[Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Matthew, Ian"] [Black "McLeod, Fraser"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bg4 Bg5 17. Bxc8 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rxc8 20. Qg4 $2 ( 20. c4 $11) 20... Be6 21. Qg3 Ne7 $2 (21... Qxb2 $17) 22. Ne4 (22. c4) 22... Ng6 23. Rd1 Qxb2 24. Nd6 Qxc2 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Rc1 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Stenhouse, Iain"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Byre, Peter"] [Black "Cordner, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B10"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nc7 8. Ba4 g6 9. d4 e6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Bxf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6+ Kxf6 19. Nxb7 Ke7 20. Nc5 Be8 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxc6 24. b4 Bd5 25. a4 Rf8 26. Rd4 Kd6 27. g3 Rf3 28. Kf1 Ke5 29. Rd2 {(=)} Rc3 {Black trying to win from a worse position!} 30. Re2+ Kf5 31. Ke1 Rc4 32. Nd3 Be4 33. Kd2 Rd4 34. Re3 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxb4 36. Ra3 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 e5 38. h3 a5 39. f3 Rh2 40. h4 (40. g4+) 40... h5 41. Rc3 Rg2 42. Rc5 Rxg3 43. Rxa5 Rh3 44. Ra8 Rxh4 45. a5 Ra4 46. a6 h4 47. a7 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Kg5 50. Kh1 h3 51. Kg1 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Ra2 53. Kg1 e4 54. fxe4 Kg4 55. Rg8 Ra1+ 56. Kh2 Ra2+ 57. Kh1 Rxa7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Krawczuk, Mike"] [Black "Mills, Andy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B28"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 exd5 $2 (14... b5 15. Qb4 Rc8 16. dxe6 fxe6 $14) 15. Rae1+ $16 Kf8 16. Nxd5 Ne5 17. Qa3+ Kg8 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Nxe5 g6 24. Bxb7 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Keskinen, Sauli"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Wilkinson, John"] [Black "Moore, Gillian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E02"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nxd7 Ncxd7 13. Qb5 b6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc4 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 g6 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. a3 Kg7 21. h3 Nb3 22. e3 Rfc8 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Nc5 27. Bf1 a5 28. Rd6 Nfd7 29. Nb5 Ne4 30. Rd4 Rc2 31. Rxe4 Rxb2 32. Rd4 Nf6 33. a4 h5 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. e4 Nd7 37. Ke3 Nc5 38. f4 Ra2 39. e5 Rxa4 40. Rd6 Ra1 41. Bg2 Na4 42. h4 Nb2 43. Rc6 Ra4 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Nd6 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Nd3+ 47. Kg1 Ne1 48. Rxf7+ Kg8 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kxe1 Rxg2 51. Rf6 Rxg3 52. Rxe6 Rg4 53. Rf6 Rxh4 54. e6 Rh3 55. Kf2 Rh2+ 56. Kg3 Re2 57. Kf3 Re1 58. Kf2 Rd1 59. e7 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "O'Mahoney, D.."] [Black "Perrin, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C93"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. c3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. Nf1 Bg7 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Bd2 Na5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. a4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qc1 Kh7 21. b3 Nb7 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nd2 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Qb2 Bf8 26. Nxc4 Qxc4 27. Qxb7 Rc8 28. Bb3 Qxc3 29. Rc1 Qxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 Rb1 32. Qb8 Kg7 33. Qxe5 Rxb3 34. f3 Rd3 35. Qa5 Be6 36. Ne2 Ra3 37. Qe5 Bc4 38. Nf4 Ra6 39. Qc3 Be6 40. Nxe6+ Rxe6 41. Kg1 Bd6 42. Kf2 Be5 43. Qc2 Nh5 44. Ke1 Nf4 45. Kf1 Ra6 46. Kf2 Ra1 47. Qd2 Rb1 48. Qa5 Rb2+ (48... Bd4+ 49. Kg3 Ne2+ 50. Kg4 Rg1 51. Qc7 h5+ 52. Kg5 Bf6#) 49. Kf1 Bd4 50. Ke1 Nxg2+ 51. Kd1 Ne3+ 52. Kc1 Rc2+ 53. Kb1 Rb2+ 54. Kc1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Cutmore, Martin"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Cutmore, David"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Yeo, Michael J"] [Black "Cary, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. Bb2 f5 9. N4g3 (9. d5 fxe4 10. Bxg7 Qh4 11. Ng3 exd5 12. Bxh8 $16) 9... Nf6 $11 10. c4 a6 (10... f4) 11. c5 Ba7 12. Nf4 Nd5 $2 13. Qh5+ $16 Ke7 14. Bc4 g6 15. Qh6 Kf7 16. O-O Nce7 17. Nh3 Ng8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Rfe1 c6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Nf4 Bb8 22. Nd3 Nf6 23. Ne5+ Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ne8 25. Ne2 Bd7 26. Nd4 Nc7 27. a4 g5 28. Qe2 Qe8 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Qd1 Qg6 31. Qb3 f4 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Ra8 35. Re1 Qe8 36. c6 bxc6 37. bxc6 Bc8 38. Ba3+ Kd8 39. Bd6 Qg6 40. Qb6 Qh7 41. Nb5 Ra2 42. Nxc7 Qe4 43. Nxe6+ Ke8 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qf6+ 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Anderson, Tom"] [Black "Pye, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A90"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. b4 Ndf6 11. c5 Bc7 12. b5 Bd7 13. bxc6 Bxc6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qb4 a6 18. a4 a5 19. Qb2 Ra7 20. Ne5 Bxa4 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Rxb6 Nc3 23. e3 Re8 24. Bf3 g6 25. Ra1 Bb5 $2 (25... Bc6) 26. Ra3 $1 Ne2+ 27. Kg2 Ba6 28. Rxa6 $16 (28. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 29. Bxd5 $18) 28... Nxf4+ 29. exf4 Rxa6 30. Be2 Raa8 31. Bb5 Re7 32. Nd7 Ra7 33. Nb6 Rc7 34. Bd7 Kf7 35. Nc8 $2 (35. Re3 $16) 35... Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Corkett, Anthony"] [Black "Allen, Les"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Nxf6+ exf6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 f5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Qc7 $14 (16... Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxd4 $11) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. c4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 g5 21. d5 c5 22. g3 g4 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Bg2 Re8 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. a3 b6 27. b4 Ne5 28. Qc3 Nd7 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nd3 $2 (31... Kf8 $11) 32. Qe8+ Kh7 (32... Qf8 $16) 33. Be4+ 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Buckley, Martin"] [Black "Simons, Martin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c5 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. f4 Rc8 10. O-O g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 a6 16. a4 e5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc1 d6 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Qd3 Re8 22. Kh2 Nh5 23. Bd2 f5 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qf3 Qe5 29. Kg1 $2 (29. Bf1 $11) 29... Nxg3 30. Qd3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 32. Qf1 Qg3+ 33. Qg2 Bxf2+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 36. Kg3 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Kf7 38. Kg3 g5 39. h4 h6 40. hxg5 hxg5 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Purkiss, William"] [Black "Coburn, Joe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B78"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Ne5 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Qa5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bh6 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxa2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qa3 Qc4 20. g4 (20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxe7+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 $16) 20... Rc8 21. b3 Qc3 22. Qb2 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 e5 24. Rd3 Qf2 25. g5 Ne8 26. f4 exd4 27. Rxd4 $2 (27. Qxd4+ $15) 27... Rxc2 28. Qa1 Kg8 $19 29. Rdd1 Be6 $2 (29... Rc6 30. Qa2 Qxf4 $19) 30. Rxh7 Rb2+ 31. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Kxh7 33. Ra1 a6 34. Rc1 Kg7 35. b4 Bd7 36. Rc4 Bc6 37. Kc3 Nc7 38. Kd4 Nb5+ 39. Ke3 Kf7 40. Rc1 Ke6 41. Rf1 Kf7 42. f5 $17 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Chahine, A.."] [Black "Lock, Gavin R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C17"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxd4 Ne7 10. Ngf3 a6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. c3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 O-O 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Raf1 Ra6 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bf6 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Qxb5 Rb6 26. Qa5 Ra6 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxf7 Rxa3 29. Rxb7 Rc8 30. Rd7 Ra2 31. h4 Rcc2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Kh2 Rxg2+ 34. Kh3 h5 35. Rxd5 Rg4 36. Rf3 Ra1 37. Rg3 Rh1+ 38. Kg2 Rhxh4 39. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 40. Kf3 Rg1 41. e6 Rf1+ 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Re5 Rf8 44. e7 Re8 45. b5 Kf7 46. b6 h4+ 47. Kxh4 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Esmat, Khaled"] [Black "Gonem, Sherif"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D07"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Be2 h6 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Rfe8 11. b4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. Rc1 a6 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nd5 17. g3 c6 18. Rd4 $14 a5 $4 19. Rxg4 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Stuart, Graham"] [Black "Wheeler, John Francis"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 $2 ( 14. Re1) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bd5 c6 19. Be4 f5 20. Bd3 Rb3 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Rb1 $2 (22. Kf1 Nf3 (22... Ne2 23. c5 Bxa1 ( 23... Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxa1 25. Kxe2) 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Bxb3) 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Bxb1 Nd4) 22... Ne2+ 23. Kf1 Rxb1 24. Bxb1 Nc3 25. Bc2 Nxd1 26. Bxd1 g6 27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Ke2 (28. Be3 Bd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxc6) 28... c5 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Bf4 Bd4 31. Bh6+ Ke7 32. Bg5+ Bf6 33. Be3 Kd6 34. g3 g5 35. h3 Rb8 36. Bf7 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Bg8 h5 39. Bh7 Rxa3 40. Bxf5 Rc3 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Tunks, Dominic"] [Black "Dunleavy, S.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B38"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3 e6 9. Ndb5 Qe7 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Nd1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Rab8 15. f4 $18 Nc6 16. e5 Bb7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Ne5 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Qf4 Nc6 22. Qh4 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Simons, Martin"] [Black "Krawczuk, Mike"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B25"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qb6 10. Qf2 e6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nxc5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. a4 Qb4 17. c3 Qe7 18. a5 Nd5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxf7 Rhf8 21. Qxe7 Ncxe7 22. Bg5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Re8 24. d4 Bc7 25. Rf7 Nc6 26. a6 bxa6 27. Rxh7 Nde7 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "McLeod, Fraser"] [Black "Chahine, A.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E81"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Nge2 Nc5 10. O-O-O Ne8 11. g4 a4 12. Ng3 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Nh5 Rf7 15. Rg1 c6 16. Nxg7 Rxg7 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. dxc6 Qa5 19. Bh6+ Kh8 20. Bh3 bxc6 21. Rg1 a3 22. Qg5 Be6 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Bxf5 $2 {Fraser was in a bit of time trouble and spent most of his remaining time trying to find the winning move. But it escaped him this time.} (24. Qe7 $1 {This wins outright, as there is nothing Black can do to avoid the mate, except give up lots of material.}) 24... Bxf5 $2 (24... axb2+) 25. exf5 (25. Qe7 {If you miss it once, you normally miss it the second time as well!}) 25... Ra7 26. Bxe5+ Kf7 27. f6 $2 ( 27. Bd4 $18) 27... Nd3+ {This is still better for white, but by this time it was a mad time scramble.} 28. Kb1 Qxe5 29. Qg8+ Kxf6 30. Ne4+ $2 (30. Qf8+ Ke6 31. Qxe8+ Re7 32. Qxc6 $16) 30... Ke7 $15 31. Qxh7+ Kd8 32. Qh4+ Re7 33. Nc3 Nxb2 34. Ne4 Nxc4 35. Qf2 Rb7+ 36. Kc1 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Keskinen, Sauli"] [Black "Tunks, Dominic"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 Re8 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 Bh5 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 Qb8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd8 17. Re1 f6 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Ra5 Qd7 20. Be3 Bg6 21. Qa4 Qxa4 22. Rxa4 Be4 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 c6 25. c4 (25. dxc6 Nxc6 26. b5 $16) 25... cxd5 26. cxd5 $14 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Pye, David"] [Black "Cutmore, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B02"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Ne4 d6 5. d4 dxe5 6. dxe5 Bd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. a3 Nc6 9. c4 Nde7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 Nce7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Qc2 Bc6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Ned2 Ngh4 16. Nxh4 Nxh4 17. Be4 Bd7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. Nb3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qg5+ 22. f4 Qg6 23. Qd4 Bd6 24. exd6 Rxb7 25. Nc5 Rb6 26. dxc7 { A powerful game by David Pye.} 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Cary, Ian"] [Black "Dunleavy, S.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. f4 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 b6 {Black just blunders a piece} 9. Nxc6 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Nc3 Rae8 13. Bb5 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nd1 e5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. c4 Rf6 20. d4 cxd4 21. exd4 Re4 22. Nc3 Rxd4 23. Nxd5 Qc5 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Kh1 Qc8 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 Kf7 28. Raf1 Ke7 29. Rxf6 Kd7 30. Rf7+ Kc6 31. Rxa7 h5 32. Kg1 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Perrin, Richard"] [Black "Byre, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D71"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. O-O c6 9. e4 Bg4 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. a3 e6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rd7 17. Na4 Re7 18. Nxb6 Rd8 19. Rd2 {Not sure what happened here, as White is a lot better.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Wilkinson, John"] [Black "Yeo, Michael J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Be2 {I spoke to John after the game and he was not happy to blunder a pawn straight from the opening. After which he suffers ....} Bxf4 7. exf4 Qf6 8. c3 Qxf4 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Rfe8 12. b5 Na5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g3 Qd6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 e5 18. f4 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 e4 20. Be2 Ng6 21. c4 Nxf4 22. c5 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Qg3+ 24. Qg2 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qxd4 26. Rac1 Rad8 27. Rfd1 Qe5 28. h4 Nc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. c6 bxc6 32. bxc6 e3 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Cutmore, Martin"] [Black "Purkiss, William"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bc4 {This is a bit of a dubious opening, as long as Black knows what he is doing.} Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxe4 O-O-O 11. d6 Bxd6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nxf6 gxf6 14. Qc2 Qg4 15. Ne2 Qxg2 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Ng3 Qc6 18. Nf5 c4 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. Kb1 h5 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd4 b6 25. Bf4 Qe6 26. Re1 Rc5 27. Rd1 Kb7 28. Be3 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 Rc7 30. Qd5+ Ka6 31. a4 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Bd4 Ka5 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Lock, Gavin R"] [Black "Buckley, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A38"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. d3 O-O 8. Ne1 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc2 Be6 12. Ne3 Bg7 13. a3 Rb8 14. Rb1 a5 15. Ned5 Qd7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. Qa4 Kh7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nb6 Rxb6 21. Rxb6 Nd4 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Rfb1 Bg4 24. Rxd6 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Bxe2 26. h3 e4 27. Bxe4 Be5 28. Rd5 Bd4 29. Re1 f5 30. Rxe2 fxe4 31. dxe4 Rf3 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. e5 Kg7 34. f4 Re7 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. g4 Kg7 37. e6 Kf6 38. Rd7 Rxe6 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. Rxd4 cxd4 41. Ke4 h5 42. Kxd4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kd6 44. c5+ Kc6 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Kc7 47. Kd5 Kd7 48. f6 Kd8 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. c6 Kf7 51. c7 Kxf6 52. c8=Q 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Cordner, David"] [Black "O'Mahoney, D.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Nd4 Na6 15. Bc6 Qc8 16. Rfe1 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Ne5 19. Nd5 Qg4 20. Qe3 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxg5 22. Qe2 Nc5 23. Nc7 Ne6 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Qe3 (25. c7 Rc8 26. Qa6 Rxc7 27. Rxc7) 25... Qb5 26. c7 Rc8 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Rc3 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. h3 Qc5 31. Qe3 Qb4 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Nc5 34. f3 Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Ke3 Kc6 38. h4 Kb5 39. f4 Kc4 40. f5 Kxc3 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. g4 Nd3 43. Rg1 Ne5 44. h5 g5 45. h6 Kb2 46. h7 Ng6 47. Rg2+ Kc3 48. Rh2 Nh8 49. Rh1 Kc2 50. Kd4 Kd2 51. Rh2+ Ke1 52. Ke3 Kd1 53. Kd3 Kc1 54. Rc2+ Kb1 55. a4 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Allen, Les"] [Black "Stuart, Graham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 e6 {I know that Les plays the Tromp and although I don't mind playing against it I thought it would be wise to vary.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Bd7 (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qc7 {This is probably a better way to play this. Although Black is fine, at the time I was worried about my lack of development.}) 7. Bb2 Rc8 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. c4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd4) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 {Black has to play this, otherwise he is just worse.} 12. Bb2 (12. Bxa7 $4 b6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. cxd5) 12... d4 13. Rc1 (13. c5 Bxc5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. a3 O-O {I did not really see this variation, the Les mentioned afterwards. But is does not seem to give White anything, as the Queen is fine on B8.}) 13... Bc5 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O {Fritz says that Black is better here, but I cannot see that it's much of an advanatge. Also I have got 0 out of 2 against Les before this game, so I was happy with a draw.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Coburn, Joe"] [Black "Anderson, Tom"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A43"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 {A Tom Anderson special!} 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. a3 Re8 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bxg5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Qe4 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nb6 21. Bd3 Qxd5 22. Ra5 Nc4 23. Rxa6 Ne5 ({This is all Fritz, it's certainly not an easy combination to spot!} 23... Nb2 $3 24. Qd2 ( 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxd5 Bxd5) 24... Nxd3 25. Ra7 Nf4 26. Rxb7 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Qxb7 ) 24. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Kf1 Qf4 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. fxe4 cxb4 31. Qd3 Qxh2 32. Qc4 Qd6 33. Kg2 f6 34. c3 bxc3 35. Qxc3 Qe5 36. Qd3 h5 37. f3 h4 38. Kf2 Qg3+ 39. Ke3 Kh6 40. Qd8 Qe1+ 41. Kf4 Qc1+ 42. Kf5 Qc5+ 43. Ke6 Qc6+ 44. Kf7 {(=)} Qc4+ 45. Ke7 Qb4+ 46. Kf7 Qb3+ 47. Ke7 Qb7+ ( 47... Kh7 $1) 48. Ke6 Kg5 49. Qd2+ Kg6 50. Qg2+ Kh6 51. Qd2+ Kh7 52. Qf4 Qc8+ 53. Kf7 Qc4+ (53... Qd7+ 54. Kf8 Kg6 $19) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Wheeler, John Francis"] [Black "Stenhouse, Iain"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E74"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Nf3 Ng4 11. O-O Nde5 12. Ne1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nc2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Ne3 Qe8 20. Ng4 Nd7 21. Bd3 Bg6 22. Bxg6 Qxg6 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Re6 Rf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rfe1 Nf8 27. R6e4 Qg7 28. R1e2 Rb8 29. b4 Nd7 30. R2e3 cxb4 31. Qxb4 Qg6 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Rxe7 Nc5 34. Rc7 Ne4 35. Qb1 Qf5 36. Qb2 Qg6 37. Qc2 Qf5 38. Bh2 Rf8 39. f3 Nc5 40. Qxf5 Rxf5 41. a5 bxa5 42. Bxd6 Nb3 43. Ba3 Nd2 44. d6 Nxc4 45. Rxc4 Rd5 46. Rc7 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Gonem, Sherif"] [Black "Moore, Gillian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Bb4 7. Bg2 f6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. f4 fxe5 10. fxe5 Qh4+ 11. Ng3 Nh6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O Nf7 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. b3 Be7 16. Qg2 Ng5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Rae1 Qh6 19. Nd1 Bd2 20. Re2 Ba5 21. a3 Nd7 22. Ref2 Bb6 23. c3 Qc1 24. Ne2 Qxa3 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Ne3 Qe7 28. g5 Raa8 29. h4 {White overstretches in a bad position.} Nxe5 $1 30. dxe5 Bxe3 31. h5 Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Be4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Nf4 Rf5 35. Nh3 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Rf8 37. Qg2 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 e3 39. Qe4 Qd5 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Mills, Andy"] [Black "Matthew, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Be2 Rg8 14. Kf1 Be6 15. b4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Rb3 Qe7 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Qb1 f6 20. Be2 b6 21. h4 Rc8 22. h5 d4 23. Rb2 dxe3 24. fxe3 Qc5 25. Rd2 {Andy goes wrong in time trouble.} (25. Kf2) 25... Qxe3 26. Qb4+ Kf7 27. Qb2 Rc3 $22 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Esmat, Khaled"] [Black "Corkett, Anthony"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. b4 c5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd2 d5 17. b5 Qh4 18. g3 Qh6 19. Nf3 Ndf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. a4 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Re1 Nc5 25. Bd1 d3 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Qe3 d2 28. Nxd2 Rxd2 29. Qxa7 Nc5 30. a5 Qd4 31. Be2 Qe4 32. f3 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Bxf3 { An impressive game, where is was difficult to see where White went wrong.