[Event "Tasmanian Championships (2016)"]
[Site "Havenview Primary School"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Cox, Aidan"]
[Black "Bonham, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 {This is a common transposition into a standard
Queen's Gambit Declined, it's often used when players of the Bogo-Indian or
other such openings want to keep their options open, or to keep their
opponents guessing.} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {Play enters the exchange variation
with white immediately stabilising the centre, and begins to "lay siege" to
the black pawn on d5 - in the words of Marovic.} c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7f6]} 10. O-O Ndf6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qc2 Nxc3 (
12... g6 {this is a very thematic move in these lines, removing the
possibility of threats to the h7 square.} 13. Rae1 Bf5 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3
Bxd3 {and white has a pleasant choice of recapturing with either the bishop of
the knight, and can claim a very slight edge due to his pawn centre and extra
development.}) 13. bxc3 h6 14. c4 c5 {this is a good practical move for Black
as the higher rated player. While perhaps not the most accurate move in an
objective sense, it's safe bet that the complications of a move such as this
will favour the player with the higher rating.} 15. cxd5 (15. Rac1 cxd4 16.
exd4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Be6 18. Ng6 $1 fxg6 19. Rfe1 {with good chances for white.})
15... cxd4 16. exd4 Nxd5 {Black has managed to create a tame IQP position but
with White's b pawn, and Black's e pawn removed. This gives Black a clear plan,
but White has the more active pieces, better development, and has the right to
move.} 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Qb3 Nf4 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Nf3 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Rad1
Qd5 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Qb2 Rc4 25. Re5 Qd7 26. d5 {perhaps a risky push, but
what else do you do with passed pawns?} Nf4 27. h3 Nxh3+ {CRASH! Black takes
the plunge and sacs the knight for some pawns and an open kingside.
Objectively the computer engine is giving this as dead drawn, but to face this
over the board is very scary.} 28. gxh3 Qxh3 {[%cal Yc4g4]} 29. Rd4 $1 {white
makes an excellent start to his defence, finding the refutation to blacks
attack.} (29. Nh2 {protecting the h4 square is not an option.} Rg4+ 30. Nxg4
Qxg4+ 31. Kh2 Qxd1 {and black is up 2 pawns with a winning advantage.}) 29...
Rd6 $4 {[%cal Yd6g6] everyone has 20/20 vision in hindsight, so it's difficult
to mark this move a blunder, but this could have been the game losing move for
Black.  It is a very human thing, wanting to maintain the pressure of the
attack when a refutation you didn't calculate suddenly appears before you, but
this was dangerous.} (29... Rxd4 30. Nxd4 (30. Qxd4 $2 Qxf3 {and black should
go on to win.}) 30... Qg4+ {[%cal Yg4d1,Yd1g4] and black should settle for the
perpetual.} 31. Kf1 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qg4+ 35. Kf1) 30.
Re8+ Kh7 31. Ne5 $4 {white misses his chance. Now Black is back in control and
winning once again.} (31. Qb1+ {was the winning move, this check ensures white
is in control and winning material, if not the game.} f5 (31... g6 32. Rxc4) (
31... Rg6+ $4 {is not a winning continuation.} 32. Ng5+ hxg5 33. Rxc4) 32. Ng5+
$1 (32. Rxc4 $4 {white can't be too greedy here.} Rg6+ 33. Ng5+ Rxg5+ 34. Rg4
Rxg4#) 32... hxg5 33. Re3 {[%cal Ye3h3,Yb1f5] and suddenly it's Black's king
who is not so safe.}) 31... Rb6 {Black has been given a free life, and the
rest - they say - is a matter of technique.  Black mops up easily and takes
home the point in the end.} 32. Rd3 Rg4+ 33. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 34. Rg3 Qd1+ 35. Kh2
