[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "WCC"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijman, Brian"]
[Black "Dive, Russell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 g6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. d5 $5 Nxd2 (6... Bxd5
$2 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Qd4) 7. Qxd2 Bg7 8. O-O-O d6 9. h4 (9. Bh6 {is obvious, and
is quite good after:} 9... Bf6 10. e4 (10. g4 {[the move I analysed at the
board} 10... Rg8 11. e4 (11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxh7 Bh8 13. Rg1 Na6 14. Ng5 Nc5
{[White is somewhat better, but Black has prospects too, despite the pawn
minus]} )  (11. g5 $6 Bh8) 11... Qd7 12. Kb1 Qxg4 13. Qe3 Ba6 14. Rg1 Qh5 15.
Bg5 Bxf1 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Rdxf1 Nd7 {and Black is okay} ) 10... Qd7 { [to
control g4 and prepare queenside castling} 11. Kb1 Na6 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4
O-O-O 14. h4 Kb8 15. Rh3 { is pleasant for White} ) 9... h5 10. e4 Nd7 11. Nd4
a6 12. f3 Ne5 13. Kb1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Rhe1 b5
18. Bd5 Rc8 19. Re2 {[I felt quite pleased about my position at this point,
since it appears I have Russell under some pressure, but Houdini is comfortable
enough with Black's position]} 19... Qb7 20. Bg5 b4 21. Qd3 a5 22. Qb3 O-O 23.
a4 {[an important move from the standpoint of king security]} 23... Rc7 24. g4
hxg4 25. fxg4 Bxd5 26. exd5 Be5 27. h5 Qa6 {#Diagram} 28. Rxe5 $6 ( {The first move I
considered, and which is the preference of Houndini is:} 28. Qf3 {, which,
according to our silicon friend, is followed by:} 28... Qc4 29. Rf2 Bd4 30.
Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Bh6 Qf6 32. Qg2 Qh4 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. hxg6 f6 35. g5 Kg7 36.
gxf6+ exf6 37. Re2 { [White is clearly better, but getting to this point
over-the-board would take some doing]} ) 28... dxe5 29. d6 $2 (29. Rh1 gxh5 30.
Rxh5 Rfc8 31. Rh2 Qg6 32. Qh3 Qg7 33. Bc1 {is relatively best, although Black
is a little better} ) 29... Qe2 $2 {[both players are basically playing on
increment, and, as often the case, make back-to-back mistakes]}  (29... exd6
30. hxg6 Qc4 31. Qxc4 (31. gxf7+ Rfxf7 32. Rxd6 Qxb3 33. cxb3 Rf1+ 34. Ka2 Rc2
{is curtains} ) 31... Rxc4 32. Rxd6 Rxg4 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 {and Black should win} 
) 30. Rd2 $10 (30. dxc7 Qxd1+ 31. Ka2 $10) 30... Qf1+ 31. Ka2 exd6 32. Rxd6
gxh5 (32... Qc4 {is nothing special now, because White can recapture on b3 with
the King} 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Re6 { is equal, because,
once the Queens are exchanged, the e and g pawns will come off and the a5 pawn
will soon follow } ) 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Rh6+ Kg7 35. Qe3 {[Black has to be
careful about moves like Bf6+ followed by Qg5+ and mate, and therefore takes
the perpetual check]} 35... Qc4+ 36. Ka1 Qf1+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Ka1 Qf1+ 39. Ka2
Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Forster, Bill"]
[Black "Stone, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {Ok new plan, no more Veresovs, no more junk openings in
general. Let's play real openings and principled moves.} 2... g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Of
course the one small flaw in my otherwise cunning plan is that I don't know
anything about real openings. Hmmmm, the Grunfeld. Well I do know one decent
way of organising White's minor pieces, a small bit of knowledge retained from
a post-mortem after being mercilessly crushed by Chris Bell in an interclub vs
Upper Hutt about 30 years ago. I suspect that was the only other time I've ever
ventured into a Grunfeld by the way.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 {On this square the knight covers both c3 and d4 and can't be
embarrased by ...Bg4 which was one of the (many) annoying things Chris Bell
did.} 8... Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 {#Diagram It turns out that I have
managed to (almost - see below) reach an important Tabiya (basic opening
position). The trouble with the Grunfeld is that White's impressive centre is
going to be put under pressure. It's the sort of opening where some experience
is definitely a plus.} 11. Bf4 {Not having experience, I went for a cheapo} 
11... Qd8 ( {Hoping for} 11... e5 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 $4 {when White has
the surprising shot} 14. Qxd4 $1 exd4 15. Bxc7 {and I calculated as far as} 
15... d3 16. Bxd3 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 {with a winning position for White.
