[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4."]
[White "Garbett, Paul"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

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[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/oPSEEXYI"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hague, Ben"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 { B09 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation } c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. c3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 b6 15. Nh4 Qe4 16. Rae1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qxh4 18. Rxf5 Qe4 19. Qf2 e6 20. Rh5 Qg6 21. Qh4 Kh7 22. Rg5 Qd3 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bxh6+ Kg8 25. h3 Qh7 26. Re3 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/gCmftFdb"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus"]
[Black "Watson, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 { A56 Benoni Defense } 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. O-O Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Qd3 Ng4 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 b5 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. g3 a5 21. Rae1 b4 22. e5 Qd8 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Ne4 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qxd5 26. Kg1 Re6 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. exf6 Ne6 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Rc8 31. Re5 h6 32. Rxa5 Ng5 33. Rd3 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Rxb2 36. Rxd4 Nf3 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Raa8 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kulashko, Alexei"]
[Black "Thornton, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]

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[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/oJ3M7bwx"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Black "Koestano, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "Macdonald, Paul"]

{Annotation by Paul Macdonald:
I came into this game expecting to play Alex Huang only to find out late Alex
had withdrawn from the tournament. It turns out Brett Rider had also withdrawn.
So we suddenly had two new players, Erwin Koestanto from Indonesia and Qi Le
Kong- Lim, both of which I had never heard of before. I decided to play my pet
opening as I have found many Asian players well-versed on opening theory.} 1.
b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. e3 ({It is important to be alert in the opening
phase - I could have played} 4. e4 {here as after} Nxe4 5. Bxg7 Rg8 6. Bb2 {
Black has a problem to solve as to the future of his king.}) (4. d4 {was also
playable and good}) 4... O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d3 {7.c4 is the most
popular move in this position, but the move played scores significantly better.
} c5 8. e4 $6 {Trying something different - an experiment that lead me into
some difficulty as we shall see and not one I am likely to repeat.} (8. Nbd2 {
is the natural continuation, keeping things flexible}) 8... Nc6 9. e5 {This is
my idea - gaining some space and pushing the knight around. As it turns out
Black is quite capable of dismantling the e5-pawn and all I have succeeded in
doing is significantly improving the scope of the b7-bishop.} Nd5 10. Qd2 f6 $1
{An excellent move after which White will struggle to hold the centre.} 11. c4
Nc7 {This is my only solace - pushing the knight back to c7. Who would have
thought 20 moves later a White rook will end up on e7 attacking both the
c7-knight and the b7-bishop.} 12. Na3 {An unfortunate consequence of my
"experiment". As it turns out, this poor little knight becomes the hero of the
game!} fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf6 ({During the game I was concerned about
the clever idea} 14... d6 15. Bb2 e5 {[%cal Gc7e6,Ge6d4] In our post-game
analysis Gordan Morrell stepped in also suggesting this idea. White would have
to play the enterprising} 16. Bg4 {to keep the knight out of d4. Nevertheless,
it is clear Black is doing well here. The b7-bishop is excellent, the f8-rook
is active whilst White's b2-bishop is horrible and the a3-knight is off-side.}
(16. f4 $2 {fails to} Rxf4 $1 17. Rxf4 Bg5 $17) {Black should probably continue
} 16... Qe8 {[%cal Ge8g6] followed by Qg6}) 15. d4 $1 d6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 {
Erwin instead plays for a rook lift, and it becomes clear there are some
opportunities to attack the White king} ({I was happy with} 16... Qxf6 {
as after} 17. dxc5 dxc5 {Black is left with an isolated e-pawn. Truth be told
