[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade A"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/Vmx8D79P"]
[Date "27.03.2017"]
[White "Gong, Daniel (?)"]
[Black "Kulashko, Alexei (?)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Fianchetto Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 { B80 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Fianchetto Variation } Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. Bg5 a6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na3 Na5 14. f4 Qc7 15. f5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Ne2 Qe5 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Rae1 Rg8 21. Qxf7 Rg7 22. Qh5 d5 23. Nf4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qxf5 25. Qe2 Qc5 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. Re3 Rf7 28. Red3 Qe5 29. Qg4 Bxa3 30. Rxa3 Nc4 31. Rad3 Nb2 32. Qh3 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Rg8 34. Bxb7 Bxa4 35. Bxa6 Bxc2 36. Rc1 Qxf4 37. Rxc2 Qf3+ 38. Qg2 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Re7 40. Rf2 Kg7 41. g4 Ra8 42. Bd3 h6 43. Re2 Rd8 44. Bf5 Kf7 45. Bc2 Rd4 46. Kg3 Rc7 47. h3 Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Rb4 49. Rd2 Ke7 50. Bg6 Rbb3 51. h4 Rg3+ 52. Kf2 Rxg4 53. h5 Rf4+ 54. Kg2 f5 55. Ra2 Kf6 56. Re2 Rfb4 57. Re1 Rb2+ { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade A"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/PfWCdHdz"]
[Date "27.03.2017"]
[White "Steadman, Mike (?)"]
[Black "Hague, Ben (?)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 { E30 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation } h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 d5 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nd2 d4 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Nce4 Rf4 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. O-O Nd7 17. a3 Be7 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Bf1 Raf8 20. f3 d3 21. Qb3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bh4 23. Red1 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Ng4 26. Rd2 Bg5 27. h3 Bxd2 28. hxg4 Qf2 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. g5 Bxg5 31. Bxd3 Rf3 32. gxf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 Be3+ 34. Kh2 Bf4+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxd3+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Be3+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kh2 Bf4+ 41. Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qd3+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Be3+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade A"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/f4LyFdAO"]
[Date "27.03.2017"]
[White "Garbett, Paul (?)"]
[Black "Duneas, John (?)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Modern"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 { D11 Slav Defense: Modern } 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 Qc7 10. Ne5 Ne8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Bxf1 Qe7 17. Qg2 Bf5 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. Be2 Rf8 20. a3 Ne6 21. Rf1 Ng5 22. Bg4 Qe6 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Kh2 Nf7 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Kg1 Nh6 28. Qg5 Kf7 29. Kg2 Qxg5+ 30. hxg5 Nf5 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Kf4 h5 33. Nd1 h4 34. Kg4 h3 35. Kxh3 Kxg5 36. Kg2 Nh6 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. Nf2 g5 39. e4+ dxe4+ 40. Nxe4 g4+ 41. Ke3 b6 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade A"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/4evZJEZJ"]
[Date "27.03.2017"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus (?)"]
[Black "Watson, Bruce (?)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bernstein Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 { E56 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bernstein Defense } 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c4 11. Bb1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Re1 b5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. f3 a5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Kg2 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bb2 b3 24. Qc1 Kg7 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Re2 Ra2 27. Kf2 Qd6 28. Kg2 Ne7 29. f4 Nd5 30. Rf2 Nxf4+ 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rxb2+ 33. Kg3 Rc2 34. Rf1 b2 35. Rb1 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kh5 Rxh3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade B"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/P1c2mE1Q"]
[Date "27.03.2017"]
[White "Morrell, Gordon (?)"]
