Catching Up 1

Now the Christmas holidays here, I sat down to fix the game replayer problem that has prevented me from updating the blog for the last few weeks. I had thought up an elaborate work-around, and was just in the process of trying it out when I blundered on the real solution. The replayable games were not displaying properly because there was not enough room for them on the blog page. When I clicked on a blog entry, the games displayed properly because there was now only one entry on the screen. So I've set the blog to display three entries at a time instead of seven, and that seems to have solved it. Now to catch up with all the game reports I've missed. I'm going to do this a day at a time, like the twelve days of Christmas, only not so many.To save time,and because the matches were some time ago, I'll just give the match result in tabular form rather than a verbal report.

Aberystwyth B 3-1 Steynton B, Emlyn Cafe, Tanygroes

Robert Wright 0-1 John Miller

Adam Robinson 1-0 Scott Hammett

James Corrigan 1-0 Gwyn Evans

Conor McEwan 1-0 Ray Greenwood

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Move	N	Result	Elo

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.e3 Nh5 6...Bd6 6...Be7 main 7.Bg5 Qb6 8.Qb3 8.Rb1 more frequent 8...Qxb3N 8...h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 main 9.Nxb3 9.axb3 is more usual in these Q swap positions- the a file is useful for Wh & the centre is strenthened a little 9...c4 9...f6 10.g4 cxd4 11.cxd4 fxg5 12.gxh5 Bd6 13.Nxg5 e5= Komodo10 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bh4 Bd6 11...g5 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bg7= Komodo10 12.e4 12.Be2 g5 13.Ng1 Nf6 14.Bg3 Ke7= Komodo10 12...Bf4 12...f5! the Wh QB is in danger 13.e5 Bc7 14.h3 f4 15.Be2 g5 16.g4 Ng7 17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 0-0 Komodo10 13.e5 Bd7 14.Be2 f5 14...g5 15.Bg3 Ke7= 15.Bg3 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Ke7= Komodo10 15...0-0-0 15...0-0 16.Ng1 Be8 16...Bxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Kc7 19.Nf3 b5= Komodo10 17.Nh3 17.Nxc4! dxc4 18.Bxh5 Bxh5 19.Bxf4 Komodo10 17...Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bxd2+ 19.Kxd2 g5? 19...Bf7 had to be tried, though Wh retains a small advantage as Bl's B is rather hemmed in by its pawns 20.Nxg5+- Bd7? and an exchange goes as well- when attacking Ns, always ensure they can't move to an even better square than the one they are on 21.Nf7 Rh7 22.Nxd8 Nxd8 an exchange & a pawn down, a weak pawn on h6 & a bad B makes survival seem unlikely. 23.f4 weakens g3 & blocks a square the K might want to use 23.Rh4 b6 24.Rah1 Nf7 25.Bh5 Nd8 26.Bg6 Rg7 27.Rxh6 simplest 23...Nf7 24.Rh3 24.g4 24...Be8 25.Rah1 Kd7 26.g4 fxg4 27.Bxg4 Ke7 28.Bh5 Rg7 29.R1h2 b5 30.a3 a5 31.Bxf7 Bxf7 32.Ke3 32.Rxh6 why not? 32...h5 33.Kf3 Kd7 34.Rg3 Rh7 35.Rg5 Kc6 36.Rh3 36.Rh4 b4 37.g4+- 37.Ke3 bxa3 38.bxa3 Kb5 39.g4 Ka4 40.f5 exf5 41.gxf5 41.gxh5 41...Kxa3 42.Kd2 Ka4 43.e6 Be8 44.f6+- 36...b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.f5 exf5 39.Rxf5 Be6 40.Rf6 Kd7 41.Rh4 Bg4+ 42.Kf4 Rg7 43.g3 43.cxb4 43...Ke7 44.Rh1 Rg8 45.Ra1 Bd7 46.Rh6 46.Ra7 46...Rg4+ 47.Kf3 Rg7 48.Kf2 48.Ra7 48...Be8 49.Ra7+ Kf8 50.Rxg7 50.Rh8+ Rg8 51.Rxg8+ Kxg8 52.cxb4 confines the Bl K to the back rank 50...Kxg7 51.Rd6 Bf7 51...bxc3 52.bxc3 Kf7 53.Ke3 53.Rxd5 53...Ke7 54.Kf4+- 52.cxb4 1–0

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Miller,J	1621	Wright,R	1904	1–0
Robinson,A	1765	Hammett,S	1468	1–0
Evans,G	1398	Corrigan,J	1458	0–1
McEwan,C	1300	Greenwood,R	1186	1–0

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