(1) Young,Ben (1400) - Farrell,Keith (1385) [A00]
Gosford Champ 2007 Gosford (6), 26.11.2007
[notes by Keith]
1.h4 d5 2.h5 h6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bf4 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.c3 e5 7.Be3 d4 8.cxd4 exd4 9.Bf4 Bxc5 10.a3 Bg4 11.f3 Bxh5 12.g4 Bxg4 13.fxg4 Nxg4 14.Qc2 Qb6?! 15.Qe4+ Be7 16.b4 Nf6 17.Qf5 Nxb4 18.axb4 Bxb4+ if black had any attack ... 19.Bd2 0-0 20.Bxb4 Qxb4+ Diagram
21.Nd2 d3 [21...Rad8 22.-- d3 was what I had in mind] 22.exd3 Rfe8+ 23.Be2 Diagram
Fritz 7 Depth 16 at 535 kN/second +1.84 recommends Qc3 or Rad8
Fritz 8 Depth 16 at 560 kN/second +1.62 recommends Qc3 or Rad8
Fritz 9 Depth 17 at 616 kN/second +1.26 recommends Rac8 or Rad8
Junior 8 Depth 18 at 250 kN/second -0.17 recommends Rad8 or Qc3
Shredder evaluates as +0.73
Rybka 2.3 evaluates at -0.03
Analysis by Zappa 1.1:
23...Rad8 24.Rb1 Qc3 25.Rh3
+/= (0.55) Depth: 13 00:00:00
(Farrell, 19.12.2007)
23...Ng4 24.Rh4 Qb2 [24...Qd4 25.Rxg4 Qxa1+ Crafty still (although only barely) likes this position for black while junior and Fritz prefer white with] 25.Rb1 Ne3 26.Rxb2 Nxf5 27.Rf4 Ne3 black offered a draw 28.Kf2 b6 29.Bf3 Rad8 30.Re4! each piece exchange makes it more difficult for black to keep up 30...Nf5 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Nc4 g5 33.Be4 Nh4 34.Nd6 Rd8 35.Nf5 Nxf5 36.Bxf5 Rd5 37.Be4 Re5 38.Ra2 f5 39.Bg2 a5 40.d4 Re8 [40...Re6 heading for e3 and then d6 falls to the Rook-pin 41.Bd5] 41.d5 Kg7 42.Rb2 Rb8 43.d6 Kf7 44.d7 Ke7 45.Bc6 Kd6 [somehow I imagined 45...Kd6 46.Ba4 Kc5 47.-- b5 though this fails ignominiously to 48.Rxb5+ Rxb5 49.Bxb5 (or even 49.d8Q ) 49...Kxb5 50.d8Q] 46.Bb5 Ke7 [but then I saw the reality of 46...Kc5 47.Ba6 (while 47.Rc2+ Kxb5 48.Rc8 is rather brutal and to the point) 47...Rd8 (forced since if my rook stays on the Queenside 47...-- 48.Bc8 and promotes) ] 47.Rc2 Rd8 48.Rc8 h5 49.Nf3 g4 50.Ne5 1-0
(2) Hoseman,Bill (1094) - Farrell,Keith (1316) [A07]
Gosford Summer 2008 (3), 12.02.2008
[notes by Keith]
1.Nf3 time control G60 plus 30 secws Fischer increments 1...d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Bf5 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bc5 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.c4 Be7? 9.Qb3? [9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 Nd4 (since 10...Qxd5?? allows 11.e4) ] 9...dxc4? [9...e4 10.Nh4 Nd4 11.Qxb7 Nxe2+; 9...d4? was the only alternative I had in mind] 10.Nxc4 Nd4 11.Qxb7 Nxe2+ 12.Kh1 Nd4? W 40 B 43 13.Nfxe5 which I missed entirely 13...h6 14.Be3 Nc2 15.Rac1 Nxe3 16.fxe3 the Knight capture may have been wiser but connecting the centre pawns 16...Bh7?? [16...Bxd3?? since 17.Rfd1 and trapped] 17.Nc6 [the text is good but this cements and increases the lead 17.Qxa8 Qxa8 18.Bxa8 Rxa8] 17...Qd7 18.N4e5 Qd6 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Nc6?! [20.Qxc7 Rae8 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.d4] 20...Qxe3 21.Qxc7 Diagram
