Round 1
First round and I was feeling relaxed. I was looking forward to probably getting a beating but at least it would be interesting. I didn't expect my opponent to handle the opening so badly - how different the open would have been if I had upset the eventual winner on round 1!
Lenaghan,Kevin - Farkas [C63]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Qxe5 Qf7 10.Qxc7 0–0 11.0–0 Qg6 12.Qg3 Qxc2 13.d4 Bf6 14.Bg5 Qxb2 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rfe1 Ba6 17.Rab1 Qa3 18.Rb8+ Rf8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Qc7 Qxa2 21.Qxd7 h6 22.Qxc6 Rf8 So far so great! The opening has gone really well but now for the strategic decision. For some reason I thought exchanging the Queen would make promoting my pawn much easier.
23.Qe6+?? [Fritz 11: 23.d5 Bc4 24.d6 Bd5 25.Qb5 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qd2 27.Qb3+ Kh8 28.Rd1 Qg5+ 29.Kf1 Rd8 30.d7 Qh5 31.Kg2 Qg6+ 32.Kh1 a5 33.Qb5 1.50/21 ] 23...Qxe6 24.Rxe6 Bc4 25.Re7 Ra8 26.Ne5 Bb3 27.Kf1 a5 28.Rc7 a4
Now I knew I was in real trouble!
29.Ke2 a3 30.Rc1 a2 31.Ra1 Rc8 32.Nd3 Rc2+ 33.Ke3 Bc4 34.Ne5 Bd5 35.Nd3 Bf7 36.h3 Kf8 37.Ne5 Bd5 38.Ng6+ Ke8 39.Nf4 Bc4 40.Nd3 Rc3 0–1
Well I can say I wasn't very happy throwing that one away.
Round 2
I now faced a fellow metroploitan member Ian Calvert. The opening was a slightly excentric Centre-Counter defence. The opening however did not work that well for Ian and he was under some presure until I decided on a risky and speculative sacrifice.
Lenaghan,Kevin - Calvert [B01]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Nge2 Bf5 8.a3 e6 [Fritz 11: 8...0–0–0 9.0–0 e6 10.Bf4 Qd7 11.Be3 Bd6 12.f3 Kb8 13.Bd3 Rhe8 14.Qd2 Nd5 15.Bxf5 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 -0.44/15 ]
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Bb3 0–0–0 12.Ng3 Be7 [Fritz 11: 12...Bg6 13.Qe2 exd5 14.Bxd5 c6 15.Bb3 Bh6 16.0–0 f5 17.Rfd1 Qc5 18.Na4 Qa5 19.Nb6+ Kb8 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Rhe8 22.Rxd8+ -0.60/17 ]
13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Qh5 Qd7 15.0–0–0 Ng6 16.g3 Bc5 17.Kb1 Rde8 18.Qf3 [Fritz 11: 2) 18.f4 Kb8 19.Bc4 Rhf8 20.Qxh7 Re3 21.Qg7 Bxa3 22.Rhe1 Rfe8 23.Rxe3 Rxe3 24.d6 Bxd6 25.Bxf7 Ne7 26.Qh8+ Qc8 27.Qxf6 1.29/17 ; Fritz 11: 3) 18.Ba4 b5 19.Bb3 Kb8 20.f4 a5 21.a4 b4 22.Nb5 Re4 23.Qh6 Re2 24.Qg7 Qe7 25.Bc4 Re4 26.d6 cxd6 0.88/17 ; Fritz 11: 4) 18.Na4 Bxf2 19.Rhf1 Ba7 20.Qxf5 Qxf5 21.Rxf5 Re2 22.Rxf6 Rxh2 23.Rxf7 Re8 24.Bc4 Re3 25.Nc3 b5 26.Bd3 Rxg3 0.80/17 ; Fritz 11: 1) 18.d6 cxd6 19.Nd5 Re6 20.Qxf5 Re2 21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Nxf6+ Ke7 23.Ng4 Re8 24.Bd5 f5 25.Rhe1 Kf8 26.Rxe2 Rxe2 27.Bf3 Re8 1.48/17 ]
18...Ne5 19.Qg2 Ng4
Up until now it looks like I have a slight edge - may not be winning but it is hard to see black getting the better of it.