} 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Cary, Ian"] [Black "Keskinen, Sauli"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A02"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. f4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 b6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qe2 Qc8 9. Ne5 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d3 Bb7 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Ndf3 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. O-O Bd6 16. Nh4 O-O-O 17. a4 Bc7 18. d4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Bb2 Rhf8 22. Ba3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 g6 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Ng5 Rf8 27. Nxh7 {Not sure if this is the final position, as it looks even.} 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Krawczuk, Mike"] [Black "Wilkinson, John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Ng4 9. h3 Ne5 10. f4 Bc5+ 11. Kh2 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. f5 Bd4 14. Qg4 Qe7 15. Ne2 Be5+ 16. Kh1 c5 17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 f6 19. Rf3 a5 20. Rd1 Bb7 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Re3 Qf7 23. a3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "O'Mahoney, D.."] [Black "Allen, Les"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Nb6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Qc1 Rad8 21. Qe3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qa5 23. Bd3 Qxc3 24. Bxf5 Qxe3 25. fxe3 exf5 26. Rxf5 Rd7 27. Raf1 Re8 28. R1f3 f6 29. Kf2 Re4 30. R3f4 Rxf4+ 31. Rxf4 Kf7 32. Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Stenhouse, Iain"] [Black "Esmat, Khaled"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D03"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. c3 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qe6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. c4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. e4 Qh5 17. f3 Rd8 18. Rae1 Qe5 19. Nb3 Be6 20. Rd1 b6 21. Kh1 c5 22. f4 Qh5 23. Be2 Bg4 24. Bf3 (24. Rde1) 24... Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qh6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qc1 Qh3 28. Qe1 Nh5 29. f5 Ng3+ 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Dunleavy, S.."] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Chahine, A.."] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Byre, Peter"] [Black "McLeod, Fraser"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nc3 e6 12. Nde2 Rfd8 13. Bg5 a6 14. Qd2 Rab8 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. f4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Stuart, Graham"] [Black "Cutmore, Martin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 (7. Bc4) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd7 9. Be2 Bc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bf4 Be4 12. Qd2 (12. Nd2 Bg6 13. Qb3 dxe5 14. Bxe5) 12... Nc6 13. Qe3 Bg6 14. Bb5 $2 (14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 $14) 14... d5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g3 {(=)} Rb6 20. Nh4 Be4 21. f3 Bc2 22. Rdc1 Ba4 23. Rab1 Rfb8 24. Qd3 $17 Qa3 25. f4 Rb2 26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27. Re1 Bb5 28. Qe3 g6 29. f5 $1 exf5 30. e6 $1 Rf8 (30... f6 31. e7 Re8 32. Qe6+ (32. Nxg6 hxg6 33. Qh6 c5 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qxf5+) 32... Kg7) 31. exf7+ $2 {Time} ( 31. Nxf5 {I meant to play this, but was a bit short of time so I was not 100% sure that it won. I knew that exf7 was at least a draw and after being in a horrible position, was relieved to get something out of the game. My opponent had not seen 31.Nxf5} gxf5 (31... Qa3 32. exf7+ Rxf7 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Nxf7 Qf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Nd6) 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. exf7+ Rxf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Qxf8#) 31... Rxf7 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Anderson, Tom"] [Black "Lock, Gavin R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Rd1 Nxc5 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Ne5 Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Qb5 19. Qe1 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 h6 24. Ng4 Bxb2 25. f3 Ba6 26. h3 h5 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qh4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. Qd8+ Qf8 31. Qa5 hxg4 32. Qxa6 gxf3 33. gxf3 Qc5 34. Qd3 Qd4 35. Qxd4 Bxd4 36. Bd6 Bc3 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kh5 40. Bg3 a5 41. Kd3 e5 42. Kc4 Kg5 43. Kb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Purkiss, William"] [Black "Cordner, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Rae8 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Qf4 Bd5 18. Re3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd8 20. Rh3 Rh8 21. Rg3 Nf8 22. h4 h5 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. d5 Nd8 26. Bd3 cxd5 27. Qxd5 Qe5 28. Qd7 Re7 29. Qa4 Qc5 30. Qc2 Rh6 31. b4 Qc7 32. Rf1 Qf4 33. Rh3 Nc6 34. Rd1 Ne5 35. Bf1 Rh8 36. Rd4 Qh6 37. Re3 Rhe8 38. Bb5 Ng4 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. Qd1 Qh8 41. Bd7 Ne5 42. Bh3 Nc6 43. Rd6 Qe8 44. Kf1 f5 45. g3 Ne5 46. Qd4 f6 47. f4 Nd7 48. Qd2 Nb6 49. Rd8 Re1+ 50. Kf2 Re2+ 51. Qxe2 Qxd8 52. Bg2 Qd7 53. Qe3 Qf7 54. Qd2 Qc4 55. Bxb7 Qc7 56. Bf3 Qc4 {White won} 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Corkett, Anthony"] [Black "Wheeler, John Francis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 {This does not seem the most aggressive move to play in this line, but it has been played before.} d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. Qe2+ (9. cxd4 {Is Tartakower-Grunfeld 1928}) 9... Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O Bf6 {(=)} 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 c5 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. Rfd1 $14 Bg4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Ne1 c4 20. g4 Be6 21. Ng2 Kf8 22. Ne3 h5 23. f4 c6 24. Kf2 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ke7 26. Rab1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rb8 28. Rd6 Bd5 29. Ke2 Rb5 30. Nf5+ Ke8 31. Nxg7+ Kf8 32. Nf5 Rb8 33. Ne3 Rb5 34. f5 Ke8 35. g5 Be4 36. Nxc4 Bxf5 37. Rf6 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Yeo, Michael J"] [Black "Simons, Martin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B00"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. f4 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3 (8. Bg5 {This was played when the two players played before .. Yeo,M (2216) - Simons,M (2208) [B07] Dorset Closed Bournemouth (3), 08.02.2003 1. e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.Bg5 Be6 9.0-0-0+ Kc8 10.Nf3 Neg4 11.Rd2 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.h3 Ne5 14.Nd4 Bb4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.a3 Bxc3 1/2-1/2}) 8... Nfg4 {I cannot fond this move in my Database, more normal is taking on f3 or Bd6} 9. h3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Bf4 $14 (11. f4 Nf3+ 12. Kf2 $16) 11... Bd6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Bb5 f6 14. Bg3 Re8 15. f4 Ng6 16. Rhe1 c6 17. Rxd6 cxb5 18. Red1 (18. f5 Nf8 19. Nxb5 $18) 18... Nf8 {White has a great position and although White wins a pawn, it ends up with opposite colour bishops and ends as a draw.} 19. e5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Re6 21. Nxb5 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Ne6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Ke8 25. h4 Rd8 26. Bf2 a6 27. Rf4 g6 28. Bc5 Bf5 29. Bd6 Rc8 30. c4 Kd7 31. Kd2 Ke6 32. Kc3 h6 33. Kd4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rf1 Rh8 36. Rg1 g4 37. b4 Rh2 38. a4 Rh7 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 b6 41. c5 bxc5+ 42. Kxc5 Rg7 43. b6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Tunks, Dominic"] [Black "Pye, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C02"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O Nge7 (7... Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Bf4 Nf6 {This is the suggestion in Play the French and seems Ok for Black, although I cannot see anything wrong with Nge7either but a pawn is a pawn!