[Event "Hurlingham v Reform friendly"] [Site "Hurlingham"] [Date "2016.09.06"] [White "Cron, Nicholas"] [Black "Yeoh, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: 3.Bd3 g6"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.f3 Nc6 7.Be3 b6 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.Nge2 Ba6 10.g4 Nb4 11.O-O-O Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 c6 13.h4 e5 14.b3 exd4 15.Bxd4 Ne5 16.Qe3 c5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Bxc3 19.Nxc3 Bb7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Qe7 22.Qd3 Qf6 23.f5 Rad8 24.Kc2 Qe7 25.g5 Rfe8 26.Re1 h6 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.e5 Kg7 29.gxh6+ Kxh6 30.Rg1 Qg7 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.exd6 Qf7 33.Rd1 Qf2+ 34.Qd2+ Qxd2+ 35.Rxd2 Kh5 36.Rg2 Kxh4 37.Rxg6 Kh5 38.Rg7 Rd8 39.d7 Kh6 40.Re7 Kg6 41.Kd3 Kf6 42.Rh7 Ke6 43.Ke4 Rxd7 44.Rxd7 Kxd7 45.Kd5 a5 46.a4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "Oxford & Cambridge Club"] [Date "2016.10.26"] [White "Chapman, Terry"] [Black "Lee, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] {Notes by Peter Lee, except where those in brackets TC by Terry Chapman} 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 Re8 9.d5 Nc5 10.Qc2 a5 {A fairly standard line} 11.b3 c6 12.Bd2 {Unusual. Better 12. Be3 or perhaps12 dxc6} cxd5 13.cxd5 b6 {Starting a poor plan to develop the Bishop on a6. Better 13 .. Bd7 or 13 .. b5 when black is slightly better.} 14.Rfc1 Ba6 15.Ne1 b5 {(The position is dead equal after non-critical opening play by white, but this gives white a definite edge).} 16.a3 a4! {At this stage, with b4 threatened, I felt slightly unhappy. This starts an interesting sequence of events which should be better for White. (An excellent practical move. White has a pleasant advantage after say 16…Rc8 17 b4).} 17.bxa4 bxa4 18.Nxa4 Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Bd3 20.Qb4 Rb8 {Now the game might have ended rapidly in a draw after 21 Qa4 Ra8 with repetition. But Terry rightly goes for a Queen sacrifice.} 21.Nxd3 Rxb4 22.Nxb4 Qb6 {My computer makes this about +0.8 for White, but it is quite difficult for White to co-ordinate his pieces and the Queen is active, and impossible to trap. Over the next 10 or 12 moves, Terry went from 10+ minutes ahead on the clock to 10+ minutes behind.} 23.Be3? {(Natural, but essential was Rc6 when white should emerge with the clear advantage he thought he had. Now my computer says = but white’s position is harder to play).} Qb5 24.Bf1 Qa4 25.f3 Nd7 26.Na6 f5 27.Rcb1 Qc2 {Better is 27.. Qa5 when Black is equal.} 28.Bb5 Rd8 {Black could play 28 .. Rf8 as Bd7 is not really a threat, as Black has Qd3 forking two minor pieces in reply.} 29.Nb4 Qc3 30.Bd3 fxe4 31.Rc1 Qb3 32.Rcb1 Qc3 33.Rc1 Qxa1?! {At this point, Qb3 would have led to a draw by repetition, but as Terry was quite short of time and the Athenaeum needed a win, I counter-sacrificed my Queen, though White should be better after this. (Peter’s courage in playing on earned him the point. Objectively this is almost a losing move, but I had assumed we were ready for a handshake and a friendly chat, and suddenly had to make complex decisions instead).} 34.Rxa1 exd3 35.Ra2 {(35 Rd1 rounds up the pawn and is practically winning) My machine makes both 35 Ra2 almost as good as 35 Rd1.} Nc5 36.Nc6 {Start of a losing plan. (36. Rd2 is still best, but Nc6 should be fine too).} Ra8 37.Kf2 Ra4 38.Bxc5 {(The right idea with a minute remaining).} dxc5 39.d6 {39 Ke3 is better.} Ra6! {(I had only seen 39…Bf6 40. d7 Ra8 41. Ke3 c4 42.a4 when it turns out white is better, though evaluating such a complex position in the seconds remaining was of course beyond my capacity).} 40.d7 Bf6 41.d8=Q+ Bxd8 42.Nxd8 Rd6 43.Nb7? {(The losing move! After 43. Ke3 Rd8 44. a4 c4 45. Kd2 Kf7 46. a5 it turns out the outside passed pawn and blockading king fully compensate for black’s central passers).} d2 44.Rxd2 Rxd2+ {With a winning endgame. Impossible to defend with hardly any time. 0-1 after a few more unrecorded moves} 0-1

[Event "Chelsea Arts v East India/Oriental"] [Site "Oriental Club"] [Date "2016.11.10"] [White "Black, Richard"] [Black "Franklin, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "200"] [BlackElo "216"] [ECO "C33"] [Opening "KGA: Bishop's Gambit"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bb3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.d4 Bb4 8.Ne2 Ne4? {Richard Black: ( better is 8....... O-O 9. O-O g5 10. h4 h6 11. hg hg 12. Nf4 gf4 13. Bf4 = )} 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Nxc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be6 12.Ba3 Nc6 13.Qh5 Qa5 14.Bb2 O-O 15.Rxf4 Rad8 16.Raf1 Qc7 17.Rh4 h6 18.Rf6 {Richard Black: ( Flashy, but missing the winning move 18. Bc1 ! f6 19. Bh6 gh6 20. Re1 Qf7 21. Qh6 Qg7 22. Re6)} Qe7 19.Rxh6 gxh6 20.Qxh6 f6 21.Qh8+ Kf7 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Qh8+ Kf7 24.Rh7+ Kg6 25.Rh6+ Kf7 {Richard Black: ( if black tries to avoid the perpetual check there is a nice mate with 25 ........ Kg5 26. Bc1+ Kf5 27. Rf6+ Qf6 28. Qh5+ Ke4 29. Qe2+ Kf5 30. Qd3+ Kg4 31. Qh3 # )} 26.Rh7+ {Draw agreed.} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MCC v NLC"] [Site "Lord's"] [Date "2016.11.30"] [White "Collacott, Nick"] [Black "Hamme, Gordon"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "170"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "QGD: Marshall Defence, 3.cxd5 Nxd5"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Bb5 {Nick Collacott comments: I since found out that ... - see d5 variation} (7.d5 {This and all comments by Nick Collacott: "I since found this variation is overwhelming"} Ne5 8.Nxe5 Bxd1 9.Bb5+ c6 10.dxc6) 7...Bxf3 8.Qxf3 {NC: "Giving up the the d-pawn but Black's king is going to be in the centre for a few moves"} Qxd4 9.O-O e5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qxf6 Rf8 (13...Rg8 {NC: "On 13....Rg8, I had intended this variation."} 14.Bc4 Nd8 15.Nd5 Qc6 16.Rac1 Qd7 17.Qh4 {NC: "and the knight comes to f6"}) 14.a4 (14.Rxd6 {NC: "I looked at the very tempting variation here"} cxd6 15.Qxd6 Rd8 16.Qxe5+ Kd7 {NC: "but here I thought the black king was escaping, however ..."} 17.Nd5 Qxb5 18.Nf6+ {NC:"winning the queen. However, the line I played in the game was also good."}) 14...Qc5 15.Nd5 {NC:"threatening Rac! - Black addresses this with a6 but allows a pretty ending"} a6 16.Qe7+ Bxe7 17.Nxc7# 1-0

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "The Oriental Club"] [Date "2016.11.16"] [White "Franklin, Sam"] [Black "Rosenbaum, Danny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French: Rubinstein, 4...Bd7"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Bxe4 7.Bxe4 c6 8.c3 Nd7 9.O-O Ngf6 10.Bc2 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Qd3 Re8 13.Bg5 Nf8 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.a3 Red8 16.Qe2 Rd5 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.c4 Rdd8 19.Bc3 a5 20.g3 h6 21.h4 c5 22.d5 Ra6 23.Ba4 Ng4 24.Bb5 Rad6 25.Ne5 Nf6 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.Qxg4 f6 28.dxe6 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 Nxe6 31.Qd5 Kf7 32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.Be8 Nf8 34.Bf7+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kh8 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "Athenaeum"] [Date "2016.12.06"] [White "Kirby, Nick"] [Black "Lee, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [Opening "King's Indian: 5.Nf3"] {Comments by Peter Lee, except where stated as NK (Nick Kirby)} 1.d4 {Comments by Peter Lee - except where shown as NK (Nick Kirby).} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bg5 {NK:Mixing systems – either Be3 or Re1 probably better. If wanted to play Bg5 than play 7 d5 first.} h6 9.Be3 Re8 {9 … Ng4 may be slightly better.} 10.d5 Nc5 {Here too Ng4 may be slightly better.} 11.Nd2! a5 12.Qc2 {12 a3 or 12 b3 are slightly better.} Ng4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.b3 {Perhaps 15 Nb3 is better.} h5 16.a3 c6!? {Risky - 16..Na6 is about equal.} 17.b4 cxd5 18.cxd5 {NK: 18 Nd5 seriously considered, leading to a different type of game.} Na6 19.Qb3? {19 Nc4 is much better with a clear plus.} b5! {Now the game is about equal.} 20.Rac1 Kh7 21.Rc2 Bh6 22.Na2 Re7 {22 .. Bf4 .. then h4 and Qg5 is a better plan.} 23.Rfc1 Be8 {Better 23..ab4: which is about equal.} 24.Qd3 a4? {Better to keep the tension. The game is now a bit better for White 24 .. ab4 25 ab4 Rc7 is equal.} 25.Nc3 Rb7 26.Ne2 {NK: 26 Bh6 maybe, preparing for Qe3 with gain of tempo.} Bd7 27.f4 {NK: Going for the win as no entry points on c-file.} f6 28.Nf3 Be8 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Kh1 Bxe3 31.Qxe3 Qd6 {White is considerably better by now.} 32.Ng3 {32 .. Ne1 ? d3 ? c5 is a better plan.} Rc7 33.Rxc7+ Nxc7 34.Qc5 {Looks natural but 34 ..Ne1 ? d3 is better.} Qxc5 35.bxc5? {The connected passed pawns look impressive, but in fact the move is not best. Better to recapture with the rook with some advantage.} Na6? {35 … b4 is best, with a small plus.} 36.c6 b4 37.axb4? {37 Ne2 is better, now Black is doing well.} Nxb4 38.Rb1? {A clear error. Black is now winning.} a3! 39.Ne1 a2 40.Ra1 Ra3 41.Ne2 Rb3 42.Nc2 Rb1+ {With very little time and a hopeless position. A rather lucky win for me!} {#R} 0-1

