A couple of games

Thanks to Dave and Tom for providing the games below. The first is Tom as White against Scott Dickson of Grangemouth, from the recent Under 1500 Cup match. It's a strange case of when doubling rooks on an open file doesn't bring the expected result.

[Event "Under 1500 Cup - Grangemouth v Stirling"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2017.04.19"] [Round "SF"] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "Dickson, S"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. h3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2 Qb6 7. c3 Nh6 8. O-O Nf5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. cxd4 O-O 13. b3 Bf6 14. Na3 Bxd4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nxe3 17. Qc1 Nc2+ 18. Kh1 Nxe1 19. Qxe1 Re8 20. Qf1 a5 21. Bh5 Ra7 22. Re1 Rae7 23. Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Be6+ Rf7 25. Qxf7# 1-0

 

 

This second game is from the recent Stirling Congress, Dave's round 4 clash as Black against Andrew Sutherland. When Andrew sat down at the start of the game Dave noticed a big book of tactical puzzles on top of his bag - so he endeavoured to get Qs off as soon as possible!

[Event "Stirling Congress"] [Site "Stirling"] [Date "2017.04.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Sutherland, A"] [Black "Hewitt, D"] [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. Qc2 f5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 fxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qd3 14. Ne1 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 e5 16. d4 Bf5 17. dxc5 Bxc2 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Bd3 20. Rfd1 e4 21. Bh3 Be2 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Re1 Bf3 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bf5 Re8 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. h4 Rb8 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Re1 Rd5 33. Bxe4 Re5 { White resigns. } 0-1