Another good win this week for the Fuller team against what is a strong Beckenham and Bromley team.

There is not much to choose between the number 1 board player Tony Foreman graded (112) and Alan Fraser (105) playing on board 4.

The best result came from Lee Brockwell (although a draw) it was of a very high standard and not many mistakes occurred in the match where one player could get an advantage over the other.

I ran Fritz over the match and it could only find one better move that Lee could have played in the whole 44 moves. Even Grandmasters do well to do this.

Keith Thompson (93) finished playing first, securing a draw for the team after losing a won position, letting Alan Fraser (105) get into a position where he could get a draw by repeating the moves.

Lee then followed up with his good draw. At this point in time it looked like the match would end in a draw as Ken Smith looked like losing his match and Sarah Bowden-Walker was in a good position and could win.

Third to finish was Ken Smith (115) (playing white for the first time this season) with a win on time over Tom Foreman (112) - this was a good result for Ken. Playing on Board 1 you usually play people with higher grades than 115 so it makes a change for Ken to play someone of similar grade. Him picking up 2 points (2 draws and a win) for us on board 1 has definitely been a contributing factor to the team’s good performance in the 3 matches played so far this season as it is so hard to pick up wins and draws from that board.

Sarah (97) finish of her opponent Laurie Roberts (108). Well done to herafter picking up her first win for the team against a higher graded opponent, to give us a good victory.

This means now that the Fuller team has 3 out of 3 points. We have to play Eynsford on Wednesday 3rd December at home which could well be stumbling block for us as they tend to load there team with high graded players on boards 1 & 2, and then hope to get something out there much lower graded players playing on 3 & 4.

Game 1

PGN

[pgn height=400 layout=horizontal autoplayMode=none] 
[Event "Fuller"] 
[Site "?"] 
[Date "2014.11.26"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Smith, Ken"] 
[Black "Foreman, Tony"] 
[Result "1-0"] 
[ECO "C50"] 
[WhiteElo "115"] 
[BlackElo "112"] 
[Annotator "Fritz 13 (30s)"] 
[PlyCount "75"] 
[EventDate "2014.??.??"] 
{C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 
4. d3 {last book move} Be7 5. Bxg8 (5. a3 $142 $5 $16) 5... Rxg8 6. exf5 
(6. Nc3 $5 $11 {should not be overlooked}) 6... d5 7. O-O Bxf5 8. Nbd2 
(8. Nc3 $5 { looks like a viable alternative} Qd7 9. Qe1 $15) 8... g5 
9. Nb3 (9. Qe2 Bf6 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17 (10... Nxe5 $6 11. d4 $11)) 9... g4 10. Ne1 Qd6 
11. g3 (11. f4 $5 $17) 11... O-O-O 12. a3 h5 13. Nd2 (13. Bd2 Kb8 $19) 13... h4 
14. b4 hxg3 15. fxg3 Qg6 16. Bb2 Rh8 17. Qe2 (17. Ng2 Qh7 18. Rxf5 Qxf5 19. Ne3 $19) 
17... Bd6 18. c4 (18. Ng2 $5 Qh5 19. Nh4 $17) 18... Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. cxd5 Rde8 
21. Qf2 (21. Qg2 $142 Rh5 22. Nc4 $17) 21... Rhf8 22. Qg2 Rf7 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. Rc1 $4 
(24. Rd1 $142 $15 {is the best chance}) 24... Bh6 25. Rc2 (25. Rd1 b5 26. d6 bxc4 
27. d7+ Kxd7 28. Qd5+ Ke7 29. Qc5+ Kd8 30. Qd5+ Qd6 31. Qxf7 Be3+ 32. Kh1 Rf8 
33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 c3 $19) 25... b5 26. Na5 $2 (26. Nd2 Kb8 27. Rc6 $19 ) 
26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Be3+ 28. Rxe3 dxe3 29. d6 $1 {Decoy: d6} Qxd6 30. Qa8+ $4 
{forfeits the advantage} (30. Qb7+ $142 {and White gets the upper hand} Kd7 
31. Qxb5+ Ke7 32. Re2 $16) 30... Kd7 31. Nc6 $4 {White loses the upper hand} (31. Nb3 Bg6 $11 
(31... Bxd3 $4 {the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison} 32. Nc5+ Qxc5 33. bxc5 
(33. Rxc5 $6 Rf1+ 34. Kg2 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Kg1 Rf1+ $11) 33... Bxc2 
34. Qd5+ (34. Qxa7 $4 {the pawn must remain untouched} e2 35. c6+ Kxc6 $19) 34... Ke8 
35. c6 $18)) 31... Bxd3 {Black has a mate threat.} 32. Qd8+ Ke6 33. Qe8+ Kf6 34. Qh8+ 
(34. Rc5 $142 {and White hangs on} e2 35. Qh8+ Rg7 36. Kf2 $11) 34... Rg7 35. Rc5 $4 {White falls apart} 
(35. Rc1 $142 e2 36. Qh6+ Bg6 37. Qf4+ Qxf4 38. gxf4 $17) 35... Bh7 36. Nd4 (36. Rc1 
{doesn't get the cat off the tree} e2 37. Kf2 Qd1 38. Qd8+ Qxd8 39. Nxd8 Rd7 40. Rc6+ Ke7 $19) 
36... Qxd4 37. Rc6+ $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore } (37. Qf8+ Ke6 
38. Qe8+ Re7 39. Rc6+ Kd5 40. Qd8+ Kxc6 41. Qxd4 $19) 37... Kg5 38. Rc5+ {Ken won on time} 
(38. Rc5+ Bf5 39. Rxf5+ Kxf5 40. Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qc8+ Rd7 42. h3 e2+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 
44. Kh2 e1=Q 45. Qe8+ Re7 46. Qc8+ Kf7 47. Qf5+ Qxf5 48. hxg4 Re2+ 49. Kh3 Qh1#) 1-0 
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Game 2