[Black "Fan, Allen (?)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5
{ As Alexander Yermolinsky likes to say this is 'his variation' but it is
really a hybrid of the Makagonov System.  It combines aspects that one
finds in the Petrosian system of the Classical King's Indian with others you find in the Saemisch. }
6...h6 7.Be3
{ 6...h6 is generally considered quite bad.  Yermo repeats a mantra on his
ICC video about 'his variation' here that one 'must not play h6'....'must
not play h6'...as the Kh7 ends up being too exposed as this game suggests.  6...Na6 or Nbd7 are more usual and a5 is a move as well.  Against the
Petrosian system with Bg5 of course h6 is a move but white rarely restreats to e3 in that line (though it is interesting).  With h3 already played however things are quite different here. }
7...e5 8.d5 a5 9.Qd2 Kh7 10.Bd3 Na6 11.g4 Ne8 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Nge2 a4 14.Rdg1
Nc5 15.Bc2 Qb8 16.h4 c6 ( 16...b5 17.Nxb5 Bxb5 18.cxb5 Qxb5 19.Nc3 Qb4 20.h5
g5 ) 17.h5 g5 18.f4 gxf4 19.Nxf4 b5 ( 19...exf4 20.e5+ Kg8 ( 20...Kh8 21.Bxf4
( 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Qd3 f5 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.g5 ) 21...dxe5 22.Bxh6 Qd6 23.Bxg7+
Kxg7 24.Qg5+ ( 24.g5 Rg8 { +1.50/12 } ) ) 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Qd3 f5 23.e6 Bc8
24.g5 ( 24.gxf5 Qc7 ) ) 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.cxb5 Bxb5 22.Nfd5 Bc4 23.Bxc5 dxc5
24.g5 f6 25.gxf6 Nxf6 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.Rg1+ Kf7 28.Qxh6 Qd6 29.Qg6+ Ke6
30.Qf5+ Kf7 31.Nxf6 Qxf6 32.Qd7+ Qe7 33.Rg7+ Kxg7 34.Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade B"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/CsJJbeK1"]
[Date "27.03.2017"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan (?)"]
[Black "Zhang, Jasmine (?)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. c4 e6 { A13 English Opening: Agincourt Defense } 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d3 c5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O d4 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 e5 11. e3 O-O 12. exd4 exd4 13. b4 Rd8 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. Qd2 h6 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Re2 Qd6 18. a3 Rab8 19. Rae1 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 bxc4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxf5 Rb3 25. Rf4 Qc5 26. Qc2 Rbxd3 27. Qxc4 Qxa3 28. Bf1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Qc8+ Qf8 31. Qxa6 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade B"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/RQgrQf1a"]
[Date "27.03.2017"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex (?)"]
[Black "Wang, Tony (?)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Opening "King's Gambit Declined, Classical Variation #2"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 { C30 King's Gambit Declined, Classical Variation #2 } Bg4 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qh4+ 8. Ke2 Bb6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. Rg1 Qxh2+ 12. Rg2 Nxf4+ 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Rxg7 Qf6 15. Rg4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Nd5 Kd7 18. Bh3 Kd8 19. Rd1 c5 20. Rf4 Rf8 21. Be6 f6 22. Rh1 Be5 23. Rxh7 Bxf4 24. Nc7 Rh8 25. Rg7 Bh6 26. Rf7 Rf8 27. Rh7 Nc6 28. Bg4 Nd4+ 29. Kd3 f5 30. exf5 Rc8 31. Ne6+ Nxe6 32. fxe6 Rc7 33. Rxh6 Re7 34. Ke4 Rg8 35. Bh3 Rg5 36. f4 Rg1 37. f5 Rh1 38. Kf4 Re8 39. Rh7 Re7 40. Rh8+ Re8 41. Rh6 b5 42. Kg5 Rg8+ 43. Kf6 Rf8+ 44. Kg7 Ke7 45. f6+ Rxf6 46. Rxf6 Rxh3 47. Rf7+ Kxe6 48. Rxa7 Rg3+ 49. Kf8 Rg2 50. b3 Rf2+ 51. Kg7 Kd5 52. a4 Rf3 53. b4 Ra3 54. bxc5 dxc5 55. Ra5 bxa4 56. Kf6 Rf3+ 57. Kg5 a3 58. Kg4 Rd3 59. Kf4 Kd4 60. Ra8 c4 61. Ra4 Rb3 62. Ra8 Kc3 63. Ke3 Kc2+ 64. Ke2 c3 65. Ke1 Kb2 66. Rc8 a2 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade B"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/uXY8Me8L"]
[Date "27.03.2017"]
[White "Wells, Clinton (?)"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul (?)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Rat Defense: English Rat"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "Macdonald, Paul"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 {This is the 4th time I have faced this line - my
results so far are two wins and one loss. I can say that I am starting to
understand how to play this line a little better} dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {All the
way back in 1917, the great Aron Nimzowitsch showed there is nothing to fear
for Black. He showed how black's knights are exceptional in positions like
this hopping around everywhere} 5. Nc3 (5. e4 Be6 {is the most popular move
and the move I have chosen on the two previous occasions} (5... Bc5 $5 {A
fairly rare move in this position. Of the 9 games I found in my database Black
won 7 of them after 5...Bc5!? so it can't be all that bad. Black's idea is to
prevent the c1 bishop developing to its natural square e3. The downside is the
bishop is open to b2-b4 at some point and Nc3-a5.} 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 {The
bishop doesn't really belong here as it blocks the only open file and can come
under attack by a knight on c5 or b4.} Be6 8. Nf3 f6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rd1 Kc7 11.
