Jamboree

Last Tuesday was the 'Jamboree' at Spondon Chess club, it's a 4 round 20mins each team tournament. Predictably in the shorter games, I played badly, losing all the games. I tended to either play too fast, making blunders, or too slow, losing on time. Couldn't find a happy medium.

A better performance was this evening in an online tournament, losing in a close endgame:

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "deanmadden"]
[Black "CameronD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1344"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[ECO "B10"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 Nf6 5. Ngf3 Nbd7 6. g3 Nc5 7. e5 Nfe4 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Nxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nxe4 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Be3 e6 15. Rad1 Be7 16. g4 Bg6 17. c3 O-O 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rd7 Rab8 20. Red1 Bb6 21. Ne1 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. f4 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Nf3 Kd7 27. g5 Bb6+ 28. Ke2 Bd8 29. h4 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. gxf6 Bxf6 32. Ng5 h6 33. Nf3 Bh5 34. Kf2 Bxf3 35. Bxf3 Bxh4+ 36. Kg2 b6 37. Kh3 Bf2 38. Kg4 Kd6 39. Kh5 Be3 40. Kg4 Kc5 41. f5 exf5+ 42. Kxf5 Kb5 43. b3 c5 44. Be2+ Ka5 45. Ke4 Bg5 46. Kd3 b5 47. c4 b4 48. Ke4 Kb6 49. Kd3 Kc6 50. Kc2 Kd6 51. Kb2 Bf6+ 52. Kc2 Ke5 53. Kd3 Kf4 54. Bd1 Kg5 55. Ke4 h5 56. Bxh5 Kxh5 57. Kd5 Bd4 58. Kc6 Kg4 59. Kb5 Kf3 60. Ka4 Ke3 61. a3 a5 62. axb4 axb4 63. Kb5 Kd3 64. Ka5 Kc3 65. Ka4 Kc2 {deanmadden resigns} 0-1