Club Night - 17th Oct 2022
Crawford Macnab
17 October 2022
Two first round games in the club championship were played on Monday 17th October 2022.
Five graded friendlies were played.
Miguel Salas from Skye made a surprise second visit and plans to join the club.
Douglas lost his first round match in the club championship but in consolation was finally presented with the trophy for winning last year!
Club Championship
Paul had a steady win against Sandy, winning a knight and then converting endgame.
Douglas agreed to play potential new member Ayman, rather than having a bye, and lost in what looked to be an exciting game.
Douglas collects club championship trophy
Round 1
17th Oct 2022
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandy Powell | 1140 | 0 - 1 | Paul Girdwood | 1525 |
| 2 | Ayman Dabbaghieh | 1 - 0 | Douglas Heatlie | 1499 |
Graded Friendlies
17th October 2022
| White | Black | ||||
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| 1 | João Reis | 0 - 1 | Euan McDiarmid | 1519 | |
| 2 | Charles Gunn-Russell | 1718 | 1 - 0 | Mathew Boyd | |
| 3 | Allan McDiarmid | 1732 | 0 - 1 | Eric Smith | 1601 |
| 4 | Janice Heggie | 0 - 1 | Crawford Macnab | 1760 | |
| 5 | Stuart McKinney | 1512 | 1 - 0 | Andrew Wright | 1367 |
João, Reis
McDiarmid, Euan
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Bg3 7. hg3 h6 8. Be2 c6 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qb3 11. ab3 Nbd7 12. c4 O-O 13. cd5 Accepts
doubled pawns which may not be the best approach. Though they can have
benefits with the squares they control 13... cd5 14. Nh4 Puts knight offside
especially as bishop has bolt hole on h7 14... Bh7 15. b4 a6 16. Nb3 b6 17. O-O b5 Gives up control of c5. Perhaps just challenge the c file wth rooks 18. Nc5 Nc5 19. bc5 white is doing fine. About even now. 19... Bc2 20. Rfc1 Bb3 21. Ra3 Bc4 22. Bc4 Alternative was not to swap but play Bd1 and bishop on c4 may be
exposed 22... bc4 23. Nf3 Rfb8 24. Rc2 Ne8 25. Nd2 Nc7 26. e4 Blunder which
swings in blacks favour [26. b3 cb3 27. Nb3] 26... Nb5 27. Ra2 [27. ed5 ed5 28. Rc1 Na3 29. ba3 Rb2] 27... Nd4 28. Rc3 Rb2 [28... Ne2 Simplest wins exchange 29. Kf1 Nc3 30. bc3 a5] 29. Rb2 Ne2 30. Kf1 Nc3 31. Ke1 Na4 32. Rb7 Nc5 33. Rc7 Ne4 34. Ne4 de4 35. Rc4 Kf8 36. Re4 Regained a few
pawns but still clearly winning for black 36... a5 37. Ra4 Ke7 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Kc3 Kc5 40. Kb3 Kb5 41. Ka3 Rd8 42. Rf4 f6 43. Rf3 a4 44. Re3 e5 45. f4 ef4 46. gf4 Rd7 47. g3 Kc4 48. Re8 Rd3 49. Ka4 Rg3 50. Rc8 Kd4 51. Kb4 Ke4 52. Rc4 Kf3 53. Kc5 Rg4 54. Kd5 Rf4 55. Rf4 Kf4