[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Okhai S"]
[Black "Hunt A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "LeMoir"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Ng3 ({On my
database, 26 games have gone} 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. exf7+ Rxf7
18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Ng3 {and White has scored well
from this position.}) 14... a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 b3 $1 17. cxb3 (17. Nf5 {is
much rarer, but has scored well. After} bxc2+ 18. Kxc2 d5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.
exd5 Bf5+ 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. d6 Qe6 25. Rhe1 {Black
seems to have good compensation for his pawn.}) 17... axb3 18. a3 (18. Nxb3 {
allows} Rxa2 $1 19. Kxa2 Qa8+ 20. Kb1 Bxb3 {regaining the exchange (if Black
wants it) and the white king is badly exposed.} {E.g.} 21. Bd3 (21. Re1 Qa2+
22. Kc1 Qa1#) 21... Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Qa1+ 23. Bb1 g6 (23... d5 $2 24. Nf5) 24. Qc3
(24. Rde1 d5 $1 25. Qc3 Ba2 26. Qc2 Nd6 $19 27. -- Rc8) 24... Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Ng7
26. Ne2 Ne6 27. h4 Rb8 28. Qa3 Rc8+ 29. Kd2 Qxa3 30. bxa3 Ra8 {and Black
emerges a pawn ahead.}) 18... Nc7 19. Nf5 d5 20. Nxe7+ {Otherwise ...Bxa3 is a
constant possibility.} Qxe7 21. h4 (21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bd3) 21... f5 (21... d4
22. Bf2 f5 {is also good.}) 22. gxf6 ({Black's pieces now get into the attack
easily. An alternative was} 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qc3 Rfc8 24. Bc4 {in order to
bring about some exchanges, although Black is still well-placed. E.g.} Kh8 25.
Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qd2 N7b6 27. Bxb6 Nxb6 28. Qd6 Qb7 29. Rd3 Nc4 30. Qd7 Qb8 31.
Qxf5 Qc7 $1 32. Rxb3 (32. Qd7 Nxa3+ $1 33. bxa3 Qc2+ 34. Ka1 Rxa3+ {mating})
32... Nd2+ 33. Ka2 Nxb3 34. Nxb3 {and White may be able to hold on.}) 22...
Nxf6 23. Bg5 (23. Nd3 {puts more pressure on the black position. E.g.} dxe4 $2
24. Bc5 {winning the exchange.}) 23... Rfd8 24. Qg2 Kh8 25. h5 h6 26. Bh4 Bg8
27. Bd3 Ne6 28. Qg6 {From humble beginnings, this knight now has a very bright
future. f4 and d4 beckon.} Rf8 29. exd5 Nf4 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Qe4 Nxd5 32. Qe1
(32. Ne2 {is safer}) 32... Rxf3 {Now White's position falls apart.} 33. Rf1
Rxf1 34. Bxf1 Nf4 35. Qc3 Bh7+ $1 36. Bd3 (36. Ka1 Rxa3+ $1 {leads to a quick
mate.}) 36... Nxd3 37. Nxd3 Rd8 {The pin is deadly.} 38. Qxb3 Qd6 39. Kc2 e4
40. Ne5 (40. Nf2 e3+ 41. Nd3 e2 {forces the win of the knight.}) 40... Qxd1+
0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merry A"]
[Black "Lunn S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. f4 b6 (4... c5 {is more combative. Black can
play a later ...d5-d4 to challenge the white setup.}) 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Rg1 $5 {
Only played once in my database! But it is totally thematic. The advancing
g-pawn will help to soften up the black position.} Ne4 {A pre-emptive strike.
The knight gets out of the way of the white g-pawn and temps White into
slightly weakening his centre (e.g. the e3 square).} 7. d3 Nd6 8. Qe2 c5 9.
Nbd2 Nc6 10. g4 f6 {Otherwise developing the f8 bishop would be a problem, but
this gives White a target for his g-pawn to hit.} (10... Nb4 $1 {would have
been a bold attempt to punish White's play:} 11. O-O-O $6 (11. Kd1 Qc7 12. a3
Nc6 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Kc2 {is the sensible approach}) (11. Nb1 d4 $1 12. e4 (12.
exd4 $2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxc2+) 12... Be7 {definitely looks good for Black}) 11...
Nxa2+ 12. Kb1 {doesn't seem to give White much compensation for his pawn.}) 11.
O-O-O Qc7 12. h4 O-O-O {The position may look odd, but just look at the
position in a mirror and you will se that it is a standard English Opening
with ...e5 and ...f5 for Black and with White advancing on the queenside!} 13.
h5 Qf7 14. Kb1 Rg8 15. g5 Be7 16. gxf6 (16. Bh3 {was better first, as Black
cannot reply} Kb8 {in view of} 17. g6 {knocking the queen away from the
defence of the e6 pawn.}) 16... gxf6 17. Bh3 Kb8 18. c4 {The premature
releasing of the tension has made it hard for White to make progress.} Ne8 19.
Rxg8 Qxg8 20. Rg1 Qf7 21. Ne1 f5 {Black has arranged things so that the open
long diagonal doesn't cause him problems. However, he must be careful to watch
out for the white knights exploiting the g5 and e5 squares which have been
weakened by this move.} 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. h6 Bf8 {All is well, and White must
even watch his h6 pawn.} 24. Qg3 Ne7 (24... Bxh6 $2 {allows} 25. Qh4 Qh5 (25...
Bg7 $2 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27. Bxf6 {and White wins a piece}) 26. Qxh5 Nxh5 27. cxd5
exd5 28. Bxf5 {when White threatens to win material with both Bxh7 and Rh1.}) (
{Black had a hidden resource} 24... Qh5 $5 25. Bxf6 (25. Ndf3 $1 {prevents the
queen's intrusion}) 25... Qd1+ 26. Kb2 Qxd2+ {and suddenly the white king is
in trouble}) ({The simplest way for Black to avoid trouble on the lonng
diagonal is to block it with} 24... d4 $5 {when he would be at least equal.})
25. Qh4 (25. Nef3 {at once seems even better.}) 25... Nfg8 (25... d4 {again,
but Black is tempted by winning the h6 pawn.}) 26. Nef3 Kc8 27. Ne5 ({The
white knights could make a real nuisance of themselves with} 27. Ng5 $1 Qg6 28.
Ndf3 $1 Nxh6 29. Ne5 Qg8 30. Ngf3 $1 Ng6 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Ne5 {and White
regains his pawn and breaks through on the kingside.}) 27... Qe8 28. Ndf3 Nxh6
29. Qf6 {The invasion of the queen, as the time control approaches, is a
frightening prospect, but Black is tactically aware and defends very well.}
Neg8 30. Qh8 dxc4 31. bxc4 Qh5 32. Bg2 Bd6 33. Rh1 Qe8 34. Qxh7 Ng4 $5 (34...
Bxe5 $1 {is counter-intuitive, as it exchanges his good bishop, but the
tactical justification is} 35. Nxe5 $5 (35. Bxe5 Rd7 36. Qh8 $6 (36. Rxh6 $1
Rxh7 37. Rxh7 Qd8 38. Rc7+ Qxc7 39. Bxc7 Kxc7 {is level}) 36... Ng4 $1 {starts
the counterattack:} {E.g.} 37. Rh7 Rxh7 38. Qxh7 Ne7 39. Ne1 Bxg2 40. Nxg2 Qd7
41. Kb2 Nf2 42. d4 cxd4 43. exd4 Nd3+ 44. Kb3 Nxe5 45. fxe5 b5 $1 {and the
exposed king gives White problems.}) 35... Bxg2 36. Rg1 Qh5 $1 (36... Bb7 $2
37. Rg7 $1) 37. Qxa7 (37. Rxg2 $4 Qh1+) 37... Rd6 38. e4 Qe2 {and the game is
likely to end in perpetual check for one side or the other.}) 35. Nf7 ({He
should give his queen access to the e4 square at the same time as giving Black
an isloated g-pawn with} 35. Nxg4 fxg4 {and after} 36. Ne1 Bxg2 (36... Rd7 37.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 38. Qe4+ Kb8 39. Rh4) 37. Nxg2 Ne7 38. Qe4 {when he has some
pressure.}) 35... Rd7 36. Nxd6+ (36. N3g5 Bxg2 37. Qg6 $1 {is a crafty
manoeuvre, threatening to win the bllack queen by a discovered attack. With
best play, it should result in an ending after} Rxf7 (37... Kb8 38. Rh8) 38.
Nxf7 Kc7 39. Rh8 Bf1 40. Qxg8 Qxg8 41. Rxg8 Bxd3+ 42. Kc1 Bxc4 {where the
Black has enough for the exchange.}) 36... Rxd6 {Now Black seems to be a bit
better, since he can defend and White's king may become the more exposed.} 37.
Qg7 Rd7 38. Qg5 Qd8 $2 {Missing a win.} ({After} 38... Rxd3 $1 39. Rh8 Rd1+ 40.
Kc2 (40. Bc1 Be4+ 41. Kb2 Rd8 {threatening} 42. -- Qa4) {Black may have missed
the quick mate} 40... Qa4+ 41. Kc3 Qb4+ 42. Kc2 Nxe3#) 39. Rh8 Qxg5 40. fxg5
Rd8 41. Nh4 Bxg2 42. Nxg2 Ne7 43. Rh7 Rd7 44. e4 Nf2 45. Nf4 $2 {Rapidplay
finishes don't produce the best chess.} (45. Bf6 {May be winning:} Nc6 46. g6
Rxd3 47. g7 Rg3 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. g8=Q Rxg8 50. Rxg8 Nxe4 {although the three
pans give considerable compensation for the rook.}) 45... fxe4 {I don't know
whether the game was agreed drawn here, but it was drawn eventually} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peck S"]
[Black "Spence D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd3 f5 $5 8.
exf6 Rxf6 9. Bg5 Nd7 $5 {The exchange is going anyway, so Black acts as if
nothing has happened.} (9... Rf8 $2 10. Qh4 {is a deady double attack on h7
and e7.}) (9... Rf7 {doesn't save it, owing to} 10. Ne5) ({It is dangerous for
Black to play} 9... e5 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxe5 {
when the black king is exposed.}) ({A more active way to give up material is} 
9... Rxf3 10. Qxf3 cxd4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 dxc3 13. bxa5 Nbc6 {with some
compensation}) 10. Qh4 h6 (10... Rf7 $4 {loses the queen to} 11. Qxh7+ Kf8 12.
Qh8+ Ng8 13. Bxd8) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc5 14. Rfe1 a6 15. a3
Bd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. h3 Bd7 18. Nd4 $6 {The probelm for White s that his king
is stuck out on the kingside, not properly co-ordinating with his other pieces.
Meanwhile, Black has a nice centre and can build up peacefully behind it.} ({
White needss to disturb that centre, and the way to do iit is to play c2-c4.
Therefore the first move should be} 18. Ne2 {E.g.} e5 (18... b5 $1 {prevents
the disruption, although Whiite can force some exchanges with} 19. Ned4 e5 20.
Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bf5 Re8 22. c3 {and again it is hard for White to do anything
active.}) 19. c4 e4 20. cxd5 exf3 21. dxc6 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 fxg2+ ({not} 22... fxe2
23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. cxd7 Bd6 26. Qg4 Rd8 27. Be6 {winning}) 23. Kxg2
Bxc6+ 24. f3 {and although White now has weaknesses, the black centre has been
broken up and the queen now has a future. Besides, he is still a whole
exchange ahead.}) 18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qh4 {Back again.} Be6 21. Rd2 $2 (
{Unsurprisingly, White is stuck for a plan and so awaits events. This defends
the c2 pawn in case White wants, or needs, to move his knight from c3.  But he
needs to make something happen. E.g.} 21. Bg6 {which helps by blocking the
advance of the g7 pawn.} e4 22. Ne2 $5 Qxc2 23. Nf4 (23. Nd4 Qc8 24. Rc1 Qd7
25. f3 {is more straigtforward; White probably retains a slight edge.}) 23...
Qc8 (23... Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Rf8 (24... Qxb2 25. Qd6 Bf7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rb1 Qd2
28. Rxb7+ {and the black king is in trouble}) 25. Qd6 Qc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1
Bd7 28. b4 {and by giving up a pawn, White has created some targets}) 24. Kh1
Qd7 25. f3 Bf7 26. fxe4 Bxg6 27. Nxg6 dxe4 28. Ne5 {and White has some play,
and still has a small material advantage.}) 21... e4 22. Bf1 $2 (22. Bxe4 dxe4
23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 {is necessary, but it would admit that White has no
winning chances at all.}) 22... Kh7 $2 {Threatening to win the white queen
with 23...g5, but missing a strong defence for White.} ({He could grab the
advantage with} 22... Bh2+ $1 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Rde2 (24. Red1 Kh7 25. Ne2 g5 26.
Nxf4 gxh4 27. Nxe6 Qb6 {and White does not have enough for his material deficit
}) 24... Kh7 {threatens the unavoidable} 25. -- g5 {winning the queen.}) 23.
Nxd5 $5 {Clever, but he had even better.} ({He could turn the tables by
returning the exchange with} 23. Rxd5 $1 Bf4 {repeating the threat} (23... Bxd5
24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxe4+ Kh8 26. Qxd5 {with two extra pawns and his king is safe
}) (23... g5 $4 {loses to} 24. Rxg5 {because the h-pawn is pinned}) 24. Rc5 $1
Qxc5 (24... Qd6 25. Nxe4) (24... Qb8 25. Nxe4) 25. Qxf4 {breaks the attack and
White has a useful extra pawn}) 23... Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bf4 (24... Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Bf4
26. Rc5 Qxc5 27. Qxf4 Qxc2 {is level}) (24... Nxd5 25. Qxe4+ {is again two
pawns extra for White}) 25. Red1 $1 g5 26. Qg4 Nxg4 27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Rxc7 Bh2+
29. Kh1 Nxf2+ 30. Kxh2 Nxd1 31. Rxb7 Ne3 32. Rb6+ {Beginning to drive the king
where it wants to go.} (32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Bxa6 Rd2 34. g4 Nxc2 {and watching the
passed e-pawn will prevent White from exploiting his extra pawn. A draw is
likely.}) 32... Kf5 $1 33. Bxa6 Rd8 $1 34. Rb5+ Kf4 35. g3+ $2 {Now the king
becomes a powerful attacking piece.} ({White can draw with} 35. Rb7 Rd2 36.
Rf7+ Ke5 37. Re7+) 35... Kf3 36. h4 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Nf1+ (38... Ng4+
{is one move quicker}) 39. Kg1 Nxg3+ 40. Kh2 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Graham"]
[Black "Lunn T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Nc6 12. Nd5 g5 $2 {Disastrous. Graham
Moore is not going to turn down an invitation like this.} 13. Rxf6 $5 (13. Bb6
$1 {is even better}) 13... Bxf6 $2 ({Much better is} 13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Bxf6
15. dxc6 bxc6 {but White's two active pieces are better than Black's rook and
pawn, especially given Black's weakened king.}) 14. Bb6 {If the queen moves
away now, it leaves the bishop on f6 to be captured.} Bxb2 15. Bxd8 Bxa1 16.
Qxa1 Rfxd8 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Na5 $1 {A lovely idea. The knight that was ready
to block the long diagonal by jumping to e5 is attacked and White wins
shedloads of material.} Ne5 (18... Nxa5 19. Ne8+ Kg8 20. Qg7#) 19. Nxb7 (19.
Nxb7 {The rook on d8 is attacked, but so is the pawn on d6 which defends the
e5 kknight which is the lynchpin of the black position.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davison C"]
[Black "Anderson J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Nb6 8. a4
a5 9. Be2 Be6 10. Qc2 Nc6 {Black is very comfortable.} 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qd1 Qc8
13. Ng5 Rd8 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Bf3 c6 ({He could be a lot more adventurous with
} 15... c5 16. Nb5 (16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bf3 cxd4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20.
Bxe2 Be5 {and the white queenside is rather weak}) 16... Qd7 17. Qe2 cxd4 18.
exd4 Rac8 {with good chances on the queenside.}) 16. Qe2 {Probably trying to
deter an invasion on c4, and taking the queen off the d-file where it faced
the black rook.} (16. Ne4 {aiming at the weak c5 square, was a good
alternative.}) 16... Qc4 $5 {Nonetheless, Black comes in.} 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. b3
({was less weakening.} 18. Be2) 18... Nb6 ({Good, and with a powerful
follow-up in mind. He could also try} 18... Ne5 $1 {with the idea} 19. dxe5 (
19. Be2) 19... Bxe5 20. Bb2 Nd3 {regaining the piece and meanwhile the white
queenside is very weak.}) 19. Rb1 e5 $1 20. dxe5 Nd3 (20... Bxe5 21. Ne4 N6d5 {
exposes White weaknesses even more efectively.}) 21. Ne4 Nxe5 22. Be2 Nd5 23.
Bb2 {The danger is over for now, and White has two bishops as compensation for
his queenside weakness.} Nb4 24. Bd4 Nd7 25. Rfd1 Nf8 26. Bxg7 (26. Nf6+ Kh8
27. Ba1 {ties Black down. Now the game heads for a draw.}) 26... Kxg7 27. Nd6
Rd7 28. Nc4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Kf6 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. h4 Ke7 32. Nc4 b6 33. Bf3 Nd7
34. h5 Nc5 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Ne5 Rc8 37. Nc4 Rb8 38. Ne5 Rc8 39. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pullinger S"]
[Black "Moore Geoff"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 $5 {Probably the most popular move
here nowadays. Black plans to castle then play ...Re8, drop the bishop back to
f8 and only then decide what to do with his d-pawn. Meanwhile, White can make
very little mischief.} 5. Na3 Na5 {To exchange off the knight if it comes to
c4, and meanwhile embarrass the white bishop on b5.} ({There are lots of ideas
here for Black, including the simple} 5... a6) ({and the far more complex} 5...
e4) 6. Be2 a6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 Bf8 {Job done.
The white knight on c2 is not very well placed, so he finds work for it.} 12.
d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 d6 15. Ng3 (15. g4 $2 {loses to} Nfxg4 $1 16. Bxg4
Nd3+ {so the knight must retreat.}) 15... Ned7 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Ng3
Qe7 19. Nf5 {White decides that he has nothing in this position, and so goes
for a repetition.} Qd8 20. Ng3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gregory S"]
[Black "Dawson J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. c3 Be6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bf1 Qd7 13. b4 Na4 14. Qe3 Bf6
15. Bb5 Nb6 16. a4 a6 17. Be2 Nc8 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. b5 {After a quiet start,
White begins to make real progress on the queenside.} axb5 20. axb5 Na5 (20...
N6e7 {is less risky. Eventually a pawn drops on this square.}) 21. Bb4 b6 22.
Bxa5 bxa5 23. c4 Nd6 24. Ra4 c6 25. b6 c5 26. Rea1 Qc6 $5 (26... Nb7 {was
perfectly safe.}) 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Nb7 $2 ({Black can regain the pawn
with} 28... Rc8 29. Nb3 ({or} 29. Qb3 Rb8) 29... Qxb6 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Qxc5
Qxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Nxc4 {and after} 34. Nd7 Nd6 {it's a dead draw.})
29. Rb5 Bh3 30. Rb1 Ra8 31. Bf1 Bg4 32. h3 Be6 33. Kh2 h6 34. Bg2 Ra6 35. Qb3
Bc8 36. Nf1 $5 {Exploiting the extra pawn is very tricky, so White sets a trap.
} Qxe4 $2 {Falling in.} 37. Qb5 Ra8 $4 ({He can minimise his disadvantage with
} 37... Nd6 38. N1d2 $1 (38. Qxc5 $4 Qxb1) 38... Qf5 (38... Nxb5 39. Nxe4 Na3
40. b7 $18) 39. Qxc5 Qe6 40. Qb4 {but the connected passed pawns are very
strong}) 38. Qe8+ {White wins the queen and then mates.} (38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Ng5+
hxg5 40. Bxe4+) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Myall I"]
[Black "Ilett R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 ({We now see why} 5. Nf3 {is
played more often}) 5... e5 $1 6. dxe5 {Black gets very good play for the pawn.
} Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 (7. Nxd1 {is more often played, and probably better. The white
king gets rather bashed about here.}) 7... Nc6 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Nf3 ({Defending
the pawn with} 9. b3 {gives Black a strong attack after} O-O-O+ 10. Ke1 Nd4 11.
