Andrew & Kai at the Scottish

Andrew Newton played in the recent Scottish Championships and played some great games, some of which I have posted here, also playing at the Scottish was Kai Pannwitz who entered the Open in the weekend event and came in 2nd!, two of his games are also here, enjoy!:

Scot Champs,
MacDonald SCO 1935, Paul vs. Newton SCO 1769, Andrew

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

(white to move) 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. e4 O-O 8. Be3 d6 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Bxd2 Rfc8 14. Bc3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nce5 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Rac1 Ned7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bb5 Nc5 20. f3 a6 21. Be2 Nca4 22. Kf2 Nxb2 23. Rb1 Nb6a4 24. Rfc1 b5 25. Bd1 Nd3+ 26. Kg3 Rxc1 27. Ra1

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Scot Champs,
Grant SCO 2156, Alan vs. Newton SCO 1769, Andrew

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

(white to move) 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 d6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. d3 b5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Rad1 bxc4 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. dxc4 d5 17. Qa5 Nc6 18. Qa4 Nb4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Ba3 Nb4 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Rd1 Be6 24. Nc3 Bf6 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. Bf1 Rd8 28. Bc4 Bg4 29. Rc1 a5 30. e4 Bg5 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Bh6 33. Kg2 Be6 34. Kf3 f5 35. Rd1 g5 36. fxg5 Bxg5 37. Rg1 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Bxd5+ 39. Bxd5 Kf6 40. Rf1+

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Scot Champs,
Newton SCO 1769, Andrew vs. Marks SCO 1981, Ian

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

(white to move) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O b4 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. exd6 Nc4 13. Qc1 Nf6 14. Bd3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 e6 16. Qe5 Nh5 17. d7+ Bxd7 18. Qxb8+ Ke7 19. Qa7 cxd4 20. Nexd4 Rc8 21. Bb5 Rc7 22. Qxa6 Qxa6 23. Bxa6 Nxf4 24. a3 Nd5 25. Bd3 e5 26. Rae1 Kd6 27. Nb5+ Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Rxc2 29. Re2 Rc5 30. Ba4 f5 31. Rd1

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Scottish Weekender,
Pannwitz Kai (1656) vs. Gillies, Alex (1905)

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 c6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd2 Bb4 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 e5 12. Be3 f5 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qb3 Be7 16. Rfe1 Nf7 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Bd4 Qh6 19. c5 Bc7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qf6 22. Re4 Qd8 23. Rf4 Kh8 24. Qc3 Qg5 25. h4 Qg6 26. Re1 Be6 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxe6 Rfe8 30. Re3 Rxe3

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Scottish Weekender,
Hargrave, Ian (1750) vs. Pannwitz, Kai (1656)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Nc5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. Rdg1 b4 15. Nce2 Qa5 16. Kb1 d5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Ned4 Ne5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxa6 Qa7 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. b3 Ra8 24. Ba4 Nxf3 25. Qf2 Bxd4

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James McDade on Redhotpawn

James McDade played this nice wee game on the Redhotpawn website:

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paboya (1564) vs. hedonist (1710)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 8. Rxf2 Nxe5 9. d4 Nxe4 10. dxe5 Nxf2 11. Qf3 Qe7 12. Qxa8 Qc5 13. Qxc8+ Ke7 14. Bg5+ f6 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. Bxf6+ Kd6 17. Qxa6+ c6 18. Nc3 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Qg1+

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David Cumming Online

This is a well annotated game from David, it was played on the Redhotpawn website, if you want to get the best from the notes to the game you might want to use a board to play over the moves:

Red Hot Pawn,
FisherKing108, (USA). (1577) vs. DavidRCumming, (Scotland) (2146)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O c4+ 8. Kh1 e6 9. d4 Nh6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nf5 12. c3 h5 13. Rf2 Be7 14. g3 Kd7 15. Kg2 Rag8 16. Be3 Bh4 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Bxf2 20. Qxf2 g6 21. Na3 Rg7 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Kxh1 Rh7+ 24. Kg2 Qb8 25. Qg3 Qxb2+

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Glasgow Challenger Tournament

Here are two games from this event by Kai, he came in 2nd= in this tournament and his SCA grade has jumped 83 points!

Glasgow Challengers, Glasgow
MacLean, Tan (1837) vs. Pannwitz Kai (1551)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rfe8 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bb1 a6 15. Rc3 Rad8 16. Rh3 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e5 Nfe4 19. Qh5 h6 20. Nd2f3 Bc8 21. e6 Nxe6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxg7 Bxh3 24. Qxh6 f6 25. gxh3 Kf7 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Nf5 Rf4 30. Bh6 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Rd6 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Qf4 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 Bd6 35. Qe3 Rxh6 36. Rg1 Qe7 37. Qc3 Qe4+ 38. f3 d4 39. fxe4 dxc3 40. Rc1 Be5 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Kg4 c2 44. Kf5 Bb2

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Glasgow Challengers, Glasgow
Eldridge, J (1742) vs. Pannwitz Kai (1551)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. d3 Be6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Be3 c4 13. dxc4 Nxc4 14. Bc1 Qb6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Qb3 Nd4 17. Qxc4 b5 18. Qc5 Rac8 19. Qxe7 Rce8 20. Qb7 Qxa4 21. Be3 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Bf6 23. Rae1 Nd4 24. Bd5 Re7 25. Bxf7+ Rfxf7 26. Qd5 Be6 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Bh6 Nf8 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Re1 Qc4 31. Qa8 Rxf2 32. Kg1 Bc5 33. Kh1 Rf1+ 34. Kg2 Rxe1 35. Qf3 Qe2+

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Inverness Chess Congress?