and then my mind was taken over with thoughts of 'Philidor'e legacy' which I had just shown some junior players the week before - even so far as quoting the game Irina Krush had played a very recently in Corus which involved the threat of said legacy.21...Ng4 22.Ne7+ [22.-- Nf2+ 23.Kg1?? (rather than the simpler (if you are familiar with the mate) 23.Rxf2 Qxc1+ 24.Rf1 Qxb2 25.Ne7+) 23...Nh3+ 24.Kh1 Qg1+ 25.Rxg1 Nf2#] 22...Kh8 23.Bxa8 Rxa8? [23...Nf2+ 24.Rxf2 Qxf2 25.Bg2 Qxb2] 24.Nd5?? [24.Qc8+ Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Bg8 26.Rxg8+ Kh7 27.Rxg7+ Kxg7 28.Nf5+ Kg6 29.Nxe3] 24...Nf2+?? [24...Qxd3 25.Qc4 Be4+ 26.Kg1 Qd2 with the threat of mate on h2 extremely strong 27.Rc2 Bxc2] 25.Kg2! Qxd3 26.Nf4? [26.Nf6 gxf6 27.Rxf2 Kg7 28.Qf4] 26...Be4+ the only realistic move, and I thought at the time that it might well lead to victory 27.Kxf2 Qf3+ [27...Qd4+ would have been better] 28.Ke1 Qe3+ 29.Ne2 Bd3 30.Rf2 Re8 31.Rc2 [31.Rc3 I was concerned of this move] 31...Bxc2 [31...Qe4 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.Rxf4 Bxc2] 32.Qxc2 Qb6 33.Kf1 Qa6 34.Qb3 Re7 35.Qb8+ Kh7 36.Qf4 Qa5 my only thought was to tie the Knight down (else Qe1 +) and the hope that I could be a further irritant to my opponent and encorage rashness [36...Qxa2 37.Nc3 Qa6+ 38.Kg1 Re1+ 39.Kg2 Qb7+ 40.Kh3 Qd7+ 41.Qf5+ not what black wants at all 41...Qxf5+ 42.Rxf5 Re7] 37.Qd6 which Bill calmly avoids (rashness that is) 37...Re5?! doubling Rook and Queen while offering the f-pawn for foggy reasons (being clearer lines for a possible sequence of checks 38.Qd3+ Kg8 W 43 B 26 39.Qc4 Re6 still offering that f-pawn 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qc2+ Kg8 42.Nd4 Re1+ 43.Kg2 Qd5+ 44.Nf3 g5 45.Rd2 Qa8 46.Kf2 Re8 47.Qc4 Rc8 and black offered a draw 48.Qd5 Qb8 49.Qf5 Qb6+ 50.Nd4 Rc6 51.Qb5 Rf6+ 52.Ke2 Qd8 53.Nf5 Re6+ 54.Ne3 Qa8 55.Rd3?? Diagram 55...Qg2+! 56.Kd1 Qf3+ 57.Kc2 Rxe3 with another draw offer [57...Qe2+ 58.Kc1 Rxe3 59.Qb8+ Kh7 60.Qxa7 Qf1+ 61.Rd1 Qc4+ 62.Kb1 Re2 63.Qd4 Qc2+ 64.Ka1 g4] 58.Qb8+ Kg7 59.Qd6 Qe2+ 60.Rd2 Qc4+ 61.Kd1 Qf1+ [61...Qa4+ 62.b3 Qg4+ 63.Kc1 Re4 (63...Rc3+ 64.Kb1 Qe4+ 65.Kb2) ] 62.Kc2 Qc4+ [62...Qf5+ 63.Kc1 Re4] 63.Kd1 Qf1+ 64.Kc2 Qc4+ 65.Kd1 draw agreed
timea left w 35 b 6.15 1/2-1/2
(3) Bassett,Duncan (1317) - Farrell,Keith (1316) [C50]
Toukley Open 2008 (4), 19.02.2008
[notes by Keith]
time control - 60 mins with 30 secs increments - fischer mode 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.a3 [4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.0-0; 4.-- Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Nc3 d6] 4...Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3 Re8 8.g4 Na5 [8...Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.Rg1 Bh5 11.Bh6 Bf6 12.Be3] 9.Ba2 Nc6 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.b4 h6 12.Nf3 Nxg4?! 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Be3 Kh7? Diagram
