[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/hSCqvL9i"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Thornton, Gino"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Quiet Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 { D11 Slav Defense: Quiet Variation } g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nfd5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Ne4 Bd7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Bd2 Ba4 17. Bxa4 Nxa4 18. Qb5 Nab6 19. a4 Nc7 20. Qb4 Qd5 21. Nc5 Ne6 22. a5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Nd7 24. Bc3 Qc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Nf6 27. b4 a6 28. Qe5 Rac8 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. Rad1 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 e6 32. Nc4 Rc7 33. Nb6 Kf8 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. f4 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kf8 38. Nd7+ Nxd7 39. Rxd7 Rec8 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. R7d6 Rc6 42. g5 Rxd6 43. Rxd6 Ke7 44. Ke3 f6 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. Rd7 Rb8 47. Ke4 Rh8 48. Rxb7 Rh4 49. c6 g5 50. c7 Rxf4+ 51. Kd3 Rf3+ 52. Kc2 Rf2+ 53. Kb3 Rf3+ 54. Kc4 Rf1 55. Kc5 Rc1+ 56. Kb6 g4 57. Rb8 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/v1fC7ocW"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Watson, Bruce"]
[Black "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 { A29 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line } d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Nde4 Nh6 16. d4 Bc4 17. Re1 f5 18. Nc5 e4 19. f3 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. Qd4 Nxc3 22. Qxc4+ Qd5 23. Qxc3 exf3 24. Bf1 Kh8 25. Bb2 Rg8 26. Rbd1 f2+ 27. Kxf2 Qh1 28. h3 Ng4+ 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Ke2 Qh2+ 31. Kd3 Rbf8 32. Kc4 Rf2 33. Qxg7+ { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/heXOCyla"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gong, Daniel"]
[Black "Ang, Alphaeus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "London System"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 { A48 London System } Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Re8 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bh2 e5 11. d5 h6 12. b4 Nh7 13. e4 f5 14. Rc1 f4 15. Nd2 h5 16. Nb3 Bh6 17. Rc2 Ndf6 18. c5 a6 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Na4 Re7 21. Rc3 Rg7 22. Kh1 Bc8 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. Rc1 b5 26. Nb2 g5 27. f3 g4 28. fxg4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nxg4 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. Nf3 Ng5 32. Nxg5 Qxg5 33. Qf2 Qh6 34. Nd3 Rh7 35. Qg1 Raa7 36. Nf2 Rag7 37. Nxg4 Rxg4 38. R1c2 Qg6 39. Re2 Rg3 40. Rf3 Be7 41. Qf1 Qh5 42. Qg1 Bd8 43. Ree3 Bb6 44. Rxg3+ fxg3 45. Rxg3+ Kh8 46. Rh3 Qxh3 47. gxh3 Bxg1 48. Bxg1 Rxh3+ 49. Kg2 Ra3 50. Bb6 Rxa2+ 51. Kf3 Rb2 52. Bc7 Rb3+ 53. Kg4 Rxb4 54. Kf5 Rc4 55. Bxd6 Kg7 56. Bxe5+ Kf7 57. Bd6 b4 58. e5 b3 59. e6+ Ke8 60. Be5 Rc2 61. d6 Rf2+ 62. Kg5 b2 63. d7+ Ke7 64. Bd6+ Kd8 65. Bb4 Rf5+ 66. Kh6 Rf6+ 67. Kg7 Rxe6 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Steadman, Michael"]
[Black "Hague, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.03.12"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.12"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Nf5 d4 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Re1 d3 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Be3 Be6 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. Bc5 Qd7
21. Red1 b6 22. Be3 Na5 23. Qe1 Nc4 24. b3 d2 25. Qe2 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Rc2 27. Bf1
h6 28. Be2 Rdc8 29. Bd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/r1yQgMEl"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fan, Allen"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Réti Opening: Advance Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Bd6
7. Re1 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} (7. e3 Nge7 8. exd4 cxd4 9. a3 a5 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Qc2 Qc8
{1-0 (96) Mamedov,R (2679)-Shulman,Y (2617) Ningbo 2011}) 7... Nge7 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. Ne4 {The position is equal.} f5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
