Blayney Chess Club 2007 NSW Country Reserve Team Champions   

Kojic,Slavko - Bourke,Phil (1505) [D48]
Bathurst v Blayney Bathurst Chess Club (5.1), 04.07.2007
[Rybka 2.1d3 32-bit (30s)]

D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 dxc4N [4...e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.0-0 Be7 (9...c5 10.Bd2 1/2-1/2 Pecorelli Garcia,H-Vilela,J/Santa Clara 1999/CBM 70 ext (10.Re1 Bb7 11.a3 Be7 12.e4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.Bf4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 0-0 16.b4 Nh5 17.Be5 f6 18.Qe3 Qb6 19.Bc7 Qxc7 20.Nxe6 Qe5 21.Nxf8 Bxf8 22.Rad1 Nf4 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Qxe3 Masters,A-Ostergaard,R/Copenhagen DEN 2006/1/2-1/2) ) 10.Bd2 0-0 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Bb1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Ne1 b4 15.Ne2 Qb6 16.Nd3 Rfd8 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Qe1 Rd7 19.Ng3 Hoedtke,J-Osswald,L/Bad Zwesten GER 2006/0-1] 5.Bxc4 b5 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e6 Covers d5+f5 8.0-0 a6 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.a3 Secures b4 10...Bd6 11.b4 Qe7 12.Bd2 0-0 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Rac1 Increases the pressure on the backward pawn [>=15.Bd3!?+/= must definitely be considered] 15...Nxe4=/+ 16.Qxe4 c5 Discovered attack 17.Qh4 [17.dxc5 Bxe4] 17...Bxf3 18.Qxe7 Bxe7 19.gxf3 cxd4 20.exd4 Rfc8 21.f4 Rd8 22.Be3 a5 23.Rc7 Kf8 24.Rb7 axb4 25.axb4 Rab8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Rb1 Ke8 28.Kg2 Kd7 29.Kf3 f5 30.Ke2 Rc8 31.Kd3 h6 32.Bd2 g5 [32...Ra8!?-/+] 33.fxg5 hxg5 34.h3 Rh8 35.Rh1 g4 36.Ke2 [36.h4 Rxh4 37.Ra1 Rh3+ 38.Ke2 Bd6-/+] 36...Rxh3 [>=36...gxh3 37.Kf3 Bd6-+] 37.Rxh3?? cause more grief [>=37.Ra1 Bd8 38.Ra8-/+] 37...gxh3-+ 38.Kf3 [38.Kf1 is not much help 38...Bf6 39.Kg1 Bxd4-+] 38...Bd6 [38...Bd6 39.d5 exd5-+] 0-1

McLoon,John (1712) - Mann,Garry (1325) [B27]
Blayney vs Bathurst Blayney (5.2), 04.07.2007
[Rybka 2.1d3 32-bit (30s)]

B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 [4.h4 h5 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 d6 7.Ng5 e6 8.a3 Nge7 9.Ba2 Nd4 10.Ne2 Ndc6 11.c3 d5 12.Nf4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qxd1+ 14.Kxd1 Ne5 15.Be3 b6 16.f3 Bd7 17.Kc2 c4 18.Rae1 Ba4+ Maier,C-Kratochwil,C/Germany 2000/CBM 75 ext/1/2-1/2] 4...d6 [4...Nc6 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.Nb5 Qb8 10.c3 a6 11.Na3 0-0 12.Qd2 d5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.exd5 exd5 15.Bb3 Qd6 16.Bd1 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nc6 19.c4 Szarzewski,Q-Camblor,L/Bethune 2001/CBM 85 ext/0-1] 5.d3N [5.0-0 Nf6 6.Ng5 0-0 7.f4 h6 8.Nf3 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bxd5 Qxd5 11.d3 Nc6 12.h3 c4 13.Nf2 Rd8 14.Qe2 cxd3 15.Nxd3 Bf5 16.Nde1 b5 17.c3 a5 18.a3 Rac8 19.Be3 e5 Van den Berg,A-Stojanovski,D/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 74 ext/0-1 (40)] 5...e6 Secures d5 6.Bf4 Ne7 7.Qd2 0-0 8.Nb5 e5 9.Bg5 Nbc6 10.0-0 a6 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.a4 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Ne1 Nd4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Menacing 17...Rab8 18.f4 Bh6 19.g3 Ne6 20.Ng2 exf4 21.Nxf4 Nxf4 22.gxf4 Qh4 23.Qf2 Qg4+ 24.Qg3 Qxg3+ 25.hxg3 Kh8 26.Kg2 Bg7 27.b3 f5 28.Rh1 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Kf3 b4 Black wins space 31.Rh3 h6 32.Be6 Rf6 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Bd5 A comfortable square for the white bishop 34...Kh7 35.Re1 Bf8 36.g4 fxg4+ 37.Kxg4 Rd8 38.f5 Rd7 39.Kf4 Rg7 40.Rh5 Ra7 41.Rg1 Rg7 42.Rgh1 Re7 43.Be4 Bg7 44.R1h2 Kh8 45.Re2 Rf8 46.Bf3 Be5+ 47.Kg4 [47.Ke4 Bg3+ 48.Kd5 Rxe2 49.Bxe2 Kg7=] 47...Rg8+ 48.Kh3?? [>=48.Kh4 the rescuing straw 48...Kh7 49.Be4 Bf6+ 50.Kh3=/+] 48...Rg3+-+ 1-0

