Game 1

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[Event "Intro Final"] 
[Date "2011.05.15"] 
[White "Thompson, Keith"] 
[Black "Jones, Paul"] 
[Result "1-0"] 
[ECO "A00"] 
[WhiteElo "101"] 
[BlackElo "110"] 
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"] 
[PlyCount "47"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
{I had played Paul a few times over the last few years and had good results against him. I was 
not expecting to play him as I though they would have Conrad Allison playing unfortunatly for them 
he had exams during the next week and was unable to play. He had been there star palyer for the 
year. he is now rated 141 and I was looking forward to palying a season decider against him.} 
1. e4 c5 {Paul started with the Scillian a chance to play my Antii Scillian.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 
3. Bd3 {This is the move which changes it to an Anti- Scilliana line that is used to great 
effect by Danny Kopec an International Master. And I had a great result with in the semi Final.} 
e5 4. O-O a6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bc2 { The Bishop is on a square that it is usual for the Ruy Lopz 
opening} Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Ng3 {Was fairly happy 
with the way the opening had gone both players had there pieces in play my c1 Bishop was the 
next piece to get into the game.} Rd8 13. Be3 {Bd2 may have been the correct square for the 
Bishop but e3 is OK} d5 {This is why Bd2 was better I would loose a tempo if it was to move to 
d2 now and did not want him to play d4 so this pawn must go.} 14. exd5 Rxd5 {Not the best way to 
take the pawn Nxd5 was better but now if my queen does not move of the the line off the Rook his 
next move would be a dangerous e4} 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Rad1 {The idea I had was to centre my rooks 
and push my d pawn then my rooks would control the centre and hopefully thiss was going to prove 
decisive} Bd6 17. Nh4 {f5 looked a good square for my knight.} Ne7 {He seen it and covered the 
square back to my original plan of pushing my d pawn . His knight here on e7 looks very vulnerable 
and my knight move may not be waisted. f3 may look good for my queen attacking his rook. but 
he can easily play Bb7 and I would loose a move which could be quite crucial. Although I am 
happy with the position it is still very even and black is still in the game with chances of 
his own if I miss calculate a move.} 18. d4 {my plan here is to open up the centre for my rooks 
to come into the game. He is looking to control the b8 h2 diagonal which opening it up could 
benefit this diagonal} exd4 19. cxd4 {Black has quite a good game here and opening it up gives 
black a few chances d5 would be good square for one of his knights in the future.} Bxg3 $2 {He 
is too quick to with this move. I think he thought he could have a pawn here but after Qxp Bf2 
would cover all the important pieces. Alhough perhaps not his loosig move it is not a very good 
one. 1. After pXB f4 looks very good for my Bishop 2. Bf4 releases and attack on his e7 Knight 
at the same time attacks his queen. Black has to find answers to these problems he has created for
himself.} 20. fxg3 { Now the my pieces are threatening the Knight on e7. My next move is going 
to be Bf4 unless he can find a move to stop this Be6 protects his knight on e7 and is probably 
his best move then he can move hi queen to safety. Things are starting to look very good for 
white and Black has a few problems to overcome.} c4 $4 {This is not the move black failed to 
deal with my strong threats. My one concern here is could he play g5 and even the outcome of 
the final position. He probalbly could at some stage of process. Bf4 Qd7 QxN QXQ RxQ g5 but 
after Be5 perhaps would solve this move attacking his Knight then on PxN BxN So I was feeling 
very confident here that white was definately in a wining position.} ({If Queen had taken on 
g3 it loked very good for white.} 20... Qxg3 21. Bf2 Qc7 22. Qxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7) 21. Bf4 Qb6 
{Here the pressure was getting to black he obviously thought that it was better to keep the 
queens on board and give the knight away. I think maybe he was trying to pressure my isolated 
d4 pawn but this oawn could not be taken taken by his rook after QxN I think he saw this too 
late.} 22. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02] Black may have seen that his plan did not quite work and 
played a move that gives me checkmate in} (22. Qxe7 Rxd4 (22... Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 
24. Qe8+ Nxe8 25. Rxe8#) (22... Be6 {maybe blacks best move but then} 23. Bc7 Rd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 
25. Bxb6 Nxb6) 23. Qe8+ Nxe8 24. Rxe8#) 22... Nd5 $4 23. Qe8+ {Black Resigns} Rxe8 
24. Rxe8# 1-0 
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Game 2

