O Sullivan Cup (Group A) Round 1 – Report November 6, 2014 Randolf Annotated Games, Competitions 0 A good outing for the team, with everyone performing well and showing good signs of progress. [Event "O'Sullivan Cup"] [Site "Blandchardstown"] [Date "2014-11-05"] [Round "1"] [White "Patrick Gallery (BJCC)"] [Black "Ryan Lorcan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [Opening "King's Indian: London system"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. e3 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 {Building up pressure against d4 <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } 8. Bd3 Qb6 {Putting even more pressure on d4 <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Be3 {Nice pin of Ne4, however Black takes on f3 with Check – saving his Queen. <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } 11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qxb2 13. Rfb1 (13. Rab1 {Moving this Rook would take it of the dangerous a1-h8 diagonal <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> }) 13... Qa3 14. cxd5 Qxd3 15. Rb3 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rb5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxa1 19. Rb1 Bg7 20. Ne4 b6 21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. Rc7 e6 24. a4 f5 25. Rc1 Bd2 26. Rd1 Bxe3+ 27. Kh2 Bb7 28. Re1 Bc5 29. a5 {If White ever wants to reach a stale-mate, then this can only happen if his pawns can’t move anymore. Might as well get rid of them!} 29... bxa5 30. Rxe6 Rae8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. h4 Re2 33. h5 Bxg2 34. h6 Bd6+ 35. Kg1 a4 {Stale-mate! White has no legal move, however is not in check and thus result is a draw. <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "O'Sullivan Cup"] [Site "Blandchardstown"] [Date "2014-11-05"] [Round "1"] [White "Cormuc Reid"] [Black "Quin Griffioen (BJCC)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D07"] [Opening "QGD: Chigorin defence, Janowski variation"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nc6 (3... Nf6 {looks like a more normal developing move <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> }) ( {or} 3... c6 {steering into Slav opening territory. The problem with 3. ..Nc6 is Whites reply of d4-d5.}) 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Ng4 {Losing a tempo – giving White an extra move.} 6. h3 Nf6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. a3 Be7 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nd4 O-O {King safety! <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } 11. e4 Bc5 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bd4 {Black should think about completing his development with moves like Bd7 or Re8.} (13... b5 {Trying to hang onto c4 is also a nice idea <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> }) 14. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. O-O Qc8 17. Be2 a6 18. Rfc1 f5 {Swapping one of the double paws on the f-file with the White pawn in the centre is the way to go. However Black should play Re8 first. <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } 19. e5 Bb5 20. c4 Ba4 21. c5 Bb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. c6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Qd8 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Qxf5 Rxa3 27. d6 cxd6 28. exd6 Qe2 29. Rdc1 Qd2 30. d7 Rd3 {Black seems to be doing great in order to stop White from promoting.} 31. R6c2 $1 {Suddenly White is winning material. <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } (31. Rc7 {instead protecting the d7 pawn would be equal.} 31... Rd5 32. d8=Q Rdxd8 33. Qxb5) 31... Qb4 32. Qxd3 Rd8 {Good try, but there is no stopping anymore.} 33. Rc8 Qe7 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Rc8 Qf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. d8=Q# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "O'Sullivan Cup"] [Site "Blandchardstown"] [Date "2014-11-05"] [Round "1"] [White "Aaron (BJCC)"] [Black "Shaun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Qe2 (5. Nf3 {Develop a piece and defend the g3 pawn. <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> }) 5... Bxg2 6. Ba6 Nxa6 7. Qxa6 c5 8. dxc5 Bxh1 9. Nf3 Bxf3 {White loses the house. <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } 10. Nd2 Bc6 11. f3 Nd5 12. Be5 Qh4+ 13. Bg3 Qh3 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nf2 Qg2 16. Nd3 Nxe3 17. Bc7 Bxf3 18. Nf2 Qg1+ 19. Kd2 Qxf2+ 20. Kd3 Be2+ {Skewering the King and Queen. <div class="rpbui-chessgame-diagramAnchor"> []</div> } 21. Ke4 Bxa6 22. Bf4 Bb7+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. The team did really well! Great to see them lasting so long which is a good sign of progress. Share this:EmailFacebookGoogleTwitterPinterestWhatsApp
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