[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Duneas, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Bc5 12. O-O a6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. e4 d4 15.
Nd1 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Nf2 e5 18. f5 Rac8 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Nd3
Qb5 22. Qf3 Qa4 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. a3 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qf3 Rc8
28. h4 Qb5 29. g3 a5 30. Bd2 Rc2 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Rd2 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Qxd1 Qc4 35. Kg2 b5 36. f6 gxf6 37. gxf6 Nxf6 38. Nxe5 Qc5 39. Qb3+ Kh8 40. Qe6
Qf8 41. Nd7 Nxd7 42. Qxd7 Qc5 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Cup 2018"]
[Site "ACC"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 {Annotated by Alex. From the database I knew that Paul played Petrov's Defence, so this
move was not a surprise for me. It was very tempting to play something like
King's Gambit. But I thought that I shouldn't risk too much. Moreover, I knew
quite well the P-defence play for White.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Petrov's Defence it is. }
3. d4 {So called Modern variation. The old ways of play were }  (3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 ( {Another approach is} 5. Nc3 {with intention } 5... Nxc3 (
{Yet Black has a simple reply} 5... Nf6 {with somehow passive but strong
position.} ) 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {and then attacking on
the King's side.} ) 5... d5 6. Bd3 {etc. which could lead to very sharp
positions despite of its symmetry} ) 3... Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 {Black's
problem in this variation is the Q-side development. } 6. O-O O-O 7. c4
{Standard plan in this variation. White undermines the Ne4 position building
up the attacking forces.} 7... c6 8. Nc3 Nf6 ( {I believe that} 8... Nxc3 {was
slightly better but that also promises White some initiative.} ) 9. Re1 {Black
is significantly behind in development and his position is very cramped.} 9...
Be6 {Interesting.  }  ( {I thought of} 9... Nbd7 {but then White gets a very
comfortable position} 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qf3 (12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6
Nxe5 14. Rxe5 f5 15. b3 Bd6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Rc1 {+/-} )  (12. Be3 Nxe5 13. dxe5
Be6 14. f4 Qd7 15. Qe2 {+/=} ) 12... Nf6 13. Bf4 Be6 {+/-} ) 10. c5 ( {I was
thinking of} 10. Qb3 {Trying to use the b7 weakness. But cold blooded} 10...
Nbd7 {kept the balance. }  (10... dxc4 { would give White advantage e.g.} 11.
Bxc4 (11. Qxb7 cxd3 12. Qxa8 Qxd4 {=+} ) 11... Bxc4 12. Qxb7 Ba6 13. Qxa8 Qb6
{and White is doing well } ) 11. Qxb7 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Be3 dxc4 14. Be4
Nxe5 {Stockfish prefers Black's position but it is still nearly equal. The
position is very dynamic and full of tactical chances} ) 10... Re8 11. b4 {I
was concerned that Black could get some counterplay using b7-b6 and then a7-a5}
( {Another way (that Sockfish approves) was} 11. f4 $1 {and if} 11... b6 12. b4
Qc8 (12... a5 $6 {then} 13. f5 {and Black is suffocating} ) 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rb1
{still with slight advantage for White} ) 11... b6 {Looks like Black was afraid
of b4-b5 which I intended to play. }  (11... Nbd7 12. f4 ( {immediate} 12. b5
{is not good for White} 12... Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nd7 {=} ) 12... g6 13. b5 cxb5 14.
Bxb5 {and White's position is very strong} ) 12. Bg5 {I try to develop the last
piece. Also just in case that might threaten taking on f6 in order to weaken
h7. I considered the following moves as well:}  (12. Bf4)  (12. Rb1)  (12. f4) 
12... bxc5 {Black spent a lot of time trying to find an active plan. Here Paul
had about 30 min left on his clock. } 13. bxc5 Nfd7 14. Bxe7 { As I said below
I chose a seemingly normal positional move instead of playing for the attack. 
}  ( {It was really tempted to play} 14. Qh5 {which seemed very good. I spent
about 10 min calculating all the variations, and finally rejected this move.