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[Event "Intro Final"] 
[Date "2011.05.15"] 
[White "Broughton, Phil"] 
[Black "Carstairs, Ben"] 
[Result "1-0"] 
[ECO "A00"] 
[WhiteElo "70"] 
[BlackElo "53"] 
[PlyCount "37"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Bd3 h6 9
. Nd2 g5 10. Bh2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 f6 13. Bg6+ Kf8 14. Nf7 Qe7 15. Nxh8 Bxh2 
16. Rxh2 Kg7 17. Qh5 Kxh8 18. Bf7 Be8 19. Qxh6# 1-0 
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[Event "Harvey Cup Final"] 
[Site "Dartford"] 
[Date "2011.05.15"] 
[White "Dakin, Adam"] 
[Black "McAllan, Ian"] 
[Result "0-1"] 
[ECO "A00"] 
[WhiteElo "150"] 
[BlackElo "166"] 
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"] 
[PlyCount "64"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 
8. Qxh7 d4 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rb1 dxc3 11. Be3 cxb2+ 12. axb4 Qxb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxc5 
14. f4 Bd7 15. Rxb2 Nxe5 $3 16. Be2 Rxg2 17. Qh8+ Rg8 18. Qxe5 Rxg1+ 
19. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 20. Bf1 O-O-O 21. Be3 Qh1 22. Bxa7 Nc6 23. Qc3 e5 24. Be3 $4 Bh3 
25. Bg1 Bxf1 26. Qb3 Ba6 27. Qh3+ Kb8 28. Qe3 Rd4 29. Qg3 Qe4+ 30. Be3 exf4 
31. Qg8+ Rd8 32. Qxf7 Qxe3# 0-1 
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Game 3

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PGN Notation:

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[Event "Intro Final"] 
[Date "2011.05.15"] 
[White "Carstairs, Daniel"] 
[Black "Houching, Peter"] 
[Result "0-1"] 
[ECO "A00"] 
[WhiteElo "59"] 
[BlackElo "92"] 
[PlyCount "92"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 h6 3. e4 Be7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd2 d6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O Bc6 
9. e5 Nd5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d5 13. Bd2 Bb5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 
16. Rxc4 Nb6 17. Rc2 Nd5 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Rc4 b5 20. Rc1 Nxa2 21. Ra1 Nb4 22. Bd2 Nd3 
23. Re2 Nxb2 24. Qc2 Nc4 25. Be3 O-O 26. Nd2 Qd5 27. Rc1 Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Rfc8 29. Rd3 Bb4 
30. Rb3 Ba5 31. Ra1 Bb6 32. Qc3 c5 33. dxc5 Bxc5 34. Bxc5 Qxc5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 
36. f4 a5 37. Rba3 b4 38. Ra4 b3 39. Rb1 Rb5 40. Kf2 Rc8 41. Ke3 b2 42. Kd3 Rc1 
43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Rxa5 Rxg2 45. Ke4 Rxh2 46. f5 Rh4+ 0-1 
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Game 4

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Event "Intro Final"] 
[Date "2011.05.15"] 
[White "Neanor, Joe"] 
[Black "Holland, Jack"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 
[ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "118"] [BlackElo "108"] 
[PlyCount "54"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. d4 Bh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Nc6 
8. c3 Bg5 9. Qd2 Bh6 10. Kf2 Qd7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Rf1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qf5 
14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 h5 16. Kg1 Qe6 17. a4 f6 18. Re1 g5 19. exf6 Qxe3+ 
20. Rxe3 Nxf6 21. Nd2 Rhe8 22. Rae1 g4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 
25. Bxd5 Kd7 26. Ne4 b6 27. Kf2 Ne7 1/2-1/2 
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Game 5

