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[Event "Cumnor 1 v. Banbury 2"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.01.31"]
[Round ""]
[White "Kevin Bowman"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "149"]
[BlackECF "144"]
[ECO "A00p"]
1.b4 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.a3 a5 4.b5 c6 5.c4 cxb5 6.cxb5 d5 7.Bb2 Bd6 8.g3 Qb6 9.
a4 Bc5 ( 9...O-O 10.Bg2 ) 10.e3 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nbd7 13.Nf3 e4 14.
Ne5 O-O 15.O-O Qe6 1-0
[Event "Bicester 1"]
[Site "Bicester Bowls Club"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round ""]
[White "Nick Hepworth"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "124"]
[BlackElo "144"]
[ECO "A37x"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.Rb1 O-O 8.a3 a5
9.d3 d6 10.Bd2 Be6 ( 10...Rb8 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nc2 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 ) 11.e4 h6
12.Nd5 f5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 cxb4 15.Bxb4 Nxb4 16.Rxb4 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Bc8
18.Qb3 fxe4 19.dxe4 Qf6 20.Nd2 b5 21.h3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Berks U160 v. Oxon U160 Bd 2"]
[Site "Farley Hill"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round ""]
[White "Jon Lloyd"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38j"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 c5 7.a3 Nc6 8.Rb1 Bf5
9.d3 Nd7 10.Nd5 Nb6 11.Ne3 Bd7 12.b4 Qc8 13.b5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.a4 Bh3
16.a5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Bxe3 18.Bxe3 Nd7 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Qd2 Nf6 21.h3 Qf5 22.e4
Nxe4 23.dxe4 Qxe4+ 24.Kh2 Qxc4 25.Rfe1 Rad8 26.Re3 f6 27.Rbe1 e5 28.Rd3
Re6 29.Rc3 Qxb5 30.Qd5 Re8 31.Rb3 Qc6 32.Qxc6 bxc6 33.Rb7 R6e7 34.a6 Kf7
35.Be3 Ke6 36.f4 Rxb7 37.axb7 Rb8 38.Rb1 a5 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.Kg2 a4 41.Kf2
a3 42.Ke2 a2 43.Ra1 Rxb7 44.Rxa2 c4 45.Kd2 d5 46.Kc3 Rb3+ 47.Kd2 d4 48.Bf2
Kd5 49.Ra5+ Ke4 50.Rc5 c3+ 51.Kc1 d3 52.Rxc6 d2+ 53.Kc2 Rb2+ 54.Kd1 Rb1+
0-1
[Event "Witney U 170"]
[Site "Cokethorpe School"]
[Date "2019.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Phil Neatherway"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteECF "158"]
[BlackECF "152"]
[ECO "E66e"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.d5 Na5 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 a6 10.e4 Rb8 11.Qc2 b5 12.b3 b4 13.Nd1 Nxd5 14.Bb2 Nc7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qb2+ Kg8 17.f4 Ne6 18.Nf3 Nc6 19.Ne3 Ned4 20.Rad1 Nxf3+ 21.Bxf3 Bh3 22.
Rfe1 Nd4 23.Qf2 Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 Bc8 25.f5 g5 26.f6 exf6 27.Nd5 f5 28.exf5
Bb7 29.f6 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 h6 31.h4 Re8 32.Rf1 Re5 33.hxg5 Rxd5 34.Qxd5 Qe8
35.g6 Rd8 36.Kg2 Qe2+ 37.Rf2 Qe6 38.Qxe6 fxe6 39.Re2 e5 40.Kf3 Rf8 41.Ke4
Rxf6 0-1
[Event "St Albans U161"]
[Site "St Albans"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "James Wheeler"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteECF "156"]
[BlackECF "143"]
[ECO "B07r"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.d5 a6
9.a4 Rb8 10.h3 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.f4 b4 13.Nb1 Nb6 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.c4 bxc3
16.Nxc3 Qc8 17.Kh2 Ne8 18.Qe2 Nc7 19.Re1 Ra8 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nc4 Qa6 22.
Nxb6 Qxb6 23.e5 Re8 24.Rd1 Bc8 25.Re1 Ba6 26.Qg4 Bc8 27.Qe2 Ba6 28.Qg4
1/2-1/2
[Event "Frome U165"]
[Site "Selwood Academy, Frome"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael Stanners"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteECF "147"]
[BlackECF "143"]
[ECO "B07q"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Bf4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 Qa5
9.Ra2 O-O 10.Be2 Qb4 11.O-O Rb8 12.Re1 Kh8 13.e5 Nh5 14.Bh6 dxe5 15.Bxg7+
Kxg7 16.d6 e6 ( 16...exd6 17.Qxd6 Nhf6 ) 17.a5 Qf4 18.Qd1 b5 19.axb6 Rxb6
20.b3 e4 21.Qa1 Nhf6 ( 21...exf3 22.Nd5+ Qd4 23.Nxb6 fxe2 ) 22.g3 Qf5 23.
Nh4 Qe5 24.Bf1 Rxd6 25.Nxe4 Qxa1 26.Raxa1 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Bb7 28.Rea4 Ra8 29.
Bg2 Bxg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "4NCL Wk 1"]
[Site "Maidenhead"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Danut Joain"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteECF "160"]
[BlackECF "152"]
[ECO "A45f"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bf4 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qd2 c5 6.e3 Bg7 7.h4 a6 8.a4 Qa5
9.Rb1 O-O 10.Be2 Re8 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.b4 Qc7 13.O-O a5 ( 13...Nb6 14.a5 Nc4
15.Qd3 b5 ) 14.Nb5 Qd8 15.Bc4 Nb6 16.Bb3 axb4 17.Qxb4 Nbd5 18.Qc4 Be6 19.
Ng5 Nxf4 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.Qxf4 Bxb3 22.cxb3 Rc8 23.g4 Qd7 24.f3 Kg8 25.g5
Nd5 26.Qe4 Nc3 27.Nxc3 Rxc3 0-1
[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "Bedford - Park Inn"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David Deacon"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteECF "154"]
[BlackECF "144"]
[ECO "A31"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nc2 d5 ( 5...b5 $5 {Might be worth
looking at} ) 6.cxd5 Nxd5 ( 6...Qxd5 7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nb4 {Marginally
better} ) 7.e4 Nb4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10.Nc3 Bxc3+ {Otherwise it is
a dead draw ...} 11.bxc3 Be6 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Bb5 Kc7 14.a4 b6 15.Ba6 ( 15.
O-O ) 15...Na5 16.f3 Nc4 $6 ( 16...Bc4 {Obviously better, but still very
drawish} 17.Bxc4 Nxc4 18.Ke2 ) 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.a5 ( 18.Kf2 Rhd8 19.a5 {
Rooks off down the d file and then opposite coloured bishops - I can's
really get at that c pawn} ) 18...Rhd8 19.Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Chiltern Leaue Open Oxon v. Bucks"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "David Rollinson"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "125"]
[BlackECF "143"]
[ECO "A31"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nc2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 ( 6...Qxd5 7.
Qxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nb4 ) 7.e4 Nf6 ( 7...Nb4 ) 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bg5
Be7 11.Bb5 a6 12.Rd1+ Kc7 13.Be2 Nc6 14.a3 ( 14.f4 ) 14...Rhd8 15.O-O h6
16.Be3 Bb3 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Na1 Be6 19.Na4 Nd7 ( 19...Kb8 20.Bb6 ( 20.Nb6
Rc7 21.f3 Nd4 ) 20...Rd2 21.Bc4 ) 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Bd1 b5 ( 21...Kb8 ) 22.Nc2
1/2-1/2
[Event "Kidlington U180"]
[Site "Exeter Hall, Kidlington"]
[Date "2019.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robin Nandi"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "165"]
[BlackECF "144"]
[ECO "A70k"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nh5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Be3 Re8 ( 11...a6 12.a4 Re8 13.Nd2 Bd4 14.Bxd4
cxd4 15.Ne2 Ne5 16.Ra3 ( 16.Bb1 d3 17.Ng3 Nf4 18.Nf3 Ne2+ 19.Nxe2 Nxf3+
20.gxf3 dxe2 21.Qxe2 Qg5+ 22.Kh2 Bxh3 23.Kxh3 Qh5+ 24.Kg2 Re5 ) ( 16.Nb3
Nf3+ 17.gxf3 Qg5+ 18.Kh2 Qh4 19.f4 Bg4 20.f3 Qxh3+ 21.Kg1 Bxf3 22.Rxf3
Qxf3 ) 16...Qh4 ) 12.Nd2 Qe7 ( 12...Bd4 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Ne2 Ne5 15.Bb5 d3
16.Bxe8 dxe2 17.Qxe2 Qxe8 ) 13.Be2 Nhf6 14.f4 a6 15.a4 Nxe4 16.Ncxe4 f5
17.Bf3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Re1 Qg7 21.Bc1 Bd7 22.Ra2 Rxe1+
23.Qxe1 Re8 24.Qd1 Bd4+ ( 24...Bh4 $1 ) 25.Kh1 Qf6 26.b3 Qh4 27.Re2 Rxe2
28.Qxe2 b5 29.axb5 Bxb5 30.Qe6+ Kg7 31.Kh2 Qf6 32.Bd2 c4 33.bxc4 Bxc4 34.
Qd7+ Kh6 35.g4 Qg7 36.g5# 1-0
[Event "Players Cup"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.07.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "Gareth Stevens"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackECF "154"]
[ECO "A73"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Re8 12.Qc2 Nxd5 13.Ng3 Nb4 14.Qb3 N8c6 15.a3
Nd4 16.Qd1 Nd3 17.Rb1 Nxc1 18.Rxc1 b6 19.Nc4 d5 20.exd5 Qxd5 21.Ne3 Qb3
22.Kh1 ( 22.Nc4 Rad8 ) ( 22.Qg4 h5 ) ( 22.Qxb3 ) 22...Rad8 23.Rc3 ( 23.Ne4
) 23...Qxd1 24.Rxd1 Nf5 ( 24...Ne2 25.Rxd8 Nxg3+ 26.hxg3 Rxd8 27.Rc2 Rd3 )
25.Rcd3 Rxd3 26.Rxd3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Bxb2 28.Rb3 Bd4 29.Nf1 Bf6 30.Rd3 Rd8
31.Rb3 c4 32.Rb1 Rd3 33.a4 Ra3 34.Nd2 Rxa4 35.Ne4 Be5 0-1
[Event "OW Match"]
[Site "Magdalen College School"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round ""]
[White "Hari Selvaraj"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteECF "160"]
[BlackECF "152"]
[ECO "A76"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Qg3 Qe7 14.f4 a6 15.a4 c4
16.Bc2 Nc5 17.Re1 Rab8 18.Bd2 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.e5 Nh5 21.Qf2 b4 22.Na4
b3 23.exd6 ( 23.Bb1 Nxa4 24.Rxa4 dxe5 ) 23...Qxd6 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Bxg6
hxg6 26.Qxc5 Qxc5+ 27.Nxc5 Bd4+ ( 27...Bxb2 28.Ra5 Bd4+ 29.Kh2 b2 30.Rb5
Re2 31.Ba5 Nxf4 32.Kh1 Rxg2 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Bc7 Rg1+ 35.Kh2 b1=Q 36.Rxb1
Rxb1 ) 28.Kh2 Bxc5 29.Rc1 Re2 30.Rxc4 Rxd2 31.Rxc5 Nxf4 32.Rb5 Rd3 33.d6
Rxd6 34.Rxb3 Rd2 35.Rg3 Rxb2 36.Rg4 Nh5 37.h4 Kg7 38.Kh3 f5 39.Rd4 Rb3+
40.Kh2 Nf6 41.Rc4 Ng4+ 0-1
[Event "Cumnor 2 v. Wantage 2 Bd. 1"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round ""]
[White "Peter Hemmings"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteECF "130"]
[BlackECF "152"]
[ECO "A60a"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.dxe6 fxe6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 d4 8.Ne4
Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Bg5 Qe6 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.Bf4 Bxf4
15.Qxf4 Rf8 16.Ng5 Rxf4 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 0-1
[Event "Hereford U 175"]
[Site "Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charles Howard"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteECF "157"]
[BlackElo "152"]
[ECO "A77"]
[Annotator "Bush,I"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.f3 $6 {Can't be right - this pawn wants to be on
f4, and this wastes a tempo in a sharp opening. Better must be Re1 or a4
(White will have to play it at some point). Stats on 365chess.com support
this - Blacks scores 52% from this position} 11...a6 {Not really thinking
of a4 quite yet (but wil do if given the opportunity). Rather to stop a
minot piece coming into b5, which could be irritating. [+0.14]} 12.a4 Ne5
{[+0.34]} 13.Nc4 {Great, can kill off one of White's major positional
threat - play against the weak d6 pawn} 13...Nxc4 14.Bxc4 {[-0.06]} 14...
Nh5 {f4 looks good for his bishop, e5 or d4 looks good for mine. And Qh4
might be possible. Three birds with one stone [-0.10]} 15.g4 ( 15.Be3 f5 )
15...Bd4+ {If I don't do it now I might never.} 16.Kg2 {If I don't do it
now I might never. [+0.20]} 16...Ng7 {Need f6 for the bishop due to the
coming Ne2, and don;t want to allow f4 with tempo [+0.38]} 17.Ne2 Bf6 {
[+0.28]} 18.Qc2 {Sensible to cover e4 - I was strongly considering Bxg4
fxg4 Rxe4 B somewhere Rxg4+. Sacs on g4 and nearby squares to open the
king side are a recurring theme in the game} 18...Rb8 {I just think I am
better - let's prime the Q side threats while he's focused on the K side.
Hopefully one or the other or combined will be decisive [+0.34]} 19.a5 Qe7
{Sit on the position. f4 is now a long way away so he won't fix those
horrible k-side black squares easily, and b7 might also be a good square
for the queen after b5. Also stares distantly at that knight on e2 ...
[+0.45 WHY???]} 20.h3 {Killing ideas on g4, but weakens the black squares
even more.} 20...h5 {Either open the k side or push to h4 grabbing g3.