11. h4 f4 12. b3 fxg3 13. fxg3 e4 14. Ng5 Qxg3 15. Nxe4 {0-1 (34) Reinhardt,
K-Fett,S Hagen 1999}) 11... a5 $1 12. e3 Bd7 (12... dxe3 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}
13. Bxe3 f4) 13. exd4 $16 cxd4 14. Bd2 (14. Qe2 $16) 14... Ng6 (14... f4 $1 $14
) 15. Ng5 (15. b4 $142) 15... Nce7 16. b4 ({Don't play} 16. Bxb7 $6 Rab8 $14) (
16. Qb3 $16 Qf6 17. Qxb7 (17. Bxb7 Rab8 $17)) 16... Bc6 17. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is more active.} Qd7 18. Qb3+ Bd5 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. bxa5 {Hoping for
Rab1.} Kh8 {[#]} ({Better is} 20... h6 $14 21. Nf3 Rae8) 21. Rab1 $1 {[%cal
Ba1b1,Bb1b6,Bb6d6][%mdl 32]} Rac8 (21... h6 $16 {was called for.}) 22. Qxb7 $18
Rc7 23. Qb5 Rc6 (23... Qc8 {was necessary.} 24. a6 f4) 24. a6 {Black must now
prevent a7!} Nc7 25. Qb7 Rxa6 26. Rb6 Rfa8 $2 {[#]} (26... Qc8 27. Nf7+ Kg8)
27. Rd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 (27... Rxd6 28. cxd6) 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Qc8+ Qf8
30. Qxc7 h6 31. Nf7+ Kh7 32. Nxe5 Nxe5 33. Qxe5 Rxa3 34. Qxd4 Ra2 35. Bc3 {
Strongly threatening Qd7.} f4 {[#]} 36. Re8 $1 Qf7 (36... Qxe8 37. Qxg7#) 37.
Qe4+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/Mipxk0gG"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Kong Lim, Qi Le"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation } Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Nf6 15. Bg5 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Re5 Qc7 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. g3 Qd7 23. Kg2 h6 24. Qe4 Qe6 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. d5 b5 27. cxb5 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 cxd5 29. a4 Bc3 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Bf6 33. Nd4 Kd6 34. Nc6 a6 35. Na7 axb5 36. Nxb5+ Kc5 37. f4 Bd8 38. Nd4 h5 39. f5 Bf6 40. Ne2 Kb4 41. Nf4 Kxa4 42. Nxd5 Kb5 43. Nxf6 gxf6 44. Kd4 Kc6 45. Ke4 Kd6 46. Kf4 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Kd4 Kc6 49. h3 Kd6 50. h4 Ke7 51. Kc5 Kf8 52. Kc6 Ke8 53. Kd6 Kd8 54. Kd5 Kd7 55. Ke4 Ke7 56. Kf4 Kf8 57. Kf3 Kg7 58. Ke4 Kf8 59. Kd5 Ke8 60. Kd4 Ke7 61. Ke4 Kf8 62. Kf4 Ke7 63. g4 hxg4 64. Kxg4 Kf8 65. Kf4 Kg7 66. Kf3 Kh7 67. Kf4 Kg7 68. Kf3 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/4aT56Bqc"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Koestano, Erwin"]
[Black "Zhang, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 { D97 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation } 8. Be2 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. e5 Nfd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Qc8 15. Bg4 c5 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Nxh7 cxd4 18. Qh3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. Bd5 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/eZAOwcSZ"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Duneas, John"]
[Black "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubov Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {Our theoretical dispute in QGA continues. Previously I
played 2 classical QGA games against John and both of them were draw.} 3. Nf3
{John tried other moves but both times Black reached comfortable play:} (3.
Nc3) (3. Qa4+) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 {This time John goes for a sharp gambit line}
4... a6 5. e4 b5 {Now the pawn cannot be capruted back and it becomes a true
gambit. Sacrificing the pawn White must use his development advantage and the
powerful pawn centre.} 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 {It is in Black's favour to
exchange the knights on c3. In general, the less pieces remain - the bigger
Black's advantage is.} 8. bxc3 Bb7 {Here John sunk in deep thought.} ({Another
option was} 8... c6 { keeping control over e6 square} 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ng5 f6
11. Qf3 Ra7 12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng5 e6 14. Be3 { with complicated play}) 9. axb5
({John said he was considering to play} 9. e6 {which is probably the right
way.} 9... f6 ({Stockfish gives} 9... fxe6 10. Ng5 Qd5 11. Be2 Qxg2 12. Rf1 Nd7
13. Be3 Nb6 {=}) 10. Be2 Bd5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. O-O g6 13. Ne1 Bg7 14. Nc2 O-O)
9... axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 {Last three moves took about 40 min of White's time.