[14...Kh8 15.Rg1] 15.Rg1 Bh5 16.Ng5+ Bxg5 17.Qxh5 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Qf6 19.Rf1 Qg6 20.Qf5 Ne7 21.Qxg6+ fxg6 22.Rxf8 Rxf8 23.Nb5 a6 24.Nxc7 g5 25.Nd5 Ng6 26.Nb6 g4 27.Be6 g3 [27...h5 I even thought at the time this was probably sounder; 27...h5 28.Ke2 Kh6 29.Rf1 Re8 30.Bc8 g3 31.Rf7 Nh8 (31...h4) ] 28.Bf5 h5 very slow 29.Kf1 Kh6 [29...Rf6 30.Kg2 h4 31.Kh3; 29...Kh6 30.Kg2 h4 31.Kh3 Kh5 32.Bxg6+ Kxg6 33.Kxh4] 30.Kg2 h4 31.Rh1 Kg5 32.Bxg6 Rf2+ I thought at the least this would be a delaying tactic and snatching a tempo, I felt that no matter what I had to keep my pawns 33.Kg1 Rxc2 34.Bf5 Rc1+ [34...g6 35.Bh3 Kh5 36.Nc4 g5; 34...Rc3 35.Nd5 Rxa3 36.d4? I rued the possibly half chance I had to get my g-pawn on the g5 square (36.Kg2 Rxd3 37.Ne7 Rxe3 38.Ng6 Re2+ 39.Kh3 b6) ] 35.Kg2 Rc2+ 36.Kh3 Rc3 37.Nd5 Rxa3 38.d4? exd4 39.exd4 Rd3 40.Rf1?? Rd2! 41.Rh1 Rxd4 Diagram 42.Ne3 Rxb4 I had no inkling of where this Knight would (of course) go - fortunately I had a small tactic - which may have unbalanced Duncan 43.Ng2 g6 44.Nxh4?? [44.Bg4; 44.Bc8 was what I thought was to happen 44...a5 45.Rd1 a4 46.Rxd6 a3 47.Be6 Rb1 threatening mste] 44...gxf5 note 45.Nf3+ [45.Nxf5 Rxe4 46.Nxg3 Rh4+ 47.Kg2 Rxh1 48.Nxh1 a5] 45...Kf4 46.Rf1 fxe4! [46...Kxe4 was pretty strong too] 47.Nd2+ Ke3 48.Nb1 d5 49.Kxg3 b5 50.Na3 Rb3 51.Nb1 Ke2+ 52.Kg2 d4 53.Rf2+ Kd3 54.Nd2 Rc3 W 31 B 31 [54...Rb2 55.Nxe4 Rxf2+ 56.Nxf2+ Ke2 57.Nh3 d3 58.Nf4+ Ke3] 55.Nf1 e3 56.Ra2 Diagram 56...Rc2+ 57.Rxc2 Kxc2 58.Kf3 b4 white resigns
W 26 B 30 0-1
(4) Bassett,Duncan (1317) - Farrell,Keith (1316) [C50]
Toukley Open 2008 (4), 19.02.2008
[notes by Keith]
time control - 60 mins with 30 secs increments - fischer mode 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.a3 [4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.0-0; 4.-- Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Nc3 d6] 4...Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3 Re8 8.g4 Na5 [8...Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.Rg1 Bh5 11.Bh6 Bf6 12.Be3] 9.Ba2 Nc6 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.b4 h6 12.Nf3 Nxg4?! 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Be3 Kh7? Diagram
[14...Kh8 15.Rg1] 15.Rg1 Bh5 16.Ng5+ Bxg5 17.Qxh5 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Qf6 19.Rf1 Qg6 20.Qf5 Ne7 21.Qxg6+ fxg6 22.Rxf8 Rxf8 23.Nb5 a6 24.Nxc7 g5 25.Nd5 Ng6 26.Nb6 g4 27.Be6 g3 [27...h5 I even thought at the time this was probably sounder; 27...h5 28.Ke2 Kh6 29.Rf1 Re8 30.Bc8 g3 31.Rf7 Nh8 (31...h4) ] 28.Bf5 h5 very slow 29.Kf1 Kh6 [29...Rf6 30.Kg2 h4 31.Kh3; 29...Kh6 30.Kg2 h4 31.Kh3 Kh5 32.Bxg6+ Kxg6 33.Kxh4] 30.Kg2 h4 31.Rh1 Kg5 32.Bxg6 Rf2+ I thought at the least this would be a delaying tactic and snatching a tempo, I felt that no matter what I had to keep my pawns 33.Kg1 Rxc2 34.Bf5 Rc1+ [34...g6 35.Bh3 Kh5 36.Nc4 g5; 34...Rc3 35.Nd5 Rxa3 36.d4? I rued the possibly half chance I had to get my g-pawn on the g5 square (36.Kg2 Rxd3 37.Ne7 Rxe3 38.Ng6 Re2+ 39.Kh3 b6) ] 35.Kg2 Rc2+ 36.Kh3 Rc3 37.Nd5 Rxa3 38.d4? exd4 39.exd4 Rd3 40.Rf1?? Rd2! 