}) 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Qg3 Nb4 10. Nxd4 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Qb6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Be3 Qd8 15. f4 O-O 16. Qf2 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bc5 Nxf4 $15 ( 18... Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxf4 $17) 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Rf1 Qh6 21. Qxa7 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Matthew, Ian"] [Black "Perrin, Richard"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C36"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. c3 Ng6 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nf2 Bh5 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Bd2 Re7 16. Qb3 Rae8 17. Qb5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nh4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Qb7 h5 22. Qc8+ Kh7 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Qe7 25. Kf1 f3 26. Qh3 $4 (26. gxf3 {This had to be played, where the position looks even}) 26... fxg2+ 27. Kg1 Qxe1# 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Cutmore, David"] [Black "Gonem, Sherif"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A68"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Na6 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nc7 13. a4 Re8 14. Qf1 a6 15. a5 Nb5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc4 Qxe5 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Kh1 Qe2 23. Be3 Qxb2 {(=)} 24. Re1 Qb4 25. Bd2 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 (26. Bxe1 $3) 26... Qc4 27. Qe8+ Qg8 28. Qd7 Nd4 29. Re3 h5 30. Re8 Bf8 31. Qxb7 Ne6 32. Bc3+ 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Moore, Gillian"] [Black "Coburn, Joe"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 a6 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. a4 h5 8. O-O h4 9. Na3 e6 10. c4 d4 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. d3 Ng3 14. Bf3 Nxf1 15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 (16... Nxe3 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. Bc1 Qxb3 19. Bxe3 Qc3 $19) 17. Qxf1 h3 18. e4 hxg2 19. Qxg2 Bh3 20. Qg5+ Kd7 21. Nc2 Rh6 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Rh5 24. Qg3 f6 (24... Bd6) 25. Bc1 Bxf5 26. h4 g5 27. Ne1 Rxh4 28. Kf2 Rh3 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bd6 31. Ba3 Rg3+ 32. Kf2 Re3 33. Nc2 Rxd3 34. Ke2 Rxb3 35. Rf1 Bd3+ 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Buckley, Martin"] [Black "Mills, Andy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. h3 a6 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Qc8 14. Kh2 Nd8 15. b5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 Nec6 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Rd5 Ra8 20. Bxd6 Qc8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rb5 Qd7 23. Qb3 Kg8 24. Bd5 h5 25. Nc3 Qe7 26. Qb2 h4 27. Bg2 hxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qg5 29. Qe2 Ra7 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Nc3 Ne6 32. Nd5 Qd8 33. Nb4 Nxb4 34. Rxb4 Nc5 35. Bd5 b6 36. Rbb1 Kf8 37. Ra1 Rxa1 38. Rxa1 Ke7 39. Ra7+ Kd6 40. Rxf7 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Corkett, Anthony"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Simons, Martin"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Pye, David"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Mills, Andy"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Stuart, Graham"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Wheeler, John Francis"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Anderson, Tom"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Allen, Les"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Coburn, Joe"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Byre, Peter"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Wilkinson, John"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Lock, Gavin R"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Perrin, Richard"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Cordner, David"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "McLeod, Fraser"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Gonem, Sherif"] [Black "O'Mahoney, D.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 10. Bd3 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Be6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 f5 15. Bf3 h5 16. c3 e4 17. Bd1 Ne7 18. Qd4 Ng6 19. Ba4 (19. Nc4) 19... b5 20. Qd5 Rb8 21. Bd1 Nf4 22. Qd4 Bg7 23. Qe3 Be5 24. Bc2 Qg7 25. g3 h4 26. Kh1 hxg3 27. Qxg3 Qh7 (27... Ne2 28. Qxg7 Rxh2#) 28. f3 Ne2 29. Qg2 Qxh2+ 30. Qxh2 Rxh2# 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Purkiss, William"] [Black "Yeo, Michael J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C74"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. d4 Qd7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Nbd2 Ng4 (14... Rhe8 15. Rad1 Qd3 16. Qxd3 Rxd3 {is Adams v Piket, which Adams won after manoeuvring his pieces a lot and finally winning the isolated pawn.}) 15. Nc4 (15. Rad1 {Following Adams plan is probably better}) 15... Qe6 16. Qb3 Qg6 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 e4 19. Nfd2 $2 {This loses a piece, but White does get a some compensation} (19. Nce5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qf5 21. Rxe4 Bc5 $11 (21... Qxe4 22. Qe6+ Kb8 23. Nd7+)) 19... b5 20. Nxe4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Ne5 22. Qe2 Rhf8 23. c4 Rf4 24. f3 $2 Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 Nd4 26. Qd3 Nf5 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Chahine, A.."] [Black "Tunks, Dominic"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] {This is a typical Saturday evening game, with quite a few errors. Dominic is really trying to mix things up, but does allow White to get a big attack. The problem is that White keeps declining to win material and in the end gives up lots of material. Mind you, reading Dominic's score sheet is not that easy, so I may have the position completely wrong!} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O d5 8. e5 Nfd7 {Dominic playing his offbeat openings again!} 9. Kh1 h6 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Be7 12. Qe1 f6 13. c3 c5 14. Qg3 Nc6 15. Nf3 (15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Ng6 Rhe8 17. Qxh6 Bf8 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 $16 { I can understand White not wanting to go for this, but it seems OK to be greedy here.}) 15... cxd4 16. Nexd4 Nc5 17. Qe1 $2 $11 (17. Qxg7 $1 $16) (17. Nxc6 $16) 17... Rc8 $2 (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 O-O) 18. Qe2 (18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. exf6 $16) 18... Ne4 19. Be3 (19. Nxe6) 19... Bc5 20. a4 a6 21. a5 Qd8 22. Nb3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Ne7 24. Nfd2 Nf5 25. Qe1 Nc5 26. Rd1 $2 (26. Nxc5) 26... Nd3 27. Qe2 Nxb2 28. Ne4 $2 (28. Rb1) 28... Nxd1 29. Nxf6+ Kf8 30. Rxd1 Rxc3 (30... gxf6 $1) 31. Qb2 Qc7 32. Rxd5 $2 exd5 33. Nxd5 Rxb3 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Cutmore, David"] [Black "Krawczuk, Mike"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "149"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Qd6 Qe5 10. Qd2 Ngf6 11. Bd6 Ne4 12. Bxe5 Nxd2 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bc3 Nxc4 15. Ng3 Ncb6 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Bd4 Na6 20. Bb3 O-O-O 21. Nh5 c5 22. Be5 c4 23. Bc2 Bc6 (23... Rxg2 24. Bg3 e5 $17) 24. Nf4 Bd5 25. Bf6 Rd6 26. Rhe1 Nc7 27. Re3 Nd7 28. Be7 Ra6 29. Ba3 Nf6 30. Rh3 Rg7 31. Kb1 Be4 32. Rc3 Rc6 (32... e5 33. Nh3 Rxg2 34. Rxc4 Rxh2 $17) 33. f3 Bxc2+ 34. Rxc2 Nfd5 35. Nxd5 Nxd5 36. Re1 b5 37. Bf8 Rg6 38. g3 Kd7 39. Rd2 Rc8 40. Bb4 Kc6 41. Ba5 b4 42. a3 bxa3 43. bxa3 Kb5 44. Bb4 c3 45. Rd4 Rc4 46. Rxc4 Kxc4 47. Kc2 h5 48. Bd6 a5 49. Rb1 Ne3+ 50. Kc1 Kd3 51. Be5 Nc4 52. Bc7 h4 53. Rb8 hxg3 54. hxg3 c2 55. Rd8+ Kc3 56. Rc8 Kb3 57. Rb8+ Kc3 (57... Kxa3 58. Kxc2 e5) 58. Rc8 Kd3 59. Rd8+ Ke3 60. Kxc2 Nxa3+ 61. Kb3 Nb5 62. Bxa5 Nd4+ 63. Kc4 Nc6 64. Rd3+ Ke2 65. Bc7 Rg7 66. Bf4 Na5+ 67. Kc3 Rb7 