[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Scott G"]
[Black "Frean D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 ({This position has occurred a few times on my database,
but not this move. White was successful when he played} 10. h3 {preventing
Black's next.}) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {The bishops could come in
useful.} Nbd7 13. a4 a6 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bf8 {Black
seems to have White's standard e4-e5 break well under wraps for now. In view
of the fact that there is no finachettoed black bishop staring down the long
dark-squared diagonal, White decides to usurp Black's normal position of being
in charge of play on the queenside.} 18. Rfc1 Qb7 19. Rab1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
e5 {With the white queen on the same file as the rook, there is some risk in
making this advance now.} (21. b4 c4 22. Ra1 {keeps Black quiet and White may
advance his kingside pawns in the near future.}) 21... dxe5 22. f5 (22. d6 {
doesn't appear to gain much for White in view of} Qd7 {and now: However, the
computer comes up with the idea of keeping the f-file closed with} 23. f5 $5 {
and the game is again unclear after} (23. Bxa8 exf4 {and the weak white
kingside compensates Black fully for the lost exchange}) (23. fxe5 Nxe5 24.
Nxb5 {and after} ({or} 24. Bxa8 Nc4 $1 $44 {and the more useful white bishop
is removed}) 24... Rab8 $44 ({or} 24... Ra2 $44 {the game is level on material
and rather unclear})) 23... Nf4 ({or} 23... Qxf5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8) 24. gxf4 exf4
25. Bxa8 Rxe3) 22... Ne7 ({Overlooking the effect of having the queen and rook
on the same file, which allows him to play} 22... Nf4 $1 23. gxf4 exf4 {when}
24. d6 Qd7 25. Bxa8 Rxe3 {transposes into the unclear variation C above.}) 23.
Bxc5 $2 {This looks like a miscalculation.} (23. d6 Nc6 24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5
Rac8 26. Bxc5 {leaves White safe pawn ahead.}) 23... Nxf5 24. d6 ({After} 24.
Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qxb5 {White had possibly overlooked} (25. Nxb5 Nxg3) 25... Qa7+
26. Kh2 Qf2 {when} 27. Qd3 Ne3 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxd5 {
leaves Black a pawn ahead this time.}) 24... e4 $1 25. Qxb5 Nxd6 26. Qxb7 Nxb7
27. Bd4 Bc5 28. Rd1 Rac8 29. Kf1 Nh5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rd5 {It is
understandable that Dan should want to pocket his gains by agreeing a draw
against the top seed, but he does stand much better here, with an extra -
protected and passed - pawn.} ({After} 31. Rd5 {Black plays} f5 $1 {intending}
(31... Nxg3+ $4 {loses the knight to} 32. Kf2) 32. Rxf5 $4 Nxg3+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hall A"]
[Black "Turner T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bf3 (7. a3 {is
less awkward.}) 7... b4 8. Nce2 a5 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Rd1 (12. h4 {is a bit more exciting. White opts for calm equality.}) 12... Qe7
13. Nc1 Nbd7 14. Nge2 Ba6 15. O-O Ng8 16. Qd2 Ngf6 17. Qh6 Ng8 18. Qd2 Ngf6 19.
Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "LeMoir D"]
[Black "Moore S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 {Ugh! I've been conned into playing a Vienna! How can I
take him out of his comfort zone?} 3. d4 $5 {I know, I'll transpose into a
Centre Game (1.e4 45 2.d4). Not very inspiring, but beggars can't be choosers.}
exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 {We're in the main line of the Centre Game.} Bb4 6. Bd2
Qe7 7. O-O-O d6 8. Qg3 {Queen move number three.} Nh5 9. Qd3 $1 {Queen move
number four.} (9. Qd3 {Now chasing the queen further with} Ne5 $4 {fails to}
10. Qb5+ {winning a piece (the knight is loose on h5).}) 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7
({Steve considered} 10... Be6 $4 {which would have been a huge blunder in view
of} 11. Qb5 Nf6 12. Qxb7 {and the knight is lost.}) 11. Qb5 $5 {Queen move
number five.} Nf6 12. f3 $1 {After much analysis, safety first.} ({The idea was
} 12. Qxb7 {but after} Rb8 $1 ({now} 12... O-O {is good:} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Qxc7 Rab8 15. Qxd7 {is better, but after} ({Not} 15. c3 $2 Qxf2 16. Be2 Qe3+
17. Kb1 (17. Kc2 Nb4+ $1 18. cxb4 Rfc8 $19) 17... Qxc3 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Qxd7
Rxb3+ $1 {and Black mates}) 15... Qxb2+ 16. Kd2 Ne5 17. Qh3 {White is a piece
and a pawn ahead, but he is way behind in development and Black is already
getting to grips with his king.}) 13. Qxc7 Nxe4 14. Re1 O-O 15. Rxe4 (15. Nf3
Rfc8 {(the white queen is trapped, so...)} 16. Rxe4 Rxc7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 {and
Black is the exchange and a pawn ahead}) 15... Qxe4 16. Qxd7 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4
{mate on e1 is threatened, so b2 falls and Black has a winning attack.}) 12...
O-O-O 13. Qg5 {Queen move number six. A slightly paradoxical one, but it keeps
up some pressure on the black position.} Rhg8 14. Ne2 Ne5 15. Nd4 Nd5 {Steve
likes these knight moves. See his last round win against Stephen Orton.} 16.
Qxe7 {Here I offered a draw (with my seventh Queen move), which Steve accepted.
Someone with more enthusiasm for the fight that I am would have played on and
hoped to exploit the bishop pair.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saravanan K"]
[Black "Hughes R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Bf4 Qb4 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. f3 Nd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg3 N7b6 14. a3 Qa5
15. Kb1 Qa6 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. h4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Nf6 19. Qe3 Nxg4 {An extremely
dangerous pawn grab, but neither side realised why. (Neither did I when I
attended the post mortem.)} 20. Qf3 h5 21. Rdf1 ({Rybka comes up with} 21. Nf4
$1 {threatening to regain the pawn by removing the g4 knight's protection with
22.Nxh5, but also intending a central breakthrough. E.g.} g6 22. d5 $1 cxd5 23.
exd5 e5 24. d6 $1 {(opening the bishop's line to f7)} Bxd6 (24... Rxd6 25. Nxh5
$1 gxh5 26. Bxf7+ Kd8 27. Bxh5 Rxh5 28. Qxg4 Rhh6 29. Bxe5 {and White's attack
is probably winning.}) 25. Nxg6 Rh7 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Qe4 Rxd1+
29. Rxd1 {and the rook at h7 drops.}) 21... Rf8 {Black is tied down, but
should consolidate.} 22. Rhg1 Nc4 23. Qd3 b5 24. Be1 $6 (24. a4 Bf6 25. c3 g6 {
maintains the balance.}) 24... Nce5 (24... c5 $1 25. a4 Nce5 26. Qxb5+ Qxb5 27.
axb5 cxd4 28. Ba4 Nd7 {consolidates Black's extra pawn.}) (24... Nce3 {is also
good.} 25. Rf3 c5 26. Rxe3 c4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Qc3 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 g6 {leaves
Black the exchange ahead, although White has some compensation.}) 25. Qh3 Nc4
26. Qd3 Nce5 {The position is very unclear. It is understandable that Black
takes the repetition.} 27. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collinson B"]
[Black "McAvoy J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Ne3 Ne7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Ng4 {Now White can double Black's f-pawns if and
when he chooses.} Qb6 18. h4 ({Re-routing the bishop with} 18. Bf1 {is hard to
meet. E.g.} Qe6 19. b3 Ng6 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. Qf5 Nf8 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. exd5 {and
the pressure is growing.}) 18... Kf8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Ke8
22. Bh3 $1 Qd8 ({Or} 22... Qc6 23. Nxf6+ {and Black has to allow doubled pawns
with} gxf6 ({owing to} 23... Qxf6 24. Qd7+ Kf8 25. Qd8#)) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24.
Qa4+ Nc6 25. Qb5 {Ben is now in his element: an ending in which he has the
initiative and a positional advantage.} Qb6 26. Qd3 Qd8 27. Qe3 {Already
forking two pawns (c5 and h6), making Black's task impossible.} Qd1+ 28. Bf1
Qc2 29. Qxh6 Ke7 30. Qe3 Qxb2 31. Qxc5+ Kd7 32. a4 Qb3 33. Bb5 Qb1+ 34. Kh2
Qxe4 35. Qxa7 Kc7 36. Qc5 f5 37. Bxc6 $1 {Queen endings aren't so tough if
your king is safe and you have outside passed pawns on both sides of the board.
} bxc6 38. Qe3 Qd5 39. h5 Qe6 40. a5 f6 41. Qb6+ Kd6 42. Qb4+ Kd7 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blowers G"]
[Black "Moore Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nb6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Be3 {First
move not in my database, but as good as anything else, according to Rybka.} (
14. Bg5 {possibly best.}) (14. Qb3 {most popular, but not very successful.})
14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. exd5 Nf5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Qb3 $6 (18. Qd3 {
prevents the advance of the black e-pawn, opening the long diagonal for the g7
bishop.}) 18... b6 $1 19. Be3 (19. Ba3 e4 20. Bg2 Nd4 {wins the d-pawn.}) 19...
e4 20. Be2 (20. Bg2 {is similar.}) 20... Qd6 (20... Nxe3 $1 {strikes at once:}
21. fxe3 (21. Qxe3 Qxd5) 21... Qg5 22. g4 (22. Kh2 Be5 23. Rg1 h5 {and the
g-pawn will go}) 22... Qh4 {After} 23. Rf2 $1 (23. Kg2 Be5) 23... Qxh3 24. Rh2
Qg3+ 25. Rg2 Qe5 26. Bb5 Red8 27. Bc6 Rac8 28. g5 {Black is a clear pawn ahead
but opposite colour bishops give White some hope.}) 21. Bb5 Re7 22. Bg5 Rc7 23.
Bf4 $2 {It was better to simply defend the d-pawn by bringing a rook to the
d-file.} Be5 $1 {The bishop exchange will give Black a strong attack with ...
e3 coming. If the white bishop moves away instead then Black has possibilities
of sacrificing on g3.} 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Bc6 e3 27. Qc3 exf2+ ({
Avoiding the queen exchange with} 27... Qe4 $1 {gave Black very good chances.}
28. Re1 (28. fxe3 $2 Nxg3) 28... e2 29. f3 (29. Qd2 Rxc6 (29... Nd4)) 29...
Qd4+ {Now the exchange of queens is very good thanks to the passed e-pawn.} 30.
Qxd4 Nxd4 {threatening forks on c2 and f3.}) 28. Kxf2 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Rd6 {Black
has the advantage in this ending thanks to White's weak pawns and exposed king.
} 30. c4 Rf6 31. Kg1 Nd6 32. Rac1 Re7 ({He could tie White down even more with
} 32... Rf3 33. Kg2 Ra3 34. Rc2 Re7) 33. c5 ({Activating the rook is a good
idea, but may have been more effective in the line} 33. Rf1 $1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1
Re3 35. a4 (35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Rc2 Ne4+ {wins the g3 pawn}) 35... Rxg3 36. c5 $1
bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxh3 38. Ra5 {and the ending with three passed pawns against two
is hardly trivial.}) 33... bxc5 34. Rxc5 Re3 35. Kh2 $2 ({He had to agree to
the loss of a pawn with} 35. g4 {Now Black is able to double rooks on the
seventh rank with gain of time, and that introduces mating threats.}) 35...
Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Ree2 ({It just happens that} 36... Ne4 {is even quicker, but this
is right on principle.}) 37. Rc3 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Ref2+ 39. Ke1 Rxa2 (39... Ne4 {
mates on g1}) 40. Rf3 a5 41. Bb5 $6 {there is nothing to be done now.} Nxb5 42.
d6 Nxd6 (42... Nc3 43. d7 Rg1+ 44. Rf1 Re2# {is prettier, but this is also
completely decisive.}) 43. Rxd6 Ra1+ 44. Rd1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dempster D"]
[Black "Barnes R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Ne8 10. Bh6 f6 11. O-O-O e5 {All this is excellent play by Black,
who is well on the way to neutralising White's initiative.} 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13.
Ne2 Be6 14. Kb1 Qe7 15. g4 h6 {Black faulters. This is an unnecessary
weakening of the kingside that he later regrets. White will not do much damage
to the black position if he plays g4-g5, and it would help Black to open the
f-file for his own use.} 16. Qc3 Nd6 17. b3 Nf7 ({The active} 17... Nb5 18. Qb2
a5 {gives Black threats of his own.}) 18. Nh4 Ng5 $2 ({Black can avoid the
immediate danger with} 18... Nd6 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Bf7) 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4
Bf7 {To defend the g6 pawn, but...} 21. Nh5+ $1 {Black resigns.} (21. Nh5+ Kh8
(21... gxh5 22. Nf5+ {forks king and queen}) 22. Nxf6 {and the coming
discovered check will win at least the exchange.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hudson J"]
[Black "Moore Geoff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 O-O 6. Nc4 Re8 $5 7. Nxd6 cxd6
{The doubled pawns don't turn out to be weak as White cannot easily get at
them.} 8. Ne2 Qa5 9. Nc3 d5 10. Be2 a6 11. Na4 d6 12. f4 {A typical strike in
this opening, but here it weakens White far more than Black.} d4 (12... b5 {is
even more awkward for White:} 13. Nc3 {is no better:} ({After} 13. fxe5 dxe5
14. Nc5 {is met by} (14. Nc3 {allows} d4 15. Nb1 (15. exd4 $2 exd4 16. Nb1 {
loses a piece to} Bg4) 15... dxe3 {winning a pawn with a strong attack}) 14...
Qb6 15. Ba3 d4 {and the white pieces are awkwardly placed and there will soon
be a very weak pawn on e3.}) 13... d4 14. Nb1 exf4 15. exd4 Bg4 16. Nc3 Nxd4 {
and again Black wins a piece}) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. O-O Nxe2+ (15...
Bf5 $1 16. d3 Rac8 17. c3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bg6 $17 {again leaves White with a
very weak centre.}) 16. Qxe2 Bd7 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Rf5 Nd7 19. d4 $2 {Black will
answer a pin with a pin.} (19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Bc3 (20. Nd6 Qc5+) 20... Qb6+ 21.
Rf2 {should be OK for White.}) 19... Qb6 {Winning the d-pawn.} 20. Ne4 exd4 {
Now the e-file pin wins a piece.} 21. Qc4 Rxe4 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Kh1 Rg4 24.
Rf2 Qc5 25. Raf1 h6 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Re8 Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 29. Qe2 Re4 30. Qd3
Ne5 31. Qd1 Ng4 32. Rd2 Qe5 33. Bxd4 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dawson J"]
[Black "Payne C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxd5 4. Nc3 Be6 $5 5. Qf3 c6 6. Nge2 g6 $5 (6...
Nc7 {is normal, when Black should equalise.}) 7. Nd4 Qd6 ({Better is} 7... Qd7
$1 8. O-O (8. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 9. Kf1 Ne3+ 10. Qxe3 Qxc4+ 11. d3 Qb4 {is about equal.
}) 8... Bg4 {(this is the difference)} 9. Qg3 Nb6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Ndxe2 Bg7 {
gives Black comfortable development.}) 8. O-O Nc7 9. Nxe6 Nxe6 10. Ne4 Qd7 11.
Qb3 b6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6 fxe6 {The e-pawns are a real liability.} 14. d4
Bg7 15. c3 ({He could play} 15. Ng5 $1 Bxd4 16. Nxe6 Be5 17. Re1 Bd6 {and the
knight is sitting pretty on e6.}) 15... Nd7 16. Ng5 Nf8 {Ultimately, being
passive doesn't pay off for Black.} (16... e5 {is interesting:} 17. Ne6 Kf7 18.
Nxg7 Kxg7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Nc5 $5 {hoping to prove that the White bishop
is bad, and that compensates somewhat for the pawn minus}) 20. Re1 Rad8 21. h4
$1 (21. f4 Nd3 22. Rxe7+ Kf6 23. Re2 Rhe8 24. Kf1 Kf5 {gives Black plenty of
play for the pawn}) 21... Nf7 (21... Nd3 $2 22. Rxe7+ Kf6 23. Bg5+ {shows the
point of 21.h4}) (21... Kf6 22. Bg5+ Kf5 23. f3 {and now the king is in danger
as well as the knight}) 22. Rxe7 Rhe8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Be3 {with an extra
pawn.}) 17. Re1 Kd7 18. a4 h6 19. Nf7 Rh7 20. Ne5+ Kd6 $2 {Black doesn't want
to leave White with bishop versus knight, but the king is very vulnerable here.
} ({After} 20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 g5 {seeking to mobilise the knight via g6, the
weak pawns remain, but Black may survive.}) 21. a5 $1 {Well found! This gives
White a big advantage.} b5 (21... Rb8 22. Bf4 $1 {and the king and rook are
caught on the same diagonal}) (21... Rc8 {loses a pawn after} 22. axb6 axb6 23.
