Steve Gibbs vs Andy George [Event "SASCA A v Nomads B"] [Site "NATUREMAN-PC"] [Date "2009.01.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Steve Gibbs"] [Black "Andy George"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "135"] [BlackElo "146"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] {Here’s the game but no need for commentary, really, as he clearly shouldn’t’ve gone for c6 until he was ready. A first, and successful, outing for the Modern that I’ve been looking at.} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nc3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 a6 11. f4 Nc6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 O-O 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rc4 (20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. d6) 20... Qd7 21. Rfc1 c6 22. Qc2 Qg4 23. Bd2 Be5 24. Bb4 Rfd8 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Qxc6 Qf4 28. h3 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxd3 30. Qc2 Qg3 31. Kg1 d3 32. Qd1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Bf4 34. Rc4 Qe2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
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.