Beautiful venue in Longford – The Market Bar
Longford 0
[Event "Div 3 Ennis Shield 2014 - 2015"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Divilly, Paddy"]
[Black "Pandelias, Emmanouil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[Annotator "Pandelias, Emmanouil"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.21"]
{The analysis was done with the help of Deep Rybka 4.1} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.
d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 {[#] After
this game I realize that this manoeuvre is more vulnerable to white’s Rb1/b4.
The problem is that black pieces are somehow passive (queen is blocked by
knight) and the c6 square is weak (for example cxb4 allows a white knight to
route there).} 10. f3 Nc7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. h3 ({Better is
} 14. Rab1 {followed by b4.}) 14... a6 15. g4 b5 {I felt I have to gain space
before I get choked. Even if this means white gets a successfull b4 or Ra7.}
16. axb5 Nxb5 {I wanted to exchange knights and ease the congestion. Even if
white doesn’t exchange (leaving for example a6 weak) I have the b file,
targeting the weak b2 pawn.} (16... axb5 {is also possible. For this move (and
the move I played) I was afraid of} 17. b4 {Rybka shows an interesting
variation here:} cxb4 18. Na2 Nfxd5 19. exd5 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Nxd5 21. Qf2 Bxa1)
17. Ng3 (17. Nxb5 axb5 18. b4 {is possible and maybe better.} (18. Ra7 $5 {is
also possible, too})) 17... Nxc3 $6 ({[#] Here I got completely blind in my
calculation. Better is} 17... Nd4) 18. bxc3 Rb3 ({I thought} 18... Nxd5 19.
exd5 (19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. Bxd8 Bxd2) 19... Rxe3 {wins, but then} 20. Qxe3 {and d4
square is protected. After I realize this I decided to play for the black
squares}) 19. Rfc1 ({If} 19. Bxa6 {I was thinking of} Rxc3 {. Rybka shows some
interesting variations:} 20. Bxc8 (20. Qxc3 Nxd5 $17) 20... Rxe3 (20... Qxc8
21. Bh6 $1 Rb3 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nf5+ gxf5 24. Qg5+ $16) 21. Qxe3 Nxe4) 19...
Qb6 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Rxb3 Qxb3 22. c4 $6 {From this move and on, my opponent
didn’t play well, allowing me to intrude and push the a pawn.} (22. Qc2 {was
better}) 22... Ne5 23. Be2 a5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Bd1 Qb4 26. Be2 $6 (26. Qxb4 axb4
27. Ba4 $15) 26... Ba6 $17 27. Qc2 Rb8 28. Bd2 Qa3 29. Kg2 Rb3 $19 30. Be1 Rb2
31. Qd1 Nb6 32. Bf2 a4 33. Ra1 Qb4 34. Kf1 Bxc4 35. Be1 Bxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxe2 37.
Bxb4 Bxa1 38. Bxc5 Rb2 39. Bxd6 Nc4 40. Be7 a3 ({[#] White resigned. For example}
40... a3 41. Bxa3 Nxa3 42. d6 Nc4 43. e5 Ne3+ 44. Ke1 Ng2+ 45. Kd1 Nxf4 $19)
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[Event "Ennis Shield"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John, Feeney"]
[Black "Luke, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1150"]
[BlackElo "1335"]
[Annotator "luke,scott"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 {Standard French-Advantaced variation} 5.
Bb5 $2 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nf3 Ba6 {[#] Black has a better position,
getting his bad french bishop into an active position and stopping white from
castling} 8. Qb3 cxd4 9. Qxb6 $2 axb6 10. cxd4 c5 {Black is 1.03 pawns better
already according to stockfish and its only move 10} 11. Be3 Nh6 {[#]
not the best, F6 was better but i like the idea of night f5 and dont mind my
pawns being doubled} 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. a3 $2 {Waste of a move? Nc3 is much
better} Rg8 14. g3 Rg4 {i thought after 15. nd2 kd7 16. h6 i can play rg5, but
it is covered by the night. Doh!} 15. Nbd2 Kd7 16. h3 Rg8 17. Rc1 Rc8 ({This
is much stronger} 17... Bd3 18. dxc5 Bxc5 (18... bxc5)) 18. Nf1 {[#]
throws away what he got back when i played rc8 and is now a whole 2 pawns down
according to stockfish} Bg7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Ne3 Rc7 21. Kd2 Rb8 {b4 is} {
Apperently the best move, but i dont think it is very strong} 22. b4 $5 cxb4
23. Rxc7+ Kxc7 24. Rc1+ Kd7 25. axb4 Rxb4 26. Ra1 Bb7 {I am still better, but
not as far ahead as i was} 27. Ng4 Kc7 {A real “nothing” move} 28. Nf6 {poor
move} Bxf6 29. exf6 Kd6 {[#] Past Pawn on d5 will surely win this game}
30. Re1 $4 {Terrible move} Rb2+ 31. Ke3 e5 32. Nh4 {Black is absolutely
winning, so much so that stockfish is giving me a 99 pawn advantage} d4+ {
scratch that 99 pawn advantage, there is mate in 17 🙂} 33. Kd3 Rxf2 {but no,
from 99 pawn advantage down to 5. hahaha} 34. Ra1 Bc6 (34... Kd5) 35. Rb1 $4 {
[#] Blunder, there is now mate in 2. Yay!} Kd5 36. Re1 Bb5# {Mate} 0-1