[Event "v RAC"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.10.25"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Emerson, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Be3 b6 15. Rfd1 Ndf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Rd2 Nh5 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bh6 e5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nd1 Nhg7 22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Ng4 Bg7 (23... Qc7) 24. Ngxe5 $18 Qc7 25. Ng4 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rad1 Be6 28. Nh2 Ng7 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Kh2 (30. e5) 30... Re8 31. b3 Bc8 32. Re1 Ne6 33. e5 Be7 34. h4 Rd8 35. Red1 Nd4 (35... Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Kg7) 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Qxe5 39. Rf4+ Kg7 40. Qxc6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "v RAC"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.03.01"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Emerson, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti: 1...d5"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 (13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. f4 d4 15. Bxc6 dxc3 16. Bg2 (16. Bxb7 $6 cxb2 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qb3 Nd5 (18... Qd7 19. Rxb2) 19. Bxd5 Rxb3 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxb3 Bf6) 16... cxb2 17. Rb1 Nd5 18. Bd4 $14) 13... Na5 (13... Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Nc6 $6 (15... Nc4 16. Bf2 Nxb2 17. Qb3 Nc4 18. Rfd1) 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Qd3 (17. e4) 17... Qa5 18. a3 (18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxa2 20. Qb5 $16) 18... Rfd8 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Rfd1 (20. Nb5) 20... a6 21. Qg6 Rf8 22. e4 $1 Bxa3 (22... d4 23. Bxd4 ( 23. e5 dxc3 24. Rxc3) 23... Nxd4 24. Rxd4 e5 25. Rd5 $1) (22... dxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxa3 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6) 23. exd5 Ne7 24. Qb1 Bb4 $6 $18 25. dxe6 b5 26. Ne4 Rcd8 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Qe4 Rdf8 29. Ra1 Qc7 30. Qxb4 Rxe6 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Ng6 33. Re6 Qc2 34. Qc5 (34. Rxg6 Re8 35. Rxh6+ gxh6 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Bd4+ Kf8 39. Bc5+) {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Oriental"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.01.10"] [Round "0"] [White "Parry, I"] [Black "Chapman, T"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet (Dunst) Opening"] 1.Nc3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Bc4 d6 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.a3?! Ne7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nd2?! c5 12.Ne2 O-O (12...cxd4 13.Nxd4 d5 $15) 13.c3 Rc8 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.Ng3 c4 16.Bc2 f5 17.exf5? exf5 18.Bf4 Nf6 19.Nf3 Ned5 20.Bd2 f4 21.Ne2 (21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Nxc3) 21...g5 22.h3 Qd7 23.Nh2 Rce8 24.f3 h5 25.Ra1 Bh6 26.Re1 Rg8 (26...g4) 27.Qb1 Bc8?! (27...Ne7) (27...Qg7 28.Bf5 Re7 29.a4 Rge8 30.Kf1 $17) 28.Kh1 g4 $19 29.Ng1 Qg7? (29...gxh3 30.gxh3 Qg7 $19) 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 (30...Nxe8 31.hxg4 hxg4) 31.Bf5 gxh3 32.Bxh3 Rg8 33.Qf1 Ne3 (33...Ng4 34.fxg4 hxg4) 34.Bxe3 fxe3 35.Bxc8 Rxc8 36.Ne2 Nd5 37.g3 Qg6 38.Qb1 Qd3 39.Qf1 Rf8 40.Rd1 Qc2 41.Rb1 a5 42.Qd1 Qd3 43.Qe1 Nf6 44.Rd1 Qc2 45.Rb1 Ne4 46.Kg2 Nf2 47.Nf1 Qf5 48.Ng1 Nd3 49.Qe2 Nf4+ 50.gxf4 Rg8+ 51.Kh1 Qxb1 {#R} 0-1

[Event "v MCC"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.03.10"] [Round "0"] [White "Richardson, K."] [Black "Chapman, T."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A16"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5 b6 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 (11. Na4 Qd6 12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Re1 Qf4 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd5 e5 {0-1 Sendur,A-Kasparov,G/Cagnes sur Mer 1977/EXT 2002 (41)}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. b3 (13. Na4 Qd6 14. Nc5 Nfd7 {0-1 Morris,S-Arkell,K (2450)/ Dublin 1991/TD (42)}) 13... Rc8 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Be2 ( 17. Rc1 Nxd4) 17... a5 (17... a6 $1) 18. Bb5 Rab8 (18... Qh4 19. Rc1 $18) 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Nb8 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. Rc5 (24. Nc5 Qh4) 24... Bf8 25. Rc2 (25. Rb5 Nb4 26. a3 Rc2 27. Qd1 Qf6 $19 28. f3 Qg5) 25... Nb4 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qc3 $2 (27. a3 Qc2) (27. Bc3 Qc7 28. g3 Bd6 29. Kg2 Qa7 30. a3 Nc6 31. Bb2 Ne7 32. g4) 27... Qxc3 28. Bxc3 Bg7 (28... Nxa2 29. Bxa5 Nc1 30. b4 Ne2+) 29. a3 Nc6 (29... Nc2 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Kf8 (31... Na3)) 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bxd4 32. b5 Bxc3 33. bxc6 Ba5 $17 {White lost on time. Cd play on with Nc3 Nb5 idea, making barrier to black king.} {#R} 0-1

