Round 3

Saturday 3rd December 2005

Braille Chess Association 3 - 3 Slough Sharks

Report

Another excellent Saturday match for the team. We pulled out our top 5 players and gave one of our juniors a run out and no doubt he obtained a tremendous amount of experience as his performance on Sunday well illustrated.

A very well hard-fought match eventually resulted in a draw with Chris grinding out a win and Steve Burnell unable to convert a pawn advantage having missed many winning opportunities.

Tyson took top board and lost for the first time for the B.C.A. pushing too hard with the white pieces, allowing his opponent some snappy tactics and was eventually overloaded on the king-side.

chris’ opponent setup aggressively but was extremely lax on the clock frequently forgetting to press it and thereby allowing himself to get into serious time trouble. A lot of wasteful time spending was also used up in the opening stages.
Chris offered a pawn to gain activity and missed an easier path to victory and had to carry his small advantage through into an end-game and converted neatly enough.

Steve Hilton’s game on board 3 was uneventful and a solid if somewhat unambitious draw was reasonably quickly agreed amongst the two players. A solid result if nothing else.

Bill Armstrong took board 4. for us this time, his recent results justifying his advancement through the board-order. He proved his worth and his high-placing by playing coolly and efficiently against a poorly-played setup. Tactics began to flow and white became far too ambitious and allowed himself to be snap-mated.

Steve Burnell won a clear pawn and ground away for hours attempting to convert the position. Many deep variations would have sufficed and the end-game was clearly at his begging, but Steve allowed too many simplifications and allowed the black king to become active and black clung to save the draw.

Alastair became nervous of his opponent threatening tacky tactics in the opening and went astray with his setup relatively quickly, leaving himself a pretty miserable position. Salvation was pretty unlikely and his opponent played smoothly and economically to convert the winning advantage.

A draw was a very respectable result and all team members played very well. We were slightly unlucky with Tyson’s first loss for us and Steve Burnell unlucky in not being able to convert his extra pawn.

games

[Event "4NCL/DIV4/BCA1-SS4"]

[Site "West Bromwich, ENG"]

[Date "2005.12.03"]

[Round "3.1"]

[White "Mordue, A. Tyson"]

[Black "Cox, Tristan"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B33"]

[WhiteElo "2287"]

[BlackElo "2051"]

[PlyCount "82"]

[EventDate "2005.12.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5

6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qf3

f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O O-O 16. c3 f5 17. Nc2 Kh8 18. Rfe1 Rg8 19.

Bf1 Ra7 20. Rad1 f4 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qd2 Ng6 23. f3 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nh4 25. Qxd6

Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxc2 27. Rxe5 Rag7 28. Re2 Bf5 29. Rd4 Bh3 30. Rdd2 Nxf3 31. Rd3

Bg4 32. Rf2 Ne1 33. Rd4 Bf3 34. Rxf4 Bxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Nxg2 36. Rf8 Ne3 37. Rxg8+

Kxg8 38. Rd2 Nc4 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Ra8 Rg6 41. Ra7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "4NCL/DIV4/BCA1-SS4"]

[Site "West Bromwich, ENG"]

[Date "2005.12.03"]

[Round "3.2"]

[White "Ufodike, Bel"]

[Black "Ross, Chris"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "D36"]

[WhiteElo "2090"]

[BlackElo "2128"]

[PlyCount "100"]

[EventDate "2005.12.03"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6.

Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 a4

13. Rhg1 Qa5 14. g4 b5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Rxg5 b4 17. Rdg1 Bf8 18. Ne2 b3 19. axb3

axb3 20. Qxb3 c5 21. Qb5 Qa2+ 22. Kc2 Rb8 23. Nc3 Qa7 24. Qa4 Qb7 25. Qa2 c4

26. Bf5 Ra8 27. Qb1 Qb3+ 28. Kd2 Qb4 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Ne4+

32. Ke2 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Nxc3+ 34. Kd2 Nxb1+ 35. Rxb1 Reb8 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Rf4

Bc5 38. Kc2 Ra8 39. Rg4 Ra2+ 40. Kb1 Re2 41. Bf6 Rxf2 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. Rh7 Ke8

44. Bg5 c3 45. Rh8+ Kd7 46. Ra8 Rxh2 47. Ra6 Re2 48. Kc1 Bb4 49. Kd1 c2+ 50.

Kc1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "4NCL/DIV4/BCA1-SS4"]

[Site "West Bromwich, ENG"]

[Date "2005.12.03"]

[Round "3.3"]

[White "Hilton, Stephen"]

[Black "Edgell, Ben P."]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "E12"]

[WhiteElo "2045"]

[BlackElo "2025"]

[PlyCount "55"]

[EventDate "2005.12.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6.