Todoroski,Naum - Parsons,Col (1295) [C77]
Blayney vs Bathurst Blayney (5.3), 04.07.2007
[Rybka 2.1d3 32-bit (30s)]

C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 [5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Bd6 9.dxe5 Bxe5 10.f4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Bb7 12.e5 Qe7 13.0-0 Ne4 14.Bb2 0-0 is equal; 5...Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6 8.dxe5 Bxe5 is equal] 6.h3 Be6N [6...Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 h6 9.Ne2 Re8 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Nh2 Nxb3 12.axb3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nf3 Bf8 15.Ng3 g6 16.Re1 Bg7 17.Rb1 Bd7 18.Bd2 Bc6 19.Qc1 Kh7 20.Nh2 Qh4 21.Nf3 Grigorieva,D-Ostojic,A/Mureck 1998/CBM 65 ext/1-0 (57); 6...b5 7.Bb3 Na5 8.d3 Be7 9.0-0 Nxb3 10.axb3 Bb7 11.Ne2 c5 12.Ng3 0-0 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Bg5 Qe6 16.Qd2 Ne8 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.Ng5 Qd7 19.f4 f6 20.Nf3 Rf7 21.fxe5 Shresta,B-Calangi,Z/Calvia ESP 2004/1/2-1/2 (48); 6...Bd7 7.d3 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.a3 h6 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.Bb3 Kh8 12.g4 Nh7 13.0-0-0 Na5 14.Ba2 c5 15.Nd5 Nc6 16.c3 b5 17.Rdg1 a5 18.Nxe7 Nxe7 19.Bxh6 gxh6 20.Qxh6 Ng8 21.Qxd6 Navines,J-Martinez Lopez,I/Castellar 1999/CBM 73 ext/1-0 (53)] 7.d3 Covers c4 7...Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nh2 Nd4 10.f4 [10.Nf3 b5 11.Bb3 c5=] 10...b5 11.Bb3 Nxb3 12.axb3 Qc8 13.f5 White gets more space 13...Bd7 14.Bg5 Bc6 15.Ng4 Qd8 16.Be3 Nd7 17.Qf3 f6 Controls g5 18.d4 b4 19.Ne2 Bb5 20.c4 bxc3 21.bxc3 Bd3 22.Bf2 Bb5 23.c4 Bc6 24.d5 White wins space 24...Bb7 25.Nc3 Qb8 26.Ra3 Bc8 27.Rfa1 Attacks the isolani on a6 27...Bb7 28.b4 Nb6 [>=28...Qe8!?+/= would keep Black in the game] 29.c5+- dxc5 30.bxc5 Nc4 [30...Nd7!? 31.c6 Bxa3 32.Rxa3 Bc8+-] 31.Ra4 Nd2 [31...Nd6 32.cxd6 cxd6 33.Ne3+-] 32.Qd1 Nxe4 [32...h5 33.Nh2+-] 33.Nxe4 [33.Rxe4 might be the shorter path 33...a5+-] 33...Rd8 34.c6 [34.Ne3!? Bc6 35.Rxa6 Rxa6 36.Rxa6 Bb5+-] 34...Bxc6 35.Ra5 [35.Ngxf6+!? Bxf6 36.Nxf6+ gxf6 37.Rg4+ Kh8+-] 35...Bb5+/- 36.Qb3 Qc8?? the pressure is too much, Black crumbles [>=36...Kh8+/-] 37.d6++- Kh8 38.dxe7 Rd3 [38...Re8 doesn't improve anything 39.Nexf6! Demolition of pawn structure 39...Rxe7 40.Bc5+-] 39.Qf7 [39.Qxb5 Qd7 40.Rxa6 Rg8 (40...Qxb5?? will allow the opponent to give mate in 3 41.Rxa8+ Rd8 42.exd8Q+ Qe8 43.Qxe8#) 41.Qxd7 Rxd7 42.Re6 Rdd8 43.Nh6 g6 44.Nf7+ Kg7 45.exd8Q Rxd8 46.Nxd8 gxf5 47.Nxf6 h6 48.Ne8+ Kg8 49.Rg6+ Kf8 50.Nxc7 Ke7 51.Rg7+ Kxd8 52.Ra8#] 39...Rd7 [39...Qg8 a last effort to resist the inevitable 40.Qxg8+ Rxg8+-] 40.Ngxf6! Demolishes the pawn shield 40...gxf6 [40...Rb8 41.Rxb5! Annihilates a defender: b5 41...Ra8 42.Nxd7 Qg8 43.Qf8 Rxf8 44.exf8Q Qxf8 45.Nxf8 g5 46.Rxa6 Kg8 47.Rb8 Kg7 48.Rf6 h5 49.Ne6+ Kh7 50.N4xg5#] 41.Qxf6+ [>=41.Bh4 it becomes clear that White will call all the shots 41...Rd6 42.Nxd6 Qe6 43.Qf8+ Rxf8 44.exf8Q+ Qg8 45.Nf7#] 1-0