20.Ba4? b5 21.d6 c6 22.Nxb5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Kb7 24.Rd3 Rc8 25.Rc3 [Fritz 11: 2) 25.Rb3 Ka7 26.Bd3 Rb8 27.Qf3 Qxd6 28.Bxf5 Ne5 29.Qe4 Qd4 30.Qxd4 Bxd4 31.f4 Nc4 32.Rd1 Bxb2 33.Rd7+ Ka8 34.Rxf7 -1.16/16 ; Fritz 11: 3) 25.Rf1 Rhe8 26.Rc3 Qxd6 27.Bd3 Re5 28.h3 Nh6 29.f4 Re6 30.Rd1 Ka8 31.Be2 Bd4 32.Rc4 Re4 33.Ra4+ -1.23/16 ; Fritz 11: 4) 25.Rc3 Qxd6 26.b4 Ba7 27.Bxc6+ Kb6 28.b5 Ne5 29.Rb3 Nxc6 30.bxc6+ Ka5 31.Qf3 Qxc6 32.Qxf5+ Qc5 33.Qd3 Rhd8 34.Qe2 Qe5 -1.49/16 ; Fritz 11: 1) 25.Re1 Rhe8 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rb3 Bb6 28.h3 Ne5 29.f4 Ng6 30.Rc3 Rc8 31.Rd3 Bc5 32.Bc4 Bxd6 33.Bxf7 Rd8 -0.62/17 ]
25...Kb6 26.b4? Bxb4 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Rxc6+ Qxc6 29.Qxc6+ Kxc6 30.axb4 Kxd6
Now I was not sure if I have saved a game that I had blown on move 20 or if the end game was lost as well.
31.Kb2 Nxf2 32.Rf1 Ng4 33.Rxf5 Nxh2 34.c4? Rg8 35.Rxf6+ Ke7 36.Rh6 Nf3 37.Rxh7 Rxg3 38.Rh5 Ng5 39.Rh1 Kd7 40.Rd1+ Kc7 41.Rd5 Ne4 42.Rf5 Nd6 43.Rf4 f5 44.c5 Rg4 45.cxd6+ Kxd6 ½–½
Round 3
A typical last round of day kind of game. Lots of mistakes by both sides and an impossible position to know how to proceed.
Huq - Lenaghan,Kevin[A46]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6?
Already I was finding it difficult to focus and could not find a good more or plan. Almost any move but d6 would have done.
[Fritz 11: 1) 6...Be7 7.Nbd2 d5 8.dxc5 Qxc5 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 e5 11.b4 Qd6 12.b5 Na5 13.c4 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Rd1 -0.39/17 ; Fritz 11: 2) 6...d5 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 Bd7 9.0–0 Bd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Bg3 0–0 13.Qc2 Rfc8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd6 -0.33/17 ; Fritz 11: 3) 6...h6 7.Bh4 d5 8.Be2 Bd7 9.0–0 Bd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Bg3 0–0 13.Qc2 Rfc8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd6 -0.33/17 ; Fritz 11: 4) 6...cxd4 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.cxd4 d5 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Be2 Bd6 11.0–0 Rc8 12.g3 0–0 13.Qd2 Na5 14.Rac1 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 -0.28/17 ]
7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.Nc4 Qd8 10.0–0 0–0 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.exd4 d5 13.Nce5 Rc8 14.Qf4 Be8 15.Re1 Nh5 16.Qh4 Bxg5?
Not great f6 was better.
[Fritz 11: 16...f6 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Be3 g5 19.Qh3 Bg6 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Bd2 Qb6 22.g4 Ng7 23.Qh6 Qxb2 24.Qxg6 Rb8 25.Reb1 Qa3 0.11/17 ]
17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.Nxg5 g6 19.g4 Nxe5 20.dxe5? [Fritz 11: 20.Rxe5 Bd7 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.gxh5 Kg7 23.Rxe6 Rf6 24.h6+ Kh8 25.Rd6 Qe7 26.Rxd5 Rf5 27.Rxf5 Bxf5 28.d5 Qf6 4.71/16 ] 20...Rc4
Back in the game!