Nc4+ Kc7 24. Ra7+ Kd8 25. Nxb6) 22. Nd3 $1 Nd7 $2 {Blocking his king's retreat
but, at the very least, against other moves White can force the win of the e6
pawn. E.g.} (22... g5 23. b3 Bf6 (23... Nd7 24. Ba3+ Kc7 25. Rxe6) 24. a6 Kc7
25. Ba3 Rf7 26. f3 Rd8 27. Nc5 {and Black loses something else if he resists:}
Rd6 28. Re4 Bg7 29. Rae1 Rf6 30. Nb7 Rd7 31. Bc5 Kb8 32. Na5 Rc7 33. Bxe7 $1 {
and wins because of} Rxe7 34. Nxc6+) 23. Bf4+ e5 24. Bxe5+ Nxe5 25. dxe5+ Kc7
26. Nc5 a6 27. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tebble G"]
[Black "Turner T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O Bd7 9. f4 O-O 10. Bf3 a6 11. Nxc6 {Very rare indeed, but not bad if
correctly followed up.} Bxc6 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. e6
$1 {Just about forced, but clearly this was White's intention all along.} fxe6
16. Rxf8+ ({White gets enough for his pawn with} 16. Qg4 Rf5 17. Qc4 Nf8 {E.g.}
18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. b3 Be5 21. h3 a5 22. Na4) 16... Nxf8 17. Qf3 (17.
Na4 {has more point. E.g.} Qa5 18. c3 Rb8 19. b4 Qd5 20. Bc5 Bf6 21. Qe2 Rd8
22. Qxa6) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 $1 19. Qg3 Nd7 20. Bg5 (20. Qc7 {keeps Black
on his toes. E.g.} Rb8 21. Qa7 Rb2 22. c4 Qd6 23. Rf1 Rxc2 $4 24. Bh6 {wins
for White}) 20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. h4 Nf6 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Qe3 (24. Kg1 Ng4
25. Bxe7 Rf7 26. Bd6 h5 {gives Black a firm grip on the position, but White is
still on the board.}) 24... Ng4 25. Kg1 $4 (25. Qe2 h5 {is close to winning
for Black. E.g.} 26. Bxe7 $2 (26. Be3 Qe5 27. Bg1 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 e5 {followed
by the entry of the black rook into the white position}) 26... Qf4 27. g3 Qxg3
28. Bxf8 Nf2+ {wins the queen.}) 25... Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Geoff"]
[Black "Collinson B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. h3
b6 9. Re1 a6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 $5 Nxc4 (12... b5 13. axb5 axb5
14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bb3 {leads to standard types of Philidor Defence positions.
Grabbing the two bishops wrenches the game from its normal paths.}) 13. Qxc4 d5
(13... b5 {Is a slower approach, hoping to use the bishops later on. Instead,
Black chooses to accept an isolated d-pawn because it gives him more chance to
use his bishops at once.}) 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Qc7 {Keeping queens on was more
promising.} Qxc7 16. Bxc7 Bc5 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 ({White suddenly realises
that} 18. Bd4 {can be met by} Ng5 $1 {when he must either give Black two
bishops for two knights or allow his f-pawns to be doubled. Neither path is
disastrous, but he prefers to play it safe.}) 18... dxe4 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Bf4
Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Gerald"]
[Black "Dawson J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 d5 {The
Stonewall against the Reti (White not playing his d-pawn to d4) looks odd, but
plenty of Stonewall addicts play it.} 8. d3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Na6 10. a3 Qe8 {As far
as I'm aware, the bishop normally uses this square, coming out to h5 if
required.} 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. e4 {From now on, White gradually pushes Black
backwards.} Bc8 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. Rad1 a6 15. f3 Ncd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e5 Ne8
18. f4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qd3 {The activity that follows this move is
comfortably repulsed, but there wasn't much else he could do. At least a few
pieces are exchanged.} 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. b4 Be3 23. Nb1 Rb3 24. Rf3 Nc7 25. Bc3
Ba7 26. Be1 Rxf3 27. Bxf3 b5 $6 {This kind of position is a dream for Gerald
Moore, who is adept at squaeezing opponents. I certainly wouldn't like to
defend this ending against him. However, this rather desperate throw loses
quite quickly.} 28. Bxc6 bxc4 29. Nc3 Nb5 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Kg2 ({White must
avoid} 31. Bxb5 $4 Bb7+ {mating, but he soon wins the pawn and the game.})
31... Bb6 32. Bf2 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Bxb5 Bb7+ 35. Kf1 c3 36. Ke2 Be4 37.
Bd4 Kf7 38. Bxc3 Bb6 39. a4 Bg1 40. h4 Kg6 41. Bc4 Kh5 42. Kf1 Bh2 43. Be2+ Kg6
44. Kf2 Kf7 45. b5 Ke7 46. a5 Kd7 47. Bd4 Kc8 48. Bc4 Kd7 49. a6 h6 50. b6 Kc6
51. Bxe6 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. b7 Kc7 54. fxg5 f4 55. gxf4 Bxf4 56. g6 (56. g6
Bxg6 57. Ba7 {and the b-pawn promotes.}) (56. Ba7 Bxb7 57. axb7 Kxb7 58. Be3
Bxe5 59. g6 Bg7 60. Bf4 {cutting off the king then marching the king in to win
the bishop.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Turner T"]
[Black "Dempster D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. O-O Nge7 8. fxe5
Nxe5 ({Terry suggested} 8... O-O {and, in a very similar position, Gerald
Moore played it against him in the very next round.}) ({I reached this
position no less than 32 years ago. It featured an interesting idea which 8...
0-0 avoids.} 8... dxe5 9. Ng5 Nf5 (9... O-O 10. Bc4 Be8 {is OK, but a little
passive!}) 10. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 11. e4 Qg5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qf2 Rad8
15. d3 Rhg8 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Bxe6+ Kxe6 18. Nd2 Rd7 19. Kh1 Rdg7 20. g3 Qh5 21.
Rg1 Qg4 22. Rae1 Kd7 23. Nc4 Re8 24. Ne3 Qh3 25. Qxf5+ Qxf5 26. Nxf5 Rg5 27.
Rgf1 Bh8 28. Re4 Rf8 29. Ne3 Rgg8 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Kg2 {1-0 (31) LeMoir
D-Tucker D London League 1983}) 9. Nxe5 Bxb5 $2 (9... Bxe5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11.
Bc4 Nf5 {is fine for Black.}) 10. Nxf7 Bxb2 11. Nxd8 Bxf1 12. Nc3 Bxa1 {It is
often thought that, all other things being equal, a rook, minor piece and pawn
are as good as a queen. But, even in the most ordinary-looking positions,
queens can work up frightening activity, and the presence of a knight working
with the queen can make a decisive difference. On the surface, this position
looks ordinary, but White probably has a decisive advantage.} 13. Qxa1 Ba6 (
13... Rxd8 {also loses. E.g.} 14. Qxf1 Kd7 15. Qf7 Rdf8 16. Qg7 Kd8 (16... Rfg8
17. Qd4 Nc6 18. Qf6) 17. Nb5 -- {threatening} 18. Nxc7 Kxc7 19. Qxe7+) 14. Ne6
Kd7 15. Nf4 Rhf8 16. Ne4 $1 c5 17. Qg7 $1 (17. Qg7 -- {The threats include} 18.
Nf6+) 17... d5 18. Nxc5+ (18. Nxd5 $4 Rf1#) (18. Nf6+ Kd6) 18... Kd6 19. d4
Rae8 20. Qe5+ Kc6 21. Qe6+ Kc7 22. Qd7+ Kb8 23. Qd6+ Ka8 24. Nxa6 bxa6 25. Ne6
Rf6 26. Nc7+ Kb7 27. Qxf6 (27. Qd7 $1 {is even more decisive.}) 27... Kxc7 28.
Qf7 Kd7 29. c4 dxc4 30. bxc4 Rb8 31. c5 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rc1 33. e4 Kd8 34. Qe6
Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Rxg2 36. c6 Ke8 37. d5 Kf8 38. c7 Rc2 39. d6 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore S"]
[Black "Scott G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 $5 (9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Qd3 Bg6 14.
Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. d5 {gives him a slight initiative without weaknesses.
}) 9... Bg6 10. Ne5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. f4 $5 {After Black's reply, e4 has
no defenders and even if the e-pawn manages to advance (as it does later)
Black gets the d5 square.} Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Rh2
O-O-O 17. O-O-O Rde8 18. Re1 f6 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. b3
Kd7 23. h4 Nc8 24. Bb4 b6 25. h5 a5 26. Ba3 Ree8 27. Rhe2 Na7 28. e4 $5 {It
might be easier to hold the game if White keeps the d5 square closed so that
the black king and knight cannot use it. However, this move activates the
white rooks and still makes winning difficult for Black.} Nb5 29. Bb2 dxe4 30.
Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Nc7 ({He doesn't yet want to offer the exchange of rooks
because after} 31... Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 {White has} 33. d5 $1 {(a fine pawn
sacrifice to expose the black kingside pawns to the attentions of the white
bishop)} cxd5 (33... c5 {is safer and probably about level - the knight can
pick up the d5 pawn later}) 34. h6 $1 {E.g.} Kf7 35. hxg7 Kxg7 36. a4 ({not at
once} 36. g5 {because} d4 $1 {blocks the diagonal}) 36... Nd6 37. Bd4 {there
is great fun after} ({can be met by} 37. g5 Kg6 38. Bxf6 h5 $1 39. Bd4 h4 40.
Bxb6 h3 41. Bg1 Nf5 {which probably leads to a draw but White must be careful})
37... b5 (37... Nc8 38. f5 $1 {can be met by E.g.} Kf7 39. Kc2 Ke7 40. b4 Kf7 (
{or} 40... axb4 41. Kb3 Na7 42. Bxb6 Nc6 43. a5) 41. Kb3 Ke7 42. bxa5 bxa5 43.
Bc3 Na7 44. Bxa5 Nc6 45. Bc7 {and the outside passed pawn is dangerous}) 38. b4
$1 {E.g.} bxa4 39. bxa5 Nb5 40. a6 $1 Kg6 41. a7 Nxa7 42. Bxa7 h5 43. gxh5+
Kxh5 {and the game will be drawn when Black finally gets hold of the white
f-pawn (which he can do by advancing and sacrificing his a- and d-pawns.}) 32.
Kd2 Nd5 (32... g6 $1 33. h6 {(to avoid opening the h-file for Black's rook)
puts one more white pawn on a dark square.}) 33. Ke2 Rf8 (33... Rf8 {This move
intends} 34. -- f5 {so White prevents it.}) 34. f5 a4 35. Kd3 Ra8 36. Kc4 $2 (
36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. a3 {seems to hold.}) 36... b5+ 37. Kc5 axb3 38. axb3 Ra2 {
The rook penetrates and pawns will start to fall.} 39. Re2 $2 {This fails to a
typical combination.} (39. Re6 {would be a desperate bishop sacrifice, but
Black must be accurate in reply as the white rook could run amok. Black could
play} Rxb2 40. Rd6+ Ke8 41. Re6+ Kf8 42. Kxc6 Ne7+ 43. Kd6 {when} ({or} 43.
Kxb5 Rxb3+) 43... Ng8 {defends the kingside efficiently and the black rook can
get to work.}) 39... Nf4 40. Rd2 Rxb2 $1 41. Rxb2 Nd3+ 42. Kb6 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Turner C"]
[Black "Burrows J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
e5 9. O-O Qc7 ({A more active way to play this position is to open the centre
with} 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 {and then target the e4 pawn with} Nc5 {E.g.} 11. Qf4
Re8 12. Rad1 h6 $5 {(relieving the pin on the f6 knight)} 13. Bxh6 Nfxe4 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 {with equality.}) 10. b4 a6 11. Rac1 b6 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. d5 c5 14. a3
{This game shows how much more comfortable such positions are for White to
play. He doesn't have an objective advantage yet, but it is easier to think of
something to do when you have much more space, and one error could spell
disaster for Black.} Nf8 15. h3 Ra7 16. Nh2 Kh8 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. g4
Ng8 20. Nf1 f6 21. Be3 Qf7 22. Ng3 h6 23. Rb1 Nh7 24. Na4 Qc7 (24... Rb7 {
prevents White's next.}) 25. Nxb6 $1 Ng5 (25... Qxb6 {allows} 26. bxc5 Qd8 27.
cxd6 Ra8 28. c5 {and the pawns mow Black down. However, the move played allows
a sequence that wins material for White.}) 26. bxc5 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2 Nf4 28. cxd6
Qxd6 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxa7 Qd7 31. Be3 Bf8 32. Rb3 h5 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxf4
Bd6 35. e5 Bxe5 36. Qf3 h4 37. Kg2 hxg3 38. d6 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Frean D"]
[Black "LeMoir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nb5 {In a very sharp line of the Tchigorin Defence,
this move virtually forces the win of the c7 pawn with gain of time (the
knight will attack the rook on a8).} Qg5 (10... Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Ne8 {is very
passive, and White can develop smoothly. A good defender mght be happy to take
this on as Black. I wasn't.}) 11. h4 ({White forces the queen backwards to
restrict her options later. For instance, after} 11. Nxc7 Bg4 12. Qb3 Rad8 13.
Qxb7 {Black can play} Qc5) 11... Qh6 {The queen eyes the h-pawn (in case White
castles kingside) and the e3 square.} 12. Nxc7 Bg4 13. Qa4 (13. Qb3 {is normal.
}) ({With} 13. Qa4 {White assumed that he was threatening to win a piece with}
-- 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxg4 {but then} Qxb2 16. Rd1 Qc3+ 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Qd1 Qxc7
{is level, and after Black's reply it actually loses!}) 13... Rad8 14. Nb5 {So
that he can still threaten to win the piece, the knight covers the c3 square,
but White soon realises that is not enough.} (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxg4 $4 Qxb2
16. Rd1 Qc3+ 17. Ke2 Rxd1 18. Kxd1 Rd8+ 19. Ke2 Qc2+ 20. Kf3 Ne5+ {and the
queen is lost.}) 14... Rfe8 $1 15. Be2 ({This time after} 15. Bxf6 {In fact, I
intended to ignore the bishop and play} Rxe3+ $1 ({the anticipated reply would
be} 15... Qxf6 16. Qxg4 Qxb2 17. Rd1 {when Black could draw by perpetual check
because the queen can also check on b4, but in fact, Black could do better with
} Ne5 $1 18. Qa4 (18. Qe2 $2 Qb4+ 19. Rd2 Nc4 20. Nd4 Rxd4) 18... Rxd1+ 19.
Qxd1 Rc8 20. Nc7 Qc3+ 21. Qd2 Qxc7 {and Black's lead in development gives him
the advantage. E.g.} 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Qb2 Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Qd2 {forcing the better
endgame because the a2 pawn will go.}) 16. Be2 ({not} 16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Be2
Qxe2#) 16... Rxe2+ 17. Kf1 Qxf6 ({in fact} 17... Rxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rd2+ 19. Kf1
Qe3 {mates quickly}) 18. f3 Bxf3 $1 {with an extra piece and a winning attack.}
) ({White's prudent developing move still doesn't prevent Black's sacrifice,
but in fact there was little that he could do to prevent it. For instance} 15.
Bd2 {can be met by} Ne4 16. Bc1 {and now Black has the beautiful} Qf4 $3 ({I
was going to play the easily winning} 16... Rd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bxd1 18. Kxd1 $2
Nxf2+) 17. exf4 Nd2+ 18. Be2 Rxe2+ 19. Kd1 Nb3+ 20. Nd4 Rd2+ 21. Ke1 Rd1#)
15... Rxe3 $1 16. O-O $1 ({The main idea is simply mate:} 16. fxe3 Qxe3 17. Qc4
(17. Qc2 {is the same}) 17... Ne4 18. Rf1 Qg3+ {and mate next move.}) 16... Re4
$1 ({Black also wins with} 16... Rxe2 17. Bxf6 {(at last he can do it!)} Qxf6
18. Qxg4 Rxb2 19. Rab1 (19. Na3 Rxf2 $1 20. Rxf2 Qxa1+) 19... Rxa2 {with two
extra pawns.}) 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxg4 Qxh4 {Now it's queen and pawn against
rook and minor piece.} 19. Bf3 a6 (19... Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Ne5 {was even better in
view of} 21. Bxb7 $2 (21. Be2 Rd2 {wins; e.g.} 22. Rac1 (22. Rad1 Rxb2) 22...
h5 23. b3 Rxe2 $1 24. Nxe2 Ng4 {and the queen and knight combine to hack the
white position to pieces.}) 21... Ng4) 20. g3 {White collapses, but he was
lost anyway.} Nxg3 21. Kg2 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 axb5 23. Rh1 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 b4 25. Bxg7
Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Orton S"]
[Black "Hall A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qd1
(14. Qc4 {is both more popular and more successful in practice.}) 14... Qf5 15.
h3 Qe6+ 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Nh6 18. b3 {Here is the first move that hasn't
been played in any games on my database. the ideas are clear. White will press
down the central files, and Black will try to avoid making any decisive
errors! That works for a long time, but eventually Black succumbs.} Rhf8 19.
