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Submitted by:Alan Davies
Submitted:22 April 2016 10:47 pm
White:Sweetman, Barry (60)South Hams
Black:Davies, Alan (95)South Hams
Game Date:21 April 2016
Competition:M. Wray Shield
Result:0-1 
Private:No 
 

Comments since sumbission:

5 May 2016, 1:46 pmAlan Davies
I've had a look at your game Phil. Things look pretty even up to Move 11. it can be a tricky opening for Black as well. With the Queen advanced early on there is a risk that White can develop his pieces by pushing the Black Queen around the board.
I agree that Bd3 is better than Bc4. (I would have played b5 a lot earlier than your opponent.) On d3 you could have perhaps pushed your pawn to g4 and got a Kingside attack going, maybe after castling Queenside.
 
3 May 2016, 2:38 pmPhil McConnell
Ah, the Scandinavian with 3. ... Qd6. The first (and only) time I played against this was in the 2015 Torbay Congress - see McConnell v Burt on 15 Nov 2015. Although I eventually won the game, I found it a tricky opening to play against; after 11 moves I couldn't see how to get an attack going, and the line I played eventually led to me having an ugly pawn structure from which I was lucky to escape. I think perhaps I should have developed my white-square bishop to d3 rather than c4. Is there a better approach for White?
 

Submitter's comments:

22 April 2016 10:47 pmAlan Davies
Ah, the Scandinavian with 3. ... Qd6. The first (and only) time I played against this was in the 2015 Torbay Congress - see McConnell v Burt on 15 Nov 2015. Although I eventually won the game, I found it a tricky opening to play against; after 11 moves I couldn't see how to get an attack going, and the line I played eventually led to me having an ugly pawn structure from which I was lucky to escape. I think perhaps I should have developed my white-square bishop to d3 rather than c4. Is there a better approach for White?
 

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[Event "M. Wray Shield"] [Date "2016-04-21"] [White "Sweetman, Barry"] [Black "Davies, Alan"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Nf3 a6 5.h3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.a3 b5 8.b4 Bb7 9.Be2 h6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Qc3 Bf6 16.d4 O-O 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Be7 19.Qg3 g5 20.Bd2 Qc6 21.Bd3 f6 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Rae1 Rae8 24.Qg4 Re7 25.Be3 Ref7 26.f3 e5 27.Qh5 Bg7 28.Bxg5 e4 29.fxe4 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Bxe4 32.Bf4 Bxg2+ 33.Kf2 Bd4+ 34.Kg3 Bh1 35.Qg4+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Ke7 37.Qh4+ Bf6 38.Qg4 Qg2# 0-1

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[Event "M. Wray Shield"]
[Date "2016-04-21"]
[White "Sweetman, Barry"]
[Black "Davies, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Nf3 a6 5.h3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.a3
b5 8.b4 Bb7 9.Be2 h6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O Nd5 13.Nxd5
Bxd5 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Qc3 Bf6 16.d4 O-O 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Be7
19.Qg3 g5 20.Bd2 Qc6 21.Bd3 f6 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Rae1 Rae8 24.Qg4
Re7 25.Be3 Ref7 26.f3 e5 27.Qh5 Bg7 28.Bxg5 e4 29.fxe4 Rxf1+
30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Bxe4 32.Bf4 Bxg2+ 33.Kf2 Bd4+ 34.Kg3 Bh1
35.Qg4+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Ke7 37.Qh4+ Bf6 38.Qg4 Qg2# 0-1
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