Obviously John was searching the ways to open the position or start an attack.
But that is very hard to do without extreme measures.} 11. Ba3 {After some
thought White tries at least to prevent me from castling} 11... e6 {Black has
not too many options here. I decided to lose the castling but to change the
dark square bishops. Later Black plans to consolidate with g6 and Kg7} (11...
g6 {this has very little perspective} 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O) 12. Bxf8 Kxf8
13. Be2 Nd7 14. Qb1 Bc6 15. O-O Nb6 {Here I was hesitating. The last move was
to prevent the possible d4-d5} ({Looks like} 15... g6 {was more accurate e.g.}
16. d5 Bxd5 17. Qxb5 c6 18. Qb4+ c5 19. Qb5 Kg7) 16. d5 {John goes for that
breakthrough anyway.} 16... Nxd5 17. Nd4 {For another sacrificed pawn White got
a nice centralised position for his knight. Is that compensation sufficient? I
believe not} 17... Qe8 ({I rejected} 17... Qd7 {because of the bishop sac on c4
but the line is not bad for Black at all e.g.} 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qb8+ Qe8 20.
Nxc6 Qxb8 21. Nxb8 Nxc3 22. f3 (22. Rc1 $2 22... Ne2+) 22... Ke7 23. Nc6+ Kd7
24. Na5 Ra8 25. Nxc4 Ra2 {-/+}) 18. Bf3 Bd7 ({Again} 18... g6 {was better, but
I wanted to keep all my extra pawns} 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxb5 Qe7 21. f4 Kg7) 19.
Re1 ({White missed} 19. Bxd5 {which would equate} 19... exd5 20. Qb4+ Qe7 21.
Qa5 Be8 22. f4 g6 23. f5 Qxe5 24. f6 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 h6 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Kg8
28. Qxd5 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kxf6 32. Rxc7 Ra8 33. g3 Ra4
$11) 19... c5 $1 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf4 Qc6 {Time waste as the game
comes to the similar position anyway} (22... g6 $1 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. e6 Qc6
{-/+}) 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qc1 Qe6 ({I was considering} 24... h6 25. Qf4 {but
didn't see that after} 25... Ke7 {Black is much better as the king is safe and
the rook is coming into the game.} 26. e6 fxe6) 25. Qa3 Qc6 {Here I was
prepared to repeat the position after Qc1, but there was a chance that White
could go wrong} 26. Qa5 $2 {and that happened} (26. Qa7 {would equate}) 26...
g6 {Now the king escapes to g7 and Black consolidates} 27. e6 Qe8 {I found this
extravagant move but simple Kg7 was the correct one. White was in time trouble
and that's why I wanted to play in a more complicated way} (27... Kg7) 28. e7+
{White didn't find the way} (28. Qb6 Kg7 $11) 28... Kg7 29. Qc7 f6 {By sone
reason I was afraid of Qe5+} (29... d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Qe5+ f6 32. Qxd4 Qc6)
30. Qxc5 Qd7 31. g3 Re8 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. h4 {(=) Here White offered a draw which
I rejected. I still think that Black's position is better but how to take
advantage of that?} 33... Qb7 34. Kh2 Qd7 35. Kg2 d4 {Seems the only way to
continue} 36. cxd4 Rxe7 (36... Rc8 37. Qb4 Qd5+ 38. f3 Re8) 37. Rb1 Qb7+ 38. d5
Rc7 39. Qxb5 (39. Rxb5 Rxc5 40. Rxb7+ Ke8 41. Kf3 c3 42. Rb1 {with similar to
the game position}) 39... Qxb5 40. Rxb5 c3 41. Rb1 c2 42. Rc1 {I would like to
stop on this position as it has practical value. John told me after the game
that in this position it is a "dead draw". I was not convinced. White has a
dangerous passer and centralised king.} 42... Rc3 $2 {Last move was a clear
waste of time. White's king gets to q-side anyway. Just a bit later I realised
that I missed a win here wasting this one tempo. The idea is that Black should
break the White's pawns in order to capture them. White's rook is paralysed
guarding the c-passer, so White either 1) wins the pawn endgame if rooks are
exchanged 2) creates another passer and distracts the rook} ({The right way
was} 42... Ke7 {(not wasting the time on rook moves)} 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Ke4 h5 $3
({If Black goes after winning the d5-pawn instead, White makes a fortress of
pawns:} 44... Rc4+ 45. Kd3 Kxd5 46. f3 {= That was John's idea. Black cannot
make any progress here}) 45. Kd3 ({Another option makes it harder to win for
Black but the win is still there. The idea is to force Black to advance the
pawns combining the mate threats and then either to checkmate or to win both
pawns and advance to c2} 45. f3 Rc5 46. Kd3 g5 47. Ke4 $1 {and that is the
point: the king goes to the KING SIDE not to collect the c2 pawn} ({Taking on
c2 loses as well} 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 48. Kxc2 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kxd5 50. Kd1 (50. Kd3
Ke5 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Ke2 Kf4 53. Kf2 f5 54. Kg2 Ke3) 50... Ke5 51. Ke2 Kf4 52.
