GAME 026 - Richard McMaster

McMaster,Richard (158) - Davies,Edward (113) Portsmouth Club Champ Rd4, 16.01.2008

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 Nf6 [2...d5 3.cxd5 (3.d4 main line slav 3...Nf6 4.Nf3 main line slav position from Bill Partridge game 2 2008 4...Bf5 Very much a sideline; there are several much more common moves. a) 4...e6 interesting, in the latest "world championship" tournament in 2007 there were eight games played in this variation including a variety of different players, and black didn't lose any games with it, drawing six and winning two; I think this displays that it is very solid at the top level 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 (9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Bxg4 b4 14.Na4 c5 15.d5 exd5 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 Bxd5 18.0–0–0 Rxg4 19.Rxd5 Nd7 20.Re1+ Kd8 21.Red1 Rd4 22.R1xd4 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Rc8 24.Bd6 Ke8 25.Re4+ Kd8 26.Bxf8 Nxf8 ... eventually a draw; Grischuk 2726 - Anand 2792) 9...h5 10.h4 g4 11.Be2 Bb7 12.0–0 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bg7 15.Rad1 0–0 16.Bg3 Nd7 17.f3 c5 18.dxc5 Qe7 19.Kh1 a6 20.a4 Bc6 21.Nd5 exd5 22.exd5 Be5 23.f4 Bg7 24.dxc6 Nxc5 25.Rd5 Ne4 26.Be1 Qe6 27.Rxh5 f5 28.Kh2 Rac8 29.Bb4 Rfe8 30.axb5 axb5 31.Re1 Qf7 32.Rg5 Nxg5 33.fxg5 Rxc6 34.Bf1 Rxe1 35.Bxe1 ... 0–1; Arionian 2750 - Anand 2792; b) 4...dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 (6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 0–0 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Bg6 15.Ng5 Re8 16.f4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 f5 18.Be3 Nf8 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.g4 Qd7 21.Rg1 Be7 22.Nf3 Rc4 23.Rg2 fxg4 24.Rxg4 Rxa4 25.Rag1 g6 26.h4 Rb4 27.h5 Qb5 28.Qc2 Rxb2 29.hxg6 h5 30.g7 hxg4 31.gxf8Q+ Bxf8 32.Qg6+ Bg7 33.f5 Re7 34.f6 Qe2 35.Qxg4 Rf7 36.Rc1 Rc2 37.Rxc2 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Qxc2+ 39.Kg3 Qe4 40.Bf4 Qf5 41.Qxf5 exf5 42.Bg5 a5 43.Kf4 a4 44.Kxf5 a3 45.Bc1 Bf8 46.e6 Rc7 47.Bxa3 Bxa3 48.Ke5 Rc1 49.Ng5 Rf1 50.e7 Re1+ 51.Kxd5 Bxe7 52.fxe7 Rxe7 53.Kd6 Re1 54.d5 Kf8 55.Ne6+ Ke8 56.Nc7+ Kd8 57.Ne6+ Kc8 58.Ke7 Rh1 59.Ng5 b5 60.d6 Rd1 61.Ne6 b4 62.Nc5 Re1+ 63.Kf6 Re3 0–1; Topalov 2813 - Kramnik 2743; world championship game 2006) 6...Na6 (6...e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.h4 Rc8 15.Ba2 h6 16.Rc1 Rg8 17.Ke2 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.Nb1 Ke7 20.Rxc5 Nxc5 21.h5 Bh7 22.Rc1 Nd7 23.Nd2 g6 24.hxg6 Rxg6 25.Kf2 Rg5 26.Rc7 b5 27.a5 Rc5 28.Rxc5 Nxc5 29.Ke3 Kd6 30.b4 Nd7 31.Nb3 e5 32.Nc1 f5 33.Nd3 fxe4 34.fxe4 Nf6 35.Nc5 Bg6 36.Bb3 Ng4+ 37.Kd2 Nf6 38.Bc2 Kc6 39.Bd3 Nd7 40.Nxa6 Bf7 41.Be2 h5 42.g3 Bg6 43.Ke3 Bf7 44.Kd2 Bg6 ... 1–0; Aronian 2759 - Kramnik 2772) 7.f3 Nd7 8.Nxc4 e5 9.e4 exd4 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 0–0 12.Nxd4 Bxe4 13.Bxb4 Nxb4 14.fxe4 Qh4+ 15.Kd2 Qxe4 16.Kc3 Nd5+ 17.Kb3 Nc5+ 18.Ka3 Rad8 19.Qd2 Nf4 20.Rd1 Nfe6 21.Nxe6 Rxd2 22.Nxc5 Qe7 23.Rxd2 Qxc5+ 24.Ka2 Qb4 25.Rc2 Qxa4+ 26.Kb1 b5 27.Nd2 c5 28.Be2 c4 29.Rhc1 Qb4 30.Bf3 a5 31.Ka1 Rd8 32.Nb1 g6 33.Na3 Qc5 34.Kb1 a4 35.h3 Rd3 36.Rc3 Rxc3 37.Rxc3 Qf5+ 38.Nc2 b4 39.Rxc4 b3 40.Kc1 Qg5+ 41.Kb1 bxc2+ 42.Kxc2 Qb5 43.Rc3 h5 44.g4 h4 45.Bd1 Kg7 46.Kc1 Qf1 47.Rf3 Qg1 48.Ra3 Qh1 49.Kd2 Qd5+ 50.Kc1 Qc4+ 51.Kb1 Qf1 52.Kc1 Kh6 53.Rf3 Qc4+ 54.Rc3 Qf4+ 55.Kb1 Qf1 56.Kc1 Kg5 57.Rf3 Qc4+ 58.Kb1 Qd5 59.Rc3 Qxd1+ 0–1; Radjabov 2729 - Kramnik 2766; blindfold rapid; c) 4...a6 5.cxd5 (5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0–0 0–0 8.a4 Be6 9.Ng5 Bc8 10.Qb3 b6 11.Bd2 e6 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.a5 b5 15.Rfd1 Re8 16.Rac1 Bf8 17.Na2 Bb7 18.Bb4 Bh6 19.Rc2 Ne4 20.Nc1 Re6 21.Nd3 Qf6 22.Nfe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Bf3 Re8 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.Bc5 Bg5 28.Qd3 Qe6 29.Bd4 Be7 30.Rdc1 h5 31.Qd2 Bd6 32.b4 f6 33.Qd3 Kf7 34.Bc5 Bb8 35.f3 Bc8 36.Re2 h4 37.Qc3 h3 38.g3 Bd7 ... draw; Gelfand 2733 - Kamsky 2705) 5...cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Bg5 e6 8.e3 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rac1 b5 13.Bb1 Bd7 14.Qc2 g6 15.Qd2 Rac8 16.Rfd1 Rc7 17.Qe1 b4 18.Ne2 a5 19.Qd2 Rfc8 20.Ne1 a4 21.Nd3 Na5 22.Rxc7 Rxc7 23.Rc1 Nc4 24.Qe1 Qd8 25.g3 Bb5 26.h4 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Kg2 Qc8 29.Ng1 f6 30.Qd1 Be8 31.Nf3 Bh5 32.Rc2 Bg6 33.Re2 g4 34.Nh4 Be4+ 35.Kh2 f5 36.Ne1 Nxe3 37.Rxe3 Rc1 38.Qd2 Rxb1 39.Rxe4 dxe4 40.Qg5+ Kf7 0–1; Ivanchuk 2729 - Topalov 2801; d) 4...g6 much less popular at the top level 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.b3 a6 9.Bb2 b5 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nd3 Ne4 13.f3 Nd6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.Kh1 Rfe8 17.Nf4 e6 18.Bd3 Rc7 19.Nce2 Rec8 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Bc3 Qa7 22.Bb4 Bf8 23.Bb1 Ne8 24.Bxf8 Nxf8 25.Nd3 Qb6 26.Nc5 Nd7 27.b4 Nd6 28.Bd3 Nb8 29.e4 Nc6 30.a3 Ne7 31.Qf4 Bc8 32.Nc3 Ne8 33.Re1 Qd6 34.e5 Qb6 35.h4 Ng7 36.g4 Ra7 37.h5 Qd8 38.Kg2 Nc6 39.Rh1 g5 40.Qe3 h6 41.f4 f6 42.exf6 Qxf6 43.fxg5 hxg5 44.h6 Qxd4 45.Qxd4 Nxd4 46.hxg7 Rxg7 47.Re1 Rf7 48.Rf1 Nc6 49.Rxf7 Kxf7 50.Kf2 Ke7 51.Ne2 e5 52.Bf5 Bxf5 53.gxf5 a5 54.Nc3 axb4 55.Nxd5+ Kf7 56.axb4 Nxb4 57.Nxb4 Kf6 58.Ne4+ Kxf5 A remarkable position 59.Ke3 g4 60.Nd3 Ke6 61.Nb4 Kf5 62.Nd5 Ke6 63.Nc7+ Kd7 64.Nxb5 Kc6 65.Nbc3 Kb6 66.Kf2 Ka5 67.Nd5 Kb5 68.Ne3 Kb4 69.Kg3 Kb5 70.Kxg4 Kb4 71.Kf5 Kb5 72.Ke6 Kc6 73.Ke7 Kc7 74.Ke8 Kc8 75.Nd5 Kb7 76.Kd7 Ka6 77.Kc6 Ka5 78.Kc5 Ka6 79.Kc6 Ka5 80.Ne3 Kb4 81.Kb6 Ka4 82.Nd5 Kb3 83.Kb5 Kc2 84.Kc4 Kd1 85.Kd3 Ke1 86.Ndc3 Kf1 87.Nd1 Kg2 88.Ndf2 Kf3 89.Nh1 Kg4 90.Nhg3 Kf3 91.Kd2 Kf4 92.Ke2 Kg4 93.Ke3 Kh3 94.Nf5 Kg4 95.Ng7 Kh3 96.Nh5 Kg4 97.Nhg3 Kh3 98.Kf3 Kh4 99.Nf5+ Kh5 100.Ne7 Kh4 101.Nd5 Kh5 102.Kg3 Kh6 103.Kh4 Kg6 104.Kg4 Kh6 105.Ne7 Kg7 106.Kf5 Kh6 107.Ng8+ Kg7 108.Ngf6 Kf7 109.Nd5 Kg7 110.Ke6 Kh6 111.Kf6 getting dangerously close to the 50 moves rule; no pawn moves or piece trades since move 70 111...Kh5 112.Ne3 Kh6 113.Ng3 Kh7 114.Nef5 Kg8 115.Ke7 e4 finally 116.Nh5 e3 117.Nf6+ Kh8 118.Kf7 black resigns, with to follow: 118...e2 119.Ne7 e1Q 120.Ng6# an amazing display of technique (although I have no idea if it was efficient or not by super-gm standards); 5.cxd5 (5.e3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.0–0–0 Qxb3 12.axb3 Nbd7 13.h3 a6 14.Kb1 0–0–0 15.g4 Bc7 16.Bg2 Ne8 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.e4 dxe4 19.fxe4 e5 20.Nd5 exd4 21.Rhf1 Ne5 22.Bf4 f6 23.Rxd4 Nc6 24.Rc4 g5 25.Bxc7 Nxc7 26.Rfc1 Rd6 27.Ne7+ Kd7 28.e5 fxe5 29.Nf5 Rf6 30.Rd1+ Nd4 31.Nxd4 exd4 32.Rcxd4+ Kc8 33.Rd7 Rg8 34.Be4 Kb8 35.Rd8+ Rxd8 36.Rxd8+ Ka7 37.Rd7 Kb6 38.Rxg7 Re6 39.Bf5 Re1+ 40.Kc2 Re2+ 41.Kc1 Rh2 42.Rg6+ Kc5 43.Be4 b5 44.Bb7 Kb4 45.Rxg5 Rxh3 46.Re5 Rg3 47.Kc2 Ka5 48.g5 Kb6 49.Be4 b4 50.g6 Nb5 51.Rd5 Kc7 52.Rd2 a5 53.Rg2 Nd4+ 54.Kd1 Rxg2 55.Bxg2 Ne6 56.Kd2 Kd6 57.Kd3 Nf4+ 58.Kc4 Nxg6 59.Kb5 draw; Sasikiran 2642 - Hector 2513) 5...Nxd5 6.Qb3 (6.e3 e6 7.Bc4 Nd7 8.0–0 Be7 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bb3 0–0 12.e4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 ... draw; Ivanisevic 2563 - Radibratovic 2328) 6...Qb6 (6...Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qb6 8.Nd2 Nd7 9.e4 Qxb3 10.axb3 Bg6 11.f4 e6 12.Bd3 f6 13.0–0 a6 14.f5 Bf7 15.fxe6 Bxe6 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Bd6 18.b4 0–0–0 19.Ra2 Rhe8 20.Re2 Re7 21.Bd3 h6 22.Rf3 Kc7 23.Bd2 b5 24.Be1 Ra8 25.Ra2 Kb7 26.Bh4 g5 27.Bg3 Bxg3 28.hxg3 Kb6 29.g4 Ree8 30.Rh3 Rh8 31.Kf2 ... draw; Stocek 2566 - Vokac 2506) 7.Qxb6 Nxb6 8.e4 Bg6 9.Bf4 e6 10.Bd3 Be7 ... 1–0; Bill Partridge - Edward Davies; 2008) 3...cxd5 4.e3 (4.d4 another main line transposition) ] 3.e4 d6 [3...d5; 3...e5] 4.d4 e5 5.d5 c5 [5...Be7; 5...cxd5] 6.f3 Be7 7.Be3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 a6 10.Bd3 Ne8 11.Nge2 Nc7 12.Ng3 Bh4 13.0–0–0 Rb8 14.Nf5 Be7 15.h4 b5 16.h5 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Nb6 18.Bd3 Nb5 19.Nxb5 axb5 20.Rdg1 Ra8 21.Bh6 gxh6 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.g5 hxg5 24.Rxg5+ Kh8 25.Rhg1 f6 26.Rg7 Qxg7 27.Rxg7 Kxg7 28.Bxb5 Bd7 29.Bxd7 Nxd7 30.f4 Rxa2 31.Kb1 Rfa8 32.fxe5 Nxe5 33.h6+ Kf7 34.Qg2 Ra1+ 35.Kc2 Rg8 36.Qh3 Ng4 ½–½ Black is technically winning here (with 2 rooks and a knight for the queen) but as much as I wanted to, I was unable to play on to win this in the mutual time trouble, as my opponent had some dangerous checks (possible winning a rook if I'm not careful) and even some potential mating threats. If there were a 40 move time control for example, black would win easily, however if there were a longer time control my opponent may not have played the sacrifice so hastily for example.