it doesn't represent much of weakness and can help in the fight for the centre,
but at this point I was happy with anything I could get.} {An interesting line
goes} 18. Qe3 e5 19. Rad1 Ne6 $5 {Black lets the rook onto the 7th with the
aim of trapping it later} 20. Rd7 Rab8 21. Bd3 Nd4 22. Nb5 Qe6 23. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7
24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qe4 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Rh7]}) 17. Rad1 (17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rad1 e5
19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. cxb5 d5 {didn't appeal to me.}) 17... d5 ({Black again had an
opportunity to relocate the knight to the key d4 and f4 squares, using a theme
we have seen before} 17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd2 Ne6 $1 20. f3 ({The point
is the tempting} 20. Qxd6 $2 {loses to} Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Nf4 22. Bf3 (22. Rd2 Rg6
$19) 22... Rxd6 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bf3 Rd2 $17) 20... Nf4 $36) 18. Rfe1 ({
I should have preferred} 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nc4 $1 d4 21. Bd3 Nd5
22. Rde1 Nf4 23. f3 {White's edge is minimal but at least White has an edge!})
18... Qf8 {Threatening both Rxf2 and cxd4 when the unprotected a3-knight comes
under fire. Fortunately for White, all these threats can be parried by
continue the plan I had in mind.} 19. Bf1 $1 Qd6 (19... cxd4 {doesn't give
Black anything significant} 20. Nc2 dxc4 21. bxc4 ({There was a nasty trap
which I saw over the board} 21. Bxc4 $4 Rg6 22. Bf1 Qf3 $3 $19) {Now} 21... d3
{doesn't work because} 22. Bxd3 {prevents Rg6.}) 20. Nc2 (20. cxd5 $1 {was the
best move here, getting the a3-knight into the c4 and e5 squares.} Qxd5 {
activating Black on the long diagonal didn't particularly appeal to me - but I
failed to look at the details.} (20... Nxd5 21. Nc4) (20... Bxd5 21. dxc5 Qxc5
22. b4 Qe7 23. Nc4 $16) 21. f3 Rg6 22. Nc4 $1 Qxf3 $2 23. Ne5 $18) 20... Raf8
21. Re2 (21. f3 {was also fine but I wanted to minimise any weakening of my
king} dxc4 ({The point is} 21... Rh6 {is met by} 22. Re5 $1) 22. bxc4 Rg6 {
looks a bit scary but it turns out White's position is very strong} 23. dxc5 {
is probably the safest option} (23. d5 {is dangerous for White} exd5 24. cxd5
Rxf3 $1 (24... Nxd5 25. Bc4 $16) (24... Bxd5 25. Ne3 $16) 25. Bd3 Rh3 $1 26.
Bxg6 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Ba6+ 28. Re2 Rh4 {when the only move to hold is} 29. Ne1 $8
{You don't want to play positions where you have to find only moves}) 23...
Qxc5+ (23... Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxf3 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Bd3 Rd8 27. Nb4 $16) 24. Qf2
Rxf3 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. g3 Rf8 27. Re5 $44 {[%csl Yc5,Ye6]}) 21... dxc4 22. bxc4
Rh6 23. h3 Qc6 {This is the critical position of the game. At first sight Qc6
looks like a strong move, threatening the immediate Rxh3. But it turns out the
move is a mistake because of the unfortunately position of both the queen and
rook. The knight now continues it's remarkable journey.} 24. Ne3 $1 {[%csl Ya3,
Yc2,Rc6,Ye3,Ye5,Yg4,Rg6][%cal Ge3g4,Gg4e5,Gc2e3,Gb1a3,Ga3c2] A strong move as
the variations will show. The knight starts to believe it itself and continues
it's remarkable journey to the e5-square.} ({I thought} 24. Re3 {was also fine,
but it was extremely difficult to find any variations after the move. It just
seemed to lack harmony and I couldn't answer the question, what is the future
of my c2-knight?}) 24... Rd8 (24... Rxh3 {fails to impress after} 25. d5 $1
exd5 26. gxh3 d4 27. Bg2 Qg6 28. Qc2 $1 $18 (28. Qd3 {is not as convincing}
Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Ba6)) (24... cxd4 25. Ng4 Rg6 26. f4 $1 $16 {and White will
regain the d4-pawn with a good game} ({Of course not} 26. Ne5 $4 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1
Rg1+ 28. Kxg1 Qh1#)) 25. Ng4 Rg6 26. d5 $1 exd5 (26... Qd6 {isn't much better}
27. dxe6 Qxd2 28. Rexd2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Nxe6 (29... Rxe6 30. Rd7 $18 {A theme we
shall see in the main game.}) 30. Rd7 Bc6 31. Rxa7 $16) 27. Ne5 {This is the
point - the knight completes it's remarkable tour with a win of material} Qf6
28. Nxg6 Qxg6 $4 {Erwin, unable to adjust to his sudden change of fate makes a
fatal error.} ({After} 28... hxg6 $142 {White is probably best to continue with
} 29. Qe3 {The game is very difficult for Black to hold here because of the
threat of Qe7} Bc6 (29... d4 30. Qe7 $16) (29... Re8 {is met by} 30. Qg3 $16 {
[%csl Rc7,Re8,Rg6]} Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Qf7 (31... Ne8 32. Qb8 $18) 32. cxd5 Bxd5 33.
