[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.04.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Cook, Patrick"] [Black "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1570"] [BlackElo "1377"] [ECO "D90"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Bf4 Nb6 10.Qd3 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.h3 a5 13.O-O a4 14.Qc2 axb3 15.axb3 Nh5 16.Be3 Qc7?! 17.Nb5! Qd8 18.Rxa8 Nxa8 19.Nc3 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Qa5 20.Na4 Qb4 21.Nc5 Nc7 22.Bd2 Qa3 23.Bc1 Qa7 24.Bb2? Rd8 25.Ra1 Qb8 26.Rd1 Bc8 27.b4 Nf4 28.Bc4 Be6 29.Nxe6 Ncxe6 30.e5? {this move l do not like leaves a hole on d5 [jb]} Nd5 31.Bxd5? {geven up the bishop pear is not good in a opening spaced [jb]} Rxd5 32.Qc4 Nc7 33.Rd2 Qd8 34.Bc3 Ne6 35.g3 Nc7 36.h4 Qc8 37.Kg2 Qg4 38.Nh2 Qe4+ 39.f3 Qf5 40.Nf1 Qc8 41.Ne3 Rd8 42.f4 {White offered a draw...(P.C.)} Qd7 43.Qe2 Nb5 44.Bb2 e6 45.Nc2? Bf8? {#T} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.04.22"] [Round "1"] [White "van Riel, Bas"] [Black "Dao, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1644"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French: 3.Nc3 Be7"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.e5 Bd7 5.Qg4 g6 6.Be3 f6 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.g3 Bb4 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.Nf3 Ne4 12.Qd3 a6 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Na5 15.a4 Nc4 16.Rfb1 b5? 17.axb5 Na3 18.bxa6! Nxb1 19.Rxb1 O-O 20.Ne5 Nd6 21.c4 c6 22.Qa3 Rfe8 23.Bd2 Nxc4 24.Nxc4 dxc4 25.Qa4 Rec8 26.Qxc4 Qa3 27.Bf1 Qd6 28.Bf4 Qd5 29.Rb7! Be8 30.Qe2 Bf7 31.Be5 c5 32.Bg2 {1-0} {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.04.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Stewart, Scott"] [Black "Elgindy, Hossam"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1707"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor: 3.d4"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 {Greeted with the Philidor in round 1, was just discussing the Morphy Opera game with rob on Monday. So it informed my next few moves.} 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 {It is always nice to threaten a checkmate :)} Qf6 {We leave the Morphy opera game behind} (6...Nf6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nc3 b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.O-O-O Rd8 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.Qb8+ Nxb8 17.Rd8# {Because it's never a bad moment to look at the Morphy Opera game}) 7.Qb3 Bc5?? {Stockfish hates this move, says the White King is safe and we should just go eat the a8 rook.} 8.O-O (8.Qxb7 Qxf2+ 9.Kd1 Qd4+ 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.c3 Qd6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Qxa8 {Would you go into this willingly?}) 8...b6 9.Nc3 c6 10.Be3 {Black can't take on e3 or face death down the f file} Bd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.e5 Qg6 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.Nf4 Qf5 15.e6 Nc5 16.exf7+ Kf8 17.fxg8=R+ Rxg8 18.Ne6+ {A pretty miniature and a nice beginning to my title defence.} {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.04.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Feinberg, Jules"] [Black "Cook, Patrick"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1162"] [BlackElo "1570"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English: King's, 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Bb4"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Bb4 4.Nge2 b6 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 Bb7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bg5 d6 9.Ng3! Bc8 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Be3 h6 13.Nd5 c6 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ne5 17.Nf5 Qd7 18.Qd2 Bxf5 19.exf5 Qxf5 20.Bxh6 Qg6 21.Bg5?! Nxc4! 22.Qf4 Nd5! 23.Qxc4 Qxg5 24.Qxc6 Rac8 25.Qa4 Qe3+ 26.Rf2 Rc1+ 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Qd1 $17 {the position is equal says fritz16 [jb]} Qxb2 29.Bh5 $19 {black has a decisive advantage [jb]} Qd4 30.Qf3 Nf6 31.Qf5 Nxh5 32.Qxh5 Qa1+ 33.Rf1 Qxa3 34.Qd5? Qc5+ 35.Qxc5 dxc5 36.Ra1 a5 37.Kf2 Ra8 38.Ke3 b5 39.Kd2 a4 40.Kc3 Kf8 41.d4 cxd4+ 42.Kxd4 b4 43.Kc4 b3 44.Kc3 Ke7 45.Rd1 Rc8+ 46.Kb2 Rc2+ 47.Ka3 Ra2+ 48.Kb4 b2 49.Rb1 a3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.04.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Coffey, Ruari"] [Black "Stewart, Scott"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1762"] [BlackElo "1707"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Nbd7 {I thought for a while, thinking about whether I fight back in the centre or just stop black's e5 push. I figured I could do similar to a reverse dragon and use the c-file to attack. (R.C)} 5.c4 e5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qa4 {The not so subtle threat of Nxe5 (R.C)} Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Nc5 10.Qc2 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nb5 {Delaying development of my bishop in hoping to take at least one of black's bishops. (R.C)} Be7 13.d4 {I was wanting to complicate things a little, leave black with an isolated d-pawn, place a knight in the centre and put my rooks on the c/d files. Scott decided to complicate things further (R.C)} a6 {This was my first major mistake in the opening (S.S)} 14.dxc5? (14.dxe5 Nfd7 {and white is much better (S>S)}) 14...axb5 15.Nf5! Rc8 16.b4 b6! 