Internal Tournament Winners 2017

The final results of the internal tournaments are now up on the Tournament pages. The Tasker Tankard was won by newcomer Joe Reid on 5/6, the Plummer Knight was extraordinarily close and resulted in a three-way tie between Brian Izzard, Paolo Ortolani and Anthony Stanton on 4.5/8, and the Club Championship was won by a junior, Mikolaj Rogacewicz, on an amazing 8.5/9. Congratulations to all!

Here is Mikolaj's win against Simon Wilks with analysis by Brian Denman:

Mikołaj Rogacewicz 1-0 Simon Wilks

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bd3 

Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. g4 e5 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 exd4 14. O-O-O Qe5 15. 

Bh7+ Kh8 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rh4 Qxh7 21. 

Rxh7+ Nxh7 22. cxb5 Bb7 23. Qf5 Rac8+ 24. Kd2 Rc5 25. Qf4 Nf6 26. Rb1 Be4 27. 

Rb2 Rf5 28. Qh4+ Rh5 29. Qg3 Ba8 30. Ke2 Ne4 31. Qg4 g6 32. Ke1 Kg7 33. h4 f5 

34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Ng5 Nxg5 36. hxg5 Rh1+ 37. Kd2 Be4 38. f3 Rcc1 39. fxe4 Rhd1+ 

40. Ke2 Re1+ 41. Kd3 Red1+ 42. Rd2 fxe4+ 43. Qxe4 1-0

I am really impressed by your tactical attacking play in this game and you displayed excellent technique to finish him off. I am not particularly keen on his 6th move of Bc3+. Why give up a good bishop when it is not required? However, the crucial position comes on move 11 when you play the incredibly bold move of g4. Strictly speaking 11 Nd2 was probably better, but your move is difficult to defend against. On move 13 he probably should have played cxd4, and then after 14 Rg1 the position is probably about level. However, it was difficult to see this and by move 17 you have got your rook into play on the dangerous d4 square. He should probably have played 17...Qa5 when you are better, but instead 17...b5 looks like a mistake. He should perhaps have played 18...Qc5, though 19 Bf5 would have been good for you. After 18..Qh5 he may be lost, but it was not easy to convert this into a win. On move 24 your king might have been safer if you had headed for a1, but on move 25 he should have captured your pawn on b5. For the rest of the game you show good technique and keep finding good moves, though 32 Ke1 was not the best move. An excellent result, easily your best so far. Well done!