Na4 Ne7 {A surprising move but it turns out the knights place on c5 is more
valuable that the bishop} 12. a3 (12. Nxc5 $6 Nxc5 13. b3 {The c4-pawn must be
protected} Rad8 14. Ba3 $8 (14. Bc2 {drops the e4-pawn}) (14. Ne1 {fails to}
Nxe4 $1 $17) 14... Nxd3 $1 15. Bxe7 Rd7 16. c5 $1 (16. Ba3 Bg4 $1 $17) 16...
Rxe7 17. Rxd3 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rxd3 $1 19. Rxd3 b6 20. Rc3 (20. Rd6 $6 bxc5 $3 21.
Rxe6 Kd7 $17) 20... Rd8 $15) 12... Nc8 $1 13. b4 {White's play has the
appearance of being threatening and dangerous but it in fact just creates
targets for attack later} Be7 14. Nb2 (14. Be3 Rd8 15. Rac1 a5 $1 {and white's
position is beginning to creak}) 14... a5 {The counter-attack begins} 15. Bd2
Rd8 $1 {Sacrificing a pawn with a useful waiting move. Black does have two
active plans - Nd6 followed by Nb5 and Nb8 followed by Na6} 16. bxa5 $2 {And
Tony takes the bait - of course white should not give the c5 square to black's
knight - it is now difficult for white to even hold the game} (16. c5 b6 $5 17.
cxb6+ Ndxb6 18. Rdc1 (18. Rac1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2) (18. b5 Na4 $1 19. Nxa4 Rxd3
$15)) 16... Nc5 17. Bb4 {An effective looking move that is met through an
accurate sequence} Nb3 $1 (17... Nxd3 {was also good} 18. Nxd3 (18. Rxd3 Rxd3
19. Nxd3 Bxc4) 18... Bxc4 $15) 18. Rab1 c5 $1 19. Na4 $2 {A move I had
prepared for} (19. Bc3 Nxa5 $17) 19... cxb4 20. Rxb3 $2 (20. Nb6 $2 {is no
cause for concern} Nxb6 21. axb6+ Kxb6 22. axb4 (22. Rxb3 Bxc4 $1 $19) 22...
Ra2 $1 $19) (20. axb4 {was white's best try} Nd4 {is good and simple - there
is no doubt white has compensation for the piece but it is not enough} ({But
black has a strong response} 20... b5 $1 {leading to complex variations} 21.
cxb5 (21. axb6+ Nxb6 22. Nxb6 Kxb6 23. Rxb3 Bxc4) 21... Bxb4 22. b6+ Kc6 23.
Bb5+ Kxb5 24. Rxd8 {It looks as though white has the edge but} Nxb6 25. Rxa8 (
25. Nc3+ Kc4 (25... Bxc3 26. Rd6 $1 $132) 26. Rxa8 Nxa8 $17) 25... Nxa8 $19))
20... Rxa5 21. axb4 {A sad reality} (21. Nb2 bxa3 {and the knight is trapped})
21... Rxa4 {And white emerges a piece down} 22. Rdb1 Ra2 $6 ({Completely
missing} 22... Rxb4) ({And} 22... b5 $1) 23. Rc3 Nb6 {The knight is coming in
to a4} ({I did see} 23... Bxb4 24. Rxb4 ({but white has} 24. Rcb3 Bc5 25. Rxb7+
Kc6 {It just turns out white is lost here}) 24... Rxd3 $19) 24. Bc2 Bxb4 $1 {
Now this is even more effective} 25. Rcb3 ({The point is after} 25. Rxb4 {
black has a back-rank mate} Ra1+ 26. Rb1 Rxb1+ 27. Bxb1 Rd1+) 25... Bc5 {and
white has no counterplay at all} 26. Rb5 Kc6 27. R5b2 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Ra8 {
Preparing Nxc4 without allowing Ba4+} 29. g3 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Nxc4 31. Rb1 Ra2 32.
