Hobbies & Interests - Chess 2001

This was my first match of the 2001 season in Division 2 for the season and would be a good indicator of the level of players that I would face over the next few months.

	White J Lowther	Black G Griffiths
1	e4	e5
2	Bc4	Nf6
3	d3	Nc6
4	Nc3	a6
5	f4	d6
6	f5	Be7
7	Nf3	Nd4
8	Be3	N x N +
9	Q x N	g6
10	g4	h6
11	0 - 0 - 0	g5
12	Rd1-f1	Ng8
13	Bf2	f6
14	h4	c6
15	p x p	p (f) x p
16	B x N	R x B
17	R x p	Bf8
18	Rh5	Qf6
19	Rf1 - h1	Bd7
20	Bd6	Bc7
21	Qe3	Bf8
22	Bc7	c5
23	Nd5	Qf7
24	Rh7	Rg7
25	Rh5	Be7
26	Rh8 +	Rg8
27	R x R	Q x R
28	B x p	Bc6
29	N x B	resigns

White makes all the play and Black has no answer to it. There wasn't a key blunder by Black in this match, just an overall lack of cohesive play. This was certainly not the start I wanted in Division 2.

Black allows whites f pawn to advance far too far in the early stages and ends up committing a lot of material to holding that position without making any attacking play, allowing White to develop and smother Black.

Final Position

Div. 2 Match