Gosford (CCLCCC) Club Championship 2008

Round 4 (of 7) results, excellant results from Jeff and Rocky
 1 Colin N Rowlison 1821 [3]      0:1    Jeffrey Young    1624 [3]  
 2 Benjamin Young   1338 [2]      0:1    John Curtis      2246 [3]  
 3 Allen Robinson   1514 [2]      0:1    Rocky Jacobs     1362 [2]  
 4 John L Pascoe    1432 [2]      1:0    Michael Roche    956  [2]  
 5 Keith R Farrell  1358 [2]      1:0    Duncan Bassett   1307 [1]  
 6 Gary Losh        1483 [1]      1:0    Bill Hoseman     1066 [1]  
 7 Neil Clark       1175 [1]     .5:.5   Carlos Gutierrez 1177 [1]  
 8 Tom Wallace      1100 [.5]     -:+    Paul Russell     1131 [1]  
 9 Gary Russell     1250 [0]      1:0    Kevin Wills      1043 [0]  
10 Keith Hogan      1303 [0]      1:0    Michael Russell  1209 [0]  
11 Tyler Gunn       800  [0]      0:1    Gus Divitina     1350 [0]
We have 22 players now ! - here are the pairings for round 5 (barring any surpise defaults or unusual circumstancses

 1 John Curtis      2246 [4]       :     Jeffrey Young    1624 [4]  
 2 Keith R Farrell  1358 [3]       :     Colin N Rowlison 1821 [3]  
 3 Rocky Jacobs     1362 [3]       :     John L Pascoe    1432 [3]  
 4 Michael Roche    956  [2]       :     Allen Robinson   1514 [2]  
 5 Gary Losh        1483 [2]       :     Paul Russell     1131 [2]  
 6 Neil Clark       1175 [1.5]     :     Benjamin Young   1338 [2]  
 7 Carlos Gutierrez 1177 [1.5]     :     Gary Russell     1250 [1]  
 8 Duncan Bassett   1307 [1]       :     Keith Hogan      1303 [1]  
 9 Gus Divitina     1350 [1]       :     Bill Hoseman     1066 [1]  
10 Tom Wallace      1100 [.5]      :     Kevin Wills      1043 [0]  
11 Michael Russell  1209 [0]       :     Tyler Gunn       800  [0]
with so many players we have 1st,2nd,3rd prizes and 2 (perhaps 3) performance prizes
 No  Name              Loc  Score Exp. Chg*K  Rav Rprfm

1.  Curtis, John      2246 4.0/4 4.00     0 1411  2410
2.  Rowlison, Colin N 1821 3.0/4 3.64   -12 1444  1637
3.  Young, Jeffrey    1624 4.0/4 2.80    24 1473  2472
4.  Robinson, Allen   1514 2.0/4 2.20    -4 1479  1479
5.  Losh, Gary        1483 2.0/4 2.32    -6 1422  1422
6.  Pascoe, John L    1432 3.0/4 2.20    16 1394  1587
7.  Jacobs, Rocky     1362 3.0/4 1.96    20 1370  1563
8.  Young, Benjamin   1338 2.0/4 1.12    18 1501  1501
9.  Farrell, Keith R  1358 3.0/4 1.56    28 1438  1631
10. Bassett, Duncan   1307 1.0/4 1.24    -4 1447  1254
11. Russell, Gary     1250 1.0/4 2.44   -28 1172   979
12. Gutierrez, Carlos 1177 1.5/4 1.52     0 1268  1181
13. Clark, Neil       1175 1.5/4 1.56    -2 1253  1166
14. Hoseman, Bill     1066 1.0/4 0.56     8 1381  1188
15. Wills, Kevin      1043 0.0/4 0.96   -20 1241   242
16. Roche, Michael    956  2.0/4 0.52    30 1280  1280
17. Russell, Paul     1131 0.0/2 0.28    -6 1436   437
18. Wallace, Tom      1100 0.0/2 0.84   -16 1159   160
19. Hogan, Keith      1303 1.0/1 0.63     8 1209  2208
20. Russell, Michael  1209 0.0/1 0.37    -8 1303   304
21. Divitina, Gus     1350 1.0/1 0.97     0  800  1799
22. Gunn, Tyler       800  0.0/1 0.03     0 1350   351

(919) Farrell,K - Bassett,D [C40]
Gosford Club Championship 2008 (4), 19.11.2008
[notes by Keith]