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PGN

[pgn height=400 layout=horizontal autoplayMode=none] 
[Event "Fuller"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.27"] 
[Round "?"]
[White "Bowden Walker, Sarah"]
[Black "Roberts, Laurie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "97"]
[BlackElo "108"]
[Annotator "Fritz 13 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.27"]
{D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} 1. d4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 {last book move} 
5. b3 (5. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 $11) 5... O-O 6. Bb2 c6 7. Bd3 (7. Nf3 Ne4 $11) 
7... Re8 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Qc2 Qd6 
14. Nf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Rad8 
{Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd3} 19. Rad1 (19. Rfd1 Nd5 $11) 19... b6 20. Nb4 Nd5 
21. Nxc6 Bxb2 22. Nxd8 Ne7 23. Nb7 (23. Rd7 {seems even better} a5 $18) 23... Rc8 24. Rd7 Ba3 
25. Rfd1 Rc2 26. R7d2 (26. Nd6 {keeps an even firmer grip} Bxd6 27. R1xd6 Nc8 $18) 
26... Rc7 27. Nd6 Bb4 28. Rd3 (28. Nb5 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Rc5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 
30. Nxa7 Ra5 $18) 28... Rc2 29. a4 Rc6 30. g4 Kg7 31. Kg2 (31. Ne8+ {might be the shorter path} Kf8 
32. Rd8 a5 $18) 31... a5 32. Ne4 (32. Ne8+ {and White can already relax} Kg8 $18) 32... h6 
33. h4 (33. Rd7 {seems even better} f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 $18) 33... Re6 34. f3 ( 34. Nd6 
{might be the shorter path} Kf8 $18) 34... Nc6 35. g5 h5 36. Nd6 Ne5 37. Rd5 Nc6 38. e4 Bc5 
39. Nb7 Bb4 40. Kg3 Re7 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Be1+ 43. Kh3 Bf2 44. Nd6 Ne5 45. Rb7 
(45. Re7 $142 {and White has triumphed} Nd3 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 $18) 45... Bc5 46. Nc4 Nxf3 
47. Nxb6 Ng1+ 48. Kg2 Ne2 49. Nd5 Nd4 50. e5 (50. b4 {and White can already relax} axb4 
51. Nxb4 Bxb4 52. Rxb4 Nc2 $18) 50... Ne6 51. Kf3 (51. Rb5 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Bd4 $18) 
51... Bd4 52. Kg2 (52. Rb5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Bxe5 53. Rxa5 Bd6 $18) 52... Bxe5 53. Ra7 Nd4 
54. Rxa5 Nxb3 55. Ra7 (55. Ra8 $142 {secures the win} Bd6 $18) 55... Bd4 56. Rc7 Na5 
57. Nb4 Nb3 58. Nc6 Nc5 59. Nxd4 Nxa4 60. Kf3 (60. Ne6+ $1 Kh7 61. Nf8+ Kg8 62. Nd7 Kg7 
63. Rc8 f6 64. gxf6+ Kf7 65. Rc6 Nb6 66. Ne5+ Ke8 67. f7+ Ke7 68. Rxb6 g5 69. Rb8 Ke6 
70. f8=Q Kxe5 71. Qc5+ Ke6 72. Rb6+ Kd7 73. Rb7+ Ke6 74. Re7+ Kf6 75. Qxg5#) 60... Nb6 
61. Ke4 Na8 62. Ra7 (62. Ne6+ Kh7 63. Rxf7+ Kh8 64. Ke5 Nb6 65. Kf6 Nc4 66. Rb7 Nd6 67. Rb8+ Kh7 
68. Nf8+ Kg8 69. Nxg6+ Ne8+ 70. Rxe8+ Kh7 71. Rh8#) 62... Nb6 63. Ra6 (63. Ne6+ $1 Kh7 
64. Rxf7+ Kg8 65. Rc7 Kh8 66. Rc6 Na8 67. Rc8+ Kh7 68. Rb8 Nc7 69. Nxc7 Kg7 70. Nd5 Kf7 
71. Ke5 Kg7 72. Ke6 Kh7 73. Nf6+ Kg7 74. Rg8#) 63... Nc4 64. Rc6 (64. Rc6 Nb2 65. Rc7 $18) 
1-0 
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Game 3