GAME 025 - Didier Dominguez

Davies,Edward - Dominguez,Didier
Portsmouth Congress Major 2008 Feb (1), 15.02.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 [2...Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Bg5?! I had real difficulty remembering how to counter this c6 d5 plan of black's and couldn't work it out over the board. I quickly read the Bishop's Opening book of Gary Lane's in the summer about six months ago. a) 4.Nf3 the usual move 4...d5 (4...Be7 5.0–0 d6 6.a3 (6.c3 0–0 7.Bb3 Qc7 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 Ruy Lopez style manouvrings by white 13.h3 g6 14.d4 Bg7 15.Be3 Bd7 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Bc8 18.Qc1 c5 0–1 eventually; Areshchenko 2660 - Mamedyarov 2699; 6.a4 0–0 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Nc5 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 a5 11.Bf4 Ng4 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Bf3 Re8 14.Qd2 g6 15.h3 Nfd7 16.Rad1 Bf8 17.g4 Qb6 18.Bg2 Ne5 19.b3 Qb4 20.Nde2 f6 21.Be3 h5 22.f4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Qc1 f5 25.Rd4 Qb6 26.Qd2 Qc7 27.Bf2 Re6 28.Rc4 Rae8 ... 0–1 eventually; Kharlov 2593 - Topalov 2737; 6.Bb3 Nbd7 7.c3 Nf8 8.Re1 Ng6 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.d4 h6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.h3 Qc7 14.Be3 b6 15.Bc2 Ba6 16.b3 Rad8 17.Qb1 Bb7 18.a4 ... draw eventually; Fedorov 2575 - Kramnik 2772) 6...0–0 7.Ba2 Nbd7 8.Re1 b5 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.h3 a5 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Bb1 ... drawn after a long game; Bruzon 2667 - Volokitin 2662) 5.Bb3 Bd6 (5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 0–0 10.0–0 Qa5 11.c3) 6.Nc3 (6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0–0 0–0 8.h3 (8.Re1 Nd7 (8...Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Rxe5 Nd7 13.Re1 Qh4 14.Qf3 Rae8 15.Rf1 h5 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Kh7 18.gxh5 Qxh5 19.Qxh5+ Bxh5 20.Ba3 Rh8 21.Rfe1 Ne5 22.Kg2 Nf3 23.Re3 Nh4+ 24.Kf1 Nf3 25.Bd6 g5 26.d4 Kg6 27.c4 Nxd4 28.c5 Bf3 29.Ke1 Nf5 30.Rxe8 Rxe8+ 31.Kd2 Re2+ ... 0–1; Alekseev 2639 - Shirov 2720) 9.Nbd2 Bc7 10.Ne4 h6 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.Ng3 a5 13.a3 f5 14.Qc1 f4 15.Ne4 ...draw after 72 moves; Kobalia 2639 - Motylev 2642) 8...Bf5 9.Bg5 f6 10.c4 fxg5 11.cxd5 Kh8 12.Nh2 Nd7 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Bc2 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Rc8 16.Ng4 Bb8 17.Nge3 Bg6 18.Rc1 Qd6 draw; Alekseev 2679 - Sakaev 2633) 6...dxe4 7.Ng5 0–0 8.Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 a5 10.Qh5 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Be7 12.a4 Nd7 13.h4 Nc5 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Qxe5 Bd4 16.Qg5 Qb6 17.Be3 ... 0–1; Fedorov 2599 - Shirov 2706; b) 4.Qe2 rarely played alternative 1 4...Bc5 (4...d5 5.Bb3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nc3 d4 8.Nb1 Nc5 9.0–0 Nxb3 10.axb3 c5 11.h3 b5 12.Nh2 Nd7 13.f4 f6 14.f5 Qe7 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Ndf3 a5 17.g4 h6 18.Nh4 Rg8 19.Ng6 Qc7 20.Bd2 a4 21.bxa4 bxa4 22.h4 c4 23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Ba6 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.Ng4 Qf7 27.Nh6 Rxg6+ 28.fxg6 Qxg6+ 29.Qg4 Qxg4+ 30.Nxg4 cxd3 31.Rxf6 Kd7 32.cxd3 Bxd3 33.Bb4 Nc4 34.Bxd6 Rg8 35.Bb4 Rxg4+ 36.Kh2 Bc2 37.Raf1 Bxe4 38.Ra6 Ne3 39.Rf7+ Kc8 40.Raa7 Rg2+ 41.Kh3 Rg8 42.Rac7+ Kb8 43.Bd6 Bf5+ 44.Kh2 Nf1+ 45.Kh1 Be4+ 0–1; Movsesian 2645 - Navara 2663) 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Re8 8.Nf3 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.Bxe6 Rxe6 11.g4 Qb6 12.0–0–0 Bd4 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3 Nbd7 17.c4 d5 18.g5 hxg5 19.Nxg5 Rd6 20.f4 Nh5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.c5 Rd7 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Ne4 Nf3 25.Bf2 Re8 26.Rhf1 f6 27.Bg1 Nxg1 28.Rxg1 Re7 29.Rde1 Kf8 30.Ref1 b6 31.cxb6 draw; Zvaginsev 2659 - Kosteniuk 2516; c) 4.Bb3 rarely played alternative 2 4...d5 5.Nf3 Bb4+ (5...Bd6 6.exd5 (6.Nc3 Mitkov seems to subsequently have dumped this move for 6.exd5 6...dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 Qe7 9.Ng5 0–0 10.Nxh7 Kxh7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Bg5 Qd7 (12...Qc7 13.Rd1 Nd7 14.Rd3 Nc5 15.Rg3 Be7 16.Bh6 Bf6 17.Qg6 Qa5+ 18.c3 Qd8 19.Bxg7 Nxb3 20.Qh6 Qd2+ 21.Qxd2 Nxd2 22.Bxf6+ Kh7 23.Kxd2 Kh6 and white won; Mitkov 2547 - Gabriel 2564) 6...cxd5 (6...Nxd5 7.0–0 0–0 8.Re1 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nb6 11.Nd2 N8d7 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bd2 a5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Rad1 a4 16.Ba2 Rae8 17.Ng3 Nc8 18.Qg4 b5 19.Nf5 g6 20.Nxe7+ Nxe7 21.Bh6 Nf5 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.c3 c5 24.Qe2 Qb6 25.Bb1 Nd6 26.d4 exd4 27.cxd4 c4 28.Qe7 Rd8 29.h4 h5 30.Re3 Nf8 31.Qe5 Ne8 32.Rf3 Nh7 33.d5 Nhf6 34.d6 Ng4 35.Qe7 Nxd6 36.g3 Qb8 37.Bc2 Kh8 38.Rf4 1–0; Mitkov 2552 - Mikhalchishin 2518) 7.0–0 Nc6 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Qe1 d4 13.Nb1 Qxe1 14.Rxe1 Nd5 15.Na3 Bxa3 16.bxa3 f6 17.Bd2 0–0–0 18.Kf1 Rhe8 19.Rab1 Rd7 20.Ng1 g5 draw; Mitkov 2563 - Roussel Roozmon 2430) 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 dxe4 8.Nxe5 0–0 9.Nxf7 Rxf7 10.dxe4 Qe7 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.f3 Be6 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.Qe3 Nb6 15.b3 Qa3 16.0–0 Re8 17.Rad1 Nbd7 18.Rd2 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.Rfd1 Ke7 21.Rd4 Bc8 22.Ne2 Rf8 23.R4d2 ... draw; Mitkov 2565 - Perez 2385; d) 4.Nc3 even rarer 4...d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nf3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 h6 9.h3 Na6 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 a5 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Ne6 14.0–0–0 Bc7 15.g3 Bd7 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bxh6 0–0–0 18.Be3 Nf4 19.gxf4 Qxh4 20.fxe5 Bg4 21.hxg4 Rxd2 22.Rxh4 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Rxh4 24.Bb3 Rxg4 25.Bxf7 Kd8 26.f4 g5 27.fxg5 draw; Vitiugov 2592 - Polak 2510; 4...d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.f3 Be6 8.Ne2 Be7 9.c3 Nc6 10.Nd2 0–0 11.Bc2 d4 12.c4 Ne8 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Ng3 Nd6 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Qxe5 Nef5 17.Nxf5 Nxf5 18.Nf1 Qg5 19.Ng3 Bd7 20.0–0 Rfe8 21.Qd5 Bc6 22.Qxf5 1–0; Edward Davies - P. Groth; a lucky escape] 3.d3 Bc5 [3...Nf6 main move] 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.h3?! not a usual move, however one high level example is in my database [5.c3 there were many games contested at a very high level in this line (as a variation of the italian game) 5...a6 (5...d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.0–0 0–0 8.h3 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Re1 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Rb8 12.Nf1 Qd7 13.Ng3 Rfe8 14.Bd2 h6 15.Rad1 Qe6 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Qxb3 18.axb3 d5 19.Ree1 Rbd8 20.Kf1 a5 21.Nh2 h5 22.Nf3 g6 23.h4 ... 0–1; Bacrot 2695 - Aronian 2750) 6.Bb3 0–0 (6...Ba7 7.0–0 d6 8.h3 h6 9.Re1 g5 10.Nh2 g4 11.hxg4 Rg8 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Bxg4 15.Nxg4 Nxg4 16.Qh3 Nd8 17.Nd2 Ne6 18.Re2 0–0–0 19.Rf1 Kb8 20.Nf3 h5 21.Qh4 f6 22.Nh2 Rdf8 23.Rf5 Nxh2 24.Qxh2 h4 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.c4 Rh8 27.Ref2 Rh6 28.Qh3 Rg8 29.R5f3 Qe7 30.Kf1 Rg5 31.Ke2 Qg7 32.Qh1 Rhg6 33.Kf1 Rg3 34.Qxh4 Rxg2 35.Rh3 Ka7 36.Rh2 Rg1+ 37.Ke2 Rb1 38.Kf3 Re1 39.Qh3 a5 40.Rfg2 Rf1+ 41.Ke2 Rb1 42.Kf3 Rf1+ 43.Ke2 Rg1 44.Rxg1 Rxg1 45.Kd2 Rb1 46.Kc3 Qg1 47.Qg2 Rc1+ 48.Kb3 Qd1+ 49.Ka3 Qxd3+ 50.b3 Rxc4 51.Rh7 Qc3 0–1; Adams 2734 - Shirov 2699; (Candidates 2007)) 7.0–0 Ba7 8.Re1 d6 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Be3 Bxb3 13.Qxb3 Qd7 14.Bxa7 Rxa7 15.Ng3 Ne7 16.d4 Ng6 17.Rad1 Qc6 18.Nh2 Raa8 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Rad8 21.Nf5 exd4 22.Nxd4 Qc5 23.Qxb7 Rb8 24.Qxa6 Rxb2 25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Nxe2 Qg5 27.Qc6 ... draw in 81 moves; Alekseev 2716 - Jakovenko 2710; 5.Nc3 d6 (5...h6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 d6 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 0–0 10.0–0 Ne7 draw; Andrei Sokolov 2584 - Tkachiev 2682) 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.c3 a6 10.d4 Ba7 (10...exd4 11.cxd4 Ba7 12.h3 0–0 13.0–0 draw; Minasian 2595 - Asrian 2634; yet another grandmaster draw after 5.Nc3) 11.Ne3 (11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qh5 0–0 14.Qxe5 Re8 15.Qf4 Qd6 16.Qxd6 Rxe4+ 17.Ne3 cxd6 18.Bd5 Re5 19.0–0–0 Bxe3+ 20.fxe3 Rxe3 21.Rhf1 Be6 22.Bxb7 Ra7 23.Bd5 a5 24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.Rd2 a4 26.Kc2 g5 27.Rf5 Kg7 28.Rfd5 Ra6 29.Kd3 f6 30.Kc4 Rb6 31.Ra5 Re4+ 32.Kd3 Rg4 33.Rf2 Kg6 34.h3 Rh4 35.Raf5 Rf4 36.R5xf4 gxf4 37.Ke4 Kg5 38.Rd2 f5+ 39.Kf3 Rc6 40.a3 Rb6 41.h4+ Kxh4 42.Kxf4 d5 43.Rd3 1–0; Short 2687 - Aleksandrov 2659) 11...0–0 12.0–0 Qf6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Ne3 Qf6 15.Nd5 draw; Nisipeanu 2687 - Aleksandrov 2659; 5.0–0 0–0 6.Nbd2 a6 7.c3 d6 8.Bb3 b5 9.h3 Bb6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Nf1 Ng6 12.Ng3 c6 13.d4 Bc7 14.Be3 d5 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.f4 Qd6 19.e5 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Ne8 21.Bc2 g6 22.Nh5 Be6 23.f5 gxf5 24.Qd2 Kh8 25.b4 Qb6 26.Nf6 Bd8 27.Be3 Qc7 28.Bc5 Be7 29.Bxe7 Qxe7 30.Qh6 1–0; Nisipeanu 2707 - Moreno 2022; 5.Bb3; 5.Bg5; 5.Be3; 5.Nbd2; 5.Qe2] 5...d6 [5...0–0 6.Bg5 d6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Bb3 h6 9.Bxf6 draw agreed; Borges 2435 - Gonzalez 2421] 6.Nc3 Na5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 a6 9.Qe2 h6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Be6 12.0–0–0 Qe7 13.Rhf1 0–0–0 14.Qf2 Kb8 15.Nh4 Qf8 16.Nf5 Ng8 17.g4 Ne7 18.Qg3 f6 19.d4 Rg8 20.d5 Bd7 21.Rd2 Qf7 22.Rdf2 Rdf8 23.Qh4 Qe8 24.Qg3 Bc8 25.Kb1 b5 26.Qf3 Bd7 27.b4 Nc8 28.Qd1 Nb6 29.b3 Qc8 30.Ne7 Qe8 31.Nxg8 Rxg8 32.Qe2 Qc8 33.Kb2 Qb7 34.Ra1 Ka7 35.Nxb5+ Bxb5 36.Qxb5 Kb8 37.Qxa6 Qxa6 38.Rxa6 Kb7 39.Ra5 Rb8 40.c4 Kc8 41.Kc3 Kd7 42.b5 Kc8 43.b4 Kd7 44.Rfa2 Nc8 45.Ra1 Kd8 46.R5a2 Kd7 47.h4 Kd8 48.g5 fxg5 49.hxg5 h5 50.g6 Ne7 51.Rh2 Nxg6 52.Rxh5 Nf8 53.Rg1 g6 54.Rh8 Ke7 55.Rxg6 Nxg6 56.Rxb8 Kd7 57.b6 Ne7 58.b7 Nc6 59.dxc6+ Kxc6 60.b5+ Kc5 61.Rc8 d5 62.Rxc7+ 1–0