I turned up for the G90 game 17 minutes late 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 Diagram Damiano Defence - Analysed as inferior circa 1590 - though there is a gambit line - where black does not 3...fe 3.Nxe5 Farrell-Bassett_8 (22K)
I was committed now, oddly enough about a week earlier I had looked at Staunton's Manual and I kept hovering over his evaluation that 'blacks position is hopeless after the recapture', so I thought 'yeah I can just take the e-pawn' , but I was also nervous since while I looked at sample games in the database the play was highly tactical and Duncan can be tricky of course this judgement was circa 1847 !! 3...fxe5? 4.Qh5+ Ke7 [ 4...g6 5.Qxe5+ Qe7 6.Qxh8 Qg7 ( 6...Nf6 and while white is handily in front materially, I am not at all comfortable with it being hemmed in - even though there is nothing to capture it and it will eventually become active - for black to completely keep it penned up clogs up his/her own game; 6...Qxe4+ 7.Kd1 black has to be cautious of further loose pieces, the Queen lined up in front of the vulnerable King stuck in the middle - all thes add up to loss of tempi) 7.Qxg7 Bxg7 8.Bc4 Ne7 9.0-0 d6 10.d3; 4...g6] 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+
Farrell-Bassett_9 (21K)
6...d5! [ 6...Kg6 mate in 11 7.Qf5+ Kh6 8.h4 ( 8.d4+ is actually worse since any forced mate is further away 8...g5 9.h4 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Qe7 11.Bxg5+ Kg7 12.Bxe7 Bxe7 13.Qf7+ Kh6 14.g4 d5 15.g5+ Bxg5 16.hxg5+ Kxg5 17.Rh5+ Kg4 18.Be2#) 8...Qe7 9.d3+ g5 10.hxg5+ Kg7 11.Bd2 d5 12.Bc3+ Nf6 13.gxf6+ Kf7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Qxd5+ Be6 16.Qxe6+ Qxe6 17.Bxe6#] 7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.d3 [ 8.d4?? h6 ( 8...Bd6! the queen is trapped - it will cost a piece to save it) 9.Be6 Bd6 10.Qf5# 1-0 Alfonsi,J-Thim Siong,M/L'Etang 2001/CBM 85 ext; 8.f4 h6 9.f5+ Kh7 10.0-0 Nf6 11.Bf7 Rg8 12.d3 Bd6 13.Qc3 Nc6 14.Bf4 Rf8 15.Bg6+ Kh8 16.Nd2 Bb4 17.Qc4 Bxd2 18.Bxd2 Ne5 19.Qb3 Qd4+ 20.Kh1 Neg4 21.h3 Nf2+ 22.Kh2 Qd6+ 23.g3 Qd4 24.Qb4 N6g4+ 25.hxg4 Nxg4+ 26.Kh3 Qf6 27.Kg2 Bd7 28.Rae1 Bc6 29.Bc3 Qg5 30.Qd4 Rg8 31.Re2 Rad8 32.Qc5 Rd6 33.Bd2 Qe7 34.Bf4 Rd7 35.Qxa7 Rgd8 36.a3 Nf6 37.Rfe1 b6 38.Qa6 Rd4 39.Be3 Ra4 40.Bc5 Qxc5 41.b4 Qd4 42.Qc4 Qxc4 43.dxc4 Rd4 0-1 Boros,D-Bordas,G/Budapest 1999/EXT 2002; 8.Qg3+ Qg5 thus shows my reason for moving the d-pawn 9.Qxc7 Ne7 ( 9...Qxg2?? 10.Qf7+ Kh6 11.e5 ( 11.d4+) ) ; 8.h4 this looked good to me - except I didn't know how to dig his king out of h7 8...h5 9.Bxb7 Bd6 ( 9...Bxb7?? 10.Qf5+ Kh6 11.d4+ g5 12.Qf7) ] 8...Bd6 times W 55 mins left B 82 mins 9.Qd4 Qf6 10.Qe3 Ne7 W 49 B 80 11.Bc4 h6 12.Nc3
Farrell-Bassett_10 (21K)
12...c6 13.Bd2 b5 14.Bb3 Na6?! 15.d4 Qg5
Farrell-Bassett_11 (21K)
16.f4 Qxg2?? 17.0-0-0?? I missed it - a combo of not looking with fresh eyes - visualization 17...Kh7 18.Rdg1 Qh3 19.Rg3 [ 19.Qxh3 Bxh3 20.Rg3 Bd7] 19...Qh5 20.Rhg1 g5 times - W 33 B 1.03 (63 mins) 21.e5 [ 21.fxg5 Bxg3 22.Qxg3 Ng6] 21...Nf5
 Farrell-Bassett_12 (21K)
22.Qe4 Be7 23.fxg5!! Qg6 24.R3g2 W 27 B 47 [ 24.gxh6 Qxg3 ( 24...Nxg3 25.Rxg3 Bg4 ( 25...Qxe4 26.Rg7#) ) Junior 8: 25.Rxg3 19.29/13 24...h5 25.Rf2 Nc7 26.d5? [ 26.Bf7 Qxf7 27.g6+ simple really; 26.e6 which looked good to me 26...Rf8 27.Rgf1] 26...cxd5! 27.Nxd5 W 13 B 45 27...Bb7 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Qxb7 [ 29.Nxh5+ Rxh5 30.Qxb7 Bd8] 29...Rhc8 30.Qe4 [ 30.Nxh5+ Qxh5 31.Rxf5 Bc5 32.Qc6 Ne6 33.Qxe6 Rc6 34.Qf6+ Kh7] 30...Bc5 31.Rxf5 Bxg1 W 5 mins 56 secs B 33 mins 32.Nd7 a5 33.a3 a4 34.Ba2 [ 34.Rf7+] 34...Re8 35.e6 [ 35.Rf7+ Qxf7 36.Bxf7 Kxf7 37.g6+ Ke7 38.Qc6 Kd8 39.Nf6 Re7 40.Qd6+ Kc8] 35...Nxe6 36.Bc3+ Kh7 [ 36...Bd4 37.Bxd4+ Nxd4 38.Qxd4+ Kh7 39.Nf6+ Qxf6 40.Qxf6] 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Qb7+ Qf7 39.Nxh5+ white had 3 mins 59 seconds left and black took about 17-20 minutes before continuing 39...Kh7 40.Qxf7+ Ng7 41.Qxg7# *

