[Event "George Trundle Qualifier 2011"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gao, Hans"]
[Black "Ansell, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "Alan Ansell"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 Bb7 {As usual in the Caro-Kann exchange
variation, an isolated queen's pawn position has arisen - black will aim to
target the isolated pawn while white will aim to create play with the extra
space it provides him.} 12. a4 {Though this is a natural enough looking move
and has been played a few times before, somehow it doesn't look right to me
having a rook or a knight hanging out on a4.} bxa4 13. Rxa4 a5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Nbd7 16. Raa1 Qb6 17. Rad1 Rac8 {
Black's position is comfortable, and he may even have an edge already.} 18. Ne5
{!?  White decides to sac a pawn for some play. I don't know if there's
anything better, as it is hard to see what white can do otherwise.} Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Rxc3 20. Nc4 {
White's idea: he hopes to trap the c3 rook and win the exchange.} Qc6 21. f3
Ra8 22. Be1 {An important moment. Black cannot move the rook to b3 because he
loses the a5 pawn. I looked at 22...Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Ba6 for a while, but
concluded that white has good drawing chances after 24. Nxa5.} Nd5 {!  Black me
ets the threat by defending the rook with a knight which will arrive on c3
with a fork regaining the exchange.} 23. Bxc3 {White is not tempted by 23.
Qb2? Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Qxc4 25. Qxb7 Rb8!, and white's queen has no way of getting
back to defend the d3 rook.} Nxc3 24. Qd2 Nxd1 25. Nxa5 {?!  White is not
savouring the task of playing the rest of the game a pawn down, and enters
into some tactics, trying to win back black's dangerous looking past a-pawn.}
Qd5 {!  Much better than 25...Rxa5 26. Qxa5, after which theoretically black
should have a winning material advantage, but in practice stands only slightly
better on account of his vulnerable knight on d1 and his back rank
difficulties.} 26. Nxb7 Qxd4+ {!} 27. Kh1 {
It seems as if black has walked his queen into a discovery, but...} Nf2+ {
!!  This allows black to trade his trapped knight on d1 with white's strong
bishop on d3. Black emerges with his extra pawn, and white winds up with a
trapped knight of his own on b7.} 28. Qxf2 {
28. Rxf2 loses the queen to 28...Rxa1+.} Qxd3 29. Rc1 Qd5 30. Rb1 {The only way
of saving the knight: 30. Qb2 Rb8 31. Rb1 Nc5 and the knight falls.} Ra2 31.
Qf1 Ra7 32. Qc1 {
!  White find a clever resource (the check on c8) to hang onto the knight.} Kh7
33. Nd8 Ne5 {Black attacks the knight again with extra threats of Nd3 and Nxd3.
} 34. Qc2+ f5 35. Rd1 Nd3 {!  I though that Nf2+ was so good, I wanted to do
it again! White can't take the knight because of back rank mate.} 36. Kg1 {
The only way to stop Nf2+.} Qd4+ 37. Kf1 Ra1 38. Rxa1 {
White must take or else get mated on f2.} Qxa1+ 39. Ke2 Nf4+ {
No matter where white puts his king, black forks it and the d8 knight.} 40. Ke3
Qe5+ 41. Kf2 Qd4+ {The knight finally falls.} 0-1

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Black "Chan, Peng Kong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "Igor Goldenberg"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 ({After the game I was told that the main line is} 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10.
Bf5) 8... Qa5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c4 ({after} 10... Qxc3 {
black wins a pawn, but white gets a compansation, for example} 11. Rc1 Qa3 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rxc5 Qxa2 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Rc7) 11. Qc2 Ne4 12.
Rac1 Ndf6 13. Bf4 {The question "who benefits from swapping black knight for
white dark coloured bishop" was left unanswered. White would probably maintain
a small plus, but the position would be somewhat simplified} O-O 14. Ne5 Re8
15. f3 Nd6 16. h3 {Ideally white should aim for king side attack or advance in
the centre (or both). The aim of the text move is to open h-file by swapping
on g4. It also discourages black from playing Bf5} (16. e4 {could be met by}
Nh5 17. Bd2 f6 18. Ng4 dxe4 {with unclear consequences}) 16... b5 {
stops the threat of e4, but} (16... Qa3 {which my opponent offered during the
post mortem, would be better, as it stops possible counterplay on queen side}
17. e4 {is met by} b5) 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qb6 {
Now white has a stable advantage, as black queenside play is neutered} (18...
Qa3 $1) 19. a4 Bd7 20. Rb1 a6 21. Kf2 Qc6 22. Rh1 g6 $2 (22... h6 {
and it not easy for white to proceed.}) 23. Rh6 f5 {No need to panic. After} (
23... Re7 24. Rbh1 f6 {black can still hold}) 24. Rbh1 Nf7 25. Rxh7 bxa4 {
watch this pawn, it might save black in the end!} 26. Qd2 {
trying to get to the king through h6 square} a3 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. e4 dxe4 29.
Be5 Rab8 $2 ({according to Rybka} 29... Rxe5 30. dxe5 exf3 {
makes white's job much harder}) 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rhh7 {At that point I thought
the game is finished, but Chan found an exellent chance.} e3+ 32. Qxe3 Nxe5 33.
dxe5 $2 ({Initially I planned} 33. Qh6 {but it even loses to} Ng4+ 34. fxg4
Rxe2+ {It wouldn't be possible without e3. However, I didn't see}) (33. Ra7 $1
{with double threat of Rh8 and Qh6. For example} Nd3+ 34. Bxd3 Rb2+ 35. Kg1)
33... Qb6 {In the endgame black should escape thanks to a3 pawn, but
fortunately my mistake was not the last in the game.} 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rfg7+
Kf8 36. Qxb6 Rxb6 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rfg7+ Kf8 {Numerous checks to win soome
time and get closer to magic number 40 that adds another half an hour on the
clock.} 39. Rc7 Kg8 40. Rhg7+ Kh8 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Bxc4+ Be6 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44.
