[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "1.111"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford 1"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks 1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 ({In 2009 Magnus Carlsen played} 11. Rc1 {
here against Wang Yue at Linares - and lost. Maybe that surprise result is why
most subsequent players have given it a miss and played the text move,
although 11.Qd1 has fared quite poorly as well.}) 11... exd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13.
g3 Qf6 (13... Bd6 14. Bg2 Ndf6 15. O-O {was played in Aronian-Svidler, Nalchik
GP 2009, and drawn a few moves later.}) 14. Be3 Qe6 {Obliging White to
overprotect the bishop on e3 as 14...Nxg3 is threatened.} 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Bg2
O-O 17. O-O f5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Be7 21. Qd1 {The second
time the queen has retreated to its original square.} Qf6 22. Nc5 Ndxc5 23.
dxc5 Rfd8 24. Bd4 Qf7 25. c6 {[diag] White's advanced c-pawn looks in some
danger of dropping off but the unfortunate way Black goes about rounding it up
only seems to strengthen White's game.} Bg5 $6 ({Black should probably settle
for something like} 25... Rd6 26. c7 Bf6 27. Bc5 Rc6 28. Bxb4 Rxc1 29. Qxc1
Qxc7 {, which looks roughly equal.}) 26. Rc2 Rd6 27. c7 Rd7 28. h4 Be7 29. Be5
Qe6 30. Bf4 Bd6 ({The best bet looks like} 30... h6 $5 {when White still has a
good game after} 31. f3 g5 32. fxe4 gxf4 33. exf5 Qxf5 34. Rc6 $1 {, according
to Hiarcs, but the tactics might be harder for a human player to work out.})
31. Rc6 $1 ({The two pins of minor pieces against the queen prove difficult to
meet.} 31. f3 $2 {would be a disaster area after} Bxf4 32. gxf4 Qb6+ {, etc.})
31... Rcxc7 32. Rxa6 h6 $6 ({The best an analysis engine can come up with is} 
32... Ra7 $5 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. Rxe4 Rxa2 {, which
brings about material equality, but Black has much the more exposed king after}
37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rc8 {, etc.}) 33. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 34. f3 {Black can't really
hope to escape the various pins less than a piece for pawns down but he now
makes matters worse.} Rc3 $2 35. fxe4 fxe4 {[diag]} 36. Bxe4 $1 ({Creating a
new pin and vastly better than} 36. Bxd6 $2 Qxd6 {when White's weakness on g3
means he still has work to do.}) 36... Qf6 {Black has to dodge the bullet of
Bh7+, winning his queen.} 37. Bxd5+ $1 {Again, better than taking on d6, and
this time creating a self-pin.} Kh8 38. Re8+ (38. Re8+ Kh7 {and now the
mundane 39.Bxd6 is probably best.}) 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "1.143"]
[White "Savage, Ben DM"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pp4kp/2pp1npq/3Pp3/P1P1P1n1/1PNN2P1/4Q2P/6K1 b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford 1"]
[BlackTeam "Cheddleton 1"]

28... Nxh2 {That's cheapo no.1.} 29. Nf2 ({If} 29. Qxh2 Qe3+ {, regaining the
piece and staying a pawn up with an overwhelming game. But White's text move
is cheapo no.2 - how can Black extricate his knight from h2? At first sight it
looks as if he will be tied to the defence of the knight forever...}) 29... Qd2
$1 {... but this move, cheapo no.3, solves the problem.} 30. dxc6 Qxc3 31. Kxh2
bxc6 32. Ng4 Nd7 33. Qd1 Qb2+ 34. Kh3 h5 35. Nh2 Qd4 36. Qxd4 exd4 37. Nf3 c5
38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Ne1 Kf6 40. Kf2 g5 41. Ke2 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Kf2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "1.161"]
[White "Bisby, Daniel L"]
[Black "Zhou, Yang-Fan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University 1"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford 2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3
Be7 9. f4 d6 10. g4 Nd7 11. g5 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O-O Nc5 (
14... Nb6 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. h4 {was played in a GM game a couple of years ago,
although only in a blitz competition.}) 15. h4 $5 Rb8 ({One wonders if White's
last move was a bluff. If} 15... Nxe4 16. Bf3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nxd2 18. Bxa8 Nc4
19. Bf2 d5 {and the light-squared bishop is entombed in the corner. Of course,
White didn't have to play 16.Bf3 - 16.Nxe4 is safe enough - but Black has an
extra pawn.}) 16. f5 exf5 17. h5 {White decides to continue with his gung-ho
kingside attack.} b4 ({Again,} 17... Nxe4 {is the obvious option, though
perhaps White has some compensation for his pawns.}) 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. h6 Be6 (
{Permitting White to unlock the door to the black king.} 19... g6 {seems to be
the right move, though the possibility of being mated on g7 must have been a
worry for Black. For example,} 20. Nd5 {wins against all but one Black reply.
Unfortunately, that one (rather obvious) move is} Nb3+ {, winning White's
queen and the game.}) 20. hxg7 Rfb8 {[diag] As so often in such Sicilian lines,
with both sides poised to strike down a semi-open file, it's all about buying
some time to ensure your attack gets home first.} 21. Bb5 $3 {Clearing a path
for the white queen to come to h2, threatening Qxh7 mate, whilst at the same
time attacking the queen and obstructing the force of the doubled black rooks
on the b-file. It's delicious, multi-purpose moves like this which make chess
worthwhile.} Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 fxe4 (22... Rxb2 {is simply a bluff as} 23. Qh2 {
and Black has nothing on the b-file.}) 23. Rxh7 $1 (23. Qh2 {now would be a
mistake as the simple} Bf5 {is a stubborn defence.}) 23... Bf5 24. Qh2 f6 25.
Rh8+ Kf7 26. Rxb8 {Your computer may find other fancy finishes but this will
do very nicely.} Rxb8 27. Qh8 Rg8 28. Be2 Qc8 29. Rh1 d5 30. Nxd5 Bd6 31. Nxf6
1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "1.178"]
[White "Gantner, Matthias"]
[Black "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1kr2r2/1pq1bppp/p2p4/N1nQp1P1/4P2P/R3BP2/PPP5/2KR4 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "White Rose 1"]
[BlackTeam "e2e4.org.uk 1"]

