[Event "Weekend League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Stone, Ian"] [Black "Mackenzie, Matthew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C29"] [WhiteElo "1720"] [BlackElo "2123"] [Annotator "Mackenzie,Matthew"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2023.11.18"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.11.18"] [WhiteTeam "Maryport C"] [BlackTeam "Barrow"] {Brilliant annotation from Matthew in this game -AL} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 {a surprise, Ian has played the Ruy Lopez against me in our previous games} Nf6 3. f4 d5 (3... exf4 $2 4. e5 {and White is already close to winning, a trap which has caught many out once, but usually not twice!}) 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. g3 $6 {not the best in this position} Bg4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d4 O-O 9. a3 $6 {he really should castle here, for better or worse} f6 $1 {now White has to be very careful} 10. Qd3 $5 {a good bluff, though unsound if Black plays correctly} fxe5 11. Nxe5 ({Not} 11. dxe5 $2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxe5 {and Black is totally winning}) 11... Nxc3 $2 (11... Nf2 $1 {actually works for Black here - I was worried about} 12. Bxd5+ Kh8 {but it is a paper tiger, Black is going to emerge material up with White's K still caught in the centre}) 12. Nxg4 $1 { a piece of complete chess blindness by me, and also White's best move! Black now has to be careful not to end up worse} Ne4 $5 13. Be3 {(capturing on e4 is still inadvisable for White, but 13 Bf4! was superior and should leave him slightly better} Bg5 14. Rf1 $6 {White can actually castle Q-side here and should do so} Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 {looks ugly, but the computer actually says this is best} Bxe3 16. Qxe3 {Knight capture was better, Black can check by the King escapes to safety on h1} Qd7 17. Bxe4 $6 (17. Bh3 Qf7+ $1 {shouldn't lead to anything for White, but the simple 17 Nf2 was better - this is the start of a faulty plan}) 17... dxe4 18. Qb3+ $2 {aggressive looking, but losing sight of White's main weakness - his draughty King} Kh8 19. Ne5 $2 {now White is likely lost - best was again 19 Nf2 but after Re8! White is struggling - he has no time to go pawn grabbing in this position} Rf8+ $1 {he almost certainly overlooked just how strong this was} 20. Kg2 {nothing better} Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qd2+ 22. Kh3 {if he goes to the first rank Rf2 wins almost straight away} Rf2 23. Qe6 (23. Qxb7 Qh6+ 24. Kg4 Qg6+ 25. Kh3 (25. Kh4 Rxh2#) 25... Qh5#) 23... Rxh2+ 24. Kg4 Qe2+ 25. Kf4 Qf3+ 26. Kg5 Rh5# 0-1 [Event "Barrow v Maryport C"] [Site "Legion"] [Date "2023.11.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Russ Hayley"] [Black "Andy Pringle"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1727"] [BlackElo "1382"] [Annotator "Hayley,Russell"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 0,73,58,26,20,20,47,6,30,30,30,30,31,9,11,9,52,-4,-4,-15,20,20,20,20,12, -12,-10,-4,-5,-5,-5,16,23,15,54,28,47,17,86,-96,-96,-119,-123,-116,-122,-127, 418,418,418,423,523,201,201,201,201,201,201,198,202,204,206,202,207,202,252, 217,268,262,536,550,624,597,600,678,677,782]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. Nc3 (4. Qd4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nxc5) 4... Nxc5 5. e3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nce4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd3 Nc5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Rad1 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rad8 16. Rd5 Rd7 17. e4 Kh8 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. Qd3 Nf4 20. Qb3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Rc8 22. Nxe5 Rc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Rxd7 Qe8 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Rd8 Kxf7 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. f4 Ke7 29. Kf2 b5 30. g4 g6 31. Kf3 a5 32. b3 Kd6 33. c4 Kd7 34. cxb5 a4 35. bxa4 c4 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Kd4 {Game may have continued...} (37. Kd4 h5 38. g5 c3 39. Kxc3 h4 40. Kd4 h3 41. a5 {[%eval 619,0]}) 1-0 [Event "Weekend League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Druggan, Neil"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1374"] [BlackElo "1605"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "51"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.11.17"] [WhiteTeam "Maryport C"] [BlackTeam "Barrow"] {[%evp 0,11,58,42,26,-34,15,12,19,-22,-22,-29,37,-1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e5 Qd8 6. a3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 $2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxe5+ 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qd6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. O-O $3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 $1 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O ( 15... a6 16. Re1) 16. Re1 a6 17. d4 b5 $6 $15 (17... f5 $17) 18. Ne5 $2 $17 ( 18. Ne4 $15) 18... Bb7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rfc8 21. Rc3 Rc7 $2 $17 (21... Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxa3 23. Qe1 (23. Nxd7 Rd8 24. Ne5 Qxc3 $19) 23... Rc8 24. Nxd7 Qxc3 25. d5 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bb4 27. Rd1 exd5 28. Ne5 Bd2 (28... a5 $19) 29. Kf1 Rc1 30. Ke2 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Bc3 32. Nc6 d4 $19) 22. Qf3 f5 $2 $11 23. Ree3 $2 $17 (23. Re1 $11) 23... Rac8 {the rook was hanging} 24. Qh5 $3 {i didnt see tis move coming} Qxd4 $2 $11 (24... Rf8 $17) 25. Rxc7 $3 $11 Rxc7 26. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2