Bb3 Rxf2+ {and white drops another piece so Tony finally resigned 0-1 (32)
Wang,T (1923)-Macdonald,P (2059) ACC Spring Cup 2016}) ({The great Tony Miles
also showed how useful knights can be in this type of structure in this nice
game against Grigorian} 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Be6 8. Ngf3 f6 9. Be2
Nd7 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Ne7 12. Rfd1 Nc6 13. Nf1 Kc8 14. Ne3 Nc5 15. Nd2 Nd4 16.
Bf1 c6 17. f3 Rd8 18. Nb1 b6 19. Nc3 Ra7 20. Kf2 Rad7 21. Ke1 h5 22. Ne2 h4 23.
Kf2 Kc7 24. Rac1 Kb7 25. Nc3 Bf7 26. Be2 Bh5 27. Rb1 Nce6 28. g3 hxg3+ 29. hxg3
Ng5 30. g4 Bg6 31. Rh1 Nge6 32. Rbd1 Nf4 33. Bf1 Nde6 34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Nb1
Rd8 36. Rh2 Kc7 37. Ke1 Ng5 38. Nd2 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Nxf3+ {0-1 (39) Grigorian,
X-Miles,A (2595) Adelaide 1990}) 6. Be3 (6. b3 Nd7 7. Be3 c6 8. Bd3 Kc7 9. Ne2
Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Nbc3 Rhd8 13. f3 a5 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 a4
16. Nc1 ({An interesting line I saw over the board was} 16. b4 Nb3 $5 (16...
Na6 $1 {wins a pawn}) 17. axb3 a3 18. Ndc3 a2 19. Nxa2 Rxa2 {After} 20. Kd2 {
Black doesn't have enough for the pawn.}) 16... axb3 17. axb3 Ra3 (17... b5 {
was a good way to continue}) 18. Nf2 Nfd7 19. Kd2 f6 20. Rd1 b5 (20... Bf7 {
was a logical plan with the idea of ...Ne6 and ...Nd4}) 21. b4 $6 ({Better was
} 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Kc3) 21... Na6 (21... Na4 {was good also, intending Nc3
and Nxb5}) 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nfd3 Nb6 {Black has a good edge now just to
Black's access to the c4-square} 24. Ke1 Nc4 {It looks impressive but} (24...
Bc4 $1 {was the correct way to continue} 25. h4 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 Nc4 $17) 25. Bb3
$1 {Now, because of the pin it is very difficult for Black to make progress}
Kc6 26. Ke2 Bf7 27. Kf2 Nd6 {Exchanging off the protector of the light-squares
in White's camp} 28. Bxf7 Nxf7 29. Rd2 Rc3 (29... Nd6 {was the main
alternative but fails to impress also after} 30. Ra2 Ra4 31. Nb2 Nxb4 32. Rxa4
bxa4 33. Nxa4 $11) 30. Ra2 {Giving Black the opportunity to continue} (30. Na2
$1 Ra3 (30... Rc4 31. Nb2 Rd4 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Nd3 $11) 31. Rc2+ Kb7 32. Nc3
$11) 30... Kb6 31. Rb2 $6 (31. Rd2 $1 Nd6 32. Nxe5 $1 $11) 31... Nd8 $5 (31...
Nd6 {was stronger heading for the c4-square - this was the plan after all. I
just saw a new opportunity to attack the b4-pawn with all my pieces}) 32. Ke2
Nc6 33. Kd2 Rc4 34. Na2 {Ok, mission accomplished - but again how does Black
make progress?} Rd4 ({Well, any grandmaster will tell you, once you have your
opponent defending one wing - open a new front on the opposite wing.} 34... h5
35. h3 h4 36. Ke3 {but still I don't see anything significant for Black}) 35.
