[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.111"]
[White "Speelman, Jon S"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green HK"]
[BlackTeam "Warwickshire Select 1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. Bd3 Ng4 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Ne2
Qc8 16. h3 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 gxf4 20. exf4 Bd4+ 21. Kh2
Rb8 22. Rde1 Rf7 23. Re2 Qf8 24. Rfe1 Re8 {[diag]} 25. Re6 $1 {A familiar
exchange sacrifice, cutting Black's position in half and ramping up the
pressure on the f5-pawn.} Bxe6 26. dxe6 Rf6 27. Nh5 ({Necessary precision: it
would be all too easy for we lesser mortals to proceed with something like} 27.
Bxf5 $6 Rb8 {when Black can generate a bit of queenside counterplay with ...
b7-b5, and it would be hard to move the bishop from f5 because of the weak
f4-pawn.}) 27... Kh8 28. g3 Qg8 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Bxf5 Qg7 31. Re2 Rg8 32. Rg2
Bd4 33. Qe2 Qf6 34. Bd3 Rb8 35. Qe4 (35. Qe4 {I suppose Black could soldier on
with} Qg7 36. b3 {but the white kingside pawns soon roll forward and the
long-term prospect of an opposite-coloured bishop endgame is just a pipe-dream.
}) 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.122"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Merry, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican 4NCL 1"]
[BlackTeam "The AD's"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O {Known
simply as the Sicilian Gambit, White gives up the e-pawn (and possibly a
second pawn) for a lead in development and a possible kingside attack.} Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Nf6 (9... Nxc3 $5 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Bb2 f5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13.
Qc4+ d5 14. Qxc3 d4 {may give White a little something for the gambit pawn.}) (
9... d5 $5 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Qc1 {has been aired in some GM games.}) 10. Bg5 $5 (
{This seems to be new. After} 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Ba3 {, Black has the option of
giving up the exchange or playing 11...Ne7.}) 10... Qa5 11. f4 $5 {White
decides to switch to a poker game, raising the stakes by one pawn.} Qxc3 12.
Nb5 Qc5+ 13. Kh1 Nd4 14. a4 Nxb5 15. axb5 d6 ({At first sight} 15... d5 {looks
better, so that after 16.Qf3 Black can play 16...b6 and 17...Bb7, but instead
he might have to reckon with} 16. f5 {when} e5 17. Qe2 {leaves his position
looking slightly vulnerable.}) 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Rae1 O-O ({Very committal, but
Black has to do something and other moves are arguably as tricky, e.g. this
Houdini line:} 17... h6 18. Qh3 Nb6 19. Bh4 O-O {and now the engine suggests}
20. Bf6 $5 Nd5 $1 (20... gxf6 $2 21. Qxh6 f5 22. Rf3 {leads to mate}) 21. Bxg7
$5 {although it may only be good enough for a draw.}) 18. Qg3 {[diag]} Qc7 $2 (
{Black probably thought he was jettisoning an exchange for his two extra pawns
but it turns out to be far more serious than that. Instead,} 18... f5 $1 {was
probably necessary. Then} 19. Rxe6 Ne5 $1 20. Bh6 Ng4 $1 21. Re7 Rf7 {leads to
a perpetual or a level position.}) 19. Bh6 g6 20. f5 $3 ({The killer move.
Move order is important: not} 20. Bxf8 $2 Nxf8 21. f5 exf5 22. Re8 Rb8 {and
Black has reasonable prospects of survival.}) 20... exf5 ({There is nothing
else. If} 20... Ne5 21. fxg6 Nxg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qg5 $1 {when} Qd8 {loses to
} 24. Rxf7 $3 {, etc.}) 21. Re7 $1 {Pinning Black's only truly active piece
and preparing to smash through with Bxf5 and Bxg6.} Qc5 (21... Qd8 22. Qxd6 Qb6
23. Qa3 {wins.}) 22. Rxf5 (22. Bxf5 Ne5 23. Qh4 {should also win, if slightly
less forcefully.}) 22... Qd4 (22... Ne5 23. Qg5 {wins.}) 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 24.
Rfxf7 Be6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxe6 a5 27. h3 a4 28. Rxd6 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 a3 30.
Bc4+ Kh8 31. c3 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.131"]
[White "Smerdon, Dave"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford 2"]
[BlackTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 (7...
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 {is seen rather more often.}
) 8. Bd3 Na6 9. a3 (9. Nxd5 Bxd5 {doesn't hang a piece with} 10. Bxa6 {as
Black can now play} b5 {and win it back at the price of a pawn, if need be.
But White doesn't usually take the bait with} 11. Bxb5 $6 {because after} Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qxb5 {, the white king can't castle and Black is probably better.
