Kd5 61.Kc2 Kc4 62.Be4 Kb4 63.Bc6 Be5 64.Kb1
Kc3 65.Be4 Kd2 66.Ka2 Ke1 67.Kb3 Kf2 68.f4 gxf4 69.Kc2 Ke3 70.Bf3 Kd4? 71.Kb1?
Kc3 72.Be4 Kb4 73.Bc2 f5 74.Bd1 f3 75.gxf3 f4 76.Bb3 Kc3 77.Ka2 b1=Q+ 78.Kxb1
Kxb3 79.Kc1 Kxa4 80.Kb1 Kb3 81.Kc1 Kc3 82.Kb1 Kd3 83.Kc1 Ke3 84.Kb1 Kxf3
85.Kc1 Kg3 86.Kd1 a4 87.Kc2 a3 88.Kb1 f3 89.Kc2 f2 90.Kd3 f1=Q+ 91.Ke3 Qf4+
92.Ke2 Bb8 93.Kd3 Qe5 94.Kc4 Qd6 95.Kb3 Qc6 96.Kxa3 Qb5 97.Ka2 Kf3 98.Ka1 Ke3
99.Ka2 Kd2 100.Ka3 Kc3 101.Ka2 Qb2# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chantelle Barnett"]
[Black "Kiki Dunn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "723"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nc3 d4
9.Ne4 O-O 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.e4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.Bxf3 Nb4 15.c3
Nxd3 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Rad1 Ne5 18.Bg2 Rad8 19.f4 Nc4 20.Rf2 Ne3 21.Rc1 d3
22.Rd2 Rd7 23.Bf3 b5 24.b3 Rfd8 25.Kf2 Nc2 26.e5 g6 27.Bc6 Rd4 28.Bxb5 Nb4
29.Rc3 Nxa2 30.Rcxd3 Nc1 31.Rxd4 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Nxb3 33.Rd7 a5 34.Rxc7 Nd4
35.Ba4 Ne6 36.Ra7 Nc5 37.Rxa5 Nb7 38.Ra8+ Kg7 39.e6 Kf6 40.exf7 Kxf7 41.Ra7
Ke6 42.Rxb7 Kf5 43.Rxh7 g5 44.fxg5 Kxg5 45.Rh4 Kf5 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.Rh5+ Kd6
48.Ke4 Kc7 49.Rh6 Kb7 50.Ke5 Kc7 51.Kd5 Kb7 52.Kc5 Kc7 53.Rh7+ Kd8 54.Kd6 Kc8
55.Rg7 Kb8 56.Kc6 Ka8 57.Kb6 Kb8 58.Rg8# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 a5 3.Nc3 Ra6 {Another Surrealist invention from Harrison. (P.C.)}
4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nd7 {Now it is basically a Modern Defence
where Black has played the unfortunate Ra6. (P.C.)} 8.c5 Ra8 9.cxd6 exd6
10.Bg5 Ne7 {10...Ngf6 is hit by 11.e5... (P.C.)} 11.d5 c5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Nb5
Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bg7 16.e5! dxe5 17.d6 f6 18.dxe7 Qxe7 19.Bh4 exf4
20.Rfe1 Kh8 21.Bf2 b6? 22.Bf3 {Harrison sat glumly shaking his head at this
point! (P.C.)} Qd7 23.Bxa8 Qxb5 24.a4 Qb4?! 25.Bc6! {The best square for the
Bishop. (P.C.)} f5 26.Rad1 Qxb2 27.Qxb2 Bxb2 28.Re8! {Exchanging Black's
remaining rook. (P.C.)} Rxe8 29.Bxe8 Bf6 {Black offered a draw...!(P.C.)}
30.Rd6 Be7 31.Rxb6 Kg7 32.Bb5 Kh6? {Now White wins one of the
Bishops...(P.C.)} 33.Rb8 c4 {33. ...Be6 34. Re8 (P.C.)} 34.Rxc8 c3 35.Rxc3 Bb4
36.Rh3+ Kg5 37.Bh4+ Kg4 38.Be2+ f3 39.Bxf3+ Kf4 40.Bg3+ Ke3 41.Rxh7 g5 42.Bc6
f4 43.Bf2+ Kd3 44.Rg7 Bc3 45.Rxg5 Bb4 46.Rf5 Bd2 47.Rd5+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Qd2 Bb4 8.cxd5 Ne4
9.Qc1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3+ 11.Nd2 Bxa1 12.Qxa1 exd5 13.Bd3 Nf8 14.f3 Ng6 15.Qb1
O-O 16.h4 Qc7 17.Kf2 f5 18.h5 Ne7 19.Bf4 Qb6 20.Qc2 h6 21.Nb3 Qd8 22.Ke2 b6
23.Ke1 a5 24.Qe2 a4 25.Na1 c5 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Bb5 Qa5+ 28.Kf2 c4 29.Rb1 Ba6
30.Bxa6 Qxa6 31.Nc2 Nc6 32.Qd2 Qa5 33.Qe2 Rfe8 34.Na3 Qc5 35.Qb2 c3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "1115"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD: 3.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bd7 9.Nb5
Be7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b4 Be7 12.c5 a6 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Bc2 b6 15.cxb6 Qxb6 16.Na4
Qc7 17.Bb2 Ne4 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.h3 Rac8 20.Bd3 Ra8 21.Nd4 Rfd8 22.Nxc6 Bxc6
23.Qe2 Qb7 24.Nc3 Nxc3 25.Bxc3 Bb5 26.Rc2 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Qb5 28.Qd4 e5 29.Qd2 e4
30.Qd4 f6 31.Qd2? {Better would have been Rfc1 avoiding material loss} Bh2+
32.Kxh2 Qxf1 33.Rc1 Qd3 34.Qxd3 exd3 35.Rd1 Kf7 {Black offered a draw} 36.Rxd3
Ke6 37.Bd4 Rac8 38.Bc5 Rd7 39.Kg3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Qb3!? {It looks a bit suspect,
but gets me out of book! (P.C.)} Qxb3 7.axb3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nge7 9.Nc3 Nf5 10.Be3
Bb4 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.O-O O-O {I think 13...Ke7 is better (P.C.)}
14.g4 Nxe3 15.fxe3 a6 16.h4 f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Ne5 Rc8 19.g5 Rf5? 20.Rxf5?
{(BvR) 19...Rf5 was a mistake, as Rauri could have won a pawn, with reasonable
winning changes, after 21.Nxc6, bxc6; 22.Nxd5; or 21...Rxc6; 22.Rxa6} exf5
21.h5!? Bxc3 22.bxc3 Be8 23.c4 Bxh5 24.Ra5 dxc4 25.bxc4 Be2! 26.c5 Bb5 27.Ra3
Rd8! {Setting up Black's next move (P.C.)} 28.Kf2 f4 29.Rb3 fxe3+ 30.Kxe3 Kf8
31.Ke4 Bc6+?! {Giving back the pawn in order to simplify...it may not have
been necessary. (P.C.)} 32.Nxc6 bxc6 33.Rb6 Rc8 {White has the advantage and
may even be winning...! 34. Ke5...poses some major problems for Black. (P.C.)}
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nfxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Be7 12.c3 b5 13.Qf3 Ra7 14.Bf4 Qc5 15.Bb3 Bb7
16.Qe2 Bd5 17.Rad1 Rd7 18.Be5 O-O 19.Nf3 Rfd8 20.Bd4 Qc8 21.Ne5 Rb7 22.h4 g6
23.Bxd5 Nxd5 24.Qf3 Bf6 {(BvR) So far, it has been a tense but well-balanced
game, with white needling for openings, and black defending in a pretty
relaxed manner. But here, instead of Bf6, why not Bxh4 (a pawn is a pawn!).
25.Ng4 will be met by 25..f6 (= a poisoned pawn).} 25.Nc6 Bxd4? {(BvR) Was it
a miscalculation? Instead, after 25...Qxc6;26.Bxf6, Rc8 there will be very
little play left for white to win.} 26.Nxd8 Bg7? {(BvR) Now the game is over
with 2 rooks against 2 light pieces. Instead, after 26...Bxf2; and 27..Qxd8
there still would be a battle.} 27.Nxb7 Qxb7 28.h5 Qc7 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Rd3 Qc4
31.a3 a5 32.Re4 Qc7 33.Qg3 Qb7 34.Rh4 Qc8 35.Qd6 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.c4 Bf8
38.Qh2 Nf6 39.Rh8+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harrison Harrison"]
[Black "Bas van Riel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Mieses: 1...d5"]

1.d3 d5 2.Nd2 e5 3.e3 c5 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.h3 Bd6 6.b3 Nge7 7.a3 a5 8.Bb2 Bd7
9.O-O-O a4 10.g4 b5 11.f4 b4 12.axb4 a3 13.Ba1 cxb4 14.Ngf3 Qa5 15.Nxe5 a2
16.Nec4 dxc4 17.Nxc4 Qc7 18.Bg2 O-O 19.d4 Ra7 20.Be4 Na5 21.Nxa5 Rxa5 {(BvR)
21. I looked at the pretty move 21...Qc3!!; 22.Bxc3, bxc3; 23.Bxh7, but
overlooked 23....Kg8! Black's two (tiny') pawn's on c3 and a2, on their own, 
would then decide the game. An peculiar situation, indeed...} 22.Rhf1 Qc3
23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 {(BvR) Kh8 would have been better, as it would have preserved
black's important a -pawn.} 24.Bxc3 bxc3 25.Qd3+ Kg8 26.Qxc3 a1=Q+ 27.Qxa1
Rxa1+ 28.Kd2 Ra2 {(BvR) An unusual imbalance of three pieces against 5 pawns.}
29.Kd3 Rb8 30.Rb1 Nd5 31.c4 Nb4+ 32.Ke4 Rh2 33.Rf3 g6? {(BvR) Harrison told me
afterwards: 33...Re8 would have been checkmate, stupid! I had too many
options, overlooking the easy one. But the following little 4-move combination
is quite elegant, I believe.} 34.Rg3 f5+ 35.Kf3 Bc6+ 36.d5 Nxd5! 37.gxf5 Nf6+
{(BvR) White resigned, as 38.e4, Bxe4+;39.Ke3, Bc5 is checkmate} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD Tarrasch"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 {The Von Hennig-Schara gambit. The idea
is to sacrifice a pawn for long-lasting initiative. I had spent a long and
enjoyable time preparing the gambit for this game. There are many fascinating,
almost fantasy lines. But I was quickly undone by Pat's calm and extremely
accurate play. (RJ)
I remembered that we had played this before, but the details were vague...I
knew that I take the offered pawn...(P.C.)} 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 exd5 7.Qxd5 {I
remembered that we reached this position in our previous game in this line.
(P.C.)} Be6 {Unusually for a gambit, inviting an exchange of queens. Standard
in this gambit. (RJ.)
I later found our previous game...P. Cook-R. Jacobs Koelle 'A', 2014 Rd. 6 1-0
(45 moves).In that game Rod played 7...Bd7, and the Queens stayed on the board
for the whole game (P.C.)} 8.Qxd8+ Rxd8 9.e3 {If White plays the tempting 9.
a3 Ne5! and White is lost. (RJ)} Nb4 10.Bb5+ Ke7 {So far following the line I
had prepared for this game. (RJ)} 11.Rb1! {Diverging from the line I prepared.
According to Jonathan Schranz, 11.Kf1... is the only move here. All my
preparation was based on that. But Pat's move, essentially a waiting move, is
pretty good! The logic is that the rook probably has to go to b1 anyway,  but
White keeps his options open as regards the king until he sees how Black
proceeds. It gave me a dilemma I could not resolve. (RJ)} Nf6 {Black can
regain the gambit pawn here with 11...Nxa2. But I was after more. (RJ)} 12.a3
Nc2+?! {The Knight boldly jumps right into White's position, with check!
...But it never leaves...! (P.C.)} 13.Ke2 {Rodney sank into a very long think
here, (over 30 minutes!) before playing his next move...(P.C.) My problem was
that I was out of the line I had prepared, and I could not decide on the best
continuation. I looked for a long time at 13... Bf5, but did not like the look
of my position after 14.f3! (RJ)} Bb3? {The decisive mistake. 13... Bf5 would
have been better. So would have 13.....a6  14. Bd3 Ne1! Black is now lost.
(RJ)} 14.Nf3 Nd5 15.Nd2! Nxc3+ 16.bxc3 Be6 17.Ba4 {The daring Knight is
lost...It's always a pleasure to play Rod, and this was another of our
memorable fights. You know he is coming to the board armed to the teeth and
you'll have to fight for your life! (P.C..)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Neo-Indian: 3.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.a3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bg2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.N2f3 Qb6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Qd3 Bf6 13.Rd1 Bg4 14.Be3 Qd8 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.b4 a6? {Hangs the pawn after NxNc6 (RL)} 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qxa6 Bd7 19.Qd3
Bf5 20.Qb3 Bd7 21.Nd4 Nd6 22.Nc2 Nc4 23.Bc5 Re8 24.Ne3 Nxe3 {Black offered a
draw} 25.Bxe3 Qe7 26.a4 Bg4 27.b5? Bxe2 28.Re1 Bc4 29.Qb1 cxb5 30.axb5 Qd7
31.b6 Rb8 32.Red1 Qe6 33.Re1 Qd7 34.Red1 Qe6 {Black offered a draw (RL)}
35.Bf4? Rxb6 36.Qc2? Bb3 37.Qd2 {White offered a draw} Bxd1 38.Rxd1 d4 39.Qd3
Qe2 40.Bf1 Qxd3 41.Bxd3 g5 42.Bd2 h6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Black "Ruarie Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1115"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 {Crippling whites pawns. (R.C)} O-O 10.Re1 d6 11.c4 e5 12.d5 Nd7 13.g3
Nc5 14.Nd2 Qg6 15.Nf3 Bc8 16.Qd2 Nxd3 {Preparing f5  push(R.C)} 17.cxd3 f5
18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nh4 Qf6 20.Nxf5 Qxf5 21.Rf1 Rf6 22.Rae1 g5 {Discouraging 23.
f4 (R.C)} 23.Qe3 Qf3 24.Qxf3 Rxf3 {Holding the pawns steady (R.C)} 25.Re3 Raf8
26.Rxf3 Rxf3 27.Rd1 Kg7 28.Kg2 g4 29.h3 h5 30.h4 Kf6 31.Kf1 Kf5 32.Ke2 e4
33.dxe4+ Kxe4 34.Kf1 a5 35.Re1+ Kd4 36.Rc1 Kc5 {36 ... Ra3 with intention of
24... Ra4 might be better (R.C)} 37.Ke2 c6 38.dxc6 Kxc6 39.Rc2 Kc5 40.Rc1 Ra3
{40... d4 (R.C)} 41.Rc2 Ra4 42.Kd3 d5 43.cxd5+ Kxd5 44.Ke3 Re4+ 45.Kd3 Re6
46.Rb2 Kc5 47.Rc2+ Kb5 48.Rb2+ Ka4 49.Rb3 b5 50.Kd2 b4 51.Kd3 Rf6 52.Ke2 Kb5
53.Re3 Rf5 54.f3 a4 55.fxg4 hxg4 56.Kd3 Rf3 57.h5 (57.Rxf3 gxf3 58.Ke3 b3
59.axb3 axb3 {b-pawn will promote (R.C)}) 57...Rxe3+ 58.Kxe3 b3 59.axb3 a3
60.h6 a2 61.h7 a1=Q 62.Kf4 Qg7 63.h8=Q Qxh8 64.Kxg4 Qg8+ 65.Kh4 Qxb3 66.g4 Qg8
67.Kh5 Kc5 68.g5 Qg7 {Blacks king will now move uninterrupted (R.C)} 69.g6 Kd5
70.Kg5 Ke5 71.Kh5 Kf4 72.Kh4 Qh6# {Thanks Tom for the tough game (R.C)} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni: 2...c5"]

1.d4 {All my preparation was gone immediately as I was expecting 1.e4 (R.C) I
had not had time to prepare anything, so thought I would throw Ruari off by
playing d4. (RJ)} Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 {More common is 3.d5 (R.C) Declining to go
into a Benoni or, possibly a Benko as I wanted an open game. (RJ)} e6 4.Nc3
cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e4 {Aiming at a Maroczy bind setup, and with the long-term
plan of putting pressure on Black's d pawn. (RJ)} Qb6 {stopping the bishop
from moving for now (R.C)} 7.Ndb5 {Taking advantage of Black's weak dark
squares (R.C) Best, aiming at awkward holes in d7 and c7. (RJ)} a6?! {Chasing
the knight to where it wants to go, as a result probably wasting a move. (RJ)}
8.Nd6+ Bxd6 9.Qxd6 Qd4 {Qb4 was an alternative. (RJ)} 10.Qxd4 Nxd4 11.Bd3
{Forced, but good. (RJ)} O-O {Knight manoeuvers to e5 took too long just to
attack the d3 Bishop (R.C) As an indication of the trouble Black is now in, my
engines prefer the horrible looking e5. (RJ)} 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Bc5? {I thought
this was really strong and had hopes of winning an exchange by the manoeuvre
Na4-b6. But the computer indicates O-O-O or Rd1 was better. (RJ)} Re8
{Stockfish 8 gives +1 (R.C) Interestingly, both my engines prefer d6, giving
up the weak d pawn. (RJ)} 14.O-O-O {As an indication of how tricky the
position is, even the engines disagree here. Deep Shredder likes this move,
but the stronger Stockfish 7 doesn't at all, preferring  the nice waiting move
Be2! (RJ)} Ne5 15.Be2 b5?! {Black is becoming suffocated. White was
threatening Na5, Nb6 &  Rd6. Black must break free. My engines both indicate
he should do it by the sac d5!. (RJ)} 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Bxb5 {The programs
prefer Bd4. (RJ)} Ba6 {+1.6 (R.C) Black has bought some freedom. (RJ)} 18.Bxa6
Rxa6 19.Bd4 {f3 was an alternative. (RJ)} d6 {I thought this was as mistake,
but it's best.} 20.f4?! {Bxe5 was better. (RJ)} Neg4? {An error, putting the
knight in jeopardy. Ned7 was necessary. (RJ)} 21.h3 {Now White is clearly
winning. (RJ)} e5 {best.  (RJ)} 22.Bg1! {The engines put it at 2.6 here for
White. (RJ)} Nh6? 23.g4 {Pretty good, aiming at winning a knight. But the
computer indicates fe was better. (RJ)} Rc8! {With the coming rook sac in
mind.} 24.Kb1 {I looked for a long time at the rook sac, for a while
considering Re1 to protect the e pawn. However I felt that I could weather it.
Deep Shredder likes Kb1. Stockfish 7 prefers Kd2. (RJ)} Rxc3! {The exchange
down is much better to play than a piece down (R.C) Rax3 is still the best
move here. But White is still about +2. (RJ)} 25.bxc3 Nxe4 26.Rd3?! {The
programs prefer Re1! (RJ)} exf4 {From nearly +2 to +0.8 (R.C)} 27.Bd4 {Best.
(RJ)} f5! {Best. (RJ)} 28.Rf1? {Position is equal after regaining a pawn and
despite black being the exchange down (R.C) Yes, Rf1 is a mistake. Re1! and
White is still +1. I had now 15 minutes left to Ruari's 45. (RJ)} g5
{Illustrating how pointless 28. Rf1 was.} 29.gxf5 {Best. (RJ)} Nxf5 30.Re1
{-0.4 (R.C) My engines call it even here. (RJ)} Nfg3 {I thought this was a
mistake, rendering Black's queenside immobile. But the engines like it. (RJ)}
31.Ka1 {With the idea of bringing a rook into Black's position via b1. But the
plan doesn't recognise the danger. The rook is needed to hold back Black's
queenside roller. (RJ)} Kf7 {Best, according to Stockfish 7. (RJ)} 32.Rb1? Kg6
{h5! is stronger. (RJ)} 33.Rb7 Ne2? {Stockfish gives 33.... Nc5 instead (R.C)
Or h5. Ne2 is objectively an error, and relies on White missing Rxa2. But
White does! Maybe not a bad tactic given I was now quite short on time. (RJ)}
34.Rb6? {-1.3 now (R.C) Rg7ch and it's even. (RJ)} Ra8 35.Kb2 h5! 36.Be5 Kf5?
{Now Rxa2ch! (RJ)} 37.Bd4?? {better to take the pawn as now Stockfish gives
-3.6 (R.C)} Rxa2+ {Winning. But objectively better is g4! (RJ)} 38.Kxa2 Nc1+
39.Ka3 Nxd3 40.Rb5+ Ndc5 41.Rb8 Ne6 42.Rb5+ N4c5 43.Bxc5 dxc5 {-7.8. Black is
now winning} 44.Rb1 g4 45.hxg4+ hxg4 46.Rd1 f3 47.Rd5+ Ke4 48.Rd6 Nf4 49.Rd8
f2 50.Re8+ Kf3 {After the game, Rodney asked when I started to get an
advantage (hence the analysis engine) to which I thought was move 24 but is
apparently move 29. Tough game for both Rodney and myself, I would think.
(R.C) Yes, I think my errors on moves 28 and 32 were critical. A good example
of how the player with a plan will overcome dithering! White gained a solid
advantage out of the opening, but then just played moves. Black formed and
executed a plan to break out of the opening bind, then a later plan to get his
queenside majority moving. Pretty impressive game by Rauri, who is one to
watch in this year's club championship. (RJ)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "1652"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English: King's, 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3"]

{In Round 6 I received a free point from a forfeit and was leading by a full
point. A draw against the Club Champion with Black was acceptable. (P.C.)}
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d6 5.g3 h6 6.Bg2 Be6 7.O-O Be7 8.h3 Qd7 9.Kh2
O-O 10.e4 a6 11.a3 Rfb8 12.Be3 Na7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.cxd5 c5 {Black offered a
draw...(P.C.)} 15.Nh4 Nh7 16.Nf5 Bg5 17.Bxg5 hxg5!? {Played after some
thought...(P.C.)} 18.Qg4 {...with the wicked threat of Nh6+...next move
(P.C.)} Rd8 19.Qe2 g6 20.Ne3 Nb5 21.Nc2 Kg7 22.a4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 cxd4 24.Rfc1
Rac8 25.b3 {...and White offered a draw. I had no reason to decline. (P.C.)}
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2018"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ruari Coffey "]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
[BlackElo "1564"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 g6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 {Some form of Colle setup I think
(R.C)} O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.dxc5 {Creates a possible square for the knight
in the later game (R.C)} bxc5 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb5 Ba6 11.Qa4 Qb6 {I overlooked
this unfortunately (R.C)} 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Rab1 e6 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Rac8
16.a3 Rfe8 17.Be5 Ng4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.b5 Nxe3 {Looks tricky but falls short
after the next move (R.C)} 20.bxa6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Splelvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Dan Wang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1564"]
[BlackElo "671"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Indian: Slav-Indian, 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.c5 {i dont think this move is good there better
[jb]} Nbd7 5.Nf3 b6 6.cxb6 Nxb6 {l think ab6 is better [jb]} 7.g3 Bd7 8.Bg2
Qc8 9.Ne5 Ng4 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Nb6 $18 12.Bh3 f5 13.exf5 $18 Nh6 14.Qh5+
Kd8? 15.O-O Nd7 {dan wang should try to develope his piece [jb]} 16.Qf3 Nf6
17.Re1 g5 18.fxg6 {l must be blind [jb]} Qxh3 19.g7 Bxg7 20.Qe2 $19 Re8 21.f3
Nf5 $19 22.Qe6 Nxd4?? {he was playing so good until this move} 23.Qxh3 {now
itjb] is over [} Nxf3+ 24.Kf2 Nxe1 25.Kxe1 e5 26.Bg5 d4 {he should get out of
the pin and get his pieces into play [jb]} 27.Ne4 Ke7 28.Qxh7 Kf7 29.Bxf6 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Peter Wang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "796"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Modern Attack"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Nd5 {More usual is Ne4. (RJ)} 5.Qxd4 Nb6
6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Qe4 {Wanting to over-protect the advanced e pawn and inhibit
Black's d6 break. (RJ)} Qe7 {An interesting (Harrisonesque!) idea, but puts
Black behind in development. (RJ)} 8.Nbd2 Qb4 9.O-O-O Qxe4 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.h3
Nb4 {A combination aimed at freeing Black with f6, but overlooks a knight trap
at the end. (RJ)} 12.a3 N4d5 13.Bh2 {c4 is now threatened. (RJ)} f6? 14.c4
Bxa3 15.bxa3 Ne7 16.exf6 d5 17.fxg7 Rg8 18.Nf6+ Kf7 19.Nxg8 Kxg8 20.cxd5 Nbxd5
21.Bc4 c6 22.Rhe1 Kxg7 23.Be5+ Kf8 24.Bd6 Bf5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Rxe7 Rd8 27.Rd7+
Ke8 28.Rxd8+ Kxd8 29.Rxd5 Be4 30.Rd4 Bc6 31.Bc5+ {After Peter cleaned me up in
a blitz in last year's Triathlon, I wasn't taking any chances (RJ)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leonard Goodison"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "777"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[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.Be3 Bd7 11.a3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Be7 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Qb1 O-O
16.Kh1 Na5 17.e4 Nc4 18.exd5? Ne3 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Bd3 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Bxa3!
22.Nh4 Be8 23.Bh7+ Kh8 24.Na4 Qb5 25.bxa3 Qxb1 26.Rxb1 Kxh7 27.Nc5 Bc6 28.Nxe6
Rf2 29.Kg1 Rd2 30.g3 g5 31.Nf5 Rg2+ 32.Kf1 Rxh2 33.Rb3 Bd5 34.Nxg5+ hxg5 {#R}
0-1


[Event "Speilvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ben Naughton"]
[Black "Kalen Douglas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "726"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Nf3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.b3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bb2 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 d4 11.Nc4 b5 12.Ncd2 a6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.c4 b4 15.Qc2 Qd7
16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 g6 19.Qd2 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Ne5 21.Nxe5 {Should
have taken Bb7} Rxe5 22.Bxb7 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Qxb7 24.Qe5 Qb6 25.h4 Qd6 26.Qxd6
Rxd6 27.Rd3 Kf8 28.Kf1 f5 29.Ke2 Kf7 30.f4 a5 31.Rd1 Re6+ 32.Kf2 d3+ 33.Kf3
{Hangs the Bishop on b2} Re3+ 34.Kf2 Re2+ 35.Kf1 Rxb2 36.Rxd3 Rxa2 37.Rd5 Bb6
{Gifts back Bishop} 38.c5 Bxc5 39.Rxc5 Ra3 40.Ke1 Rxb3 41.Rxa5 Ra3 42.Rb5 Rb3
43.Rb7+ Kg8 44.Kd1 Rb2 45.g3 Rb3 46.Kc2 Rxg3 47.Rxb4 Rh3 48.Kd2 Rxh4 49.Ke3 h5
50.Kf3 Rg4 51.Rb2 h4 52.Rh2 Rg3+ 53.Kf2 Ra3?? {Gives up h4 and evens game}
54.Rxh4 Kg7 55.Rh1 Kf6 56.Rg1 Rh3 57.Rg2 Rh5 58.Kf3 g5 59.fxg5+ Rxg5 60.Rxg5
Kxg5 61.Kg3 {Trade off gains opposition and the draw} f4+ 62.Kf3 Kf5 63.Kf2
Ke4 64.Ke2 f3+ 65.Kf2 Kf4 66.Kf1 Kg3 67.Kg1 Kh3 68.Kf1 Kg3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1090"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD: 6.Nf3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6!? {6...b6 is
preferable...(P.C.)} 7.Rc1 Bd7? 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Be6 11.Nc3
{After the game, Tom told me that he was relieved that I didn't play
11.Nxf6+...He thought that he would have to play 11...gxf6 because of
11...Qxf6 12.d5...But after 12...Rad8 Black is fine. (P.C.)} Bd7 12.Be2 Re8
13.O-O Ne7 14.e4 Ng6 15.e5 Be7 16.Nd5 c6 17.Nxe7+ Nxe7 18.Qb3 b5 19.Rfd1 Nd5
20.Bd3 {I wanted to play 20.Bxb5...but saw that it fails to 20...Rb8 (P.C.)}
Rc8 21.Be4 Be6 22.Qc2 h6 23.a3 f6 24.b4 Rf8 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Nh4 {Hoping for
26...fxe5?? 27.Ng6+! Kxh7 28.Nxf8+ ...picking up the e6 Bishop as well (P.C.)}
Ne7 27.Ng6+ Nxg6 28.Bxg6 fxe5 29.dxe5 Bd5?! 30.Be4! {Simplifying to a winning
Rook and pawn endgame (P.C.)} Bxe4 31.Rxd8 Bxc2 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Rxc2 Re8
34.f4 Re6 {Black offered a draw...(P.C.)} 35.Kf2 g5 36.g3 Kg7 37.Ke3 Kg6
38.Ke4 Kf7 39.f5 Re7 40.Rxc6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1183"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA: 3.e3 e5"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.dxc6 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 {Probably a
bit better to take with the king (RJ)} Nxc6 8.Bxc4 Bf5 9.Nf3 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Ne4
11.Bd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O {Playing by rote without really
thinking.The engines prefer Ke7!. This makes sense. White's bishop had
uncomfortable nagging pressure on the f pawn after this, and I had to lose
some time getting out of the pin. (RJ)} 14.O-O Rac8 {After the game Caitlin,
rightly, said she felt this was inferior to putting a rook on the open d file.
Due to White's nice little manoeuvre which follows, the rook on the c file
gets nowhere. (RJ)} 15.e4! {Shuts this bishop out of the game for a while.
(RJ)} Bg6 16.Bd5 b6 17.Rac1 Kh8 18.Rfe1 f6 19.a3 Bf7 20.c4 {Cements the bishop
at e5, for better or for worse. I was pretty happy to get d4 for my knight.
(RJ)} Nd4 21.a4 {I wonder about this. This pawn later becomes a target. (RJ}
Rc5 22.Kf1 Be8 23.Re3 Bxa4 24.Ra3 b5 25.Rb1 Rc7 26.cxb5?! {After this, White's
rooks have no files to work on and are out of play. (RJ)} Bxb5+ 27.Kg1 a6
28.h3 Rfc8 29.Kh2 Rc2 30.Rd1? Be2 31.Rb1 Rxd2 32.Rc3 Rc2 33.Rxc2 Nxc2 34.Be6
Rd8 35.Rb7 Nd4 36.Bd5 Bb5 37.Ra7 h6 38.Bb7 Nc6 39.Bxc6 Bxc6 40.Rxa6 Bxe4 41.f3
Bf5 42.g4 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 Bd7 44.Ra8+ Kh7 45.Rd8 Rd3 46.Kf2 Bb5 47.Rb8 Bc6 48.f4
Rf3+ 49.Ke2 Rxf4 50.Rb6 Bg2 51.h4 Rxg4 52.Kf2 Bd5 {Caitlin had not seen the
opening before and handled it pretty well. Her post-game analysis was
impressive. She at many stages was seeing more than I was and had a really
good positional sense. (RJ)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Black "Bas van Riel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1226"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 {1.24
clock} O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 {1.28 clock} 10.Rb1 {1.08 spending 16 minutes on 2
fairly ordinary moves is not efficient in terms of energy use} a6 11.b3 b5
12.Ng3 {51} Re8 {1.12} 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Bb2 h5 15.Qc2 Ng4 {BvR (?) I looked at
15...h4!, but overlooked the follow through 16...h3} 16.Nd1? {32 (clock).
After 16 moves and only just out of the opening, white has only 30 minutes
left on her clock to handle the complications of the actual game. Remarkably,
with a pawn down, a pretty bad position, and a lack of time, Cassandra played
pretty good in quick mode from here on, until she suddenly blundered big time
in time trouble.Time management seems to be the main problem...} Nxd5 17.Bxg7
Kxg7 18.h3 Ngf6 19.Qb2 Nf4 20.Bc2 Bb7 21.Nc3 b4 22.Nce2 Nxe2+ 23.Rxe2 Kg8
24.Rbe1 Nd7 25.f4? {BvR.  Trying to prevent the powerful 25...Ne5, but missing
the loss of a second pawn.} Qh4 26.Nf1 Qxf4 27.Rf2 Qe5 28.Qc1 d5! 29.Qh6 {BvR
better was Nd2} Re6 {(?) allowing white to play 30.exd5, Qxd5 without the loss
of the e-pawn} 30.Ne3 dxe4 31.Ref1 Rf6 32.Nc4 Qd4 33.Ne3 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Re8
35.Qf4 Ne5 36.Qf6?? {BvR. After the game, we (and Rauri) analysed the
possibility of 36.Nc4, which I had expected. In response, I had 36...Bd5 in
mind. It could have been messy after 37.Nd6. Rauri suggested 36...e3! 37.Qxe3
instead. We all rejected this line, so late in the evening. However, the
winning 37...Nf3! would have clinched it after all for black. That is, if I
had found it OTB..!} Qxe3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Jasan Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "986"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: 3.Bc4"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Bc4 Nb6 4.Bb3 d6 5.Qh5 {Wanting to play d4 without trading
queens so threaten the mating attack first. (R.C)} e6 6.Nf3!? {Blocks the
queens retreat diagonal but there isn't too much danger on the queen just a
lot of loss on tempi. (R.C)} g6 7.Qg4 h5 8.Qe4 d5 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.d4 Bd7 11.c3
Na5 12.Bc2 c5? {Loses a pawn but I miss this do to already thinking of a
different plan and wandering about. (R.C)} 13.O-O? (13.dxc5 Nc8 {13...Bxc5
runs into 14. b4 forking two pieces (R.C)}) 13...c4 14.b3 {I was slightly
concerned about how I'd deal with Na4 after moving the dark squared bishop, so
though to stop it alltogether. (R.C)} cxb3 15.axb3 Nc8 16.c4 Ne7 17.Bd2 {Bg4
now might have proven better but couldn't work out Qc7 as a response. The main
Idea I had was to sac a piece to get the bishop on g6. (R.C)} Nac6 {Black
offered a draw. (R.C)} 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Na3 Ncb4 20.Be4 Rc8 21.Nc4 a6 22.Rfc1
Bb5 23.Bg5 Qd7 24.Qd2 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Nb6 26.c5 {#t} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michael Schreenan"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "772"]
[BlackElo "1584"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bd2 Na6 {Wanting to
bring the knight on c5} 8.e5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Bxd5 11.c4 Bb7 12.Nf3
Qe7 13.a3 Nc5 14.Qe3 a5 15.Be2 Ne4 16.Nd4 Ng5 17.O-O Nh7 18.Nb5 {A tricky move
that exploits blacks closed position. The c-pawn is under attack and is
holding the queenside together. Moving the rook most likely leads to a draw by
repetition and moving the d-pawn will be met with the rooks coming to the soon
to be open files. (R.C)} Qd8 19.b4 O-O 20.Rfd1 Bc6 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 c6
23.Nd4 {Nd6 is met with f6 (R.C)} Qc7 24.h3 Qxe5 25.Qd3 Nf6 26.Nf3 Qc7 27.Qd6
Qxd6 28.Rxd6 axb4 29.a4 Rfd8 30.Ne5 Kf8 31.Rad1 Ke7 32.Nf3 {White offered a
draw. Playing g4 and f4 may have proven better as blacks pieces are stuck
defending pawns and Nxc6 would always be a threat. (R.C)} Ne4 33.R6d4 Nc3
34.R1d3? {Loses the exchange. R1d2 is better but blacks queenside pawns will
still be a problem. (R.C)} Ne2+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Ben Naughton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch: 4.Nxd4 Nf6"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.c3 O-O 8.Bc4 Ne5
9.Bb3 c6 10.Bf4 Ng6 11.Bd6 Re8 12.Nd2 Bc7 13.Nf5 a5 14.Nc4 b5 15.Bxc7 Qxc7
16.Ncd6 Rf8 17.a3 a4 18.Ba2 Ba6 19.Qd2 Ne8 20.Qd4 Nf6 21.Nh6+ gxh6 22.Qxf6 Qd8
23.Bxf7+ Rxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qf5? {BvR Nf5, swap queens, and 27.Nxh6 White is
the exchange+ 2 pawns ahead} Qe7 26.O-O-O Rf8 27.Qg4 Ne5 28.Qh3 b4 29.Nf5 Qg5+
30.Kc2 bxc3 31.bxc3 Qg8 32.Rd5 cxd5 33.Qg3 Qxg3 34.Nxg3 dxe4 35.Re1 d5 {#R}
0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1564"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Anti-Nimzo-Indian, 3...d5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 {Avoiding the Nimzo-Indian...(P.C.)} d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.c5?!
Nbd7 6.h3 Qc7 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Qd4?! Nxf3+ 10.exf3 Be7 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Bf4
Bxc5? {I saw White's next move, but liked the idea, so played it anyway!
(P.C.)} 13.Qxf6! Bxf2+ 14.Ke2 {14.Kxf2?? Qb6+ 15.Be3 Qxe3+ recovers the piece.
(P.C.)} Qb6 15.Qxg7 Qxb2+?? 16.Bd2 O-O-O 17.Rhb1 Rhg8 18.Qxg8! {The 18.Rxb2,
Rxg7; 19.Kxf2 would have won white another piece, whereas 18. Qxg8, Qxd2
instead of 18...Qxb1?) would have 'only' won white another exchange. At the
end, it did not matter as black was clearly lost in any of these variations
(bas)} Qxb1 19.Qxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rxb1 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andrew Wang"]
[Black "Anna Yates"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "628"]
[BlackElo "956"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nxc6 Bxc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.b3 a6
9.Ba3 Nf6 10.Qf3 b5 {I should have played Qa4 here - just not brave enough!
AY} 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.O-O-O? {I though he would castle kingside.AY} Be7 {Qa4 good
here too.AY} 13.Qe2 O-O 14.f3 d5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.exd5 Qa3+! 17.Kb1 exd5 18.g4
d4 19.Ne4 Nd5 20.Nd6?? Nc3+ 21.Ka1 Qxa2# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1588"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko Opening"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 a5 3.c4 Ra6 4.Nc3 Rc6 5.Bxc6 Nxc6 6.d4 b6 7.e4 Bb7 8.f3 e5
9.Nge2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Qe2 Bb4 12.Bd2 O-O 13.O-O Ba6 14.b3 Re8 15.Nc2 Bf8
16.Bg5 h6 17.Be3 c6 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Qf2 Rb8 20.Kg2 d6 21.Rfe1 Bc8 22.Nd4 Kh7
23.Qd2 Qd7 24.Nf5 g6 25.Bxh6! Nxf3 26.Kxf3 gxf5 27.Bxf8 fxe4+ 28.Nxe4 Qg4+
29.Kf2 Qf5+ 30.Kg1 Ng4 31.h3 Qg6 32.Qxd6 Bf5 33.Qxb8 Bxe4 34.hxg4 Qxg4 35.Qf4
{#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1584"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3!? {I assumed I was to play Bas. Ruari before the game told me he knew we
were playing and had prepared. It seemed a good bet that he had not
contemplated this. (RJ)} Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 {Declining
the gambit as I felt Ruari would know the Benko far better than me. (RJ)} Qxb6
7.Nc3 Bb7 8.e4 d6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.h3 Bg7 11.Be3 {With the idea of a possible b4,
now or after Rb1. in retrospect, probably that was not such a brilliant idea.
After going to b4, the b pawn can only take at c5, in which case Black gets a
great square for his knight, or be pushed, resulting in a protected pawn at c5
for Black. In either case Black's bishop at g7 probably becomes more powerful.
(RJ)} Qa5 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Rd1 {For now stops the e6 break. (RJ)} Rfb8
{Throwing his lot on the Queenside. (RJ)} 15.Be2 Bc8 16.O-O a5 17.f4 Ne8 18.h4
Ba6 19.h5 Rb4 20.b3 {It's very tricky. Na3 and Nd2 both lose material. (RJ)}
Rab8 21.Na4 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Nb6 23.Nxb6 R4xb6 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Bd2 {Wanting to get
rid of Black's bishop, his most active piece. (RJ)} Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Ra8 27.Bc3
Bxc3 28.Qxc3 a4 29.Rd3 axb3 30.Rh3 Ng7 31.axb3 Rbb8 32.e5 {I thought for a
long time about 32. Qg3, with a view to Qh4. It may have been better. (RJ)}
Qa5 {de is out because of d6, activating White's bishop. (RJ)} 33.Qg3 {With an
exchange of queens, White's attack would be over. (RJ)} Nf5 34.Qg5 {Ruari said
he han't foreseen this. But Qh2! is much stronger. (RJ)} Kg7 35.Bd3 {I had
planned either this or g4. I decided against g4 because of the reply Rh8. But,
as Ruari pointed out, after g4? Black doesn't play Rh8 but f3!, trapping the
Queen. (RJ)} f6 36.Qg4 Rh8 37.Bxf5 Rxh3+ 38.gxh3 g5 39.fxg5 fxe5 40.Qh5 {I was
really happy with this game, against an opponent of the calibre of Ruari. I
seem to have overcome what has been a pretty substantial dip in my chess
confidence. (RJ)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Acxel"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1300"]
[BlackElo "1564"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: 5.Bf4 c6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 a5 7.a4? {this move l do not
like [jb]} Na6 8.c5 {move 8 rook c1 and white is slightly better [jb]} Nb4
9.Bd3 $10 {move 9 h3} O-O 10.h3 b6 11.Ne5 {move 11 cb6 nd3+ qd3 qb6 qc2 black
is better [jb]} Nh5 $17 12.Bh2 bxc5 13.dxc5 d4! 14.Na2 Nxa2 15.Rxa2? dxe3?
16.fxe3?? Bxe5 $19 17.Bxe5 Qd5!! 18.Ra3 Qxe5 $19 19.Qd2 Rb8 20.Rc3 Ng3 21.Rg1
Rd8 22.Qf2 Rxd3 $19 23.Rxd3 Rxb2 $19 24.Rd8+ Kg7 25.Rd1 Qc3+ 26.Qd2 Rxd2 {#R}
0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ben Naughton"]
[Black "Ian Boyle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "928"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.f3 Qb6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h4 Nbd7 14.g4 Ne5 15.g5 Nc4
16.Bxc4 {white is clealy better by fritz16-[jb]} Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxc4 18.Nb3
{white is clearly better by fritz16 move 18 king b1 is better [jb]} Bxe4
19.fxe4 Qxe4 20.Rde1 Rac8 21.h5 $18 g6 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Bd4 Qc6 24.Qh2 Bxg5+
$16 25.Be3 Bxe3+ 26.Rxe3 Qd7 27.Rxe6 $19 Rf1+ 28.Rxf1 Qxe6 29.Qf4 Qe7 30.Qf3
Qg5+ $18 {white has a decisive advantage by fritz16-jb} 31.Kb1 Qe7 32.Nd4 Re8
33.a3 Kg7 34.Qd5 Qd7 35.Qf3 $10 Qe7 $18 {white is winning by fritz16-jb}
36.Qc3 Kg8 37.Nf3 Rf8 38.Re1 Qf6 39.Nd4 Qh4 40.Ne6 Rf7 {mate in 3 [jb]}
41.Qc8+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Ben Naughton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Opening "QGA: 4.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.d5 $16
{fritz16 white is better [jb]} Qb6 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Qb3
Qc7 $18 {white is clearly better [jb]} 13.h3 Ng4! {white has a decisive
Advantage [jb]} 14.f4 Nh6 15.Bxe6 O-O-O 16.e4 Kb8 17.Nb5 Qb6 18.Be3 Nf6 19.Nc3
Qc6 20.Bd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bd6 22.Rad1 Nf7 23.Nc3 Rhf8 24.e5 Bc7 25.e6 $18
{Daring...but maybe too much so.  It is exposed. (P.C.)} Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Nd6 {I
was worried about 26...c4 here. (P.C.)} 27.Qd5 Qe8 28.Bxc5? Rf5! 29.Qd4 Rxc5!
30.Qxc5! {I decided that the R + N + pawns vs Q endgame was my best option.
(P.C.)} Bb6 31.Qxb6 axb6 32.Rxd6 $16 Qf8 $18 33.Rd7 Qe8 {33...Qxf4 loses to
34.e7...(P.C.)} 34.Nd5! {Setting a wicked trap. 34...Qxe6 35.Rd8+ Ka7 36.Ra8+
Kxa8 37.Nc7+...winning the Q. Ben told me after the game that he saw it!
(P.C.)} b5 35.g4 {Looking to reinforce the "daring" pawn at e6 (P.C.)} Qc8!
{Hoping for 36.Rxg7 ? Qc1+ 37.Kf2 Qxb2+ picking up the rook, or perhaps a
perpetual check after 36.f5 Qc8+ (P.C.)} 36.Nc7! {Removing those options!
(P.C.)} Qxd7? {Surrender...Ben told me after the game, that he felt he had no
choice, but I hadn't figured out how to win if he keeps the Q on...this just
leads to a lost pawn ending (P.C.)} 37.exd7 Kxc7 38.Kf2 Kxd7 39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Kd4
b6 41.b4 Ke6 42.h4 Kd6 43.Ke4 Ke6 44.g5 Kd6 45.f5 Ke7 46.fxg6 Ke6 47.h5 Ke7
48.Ke5 Kf8 49.Kd6 {A lengthy and difficult game against a dangerous opponent.
I was happy with the endgame. (P.C.)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Bas Van Riel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "Neo-King's Indian"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 {A disappointment. I had prepared for a
Kings Indian. (RJ)} 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bh4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Qa4+ c6 9.Qxc4 Be6
{This weird move does appear in some openings - for example the Rubinstein
system against the Tarrasch Defence. Also Pillsbury when facing the Evans
Gambit used to play 5. Bd6, blocking his queen pawn. But I don't think it
works here. (RJ)} 10.Qb4 {Already awkward pressure on e7. (RJ)} Qc7 11.e3 a5
12.Qa3 f6 {A horrible concession, but, I think, intending on a later freeing
f5. (RJ)} 13.Be2 Nd7 14.O-O Nb6 15.Bg3 Qd7 16.Nd2 {Keeping the knight out of
c4. (RJ)} Nd5 17.Rac1 f5 {Leaves an awful hole at e5 (RJ)} 18.Nf3 O-O 19.Ne5
Qc8 20.c4 Nb4 21.d5 {With ideas of getting my bishop on the a2-g8 diagonal
(RJ)} Bf7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Qb3 c5 24.a3 $18 a4 25.Qb1 Na6 26.Rfd1 Rd8 27.Bf3
Rd7 28.Rd3 Kf8 29.Rcd1 Nb8 30.d6 e6 31.Qb5 e5 32.Bd5 e4 {If Rxd6, Bxb7. (RJ)}
33.R3d2 Bc3 34.Rc2 Bf6 35.Be6 Qd8 36.Bxd7 Nxd7 37.h3 Qc8 38.Rcd2 b6 39.Qb1
{Starting to hesitate under time pressure. (5 minutes left to Bas's 10)} Qa6
40.Qc2 Qa5 41.Rd5 Rb8 42.Rc1 b5 {Bas cleverly conjures up counterplay. From
here on, White's bishop, so powerful throughout the game, becomes irrelevant.
Query whether at some point I needed to play f3, to bring it into the game via
e1. (RJ). Yes, indeed. With white's bishop not playing, I felt that I had
reasonable compensation for the exchange.(bas)} 43.cxb5 Rxb5 44.Rb1 Qb6
{Perhaps 44....Qc3 (!), 45.Qd1, Rxb1 and 46...Qb3!, followed by Qxa3 was
stronger and more complicated in view of Rodney's time shortage (bas)} 45.Rxb5
Qxb5 46.Rd1 Qb3 47.Qd2 c4! 48.Qd5 c3 49.Qa8+ Kf7 50.Rd5? {A critical error
with about 3 minutes left. (RJ)} c2 $19 51.Rc5?? Qb1+ $19 {Simply Nxc5 is
crushing. (RJ)} 52.Kh2 c1=Q?? {Again Nxc5. (RJ)} 53.Qd5+ $10 Kg7 54.Rxc1 $18
Qxc1 55.Qb7 Qxa3 56.Qxd7+ Kh6 57.Qe6 {Bf4 ch is better. (RJ)} Qc3 58.d7 Bd8?
{Bg5 (RJ)} 59.Bf4+ Kh5 60.g4+ Kh4 61.Bg3+ Kg5 62.Bf4+ Kh4 63.Qg8 {Each had 2
minutes left in the end. An interesting game, but marred by time trouble at
the end. White was very, very lucky. (RJ) On the other hand, white had the
initiative and was better most of the game (bas)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Speilvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sean Macak"]
[Black "Ben Naughton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1062"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD: 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Qb3 Qe8 12.Nb5 Bb6 13.Rc1 Ba5+ 14.Kf1 Ne4 15.Bd3
Ndc5 16.Qc4 Qg6 {Should have played Rxf3 to win trade.} 17.Qxc5 Nd2+ 18.Ke2
Qh5 19.Bf4 e5 20.Qxe5 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qe6+ Rf7 23.Nd6 Rd8 24.Qxf7+ Qxf7
25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Bc7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1564"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 e6"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.a3 {Preventing Bb4. (RJ) a3 is a waste of time l should
developed [jb]} d5 4.e3 a6 {a waste move l think he should developed [jb]}
5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.c5 {don't know why l played this move} b6!? 8.cxb6 cxb6
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.f4 {I have been on the receiving end of  this 
manoeuvre from Jamie in many lightning games. White aims for castling, playing
his rook to h3 via f3 and Queen to h5 with a strong attack. A club stalwart in
the 70's and 80's was the late Dick Ogden, an elderly, quiet, small, English
gentleman with a wry smile. Dick loved "the Stonewall" and,  when White,
invariably played it, winning many games. After being beaten more than once by
him, I for our next game, spent several hours agonising over the dilemma of
how to counter it. That experience was helpful here. (RJ) knight takes d7 l
think is better f4 weaken e3 and that is fritz16 first move knight take d7 on
move 11 is a waste off time my attack is not going to get me anywhere [jb]}
Ne4 12.O-O f6 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bd2 f5 15.Rf3 {rook f3 is not going to get me
anywhere its a waste of move knight take e4 was better and fritz16 sat to
[jb]} Kh8 16.Na4 $19 {Tempting, but the white queen is overloaded. I glanced
at Jamie and saw that he knew that I knew he had blundered.(RJ) yes l
blundered that's what happens when you play to much blitz [jb]} Nxd2 17.Nxb6
Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qd8 19.Na4 Rc8 20.Nc3 Qb6 21.Ne2 Qb3 22.Nc1 Qxb2 {l should not
play blitz it makes me tired then l cant play good chess and l couldn't
concentrate that night anyway. l hope to crush you next time [jb]} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]

