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Game 1 Luke McShane – Miguel Illescas Cordoba
Game 3 Alastair Dawson – Ed Spencer
Game 5 David Findlay – Alan Borwell
Game 7 Alan Borwell – Joy Durno
Game 9 Frank Stevenson – Alan Borwell
Game 11 David Findlay – Dominic O’Rourke

Game 2 Frank Stevenson – James Anderson
Game 4 Declan Shafi – Sergey Tin
Game 6 Lendert Van den Ouden – Declan Shafi
Game 8 Patrick McGovern – Alan Borwell
Game 10 Euan Dawson – Jim Kleboe

Game 1

[Event "15th ETC"] [Site "Gothenburg SWE"] [Date "2005.08.01"] [Round "3"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2624"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 g6 { <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> The standard procedure against the Albin, intending to give back the pawn in return for attacking chances against the enemy’s fragile long castles. Nevertheless, White’s extra-tempo seems to play a major role here and it is possible that although this game was played one month after the 2 previous ones, Kramnik’s second may have been surprised by the opening of the versatile 2004 Lausanne Young Masters champion, who is quite fond of ‘d-pawn specials’ curiosities!} 7. O-O-O Bg7 8. Nxe4 (8. d6 {On the other hand, compared to the previous game, this seems duly appropriate at this stage.} Qb6 (8... O-O 9. dxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd6 Qe6 11. Bxf8 {Winning the exchange being the idea of the move.}) 9. dxe7 Nc6 { Attacking e7} 10. Rd6 {With typical complications that White is not forced to seek thanks to his extra-tempo.}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qxe4 O-O 10. Bc4 $2 {A regrettable provocation. I find} (10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Qe3 {With the idea Bh6 pleasant for White.}) 10... Bf5 11. Qf3 $2 {A bad square for the queen, filling the square of the king’s knight but intending to prevent…} (11. Qe3 b5 12. Be2 (12. d6 Re8 $1 13. dxe7 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qxd1) 12... Bd4 13. Qb3 $1 $13 Bxf2 14. Nf3 $44) 11... b5 $1 {that comes anyway!} 12. Bf1 (12. d6 bxc4 $1 13. Qxa8 (13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxa8 Be4 15. Re1 Bxa8 16. Rxe7 Bxg2) 13... Qb6 14. dxe7 (14. c3 Nc6) 14... Qxb2+ 15. Kd2 Qxc2+ 16. Ke1 Re8 17. Rd8 Bc3+ 18. Bd2 Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Rxe7+ 20. Ne2 Qb1+ 21. Rd1 Qb4+ 22. Kf1 (22. Rd2 Be4) 22... Bd3) (12. Bd3 Qa5 13. a3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 b4 15. d6 Ra7 {With a strong attack against White’s long castle.}) 12... Qa5 13. g4 (13. Kb1 Qb4 {Wins precisely because of the White’s queen misplacement! Were she on e3 there would be the simple Be5 parrying all the threats!} 14. b3 (14. Bc1 Bg4) (14. Qb3 Qxf4) 14... c4 15. Ne2 Qa3 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 19. Kc3 Qa1+ 20. Kc2 Qxd4) ( 13. a3 b4 14. Bc4 Nd7 15. g4 bxa3 16. bxa3 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxa3+ 18. Kd2 Qc3+ 19. Kc1 Qxc4) 13... Qxa2 {A brave and consequent decision. However, the quieter…} (13... Bd7 $1 14. a3 (14. Kb1 Qb4) 14... b4 {has a terrible hidden force! About to be revealed, for instance, after} 15. Be2 (15. h3 Ra7 16. Bc4 Bb5) 15... Bxg4 $3 16. Qxg4 bxa3 17. Kb1 axb2 18. c3 Nc6 $1 19. dxc6 Rfd8 $1 20. Nf3 (20. Qd7 Qa1+ 21. Kc2 b1=Q+ 22. Rxb1 Qa4+ 23. Rb3 Rxd7 24. cxd7 Qxf4) 20... Qa1+ 21. Kc2 b1=Q+ 22. Rxb1 Qxc3#) (13... Qb4 14. c3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Qxf4+) 15... Qb1+ 16. Kd2 Qc2+ 17. Ke3 Be4 18. Qxe4 Qxd1 19. Ne2) 14. gxf5 Qxb2+ 15. Kd2 Nd7 16. Ne2 Nb6 17. Qb3 Qf6 $2 {The desire to keep the queens on the board is comprehensible but will permit the white pieces to again find some harmony and finally put his king in safety. ‘Playing for the pawns’ (like a spare wheel when the supposed crushing attack has failed!) would have kept, instead, some winning chances} (17... Nxd5 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Bg2 (19. fxg6 Rad8 20. Ke1 Nb4 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Nxc2+ 24. Kd1 Na3) 19... Rad8 20. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 21. Ke3 Rxf5 22. Bc7 {White is very active now and it is not easy for Black to activate his split majorities. However, with 4 pawns for a piece, at the very least he is certainly not worse!}) 18. Ke1 Qxf5 19. Bh3 Qf6 20. Rg1 Nc4 21. Rg3 Nb2 22. Rb1 Nc4 23. Rd1 Nb2 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Bg2 {Black now begs for a draw that his opponent is right to decline because a piece is usually stronger than 3 pawns in the middle game, provided, of course, that it may be cooperating correctly with the rest of the forces.} Rad8 26. h4 h6 ( 26... Qxh4 27. Bg5 Qh2 28. Bxe7) 27. h5 g5 28. Bc7 Rd6 {Forced as} (28... Rd7 29. Rf3 {Offers only one rook and some irrelevant pawns for the queen.}) 29. Bxd6 exd6 30. Qf3 $1 Qd8 (30... Qe5 31. Qe4) 31. Qf5 Re8 32. Be4 {More important than the material advantage, except in the ending, is the incapacity for Black to hold the light squares.} Kf8 33. Rf3 Qa5+ 34. c3 Ne5 35. Re3 Nc4 36. Rf3 Ne5 37. Rg3 Qa2 38. f4 gxf4 $1 39. Qxf4 Qc4 40. Kf2 Nd7 41. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 42. Rg1+ (42. Rg1+ Kf8 43. Qxd6+ Re7 44. Qxh6+ Ke8 45. Rg8+ Nf8 46. Qxf8+ Kd7 47. Qd8#) 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 2

