Bill Ward vs Andy George [Event "Woodseats A v Nomads A"] [Site "The Abbey"] [Date "2008.12.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Bill Ward"] [Black "Andy George"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B99"] [WhiteElo "119"] [BlackElo "146"] [Annotator "Bill Ward"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [WhiteTeam "Woodseats A"] [BlackTeam "Nomads A"] {Bill writes: I benefited from some home analysis, ‘home’ being Mark’s living room circa 1974!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 Nc5 { We are following Ward-Allison, Ashleigh School Championship Final. if now instead 12…b4 I was intending 13.Nd5} (12... b4 13. Nd5) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e5 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 fxe5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 b4 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Qf2 Qc4 $4 { My opponent said afterwards that this looked very tempting, with Qxa2,BxNe4 and QxRd3 …but…(Bill actually gave this a ??? in his annotations)} ({ Of course…} 19... f5 20. Neg5 Rg8 21. Nxe6 Qc4 22. Rxe5 Qxd3 23. Nc5 Qb5 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 $19 {(-3.25) PB}) 20. Nxe5 Bg5+ 21. Nxg5 Qc7 22. Ngxf7 O-O 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nef7+ Rxf7 25. Nxf7+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
Andy George vs Ian Barwick [Event "Nomads B v Nomads C (Bd 1)"] [Site "The Harlequin"] [Date "2008.12.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Andy George"] [Black "Ian Barwick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "146"] [BlackElo "111"] [Annotator "Andy George"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 Bg7 {Looking at the theory in the Accelerated Dragon 6… d5! looks good for black.} (6... Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Ncb5 Qb4+ 9. Bd2 Qc4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nb3) 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O a6 16. Qb2 Kg8 17. Kh1 Rc7 {This looks like the wrong plan – Ian suggested 17.. . b5!? as an improvement after the game.} 18. f4 Rac8 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nd5 {and it’s all over bar the shouting} Nf8 {21… e6 was slightly more resilient but 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 and 24. Qh8+ wins a lot of rooks} (21... e6 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxc8) 22. Rxf5 b5 23. b4 { adding insult to previous injuries, the queen will betrapped} Rxc4 24. Nxe7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.