White: Matheis, Thomas (2451)
Black: Grayland, Stan J (2367)
GB/TC2015/6, 2015
QP Nf3 Sidelines [D02]
[Notes by George Pyrich]
1.d4
d5
2.Nf3
c6
3.Bf4
Played perhaps to avoid all the
theory after say 3.c4 but there are
over 100 games with this in the ICCF
Database!
3...
Nf6
4.e3
Qb6
5.Qc1
Nh5!?
5...Bf5 looks sounder when Geoff
Lloyd had a brief but lively
encounter against Zafer Ilken (TUR)
in the 10th EU Team Ch. 6.c4 e6
7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Nh4 Nh5 9.Nxf5 Nxf4
10.exf4 exf5 11.cxd5 c5 12.Qe3+
Kd8 13.0–0–0 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4
15.Rxd4 Bc5 16.Rd2 Nf6 17.Bc4
Ne4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Kb1 Rc8
20.Bb3 f5 21.d6 Draw agreed.
6.Be5
Bg4
Seems a bit pointless after the queen
has moved. Maybe instead 6...Nd7
7.Be2 Nxe5 8.dxe5 g6 and Black
looks OK.
7.Nfd2
Nd7
8.h3
Bf5
9.Bh2
Nhf6
10.Be2
c5
11.0–0
e6
It would be interesting to know what
Tom had in mind if Black had
snatched the pawn with 11...cxd4
12.exd4 Qxd4 - maybe 13.c4 when
White can hope to exploit his lead in
development.
12.c4
cxd4
13.exd4
Bd6
Again 13...Qxd4!?
14.Bxd6
Qxd6
15.Nc3
0–0
16.c5
Qe7
Now White has a small but
significant edge.
17.b4
a6
18.a4
Rfc8
19.Re1
h6
20.Nf3
Ne4
21.Qe3
b6
22.Rec1
Nxc3
23.Rxc3
bxc5
24.bxc5
Be4
25.a5!
Fixing Black's a-pawn.
25...
Rc6
26.Nd2
Bg6
27.Rb3
Qf6
28.Rc1
Qd8
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29.Rb6!
After a series of simple moves
White's advantage is now significant.
29...
Qc8
Accepting the offer allows White to
crash through with 29...Nxb6
30.axb6 Qb8 31.Nb3 a5 32.Bb5
30.Nb3
f6
31.Qg3
Kf7
32.Rc3
h5?
Not sure what Black was thinking
here and on the next move.
33.h4
Bf5?
34.Bxh5+
Kg8
35.Rxc6
Qxc6
36.Qd6
Qxd6
37.cxd6
Nf8
38.Rc7
Rd8
39.Bf7+
Kh7
40.Rc6
Nc5 follows and so...
1–0
White: Bell, Alan D (2396)
Black: Lewyk, Ihor (2135) [B01]
GB/TC2015/6, 2015
Scandinavian Defence [B01]
[Notes by George Pyrich]
1.e4
d5
2.exd5
Nf6
3.d4
Bg4
4.f3!?
Those who like a quieter life can go
instead 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5
6.Nf3 e6 7.c4 Qh5 8.Nc3 as in
Tuominen v. Destruels Moreno, ESP
v. FIN 2012 (1–0, 33)
4...
Bc8
Not in the ICCF Database where
Black scores reasonably well with
4...Bf5 when White has 5.Bb5+ or
even (5.g4!?)
5.c4
e6
6.dxe6
Bxe6
7.Nc3
c6
19
8.Be3
Bd6
9.Bd3
0–0
10.Nge2
Re8
It's difficult to see what Black has for
his pawn as White completes his
development.
11.Qd2
Qe7
12.Bg5
h6
13.Bh4
Bc7
14.0–0–0
Na6
15.a3
Rad8
16.Qc2
Bc8
17.Kb1
g5?
Surely wrong - why weaken your
king?
18.Bf2
Qf8
19.g4
Qg7
20.h4
The rest is carnage.
20...
Nb8
21.hxg5
hxg5
22.Rh3
Nbd7
23.Rdh1
Nf8
24.Qd2
Ne6
25.d5
cxd5
26.cxd5
Nf4
27.Rh8+
Qxh8
28.Rxh8+
Kxh8
29.Bd4
Kg7
30.Ne4
Be5
31.Bxe5
Rxe5
32.Nxf4
1–0
White: Beecham, Richard (2464)
Black: Sherwood, Helen (2303)
GB/TC2015/6, 2015
Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence [C65]
[Notes by Iain Mackintosh]
1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
Nc6
3.Bb5
Nf6
The fashionable Berlin Defence...
4.Bxc6
Spring 2016