[Event "v Hurlingham"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.03.18"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Woloshyn, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti: 1...d5"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nfd2 Re8 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. b3 (9. e4 e5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Nce4 $14) 9... Rb8 (9... e5) 10. Bb2 b6 (10... b5 11. e4) 11. e4 $14 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Re1 (14. Nb5 $1 cxb5 15. cxb5 Nxe4 (15... Bxe4 16. Rxc7 Bxg2) 16. Rxc7 Bxc7 17. Qc2 Rbc8 18. Bxe4 Bxg3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qd3) (14. d5 Be5 15. d6 Qd8 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 c5 $16) 14... Be7 15. d5 $1 exd5 (15... Bb4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qd8 19. Re2 $16) 16. cxd5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb4 18. d6 Qd8 19. Qd4 {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Hurlingham"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.10.14"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Quartermaine, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 (8...O-O 9.a3 Bxc5 10.Qc2 Be7 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.e4) 9.Qc2 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc7 (10...O-O 11.e4 Ndb4 12.Qe2 Qb6 {1-0 (31) Smyslov,V-Aronin,L Moscow 1966}) 11.a3 O-O 12.e4 Nf6 13.Nc3 (13.e5) (13.Bf4 e5) 13...Rd8 (13...e5 14.Nd5 $16) 14.Rxd8+ Qxd8 15.Bf4 Qa5 16.Rd1 e5 {Diagram } 17.Nd5 $16 Bg4 (17...exf4 {Diagram } 18.Nxe7+ $18 Nxe7 19.Qc5 Nc6 (19...Qa4 20.Rd8+ Ne8 21.Qxe7 (21.Qc4)) 20.Qxa5) (17...Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Qe1+ 20.Bf1 exd4 21.Rxd4 $16) 18.Nxf6+?! (18.b4 Qxa3 19.Bc1 Qa6 20.Bf1 b5 21.Qxc6 $18) 18...Bxf6 (18...gxf6 19.Be3 Rd8 $14) 19.Rd5 exf4?! (19...Qb6 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rc8 22.Qd2 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Be6 $14) 20.Rxa5 Nxa5 21.e5 Rc8 22.Qa4 {resigns} {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Hurlingham"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Gross, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 (7... Qc7 8. b3 d5 9. O-O (9. Ndb5 Qa5 10. O-O dxc4) 9... dxc4) 8. O-O Qb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Rb1 Be6 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. h3 Bc8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Rbc1 $2 Ne5 18. Qe2 (18. Na4 Qc7 19. f4) 18... Bd7 19. Kh2 (19. Kh1) 19... Rc8 20. Ne3 (20. f4 $2 Nxc4) 20... Bc6 21. Rd2 (21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 $14) 21... Bh6 $5 {Diagram } 22. c5 $1 (22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nfd7) 22... Qxc5 (22... dxc5 23. f4 Ned7 (23... c4 24. Re1) 24. e5 Nh5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Nc4 $18) 23. Ncd5 Qa7 24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. f4 Nd7 26. Rxd6 Bf8 27. Rdd1 Bc5 (27... Bg7) 28. Nd5 f5 29. Qd3 (29. e5) (29. Qd2) 29... Bb5 30. Qb1 (30. Rc4 $1) (30. Qd2 $1 fxe4 31. b4 Bd6 (31... e3 32. Qc3) 32. Ba1) 30... fxe4 31. Bxe4 (31. Ba1 $1) 31... Bf8 32. Bd4 b6 (32... Bc5 33. Ba1) 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qb2 (34. Ba1) 34... Nc5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Chelsea Arts"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T"] [Black "Black, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...g6"] 1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 a6 5.O-O b6 6.Re1 Bb7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bf1 O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.h3 e6 11.Bf4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Nxe5 Nd7 14.Qd2 {N:f7} Nxe5 15.Bh6 a5 16.Rad1 f6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd5 {Whits has a pleasant advantage. It's partly about space (the black knight will be pushed back), partly about white square control, partly the weakened black king position, also better major piece development. It doesn't look that much, but these factors add up.} Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Nd7 20.Bb5 Ra7 21.f4 Nc5 22.c3 Qe7 23.e5 fxe5 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Rxe5 Qf7 26.Qd4 Nb3 27.Qh4 c5 28.Bc4 Qf6 29.Qxf6+ Kxf6 30.Re6+ {Black resigns} {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Chelsea Arts"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.02.24"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Black, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...d6"] 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bh3 Be7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 e5 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O-O Na6 (14... a6 15. Nd2 b5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Re8 18. Qh2 Nc5 19. Rhe1 {1-0 Belov,V (2560) -Heerd,T (2051)/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT 2005 (34)}) 15. Kb1 (15. Nd2 Nb4 ( 15... Ndc5 16. Bxc5 (16. f3) 16... Nxc5 17. Nde4 Qa5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. f4) 16. Qb5 $1) 15... Re8 (15... Ndc5 16. Rhg1 Qa5 17. Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Ortega,L (2460) -Micheli,C (2295)/Marostica 1997/EXT 2000 (42)}) 16. Ne1 (16. Nd2 Ndc5 17. a3 Qa5 (17... b5 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. Nc3 $14) 18. Nf1 b5 19. Qxb5) 16... Ndc5 17. Bg2 Rc8 (17... e4 18. Bd4) (17... b5 18. a3 (18. Bf3 b4 19. Bxh5 $2 Bxh5 (19... bxc3 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. h5 Bxg5 22. hxg6 Rb8 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 24. Qh5+ Bh6 25. Bxh6 Rxb2+ $19) 20. Qxh5)) 18. Bf3 Qa5 19. Bxh5 (19. a3) 19... Ne4 20. Bxg6 $6 (20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bf3 Bf5 (21... Nb4 22. Bxe4 (22. a3 Bxc2+ (22... Nxc2 23. Bxe4) 23. Nxc2 Nxc2 (23... Rxc2 24. axb4) 24. Bg4 (24. Be4 $16 Nxa3+ 25. bxa3) 24... Rc7 25. g6 $16)) 22. a3) 20... Nxc3+ 21. bxc3 Nb4 $6 (21... Rxc3) (21... fxg6 $1 22. h5 Nb4 $11) 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (22... Kf8 23. Qh5 $18 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxc3+ 26. Ke2 Qc4+ 27. Kf3) 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. cxb4 Qxb4+ 25. Kc1 e4 26. Bd4 Rc4 27. Qxe8+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Chelsea Arts"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.12.01"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Black, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: Czech, 4.Nf3"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 e5 12. Be3 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bh3 Na6 15. Nd2 Rc8 (15... Nb4 16. Qb5) 16. Qb5 $14 (16. Nde4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nb4 18. c3) 16... Rxc3 17. bxc3 Ndc5 18. Nb3 Nc7 19. Qb4 N7a6 20. Qc4 b6 21. Rhg1 Qc7 22. Nxc5 (22. Bf1 b5 23. Qxb5 Rb8 24. Qc6 Nxb3+ 25. cxb3 Qa5 26. Kb2 (26. Bxa6 Qxa2 27. Bd3 Rxb3)) (22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 b5 24. Qd4 Na4 25. Rg3 N6c5 26. Re1) 22... Nxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bf1 $2 (24. f4 exf4 25. Rdf1) 24... Qd7 (24... f5 $14) 25. Bd3 Bd8 26. Rg3 Ba5 27. Rf1 Re8 28. Re3 (28. Qb5) 28... Kh7 29. Qb5 Qxb5 30. Bxb5 Rb8 31. c4 (31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Kg6 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 Re8 35. Rdf3 Re7 $18) 31... Bf5 32. f4 e4 33. Rb3 Kg6 34. Ra3 Bb6 35. Kd2 Rb7 36. Ke3 Re7 37. Ra6 Bc8 38. Ra3 Bg4 39. c3 Kf5 40. Ba6 Kg6 41. Bb5 Kf5 42. Ba6 Kg6 43. Bb5 Kf5 44. Ba4 Bf3 45. Bd1 Kg4 46. Rg1+ Kxh4 (46... Kf5 47. Ra6) 47. Bxf3 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Athenaeum "] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.02.17"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, Terence"] [Black "Taulbut, Shaun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...d6"] 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 $6 5. Bb5 Nd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe2 e6 9. Be3 (9. Qa6 c5) 9... Qb8 10. Rb1 (10. b3 Qb4) (10. O-O-O) 10... Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Qb7 14. Nd2 d5 15. O-O O-O 16. f4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 c5 (17... f6 18. Ng3 (18. Qc4 Bf5 (18... Bf7 19. g6)) 18... fxg5 19. fxg5 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Rf8 21. Qc4) 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rab8 $6 (19... Rfd8) 20. b4 Rfd8 21. b5 c6 (21... Bf5 22. c6 Qa8 {Fritz!}) 22. a4 $14 Qc8 23. b6 axb6 $6 ( 23... e5) 24. cxb6 e5 25. f5 Bxf5 26. b7 $2 (26. a5) 26... Qe6 $2 (26... Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Bg4 $1 28. Qa6 Bh3 $1) 27. a5 $14 Bg4 28. Qf2 c5 29. Rb6 (29. a6) 29... Qc4 30. a6 Bh3 (30... Qxc3 31. a7) 31. Qxf7+ $18 (31. Re1 Qxc3 32. a7 Be6 33. g6 Qc4 34. gxf7+ Bxf7 35. axb8=Q Rxb8) (31. Rfb1 Qxc3 32. a7 $18) 31... Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. a7 {Inaccurate play from here, great mutual timetrouble} Bd7 34. axb8=Q $2 (34. g6+ Ke8 35. Nd5 $18 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Bd6 (36... Bc6 37. Rxe7+) 37. Nb6 (37. Rxd7 Kxd7) 37... Bc6 38. Rxg7 Kf8 39. Bh6 $18) 34... Rxb8 35. Ne4 (35. g6+) 35... Bd8 36. g6+ Ke8 37. Rb1 (37. Ra6) 37... Bc6 38. Nxc5 Be7 39. Rb6 Bd5 (39... Bxc5 40. Bxc5 Kd7 $11) 40. Ne6 Rxb7 41. Nxg7+ Kf8 42. Ne6+ Bxe6 (42... Kg8) 43. Rxb7 {Time} (43. Rxe6 Bxh4 44. Bh6+ Kg8 45. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "v Athenaeum"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T"] [Black "Taulbut, S"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2400"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian: 2...Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a4 bxa4 7.Bc4 c6 (7...Bg4 8.f3 Bc8) 8.dxc6 Nxc6 9.Nf3 {Diagram } e5!? {Black's creative play makes this the game it was} 10.Ng5 Bc5 11.Nxf7 Qb6 12.Nxh8? (12.d4 Bxd4 13.O-O O-O 14.c3 $14) 12...Bxf2+ 13.Kf1 O-O-O? (13...{Houdini gives:} Bg4 14.Be2 Bh4 15.g3 Ne4 16.d4 Bh3+ $19) 14.Qf3 Bc5 15.Nf7 Bg4 (15...{Houdini gives:} Rf8 16.c3 $16 (16.Nc3 Nd4 17.Qa8+ Kc7 18.Qd5 Kc8 19.Qa8+ Kc7 20.Qd5 $11 {Wow})) 16.Be6+ (16.{Houdini gives:} Qg3! Rf8 17.Nc3 $18) 16...Bxe6 17.Nxd8 e4 18.Qg3 (18.{Houdini gives:} Qf4 Qxd8 19.Rxa4 $14) 18...Kxd8? (18...{Houdini gives:} Qxd8! {Black's attack is very dangerous} 19.Qxg7 (19.Qc3 Qf8 $19) (19.Rxa4 Nh5 $19) (19.Nc3 Nh5 $19) (19.Ke1!) 19...Ng4 $19) 19.Nc3 $18 Nd4 20.Rxa4 Bd6 21.Rxd4 (21.{Houdini gives:} Qxg7 Be5 22.d3 Nxc2 23.Nxe4 Ne3+ 24.Bxe3 Qxe3 25.Nxf6 (25.Qf8+ Ne8 26.Qc5 Qxd3+ 27.Kf2) 25...Qxd3+ $11) 21...Qxd4 22.Qe3 Qb4 23.d3 Bc5 24.Qg3 exd3 25.cxd3 Bd6 26.Qxg7 Ng4 27.Qh8+ Kd7 28.Qxh7+ Kc8 29.Qe4 Qb3 {Time} {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Athenaeum"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.11.15"] [Round "0"] [White "Lee, P."] [Black "Chapman, T."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: Czech, 4.Nf3"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 (9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 $11) 9... d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 12. Ne2 $2 {Diagram After this white has next to no chance to get back in game, but there are a few nice if not difficult touches in what follows: 15... c5 and 18...Nc6 developing and not hurrying to win a pawn; 22...Q:h3 combining attack/defence; 24...h5 white helpless; 28...Nc6 a knight sacrifice with a nice variation if taken; the final rook sacrifice on f2.} (12. g4 Bg6 $11 13. Bxg6 fxg6) (12. Re3 a6 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 Nc6) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 f6 14. f4 $17 (14. exf6 Qxf6 15. f4 c5 16. c3 $15) 14... fxe5 15. fxe5 c5 16. c3 Qh4 17. Ng3 $19 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Bb5 Rf4 (19... Ndb8 {Rybka}) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 ( 21. Qa4) 21... Raf8 22. Qxc6 Qxh3 {Defending e6} 23. Re2 (23. Qxd7 Rxf2) 23... Nb8 (23... h5 24. Qxd7 h4) (23... Rh4 24. Qxd7 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qxg3 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxd5 Rh2 $19) 24. Qc3 {Diagram } (24. Qc1 h5 25. Qf1 Qg4 26. Kh2 Nc6) 24... h5 25. Rf1 h4 (25... Rf3 26. Re3 Qxg3+) 26. Re3 hxg3 27. Rxg3 Rg4 28. Rc1 Nc6 29. Rd1 (29. Qxc6 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 Qh5+ 34. Kg1 Qg6+ 35. Kh1 Rf2) 29... Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 {#R} 0-1