Nfd2 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 Qe8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. e4 e5

13. d5 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bc8 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Ng3 Qe7 19. Nf5

Bxf5 20. exf5 Qf6 21. b4 Nd7 22. e4 a5 23. b5 Nc5 24. Rf3 Kh8 25. Raf1 Nd7 26.

Qe3 Qh4 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL/DIV4/BCA1-SS4"]

[Site "West Bromwich, ENG"]

[Date "2005.12.03"]

[Round "3.4"]

[White "Folayan, Sola"]

[Black "Armstrong, William G."]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B33"]

[WhiteElo "2065"]

[BlackElo "1951"]

[PlyCount "48"]

[EventDate "2005.12.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5

6. Nf5 d5 7. exd5 Bxf5 8. dxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 bxc6 10. Ne3 Be6 11. c3 Rb8 12.

Be2 Nd5 13. Nc4 f6 14. O-O Bc5 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Na5 Rfc8 17. Bc4 Kf7 18. f4 exf4

19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20. Ba6 Nxf4 21. Bxc8 Bd5 22. Rf3 Nxg2 23. Bb7 Bxf3 24. Bxc6 Nh4+

0-1

[Event "4NCL/DIV4/BCA1-SS4"]

[Site "West Bromwich, ENG"]

[Date "2005.12.03"]

[Round "3.5"]

[White "Burnell, Stephen"]

[Black "Makepeace, Phil"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "A57"]

[WhiteElo "1960"]

[BlackElo "2050"]

[Annotator "Deep Fritz 8 (30s)"]

[PlyCount "121"]

[EventDate "2005.12.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 d6 6. a3 Bg7 7. Nc3 bxc4 8. e4 Nh5

9. Be3 O-O 10. Bxc4 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. h3 Ne5 15. Be2

h6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. Bxh6 Rb8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O Rh8 21. Qe2

Kf7 22. Rfe1 Qb7 23. Rad1 Rh4 24. g4 Bc8 25. Bg2 a6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rh7

28. Rd2 Rg7 29. Rde2 Kg8 30. Qd3 Bd7 31. Rxe7 Qxb2 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qxa6 Qc3

34. Rd1 Qf6 35. Qa5 Rb2 36. Qe1 c4 37. Rc1 c3 38. Rxc3 Rxf2 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. Kh2

Qf4+ 41. Qg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rxa3+ 43. Kf4 Be8 44. Re7 Bf7 45. Rd7 Ra2 46. Bf3

Ra4+ 47. Kg5 Ra3 48. Bg2 Rg3 49. Be4 Rxh3 50. Rxd6 Kf8 51. Bxg6 Ke7 52. Bxf7

Kxd6 53. Be6 Rg3 54. Kf5 Rf3+ 55. Kg6 Ke5 56. g5 Rf2 57. Kg7 Kd6 58. g6 Ke7 59.

Bf7 Rh2 60. Be6 Rh1 61. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL/DIV4/BCA1-SS4"]

[Site "West Bromwich, ENG"]

[Date "2005.12.03"]

[Round "3.6"]

[White "Hider, Joe"]

[Black "Irving, Alastair"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A45"]

[WhiteElo "1815"]

[BlackElo "1545"]

[PlyCount "43"]

[EventDate "2005.12.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6.

Nc3 Bd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nf3 Bc5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. h3 Ne3

13. Qc1 Nxf1 14. Rxf1 Nc6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Nd5 Nb4 18. Qf4 Nc6 19.

Nf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd8 Raxd8 21. exf6 Rd3 22. Qg5+ 1-0

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