[Event "Gosport B v Chichester B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.10.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Pettersson, A."] [Black "Stuart, Graham B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E81"] [BlackElo "1736"] [Annotator "Graham Stuart"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.03.27"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 e6 $6 (10... Nd7 11. Nxe7+ (11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe7+ Kf8 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 (14... Ba3)) 11... Nxe7 12. Bxe7 Bxb2 $11 13. Rb1 Bc3+) 11. Ne7+ Nxe7 12. Bxe7 Rd7 13. Ba3 b6 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Nh3 Ne5 17. b3 Rd8 18. Nf2 $6 (18. Be2) 18... Nc6 19. Bd3 Bc3+ 20. Kd1 $2 Ne5 $6 ( 20... Bd4 $1 21. Nh3 (21. Ng4 h5 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7) 21... Ne5) 21. Ke2 Bd4 22. Bc2 $2 (22. f4 Nxd3 23. Nxd3 Bb7) 22... Bxf2 23. Be7 Rd7 24. Bf6 Nc6 25. Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Ke3 Rxc2 27. Rd1 Kf8 $1 (27... h6 28. Rd6 Bb7 29. Rd7 Ba6 30. Rd6) 28. Rd6 Ke8 29. e5 (29. Rxc6 Kd7) 29... Ne7 30. Kd3 Rxa2 31. f4 Rxg2 32. b4 Rxh2 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Open 2004"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.10.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Khoo, Selina"] [Black "Stuart, Graham B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "148"] [BlackElo "141"] [Annotator "Graham Stuart"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2004.10.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.03.27"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bf4 Qc7 (12... Bxf4 13. Nxf4 O-O) 13. Qd2 ({RR} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qh4 Nh7 18. Rc3 Rf6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 g5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rff8 23. Rc7 Rfd8 24. Nd4 Nf8 25. Rfc1 Rdc8 26. Bb5 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Bxb5 {Rahn,O-Krafzik,J/Bad Woerishofen 2003/EXT 2004/1/2-1/2 (70)}) 13... O-O 14. Bxd6 $146 ({RR} 14. g3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rac1 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qf7 19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. Qb4 Rfe8 21. Nxd5 Bf5 22. Nc7 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rc8 24. Bc4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 {1-0 Szieberth,A-Jakab,A/Budapest 1996/CBM 52 ext}) 14... Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. Ng3 Qf4 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Ncxe5 18. Be4 Be6) 17. Qxf4 Rxf4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Ne2 Rf6 (19... Rxf3 20. gxf3 e5) 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Ng3 Nf7 22. Re2 Rf8 23. Rde1 Rxf3 $3 24. gxf3 Nxd4 25. Re3 Ng5 26. Kg2 Ndxf3 (26... e5 27. Rh1 Ngxf3) 27. Rc1 (27. Rh1 Nh4+ 28. Kf1 e5) 27... Nh4+ (27... e5 28. Be2 Bxh3+ 29. Kh1 e4) 28. Kf1 Nxh3 29. Nh1 Nf4 30. Be2 Nxe2 (30... Nf5 31. Re5 Ng6 32. Rxf5 Rxf5) 31. Kxe2 Nf5 32. Ra3 Bb5+ 33. Kd2 a6 34. Rh3 Bc6 35. Re1 Nd4 36. Kd3 Rf4 37. Ree3 Bd7 38. Rh5 Nf5 39. Re1 g6 40. Rh2 Kg7 41. Rc1 Rd4+ 42. Ke2 Bb5+ 43. Ke1 Bc6 44. Ke2 e5 45. Rh3 Rb4 46. b3 Re4+ 47. Kd2 Rd4+ 48. Ke1 Rg4 49. Kd2 d4 50. Re1 e4 51. Rd1 d3 52. Kc3 h5 53. f3 exf3 54. Rxd3 Rg2 55. a3 f2 56. Rd1 Bb5 57. Rf3 f1=Q 58. Rdxf1 Bxf1 59. Rxf1 Ng3 60. Nxg3 Rxg3+ 61. Kc4 h4 {Black won} 0-1 [Event "Hampshire Major Congress 2017"] [Site "Southampton"] [Date "2017.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Coburn, Joseph A"] [Black "Stuart, Graham B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "157"] [BlackElo "137"] [Annotator "Graham Stuart"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2017.11.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.03.27"] 1. d4 {First round of the HCA Major I was paired against the current champion and top seed with Black. I was feeling positive as I had been on holiday all week, so was coming into the game fresh.} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 {This was where I had a bit of a think, as was not sure if d5 would drive my Knight offside for a while.} 7. Nc3 {But Joe played this pretty instantly, so seemed he knew the main line better than me.} (7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2 c5) 7... e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 {Where to put the Knight d7 or e8, something I have spent a long time on in the King's Indian! This time I decided on e8.} Ne8 10. Qc2 $6 {This does not look to be the best square for the Queen, but after playing e8 my plan is fairly straight forward. To play f5 and try to attack the King.} (10. Ne1 f5) 10... f5 11. Nd2 f4 {Probably a bit premature?} (11... Nf6) 12. f3 {I was happy after this. I was sure Joe wanted to close the King side.} g5 {Keep pushing the pawns!} 13. g4 h5 (13... Ng6 {Maybe this is a bit more accurate.}) 14. h3 (14. gxh5 Nf6 {I would be very happy if White opened up his g file.