[Event "Bath A v Downend B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greely, Simon"]
[Black "Buckley, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Tipper,Dave"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.02.23"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. g4 e5 11. h4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 d5 15.
O-O-O a6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bb4 18. Bb3 b5 19. Qd4 Qd6 20. f6 Bxc3 21. Qxc3
bxa4 22. Ba2 a3 23. Qxa3 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 Qxf6 25. Qc5 Qg6 26. g5 h5 27. Qc3 Rfe8
28. Rhe1 Qd6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qf3 Qg6 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Qxd5 Re4 33. Rh1 Kh7
34. Qd3 Rf4 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. b3 Kf5 37. c4 Ke5 38. Kb2 Kd4 39. Ka3 Kc5 40.
Ka4 Kb6 41. Kb4 f6 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. Kc3 a5 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Rh3 Rf5 46. Rg3 Re5
47. Rf3 f5 48. Kc3 f4 49. Rxf4 Re3+ 50. Kc2 Kb4 51. c5+ Kxc5 52. Rf5+ Kb4 53.
Rxh5 Rc3+ 54. Kd2 Rxb3 55. Kc2 a4 56. Rh8 Rh3 57. Rb8+ Ka3 58. Kb1 Rxh4 59. Rc8
Rh1+ 60. Rc1 {Simon has only 1 sec left on his clock.  David not wanting to
win on time in what is clearly a drawn position offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bath A v Downend B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Musson, A."]
[Black "Ponter, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.02.23"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Nc3 Rd8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Qxe7 Nxe7 14.
bxc3 Bf5 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. e3 Nc6 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Rb2 Be4 20. Nd2
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Na5 22. Rb5 b6 23. Rfb1 Rbc8 24. R1b2 Rd7 25. Kf3 Kf8 26. Ke2 c6
27. R5b4 Rcd8 28. Kd3 Re8 29. Rb1 Nb7 30. f3 Rde7 31. e4 c5 32. Ra4 c4+ 33. Ke3
Nd6 34. e5 Nf5+ 35. Kf4 g6 36. Rb5 Rd8 37. g4 Ng7 38. Ke3 f6 39. f4 g5 40. Nf3
gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Ne6+ 42. Ke3 Ng5 43. Nxg5 fxg5 44. Rb2 Rf7 45. Rab4 Rf4 46. Rf2
Rxf2 47. Kxf2 Ke7 48. Rb2 Rf8+ 49. Kg3 Rf1 50. a4 Rc1 51. a5 Rxc3+ 52. Kg2 Rb3
53. Ra2 b5 54. Kf2 c3 55. Ke3 Rb2 56. Ra3 b4 57. Ra4 Rb1 58. Kd3 Rd1+ 59. Kc2
Rd2+ 60. Kb3 Rb2# 0-1

[Event "Bath A v Downend B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stirling, Adam"]
[Black "Tipper, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Tipper,Dave"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.02.23"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 (6. Nxe5 {leads to
some interesting positions that if played correctly can favour Black} O-O 7.
Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 (8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Qd6 10. h3 (10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Rfe8) 10...
Bxh3 {this will come as a shock to white} 11. gxh3 Nxc2 12. Nf4 {the only
defence} (12. Bxc2 $2 Qg3+ 13. Kh1 Qxh3+ 14. Kg1 Ng4) 12... Nxa1 (12... Qxf4 $2
13. d4) 13. d3 {and the position is difficult to assess}) 8... Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 {
is the mainline where many strong grandmasters have fought it out ( Shirov,
Ivanchuk, Anand & Nigel short has played both colours )}) 6... Nxf3+ (6... O-O
$1 {was a decent alternative} 7. O-O (7. Bg5 c6 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3
Bxf3 11. gxf3 d5 12. e5 Re8 13. f4 h6 14. Bh4 Nf5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne4 Rxe5
17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. c3 dxe4 19. d4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4) (7. Nxe5 d6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9.
Be3 d5 {with good chances for Black}) 7... d6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3
Be6 11. Bb3 c6 12. Qd2 b5) 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qg3 d6 10. Bb3 c6 11. f4
Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. fxg5 Nf4 15. O-O Be6 16. h4 Bxb3 17. axb3 a6
18. Rae1 Ne6 (18... f6 $1 {I should have taken the opportunity to open up the
f file at this point} 19. g3 Nh5 20. Kg2 fxg5 21. hxg5 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Rf8) 19.
Ne2 a5 20. Ra1 b6 21. Kf2 f6 22. gxf6 Rxf6+ 23. Ke3 Raf8 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. g3 (
25. b4 $5 {Over the board I was concerned about what to do about this pawn
sacrifice as the activity of White's Rook on a6 was worrying} axb4 26. Ra6 d5 (
26... c5 27. Rxb6 Nd4 28. Nxd4 exd4+ 29. Ke2 Rg6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Rb7+ Ke6) 27.
Rxb6 d4+ 28. Kd2 c5) 25... Rf7 26. Rg1 Kf8 27. Rg2 Ke7 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 (
29. Kxf2 Kf6 {and there appears to be a slight edge for me but with less time
on the clock it seemed sensible to accept the draw offer}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bath A v Downend B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Munn, Andrew"]
[Black "Husband, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Tipper,Dave"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.02.23"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
Qb6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. Qe1 h5 11. b3 Ng4 12. a4 Bf6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Rb1 d5 15.
Na2 Qc7 16. e5 Be7 17. Ba5 b6 18. Bd2 d4 19. a5 Bd5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Nc1 Qc6
22. c3 dxc3 23. Bxc3 h4 24. h3 Nh6 25. Qf2 Nf5 26. Ne2 g5 27. fxg5 Bxf3 28.
Qxf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Bxg5 30. b4 Be3 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Ba5 Rb7 34.
Bd2 Bxd2 35. Rxd2 Rd8 36. Rc2 Rd5 37. d4 Nxd4 38. Nxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxc5+ Kd8 40.
Rfc3 Rbd7 1/2-1/2