Rxb2 36. Kg2 Qxd5+ 37. Rf3 Rb4 38. Kg3 Qd6+ 39. Kg2 Rg4+ 40. Kh3 Qd7 41. Ree3
Re4+ 42. Kg2 Rxe3 43. Rxe3 Qd2 44. Re7 Qd5+ 45. Kf1 Qxa2 46. Kg2 b5 47. Re3 b4
48. Re7 b3 49. Rxf7 b2 50. Re7 b1=Q 51. Re8 Qd5+ 52. Kg3 Qg1+ 53. Kf4 Qdg5+ 54.
Ke4 Q1g2+ 55. Kd3 Q5d5+ 56. Ke2 Qgf3+ 57. Kf1 Qdd1+ 58. Re1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Tasmanian Championships (2016)"]
[Site "Havenview Primary School"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Manzer, Karl"]
[Black "Friebe, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 $5 {not the standard way to play the Smith-Morra,
but pushing the pawn to deny the gambit has similarities to the 5.b6 Benko. In
this way the logic is sound and the resulting positions are not what White
expected.} (3... dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 {and we're off an racing in a standard
Smith-Morra Gambit.}) (3... e5 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. dxe5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Nxe4 7. Bxb4 Qb6
{and we're safely out of any standard Sicilian book I've read.}) 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Bg4 {nothing too
spicy so far, just both players getting developed and preparing to castle.} 11.
h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 a6 (12... O-O {with white having no more than the right to
move.}) 13. a4 h6 14. Bf4 g5 $6 {with this very hippo type advance it's now
unclear as to where Black's king is castling, if at all.} 15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4
Nxg4 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Nxe5 Ncxe5 19. Bb3 h5 20. Nf3 {after 20 move we arrive at
a position that might be objectively equal for a computer, but is certainly
more comfortable for the white side to play. Despite the half open h file,
White's king is safe, he has the 2 bishops, and can set about attacking the
uncastle Black king.} Qb6 {[%cal Yb6b3]} 21. Nxe5 $2 {a simple miscalculation
in a position where there are multiple ways to exchange. But, now Black's
possibly dubious aggression a move before sees him go a piece up after the
following sequence.} (21. Bxe5 Nxe5 (21... dxe5 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd7 {and
white's better structure, material advantage, and safer king holds him in good
stead.}) 22. Nxe5 Qxb3 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. e5 {in this case material is even,
but it's unclear if Black's king is an asset or a liability.}) 21... dxe5 22.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd7 exf4 {the key move that White may have missed when
entering this line.} 24. Rad1 Qe6 ({More accurate may have been} 24... Ne5 {
[%cal Yb6g6,Ya8g8,Yg8g2] with simple but effective plans of piling up on the g
file.}) 25. R1d6 Qxd6 {there is no combination of question marks and/or
exclamation marks for this move, it left a lot of people saying "what just
happened?"} 26. Rxd6 exd6 {[%csl Ga4,Gb2,Gc3,Rd6,Ge4,Gf2,Rf4,Gg2,Rh5] left
with the following unbalanced position Black has chosen to cash in his extra
piece for a RRN v Q ending. This in itself seems winning for Black, but White
has a far superior pawn structure with only 2 pawn islands (each of 3 pawns,
vs Black's 5 pawn islands including 3 isolated pawns. If white can regroup
correctly and find targets for his queen, anything could happen. One thing is
for sure, there should be no quick resolution other than an agreed draw.} 27.
Qf3 (27. Qc4+ Kf6 28. Qd5 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yd5b7] hitting pawns, finding targets.})