Rc1 Ba3 12. Rd1 Bb4 13. Rd3 Bf5 14. Rg3 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Rhe8 {and it's nearly over
}) 9... Nxc4 10. Kc1 h6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ned2 Nb6 15.
a3 Nd5 16. Bg3 g5 17. Re1 g4 18. Nh2 h5 19. Nhf1 Bf8 {h6 is a very inviting
square.} 20. Bc4 Bh6 21. Ne3 Nd4 {Black's attack should be deadly.} 22. b4 Nxe3
23. Bxe6+ fxe6 24. fxe3 Nf5 25. Bf4 Nxh4 {A material advantage and White's
position is still full of weaknesses. It's now just a matter of time.} 26. g3
Ng2 27. Re2 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Rdg8 29. Kc2 h4 30. Rh1 Bf8 31. Rg2 h3 32. Rgh2 Be7
33. Ne4 g3 34. Nxg3 Rxg3 35. Kd3 a5 36. Rb2 Rd8+ 37. Ke4 axb4 38. axb4 b5 39.
Rbh2 Rh8 40. Ra2 Kb7 41. Rb2 Kb6 42. Rhh2 c5 43. bxc5+ Bxc5 44. Rbe2 Ra8 45.
Kd3 Ra3+ 46. Kc2 Rg2 47. Kb2 Rxh2 48. Rxh2 Rxe3 49. f5 Bd4+ 50. Ka2 Bxe5 51.
Rf2 exf5 52. Rxf5 h2 53. Rf1 Re2+ 54. Kb3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Demspter D"]
[Black "Wallis I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Ne7 $5 {Inviting White to weaken the black pawns.} (9...
O-O-O 10. O-O-O Bc5 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. f3 Nd7 {should be fine for Black,
although he should avoid a pawn ending!}) 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Bd3 (12.
Na4 Bd6 13. Bc3 Be5 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. Nc5 O-O-O 16. Nxe6 fxe6 {should be
slightly better for White.}) 12... Rg8 13. g3 Bg4 14. O-O Bf3 (14... Ng6 {
threatens a kingside attack.}) 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Rfe1 (16. Nb1 {threatens} -- 17.
Nd2 {to evict the bishop from f3.}) 16... h5 (16... Ng6 {again.}) 17. Be2 {
It's even worth getting rid of the bishop by exchanging White's own bishop.
Every exchange will favour White with his better pawns.} Bxe2 18. Rxe2 O-O-O
19. f4 h4 20. Rg2 Rg4 21. Ne2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rdg8 {This looks like pressure for
Black, but it is illusory. White can defend easily and soon put pressure back
on Black.} 23. Kf2 Rh8 24. Kf3 Rg6 25. b4 Ng8 26. c4 a6 27. c5 Be7 28. Nd4 Rh3
29. Nf5 Bd8 30. Bd4 $2 ({White can win a piece with} 30. Rd1 Be7 (30... Nh6 31.
Rgd2) 31. Rgd2 Kb8 32. Rd7 Nh6 33. Bf2) 30... Nh6 31. Re1 (31. Nxh6 Rgxh6 32.
Rd2) 31... Nxf5 32. exf5 Rg8 33. Bf2 Rgh8 {Draw offered.} 34. Rgg1 {Rightly
refusing the draw. White has an effective kingside majority and he can advance
it. Black tries to confuse the issue by tempting White to open up the
queenside.} R3h5 35. g4 Rh3+ 36. Bg3 b6 37. Rg2 Rh1 38. Rge2 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Kd7
40. Rd1+ Kc8 41. Bf2 Rh3+ 42. Bg3 Be7 43. Kg2 Rh8 44. Bf2 Bd8 (44... Kb7 45.
Rd7 {is hopeless for Black.}) 45. Rh1 Re8 ({The bishop ending is won for White.
E.g.} 45... Rxh1 46. Kxh1 Kd7 47. Kg2 Ke7 48. Kf3 Kf8 49. Be3 Kg7 50. Kg3 Kh7
51. Kh4 Kg7 52. g5 Kh7 53. Kg4 Kg8 54. Bd4 Kg7 (54... fxg5 55. fxg5 Kh7 56. Kf4
Kg8 57. f6 Kh7 58. Kf5 Kg8 59. g6 fxg6+ 60. Kxg6 $18) 55. Kh5 b5 56. Bxf6+ Bxf6
57. gxf6+ Kxf6 58. Kh6 $1 Kxf5 59. Kg7 Kxf4 60. Kxf7 Ke4 61. Ke6 Kd4 62. Kd7
$18) 46. Kf3 Kb7 {Now it is soon over.} (46... Kd7 47. Rh7 Rf8 48. Be3 Ke8 49.
Bd4 Kd7 50. Rh6 $18) 47. Rh7 Re7 48. g5 Re8 49. g6 fxg6 50. fxg6 f5 51. Rf7 Rg8
52. g7 Kc8 53. Bd4 bxc5 54. bxc5 Be7 55. Rxe7 Kd8 56. Bf6 Rxg7 57. Rxg7+ {A
very clean victory by Dave Dempster.} 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wells JC"]
[Black "Rita J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Na6 10. h3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qd3 {The first new move, according to
my database.} (12. Nd2 {is more usual, with the possible continuation} b6 13.
Nc4 Ba6 14. Qb3) 12... b6 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Nc4 {The difference to the above
variation is that the knight on c4 is now pinned against the queen.} Nd7 15. f4
Qf6 16. e3 h5 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Qc2 {Stepping out of the pin.} ({
Understandably, White shies away from grabbing the pawn with} 19. Nexd6 $5 {
because of} Nf6 $1 {exploiting the pin on the c4 knight:} {However, White can
play} 20. Qb3 $1 (20. Ne4 {loses a piece to} Ncxd5 21. Nxf6+ (21. -- Nxf4)
21... Nxf6 22. Qe2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bxc4) 20... Rxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. e4 {with
a very interesting position in which his centre pawns are very threatening,
and probably compensate for the very slight material disadvantage of rook and
pawn versus two knights.}) 19... Ne8 20. Ra3 Ndf6 21. Ng5 Nh7 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23.
e4 Nc7 24. Kh2 h4 $5 {Black continues to probe the white position. This move
is fine, but he eventually forgets that this pawn is vulnerable.} 25. g4 Bxc4
26. Qxc4 b5 27. Qc2 {Draw offered} bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nb5 29. Qf2 Nd4 30. g5 (30. b4
$1 {undermines the black knight. E.g.} Nb3 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rc4 {and White
threatens both} -- 33. e5 ({and} 33. g5)) 30... Rh8 (30... Kg8 {indirectly
defends the h4 pawn because} 31. Qxh4 {is met by} Ne2 $1 {and the b2 pawn will
drop.}) 31. Kh1 Rb3 32. Ra3 Rhb8 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Nb3 35. Be3 {It's hard
to assess who is ahead here. The black h4 pawn is a goner, but Black's pieces
are lively and the b2 pawn is vunerable.} Na5 $6 {The knight was covering the
c5 pawn which is now under-defended, a fact which White now exploits.} (35...
Kg8 {is sensible, because the queen cannot take the h4 pawn without losing the
b2 pawn.}) 36. e5 $1 Nc4 ({After} 36... dxe5 37. Bxc5 {the white bishops come
into their own} ({and} 37. f5 $1 {is even better:} gxf5 38. Qxf5+ Kg8 39. d6
Qe6 40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. d7 Rd8 42. Bxc5 Bf8 43. Bxa7 {and White's advantage is
decisive as Bb6 cannot be prevented})) 37. exd6 Qxd6 $2 {losing the c5 pawn
for nothing.} ({After} 37... Nxd6 $1 {Black can still fight. E.g.} 38. b3 (38.
Bxc5 Rxb2 {is level}) 38... c4 {is not so good because the position opens for
the bishops after} (38... Bd4 $1 {is a clever defence, because after} 39. Bxd4
cxd4 40. Qxd4 (40. Rxd4 Rxb3) 40... Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qb1 {the knight is far better
than the bishop, so Black has enough compensation for the pawn.}) 39. bxc4 Nxc4
40. d6 Nxd6 41. Bc5 Rd8 42. Qxh4+ Kg8 43. Qf2 {although Black should still be
able to defend.}) 38. Bxc5 Qa6 39. b4 Ne5 40. Rd1 Nd3 $2 (40... Nd7 41. d6 {is
horrible for Black, but this loses a piece.}) 41. Qxh4+ Kg8 42. Bf1 Qa4 43.
Rxd3 Qc2 44. Qf2 Qc1 45. d6 a5 46. d7 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saravanan K"]
[Black "Hughes M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 $6 (8. Bc4 {gambits a pawn, but is probably better. After} Qb6 $1 9. Bb3
Nxe4 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nc5 ({keeping the pawn with} 11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5
13. Bc4 Ne6 14. Be3 {is certainly playable, but White has good compensation in
his unopposed dark-squared bishop}) 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8
15. O-O Rcd8 {it's probably level.}) 8... d5 $1 {Normally in the Dragon
Yugoslav Variation, Black has played ...d6 and only then ...d5. Then it can
gambit a pawn; here it does not, and Black takes over the initiative. In my
youth, I played a form of the Accelerated Dragon (which this opening is) and
several of my opponents allowed this move. Needless to say, my results were
very good!} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 (10. O-O-O {pinnng the d5 pawn, is probably
better. White tries to avoid castling into a queenside attack, and takes the
brisk of leaving it in the centre.}) 10... Nd7 11. f4 e6 {setting up a strong
centre.} (11... Qa5 {is a good alternative. Black can soon break open the
centre with ...f6.}) 12. Be2 c5 {Already, the pawns are threatening. White's
response is to try to prove that they are vulnerable.} 13. Bf3 $2 Ba6 $6 (13...
Rb8 $1 {takes the rook off the long diagonal and so threatens both} 14. -- d4 (
{and} 14... Rxb2)) 14. Na4 $2 Qc7 $2 ({Both players miss} 14... Nxe5 $1 15.
fxe5 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qxa4 {with an extra pawn and a huge advantage to Black.}) 15.
Qc3 Rac8 16. Qa3 Bc4 17. b3 Nxe5 $5 {Too impatient.} (17... Bb5 $15 {retains a
small advantage, as White cannoot castle kingside and so is vulnerable to
blows like this.}) 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Kf2 $1 {Protecting the e3 bishop and the
a1 rook. However, Black still has some compensation for the piece in the
strength of his central pawns.} Bb5 20. Rae1 Qf5 21. Qc1 c4 22. g4 Qf6 23. Bg5
Qd4+ 24. Be3 cxb3 $6 {Insisting on tactics, but they are Karthik's forte.} (
24... Qf6 25. Kg2 ({or} 25. Bg5 Qd4+ {with a repetition}) 25... cxb3 26. axb3
Qe7 {is still fine for Black}) 25. Bxd4 Rxc2+ 26. Kg3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxd4 28.
axb3 {Black is now a rook down, and the three pawns are not enough
compensation.} Rb8 29. Rhd1 $2 ({Both} 29. Rhe1) ({and} 29. Nc5 {prevent
Black's idea}) 29... Be5+ 30. Kg2 Bxa4 31. bxa4 Rb2+ 32. Kf1 {If White had
played his rook to e1, then he could block this check with Re2.} Rxh2 (32...
Ra2 {setting up a passed a-pawn, gives Black very good drawing chances.}) 33.
Re1 Bd4 (33... Bf4 $1 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Ra8 Rh3 36. Bg2 Ra3 37. Rxa7 Kf6 $1 {
still makes it hard for White to progress, because his second rook cannot
comfortably leave the first rank. E.g.} 38. Rb1 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Rbb7 Ra1+
41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kxf4 $4 e5#) 34. Re2 $1 {Now Black will not be
able to avoid the exchange of rooks, and White should win easily.} Rh4 35. Kg2
e5 $2 {Time trouble, probably. This loses the d5 pawn, making the win far
easier for White.} 36. Rh1 (36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Kxh1 e4 38. Bg2 Kg7 39. Rd2 e3 40.
Rc2 $1 {and the d5 pawn goes next.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hunt A"]
[Black "Dempster D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 {Compare Saravanan-M.Hughes
from the first round (the previous game on this database).} ({There, Karthik
played} 5. Nc3 {and fell iinto a popular little opening trap allowing an early
...d5.  The move played is far more successful, but many players don't like
Maroczy Bind type positions and prefer the more open and tactical positions
that occur when White doesn't move his c-pawn.  Adam Hunt is very happy to
pplay such positions, and thsi game shows just how powerful the Maroczy Bind
can be.}) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 ({This is played far less often than} 7.
Be2 {but is more successful. White avoids exchanges and builds up slowly.})
7... Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 ({The most popluar move, although} 9... Be6 {
runs it close. The purpose of the text move, and the plan which Black now
follows, is to establish squares for the black knights.}) 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bf1
a5 12. Bg5 Ne6 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Ndb5 b6 16. Qd2 Na7 17. Bh6 Nxb5 18.
cxb5 Be6 {This is all fine and dandy. Bkack has a fully acceptabe position.
But what is he meant to do with it? White has more potential to improve his
position, especially with a view to attacking on the kingside.} 19. Rad1 Qc8
20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f4 f6 22. Re3 Qd8 23. Qe1 Bg4 $6 24. Rd2 e5 $2 ({This leads
to trouble. Black should be patient and go straight back with} 24... Be6) 25.
f5 $1 {White grabs his opportunity to strike and soon establishes a winning
position.} g5 (25... gxf5 {loses to} 26. Qh4 {and the stranded bishop will
soon be lost.}) 26. h4 h6 27. Be2 $1 {The perfect follow-up. Black will be
hammered on the light squares. Now Black will be unable to prevent the white
queen from getting to h5, and the d5 squre will belong to the white knight.}
Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Kh7 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. Nd5 Ra7 32. Rh3 Qf8 33. Qg4 $1
({There is no point in giving Black counterplay with} 33. Nxb6 Nxe4 {Now the
b-pawn is truly under threat and White is ready for the decisive regrouping.})
33... Nd7 34. Rc3 $1 {This switch to the queenside is decisive.} Nf6 35. Nxf6+
Qxf6 36. Rc6 Rd8 37. Qd1 Qf7 38. Rdxd6 Rxd6 39. Qxd6 Qg7 40. Rxb6 Rd7 41. Qe6
g4 42. Rd6 Rc7 43. Rd1 g3 44. f6 Qg5 45. Rd7+ Rxd7 46. Qxd7+ Kg6 47. Qg7+ {An
impressive game by Hunt.} 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spence D"]
[Black "Saravanan K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
Bf5 9. O-O e6 10. a4 $5 {New?} (10. Nc3 {is normal.}) 10... Qc7 $5 {The queen
is vulnerable to a hit by a knight here.} ({Accepting the challenge looks
dangerous but could be OK:} 10... dxe5 {Then after} 11. a5 Nd5 (11... e4 12.
axb6 exf3 13. d5 $1 exd5 (13... fxg2 14. Re1 {is very dangerous for Black}) 14.
Qxf3 {and now Black can lay for sterile equality with} Be6 15. bxa7 Bc5 16. Be3
Bxa7 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Rxa7 Nxa7 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe7) 12. a6
b5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 {and White has a potentially useful space advantage.}
) ({The solid alternative is} 10... a5 11. Nc3 ({or he can accept an isolated
d-pawn position with the more dynamic} 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nc3) 11... d5) 11. a5
Nd7 12. a6 ({Consistent, but} 12. exd6 $1 Bxd6 13. Nc3 {is better. E.g.} a6 14.
d5 {and White is already on the attack.}) 12... b6 $2 {losing time and
creating weaknesses in Black's queenside.} ({Black must be careful after} 12...
dxe5 13. Nc3 ({or} 13. d5 {at once}) 13... bxa6 14. d5) ({is again solid.} 
12... d5) 13. Nc3 dxe5 ({Now} 13... d5 14. Nb5 {gives Black problems on the
c-file.}) 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. d5 $1 {White is already winning.} Nc5 {Black tries
to combine his way out of trouble...} ({After} 15... exd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 (16...
Qf6 $2 17. Nc7+) 17. Qxc6 Rc8 ({not} 17... Bxb3 18. Nc7+) {White can choose
between the spectacular} 18. Qxc8 $1 ({and the more sedate} 18. Qe4 Bxb3 19.
Nxe5 Nf6 20. Qe3 Be6 21. Nxa7 {when he is also winning}) 18... Qxc8 19. Nxa7
Qd8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nb5 {and the passed a-pawn is deadly.}) 16. dxc6 Bd3 17.
c7 Qd7 18. Nxe5 Qxb5 19. Qf3 {...but this double attack (a8 and f7) finishes
him off.} Ke7 20. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilett R"]
[Black "Moore Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Rd1 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 {An obviously equal position has been reached, but the
position contains a lot of hidden poison.} Bd7 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. Rc1
Qb6 20. Bc3 Bb4 21. h3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 f5 $5 23. Bb1 (23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. a5 Qc7
25. Nd4 Rd6 26. Qc5 Qd7 27. Qe5 {is very slightly better for White, but he
wants more.}) 23... Nb4 $6 ({So does Black! Otherwise he might have sought an
exchange of queens with} 23... Qb4) 24. b3 (24. Qb3 $1 Nd5 (24... Kh8 25. Rd1 {
and the pins are awkward}) 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Ba2 $1 Rc8 (26... Nxa4 $6 27. Ne5
$1 Kf8 (27... Bc8 $4 28. Rxc8 {wins a piece for White}) 28. Rc7 Be8 29. Bxe6
Nxb2 30. Rxb7 {and Black is under pressure}) 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. a5 Nd5 29. Bxd5
exd5 {is a good knight versus bad bishop endgame for White.}) 24... Qd6 25. Ne5
Bc6 26. Nc4 Qc5 27. a5 $6 {The pawn is exposed here. Now the game turns
against White.} (27. Qe1 $11) 27... Bd5 28. Qe5 Nc6 29. Qc7 Qe7 {A safe way to
keep the advantage.} ({The unlikely} 29... Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Qe5 $1 31. Qxe5 (31.
Qxb7 Rd1#) 31... Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Nxe5 {leaves the white bishop in trouble:} 33.
Rc8+ (33. Bc2 Nxc4 34. Bxd1 Nxa5 {and the loose a-pawn has given Black a
winning endgame}) 33... Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Bc2 Rd2 36. b4 (36. Kg3 $2 Nc6 37.
Bb1 Rb2 {wins the bishop}) 36... Rxf2 {and Black can attack the white king
with good winning chances. E.g.} 37. Ba4 Ra2 38. Bd1 Rd2 39. Ba4 Nf3+ 40. Kh1
Nh4 41. Rxb7 Nxg2 42. Rb6 Nxe3 43. Rxa6 f4 44. Bc6 g5 45. Bf3 (45. b5 h5 46. b6
Rd1+ 47. Kh2 g4 $19) 45... Rb2 46. Rb6 Nc4 47. Rb5 Ne5 48. Be4 Ra2 49. Rb8 h5
50. Rh8 f3 $1 51. b5 (51. Bxf3 Kg7 $1) 51... g4 52. hxg4 Kg5 53. gxh5 Kf4 54.
Bb7 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ng4+ 56. Kh3 Rh1#) 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. Bd3 Bxc4 33.
bxc4 Ne5 (33... Nxa5 {also wins, but exchanging rooks cuts out accidents.}) 34.
Be2 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 {The a5 pawn cannot be defended.} Kf7 36. c5 Nc6 37. f4 Nxa5
$19 38. Kf2 e5 39. g4 Ke6 40. Bf3 exf4 41. exf4 Nc6 42. Ke3 a5 43. Kd3 g5 44.
fxg5 Ne5+ 45. Kc3 Nxf3 46. gxh6 Ng5 47. gxf5+ Kxf5 48. Kc4 Ke5 49. Kb5 Kd5 50.
h4 Nh7 51. Kxa5 Kxc5 52. Ka4 Kc4 53. Ka3 b5 54. Kb2 Kb4 55. h5 Nf6 56. Kc2 Ka3
57. Kb1 Kb3 58. h7 {and Black won} 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Gerald"]
[Black "Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. dxc6
Bxc6 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. e3 a5 17. Rac1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {The position looks fine for
White, since Black has felt it necessary to accept an isolated d-pawn. But the
white position has its own weaknesses, and Black soon exploits them very
effectively.} a4 19. b4 Rec8 20. Rc3 Qe6 21. Rfc1 Rc6 22. a3 (22. Rxc6 bxc6 23.
f3 Rc8 24. e4 d5 {is equal, but White still hopes to make something of the
position.}) 22... Rac8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qd5+ 25. Kg1 bxc6 26. Qc2 c5 27.