[Event "Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.05.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Stevenson, Frank"] [Black "Anderson, James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1601"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [SourceDate "2015.05.06"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. O-O Ba6 7. Qe2 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 a6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxc7 { <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> This was a interesting move it looked like I was going to win his Queen.} Rfc8 14. Qb7 Qd8 15. e5 {The only move to save the Queen.} d5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 { Interesting position White has lost a Knight but has 3 pawns in compensation.} Nf8 18. Qb3 b5 19. d5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Nd4 Qc5 22. Nc6 Re8 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Re4 Qxc2 25. Nd4 Qxb2 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6 {Not sure if this is the right move maybe Nxe6 is better.} Re7 28. h4 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc7+ 32. g3 Nxe6 {Level on pawns and a Piece up Looks good for Black} 33. Rd3 Rf7 34. Qe3 Nf8 35. Rc3 Qa7 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 3

[Event "Dundee Club Cship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.05.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Dawson, Alastair"] [Black "Spencer, Ed"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "1817"] [BlackElo "2054"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. Bg2 h5 7. h4 Bg4 8. a3 Nh6 9. b4 Qd7 10. b5 Nd8 {I was happy with this because the Rooks become disconnected. Also …Na5 was not possible.} 11. Rb1 O-O 12. d3 f6 {The Black minor pieces are struggling for squares and there is a danger that the Bg4 might be trapped by White pawns.} 13. Qc2 Nhf7 14. a4 {Here I could see that Black does not have many moves ..f5 is not possible because the B falls, b7 has to be defended. So it seemed like a good plan for White would be to play a4-a5-a6 to soften up the diagonal.} Rc8 15. a5 Nh8 16. a6 b6 17. Qa4 Qf7 18. Nd5 {I played this move to go to b4 and had in mind also that if ..c6 was played then I have Nb6 sac.} Ne6 19. Nb4 g5 20. Nc6 Ra8 21. Nb4 Ng6 {The Bg2 is the best minor piece on the board and I needed to hang on to it, winning the exchange on a8 would leave me very weak on the White squares. So I, rightly or wrongly, elected not to capture the Ra8.} 22. Bd5 {In order to stop a tempo loss with …Nc5 and forcing the ..Ng6 backwards.} Ne7 23. Bg2 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 {I had discounted this capture throughout because I thought that I would dominate the White squares thereafter – but it is a dangerous and good move.} f5 25. Nd5 {Played in order to slow up the Black attack and giving me what I thought was the best plan for survival. I wanted to get the Q back to d1. But I also needed the B on d2 to connect my rooks – but did not have time to play all these moves. I was considering playing c5 so that I could get my Q over to h4 if the opportunity arose.} f4 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Bd5 {Again the B comes back to d5 to create a pin but also to tie another Black piece down to defiend the N.} Rae8 28. hxg5 fxg3 {A time for holding your nerve!} 29. f3 g2 30. Rg1 Qxg5 31. Kf2 {This seemed to be the only move to hold things together. I expected ..Qh4+ and Kg2.} Qh4+ 32. Kxg2 Rf6 33. Kf1 {Again the only move and I expected ..Ref8 here when my Q would come back to d1. But it felt very perilous.} Kh8 34. Rb2 {I knew ..Ng5 was coming but after the moves played I thought the forking of the Rooks from h3 could be parried by Rh2 – and still everything was secure, in fact the Nh3 might even tie the Qh4 to its defence.