Surprisingly, this line appears in my database as a junk internet game where
White missed 14.Qxd4!} ) 12. Be3 Qc7 {Back to the pre-Tabiya. Since I was still
clueless, it might have been best to save us both a lot of work and repeat
again. } 13. Qc2 $2 {This turns out to be a miserable move, scoring less than
30% in the database. }  (13. Rc1 Rd8 {is almost always played, then we really
do have a Tabiya, i.e. a standard position in which knowledgeable players start
the real game.} ) 13... Na5 $1 {This is the problem with Qc2, it deprives the
bishop of a retreat path.} 14. Bb3 {I wish I were less honest, then I could
avoid revealing the embarrassing truth behind this apparently obvious move.}  (
{I almost played} 14. Bd3 $4 {instead, after which I expected} 14... cxd4 $4 (
14... c4 $1 {is an obvious knockout} ) 15. cxd4 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 {which I
evaluated as better for Black, and worse boring and depressing for me. I've
been reading John Nunn's Lasker book, and in this situation it saved me, in a
way that John Nunn would probably find disappointing and embarrassing.
Apparently Lasker would employ the psychological trick of giving his opponent
unexpected choices to give them a chance to waste time and energy, and possibly
make mistakes. I decided Bb3 would force Black to choose between the line
already given, which he can still play, and an alternative line that's probably
even better for him, but more unbalanced and complex with more scope for
interesting play } ) 14... Nxb3 {In reality of course I was not really making a
Lasker like subtle ploy, I was simply playing a forced line, but what they hey,
it led to an interesting game, and Andrew plays his part by keeping the Queens
on.} 15. Qxb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 {#Diagram Another lapse in my chess thinking
helped keep me alive. When I was thinking about Bb3 or Bd3 I planned d5 at this
point, not noticing it would expose my Ra1. If I had not lapsed in this way I
would almost certainly have played Bd3 and lost immediately!} 17. Qd1 {It's
very annoying how Black now gets time for Bc4. So annoying that I considered
playing}  (17. d5 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Bd7 {as a sacrifice, but I wimped out. I
decided ...f6 would shield the dark squares, and that before long the Black
rooks would be rampant in the wide open queenside spaces} ) 17... Bc4 18. Qd2
{Black has a solid positional advantage with two good bishops, continuing
pressure on my centre, and scope for an annoying Queenside advance. My space
advantage means less than nothing as Black only has two minor pieces to find
room for and they are now both menacingly posted.} 18... Rfd8 19. Rfc1 b5 20.
Rab1 Qd6 21. d5 $6 {I knew I was in trouble, but at least it's getting a bit
messy and there's scope for creating complications that could go either way.
Advancing one of the phalanx pawns is double edged, but hopefully I will get to
use my otherwise passive minor pieces now} 21... Qa3 22. Nd4 Qd3 $1 {I missed
this, which basically refutes 22.Nd4. Oh well, I now have to go all in} 23. Nc6
Rd7 24. f3 e6 $2 {Not the best, the comp recommends swapping Queens first when
Black profits from a d file pin against the undefended Bd2} 25. Qf2 $2 {I in
turn could have used a d file pin to equalise by playing. }  (25. Qxd3 Bxd3 26.
dxe6 fxe6 27. Rd1) 25... exd5 {Play gets a bit random around here} 26. Nb4 (26.
Rd1 {is better} ) 26... Qe2 (26... Qa3 {leads to Black hanging on to his extra
pawn} ) 27. Qxe2 Bxe2 28. Nxd5 Bc4 29. Rd1 {#Diagram Now I finally have a
threat} 29... Re8 $2 {Which Andrew saw, but then forgot about during a long
think. (One of my favourite tricks actually)}  ( {To be fair, Stockfish only
maintains an advantage for Black with the rather inhuman } 29... Kh8) 30. Nf6+
Bxf6 31. Rxd7 {White should win from here, but let's not forget who's handling
the White pieces} 31... a5 32. Bd4 Be6 33. Rd6 Be7 34. Rb6 b4 35. Rb2 Rd8 36.