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qd3 {move 18 a4 is equal [jb]} bxc5 19.bxc5 {The reason why I played Qd3, the pawn can't be taken without the loss of material. (R.C) I disagree, Black is much better if I take the pawn straight away. I initially intended Qxc5. I mistakenily thought e4 was an improvement hoping to lock down on the light squares first. But e4 is just a blunder as after White captures on b5 I can no longer recapture the pawn. (S>S)} e4?? {As discussed in the previous moves notes} (19...Qxc5 20.Ba3 b4 21.Rab1 Rb8 $17) 20.Qxb5 $16 Rb8 (20...Rxc5 21.Ba3 (21.Qb4 Rfc8 22.Be3 R5c7 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 {could be playable for black. (R.C)}) 21...Rxb5 22.Bxe7 Rc8 23.a4 Rb7 24.Bd6 {may be playable. (R.C)}) 21.Qa5 Rfc8 22.Be3 Rc6 23.Rfc1 Rbc8 {I saw that black's plan is to just pile on the c-pawn, I figured I just have to defend and everything will be okay after I can consolidate with Bd4 and e3. I was never able to play this though. (R.C)} 24.Rc2 Bf5! {Sets up d4 and e3 as moves, this was particularly annoying. Additionally, there is soon the option of trading white's light squared bishop and then switching the rook, queen and knight into attacking the white king. (R.C)} 25.Qb4?? Qe6?? (25...Ng4 $10 {The Bishop can't move or Black gains counter play and a slight edge with e3.} 26.a4 Nxe3 27.f3 {Please delete this mouse slip :)} (27.fxe3)) 26.Rc3 Nd7 27.a4 Rb8 {I had missed this as an option when Nd7 was played. I was only focused on the possibility of taking on c5 or moving into e5 and being a bit of a pest. (R.C)} 28.Qa3 {Qd4 could lead to a repetition of moves and Qa5 looks awkward. (R.C)} h5 29.h4 Ne5 30.Qc1 {I had spent a while what move order was required as Bf4 looked nice, Bd4 was an option, a4 etc but became more worried about my misplaced rooks. (R.C)} Ra6 31.Bf4 Rc8 32.Bxe5 {The knight was the biggest unpredictable attacking piece so I got rid of it at the expense of dark square control. (R.C)} Qxe5 33.e3! Bd7 {Black offered a draw. Most likely as a result of white not pushing the pawns. (R.C)} 34.Bf1 Ra5 $14 35.Raa3 Bc6 36.Qd2 Rxa4 37.Rxa4 $16 Bxa4 38.Ra3 Bc6 39.Ra6 Qe6 {When I saw this I thought I could just pile up on c6 with he bishop but black doesn't have to take and the king looks a little to close before white can promote. (R.C) Yea, stepping into the pin was very bad, Bb5 and white has a game winning advantage (S>S)} 40.Qb2 Qd7 41.Qb6 $10 f5?? (41...d4 42.Ra7 Qe6 43.Ba6 dxe3 44.Bxc8 exf2+ 45.Kxf2 e3+ 46.Ke2 Qxc8 $10) 42.Ra7 $18 {friitz16 say white has a decisive advantage move 42 [jb]} Qd8 43.Qb2 Rc7 $16 44.Qb6 {The effects of a game going on too late, both Scott and myself though white was completely winning due to the pin but... (R.C)} Rc8! 45.Qxd8+ Rxd8 $16 46.Rc7 Ba8? 47.c6 Kh7 48.Ba6 Rb8 49.Bb7 Bxb7 50.cxb7 {This feels better for white now (R.C)} Kg6 51.Kf1 Kf6 52.Ke2 g6 53.Kd2 Ke5 54.Kc3 Kd6 55.Rg7 Kc6 56.Kd4 Rxb7 57.Rxb7 $18 Kxb7 58.Kxd5 Kb6 59.Kd6? {probably not the best move but I thought I could get stuck on the side of the board very close to midnight at this point. (R.C)} Kb5 60.Ke6 Kc4 61.Kf6 Kd3 62.Kxg6 Ke2 63.Kxf5 Kxf2 64.Kf4! {The only saving move I think. Whichever direction black goes is the direction that white focuses on. A very long game, finishing just after midnight (R.C) white has mate in 14 say fritz16 [jb] Thanks for the game, was a very messy game though. I hope we play better in the rest of the tournament :)} {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Cook, Patrick"] [Black "Goodison, Justin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1570"] [BlackElo "942"] [ECO "D31"] [Opening "QGD: 3.Nc3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Ne7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bg5 Nbc6 6.e3 Bg7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5 Qd6? 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Qd6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bf5 14.a3 a6 15.Bd3 Ne7 16.b4 Rfe8 17.Rc1 c6 18.Na4 Nd5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Nc5 b6 21.Nd3 Bh6 22.Nde5 Rac8 23.Qa4 Re6 24.Qxa6 b5 25.Qa7 {25.Qxc8+...was worth considering! (P.C.)} Re7 26.Qc5 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 Re6 28.Rfc1 Nxe3! 29.Rxc6 Rcxc6 30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.Nxc6 Nc4 32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.Nxf5 Bf4 34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Nxe5 36.Nd6 Ke7 37.Nxb5 Kd7 38.f4 Nd3 39.g3 Kc6 40.Nc3 Nb2 41.Kf2 Nc4 42.a4 f5 43.Ke2 Nb6 44.Kd3 Kd6 45.Kd4 h5 46.a5 Nd7 47.b5 Kc7 48.Nd5+ Kb7 49.Ne7 Nf6 50.Nxf5 Ka7 51.Ke5 Kb7?? 52.Kxf6 Ka7 53.Nd6 Ka8 54.Ke7 Ka7 55.f5 Kb8 56.f6 Kc7 57.f7 h4 58.g4 Kb8 59.Kd7 Ka7 60.Kc7 Ka8 61.f8=Q+ Ka7 62.Qb8# 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Black "Feinberg, Jules"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1377"] [BlackElo "1162"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.Nf3"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nbd2 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c5 8.c3 c4 9.Bc2 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Rxe4 Nf6 15.Re2 Bd6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Qe1 b5 19.Rd1 Nd5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nf3 Nf4 22.Red2 Rad8 23.Qe5 Nd5 24.a3 Qf6 25.Re2 Nf4 26.Red2 Rd5 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.g3 Ng6 29.Ne1 h5 30.h4 Ne7 31.Nc2 Rfd8 32.Ne3 R5d6 33.Kf1 Nd5 34.Ke2 Nxe3 35.fxe3 f5 36.Kf3 Kg7 37.e4 fxe4+ 38.Kxe4 Rd5 39.Rf2 f5+ 40.Ke3 e5 41.Rdf1 exd4+ 42.cxd4 Kg6 43.Rf4 Re8+ 44.Kd2 a5 45.R1f3 Re4 46.Kc3 Rdxd4 47.a4 $19 {that is the losing move [jb]} b4+ 48.Kc2 Re2+ 49.Kc1 Rdd2 50.Rxc4 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Stewart, Scott"] [Black "van Riel, Bas"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1707"] [BlackElo "1644"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Giuoco Piano: 5.d4"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Ne4 {I wasn't completely familiar with this move order, the best responce is Bd5} 7.cxd4 (7.Bd5) 7...Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 d5 {This transposes back into the lines I am familiar with} 9.Bb5 Bg4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qa4 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Bd7 {White has more space and a bind on the dark squares. Bishops of opposite colors have a reputation of being drawn. I did consider offereing a draw around now but really the Dark Squared Bishop is better than Black's Light Squared counterpart.} 14.Qa3 Qh4 {My next few moves are all about maintaining the bind on the Dark Squares, trying to prevent Black from liberatoing his Big pawn on d7} 15.Be3 Qe7 16.Qc3 O-O 17.O-O Rfe8 18.f4 g6?? 19.f5 gxf5 {White is much better here due to the weak dark squares, Stockfish says Qd2 is +4 for white, but I didn't see it and continued solidly, patiently} 20.Bf4 Kh8 21.Rae1 Rab8 22.a3 Be6 23.b4 a5 24.bxa5 Rb5? {c5 is better} 25.Qd2 {I My bishop wants to move to f6} Rg8 26.Rf3 c5 27.dxc5? {a6 is better} Qxc5+ 28.Be3 Qxa3 29.Bg5 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Rg6 31.Bf6+ {Black's back row is very weak and I'd love to bust through to the back rank with a rook, I decided the c-file was the best bet} Kg8 32.Rc1? {Stockfish says this logical looking move fails due to Qa7} Qb4? (32...Qa7 $12) 33.Qxb4? Rxb4 34.Rfc3?? {An unlikely looking blunder, a3 was winning but Stockfish saysBas missed a chance to draw here with h6 a6 is better} Rc4?? (34...h6 $12) 35.a6? Rxc3 36.Rxc3 Rg4 37.Rb3 h6 38.a7 Ra4 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.a8=Q Rxa8 41.Rxa8 c5 42.Kg1 f4 43.Kf2 Kg6 44.h3 d4 45.Rd8 Kf5 46.Be7 c4 47.Rxd4 Kxe5 48.Bc5 c3 {chess.com say 91.3 Accuracy for white and black 90.5} 49.Rd8 c2 50.Ba3 Bf5 51.Bc1 Bg6 52.Re8+ Kf5 53.Kf3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Dao, Paul"] [Black "Cook, Patrick"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "1570"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: 2.Nf3 d5"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d3 Bg4 5.Be2 Bd6 6.O-O Nf6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nd4 Bg6 9.Bg5 Be5 10.c3 Bxd4 11.cxd4 c6 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Ne5 Qb6 15.Be3 Rfe8 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Rb1 h6 18.Re1 Nf6 19.Qc1 Re7 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Coffey, Ruari"] [Black "Harrison, Harrison"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1762"] [BlackElo "1643"] [ECO "A48"] [Opening "Neo-King's Indian"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 {Harrison has now completed his opening word. The scariest part is that this looks very normal, so what poison will Harrison have in store? (R.C) that is weird hes playing chess good whats hes next move ?} 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O a5 {While not exactly common, this move isn't all that unknown either. Taking space on the queenside with the future idea of placing the knight somewhere via a6 after shifting whites pawns about. (R.C) whats this guy on lol} 8.h3 Qb6 9.Qb3 {By offering a queen trade, I find that it can sometimes limit the complexity of the game which is where Harrison thrives. The opening of the a-file may be of use later as well as removes any pins that affect the central push of pawns. (R.C)} Qxb3 10.axb3 b6 11.e4 Bb7 12.Be3 c5 {I spent about a minute or so thinking about how to deal with blacks now strong light squared bishop. I could complicate the position with e5 or dxc5 but I found that in the end, an open file in the centre for Harrison would be beneficial compared to my semi open a-file (R.C)} 13.d5 Nbd7 14.Ra2 {This rook is now passive but the long term plan is to trade the dark squared bishop on c3 later. This would allow my to double up wherever my other rook is. Later this plan does not bear fruit. (R.C) and now you are playing like him your got to be joking lol} h6 15.g4 {Thinking I could use the bishop to control e5 to help with an e5 push and creates a safe space for the bishop if g5 is played. (R.C)} Kh7 {Suddenly, a change in plans (R.C)} 16.g5 hxg5 17.Nxg5+ Kg8 18.f4 Nh7 {A good move, opens the bishops vision, prepares an e or f-pawn push and also forces me to make a decision with my knight. Capture, retreat or support, I've no idea what was best. (R.C)} 19.Nf3 f5 20.Nh4 Rf6 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Nb5 Raf8 23.Bd2 Rh6 24.Nf3 Rg6 25.Bc3 Bh6 {I saw this only after I played Bc3. Now I have to protect it with tactics... (R.C)} 26.Re1 Kf7 {Black offered a draw. If it was Rf7, then perhaps I would have considered more, but this square is a target for my b5 knight. It also stops the protection of the f5 pawn. (R.C)} 27.Nh4 Rxg2+ {Not particularly necessary but removes an important defender of the white king. If more pawns are taken, perhaps blacks pieces just swarm the kingside. Black again offered a draw. (R.C) given up for pieces nothing what a joke} 28.Kxg2 {Lines up the king with the L.S.B so there may be some tactics to be wary of but the rook on e1 also creates some issues. White's rook on a2 is passively watching but so is black's L.S.B so material is about equal in this position. (R.C)} Bxf4 {Black offered a draw again. But it's just a trade