Club Night - 23rd May 2022
Crawford Macnab
23 May 2022
Two graded games were played on Monday 23rd May 2022.
Charles recovered from a shaky start to beat Simon, Gerry and Stuart drew.
23rd May 2022
| White | Black | ||||
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| 1 | Gerry Brown | 1435 | ½ - ½ | Stuart McKinney | 1455 |
| 2 | Simon Bate | 1511 | 0 - 1 | Charles Gunn-Russell | 1797 |
Simon v Charles
Simon interestingly played Bh4 which allowed (invited?) his bishop to be trapped by g5. This is what happened and white got compensation with knight on f6 being pinned and the black squares being weakened. If Simon had seen the idea of Qc1 and bringing queen to g5 winning material back the game may have finished differently!
Bate, Simon
Gunn-Russell, Charles
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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Exchanging was an option but why not!? 9... g5 10. Ng5 hg5 11. Bg5 Nb8 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Bh3 [13. Qc1 Threatens Bxf6+ then Qg5+ 13... Kh7 14. Bh3 White looks better] 13... d5 14. cd5 Be7 Black stabilising position 15. f4 Nd5 16. Be7 [16. e3 opens access to Qh5 16... N7f6 (16... Ne3 17. Qh5 Nc5 18. Bc8 Ne4 19. Be7 Qe7 20. Bb7) 17. Bc8 Rc8 18. fe5 Ne4 19. Be7 Qe7 20. de4 Ne3 21. Qh5 Nf1 22. Qg4 perpetual] 16... Qe7 17. Qb3 c6 18. f5 f6 19. Nc3 Qf7 20. Na4 Ne3 21. Rf3 Qb3 After this white pawns are bad and with
queens off black is in control 22. ab3 Nc2 23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Rf2 Nb3 25. Rc3 Nd4 26. e3 Nb5 27. Rc4 Nd6 28. Rg4 Kf7 29. e4 b5 30. Nc3 Bb7 31. Rg6 Rg8 32. Kg2 Nc5 33. Rf3 Rg6 34. fg6 Kg6 35. Nd1 Bc8 36. g4 Ne6 37. Kg3 Nd4 38. Rf2 c5 39. Ne3 Be6 40. Nf5 Bf5 41. gf5 Kf7 42. Bg4 c4 43. dc4