1.e4 e6 2.g3 {Sidestepping Patrick's renowned French theory. (P.C.)} d5 3.Bg2
Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Bd6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Bf5 9.Bf4 Qc7 10.Bxd6 Qxd6
11.Nf4 Nbd7 12.h3 h6 13.Nce2 Rfe8 14.Nd3 Be4 15.f3 Bh7 16.Qd2 Re7 17.Rfe1 Rae8
18.Nef4 Bxd3 19.Rxe7 Qxe7 20.Nxd3 $10 Qe3+ 21.Qxe3 Rxe3 {Black offered a
draw...(P.C.) as usual he always dose offer a draw you learn nothing from
draws you can learn a lot by studying your lost games your deathly not 1649 in
my book but  that's my opinion [jb]} 22.Kf2 Re7 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 Kf8 25.Kd2
Ke7 26.Ke3 Kd6 27.f4 Ke7 28.Bf3 Kd6 29.h4 Nh7 30.f5 g5 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Kf4
Nhf6 33.Ne5! {white is clearly better According to fritz16-jb} g5+ 34.hxg5
hxg5+ 35.Kf5! Ke7 36.Nxd7 $18 Nxd7 37.Kxg5 Nf8 38.Kf5 Ne6 39.Ke5 Ng5 40.Bg2
Nf7+ 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.Bh3 Nd6 43.Bd7 Ke7 44.Bf5 Kf6 45.g4 Nf7 46.Bd7 Ng5 47.Bc8
b6 48.Bb7 Ne6+ 49.Ke3 Nd8 50.Bc8 Kg5 51.b4 a5! 52.a3 axb4 53.axb4 Nf7 54.Bd7
Nd8 55.Kf3 Kf6 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Bf5 Nb7 58.Ke5 Nd6 59.Bd3 Nf7+ 60.Kf5 Nd6+ 61.Kf4
Nb7 62.g5 c5? 63.Ba6 Nd8 64.bxc5 $18 {64.dxc5 bxc5 65.b5...is better. (P.C.)}
bxc5 65.Ke5 Nc6+? 66.Kxd5 {Giving up the Bishop, but the 3 pawns should win.
(P.C.) fritz16 is saying knight take d4 but you are still losing [jb]} Nb4+?
67.Kxc5 Nxa6+ 68.Kb6! Nb4 69.c4 Nc2 70.d5! Ne3 71.Kc5 Kd7 72.Kd4 Nf5+ 73.Ke5
Nd6 74.c5 Ne8 75.c6+ Ke7 76.c7? {76.g6...is winning. Black is in
zugzwang.(P.C.) g6-ng7-d6+-ke8-kf6-nh5+-kf5-ng7+-kg5-kd8-kf6 winning [jb]} Kd7
$10 77.d6? {Again, 77.g6...is winning. 77...Kxc7 78.Ke6!...(P.C.)} Nxd6 78.g6
Ne8 {Here Bas offered a draw, which was immediately accepted. (P.C.)} {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "Speilvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Peter Wang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "796"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 $10 {7.d5 is
normal...I thought I might trick my inexperienced opponent. (P.C.)} dxc5
8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxf6 exf6 $15 {9...Bxf6 would be logical. (P.C.)} 10.Nd5 Nc6
11.O-O-O Be6 12.Nf3 f5 $15 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Rxd3 Nd4 $10 16.Nxd4
Bxd4 17.Rhd1 {Another trick...if 17...Bxf2 18.Nf6+ wins at least an exchange.
(P.C.)} Kh8 $16 {white stands better [jb]} 18.f3 Rac8 $10 19.Kc2 {White
offered a draw...(P.C.) As always  no guts no glory [jb]} b5 {...and Black
declined! (P.C.)} 20.b3 bxc4 21.bxc4 {Here Peter himself offered a draw...I
accepted. The position is even, with little prospect of that changing. (P.C.0}
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ben Naughton"]
[Black "Leonard Goodison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "777"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two Knights Defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 h6 7.Ne2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.c3 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.Be3 Bd6 {move 11 bishop take f3 and black is slightly
better [jb]} 12.Ng3 Qf6 13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Qd2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rad8 {white is better
[jb]} 16.Bxh6 $16 {given a piece away for nothing [jb]} Na5 {Enjoyed by the
way Leonard played out of this - BN} 17.Be3 Nxb3 18.axb3 Qe6 19.c4 f5 20.Nxd6
Rxd6 21.c5 Qg6+ 22.Kh1 Qh5 {sneaky little devil lol [jb]} 23.Qe2 Re6 $18
24.cxb6 f4 25.Rg1 fxe3 26.Rg3 axb6 27.fxe3 e4 28.dxe4 Rxe4 29.Rag1 Re7 30.Rg4
Ref7 31.Qc4 Kh8 {Missed coming pin - BN} 32.Rh4 Qxh4 33.Qxh4+ Kg8 34.Qc4 Kh7
35.Rg3 g6 36.Qd4 Rf5 37.Rh3+ Kg8 38.Rh8+ Kf7 {Missed mate in 5 -  BN} 39.Rxf8+
Kxf8 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qxc7+ Kh6 42.Qxb7 Rxf3 43.Qxf3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics insititute"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sean Macak"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1062"]
[BlackElo "1564"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 e6?! 11.O-O Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 b6 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Bh6 Rc8
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.Nh2 h6 19.Ng4 $41 Rh8 20.Rxc8 $14 Bxc8 21.e5 Nc6
22.Be4 Bb7 23.Rc1 Na5 24.Bxb7 $16 Qxb7 25.Qf4 Qe7? 26.Rc8!! Qg5 27.Qf6+ Qxf6
28.exf6+ Kh7 29.Rxh8+ Kxh8 30.Nxh6 Nc6 31.Nxf7+ Kg8 32.Ne5 Nxd4 {l was
panicking and it was a rushed move l offer a draw g im turning into a Patrick
dont want to be like him lol} 33.h4 b5 34.g4 a5 35.g5 a4 36.Nxg6? b4 $10
37.Ne7+?? Kf7 $19 38.Nc8 b3 39.Nd6+ Kf8 40.axb3 a3 41.g6 a2 42.Kg2 Nf5 43.Nxf5
exf5 {good game sean macak  you was killing me hes one to watch out for [jb]}
{#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dylan Douglas"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "839"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Classical"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O Nf6
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.c3 Qb6 13.b3 Rad8 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3
Nd7 16.Bf4 e5 17.Be3 exd4 18.Bxd4 c5 19.Be3 Nf6 20.Qc4 Qc6? {Allows Nf5}
21.Nf5 Rfe8 22.Bg5 Bf8 23.Rfe1 Rd5? 24.Nh6+! gxh6 25.Bxf6 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qd7
27.g3 Rh5 28.h4 Rd5 29.Kh2 Qf5 30.Qf4 Qxf4?? 31.gxf4 Rd6?? 32.Rg1+ Bg7 33.Bxg7
Rg6 34.Rxg6 hxg6 35.Bxh6 Kh7 36.Bf8 b6 37.Bd6 a6 38.b4 Kg7 39.Bc7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anna Yates"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "956"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O Nc6 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.c4 Be7
9.Nc3 Be6 10.b3 Qd7 11.Bb2 Rd8 12.e3 O-O 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.Qc2 Bd6 15.c5 Be7
16.Rad1 Nd7 17.b4 Rb8 18.a3 a5 19.Bc3 axb4 20.axb4 f6 21.f4 g6 22.Rb1 Rfe8
23.Rfd1 Rb5 $14 24.e4 d4 25.Bd2 $15 Ra8 26.f5 Bf7 27.Qd3 $17 g5 28.g4 Kg7 $15
29.Ng3 Ra2 30.Nh5+ Kf8 31.Ra1 Qa7 32.Rab1 $17 Qa4 $15 33.Bf1 Ra3 34.Bc3? {you
was playing good until that move [jb]} Rxc3 {now you are lost poor doc lol
[jb]} 35.Qd2 Rxb4 36.Rxb4 Qxb4 37.Qg2 Bxc5 38.Kh1 Bxh5 39.gxh5 h6 40.Qa2 Qb3
41.Qa8+ Nb8 42.Ra1 Rc2 43.Bg2 Qb2 44.h3 Rxg2 45.Qxb8+ Qxb8 46.Kxg2 Qb2+ {#R}
0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Chantelle Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "899"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 b6 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.Rd2 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Rxd2 15.Rxd2
Rd8 16.f3 Rxd2 17.Qxd2 c6 18.a3 Qd7 19.b4 Qxd2 20.Bxd2 Nd7 21.Kf2 a6 22.Be3 b5
23.c5 f5 24.Ke1 f4 25.Bf2 g5 26.h3 h6 27.a4 Kf7 28.Kd2 Ke7 29.Kc2 Kd8 30.axb5
axb5 31.Kb3 Kc7 32.Nxb5+ cxb5 33.Bxb5 Bc6 34.Bc4 Nb8 35.b5 Bb7 36.Be1 Bf8
37.Ba5+ Kd7 38.Bb4 Kc7 39.Be6 Be7 40.Ba5# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harrison Harrison"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1588"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Mieses: 1...d5"]

1.d3 d5 2.b3 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.Kd2 {Ah, Harrison. If the rest of us tried this
stuff, we'd be slaughtered in 15 moves. (RJ)} Nf6 5.Bb2 Bb4+ 6.Kc1 O-O 7.a3
Bd6 8.Nc3 Re8 9.f3 a6 10.g4 d4 11.exd4 exd4 12.Ne4 Bf4+ 13.Kb1 Nd5 14.Be2 Ne3
15.Qe1 f5 {I thought for about 10-15 minutes here, worrying about a Kingside
attack by Harrison, involving advancing the g and h pawns, supported by his
black bishop, knight at e4 and rook. I was very happy to find this odd-looking
move, aimed at stopping the pawn roller, getting my bishop out and moving the
White knight from its dominating post.. (RJ)} 16.Nh3 Be5 17.gxf5 Bxf5 18.Nhf2
Bf4 19.Nd1 Nd5 20.Qf2 a5 21.Rg1 Ne3 22.c3 Nxd1 23.Rxd1 Be3 24.Qg2 Re6 {The
rook is really useful here, and can swing to either side. (RJ)} 25.Rh1 Rg6
26.Qf1 b5 27.a4 Rb8 28.Bd1 dxc3 29.Bxc3 Bd4 30.Qe1 Be6 31.Kc1 Nb4 32.Bc2 Rg2
33.Bxb4 Bxa1 {Swapping a powerful bishop for a hemmed-in rook. I think that,
given the choice again, I'd take the bishop, after which Black dominates the
Black squares, especially around White's King. (RJ)} 34.Bc5 bxa4 35.bxa4 Rb2
{A pointless move in time trouble. (RJ)} 36.Nd2 Qd5 37.Bf2 Rb8 38.Nc4 Bf7
39.Rg1 Rxg1 {Black has 2 minutes on clock, White about 15. (RJ)} 40.Qxg1 Re8
41.Qg3 Bc3 42.Be3 Bg6 43.Bb3 Kh8 44.Qxc7 {White also only has about 2 minutes
left now. (RJ)} Qxd3 45.Nd6 Qxe3+ 46.Kd1 Qd2# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Bas Van Riel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1711"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 {Going up against a kings indian defence.
(R.C)} 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 {I find ideas such as Bg4 (in response to Bd3) and Ng4
(in response to Be3, Qd2 battery) quite annoying so h3 seems quite good to me.
(R.C)} e5 7.d5 h6 {Controlling the g5 square, creates a loft for the knight
and/or king for when f5 is eventually played. (R.C)} 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Rb1 {b4 is
met with a5 and a hole can be created on c5 for the knight. (R.C)} a5 10.b3
Nc5 11.Bc2 Ne8 12.a3 f5 13.b4 $10 axb4 14.axb4 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bf5
17.Qe2 {I had spent a bit of time wonder where to put the queen; either e2 or
c2 were playable with the idea of covering the bishop and the a2 square which
blacks' rook would love. (R.C)} Kh7 {Trying to find cover on the h-file in
order to have an eventual (semi-)open g-file for the rook. However, white has
a rook still on the h-file so is probably not best. (R.C)} 18.h4 Rf7? {The
idea being to bring the bishop to f8 and e7 but doesn't recognise the
immediate danger. (R.C)} (18...Nf6 {The move that should probably have been
played. There are a few variations though which is somewhat unclear. (R.C)}
19.Ng5+ hxg5 20.hxg5+ Nh5 (20...Kg8 21.gxf6 Qxf6 {And black stands slightly if
not, much better. (R.C)}) 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.g4 Rf7 23.gxh5 {With an advantage
for white. [Unlikely to be played] (R.C)}) 19.h5 $16 Qf6 {If 19...g5, 20.
Bxf5, Rxf5, 21. Qe4 (pinning the rook) Qf6 (only move to defend) 22. g4
winning a rook} 20.hxg6+ Bxg6? 21.Ng5+ Kg8 $18 22.Nxf7 Bxf7 23.Qg4
{Threatening to take the h-pawn with either the rook or bishop. (R.C)} Kf8
24.Rh3 {Another piece joins the attack. (R.C)} h5 25.Qe2 Bh6? {Runs into a
neat little combination. (R.C)} 26.Rf3 Qg7 27.Rxf7+ $18 {As after 27...Qxf7,
28. Bxh6+ and white is up a piece; or 27...Kxf7 28. Qxh5+ again, winning a
piece. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics insititute"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1564"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nf3
Be6 9.c3 Bxf2+? {what a stupid move you think l fall for that eh you must have
been sleeping [jb]} 10.Kxf2 $18 Qb6+ 11.Nbd4 a6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qb3 Qc7
14.Re1 Nf6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Rxe6+ Kf7 17.Rxc6 Qe7? 18.Bf4 Ne4+ 19.Kg1 Rhd8??
20.Rc7 Rd7 21.Rxd7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 {Rodney decides to avoid the French! (P.C.)} Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6
5.a3 $10 {A bit slow in the Semi-Slav...Rod wanted to prevent ...Bb4.(P.C.)}
Nbd7 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 {don't like this move bishop d6 is better say
fritz16 [jb]} 8.Be2 a6 9.O-O c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qb3 $10
Bb7 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Nd4 {Intending Bf3, to challenge Black's powerful white
squared bishop, to put one of my knights on e2, giving my black squared bishop
more scope and freeing up my position. (RJ)} Rfd8 16.Rd2 {I now saw that Bf3
loses to 16......e5 17. Bxb7   ed and Black's pawn just keeps chewing up
pieces. If 17.Nf5 Bxf3  18. Nxe7ch Kf8  19. Nxg6ch  hg  20. gf  and my king is
not safe.I was a loss as to what to do. About the same time I learned that
Jamie had won his game against Kevin. (RJ)} Rac8 $15 {black has an edge say
fritz16 [jb]} 17.Qd1 Ne5 18.Rc1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Qe2 {black is slightly
better say fritz16-fritz 16 is the number 3 in the world [jb]} Rdc8 21.Rdc2
Nd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 $15 23.e4 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Bb7 {Black offered a
draw...Rod didn't hesitate. (P.C.) of course he only need a draw to win its
dead equal away say fritz16 good game by you both congratulations Rodney
Jacobs [jb] Thanks Jamie. I thought this was a really good, vigorous game by
Pat. I constantly felt I was just hanging by a thread. In the end, I preferred
his position, with the two bishops and pawns on both sides of the board, so
was relieved and happy to get a draw offer. (RJ)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2019"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Sean Macak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1062"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...Nf6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nb3 Bd7 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O a6
9.Kh1 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Be3 b5 12.Bf3 Na5 13.e5 Nxb3 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bxa8?
{Just take the knight and be up a piece! (RL)} Nxa1 16.Bf3 b4 17.Ne2 Bxb2
18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 Qf6 21.Qd2 a5 22.Rc1 e5 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Re1
Qf6 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.Bxc6 Rd8 27.Ba4 d5 28.h3 d4 29.Qe2 g6 30.Bc2 Qc6 31.Qe7 Rc8
32.Bb3 Rc7 33.Qd8+ Kg7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michael Schreenan"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "836"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: Two Knights Variation"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bb5 a6 6.Be2 c5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Bf4 Qb6
9.Na4?? Qb4+ 10.c3 Qxf4 11.O-O?? b5 12.g3 Qxa4 13.b3 Qa5 14.a4 b4 15.Qc2 Ncxe5
16.d4 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 cxd4 18.cxb4 Qxb4 19.Rfe1 Bb7 20.Qd3 Qc3 21.Qb1?? Rc8?
{21...Qxf3 (P.C.)} 22.Kg2 Bb4 23.Rd1 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Rxc2 25.Rdc1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nc5
27.h4 d3 28.Kg1 Kd7 29.a5 d2 30.Rc2 Rc8 31.Rb2 Nd3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Chantelle Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "978"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 {A surprise! I was expecting a King's
Indian...(P.C.)} 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 Bb7
10.e5 Nd5 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Nd7 13.Be3 Nb6 14.Rac1 Nd5 15.Qb3 Nxe3 {Gives up
a powerful, centralised Knight for a passive Bishop. (P.C.)} 16.Qxe3 Rc8
17.Rc5 Qd7 18.Rfc1 c6?! {This buries the White squared Bishop...and gives me a
target at c6.(P.C.)} 19.Bd3 Rfd8 20.Be4 Rc7 21.d5!? {I thought about this for
a long time. I felt that immediate aggressive action was required...(P.C.)}
Rdc8 22.Qc3 b4! {A clever deflection...throwing a spanner in the works!
(P.C.)} 23.dxc6! bxc3 24.cxd7 Rxd7 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.bxc3 {Not the tempting
26,Rxc3... because of 26...Rd1+ and mate. (P.C.)} Bh6 27.Rb1 f5 28.Bc2 Kf7
29.Nd4 Rc7 30.c4 e6 31.Bb3 Bg7?! {31...Bf4 was better. (P.C.)} 32.f4 Bd7
33.Rc1 Bh6 34.g3 Bf8 35.Kf1 Rc5 36.Rd1 a5?? 37.Nxf5! exf5 38.Rxd7+ Kg8 39.Ke2
a4? 40.Bxa4 Rxc4?? 41.Bb3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kanishk Mahasuar"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "468"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French: Rubinstein, 4...Nf6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bc4 c6 8.O-O Bd6
9.Be3 Nd7 10.Re1 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.c4 bxc4 13.Bxc4 O-O 14.Qd2 Bb4 {now im
falling apart [jb]} 15.Qxb4 Rab8 16.Qc3 Rfc8 17.Ne5 Nb6 18.d5 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Qf5
20.Nd6 Qg6 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Bxa7 cxd5 23.Qg3 Qc2 24.Bd4 Qh7 25.Rac1 Re8 26.h3
f6 27.Rc7 Ba8 28.Bxf6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: Two Knights Variation"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nb5 Bb4+
9.Kf1 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.Bxe7 Kxe7 12.Qd2 a6 13.Qg5+ Kf8 14.Nbxd4 Ndxe5 {Not
14...Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4?? 16.Qd8# (P.C.)} 15.Nxc6 Nxc6 16.b4 f6 17.Qh5 Nd4
18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Rd1 Qe5 20.c4 Qxh5 21.Bxh5 Ke7 22.cxd5 Rd8 {Black offered a
draw...(P.C.)} 23.Bf3 exd5 24.Ke2 Be6 25.Kd3 Rac8 26.Rc1 Kd6 27.Rhe1 Rxc1
28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Kd4 Be6 31.Be2 Bd7 32.f4 b5?! {32...f5 is more
precise...I wanted to prevent him playing b5 himself. (P.C.)} 33.g4 f5 34.g5
g6 35.h4 Be8 36.Bd1 Bd7 37.h5 Be8 38.h6 Bd7 39.Bc2 Be6 {Another draw offer
from Black...(P.C.)} 40.a4 Bd7 41.axb5 axb5 42.Bd3 Be8 43.Be2 Bd7 44.Bd1 Be8
45.Bb3 Bf7 46.Ba2 Be6 47.Bb1 Bd7 48.Bd3 Be8 49.Be2 Bd7 50.Bh5! Be8 {Not
50...gxh5?? 51.g6...and White wins. (P.C.)} 51.Bf3 Bf7 52.Bg2 Be6 53.Bh1 Bf7
54.Bf3 Be6 55.Bd1 Bd7 56.Bc2 Be8 57.Bd3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalen Douglas"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "813"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Classical"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6
9.Ne2 Qc7 10.g3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bg4 15.Ne5 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 O-O 17.c3 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Bc2? Nbd5 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.Qxg4
Nf6 23.Qf3 Qc5 24.Bb3 b6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Qb7 Qd2
29.Qxa7 Qe1+ {accuracy for white was 73 per cent black 69 per cent white was
much better on move 20 .he should have won on move 20 [jb]} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Neo-Old Indian: 2.c4"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nd7 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Qe7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Ngf6 8.b4 a5 9.Nb5
Qd8 10.Be3 Nxe4 11.Qc2 Ndf6 12.Bd3 Ng5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 axb4 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Qe2 Be7 17.O-O f5 18.a3 c6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 cxb5 22.c5 Bd7
23.Bxb5 Bxb5 24.Qxb5+ Kf8 25.c6 Kg7 26.Qd3 e4 27.Qg3+ Kf6 28.b5 Ke6 29.Qb3+ d5
30.b6? {Too hasty...30.h3...was better. (P.C.)} Qd6! 31.c7 Qxh2+ 32.Kf1 Qh1+
33.Ke2 Qxa1 34.b7 Qa6+ 35.Kd1 Qf1+ 36.Kc2 Qxf2+ 37.Kc3 Qc5+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasha Jacobs"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "602"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.a3 a6 8.b4 b5 9.Ba2
Bb7 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.bxc5 Nxc5 12.d3 Nfd7 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.d4 Ne6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Re3 Nb6 17.Rb1 Nc4 18.Rd3 Qa5 19.Qe1 Rc7 20.e5 Bxf3 21.exd6 exd6 22.Qxe6+
Kh8 23.gxf3 Bxd4 24.Nd5 Nxb2 25.Nxc7 Qxc7 26.Qd5 Qxc2 27.Qxd4+ Kg8 28.Rxb2
Qc1+ 29.Kg2 Qg5+ 30.Kh2 Qc1 31.Ra2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel, 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Sean Macak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1681"]
[BlackElo "1504"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Opening "Benoni: 3.d5 e6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.dxe6 {(bas) this is probably the first time in my
whole chess-life, that I played the Benoni opening in classical chess! No
wonder that I was spending oodles of time in the opening whereas Sean was
flashing his moves out almost instantly. Indicating that he knows his stuff,
while I had to 'invent the wheels' each move.} fxe6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3
Qb6 8.Qc1 O-O 9.Nc3 a6 10.a3 Rd8 {(bas) this move gave me the impression that
Sean was 'out of book' from hereon, otherwise he would have played the obvious
10..d5} 11.Bd3 d5 12.O-O d4 13.exd4 cxd4?! {(bas) 13..Nxd4; Swapping a pair of
knight is suggested by the engine} 14.Na4 {(bas) I had the choice between Ne4
or Na5, and it took me ages to decide. Ne4 was rejected because the position
would be too simplified for my liking, after the exchange of two sets of light
pieces. The option of following up with 15.c5 and later b4, if needed, looked
very attractive to me, although I had to calculate the impact of black's Nd5.}
Qc7 15.c5! Nd5 16.Bxe7 {(bas) I was prepared to swap my better bishop against
black's. But now I had a clear target: black's weak pawn on e6, with his queen
in the firing line.} Qxe7 17.Re1 Kh8 18.Bc4 Rb8 19.Qg5! {(bas) A natural move,
Increasing the pressure and creating activity for white's rook on a1.} b5!?
{(bas) I did not see a better move, but it broke up black's pawn structure}
20.cxb6 Nxb6 21.Nxb6 Rxb6 22.b4 {(bas) best move} Qd6 23.Qc5? {(bas) I missed
the nice idea: 23.Qh4, g6;24.Qh4, e5; 25.Ng5, and Bd3 with a great attack,
whereas black's pieces are uncoordinated and the pawns weak.} Ne7 24.Rad1 Nf5
25.Ne5 Rb7 26.Nd3? {(bas) 26.Qxd6, Rxd6; 27.Rc1! and black is in serious
trouble (+4.3)} Re7 27.Ne5 Rc7? {(bas) 27.Bb7 was needed.} 28.Qxd6 Rxd6 29.Bb3
{(bas) not the best move, as Sean would now have surviving chances after
29...Bb7, with +1.5 advantage for white.29. Bd3 instead was called for.} g6?
30.Rc1! {(bas) all of a sudden black is completely lost, thanks to the
marvelous knight on e5, which controls all the crucial squares, ie. c6, d7,
f7.
Sean played a logical and solid game, except for some minor slip-ups. I
enjoyed the various challenges Sean threw at me...} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sean Macak"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1504"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: London System"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.Nbd2 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O h6 8.Re1 O-O
9.c3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Nc4 Bxf3 12.gxf3 d5 13.Ne5 c4 14.Bf1 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Bh3 Rfe8 18.Kh1 g6 19.Rg1 Kg7 20.f4 Rg8 21.Rg2 Kf8 22.Rag1 Ke7
23.b3 b5 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Rb1 Rab8 26.Rgg1 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Rb8 28.Bf1 Rxb1 29.Qxb1
Qb6 30.Qxb6 axb6 31.f3 b5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Hossam Elgindy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Neo-Indian"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Qc2 e5 12.d5 f5 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.c5? {ambitious...and
faulty! (P.C.)} Nxc5 15.d6+ {I had planned 15.Rxc5...but saw 15...Qxc5 (P.C.)}
Nxb3 16.dxe7 Nxc1 17.exf8=Q+ Kxf8 18.Bc4 Rd8 19.Kd1 Nd3 20.Kc2 Bd5 21.a3 g6
22.Bxd5 Rxd5 23.f3 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2020"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2020.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Osoble Ali"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "827"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Gruenfeld"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bd3 c5 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O a6 13.Qb3 b5 14.a4 c4 15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.Qxc4 a5 17.Rfd1 Ba6 18.Qb3 Qc7 19.g3 Rab8 20.Qc2 Rfc8 21.Rac1 Bc4 22.Re1
Rb7 23.f4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Qb6+ 25.Kg2 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Rxb2+ 27.Kg3 Rcb8 28.Rcd1 Bb3
29.Rd4 Rc8 30.d6 Rxc3+ 31.Kg4 exd6 32.Rxd6 Rxh2 33.f5 Rg2+ 34.Kf4 gxf5 35.Kxf5
Bxa4 36.Kf6 Rg6+ 37.Ke7 Rc7+ 38.Kd8 Rxd6+ 39.Kxc7 Rc6+ 40.Kb7 Bb3 41.Rg1+ Rg6
42.Re1 a4 43.Kc7 a3 44.Kd7 a2 45.e5 Bc2 46.Ra1 Bb1 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Sue Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "675"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD: Marshall Defence, 3.Nf3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 h6 5.Bg2 c5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O b6 8.Ne5 Qe7
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Rd1 Be7 13.e4 O-O?? {13...N5f6}
14.exd5 b5 15.Qg4 Nf6 16.Qd4 exd5 17.Qxc5 Bxc5 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.Nxb5 Rd7 20.Nd4
Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Rfd8 22.Be3 a5 23.Rad1 Ng4?? 24.Rxg4 f5 25.Rgd4 g5 26.Bxd5+ Kh8
27.Be6 f4?? 28.Rxd7 Re8 29.Bd4# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jasan Barnett"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "828"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Open Game"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 3.b3 Bxf2+ 4.Kxf2 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bc4 Nxe4+ 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Qe2
dxc4 9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Bb2 Be6 11.Qc3 f6 12.Rhd1 Nd7 13.Ba3 c5 14.b4 c4 15.Ke1 b5
16.d3 Qc7 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.bxc5 a5 19.Qd2 b4 20.Bc1 Qxc5 21.dxc4 Bxc4 22.Qe3 Qc7
23.Bb2 Bf7 24.Rd2 e4 25.Ng1 Qxh2 {#T} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "834"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Italian: 3...d6"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c3 Qf6 {Not great. Takes the best
square away from the knight and causes a tangle on the kingside. It is more
serious because e7 is needed for the bishop. (RJ)} 6.Be2 Bxf3 {Again not
ideal. The exchange is not forced. Black after this suffers from weaknesses on
the white squares.(RJ)} 7.Bxf3 O-O-O 8.b4 g6 {Very slow. Maybe Nge7 is better,
(RJ)} 9.a4 h5 {Too slow. Perhaps it is best for Black to try to react in the
centre by preparing d5. (RJ)} 10.a5 a6 11.b5 Nce7 12.bxa6 bxa6 13.d4 h4 14.Qb3
{Threatening Bg4.} Qg7 {Alert - preparing to meet Bg4 with f5.(RJ)} 15.Be2 f5
16.Bxa6+ Kd7 17.f4 exd4 18.Qa4+ Ke6 19.Bc4+ {The white squares are all White's
to play on. (RJ)} Kf6 20.e5+ dxe5 21.fxe5+ Kxe5 22.Re1+ Kf6 23.Re6+ Kf7
24.Rd6+ Nd5 25.Rxd8 dxc3 26.Bxd5+ Ke7 27.Qd7+ Kf6 28.Qe6# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Black "Justin Goodison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "834"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four Knights: Italian Variation"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Ng4 7.O-O Qxg5 8.dxc6
Qh5 9.h3 Nf6 10.Qxh5 Nxh5 11.Bd5 Bd4 12.Nb5 bxc6 13.Bxc6+ Bd7 14.Nxc7+ Kf8
15.Bxa8 Bb6 16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Nc3 Ba5 18.Bf3 Nf4 19.d3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne6 21.Bg4 g6
22.Bxe6 Bxe6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Black "Levi Stolk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1098"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Qf6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Ne5 Qe7
9.Bb5 Nf6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Bg5 a6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Bxe7 Bxe7 14.Qxd7+ Kf8 15.Qxb7
Rd8 16.Nc6 Bf6 17.Nxd8 Bxd8 18.Rd1 g6 19.d5 Bg4 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Rxd8# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Opening "QGD: Albin, 3.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3?! {An unusual, very passive way to meet the Albin
Counter-Gambit, and transposing to the French Defence, exchange variation. The
usual sequence is 3. de d5. Black now has at least equality. (RJ)} exd4
{Black's aim is to isolate and build up against, the White d pawn. (RJ)}
4.exd4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.a3 h6 10.cxd5
{Recommended by Deep Shredder. Stockfish7 prefers b3. (RJ)} Nxd5 11.Qb3
{Recommended by both programs, each of which call it dead even. (RJ)} Nb6
{Both engines think Nxc3 is marginally better, but it's still even. (RJ)}
12.d5 {Again liked by the computer. (RJ)} Nb8 13.Nd4 Bh7 14.Be3 N8d7 15.Qd1?
{The engines recommend placing one of the rooks on d1, and give black a .5
advantage after Rob's Qd1. It does seem to make sense to develop a fresh piece
here. (RJ)} a6? {I thought it would be very useful to keep the 2 white knights
and white bishop out of b5. But it is far more consistent with Black's aims in
an isolated queen pawn opening to pressure the d pawn by Nf6. Both engines
recommend that, giving a .6 - .7 plus to Black. (RJ). After this inaccuracy,
it's equal again. (RJ)} 16.Bd3 {Challenging on the b1 - h7 diagonal,
presumably with a view to planting the knight on f5. Both engines like this.
(RJ)} Ne5? {Both programs say this is an error, giving White now a .5
advantage. Correct is Nf6. (RJ).} 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Nf5 {Again very accurate.
The best move. (RJ)} Nbc4? {My stronger program, Stockfish 7, recommends Re8,
Deep Shredder Nec4. White now can counter with the strong Bd4. (RJ),} 19.Nxe7?
{Missing Bd4. It's back to even again,} Nxe3 {Best. (RJ)} 20.fxe3 Qxe7 21.Qc2+
Kg8 22.Qe4 {I thought this was weird and awkward. Rob thought it was fine. The
engines agree with him. (RJ)} Rfe8 23.Rae1 Rad8 24.Kh1 Rd7 25.h3 Qd8 26.Qc2
Rde7 27.e4 {Best. Stockfish 7 gives Black a .46 advantage, Deep Shredder gives
Black a .34 edge. I thought I had a slightly better position. But I could not
see any winning plan and was a bit worried about how I would deal with Qb3.
(RJ) We had less than 10 minutes each left on the clock and it looked like
there was a long, hard road ahead to get some advantage, barring a late night
blunder! (RJ)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "James Watson"]
[Black "Robert Bailey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Opening "Benoni: 6.e4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Nfd7? {(JW) The
correct move order is 7...Bg7 8.Bb5+ then Nfd7. Which is considered blacks
best try. (RB) Yes, I got my move order wrong in the standard Mikenas Attack.
JB and I have played quite a few of these over the years.} 8.a4 {(JW) This may
not be the best way to exploit the inaccurate move order however I figured
worst case it transposes back in to the mainline. (7.Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4)
Also I had in mind the idea that an early Nb5 might cause black problems and
so this ties in with that allowing me to meet Qb6 with a5} Bg7 9.Nb5?! {(JW)
9.Bb5 would transpose back into book, however instead simply Nf3 and white has
an improved version. The engine points out this move is bad, but only for some
specific variations that few humans would calculate from here. (RB) This
surprised me and looked quite speculative, the early knight foray seemingly
ignoring standard development. I thought at first simply returning the knight
to f6 was adequate until I found the more interesting O-O with Qe7 plan.}
O-O!! {(JW) This is actually blacks best move which I hadn't given due
consideration. which I should have since its exactly the sort of this that
needs to be checked before playing something like Nb5. I had originally
thought Black would need to play ...Bg7 leaving white up tempi, though black
would get some back with a6 next move kicking my knight. Rob came up with the
better move however.} 10.Nxd6? {(JW) I had thought for a few minutes before
playing this because I had to calculate the consequences of Qe7 and a piece
sac on e5. Whilst it turns out my calculations were accurate, my evaluations
of the resulting position was a little off. (BvR) I wanted to have better
look, since I am unfamiliar with this variation, and I don't understand why
both black (Ng8-f6-fd7) and white (Nb1-c3-b5) played their horses twice before
move 9. Seemingly (to me) without reasons. The position was so interesting
that I analysed a bit further, and came to the conclusion that some of James'
comments are inaccurate. As 10.Nxd6.. turns out to be a mistake, I assume that
9.Nb5 was part of an incorrect plan. Rob's 9th move (O-O) was the best move of
the whole game. Prepared? (RB) Unfortunately not Bas - my logic was only that
in previous games where James had taken on d6 that I'd managed to win the
game! I do enjoy the Benoni however. ;)} Qe7 11.e5? {(JW) The point here is to
meet a sac on e5 with taking on c8 and even though black gets doublecheck
discoveries, the fact that the knight is attacking the queen means it works
out for white. (BvR, it doesn't work out for white. See further) For example
11...Bxe5?? 12.Nxc8 Bc3+ 13.Kf2 Bd4?? 14.Qxd4. or 11...Nxe5 12.Nxc8 Nf3+
13.Kf2 Bd4+ 14.Kxf3 is fine for white (14.Qxd4?? Qe1+). Both players
calculated these lines and figured it works out for white however the engine
points out that one of the sacrifices works for black. (BvR) I disagree with
James' general impression that white is doing OK. Whilst, in fact after the
mistake Nxd6, white should have been in serious trouble. I have added the
question-mark to 11.e5?, because now 11...Nxe5! would have worked well for
black if he had spotted the fantastic combination: 12.Nxc8, Nd3+!! (not Nf3+);
13.Kd2, Rxc8; 14.Bxd3, c4; 15.Be2, c3!! and black is winning. (RB ) That's a
nice line Bas, thanks for illustrating it. I spent far too long on the clock
trying to make one of the double checks work and sadly didn't find c4 after
Nd3. To flourish, have courage as they say!} Na6?? {(JW) It turns out that
11...Nxe5 is a near winning attack for the specific reason that black can play
c4 and bring the queen to b4, otherwise white is holding fine. 11...Nxe5
12.Nxc8 Nd3+! 13.Kd2 when I thought white is fine since black doesn't have all
their pieces developed and white should have adequate defense. However
13...Rxc8 14.Bxd3 black has ...c4 and Qb4 which is very strong. (BvR) ..c3
instead of Qb4, see my comments before, ie black is winning..} 12.Bxa6 bxa6
13.Be3?? {(JW) During and after play I felt this was bad and the engine
confirms it does give black lots of resources. Instead white should just play
Nf3 with clear advantage. (BvR) Correct, white reduces his advantage from
+1.80 to +0.40, had black played 13...f6 instead of 13..Rb8 (?);} Rb8 14.Rb1?
{(BvR) A weak move, as it allows 14.. Bxe5! 15.fxe5,Qxe5; 16.Nc4, Qe4
(-0.50).} Rb4? {(JW) Missing another chance to sac on e5, this time the point
is that black will get a battery on the e file in a few lines.} 15.Nf3 {(JW)
From here there isn't much more to be done. Provided white doesn't make any
blunders its too much of an advantage to be overcome.} Bb7? {(BvR) A bad
choice in a difficult position for black. Had he played 15..f6 instead, white
would have a manageable (for black) +1.30 advantage, compared with +2.60 after
Bb7. From here on it is a 'walk in the park' for James, with an extra pawn, a
strong pawn-centre and a double pawn for black.} 16.Nxb7 Rxb7 17.O-O Rfb8
18.Rf2 Rb3 19.Re2 R8b7 20.Qc2 Bf8 21.d6 Qd8 22.Qc4 Qb8 23.Ng5 {(JW) Black only
had a few seconds on the clock which isnt enough time to create defensive
resources. An interesting game that could have gone any which way early on.}
{#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English: Bremen, Reverse Dragon"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Bf6 12.Qb4 Rb8 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Qa4+ Qd7 {Black
offered a draw..."A bit early!" (K.P.) "I just like to stir you up!" (P.C.)}
15.Qxa7 O-O 16.Rfd1 Qb5 17.Bxc7 Ra8 18.Qe3 Qxb2 19.Rab1 Qa3? 20.Qxa3 Rxa3
21.Bd6 Rxa2 22.Bxf8 Kxf8 23.e3 Rb2 24.Rxb2 Bxb2 25.Bxb7 Ke7 26.Kg2 g6 27.f4 h5
28.Kf2 Bg4 29.Rd2 Bg7 30.e4 Be6 31.Bc6 Bc3 32.Rd3 Bb4 33.Bd5 Bc5+ 34.Kg2 Bg4
35.Rc3 Bd6 36.Rb3 Bc8 37.e5 Bc7 38.Rc3 Kd8 39.Bxf7 Bf5 40.Kf3 Bg4+ 41.Ke4 Bf5+
42.Kd5 Ba5 43.Rc6 Bc7 44.Bxg6! {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