Be3 Rd3 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Rc2 a4 39. Ke2 Ra3 40. Bd4+ Kh6 41. Be3+ Kg7 42. Bd4+
Kh6 {#Diagram I now had my last decent think of the game. It looked to me as if
the a-pawn is dropping and that I might be in real danger of losing. So the
repetition was a bit tempting. Naturally Stockfish is completely sanguine and
assigns the highest advantage to either player in the game to date to White
here. Bloody computers. Suddenly though, I had a (brilliant?) idea} 43. Rxe6 $5
{Stockfish hates this move but what would he know about chess, really. Even in
the light of day I quite fancy my concept.} 43... fxe6 44. Bb2 {Trapping the
rook} 44... Rxa2 $4 {Andrew misses my idea}  ( {I expected} 44... b3 45. Bxa3
bxc2 46. Bc1+ {and my King will pick up the c-pawn. Compared to the position
before 43.Rxe6 my material advantage is reduced but importantly all the drama
has been sucked out of the position and I should win and certainly won't lose.}
) 45. Bc1+ ( {Andrew only considered} 45. Bg7+ {it's well known that strong
backwards moves are easy to miss} ) 45... Kg7 46. Rxa2 a3 {#Diagram The scene
is set for another epic Forster late night time trouble endgame meltdown. If I
had been able to summon up just a little brain power, I would have realised
that b3 is not even a threat as I can then calmly play Rxa3. So I can just
bring my King over, mop up the annoying pawns and win easily with my (let's not
forget!) whole extra rook. Instead I see ghosts and think I have to give up
most of my cunningly aquired material advantage} 47. Bb2+ $4 {This isn't even
slightly logical, I am trying to leave Black with a b-pawn not a more remote
a-pawn but if he moves his King I won't manage even that.} 47... axb2 {However
it's much more sensible to grab the piece in case I come to my senses and
realise that after}  (47... Kf7 48. Bc1 b3 49. Rxa3 {is an easy win for White,
as before} ) 48. Rxb2 {I am still winning, but some finesse and skill is
required and I'm in full blown panic mode still and can't provide it.} 48... h5
49. Kd3 Kf6 50. Kc4 g5 51. Rxb4 Bxb4 52. Kxb4 Ke5 {#Diagram I think that if I
hadn't so recently been a whole rook up I might have summoned the presence of
mind to realise that I can retreat my King in time and enjoy a simple extra
pawn win. Now I violate one of my personal favourite endgame rules: When ahead
don't get involved in commital tempo races unless absolutely necessary. Prefer
calm positions, the ideal is serene symmetry plus your (hopefully winning)
material advantage. Instead I commit to a mad race, going after the e6 pawn,
whilst Black eats my pawns. I am a couple of tempi too slow.} 53. Kc5 $4 g4 $3
{The only drawing move, the rest is routine} 54. Kc6 gxf3 55. gxf3 h4 56. Kd7
h3 57. Ke7 Kf4 58. Kxe6 Kxf3 59. e5 Kg2 60. Kf5 Kxh2 61. e6 Kg2 62. e7 h2 63.
e8=Q h1=Q 64. Qe4+ Kg1 65. Qxh1+ Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2015.09.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ker, Anthony"]
[Black "Forster, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 {I didn't watch Anthony make this move
carefully enough. I saw him grab something from his kingside and move it towards
the queenside, and wrote down the expected Nxd4. Then I looked up and saw that I had
to correct my scoresheet, and that, much worse, several hours of prep were
wasted. I knew Anthony used to play the Scotch Gambit. I knew it wasn't very
good. That was the extent of my book knowledge and in these sort of sharp
positions that's definitely not ideal! Oh well, fall back to first principles -
develop pieces, fight for central control, that sort of thing.} 4... Nf6 5. O-O
Bc5 6. e5 d5 $1 {An important resource and a good pattern to know - if you can
react to e5 this way it's basically always the right thing to do.
Of course you can't do it if you have a bishop on e7 or g7 because then White
captures two pieces while you capture one. } 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 {Of
course you have to let White have a pawn on g7 but its bark is worse than its
bite (we're going to castle queenside) and in return you get a massive central presence} 9. Ng5 Qd5 ( {After Ng5
I deperately wanted to play} 9... Qxf6 $4 {of course, that way it looks as if I
remain a pawn up, without the structural damage on g7, a big centre and even a
development advantage. But why would a borderline genius like Anthony Ker allow
such a thing? I smelled a big hairy rat. Eventually I saw the problem} 10. Nxe6
fxe6 11. Qh5+ {wins the bishop on c5} ) 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 O-O-O 12. fxg7
Rhg8 13. g4 {This worried me, I have been compelled to put my Queen into an
advanced spot and of course I was worried about it getting trapped (or driven
from the defence of Bc5). So I was on the lookout for g4 but had discounted it
now my Be6 is unpinned because I can take it with check. But of course then the
