Leicester Rounds 4 & 5

I had a better day yesterday and enjoyed both games. First I beat Chris Fox with a Fried Liver opening. The opening gave me a pawn advantage after just a few moves, and this stayed the same until a pawn ending which I managed to convert to a win, even though my opponent assured me it was a draw. Gamesmanship or miscalculation? Not too sure. Anyway there were lots of points early on when I could have got more material but I didn't see them so will need to look more at the game.

[Event "Leicester Congress 2007 Amateur section"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dean Madden"]
[Black "Chris Fox"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nce7 9. Qg4+ Nf5 10. Bxd5+ Kf6 11. Ne4+ Ke7 12. Qg5+ Ke8 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. d3 Be7 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke7 17. O-O h6 18. Nf3 c6 19. Be4 Kf6 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. g4 Nd6 22. h3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Re7 24. Nd2 Rf8 25. Rf1 Ref7 26. f4 g5 27. fxe5+ Kxe5 28. Nf3+ Ke6 29. Nd2 Rf4 30. Rde1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rf4 32. Re1 Nxe4 33. Rxe4+ Rxe4 34. Nxe4 Ke5 35. Nc5 Be6 36. Nxe6 Kxe6 37. Kf2 Ke5 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. c4+ Ke5 40. d4+ Kd6 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. d5+ cxd5+ 43. cxd5+ Kd6 44. Kd4 b6 45. Ke4 a6 46. b4 a5 47. bxa5 bxa5 48. a4 1-0

Fifth and last game of the tournament was against 11 year old Amy Milson, a member of a very talented chess family. She was a pawn up early on, but I dug in and managed to scrape a draw after 68 very interesting moves. She'd offered a draw twice earlier, but I declined as although the positions were equal materially, there were lots of different things happening and I wanted to see it played out - win or lose. Overall a great experience for me and I hope to come back next year.

[Event "Leicester Congress 2007 Amateur section"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dean Madden"]
[Black "Amy Milson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 Be6 9. Nf1 Qd7 10. Bg5 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bh3 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Bxh3 14. Ng1 Be6 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Kg2 f5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Rf1 fxe4 19. dxe4 Qg5 20. Nd5 Bg4 21. Qc1 Qh5 22. Qe3 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Rf1 Qh5 25. Rf6 Rd8 26. h3 Bd1 27. g4 Qh4 28. Rf1 Ba4 29. Nf3 Qh6 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kh8 33. b3 Bb5 34. c4 Ba6 35. Nh4 b5 36. cxb5 Bxb5 37. Rf6 Bd3 38. Rxh6 Bxe4+ 39. Kg3 Nd4 40. Nf6 Kg7 41. g5 Bf5 42. Kh2 Bc2 43. Ng4 e4 44. Ne3 Bd3 45. Nhf5+ Nxf5 46. Nxf5+ Kg8 47. Nxd6 e3 48. Kg1 e2 49. Kf2 Rd7 50. Re6 Kg7 51. h4 a5 52. h5 Kg8 53. h6 Rd8 54. Nb7 Rf8+ 55. Rf6 Re8 56. Ke1 Bb1 57. a3 Ba2 58. Nxa5 Re3 59. Rf2 Bxb3 60. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 61. Kxe2 Ba4 62. Kd2 Kf7 63. Kc3 Kg6 64. Nb3 Kxg5 65. Nxc5 Bc6 66. a4 Bxa4 67. Nxa4 Kxh6 68. Nc5 1/2-1/2