}) 14... hxg4 (14... Ng6 15. b3 Nh4 16. Rf2 Nf6) 15. hxg4 Ng6 16. b4 {White makes the thematic b4 break. At this stage I had taken more time than Joe, but I was happy with my position. I had an open file and Bxg4 after Nf6 will be a constant threat. Also Qf6 swinging over to the H file is a line I was looking at.} Nh4 17. Ba3 Nf6 18. Qd1 {The Queen moves back to d1, although the Qc2 was a few moves back, this validated that maybe it was not the best move?} Bd7 {This was a important move. Black has a nice position, but how to continue? My thoughts were this develops the Bishop and protects the e8 to a4 diagonal and maybe Qc8 is a threat building up pressure on g4?} 19. Bh3 { White overprotects g4, but not the best use for the white squared bishop.} (19. c5 {Is a better move, after which I was probably going to play Qc8 although the threats on g4 are not really real.} Qc8 20. Qe2 b5 (20... Bxg4 21. fxg4 Nxg2 22. Qxg2 Nxg4 23. Nc4 $16)) 19... Nh5 $1 {A bit flashy, but the best move. } 20. Kf2 $2 (20. Rf2) ({Taking the Knight leads to a very bad position, White probably has to offer the Rook up or try to survive the attack.} 20. gxh5 Bxh3 21. Rf2 (21. Kf2 g4 22. Rg1 Qg5 23. Ke2 Qxh5) 21... g4) 20... Ng3 $17 {A great Knight on g3 and the one on h4 is pretty good too.} 21. Rg1 c6 $3 {Can't say I saw all the complications with this move, but opening up another diagonal to attack seemed best.} 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Qa5 $2 {This is not a bad move, but I missed the continuation by Joe after this.} 24. Qb3 $17 Rf6 {Not the best, but worked out well.} (24... cxd5 25. Bb4 Qa6 26. Bf1 {and I have to give up my lovely Knight.} Nxf1 27. Raxf1 $15) 25. Nc4 {White cannot take the pawn as Black just takes the Knight, sacs the rook and mate will follow. I had not calculated the mate, but could see White's position was crumbling with so many pieces being attacked.} (25. Qxb7 Qxc3 26. Qxa8+ Bf8 {And White has to take the Queen.} 27. Qxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxg3 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 fxg3 30. dxc6 Qf2#) 25... Qa6 26. Nxe5 $4 {Looked good, but huge blunder. Joe now took 20 to 25 minutes trying to find a good move after Rh6.} (26. Bf1 Kh7 (26... Nxf1 27. Raxf1 Rh6 28. Ke1 b6)) 26... Rh6 $1 (26... Rf7 {Also works, but Rh6 is the more natural move.}) 27. Bf1 {the best move.} (27. Nxd7 {Taking the Bishop leads to a mate with Bd4, which is better than Bxc3. I was pleased to see this combination when quite short of time, but initially I only saw Bxc3 and only improved to the mate when looking at the board whilst Joe was thinking.} Bd4+ (27... Bxc3 28. dxc6+ Kh7 29. Bf1) 28. Ke1 Bxc3+ 29. Kd1 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 Ne2#) 27... Nxf1 $1 { Now I have to take the Bishop but my King's Indian Bishop has suddenly turned into a monster.} 28. dxc6+ {Allowing the capture with the discovered check is no good.} Be6 $19 {Lots of pieces on en prise!} 29. cxb7 (29. Qxb7 Qxa3 30. Qxa8+ Kh7 31. Rd1 Qxc3 32. Rd3 Qc2+ 33. Kxf1 Nxf3 34. Rxf3 Rh2) 29... Rb8 30. Qa4 Qxa4 31. Nxa4 Bxe5 (31... Rxb7 32. Raxf1 Bxe5 33. Rh1 Bd4+ 34. Ke2 Bc4+ 35. Kd2 (35. Kd1 Rb1+) 35... Be3+) 32. Raxf1 Rxb7 (32... Bd4+ {is a lot better, but I did not want White to play c6 at any stage.} 33. Ke2 Bc4+ 34. Ke1) 33. Rh1 Bd4+ {White is just losing a lot of pieces.} 34. Ke2 Bc4+ 35. Ke1 Rb1+ 36. Kd2 Rxf1 (36... Nxf3+ 37. Rxf3 Rbxh1) 37. Rxf1 Bxf1 38. Nc3 Nxf3+ {And Joe's flag fell in lost positon, I am not 100% sure of final moves. All in all a game I was very pleased with, but did not consider enterting for the best prize game as I was sure one of the Open players would have a better game. But in the end I was encouraged to enter and I am pleased I did. Maybe not the most accurate of games, but there were some nice moves and I think players who play the King's Indian Defence will appreciate it. As for the rest of the tournament, the less said the better!} 0-1 [Event "Southampton Individual 2003"] [Site "Southampton"] [Date "2004.03.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Perrin, Richard D"] [Black "Stuart, Graham B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E93"] [WhiteElo "159"] [BlackElo "138"] [Annotator "Graham Stuart"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2004.03.10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.03.27"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 (8... h6) 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 (10. Be3) 10... Nc5 11. O-O a4 $6 (11... Bd7) 12. f3 Bd7 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Na6 $1 15. Qb1 Nb4 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qb2 Nh5 18. Ra1 Qc8 19. Na2 $2 Nf4 (19... g5 20. Be1 Nf4) 20. Nxb4 $6 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nf4 $1 22. Qc2 $2 Bh3 $3 23. Bg3 (23. gxh3 Qxh3+ 24. Ke1 Qxh4+ 25. Kd1 Qxh2) 23... Nxg2 24. Kf2 f5 25. Ke2 Qd8 26. Nd3 Qg5 27. Nf1 fxe4 0-1