{While preparing our scoresheets, Rob looked at me, smiled, and enquired
"1.b3...?" I wasn't intending to play it. (P.C.)} 1.b3 {At the last moment,
"Why not!" I said. A good hearted chuckle was Rob's reply.(P.C.)} e5 2.Bb2 Nc6
3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 Be7 5.a3 O-O 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nf3 f6! 9.Be2 Be6 10.O-O Bd6
11.Nbd2 a6 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Nc4 Be7 14.Rfc1 Qe8 15.d4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4
c5 18.Bb2 b5 19.Nd2 Qd7 20.Nf3 Bf7 21.Bd3 Bg6? 22.Bxg6 hxg6 23.Qxg6 Qe6??
{Black offered a draw!} 24.Ng5!! {a bolt from the blue! (P.C.)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harrison Harrison"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.a3 g6 3.Ra2 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.h3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qd3 Be6 9.b3
h6 10.g4 g5 11.Bh2 f5 12.e3 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 fxg4 14.hxg4 Bxg4 15.Qd3 O-O 16.Ne5
Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Bf5 19.Qd1 Kg7 20.Qh5 Rh8 21.f4 Qe8 22.Qh2 g4 23.Rg1
h5 24.Qh4 Kf7 25.c4 c6 26.Qg5 Ke6 27.Bg2 Qg6 28.cxd5+ cxd5 29.Bxd5+ Kxd5
30.Qxe7 Rh7 31.Rd2+ Bd3 32.Rxd3+ Qxd3 33.Qd6+ Ke4 34.Qg6+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jasan Barnett"]
[Black "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "828"]
[BlackElo "834"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two Knights Defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Ng5 O-O 6.Bxf7+ Rxf7 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.O-O
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qf3+ Nf6 11.Qg3 Qd6 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.Qb3+ Ke8 14.Qg3 Kf7 15.d3
Nd4 16.Qxe5 Nxb5 17.Qxc5 Ng4 18.h3 Nf6 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bxf6 Kxf6 21.Qe3 Qc6
22.Rfe1 b6 23.Qe8 Bb7 24.Qe7+ Kf5 25.Re5+ Kf4 26.g3+ Kf3 27.Rae1 Qxc2 28.Qf7#
1-0


[Event "Spiegoval memorial"]
[Date "2017.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "James Watson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.e3 Ne5!? {(JW) An attempt to create an
imbalance. I came up with this idea years ago as a junior in this exct
position and a FM who had looked at the game said he liked the move. even
though it's objectivly not the best.} 6.d4 Nxc4 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Ne2 Qxc5 {(JW)
Blacks Up a pawn but white has play for it. here my engine says its roughly
even including over the next several moves until black consolidates and
catches up in development} 9.O-O Bg7 10.b3 Ne5 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Na4 d6
14.a3?! Qb5 15.Bxe5?! Qxe5 16.Rc7? {(JW) White has slowly allowed black a
slight edge but after this black is clearly better according to my engine.}
d5! 17.Qc1 Bg4 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Qd2 Qh5 21.Qb4? {(JW) It's a
difficult position to prevent black increasing the advantage, however after
this move leading to a sequence in which black has a very large advantage} e5!
22.Nb5 {(JW) Now Bf8 or Be2 are both very good for black, however in tossing
up between Bf8 immediately or a6 I chose to force the white knight to c3
hoping to limit the squares available to the white queen first.} a6?! 23.Nbc3
b5?? {(JW) And suddenly because of a miscalculation, black throws away all
advantage. Incidentally d4! was still much better for black.} 24.Nb6 Bf8
25.Qa5 {(JW) Now I had originally intended 5...Rc5 here But suddenly realized
that having moved my bishop from g7 the f6 square is weak and allows a royal
fork in several lines. I was forced to go in to the tank for a long think. I
knew that the only move here for black to keep equality is Rc6, but I wanted
to play for a win still! and decided I was going to allow an exchange sac of
some sort. Rxc3 is interesting and e4 would be a nice one if it wasn't for
25...e4 26.Qd8! Qf5 and now I dont get my pieces to their ideal squares.} b4?
{(JW) I elected an alternative which would actually be very strong except I
missed that white just takes it next move and still protects the knight on
c8!} 26.Nxc8 bxc3 27.Qxc3! {(JW) Now white has a much better game and I was
forced to try and figure out any ways I could create resources.} Qf5 {(JW)
Here till blacks move on move 30 is what I calculated as a potential way to
get my pieces to the right squares, even at the cost of an extra pawn.} 28.Nb6
Ne4 29.Qc2 Qe6 {(JW) ...Nxg3 would have got back an extra pawn, but I wasn't
interested in trading. I felt my best cahnce was to create an attack} 30.Nxd5
Ng5 31.e4 Bf3 32.Qd3 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 f5!? {(JW) This isn't the
objectively strongest move, however I think in human terms it offers black the
best swindling chances.} 35.Rc1 fxe4 36.Nf6+ Kg7 37.Nxe4 Qf5! 38.Rc4 Nf3+
39.Kh1?? {(JW) Kf1 was the only move, then after 39.Kf1 Qh3+ 40.Ke2 Nd4+
41.Kd2 white is winning, however with alot of mess and complications plus no
immediate win for white, black has chances for counter play..} Qh3!! {(JW)
Kevin mentioned he had seen this but forgot about it. Now black is completely
won. Incidentally kevin does very wellto find the only sequence of moves that
allows white to stay in the game for a little while longer.} 40.Rc7+ Kh8
41.Rxh7+ Kxh7 42.Qd7+! Qxd7 43.Nf6+ Kg7 44.Nxd7 Bxa3 45.Kg2 e4 46.Nb6 Nd2
{(JW) A nice well fought game. Black should win from here without too much
difficulty, but perhaps if not for the late hour it would be the sort of
position to make the black side work for the victory.} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sue Ryan"]
[Black "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "675"]
[BlackElo "1130"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.e3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.Qe2 b6 8.O-O-O Ba6
9.Nb5 Bxb5 10.cxb5 Na5 11.Bxa5 bxa5 12.Ng5 h6 13.h4 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.g3 Rc8
16.Qg4 Qd5 17.Kb1 c6 18.Bg2 Qxb5 19.b3 Ba3 20.Qxe4 a4 21.Bf1 Qb6 22.Bd3 g6
23.h5 axb3 24.Rd2 bxa2+ 25.Kxa2 Qa5 26.Rhd1 Bb4+ 27.Kb3 Bxd2 28.Rxd2 Qxd2
29.hxg6 Rb8+ 30.Bb5 Rxb5+ 31.Kc4 Rb4+ 32.Kc5 Qc3+ 33.Kd6 Qa3 34.gxf7+ Rxf7
35.Qg6+ Rg7 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Kxe6 Qb3+ 38.Kf6 Rg6+?? 39.Qxg6+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1098"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.d5 Nfd7?!
9.Qd2 Kh7 10.Nf3 Ne5? 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bxc5 Nd7 13.Be3 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.f3 Qc8
16.Rfc1 a5 17.Na4! Ba6 18.Nxb6 {not 18.Bxb6? Nxb6 19.Nxb6 Qc5+!...a nice trap
(P.C.)} Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Bb7 20.Be3 Qd7 21.c5 Ba6 22.c6 Qc7 23.Bxa6 Rxa6 24.Rc5
Rd8 25.Rac1 e6 26.Rb5 Ra7? 27.Bxa7 Qxa7+ 28.Qf2! Qc7 29.Rb7 Qd6 30.Qc5 Qxc5+
31.Rxc5 exd5 32.exd5 g5 33.c7 Rc8 34.d6 Kg6 35.d7 Rxc7 36.Rcxc7 Bf6 37.Rc6 Kf5
38.Rxf6+ Kxf6 39.d8=Q+ Kg6 40.Qg8+ Kh5 41.Qxf7+ Kh4 42.g3+ Kh3 43.Qh5# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1130"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Bd3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Be7 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.O-O
O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 Rc8 11.Qc2 Bg6 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.c4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Rad1
Ncd7 16.Rfe1 Bb4 17.a3 Bxd2 18.Bxd2 Rxc4 19.Bc3 Qc7 20.Nd4 Qc8 21.Qd2 Ne4
22.Qd3 Rxf2 23.Rf1 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Ndf6 25.Nf3 Nxc3 26.bxc3 Qc5+ 27.Nd4 Qc8
28.Qe2 Rc7 29.Qe5 Rxc3 30.Ne6 Rc6 31.Ng5 h6 32.Nf3 Re6 33.Qg3 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Kh7
35.Nh4 Nh5 36.Qg4 Qd6 37.Rf3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Isaac Stolk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "988"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2...d6 3.d4"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.d5 Na5 5.c4 Bd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O b6 9.Bg5
h6 10.Be3 e5 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Kh1 f5 13.f4 O-O 14.fxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxh6 Rf7 16.Bg5
Rh7 17.Nf3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 fxe4 19.Nd2 Qe8 20.Nxe4 Rf7 21.Rxf7 Qxf7 22.Nf6+ Kg7
23.Nxd7 Ng8 24.Bg4 Nxc4 25.Be6 Qe8 26.Qf3 Ne5 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Re1 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Black "Louis Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "834"]
[BlackElo "780"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: 2.Nf3"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.Bg5
Bd6 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.Nxd6+ Qxd6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Ne5 O-O 13.O-O Rac8 14.c3 b5 15.a3
a6 16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.a4 b4 18.cxb4 Qxb4 19.Rfd1 a5 20.Qd2 Rb8 21.Qxb4 Rxb4 22.Rd2
Ne4 23.Rc2 Rxd4 24.Nd7 g6? 25.f3 Rd8 26.Ne5 Nf6 27.Nc6 Rd7 28.Nxd4 e5 29.Nc6
Rc7 30.Rac1 Rd7 31.Nxe5 d4?? 32.Nxd7 Nxd7 33.Rd2 Nc5?? 34.Rxc5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Isaac Stolk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "988"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra Accepted"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 {The Morra Gambit. I always had terrible trouble
against the Sicilian, until I started playing this a couple of years ago. It
seems to me that White gets open attacking lines for his white bishop and
queen, a lead in development, control of the c and d files, a spacial
advantage and a lasting initiative. All this for a mere pawn! (RJ)} dxc3 4.Nf3
{Nxc3 is the usual move, but this, sacking a second pawn, is perfectly
playable. (RJ)} Qa5?! {Isaac and I felt this was a mistake. But it's not so
bad. It's on Chessbase, played by a 2499 player. (RJ)} 5.Nxc3 d6 6.Bc4
{Following the Chessbase game. (RJ)} Nf6 7.O-O {Again book. At this stage the
engines give White only a modest .3 edge. (RJ)} Bg4? {But this move is an
error. The book move is Nc6. (RJ)} 8.Qb3 {Not as good as we thought after the
game. Deep Shredder plumps for Bxf7ch, giving a 2.25 advantage, the stronger
Stockfish 7 e5! with a 2.8 advantage. Each engine intends to follow up on the
next move with Qb3. (RJ)} Qc7 9.Bxf7+ Kd8 10.Be3 {Nb5 is a bit stronger. (RJ)}
Bxf3 11.Nb5 {Stockfish 7 picks this zwischenzug. (RJ)} Qa5 {Best (RJ)} 12.gxf3
Nc6 13.Rfd1 {Rfc1 is stronger. Note that Black can't chase the knight away
with a6, due to the potential threat of B b6, winning the queen. (RJ)} a6??
{Whoops!} 14.Nxd6 Qe5? 15.Bb6+? {Qb6 leads to mate. (RJ)} Kd7 16.Nc4+ Qd6
17.Nxd6 {A good example of how Black treads a fine line in the Morra (like
many gambits). Because it's so sharp, a mistake is often serious, even if
White does not subsequently attack with accuracy. (RJ)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd8 {According to
Chessbase, this move is less popular. Presumably this is because it is
effectively non-developing - the queen will have to move again. The favoured
move is Qd6. (RJ)} 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 {Still in
book. But Qc7, a6 or Bc5 are most commonly played. (RJ)} 11.Bf4 {This and c3
are the book moves. (RJ)} a6 {Keeping the knight out of b5 (RJ)} 12.Re1 {Still
in book. c3 is more usual. (RJ)} O-O 13.c3 Nd5 14.Bg3 {Diverging from the
book. The accepted move is 14. Be5. This makes sense. Two moves later I was
effectively forced to play Be5, so on that basis 14. Bg3 is a waste of a
tempo. Both my programs pick Be5 instantly (RJ)} Bf6 15.Bb3 {Not a mistake.
However it was made with a wrong idea. I wanted to play 15.Nf3, but thought I
would be losing after 15.......Nxc3 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. bc Bxc3, forking the
rooks. But simply 18. Ree8! wins for White. Query whether Kevin in fact
intended 15. Nxc3........... (RJ)} Qb6 16.Be5 {White needs to keep Black's
white bishop, and therefore his Queen's rook, locked up. Here the programs
prefer to do that by Nf3, rather than the text. They, obviously seeing the
line properly, are not frightened of the response 16....Nxc3. (RJ)} Rd8 17.Qe2
{The engines like Bxd5 a little better. (RJ)} Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Nf6 19.Rad1 a5
20.Re2 {The programs think this is a bit weak,while still giving White a
slight edge after after having played it. Deep Shredder goes for a5, obviously
to stop Black's a pawn advancing further. I did think about it, and saw that
Black in fact can't win the Bishop by playing Rxe4, because of the back rank
threat. But I still did not like the look of it. Also I had a vain hope of an
early night after 20. Re2 a4 21. Bc2 Qxb2?? 22. Bxh7 winning the queen.
Stockfish 7 shows that the best move is 20. Nf5!!, giving the line 20.
........Rxe1 21. Bxe1! Qd8 22. Nd6 with a .5 advantage. (RJ)} a4 21.Bc2 Ra5!
{An imaginative and effective way of activating the rook. Deep Shredder thinks
this is best. (RJ)} 22.Qg3 {The programs this this is second-best, and that it
loses the slight initiative White has. Best is Qe3. (RJ)} Rdd5?! {Again
imaginative, but not so effective. It's a case of the wrong rook. Best is
Raa5.The b2 pawn of course remains taboo. (RJ)} 23.h4 {I had a couple of moves
ago thought this would be a good means of starting an attack in this position.
Here it has the added advantage of preventing Rg5. (RJ)} e5 {Recommended by
Deep Shredder, but not Stockfish 7. (RJ)} 24.Rde1! {I had planned this
response, and felt happy when Kevin was clearly surprised by it, taking 10
minutes on his next move. Both engines say this move is best. But the position
is still even.(RJ)} Nd7? {Here however Black goes astray. g6 is necessary.
(RJ)} 25.Nf5 {Strong, but even stronger was 25. Bd4 Rdc5 (not 25...Rd6 26.
Nf5!) 26. b4 ab 27. Nxb3. (RJ)} Qf6 {Forced.} 26.h5 {The engines say this
dissipates White's 1.5 advantage, and surprisingly, recommend Qg5.The line
they give involves basically tying White up. (RJ)} Nf8 {Recommended by
Stockfish 7. (RJ)} 27.Ne3 {As is this (RJ)} Rdc5 28.Rd1 {Taking advantage of
the knight's control of d5 to seize control of the d file. A complex line, the
outcome of which the engines disagree on, arises from b4. (RJ)} Be6 {Best
(RJ)} 29.Red2 {Best. Black doesn't have the luxury of going after the a pawn.
(RJ)} Qe7? {An error. Black must protect his first rank by playing Rc8, after
which White stands only slightly better. (RJ)} 30.Bb1? {Inconsistent and
wasting an important tempo. White should continue the attack by Rd8. (RJ)}
f6?! {h6 was better (RJ)} 31.Rd8? {But now this not the right time. Nf5 and,
according to the computers, White has a 3.2 advantage. (RJ)} Rc8! 32.R8d2?
{Such a difficult position! This cowardly retreat loses White's advantage;
it's again even. Correct is to continue to press on by 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. h6!
(RJ)} Qf7? {Better is a3 or Rcc5. (RJ)} 33.Nf5! Bxf5 34.Bxf5 {Now White has
the upper hand again. (RJ)} Rc7? {Re8 was needed. (RJ)} 35.Qh3? {Rd8. (RJ)}
Ra8 36.a3? {Again Ra8 was correct. A lot of mistakes! But each of had only
about 7 minutes left and the position is very tricky. (RJ)} Re7 37.Be4 Kh8!
{Best. Bd5 is in the wind. (RJ)} 38.Bd5 {The computers say h6 was marginally
stronger. (RJ)} Qe8? 39.Ba2 {Fiddling around under time pressure. h6 is much
stronger. (RJ)} Ne6 40.Qf5? {Either h6 or Bxe6 would have been much stronger.
But White still has a 1 advantage. (RJ)} Nf8? {With 5 minutes left, a bad
inaccuracy. h6 was necessary. The text allows 40.....h6! (RJ)} 41.Bb1 {Which
White again misses. (RJ)} e4? 42.h6 {Finally spotting it. (RJ)} Re5 {Pretty
good. As was e3. (RJ)} 43.hxg7+ Kxg7 44.Qh3! f5? {Qg6. (RJ)} 45.Ba2
{Activating the bishop. Not bad, but Qg3 was much stronger. We were both
pretty much playing lightning chess at this stage. (RJ)} Ra6! {Given by Deep
Shredder as best. (RJ)} 46.Rd8 {Also best. White now has some horrible
threats, with his control of the white squares and d file. (RJ)} Qe7 {Best.
(RJ)} 47.Qh2? {With each having about 3 minutes left, again fiddling around.
Stockfish 7 gives R1d7!! ...the knight being effectively pinned (RJ)} Rf6?
{Rh3 gives Black much better chances. (RJ)} 48.Qf4! Rb5? {Succumbing to time
pressure. h5 was a possibility. But Black is lost, with Qg5 and R1d7 both
threatened. (RJ)} 49.Qg5+ {If 49......Ng6 50. Rg8 mate. If 49.......kh8 50.
Qg8 mate. If 49......Rg6 50. Qxe7. This wild game is typical of those Kevin &
I tend to put together. (RJ)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robert Bailey"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 {4...Qxd5 is now the usual line (P.C.)}
5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.N2f3 Bg4 9.c3 Nxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2
Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-O 14.O-O-O! Qd6 15.Rdg1 g6 16.Qg5!? {16.Qh6...
looks better (P.C.)} Kg7 17.h4 Rg8 {Here, Patrick offered one of his infamous
"psychological" draw offers. He confessed to Kevin, that he didn't think Rob
would accept, but just wanted "to poke him in the ribs"! After a very long
think, Rob accepted. (P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dylan Douglas"]
[Black "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "795"]
[BlackElo "834"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four Knights: Italian Variation"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.d3 Bd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Bg5 d6 8.Nd5 Be6
9.c3 Bxd5 10.Qa4+ Bc6 11.Qd1 Ne6 12.Bd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nxg5 14.h4 Nxd5 15.hxg5
Qxg5 16.Qf3 c6 17.Rh5 Qf4 18.c4 Qxf3 19.gxf3 Nf4 20.Rh4 Nxd3+ 21.Ke2 Nxb2
22.Rb1 Nxc4 23.Rxc4 Rb8 24.f4 d5 25.Ra4 exf4 26.Rxa7 O-O 27.Rbxb7 Rxb7 28.Rxb7
g5 29.Rc7 Ra8 30.Kf3 Rxa2 31.Kg4 Rxf2 32.Kxg5 Kg7 33.Rxc6 f3 34.Rc3 h6+ 35.Kg4
d4 36.Rd3 Kg6 37.Kg3 Rf1 38.Rxd4 f5 39.Rh4 Kg5 40.Rf4 f2 41.Rf3 h5 42.Kg2 Ra1
43.Kxf2 Ra2+ 44.Kg1 Kg4 45.Rb3 f4 46.Rb1 h4 47.Rf1 Kg3 48.Kh1 h3 49.Rg1+ Rg2
50.Rxg2+ hxg2+ 51.Kg1 Kh3 52.Kf2 Kh2 53.Kf3 g1=Q 54.Kxf4 Qe1 55.Kf3 Qe5 56.Kg4
Qf6 57.Kh5 Qg7 58.Kh4 Kg2 59.Kh5 Kf3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chantelle Barnett"]
[Black "Daniel Bradbrook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "407"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...d6"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d5 6.a3 Nd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Nd2 Bd6
9.Nf3 c5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne1 Be6 13.Rb1 O-O 14.Qc1 c4 15.dxc4 dxc4
16.Bxb7 Rab8 17.Bg2 c3 18.bxc3 Rxb1 19.Qxb1 Rb8 20.Qc1 dxc3 21.Nd3 Bc4 22.f4
Bxd3 23.exd3 Bc5+ 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Re1 Kf8 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.a4 Qe7 28.Qa1 Bd4
29.Bc6+ Kd8 30.Qa2 Qd6 31.Qd5 Qxd5+ 32.Bxd5 Kd7 33.Bxf7 Kd6 34.Kg2 Kc5 35.Bb3
Kb4 36.Kf3 a5 37.g4 Bg1 38.h3 Kc5 39.g5 hxg5 40.fxg5 g6 41.Kg4 Bd4 42.h4 Kd6
43.h5 gxh5+ 44.Kxh5 Ke7 45.Kh6 Kf8 46.g6 Bg7+ 47.Kh7 Bd4 48.Kh6 Bg7+ 49.Kg5
Bd4 50.Kf4 Bf6 51.Ke4 Bg7 52.d4 Ke7 53.Kd3 Kd6 54.Kxc3 Ke7 55.Bf7 Kf6 56.Kc4
Kg5 57.d5 Be5 58.Kc5 Kf6 59.Kc6 Kg5 60.d6 Bf6 61.Kc7 Be5 62.Kc6 Kf6 63.d7 Ke7
64.Be8 Kd8 65.Kd5 Bh8 66.Ke6 Bc3 67.Kf7 Bb2 68.g7 Bxg7 69.Kxg7 Kc7 70.Kf7 Kd8
71.Ke6 Kc7 72.Ke7 Kb6 73.d8=Q+ Kc5 74.Qxa5+ Kc4 75.Qb5+ Kd4 76.Bc6 Ke3 77.Qc5+
Kd2 78.Bb5 Kc1 79.Qe3+ Kb2 80.c3 Kb3 81.Qc1 Ka2 82.Bc4# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "Slav: 4.e3 Bf5 5.Qb3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Rc1 Qb6
9.Be2 h6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.a3 g5 14.g3 Ke7 15.Kg2 Rag8
16.h4 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Be4 18.Kf1 f6 19.hxg5? {Opens up the h file for an attack
(RL)} hxg5 20.Ke1 dxc4 21.Kd2 b5 22.Rf1 Nb6 23.Ne1 Rh2 24.f3 Bg6 25.g4 Nd5
26.Rg1 Nxe3! 27.Bb4 Bxb4+ 28.axb4 Nd5 29.Ra1 Nf4 {The white bishop is cactus
and Black's bishop is active. Still got 7 pawns on the board! (RL)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jasan Barnett"]
[Black "Miguel Marbella"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "828"]
[BlackElo "853"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra, 2...cxd4"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd1 d6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.O-O Nf6
9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Qc7 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Nxf7 Qxf4 13.Nxd8 Kxd8 14.g3 Qb4 15.b3 Bg7
16.c3 Qb7 17.Qd4 Ke8 18.f3 Bh3 19.Rf2 Kf7 20.Qc4+ Be6 21.Qf4 Rd8 22.Rd2 Qb6+
23.Rd4 Bh3 24.g4 g5 25.Qd2 Nxg4 26.fxg4 Rxd4 27.Qf2+ Rf4 28.Qxb6 Rf1# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Date "2017.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "James Watson"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Nb6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.O-O a5 12.a3 Ne8 13.Bg3 f5 14.b4 g5?! {(JW)...f4 isn't
even really a threat as it open the king too much} 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bf6
17.f4 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Ng7 19.b5 Bd7 20.b6 Be8 21.g4 Bg6 22.Ne2 Qd7 23.Rf2 h5
24.h3 Kf7 25.Raf1 Ke7 26.Ng3 h4? 27.gxf5! {(JW) This is winning for white but
Nxf5 is an even clearer win. Though I have to admit I didnt really calculate
it because I just sort of assumed this should win, "somehow"} hxg3 28.f6+ Kd8
29.fxg7 gxf2+ 30.Rxf2?? {(JW) Blowing a lovely win. 30.Qxf2! was the winning
move, which s so often happens I didnt see until immediately after playing
this. the consequence of not really taking any time as I still had almost all
my starting time at this point.} Qxg7! 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Bxg6 Qf3? 33.Qf2 Qxf2+
34.Kxf2 {(JW) This position is a fortress. The "correct result" from here
would typically be an eventual draw} a4 35.Bh5 Kd7 36.Be2 Ke7 37.Kg3 Rf8
38.Kg2 Kf7 39.Bd1 Kg7 40.Bg4 Re8 41.Bh5 Re7 42.Bd1 Re8 43.Bh5 Rh8 44.Be2 Rh4
45.Bf1 Kf7 46.Be2 Ke7 47.Bg4 Kd7 48.Be2 Rh8 49.Kg3 Ra8 50.Kg4 Ra5 51.Kxg5
{(JW) Had I not taken the pawn Harrison was going to play Rb5 which we both
thought worked for black. It turns out though that in fact all the lines where
black gives up the rook on b5 are actually losing pawn endgames, extremely
complex ones mind you.instead of taking the pawn 51.Kh5 Rb5?? 52.Bxb5 cxb5
53.e4!! is the only winning move and one I seriously doubt I could have
found.} Ra8 52.Bd3 Rg8+ 53.Bg6 Rf8 54.h4 Rf3 55.h5 Ke7! {(JW) The only move.
Here I went into the tank for a long think because I could see that white has
h6 with an easy draw since black would have no choice but to give a perpetual
check. But I was determined to find some other possibilities.} 56.Bd3?? {(JW)
What I came up with is horrific. After the game I found out Harrison had
intended not to give perpetual after h6 but instead thought (mistakenly) that
black was winning. 56.h6 Rg3+ 57.Kh5 Rxe3?? h7 Rxh3 but I pointed out white
has both Kh4 or g4 whihc Harriosn hadnt seen. Infact white has 4 winning moves
in that position which are all mate in around 10} Rxe3 57.Ba6?? {(JW) The
worst thing about this whole idea is not that it loses, it's that I wasnt even
playing it as a winning attempt. I'd seen h6 was an easy draw for black so I
played what I thought would be a flamboyant draw where I give up a bishop.}
bxa6 58.h6 Rg3+ 59.Kh5 Kf7! 60.Kh4 Rxa3 61.h7 Kg7 62.h8=Q+ Kxh8 63.Kg5 Kg7
{#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielgovel 2017"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "James Watson"]
[Black "Rauri Coffey"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1151"]
[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 Bd6 7.Re1 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 c5! {(JW) I hadn't been happy with how complacently I'd been playing and
Rauri to his credit had been playing this very well, with this move he has
equalized very easily and can maybe start playing for an edge} 10.c4?! Nf4
{(JW) I'd simply overlooked that this square was available to the knight this
whole time. Infact black can already claim to have a preferabble position}
11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.h3 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Bxf3?! {(JW) The position is still
essentially equal, though after this atleast felt I shouldnt end up being much
worse.} 14.Qxf3 b6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Be3 Rac8 17.Qg4 Be5 18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 e5
20.Rd5 f5 21.Qe2 Rce8 22.Rad1 Qf6!? {(JW) After this it goes from roughly half
a pawn advantage to black to a roughly half pawn advantage for white according
to my engine} 23.Ne3 Rf7 24.f3 g6 25.b4 Ne6 26.Rd6 Nf4 27.Qd2 Qg5 28.Nd5 {(JW)
Setting a trap which black falls in to, But I'd missed a detail so could
probably mark the move as a mistake} Nxh3+ 29.Kh2 {(JW) Kf1 is sound for white
for long term reasons that work out due to the pin. here I'd expected black to
trade queens, but infact he can just drop the knight back to f4 with a small
edge.} Qxd2?? 30.Rxd2 Ng5 31.Nf6+ Rxf6 32.Rxf6 e4! 33.Kg3! e3 34.Re2 Kg7
35.Rc6? {(JW) Suprisgly the engine claims this blows all whites advantage.
White needs to bring the rook to d6} Re7? {(JW) Apprently missing some sort of
resource} 36.f4?? {(JW) Very poor technique being displayed here. Though it is
because I didn't notice the knight can come to c2 blocking access to my king}
Ne4+ 37.Kh2 {(JW) Unfortunately Kf3 is a perpetual check so now black is back
in the game} Nc3 38.Re1 e2 39.c5 bxc5 40.Rxc5 Nxa2 41.b5 Nb4 42.Re5 Rxe5
43.fxe5 Kf7 44.Rxe2 Ke6 {(JW) Black offered a draw.} 45.Re3 Nc2 46.Rc3 Nd4
47.Rc5 h5 48.Kg3 g5 49.Kf2 f4 50.Rc6+?? {(JW) A moment of complete insanity,
Id been lamenting how I'd more or less blown any realistic winning chances
when suddenly I remembered that passed pawns separated by a file protect
themselves. What I'd forgotten is while they protect themselves, they need an
extra file to promote themselves.} Nxc6 51.bxc6 Ke7? {(JW) giving white some
chances} 52.Kf3 a5 53.Ke4 a4 {(JW) I paused for thought here, do I stay in the
square of the pawn or force through a pawn promotion, I chose the wrong one}
54.Kd4?? {(JW) Kd4 or Kf4 gave white chances as we both end up promoting
pawns. For some reason I thought I might be able to track the a pawn and still
be in time to reconnect with my passers} a3 55.Kc3 f3 {(JW) A well deserved
win by Rauri. I wasnt overly upset about the result as I knew I'd played
poorly throughout and in the early stages had been simply outplayed. whilst I
fluffed aroound with my winning chances Rauri had played overall quite
reasonably where I'd played over all sub par} {#R} *


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2017.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harrison Harrison"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Icelandic Gambit"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Qa4+ {Deviating from book. Usual is cd
or d4. (RJ)} Bd7 6.Qb3 Bc6? {The engines indicate d4!. Of course if then Qxb2,
Bc6. Now it's even again. (RJ)} 7.d4 Be7 {After the game Harrison felt I had a
win with Qe7ch. It is the best move, but only marginally. The programs
indicate it gives Black only a small advantage. (RJ)} 8.Nf3 O-O 9.c5 Nbd7
10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O b6 12.cxb6 cxb6? {As I made the move I saw the resultant
position, and knew I had made a mistake. Now the Black d pawn is also
isolated. If Black recaptures with the a pawn, he can soon comfortably play c5
and get good play in the centre. (RJ)} 13.Qc2 Rc8? {Be6 is much better. (RJ)}
14.Ba6! Rc7?? {Again my hand moved before my brain, and I saw the disaster as
I put the rook down. Rb8 and White has a comparatively small advantage. (RJ)}
15.Bf4 {Ah yes. (RJ)} Bb7 16.Bxc7 Qxc7 17.Bd3 {Black's problem is not just the
loss of the exchange. His c7 square is so weak that the position just
collapses. (RJ)} h5 {A token 'attack', basically rubbish. (RJ)} 18.Rac1 Ng4
19.Nxd5? {All a bit embarrassing, but typically Harrison - odd opening moves
followed by imaginative, dynamic play. (RJ)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2017.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rodney Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...d5 2.Bb2"]