of pawns, nothing to worry about, right? (R.C) Harrison is turning into a pat lol} 29.Nxf5 Rg8+ 30.Kf1 {All the other moves made it unnecessarily trickier to calculate. I just decided to keep things simple. (R.C)} Nhf6 31.Rxe7+ Kf8 {now its over} 32.Bxf6 Nxf6 33.Rxb7 Rg5 34.Nfxd6 {Perhaps taking with the wrong knight but I figured it has the same results anyway. I didn't see a forced checkmate so moving my pieces away from my king seemed fine to do (R.C)} Rg3 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Rxf6 Rf3+ 37.Kg2 Rg3+ 38.Kf2 Be5 39.Rf3 Rg6 40.Nf5 Bf6 41.Ra1 {I tried to work out how to win with my knights but just gave up and resorted to bringing my rook back into the game. (R.C)} Bg5 42.Rg1 Kh8 43.h4 a4 44.Rxg5 Rf6 45.Rfg3 Rf7 {Stops the checkmate for now. Luckily, I have another knight yet to be involved. (R.C)} 46.Nd6 Rg7 47.Rxg7 b5 {Yes there is Nf7# but I wanted a group photo. (R.C)} 48.Rg8+ Kh7 49.R3g7# {As per usual an interesting game given up pieces for nothing how is that interesting} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Black "Dao, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1377"] [ECO "E10"] [Opening "Neo-Indian: 3.Nf3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.a3 b6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.Rc1 c5 12.O-O Na6 13.Re1 Rfd8 14.Qa4 Nc7 15.Bb1 Nxc3 $10 16.Rxc3 Ne6 17.Qc2 g6 18.Qe2 Re8 19.h4 Bc6 {Black missed Nd4, looks crushing thanks to the pin on the e-file (S.A.S)} (19...Nxd4) 20.Rec1 Rac8 21.Ne5 Bb7 22.Qf3 Qe7 23.Ng4 Kg7 24.g3 Rcd8 25.Qd1 $15 h5 26.Ne5 Qf6 27.Nf3 Ba6 28.Bd3 Bxd3 29.Rxd3 c4 30.Rd2 b5 31.Ne5 {black is slightly better} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Perrin, Kevin"] [Black "Coffey, Ruari"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "1762"] [ECO "A23"] [Opening "English: Bremen, Keres, 4.Bg2"] 1.c4 e5 {After being asked what the best response to 1.c4 was, I suggested e5 and Nf6. Recently, I find that to teach, I need to lead by example. (R.C)} 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d6 5.e3 Be6 6.b3 Na6 {The only idea for this was to keep out of the way of the rooks once I move my queen. Later this knight on the rim is very much dim. (R.C)} 7.d4 Qc7 8.Nge2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Rad8 11.a4 {According to the engine, white had a pleasant position (+0.7 or so) until this move. It does give black the b4 square for the knight but it's difficult to reason its importance for now... (R.C)} exd4 {This gives back the advantage from before. (R.C)} 12.Nxd4 Bg4 13.f3 Bc8 14.Kh1 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Rxd5 17.e4 Rh5 {The wrong idea. I wanted to see if I could end the game quickly but alas, was not to be. White now has a very pleasant advantage of +1.7-ish. (R.C)} 18.f4 Rh6 19.Nf5 {A very attractive move which leads to an apparently equal position. To keep the advantage, Qf3 is suggested. (R.C)} Bxf5 20.exf5 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Be4 Rd8 {Right idea, wrong rook. (R.C)} 23.Qf3 Nc5 24.Bc2 Rfd6 25.Rad1 {Now to clear the board except for the inequalities in pieces. (R.C)} Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qd7 28.Qxd7 Nxd7 {I reasoned that my knight can become slightly more powerful than the bishop, if I can just get my king active. Both sides have an extra pawn on the opposite side of the board however, whites f-pawns are doubled effectively meaning that there is three pawns with a more supported b-pawn. In short, once trying to be pushed the f4 pawn looks like it is the focus of my attack. (R.C)} 29.Kg2 {White offered a draw. I declined for the previous reasons. (R.C)} Kf8 30.Kf3 Ke7 31.Ke4 Kd6 32.Kd4 a5 {Stopping any pawn clearances on the queenside and preventing the white king from entering that side of the board easily. (R.C)} 33.g4 f6 34.h4 Nb6 35.g5 Nd5 {When I played this, I though white had a breakthrough with h5, h6 but to stop all of that, black only needs to play h6 after h5. The engine says black is winning of about -2.9 (R.C)} 36.gxf6 gxf6 37.Ke4 Kc5 38.Bd3 Nc3+ 39.Ke3 b5 40.axb5 cxb5 41.Bc2 Nd5+ 42.Ke4 Nb4 43.Bd1 Na2 44.Kd3 {Renders the entirety of my plan ineffective but eventually the plan forms a little more clearly. (R.C)} Nb4+ 45.Ke3 {I was unsure about this move as it gives a much needed tempo for black. The position of the king and bishop are awkward and has potential for some nasty knight forks which would clear up the board further. (R.C)} Nd5+ 46.Kd2 Kd4 47.Be2 b4 48.Bc4 Nxf4 {One pawn down, but it's doubled so not too important at this point. It did cover e5 so it does allow blacks king some more movement. (R.C)} 49.Bg8 h6 50.Bf7 Ng2 51.h5 Ne3 52.Be6 Nf1+ 53.Ke2 Ng3+ 54.Kf3 Nxh5 {Another pawn down. (R.C)} 55.Kg4 Ng7 56.Bf7 Ke5 57.Bg6 Nxf5 {If Bxf5, h5+ wins back the piece and becomes an easy pawn ending. (R.C)} 58.Kh5 Nd4 59.Bf7 f5 60.Kxh6 f4 {And the pawn is very fast. Thanks for the game Kevin (R.C)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCC 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Harrison, Harrison"] [Black "Stewart, Scott"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1643"] [BlackElo "1707"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Saragossa"] 1.c3 {S} e5 2.a3 {A} d5 3.f3 {V} Bd6 4.a4 {I} h5 {I decided it was indeed the savior variation of the book of Harrison, It wasn't hard to work out what moves were still to come, enough time for Harry to meet Garry with r still to come.} 5.g3 {O} h4 6.b3 {R} hxg3 {So Harrison completed his opening line and achieved a wrecked position and was indeed in dire need of a savior.