(1) Simons,Martin (2200) - Richmond,Peter (2247) [A04]
4NCL Wessex 1 v Brown Jack (1.31), 24.10.2009

1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 Rb8 7.c3 e5 8.Be3 f5 9.exf5 gxf5 10.Ng5 Nf6 11.Qb3 d5 12.Bxc5 h6 13.Nf3 Kf7 14.d4 Ne4 15.Ba3? +0.72 [15.Nxe5+ Nxe5 16.Bxe4 Be6 17.Bg2 b6 +1.72] 15...exd4 16.cxd4 Be6 17.Qd3 Qf6 18.Rd1 f4 19.Nc3 fxg3 20.fxg3 Rhd8 21.Rf1 Kg8 22.Rad1 Bf5? +2.63 [22...Qf5 23.Rde1 +1.33] 23.Qe3? +1.38 [23.Nh4 Nxc3 24.Qxc3 Nxd4 25.Rd2 Ne2+ 26.Rxe2 Qxc3 27.bxc3 Bd3 28.Re6 Bxf1 +2.63] 23...b5? +2.63 [23...Bh7 24.Bh3 Ng5 25.Nxg5 Qxg5 +1.38] 24.Nxe4? +1.38 [24.Nh4 Qxd4 25.Nxf5 Qxe3+ 26.Nxe3 b4 27.Ncxd5 bxa3 28.Bxe4 axb2 29.Nf5 +2. 63] 24...dxe4 25.Nh4 b4 26.Nxf5 bxa3 27.Qxa3 Kh8 28.Bxe4 Nxd4 29.Nxg7 Qxg7 30.Rf2? +0.22 [30.Rfe1 Rb6 +2.38] 30...Ne2+ 31.Rxe2 Rxd1+ 32.Kg2 1/2-1/2

(2) Padilla Cabero,Pablo (2169) - Kawuma,Steven Male (2187) [B26]
4NCL Wessex 1 v Brown Jack (1.32), 24.10.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Rb8 8.Nf3 e5 9.0-0 Nd4 10.Ne1 Nf6 11.Bh6 0-0 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nd1 d5 14.Ne3 dxe4 15.dxe4 b6 16.c3 Nc6 17.Nd3 Ba6 18.Rfd1 Rb7? +2.13 [18...Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qxd3 20.Rxd3 Rfd8 21.Rad1 Rxd3 +0.37] 19.Qc2? +0.22 [19.Nf5+ gxf5 20.Qg5+ Kh8 21.Nxe5 Rd7 +2.13] 19...Rd7 20.Qa4 Bxd3 21.Qxc6 Rc7 22.Qa4 c4 23.Bf1 Qa8 24.Bxd3 cxd3 25.f3 Rd8 26.Rd2 a6 27.Qd1 Nxe4 28.fxe4 Qxe4 29.Qe1 f5 30.Ng2 Qxe1+ 31.Rxe1 e4 32.h4 Kf6 33.Nf4 Rc6 34.Kf2 Rdd6 35.Ke3 Ke5 36.Rf2 Rd8 37.Kd2 Rdd6 38.Ng2 Rd8 39.Ne3 Rcc8 40.Ref1 Rf8 41.b3 b5 42.Ng2 Rc6 43.g4 Rcf6 44.g5 Rc6 45.Ne3 a5 46.h5 Ke6 47.h6 a4 48.c4 axb3 49.axb3 bxc4 50.Nxc4 Kd5 51.Ke3 Ra6 52.Nd2 Re8 53.Rc1 Re7 54.Rc4 Rd6 55.Ra4 Rb7 56.Ra5+ Ke6 57.Nc4 Rd5 58.Ra6+ Ke7 59.Nd2 Rd6 60.Ra4 Re6 61.Rf1 Rd7 62.b4 Rb6 63.Nc4 Rb5 64.Rb1 d2? +1.17 [64...Rc7 65.Nd2 Ke6 66.Ra6+ +0.04] 65.Rd1 Rd3+ 66.Ke2 f4 67.Ra7+ Ke6 68.Rxd2 f3+ 69.Kf1 Rxd2 70.Nxd2 Rxb4 71.Rxh7 Kf5? +3.75 [71...Rd4 72.Nxe4 Rxe4 +1.72] 72.Rf7+ Kxg5 73.Rh7? +0.00 [73.h7 R +4.50] 73...Kf5? +2.63 [73...Rd4 74.Nb3 +0.00] 74.Rf7+ Kg5 75.h7 Rb8 76.Nxe4+ Kh6 77.Nf6 Rh8 78.Kf2? +2. 13 [78.Ng8+ Kh5 +5.50] 78...g5 No further moves were recorded 1/2-1/2