} Ng5 35. Rf2 Nh3 36. Rh2 e4 37. f4 Rxf4+ 38. exf4 {With the plan of pushing with ..e3.} e3 39. Rxg7 {This was played as a trap. I could see that Qa1+ was very strong and that the Re8 was tied to the back rank because of Qh8+ if the K went to h6. I expected either 39..e2+ (then I had 40. Re2 Kg7 41. Qa1+) or 39…Qf4+ (looked more dangerous but then I had 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Bf3 and I am still alive!).} Kxg7 {A vital tempo loss. White has too many threats now.} 40. Qa1+ Kh6 41. Bxe3 {And the threat of Qh8+ if the Rook captures on e3 is deadly. } Qg3 42. Rg2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 4

[Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.05.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Shafi, Declan"] [Black "Tin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "1620"] [BlackElo "1980"] [PlyCount "98"] {An Interesting Slav game where Black grabs the pawn on c4 and buys time for his development.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Rd1 dxc4 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Nc3 Qb6 {So the game is equal and the battle is about Black preparing the …c5 break and White trying to make use of his space advantage.} 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. e3 Rfd8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nd4 18. Qg4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 f5 {White is already in difficulties.} 20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxa8 {White is in big trouble and bails out with a R grab but the game is already decided.} gxh5 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Re1 e5 26. Bf3 h4 27. gxh4 e4 28. Bh5 Qd2 29. Re2 Qf4 30. Re3 Qxh4 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Be2 f4 33. Rg4 Qf6 34. h4 h6 35. Bf1 e3 36. fxe3 fxe3 37. Rg2 Qxh4 38. Re2 Qg3+ 39. Rg2 Qe1 40. Re2 Qc1 41. Rh2 h5 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Qe1 44. Be2 h4 45. Rg2 Kf7 46. Kg4 Kf6 47. Kf4 h3 48. Rh2 Qh4+ 49. Kf3 Ke5 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 5

[Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.06.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Findlay, D."] [Black "Borwell, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. a4 a6 {a tense situation arises centred around what will be the fate of the white-squared Bishop – shall it be preserved or exchanged off?} 7. Bf1 d6 8. d3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. a5 Nc6 13. Bd2 Nd7 {an original move that hopes to take advantage of the a-file should it be opened in the future} 14. Ra2 b5 {and Black allows it to be opened although the position is still relatively equal} 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. c3 Rfb8 17. Be3 Nde5 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. f4 { White grabs some more space} e6 20. Qf3 Ne7 21. Rea1 d5 {the tension increases with White pressing on c5 and also the doubled Rooks on the a-file exert strong pressure. On the other hand, Black is pressing on the b-file} 22. e5 f6 23. b4 fxe5 24. bxc5 Qc6 {Black is under the cosh now, maybe 24….Qc7 might have been better (e.g. 25. d4 ed4 26. cd4 Rb4 27. Qe2 Nf5)} (24... Qc7 25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 Rb4 27. Qe2 Nf5) 25. d4 exf4 26. Bxf4 e5 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 { and now the Bf1 is proud of its role in the game it having been preserved} Qc7 29. Re6 Rf8 30. Rxe7 {and with Qd5+ coming the game’s a bogey} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 6

Declan’s stunning game against Lendert Van den Ouden in round 8 of the Scottish International Open which gave Declan a very impressive score of 5/8.