Ne4 Nxf7 20. c4 Nfd8 21. Rd1 b6 22. g3 Ne6 23. Bb2 Rf7 24. Rd2 Kc7 25. Re1 h6
26. Kd1 Nc5 27. Nc3 Kd7 28. Nd5 Raf8 29. b4 Na4 30. Ba1 e6 31. Ne3 Kc7 ({The
position could be clarified somewhat with} 31... Nxb4 32. Be5 Rd8 $1 {but only
if Black realises that} 33. Bxd6 $2 {can be answered by} (33. Rxd6+ Kc8 34.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 {should be level as the black knights now have some squares that
they can call home (e.g. c5)}) 33... Nd3 $1 34. Rxd3 Nb2+ 35. Kc2 Nxd3 36. Kxd3
Kxd6 {and Black is a clear exchange ahead.}) 32. a3 a5 {Trying to get White to
freeze the queenside pawns.} 33. b5 (33. Ng2 $1 {is more awkward because after}
axb4 34. axb4 Re8 ({not} 34... Nxb4 35. Rxe6) 35. Kc2 $1 {the king will
protect the queenside pawns and deny the knights squares unless Black plays}
Nxb4+ 36. Kb3 Nd3 $1 37. Rxd3 Nc5+ 38. Kc2 Nxd3 39. Kxd3 {with a rook and pawn
for knight and bishop, which should be better for White, but probably still
holdable with best play.}) 33... Nd8 34. Nc2 Nc5 {Now Black must just avoid
tactical errors...} 35. Nd4 Kd7 36. Kc2 Re8 37. Nf3 Kc7 38. Re3 Ref8 39. h4 Re8
40. Bd4 Ndb7 41. Rde2 Kd7 42. Nd2 Rf5 43. Ne4 Nxe4 44. Rxe4 Nc5 45. R4e3 h5 46.
Rd2 Ke7 47. Kc3 Kd7 $4 {...and here it comes} (47... Na4+ 48. Kc2 Nc5 {holds
firm.}) 48. Be5 $1 Na4+ (48... Nb7 49. Red3 {and the d-pawn drops.} ({The
permanent exchange sacrifice} 49. Rxd6+ $1 Nxd6 50. Rd3 Ke7 51. Rxd6 Rb8 52.
Rc6 Rb7 53. Bc7 {is even better, when White gets connected passed pawns on the
queenside})) 49. Kc2 d5 50. cxd5 Rc8+ 51. Kb3 Nc5+ 52. Ka2 Na4 53. dxe6+ Kxe6
54. Bb2+ Kf7 55. Rd7+ Kg8 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57. Rh7 Rfc5 58. Rh8+ Kf7 59. Rxc8 Rxc8
60. Bd4 Nc5 61. Rc3 Ke6 62. Bxc5 bxc5 {and White won} 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes M"]
[Black "Saravanan K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. e4 {A
well-known two-pawn gambit that White probaby has to make in order to keep the
initiative.} Qxb2 8. Nd2 Qxc3 9. Bc7 d6 10. Rb1 {Trying to cut off the queen's
retreat via the queenside, so Black frees a square for the queen on the
kingside...} Nfd7 11. Ne2 Qd3 $2 {...but then shuns it for a far more
dangerous square. This (you won't be surprised to know) is a novelty, and a
very bad one!} (11... Qf6 {is safe and sound.}) 12. Rb3 Qa6 (12... Ne5 $5 {is
met by} 13. f4 (13. Rxd3 Nxd3#) 13... c4 14. Rc3 {and something must go.}) 13.
Nc3 b5 14. Bxb5 Qb7 15. Bxd7+ {I imagine that Karthik missed this discovered
attack on the queen when he originally considered putting his queen on d3.}
Nxd7 16. Rxb7 Bxb7 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Qb5 Bc8 20. Qc6 Bb7 21. Qxb7 Rd8
22. Bxd8 Kxd8 23. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes R"]
[Black "Hall D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {Both Roy and Dave are adept at playing this system
as White. It is instructive to see what Dave plays against his own opening!} b6
4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 {Putting this pawn on d5 is
also played a lot, but the text move is marginally more popular. Black is
aiming to blot out the bishop on f4 by advancing a pawn to e5.} 9. Qe2 Re8 10.
O-O a6 {Black is in no hurry to clarify the position, so makes a useful move
on the queenside (intending to advance his b-pawn if allowed) before seeing to
the centre.} 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 {The rook is ready for action, anticipating
Black's plan to advance his e-pawn and allow the opening of the d-file.} Bf8
13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bh2 Bd6 {Despite the bishop on h2 being blocked by
the e5 pawn, that piece can spring to life in future, for instance if White
gets a knight to d5 and Black captures it, opening the e-file. Dave's
prophylactic solution is to switch the diagonal of his own bishop to
strong-point e5.} 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. N3d2 g6 {Both to stop a white knight getting
to f5 and to support his own knight, which wants to get to f4 via h5 (and h5
is currently covered by the white queen).} 18. Ne3 Nh5 19. Bc4 Ndf6 {Covering
d5 with the other knight. Both sides are making use of all of their minor
pieces. No black piece is languishing without a purpose.} 20. Nd5 {This is
what White's play has been leading up to.} Nxd5 21. exd5 (21. Bxd5 {is a
decent alternative, as the bishop on c4 is now blocked by the d-pawn. However,
that bishop plays an important role later, and it is often a good idea to
avoid piece exchanges when you have a space advantage as White now has.}) 21...
f5 {The fact that Black can make this advance so easily shows why it was a
good idea to strong-point e5. White must now be careful not to be overrun by
Black's central pawns.} 22. Nf3 {The knight has spotted the e6 square, but
luring the black pawns forward is very dangerous and the play now becomes
sharp.} e4 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 {The potentially dangerous white bishop has been
exchanged, but the queen is not a great blockader of passed pawns.} 24. Ng5 Re5
$5 (24... Nf6 {(now strong-pointing e4) allows Black to play ...f5-f4 next.
The text move has the same idea if the knight jumps into e6, but the rook is
slighly awkwardly placed here.}) 25. Ne6 a5 $5 ({Black wants to use his
queen's rook in the coming attack, but doesn't want to lose his a-pawn in the
process. However, if it doesn't work out on the kingside, he now has a
permanent weakness on b5. He doesn't yet have to commit himself to a queenside
structure, and could have played} 25... f4 {at once, awaiting events. White
cannot play} 26. Nc7 Rf8 27. Nxa6 {in view of} Bxa6 28. Bxa6 f3 {with a deadly
attack.}) ({Alternatively, he could have cleared things up without any
positional weaknesses by playing} 25... b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 28.
Bxb5 Bxd5 ({or} 28... Rxd5 $5) 29. c4 Rxe6 30. cxd5 Re7 {with equality.
However, I imagine that he didn't want to commit himself to simplifications
yet in view of his kingside attacking possibilities.}) 26. Nc7 $1 {The rook
gets to b5 by tactical means and the blockade on the d-pawn is broken.} Rd8 (
26... Qxc7 $4 {loses the queen to the discovered check} 27. d6+) 27. Nb5 Qd7
28. d6+ Kg7 29. g3 $2 {This weakening of his king's position should have had
serious consequences.} ({Now that the d-pawn has advanced, putting the knight
back on c7 is good, because from there it covers squares like e6 and e8 which
Black might want to use, and also gives White some tactical ideas, depending
on events, like checking on e6.} 29. Nc7) 29... e3 $1 {The right start,
loosening the white king's pawn cover.} 30. f4 Qc6 {...but the wrong follow-up.
He had to be ready to sacrifice to make progress.} (30... Re4 $1 31. Kh2 {
(protecting g3)} Nxf4 $1 32. gxf4 Rxf4 {(threatening to win the queen by a
check on f2)} 33. Rf1 (33. Qxe3 {allows Black to recover the piece with} Rxc4)
33... Rh4 {and the advance of the f-pawn will discover an attack by the queen
on h3. Meanwhile the other black rook can join in via e8 and e5 (to h5) and
the black queen also has good prospects on c6. I can't see White surviving if
Black plays it right.}) 31. Kh2 Ree8 $2 {Natural, but fatal.} (31... Re4 $1 {
allows White to win Black's queen with} 32. Bd5 Qxd5 {but after} (32... Qd7 33.
Bxe4 Bxe4 34. Qxe3 {is just too much material to give away}) 33. Rxd5 Bxd5 {
the game is still unclear.}) 32. Nc7 {Wins the exchange and the game.} Rf8 33.
Ne6+ Kh8 34. Nxf8 Rxf8 35. Bd5 Qd7 36. Bxb7 Qxb7 37. Qxe3 Qc6 38. d7 Nf6 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McAvoy J"]
[Black "Hudson J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nxf4 Bd6 7. d3 Bb4+ {A
canny move, which leads to White being unable to castle...} 8. Bd2 Bxf3 9. Qxf3
Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nc6 11. Qg3 {However, White's development ios good, and is king
is not particularly exposed.} Qd6 12. Ne2 {An interesting decision. The king
will be safer after the exchange of queens. Then it is a matter of who plays
the queenless middlegame better.} Qxg3 13. Nxg3 g6 14. Be2 h5 15. Rhf1 h4 16.
Nh1 Ne5 {If Black can maintain the clamp on e5, then the white bishop may
become bad in future.} 17. Nf2 Nf6 18. h3 {another pawn appears on a light
square, and g3 is an inviting square for a black kinight.} Rd8 19. b3 {Now all
of White's pawns are on light squares.} Rd6 20. Nd1 Nh5 $5 21. Nb2 (21. Bxh5
Rxh5 {rids White of his bad bishop, but brings the Black rook to a very good
square from which at can attack g2 (which the bishop would have been able to
defend!). So White decides to keep the bishop.}) 21... Ng3 22. Rf2 b5 23. a4 c6
$4 {After playing so well, Black blunders away a pawn.} (23... Ra6 {pins the
a4 pawn and leaves Black on top.}) (23... b4 {was also playable, but it would
be hard for Black to organise any kind of breakthrough after that. Black tries
to keep the pawn structure more flexible, to keep the white minor pieces quiet,
but simply loses a pawn.}) 24. axb5 Rd7 (24... cxb5 25. Rxa7 {wins a pawn and,
equally importantly, activates the white rook without which it may be hard to
exploit the extra pawn.}) 25. bxc6 Nxc6 26. Bg4 Rc7 27. Nc4 {Now all of the
white pieces are active, and White wins easily.} Ke7 28. e5 Nb4 29. Bf3 Ke6 30.
Ra4 Rb8 31. Bg4+ Ke7 32. Rf4 Nc6 33. Bf3 Nf1+ 34. Kc1 Ne3 35. Bxc6 Nxc4 (35...
Rxc6 36. Rxa7+ {wins more pawns and puts the black king in serious danger.})
36. Rxc4 Rd8 37. Bd5 Rcd7 38. Rxf7+ Ke8 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40. Rxd4 Ke7 41. c4 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barnes R"]
[Black "Tebble G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 c5 8. Nb5
O-O 9. Nc7 cxd4 10. Qd2 $1 ({Avoiding the complications after} 10. Nxa8 Qb4+
11. Qd2 Qxb2 {E.g.} 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. c4 Qa3 (13... dxc3 14. Qxb2 cxb2 15. Rb1
Nc6 16. Nc7 a6 17. Rxb2 Bd7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Nxa6 bxa6 21. Bxa6 $16)
14. Nc7 a6 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxd4 e3 {
which is extremely unclear.}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxa8 Nc5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4
14. a3 $5 (14. Ne2 e3 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qb3 {is not dangerous for White, so he
need not waste time protecting the b4 square.}) 14... Rd8 {Slow.} (14... b5 $1
15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Qxe4 Bxa8 {is unclear.}) 15. Ne2 ({The way to justify his
previous move was} 15. Qe2 $1 {since now Black cannot reply with ...Qb4+. After
} e3 16. Nf3 b6 17. O-O Bb7 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. c3 {the white king is safe and
the black central pawns will be broken up. White is well on top.}) 15... b6 16.
Nxb6 {No need to do this until the knight is threatened.} (16. Ng3 $1 e3 17.
Qd3 Qb7 18. Ne4 Qxa8 19. O-O-O {is very unclear.}) 16... axb6 17. O-O-O Ba6 18.
Nxd4 {Panic. But no-one would like to confront those threatening central pawns.
} Nxd4 19. Kb1 g6 (19... Be2 20. Rde1 Bg4 {(coming around to f5) would give
Black a good attack. He is soon reconciled to a draw.}) 20. Rhe1 Rd5 21. Qb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Payne C"]
[Black "Blowers G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Bb5+ {Avoiding saddling himslef with
a bad bishop. See McAvoy-Hudson, two games back!} Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (6... Qxd7
{allowing the knight to come out to c6, is more natural.}) 7. Ne2 Ngf6 8. d3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 ({This is the computer's preference. In the past, the
players' preference has been to manoeuvre pieces with} 10. Ng3) ({or} 10. Qe1)
10... dxc3 11. Nxc3 {It is safe to recapture this way as Black doesn't have a
knight on c6, and so d4 is not as weak as it might have been.} a6 12. Kh1 ({
White could further exploit the knight's absence from c6 with} 12. e5 {when}
Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 {(with the knight on c6, the queen could recapture and White
would only have created weaknesses in his own position) gives White mobile
central pawns. It's double-edged, though. The white bishop may become bad.})
12... b5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. e5 {White gains no advantage
from this, so he should maintain his pawns as they were.} Nfd5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 $1
18. bxc3 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Qd2 Qa5 ({Black could cement his knight on d5
with} 20... c4 $1 {If White plays his pawn to d4, then the knight is virtually
unchallengable and Black can gradually advance his queenside pawns. If White
decides to keep the d4 square open for his knight and bishop, then Black can
exchange pawns on d3 and White will be left with a very sick pawn on c3.}) 21.
c4 {This helps, although it doesn't spell the end of White's problems.} Qxd2 $6
{Black keeps a slight edge after this move but it doesn't turn out to be
sufficient.} (21... Nc3 22. Rc1 b4 23. Ra1 {is uncomfortable for White; Black
ties him down to the defence of the a2 pawn and then doubles rook on the
d-file, pressing against the d3 pawn}) ({while} 21... Nb4 {forks the d- and
a-pawns and so wins a pawn.}) 22. Bxd2 bxc4 ({Much sharper is} 22... Nb4 $5 {Or
} 23. Bxb4 ({After} 23. cxb5 $5 Nxd3 {White can create counterplay with} (23...
axb5 24. Bxb4 cxb4 {may be better}) 24. b6 {E.g.} (24. bxa6 Rc6 {regains the
pawn leaving White with a weak a-pawn and facing a powerful knight on d3})
24... Rb8 25. Rb1 Nb4 26. a3 Nd5 27. Ba5 Nxf4 28. Nd2 Ng6 29. Nc4 Rd4 30. Rfc1
{and the passed pawn is full compensation for the lost pawn}) 23... cxb4 24.
cxb5 Rc2 $1 (24... axb5 {also gives Black good play thanks to the powerful
rooks and White vulnerable pawns}) 25. bxa6 Rxa2 {and the a6 pawn will soon go,
leaving White with a weak pawn on d3.}) 23. dxc4 Nb4 24. a3 Nc2 25. Bc1 (25.
Rc1 Nd4 26. Ba5 Rd7 27. Rfd1 {is already level.}) 25... Nd4 26. Nd2 Rd7 (26...
Ne2 $1 {is nasty. E.g.} 27. Rf2 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Rd3 29. Nb1 Rcd8 {and White is
under pressure.}) 27. Ne4 Rcd8 28. Be3 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Rf2 $2 {Subtly
weakening the back rank, and so giving the black rooks more opportunities.} (
30. g4 f5 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Ng3 {is still fine for White.}) 30... Nf5 (30... f5
$1 31. Ng3 Nb3 {forces White to give up the d-file.}) 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rd2 {
Now it's clearly a draw.} Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Nd4 34. Kg1 f5 35. Nf2 Bd6 36. Nd3 Nc2
37. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Turner T"]
[Black "Moore Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. fxe5 O-O $1 8.
O-O Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Be6 11. Qe2 Nc8 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd6 14. Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Scott G"]
[Black "Orton S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{The notes here are similar to those in En Passant magazine November 2015.
This game was awarded the Best Game Prize.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. g4 $5 e5 {The most popular reply.} (7... c5 {is
the most successful reply. E.g.} 8. g5 Nh5 9. Bxh5 gxh5 10. Nf3 (10. d5 Ne5 11.
Qxh5 $2 Bg4 12. Qh4 Bf3 $1 {wins the rook.}) 10... Qa5 {with a tense position})
8. d5 Nc5 9. Bf3 a5 10. h4 h5 {It is hard to allow the white pawn to get to h5,
but Black should probably screw up the required courage.} ({One of the most
successful ideas here has been} 10... Nfd7 11. h5 Nb6 {to get the knight out
of the way of the advancing pawns and start some queenside counterplay.}) 11.
gxh5 gxh5 12. Bg5 ({Accepting the pawn offer with} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Bxh5 {
gives Black an unopposed dark-squared bishop, but its main diagonals are, for
now at least, closed. White threatens to take the pawn without giving up the
bishop. Black must get into the game quickly or be trodden underfoot.}) 12...