GAME 024 - Ian Matthew

Ian Matthew - Edward Davies Hampshire Open 2007

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nd7 [7...Bd6 8.Bc4 Ne7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Qe2 c5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.c3 Nd7 13.Ng5 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nf6 15.Rac1 Qa5 16.Kh1 h6 17.Nf3 Nf5 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Ne5 Rad8 20.Bb3 Nd5 21.Qf3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bb4 23.Rcd1 Qb6 24.g4 Bh7 25.f5 Be7 26.Nxf7 Rxf7 27.Bxe6 Kf8 28.Bxf7 Kxf7 29.Rfe1 Bf6 30.Rd3 Bg8 31.Kg2 Kf8 32.b3 Bd5+ 33.Kg3 Qd6+ 34.Qf4?? oops 34...Bh4+ 0–1; Vargic 2316 - Saric 2473] 8.Bc4 [8.h4 the following game played by no less than former European champion Nisipeanu 8...h5 (8...h6 9.h5 Bh7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qc7 12.Ne4 Ngf6 13.Bd2 0–0–0 14.0–0–0 c5 15.Nxf6 Nxf6 16.Qa3 Kb8 17.Qa4 Rc8 18.Kb1 cxd4 draw; Martin del Campo 2442 - Volzhin 2556) 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Ng5 Nh6 12.Nxh5 0–0–0 13.Bd2 Nf5 14.Nxf7 Nc5 already white is completely doomed 15.Qxf5 exf5 16.Nxh8 Qe7+ 17.Kf1 Ne4 18.Be1 Qe8 0–1; Marino 2101 - Nisipeanu 2611; 8.c3 Ngf6 9.Bc4 Bd6 10.Qe2 0–0 11.Ne5 c5 12.h4 cxd4 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.h5 g5 15.h6 g6 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qxd4 Bxf4 19.0–0 Qxd4+ 20.cxd4 Rac8 21.b3 Bxc1 22.Raxc1 Ng4 23.Rce1 Nxh6 24.d5 exd5 25.Bxd5 Rc7 26.Re5 Kg7 27.Rfe1 Rd8 28.Bc4 Nf5 29.g4 Nh4 30.Kf2 Rd2+ 31.Kg3 b5 32.Rxb5 Rg2+ 33.Kh3 Rxa2 34.Rf1 f5 35.Rb8 Re7 36.Rg1 f4 0–1; Papastravropoulos 2211 - Khenkin 2633] 8...Bd6 [8...Ne7 9.Ng5 h6 10.N5e4 Nf5 11.Nxf5 Qa5+ 12.c3 Qxf5 13.Bd3 Qd5 14.Qe2 0–0–0 15.c4 Bb4+ 16.Kf2 Qh5 17.Qxh5 Bxh5 ... black eventually loses a long game 2188-2131] 9.0–0 Qc7 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nxf7 Bxf7 12.Nh5 Rh7 13.Qd3 Ngf6 14.Bxe6 Bxh5 0-1

GAME 023 - Trevor Dickerson

Davies,Edward (113) - Dickerson,Trevor (99)
Hampshire Open 2007 Rd II, 03.11.2007