Bb2 (27. Bc3 Qc4 28. Qb2 d5 29. b5 d4 30. exd4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxa3 32. Qxa3 Qxd4
33. b6 Qxb6 34. Qxa4 {draw!}) 27... cxb4 28. axb4 (28. Qxa4 {looks to be a
clear draw.}) 28... Qb5 29. Bc3 h5 30. Qb2 d5 {At last the black bishop gets a
look in.} 31. h4 {Always an awkward decision - to weaken the pawn structure by
blocking the black h-pawn (Whiyte has all five pawns on the same colour squres
as his bishop) or to let it advance with the usual dangers for the white king.}
f6 32. Kg2 Qc4 {Black's advantage has assumed serious proportions.} (32... Qc4
{If now} 33. Qa3 {then} Qb3 $1 34. Qc1 (34. Qxb3 axb3 35. Kf3 Bxb4 $1 {and
Black is winning}) 34... a3 35. Bd4 Qxb4 36. Qc7 Qd6 {and Black should
consolidate his pawn advantage.}) 33. b5 $2 {Losing the pawn one move earlier.}
a3 (33... a3 34. Qa1 Qxb5 {and White has no counterplay at all.}) 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderson J"]
[Black "Wells JC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 e5
{Black avoids a white pawn getting to e5, but leaves the d5 square without
pawn protection.} 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Na3 a6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nc4 Rad8
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 $1 {A fascinating pawn offer whose
purpose is the occupy d5 at once. Black accepted the pawn and simultaneously
offered a draw!} Bxa2 17. Nd5 Qd8 (17... Bxd5 {is bad:} 18. exd5 Nb8 19. d6 Qd8
20. Nxe5 Re8 21. f4 {when material is equal and White is well on top.}) 18. Nd2
Bxd5 $2 {Although it keeps the pawn advantage, this is still bad.} ({Better is
} 18... Bg5 $1 19. Ra1 Bxd2 20. Rxa2 Bg5 21. h4 {with plenty of compensation
for the pawn in the light-square pressure and the occupation of d5.}) 19. exd5
Nb8 20. Ne4 b6 21. Qf3 {The passed d-pawn is a monster, and White can use his
bishop and knight to play tactical tricks on the kingside.} Re8 22. Bh3 $1 Be7
23. d6 Bf8 24. Bf1 ({White can strike at once with} 24. d7 Re7 25. Ng5 $1 (25.
Ng5 -- {intending} 26. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 27. Be6) 25... Nxd7 26. Qd5 {and White
wins a piece.}) 24... Qd7 25. h4 (25. Ng5 $1 h6 (25... -- 26. Bc4) 26. Bh3 Qa7
27. d7 {again wins at once.}) 25... Rd8 26. Kh2 h6 {White has not made the
most of his chances, but still his pressure persists. Black can do little
constructive while White improves his position.} 27. g4 (27. Bc4 {is better
first.}) 27... Qe6 28. g5 Bxd6 (28... hxg5 29. hxg5 Bxd6 30. Bh3 Qe7 31. Bf5 {
leaves Black helpless:} g6 32. Qh3 $1 gxf5 33. Nf6+ {mates soon}) 29. Bh3 Qe7
30. Rg1 $6 {unnecessary prevarication.} (30. gxh6 gxh6 (30... g6 31. h5) 31.
Rg1+ Kf8 (31... Kh7 32. Qg4) 32. Qh5 {and the attack breaks through.}) 30...
hxg5 ({Better} 30... g6 31. gxh6 Qxh4 32. h7+ Kg7 33. h8=Q+ Kxh8 34. Qxf7 Qf4+
35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Rxg6 Bc7 37. Bf5 {and White is still attacking in the
endgame.}) 31. hxg5 g6 (31... Nd7 {allows} 32. Bxd7 $1 Rxd7 33. Qh3 $1 ({not} 
33. Nf6+ $4 Qxf6 34. gxf6 e4+) 33... Rd8 34. Nf6+ $1 {winning the queen}) (
31... Bc7 {is best, taking the bishop out of danger. Then White continues his
attack with} 32. Qh5 Rd6 33. Rh1 (33. Bf5 g6 34. Nf6+ Rxf6 35. gxf6 Qxf6 36.
Bxg6 e4+ 37. Kh3 Qf3+ 38. Qxf3 exf3 {is a winning endgame for White}) 33... g6
34. Qh4 Qd8 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qg7 $1 Nc6 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 39. Bg4 $1 {
and the white rook can choose d1, h7 or h8 to make a decisive breakthrough})
32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rh1 Rh8 34. Qf6+ $1 {Simply winning the bishop.} (34. Qf6+ Qxf6
35. gxf6+ Kg8 36. Nxd6) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Geoff"]
[Black "Merry A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 {The problem with this way of playing the opening is similar to
that of allowing the Maroczy Bind in the Sicilian Dragon. Here it is White who
finds it hard to formulate a plan against steady play by his opponent, and
Black who just builds up slowly and waits for the chance to strike.} d5 3. Nd2
e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 b6 10. Nh4 Bf8
11. Nf1 a5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. a4 (14. Nef5 {seems the logical
continuation.}) 14... Qc7 15. b3 g6 16. Bb2 d4 {Black exchanges the g2 bishop,
grabs a space advantage and weakens the c3 square for White. He feels that the
sight weakness of his queenside light squares can be tolerated.} 17. Nc4 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Rad8 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. Nfd2 Nb8 21. Nb1 Nc6 22. Nba3 f5 {Black has
refrained from ...Bb4, presumably because he wants b4 for a knight, and the
follow-up ...Bc3 would exchange a white piece that had little future anyway. 
The text move is not played with the immediate intention of advancing further
in the centre, but simply to increase his space advantage and await the chnace
to advance them.} 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Qf3 Ndb4 $5 25. Rac1 $6 {An awkward defence.}
(25. Nxb6 $1 {needed some accurate calculation, but would have given White
equality:} Qb7 (25... Qe7 26. Nc4 e4 (26... Nxc2 27. Qxc6) 27. Qd1) 26. Nc4 e4
(26... Nxc2 27. Rxe5 $1 Nxa1 28. Ncd6 Bxd6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nxd6 $14) 27. Qd1
exd3 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Ncd6 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 dxc2 31. Nxb7 cxd1=Q 32. Rxd1 $11)
25... Bh6 26. Nxb6 ({He decides to give up the exchange for a pawn as after} 
26. Rcd1 Nxc2 27. Re2 N2b4 28. Nxb6 Qe6 29. Nc4 e4 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Qg4 d3 {
the black central pawns are very powerful.}) 26... Qb7 27. Nc4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1
Qg7 29. Ba3 e4 {Here come the pawns.} 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Qg4 e3 $5 {Striking at
once. Again, some clever calculation is needed.} (31... Ne5 {is slower, but
still very scary.}) 32. Nxa5 $2 {Trying to grab moore material for the
exchange, but falling for a tactic.} (32. fxe3 dxe3 33. Nbd6 Ne5 34. Nxe5 (34.
Qf4 {is hit by} Rf8 $1 35. Qxe3 (35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Nxe5 Rxd6 37. Nc4 Rf2+ 38.
Kg1 Rd8 39. Nxe3 Rf3 40. Bxb4 axb4 41. Nf1 Rc8 $19) 35... Nxc4 36. Nxc4 Qb7+
37. Kg1 Rde8 38. Nd6 (38. Qd4 Qf3) (38. Qd2 Qa7+ $19) 38... Rxe3 39. Nxb7 Rxg3+
40. Kh2 Re3 $19) 34... Rxd6 35. Bxb4 axb4 36. Qc4+ Rde6 37. Nd3 Qd7 38. Kg1 (
38. Qxb4 Qc6+ 39. Kh2 e2 40. Re1 Qxc2) 38... Qd6 39. Kh2 Rf8 40. Re1 Kg7 {when
White is material down and under pressure, and} 41. Qxb4 $4 {allows} Rf2+ $1 {
winning}) 32... Qf8 (32... Nxa5 33. Bxb4 {would have been fine for White, but
now the f2 pawn is attacked and the knight at b4 protected.}) (32... Qf7 {is
ewvn better than the text move because the knight has moved from c4 and so nom
longer covers d2. The main line is} 33. fxe3 dxe3 34. Rf1 ({or} 34. Nc4 Qf2+
35. Kh1 e2 $19) 34... Rd2+ 35. Kg1 Qxf1+ $1 36. Kxf1 e2+ $19) 33. fxe3 Nxa5 34.
exd4 {White has four pawns for the rook and the threat of c2-c3 to win the
knight, but it is his king that matters, and Black strikes...} Qh6 $1 {
Instantly decisive.} 35. Nc7 (35. Bxb4 Qxc1) (35. Qf3 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Re3 $19)
35... Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Re2 37. Qf3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lunn S"]
[Black "Pullinger S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. a4 b6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nh4 b5 13. Nf5 Bc5 {The removal
of the bishop from the defence could have serious consequences.} (13... Nc5 $1
14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 $1 (16. Bb3 b4 17. Nb1 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Ba6
$19) 16... cxb5 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qe3 Qd6 20. Qh6 Nxe4 21. Nf4 exf4
22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. Qxf6 Nf5 24. Qg5+ Ng7 25. Qxf4 {is a kind of dynamic
equality.}) 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Rd3 (15. Qf3 $1 {and also provides a good retreat
square for the white knight:} b4 ({intends} 15... -- 16. Qg3 g6 17. Nh6+ Kg7
18. Qh4 Bc8 (18... Be7 19. f4 $1) 19. Rd3 -- 20. Nf5+ gxf5 21. Bxf6+ Nxf6 22.
Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Rg3#) 16. Ne2 {when it is ready to join the attack
via g3}) 15... g6 16. Rg3 (16. Nh6+ Kg7 17. Qf3 {again heading for h4. The
queen cannot get there now.}) 16... Bd4 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. h4 $5 Bxc3 ({For
reasons which will soon become clear,} 18... c5 {was better first}) 19. bxc3 $2
({Just because you opponent takes one of your pieces, it doesn't mean you have
to recapture! White wins with} 19. h5 $3 Nf8 ({he cannot retain the bishop with
} 19... Bd4 20. hxg6 {in view of} hxg6 21. Rxg6+ Kh8 22. Bxf7 Rg8 23. Bxg8 Rxg8
24. Bg7+ Kh7 25. Rh6#) (19... Bxb2 {is the same}) 20. Bg5 $1 N6d7 21. Qf3 $1 {
with a winning attack. E.g.} Kh8 (21... Nc5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qf6#) 22. Bxf7
gxf5 23. Qxf5 h6 24. Bf6+ Nxf6 25. Qxf6+ Kh7 26. Qg7#) 19... c5 $1 {Now the
attack is over as the bishop will be exchanged or shut out of play.} 20. f3 $6
(20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd5 {is better, but after} (21. Qxb5 $2 Ba6 $19) 21... Nxd5
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qxb5 Nf6 24. Qe2 Ne4 {Black has a strong initiative}) 20...
c4 21. Ba2 Nh5 22. Rg5 Nf4 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Rg4 Rad8 25. Qe3 Nxa4 {Black has a
won game, with an extra pawn and the bishop stuck out of play on a2.} 26. Rxf4
(26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rxf4 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Qb6 {ends resistance.}) 26... exf4 27.
Bxf4 Qc5 28. Nd4 {Desperately trying to avoid a queen exchange, but he has to
agree to one anyway, and with a pawn less.} (28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Nd4 {is clearly
going to be a loss for White.}) 28... Nxc3 (28... Qa3 29. Bb1 Nxc3 {is even
better}) 29. Qxc3 Qxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Be3 Rd7 32. Kf2 Red8 33. Ke2 Rc8 {
and Black won (the score sheets no longer make sense!).  An amazing turnaround.
} 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallis I"]
[Black "Davison C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Qd2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Nxd2 10. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Kxd8 12. O-O-O {The game is
equal, of course, but there are still some imbalances to make life interesting.
Black probably thought that, if anything, the chances lay with him since White
has doubled isolated f-pawns, but that also gives White an extra half-open
file to play on.} Ke7 13. Rg1 g6 14. h4 Bd7 15. Be2 h5 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Be4 Bd5
18. b3 $1 Rad8 (18... b5 {stops White's next.}) 19. c4 Bxe4 (19... Bc6 20. Bxc6
bxc6 {gives Black doubled isolated pawns, too, but Black's are easier to get
at after} 21. Rg5) 20. fxe4 {Now it's probably still equal, but White has more
possibilities - and he makes good use of them.} c6 21. Kc2 Rd7 22. Kc3 Rhd8 23.
Rg5 b6 24. b4 Rg8 {Black has no active ideas, whereas White can still probe.}
25. f4 Kf6 26. b5 ({A pity!} 26. a4 {puts all seven of White's pawns on the
4th rank.}) 26... cxb5 27. Rxb5 Rc8 28. Kb4 a5+ $6 {The weakness of Black's
quweenside pawns now becomes a factor.} (28... Rcd8 29. d5 e5 30. fxe5+ Kxe5
31. d6+ Ke6 32. e5 f6 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. exf6 Rxd6 35. Rxh5 gxh5 36. Rxg8 Rd4 37.
Rg7 Rxh4 38. Rxa7 {is a draw.}) 29. Kb3 Rdc7 30. Rc1 Rc6 31. Rc2 Ke7 32. Rg5 {
Still probing. A future f4-f5 must enter Black's calculations.} Rd8 33. Kc3 Rg8
34. Kd3 Kd7 35. d5 {The centre advances at last.} exd5 36. cxd5 Rxc2 37. Kxc2
f6 $2 {Now the g6 pawn is weak.} (37... b5 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. f5 Kc5 40. Rg2 b4
41. f6 $1 a4 42. Rc2+ Kd6 43. Kd4 {looks very threatening, buut Bllack should
survive.}) 38. Rg1 b5 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Kd4 b4 41. Rc1 {Now the rook will invade
and a queenside pawn will be lost.} a4 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Rb6 b3 45.
axb3 axb3 46. Rxb3 {There is still no real counterplay for Black. The king
will be forced back by a combination of the rook and the white centre pawns,
supported by the king.} g5 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. f5+ Kh6 49. Rf7 gxh4 50. Rxf6+ Kg5
51. Ra6 (51. Rg6+ $1 Rxg6 52. fxg6 Kxg6 53. Ke3 {is a simple win. White mops
up the two h-pawns and then queens one or both of his pawns.}) 51... h3 52. Ra1
Kf4 53. f6 h2 54. Rh1 Kg3 55. e5 h4 ({If} 55... Kg2 {then} 56. Rxh2+ Kxh2 57.
f7 Rf8 58. e6 {wins.}) 56. f7 Rh8 57. e6 h3 58. e7 Kg2 59. f8=Q (59. f8=Q Kxh1
60. Qf1#) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dawson J"]
[Black "Myall I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. Bb3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 {This is OK as Black itends to castle queenside.} 10. Bg3 Qe7 11.
h3 Bd7 (11... Nh5 $1 {is actually playable at once here.} {So} 12. Bh2 {is
necessary, and Black can play} ({If White plays the normal} 12. Nxe5 {Black has
} Nxg3 (12... Nxe5 {loses a pawn to} 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qxh5) 13. Nxc6 {and now}
Qf6 $1 {(threatening mate)} 14. Nxa7 Nxh1 15. Nf3 Rxa7 {and Black will emerge
the exchange ahead.}) 12... Nf4 {with a small plus.}) 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O
Nh5 {there are no tactics for White here with Nxe5 as after ...Nxg3, the white
queen will be under attack (with check!).} 14. Kb1 Ng7 15. Nc4 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5
17. Bh2 Be6 {The bishop is a target here, and Black feels obliged to give
White the two bishops.} 18. d4 $1 Bxc4 ({not} 18... exd4 19. Nxd6+ $1 Nxd6 20.
Qxe6+) 19. Bxc4 exd4 20. Qxe7 Nfxe7 21. Be6+ Kb8 22. cxd4 {The position is
balanced, with White's bishops probably compensating him for his isolated
d-pawn.} Ng6 23. d5 Nce5 24. Nd4 Rhf8 (24... Rdf8 $1 {wins a pawn because} 25.
f3 Nh4 26. Rhg1 {loses material to} Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nexf3 28. gxf3 Nxf3 {and
White cannot defend both the rook on d4 and the bishop on h2.}) 25. Nf5 h5 26.
Rd2 Rf6 27. Ng7 Rh8 {White gives the impression of having pressure, but in
reality, Black has the better chances.} 28. Rf1 (28. Bf5 Rf7 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30.
Ne6 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32. Rf1 Bb6 33. Nxg5 Rg8 {still gives Black pressure
against the white kingside pawns, and we shouldn't forget that the d5 pawn is
isolated.}) 28... Nc4 $1 29. Rc2 $4 ({A horrible blunder, but Black's
advantage is clear after} 29. Re2 Nh4 $1 30. Rc1 (30. g3 {is horrible:} Nf3 31.
Bg1 Ncd2+) ({or} 30. f3 Ne3 31. Rff2 g4 32. fxg4 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Nxg4 34. Rf4
Nxg2 35. Re4 Nxh2 36. Re2 Ne3 37. Rxh2 Rf8 $1 38. a3 h4) 30... b5 31. f3 Rg6 {
(traps the knight)} 32. Nxh5 Rxh5 33. Bf7 Rh7 34. Bxg6 Nxg6) 29... Ne3 {Black
wins at least the exchange and the rest is easy.} 30. Bxd6 $6 Nxc2 31. Bh2 Nd4
32. Rc1 Nb5 33. Nxh5 Rxf2 34. a4 Nd6 35. Bg1 Rxg2 36. Bxa7+ Kxa7 37. Nf6 Ne5
38. Rxc7 Kb6 39. Rc3 Rf8 40. Ng4 Nxg4 41. Bxg4 Rff2 42. Rb3+ Ka7 43. a5 Nc4 44.
d6 Nd2+ 45. Ka2 Nxb3 46. Kxb3 Rd2 47. Kc3 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes M"]
[Black "Peck S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 a6 {It is hard for either side to do
much that is constructive in this position, especially White, who cannot oen
lines on the queenside once Black plays ...a7-a6. However, both players manage
to make something of it, especially Black after White opens the e-file for him
on move 15.} 12. b4 Rb8 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. f3 h6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kf2
Bg7 18. Rhb1 O-O 19. Ne2 Rfe8 20. Nc1 h5 $1 {Now the bishop and both rooks can
take aim at the white e-pawn.} 21. Nb3 Re7 22. Na5 (22. Re1 Rbe8 23. Re2 Bh6
24. Rae1 {is level. Maybe White saw that and wanted to avoid it, but if so he
is sacrificing his e-pawn and then a piece just to create passed pawns on the
queenside.}) 22... Rbe8 23. Re1 Bh6 24. Bxa6 $5 (24. f4 Ng4+ {is hopeless.})
24... bxa6 25. Nxc6 Rxe3 {An instructive error. He should be OK after this,
but he should keep both rooks on the board because two rooks will probably be
better able to control the white pawns on the queenside, but will almost
certainly be better for attacking the white king.} ({E.g.} 25... Bxe3+ 26. Kf1
Re6 27. Rxa6 h4 $1 28. gxh4 Nh5 29. g3 (29. g4 $2 fxg4 30. fxg4 Rf6+ 31. Kg2
Rf2+ {wins quickly for Black - see the similar line played in the game where
Black cannot invade with his rook in the same way}) 29... Nxg3+ 30. Kg2 f4 31.
b5 Nf5 $1 32. Rh1 Kg7 ({is not so good:} 32... Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 34. Rxe6 fxe6
35. b4 {and the pawns are yet to be controlled}) (32... Kg7 {after the move
played, Black is threatening} 33. -- Bd2 {followed by an invasion with his
rooks, with dire consequences for the white king}) 33. Nb4 Nxd4 34. Nxd5 Re5
35. Nf6 Rd8 36. Ne4 Nxb5 $19 {and the white pawns are no threat.}) 26. Rxe3
Bxe3+ 27. Kf1 h4 $1 {Black's only chance to win is to attack the white king.} (
27... Ra8 $2 {allows Whiite to advance his pawns with} 28. b5 {and Black is in
trouble, so he has to let the a6 pawn go in the game, when White will have two
connected passed pawns.}) ({Black gets nowhere with} 27... Bd2 28. Rxa6 Re1+
29. Kf2 {because he cannot doo the white king any damage, and meanwhile White
holds the balance by advancing his  passed pawns.} Rb1 30. Ra2 Be1+ 31. Ke3
Bxg3 32. b5 Re1+ 33. Kd3 Rd1+ 34. Kc3 Rc1+ 35. Kb3 Nd7 36. Nb4 Nxc5+ 37. dxc5
Rxc5 $11) 28. gxh4 Nh5 29. g4 Nf4 ({Where to go with this knight is a hard
decision. I think that he can cause more damage on g3. E.g.} 29... Ng3+ 30. Kg2
Bf4 31. Ne5 $1 ({not} 31. Rxa6 Re2+ 32. Kh3 Nf1 33. gxf5 Ne3 {mating}) 31...