      

(142) Russell,G - Wills,K [C30]
Central Coast Interclub 2008 Gosford (3), 19.11.2008
[notes by Gary Russell and Paul Russell too]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 I didn't expect his d6 move, so I thought I would give him a choice, while freeing up my bishop 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.d5 Nd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4 I remembered what you said about knights in my territory. 8...Qe7 I didn't understand the Qe7 reply, as my pawn was already well protected 9.Bd3 Bf5 cheeky move by Kevin, explains his Qe7 move. 10.0-0 Bd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Ng4 13.h3 h5 I suspect he wants me to take the knight so my h flank is opened up for his rook and queen. 14.d6 cxd6 15.exd6 Qxd6 16.Qxd6 Bxd6 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Re1+ Be6 I was hoping for Kevin to move his king so that he couldn't castle. 19.Ne4 Be5 20.g3 0-0-0 Diagram
21.Bf4 Bxb2 Diagram

I sacrificed the pawn, expecting a better position, but it didn't play as I expected white bishop moved from c1 to f4, and black bishop from e5 taking pawn on b2. 22.Rab1 Bd4+ I didn't expect this reply. 23.Kg2 Rh3 Diagram

looking bad here (expecting Kevin to double up on his rooks) now I spent about twenty minutes thinking about the next series of moves. 24.Nd6+ Kd7 25.Rxb7+ Kc6 Diagram

26.Be4+ [ 26.--] 26...Kc5 I thought about this possible reply to my check, and didn't mind if it occured, but I was really expected to trade bishops [ I was planning the following to occur: 26...Bd5 27.Bxd5+ Kxd5 28.Nxf7 Rf8 29.Ng5 Rhh8 and then I would have my rooks in a good position without being threatened with impending checkmate.] 27.Rc7+ Kb6 28.Rc6+ Ka7 29.Rb1 Rb8 30.Rc7+ Rb7 31.Rbxb7+ Ka8 32.Rb6+ black resigns Kevin can only do a delaying move Bd5 with me responding BxB++ 1-0



from the previous round - the pressure an outside passed pawn (that somehow evades capture) has :