1.b3 {I was so sure that Pat would play b3 that, while waiting for him to come
to the table, I, encouraged by a club member who will remain nameless, but
whose initials are JB, put Pat's b3 pawn there.(RJ)} d5 {Rod told me after the
game that he thought I might play the Larsen, and he prepared this...(P.C.)
Yes, in all our previous Larsen games, including lightning games, I had played
1.....e5.} 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 {The most played move on Chessbase.
Alternatives include Be7 or Bd6. (RJ)} 5.d4!? {The second most popular move on
Chessbase, after c4. (RJ)} Nc6 6.dxc5?! {I felt this was an innacuracy, just
helping Black develop his Bishop. It's not recommended on Chessbase. In these
types of positions, it's not usual to take the pawn until the opponent has
first moved the defending bishop - so as not to lose a tempo.(RJ)} Bxc5 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.a3 a6 10.c4 Rd8 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5?! {Just a bit
over-anxious to liberate my white bishop. (RJ)} 13.b4 Ba7 14.Ng5! {Pretty much
forces the R back to where it came from...(P.C.). Yes, the best move. (RJ)}
Rf8 15.Nd2 h6 16.Ngf3 Bg4 17.h3 Bh5? {Bd7 is necessary. . (RJ)} 18.Bxa6!
{Sorry Pat, but not the best move. Both programs give g4 for White as best.
(RJ)} Nxb4? {Rc8!, although White still has the better of it. (RJ)} 19.axb4
bxa6 20.Nxe5 {The programs now give White a 1.15 advantage. (RJ).} Rfc8 {Best.
(RJ)} 21.Qb3 Bb8 {Also best. (RJ)} 22.Nef3 Bd6? 23.Rfc1 Re8? {23...Rxc1+
24.Rxc1 Bxb4 25. Bxf6 was acceptable to me...(P.C.) Stockfish 7 gives BcB4 as
best. (RJ)} 24.b5! axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Bxf6 gxf6? {26...Qxf6 seems logical
(P.C.) I knew that, positionally, this was a serious error. But I thought I
would be able to generate some tactical threats with my 2 bishops. Alas, it
was Pat who now works up those threats. (RJ)} 27.Qxb5 {Qd5! is very strong
here. (RJ)} Bg6 {The engines give White a .9 advantage here. (RJ)} 28.Nd4 Ra2
29.N2f3 Qe4 {Qc7! is a bit stronger. (RJ)} 30.Qc6 {Qd7 is stronger. (RJ)} Qe7?
{Qxc6 (RJ)} 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Nf5! {Getting rid of my White bishop, simplifying
and heading towards an endgame where White will have a significant advantage
with his extra pawn and my messed up pawn structure. (RJ)} Bxf5? {Qf8 holds
out longer. (RJ)} 33.Qxf5+ Kg7 34.Nd4 Qb7 35.Qb5?! {Stockfish 7 recommends
Qh5!, with a 2.67 advantage - obviously with Nf5 to come. (RJ)} Qxb5 36.Nxb5
Be7 37.Nd4 Kg6 38.g4 Ba3 39.Rc2 Ra1+ 40.Kg2 Rb1 41.h4 Bd6 42.Nf5 Bb8 43.Rc8
Kh7 44.Rc6 Rb4 45.f4 Rb2+ 46.Kf3 h5 47.gxh5 Rb5 48.Rxf6 Kg8 49.h6 Rb7 50.e4
Rb4 51.h7+! Kxh7 52.Rxf7+ Kg8 53.Rg7+ Kf8 54.h5 Rb2 55.h6 Rh2 56.h7 Rh5
57.Rg8+ {A convincing game by Pat - in front the whole way after his
courageous sac on move 18. Due to my lack of time, and, yes, chess ability, my
comments come from computer suggestions.(RJ)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Date "2017.03.02"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Robert Bailey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7"]

1.d4 f5 {I decided to try the Dutch again despite a nasty positional loss to
Rob in the 2015 Club Championship where he played 2. Nc3 and adopted more of a
london system. (RB)} 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 {Going for a Leningrad setup; something
I've enjoyed playing over the years since the sage advice on its merits was
given to me by both John Lavery and Peter Lumsdon in 2003. (RB)} 4.Nf3 Bg7
5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.Qc2 {I knew I 'd faced this position before and
sure enough in my collections found a game from the Country Vic Championships
where John Frangakis had played the same line against me in 2003, deviating
with 8. b3} e5 {Achieving equality but Rob's setup is quite solid and the next
phase of the game is quite interesting.} 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd5 Na6 11.Bd2 c6 {Too
negative; missing the chance to play more actively with Ne4.} 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6
13.Bc3! {I underestimated the strength of this move - this piece became
instrumental to Rob's pressure on my king-side.} Bd7 {A bit timid; probably
needed to calculate deeper to make the Nc5-e4 plan work, a common idea in this
system. Fritz wants to play Qe7 and b6 after the Bb4 idea that Rob and I
looked at after the game. (RB)} 14.a3 c5 {A weak choice upon reflection,
seeking to keep the knight out of d4 and at some point push e4.} 15.Nd2 Nc7
16.b4 cxb4? {This is definitely the start of a faulty set of moves where I
start losing the thread of the game. Giving the opponent new targets and
mobile pawns probably isn't a good idea generally! (RB)} 17.axb4 e4 18.Nb3
Ba4? {Leads to some troubles for black (RL) Rob and I both agreed on this
after the game that this was where it went wrong for me. Curiously enough
however, Fritz wanted me to play this move earlier. (RB)} 19.Bxf6 {After Rob
took here without too much thought, I realised I'd made a mistake and
absolutely sank into my chair, somewhat despairingly consuming oodles of time
in the process. (RB)} Bxb3? {Better to take white's bishop with the rook (RL)}
20.Qc3 Bc2 {I spent time looking at the exchange sacrifice as well as the
simple tactical motif with Rc8 and Nd5. Both looked pretty hopeless. (RB)}
21.Bh8?? {Forgetting that the knight can come to e6 protecting the mating
square g7, and allowing black's bishop to get to d3.... careless play by white
(RL) I was surprised by this and had seen Be5 whilst watching over Rob's
shoulder (RB)} (21.Be5 Na6 22.Bd6 Bd3 23.Bxd3 exd3 24.b5 {Gets either the
knight or the exchange (RL)}) 21...Ne6 22.Be5 Bd3 23.Bxd3 exd3 24.Qxd3 Rd8
25.Qc3 a6 26.c5 Qb5 {Qc6 maybe a bit more accurate with the idea of following
up with b6. The final phase of the game is quite intense as I start to live
perilously on the increment.} 27.Qb3 Rfe8 28.Rad1 Kf7 29.Rd4 Rxd4 30.exd4 a5
31.Rb1? {Would've been better to get the Queen to g3, heading for h4 to attack
the king (RL)} axb4 32.f4 Rd8 33.Re1 Re8 34.Bd6 Qa5 35.Qd5 {notation not clear
(Rob B. could you put the rest of the moves in please?) No problem Rob! (RB)}
Qb5 36.Qb3 Qa5 37.Re2? Qa3?? {Blinded and hamstrung by the power of the lethal
pin by the white queen and the hint of a passed pawn, Black misses the last
remaining chance to gain true counter-play with Qa1+ and Qxd4. I felt after
the game I'd missed tactics on white's central pawns and this proved to be the
case. (RB)} 38.Qd5 Qa6 39.Ra2 Qb5 {Qc6 might hold for longer.} 40.Ra7 {I had
mere seconds left here on the clock; but not finding any resource, decided to
resign. A well deserved win to Rob L. I very much enjoyed the fighting nature
of the final phase of the game despite the result. (RB)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2017"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2017.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harrison Harrison"]
[Black "Rauri Coffey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1151"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Van Geet: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Nce2 e5 4.Ng3 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.O-O Qd7 12.Bd2 Rad8 13.a3 h5 14.Rc1 Bh6 15.b4 Qd6 16.b5
Ne7 17.Bb4 Qd7 18.Nxe5 Qxb5 19.Bxe7 Qxe5 20.d4 Qg5 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxg5 Nxg5
23.Rxc7 Bd5 24.f3 Ne6 25.Rc3 b6 26.e4 Ba8 27.d5 Nc5 28.Bd3 Be3+ 29.Kh2 Bd4
30.Rc4 Be5+ 31.f4 Bb8 32.Bb1 Bb7 33.Rd4 Kg7 34.e5 f5 35.e6 Bd6 36.Re1 Rde8
37.Qc2 Re7 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rh8+ 40.Kg3 Rf8 41.gxf5 Rxf5 42.Rg1 Rc7 43.Kf3
Bxd5+ 44.Rxd5 Rxf4+ 45.Ke2 Re4+ 46.Kd1 Bf4 47.Rxg6+ Kxg6 48.Rxc5 Rxc5 49.Qxe4+
Kg5 50.Qg2+ Kh4 51.Qf2+ Kg4 52.Qxc5 bxc5 53.e7 c4 54.e8=Q c3 55.Qg6+ Kf3
56.Be4+ Ke3 57.Bc2 Kf2 58.Qe4 Bd2 59.Bd3 Kg3 60.Ke2 Kh3 61.Kf3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "James Eyre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1111"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nc6"]

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Qa4 O-O 8.Qxc4 Bb4
9.O-O Nd5 10.e4 Nb6 11.Qd3 Ne7 12.Qb5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Bd7 14.Qd3 Ng6 15.Ba3 Re8
16.Rfd1 Ba4 17.Rd2 c6 18.Bc5 Bb5 19.Bxb6! Qxb6 {19...Bxd3 loses a piece.}
20.c4 Ba6 21.Qb3 Qd8 22.d5 exd5 23.exd5 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Rad1 Qe8 26.h3
Re1+! 27.Kh2 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qe2 29.dxc6 Qxf2 30.cxb7 Rb8 31.c5?! {Black pointed
out after the game that 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.b8=Q wins!} Qxc5 32.Rd7 Qc4 33.Qxc4
Bxc4 34.Rc7 Be6 35.Bd5! {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1573"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Colle"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.Qxe4 Na5 11.Qd3 c6 12.O-O Rb8 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.e4 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5
16.Ne5 b4 17.c4 Qc7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Be3 Nc6 20.f4 Qd6 21.d5 exd5 22.cxd5 Na5
23.Bxa7 Rb7 24.Bd4 Rfb8 25.Rf3 Qc7 26.Rg3 g6 27.f5 b3 28.a3 Qc2 29.Rf3 Qxd3
30.Rxd3 b2 31.Rc3 h5 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Rc2 Re7 34.e5 Rd8 35.d6 Re6 36.Rbxb2 Rf8
37.Rb5 Rf4 38.Rc7 Re8 39.Rxa5 Ref8 40.h3 Rf1+ 41.Kh2 h4 42.Raa7 g5 43.Rg7+ Kh8
44.Rh7+ Kg8 45.Rag7# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: English Variation"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 d4 4.Nb1 c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 e5 8.f3 Bd6 9.Nh3 h6
10.O-O Nh7 11.f4 Bxh3 12.Bxh3 Qe7 13.fxe5 Bxe5 14.Qh5 Ng5 15.Bxg5 Qxg5
16.Qxf7+ Kd8 17.Qd7# 1-0


[Event "Spielgovel"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "James Watson"]
[Black "Ben Naughton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD: Ragozin, 5.Bg5"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.e3 Bd7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 O-O
9.O-O Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Be6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.h3 Rad8 15.a3
Rfe8 16.Rc1 Re7 17.Bb1 Red7 18.b4 Ne7 19.Ne5 Rd5 20.Rxc7 Ng6 21.Nxg6 fxg6
22.Ba2 R5d6 23.Bxe6+ Qxe6 24.Rxb7 a6 25.Qg4 Qd5 26.Re7 Qb3 27.Qf4 Rf6 28.Qc7
Rdd6 29.Rxg7+ Kf8 30.Qe7# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Black "James Watson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian: Canard Opening"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.f4 d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.Nf3 Bxf3 5.gxf3 e6 6.Bd2 Nh5 7.c4 Qh4+ 8.Ke2 Ng3+
9.hxg3 Qxh1 10.Ba5 Qh2+ 11.Ke1 Qxb2 12.Nc3 b6 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Nb5 Qxe3+ 15.Be2
Qg1+ 16.Bf1 Qxg3+ 17.Ke2 Qxf4 18.Bd2 Qh2+ 19.Ke1 Be7 20.Qa4 O-O 21.Nxa7 Bh4+
22.Kd1 Qf2 23.Be2 Qxd4 24.Kc2 Qf2 25.Bd3 b5 26.cxb5 Rxa7 27.Qb3 Bg5 28.Rd1
Qc5+ 29.Bc3 d4 30.Bc4 dxc3 31.Kxc3 Ra3 32.Kc2 Qf2+ 33.Kb1 Rxb3+ 34.axb3 Bf6
35.Kc1 Qb2# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kalen Douglas"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Ba4 Bg7 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bg5 a5
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Re1? b5 11.Bb3 a4 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.b4 Bg4 14.d4 Nd7 15.h3 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Qb6 17.Rb1? Bxd4 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.f4?? Nf3+ 20.Kg2 Nxd2 21.Rbd1 Bxc3
22.Re3 Bxb4 23.c3 Nc4 24.Rf3 Bc5 25.f5 Bxf2 26.Rxf2 Ne3+ 27.Kf3 Nxd1 28.Rd2??
Qe3+ 29.Kg2 Qxd2+ 30.Kf3 Qe3+ 31.Kg2 Qf2+ 32.Kh1 Ne3 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko Opening"]

1.g3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 c6 6.Nd2 Nbd7 7.Ne2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3
Rb8 10.Bb2 Bd3 11.a3 Qb6 12.Ra2 Qa6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Nf4 cxb3 15.Qxb3 Bg6 16.e4
Qb6 17.Qf3 Qa5 18.Bc3 Qg5 19.h4 Qh6 20.Nc4 Bh5 21.Qd3 Rfd8 22.Bd2 Nc5 23.Qc3
Nfxe4 24.Bxe4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Bg4 26.Nd5 exd5 27.Bxh6 dxe4 28.Bf4 Rbc8 29.Ne3 Be6
30.Rd2 h6 31.a4 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Be5 f6 34.d5 cxd5 35.Qb2 fxe5 36.Qxe5 Kf7
37.Qb2 Rd7 38.Kg2 Rcd8 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[White "Tim Commons"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1236"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2.Bc4"]

1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 a6 10.h4 h5 11.Bh6 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.O-O-O {(Nh2 instead
gives White a strong chance of smashing through Black's defence)} b4 15.Nd5
Nxe4 16.Qe1 Nc5 17.Nxb4 Nxb4 18.Qxb4 Rb8 19.Qd4+ Kg8 20.Qe3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 {Draw
Offered but declined by Black} Qc8 22.Qe3 Kh7? 23.Qxe7! Nxb3+ 24.axb3 Qf5
25.Rhf1 {White Rd2 followed by Rh3 holds well and if white can exchange queens
he looks to be winning.} Rfc8! 26.Rd3?? {Scared of the mate attack white does
not think long enough and blunders his rook and the game.} Qxd3 27.Qxf7+ {For
a second both players thought white had a perpetual check here...} Kh6 28.Qf4+
Kg7 {A good game in which White was happy with his play throughout and
actually was winning after move 23.} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Opening "QGD: Chigorin, 3.Nf3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 e5 11.d5? {over ambitious...} Na5 12.Qa4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Bxf3
14.Nxf3 e4! 15.Nd2 Re8 16.Rd1 Re5 17.Nf1 Nxd5 18.Ng3 Nf6 19.b4 b5?! 20.Qc2 Qe8
21.Bb2 Re6 22.Nf5 Be5 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Nd4 Rc8 25.Qc6 h6 26.Qxe8+ Nxe8 27.Nc6
Re6 28.Nxa7 {White offered a draw...} Rb8 29.Rac1 Rb7 30.Nc6 Rb6 31.Nd4 Red6
32.Rc5 g6 33.Rdc1 Kf8 34.Rxb5 {suddenly, the tables are turned!} Ra6 35.Rc3
Ke7 36.Rbc5? {36.Re5+ wins another pawn...} Kd7 37.b5! {keeping the weak pawn
on c7.} Ra4 38.R5c4 Ra8 39.a4 f5 40.Kf1 Rc8 41.Ke2 Nf6 42.Rc6! Nd5 43.Rxd6+
cxd6 44.Rxc8 Kxc8 45.a5! Kb7 46.Kd2 g5?? 47.Nxf5 Kc7 48.Nxh6 Nb4 49.Kc3 Nd3
50.Ng4 d5 51.Kd4 Kd6 52.b6? {a miscalculation...} Nc5 53.b7 Nxb7 54.a6 Nd8!
55.f3 {55.a7 doesn't work because of 55...Nc6+ and the pawn goes...} Ne6+
56.Kc3 Nc7 57.fxe4 dxe4 58.Kd4 Nxa6 59.Kxe4 Ke6 60.Nf2 Nc5+ 61.Kf3 Kf5 62.e4+
Kg6 63.Ke3 Ne6 64.Nd3 Kf6 65.g3 Kg6 66.e5 Kh5 {66...Kf5 67.f4+} 67.Ke4 Kg6
68.Kd5 Nc7+ 69.Kd6 Ne8+ 70.Kd7 Ng7 71.e6 Nh5 72.e7 Nf6+ 73.Kd8 Kf7 74.Ne5+ Ke6
75.Nd7! g4 76.Nxf6 gxh3 77.Ng4 Kf5 78.Nh2 Kg5 79.e8=Q Kh6 80.Qf7 Kg5 81.Qf4+
Kh5 82.Qf5+ Kh6 83.Ng4+ Kg7 84.Ke7 h2 85.Qf7+ Kh8 86.Ne5 h1=N {a sense of
humour!} 87.Ng6# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Charlie Thompson"]
[Black "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (BDG): 2.e4"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Bf4 Bg4 6.Qc1 Na6 7.h3 Bf5 8.g4 Be4
9.f3 Bxb1 10.Qxb1 e6 11.c5 Qxd4 12.Ne2 Qxc5 13.Ng3 Bd6 14.Rh2 Bxf4 15.Rg2
O-O-O 16.Rc2 Bxg3+ 17.Ke2 Qe5# 0-1


[Event "Spielgoval "]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "James Watson"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[ECO "A82"]
[Opening "Dutch: Staunton Gambit, 3.Nc3 Nf6"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Ng3 O-O 7.Bd3 d6 8.Nf3 Nbd7
9.Qe2 Nb6 10.O-O-O Nbd5 11.h4 Bd7 12.c4 {I spent a total of 50 minutes on this
and move 15 as I felt there must be a decisive breakthrough somewhere in the
position} Nb4 13.Bb1 Kh8? {This is a poor move 13 ... Qe8 is better (KP)}
14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Ng5 Rh6?? {This ends the game immediately, however white has a
solid advantage and should be able to convert regardless (JW) An absolute
brain fade by black. I can't remember walking into a family fork for over 40
years. My only excuse was a total loss of concentration whilst James was
immersed in the game (KP).} 16.Nf7+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Rod Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1573"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...d5"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Ne5 c5 9.f4
dxc4 10.Nxc4 cxd4 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.Nb5 Qe7 13.Nxd4 e5 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.Qf3 Nbd7
16.Bb5 Rb8 17.Bd2 Qe4 18.Qg3 Qe5 19.Qf2 Qd5 20.b3 Ne4 21.Qf3 Ne5 22.Qe2 Nxd2
23.Qxd2 Re7 24.Qb4 Qe4 25.Rae1 Ng4 26.Rf4 Qe5 27.Nf3 Qc7 28.Rxg4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "clubrooms"]
[Date "2016.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ben Naughton"]
[Black "Ali Osoble"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Qd2 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Nh5 10.O-O-O Nf4 11.Rhg1 O-O 12.d4 Ng6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 dxe5
15.Qxd8 Rxd8 16.Rxd8# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "clubrooms"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ben Naughton"]
[Black "Tim Commons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1236"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.h3 b6 5.Bc4 h6 6.d3 Be6 7.Nd5 Nbd7 8.d4 Nxe4
9.Qd3 Nef6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qe4 Rb8 14.O-O Bd6
15.Bd2 O-O 16.Rfe1 f5 17.Qa4 a5 18.Rad1 e4 19.Nd4 Qe5 20.g3 Nc5 21.Qc4+ Kh8
22.Bf4 Qe8 23.Bxd6 cxd6 24.Nb5 Qh5 25.Kh2 Qf3 26.Kg1 f4 27.Nd4 Qh5 28.h4 fxg3
29.fxg3 Qg4 30.Qc3 Rbe8 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 e3 33.Kg2 e2 34.Re1 Re4 35.Nb5
Qg6 36.Qf3 Ne6 37.Nxd6 Nf4+ 38.Kh2 Nh5 39.Nxe4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "James Watson"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 a6?!
9.c5 O-O 10.Be2 b5?! {I didn't like the idea of passive defence...(P.C.)}
11.cxb6 Qxb6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.O-O Bd7 {13...c5 fails to 14.Na4 (P.C.)} 14.Rfc1
Rfc8 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Qxc5 Qxc5 18.Rxc5 Ne4 19.Ra5 c5 20.dxc5 Rxc5
21.Rxa6 Rac8! 22.Rb6 Rc1+ 23.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24.Bf1 g5 25.g4 f5 26.Kg2 Rc2 27.Ne5
Rxf2+ 28.Kg1 Be8 29.Rxe6? {After 29.Rb8, Kf8; 30.Bb5 white wins (BvR)} Kf8
30.Nd3 Rd2 {threatening 31...Bb5 (P.C.)} 31.Rb6 fxg4 32.Ne5 Rd1 33.Nxg4 Nd2
34.Rf6+ Kg7 35.Rf2 Bb5 36.Rxd2! Rxd2! {36...Rxf1+ 37.Kg2 and White's Q-side
pawns should win. 36...Rxd2 at least gets rid of one of them (P.C.)} 37.Bxb5
Rxb2 38.a4! Kg6? {a waste of time, and lets the a pawn run. 38...h5 was better
(P.C.)} 39.Bd3+ Kg7 40.a5 h5 41.Nf2! {lets the King out. (P.C.)} Kf6 42.a6 Ra2
43.Kg2 g4 {Black is eying off a possible K + B+N versus K ending...can James
win it?} 44.Kg1 Ke5 45.Bf1 Ra3 46.Nd3+ Ke4 47.Nb4 Ra4 {not 47...Kxe3?? 48.
Nc2+ , or 47...Rxe3?? 48.a7! Ra3 48.Nc6 followed by Bg2 (P.C.)} 48.Nxd5??
{completely unnecessary...48.Nc2 should still be winning. (P.C.)} Kxd5 49.Bg2+
Ke5 50.Bb7 Ra2! {after the game, James said he missed this...Black offered a
draw (P.C.)} 51.Kf1 h4 52.Bc8 g3 53.hxg3 hxg3 54.Bb7 Rf2+ 55.Kg1 Ra2 56.Kf1
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "clubrooms"]
[Date "2016.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harrison Harrison"]
[Black "Ben Naughton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Spanish: Old Steinitz, 4.d4 Bd7"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.O-O h6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 O-O 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Bf4 f6 13.Qg4 g5 14.Rad1 Bd6 15.Bxd6
cxd6 16.Rxd6 Rf7 17.Red1 f5 18.exf5 Qe8 19.Rxh6 Qe7 20.Qh5 Rh7 21.Rxh7 Qxh7
22.Qxh7+ Kxh7 23.Rxd7+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Isaac Stolk"]
[Black "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Brooklyn Defence (Retreat Variation)"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8 3.d4 d5 4.c4 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qa4 Qc7 8.Bd3 Na6 9.a3
Bd7 10.Qc2 g6 11.Bg5 O-O-O 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.Ng5 Be8 14.O-O dxc4 15.Bxc4 Rxd4
16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Nf3 Rd7 18.Na4 a5 19.Rad1 Rd5 20.Rxd5 cxd5 21.Qxc7+ Kxc7
22.Rc1+ Nc6 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Nb5+ Kd8 25.Nc5 Nxe5 26.Nb7+ Ke7 27.Nxa7 a4 28.Nc5
Rb8 29.Nxd7 Nxd7 30.Nc6+ Kd6 31.Nxb8 Nxb8 32.Rb1 Nc6 33.b3 axb3 34.Rxb3 d4
35.Kf1 Kc5 36.Ke2 Kc4 37.Rb6 d3+ 38.Kd2 Ne5 39.Rb4+ Kd5 40.f4 Nc4+ 41.Kxd3
Nxa3 42.Rb7 f5 43.Rxh7 Nc4 44.Rh6 Nd6 45.Rxg6 e5 46.Rxd6+ Kxd6 47.fxe5+ Kxe5
48.Ke3 Kf6 49.Kf4 Kg6 50.g3 Kf6 51.h4 Kg6 52.Ke5 f4 53.Kxf4 Kh5 54.Kf3 Kg6
55.g4 Kh6 56.Kg3 Kg6 57.h5+ Kg5 58.Kh3 Kf6 59.Kh4 Kg7 60.g5 Kh7 61.h6 Kg6
62.Kg4 Kh7 63.Kh5 Kg8 64.g6 Kf8 65.h7 Kg7 66.Kg5 Kh8 67.Kf5 Kg7 68.h8=Q+ Kxh8
69.Kf6 Kg8 70.g7 Kh7 71.Kf7 Kh6 72.g8=Q Kh5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.11"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 b6 6.Ngf3 Ba6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O Ne7 11.Nd4 Nd7 12.f5 Nxe5 13.fxe6 f6 {This move weakens
black's position, maybe 12 ... O-O is better (KP)} 14.Bh5+ N5g6 {This is a
busy Knight, his 6th move to date and more to come. (KP)} 15.Qg4 O-O 16.Nf5
Nxf5 17.Qxf5 Ne5 18.Qh3 Qe7 19.Bf4 Ng6 20.Bg3 Rae8 21.Rae1 Bc8 22.Bg4 c5? {I
think 22 ... Qc5+ is better (KP)} 23.Bf5 {To pin the N on g6 and stop the f
pawn advance (KP)} c4 24.d4 b5 25.Bb8! Rd8? {It is difficult to find a better
move for black all the same (KP)} 26.Qg3 Rfe8 27.Bc7 Nf8 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.c3
Rd6? {This i a mistake. 29 ... Bxe6 is better (KP)} 30.Qxd6 Qxd6 31.e7 Bxf5
32.Rxf5 Qd7 33.Rxd5 {Maybe 33 Rxf6 is better (KP)} Qxd5 34.e8=Q a6 35.Qc8 Kf7?
{Rob probably resigned a bit early here, since there is no immediate mate. His
Q side pawns are weak however and he must also be careful on the K side as
well (KP).} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Black "Ian Marbella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (Centre Counter)"]

1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qd3 8.Nc5 Qf5
9.d4 b6 10.Nd3 Bd7 11.O-O Nf6 12.Nfe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Re1 O-O 15.g4 Qxd3
16.Qxd3 Rfe8 17.c4 Nb4 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.Qxb4 c5 20.Qc3 Bc8 21.Bg5 Rd4 22.h3 Ba6
23.b3 h6 24.Bh4 g5 25.Bg3 Red8 26.Bf3 Rd3 27.Qc2 Rxf3 28.Rad1 Rf8 29.Rd3 Bb7
30.Qe2 Rxd3 31.Qxd3 f6 32.exf6 Rxf6 33.Be5 Rf8 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Rxe6 Rf6
36.Re7+ Rf7 37.Re6 Rf6 38.Qd7+ Rf7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "clubrooms"]
[Date "2016.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ben Naughton"]
[Black "James Eyre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1111"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 Nc5 11.Qd2 e5 12.Nde2 exf4 13.Nxf4 Re8 14.Nfd5 Ncxe4 15.Bxe4
Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Bh6 Bd4+ 18.Be3 Bxb2 19.Rae1 Be6 20.Bg5 Rd4 21.Nf6+ Kh8
(21...Qxf6 22.Rxf6 Rxd2 23.Rfxe6 Bd4+) 22.Qf2 Rc4 23.Qf3 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Rxc2
25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Qxb7 Rc7 27.Qe4 Be5 28.Nxh7 Qxg5 29.Nxg5 Rac8 30.Qh4+ Kg8
31.a4 d5 32.Nxe6 Rh7 33.Qg4 Rh6 34.Qg5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Bjorn Lategan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1098"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch Defence: 2.d4 e5 3.d5"]

{584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.f4 Ng6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.f5 Nf4 9.Bxf4 exf4 10.Qd2 Qb5 11.Nc3 Qc5 12.Qxf4 Nf6 13.O-O-O
Be7 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.g4 Nd7 16.g5 g6 17.h4 f6 18.Nd4 fxg5 19.hxg5 Rf7 20.Qh4 Ne5
21.Ne6 Qb6 22.Qh3 a5 23.a4 Nc4 24.b3 Ne5 25.Rf1 Raf8 26.f6 Bd8 27.Nxf8 Rxf8
28.Nb5 Rf7 29.Nd4 c6 30.Qc8 c5 31.Ne6 Rd7 32.Nxd8 Rxd8 33.Qe6+ Nf7 34.Rh1 c4
35.Rxh7 Qe3+ 36.Kb1 Rf8 37.Rg7+ Kh8 38.Rh1+ {1-0} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Bas van Riel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.g3"]

{584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.d4 {Over many years, I find Patrick very hard to beat,
despite the rating difference. He is very solid, consistent and not prone to
making serious mistakes. Hence, he is such a challenging opponent for me, that
I always prepare before the game. Incidentally, a very useful and recommended
'warm-up' exercise to get into the right mood, and to take the opportunity to
study and rehash one's openings repertoire. Since Patrick is specialized and
experienced in a number of opening-variations, he is the perfect study- object
to practice some home-Cooked preparations...} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 {So, not the
Gruenfeld or Benko this time, but back to an old favorite of mine, the Kings
Indian opening. It threw me immediately out of my preparation, but the good
thing was that I felt on home-turf} Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O e5
8.d5 Ne7 9.e4 {I don't like this move as it appears to even more (after 8.d5)
restrict the participation of white's bishop. It looks like it will be doomed
to play the role of a glorified pawn.} Nd7 10.Be3 h6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.b4 f5 {A
thematic move and very common in most King-Indian variations: white attacks
along the queen-side, whereas black attacks king-side, resulting in
fascinating games.} 13.Rac1 Nf6 14.Ne1 {In combination with white's following
move, I feel that he essentially lost the game already at this point: white
entirely ignores the good-bishop versus the bad-bishop principle. He allows
his good (black) bishop to be exchanged and he makes his bad (bishop) weaker
(see comment at move 9.)} Ng4 15.f3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 f4 {fixing white's pawns}
17.Qd3 h5 {preventing white to close the pawn chain by 18.g4 and creating
activity for the black bishop via h6, if needed.} 18.Ne2 c6 {Now is the time
for action, but black has to be very careful and not over-Cook it...} 19.a3 a5
20.Nc2 {Black can now attack on the queen side whilst also keeping his options
open on the king side} cxd5 21.cxd5 Bd7 22.Nc3? {White's queen side will
collapse} Rc8 23.b5 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Qc5 {a very quick and powerful mobilization of
the black queen} 25.Na1 Qxa3 {white's pieces don't coordinate anymore} 26.Rfd1
Rc5! {Increasing the pressure} 27.Ne2 Qxd3 28.Rxd3 Bxb5 29.Rd2 Rxc1+ 30.Nxc1
fxg3 31.hxg3 Rc8 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Nxc2 Bh6 34.Na3 Ba6 35.Na2 b5? {Black totally
overlooked white's next move, even believing that the win could be
problematical. For a moment, it looked like the horrible white bishop was
going to be a spoiler rather than the 'glorified pawn', after all....} 36.Bf1
b4! {After a long think, I came to the conclusion that everything was still
dinky dory and that I was still winning. It only would be harder.} 37.Bxa6
bxa3 38.Kg2 Be3 39.Kf1 g5 40.Ke2 Bc5 41.Bc4 Ng6 42.Nc1 h4 43.gxh4 gxh4 44.Nd3
h3 45.Kf1 Be3 {Instead 45...Nh4; 46.Nf2, Bxf2; 47.Kxf2, h2 and 48...Nxf3 and
49.Nd2 would have been quicker. Or 45...Nh4;46. Nxc5, h2 and pawn-queening}
46.Nf2 Bxf2 47.Kxf2 Nf4 48.Kg3 Kg6 49.Ba2 Kf6 50.Bb3 Ke7 51.Kh2 Kd7 52.Ba4+
Kc7 53.Bb3 Kb6 54.Kg3 Kc5 {0-1.} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Sielvogel 2016"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Be2 dxe4 5.dxe4 Bc5?! 6.Ngf3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Ne4 Be7 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 Nf4 12.Ng3 Qxd1 13.Raxd1 Nxe2+ 14.Nxe2 Bxf3 15.gxf3
Na6 {Black offered a draw...!?} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tim Commons"]
[Black "Isaac Stolk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1236"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5? {maybe Nxe4?} 4.exd5 Bg4? 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e4
7.Qb3 c6 8.Qxb7 cxd5 9.Qxa8 dxc4 10.Qxa7 Nc6 11.Qa4 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qe6 13.O-O Bb4
14.Qa8+ Nd8 15.Qa4+ Nc6 16.a3 Bxc3 17.dxc3 O-O 18.Be3 Rd8 19.Rad1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1
h6 21.Bd4 Qd5 22.b3 Nxd4 23.Rxd4 Qg5 24.Qxc4? {allowing Blacks Queen to cause
some havoc... better be patient with Rd1.} Qc1+ 25.Qf1 Qxc2 26.Qd1 Qxc3 27.a4
e3 28.fxe3 Qxe3+ 29.Kh1 Ne4 30.Rxe4 Qxe4 31.Qa1 f5 32.Qf1 g5 33.Qc4+ Kg7
34.Qxe4 fxe4 35.Kg1 Kf6 36.Kf2 Ke5 37.Ke3 Kd5 38.a5 Kc5 39.b4+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Ben Naughton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1573"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD: 4.Nf3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.e4 Be7 8.O-O Bd7
9.e5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bxd5 Ba4 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.Qxa4 c6 14.Qb3 b6 15.h4
{Should've put the knight on g5 then pushed the pawn... no guts no glory...}
h6 16.Be3 Qe8 17.g3 Na6 18.Bf4 Nc7 19.e6 Rxf4 20.gxf4 Qg6+ 21.Kh2 Nd5 22.Rg1
Qf5 23.Rg3 Nxf4 24.Qe3 Bd6 25.Ne5 Qf6 26.Rh1 Nd5 27.Qf3 Qxh4+ 28.Kg1 Qxd4
29.Qf7+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Jeremy Lim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav: 4.Nf3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Qc2 f5 6.g3 Nf6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bg2 Bd7 9.O-O
Be8?! 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Ng5 Bf7 12.Nxf7 Rxf7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Qd3 a6
16.Qe3!? Ne4 17.f3 Bg5! 18.f4 Bf6 19.Nxe4?! dxe4 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Rc1 Qd8
22.Qc3 Nb6 23.e3 Nd5! 24.Qd2 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dylan Douglas"]
[Black "Jasan Barnett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Re1 a6
9.c4 Nb4 10.Qb3 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 dxc4 12.Qc3 Bc5 13.Qxc4 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Qxc4 15.b3
Qc5+ 16.d4 Qb6 17.Ba3 Qa5 18.Bc5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bjorn Lategan"]
[Black "Tim Commons"]
[WhiteElo "1098"]
[BlackElo "1236"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompowsky Opening"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 b6 5.c3 Bb7 6.Nf3 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Nd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.b4 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nh4! g6 13.Nxg6!! fxg6 14.Bxg6 Rf7 15.Qh5?
{BxR winning the exchange may be better but white decides to come in for the
kill.} Rg7 16.Qxh6 Nf8!! {White missed this holding move by Black as a
possibility... .} 17.Bf5 Qf7 18.f4 Bc8 19.Qh3 } Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Ne6 21.Rf3 Kf8
22.Rh3 Ke7 23.b5 {White attempting to dislodge the pawn at d5 and bring his
knight into the game...} Rag8 24.g3 Nc7 25.bxc6 Qe6 26.e4 Qxf5 27.exf5 Bxf4!
28.Re1+ Kd6 29.Nb3 Kxc6 30.Kf2 Bd6 31.Kf3 Rg5 32.Rf1 Rxf5+ 33.Kg2 Rxf1 34.Kxf1
Nb5 35.Rh6 Rf8 36.h3? Bxg3 {A good inventive game with many possibilities
including a productive piece sacrifice that may just have won the day.} {#R} *


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cassandra Barnett"]
[Black "Charlie Thompson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]

1.e4 d6 2.Bc4 Be6 3.Bxe6 fxe6 4.Nc3 Qd7 5.Nf3 Na6 6.O-O O-O-O 7.Re1 g6 8.b3
Nc5 9.Bb2 a5 10.e5 Bg7 11.d4 dxe5 12.dxc5 Qe8 13.Qe2 e4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qxe6+
Kb8 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Ne5 Rf8 18.c6 Ng4 19.Nd7+ Ka7 20.Nxf8 Qxf8 21.cxb7 Rb8
22.Nb5+ Kxb7 23.Qd5+ Kb6 24.Bd4+ Ka6 25.Nxc7# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caitlin Barnett"]
[Black "Zander Lakin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch Defence: 2.Nc3"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 Nh6 3.Nf3 a5 4.Bb5 Nb8 5.O-O e6 6.h3 Bd6 7.d3 f6 8.Bxh6 gxh6
9.Nd2 Rg8 10.Nc4 c5 11.Nxd6+ Kf8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.d4 Rg5 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5
Rxd5 16.Nxd5 Ra7 17.Nb6 f5 18.Nxd7+ Nxd7 19.Bxd7 Qd8 20.Qd6+ Kg8 21.Be6+ Kg7
22.Qxd8 Kg6 23.Qg8+ Kh5 24.Qd8 c4 25.Bf7# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Michael Tausz"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1315"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...e6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 a6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.Be3 Bb4 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.O-O {MT: I was hoping to play Nd5 in the next move,
because exNd5, exd5 and the Nc6 knight is , and a discovered check such as
Bb6(+) is also threatening.} Nge7 {MT: This covers the dangerous discovered
attack.} 12.Nd5 {MT: Just an exchange operation now.} exd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.dxc6
dxc6 15.Ng5! Nf5 16.Qg4 Bc8? {MT: Leaving the bishop hanging, but as we found
after the game, the alternative NxB may not be better:} (16...Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bd6
18.Qh5 h6 19.Nxf7) 17.Qxb4 a5 18.Qc3 Bb7 19.Bc5 Nd6 20.Qd3 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Harrison-Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 2.d4 Nd7"]

{584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nd7 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Qe7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5
a6 8.Be3 Ngf6 9.h3 Nc5 10.Qc2 g5 11.b4 Ncd7 12.Qa4 Bg7 13.Nb5?! {Not the best,
but very tricky} Qd8 14.Nd2 O-O 15.c5? {Overlooking black's reply Bd7} dxc5?
{But black has the move-order wrong: instead he should have played 15...Nxc5;
16.bxc5, Bd7!} 16.bxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 Bd7 18.Bxf8 {Now white wins the exchange.}
axb5 19.Qb3 Bxf8 20.Bxb5 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 c6 22.dxc6 Ra3 23.Qc4 bxc6 24.Bxc6 Qa5+
25.Kf1 Bc8 26.Qd5 Ba6+ 27.Kg1 Qc7 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Qd7 Bd6 30.Qe8+ {Black can't
avoid a forced checkmate} Kg7 31.Nh5+ Kg6 32.g4 {to be followed by 33.Be4 or
Qg8 checkmate; 1-0} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "Clubrooms"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ben Naughton"]
[Black "Michael Schreenan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "919"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two Knights Defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.h3 O-O 6.d3 d6 7.a3 a5 8.Ba2 Be6 9.Nd5
Nd4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bxh6 Re8 13.O-O f5 14.Nxd4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Bas van Riel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]

{584MB, Fritz11.ctg} 1.e4 {The decisive, last round, game of the Spielvogel
2016 Memorial. A loss for black would result in a 3-way tie between James
Watson and the two players.Any different result would make black the winner of
the tournament.} d6 2.d3 Nf6 3.Be2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.Rb1 h6
8.Kh1 b5 9.Qe1 a5 10.Nh4 e5 11.f4? {After a passive opening, white decides to
attack.Essentially sacrificing a piece for little compensation} exf4 12.Bxf4
Be6? {A miscalculation, because of the complications 12...g5; 13.Bg3,
gxh4;14.Bxh4, Nbd7 and now either 15.Bg4 or 15.d5 and 16 Ne4. As a result
black decided to play it safe, expecting to win a pawn after 13.Bg3, b4;
14.Na4, Bxa2. A pawn-grab of dubious quality, though...} 13.Qg3 {Presented
with a second chance, this time black did do his 'homework' correctly, and he
wins a piece against 2 pawns.} g5 14.Bxg5? {Bxd6 would have been better} hxg5
15.Qxg5 Nbd7? {15...Ng4 would be more forceful, exchanging the queens, and
taking away white's hope of a king-side attack.} 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 Qb6
18.Rf3 Qc5 19.Qh3 b4 {Now white's position will collapse rapidly.} 20.Rf5 Ne5
21.d4? {21.Qg3,bxc3;22. Rxf6 would give white a slim chance to survive} Qxd4
22.Rd1 Qc5 23.g4 {After 23.Na4 or Nb1, white would also lose a piece} bxc3
24.g5 Nxe4 25.Kg2 cxb2 26.g6 Nxg6 {(!)} 27.Bd3 Qxf5 {(!) The second queen
'sacrifice'. ... and white resigns because Nh4+ will follow. 0-1} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "Ballarat Library"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perrin Kevin"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English: 1...d6"]