[+0.54] But maybe} ( 20...g5 {is better} ) 21.Bf4 g5 {[+0.70 !!!!!]} 22.
Bh2 b5 23.axb6 {Pull the q side trigger - add b2 to the list of targets
[+0.68]} 23...Rxb6 24.Rab1 {[+0.73]} ( 24.Rfb1 {Might be better} ) 24...
Be5 {I want to own the dark squares - let's get rid of the bets defender
[+0.55]} 25.Ng3 h4 {Hoping for Nf5 after which I SHALL RULE THE DARK
SQUARES BWAHAHAHA!!!! [+0.00]} 26.Ne2 {Well played!} 26...Bxh2 {[+0.00]}
27.Kxh2 Bd7 {Coming to b5 to stop the bishop covering e2 effectively, and
maybe mend the Q side pawns. But in retrospect am I rushing? Can I just
improve my Knight, through e8 and maybe to the promised lands aka e5 or
d4? What is white going to do in the meantime? [-0.12]} 28.Kg2 Bb5 {
[-0.27] But Reb8 might be better to attack b2 and improve the knight} (
28...Reb8 ) 29.b3 f5 {[+0.00]} ( 29...Reb8 $1 {[-0.50] As usual rushing
things too much. What can white do?} 30.Bxb5 Rxb5 31.Qc3 Ne8 32.Nc1 Nc7 {
[-1.00] Looks like I was right earlier} ) 30.Bxb5 axb5 ( 30...Rxb5 {Got
the wrong plan entirely} ) 31.f4 $2 ( 31.b4 $1 ) 31...fxg4 $6 ( 31...Qxe4+
32.Qxe4 Rxe4 33.Nc3 Rd4 34.fxg5 fxg4 35.hxg4 Rxg4+ {I saw this but thought
I had an improvement [-2.00]} 36.Kh2 ) 32.hxg4 Qxe4+ 33.Qxe4 Rxe4 34.Nc3
Re3 35.Rf3 gxf4 ( 35...h3+ {My improvement was this, thinking I won a
rook, but after } 36.Rxh3 {I have nothing} ) 36.Rxe3 fxe3 37.Kf3 Ne8 38.b4
e2 39.Kxe2 c4 $2 {Loses all my advantage [+0.00]} ( 39...Nc7 ) 40.Ra1 Kg7
41.Kf3 Kg6 {And with me 10 mins on the clock, him 25 we agreed a draw.}
1/2-1/2
[Event "Cumnor 1 v. Cowley 1"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round ""]
[White "Andrew Webb"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteECF "156"]
[BlackECF "152"]
[ECO "A46g"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3 exd5
9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Qb3 b6 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Nbd7 13.e4 Qe7 14.Ng3 h5 15.f3 h4
16.Ne2 Nh5 17.Nc4 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Bd2 Rae8 20.Rae1 Qf6 21.Bc3 Qg5 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23.a4 Qg5 24.f4 Qf6 25.Nc1 Qd4+ 26.Qe3 Qxa4 27.e5 Qd7 28.Qf3 Ng7
29.Nd3 Nf5 30.Nf2 Nd4 31.Qe4 Qf5 32.Qe3 Nc2 33.Qc3 Nxe1 34.Rxe1 Qxf4 35.
Qc2 Rxe5 36.Rf1 Qd4 37.Kh1 Qxd5 38.Ng4 Qe6 39.Nf6+ Qxf6 0-1
[Event "Frome U165"]
[Site "Selwood Academy, Frome"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stephen Appleby"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46f"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.c4 Qb6 8.Nb5
a6 9.Be3 Qa5 10.N5c3 Ng4 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bd2 h6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Bc3 O-O 15.Bxg7
Kxg7 16.Nd2 e6 17.Nc3 f5 18.e4 Nge5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Be4 Rf6 21.Kg2 Qf8 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 23.Nce4 Rf7 24.c5 a5 25.Nd6 Ba6 26.Nxf7 Bxf1+ 27.Nxf1 Qxf7 28.
Qd4 Qf3+ 29.Kg1 Qe2 ( 29...Qd5 30.Qxd5 cxd5 31.Rc1 Rc8 ) 30.Ne3 Kf6 31.f4
gxf4 32.Qxf4+ Kg6 33.Qxe5 Rf8 34.Qe4+ Kg5 35.Qh4+ Kg6 36.Qg4+ Qxg4 37.Nxg4
Rf5 38.Rc1 Rd5 39.Rc2 Kg5 40.Ne3 Rd3 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.Ke2 Rd4 43.Rc4 1-0
[Event "Frome U165"]
[Site "Selwood Academy, Frome"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Gary Walker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "159"]
[ECO "B00b"]
1.e4 g5 2.d4 h6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.Ne2 c5 5.c3 d5 6.e5 Nc6 7.f4 Qb6 8.f5 Bd7 9.
Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nxe5 11.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 Nf6 13.O-O a6 14.a4 Qd6 15.h3
e6 16.Rae1 O-O 17.fxe6 Bxe6 18.Bf2 Rae8 19.Bg3 Qd8 20.Be5 Nh5 21.Ng3 Bxe5
22.Nxh5 Bg7 23.g4 Qb6 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Rxf6 Bf5 26.Rxe8 Qxf6 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8
28.gxf5 Qb6 29.Nxd5 Qxb2 30.Qe4 Qa1+ 31.Kf2 Qb2+ 32.Kg3 Qa3+ 33.Qf3 Qxa4
34.Qe3 Qd7 35.Qe5 f6 36.Qxf6+ Qf7 37.Qxh6+ Ke8 38.Qh8+ Kd7 39.Qe5 Kc6 40.
f6 b5 41.Qc7+ Qxc7+ 42.Nxc7 1-0
[Event "Kidlington U180"]
[Site "Exeter Hall, Kidlington"]
[Date "2019.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Alan Gentry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteECF "144"]
[BlackECF "155"]
[ECO "B21r"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.h3 Nf6 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Qe2 Re8 12.O-O Nde5 13.Bb1 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Bd7 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16.Qe2 b6 17.Qd2 Ne5 18.b3 Bc6 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Nd7 21.f4 Nf6
22.Qd2 Qc7 23.g4 Qb7 24.Qg2 Qc7 {JUst need to sit on the position ...} 25.
g5 Nh5 26.Rf1 ( 26.Bd3 Qc6 {Black will run out of moves ...} 27.Be2 ( 27.
h4 ) 27...e5 28.Bxh5 ) 26...e6 27.Qg4 Qe7 28.Rce1 d5 29.f5 Bc3 30.Re2 exf5
31.exf5 d4 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.Rf3 Rc5 34.Kf2 Re5 0-1
[Event "4NCL Wk 3"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Lucas Barnett-Hariss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "144"]
[BlackECF "110"]
[ECO "B21o"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxd4 e6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Qd2
d5 9.e5 a6 10.Be2 Bd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfd1 Nf5 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.g4 Nfe7 15.Bf6
Qd8 16.Qf4 Rc8 17.h4 Rc7 18.h5 h6 19.Bd3 g5 20.Nxg5 Bxf6 21.Bh7+ Kg7 22.