Kc3 $6 ({I expected} 35. Ke3 {and could find nothing better than} Rc4) 35... g6
36. g3 Nc7 {Rerouting the knight to a more central location} 37. Nac1 Ne6 (
37... Rc4+ 38. Kd2 f5 $1 39. Nc5 fxe4 40. Nxe4 Nd5 $17 {as the b4-pawn falls})
38. Nb3 $2 {At long last, White makes a decisive mistake for which there can
be no recovery.} Rc4+ 39. Kd2 Nxb4 40. Nbc1 Nc6 41. Ne2 Ncd4 $1 42. Nxd4 Nxd4
43. f4 Nc6 44. Ke3 b4 45. Rb3 (45. Rf2 {was probably White's best try} Rc3 46.
Kd2 Ra3 47. Nb2 $17 Ra2 48. Kc2 Kb5 49. fxe5 Nxe5 $1 50. Kb1 Ra6 $17) (45. fxe5
fxe5 46. Rf2 Rc3 {with the same ideas} 47. Kd2 Ra3 $1 $17) 45... Kb5 46. Nb2 $2
{Allowing the exchange of rooks is tantamount to resignation} Rc3+ 47. Rxc3
bxc3 48. Nd3 Kc4 49. Nc1 Nb4 {White is in zugzwang.} 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. h4 h5
52. Kf3 Nd3 53. Ne2 c2 54. g4 c1=Q {0-1 (54) Gilmour,M-Macdonald,P 39th Trusts
Open 2016 [Macdonald,Paul]}) 6... c6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Kc2 Kc7 10. a3
Bd6 11. b4 a5 12. c5 Bf8 13. Nf3 f6 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nc8 17.
Rd2 Be7 18. Rhd1 Nf8 19. Nxa5 b6 20. cxb6+ Nxb6 21. Bxb6+ Kxb6 22. Nc4+ Kc7 23.
Kb3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Nd6 Ne6 26. Nf7 Rf8 27. Nxd8 Nxd8 28. a4 Ne6 29. a5
Ra8 30. Na4 Nd4+ 31. Kc4 Kd6 32. Nc5 Kc7 33. f4 Kd6 34. Nb3 c5 35. bxc5+ Kc6
36. Nxd4+ exd4 37. Ra1 d3 38. Kxd3 Kxc5 39. a6 Ra7 40. e5 Kd5 41. exf6 gxf6 42.
Ra5+ Kd6 43. Kd4 Kc6 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. Kf5 Ke7 46. g4 Kf7 47. h4 Ke7 48. g5 fxg5
49. hxg5 Kf7 50. Kg4 h6 51. gxh6 Kg6 52. h7 Kxh7 53. Kf5 Kg7 54. Ke5 Kf8 55. f5
Re7+ 56. Kd6 Ra7 57. Kc6 Kg7 58. Kb6 Rf7 59. a7 Rf6+ 60. Kc7 Rf7+ 61. Kd6 {1-0
(61) Shen,T-Macdonald,P A Grade Interclub (ACC) 2015}) 5... Be6 6. b3 {Clinton
keeps the e4 square free for a White knight at some point} ({The great Aron
Nimzowitsch showed Black is more than ok in this line way back in 1917!} 6. e4
Bd6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Be3 c6 9. O-O-O Ke7 10. Ng5 Ngf6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. f3 Bc5 13.
Bxc5+ Nxc5 14. Be2 a5 15. Rd2 g5 16. Rhd1 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Kc2 Nh5 19. a3 a4
20. Bf1 Ng3 21. Ne2 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Nb3 23. Rd3 c5 24. Nc3 Nd4+ 25. Kc1 Kd6 26.
Re1 Kc6 27. Rdd1 Nb3+ 28. Kc2 Na5 29. Nxa4 Nxc4 30. Nc3 Rhd8 31. Kb3 b5 32. a4
Na5+ 33. Kc2 b4 34. Nb5 Nc4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Re2 Kb6 37. b3 Na5 38. Re1 Rd7
