Two from Julius and Richard

Here are two more games from the recent Oban Congress, the first is another well annotated game from Julius and the second is another from Richard. I think these really are wonderful games and show the high standard of both these players.

Oban Open,
Julius , Schwartz (1876) vs. Alan, Grant (2173)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. e4 d6 14. Nf5 Ne8 15. O-O g6 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. f4 f6 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nh6 Kg7 20. g4 Kxh6 21. gxh5 Kg7 22. Ra2 gxh5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rg2+ Kf7 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Rg5 Nd6 27. Bxh5+ Kf8 28. Rxe5 Kg7 29. Re6 Rxh5 30. Rexf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Kxf6 32. Qd7 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 Nxe4 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Qxe4 Rgh8

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And now for Richards game, no annotations, a man of few words but he lets the pieces do the talking!:

Oban Open,
Richard Birkett (1999) vs. Iain Swan (2139)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Be2 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 Nc6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nc4 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Ne3 g6 14. d4 O-O 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b3 Re8 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Ng4 h5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Rxe4 hxg4 21. Rxg4 Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Bc8 23. Rf4 Be3 24. Rh4 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Qe3 26. Nf3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Qc1 a5 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Kf2 Re5 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Be6 33. Kd2 Rc8 34. Ke3 Kg7 35. Rf4 Rc3 36. Kd4 Rc7 37. Ke5 Rc3 38. Rf2 Rc6 39. h4 Rc8 40. g3 Rc3 41. Rd2 Rc6 42. Rg2 f6+ 43. Kd4 Rc3 44. Re2 Kf7 45. Re3 Rc6 46. Re1 Rc3 47. Bxg6+ Kxg6 48. Rxe6 Rxg3 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Rd6 Rg2 51. Rxd5 Ke6 52. Rxa5 Rxc2 53. Rb5 Ra2 54. a5 f5 55. h6 Kf6

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Julius Schwartz in Oban

We now have two well annotated games played by Julius in round one and three of the Oban Open, they are a loss and a draw,excellent games.

Opan Open,
Schwartz, Julius (1876) vs. McClement, Andrew (2111)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Qd3 c5 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. h4 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. h5 Kg7 16. Bxe6 cxd4 17. Bxf7 Ne5 18. Qe2 dxc3 19. b4 Qd2+ 20. Rxd2 cxd2+

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And now for the second game,again,very well annotated so I would recommend playing through the analysis to get the true value of this game:

Oban Open,
Bremner, Adam (2068) vs. Schwartz, Julius (1876)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(white to move) 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. a4 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nb1 Bg4 13. a5 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 d5 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qd6 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Na3 Rab8 20. Rfc1 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc5 Qd7 24. Kh2 e5 25. Rac1 f5 26. Qa2+ Kh8 27. Qd5 Qe7 28. Rxb5 e4 29. a6 exd3 30. Rb7 d2 31. Rf1 Qe2 32. Rxb8 Qxf1 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Qxd4+ Kg8 35. Qxd2 Qxa6 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Nc4 Qa7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qb2 Bxb4 42. Ne5 Bc3 43. Qb3+ Kg7 44. Nd3 Bf6 45. Qc2 Bd4 46. Qe2 Bf6 47. Nf4 Qb6 48. Kg2 Qb7+ 49. Kh2 Qb6 50. Qf3 Qa7 51. Kg2 Qb6 52. g4 fxg4 53. hxg4 Qd6 54. Qb7+ Qe7 55. Qxe7+ Bxe7 56. Kf3 Bd6 57. Ke4 h6 58. Ng2

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Richard in Oban

In this game Black had a slight advantage, and never less than equal throughout, however,Richard mentioned that his opponent had very little time left when he sprang a final tactic on him, a very neat end to a good game.
I have not added notes as I have not the ability and using an engine to add loads of variations would take away from the game I think, see for yourself:

Oban Open,
Birkett, Richard (1999) vs. Berry, Neil M (FM) (2314)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Qd7 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Rad8 13. Qc1 b6 14. Qe3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd6 17. Rb3 Rfe8 18. Rb5 Qa3 19. Qe4 Re6 20. Rd5 Qxa4 21. Nc3 Qxc2 22. Nb5 Rf8 23. Rd7 Nd4 24. Nxc7 Rh6 25. Nd5 a5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Ra7 Qe2 28. Ra8

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Kai Pannwitz in Dundee

I have found a game from the recent Dundee Congress that was played by Kai in the Major event, his win is against a much higher rated opponent and is a very impressive game indeed.

Dundee & Angus Congress Major
Pannwitz, Kai (1230) vs. Cunningham, Jim (1611)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 c5 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Be3 Qb4+ 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Na3 a6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfc8 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bd4 Rab8 20. Rac1 b6 21. b3 Bd7 22. Nc2 a5 23. Ne3 b5 24. Ba7 Ra8 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Bd4 b4 27. Nd5 e5 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Bb6 Be7 30. Bc7 Ra6 31. c5 Bg5 32. e3 Bg4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Bxd6 Bd8 35. c6 Bb6 36. c7 Bc8 37. Bxe5 Kf8 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Rd8 Bxc7 40. Bxc7

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A Game from the Past

This was a game played between our then Club Champion, Gregory Faryno, and our opening specialist of the time, David Cumming. It is well annotated so should be an intersting game to follow, White Wins this game.
We are all waiting for the results to come in from Andrew Newton,s games from Brazil, Andrew is playing for the Scottish under-18 team. I will post any games Andrew brings back from this event.