(917) Russell,Paul - Farrell,Keith [C48]
Gosford Club Championship 2008 (3), 11.08.2008
[notes by Keith]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 d6 5.d3 Bd7 6.Bg5 Be7 7.0-0 a6 8.Bc4 [this being a game from this position 8.Bc4 Na5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bd5 c6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.h3 h5 14.hxg4 hxg4 15.Nd2 Bg5 16.Re1 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Qh4 18.Kf1 Qh1+ 19.Ke2 Qxg2 20.Kd1 Rh2 21.Qe2 g3 22.fxg3 Qxg3 23.Qe3 Nxb3 24.axb3 Qg4+ 25.Ne2 Ke7 26.Qg3 Qh5 27.Qxg7 Rh8 28.Rxa6 Rh7 29.Ra7+ Ke6 30.Qf8 Qg5 31.Qe8+ Kf6 32.Rxf7+ Rxf7 33.Rf1+ Kg6 34.Qxf7+ Kh6 35.Rf6+ 1-0, Zavodny Z - Dokladal P, Brno (Czech Republic) 1964] 8...0-0 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Qe3 Bh5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Bg5 14.Qg4 white had the little tactic of Nxc7 ... Qxc7, Qxg5 which I decided to avoid 14...Bh6 15.Rad1 Na5 16.b3 ? up till this point (tactically according to Fritz and certainly from my point of view) Paul has not put a foot wrong - this being the first time white has lost his opening edge 16...b5 ?! [16...c6 17.Ne3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 b5 19.b4 -1.34 Shredder 9.11] 17.b4 bxc4 18.bxa5 cxd3 19.cxd3 c6 20.Nb4 ?! [20.Nb6 Ra7 -0.08 Shredder 9.11] 20...Qxa5 21.Nxc6 Qxa2 22.Qd7 Qe6 23.Qb7 a5 "passed pawns must be pushed" they say, I thought there was an outside chance of it actually causing a win of material, but a) for needed distraction - particularly that pesky knight and b) that pawn had no safe home 24.Ra1 a4 25.Qb4 Qb3 ? [and if ...Qd7 instead of ...Qb3 25...Qd7 -0.09 Shredder 9.11 26.Na5 Rfb8 27.Qxa4 Qxa4 28.Rxa4 Bd2 29.Nc6 Rxa4 30.Nxb8 Ra3 31.Nc6 Rxd3 32.Rb1 g6 33.Ne7+ Kg7 34.Nd5 -1.04 Shredder 9.11] 26.Rfd1 apparently Paul misthought the same way I did [26.Qxb3 axb3 27.Rab1 is as far as I 'thought' 27...Ra3 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Nf5; 26.Qxd6 I darn well forgot about this pawn (thes -two- pawns ! ) since I somehow though I was attacking the d3 pawn myself ???] 26...Qxb4 27.Nxb4 a3 28.Ra2 Rfb8 Diagram

29.Rb1 ?? going from an evaluation of minus 1 to minus 3.3 in one move - the pinned knight (with a back-rank weakness) is ... [29.Nc2 is what I expected 29...Rb3 30.Kf1 f6] 29...g6 wth the twofold idea of freein up my own back rank and getting the Bishop to f8 and whipping up some sort of double-attack on the knight. movig the Rook to a4 never really occurred to me - Iwas too worried/paranoid over my own back-rank [29...Ra4! 30.h4 Rbxb4 an example of poor calculation - I never really considered taking with the b-rook (30...Raxb4 31.Rxa3 -- a 'blank' move - I wasn't calculating well that night anyhow, but with a dose of fear I imagined quite a lot 32.Rxb4 Rxb4 33.Ra8+ such things nightmares are made of) ] 30.Raa1 Bd2 [30...a2 31.Nxa2 Rxb1+ 32.Rxb1 Rxa2] 31.Nc2 Rxb1+ [31...Bc3] 32.Rxb1 a2 33.Rd1 Bc3 34.Na1 Rb8 Diagram

we both knew what was coming35.Rf1 Bxa1 36.h3 Rb1 37.g3 Rxf1+ [this altternative was perhaps neater 37...Bd4 38.Rxb1 axb1Q+] 38.Kxf1 Bc3 39.Ke2 a1Q 40.f4 Qe1+ 41.Kf3 h5 setting up a mating net, slthough an alternative was more efficient [this being the alternative line 41...Qf1+ 42.Ke3 Qg1+ 43.Kf3 Be1 44.Ke2 Qf2+ 45.Kd1 Qd2#] 42.fxe5 Bd4 white's time has 56 minutes left while black has 33 minutes left - this is deceptive since white only sped up the last dozen moves or so [42...Bxe5] 43.Kf4 Bxe5+ 44.Kg5 Qe3+ 45.Kh4 Qxg3# or the Bishop capture mated to 0-1

(32) Glover,Richard - Spencer,Adam [B01]
abc radio game, 11.2008

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Ba4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bf5 8.b3 b5 9.b4 Qxb4 10.Bb3 e6 11.Bb2 Be7 12.g4 Nxg4 [12...Bg6] 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Rg1 [14.d4 as suggested by radio listener] 14...Qf4 15.Rg3 Bh4 16.Ne2 [16.Qe2] 16...Bxf3 17.Nxf4 Bxd1 18.Rxg7 Bf3 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 Diagram