[Event "v Athenaeum"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.02.11"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Lee, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 (9. c5) 9... Ne8 (9... Nd7) 10. b4 (10. Ne1 {A more popular approach} f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bd7 19. Qb3 b6 20. Qc3 Rf8 21. Rf1 Rc8 22. Ne6 {1-0 (34) Bruzon Batista,L (2707)-Jimenez Fraga,P (2441) Havana 2013}) 10... h6 ( 10... f5 11. Ng5 $13) 11. c5 f5 12. Nd2 f4 (12... a5 13. cxd6 cxd6) 13. a4 (13. Nc4 g5 14. Ba3 g4 15. Re1 Ng6 16. b5 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Bb4 h5 19. a4 f3 20. Bf1 h4 21. Ra2 a5 22. Ba3 Bh6 23. Qd3 Ra7 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qg5 26. Qe3 Qh5 (26... Qxe3 27. Nxe3 hxg3 28. fxg3 Bd7 29. Ncd1 $14) 27. Rcc2 Raf7 28. Nxb6 $18 {1-0 (47) Schroll,G (2370)-Brestian,E (2475) Vienna 1991}) 13... g5 $14 14. Ba3 Ng6 15. Qb3 g4 (15... Qf6 16. Kh1 g4 17. Rfe1 h5 {Houdini says =, but I like black's build-up} (17... fxg3 $6 18. fxg3 Qf2 19. Nc4)) 16. Rfe1 f3 $6 { Inflexible, black should not rush with this} (16... Qf6 17. Nc4 h5 18. Ra2 h4 19. Rc2 Rf7 20. Bf1 Bf8 $11) 17. Bf1 h5 18. Nc4 h4 19. Ra2 Bh6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. b5 hxg3 (21... Qf6 22. Nd1 Bd7 23. Na5 Rb8 24. Rc2) (21... Nh8 22. Nd1 Nf7 23. Nde3 Bd7 24. b6 a6 25. Na5 Rb8 26. Nac4 $11) 22. fxg3 (22. hxg3 {Houdini takes a lot time to get it. Whits is in trouble.} Rf7 23. a5 Rh7 $17) 22... f2+ $2 23. Rxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qf6+ (24... Nh4 25. Be2 Qf6+ 26. Kg1 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 gxf3 28. Nd1 $16) 25. Kg1 $18 Bd7 26. Re2 (26. Bd3 Qf3 27. Nd1 $18) 26... Rc8 ( 26... Qf3 27. Bg2 (27. Rf2 Be3 28. Nxe3 Qxe3 29. Qb4 Rc8 30. Nd1 Qd4) 27... Qd3 ) 27. Rf2 Qe7 28. Kh1 (28. Nd1) 28... Qg5 29. Nd1 Qe7 30. Qb4 Kg7 31. Qa5 (31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Bxd6 Rc1 34. Be2 Ra1 35. Kg2 Rxa4 36. Nc3 Ra1 37. Rf1 Rxf1 38. Kxf1 $18) 31... Ra8 32. Qb4 (32. Nb6 Qd8 33. Nc4) 32... Rc8 33. Bd3 Bg5 34. Qa5 Ra8 35. Nxd6 $2 (35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Nxd6 Nxd6 37. Qc7 $18) 35... Nxd6 36. Qc7 Rc8 $2 (36... Bxb5 37. Qxe7+ Bxe7 38. axb5 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Bxa3 40. Rc2 $16) 37. Qxd6 Rc1 (37... Qxd6 38. Bxd6 Rc1 39. Rf1 Ra1 40. Nc3 Rxf1+ 41. Bxf1 $18) 38. Qxe7+ Nxe7 39. Bxc1 Bxc1 40. Rc2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "v Athenaeum"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.01.26"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Lee, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 h6 {Weakening.} 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 f5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 $14 c6 ( 13... g5) 14. Kh1 Bxc3 (14... g5) 15. bxc3 c5 16. exf5 $18 Bxf5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Bxh6+ Ng7 20. dxe6 Nef5 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. g4 Nxh6 23. Qxh6 Kg8 24. Qxg6 Rf8 25. Be4 Qh4 26. e7 Re8 27. Rf1 {#r} 1-0

[Event "O&C v MCC"] [Date "2016.12.14"] [Round "0"] [White "Chapman, T."] [Black "Eckersley-Waites, A."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Benko Opening"] 1.g3 {All annotations by Terry Chapman} Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 {I know a reasonable amount of main-line theory, but today my idea was to set up a sound and flexible structure and 'just play chess'} d6 4.c4 c5 5.Ne2 Nc6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nbc3 O-O 8.O-O Ne8 9.h3 (9.Be3 e5 (9...Nc7 10.d4)) 9...Nc7 10.f4 Ne6 11.Rb1 Ned4 12.a3 a5 13.Kh1 e6 14.g4 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.g5 Ne7?! {An odd move. I'm not sure what black's idea was. The best follow-up may well be Nec6!} 17.h4 {Now black, perhaps anxious about white's king-side attacking potential, spent 20 minutes and decided to change the play...} Bd7 18.Bxb7 Ra7?! (18...Rb8) 19.Bg2 Bc6?! 20.Nxd4 cxd4 {...but the idea doesn't work out and white is a pawn up with a much better position} 21.Bxc6 (21.{Equally strong was} Nb5 {and if} Bxb5 {(my opponent's intended move I believe)} 22.cxb5 d5 23.a4 {Apart from being a pawn up, white's position is overwhelming, he can win as he pleases}) 21...Nxc6 22.Nb5 Re7 23.Qf3 Qd7 24.Bd2 (24.{Equally strong was} h5 h6 25.b3 $18 (25.g6 $18)) 24...Kh8 25.Rbe1 e5 26.Qd5 e4 27.Nxd6 e3 28.Bc1 Re6? 29.c5? (29.{Equally strong was} Nxf5 $18 { Now something dreadful happened. White is two pawns up with play in the centre, on the queenside and on the king-side. Such positions should not be played out, but displayed at the National Gallery. Seen from the commanding side, I respond to their harmony and strength , fluid potential, their beauty more keenly than I can respond to almost any picture. However, Black also had less than two minutes on the clock, and there being no increment, I made the lazy decision to maintain the tension and complete the win without the slightest risk or even need to calculate. Thus although N:f5 wins a third pawn it also opens up some lines for black, and on seeing the absurd variation} Qc8 30.Nxg7 Rh6 {with a threat or two I played just to hold the position (what can black do?) and watch his clock run down. Of course after 31.gh in this line black would just resign as white's queen covers back to g2 against the checks.}) 29...Rd8 30.Kg2? {Two moves earlier black's rooks had been on e7 and f8, blocking his dark-squared bishop, and I had complacently failed to notice his one idea. Suddenly black is better. A farcical chaos ensued.} (30.{Equally strong was In the same spirit. After} Qf3 {White would still be well on top} Bf8 31.Nxf5 Bxc5 32.Nh6 $16) 30...Bf8 31.Rf3 Bxd6 32.cxd6 Rxd6 33.Qc4 Ne7 34.h5 Rc6 35.Qa4? Rdc8? (35...{Equally strong was In the same spirit. After} Rxc1 36.Qxd7 Rc2+ {is a winning position for black}) 36.Kg3 Qe8? 37.Qxd4+ Kg8 38.Kh4? (38.{Equally strong was In the same spirit. After} h6 {wins for white}) 38...Rxc1 39.Rfxe3? (39.{Equally strong was In the same spirit. After} h6) 39...Rxe1 40.Rxe1 Ng6+ 41.hxg6 Qxe1+ 42.Kh3 Qf1+ 43.Kg3 Qe1+ {Black had nine seconds left now. White could consider Qf2 as a winning try, assuming that black could not achieve mate in nine seconds and must lose on time. I was a little afraid that my opponent might actually manage in the nine seconds, though it seemed unlikely. Then I had the thought that playing for a win in such an inelegant way, reminiscent of the worst kind of on-line blitz game, was hardly how I wanted to conclude my Hamilton-Russell cup career. So draw agreed.} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendly "] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.11.28"] [Round "0"] [White "Emerson, Roger"] [Black "Black, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian"] {Comments are by Roger Emerson} 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 {A favourite of Richard's - and also of Terry Chapman.} 4.f3 (4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nbd7 (7...Be7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 {Grischuk,A (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2766)/Moscow Aeroflot rapid final 2013 (2.2)/1/2-1/2})) (4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Qe2 e6 8.h4 h5 9.g5 Nfd7 10.Bh3 {Gasanov,E (2551)-Chernyshov,K (2540)/ RUS-chT2 16th 2009 (3)/1/2-1/2}) 4...Qb6 (4...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of} g6) 5.Nge2 Nbd7 6.a3 e5 7.Be3 Qc7 (7...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of} Qxb2? 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ra2 {wins the black queen}) 8.Qd2 Be7 9.g3 (9.