Stockfish approves that as the best. My main line was} 14... g6 { and here the
tactics became so wild that I couldn't find the best line. }  ( {The best
defence though was} 14... Nf8 { but this also gives White a serious advantage
as Black's king becomes a constant worry with all the White pieces around.} 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne2 {bringing the knigth to the k-side} )  (14... Nf6 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. f4 {+-} )  (14... h6 {is not good either e.g.} 15. Bxh6
Nf6 16. Qg5 Bf8 17. Re3 Nfd7 18. Qg3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Rh5 f5 {+-} )  (
14... Bxg5 {I thought this move deflected the attack} 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 {I stopped
my calculations thinking that the king escapes via e7, however} 16. Qh8+ Ke7
17. Nxc6+ $3 Kf6 (17... Nxc6 18. Nxd5#) 18. Rxe6+ fxe6 (18... Rxe6 19. Qxd8+) 
19. Qh5 Nxc6 20. Qg6+ Ke7 21. Qxg7# {Very nice} ) 15. Nxg6 $1 Bxg5 (15... hxg6
16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qxe6+ {+-} )  (15... fxg6 16. Bxg6
Nf8 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Rxe6 {+-} ) 16. Ne7+ $1 {was winning} 16... Kf8 {the
only move} 17. Qxg5 Rxe7 (17... Qxe7 $2 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8#) 
18. Rxe6 fxe6 (18... Rxe6 $2 19. Qxd8+ {+-} ) 19. Bxh7 $1 Nf6 20. Qxf6+ Ke8 21.
Re1 {White has 2 pawns for the exchange and continuous attack. It is impossible
to find and calculate all of that over the board. Yet the intuition was right -
14.Qh5 was worth going for.   } ) 14... Qxe7 15. f4 ( {Better was to retreat} 
15. Nf3 {and it is very hard for Black to untie} ) 15... Nxe5 16. Rxe5 $2 {A
serious mistake. I was tempted to keep the pin on e-file threatening f4-f5}  (
{Simple} 16. fxe5 {didn't promise anything serious but was a logical
continuation.} ) 16... Nd7 17. Re3 {The rook retreats and possibly moves to the
king side for attack.}  (17. Qh5 g6 18. Rg5 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Qe3+ 20. Kf1 Qxd3+ 21.
Kg1 Qxd4+ {-+} ) 17... Qf6 {After the move was made I saw that the queen forks
the pawns on d4 and f4. I sank in deep thought.} 18. g3 {Again I chose a solid
move but weakening the king is never a good idea.}  ( {Apparently} 18. Qd2 {was
the best as both of the pawns were immune:} 18... Qxf4 (18... Qxd4 $4 19. Bxh7+
)  (18... g6 19. Bc2 Qxf4 20. Rf1) 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rf1 Qh6 21. Bc2 {=} ) 
18... Bf5 {Black's play is quite clear and White must go with the flow} 19.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qd2 Nf6 {Black's plan is clear: to plant the
knight on e4 or g4 and create some threats to the White's king. White's defence
plan on the other hand is very vague} 22. Rd1 {I decided to dig my hills and
see what Black can do.}  (22. Rf1 h5 23. Rf2 {building up on the 2nd rank} 
23... h4 24. Re2 Rb8) 22... h5 {White's has some problems} 23. Qd3 {I try to
exchange the Queens as Black's attack can be dangerous. The endgame would still
be quite hard for White.} 23... Qg4 ( {I thought the best was} 23... Qh3 24.
Qf1 Qe6) 24. Kg2 {Finally I found this plan of pushing the annoying queen away.
Paul's clock showed 56 seconds left by now.} 24... h4 25. h3 Qxg3+ $6 { I
believe once you have advantage, the pieces shouldn't be swapped down. Yet
Black was already in time trouble, and the move is probably a result of the
rush. }  ( {After the game Paul suggested} 25... Qe6 {which kept the tension.
Indeed} 26. g4 Qe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 {would be devastating for White.} ) 26. Qxg3
hxg3 27. Kf3 ( {Of course saw Black's trap} 27. Kxg3 $4 Re3+) 27... Ne4 $4
{Black didn't stand the heat. That move gives away all the advantage, and the
game finishes quickly with a draw. I could sigh in relief.}  ( {I saw that} 
27... Nh5 {kept the edge for Black} 28. Ne2 Re4 29. f5 Kf8 30. Nxg3 Nxg3 31.