1.c4 d6 2.d4 Nd7 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Ndf6 {No this is not a typo! (KP)} 5.Bg2 h6
6.O-O g5 7.Nc3 g4 8.Nh4 Be7 9.Bh1 {Probably 9 e4 straight away is better but I
wanted to avoid having the knight on h4 taken by the black bishop by giving it
a square to retreat to. However this move opens up the possibility of Nh7 Ng5
and Nh3 which would have been awkward for white. (KP)} c6 10.e4 h5 11.Bg5?
{This is a mistake since it allows 11 ... Nxe4 which wins a pawn and gives
black the advantage. (KP)} Qb6? 12.b3 Qa5 13.Bd2 {13 Qd2 is probably better
but I chose to avoid any complications which could arise from Nxd4 at some
stage by black. (KP)} Qc7 14.f3?! {I was keen to exploit the weak black king
position via an open f file after g4xf6, but it does expose the white king to
counter-play and black is fairly safe after Bd7 and O-O-O. (KP)} Nd7? {I
assume that black wants to play Bxh4 but this move just creates more piece
development issues and results in the king being more vulnerable. (KP)} 15.Ng2
{I looked at f3xg4 winning a pawn but chose to avoid black being able to play
Bxh4. He can of course try h4 to open the h file with an attack but his pieces
are not ideally placed to support that at present. (KP)} Bf6 16.Be1? {16 Be3
looks better. (KP)} c5 17.Bf2 gxf3 18.Qxf3 cxd4! {Inaccurate play by white has
allowed black to equalise or even be ahead. (KP)} 19.Nb5 Qb6 20.Rad1 e5
21.Nh4? {I thought that black could not play 21 Bxh4 but Shredder says he can
with advantage. The suggested move is 21 Ne3 and black dare not take play
d4xe3. But Ne7 looks ok for black. (KP)} a6 22.Nc3 Bxh4? {This looks like a
mistake since 23 Bxd4 poses a few problems for black with 24 Qxf7 or 24 Nd5 to
follow. (KP)} 23.gxh4? {Missing 23 Bxd4 with either Nd4 or Qf7 to follow.
Black can also now play Nd7-f6 with the threat of Bg4. (KP)} Ngf6 {This is
where this N should have gone on move 4 but now the other N is better on this
square! (KP)} 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 {Shredder says to play e4xd5 but I preferred
to block the black e pawn and have the open c file for my rook. It also says I
am well behind which I did not think was the case at the time. (KP)} f6 26.Qf5
Rg8+ 27.Bg3 {I considered Bg2 but wanted the open f file for my rook was the
right choice even though the black pawn advance to d3 will give black some
counter chances. (KP)} d3+ 28.Rf2 Nc5?? {This move looks promising but it is
in fact a mistake and leaves the king too exposed. (KP)} 29.Qxf6 Qc7 30.Bf3
Bg4? {The bishops first move, but it should have stayed at home since Qe7 is
better for black. (KP)} 31.Bxg4 hxg4 32.b4! {This wins material, the N is
stuck on c5 defending e6. (KP)} Qe7 33.bxc5 dxc5 34.Rxd3 Qxf6 35.Rxf6 c4
36.Ra3 Rc8 37.Bxe5 b5 38.Re6+ Kd7 39.Raxa6 Rgf8 40.Ra7+? {Missing a mate in 4
moves after Ra6-d6+ (KP)} Kd8 41.Bc3 {Cautious but missing the shorter finish
by Bf6+ (KP)} Rc7 42.Ra8+ Kd7 43.Rxf8 b4 44.Rf7+ Kc8 45.Rxc7+ Kxc7 46.Bxb4 g3
47.hxg3 c3 48.Bxc3 Kb7 49.Bb4 Kc7 50.d6+ Kb8 51.Re7 Kc8 52.e5 Kb8 53.d7 Ka7
54.d8=Q+ Ka6 55.Qa5# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2016"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2016.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jeremy Lim"]
[Black "Chris Segrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "St. George Defence"]

1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.c4 Bb7 4.d5 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qd4 f5 7.f3 c5 8.Qd1 Qa5+ 9.Bd2
Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11.Nxd2 g6 12.f4 b4 13.Ngf3 Bg7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.h4 h5
16.Ng5 a5 17.Nb3 Na6 18.Nxa5 Rfb8 19.Nxb7 Rxb7 20.Bd3 Nc7 21.Bb1 b3 22.a3 d6
23.Rhe1 Ra4 24.Bd3 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Rxf4 26.exd6 exd6 27.Re8+ Bf8 28.Ne6 Rxh4
29.Rxf8+ Kh7 30.Rd8 c4 31.Bf1 c3 32.Rd7+ Rxd7 33.Nf8+ Kh6 34.Nxd7 c2 35.Re1
Rd4 36.Nb6 f4 37.Bc4 f3 38.gxf3 h4 39.f4 Rxf4 40.Bxb3 Kh5 41.Nc4 h3 42.Rh1 Kh4
43.Nd2 g5 44.Bxc2 g4 45.Be4 g3 46.Bg2 h2 47.Rf1 Rf2 48.Rxf2 gxf2 49.Nf1 Kg4
50.b4 Kf4 51.b5 Ke5 52.b6 Kd4 53.b7 Kd3 54.b8=Q h1=Q 55.Bxh1 Ke2 56.Qb5+ Ke1
57.Qb2 Kxf1 58.Bf3 Ke1 59.Qe2# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Tim Commons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...Nc6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.Bg5 Ne4
9.Bxd8 Nxc3 10.Bxc7! Ne4 11.e3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b6?! 13.d5! Na5 14.Ba2 Nc5? 15.b4
Na6 16.Bg3 Nb7 17.d6! Rd8 18.Rd1 f6 19.O-O Kf8 20.Nd4 e5 21.Nb5 Rb8 22.f4 Bg4
23.Rd2 Rd7 24.h3 Bh5 25.fxe5 Bf7?? 26.e6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Anna Yates"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[BlackElo "937"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Bd3"]

1.e4 {Go Anna!} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Ne2 Ne7 7.Nbc3 g6
8.Bg5 Bg7 9.h4 h6 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.f4 h5 12.a4 Nf5 13.g3 O-O 14.b4 Nb6 15.O-O-O
Nc4 16.Qf3 a5 17.b5 cxb5 18.Nxb5 Nb6 19.Qa3 Nc4 20.Qa2 Qd7 21.Rdg1 Rfc8 22.g4
hxg4 23.Rxg4 Nce3 24.c3 Nxg4 25.h5 gxh5 26.Rxh5 f6 27.Qb1 Qf7 28.Rxf5 exf5
29.Qxf5 Nh6 30.Qh3 Rc4 31.Nd6 Qc7 32.Qe6+ Kh7 33.f5 Rxa4 34.exf6 Bxf6 35.Qxf6
Qg7 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7 37.f6+ Kxf6 38.Bxh6 Rh8 39.Bf4 Rh1+ 40.Kd2 Ra2+ 41.Ke3 Rh3+
42.Ng3 a4 43.Nxb7 a3 44.Bd6 Rb2 45.Bxa3 Rxb7 46.Kf4 Rb3 47.Bb4 Rh4+ 48.Kf3
Rxd4 49.Ke2 Rb2+ 50.Ke3 Rd1 51.Bc5 Ke5 52.Bd4+ Ke6 53.Kf3 Rd3+ 54.Kf4 Rg2
55.Nf5 Rgd2 56.Ng7+ Kd6 57.Nf5+ Kc6 58.Ne7+ Kb5 59.Nxd5 Kc4 60.Ne3+ Kb3 61.Ke4
Rxd4+ 62.cxd4 Kb4 63.Kd5 Ra2 64.Ke4 Ra5 65.Nd5+ Kc4 66.Ne3+ Kb4 67.Nf5 Ra7
68.d5 Rd7 69.Kd4 {Great result for Black but does she have a win?} {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rod Jacobs"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Bg5 b5 15.Bxf6
gxf6 16.h3 Bb7 17.c4 bxc4 18.Rc1 Rfd8 19.Qe2 Bd5 20.Bxc4 Rac8 21.Bxd5 Qxc1!
22.Bxe6! fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kg7?! 24.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25.Ne1 Bb4?? {25...Bc7 seems
worthwhile.} 26.Qg4+ Kf7 27.Qxb4 Rdd1 28.Kf1 h5 29.Ke2 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Rxe1+
31.Kxe1 h4 32.Ke2 Kg6 33.b4 Kf5 34.a4 Ke4 35.b5 axb5 36.axb5 Kd5 37.Kf3 Kc5
38.Kf4 Kxb5 39.Kf5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[White "Tim Commons"]
[Black "Bjorn Lategan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1192"]
[BlackElo "1077"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch Defence"]

{Close game with interesting opening - middle and end game. Hard fought game
finally won by White and worth a look.} 1.e4 Nc6 2.Bb5 e5 3.Nf3 Qf6 4.d3 Nd4!
5.Nxd4 exd4 6.Nd2 Qg5! 7.Bc4 Qxg2 8.Rf1 Bb4 9.a3 Bxd2+ 10.Bxd2 Ne7? {maybe Nf6
is better.} 11.Qh5 d5 12.exd5 Bh3 13.O-O-O Bg4! 14.Qe5! Bxd1 15.Rxd1 Kd7?
16.Qxd4 Nf5 17.Bb5+ Kc8? 18.Qe5 Qxf2 19.Re1 c6? {Nd3 better.} 20.dxc6 bxc6
21.Bxc6 Rb8 22.Bf4 Nd6 23.Bd7+!! Kb7 24.Qd5+ Ka6 25.Qxd6+ Rb6 26.Qe5 Rd8
27.Bg3 f6 {Loses exchange} 28.Bxf2 fxe5 29.Bxb6 Rxd7 30.Be3 Re7 31.Bf4! Ka5?
32.Rxe5+ Rxe5 33.Bxe5 g5 34.Kd2 Kb5 35.Ke3 Kc5 36.Ke4 g4 37.b4+ Kb5 38.Kf5 h5
39.Kg5 Ka4 40.Bb2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chris Segrave"]
[Black "Jonathon Yates"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1230"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Krause Variation"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 e6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.Bb5 a6
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Ne5 cxd4 11.exd4 a5 12.O-O c5 13.Re1 Bb7 14.c3 O-O-O 15.Rc1
Ne4 16.b4 axb4 17.cxb4 c4 18.Ndxc4 dxc4 19.Rxc4 Nc5 20.Qc1 Qe7 21.dxc5 Bc7
22.b5 f6 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.bxc6 Qe8 25.Rce4 Qxc6 26.Rxe6 Qd5 27.a4 Qh5 28.h3 Rd5
29.R6e3 Rxc5 30.Bc3 Ba5 31.Qa3 Qd5 32.Bxa5 Rxa5 33.Rc1+ Kb7 34.Re7+ Ka8 35.Qc3
Rb8 36.Rc7 Rxa4 37.Rc5 Qb7 38.Qc2 Ra6 39.Rc7 Qb6 40.Qe4+ Rb7 41.R7c6 Qb5
42.Rc8+ Ka7 43.Qd4+ Qb6 44.Qc4 g6 45.Qg8 Rb8 46.R1c7+ Ka8 47.Qd5+ Qb7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Michael Tausz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.a3 d6 7.d3 O-O 8.Be2 d5!?
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Nf3 Be6 12.b4 Rad8 {12...a5 was preferable.}
13.O-O e4! 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.dxe4 Qxe4 16.Ng5! Qf5 {16...Rxd1 was the right move
here.} 17.Nxe6+ Qxe6 18.Qc2 Qe5 19.Rad1 Ne7 20.Rd2 Nd5? 21.Rfd1 Nxe3! 22.fxe3
Qxe3+ 23.Kf1 Qf4+ 24.Bf3 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Qxd2? {25...Qxh2 is better.} 26.Rxd2 c6
27.Rd7 Rb8 28.b5! Kf6 29.bxc6 bxc6 30.Bxc6 a5 31.Rb7 Rxb7? {Black should keep
the rooks on the board...now it is just a matter of technique.} 32.Bxb7 Ke5
33.a4 f5 34.Ke2 h5 35.Bc6 h4 36.Kf3 g5 37.h3 Kd4 38.Bd7 Ke5 39.Ke3 Kf6 40.Kd4
f4 41.Bg4 Kf7 42.Ke5 Kg6 43.Ke6 Kg7 44.Kf5 Kh6 45.Kf6 Kh7 46.Kxg5 Kg7 47.Kxf4
Kf6 48.Bf3 Kg6 49.Kg4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "Shredder for iPad"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Rod Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1625"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...f5"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O d5 8.Bb3 O-O 9.c4
e6 10.h3 Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.c5 Nce8 13.Bc2 h6 14.Ne5 g5 15.Bh2 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4
17.b4 Bd7 18.Rb1 Nc7 19.f3 Nd5 20.Qe1 exf3 21.Rxf3 Be8 22.e4 Ne7 23.exf5 exf5
24.Bb3+ Nd5 25.Qf2 f4 26.g3 Bh5 27.g4 Be8 28.Kh1 Kh8 29.Re1 Rc8 30.Nc4 Bg6
31.Nd6 Rc7 32.Re6 Nf6 33.Qe2 Kh7 34.Bg1 Nd5 35.Rxg6 Kxg6 36.Qe4+ Kf6 37.Qe5+
Kg6 38.Bc2+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jonathon Yates"]
[Black "Tim Commons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish Gambit: Accepted, 4.Bc4"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ 6.Nd2 Qg5 7.Nf3 Bxd2+
8.Nxd2 Nh6 9.Nf3 Qg6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd4 Nc6 12.Qc3 d6 13.Nh4 Qf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6
15.Bxf6 Ne5 16.Bb3 Be6 17.f4 Bxb3 18.fxe5 Bc4 19.Rf3 Ng4 20.Rg3 h5 21.h3 Be6
22.Nf5 dxe5 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.Rxg4+ Kh7 25.Rg7+ Kh8 26.Rxf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jonathon Yates"]
[Black "Bas Van Riel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"]

{584MB, DFritz12.ctg, BAS-ASUS} 1.e4 c5 {After a lengthy absence of 10 years
of competitive club chess, I (BvR) was quite apprehensive before the start of
my first game, in the first round of the 2015 Spielvogel tournament. And it
definitely shows! I am obviously not proud about my effort, but there are two
reasons, why I found it useful and worthwhile analysing this game. Firstly,
being so rusty, I tried to make some sense of my own thought processes during
the game. Without the pressure of the clock and being relaxed at home. And
secondly, I was pleasantly (not really during the game!) surprised to see how
well and logically Jonathon did tackle his various problems. Especially
considering his rating..} 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e6
7.O-O a6 8.f4 Qb6 9.Be3 Qxb2 10.Qd2 Qa3 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Rab1 c5? {Very bad, as
I should have made an escape for my queen via 12...d5. Although this still
would loose a pawn for no compensation: 13.Rb3, Qa5; 14.Nxd5!, Qxd2; 15. Nxf6
and 16.Bxd2} 13.e5! {Strong move.} dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bg5 h6?? {I am
'blissfully' unaware of any danger. Fortunately (for now) Jonathon missed the
chance to trap my queen: 16.Rb3, Qa5; 17.Nd5!.. with the threat of 18.Nc7
mate.} 16.Bh5 {(?)} hxg5 17.Bxf7+ Kd8 18.Bxe6 Ra7? {My last chance and final
blunder.18..c4 was the only reasonable alternative for me to have a fighting
chance.} 19.Rf7 {19.Rxf8!, Rxf8; 20. Qxg5, Rf6 (Fritz) etc would have been a
more direct win, but Jonathan's advantage is still considerable. However,..}
Be7? {again 19... c4 could have prolonged the game a bit longer. Now, white
finishes the game nicely..} 20.Rxe7 Kxe7 21.Qd6+ Kd8 22.Nd5 Re8 23.Bxd7 {#r}
1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Tausz"]
[Black "Sascha Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "631"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Italian: Blackburne-Shilling Gambit"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qh5+
g6 9.Qb5+ c6 10.Qxb7 c5 11.Bg5 Rb8 12.Qxa7 Ra8 13.Qb7 Rb8 14.Qc6+ Qd7 15.Qxd7+
Kxd7 16.b3 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Nd2 h6 19.Bf4 Rb7 20.Nf3 c4 21.Ne5+ Ke6 22.Nxg6
Bg7 23.Nxh8 Bxh8 24.Rfe1+ Kf5 25.g3 cxd3 26.Re5+?? Kg4?? 27.Kg2?? Bxe5 28.h3+?
Kf5 29.Bxe5 Kxe5 30.Re1+ Kd6 31.cxd3 Ra7 32.Re2 Nf6 33.f4 h5 34.f5 Kd7 35.Kf3
Kd6?? 36.Re6+ Kd7 37.Rxf6 Ke7 38.Re6+ Kf7 39.g4 h4 40.g5 Kg7 41.f6+ Kf7
42.Re7+ Rxe7 43.fxe7 Kxe7 44.Kg4 Ke6 45.a4 Kd6 46.a5 Kc6 47.g6 Kd6 48.g7 Ke7
49.g8=Q Kd7 50.Qg6 Kc7 51.Kf5 Kb7 52.Qb6+ Kc8 53.Qa7 Kd8 54.Ke6 Kc8 55.Kd6 Kd8
56.Qd7# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chris Segrave"]
[Black "Tim Commons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1230"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Bogoljubow-Miles, 2.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Qe7 7.Nc3 O-O-O 8.Bd2 d5
9.c5 e5 10.b4 exd4 11.exd4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nxd4 13.Bg4+ Ne6 14.Re1 h5 15.Bxe6+
fxe6 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Qd4 Qf7 18.Re2 Qg6 19.h4 Re8 20.Rae1 Kd7 21.Qf4 Ne4 22.Nxe4
dxe4 23.Rd1+ Kc8 24.Rxe4 Be7 25.Rde1 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Rhf8 27.Qe3 Qf5 28.f3 Qd5
29.Rxe6 Rd8 30.g6 Qxa2 31.Re7 Rd2 32.Re8+ Kd7 33.Re7+ Kd8 34.Re8+ Kd7 35.Qe6+
Qxe6 36.R8xe6 c6 37.Re7+ Kc8 38.Re8+ Rd8 39.R8e7 Rg8 40.Kh2 Rdf8 41.Kh3 Rf6
42.Re8+ Rxe8 43.Rxe8+ Kd7 44.Ra8 a6 45.Ra7 Kc7 46.Ra8 Rxg6 47.Rf8 Rg5 48.g3 g6
49.Rf6 b6 50.Kh4 Rf5 51.Rxg6 bxc5 52.Rg7+ Kb6 53.bxc5+ Kxc5 54.f4 a5 55.Rg5
Rxg5 56.fxg5 Kd6 57.Kxh5 Ke7 58.Kh6 Kf7 59.Kh7 Ke7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bas Van Riel"]
[Black "Michael Tausz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[ECO "A51"]
[Opening "Budapest: 3.d5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.e3 d6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Qa4+ c6 7.b4 Bb6 8.Bg2 O-O 9.Nc3
c5 10.a3 Re8 11.h3 Bd7 12.Qb3 e4 13.Nge2 Bf5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nf4 Nbd7 16.Nxg6
fxg6 17.g5 Ne5?! 18.gxf6 Nd3+ 19.Ke2 Qxf6 20.Nxe4 Nf4+? (20...Qxa1 {was worth
a try.} 21.Kxd3 Qe5 $18) 21.exf4 cxb4 22.Be3! Qf5? 23.Nxd6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 h6
9.c4 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Rxe4 c5 14.Rh4?! Be7 15.Rh3? Bf6
{Black cheekily offered a draw ...} 16.Qd2 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nc5
19.Qe3 Qc7 20.Re1 Rad8 21.b4? Na4 22.Ba1 Qxc4 23.Nf3 Bxa1 24.Rxa1 Qc3!
{typically, Patrick wants to simplify to a winning (?) endgame.} 25.Qxc3 Nxc3
26.Rh4 Rd5 27.Rc4 {now White offered a draw!} Na4 {Black merely smiled and
played on...} 28.Rc7 a5 29.bxa5 bxa5 30.Rc4 Nb6 31.Rc6 Nd7 32.Ra6! Rd8 33.Rb1
Ne5 34.Nxe5 Rxe5 35.Rb2 Red5? {Black was a bit lazy here...I think 35...Rc5 is
the right square.} 36.h4 Kf8 37.a4 Ke7 38.Rb5! Rxb5 39.axb5 Rd5 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daniel Healey"]
[Black "Chris Segrave"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1429"]
[BlackElo "1230"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 2.Nc3"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Nc6 6.Nf3 e5 7.d3 Be7 8.Bd2 Qd7
9.O-O-O Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 O-O-O 13.Qf2 Qb5 14.Qf3 Kb8
15.Rhe1 Rhe8 16.Re4 Qxd5 17.Kb1 f5 18.Re2 Qxf3 19.gxf3 Bf6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bas Van Riel"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld: 3.Nf3 d5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Bg4 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Be2 N8d7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 e5 13.Qc2 exd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Nxd4
Qe7 16.N2f3 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Rfe1 Rd7 19.Nb3 Rxd1 20.Qxd1 Rd8 21.Qc2 Ne6
22.g3 Qf6 23.Kg2 Qe7 24.Re2 c5 25.Rd2 Rc8 26.Na5 Qc7 27.b3 c4 28.Nxc4 Nxc4
29.Qxc4 Qxc4 30.bxc4 Rxc4 31.e5 b5 32.Rd5 a6 33.Rd2 Kf8 34.Kf1 Ke7 35.Ke2 a5
36.Rb2 b4 37.Kd1 Rc7 38.Rc2 Rb7 39.Kc1 b3 40.Rb2 Rc7+ 41.Kb1 bxa2+ 42.Rxa2 Rc3
43.Nd2 Rc5 44.f4 Nd4 45.Ra4 Rd5 46.Nc4 Nc6 47.Kc1 Ke6 48.Ra3 Rc5 49.Kd2 Rxc4
{#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Date "2015.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch: 4.Nxd4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nge7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.g4 Qh4 13.f3 Be6 14.Rdg1 a6 15.f4 b5
16.f5 Bc4 17.Nd5 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nd4 19.Qe3 c5 20.Rg3 f6 21.Nf4 Rae8 22.c3 Nc6
23.Rh3 Qg5 24.Ne6+ Rxe6 25.Qxg5 fxg5 26.fxe6 Re8 27.Rd3 Rxe6 28.Rhd1 Rxe4
29.Rxd6 Ne5 30.Rxa6 Nxg4 31.Rd7+ Kh6 32.h3 Nf2 33.Raa7 g4 34.Rxh7+ Kg5 35.hxg4
Kxg4 36.Rac7 g5 37.Kd2 Re5 38.Rhe7 Rf5 39.Rf7 Rd5+ 40.Ke3 Nh3 41.Ke4 Rd2
42.Rxc5 Rxb2 43.Rb7 Rxa2 44.Rbxb5 Rc2 45.Kd3 Rc1 46.c4 Rf1 47.Re5 Rf3+ 48.Kd4
Rf2 49.c5 Rd2+ 50.Kc3 Rd1 51.Kc2 Rd8 52.c6 Rc8 53.Rbc5 Kf4 54.c7 {l
aalalalways rush} Rxc7 55.Rxg5 Nxg5 56.Rxc7 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chris Segrave"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1230"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 a6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Ne4 Qd8 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nc5 Nxc5 15.dxc5 a5
{to prevent 16.b4 and keep the c pawn vulnerable in an endgame.} 16.Qe2 Be7
17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Nd2 O-O 19.Ne4 Rfd8 20.Qc2 Rd5 21.Nd6? Bxd6 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.cxd6
Qxd6 24.Be4 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qe7 26.Bf3 {White offered a draw....} Rd8! 27.h3 Rd6
28.Kh2 Qd7 29.Rxd6 Qxd6+ 30.Kg1 Kg8 31.Qe2 Kf8 32.Qc2 g6 33.h4 h5 34.g4 hxg4
35.Bxg4 c5 36.Qe2 Qd5 37.f3 f5 38.e4?? Qd4+ 39.Kg2 fxg4 40.Qf1 gxf3+ 41.Qxf3+
Ke7 42.Kg3 Qe5+?! 43.Qf4 Qxe4 44.Qg5+ Kf7 45.Qf4+ Qxf4+ 46.Kxf4 Kf6 47.b3 Bd5
48.Kg4 e5 49.h5 gxh5+ 50.Kxh5 Kf5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "Ballarat Library"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bas Van Riel"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.c3
bxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.h3 Rb8 12.d3 Na5 13.Bc2 h6 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 c5 16.Nc3 c4
17.Ba3 Bb7 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Qd2 Ba8 20.Rxb8 Rxb8 21.Rb1 Rxb1+ 22.Bxb1 Nb3 23.Qc2
g6 24.Ba2 Qb6 25.Qe2 Qc7 26.Bb1 Bf8 27.Bb2 d5 28.e5 Nh5 29.e6 Nf4 30.exf7+
Qxf7 31.Qe3 Bg7 32.Kh2 Ne6 33.Ne5 Bxe5+ 34.Qxe5 Nexd4?? {A blunder. Black had
a comfortable game and even the advantage after 34 ... Qf4+} 35.Ne2! g5
36.Nxd4 Nd2 37.Nf5 {Black lost on time but the game is over and mate is not
far away.} {#t} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Harrison Harrison"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2 O-O"]

{An important game...A win for White wins the tournament, a win for Black, or
draw, wins the tournament! And a worthy fight this was...!} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 Re8 8.O-O-O Nf8 9.h3 Kh8 10.Nf3
Ng8 11.Rdg1 f6 12.Be3 Be6 13.g4 Bf7 14.Nh4 e5 15.d5 Nd7 16.f4?! {blunder or
sacrifice?} exf4 17.Bd4 g5 18.Nf5 Ne5 19.h4 Bg6 20.hxg5 fxg5 21.Rh3 Nf6
22.Rgh1 Kg8 23.b3 {White offered a draw...} Kf7 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Bf3 Qd7 26.Qd3
Rh8 27.Nb5 Bxf5 28.exf5 Re3 29.Qd1 h5 30.Nd4 h4 31.Ne6! {White, again, offered
a draw...} Bh6 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Qxe1 Re8 34.Rh2 b6 35.Re2 a5 36.a4 Nh7?
37.Nxc7!! {Now Black offered a draw...White insisted he make a move first!}
Rxe2 38.Qxe2 Bg7 {Another draw offer from Black...} 39.Qe6+ Qxe6 40.dxe6+ Kf8
41.Nd5 Ke8 42.Nxb6 Nf6 {Another draw offer...} 43.Nc8 Bf8 44.Bc6+?
{44.Na7...followed by Nc6...picking up the a pawn, should win!} Kd8 {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2015"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "James Eyre"]
[Black "Chris Segrave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1300"]
[BlackElo "1230"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest: Adler, 4...Bc5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Ngxe5 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O a5
9.b3 Ra6 10.Bb2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be4 Rh6 13.h3 d6 14.Nb5 Bxh3 15.Bxe5 Bxg2
16.Bxg2 Qh4 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.Bxb7 f5 19.Nd4 f4 20.exf4 Rg6 21.Bg2 Rff6 22.Nf3
Rxg3 23.Re1 Qd7 24.Qd5+ Kf8 25.Ng5 Bxf2+ 26.Kh2 Rh6+ {#R} 0-1


[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daniel Healey"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna: Smyslov, 3...Nc6"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.d3 Qd7 8.Be3 h5
9.Qd2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ng4 11.Nd5 O-O-O 12.Bg2 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bg5 14.h4 Bh6 15.Rf5
Nd4 16.Rf2 Kb8 17.c3 Ne6 18.Qe2 c6 19.Nb4 Rdf8 20.d4 Nc7 21.Kh2 f6 22.dxe5
fxe5 23.Raf1 g6 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.Qf3 Qe7 27.a4 Bh6 28.Bf1 Ne6
29.a5 a6?? 30.Bxa6 Qf8 31.Qxf8+ Nxf8 32.Bc4 Bxe3 33.Bf7 Kc7 34.Kg2 Kd7 35.Kf3
Bc1 36.Nd3 Bh6 37.Ke2 Ke7 38.Bc4 Nd7 39.Nb4 Nc5 40.Kf3 Bc1 41.b3 Bd2 42.Na2
Kf6 43.b4 Na4 44.b5 cxb5 45.Bxb5 Nxc3 46.Nxc3 Bxc3 47.a6 bxa6 48.Bxa6 Bd4
49.Bc4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2015"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Chris Segrave"]
[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 O-O 6.Ng3 e5 7.c3 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7 9.Bg5
exd4 10.cxd4 c6 11.Qd2! {Must be a good place for the Queen because that was
her only move for the rest of the game!} Qb6 12.Be3 Na6 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.a3 Qc7
15.Bg5 Rde8 16.Rac1 Be6 17.b4 b5 18.Nxb5 Qd7 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Bxa6 Nd7 21.e5
Qb8 22.Rxc6 f6 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Rfc1 Bd7 25.Bc4+ Kh8 26.Rc5 Qd6 27.Bf4 Qb6
28.Bc7 Qb7 29.Bd6 Qb6 30.Bxf8 Bxf8 31.Ra5 h5 32.Ra6 Qd8 33.Rxa7 Kh7 34.Bb5 Bg7
35.Bxd7 Nxd7 36.Rcc7 Re7 37.Ne4 Bf8 38.Rxd7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2015"]
[Date "2015.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Michael Tausz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Be2 Bf5 6.a3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.h3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Rc8 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qb6 13.Nb3 a5 14.Be3 a4 15.Nc5
Bxc5 16.dxc5 Qxb2 17.Qxa4 Ra8 18.Qd1 Rxa3 19.Rb1 Qc3 20.d4 Rb8 21.Bf4 Rba8
22.Rxb7 h6 23.Be3 Ra2 24.Rb6 R8a6 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Qb1 Qc4 27.Qb7 Ne4 28.Rc1
Qe2 29.Re1 Qc4 30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Qd7 Nc3 32.Qxf7 Ne2+ 33.Kh2 Ncxd4 34.Nxd4 Nxd4
35.Rc1 Qb4 36.Bf4! Ne2?? 37.Be5! {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2015"]
[Date "2015.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...d5 2.Bb2"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qe7 6.Nf3 f6? {this allows White to
play a little combination that wins a pawn.} 7.fxe5 fxe5 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Nxe5!
Qh4+!? {interesting; 9...Bxe5 10.Qh5+ recovers the piece.} 10.g3 Qh6 11.O-O
Nf6 12.Nxc6?! {greed is good?} Bg4 13.Rxf6!? Qh5? {13..Qxf6; 14.Bxf6, Bxd1;
15.Bxg7, Rg8 and 16..Bxc2; and black has reasonable chances to survive
considering that he was two pawns down a bit earlier. In fact, white's 13.Rxf6
was not the best move.} 14.Re6+! Kd7 15.Ne5+! Kxe6? {instead,
15..Bxe5;16.Rxe5,Bxd1; 17.Rxh5, Bxh5; would have given white the advantage of
knight+3 pawns against a rook.. But after the text move, white is clearly
winning} 16.Qxg4+ Qxg4 17.Nxg4 {after the smoke clears, White has 2 Knights &
2 pawns for the rook} h5 18.Nf2 Rhg8 19.Nc3 c6 20.Ne2 g5 21.Nd4+ Kd7 22.Kg2
Raf8 23.Rf1 h4?! 24.Ng4 Rxf1 25.Kxf1 Rf8+ 26.Kg2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2015"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.Nf3 Bg7"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.Be3 Nc6
9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Be2 c6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qb3 cxd5 14.Rfd1 Nec4 15.Nxd5
Nd6 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Bxb6 Qe8 18.f3 Qa4 19.Qxa4 Rxa4 20.Rd2 Rc8 21.Be3 f5
22.exf5 Nxf5 23.Bf2 Nd4 24.Bd1 Rb4 25.a3 Rbc4 26.b3 Nxb3 27.Bxb3 Bxa1 28.Bd4
Kf8 29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.Bxa1 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 Rxa1 32.Rb2 Rxa3 33.Rxb7 Ra2+ 34.Kg3 Kf7
35.h4 Re2 36.Kh3 Re3 37.Kg4 Re2 38.g3 Re3 39.Kf4 Re6 40.g4 Rf6+ 41.Kg3 Re6
42.Rb5 Re1 43.h5 Re6 44.hxg6+ hxg6 45.f4 Re3+ 46.Kh4 Re6 47.Kg5 Rd6 48.Re5 e6
49.Kh4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2015"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Rod Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD Tarrasch: 4.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 dxc4 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Bf4 a6 11.Rc1 b5 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Bb1 Bb7 14.a3 Nbd5 15.Bg3 Nxc3
16.Rxc3 Ne4 17.Qd3 g6 18.Bc7 Qd5 19.Rcc1 Ng5 20.Nh4 Ne4 21.f3 Nd6 22.Rc5 {#r}
1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "James Watson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...c5"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O e5 5.d3 f6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.c4 d4 8.Nb3 Bd6
9.Nfd2 Qd7 10.Ne4 b6 11.Nxd6+ Qxd6 12.f4 Nge7 13.fxe5 fxe5 14.Nd2 Qd7 15.Nf3
Bh3 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxa8 Bxf1 18.Qxf1 N7c6 19.Bf4 O-O 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qg2
Qxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Re8 23.Re1 Nxd3! 24.Rd1 {White (optimistically) offered a
draw...} Nxf4+ 25.gxf4 Rxe2+ 26.Kf3 Rxb2 27.h4 Rxa2 28.Ke4 Kf7 29.Kd5 Kf6
30.Rg1 d3 31.Ke4 d2 32.Kd3 g6 33.Ke2 d1=R+?! {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, Steinitz"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.O-O Nge7 8.a3 Bd7
9.b4 Bd4 10.c3 Bxe5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Qc2 Nf5 14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.Qe2 O-O
16.Nd2 Rac8 17.Nf3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Qg4 Rxc3 20.Rfe1 Rc4 21.f4 Qf6 22.Rf1
b6 23.Rac1 Rfc8 24.Rce1 R8c7 25.Rf3 e5 26.Qg3 e4 27.Rf2 d4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "John Abson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.c4 O-O? 8.c5 Bxg3
9.hxg3 Ng4 10.e4 f6 11.Re1 Qf7 12.Nb3 e5 13.dxe5 Be6 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Nfd4 Qh5
16.Bxd5+ Kh8 17.Nf3 fxe5 18.Be6 Rxf3 19.Qxf3 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Nf6 21.Ke2 e4 22.Qh1
Qxh1 23.Rxh1 Re8 24.Bf5 g6 25.Bxg6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vineetha Wijesurija"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Re1 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bg4
9.h3 Bd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qc8 12.Kh2 Re8 13.c3 e5?? 14.Nd6 Qc7 15.Nxe8 Nxe8
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Bh6 Ng7 19.Qe2 Na6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qc4 Be6 22.Qd4+
Kg8 23.Ng5 Rd8 24.Qh4 h5 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Rxe6 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: 5.Bg5"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.h3 c6 11.Rc1 e5 12.Ne4 Bg7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.b3 Bf5 17.Nc5 b5 18.Be2 Rd2 19.Bf3 Rxa2 20.Bxc6 Rc8 21.Bxb5 Bb2 22.Rc4 Ra5
23.Nd7 Rxc4 24.bxc4 Rxb5 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.cxb5 Bd3 27.b6 axb6 28.Rd1 Bc4 29.Rd6
Kg7 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.02.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Peter Miitel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 f6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be2 Be6 8.d4 e4 9.Nd2
Qd7 10.Na4 Ng6 11.c4 f5 12.O-O Be7 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Bh5 Ne7 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5
Bxd5 17.Rc1 O-O 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Nc4 Rae8 20.Qc2 Bxc4 21.Qxc4+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 Be6 8.Nc3 c6
9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Ng5 Re8 11.Be3 h6 12.Nxe6 Rxe6 13.Bf5 Re7 14.c3 Nbd7 15.Qc1 Rae8
16.c4 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Nd5 18.Bg4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Nf6 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Rf1 Kg7 22.Qc2
Rxe3 23.Qf5 Qe7 24.Bf3 Qe6 25.Qxe6 R8xe6 26.d5 cxd5 27.Bg4 Rxe2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Chris Segrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...c6 2.c4"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O dxc4 7.a4 Nd5 8.Ne5 Bxb1
9.Rxb1 Nd7 10.Nxc4 N7f6 11.e4 Nb6 12.b3 Be7 13.a5 Nbd7 14.d5 cxd5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Qxd5 Nc5 18.Qf3 O-O 19.Bb2 Qd3 20.Qg4 f6 21.b4 Qe4 22.Qxe4
Nxe4 23.Rfe1 f5 24.f3 Bxb4 25.fxe4 Bc5+ 26.Kg2 fxe4 27.Re2 Rae8 28.Rf1 e3
29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Kf3 Kg8 31.Nxe3 Rf8+ 32.Kg2 b5 33.axb6 axb6 34.Nc4 b5 35.Nd2
b4 36.Nf3 h6 37.Re5 Bd6 38.Rd5 Be7 39.Rd7 Re8 40.Nd4 Bf6 41.Kf3 Rf8 42.Ke4
Re8+ 43.Kd3 Bg5 44.Nf5 Bf6 45.Bxf6 gxf6 46.Nxh6+ Kf8?? 47.Rf7# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 a6 9.Qd2
b5 10.Bd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Ne4 Bxb2 14.Rad1 Bg7 15.Bh6 Bb7
16.Qf4 Bxd5 17.Ng3 e5 18.Qe3 f5 19.Ne2 f4 20.Qd2 Bxh6 21.Nc3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 f3+
{#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Bd6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.h3 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 h6
9.Ne5 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nfd7 11.f4 Nc5 12.Nf3 Nxd3 13.cxd3 d4 14.g4 c5 15.Kh2 Nc6
16.g5 h5 17.Nh4 g6 18.Qb3 Kg7 19.Bd2 Qd7 20.Rf3 b6 21.Re1 Qe6 22.Qd1 Ne7 23.b3
Nf5 24.Nxf5+ Qxf5 25.Qe2 Bb7 26.Rf2 Rfe8 27.h4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Michael Schreenan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Nc6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Ne5 Bd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.e4 Qd4 12.Bb5 Qxa4 13.Bxa4 O-O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6
15.f3 Bb4 16.Ke2 Rhe8 17.a3 Bxd2 18.Bxd2 Rd7 19.Rhd1 Nd5 20.Rac1 Kb7 21.Be3
Nf6 22.Rxd7 Nxd7 23.Rd1 Ne5 24.f4 Nc4 25.Kf3 Nxe3 26.Kxe3 Kc8 27.g4 Rd8
28.Rxd8+ Kxd8 29.Kd4 g6 30.Kc5 Kd7 31.e5 a5 32.a4 h6 33.h4 h5 34.gxh5 gxh5
35.b4 axb4 36.Kxb4 Kc8 37.Kc5 Kb7 38.f5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O Nc6
9.a3 O-O 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Bf6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.Rc1 Ne7 15.Ne5 Qb5
16.Ng4 Qxb2 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Bh6 Rd8 19.Rb1 Qxd4 20.Qc2 Bd7 21.Rfd1 Qe5
22.Rxb7 Bc6!! 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bxc6 Qe1# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ben Barclay"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.Bf4 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Bd3 dxe4
9.Bxe4 c6 10.O-O Bg4 11.c3 Nd7 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.Qe3 Nd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Rfe1 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Rfe8 18.Re4 Rad8 19.Rae1 e6 20.Be5 Rd5 21.Kg2 Red8
22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Re5 Rxe5 24.Rxe5 b6 25.Kg3 Rd6 26.Kf4 f6 27.Re1 Kf7 28.h4 Rd5
29.Rh1 e5+ 30.dxe5 fxe5+ 31.Ke3 Kf6 32.h5 g5 33.c4 Rd4 34.b3 c5 35.Ke2 Kf5
36.Rd1 Rxd1 37.Kxd1 Kf4 38.Ke2 {White offered a draw...} h6 {the "drawmeister"
declines!} 39.a3 a5 40.a4 e4 41.fxe4 {another draw offer...} Kxe4 42.f3+ Kf4
43.Kf2 g4 44.fxg4 Kxg4 45.Ke3 Kxh5 46.Ke4 Kg4 47.Kd5 h5 48.Kc6 h4 49.Kxb6 h3
50.Kxc5 h2 51.Kb5 h1=Q 52.Kxa5 Qh5+ 53.Kb4 Qe8 54.c5 Qc6 55.a5 Kf5 56.Kc4 Qa6+
57.Kb4 Ke5 58.Ka4 Qc6+ 59.Kb4 Kd5 {#R} 0-1