Instead, 11.0-0 Qb6 is probably about equal.}) 9... Be7 (9... Nac7 10. Ne4 {is
quite good for White as he can play Nd6 and gain a tempo on the c7 knight
after the recapture exd6.}) 10. Ne4 O-O ({Tricky. Black might have to think
about} 10... f5 {instead.}) 11. Nfg5 $1 h6 {[diag]} (11... g6 {gives White a
natural target for} 12. h4 $1 {, not to mention some weak dark squares.}) 12.
Nh7 $1 Kxh7 ({Not much option, otherwise} 12... Re8 13. Qg4 $1 {and White's
attack will crash through.}) 13. Nd6+ Kg8 14. Nxb7 Qc8 $2 ({A story of two
pins. It turns out that the pin of the knight given by the black queen is less
significant that the one which the white rook makes along the c-file in a few
moves' time.} 14... Qb8 $1 15. Bxa6 Nc7 {and now} 16. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 {and White
only has a perpetual at best. However, 16.Bd3 or 16.Qg4 might still be quite
good for White.}) 15. Bxa6 Nc7 16. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (16... Nxa6 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bxf8
Bxf8 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. exd6 Qc4 21. h4 {leaves White the exchange and a pawn up,
with a powerful kingside attack into the bargain. Black just cannot mobilise
his forces quickly enough to generate a counter.}) 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19.
Rc3 Rg8 20. Qh5 Rg7 (20... Bf8 21. Nd6 {wins.}) 21. Rh3 Bg5 22. f4 Bxf4 23. O-O
({Good enough, though} 23. Rf1 {appears to be a bit quicker.}) 23... Qg8 24.
Rxf4 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Qg2+ 27. Kd3 Rd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxh3+ 29. Rf3 Qxh2
30. Bc4 f5 31. exf6 d5 32. Bb3 Qxb2 33. Rh3 Kh7 34. Bc2 e5 35. dxe5 Ne6 36.
Kd2+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.141"]
[White "Cobb, James"]
[Black "Wells, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "South Wales Dragons"]
[BlackTeam "White Rose 1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. c3 Bh5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nb3 Nc7 12. Be3 b6 13. Nc1 c5 14. Nd3 c4 15. Nf4
Bg4 16. Qd2 b5 17. h4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 a5 19. Bd1 b4 20. Qe2 a4 21. Bc2 b3 22. Bd1
Re8 23. a3 Nb5 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Bf3 Rb8 26. Bd2 Nf8 27. Kg2 Nxa3 28. Rxa3 Bxa3
29. bxa3 b2 30. Rb1 Qe7 31. Nh5 Ng6 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. h5 Qxa3 34. hxg6 fxg6 35.
Bg5 Kg8 36. Bf6 Qf8 37. Bd1 a3 38. Bc2 {[diag] Black to play and win...} Qf7 $2
({The right way to win is} 38... Qh6 $1 {when White can't do much about the
inevitable threat of ...a3-a2. If he tries} 39. Rh1 {simply} Qxh1+ $1 40. Kxh1
b1=Q+ 41. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 42. Kg2 a2 {and White is a dead man walking.}) 39. Rh1 $1
{Setting up a perpetual check tactic. Occupation of the h-file proves to be
the decisive factor.} Rb7 $2 ({Interestingly, there was a still a chance for
Black to win with} 39... Re7 $1 {since} 40. Bxg6 $2 {now fails to} Qxg6 41.
Qxg6+ hxg6 42. Rh8+ Kf7 {and the perpetual check opportunity has evaporated.
Instead White has to try 40.Bb1 but Black can probably eke out a win.}) 40.
Bxg6 $1 Qxg6 41. Qxg6+ hxg6 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Kf8 44. Rh8+ ({Not} 44. Rxb7
$4 a2 {and Black still wins.}) 44... Kf7 45. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.154"]
[White "Pert, Nick"]
[Black "Eden, Tomer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford 1"]
[BlackTeam "Hackney 1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. h3 O-O-O 13. O-O Bd6 14. Rfd1 Bc7
15. Be1 g5 16. f3 Nh5 17. Ne2 g6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2
e5 22. b4 Ne6 23. b5 Bb6+ 24. Bf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 axb5 26. cxb5 Kc7 27. Bb3 Nhf4
28. Nc3 f6 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. Nd5+ Kb8 31. b6 Rc8 32. Kg1 Rhf8 33. Rf1 Nf4 {
[diag]} 34. Ra5 $2 (34. Ra7 Nxd5 35. exd5 Rcd8 36. Rfa1 Kc8 37. Rc1+ {forces}
Kd7 38. Rxb7+ Kd6 39. Rbc7 {and White should win.}) 34... Rcd8 $4 (34... Nxd5
$1 35. exd5 Rcd8 $1 {and White doesn't have anything very convincing, e.g.} 36.
