Monday, 26 April 2010

Games from Nottingham

As promised, here are the games:

Round 1 (Fritz gave me several ? for this, not least 26. Kg2 and 28. f4):
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 Nb6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Qg3 Re8 12. h4 N8d7 13. h5 Kh8 14. Nf4 Nf8 15. Nce2 Rc8 16. h6 g6 17. Nh5 Nc4 18. b3 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 e5 20. b4 Qd8 21. Bb2 Nxe4 22. Qe5+ Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Qf4 Rc7 25. g4 Rd7 26. Kg2 g5 27. Qe4 Ng6 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 30. Qxf4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4+ Rxd4 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qh5 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Qd6+ 35. Kh3 Rd3+ 36. Kh4 Qg3# 0-1

Round 2:
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 e6 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bh6 13. Rad1 d5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Nh3 Qa5 16. Ba3 dxe4 17. Nb5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Red8 19. c3 Nd5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 f5 22. g3 Bg7 23. Rd2 Qa5 24. Rfd1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxa3 26. c4 Qc5 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Ng5 Rd6 29. Rc2 Qa5 30. Rdc1 Rad8 31. Rc7 R6d7 32. Ne6 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Qb6 34. Nxd8 Qxc7 35. Ne6 Qc4 36. Qxc4 dxc4 37. Kg1 c3 38. Nd4 b5 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Ke2 a6 41. Kd1 Ke7 42. Kc2 Kd6 43. Kxc3 Kd5 44. Ne2 a5 45. a3 Kc5 46. Kb3
b4 47. axb4+ axb4 48. h3 h6 49. g4 h5 1/2-1/2

Round 3 (Fritz rates the end position at around -2.5, so I'm now even more grateful of the half-point!):
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. O-O f6 15. Nc4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Bc3 b6 19. Rfe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Be6 21. Nd2 Kf7 22. b3 Rd8 23. Ne4 Ng6 24. Bb4 Bd5 25. Nd6+ Kg8 26. g3 a5 27. Ba3 b5 28. Nb7 Rb8 29. Nxa5 b4 30. Bb2 Ra8 31. Nb7 h6 32. Ra1 Nf8 33. Nc5 Ne6 34. Nd3 Rb8 35. f4 g5 36. f5 Nc7 37. Nc5 Re8 1/2-1/2

Round 4 (after 30. e5, I missed 30...Qh1+ 31. Kxg3 Qh3+ 32. Kf4 Qf3#):
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc5 14. Bb3 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Qf5 Rad8 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qxe5 Qd2 22. Qb8+ Bf8 23. Qxa7 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Bd6+ 25. g3 g4 26. h4 Nh5 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxb7+ Kg6 29. Qb6 Nxg3 30. e5 Qxe5 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Qxc6 Nxh4+ 33. Kf1 Kf5 34. Qd7+ Qe6 1/2-1/2

Round 5 (finally, Fritz gives me a ! for my last move of the tournament!):
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 h6 6. Nfd2 Qa5 7. f3 Nd6 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Bf2 f5 10. Nc3 Qf7 11. e3 g5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. e4 O-O 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. b3 b5 17. e5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rc1 Kh8 20. Ne2 Qf6 21. Qc5 Rac8 22. Qxe5 1-0

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