[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Qd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Bb3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. Re3 Nf8 20.
Qg4 Kh8 21. Rce1 Rc7 22. Rg3 Ng6 23. h4 Qc5 24. h5 Nxe5 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. h6 g6
27. Qxf7 Qf8 28. Bf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxc7 Rc8 30. Qe5 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 102nd"]
[Site "Coventry"]
[Date "2015.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 g6 $5 {This system with the double
fianchetto is a very modern way to play. Black players have also tried the
double fianchetto when the pawn would be on e6. Here the pawn is on e7 so this
cannot be bad.} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d5 {David immediately tries to blunt in the b7
bishop.} (6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 {is the main idea behind this system. The
exchange of the f6 and c3 knights is in Black's favour.}) 6... Na6 {This is
the way chess openings are played these days. All minors developed and central
pawns remain untouched!} 7. e4 {Highly ambitious approach by David.} ({In my
game against Grandelius Nils where I reached the same position, the game
continued:} 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nd4 e5 {and now instead of Nc2} 9. Nb3 $14 {gives
White a pleasant edge.}) 7... Nc5 (7... d6 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. Nd4 {Let}) 8. e5 Ng4
9. Bh3 $6 (9. Bf4 $6 d6 {White's centre starts to crumble.} 10. exd6 cxd6 $11 {
Black has a perfectly fine position.}) ({White's best option could have been} 
9. b4 $5 Na6 10. Bf4 $1 Nxb4 $6 11. h3 $1 Nh6 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. g4 $18 {and the
knight is trapped.}) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bh6 {David has sacrificed a
pawn and prevented Black from castling. He has no direct point to attack but
the general activity and space advantage should be decent compensation.} d6 (
11... Bxc3+ $6 12. bxc3 $44 {secures the c5 square for the knight but the two
bishops + queen will create dangerous threats on the kingside.}) 12. O-O Bc8
13. Bg2 {Of course, it makes sense not to exchange pieces when you have
sacrificed material and have a space advantage.} Bf5 14. Re1 (14. g4 $5 {
In for a penny, in for a pound!} Bd3 15. Re1 Bxc4 16. Rc1 $1 {It's very
difficult for humans to assess this position as clearly better for White. Even
winning. White is two pawns down but has two extra rooks in play. This could
be one way to be sure about your compensation!} Rg8 {is relatively the best.} (
16... Nd3 $2 17. Qa4+ $18) (16... a5 {trying to prevent b4.} 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
Rxe4 Ba6 19. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 20. d6 exd6 21. Bc6+ Ke7 22. Qf3 $18 {is simply a
crushing attack.}) 17. f4 Bh8 18. b3 Ba6 19. Re3 $16 {now that d3 is
controlled, b4 will come strongly.}) 14... Qd7 (14... Nd3 {asks White what
exactly is his compensation.} 15. Re3 Nxb2 16. Qf1 $1 $44 {The knight on b2
cannot really go anywhere.} (16. Qe2 $2 Na4 $1 $17)) 15. Re3 Bh3 16. b4 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Na6 18. Rb1 c5 19. dxc6 Qxc6+ 20. Kg1 $2 {Black gets the time to
consolidate.} (20. Nd5 $1 {it was so important to keep up the tempo of the
attack and not care about the material.} Nc7 (20... e6 21. b5 Qxc4 22. bxa6
Qxd5+ 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. f4 $18) 21. f4 $1 Bf6 {it seems as if Black has
defended all his weaknesses but White has the killer shot with} 22. Bg7 $3 Bxg7
23. Rxe7+ Kf8 24. Rxc7 $18) 20... Nc7 (20... Qxc4 21. Qa4+ Kd8 22. Rc1 $18) 21.
Qd3 Ne6 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Rc1 g5 24. Ree1 $2 (24. Qf5 Rg8 25. Rf3 {was much
better and would have given White a strong attack.}) 24... Rg8 $1 {Threatening
Rg6 to trap the bishop.} 25. Qxh7 $4 {A huge oversight by David. Maybe he did
not like that Black was able to create threats of his own and panicked.} ({
The computer still feels White can fight with} 25. c5 $5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27.
Qxh7 Rh8 28. Qxh8+ Bxh8 29. Nxe7 $13) 25... Rh8 $1 {A piece is lost and the
rest is very simple.} 26. Qe4 Rxh6 27. Qg4 Qd7 28. Rcd1 Rh8 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30.
Nxb6 f5 (30... Qxd1+ 31. Qxd1 axb6 $19) 31. Qf3 Qc6 32. Qxf5 axb6 33. Qg6+ Kf8
34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 38. c5 Rh6 39. a4 Qxa4 40.