Ne2 $1 32. Nc6 Bd2 33. gxf5 Nf4+ 34. Kf1 Re3 $1 35. Ne5 ({or} 35. Ra3 Re1+ 36.
Kf2 Re2+ 37. Kf1 gxf5 38. Ne5 Bxb4 39. Rxa6 Rxb2 {and since he only has to
deal with the white c-pawn, Black should win}) 35... f6 $1 36. Rd1 ({not} 36.
Nxg6 Rxf3+ 37. Kg1 Be3+ 38. Kh2 Rh3#) 36... Bxb4 37. Nxg6 Rxf3+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+
39. Kg2 Re3 40. Ra1 (40. c6 Bd6) 40... Nxd4 41. Rxa6 Bxc5 {and again the pawns
have been defused and Black should win, although he may find himself trying to
remember how to mate in the pesky B&N v K endgame!}) 30. Rxa6 Bd2 {This is an
astonishingly difficult ending to judge, let alone play. In the end, White
comes out with such dangerous-looking pawns that the computer says it's
clearly winning for White, and yet there is no way through.} 31. Ra1 Re3 ({
Better is} 31... Re2 {when the three black pieces acting in harmony probably
give Black winning chances, but don't take my word for it!}) 32. Ne5 f6 33.
Ra8+ Kg7 34. Ra7+ Kf8 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Rxf6 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Be3 39.
Nd3 Ke7 (39... Bxd4 40. Nxf4 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Rxf3 42. Rxg6 Rxf4 43. gxf5 Rxf5 {
looks like a draw}) 40. Nxf4 ({Even after White tries the complex} 40. Rxg6 $5
{it seems that Black might reach a draw. E.g.} Rd2 41. Nxf4 Bxf4 42. gxf5 Rd1+
43. Kg2 Rxd4 44. b5 Rb4 45. b6 Kf7 46. Re6 Rxb2+ 47. Kh3 Rb5 48. Kg4 Rb4 49.
Rc6 Be3+ 50. f4 Rxf4+ 51. Kg3 Rb4 52. h5 Rb3 53. Kg4 Rb4+ 54. Kf3 Rb3 55. Ke2
Bxc5 56. Rxc5 Rxb6 57. Rxd5 {and we have reached the notorious R + f and h
pawn v R endgame which is a theoretical draw.}) 40... Bxf4 41. Kxe2 Kxf6 42. b5
Ke6 43. b4 Kd7 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kd3 Kc7 46. Kc3 Be3 47. h5 Kb7 48. b6 Kc6 49.
b5+ Kb7 50. h6 Bxh6 51. Kb4 Bd2+ 52. Kb3 Be3 53. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rita J"]
[Black "Okhai S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {An Evans Gambit! Long time no see! This
is as good a reason as any I know to avoid 3...Bc5. It's good to see the
gambit in the hands of someone who plays it well. White gains a long-term
initiative with any need to get swashbuckling too soon.} Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. Qb3
Nh6 7. d4 Na5 8. Qb5 Nxc4 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qxc4 exd4 11. cxd4 {Black is a pawn
ahead and has the two bishops, but White clearly has enough compensation with
his extra space and the slight weakness in the black kingside.} d6 12. O-O O-O
13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Nd5 ({None of this has been new. The only gme that reached
this position on my database went} 14. e5 Bg7 {The advantage pf the move
played is that the bishop never reaches g7 to shore uup the black kingside.})
14... c6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. e5 {It would possibly be better to maintain his
pawns abreast in the centre and to get his rooks into play at once. This move
is logical though, as it creates a nice square on e5 for the white knight.} Qf4
17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Qc3 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 $5 (21. Rfd1 {is
OK, but White sets a small trap.}) 21... Bf5 {Black is understandably worried
about the exposure of his king, and so shifts his bishop to g6.} (21... Qxd4 $4
{loses to} 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Nxc6 $1 {winning the exchange}) ({However, Black
can grab the pawn after} 21... f6 22. Nf3 ({or} 22. Nc4 Qxd4 23. Qg3+ Kf7 24.
Qc7+ Qd7 25. Qf4 {and White has lots of play for his two pawns}) 22... Bxa2 23.
Ra1 Bd5 24. Rxa7 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxd4 26. Raa1 {and Black has connected passed
pawns on the queenside while White has some chances against the exposed black
king.}) 22. Qg3+ Kf8 $2 {Surrendering the h6 pawn without a fight, and leaving
White with a strong initiative.} ({Better was} 22... Bg6 23. h4 h5 24. Nxg6
Qxg6 ({after} 24... hxg6 $4 {the well known tactic} 25. Re8+ $1 {wins for White
}) ({also not} 24... Qxg3 $4 25. Ne7+) {but after} 25. Qe5 {Black still has
some problems to solve over the safety of his king. Best might be} f6 26. Qf4
Qg4 27. Qxf6 Rf8 28. Qe5 Qxh4 29. Rb2 Qg4 30. Re3 Rbe8 $1 31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32.
Rxe8+ Kf7 33. Ra8 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxd4 {and with both kings exposed, a draw is
likely.}) 23. Qf4 Bg6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Rb3 $1 ({Now that material is equal,
White has a small edge and could keep it with} 25. Rbd1 {Instead he sacrifices
a pawn for a quick attack.}) 25... Qxd4 26. h4 $1 Re8 27. Rbe3 $1 {You might
have thought that Black's last move put a spanner in the works of White's
attack, but he simply defends the knight and prepares to advance his h-pawn.}
Qd2 (27... Qd2 {Black pins the rook on e3 to the queen on h6 and so threatens}
28. -- Rxe5) 28. Qg5 ({Moving the queen to a defended square is fine, but the
other way of breaking the pin (by blocking the diagonal with} 28. f4 $1 {) is
also good because the bishop cannot survive, and White can continue his attack
a piece ahead (Black's extra pawns won't help him).}) 28... h6 (28... Re6 {
allows White to open a hornets' nest with} 29. Nxf7 $1 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.
Kh2 Kxf7 (31... Rbe8 {loses the bishop after} 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kg8 34. h5)
({so does} 31... Kg7 32. h5 Rbe8 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Nd6) 32. Qf4+ {picks up the
rook on b8.}) 29. Qf6 $2 {Missing a quick win} ({Of course} 29. Qxh6 $4 {loses
a piece to} Rxe5) ({but} 29. Qg3 $1 {maintains the pin on the bishop and eyes
the rook on g8, so that after} Kh7 30. Nxg6 Rxe3 (30... fxg6 31. Rxe8 {is an
extra rook for White}) 31. Rxe3 Rg8 (31... fxg6 32. Qxb8) 32. Qc7 $1 Rxg6 (
32... Kxg6 33. Rg3+ {also wins a rook}) 33. Qxf7+ Rg7 34. Qf5+ {is soon mate})
29... Re6 30. Qf4 Rbe8 {Black's rook and bishop are both out of immediate
danger, but White still has the initiative.} 31. Qg3 {White has lost two tempi
compared with 29.Qg3.} ({Now} 31. Ng4 $1 {was the right move, although White
probably didn't want to allow Black to increase his material advantage with}
Qxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 {The point is that the queen and night work
exceptionally well together, and White can force Black to return his extra
material. E.g.} R8e6 34. Qxh6 R1e4 (34... -- {the threat was} 35. h5) 35. Qg5
Rd4 (35... Rb4 36. h5 Rb5 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. hxg6+) 36. f4 $1 (36. h5 Rd5 37.
Nf6+ Rxf6 38. Qxf6 Rxh5+ {gives Black drawing chances}) 36... Kf8 37. h5 Bd3
38. h6 Bg6 39. Nf6 -- {when White threatens} 40. f5 Re5 41. Nh7+ Ke8 42. Qg3
Rxf5 43. Qe3+ {winning a rook, and meanwhile the pawn on h6 is in serious
danger of becoming a queen.}) 31... h5 {Now White gets another chance, and
this time he takes it.} (31... Kh7 {is safest. I think Black can hold if he is
careful.}) 32. Nxg6 $1 Qxe1+ (32... Rxg6 33. Rxe8+) (32... fxg6 33. Rxe6) 33.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qxh5 {The kingside passed pawns are
more dangerous than Black's on the queenside. White eventually ran out the
winner.} R8e7 37. Qc5 a6 38. g4 R1e5 39. Qc3 c5 40. Kg3 b5 41. g5 b4 42. Qf3+
Kg8 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Qxa6 Re4 45. f3 Re3 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qc6 Rc3
49. Kg4 Rf7 50. f4 Rc4 51. Qd6+ Kg7 52. h5 Rd4 53. Qe5+ Kf8 54. Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Graham"]
[Black "Hunt A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
d6 9. Bf3 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. g4 Nb6 ({A game on my
dtabase goes} 13... e5 14. g5 $1 exd4 15. Bxd4 {and Black must return the
piece, when White's control over d5 gives him the advantage. The text move,
giving the f6 knight an escape square, is better.}) 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Bc1 {White
wants to keep the knight out of c4, so he plans b2-b3 and re-routing his
bishop to b2.} g6 16. b3 Bg7 17. Nde2 Nc5 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Bb2 Bd7 20. Ng3 Rad8
21. Nce2 ({Enough pussyfooting around! White should go for iit at once with} 
21. f5 $1 {I can't see Black wanting to weaken his position with} exf5 22. exf5
Bxf5 (22... gxf5 23. Nh5) 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 {and the kingsde
tension should be in White's favour. He always has the option of driving a
wedge into the heart of the black king's position with f5-f6.}) 21... e5 22. f5
Bc6 23. c4 ({Black threatened to lay bare the white centre with} 23. -- d5)
23... Nbd7 24. Nc3 {White is still probably just ahead, but Black can play on
the queenside by preparing ...b5, and his position looks solid, so White
decides it's time for bed. Drawing with Adam Hunt is no bad thing, after all!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gregory S"]
[Black "Spence D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. Nf3 c5 5. b4 $5 {This is all very promising. A
grand scrap is in prospect between these two team-mates...} d4 $5 (5... cxb4 6.
d4 {gives White plenty of compensation in his solid centre.}) 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7.
Na3 (7. Ba3 {looks more inviting, hoping to exchange bishops and exploit the
dark squares.}) 7... Nc6 {What's this? Draw agreed??  Saturday evening and the
bar awaits. That explains it!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Myall I"]
[Black "Anderson J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. O-O (
{White can avoid the exchange of bishops for now with} 8. Bc2 {E.g.} Bb4+ 9.
Bd2 a5 10. Nc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 {but he feels uncomfortable about not being able
to castle kingside.}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. a3 Nge7 11. b4 Nf5 12. Nc3 Be7
13. Bd2 O-O 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. g4 Nh6 $5 ({In this type of position,} 15... Nh4
16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. f4 {typically gives White a kick-start to his kingside
attack.}) 16. h3 Kh8 17. Bg5 ({In such positions, White often resists the
temptation to weaqken the black kingside pawn structure with} 17. Bxh6 gxh6 {
because he prefers to exchange the dark-squared bishop, the guardian of the
weakest squares in the black position.} {However, in this case, White looks
quite good after} 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Nh5) 17... Rae8 18. Rad1 Qd8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
Black is solid, and soon starts to make some progress on his own behalf.} 20.
Ng3 f6 21. Kg2 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 {The black d-pawn is passed but
potentially vulnerable to an undermining f4-f5 push by White.} Qg5 24. Rde1 Rc8
25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Rc4 27. Ne2 Kg8 28. Rc1 Rfc8 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. f4 g6 31.
Kg3 Ke7 32. h4 Nf7 33. Nd4 h5 34. gxh5 $2 {Giving over the f5 and g4 squares.}
(34. g5 {only gives up the f5 square, and that is quite hard for Black to get
at.}) 34... Nh6 $1 (34... gxh5 {is also good}) 35. Red3 (35. hxg6 Rxd4 36. Rxd4
Nf5+) 35... gxh5 36. Kf3 Ng4 37. R1d2 Rf8 38. Re2 Nh6 39. Rc2 $2 {Now the
black knight gets to f5 and the white h-pawn is vulnerable.} Rxc2 40. Nxc2 Nf5
41. Rc3 Kd7 42. Ne1 Nxh4+ 43. Kg3 Nf5+ 44. Kh3 Rc8 45. Rxc8 Kxc8 46. Nd3 b6 47.
a4 Kc7 48. b5 {White desperately tries to reduce the number of pawns, giving
him some drawing chances.} axb5 (48... a5 $1 {is better on principle, keeping
more pawns on the board. Besides, that a4 may become a target for the black
knight.}) 49. axb5 Kd7 50. Nb4 Nd4 51. Kh4 Nxb5 52. Kxh5 {White has succeeded
in exchanging off two pairs of pawns.} Nd4 53. Kg6 Ke7 54. Kg5 Kf7 55. Kg4 Kg6
56. Nd3 (56. Na6 $1 {is more tenacious, because} Nc6 ({Better is} 56... b5 57.
Nb4 {but there is still a lot of work for Black to do}) {fails to} 57. Nc7 Kf7
58. f5 {and too few pawns will be left.}) 56... Nc6 $1 {Controlling the b4
square. Now it's all oover very soon.} 57. Ne1 b5 58. Nd3 b4 59. Nc5 Nd4 60.
Nd3 b3 61. Nb2 Nc2 62. Nd3 Ne3+ 63. Kf3 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saravanan K"]
[Black "Wallis I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Qe4 Nb6 11. f4 Bg7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O f5 {This is good,
because Black must fond a reasonable square for his queen.} (13... d5 $1 {is a
ggod idea if Black can play it wiithout loss, as the centre is opened and the
white king has been exposed by the advance of his f-pawn.} 14. cxd5 ({after} 
14. exd6 Qxd6 {Black threatens to win a piece with} 15. -- Rfe8 16. Qf3 Qd4+
17. Kh1 Re3 {so White must lose time preveting it}) 14... cxd5 15. Qe2 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 f6 {also opens the centre to Black's advantage.}) 14. Qd4 (14. Qe2 d6 15.
Nf3 Rfe8 16. Re1 Nd7 17. exd6 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 cxd6 {is good for Black. The
beishops are a nuisance and there is a good square at e4 for his knight. The
text move gives up a pawn.}) 14... d6 15. Nf3 Rad8 $1 16. Qc3 dxe5 17. fxe5
Rxd3 $1 18. Qxd3 Bxc4 19. Bg5 Bxd3 $4 {A strange blunder, losing the exchange.}
(19... Qe6 20. Qc3 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Nd7 $15 {leaves Black a doubled, isolated
pawn ahead, and he still has pressure against the e5 pawn.}) 20. Bxe7 Re8 21.
Rfd1 Be2 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bxe5 {Black has two pawns for the
exchange (one of them doubled and isolated). It will be tough for White to win
this one.} 25. Re1 {Black loses a pawn this way.} Bxb2 $2 (25... Bd6 {is more
solid.}) 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Rxc7 Nd5 29. Rxc6 Nb4 30. Rc8 $1 {Maybe
this was what Black missed.} (30. Rc4 Nxa2 31. Ra4 Nc1 32. Kf1 Be5 33. Bg5 Nd3
34. h3 Nc5 35. Rxa7 {is hard to win with all of the pawns on one side of the
board.}) (30. Rc8 {After the move played, White retains a queenside pawn
because} Nxa2 {loses the bishop to} 31. Bf6+) 30... Kf7 31. Kg2 Be5 ({If} 31...
Nxa2 32. Rc2 {wins a piece.}) 32. a3 (32. Bc7 $5 {is an interesting
alternative, as after} Bd4 33. Bb8 Nxa2 34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. Rd7 Bf6 36. Bxa7 Nc3
37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 {Black will find it hard to get his knight back to
safety on the kingside.}) 32... Nd5 33. Rc5 Ke6 34. Ra5 Bd4 35. Kg3 Be5+ 36.
Kh4 h6 (36... Bxh2 37. Rxa7 h6 38. Rh7 Bf4 39. a4 {and the a-pawn will
probably win a piece or Black will have to abandon his kingside pawns.}) 37.
Rxa7 Nf4 38. Re7+ $2 (38. Bc7 {forces an exchange of bishops} Ng2+ {after} 39.
Kh3 Nf4+ 40. Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kf1 {then nothing can stop the a-pawn.})
38... Kd6 39. Rxe5 $2 {Clever but wrong.} (39. Rxe5 {The idea is} Kxe5 40. Bc7+
{winning the knight, but Black has a simple rejoinder.}) (39. Rh7 {was correct,
but after} Ng2+ 40. Kh3 Nf4+ 41. Kg3 Ne6+ 42. f4 Bxf4+ 43. Kf3 g5 {Black has
won a pawn back and has real counterplay.}) 39... g5+ $1 40. Kg3 Nh5+ $1 {Out
of harm's way!} (40... Kxe5 {still loses to} 41. Bc7+ Kd4 42. Bxf4) 41. Kf2
Kxe5 {Now it's a draw.} 42. a4 Kd6 43. a5 Kd7 44. a6 Kc8 45. Bb6 g4 46. fxg4
fxg4 47. Bd4 Nf4 48. Ke3 Ne6 49. Bb6 h5 50. Ke4 Ng5+ 51. Kf5 Nf3 52. Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dempster D"]
[Black "Wells JC"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbc3
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. f4 {This looks very logical, but it soon turns out
to be unexpectedly weakening.} exf4 12. Nxf4 Nd4 13. Nfd5 $2 {Another
logical-looking move, but it lets both the queen and the bishop out with gain
of time.} Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be5 (14... Qh4 {is possibly even better:} 15. Qd2 Bh6
$1 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Raxe1 Bd2 $1 (17... Nxc2 18. Rxf7 {allows} Rxf7 $1 {
equalising} 19. Rf1) {winning the exchange because} 18. Rb1 {loses to} Bxc3 19.
Bxc3 Ne2+) 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Be6 (17... Bg3 $1 18. Rff1 (18.
Rf6 Be6 19. Raf1 Bh4 20. R6f4 Bg5 {wins the exchange}) 18... Be6 $1 (18... Nxc2
19. Rxf7 {again}) 19. Rac1 Bh4 {and there is nothing to stop} 20. -- Bg5 {
forcing the rook from the defence of the c2 pawn.}) 18. Raf1 b5 19. axb5 axb5
20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nd1 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {White seems to have
got away with it. The game should be drawn now that it is down to a
symmetrical endgame.} 24. c4 $6 ({After} 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ {the bishop can be
shifted from its dominant post by c2-c3. Now that will not be possible.}) 24...
b4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ke2 Kf6 28. g3 g5 29. Kf3 h5 {This seemingly
simple endgame is anything but!} 30. g4 $6 {White will now have to watch out
for the black king entering his position via f4.} (30. Ne3 -- {and} 31. Nc2 {
will keep d4 under surveillance.}) 30... h4 31. Ke2 (31. Ne3 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 Ke5
{Seems to be winning for Black, but White can play} 33. d4+ (33. Ke2 Kd4 34.
Kd2 e5 $1 {wins for Black as the white king must give way}) 33... cxd4+ 34. Kd3
Kf4 35. Kxd4 Kg3 36. e5 $1 dxe5+ 37. Ke3 Kxh3 38. Kf2 Kxg4 39. c5 h3 40. c6 e4
41. c7 e3+ 42. Kxe3 h2 43. c8=Q h1=Q 44. Qxe6+ {with a draw.}) 31... Ke5 32.
Kf3 (32. Ne3 {was necessary.} Kf4 33. Nc2 Kg3 $4 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. e5 $1 {is
even losing for Black.}) 32... Kf6 ({With the bishop manouevre} 32... Ba1 $1
33. Ke3 Bc3 $1 34. Kf3 Bd2 $1 (34... Kd4 35. Ke2) 35. Ke2 Bc1 $1 {Black can
force an entry at d4 for his king, with decisive results.}) 33. Ke2 d5 34. exd5
exd5 35. cxd5 Ke5 36. d6 Kxd6 37. Kf3 Ke5 38. Ke2 $2 (38. Ne3 $1 Ba1 (38...