1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 [2...b6 3.Bb2 (3.c4 this move did not work at all for Cicak - a 2530 rated player - who lost against a 2225 3...d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne7 6.Nf3 Ng6 7.d4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.h4 c5 11.h5 cxd4 12.Nb5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bf6 14.f4 Bh4+ 15.Ke2 Nc6 16.Kf3 Qe7 17.Bd3 Qxe5 18.Rxh4 Qf6 19.Kg3 Ne7 20.Bb4 Re8 21.Nd6 Ng6 22.hxg6 Re3+ 23.Qf3 Rxf3+ 24.gxf3 fxg6 25.Rah1 h6 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Rg4 g5 28.Re1 a5 29.fxg5 hxg5 30.Be7 Qf7 31.Bxg5 Rc3 32.Rd1 Qe6 33.Bf4 Rxd3 34.Rf1 Rc3 35.Bd2 Qe5+ 36.Bf4 Qe2 37.Rf2 Qe6 38.Rg5 d3 39.Re5 Qg6+ 40.Rg5 Qe6 41.Be5 Rc2 42.Rf1 Qh6 0–1; Cicak 2530 - Johansson 2225) 3...Bb7 4.Qe2 c5 (4...a5 the following game is quite crazy positionally 5.a3 a4 6.b4 c5 7.b5 d6 8.f4 Nd7 9.Nf3 Ngf6 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nd5 12.g3 h5 13.h4 Ne7 14.Bh3 g6 15.0–0 Nf5 16.Bxf5 gxf5 17.d3 Bh6 18.Nbd2 Rg8 19.Kf2 Bd5 20.Rg1 Qc7 21.Nf1 Rd8 22.Re1 c4 23.Bd4 cxd3 24.cxd3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Nc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 27.Kg2 Qd5 28.Nh2 Qxf3+ 29.Nxf3 Rxd3 30.Rd1 Rxa3 31.Ra1 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Rg4 33.Rd1 Be3 0–1; Wisnewski 2409 - Meister 2488) 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.0–0–0 Nd4 7.Qe1 Ne7 8.Nb5 Nec6 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Nf3 Bc5 11.c3 dxc3 12.dxc3 Qe7 13.Kb1 Ba3 14.Bb5 Bxb2 15.Kxb2 0–0 16.Qe3 a6 17.Bd3 b5 18.Bc2 d6 19.Qd3 Ne5 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Ng4 22.Rd2 Rac8 23.h3 Nf6 24.Re1 Rc5 25.Re3 Rfc8 26.Nd4 Kf8 27.f3 Ke7 28.b4 R5c7 29.a4 Bc6 30.Nxc6+ Rxc6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Red3 R8c7 33.Bb3 g5 34.Rd1 Nh5 35.Rc1 Nf4 36.Rd2 h5 37.Bd1 Ra6 38.Bb3 Rac6 39.Bd1 draw; Hassan 2353 - Labib 2439] 3.exd5 For a little while I thought this made for a slightly more interesting version of the exchange variation, which is probably true, but I still find it stultifying for white and difficult to get any interesting play, and even tough to hold the balance sometimes. The gambit-offering line is probably the way to go. [3.Bb2 Nf6 a) 3...Nc6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nc3 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 a6 11.Nxd5 0–0–0 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne3 Rg8 14.Rhg1 Bh6 15.Rad1 Rde8 16.g4 Bf4 17.h3 Bd7 18.Kf1 h5 19.Nd5 Bc6 20.Nxf4 Bxf3 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Kxe1 hxg4 23.hxg4 Re8+ 24.Kf1 Re4 25.Nh5 Be2+ 26.Kg2 Rxg4+ 27.Ng3 Bb5 28.f3 Bc6 29.Rf1 Rf4 30.Ne2 Rh4 31.Kg3 Rh5 32.Kf4 Rh2 33.Ke3 Rh3 34.c4 a5 35.d4 b6 36.d5 Bd7 37.Rg1 Kd8 38.Rg2 Ke7 39.Ng3 Rh4 40.a4 Kf8 41.Ne4 Ke7 42.Rd2 f5 43.Nc3 Kd6 44.Rg2 Ke5 45.Ne2 f4+ 46.Kd3 Rh1 47.Ng1 c6 48.dxc6 Bxc6 49.Rg5+ Kf6 50.Rg8 Ke5 51.Rg2 Be8 52.Kc3 Bc6 53.Rg5+ Kf6 54.Rg4 Ke5 55.Rg2 Ba8 56.Rg7 Kf6 57.Rg2 Ke5 58.b4 axb4+ 59.Kxb4 Bc6 60.a5 bxa5+ 61.Kxa5 Kd4 62.Kb4 Ke3 63.Re2+ Kd3 64.Rg2 Ke3 65.Re2+ Kd3 66.Rg2 Ke3 and at long last they actually agree to a draw ; ) Karasev 2420 - Poliakov 2268; b) 3...dxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g4 (5.Qe2 Bb4 (5...Be7 white wins against a much higher rated player here 6.0–0–0 Bd7 7.g4 Bc6 8.Bg2 0–0 9.h4 Nd5 10.Nh3 f5 11.gxf5 exf5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Nf4 Qf7 14.Nh5 g6 15.Rdg1 Nd7 16.Qe3 Bd6 17.Bf1 f4 18.Qh3 Be5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qc3 Rae8 21.Rg5 Qe7 22.Rhg1 Kh8 23.d4 exd3 24.Bxd3 gxh5 25.Rxh5 Rf6 26.Qxe5 1–0; Luberti 2205 - L'Ami 2476; 5...Nbd7 6.Nxe4 Be7 7.Nf3 0–0 8.g3 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Bf6 draw agreed; the fact that this game was played in a memorial tournament makes this shameful in my opinion; Podinic 2415 - Kosic 2489; 5...Nc6 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Qxe4 Qd5 8.Qxd5 exd5 9.0–0–0 f6 10.Ne2 Bf5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Re1+ Kd7 13.a3 Bc5 14.f4 Rae8 15.Be2 Bd4 16.Bf3 Bxb2+ 17.Kxb2 Ne7 18.Re2 c6 19.Rhe1 Kd8 20.Bh5 Nc8 21.f5 Rxe2 22.Rxe2 Be8 23.Rf2 Nd6 24.d3 Ke7 25.c4 Bxh5 26.Nxh5 Kf7 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.g4 Re8 29.Nf4 Re5 30.Rc2 Ne8 31.Rc5 Ke7 32.Kc3 Kd6 33.Rc8 Kd7 34.Rb8 Kc7 35.Ra8 a6 36.a4 Kd7 37.h4 h6 38.h5 Re3 39.Rb8 Nd6 40.Rg8 Ne8 41.Ne6 Rg3 42.Nxg7 d4+ 43.Kb4 Nd6 44.Ne6 Nxf5 45.Nc5+ Kc7 46.Ne4 Rg1 47.Nxf6 Nd6 48.Kc5 b6+ 49.Kd5 Nb7 50.Rg7+ Kc8 51.g5 Rf1 52.gxh6) 6.0–0–0 Qe7 7.Kb1 Bxc3 8.dxc3 Bd7 9.g4 h6 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.Bxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 0–0–0 13.Ne2 e5 14.Ng3 Be6 15.f3 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.Qe2 f6 18.h3 Qf8 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Bc1 Bd5 21.Qd3 Bc6 22.h4 Ne6 23.Nh5 Qf7 24.Qf5 Qd7 25.a4 b6 26.Kb2 Kb7 27.Ng3 Qc8 28.Be3 Bd5 29.f4 Nf8 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Qe6 32.gxf6 gxf6 33.fxe5 Qxf5 34.Nxf5 fxe5 35.c4 Be6 36.Ng3 a6 37.Kc3 Nd7 38.Ne4 Bf5 39.Ng3 Bg6 40.Bg5 Kc6 41.Be7 Nc5 42.Bg5 Ne6 43.Be3 Kd6 44.Ne2 c5 45.Kd2 Bh7 46.Bh6 Bg6 47.Be3 Ng7 48.Ng3 Kc6 49.Bh6 Ne6 50.Ne2 Bh5 51.Ng3 Bg4 52.Nf1 draw Kapnisis 2393 - Berelovich 2533) 5...Bd7 (5...h6 6.Bg2 Bd7 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bc6 9.Qe2 Bxe4 10.Qxe4 Qd5 11.Qxd5 exd5 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Nf4 0–0–0 14.0–0–0 d4 15.Rde1 Bd6 16.Nd3 h5 17.g5 Rhe8 18.f4 g6 19.Kd1 Kd7 20.h3) 6.Bg2 Bc6 7.Qe2 h5 8.g5 Nd5 9.Nh3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Qd5 11.g6 fxg6 12.Qe3 Qf5 13.Ng5 Bc5 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Qxc5 Nd7 16.Qg5 Qf5 17.Qg3 h4 18.Qe3 h3 19.Bf1 Nf6 20.Rg1 Nd5 21.Qd4 0–0–0 22.Qxg7 e3 23.fxe3 Nxe3 24.dxe3 Rhf8 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.Bd4 Qxh2 27.0–0–0 Be4 28.Kb2 Rf2 29.Ka1 Rxc2 30.Bb2 Rcd2 31.Rc1 Rxb2 32.Qxb2 Rd2 33.Rxc7+ Kxc7 34.Qg7+ Kb6 The gambit didn't work for Gelashvili. 