Rxg6 {last chance} Bxc4 $2 {which worked!} (44... a2 45. Bxa2 Rb2+ 46. Ke3 Bxa2
47. f4 {leads to a position where white has practical chances, but black
should be able to draw}) 45. Rxb6 a2 46. Rh6+ Kg8 47. Rh1 Bd3 48. Ra1 Bb1 49.
Rc5 Kf7 50. Ra5 {Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "Bobby Cheng"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. h3 $5 {
A sideline which leads to positions very different from Dutch main lines.} Nf6
4. g4 b6 ({Accepting the pawn is very risky:} 4... fxg4 5. hxg4 Nxg4 6. Qd3 Nf6
7. Ng5 $40) 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Rg1 d6 8. e3 Qe7 9. gxf5 ({If} 9. Bd3 {
first then} Nbd7 10. Bh2 {gives black the option of} (10. gxf5 $2 e5) 10... e5)
9... gxf5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bh2 Bh6 12. Qe2 O-O-O ({The natural} 12... Ne4 {
is possible:} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qh5+ Qf7 16. Qxg5 h6 {
and my computer thinks it's equal, which sounds about right.}) 13. a4 {
I didn't think playing 'normal' moves such as 13.c4 would promise anything, so
I started a somewhat risky attack instead.} a5 14. b4 $5 axb4 15. a5 Nd5 {
Black has many alternatives:} (15... Rdg8) (15... Rhg8) (15... Kb8) (15... bxa5
) 16. Ba6 Nb8 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. axb6 (18. Nc4 $2 b5 $17) 18... cxb6 (18...
Nxb6 19. Qb5) 19. Nc4 Nc3 ({
At the board, I could not find any satisfactory answer to} 19... Bf8 {
, the main problem being the lack on constructive things to do.}) 20. Qd3 b5 $6
{This is probably a mistake, allowing my pieces to get active.} (20... f4 {
is an interesting option given by the computer, but it looks unnecessarily
risky to me.}) (20... Bf8 {doesn't work now:} 21. Nxd6+ $1 Rxd6 22. Be5 $1 $18
{(and yes, the computer found this)}) (20... Rhe8 {or something similar,
challenges me to do something. At the board, I could not find anything to do
against a move like this. The b4 pawn and c3 knight hold up the q-side nicely,
and the f3 knight, despite being on the so-called "best square", has no job.})
21. Na5+ Kb6 (21... Kc8 22. d5 {is similar, yet different to the game. The
question is whether the king is strong (protecting b5) or exposed on b6.}) 22.
d5 $14 e5 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qd4+ Kc7 24. Qc5+ $1 $18) 23. Nd4 {
The attack s very dangerous, but white is actually only slightly better here.}
Qh4 (23... Qf6 {looked good during the post-game analysis, but the computer
points out the strong} 24. Nc4+ Kb7 25. Nxb5 Nxb5 26. Qb3 $1 $18 {
with ideas of Qxb4, Qa4 and Ra5.} (26. Na5+ Kb6 27. Nc4+ Kb7 28. Na5+ {
is only a draw})) (23... Rhg8 $2 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. Nxf5 {
wins because 25...Q-anywhere defending h6 is met by 26.Nc4+!}) 24. Nxb5 $6 {
Tempting, but black can defend.} (24. Nxf5 Qxh3 25. Bg3 $14) (24. Bg3 Qe4 25.
Nxf5 $14) 24... Nxb5 25. Nc4+ Kb7 (25... Kc5 $2 26. Nb2 $1 {
as pointed out by Mike, wins on the spot due to the threat of 27.Na4#}) (25...
Kc7 {is possible, however} 26. Ra5 $1 (26. Nxe5 Na3 $1) 26... Nd7 27. Rxb5 $16)
26. Nxe5 ({I didn't even look at} 26. Qb3 {, however} Bxe3 $1 {
shows the advantage of having the queen on h4 as opposed to f6.} 27. Nxe3 Qd4 {
with 28...Qc3+ to follow, eliminating the danger.}) (26. Ra4 Na6) (26. Na5+ Kb6
27. Nc4+ Kb7 28. Na5+ {is a draw.}) 26... Nc7 (26... Na3 {forces a draw:} 27.
Rxa3 {(otherwise white is worse)} bxa3 28. Qb3+ Kc7 29. Qc3+ Kb7 30. Qb3+ $11)
27. Nf7 Bxe3 $4 {The losing move.} (27... Qf6 28. Nxd8+ Rxd8 {
is unbalanced, but quite equal.}) 28. Qxe3 Rhe8 29. Ra7+ Kc8 30. Nxd6+ {
Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifier 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Davis, Justin"]
[Black "Stuart, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "Peter Stuart"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. dxe6 Ba6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. e4 {This was first played by William
Lombardy in 1957 against Paul Keres and was not rediscovered until 2004. I had
never seen it when Justin ambushed me with it last year. In that game I
decided that Black had two choices, 11...c5 or 11...Bc4. I opted for c7-c5 but
blundered the piece back (for nothing) a few moves later and lost
ignominiously. Apart from Keres' 11...Nc6 all the other games in my Mega
database (only 8 of them) have seen 11...c5, usually with similar results.} Bc4
$5 12. b3 (12. Qa4 $2 Qxd4 $1 {(This was why I rejected 11...Bc4 - I failed to
understand that Qxd4 was perfectly safe.)} 13. Be3 b5 {is good for Black, e.g.}
14. Nxb5 Qxe4 15. Rc1 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 c6 17. Qb3+ Nd5 18. O-O Rd8 $17) ({After} 
12. e5 {the only move is} Nc6 {returning the piece and leaving Black a pawn
down, but with ample compensation in the weak d-pawn and a king trapped in the
centre.}) 12... Ba6 13. e5 Re8 14. Nce2 $2 {Presumably White would like to get
castled but this lets the f6-knight escape. I think 14.Be3 was best when the
knight still cannot escape as 14...Ng8 allows mate in three.} Nd5 15. Qc2 {
It's hard to suggest anything better as Black should be able to conbsolidate
now.} Kg8 16. O-O Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qd5 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. f3 c5 20. Nc3 (20. Kh1 {
is similar to the game continuation.}) 20... Qf7 21. Be3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Nc6 23.