21.Rad1 f5 22.Rd4?? fxg4 23.Red1 Rc7?? [Fritz 11: 23...Qe7 24.Qxg4 Rf4 25.Rxf4 Rxf4 26.Qg2 Rf5 27.h4 Rxe5 28.Qg4 Rxg5 29.Qxg5 Qxg5+ 30.hxg5 Kxh7 31.Kg2 e5 32.Rh1 -1.02/16 ]
24.Qxg4 Rxh7 25.Nxe6 Qe7?? [Fritz 11: 25...Bd7 26.Nxd8 Bxg4 27.Rxg4 Rxd8 28.Rgd4 Re8 29.Rxd5 Nf4 30.Rb5 Rhe7 31.Kf1 Rxe5 32.Rxb7 Re2 33.c4 Kg8 -0.44/17 ]
26.Nxf8 Qxf8 27.e6 Nf6 28.Qf4 Bc6 29.c4 Rh5 30.cxd5 Rf5 31.Qxf5?? [Fritz 11: 31.e7 Qxe7 32.Qh6+ Qh7 33.Qxh7+ Kxh7 34.dxc6 bxc6 35.Rc1 c5 36.Ra4 Kh6 37.Rxa7 Ne4 38.Rc2 Kg5 39.Re2 Re5 3.80/16 ]
31...gxf5 32.dxc6 Qg8+ 33.Kf1 bxc6 34.Rd8 Ne8=
Now I should be able to draw - if I don't make any more mistakes.
35.R1d3 Qxe6 [Fritz 11: 35...f4 36.Rb8 Qxe6 37.Rdd8 Qc4+ 38.Ke1 f3 39.Rxe8+ Kh7 40.Rh8+ Kg6 41.Rhg8+ Kh5 42.Rh8+ Kg6 0.00/18 ] 36.Re3 Qc4+ [Fritz 11: 36...Qxa2 37.Rdxe8+ Kg7 38.R8e7+ Kg6 39.R7e6+ Kg5 40.Rg3+ Kf4 41.b3 Qd2 42.Rh6 a5 43.Rh4+ Ke5 44.Re3+ Kf6 45.Kg2 Qd5+ 46.Kg3 Kg6 47.Kh3 Qd2 48.Kg2 Qd5+ 0.08/18 ] 37.Kg2 Qg4+ 38.Kh1 f4??
Final fatal error.
39.Rexe8+ Line
Round 4
(4) Lenaghan,Kevin - Clegg,C [C00]
I have played Chris on a number of other occasions so it was no supprise that he played the French Defence. I should have also remembered that I tended to over extend when playing against French and Pric defensive systesms.
The opening was one of my made up anti French systems was a bit suspect but gets good results in rapid play and ICC. Fritz had a low oppion of my opening giving black a small edge for the first 10-20 moves.
The aim was simple - get everything pointing at the enemy king and blast a big hole in the defences. No long term strategies here...
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bb5 c5 6.0–0 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.d3 Be7 9.Nd2 b5 10.f4 [Fritz 11: 10.Qg4 Kf8 11.Nf3 h5 12.Qg3 h4 13.Qg4 Nc6 14.Bf4 b4 15.Ne2 h3 16.gxh3 Qb6 17.Kg2 Kg8 18.Rg1 -0.08/17 ] 10...Nc6 11.Nf3 f6 12.Qe1 0–0 13.Qg3 fxe5 14.fxe5 Kh8 15.Bd2 b4 16.Ne2 Qc7 17.Nf4 [Fritz 11: 17.Bg5 Qd8 18.Bd2 0.00/3 ] 17...Rf5 18.Rae1 Raf8 19.h4 Qd8
Fritz was reporting at least -0.6 better for black until 19. Qd8. Fritz recommends Qa5! which would have been very painful.