Bg4 {This ensures that White will have to exchange his dark-squared bishop for
a knight if he is to win the pawn. The problem, though, is that Black weakens
his own light squares in the process.} ({He needs counterplay somewhere, so
maybe the way to start was to give up the pawn and go} 12... c6 {with
intentions on the queenside.}) 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. Nge2 {There is a juicy square
on f5.} Qd7 15. Bxf6 (15. Ng3 Kh8 {(or some other non-committal move)} 16. Nf5
$2 {is met by} Ncxe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Qxf5 {so White ensures that his knight can
land on f5 safely.}) 15... Bxf6 16. Ng3 Kh7 17. Nf5 Rg8 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. O-O-O
Ra8 {Black is completely without counterplay and can only hope that he can
meet the assault when it comes.} 20. Rhg1 Rg6 21. Rg3 Rag8 22. Rdg1 Bg7 $1 (
22... Bg7 {Very clever. He improves the position of his bishop with a pawn
sacrifice that White cannot accept. After} 23. Rxg4 Rxg4 24. Rxg4 Bh6+ 25. Nxh6
Rxg4 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 {Black will regain the pawn with a dead draw.}) 23. Kb1 Bh6
24. Qe2 Rf6 {Another small trap.} 25. Nxh6 (25. Rxg4 $2 {allows} Rxg4 26. Rxg4
Nxe4 27. Nxe4 (27. Nxh6 Nxc3+) 27... Rxf5 {somewhat blunting White's attack.})
({A simple way of avoiding this was to move the knight from c3 and start to
route it to f5. E.g.} 25. Nd1 {when} Nxe4 $4 {fails to} 26. Nxh6 Nxg3 27. Nxg8
$1 Nxe2 28. Nxf6+ {regaining the queen. Instead White accepts the pawn at last
but relinquishes the lynchpin on f5.}) 25... Rxh6 26. Rxg4 Rxg4 27. Rxg4 Qe7
28. Qf3 $1 {This is the point of White's play. The intention is to force a
liquidation to an ending a pawn ahead, and in the process he sets his own trap.
} Rxh4 $2 ({Black falls in but} 28... Qf6 29. Qg3 {more or less forces Black
to eventually oppose rooks on g6, and the process of gradual liquidation of
the pieces proceeds.}) 29. Qf5+ $1 {White has calculated a very clever
sequence which forces big material gains.} (29. Rxh4+ Qxh4 30. Qxf7+ {is quite
hard for White to win. E.g.} Kh6 31. Qf3 Qh5 32. Qxh5+ $2 Kxh5 33. f3 Kg5 34.
Ne2 Nd3 {and the f3 pawn will fall.}) 29... Kh6 ({Naturally,} 29... Kh8 {
allows mate by} 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. Qh8# {but now it is not so clear
what White has gained by the queen check. We soon find out.}) 30. Rg8 $1 Nd3 (
30... Nd7 {avoids White's next but after} 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rxh4 Qxh4 33. Qxd7 {
wins a piece.}) 31. Qc8 $1 Qf6 (31... Rh1+ 32. Kc2 Nxf2 33. Qf5 $1 {wins the
knight because moving it loses the rook to Rh8+ while} Rf1 {allows mate by} 34.
Rh8+ Kg7 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Qh6#) (31... -- {Meanwhile the main threat is} 32.
Rh8+ Kg7 (32... Kg5 33. Qf5#) 33. Qg8+ Kf6 34. Rxh4 {so the queen moves to f6
to avoid the mate on f5.}) 32. Rh8+ Kg5 ({Now} 32... Kg7 33. Qg8# {is mate.})
33. Qg8+ Qg6 ({Not} 33... Kf4 34. Qg3#) 34. Qd8+ $1 (34. Qd8+ {After} f6 (34...
Qf6 {loses the queen to} 35. Rg8+) 35. Rg8 {the queen falls. A remarkable feat
of calculation by Gordon. If he didn't calulate it all, then his intuition is
even better!}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Champuonship R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collinson B"]
[Black "Turner C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. h3
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qd2 (12. Bc4 {is the main move here.
It would begin the process of over-protecting d5 and so making a later e4-e5
thrust possible without losing the d5 pawn. It also allows the queen to go to
e2 to help prevent the ...b6-b5 push.}) 12... Qd7 13. Bh6 b5 {Now Black is
comfortable.} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Nh2 e5 (16... b4 17. Nd1 e6 {is
more active.}) 17. b3 Ng8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. f4 f6 21. fxe5 fxe5
22. Be2 Nf6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 Qe7 25. Rf1 {The rooks will come off on the
f-file and there will be nothing left to play for.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "LeMoir D"]
[Black "Hughes M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 $5 e6 $5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 {I have only had five games in the
Winawer Variation of the French Defence before in my life! The first two were
in 1967 and 1968, and I've also had it in rapidplay games against Mike Gough
and Dave Hall and one Norfolk Championship game against Dave Hall. The last
time was in 2008. I was completely unprepared (hoping that Mervyn would play 3.
..Nf6) and it showed.} c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 {The second most
popular move.} ({The most popular,} 7. Qg4 {, is far more complex and also has
far more theory to learn!}) 7... Nbc6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O
$1 O-O-O 12. Qb1 f6 13. Qb2 {Trying to make some progress on the queenside
before I have to do something about the pressure on my e5 pawn.} Ng6 14. Rfb1
Qa6 15. a5 Rdf8 (15... fxe5 16. dxe5 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 {gives White some
diagonals to play on for the pawn. Mervyn decides to keep my bishops quiet.})
16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Nd2 $1 {Espying the c5 square.} Nd8 19. Nb3 $1 {
The c4 pawn is pinned against the queen.} Qd6 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Qc1 {Hurryng
back to defend the kingside.} Rg8 22. g3 e5 23. Be3 e4 24. Bh5 Ne6 25. Bg4 {
Forcing the black pawns onto the same colour squares as their bishop. The same
with happen to mine, but it will have a little more freedom.} f5 26. Nxe6 Qxe6
27. Bh5 Qd6 28. Bxg6 {Now it will be hard for either side to make progress, so
I offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dempster D"]
[Black "McAvoy J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Ngf3 Bg4 (7...
Bc5 {is far more successful. After exchanging his bishop on f3, Black's light
squares will be weak, something which White exploits well in this game.}) 8.
O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. Nc4 Qe6 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rfd8 14. Nd5 {
Already, the most important central light square is occupied by the white
knight.} Bd6 {Now Black cannot avoid the doubling of his f-pawns and therefore
the weakening of f5.} (14... Rac8 {was a better way to defend the c7 pawn, as
White immediately demonstrates.}) 15. Bg5 Ne7 16. Nxf6+ ({The alternative way
of capturing,} 16. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 17. Bg4 $1 f5 (17... Qxg4 {loses the queen to}
18. Nxf6+) 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxf5 {, wins a pawn - although opposite colour
bishops may help Black to survive if he can reach an endgame.}) 16... gxf6 17.
Be3 Ng6 18. Qe2 b6 19. h4 Bf8 20. h5 Ne7 21. Kg2 Kh8 22. b4 Ng8 23. Rad1 Rxd1
24. Rxd1 a5 25. b5 ({White could turn his attention to the little-defended
queenside with} 25. Bg4 $5 Qe8 26. Bd7 Qe7 27. Bc6 {E.g.} Rd8 28. bxa5 Rxd1 29.
Qxd1 bxa5 30. Qa4 Qa3 31. Qc4 {and Black is horribly tied down.}) 25... Bd6 26.
Bg4 Qe8 $2 (26... Qe7) 27. a4 $2 ({Both players seem to have missed that} 27.
Bxb6 $1 {wins a pawn.}) 27... Qf8 28. Qc4 Rd8 29. Rh1 Qg7 30. Bd1 Ne7 31. Rh4 (
31. Bb3 {keeps Black tied down. Now there almost comes an amazing turnaround...
}) 31... f5 $1 {The counterplay starts.} 32. h6 Qf6 33. Rh1 f4 34. gxf4 Qg6+ $2
{This pushes the white king away from the danger zone and puts the black queen
in a vulnerable position.} (34... exf4 {was better, when Black isn't far off
equality}) ({but even better was} 34... Ng6 $1 35. f5 Bc5 $1 {a really nice
passive sacrifice that clears the d-file for the black rook so that} 36. fxg6 (
36. Qe2 Nf4+ 37. Bxf4 exf4 {gives Black a dark-square blockade, so the White's
extra pawn shouldn't matter much}) 36... Qxg6+ 37. Kf3 (37. Kh3 $2 Rg8 38. Bf3
Bxe3 {and White must give up his army to avoid mate on the h-file}) (37. Kf1 {
allows} Rxd1+ {- one point of opening the d-file, so the white king cannot run
away}) 37... Rxd1 $1 {the other point!} 38. Rxd1 Qh5+ {with perpetual check.})
35. Kf1 Rg8 ({Now} 35... exf4 {loses to} 36. Bd4+ f6 37. Rg1 Qxh6 38. Qe6 {and
something similar happens in the game.}) 36. Bf3 exf4 37. Bd4+ f6 38. Qe6 (38.
Qe6 {Now} Rf8 {can be met by} 39. Bh5 $1 ({although} 39. Bxb6 cxb6 40. Qxd6 {
wins a pawn and more}) 39... Qxh6 40. e5 {breaking through to the black king.})
1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dawson J"]
[Black "Frean D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+
Nbd7 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 ({If} 9. e5 {then} h6 10. Bh4 g5 {saves the piece.})
9... Bb4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 (10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Bd6 {is solid equality.}) 11. exd5
Bg4 (11... Bf5 {is better, because now White has a pleaseant choice. He can
win a pawn or he can force a bishop that has moved twice to exchange itself
for a bishop that has moved just once, and White's recapture develops a piece.}
) 12. Be2 (12. Rd4 {wins a pawn:} Bc5 13. Bxc7+ Kxc7 14. Rxg4 g6 {but Black
has quite a bit of compensation as the extra pawn blocks the white bishop and
Black has good play on the dark squares.}) 12... Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Re8 14. Nd4 Nf6
{Natural, but now White is able to force weaknesses.} 15. Bg5 Bd6 $2 (15... Re5
16. Bxf6+ gxf6 17. Rhf1 {and Black has a choice between} Be7 {with weak
f-pawns and a potetially bad bishop} ({and} 17... Rxd5 18. Rxf6 Ke7 19. Rf4 Bd6
20. Nf5+ Ke6 21. Nxd6 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 cxd6 {when White has the better endgame
in view of Black's pawn weaknesses})) 16. Nf5 Kd7 $4 ({After} 16... Bf8 17.
Rhf1 $1 {White threatens} -- 18. Nxg7 Bxg7 19. Bxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxf6 {with an
extra pawn. Black can avoid the loss of a pawn, but White will still have a
tremendous position by doubling Black's f-pawns and occupying f5 with the
knight.}) 17. Nxg7 {Winning more material because both the knight and the rook
are under attack.} Ng4 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Rhf1 f6 20. h3 fxg5 21. Rf7+ Re7 22.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. hxg4 Bf4+ 24. Kb1 Kd6 25. c4 Be3 26. Re1 Bf4 27. Kc2 Kc5 28. b3
Kd4 29. Re7 b6 30. Re6 a5 31. a4 Bg3 32. Re7 Bf4 33. Rxh7 Ke3 34. b4 axb4 35.
c5 bxc5 36. a5 c4 37. a6 b3+ 38. Kc3 Be5+ 39. Kxc4 b2 40. Rh1 Bd4 41. Rd1 Bb6
42. Rb1 Bd4 43. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hall D"]
[Black "Moore S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Be2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Bd2 g5 $5 {Very bold, and probably not bad at all. After all, he hasn't
castled yet and it will not be easy for White to open the centre to get at the
black king.} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 g4 13. g3 h5 14. Bb4 Nb6 15.
Ng2 Nd5 ({Possibly even better was to preserve the bishop by} 15... Bc7 {
followed by moving the queen and castling queenside. If the white knight hops
into f4, then the bishop can hack it off, creating weaknesses in White's
position.}) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Bc4 O-O-O 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. b4 h4 $1 {There is an
old Russian saying that he who says A must say B. Having started his kingside
advance, Black's main aggressive weapon must be to continue it, even at the
cost of sacrifices.} 20. Bxd5 ({Understandably, White shuns the offered
material, although he can survive with care E.g.} 20. Nxh4 Qf6 $1 {Black can
wait to strike on h4 because White cannot arrange his defences quite so easily.
} (20... Rxh4 $5 21. gxh4 Qh6 {is also daunting for White to face.}) 21. Bxd5
Rxh4 $1 22. gxh4 (22. Bxc6 $2 {loses at once to} Rxh2 23. Kxh2 Qh6+ 24. Kg1 Rh8
{mating}) 22... Qxh4 23. Qc2 {(he has to prepare to defend h2, so he cannot
save his bishop yet)} Rh8 24. f3 gxf3 25. Bxf7 ({the threat was} 25. -- Rg8+
26. Kh1 Rg2) 25... Qg5+ ({White survives, and will probably thrive, after} 
25... Rh7 26. Qf2 Qh6 27. Qg3+ Kc8 28. Kf2 Rxf7 29. Rg1) 26. Kh1 Qxe3 $1 {(the
connected passed pawns are worth a rook)} 27. Qf2 ({after} 27. Ba2 Qf4 28. Qb2
Bh3 {Black has decisive threats}) 27... Qxf2 (27... Qf4 28. Rg1 e3 29. Qg3 Rh4
$1 30. Bc4 e2 31. Qxf4+ Rxf4 32. h3 Rxd4 33. Bxe2 fxe2 34. Rce1 {is slightly
better for White}) 28. Rxf2 e3 $1 29. Rxf3 Be4 30. Kg2 Rh7 31. Kg3 ({or} 31.
Bc4 Rg7+ 32. Kf1 Bxf3 {which will probably be a draw}) 31... Rg7+ 32. Kf4 Bxf3
33. Bc4 Bh5 34. Kxe3 Rg2 35. Rh1 Rc2 {and Black will equalise material by
getting amongst the white queenside pawns.}) 20... cxd5 21. Nf4 {The knight's
strong position is proof against accidents. If White can get down to a minor
piece endgame, then he might have winning chances as the bishop is so blocked
by its own pawns.} (21. Nxh4 {is playable, but Black retreats the bishop and
White has continually to be on the lookout for sacrifices on h4.}) 21... b6 22.
Qb3 Bc8 23. Rc2 Bb7 24. Rfc1 hxg3 25. fxg3 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8
28. Qa4 Qc6 29. Qxc6+ Bxc6 {So here is that endgame, but in fact there is no
way through for White as long as Black is careful...} 30. b5 $5 Bxb5 31. Nxd5
Bd7 32. Kf2 f5 33. Ke2 Bb5+ 34. Kd2 Kd7 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Nf4 a5 37. Ng6 Ba6 38.
Ne5 Kd5 $2 {...but he isn't!} (38... b5 {avoids all problems.}) 39. Nd7 $1 b5
40. Nf6+ $2 ({White misses} 40. Nc5 Bc8 41. Nb3 a4 42. Nc5 {Zugswang. The king
must retreat} Kc6 (42... Be6 43. Nxe6 Kxe6 44. Kb4 {is a clear win for White})
43. Kb4 Kb6 44. d5 {and it's Zugswang again. This time a king retreat loses
both queenside pawns.}) 40... Ke6 $6 (40... Kc6 {is level}) 41. Nh5 $6 {again,
both sides miss a knight trick, although this time it might not win outright.}
(41. Ne8 $1 {(threatening a knight fork at c7)} Kd7 $1 (41... Bc8 42. Nc7+ {
wins the b5 pawn}) (41... Ke7 42. Nc7 {also wins the b5 pawn}) 42. Ng7 Bc8 $1 {
White has won a pawn, but if the bishop can exchange itself for the knight the
pawn ending is still a draw because his kingside pawns are stymied. E.g.} 43.
Nxf5 Ke6 44. Ng7+ Ke7 45. Nh5 Be6 46. Nf4 Bf7 47. Ne2 Bc4 48. Nc1 Bd5 49. Nb3
Bxb3 50. Kxb3 Kd6 {and there is no way through for the white king.}) 41... Kd5
42. Nf4+ Kd6 43. Kb3 Bb7 44. Kc3 Ba6 45. Nh5 Bc8 46. Nf4 Ba6 47. h4 gxh3 48.
Nxh3 Bb7 49. Ng5 Bd5 50. Nh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burrows J"]
[Black "Barnes R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{An exciting game!} 1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. c4 d5 6. Nc3 Bb7
7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Qd6 13. a3
Rfd8 14. Bc2 Bf8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ne2 $2 Bg7 $6 (16... dxc4 17. bxc4 Na5 18. Ne5
Nd7 {wins the white c-pawn.}) 17. Ng3 Ne7 {And again.} 18. Ne5 Nf5 19. Nxf5
gxf5 ({This acts like a red flag to John Burrows' bull.} 19... exf5 {avoids
weakening the black king's position, and Black is very well placed.}) 20. f3
Nh5 21. Qe3 f6 $6 {Weakening the e6 square.} 22. g4 $2 {In reply, weakening
White far more than Black.} (22. Nd3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 {is not something to
be concerned about in view of} 24. Bb3) 22... fxe5 23. gxh5 (23. dxe5 Qe7 24.
gxh5 Qh4 {is better, but still not very nice for the white king.}) 23... e4 ({
The alternative} 23... exd4 24. Bxd4 e5 25. Bb2 Qf6 {straightens out the black
pawns and keeps the b7 bishop's diagonal relatively free of its own pawns.})
24. fxe4 fxe4 (24... dxe4 $1 {makes it easier for Black to open the bishop's
diagonal towards the white king. Besides, he would have two connected passed
pawns in the centre.}) 25. h6 Bf6 26. Rd2 (26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Kh1 {is a more
solid defence.}) 26... Kh8 27. Rf1 (27. Kh1 {avoids Black's next.}) 27... Bg5
$1 28. Qe2 $2 ({As in the Roy Hughes v Dave Hall game, losing the queen would
be preferable to losing the exchange:} 28. Qxg5 Rg8 29. Qg2 $1 {allows White
to use his rooks to create counterplay.}) 28... Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Rg6
31. c5 Qe7 {Of course, there is no need to open the diagonal for the b2 bishop.