Kh1 Red8 24. Nb5 Nxd4 ({Maybe} 24... Rd5 $1 {was even better.}) 25. Rxd4 Rxd4
26. Nxd4 Rc8 27. Qb2 Bc5 28. Rc1 Bxd4 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qxd4 Qd7 $2 ({
Sloppy thinking - just swap queens and win a piece up. But it's not so clear
with the queens still on the board when passed pawns are what matter. So it
was better to win the pawnwith} 30... Qxb3 $1 {
when White soon runs out of checks.}) 31. Qc4+ Kf8 32. h3 {
Accompanied by a draw offer!} Bb7 33. Qf4+ Ke8 34. Qc4 Bd5 35. Qd3 h6 36. b4
Bf7 37. Qc3 Kf8 38. Qe3 Qd5 39. Qf4 Qc4 40. Qd2 Qd5 41. Qf4 Ke7 $5 42. Qe3 (42.
Qh4+ $1 Ke8 43. Qg3 g5 44. e6 Bxe6 45. Qb8+ Qd8 46. Qxa7 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd6+ 48.
Kh1 Bd7 {is still not a clear win.}) 42... Ke6 43. f4 Bg6 {Back on track now.}
44. Qc1 Be4 45. Qc8+ Qd7 46. Qc4+ ({If} 46. Qf8 {
I intended 46...Kd5 and the king also joins the attacking forces.}) 46... Kf5
$1 47. Kh2 (47. Qc1 Qd3 $19) 47... Kxf4 48. e6 Qd6 49. Qb3 Kf5+ 50. Kh1 Qd2 (
50... Qxe6 {is also winning, of course, but I thought my move would be quicker.
}) 51. Qg3 Qxg2+ 52. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Kxe6 54. Kf3 Kf5 55. b5 g5 56. Kg3 h5
57. Kf3 Ke5 58. Kg3 Kd5 59. Kf3 g4+ 60. hxg4 hxg4+ 61. Kxg4 Kc4 62. Kf4 Kxb5
0-1

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Watson, Bruce"]
[Black "Shen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[Annotator "Bruce Watson"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]

1. c4 e6 {An attempt to avoid a line which I have troubles with...} (1... Nf6
2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6) 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4.
Nf3 Bd6 (4... Be7 {Probably better as it doesnt get in the way of the queen
and e4 isnt much of a threat. Also on d6 the bishop doesn't do much.}) 5. O-O
O-O 6. d3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e4 $6 {
looks very threatening but didnt turn out as well. Also Houdini finds it wrong}
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nd4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 12. Bg5 (12. Re1 {
computer's suggestion...} Be5 13. Be3 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4
Qxd4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 {White's activity compensates for the pawn e.g.}
Qd6 19. Rd1 Qg6 20. Rd7) 12... Be5 13. Ndb5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bxc3 $2 {This follow
up from the combination loses Black's advantage and the game becomes equal} (
14... Nfxe4 $15 15. Be7 Rfe8 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rd7 Rad8 19. Rxd8
(19. Rfd1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Nc5 21. Nxc7 Nxd7 22. Nxe8 Kf8 $19) 19... Rxd8 20. Nxa7
Bxc3 21. bxc3 {Just a little structural annoyance for white but is still
pretty equal. Black can't go for the a pawn} Ra8 22. Nb5 c6 23. Nc7 Rxa2 24.
Rb1 b5 25. c4 $11) 15. Nxc3 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Be7 Rfe8 {(=)} (17... Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Rfb8 $5 {Gives black an extra tempo after Bxc5 compared to the game})
18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rd7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Re2 $2 {Turns out to be a flawed plan. I
was too optimistic about black's activity on the 2nd rank compared to white's
activity ont he 7th rank} 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Rxc7 Rb8 (22... Rxb2 23. Rdd7 Rf8 24.
Rxa7 Rbb8 25. a4 c4 26. Rdc7 Rbc8 27. Kf3 {
Black's c pawn will fall and White's kung will be very active}) 23. Rdd7 Rbxb2
24. Rxf7 $14 Rxa2 25. h4 {
reduces the danger of rxf2+ and allows the king in to the black kingside} c4 (
25... h5 26. Rf6 Rec2 27. Rxg6+ Kf8 28. Rf6+ Kg8 29. g4 hxg4 30. h5 $18) (25...
h6 26. Rf6 g5 27. h5 {The two rooks are too strong dominating the black king})
26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Rcf7+ Ke8 28. Rxh7 {The rest of the moves wee made under time
pressure by both players but from here on white's mate threats remove black's
counterplay} Rad2 29. Rxa7 Rxf2+ 30. Kh3 Rd8 31. Ra6 Rc8 32. Rxg6 Rf8 33. Rgg7
Rc6 34. Ra7 Kd8 35. Ra8+ Rc8 36. Raa7 Rc6 37. Ra8+ Rc8 38. Rxc8+ Kxc8 39. Ra7
Rf3 40. Kg4 Rd3 41. Ra4 c3 42. h5 Kb7 43. Rc4 Kb6 44. h6 Kb5 45. Rc8 Rd4+ 46.