{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is} Ng3 Nb8 (9...O-O 10.Nf5) 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Ba2) 9...O-O 10.Bg2 b5 11.O-O Bb7 12.h3 a5 13.Nd1 d5 14.c3 (14.{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with} exd5 Nxd5 15.f4 Nxe3 16.Nxe3 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bf6 18.c3) 14...dxe4 15.fxe4 Rad8 {now I'm getting into difficulties with too many weak squares and pawns} 16.Qc1 Bd6 17.Nf2 Rfe8 (17...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by} exd4 18.cxd4 Bxg3 {because after } 19.e5 Nxe5 (19...Bxf2+ 20.Bxf2 Ne8 21.Bh4) 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 Nfd7 22.dxe5 Qxe5 23.Qxe5 Nxe5 24.Rfe1 {white would have a reasonable game}) 18.b4 Ra8 (18...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g.} axb4 19.axb4 exd4 20.cxd4 Bxb4 21.e5 {and black has to sacrifice a knight}) 19.Rd1 Nb6 (19...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g. If} exd4 {I was intending} 20.cxd4 axb4 21.e5 {but Houdini finds the sequence} Nxe5! 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.Bd4 c5! 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.Qxc5 Nd5! 26.axb4 (26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Nd4 Ne3 28.Qc6 Qxc6 29.Nxc6 Nxd1 30.Nxe5 Nc3 31.Kf1 bxa3) 26...Ne3 27.Bxe3 Bxa1) 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Nd3 {Here I offered a draw} Nc4 22.Nxe5 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 Qxe5 24.Qb6 Rab8 25.bxa5 Nxe4 (25...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g. If Up to here Richard has played well, but perhaps he should now have played} c5 { delaying the pawn capture until he's activated his bishop} 26.Qd6 Bxe4 27.Qxe5 Rxe5 {and white's weak queen's side pawns give black the advantage}) 26.a6 {now black's advantage has disappeared} Ba8 (26...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g. If Up to here Richard has played well, but perhaps he should now have played} Bxa6! 27.Qxa6 Qc5+ 28.Nd4 (28.Kh2 Ra8 29.Qb7 Ra7 {traps white's queen}) 28...Qxc3 29.Qxc6 Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Nf2+ 31.Kh2 Nxd1 32.Rxd1 Qxa3 $11) (26...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g. If Up to here Richard has played well, but perhaps he should now have played If} Bc8 27.Qxc6 $14) 27.Qd4 Nxg3 (27...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g. If Up to here Richard has played well, but perhaps he should now have played If} Qg5 28.a7 Rbd8 29.h4 Rxd4 30.hxg5 Ra4 31.Rd4 Nxc3 32.Rxa4 Nxe2+ 33.Kf2 bxa4 34.Re1 $11) 28.Qxe5 Nxe2+ 29.Qxe2 Rxe2 30.Rd7 g5?! (30...{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g. If Up to here Richard has played well, but perhaps he should now have played If} Kf8 31.Rad1 Re7 32.a7 Rbe8 33.Bf1 g6 $11) 31.Rad1 Kg7 32.Rc7 (32.{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g. If Up to here Richard has played well, but perhaps he should now have played If I realised afterwards that I should have played} Bf3 Re3 (32...Re6 33.a7 Rf8 34.Kf2 {and black is tied up}) 33.a7 Rf8 (33...Rbe8 34.Rd8) 34.Kf2 Re6 (34...{If} Rxc3 35.Rd8)) 32...Re6 33.Rdd7 Rf6 34.a7 Re8 35.Re7 Rd8 36.Red7 (36.{the purpose of black's move order is to hamper any white plans of Be3, Qd2 and queen's side castling, which can create a strong attack if black plays the normal Pirc move of too slow. Better is Houdini wants to liquidate the centre with It would be premature to win a pawn by Black can't win either pawn advantageously e.g. If Up to here Richard has played well, but perhaps he should now have played If I realised afterwards that I should have played If I'd wanted to play on for a win, I could have tried} Rcd7 Rc8 37.Bf1 Rf8 38.Be2 h6 39.Bh5 {but after the pressure I'd been under up to move 25 I was happy to take the draw!}) 36...Re8 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights Tour"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.09.08"] [Round "0"] [White "Waites, Chris"] [Black "Hall, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: English Variation"] 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nc6 14. Nb3 Qd8 15. Be2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qf6 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. O-O h5 (18... O-O) 19. Ne4 Qh6 20. a3 Be7 21. Nbc5 h4 22. Nxd7 h3 23. f3 (23. d5 hxg2 24. Kxg2 Qh3+ 25. Kf3 Qf5+ 26. Ke3 Na5 27. Rd4) 23... hxg2 24. Qxg2 Kxd7 25. d5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Kc7 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. b4 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014-5 HR Cup Board 2"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.01.20"] [Round "0"] [White "Webster, Peter"] [Black "Lowe, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [EventType "team-game"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian: Alapin, 2...Nf6 3.e5 Nd5"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 {A careless move, 10/\Bb7 is better (SL)} 11. Ng5 {(Threatening 12 Qf3 with a double attack on f7 and a8. Fritz prefers 11 O-O which it assesses as +0.38 after ...Bb7 12 Bf4 Be7 13 exd6 Bxd6 14 Bxd6 Qxd6 15 Rc1. But I was hoping to gain a tempo by omitting O-O.) (PW) ....... I was taking a long time around here to try and work out the best plan for B in a difficult position. The best I could see was an exchange sacrifice with play on W's weakened white squares (SL)} Bb7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 dxe5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 {Black correctly gives up the exchange to gain counter-play. 14...fxg6?? would have lost quickly after 15 Qxe6+ when Black has the choice of losing his queen after ...Be7 16 Qf7+ Kd8 17 Ne6+, or getting mated after ...Kd8 16 Nf7+ Kc8 17 Qe8+) (PW)} 15. Qxh8 O-O-O {But this is a serious mistake. Correct is 15...Qc4! preventing White from castling K-side and threatening ...Ba6 followed by ...Qe2mate. Fritz gives 16 Qh3 exd4 17 cxd4 Qxd4 18 O-O Qxd2 19 Nxe6 fxe6 20 Qxe6+ Be7 21 Rad1 Nf8 22 Qxe7+ Kxe7 23 Rxd2 as -0.5.) (PW) ..... .. 15/\Qc4 may be better but then W can defend the weak white squares by Qh3 and Qe3/f3 for example. The position after 15/\Qc4 16 Qh3 Ba6 17 Qe3/ Qf3 exd4 may be playable for B (SL)} (15... Qc4 16. Qh3 Bg7) (15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bd5 17. Rg3) 16. Nxf7 Ba6 {again if 16/\Qc4 17. Qh3 with same idea (SL)} 17. c4 {Exploiting the fact that Black/^s king is now on the c-file - Black should again have preferred ...Qc4 on his last move. (PW)} Bxc4 {Necessary as . ..Qxc4 now loses the queen after 18 Rc1 (PW)} 18. Nxd8 Qxd8 19. Rc1 b5 20. Qh3 {Eyeing the possibility of Qxe6, but 20 a4 a6 21 axb5 axb5 first may have been more accurate (PW)} Kb8 {W is now clearly winning and time trouble was affecting the play for B (SL)} 21. Rxc4 {Returning one exchange to take control of the b-file and the h1-a8 diagonal for the attack (PW) ....... W rightly decides that the black QB is too strong to leave on the board, and getting rid of it simplifies his task (SL)} bxc4 22. Qxe6 Qc7 23. dxe5 {If White had played 20 a4 first, then Black would no longer have the resource 23 O-O exd4 24 Rb1+ Nb6 which he can play here. But now the endgame an exchange and a pawn down after 23...Qxe5+ is hopeless for Black, and 23...c3 can be met by 24 Qb3+ (PW)} Bc5 24. O-O {13 moves after Fritz recommended. Not 24 Qxc4?? Bxf2+ (PW) ...... At last! The white KR enters the game and it is all over for B (SL)} Nxe5 25. Rb1+ Bb6 26. Qg8+ Kb7 27. Qd5+ Kc8 28. Bf4 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 {#r} 1-0