(3) Lock,Gavin R (2188) - Truran,Michael (2215) [A80]
4NCL Wessex 1 v Brown Jack (1.33), 24.10.2009

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 d6 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 Nd7 7.e4 fxe4 8.Ng5 Nf6 9.f3 d5 10.fxe4 h6 11.Nf3 Nxe4 12.Qe3 Bf5 13.Bd3 Qd7 14.0-0 0-0-0 15.Ne5 Qe6 16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.Bg3 g5 18.Nf7 Bg7 19.Nxd8 Rxd8 20.c3 Bf6 21.Qe2 Rh8 22.Qh5 Bg6 23.Rae1 Bxh5 24.Rxe6 Kd7 25.Re3 c6 26.Be5 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Bg6 28.h4 gxh4 29.Rf4 h5 30.Rg5 Be8 31.Rxh4 Rf8 32.Rh3 Rf4 33.Re3 Rf6 34.Rg7 Bf7 35.Rf3 Rxf3 36.gxf3 Ke8 37.Kf2 Kf8 38.Rg5 Ke8 39.Kg3 Kd7 40.Re5 Kd6 41.Kf4 a5 42.Kg5 b5 43.f4 Be8 44.f5 a4 45.Kh6 Bd7 46.Kxh5 c5 47.Kg5 b4 48.a3 bxa3 49.bxa3 cxd4 50.cxd4 Bc8 51.Kf4 Bd7 52.Ke3 Bb5 53.Kd2 Bc4 54.Kc3 Bb5 55.Re6+ Kd7 56.Kb4 1-0

(4) Haydon,Richard (2184) - Jenks,Bruce (2127) [A05]
4NCL Wessex 1 v Brown Jack (1.34), 24.10.2009

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.e4 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Re1 Nc6 9.c3 0-0 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.a3 e6 13.Nbd2 d6 14.Nc4 dxe5 15.Ncxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Rc7 17.Bg5 Qa8 18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.Rxc7 Rxc7 20.Qd2 Qc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Qxc1+ 23.Bxc1 Ne7 24.Bf4 Bd5 25.Ne1 Kf8 26.Bf3 Ke8 27.Kg2 Kd7 28.Nd3 Nc6 29.g4 Nd4 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Bg3 g5 32.h4 h6 33.f4 gxf4 34.Bxf4 Ke6 35.h5 Nc6 36.b3 a5 37.Kf2 d4 38.Kf3 Kd5 39.g5 hxg5 40.Bxg5 Nxe5+ 41.Nxe5 Bxe5 42.Bd8 Kc5 1/2-1/2

(5) De Coverly,Roger (2101) - Rabbitt,Michael [A07]
4NCL Wessex 1 v Brown Jack (1.35), 24.10.2009

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.0-0 e6 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Bc5 7.Qe1 0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Bg6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Bb6 12.a3 Nc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Qe2 c6 15.Nh4 Qc7 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Rd1 Rfd8 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Bd2 Rd7 20.c4 Nb6 21.a4 Rad8 22.b3 Rd3 23.a5 Nc8 24.Be4 Rxb3 25.Bc2 Ra3 26.Rxa3 Bxa3 27.h4 Bf8 28.Rb1 b6 29.a6 Ne7 30.Bg5 Rd7 31.Qe4 Nf5 32.g4 Rd4 33.Qe2 Nh6 34.f3 Bc5 35.Kf1 Rd7 36.h5 gxh5 37.Qe4? -2.13 [37.gxh5 Qc8 38.Bxh6 gxh6 -1.06] 37...Kf8 38.Bxh6 gxh6 39.Qf4 hxg4 40.Qxh6+ Ke8 41.Qh8+ Bf8 42.c5 b5 43.Be4 Rd4 44.Re1 gxf3 45.Bxf3 Rc4 46.Rd1 Rxc5 47.Qf6 Qe7 48.Qf4 Rc4? +4. 50 [48...Qc7 -2.13] 49.Qxc4 1-0