} 7.h3 f5 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.d4 e4 10.f4 Qh4 11.e3 g5 12.Ne2 gxf4 13.exf4 Nf6 14.Be3 Be6 {White has very little space to develop and coordinate his pieces and Black can boast 2 passed pawns. The blockades of which cannot hold indefinitely. I was a little uncertain on how best to proceed from here. the f4 pawn is an obvious target for Nh5 and Ne7-g6 as happens in the game but with Rf1 it can be held by 4 pieces and only the 4 attackers can be musted.} 15.Qc1 a5 16.Nd2 {This move and my plan was settled, the Knight was on it's way to f1 or back to b1 as the only way to hold f4. So Nh5 next was the logical continuation.} Nh5 17.Nf1 Ne7 18.c4 Ng6 19.c5 Bxf4 {There are many paths to victory here, Stockfish is giving +10 to Black, But Black executes a flawless attack from here on out with a pretty checkmate to finish things off.} 20.Nfxg3 Bxg3+ 21.Nxg3 Qxg3+ 22.Kf1 f4 23.Bf2 Qd3+ 24.Kg1 e3 25.Be1 Ne7 26.Qd1 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Rg8 28.Kh2 Ng3 29.Rg1 Nef5 30.Bf3 Nh4 31.Bh5+ Nxh5 32.Rxg8+ Bxg8 33.Bxh4 Bh7 34.Rg1 Kf7 35.Rg5 Nf6 36.Rg2 Be4 37.Re2 Rg8 38.Be1 Ng4+ 39.hxg4 Rh8+ 40.Bh4 Rxh4+ 41.Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Goodison, Justin"] [Black "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "942"] [BlackElo "1377"] [ECO "B08"] [Opening "Pirc: Classical, 5.Bc4"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 $15 {there must be a better move} 9.Qxf3 Nxd4 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Rad1 Nce5 13.Qe2 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 c6 15.e5 {fritz16 saying de5} Nxe5? 16.Bxe5 $16 {white has a moderate advantage} Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Qb6 18.Rxe7 $18 {now your killing me} d5 19.Qb3 {that;s what happen when you play fast anyway good good by you you have improve [jb] and im going down hill that s what happen when you get old you deteriorating lol} {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.05.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Stewart, Scott"] [Black "Perrin, Kevin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1707"] [BlackElo "1576"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Two Knights: 4.d3 Be7 5.c3"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 {Kevin went for the 2 knights defence but I was not feeling like a super sharp game and I declined the forcing Ng5 opting for a quieter Italian} Be7 5.c3 O-O 6.Bb3 d6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 b5 {Taking space on the Queenside} 9.Re1 a5 10.Nf1 a4 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.h3 Be6 13.d4 {White has achieved a very nice opening position and Nd7 is posing problems for Black} exd4 14.cxd4 Bc4 15.Ne3 Nb6 16.b3 axb3 17.Bxb3 Na5 18.Bc2 Be6 19.e5 Qd7 {A blunder which gave Black a lost game as he has to play the unsound Bxh3 sacrifice. With his knights on the QS and his DS Bishop not able to quickly get to the b8 h2 diagonal there is not danger here for white.} 20.d5 Bxh3 21.gxh3 Qxh3 22.Qd3 dxe5 23.Nxe5 (23.Nf5 {Stickfish suggests this with +5 advantage}) 23...Bf6 24.N3g4 Qxd3 25.Bxd3 Nxd5 26.Bxb5 {A mistake but White still enjoys a solid advantage despite this} Rfd8 27.Bd2 c5 28.Bxa5 {An oversight by Kevin missing the unstoppable Nc6 fork after the recapture} Bxe5 29.Nxe5 Rxa5 30.Nc6 Rxb5 31.Nxd8 g6 32.a4 Ra5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Black "Coffey, Ruari"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1377"] [BlackElo "1762"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: KIA"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O c5 5.d4 Nc6 6.c3 Bd7 7.a4 cxd4 8.cxd4 h6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Ne5 $10 Be7 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Ra1 Rc8 13.e3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nh7 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bc6 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Bd4 Rfd8 19.Bc3! Rxd1 20.Bxa5 Rd4 21.Nd6 $15 Bxd6 22.exd6 Rxd6 23.Rfc1 Nf6 24.b4 Nd5 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Bd7 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.Rc1 Bd7 29.Bc7?? {(bas) The positions are about equal after 29.Bf1 or Rb1} Nxc7 30.Rxc7 Rd1+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Cook, Patrick"] [Black "Harrison, Harrison"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1570"] [BlackElo "1643"] [ECO "A50"] [Opening "Indian: 2.c4"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a5 3.Nc3 Ra6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O {Harrison opts for a semi-conventional Kings Indian Defence...! (P.C.)} 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bf4 e6 9.Nb5 d6 10.Rc1 Nh5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Bh8 13.e4 $16 Ng7 14.a3 Ne7 15.Re1 c6 16.Nc3 Ne8 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.d5 Nc7 20.Qd3 exd5 21.exd5 Bf5 22.Qe2 Rf7 23.dxc6 bxc6 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Ne4 c5 26.Nf3 Bg4 27.h3 Bxf3 28.Qxf3 Nf5 29.Nc3 Rb6 30.Na4 Nd4 31.Qc3 Ra6 32.Rcd1 Re7 33.Qd2 Nce6 34.Nc3 Raa7 35.Bd5 Ng5 36.Kg2 Qc8 {While I was pondering ...Harrison suddenly offered a draw. After 37.g4...h5 looks promising for Black, so I accepted with relief. (P.C.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.10"] [Round "0"] [White "Feinberg, Jules"] [Black "Goodison, Justin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1162"] [BlackElo "942"] [ECO "A20"] [Opening "English: King's, 2.g3 Nf6"] 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Be6 7.Qxb7 Nbd7 8.Na4 Bd6 9.Qc6 Bc7 10.Nc5 O-O 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 13.Nf3 Nc5 14.Qh3 e4 15.Nh4 Qe8 16.O-O Qf7 17.f4 Rae8 18.f5 Bb6 19.Ng6+ Kg8 20.Nxf8 Kxf8 21.Kh1 d4 22.b4 Na4 23.Ba3 e3 24.b5+ Kg8 25.d3 Nc3 26.Bc6 Rc8 27.g4 Nxe2 28.g5 Nh5 29.g6 hxg6 30.fxg6 Qc7 31.Bd5+ Kh8 32.Qxh5# {#R} 1-0

