A selection of games from the 2006 Freshers' Varsity Match. I hope to soon have these on a nice little board you can click through, but for now they're text-only.
Heaton,R - Rowe,D [A45]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
[Nixon,Thomas]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.e3 e6 10.a3 Nd5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.e4 Nxf4 13.Nxf4 Bg5 14.g3 0-0 15.h4 Bh6 16.Rh2 a5µ 17.a4 Nb4 18.Nd3 d6 19.f4 e5! 20.fxe5 dxe5? [ 20...Be6! 21.exd6 Nxd3+ 22.Qxd3 Bxb3-+] 21.Nxe5 Re8 22.Qf3 Be6 23.Nc5 Rac8 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 [ 24...fxe6÷] 25.Bh3!+- Nc2+ 26.Rxc2 Qxh3 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qd5 Re6 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Nd8!! 1-0
Tyomkyn,M - Haoi,J [B31]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 0-0 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Re1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 a6 15.Bf4 Qf6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qe4 Rfe8 18.Rab1 Bf8 19.Rb6 Rec8 20.Qe3 Qf5 21.c4 Qa5 22.Rb2 Ra7 23.Reb1 Rd7 24.Rb8 Line
Oozeerally,T - Ho,J [C42]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Re1 0-0 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bxe4 Bxh2+ 12.Kxh2 Qh4+ 13.Kg1 dxe4 14.g3 Qe7 15.Nc3 f5 16.f3 Qd6 17.Bf4 Qc6 18.fxe4 g5 19.Be5 Nd7 20.d5 Qb6+ 21.Bd4 c5 22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Nd5 Qd6 24.Bf2 Ne5 25.Nc3 Qxd1 26.Rexd1 Ng4 27.Bc5 Rac8 28.Rd5 b6 29.Bd4 fxe4 30.Rd7 Ra8 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.Rxa7+ Kg8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.Nxe4 Re8 35.Nf6+ Nxf6 36.Bxf6 Re2 37.c4 Kf7 38.Bc3 Ke6 39.Re1 1-0
Zafar,S - Cairns,S [B32]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.f3 d5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 0-0 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Qd3 Rfd8 15.Qe3 Nd4 16.Rc1 Bxa2 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 f6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Bd3 Bc4 21.Bxc4+ Rxc4 22.Bxd4 Rcxd4 23.0-0 Rd2 24.b3 Rc8 25.Rf2 Rd3 26.Kf1 Rxb3 27.cxb3 Rxc1+ 28.Ke2 Rc2+ 29.Ke1 Rxf2 30.Kxf2 Kf7 31.Ke3 Ke6 32.Kd3 Kd6 33.Kc4 Kc6 34.g3 a5 35.f4 b5+ 36.Kd3 Kc5 37.Kc3 b4+ 38.Kd3 Kb5 39.Kc2 a4 40.bxa4+ Kxa4 41.Kb2 b3 42.h3 Kb4 0-1
Dover,R - Irving,A [B07]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
[Nixon,Thomas]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 0-0 6.0-0-0 Ng4 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.f3 Nf6 9.h4! a6 10.Bh6 b5 11.h5 Bb7 12.hxg6 fxg6 13.Nh3 e5 14.d5 Nb8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Ng5! Bc8 17.Nxh7!! Nxh7 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Qxh7# Line
Fischer,M - Atkins,M [B22]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
[Nixon,Thomas]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 [ 3...Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nf3] 4.cxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.h3?! [ 9.d5!] 9...Qb6 [ 9...Nxe4!³] 10.Bb3 Na5 11.e5!? [ 11.Ba4] 11...dxe5 12.dxe5 Nxb3? [ 12...Rd8!] 13.exf6 [ 13.Be3!] 13...Qxf6? [ 13...Nxa1²] 14.Qxb3 b6 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.Rfe1 Be6 17.Qa4 Qc7 18.Rac1 Qb7 19.Qe4 Qb8 20.b3 Re8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 e6 23.Qd7 Rc8 24.Be7 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qe8 26.Rd1 a5 27.Qxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rd8 Rxd8 29.Bxd8 Bc3 30.Bxb6 Bb4 31.Nd4 Kf8 32.Nc6 Ke8 33.Nxb4 axb4 34.Ba5 Kd7 35.Bxb4 Kc6 36.Kf1 h5 37.Ke2 f5 38.Kd3 Kd5 39.a4 e5 40.a5 e4+ 41.Ke3 Kc6 42.Kf4 Kb5 43.Bd2 1-0