68. Re3+ Kf2 69. Rxe6 Kxf3 70. Re5 Nc6 71. Rxf5 Ne7 (71... Rb3+ 72. Kc4 (72. Kxb3 Nd4+ 73. Kc3 Nxf5) 72... Rb4+ 73. Kd3 Rb3+ 74. Kd2) 72. Rf8 Nd5+ 73. Kc4 Rd7 $2 (73... Nxf4 74. gxf4 Ke4 75. f5 Ke5 76. f6 Ke6 77. Kd4 Rf7) 74. Bd6+ Ke4 75. Re8+ 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Moore, Gillian"] [Black "Buckley, Martin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. f4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 b6 12. g4 Nc5 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. O-O-O d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Kb1 Nc5 19. Bc2 a6 20. Nbd4 b5 21. a3 Qb6 22. h4 Ne4 23. h5 Rac8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxe4 Bd5 27. Nd2 Bc4 28. Qe4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Nf5 Qe6 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Qe3 f6 33. exf6+ exf6 34. Nxc4 Qxc4 35. Qa7+ Rf7 36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Rc6 38. Rgd1 f5 39. Rd5 Kh6 40. Rd6+ Rf6 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. gxf5 Kxh5 43. Rg1 g4 44. Kc2 Rf6 45. Rf1 Kg5 46. Kd3 Rxf5 47. Rxf5+ Kxf5 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. b3 g3 50. Kf3 g2 51. Kxg2 Ke4 52. Kf2 Kd3 53. b4 $2 (53. c4 $11) 53... Kxc3 54. Ke3 Kb3 55. Kd4 Kxa3 56. Kc3 Ka4 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Esmat, Khaled"] [Black "Cary, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 f5 5. d5 Na6 6. a3 Nf6 7. b4 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxb4 {This is a nice try, but I don't think Black gets enough compensation for the piece} 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxd5 12. e3 O-O $4 {Saturday night move!} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd5+ Kh8 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bd3 f4 17. O-O fxe3 18. fxe3 Rae8 19. e4 a5 20. e5 c5 21. Qh4 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 g5 24. Nf3 g4 {Black has got a lot of pawns, but they are not worth two pieces.} 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nf7+ Kg7 27. Nd6 Rxe5 28. Rf7+ Kh8 29. Rxd7 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Rh1 31. Ne4 Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Bc4 {Khaled finds a mating net} 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Keskinen, Sauli"] [Black "Matthew, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 6. dxc6 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 bxc6 8. Qa4 f5 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bg5 d5 13. Qh4 Qe8 14. Kd1 e4 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. dxc5 Qe5 18. Kc2 $2 (18. Rb1 Qd4+ 19. Ke1 $14) 18... Rb8 19. Rb1 Qd4 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Dunleavy, S.."] [Black "Cutmore, Martin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. f4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bf3 b5 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. d3 Bb7 14. Ng3 a5 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Bxh5 a4 17. Qg4 f6 18. Rae1 axb3 19. cxb3 Rxa2 20. Rb1 d4 21. Rfe1 f5 22. Qg3 Bf6 23. e4 fxe4 24. dxe4 c4 25. e5 Be7 26. Bc1 Rxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 c3 29. Kh3 d3 30. Be3 Qc6 31. Rg1 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Qxc5 33. b4 Qe3+ 34. Rg3 Qxf4 35. Ra1 Qh6 36. Kh4 g6 37. Rg5 Rf4+ 38. Rg4 Qxh5+ 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Buckley, Martin"] [Black "Byre, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 f5 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 fxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 h6 16. Be3 c5 17. dxc6 Nexc6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 {(=)} 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qb3+ Rf7 21. Bh3 Kf8 22. Be6 Re7 23. Bd5 a4 24. Qd3 Ra5 25. f4 Rxd5 26. exd5 Re3 27. Qxg6 Qe7 28. Rbc1 Qd7 29. f5 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Pye, David"] [Black "Perrin, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C12"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 (11. h4) 11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qc7 13. h4 $11 f5 (13... c4 {Although this feels strange, it is probably the best move}) 14. g4 g6 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Rhg1 Qf7 17. Rg2 c4 18. Be2 Bd7 19. h5 Ne7 {Black has gone wrong and White has e nice advantage} 20. Nh4 Ke8 21. Ng6 Rh7 22. Qh4 Kd8 23. Rag1 Be8 $2 (23... Kc7) 24. Qf6 Rc8 25. Nf8 $1 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Allen, Les"] [Black "Krawczuk, Mike"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Nd7 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. c4 Ne4 6. Bh4 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 e6 8. a3 f5 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. O-O Qd8 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Ne5 Be7 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Ndf3 Be8 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Rf1+ $2 ( 20. Nxe4 $18 Bxh4 21. Nc5 Kg8 22. Ncxd7) 20... Kg8 21. Ngf7 Qe8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Lock, Gavin R"] [Black "Matthew, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A88"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. c5 Bf8 (12... Ne8) 13. Ng5 $14 Bc8 14. Qb3+ Kg7 15. Rbd1 $18 h6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. cxd6 Qd7 18. Nf3 Qe6 19. d7 Qxb3 20. dxc8=Q 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Gonem, Sherif"] [Black "BYE, .."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Cordner, David"] [Black "Stuart, Graham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bxf6 gxf6 (6... exf6 7. fxe4) 7. fxe4 c5 (7... f5) 8. Nf3 Bg4 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Qb6 11. Nc3) 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 a6 (11... O-O-O 12. Qe2 (12. c6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Ne5)) 12. Ba4 (12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qd4) 12... Qxc5 13. Qd4 b5 $11 14. Bb3 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 e6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nce2 Nc5 18. Nf4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. a4 b4 21. a5 Rh4 22. g4 Rd8 (22... O-O-O) 23. Rd1 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Kd7 26. Ke2 Kc6 27. Nd4+ Kc5 28. Kd3 Bd6 29. c4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bc7 31. Nb3+ Kb5 32. Kd4 Bxa5 (32... f5 33. Rb1 fxg4 34. hxg4 Rxg4 35. Nc5+ Kc6) 33. Nxa5 (33. c4+ Kb4 34. Nc5) 33... Kxa5 34. Kc5 (34. c4) 34... Ka4 35. c4 Kb3 36. Rb1+ Kc3 37. Ra1 Kb2 38. Rxa6 Rxh3 39. Rb6+ Kc2 40. Rb7 Rh7 41. Kd6 Kd3 42. c5 Kxe4 43. c6 Rh1 44. Rxf7 f5 45. g5 f4 (45... e5) 46. Kxe6 f3 47. c7 Rc1 48. Kd7 Rd1+ 49. Ke8 Rc1 50. Kd8 Rd1+ 51. Rd7 Rxd7+ 52. Kxd7 f2 53. c8=Q f1=Q 54. Qc6+ Ke3 55. Qb6+ Kd2 56. Qxg6 Qb5+ 57. Ke7 Qb7+ 58. Kf6 Qb2+ 59. Kf7 Qb7+ 60. Kg8 Qc8+ 61. Kg7 Qd7+ 62. Qf7 Qd4+ 63. Qf6 Qd7+ 64. Kf8 Qc8+ 65. Kf7 Qd7+ 66. Qe7 Qf5+ 67. Kg7 Qf4 68. Qd7+ Kc3 69. Qc6+ Kd2 70. Qd5+ Kc3 71. Qa5+ Kb2 72. Qb6+ Kc2 73. Qc5+ {And this went on for quite a while - but in the end a draw was agreed with both flags near to falling} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Wheeler, John Francis"] [Black "Anderson, Tom"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Be3 b6 10. h3 O-O 11. Qe2 Qe8 12. d5 Nd8 13. Nh4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qg4 Rf6 18. Qe4 Nf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Dunleavy, S.."] [Black "Moore, Gillian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 h6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Be2 e6 7. a3 Bd6 8. f4 a6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Bg4 $2 Bxe5 13. Bxf5 Bxc3 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. bxc3 Nce4 16. Qe1 O-O 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. f5 Ng4 19. g3 Qc5 20. Rf3 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 exf5 22. Rd1 Nxe3 23. Kh1 Nxd1 24. Qxd1 Nf2+ 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Simons, Martin"] [Black "Esmat, Khaled"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 $6 {Not sure about this, there are probably a couple of better moves.