Bd3 $18) 30. cxd5 Bxd5 (30... Nxd5 31. Qe6+ $16) (30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32.
Qe7 Ne6 33. Qxa7 $16) 31. Red2 $16) 29. Re7 {The rook's entry onto the 7th
rank forces Black to make considerable concessions. The unprotected knight and
bishop find themselves in an awkward position} Qd6 $8 30. Qg5 {The rook not
only puts pressure on Black's pieces - it forces Black to weaken his king.} g6
31. Rde1 {Threatening Qh6} (31. Qh4 h5 32. Rde1 {forcing further weaknesses
was more accurate}) 31... Rd7 (31... Rf8 32. Qh6 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qxh7+
Kf8 35. Bd3 $18 {is hopeless}) 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qf6 {Threatening Re7} ({
The tempting} 33. Re7 {doesn't lead to an obvious follow on play}) (33. Qe7 $1
{was winning a piece} Qc8 34. Qh4 Ne6 35. Qf6 Ng7 36. Re7 $18) 33... Ne8 34.
Qe7 {Erwin had seen enough and decided to resign. 1-0} {Black is quite lost
after the variation} Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Bc6 36. cxd5 Kf8 37. Rxh7 Bxd5 38. Rxa7 $18
1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/nrqgTDzU"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zhang, Leo"]
[Black "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Old Benoni Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 { A44 Old Benoni Defense } 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e4 Bg5 6. Bxg5 Qxg5 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Be2 Nh6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Nd7 16. Raf1 Ne5 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. R4f2 Qe5 19. Nf4 Rae8 20. Nxg6 Qxg3 21. hxg3 hxg6 22. Rf3 Re7 23. Ra1 Ng4 24. a4 Ne5 25. Re3 Rb8 26. Rc1 a6 27. Rb3 f6 28. a5 Reb7 29. Ra1 bxa5 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. b3 Kh7 32. Rxa5 Rb6 33. Kf2 Kh6 34. Ra1 g5 35. Ke2 g4 36. Rh1+ Kg6 37. Rf1 Kg5 38. Rf5+ Kg6 39. Rf1 Kg5 40. Rf5+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/MzokJcEi"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kong-Lim, Qi Le"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Mason Attack"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 { D00 Queen's Pawn Game: Mason Attack } c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Nbd2 f5 9. O-O Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb3 g6 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. Rfc1 Nf6 16. b4 Ng4 17. b5 b6 18. Na4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxe3+ 20. Kf1 cxb5 21. Nb2 Bd7 22. Re1 Qh6 23. Kg1 f4 24. Qd2 Ne3 25. gxf4 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Re5 Bf5 28. Rxd5 Be4 29. Rg5 Bxf3 30. gxf3 c3 31. Qxc3 Rxf4 32. Rg3 Rh4 33. Nc4 Rc8 34. Re1 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Qh2+ 36. Rg2 Qh4+ 37. Ke2 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Re8+ 39. Ne5 Qxd4 40. Kf1 Rxe5 41. Qb1 Rd5 42. Rxg6+ hxg6 43. Qxg6+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ Ke7 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/xCiu7WXr"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "Fan, Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "Nagorski, Alex"]

1. Nf3 {Annotation by Alex Nagorski:
You don't have to guess playing White against Allen as it is always
going to be King's Indian. Even though KID is considered very sharp with mutual
chances, it is quite hard for Black. There are various ways for White to
maintain small but steady space advantage. The only drawback of playing 1.Nf3
is that you cannot play Saemish variation with f3 which is quite unpleasant for
Black.} 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 {Anti-Grunfeld line prevents Black
from playing 4...d5.} 4... d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 {Alright, we have KI in its
Classical Variation.} 6... e5 {True KI fans play this move and attack White on
k-side }  ( {Another option is to play} 6... c5 {which can transpose to Maroczy
Bind} 7. O-O cxd4 ( {However, there is always an option to play} 7... Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd2) ) 7. O-O Nc6 {And now it goes
to the sharp Aronin line. This variation was "buried" and "resurrected" many
times for both Black and White.} 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 {There are various ways for
White to play b2-b4, Nd2, Bd2, Bg5. I played almost all of them occasionally.
