[Event "Scarborough Congress(intermediate)"] [Site "Scarborough"] [Date "1993.10.31"] [Round "5"] [White "Hudson, Tom"] [Black "Horne, George"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "1693"] [Annotator "Llewelyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1993.12.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.01"] 1. g4 $2 $17 {dont try this at home} e5 2. d3 d5 {black takes the centre} 3. g5 {a bridge too far, I wonder why grandmasters dont play this line. D'oh} Be7 4. h4 f6 $1 5. Nf3 (5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Rg1 g6 9. Bh1 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e4 $2 11. Nd4 fxg5 12. hxg5 Nc5 $16) 5... Nc6 6. Bd2 $2 $17 (6. Rg1 $11) 6... e4 $5 7. gxf6 $2 $19 Bxf6 8. dxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 {Mr Hudson has so badly played a dubious opening there is nothing better, note/ although Mr Hudson has played badly it really needed accurate play from George to show him up...} Bxb2 10. Nc3 Bxa1 (10... e3 11. fxe3 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nf6 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Qb2 Ne5 $19 { The computer finds it hard to play this position. The computer line given isnt as good as Georges line.}) 11. Qxa1 Nf6 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd4 $3 { swapping off Queens is a clear win for George} 14. Nc3 $2 $19 O-O $5 15. f3 Bf5 $1 {if in doubt develop} 16. e3 Rae8 $3 17. Qb1 $2 $19 (17. Qc1 $19 {its still too passive but the move actually played fails to a nice tactic}) 17... Rxe3+ $3 18. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Ne2 Nd4 $3 {20 Qc1 Nxf3+ 21 Kd1 Rd8+ 22 Nd4 Qe1# would have been a nice finish} 0-1 [Event "Scarborough Congress(intermediate)"] [Site "Scarborough"] [Date "1993.10.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Blower, Tevor"] [Black "Egan, William"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1590"] [BlackElo "1655"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1993.12.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.01"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. e4 Qb6+ 11. d4 Ngf6 (11... h5 {This was slightly less passive}) 12. Qc2 $2 $17 dxe4 13. Bxe4 e6 $2 $11 (13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. d5 Nf6 16. Qf3 c4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxd5 $17) 14. Bf3 Rad8 15. Be3 Nd5 ( 15... e5 $3 16. fxe5 Nxe5 $11) 16. Bf2 N7f6 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. a3 a5 21. Nd2 N5f6 22. c4 Nb6 23. c5 Nbd5 24. Nc4 Re7 25. Qb3 Ne8 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Ng7 28. Qd3 Red7 29. Re4 Ne7 30. Rh4 $2 {gives away the advantage Trevor has painstakingly built up with accurate manouvering} Qxe5 $1 31. dxe5 Rxd3 32. Be1 Ngf5 33. Rf4 a4 $2 $15 34. Rxa4 Rb3 $6 $15 (34... Nd4 $15 ) 35. Bc3 $5 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 $6 $11 (36... exd5 $15) 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Rc8 Rxc5 (38... Ne3 39. Re1 Nc2 40. Rf1 Nxa3 41. Rc7 Nb5 42. Rfxf7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxh7+ Kg8 45. Rcg7+ Kf8 46. Rxb7 Kg8 (46... Rd8 47. Rh8#) 47. Rhg7+ Kf8 48. Rxg6 Nd4 49. Rxb3 Nxb3 50. Rxe6 Nd4 51. Bxd4 Rxd4 52. Rxc6 $18) 39. Rc7 $3 h5 40. h3 Rd5 $2 $11 (40... Rc4 $1 $17) 41. g4 hxg4 (41... Nh6 $11) 42. hxg4 Nh6 43. Rf6 $3 Rd8 $4 $18 (43... g5 44. Rxe6 Nxg4 45. Ree7 Kg6 46. Rxf7 Rd1+ 47. Kg2 Ne3+ 48. Kg3 Nd5 49. Rxb7 Rxb7 50. Rxb7 Nxc3 51. bxc3 Rd3+ 52. Kg4 Rxc3 53. a4 $11) 44. Rxe6 $1 {the point isnt to win the f7 pawn its to advance the e5 pawn. Why doesnt black take the Bishop on c3 with the rook? answer is that in an endgame a rook is worth a lot more than a Bishop} Nxg4 45. Rd6 $3 Rxd6 46. exd6+ {if 46...Rxc3 47 bxc3 Kf8 48 Rc8+ Kg7 49 d7 Nf6 50 d8=Q} 1-0 [Event "Scarborough Congress(intermediate)"] [Site "Scarborough"] [Date "1993.10.31"] [Round "4"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Oliver, Bruce"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "1662"] [BlackElo "1690"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1993.12.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.31"] 1. c4 {an underated way to play for white} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 $6 $14 {slightly dubious} 3. e4 Bb4 $2 $18 {this looks natural but is bad} 4. e5 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Ng8 {nothing much better for Black Ne4 fails to Qg4 as well} 6. Qg4 g6 $6 $16 ( 6... Kf8 {an old french opening trick}) 7. d4 h5 8. Qg3 c5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bxg6 $2 $11 {it doesnt gain an advantage but it isnt losing either} Rg8 $1 (12... fxg6 $4 13. Qxg6+ Kd8 14. Qf6+ Kc7 15. Qxh8 $18) 13. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 (13... Nxf7 $4 14. Qxg8+ $18) 14. Qh4 Nf5 $2 $16 (14... Ke8 $11 {the king needs to escape}) 15. Qxh5+ Kf8 16. Bh6+ $4 $15 (16. Ng5 $1 Nd8 17. Nh7+ Ke7 18. Nf6 Rf8 19. Nd5+ exd5 20. Bg5+ Ke6 21. Qg6+ Rf6 22. Qxf6#) 16... Nxh6 17. Qxh6+ Kf7 18. O-O Qxc3 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Ng5 Rxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxd4 $4 $16 (21... Nxd4 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Rae1 Rb8 (23... Qxc4 24. Re3 $4 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nf4 26. Kg1 b6 27. Rg3 $4 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxg3+ 29. hxg3 Qxf1+ 30. Kh2 d5 31. exd6 Kd7 $19) 24. Re3 Qc2 25. Rh3) 22. Qf6+ $4 $16 (22. Rae1 d5 23. Re3 Ke8 24. Rh3 Qxe5 25. Qg8+ Kd7 26. Rh7+ Ne7 27. Qf8 Qd6 28. cxd5) 1/2-1/2