Kh3 Rd6 47. Rxc3 Rxh6+ 48. Kg2 Kb4 49. Rc8 Rg6 50. Kf3 Rf6+ 51. Ke4 Rg6 52. Kf4
Rf6+ 53. Kg5 Rf1 54. g4 Kb5 55. Kg6 Rg1 56. g5 Kb6 57. Rc2 Kb7 58. Kf6 Rf1+ 59.
Kg7 Rg1 60. g6 Kb8 61. Kf7 Rf1+ 62. Kg8 Rg1 63. g7 {Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "North Shore Open-A 37th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Perry, Roger L"]
[Black "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bd7 10. f4 O-O-O 11. Nd2 g5 12. Nf3 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Bg7 14. b4 cxb4
{[Antonio is obviously a believer in the "greed is good" philosophy. Maybe
this game will give him second thoughts!]} 15. cxb4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb4 17. Bg5 (
17. Rb1 $1 Qxf4 18. Qc2+ Bc6 (18... Kb8 19. Rxb7+ Kxb7 20. Rb1+ Ka8 21. Qc7 $18
) 19. Ba6 Qa4 {(what else?)} 20. Bxb7+ Kc7 21. Qc5 Bf8 22. Bxc6 Bxc5 23. Bxa4
Bb6 24. Ng5 $18) 17... Rf8 18. Qc2+ (18. Rb1 $5) 18... Kb8 19. Rab1 Qa4 20. Qb2
Bc8 $2 ({An unfortunate choice. After the better} 20... b6 {
Black is past the worst.}) 21. Rfc1 Rf7 (21... Qd7 {is no better after} 22. Bb5
Qf7 23. Qa3 $18) (21... b6 22. Bb5 Qa5 23. Qc2 $18) 22. Qc3 Nh6 23. Bb5 (23.
Nd4 $5) 23... Qe4 24. Rb4 Qg6 {
[Most of Black's pieces can't even watch what's happening on the queenside.]}
25. Ba6 (25. Be3 {was probably even better.}) 25... Rd7 26. Be3 Ng4 27. Bd4 Qe8
28. Bb5 (28. Bxb7 $1 Rxb7 29. Qc5 {mates in a few moves.}) 28... Qd8 29. Bxa7+
$1 Kxa7 30. Ra4+ Kb8 31. Qa3 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Nh3+ 33. Kf1 1-0

[Event "North Shore Open-A 37th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni A"]
[Black "Li, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. a4 b4 14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6
gxf6 {Diagram #} 16. Nxd4 $1 fxg5 (16... Qe7 17. Bh4 {
also promises suffering for the black king, if not quite so drastically.}) 17.
Qh5+ Ke7 18. Nxg5 Qe8 (18... Ne5 19. Ngxe6) 19. Qh4 N7f6 20. Rfe1 (20. Ndxe6)
20... Qh5 21. Qg3 Qg4 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 23. Rxf6 Qxd4 (23... Qxg3 24. Rf7+ Be7 25.
hxg3 {is better but stll hopeless.}) 24. Qh3+ Ke8 25. Qh5+ Kd7 26. Bf5+ Kd8 27.
Ne6+ Ke7 28. Qf7+ Kd6 29. Nxd4+ 1-0

[Event "North Shore Open-A 37th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Stuart, Richard"]
[Black "Thornton, Giovanni A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. O-O Qxc5 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14.
Rfd1 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Be6 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Rxb7 Rxc3 18. Bd3 Ra3 19. Rb2 g6 20. f4
Rc8 21. Rdb4 Rc5 22. R4b3 Ra4 23. Rb4 Rca5 24. Kf2 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 Rxa2 26. h3 a5
27. Rb5 a4 28. g4 f6 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Rb7+ Kf8 31. Ke3 a3 32. Kd4 Ra1 33. Ra7
a2 {Diagram #} 34. Kc5 {[This looks risky but I, too, thought it had to be
played. However, 34.c3, with the possible Bc2-b3, is a possible alternative.]}
d4 $5 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Kxc4 Ke8 $2 ({Missing his chance. The White king's
position is precarious as he must remain hidden from the black rook. This
suggests} 36... d3 $1 37. Kc3 dxc2 38. Kxc2 Rh1 39. Rxa2 Rh2+ 40. Kb1 Rxh3 {
and the white king's distance from the action should be decisive, e.g.} 41.
Ra8+ Kg7 42. g5 (42. Ra7+ Kh6 43. Rf7 Rg3 44. Rxf6 Rxg4 45. Rf7 Rh4 46. Kc2 Rh5
47. Ra7 Rf5 48. Ra4 Kh5 49. Kd3 Rf6 50. Ra7 h6 51. Ke3 Kg4 $19) 42... Rf3 43.
Ra7+ Kg8 44. Ra4 (44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Rxh7 Rxf4 47. gxf6 Kxf6 48. Kc2
Rd4 $19) 44... fxg5 45. fxg5 Rf5 46. Rg4 (46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Rxh7
Rxg5 49. Kc2 Rd5 $19) 46... Rc5 47. Kb2 Kf7 48. Kb3 Ke6 49. Rh4 Rxg5 50. Rxh7
Rc5 $19) 37. Kb3 {[It's just a draw now.]} Rf1 ({Or} 37... Rh1 38. Rxa2 Rxh3+
39. Kc4 Rf3 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Rxf5 42. Ra7 $11) 38. Kxa2 Rxf4 39. Rxh7 Rf3
40. Kb2 Rg3 41. Kc1 Rg2 42. Rg7 g5 43. Ra7 Rg3 44. Rh7 Rg2 45. Rb7 Rg3 46. Rb3
Rg2 47. Rd3 Rh2 48. Kb2 Ke7 49. Kb3 Ke6 50. Rxd4 Rxh3+ 51. Kb4 Ke5 52. Rc4 Rg3
{and, sadly, White now lost by cellphone in a clearly drawn position.} 0-1

[Event "North Shore Open-A 37th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Black "Wright, Caleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxc4 Qc7 13. Bd3 c5 14. Ne5 b6
15. Rc1 Bb7 16. O-O Qe7 17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfc8 19. Qe2 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21.
f4 Rc8 22. f5 Qe7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. h4 Rf8 25. g3 Ne4 26. Kh2 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Qf8
28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Nc3 30. Bc2 b5 31. axb5 Nxb5 32. Nd7 Bd5 33. Kg3 a5 34.
h5 Nd6 35. Nc5 h6 36. e4 Ba2 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke3 Bc4 39. f5 (39. e5 Nf5+ 40.