PGN

[pgn height=400 layout=horizontal autoplayMode=none]
[Event "Sidcup V Beckenham"] 
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walden, Howard"]
[Black "Brockwell, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "110"]
[BlackElo "109"]
[Annotator "Fritz 13 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{D05: Colle System with ...e6} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 g6 {last book move} 
5. O-O Bg7 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 {Secures b5} 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 
11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qe7 17. Be4 Bxe4 
18. Rxe4 Rfd8 19. c3 c5 20. Qf3 cxd4 21. cxd4 {White has a new backward pawn: d4.} Rac8 
22. Qf2 Qb7 23. Re2 Bf8 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rc8 26. Qd2 {I instinctively knew Qe4 should be played 
here. As once the rooks come off I should be able to make capital of the Qe8 mate threat. 
However I couldn't see (a) how I could make it count, and (b) how I counter Re8 shortly 
followed by h3 to remove the mate threat. However Fritz explains that Re8 is countered with 
Rc7 winning the a pawn. So Qe4 is now very playable as after Rc1 RxR QxR Bh6 Qd1 Kg7 h3 Bg5 Kh2 
See example of how it should go in variation further below. (Note 28. BxR isn't an option as loses 
to Bh6 where the B can't be taken because of the mate threat and will lose the d pawn aftre the 
Q moves and BxB QxB Qxd)} a5 (26... Qe4 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Bh6 29. Qd1 Kg7 30. h3 Bf4 
31. Kf1 Be3 32. Qf3 Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Bg5 (33... Qxb2+)) (26... Qe4 $142 $5 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 
28. Qxc1 Bh6 $17) 27. Qd3 Rc6 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qc6 30. Bd2 Qd5 31. Bg5 Bg7 32. Bf4 a4 
33. Qc4 {I suspected Qe4 was better again here. But time was becomming the overiding issue, and 
I was slighly in front on the clock, so needed to keep it simple.} axb3 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. axb3 
{A bishop endgame occured} Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Bg5+ Ke6 38. Kf3 f6 39. Bxf6 Bxf6 40. exf6 Kxf6 
41. Kf4 g5+ 42. Kg4 Kg6 43. h3 h5+ 44. Kf3
1/2-1/2
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Game 4