27... Raf8 28. Qxf4+ {yum yum yum... for a human, this is a bit of a win, one
pawn down and that little bit closer to a draw or even queening and perhaps a
win. But, this particular line of winning a pawn could have lead to White's
demise purely because now the rook is lined up against f2.} Ke6 29. Qg5 Ne5 (
29... Rxf2 30. Qd5+ Ke7 31. Qxb7+ Kf6 32. Qxa6 Kg5 33. Qxd6 Rhf8 34. Qd5+ Kh4
35. Qd3 Rxb2 {while this line has a very computer air about it, it's not
illogical. If Black can see the f file and 2nd rank pressure he's getting for
his already very weak pawns, then he can cash them in for a winning position,
almost by force.}) 30. Qd2 Nc6 31. f4 h4 32. Qd5+ Ke7 33. f5 Kd7 34. Qe6+ Kc7
35. Kh2 Rh7 36. b4 Ne5 37. c4 Nd7 38. Qd5 Re7 39. Qa5+ Kc8 40. Qd5 Kc7 41. Qa5+
Kc8 42. Qd5 {The past moves have seen white advance his pawns and certainly
not make it easy for black. While black still has the symbolic advantage of
his material it's clear that taking home with win is no sure thing. However,
black declines the repitition with} Re5 43. Qxd6 Rxe4 44. c5 Rf6 45. Qd2 Rxf5
46. Qd3 Rfe5 47. c6 bxc6 48. Qxa6+ Kc7 49. Qa7+ Kd6 50. Qb7 Re2 51. b5 cxb5 52.
axb5 Rb2 53. Qc6+ Ke7 {with the pawn exchanges the material inbalance is
starting to show, with the White queen starting to become overwhelmed by her 3
lesser enemies.} 54. Qc4 Rbxb5 55. Qxh4+ Nf6 56. Qd4 Kf7 57. Qf4 Kg6 58. Qg3+
Rg5 59. Qd3+ Kg7 60. Qd4 Rbd5 61. Qa7+ Rd7 62. Qe3 Ng4+ {an unfortunate ending,
but White was in terrible time trouble and these tactics sometimes just slip
us by. White put up a very tanacious defence.} 0-1

[Event "Tasmanian Championships (2016)"]
[Site "Havenview Primary School"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Friebe, Martin"]
[Black "Dyer, Alastair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.11"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 {another Friebe special...  declination by advance. While the
Tasmanian chess community debates this move, one thing is for certain, it gets
us all out of book.} c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 f6 {recreating some tension for white
to consider, 4 moves in and white hasn't developed a piece.} (4... e6 {is
another way to play the position with Black arguing this somewhat French
structure without d4 is ok.}) 5. exf6 Nxf6 (5... exf6 {[%cal Yf8d6,Yc8f5,Yg8e7]
is an interesting choice, opening lines for the bishops with relatively free
and easy, if not a little compacted, development.}) 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd4 10. Qd1 Bd6 11. O-O O-O {and Black has the better
side of equality here, pushing to an advantage.}) 9. fxe5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd7 {
[%csl Ye5] the e5 pawn is a thorn in Black's side, or centre, and now his
development is a little more difficult.} 11. O-O Qb6 12. c4 {shutting down the
queenside and putting the question to the Black centre while the king is still
in the middle of the board.} Be7 13. Nc3 d4 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. Rf7 {Black has
managed to complete his development and lock up the centre enough to castle
queen-side in safety, but White is ready to strike with the immediate invasion
on f7.} Rde8 16. Rxg7 Nxe5 17. Bg5 Ng6 (17... Bxg5 {the immediate liquidation
is another way to play the position.} 18. Nxg5 Nd7 19. Rf1 {with white having
a lasting initiative.} (19. Nxh7 {looks like a juicy pawn, but} Qd6 {gives
black some counterplay on the h2 pawn.})) (17... Bf8 {is an interesting option,
keeping the pieces on the board, hitting the rook, which now has no good
squares.} 18. Bf6 Bxg7 19. Bxg7 Qc7 (19... Rhg8 $4 {saving the rook is not
good for Black. White's attack is coming too quickly, and the queen on b6 will
be proven out of play.} 20. Bxe5 {[%cal Ye4d6]} Rd8 21. Rf1 Rgf8 22. Nd6+ Kd7 (
22... Kb8 $2 {is even worse.} 23. Ne8+ Ka8 24. Rxf8) 23. b3 a6 24. Rxf8 Rxf8
25. Qh5 {[%cal Yh5h7]}) 20. Bxh8 Rxh8) 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. Rgf7 Ne5 20. R7f2 Nd7 {
Black has rebuffed White's invasion, but the resulting position has left
Black's forces somewhat uncoordinated.} 21. Nf6 (21. Qh5 {was the more
aggressive choice, but it's a matter of style.} Be7 22. Bh6) 21... Nxf6 22.
Rxf6 (22. Bxf6 {is also a viable line} Rg8 23. Be5 Bd6 24. Rf7) 22... Bg7 23.