Bxf5 exf5 41. Nb7 Ke6 42. Nxa5 Bb5 43. Nb3 Be8 44. Nc5+ Kd5 45. Na6 $16) 39...
exf5 40. e5 Ne4 41. Nxe4 fxe4 42. Kxe4 g6 (42... Be2 43. Bb3+ Ke7 44. d5 Bxh5
45. d6+ Kd7 46. Kf5 g6+ 47. Kf6 Bg4 48. Ba4+ Kd8 49. e6 (49. Kxg6 h5 $11) 49...
Bxe6 50. Kxe6 h5 51. Kd5 h4 52. Ke4 g5 $11) 43. hxg6+ Kxg6 44. d5 Kf7 45. Bd1 (
45. Kd4 Ba2 (45... Bb5 46. d6 a4 47. Be4 a3 48. Bd5+ Ke8 49. e6 h5 50. Kc5 Ba4
51. Kb6 Kd8 52. e7+ Kd7 53. Kc5 Ke8 $8 54. Kb4 a2 55. Bxa2 Bc6 56. Kc5 Ba4 57.
Be6 $18) 46. Kc5 h5 47. d6 Ke8 48. Bf5 a4 49. e6 Bxe6 50. Bxe6 a3 51. Kb4 a2
52. Bxa2 $18 {and mate in 33!}) 45... Ke7 (45... Bb5 46. d6 Bc4 47. Kd4 Be6 48.
Bh5+ Kf8 49. Kc5 a4 50. Kb4 Bd7 51. Bg6 $18) 46. d6+ ({
Natural enough, but White wins more easily with} 46. Kd4 {, e.g.} Ba2 47. Kc5
Kf7 (47... h5 48. Bxh5 Bb3 49. d6+ Kd8 50. Bg4 $18) (47... a4 48. Bxa4 h5 49.
Bc2 Kf7 50. Kc6 Bc4 51. d6 Ke6 52. d7 $18) (47... Kd7 48. e6+ Ke7 49. d6+ Kxe6
50. Bg4+ Kf6 51. Kb6 h5 52. Bh3 $18) 48. Kd6 Bc4 49. e6+ Kf6 50. Ba4 Bxd5 51.
Kxd5 Ke7 52. Bd1 $18) 46... Kd8 (46... Kd7 47. Kf5 h5 (47... Be6+ 48. Kf6 Bd5
49. Ba4+ $18) 48. Bxh5 a4 49. Kf6 a3 50. Bg4+ Kd8 51. e6 $18) (46... Kf7 47.
Bh5+ Ke6 48. Kd4 Bb3 49. Bg4+ Kf7 50. Kc5 a4 51. Kb4 $18 {zugzwang}) 47. Kf5 h5
48. Kg5 Bf7 49. Kf6 Be8 50. e6 a4 51. Kg5 a3 52. Bb3 Kc8 53. Bd5 Kd8 54. Bc4
Kc8 55. Kf6 Kd8 {Diagram #} 56. e7+ $2 (56. Ke5 $1 {
was the last chance to win, e.g.} Kc8 (56... h4 57. e7+ Kc8 58. Ke6 Bd7+ (58...
h3 59. Ba6+ Kb8 60. d7 $18) (58... a2 59. Bxa2 h3 60. Bd5 h2 61. Be4 {
(zugzwang)} Bd7+ 62. Kf7 $18) 59. Kf7 $18) 57. e7 Bd7 58. Kf6 Kb7 59. Be6 $1
Be8 (59... h4 60. Bxd7 a2 61. e8=Q a1=Q+ 62. Qe5 $18) 60. Bd5+ ({Not} 60. d7 $2
Bxd7 61. Bxd7 a2 62. e8=Q a1=Q+ 63. Kg5 $11) 60... Kc8 61. Ke6 h4 62. Bc4 Bd7+
63. Kf7 {'+-'} Kb7 64. e8=Q Bxe8+ 65. Kxe8 h3 66. d7 h2 67. Bd5+ $18) 56... Kd7
57. Ke5 {[This is actually the only move that doesn't lose . . .]} Kc6 {
[. . . and so is this.]} 58. Bd5+ Kd7 59. Bb3 Kc8 $2 (59... Kc6 {
is the only move again:} 60. Ba4+ Kc5 {(or 60...Kb6)} 61. d7 (61. Bxe8 a2 62.
d7 a1=Q+ {with a draw}) 61... Bxd7 62. Bxd7 a2 63. e8=Q a1=Q+ 64. Kf5 $11) 60.