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[Event "Intro Semi Final Snodland v Sidcup"] 
[Date "2011.04.09"] 
[White "Thompson, Keith"] 
[Black "Lettington, David"] 
[Result "1-0"] [ECO "B28"] 
[WhiteElo "101"] 
[BlackElo "132"] 
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"] 
[PlyCount "127"] 
[EventDate "2011.04.09"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
{A very pleasing game played by me today. Playing my anti Sicillian which seemed 
to confuse my opponent a little he did not really get into the game and I was never 
in any real trouble I just had to be aware of his h pawn moving forward which if he 
had moved it when he could have given me a few problems.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 
{Usually I play Bd3 here but today I thought I would keep him guessing as I could have 
played d4 on my next move.} a6 {Nf6 would have been better for black here. Then if 
Bb5 Nc6} 4. h3 {preventing Bg4 although later black was able to play this.} Nc6 
5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O b5 7. Bc2 h6 8. d3 $2 {not my best move of the game there was a 
reason at the time why I decided against d4 but for the life of me now I cannot see 
what made me think I could not play d4.} g5 9. d4 {lost a tempo in my last move but 
still I had a good game going. To me black had played to many pawn move his king was 
now going to stuck in the centre as I could not see him being able to castle as he 
had set out his attack plans to attack down the flanks, I could attack down the centre} 
cxd4 10. cxd4 g4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 {the pin that is a bit of a nuisance in this setup is 
unavoidable it gives black and attacking option down the h file.} 12. Be3 Qc8 $2 
{Do not like this move for black it may have been his losing move not sure what black 
intended for his queen by placing it on c8 which is usually an open file for the rooks.} 
13. Nbd2 h5 14. a4 $4 {According to Fritz this lets black into the game as black 
can play h4 I did not see the danger in this at the time but Fritz points out that 
it is blacks best move here.} b4 {decides to avoide the exchange of pawns} 
15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bb3 { missed a5 here as black could not have taken it owing to Ba4 
and the pin on the queen} (16. a5 Nxa5 17. Ba4 Nc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxc6) 16... Na5 
17. e5 { giving him the choice of taking the Bishop which was his best move although I 
considered I still had quite an advantage.} dxe5 18. dxe5 {moved to quickly here touch 
the pawn so I had to move it while its not a bad move there were other moves I had 
considered the move before such as NxP BxQ NxQ but then I saw BxB and thought that it 
would not work. Bxf7 Kxf7 Nxe5+ Ke7 NxQ BxQ NxN+ pxN RxB I looked into this to see if 
this would work. I perhaps should have had another look into the move would have loved 
to have the Bxp work.} Nd5 { This gives me the game just the move I was hoping he would 
make. Now I can play the move I had anticipated.} 19. Bxd5 {this leaves his knight on a5 
out of it.} Qxd5 20. Rc5 Qd8 21. Qc2 e6 22. Rc7 {Fritz says the Bg5 was good for white 
but I must admit that I did not look into this as I saw Bb6 was good for white and after 
BxN Qc6 was excellent} Bf5 23. Qc1 b3 24. Bb6 {Bg5 was again good for white here even Nxb3 
was good althought I did not contemplate these moves as I considered that I would be a 
piece up here.} Bb4 25. Bxa5 Bxa5 26. Qc6+ Kf8 27. Qc5+ Kg7 28. Qxa5 Rc8 {now I had to 
consider how to get out on the pin. I considered playing Rc5 here but it was a chance to 
get my other rook into the game} 29. Rfc1 Bc2 {surprise move which I missed now I had to 
play Rc5} 30. Rc5 Qd3 31. Qc3 {not the best move again according to Fritz Nxb3 was better 
but it is an OK move I was well up here and considered he was less of a threat if there was 
less pieces on the board.} Qxc3 32. Rxc3 {definitely not pxQ RxR} Rxc3 33. bxc3 b2 {surpise 
move I thought he would play Rb8} 34. Rxc2 Rb8 35. Nd4 {again not the best move I though 
about Nb1 but though it would be out of the game so on b1Q NxQ RxN would still be well 
on top and not have to worry about the pawn} b1=Q+ 36. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 {now my 
a pawn is going to go noway can I stop this but on c4 RxP I cannot play c5 because of 
RxN} 38. Nf3 {Now the game is mine for the taking just have to play this out. with my 
Rook behind the pawn I can move it down to at least c6 with no trouble. } Rxa4 
39. c4 Rb4 40. c5 Rb7 41. c6 Rc7 42. Nd4 Kg6 43. f4 Rc8 44. Ra2 f6 45. Rxa6 fxe5 
46. fxe5 Kg5 47. Nb5 Kf4 48. c7 Ke3 {not sure why he did not play Kxp } 49. Rb6 Kd3 
50. Rb8 Rxc7 51. Nxc7 {There are many ways to win from here.} Ke4 52. Rb5 Kd4 
53. Nxe6+ Ke4 54. Nd4 {Nf4 may have been a tad better as it moved the King away from 
the the Rook} Kxd4 55. e6 Kc4 {forcing the rook to move could have taken the pawn 
but decided on queening my pawn the King would only have the c and d file to move in 
and then it would be just a matter of a few moves.} 56. Rb7 Kc5 57. e7 Kd5 58. 
e8=Q Kd4 59. Rb5 h4 60. Qe5+ Kc4 61. Qd5+ Kc3 62. Rb3+ Kc2 63. Qd3+ Kc1 64. Rb1# 1-0 
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Game 6