Ra1 Qxb4 {A very interesting game and Howell's pawn sacrifice in the opening
was surely a good practical attempt as it gave him a winning position on many
ocassions but he just couldn't finish Pert off who defended quite stubbornly.}
0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan J"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O $5 {Provokativ.} (5. d3) 5... e4
6. Ne1 h5 {Schwarz hatte die 1. Stichkampf-Partie verloren und muss hier
gewinnen.} 7. Bxe4 Bh3 ({Einen Vorgänger gibt es:} 7... h4 8. d3 Bh3 9. Ng2
Qd7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Bf3 Bd6 12. Qc1 O-O-O 13. Na3 hxg3 14. fxg3 Ng4 15. Bxd6
cxd6 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Rf2 g5 18. c5 Rhe8 19. Nb5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 Kb8 21. Re1 Re5
22. Qc4 f5 23. e3 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 dxe3 25. Qxg4 fxg4 26. Na3 Nd4 27. Nc4 Nf3+ 28.
Kf1 Nxe1 29. Nxe5 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Rd5 31. Nxg4 Rxd3 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. h4 gxh4 34.
gxh4 e2 35. Kf2 Rxb2 36. h5 Rb4 {0-1 (36) Malakhov,V (2706)-Tomashevsky,E 
(2745) Jurmala 2015}) 8. Qb3 {Weiß sucht schnelles Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.
} (8. Ng2 h4 {mit Angriff.}) 8... Qc8 (8... Bxf1 $6 {wäre kleinlich:} 9. Qxb7
Ne5 10. Kxf1 Rb8 11. Qxa7 $16) 9. Qb5 Nge7 10. Ng2 Qd7 (10... f5 $5 11. Bf3 g5
{wäre auch eine Idee gewesen.}) 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 f5 13. Bf3 d3 {Bauern
sind hier völlig egal, bzw. stehen nur im Weg herum. Schwarz macht das Feld
d4 für den Springer frei.} 14. Re1 (14. exd3 h4 15. Re1 Rb6 16. Qa4 Nd4 $132)
14... Nd4 15. Nf4 Bg4 {Eine völlig unübersichtliche Stellung mit wenig
Bedenkzeit.} (15... Nc2 $6 16. Nxd3 Nxa1 ({Besser} 16... c6) 17. Ne5 $18 {
ist schlecht. Schwarz hat aber auch überhaupt kein Interesse an irgendeinem
Turm, der sowieso nicht mitspielt.}) {[#]} 16. Qxa7 Rd8 17. Bxg4 $2 {Öffnet
Schwarz die h-Linie.} (17. Bd5 $5) 17... hxg4 18. Nxd3 Qd6 {Die schwarze Dame
kommt zum Königsflügel.} (18... Nc2 19. Ne5 {mit der Idee} Qd4 20. Qa4+) 19.
Nc3 Qh6 {Auch mit Computer ist die Stellung nicht so leicht zu erfassen. Mit
großer Wahrscheinlichkeit steht Weiß aber auf Verlust. Der schwarze Angriff
ist zu stark.} 20. Qa4+ c6 21. h4 g5 ({Nach} 21... gxh3 $2 22. Kh2 {wäre der
schwarze Angriff gestoppt.}) 22. Nb4 $2 {[#]} (22. Kg2 gxh4 23. Rh1 {sieht
besser aus, aber Schwarz bleibt am Drücker:} Qf6 $40) 22... gxh4 {Der
Durchbruch in der h-Linie entscheidet die Partie.} 23. d3 Qh7 24. Ncd5 Kf7 25.
Bf4 hxg3 26. fxg3 cxd5 27. Kf2 Qh2+ 28. Ke3 dxc4 29. Qa6 Rh6 30. Qxc4+ Re6+ {
[#] Überall in der weißen Installation platzen nun die Rohre und Wasser, bzw.
schwarze Steine dringen ein.} 31. Kd2 Nf3+ 32. Kc2 Rc8 33. Bc7 Nxe1+ 34. Rxe1
Qg2 {Einmal innehalten und zählen: Es fehlt ein weißer Turm.} 35. Kb3 Bg7 36.
d4 Bxd4 ({Oder} 36... Qb7 37. Rc1 Nc6 $19) 37. Qxd4 Rxc7 38. Qf4 Rb7 39. a3 Qe4
40. Qf1 Qd5+ 41. Kc2 Rxb4 (41... Rxb4 42. axb4 Rc6+ 43. Kb1 Qe4+ 44. Ka2 Qc4+
45. Kb1 Qc2+ 46. Ka2 Ra6#) 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan J"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. b4 Nce4 13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Qb2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qc3 17. Be5 Qxb2 18. Bxb2 Rc2 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd4 Rd2 21.