0–1 Gelashvili 2506 - Socko 2559; 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qg4 (5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.f4 f5 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qe2 c4 12.d4 cxd3 13.cxd3 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Ng4 15.d4 Bf6 16.Nc3 Nh6 17.Na4 Qb4 18.Rad1 Nf5 19.Bc3 Qd6 20.b4 b6 21.b5 Nd8 22.Be1 Qa3 23.Nc3 a6 24.Rd3 axb5 25.g4 Nxd4 26.Nxd4 Bxd4 27.Nxd5 Qc5 28.Bb4 Qc4 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Qe4 1–0 Bhat 2396 - Thompson 2208) 5...c5 6.f4 f5 7.Qg3 g5 8.Be2 Bh6 9.Nh3 g4 10.Nf2 Bg7 11.h3 h5 12.hxg4 hxg4 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Qh2 Bg7 15.Qh5+ Kf8 16.Nc3 a6 17.0–0–0 Qe8 18.Qh7 Nc6 19.Rh1 Ne7 20.Ncd1 draw agreed; Mastrovasilis 2386 - Potkin 2420] 3...exd5 [3...Qxd5?! I can't see how this can be any good, although it does keep the pawns from being symmetric and avoids an exchange variation pawn structure 4.Bb2 Qd8 5.g3 I probably shouldn't have gone in for this, and my opponent finds the natural plan to counter this fianchetto 5...Bd7 6.Bg2 Bc6 7.Bxc6+ Nxc6 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qe2 0–0 11.0–0–0 Nd5 12.h4 Bf6 13.Nxd5 Bxb2+ 14.Kxb2 exd5 15.d4 Re8 16.Qd3 h6 17.Rhe1 Qf6 18.Re3 Rxe3 19.Qxe3 Qe6 20.Qxe6 fxe6 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Rf8 23.f4 eventually a technically drawn rook ending occured with black having the pawn and rook against a rook, but I (white) lost as I was unable to draw this ending at the board ... 0–1 Edward Davies - Peter Williams 2007] 4.Bb2 c6 [4...Nf6 5.Nf3 (5.Qe2+ Be6 6.Nh3 Bc5 7.Ng5 0–0 8.Nxe6 fxe6 9.Nc3 e5 10.Na4 Bd6 11.g3 Nbd7 12.Bg2 c6 13.0–0 Qa5 14.c4 d4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Qe6+ Rf7 17.Qxd6 Qxd2 18.Qf4 Qb4 draw; Bezgodov 2561 - Airapetian 2336) 5...Be7 a) 5...Bd6 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 h6 8.Ne5 Bf5 9.f4 Nbd7 10.d3 c6 11.Nd2 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Rae8 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Bg4 g6 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.Qh5 Re6 17.Qxf5 Nc5 18.Bf6 Rb8 19.Qg4+ Kf8 20.Bg7+ Ke8 21.f5 Re7 22.Bf6 Re3 23.Qg8+ Bf8 24.Bd4 Re7 25.Rae1 Qa5 26.b4 Qxb4 27.c3 1–0; Sudakova 2391 - Bystryakova 2191; b) 5...Nc6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.d3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 (not 12.Rxe2? Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Qh4+ 14.Kg1 Nxd4) 12...Nce5 13.Ng3 Qg5 14.Bd4 Ng4 15.Nf3 Qh6 16.h3 Nge5 17.Nf5 Qf4 I was sweating a little here 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Be3 Qh4 21.d4 e4 22.c4 now I was doing ok, but I was down on time and had the feeling I was doing worse 22...f5 23.Qd2 Qf6 24.cxd5 Nb6 25.Bf4 Nxd5 26.Be5 Qf7 27.Rac1 Rad8 28.Qa5 Rd7 29.Qxa7? I could add another ? for the fact that I didn't see the point of this yet I played it anyway. Had I seen the obvious point that my opponent diverted the queen to get her knight into d3 then I'd have avoided it like the plague. Things only got worse after this. This was a classic case of making a bad decision when down on time and worn out through a tough game; I knew my opponent would not just offer a pawn for nothing, and I couldn't see the point of it so I took it anyway. But being worn out I should have assumed there was a point to it and played something safe since if I were less tired I would be more likely to see the reason that I could or couldn't take the pawn. I took it just because I couldn't see why not to, but this is a bad idea - as I have now learnt from practice - when you are not on top form. 29...Nb4! good stuff; easily compensates for the pawn 30.Rc4?! Nd3 31.Re2?? Nxe5 32.dxe5 b5 ok, time to resign; it's been quite a tiring tournament (game 6 out of 6); 0–1; Edward Davies - Anandajeyarajah; 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 Bf5 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 c5 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.h3 Nd7 15.Bg4 Bxg4 16.Nxg4 h5 17.Ne3 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qd2 Re6 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.Nf5 g6 22.Rxe6 Rxe6 23.Nh4 Kg7 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Nxe1 Qe5 27.a4 d4 28.Nf3 Qd6 29.Qg5 Nd5 30.Qd2 f6 31.Kf1 Qe7 32.Qe1 Kf7 33.Nd2 Nb4 34.Qd1 f5 35.Nf3 Kg7 36.Qd2 Nd5 37.Ng1 Qe5 38.Ne2 Kh7 39.Qa5 Qe7 40.Qa6 Nb4 41.Qc4 Nd5 42.c3 dxc3 43.Nxc3 Qd6 44.Ne2 Kg7 45.Qa6 Qd7 46.Qc4 Qd6 47.d4 cxd4 48.Qxd4+ Kh6 49.Qh8+ Kg5 50.Nd4 f4 51.h4+ 1–0; Holzer 2287 - Kamarit 2144; 4...Qe7+ 5.Qe2 Qxe2+ 6.Bxe2 Nc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Nf3 0–0–0 9.0–0 Be7 10.Nb5 Bf6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.b4 Ne4 15.Rfd1 Rhe8 16.Bd3 g6 17.f3 Nd6 18.Re1 c6 19.Kf2 b6 20.c3 c5 21.Rxe8 Bxe8 22.Nc2 Bc6 draw; Kahn 2334 - Kosic 2507] 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.0–0 Be7 9.d3 0–0 10.Nd2 Nfd7 11.Bg4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bf6 13.d4 Nd7 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Be7 16.Be2 Qb6 17.c3 Rac8 18.b4 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 Ra8 21.Qc2 Ra7 22.Nb3 Rfa8 23.Rxa7 Rxa7 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.bxc5 Qa5 26.Qb2 Qa2 27.Qb6 Qa5 28.Qb2 Qa2 29.Rb1 Qxb2 30.Rxb2 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Bc8 32.Kg3 Ra7 33.Bg4 Be6 34.h4 Kf8 35.Bxe6 fxe6 36.Kf4 Ke8 37.g4 Kd8 38.Ke3 Ke8 39.g5 Ke7 40.h5 Ke8 41.g6 hxg6 42.hxg6 b5 43.cxb6 Ra6 44.Kd3 1–0