[Date "2011.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.c4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 c6 8.Nxc4 b5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.e3 Qc7 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Nf3 a6 14.a3 c5 15.Ne2 Be4
16.Qd1 cxd4 17.Nexd4 e5 18.Ne2 Bc2 19.Qd2 Rab8 20.Nc3 Bb3 21.Ng5 Nc5 22.Nce4
Bc4 23.Nxc5 Bxf1 24.Nxa6 Qa7 25.Nxb8 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qxb8 27.b4 Qb7+ 28.Nf3 Ne4
29.Qe2 g5 30.g4 Nc3 31.Qd2 {White offered a draw...} Qe4 32.h3 h5 33.Qd7 Rc6
34.Qxe7 hxg4 35.Qe8+ Kh7 36.Qxf7+ Kh6 37.hxg4 Qxg4+ 38.Kh2 Ne4 39.Nxe5 Qh4+
40.Kg2 Rf6 41.Qxf6+ Nxf6 42.Bb2 Qe4+ 43.Kf1 Kh5 44.Ke2? Qc2+ 45.Kf3 g4+ 46.Kg3
Qxb2 47.Rh1+ Kg5 48.f4+ Kf5 49.Nxg4 Ne4+ 50.Kf3 Nd2+ 51.Kg3 Qg7 52.Rh5+ Ke4
53.Re5+ Kd3 54.Rxb5 Nf1+ 55.Kf3 {another draw offer...} Nd2+ 56.Kg3 Kc4
57.Rg5?? Qb2? {57...Ne4+ would end it.} 58.Ne5+ Kb3 59.Kg4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2011"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Peter Miitel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko Gambit"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.b3 Ba6 5.Qc2 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.cxb5 Bb7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Nf3
axb5 10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.O-O g6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.Qe2 Rb6 14.Bb2 Bg7 15.e5 dxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 O-O 18.Rfd1 c4 19.Na4 Rb4 20.Bc3 Nh5 21.Qe3 Bxc3 22.Qxc3
Qd6 23.Rd4 Rc8 24.Nb2 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2011"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Chris Segrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Classical"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 Qc7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nf6 8.Ne2
Nbd7 9.Nb3 Rd8 10.Bf4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Qg3 Nfd7 13.O-O-O b6 14.Rhe1 g6
15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Nc3 Bh6+ 17.Kb1 Bf4 18.Qxf4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2011"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2011.02.17"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 c6 5.Nbd2 e6 6.a3 Bd6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.h3 Be6 12.O-O h6 13.f4 Bc7 14.b4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Bxc4
16.Bxc4 Bb6 17.a4 a5 18.bxa5 Rxa5 19.Rb1 O-O 20.Qb3 Rc5 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.Ba3 Ba7
23.Bxc5 Bxc5 24.Re1 b6 25.Rbd1 Qe4 26.Qd3 Qxf4 27.Kh1 Qh4 28.Qe2 Ne4 29.Kg1
{#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2011"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[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.Bc4 h6 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.Ne5 Bh7 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.Bxe6+ Kf8 13.c3 Nd5 14.Qf3+ Bf6 15.Nh5
Bg8 16.b3 Bxe6 17.Rxe6 Kf7 18.Qg4 Re8 19.Rxe8 Qxe8 20.Bd2 Qe6 21.Qf3 Qd6
22.Re1 Nd7 23.c4 Ne7 24.Nf4 Qxd4 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Bc1 Ne5 27.Ne6 Qg4 28.Rxe5
Qxh5 29.Rxh5 Kf7 30.Nf4 Rd8 31.g4 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Rxc1 33.h4 Ng6 34.Nxg6 Kxg6
35.f4 Rc3 36.f5+ Kf7 37.g5 hxg5 38.hxg5 Be5 39.g6+ Kf6 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel10"]
[Date "2010.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Joel Beggs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Rossolimo"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.d3 e6 5.Bc6 bc6 6.0-0 d5 7.e5 h6 8.c3 Ne7 9.Be3
Nf5 10.d4 Ba6 11.Re1 Qb6 12.Qc2 Rb8 13.Nbd2 Be7 ( 13...Qb2 14.Qb2 Rb2 15.Reb1
Rb5 ) 14.b3 O-O 15.Rac1 Rfc8 16.g4 cd4 17.gf5 de3 18.fe3 ef5 19.Qf5 c5 20.Kf2
Rc6 21.Rg1 ( 21.Qd7 Re6 22.Qd5 Rd8 23.Qe4 ) Bc8 22.Qh5 Rg6 23.Rcf1 Qa6 (
23...Rg1 24.Rg1 Qa6 ) 24.e6 Qe6 25.Ne5 Rg5 ( 25...Bg5 26.h4 Qf5+ 27.Ke2 Qe5
28.hg5 Qc3 29.Rd1 Ba6+ 30.Kf2 Re8 {-3.60 Tiger 12.0} ) 26.Rg5 Bg5 27.Ndf3 Qf5
28.Ke2 ( 28.Qf7+ Qf7 29.Nf7 Kf7 30.Ng5+ hg5 31.Kg2+ {-4.33 Tiger 12.0} ) g6
29.Nf7 Qf7 ( 29...Qc2+ 30.Nd2 gh5 31.Ng5 hg5 32.Rg1 Bg4+ 33.Rg4 hg4 34.e4 de4
{-13.96 Tiger 12.0} ) 30.Ng5 Qf1+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel10"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Geoff Davis"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English: Symmetrical, 3.g3 Nf6"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.Nf3 d5 6.b3 d4 7.Na4 Be7 8.d3 h6 9.O-O
O-O 10.Re1 e5 11.e3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nb2 Qc8 14.Kh2 Qc7 15.Bd2 e4 16.dxe4 Nxe4
17.Kg1 Rad8 18.Qc2 Bg6 19.Qc1 Bf6 20.exd4 Nxd2 21.Nxd2 Nxd4 22.Ne4 Be7 23.Nd1
Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Bf6 25.Rb1 b5 26.Ne3 Qc8 27.Kg2 a6 28.Nd5 Rd6 29.Nxf6+ Rxf6
30.cxb5 axb5 31.Qe3 Re6 32.Rbc1 Kh8 33.Qc3 Rfe8 34.f3 Re5 (34...f5 35.Bd5 Re2+
36.Kf1 f4 37.g4 R8e3 38.Qa5 Rh2 39.Qb6 Rxe1+ 40.Rxe1 Rxh3 41.Re7 Nxf3 42.Qxb5
Qxg4 {-1.20 Tiger 12.0} 43.Rc7) 35.g4 Qd8 36.Kg3 Qd6 (36...b4 37.Qa1 f5
38.gxf5 Qg5+ 39.Kf2 Qh4+ 40.Kf1 Qxh3+ 41.Kf2 Qh2+ 42.Kf1 Qg3 43.Bd5 {-1.86
Tiger 12.0}) 37.Kg2 {missing quite a few moves} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel10"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine: 4.c4 Nb6"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Bd3 g6 7.Ne2 Bg7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbc3 Nb4 11.b3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Bf5 13.Qd2 a5 14.Ng3 Bd7 15.Rac1 a4
16.Rfe1 Bc6 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh6 axb3 19.axb3 e5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.d5 Be8 22.Nge4 f5
23.Ng5 Bf7 24.f4 Nd7 25.b4 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Nf6 27.Nd1 h6 28.Nxf7 Rxf7 29.fxe5 dxe5
30.Rxe5 Ne4 31.Qb2 Kg8 32.Re6 Qc7 33.Rxg6+ Kh7 34.Re6 Qf4 35.Kg1 Ra2 36.Qxa2
Qxc1 37.Qb3 Qd2 38.Qf3 Ng5 39.Qe2 Qxb4 40.Re8 Ne4 41.g3 b5 42.cxb5 Qc5+ 43.Ne3
Nd6 44.Re6 Nxb5 45.Qh5 Qc1+ 46.Kg2 Qb2+ 47.Kh3 Qg7 48.Nxf5 Qg5 49.Qxf7+ {#r}
1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "Club"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Chris Segrave"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nf3 a6 6.0-0 b5 7.Be2 d5 8.Ng5 Nf6 9.e5
Nd7 10.d3 Bb7 11.Bh5 O-O 12.Nh7 {slightly better was Nxf7, but a gutsy
attack!} Kh7 13.Rf3 Kg8 14.Rh3 Qe8 15.Qe1 Nd4 16.Qg3 Nf5 17.Qg4 g6 18.Bd2 Kg7
19.Rf1 Rg8 20.Ne2 Kf8 21.Ng3 gh5 22.Qh5 f6 23.Qh7 ( 23.Nf5 Qh5 24.Rh5 ef5
25.e6 d4 26.Rf2 Nb6 27.Rh7 Rg4 28.Rf7+ {-4.79 Tiger 12.0} ) Qg6 24.Qg6 (
24.Qg6 Rg6 25.Nf5 ef5 26.e6 Nb8 27.Rh5 {-4.88 Tiger 12.0} ) Rg6 25.Rh8+ Kg7
26.Rh3 Rh8 27.Nh5+ Rh5 {?} 28.Rh5 d4 29.g4 {?} Rg4+ 30.Kf2 Rg2+ 31.Ke1 Nb6 (
31...fe5 32.Kd1 {-8.00 Tiger 12.0} ) 32.b3 Nd5 33.ef6+ Bf6 34.h4 {??} Nfe3
35.Be3 Ne3 36.Rc5 {leads to forced mate} Bh4+ ( 36...Bh4+ 37.Rf2 Rf2 38.Rg5+
Kf6 39.Rg4 Rf1+ 40.Kd2 Be1+ {-299.89 Tiger 12.0} 41.Kc1 Bc3# ) 37.Rf2 Bf2+ {?
misses the mate but...instead of going to d2 the king...} 38.Ke2 Bg3# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "Club"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (Centre Counter)"]

1.e4 d5 2.ed5 e6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.dc6 bc6 5.Bc4 Qh4 6.Qe2 Bc5 7.Nf3 Bf2+ 8.Kf1 Qc4
9.Qc4 Ba6 10.Qa6 Na6 11.Kf2 Nf6 12.d3 Nb4 13.Na3 O-O 14.h3 Rfe8 15.Re1 Nfd5
16.Bd2 Rab8 17.Bc3 Nc3 18.bc3 Nd5 19.c4 Nc3 20.Ke3 Rb6 21.Kd4 Na4 22.Rab1 Rd8+
23.Ke3 Ra6 24.Kd2 Nb6 25.Rb3 Ra3 26.Ra3 Nc4+ 27.Kc3 Na3 {Black's draw offer
accepted} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "Club"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "0"]
[White "John Abson"]
[Black "Yu Liu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Spanish: Old Steinitz"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bc6+ {} bc6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.0-0 Bf3 7.Qf3 f6 8.d3 Ne7
9.Be3 d5 10.ed5 cd5 11.d4 c6 12.Rad1 Rb8 13.Na4 Rb4 14.b3 Qd7 15.a3 Rb5 16.Nc5
Qf5 17.Qf5 Nf5 18.a4 Rb8 19.Rd3 Ne3 20.Re3 Bd6 21.Ne6 g6 22.de5 fe5 23.f4 e4
24.f5 Ke7 25.Nd4 Bc5 26.f6+ Kd7 ( 26...Kf7 27.c3 Rb3 28.Nb3 Be3+ 29.Kh1 Bg5
30.Na5 Rc8 31.Nb7 Rf8 32.Na5 c5 33.Nb3 Bf6 34.Nc5 {-2.34 Tiger 12.0} ) 27.c3
a5 ( 27...Rb3 28.Nb3 Be3+ {-2.28 Tiger 12.0} ) 28.Kh1 Kd6 29.f7 Rhc8 30.Rg3
Ke7 31.Rg4 Bd4 32.cd4 Rf8 33.Rgf4 Rb3 34.h3 Rb4 35.Rf6 Kd7 36.Rc1 Ra4 37.Rcc6
Rd4 ( 37...Rf7 38.Rfd6+ Ke7 39.Rd5 Rf5 40.Rdd6 Rf1+ {-2.13 Tiger 12.0} )
38.Rcd6+ Kc7 39.Rc6+ Kd7 40.Rcd6+ Kc7 41.Ra6 a4 42.Ra7+ Kb8 43.Re7 Kc8 {that
was the losing move!} ( 43...Rc4 44.Rb6+ {+0.78 Tiger 12.0} Ka8 45.Kh2 (
45.Re8+ Rc8 ) Rcc8 {+0.67 Tiger 12.0} ) 44.Re8+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "Club"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kevin Perrin"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English: Symmetrical, 2.g3"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 d5 6.cd5 ed5 7.d4 Bg4 8.Nge2 cd4
9.ed4 Be7 10.0-0 h6 11.Be3 Qd7 12.Re1 Na5 13.b3 O-O 14.Rc1 Bb4 15.f3 Bf5
16.Nf4 Ba3 17.Nd3 Bd3 18.Qd3 Bc1 19.Bc1 Rfe8 20.Rd1 Qe7 21.Bf1 a6 22.Na4 Nd7
23.Nc3 Nb6 24.Kg2 Nc6 25.Qd2 Qb4 26.Qd3 Re6 27.Ne2 Qe7 28.Kf2 Nb4 29.Qd2 Rc8
30.Nc3 ( 30.Ba3 Nd3+ 31.Qd3 Qa3 32.Bh3 Qa2 33.Be6 fe6 34.Rd2 Qa1 35.Rd1 Qa3
36.Rd2 Qe7 {-1.12 Tiger 12.0} ) Re8 31.Bh3 Rf6 32.Ne2 Qe4 33.Nf4 Qc2 34.Qc2
Nc2 35.Nh5 Rc6 36.Nf4 Nd4 37.Rd4 Rc1 38.Rd2 Rd8 39.Nd3 Rc3 40.Ne5 d4 41.Nd3
Nd5 42.Ne5 Nb4 43.Bf5 d3 44.Ke3 Nc2+ ( 44...Re8 45.f4 f6 46.Bg6 Re7 47.Kd4 Rc2
48.Nf3 Rd2 49.Nd2 Re2 {-3.32 Tiger 12.0} ) 45.Kf2 Nb4 46.Ke3 Rc2 ( 46...Na2
47.Ra2 d2+ 48.Nd3 d1Q ) 47.Nd3 Rd2 48.Kd2 g6 49.Kc3 {?} ( 49.a3 gf5 50.ab4 Kg7
) Nd5+ {White resigns} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "Club"]
[Date "2009.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 3.g3 g6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c6 7.c4 Nbd7 8.b3 Re8
9.Bb2 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Nb6 11.Nfe5 Bf5 12.Re1 Nxc4 13.Nxc4 Qc7 14.Rc1 Rad8 15.e4
Bd7 16.f4 e6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nd6 Bf8 19.Nxe8 Bxe8 20.a3 Qb6 21.b4 a5 22.Bxd5 Rxd5
23.Bc3 axb4 24.Qb3 c5 25.Red1 {'better is' Bd2} cxd4 26.Bxb4 d3+ 27.Kg2 Bc6
28.Kh3 Qf2 29.Rd2 {?? This gives Black a brilliant opportunity, albeit
difficult to spot! Try the Rxe5 continuation!} Qe3 {A lost opportunity...}
(29...Rxe5 {Both RxQ and fxRe5 end in checkmate!} 30.fxe5 (30.Rxf2 Rh5+ 31.Kg4
f5#) 30...Bg2+ 31.Kh4 Qf5 32.Qd1 g5+ 33.Kh5 Qg6+ 34.Kg4 h5#) 30.Qd1 Qe4
31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Rc3 h5 33.Rcxd3 Rxd3 34.Rxd3 Qg2+ (34...g5 {-1.74|d10 Tiger
12.0}) 35.Kh4 Qxh2+ 36.Kg5 Kg7 37.Qd2 Qh3 38.Qd1 Qf5+ 39.Kh4 Be4 {%02with Bg2
a mating attack existed} (39...Bg2 40.g4 {-299.87 Tiger 12.0} Qxf4 41.Rg3 g5+
42.Kxh5 Qxg3 43.Kxg5 Qxe5+ 44.Kh4 Qh2+ 45.Kg5 Qh6#) 40.Rd2 g5+ {Now white is
ahead. Better is...} (40...Bf3 41.Qxf3 g5+ 42.Kxh5 g4+ 43.Kh4 gxf3 44.Rf2 Kg6
45.g4 Qxf4 46.a4 {-6.88 Tiger 12.0}) 41.fxg5 Bf3 42.Qa4 Kg6 {Better was Be4}
43.Qf4 Bd5 44.Qxf5+ Kxf5 45.Kxh5 Kxe5 46.Rf2 Be4 47.Rxf7 {Black resigns in a
lost position} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "Club"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rob Loveband"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: La Bourdonnais Variation"]

1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Ba5
9.b4 Bb6+ 10.Kh1 c6 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Bd4 13.Nf3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Nd5 15.Ng5 Nxc3
16.dxc3 Nf6 17.Bd3 h6 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.Qd2 b6 20.c4 Nf6 21.Rad1 Bb7 22.c5 Qe7
23.Rb1 Rfd8 24.Qe1 Rab8 25.f5 Bc8 26.Qg3 Ra8 27.Ne5 Qc7 28.fxe6 Kf8 29.Ng6+
fxg6 30.Qxc7 {Black resigns} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "Club"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Michael Schreenan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: Indian Variation"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e5 3. Bxe5 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 Bf5 6. a3 d4 7. Bb5 dxe3 8.
dxe3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 10. Nd2 Bc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Ke2 Rxd2+
14. Ke1 Rxf2 15. Nf3 Bxe3 16. Rd1 f6 17. Rf1 Re8 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxg2
20. Nh4 Nd2+ 21. Kd1 Bxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Rxh2 23. Rxd2 Rxh4 24. Rf5 Re5 25. Rf3 Rh1
26. Rg2 Rg5 27. Re2 h5 28. Rf4 h4 29. Rc4 Kb7 30. Re6 Rg3 31. Rexc6 Rh2+ 32.
Kb1 Rg1+ 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 h3 35. Rc3 Rh1+ 36. Kc2 h2 37. Rh3 g5 38. Kd2
g4 39. Rh4 Ra1 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2006"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "James Eldridge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Dutch"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3 e5 9.dxe5
dxe5 10.Ba3 Rf7 11.Ng5 Rd7 12.Qc2 e4 13.Rad1 h6 14.Nh3 Rf7 15.Nf4 Kh7 16.Nfd5
Na6 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Rd2 e3 19.fxe3 Qxe3+ 20.Kh1 f4? 21.Nd5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2006"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Darren Young"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1120"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Nge2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.Be3 a6 8.a3 b5 9.Ba2
Bb7 10.f3 Nc6 11.Qc1 Rc8 12.Nd5 e6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.c3 Qe7 15.Qc2 b4 16.a4 a5
17.Rad1 Ba6 18.b3 bxc3 19.Nxc3 Nb4 20.Qd2 Bxd3 21.Rf2 Rfd8 22.Bb1 Bxb1 23.Rxb1
Rd7 24.Rd1 d5 25.Bf4 Bd4 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 d4 28.Qd2 dxc3 29.Qxd7 Qxd7
30.Rxd7 c2 31.Rf1 Na2 32.Rd2 c1=Q 33.Rxc1 Nxc1 34.Rb2 Rb8 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2006"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1535"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...O-O"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6
9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Qe8 11.O-O Ne4 12.Qc2 Rb8 13.Rab1 Nxg5 14.Nxg5 Nf6 15.Bxb7
Rxb7 16.e4 h6 17.Nf3 Qc6 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Qd7 20.Kg2 b5 21.b3 bxc4 22.bxc4
Rfb8 23.Rxb7 Rxb7 24.Rb1 Rxb1 25.Qxb1 {White offered a draw...} Qa4 26.Qb4
Qxb4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2006"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peter Miitel"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1210"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Torre Attack: 3...Be7"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 h6 7.Bf4 c5 8.c3 Nh5
9.h3 Nxf4 10.exf4 Nf6 11.Ne5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qb6 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bb5
Rd8 16.Nf3 Bd6 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.fxe5 a6 19.Bxd7+ Rxd7 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2006"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Michael Schreenan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "950"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d5? 3.Bxe5 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e3 Bc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Re8 8.Be2 d4
9.O-O Ne4 10.d3 Nf6 11.e4 Be6 12.Ng5 Nd7 13.Nxe6 Rxe6 14.f4 Rg6 15.Nd2 Qc8
16.Bg4 Qd8 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.f5 Rg3 19.Rf3 Rxf3 20.Nxf3 Re8 21.a3 a5 22.Qd2 b5
23.Rf1 h6 24.f6 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.fxg7 Rg5 27.Qf4 Bd6 28.Qf2 Bg3 29.Qxd4 Bd6
30.Qf6 Qxh3?? 31.Qxf7+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2006"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tim Commons"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: Indian Variation"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.d4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.e3 Bf5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.a3 a6
9.O-O b5 10.c4 bxc4 11.bxc4 Na5 12.c5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Nd2 Bf5 15.Qa4 Nb7
16.Bf3 Nxc5 17.Qc6 {White offered a draw...} Nd7 18.Bxd5 Rb8 19.Nc4 Bd3
20.Bc3? Bxf1 21.Rxf1 Nb6 22.Ba5 Qxd5 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2006"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rob Bailey"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Petrosian"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.d5 O-O 7.e4 exd5 8.cxd5 d6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.b4 a5 11.b5 Re8 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.Nc6 Qd7 14.O-O Ncxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Bf6 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Rb1 Bxc6 20.bxc6 Qe7 21.Rb3 Qe5
22.Qf3 Qe4 23.Qxe4 Rxe4 24.Rd1 Rae8 25.Re3 Rxe3 26.Bxe3 Re4 27.Rb1 Bd4 28.Rb3
f5 29.g3 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Kf7 31.Kf2 Kf6 32.Ke2 Ke5 33.Rxb6?? cxb6 34.c7 Rc4 {#R}
0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2005"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Rob Bailey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1409"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.g3 Bb4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg5 Bd6 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Rad8
15.Bg2 f5 16.e3 Qb5 17.Qc2 c5 18.Qxf5 Qxb2 19.Be4 Kg7 20.Qxh7+ Kf6 21.Qf5+ Ke7
22.Rfd1 Rh8 23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.Qg5+ Qf6 25.Qxf6+ Kxf6 26.Bd5 Rh6 27.Rd3 Rdh8
28.h4 Rg8 29.Bg2 Ke7 30.Rad1 Bd6 31.e4 a5 32.f4 Bc5+ 33.Kf1 Rd6 34.Rxd6 Bxd6
35.Kf2 b5 36.Rd5 Rb8 37.Bf1 Rc8 38.Bd3 Bc5+ 39.Ke2 b4 40.Bb5 Bg1 41.Bd3 Bc5
42.h5 a4 43.h6 Kf6 44.Rg5 Bf8 45.h7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2005"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Schreenan"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "948"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian, 3.e5"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4 4.exf6 dxc3 5.fxe7 cxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bxe7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2
O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.O-O Bf6 11.Qc1 Nc6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Re1 Qc5 14.Be3 Qe7 15.c3 Rad8
16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Qxg5 18.Nxg5 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 h6 20.Ne4 Ne5 21.Rae1 Nd3 22.Rd1
Nf4 23.Red2 Rde8 24.Rd4?? Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Re7 27.Nc5 Rfe8 28.Kg1 b6
29.Ne4?? Rxe4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2005"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Scott Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko Gambit: 4.cxb5 a6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.bxa6 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.Nge2 Bxa6 10.Bxa6 Rxa6 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Nb6 13.Qd3 Qc8 14.Qb5 N8d7 15.a4
Ne5 16.b4? Nbc4 17.bxc5 Ra5 18.Qb3 {White offered a draw...} Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qxc5
20.Nd4 Nc4 21.Rfc1 Bxd4 22.exd4 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1 Nd2 24.Qd1 Qe3 25.Qe1 Qxe1+
26.Rxe1 Rc8 27.Ra3 Rac5 28.Nb5 Nxe4 29.h3 f5 30.Na7 Ra8 31.Nc6 Kf7 32.a5 Rxd5
33.a6 Rc5 34.Nb4 Rb5 35.Nc2 Ra7 36.g4 Rb6 37.gxf5 gxf5 38.Ne3 e6 39.Rea1 Nc5
40.Nc4 Rbxa6 41.Nxd6+ Kf8 42.Rxa6 Rxa6 43.Rc1 Nd3 44.Rc8+ Ke7 45.Nxf5+ exf5
46.Rc7+ Kf6 47.Rxh7 Ra2 48.Rd7 Nf2+ 49.Kg2 Nd3+ 50.Kg3 f4+ 51.Kh4 Ne5 52.Rd1
Rg2 53.Rf1 Kf5 54.Kh5 f3 55.h4 f2 56.Rg1 fxg1=Q {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2005"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Joel Beggs"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Modern, 4...Bg4"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 dxe5 8.dxe5 O-O
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nb4 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.Re1 Nc6 13.Ba4 Ndxe5! 14.Qxd8 Nxf3+
15.gxf3 Nxd8 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Be3 e5 18.Rad1 Ne6 19.Bb3 Rfe8 20.Bd5 Nd8 21.f4 Kf8
22.fxe5 Bxe5 23.Bc5+ Bd6 24.Bxd6+ cxd6 25.Be4 Re6 26.Re3 Ke7 27.Rde1 Rb8
28.Bd5 Rxe3 29.Rxe3+ Ne6 30.f4 Kf6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Rc3 Re8 33.Kf2 Re7 34.Kf3
d5 35.Ke3 Kf5 36.Rc5 b6 37.Rc6 h5 38.Kf3 g5 39.fxg5 Kxg5 40.Kg3 h4+ 41.Kf3
Rf7+ 42.Ke3 Rf6 43.Rc7 a5 44.Rb7 e5 45.c3 e4 46.Rg7+ Kh6 47.Rg4 Rf3+ 48.Kd4
Rxh3 49.Kxd5 e3 50.Re4 Kg5 51.Kc6 Kf5 52.Re8 Rg3 53.Kxb6 h3 54.c4 h2 55.Rh8
Rg2 56.b3 e2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2005"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Peter Lumsdon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...d5 2.Bb2"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2 Qc7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bg4 8.Be2 Rd8
9.a3 e5 10.Qc2 Be7 11.O-O e4 12.Bxf6 exf3 13.Bxe7 fxe2 14.Bxd8 exf1=Q+ 15.Kxf1
Qxd8 16.Qxc5 Qd3+ 17.Kg1 Qf5 18.Qc3 O-O 19.f3 Bh5 20.g4 Bxg4 21.fxg4 Qxg4+
22.Kf2 Qf5+ 23.Kg2 Ne5 24.d4 Rc8 25.dxe5 Rxc3 26.Nxc3 Qc2+ 27.Kf3 Qxc3 28.Rd1
Kf8 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2005"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "John Lavery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qe7 7.Nf3 f6 8.Qe2 Bd7
9.Nc3 Be6 10.e4 d4 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.c3 a6 13.Bd3 exf4 14.Nxf4 Bg4 15.cxd4 Bxf4
16.gxf4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qxd4 19.Ke2 O-O-O 20.Qe3 Qxe3+ 21.Kxe3 Ne7
22.Rac1 Rhe8 23.Bc4 Nf5+ {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2005"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Nbd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Nf6 13.Re1 Bb4 14.Re3 Qd5 15.h3
Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Rfe8 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qc2 c5 19.Bc4 Qe4 20.Qb3 Qe7 21.a3 cxd4
22.axb4 dxe3 23.Rxe3 Qc7 {Black offered a draw...} 24.Rc3 Qd7 25.Rd3 {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2021"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2021.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cook, Patrick"]
[Black "Sullivan, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "750"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2"]

1.b3 {A new player. He told me he was a bit rusty...Let's see if he knows the
Larsen! (P.C.)} e5 2.Bb2 Nf6? 3.Bxe5 Ng4 4.Bb2 Nxf2? 5.Kxf2 Bc5+ 6.e3 O-O
7.Qg4 Re8?? 8.Qxg7# {Definitely rusty...!! (P.C.)} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2021"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.02.11"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Douglas, Kalen"]
[Black "Loveband, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Bf4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Qd2 O-O 6.O-O-O c6 7.h4 b5 8.a3 a5 9.Bh6
b4 10.Bxg7 bxc3 11.Qxc3 Kxg7 12.d5 Kg8 13.f3 cxd5 14.exd5 Bb7 15.Bc4 Nbd7
16.g4 Rc8 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.Rd4 Nb6 19.g5 Nh5 20.Bd3 Qc5 21.c3 Qxd4 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2022.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stewart, Scott"]
[Black "Stickland, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra, 2...d5"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 d5 3.dxc5 e6 4.e5 Bxc5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.Re1 f6
9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nxd5 Qf7 12.Bxg6 Qxg6 13.Nc7+ {The continued until
checkmate around 20 moves down the track} 1-0


[Event "Speivogel"]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2022.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dao, Paul"]
[Black "Juffy, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian Game: 3.Nxe5"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Qe7 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Qxe4+ 6.Be3? Ng4?! 7.Nc3 Qe7 8.Qd2
c6 9.Bd3? g6 10.O-O Bh6?? 11.Bxh6 Nxh6 12.Qxh6 Be6 13.Rfe1 Nd7 14.d5!? cxd5
15.Nxd5 Qd8 16.Rxe6+! fxe6 17.Bxg6+! hxg6 18.Qxh8+ Kf7 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Nc7!!
Qxc7 21.Ng5 Ke8 22.Qf7+ Kd8 23.Qg8+?! Ke7? 24.Qf7+ Kd8 25.Nxe6+ Kc8 26.Qe8+
Qd8 27.Qxd8# {Nice moves at the end} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Sasha Jacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "694"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Opening "QGA: 4.e3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Re1 Nc6?
9.e4 Bxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Bc5 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.dxc5 Qxd1+ 14.Rxd1 h6 15.Bh4?
Rfe8 16.Bb5 Rac8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne5 f5 19.Ree1 g5 20.Nxc6 gxh4 21.Rd7 e5
22.Ne7+ Rxe7 23.Rxe7 Rb8 24.b3 Rb5 25.R1xe5 f4 26.Rxc7 Ra5 27.Re8# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kanishk Mahasuar"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "623"]
[BlackElo "1440"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "Neo-King's Indian: London System"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bc4 a6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bb3 c4 8.Ba4+ b5
9.Nxb5 axb5 10.Bxb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 12.O-O O-O 13.c3 Nh5 14.g4 Nxf4
15.exf4 Nf6 16.g5 Ne4 17.Qe2 Qd6 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.f3 Nd6 20.Ng4 Nf5 21.Qf2 Qxf4
22.Rfe1 Qxg5 23.Kf1 h5 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 e6 26.f4 Qh4 27.Qxh4 Nxh4 28.a3
Rfb8 29.Re2 Rb7 30.Rb1 Rxa3 31.bxa3 Rxb1+ 32.Kf2 Ra1 33.Kg3 Nf5+ 34.Kf3 Rxa3
35.Rc2 Nxd4+ 36.Kf2 Nxc2 37.Ke2 Rxc3 38.Kd2 d4 39.h4 Ne3 40.f5 Rc2+ 41.Ke1 d3
42.fxe6 Re2# {l hate the way chess rate people im more then 1440} 0-1


[Date "2022.02.10"]
[White "Anna Yates"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "Neo-King's Indian: Torre Attack"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 Bg7 5.c3 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O d6
9.Nbd2 f5 10.Qc2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 h6 12.Bc4+ Kh7 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Rfe1 Nf6 15.Nd2 Qe8
16.Bd3 Nd5 17.Bg3 e5 18.e4 f4 19.Bh4 Ne7 20.f3 g5 21.Bf2 Rd8 22.Nc4 Kh8 23.a4
Qg6 24.d5 Bf6 25.a5 b5 26.Na3 a6 27.b4 g4 28.fxg4 Qxg4 29.Be2 Qg5 30.h4 Qg6
31.Bf3 Rg8 32.Qe2 Qe8 33.Kh2 Ng6 34.Bh5 Qe7 35.g3?? {By playing this, white
removes all protection of their king from blacks pieces. Giving up the a-pawn
to put a rook on the a-file might have provided counterplay on the black king.
(R.C)} fxg3+ 36.Bxg3 Bxh4 37.Bxg6 Bxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Rxg6+ 39.Kf3 Qg5 40.Rg1 Rf8#
{A very strong opening by Anna making me work throughout the game. I think if
the attack on the queenside had gone ahead at the time black was attacking on
the kingside, the outcome may have been different. Thanks for the game. (R.C)}
0-1


[Event "spielvogel"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2022.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brotheridge, Jamie"]
[Black "Stewart, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Hungarian Variation"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 {Hyper accelerating the dragon. I didn't want to play a
regular open Sicilian against JB as he plays the very annoying Bb5+ against
the dragon. So before the game I opted for the hyper accelerated  dragon
instead. (SAS)} 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.a3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 d6 {Having
clamped down so hard on d4 it's difficult for White to get in d4 and open the
position, I played d6 as d5 is not possible as White has similar pressure on
d5. I think strategically O-O instead of d6 and then if Ne2 I could have
played d5 in 1 move might be an improvement but who can foresee Ne2 :) (SAS)}
8.Ne2 {Weakens Whites control of the d4 square (SAS)} d5 {Seizing an
opportunity and equality (SAS)} 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bb5 O-O 11.d4 Qb6 {Bg4 is an
improvement here (SAS)} 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.dxc5 $14 Qxc5 14.Be3 Qb5 15.Bd4 Nf5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 {Kxg7 here and White is +1.5, Nxg7 was better. (SAS)} 17.Ned4 Qb6
18.Rb1 Nd6 19.Re3 c5 $15 20.Nb3 d4 21.Re5 $16 {white has a moderate advantage
According to fritz18 [jb]
+0.82 according to Stockfish 14 nneu (SAS)} Nb7 22.Nbd2! Be6 23.b3 Nd6 24.Ng5
Bd7 25.a4 Rac8 26.Nge4 Rfe8 27.Rxe8 $17 Rxe8 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Nc4 Qd5 {black is
more active (JB)} 30.Qd2 Bxa4 {Ba4 is an inaccuracy here, better was Bc6
immediately.} 31.Rd1 {Blowfish 14 hates Rad1 -5 for black, Black enjoyed a
large advantage with the exception of the missed c4 on move 37 until trading
down to an even endgame. (SAS)} Bc6 {Bc6 looks good, but Bb4 would be an
improvement. Threatening to win another pawn and looking to control e2 for an
incursion of the rook.} 32.f3 Qe6 33.Kf2 Bd5 34.Nb2 Qe3+ {Black surrenders the
advantage with Qe3, objectively a dead even position. (SAS)} 35.Qxe3 $15 Rxe3
36.Na4 {should have played night d3 and black has a advantage (JB)} Kf8? {36
bishop c6 knight c5 rook c3 black is better (J.B)
I played Kf8 waiting for Jamie to capture on c5, i had looked at c4 but
thought JB wouldn't give me a past pawn so easily, Blowfish 14 nnue says c4
and white is +2.8. In retrospect it makes sense as Rc3 has no bite after c4
and e.p hangs the piece.. (SAS)} 37.Nxc5? {37 should have played c4 and life
is bright (J.B)} Rc3! 38.Na4 {i rushed this move} Rxc2+ $19 {black has a
decisive advantage (JB)} 39.Kg3 Bxb3 40.Rxd4 Ke7 41.Rb4 Bxa4? {41 blunder
black is slightly better [jb]} 42.Rxa4 Rc7 {The position is again dead even
although Black outplays White in the rook ending. (SAS)} 43.Ra6 Kd7 44.Kf4 h6
45.h4 Kc8 46.h5 Kb7! 47.Ra4 {Abandoning the 6th row and now White is in a lost
endgame. Rf6 and White could have still held a draw. (SAS) i dont about that}
Kb6 48.hxg6 fxg6 49.Ra2 Rc5 50.g4 a5 51.Rh2 g5+! 52.Ke4 Rc6 53.Rb2+ Kc5 54.Rb3
Rf6 {good good Scott lets see if l can win the next game against you l played
too passive against you [jb] Bring it on Jamie, bring it on! (S.A.S)} {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Angus Blenkiron"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, 4.exd5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 {A transposition from the Winawer to the
Exchange variation... (P.C.)} 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Be6?! 9.Bg5
Nbd7 {9...c6 is preferable. (P.C.)} 10.Ne5 {fritz18 says c5 and its egual
[jb]} Be7 11.f4! Nxe5 {Nxe5 is a slight error here giving White strong mobile
KS pawns. The thematic c5 pawn break instead and Black is going fine.} 12.dxe5
$16 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Bxe4 Qb4 16.Bd3 Qxb2 {move 16 rook fd8
deserves consideration} 17.Rb1 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Rad8 19.f5 {Is a mistake according
to the engine who wants to go pacmanning on the 7th with Rxb7 (SAS)} Bc8 {too
passive, Bxa7 and Black is better enjoying a passed a pawn. (SAS)} 20.Re1 b6?
21.a3? {I think Qh4 here looks decisive, the attack would be too strong.
(SAS)} Bb7 22.Rb4! Qd5 23.Rg4 c5? {rook fe8 l think is better [jb]} 24.Qd2 c4
25.Qg5! {I was expecting 25.Qh6...when I have 25...Qxg2+! 26.Rxg2 Bxg2+
27.Kxg2 hxg6...Angus told me after the game that he almost played it, but saw
it just in time! (P.C.)} g6 26.f6 Kh8 27.Qh6 Rg8 28.Qxh7+!! Kxh7 29.Rh4# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Peter Stickland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "850"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 Bd6?! 5.Nc3 O-O 6.a3 Ne7 7.b4 c6 $10 8.d3 Bc7
9.Nf3 Ng6 10.Be2 d5! {White has been too slow in development...Black seizes
the initiative (P.C.)} 11.O-O e4 12.dxe4 dxe4 13.Nd2? {Swapping Queens would
have been better...(P.C.)} Qd6 14.g3! {Sad, but necessary...now there are
holes all around White's King (P.C.)} Re8 15.c5 Qd7 16.Nc4? {rook e1 is better
then night c4 [jb]} Qh3 $19 {now black is winning} 17.Nd6 Ng4! 18.Bxg4 Bxg4
19.f3 exf3 20.Rf2 {20.Qd2 Rxe3! (P.C.)} Rxe3 21.Qd4 Re5 22.Nce4 Qh5 23.Qc4 Re6
24.Qc3 Ne5 25.Nd2? Bd8 26.Re1 Bf6 27.N2e4 Nd7 28.Nxf6+ $17 Nxf6 29.Rxe6 Bxe6
30.Rxf3 Qg6 31.Qd3 $10 Qxd3 32.Rxd3 b5 33.Bxf6 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stewart, Scott"]
[Black "Perrin, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1527"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: 3.d3"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.c3 d6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Bb3 Qd7
9.Re1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nf1 Nc6 12.a4 Rac8 13.Ne3 b6 14.Nxg4 $14 Qxg4 15.h3 Qh5
16.Bb3 Nd8 17.d4 c4 18.Ba2 Ne6 19.Qe2 $14 {Gave away my advantage +0.3, My
only blunder this game, dxe dxe then Qe2 is +3} g5 20.dxe5 $18 dxe5 21.Nxe5
Qh4 22.Nxc4 Bc5 23.b4 Be7 24.Bd2 g4 25.Qe3 Nh5 26.hxg4 Nhf4 27.Qf3 Bg5 28.Nd6
Qh6 29.Nf5 Qg6 30.Rad1 Rfe8 31.Nd6 Qh6 32.Nxe8 Rxe8 33.Be3 Qg6 34.Rd7 Rf8
35.Rxa7 h5 36.Rd1 hxg4 37.Qxg4 Ng7 38.Bxf4 Bxf4 39.Qxg6 {mate in five [jb]}
{#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Om O'Carroll"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1218"]
[BlackElo "1444"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French: 2.Nc3 d5"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.d4 Nc6 7.a3 a6 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.Ne2 Nh5 13.Bxd6 $10 cxd6 14.h3 Qf6 15.Qd2 Rg8
16.O-O-O {queen f4 might be stronger fritz18 says this [jb]} Nf4 17.Nxf4 gxf4
18.Rhe1 $14 {19,re4 is superior [jb]} O-O-O 19.Bf1 e5 {d5 keeps the balance
19, l did not like d5 because of the e5 square but fritz18 likes it} 20.d5 Na7
21.Qc3+ Kb8 $10 22.Qb4 Ka8 23.Qb6 Rc8? {23, bishop f5 is equal l played rook
c8 too quickly l should allowed her to play knight take e5 [jb]} 24.Nxe5! Bf5
25.Re2 Rc5! 26.Nf3 Rgc8 27.Nd4 Bg6 28.Qb3? Nb5 29.Nxb5 $19 {now l am winning
[jb]} Bxc2? {29, rook take b5 and black is clearly on top [jb]} 30.Rxc2 $17
{31,white should play queen take c2 - rc2 check qc2- rc2check kc2 -ab5-kb3}
Rxc2+ 31.Kb1 axb5 32.Bxb5 Rxf2 33.Re1? Qd4 $19 34.Re7 $37 {34,white has the
initiative} Rcc2 {34; rook cc2 she was running short on time so this ,move was
rushed [jb] 34, rook b2 check -qb2- qd1 check ka2 rc2 winning [jb]} 35.Be2
Rxb2+ 36.Qxb2 Qxd5 37.Qb4 Rxe2? {l played this move too quickly trying to get
her on time she had 3 minutes   should not have  rushed when l had 15 minutes
congratulations to you om, o carroll [jb]} 38.Qa4+ {oops l didnt  see that l
must be blind the end [jb]} {#r} 1-0