} (4... Nxe4) (4... Nc6) 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 $2 {It's better to not give the pawn back straight away} (6... Nb6 7. Bb3 Be7) 7. Qxd4 $16 Be6 8. Qxg7 Bf6 9. Qh6 Rg8 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Nc3 Rg6 13. Qxh7 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Nd4 Nd7 16. f4 $2 (16. h4) 16... O-O-O $1 17. f5 $2 Rxg2+ $4 (17... Bxf5 $1 $17 18. Nxf5 Qxf5) 18. Kxg2 Bd5+ 19. Kf2 Rh8 20. Bg5 Qd8 21. Bxd8 Rxh7 22. Bh4 b6 23. Re8+ Kb7 24. Bg3 Nf6 25. Re7 Ne4+ 26. Ke3 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Coburn, Joe"] [Black "Chahine, A.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B34"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Bh6 Qa5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd4 Qc7 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 c5 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. a3 Rb8 18. h4 c4 19. h5 Kg8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g3 Nc5 22. Qh2 $2 Rf7 23. Rd2 Qb6 (23... Rxb2 $3 24. Kxb2 Rb7+ 25. Kc1 Qxc3 26. Kd1 Ne4 27. Ke2 Nxd2) 24. Nd1 c3 25. Nxc3 Qxb2+ 26. Kd1 Qxc3 27. Qh4 Rb1+ 28. Ke2 Ba6+ 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "McLeod, Fraser"] [Black "O'Mahoney, D.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B37"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nc2 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. f3 Qd8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Nb5 Rec8 18. b3 a6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. f4 Bc6 22. Bf3 Rc7 23. Rcd1 Nd7 24. Rfe1 Rac8 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Bg4 Rd8 27. e5 Nb6 28. Rd2 d5 29. Red1 e6 30. Be2 a5 31. Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Yeo, Michael J"] [Black "Corkett, Anthony"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 g6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bc4 Nf5 7. c3 O-O 8. h4 Nd6 9. Nxd6 exd6 10. Bg5 (10. h5) 10... Qe8+ 11. Kd2 Be6 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 d5 15. h5 c5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Be7 (17. dxc5 Na6 18. Qc2 Rf5 19. Be3 Nxc5 20. Nh4 Ne4+ 21. Kd1 $16) 17... Rxf3 $1 18. gxf3 cxd4 19. Bg5 dxc3+ 20. bxc3 Nc6 21. Qc2 Kf7 22. Rg1 Ne5 23. Rg3 Nc4+ 24. Ke2 Nd6 25. Bd2 Nf5 26. Rg4 Qc6 27. Rag1 Rg8 28. Qa4 Qxa4 29. Rxa4 a6 30. Rb1 Nd6 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Rg4 Bf6 33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. Rxg5 Rd7 35. Rb1 Kf6 36. Rbg1 Rg7 37. R5g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Cutmore, Martin"] [Black "Wilkinson, John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D91"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nfd7 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Qc3 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qd7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. h4 h6 16. Be3 h5 17. Qc4 e6 18. Kb1 Rfb8 19. Rd2 a5 20. Rc1 Rb6 21. Qa4 (21. d5 $1 $16 Rb5 22. Qxc6) 21... Rab8 22. b3 Rb5 23. Rdc2 Rb4 24. Qxc6 Rxd4 25. Qxd7 (25. Qxc7) 25... Rxd7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 a4 28. Kc2 axb3+ 29. axb3 Ra8 30. Kd3 Ra1 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rc7 Kg8 {Position looks better for White} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Tunks, Dominic"] [Black "Cutmore, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 N6d7 11. O-O Bf5 12. Re1 Bf6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. h4 h6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 d5 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Qe4 exd5 (20... Nxd5 $15) 21. Qf5 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxh4 24. e6 fxe6 (24... f6 $11) 25. Rxe6 $16 Qc7 26. Rg6 (26. Bxg7 $1 Qxg7 27. Rg6 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Rd7 $18) 26... d4 27. Nh5 Rf8 $2 (27... Rd7) 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Bxd4 Bxf2+ 30. Bxf2 Qc3 31. Rf1 Nd3 32. Rxg7 Qd2 33. Qg6 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "O'Mahoney, D.."] [Black "Cutmore, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] {Default} 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Wilkinson, John"] [Black "Allen, Les"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A55"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 a6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. a3 Bf8 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qb1 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bf1 Ra8 20. Ne1 Ba6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Chahine, A.."] [Black "Pye, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 Nge7 5. Be3 Nf5 6. Qd2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. g4 Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nh3 Bd6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. e4 Bf4 14. Nxf4 Qxf4 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. h3 e5 17. Rdf1 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rad8 19. b3 b5 20. Ne2 Nxe2 21. Kxe2 b4 22. Ke3 Bb5 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. a3 Rf4 25. axb4 Rxb4 26. Ra1 a6 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 h5 29. Ra1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf7 31. Rxa6 Rxg4 32. Rc6 Ke7 33. Re6+ Kd7 34. Rxe5 Kd6 35. Re4 Rg5 36. c4 Rg3+ 37. Kd4 Rxb3 38. c5+ Kd7 39. c6+ Kd8 40. Ke5 Rf3 41. Ke6 (41. Rg4 Re3+ 42. Kf4 Re7) 41... Rf6+ 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. Rg4 g6 {(=)} 44. Rh4 (44. Rg2 Rf5+ 45. Kd4 Rf6 46. Kc5) 44... Rf5+ 45. Ke4 {(=)} Kd6 46. Rh6 Re5+ 47. Kf4 Kxd5 48. Rxg6 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rc4 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Kd2 Rxc6 52. Rg3 Rc4 53. Rh3 c5 54. Rg3 Ra4 55. Kc2 Rf4 56. Rh3 Rf8 57. Rg3 Ra8 58. Rh3 Ra2+ 59. Kc1 Rg2 60. Rf3 c4 {Have not got the rest of this game, but Mr Chahine proved that he knew this drawn ending, by playing the correct moves quickly and confidently!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Perrin, Richard"] [Black "Coburn, Joe"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B14"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Ne5 Qxd4 14. O-O Nxe5 { Whoops} 15. Bb5+ 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Gonem, Sherif"] [Black "Dunleavy, S.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B29"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd5 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Be3 ( 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxg5) 14... Rd8 15. Rfe1 Qg4 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Rxd6 Bd7 18. Bxh6 Rf8 19. Bxg7+ Qxg7 20. Qh5+ Qh7 21. Rh6 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Cutmore, David"] [Black "McLeod, Fraser"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A68"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Bf2 c4 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Nbd7 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Bd4 Qb8 20. a5 Qc7 21. Ba4 Re7 22. Kh1 Qxa5 23. e5 Ne8 24. exd6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 b5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Re7 Qd8 28. Bc2 Nxd6 29. Qe2 Kf8 30. Re3 Qf6 31. Qg4 Nf5 32. Re1 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qf3 Kf8 35. Bxf5 Qxf5 36. d6 Nb6 37. Qb7 Nd7 38. Qxa6 Qxf4 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qxd7 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Corkett, Anthony"] [Black "Simons, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Nh4 d5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qg4 Qb6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. c3 Na6 14. h4 Nc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne6 $2 {This gives White an advantage.I think Black has to take the b pawn.} (17... Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Rxb7 $13 {Unclear, but if I had to say who was better, it would be Black.