Leicester rounds 2 & 3

In round 2, I was paired against Joe Pacitto, but after waiting half an hour he didn't turn up. Disappointing since I would have stood a chance against him. So anyway I was repaired with someone much higher graded from the intermediate section. I tried a Kingside attack against his Sicilian, but it didn't come to much:

[Event "Leicester Congress 2007 Amateur"]
[Date "2007.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dean Madden"]
[Black "Grant Hammond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Nh4 e5 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Ndxf3 Rfe8 14. f5 d5 15. fxg6 fxg6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. c3 Qd7 18. Ng2 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Re8 20. Qf2 Rf8 21. Bd2 Qg4 22. Qxc5 Qxf3 23. Re1 Qxd3 0-1

In round 3, I played Neil Roberts, the top seed in the group. I gained a two pawn advantage, but as usual for me I didn't convert it to the win. I couldn't stop his attack.

[Event "Leicester Congress 2007 Amateur section"]
[Date "2007.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neil Roberts"]
[Black "Dean Madden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. c3 dxe4 3. Qa4+ Nc6 4. Qxe4 Nf6 5. Qc2 e5 6. Be2 Bc5 (6... Qd5 7. Nf3 e4 8. Nd4) 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 (8... Nxb4 9. cxb4 Qd4 10. Nh3 Bxh3 11. O-O Qxa1) 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. d3 Ng6 12. g3 Rb8 13. c4 Bd4 14. Ra3 Bg4 15. Bb2 Bc5 16. Rb3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Re8 18. O-O b6 19. Rd1 Ng4 20. Qe2 Nxf2 21. Rf1 Nxd3+ 22. Kg2 Nxb2 (22... Ngf4+ 23. gxf4 Nxf4+ 24. Kh1 Nxe2) 23. Qxb2 f6 24. Nc3 Bd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qe2 Red8 27. Rd1 Qc5 28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Rf1 Rd4 30. Rf2 Qe6 31. Rc3 Rbd8 32. c5 f5 33. Ng5 Qf6 34. Nf3 Rxa4 35. cxb6 cxb6 36. Rc6 Rd6 37. Rc8+ Rd8 38. Qc2 Rxc8 39. Qxc8+ Qf8 40. Qc6 Qf6 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Rc2 e4 43. Rc8+ Nf8 44. Ne5 g6 45. Nd7 Kg7 (45... Qb2+ 46. Kh3 Ra2 47. Rxf8+ Kg7 48. Qf7+ Kh6) 46. Nxf6 1-0

Even more annoying is that I missed the following chance to fork his king and queen:


Should have played any of the knights to f4, then when he takes it with the pawn, play the other knight to the same spot! I just didn't think far enough ahead when I saw the first knight would be taken with the pawn.

Hopefully I'll play better tomorrow.