Be6+ Kb7 61. d7 $2 ({Missing} 61. Bd5+ Kb6 62. Ke6 Kc5 63. d7 $18) 61... Bxd7
62. Bxd7 a2 63. e8=Q a1=Q+ 64. Kf5 {and play carried on for a time but there
were no real prospects of anything but a draw:} Qf1+ 65. Kg5 Qg2+ 66. Kh6 Qd2+
67. Kh7 Qd3+ 68. Kg7 Qd4+ 69. Kg8 Qg1+ 70. Kf7 Qf2+ 71. Kg6 Qg2+ 72. Kxh5 Qh2+
73. Kg5 Qd2+ 74. Kg6 Qg2+ 75. Kf7 Qf3+ 76. Ke7 Qa3+ 77. Kf6 Qc3+ 78. Kg5 Qd2+
79. Kg4 Qg2+ 80. Kh4 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Shore Open-A 37th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Thornton, Giovanni A"]
[Black "Dordevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Na4 dxc4 12. dxc4 Qa5 13. Qd1 Bd7 14. b3 Bxa4
15. bxa4 Qc3 16. Bg5 f6 17. Rc1 Qa3 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Rb1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 Qxc4 21.
Qb1 {Diagram #} Rac8 $2 ({
An unfortunate choice as there were several good alternatives, of which} 21...
Rab8 {was likely the best.}) 22. Rc1 Qxa4 {
[It is hard to suggest anything better.]} 23. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24. Qb7+ Kh8 25.
Bh6 Rg8 26. Qf7 Rc7 27. Qxc7 Ne5 28. Qe7 Nd7 29. Rc8 Qd1+ 30. Bf1 Qh5 31. Qg7#
1-0

[Event "North Shore Open-A 37th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Li, Luke Zuhao"]
[Black "Stuart, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. O-O-O Ne8 10. g4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bd3 a6 14. Qc2 Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Nge2 Be5 17. Rdg1 Kh8 18. Rg2 Qh4 19. Rhg1 Qxh3 $5 20. gxf5 Nf6 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxf5 23. Nc3 Rf7 24. Rh2 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxf3 26. Rgh1 Qe3+ {
Diagram #} 27. Kb1 $4 ({The obvious} 27. Nd2 {is about equal after} Kg8 28.
Rxh7 Rxh7 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg8 {
as White has nothing better than perpetual check.}) 27... Rg8 {
[Black has taken over the initiative to go with his extra pawns.]} 28. Nf2 Rgg7
29. Rh3 f3 30. a3 Qe2 31. Ne4 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Rg2+ 33. Kd3 Bxb2 34. Rf1 f2 35.
Ke2 Bd4 36. Rg3 Rxg3 37. Nxg3 Bc5 38. Ne4 Bxa3 39. Ng5 Rf5 40. Ne6 b5 41. Kd3
Bc5 42. Nxc7 bxc4+ 43. Ke2 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "North Shore Open-A 37th"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Stuart, Richard"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Na4 d5 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Be6 14. Bb2 Qb8 ({
Protecting the e5-pawn is hardly a worthwhile task for the queen so} 14... d4 {
should be considered.}) 15. c5 d4 16. Bc1 Nh5 17. g3 Bh3 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Be2
Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nf6 21. Nb2 a5 22. Bd2 Rd8 (22... axb4 23. Bxb4 Nd7 24. Nd3 {
is better for Black (better minor pieces and pawn structure) but he could also
consider}) (22... Bxc5 23. Nd3 Bb6 {with a sound extra pawn.}) 23. Nd3 axb4 24.
axb4 Nd7 25. f4 Qb5 26. Kf2 Bf6 27. f5 {Diagram #  Up to here, Paul had had
slightly the better of things but now he loses the plot:} Ra4 28. Nb2 $1 Rxb4 (
{Black's 27th relinquished his edge and this makes things much worse. The
lesser evil was} 28... Qxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Raa8 30. Nd3 {
when it's White for choice but Black's position should certainly be tenable.})
29. Bxb4 Qxb4 30. Nd3 Qb5 31. Reb1 Qc4 32. Rc1 Qb5 33. Qc2 Qb7 34. Rcb1 Qc7 {
[Clearly, Black does not have enough for the exchange with zero counterplay,
and Stuart efficiently cl; ocks up the point.]} 35. Ra2 Be7 36. Kf3 Rb8 37.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 38. Ra5 Bf6 39. Qa2 Nf8 40. Ra8 Qb5 41. Ke2 Qb7 42. Ra7 Qb8 43.
Qxf7+ Kh8 44. Qb7 Qe8 45. g4 Kg8 46. h3 Kh7 47. Ra8 Qd7 48. Qxd7 Nxd7 49. Rc8
h5 50. Rxc6 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kh6 52. Rd6 Nb8 53. Nxe5 Kg5 54. Nf3+ Kxg4 55. Nxd4
Kf4 56. Kd3 Be5 57. Ne6+ Kf3 58. Rb6 Nd7 59. Rb4 Bf6 60. Rb3 Ba1 61. Nd4+ Kf4
62. Ne2+ Ke5 63. Rb5 Kf6 64. Nc3 Ne5+ 65. Kc2 Nf3 66. Rb6+ Ke5 67. Re6+ Kd4 68.
c6 1-0

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robert"]
[Black "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4
15. h4 O-O 16. h5 Rb8 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. c3 Rd7 19. Rc1 Rdb7 20. Rc2 a5 21. Ned4
Bd7 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Qf2 Qa3 24. Ka1 Qe7 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. h6 g6 27. g4 f6 28.
