4NCL Weekend - Part 2

The second day of the 4NCL went pretty much the same as the first for me, in that a played the opening poorly, tried to survive, and eventually lost. Harry Press at least proved one family member can still play chess, finishing the weekend with a nice win, while the White Rose 1 team won their match on the top section.
Of course while events like this work in the UK (and Europe), sadly the issue of distance prevents this from working the same way in Australia. I'd guess that at least 30 million people live within 3 hours of the venue, which makes finding teams a lot easier. Also the sheer number of players rated above 2000 who took part (at least 80% of the 250 players) makes the event competitive all the way through. I suspect the only way an event like this might work in Australia is a one-shot event each year, held over a long weekend. But even then I couldn't see more than 60 players deciding to play.


Press,Harry - Burnett,Andrew [E15]
4NCL Northampton, 15.01.2017

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. e4 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 d5 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Nfd7 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 exd5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qc7 Qxc7 18. Rxc7 Ba6 19. Rdc1 Bd3 20. R7c3 Bb5 21. Bxd5 Nc6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxd2 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rc7 Kf8 27. Kf1 a6 28. f4 Rd8 29. Ke2 Rd5 30. Rb7 Rb5 31. b3 h5 32. Kd3 h4 33. gxh4 g6 34. Ke3 Rb4 35. Kf3 a5 36. Kg4 b5 37. Kg5 a4 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxb5 Rxa2 40. Kf6 Ra6+ 41. Kg5 Ra2 42. h5 gxh5 43. h4 Rg2+ 44. Kxh5 Rg1 45. Rb6 Rg2 46. Rf6 Kg7 47. Rf5 Rh2 48. Rg5+ Kh7 49. Kg4 Rf2 50. Kf5 Rf1 51. Kf6 Rxf4+ 52. Rf5 Rxh4 53. Kxf7 Kh8 54. e6 Rh7+ 55. Kf8 Rf7+ 56. Kxf7 1-0