Kf2 f5 53. Kg2 Ke3 {and Black wins}) 47... gxh4 48. gxh4 Rc4+ 49. Kf5 Kxd5 50.
Kxf6 Rc5 51. Kg6 Ke5 52. Kxh5 Kf5 {The winning plan here is to use Zugzwang and
chekmate theats to win both White pawns and then king goes to support the c2
passer. White wins in all variations.} 53. Kh6 Kf6 54. f4 (54. Kh7 Rc7+ 55. Kh8
(55. Kh6 Rc8 56. Kh7 Rc4 57. h5 Rc7+ 58. Kg8 Kg5 59. f4+ Kxh5 60. f5 Kg5 61. f6
Kxf6 {-+}) 55... Kg6 {-+}) 54... Rc6 55. Kh7 Rc8 56. f5 (56. h5 Kf7 57. Kh6 Rc5
$1 {It is Zugzwang: White's king cannot move due to checkmate, the rook - due
to the passer. So White must advance f-pawn.} 58. f5 Kf6 59. Kh7 Rc8 60. h6 Kf7
61. f6 Rc7 62. Kh8 Rc5 63. h7 (63. Kh7 Rc8 64. Rg1 c1=Q {-+}) 63... Rc8# {Very
nice variation}) 56... Rc6 (56... Rc4 57. Kg8 Rg4+ 58. Kf8 Rxh4 59. Ke8 Rc4 60.
Kd7 Kxf5 {and the king goes to c2-pawn}) 57. h5 (57. Kh6 Rc7 58. Kh5 Rc4 {-+})
57... Kxf5 58. h6 Rc7+ 59. Kh8 (59. Kg8 Kg6 60. Kf8 Kxh6 {Black wins moving
king to c2 pawn}) 59... Kg6 60. Rg1+ Kxh6 61. Rh1+ Kg5 {and the king marches to
the c2 pawn with a win}) 45... Kxd5 46. f3 {Here John's idea doesn't work}
({or} 46. Rxc2 Rxc2 47. Kxc2 Ke4 48. Kd2 Kf3 49. Ke1 f5 50. Kf1 f4 {-+}) 46...
g5 $1 47. Rxc2 (47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Rxc2 (48. Ke3 {If White doesnt take c2 pawn,
Black create a k-side passer and win} 48... Ke5 49. Kd3 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51.
Ke3 Kf5 52. Kd3 Kf4 53. Kd2 h3 54. Ke2 h2 55. Kf2 (55. Kd2 Kxf3 {-+}) 55...
h1=Q 56. Rxh1 c1=Q) 48... Rxc2 49. Kxc2 h4 {-+}) 47... Rxc2 48. Kxc2 gxh4 49.
gxh4 Ke5 50. Kd3 Kf4 51. Ke2 Kg3 52. Ke3 Kxh4 53. Kf4 Kh3 54. Kf5 Kg3 55. Kxf6
h4 {-+}) 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Kd2 Rc8 46. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 47. Kxc2 Kxd5 48.