39. Re2 c4 40. bxc4 Nxc4 41. Kb3 Kc5 42. Kc2 Nb6 43. Kb3 Rd3+ 44. Kc2 Kc4 45.
Nc7 b3+ 46. Kc1 Nxa4 47. Re1 Rd6 48. Ne8 Rc6 49. Nf6 b2+ 50. Kb1 Kb3 {0-1 (50)
Wassilewsky-Nimzowitsch,A Riga 1917}) 6... Nd7 7. g3 {A rare move here but one
played by Petursson, Groszpeter, Gheorghiu amongst others. What is telling is
of the 25 odd games played with 7.g3, White only won 3 of them and Black won
9! And none of the aforementioned GM's managed to win any.} c6 8. Nf3 f6 9. Bg2
Kc7 10. O-O Ne7 {I struggled to play this move, only because I didn't
particularly want to part with my dark-squared bishop after Ba3.} ({The great
Milan Vidmar showed} 10... Nh6 $5 {is an acceptable way to continue} 11. Bxh6
gxh6 12. Nh4 Ba3 13. Nd1 a5 14. Ne3 Rhd8 15. Rab1 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Bf3 Na6
18. Bg4 Bg8 19. Bf5 h5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 a4 23. Nc3 axb3 24.
axb3 Kb6 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Nf5 Ka5 27. Na2 Na6 28. Nc3 Be6 29. Ne3 Kb4 30. Ne4
Be7 31. Bd1 Ka3 32. f4 f5 33. Ng5 Bxg5 34. fxg5 Nc5 35. Nc2+ Kxb3 {0-1 (35)
Maccioni Seisdedos,A-Vidmar,M Dubrovnik 1950}) ({For a long time I considered
the useful waiting move} 10... a5 {After} 11. Bb2 {the great player Vladimir
Epishin continued in a similar fashion to Vidmar} Nh6 12. Rac1 Be7 $6 (12...
Nf7 {was better}) 13. Nd5+ {A trick we shall see Clinton play but here it
secures the dark-squared bishop.} Kd8 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. Ba3+ Kf7 16. Nd2 Nf5
17. e3 a4 18. Ra1 Ne7 19. Ne4 Nc8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 g6 22. Ng3 (22. Rfd1 {
made much more sense}) 22... f5 23. e4 Nf6 24. exf5 (24. e5 $16) 24... Bxf5 25.
Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rfd1 Rg8 27. Bb2 Nb6 28. Bd4 Nbd7 29. b4 Ne4 30. Kh1 Ndf6 31. Bf3
Rad8 32. Bb6 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Ke6 34. Bd4 Ng4 35. Bxe4 (35. Re1 $11) 35... fxe4 {
0-1 (35) Ljubojevic,L (2605)-Epishin,V (2620) Moscow 1993}) 11. Ba3 Nc8 12.
Bxf8 Rxf8 13. Rac1 Ncb6 14. Nd2 (14. Rfd1 {was also good. In that case I would
have played the simple} Rad8 $11) 14... a5 $146 {A novelty in this position.
It involves taking a little risk but I thought Black would be ok and have
chances for an initiative} (14... Rfd8 15. Nd5+ Kb8 16. Nb4 {A strange move
that only provides Black some valuable tempi} Nc5 17. Rcd1 a5 18. Nc2 Kc7 19.
Nf3 Rd7 20. Rxd7+ Ncxd7 21. h4 a4 22. Ra1 Bf7 23. e3 Bg6 24. Nfe1 axb3 25. axb3
Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Bb1 27. Nf3 Nc5 28. Nd2 Bg6 29. Bf3 Na6 30. Ne4 Nd7 31. h5 Bf5
32. g4 Be6 33. Be2 Nb4 34. f3 h6 35. Kg2 Bg8 36. f4 exf4 37. exf4 Bh7 38. f5
Bg8 39. Kg3 b6 40. Kf4 Bf7 41. Ke3 Be8 42. Kd2 c5 43. Nc2 Nxc2 44. Kxc2 Ne5 45.
Kc3 Bc6 46. Nd2 Kd6 47. Nf1 Be4 48. Ne3 Nc6 49. Bd1 Ke5 50. Bc2 Bf3 51. Kd2 Nd4
52. Kc3 Kf4 53. Nd5+ Bxd5 54. cxd5 Nb5+ 55. Kd3 Kxg4 56. Ke3 Nd6 57. Kd3 Kxh5
58. Ke3 Kg4 {0-1 (58) Giribet Cunyat,J-Bruned Segura,M (2132) Balaguer 2003}) (
14... Rad8 {was probably the most sensible move} 15. Nd5+ Kb8 $11) 15. Nd5+ {
Of course White has been preparing this move for a little while now but it in
fact achieves little} Kb8 $1 16. Nxb6 {White has nothing better} Nxb6 17. a4 $6
{A poor move that gives Black a target - the b3-pawn is now permanently
weakened, and I waste no time in targetting it} (17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Kc7 19.