Kxg3 {with still a much better (if not winning) position for Black} ) 28. Nxe4
Rxe4 29. Kxg3 {Here I offered a draw which was not accepted. Black is just
slightly better here.} 29... Re3+ 30. Kg4 Re2 31. Rb1 g6 {I think Black was
hoping to weave a mating net, but White has an escape on h4.}  (31... Rxa2 32.
Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rc8 Ra6 34. Rc7 {and Black's extra pawn is compensated by the
rook's sorry mission.} ) 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Rxa2 34. Rxc6 Ra4 35. Rc7 Rxd4
36. Rxa7 Rc4 37. Rc7 Kf6 38. h4 Rc3 39. h5 ( {Better was} 39. Rc6+ Ke7 40. f5
gxf5+ 41. Kxf5 d4 42. h5) 39... gxh5+ 40. Kxh5 d4 (40... Ke6 41. Kg4 f5+ 42.
Kg5 d4 43. c6) 41. c6 Ke6 42. f5+ Kxf5 43. Rxf7+ Ke6 $6 ( {Black could try a
chance with the venomous} 43... Ke4 {and White had to find a very narrow path
that leads to a draw:} 44. c7 d3 45. Kg4 d2 46. Rf4+ $3 {the only saving move.}
46... Kd3 47. Rf3+ Kd4 48. Rf4+ Kd5 49. Rf5+ Kd6 50. Rf1 Kxc7 51. Rd1 Rd3 52.
Kf5 Kd6 53. Ke4 Rd5 54. Ke3 Re5+ 55. Kxd2)  (43... Ke5 {doesn't give any
problems for White} 44. c7 d3 45. Rd7 Ke4 46. Kg4 Ke3 47. Re7+ Kf2 48. Rf7+ Ke3
49. Re7+ Kd4 50. Kf4 Rc5 51. Rd7+ Kc3 52. Ke3) 44. Rd7 d3 45. Kg4 Rxc6 46. Rxd3
1/2-1/2


[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nagorski, Alex"]
[Black "Macdonald, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Paul M/[AlexN]"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 $5 {This is not a very
common move, but I found no less that 437 games that continued this way. Hort,
Larsen and Moiseenko have all played the move. I chose it mainly because I
wanted to take Alex out of his book fairly quickly so he is on his own
resources. As we shall see Alex handled the opening phase quite well but then
went astray in the early middle-game.} ({The main-line is considered} 5... Nd7
{to remove the e5-knight as quickly as possible.}) ({And} 5... Bd6 {is also
popular}) 6. O-O (6. Nd2 Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qh5 g6
11. Qh6 Rb8 12. b3 Bf6 13. c3 Re8 14. Rae1 Rxe1 15. Rxe1 Be6 16. Qf4 Be7 17.
Qg3 Bd6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qd6 20. Qf6 Bd7 21. Qxd6 cxd6 22. Re7 Rd8 23. Kf1
Kg7 24. Ke2 Kf6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. b4 Bd7 28. Ba6 Ke7 29. h4 h6 30.
Ke3 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. a4 f6 33. f3 Kd8 34. Bd3 Ke7 35. Ba6 Kd8 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Spassky,B (2610)-Hort,V (2620) Reykjavik 1977}) 6... O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Nf6 $5
{Again, not such a common move but it is an idea I have used several times
before in the Petroff. It appears to lose time but it return Black retains the
protector of his king and also bolsters the d5 square a little. In fact, the
move is only slightly less popular than Nxc3. One of the downsides of Nxc3 is
it strengthens white's centre, in particular, the d4-pawn.} ({Here is an
example of a very sharp encounter in the ...Nxc3 line showing some of White's
attacking possibilities} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Re1 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. h4 h6 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4
Rfe8 19. Bb3 b5 20. a4 Be6 21. Bc2 a5 22. Qe4 g6 23. Qf4 h5 24. Re5 Bd5 25. Rg5
Kg7 26. g4 hxg4 27. h5 Re6 28. Bf5 Rf6 29. hxg6 Rh8 30. f3 gxf3 31. gxf7+ Kxf7
32. Re1 Rh1+ 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Qe7+ 35. Kf2 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Qg2+ 37. Kh4 Qh1+