Rfa1 Kc8 37. Ra7 f5 38. Rc1+ Kb8 39. Rc7 Rxd5 40. Rcxb7+ Kc8 41. Rg7 Kb8 42.
Rxg6 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rd2 44. Rxg5 f4 {, etc.}) 35. Ne7 $1 (35. Ne7 {Black cannot
avoid mate or heavy material loss:} Rd6 36. Rfa1 Rxb6 37. Ra8+ Kc7 38. Rxf8 {
, etc.}) 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.162"]
[White "Camus, Guillaume"]
[Black "Longson, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge University 1"]
[BlackTeam "e2e4.org.uk 1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Qd3 Bb7
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 17. Rfc1 e5 18. Qa3 a5 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Qb5 Rfd8 21.
Rc4 e4 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. dxe5 Rxd2 24. Rxe4 Rbd8 25. h3 Qe6 26. a4 Qf5 27. Rf4
Qxe5 28. Qc4 R8d5 29. Qc3 Rxb2 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd1 Re7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8
Rc7 34. Rc4 Rc6 35. Kf1 Rb4 {[diag]} 36. Rf4 $5 ({Rather than playing} 36. Rc2
{and losing the slow way, White tries a spin of the dice. Apparently, the
French for 'bluff' is 'bluff'. That figures...}) 36... Rxf4 $2 ({
Understandable but a mistake. Black doesn't want to have to figure out} 36...
c4 37. Rxf7 c3 38. Rbb7 c2 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 {and then calculate all those checks,
but actually there's nothing to calculate - White's got 'rien de rien'. The
black king simply strolls along the Bois de Boulogne with an independent air,
all the way to c8, and the checks come to an end. C'est fini.}) 37. exf4 c4 {
Now it's time for the white king's promenade...} 38. Ke2 c3 39. Kd1 c2+ 40. Kc1
Kg6 41. g4 Kf6 42. Rb7 g5 43. f5 Kg7 44. Rb8 Rc4 45. Rxb6 Rxa4 46. Rb3 Rc4 47.
Ra3 Rc5 48. Rd3 h5 49. f3 $2 {Endangering his drawing chances by opening up an
oblique path for the black king to penetrate the kingside.} h4 50. Rb3 Rc4 51.
Ra3 Kf6 52. Rd3 Rc7 53. Ra3 Ke5 $1 54. Rxa5+ Kf4 55. f6 Kg3 $2 (55... Rc3 $1 {
was the right way to proceed, when} 56. Rf5+ Kg3 57. Rxg5 Rxf3 58. Kxc2 Kxh3
59. Rg7 Rxf6 60. g5 Rg6 61. Rxf7 Kg2 {is quite a straightforward win.}) 56.
Rxg5 Kxh3 57. Rg7 Kg2 58. g5 h3 59. g6 h2 60. gxf7+ Kf2 61. Rh7 Rxf7 62. Rxh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.167"]
[White "Byron, Alan M"]
[Black "Spencer, Carl J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "e2e4.org.uk 1"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University 1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Rb1 O-O 7. b4 a6 8. e3 d6
9. Nge2 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. h3 Kh8 12. Qc2 Rab8 13. Bd2 Nd8 14. a4 c6 15. Nxf6
Bxf6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qb2 Bg7 20. Bc3 f6 21. h4 h5 22.
O-O Nf7 23. f4 Bh3 24. Rf2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rbe8 26. b6 d4 27. exd4 Qd5+ 28. Kg1
e4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Bb4 Rfe8 31. Rbf1 Qc4 32. Nc1 f5 33. Bc5 Bxd4 34. Bxd4+
Qxd4 35. Qxd4+ Rxd4 36. Rc2 Re7 37. Rf3 Rb4 {[diag]} 38. Rb3 $4 ({In trying to
save the b-pawn, White loses a piece. Instead he could have tried} 38. Rfc3
Rxb6 39. Nd3 {which costs a pawn, but he still stands a decent chance of
holding the endgame.}) 38... Re1+ 39. Kf2 Rxc1 $1 40. Rxc1 Rxb3 41. Rc7 Nd6 0-1

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.171"]
[White "Sanders, Isaac"]
[Black "Rendle, Thomas E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican 4NCL 2"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks 1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d6 6. Nc3 e5 {A bit risky, maybe.}
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. e4 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13.
