A competitive OTB Game

[Event "Holywell Club Championship"] [Site "The Rock Inn, Lloc"] [Date "10/9/12"] [White "Barrie Hird (1538)"] [Black "Dewi Jones(UG)"] [Result "0-1"] [Position White "Ke1,Qd1,Ra1,Rh1,Bc1,Bf1,Nb1,Ng1,a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2"] [Position Black "Ke8,Qd8,Ra8,Rh8,Bc8,Bf8,Nb8,Ng8,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7"] [Topic ""] 1. Nf3 Nf6 {drawing black I thought I wouldn't get the chance to play my prepared Kings Indian Attack, so this was a bonus, KID instead} 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O {I'm happy with this position, I may be one tempo down, but I've been allowed to set up the system I favoured, and my opponent hasn't had a chance to build up pressure the e4 square to trouble my f square knight. One of the things that bothers me when I'm playing Kings Indian Attack}5. d3 d5 {This felt like a minor victory, I appear to have had one more move than white, By my reckoning we're now dead even and white has lost his first move advantage.} 6. Nbd2 Nc6 {as we are symmetrical, and there is no pressure on my f knight, I don't feel the need to have my b Knight on d2, also it paves the way for e5 and a strong pawn centre} 7. Re1 e5 8. e4 d4 {This was played to intentionally block the centre, I felt it had a cramping effect on my opponent and as we are both playing Kings Indian and both had our kings safely castled, I didn't feel a blocked centre was a disadvantage to me. I have been told by a strong RHP player that it is a bad move for black to block the centre here, the only other move I can see would be b6, allowing me to fiancetto my dark bishop - would that be better?} 9. a3 {I considered this a wasted move by my opponent, and marked my score sheet to ask him about it at the end of the game, he did it to prevent my knight going to b4, but it wasn't going there anytime soon anyway. If he's going to move the pawn, I believe it should go to a4. This clears the way for 10. Nc4 attacking my backward pawn and prevents me from responding with 10. ...b5} Bg4 {pinning the knight against the queen, and hopefully drawing the h pawn forward} 10. h3 {good good} Bd7 {and now I move my bishop to the square where I really wanted it, I could have done it the move earlier, but I consider it better having drawn the pawn forward - we'd both used 15 minutes of our time at this point} 11. Nc4 {attacking the e pawn and freeing the dark bishop for a knight pin} Re8 {probably not the best move, it gives my opponent another chance to play 12. a4.} 12. b4 {which he still doesnt do} b5 {so at last, I take away the option} 13. Ncd2 {and he's forced to retreat} Qc8 {I play Kings Indian attack as white, so I thought what moves do I hate my opponents making against me, and the queen and bishop combining to pressure h3 is one of my pet hates} 14. Kh2 {I can't see any other way he can defend the pawn} a6 {I couldn't see any move here for black other that 14. ...a5, but I chickened out and played a6 instead so as not to open things up. 14. ...a5, 15. bxa5 to prevent 15... axb, 16. axb dropping the rook ...Rxa5 and I think black stands better} 15. Ng1 Nd8 { Still should have played a5, still chickening out, so I don't know what to do, I decide my pieces would be better placed on the kingside} 16. Nf1 Ne6 17. Bd2 {with the plan I had on move 13 of putting pressure on my h6 square} c5 18. Qc1 {How I hate my h6 square} c4 {Nothing I can do about the h6 square, so I'll give him something to think about, and hopefully get the queens off the board by opening the c file} 19. Bh6 cxd3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 {white has used 33 minutes, Black has used 41} 21. cxd3 Qxc1 22. Raxc1 Rac8 {I feel that my endgame play is stronger than my rating and my middle game play weaker, so let's get the rooks off too} 23. Nd2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. h4 Nb6 28. Bh3 Na4 29. Ne2 Nc3 30. Bg4 Nb1 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Nxa3 34. Nexd4 Nb1 35. Ne2 Kh6 36. e5 Kh5 37. Kh3 {next comes a terrible blunder, but the question is was the position already lost or would 37. ...Kh6 have given me a chance to draw} h6 {??} 38. Ng3 0-1

