A losing battle vagainst Dave Kearney

Another battle with Dave Kearney, this time I didn't escape with a draw !

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[Event "Cov League Div 1"]
[Site "Rugby v Nuneaton"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dave Kearney"]
[Black "Bob Wildig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 a5 6. a3 Na6 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Be3 Ne6 10. b4 Ng4 11. Nd5 Nxe3 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. fxe3 e4 {Well this
seemed a good idea at the time !} 14. dxe4 f6 15. Qd5 Kh8 16. Nd4 Nd8 17. Nf5
Qf7 18. c5 Be6 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qc3 dxc5 21. bxc5 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qe7 {Its not
obvious what this is for. Bd7 and then Bc6 loos more useful.} 23. Rfb1 Rfb8
24. Rb5 a4 25. Rab1 Bc8 26. c6 b6 27. Nf3 Ba6 28. Rd5 {Whites pieces have
become too active for Black to control and now he makes a fatal mistake.}
28... Bc4? 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qxc4 Qxa3 31. Nxe5 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 g6 33. Rf1 Rf8
34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Qe6 {Black can't stop the fatal check on f6, eg Qd4 is met by
e5. So ...} 1-0

A good draw against tough opposition

Due to pressure from Bob, here is my game against Mark Page. I hope it shows how to rebuff attacks and take the initiative in the center.

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[Event "Cov A vs Rug B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "N Kadodwala"]
[Black "M Page"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "158"]
[BlackELO "185"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 {The normal move would be 5.d4
and would take the game into King's Indian territory but since Mark has played
this defence since forever I make it clear that I want to stay away from those
lines and play a more 'English Opening' line.} 5... O-O 6. Rb1?! {A waiting
move to see how black deploys his pieces but this is too elaborate. The simple
Bg5 would have been better.} 6... e5 7. e4 {Now that black has committed to
..e5 white can play a botvinnik setup.} 7... Nc6 8. Nge2 Nh5!? {Mark makes it
clear that he wants to attack but white is well prepared to meet this so maybe
..Be6 would have been more flexible.} 9. O-O {White seems to be 'castling into
it' but the attack should not be damgerous for white.} 9... f5 10. exf5
gxf5?! {I didn't expect Mark to take with the pawn. The idea behind 10.exf5
was to gain the square e4 for a knight and I guess Mark didn't want that to
happen. However, after the move played white has a strong reply.} 11. f4!
{This move is crucial to stop the black attack. If this was not played then
black himself would play ..f4 with a very strong attack. This is what white
had to calculate before he castled.} 11... h6 12. Be3 {Notice that white is
the one with the only important pawn break now (d4) but has to prepare it
first before rushing into it.} 12... Nf6 13. Kh1 {A necessary move so that the
threat of ..Ng4 can be met with Bg1 still keeping an eye on d4.} 13... Be6
14. b3 {played to protect c4 after an eventual d4.} 14... Qe7 15. d4 {At last
the move comes but not without a lot a calculation. Black does not have any
tricks based on ..Bxc4 and uncovering the Queen along the e file. Fortunately
my computer agrees with me (a rare occurance).} 15... Ng4 16. Bg1 {We see the
useful square for the bishop being used.} 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
c6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7?! {I think taking with the Queen is slightly better and what
I expected. } 20. Qf3!? {Not sure about this. Maybe the simple Qd2 is best.}
20... Rad8 {Mark offers me a draw here. White is definitely better here with
easy pressure down the center files and easily the better minor pieces.
However, I'm not the most consistant of players and would have probably let
black back into the game somewhere along the line plus the fact that Mark is
rated somewhat higher than myself. I chickened out and accepted.} 1/2-1/2

I was very pleased with the way I played in this game as the last time we played (again I had the white pieces) I got demolished in about 15 or so moves.

Please feel free to post comments on what you think. Criticism welcomed.

Another struggle from a few years ago

A fortunate win for Black in the following game a few years ago.

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[Event "Cov league div 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C Green"]
[Black "R Wildig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Be3 Qc8 10. Qd2 Bh3 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6
15. Ng3 Nd4 16. h3 Qc6 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nce2 Qa4 19. c3 Nc6 20. b3 Qa5 21.
f4 e5 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Nd7 24. Rf2 Nd8 25. Rh1 Ne6 26. h4 f6 27. gxf6+
Nxf6 28. h5 Nxh5 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Nxh5+ gxh5 31. Rxh5 Rf6 {A miracle move
which solves all of Blacks problems} 32. Kg1 Rg6+ 33. Kh2 Qd8 {and after Black
had struggled he finds himself getting an easy attack.} 34. Ng3 Nf4 35. Nf5+
Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Qf2 Rg2+ 38. Qxg2 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Qa5 40. Rf5+ Ke8 0-1

Another old Cov League game

Here is another old game which seesawed eventually ended as a draw....

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[Event "Cov League Div 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Wildig"]
[Black "D Kearney"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe2 d5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb5 Qe5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ba6
Rc5 21. b4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne4 23. Rc2 Qd6 24. a3 Qg6 25. Kh2 Ng5 26. Bd3 Qd6+
27. Kg1 Ne6 28. Nf5 Qe5 29. Qd1? Ba4 30. Qc1 Bxc2 31. Bxc2 Nf8 32. Ba4 Re6
33. Nd4 Rf6 34. Bd1 Ne6 35. Nc6 Qc7 36. b5 Nd8 37. Bf3 Rd6 38. e4 dxe4 39.
Bxe4 Rd4 40. Qe1 1/2-1/2

G'day folks !

I am downunder trying to publish an old game I played against Tony Green of Nuneaton. Here goes !

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[Event "Cov league division1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Wildig"]
[Black "A Green"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. c4 Nc6 {Startling White on his very first move!} 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.
g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 {Nasty for White is Nxe5 Qe7 and he is bad trouble.} 5... Nxf3+
6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Re8 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3
c6 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Qe6 16. b4 Bg4 17. Bh1 Qg6 {Now White gets
concerned about the threats of h5 and h4 or f5 and f4} 18. f3 Bh3 19. e4 Nc7
{White wanted to play Be3 and then d4 but Blacks last undermines this with the
idea of Ne6} 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Nb5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Bb2 Qg5 24. f4 Rxd2
25. Qxd2 Rd8 26. Qe1 {Qe3 was natural and better} 26... Qg4 27. Kf2 Qd7 28.
Bf3 Qd2+ 29. Qe2! {Phew!} 29... Nc3 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. Rd1 {and the balance is
restored} 1/2-1/2