(6) Richmond,Jane (2118) - Yeo,Michael J (2153) [D01]
4NCL Wessex 1 v Brown Jack, 24.10.2009

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 [In Round 2 of the 1986 British Championships, my game with Black against Julian Hodgson went 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.h3 Bh5 when Julian surprised me with 8.c4 (Theory at the time concentrated mostly on the complications following 8.Ne6 which were covered extensively in Informator 33 in a game Bajramov - Smagin, which I knew but Julian didn't. Indeed he confessed later that he hadn't even realised that we had transposed into areverseVeresov!) 8...exd4 (20 years later against Alan Barton, I opted for the safer 8...dxc4 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qxd7+ Kxd7 11.Bxe5 fxe5 12.N4f3 with an unclear position that I eventually won 0-1 Barton,R-Yeo,M/Torquay 2006 (77)) 9.Qb3 Bd6?! (9...dxc4? fails to 10.Qb5+ c6 11.Qxh5+ ; so it is best to insert 9...g5 10.Bg3 dxc4 11.Nxc4 but White still has very good compensation for the pawn) 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Qxb7 Rd8 12.Qxa7 dxc4 13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Rxd7 15.Nxc4+/- when White was a safe pawn up, although surprisingly I managed to draw 1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J (2500)-Yeo,M (2240)/Southampton 1986 (41)] 2...Nf6 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 Nbd7 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 h6 7.Bh4 N7b6 Probably Black's best try for an advantage. [7...Ne3!? is very complicated. After 8.Qd3 Nxf1 9.exf5 Nc5 (given a !! in Informator 33 which seems a bit excessive. It may be Black's best move but I am not sure that it equalises) (9...Nxh2 10.Rxh2 Nb6 11.0-0-0 is clearly better for White) 10.Qc3 Na4 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Ne2 Qd5 13.Rxf1 Qxf5 14.0-0-0 still looks a bit better for White given the lack of deveopment of Black's kingside, but there are a myriad of other variations!] 8.exf5 Ne3 9.Qe2 Qxd4 10.Bf2 Nbc4 11.c3 [During the game I was a bit concerned that 11.Qxc4? might equalise, because I hadn't at that stage spotted that 11...Nxg2+ wins the queen.] 11...Qe5 12.Bxe3 Qxe3 13.Rd1 Qxe2+ 14.Kxe2 Nxb2 15.Rb1 Na4 16.Rxb7 Nxc3+ Diagram # 17.Kd2? Missing my next move! [17.Kf2 is critical. During the game, I was seriously considering 17...Kd7 as none of the alternatives seemed fully satisfactory: (17...Nd1+ 18.Ke1 (18.Kg3 0-0-0 19.Ba6 Rd6 20.Rb6+ Kd7 21.Bb5+ c6 22.Rxc6 Rxc6 23.Ne2 Ne3 24.Nd4 Nxf5+ 25.Nxf5 a6 might be just OK) 18...Ne3 19.Bb5+ Kd8 20.Kf2 Nxf5 21.Ne2 e6 22.Rd1+ Bd6 23.g4 a6 24.Bc6 Ne7 25.Rxd6+ cxd6 26.Rd7+ Ke8 27.Ra7+ Nxc6 28.Rxa8+ Nd8 29.Rxa6 h5 might also just work, but the White a pawn is dangerous.; 17...e6 18.Rxc7 Bb4 19.fxe6 Nd1+ 20.Ke2 Rd8 21.exf7+ Kf8 22.f4! unclear; 17...0-0-0 18.Rb3! (18.Ba6 Rd2+ 19.Kg3 Kd7-/+ ; 18.Rxa7 e5 19.Ra5 Rd2+ 20.Ke3 Rb2-/+ ) 18...Rd2+ 19.Ke3 Rc2 20.Kd3 Rc1 21.Nh3 gives adequate compensation) 18.Ne2 Nd1+ 19.Ke1 (19.Kg3 e5 20.fxe6+ fxe6 21.Nd4 Bd6+ 22.f4 Nc3 23.Bb5+ Nxb5 24.Nxb5 Rhb8 25.Nxd6 Kxd6=/+ ) 19...Ne3 20.Ng3 (20.Nd4 Nxf1 21.Kxf1 e5 22.fxe6+ fxe6=/+ ) 20...Nxf1 21.Kxf1 e5 22.fxe6+ fxe6=/+ and in all cases White probably doesn't have enough for the pawn deficit.] 17...0-0-0+ 18.Kxc3 Kxb7 19.Nh3 g5-+ My third pawn move of the game which solves the problem of how to develop the kingside. From here on it was a matter of creeping slowly forward until she ran out of moves. 20.Bc4 Bg7+ 21.Kc2 Rd6 22.Rb1+ Ka8 23.Nf2 Rc6 24.Rb4 Rb8 25.Rxb8+ Kxb8 26.Kd3 Rd6+ 27.Ke2 e6 28.fxe6 fxe6 29.Ne4 Rc6 30.Kd3 Kc8 31.Nd2 Kd8 32.Nb3 Ke7 33.Na5 Rd6+ 34.Kc2 Bd4 35.Bd3 Kf6 36.Nc4 Rd8 37.h3 Rb8 38.a3 a5 39.Be4 a4 40.Kd3 c5 41.Bc6 Rb3+ 42.Ke4 Rc3 43.Bb5 h5 44.f4 g4 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.g3 Bf2 47.Ba6 Rxg3 0-1