} 32. Bxe4 $5 {With this move, White forces open his bishop's diagonal, but to
no avail as it can immediately be blocked again.} dxe4 33. d5+ e5 ({Even
better is} 33... Kg8 34. Qc3 e5 $1 35. c6 Ba6 {and White has no compensation
for the rook.}) 34. c6 e3 $2 {Black wants to open that diagnoal to mate the
white king, but in so doing prepares for a massive blunder...} (34... Ba6 {
still wins}) ({and also} 34... Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Bxe5+ Kg8 {wins for
Black because} 37. cxb7 $2 {allows} Qf1#) 35. Qxe3 Rcxc6 $4 (35... Ba6 {is
still winning. The text move deserts the back rank.}) (35... Rcxc6 {Black
hoped for} 36. dxc6 Bxc6+ 37. Rf3 Bxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Qc5 {and White must give up
his queen to avoid mate. But now White has a spare move...}) 36. Bxe5+ $4 {...
which he uses badly.} ({After} 36. Qxe5+ $1 Qxe5 {both players clearly
overlooked the intermezzo} 37. Rf8+ $1 {which forces mate after} Rg8 38. Bxe5+
Rf6 39. Bxf6#) 36... Kg8 37. b4 Rce6 ({This forces resignation, but} 37... Rc1
$1 {was a more spectacular way of achieving it.}) 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Gerald"]
[Black "Scott G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 Nc6 8. Bf4
Bf5 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bh3 $1 {This
more-or-less forces the reply as otherwise the white knight will move and the
bishop on e4 will be stuck for squares. Excellent though it is, it doesn't
change the evaluation of the position as level, and the players soon agree to
share the point.} Bxf3 14. exf3 b5 15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Turner C"]
[Black "Turner T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{Father against son. I wonder when was the last time that happened in a
Norfolk Championship.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. d4
h6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Ne1 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nf6 12. Nd3 O-O 13.
c5 Ne4 14. Qd1 Qc7 15. f3 Nf6 16. b4 b5 17. a4 a6 18. Nf2 Nd7 19. e4 Bg6 20. e5
f6 21. f4 f5 {Blocking the poisiton in the hope of keeping White at bay.} 22.
Qe2 Rfb8 23. Bc3 Qd8 24. Ra2 Qe8 25. h3 Nf8 26. Rfa1 Bh7 27. Nd3 Qc8 {Black
misses White's idea, which wins a pawn.} (27... Rd8 28. Ra3 Bg6 29. Qa2 Rab8 {
avoids the pin on the a-file and White still has to work out a way through.})
28. Ra3 $1 Bg6 {The rook on a8 cannot get out of the way of the pin on the
a-file, so Black will be forced to recapture on b5 with something other than
the a-pawn, and it will be lost.} ({Or} 28... bxa4 29. Rxa4 Ra7 30. Ne1 Rba8
31. Bf1 {and the a6 pawn drops.}) 29. Qa2 Bh5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32.
Qxa6 Qd7 33. Bf1 Rb7 34. Nf2 Be8 35. Qa8 g5 36. Ra6 Rc7 {The time control has
been reached, and White needs to find a way to exploit his extra pawn.} 37. b5
$1 {White finds it...} cxb5 38. c6 $2 {...but follows up with an error.} (38.
Rb6 {re-establishes the pawn advantage and White now has a very useful
protected passed c-pawn.}) 38... Rxc6 {Maybe White failed to spot that bishop
hiding on e8.} 39. Bxb5 Rxa6 40. Bxa6 Qc6 $6 {After his trials and
tribulations, Black understandably heads for a level endgame.} ({However,} 
40... gxf4 $1 41. gxf4 Qa4 42. Bb7 Qb5 {is actually a bit better for Black as
the white pieces are scattered.}) 41. Qxc6 Bxc6 {The endgame should be a draw.}
42. Nd3 Ba4 43. Kf2 Bd1 44. Bc8 Kf7 45. Ke3 g4 $6 46. hxg4 Bxg4 47. Bb4 Bh5 48.
Kd2 Ke8 49. Kc3 Bf7 50. Bxe7 Kxe7 51. Kb4 Be8 52. Nc5 Nd7 $2 {Black is tied up,
but progess is difficult for White. However, this exchange makes it easy. The
black knight was able to create counterplay on the kingside so that the
advance of the white king was fraught with danger.} ({E.g.} 52... Bf7 53. Ka5
Ng6 54. Kb6 h5 55. Kc7 (55. Nd3 {is safer}) 55... h4 56. gxh4 Nxf4 {and Black
is better, although it should still be a draw.}) 53. Bxd7 $1 Bxd7 54. Ka5 $1
Bc6 55. Kb6 Be8 56. Kc7 {and White won. The scoresheets run out here, but
White only needs to get his knight to c6, when an exchange of minor pieces
means that the e6 pawn will soon be lost while moving the black king out of
check allows the white king to d6 when a further re-routing of the knight to
c5, c7 or d8 will also win that pawn.} ({E.g.} 56. Kc7 Bf7 57. Nb7 Bh5 58. Nd8
Be8 59. Nc6+ Kf7 60. Kd6) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "LeMoir D"]
[Black "Moore Geoff"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. g3 a6 8. Bg2 b5
9. Qe2 Nb6 10. O-O g6 11. Bd2 h5 12. h3 Be7 13. Nd1 Bd7 14. c3 Qc7 15. Ne3 c4
16. d4 {Very solidly played by Black. Neither player can really do much
without opening lines that the opponent can use, so a draw is a fair enough
result despite the fact that no pawns or pieces have been exchanged!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes R"]
[Black "Dawson J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 {Roy's habitual London system. This game shows how
easy it is for Black to get into trouble against White's apparently quiet
setup.} c5 4. e3 Nh5 $6 (4... Qb6 {is more solid. It is not easy to exchange
off the "London" bishop without saddling yourself with weaknesses.}) 5. Bg5
Qa5+ (5... Qb6 {has been played, but without much success.}) 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 g5
8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Bg3 d5 10. Nd2 c4 {White was threatening to play his knight to
b3, which would force the exchange of the black dark-squared bishop, leaving
his weak dark squares undefended.} (10... -- {E.g.} 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Nxc5 Qxc5) 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg7 14. e4 {A typical thrust
when Black has moved his pawn to c4.} O-O 15. h4 {This is getting serious.
Back is under pressure in the centre and on the kingside.} Nxe4 (15... g4 {
loses a pawn to} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxg4 {but at least it keeps lines closed on
the kingside.}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qxe4 Qd5 {Saving
the c-pawn and forcing some action from White.} 20. Qh7+ Kf6 21. Bf3 Qf5 22.
Rh6+ Ke7 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. O-O-O {Black's position is riddled with weaknesses,
and something must drop soon.} Rb8 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Bd5 b5 27. Rf6 Rb6 28. Rxb6
({Of course,} 28. Rxf7 {was also possible.}) 28... axb6 29. Bc6 Kc7 ({He
should not try to defend the pawn with} 29... Bd7 {because after} 30. Bxd7 Kxd7
31. Re5 {White actually wins more than one pawn.}) 30. Bxb5 Be6 31. f3 {White
should surely win the endgame, but he starts to give himself some weaknesses
which come back to haunt him later.} Kd6 32. Rh1 Ra8 $1 33. a4 Rg8 34. Kd2 g4
$1 35. Rh2 {Allowing the black rook a lot of scope, but progress is very
difficult and the endgame may well be a draw with best play. White's problem
is keeping the black rook quiet while activating his own, and at the same time
getting his queenside pawns moving given the weakness on b3.} ({For instance:} 
35. f4 g3 $1 36. b3 $1 Bd5 $1 (36... cxb3 37. c4 {and the b3 pawn will soon be
rounded up.}) 37. Bxc4 Bxg2 38. Rg1 Be4 39. Bxf7 Rg4 $1 {and the passed g-pawn
gives Black sufficient counterply despite the two pawns minus. E.g.} 40. Bc4 g2
41. Ke3 Rg3+ 42. Kd2 Rh3 $1 43. Ke2 ({otherwise} 43. -- Rh1 {wins the rook.})
43... Rxc3) 35... f4 (35... gxf3 36. gxf3 f4 {is more accurate.}) 36. Rh4 (36.
fxg4 Rxg4 37. Ke1 {gives White more prospects, but probably still not enough.})
36... gxf3 37. gxf3 {The game should be drawn from here. The black pieces have
too much activity, and too many pawns will be exchanged to leave White with
enough to win with.} Rg2+ 38. Kc1 Rg1+ 39. Kc2 Bf5+ 40. Kd2 Rg2+ 41. Kd1 Rg1+
42. Kd2 Rg2+ 43. Ke1 Rxb2 44. Bxc4 (44. Rxf4 Be6 45. Re4 Rc2 46. Re3 f6 47. Kd1
Rf2 {is clearly drawn as White can make no progress.}) 44... Rc2 $2 ({There
was an immediate draw by perpetual check:} 44... Rb1+ 45. Kd2 ({or} 45. Ke2
Rb2+ 46. Kf1 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Rb1+ {and now not} 49. Bf1 $4 {winning
the bishop} Bd3) 45... Rb2+ 46. Kc1 Rb1+ {etc.}) 45. Bxf7 Rxc3 46. Rxf4 {The
a4 pawn will soon be lost, and with only two pawns against one, the game is
very hard to win.} Bd7 47. Kd2 Ra3 48. Bg8 Rxa4 49. Kd3 Ra3+ 50. Kc4 b5+ (50...
Ra8 51. Bh7 b5+ 52. Kc3 Be6 {also holds White at bay.}) 51. Kb4 Ra4+ 52. Kb3
Be6+ {Forcing a rook and pawn ending that is easily held.} 53. Bxe6 Kxe6 54.
Rh4 Kd5 55. Rh5+ Kxd4 56. Rxb5 Ra1 57. Kc2 Rf1 58. Rb3 Rf2+ 59. Kd1 Ke5 60. Ke1
Ra2 {Black's method of drawing is to force White to go for a king and pawn
ending (in order to advance his king beyond the first rank) which is a
well-known draw.} 61. Rb4 Rc2 62. Re4+ Kf5 63. Re2 Rxe2+ 64. Kxe2 Ke6 {Jeff
called this the "save of the century" while Roy felt that he really should
have won the endgame. But even deeper analysis may prove that the win was very
difficult in any case.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Orton S"]
[Black "Dempster D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 {Apparently, amongst aficionados of the
Accelerated Dragon this line is well-known and popular (a couple of hundred
games on my database have reached this position).} Nxb3 12. cxb3 Ra6 {
Developing this rook via the third rank is a key idea, evidently.} 13. O-O Re6
(13... Rc6 14. Nd5 Re8 {is another idea, avoiding weakening the b6 square
further.}) 14. Rad1 d6 {White's reply exposes the problem behind this move.} (
14... b6 {followed by} 15. -- Bb7 {keeps the b6 square under observation and
allows Black to get his pieces into play.}) 15. Nd5 $1 {A very nice pawn
sacrifice.} (15. Bd4 {was played in the other game (on my database) which
reached this position, but that should have caused no problems. The text move
is far better, aiming at b6.}) 15... Bxb2 16. Bb6 {White can now regain the
pawn whenever he likes by capturing on a5.} Qd7 17. Rd2 Bg7 (17... Bf6 {gives
Black more freedom, although he must be careful about the weakness of his dark
squares. E.g.} 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. f3 Qc6 20. Qf2 Qc3 21. Rb1 Rfe8 22. Bd4 Qb4
23. Rc2 {and White has a strong initiative.}) 18. Rc2 {Black is getting
squeezed, so he tries to break out.} g5 $5 19. Qxg5 Rxe4 20. Rc7 f6 {Another
weakness.} ({On the other hand,} 20... Qe6 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qxa5 {leaves White with an extra pawn and Black nursing a lot
of isolated pawns.}) 21. Qc1 ({Simpler is} 21. Rxd7 fxg5 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8
Rxc8 24. Bxa5 {and White will soon have two extra pawns.}) 21... Qe8 22. Re1 $1
{Pressure, pressure, pressure. Dave was very impressed with Stephen's play in
this game.} Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Kh8 (23... -- {White threatened} 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25.
Nxe7+) 24. Nxe7 Bd7 25. Qe3 (25. Bxa5 $1 {is safe because Black cannot win the
knight with} Rf7 {due to White's pretty response} 26. Rc8 $1 Bxc8 27. Ng6+ $1 {
winning the queen.}) 25... Bh6 $6 {Dangerous, because of the weaknesses around
the black king, but Black is very much under the cosh and wanted to break
White's rhythm.} 26. Qxh6 Qxe7 27. Be3 $2 ({After} 27. h3 {White has no
back-rank worries and Black's pawns will start to drop.}) 27... Rg8 $2 {Now
White found a nice combination which should lead by force to a winning king
and pawn ending.} ({After the game, the players noticed} 27... Rc8 $1 {with
the idea} 28. Rxb7 $4 ({much better is} 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. h3 {and White still
has a strong attack despite the reduced material.}) 28... Rc1+ $1 29. Bxc1 Qe1#
) 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Bd4 $4 {This is doubly bad.} ({The main line is} 29. Qxf6+
Qg7 ({or} 29... Rg7 30. Qf8+ Rg8 31. Bd4+ {and mate next move}) 30. Bd4 $1 Qxf6
31. Bxf6+ Rg7 32. Kf1 Kg8 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Ke2 {and the king and pawn ending
is a stroll for White. But White tries to "improve" on that.}) ({Now Black
could escape by} 29. Bd4 Re8 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxh7+ Ke6 {
although White has an obvious advantage, but Black has something even better.})
29... Rxg2+ $1 {Bang! This forces a draw.} 30. Kf1 (30. Kxg2 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qd1+
{is perpetual check.}) 30... Rg1+ $1 (30... Rg1+ {White would do well not to
try to runaway:} 31. Ke2 $4 Qg4+ 32. Kd3 (32. f3 Qxd4) 32... Rd1+ 33. Kc2 Qe2+
34. Kc3 Qd3+ 35. Kb2 Rb1+ 36. Ka2 Qxb3#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes M"]
[Black "Collinson B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {On the surface, this
defence looks insipid and the computer fairly strongly prefers White. However,
Black quickly neutralises White's play and then the benefits of his position
become more obvious. I used to play this line, and I scored four wins and five
draws in normal time limit games from this position. I should have won two of
the draws and was never at a disadvantage in any of the other three.} 6. Nf3
Bd6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Nd2 {Coming around to c4 to exchange the
bishop on d6. It takes a lot of time.} h6 10. Bh4 (10. Be3 Ng4) 10... g5 11.
Bg3 a6 12. Nc4 Ke7 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f3 b5 15. Bf2 Rhc8 16. Nd5+ {This is
dubious because it gives Black a mobile kingside majority, whereas White's on
the queenside is a lot more difficult to get going.} Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Bd3
Bxd3 19. Rxd3 f5 20. h4 g4 $6 ({Giving the white pieces some scope. Black
would remain in control after} 20... Nf6) 21. fxg4 fxg4 22. h5 Nc5 23. Bh4+ Kd7
24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Rf1 {What a contrast! All of the white pieces are acting well
and Black must work hard to equalise.} Rg7 26. Re3 (26. Rf6 Ne4) 26... Rag8 27.
Rf6 Rh7 28. Re2 Rgg7 29. Rf8 Rf7 $1 30. Ra8 $6 {White sees a pawn win.} (30.
Rf2 $1 Rxf2 31. Bxf2 Ne4 32. Be1 Kc7 33. Ba5+ Kd7 34. Kd1 {keeps White in
control.}) 30... Kc7 $1 31. b4 $6 {In his eagerness to win a pawn, White
creates a weakness in his own camp that could have been avoided.} Kb7 32. Rg8
Na4 33. Rxg4 (33. Rf2 Nc3 {is equal.}) 33... Nb6 (33... Rf5 $1 {regains the
pawn, and White has other weaknesses that he must nurse.}) 34. Rg6 Nxd5 35.
Rxd6 Nxb4 36. Rxe5 Rc7 37. Re2 ({White could try} 37. Kd1 {when Black should
probably play} Rhg7 ({as} 37... Rxc2 38. a3) (37... Nxc2 38. Ree6) ({and} 37...
Nxa2 38. Ree6 {are all to White's advantage}) 38. Ree6 Rxg2 39. Be1 Rg1 40.
Rb6+ Ka7 41. a4 Nxc2 42. Rxa6+ Kb8 43. axb5 Nxe1 {which is a drawn endgame.})
37... Nxa2+ (37... Nxa2+ 38. Kb2 Nc3 39. Ree6 Na4+ 40. Kc1 Rc5 41. g4 Rhc7 42.