e3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nd5 23. Kf3 e5 24. Nc6 Re8 25. g4 e4+ 26. Kg3 h5 27. Rfd1 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Nc3 29. Rd7 Ne2+ 30. Kh4 hxg4 31. Kxg4 Re6 32. b5 Rg6+ 33. Kf5 Rf6+
34. Kxe4 Rxf2 35. Rxa7 Nc3+ 36. Ke5 Nxb5 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Nxa3 39. Rxb6
Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O ({Chebanenko hätte} 4. Bxc6+ {gespielt.})
4... Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. h3 {Weiß strebt nach ruhigem
positionellem Spiel nach Art der Spanischen Partie.} g5 $5 {[#] Shocking! Der
Zug ist eine Spezialität von Simon Williams.} ({Üblicher ist} 8... Be7) 9.
Nxg5 (9. d4 g4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. dxc5 {wurde auch schon gespielt.}) 9... Rg8
10. d4 h6 11. Nf3 Bxh3 {Gewinnt den Bauern zurück.} 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+
Rxd8 14. Nbd2 Bg4 {Weiß hat die bessere Struktur, Schwarz die aktiveren
Figuren. [#]} (14... Be6 15. a4 Be7 16. Nc4 Ng4 $11 {1-0 (56) Kosteniuk,A 
(2532)-Ju,W (2532) Lopota 2014}) 15. Nh4 Nh5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Ne3 Nf4 18. g3 Nd3
19. Bxd3 {Nach dem Tausch ist Schwarz bald Chef auf den weißen Feldern.} ({
In Betracht kam} 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd3 Be6 21. Be2 Be7 22. Nf5 $14) 19... Rxd3
20. Kg2 Be7 21. Nhf5 Bg5 22. Ng4 h5 23. Bxg5 hxg4 24. Be3 c4 25. Rh1 Ne7 26.
Nxe7 (26. Nh6 $5) 26... Kxe7 27. Rh5 f6 28. Bc5+ $2 {Weiß sollte sich um
seinen schwachen Bauern e4 kümmern. Mit dem Zug gibt Weiß zudem das Feld d2
auf.} (28. Rh7+ Bf7 29. Re1 $11) 28... Kf7 29. Rh7+ Rg7 30. Rh8 Bd7 31. Re1 Bc6
32. Kg1 Rg8 33. Rh7+ Rg7 34. Rh8 Rd2 35. Ba3 $19 {Schwarz steht überlegen.
Die schwarzen Figurens tehen aktiv, die weißen spielen nicht zusammen und
stehen passiv, weil sie etwas decken müssen. [#]} Ke6 36. Rh4 a5 37. Bf8 Rgd7
38. Rxg4 Rxb2 39. a3 Rc2 40. Bc5 Rxc3 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Rcd3 43. e5 Rd1 44.
Kf2 Rxe1 45. Kxe1 Kf5 (45... Kf5 46. Rg3 Kxf4 47. Rc3 Kxe5 48. Rxc4 f5 $19 {
Mit zwei Mehrbauern.}) 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch KO"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Ne2 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 Bxd5 7. Nf4 Bb7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ncd5 Nc6 12. Re1 d6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Bc3 Re8
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Bf8 17. Rxe8 Nxe8 18. a4 Nd6 19. Be2 Qg5 20. Bf3 Rd8 21.
g3 Qe5 22. c3 Bc8 23. Qe1 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bd7 25. Bd1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. b3
Bc6 28. c4 Nf5 29. Kf1 Bd6 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Kd3 g6 32. Ne2 Be5 33. Bc2 Bd7 34.
Kd2 Nd6 35. Nec3 Nc8 36. Ne4 Kg7 37. h4 Bd4 38. Ke2 Bg4+ 39. f3 Bd7 40. Nec3
Be5 41. Kf2 Bb8 42. Ne4 h6 43. g4 Be5 44. g5 h5 45. f4 Bd4+ 46. Kg3 Bf5 47. Bd3
Kf8 48. Kf3 Bg4+ 49. Kg3 Bd1 50. f5 gxf5 51. Nef6 Nd6 52. Kf4 Bf2 53. Nc7 Bxh4
54. Nb5 Nb7 55. Nxa7 Be1 56. Bxf5 h4 57. Nc8 Ba5 58. Nxb6 Bxb3 59. Nbd7+ Ke7
60. Ne4 Bb4 61. Nb6 Kf8 62. Kg4 Be1 63. Nd7+ Kg7 64. Ndxc5 Bd1+ 65. Kf4 Na5 66.
Nd3 Bg3+ 67. Nxg3 hxg3 68. Kxg3 Nxc4 69. Nc5 Kf8 70. Kf4 Ke7 71. g6 f6 72. Be6
Ne5 73. g7 1-0