Inverness could play host to a weekend Chess Congress with suggested dates being the end of October, start of November.
We have been asked to gauge the viability of staging this event by asking for feedback from anyone who might be interested in this tournament.
The venue that has been suggested would not be viable without a good number of entrants, so if you would like a Chess Congress in Inverness please pass this message on to any of your friends who might be interested in playing.
It would be appreciated if you could PM me on the clubs Facebook page or through the clubs website.
It is credit to the organiser for trying to have this Congress here so I hope his efforts are rewarded

Kai Pannwitz V Paul MacDonald

Kai Pannwitz had a good tournament result in the recent Edinburgh Congress, Challenger section,he scored 3/5.
Here are two of his games:

Edinburgh Congress,
Pannwitz, Kai (1551) vs. MacDonald, Paul (1855)

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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. e3 Bg4 13. Nd4 Rac8 14. Nd2f3 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Qc2 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Rcd8 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Be5 21. Nf4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rd7 23. Qc2 Red8 24. Rd3 Qe4 25. Rad1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 g6 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. f3 Nc3 31. a4 Ke7 32. Ke1 Kd6 33. e4 Ke5 34. Kd2 Kd4 35. e5 Nd5 36. e6 Nxf4 37. e7

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Edinburgh Congress,
Pannwitz, Kai (1551) vs. De Visser, Pieter (1786)

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 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. a4 b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. axb5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Qc2 Qb4 15. Rd4 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Bxb3 17. e5 axb5 18. f3 c5 19. Rd3 b4 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 c4 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Rd4 Rfe8 24. Kf2 Ra2 25. Rd2 Ra1 26. Bd4 Rd8 27. Rg1 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Bxd1 29. Bxf6 Rc8 30. Bxc4

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David Cumming Annotated Game

This game from David Cumming was played on the Red Hot Pawn website. Red Hot Pawn is a more relaxed website for David, unlike the very competitive International Online events he is currently playing in.

Red Hot Pawn,
DavidRCumming, (Scotland) (2189) vs. texasnewt, (USA). (1813)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Qc7 7. b3 Bd7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Bg5 Bh3 14. Bxf6 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Rac1 Rg8 19. Ne3 Be7 20. Nf5 Rg6 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Qxd6+ Ke8 23. c5 Qd8 24. Rd5 f5 25. Rxe5+ Re6 26. Rxe6+ fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Qe7 28. Qxf5 Rd8 29. Re1 Rd2 30. a4 Rd3 31. e5 Rxb3 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Qe6+

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Joy Durno V Kai Pannwitz

This game is from the recent Glenrothes Open, five Inverness players went to the Congress, Andrew Newton and Kai Pannwitz were entered in the Open tournament.
Kai played a spirited game against his higher rated opponent. The Opening was a Benko and after the opening was over Kai had a slightly worse position but White let it slip Kai then pressed home his advantage to win a good game:

Glenrothes Open, Glenrothes
Durno, Joy (1790) vs. Pannwitz Kai (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. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. a4 Qd7 16. Ra1 Ra5 17. Qc2 Rfa8 18. Rfd1 Ra5a6 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 c4 21. Nb5 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nxa4 24. Qb4 Nc5 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Nd4 Qa4 27. Qxa4 Rxa4 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. e3 Ra2 31. Re1 Nd3 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Bxd5+ 34. f3 Ne5 35. Kf2 Nc6 36. Nb5 Ne5 37. Nd4 Bc4 38. Bd1 Nd3+ 39. Kg2 Nc5 40. g4 e5 41. g5+ Ke7 42. Nc6+ Ke6 43. Kg3 Bb5 44. Nb4 d5 45. Bc2 d4 46. exd4 exd4 47. Kf4 Be2 48. Bb1 Bc4 49. Nc6 Kd5 50. Ne5 Ne6+ 51. Kg4 Kxe5 52. h5 d3

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Training Game

This is a game played by Luainn against Fritz as a training game.
Luainn, like a lot of us here in Inverness,gets very few OTB games and so to get any practice at all there is only online or PC software.
Luainn has progressed a lot in recent months due to his studying tactics and looking, and playing, his openings as often as he can, as yet he hasn't played in any team games or congresses and so he has had an uphill struggle to get the practice he needs to improve his game.
Well done to Luainn for continuing to improve and I am sure he will be ready for his first tournament early this year:

Training,
Luainn, Pirie vs. Fritz 13, Handicap and Fun

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Qf4 11. g3 Qf6 12. Qe2 h6 13. Qe3 a5 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Nh4 Be7 16. Qf3 Qg5 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Rd4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Bf6 21. Re4 Rad8 22. Rae1 b5 23. Ne2 Rxe4 24. dxe4 Be7 25. f4 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Bf2 27. Rf1 Bd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rd1 c5 30. c3 d3 31. Kg1 d2 32. Kf2 Rd6 33. Ke2 a4 34. Rxd2 Kf8 35. Rxd6 cxd6 36. e5 Ke7 37. h3 d5 38. Ke3 h5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kd7 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. g5 Kd7 43. Kg4 d4 44. cxd4 cxd4 45. Kf3 Kc6 46. Ke4 Kc5 47. f6 g6 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. e6 Kxe6 50. Kxd4 Kd6 51. Kc3 Kd5 52. Kb4 Kc6 53. b3 axb3 54. Kxb3 Kd5 55. Kb4 Kc6 56. a4 bxa4 57. Kxa4 Kd6 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Kc4 Kd6 60. Kd4 Kc6 61. Ke5 Kc5 62. f5 gxf5 63. Kxf5 Kd4 64. g6 fxg6+ 65. Kxg6 Kc3 66. f7 Kd4 67. f8=Q

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