38. Kg3 Qg2+ 39. Kh4 Rh6+ 40. Rh5 Rxh5+ 41. Kxh5 Qh1+ 42. Kg5 Qg2+ 43. Bg4+ Ke8
44. Kf6 {1-0 (44) Mokry,K (2505)-Mathe,G (2350) Austria 1991}) 9. Re1 Be6 10.
c5 $1 {The only real way to maintain any edge} ({There is a very old game
played between Ignatz von Popiel and James Mason. It may be two players you
have never heard of. After the war, Popiel was one of the strongest chess
players in Lvov, Poland. James Mason was an Irish-born chess player,
journalist and writer, who became one of the world's best half-dozen players
in the 1880s. Mason was actually ranked the number 1 player in the world
during 11 separate months between August 1877 and June 1878. The game continued
} 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Re8 14. h3 Nf8 15. f4 Qc8 16.
Qc2 g6 17. Rf1 (17. g4 $142 $1) 17... Bf5 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 {Black is at
least equal here} Ne4 20. Bb2 $6 f6 21. Nf3 Qd7 22. Rae1 Re7 (22... h5 $142 $1)
23. a4 Rae8 24. Ba3 Rf7 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nf3 fxg4 27. Ne5 Rxe5 28. fxe5 gxh3 {A
terrible blunder ends the game immediately} 29. Rxf7 $4 ({After the careful} 
29. Kh2 {White is no worse}) 29... Qg4+ {0-1 (29) Von Popiel,I-Mason,J Monte
Carlo 1902}) 10... Re8 $5 $146 {10...Nbd7 was certainly more natural but I had
an idea to play ...b6 so I wanted to keep the c6-pawn protected. In hindsight,
10...Nbd7 was probably best after all. At least I made a new noverly - the
move hasn't been seen before in tournament praxis.} ({A game from the 1977
Asia Team Championships held in no other than Auckland continued...} 10... Nbd7
11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Qf4 f6 17. Rad1
fxe5 18. Rxe5 Bf6 19. Ree1 Nh5 20. Qf2 Bh8 21. Be2 Ng7 22. g4 Qd7 23. Qg3 Bf7
24. Be3 Re6 25. Bf4 Rae8 26. Bf3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Ne6 28. Be5 Nxd4 {0-1 (28)
Choong,L-Mascarinas,R (2345) Auckland 1977}) 11. b4 b6 12. Bg5 {This is
probably the critical position of the game and if Black doesn't find some
accurate play he will certainly fall into a lot of difficulty. I found a nice
sequence to ease the pressure.} (12. f4 {was certainly more critical but there
was an idea against this too} Qc8 13. Qf3 Bf5 {and it is not easy to see how
white progresses}) 12... bxc5 (12... Qc8 {seemed to be ok too - after} 13. f4
bxc5 14. bxc5 Nbd7 $1 {and now} 15. f5 {doesn't achieve a great deal} Nxe5 16.
fxe6 Nxd3 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxd3 Qg4 $11) (12... Qc7 13. Bf4 {is a little
annoying}) 13. bxc5 Nfd7 $1 {This more required precise analysis because h7 is
suddenly highly vulnerable.} 14. Bxe7 (14. Bxh7+ {doesn't come to anything
worthwhile} Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Ng6 fxg6 17. Qxg6 Nf8 $19) ({Alex should
probably have tried the obvious} 14. Qh5 {here. The reason Alex should have
played it is because it puts pressure on me and makes it more likely that I
will make a mistake.} Nf8 $1 {is the only move is this position to avoid
catastrophe} ({The point is} 14... g6 {doesn't quite hold} 15. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 (
15... hxg6 {is just as hopeless} 16. Bxg6 Nf8 17. Rxe6 fxg6 18. Rxg6+ Nxg6 19.
Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Re1 $18) (15... Bxg5 {is the only move to not lose but it isn't
promising all the same} 16. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 17. Qxg5 Rxe7 {and here white is just
a pawn up in a better position.}) 16. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8
19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bh6 $18 {is horrible
for Black, especially when Re3 is coming too}) 15. Bf4 Qc8 {followed by Nbd7
and Black is getting close to equality.}) 14... Qxe7 (14... Rxe7 {was also ok
for Black}) 15. f4 $6 {Alex's moves are quite predictable. I expected this but
despite appearances it isn't a particularly good move.} Nxe5 ({It was tempting
to try} 15... Nxc5 {but White maintains the initiative with} 16. f5 $1 Nxd3 17.
Nxd3 Qf6 18. fxe6 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 fxe6 {I think despite Black having three pawns
for the piece, White is better here because the e5-square is under White's
control.}) 16. Rxe5 $6 {This was a real surprise. The game now swings in
Black's favour.} ({I expected} 16. fxe5 {Black should be doing ok after} Nd7 {
threatening Nxc5} 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Rab1 Rab8 {White is probably slightly better
due to the space advantage conferred by the pawns on e5 and c5.}) 16... Nd7 {
So Black gets a developing move for free} 17. Re3 (17. Rh5 {is answered with
the nice} Bg4 $3 $19) 17... Qf6 {I liked this move as it got out of the pin
and put pressure on White's pawns d4 and f4.} ({I was very tempted to play} 
17... Nxc5 $5 {here. It is different to the previous ...Nxc5 line we looked at}
18. f5 ({White is probably best to save his light-squared bishop} 18. Bc2 $1
Ne4 (18... Qd6 $5 {is possible too}) 19. Nxe4 (19. Bxe4 {is answered with the
nice} Bf5 $3) 19... dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd7 {with some sort of equilibrium}) 18...
Nxd3 19. Qxd3 (19. fxe6 Nb2 $17) 19... Bxf5 $1 {This is the key point} 20. Rxe7
Bxd3 {And Black emerges a pawn to the good.} 21. Rae1 (21. Rc7 Re6 $17) 21...
Kf8 $17) ({I also looked at} 17... Qh4 $5 18. g3 Qh3 $13) 18. g3 ({The clever} 
18. Qd2 {was the only move to hold the balance. It is hard to play though
because after} g6 {White can't save both the pawns} ({The idea is after} 18...
Qxf4 {White has} 19. Bxh7+ {when the bishop is taboo. So Black must play} Kf8
20. Rf1 Qh6 21. Bc2 {and I don't think Black can speak of any advantage}) 19.
Bc2 Qxf4 20. Rf1 Qh6 {when although Black is a pawn up, the initiative is with
White.}) 18... Bf5 {With this move, Black no longer has any problems and
pressure starts to build on White's position. Alex finds the only moves to hold
} 19. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 {Black is definitely better here with good
central control} 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. Rd1 ({We can see White's problems first hand
after the plausible} 22. Re1 $2 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qd3 $1 24. Qe5 {Here Black has
a remarkable move} Kh8 $3 {I don't know if I would have found this move - I
didn't see it over the board but I may have had a chance if Alex played Re1
because exactly the same idea was necessary in my recent game with Daniel Gong!
} ({Against} 24... h6 {White's has a pretty sequence} 25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. Qb1 $1
$11) 25. Qb8+ Ng8 {and now the only move to hold both the d4-pawn and the
knight on c3 is} 26. Qb4 {but now there is a little miracle for Black} a5 $1
27. Qxa5 Qxd4+ 28. Kf1 Qd2 $1 {and there simply is no way for White to deal
with the threat of d5-d4 winning a piece!}) 22... h5 $1 {An important move
that not only creates a flight square for the black king, but also aims to
break up the h2-g3-f4 pawn-chain that protects White's king.} 23. Qd3 Qg4 ({In
the game, the main other move I considered was} 23... Qe6 {taking hold of the
e-file and indeed this move was probably better than my choice. After} 24. Rb1
({I had worked out} 24. f5 {was good for Black} Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Rc1 Rd3
27. Ne2 Rd2 $17) 24... Ng4 25. a4 {Black should now continue with} Nh6 $1 $17 {
to bring the knight into the f5-square}) (23... Qh3 {was also a good move. If
White tries} 24. Qf1 {black can just play} Qe6 $17) 24. Kg2 h4 25. h3 Qxg3+ ({
Again, maintaining pressure was preferable} 25... Qe6 26. g4 Qe3 {It looks
very clear for Black but White has a surprise at the end of the variation that
during the game I saw was a possibility in some lines} 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rc1
Rg3+ 29. Kh2 Rd3 30. g5 Nh5 31. Nxd5 $1 Kf8 $1 (31... cxd5 $4 32. c6 Rd2+ 33.
