Charlton Hotel Due to limited acces at Montview we played at the Charlton Hotel
[Event "Blandchardstown - Bray"]
[Site "Charlton Hotel"]
[Date "20150204"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brian Gaines"]
[Black "Manolis Pandelias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf (7...Be7)"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxh4 12. Nf3 d5 13. Nxh4 dxe4 14. Qe3 Nd7
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qd4 Bd7 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Qe5 Ng4 19. Qxc7+ Kxc7 20. Rd4 (
20. Rd2 {[#]Seems a bit better}) 20... Bc6 21. Rxd8 (21. Be2 {keeps White going –
to take is a mistake is true here since White stays passive while Black becomes
more active through this exchange.}) 21... Rxd8 22. Be2 Ne3 23. Rg1 Be4 24. c3
f6 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. g4 Rd6 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Bf3 (30. Nf3
{and how is Black defending g5?} 30... Bxf3 31. Bxf3 {[#]is equal.}) 30... e5
31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. Bxd5 Ne3 33. Be4 Rf6 34. Kd2 Nc4+ 35. Kc2 Rf2+ 36. Kb3 Nd2+ {[#]} 0-1
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[Event "Blandchardstown - Bray"]
[Site "Charlton Hotel"]
[Date "20150204"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Danny Dwyer"]
[Black "Paul Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 c4 8. Be2
Nf6 9. d5 b5 10. Qd2 e5 ({[#]Black could have tried} 10... b4 11. Na4 c3 12. bxc3
Nxe4 13. Qd3 Nxc3) 11. a3 {preventing b4} 11... d6 12. Nh4 Bc8 13. f4 Qe7
14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd4 Qe7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Qf4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Be7
20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Rae1 Ne5 22. Bh5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qc7 24. Ne2 {Nice move – the
Knight wants to join the fun and was not doing much on c3. He should be happy on
d4!} 24... Qd7 25. Nd4 O-O-O 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Nf3 Nxf3 28. Rxf3 Rdf8 29. Rg3
Ke8 30. b3 Rhg8 31. Ree3 Rxg3 32. Rxg3 cxb3 33. cxb3 Kd7 (33... f5 {[#]White is
standing better. His Rook is on the open file and could make use of the c-file
to with a nice support point on c6. The Black Bishop is restricted by his own
pawns and needs air.} 34. exf5 Bf6 {Would give a fighting chance for a draw.
Endings with Bishops on opposite colours often are drawish.}) 34. Rc3 {White is
much better.} 34... Rc8 {[#]Blunder!} 35. Bg4+ 1-0
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[Event "Blandchardstown - Bray"]
[Site "Charlton Hotel"]
[Date "20150204"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tom Janowski"]
[Black "Randolf Bruin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: Slav gambit"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a3 {White is afraid of
b5-b4 dislodging the Knight and losing the defence of e4.} 6... a6 {However a3
is very slow, so it allows Black to reinforce too.} 7. h3 Bb7 {[#]Consolidating the
extra pawn.} 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O c5 {Liberating the b7-Bishop and developing the
f8-Bishop while undermining Whites centre.} 10. e5 Nd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne4 Be7
{Developing with Nd7 was also possible. I wanted to keep the Bishop though and
only swap it for the White Bishop.} 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd6 Nc6
16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Nf4 19. Qe4 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 h6 {[#]stopping Ng5.
I would not want to play g6 and leave all the black squares around the King
super weak.} 21. Rae1 Qb6 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Qd4 (23... Rd8 {would have been
strong too, but I liked the Qd4 move because it looked funny to leave the Knight
undefended.}) 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Nd6 g5 {stooping a White g2-g4 plan
but leaving the f6-square available to the White Knight.} 27. Ne4 a5 28. Kf1 Nc6
29. g4 Rd3 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. h4 gxh4 32. f4 h3+ 33. Kh2 Nd4 34. Rc1 Nf3+ 35. Kh1
Re3 36. Nd6 Re2 37. Rd1 Rh2# {[#]0-1 White in time problems at the end – black
about 20 minutes left} 0-1
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[Event "Blandchardstown - Bray"]
[Site "Charlton Hotel"]
[Date "20150204"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudolf Tirziman"]
[Black "RJohn Phelan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov: classical attack, Marshall variation"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 {[#]White picks up a pawn, but it’s hard to
hold on to him.} 11... Bc7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Re1
Ba5 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Qxc4 22. Bg3
Qxa2 {[#]Smart tactics from Black. Picking up a pawn.} 23. Nxa2 Bxd2 24. Nd3 a5
25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Bf7 27. Nc3 b5 28. d5 cxd5 29. Nxb5 Nc5 30. Nc7 d4 31. Nb5
d3 32. Kf1 Na4 33. Ke1 Nxb2 34. Kd2 Bc4 35. Na3 Ba6 36. Kc1 Nc4 37. Nxc4 Bxc4
38. Kd2 Kf7 39. Nxd3 Bxd3 40. Kxd3 {[#]This is a lost endgame for White. The King
has to run to the a-file and back again, giving Black free play on the King-side
in the meantime.} 40... Ke6 41. Kc4 Ke5 42. Kb5 Kd4 43. Kxa5 Kd3 44. Kb5 Ke2
45. f4 Kf2 46. g4 Kg3 47. g5 Kxh3 48. gxf6 gxf6 49. Kc4 Kg3 50. Kd4 f5 0-1
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We lost the first 2 games, however we won the rest. Very proud of our youngsters Danny and slightly older youngster Luke to bring home the bacon. Sorry Gavin, but the picture of your score sheet was all wonky. Analyse your own game and you make it to the website for sure.
Thanks Manolis, Luke and John to make it possible to have a great game of chess in the very best of locations and very well organized too. Thanks!
Well done everyone!
I think we are 9 points clear of automatic promotion at ths stage, looking very strong. Our team plays well enough to be in the Armstrong. We just need a few more players to join us to ensure we have a 8-10 player squad next year!
Is that the doping league? If so I might have some new recruits.