Rd2 Rc4 43. Rxh6 Rxg4 44. Bf2 Rb4 {is slightly better for White thanks to his
bishop and the passed h-pawn which queens on the right colour square. On the
other hand, Black should be able to save the game comfortably with accurate
play.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barnes R"]
[Black "Saravanan K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Ne1 f6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Nd3 Nf7 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Nd2 Nh6 17. g4 f5 18. g5 Ng4 19. Rac1 b6 20. Rc2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Rc7
22. b4 {Black's next move will force the win of material, but possibly White
had seen it and was not worried.} Rac8 23. h3 Nxd4 $1 24. Bxd4 (24. Rxc7 Nxe2+)
24... Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. hxg4 fxg4 {The slight material deficit is not the
problem. Normally two pieces can hold a rook and two pawns comfortably, but
here White's pieces are in a muddle and his light squares are very weak indeed.
} 27. a3 Qa4 ({There is a subtlety here.} 27... Qb5 $1 28. Qe3 {(now the queen
cannot get to d1)} Qa4 {wins because White can hardly move a muscle without
losing material. E.g.} 29. Bb2 h5 $1 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Kh1 (31. Nf1 Qb3) (31.
Kf1 Qe8 32. Ke2 Qg6) 31... Qe8 $1 {This switch to the kingside causes the
white position to collapse.} 32. Bd4 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 (33. Kg2 $2 Qh3+ 34. Kf2
Qxe3+ 35. Kxe3 h5 {and the pawns will march.}) 33... Qh3 34. Qxh3 gxh3 35. Nf3
Kf7 36. Nf2 Ra2 37. Nxh3 Rxa3 38. Kg2 Bxb4 {and this time it is the queenside
pawns that will march.}) 28. Qd1 Qc6 $1 29. Qe2 ({Better was} 29. Kf2 Ra2 30.
Kg3 Rxa3 31. Nb1 Ra6 32. Qxg4 Ra2 33. b5 Qc8 34. g6 h6 {but despite White's
aggression, his problems remain.}) 29... Ra2 $2 {This seems to keep up the
pressure, but White has an idea...} ({Better was} 29... Qc4 $1 30. Be3 ({or} 
30. Nxc4 Rxe2 31. Ncb2 h5 {and the passed pawns will win.}) 30... Qa6 $1 31.
Kf1 g3 32. Ne1 (32. Kg1 Rc3) 32... Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Ra2 34. Nd3 Rxa3 35. Nf3 Ra2+
36. Bd2 a5 37. bxa5 bxa5 {and the lone a-pawn can hardly be stopped.}) 30. Bb2
$1 {White will give up his knight on d3 to distract the black queen. With the
bishop on d4 or e3, this would lose two pieces, and the bishop would go with
check. As played, the white queen has time to make a real nuisance of itself.}
Qb5 $6 (30... a5 {keeps the e6 pawn guarded.}) 31. Qxg4 $3 Qxd3 32. Qxe6+ Kf8
33. Qc8+ Kf7 34. e6+ $2 {A real shame.} ({White could force a draw with} 34. f5
$1 {forcing Black to take a draw by perpetual check with} Qe3+) (34. f5 -- {
because White threatens} 35. e6#) 34... Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kf5 36. Qg8 Qxd2 37. Qxh7+
Kg4 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hall A"]
[Black "Blowers G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rae1 b5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Kh2 e6 15.
d4 b4 16. Nd1 d5 $5 (16... Na5 17. b3 c4 {is fine for Black. The pawn
sacrifice is interesting, securing the e4 square.}) 17. dxc5 Na5 $6 ({He may
as well jump in at once with} 17... Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 {when the black rook is
ready to inconvenience the white queen with ...Rd8}) 18. b3 ({He can avoid the
fork on c4 with} 18. Bd4 $1 {and after} Ne4 19. Bxe4 Nc4 20. Qc1 dxe4 21. c3 e5
22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Nf4 {the position is very complex, probably favouring White.}
) 18... Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nf2 Rd8 21. Qc1 Nb7 {Black tries to regain the
pawn on c5.} 22. Rd1 Bd7 23. c3 a5 (23... Bb5 $1 {regains the pawn.} 24. c4 Be8
25. Bd4 Nxc5 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. Rg1 Bg6 {is probably about level.})
24. cxb4 (24. Rg1 $1 {gains time to open an attack along the g-file as} Nxc5 {
loses back the pawn to} (24... bxc3 25. g4 $1 Kf8 26. Nxc3 Nxc5 $2 27. Ncxe4 $1
{wins a pawn and more thanks to the pin on the c-file and the loose position
of the knight on c5}) 25. cxb4) 24... axb4 25. Rd2 (25. Rg1 {is still a good
idea.}) 25... Bb5 26. Rfd1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Rc8 $2 (28... Bc3 $1 {
at last regains the pawn in view of} 29. Nd1 (29. g4 {is a complex alternative}
) 29... Nxc5 30. Nxc3 Nd3) 29. Qc4 $1 {Hitting the pawns at e6 and b4.} Nxc5
30. Rc2 $1 Bc3 (30... Bf8 31. Qxb4) 31. Nd1 (31. a3 $1 {is even better.}) 31...
Nd3 ({Black gets a terrible endgame after} 31... Kf7 32. Nxc3 bxc3 33. Qxc3 Na6
34. Qxc7+ Rxc7 35. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {but the move played allows a neat finish.}) 32.
Qxe6+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Qxf5+) (32... Qf7 33. Qxc8+) 33. Rxc3 $1 (33. Rxc3
bxc3 34. Bd4+ {wins the house.}) (33. Nxc3 {also wins, of course, but in a
less spectacular manner.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tebble G"]
[Black "Hall D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 {A line
which has scored very well for Black. (55% from 266 games in my database.)} 8.
a3 c4 9. Bg5 $5 {This is not in my database.} f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bh4 Bd6 ({
Natural is} 11... Nxh4 12. Nxh4 {but the black king will be displaced by a
bishop check on h5.}) 12. Bg3 Qc7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Nf1 Nce7 16.
Ne3 Nf4 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. g3 Bh6 20. Bg2 Ng6 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. h3 Qd6
23. Qd2 h5 24. Ngh2 Kh7 {Black wants to play his bishop to h6.} (24... e5 {
probably looked a bit risky in view of} 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Ng5 {but Black is
fine after} Ne7 27. Qd1 Qg6 28. h4 Rd8 29. Bf3 Be8 {when his powerful centre
compensates him for his kingside weaknesses.}) 25. Re2 (25. Qc2 $1 {at once is
good.}) 25... Bh6 ({More typical of Dave Hall's usual play is} 25... Ba4 $5 {
taking squares away from the white queen. After} 26. Qe1 (26. Rae1 Bh6 {is
awkward}) 26... Bh6 27. Qb1 Kg7 28. h4 e5 $1 {is very strong.}) 26. Qc2 Rg8 27.
Nh4 $1 f5 {White's pressure has forced Black into this concession. Black now
has a poor light-squared bishop and a hole on e5 which is a clear invitation
to a white knight.} 28. Nxg6 Kxg6 29. Nf3 Bg7 30. Rae1 Bf6 31. h4 Kh6 32. Qd2+
Kh7 33. Kh1 Re7 34. Ne5 Be8 35. Bh3 Bg6 36. Qf4 $1 Bxe5 $2 (36... -- {White
threatened to win a piece with} 37. Nxg6 Qxf4 38. Nxf4 {and meanwhile there is
no way for Black to avoid losing a pawn.}) ({E.g.} 36... Rd8 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38.
Bxf5+ $1 exf5 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Rxe7 Bxe7 41. Rxe7) ({Or} 36... Bf7 37. Ng6 $1
(37. Nxf7 Qxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf7 39. Rxe6 Bxh4 40. R1e5 {wins a pawn but it is
doubled and isolated}) 37... Qxf4 38. Nxf4 Rge8 39. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Kg6
$1 ({not} 40... Rxe6 41. Bxf5+) 41. Rxe7 Rxe7 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Bg2 f4 44. Bxd5
fxg3 45. fxg3 Bf8 46. Bxc4 Bh6 47. Bb5 Bc1 48. Be8+ Kh6 49. b3 Bxa3 50. c4 Bb2
51. d5 Be5 {and it is doubtful whether the opposite colour bishops will save
the day against the two extra pawns. The problem for Black is that White will
establish a passed pawn on the h-file which is separated from the d-pawn by
three files and that is probably too much for the black king and bishop to
cope with.}) 37. Rxe5 Qd7 $2 {White accepted Black's offer of a draw, but
White is winning here.} (37... Qd7 {White should play} 38. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 39.
Qxf5+ {winning several pawns because} exf5 (39... Rg6 40. Qxh5+ Rh6 41. Qf5+
Kg7 42. Qg5+ Rg6 43. Rxd5 $1 {makes three pawns}) 40. Rxe7+ Qxe7 41. Rxe7+ Rg7
42. Rxg7+ {is a winning king and pawn ending for White}) ({Even after} 37...
Rd8 {White wins a pawn with} 38. Qe3 {because} Bf7 {loses to} 39. Bxf5+ {and
the e-pawn is pinned.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McAvoy J"]
[Black "Burrows J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. O-O fxe4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Ng4 h5 8.
Ne3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. f4 ({Safer is} 10. d3 exd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. cxd3 O-O {
with equality.}) 10... exf3 11. Qxf3 Bg4 12. Qf2 Qe5 ({Black misses the lovely
} 12... O-O $3 {The main point is} 13. Nxg4 (13. Qe1 Nd5 14. Ncxd5 cxd5 {and
Black has a lead in development and a strong attack. E.g. or} 15. c3 ({after} 
15. d3 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 (16. Kxf1 Qf4+ 17. Qf2 Qxh2 18. Nxg4 hxg4 19. g3 Rf8 20.
Bf4 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 g5 {and Black wins the bishop}) 16... Rf8 17. Qe1 Qe5 18.
Qh4 g5 19. Qg3 Qe7 20. Qe1 d4 {White loses his knight}) 15... Qd3 16. Kh1 h4
17. b4 (17. h3 Bg3) 17... h3 18. Ba3 Be2 19. Rg1 Rae8 {and the attack is
clearly crushing.}) 13... Nxg4 $1 14. Qxd4 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Rxf1+ {and mate next
move.}) 13. g3 O-O 14. Qf4 Qe6 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Bc5+ 17. Ne3 (17. Kg2 {is
slightly better, but Black is winning easily after} Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Ne3
Rxf1 20. Nxf1 (20. Kxf1 Bh3+ 21. Ke1 d4 22. Nc4 Re8+ 23. Kf2 d3+ 24. Ne3 dxc2
25. Ke2 Bf5 {and White cannot move}) 20... Rf8 21. Ne3 Bf3+ 22. Kg1 d4 23. Nc4
d3+ 24. Ne3 dxc2) 17... Be6 $2 (17... Bh3 {is far more incisive.} 18. Re1 Bxe3+
19. dxe3 (19. Rxe3 Ng4 20. Re1 Rae8 $1 21. Rd1 (21. Rxe8 Rxe8 {is a quick mate
on e1}) 21... Nf2 {wins the rook and mates.}) 19... Ng4 20. Bd2 Rf2 21. Re2
Raf8 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Ne4 Rg2+ 24. Kh1 Rxh2+ 25. Kg1 Rg2+ 26. Kh1 Re2 27. Rg1
(27. Re1 Bg2+ 28. Kg1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Bxe4) 27... Rh2#) 18. Re1 Ng4 19. Ne4 Bb6
20. Ng5 Nxe3 $2 (20... Bd5 {is winning:} 21. Nh3 Rae8 (21... Ne5 {is also very
good}) 22. Nf4 (22. b3 Ne5) 22... Be4 23. c3 (23. d3 Bf3 {and a piece goes on
e3}) 23... Ne5 24. Rf1 Bxe3+ 25. dxe3 Nf3+ 26. Kf2 Nxh2 27. Re1 g5) 21. dxe3
Bg4 (21... Bf5 22. c3 Rae8) 22. Kg2 (22. h3 Bf5 23. Re2 Rad8 24. Kg2 Rd1 25. b3
Re8 26. Bb2 Rxa1 27. Bxa1 Rxe3 $17) 22... Rad8 (22... Rf5 {is very good. E.g.}
23. h4 Raf8 24. Nh3 Bf3+ 25. Kh2 Be4 26. Nf4 Bxc2 27. Bd2 Re8 28. Re2 Be4) 23.
a4 Rd5 24. Nh3 Bxh3+ $2 ({Black should keep the pressure on with} 24... Bf3+ {
E.g.} 25. Kg1 Be4 26. Nf4 Rdf5 27. b4 a5 28. Ba3 Rd8 29. bxa5 Bxa5 30. Re2 Rd2
31. Rxd2 Bxd2 32. Bc1 Ba5 33. Bb2 Bxc2 {with an extra pawn.}) 25. Kxh3 Rf2 26.
e4 $1 Rd7 ({White should also hold after} 26... Re5 27. Bf4 Re8 28. a5 Bc5 29.
a6 b6 30. Rac1 Bd4 31. c3 Bf6 32. Bxc7 Rxb2 33. e5) 27. c3 Kf7 28. a5 Bc5 29.
b4 Be7 30. Be3 Rc2 31. Rec1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 a6 33. Rc2 g5 (33... Ke6 34. Kg2 (34.
Rd2 $4 {loses to} Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Ke5) 34... Bf6 35. c4 Ke5 36. Re2 Kxe4 37. Bg5+
Kf5 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 {and despite his doubled pawns, Black possibly still has
winnng chances in view of the exposed white pawns on the queenside and his
better-placed king.}) 34. Rd2 $2 {This should lose.} ({Avoiding the exchange
of rooks with} 34. Rf2+ {was better.}) 34... Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Ke6 $2 ({Logic says
that White is better in this ending because he has a passed pawn and Black
cannot create one. Even less logical is the way to a black victory, which is
to start to drive the white king towards the centre with} 35... g4+ $1 36. Kg2
Ke6 37. Bf4 Bf6 38. c4 b5 $1 39. axb6 (39. cxb5 cxb5 {and Black wins thanks to
the white queenside pawns being on dark squares.}) 39... cxb6 {is winning for
Black, who can now create an outsde passed pawn on the queenside. Stopping a
passed pawn will leave the kingside pawns to the mercy of the black bishop. E.
g.} 40. Bc7 Bc3 41. Bxb6 Bxb4 42. Bd4 a5 43. Kf2 a4 44. Ke3 a3 45. Kd3 a2 46.
Kc2 Bc5 47. Bc3 Bg1 48. Kb2 Bxh2 49. Be1 Ke5 {and Black wins}) 36. g4 $1 {This
fixes the g5 pawn and White should no longer have any problems.} h4 37. Kg2 b6
38. h3 {I passed the board at this point. I hadn't seen any of the game up to
now, and I thought how crafty Jim had been to play his pawn to a5 so that
Jonathan could not unravel his pawns with ...c5. You can imagine how surprised
I was when I attended the post-mortem and I asked how Jonathan had managed to
unravel them. "By c6-c5, of course" came the reply. But what about b4-b5 then,
I said, which creates a passed a-pawn and wins at once.} c5 $4 39. bxc5 $4 (39.
b5 $1 Kd7 (39... axb5 40. a6) (39... bxa5 40. bxa6 {and in both cases the
a-pawn promotes.}) 40. bxa6 Kc8 41. axb6 cxb6 42. e5 Kb8 43. Kf3 Ka7 44. Ke4
Kxa6 45. Kf5 $18 b5 46. Ke6 Bd8 47. Kd7 {and there is no way to prevent the
e-pawn from queening.}) (39. Kf2 b5 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. bxc5+ (41. Kd3 c4+ 42. Ke2
Bf6 43. Kf2 c5) 41... Kxc5 42. Kd3 c6 43. Be1 Kd6 44. Bf2 c5 45. c4 b4 46. Bg1
Bf6 47. Kc2 Bd4 48. Bxd4 cxd4 49. Kc1 {draws} ({not} 49. Kd3 b3 50. Kd2 Kc5 51.
e5 Kb4 52. e6 b2 53. Kc2 Ka3 54. e7 d3+ $19)) 39... bxa5 $1 {Now it is Black
who owns a winnng a-pawn.} 40. c4 a4 41. Kf3 a3 {and Black won} 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore S"]
[Black "Payne C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. d4 f5 7. e4 $6 fxe4 8.