Rf7 Rhg8 24. Qe4 Qxb2 (24... Bf8 {is the only way to prevent the loss of a
piece from the same tactical sequence that occurred in the game.} 25. Bf4 e5
26. Qf5+ Qe6 (26... Kb8 27. Bxe5+ {[%csl Yg7][%cal Ye5g7]}) 27. Bxe5 Qxf5 28.
R1xf5 Be7 29. Rxh7 {White is up 2 pawns with a winning position, but this is
arguably better than the game continuation.}) 25. Bf4 e5 26. Qf5+ Kb8 27. Rxg7
Rxg7 28. Bxe5+ {with the rook on g7 about to be lost, Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Tasmanian Championships (2016)"]
[Site "Havenview Primary School"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Smith, Andrew"]
[Black "McMahon, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.11"]

1. c4 b6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bxf3 5. gxf3 (5. exf3 {[%cal Yf3f4,Yg2g3,
Yf1g2] with ideas of either playing f4, g3, and Bg2 before castling, or simply
playing Bd3, castling, and using the extra f pawn to hammer at Black's centre.}
) 5... Nf6 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 d5 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 c6 {the position remains equal
with both players being a little spoiled for choice. It's "just a game of
chess" with both players wrestling for the initiative and to find a path
through the position.} 10. Rg1 Nh5 11. Qc2 Nf4 12. Rg4 (12. Rxg7 {needs to be
well calculated as} Ng6 {presents White with some problems.} 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
exd5 cxd5 15. Qf5 Bf6 16. Rc1 Nd7 (16... Bxg7 17. Rc8 Nc6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {and
the position is unbalanced with chances for both sides.}) 17. Rxg6 hxg6 18.
Qxd5 {the position is equal and unclear, or equal or unclear, or...  Ok, no
one knows what's going on in this position.}) 12... g5 13. Nb1 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf8
15. Ne2 N8g6 16. Bc1 {after getting tired of writing N on the score sheets,
White plays a Bishop move, and for the third time in the last 4 moves someone
has undeveloped a piece to the starting rank.} h5 17. Rg1 Qc7 18. e5 (18. Nxf4
Nxf4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bxf4 gxf4 (20... Qxf4 21. Qxc6+) 21. Bh3 {trapping the
black king in the middle of the board.} (21. exd5 O-O-O 22. Ba6+ Kb8) 21... Rd8
22. e5 {with white having the initiative and the more active pieces.}) 18...
O-O-O 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20. Rxg6 {White didn't need that rook} fxg6 21. Qxg6 dxc4
22. Bxc4 (22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Qxc4 {is the more accurate way to get back the
pawns.}) 22... Rxd4 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Bb2 Rdd8 25. Qf5 Rdf8 26. Qd3 b5 27. Be6
Rd8 28. Qe4 Rh6 29. Bf5 Bg5 {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tasmanian Championships (2016)"]
[Site "Havenview Primary School"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bonham, Kevin"]
[Black "Dyer, Alastair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Bd6 {the position has
transposed into a standard Slav type structure with white avoiding more
theoretical lines by fianchettoing his light-squared bishop.} 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Ba3 (9. Nh4 {chasing the bishop pair is another way to play the
position.}) 9... Bxa3 10. Nxa3 {with this exchange white sets up long-term
queen-side play. The knight may look misplaced on a3, but it's watching the b5
square, and can easily come to c2 should things take a different turn.} Ndf6
11. Ne5 h5 {Attack!} (11... Qa5 12. Nc2 O-O {is a quieter way for Black to
play.}) 12. f3 Nd6 13. c5 Nc8 {back evil knight creature. While White has
succeeded in thrusting back the knight on e4 all the way to the back rank, the
position has closed up somewhat. White can open the position with e4 if he
wants, or put his queens-side plan into play.} 14. b4 (14. e4 Bh7 15. exd5 Nxd5
16. f4 O-O) 14... O-O 15. b5 cxb5 $6 {certainly a freeing move, but perhaps it
gives white too much.} (15... Ne7 16. bxc6 Nxc6 {and the position is once
again equal.}) 16. Nxb5 b6 17. Rc1 a6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 (18... Nxb6 {[%cal Yb6c4]
looking at the juicy c4 outpost.} 19. Nc3 Rc8 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Bh7 {with
an equal game.}) 19. Nc3 Nd6 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Nc6 Qa3 $2 (21... Qb7 {while
never go backwards is very Tal, this queen's retreat was necessary to avoid
what happened in the game.}) 22. Rc3 Qxa2 23. Nb4 {and the queen is trapped,
black can do nothing to avoid the loss of a piece.} Qb1 24. Qxb1 Bxb1 25. Rxb1
Nb5 26. Rd3 {down a piece for no play, White Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Tasmanian Championships (2016)"]
[Site "Havenview Primary School"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dyer, Alastair"]
[Black "Cox, Aidan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.11"]

1. a3 $6 {after threatening to play this against several players, including
Ian Little who prepared the h6 response in some depth, Alastair finally
cracked.} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. g3 a6 $6 {Aidan generously returns the
tempo.} (4... e6 5. Bg2 c5 {and Black is taking full advantage of his extra
tempo.}) 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. dxc5 (8. Nc3 Be7 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4
{[%cal Yg2a8]} Qc8 10. Nxf5 {with an advantage for White.}) 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 (9...