GAME 022 - Bob Treloar

Bob Treloar - Edd Davies
Portsmouth Chess Club Championship 2007/8 Round 1

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.gxf3 e6 [5...Nf6 6.d4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Rg1 g6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0–0–0 Qa5 11.a3 0–0–0 12.Kb1 b6 13.Qc1 b5 14.Qd2 Kb7 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.Ne2 Qa6 17.Nc1 Nc4 18.Qc3 Nd7 19.Nb3 Ka8 20.Nc5 Qb6 21.Nxd7 Rxd7 22.Bxc4 bxc4 23.Ka2 Qa6 24.Bd2 Rb8 25.Qa5 Qc8 26.Rb1 Rb5 27.Qa4 Rdb7 28.b4 Qb8 29.Bg5 Bxg5 30.Rxg5 Qf4 31.Rg3 Qd2 32.exd5 cxd5 33.Rg4 h5 34.Rh4 Qg5 0–1 Paci 2275 - Moloney 2208] 6.Rg1 [6.d4 Nf6 (6...Qh4 7.Be3 g6 8.Qd2 Bh6 9.0–0–0 Nd7 10.f4 f5 11.e5 Ne7 12.Ne2 Nc8 13.Ng1 b5 14.Nf3 Qe7 15.Qc3 Ncb6 16.Qxc6 a6 17.h4 0–0 18.h5 Rfc8 19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.exd6 Bg7 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Ne5 Nf8 23.Bd2 Bf6 24.Ba5 Bd8 25.Rd3 Nc4 26.Bb4 Bb6 27.d7 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Rc7 29.Rdh3 1–0 Preuschoff 2171 - Dresden 2237) 7.Be3 Nbd7 (7...Be7 8.Rg1 g6 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Be2 Bb4 11.e5 Nfd7 12.0–0–0 c5 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.f4 c4 17.h4 h5 18.f5 exf5 19.e6 Nf6 20.Bf3 Ne4 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.exf7+ Kxf7 23.Rg5 Rad8 24.Rdg1 Ne7 25.Bf4 Rhg8 26.R5g2 Nf5 27.Bg5 Rd6 28.Kb2 Re8 29.Rf1 Rde6 30.Rgg1 Kg7 31.Ka2 Rb6 32.Rb1 Ree6 33.Bd8 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 b6 35.a4 Rd6 36.Bg5 Kf7 37.a5 Ke6 38.Bf4 Rc6 39.a6 Nxh4 40.Bb8 b5 41.Rxb5 Rxa6+ 42.Kb2 Rb6 0–1 Wajdy 2074 - Ismail 2328) 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.Bd3 Qa5 10.0–0 0–0 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxc3 13.bxc3 b5 14.a4 a6 15.Ra3 Nb6 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rfa1 Rxa3 18.Rxa3 Ra8 19.Rxa8+ Nxa8 20.Kf1 Nb6 21.Ke1 g6 22.Bh6 Na4 23.Bg5 Ne8 24.Bd2 f5 25.h4 Nd6 26.e5 Nc4 27.Be2 Kg7 28.f4 Na3 29.Kd1 Nb1 30.c4 bxc4 31.Kc1 Nbc3 32.Bf3 Nb5 33.Be3 Kf7 34.Kd2 h5 35.Kc1 Ke7 36.Kb1 Kd7 37.Kc1 Kc7 38.Kb1 Kb7 39.Kc1 Ka6 40.Be2 Nbc3 41.Bf3 Kb5 42.Bd2 Kb4 43.Be3 Ka3 44.Bd2 Ka2 45.Be3 Nb5 0–1 Bezler 2242 - Freitag 2397 ; an extremely interesting and instructive game] 6...Nd7 7.d4 Ne7 [7...Ngf6 8.e5 Nh5 9.f4 g6 10.Ne2 Qh4 11.f5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Ng3 exf5 14.Qf3 Ng7 15.Bd2 Ne6 16.0–0–0 Qa4 17.c3 Qxa2 draw Depasquale 2337 - Froehlich 2367] 8.Be3 Ng6 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.f4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 0–0–0 12.0–0–0 h6 13.Bd3 Nh4 14.Qe2 Nf5 15.Bd2 Nxd4 16.Qe3 c5 17.Nc3 g6 18.Rg3 Bg7 19.Nb5 Nxb5 20.Bxb5 Qb6 21.Qb3 Qc7 22.Qa4 a6 23.Bd3 Rhe8 24.Ba5 Nb6 25.Qe4 Rd4 26.Qe3 Ra4 27.Bxb6 Qxb6 28.Kd2 Rd4 29.Rb1 c4 30.Ke1 Several more moves were played, and black was winning the game with several pieces vs a king and pawns, although the game was drawn as black stupidly allowed a stalemate, (even though this was in time trouble I still feel a shiver of horror when I think of this game played near the beginning of the season).