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PGN Notation:

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[Event "Harvey Semi Final"] 
[Date "2011.05.08"] 
[White "Thompson, Keith"] 
[Black "Chandler, Greg"] 
[Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] 
[WhiteElo "101"] 
[BlackElo "93"] 
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"] 
[PlyCount "63"] 
[EventDate "2011.05.08"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
{Not a very long game black made a blunder on move 15 which I spotted and took 
full advantage of and from then on the game if I played the correct moves was 
over as a contest. and perhaps black could have resignedon move 20 or 21.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Nbd2 {This move 
has been played a few times but the usual move for the knight is to c3 where it 
is probably better placed.} O-O 8. Nf1 a6 9. Ba4 {this has been played before but 
there are more games played with the BxN but white still is scoring well in this 
position with according to the chessbase andalysing with the chess database gives 
63% wins for white from this position.} b5 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 
13. Qh3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd7 {Black had played his moves here in about 5 mins either 
he knew this opening very well or he was very used to quick play. I had taken 
about 15 mins here which is very quick for a slow game but I was comfortable with 
my position so I was quite happy with the way things were going. Here I had to decide 
if I wanted to take queens off. but my knight was jamming up my position a bit blocking 
in my bishop and stopping an uplift of my rook. NF5 looked a very nice square for it 
and g6 did not seem to much of a problem with NxB check and QxN Bg5 although not a great 
advantage this was looking Ok for me.} 15. Nf5 h6 $4 {This was blacks losing move he had 
only take about 10 mins for the 14 moves he had played so far, here he thought about 5 
mins for this blunder. did I dare do Bxp I thought I would have a clear advantage after 
PxB QxP but was there anything better I thought for about 20 mins as I knew this was 
going to be the crucial time in the game. I could see that he had no escape from Bxp all 
his defenses would lead to a losing position. I had found a better continuation from QXP} 
(15... g6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bg5) 16. Bxh6 gxh6 {again black thought for about 5 mins 
again but again he found probably one of the worst moves. My 20 mins was not waisted as 
he had played the worse move but is probably what most players of our grade would play. 
To be fair black did not have too many good moves . Fritz says Nh5 is the best which I 
must admit if he had played this I had not considered a reply to this but it was still 
losing.} (16... Nh5 17. Qxh5 g6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Qh4 {Here Black would 
still be playing the game}) 17. Qg3+ { much better than QxP I will now have his Queen or 
mate him} Ng4 {his only move to stop Qh7} 18. Qxg4+ Bg5 {again his only move to stop 
Qg7} 19. Nxh6+ {The knight has done its work on f5 now to check him and attack his queen} 
Kh7 20. Qxd7 Kxh6 21. Qc6 {now to swap off a rook.} Rg8 {Move does not interfere with 
my plan.} 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 {Now I felt very comfortable and only had to play 
sensible and not make a blunder with my queen. It should be only a matter of time.} 
Bf4 {I could tell from the way he was moving hs pieces that he was going throught the 
motions from about move 20.} 24. g3 Kh5 25. Qxb5 f6 26. Qd5 Bd2 {This is really the end} 
27. Qxg8 Bxe1 28. Qc4 $4 {This was my worst move of the match I moved it without looking 
for checks just saw the pawn weakness and moved. I think because he was moving very 
quick now it was making me not think to much about my moves. It's easy when so far 
ahead you can turn off and not find the best moves any longer. Why I should move my 
queen to the othe side of the board away from his king heavens only knows.} (
28. Qh7+ Kg5 29. h4+ Kg4 30. Qf5#) 28... Ba5 29. b4 Bb6 30. Qf7+ Kg4 31. Kg2 c5 
(31... Kg5 32. h4+ Kh6 33. h5 Kg5 34. Qg6#) 32. Qg6# 1-0 
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