[Event "Scottish International Open"] [Site "Edinburgh, Scotland"] [Date "2015.07.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Van den Ouden, Lendert"] [Black "Shafi, Declan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2077"] [BlackElo "1908"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qd7 14. O-O Be5 15. Qe2 Nf4 16. Qd2 g5 17. f3 f6 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Kh8 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. g3 Bd6 22. Bd4 a6 23. Qe3 h6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Qd2 Qg4 26. Kh1 Kh7 27. Qd3 Qg6 28. gxf4 Bxf4 29. Rg1 Qh5 30. Rc2 Rg8 31. e5+ f5 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. Rf2 Qg4 34. Qf1 Bxh2 35. Rxf5 Qxd4 36. Kxh2 Qxb2+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 7

[Event "Dundee Congress 2015 Round 4"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Borwell, Alan"] [Black "Durno, Joy WFM"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "1989"] [BlackElo "1819"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [SourceDate "2015.10.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. f4 Nc6 10. Bf3 Bd7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qg3 g6 15. f5 e5 16. Be3 b5 17. Bh6 Rfc8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rf2 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 $2 {20. …..Bxd5 is better} 21. exd5 Be8 22. Bg4 Rcb8 23. h4 Qd8 {Not expecting White’s next move….otherwise it looks good} 24. Rxf7 $3 Bxf7 25. Be6 g5 26. Qd3 Kh8 27. Bxf7 Bf6 28. Qg6 Ra7 29. Rf1 {Missing the even more elegant finish 29.Bg7+, Bxg7 30.Qh5+ with mate next move} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 8

[Event "SNCL 2015-16"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.10.25"] [Round "?"] [White "McGovern, Patrick"] [Black "Borwell, Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "1698"] [BlackElo "1989"] [Annotator "Alan Borwell"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bc4 Qc7 8. Qd3 b5 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. O-O f5 {Alternative is to capture on c3 but this would enable White to develop his remaining bishop on a3/f1 diagonal. The idea for playing an early f5 is to prevent White moving his N to the e4 square and then maybe to g5 with eyes on e6.} 12. Bd2 {Threatens Nxb5 so Black now preserves the 2 bishops and looks at re-routing to f6/a1 diagonal} Be7 13. a3 d6 14. f3 {This move and the previous one are rather passive} Nd7 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Rce8{This rook has served its purpose on c-file and is better now on same file as opposing Q. Black’s pieces are now better placed than White’s and ready for an attack on the K-side.} 19. Kh1 Kh8 {Not sure why Whit moved his K into the corner (on same diagional as Black’s White squared B) but Black plans g-pawn advance!} 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Qd2 g5 22. Qd3 {White is playing a waiting game, whereas Black is looking to open up the K-side, but how?} e4 $5 {Superficially this looks as though it loses a pawn but the idea is to gain the e5 for the N with eyes on c4 or f3} 23. fxe4 Ne5 24. Qe2 Nc4 25. Nd4 {My first inclination here was to capture on b2 but then White’s N could be troublesome} f4 26. Bg1 Bc8 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. Bd4 Qg7 { White’s N has reached a threatening outpost but Black’s pieces are better placed} 29. Qf2 g4 $1 {Timing this advance at the right moment as White cannot capture the f-pawn} 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qd4 Ne5 $1 {Preferring to avoid Q exchange and securing the e5 square again} 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 {Looks like a dangerous pin but White cannot attack the R with his N. It is now difficult for White to find a good defensive move – Kg1 is probably best. The move chosen is not good} 33. Re2 Qh4 {Perhaps even better is g3 immediately} 34. g3 fxg3 35. Rg2 Rf2 $1 {White must take the R here – the move chosen traps his K totally and invites a pretty finish!} 36. Rcg1 Qxh2+ {And Mate follows next move} 37. Rxh2 Rxh2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 9

