I enjoyed the experience, they had to stop any more entries due to so many people entering, about 150. Round 1 I played against David Scorer, graded 92. I only lasted 23 moves.
[Event "Nottinghamshire Congress Minor 2008"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "David Scorer"]
[Black "Dean Madden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 Re8 10. Qc2 c6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. b4 Na6 15. a3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qc1 e4 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nf6 20. Qg5 Kg7 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxf6+ 1-0
I could have hung on a bit longer if I'd played 21...Qe7 below.
Round two I played young Tobias Stables. Although he resigned after 11 moves, he had me worried early on after playing a move I hadn't seen before against the Fried Liver.
[Event "Nottinghamshire Congress Minor"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dean Madden"]
[Black "Tobias Stables"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7. Ke3 Qh4 8. Qf3 d5 9. Bxd5 Bg4 10. Qxe4 Nd4 11. Qxe5+ 1-0
When he played 4...Bc5 (below), I had to do a lot of thinking as to whether to still play Nxf7 as I expected Bxf2+ afterwards which would lead to a wild game.
I rightly decided to play the move, and he indeed sacrificed his bishop. His big mistake was playing 9...Bg4 below, it's easy to overlook that the knight on e4 is no longer protected.
Round 3 I played Gary Hopkinson, graded 83.
[Event "Nottingham Congress 2008 Minor section"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gary Hopkinson"]
[Black "Dean Madden"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. f3 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qd2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Nge2 Nc6 13. a3 b5 14. b4 Nb6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. f4 Rd7 18. f5 f6 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Bf5 Qe7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nxd5 1-0
He played the Trompowsky against my Kings Indian, something I remembered reading about but what I'd totally forgotten how to play against. I made it up and didn't do too bad in the opening. But by move 20 he'd skewered my queen against a rook and I resigned shortly after as the position was a mess.
Round 5 I had a good win against Dorothy Blampied, graded 57. I was very pleased with the Kings Indian Attack working for once like I intend it to. I had loads of pressure kingside and was able to get a few pawns advantage and convert it to a win.
[Event "Nottingham Congress 2008 Minor"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dean Madden"]
[Black "Dorothy Blampied"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. Nc4 Na5 10. Ne3 Re8 11. Nef5 Bf8 12. f4 Nc6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. c3 b6 15. Qf3 Ba6 16. Nxh6+ gxh6 17. Qxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxf6 Re6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. c4 Nd4 21. Bd2 Kg7 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rf2 Bd6 24. Nf3 Rf8 25. Nxd4 Rxf2 26. Nxe6+ Kf6 27. Kxf2 Kxe6 28. Bxh6 Kf6 29. Be3 Bc8 30. h3 Kg6 31. g4 Be7 32. Kg3 Bg5 33. Bxg5 Kxg5 34. h4+ Kg6 35. Bh3 1-0
Round 6 I lost to junior Robert Bowler, who plays very fast but very well, graded 83. I tried the same thing as in the previous game, but the board got very tight and locked up. In the late middle game he played much better, and I couldn't do anything to stop him breaking through.
[Event "Nottingham Congress 2008 Minor"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dean Madden"]
[Black "Robert Bowler"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. c3 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nf1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd7 13. Ne3 e6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Bd2 a5 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. f4 Rfe8 18. c4 b4 19. a3 Nd4 20. Qf2 b3 21. Bc3 a4 22. Nd1 Nc2 23. Rf1 Nd4 24. g4 Bc6 25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Bxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Qb7 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Kg2 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Re2+ 33. Rf2 Rbe7 34. Rbf1 R7e3 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. g5 Rxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rxd3 38. Re2 Rxc3 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Rb8 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rxc4 42. Rb7+ Ke6 0-1
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