Rd6 {was much more natural but Black is fine after} Bf5 20. Rcd1 Rad8) 17...
Nd7 {Keeping the White knight out of c5, and planning Nc5 myself after some
preparation} 18. Ne4 f5 $5 (18... Kc7 {was of course fine for Black because
after} 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Rd6 Rae8 {White is forced to retreat due to the threat
of f6-f5.}) 19. Ng5 ({The point is} 19. Nd6 Kc7 20. Rfd1 Nc5 {leaves the
d6-knight stranded}) 19... Bg8 {This position is surprisingly difficult to
play as White. It seems like White should have something, but Black's piece
are all well-coordinated.} 20. Rfd1 (20. Nf3 {was probably White's most
sensible move}) 20... Kc7 21. Bh3 $6 {An unfortunate move that takes away one
of the g5-knights retreat squares} Rad8 (21... h6 22. Ne4 Rad8 {was also good
for Black}) 22. Rc3 $2 {White loses the thread here} (22. Nf3 {was White's
last chance to find a safe-haven for the White knight}) 22... e4 $1 {The point
is ...h7-h6 is threatened winning the White knight} 23. Bf1 {No choice} Nc5 {
Taking control of the only open file} 24. Rxd8 (24. Rb1 {keeping the pieces on
was probably slightly better}) 24... Rxd8 25. f3 Rd1 {Black dominates White's
position - the b3-pawn is falling} 26. fxe4 h6 $1 27. Nf3 fxe4 28. Nh4 (28. Ne5
{looks impressive but is one of the few times I have seen a centrally placed
knight doing absolutely nothing - and the b-pawn would still fall.}) 28... Bh7
({Nf5 needn't be feared after} 28... Rb1 29. Nf5 Be6 $1 30. Nxg7 Bh3 $19) 29.
Kf2 Rb1 30. g4 (30. Bh3 $142 {with the idea of Nf5}) 30... Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Nxb3
32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Kd6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Bh3 Nd4 {White is completely lost as
the f5-pawn is falling too} ({I considered} 35... Nc5 {which turns out also to
be excellent}) 36. f6 {A trick of hope that I expected} gxf6 {And here Clinton
resigned - the point is after} 37. Bc8 b6 {White has no targets and ...f5 then
...f4 is coming.} (37... Nf5+ {is even better!}) 0-1

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade C1"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/RXOcNxDo"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[White "Burrows, Grant"]
[Black "Song, Kate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 { C14 French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation } O-O 8. Nf3 a6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Qxg5 12. fxg5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qh4+ Kg8 15. O-O Ndxe5 16. Rf6 Ne7 17. Qg3 N5g6 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Qg4 Nf5 21. Ne2 Ne3 22. Qd4 Nxd1 23. Qxd1 Rad8 24. c3 e5 25. g3 Rfe8 26. Qf1 Re7 27. h4 e4 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Qe2 Ne5 30. Rf4 Rde8 31. h5 g6 32. h6 Kh7 33. Nc2 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Nxg5 35. Ne3 Be6 36. Kg2 Nf3 37. Qd1 Rd7 38. Qh1 Ne5 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade C1"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/ZWZ5R8Sf"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[White "Ward, Keith"]
[Black "Milne, Virginia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird Opening: Dutch Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. f4 d5 { A03 Bird Opening: Dutch Variation } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Ndf3 Qe7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Rfe8 11. g4 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. gxf5 Nd7 14. fxe6 Qxe6 15. Bg4 f5 16. Bh3 Qg6+ 17. Kh1 Qh6 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Bxf5 Re7 20. Qh3 Qxh3 21. Bxh3 Ndf6 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Kf3 c5 24. Ke2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rc7 26. Kd3 h5 27. Bd2 Nxd2 28. Kxd2 Ne4+ 29. Kd3 Rce7 30. Rae1 g6 31. Re2 Kh7 32. Bg2 Kh6 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rf3 h4 35. Rg2 Rd8 36. Rh3 Rc8 37. Rg5 Rc1 38. Rxd5 Re7 39. Rxh4+ { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade C1"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/8MPRrdI7"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[White "Lyall, Simon"]
[Black "Qin, Nicole"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 { C02 French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line } c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. h4 O-O-O 11. Bh3 h6 12. O-O g5 13. h5 f5 14. g4 fxg4 15. Bxg4 Rf8 16. Kg2 Bd8 17. Ra3 Ne7 18. b4 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Nf5 22. Ra3 Be7 23. Ra2 Rhg8 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Ng7 26. a5 Rf4 27. Kg3 Nf5+ 28. Kh3 Bb5 29. Re1 Bd3 30. Ra2 Be4 31. Nh2 Ng7 32. f3 Bf5 33. Kg3 Rf8 34. Rb2 Rf7 35. Re3 Bh7 36. Kh3 Nf5 37. Re1 Ng7 38. Rb5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade C1"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/d0QqG0rl"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[White "Wu, Eric (?)"]