[Fritz 11: 19...Qa5 20.a3 Qa4 21.axb4 Nxb4 22.b3 Qa2 23.Bxb4 cxb4 24.Nd4 Bc5 25.Qe3 Qb2 26.Nfe2 Kg8 27.Rxf5 -0.92/14 ] 20.h5 R8f7? (See Diagram)
Now I have reached the ideal position as far as I was concerned. I spend a long time thinking about what would happen after Ng6+ if my opponent did not take but could not see the best continuation. On balance holding for one move and putting the Queen on h2 would have been more appropriate.
21.Ng6+!? [Fritz 11: 21.Qh2 c4 22.g4 Rxf4 23.Bxf4 b3 24.axb3 cxd3 25.cxd3 Qb6+ 26.Be3 d4 27.Bf4 Qxb3 28.Ng5 Bxg5 29.Bxg5 Rxf1+ 0.68/15 ] 21...Kg8 22.Nxe7+!?= [Fritz 11: 22.Qh3 Nd4 23.Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Rxf5 Rxf5 26.h6 g6 27.Rf1 Ba4 28.b3 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Bd7 30.Qg4 Qc5 31.Qh4 a5 32.Kg1 Bb5 33.Qd8+ 0.41/16 ]
Now I thing the position is draw if not slightly better for black
22...Qxe7 23.h6 Qf8 24.c3 g6 25.a3 a5 26.axb4 axb4 27.Rf2 bxc3 28.bxc3 Bc8 29.Ref1 Ba6 30.Nh4 Rxf2 31.Rxf2 Rxf2 32.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Bxd3 34.Nf3 Be4 35.Ng5 Bf5 36.Kf3 Nxe5+ 37.Ke2 Ng4 38.Nf3 e5 39.Bc1 c4 40.Ba3 e4 41.Nd4 Nxh6 42.Nb5 Be6 43.Nc7 Kf7 44.Bc5 Nf5 45.Kf2 g5 46.g4 Nh6 47.Nxe6 Kxe6 48.Kg3 Nf7 49.Bf8 Ne5 50.Bh6 Kf6 51.Bf8 e3 52.Bc5 e2 0–1
A disappointing result and not the best of games but with a interesting turning point.
Round 5
I was feeling the strain of all the games. And the final game against someone who I had meet in a few rapid plays got into a good position but soon slipped into a draw both of us down to the last few minutes.
Cohen - Lenaghan,Kevin [B25]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.0–0 Rb8? Slightly incorrect move order 8. O-O is best here.
9.Ne2 0–0 10.c3 b5 All book moves up to here.
11.d4? Slight wrong here a3 or Be3. 11...b4 12.e5 bxc3 13.bxc3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Ba6 15.Re1 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nf5 17.Ba3 Bxe2 [Fritz 11: 1) 17...Nb4 18.Nf4 Qa5 19.Bc1 Bb7 20.g4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Nc2 23.Qd2 Qc5+ 24.Re3 Nxa1 25.Ba3 Nb3 26.Bxc5 Nxd2 -0.96/16 ; Fritz 11: 2) 17...Re8 18.Bc5 Bh6 19.Nf4 Qa5 20.Qd2 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 Bxf4 22.gxf4 Ncxd4 23.Ne4 Red8 24.Bxa7 Rb2 25.Red1 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 -0.74/16 ; Fritz 11: 3) 17...Ne3 18.Qc1 Nxg2 19.Kxg2 Nb4 20.Qd2 Qa5 21.Bxb4 Qxb4 22.Nc3 Qa5 23.Rab1 Rfd8 24.Qc2 Rdc8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Ne4 -0.55/15 ; Fritz 11: 4) 17...Bxe2 18.Rxe2 Ncxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Nxd4 21.Re4 Rfd8 22.Bd6 Ne2+ 23.Rxe2 Rxd6 24.exd6 Bxa1 25.Bc6 Kf8 26.Kg2 Bf6 27.Kf3 -0.34/15 ]
