Game 1

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PGN Notation:

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[Date "2010.12.08"]
[White "Houchin, Peter"]
[Black "Knight, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "92"]
[BlackElo "112"]
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]
{A good win by White here against an up a coming youngster who has a good rating a 
beat our Jack Hollands in the return match.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. Bf4 e6 
4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qf6 6. Bxf5 Qxf5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. Qd3 Qg4 10. Rg1 Nge7 
11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h3 Qg6 13. Qxg6 fxg6 14. c4 Rac8 15. Rc1 Na5 16. c5 dxc5 
17. dxc5 b6 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nb3 a5 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. c6 Nd6 22. bxa5 Nc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 
24. Rxc4 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Rd5 26. Nb3 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. Ke2 Rb5 29. Rc1 Rxb3 
30. Rxc6 Rb2+ 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. a4 Ra2 34. Ra7 g5 35. a5 h5 36. g4 h4 
37. Ra8 Ke5 38. Ra7 g6 39. a6 Kf6 40. Ra8 Ra4 41. a7 Kf7 42. Kg2 e5 43. Kf3 e4+ 
44. Kg2 Ke7 $4 45. Rh8 Rxa7 46. Rh7+ Kf6 47. Rxa7 {Nice manoeuvre by white to give 
him victory. Black could have resigned here.} Ke5 48. f3 Kd5 49. Ra5+ Ke6 
50. Rxg5 Kf6 51. f4 Kg7 52. Re5 {just clearing all blacks pawns.} Kf6 53. Rxe4 g5 
54. f5 Kf7 55. Re6 Kg7 56. Rg6+ Kf7 57. Rxg5 Kf6 58. Rh5 Ke5 59. Rxh4 {Now
victory is assured all white has to do is to be care of a stalemate.} Kf6 
60. e4 Kg5 61. Kg3 Kf6 62. Kf4 Kg7 63. e5 Kf7 64. g5 Kg7 65. e6 Kf8 66. f6 Kg8 
67. g6 Kf8 68. Rh8# {Nice way to finish. A very good game by Peter who never 
really lost the advantage of being white and played very solidly.} 1-0 
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Game 2

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PGN Notation:

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[Event "County League Under 100"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[White "Mora, J."]
[Black "Houching, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "92"]
[BlackElo "89"]
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]
{A good win by peter in this county match which peter on move 17 was a knight 
down and perhaps which should have gone on to win but dogged defence by black 
gives black a good victory.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. Nc3 c6 
6. b3 Nd5 7. Bb2 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 cxb3 9. axb3 a5 10. b4 a4 11. Bd3 f6 12. Qc2 g6 
13. O-O Bb7 14. e4 Nd7 15. d5 Bg7 16. Nd4 Nf8 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Qc7 
19. Bxb5 Nd7 20. Bxa4 Nb6 {White had a brilliant sacrifice here to secure the win 
but missed it. It was a bit difficult to find.} 21. Bb5 (21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Na7+ Nxa4 
23. Qxc7) 21... O-O 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Nd4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rc8 25. Bc6 e5 26. Nb5 $4 
{This moves gives the advantage to black and from here Peter goes on to make full 
use of it and secures the win.} Qxc6 27. Na7 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. f3 Bf8 30. b5 Bc5+ 
31. Kf1 Bd4 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. Nc6 Ne3+ 34. Ke2 Nxd1 35. Kxd1 Rb3 36. f4 Rxb5 37. fxe5 Bxe5 
38. Nxe5 Rxe5 39. Kd2 Rxe4 0-1 
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Game 3

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PGN Notation:

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[Event "Intro"]
[Site "Sidcup Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.14"]
[White "Thompson, Keith"]
[Black "Allison, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "101"]
[BlackElo "113"]
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"]
[PlyCount "99"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"]
{This was not a bad game played by me for the intro team. The opening I was 
not sure of I had not banked on the move Nd6 it was not a move that I had 
come across before but it seems it is perfectly playable and black has quite a 
good game after this.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 
{Here White can have his pawn back although not knowing this opening very well 
I did not calculate this properly and played BxN and then took the pawn back} Nd6 
6. Bxc6 (6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Ba4 O-O {and black has a perfectly good game}) 6... dxc6 
7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 $2 {this seems to have given black a slight advantage 
what I was worried about was the knight having to go back to f3 and then black playing 
Bg4 ping my knight to the queen and without my white squared bishop may have had 
to weaken my king side pawns to break the pin.} Bf5 10. d3 Bf6 11. Ng4 $6 {it seems 
again that this was a slight inaccuaracy and protection of the knight by playing 
Bf4 was better I did think of this but did not like the move Re8 and thought my 
knight could be in more trouble on e5 and I was hoping he would take it with his 
bishop and then I would retake with the queen} Bd4 {I thought at the time that he 
had found a nice diagonal for the bishop but this did not turn out to be the case} 
12. Ne3 {another slightly inaccurate move by me I should have played Be3 and had a 
perfectly good game. Black at this stage had played the opening much better that me.} 
Be6 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. Bd2 Qh4 $1 {an excellent move by black keeping up the pressure 
on g3} 15. Ng3 {not the best defence but my idea was to free my queen and swop 
chase his queen away.} f5 {I could see a nasty f4 coming here} 16. Qh5 {the only move 
I could see that would stop f4} Qf6 17. Bc3 Qd8 {wrong square for the queen it lets me 
back in the game and from here on in I had the better game and was able to keep up 
pressure on his pieces.} 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 {Now I feel I have a good game and 
have seen of the worst of his attack and can start to create something myself. with 
my queen on the 5th rank c5 looks very promising.} f4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 $2 {This was blacks 
losing move really should have played Qd7 but I am not sure that I would have found it 
either. Fritz gives me 3 points lead here.} 21. Rxe4 Qd7 22. Rd1 Qf7 23. Qg5 {creating 
pressure on g7. Also blacks bishop on b6 is in danger of not having a square to move to 
after c5} Qg6 24. Qxg6 {could have got my c5 move in by playing} ( 24. Re5 Qxc2 
25. Rd2 Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Rf7 27. c5 h6 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. cxb6 {if I 
had seen the sequence.}) 24... hxg6 {I decide though that I had much the better 
endgame with the pawns doubled and controlling the centre with my rooks that with 
accurate play I had a win with the quuens off the board and there would be less 
chance of him mounting any counter attack with queens off.} 25. Re7 {The g7 
pawn was very weak} Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Rd7+ Ke6 28. Rxg7 Kf5 29. Rf7+ Kg5 
30. b4 {I missed g4 here thought this was not playable in view of p x enpassant 
but he cannot pllay this because of} (30. g4 fxg3 31. Bd2+ Be3 32. Bxe3+ Kh5 
33. Rh7# {which would have been quite a nice ending to the game if I had seen it.}) 
30... c5 31. b5 (31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc7 (32. g4 fxg3 33. Bd2+ Kh5 34. Rh7#) 
32... Bb6 33. Rf7) 31... a6 32. Bd2 {having blocked his bishop from the defence of his 
king I now felt I had a mating attack} Kh6 {he found the only move that stopped me mating him.} 
(32... Kh5 33. g4+ fxg3 34. Rh7#) 33. Bxf4+ g5 34. Bxc7 {Having missed out on the 
attack why not cash in on the attack by grabbing second best a pawn giving me at least 
a 3 pawn advantage} Bxc7 35. Rxc7 axb5 36. cxb5 Rxa2 37. Rxc5 Rb2 38. c4 Rb1+ 
39. Kh2 Rb4 40. Kg3 b6 41. Rc6+ Kh5 42. f3 Ra4 43. f4 {an inaccurate continuation 
of the attack giving black perhaps a slight ray of hope Kh2 with a possible g4 to 
follow or c5 was better} Ra3+ {though he would play} (43... gxf4+ 44. Kxf4) 
44. Kf2 gxf4 45. Rxb6 Kg5 46. Rc6 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Ra2 49. b6 Rxg2 
50. Rc5+ {here black has had enough and resigned probably because he saw that 
he could not stop the b pawn from queening or loosing his rook} 1-0 
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Game 4

PGN Notation:

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[Event "Fuller"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[White "Thompson, Keith"]
[Black "Allison, Conrad"]
[Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "101"]
[BlackElo "113"]
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"]
{I had played Conrad about a month earlier and had a good win so I was hoping 
for much the same but it turn into a disaster.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 
3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7 {These moves were 
played in the earlier match also.} 8. d4 {I played Nc3 before but thought I 
had found a better continuation.} O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. d5 cxd5 
12. Nxd5 Bf8 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Nf4 Bc8 15. Qf3 Nxg3 16. Qxg3 $2 {Although this 
looks good its gives a slight advantage to black hxN was much better.} Bd6 
17. Nc4 Bc5 {I had a good advantage here and should have played the following 
continuation Red1} 18. Nh5 (18. Red1 Qf6 19. Nd5 Qg6 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. Nxc7 Rf8 
22. Nxa8 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Nd6 Rxa8 25. Nxb7 Bh4 26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Rd4 h5 
28. Ne4) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bf8 {Black has the 2 bishops here and has the better 
game with them.} 20. h3 Be6 21. Ne5 $2 {Disaster strikes me. this allows black 
to play Qd2} Qd2 22. Re3 $4 {It goes from bad to worse.} Qd1+ 23. Kh2 Qxh5 
{I resign here I just was not with it tonight I did not see anything at all
and missed a chance at move 18 a bad day at the office.} 0-1 
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Game 5

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PGN Notation:

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[Event "Intro"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[White "Thompson, Keith"]
[Black "Mincher, Cerden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "101"]
[BlackElo "108"]
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"]
{This was an Intro game played against Lewisham. I had played against Cerden 
for the Fuller team and beat him fairly easily. On saying that these young 
players can improve overnight.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 { 
Playing the Ruy Lopez or Spanish Opening with the Berlin Defence.} 
5. Re1 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nd2 c6 11. Ba4 Bc7 
12. Nf3 Re8 13. Bg5 b5 {So far it has been a fairly standard opening nothing 
much out of the ordinary I think these moves may have been played many time 
before no real mistakes as yet} 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. d4 a5 16. a3 {maybe a4 was better 
here.} Qe7 17. Nh4 h6 {Blacks first slight mistake. Should have played Bc8 in 
anticipation of my next move.} 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Bxf6 $2 {Fritz gives this rating 
as bad it says I should play Bh5 here. As I intended to start my attack on the 
king sided I wanted to take away this defender. His bishops were not doing a lot 
place on c&b7} Qxf6 20. Qd2 {My Rook lift to e3 could have been played here but 
I wanted to connect my rooks first.} Rad8 21. Re3 Bc8 22. Rf3 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qe6 
{Black could have found a better square for his queen here such as h4} 24. Re1 
{Fritz does not like this move as points out that d5 was better.} d5 25. Re3 $2 
{I give black the advantage here should have played} ( 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Rh5 {for an 
even position.}) 25... dxe4 26. Bxe4 c5 $2 {This gives the advantage back to white not 
sure why he played this move but pxp was better.} 27. d5 {found the right move all 
other moves keeps black with an advantage.} Qd6 28. Rg3 Rd7 29. Qe2 Bd8 {I was 
looking for some sort of sacrifice opening up blacks position here but could not 
find one Fritz says I played the best move.} 30. Qg4 g5 $4 {this almost gives the 
game to white should have defended it with Qf8 although this is not very good for 
black it keeps him in the game.} 31. Rgf3 {Qh5 may have been better. The move I made 
was still good enough to win and keeps the pressure on black.} Rf8 32. h4 Qg6 $4 
{f6 may have given black some chance of survival but this loses.} 33. Rf6 $2 
{missed a chance ofa much better move here the following was much better but black 
missed the chance of playing Qg7 thus prolonging the game.} (33. Rxg5 hxg5 (33... 
h5 34. Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Rg7 36. Qe6+ Rff7 37. Qe8+ Rf8 38. Qxf8#) 34. Bxg6) 
(33. Rxg5 Qxg5 34. hxg5) 33... Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxd7 { Black resigned here 
as he does not have any compensation for the loss of his queen. Cerden played better 
in this game although I did not take all my chances it was still a good win. 
These youngsters improve so quickly this could have been another Conrad Allison 
where the return match turns into a disater.} 1-0 
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Game 6

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PGN Notation:

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[Event "Harvey"]
[Date "2011.02.18"]
[White "Neanor, Joe"]
[Black "Thompson, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "118"]
[BlackElo "101"]
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] {This was the 3rd time I had played Petts Wood all away matches in just 
over a month. It was becoming a home match for me. I thought that I might be playing Cerden again 
in a decider as it stood 1 match apiece this season but Cerden was playing on board 4 and I was on 
board 5. I had play Joe twice before but had not played him in the last few season so I did not know 
if he had improved more than me. The last time I played him I lost badly.} 1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 
3. e5 {This is the advanced variation of the Caro-Kann. I am Ok with this as I think black can get as 
I managed in this game a strong c file.} Bf5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. a3 c5 {perhaps not the best time 
to pay this move but it does put pressure on d4 and it would break up his centre pawns and if white 
played c3 would take away the best square for his knight. If white were to play pawn takes pawn it 
would help black and leave him with a good advantage. The best play for white is c4 putting the question 
to black and destroying his centre as well.} 7. Be3 Rc8 {Can play Qb6 here also although I do not 
like having the queen on the same line as blacks bishop it appears to place black in a good position 
attacking the b2 pawn also} 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf5 {This move appears to have 
been a mistake as it allows black to play knight takes d5 pawn and after a long sequence can come out 
with a slight advantage.} 12. Bf2 (12. Nxd5 Nxe5 {These moves would have been hard to find but according 
to Fritz was the best continuation.} 13. fxe5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qd7 15. Bf2 cxd4 {and an even game for both 
black and white Fritz giving white a very slight advantage of 0.14}) 12... cxd4 {Here Fritz prefers c4 
but I like to open the c file and attack down the c file.} 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. Rf3 Bc5 
16. b4 $2 {I think this is a bad move for white and I like it when this is played against me especially 
with the knight still on c3 as it is very hard to protect . The knight and his c pawn become weak and 
it gives me a point or squares I can attack .} Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Rc4 {maybe a bit premature as white can 
play Qxa2 but this still leaves black with a good game.} 18. Qd3 $2 { Wrong square for the queen if not 
Qxa2 pawn white should have played Qf2} Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rfc8 20. Rh3 g6 ({Black could have played this but 
I did not like Qxh7. I noticed that my king could escape to f8 but could see me loosing 2 pawns and 
thought white might have a good attack going or could obtain a draw by repetition.} 20... Rxc3 
21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rxc3 (22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ Ke8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+) 22... Rxc3) 21. Qd2 d4 
22. Na4 Qc6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Qxc5 {A pawn up and c2 pawn to follow.} 25. Qd3 Rxc2 {Now I have a 
really strong attack going.} 26. Rf1 Qd5 27. Rhf3 R8c3 28. Qd1 d3 29. f5 {Fritz has nothing better than a 
pawn move for white either. perhaps h3 but not a lot in it.} exf5 ({Perhaps was hoping for} 29... Qxe5 
{which lets white off the hook slightly.}) 30. h4 {although not a bad move d2 would have been better 
but the continuation I saw would has swapped rooks and I did not think I was ready to at this stage.} Rxa3 
31. Rg3 Raa2 $2 {not the best move having 3 pieces on the pawn did not matter after the continuation I 
let the pressure off slightly by having to swap queens.} 32. Qxd3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxg2 {4 pawns up and 
more pawns to follow just need to swap off a rook and push the pawns from here,} 34. Rh3 h5 
35. Rb1 Rgb2 36. Rg1 b5 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxg6+ Kf7 39. Rhg3 Ra1+ 40. Rg1 Rxg1+ 41. Rxg1 Rb4 
42. Ra1 Rxh4+ {and his last pawn goes.} 43. Kg2 Ra4 {White here decided it was time to resign gracefully, 
but black was hoping he was going to play something like the following sequence} 44. Rh1 Kg6 
45. Re1 Ra6 46. Rb1 Rb6 47. Ra1 a6 48. Kf2 b4 49. Rg1+ Kf6 50. Rh1 b3 51. Rxh5 b2 52. Rh6+ Kg5 
53. Rh1 a5 54. Rb1 a4 55. Rg1+ Kf6 56. Rh1 b1=Q 57. Rxb1 Rxb1 58. Kg2 Rb3 59. Kf2 a3 60. Ke2 a2 
61. Kd2 a1=Q 62. Ke2 Qa2+ 63. Ke1 Rb1# 0-1 
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Keith Thompson