Inverness Ladder, ?
Cumming, David.R. vs. Faryno, Gregory

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxb4 Neg4 10. Bxf8 Qxf8 11. Qa4 g6 12. h3 Qh6 13. Qxc4 Bd7 14. e4 Bc6 15. e5 Ne3 16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh2 Nh5 18. Qc3 Qe2 19. Qd2 Qb5 20. Nc3 Qb6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. g4 Ng7 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Ke8 26. Nf6+ Ke7 27. Rf4 g5 28. Re4 Nf5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Re2 Qb5 31. Rd1 g4 32. h4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Qxe2+ 34. Kg1

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Internet Game

This is a new game from our regular Internet player, David Cumming. The game is well annotated so we hope you enjoy the game:

Scottish CCA, Championships, ?
Cormack, William.H. (1986) vs. Cumming, David.R. (2288)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Ne4 Bxg5+ 16. Nxg5 Bc6 17. Bh5 Ke7 18. Re1 Nb6 19. g3 Raf8 20. Rf4 g6 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Nd5 23. Rfe4 h6 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Red4 Rc5 26. Rd1d3 Rhc8 27. c3 b5 28. a3 a5 29. Kd1 Nb6 30. Kc2 a4 31. Re4 Nc4 32. g4 g5 33. h3 Rc8c7 34. Re2 Ke8 35. Re4 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. b3 axb3+ 38. Kxb3 Kc6 39. a4 bxa4+ 40. Kxa4 Na5 41. Nd2 Rd5 42. Nf3 Nb7 43. Nd4+ Kb6 44. Ka3 Na5 45. Kb4 Rc5 46. Nf3 Rb5+ 47. Ka4 Nc6 48. Nd2 Rd5 49. Nc4+ Kc5 50. Nb2 Rd2 51. Kb3 Kd5 52. Re3 Na5+ 53. Kb4 Rxb2+ 54. Kxa5 Rb7 55. Rd3+ Kc5 56. Ka6 Rb3 57. h4 Kc4 58. Rf3 Rxc3 59. Rxf7 gxh4 60. Rf6 Kd5 61. Rxh6 Kxe5 62. Rxh4 Kf4 63. Kb5 e5 64. Kb4 Rc1 65. Kb3 Kg3 66. Rh5 e4 67. Kb2 Rc6 68. Re5 Kf4 69. Re8 Rc5 70. Kb3 e3 71. g5 Rxg5 72. Kc3 Rd5 73. Kc4 Rd7 74. Kc3 Kf3 75. Rf8+ Ke2 76. Re8 Kf2 77. Re6 e2 78. Rf6+ Ke1

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Finally a win from Gatwick

I hope I will be able to post some games here from Andrew Newton when he plays for Scotland in Brazil in a few weeks time, in the meantime you will just have to make do with this game I played in Gatwick a week ago, its not Brazil but I did fly there!:

Gatwick International Major, ?
Rough, Robert E (SCO) (1752) vs. Mavinkurve, Aditya (ENG) (1807)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 c6 10. Be2 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rad1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf3 Bc5 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. c3 h6 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Ba6 21. Rfe1 d4 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Rd2 g5 24. Red1 Bf6 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Be5 Bc4 27. b3 Be6 28. Bd6 Bf6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Bd5 Bf5 31. g4 Bg6 32. Bc4 Ke7 33. Bd3 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Bb2 35. Kg2 Bc1 36. Kf3 Bf4 37. Ke4 Bd6 38. Kf5 Bc5 39. f4 gxf4 40. Kxf4 a5 41. g5 hxg5+ 42. Kxg5 Ke6 43. h4 Be7+ 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. Rd7 Bc5 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Rd8 Kf6 49. Kf4 Kg6 50. Rd5 Kh5 51. Rxf5+ Kxh4 52. Rxc5 bxc5 53. Ke4 Kg5 54. Kd5 Kf5 55. Kxc5 Ke6 56. Kb5 a4 57. Kxa4 Kd6 58. Kb5 Kc7 59. a4 Kb7 60. Kc5 Ka7 61. b4 Kb7 62. b5 Kc7 63. a5 Kb7 64. a6+ Ka7 65. Kc6 Kb8 66. b6 Ka8 67. b7+ Kb8 68. Kd7 Ka7 69. Kc8

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Gatwick International,Major Section

This was an excellent event run by e2-e4 chess who run first class tournaments in top hotel venues, this tournament was held in the Crown Plaza Hotel.
This was my round one game:

Gatwick International Major, ?
Rough, Robert E (SCO) (1752) vs. Mathews, Adrian M S (ENG) (1913)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Nd5 Qa5 12. Nec3 b5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Bc4 Rab8 16. g4 Kh8 17. Bb3 Ng8 18. Rhf1 Ba6 19. Rf2 Bb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. c4 Qc5 22. Kb1 Na5 23. Qc3 d6 24. Ka1 Rb7 25. Ba4 Nxc4 26. b3 Nb6 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. Nxb6 axb6 29. Bc6 Rc7 30. Bd5 Nf6 31. Rfd2 h6 32. Kb2 Kh7

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