McCrohan,Paul - Patten,Brian [A40]
Blayney vs Bathurst Blayney (5.7), 04.07.2007
[Rybka 2.1d3 32-bit (30s)]

A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4 1.d4 Nc6 2.Bf4 [2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bb5 Nd7 6.0-0 e6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Qa4 Bd3 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.Qxc6+ Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.Ne5+ Bxe5 15.fxe5 Nd5 16.a3 Rab8 Song,P-Crossen,S/New York 2001/CBM 85 ext/1/2-1/2 (43); 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 Nf6 4.e3 e5 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Nf3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Be7 8.Nc3 d5 9.h3 c6 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.a3 Qb6 12.b4 a5 13.b5 a4 14.0-0 Qc5 15.Ne2 Ne4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 Atalik,S-Varga,Z/Borsodtavho 1991/CBM 23 ext/1-0 (74); 2.Nc3 b6 3.b3 Bb7 4.Bb2 d5 0-1 Nguyen Jnr,P-Behne-Smith,J/Adelaide 2003; 2.e3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.d5 Nb4 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.a3 Qa4 8.b3 Qa5 9.Bb2 Nxc2+ 10.Kf1 Nxa1 11.Bxa1 Nf6 12.Bc3 Qxd5 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.Nbd2 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Qc5 16.Qb2 0-0-0 Vijayakumar,R-Dunn,J/Canberra 2001/0-1 (34); 2.c3 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 Qf6 6.Bf4 g5 7.Qd5 Bd6 8.Bxe5 Bxe5 9.Nf3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Qd6 11.Qe4+ Qe6 12.Nxg5 Qxe4 13.Ngxe4 f5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nf3 Nf6 16.Nb5 Nd5 Cavanagh,D-Debelyi,A/Box Hill 2001/1-0 (40)] 2...b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 Prevents intrusion on d5 5.Nb5 d6 Covers e5 6.Nf3 a6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 d5 9.Ne5 h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bd3 Rg8 13.0-0 f5 14.Ne2 Bd6 15.Ng3 Qf6 16.Nh5 Qg5 17.Qe2?? [>=17.Qf3=/+ saving the game] 17...Qxg2# 0-1

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