All Games Click on a game. List of GamesCompetitionYear 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 {[#]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. Top of Page 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 {[#]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. Top of Page 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. Top of Page 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. Top of Page 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. Top of Page 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. Top of Page 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. Top of Page 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. Top of Page 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. Top of Page 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. Top of Page Game 11 [Event "Club Championship"] [White "Spencer, Ed"] [Black "Archip, L..."] [Site ""] [Round "1"] [Annotator ""] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2019.10.01"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "1529"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Qe1 a5 10. Na4 Nd7 11. c4 e6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rc1 d4 14. Bd2 f5 15. e5 Bf8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Rg1 Qa7 18. g4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Rc2 Re7 21. gxf5 exf5 22. h4 Bd7 23. h5 Be8 24. Nh4 Kf7 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. Rxg6 Re6 27. Qg3 Qd8 28. Be1 Bd7 29. Rg2 Ke8 30. Nxf5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 12 [Event "Club Championship"] [White "Dawson, Alastair"] [Black "Harley, Trevor"] [Site ""] [Round "1"] [Annotator ""] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2019.10.08"] [WhiteElo "1806"] [BlackElo "1449"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. a4 Be6 14. b3 h6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Qc2 Nb8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bc8 19. Qxc5 Qd8 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Qc7 Qf6 22. Nh2 h5 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Bc5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 13 [Event "Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Carroll, Norrie"] [Black "Kennan, Andy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "948"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. f3 Bf5 4. Na3 c6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Bg2 e6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. O-O Nxg4 10. fxg4 Qh4 11. h3 Be4 12. Nf4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Qg3 14. Qf3 Qh2+ 15. Kf2 Nf6 16. Ke1 Bg3+ 17. Ke2 O-O 18. Bd2 Qxh3 19. g5 Ne4 20. Rh1 Qf5 21. Rh5 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 g6 23. Rh6 Bd6 24. Be1 Nxg5+ 25. Kg4 Ne4 26. c4 f5+ 27. Kf3 Kg7 28. Rh3 Ng5+ 29. Ke2 Nxh3 30. c5 Bc7 31. Kd3 e5 32. Bg3 e4+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 14 [Event "TAFCA League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Findlay, David"] [Black "Stevenson, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2109"] [BlackElo "1647"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3 Qc8 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qc6 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Nf4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxf6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 15 [Event "TAFCA League Div1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Spencer, Ed"] [Black "Archip, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "1529"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 d6 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qe4 Bd7 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. O-O Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bf6 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Rfe1 Kf7 21. Bc4 Qc6 22. Qe2 b5 23. Ba2 Rbe8 24. Kh1 h5 25. h3 a4 26. f5 h4 27. Rb4 Re7 28. Re4 Ke8 29. fxe6 Bc8 30. c4 Ba6 31. cxb5 Bxb5 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Qa6 34. Bb4 g5 35. Bxe7 Bxe7 36. Rec1 Qd6 37. Rc8+ Bd8 38. Rd1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 16 [Event "Dundee Congress"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Spencer, Ed"] [Black "Orr, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "2142"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc4 exd4 11. cxd4 b5 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc5 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 Bb4 16. Rad1 Ne8 17. Bb1 Nd6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nxf5 21. Rxc7 Nxe3 22. Rc6 