Kg1 Nxf4 34. c7 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Ng3+ 36. Ke1 Re2+ 37. Kd1 Re8 38. Rb1 $1 $18) 32.
Rc4 Ke8 (32... cxd5 33. c6 $132) 33. Nb4 {with a complex endgame ahead}) 26.
Qxg3 hxg3 27. Kf3 $1 Ne4 $2 ({When I decided on 23...Qg4 I had intended} 27...
Nh5 $1 28. Ne2 (28. Kg4 {is met by} g6) 28... Re4 {but after} 29. Rb1 g2 30.
Rg1 {I couldn't see a clear way forward. However Black doesn't indeed have a
path} g6 $1 31. Rxg2 Ng7 $17 {when ...Nf5 comes and the d4-pawn finally falls})
28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Kxg3 {Alex offered a draw here which I chose to decline as I
thought I had the more active position and Black has some juicy targets on a2
and d4. It is true Black maintains a slight initiative for the rest of the
game but with rook endings it is often not enough and the game peters out to a
draw.} Re3+ $6 (29... Kh7 {followed by ...Kg6 may have been more promising})
30. Kg4 Re2 31. Rb1 $1 {The right choice by Alex - rook endings are all about
getting your rook active.} g6 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 {Now a mass culling of
pawns ensues} Rxa2 34. Rxc6 Ra4 35. Rc7 Rxd4 36. Rxa7 Rc4 37. Rc7 Kf6 38. h4
Rc3 39. h5 {Alex exchanges the last few pawns in order to secure a clear draw}
gxh5+ 40. Kxh5 d4 41. c6 Ke6 42. f5+ Kxf5 43. Rxf7+ Ke6 44. Rd7 d3 45. Kg4 Rxc6
46. Rxd3 {And here the players agreed a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ang, Alphaeus"]
[Black "Fan, Allen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 Rf7 13. c5 Nf6 14. Rc1 g5 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nb5 Ng6 17. Nxa7 Bd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 g4 20. fxg4 Nxe4 21. Bd3
Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Qb6 23. Nf3 Rxa2 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Qc1 Ke7 28. Kh1 Kd7 29. Rc2 Qa5 30. Qf1 e4 31. Ng1 Qxd5 32. Qc1 Be5 33. Rc8 Qa5
34. Rf8 Qc5 35. Qb1 Qc4 36. Rb8 Kc7 37. b3 Qc2 38. Qxc2+ Rxc2 39. Re8 Rc1 40.
h4 e3 41. Kh2 Kd7 42. Rxe5 dxe5 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Ke7 45. Nf3 e2 46. h6 Rc6
47. Kg1 e4 48. h7 exf3 49. h8=Q e1=Q+ 50. Kh2 Qg3+ 51. Kh1 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Seabrook, Roy"]
[Black "Sharma, Akshay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Be2 Nf6 9. c3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bc7 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Bc5 Qf4 15.
Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. Rad1 Bb6 20. Nd4 Bc7 21.
Bf3 Re8 22. g3 Bd7 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Qf3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxh3 26. Nb5 1-0

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Deng, Abraham"]
[Black "Liu, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Kh2 a6 12. Qd2 Nd8 13. a4 Ne6 14. f4 Bh6 15. g4
Bg7 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. a5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bf2 e5 21. Bf3 Nxf4 22.