GAME 021 - Andy Mills

Davies,Edward - Mills,Andy
Portsmouth League 07/08, 05.10.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 [4...g6 is much more common.] 5.Nge2 [5.d3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 0–0 10.0–0 Rc8 11.g4 e6 12.f5 Nd7 13.Qg3 Be5 14.Qf2 Bd4 15.Be3 Qb6 16.Ne2 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qh6 Rxc2 20.b3 Qb5 21.f6 Nxf6 22.Rxf6 Qxd3 23.Raf1 Rxa2 24.R6f3 Qc2 25.R1f2 Qb1+ 26.Rf1 Qc2 27.R1f2 Qb1+ 28.Rf1 draw Larino 2450 - Narciso 2537] 5...g6 6.d3 [or 6.0–0 ] 6...Bg7 7.0–0 [7.Be3 0–0 (7...Ng4 8.Bd2 0–0 9.h3 Nf6 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Qc1 white manages still to carry out this plan 11...b5 12.Bh6 b4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nd5 e5 15.a3 a5 16.axb4 axb4 17.c3) 8.h3; 7.h3 a6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.0–0 b5 10.Qd2 h5 11.f4 e5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Qf4 Ned7 15.Qxd6 Qb8 16.Qxb8+ Rxb8 17.Nf4 Nh7 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bf4 Bd4+ 20.Kh2 e5 21.Bd2 Nhf6 22.Rae1 b4 23.Nd1 Ng4+ 24.Kh1 h4 25.c3 bxc3 26.bxc3 hxg3 27.cxd4 cxd4 28.Rf3 Rb1 29.Rxg3 Rxd1 30.Rxg4 Rxd2 31.Rxg6 Rxa2 32.Rc1 Kf7 33.Rg5 Rg8 34.Rf1+ Nf6 35.Rxg8 Kxg8 36.Rxf6 a5 37.h4 a4 38.Bh3 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.Be6+ Kg7 41.Rf3 a3 42.Bc4 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 a2 44.Rf7+ Kg6 45.Ra7 1–0; Edward Davies - Joe Coburn 2007] 7...0–0 8.h3 [8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bd2 seems a very strange way to play 10...Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ne2 Qb6 13.h3 Nf6 14.c3 dxc3 15.Bxc3 Bd7 16.Kh2 a5 17.f4 a4 18.a3 white hasn't played in the spirit of the closed sicilian] 8...Bd7 [8...Rb8 9.f4 (9.Be3 b5 10.Qd2 (10.a3 Bd7 11.f4 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.Rb1 Na7 15.c4 bxc3 16.Nxa7 cxb2 17.e5 Qb6 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.axb5) 10...b4 11.Nd1 a5 (11...Ne8 12.a3 a5 13.axb4 axb4 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bd7 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Re1 Nc7 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Ne6 20.Ne3 Nc5 21.Ng4; 11...e5 12.c3 a5 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Bd7 15.Nf2 Ne8 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 d5 18.e5 Nc7 19.Nd3 Ne7 20.Ng3 h5 21.Nc5) 12.Bh6 Nd4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.f4 e5 15.Kh2 Nh5 16.f5 h6 17.Ne3 Nf6 18.a3 Bd7 19.axb4 Nxe2 20.Qxe2 axb4 21.Ra7 Ra8) 9...Nd7 10.g4 b5 11.Ng3 b4 12.Nce2 a5 13.f5 Qb6 14.Kh1 c4 15.Nf4 cxd3 16.cxd3 Ba6 17.g5 Qb5 18.Qg4 Nce5 19.Qh4 Bb7; 8...Ne8 9.Be3 Nd4 10.g4 (10.f4 f5 11.Rb1 a5 12.a4 Nc7 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Kh2 Rb8 15.Ng1 Bd7 16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Rbe1 Rbe8) 10...Bd7 11.Ng3 b5 12.Nd5 e6 13.Nf4 b4 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.Rab1 Nc7 16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Ncb5 18.Rfc1 (18.cxd4 cxd4) 18...Nc6 19.Nfe2; 8...Nd4 9.Be3 (9.Nxd4 seems unintuitive 9...cxd4 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.f4 f5 12.Kh2 Kh8 13.exf5 gxf5 14.c3 dxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Be3 Nc5 17.Bd4 e5 18.Be3 Be6) 9...Ne8 10.Kh2 Bd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Nd1 Bc6 13.Ng1 d5 14.c3 Ne6 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.f3 Nd6 17.Nf2 Nf5 18.Ng4 Qd6 19.Ne2; 8...Nd7 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.a3 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.b4 Re8 13.Qd2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.c3 dxc3 17.Nxc3 Nb6 18.Bh6; 8...a6 9.Be3 Be6 (9...e6 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Bh6 Rb8 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.g4 b5 14.Ng3 Nd4 15.f4 Bb7 16.f5 d5 17.g5 Qxg3 18.gxf6+ Kxf6 19.fxe6+ Kxe6 20.exd5+ Kd7 21.Ne4 ... 2101 - 1934) 10.Nf4 Rc8 11.Nxe6? fxe6 12.Qd2 b5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Nd4 15.Qd2 Nh5 16.Ne2 Nf3+ 17.Bxf3 Rxf3 18.Kg2 Qf8 19.Ng1 Rf6 20.f4 Qh6 21.Nf3 Rcf8 22.e5 Rf5 23.Kh2 dxe5 24.g4 Qxf4+ 25.Qxf4 Rxf4 26.gxh5 Rxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.Kg2 Rf5 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Rf1 Kg7 31.Rf3 g5 32.Kf2 Kg6 33.Ke3 Rf4 34.a3 Kh5 35.Rxf4 exf4+ 36.Kf3 Kh4 37.b4 cxb4 38.axb4 Kxh3 39.c4 g4+ 0–1; Edward Davies - P. Hurn; 2007; 8...Be6 9.f4 Qc8 10.g4 Ne8 11.f5 Bd7 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.Bf4 e5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Be3 Nf6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxh6 Re8 19.Be3 Bg5 20.Qd2 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 g5 22.f6 Nd4 23.Qxg5+ 1–0; Edward Davies - Chris G...; 2008] 9.Be3 [9.g4 e5 10.Ng3 Ne8 11.Be3 Nc7 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Qd2 Ne6 15.Be3 Bc6 16.Nd5 b5 17.Rf2 b4 18.Raf1 Nd7 19.g5 Bxb2 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.h4 Be5 22.Nf5 Nxf6 23.Nh6 Ng8 24.Nxf7+ Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Be8 26.R7f3 Qa5 27.Bh3 Qxa2 28.Qg2 d5 29.h5 gxh5 30.Rf6 Ng7 31.Rf8 0–1 Oberst 2284 - Reich 2378; 9.f4 Rb8 10.g4 b5 11.Ng3 Ne8 12.f5 Nc7 13.g5 Nd4 14.h4 b4 15.Nce2 Ncb5 16.h5 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 Nd4 18.Ng3 Qe8 19.Be3 Nc6 20.Rb1 Rb6 21.Qg4 Ra6 22.Qh4 Rxa2 23.f6 Bh8 24.Bh3 Ne5 25.Rf4 b3 26.cxb3 Nxd3 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Bxd7 Qf7 29.fxe7 1–0 Melekhina 2099 - Coleman 2201] 9...Rb8 [9...a6 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Rae1 b5 12.f4 b4 13.Nd1 Rc8 14.f5 Ne5 15.g4 Bc6 16.Ng3 a5 17.g5 Nfd7 18.c3 Bb7 19.Nf2 Ba6 20.h4 Rb8 21.h5 a4 22.c4 Qc7 23.Qe2 b3 24.a3 Rbd8 25.Nh3 Nc6 26.Nf4 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 28.Kh1 Ne5 29.Nd5 Qa7 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.f6 Kh7 32.Bf3 Nxf3 33.Qxf3 exf6 34.gxf6 Bc8 35.Nf5 Bxf5 36.exf5 Rh8 37.Kg2 Qb7 38.Rh1+ Kg8 39.Ne7+ 1–0 Buxade 2202 - Ercan 2075; 9...Ne8 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.f4 Bc6 12.Rae1 Nc7 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.f5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Na6 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.h4 Qc7 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.h5 Qxb2 21.Bh3 gxh5 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Qg5 Qxa2 24.Nf4 f6 25.Qg6 Nc7 26.Rce1 Kf8 27.Rxe7 1–0 Abasov 2194 - Gasparian 2204; 9...Qc8 10.Kh2 h6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.f4 e6 13.g4 Ng8 14.Ng3 Nd4 15.Nd1 Ba4 16.c3 Nc2 17.Rc1 Nxe3 18.Nxe3 Rb8 19.f5 Qd7 20.h4 Bc6 21.g5 f6 22.fxg6+ Kxg6 23.h5+ Kh7 24.g6+ Kh8 25.Rf2 Qe7 26.Rh1?? f5 27.exf5? Qh4+ 28.Kg1 Qxg3 29.Rh3 Qg5 30.Kh1 exf5 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.Rg2 Qe7 33.Nc4 Qe6 34.Re3 Qd7 35.Rge2 f4 36.Rf3 Qg4 37.Rff2 Qxh5+ 38.Rh2 Qd5+ 39.Kg1 Rbe8 40.Rxe8 Rxe8 41.Qxf4 draw (luckily for white); Edward Davies - Simon Roberts] 10.Qd2 b5 11.Bh6 (draw Insua 2213 - Baena 2110). Without intending to sound preachy, the game was just getting started. 11...a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 b4 14.Nd1 Nd4 15.Ne3 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 e6 17.g4 Ne8 18.g5 f6 19.h4 Qc7 20.h5 Bc6 21.Bf3 Rd8 22.Qh2 fxg5 23.fxg5 d5 24.e5 d4 25.Bxc6 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Qxc6 27.Ng4 gxh5 28.Qxh5 1–0

2007/8 Chess Season

Quite good start to the season, but in the process of messing it up around the end and probably not going to hit 130 average any more. Last two games lost and drew in won positions.

5th October 2007 win vs Andy Mills 118
23rd October 2007 draw vs Jamie Wilson 137
31st October 2007 draw vs Bob Treloar 99
2nd November 2007 loss vs Chris Sidle u
3rd November 2007 win vs Trevor Dickerson 99
3rd November 2007 loss vs Peter Williams 144
3rd November 2007 win vs Ian Matthew 129
4th November 2007 win vs Joe Coburn 139
4th November 2007 draw vs David Deacon 119
7th November 2007 draw vs Simon Roberts 106
8th November 2007 draw vs Dominik Tunks 173
14th November 2007 draw vs B. Smith 93
29th November 2007 loss vs Bill Partridge 139
19th December 2007 win vs Dave Black 133
16th January 2008 draw vs Richard McMaster 158
23rd January 2008 win vs Paul Eyles 96
9th February 2008 draw vs C. Reeves 111
13th February 2008 win vs Darren Radford 113
15th February 2008 win vs Didier Dominguez u
16th February 2008 loss vs P. Hurn 138
16th February 2008 loss vs Bill Partridge 139
16th February 2008 win vs Paul Smith 130
17th February 2008 draw vs S. Gonem 135
17th February 2008 loss vs Anandajeyarajah 116
22nd February 2008 win vs P. Groth u
1st March 2008 win vs Chris G. 96
8th March 2008 loss vs Warren Legg 125
11th March 2008 draw vs J. Kalber u
8th April 2008 draw vs David Deacon 119
9th April 2008 win vs Barrie James 83
....win vs Brian Cochran 90
....win vs Pascal Fallas 113 (Played in June so I think this counts as 2008/9 season).