[Site "Crowne Plaza Hotel, Crawley-G"] [Date "2013.09.09"] [Round "0"] [White "Waites, Chris"] [Black "Openshaw, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nc3 e6"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.Be3 Qb6 9.Qd2 {perhaps black should take the gambit pawn} O-O-O (9...Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qxc2 11.Rxb7) 10.Na4 Qb4 11.Nec3 f6 12.a3 Qe7 13.f4 h5 14.g5 Bf5 15.b4 b5 {Qf7 and getting the knight into play was better} 16.Nc5 Nb6 17.a4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.b5 Qc7 20.a5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 fxe5 22.b6 Qb8 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Kf2 Be4 {Rf8 is better.} 25.Bf4 Qf5 {again Rf8 was needed. now the game opens up to whites advantage.} 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.b7+ Kxb7 28.Rhb1+ Ka6 29.Rb6+ axb6 30.axb6+ Kb7 31.Ra7+ Kc8 32.Rc7+ Kb8 33.Qxd8# {Comments by David Openshaw} 1-0

[Site "CAC"] [Date "2017.01.25"] [Round "0"] [White "Black, Richard"] [Black "White, Nigel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.fxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 b5 11.Nd5 Bb7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Bxf6 exf6 14.Bd3 Bh6 15.Qf3 Bg5 16.O-O Qe7 17.Nf5 Qe5 18.g3 O-O-O 19.a4 b4 20.c3 Kb8 21.cxb4 Qxb2 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 d5 24.exd5 Rxd5 25.Be4 Rxf5 26.Bxf5 Be3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAC v RAC friendly"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.01.15"] [Round "0"] [White "Thomas, Isambard"] [Black "Emerson, Roger"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D03"] [Opening "Torre Attack (Tartakower)"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. b3 c4 9. Bc2 Qc6 10. bxc4 Qxc4 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Nbd2 b6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rb8 19. Bc2 Bb7 20. Qd3 f5 21. Bb3 Rbc8 22. Rfe1 Nc5 23. Qe3 Ne4 24. Rac1 Rf6 25. Ne5 Rd8 26. f3 Ng5 27. Nd3 f4 28. Qe5 Qc6 29. d5 exd5 30. Nxf4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Kh8 32. Nd3 Qf8 33. Qe7 Ba8 34. Qxf8+ Rdxf8 35. Re7 d4 36. Ne5 d3 37. h4 Ne4 38. fxe4 Rf1+ 39. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kh2 Bxe4 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Bg8+ Kh8 43. Bd5+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Hamilton Russell Cup"] [Site "RAC"] [Date "2015.03.31"] [Round "0"] [White "Eckersley-Waites, Tom"] [Black "Emerson, Roger"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2282"] [BlackElo "2192"] [EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian, Exchange"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 ({Safer than} 4... Nb6 {0} 5. Bb3) 5. Qf3 e6 (5... Be6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. Bxd5 cxd5 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. d4) 6. Qg3 Nd7 7. d4 N7f6 8. Nf3 Be7 (8... Nxc3 $142 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Qe5 Nxc3 { Wunderer,E (2136)-Rastert,R (2124)/Verbandsliga Nord Baden 0607 2006 (3.8)/0-1} 11. Bd2 Nd5 12. O-O Qd6 13. Qg5 h6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh4 Be7) 9. h4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 ({I thought about} 10... O-O {but was worried about} 11. Bh6 Nh5 12. Qg4 { I missed} f5 $1 {after which white can't play} 13. Qxh5 {because} g6 {wins the white queen!}) ({Or I could have played} 10... Nh5 {immediately} 11. Qg4 g6 12. Qe4 Bd6 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qc7) 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. Qe5 Qxe5+ (12... Bd8 {is probably better} 13. Bd3 Bc7 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nf4 17. Be4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. g3) 13. dxe5 g6 14. g4 Ng7 15. Bh6 Rg8 $6 (15... O-O 16. O-O-O f5 (16... b6 17. h5 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 Be7 20. Bd3) (16... Rd8 17. Bg5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Kf8 19. h5)) 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Rd2 O-O-O $2 ({If} 17... Rd8 18. Ng5) (17... c5 {may be best} 18. Ng5 Bc6 19. Rhd1 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Kf8 { though it's difficult to see how black unravels his pieces}) 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 (19. Nxg5 $142 c5 20. Nxf7 Rdf8 21. Nd6+ Kc7 22. Bd3 Rf4 23. Be4) 19... c5 ({If} 19... Rh8 {white can double rooks on the h-file to win the pawn} 20. Ne1 c5 21. f3 Bc6 22. Rdh2 {Nevertheless this might be black's best option. After} Rd7 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Rxh7 Ne8 {it might still be difficult for white to realise the pawn advantage}) 20. Rxh7 Bc6 21. Ne1 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Kd8 23. Ke3 Ke7 24. Bd3 ({white can't play} 24. Nd3 {immediately because of} b5) ({so} 24. Be2 Ne8 25. Nd3 c4 26. Nf4 b5 27. Bf3 {might be marginally better}) ({Best of all might be} 24. f4 Ne8 25. f5 Nc7 26. f6+ Ke8 27. Bb3 Nd5+ 28. Kd2) 24... Ne8 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Kxe4 Nc7 27. c4 ({Better is} 27. Nd3 b6 28. c4 {although after} Na6 29. c3 Nb8 30. f4 Nc6 {white has only a slight advantage}) 27... Rd8 28. Nf3 b5 29. Nh4 Rd4+ 30. Ke3 Rxc4 ({Best objectively is the surprising} 30... Kf8 $1 31. Nxg6+ Kg8 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Kxg6 34. Rxc7 Rxc4 35. Rxa7 Rxc2 36. f4 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Rc4+ 38. Ke3 {with a draw}) 31. Nxg6+ Ke8 32. Rh8+ Kd7 33. Rh7 Ke8 34. Nh8 Nd5+ 35. Kd2 Rf4 36. g6 $6 (36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Ke3 Nd5+ $11) 36... fxg6 37. Nxg6 Rxf2+ 38. Kc1 Rg2 {and the game was eventually drawn after a time scramble involving an exchange of rooks and Tom being able to simplify down to an ending with N+P v N.} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "East India / Oriental Club"] [Date "2017.02.28"] [White "Franklin, Sam"] [Black "Lee, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French: Steinitz, 5.f4 c5"] {Notes are by: SF = Sam Franklin; PL = Peter Lee} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 cxd4 {SF: 9.. b6 is the modern way to play the Qb6 line. After e.g. 10 Bd2 c4 11 b4 Nxb4 12 cxb4 Bxb4 13 Qc2 Bxd2+ 14 Nxd2 b5 15 Nc3 b4 16 Nd1 (Caruana - Fridman 2013) white has to work harder to make the knight count compared to the game PL: Interestingly, my computer prefers 9.. cxd4 (+0.3) to 9..b6 (-0.4) !} 10.b4 Nxb4 {SF:10.. Qc7 was the last chance to avoid the knight sac line, e.g. 11 Nd4 a6 12 Bd3 b5 13 Nb2 Ncxe5 with a mess} 11.cxb4 Bxb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 b6 {SF: 13..O-O is the old main line where White scores heavily, e.g. 14 Bd3 b5 15 Nb2 Nb6 16 O-O Nc4 17 Nbxc4 bxc4 18 Bxh7+ Kh7 19 Qh5+ Kg8 20 Nf3 PL: Out of my theory by now but 13..b6 seems OK - still about equal. My computer thinks Black is OK at the end of Sam’s line} 14.Bd3 Ba6 {SF:14..Nc5 15 Nxc5 bxc5 16 O-O O-O 17 Rb1 c4 18 Nxc4 dxc4 19 Be4} 15.Bxa6 Qxa6 {SF:Wrong move order 15 Nb2 is more accurate, then 15..Bxd3 16 Nxd3 Nc5 17 Nf2 Na4 18 O-O Nc3 19 Qg4 O-O 20 Nf3 is Timman-Korchnoi 1987} 16.Nb2 Nc5? {SF: 16.. Rc8 is better then 17 Qe2 Qa5 and it is awkward for White to consolidateas ..Rc2 is in the air PL:Not best as SF says} 17.Qe2 Qa3 {SF:After 17 Qe2 White is close to consolidating. If 17..d3 18 Qe3 Qa3 19 Qd4} 18.Qb5+ Ke7 {PL:I was not concerned with my King moving as it connected my rooks} 19.O-O Rhc8 {SF: 19..Qe3+ 20 Rf2 Rhc8 21 Raf1 g6 22 Nb3 Nxb3 23 Nd1 Qe4 24 axb3 Rc5 25 Qa6 Kf8 26 Rd2 Kg7 27 Qa4 is Zhigalko - Podolchenko 2011 PL:I had thought of 19..Qe3+ but have no heard of either of Zhigalko or Podolchenko!} 20.Rf3 d3 {PL:I had missed the possibility of 20 Rf3 and felt I was a bit worse now} 21.Nxd3 Qc3 22.Rd1 Qc2 23.Qb1 Ne4 24.Nf2 Nxf2 {SF: Even stronger is 24 Qxc2 Rxc2 25 Nxe4 dxe4 26 Ne1 as d4 drops off. PL:I had intended 24..Nxd2 but White has 25 Qb4+} 25.Rxf2 Qxb1 26.Rxb1 Rc2 {SF: Should be a matter of technique for White now but I was sloppy and Peter found strong counterplay in his own time-trouble. PL:Though the computer reckons about +1 for White it is not so easy to play} 27.Nf3 Rac8 28.Nd4 R2c4 29.Rd2 R8c5 30.Kf2 Kd7 31.Rb3 Ra5 32.Rg3 g6 33.Rh3 h5 {PL: I was not convinced White's Rg3 and Rh3 constituted a good plan} 34.Rhd3 Raa4 {SF: 34 Rhd3 does not give up the advantage but is the first sign of carelessness. I totally missed my a pawn would hang. After 34..Rcxa4 35 Kg3 Rxa2 36 Kh4 black has more play than several moves ago, though White has good play with the black pawns not mobilised yet} 35.g3 Rc1 36.Nf3? Ra1 {PL: 36 Rb3 or Rb2 retains a good White plus} 37.Ng5 R1xa2 38.Nxf7 b5 {PL: By now I am virtually equal} 39.Nh8 b4 {PL: I thought my Q side pawns may outweight the decimation of my K side} 40.Ke3 Rxd2 41.Rxd2 a5? {SF: 41.. b3 would have equalised, e.g. 42 Nxg6 Ra2 43 Rd1 b2 44 Rb1 a5 and Black plans a4-a3, Ra1, a2.} 42.Nxg6 b3 {SF: Critically, when Peter had about 90 seconds on the clock , somehow the clock wasn’t pressed. That the computer evaluates me as winning is made irrelevant by my next move. PL: I was confident I had pressed the clock - it is totally reflex with me, but suddenly found my 1 min 30 secs had reduced to 10 seconds. Very annoying.} 43.Kd3? Rc4? {SF: 43 f5 is the only winning move e.g. 43..exf5 44 Rxd5+ Kc6 45 Ne7+ Kb6 46 Kd3 Rb4 47 Rd6+ Kc5 48 Rd8 B2 49 Rc8+ Kb6 50 Rb8+ Kc5 51 Rxb4 Kxb4 52 Kc2 though white’s moves are harder to find PL: 43..Rb4 was better where Black is slightly better} 44.Rb2 a4 45.f5 Rb4 46.Kc3 Rc4+ 47.Kd3 {SF: Peter lost on time here, but the position is equal, e.g. 47..exf5 48 Nf4 Kc6 49 e6 Re4 50 Kc3 Rc4+ 51 Kd3 Re4 PL: One possible conclusion with enough time was 47..Rb4 with repetition and a draw} 1-0

[Event "NLC v CAC"] [Site "National Liberal Club"] [Date "2017.03.23"] [White "Thomas, I"] [Black "Kirby, N"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [Opening "Neo-King's Indian: Torre Attack"] {Annotations by Izzie Thomas.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O Be6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.Ng5 Bg4 13.f3 Bc8 14.f4 Qb6 15.Ndf3 h6 16.Nh3 {looks a bit messy, but i was playing to open the g-file for my rook - I considered Nxf7! Kxf7, 17 Ne5 Kg8, 18 Bxg6, but couldn’t see anything decisive.} Bxh3 17.gxh3 e6 18.Kh1 Ne7 19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rg1 Kg7 22.Qh5 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Qb6 24.Rg2 Rg8 25.Rag1 Kh7 26.Qf3 Rg7 27.h4 Kg8 28.Qf4 {perhaps h5 now would be better.} Rf8 29.h5 g5 30.h4 {nice little trap - if gxf4 then Rxf7, Kh1, Rh7#.} Qxb2 31.hxg5 Qxc3 32.gxh6 Qxd3 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Qg4 {a poor move - but by then i had a significant time advantage, and thought if Queens were swapped, I would still be wining Rh7+!!, Kxh7, Rg7+ Kh8, Qg6 is better but harder - fro me!!- to see there was no forced repetition.} Qd2?? {Qe4+ has to be played.} 35.Rh7+ Kxh7 36.Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Hamilton Russell Cup: reform Club v Authors Club"] [White "Simon, Sir John"] [Black "Williamson, W.H."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D08"] [Opening "QGD: Albin, 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 a5 7.Nb3 Bxf3 8.exf3 Nge7 9.f4 Ng6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 a4 13.Nd2 Nxf4 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Be4 d3 16.Qd1 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Nxe5 18.f4 Ng4 19.Rf3 f5 20.Bxd3 Qxd3 21.Qf1 Ne3 22.Rh3+ Kg8 23.Qf3 Bc5 24.Qh5 Nxf4 25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Rg3 Rg8 27.b4 Qc2 28.h3 Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Bd4 30.Rb1 Rh8 {Chéron noted that Black missed a clear win with 30…Ng4+.André Chéron in the Journal de Genève of 12 May 1935, page 6 - source} 31.Bb2 Qxd2 32.Rxg7+ Bxg7 33.Qxg7+ Ke6 34.Qe5+ Kd7 35.Qg7+ Kc6 36.b5+ Kd6 37.Be5+ Ke6 38.Qf6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RAC v CAC"] [Date "2017.03.29"] [White "Black, Richard"] [Black "Regan, Natasha"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C33"] [Opening "KGA: Bishop's Gambit"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nge2 Nxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.c3 Be7 8.Bd3 dxe4 9.Bxe4 Bh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.d3 f5 12.Bf3 fxg3 13.hxg3 Bxg3+ 14.Kd2 Be5 15.Bh5+ g6 16.Bf3 c6 17.Kc2 Na6 18.d4 Bf6 19.Nf4 O-O 20.d5 Bd7 21.Re1 Qf7 22.Be3 Rfe8 23.Qd3 Nc7 24.d6 Ne6 25.c4 Ng5 26.Bg2 Ne4 27.Bd4 Be5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Qd4 Rae8 30.Rad1 c5 31.Rxe4 cxd4 32.Rxe5 Qxc4+ 33.Kb1 Rxe5 34.Rc1 Qb4 35.Bd5+ Kg7 36.Rc7 Qxd6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Knights' Tour"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.09.21"] [White "Lee, Peter"] [Black "Richardson, Keith"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern: Two Knights Variation"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.Be2 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.Qd2 Nxe4! 11.Nxe4 f5 12.Bh6 fxe4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Ng5 Nxd5 15.Nxh7 Rxf2! 16.Qg5 Qxg5 17.Nxg5 Rxg2 18.Nxe4 Bf5 19.Bd3 Nb4 20.O-O-O Nxd3+ 21.cxd3 Bxe4 22.dxe4 Rf8 {and white resigned a few moves later} 0-1