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 24. Qe4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 17 [Event "TAFCA League Div 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Anderson, James"] [Black "Hogg, Stephen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "2064"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nd6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 g6 7. fxe4 Bg7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Qd5 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Qb3 e6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. O-O Nbc4 20. Bf4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nxb2 22. Bxd6 Rfd8 23. e5 Bxc3 24. Be4 Nc4 25. Bxb7 Nxd6 26. exd6 Bxa1 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa1 Rxc2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 18 [Event "TAFCA League Div 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Flood, Raymond"] [Black "Dawson, Alasair"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1509"] [BlackElo "1804"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 d6 7. Ngf3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfe1 O-O 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. c3 Qd7 16. Re2 Qc6 17. h3 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Rae1 h6 20. Nd2 Rc7 21. c4 Rd8 22. b3 Bf8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 g5 25. Bh2 Rcd7 26. d5 e5 27. g4 Rc8 28. a4 a6 29. f3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rc1 Rdc7 32. Kf1 Rc5 33. Bg1 Rxd5 34. cxd5 Rxc1+ 35. Re1 Rc3 36. Re3 Rc8 37. Ke2 Be7 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. Bf2 Bd8 40. Re2 f5 41. Rc2 e4+ 42. fxe4 fxe4+ 43. Kd2 Rxc2+ 44. Kxc2 Bf6 45. Kd2 Kg6 46. Ke3 Bc3 47. Kxe4 Bb4 48. Bd4 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 19 [Event "Dundee Premier"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.19"] [Round "2"] [White "D Findlay"] [Black "S McQuillan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2109"] [BlackElo "1978"] [Annotator "D Findlay"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qh5 Qd6 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8. dxc3 Nd7 9. O-O g6 10. Qh4 Bg7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. f4 Bg4 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Rd4 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rxf6 Bxd1 {!} 18. Qxh7+ (18. Rxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxh7+ Kf6 20. Qxf7+ Kxg5 21. h4+ Kh6 {!}) 18... Kxf6) 16... Bh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. Re7+ Kg8 (21... Rf7 22. Rxf7+ Kxf7 23. g4 Qc4 24. h3 {with b3 to follow}) 22. Rxb7 Rae8 23. Qf4 Qe5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qxc6 g5 26. Qh6 Bg6 27. Qxg5 Qe2 28. Qf4 Qxc2 29. Qd4+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 20 [Event "Dundee Premier"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.20"] [Round "5"] [White "E Spencer"] [Black "FM A Tate"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "2297"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Qc2 Bc7 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Ng2 Bb6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qf2 O-O 16. O-O Qe7 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rae1 a6 19. f4 f5 20. exf5 e4 21. Bd2 Nhf6 22. b4 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Bb1 Rfe8 26. Nh4 Bc7 27. Nf3 Qf7 28. Ne5 Qd5 29. Be3 Nb6 30. Rg1 Nc4 31. Qg3 Re7 32. Qh4 Qd6 33. Bf2 Nd2 34. Rg3 Ra1 35. d5 e3 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Nxe7+ Qxe7 38. Rgxe3 Qd7 39. d6 Bxd6 40. Bc2 Ra2 41. Bd3 Bf8 42. Bf1 Nd5 43. Rh3 h6 44. Qg4 Nf6 45. Qd1 Qxf5 46. Bg2 Nfe4 47. Bd4 Qxf4 48. Rxe4 Nxe4 49. Qb3+ Kh8 50. Qxa2 Bd6 51. Qe2 Ng5 52. Rxh6+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ Bf8 54. Rxc6 Nf3 55. Qe6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 21 [Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Anderson, James"] [Black "Findlay, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "2109"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. d4 d6 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. e4 Ngf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. c3 Qc7 9. Re1 Nf8 10. c4 Bg4 11. d5 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nbd2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Qa4 h5 17. b4 h4 18. Bh2 Nd7 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 O-O 21. Rb3 Kh8 22. Reb1 Rg8 23. Qa5 Qxa5 24. bxa5 Nc5 25. Rc3 Rab8 26. Bc2 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Rb8 28. Nbd2 Rb2 29. Bb3 Bd8 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Bxa5 