41.Rh1 Rxd4 Diagram 42.Ne3 Rxb4 I had no inkling of where this Knight would (of course) go - fortunately I had a small tactic - which may have unbalanced Duncan 43.Ng2 g6 44.Nxh4?? [44.Bg4; 44.Bc8 was what I thought was to happen 44...a5 45.Rd1 a4 46.Rxd6 a3 47.Be6 Rb1 threatening mste] 44...gxf5 note 45.Nf3+ [45.Nxf5 Rxe4 46.Nxg3 Rh4+ 47.Kg2 Rxh1 48.Nxh1 a5] 45...Kf4 46.Rf1 fxe4! [46...Kxe4 was pretty strong too] 47.Nd2+ Ke3 48.Nb1 d5 49.Kxg3 b5 50.Na3 Rb3 51.Nb1 Ke2+ 52.Kg2 d4 53.Rf2+ Kd3 54.Nd2 Rc3 W 31 B 31 [54...Rb2 55.Nxe4 Rxf2+ 56.Nxf2+ Ke2 57.Nh3 d3 58.Nf4+ Ke3] 55.Nf1 e3 56.Ra2 Diagram 56...Rc2+ 57.Rxc2 Kxc2 58.Kf3 b4 white resigns
W 26 B 30 0-1
(5) Farrell,Keith (1292) - Kodzoman,Ivan (1576) [C11]
Mingara Vs Ettlong match 1 2008, 05.05.2008
[notes by Keith]
1.e4 we were playing board 2 Game in 80, Ivan took a 13 min penalty for not recording
times - W - 1hr 20 min B - 1 hr 7 min 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bb5 c6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bb3 Qb6 9.0-0 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 times W - 1.10 B 1.06 11.a3 [11.Bxd5 exd5 12.Qxd5 (12.Nxd5 Qc6) ; 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxd5 0-0] 11...Nc6 12.Ba2 a6 13.b4 W - 1.03 B - 1.05 13...Be7 14.Bf4 [14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Nxd5; 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bxd5 a5 16.Be3] 14...Qc7 15.Re1? a palid move [15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qxd5 0-0 17.e6 Qxf4 18.exf7+ Kh7 19.Qxc6] 15...Nxb4! 16.Nxd5? Nxd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qxd5 Bb7 19.Qd2 Qc6 20.Re3 0-0 21.Rc3 Diagram
21...Qe6 22.Nd4 Qd5 23.Rg3 g5?? and now instead of 3 pawns-worth up black has dropped to an even game
W - 49 B - 1.00 24.h4?! [24.Bxg5 was the way to go 24...hxg5 25.Rxg5+ Bxg5 26.Qxg5+ Kh7 27.Qh4+ Kg8 28.Qg5+] 24...Nxe5! 25.hxg5 hxg5?? W 47 B 1.00 [the reflex capture was no good, although consistent with the speed-chess Ivan was playing 25...Ng6 covering the exposed king was a priority] 26.Bxg5! Bxg5? 27.Rxg5+ Kh7 28.Rh5+ Kg7?? 29.Rg5+?? white offered draw [29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Qh8#; 29.Nf5+ Kg8 30.Ne7+ Kg7 31.Qh6#] 29...Kf6?? black moved and _then_ accepted, I pointed out that he could _offer_ a draw and that I would think about it [29...Kh7 30.Qe3 Nf3++-] 30.Qf4+!! Ke7 31.Rxe5+ Qxe5 32.Qxe5+ Kd7 33.Rd1 Rfe8 34.Nxb5+! Kc6 35.Rd6# W 40 B 55 1-0
(6) purdyesque (1155) - aussiemickyc (912) [B21]
rated blitz match Free Internet Chess Server, 07.05.2008
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qa4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qd5 Bc6 9.Qf5 e6 10.Qh5 Nf6 11.Qh3 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.c3 Bf5 14.Qg3 e5 15.Be2 e4 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Be3 Be7 18.0-0 Bh4 19.Qxg7 Bf6 20.Qh6 Be5 21.Rad1 Qb6 22.b3 0-0-0 23.Ne6 Qc6 24.Nxd8 Kxd8 25.Bg5+ Kc7 26.f4 Bxc3 27.f5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Nc6 29.Bf4 Bxf5 30.Bxd6+ Qxd6 31.Qxd6+ Kb6 32.Rxf5 Rd8 33.Qh6 Rxd1+ 34.Bxd1 f6 35.Qe3+ Bd4 36.Qxe4 Nb4 37.Qxd4+ Kc7 38.Qxb4 b5 39.Rc5+ Kb6 40.Bf3 f5 41.Rc6+ Kb7 42.Qe7+ Kb8 43.Qc7+ Ka8 44.Qa7+ aussiemickyc forfeits on time 1-0