Bc5 drops off.} 13... Qe5 {Phew, this is obviously forced, but it felt wrong
and I was pleasantly surprised that I couldn't see a discovery that was going
to hurt me. Actually I did see a way for White to win material, but I could see
that it would rebound.} 14. Nxe6 {Bugger, I was hoping for}  (14. Nf3 $2 Qxg7
$1 {Wins outright as it happens}  ( {not} 14... Qd5 15. Nf6) 15. Nxc5 $2 {White
definitely can't take the bishop} 15... Bxg4 {My intention although Qxg4+ is
even better} 16. Kf1 {and my intended} 16... Qf6 {not only wins the piece back,
it's totally winning, Bh3+ is even better} ) 14... fxe6 15. Bh6 {I now settled
into a long think. After a while I decided that I had to try to use the massed
forces I have assembled in the centre for immediate counterplay, so on
principle} 15... d3 $1 {To my amazement Anthony replied instantaneously} 16. c3
$1 {#Diagram It turns out that this position has been reached many times
before, and d3 countered by c3 is more or less automatic. The computer confirms
these are the best moves. As far as I know Anthony might well have been still
in book! Basically we have been in standard Max Lange Attack theory the whole
time. I thought we might have transposed into the Max Lange (a variation of the
Two Knights defence), but I really wasn't sure. The last time I looked at it
was when I annotated Stone-Van der Hoorn in the 2013 Autumn cup.} 16... Bd6
{This move has been played before by one of my chess heroes, in
Marshall-Tarrasch Ostend 1910! 16...d2 is more common but the computer approves
of Bd6. My idea was to force f4 to loosen the White king and to prevent Qf3
threatening Nf6} 17. f4 Bc5+ $2 {This is a mistake, I wanted to pin the knight
to stop Nf6, but after }  (17... Qd5 18. Nf6 $4 {is a terrible mistake allowing
mate in three after} 18... Bc5+ {. Since the Bishop is heading to e7 anyway, I
could have saved a tempo. The lesson is: Keep checks in reserve unless you have
a good reason to play them immediately} ) 18. Kg2 Qd5 19. Qf3 Be7 20. Rad1 {A
really complicated unbalanced position, with chances for both sides. Positions
like this make chess a fun game. I took some time here trying to find a good
plan, the knight on e4 is a great piece and restricts me a lot. Eventually I
came up with} 20... Rd7 21. Rf1 Bd8 22. h4 Rf7 {I was pleased with this
regrouping and I was rewarded with one of the slight sighs that is
characteristic of Anthony if he isn't 100% happy. To be fair this is his only
tell, apart from this he never shows any emotion. He sunk into a deep think
here} 23. Nd2 $2 { }  ( {After the game I said to Anthony that Nd2 must be
wrong. He agreed and said he should have played} 23. Ng5 $4 {instead. What do
you play then? he asked me. My intention was Bxg5 with the hope rather than the
expectation of weathering the  big pawn storm coming. But strangely} 23... Rf6
$1 {is available, simply winning the bishop!} ) 23... Bf6 {Anthony missed this
simple move,  now Black is on top} 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. g5 Bxg7 26. Bxg7 Rfxg7 27.
Rde1 Re7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. f5 h6 $5 {#Diagram My last good idea in the game, I
plan to give up my Knight to liquidate the kingside pawns, and then play an
ending with 3 pawns for a piece. If the extra pawns are secure, that's normally
a good strategy. Ironically it comes back to bite me later in the game.} 30. f6
hxg5 {Anthony missed this resource} 31. f7 {Avoiding my idea}  (31. fxe7 gxh4+
32. Kh3 Re8 33. Rf7 Kd7 34. Kxh4 Rxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {And it will be hard for
me to lose (although the way I play these endings with no time, anything is
possible)} ) 31... Rf8 32. h5 $2 {After this I should win} 32... Nc6 $2 {My
brain starts its characteristic late game meltdown - believe it or not my idea
was to route the Knight to g6 - I didn't notice it could go there in one move
as soon as the h pawn moves! The separated passers aren't actually dangerous
and objectively Black is just two pawns up! } 33. h6 Ne5 34. h7 Ng6 {I've
wasted two whole tempi that could have activated my king or secured my pawn
chain, but I'm still better.} 35. Kg3 Kd7 36. Rf5 Ke7 $2 (36... Ke6 $1 {I
didn't notice he was attacking d5!} ) 37. Rxd5 {Now the position is level
again} 37... c6 38. Rxg5 Kxf7 39. Nxc4 Rh8 40. Rh5 Kg7 41. Kf3 Rxh7 42. Rxh7+
Kxh7 43. Ke3 {#Diagram} 43... d2 $2 {I thought this pawn was doomed anyway, so
why not slightly misplace one of the White pieces. But after this White is just
a little better for the first time (my King is offside). This is all Anthony
needs to win.}  ( {After the game Nic Croad pointed out} 43... b5 $1 {and if
the Knight moves I can hold the extra pawn with Ne5. White can draw if he plays
accurately.} ) 44. Nxd2 Kg7 45. Ne4 Kf8 46. Nd6 b5 47. Kd4 Ke7 48. Nc8+ Kd7 49.
Nxa7 Kc7 {My last mistake}  (49... Kd6 $1 {keeping the king out draws} ) 50.