[Event "BCCC2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Perrin, Kevin"] [Black "van Riel, Bas"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "1644"] [ECO "A30"] [Opening "English: Symmetrical, 2.Nf3 Nc6"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.a3 Bxc5 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.b4 Be7 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.Rc1 $16 Qe7 14.e4 {Despite having a good position this is not the best move for white. better is 14 Nxd5 and followed by 15 b5 and 16 Bb4 which gives white some very good attacking chances. (KP)} Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 e5 17.b5 Nd8 18.Qc1 Bg4 19.Rc7 Qf6 20.Qc3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 O-O 22.Bg4 Re8 23.Rd1 h6 24.Rdd7 $18 a6 25.Be2 axb5 26.Bxb5 b6 27.Qb4 {Better options are either 27 a4 or 27 Qb3 (KP)} Rf8! {Black offered a draw at this point but white decided to play on as he has a good position. Bas noted later he was not sure which was his best way forward from here. (KP)} 28.Rd6 Qf3 29.Rxb6 $17 {(Bas) After 29. Rc3.. white would be +0.8 better off, and have very little to fear...fritz16 is saying its equal [jb] This was just a horrible blunder I overlooked the response. (KP)} Rxa3 $10 30.Rc1 Rb3 31.Qc4? Rb2 32.Rf1 Ne6 $19 33.Qd3? {(Bas) After-jb he is doing a me lol. Oh no, another blunder this time losing a rook. (KP)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Stewart, Scott"] [Black "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1707"] [BlackElo "1377"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra, 3.c3 d3"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 Nc6 5.c4 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 Nge7 8.a3 Bd6 9.O-O Ng6 10.b4 Nge5 11.Bb2 Nxd3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.17"] [Round "8"] [White "van Riel, Bas"] [Black "Cook, Patrick"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1644"] [BlackElo "1570"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine: Chase Variation"] 1.e4 Nf6 {No French Defence today...! (P.C.)} 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Rc1 Na5?! 10.Nf3 c5 11.d5! exd5 12.cxd5 c4! 13.Nd4 Bd3 14.Bxd3 cxd3 15.Qxd3 Nac4 16.e6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Qd7 18.Bxb6 Nxb6 19.Qe4 Bd6 20.Nxg7+ Kf7 21.Ne6 Rhe8?? 22.O-O+?? {(Bas) Blind Freddie, missing mate in 3 moves, starting with Qxh7.} Kg8 23.Rf5 Nxd5! {(Bas) Pat's explanation mark is not justified. It is, in fact, a blunder, overlooked by both players. 23...h6 was the only move (I believe)} 24.Rg5+ Kh8 25.Rxd5?? {(Bas) 25.Qd4 is immediate (and well-deserved) curtains for black.} Qxe6 26.Qxe6 Rxe6 27.Rcd1 Bb4 28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kg7 30.Rd7+ Re7 31.Rxe7+ Bxe7 32.b3 Bb4 33.Ne4 Kf7 34.Kf2 h6 35.Kf3 Kg6 36.Nf2 h5 37.g4 hxg4+ 38.Kxg4 b5 39.Nd3 Bd6 40.h4 a5 41.Nf4+ Kh6 42.Ne6 a4? {(Bas) This time, I finally grabbed my chance to score the full point. After surviving the horrendous earlier middel game, one should feel sorry for black to loose the game so close to 'salvation' why feel sorry for him its only pat [jb] lol} 43.Nd4! axb3 44.axb3 Bb4 45.Nxb5 Bc5 46.Nc3 Bd4 47.Nd5 Kg6 48.b4 Kf7 49.Kf5 Ke8 50.Ke6 Kd8 51.Kd6 Kc8 52.h5 Kb7 53.Ne7 Kb6 54.Kd5 Bc3 55.Kc4 Bg7 56.Nf5 Bf6 57.h6 Kc6 58.h7 Kb6 59.Ne7 Bh8 60.Ng6 Bg7 61.h8=Q Bxh8 62.Nxh8 {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Coffey, Ruari"] [Black "Feinberg, Jules"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1762"] [BlackElo "1162"] [ECO "A46"] [Opening "Indian: London System"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5 {One of my more common openings I play. I felt that this would provide an advantage with it's positional play. (R.C)} 4.e3 a6 {An unusual choice against the London, it worries about Bb5+ which isn't much of threat due to c6. but perhaps later could be used to play b5 and let the light squared bishop be on the long diagonal. (R.C)} 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Bg3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Ne5 {Just plugging the centre, maybe f4 to follow to solidify the knight. (R.C)} Nb4 9.Be2 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.O-O Ne4?! {The start of blacks problems. Either black will be a pawn down in the end or have a weak pawn structure. (R.C)} 12.Nxe4 Bxe5 13.Nxc5 Bxg3 14.hxg3 e5 {Opens the LSB with the potential to close down the centre after e4. However, this creates an isolated queens pawn which is a very easy target. (R.C)} 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nd3 Re8 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.Bf3 Be6 19.Qd4 Qc7 20.Rfd1 Rg5 21.Qf4 Qe5 22.Rd4 Rc8 23.Rad1 f6 {Holds some of blacks pieces together but opens up a diagonal to the king allowing for an interesting continuation. I can also take the pawn and go into a Queen vs 2 Rooks endgame but felt that was too adventurous. (R.C)} 24.Qxe5 Rxe5 (24...fxe5 25.Bxd5 exd4 (25...Bxd5 26.Rxd5 {With white's central control of the d-file and more compact pawn structure, I fell this is better for white. (R.C)}) 26.Bxe6+ Kf8 27.Bxc8 dxe3 28.fxe3 Rxg3 29.Kf2 {One possible line with white being a piece up. (R.C)}) 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Rc7 28.f4 Kf7 29.Kf2 Ke7 30.e4 