Summer KO – Gary’s game

Earlier this month Tynedale won at Gosforth in Round 1 of the NCA 2023 Summer KO

This is Gary’s fine game against Murray Pollock, comments are Gary’s

Gary Bosworth (Tynedale) v Murray Pollock (Gosforth Centurions) 12th June 2023, Summer Cup.

e4 c5

d4 cxd4

c3 e5 (declining the Albin Counter Gambit with a standard continuation)

Nf3 Nc6

Bc4 Nf6

Ng5 d5

exd5 Na5

0-0 a6 (preventing Qa4 to recapture the Knight after Nxc4)

b3 b5 (b3 looks odd, but other defences of the bishop lose any initiative that white may have)

Re1 bxc4

Rxe5+ Be7

Ba3 Nxd5 (I overlooked this continuation,initially hoping to play d6 but after Qxd6,the rook on e5 hangs so Rxa5 seems to be the only

option, giving white a strong kingside attack.)

Qf3 Be6

Rxe6? 0-0?? (perhaps the pressure was telling? Although fxe6 followed by one of Nxe6, Nxf7 or Qxf7 look threatening, there doesn’t seem to be

enough compensation for the piece)

Bxe7! Nxe7 (occupying the kings possible escape square in 2 moves time)

Qh5 Re8 (if h6, Rxh6, gxh6, Qxh6 mates)

Rxe7 (to prevent Ng8 blocking a checkmate on h8 after Qxh7+ and ensuring the king cannot get to e7 if the rook is recaptured)

Black resigns

Although, …Qd5 offers some hope for a continuation with the threat of mate on e1. For example, after Qxh7+, Kf8, white cannot play Rxf7+

because after Qxf7, Re1++.

Games Page

I decided to have another look at our games page(s) and have added my game against Roger Coathup from the recent simultaneous to the pgn database. This database is held separate from the Tynedale Chess Club website, and can be accessed from our games link on the top level menu.

Alernatively and probably easier, click on the following link to open a page which has a drop down menu of games in the pgn database

Link to pgn database

My game against Roger is the last game in the drop down menu, and has an attractive finish.

Games

By popular demand, I have been trying to reinstate the games feature on the website. This seems difficult within the wordpress blog that we use, but I have set up and am experimenting with a separate website to hold just games. In due course there should be proper links between the two sites, and it may appear almost seemless. The new site is called http://www.tccgames.co.uk, and currently has just one game in Alex v John Morton from January.

Below is a link, it should open in a new tab.

Index Page on www.tccgames.co.uk