Kc5 Ne5 {I thought I'd trapped the Knight and was maybe even winning} 51. Nxb5+
$1 {Bugger, I missed that idea.} 51... cxb5 52. Kxb5 {Now I am on the wrong end
of the piece versus three extra pawns equation. Writing about a similar
position in the NZ Chess Mag recently I said that this is like being staked out
in the sun to be eaten alive by ants. Exactly how it felt.  } 52... Nd3 53. b4
{Maybe there is some way to make life difficult for White, but I wasn't up to
it. The only ideas I had were to organise a blockade or to sacrifice the Knight
for two pawns at a time when the resulting position is a draw. I never came
close to making either idea work, but Stockfish seems to be able to hold... } 
53... Ne5 {...although not after this} 54. a4 Kb7 55. a5 Nd3 56. c4 Ne5 57. c5
Nc6 58. a6+ Kc7 59. Kc4 Ne5+ 60. Kd5 Nd3 61. b5 Nf4+ 62. Kc4 Ne6 63. b6+ Kb8
64. c6 {#Diagram Black has material equality but White has a slight positional
advantage} 1-0

[Event "Julian Mazur Memorial"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2015.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Coghini, Phillip"]
[Black "Sarfas, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qe2
h6 9. e4 d5 10. e5 {Interesting Fritzy prefers slightly cxd5,  but I like e5} 
10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 {Ughh, I had a wee think, normally I don't like double 
pawns but I gauged that double pawns are better than a lost tempo for the
bishop which is only blocked by pawns on d4 and e5.} 11... Ne4 {Mr Sarfas
places his cool Knight to its most devastating square - Fritzy likes this  move
too} 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne1 {#Diagram Re route the Knight to c2 then aim for e3, as well as
create options to get rid of the pesty Knight (or make a decision)   with f3.} 
13... Qh4 {For Black... Fritzy gives huge advantage to Nxd2.}  (13... Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 Nxe5 $1) 14. f3 Nxd2 {  Yeap good move - damn I'll miss this bishop
(Fritzy likes Blacks move too).  Looks like my pawns on black squares are a
surrogate for my now missing   black  bishop (albeit not as good).} 15. Qxd2 c5
{Fritzy suggests that dxc5 is better} 16. Nc2 {Wasn't sure if g3 or f4 is
better - anyway the Ne1 is misplaced at  least now it's doing something useful
(if limited).} 16... Rad8 {Fritzy baby suggests cxd4 or dxc4 is winning
advantage for black.} 17. cxd5 {I was proud of this  move - it achieves a few
things at once - get rid of the double pawns - also potentially wins a free
tempo with c4 if Bxd5, and if exd5 blocks off the Bishop's diagonal and makes
the Rd8 look a bit redundant, not to mention  creates a potential passed pawn
or kingside pawn majority of 4 to 3.} 17... exd5 18. f4 Nb8 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. Rf2
f6 21. Nxd5 $5 {With the threat of the pin with Bc4} 21... fxe5 22. dxe5
{Fritzy gives g3 with a huge advantage to white - so I'm an  idiot! I was
thinking it but not enough to execute - so I'm a feeble idiot.} 22... Be6 23.
c4 Nc6 24. g3 Qh5 25. Be4 Bf5 26. Qd3 Kh8 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qe4 Rff8 29. Re1
Nd4 30. Kg2 {To improve the position of the King (ever so slowly) -  but really
to stop Qh3 - and support the future h3 move.} 30... Rd7 {ooh he's  tempting me
- I wasn't sure if I should move e6, but could see imaginary ghost  with Rd6
and then kaa powl Rxe6} 31. h3 Ne6 32. g4 Qh4 33. f5 Nd4 34. Nf4 {This  move
gives white a winning advantage - just hope I don't stuff it up!   As they  say
its harder to win a won game sometimes.} 34... Kg8 35. Ng6 Qd8 36. e6 Re7 37.
Nxf8 {Damn Fritzy see's something better Qd5 instead of the greedy Nxf8.} 37...
Qxf8 38. Qd5 Qc8 39. Rd2 Kh7 40. h4 Qf8 41. Rf2 Qf6 {#Diagram} 42. Kg3 {Fritzy gives g5 as
stronger aarrgh}  (42. g5 $1 hxg5 43. hxg5 Qxg5+ 44. Kh1 {with Rh2 and Qd8 to
come} ) 42... Qf8 43. g5 Qb8+ 44. Kg4 {Kg2 is stronger not the idiot move  Kg4}
44... Qe8 45. Rf4 h5+ 46. Kg3 Qb8 47. f6 $1 gxf6 48. Re4 {gxf6 is waaay better
thanks to fritzy} 48... fxg5 49. hxg5 Kg6 50. Re5 Qe8 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Qe4 Nc6
53. Rd5 Qb8+ 54. Kh3 Kg8 55. Rd7 Rg7 56. Rxg7+ {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stracy"]
[Black "Wight"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 g6 4. c3 f5 5. d3 fxe4 6. dxe4 Bh6 7. Bd2 Qf6 8. Bxg8
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Rxg8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. Ne3 Rd7 14. Qd2
Rgd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Rad1 Kb8 18. c4 c6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rc2 cxd5
21. cxd5 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Nxd5 23. Qc4 Ne7 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. a3 Rc7 26. b4 Qd8 27.