Bxe4 Bd7 ({Black avoids} 8... Nf6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 {but Black need not
recapture (when his pawns are rather weak in the endgame) but can play with
advantage} Qe7 $1 11. Qe2 dxe5 {which keeps queens on and the unopposed black
bishop can exploit the light squares on both sides of the board.}) 9. Ne2 Nf6
10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bg2 Qg6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. f4 Bg4 $5 {Exchanging on
d4 was safe. This prepares a blunder.} 15. fxe5 Bxe2 $2 ({Better is} 15... Qh6
$1 16. Qd3 (16. exd6 {loses a piece to} Qe3+) 16... dxe5 {and there is not a
lot in it.}) ({On the other hand} 15... Qg5 {is less precise bause White can
reply} 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. Qc1 $1 {when the black queen is unprotected so the
bishop cannot capture on e2. E.g.} Qxc1+ 18. Nxc1 dxe5 19. Rb1 exd4 20. Rxb7
Nd8 21. Rxc7 dxc3 22. Rxa7 {and White may be able to exploit his extra pawn in
this complex endgame.}) 16. Qxe2 Qe7 17. e6 Rae8 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rf1 Rxf1+
20. Qxf1 Nd8 (20... Qxe6 $4 {loses the queen to} 21. Bd5) 21. Qf5 ({It was
best to keep the far advanced passed pawn protected with} 21. d5 {He thinks
better of it later.}) 21... g6 22. Qg4 Kg7 (22... Nxe6 23. Bxb7 Ng5 {is not
great for Black, but at least he is rid of that pesky passed pawn.}) 23. d5 b6
24. Qd4+ Kg8 (24... Qf6 $4 {loses at once to} 25. e7) 25. Bf3 Nb7 26. Qf4 Kg7
27. h4 Nc5 28. h5 Nd3 29. Qd4+ Ne5 {White has been rather slow, and getting
the knight to this square has given Black some chances of saving the game.} 30.
h6+ $2 {A bluff?} Kg8 $2 ({After} 30... Kxh6 {White cannot strengthen his
position. Now the pawn at h6 can be exploited tactically by White.}) 31. Qf4
Nd3 32. Qe4 Nc5 33. Qe3 Kf8 34. Bd1 Kg8 35. Bc2 {This gives White the
opportunity later to give up the bishop on g6 in order to force the h-pawn
home.} Kf8 36. Qf4+ Kg8 37. g4 $1 {White has made real progress.} Nb7 ({He
would like to stop the g-pawn's progress, but} 37... g5 38. Qf5 {is decisive
because White will simply sacrifice on h7 and then queen his e-pawn.}) 38. g5
Nc5 39. Qf6 Qxf6 40. gxf6 Nb7 41. Bxg6 $1 (41. Bxg6 {After} hxg6 {White has
too many passed pawns. E.g.} 42. e7 Kf7 43. h7 {and one of them promotes. A
nice ending by Steve.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Frean D"]
[Black "Hudson J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 $5 {The Albin Counter-Gambit, which Alexander Morozevich
turned into a reasonably respectable weapon.} 3. dxe5 d4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6
$5 ({Black should be able to regain the pawn with a good position after
something like} 5... Nge7 6. Nbd2 Ng6 7. Bg3 Bc5 8. a3 a5 9. Nb3 Qe7 10. Nxc5
Qxc5 {but instead Black decides to play it as a true gambit.}) 6. exf6 Qxf6 $6
{Now it's a two pawn gambit, which is more than Black can justify.} (6... Nxf6
{gives Black compensation. E.g.} 7. Nbd2 Nh5 $5 8. Bg5 (8. Bg3 Bf5 {is OK for
Black}) 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g3 Nb4 {threatening mate on d3} 11. Bg2 d3
12. Kf1 dxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bd3+ 16. Kd1 O-O-O {and
Black's activity easily compensates for the pawn}) 7. Bxc7 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Qf7 9.
Be5 Bf5 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Rd8 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxc4 $4 {In his hurry
to regain one of the three pawns, Black loses a piece.} 14. Qe3+ Kf7 15. Nxf5
Qb5 16. Nd4 Qxb2 17. Qb3+ Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Nf6 19. e3 Rd6 20. Bc4+ Ke7 21. Nd4 Rb6
22. O-O Ne4 23. Rfd1 Rf8 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bd5 Ra6 26. a4 Rc8 27. e4 Rb6 28. Rab1
Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rc7 30. Nb5 Rc2 31. Nxd6 Kxd6 32. Rxb7 Ke5 33. Rxg7 Kf4 34. Rg4+
Ke3 35. h3 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Scott G"]
[Black "Turner C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. a4 a6 7. Bd3 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O (9... b6 {Avoids White's next move.}) 10. a5 $1 b5 $5 {Black
decides to break free before it's too late, but White is able to pile up on
the weak a-pawn.} 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Qe2 Ne8 {Maybe Black thinks that White
cannot capture the a-pawn, but he can.} (12... Qc7 {Is better, because} 13.
Bxa6 $2 {is then a mistake owing to} c4 $1 {when White loses material.}) 13.
Bxa6 Nc7 {The bishop is pinned to the unprotected rook on a1, so White
protects the rook with gain of time:} 14. Bg5 $1 f6 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Bh4 {
White is a clear pawn ahead, so Black needs to look for counterplay.} Qd7 17.
Nd2 Rfb8 18. b3 h5 19. f3 g5 20. Bf2 f5 {Here goes, but Black's play leaves
several weaknesses in its wake, and White's counter-punch is decisive.} 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. exf5 $1 Qxf5 (22... Ncxd5 {allows} 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qc4 Qf7 25.
Ne4 $1 {hitting d6 and g5.}) 23. Nde4 $1 Bf8 24. b4 $1 {One blow after another.
} Kg7 25. Rd1 {White chooses a slow route to victory, but Black's position is
going to collapse anyway.} (25. bxc5 {wins more material at once:} dxc5 (25...
Nbxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. cxd6) 26. Ng3 Qf7 27. Qxe5+) 25... Nd7 26. bxc5 dxc5
27. Be3 Ra3 28. Bc1 Ra1 29. Bxg5 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Ne8 31. Qd2 Kh7 32. Qd3 $1 Kh8
33. Qa6 Qf7 34. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collinson B"]
[Black "Moore Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 {A rare excursion into the sharp Sicilian for Gerald, but he needed
to win this game to have a chance of winning the Norfolk Championship for the
first time.} 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 {Ben is always solid, so Gerald's invitation to a
sharp fight appears to have fallen on stony ground.} Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6.
O-O Nge7 7. Re1 e5 8. Be3 d6 9. c3 O-O 10. Na3 h6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13.
Nc2 Qb6 {Gerald gets his sharp fight, and he is doing well. White's centre and
queenside are under pressure. So Ben strikes back.} 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. b4 $1 {
What's happening here?!} Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rfd8 17. Qc1 Nd4 (17... Bxa1 18. Bxc5
Qc7 19. Qxa1 {gives White compensation for the exchange as Black's kingside
dark squares lack protection.}) 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxh6 d3 $5 (19... Rac8 20.
Qf4 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 d3 {gives Black a far-advanced passed pawn as compensation
for the pawn.}) 20. Bxg7 d2 $5 ({Similarly, Black is doing well for the pawn
after} 20... Kxg7 21. Qb2+ Qd4 22. Qxd4+ Rxd4 23. Rad1 Rad8) 21. Qb2 {Now
Black will have an extra exchange, but White will have two pawns and the two
bishops. Black's justification is that he can get his knight to a strong
central position.} dxe1=R+ 22. Rxe1 Nc6 23. Bc3 Nd4 24. Bg2 (24. Bg4 {prevents
Black's next.}) 24... Rac8 25. a4 Rc4 26. Re3 Ne6 {Black is being pushed back.}
27. Bf1 Rcc8 28. a5 Qc6 29. b5 {This allows Black to re-establish control over
d4.} Qc5 (29... Qd6) 30. Bh3 (30. Bf6 $1 Rd1 31. Rc3 Qf8 32. Qc2 Rxc3 33. Qxd1
{keeps White in charge}) 30... Nd4 $4 {But Black should not occupy d4 yet!} (
30... Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Qc4 $1 32. Be1 {puts the dangerous bishop out of play for
now.} (32. Bxe6 Qf1+ 33. Kf3 fxe6 {puts the white king in danger})) (30... Qc4
{is simpler and the back rank threats encourage a draw by repetition:} 31. Qb1
(31. Kg2 Rd3) 31... Qa4 32. Qb2 ({not} 32. Be1 $4 Rd1 33. Qb2 Rcc1 34. Kf1 Qc4+
35. Re2 Rxe1+) 32... Qc4) 31. Bxc8 {A tragedy for Gerald but (up until the
blunder) a fascinating game, well-played by both players.} (31. Bxc8 Qxc8 (
31... Rxc8 32. Bxd4) 32. Bxd4 {leaves White a piece ahead}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dawson J"]
[Black "LeMoir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 {These exchanges don't get White very far, but they don't get
Black very far either!} Qd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nxd4 $1 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Be3 Qc6
(13... d5 {at once is good, and keeps more pieces on the board.}) 14. Bg5 $1
Rae8 15. O-O h6 16. Bh4 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 {is good for Black, who can keep his
pawn back on d6 and advance his queenside pawns.}) 16... d5 17. Bxf6 (17. e5
Nd7 18. Bxe7 {is level.}) 17... Bxf6 18. e5 Bd8 {With bishop against knight,
the position very slightly favours Black. Nonetheless, I offered a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Turner T"]
[Black "Hughes M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. c3 {This looks like
Terry's own recipe. This is a well-known line, and White has tried several
moves in this position, but of 107 games in my database reaching it, no-one
has played 6.c3...! It has to be admitted that it seems strange to block the
bishop's diagonal.} (6. Be2 {is by far the most popular and successful option
for White.}) (6. c3 -- {Presumably the intention is to play} 7. b4 {in order
to send the knight back whence it came. Suffice it to say that the computer
doesn't like it!}) 6... c6 7. Be2 b5 8. b4 {Snap!} Nb7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. d3 ({In
positions like this, both sides should be looking to play their pawns to
queen's rook 4 (descriptive notation can be so useful sometimes) and White is
the first to have the opportunity. Both players ignore it for several moves.} 
10. a4) 10... Bc7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. e4 d5 {If we ignore the two queen's knights,
the position almost looks sensible at last.} 13. Nd2 Nd6 {Black is the first
to make use of his oddly-placed knight. The pressure on e4 is irksome for
White.} 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. O-O a5 {At last, and it's still pretty good.} 16. Qe2 (
16. a3 {is better, so that White can recapture on b4 with the a-pawn...}) 16...
Qe7 (16... axb4 {would clarify the position to Black's slight advantage.} 17.
cxb4 {is best, but Black picks up two small advantages in the backward white
a-pawn and White's slight weakness on d4.} (17. Nxb4 {is also playable, of
course, but an eventual ...c5 will drive back the white pieces.})) 17. a3 a4 {
Keeping the tension would retain more future possibilities for Black, but this
move takes the b3 square away from the knight at d2.} 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. c4 $5 {
as far as White is concerned, the bishop on b2 has been sleeping for too long!
His alternative was to wait for Black to do something.} bxc4 20. dxc4 d4 (20...
dxe4 21. Bxe4 {would be double-edged. Black might be able to use his central
pawn majority, or his e5 pawn might become vulnerable. You pays your money and
you takes your choice!}) 21. c5 ({White had the possibility here of} 21. Nxd4
$5 exd4 22. e5 {and now:} d3 (22... Qf8 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. exd6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1
Qxd6 26. g3 Ne5 {is unclear as Black can secure the two bishops which might
become powerful later [on the other hand, they might not!]}) 23. Qd1 Nd7 24.
exd6 Qxd6 25. g3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 {leads to a very unbalanced position because
the white pieces seem well-placed but who knows whether that d-pawn could
become a monster?}) 21... Nb5 {This looks good for Black to me, and he soon
drums up attacking chances.} 22. Qd3 Nd7 23. Be2 Nf8 24. Rac1 Ne6 25. g3 Qg5
26. h4 Qg6 27. Kh2 Bc8 {Black's attacking propects are promising, but he needs
more pieces to come to the party. The blocked-in bishop prepares to join in.}
28. Rg1 Qh6 $1 {Excellent play.} (28... Qh6 {Black threatens} 29. -- g5 {and
also gets his queen out of the way so that he can play his next move without
losing a tempo because his queen is attacked.}) 29. Nf3 f5 $3 30. exf5 {
Previously, this would have attacked the black queen.} Nf4 $5 {There was
another way to continue the attack which was more promising but far more
difficult to analyse.} (30... e4 $1 {hits the queen and opens the bishop's
line from c7. White seems to have three main choices:} 31. Qxe4 {is best} (31.
Qc4 {is met by} exf3 32. Bxf3 Kh8 $1 33. fxe6 Bxe6 34. Qd3 Qxh4+ {[the h4 pawn
is pinned because the bishop's line from c7 is open]} 35. Kg2 Qh3#) (31. Qd2 {
offers the exchange of queens, which Black decines in exciting fashion with}
Bf4 $1 32. gxf4 exf3 33. fxe6 Qxh4#) 31... Nf4 $1 32. Bc4+ Kf8 $1 ({not} 32...
Kh8 $2 {when} 33. Ng5 $1 Rxe4 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. Nf7 {wins material
}) 33. Be6 {(un-trapping the queen)} Nxe6 34. fxe6 Rxe6 {and Black has a huge
attack for his pawn. E.g.} 35. Qd3 Rf6 $1 36. Nce1 ({or} 36. Rge1 Bg4 37. Ne5
Rxf2+) 36... Bf5 37. Qd1 Bg4 38. Kg2 Qh5 39. Rf1 Kg8 40. Qd3 Bf5 41. Qd1 Be4 {
and} 42. -- Rdf8 {will win the knight.}) 31. Qc4+ $2 ({This is one of those
sacrifices which must be accepted. White should be able to survive:} 31. gxf4
Qxf4+ 32. Kh1 e4 33. Qd2 $1 {, to exchange queens, is best:} (33. Qc4+ {is
complicated:} Rd5 $1 34. Rg3 (34. Nfxd4 Qh2#) 34... exf3 35. Bxf3 Re4 $1 36.
Bxe4 (36. Kg1 Bxf5 37. Ne1 Qxh4 {is similar}) 36... Qxe4+ 37. Rg2 Bxf5 38. Kg1
Bh3 39. Ne1 Qxh4 {will be a pawn up with a winning attack for Black}) 33...
exf3 34. Qxf4 Bxf4 35. Bc4+ Kf8 $1 ({not} 35... Kh8 36. Rcd1 {and the d4 pawn
will drop with problems for Black on the long diagonal to g7; e.g.} Bxf5 37.
Bxb5 Bxc2 38. Bxc6 Re6 39. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 40. Bxd4 Bg6 41. Bxf3 {with two extra
pawns}) 36. Rcd1 Bxf5 37. Bxb5 Bxc2 38. Bxc6 Re6 $1 39. Bxf3 Bxd1 40. Bxd1 $1 {
and White probably has enough for the exchange as his queenside pawns are
dangerous.}) 31... Nd5 {Now the f6 pawn will drop and Black will have material
equality and a very strong attack.} 32. Rce1 {Here the rook blocks the retreat
of the knight on c2.} (32. Nce1 Bxf5 33. Ng2 {meets the threat of ...e4
followed by ...Qxh4+, but Black clearly has a dminant position.}) 32... Bxf5
33. Bc1 {This only pushes the queen where it wants to go, but I think the end
is nigh anyway.} Qg6 34. h5 {Desperately deflecting the black queen.} ({If one
knight retreats with} 34. Na1 {then} d3 35. Bd1 e4 36. Nd2 (36. Ng5 Nbc3 37.
Rg2 Nxd1 38. Rxd1 h6 39. Nh3 Qg4 {forks rook and knight}) 36... Nbc3 {leaves
White in a comical Steinitzian back-rank huddle, just waiting for Black to
finish him off.}) 34... Qxh5+ 35. Kg2 $4 (35. Nh4 Bg4 36. Bxg4 Qxg4 {is
horrible, with Black threatening any combination of ...e4 and ...g5 leaving
the knight in a pickle and White unable to muster a reasonable defence.}) 35...
Qh3# {A terrific game by Mervyn.} 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Payne C"]
[Black "McAvoy J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Bg5 (6. dxc5) 6... Qb6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qd2 Bb4 (8... Nc6 {leads to a very interesting pawn sacrifice:} 9.
O-O-O $5 Bxf2 10. Na4 Qb4 11. Qxf2 Qxa4 12. a3 {and the dark squares are in
White's hands.}) 9. O-O-O Qc5 {This makes it very hard for White to work for
an advantage, because the exchange of queens is more-or-less forced and White
must work to get rid of his doubled pawn.} 10. Be3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3
Nc6 13. Bb5 ({If White defends his e5 pawn with} 13. Bd4 {then} Nb6 {makes
sure that he isn't going to be able to advance his c3 pawn in a hurry.}) 13...
a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 {Now he liquidates his doubled pawn but has had to
surrender one of his bishops and strengthen the black centre in the mean time.
The players soon agree a draw.} O-O 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Kd2 a5 18. Rb1 Ba6 19.
Bd4 Rfc8 20. c3 Rc6 21. Ke3 Rac8 22. Nd2 Nc5 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Geoff"]
[Black "Hughes R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. Be3 Nf6 7. c4 Qf5 8.
Nc3 e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Rc1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Kb8 12. a3 Nc6 $2 13. Qa4 $2 (13. Bd3 {
wins material:} Qd7 14. dxc6 Qxd3 15. Qb3 $1 {(threatenning mate)} b6 16. Rd1 {
and the queen goes.}) 13... Nd4 $1 {A very strong pawn sacrifice. From now on,
Black plays very well and White is unable to get into the game.} 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxd4 Qf4 $1 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Qb4 ({Defending the
bishop on e2 and giving the white queen a path back home with} 19. Nc1 {is met
by} Rhe8 20. Qc2 Ng4 $1 {winning material because} 21. fxg4 Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Bh4+
23. Kg2 Qf2+ 24. Kh3 Re3+ {is mate next move.}) 19... Ba7 (19... Rhe8 $1 {is
very strong. E.g} 20. Rd3 a5 $1 {and now two sample lines:} 21. Qb5 (21. Nxa5
Ng4 22. c5 Bxa5 23. Qxa5 Qc1+ 24. Rd1 Rxe2+ $1 25. Kxe2 Re8+ 26. Kd3 Ne5+ 27.