[Black "Kozakevych, Sergiy (?)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 { B92 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation } e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bf3 b5 20. Bxd5 bxc4 21. Bxc4 a5 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Bd8 24. Rd1 Bb6 25. Bb3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Bd5 f6 30. Kd3 Kd6 31. Kc4 g5 32. Be4 h5 33. Bg6 h4 34. Bf5 Bc7 35. b4 Kc6 36. b5+ Kd6 37. a4 Bb6 38. f3 Bg1 39. h3 Bb6 40. Bc8 Bd8 41. Bf5 Bb6 42. Bc8 Bd8 43. Bf5 Bb6 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade C2"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/kbiGEUsm"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[White "Qin, Joy"]
[Black "Peak, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 { C77 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation } d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. Ng5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Bd2 h6 17. Nh3 Kh7 18. Rac1 c6 19. Rf1 d5 20. f4 dxe4 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. dxe4 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 b5 24. Bf4 Nd3 25. Qc2 Nxc1 26. e5+ g6 27. exf6 Nxa2 28. Be5 Qb7 29. f7 Rf8 30. Rf6 Rg8 31. Nf4 Rad8 32. Nxg6 Rd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxg6 34. Qd3 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade C2"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/i9TEebF7"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[White "Jacobs, Hilton"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. c4 c6 { A11 English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System } 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bc6 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. a4 a6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Nbd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Qf3 Nb6 19. Rf2 Bf8 20. Bb2 Bb4 21. Ne2 Rf8 22. h4 Qe7 23. Bh3 Rac8 24. h5 Bd7 25. Rcf1 Rc2 26. Nf4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Nc8 28. h6 b5 29. Nd3 bxa4 30. Nxb4 Qxb4 31. Qf6 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade C2"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/E6c4fpUC"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[White "Bishop, Everett"]
[Black "Ha, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Horwitz Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rc1 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Qe7 13. Ra1 h6 14. Ne5 Nh7 15. Ndf3 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Re1 Rac8 19. b4 Rc7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Qe2 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. f4 Qc2 25. Kf2 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Rc2+ 27. Kf3 Nf8 28. Rd1 Ng6 29. g3 Ne7 30. Be3 a6 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 b5 33. Be3 Nc6 34. Bc5 Kh7 35. g4 g5 36. d4 Kg6 37. Kg3 f5 38. exf6 Kxf6 39. h4 Nd8 40. hxg5+ hxg5 41. fxg5+ Kg6 42. Be7 Nc6 43. Bf6 a5 44. bxa5 Nxa5 45. Kf4 Nc4 46. Be7 Kf7 47. Bc5 Kg6 48. Bb4 Kf7 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Kh4 Ne3 51. Be7 Nc4 52. Bc5 e5 53. dxe5 Nxe5 54. Be7 Nc6 55. Bf6 Na5 56. Kg3 Nc4 57. Be7 d4 58. Kf2 Ne5 59. Ke2 Kf7 60. Bd6 Nxg4 61. Kd3 Ke6 62. Bc5 Ne5+ 63. Kxd4 Nf3+ { Black lost on time. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2017, Grade C2"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/VBEXEPS3"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[White "Yan, Caroline"]
[Black "Eade, Don"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 { E92 King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense } 8. Qc2 Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. b3 Nh5 11. Rb1 f5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Rg1 fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Qh4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxc5 Qxh2 17. Kf1 dxc5 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Nxc5 f3 21. Bxf5 Re2 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Qd3 Ra2 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. Re1 Bc3 26. Qxc3+ { Black resigns. } 1-0