32. Nb3 Nxb3 33. axb3 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Bb1 Kg5 37. Kf1 Bd2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 22 [Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Woodcock, Alan"] [Black "Stevenson, Frank"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "1383"] [BlackElo "1647"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. h3 c5 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. a4 Rc8 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nd5 14. Bg3 N7f6 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Qb3 Bh6 18. Rcd1 Qd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6 21. Ree1 Qf5 22. Nh4 Qd5 23. Qc2 Kf8 24. Nf3 Nh5 25. Bh2 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Bh6 29. Rh4 Kg7 30. Re4 d5 31. Ree1 f6 32. g3 Kf7 33. Kg2 Rc4 34. Ra1 Bg7 35. Nd2 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 23 [Event "TAFCA League Div 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Hogg, Stephen"] [Black "Rose, Keith"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2064"] [BlackElo "1529"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Re1 h6 11. Rc1 Rad8 12. e4 Bh3 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ng4 17. Qd2 f5 18. h3 Ne5 19. f4 Nc6 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nd5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rdf8 23. Ne3 R5f7 24. c5 d5 25. b4 d4 26. Rcd1 e5 27. Ng4 Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Kh7 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Qc6 31. Qxd4 Qa4 32. Rd2 a5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. c6 Qc7 35. cxb7 Qxb7 36. Rd5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 24 [Event "TAFCA League Div 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Banerjee, S.."] [Black "Spencer, Ed"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "1483"] [BlackElo "2025"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bc2 Qc7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Ne2 Qxc4 14. O-O Nxe4 15. Bd3 Qc6 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Re1 Qc6 18. Ng3 f6 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Qc2 Rd8 21. Re3 f5 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nf3 e4 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Nc4 Qc5 26. Nd2 b6 27. Qb2 Rb8 28. h4 a5 29. Rg3 e5 30. Nb3 Qd6 31. h5 Be6 32. Rg6 Qd7 33. Rg3 f4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 25 [Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.10.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Flood, Ray"] [Black "Borwell, Alan"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1509"] [BlackElo "1836"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ncxd5 Bxd4 13. c3 Bc5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nf4 Qb6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Rd2 Rf6 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Rd8 Rff8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5 Rf8 24. Ne3 b5 25. Rd2 Qg6 26. Qd1 Bb6 27. Nd5 Bc5 28. Ne3 Qf6 29. Qe2 Qc6 30. Qd1 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Qe4 32. Re2 h6 33. a3 Rf3 34. Qd2 Kh7 35. Qc2 Qxc2 36. Rxc2 Rxe3 37. Kf2 Rd3 38. Re2 Rd5 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Ke4 Rd7 41. Rf2 Re7 42. Rd2 Kf6 43. Rd5 a6 44. a4 bxa4 45. Ra5 Re6 46. Rxa4 Rb6 47. Rxc4 Rxb2 48. Rc6+ Kg5 49. Rxa6 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Rxh2 * You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 26 [Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.11.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Archip, L.."] [Black "Flood, Ray"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "1529"] [BlackElo "1509"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. a3 a5 9. Bd2 Qe8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. e4 f4 13. b4 axb4 14. Bxb4 fxg3 15. hxg3 Bxb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qh5 18. Nh2 Bh3 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 c6 22. d4 Rd8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. d6 Nc8 25. d7 Nb6 26. Nf3 Rxd7 27. Rc1 Re7 28. b5 cxb5 29. Rb1 Nc4 30. Rxb5 h6 31. Rc5 Nd6 32. Nd2 Kf7 33. f3 Kf6 34. Nf1 b5 35. Ne3 Rb7 36. Ng4+ Kf7 37. Nxe5+ Ke6 38. Nd3 b4 39. Rc1 Ke7 40. Rb1 b3 41. Nc5 Rb5 42. Nxb3 Nc4 43. Nd2 Rxb1 44. Nxb1 Ke6 45. Nc3 g5 46. g4 Ne5 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 27 [Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.11.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Keenan, Andy"] [Black "Sim, C..."