Qe4 Ne7 28. Qb1 Qc8 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qd1 Nf5 31. h3 Qc3 32. g4 Nd4 {#Diagram} 
33. Nxd4 exd4 $1 {After some rather unconventional play, Josh has emerged with
a winning material advantage He finishes the game in fine style.} 34. Kg2 d3
35. Qf3 a6 36. Qf8+ Ka7 37. Qxd6 d2 38. Qd5 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wastney"]
[Black "Perry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. e5 Nf5 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bc5 d4 14. Bxf8 Qxf8
15. Nb5 Ne3 16. Rc1 {This is all theory..} 16... f5 (16... Bh6 {and eventually
1/2-1/2 in 71 was Short-Carlsen London 2009} ) 17. Nxd4 f4 18. c3 Be6 {#Diagram
The first new move of the game, and likely not the best option. }  (18... Qc5
{and} )  (18... Qd6 {have been tried before} ) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd3 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Qd6 22. Be4 b5 23. Qxb5 Rb8 24. Qe2 Qa3 25. Ka1 Qc5 26. Qa6 Nc4 27. Qxe6+
Kh8 28. b3 (28. Rhd1 $1 Nxb2 29. Qd6 {and White takes over} ) 28... Nd2 29. Kb2
Nc4+ ( {Scott was concerned (I think - this is based on a chat after the game
without reference to a board or scoresheet) about} 29... Rc8 {but the computer
thinks Roger made the right decision to go for the repetition} 30. a3 $1 Bxc3+
31. Ka2 {and Black is not co-ordinating very well and the White rooks take over
fairly soon} ) 30. Ka1 Nd2 31. Kb2 Nc4+ 32. Ka1 Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brockway, Andrew"]
[Black "Nijman, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "2015.08.27"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]

1. e4 { Always good to play Brian. We have had a few enjoyable games. Normally
with me on the losing side. I am ready for the Caro Kann, French Defence or
Sicilian. } 1... g6 { Oops the Modern. Oh well, guess I will just have to play
some sensible moves. } 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7.
Nc3 Bg4 { According to Hiarcs we are in a book position here so I can't have
gone too far astray. } 8. Be2 { Out of the Hiarcs book now. } 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3
e6 { Here I was concerned about the Knight getting to f5 but realised after Ne7
I could play Bg5, exchange and I thought my bishop would be better but Brian
has a well placed knight and my d pawn would be weak. } 10. O-O Nge7 11. Bg5
Qb6 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 { #Diagram Now I wasn't sure what to do. Could I let my b
pawn drop and get play on the open file? (Yes according to the analysis below).
I didn't fancy losing the d pawn and most likely the e pawn as well. So I
pondered for a while and eventually spotted bxd5 which leads to quite a sharp
position. } 13. Bxd5 (13. Ne2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. Rxb7+ Ke8) 13... Rhd8 14.
Na4 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 (14... Rxd4 15. Qf3 Qxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Rfe1) 16. Qxc6 bxc6
17. Rfe1 { With an equal position according to Hiarcs. } ) 15. Qe2 Rxd4 16.
Rad1 Rad8 { With an equal position according to Hiarcs. } ) 14... Qb4 (14...
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Ba6 Bxe5 18. Rae1) 15. a3 { Again bxc6
(which I almost did this time) is better. } 15... Qxd4 16. Bxc6 (16. Qxd4 Nxd4
17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Ba6) 16... bxc6 17. Qc2 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Qf4 19. g3 Qf3 {
#Diagram Brian repositions his queen nicely. I didn't anticipate this but I am
pretty sure he did. } 20. Rxd8 { A mistake. } 20... Rxd8 21. Rc1 { Brian notes
after the game that he didn't consider this move for me with the key reason
being it is not great. } 21... Kf6 22. Nc3 Bxc3 { Hiarcs doesn't like this. } 
23. Qxc3+ Qxc3 24. Rxc3 Rd6 { I thought I could possibly draw this ending. Well
most likely a grandmaster would. } 25. Rc5 Ke7 26. Kf1 Kd7 27. Ke2 Kc7 28. Rc4
Rd5 29. b4 e5 30. f4 exf4 31. Rxf4 f5 32. g4 fxg4 33. Rxg4 Kd6 34. Rc4 a5 35.