Be3 Nd3 ({Given the predicament the knight gets into on d3, it's tempting to
look for something better here. Maybe} 13... h6 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rae1 $5 Nd7 {
, though the e4-pawn looks a bit vulnerable.}) 14. b3 Bb4 15. Nge4 Ke7 $6 16.
a3 $1 {Black's last move deprived him of a potentially useful retreat square
for the bishop.} Bxc3 (16... Ba5 17. b4 Bc7 {might not be as bad as it looks,
though the black knight still looks a bit lonely on d3.}) 17. Nxc3 Kd6 18. Rfd1
Kc7 19. Rd2 Rhd8 20. Rad1 h6 ({After} 20... Rd7 21. Bf1 Rad8 {,} 22. Bxa7 {
becomes possible but perhaps it is the lesser of two evils:} Bg4 23. Ra1 Nc5 $5
24. Rb2 Nce4 {might offer a glimmer of compensation for the pawn.}) 21. Bf1 e4
{[diag]} 22. Nxe4 $1 {This pulls the rug out from under Black's defence.} Bxe4
23. Bxd3 {White now has a full-value extra pawn.} Bf3 $2 {A blunder probably
born of desperation.} 24. Bf4+ Kb6 25. c5+ $1 Kxc5 26. Be3+ Kd6 27. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.177"]
[White "Coleman, David"]
[Black "Foisor, Veronica"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican 4NCL 2"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks 1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qxc2 11. dxc5 Nge7 12. Rc1 Qe4 13. Qxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Nxe5
15. Nxe4 O-O 16. Bh6 Rd8 17. Bg5 N5c6 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 Ng8 21.
Bf4 f6 22. Bd6 Rd8 23. O-O Nge7 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. Rcd1 Be8 26. f4 Rac8 27. Rf2
Na5 28. Bf1 Nf5 29. Nxf5+ gxf5 30. Rfd2 Bc6 31. Rd3 Be4 32. Rg3+ {[diag] Black
has a choice of three moves. One is obviously bad but the other two have to be
weighed carefully.} Kh6 $5 ({It is easy to see why} 32... Kh8 $2 {is wrong -
White wins with} 33. Be7 {, threatening mate in one and a rook. Black has to
play} Rf8 {but} 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Rd7 {is a pretty easy win.}) (32... Kf7 $5 {
is objectively best, though} 33. Be2 Rg8 34. Bh5+ {forces the win of the
exchange after} Rg6 35. Bxg6+ hxg6 {, etc. However, Black has a modicum of
compensation. The text move, however, may be judged subjectively best because..
.}) 33. Re1 $2 {... it is so hard to find the right continuation for White.} (
33. Bf8+ $3 Rxf8 34. Rd7 $1 {and the black king is caught in a trap, although
there are some tricky variations:} Rg8 (34... Bf3 $5 {just holds up the
process by a couple of moves}) (34... Bxg2 $1 {is more tricky but White has
simply} 35. Bxg2 Rg8 36. Rh3+ Kg6 37. Bf3 Rcd8 38. Re7 $1 {and wins}) (34...
Rcd8 35. Rh3+ Kg6 36. Rdxh7 {and mate next move}) 35. Rh3+ Kg6 36. Be2 {and it
is mate in three with Bh5+ and Be8 mate to follow.}) 33... Rg8 34. Ree3 Rg6 35.
Rh3+ Kg7 36. Reg3 Nb3 37. Be2 Nxc5 38. Bh5 Rxg3 39. Rxg3+ Kh6 40. Bf7 Bd5 41.
c4 Ne4 42. Rg8 Rxg8 43. Bxg8 Bxc4 44. Bf8+ Kg6 45. g3 b5 46. Kg2 a5 47. Kf3
Nd2+ 48. Kf2 h6 49. h3 h5 50. Ke3 Nb1 51. a4 bxa4 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 Bb3 54.
gxf5+ exf5 55. Bxb3 axb3 56. Kd3 a4 57. Kc4 b2 58. Kd4 0-1

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.183"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Zakarian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheddleton 1"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford 1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Be2 a6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Qc2 Na5 14. a4 c5