Rc6 31.Ke3 Rb6 32.b3 {b4 also works but I figured I wouldn't rush and make too many mistakes in this endgame. (R.C)} g6 33.g4 h6 34.c4 Rc6 35.c5 b6 36.b4 Ke6 37.Kd4 bxc5+ 38.bxc5 g5 39.g3 Ke7 40.e5 fxe5+ 41.Rxe5+ Kf6 42.Kd5 gxf4 {Fixes my pawn structure from doubled to connected. (R.C)} 43.gxf4 Rc8 44.Re6+ Kg7 45.c6 {And black resigned. A solid opening from Black with resistance until the end, with positional play being key throughout. Thanks for the game. (R.C)} {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Goodison, Justin"] [Black "Coffey, Ruari"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "942"] [BlackElo "1762"] [ECO "B33"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.O-O Rc8 11.a3 Bc5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Qd2 Re8 16.Rab1 a6 17.Ne2 Ba7 18.Kh1 g5 19.Bg3 Qd7 20.Kh2 Kg7 21.f3 b5 22.c3 Nh5 23.Qe1 Qe7 24.Bf2 Bb8 25.g4 Nf6 26.Ng3 d5 27.b4 Qc7 28.Bc5 Nd7 29.Nh5+ Kh8 30.exd5 Bxd5 31.Kg2 Nxc5 32.bxc5 e4 33.fxe4 Qh2+ 34.Kf3 Qxh3+ 35.Ng3 Be6 36.Rh1 Qxg4+ 37.Kg2 Kg7 38.Be2 Qxg3+ 39.Qxg3 Bxg3 40.Kxg3 Rxc5 41.Rbc1 Rec8 42.Kf2 Rxc3 43.Rxc3 Rxc3 44.a4 bxa4 45.Bxa6 a3 46.Ra1 a2 47.Ke2 g4 48.Kf2 h5 49.Kg2 h4 50.Kh2 Rc2+ 51.Kh1 Rb2 52.Bd3 Bc4 53.Bxc4 Rb1+ 54.Rxb1 axb1=Q+ 55.Kg2 Qc2+ 56.Kf1 g3 57.Be2 h3 58.Ke1 Qxe4 59.Kf1 h2 60.Bf3 Qxf3+ 61.Ke1 Qf2+ 62.Kd1 h1=Q# 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Black "van Riel, Bas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1377"] [BlackElo "1644"] [ECO "E00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Anti-Nimzo-Indian"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Bf4 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Qxd5 Bxd5 13.Rd1 Nf6 14.O-O Bb3 15.Rd3 Ba4 16.Rc3 Nd5 17.Rcc1 Nxf4 18.exf4 Rfd8 19.Rfe1 Bb3 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Bd6 22.g3 Rac8 23.Rec1 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 Kf8 25.Kf1 Rd7 26.Ke2 Rc7 27.Kd3 Ke7 28.Nd4 Rxc4 29.Kxc4 a6 30.a4 g6 31.b4 Kd7 32.Nf3 f6 33.Nd4 e5 34.fxe5 Bxe5 35.Nc2 f5 36.Ne3 Ke6 37.f4 Bc7 38.Kd4 h6 39.Nd5 Bd8 40.h4 g5 41.fxg5 hxg5 42.hxg5 Bxg5 43.Nxb6 Bd2 44.b5 axb5 45.axb5 Be1 46.Ke3 Bxg3 47.Kf3 Bb8 48.Nc4 Kd5 49.Ne3+ {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCC2021"] [Site "Ballarat Mechanics Institute "] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Feinberg, Jules"] [Black "Stewart, Scott"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1162"] [BlackElo "1707"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English: Bremen, Reverse Dragon"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.e4 Nb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.d3 f6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Qc2 g5 12.Ne2 O-O-O 13.Rd1 h5 14.d4 g4 15.Nh4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Ng6 Rh7 18.Nxe7+ Rxe7 19.Bf4 Nc4 20.b3 Ne5 21.Bf1 Nc6 22.Rac1 Bf7 23.Bb5 Bg6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qxc6 bxc6 26.Rxc6 Bxe4 27.Rxf6 Bf3 28.Rc1 d3 29.Bd2 Re2 30.Ba5 d2 31.Bxd2 Rexd2 32.Re6 Rd1+ 33.Re1 Kb7 34.Kf1 Kb6 35.Rcxd1 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Bxd1 37.Ke1 Bxb3 38.Ke2 Kc5 39.f3 Kd4 40.f4 Be6 41.Kd2 Bf5 42.a4 a5 43.Ke2 c5 44.Kd2 c4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Library"] [Date "2021.06.30"] [Round "6"] [White "van Riel, Bas"] [Black "Coffey, Ruari"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1644"] [BlackElo "1762"] [ECO "A20"] [Opening "English: King's, Nimzowitsch, 2...Nc6"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.e3 d5 10.Qb3 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Rb8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.exd4 Be6 15.Qd3 Bd5 16.Rfe1 Qb4 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.a3 Qb5 19.Re5 c6 20.Rae1 f6 21.Rh5 Nf4 22.gxf4 Qxh5 23.f5 Rbe8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.07.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Harrison, Harrison"] [Black "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1644"] [BlackElo "1377"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Mieses: 1...d5"] 1.d3 d5 2.Nd2 Nf6 3.e3 e5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.h3 Bd6 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.Ngf3 Bd6 8.Be2 Nc5 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 a5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Be7 13.a3 h6 14.Qc2 Qe8 15.e4 Nf6 16.e5 Nd5 17.Bxh6 {black is clearly better but l could not think thats why l said yes to a draw} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.07.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Perrin, Kevin"] [Black "Cook, Patrick"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "1570"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5"] 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.exd5?! exd5 {A French, Exchange variation with the d pawn oddly placed on d3. (P.C.)} 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Bd6 6.O-O Ne7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bh4 O-O 9.Nc3 c6 10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.hxg3?! Re8 12.Qd2 Qd6 13.Kh2 Ng6 14.Rh1 Nd7 15.Nd4 Bxe2 {The clocks were stopped here for Kevin to deal with administrative tasks...Black offered a draw...Kevin said he wanted to play chess! (P.C.)} 16.Ncxe2 c5 17.Nf3 Nde5 18.Kg1 Re6 19.d4? Nc4 20.Qd1 {20.dxc4...loses a piece after Nxd2 21.cxd6 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Rxe2 (P.C.).} Nxb2 21.Qf1 b6 22.dxc5 bxc5 23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.gxf4 Qxf4 25.Rb1 Nc4 26.Qd3 Qe4! 27.Qb3? Rb6 28.Re1! {I expected him to resign...this keeps the game going. (P.C.)