Catching Up 4

Last instalment of my catching-up posts. Normal service will resume next year.

Carmarthen 1-3 Aberystwyth B Tanygroes, 5th December 2016

Paul Orton 0-1 Robert Wright

Richard Thomas 1-0 Anthony Geraghty

Robert Narayan-Taylor 0-1 Conor McEwan

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1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6?! 8.e5 Nd7 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Na3± R van Kemenade- Leah, Dyfed Closed, 2010, 1-0 2...Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 a6 a dubious move, losing a tempo as Wh is quite prepared todouble Bl's pawns anyway, as in the game cited above 5...Nge7 main, prepares a6 5...Nf6 6.e5 Nd7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.d3 has been played frequently 5...d4 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Ne2 Nf6 8.d3 and Bl has very weak c pawns, though also played 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d3 g6 a bit slow, leaving front c pawn at risk 7...Nf6 7...Be7 7...Bd6 8.Qe2 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Qe1 main, Wh threatens a pawn sac on f5 to liberate the QB, & the Q often goes to h4 8...Bg7 9.0-0 9.e5± Cloud Engines Nh6 10.Qf2 Bf8 11.h3 f6 12.g4 Nf7 13.Bd2 fxe5 14.fxe5 Qc7 15.0-0 Bg7 16.Qxc5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Rae1 Bxc3 18...Bd4+ 19.Qxd4 Qg3+= Komodo10 19.Bf4 Qa7 20.Qxa7 Rxa7 21.bxc3 Loewe-Deacon, m London 1851, 1/2-1/2 9...Ne7 10.Qf2 10.Rb1 Qb6 11.Na4 Qb4 12.b3± Lee-Rupel, Washington State ch Seatlle 2014,1-0 10...d4 fixes the pawn structure which favours Wh's Ns 10...c4!? Cloud Engines 10...Qa5 11.Bd2 d4 12.Ne2 Qc7± Hoyos-Bustamente, COL ch Universities Bogota 2015,1-0 11.Na4+- Qd6 11...Qa5 12.b3 0-0 13.Ba3 Hickl-Yousif, Thessaloniki ol 1988, Bl resigned, 1-0 12.e5 Qc7 13.Nxc5 Qb6 13...0-0 Deep Fritz13 & Komodo10 14.Ne4 Nf5? 14...0-0 both 15.g4 15.b3 even stronger Bb7 15...h5 16.Ba3+- Komodo10 16.Ba3+- Deep Fritz13 15...Ne3 16.Nd6+ Ke7 16...Kd7 17.Bxe3 dxe3 18.Qe2+- both Engines 17.Nxd4 Nxg4? 17...c5 18.Bxe3 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Qc6 20.Bc5 Kd7 21.Nxf7+- both Engines 18.N4f5+ 1–0

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Wright,R	1906	Orton,P	1588	1–0
Thomas,R	1568	Geraghty,A	1567	1–0
McEwan,C	1300	Narayan-Taylor,R	1505	1–0

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