More From Dundee

I am pleased to say that Jan has sent me 3 of his games from Dundee.
This was Jan,s first OTB tournament and he was very unsure how he would cope with the longer time controls, as previously stated, it didn't bother him at all.
The games were never going to be draws!
I have also added another game from our Internet Champ!,David Cumming.
I hope you enjoy the games as much as I did:

Dundee Minor,
Athol Macgilchrist (1035) vs. Jan Barron-Majerik

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

(white to move) 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nbd2 g5 8. Bg3 Ng4 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O h5 11. h4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Nf3 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Bd4 15. Nxg5 f6 16. Nf3 Bb6 17. a4 Be6 18. Bb3 O-O-O 19. c4 Qf7 20. Qd2 Bd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qb2 c5 23. Bd1 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Bf3 Rd7 26. a5 Qf6 27. a6 b6 28. Qb5 Rc7 29. Bxh5 Qxh4 30. f3 Qxh5 31. Kf2 Qg5 32. Rh1 Qe3+ 33. Kg3 Rg7#

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Dundee Minor,
Jan Barron-Majerik vs. David Bridges (1308)

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

(white to move) 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 e5 9. d5 Nb6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. b4 Na6 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. a3 Rfe8 16. Be3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. Qd3 Ra8 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. f3 Bh3 21. Rf2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb5 23. Qxb5 Nxb5 24. a4 Nc7 25. Nc4 Red8 26. Na5 b6 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Nc3 Na6 29. Rb1 Nb8 30. b5 Rc7 31. Ra2 Nfd7 32. a5 Rb7 33. axb6 Nxb6 34. Bxb6 Rxb6 35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. Nxa7 Bh6 37. Nc8 Rb7 38. Nxd6 Rc7 39. Na4 Bf8 40. Ne8 Rc8 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Ng4 f6 43. Ne3 Nd7 44. Kf2 Ra8 45. Nc3 Nb6 46. Ke2 Ra3 47. Kd2 Bc5 48. Rc1 Bb4 49. h4 Na4 50. Ned1 Nc5 51. Rc2 Nb3+ 52. Ke1 Nd4 53. Rc1 Nxf3+ 54. Kf2 Nd2 55. b6 Bc5+ 56. Ke2 Nb3 57. Rb1 Bxb6 58. Rb2 Nd4+ 59. Kf1 Ba5 60. Ne2 Nxe2 61. Kxe2 Rxg3 62. Rb7+ Kg8 63. Ne3 g5 64. Rb8+ Kf7 65. Rb7+ Kg6 66. Nf5 Rg2+ 67. Kf3 Rc2 68. Rg7+ Kh5 69. Rxh7+ Kg6 70. Rg7+ Kh5 71. d6 Rd2 72. d7 gxh4 73. Ne3 Rb2 74. Rg8 h3 75. d8=Q Bxd8 76. Rxd8 h2 77. Rh8+ Kg5 78. Nf1 Rb3+ 79. Kg2 Rb2+ 80. Kf3 Rb3+ 81. Ke2 Rb2+ 82. Kd3 Rb3+ 83. Kc2 Rf3 84. Nxh2 Re3 85. Rg8+ Kf4 86. Rg4#

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Dundee Minor,
Mathew Stewart (1268) vs. Jan Barron-Majerick

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 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. b3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d5 12. O-O-O a5 13. Bd3 g6 14. h3 Ba6 15. Qb2 Nd7 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 cxd5 18. Bd4 Re8 19. f4 f6 20. Rhd1 Qe7 21. Kd2 a4 22. Ke2 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Ba7 Ra8 25. Rxd5 Rxa7 26. bxa4 Nf6 27. Rb5 Qe6 28. Rb8 Ne4 29. Rdd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Qb8 Qxa2+ 32. Kf3 Ng5+ 33. Kg3 Rf7 34. Qxe5+ Kh6 35. Kg4 Qxg2+ 36. Qg3 Qe4+ 37. Qf4 Rxf4+ 38. exf4 Qg2+ 39. Kh4 Qxh3#

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Challenge Tourney,
Smith, Peter. R. (1800) vs. Cumming, David. R. (2323)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. g3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Ne2 O-O-O 12. O-O Nge7 13. Bg5 Kb8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. axb4 g5 17. f4 g4 18. h4 Nf5 19. Kf2 h5 20. Rfb1 a6 21. Re1 Kc7 22. Ra5 Rhf8 23. Ng1 Ra8 24. Rea1 Bb5 25. Ne2 b6 26. Ra5a3 Ra7 27. Ra1a2 Rfa8 28. Ke1 a5 29. Kd2 Bc6 30. Kc1 a4 31. Kd2 b5 32. Ra1 Kb6 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. Bh1 f6 35. exf6 Rxf6 36. Rf2 Be8 37. Rf1 Rf8 38. Rf2 Bg6 39. Bg2 Nd6 40. Rf1 Be4 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Ke3 Kc6 43. Kf2 Nf5 44. Rd1 Kd5 45. Raa1 a3 46. Ra2 e3+ 47. Kg2 Nd6 48. Rda1 Rfa8 49. Kg1 Ne4 50. Kg2 Nd2 51. Re1 Ke4 52. Rea1 Nf3 53. Rd1 Rf8 54. Rda1 e5 55. dxe5 Rd8 56. Rxa3 Rd2 57. Kf1 Rad7

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A Giant Killer!