Qxf6# 1-0
[Event "Bucks v. Oxon Bd 13"]
[Site "Farley Hill, Bucks"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Peter Tickner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "144"]
[BlackECF "143"]
[ECO "B21r"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.h3 h6 7.c4 e6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.
Be3 a6 10.O-O g5 11.Nd2 {Preparing f4} ( 11.Na4 {Considered this but
thought it too slow - the computer disagrees} 11...Nf6 12.Bb6 Qd7 ) ( 11.
Nd4 {Was my other thought} ) 11...Ne5 12.Be2 Bd7 13.f4 Ng6 ( 13...gxf4 14.
Bxf4 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Qxb2 16.Rc1 {Saw this - didn't believe Blacks's position
- coumputer more or less agrees (+1 to me)} ) 14.f5 Nf4 15.Bxf4 ( 15.fxe6
{Preferred by the computer} 15...Bxe6 16.Nd5 ) 15...gxf4 16.Rxf4 Qb6+ 17.
Kh1 Bg5 $6 {Probably expecting Rf1} 18.Rf3 $1 {Protecting c3 and preparing
to double on the f file} 18...Nf6 ( 18...Qxb2 $2 19.Nb3 Qa3 20.fxe6 fxe6
21.Qd4 e5 22.Qb6 Ne7 23.Raf1 {According to the computer} ) 19.fxe6 fxe6 (
19...Bxe6 {Probably better, at least more circumspect} ) 20.e5 $1 ( 20.c5
$3 Qxc5 21.e5 Nd5 22.Nde4 {Improved line of my already good plan} ) 20...
dxe5 21.Nde4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Be7 $2 ( 22...O-O-O 23.Nd6+ Kc7 24.Rb3 Qd4 25.
Nf7 {But better than played} ) 23.Rb3 Qc6 24.Bh5+ Kd8 25.Bf3 Qa4 26.Rd3 (
26.Rxb7 {AS played good enough but this is much better} 26...Rf8 27.b3 Qc6
28.Nf6 ) 26...Kc7 27.b3 Qc6 28.Nf6 {Good enough but ...} ( 28.Ng3 Rac8 29.
Bxc6 Bxc6 {Got carried away - I don't need the knight on f6 to win the
piece ...} ) 28...Bxf6 29.Bxc6 Bxc6 30.Qh5 $6 ( 30.Rg3 {LOOK IAN - JUST
PLAY THIS AND WIN THE GAME!!!} ) 30...Raf8 ( 30...e4 {Obvious really - but
White still easily winning} 31.Rdd1 Bxa1 32.Rxa1 Rae8 33.Qe5+ ) 31.Rf1 {
Preparing the insanity - I played the next very quickly.} 31...Rhg8 32.
Rxf6 $3 {?? Exclams for what the computer thinks of this - Queries for
common sense of the move} ( 32.Rf2 ) 32...Rxg2 33.Qxe5+ Kb6 34.Rd5 {Still
plenty good enough , saw this interference when I played Rf1... Is this a
study?} ( 34.Qd4+ Ka5 ( 34...Kc7 35.Rf7+ Bd7 36.Qxd7+ Kb6 37.Qc7+ Ka7 38.
Qxb7# ) 35.Qc5+ Bb5 36.cxb5 Rg5 37.Qc3+ Kxb5 38.Rd6 Rg4 39.hxg4 Rg8 40.a4#
{Obviously ... But went into this line feeling something like this must be
knocking about so should have tried harder} ) 34...Rfg8 {But missed this
and mildly panicked} 35.Qd4+ Kc7 36.Rf7+ $6 {White still easily winning
but makes it harder than it should be - as Gary Jackson of Banbury pointed
out after the game} ( 36.Rxe6 {Just wins} ) 36...Kc8 37.Qa7 Rg1+ 38.Qxg1
Rxg1+ 39.Kxg1 exd5 40.cxd5 Bxd5 41.Rh7 {And a trivially won endgame -
black can never get his king into the game, but he should have done better
than he did} 41...Be4 42.Rxh6 Bb1 43.a3 Ba2 44.b4 Bd5 45.Rh7 Kd8 46.Kf2
Ke8 47.Ke3 Kf8 48.Kd4 Bc6 49.Kc5 Kg8 50.Rc7 1-0
[Event "FWS v. Cowley Chessnuts"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "John Taylor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "144"]
[BlackECF "115"]
[ECO "B21y"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.e5 Ng4 8.exd6
e6 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.O-O Kd7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Nc7 Rb8 13.h3 Nf6 14.Ng5 Nd8 15.Qa4+
Qc6 16.Qxc6+ bxc6 17.Nxf7 Nxf7 18.Bxe6+ Kd8 19.Bxf7 h6 20.Be5 Rb7 21.Rfe1
Rb6 22.Rad1 1-0
[Event "St Albans U161"]
[Site "St Albans"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Robert Page"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "142"]
[ECO "B21z"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2
Be7 9.Rd1 Bd7 10.Bg5 ( 10.Nb5 Qb8 11.Bf4 {Need to investigate this line} )
10...a6 11.e5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Rc8 14.Bb3 Qc7 15.Qe2 O-O 16.Rac1
Bc6 17.Bc2 Rfd8 18.Re1 Rd7 19.h3 Qd8 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bb1 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Rc7 24.Rd1 Qc8 25.Qd3 g6 26.Bh6 Bf8 27.Bf4 Rc6 28.h4 Bg7 29.Qe2
Rc4 30.Be3 {Remarkably accurate according ot he computer so far. But
massively down on clock, material and position I go into swindle mode -
that rook won't have a huge number of squares ...} 30...Rxh4 31.b3 Qc7 32.
f4 h5 33.Rc1 Qd7 34.Rd1 f5 $6 {It starts to wobble} 35.Bd3 b5 $6 36.Qf2
Rg4 $2 37.Be2 $10 Qb7 38.Bxg4 hxg4 {Patzer sees sees a check} 39.Qh4 Kf7
$6 40.Qh7 $1 Qc8 $4 {Oh dear ... I'm winning!} 41.Rc1 $1 Qd7 $4 ( 41...Bc6
{Least of all evils} ) 42.Bd4 Kf8 ( 42...e5 43.Bxe5 {At the board I was
most worried about this line and couldn't see if he had a perpetual or
not. But just had to see what happened, totally committed to this attack}
43...Qa7+ 44.Kh1 Bxg2+ 45.Kxg2 Qb7+ 46.Kg1 Qb6+ 47.Kf1 {For some reason at
the board I thouht he could go Qf3+ here, but he can't! No perpetual,
white now has a wide choice of ways to win} ) 43.Bxg7+ Qxg7 44.Rc8+ {A
worse capitulation than me gainst Nick!} 1-0
[Event "4NCL Wk 4"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2019.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Armaan Gogia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "171"]
[ECO "B22h"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nc6 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2
Qd8 9.a3 Be7 10.Bf4 Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.
Rfe1 Na5 16.Qe2 ( 16.Ne5 Nb3 17.Qe3 ) 16...Bxa3 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Bb1 Nc4 19.