Qh4 Rf8 29. Re2 Rf7 30. Rhe1 Rb6 31. Qf2 Qc5 32. Qe3 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rg1+
Kh8 35. Reg2 Rb8 36. Qg3 Qf8 37. Qh4 Qe7 38. Rg5 Rbf8 39. Qg3 Qd8 40. Rg7 Qc8
41. Nf3 Qe8 42. Ng5 Rxg7 43. hxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifier 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ansell, Alan"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Bd6 Rf7 14. e3 Qg5
15. Qd2 Re8 16. h4 Qf6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Kf2 Qh6 19. g3 Be6 20. Rhe1 Rc8 21. Rab1
Qf6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qd4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Qc8 25. Rb5 Ra6 26. Reb1 h6 27. R1b2 Kh7
28. Qd4 Qc6 29. a4 Bc8 30. R5b4 Rd7 31. Rd2 b6 32. f4 bxc5 33. Bxc5 Bb7 34. Rb5
Qg6 35. Rdb2 Bc6 36. R5b4 Qg4 37. Kg2 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rb8 Rg7 40. Bf8 gxf4
41. Qxg7+ Qxg7 42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. exf4 Rxa4 44. Kf2 Rc4 45. Ra2 Rxc3 46. Rxa7+
Kf6 47. Rh8 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 Kg6 49. Rd8 Rc3+ 50. Kd2 Rc4 51. Rd6+ Kh5 52. Rg7 d4
53. Rg5# 1-0

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steadman, Michael"]
[Black "Smith, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nc7 8.
Bf4 Bg7 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. h4 h6 14. Bc4 e6
15. Qd2 a5 16. Rhe1 a4 17. Re3 Qc5 18. Qe2 Ra5 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Nf5 21. Ne4
Qc6 22. Re2 h5 23. f3 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. g4 Ne7 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Re4 Ra8 28.
Rxb4 hxg4 29. fxg4 Rxh4 30. Bg5 Rh1 31. Rf4 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Ra5 33. Rxf7+ Kg8
34. c4 Rxe5 35. Bxe7 Qh1+ 36. Rf1 Qg2 37. Qf3 Qxb2 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Rh1+ Rh5
40. gxh5 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. a4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Nc1 c5 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Kd1
Qb6 16. Kc2 Be5 17. Ra3 Qb4 18. N1a2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. b3 Qd4 21. Qe2 Bg7
22. Rd1 Qe5 23. a5 Bd7 24. Qd2 Rfc8 25. h4 b5 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Rb1 h6 28. Nc1
g5 29. h5 Rcb8 30. Nd3 Qd4 31. Ne2 Qf6 32. Nc3 c4 33. bxc4 Rxb1 34. e5 dxe5 35.
Nxb1 e4 36. fxe4 Rb2+ 37. Nxb2 Qxb2+ 38. Kd3 Qxb1+ 39. Qc2 Qe1 40. Qa2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shen, Daniel"]
[Black "Illingworth, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. f3 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Be6 14. Nf1 b4 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 g6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Bg7 20. Rb3 Qd7 21. Rb6
O-O 22. Rxa6 e4 23. fxe4 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Nxe4 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. b3 Rc8 27. c4 Ra8
28. Kg1 Ra2 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Nc5 31. Re1 Ra8 32. b4 Nd7 33. c5 dxc5 34.
bxc5 Rc8 35. c6 Qf6 36. Qg4 Nb6 37. Rb1 Qd8 38. Ne3 Ra8 39. Qd4 Nc8 40. Ng4 Nd6
41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Nd7+ Kg8 43. Qe5 Nc4 44. Qf4 Na5 45. c7 Qe7 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47.
Nf6+ Kg7 48. Rxa8 Qe1+ 49. Qf1 1-0

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Illingworth, Max"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Ng3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Nxg7 Kxg7
15. Bxh6+ Kh8 16. Qf3 Qa5 17. Re3 Qh5 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Rh3 Ng7 20. Re1 Kg8 21.
Ree3 Bf8 22. Rhg3 f5 23. Bc4 Kf7 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Kxe6 27.
Rxg7 c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. h4 Rf8 30. b4 Nd7 31. c4 Rf7 32. Rg3 Ne5 33. Ra3 a6
34. c5 Kd5 35. Rc3 Kd4 36. Rc2 Kd3 37. Rc1 Rg7 38. g3 Kd2 39. Rb1 Nf3+ 40. Kf1
Kc2 41. Ra1 Nd2+ 42. Kg2 Nb1 43. Kf3 Kb2 44. Rxb1+ Kxb1 45. Kf4 Kxa2 46. Kxf5
Kb3 47. h5 Kxb4 48. h6 Rf7+ 49. Kg6 Rxf2 50. g4 a5 51. g5 a4 52. Kh7 a3 53. g6
a2 54. g7 Rg2 0-1

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldenberg, Igor"]
[Black "Steadman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nb5
Be7 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. Nbd4 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Nd6 13. a4 c5 14. Nb3 Nf7 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. Ne1 d4 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 g5 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Na5 Nf6 21. Bg2 Nd5
22. Nc4 b6 23. Nf3 Bb7 24. Nfe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bf6 26. Rae1 Kg7 27. Qd1 Qc7 28.
Qh5 Ne3 29. fxe3 Qxe5 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. e4 h6 32. Rf5 Qe8 33. Qg4 Qg6 34. Ref1
Rbf7 35. b4 Be7 36. b5 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qf7 38. h4 h5 39. Qe4 gxh4 40. gxh4 Bf6
41. Qf4 Re8 42. Rf2 Kf8 43. Rg2 Re5 44. Qf3 Qd5 45. Qxh5 Rxf5 46. Bh6+ Ke7 47.
Re2+ Re5 48. Bf4 Qg8+ 49. Kf1 Rxe2 50. Qxe2+ Kd8 51. h5 Qd5 52. Qg4 c4 53. dxc4
Qxc4+ 54. Kg2 d3 55. Qf5 Qd4 56. Kf3 Qc3 57. Qd5+ Ke7 58. Qd6+ Kf7 59. Qc7+ Ke6
60. Qxc3 Bxc3 61. Ke3 d2 62. Ke2 Kf5 63. Bxd2 Bxd2 64. Kxd2 Kg5 65. Ke3 Kxh5
66. Ke4 1-0

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Black "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 b6 5. c3 a5 6. b5 Bb7 7. d4 Nd7 8. Bd3 h6 9.
Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nfd2 c4 12. Bc2 Kb8 13. f4 g6 14. g4 h5 15. h3 Re8
16. Nf3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Ka7 18. Be3 Be7 19. Nbd2 Nh6 20. Nh2 Rh7 21. Bf2 Reh8 22.
Bg3 Qd8 23. Ndf3 Qg8 24. Kg2 Qg7 25. Rh1 Bc8 26. a4 Nf8 27. Nd2 Bd7 28. Ndf1
Kb7 29. Ne3 Be8 30. Qf3 Ka7 31. Nxd5 $1 f5 32. Nc7 Kb8 33. Nxe8 Qf7 34. Qc6 Bd8
35. g5 Ng8 36. Nd6 Qc7 37. Qxc4 Qxc4 38. Nxc4 Ne7 39. Ne3 Nd7 40. Bb3 Nf8 41.
c4 Nc8 42. Nf3 Rxh1 43. Rxh1 Rxh1 44. Kxh1 Kc7 45. d5 Kd7 46. Nd4 Be7 47. Nxe6
Nxe6 48. dxe6+ Ke8 49. Nd5 Bc5 50. Kg2 Ne7 51. Bf2 1-0

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robert"]
[Black "Illingworth, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c6 10. h3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Rc8 12. Nb3 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Be3 Bxc3 16. Bd4 Bxa1 17. Bxa1 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. b4 f6 21.
Bd4 Qb5 22. Qe3 Qxd5 23. f3 Bf5 24. g4 Bd7 25. Bxa7 e5 26. Rc1 Bc6 27. Kf2 Qe6
28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Be3 e4 30. Qd4 exf3 31. exf3 Re8 32. Rd1 Kf7 33. Qf4 g5 34. Qd4
h5 35. Re1 Qe5 36. Qxe5 dxe5 37. Rb1 Ke6 38. b5 Bd5 39. b6 h4 40. Rb2 Ra8 41.
Rc2 Bc6 42. Rb2 Ra1 43. Rd2 Ra3 44. Re2 Rc3 45. Re1 e4 46. fxe4 Bxe4 47. Bxg5
Rf3+ 48. Kg1 Rg3+ 49. Kf2 fxg5 50. Rxe4+ Kf6 51. Re3 Rxe3 52. Kxe3 Ke5 53. Kf3
Kd4 54. Kf2 Kc5 55. Ke3 Kxb6 56. Ke4 Kc5 57. Kf5 b5 58. Kxg5 b4 0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifier 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gao, Hans"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O Rb8
9. Nh4 O-O 10. f5 Nd4 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 exf5 14. exf5 d5 15.
Qf2 d4 16. Bf4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ng4 18. Qe2 h5 19. fxg6 f5 20. h3 Re8 21. Qd2 Ne5
22. Bd5+ Be6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Nxf5 Rxg6 25. Nxg7 Qd5 26. Nf5 1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifier 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taylor, Richard"]
[Black "Davis, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Na6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Qa5 9. Rc1 Nb4 10. O-O Nxa2 11. Nxa2 Qxa2 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 O-O
15. Ra1 Qb6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. d5 e3 18. Nc4 exf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qc5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. b4 Qc7 23. Raf1 b5 $2 24. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+
Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Bh3 28. d6 exd6 29. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robert"]
[Black "Chang, Bobby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Qe2
Nb8 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd7 11. a4 a5 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 c5 15. c4
Na6 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Rc7 18. Ng5 h6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Ne4 Rc6 21. Nd6 Qd7
22. Qg4 Nab4 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne4 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Kf8 26. Ba3 Qc7 27. Nd6 Kg8
28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. Ne4 Rc8 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. Qg4 Kf8 33. h4 Qc7 34. Nd6
Kg8 35. Nc4 Rc3 36. Bc1 Kf8 37. Qh5 Rxb3 38. Nd6 Rb1 39. Kh2 Kg8 40. Bxh6 Rxd1
41. Bxg7 Rh1+ 42. Kxh1 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. g3 Qxf2+ 45. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Trundle IM 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krstev, Antonio"]
[Black "Shen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. O-O-O Bg7
15. f4 O-O 16. e5 b5 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Qc2 Rfb8 19. Kb1 b4 20. Ne4 Bxa2+ 21. Kc1
Bd5 22. h4 a5 23. g4 a4 24. h5 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Qe3+ 28.
Kb1 Bxh1 29. Rxh1 b3 30. Qc4 Re8 31. Rc1 Qe6 32. Qc3 a3 33. Bf5 Qe5 34. bxa3 b2
35. Kxb2 Rab8+ 36. Ka1 Qe2 37. Rc2 Qf1+ 38. Rc1 Qf2 39. Bc2 Re3 40. Qc5 Qxf6+
0-1

[Event "George Trundle Qualifier 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goodhue, Nathan"]
[Black "Taylor, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be6 5. d3 f5 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. a3 Bc5 8. e3 f4
9. Nf1 Qe7 10. b4 Bb6 11. b5 fxe3 12. fxe3 Na5 13. h3 O-O 14. Nf3 e4 15. Ne5
exd3 16. Nxd3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ne4 18. Nf4 Rxf4 19. exf4 Nc3 20. Qd2 Nxd2 21. Kxd2
Ne4+ 22. Bxe4 Ba5+ 23. Ke2 dxe4 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. c4 Rd3 26. Rb1 Qd7 27. Rb2 Bb6
28. Re1 Bxh3 29. g4 Bxg4+ 30. Kf2 Qd6 31. Kg3 g5 32. Rf2 h5 33. Kh2 gxf4 34.
Nxg4 f3+ 35. Kh3 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Bxf2 37. Rh1 Qg6+ 38. Bg5 Be3 39. Rh5 Qe6+ 40.
Kh4 Bf2# 0-1