Bxe3 {transposes to the game}) 39. Nf5 {blocks the black king's entry at d4
and draws.}) 38... Kf4 39. Nf2 Bxf2 $2 {The king and pawn endgame is not
winning for Black.} ({Black can win by keeping the minor pieces on:} 39... Kg3
40. Ne4+ Kxh3 41. Kf3 Kh2 42. Nxg5 h3 $1 {and now White is in Zugswang!} 43.
Ne6 (43. Ke2 Kg2) (43. Ne4 Kg1) 43... Kg1 44. Nf4 h2 45. Ne2+ Kf1 46. Ng3+ Ke1
47. Kg2 Kd2 {and the black king munches the queenside pawns and one of Black's
will promote.}) 40. Kxf2 Ke5 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Ke2 Ke6 (42... Kd4 43. Kd2 {and
Black cannot force the white king to give way.}) 43. Kf3 Kd5 44. Ke2 Ke6 45.
Kf3 Ke5 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Ke2 Kd4 48. Kd2 Ke5 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lunn T"]
[Black "Moore Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3
Ng4 {Black wants to increase the power of his dark-squared bishop by
exchanging White's.} 9. Bg5 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice, but maybe a
miscalculation.} h6 (9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 {loses back the pawn to} 11. Bxb5+
{when it is Black who no longer has his dark-squared bishop.}) (9... Bxd4 {
gives White the choice between} 10. Bxb5 ({and} 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 {when his lead
in development and the dark squred weaknesses in the black kingside give White
decent compensation}) 10... Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 $1 Nxf2 12. Bxc6+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7
14. Kxf2 {and it is hard to judge whether the three minor pieces are a match
for the Black queen and extra pawn.}) 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 e5 {Black ignores
pawn wins and strikes to give himself a fair share of the centre.} 12. dxe5 (
12. d5 {looks more combative.} Nd4 $5 {is likely to lose a pawn in the long run
} ({and after} 12... Ne7 {White can strike immediately on the kingside with}
13. h4)) 12... Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. h4 Be6 15. f4 ({White naturally fears
castling on either side because of the advanced black pawns, but} 15. O-O-O {
seems safe enough, when he can play on the kingside.}) 15... gxf4 16. Bxf4 Rb8
{Telegraphhing his intention to advance the b-pawn, putiing pressure on b2.
White reacts passively...} 17. Rb1 Qf6 $1 {...and Black expolits the fact that
White can no longer castle queenside by ramping up the pressure on the other
wing.} 18. Bg3 (18. O-O {giving up the h-pawn, may be the best way to get a
playable game.}) 18... Qg6 19. Ne2 Nc4 $1 {Combining pressure on both wings.
Beset by problems, Whiite's resistance soon collapses.} 20. Bxc4 {A big
concession.} (20. Qc1 Bd4 21. e5 Qg7 22. exd6 cxd6 {is still a little
uncomfortable for White.}) 20... Bxc4 21. Qe3 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 {Forced, but now
the uncastled king is a clear target.} O-O 23. h5 Qe6 24. c3 Rbe8 25. Kd3 {He
cannot save the e4 pawn, so he shouldn't try.} (25. Kd2 f5 $17) 25... Qc4+ 26.
Kc2 $4 (26. Kd2 Rxe4 27. Qd3 Qxd3+ 28. Kxd3 Rg4 29. Rh3 Be5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31.
g3 Rd8+ 32. Kc2 f6 {is a winning double rook endgame because of the extra pawn
and the activity of the black rooks.}) 26... Rxe4 27. Qd3 $4 {losing the queen.
} (27. Qf3 Re2+ 28. Kd1 Rfe8 {threatens mate by ...Qb3+ etc, and so forces} 29.
b3 (29. Qf5 Qb3+ 30. Kc1 Bxc3 $1) 29... Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 {with two extra
pawns and the attack.}) 27... Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peck S"]
[Black "Ilett R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 ({The most successful popular approach for Whiite
is to play} 3. Bb5+ {and attempt to hold the pawn at d5 for as long as
possible.}) 3... Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9.
d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 (10. c5 Nbd7 11. Be3 {has been played several times, and gives
White a useful space advantage.}) 10... Bxe5 11. Be3 e6 (11... e6 {White would
have the edge after} 12. Bd4 {but both sides were happy with an early night.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lunn S"]
[Black "Moore Geoff"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

{A fighting game that ended prematurely.} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3
Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 {Black moves from a standard
Sicilian Dragon to a Dragodorf - a hybrid of Dargon and Najdorf variations.} 9.
g4 {White reacts aggressively, and continues this approach throughout the game.
} b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Bb7 12. a3 ({He could continue his advance with} 12. h5
{as} b4 13. Nd5 {is fine for him.}) 12... Nc5 13. Bf3 {This gives a rather
awkward impression.} ({The problem with defending the e-pawn with} 13. f3 {is
that after} e5 {his knight cannot retreat to f3 and} 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 {
breaks up his queensidde pawns.}) 13... Nbd7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. h5 Nc4 {Black is
making lots of progress, while White is making very little.} 16. Bc1 Qb6 (16...
Qb6 {Threatening} 17. -- Nxe4 $1 {winning a pawn because of the attack
discovered on the knight at d4.}) 17. Nde2 b4 18. Nd5 (18. axb4 Qxb4 {and the
queenside pressure is intense while White may have to castle kingside behind
his advanced pawns.}) 18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 bxa3 $1 20. Qxc4 axb2 {Black wins a
pawn, but also exchanges the dark-squared white bishop, leaving his own the
master of all he surveys.} 21. Rb1 bxc1=Q+ 22. Rxc1 Qa5+ 23. Kf1 gxh5 $2 {
Creating unnecesssary weaknesses iin his kingside, and missing White's next.} (
{After} 23... Rab8 $1 {if White tries} 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. e5 {then by} Bxe5 26.
Qh4 Rfc8 {Black clears a path for his king to run away, keeping the extra two
pawns.}) 24. e5 $1 {This is a very unusual double-line-clearance, discovering
an attack by the g2 bishop on the rook at a8, and so gaining time for the
queen to join the attack at h4.} Rac8 (24... Bxe5 25. Bxa8) 25. Qh4 Rfd8 26.
Qxh5 dxe5 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Ng3 {Presumably missing Black's next, which both
wins a second pawn and brings the black queen into the defence of the king.} ({
He should continue his pawn advances with} 28. g6 {and if} f6 {then} 29. Bh3 e6
{and now} 30. Ng3 {aiming at h5, is very powerful.}) 28... Qd2 29. Re1 Qxg5 30.
Nf5 (30. Nh5 {may be slightly better.} Ne6 (30... Qg6 31. Nxg7 Qxg7 32. Qh8+
Qxh8 33. Rxh8+ Kg7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rxe5 {leads to an endgame a pawn ahead
for Black which may be hard to win}) 31. Be4 (31. Be4 -- {threatening} 32. Rg1)
31... Qh6 32. Nxg7 Qxg7 33. Bf5 Qxh7 34. Rxh7 Kg8 35. Rh5 Rc6 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37.
Rhxe5 {is probably a draw, especially if the black a-pawn is exchanged for the
white c-pawn.}) 30... f6 $4 {Now Black cannnt frce the exchange of queens and
so if White can get more pieces nvolved in the attack, it should be decisive.}
(30... e6 31. Rh5 Qg6 32. Nxg7 Qxg7 33. Rexe5 Qxh7 34. Rxh7 Ke7 {is tough for
Black to win, but in this case two rooks may be better than one.}) 31. Rh5 {
Two pawns down, White goes for a repetition. But he had better, much, much
better!} (31. Bd5 $1 {is just one way to win. The threat of mate on g8 must be
attended to, and then the rook comes to g1 and wins the queen.} Rxd5 (31... e6
32. Rg1) 32. Rg1 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Ne6 {and now White exploits theb loose
position of the rook on c8 with} 34. Nxg7 ({even} 34. Kh1 {wins because White
will win the bishop on g7 when his rook gets to g1}) 34... Nxg7 35. Qh8+ Kf7
36. Qxc8) 31... Qg4 32. Rh4 Qg5 33. Rh5 {Draw agreed....??} ({And here} 33. f4
$1 exf4 {(forced, to save the queen)} 34. Nxe7 {wins the exchange for a start.
In fact after} Kf7 (34... Rc7 35. Qg8#) 35. Rh5 Qg4 36. Nxc8 Qxc8 (36... Rxc8
37. Bd5+ {ends it at once}) 37. Re7+ $1 (37. Bd5+ Rxd5 38. Rxd5 {would make it
two exchanges up, but this is far stronger}) 37... Kxe7 38. Qxg7+ Kd6 (38...
Ke6 39. Bh3+) 39. Qxf6+ Qe6 (39... Ne6 40. Qe5+ Ke7 41. Rh7+ {mating}) 40. Qd4+
{It is soon mate. E.g.} Ke7 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Qg8 43. Qxg8#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nirfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davison C"]
[Black "Hughes M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nh5 $5 {Inducing a weakness that may
become important later in the game. (It does!)} 12. g3 e5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Bg5
Nhf6 15. dxe5 {White tries to exploit the d5 square by getting his knight
around from c4 to occupy it, but he is about to take too big a risk to secure
it. The move played is, on its own, OK.} ({But} 15. d5 {is more challenging.
Black must play well to fight against White's space advantage.}) 15... dxe5 16.
Ne3 $6 h6 17. Bh4 $6 {This offer to sacrifice a piece can be profitably
declined.} ({He should exchange on f6 now.} 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 {leaves his e4 pawn
en prise, but he can protect it indirectly with} 18. Nh4 $5 Nxe4 19. Nxg6 $1
fxg6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc4+ {regaining the piece.}) 17... Nc5 $1 {The bishop
will not run away.} ({The immediate} 17... g5 {is somewhat risky, although
Black can survive and thrive if he plays carefully. The risks involved can be
see in the following variations.} 18. Nf5 $1 Qd8 {and now:} 19. Nxg5 (19. Bxg5
hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nc5 21. Rfd1 $1 Nxd3 (21... Bc8 22. Bc4 Qc7 23. Nd6 {is safer,
although White has decent long-term compensation in the permanent exposure of
the black king}) 22. Rxd3 Ba6 $1 ({Black must acquiesce to the draw that is
forced now, as moving his queen allows the rook into d6 with decisive effect.
E.g.} 22... Qe8 23. Rd6 $1 -- {and} 24. Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Qh5 {, with a quick mate,
can only be avoided at great cost}) 23. Rxd8 Bxe2 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxf7+ Kh7
26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ng5+ Kh6 28. Nf7+ Kh7 {with perpetual check} ({After} 28...
Kh5 $5 {Black must give back his extra material to avoid mate:} 29. Re1 Bf3 30.
h3 Bxe4 $2 (30... Re8 $5) 31. Rxe4 Nxe4 32. g4+ Kh4 33. Kg2 -- {and} 34. Ng6# {
cannot be avoided})) 19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 {is also playable. E.g} Nc5 21. Rfd1
Ne6 {is safer} ({Now} 21... Nxd3 $2 {loses to} 22. Rxd3 Ba6 23. Rad1 $3 {A
stunning passive sacrifice. As in the previous line, Black cannot allow his
queen to move from d8, but White's slow play makes it inevitable without
sacrifices} Rb8 (23... Rc8 24. Rxd8 Bxe2 25. Ne7+ {wins for White}) 24. Qf3
Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Qc7 26. Bxf6 $1 ({if} 26. Rd6 $2 Nh7 {defends}) 26... Bxf6 27.
Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qh6 $1 {The bishop cannot move without mate or be
satisfactorily defended} Qc6 (29... Bh8 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. g4 {is another point
of the white rooks' adventures}) 30. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 31. Qxc6 {with a winning
material advantage.}) {E.g.} 22. Be3 Qe8 23. Bb5 Qb8 {and again White has
reasonable long-term compensation.  However, after Black's move in the game, ..
.g5 is playable without great risk, so White has to exchange on f6 and emerge
a critical tempo down.}) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Again, the white e-pawn is under
attack, but there is also a threat that White seems to overlook.} {This is a
curious move, because Black could now capture the e4 pawn in comparative
safety, bjut he can also win the exchange (which I suspect that White
overlooked).} 19. Bc2 $6 ({He can save both with} 19. Nc4 {although after
something like} Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Rac1 Qc6 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24.
b3 Qe6 {White will eventually be saddled with an isolated c-pawn and the g7
bishop can be manoeuvred around to d4.}) 19... Ba6 20. Qd1 Bxf1 ({He could
decline the exchange with} 20... Rad8 $1 21. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 22. exd5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1
(23. Qxf1 Qxf3 {shows up the wekaness caused by his 12th move.}) 23... e4 24.
Ne1 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qxa2 {and the two extra pawns, passed and connected, make the
win very easy.}) 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. Qxf1 {White struggles on, but Black patiently
exploits the extra exchange to bring in the full point.} Ne6 23. Nd2 Nd4 24.
Nc4 Qd7 25. Bd3 f5 {beginning to open more lines for the rooks and, possibly,
his bishop.} 26. Qh3 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Ng5 28. Qg2 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Rad8
31. Rd1 Qf7 32. Rd2 Kh7 33. Nce3 Qf3+ 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. Ng4 Kh8 ({
Not} 36... Rfd7 $4 37. Ndf6+) 37. Nge3 h5 38. Rc2 Rfd7 39. Nb4 Rd2 40. Rc7 Rxb2
41. Nc6 Rdd2 42. g4 Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 e4 44. Nd5 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rxh2+ 46. Kg3 Rbg2+
0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Okhai S"]
[Black "Dawson J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bd3 Bd6 ({The most popular move here by far is} 8... c5) 9. O-O Bd7 10. Ne5
Qe7 {Does he intend to castle queenside?} (10... Qe7 {Now} 11. Qf3 $5 {would
make him declare his intentions.}) 11. c4 c5 {Clearly, he was just keeping his
options open. Now his king would be too exposed on the queenside.} 12. Be3 cxd4
13. Bxd4 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 {In such
positions, the rooks are often placed on the open e-and d-files, but this
arrangement gives White alternatives that he doesn't take up.} Nd7 18. Bc7 Re8
19. Bd6 Qg5 20. f4 $6 {The beginning of the downward slope. This exposes the
white king, although he can get away with it if he is careful.} (20. f3) 20...
Qf6 21. Bb1 ({He is looking to attack the black king, but with his rooks
placed as they are the queenside is the correct wing to aim at.} 21. b4 $1 b6
22. Be4 {is very strong for White. His queenside pawn majority is ready to
march.}) 21... e5 22. Qc2 g6 23. f5 {White has had visions of attacking on the
kingside, but it turns out that it is Black who gets the attack.} e4 24. fxg6
hxg6 25. Bg3 Rad8 26. Rd6 Qg5 27. Rf1 Ne5 28. Bf4 Qe7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qc3 {
This weakens the f2 square.} Nd3 {The positional approach, threatening ...Qc5+,
but it is easily met and the tactical approach was better.} (30... Ng4 $1 {is
very strong.} 31. h3 {is met by} (31. Re1 {bolsters e3, but loses to} Qc5+ 32.
Be3 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Rd1+) (31. Be3 {stops the check, but allows}
Qd6 $1 32. g3 (32. Bf4 Qc5+) 32... Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Qd2 $1 {with a big advantage.}
) 31... e3 $1 32. hxg4 Rd2 $1 {and White must give up his queen to avoid the
breakthrough on g2.}) 31. Be3 f5 32. g3 {A serious weakness, which Black fails
to exploit as he could.} (32. Bd4 Qg5 33. g3 f4 34. Bxd3 fxg3 35. h3 exd3 36.
Qxd3 {looks dangerous for White, but Black has no tactical refutation.}) 32...
Ne5 $1 33. b4 {This leaves the b- and c-pawns loose, but it takes something
very clever to exploit the fact.} (33. b3 Qg7 34. Qc1 Ng4 35. Re1 Qh8 36. Re2
Nxe3 37. Rxe3 Qd4 {leaves Black dominating with his control of the d-file.})
33... b6 (33... Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd2 $3 35. Re1 (35. Bxd2 e3+ 36. Kg1 Rxd2 {forces
White to give up his queen}) 35... Rd3 36. Qc1 Qxb4 {and the c-pawn will also
go.} {Meanwhile, White cannot play} 37. Bxd3 {in view of} exd3+ 38. Kf2 Ne4+
39. Kf1 d2) 34. Bc2 Kh7 (34... Qg7 $1 {threatens a check by the knight winning
the queen.} {Best is} 35. Qa1 (35. Kg2 Rd3 $1 36. Bxd3 (36. Qe1 Nxc4) 36...
exd3+ 37. Kg1 Nf3+ {wins the queen by discovery}) (35. Kh1 Rd3 {is similar})
35... Nxc4 36. Bb3 Bd5 37. Bd4 {and despite being a pawn down, White can still
fight.}) 35. Bd1 $2 (35. Rd1 {is a better way to hold up the Black pieces.})
35... Rd3 36. Qc1 Qxb4 37. Be2 Rd7 {A pawn up and with the white position
riddled with weaknesses, Black stands to win.} 38. Qa1 Qe7 39. Rf4 Qf6 40. Qf1
Nf3+ 41. Bxf3 exf3 42. Rh4+ Kg8 43. Qc1 Rd3 {I can imagine that Black was
trying desperately to land the decisive mating blow before losing on time.
Unfortunately, it eludes him.} (43... Ba4 $1 44. Kf2 Rd1 45. Qa3 Qa1 $1 46.
Kxf3 (46. Qxa4 Rf1#) 46... Bc6+ 47. Kf4 g5+ $1 (47... Qf6) 48. Kxg5 (48. Kxf5
Bd7+ 49. Ke4 Qb1+ 50. Kf3 (50. Ke5 Qf5#) 50... Qf5+ 51. Ke2 Qf1#) 48... Qg7+
49. Kf4 Rf1+ $19) 44. Kf2 Qe5 45. c5 Rxe3 46. Qxe3 Qb2+ 47. Ke1 Qb1+ (47... f2+
48. Qxf2 Qc1+ 49. Ke2 Bb5+ 50. Kf3 g5 51. Rd4 g4+ 52. Kg2 Bc6+ {wins the house}
) 48. Kf2 Qxa2+ 49. Ke1 Qb1+ 50. Kf2 Qb2+ 51. Ke1 Qb1+ (51... f2+ {no longer
works} 52. Qxf2 Qc1+ 53. Ke2 Bb5+ 54. Kf3 g5 55. Qa2+ $1 {and White wins! (The
a2 pawn stopped this happening previously.)}) 52. Kf2 Qc2+ 53. Kf1 $2 (53. Ke1)
53... Be4 (53... Bb5+ 54. Ke1 f2+ 55. Qxf2 Qc1#) 54. c6 Qxc6 55. Qb3+ Qd5 {
Here I imagine that Black lost on time, as there are no mre moves written on
the scoresheets.} (55... Qd5 {after} 56. Qxd5+ Bxd5 57. Rd4 Bf7 {it should be
a draw.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hunt A"]
[Black "Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Bg7 6. g4 {This approach llooks
extremely crude, but it has been very successful in the past.} h5 7. g5 Nh7 (
7... Nfd7 {is normal.}) 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2 e5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. h4
Rd8 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bf3 {Telegraphing his intention to sacrifice on h5. There
is little Black can do about it, but White makes sure that the timing is good.}
Nb6 15. b3 Bb7 16. d5 $1 b4 (16... cxd5 {gives White a fine square on e4 for a
kknight. E.g.} 17. exd5 Qd7 18. a3 Nc8 (18... a5 19. Bxb6) 19. Qd3 a6 20. Nge4)
17. Nce2 c5 {Hoping to advance further.} 18. Bxh5 $1 {If he doen't do this,
then it may be Black who gets the initiative.} gxh5 19. Nxh5 Bc8 20. Rdg1 $1 {
Now a knight check on f6 is on the cards.} Nf8 21. Neg3 c4 $5 22. Qe2 $1 {
White ignores the pawn at b4 and goes after the king.} Qc7 ({After} 22... cxb3
{the attack explodes into life with} 23. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 24. gxf6 Qc7 25. Nf5+ Ng6
26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxg6+ fxg6 28. Rxg6 Qxc2+ 29. Qxc2 bxc2 30. Rhg1 {with a
mating attack. E.g.} Ba6 ({or} 30... Kf7 31. Rg7+ Kxf6 32. R1g6#) 31. Rg8+ Kf7
32. R1g7+ Kxf6 33. Bg5#) 23. Nxg7 cxb3 24. axb3 Qc3 (24... Kxg7 {gets finished
off quickly by} 25. Nh5+ Kh8 (25... Kg6 26. Nf6) 26. Nf6 -- {intending} 27.