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Bd3 c4 8. Bc2 b5 9. h4 Nh5 10. Ng5 Nxf4 11. exf4 g6 12. h5 Bxg5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. fxg5 Qxg5 15. Rg1 Qf4 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. g3 Qf6 18. f4 Bd7 19. O-O-O b4 20. Rdf1 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rae8 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qe7 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. Rh1 Rh8 {(time) } 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 28 [Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.12.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Burnett, Robert"] [Black "Robertson, John Jnr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "1374"] [BlackElo "1546"] [Annotator "user"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] {[%evp 10,70,17,0,19,19,28,28,33,8,37,35,35,35,49,20,20,20,20,20,22,2,7,7,9,6, 77,15,44,-99,-62,-93,-93,-185,-185,-180,-132,-141,-126,-144,-83,-161,-161,-151, -81,-134,-134,-134,-134,-203,-184,-271,-262,-408,-218,-213,-204,-571,-578,-722, -711,-856,-871]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit} (6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O d5 11. c5 bxc5 12. dxc5 a5 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Nb5 {0-1 (77) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Speelman,J (2507) London 2017}) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O d5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Re1 { 1/2-1/2 (25) Nielsen,P (1686)-Hein,J (1422) Helsingor 2019}) 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Bd3 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qc2 Kh8 (17... Ne7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Re3 (18. Qd2 $16 Kg7 19. d5) 18... Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 19. Nh4 (19. c4 $1 $14 { keeps the upper hand.}) 19... Rg8 20. g3 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 21. Qd2 (21. Rf3 $17 {was worth a try.} Nf4 22. Qd2 (22. Be4 Nh3+ 23. Kf1 Ng5 $17) 22... Bxf3 23. Nxf3) 21... Nxe3 $19 22. Qxe3 {[%cal Re3h6]} Kg7 ({Black should try} 22... Rg5 $19 23. Rc1 f5) 23. c4 $17 Rh8 24. Rc1 {[#]} Qd7 {[%eval -93,18]} (24... Rac8 $142 $1 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rhd8 27. Qg4+ Kh7) 25. Be4 (25. d5 $17) 25... Bxe4 $19 26. Qxe4 Rad8 (26... Rac8 $142 27. Qg4+ Kh7) 27. Qg4+ (27. d5 $142) 27... Kh7 $17 28. Rd1 Rhg8 29. Qf4 ( 29. Qe2 $17) 29... f5 {[#] And now …Rg4 would win.} 30. d5 (30. Qe3 $142) 30... Rg4 $19 31. Qe3 (31. Qc1 {was called for.}) 31... Qe7 (31... Rxc4 $142 { Hoping for …Rc5.} 32. Nf3 Qa4) 32. Nxf5 Qf6 33. d6 $2 (33. h3 {is a better chance.} Rg6 34. Nd4 exd5 35. cxd5 Rxd5 36. Rd2) 33... exf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. d7 Rxc4 35. Qe2 Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 35% (9/6/25), Black = 63% (13/9/28).} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 29 [Event "Dundee Allegro"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.11.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Findlay, David"] [Black "Hogg, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2019"] [BlackElo "2064"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Rb8 14. Nxb4 a5 15. Na2 Rxb2 16. Nb5 Rxb5 17. axb5 Bb7 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Rae1 g6 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 Ne5 22. Ne4 Nfg4 23. Bf4 d5 24. Ng3 Bd6 25. h3 Qd8 26. f6 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Nxf6 29. Qe7 Nd7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Re7 Qg8 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 30 [Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.11.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Findlay, David"] [Black "Dawson, Alastair"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2019"] [BlackElo "1806"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bc4 {the most popular move here is 7. Qb3 but the move played is equally challenging, White is asking Black, ‘are you planning to try and get the d5 pawn back or shall I hang on to it?’.} O-O 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Nfxd5 { so Black gets it back and leaves White with an isolated Queens pawn. White on the other hand can create a lot of pressure on the Black position with piece play.} 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bg5 {one of the threats that White now makes is to exchange on d5 and then capture the e7 pawn – Black has a choice to make. } Bf6 13. Bh6 Re8 {the Black position is secure. But with the Rf8 having moved away from the f7 pawn, he has always to be on guard, should the Nd5 ever move off Bf7+ then Ne5+ winning the Bg4. I was not planning to move the Nd5 anywhere but this, in turn, cramps the mobility of the Q somewhat.