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "National Liberal Club"] [Date "2017.09.19"] [White "Lee, Peter"] [Black "Kirby, Nick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: 4.Nxe4"] {Annotations are by Peter Lee.} 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2 {a move Keres has played - I wanted to avoid theory.} Ndf6 {spot the reply to the catastrophic error 5..Ngf6.} 6.Nf3 Nxe4 7.Qxe4 Nf6 8.Qd3 g6 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Qb3 Qxb3 {after 10..Be6 I planned 11 Bc4 and if 11.. Bxc4 12 Qxc4 Qxb2 13 O-O with huge play for the pawn - the move played leaves White slightly better.} 11.axb3 Bf5 12.c3 Bg7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Ne4 {a waste of time.} 15.Rfe1 Nf6 {admitting this!} 16.h3 h5 17.Bc4 Rfe8 18.Ne5 Nd5 19.Bd2 Be6? {overlooking White's next.} 20.Nxg6 Bf5 21.Ne5 e6 22.Be2 Nf6 23.Bf3 Bc2 24.b4 Bg6 25.Bg5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "Oxford & Cambridge"] [Date "2017.10.11"] [White "Kirby, Nick"] [Black "Brau, Julio"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E47"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.a4 Rd8 12.Qe2 e5 13.dxc5 e4 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.Ba3 Nfg4 16.f4 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Nxe3 18.Qe2 Nxf1 19.Rxf1 f5 20.Nb5 Qc6 21.Qh5 Be6 22.Nd4 Qd5 23.g4 g6 24.Qh6 Qd7 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Bb2 Qf7 27.c4 Rd7 28.Rf2 Rad8 29.Nxf5 Qxf5 30.Re2 Qg4+ 31.Kf2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "Reform Club, London"] [Date "2017.10.18"] [White "Lee, Peter"] [Black "Cron, Nicholas"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2"] {Annotations by Peter Lee.} 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nd7 {To get me out of the book. Black usually plays c5 and Nc6 followed by either Nf6 and Be7 or by Bd6 and KNe7.} 4.Ngf3 dxe4 5.dxe4 Ngf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.a3 a5 8.Ne4 Be7 {Here, or on move 7, Black should play Nc5. Now he gets a passive cramped position.} 9.c4 N5b6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qc2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Rd1 Qe8 14.Bd3 h6 15.Ne5 {Better is 15 Nf6+} Qa4? {15 .. Nfd7 is better. Now White has a strong sequence.} 16.Ng6 Rf7 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bh7+ {The winning idea.} Kh8 {If 19 .. Rh7: 20 Qg6+ Rg7 21 Rd8+ wins.} 20.Rd8+ Re8 21.Qxa4 {What I planned on move 16 and clearly winning, but 21 Qg6 or 21 b3 Qc6 22 Be4 may be even more crushing.} Nxa4 22.Rxe8+ Kxh7 23.b3 Nb2 24.Ke2 a4 25.Rb1 {and Black resigns.} *

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pJ6J7qVj"] [Date "2017.10.19"] [Round "0"] [White "Rosenbaum, Danny"] [Black "Oyens, Felix"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventType "blitz"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.Nf3"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne5 Ne4 10.Qe2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Nf6 12.f3 c5 13.Bb5 Qc7 14.Be2 (14.a4 a6 15.Bd3 cxd4 16.exd4) 14...Rac8 15.c4 cxd4 16.exd4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 (17.bxc4) 17...Bd5 18.Rac1 Qb7 19.Qe2 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 (20.bxc4) 20...Rxc4 21.Nxc4 (21.bxc4) 21...Qa6 22.Qd3 (22.a4) 22...Nd5 (22...b5 23.Ne3 Qxa2) 23.a3 Rd8 24.Ne5 Qxd3 25.Nxd3 Bf6 26.Rc1 h6 27.Ne5 (27.Kf2) 27...Nf4 28.Rc2 g6 29.g3 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Rd1+ (30...Nd3 31.Rd2 Rd5 32.Bc3) 31.Kf2 Nd3+ 32.Ke2 Nxb2 33.Rxb2 Rh1 34.Ke3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Site "London"] [Date "2010.01.13"] [Round "0"] [White "Black, R."] [Black "Emerson, R."] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2210"] [BlackElo "2170"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Nc3"] {B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2 This was my first competitive game for about thirty years, against an opponent with an ECF rating of about 200. The quality went down slightly towards the end as we approached the time limit, but overall I was fairly pleased with my play. At this early stage in my comeback I was very out of touch with opening theory, so my previous repertoire of Seveshnikov Sicilan needed to be discarded. Back to the Taimanov!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. c4 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 {Klovans,J-Vasiukov,E/URS Soviet Union 1973/1/2-1/2 was the main line I remembered from the 1970s but it's now been analysed to the 25th move. 10.c4 is the modern way for white, sacrificing a pawn for a queen's side bind.}) 10... Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nb6 $6 (12. f4 Nxe4 13. Bd3 Nf6 { Timoshenko,G (2520)-Tregubov,P (2495)/Alushta2 1994 (9)/0-1 is probably about even. Black has an extra pawn but his QB is shut in.} 14. c5 Be7 15. Bd4 Rd8 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. Kh1 {Kuzmin,G (2530)-Damljanovic,B (2200)/Kladovo 1980 (12)/1-0} Bxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Qh4 Ke7 22. f5 Bd4 23. Rae1 Rf8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qxh7+ Kd8) 12... Rb8 13. c5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 ({Rybka reckons that} 14... Bf4 {is better, but I'd calculated to move 20 of the actual game and thought I was winning!}) (14... d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. f4 (17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3 19. Bf2 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Rxb2 21. Qd3 e5 22. Qxh3 Bxh3 23. Rfe1 f6 $11) 17... d4 (17... Bg3 18. Rf3 Bh4 19. Bd4 Qc6 20. Be5 Rb7 21. Rh3 Bf2 22. Qc2 $14) 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Rab1 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 $11) 15. Qc2 {#} d5 $5 16. f4 Nxe4 17. fxe5 Ng3+ 18. Kh2 ({or} 18. Kg1 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Qxe5) 18... Nxe2 ({Houdini prefers} 18... Nxf1+ 19. Rxf1 f6 {It generally likes R+2P better than B+N, I think.}) 19. Qxe2 Qxe5+ 20. g3 $6 (20. Kg1 {is better because after} d4 (20... f6 21. Rf4 Qc7 22. Rh4 e5 23. b3 d4 $11) 21. Nc4 Qxc5 22. Bf4 Rb5 23. Bd6 {is more of a threat} d3+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rd8 26. Rad1 a5 27. Bc7 ({or} 27. Rxd3 Ba6 28. Rc1 Rf5+ 29. Ke1 Rd5) 27... Rd7 28. Bxa5 Ba6 29. b3 f6 $11) 20... d4 21. Nc4 {Annoyingly the knight can move backwards! I'd missed this in my analysis of 15...d5} Qxc5 22. Bf4 Rb5 23. Rac1 ({Now if} 23. Bd6 Qh5+ {means that black doesn't have to sacrifice his d-pawn}) 23... Qh5+ (23... Qd5 $142 24. Kg1 d3 25. Qd2 f6) 24. Qxh5 Rxh5+ {# Black has four pawns for the piece, but his bishop is hemmed in. It's about equal.} 25. Kg2 ({Loses the exchange.} 25. Kg1 f6 26. Bd6 Rd8 27. Rfe1 h6 28. Nb6 Bb7) 25... e5 $17 26. Bxe5 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 Bxf1 $19 28. Rxf1 c5 { and black's extra material eventually won.} 29. Kg2 f6 30. Bd6 Re8 31. Rf2 Rd5 32. b3 Re6 33. Bf4 g5 34. Bd2 Kg7 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kg3 f5 37. Rh2 f4+ ({stronger is} 37... fxg4 38. Kxg4 d3 39. Ne3 h5+ 40. Kg3 Rde5) 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. Ba5 Rh6 40. Rxh6 Kxh6 41. Ke4 Rd7 42. Bb6 d3 43. Ba5 Rd4+ ({Again stronger is} 43... Re7+ 44. Kxd3 f3 45. Ne3 Kg6 46. Be1 h5) 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Bc3 d2 46. Bxd2 h5 47. Ba5 (47. Ne5+ Kh6 48. Bc3 Rd1 49. Nf7+ Kg6 50. Ne5+ Kh7 51. gxh5 Kh6 52. Ke4 { and black still has to work to win.}) 47... h4 $19 48. Bb6 h3 49. Kf2 Rd1 50. Ne5+ Kh6 51. Nf3 Rc1 52. Bd8 Rc2+ 53. Kf1 h2 54. Bxg5+ Kg6 55. Nxh2 Kxg5 56. Nf3+ Kxg4 57. Ne5+ Kg3 {# White resigned} 0-1

[Event "MCC v Chelsea Arts Club"] [Site "Lords"] [Date "2017.10.31"] [White "Thomas, Isambard"] [Black "Eckersley-Waites, Adam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [Opening "Neo-King's Indian: Torre Attack"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 Qc7 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.O-O Rb8 10.Rac1 a6 11.Bb1 b5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 e5 14.Bh4 Ne7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Bb1 Rfd8 19.e4 Bh6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 f6 22.b3 c4 23.b4 a5 24.bxa5 Ra8 25.Qb2 Rxa5 26.h3 Qa3 27.Qc2 Ra8 28.Nh2 b4 29.Ng4 Bg7 30.cxb4 Qxb4 31.Ne3 Rc8 32.Nd5 Qc5 33.Nc3 Qb4 34.Qd2 Rf8 35.Bc2 Ra8 36.Rb1 Qc5 37.Rb7 Rc8 38.a4 Qd4 39.Qe1 Bh6 40.Nb5 Qd2 41.Qxd2 Bxd2 42.Kf1 c3 43.a5 Ra8 44.Nc7 Bc8 45.Rb5 Ra7 46.Ne8 Bd7 47.Nxf6+ Kf7 48.Nxd7 Rxd7 49.a6 h5 50.Rb7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "Reform Club, London"] [Date "2017.10.18"] [Round "0"] [White "Black, Richard"] [Black "Rosenbaum, Danny"] [Result "1-0"] [EventType "blitz"] [ECO "C03"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, 3...dxe4"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Bxe4 8.Bxe4 c6 9.c3 Ngf6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Rfe1 Rfe8 14.Ne5 Rac8 15.Rad1 g6 16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Qf4 Rh8 18.Bh6+ Kg8 19.Bb1 Re8 20.a3 Re7 21.Ba2 Nd5 22.Bxd5 cxd5 23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Qf6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Reform v CAC"] [Site "Pall Mall"] [Date "2017.11.15"] [White "Hendrick, Paul"] [Black "Thomas, Izzie"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Nc3"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Be3 Rb8 10.Rb1 Nf6 11.Nh4 e5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.gxf5 Qa5 16.a3 Rxb2 17.Kd2 Nxe4+ 18.dxe4 Bxg5+ 19.Ke2 Rxc2+ 20.Kf1 Qxc3 21.Qg4 Qd2 22.Rh2 Rc1+ 23.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 24.Ke2 Rb8 25.f6 Rb2+ 26.Kf3 Qd1+ 27.Kg3 Bf4+ 28.Kg2 Qxg4+ 29.hxg4 Bxh2 30.Kxh2 Rxf2+ 31.Kg3 Rxf6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "MCC v NLC"] [Site "Lord's"] [Date "2017.11.14"] [White "Reynolds, Ian"] [Black "Kirby, Nick"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: 4.Nxe4"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.c3 e6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 Bh5 13.Be2 Qc7 14.Ne5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Ng4 Qf4 19.Qe4 Qg5 20.h4 Qxh4 21.Qf4 Kg7 22.Qf3 Qg5 23.Rad1 Rfd8 24.Rfe1 f5 25.Ne5 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Qxb7 Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Qh5+ 30.Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Friendly Hurlingham v MCC"] [Site "MCC"] [Date "2017.11.29"] [White "Matthews, Rob"] [Black "Rust, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.e3"] 1.d4 d5 2.e3 c6 3.f4 f5 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 Ne4 9.c3 Nd7 10.Ndf3 g5 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.Ne5 g4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Bd2 h5 15.Ng6 Rf7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.a3 Rh7 18.c4 Rd8 19.Bb4 Qf7 20.Bd6 b5 21.cxb5 cxb5 22.Rc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc2 Qd7 25.Qc5 Rf7 26.Rc1 Ba6 27.b4 Kh7 28.Qe5 Qe8 29.d5 Bc8 30.Bc5 Qd7 31.d6 a6 32.Bd4 Qe8 33.Rc7 Bd7 34.Ra7 Qc8 35.Qc5 Kg6 36.Kf2 Bc6 37.Rxf7 Kxf7 38.Qe5 Qf8 39.Qf6+ Ke8 40.Qxe6+ Kd8 41.Bb6# 1-0