Qh5+ Kg7 28. Qh6#) 25. N7h5 {Two pawns up with an attack.} Ng6 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27.
Qd3 {Ends any thoughts of a counterattack.} Qxd3 28. cxd3 Ba6 29. Kd2 Nd7 30.
h5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nxd7+ Rxd7 33. Nf5 Rc8 34. Rc1 Rc5 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36.
Rc1 Rc7 37. d6 Rc8 38. h6 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderson J"]
[Black "Moore Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 {This is a very popular opening, but this move is fairly
rare, but very successful.} Qb6 ({Black should avoid the fork} 10... d4 {since
after} 11. Nxd4 {both recaptures lead to white advantage:} Bxd4 (11... Nxd4 12.
Ne4 $1 Bb6 (12... Qb6 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. c3 {wins the knight}) 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14.
Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Be4 {wins the exchange}) 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Be4 Nxc2+ 14. Qxc2 Rb8
15. Rd1 {is an ideal outcome for White. He has a lead in devlopment, a safe
space advantage and Black has weak dark squares.}) 11. Bf2 b4 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13.
Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 f6 $6 {Black is probably OK if he pays carefully, but it
is all too easy to fall into a passive position. Therefore he plays actively,
but creates weaknesses in the process.} (14... O-O) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rhe1 e5
$2 {Loses a pawn to a neat reply.} ({But} 16... Kf7 {is not exactly
troouble-free. E.g.} 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. c4 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nb6 20. Ne2 Rac8 21.
Ned4 Rhe8 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Bxh7 {with a safe extra pawn iin
view of} f5 $4 25. Ne5+) 17. Bf5 $1 {threatening to take on d7 and then e5.}
O-O (17... e4 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Bxd7+ Bxd7 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Nxd5) (17... Rf8 18.
Rad1 {simly wins the d-pawn as} d4 {exploiting the pin on the e-file.} 19. Nxd4
) 18. Be6+ Kh8 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Rad1 exf4 21. Re4 Rac8 22. c4 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Rb8
24. Rxf4 {White has to be careful not to allow many more pawns to be exchanged.
As it goes, he gradually exchanges just pieces until he is clearly winning.}
Nce5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bb3 Rbd8 27. Rfd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Kg7 29. Bc2 Re8 30. Ne2
Bc8 31. h3 Be6 32. b3 Rc8 33. Be4 f5 34. Bd5 Bd7 35. Bc4 Rc6 36. Nf4 Be8 37.
Nd3 Nxc4 38. Rxc4 Rd6 (38... Rxc4 39. bxc4 Bf7 {would be worth considering for
Black if only White could be stopped from getting his king to d4. As it is,
after} 40. Ne5 Be6 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kd4 {the white pieces dominate and the
endgame win should be easy.}) 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Nf4 Bb5 41. Rd4 Rc6 $6 {The
ebdgame win after the exchange of rooks would be simple for White, so Black
avoids it, but loses a piece.} 42. a4 $1 Rc3+ (42... Bf1 43. Rd1) 43. Kd2 Rxb3
44. axb5 Ke5 45. Rb4 Rxb4 46. Nd3+ Ke4 47. Nxb4 axb5 48. Ke2 Kf4 49. Kf2 h5 50.
g3+ Ke4 51. Ke2 f4 52. Kf2 Kf5 53. Kf3 fxg3 54. Kxg3 Kg5 55. Nc2 Kg6 56. Kf4
Kf6 57. h4 Kg6 58. Ke5 Kg7 59. Kf5 Kh6 60. Kf6 Kh7 61. Kg5 Kg7 62. Kxh5 Kf6 63.
Kg4 Kg6 64. h5+ Kh6 65. Nb4 Kg7 66. Kg5 Kh7 67. h6 Kh8 68. Kg6 Kg8 69. Nc6 Kh8
1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spence D"]
[Black "Merry A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

{A crucial game. Two of the three strongest players in the tournament meet and,
with prize money at stake, one of them is going to have to suffer.} 1. e4 c6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9.
Ne4 (9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bg6+ {is not particularly good here. Black has won all
six games on my databse which have featured this sacrifice.}) 9... Nxe4 10.
Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 c5 $5 (14... O-O {is
dangerous because White should be able to advance quickly against the black
king.}) (14... O-O-O {is by far the most popular move, but it scores very well
for White. The move played is rarer, and very bold, since the king is
more-or-less forced to stay in the centre after White's next move.}) 15. Bb5+
$1 Ke7 $5 (15... Bc6 {is bad in view of} 16. dxc5 $1 {and now:} bxc5 (16...
Bxc5 17. Bf4 $1 Qb7 18. b4 $1 Bxf2 (18... Bxb4 {loses at once to} 19. Ne5 $1
Bxb5 20. Qxb5+) 19. Bd6 $1 (19. Bxc6+ Qxc6 20. Qxf2 Ne4 21. Qd4 Nc3+ 22. Kb2
Nxd1+ 23. Rxd1 O-O {is a small advantage to White}) 19... a6 20. Bxc6+ Qxc6 21.
Qxf2 Ne4 22. Qd4 Nc3+ 23. Kb2 Nxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {This is very similar to the
bracket variation, but now Black cannot castle kingside and so White's
advantage is significant.}) 17. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Qxe5 {is good
for White because} O-O $2 {is met by} 20. Bxh6 $1) (15... Kf8 {is very
reasonable, and was played in the only other game on my database which reached
this position. Black equalised and later won.}) 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bc3 Rhd8 18.
a3 Nd5 $2 {Overlooking White's intermezzo.} ({Back could reach a very playable
position with} 18... a6 19. Bd3 Kf8 {not fearing} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 {when the
bishops would easily compensate for the broken kingside.}) 19. Bd4 $1 (19. Bxg7
{is met by} Nf4 20. Qf1 (20. Qe3 $4 Qxb5) 20... Rac8 21. Ba4 Be4 {with a
healthy counterattack for the pawn.}) 19... Qc7 {Now the black queen is no ,
onger attacking the bishop on b5, so the whiite queen can come to e3.} 20. Bxg7
Nf4 21. Qe3 $1 a6 (21... Nxg2 22. Qxh6 Bxf3 {allows} 23. Qf6#) 22. Nd4 $5 {
Unnecessarily introducing complications. White wins material but opposite
colour bishops make Black's defensive task easier.} (22. Ba4 {is better,
because if Black tries to regain the pawn with} b5 23. Bb3 Nxg2 {then White has
} 24. Qxh6 $1 Bxf3 (24... Nf4 {is aparently strong, but Whiet crashes through
with a series of sacrifices:} 25. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 (25... Rxd6 26. Qh4+ $1 (26.
Qxf4 $4 Rd1+ {wins White's queen}) 26... f6 (26... Kd7 27. Qxf4 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1+
{is now check}) (26... Ke8 27. Qh8+ Kd7 28. Ne5+ Ke7 29. Bf6#) 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 (
27... Kd7 28. Qxf4) 28. Qf8+ Kd7 29. Ne5#) 26. Be5 Qc6 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Rg1 $1
Ng6 ({or} 28... Qxf3 29. Rg8+ Kd7 30. Qxf7+ Kc6 31. Qc7#) 29. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 30.
Bxe6 Qxf3 31. Bf7+ Kf8 (31... Kd7 32. Qe6#) 32. Qg7+ Ke7 33. Bd5+ Ke8 34. Qxg6+
Ke7 35. Bxf3 Bxf3 36. Qf6+ {with a huge material advantage.}) 25. Qf6+ Ke8 26.
Qxf3 Nf4 27. Rhg1 {leaves Black a pawn down and White keeps a very strong
attack.}) 22... axb5 23. Nxb5 Qc5 24. Nxd6 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Bxg2 (25... Rxd6 26.
Rxd6 Kxd6 27. exf4 Rg8 28. Be5+ Kc5 {regains one of the pawns and the opposite
colour bishops make the ending very hard to win (if at all possible).}) 26.
Rhg1 Bf3 27. Rd2 Nd5 $2 (27... Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. exf4 {is similar to the
last note.}) 28. Nxf7 $1 {andother pawn goes, and opposite colour bishops will
no longer be an issue.} Kxf7 29. Rf2 Nxe3 30. Rxf3+ Nf5 31. Bxh6 Rh8 32. Bf4
Raf8 33. Be5 {The black king now comes under fire and the end is swift.} Rh4
34. Rg7+ Ke8 35. Rb7 Re4 36. Rc3 $1 (36. Rc3 Re1+ (36... Rxe5 37. Rc8#) 37. Ka2
Rd1 38. Rc6 {and both black pawns disappear.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Gerald"]
[Black "Pullinger S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 {A solid defence for Black. In the game, White establishes
a space advantage, but never makes much progress.} 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3
Nf6 6. d5 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 cxd5 11. cxd5 O-O 12.
O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 a6 14. b4 Qd8 15. a4 b6 16. f4 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Bb5 Nc5
19. Bc6 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Bxc5 dxc5 {An isolated pawn at last. But white
has given up his dark-squared bishop to bring it about, and the unopposed
black bishop gives Black sufficient counterplay. Indeed, White soon exchanges
this pawn for his doubled f-pawn.} 22. Qe3 Rb4 23. Qxc5 Rxf4 24. Re1 {Still
the illusion of progress, but there is no reason why Black should be driven
into passivity by the pressure on e7.} Bf8 {This is fine, as the e-pawn can
now advance, discovering an attack on the white queen.} (24... Ng4 $1 {in fact
drives White onto the defensive. Not only is the f2 pawn threatened, but Black
is also intending to bring his bishop to d4, supported by the rook on f4.} 25.
Ne2 {is practically forced, when Blavk brings his pieces into threatening
positions with} Re4 26. Qc2 Qb6 $1 27. Rf1 Rb4 28. Bb5 Qd6 {and wins the d5
pawn}) 25. g3 e5 26. Qb5 (26. d6 $1 Bxd6 27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qxd4 {
is sterile equality. The move played is OK, but Whiite must now be careful. He
isn't.}) 26... Rb4 27. Qe2 Qb6 28. h3 $2 {White fears ...Ng4, but there was no
need to worry yet.} (28. Qxe5 {lost to} Ng4 29. Qe2 Rb2) (28. Qf3 $1 {is the
way to go:} Ng4 29. Kg2 Rb2 $2 {is met with} 30. Nd1) 28... Rb2 29. Qf3 Rxf2 $1
30. Qxf2 Bc5 {This was the move to worry about! The white queen is lost.} 31.
Rf1 Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Kg7 33. Kg2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallis I"]
[Black "Rita J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. e5 Bb4 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nge2 Nf5 11. Bf2 Nh4 12. O-O Qg5 13. Bxh4 Qxh4 14. Qd3 Nc7 15.
g3 Qh6 16. Nd1 Qd2 17. Qxd2 Bxd2 18. c3 Bh6 19. Kg2 {Now Black will advance on
the queenside, and White will try his luck on the kingside. The two plans
balance each other out very effectively until White misses something...} c5 20.
f4 g6 21. Nf2 Bg7 22. Nd3 c4 23. Nb4 a5 24. Nc2 Kd7 25. Ne3 {A rather
circuitous way of reaching e3, which he could have chosen on move 21!} Bf8 26.
g4 h5 27. h3 Be7 28. Ng3 Bh4 29. Rh1 Rh7 30. Ne2 Be7 31. Ng1 b5 32. Nf3 b4 33.
f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 Rg8+ 35. Kf2 Bg5 36. f6 Bh6 37. Rhg1 Rhh8 38. h4 bxc3 39. bxc3
Rb8 40. Rab1 Nb5 41. Nd1 Nd6 $5 {This puts the cat among the pigeons. White
must give up the exchange if he is to avoid Black's next move.} 42. Rxb8 $2 {
Allowing a powerful invasion by the black knight.} (42. exd6 $1 Rxb1 43. Ne5+
Kc8 ({not} 43... Kxd6 44. Nxf7+) 44. d7+ Kc7 45. Nxf7 Rbb8 46. d8=Q+ Rbxd8 47.
Rg6 $1 (47. Nxd8 Kxd8 48. Ke2 Ke8 {eventually leads to the loss of the f6 pawn.
}) 47... Bc1 48. Nxh8 Rxh8 49. Ke2 {is level}) 42... Ne4+ 43. Ke2 Rxb8 {White
has no way into Black's position, but Black has a way into White's.} 44. Ng5 $6
{Hoping to create counterplay, but losing a pawn.} Bxg5 45. hxg5 Rg8 46. Kf1
Rxg5 47. Rxg5 Nxg5 48. Nf2 Ke8 49. Kg2 h4 50. Nd1 {Black is going to move his
king around to support the h-pawn, so White preparesfor his knight to make a
nuisance of itself on the queenside. The problem is that Black can put a
spanner in the works by playing ...Ne4 at any time.} Kf8 51. Nb2 Kg8 52. Na4
Kh7 53. Nc5 Kg6 54. Nb7 Ne4 $1 55. Nxa5 Nxc3 56. a3 Ne2 57. Nc6 c3 {The c-pawn
will win the knight.} 58. Nb4 Nxd4 59. a4 c2 60. Nxc2 Nxc2 61. a5 Nb4 62. Kh3
Kg5 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wells JC"]
[Black "Saravanan K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
a6 9. h3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Bb7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Bg5 {Draw
offered} Nxe4 $5 {This is fine, if rather risky. The idea is to remove the
white centre pawns and replace them with Black's, and possibly to open the
long diagonal so that the bishop on g7 can do some damage.} ({But Black has a
good position on the queenside, and it seems to me that breaking with ...c6
should have been the plan.} 14... Rfc8 {first, intending} 15. -- c6 {should
have given Black the initiative.}) 15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qe3 e4 17. Nd2 Ra3 18. Nb3
Nxd5 $6 (18... Bxd5 $1 {is more effective. E.g.} 19. Nxd5 (19. Bh6 Rfa8 20.
Bxg7 Qxg7 {should net Black a third pawn for the piece.}) 19... Nxd5 20. Qd2 c6
{and Black's pressure on the a-file, and the eventual advance of his queenside
pawns, give him reasonable compensation for the sacrificed material.}) 19. Nxd5
Bxa1 $2 {Overlooking, or underestimating, White's reply.} (19... Bxd5 {is not
ideal either:} 20. Nc5 $1 dxc5 21. Qxa3 Ra8 22. Qe3 Bxa1 (22... cxb4 23. Rad1
c6 {is also possible, but the extra rook [for three pawns] should eventually
prevail.}) 23. Rxa1 cxb4 24. Qd4 c6 25. Qxb4 $14 {but, with two pawns for the
piece, Black at least has chances to resist.}) 20. Ne7+ $1 {Now the black king
is in serious danger.} Kf7 21. Rxa1 Rfa8 (21... Re8 {traps the knight, but
unfortunately White has} 22. Qc3 $1 Rxe7 23. Qf6+ Ke8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+
Ke6 (25... Kf8 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Qg8#) 26. Nd4+ Kd5 27. Bxe7 Kxd4 28. Bf6+ {
winning the queen.}) 22. Qc3 c6 23. Qf6+ Ke8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Ke6 26.
Nd4+ Ke5 27. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilett R"]
[Black "Dempster D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Qc2 Bg4 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 {This is one of those positions which look
superficially attractive for White. He has a space advantage and two bishops,
but Black is solid and can hope to exploit the d4 square later.} 11. a3 c6 12.
O-O Qe7 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. b4 Nc7 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bf8 18. Rdd1
Be7 19. Bg4 Nf6 20. Be2 Ne6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxa7 $2 {A strage error. Did he
overlook Black's 23rd move?} (22. Rd1 Nd4 {and the game goes on.}) 22... Ra8
23. Be3 Bxb4 {Suddenly White, far from winning a pawn, is losing one.} 24. Bd2
Nd4 25. Bd1 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Bxa3 27. Bg5 Ne8 28. f4 f6 29. Bh6 Nd6 30. Bg4 Kf7
31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Nb1 Bc5 33. Kf1 Nxe4 34. Nd2 Nd6 35. Ke1 Bb4 36. Kd1 Bxd2 37.
Kxd2 Nxc4+ 38. Kc3 Nd6 39. h4 N6f5 40. Bg5 h6 41. Bd2 h5 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes M"]
[Black "Myall I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nd2 Nf6 (
7... Qb6 {looks more combative.}) 8. Ne2 Bf5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Bg5 $1 {Now the
e-pawn cannot be defended in the long run.} Qa5 11. O-O $4 ({It's not clear
why White didn't play} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O {and the e4 pawn drops. Even
worse, he now loses material himself.}) 11... Bg4 {Discovering an attack by
the queen on the g5 bishop.} 12. f3 Qxg5 13. fxg4 Qxe3+ 14. Kh1 Qxd4 15. Qe2 e3
16. Nf3 Qxg4 17. Rad1 (17. Qxe3) 17... Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 (18... Qxb4 19. Rb1 Qf4
20. Rxb7 O-O {is three extra pawns and the makings of a kingside attack for
Black.}) 19. c4 Nh5 $6 (19... O-O 20. c5 Bc7 21. Qxe3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 {
maintains the three pawn advantage.}) 20. Nxh5 Qxh5 21. c5 Bd8 22. Qxe3 Bf6 23.
Rg1 Qg4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 O-O {Black has managed to exchange pieces and
maintained his two pawn advantage, but now White gains a strnglehold on both
the d-file and the seventh rank, and Black's winning task becomes rather
tricky.} 26. Rd4 Qf5 27. Qc7 Rab8 28. Rgd1 h6 29. h3 e5 30. Rd7 Rfc8 31. Qd6 e4
$2 {This is logical, but Black shuld have put the rook behind the pawn first.}
(31... Re8 32. Kg1 Qg5 33. Rf1 f5 $1 {and there is no check on e6 for White})
32. Qg3 $2 (32. Kg1 $1 {almost certainly saves the game.} Rf8 (32... Re8 $2 33.
Rf1 Qh5 34. Qc7 Rf8 35. Rfxf7 $1 Rxf7 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Qxb7 Rxd7 38. Qxd7 {is
a draw}) (32... Qg5 33. Rf1 f5 $2 (33... Rf8 34. Rdxf7 $1) 34. Qe6+ {shows why
the rook needed to go to e8}) 33. Rf1 Qh5 34. Rfxf7 $1 Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36.
Qf4+ Kg8 37. Qxe4 {is probably a draw}) 32... Re8 33. Qe3 Qg5 $1 34. Qb3 Re7 {
Black's difficulties are over. The white pieces are repelled and the two pawn
advantage exerts its influence again.} 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kh7 37. Qc2 f5
38. Qc4 f4 39. g4 fxg3 40. Qg8+ Kg6 41. Rd6+ Kh5 42. Qc4 Kh4 43. Qe2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Geoff"]
[Black "Peck Silas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Na4 Bb4 8. c3
Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Bb3 b5 {Black is equalising easily, and even starts to take
the initiative on the queenside.} 11. Nb2 a5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6
Qxe6 15. Nd1 Nbd7 16. a3 axb4 17. cxb4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nc3 Rab8 20. Bb2 d4
21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. g3 h6 24. Rc2 $1 {An unassuming little move.
Black's reply turns it into an extremely good one.} Qg6 $6 {Losing time.} (
24... Bb6 25. Rec1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Ra8 {is fine for Black.}) 25. Nh4 Qe6 26. Rec1
{Suddenly there is a pin on the c-file and Black is in trouble.} N7b6 27. Kg2 (
{White should strike at once with} 27. Nc5 $1 Qd6 ({or} 27... Qe8 28. Na6 Rb7
29. Bxd4 $1 {- probably what White missed -} exd4 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Nxc7 Nxc7
32. Rxc7 {is a good pawn up for White}) 28. Na6 {when saving the exchange with}
Rb7 {allows} 29. Nf5 Qe6 ({or} 29... Qf6 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. Rc6 Qd8 32. Nxc7 {
winning the e5 pawn}) 30. Qg4 $1 Qf6 31. Qe4 {transposing into the bracketed
variation.}) 27... Bd8 ({The active} 27... Na4 $1 {poses White the problem of
whther to allow the exchange of his slightly passive bishop:} 28. Qf3 (28. Ba1
Bd8 29. Nf3 Qg4 $1 30. Kh1 (30. Nxe5 Nf4+) 30... Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Qe6 32. Kg2 Be7
{and Black has the entry squares on the c-file covered, and his pieces are the
more active.}) 28... Nxb2 29. Rxb2 Bb6 {is probably about level.}) 28. Nf3 Qg4
29. Kh1 f5 $2 ({First} 29... Rxc2 $1 30. Rxc2 {and only now} f5 $1 31. Nc5 Bf6
32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Ne3+ $1 35. fxe3 Qxc2+ 36. Kh3 Qe2 $1 {
leads to a draw:} 37. Qxb8+ Kh7 38. Qb7 ({not} 38. Qxb6 $2 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 g5+ 40.