b5 10. Nxb5 {leading to an unbalanced and complex game with White having the
edge.}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxc4) 8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Be4 11. Nxc4
Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O {with the recent exchanges the position is already looking
drawish. Perhaps White has some pull in the position because of the right to
move, the option of gaining a developing tempo with b4, and his control of the
d file. However, these are dynamic advantages, and only slight ones at that,
if Black is careful White will retain nothing.} 13. b4 Ba7 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Nbd2
Rfd8 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Rac1 {and the game has petered out into a very even
position with a symmetrical pawn structure to boot.} h6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nce5
Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bb6 21. e3 Rd3 22. Rc3 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Nd5 24. Bb2 f6 {Black
offers a draw here, and rightly so, the position is equal and looking very
drawish. But, with a significant ratings points difference it's no surprise
that White backed himself to outplay his opponent in the end game. The
strategy now of course is queening, and that will take some finesse of
manoeuvring to manufacture.} 25. e4 Ne7 26. Nd2 Bc7 27. Nb3 b6 28. Kf3 Kf7 29.
Ke3 Nc6 30. h3 Ne5 31. Nd2 (31. Bxe5 {was another option to unbalance the
position.} Bxe5 32. Kd3 {though this is still looking like a draw.}) 31... Nd7
32. Bd4 Be5 33. f4 Bxd4+ 34. Kxd4 {[%csl Rb5,Rc5,Rd5,Re5] White has more space,
but it counts for naught as all the key penetration squares are under Black's
control.} Ke7 35. a4 Kd6 36. b5 (36. Nc4+ Kc6 37. e5 b5 38. exf6 Nxf6 39. Ne5+
Kd6 40. a5 {and despite creating an isolated pawn, exploiting that weakness
and penetrating the queen-side is still just a pipe dream}) (36. e5+ fxe5+ 37.
fxe5+ Kc6 (37... Nxe5 $2 38. Ne4+ {and the knight is lost.}) 38. h4 {[%cal
Gd2e4,Ge4d6,Yd7b8,Yb8c6,Rc6c7] while the position is still most likely a draw,
this change in structure could be an avenue for White to pursue if he wants to
press for the win.}) 36... e5+ 37. Kc4 (37. fxe5+ fxe5+ {now} 38. Kc4 {removes
the option of exchanging on f4.}) 37... a5 38. Nb3 g6 (38... exf4 39. gxf4 g5 {
and the tables have turned in Black's favour.} 40. fxg5 fxg5 {[%cal Yd6e5,
Ye5f4,Rd7e5]}) 39. h4 h5 40. Kd3 Nc5+ 41. Nxc5 Kxc5 42. Kc3 Kd6 43. Kc4 $4 {
offering the draw after a game losing blunder. White had but seconds left on
the clock to Black's some 40 minutes. However, White was keen for the draw and
snapped up the offer without thought. Play could have continued...} exf4 44.
gxf4 g5 45. Kd3 gxf4 {with White having no way to stop the penetration of
Black's king, and the subsequent queening of either the f pawn, or one of the
queenside pawns.} {A sample line is...} 46. Ke2 Kc5 47. Kf3 Kb4 48. Kxf4 Kxa4
49. Kf5 Kxb5 50. Kxf6 a4 51. e5 a3 52. e6 a2 53. e7 a1=Q+ {and queening with
check is the key tempo here.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tasmanian Championships (2016)"]
[Site "Havenview Primary School"]
[Date "2016.06.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Little, Ian"]
[Black "Manzer, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.11"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 (7. Nf3 {
[%cal Rf3e5,Re5g6] is the most accurate way to play the position.} e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Bxd3 10. Qxd3) 7... Bh7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 (11... Qa5+ {is another try, this leads to a bishop and
pawn shuffle with Black eventually claiming that the resulting pawn on c4 is
more of a weakness than an asset for White.} 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7
{[%cal Rc2c4,Rf8e7]} 15. O-O-O Ngf6 {[%csl Rc4]} 16. Ne4 b5 {[%cal Rc7c1,Rc4b5,
Rc6b5]}) 12. O-O-O Be7 {after a reasonably standard Caro-Kann opening White
must choose how to proceed. White can be fairly certain that Black will castle
king-side, and now is the time to decide if he should play in the centre, or
for a king-side pawn storm.} 13. Qe2 (13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 {[%cal Yg2g4,Yg4g5]}
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 {[%cal Rd5a2]} 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Be3 Nd5 {clearing
the way for a pawn storm at the right moment.}) (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15.
