On Friday our 3rd team playing in the Fuller League had the same result as the previous week - Ken Smith drawing on board one, Lee Brockwell winning on board two, Sarah playing a hard fought game but going down on board three and Keith Thompson picking up a win on board four.

The evening started well with Ken Smith (115) - playing on board 1 - with a quick draw in only 15 moves with Lee Phillips (126). Lee Brockwell playing on board 2 (109) had an excellent win over Phil Wheeler (116) this week. Then Keith Thompson (93) had what one may say was a lucky win against Tom Peautells (98) when Tom left his rook en-prix which Keith duly took with a check and Tom resigned (see attached games).

Our newest member of the team - Sarah Walker-Buckton (97) - fought well after a bad opening blunder which left her a rook down for the remainder of the match against Joe Martin (99), doing well to take her match into an end game again. She only resigned when Joe had a much superior endgame and passed pawns which Sarah could not stop.

PGN Notation

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[Event "Fuller"] 
[Site "?"] 
[Date "2014.11.21"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Thompson, Keith"] 
[Black "Pesautels, Tom"] 
[Result "1-0"] 
[ECO "C42"] 
[WhiteElo "93"] 
[BlackElo "98"] 
[Annotator "Fritz 13 (30s)"] 
[PlyCount "79"] 
[EventDate "2014.??.??"] 
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"] 
{C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 {last book move} Nbd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (10. Bd3 $5 $14 {should be considered}) 10... h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 (12. a4 a5 $15) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. Qd3 $142 $5 $17) 13... dxe4 14. Nh4 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Re6 16. Bg4 Rf6 17. Nf5 (17. g3 $142 {finishes off the opponent} h5 18. Bf5 $18 (18. Kxh2 $6 hxg4 19. Bg5 Re6 $16)) 17... Bd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 { White has the pair of bishops} 19. Rad1 (19. Be2 $5 $14) 19... Nb6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. b3 {Covers a4+c4} Rd8 22. c4 Re6 23. Bf4 $4 {weakening the position} ( 23. c5 $142 {and White wins} Qe7 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rc1 $18) 23... Qd7 24. Qc3 ( 24. Qa5 Ra8 $16) 24... f6 25. a4 Qe8 26. Re3 (26. a5 $5 Nc8 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 $16 (28. Rxd5 $6 Ne7 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Nc6 $11)) 26... g5 27. Bh2 (27. Bc7 Rd7 28. d5 Qf7 $14) 27... f5 28. Qc2 (28. Re2 f4 $11) 28... f4 29. Re2 Rd7 30. a5 Nc8 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 (32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Re5 $11) 32... Re5 { Black threatens to win material: Re5xd5} 33. Qc4 (33. g3 $142 $5 {and White can hope to live} fxg3 34. Bxg3 Rexd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Qc4 $11) 33... Nd6 34. Qc2 (34. Qc5 a6 $17) 34... Nf5 35. Qc4 (35. g3 f3 36. Ree1 Rexd5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11) 35... Kg7 36. Qc5 (36. g3 $5 Ree7 37. g4 $17 (37. gxf4 $4 {taking the pawn will cause White grave problems} Qh5 38. Qc3+ Kh7 $19)) 36... a6 37. b4 ( 37. Qc3 Kg6 38. Qc2 Rd8 $17) 37... Ne7 38. Red2 Qf7 {[%cal Rd7d5,Re5d5,Re7d5, Rf7d5,Gc5d5,Gd2d5] Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d5} 39. Qc3 Nxd5 40. Qxe5+ (40. Qxe5+ Qf6 41. Qxe4 $18) 1-0 
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PGN Notation

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[Event "Sidcup V Petts Wood"] 
[Site "?"] 
[Date "2014.11.21"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Brockwell, Lee"] 
[Black "Wheeler, Phil"] 
[Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] 
[WhiteElo "109"] [BlackElo "115"] 
[Annotator "Fritz 13 (30s)"] 
[PlyCount "73"] 
[EventDate "2014.??.??"] 
{E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nf3 {last book move} Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. cxd5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nxd5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. c4 Nf6 13. Rac1 (13. Rad1 Nc6 $16) 13... c6 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Rfd1 c5 18. d5 e5 19. fxe5 (19. d6 $142 $5 $16) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 {White has a new backward pawn: e3} 21. Bb2 Nb4 22. Qd2 Re4 23. a3 Na6 24. d6 Qd7 25. Qd5+ Kf8 {Got a bit excited here and took the wrong rook. But time was getting short, so didn't want to agonise over which was better.} 26. Qxa8+ (26. Qxe4 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Qe8 27. Qb7 Rb8 28. Qxa6 Qd7 $18) 26... Re8 27. Qf3 Nb8 28. e4 (28. Bxf6 { might be the shorter path} Kg8 29. Bc3 Qf7 $18) 28... Nc6 29. Rd5 (29. Bxf6 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kg8 30. Bc3 h6 $18) 29... Na5 30. e5 f5 31. Qf4 (31. e6 Qxe6 32. d7 Nc6 33. Rxf5+ Ke7 34. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 35. Bxg7 b5 36. Rf6 Qxf6 37. Bxf6 Kd7 38. cxb5 Nd4 39. Qb7+ Ke6 40. Qe7+ Kf5 41. Rxc5+ Kf4 42. Qe5+ Kg4 43. Qxd4#) 31... g6 32. Re1 (32. g4 Re6 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Qxf5+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rf1+ Kg7 37. Rf6 Nc6 38. Rxe6 b5 39. Rxc5 Nd8 40. Re8 Nb7 41. Re7+ Kg6 42. Rxb7 Kf5 43. d7 b4 44. d8=Q h6 45. e6+ Kg4 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47. Bc1+ Kf3 48. Qd3#) 32... Qe6 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rd6 Qxc4 35. Qxc4 (35. e6 Ke7 36. Bf6+ Kxf6 37. e7+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kh6 39. exd8=Q Qg4 40. Qde7 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Kh5 42. d8=Q Nc4 43. Qg5#) 35... Nxc4 36. e6 $1 {Mate threat} Ke7 (36... -- $140 37. e7+ {Mate threat}) 37. Bf6+ $1 {Resigned. Mate attack} (37. Bf6+ Kxd6 38. Bxd8 Kd5 39. e7 Nd6 40. e8=Q Kc4 41. Qe2+ Kd5 42. Qe6+ Kc6 43. Bxb6 h5 44. d8=Q Kb7 45. Qed7+ Ka6 46. Qa4+ Kb7 47. Re7#) 1-0 
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PGN Notation

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[Event "Fuller"] [Site "?"] 
[Date "2014.11.21"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Jones, Paul"] 
[Black "Smith, Ken"] 
[Result "1/2-1/2"] 
[ECO "E20"] 
[WhiteElo "127"] 
[BlackElo "115"] 
[Annotator "Fritz 13 (30s)"] 
[PlyCount "30"] 
[EventDate "2014.??.??"] 
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 {last book move} 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 Ne8 (5... d5 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 6. O-O f5 $2 (6... Nc6 $142 $5 $16) 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nbc3 c6 10. d5 c5 (10... Na6 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Nf4 $18) 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Nd7 $2 (12... Bg5 $16) 13. f4 Nef6 14. h3 Re8 15. Qc2 Nf8 1/2-1/2 
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Keith Thompson