Kh5 Qh3#) 38... Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ {is a draw}) ({The alternative loses a pawn
to a fine combination:} 29... Qf5 30. Nxd4 $1 (30. Nd6 $2 Rxc2 {is level})
30... exd4 (30... Rxc2 31. Nxc2 {is a clear extra pawn}) 31. Nd6 Qd7 ({not} 
31... Rxc2 $2 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Nxf5) 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 $1 Nxc8 34. Rxc8
Qxc8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ {and White regains the piece with an extra pawn and
a dominant position.}) 30. Nc5 ({Or} 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 31. Ned2 Bf6 32. Qe1 $1 {
unpinning the knight and winning the e5 pawn next move.}) 30... Bf6 ({Black is
going to lose the e5 pawn, so he should muddy the waters with} 30... Nc3 $1 31.
Bxc3 dxc3 32. Rxc3 ({or} 32. Nxe5 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Nd5 {and the c3 pawn could
prove to be awkward}) 32... Nd5 (32... Bf6 33. Nd7 $1 Rxc3 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35.
Rxc3 {is a comfortable extra pawn for White}) 33. R3c2 Ra8 34. Nxe5 Qxe2 35.
Rxe2 Rxa3 36. Rb2 (36. d4 f4 {is similar}) 36... Bf6 37. d4 f4 {gives Black
some play}) 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Re8 34. Qxd4 Re7 35. Ne6 $1
Rbe8 36. Rc6 {The rook is a tactical weakness here, on the same diaginal as
the black queen.} (36. Re1 Nd7 (36... h5 37. Rce2) 37. Rce2 {avoids any real
counterplay. The threat of mate on g7 means that the knight can move away from
e6 without losing material since the e7 rook cannot leave the second rank.})
36... Na4 ({Black may be able to hold this position with a more active
approach. E.g.} 36... h5 $1 37. h4 (37. Rf1 Nf4 $1 38. Qxf4 Qxc6) 37... f4 $1
38. Qe4 Qg4 {Now the knight truly is pinned} 39. Re1 Qh3 $1 {Returning a pawn
with} 40. Bd4 $1 {seems more likely to confirm White's advantage. E.g.} (40.
Re2 f3 $1 (40... fxg3 $2 41. fxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Rg2 {exposes g7 and loses for Black
}) 41. Qxf3 Rxe6 42. Rexe6 Rxe6 43. Rxe6 Qxe6 44. Qxh5 {looks like a draw, as
the four pawns for the piece are not particularly mobile.}) 40... fxg3 41. Qg2
Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 gxf2 43. Kxf2 {with tthe better endgame for White}) 37. Ba1 {
Fine but...} ({Tactics could end the game more quickly:} 37. Rc8 $1 Nf6 (37...
Nxb2 $2 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qxg7#) 38. Qd6 $1 Nd5 (38... Rxe6 39. Qxe6+) 39.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Qd7 Re7 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Nd4 {and the queen can no longer
defend the knight on d5.}) 37... Nf6 38. Qf4 Qd5 $2 (38... Qxd3 {is much
better but loses to} 39. Bxf6 ({Not} 39. Nxg7 $4 Re1+ (39... Kxg7) 40. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 41. Kg2 Qf1+ 42. Kf3 Qh1#) 39... Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Bd4 Qxa3 $2 ({
after} 41... Kh7 {careful play will restore White's two pawn advantage:} 42. h3
Re7 43. Rc6 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Qe4 45. Qxe4 Rxe4 46. Rd6 Kg8 47. Rd7 g6 48. Kg2 h5
49. Kf1 Kf8 50. Rd5 Ke7 51. f3 Re6 52. Rxb5 {with a clearly winning endgame})
42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qxf5+ Rg6 44. Rc7 {is a lethal mate threat.}) 39. Rd6 Qb7 40.
Qxf5 Rc8 41. Rf1 (41. Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. Bxf6 {is even better, but Black is well
and truly lost anyway.}) 41... Qb8 42. Be5 {Three pawns up and a threat to win
the queen (Rd8+).} (42. Be5 Kf7 (42... Qb7 43. Bxf6 gxf6 44. Qg6+) 43. Bxf6 $1
gxf6 (43... Qxd6 44. Be5+ {wins the queen}) 44. Qh7+ Ke8 45. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lunn T"]
[Black "Okhai S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Nge2 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Re8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rad1 {
White diesn't seem to know what to  do in this structure. His two main plans
are to force through e3-e4, after preparing wiith f3, and the minority attack,
advancing the b-pawn supported by a rook on b1. He does neither.} Nf8 15. Rfe1
Qd6 16. Nfe2 Bd7 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Nf1 Ne6 19. Nh2 Ng5 20. b4 {This is not a
serious minority attack, as the pawn does not have the support of a rook.} a6
21. a3 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 {Black has built a comfortable position, but neither
side has anything to bite on yet.} 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Ne5 Nd6 25. a4 Bf5 26. Rb1 {
At last! Black is well-developed and so this does little damage.} Bxd3 27. Qxd3
Ne4 28. Re2 Re6 29. b5 $6 {Black is active enough for this to lead to an
initiative for him.} axb5 30. axb5 c5 $1 31. Ng4 Qe7 32. dxc5 Nxc5 33. Qa3 b6
34. Rd2 h5 35. Nh2 Rg6 36. Nf3 $4 {On the last move before the time control,
White lisses the threat.} (36. Rbd1 Qe4 37. f3 Qe5 {is probably level.}) 36...
Qe4 {a double attack on the rook on b1 and the pinned knight on f3.} (36... Qe4
) 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davison C"]
[Black "Lunn S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Rc1 g5 $5 {A more active treatment of this structure
than in the previous game!} ({The routine} 10... O-O {is fine for Black.}) 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 h5 {a frightening advance, but White replies coolly.} 13. f3
Qc7 14. fxe4 $5 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bxe4 16. Bc4 h4 $6 ({Both the greedy} 16... f6) (
{and the more adventurous} 16... O-O-O {are far better than exposing the king
like this.}) 17. Bxf7+ Kd8 18. Qg4 $1 h3 $1 (18... Bh7 {loses to} 19. Qxg5+ Kc8
20. Qg7 {so Black throws more wood onto the fire.}) 19. Qxe4 hxg2+ 20. Nxg2 (
20. Qxg2 Nf6 21. Rxf6 Be5+ 22. Kg1 Bxf6 23. Be6 {leaves Black short of ideas.})
20... Bg3+ 21. Kg1 Bh2+ 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. Qf5 (23. Qe6 $1 {boldly returns the
piece with check in order to turn the tables on the black king:} Qg3+ 24. Ke2
Qxg2+ 25. Kd3 Nd7 26. Bg6 $1 {making way for the rook at f7} Qd5 27. Qxd5 cxd5
28. Rf7 Bd6 (28... Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30. Bf7 {wins a pawn when the bishops
supporting the central passed pawns should win the game comfortably}) 29. Bf5
Be7 (29... Nb6 30. Rxb7 {is an extra pawn for White and the black king is
still horribly exposed}) 30. Bb4 $1 Bxb4 31. Rxd7+ Ke8 32. Rxb7 {with an extra
pawn and the attack. Here the opposite colour bishops favour White.  The move
played has a similar purpose, but Black has the choice of taking he bishop on
f7.}) 23... Qg3+ (23... Qxf7 {is more circumspect, although White is still
doing very well. E.g.} 24. Ke1 Bg3+ 25. Kd1 Qh5+ 26. Kc2 Nd7 27. Rh1 $1 Bh2 ({
after} 27... Qxh1 28. Rxh1 Rxh1 29. Qxg5+ {wins the bishop}) 28. e4 Kc7 29. Nf4
$1 gxf4 30. Bxf4+ Kb6 31. Qxh5 Rxh5 32. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 33. Bxh2 {with a very good
endgame a pawn ahead.}) 24. Ke2 Qxg2+ 25. Rf2 $2 (25. Kd3 $1 {leads to similar
variartions as in the note to White's 23rd move. The black king is too exposed.
}) 25... Qg4+ 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. Rg2 Nh6 (27... Nf6 {may be better, but after}
28. Rf1 ({or} 28. Rxg5 Ne4 29. Rg2 Nxd2) 28... Ne4 29. Be1 Kd7 30. Bg6 Nd6 31.
Rff2 Rh6 32. Bc2 Rah8 33. Rxg5 {White extra pawn, supported by the two bishops,
should win.}) 28. Bg6 Ng8 29. Rxg5 Ne7 30. Be4 Kd7 31. d5 $2 {Poor judgement.
White gives up one of his bishops and reduces the number of pawns. Now Black
suddenly has good drawing chances.} cxd5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5+ Ke6 34. Rg5
Bd6 $2 (34... Be5 $1 35. Rxe5+ (35. Rg6+ Kf5) 35... Kxe5 36. Bc3+ Ke6 37. Bxh8
Rxh8 {should be enough to draw.}) 35. Rc4 $2 (35. Rg6+ $1 Kd7 36. Rg7+ Ke6 (
36... Be7 $2 {eventually loses the bishop:} 37. Bb4 Rhe8 38. Rc4 -- (38... Rad8
39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. Rd4+ Ke8 41. Rg8+) {and there is no defence to} 39. Bxe7 {
when Black cannot recapture withut losing a rook -} Rxe7 $2 40. Rd4+ Ke6 (40...
Ke8 41. Rg8+) 41. Re4+) 37. Rxb7 {and the two extra pawns should win}) 35...
Rh2+ 36. Kd3 Be5 {Now there is no win.} 37. Re4 Rd8+ 38. Kc4 Rdxd2 39. Rgxe5+
Kf6 40. Re6+ Kf5 41. R4e5+ Kg4 42. Rg6+ Kf3 43. Rf6+ Ke2 44. Rb5 Rc2+ 45. Kd4
Rd2+ 46. Ke4 Rd3 47. Rb3 Rxb3 48. axb3 Rh3 {Now he wins back the pawn and it
should be a draw.} 49. Re6 $4 Rxe3+ 50. Kd5 Rxe6 51. Kxe6 Kd3 52. Kd6 Kc2 53.
Kc7 b5 54. Kc6 b4 55. Kc5 Kxb3 $2 (55... a5 $1 56. Kb5 (56. Kc4 Kxb2) 56...
Kxb2 57. Kxa5 (57. Ka4 Ka2) 57... Kxb3 {is winning for Black!}) 56. Kb5 a6+ 57.
Ka5 Kc4 (57... Kxb2 58. Kxb4 {draws.}) 58. Kxa6 Kb3 59. Kb5 Kxb2 60. Kxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spence D"]
[Black "Hunt A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 {This is a very happy
variation for Dave Spence, as two of his biggest wins have come from this
position.} Qa5 ({Spence,D (2223)-Bruno,F (2461) Gibraltar 2009 went} 12... Qc7
13. Qe4 b6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qf4 Rd7 18. Bb1 Rad8 19. Rc1
Na5 20. Ng5 f5 21. h4 Nc4 22. Rfe1 Qc6 23. Qg3 Ba3 24. Rc2 Rd1 25. Rce2 Bc1 26.
Nxe6 Bxh6 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxf5 Nd2 29. e6 Bf4 30. Qg4 Re8 31. h5 Re7 32. hxg6
h5 33. Qh3 Kg7 34. Rd1 Qd5 35. Kh1 Ba6 36. Qh4 Bxe2 37. Qxe7+ Kh6 38. g7 Qxf5
39. g8=Q Be5 40. Qef8+ {1-0}) 13. Qe4 Rd8 ({Spence,D (2213)-Gordon,S (2535)
England 2011 went} 13... Qa4 14. Bg5 Re8 ({Somewhat less happy was Spence,D 
(2221)-Moskovic,D (2324) England 2012, which went} 14... Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16.
Qh4 Be8 17. Re1 h6 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxe7 Qxc4 20. Qxb7 Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qa3 22.
Rc2 Rab8 23. Qc7 a6 24. h3 Ba4 25. Rd2 Qf8 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Rd8 28. Re4
Rc8 29. Qb6 Bc6 30. Rd4 Bd5 31. Ne5 Qd8 32. Qa7 Qf6 33. Ng4 Qg5 34. d7 Rd8 35.
f4 Qe7 36. Ne5 f6 37. Ng6 Qxd7 38. Qxa6 Ra8 39. Qe2 Qf7 40. Nh4 Rxa2 41. Qe3
Qb7 42. f5 e5 43. Rg4 h5 44. Rg6 Qa7 45. Rg3 Qxe3+ 46. Rxe3 Kh7 47. Kh2 Kh6 48.
Rd3 Be4 49. Re3 Ra4 50. Rg3 Bb1 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. g4 Ba2 53. Kg3 Ra3+ {0-1}) 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ng5 Ng6 17. Nxf7 Bd7 18. Nd6 Re7 19. f4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Kh8 21. Rf2
Rf8 22. Raf1 Qa5 23. g3 a6 24. h4 Rd8 25. h5 Nf8 26. f5 Bd5 27. Qg5 Red7 28. f6
{1-0}) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 {Sharing the point means sharing the
prize money, something which neither player minded.} ({Only one game on my
databse has reached this position:} 16. Bd3 Ng6 17. h4 Bd7 18. h5 Bc6 19. Qe3
Nf4 20. Bb1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxh5 22. Be4 Rac8 23. Rac1 g5 24. Bb1 Rc4 25. Rfd1
Nf4 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qd5 {0-1 (27) Kos,T (2402)-Cvitan,O (2526) Pula 2001}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pullinger S"]
[Black "Anderson J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 O-O $5 (6... a6 {is
by far the most popular move here, but there is nothing wrong with the move
played, as we shall see.}) 7. Nb5 Re8 8. Nxd6 cxd6 9. d4 Nc6 10. d5 $5 {I'm
not sure whether this pawn sacrifice was deliberate.} (10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd2 d5 {
is fine for Black, who can soon release the bishop from its prison.}) 10...
Qa5+ {Draw agreed, and Stephen Pullinger ended a very successful tournament
for him, while John Anderson tied for first and so shared the prize money with
Spence and Hunt.} (10... Qa5+ {Black can temporarily win a pawn after} 11. c3
Ne7 $1 ({not} 11... Nxd5 12. b4) (11... Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Rd1 {regains
the pawn at once with a slight edge for White, who has the two bishops.}) 12.
Bf3 Nexd5 13. Nh3 h6 14. e4 Nc7 15. Qxd6 Re6 16. Qd2 d5 ({or} 16... Rc6 17. Ng1
d6 18. Ne2) 17. exd5 Ncxd5 {should give Black a slight initiative as White's
pieces are awkwardly placed.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore Graham"]
[Black "Wells JC"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Kh1 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bf3 Nxd4 {Black normally keeps the tension in the
position, but this is a very practical option, leading to comfortable equality.
} 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd1 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bd7 {A little passive.} (13... Be6 {
doesn't lose a pawn to} 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Nxd6 {as} Rad8 16. e5 Ne8 {regains it})
14. Re1 Rad8 15. Qd4 a6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qc8 18. Qb6 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20.
Qxc6 bxc6 21. h3 Rd7 {Jonathan offered a draw here. Graham saw that there was
a chance for him on the queenside, so he carried on.} 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1
Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Kg1 Kf8 26. Kf2 Bb6+ (26... Nd7 27. Bd6+ Be7 {is dead
level.}) 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Na4 Bf2 31. Kc4 Ke5 32. Nc5
{This looks dangerous for Black, but it is just a matter of counting...} Kf4
33. Nxa6 Kg3 34. Nc5 Kxg2 35. a4 f5 36. a5 f4 37. a6 Bxc5 38. Kxc5 f3 39. a7 f2
40. a8=Q f1=Q 41. Qxc6+ Kxh3 {White picks up a pawn now with some checks, but
his oen king is too exposed, and the white queen will be too far away, to
avoid perpetual check or the return of the pawn.} 42. Qe6+ Kh2 $6 (42... Kh4 {
is better:} 43. Qe7+ Kh3 44. Qxg7 Qf5+ 45. Kd6 Qxc2 {draw}) 43. Qe5+ Kh1 $6 (
43... Kh3 44. c4 g6 45. b4 g5 $1 46. Qxg5 Qf8+ 47. Kb5 Qe8+ {be drawn.}) 44.
Qe4+ Kg1 45. Qg4+ (45. b4 Qf8+ 46. Kb5 Qc8 47. c4 g5 {and Black should hold.})
45... Kh2 46. Qh4+ Kg1 47. Qxh7 Qf2+ 48. Kc4 Qf7+ 49. Kc3 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rita J"]
[Black "Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Bg7 6. Qd2 Qb6 7. Bc4 O-O (7...
Nxe4 $1 8. Nxe4 d5 {is a quick and easy way to equalise, but Steve Gregory is
not interested in easy equality.}) 8. h3 d5 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice}
(8... Nxe4 {again}) 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bb3 {White decides too keep the tension,
although it means thias rather passive move.} (10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qxb2 12.
Rd1 Rd8 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Nc6 {is good for Black}) (10. Bxd5 {doesn't give
White an advantage either:} Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxb2 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. Rc1 Be6 (13...
Bd7 {is not good:} 14. Ne2 Bxa4 15. O-O Nc6 16. Nd5 Qa2 17. Ndc3 Qc4 18. Ra1 b5
19. Nxa4 bxa4 {and White is effectively a sound pawn ahead.}) 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 Rd8 16. d5 (16. Ne2 Rd7 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Ndf4 Nxd4 $11) 16... Rd7 17. Nc8
Nc6 18. Ke2 Rxc8 19. dxe6 fxe6 $11) 10... Nc6 11. Nge2 e6 12. O-O Na5 13. Ba2
Bd7 14. Rfb1 Rfc8 {Black already has queenside pressure.} 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Rxc4 17. b3 Rc6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Na4 Rac8 20. Nc5 $2 (20. c3 Ne4 21. Qd3 Ra6 22.
b4 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rac6 24. Rc1 Rc4 {is good for Black, but the text move allows
Black a tactical blow.}) 20... Rxc5 $5 ({After the better} 20... Ne4 $1 21.
Nxe4 Rxc2 22. Qe3 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Bb5 $1 {the d-pawn falls and White's game
collapses.}) 21. dxc5 Ne4 22. Qb4 Rxc5 {Black decides not to regain the
exchange since his pieces are so active.} (22... Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxc5 24. Be3 Qc7
25. Qd4 {gives White some compensation for the pawn since he has an unopposed
dark-squared bishop which might cause problems for the black king.}) 23. Ra2 e5
24. Bg3 ({After} 24. Be3 {Black has} d4 25. f3 Nc3 $1 (25... Rb5 26. Qe1 Ng5 {
is also good}) 26. Nxc3 (26. Qxc5 Nxe2+ 27. Kh2 Nc3 {and Back regains the rook}
) 26... Rxc3 27. Bd2 Rc7 {and Black's central pawns and better placed pieces
give him great compensation for the exchange}) 24... Qc7 25. Rf1 Bb5 26. c4
dxc4 27. bxc4 Bxc4 28. Rc2 Bf8 $1 29. Rfc1 Bd3 $1 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Kh2 (31.
Qe1 {loses to} Bxe2 32. Qxe2 Nxg3 ({or} 32... Bxf2+ 33. Bxf2 Qxc1+)) 31... Bxb4
32. Rxc7 Bxe2 33. Rxb7 Bxa5 34. Rxa7 Bc3 {Black has emerged with a big
material advantage. He makes short work of the winning task, partly because
White allows him to weave a mating net.} 35. Ra4 Bd4 36. f3 Nxg3 37. Kxg3 Kg7
38. Ra2 Bf1 39. Rc2 h5 40. Rc1 h4+ $1 41. Kxh4 (41. Kh2 Bd3 {followed by the
advance of the Black pawns and the creation of a passed pawn, soon wins for
Black.}) 41... Bf2+ $1 42. g3 Bd3 43. Rc3 Bf5 44. Rb3 Kh6 $1 {Mate cannot be
averted, just delayed.} (44... Kh6 45. -- g5#) 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dempster D"]
[Black "Moore Geoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4 (7. e5 {is
most popular.}) 7... b4 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nh6 {
Hurrying to get developed, but it seems that many players wait for White to
play e4-e5 before committing this knight, preferring to play on the queenside.