} Rxb3 29.Rxe4 Rb1+ 30.Re1 Rxe1+ 31.Nxe1 Ne5 32.Rh3 Rb8 33.Ra3 Nc6 34.Nd3 c4 35.Ne1 Rb1 36.Kf1 Nd4 37.Rxa7 Nxc2 38.Re7 Kf8! 39.Re2 Nxe1 40.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 41.Kxe1 Ke7 42.a4 Kd6 {Another victim of "Patrick's Curse"...! (P.C.)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.07.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Van Riel, Bas"] [Black "Feinberg, Jules"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1644"] [BlackElo "1162"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.Rad1 b4 13.Na4 g5 14.Bg3 Nxe4 15.Qxb4 d5 16.Qb7 Nd6 17.Qc6 Rc8 18.Qxa6 Ra8 19.Qc6 Rc8 20.Qa6 O-O 21.Qd3 Rc4 22.Nc3 d4 23.Ne4 Bf5 24.f3 Qc7 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Bd1 Ra4 27.c3 Qb7 28.cxd4 Rxc1 29.Nxc1 Rxd4 30.Qc3 Nb5 31.Qe1 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Rxe4 33.Bf3 Qb6+ 34.Bf2 Rxe1 35.Bxb6 Rxf1+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.07.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Stewart, Scott"] [Black "Goodison, Justin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1707"] [BlackElo "942"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Italian: Blackburne-Shilling Gambit"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 {Blackmore-Shilling Gambit, best is Nxd4 but Nxe5 is a playable counter-gambit, White loses a piece but gets a very strong attack.} 4.Nxe5 Qg5 5.Bxf7+ (5.Nxf7 Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3# {This is why the natural looking Nxf7 fails}) 5...Ke7 {Kd8 and black has a slight advantage} 6.O-O Qxe5 7.Bxg8 {Exchanging the Bishop for the knight rather than retreating maintains the initiative for White} Rxg8 8.c3 Nc6 9.d4 Qb5 {Black is now much worse despite having more Pizza. Best is Qf6} 10.f4 d6 11.f5 Bd7 12.Qh5 h6 13.f6+ {And Black really could have resigned now having lost the Queen for just 1 piece} gxf6 14.Qxb5 b6 (14...Nxd4 15.Qxb7) 15.Qd5 Rg5 16.Bxg5 hxg5 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Nf3 Kd8 19.Rae1 Kc8 20.e5 fxe5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Qa8# 1-0

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.07.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Coffey, Ruari"] [Black "Cook, Patrick"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1762"] [BlackElo "1570"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6"] {Playing against the 'Drawmeister' himself, I had to be careful to get an even opening to have the chance to get a draw offer, so I prepared into a French line. (R.C)} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Be2 Nh6 {I had prepared up until this point where I didn't really consider Nh6 and was hoping for Ngd7 where I had a trick to play after Bxc4. (R.C)} 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 Nf5 12.Qc2 Nh4 {Black offered a draw to which I accepted after a week long decision. The game could have continued after Ng5 but I have a habit of pushing too far against Patrick and then succumbing to his "nefarious" curse. (R.C)} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCCA 2021"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2021.07.08"] [Round "11"] [White "Brotheridge, Jamie"] [Black "Perrin, Kevin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1377"] [BlackElo "1576"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.c4 {This move surprised me. I was expecting d4 (KP) l played c4 so you would not play d5 [jb]} Nd7 9.Be3 f5 10.exf5! Rxf5 11.Nc3 Nf8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bf6 15.Qd3 Be6 16.O-O-O {l think this was bad [jb]} b5 17.Bb3 bxc4 18.Bxc4 $14 Ra5 19.Rhe1 Bxc4 20.Qxc4+ Kh8 21.Nd5 Bg5? {Not a good idea, 21 ... Rb8 is better (KP)} 22.f4! Bh4? {This just helps white improve his position. (KP)} 23.Re2 Ne6 24.Kb1 Rb8? 25.f5 Nc5 $18 26.Nf4 Na4 27.Ne6 $18 Qf6? 28.Bd4 Qxf5+ 29.Ka1 Bf6 30.Qxc7 Rab5 31.Rc1? {This move loses the momentum and gives up the substantial and winning advantage which white has built up. Either 31 Nd8 threatening Nf7+ or even 31 Nxg7 are better options. My engine shows a drop from over 5+ for white to about even, so maybe this move should have a ?? (KP)} h5? {With white threatening mate on the back rank I thought this move was the only escape. However I overlooked 31 ... Nc5, which is better as it forces 32 NxNc5 or else black threatens to win material with Nb3+. Both players were very short on time so picking the best moves is not so easy. (KP)} 32.Rb1? {32 Nxg7 is still winning for white. (KP)} Rg8? {Time pressure. 32 ... Nc5 should be played. (KP)} 33.Rf2?? {This just loses a piece for no compensation. Time pressure again. (KP) your Lucky l blunder [jb]} Qxe6 $19 34.Bxf6 gxf6 35.Qc2 Nc5 36.Rbf1 Nd7 {36. ... Ra5 is better but I was a bit concerned about b4 and also Rxf6 if I didn't protect the f pawn. Jamie is much better at blitz than me so I chose what I thought was the safer option. (KP)} 37.g4 h4 38.Re2 Qf7 {38. ... Re5 appears to be a better option. (KP)} 39.Ref2 Ra5 40.a3 Rc5 {Both players had less than a minute each so not much time to find the best moves. (KP)} 41.Qd2 Rd5 42.Qf4 Rg6 43.g5 Rdxg5 44.Qxh4+ Kg7 45.Qf4 Rg1 46.Qxd6 Rxf1+ 47.Rxf1 a5 48.h4 f5 49.Qd4+ Kh7 50.Rd1 Nf6 51.Qf4 Nh5 52.Qa4 Rg7 53.Qxa5 Qf6 54.Rf1 Ng3 55.Rd1 Rb7! {At last black applies a bit of pressure. (KP)} 56.Rb1 Ne4 57.Qd5 Ra7 58.Ka2 Qf7 59.Qxf7+ Rxf7 {Black should win from here but not so easy in a time scramble all the same. (KP)} 60.b4 {my chess days are over [jb] A bit harsh, many moves were played under time pressure so blunders will happen. (KP)} Nc3+ {#R} 0-1