18.Rxe2 Re8 19.Rd2 Bh6 20.Rd3 Nb4 21.Bxb4 Rxb4 22.d5? Qb6+ [Fritz 11: 1) 22...Ne3 23.Qe2 Qb6 24.Kh1 exd5 25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.axb3 Rc8 27.Qd3 Rc2 28.Bf1 Rb2 29.Ra6 Qc7 30.Qd4 Qc1 -2.25/16 ; Fritz 11: 2) 22...Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Ne3 24.Rxe3 Bxe3 25.d6 Rb8 26.Qf1 Rb2 27.Re1 Rxa2 28.d7 Qb3 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Nd4 Qb4 31.Qd3 Bxd4 -2.13/16 ; Fritz 11: 3) 22...exd5 23.Rb3 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Ne3 25.Qb1 a5 26.Rxb4 axb4 27.Qb3 Ra8 28.Rb1 Rc8 29.Qa4 Bf8 30.Ng5 Be7 31.Qd7 -2.04/16 ; Fritz 11: 4) 22...Rb2 23.dxe6 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Qxe6 25.Qe1 Qc4 26.Rad1 Rxa2 27.Bh3 Qe6 28.g4 Ne7 29.Rd6 Qb3 30.R1d3 Qc4 -0.90/16 ]
23.Kh1 exd5 24.Rb3 d4 [Fritz 11: 24...Ne3 25.Qb1 Rb8 26.Rxb4 Qxb4 27.Qxb4 Rxb4 28.Bh3 Rb2 29.Bd7 Kg7 30.a3 Rf2 31.Nd4 Nc4 32.e6 fxe6 33.Bxe6 Be3 -2.03/16 ] 25.Qd3 Rc8 26.Bh3 Rxb3 27.Qxb3 Qxb3 [Fritz 11: 1) 27...Qc6 28.Rf1 Ne3 29.Rf2 Qc1+ 30.Ng1 Rc7 31.e6 Qc6+ 32.Nf3 fxe6 33.Kg1 Qc1+ 34.Bf1 Rc6 35.Qb8+ Rc8 36.Qb3 Rc2 37.Qxe6+ Kh8 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qe6+ -2.33/17 ; Fritz 11: 2) 27...Rc3 28.Qxb6 axb6 29.Bxf5 Rxf3 30.Bg4 Rf2 31.Rb1 Be3 32.Rxb6 h5 33.Bd7 d3 34.Rf6 d2 35.Ba4 Re2 36.e6 fxe6 -1.21/17 ; Fritz 11: 3) 27...Qxb3 28.axb3 d3 29.g4 Nh4 30.g5 Rc2 31.Nxh4 d2 32.Rg1 Rc1 33.Bg4 Bxg5 34.Ng2 f5 35.Be2 Kg7 36.Rd1 Rxd1+ -1.19/17 ; Fritz 11: 4) 27...Rd8 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Qxb6 axb6 30.Nh4 Bg7 31.Nxf5 Bxe5 32.Ne7+ Kg7 33.Nc6 Rd5 34.Nxe5 Rxe5 35.Rd1 Re4 36.Kg2 Re2+ 37.Kf3 Rxh2 38.Rxd4 -1.05/17 ]
28.axb3 Rc3 29.Bxf5 Rxf3 30.Bg4 Rxb3 31.Rxa7 Rb6 [Fritz 11: 31...d3 32.e6 Rb1+ 33.Kg2 fxe6 34.Bxe6+ Kh8 35.Rd7 d2 36.Bg4 Re1 37.Bf3 Be3 38.h4 h5 39.Kh3 Kg8 40.g4 hxg4+ 41.Kxg4 Rg1+ 42.Kh3 Rc1 -1.04/17 ]
32.Rd7 Be3 33.Bf3 Rb1+ 34.Kg2 Rb2+ 35.Kh1 Kf8 36.Bd5 Rb6?? Now any slight black advantage is gone.
37.Rxf7+ Ke8 38.Rb7 Rxb7 39.Bxb7 d3 40.Bd5 ½–½
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