15. Qb2 c4 16. Nd2 Rfb8 17. Qb6 Qd8 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. O-O Bf5 20. Ra2 Rd6 21.
Rb2 Re8 22. Ra1 g5 23. h3 Bg6 24. Raa2 Re7 25. Rb4 Kf8 26. Rab2 Ke8 27. g4 Kd8
28. Bd1 Kc7 29. Kg2 Bd3 30. Nf1 Re8 31. Ng3 Rb8 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Rf6 {
[diag]} 34. Bf3 $1 {This temporary pawn sac is the only way to play for an
advantage. Now the pressure starts to get to Keith's Armenian opponent.} Rxf5
$2 (34... Rd6 $1 {prevents White from establishing base camp on b6. But White
could continue with} 35. e4 dxe4 36. Bxe4 b6 {and still have plenty of scope
for a long grind.}) 35. Rb6 $1 Nb3 ({After this it's more or less a mopping up
exercise.} 35... Nc6 {seems best when Keith had provisionally intended to play}
36. e4 {but he expressed the hope to me that he would have spotted Black's
brilliant reply} ({Instead White can create a remarkable zugzwang with} 36. Rb1
$3 {- despite the plethora of legal moves available to Black, it turns out
that every one of them cedes material in one way or another (e.g. knight moves
lose the h6-pawn, while rook moves lose the d or b-pawns). Perhaps the least
obvious is} a5 {but then Keith's idea of} 37. e4 $1 {works like a treat
because Black's c4-c3 idea would no longer deflect the black rook because it
has moved to a safer square.}) 36... Rxf3 $1 37. Kxf3 {and now} Nxd4+ $1 38.
cxd4 c3 {deflecting the b2 rook.}) 36. Rxh6 {Not just a pawn: White also
threatens Bg4, picking off the stranded rook. So Black's next move is forced.}
g4 37. hxg4 Rg5 (37... Rg8 38. Kg3 Rg7 39. Bd1 Rfg5 40. f4 R5g6 41. Rxg6 {
winning a second pawn and, eventually, the game.}) 38. Rf6 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40.
Ra2 Rg7 41. Ra7+ Kd8 42. Bxd5 Rxg4+ 43. Kf3 Rg7 44. Bxf7 Nd2+ 45. Kf4 b4 46.
Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.132"]
[White "Merry, Alan"]
[Black "Mason, Don"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "The ADs"]
[BlackTeam "Warwickshire Select 1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. h4 Rxg2 (12... Nd7 13. Bf4 Qh8
(13... Qf6 14. Bg5 Qh8 {gets us back into familiar Winawer territory. In fact,
the game J.Jackson-N.Pert proceeded along that path elsewhere at Hinckley on
the same day, and ended in a draw.}) 14. Qxh8 Rxh8 15. Nxc3 a6 16. Bd6 f6 17.
O-O-O Kf7 18. Rde1 {was played in Merry-Harika, PokerStars Isle of Man
International 2014, and won by White in 69 moves.}) 13. Bg5 {Ensuring that the
pawn-grabbing black rook will not have an easy road back to safety.} Nbc6 (
13... Nd7 {, planning to travel to g6 via f8, looks a safer option.}) 14. Kf1
Rh2 (14... Rxg5 $5 15. hxg5 Qxg5 16. Qh8+ Kd7 17. Rh5 Qg4 {is probably a
better option, though White still has an initiative for his slight material
deficiency.}) 15. Rg1 Rh3 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf4 {[diag]} e5 $1 ({Black, in big
trouble, tries to stir up a tactical mess and, although it's objectively
unsound, it's a highly imaginative practical try since} 17... Rf3 18. Qh8+ Kd7
19. Qf6 $1 e5 20. Qxf7 {looks as though it would lose without much of a fight.}
) 18. Qh8+ ({Here Houdini sees about a gazillion moves ahead and finds} 18.
Bxe7 $1 {, which wins for reasons which only become apparent in a few moves'
time. For the time being, let's just enjoy some human chess...}) 18... Kd7 19.
Nxh3 {Has Black simply hung a rook? No, he's still in the game...} Kc7 $1 {
Black has a mega-threat: Bxh3+ followed by Rxh8. Despite White's big material
advantage, it's not so easy to find a way to capitalise.} 20. Rg2 $1 (20. Qf6
Bxh3+ 21. Ke2 Be6 {gives Black a reasonable chance of survival, though the
h5-pawn is a worry.}) 20... Bxh3 ({An ingenious double rook sacrifice but
Houdini comes up with a more refined version of this -} 20... f6 $1 {- and
good moves for White are hard to find (particularly if you're not equipped
with a dual core brain). Maybe} 21. Be3 $5 {when Houdini adjudges White to be
a bit better after} Bxh3 22. Qxa8 e4 {, etc.}) 21. Qxa8 e4 (21... f6 $1 {is
still good, though now White has} 22. Qh8 fxg5 23. hxg5 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 {and is
a fair bit better.}) {Now White has a couple of precise moves to find.} 22.