[Event "Holywell Club Championship"] [Site "The Rock Inn, Lloc"] [Date "10/9/12"] [White "Barrie Hird (1538)"] [Black "Dewi Jones(UG)"] [Result "0-1"] [Position White "Ke1,Qd1,Ra1,Rh1,Bc1,Bf1,Nb1,Ng1,a2,b2,c2,d2,e2,f2,g2,h2"] [Position Black "Ke8,Qd8,Ra8,Rh8,Bc8,Bf8,Nb8,Ng8,a7,b7,c7,d7,e7,f7,g7,h7"] [Topic ""] 1. Nf3 Nf6 {drawing black I thought I wouldn't get the chance to play my prepared Kings Indian Attack, so this was a bonus, KID instead} 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O {I'm happy with this position, I may be one tempo down, but I've been allowed to set up the system I favoured, and my opponent hasn't had a chance to build up pressure the e4 square to trouble my f square knight. One of the things that bothers me when I'm playing Kings Indian Attack}5. d3 d5 {This felt like a minor victory, I appear to have had one more move than white, By my reckoning we're now dead even and white has lost his first move advantage.} 6. Nbd2 Nc6 {as we are symmetrical, and there is no pressure on my f knight, I don't feel the need to have my b Knight on d2, also it paves the way for e5 and a strong pawn centre} 7. Re1 e5 8. e4 d4 {This was played to intentionally block the centre, I felt it had a cramping effect on my opponent and as we are both playing Kings Indian and both had our kings safely castled, I didn't feel a blocked centre was a disadvantage to me. I have been told by a strong RHP player that it is a bad move for black to block the centre here, the only other move I can see would be b6, allowing me to fiancetto my dark bishop - would that be better?} 9. a3 {I considered this a wasted move by my opponent, and marked my score sheet to ask him about it at the end of the game, he did it to prevent my knight going to b4, but it wasn't going there anytime soon anyway. If he's going to move the pawn, I believe it should go to a4. This clears the way for 10. Nc4 attacking my backward pawn and prevents me from responding with 10. ...b5} Bg4 {pinning the knight against the queen, and hopefully drawing the h pawn forward} 10. h3 {good good} Bd7 {and now I move my bishop to the square where I really wanted it, I could have done it the move earlier, but I consider it better having drawn the pawn forward - we'd both used 15 minutes of our time at this point} 11. Nc4 {attacking the e pawn and freeing the dark bishop for a knight pin} Re8 {probably not the best move, it gives my opponent another chance to play 12. a4.} 12. b4 {which he still doesnt do} b5 {so at last, I take away the option} 13. Ncd2 {and he's forced to retreat} Qc8 {I play Kings Indian attack as white, so I thought what moves do I hate my opponents making against me, and the queen and bishop combining to pressure h3 is one of my pet hates} 14. Kh2 {I can't see any other way he can defend the pawn} a6 {I couldn't see any move here for black other that 14. ...a5, but I chickened out and played a6 instead so as not to open things up. 14. ...a5, 15. bxa5 to prevent 15... axb, 16. axb dropping the rook ...Rxa5 and I think black stands better} 15. Ng1 Nd8 { Still should have played a5, still chickening out, so I don't know what to do, I decide my pieces would be better placed on the kingside} 16. Nf1 Ne6 17. Bd2 {with the plan I had on move 13 of putting pressure on my h6 square} c5 18. Qc1 {How I hate my h6 square} c4 {Nothing I can do about the h6 square, so I'll give him something to think about, and hopefully get the queens off the board by opening the c file} 19. Bh6 cxd3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 {white has used 33 minutes, Black has used 41} 21. cxd3 Qxc1 22. Raxc1 Rac8 {I feel that my endgame play is stronger than my rating and my middle game play weaker, so let's get the rooks off too} 23. Nd2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Nb3 Nd7 {I tried to think of a plan, decided my opponents a pawn was weak, so set out to pressure it} 27. h4 Nb6 28. Bh3 {restricting the movement of my knight} Na4 29. Ne2 Nc3 30. Bg4 Nb1 {pressuring the a pawn, the whole point of my previous 5 moves, white has used 48 minutes, black 55.} 31. Bxe6 fxe6 {?,I'd say this was a mistake, my first idea was to take with the Bishop keeping my pawn structure BUT i saw Nc5, forking the a6 and e 6 squares, I reckoned incorrectly that taking with the bishop would have lost me the pawn i just trekked across the board to pinch so I left the bishop where it was to defend both pawns. I should have played 31. ...Bxe6 32. Nc5 Bc8} 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Nxa3 {tunnel vision, i'd trekked so far to take it, I was obsessed with it, so i took it.....} 34. Nexd4 {.....lost a pawn and had my knight taken out of the game} Nb1 {a desperate attempt to escape} 35. Ne2 {you're going nowhere sonny} Kh6 36. e5 Kh5 37. Kh3 {next comes a terrible blunder, but the question is was the position already lost or would 37. ...Kh6 have given me a chance to draw} h6 {??} 38. Ng3 0-1