[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paul Dao"]
[Black "Ruari Coffey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Loewenthal"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bb4+ 7.N1d2 h6 8.Bxf6
Qxf6 9.c3 Be7 10.Qf3 d6 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Nc4 Be6 13.Nba5 Nxa5 14.Nxa5 O-O-O
15.Bc4 Rhg8 16.g3 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.O-O Rg4 19.Bb3 b6 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Nc6 Rd7
22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.f3 Rc4 24.Rad1 Kc7 25.Rd3 f5 26.b3 Rc6 27.c4 e4 28.Re3 Rd6
29.fxe4 fxe4 30.Rf4 Rde6 31.Kf2 Kd6 32.b4 b5 33.cxb5 Kd5 34.Rf5+ Kc4 35.Rb3
Re5 36.Rxe5 Rxe5 37.Ke3 f5 38.Ra3 Kxb4 39.Rxa7 Kxb5 40.a4+ Kb6 41.Rf7 h5
42.Rf8 Kc6 43.Rc8+ Kd7 44.Ra8 Rc5 45.Rh8 Ke6 46.Rd8 Rc2 47.Rd2 Rc3+ 48.Ke2 Ra3
49.Rd4 Ke5 50.Rb4 Ra2+ 51.Ke3 Rxh2 52.Rb5+ Kf6 53.a5 Rg2 54.Rb8 Rxg3+ 55.Kf2
Rf3+ 56.Kg2 Ra3 57.Ra8 Kg5 58.a6 Kf4 59.Rh8 Ra2+ 60.Kf1 Rxa6 61.Rxh5 e3
62.Rh4+ Kf3 63.Rh3+ Ke4 64.Rh8 f4 65.Kg2 f3+ 66.Kg3 Rg6+ 67.Kh3 e2 68.Kh2 Rg5
69.Rh4+ Ke3 70.Rh8 e1=Q 71.Re8+ Kf2 72.Rxe1 Rh5# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kollaris, Chris"]
[Black "Van Riel, Bas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.Bf4"]

1.d4 { } Nf6 { } 2.Bf4 { } d5 { } 3.e3 { } c5 { } 4.c3 { } Bf5?! { Inaccuracy.
Nc6 was best. } (4...Nc6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Ngf3 Qb6 7.dxc5 Qxb2 8.Nd4 e5 9.Bxe5)
5.Nf3?! { Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best. } (5.dxc5 g6 6.Bxb8 Rxb8 7.Bb5+ Bd7
8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.Nf3 b6) 5...e6 { } 6.Bd3 { } Bxd3 { } 7.Qxd3 { } Nbd7 { }
8.Nbd2 { } Be7 { } 9.h3 { } O-O { } 10.Ne5 { } a6 { } 11.Ndf3 { } Rc8 { }
12.Bg5 { } h6 { } 13.Nxd7 { } Qxd7 { } 14.Ne5 { } Qd8 { } 15.Bxf6 { } Bxf6 { }
16.O-O?! { Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (16.Nf3 Qc7) 16...Qc7?! { Inaccuracy.
cxd4 was best. } (16...cxd4 17.exd4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qb6 19.Qd2 Rc4 20.Rad1 a5
21.Rfe1 Qc7 22.f4 Rd8 23.Qf2) 17.f4 { } c4 { } 18.Qe2 { } b5 { } 19.a3 { } a5
{ } 20.Rac1 { } Be7 { } 21.Qh5 { } b4 { } 22.axb4 { } axb4 { } 23.Rf3 { } bxc3
{ } 24.bxc3 { } Ba3?! { Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (24...Bd6 25.Ng4) 25.Rc2?
{ Mistake. Rb1 was best. } (25.Rb1 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Rg3 Kf8 28.Qg4 g6 29.h4
h5 30.Qg5 Ke8 31.Qf6 Rb1+) 25...Qb7 { } 26.Kh2 { } Qb1 { } 27.Rg3?? {Blunder.
Rcf2 was best. (BvR) I thought that you believed in a forced checkmate.
However, after  27.Rg3??, Qxc2; 28.Qxh6,Qh7; it would be all over for you with
a rook down.} (27.Rcf2 Rc7 28.f5 exf5 29.Rxf5 Bd6 30.Qf3 Qe4 31.g3 Qxf3
32.Nxf3 Rd7 33.Kg2 Bb8) 27...Qxc2 { } 28.Nd7 { } Kh8 { } 29.Ne5 { } Rc7 { }
30.Ng4 { } Qf5 { } 31.Qxf5 { } exf5 { } 32.Ne5 { } Rb8 { } 33.Rf3 { } Rb3 { }
34.e4 { } fxe4 { } 35.Re3 {(BvR) A solid and well played game, Chris. Up till
27.Rg3?...There was little between us, when you blundered a full rook.} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alex Lopez"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "650"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Nd5
9.dxc5? Nxc3 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.bxc3 Nc6 12.Bc4 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bb2 Bg3+!?
15.Ke2 Bf5 16.Rhf1 h5 17.Rf3 h4 18.Raf1 Rac8 {Here my young opponent offered a
draw...I pointed out that he needs to make a move first. I would have declined
in any case because of his Q-side pawn structure, (P.C.)} 19.Rxf5? gxf5
20.Rxf5 e6 21.Rg5+ Kf8 22.Ba3! Ke7 23.c6+ Kf6 24.Rh5 Rxc6 25.Bd3 Kg7 26.Rg5+
Kf6 27.Rh5 Rd5 28.Rh6+ Kg7 29.Rh7+ Kg8 30.Bb2? Rxd3! 31.Rh6? {31.Rh5...is
better...(P.C.)} Rd2+! 32.Ke3 Rxc2 33.Ba1 Rxa2 34.c4 Rxa1 35.Rh5 Rxc4 36.Rg5+
Kf8 37.Rb5 b6 38.Kd3 Rc5 39.Rb2 Ra3+ 40.Kd2 Bf4+ 41.Ke2 Re5+ 42.Kf1 Ra1+
43.Kf2 Bg3+ 44.Kf3 Rf1+ 45.Kg4 Rf4# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Angus Blenkiron"]
[Black "Scott Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.a4 O-O
9.Qe1 Nh5 10.d3 e5! 11.Ne2 exf4 $10 12.Nxf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 Bg4 14.Rb1 f5 15.Bg5
Qd7 $15 16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Qe7 Qxe7 18.Bxe7 Re8 19.Bh4 Re2 20.b4 b6 21.bxc5 Rxc5
22.c4 Ra5 23.Bf2 Rxa4 $19 24.Nd4? Rxf2! 25.Kxf2 Bxd4+ 26.Kg3 Bf5 27.Rb3 Ra2
28.Rd1 Be5+ 29.Kf3 Bxh2 30.g3 h5 31.Rf1 h4 32.gxh4 Be5 33.Ke3 c5 34.h5 Kg7
35.hxg6 Kxg6 36.Rg1+ Kf7 37.Rg5 Bd4+ 38.Kf4 Be6 39.Rb1 Rb2 40.Rxb2 Bxb2
41.Ke4? a5 42.Rg2 Bd4 43.Ra2 Kf6 44.Kf3 Bd7 45.Rh2 Ke7 46.Rh6 Be6 47.Ke2 a4
48.Kd2 a3 49.Kc2 a2 50.Rh7+ Kd6 51.Rb7 a1=Q 52.Rxb6+ Ke5 53.Kd2 Qc3+ 54.Ke2
Bg4+ 55.Kf1 Qxd3+ 56.Kg2 Qh3# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Ali Osoble"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "268"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD: Marshall Defence, 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Be4 6.a3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.Bd3 Na5
9.c5 Nb3 10.Rb1 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 c6 13.O-O Qa5 14.Bxc6+ Ke7 15.Bxb7
Qd2 16.Bxd2 Nxd2 17.Qc6 Nxf1 18.Bxa8 Nxe3 19.fxe3 f5 20.Rd1 g6 21.Qd6+ Kf7
22.Qd7+ Be7 23.Bf3 Rd8 24.Qxa7 Re8 25.d5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Date "2022.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruari Coffey"]
[Black "Om O'Carroll"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1442"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 3.g3"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Re1 Ne4 10.Nd2 Ndf6 11.Ndxe4 Nxe4 12.f3 Nf6 13.e4 Be6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Qa4 a6
16.e5 Nd7 17.b4 Nb6 18.Qb3 Nc4 19.Nd1 Qb6 20.Rb1?? {Oh no. (R.C)} Bf5 21.Nf2
Bxb1 22.Rxb1 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 c5 24.Rc1 c4!? {Whilst probably fine, I think
castling may be a touch better as whites pawns may be weak and is still down
the exchange. (R.C)} 25.a3 O-O 26.f4 Rfd8 27.Bh3 Rc7 28.f5 Qh6 29.Qxh6 gxh6
30.f6 Bf8 31.Nd1 a5 32.bxa5 Bxa3 33.Rc2 Bb4 34.Ne3 Bxa5 35.Nf5 c3 36.Bf1 Rb8
{b5 instead gives black all the counter-play they need. (R.C)} 37.Bb5 Bb6
38.Kf2 Ra8 39.Ke3 Ra1 40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Nxd5 Re1+ 42.Be2 Rc6 43.Nxb6 Rxb6 44.Rxc3
Ke8 45.Kf2 Ra1 46.Rc8+ Kd7 47.Bg4+ Re6 48.Rf8 Kc6 49.Bxe6 fxe6 50.Rc8+ Kd7
51.f7 Ra2+ 52.Kf3 Kxc8 53.f8=Q+ Kc7 54.Qd6+ {And white will go into pac-man
mode and take everything. An opening really well played by black making white
work hard just to survive. Next step is to just get the pieces more active
once an advantage is obtained. Thanks for the game. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Date "2022.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anna Yates "]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "878"]
[BlackElo "1444"]
[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.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.a4 a5 8.Nb3 Nb6
9.Bd2 Nc4 10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Nc5 Nxc5 12.dxc5 Nxb2 13.Qd2 Nc4 $17 14.Qe1 e5! 15.Nd2
Nxd2 16.Qxd2 c6! 17.e3 Qe7 18.Bxa5 e4 19.Ra2 Be6 20.Ra3 Rfc8 21.Bb4 Rd8 22.c3
Qg5 23.Qc2 h5 24.f4 exf3 $19 25.Bxf3 Qxe3+ 26.Qf2 Qg5 27.Bg2 d4 28.Rd1? dxc3
29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Bxc3 Qc1+ 31.Bf1 Qxa3 32.Bf6 Rd1 33.Kg2 Bd5+ 34.Kh3 Qf3
35.Qe2 Be6+ 36.Kh4 Bxf6# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Bas van Riel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Indian: 2.c4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.h3 Nbd7
9.Be3 h6 10.Be2 Re8 11.e5?! Nb6! 12.Qd3 Nfd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.O-O Qb6 15.b3 Be6
16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Bc4 Qc7 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Qe2 f6 21.Rfe1 Bxf3?!
22.Qxf3 fxe5 23.d5! Rd6 24.dxc6 b5 25.Qe4 a6 26.a4! Rb8 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial 2022"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2022.03.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stewart, Scott"]
[Black "Feinburg, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra Accepted"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bb4 7.O-O Nge7 8.Qc2
{Qc2 is played in preparation for Black's d5, after exd with the idea of
bringing the Bishop to d3} O-O 9.Rd1 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 {bxc3 is the usual way of
recapturing but I was looking at b4 and Bb2 and thought i'd give it a go,
Black handled this really well with Qb6} d5 11.b4 Qb6 12.exd5 exd5 13.Bb2 f6
14.Bb3 Qxb4 15.Qxb4 Nxb4 16.Ba3 a5 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Rd4 {White is 2 pawns down
and suffering as the pawn of d5 is mobile and can advance to d3 with a little
help rd8 Bf5 etc. It would have been difficult for White to defend.} Ra5
19.Rxb4 Rd8 20.Re1 Kf8 21.Rd4 Nc6 22.Rd2 Rc5 23.h3 {Keeping the Bishop out of
g4, I offered a draw sometime around here, White is not playing playing for
the win, I am looking to blockade on the dark squares} Na5 24.Red1 Nxb3
25.axb3 Be6 26.Nd4 {The game is now dead even} Bf7 27.Ra1 Be8?? {The only bad
move, deciding the game.} 28.Ne6+ {Engines say that apart from the unfortunate
27. ...Be8 both of us had played close to a perfect game with an accuracy
score of 96% for Jules and 95.9% for Scott.} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2022.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Bd6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Ne2!? Nf6 6.Nd2 Bg4 7.Nf1 c6 8.Ne3 Be6
9.O-O O-O 10.c3 Qc7 11.h3 Nbd7 12.f4 Nb6 13.Nf5 Bxf5 $15 14.Bxf5 Rfe8 15.Ng3
Nc4 16.Bd3 Ne3 17.Bxe3 Rxe3 18.Nf5 Re6 19.g4? Bxf4 $17 20.Qf3 g5!? 21.h4 Rae8
22.Rad1 Ne4 23.Qh3 h6 24.Rf3 Nd2 $19 25.Rf2 Be3? 26.Rxd2 $16 Bxd2 $16 27.Rxd2
Re1+ 28.Kf2?? {A horrible blunder...(P.C.) yes} Qf4+ {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvolgel 2022"]
[Date "2022.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Angus Blenkiron"]
[Black "Bas van Riel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch: 3...d6"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 d6 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Bd2
Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nd4 10.O-O-O Nxf3 11.Nb5 Bd6 12.Nxd6+ cxd6 13.Bb4 Rd8 14.Bxd6 a6
15.h4 f6 16.c3 Nd4 17.cxd4 Rxd6 18.Bd5 b6 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.Bxg8 Rxg8 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvolgel 2022"]
[Date "2022.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paul Dao"]
[Black "Angus Blenkiron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3
d5 9.Qe2 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Ba3 Re8 13.O-O Qg5 14.f4 Qf5 15.Qe2
Qg4 16.Qd2 Bf5 17.Rf3 Rad8 18.Qf2 exf4 19.Rxf4 Rd1+ 20.Qf1 Rxf1+ 21.Raxf1 Qg6
22.Rxf5 Re2 23.g3 Qe6 24.Nc5 Qe3+ 25.Kh1 Qd2 26.Rh5 g6 27.Rh4 Qd5+ 28.Ne4 Rxe4
29.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 30.Kg1 Qe3+ 31.Rf2 Qxc3 32.Bd6 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Qe4+ 34.Kg1 Nd4
35.Bf4 Ne2+ 36.Kf1 Nxf4 37.gxf4 Qc4+ 38.Kg2 Qxa2 39.c3 Qd5+ 40.Rf3 a5 41.Kg3
a4 42.Re3 a3 43.c4 Qc5 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Ra8 Qe3+ 46.Kg2 Qd2+ 47.Kf3 a2 48.c5
Qd1+ 49.Ke4 a1=Q 50.Rxa1 Qxa1 51.c6 bxc6 52.f5 gxf5+ 53.Kxf5 Qf6+ 54.Kg4 h5+
55.Kh3 Qf3+ 56.Kh4 Qg4# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2022.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Om O'Carroll"]
[Black "Scott Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

1.e4 { } c5 { } 2.Nc3 { } g6 { } 3.Nf3 { } Bg7 { } 4.d4 { } cxd4 { } 5.Nxd4 {
} Nc6 { } 6.Be3 { } Nf6 { } 7.f3 { } d6?! { Castling is best here, but I was
steering the ship towards a mainline Sicilian Yugoslav. } 8.Qd2 { } O-O { }
9.O-O-O { O-O-O is the modern Yugoslav, Bc4 is still playable at our level but
it is theoretically exhausted. } d5 { Hitting in the centre immediately is
best, White's delaying of Bc4 is looking for the classic attack down the
h-file with an extra move h4 h4 Bh6 Bg7 hxg Qh6+ etc. White's control is d5 is
diminished as a result so let's get White to prove it. } 10.exd5 { } Nxd5 { }
11.Nxc6 { } bxc6 { } 12.Nxd5 { } cxd5 { } 13.Qxd5 { } Qc7 { Black offers 2
rooks for the Queen after Qxa8 Bf5 threatening mate Qxf8 Kxf8. The active
Black queen is considered to be superior to Whites undeveloped rooks. } 14.Qc5
{ } Qb7 { } 15.Bd4? { Qa3 is the main move } (15.Qa3 Qc7 16.c3 Rb8) 15...Bf5 {
} 16.Qb5? { White is in a lot of trouble now, Black will complete development
with initiative if not tactically secure a decisive victory. } Qc7 { }
17.Qc4?? { } (17.Qc5 Qf4+) 17...Qf4+ { and it is all over now, the dust
settles with Black a piece up and a couple of hours later Om resigned :) }
18.Kb1 { } Rfc8 { } 19.Bc5 { } Qxc4 { } 20.Bxc4 { } Rxc5 { } 21.Bb3 { } Rac8 {
} 22.Rd2 { } h5 { } 23.Re1 { } e6 { } 24.Ree2 { } Re5 { } 25.Rxe5 { } Bxe5 { }
26.g3 { } g5 { } 27.Rd7 { } Rc7 { } 28.Rd8+ { } Kg7 { } 29.Kc1 { } Bf6 { }
30.Rd2 { } e5 { } 31.Kd1 { } Rd7 { } 32.c4 { } Rxd2+ { } 33.Kxd2 { } Bd7 { }
34.Bd1 { } g4 { } 35.b4 { } Bg5+ { } 36.Kc3 { } Be3 { } 37.Kd3 { } Bd4 { }
38.a4 { } Bg1 { } 39.fxg4 { } hxg4 { } 40.Ke4 { } Kf6 { } 41.c5 { } Bc6+ { }
42.Kd3 { } e4+ { } 43.Ke2 { } Bd7 { } 44.Kf1 { } Bd4 { } 45.Kg2 { } Ke5 { }
46.c6 { } Bc8 { } 47.b5 { } Bb6 { } 48.Bb3 { } Be6 { } 49.Bd1 { } f5 { }
50.Kf1 { } Kd4 { } 51.Ke2 { } e3 { } 52.Ke1 { } Bc4 { } 53.Be2 { } Bxe2 { }
54.Kxe2 { } Ke4 { } {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Site "Ballarat Library"]
[Date "2022.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Scott Stewart"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, 3...Be7"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.N2f3 Nxd4 8.Nxd4
Qb6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.O-O Bxd4 13.Qa4+ Qc6 14.Qxd4 Ne7
15.b3 Rhc8 16.c4 Ke8 17.Ba3 { } dxc4 (17...Nf5 18.Qd2 { } a5 19.g4 (19.cxd5
$10) 19...Nh4 { } 20.f4 dxc4 $16) 18.Qh4 Ng6 19.Qxh7 Nxe5 20.Qxg7 Qc7 21.Qf8+
Kd7 22.Rfd1+ Nd3 23.Qxf7+ Kc6 24.Qxe6+ Kb5 25.Qd5+ Ka6 26.bxc4 Nf4 27.Qb5# 1-0


[Event "Speivogel "]
[Site "Ballarat Chess Club"]
[Date "2022.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dao, Paul"]
[Black "Stickland, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "850"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Dragon"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 {This is the opening that I
know the furthest in the sicilian(Paul)} 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Nb3 a6
10.g4 b5 11.Bh6 {this is too early and Black should get a nice game (SAS)} Be6
(11...Bxh6 12.Qxh6 b4 13.Nd5 e6 14.Ne3 a5) 12.Rd1 {I didn't know if I should
of castled or not so i just decided to play Rd1 which made it hard for me to
play later in the game since my king was in the centre
Yes O-O-O is better, Black has a winnign advanktage after Rd1  (SAS)} Ne5
13.Be2 Nc4 {I personall don't think that this was a great move since the
knight was super strong in the centre, now i can just trade off my bad
bishop.} (13...Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rc8 15.Rd2 (15.h4 b4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Rxc2)
15...Bc4) 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.h4 Kh8 (15...Bxh6 16.Qxh6 {Black is still slightly
better.}) 16.Bxg7+ Kxg7 17.h5 Ng8 (17...Rh8 18.hxg6 (18.h6+ Kf8 19.g5 Nh5
20.Qd4 Rg8 21.e5 Ng3 22.Rh3 Nf5 23.Qd2 Ra7 24.Ne4 Rd7) 18...fxg6 (18...hxg6)
19.Qh6+ Kg8) (17...Rg8 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Qh6+ Kf7 20.g5 (20.e5 Nd7 21.Qxh7+ Ke8
22.e6 Bxe6 23.Nd4 Bf7 (23...Bc4 24.Nc6)) 20...Nh5 21.Qxh7+ Rg7 22.Qh6 Qg8)
(17...Qb6 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.g5 (20.Rd5 Qc6 (20...Qb7 21.Rg5 Bf7
22.Nd5 Kh8 (22...Bxd5 23.exd5 Kf7 (23...Rf7 24.Rxg6+ (24.Nd4 Ne8 25.Ne6 Qb6
26.Rxg6+ hxg6 27.Qh8#) 24...hxg6 25.Qh8#)) 23.Nxf6 (23.Nd4 Rg8)) 21.Nd4 Qb7
22.Ne6 Rf7 23.Ng5 Rg7) 20...Nh5) 18.Qh2 (18.e5 d5 19.Qh2 e6 20.hxg6 fxg6
21.Qxh7#) (18.h6+ Kh8 19.Qd4+ f6) (18.Qd4+ f6 19.h6+ Kf7) (18.e5 dxe5 19.Qh2
Qb6 20.hxg6 Qe3+ 21.Ne2 Qxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Bxe2 23.gxh7 Nf6 24.Kxe2 Nxh7) 18...Nf6
(18...h6 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.Qh7+ Kf6 22.Qh8+ Ke6 23.Nd4+ Kd7 24.e5 {I
think that I would like this position}) (18...Qb6 19.hxg6 Qe3+ 20.Ne2 Qxe2+
21.Qxe2 Bxe2 22.gxh7 Nf6 23.Kxe2 Nxh7) (18...Qb6 19.Nd4 e5 20.hxg6 hxg6
(20...exd4 21.Qxh7+ Kf6 22.g7 Rfe8 23.g5+ Ke7) 21.Qh8#) 19.hxg6 fxg6 (19...Qb6
20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.gxh7+ Kh8 22.Nd4 e6 23.Qxf6#) 20.e5 Rh8 (20...h5 21.exf6+ Rxf6
22.gxh5 g5) 21.exf6+ Kxf6 (21...exf6 22.Qxd6 (22.Rxd6 Qe7+ 23.Kd1) 22...Re8+
23.Kf2) 22.g5+ Kg7 (22...Kxg5 23.Qh4+ Kf5 24.Nd4+ Ke5 25.f4# (25.Qe4+ Kf6
26.Nd5+ Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Qg8)) 23.Rd4 Qb6 24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Re4 Re8 (25...e5 26.f4
exf4 27.Re7 Bf7 28.Nd5) (25...d5 26.Re5) 26.Nd2 Bf7 (26...d5 27.Nxc4 bxc4
28.Nxd5 Qxb2 29.O-O Qb7 30.Nf6+ Kf7) 27.Qh2 e5 28.Qf2 (28.f4 d5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5+
30.fxe5 Qe3+ 31.Kd1 Qxg5) 28...Qd8 29.Qg3 (29.f4 d5 (29...exf4 30.Qxf4 Rxe4+
31.Ndxe4) 30.Rxe5 Rxe5+ 31.fxe5 Qxg5) 29...Qb8 30.Reh4 Be6 (30...d5 31.Qh2 e4
32.Rxh7 Qxh2 33.R7xh2) 31.Nce4 Qc7 (31...Re7 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Rxh7+ Rxh7
34.Rxh7+ Kf8 35.Rh8+ Kg7 36.Rxb8) 32.Nf6+ Kf7 (32...Kf8 33.Rxh7 Rxh7 34.Rxh7
Qc5 35.Nxe8 Qe3+ 36.Kd1 Kxe8) 33.Rxh7+ Rxh7 34.Rxh7+ Kf8 35.Rxc7 Rd8 36.Qh4
Rd7 37.Qh8+ Kf7 38.Qg8+ Ke7 39.Qe8# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2022"]
[Date "2022.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Jules Feinberg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko Opening"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.c4 e6 5.e3 Nc6 6.b3 dxc4 7.bxc4 Bd6 8.O-O Ne5
9.Qc2 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Be5 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.d4 cxd4 13.exd4 Bd6 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Rac1
Rb8 16.Qd3 b6 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 h6 20.f4 Bb7 21.d5 Bc5+ 22.Kf1
Rbd8 23.Qf3 Bb4 24.Red1 f5? 25.Bd3? {BvR Instead, 25.d6, Rxd6; 26.Bxb7, Rxd1
would be much better/winning for white} Bc5 26.Be5 Qe7 27.Qh5 Be3 28.Rc3 exd5?
{BvR This is a forced loss} 29.Qxf5 Rf8 30.Qh7+ Kf7 31.Qxg7+ Ke8 32.Bg6+ Kd7
33.Qxe7+ Kxe7 34.Rxe3 Kd7 35.cxd5 Ba6+ 36.Bd3 Bb7 37.Bb5+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sue Ryan"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "636"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.e3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.c5!? b6 7.Bd2? bxc5 8.Na4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 c5 10.Nc6 Qc7 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba5 Qd6 13.Qb3 axb5 14.Qxb5 Ba6 15.Qb3 Qxc6
16.Rc1 Rb8 17.Qc3 Qxa4 18.Bc7 Qb5 19.Bxb8?? Qe2# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johan Stanley"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "550"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Qf3 Nc6 4.Nh3 Nd4 5.Qd3 h6 6.Be2 Ne7 7.O-O Nec6 8.Qe3 Nxc2
9.Qf3 Nxa1 10.Ng5 Qxg5 11.Qg4 Qxg4 12.Bxg4 Nc2 13.Nb5 Kd8 14.d3 a6 15.Bg5+ f6
16.Bd2 axb5 17.a3 N2d4 18.b4 cxb4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Be3 h5 21.Bd1 Ra1 22.Bxd4
Nxd4 23.Kh1 d5 24.exd5 exd5 25.Kg1 Bf5 26.Kh1 Bxd3 27.Rg1 h4 28.h3 Re8 29.g4
Be4+ 30.f3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxf3+ 32.Kg1 Bxd1 33.Kf1 Re2 34.g5 Bd6 35.gxf6 gxf6
36.Kg1 Bg3 37.Kf1 b4 38.Kg1 b3 39.Kf1 b2 40.Kg1 Bc2 41.Kf1 b1=R# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2023.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dao, Paul"]
[Black "Yates, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "890"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, Paulsen"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bd3 c4 7.Bc2 Nge7 8.b3 b5 9.a4 b4
10.O-O a5 11.Nfd2 bxc3 12.Nxc3 Nxd4 13.bxc4 Nxc2 14.Qxc2 Ba6 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.Nb5
Qxe5 17.Bb2 Qb8 18.Nf3 Ng6 19.cxd5 Bxb5 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.dxe6 Ne7 22.Nd4 Qb6
23.Qa4+ Nc6 24.Nxc6 fxe6 25.Bf6 Bc5 26.Ne5+ Kf8 27.Qd7 Ra7 28.Qc8+ Qd8
29.Rxd8# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Peter Stickland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1123"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.c4 Nf6 5.a3 a5 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.d3 Be7 8.Nf3 Be6 9.d4
exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Nd5 Bc2 14.Qc3 Be4 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.O-O Rfe8 17.Rad1 b6 18.f3 Bb7 19.e4 Rad8 20.Rd2 Qe5? 21.Qxe5 dxe5 22.Rxd8
Rxd8 23.Bxe5 Rd2 24.Rd1! Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 c6 26.Be2 Nd7 27.Bd4 f6 28.Kf2 c5
29.Bc3 Ne5 30.Ke3 Kf7 31.f4 Nd7 32.Bf3 Ke6 33.g3 Ke7 34.h4 h6 35.e5! Bxf3
36.exf6+ gxf6 37.Kxf3 f5 38.g4 fxg4+ 39.Kxg4 Nf6+ 40.Bxf6+ Kxf6 41.Kh5 Kg7
42.a4 Kh7 43.f5 Kg7 44.Kg4 Kf6 45.Kf4 h5 46.Ke4 Kf7 47.Ke5 Ke7 48.f6+ Kf7
49.Kf5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brotheridge, Jamie"]
[Black "Dao, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English: Caro-Kann Defence"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.a3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Qc2 Ng6 12.Bd2 Qe7 13.Rfe1 Ne4 14.Rad1 f5 15.Bc1 Qf6
16.Ne2 Nh4 17.Nxh4 Qxh4 18.Nc3 g5 19.Rf1 g4 20.hxg4 Qh2# {what a bad game i
played} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paul Dao"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 3...g6"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Qd2 c5 9.e5
cxd4 10.Bxd4 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nd5 12.e6 N7f6 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2
Nxd5 16.exf7 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Kxf7 18.Bc4 e6 19.Rhf1+ Ke7 20.Rae1 Rd8 21.c3 a6
22.Re5 Kd6 23.Rfe1 Nc7 24.Kc2 Re8 25.Nf3 b5 26.Rd1+ Ke7 27.Bb3 Kf6 28.Rf1 Bb7
29.Rc5 Be4+ 30.Kc1 Nd5 31.Nd2+ Ke5 32.Re1 Kd6 33.Nxe4+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vipin Jyani"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1305"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...c6 2.Nf3"]

1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 e6 8.Re1 Ne4
9.Qc2 f5 10.b3 Nd7 11.Bb2 Ndf6 12.Ne5 Qa5 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.f4 Nd7 15.e3 Qd8
16.Rad1 a5 17.a4 Re8 18.Ba3 Bf8 19.Bb2 Bb4 20.Bc3 Qe7 21.Rf1 Rf8 22.Bh3 Rb8
23.Bxb4 axb4 24.c5 Re8 25.Qd2 Rf8 26.Qxb4 Nf6 27.Nxc6 {im not playing good
chess these days so congratulations to you and l may not play in the begonia
need a break from chess lets hope l play good next game} {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "BMI Ballarat"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Jordan Furlong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "900"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game"]

1.d4 d5 2.h4 Nf6 3.h5 h6 4.f3 Qd6 5.Kf2 Bd7 6.Nc3 Na6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Bxa6 bxa6
9.Nxe4 Nxe4+ 10.fxe4 e5 11.Nf3 exd4 12.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.c3 O-O 15.Be3
Rae8 16.Kf3? f5! 17.exf5 Bc8? {Bxf5 instead} 18.Rhe1 Bb7+ 19.Kf2 Re4 20.Kg1
Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Rg4 22.Re2 Rxf5 23.Rf1? {BvR 23.Rd1} Rxh5 24.Rff2 Rgh4 25.Re8+
Kh7 26.Rf7 Rh2 27.Rf2?? {BvR we continued the game in time trouble and Jorden
'won' again a few moves later, when with a white rook on e3 allowed black to
trap the bishop by c5.} Rh1# {BvR A very solid game played by Jordan, without
making an obvious mistake. Well done! He was not at all fazed by my
ultramodern Alpha Zero second move (h4), and during the whole game the
positions were never out of balance, Jordan consistently having a slightly
better position, until my sudden blackout at the end.} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Jasan Barnett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "883"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Be2 Bd6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.O-O Qb8 12.h3 Be6?! 13.Bd3 Ne4!? 14.Qc2 Nef6 15.e4!?
dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bf4 17.Neg5! g6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.Qb3 Qd6 21.Qxb7 Rfb8
22.Qxc6 Qxc6 23.Rxc6 Rxb2 24.Rxe6 Kg7 {24...Rxa2?? 25.Rxf6! Nxf6
26.Bc4+...White wins a piece (P.C.)} 25.Bc4 Nb6 26.Bb3 Nbd5 27.Rfe1 Nc3
28.Re7+ Kf8 29.Rf7+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Ricky Wang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "200"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Spanish: Berlin, 4.d3"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nxe5 Qd6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.e5 Qe6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Nc2 Rae8 14.Ne3 Bc8 15.d4 c5
16.dxc5 Rd8 17.Nd4 Qe7 18.Nc6 Qf6 19.Nxd8 Rxd8 20.Qf3 Qe6 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1
Bf8 23.Qd5 Qf6 24.Qd4 Qg5 25.Nd5 Bg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Bxg5 Be6 28.Bf6+ Kg8
29.Nxc7 Bc4 30.Rd1 Bd5 31.Rxd5 b4 32.Rd8# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2023.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furlong, Jordan"]
[Black "Dao, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, 5.f4 c5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 { } 8.Be2 b5
(8...cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Na4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 O-O 13.O-O Qc7 14.Bd3 b5
15.Nc3 Qa7 16.Ne2) 9.O-O Qb6 (9...cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Nxc6 (11.Bf3 O-O)
11...Bxe3+ 12.Kh1 Qb6 13.Nb4 Bb7 { }) 10.Nb1 { } a5 (10...cxd4 11.Bf2 Bc5
12.Nbd2 a5 13.Bd3 (13.Nb3 d3 14.Qxd3 Bxf2+ 15.Rxf2 b4 { }) 13...a4 14.a3 b4
15.axb4 Nxb4 16.Nb3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 O-O 18.Nbxd4) 11.c3 Ba6 12.Nbd2 b4 13.Bxa6
(13.c4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Bf2 Bc5 16.Bd3 Qb7 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.cxd5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3
Qxd5 20.Ne4 O-O 21.Rad1 h6 22.Bxd4 (22.h3 Rfd8 23.Bh4 Rf8 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.Qxd4
Qxa2 (25...Qxd4+ 26.Rxd4 Na4) 26.Be7 Nb3 27.Qf2 Rfe8 28.Bd6 { }) 22...Qxa2
23.Qb5 Bxd4+ 24.Rxd4 Nb8 25.Rd2 Qb3 { }) 13...Rxa6 { } 14.Nb3 (14.c4 Be7
15.Bf2 O-O 16.Rc1 a4 17.Kh1 Ra5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Qc2 Qb7 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5
Bxc5 22.Ng5 g6 23.Qd3 Be7 24.Ndf3 Qa6 25.Qd2 d4 26.Rfe1 Rd5 27.e6 f5 28.h4)
14...a4 (14...c4 15.Nc1 Be7 16.Ne2 a4 17.a3 bxa3 18.bxa3 O-O 19.Ne1 Na5 20.Rb1
Nb3 21.Nc2 f6 22.Kh1 Qc7 23.Ng3 Qc8 24.Nh5 Qe8 25.f5 exf5 26.Nf4 fxe5 27.dxe5
Qf7 28.e6 Rxe6 29.Nxe6 Qxe6 30.Nd4 Qxe3 31.Nxb3 axb3 32.Qxd5+ Kh8 33.Qxd7
Bxa3) 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Nbd4 bxc3 (16...Ne4 17.Nf5 Bc5 18.N5d4 a3 19.Rb1
(19.cxb4 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 axb2 21.Rb1 Ra3 22.Qe1) 19...axb2 20.Rxb2 Nxc3) 17.bxc3
Qa5 (17...Ne4 18.Nf5 (18.f5 Bc5 19.fxe6 O-O 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.e6 Rf6) 18...Qa5
19.N5d4 Bc5) 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Rb1 Rc8 (19...Qxc3 20.Rb8+ Kd7 21.Bd4 (21.Bd2 Qd3
22.Bb4 (22.Ng5 Rc8 23.Rxc8 Kxc8 24.Nxf7 Ne4 25.Nxh8 Bc5+ 26.Kh1 Nxd2 27.Re1
Ne4 28.Qxd3 (28.Qxa4 Qd2 29.Qe8+ Kc7 30.Qf7+ Kd8 31.Qg8+ Kd7 32.Qf7+ Be7
33.Rb1 Qxa2 34.Rb7+ Kc6) 28...Nf2+ 29.Kg1 Nxd3+ 30.Kf1 Nxe1) 22...Qxd1 23.Rxd1
g6 24.Ng5 Bg7) 21...Qd3 22.Qxd3 Nxd3 23.f5 Rc8 24.Rb7+ Rc7 25.Rb8 Rc8) 20.Bd4
Ne4 21.Ng5 Nxg5 (21...Bc5 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Bxc5 (23.Kh1 O-O 24.f5 Bxd4 25.cxd4
(25.Qxd4 Qd5) 25...exf5 26.Rxf5 e3) 23...Qxc5+ 24.Qd4) 22.fxg5 Be7 (22...Bc5
23.Rb7 O-O 24.Qf3 Rc7) 23.Rb7 Qa6 24.Ra7 Qc6 25.Qh5 (25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Qh5 (26.Rb1
Bc5 27.Rab7 Be7 28.h4 Bd8 29.Qd3 Rh8 30.Ra7 a3 31.Rbb7 Rc7 32.Rb6 Qc4 33.Qxc4
dxc4 34.Rxa3 Rc8 35.Rb7 g6 36.Raa7 h6 37.Rxf7 hxg5 38.hxg5 Bxg5 39.Rg7 Bd8
40.Rxg6 Rc6 41.a4 Kf8 42.a5 Rh4 43.Be3 Bc7 44.Bh6+ Rxh6 45.Ra8+) 26...g6
27.Qxh7 Rc7 28.Ra5 Bxg5) 25...g6 26.Qf3 Rf8 27.h4 (27.Rb1 Bc5) 27...Ra8
28.Rxa8+ Qxa8 29.Qd3 Qc6 (29...Kd7 30.Qb5+ Qc6 31.Qxc6+ Kxc6) 30.Rb1 Bc5
31.Qe3 (31.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 32.Kh1 Qc4 33.Rb8+ Ke7 34.Rb7+ Ke8 35.Qb1) 31...Be7
32.Qc1 Bc5 (32...Bd8 33.Rb8 Kd7) 33.Qb2 Kd7 34.Qf2 Bxd4 35.cxd4 Qc7 36.Qf6 Qc6
37.Qf4 Ke7 38.Rc1 Qb6 39.Rc5 Rb8 40.Qf6+ Ke8 (40...Kf8 41.Qh8+ Ke7 42.Qxh7 Rc8
43.Rxc8 Qxd4+ 44.Kf1 Qf4+ 45.Ke1 Qxe5+ 46.Kd1 Qd4+ 47.Kc1 Qf4+ 48.Kc2 Qf2+)
41.Qh8+ Kd7 42.Qxh7 Qb1+ 43.Kh2 (43.Kf2 Rb2+ 44.Kg3 Qf1 45.Qxf7+ Qxf7 46.Rxd5+
exd5 47.h5 Qf1 48.e6+ Kxe6 49.Kh4 Rxg2 50.h6 Qh1#) 43...Qf5 44.Ra5 (44.Rc3
Qf4+ 45.Rg3 Rc8 46.Qg7 (46.Qh6 Rc3) 46...Qxh4+) 44...Qf4+ 45.Kh3 Rb1 46.Qxf7+
(46.Ra7+ Kc6 47.Rc7+ Kxc7 48.Qxf7+ Qxf7) 46...Qxf7 47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.Ra8+ Ke7
49.Ra7+ Kf8 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Om O' Carroll"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, Advance, 4...c5"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qc7?! {7...a6
is probably better (P.C.)} 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.O-O Ne7 10.Ba3! Nbc6 11.Bd6 Qa5
12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.Bxc6 bxc6 {I wanted to keep the bishop for the
endgame...(P.C.)} 14.c4 c5? {loses a pawn...(P.C.)} 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.cxd5 exd5
17.Qxd5 Rac8 18.Rad1 Rhd8 19.Qd6+ Qxd6 20.exd6+? {I was pleased to see this.
It looks very tempting, but I think the pawn is too far advanced with
insufficient backup...(P.C.)} Kf8 21.Rd2 Be6 22.c3 Ke8 23.Nc1 Kd7 24.Rfd1 Kc6
25.Nd3 f6 26.Nf4 Bf7 27.f3 Rd7 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jimmy Zhang"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "200"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Mieses: 1...d5"]