}) 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. O-O-O Rc8 21. Kb1 Rc5 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Rc6 24. f4 a6 25. Bc2 Rc4 26. Qd7 Qc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. a3 c5 29. Bb3 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd5 Bd8 { Although it is an opposite colour Bishop ending, Black's lack of development means he is struggling (and the fact that he is one pawn down!)} 32. Kc2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Bb6 34. Ke4 Rc8 35. Kd3 Rc7 36. Bc4 a5 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rxh5 g6 39. Rh8 Ra7 40. Bb5 Rc7 {Black is losing anyway, but this allows checkmate on e8.} 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Krawczuk, Mike"] [Black "Stuart, Graham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nce2 Nc6 (6... a6) 7. Nf3 f6 {I was not pleased with this, as it gave me a lot of weak squares, probably Qb6 was a better move.} 8. c3 cxd4 $2 (8... Qb6) 9. Nexd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 { White has a nice position, but Mike used a lot of time trying to find the right moves.} 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. b4 {And this is wrong, Be3 is a much more sensible move. This drives the Knight to a good square and causes problems on the a1 - h8 diagonal} (12. Be3) 12... Ne4 13. Bb5+ Kf7 {Mike missed the fact that the King could move to safety this way and spent a lot of time working out 13...Bd7} 14. Qf3 $4 {After this Black has a big cheapo!} Bxb4 $1 15. cxb4 (15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qe3 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qh4+ 18. Kd1 Bd6) 15... Qxd4 16. Rb1 Qc3+ $1 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Yeo, Michael J"] [Black "Tunks, Dominic"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "2244"] [BlackElo "2024"] [Annotator "Michael Yeo"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 $5 ({Varying from} 4. Nge2 {that I played against Ian Cary in round 1. This is rather more violent!}) 4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Nh3 c5 10. Be2 $5 Qa5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd5 ({I think this is new. I have found one previous game where Black played} 12... Qf5 {and after} 13. O-O {White was comfortable.}) 13. Be3 $6 { I suspected this wasn't necessarily best, but I couldn't decide between this, 13.c3 and 13.Qe3.} ({One example:} 13. c3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 $5 (14... Qxe5 15. O-O Nc5 $11) 15. Qxf6 $6 (15. Nf4 $14) 15... Bxh3 16. gxh3 e3 17. Bxe3 Qxh1+ 18. Kd2 Qd5+ $1 (18... Qxa1 19. Qxe5+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ {wins}) 19. Bd4 Rd8 20. Re1 Qa2+ 21. Kc1 $11) 13... b6 ({Taking on g2 either now or after inserting} 13... Rg6 14. Qh4 {is critical.}) ({If} 13... Qa5+ 14. Bd2 (14. Kf1 Qc3 {is better for Black}) 14... Qd5 {I would have had to make a different choice}) 14. c4 Qd6 15. O-O Bb7 16. c5 Qe7 17. Rfc1 ({Initially, I wanted to stop him castling with } 17. Qf4 O-O-O $4 18. c6 Bxc6 19. Ba6+ Bb7 20. Rfc1+ {winning}) ({however, I then noticed that after} 17. Qf4 Nd5 {I have nothing better than} 18. Qh6 $11 ( {since if} 18. Qxe4 N7f6 {wins})) 17... bxc5 18. dxc5 Bc6 19. Rab1 (19. Qf4 { was now more sensible since} Nd5 20. Qxe4 N7f6 {can be met by} 21. Qf3) 19... Ng4 $6 {Not the best, since it allows a forced win} ({Possibly best is} 19... Rg6 20. Qh4 e5 {but after} 21. Bg5 {White is a lot better}) 20. Bxg4 (20. Qxh7 Ndf6 21. Qh4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 {was also tempting}) 20... Rxg4 21. Bg5 $5 {Right idea, but the wrong piece!} (21. Ng5 $1 {also traps the Black rook} Qf6 (21... Qf8 22. Qh3 Ne5 23. Nxe6 $3 {and the knight is immune due to the check on h5}) (21... Ne5 22. h3 Nf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rg6 24. Qxh7 exf3 25. Qh8+ Qf8 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. g3 {and the two passed pawns will win}) 22. Qh5 (22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. h3 Rh4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bg5 {also wins}) 22... Ne5 23. h3 Rxg5 24. Qxg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 {leaves White the exchange up, and Black's king still trapped}) 21... Qf8 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Bf4 $4 ({I had originally intended} 23. Bf6 $1 {but after} Nf3+ 24. Kf1 {I spotted} Nd2+ {Even so,} 25. Ke1 Nxb1 26. Qxg4 Nxa3 27. Nf4 {is a lot better for White as Nxe6 is a threat}) ({Even after} 23. Bf6 Nf3+ {it would also have been possible to play} 24. Kh1 {since after} Qg8 25. Bg5 (25. gxf3 $2 e3 {is curtains}) 25... Rxg5 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 (26... Nxg5 27. Qg4 {is good for White}) 27. Qxg5 Nxg5 28. h4 {amusingly traps the knight!}) {So why not improve on this by covering the d2 square while attacking theknight?} 23... Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Rh4 {and Black won} 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Rb3 Qg7 27. Rg3 Ng6 28. Rd1 e5 29. Be3 f5 30. f4 exf3 31. gxf3 f4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Nxf4 Qf7 34. Ne6 Qxe6 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Wheeler, John Francis"] [Black "Buckley, Martin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 O-O 14. b4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Na6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. b5 Rab8 20. a4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 b6 25. f4 Kf8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Kd6 28. Kd4 f6 29. Nf2 e5+ 30. fxe5+ fxe5+ 31. Kc3 Ne6 32. Bf5 Nc5 33. Kb4 Bf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Anderson, Tom"] [Black "Cordner, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A52"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Qd5 Qe7 8. Nc3 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Na4 Ba7 11. Qxa5 d6 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Qc2 Be6 15. b3 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Qb1 (18. Qd2) 18... d4 19. Nb5 dxe3 20. f4 (20. fxe3 {It's not great for White, but he has to play this!}) 20... Nf3+ $3 {A killer move, which Tom was most impressed with} 21. gxf3 {Now it's a forced mate} Qh4+ 22. Ke2 Qf2+ 23. Kd3 Bf5# {A very nice finish by David Cordner.} 0-1 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Matthew, Ian"] [Black "Moore, Gillian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 d4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxc3 6. exf6 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 exf6 8. O-O-O Bd6 $2 9. Bb4 Bxb4 10. Rxd8+ Kxd8 11. Qb3 (11. Qg3) 11... Bd6 12. Bxf7 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Qc4 Kc7 15. b4 b5 16. Qc3 Na4 17. Qd4 Rf8 18. Bb3 Nb6 19. Qc3 Bf4+ 20. Kb1 Kb7 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Qf3 Bd6 23. Nxb5 Bxb4 24. c3 Bc5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rfe8 27. Rc1 Rac8 28. d5 c5 29. Bc2 h6 30. Be4 Re5 31. d6+ Kb8 32. Qd3 c4 33. Qd4 Rce8 34. Bf3 Rb5+ 35. Ka1 Rb4 $2 (35... Re6) 36. Qd2 $2 (36. Qc5) 36... a5 37. a3 Ra4 38. Ka2 Ka7 39. Rb1 Be6 40. Qc3 Rd8 41. Bc6 Rxd6 42. Bxa4 Nxa4 43. Qxa5+ Ra6 44. Qc7+ 1-0 [Event "Hants Congress 2003"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Lock, Gavin R"] [Black "Esmat, Khaled"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [Annotator "Stuart,Graham"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2003.11.10"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 c5 11. O-O Nf8 12. g4 (12. Qf3) 12... N6d7 13. g5 Qd8 14. Qh5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 g6 16. Qg4 a5 17. a4 b6 18. Rf4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 dxc4 20. Be4 Qxd2 21. Rf2 Qxe3 22. bxc4 $2 (22. Bxa8 cxb3 23. Rd1 $18) 22... Ra7 23. Ra3 Qe1+ 24. Rf1 Qb4 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Bd3 Ba6 27. Rb1 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rd2 29. Qe4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 31. Rb3 Qc1+ 32. Bf1 Rd7 33. Rxb6 Qxg5+ 34. Kh1 Rd1 35. Qf3 Rd2 36. Rb7 Nd7 0-1
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