[Event "RAC v Reform friendly"] [Site "RAC"] [Date "2017.11.28"] [Round "0"] [White "Rosenbaum, Danny"] [Black "Farleigh, Richard"] [Result "0-1"] [EventType "blitz"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Modern"] 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 d6 4.Nbd2 e5 5.Be2 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.e4 O-O 9.O-O Qe7 10.Qc2 Nh5 11.Nc4 (11.g3) 11...Nf4 12.Ne3 Be6 13.a4 (13.Bc4) 13...Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Rfd8 15.b4 f6 16.Ba3 Qf7 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ {thought about Night takes preventing the strenth of the Bb3 fork but thought perhps woolily that it was too passive, and the pices would not be in harmony - engine agress but more coincretely!} 18.Rxd1 (18.Nxd1 Bc4 19.Qe3 Rd8 20.Nd2 b6 21.Nb2 Be6) 18...Bb3 19.Ra1 Bxa4 20.Nd2 a6 21.Bb2 b5 22.f3 a5 23.Qf2 axb4 24.c4 bxc4 25.Ndxc4 Ra6 26.Nd5 Bf8 27.Qd2 Kg7 28.Nce3 Bb5 29.Rxa6 Bxa6 30.Ng4 Be7 31.f4 Qe6 32.f5 Qf7 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Nxc7 (34.Qc1 Kg7 35.Qxc6) 34...Bc4 35.Qh3 Kh8 36.Nh6 Bc5+ 37.Kh1 Qd7 38.Nd5 Bxd5 39.exd5 Qxd5 40.Nf7+ Qxf7 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "The Reform"] [Date "2018.02.06"] [White "Evans, Peter"] [Black "Eckersley-Waites, Tom"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Two Knights: 4.d3 Be7"] {In the annotations that follow PE = Peter Evans and TEW = Tom Eckersley-Waites} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3 Na5 8.Bb3 Re8 9.Be3 Nxb3 {(TEW) I wasn't sure if this ...Nxb3 and ...d5 idea worked, but it looked interesting. Possibly better is to play 9...Bf8 and keep the central break in reserve. White can then try either 10.d4 or perhaps even 10.Ba4 with the idea 10...c6 11.b4 b5 12.Nxb5 (12.bxa5 bxa4 is good for black) cxb5 13.Bxb5 Nb7 14.Bxe8 Qxe8 which looks pretty unclear.} 10.axb3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 {(PE) I didn’t like the look of Ne5 potentially having to face two bishops for two knights in an open position but it may well be good (TEW) I agree with Peter here - 12.Nxe5 is clearly critical, and it's not clear that I can do better than 12...Bf6 which looks like it's going to end in a drawish position after 13.d4.} Qxd5 13.Nd2 a5 {(TEW) I'm not completely convinced by this idea and it may not be accurate. When discussing the game afterwards, I said that I liked my bishops but needed to get them developed - and 13...a5 doesn't do enough in that direction. Perhaps 13...Be6 is better.} 14.Qf3 Qb5 15.Nc4 Ra6 16.Ra4 {(TEW) 16.Bd2! looks more accurate. Black is most likely forced to play 16...b6 which clearly does not fit well with the previous couple of moves. 16...Rf6 just doesn't work - white has 17.Rxa5 Qxa5 18.Qxf6!, which looks virtually winning - I had underestimated this when playing 13...a5. I also had thought I could play 16...Bb4 17.Bxb4 Rf6 18.Rxa5 Qxb4 with the plan of playing ...b5 next move, but white has 19.Qd5 c6 20.Qc5!} Bb4 17.c3 {(PE) Bd2 looks obvious but I quite liked my Bishop and Knight where they were. I'm not sure if this is terminally weakening.} Rf6 18.Qe2 Rg6 19.Kh2 {(PE) White always has to be wary of the black queen moving to control the white squares followed by b5 .} Qd5 {(TEW) I couldn't decide between 19...Qd5, 19...Qc6, and 19...Qd7 here. The latter is by far the most committal as it involves a pretty substantial investment of material. My instinct was that this didn't work and - whilst after the game we weren't sure - the computer backs this up. The key line is 19...Qd7 20.cxb4 b5 21.Rxa5 Rxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Qxh3+ 23.Kg1 Re6 and now white has the key moves 24.Bg5! Rg6 25.Qe3! (not 25.Qxe5? h6! which is very unclear) winning.} 20.f3 Bd6 21.Nxd6 {(PE) Ra5 was probably better but the discovered check followed by the pawn breaking through looked unpleasant. (TEW) Again, I agree - I barely considered Ra5 in the game as it looks very dangerous for white. 21…Qd6 might be stronger for black but I should be a little better here come what may.} Rxd6 22.Rd1 {(PE) Amusingly the battle has moved from the queenside to the kingside and now the centre.} b6 23.c4 Qc6 24.Raa1 Red8 25.Rd2 Bf5 {(TEW) This is poor. I should play 25...Qd7 26.Rad1 c5!, after which white's pawns are all targets and I can probe at his position at my leisure.} 26.Rad1 Qd7 27.d4 Qe8 28.dxe5 Qxe5+ 29.f4 Qe6 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Qxd6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "The Athenaeum"] [Date "2018.02.06"] [White "Lee, Peter"] [Black "White, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...c5"] {Comments are by Peter Lee.} 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.e4 e5 6.a3 {Considering b4 next but thought better of it.} Nge7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rb1 a5 9.Re1 d6 10.d3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 {Although this looks natural, my computer thinks all three piece recaptures are better.} 12.Nh4 Ng6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.f4 {Better 14 Nd5 and if 14 … f4 15 Be4.} Rb8 15.Nd5 Be6 16.c3 Qd7 17.Be3 Qf7 18.c4 Ne7 {Better 18 … b6. Black’s centre comes under pressure now.} 19.Nc7 Bd7 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxc5 {Winning a pawn.} Bc6 22.Bf2 {An error as it puts it in line of enemy pieces on the f-file. Better is 22 d4 or 22 Be3.} Bxg2 {22 … f4 is slightly better for Black but now White is clearly doing well.} 23.Kxg2 f4 24.Qf3! {I had planned 24 Qg4 but this is much better.} g5 25.d4 Nf5 26.dxe5 {Better is 26 g3 x f4.} Qxc7 {Better is 26… f4 x g3. After the move played White wins comfortably.} 27.Qd5+ Kh7 28.g4 Ne3+ 29.Bxe3 fxe3 30.Rxe3 Rf4 31.exd6 Qxc4 32.Re7+ Kg6 33.Qxc4 Rxc4 34.d7 Rd8 35.Rd1 Rc7 {Else White wins a rook with Re8, but ...} 36.Rd6# {An unusual final position!} 1-0

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Date "2018.02.14"] [White "Brau, Julio"] [Black "Thomas, Izzie"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [ECO "B27"] [Opening "Sicilian: Accelerated Pterodactyl"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 b6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bb7 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Bd3 Nxd3+ 11.Qxd3 Rc8 12.f3 O-O 13.Nde2 d6 14.g4 Nd7 15.Bd4 Bh6+ 16.f4 Nc5 17.Qf3 e5 18.Bxe5 Re8 19.Rxd6 Qe7 20.Kb1 Bg7 (20...Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Qxd6 23.Bxd6 Rxe4) 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Qb7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.e5 Qc6 25.Ng3 Na4 26.Qd3 Nc5 27.Qd4 Ne6 28.Qd2 Red8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Qc1 Qd5 31.Rf1 Qg2 32.f5 Nc5 33.fxg6 Qd2 34.Rxf7+ Kxg6 35.Rf6+ Kg7 36.Nf5+ Kg8 37.Nh6+ Kg7 38.Nf5+ Kg8 39.Nh6+ Kg7 40.Nf5+ {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Site "?"] [Date "2018.02.13"] [Round "0"] [White "Voropayev, Yaroslav"] [Black "Rosenbaum, Danny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird"] 1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. b3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3 c5 9. d4 d5 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Na4 Be7 13. Bb2 Na6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf3 h6 16. Nh3 Nc5 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Re1 Nce4 19. Nf2 Bb4 20. Qd4 Bc5 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Date "2018.03.07"] [White "Campbell, Russell"] [Black "Thomas, Izzie"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Trompowsky: 2...d5"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 b5 10.Nge2 Qc7 11.Bg3 a6 12.O-O O-O 13.f3 Nb6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rad1 Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.e4 Nh7 18.e5 Qe7 19.f4 Bg4 20.h3 Bxe2 21.Nxe2 f6 22.Ng3 fxe5 23.fxe5 Qe6 24.Nh5 Ng5 25.Nf4 Qe8 26.Ng6 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Qe6 28.Qf5 Re8 29.h4 Qxf5 30.Rxf5 Ne6 31.h5 Nxd4 32.Rf4 Ne2+ {#R} 0-1