PGN

[pgn height=400 layout=horizontal autoplayMode=none]
[Event "Fuller"]
[Event "Fuller"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fraser, Alan"]
[Black "Thompson, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "105"]
[BlackElo "93"]
[Annotator "Fritz 13 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.14"]
{B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6
6. exd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bb5 Qd6 9. d4 {last book move} a6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 Nf6 
12. Be3 e6 13. Qd2 Qd7 {I had come out of the opening OK I I considered my position was equal 
even though I had double pawn on the g file. The c file was ready for my rook white was going 
to castle queenside as his kingside was too open.} (13... Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. O-O-O $15) 
14. O-O-O Bd6 15. Bf3 {I consered this as a mistake by white as his Bishop was much better 
placed on e2 this was not a dangerous move for me.} Bb4 {More in keeping with my plan to control 
the c file was Na5 heading for a nice position on c4 here or Rok to c8} 16. Qd3 Na5 17. Bg2 
{A bit of a defensive move for white as this only protects hi h3 pawn again maybe he wants to 
move gis rook to the centre other then that can't see the point of this move.} Rc8 18. Bd2 Nc4 
19. Be1 O-O {This was a bad move a my rook was doing OK on h8 and my king was not being attacked 
down the e file Queen d6 was a better move with an eye on the f4 square.} (19... Qd6 $142 
20. Ne2 a5 $17) 20. f4 Nd6 (20... Qd6 $142 $5 21. Na4 b5 22. Nc5 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 
25. Bg3 $19 {This sequence of Fritz give black quite a lead in the game but I am not sure if white 
could not find a better defence.}) 21. h4 {starting a pawn storm a bad move by white as it gives 
me the g4 pawn but it was bad of me to castle when I did.} Nxg4 22. h5 {bad move by white I see 
a nice f2 square for my knight which forks his queen and rooks first thought i can either double 
his pawns on the queenside or he has to take with his bishop.} Bxc3 23. Bxc3 {he retook with his 
bishop leaving f2 unprotected} Nf2 24. Qf3 Nxd1 {According to Fritz took the wrong pawn here 
but I thought either he would take with his rook moving it of fthe H file or with his king moving 
it more to the centre.} (24... Nxh1 {keeps an even firmer grip} 25. Rxh1 Nb5 26. Qh3 Nxc3 27. bxc3 $19) 
25. hxg6 {This looks dangerous maybe I was underestimating his attack Queen h3 and I was in a mating 
attack this pawn looks too dangerous} fxg6 (25... Nxc3 $4 {leads to mate in 3 [} 26. Rh8+ $5 {Mate attack}
Kxh8 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qh7#) 26. Qh3 $4 { Should have been a losing move for white.} Nf2 {chose the wrong 
move Nxc3 and the game could have been almost over although I was still in a good position and sill should 
have gone on to win the match from here.} (26... Nxc3 $142 { and the rest is a matter of technique} 
27. bxc3 Nf5 28. Qf3 $19) 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rh6 Ke8 {Not the best defensive move this give white a pawn 
could have playe Rh8 or Nf5} (28... Nf5 $142 {finishes off the opponent} 29. Qxg6+ Ke7 30. Rh7 $19) 
29. Qxg6+ Qf7 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6+ Kd7 32. Rg6 Rf7 {not the best defense} (32... Kc6 $142 $19 
{it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots}) 33. Bxd5 Rxf4 {losing my won position here} 
(33... Re7 {might be the shorter path} 34. f5 Rh8 35. Bb4 $19) 34. Rxg7+ Kd8 (34... Ke8 {makes it 
even easier for Black} 35. Bd2 Nd3+ 36. Kd1 Nxb2+ 37. Kc1 Nd3+ 38. Kd1 Nf2+ 39. Kc1 $19) 
35. Ba5+ Ke8 36. Bc7 Nfe4 (36... Rxd4 37. Bf3 Kf8 38. Rd7 Nb5 39. Rxd4 Nxd4 40. Bd6+ Ke8 41. Bh5+ Kd7) 
(36... Rxd4 $142 $5 {seems even better} 37. Bf3 Kf8 38. Bxd6+ Rxd6 39. Rh7 $19) 37. Bxe4 Rf1+ 
(37... Rxe4 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} 38. Bxd6 Rxd4 39. Be5 $17) 38. Kd2 Nxe4+ 
39. Kd3 Rf7 40. Rg8+ Kd7 41. Rg4 Rxc7 {big mistake here should have won the game here Nf2 and it 
would have all been over.} (41... Nf2+ $142 {makes sure everything is clear} 42. Kd2 Nxg4 $19) 
42. Rxe4 Rf2 (42... Rf3+ $142 $5 {and Black can already relax} 43. Ke2 Rh3 44. c3 Rh2+ 
45. Kd3 Rxb2 46. c4 $19) 43. c4 Rxb2 44. d5 Rxa2 45. Rg4 Ra3+ 46. Kd4 {should have been another 
losing move for white} Ra4 $4 {the move that cost me the win .should have seen Rxc4 gives me the win} 
(46... Rxc4+ 47. Kxc4 Ra4+ 48. Kc5 Rxg4 49. d6 Rg6) (46... Rxc4+ 47. Kxc4 Ra4+ 48. Kc3 Rxg4 
49. Kb2 a5 50. d6 a4 51. Kc2 Kxd6 52. Kc3 Kd5 53. Kd3 a3 54. Ke3 Rg7 55. Kd3 a2 56. Ke3 a1=Q 
57. Kf2 Qd4+ 58. Kf3 Qe4+ 59. Kf2 Rg2+ 60. Kf1 Qe2# ) 47. Rg7+ Kd8 48. Rg8+ Kd7 49. Rg7+ 
{This considering the position I was in was a loss. but it was half a point which is more than 
I have taken off Alan in the last 2 maybe 3 matches. In my defense I have been suffering froma 
stomache bug since Monday and it may have left me without energy but I should have seen some 
of the winning moves. On the whole I think I am pleased with this match as I did get into a 
good winning position against a pretty good opponent.} 
1/2-1/2 
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Keith Thompson