Qd3 Qd5 {[%cal Rd5a2]} 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 f5 {with play in the
centre being more the order of the day.}) 13... O-O 14. Ne5 (14. Nf1 {[%csl
Rf4][%cal Rf6d5]}) 14... Qa5 15. Nxd7 (15. Kb1 Rad8 16. Ng6 {and the knight is
immune due to} fxg6 (16... Rfe8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7) 17. Qxe6+ {[%cal Re6e7]} Kh8
18. hxg6 {[%cal Yf4h6]} (18. Qxe7 Nd5) 18... Ng8 19. Bxh6 gxh6 {with a big
attack on the Black king.}) 15... Nxd7 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nd5 {hitting the
bishop and bringing the knight to a lovely outpost, but it won't stay there
for long.} 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Rh3 {a nice rook lift to cover against any Ba3 or
other third rank shenanigans, as well as making it available for a quick
king-side attack.} ({other options were,} 19. g4 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Qxd4 20. Bxh6
Qe5 {[%cal Rf7f5,Rd5f4]} 21. Bd2 f5) (19. c4 Nf6 20. Bc3 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bb4)
19... Kh7 (19... Qxd4 {taking the "free" pawn doesn't work out well.} 20. Bxh6
Qe5 21. Bc1 ({or if White is feeling super aggressive} 21. Rg3 {with an
intimidating attack.}) 21... f5 22. Ng3 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 e5 {[%csl Ye5,Yf5]}) 20.
c4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qe4+ Kh8 23. c5 (23. Bc3 {was another way to play
the position.} Rad8 24. g4 Rd7 25. f4 Rfd8 26. Rhd3 (26. c5 Qb5 27. g5 hxg5 28.
h6 g6 29. fxg5 {[%cal Rf6g5,Re4e5,Rd4d5]})) 23... Qc7 (23... Qd8 24. Be3 Qd5
25. Qxd5 exd5 {could have taken the sting out of White's initiative.}) 24. g4 {
[%cal Rf2f4,Rg4g5]} (24. Bf4 {taking control of more of the dark squares and
keeping White's initiative alive.}) 24... Rad8 25. Be3 e5 $1 {Black wastes no
time, wresting the initiative away from White.} 26. Qf3 exd4 (26... Be7 27. Qf5
exd4 28. Bxd4 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg4g5,Rh3e3]} Bf6 29. Rhd3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4) 27. Bxh6
Qe5 28. g5 $4 {CHARGE! White moves forward with Tal-like momentum. Bashing out
the move with confidence and convincing his opponent that White's self-trapped
bishop was not a complete oversight.} (28. Bf4 Qxc5 (28... Qd5 29. Bd6 Qxf3 30.
Rxf3 Rfe8 31. g5 Bxg5 32. Rxf7 {[%cal Rf7b7] and White retains the initiative.}
) 29. h6 g6 30. Bc7 {and White is completely fine.}) 28... Bxg5 {White's
confident bluff has paid off, Black takes the extra pawn and goes for the
heavy piece ending being a pawn up with a nice central passer.} (28... Be7 29.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 {and with the rooks coming to defend White simply doesn't have
enough for the piece.}) 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg3 Qf6 $4 {Black blunders back the
game, offering a queen exchange which should lead to a drawn ending, or even
chances for Black counterplay, but it's not to be.} (30... Qe5 31. Rdg1 d3 32.
Rxg7 Qxg7 (32... d2 33. h6 d1=Q+ 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 {with white having a
slight edge due to the h6 pawn, but this is well blockaded.}) 33. Rxg7 Kxg7 34.
Qg4+ Kh8 {with a dead even game.}) 31. h6 $1 {with unstoppable threats.} (31.
Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rgd3 Rd5 33. Rxd4 Rxc5 34. Rd7 Rb5 35. a4 {etc. with careful
play the pawns will come off into some sort of equal game.}) 31... Kh7 (31...
Qxf3 32. hxg7+ Kg8 33. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. Rxf3) (31... gxh6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33.
Qg7#) (31... Kg8 32. Qxf6 g6 33. Qg7#) 32. hxg7 (32. Rxg7+ {is perhaps an even
stronger way to win.}) 32... Qxf3 33. gxf8=N+ {the under promotion seals the
deal with White going up an entire rook.} 1-0