The trouble is that this may involve ...Qc7 or ...Qa5, both of which expose
the queen, which would explain why no-one in my database has played the pawn
exchange 10...cxd4.} 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 f6 {Black needs to find a home for his
h6 knight, but this creates a slight weakness which White pounces on
immediately.} (13... d5 {Attempts to create some central play, although} 14.
Ba3 {is awkward to meet.} (14. exd5 Nb6 15. g4 Nxd5 16. f5 Rb8 17. Qe1 {looks
good for White, but tactics help Black to avoid losing the knight on h6, e.g.}
Nb4 18. Bb1 Bb7 19. Qh4 $4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Bxd4+)) 14. f5 $1 Re8 (14... gxf5 {is
met by} 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. exf5 {and now not} Nxf5 $4 ({or} 17...
Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Ne6) 18. a5 {winning a piece}) 15. Nf4 Nf8 16. fxg6 hxg6
17. Be3 e5 {Understandably trying to take a stake in the centre, but now both
Black's f- and g-pawns are vulnerable, a fact which White neatly exploits.} 18.
dxe5 dxe5 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Bc4 Rb8 21. a5 $1 Nf7 22. Bb6 {Forcing the queen
from the defnce of the f6 pawn.} Qd6 23. Nh4 {Attacking the g6 pawn and
discovering an attack on the f6 pawn. Black's position is hopeless.} Nf4 $5 {
A desperate throw which seems to unsettle White.} (23... g5 24. Nf5 {wins the
f-pawn after exchanging on g7.}) 24. Rb1 $6 (24. Nxf4 Qxd1 (24... Rxb6 25. axb6
Qxb6+ 26. Kh1 exf4 27. Nxg6 {doesn't help}) 25. Raxd1 exf4 26. Nxg6 {is
winning easily}) 24... Qc6 (24... Be6 $1 25. Rxf4 $1 {leads to advantage for
White. E.g.} (25. Nxf4 $2 Bxc4 {is fine for Black}) 25... exf4 26. Nxg6 Rxb6
27. Rxb6 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Qxc4 29. Nge7+ Rxe7 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. Nd5 {but the win
is still some way off.}) 25. Rc1 $1 (25. Rc1 -- {This threatens} 26. Nxf4 exf4
27. Bxf7+ {winning the queen by discovered attack.}) 25... Rxb6 (25... Be6 26.
Bxa6 Qa8 27. Bb5 {leaves White with a massive advantage.}) 26. Nxb6 Qc5+ 27.
Kh2 (27. Kh2 {Black may have intended} Qxa5 {but that allows} 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29.
Bxf7+ {winning the rook on c8 by discovery.}) 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Merry A"]
[Black "Moore Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 {New, according to my database, but it must have been
played somewhere.} ({Most popular is} 9... b5 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. f4 {and now}
Bg4 $5 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 {looks about level.}) 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12.
Nxf4 Ng4 (12... Nd5 13. Nh5 f6 14. e4 Ne7 {looks quite good for White, who can
build slowly on the kingside. The game is similar.}) 13. Qe1 f6 14. h3 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Ng6 16. d3 Rf7 17. Rf3 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Re8 19. Raf1 {There doesn't seem to
be anything positive that Black can do, a serious state of affairs when playng
someone like Alan Merry. He will gradually crank up the pressure until
something gives.} Ref8 20. e4 Qc5+ 21. R4f2 Qd6 (21... Be6 {gives Black the
option of replying to e4-e5 with ...f6-f5.}) 22. e5 $1 {Well judged. The c7
pawn goes, and the opposite colour bishops will not be a factor unless queens
are exchanged.} fxe5 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Bxe5 Qg6 (25... Qc5+ 26.
Kh1 Qxc2 27. Qxg7+ {wins for White}) 26. Qh4 Be6 27. Bxc7 Bd5 28. Qf2+ Qf6 29.
Qe2 Qe7 30. Be5 {I presume that Gerald resigned here (rather than losing on
time). He has fairly good drawing chances but possibly he was disgusted with a
position which he would have to defend for hours.} 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Myall I"]
[Black "Okhai S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Na5 6. O-O c6 ({The immediate
} 6... Nxc4 7. dxc4 {looks far better.}) 7. a3 Nxc4 (7... Bxc3 8. Nxc3 Nxc4 9.
dxc4 {and d6 is very weak.}) (7... Be7 8. Ba2 {loses time for Black.}) 8. axb4
Nb6 9. f4 d6 10. f5 $5 {Having gained so much tme in the opening, White sees
no reason not to play for this bold advance. It restricts the black bishop and
prepares further advances if Black castles kingside. If he castles on the
other side, then the a-file could cause trouble for him.} h6 11. Kh1 d5 12. Qe1
d4 13. Na4 {Discouraging Black from preparing to castle queenside, as the
knight might have been a useful defender.} Nxa4 14. Rxa4 Bd7 15. Ra5 b5 16. Qg3
Qe7 17. Bd2 Rg8 {Now castling either side is out of the question. However, the
king is not safe in the centre either.} 18. Rfa1 Bc8 19. c3 $1 g6 20. cxd4 exd4
21. e5 gxf5 {Black gives up a piece, but he was losing the d4 pawn and there
are other weaknesses all over the place.} 22. exf6 Rxg3 23. fxe7 Rxd3 24. Bxh6
Kxe7 25. Rxa7+ (25. Re1 $1 Be6 26. Nc1 {traps the rook and wins a further
exchange.}) 25... Rxa7 26. Rxa7+ Bd7 27. Ra1 Kd6 28. Bf8+ Kc7 29. Bc5 {More
material is bound to be lost.} 1-0

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lunn S"]
[Black "Wallis I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 g6 {This was the line with
which Ian beat dagne Ciuksyte at Lowestoft. Another exciting game is in
prospect.} 6. a3 Bg7 7. b4 $5 {A little later, he may have wished that he
had't made these queenside advances, as he might like to have the option of
castling queenside.} d6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. c4 Nh5
13. g3 Qc8 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh3 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Ng2 Be6 18. g4 Nf6 (18... Nf4
19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. d4 {clarifies the position a little too early
for Black's liking.}) 19. h3 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 c6 {Preparing to
break in the ecntre to expose White's rather extended position.} 22. f4 exf4
23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nxf4 Ra8 25. Bb2 d5 ({I'm not sure whether the players saw
the tactical trick} 25... Nh5 $1 {but after} 26. gxh5 (26. Bxg7 Nxf4 27. Qf3
Nxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Kxg7 {is a clear extra pawn for Black.}) 26... Bxb2 27. Qg2 g5
28. O-O {the position is rather unclear. E.g.} Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Be3 30. Nxe6 Qxe6)
26. cxd5 cxd5 27. e5 Nh7 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. O-O g5 $1 {the h4 and f4 squares
beckon for the knights.} 30. Qf2 Ng6 31. d4 Nf4 32. Qe3 Nf8 33. Kh2 N8g6 34.
Rc1 Nh4 35. Bd1 Qb5 36. Ba3 Nhg2 37. Qc3 $2 {The first move after the time
control, and a blunder, as often happens.} (37. Qg3 Qa5 38. Nb1 Bf8 39. Bxf8
Rxf8 {leaves Black in control, but now Black had a golden opportunity...})
37... Ne1 {...which he misses.} (37... Ne2 $1 38. Bxe2 Qxe2 {(threatening mate
in 2)} 39. Rg1 Nf4+ 40. Kh1 Rxa3 41. Qxa3 Qxd2 {and Black has a material
advantage and his attack continues with the white d- and h-pawns vulnerable.})
38. Rb1 Qa6 39. Rb3 Rc8 40. Qb2 (40. Qg3 {is safer}) 40... Nfd3 41. Qb1 Qa7 $6
{Black sees an idea, but it isn't conclusive.} ({As so often happens, if a
combination doesn't seem to work, try the first two moves in reverse order:} 
41... Bxe5+ $3 42. dxe5 Qa7 $1 43. Rb6 Qf7 {leaves White completely helpless
against invasion by the queen.}) 42. Rxd3 Bxe5+ 43. Kh1 $1 (43. dxe5 Qf2+ 44.
Kh1 Qg2#) 43... Nxd3 44. Qxd3 Qxd4 $2 {This should lose.} (44... Bg7 {is OK.})
45. Qg6+ Kh8 {The rook at c8 is about to disappear. Maybe White was too short
of time to finish it off.} (45... Kh8 46. Qxh6+ Kg8 47. Qxe6+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ $1 (
48. Qxc8 {is also winning:} Qxd2 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ Kg8 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52.
Qxe5 Qxd1+ 53. Kh2 Qc2+ 54. Kg1 Qb1+ 55. Kf2 Qa2+ 56. Bb2) 48... Kh6 49. Qxc8
Qxd2 50. Bf8+ Bg7 (50... Kh7 51. Bc2+) 51. Qc6+ Kh7 52. Qc2+ Qxc2 53. Bxc2+ Kg8
54. Bxg7 Kxg7 {is a clear win.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saravanan K"]
[Black "Ilett R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. c5 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Be2 b6 $5 {
establishing a post on d6 for the knight, at the cost of soem weakness on gthe
queenside light squares.} 14. c6 f5 15. f4 Nf7 16. Qb3 {We have been following
a line which has been played a few times before. This move seems to be new,
buut it is perfectly reasonable.} Nd6 17. a4 a5 18. Nb5 ({A main idea for
Black is to push through the ...e7-e6 (or e5) advance, so it would make sense
to anticipate it by lacing a rook opposite the black queen with} 18. Rad1)
18... Re8 19. Rac1 e6 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bxb6 $5 {Karthik shows a lot of
imagination with these sacrifices. The idea is to set up connected passed
pawns.} cxb6 22. c7 Qd7 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rc6 Qb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. Rxb6 $6 {
This seems to be based on an oversight.} (26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. d6 {was perfectly
playable and the game could fizzle out after} Rxa4 28. Rd1 Bd7 29. Rcc1 Kf7 30.
Bd5+ Kf6 (30... Be6 $4 31. d7) 31. Bc6 Ke6 $1 32. Bd5+ Kf6 {with a repetition})
26... e4 {presumably White didn't notice Black's intention.} 27. Be2 $4 {
Losing a rook.} ({After} 27. Rb8 Bd7 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Be2 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Bxa4
31. Ra1 Rc8 32. Rxa4 Rxc7 33. g3 {White should draw.}) 27... Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Bxb6
29. Bb5 Ba6 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 31. Rc1 Bxc7 32. Rxc7 Rxa4 33. Rc1 e3 34. Re1 Ra5 35.
d6 Rd5 36. g3 e2 37. d7 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dawson J"]
[Black "Hughes M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbxd5 11. h3 (11. Re1 {is better because} Bg4 {is
not to be feared in view of} 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 {and the d4 pawn is in no
danger.}) 11... b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 {The battle-lines
are draw. White has an isolated pawn which requires nursing. He tires to
create some activity for his pieces, but it comes to nothing.} 15. Bg5 Qd7 16.
Qd2 e6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nf6 19. Bh6 Nd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne5 Qa4 22. Ng4
Kh8 23. Ne5 Kg7 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Qg5 Rxc1 {Exchanging major pieces makes the
isolated pawn easier to defend, but otherwise White takes control of the
c-file.} 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qe1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Qc7 30. Qd2 {
Exchanging queens was safe enough. White soon gets into an awkward pin, but at
no point does Black have the opportunity to create anything serious...} Qf4 31.
Qe2 Kf7 32. g3 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6 34. Qa6 Qa8 35. Qb5 Qb7 36. Qd3 Ne7 37. Kg1 Qd5
38. b3 Nc6 39. Qe3 Ne7 40. Qc3 Qd6 41. b4 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Nxc6 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Ke2
Kd6 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Kc3 a6 47. Kd3 h5 48. h4 $2 {Black can latch onto this
pawn later on.} (48. Nd2 $1 {keeps Black quiet.}) 48... b5 49. Kc3 Ke4 ({...
until now!} 49... e5 $1 50. dxe5 Nxe5 51. Nd2 (51. Nxe5 Kxe5 52. Kd3 Kd5 53. f3
g5 {is Zugswang. White must either give way with his king or allow Black a
decisive outside passed pawn. E.g.} 54. hxg5 (54. Kc3 gxh4 55. gxh4 Ke5 56. Kd3
Kf4 57. Ke2 Kg3 {wins the h-pawn}) ({or} 54. Ke3 gxh4 55. gxh4 Ke5 $1 (55...
Kc4 56. Kf4 Kb3 57. Kf5 {is a draw}) 56. f4+ (56. Ke2 Kf4 57. Kf2 f5) 56... Kd5
57. Kd3 f5 {and the king must give way again}) 54... fxg5 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. f4+
gxf4+ 57. gxf4+ Kf5 58. Kf3 h4 59. Ke3 h3 60. Kf3 h2 61. Kg2 Kxf4 62. Kxh2 Ke3
{winning the queenside pawns.}) 51... g5 52. Nb3 (52. Kc2 Nc4 53. Nb3 Nxa3+ 54.
Kd3 Nc4 55. f4 gxf4 56. gxf4 f5 57. Na1 a5 58. bxa5 Nxa5 59. Nc2 Nc6 {and
Black will eventually win the knight with his passed pawn.}) 52... gxh4 53.
gxh4 Ng6 54. Nc5 Nxh4 55. Nxa6 Nf5 56. Nc7+ Ke4 57. Nxb5 h4 {and the pawn
cannot be stopped}) 50. Nd2+ Kd5 51. Kd3 $1 {This is the right idea, as the
white knight can regain the pawn.} Nxd4 52. Ne4 Nc6 (52... f5 $4 {loses the
knight to} 53. Nc3+ Ke5 54. f4+) 53. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norfolk Open R5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peck S"]
[Black "Lunn T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qf2 (13. Qe2 {is by
far the most popular move - and the most effective. On f2, the queen can be
inconvenienced further.}) 13... Nfg4 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Qe2 Nxh4 16. Qxg4 Qc5 $6 (
{An interesting pawn sacrifice.} 16... hxg5 {was perfectly playable, of course.
}) 17. gxh6 Bd7 {Now Black is threatening the knight on d4 in earnest.} (17...
Qxd4 $4 18. Bb5+) 18. Nb3 Qe5 19. g3 Ng6 20. h4 O-O-O 21. Rhf1 Rdf8 22. Qe2 $5
{White reasons that Black is gradually deserting his own king, and this
encourages him to move his queen away from the battle too.} Qxg3 23. Bxa6 $1 {
Making his point at once. It's a shame that White didn't follow up precisely,
or this would have been an excellent game.} (23. Bxa6 {The fact that the
sacrifice was made on principle can be seen by the fact that the attack
doesn't really require exact calculation after its acceptance - he just pours
his pieces towards the black king. E.g.} bxa6 24. Qxa6+ Kd8 25. Qb6+ Ke8 26.
Nb5 Bg5+ 27. Kb1 $1 ({or} 27. hxg5 Qxg5+ 28. Kb1 Qxb5 29. Qxd6 {with three
connected passed pawns for the piece.}) 27... Bf4 28. Nxd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Ne5
30. Nc5 {and d7 will give way.}) 23... Ne5 24. Na5 $1 Bc6 25. Nxc6 Nxc6 26. Qb5
Qe3+ 27. Kb1 Nd8 28. Qc4+ ({There is a lovely continuation here:} 28. Rd3 $1
Qc5 {and now} 29. Nd5 $3 {forces favourable simplifications.} Qxb5 (29... exd5
30. Rc3) 30. Nxe7+ Kd7 31. Bxb5+ Kxe7 32. Rfd1 Nc6 33. Rxd6 Ne5 34. Rb6 Rb8 35.
h5 Rxh6 36. Be2 {and White is two good pawns ahead}) 28... Qc5 29. Qxc5+ dxc5
30. Bc4 $2 {White cannot adjust after his attack is over and loses his
material advantage.} ({White is still ahead after} 30. Be2 Bxh4 31. Na4 Rxh6 ({
or} 31... Be7 32. Nb6+ Kc7 33. Nd7 Rfg8 34. Ne5 Bh4 35. Nxf7) 32. Nxc5) 30...
Rxh6 31. Rfe1 Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gt Yarmouth U-145"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sneesby P"]
[Black "Heffer M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

{This and the next game were submitted in response to John Wickham's appeal
for any good games played outside the Open section (since two-part scoresheets
were only available for the top section owing to their far greater expense). 
Mark Heffer came second in the Under-140 section, and this game was part of
his success.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7.
Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 (11... Qa5 {is normal,
when White has some probelms keeping his weakened kingside together.}) 12. a4
Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qh5 15. Ba3 e5 16. Qd1 Qg6 17. f3 Bh3 18. Rf2 Rfd8
19. Qb3 Rd7 20. Bb5 ({White has consolidated his pawn advantage, and he must
not allow Black to get too much counterplay, e.g. by dominating the d-file. So
} 20. Rd1 $1 {was called for.}) 20... Be6 $1 21. Bc4 (21. Qc2 Rdd8 22. Qxg6
hxg6 23. e4 {is better, with gradual consolidation.}) 21... Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rad8
{Now Black has plenty of counterplay.} 23. e4 Nh5 24. Qf1 Nf4 25. g3 h5 $1 26.
Kh1 Ne6 ({avoiding} 26... Nd3 27. Rd2 {because he doesn't want to reduce his
grip on the d-file.}) 27. Qh3 Rd2 28. Raf1 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Rd3 ({The other way
to invade is with the queen. After} 29... Qg5 {the queen reaches e3.}) 30. Bb4
{The bishop cannot help its king from here.} Ng5 31. Qf1 Rd7 (31... Re3 {Is
more effective in maintaining the pressure, but it does rely on Black seeing}
32. c6 bxc6 33. Bc5 Rxc3 34. Bxa7 Nxf3 $1 {in advance, and realising that after
} 35. Rxf3 Qxe4 36. Kg2 g5 $1 {the rook is lost to} 37. -- g4) 32. Qb5 $2 {Too
ambitious.} Rd1+ 33. Rf1 Rd2 (33... Qf6 $1 {is the way to continue. E.g.} 34.
Rxd1 $4 (34. f4 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Nxe4 {is clearly good for Black}) 34... Qxf3+
35. Kg1 Nh3#) 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxe5 {Missing Black's next.} (35. c4 {maintains
the resistance.}) 35... Qa6 $1 {Finis. The queen cannot get back to the
defence.} 36. Re1 (36. Qxg5 Qxf1#) 36... Qd3 37. g4 (37. Qf5+ g6 38. Qf4 Qxf3+
39. Qxf3 Nxf3 {and mate is unstoppable.}) 37... Qxf3+ {Back has two choices of
mates next move.} 0-1

[Event "Gt Yarmouth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomas D"]
[Black "Hughes P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "LeMoir,David"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.29"]

{This was played in the fourth round of the Under-120 section when both
players were near the top. The win helped David Thomas to shared second place.
} 1. d4 b6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Bxf3 $6 6. exf3 Nf6 7. Bg2 c6 {
Blocking the long diagoonal, but it all takes time that Black can barely
afford.} 8. O-O Qc7 (8... d5 $1 {avoids the opening of the position, when he
should be able to develop normally.}) 9. d5 $1 {White has a lead in
development and the two bishops, so it makes sense to try to open the position.
} e5 10. f4 $1 c5 $2 {a tactical error, but his position was very difficult in
any case.} 11. fxe5 Nfd7 (11... dxe5 12. d6 {discovers an attack on the rook
in the corner.}) 12. Nb5 Qc8 13. exd6 Na6 14. Qe2+ Kd8 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Bg5 $1
Bxd6 {He must give up the piece.} ({The pin has renewed the threat of mate on
e8, and} 16... Qd7 {is met by} 17. Bh3 $1 {winning the queen in view of} Qxh3
18. Qe8#) 17. Nxd6 Kc7 $2 {Forgetting to move the attacked queen, but he was
lost anyway.} ({After} 17... Qd7 18. Qe5 $1 -- {White threatens both} 19. Bxf6+
({and} 19. Bh3 $1 Qxh3 20. Qe7#) 19... gxf6 20. Qxf6+ Kc7 21. Nb5+ Kb7 (21...
Kc8 22. Qxh8+) 22. d6+ {mating}) 1-0