} 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Bg5 Qd7 {Black’s plan is to play ..Qf5 fairly soon to put pressure on the Nf3 and the Bg5. It is worth noting that capturing the d4 pawn is pretty much taboo since very quickly there are too many pins on the d-file and along the a2-g8 diagonal and the Black position collapses. Best to leave the d4 pawn on the board and get into the ending if possible.} 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 h6 18. Bh4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 e6 21. Rad1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 {White has no option now but to play d5 – otherwise Black piles up pressure on the d-file. Black judges that a forced series of moves have to follow and that the resulting ending ought to be even.} 23. d5 Nbxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxd5 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re2 29. Rb5 {White has the edge and Black has to play accurately.} b6 30. Kg3 Kg7 31. Kf3 Rc2 32. g3 Kg6 33. h4 h5 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. f3 Rc4 36. b3 Rc2 37. a4 Rc3+ 38. Kf4 Kg6 39. Rb4 Kf6 40. a5 bxa5 41. Rb7 a4 42. Rxa7 axb3 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Rb6 Rd3 45. Rb8 Rc3 {Neither side can make progress -draw agreed.} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 31 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.11.12"] [Round "?"] [White "L Archip"] [Black "G Burton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bc1 Nf6 16. Nc5 Re7 17. Nd3 Rae8 18. Bf4 Bxd3 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxd3 Ne4 21. f3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Qf5 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 32 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.11.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Z Swaczyna"] [Black "R Flood"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Qh5 7. d5 O-O-O 8. Qa4 Nb8 9. Qxa7 e6 10. h3 exd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd4 Qe5 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bf3 Qa6 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Ndb4 18. Bg4+ Rd7 19. Rxd7 Kb8 20. Rd8+ Ka7 21. Bd1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game 33 [Event "Dundee Club Championship"] [Site "Dundee"] [Date "2019.11.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Harley, Trevor"] [Black "Anderson, James"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "1423"] [BlackElo "1594"] [Annotator "user"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] {[%evp 9,57,109,120,120,133,128,138,138,116,116,114,102,136,143,158,170,170, 122,122,122,122,120,165,134,179,134,131,127,128,125,117,98,98,75,75,-141,-141, -139,438,437,890,890,820,725,714,750,1175,703,1097,1016]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 (4... d5) 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Be2 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} O-O (6... h6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 a6 9. h3 b6 10. O-O g5 11. c5 f5 12. cxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (54) Navara,D (2708)-Laznicka,V (2681) Brno 2013}) 7. O-O b6 8. Be3 {White is clearly better.} Nbc6 9. Qd2 Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. Bh6 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (40) Heise,S-Bantle,T Germany 2004}) 10. Rac1 Re8 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 (13. Qxe2 $18 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nb5) 13... Ne5 $16 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Ng3 Nc8 (15... f5 $16) 16. Bh6 Bh8 ( 16... Nd6 $16) 17. Rc2 ({White should try} 17. Qc3 $18) 17... Nd6 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Qd3 a5 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. h4 Nb5 {Black wants to play …Nd4.} 22. Nh5 $2 (22. Ne2 $16 {stays on course.}) 22... gxh5 $17 23. Qxh5 {[#] Threatening mate with Qg5+.} Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... f6 $17 {White must now prevent …Bg7.} 24. Be3 Bg7) 24. Rc6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qf8 (24... Qg6 $142 25. Rxg6+ hxg6) 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rh6 {[%cal Bc6h6,Bh6h7,Bh7g7][%mdl 32] White wants to mate with Qf5.} Bg7 27. Rxh7 Nd4 28. Kh1 Ne2 {[#]} 29. Rxg7+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 67% (12/5/22), Black = 60% (10/5/20).} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page Game ? [" More games to follow"] You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Top of Page