bxa5 Rxa5 36. a4 Rh5 37. h4 Kd5 38. Kd3 Rf5 39. Rd4+ Kc5 { #Diagram So far not
too bad. But now I blunder and Brian pounces. } 40. Ke3 Rf3+ 41. Ke4 { Rf4 was
killing. } 41... Rh3 { Good enough I thought at the time. Now I am going to
lose at least one more pawn. }  (41... Rf4+ 42. Kxf4 Kxd4 43. a5 Kc5) 42. Rd7
Rxh4+ 43. Kd3 h5 44. a5 Kb5 45. Rd6 Rg4 46. a6 Kxa6 47. Rxc6+ Kb5 48. Rc8 Rf4
49. Ke3 Rf5 50. Ke4 Rf6 51. Rd8 Kc5 52. Rd5+ Kc6 53. Rd1 Rd6 54. Rg1 Re6+ 55.
Kf4 Kd6 56. Rg5 (56. Kg5 { Looking at my rook ending book I think after Kg5 the
game could be drawn with best play. The analysis from Hiarcs certainly doesn't
appear to be making progress for white. } 56... Kd5 57. Rd1+ Kc4 58. Rd8 Rb6
59. Rd2 Rc6 { -1.80/40 } 60. Rd8 Kc5 61. Rd1 Rb6 62. Rd2 Rd6 63. Rc2+ Kb5 64.
Rc7 Re6 65. Rc1 Rc6 66. Rd1 Kc5 67. Rd2 Ra6 68. Rd1 Kb4 69. Rc1 Rb6 70. Rc2 Kb5
71. Rc1 Re6 72. Rb1+ Kc4 73. Rd1 Rb6 74. Rd7 Kc5 75. Rd2) 56... Ke7 57. Ra5 Kf6
58. Ra8 g5+ 59. Kf3 Kg7 60. Ra7+ Kg6 61. Ra1 Kf5 62. Ra5+ Re5 63. Ra1 g4+ 64.
Kg3 Re3+ 65. Kg2 Kg5 66. Ra5+ Kh4 67. Ra1 Re2+ 68. Kf1 Rb2 69. Kg1 Kh3 70. Kh1
g3 71. Kg1 h4 72. Rc1 Rb3 73. Rd1 Kg4 74. Rd4+ Kf3 75. Rd1 Re3 76. Rf1+ Kg4 77.
Ra1 h3 78. Rf1 Re2 79. Ra1 h2+ 80. Kh1 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Julian Mazur Memorial"]
[Site "Wellington Chess Club"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ian Sellen"]
[Black "Phillip Coghini"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 e6 6. O-O d5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbc3
Nbd7 9. b3 Re8 10. Rb1 a5 11. a4 Bf8 12. d4 b6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15.
N2c3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Nf6 19. Nf4 Kh7 20. Bb2 Rb8 21. Re1
Bd6 22. Nxe6 Qd7 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 {#Diagram} 24... Bb4 25. Qd4 Bxe1 26.
Qxf6 Bb4 27. g4 $5 {I wish I could add extra ! and ? characters} 27... Qe7 28.
Qe5 Bd6 29. Qd4 Bc8 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Bh3 Rg8+ 32. Kf1 Ba6+ 33. Ke1 Qf7 34. Rc1
Bb4+ 35. Bc3 Rbc8 36. Kd2 Qh5 37. Nf4 Qg5 38. Qe5 Rgf8 39. Bxb4 Rce8 40. Qc7+
Kg8 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Qg6+ Qxg6 45. Nxg6 Re2+ 46. Kc3
Rxf2 47. Kd4 Rxh2 48. Bxf5 Rd2+ 49. Ke5 Re2+ 50. Kf6 Rf2 51. Rg7# 1-0

[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timergazi"]
[Black "Stone"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qd5 Bb7 6. Qxb7 Nc6 7. Qa6 Bb4+
{#Diagram ...Nc5 is going to trap the queen} 0-1

[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "WCC"]
[Date "2015.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Farrington, Lawrence"]
[Black "Nijman, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Nge2 d6 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Nd4 Nc6 9. a3 Bd7 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Qc7 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Qd7 20. Qe2 d5 21. e5
Bg7 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Bd4 e6 24. Rf3 Ra6 25. Ra1 Rc8 26. Qc2 Ra4 27. Qb3 Qb5
28. Ra2 a5 29. Rb2 axb4 30. axb4 Rca8 31. h3 Bf8 32. Qc2 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Be7 34.
Qd3 Qa4 35. Qc2 Qc6 36. Qe2 Bh4 37. g3 Be7 38. Rf1 Qa4 39. Rxa1 Qxa1 40. Kg2 h5
41. Qf2 h4 42. g4 Qc1 43. Rc2 Qb1 44. Rb2 Qd3 45. Rd2 Qe4+ 46. Qf3 Qb1 {#Diagram} 47. Rd1
$2 (47. Qd1) 47... Ra2+ 48. Bf2 Qc2 49. Kg1 Ra3 $17 50. Bd4 Kh7 $2 (50... Bxb4)
51. Qd3 $2 (51. Rf1 $10) 51... Qxd3 52. Rxd3 Bxb4 53. g5 b5 54. Kg2 Ba5 55. Re3
Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Kg7 57. Bc5 Rc2 58. Bd4 Kf8 59. Kg4 Ke8 60. Kxh4 b4 $6 (60... Kd7)
61. cxb4 Bxb4 62. Kg3 Rc4 63. Rd3 Kd7 64. Ba7 $6 (64. Kf3) 64... Kc6 65. Bb8 $6
Rc3 66. Rxc3+ Bxc3 67. Kf2 Kc5 68. Ke3 Kc4 69. Ke2 Kd4 70. Kf3 Kd3 71. h4 Kc2
72. f5 exf5 73. h5 gxh5 74. e6 fxe6 75. g6 Bg7 (75... d4 $4 76. g7) 76. Bf4 d4
77. Ke2 d3+ 78. Ke1 h4 79. Bg5 h3 80. Kf2 e5 81. Kg3 f4+ 0-1

[Event "Julian Mazur 2015"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coghini"]
[Black "Croad"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 {is the normal
move. It's easy for a strong player to relax when they see an unnatural move
like this, as if they sense (wrongly) that nothing can go badly today...} ) 
6... Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Bd3 {The bishop
goes where it really belongs } 11... Nd7 12. e4 e5 {In these kind of
positions it is normal for Black to play like this, looking for a locked pawn
structure that suits his bishop and lames White's} 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15.