They have their pros and cons} 9... Nd7 10. Nd3 {At first my idea was to go
with the Be3-f3-Bf2, but I thought that Allen might have analysed his game and
improved the play.}  ( {Zhang-Fan game from R2 continued} 10. Be3 { (this
variation was often played by Korchnoi who considered the whole Aronin
variation being "faulty" for Black).} 10... f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 {Watching
the game reminded me the game Korchnoi-Hulak (Zagreb 1987) that I reviewed just
recently.} 13. Rc1 ( {Korchnoi went earlier with} 13. Nb5 a6 14. Na7 Rxa7 15.
Bxa7 b6 16. b4 Bb7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Rc1 Nc8 19. bxc5 Ba8 {otherwise c5-c6} 20.
c6 $1 Nf6 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22. Bxa6 g4 23. Nd3 g3 24. h3 Ne8 25. Nc5 Qb8 26. a4
Nd6 27. a5 Nbc8 28. Kh1 Qa7 29. Qc2 Ne7 30. Rb1 Ng6 31. Rfc1 Bf6 32. Bf1 Bxc6
33. dxc6 Qxa5 34. Ra1 Qb4 35. Ne6 {1-0} ) 13... Rf7 {Zhang-Fan game continued} 
14. Nb5 $5 a6 15. Na7 Rxa7 16. Bxa7 b6 17. b4 $5 (17. c5 dxc5 18. b4 Ng6 19.
bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Bxc5 {+/-} ) 17... Bb7 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5
20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Qb3 Qa8 22. Bxc5 Nc8 23. d6 Nxd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Bc4 d5 26.
exd5 Rd7 27. Nc2 Bf8 28. Rd1 Qa7+ 29. Kf1 Qc5 30. Qd3 Bd6 31. Ne1 Kg7 32. Bxa6
Bxa6 33. Qxa6 Ra7 34. Qc6 Rxa2 35. Qd7+ Be7 36. Nd3 Qd6 37. Qxd6 Bxd6 38. Nf2
Ra6 39. Ne4 h6 40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Rb1 Be7 42. Rb7 Ke8 43. Kd3 g4 44. Kc4 gxf3 45.
gxf3 Ra4+ 46. Kc3 Ra6 47. Rb8+ Kd7 48. Rh8 Ra3+ 49. Kc4 Ra4+ 50. Kc3 Ra3+
{1/2-1/2} ) 10... f5 11. Bd2 Rf7 $5 {Allen plays the same kind of a move as in
the above Zhang-Fan game. Black wants to regroup for attack without losing
time. I was thinking of a strong move to get some advantage of the deviation
from normal }  (11... Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5) 12. f4 $5 {Seems like I chose not a
good one. The only pseudo-merit is getting away from the standard ways. After
several moves though I regretted playing 12.f4 and realised that the better way
was}  (12. f3 f4 13. b4 {+/= i.e. it was better to keep the game closed and go
with the traditional fight} )  ( {I found only one game in the dB that
continued} 12. a4 Nf6 13. f3 f4 14. g4 $5 g5 15. c5 h5 16. h3 Ng6 17. cxd6 cxd6
18. Be1 Bf8 19. a5 Rh7 20. Kg2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe7 22. Bf2 Nh4+ 23. Bxh4 Rxh4 24.
Rh1 Rxh1 25. Qxh1 Bd7 26. Qd1 Qh7 27. Qh1 Qg6 28. Nf2 a6 29. Qd1 Qh7 30. Qb3
Be8 31. Rh1 Qc7 32. Nh3 Nh7 33. Qb4 Rc8 34. Rc1 Be7 35. Nf2 Nf8 36. Nd3 Ng6 37.