{Black's last move, 21...Rd8-c8 was an error.} 22. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 23. Nxb7 $1 Ka7
(23... Qxb7 24. Rb3 {wins the queen.}) ({Best is} 23... c4 {but after} 24. Nd6
{Black would lose a second pawn anyway.}) 24. Qc4 $1 Qxb7 25. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 26.
Qxa6+ Kb8 27. Rb3+ Kc7 28. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "2.113"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/3R2p1/1p2r2p/p6P/n5P1/4BK2/2P5/8 b - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2013.11.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green HK 2"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford 1"]

{[diag] The game had been fairly well balanced to this point but now the
Frenchman, who had just snaffled a pawn on a4, comes unstuck...} 39... g6 $4
40. g5 $3 gxh5 ({Whatever Black plays, White is going to get an unstoppable
pawn on h6, e.g.} 40... hxg5 41. h6 {, etc.}) 41. gxh6 {Come what may, the
h-pawn is going to advance, and the white bishop will ensure a touch-down on
h8.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "2.151"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan W"]
[Black "Bisby, Daniel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.11.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green HK 1"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University 1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Nd2 h5 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b3 Qc8 15. h3 Nh6
16. f3 f5 17. Qc2 f4 18. Bd1 Nf7 19. Ke2 g5 20. Bf2 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Qb2 b6
23. b4 Nb7 24. Bb3 g3 25. Bg1 Bf6 26. c5 axb4 27. axb4 bxc5 28. bxc5 Na5 29.
Bc2 Qd8 30. c6 {[diag] The line of locked pawns running diagonally across the
board is a familiar sight in King's Indian games. Equally familiar is the
theme of heavy piece attacks in pursuit of each other's king, moving around
the board in a vaguely clockwise direction, reminding me (and my vivid
imagination) of the Ben Hur chariot race.} Bc8 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Nb5 Ba6 33. Ra1
Bxb5 34. Qxb5 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Qxh8 36. Rxa5 Qh1 37. Kf1 Rh8 38. Ra2 Rh2 39. Nc4
Ng5 40. Qb8 Nxf3 41. Qxc7+ Kg6 42. Qa7 Rh7 43. Qb6 Nh2+ 44. Ke1 f3 45. Bf1 f2+
46. Rxf2 gxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Bh4+ 48. Ke2 Nxf1 49. c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "2.172"]
[White "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.11.17"]
[WhiteTeam "3Cs 1"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford 2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 h6 10. g4 Nh7 11. Rg1 ({We're still in known territory.} 11. Ng3 {
has been played a few times.}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qd6 (
{Seems a bit slow and it also causes Black to lose a tempo. Maybe} 14... Ng5 {
or 14...Be6 is better.}) 15. Ne3 Ng5 $6 (15... Be6 16. Nf5 Bc4 {looks
reasonable for Black. This exchange of knights leaves Black very short of
defenders on the kingside.}) 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Nf5 Qd8 (17... Bxf5 18. gxf5 f6
19. h4 {also looks grim for Black.}) 18. h4 $1 {[diag] It's difficult to know
what to suggest for Black now. He's probably a goner.} gxh4 19. g5 Re8 20. Qh5
$1 Bxf5 ({After} 20... g6 {simply} 21. Qxh4 $1 {is the end, e.g.} gxf5 22. exf5
{with f6 and Qh7+ to follow.}) 21. exf5 Qd5 22. f6 e4 23. fxg7 f5 (23... Kxg7
24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. g6 {wins.}) 24. g6 (24. g6 Kxg7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Bg5+ Ke6 27.
Qf7+ Kd6 28. Bf4+ Re5 29. Rd1 {is a sample winning sequence.}) 1-0