Qc2 ( 19.d5 Nxd5 ( 19...Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Rxd5 ) 20.Bxe7
Qxe7 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 ) 19...g6 20.h4 Qc7 21.Ne5 ( 21.d5 exd5 22.Nb5
Qc5 23.Nxa7 ) 21...Na3 22.Qd3 Nxb1 23.Rxb1 Rfd8 24.Bf4 ( 24.Nb5 Qc2 25.Qh3
) 24...Nh5 25.Bh2 Bxh4 26.g4 Nf6 27.Nf3 Qc6 28.d5 Nxd5 29.Ne5 Qc5 30.Qf3
Rc7 31.Nd3 Nxc3 32.Nxc5 Bxf3 33.Bxc7 Rc8 34.bxc3 Rxc7 35.Ne4 Rc4 36.Nd2
Rxg4+ 37.Kf1 Bd5 38.Ra1 Bg5 39.Ke2 a5 40.Rab1 Bd8 41.Red1 Bc7 42.Nf1 Rf4
43.Rd2 Bc4+ 44.Ke3 Rh4 45.Rd4 Rh3+ 46.Kd2 Ba6 47.Ne3 Rh2 48.Ng4 Rg2 49.
Nf6+ Kf8 50.Ke3 Be5 51.Nd7+ Ke7 52.Nxe5 h5 53.Rxb6 Bf1 54.Rd1 1-0
[Event "Cumnor 1 v. Wantage 1"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Simon Richards"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "125"]
[ECO "B21z"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2
Nf6 ( 8...a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 {is required if he wants to play Qc7} ) 9.Rd1 Qc7
$6 ( 9...e5 {is the main line of the Morra - white has good compensation
for the pawn through a potential white square bind and grabbing space on
the Q side, but can be difficult to get more.} ) 10.Nb5 Qb8 11.Bg5 ( 11.
Bf4 e5 12.Bg5 a6 13.Bxf6 axb5 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Bxb5 ) 11...a6 12.Bxf6 axb5
13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.Bxb5 {Small advantage to white} 14...Bd7 15.a3 h6 16.Rd2
Rd8 17.Rad1 Be8 18.Qe3 Na5 19.Bxe8 Nc4 {Idiot - saw this after 18 ... Ne5
and promptly forgot. Lucky to have a get out } 20.Qf4 Kxe8 21.Rc2 b5 22.
Qc1 Qb7 23.Nd4 Rac8 $2 24.a4 $1 Qxe4 25.Nxb5 d5 26.b3 Nb6 ( 26...Ne3 $4 {I
was hoping for this - on first glance looks killing but ...} 27.Nd6+ $3
Rxd6 28.Rxc8+ Ke7 29.fxe3 ) 27.Rxc8 Nxc8 28.Qc6+ ( 28.Qc5 ) 28...Kf8 29.
Qc7 ( 29.a5 Qb4 30.a6 Qxb3 31.Rc1 Kg8 32.a7 Nxa7 33.Nxa7 ) 29...Re8 {
Faffed around - should advance the Q side pawns} 30.Qc5+ Ne7 31.Qd4 $2 {
Loses all my advantage!} 31...Qc2 32.Qd3 Rc8 33.h3 ( 33.g3 {Obviously
better - saves a King move later on} ) 33...Qxd3 34.Rxd3 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Nc6
36.Rc3 {Misjudged the endgame - his pawns being easier to push than mine
is more important than outside passed pawns. Anyway plan is tie him up on
the Q side then munch the k side} 36...Rxc3 37.Nxc3 d4 38.Nb1 $2 {Stupid
passive move} ( 38.Ne4 f5 39.Nd2 ) 38...e5 39.Kg3 f5 40.Kf3 e4+ 41.Ke2 (
41.Kf4 $1 {Stops the K side pawns} ) 41...g5 42.Nd2 Ke7 43.Nc4 Ke6 44.a5
Kd5 $6 {All equal again} ( 44...Nb4 {Stopping the a pawn} ) 45.a6 Na7 46.
Kd2 Kc5 47.Ne5 Kb5 $2 {Losing blunder!} ( 47...Nb5 {More important to
support the k side pawns - the king can stop the Q side ones} ) ( 47...Kb6
{Works as well} ) 48.Nf7 {White is winning now} 48...Kxa6 49.Nxh6 f4 50.
Nf7 Nb5 51.Nxg5 Nd6 52.h4 Kb5 53.h5 e3+ 54.fxe3 fxe3+ 55.Kd3 Nf5 56.g4 Ng3
57.Kxd4 e2 58.Nf3 1-0
[Event "FWS v. Cowley"]
[Site "Rose Hill"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "Semi-Final"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Sara Sengenberger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "127"]
[ECO "B22h"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 ( 6...Bg4 7.Nc3
Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qxd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.Nb5 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8
Nf6 14.Bb5+ Kd6 15.Be3 ) 7.Nc3 Qd8 8.d5 Nb8 9.Qb3 Nd7 10.Qxb7 Nc5 11.Bb5+
Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Nb5 Rc8 14.O-O Nc5 15.Qxa7 Qd7 16.Qxd7+ Nxd7 17.Bf4 (
17.Re1 Kd8 18.Bd2 ) 17...f6 18.Rfc1 Nb6 19.Rxc8+ Nxc8 20.a4 g5 21.Bc7 Nd6
22.Nfd4 Nxb5 23.axb5 e5 24.Ne6 Ne7 25.Ra8+ ( 25.b6 Kf7 26.b7 Bg7 27.Nd8+
Kg6 28.b8=Q {Why force her to clear the back rank when that's precisely
what I don't want her to do!} ) 25...Kf7 26.Nd8+ Kg6 27.d6 Nf5 28.Ne6 Kf7
29.Rxf8+ Kxe6 30.Rxh8 Nxd6 31.Bxd6 Kxd6 32.Rc8 {One of the most accurate
games I have ever played!} 1-0
[Event "Frome U165"]
[Site "Selwood Academy, Frome"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Chris Strong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "145"]
[ECO "B21x"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.Qe2
Bf6 9.Rd1 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 O-O 12.Bxd6 Qa5 13.Bb5 Rd8 14.Bxe7 Nxe7
15.Rxd8+ Qxd8 16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Qc4 1-0
[Event "Frank Wood Shield: Cumnor v. Cowley Pins"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2018.05.10"]
[Round "Semi-Final"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Bob Waugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21r"]
[WhiteBCF "151"]
[BlackBCF "152"]
{Pre-Game thoughts: I know Bob well but never actually played him. He
mixes his openings up, not sure what I'll get today}
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 d5 $2 {I'll take this any day of the
week!} 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.Qxd5 ( 7.exd5 {might be better but I
thought "Keep it simple, I'm a pawn up, let's try and get the Queens off"}
) 7...Nf6 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7 9.Nd2 ( 9.f3 {might be easier, but I anticipated
the Ne5 tatical idea coming up, so I thought I could develop more
naturally this way} ) 9...O-O-O {I thought he might go after the slightly
weak d3 square, and through that the e4 or f2 pawns} 10.Ngf3 Nc5 11.Ne5 {
But I saw this as a solution - he has a weak pawn himself on f7. That said
} ( 11.Ng5 Nd3+ 12.Ke2 Rd7 13.Nxf7 {might be even better, but he has some
counter-play. Keep it simple will be the motto today!} ) 11...Nd3+ 12.Nxd3
Rxd3 13.Ke2 Rd8 14.f3 e5 15.Nc4 {All just natural. I plan to stick my
Bishop on e3, swap the rooks off down the d file and as many of the minor
pieces as I can, and win the pawn endgame.} 15...Bd6 {So he wants to give
me a bishop for a knight? My bishop on e3 will be quite good and his knigt
will have no really useful outposts so I'm more than happy to do that. I
expected} ( 15...Nd7 {But it doesn't change the pna much. Not only will I
have an extra pawn, but my minor pieces will be better than his} ) 16.