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[Event "Ennis Shield"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Danny Dwyer"]
[Black "No Name ???"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Randolf"]
[Opening "French: exchange variation"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 {[#] French exchange variation.} 4. c3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6
6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O {Solid set-up for White – Black does the same.} 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Nf1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Ng3 c5 14. Bf5 {[#] Preventing
any Bg4 ideas from Black.} 14... Bxf5 15. Qxf5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxe1+
18. Rxe1 Qc2 (18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qc2 {[#] Black needs to exchange the Knight on g3 for the Queen to be happy on c2.})
19. Rc1 {[#] The Queen is now trapped, because of the Rxc8 check and Whites Queen is
still protected by the Knight on g3.} 19... Qxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nf1 g6
22. Qd3 h5 23. Qb3 {Sniffing some weak pawns on the Queenside.} 23... Nb6 24. g3
Ne4 25. Kg2 {[#] Unpinning the Knight on f1.} 25... Bf8 {Black is running out of
ideas.} 26. Ne3 Nf6 27. a4 Bh6 28. a5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Qxb7 Rc2 31. Qxa7 $2
{[#] White is too greedy – 31.Ne5 would be better.} 31... Rxb2 $2 {Black is also too
greedy.} (31... Be3 32. Ne5 Rxf2+ {[#] White could have played this better, but if not careful
this could have happened.}) 32. Ne5 {[#] Good moves will stay good moves if not
prevented.} 32... Bg7 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. Qxg6+ Kg8 35. Nxc4 {Black resigns. Nice win Danny!} 1-0
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[Event "Ennis Shield"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pat McCarrick"]
[Black "Randolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21/05"]
[Annotator "Randolf"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 {[#] Smith Morra gambit declined. Better not get into
messy stuff against a possible weaker opponent.} 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nxe3 {Black gets
Bishop pair for free. Open the position and Black is grand.} 12. Qxe3 d6
13. Nbd4 a6 14. Bc4 $2 Nxd4 {[#] With a discover attack on the loose Bishop. White
would like to take back with Qxd4 to defend the Bishop, however there is a Black
Bishop sniping from g7.} 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Bxd4 {With the idea
that it is good to swap when ahead in material, however the Black Bishop might
be a bit too nice for this purpose.} 18. cxd4 Bd7 19. b3 Raf8 20. f3 e5 21. Rad1
Rc8 22. Kh1 Bc6 23. Re3 exd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. h3 (
27. Rxd5 Rc1+ {Would be embarrassing…)}) 27... Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Bc6 29. Rd2 Kf8
30. b4 Re7 31. Rde2 (31. Rd8+ Re8 {This would also swap a pair of Rooks})
31... Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rc2 33. a3 Kf7 34. h4 Kf6 35. Kg3 Rb2 36. Kh3 Bd5 37. g4 Rb3
{Happy days – there goes the last pair of Rooks,} 38. Rxb3 Bxb3 39. f4 h6
40. Kg3 h5 41. g5+ Kf5 42. Kf3 Ba4 43. Ke3 Bc6 {[#] White is completely lost and
also in Zugzwang. He resigned
uttering ‘ah..Bc4’ and indeed – that was the mistake costing White the game.}
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Nice game from Rudolf to the wire – but no annotation unfortunatly.
[Event "Ennis Shield"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Delany"]
[Black "Alen Littis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Annotator "Randolf"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Averbakh (6...c5)"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 {[#] King’s Indian:
Averbakh variation.} 6... c5 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nfd7 10. f4 f6
11. exf6 exf6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. Nf3 f5 14. Bf2 b6 {[#] Black is doing fine.} 15. h4
Nf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 {[#] Funny. Both players got a passed pawn on the same file. It looks if someone swapped the e4 and e5 pawns.} 19. Bg3
Bf5 20. h5 Rad8 21. O-O Rfe8 22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. Rd6 Bf8 24. Rd5 Bf7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Bh4 Rd2 27. Bg4 e3 (27... Bxc4 {[#] This would be a better choice for Black and also his last chance.}) 28. e6 Be8 29. e7 Bh6 30. Be6+ Kg7 {[#] Black is losing
material and the game.} 31. Rf8 Kg6 32. Rxe8 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Kh5 34. Kg3 Rd4
35. Bf7# 1-0
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I corrected the John Delany game. This game was previously analysed with 2 missing moves around move 24 (srry my mistake). – Randolf