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5 {Recognise it.? It's the posted game in reverse.}

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. d5 {Same position in reverse from another move order.} 8... Nc5 9. Re1 a5 {The move White failed to play in the actual posted game.} 10. a4 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 {Played most likely to get the free hit on the h6 pawn with White's next move.} 12... Bxf6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. h4 Bg7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 {Probably did not want to spend the game game looking at Nxc7. Doubles a pawn, Block the Queenside play to get going on the Kingside.} 16. axb5 b6 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Nd2 f5 {The traditional KID/Pirc break.} 19. c4 f4 20. Kh2 Rf6 21. Bh3 fxg3+ 22. fxg3 Qe7 23. b4 {A mistake, Black can tactically break the pin on the a-pawn} 23... Raf8 {Unpinning the a-pawn threatening Rf2+} 24. Rf1 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 axb4 {White goes into a sweat. He has made a mistake and now that b-pawn is his sole focus. A try here was 27.h5 threatening hxg6+ and Bf5, Getting that Bishop onto f5 and Black has to worry about White coming in on the light squares. } 27. Qe1 b3 28. Nd2 Qf6 29. Bg2 Qf8 {The Queen is going to a2!} 30. Kg1 Qa8 31. Bf3 Qa2 32. Qc1 h5 {So Black plays h5 with a threat.} 33. Bd1 Bh6 34. Qb1 Qxd2 35. Bxb3 {At least no more sleepless nights worrying about that b-pawn.} 35... Qe3+ {White resigned.}

[Venue "The Rock Inn"] [Date "2012.10.1"] [White "Richard Drew"] [Black "Dewi Jones] [Result "0-1"] [Termination "White resigned"] 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nd5 e6 4. Nf4 e5 5. Nd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Ndxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. Nf3 Qxe4+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Bc5 12. c3 dxc3 13. dxc3 Nf6 14. b4 Bd6 15. a3 Bd7 16. h3 O-O-O 17. c4 Rhe8 18. Be3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bg3+ 20. Kf1 Re8 21. c5 Rxe3 22. Bc4 Ne4 23. Re1 Bxe1 24. Nxe1 Nd2+ 25. Kf2 Nxc4 26. Nc2 Rc3 27. Nd4 Rxa3 28. b5 Ra2+ 29. Kg3 Ne3 30. c6 Nf5+ 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Re1 bxc6 33. bxc6 Kd8 34. Rd1+ Ke7 35. Kf4 g6 36. g4 Be6 37. Ke4 Ra4+ 38. Rd4 Rxd4+ 39. Kxd4 Kd6 {White resigned} 0-1