Nxd6+ Rxd6 17.Be3 {This must be among the best positions I've had all
season!} 17...Rhd8 18.Rhd1 b6 19.Rxd6 Rxd6 {Just carrying on with the plan
} 20.a4 ( 20.Rd1 {Was the alternative, but let's get the pawns moving and
start to threaten his Q side pawns. It also might make hime reveal what he
plans with his knight - e8-d6-c4 and d7-c5 both looked like possibilities
to me} ) 20...Nd7 {Ok, now I know what he is doing with the knight let's
complete phase 1 of the plan. Keep it simple...} 21.Rd1 {That said} ( 21.
a5 Kb7 22.axb6 axb6 {may be better} ) 21...Rxd1 22.Kxd1 {Phase 2:
establish a Q side passed pawn - ideally not the a pawn just in case it
queening on the wrong colour becomes an issue} 22...Kb7 23.Kc2 Kc6 24.b4
f6 25.Kb3 a6 26.Kc4 b5+ 27.Kb3 g6 28.c4 bxc4+ ( 28...f5 29.axb5+ axb5 30.
exf5 gxf5 {Comes to much the same as the game, but I think I better avoid}
31.c5 {as that might make it difficult fior my king to penetrate his
position later} ) 29.Kxc4 f5 30.b5+ axb5+ 31.axb5+ {Phase 3: Use the
passed pawn to penetarte his position with my king} 31...Kd6 32.exf5 {
Avoid tricks based on ... fxe4 fxe4 Nf6 winning back the pawn. Keep it
simple!} 32...gxf5 33.Bc1 {The one move I'm annoyed with today. The idea
was Ba3+ to help my king penetrate his position. But simply moving the
bishop up and down theg1-a7 diagonal while he runs out of moves is much
simpler and better. Now I have to work a little harder than I needed to.}
33...Nb6+ 34.Kd3 Kd5 ( 34...Kc5 35.g4 fxg4 36.fxg4 Kxb5 37.Ke4 Nd7 ( 37...
Nc4 38.Kd5 {and his king is tied to the knight and his knight to the pawn
- so I can just advance on the k side} ) 38.Bb2 {Wins the pawn back with
his king totally off side} ) 35.Be3 Nc4 {I'd seen the up comming tactic
before he played this} 36.b6 e4+ 37.fxe4+ fxe4+ 38.Kc3 Nd6 ( 38...Nxe3 39.
b7 Nd1+ 40.Kd2 e3+ 41.Kxd1 ) 39.g4 {Get the k side pawns moving and take
away f5 from the knight} 39...Kc6 40.Kd4 Kxb6 {He offered a draw totally
missing} 41.Kd5+ Kc7 42.Bf4 e3 43.Bxd6+ Kd7 44.Bb4 e2 45.Ke4 Ke6 46.Kf3
Ke5 47.Bc3+ {Keep it simple!} 1-0
[Event "Llandudno Major"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Paul Benson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "158"]
[ECO "B22a"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 g6 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qd8 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Qb3
e6 9.Nf3 Ne7 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nbc6 12.Bg5 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.O-O-O Nxd5
15.Bxd5 O-O 16.Bc3 Bh6+ 17.Kb1 Bf5+ 18.Ka1 Qc7 19.h3 Rfe8 20.Rhe1 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Rd8 22.g4 Bc8 23.Bf6 Rf8 24.Qc3 Qa5 25.Qxa5 Nxa5 26.Re7 Nc6 27.Bxc6
bxc6 28.Rxa7 Bf4 29.Ra4 Bb8 30.Re4 Be6 31.Nd4 Bd5 32.Re1 Ba7 33.Rc1 Bxd4
34.Bxd4 Ra8 35.a3 Ra4 36.Be3 Rc4 37.Rxc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "OW Match"]
[Site "Magdalen College School"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Edison Xu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "152"]
[BlackECF "171"]
[ECO "B22h"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2
Bxc3 9.Bxc3 e4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne7 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Rd1 Qc5 14.Qa4+ Nc6
15.Bb5 O-O 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Qxc6 bxc6 18.Rd6 Rfc8 19.O-O Be6 20.Re1 Bd5 21.
a3 Rd8 22.Ba5 Rxd6 23.exd6 Be6 24.Rxe4 c5 ( 24...Kf8 25.f4 ) 25.Rxe6 fxe6
26.d7 1-0
[Event "MCS 1 v. Cowley 1"]
[Site "MCS"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Catalin Viscu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "148"]
[BlackElo "155"]
[ECO "B21w"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.e5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5
Bxe5 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qd5+ e6 11.Qxe5 Qf6 12.Qc7 Ne7 13.Bf4 Re8 14.O-O-O
Kg8 15.Rhe1 Rf8 16.Bh6 Re8 17.Ne4 Qh4 18.Bg5 Nd5 19.Rxd5 exd5 20.Bxh4 dxe4
21.Qc4+ d5 22.Qxd5+ Be6 23.Qxb7 Bxa2 24.Bf6 Bf7 25.Rxe4 Rec8+ 26.Bc3 Rab8
27.Qa6 Bd5 28.Qf6 Rxc3+ 29.Qxc3 Bxe4 30.Qc4+ Kf8 31.Qxe4 Re8 32.Qf4+ Kg8
33.Qc4+ Kf8 34.Qf4+ Kg8 35.Qc7 Rf8 36.Qxa7 Rf7 37.Qd4 h5 38.b4 Rf5 39.g4
hxg4 40.Qxg4 Kg7 41.Qxf5 gxf5 42.b5 1-0
[Event "4NCL"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Chris Tombliss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21w"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb5
Qb8 9.e5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Re1 Qb8 12.Qd4 b6 13.Bf4 d6 14.Bxd6 Bxd6 15.
Nxd6+ Ke7 16.Nf5+ Ke8 17.Nxg7+ Kf8 18.Qxf6 Rg8 19.Bxe6 Qb7 20.Bd5 1-0
[Event "Cowley 2 v. MCS 1"]
[Site "Rose Hill"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Ray Starkie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "148"]
[BlackElo "178"]
[ECO "B21v"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Bc5 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Qe2 (
8.e5 ) 8...b5 9.Bb3 Nge7 10.e5 Ng6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.exd6 O-O 14.
Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 Nge5 16.Rac1 Bb7 17.Nxe5 fxe5 18.f4 $6 ( 18.Bc2 ) 18...exf4
19.Bxf4 Qh4 ( 19...Nd4 $1 ) 20.g3 Qh3 ( 20...Nd4 $1 ) 21.Rfd1 Qf5 22.Bc2
Qf6 23.Qh5 g6 24.Qc5 Rab8 $6 ( 24...Rac8 $1 ) 25.Bb3 Rfc8 26.Qe3 Rf8 27.
Rc5 Rbc8 28.h4 Na5 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Bxe6+ dxe6 31.d7 Rf8 32.d8=Q ( 32.Bg5
$1 Nc4 33.Bxf6 Nxe3 34.d8=Q Rxd8 35.Rxd8+ ) 32...Rxd8 33.Rxd8+ Qxd8 34.
Qxe6+ Kg7 35.Be5+ Kh6 36.Bf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Cowley 2 v. MCS/B 1 Frank Wood Shield Semi-Final"]
[Site "Rose Hill"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Ray Starkie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21r"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 d6 5.c4 Nf6 6.h3 g6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Nd5 Qb8 15.Nd4
Rfe8 16.Nb5 Nd7 17.Bb1 Ba8 18.Qg4 Nce5 19.Qh4 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Nc4 21.Nd4 Nxe3
22.fxe3 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Ne5 24.b4 Bf6 25.Qf2 Rc8 26.Nc6 Nxc6 27.dxc6 b5 28.e5
Bxe5 29.Be4 e6 30.Rf1 f5 31.g4 fxe4 32.Qf7+ Kh8 33.Qd7 Rc7 34.Rf8+ Qxf8
35.Qxc7 Qf4 ( 35...Bg3 ) 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Kh8 38.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Oxon U150 v. Berks U 150"]
[Site "Victory Hall"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Trevor Passby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "148"]
[BlackElo "144"]
[ECO "B21t"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 d6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.e5 d5 8.Bb5+
Nfd7 9.Nxd5 e6 10.Nf6+ Ke7 11.Qd6# 1-0
[Event "Witney U 170"]
[Site "Cokethorpe School"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Andrew di Vetta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteECF "152"]
[BlackECF "154"]
[ECO "B21y"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O a6 8.Qe2
Qc7 9.Rd1 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rac1 Rd8 13.Nd5 Qb8 14.Nxe7 Ngxe7
15.Rc3 O-O 16.Ng5 h6 17.Qh5 Ng6 18.Nxe6 Nxf4 19.Nxf4 Ne5 20.Nd5 Ng6 21.Rg3
Kh7 22.Nf6+ Kh8 23.Rxg6 ( 23.Bxf7 ) 23...fxg6 24.Qxg6 Rxf6 0-1
[Event "Hereford U 175"]
[Site "Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Jack Rye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "152"]
[BlackECF "137"]
[ECO "B21x"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bg5
b5 ( 8...f6 {or} ) ( 8...h6 {now or after the next move would be book, Van
Wely preferred the former
(https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1630005), Kasparov the
latter (https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070396)} ) 9.Bb3 (
9.Bxb5 $1 axb5 10.Nxb5 {Should have seen this - standard get a knight into
d6 tricks in the Morra} ) 9...Qb6 10.Re1 ( 10.Nd5 {Thematic Sicillian Sac.
Looked hard at this but wasn't quite convinced, so decided to prepare it,
but it's Stockfish's choice.} 10...exd5 11.exd5 Nd8 12.Re1 d6 13.Be3 Qb7
14.Bf4 Qd7 15.a4 {sort of things} ) 10...Ng6 11.Nd5 {Can't resist now!}
11...Qa7 $6 ( 11...Qb8 {Better. It makes it harder for me to gain time
with threats gainst the queen} ) ( 11...exd5 $4 12.exd5+ Nce7 13.d6 {Wins,
white has just many too many threats} ) 12.Rc1 {No need to hurry, he can't
take the knight, and Sacs on c6 with mate on d8 come into the equation
now, and it also stops Bc5} 12...Be7 ( 12...Bc5 13.Rxc5 Qxc5 14.Nc7+ ) 13.
Nxe7 Ngxe7 {Stockfish prefers this but considering what comes later} (
13...Ncxe7 {might be more prudent} ) 14.e5 ( 14.Be3 {Immediately might be
better} ) 14...O-O {Tempting fate! Confidence of youth or inexperience of
a junior? My opponent is 16.} 15.Be3 {c5 or d6 look mighty fine squares -
another dark squared weakness! Look! Ian do positional!} 15...Qb7 16.Bc5
Re8 $2 ( 16...f5 ) ( 16...f6 ) 17.Bc2 $1 {But fairly obvious} 17...a5 $4 {
But in a horrible position - everything is losing.} 18.Bxh7+ $1 {"Timeo
Danaos et dona ferentes" - Virgil} 1-0
[Event "Oxon v. Berks"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Gaurav Kamath"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteECF "152"]
[BlackECF "137"]
[ECO "B21n"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 Na5 8.Bb5+
Bd7 9.Qa4 b6 10.O-O Be7 11.Re1 Bxb5 12.Qxb5+ Nd7 13.d6 Bf6 14.cxd4 a6 15.
Qd5 O-O 16.Ne4 exd4 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Qxd4 Re8 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.Bf4 Nxd6
21.Bxd6 Nb7 22.Nc3 Qxd6 23.Qxd6 Nxd6 24.Rd1 Nb5 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.a3 f6 27.
g3 Kf7 28.Rd7+ Kf8 29.Rb7 Ra6 30.Kg2 h6 31.Kf3 Kg8 32.Ke4 Ra4+ 33.Kd3 b4
34.axb4 Rxb4 35.Kc3 Rb5 36.b4 g5 37.Kc4 Rf5 38.Rxb6 Rxf2 39.Rd6 Kf7 40.b5
Ke7 41.Rd3 Rxh2 42.b6 Rb2 43.Kc5 Rc2+ 44.Kb5 Rb2+ 45.Kc6 Rc2+ 46.Kb7 h5
47.Kb8 f5 48.b7 f4 49.gxf4 g4 50.Rd5 g3 51.Rxh5 g2 52.Rg5 Kd7 53.Rg6 Rf2
54.f5 Ke7 55.Ka7 Ra2+ 56.Kb8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Witney U170"]
[Site "Cokethorpe School"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "George Georgiou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "144"]
[BlackECF "155"]
[ECO "B14v"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2
O-O 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O Nc6 11.a3 Bf6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Bh6 Bg7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Rad1 Nce7 16.Ne4 b6 17.h4 Bb7 18.Qd2 h5 19.Rfe1 Nf5 20.Neg5 Nd6 21.Rxe6
Qd7 22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Rxg6+ fxg6 24.Ne6+ Kh7 25.Bxg6+ 1-0
[Event "Players Cup"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Nick Burrows"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteECF "144"]
[BlackECF "175"]
[ECO "B13y"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3
dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Ba2 Na5 14.Qd3 ( 14.Ne5
) 14...h6 ( 14...Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxd4 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.h4 $15 ) 15.Bh4 Nd5 $2 (
15...Bxf3 ) 16.Bxe7 ( 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxe7 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Qxe7 ) 16...Nxe7
17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Ne5 Nac6 19.Bb1 ( 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Bxe6 ) 19...g6 20.Ng4 (
20.Qh3 ) 20...Kg7 $2 ( 20...Qf4 21.Re4 Qg5 $14 ) ( 20...Nf5 $2 21.d5 exd5
( 21...Rfd8 22.Qh3 Nce7 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Nxh6+ ) 22.Nxd5 Qd8 23.Ndf6+ Kg7
24.Qh3 ) 21.Qe3 Ng8 ( 21...Rh8 ) 22.d5 exd5 23.Nxd5 Qb8 ( 23...Qd6 ) 24.