[Event "TAFCA League - Dundee A v B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.01.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Stevenson, Frank"] [Black "Borwell, Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "1989"] [Annotator "Alan Borwell"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 {The O’Kelly variation. It is normal for White to play 3.d4 against most Black Sicilian variations but here either c3 or c4 are better options.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {In the Sveshnikov and Kalashnikov variations after this e5 thrust the square b5 is available for the White N. If White goes to f5, then Black plays d5 immediately and has a good game.} 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 e4 {Now White must move the B again as 9. Qe2 0-0 wins a piece!} 9. Be2 Nxd5 {Black can also play 9…….Qxd5 but White can then exchange Queens and play 11. Bd2 with a level position.} 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 {If White recaptures with the B, then Black castles and White must be careful after Black’s N moves to f4.} O-O 12. c4 Nf6 {I considered retreating to e7 but thought f6 was strategically best} 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qc1 {Interesting move but maybe 14.Bg5 is best here} Bg4 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Qd6 { The alternative is h6 but I had idea of going to f5 with the White rook rather misplaced on e2} 18. c5 $6 {Maybe better for White to keep c5 free for possible N re-entry?} Qe5 19. f4 {Tricky but Black is looking at f5 for Q and this allows strong passed pawn if Black can support it soon.} Qf5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 Rad8 22. Rae1 Qg6 23. Qf3 {Tricky move as Black cannot take the Queen but after reply, the white Queen is “en pris”} f5 24. Qc3 Qf7 25. Re3 Re7 {Maybe Ne7 was better here but it is coming anyway} 26. h3 Red7 27. g4 Ne7 28. Rg3 {Black now resists playing g6 but h5 is an interesting alternative to move chosen} Rd1 { Indirectly defending the e5 pawn. It is not easy now for White to find a good move…} 29. Kf1 Qd5 {There are probably better moves here, but I wanted to keep a bind on the position and restrict White’s options} 30. Rge3 {Again maybe not best, but I was already looking at mating possibilities using the N on f4} Ng6 31. gxf5 Nxf4 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Re1 Qd5 $1 {Now White is lost with opening of the f-file also an option for Black} 34. f6 e3 $3 {A neat rejoinder – mate cannot be avoided} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 10

[Event "Nancy Elder"] [Site "?"] [Date "26 Mar 2016"] [Round "Semi-final"] [White "Euan Dawson"] [Black "Jim Kleboe"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. g3 d5 6. d3 d4 7. Nb1 Nf6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne8 13. Nf3 b5 14. Bd2 Ra7 15. Qe1 a5 16. g4 a4 17. Qg3 g5 18. h4 Kg7 19. hxg5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Kf2 Rg8 22. Rh1 Kf8 23. Rh5 f6 24. Ke2 Rag7 25. Rf1 Ke7 26. Rh6 Rg6 27. Rxg6 Rxg6 28. exf6+ Rxf6 29. Nxg5 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 Kd7 31. Qf4 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Nxf6 33. Bh3 Ke7 34. Nf3 Bb7 35. Kf2 b4 36. Kg3 Nxe4+ 37. dxe4 Bxe4 38. Ne1 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. cxb3 d3 41. Nf3 Bd5 42. Nd2 e5 43. Bg2 Ke6 44. Be4 Kd6 45. Bxd3 Bb7 46. Bc4 Bc6 47. g5 Ke7 48. Kg4 Kf8 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. Kxe5 Kg6 51. Kf4 Bb7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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Game 11

[Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.03.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Findlay David"] [Black "O'Rourke Dominic"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [ECO "B93"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 b5 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. b4 Qc7 13. a4 Rac8 14. Nd1 d5 15. exd5 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd4 Nxd5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Ne5 Qxc2 21. Rf2 Qb3 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 Be7 25. Ra7 Ba8 26. Ba3 Rfd8 27. N1b2 Nxb4 28. Rxe7 Nxd3 29. Nxd3 Rxd3 30. Bb4 Rd1+ 31. Be1 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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