(7) Kawuma,Moses (2178) - Headlong,Fenella (1906) [D58]
4NCL Wessex 1 v Brown Jack (1.37), 24.10.2009

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.Bd3 b6 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Nd5 12.Bg3 N7f6 13.Be5 Bd6 14.Rfd1 Ng4 15.Bg3 Qe7 16.Rac1 f5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Qb5 Qe4 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Qd7 Rfd8 22.Qb7 Rdb8 23.Qc7 Rc8 24.Qxd6 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Re8 26.Nd2 Qd3 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Nf1 Qe2 29.Qf3 Qxb2 30.Rc7 Qb1 31.h3 Nf6 32.Rxa7 Rb8 33.g3 b5 34.Kg2 b4 35.Nd2 Qd3 36.Nb3 Qb5 37.Ra5 1-0

(8) Tanner,Gary (1474) - Thilaganathan,Jessica (1874) [D14]
4NCL Wessex 1 v Brown Jack (1.38), 24.10.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7 9.Qa4 Qb6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Rfc1 0-0 12.a3 Rfc8 13.b4 a5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.b5 c5 16.Qd1 Bg4 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.a4 Bf6 19.Ra2 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nd7 21.Rac2 Rc5? +0.98 [21...Qd8 22.Ne2 e5 23.Bg3 Nb6 +0.07] 22.Ne4 dxe4 23.Qxd7 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 Qd8 25.Rc7? +0.26 [25.Qxd8+ Bxd8 +2.38] 25...Qxd7 26.Rxd7 e5 27.Bg3 exf3 28.b6 Rb8 29.b7 h5? +1.91 [29...Kf8 30.Rc7 Bd8 31.Rc8 Rxb7 32.Rxd8+ Ke7 33.Rd1 f6 34.Ra1 Rb4 35.h4 +0.26] 30.h3? +0.68 [30.h4 Kf8 31.Rc7 Bd8 32.Rc8 Rxb7 33.Rxd8+ Ke7 +1.91] 30...g6? +2.88 [30...g5 31.Kh1 +0.68] 31.Kf1? +0.00 [31.Rc7 Kg7 32.h4 Kh6 33.Rxf7 Bh8 34.Rc7 Bf6 35.Kf1 g5 36.Rc6 gxh4 +2.88] 31...Kf8 32.Ke1? -1.06 [32.Rc7 Bd8 33.Rc8 Rxb7 34.Rxd8+ Ke7 35.Rd1 f6 36.Ra1 Rb4 37.Kg1 +0.00] 32...Ke8 33.Rc7 Bd8 34.Rc8 Rxb7 35.Bh4 Rd7 36.Rxd8+? -4.50 [36.Ra8 e4 37.Bxd8 Rxd8 38.Rxa5 Rb8 39.Re5+ Kf8 40.Rxe4 Rb1+ 41.Kd2 Rf1 -1.06] 36...Rxd8 37.Bxd8 Kxd8 38.Kd2 Kc7 39.Kc3 Kb6 40.Kc4 Kc6 41.h4 f6 42.Kd3 Kd5 43.e4+ Kc5 44.Kc3 g5 0-1