1.d3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.d4 e5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Bc4 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Nb6
9.O-O Nxc4 10.b3 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Bg4 12.Ng3 Nxd5 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Nxe4
Qxe4 16.f3 Qe3+ 17.Rf2 Bxa1 18.fxg4 Bd4 19.h3 Qg3 20.Kh1 Bxf2 21.g5 Rad8 22.g6
Rd1# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paul Dao"]
[Black "Scott Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Be2 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5?! Qxd5? 11.Bf3 Qc4 12.b3 Qa6 13.Be2?! Qa3 14.c3 Rd8 15.f4?
Be6 16.O-O Rd6 17.Bf3 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Rad8 19.Bxb7 Bxd4+?! 20.cxd4 Rxd4 21.Qe3
Rd3 22.Qe5 Rd2?! 23.Be4?! Rxa2? 24.f5?? Bxb3 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Rab1 Bc4 27.Rbd1
Rdd2 28.Qb8+ Kg7 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.Qf4+ Kg8 31.Rxd2?! Ra1+ { {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scott Stewart"]
[Black "Vipin Jyani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Maroczy (Fantasy), 3...dxe4"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Bc4 Qe7 7.O-O Be6 8.Bxe6 Qxe6
9.Ng5 Qg6 10.Nxf7 Qxf7 11.Rxf7 Kxf7 12.Qxd4 Na6 13.Qd7+ Kg6 14.Qf5# 1-0


[Event "Speilvogel Memorial"]
[Site "Ballarat mechanics Institute "]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Om O'Carroll"]
[Black "Scott Stewart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover, 4...a6"]

1.e4 { } c5 { } 2.Nf3 { } d6 { } 3.d4 { } cxd4 { } 4.Qxd4 { } a6 { } 5.c4 { }
Nc6 { } 6.Qe3 { } g6 { } 7.Nc3 { } Rb8 { } 8.Be2 { } Bg7 { } 9.O-O { } Nf6 { }
10.Rb1 { } Ng4 { } 11.Qd2 { } Nce5 { } 12.Nxe5 { } Nxe5 { } 13.b3 { } Nc6 { }
14.Bb2 { } Nd4 { } 15.Nd5 { } e5 { } 16.Bxd4?! { Inaccuracy. f4 was best. }
(16.f4 O-O 17.f5 Re8 18.Bd3 b5 19.f6 Bf8 20.h4 bxc4 21.Bxc4 h5 22.Bxd4 exd4)
16...exd4 { } 17.f4 { } O-O { } 18.f5 { } Qh4?! { Inaccuracy. Re8 was best. }
(18...Re8 19.f6) 19.f6 { } Bh6 { } 20.Qxd4 { } Bf5? { Mistake. Re8 was best. }
(20...Re8 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.g3 Qg5 23.Kg2 Be6 24.h4 Qc5 25.Rbd1 Bf8 26.Qxd6 Rbc8
27.Qxc5) 21.Ne7+ { } Kh8 { } 22.Nxf5 { } gxf5 { } 23.Rxf5 { } Bf4 { } 24.Rh5 {
} Bxh2+ { } 25.Kh1?! { Inaccuracy. Kf1 was best. } (25.Kf1 Qf4+ 26.Bf3 d5
27.Qxd5 Rbd8 28.Qf5 Qxf5 29.Rxf5 Rd2 30.Rd1 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Re8) 25...Be5+ { }
26.Rxh4 { } Bxd4 { } 27.Rh6?! { Inaccuracy. Rf1 was best. } (27.Rf1 Rg8)
27...Rg8 { } 28.e5?! { Inaccuracy. Rd1 was best. } (28.Rd1 Be5) 28...Rg6 { }
29.Rxg6 { } hxg6 { } 30.exd6 { } Rd8 { } 31.Rd1 { } Rxd6 { } 32.Bf3 { } b6 { }
33.Bb7 { } a5 { } 34.g3 { } Be5 { } 35.Rxd6 { } Bxd6 { } 36.Kg2 { } Be5 { }
37.Kf3 { } Bxf6 { } 38.Ke4 { } Be7 { } 39.Kd5 { } Kg7 { } 40.g4 { } f5 { }
41.gxf5 { } gxf5 { } 42.Ke5 { } f4 { } 43.Kxf4 { } Kf6 { {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel memorial"]
[Site "BCC"]
[Date "2023.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scott Stewart"]
[Black "Trevor Ivory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra, 2...d5"]

1.e4 { } c5 { } 2.d4 { } d5?! { Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best. } (2...cxd4 3.Nf3
e5 4.c3 Nc6 5.cxd4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3) 3.exd5 { } Nf6?! { Inaccuracy. Qxd5
was best. } (3...Qxd5 4.Ne2 Nf6 5.Nbc3 Qd8 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bd7 8.O-O-O)
4.c4?! { Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best. } (4.dxc5 Qxd5 5.Qxd5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.Nd4 Nxc5) 4...e6 { } 5.dxe6 { } Bxe6?? { Blunder. cxd4 was best. }
(5...cxd4 6.exf7+ Kxf7 7.c5 Bxc5 8.Bc4+ Be6 9.Bxe6+ Kxe6 10.Nh3) 6.d5 { } Bf5
{ } 7.Nc3 { } Bd6 { } 8.Nf3 { } O-O { } 9.Be2 { } Re8 { } 10.Nb5 { } Qe7 { }
11.Nxd6 { } Qxd6 { } 12.O-O { } Nbd7 { } 13.Re1 { } h6 { } 14.g3 { } Bg4 { }
15.Bf4 { } Qe7?! { Inaccuracy. Qa6 was best. } (15...Qa6 16.Qc2) 16.Qd3 { }
Nh5?! { Inaccuracy. Qe4 was best. } (16...Qe4 17.Nd2 Bxe2 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe2
Nxd2 20.Rxd2 g5 21.Bd6 Nf6 22.f3 b6 23.g4) 17.Bd2 { } Qd6?! { Inaccuracy. Nhf6
was best. } (17...Nhf6 18.Bf1 Qf8 19.Bc3 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.b3 Bh5 22.Rxe8
Qxe8 23.Nh4 Ne4 24.Qe3) 18.Bf1? { Mistake. Ng5 was best. } (18.Ng5 hxg5
19.Bxg4 Nhf6 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Bxg5 b5 22.Bf4 Qf6 23.cxb5 Qxb2 24.a4 Qb4)
18...Nhf6?! { Inaccuracy. Qf6 was best. } (18...Qf6 19.Kg2 b5 20.cxb5 Bf5
21.Qb3 Be4 22.a4 Rad8 23.a5 Qf5 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Bd3) 19.Nh4 { } Ne5 { } 20.Qc3
{ } Ng6 { } 21.Nxg6 { } fxg6 { } 22.Bg2 { } Kh7 { } 23.Rxe8?! { Inaccuracy. h3
was best. } (23.h3 Bd7 24.Bf4 Qf8 25.Be5 h5 26.Re3 b5 27.a3 bxc4 28.Qxc4 Bf5
29.d6 Rad8) 23...Rxe8 { } 24.Re1 { } Qd8 { } 25.Rxe8 { } Qxe8 { } 26.Qe3 { }
Qxe3 { } 27.Bxe3 { } b6 { } 28.Bf4 { } Nd7 { } 29.Bc7 { } Kg8 { } 30.a4?! {
Inaccuracy. f3 was best. } (30.f3 Bf5 31.Kf2 g5 32.Ke3 Nf6 33.b3 h5 34.Kd2 Kf7
35.Bf1 Ke7 36.Bd3 Bxd3) 30...Kf8 { } 31.b4? { Mistake. a5 was best. } (31.a5
bxa5 32.Bxa5 Nb6 33.Bf1 Ke7 34.Bc3 Bd1 35.Bxg7 Bb3 36.Bd3 Kf7 37.Bxh6 Bxc4)
31...Bd1?? { Blunder. cxb4 was best. } (31...cxb4) 32.a5?? { Blunder. bxc5 was
best. } (32.bxc5 bxc5 33.a5 g5 34.f4 gxf4 35.gxf4 Ke7 36.a6 Ke8 37.Bf1 Bc2
38.Kf2 Bf5) 32...Ke7?? { Blunder. cxb4 was best. } (32...cxb4 33.axb6 axb6
34.Bd6+ Kf7 35.Bxb4 Bb3 36.Bf1 Ne5 37.d6 Ke8 38.Bc3 Nxc4 39.Bxg7) 33.d6+ { }
Ke8 { } 34.Bc6 { } bxa5 { } 35.Bxa5 { } Bg4?! { Inaccuracy. cxb4 was best. }
(35...cxb4 36.Bxb4 Kd8 37.c5 Ne5 38.Bb5 Bf3 39.Ba5+ Kc8 40.Bc3 Nc6 41.Bxg7 h5
42.Bd3) 36.bxc5 { <br /><br />Game may have continued... } (36.-- -- 37.-- --
38.-- -- 39.-- -- { +7.32 }) {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2023.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Loveband, Rob"]
[Black "Leckie, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: 3.Bd3 g6"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.Nbc3 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.Bg5 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Kh1 Qb6 11.Na4 Qc7 12.f4 h6 13.Bh4 exf4 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxf4 g5
16.Ne2 Rd8 17.Ng3 Rd4 18.Nc3 Be6 19.e5 Ng4 20.Bh7+ Kxh7 21.Qxd4 Rd8 22.Qe4+
Kg8 23.h3 Nxe5 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.b3 Ng6 26.Rad1 Re8 27.Qf3 Nf4 28.Nd4 Bd7 29.Nce2
c5 30.Nxf4 cxd4 31.Nd5 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Speilvogel 2023: Jasan Barnett - Scott Stewart"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/ndGFo1yu/nLWZYHD8"]
[Date "2023.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jasan Barnett"]
[Black "Scott Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"]

1.d4 { } Nf6 { } 2.c4 { } g6 { } 3.Nc3 { } Bg7 { } 4.e4 { } d6 { } 5.Nf3 { }
O-O { } 6.Be2 { } Na6 { } 7.a3 { } e5 { } 8.d5 { } Nc5 { } 9.Qc2 { } a5 { }
10.O-O?! { Inaccuracy. Be3 was best. } (10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.O-O-O Nf4
13.Bf1 Nh5 14.f3 f5 15.Kb1 Bd7 16.g3 a4) 10...Ne8?! { Inaccuracy. a4 was best.
} (10...a4) 11.Bg5 { } f6 { } 12.Be3 { } f5 { } 13.b4 { } Nxe4 { } 14.Nxe4 { }
fxe4 { } 15.Ng5 { } Nf6 { } 16.Nxe4?? { Blunder. c5 was best. } (16.c5 Kh8
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Qd2 a4 19.Rac1 h6 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 d5 22.Bb5 Qe7) 16...Nxe4
{ } 17.c5 { } Nf6 { } 18.Bc4 { } Bf5 { } 19.Qb2 { } Ng4 { } 20.Bd2 { } Nxh2 {
} 21.Kxh2 { } Qh4+ { } 22.Kg1 { } Qxc4 { } 23.Bc3 { } Qxd5 { } 24.Rad1 { } Qc6
{ } 25.cxd6 { } cxd6 { } 26.Rc1 { } Qb6 { } 27.Rfd1 { } Be6 { } 28.Rd2 { } Bh6
{ } 29.Rxd6 { } Qxd6 { } 30.Bxe5?! { Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (30.Re1 a4
31.Bxe5 Qd3 32.Qd4 Qxd4 33.Bxd4 Bc4 34.Bb6 Rae8 35.Rd1 Rf5 36.f3 Rd5)
30...Bxc1 { } {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Rob Loveband"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1656"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.Ng3 e5 8.d5 Nc5
9.Bc2 c6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rb1 a5 12.Na4 Nxa4 13.Bxa4 cxd5 14.cxd5 Bd7 15.Bxd7
Nxd7 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.a3 Qd8 18.Ne2 Nc5 19.Nc3 f5 20.f3 fxe4 21.fxe4 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Trevor Ivory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "1240"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD: Marshall Defence, 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Qb3 b6 6.e3 Nbd7? 7.cxd5 Bd6 8.dxe6 Bxe6
9.Bc4 O-O? 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Qxe6+ Kh8 12.Ng5 Qe8 13.Qxe8 Raxe8 14.O-O h6 15.Nf3
c6 16.Bd2 Re6 17.Rac1 Ne4? 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.Rxc6 Rf6 20.Bc3?? {awful...I saw
Trevor's response as soon as I played my move! (P.C.)} Bxh2+ 21.Nxh2 Rxc6
22.Nf3 Nf6 23.Ne5 Rc7 24.g3 Nd7 25.Ng6+ Kh7 26.Nf4 g5 27.Nd5 Rc8 28.f3 Ree8
29.e4 h5 30.Kg2 Kg6 31.Ne3 Rf8 32.Nf5 Rce8 33.Bb4 Rf6 34.Ne7+ Kf7 35.Nd5 Rc6
36.Bc3 Kg6 37.e5 Kh6 38.f4 gxf4 39.Rxf4 Rg8?? {Trevor returns the favour...he
saw it too, and promptly made my move for me! (P.C.)} 40.Ne7 Rcg6 41.Nxg6 Kxg6
42.e6?! Nf6 43.Rf2 a5 44.Re2 h4 45.Re5 Ng4 46.Rb5 hxg3 47.Rxb6 Ne3+ 48.Kxg3
Kf5+ 49.Kf3 Nd5 50.Rd6 Rf8 51.Rxd5+ Kxe6+ 52.Ke4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leckie, Michael"]
[Black "Stickland, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.a4
Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 Qc7 12.Ne2 Rad8 13.Bc3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qd2 e6 17.Bxd5 Rxd5 18.Qc3+ Kg8 19.Ng3 Nd4 20.Rf2 b6 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Re1 Qd8
23.Nd2 Re8 24.Nf3 Nxf3+ 25.Rxf3 Qd6 26.b3 Rd4 27.Re4 Rxe4 28.dxe4 Qd1+ 29.Kh2
Rd8 30.Rd3 Rxd3 31.Qxd3 Qxd3 32.cxd3 Kf8 {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Anna Yates"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "820"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Mason Variation"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.h3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 {l think bishop
d7would have been better then the knight [jb]} 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.Bd3 b5
10.Nbd2 Bb7 {l think the bishop dose not belong on b7 and you will see why as
the game continues [jb]} 11.a3 Nb6 12.Bc2 cxd4 13.exd4 {knight c4 instead of
e4 looks more appropriate [jb]} Ne4 14.Re1 Nd6 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Rab1 Nbc4 17.h4
e6 18.h5 $14 Nf5 19.hxg6 fxg6 {taken back with the h pawn would have been
better [jb]} 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 $16 Qe7 22.Nf3 Rf8 23.Bxg7 Nxg7 24.Rbd1 Rae8
25.Ne5 {that is what l wont it ne5 now the bishop is dead on b7 [jb]} Nf5
26.Rd3 Qg5 27.Rh3 Nh4? 28.Rg3 Qh6 29.Rh3? Rf4 {should have played g3 [jb]}
30.Bd3 Ref8 31.Rf1 Qh5 32.Qe3 R8f6 33.Rg3 Nf5? 34.Qxf4 $18 Nxg3 35.Qxg3 h6
36.Bxg6 Qe2 {l missed mate [jb]} 37.Qh3 {maybe bishop c8  was better then you
can move the rook [jb]} Rf8 38.Qxe6+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kg8 40.Qh7# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2023"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Scott Stewart"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French: Advance, 4.Nf3"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Qc7
9.Nb3 h6 10.Nbxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 O-O-O 12.Be3 Qxe5 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Qc7 15.Rc1
Bc6 16.Qg4 Nf6 17.Qh3 Nd5 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.Nxa7+ Kb8 20.Nxc6+ bxc6 21.Bd2 Kb7
22.Qb3+ Nb6 23.Ba5 Qc7 24.Bb5! {(BvR) If 24.Bb5 deserves praise, then
23...Dc7? (instead of 23...Bc5) deserves strong condemnation as Bb5 is like
kicking in an open goal....} c5 25.Qf3+ Ka7 26.b4 Rd5 27.Qxf7 Qd6 28.Bxb6+
Kxb6 29.Rxe6 Kxb5 30.Rxd6 Bxd6 31.Qxd5? {32. Qb7, Ka4; 33.Qa6# checkmate} {#r}
1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2023.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kanish"]
[Black "James watson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Bc4"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.b3 a6 5.Bb2 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nf3 b5 11.a4 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Nb4 14.axb5 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Rxb5
16.d4 Bb7 17.Rfc1 Qb8 18.Ra4 Rc8 19.Rac4 Rxc4 20.Rxc4 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Rc1
Qb7 23.Bc3 h6 24.Ne5 Bxg2 25.f3 Bh3 26.f4 Nd5 27.Nxf7 Nxf4 28.Nxh6+ gxh6
29.Qf3 Rg5+ 30.Kf2 Rg2+ 31.Ke3 Nd5+ 32.Kd3 Bf5+ 33.Ne4 Qb5# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Watson, James"]
[Black "Ryan Sue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD Tarrasch: 4.Nf3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 O-O
9.a3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Nc4 Rac8 15.b4
b6 16.Nd6 Rc6 17.Bb5 Rc7 18.Bc4 Bg6 19.Nb5 bxc5 20.Nxc7 Rb8 21.Na6 Rb6 22.Rd1
Nc6 23.b5 Bh5 24.Rd5 g6 25.bxc6 Rb1+ 26.Kd2 Rxh1 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.c7 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2024 "]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.03.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Nigel Block"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.h3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 a6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.c4 Rb8
9.Rc1 Ra8 10.O-O Re8 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bg3 c6 13.e4 Nc7 14.b3 e6 15.d5 Nb5
16.dxc6 $16 Nc3? 17.Qe1 $18 Nb6 18.Qe3 Nxa2 19.cxb7 Bxb7 20.Rc2 Nb4 $16
21.Rfc1? Nxc2 22.Bxc2 e5 23.Bd3 a5 24.Rb1 Ba6 25.Nc4 $19 Nxc4 26.bxc4 Rc8
27.Rd1 Bxc4 28.Bc2 Qc7 29.Ba4 Red8 30.Rc1 Rd3 31.Qe1 Qd6 32.Kh2 f6 33.Bb5 Qe6
34.Bxc4 Rxc4 35.Rxc4 Qxc4 36.Qxa5 Qxe4 37.Qb5 Rd5 38.Qe8+ Bf8 39.Bh4? Qf4+
40.Bg3 Qf5 41.Nh4 Qd7 42.Qa8 Kg7 43.Qa1 Qe6 44.Qa7+ Be7 45.Qa1 g5 46.Nf3 Bd6
47.Qb1 e4 48.Qe1 Bxg3+ 49.fxg3 Qd6 50.Qxe4 f5 51.Qe3 f4 52.Qa7+ $17 Kg6 53.g4
$15 h5 54.gxh5+ Kxh5?? 55.Qh7+ Qh6 $18 56.Qf7+ Qg6 {#t} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Suhas Devarapilli"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "500"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.f3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bc4 Nbd7 7.b4 a6 8.a4 c5 9.Ba3
Qc7 10.Qe2 Ne5 11.Bd5 e6 12.Bb3 c4 13.Ba2 d5 14.f4 Neg4? 15.e5 Nxe5 16.fxe5
Nd7 17.Nf3 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Bb2 d4 20.Nd1 b5 21.a5 Bb7 22.O-O Bxh2+ 23.Kh1
Bd6 24.Bxd4 Bxb4 25.Bb6 Qg3 26.Ne3 Bd6 27.Ng4 h5 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Bg1 Qh3+!
30.Bh2 Qxh2# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jason Barnett"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1142"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 4.e4 d6"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 a6 8.Bd3 Nfd7 9.O-O
Ne5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Ne5 15.Be2 f5 16.f3
Bf6 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.Bh6 Bg7 19.Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 20.f4 Nf7 21.Bd3 Nh6 22.Rae1 Rf7
23.Qe3 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Bf5 25.g4 $18 Bd7 26.Qg3 Rg8 27.Kh2 Rgf8 28.Bd3 Re8 29.Ne4
b5 30.Ng5 Rff8 31.Ne6+ Bxe6 32.dxe6 Rd8 33.cxb5 c4 34.Rc1 axb5 35.Qf2 Qc5
36.Qe2 Qd4 37.Qe4 Qxd3 38.Qxd3 cxd3 39.Rfd1 d2 40.Rc7 Rfe8 41.Rxd2 Ng8 42.Kg2
Nf6 43.Kf3 Rc8 44.Rdc2 Rxc7 45.Rxc7 Nd5 46.Rb7 Kf6 47.Rxb5 Kxe6 48.Rb3 Rf8
49.a4 Rxf4+ 50.Kg3 Rxa4 51.Rf3 Re4 52.b3 Ke5 53.Rf1 $10 Re3+ 54.Rf3 Re4 55.Rf1
Kd4 56.Rd1+ Kc5 57.Kh4 Re3 58.Rb1 Nf4 59.b4+ Kb5 60.Kg5 Nxh3+ 61.Kh6 $19 Nf2
62.Kxh7 Nxg4 63.Kxg6 Ne5+ 64.Kf5 Nd3 65.Kg4 Nxb4 66.Kf4 Re5 67.Rb2 Kc4 68.Kf3
Nd3 69.Rc2+ Kd4 70.Ra2 Re3+ 71.Kg4 e5 72.Ra4+ Kd5 73.Ra5+ Ke6 74.Ra1 Re4+
75.Kf3 Nc5 76.Ra5 Kd5 77.Ra1 Kd4 78.Rd1+ Nd3 79.Ra1 Re3+ 80.Kg4 Nc5 81.Rd1+
Rd3 82.Rb1 Ke4 83.Re1+ Re3 84.Rb1 d5 85.Rb5 Nd3 86.Ra5 d4 87.Ra1 Re1 88.Ra2
Rg1+ 89.Kh5 Ke3 90.Rh2 Nf4+ 91.Kh4 Ng6+ 92.Kh5 e4 93.Rh3+ Kd2 94.Rh2+ Kd3
95.Rh3+ e3 96.Rf3 Kd2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2024.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stickland, Peter"]
[Black "Leckie, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Closed"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qe1 Re8 12.Qg3 Kh8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.e5 Nd5 15.exd6 Bxd6
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bd4 f6 18.Bd3 e5 19.Qh4 e4 20.Be2 Be7 21.Bh5 Rf8 22.Bg6 h6
23.c3 f5 {I saw my blunder right after the move.  Fortunately Pete missed the
mate in 2! (M.L)} 24.Qg3 Bf6 25.Be3 Rb8 26.Rab1 Qc4 27.a3 Bd7 28.Rfd1 Rb3
29.Qf2 Rfb8 30.Bd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Qxc3 32.Rxd5 Rxb2 33.Rxb2 Rxb2 34.Qg1 Qc6
35.Rd1 Qxg6 36.Rxd7 Qb6 37.Rd1 Qxg1+ 38.Kxg1 Ra2 39.Rd5 e3 40.Rxf5 Ra1# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Shanaya Guha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "740"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch-Larsen: Indian Variation"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 g6 5.g4!? Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.h4 d5! 8.g5 Ne4
9.Bxg7 $10 Kxg7 10.d3 Qa5+ 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 dxc4 14.dxc4 Rd8+
15.Kc3 Nc6 16.f4 e5 $15 17.Nf3 exf4 $17 18.exf4 Bf5! 19.Rad1 a6 20.Rd2 b5
21.cxb5 axb5 22.Bxb5 Nb4? 23.a4 $16 Nd5+ 24.Kc4 Be6! 25.Kxc5 Rac8+? 26.Bc6 $18
Nxf4 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Ne5 Bxb3 29.Rb1!? Ne6+ 30.Kb6 Bxa4! 31.Rf1 Rd4 32.Rxf7+
Kg8 33.Bxa4 Rxa4 34.Rf6 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Nd8 {Black immediately
shook her head and said firmly... No! (P.C.)} 35.Kc7 Ra8 36.Rd6 Nf7 37.Nxf7
Ra7+ 38.Kc6 Rxf7 39.Rd4 Rf2 40.Kd6 Rf8 41.Re4 Rd8+ 42.Ke7 Rf8 43.Rd4 Rf7+
44.Ke6 Kf8 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Rd4 Kf8 47.Rd8+ Kg7 48.Rd4 Kf8 49.Rd8+ {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bas van Riel"]
[Black "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 3.g3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.f4
Nb6 10.Qd3 $14 Nbd7 11.a4 Ne8 12.O-O Nef6 13.h3 Rb8 14.Be3 Re8 15.g4 Rf8
16.Qd2 Qa5 17.Bf3 Qb4 18.a5 $18 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Rfb1 Ra8 21.Ra3? Rxa5 $10
22.Rba1 Rxa3 23.Rxa3 $17 Nb6 $19 24.Ra2 Nc4 25.Qc1 Nxe3 26.Qxe3 Nd7 27.Kg2 Nb6
28.Qd3 Nc4 29.Kg3 Bb7 30.Nc1? Nxb2 {#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Declan Mahar "]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1253"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Anti-Nimzo-Indian"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Nd7 10.Qc2 N7f6 11.Ne5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.Qa2 Ne4 14.Bb2 Bd5 15.c4 Bb7
16.Bf3 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.d5 exd5 19.cxd5 Nf6 20.e4 Bd6 21.Qa1 Rfe8 22.Ng4
Nxg4 23.Bxg4 Bxh2+ 24.Kh1 Be5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Rfe1 Rde8 28.d6 Rd8
29.f4 Rxe4 30.Rxe4 Bxe4 31.Re1 f5 32.Be2 Rxd6 33.Bc4+ Kf8 34.Kg1 Rd2 35.Bf1
Ke7 36.g4 g6 37.Bh3 Kd6 38.Kf1 Kd5? 39.gxf5! gxf5 40.Bxf5 Bxf5 41.Re5+ Kd6
42.Rxf5 Ke6 43.Rh5 Rd7 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.Ke3 Kg6 46.Rg5+ Kh6 47.Ke4 Rg7 48.Rf5 Kg6
49.Rg5+ Kf6 50.Rf5+ Ke6 51.Rd5 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Re7 52.Rd8 Kf6+
53.Kf3 Rc7 54.Ke2 c4 55.Kd2 c3+ 56.Kc2 Kf5 57.Rd4 h5 58.Rd5+ Kg4 59.Rg5+ Kh4
60.a4 Rc4 61.Rg7 Rxa4 62.f5 Rf4 63.Rxa7 Kg3 64.Rg7+ Kf3 65.Rg5 h4 66.Kxc3 h3
{#R} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.02.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Kevin Perrin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "1538"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav: 4.e3 Bg4"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bd3 {At this point Kevin needed to answer his phone...upon
returning, he asked if I wanted a win. I told him to offer a draw, at which
point a draw was agreed. (P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.02.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Jordan Furlong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn: Mason Variation"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.h3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 c6 6.Nbd2 Qb6 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.a4 Bb4+ 10.Ke2 Be7 11.a5 Qd8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Nf3? h6 15.h4 c5
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.h5 Bh7 $10 18.c4 Rc8 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Bb5 a6 21.Ba4 Nf6? 22.Ne5
Ba7? 23.Nxd7 $18 Nxd7 24.Qxd5 O-O 25.Bxd7 Rc2+ 26.Kf3 Re8 27.Qd1 Be4+ 28.Kg3
Re7 29.Bf5 Qxd1 30.Rhxd1 Bxf5 31.gxf5 Rxb2 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Nd4 Bc5 34.Rc1 b6
35.axb6 Bxb6 36.Rd6 a5 37.Rc8 a4 38.f6 gxf6 39.Rxf6 Bxd4 40.Rxh6+ Kg7 41.exd4
f6 42.Rg6+ Kf7 43.Ra8 Rb3+ 44.Kg4 a3 45.Ra6 {#t} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "Ballarat Mechanics institute"]
[Date "2024.02.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scott Stewart"]
[Black "Mick Leckie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1551"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra, 3.c3 d3"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 Nc6 5.c4 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Nc3 a6 8.Be3 Bg4 9.h3
Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Qd2 Nb4 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.a3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Nge7 15.Nb6 Rc7 16.Nh4
Nc8 17.Nd5 Rd7 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.gxf5 h6 20.Rg1 Qh4 21.Rg3 N8e7 22.Nb6 Rd8 23.Bc2
Nc8 24.Nd5 N8e7 25.f6 gxf6 26.Rg4 {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "BMI"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leckie, Michael"]
[Black "Block, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Chase Variation"]

1.e4 { } Nf6?! { Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5) 2.e5 { } Nd5 { } 3.c4 { } Nb6 { } 4.d4 { } d6 { }
5.exd6 { } cxd6 { } 6.Nf3 { } Bf5 { } 7.Nc3 { } g6 { } 8.Be3 { } N8d7? {
Mistake. Bg7 was best. } (8...Bg7) 9.Nh4?! { Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } (9.c5
Nc8 10.Ng5 h5 11.Qb3 e6 12.d5 Bg7 13.dxe6 Nxc5 14.Bxc5 Qxg5 15.Be3 Qh4)
9...Nf6?! { Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (9...e6 10.Nxf5 gxf5 11.a4 a6 12.a5 Nc8
13.g3 Bg7 14.Bg2 Qc7 15.b3 Ne7 16.O-O) 10.Nxf5 { } gxf5 { } 11.Qf3 { } Qd7?? {
Blunder. e6 was best. } (11...e6 12.Qxb7 Bg7 13.Be2 O-O 14.b3 Rb8 15.Qa6 Ne4
16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.O-O d5 18.Rfd1) 12.c5 { } dxc5 { } 13.Bb5 { } Qxb5 { } 14.Nxb5
{ } Nfd5 { } 15.dxc5 { } {#r} 1-0


[Event "spielvogel"]
[Site "IBM"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "justin goodison"]
[Black "jamie brotheridge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1348"]
[BlackElo "1444"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian Variation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bc4 c6
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Rhe1 O-O-O 11.Bxf7 Rhf8 12.Be6 Nh5 13.g3 Bh6 14.Ne2 Kb8 15.Qe3
Nxf4 16.gxf4 Rf6 17.Bxd7 Rxd7 18.e5 Rf8 19.Kb1 Rdd8 20.Qg3 Rf5 21.Rd3 Rdf8
22.Rf3 Qa5 23.Rd1 g5 24.exd6 exd6 25.Ra3 Qc7 26.fxg5 Bxg5 27.f3 d5 28.Qxc7+
Kxc7 29.Rf1 a6 30.f4 Re8 31.Ng1 Rxf4 32.Rd1 Bh4 33.Rad3 Bf2 34.c3 Ref8 {#d}
1/2-1/2


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrick Cook"]
[Black "Scott Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2
a5 10.h3 Ne8 11.Be3 f5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.exf5 gxf5 $17 14.Rad1 Nd6 15.b3 Bd7
16.Rfe1 Kh8 17.Bf1 e4 18.Nh2 Qf6 19.Ne2 f4! 20.Kh1 Rae8 21.g3 fxg3 22.fxg3 Qg5
23.Bg2 Nf5 24.Nf1 e3 25.g4? Nd4 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.Ng3 Rf2 28.Re2 Rxe2 29.Nxe2
Bxg4 $19 30.hxg4 Qh4+ 31.Kg1 Be5 32.Qf5 Bh2+ 33.Kf1 Bd6 34.Rxd4 Rf8 35.Qxf8+
Bxf8 36.Rf4 Bd6 37.Rf3 Qxg4 38.Rxe3 Qf5+ 39.Rf3 Qb1+ 40.Kf2 Qxa2 41.Bh3 Bc5+
42.Kf1 Qd2 43.Nf4 Qd1+ 44.Kg2 Qg1# 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steve Nimmo"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "500"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "Slav: 3.Nc3"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.a4 a6 10.Nf3 b4 11.Ne2 a5 12.Bc4 c5 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Nxd7 Bxh1 15.Bb5 Nxd7
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bd6 Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Qe7 19.Qc7 Rd8 20.Rd1 Bd5 21.Nd4 O-O 22.Qg3
Nf6 23.f3 Qd6 24.Qh3 Qe5 25.f4 Qe4 26.Be2 Qh1+ 27.Kd2 Ne4+ 28.Kc1 Nf2 29.Qf1
Nxd1 30.Qxd1 Qxd1+ 31.Kxd1 Bb3+ 32.Ke1 Bxa4 33.b3 Bd7 {At this point, I left
the table to make a cup of tea. On my return I noticed that Steve had played
34.Nf2...which, of course, is impossible! It didn't register with me, and the
game continued as if nothing unusual had happened with the following moves
:34...Rc8 35.Bc4 Rc4 36.bc Rc8 37.Ng4 Rc4 38.Ne5 Bb5 39.Nc4 Bc4 40.Kd1 b3
41.Kc1 Kf8 42.Kb2 Ke7 43.h4 h5 44.Kc3 Kd6 45.Kc4 b2 46.Kb5 b1=Q+ 47.Ka5 Kc5
48.f4 Qa1++.} {#i} 0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Marko Paja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[BlackElo "1214"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Kramer"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 b6 6.Ng3 Bb7 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O h5
9.Bf3 Nh7 10.Re1 e5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.Nb5 Ndf6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nc3 c6 15.Qd2 Rd8
16.Qc2 Nf8 17.Nge2 Ne6 18.Rad1 O-O 19.g3 c5 20.h4 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.exd5 Qd6 24.Bg2 f5 25.a3 Rc8 26.b4 Bxd5 27.Bxd5+ Qxd5 28.Qa4 Qb7 29.Qb3 Qf7
30.f4 b5 31.fxe5 bxc4 32.e6 Qxe6 33.Qb1 Qe3+ 34.Kh2 Qf2+ 35.Kh1 d3 36.Nf4 {#R}
0-1


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scott Stewart"]
[Black "Bas Van Riel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano: 5.d4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Ng4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 d5
9.Bb5 h5 10.h3 Nh6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nf5 13.Re1 a6 14.Bd3 Be6 15.Rb1 Qc8
16.Ng5 Nfe7 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Be3 Kd7 19.f4 g6 20.c4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Nd5 22.Bxd5
exd5 23.Rf1 Na5 24.Qd3 Qe8 25.f5 gxf5 26.Qxf5+ {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Justin Goodison"]
[Black "Patrick Cook"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1489"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: Exchange, 4.c4 c6"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 Qe7+ 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Bf5 8.O-O-O Ne4
9.Nxe4 Qxe4 10.Bd3 Qxd3 11.Qxd3 Bxd3 12.Rxd3 dxc4 13.Rd1 Bd6 14.Nf3 Nd7
15.Rhe1 O-O 16.a3 Rfe8 17.Kb1 Nf6 18.h3 Nd5 19.Bd2 f6 20.Kc2 b5 21.g3 Kf7
22.Nh4 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Rxe8 Kxe8 26.Ne3 Nxe3+ 27.Bxe3 Kd7 28.a4
a6 29.Kc3 Ke6 30.a5? Kd5 31.b4 cxb3 32.Kxb3 c5! 33.dxc5 Bxc5 34.Bxc5 Kxc5 {#R}
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[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Michael Leckie"]
[Black "Julian Laffey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1275"]
[BlackElo "941"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: 2.Nf3"]

1.e4 { } c6 { } 2.Nf3 { } d5 { } 3.Nc3 { } dxe4 { } 4.Nxe4 { } Bf5 { } 5.Ng3 {
} e6?! { Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best. } (5...Bg4 6.c3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd5 8.Be2 Nd7
9.O-O Qxf3 10.Bxf3) 6.Nxf5 { } exf5 { } 7.d4 { } Nf6?! { Inaccuracy. Bd6 was
best. } (7...Bd6 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 c5 11.c3 Qc7 12.dxc5) 8.Bd3 { }
Ne4 { } 9.O-O { } Be7 { } 10.Qe2 { } Nd6?! { Inaccuracy. O-O was best. }
(10...O-O 11.Bxe4 fxe4 12.Qxe4 Re8 13.Re1 Nd7 14.c4 Nf8 15.h3 Qb6 16.Qc2 Bf6
17.Be3) 11.Re1 { } Nc8?! { Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } (11...Kf8 12.c4 Nd7
13.Qc2 h5 14.Bf4 Nf6 15.Bxf5 Nxf5 16.Qxf5 g6 17.Qd3 Kg7 18.h3) 12.Bxf5 { } Nd7
{ } 13.Bg5 { } f6?! { Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (13...h6 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.c4
Nf6 16.Qe5 Kf8 17.Bc2 Nc8 18.h4 g6 19.h5 g5 20.d5) 14.Bd2 { } O-O?! {
Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (14...a5 15.c4 g6 16.Be6 Nf8 17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.Bxa5
Qd6 19.a3 Qd7 20.d5 Kf7) 15.Qe6+ { } Kh8 { } 16.Qxd7 { } Qxd7 { } 17.Bxd7 { }
Bd6 { } 18.Bxc8 { } Raxc8 { } 19.Re6 { } Rcd8 { } 20.Rae1 { } h6 { } 21.Nh4 {
} Kh7 { } 22.Nf5 { } Bc7 { } 23.Re7 { } {#r} 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel 2024"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jamie Brotheridge"]
[Black "Tom Oppenheim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1028"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD: 3.Nf3 Nf6"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.a3 Bd7 8.O-O Re8 9.b4
a6 10.Rb1 h6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nh7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Be6 15.Nf4 Qd7
16.Qc2 Nf8 17.Rd1 Qc6 18.Qe2 Rad8 19.Bb2 b5 20.Rdc1 Qb7 21.Qc2 Rc8 22.Be4 Qb8
23.Nd3 Nd7 24.Bd4 Red8 25.f4 Bc4 26.Bc6 Nb6 27.f5 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Nc4 29.Qc3 Bf8
30.a4 Be7 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra1 Nb6 33.Ra5 Bf8 34.Rca1 Be7 35.Ra8 Nxa8 36.Rxa8
Qxa8 37.Bxa8 Rxa8 38.Qxc7 Kf8 39.Bc5 Bxc5 40.Qxc5+ Kg8 41.Qxb5 Rd2 42.h3 Raa2
43.Qb7 Ra1+ 44.Kh2 Rb1 45.e6 fxe6 46.fxe6 Kf8 47.Qf7# 1-0


[Event "Spielvogel Memorial"]
[Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2024.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paja Marko"]
[Black "Scott Stewart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 O-O 9.h4
Bg4 10.Qc1 Kh7 11.Nh2 Be6 12.Bf3 Nd4 13.Bd1 d5 14.e5 Ng8 15.f4 f6 16.exf6 Nxf6
17.Ne2 Nc6 18.c3 Rc8 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.Qb1 e5 22.Bc2 d4 23.c4 Qe7
24.Qc1 Rce8 25.Kf1 e4 26.dxe4 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Qxe4 28.Neg1 Nce5 29.Qb1 Nxf3 {#R}
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