Bxe7 $1 Qh2 ({Not} 22... Nxe7 {as White switches focus with} 23. Rb1 $1 {and
Black never gets the chance to deploy his counterplay with Qh2.}) 23. Bxe4 $1 (
23. Qg8 $2 {comes close to winning as well but there is a sting in the tail:}
Qh1+ 24. Ke2 exd3+ 25. cxd3 Nd4+ $1 26. Ke3 Qxe1+ 27. Kxd4 Qxe7 28. Qg3+ Kc6
29. Qxh3 Qc5+ {and it's perpetual.}) 23... dxe4 24. Qg8 $1 {[diag] Now,
finally, we get to see why 20...f6 was so important to Black, and get an idea
why 18.Bxe7 was good for White previous to that. Black needed a knight on e7
to stop the white queen reaching its important defensive post on g8. Of course,
most humans can be forgiven for missing such nuances, but it is always
instructive to work out what the machine's idea was.} Qh1+ ({Maddeningly for
Black, after} 24... Nxe7 {White has just the one good move, but that's all you
need:} 25. Qg3+ $1 {and it's all over.}) 25. Ke2 Qxg2 ({Another heart-breaker
for Black. If} 25... Nd4+ 26. Kd1 Qxg2 {, White only has one really one
convincing line, but unfortunately it's mate:} 27. Qd8+ Kc6 28. Qd6+ {, etc.})
26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Bf6 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1a"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.141"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Cobb, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "South Wales Dragons"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Nf3 O-O
15. O-O Rfd8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb8 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. a3 g6 20. h4 Na5 21. Be2
c4 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Nd4 a6 25. Qc3 Bd5 26. Kf2 Qb7 27. Nxe6 fxe6
28. e4 Qc6 29. exd5 exd5 {[diag]} 30. b4 Nb3 $4 ({Hard to understand.} 30...
cxb3 31. Qxc6 Nxc6 32. Rb1 Nd4 33. Bd1 Rc8 34. Bxb3 Rc5 {gives Black a
perfectly reasonable chance of drawing. Black must have perpetrated a major
miscalculation of the following tactics.}) 31. Bxc4 $1 {Creating two pins 
(along the file and diagonal) for the price of a self-pin (along the c-file).
It also threatens to unpin immediately with Bd5+ so Black has to move his king
off the a2-g8 diagonal.} Kg7 ({Unfortunately for Black,} 31... Kf8 {is ruled
out because of the simple} 32. Qxb3 dxc4 33. Rxd8+ Ke7 34. Qd1 {, etc. At
least now the knight is indirectly defended but the black king is not yet safe
from checks.}) 32. e6+ Kh6 33. f5 Rf8 {A glimmer of counterplay down the
f-file? Perhaps this is where Black's calculations went wrong as White has a
decisive pair of intermezzo moves.} 34. Qe3+ (34. Qe3+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Rf6 36.
Bxb3 {is one winning line.}) 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.153"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford 1"]
[BlackTeam "e2e4.org.uk 1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 {This has all been
seen before. White's forthcoming plan (shunting the h-pawn forward at full
speed) has also been seen before.} 13. h4 O-O-O 14. h5 d4 15. h6 Rg6 16. h7 Rh8
17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf5 19. Qxa7 Qc6 $2 {Setting a cheapo but
simultaneously ruining his chances.} 20. Be3 $1 ({Not falling for} 20. Qa8+ $2
Kc7 21. Qxh8 $4 {and you don't have to be a genius to find a way to mate after}
Qe4+ {, etc.}) 20... Qe4 21. Rh3 {[diag] Now, the curious thing about this
position is that Black had been here before. Thirty six years ago (yes, Peter
Sowray is really ancient - almost as old as me, in fact) Peter had this
position against John Carleton (who also found the nifty 20.Be3 move). Sadly,
the rules of the game haven't changed in the mean time and Black's position is
still as atrocious as it was in 1978. His next move can't be considered an
improvement as there isn't one.} Qxc2 ({At the Aaronson Masters in 1978, Peter
played} 21... Rh6 {against John Carleton, and the game continued} 22. O-O-O
Rxh3 23. Bb6 $1 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. gxh3 Bc6 27. Rd8+ {and
Black resigned.}) ({If} 21... Qa4 22. O-O-O $1 Qxa7 23. Bxa7 {, White has two
extra pawns plus the monster h-pawn, which is unlikely to drop off.}) 22. Rc1
Qb2 23. Qa8+ Kc7 24. Qa5+ Kc8 25. Rxc3+ Bc6 26. Bc1 Qb1 27. Rhd3 Ne7 28. Qa8+
Kc7 29. Qxh8 Nd5 30. Qf8 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.165"]
[White "Batchelor, Peter J"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks 1"]
[BlackTeam "Cheddleton 1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 d5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Qe7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 g6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nb6
15. Rfc1 Be6 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 a5 18. Qa2 a4 19. Ra1 Rec8 20. Qa3 Kf8 21.
Nd2 Rc7 22. Ne2 Qxa3 23. Rxa3 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Ne8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Ne2 Nbc4 27.