Qc3+ f6 $2 ( 24...Ne5 25.Qxe5+ Qxe5 26.Nxe5 $16 ) 25.Qd3 f5 26.Re6 ( 26.
Nxb6 axb6 27.Qc3+ Nd4 28.Qxd4+ Kh7 29.Qd7+ ) 26...Rce8 ( 26...h5 ) 27.Rxe8
Qxe8 28.Qc3+ Kf7 $4 29.Nxh6+ $2 ( 29.Nc7 Nb4 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.Qxb4 {And
apparently mate in 8} ) 29...Nxh6 30.Nf6 $4 ( 30.Re1 Qd8 31.Ba2 ) 30...Qe5
31.Rd7+ Kxf6 32.Qxe5+ Nxe5 33.Rxb7 Rc8 0-1
[Event "Cumnor 1 v. Cowley 4"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Kelly Riley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "116"]
[ECO "D42i"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.cxd5
Nxd5 9.a3 Bf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 g6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Ne5 Nxd4 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.
Qxd4 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Qe7 17.Qf3 Rd8 18.Rac1 Rd5 19.Bf4 Bg7 20.Ng4 Rf5 21.Qe3
g5 22.Bg3 f6 23.Rc7 Qe8 24.Qd3 Rd5 25.Nxf6+ Bxf6 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Qh6+ Kg8
28.Qxf6 Rd7 29.Qxg5+ Kf7 30.Rc3 Qh8 31.Rf3+ 1-0
[Event "Frome U165"]
[Site "Selwood Academy, Frome"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "George Georgiou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "143"]
[BlackECF "151"]
[ECO "B14w"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2
Nc6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 b6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Bc2
Re8 16.Qd3 Rc8 17.Rad1 ( 17.d5 Nb8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Rad1 Bxc3
21.bxc3 Bxd5 22.Ba4 {Ideas based on Ba4 are what I missed and why I didn't
play d5 at that point} ) 17...Nb8 18.d5 ( 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.d5
Bxc3 21.bxc3 Bxd5 22.Ba4 ) 18...Ba6 19.Qe3 Nxd5 ( 19...exd5 20.Ba4 b5 21.
Nxb5 Bc5 22.Qxe8+ Qxe8 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Nc3 ) 20.Qe4 Bxh4 21.
Qh7+ Kf8 22.Nxd5 f5 23.Qh8+ Kf7 24.Ne5# 1-0
[Event "Players Cup"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Simon Terrington"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "152"]
[BlackECF "159"]
[ECO "D42i"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3
Nc6 9.a3 O-O 10.O-O Bf6 11.Re1 b6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Be4 Qd7 14.Qc2 ( 14.Bg5
Bb7 ( 14...Bxg5 15.Nxg5 g6 16.Qf3 ) ( 14...h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Qc1 ) 15.Qd3
) 14...Bb7 15.d5 exd5 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bf5 Qd6 18.Qa4 g6 19.Bd3 Kg7 20.Bf4
Qd8 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Re8 24.Qd4 Qf6 25.Rae1 Rac8 26.h3 (
26.f4 ) 26...Rc1 27.Rxc1 Rxe5 28.Bf1 Ba6 29.f4 Rf5 30.Qxf6+ Kxf6 31.Bxa6
Rxf4 32.Rf1 Ke5 33.Rxf4 Kxf4 34.Kf2 f6 35.Bd3 g5 36.Bc2 f5 37.g3+ Ke5 38.
h4 gxh4 39.gxh4 Kf4 40.h5 Kg5 41.Bd1 f4 42.Bf3 d4 43.Ke2 Kf5 44.Kd3 Ke5
45.h6 Kf6 46.h7 1-0
[Event "4NCL Wk 1"]
[Site "Maidenhead"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "James Ward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "152"]
[BlackECF "163"]
[ECO "B13v"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nxd4 9.O-O-O e5 10.f4 Bg4 11.Nf3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Rc8 13.fxe5 Rxc4 14.
exf6 Ne6 15.Rhe1 h6 16.fxg7 Bxg7 17.Rd8# 1-0
[Event "Players Cup"]
[Site "Cumnor"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "Mark Sayers"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteECF "154"]
[BlackECF "152"]
[ECO "B01w"]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3
( 8.c4 Ndb4 9.Qe4 Be7 10.a3 Na6 11.b4 ) 8...Be7 9.c4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rd1
Ng4 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nc3 h6 16.Nge4 Qe7 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6
18.d5 Ne5 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.d6 cxd6 21.Ne4 Qf4 22.Nxd6 Re7 23.c5 Rd7 24.b4
Ng6 25.Re1 Qf6 26.Qb5 Qe7 27.Qa4 {Down to less than 5 minutes - I won the
a pawn and managed to win the ending in the time scramble} 1-0
[Event "University 2 v. Cumnor 1"]
[Site "Worcester College"]
[Date "2019.01.24"]
[Round ""]
[White "Shree Nahata"]
[Black "Ian Bush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackECF "144"]
[ECO "B08d"]
[FlipB "1"]
1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Bc4 e5 (
8...Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Bxe4 e5 $10 {Is what the computer likes.
But e5 is not a disaster} ) 9.d5 ( 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bc5 Re8 {
had me a little concerned, but black is fine} 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.O-O b6 14.
Be3 Bb7 15.f3 ) 9...Ne7 {I want to prepare f5 but should be a bit careful
until he castles - which he doesn't do for a long time} ( 9...Nd4 10.Nxd4
exd4 11.Bxd4 Nxe4 12.Bxg7 Re8 13.O-O Kxg7 {Might be better than played} )
( 9...Na5 10.Be2 c6 11.b4 cxd5 12.Nxd5 ( 12.bxa5 d4 ) 12...Nc6 {Might also
be better - missed the pawn fork idea} ) 10.Qd2 {Didn't like Ne8 KI style
as he hasn't castled - wanted a waiting move and this seemed the most
constructive, freeing g8 for the f6 knight} 10...Kh8 11.Bh6 Nfg8 12.Bxg7+
Kxg7 $10 13.h4 Bg4 ( 13...h6 {is simpler and better} 14.h5 g5 {but 13 ...
Bg4 is not a disaster} ) 14.Ng5 h6 {The correct response!} 15.f3 Bc8 (
15...Bd7 {is a little better supporting b5, but I was worried about a
potential sac on e6 gaining a tempo on the bishop, hence Bc8} ) 16.g4 $5 {
Now I miscalculated} 16...f5 $6 {To make space for the king. And morally I
have to play this move at some point, otherwise all my previous play is