[Event "Scarborough Intermediate 2023"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Horne, George"] [Black "Matthews, Graham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B73"] [WhiteElo "1754"] [BlackElo "1592"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "40"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 c5 11. e5 $6 $15 {at first sight this looks a good move but it leads to favourable complications for Black...} Ng4 $3 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 $6 $15 (14. Qd5 $1 Bxc3 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. bxc3 $11) 14... exd6 15. f3 Bf5 16. Rad1 $1 Rab8 17. Rxd6 Rxb2 18. Nd5 Bxc2 19. Bxc5 Rxa2 20. Nb4 Rb2 {moe swpps lead to a drawish endgame and they both cease hostillities, with a draw.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Scarborough Intermediate 2023"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Perkins, Chriss"] [Black "Horne, George"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "1659"] [BlackElo "1754"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "86"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. O-O-O exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. Qf2 c5 12. g4 Nfd7 13. Be2 a6 14. h4 b5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. g5 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 a5 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. Bc1 Re8 21. h5 Ne5 22. d4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Bf8 24. g6 fxg6 25. hxg6 h6 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. g7 Bxg7 28. Rxh6 Ra7 29. Rdh4 Nf7 30. Rg6 Nh8 31. Rxd6 Qc7 32. Bd3 Nf7 33. Bh7+ Kf8 34. Rf4 Re1+ 35. Qxe1 Qxd6 36. Qe6 Qxf4 37. Qc8+ Ke7 38. Qc5+ Kf6 39. Qc6+ Nd6 40. a3 bxa3 41. bxa3 Rb7+ 42. Ka2 Qc4+ 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 0-1 [Event "Scarborough Intermediate 2023"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Horne, George"] [Black "Hibbitt, Arthur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1754"] [BlackElo "1736"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f3 e6 5. Bc4 Nd7 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Be3 a6 { I think this is a hippopotimus opening by Black, the idea is to play carefully and solidly for the early moves then attack like a coiled spring.} 8. Qd2 h6 $6 $14 {now Arthur cant castle short} 9. O-O b5 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Ng3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Rad1 Rb8 14. b3 cxb3 15. cxb3 Bd7 16. d5 e5 17. Rc1 $1 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. g3 Qf6 21. f4 h5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Na4 h4 $6 $16 24. Rxc7 hxg3 25. hxg3 Bxa4 26. bxa4 f4 $2 $18 27. Qc2 (27. d6 $1 {a computer line, a person would never play it} fxe3 28. d7+ Kd8 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. dxc8=Q+ Kxc8 31. Qc1+ Kd7 32. Rxf6 $18) 27... Kd8 $4 $18 (27... Qg5 $4 28. Qc6+ Kf8 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Kf7 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Bc5+ Qe7 33. Qxe7+ $18) (27... O-O 28. gxf4 exf4 29. Qg2 Qe5 30. Bxf4 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rb6 $13) 28. Rc6 Qe7 29. Bb6+ $1 Ke8 30. Re6 Qxe6 31. dxe6 Rxb6 32. Qc8+ 1-0 [Event "Scarborough Intermediate 2023"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.29"] [Round "5"] [White "O'Gorman, Brendan"] [Black "Horne, George"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "1845"] [BlackElo "1754"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "44"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 (4. g3 {The Four Knights English Fianchetto Variation Reversed Sicilian is more common though a mouthfull.}) 4... d6 5. h3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Be3 h6 11. f4 Bf8 12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 $6 $14 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Rae1 $6 $11 {d1 was a better square for the rook} Be7 16. Rd1 Bf6 17. Ne2 Bxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Qe7 19. Nxc6 $5 (19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Rfe1 $11) 19... bxc6 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxc6 $4 $19 {a blunder} (22. Kh2) 22... Qc5+ 0-1