[Event "MSCL Div 2"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.12.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Dunn, Chris"] [Black "Taylor, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A80"] [Annotator "Fryer,David"] [PlyCount "65"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Qc2 {Both players have developed completely ignoring on the whole their opponents setups} Ne4 $2 {not sure what the idea of this was but it seems to simply give up a pawn} 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 $16 Nc6 13. Bd2 Qf7 14. Rac1 Bb4 15. Re2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Qf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 {swapping the pieces off while a pawn down is rarely a good idea} 18. d5 Nb4 19. b3 (19. a3 Na6 20. b4 { would have saved a tempo over the game}) 19... Rae8 20. a3 Na6 21. b4 f4 22. Re2 Re7 23. e4 h6 24. e5 $18 Rf5 25. Rce1 g5 26. Nd4 Rf8 27. f3 Rg7 28. e6 Nb8 29. e7 Re8 30. h3 (30. Nb5 {would be game over but everything wins for white in this overwhelming position}) 30... Kf7 31. Nb5 Kf6 (31... Na6 32. Nxa7 $18) 32. Nxc7 Rexe7 33. Ne8+ {a nice finish to a well played game by white} 1-0 [Event "MSCL Div 2"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.12.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Blake, Morgan"] [Black "Fryer, David William"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "Fryer,David"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2017.10.25"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. f4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qf2 Be7 $6 ({ forgetting my own repertoire involving} 7... g6 8. Nf3 Bg7) 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 Rb8 $5 {couldn't find any sensible plan while white has simple developing moves} 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rae1 Nb4 13. e5 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Ng4 15. Qe2 dxe5 16. fxe5 b4 17. Nd5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Bb5 {all my moves looked good on the board but...} 19. Qe4 $5 {highlighting the fact that black's threats are all illusory } Nf2+ (19... f5 $142 {which was my intended reply but Nf2+ was just too tempting but unfortunately bad}) 20. Rxf2 Bxf2 21. Ng5 g6 22. Nf6+ {Morgan took all his time up over this move during which I over thought my reply and blundered} Kg7 $4 (22... Kh8 {is clearly much better though still losing however the winning idea is not that easy to find. After the game we looked at all sorts of tactical coups but none quire worked and so we settled on the simple idea of swapping queens and despite being the exchange down white's position is simply too good} 23. Rc1 Qxd3 ({or} 23... c6 24. Qf4 {wins material } {for example} Qd4 25. Nge4) 24. Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Rxc7 $18) 23. Qf4 $1 Bxe1 { I'm dead and could have resigned but why not let your opponent checkmate you ?} 24. Ne6+ Kh8 25. Qh6 Qxf6 26. exf6 Rg8 27. Ng5 Bxd2 28. Nxf7# 1-0