Kd3 Ke5 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Kf3 h5 51. g4+ {That move was a surprise for me. It's
nothing serious but as a rule if you overlooked a move that means you are
tired. That's why I should have offered a draw here} 51... hxg4+ 52. Kg3 Ke5
53. Kxg4 Ke4 $4 {I do not know what I was thinking.} ({Simple} 53... Ke6
{secures a draw, which is the logical end of the game}) 54. f4 Kd5 (54... f5+
{I was probably thinking of this idea making Ke4 move. But that loses obviously
too} 55. Kg5 Kf3 56. Kxg6 Kxf4 57. h5 Kg4 58. h6 f4 59. h7 f3 60. h8=Q Kg3
{+-}) 55. f5 Ke4 56. fxg6 f5+ 57. Kg5 {To conclude: In the sharp opening White
didn't use the attacking chances. That left Black with advantage for the most
of the midgame afterwards. Black played inaccurately towards the endgame but
White missed a chance to equate. Finally, in the rook endgame Black missed
winning chances (Rc3? instead of Ke7). Then Black played absolutely appallingly
in the pawn endgame losing in absolutely draw position (Ke4?). Sad loss,
especially when you had a win and then at least a draw "in the pocket".} 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 C-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/6xIfRxxT"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Eade, Don"]
[Black "Ha, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed Variations, Worrall Attack, Castling Line"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 {Having played different things against Don's 1.e4, including e6 
(lost), g6 (drawn) and d5 (drawn), I decided to try a Spanish game.} 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 {With the White
Queen already on e2, I wasn't sure if d5 would work. A rook hanging on e5 in
the Marshall attack look better to me than the Queen.} 9. d4 Bg4 {I didn't
know this is a line. Just thought I would be able to recapture on e5 with a
knight.} 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. h3 Bh5 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 Nb7 14. Be3 c6 {I wasn't
sure if a backward d6 pawn would hold, but I felt like the centre would be
under Black's control for a while, plus the e4 pawn will be weakened.} 15. dxc6
Qxc6 16. Bg5 Nc5 17. Nbd2 Ne6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Qe3 Bd8 {I was thinking, if
possible, to start pushing the f-pawn, so the bishop and knight had to retreat,
plus there was a better diagonal to move the bishop to, the a7-g1 one.} 20. Kh2
Bb6 21. Qe1 Nd7 22. g3 Ne6 23. g4 Bg6 24. Nf1 {Here the initiative was
suddenly grabbed by White. I didn't have enough firepower on kingside anymore,
the pawns on e4 and g4 secured f5 for white knight, and I didn't find a good
way to resolve the position.} f6 {To protect against Be7, attacking my rook
and the pawn on d6. I didn't like Re8, as the d8 square was still covered by
the white bishop.} 25. Ng3 Ng5 {This tactical line could have worked, if I had
moved the king out the check on g8. Unfortunately, Black lost because of Bb3+.
I saw it after the knight had moved and could not find a good sequence to
defend against it.} 26. Bxg5 fxg5 27. Nf5 {The knight had to be captured, as
it threatened both d6 and e7.} Bxf5 28. Bb3+ Kh8 29. Bd5 Qc5 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 
{Prepared to lose, I missed a win here as I could take with Bxg4, aiming for
the knight on f3 and weak pawn on f2. The position was still rich.}
31. gxf5 h6 32. Rd5 Qc6 33. Rad1 Bc7 34. Nd2 {White saw the threat of knight
coming to f6 and had to cut the communication of the rooks.} Nf6 35. Rd3 Rd8
36. f3 Nh5 37. Nf1 Nf4 38. R3d2 d5 {This was a desperado, which was tactically
incorrect, and it didn't work, as the White Queen could come to e4, stopping
the movement of the black pawn, if Black would recapture on d5 with rook or
knight.} 39. exd5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 e4 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Qxe4 Ne6+ 43. Ng3 Nxd8 44.
f6+ Qxe4 45. fxe4 Ne6 46. Rd7 Bf4 47. f7 Kg6 48. Re7 Kf6 49. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 D-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/Q4hGaXWi"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Jin, Owen"]
[Black "McDougall, Euan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[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 Nf6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 d5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd8 15. Nb3 Bh6 16. Kc2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Bf5+ 18. Kc3 Nd7 19. g4 Be6 20. h4 f5 21. g5 Nb6 22. b3 Rd7 23. h5 Rad8 24. Nb1 a5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh6 Rd1 27. Rxg6+ Kf7 28. Rf6+ Ke7 29. Rh6 Rxf1 30. Nd2 Rf2 31. g6 Rfxd2 32. g7 Kf7 33. Rh8 R8d3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1


