Manchester & District League 2008 – 2009

Chorlton 2 v Urmston 1

1: D. Knox (Replaced by David Kierman) 0 - 1 Kieron Smallbone
2: G. El Ghassen 0 – 1 G. Morris
3: S. Tuson 0 – 1 P. Wheldon
4: A. Beresford 0.5 – 0.5 J. Hill
5: J. Murphy 0 – 1 D. Owen
6: R. Nurse 0.5 – 0.5 D. Horton
7: M. Peim (Replaced by E. A Wood) 0.5 – 0.5 A. Smith

Final Score: 1. 5 – 5. 5

Board 1: Kieron Smallbone v David Kierman Queen’s Pawn Opening
1. d2-d4, d7-d5 2. Bc1-f4, Ng8-f6 3. e2-e3, g7-g6 4. h2-h3, Bf8-g7 5. Ng1-f3, Nb8-d7 6. Nb1-d2, a7-a6 7. Bf1-d3, c7-c5 8. c2-c3, c5-c4 9. Bd3-c2, 0-0 10. g2-g4, b7-b5 11. Qd1-e2, Bc8-b7 12. Nf3-e5, Nd7xe5 13. Bf4xe5, Nf6-d7 14. Be5xg7, Kg8xg7 15. f2-f4, e7-e5?? Going in for an unsound combination missing white’s 18th move. 16. f4xe5, Nd7xe5 17. d4xe5, d5-d4 18. Bc2-e4, Bb7xe4 19. Nd2xe4, Qd8-d5 20. e3xd4, f7-f5 21. g4xf5, Rf8xf5 22. 0-0-0, b5-b4 23. Rh1-f1, Ra8-f8 24. Rf1xf5, Rf8xf5 25. c3xb4, Rf5-f4 26. Ne4-c3 Resigns (1 – 0)

Board 2: Ghassan El Gehani v G. Morris Queen’s Pawn Grob Opening.
1. d2-d4, d7-d5 2. Bc1-g5, Ng8-f6 3. Bg5xf6, g7xf6 4. e2-e3, Bc8-f5 5. c2-c4, c7-c6 6. Nb1-c3, e7-e6 7. Ng1-f3, Nb8-d7 8. c4-c5, Bf8-g7 9. Bf1-d3, Bf5-g6 10. Bd3xg6, h7xg6 11. b2-b4, a7-a6 12. a2-a4, e6-e5 13. b4-b5, Qd8-a5 14. Ra1-c1, a6xb5 15. a4xb5, c6xb5 16. Qd1-b3, 0-0 17. 0-0, b5-b4 18. Nc3xd5, e5xd4 19. e3xd4, Rf8-d8 20. Rf1-e1, Rd8-e8 21. Nd5xb4, f6-f5 22. Nf3-g5, Re8xe1+ 23. Rc1xe1, Ra8-f8 24. Re1-d1, Nd7-f6 25. Nb4-d5?? (25 Nb4 – d3! looks a stronger move for white with threats of 26 Qb3 – b7, 26 Nd3 – e5 threatening the pawn on f7 and 26 d4 – d5. The move played gives black a chance. The reason for this is after the knight exchange on d5, white’s pieces of queen, knight and rook no longer work together very well and black has threats against the pawn on d4 and the very weak white back rank. The move played by white delays the movement of the white passed pawn for several moves and as consequently played by black permanently.) 25 _____Nf6xd5, 26. Qb3xd5, Qa5-a4 27. Qd5-f3, Bg7xd4 28. Rd1-c1, Bd4-f6 29. Ng5-h3, Qa4-c6 30. Qf3-b3, Rf8-c8 31. Nh3-f4, Bf6-g5 32. g2-g3, Bg5xf4 33. g3xf4, b7-b6 34. Rc1-c3, b6xc5 35. Rc3-h3, Rc8-d8 36. f2-f3, c5-c4 37. Qb3-c3, Qc6-c5+ 38. Kg1-g2, Qc5-d4 39. Qc3xd4, Rd8xd4 40. Kg2-f2 and resigns (0 – 1)

Board 3: Phillip Wheldon v Steve Tuson Sicilian Defence
1e2-e4, c7-c5 2. Ng1-f3, d7-d6 3. Bf1-b5+, Nb8-d7 4. 0-0, a7-a6 5. Bb5xd7+, Bc8xd7 6. d2-d4, c5xd4 7. Qd1xd4, Ra8-c8 8. Nb1-c3, e7-e6 9. Bc1-g5, Qd8-c7 10. Ra1-d1, Qc7-c5 11. Qd4-d2, Bf8-e7 12. Bg5xe7, Ke8xe7 13. e4-e5, d6-d5 14. Nc3-e4, Qc5-c7 15. Qd2-b4+, Resigns (1 – 0)