As promised, here is a game from the recent Dundee Minor tournament.
This game won David the "Giant Killer" prize.
The game goes in favour of both players on and off throughout the game but David gets the point!
Jan Barron-Majerik came in 2nd equal in his first tournament and is going to send me some games for the blog as soon as he has recovered!,he is more used to playing Blitz chess and was concerned he wouldn't do well with the longer time control,the opposite seems to have happened

Dundee Minor,
David Newton (451) vs. I.Richmond (1021)

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

(white to move) 1. f4 d6 2. d4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d5 Nb4 5. Na3 Nf6 6. c3 Nbxd5 7. Nc4 g6 8. Ne3 Nxe3 9. Bxe3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. g3 c6 12. Bd4 c5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. g4 Ng3 15. Rg1 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Be4 17. Nd2 Bg2 18. Rg1 Bxh3 19. Ne4 f5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Ng5 Qe8 22. Nxh3 b6 23. Ng5 h6 24. Rh1 fxg4 25. Ne6 Qf7 26. O-O-O Rac8 27. Ng5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rf6 29. Ne4 Re6 30. Rg5 Rxe4 31. Kd2 h5 32. Rxg4 Re6 33. Rg5 Bh6 34. Rg2 Rf8 35. Rf1 Rf5 36. c4 Kh7 37. Kd3 a6 38. a4 d5 39. Bd2 Re4 40. cxd5 Rd4+ 41. Kc3 Rdxd5 42. Rfg1 Rd6 43. e4 Rff6 44. e5 Kg7 45. exd6 exd6 46. f5 g5 47. Bxg5 Bxg5 48. Rxg5+ Kf7 49. Rxh5 d5 50. Rh7+

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More Games from Kai and David

I have another few excellent games to add to our blog,first is from Kai Pannwitz who played in the recent Lothians Congress.
In this first game v an 1800 opponent Kai was 3 pawns up but got into bad time trouble which cost him the game.
It is a good to see how he managed to get into such a good position:

Lothians Challengers,
Kai Pannwitz (1551) vs. Michael Ridge (1800)

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 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. h3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O c6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Rad1 Na6 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Qxd6 Qh4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rd2 Re3 20. Rf3 Rae8 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Kf2 Re8 23. g4 Be6 24. Rd1 Nb4 25. Nd4 Bf7 26. a3 Na6 27. Nb3 b5 28. Na5 b4 29. axb4 Nxb4 30. Rd6 Bf8 31. Rd7 Re5 32. Nb3 a5 33. Rd8 Kg7 34. Ra8 Bd6 35. Rxa5 Rxa5 36. Nxa5 Bc5+ 37. Kf3 Bb6 38. Nb3 Nc2 39. Ke4 g5 40. Nd2 Bg6+ 41. Ke5 Kf7 42. Kd6 Be3 43. Nf3 Bf4+ 44. Kxc6 Ne3 45. b4 Ke6 46. b5 Nxg2 47. b6 Be8+ 48. Kb7 Kd6 49. Ka7 Be3 50. Nd5 Bc5 51. Ka8 Bc6+ 52. b7 Nf4 53. Bd1 Nxd5 54. cxd5 Kxd5 55. Kb8 Ke4 56. Kc8 Bxb7+ 57. Kxb7 Kf4 58. Kc6 Be3 59. Kd6 Kg3 60. Ke6 Kxh3 61. Ne5 Bf4

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Next up is another from Kai, again against a higher rated opponent.
I am not sure how it ended in a draw but must ask him :0)

Lothians Challengers,
Thomas Grundy (1709) vs. Kai Pannwitz (1551)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nd2 Bb5 11. a4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 e6 16. e5 Nxd5 17. Nxd6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nb6 19. c4 Nc8 20. Ne4 Nb6 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Qf2 Bf8 24. Qh4 Bg7 25. Rd3 Qc6 26. Nd6 Nb6 27. Rad1 Nxa4 28. Rb1 Rab8 29. Rbb3 Rxb3 30. Rxb3 Rf8 31. Qf2 f6 32. Qg3 fxe5 33. fxe5 Rd8 34. Qh3 Rxd6 35. Rb8+ Bf8 36. exd6 Qxd6 37. Rb1 Nc3 38. Rf1 a5 39. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 40. Kh1 Qxc4 41. Qf3 Qc5 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qxf8+ Qxf8 44. Rxf8+

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As an "interval" I have a game from David Cumming who gives a demonstration of how to handle the Albin Counter Gambit!

ChessHere.com,
DavidRCumming, (Scotland) (2248) vs. Filou, (Belgium) (1291)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 O-O-O 9. Bf4 h6 10. Qa4 g5 11. Bh2 Bg7 12. O-O-O Nxe5 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 bxc6 16. e3 Qf6 17. Qc2 Ne7 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Bg4+ Kb8 20. Qb3+ Ka8 21. Bxc7 Re8 22. Rd1 c5 23. Bf3+

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The final game for today is another from Kai playing white against the Dutch Defense:

Lothians Challengers,
Kai Pannwitz (1551) vs. JIm Robertson (1573)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Qc2 Ne4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ne1 O-O 11. f3 exf3 12. Rxf3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e4 Qg6 16. Rf2 e5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. exd5 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Bf5 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. d6 e4 25. Rac1 Rd8 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Rc7+ Ke6 28. Rxb7 Rxd6 29. Rb3 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 Ke5 32. Rb5+ Ke6 33. Rb3 Ke5 34. Re3 Rxb2 35. Ra3 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 Rb1+

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I am hoping next time to have some games from David Newton and Jan Barron-Majerik who are both playing in the Dundee Congress at the weekend, good luck to them both.