Na4 Qd8 38. Nb6 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Qb8 40. Nb3 Bd8 41. Nd2 Bc7 42. Bd1 Nh4+ 43. Kf2
Qd8 44. Ndc4 Kg7 45. Ba4 Bg6 46. Qc3 Bb8 47. Qa3 Bf7 48. Bd7 Qc7 49. Qb4 Kf6
50. b3 Ke7 51. Ke2 Kf6 52. Kf2 Ke7 53. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Provided that the Black
player was about 200 Elo higher than White, I conclude that the overall
variation favours White. (Mohandesi, S v Schebler, G 2001) } )  (12. Be3) 12...
exf4 {Here I thought for about 10 min. thinking what to do} 13. Bxf4 $5 { I
have chosen not the best reply}  ( {I considered} 13. Nxf4 {but that gives up
the c5 square} 13... Nc5 {I didn't see} 14. Nh3 Nxe4 {with following} 15. Nxe4
fxe4 16. Rxf7 Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Nxe4 {=} )  ( {Also interesting was} 13.
Rxf4 {that kept control over c5 and prevented fxe4. But somehow I thought that
it is not a good place for the rook.} 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rf1) 13...
Qf8 $5 {This move has its reason. Soon the f-file will be open and the battery
R+Q will operate on it. I was expecting something like}  (13... Ne5 {but this
is not good for Black e.g.} 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 f4 16. Bf2 {+/- White pawn
are going to advance soon squashing Black's position} )  ( {or} 13... fxe4 14.
Nxe4 h6 {preventing Ng5 ~= } ) 14. Qd2 {protects Bf4 and b2-pawn.} 14... Nb6 $5
{This move didn't seem right. This knight doesn't belong there and it stayed
outcast for the rest of the game.} 15. Nf2 fxe4 ( {May be better was} 15... Bd7
{connecting the rooks?} 16. Nh3 (16. Rae1 Re8 17. Bd3 Nec8 18. exf5 Rxe1 19.
Rxe1 Bxf5 20. Be3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne7) 16... h6 17. c5 dxc5 18. e5) 16. Nfxe4 Nf5
17. Rae1 { I was measuring whether to remove my king from Bd4+ and decided to
develop instead.}  ( {The idea of discovered attack on Black's queen on f-file
was in the air. I thought of} 17. Ng5 Re7 {but I didn't see the continuation} 
18. g4 $1 { Its not easy to make such a move opening your k-side} 18... Nd4 19.
Bxd6 Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Qe8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rf7 $1 (22. Rae1 Nxc4 23. Qf4 Qe3+
24. Kh1 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 {+/-} ) ) 17... Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qg7 {The Queen gets away
from x-ray on f-file and makes another battery on the a1-h8 diagonal.} 19. Ng5
$5 ( {Again the move was} 19. g4 $1 { but the psychological reason for not
playing was the prejudice that one shouldn't expose the king.} 19... Ne7 20.
Bh6 Qe5 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Rf8+ Kd7 {+-} ) 19... Re7 20. Bd3 {White
pieces are located very harmoniously.} 20... Bd7 (20... Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bd7) 21.
Rxe7 ( {The correct way shown by Stockfish is} 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 h5 23. Bg5
Bf6 24. Ne4 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Nh6 26. Qc2 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rf1+ Kg8 29. h4
{+-} ) 21... Nxe7 22. Re1 ( {At some point I was looking at} 22. Nb5 {which is
the best move here. But the move} 22... Bxb5 { put me off. Yet there is an
beautiful intermezzo} 23. Ne6 $1 { and Black is in trouble. It is impossible to
see all of the below line provided by Stockfish but looking at the position
after  23.Ne6 it is clear that White have strong initiative which is definitely
worth going for.}  ( {I saw only} 23. cxb5 Nexd5 {which I didn't like. Again
the rough evaluation takes over the exact variation count} ) 23... Qh8 24. cxb5
Bxb2 25. Bg5 Nexd5 26. Qf2 Bf6 27. Nxc7 Qg7 28. Nxa8 {+-} 28... Bxg5 29. Nxb6
Nxb6 30. a4) 22... Rf8 $2 (22... Re8 {was my computation} ) 23. h3 $2 {After I
played this move (fairly quickly btw) I saw the following tactics:}  (23. Ne6
Bxe6 24. Bh6 $1 {and it should have made the win for White e.g.} 24... Rf2 25.