Ke4 f5+ 28. Kxf5 g6+ 29. Ke4 Qc4+ 30. Ke3 (30. Rd4 Nd3#) 30... Ng4+ 31. Kd2
Re2#) 21... a4 22. Qxa4 Ng4 23. fxg4 Qxf2+ 24. Kd2 Rxe2+ 25. Kc3 Rc2+ 26. Kb4
c5+ 27. Kb5 (27. dxc6 Rxd3) 27... Rd6 28. Rb1 Qe2 29. Nxc5 Qe8+ 30. Kb4 Bxc5+
31. Kxc5 (31. Kb3 Rb6+ 32. Kxc2 Qxa4+) 31... Qxa4 {a queen ahead and mating.})
20. Na5 ({Understandably, White doesn't want to castle into his weakened
kingside unless he has to. E.g.} 20. O-O Rde8 21. Qd2 Qh4 {(threatening a rook
lift via e5 to h5)} 22. Kh1 Bxf2 23. Bd3 Be3 {and Black has levelled material
while weakening the white position still further.}) 20... Bb6 21. Rd3 Rhe8 22.
Nb3 Qe5 (22... a5 $1 {as above}) 23. Nc1 Nh5 24. Rd2 (24. Qc3 {doesn't help
much. E.g.} Qg5 25. c5 Ba7 26. Rd4 Nf4 27. Qc4 Qg2 28. Rf1 g5 29. Re4 f5 30.
Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qa4 Re5 32. Qd4 Qxh2 $1 33. d6 (33. Qxe5 Ng2+ 34. Kd1 Qxe5) 33...
cxd6 34. Qxd6+ Ka8 35. Qd8+ Bb8 36. Qxg5 Rd5 $1 {and the threat of ...Ng2+
forces White to play a piece to d3 which will be captured.}) ({Or} 24. c5 Nf4
25. Rd2 Ba7 26. Qc4 c6 $1 {and one of White's central pawns goes.}) 24... Nf4
25. Qa4 Bd4 (25... Qg5 26. Rf1 Be3 $1 {is a pretty alterantive:} 27. fxe3 Ng2+
28. Kf2 (28. Kd1 Nxe3+ 29. Ke1 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Qxd2) 28... Nxe3 {and there is
nothing White can do about} 29. -- Qg2+ 30. Ke1 Nxf1) 26. Qc2 Qf6 27. h4 Re7
28. Nd3 Ng2+ 29. Kf1 ({Or} 29. Kd1 Bxf2) 29... Nxh4 30. Ne1 Rde8 31. c5 g5 32.
Qc4 Nf5 33. c6 b5 34. Qb4 Bb6 $1 {To free the knight to move.} 35. a4 Nd6 (
35... Nd4 $1 {was even better.}) 36. Nc2 a5 ({Now} 36... Ne4 $1 {would work
against just abut anything that White could have played last move.}) 37. Qb3 (
37. Qc3 {avoids Black's next, but Black still has a winning attack:} Qf4 38.
Bxb5 g4 39. Rxh7 gxf3 40. Bd3 Ne4 41. Bxe4 Qxe4 {threatens both the rook on h7
and mate on e1 (with a queen sacrifice!)}) 37... Ne4 $1 38. Rd3 Nxf2 ({It's
all over anyway, but} 38... Ng3+ $1 39. fxg3 Rxe2 {is quicker}) 39. Qxb5 {The
end must have come as a relief for White!} Nxd3 40. Qxd3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saravanan K"]
[Black "Dempster D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 {Normally, the knight goes to
b5.} Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 {Already, Black can equalise at least.} 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Kh1 (13. f4 {is
better at once.}) 13... f5 $1 14. Rfd1 ({After} 14. f4 e4 {White will have to
exchange his light-squared bishop leaving c4 very weak and Black will have a
protected passed pawn.}) 14... Kh8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Nb3 ({
Retreating before losing a pawn to} 17. -- e4 18. Bb5 f4 19. Bd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4
Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5) 17... b6 (17... e4 {is also good: E.g.} 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Qd2
Ng4 20. g3 (20. Bf4 Qb6 {wins a pawn thanks to White's 13th move}) 20... Nxe3
21. Qxe3 Qe5 22. Nd4 f4 {with a promising attack.}) 18. f3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Be6 20.
c4 Rad8 21. Qe2 Bf6 {Black has built up a very good-looking position with a
strong, mobile, well-supported centre. The problem is: what to do with it?} 22.
Rab1 Nb4 23. Bd2 Nc6 (23... Be7 24. Bc3 Bd6 25. Re1 Nc6 {prevents White's next,
but whether this improves Black's prospects much is open to question.}) 24. Be3
Rde8 25. c5 $1 Nd4 {The knight is not stable here.} (25... Nb4 $5 {is an
interesting alternative, aiming to play the knight to d5.}) 26. Bxd4 ({Better
was} 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Qf2 $1 {E.g.} Rd8 28. f4 Bxb3 29. axb3 e4 30. Bxe4 fxe4
31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Qxc2 34. Re1 Qxb3 35. Qxe4 {with equality.
}) 26... exd4 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Qd2 h6 (28... Be5 29. h3 Bf6 $1 {creates a
useful weakness in White's kingside.}) 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Qf2 Qf4 (30... Rd6 $1 {
followed by doubling rooks is a more effective defence of the d-pawn because}
31. Nxd4 $2 {loses to} Rfd8) 31. Rd3 g5 32. Rbd1 Qe5 33. a4 ({Black's intended
reply to} 33. Nxd4 {was} Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Qxb5) 33... Bxb3 34. cxb3 Qc5 35. Qd2 {
Now that we have opposite colour bishops and White has no more weaknesses than
Black, we can say that the game is level.} Rf7 36. Rc1 Qe5 37. Re1 Qd6 38. Be8
Re7 39. Bb5 Rc8 40. Rde3 $4 {White becomes too clever and tries to exploit the
pin on the d-file. However, it is wrong on two counts. White finds one of them.
} Rxe3 41. Rxe3 Qf4 ({The other is} 41... dxe3 $1 42. Qxd6 Rc1+ {mating}) 42.
g3 (42. Rd3 {loses to} Qxd2 43. Rxd2 Rc1+ {mating, so White must lose a rook.})
42... Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore S"]
[Black "Orton S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 e5 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nc3 f5 7. Nb5 Nc6 8.
Nxd6+ cxd6 9. d4 Nf6 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bxf3 {would avoid White's trick, but
it's arguable that White doesn't improve his position by it.}) 11. Nxe5 $5 {
Winning a pawn.} Bxe2 12. Nxc6 bxc6 ({After} 12... Bxd1 $5 13. Nxd8 Bxc2 14.
Nxb7 Ke7 ({or} 14... Kd7) 15. O-O Bd3 16. Rd1 Be4 17. Na5 Rac8 {Black has
better development and is in control of some important squares. Despite the
pawn minus, he probably stands a little better.}) 13. Qxe2 Ne4 {Even now,
Black has very good compensation, and threatens a both to win the exchange
with ...Ng3 and to check on h4. White therefore plays an excellent exchange
sacrifice.} 14. O-O $1 Ng3 15. Qc4 {draw offered} Nxf1 16. Qxc6+ Ke7 $2 {
Forgetting that pieces don't have to be recaptured at once. White plays a
strong intermezzo, threatening to win Black's queen.} (16... Kf8 17. Qf3 ({or} 
17. Kxf1) 17... g6 18. Qxf1 $13 {is unclear. With two pawns for the exchange,
it is probably roughly balanced.}) 17. e4 $1 h6 18. exf5 $1 (18. Kxf1 Rc8 19.
Qd5 Rxc2 {is a little better for Black.}) 18... Ng3 19. Qf3 {The knight is
trapped, so White will regain material.} Nxf5 20. Qxf5 Rf8 $2 {Disastrous.} ({
After} 20... Qd7 21. Qg6 {Black must jump through a few hoops to survive the
immediate problems.} Rae8 $1 {leads to an interesting endgame after} (21...
Rhg8 {is met by} 22. Bg5+ $1 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ $1 Kf8 24. Rf1+ {forcing} Qf7 (
24... Ke8 $2 25. Qd5)) (21... Rag8 22. Bf4 $1 -- {threatens} 23. Re1+ Kd8 24.
Re6) 22. Qxg7+ Kd8 23. Bxh6 Qxg7 24. Bxg7 Rhg8 25. Bf6+ Kd7 {in which White
has no less than four pawns for the exchange, but the black rooks are active
and may well be able to create sufficient of a nuisance to avoid the loss.})
21. Bg5+ $1 (21. Bg5+ {Now} Rf6 {is hopeless:} (21... hxg5 22. Re1#) 22. Re1+
$1 Kf8 (22... Kf7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Re3 $1 -- {intending} 26. Rg3
-- {and} 27. Rg8#) 23. Bxf6 gxf6 {also loses material, this time to} (23...
Qxf6 {loses material to} 24. Qd5 Rd8 (24... Qd8 25. Rf1+ Ke7 26. Qf7#) 25. Rf1)
24. Qg6 -- {intending} 25. Re6) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Frean D"]
[Black "Hall A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. g4 f5
9. gxf5 gxf5 10. f3 {Rather passive.} ({Most games at this point have gone} 10.
exf5 Bxf5 11. Nge2 Qh4 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Qg4 Qxg4 14. hxg4 {and Black cannot
keep control of e4 in view of} Nf6 $6 15. Bh3 $1 {followed by} -- 16. g5 {and,
to make matters worse, the bishop will get to e6.}) 10... fxe4 11. fxe4 Qh4+
12. Kd2 Nf6 13. Kd3 $2 (13. Bg2 Na6 14. Qe1 Qxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Nh5 16. Nge2 Nf4 {
leaves everything to play for. Now, however, Black is able to exchange the
better white bishop.}) 13... Ng4 $1 {The h3 pawn is pinned.} 14. Nf3 Nf2+ 15.
Bxf2 (15. Kd2 Qg3 {leaves Black attacking queen, rook and knight, so something
has to give.}) 15... Qxf2 16. Be2 $2 (16. Nd2 {followed by} -- 17. Kc2 {gives
White a playable game.}) 16... Na6 $1 (16... Na6 {Black threatens} 17. -- Nb4+
18. Kd2 Bh6+ {with mate next move. White meets that threat, but there is also
another threat...}) 17. a3 Rxf3+ $1 18. Kc2 {However, all this clearly took a
long time on Black's clock, because after.. .} ({After} 18. Bxf3 {it's mate:}
Nc5#) 18... Rxh3 19. Rf1 Qh2 20. Qe1 Bg4 21. Rf2 Qg3 22. Rd1 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rf8
24. Rg2 Qf3 25. Rdg1 Rf7 26. Qd2 {...Black agreed a draw to avoid losing on
time!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burrows J"]
[Black "Tebble G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nd2 d5 3. Ngf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 {Rather radical. There is no kingside
threat yet.} 12. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 (12... Bxc6 {loses the e6 pawn.}) 13. dxc5 Bc7 ({
Things are already going wrong for Black. After} 13... Bxc5 {White wins a pawn
with} 14. Ne5 Be8 (14... Bc8 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxc6) 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bg5 Rd5
$2 {loses the exchange to} (16... Rc8 17. Nd3 Bb6 18. Be7 $1 (18. Rxe6 {is
also OK}) 18... Rf7 19. Rxe6) 17. c4 Rd4 18. Be3) 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16.
Rxe5 h6 17. Bc1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Bc8 19. f4 Qg6 20. Be3 Rd5 21. Bd4 Rfd8 22. b4 a6
23. Rd1 Qf7 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Be5 {The players head for an ending, but it's
not clear that White can win it since the bishops are on opposite colours.}
Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd7 27. Qd6 Kf7 28. Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 Qxd6 {Black should hold firm.
The ending is not easy to win if White is the one who exchanges queens, but
with a white pawn on d6 it's a different matter.} ({Here is attempt to win if
Black holds firm:} 29... Kg6 30. c4 Kf7 31. a4 Kg6 32. g3 Kf7 33. Kd4 Kg6 $1 ({
after} 33... Ke8 34. Bf6 $1 gxf4 35. gxf4 h5 36. Ke5 Kf7 {White can exchange
queens because his king will penetrate:} 37. Qxd7+ Bxd7 38. Bg5 Ke8 39. Kd6 {
and it's already Zugswang}) 34. a5 Kf7 (34... Kh5 $6 35. h3 Qb7 36. Qf8 $1 Qd7+
37. Ke3 g4 38. hxg4+ fxg4 (38... Kxg4 39. Qxh6) 39. b5 Bb7 40. Bd6 Qh7 41. Qe8+
Qg6 42. Qe7 {wins the bishop due to the threat of mate.}) 35. b5 $1 cxb5 36. c6
$1 Qxd6+ 37. Bxd6 bxc4 38. Kxc4 {and the white king will penetrate to b6 and
c7.}) 30. cxd6 Ke8 31. Kd4 Bd7 32. Kc5 Kd8 33. fxg5 (33. Kb6 {is simplest.})
33... hxg5 34. Bf6+ Kc8 35. Bxg5 e5 36. Bf6 e4 37. Bg5 Kb7 38. h4 Be8 39. h5 $1
e3 (39... Bxh5 40. d7 {promotes.}) 40. h6 (40. Bh4 $1 e2 41. d7 $1 Bxd7 42. h6
{promotes the h-pawn}) 40... e2 41. Bh4 Bg6 42. Kd4 Kc8 43. Ke5 f4 44. Kf6 Bd3
45. Ke7 Bf5 46. h7 $1 (46. h7 Bxh7 47. d7+ {promotes}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hall D"]
[Black "Barnes R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Bf4 {A typically quiet and slow reaction by Dave to
Black's bold but weakening opening.} Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. c4 Na6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. a3 Nc7 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rd1 b5 {Black has a perfectly
reasonable game, but White gradually improves his position.} 13. g3 Rb8 14. Kf1
bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. h5 gxh5 $6 {Creating weaknesses in his own
position.} ({He could play the crafty} 17... Nc7 18. hxg6 hxg6 {and if} 19. b3
{then} Nb5 $1 {with some queenside pressure.}) 18. Rxh5 Be8 19. Rh1 Bxb2 $5 {
White's quiet approach has paid off because Black has finally lost patience.
Black was still fine, but now he unbalances the position (and the material) in
White's favour.} 20. Qxb2 Nd4 $6 ({The best way to play it is} 20... Nbc3 $1
21. Qa1 Nxd1 22. Qxd1 Qa5 {which is unclear.}) 21. Qxb8 Qxb8 22. exd4 {Two
pieces and a rook for queen and pawn is slightly in White's favour...} cxd4 $2
{...but keeping the initiative is crucial.} ({After} 22... Bb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5
24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Be3 Qc2 26. Rd4 Rb8 {White has to unravel before he can
exploit his material advantage. The move played loses control over the b5
square and allows White to organise his pieces effectively.}) 23. Nfxd4 Bg6 24.
Kg2 Qb2 25. Bc1 Qb6 26. Nf4 Rc8 27. Be3 $4 {An oversight?} Rxc4 {draw offered}
28. Nc6 Qc7 29. Ne6 Qd7 30. Rb1 Rxc6 $6 (30... Nf6 31. Rb8+ Ne8 {is safe and
sound.}) 31. dxc6 Qxc6 32. Rb8+ Be8 33. Rc1 Nc3+ $4 ({Time pressure? After} 
33... Nc5+ 34. Kh2 Qd7 35. Nxc5 dxc5 36. Rxc5 Kg7 {Black is still in the game.}
) 34. Kh2 {The knight on c3 will be lost.} (34. Kh2 Qc4 (34... Qd7 35. Rxc3
Qxe6 36. Rxe8+ {wins for White}) 35. Ng5 Kf8 36. Rb4 Qc6 37. Rb3) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Championship R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blowers G"]
[Black "Hudson J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Nf6 {Transposing into the Petrosian
Variation of the Queen's Indian defence.} 5. Nc3 c5 (5... d5 {is overwhelmngly
more popular...}) 6. e3 ({...because the position after} 6. d5 {has proved
difficult for Black to play.}) 6... d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 (8. Bb5+ Bc6) 8...
Qxd5 9. Bb5+ Nd7 $2 ({both} 9... Nc6) ({and} 9... Bc6 {are fine.}) 10. Ne5 Bc8
$2 ({Black is bound to lose some material, so he should bite the bullet and
play for complications with} 10... Qxg2 $5 11. Rf1 (11. Bxd7+ Ke7 $1 12. Rf1
Ba6 13. Nd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Kxd7 15. dxc5+ Qd5 {is probably level!}) 11... Rd8
12. Qa4 (12. Bxd7+ Rxd7 13. Nxd7 Ba6 {is better for Black}) ({and} 12. Nxd7 a6
13. Nxc5+ axb5 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 {is OK for him}) 12... Qd5 13. Nxd7 Rxd7 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 {leaves Black with some compensation for the exchange}) 11. Bc6 {This
fork wins a rook.} Qd6 12. Bxa8 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Be7 15. Bc6+ Kd8
16. Kc2 Kc7 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. a4 a5 20. b3 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bb2
e5 23. Rd2 Bd6 24. Bd5 f5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Rg8 27. Rad1 1-0

