The Fuller team played on Wednesday and managed to obtain a draw against the Top Team, Petts Wood. Even though they had 3 players, they had a very strong looking team out with the player on board 1 graded 151. It fell to Ken Smith (graded 117) to play John Cook in a hard fought battle till the endgame, where he eventually lost. Keith Thompson had a hard battle against Phil Wheeler, losing the endgame. Finally, with 5 minutes on his clock left, he resigned on move 60. Our only success came on board 3 with Lee Brockwell having a fine win against Joe Neanor who resigned when Lee set up a fine mating attack. It fell to Mark Lenette to have the evening off when his opponent failed to turn up.

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[Event "Sidcup V Petts Wood"] 
[Date "2014.01.09"] 
[White "Brockwell, Lee"] 
[Black "Neanor, Joe"] 
[Result "1-0"] 
[ECO "D07"] [WhiteElo "113"] 
[BlackElo "113"] 
[Annotator "Brockwell,Lee"] 
[PlyCount "61"] 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxd2 
9. Qxd2 h6 10. O-O Bd6 11. c5 Be7 12. Rfe1 {B4 was better here, but thought I had plenty of 
time to play it later} Bf6 13. Bb5 {Fritz says Bc2 is better - I was trying to prevent e5 
which I thought could give black a strong kingside attack if both bishops get involved.} Ne7 
14. Rac1 {I knew when playing this that I had to be careful in not letting the bishop pin the 
queen/ rook on the G5 C1 diagonal. But thought this treat was manageable.} Ng6 15. e4 Nh4 
{Suddenly the bishop pin is a real threat. Fitz says Ne5 or NxN are OK I wasn't convinced at the 
time and played} 16. Qd3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bg5 18. Rc2 { Fritz says C6 gives black a good advantage 
here but the move he isn't the best} Bh4 19. Kh1 c6 20. Ba4 Qc7 21. e5 b6 22. Rg1 bxc5 
23. Nd1 c4 24. Qe3 Kh7 25. Re2 Kh8 26. Bc2 Ba6 27. Ree1 Rae8 {I missed R*g7 here but see it later} 
28. Rg4 Qe7 29. Reg1 Rg8 {That was a blunder F5 is the best defence} 30. Rxg7 {Its a forced mate here
whatever reply} Rxg7 31. Qxh6+ {Black resigns} 1-0 {B4 was better here, but thought I had plenty 
of time to play it later} Bf6 13. Bb5 {Fritz says Bc2 is better - I was trying to prevent e5 
which I thought could give black a strong kingside attack if both bishops get involved.} Ne7 
14. Rac1 {I knew when playing this that I had to be careful in not letting the bishop pin the queen/ rook on the G5 C1 diagonal. But thought this treat was manageable.} Ng6 15. e4 Nh4 {Suddenly the 
bishop pin is a real threat. Fitz says Ne5 or NxN are OK I wasn't convinced at the time and played} 16. Qd3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bg5 18. Rc2 { Fritz says C6 gives black a good advantage here but the move 
he isn't the best} Bh4 19. Kh1 c6 20. Ba4 Qc7 21. e5 b6 22. Rg1 bxc5 23. Nd1 c4 
24. Qe3 Kh7 25. Re2 Kh8 26. Bc2 Ba6 27. Ree1 Rae8 {I missed R*g7 here but see it later} 
28. Rg4 Qe7 29. Reg1 Rg8 {That was a blunder F5 is the best defence} 30. Rxg7 {Its a forced 
mate here whatever reply} Rxg7 31. Qxh6+ {Black resigns} 1-0 
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[Event "Fuller"] [Date "2014.01.09"] 
[White "Wheeler, Phil"] 
[Black "Thompson, Keith"] 
[Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] 
[WhiteElo "110"] 
[BlackElo "112"] 
[Annotator "Fritz 13 (30s)"] 
[PlyCount "120"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 
6. Nc3 {last book move} c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3 {Black is behind in developement} Nc6 
9. a3 {White has a very active position} Qc7 (9... Nge7 10. Bg5 $11) 10. O-O Nge7 $2 
(10... a6 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea} 11. b4 Ba7 $11) 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nb5 Qd7 
13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. Na4 Ba7 ( 16... Bc7 $5 $17) 17. Bb2 b5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 
19. bxc5 {White has a new passed pawn: c5} Rc8 (19... h5 20. h3 $11) 20. Rfe1 Qa7 
21. Qe3 Na5 (21... Nge7 $5 $11 ) 22. Bd4 Nc4 {The black knight on an outpost} 23. Qg5 Qe7 
24. Qg3 Rc6 (24... Qd7 25. h3 $11) 25. c3 h6 {Secures g5} (25... Nb2 26. Reb1 Na4 27. Ne1 $11) 
26. a4 Kg8 (26... bxa4 27. Rxa4 a5 28. Rb1 $14) 27. axb5 axb5 28. Reb1 Kh7 (28... Qb7 29. h4 $16) 
29. Rxb5 Rhc8 30. Ne1 Qg5 {[%cal Rc4e5,Rg5e5,Rg6e5,Gd4e5,Gg3e5] Pawn e5, live or die!} 
31. Qd3 Kh8 (31... Ncxe5 32. Qc2 $11) 32. Nf3 Qh5 (32... Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Nxd3 
35. Ra7 $11) 33. h3 Ngxe5 (33... Nf4 $5 34. Qd1 R6c7 $14) 34. Nxe5 Nxe5 35. Qg3 Ng6 
36. Rab1 e5 37. Be3 f5 38. f4 e4 $4 { forfeits the advantage} (38... exf4 $142 $5 {is an 
interesting alternative} 39. Bxf4 Nxf4 40. Qxf4 Qf7 $11) 39. Rb6 Kh7 (39... Nf8 $142 $5 $16) 
40. Rxc6 Rxc6 41. Rb6 Rc8 $2 (41... Ne7 42. Qf2 $14) 42. c6 Ne7 $2 (42... Qd1+ $142 43. Kh2 Qd3 $14) 
43. Bd4 Qg6 $4 {Black is ruining his position} (43... Qf7 $142 {is the best chance} 
44. Rb7 Rxc6 $11) 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 (44... Nxg6 45. Rb7 h5 46. Rxg7+ Kh6 $18) 45. c7+ Kf7 
46. Rb7 Ke6 (46... Nc6 $142 $5 $11 {should be examined more closely}) 47. Bxg7 h5 
(47... Kd7 $142 48. Bxh6 Kc6 $16) 48. Be5 Kd7 (48... Nc6 49. Rb6 Kd7 50. Rb5 $11) 
49. Kf2 Ng6 (49... Nc6 $142 $5 {should be investigated more closely} 50. Rb5 Ke6 $11) 
50. Rb5 Nxe5 $4 {strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (50... Kc6 $142 51. Rb8 Kd7 $16) 
51. Rxd5+ Kxc7 52. Rxe5 Rf8 53. Re7+ Kd6 54. Rg7 Kc5 (54... Rc8 55. Rh7 Rxc3 56. Rxh5 $11 ) 
55. Rg5 {White threatens to win material: Rg5xh5} Kc4 (55... h4 $5 $11 { should be considered}) 
56. Rxh5 Kxc3 $4 {solves nothing} (56... Kd3 $142 57. Rh6 Rd8 $16) 57. Ke3 Kc4 58. g4 fxg4 
59. hxg4 Rg8 60. g5 Kd5 1-0 
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Keith Thompson