Qc1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qf7 27. dxe6 Qe8 28. Qe3 {+- Black's rook has no square to
go} 28... Rf6 ( {or} 28... Rxa2 29. Qd4) 29. Qd4 {the g7 mate threat takes the
cake} ) 23... Nf5 {Now h6 is protected} 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 {This passer is
going to be Black's constant threat}  ( {I was tempted to play} 25. Rxe6 {but
it didn't give me much: Black will have a lot of choice here to mobilise his
pieces} 25... Nd7 {e.g.} ) 25... Be5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. c5 {this is a very
important Zwischenzug.} 27... Nc8 28. Bxf5 ( {a possibility was also} 28. Bc4
Nce7 29. Ne4 Nd4 30. Ng5) 28... gxf5 29. Qd7 $5 {Impulsive and strong looking
it made its effect. Obvious way is not always the correct way.}  (29. Rd1 c6
30. Qe3 Ne7 31. Rd7) 29... Qg3 $2 {Having twice more time Black plays
inaccurately. }  ( {Stockfish finds logical but not obvious} 29... c6 $1 {that
saves Black, keeping off the White's knight. The e7-pawn cannot advance and
there is no certain way that White can progress} ) 30. Rd1 ( {I think the
immediate} 30. Rg1 {protecting g2 would be better} )  ( {Stockfish gives} 30.
Re2 { as the best choice} ) 30... Kh8 { Black's idea is transparent - he wants
to attack the king} 31. e7 Rg8 32. Rg1 Qg6 {e8-square is under control now.} 
33. Nd5 {Getting one more piece in into the battlefield - decides.} 33... Re8 (
33... Nxe7 34. Qxe7 Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {would lead to a hopeless endgame for
Black.} ) 34. Nxc7 Rxe7 35. Qxc8+ Kg7 36. Nd5 Rf7 37. Qe8 {That was a bit of a
hard move to find} 37... Qg3 $5 38. Ne7 {with a threat of Qg8+ and Qxg3} 38...
Kf6 39. Nxf5 {The knight is immune} 39... Qf4 40. Nd6 {Black resigned. My first
win over Allen. TO CONCLUDE, White played recklessly in the opening reacting
not really well to the Black's novelty Rf7 (Opening theory). Later on,
maneuvering, White missed a couple of tactical chances to get advantage of the
position (missed Ke6 and g4). (Improve tactics! Count!) I assume that Black
felt the White's pressure throughout the whole game though and struggled to
find the correct way to organise counterplay (e.g. Kb6?). In the endgame Black
missed the saving move 29...c6 (which can be psychologically justified). White
shouldn't have jumped for the obvious but carefully evaluate and play correctly
(Qd7?) Moreover, there was no significant time pressure (11:18 v 20:00). Things
to work on: 1) Opening theory, review KI games 2) Tactics, counting
improvement} 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 C-Grade"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Qin, Joy"]
[Black "Yan, Caroline"]
[Result "*"]

*

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 C-Grade"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Qin, Nicole"]
[Black "Ward, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]

*

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 C-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/vpE1nxm6"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Lyall, Simon"]
[Black "Eade, Don"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Sherzer Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c4 Nb6 
    ( 6...Ndb4 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Na6 9.b4 )
7.d5 Ne7 8.d6 Nf5 9.Nc3 a6 
    ( 9...f6 10.Nb5 Kf7 11.g4 Nd4 12.Nbxd4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 )
10.Ne4 f6 11.g4 
    ( 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Ne5 )
    ( 11.Nxc5 Nxc4 12.Bxc4 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qxc5 14.Rc1 Nxd6 15.exd6 )
11...fxe5 
    ( 11...Nh6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Nxf6+ Kf7 14.g5 Bg7 15.Nh4 )
12.gxf5 exf5 13.Bg5 fxe4 14.Bxd8 Kxd8 15.Nxe5 Ke8 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Nxg6 Rg8 
18.Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "ACC Summer Cup 2018 C-Grade"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/IcGVVIn0"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ha, Timothy"]
[Black "Seabrook, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Opening "Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 { D94 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation } O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Nb6 9. Bb3 c6 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Qc7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nbd7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Qb8 18. f4 c5 19. Be3 b5 20. a3 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Qb6 26. Qd2 Nc5 27. Bc4 Ne4 28. Qd3 Ng3 29. b3 Ne2+ { White resigns. } 0-1