Board 4: A. Beresford v Jonathon Hill Sicilian Defence
1. e2-e4, c7-c5 2. Ng1-f3, Nb8-c6 3. d2-d4, c5xd4 4. Nf3xd4, e7-e5 5. Nd4-b5, d7-d6 6. c2-c4, a7-a6 7. Nb5-c3, Ng8-f6 8. Nb1-a3, Bf8-e7 9. Na3-c2, 0-0 10. Bf1-e2, Bc8-e6 11. 0-0, Nf6-d7 12. Nc2-e3, Nc6-d4 13. Be2-d3, Be7-g5 14. Nc3-e2, Nd4-c6 15. Bc1-d2, g7-g6 16. Ne3-d5, Ra8-c8 17. Ra1-c1, f7-f5 18. e4xf5, g6xf5 19. f2-f4, Bg5-e7 20. Ne2-c3, e5-e4, 21 Draw Agreed (0.5 – 0.5)

Board 5: Dennis Owen v James Murphy Sicilian Defence
1.e2-e4, c7-c5 2. Ng1-f3, Nb8-c6 3. d2-d4, c5xd4 4. Nf3xd4, e7-e6 5. Nb1-c3, a7-a6 6. a2-a3, Ng8-e7 7. Bc1-g5, f7-f6 8. Bg5-e3, Nc6xd4 9. Be3xd4, Ne7-c6 10. Bd4-e3, b7-b5 11. Qd1-d2, Bf8-e7 12. Bf1-e2, 0-0 13. 0-0, Qd8-c7 14. Rf1-d1, Rf8-d8 15. Nc3-d5, e6xd5 16. e4xd5, Be7-d6?? 17. d5xc6, (If 17 ______ d7 – c6, Then 18 Be3 – f4! wins the exchange) 17 ______Bd6xh2+ 18. Kg1-h1, d7-d5 19. g2-g3, Bh2xg3 20. f2xg3, Qc7xg3 21. Be3-f4, Qg3-h3+ 22. Bf4-h2, Bc8-e6 23. Qd2-d3, Qh3xd3 24. Rd1xd3, Be6-f5 25. Rd3-d2, Bf5-e4+ 26. Kh1-g1, g7-g5 27. a3-a4, b5-b4 28. c6-c7, Rd8-e8 29. c2-c4, b4xc3 30. b2xc3, f6-f5 31. c3-c4, f5-f4 32. Be2-g4, d5xc4 33. Ra1-c1, Be4-d3 34. c7-c8 = Q Resigns (1 – 0)

Board 6: Richard Nurse v Denis Horton Alekhine’s Defence
1. e2-e4, Ng8-f6 2. e4-e5, Nf6-d5 3. c2-c4, Nd5-b6 4. d2-d4, d7-d6 5. f2-f4, g7-g6 6. Bc1-e3, Bf8-g7 7. Nb1-c3, c7-c6 8. Bf1-d3, 0-0 9. Ng1-e2, a7-a5 10. 0-0, Nb8-a6 11. a2-a3, Bc8-e6 12. b2-b3, f7-f5 13. d4-d5, c6xd5 14. Ne2-d4, Be6-d7 15. e5xd6, e7xd6 16. c4xd5, Na6-c5 17. Ra1-c1, Rf8-e8 18. Be3-f2, Ra8-c8 19. Nd4-b5, Qd8-f6 20. b3-b4, a5xb4 21. a3xb4, Nc5xd3 22. Qd1xd3, Bd7xb5 23. Nc3xb5, Nb6-d7 24. Rc1xc8, Re8xc8 25. Nb5-d4, Nd7-f8 26. Qd3-b5, Qf6-f7 27. Rf1-e1, Qf7-c7(In the diagram position this position looks fairly even and it is. It is obvious in the diagram position that white should play 28 Nd4 – e6! With possible winning chances with no chance of losing this game. White could put black through the mill for quite some considerable time. If 28 ____ Nf8 – e6, 29 d5 – e6. White has a dangerous pass pawn.) 28. g2-g3?, This move looks like white is settling down for a draw. 28 _____ Qc7-c4! Not giving white any further chance of playing the knight to e6 with the queens still on the board. 29. Qb5xc4, Rc8xc4 30. Nd4-b5, Rc4xb4, 31 Draw Agreed (0.5 – 0.5) The final position is a dead draw.

Board 7: E. A Wood v Anthony Smith
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