Bxc4 dxc4 28. Nc3 Bd7 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Nxa4 Bxb5 31. Nc3 Ba6 32. Kf2 f5 33.
Ndb1 b5 34. Nd5 Bb7 35. Nb4 g5 36. Nc3 Ke7 37. g3 h5 {[diag] Black has two
passed pawns to White's one but they are both ideally blockaded by knights,
just like the textbooks tell us. White now provokes a resolution of the
kingside pawn situation.} 38. h4 g4 ({I wonder if it might have been better to
play} 38... gxh4 39. gxh4 {when the f5-pawn helps keep an eye on White's e4
advance. But it's hard to be sure.}) 39. fxg4 fxg4 ({Perhaps underestimating
White's coming plan.} 39... hxg4 {has the visual disadvantage of creating
another white passer but it is more important to retain the f5-pawn to
restrain White's central pawn advance.}) 40. d5 $1 {White's plan of advancing
his central pawns in order to infiltrate on the dark squares with his king is
simple and strong. Whether it should actually win is another matter.} Kf6 41.
e4 Ke5 42. Ke3 Ba8 {The only move not to cede material or give ground with the
king (which would be equally disastrous). But White is almost as immobile -
how is he to make progress?} 43. Na6 $1 Bb7 (43... Bxd5 $5 {is very hard to
break down after} 44. exd5 Nf5+ 45. Kf2 Nd6 $1 {, when White has great
difficulty penetrating with his king.}) 44. Nb8 {Threatening mate in one with
45.Nd7.} Nxe4 $2 ({There doesn't seem to be a win for White after} 44... Kf6 $1
45. Kd4 b4 46. e5+ Kf7 47. exd6 bxc3 48. Kxc3 Bxd5 49. Kd4 Be6 50. Nc6 Kf6 {,
etc. White seems to get knight plus the two kingside pawns versus bishop and
one (g) pawn, but the white king can't penetrate the black camp.}) 45. Nxe4
Bxd5 (45... Kxd5 46. Nd7 $1 {weaves a web round the black pieces and I'm
pretty sure there is no defence. The queenside pawns are effectively
immobilised: if} b4 47. Nb6+ {and the c-pawn drops.}) 46. Nd7+ Kf5 47. Nc3 Bc6
48. Nb8 Be8 49. Na6 Bd7 50. Kd4 Kf6 51. Nc7 1-0

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.167"]
[White "Williams, Samuel G"]
[Black "Oswald, David C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Grantham Sharks 1"]
[BlackTeam "Cheddleton 1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 Bb4 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7
15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 c5 19. Be5 Ne8 20. d5 f6 21. Bf4
e5 22. Be3 Qc7 23. f4 Qd6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. b3 a5 26. a4 b4 27. Qxc4 Rdc8 28.
Bf1 Ba6 29. Qc2 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Ra7 31. Rc1 Rac7 32. Qe2 Nf6 33. Rc4 Nd7 34. Rfc1
Nb6 35. R4c2 c4 36. bxc4 Nxa4 37. c5 Nxc5 38. Qb5 Nd7 {[diag]} 39. Rc6 $2 ({
Instead} 39. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 40. Rc6 $3 {is decisive:} Rxc6 41. dxc6 Nf6 (41...
Nf8 42. Qd5+ $1 Qxd5 43. exd5 {and a pawn queens}) 42. Qc4+ $1 Kh8 43. c7 {
wins.}) 39... Rxc6 40. dxc6 Nf6 41. Qa6 Qe6 42. Qxa5 b3 {and a draw was agreed
on move 65.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.174"]
[White "Eden, Tomer"]
[Black "Bisby, Daniel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Hackney 1"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University 1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. c5
Kh8 9. cxd6 cxd6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qh5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Rb8 14. Nd2 Bd7
15. Nc4 f4 16. Nxd6 f3 17. Bh1 Be7 18. Nde4 Qh3 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. Rfc1 Bg5 21.
Nf1 Be6 22. Qd1 Qh5 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nfd2 Bg4 25. Qb3 Bb4 26. a3 Ba5 27. Nc4 Bc7