Nxf4 exf4 23. h4 Qe7 24. b4 Qe6 25. Be1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 f5 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Lyall, Simon"]
[Black "Wang, Aaron Ziwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "S Lyall"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.10.08"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 {Not a main line, but natural looking over the board} 3. d4
d5 4. e5 {Taking one of the pawns is better but I was unsure and playing it
safe} cxd4 5. cxd4 f6 $6 6. Nf3 {Felt safer than taking the pawn and allowing
Nxf6} Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 fxe5 9. dxe5 d4 10. O-O {Stop Qa4+ , defends c1
and c1 and threatens Re1 later.} Nxe5 {Stockfish's assesment goes from +2 to
+4 with this move.} 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Qh5+ Ng6 13. Bc6+ Kf7 14. Bd5+ {I wasn't
sure of the best move here. Re1 or Re4 is tempting. But the former is slow and
the latter I thought Qd6 prevented.} e6 15. Qf5+ {Allen Fan was watching and
saw the problem with this move straight away} Qf6 16. Bxe6+ Ke8 17. Bd7+ {Re1
or Bg5 will win material} Kf7 18. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Undy, William"]
[Black "Weng, Winston"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 b6 8. f3
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Re1 Bg3 12. Bd2 Bxe1 13. Bxe1 Nc6 14. Bf2 O-O 15.
e5 Nxe5 16. f4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Yan, Sarah"]
[Black "Michael, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. h3 d5 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 Nd5 8. Bg3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 b5 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a4 Ba6 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Qa2 Qd5 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Qb1 Bc6 18. Bf3 Qe6 19. cxb4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 cxb4 21. Qc2
Rfc8 22. Nd2 c3 23. Nb3 a4 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Rc4 27. Qb3 Qd5
28. Rd1 e6 29. e4 Qb5 30. d5 c2 31. Rc1 exd5 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qc4 34. Qa4
Bc3 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Be5+ Bxe5 37. Qxe5+ f6 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. exd5 Qc1+ 40. Kh2
Qf4+ 41. Kg1 b3 42. g3 Qe5 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. f4+ 1-0

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Yan, Caroline"]
[Black "Eade, Don"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Be2 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Qd3 e5 12. Bh2 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
15. Bd1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. a4 Rcd8 20. Qe2 a6 21.
Na3 e4 22. Nac4 e3 23. Nxe3 Qe5 24. Nf3 Qf4 25. Qc4 Ne4 26. Be2 Bc5 27. Bf1 Bd6
28. Rad1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Bxf3 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. gxf3
Qd2 34. Rd1 Qxc3 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 A-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Polyakevich, Arkadi"]
[Black "Peak, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nbd2 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qxe3+ 14. Kf1
Ng4 15. Ne4 dxe4 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bd1 exf3 18. gxf3 Nxh2+ 19. Qxh2 Qd3+ 20.
Ke1 Bf5 21. b3 Qc3+ 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Bxd2 Nc6 24. Bc3 Re8+ 25. Kf2 h5 26. Be2
Be6 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Rd8 29. Rg1 g6 30. b5 Nd4 31. Rd1 Rd7 32. Rxd4 Rxd4
33. Bxd4 Kf8 34. b6 Bd5 35. Bb5 Ke7 36. Kg3 Ke6 37. Bd3 g5 38. f4 h4+ 39. Kg4
gxf4 40. Kxh4 f3 41. Kg4 1-0

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ansell, David"]
[Black "Li, Rodney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. O-O
a6 9. b3 b5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be5 12. Nec3 b4 13. f4 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 bxc3 15.
a3 Na5 16. Rb1 Bb7 17. Qc2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 d5 19. Rd1 d4 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Be3
Nxc4 22. Qxc3 dxc3 23. Rxd8 Nxe3+ 24. Kf3 Rfxd8 25. Kxe3 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "ACC Winter Cup 2018 B-Grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lewis, Jordan"]
[Black "Milne, Virginia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.10.09"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ng4 7. O-O Qh4 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. Bg3 Qh5 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be2 Qg5 13. h4 Qxg3 14. Nxc5 Qxh4
15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nd5 Ne5 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. Kg2 g5 20. Rh1 Qg7 21. Nd3
Nxe4 22. Bg4+ Kd8 23. Bf5 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc5 25. Qd5 h5 26. b4 Ne6 27. Rae1 h4
28. Qxb7 Nf4+ 29. gxf4 gxf4+ 30. Kf1 1-0



