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| Submitted by: | J P F | ||
| Submitted: | 28 September 2018 9:32 am | ||
| White: | Fowler, James (104) | South Hams | |
| Black: | Thomas, Richard (67) | South Hams | |
| Game Date: | 27 September 2018 | ||
| Competition: | Homan League | ||
| Result: | 1-0 | ||
| Private: | No |
Comments since sumbission:
| 1 October 2018, 7:31 pm | J P F |
| although nf3 was deliberate as i thought i might get away with an early mate.....must stop doing that ! | |
| 1 October 2018, 7:27 pm | J P F |
| Youre right Alan, my recent wins have relied totally on flukes- i have been certain Ive lost in all. | |
| 1 October 2018, 6:54 pm | Alan Davies |
| This game should give you a lot of encouragement Richard because you put pressure on James which lead to his blunder with 10.Nf3 and then you were then well ahead at (-3 pts). I think it would be worth you looking at the game afterwards because you can often learn from some analysis. When James started to apply pressure with the pin on your e7 Bishop it seemed to me you may have panicked a bit - we have all done it - and didn't make the best move selection from moves 13 to 20. The block 13...Be6 would have been much better than Qd8. Again the blocking move 17..Rg7 (defending the h7 pawn) would have been much better than pinning your Bishop with Ke8. At move 20..Ke8 re-pinned your Bishop again when Kc7 was the better move. Of course I point all this out with the benefit of Shredder - not saying I could do any better over the board! Maybe the lesson is that finding good defensive moves when well ahead in a game can often pay big dividends. Well played James but you were definitely fortunate there! | |
| 29 September 2018, 11:11 pm | Phil McConnell |
Yes, a very good "half game" by Richard, and nearly converted into a win, too. Richard, that first Homan win won't take much longer! Well played, James - you kept looking for a way to pick Richard's pocket and manad to find it. | |
| 29 September 2018, 12:58 am | J P F |
| Richard,as with all my games recently ,I felt i was losing till maybe 3/4 of the way through,but thought never letting you get what you wanted might help me in the end ! Youre at least an equal player to me,but a few jammy moves got me there in the end ! It was a flippin good work out ! | |
| 28 September 2018, 10:40 pm | David Archer |
| Very exciting game. Pauline certainly can produce the 'magic show' moves when he wants. That Knight would have annoyed me too on move 23!!! Not much in it though to be fair. The win will be all that sweeter when it comes Richard. Well played James | |
| 28 September 2018, 8:06 pm | Richard Thomas |
| Haven't revisited this in detail (not sure I want to), but: James is a very devious player - I mean this as a compliment - and I felt as if I'd had my pocket picked by a skilled operator. For a long time I was fooled into thinking I was on the verge of winning, but every time I was just waiting to make the decisive move, James pulled something out of the hat, and strangely enough all the pieces were in just the right place to make it work. Was this inspired improvisation, or had he planned the whole thing? I knew I would lose the big exchange, but I hadn't noticed that in taking my queen the knight 'just happened' to cover the g pawn as well. I'm afraid this was enough to unsettle me into playing badly from then on. The 'useless' tripled pawns that I had not thought worth taking got their revenge... On the positive side I played quite well for some time. Half a good game (again). A learning experience, but not sure I really want 14 'valuable learning experiences' before Christmas. I'd give quite a few of them for just one win... | |
Submitter's comments:
| 28 September 2018 9:32 am | J P F |
| Haven't revisited this in detail (not sure I want to), but: James is a very devious player - I mean this as a compliment - and I felt as if I'd had my pocket picked by a skilled operator. For a long time I was fooled into thinking I was on the verge of winning, but every time I was just waiting to make the decisive move, James pulled something out of the hat, and strangely enough all the pieces were in just the right place to make it work. Was this inspired improvisation, or had he planned the whole thing? I knew I would lose the big exchange, but I hadn't noticed that in taking my queen the knight 'just happened' to cover the g pawn as well. I'm afraid this was enough to unsettle me into playing badly from then on. The 'useless' tripled pawns that I had not thought worth taking got their revenge... On the positive side I played quite well for some time. Half a good game (again). A learning experience, but not sure I really want 14 'valuable learning experiences' before Christmas. I'd give quite a few of them for just one win... | |
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[Event "Homan League"]
[Date "2018-09-27"]
[White "Fowler, James"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 d4 11. O-O dxc3 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Rfe1 Qd8 14. bxc3 Rg8 15. d4 Kf8 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. Qxh7 Kd7 19. dxc5 Qf8 20. Qf5+ Ke8 21. Rxe7+ Qxe7 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Rd8 24. Kf1 Rd1 25. Ke2 Rd5 26. Qxf6 Rg6 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qh4+ Rf6 29. Nd3 Bb5 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Rd8 32. Qb4 Re8 33. Kd2 Re6 34. Qxb7+ Kf8 35. c6 R8e7 36. c7 Rd6 1-0
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[Event "Homan League"]
[Date "2018-09-27"]
[White "Fowler, James"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 d4 11. O-O dxc3 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Rfe1 Qd8 14. bxc3 Rg8 15. d4 Kf8 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. Qxh7 Kd7 19. dxc5 Qf8 20. Qf5+ Ke8 21. Rxe7+ Qxe7 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Rd8 24. Kf1 Rd1 25. Ke2 Rd5 26. Qxf6 Rg6 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qh4+ Rf6 29. Nd3 Bb5 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Rd8 32. Qb4 Re8 33. Kd2 Re6 34. Qxb7+ Kf8 35. c6 R8e7 36. c7 Rd6 1-0
[Date "2018-09-27"]
[White "Fowler, James"]
[Black "Thomas, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 d4 11. O-O dxc3 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Rfe1 Qd8 14. bxc3 Rg8 15. d4 Kf8 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. Qxh7 Kd7 19. dxc5 Qf8 20. Qf5+ Ke8 21. Rxe7+ Qxe7 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Rd8 24. Kf1 Rd1 25. Ke2 Rd5 26. Qxf6 Rg6 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qh4+ Rf6 29. Nd3 Bb5 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Rd8 32. Qb4 Re8 33. Kd2 Re6 34. Qxb7+ Kf8 35. c6 R8e7 36. c7 Rd6 1-0
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