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this game is still going (at the rate of one move a day - Adam moves in the morning, Richard in the evening) - if you want to follow it : abc-chess
Richard Glover's sometime Second has been Clarice Koh - elder sister to young Cedric, who recently played in the World Youth Championship, our own Paul Russell has played Cedric it turns out, young Mr Koh won that enconter too

(31) Vojdani,Siavosh - Koh,Cedric [A00]
world Youth Champs under 10 division

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5!? Diagram

and thus starts the Marshall attack this position has been reached many many times before, a grandmaster told me in Adelaide that if I were going to play the Ruy Lopez then I *should* know *something* of the Marshall - ok the emphasis I added there 9.exd5 Nxd5 [9...e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.d4 fxg2 12.Qf3 and this is a line that certainly raised the hais on *my* neck - thus I wasn't too sure I wanted to know more of Ruy Lopez/Marshall] 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qf3!? [15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Qf1] 15...Bg4 16.Qg2 Qh5 17.Be3 Bf3 18.Qf1 Rae8 [18...f5 19.Nd2 f4] 19.Nd2 Bg4 20.Bd1 f5 21.c4 [21.Bxg4 safer] 21...Nxe3 22.Rxe3 f4! 23.Re4? fxg3 24.hxg3 Bxg3 25.Qg2 Bxf2+ 26.Qxf2 Rxf2 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Kxf2 Bxd1 29.Rxd1 bxc4 30.Re1 Qf7+ 31.Kg1 Qf6 32.Ne4 Qxd4+ 33.Kh1 Qd5 34.Kh2 Qe5+ 35.Kh1 Qxb2 36.a4 Qe5 37.Kg1 c3! 38.Kf2 c2 39.Kf3 g5 white resigned 0-1

       The Marshall attack - that reminds me ... of one of my better umm 'numerical' ratings-wise results

(389) Farrell,Keith (1250) - Bergmanis,Olgert (1868) [C89]
Aust Champs 1989 Sydney (1), 1989

Rating: 1868 The Australian Championship (Reserves) held in Sydney 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.c3 d5 Diagram

9.d3 Be6 with the extra tempo I somehow shored up my position and we later drew - a highlight for me and a good start in Round 1 - Pity my next non-zero score wasn't till round 9 (at the rate of a game a day) and after I caught the bye [9...dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Nxe4 was what I envisioned (everything else I saw looked more painful to me) but Olgerts hadn't come accross it - the next day he came up to me and told me he had found my move in a book and saw that it was indeed weak] 10.Nbd2 [10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5+-; 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.exd5 Bg4 12.f3 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3+/=] 10...dxe4 11.dxe4 [11.Bxe6 exf3 12.Qxf3 fxe6] 11...Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nf1 [13.g4 Bg6 14.g5 Nh5 15.Bd5] 13...Bd6 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Bg5 Na5 16.Bc2 [16.Nh4 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.c4 Rb8 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Red1 Re8 21.Rac1 c4 22.Qf3 Re6 23.Nhf5+-] 16...Nc4 17.b3 Nb6 18.Qe2 Nbd7 19.Rad1 Re8 20.Nh2 h6 21.Bh4 Qe7 22.b4 Rad8 23.Ng4 Qf8 24.Qf3 Be7 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Nxg4 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.Qxg4 Nf6 29.Qf5 g6 30.Qf3 Kg7 31.Qe3 Rc8 32.Rd3 c5 33.bxc5 Rxc5 34.Red1 Rec8 35.Rc1 a5 36.Bb3 Qc7 37.a3 Qc6 38.f3 Nh5 39.Bd5 Qc7 40.Qd2 Nf4 41.Re1?? black offered a draw - I agreed [41.Re1 Qb6 42.Kh2 Nxd3 43.Qxd3 Rxc3] 1/2-1/2


on the 14th November Ettalong held its monthly Simul - this time the Master was Ray Carpenter visiting from England, Barry Shearwood (also English but he has been out in the colonies for a while now) was the only player to take a game off the Master - End Result : Ray 12, Ettalong 1.
RayCarpenterSimul-1-IMG_0216 (18K)
RayCarpenterSimul-3-IMG_0226 (14K)
Barry - beats the master 		      RayCarpenterSimul-2-IMG_0219 (18K)
RayCarpenterSimul-4-IMG_0227 (13K)

Fellow member Michael Roche is working on a website to do with our chess club - check it out fairly regularly as he is putting new stuff up over time Michaels chess and also a recent game

38th Olympiad in Dresden


Dresden 2008

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