Re3 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. e5 $1 ( {I was about to praise the positional merits
of this move versus the alternative advance} 17. d5 {(see previous comment
about pawn structures) when I noticed there are other reasons to avoid d5!} ) 
17... dxe5 18. d5 {This is okay now without a blocking pawn on e4, of course
White is a pawn down... } 18... g6 (18... Qe7 19. Rae1 f6 {holds the pawn, but
then} 20. Nh4 $1 {is hard to meet} )  ( {Nic has emailed in to point out that
he originally intended the trick} 18... e4 $6 {attacking the rook on a1, but
noticed too late that White has a nice back rank counter trick} 19. Rae1 exd3
$2 20. Qxd7 $1 {and wins} ) 19. Rae1 {So White recovers his pawn with
advantage} 19... a6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 b5 22. Qa5 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qf4 24. Qc3
Qd4 25. Qb3 Rab8 {#Diagram} 26. d6 $5 {Unleashing the hounds. The computer
signals 0.00 but it's definitely easier to play White} 26... Bxg2 27. Bxf7+ Kg7
( {apparently getting the King further from harms way with} 27... Kh8 {is
right, although the move played seems natural} ) 28. Qg3 Ba8 $2 {This is fatal}
(28... Kxf7 {or} )  (28... Rf8 {limit the damage} ) 29. Re7 $1 Kh8 30. d7 Qf6
31. Bc4 $1 {After a big think. White avoids bank rank tricks now as
Bf1 is available} 31... Bc6 32. Qh3 h5 33. Qg3 h4 34. Qh3 $2 {A pity, this is
Phillip's only weak move in the concluding phase}  (34. Qe3 $1 {is the only
really strong move, and it's an instant kill } 34... g5 35. Qd3) 34... Rb2 $2 (
{Black can fight with} 34... Rf8 35. Qe3 Qf4) 35. Re8+ $1 {#Diagram Back on
track, the remaining moves were played quickly and decisively by Phillip} 35...
Kg7 36. R1e7+ Kh6 37. Qe3+ g5 38. Re6 Rb1+ 39. Bf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Bb5+ 41. Ke1
1-0

[Event "Julian Mazur"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Theodosiou"]
[Black "Jackson"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Bd2 $2 (8. Qd2 {is the normal move, played by Mikhail Tal (to name one great
player) 7 times} ) 8... Qc5 $1 {Winning a piece} 9. Bxf7+ {White gets a rather
nice attacking position and a serious development lead for his piece, giving
reasonable practical chances} 9... Kxf7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O e6 12. f4 b5 13. f5
$1 {#Diagram Andreas has played good natural moves, and now opens lines,
White's comp is growing!} 13... Ne5 $2 {This is probably Black's worse move of
the game, which says a lot. Basically Ross didn't do too much wrong, which
makes Andreas' win all the more meritorious!}  (13... e5 14. Ne6 {is rather
annoying, but this is worse} ) 14. Nxe6 ( {White could win in Tal like fashon
with} 14. fxe6+ Ke8 15. Rxf6 $1 {but this isn't too bad either} ) 14... Bxe6
15. fxe6+ Ke8 (15... Kxe6 16. Rxf6+ $1 {is somewhat fatal} ) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 {White is only a little material down and has a much easier
position to play} 17... Be7 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. Bxe5 dxe5 $2 ( {Black has to play} 
19... Bxe5 {and allow} 20. Rf7) 20. d6 $1 {#Diagram Diagram please! White is
now winning, the advanced duo are crushing - don't forget that Black's king has
moved so castling is not a legal option!} 20... Qb6+ 21. Kh1 h5 22. Qd5 Ra7 23.
Rae1 Qb7 24. Qd3 $1 {Andreas is merciless in this phase - he avoids a queen
swap and targets the weakness on g6} 24... Ra8 (24... Rh6 25. d7+ Kd8 26. Rxf6
Rxf6 27. e7+ Kxe7 28. d8=Q+ {is not difficult to find} ) 25. Qg6+ Kd8
{#Diagram} 26. Rxf6 $1 {Yes! Andreas plunges the dagger into the dentist's
heart! Well done Andreas, play like this every week please.} 26... Qd5 27. Qxg7
1-0