28. Ncd6 Qg6 29. Nc4 Be6 30. Qd1 Rbd8 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Nxb7 Rde8 33. Nc5 Qg4 34.
Nd2 Bb6 35. b4 Rf6 36. Nf1 Rh6 37. Qa4 Qh3 38. b5 Ne7 39. e4 Bg8 40. Bxf3 Rf8
41. Bg2 Qc8 {[diag] White has three extra pawns but things start going wrong
very quickly.} 42. Qb4 $2 ({Giving back one pawn with} 42. d4 $5 exd4 {to be
able to secure the f2-pawn with} 43. Nd3 {is one prudent line.}) 42... Rhf6 $1
43. d4 ({There is no good way to defend the f2-pawn as} 43. f3 {allows tricks
such as} Nc6 $5 44. bxc6 Rxc6 {, regaining some material and reaching a
probably drawn position.}) 43... Rxf2 44. Nd3 {Simultaneously attacking the
queen and the rook, but Black has a useful counter.} Rxg2+ $5 45. Kxg2 Qg4 $1
46. Nc5 $4 (46. Qxe7 {allows a draw with} Qf3+ 47. Kh3 Qh5+ {, etc, but if
White but knew it, it is in fact the only line not to lose. He thinks he only
has to worry about the black queen and rook, but Black can bring a third piece
to bear on the kingside, with deadly effect.}) 46... Nd5 $1 47. Qd2 (47. exd5
Bxd5+ 48. Kg1 Qf3 {wins.}) 47... Nf4+ 48. Kf2 (48. Kg1 Nh3+ 49. Kh1 Nf2+ 50.
Kg1 Qf3 {wins.}) 48... Ne2+ (48... Ne2+ 49. Ke1 Nxd4 {soon wins.}) 0-1

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.176"]
[White "Walker, Nicholas P"]
[Black "McClement, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Hackney 1"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University 1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Qf6
15. O-O Rd8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Rab1 Nxd5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Be4 b6 21.
Qb2 Kg7 22. Ne5 Be6 23. f4 Rac8 24. Rf3 {[diag] Black is a comfortable pawn up
and now finds a clever tactical justification for snatching a second one.} Nxf4
$1 25. g3 Rd4 $3 26. Bb7 ({If} 26. Qxd4 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxd4 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 {and
Black emerges with his two extra pawns intact, and actually a useful
positional plus to boot.}) (26. Rxf4 Qxe5 {also leaves Black with a
comfortable +2 advantage.}) 26... Qxe5 $1 27. gxf4 (27. Bxc8 Rd1+ $1 {wins,
much as in the game. If} 28. Kf2 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Qxb2+ 30. Rxb2 Rg1# {mate.})
27... Rd1+ $1 28. Kf2 Rc2+ $1 (28... Rc2+ {Not the only winning move but the
most aesthetically pleasing (having previously put the other rook en prise to
the queen). The idea is to break the pin and deliver mate, thus} 29. Qxc2 Qe1+
30. Kg2 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "4NCL Division 1b"]
[Site "Hinckley Island ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "2.187"]
[White "Manley, Jonathan"]
[Black "Chapman, Terry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Saunders,John"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford 1"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican 4NCL 2"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nb6 ({To give you
an idea of how respectable this line of Philidor's Defence is, the game
Carlsen-Caruana from the 2014 World Rapidplay Championship reached this
position before diverging with} 6... exd4 {, etc.}) 7. Be2 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9.
a4 a5 10. f4 d5 $5 {A new move and maybe not bad, though it needs to be
followed up with care as the white e and f-pawns are menacing marching up the
board together.} 11. e5 Ne4 12. f5 Nxc3 (12... Bc5 $5 {looks interesting,
though White still might plunge on with} 13. f6 g6 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Bf4 {, etc.}
) 13. bxc3 c5 (13... f6 14. e6) 14. f6 $1 {[diag] A good, old-fashioned attack
on the king, and very hard to defend.} gxf6 ({Loses quickly. So Black probably
has to play} 14... cxd4 15. fxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd4 {though that too looks
promising for White as he's threatening Ba3, and maybe a rook lift and an
assault on the king.}) 15. Bd3 $1 (15. exf6 {first also seems to win.}) 15...
fxe5 (15... cxd4 16. Qh5 f5 17. Rxf5 $1 {soon leads to mate.}) 16. Bxh7+ $1 {
Our old friend, the Greek gift.} Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rf3 (18. Nf5 Bxf5 19.
Rxf5 Qd6 20. Rf3 {wins the queen a bit quicker but comes to the same thing.})
18... Bh4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 (20. Rxf5 {There's no mate as such but only a
masochist would want to prolong the agony with} Qd6 21. Qxh4 f6 22. Qh5 Rf7 23.
Bh6 Qe7 24. Raf1 Nd7 25. R1f3 {, etc, etc.}) 1-0

