Greatest Games - Dave Buckley

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Greatest Games: Dave Buckley

[Event "Yeovil Congress Open"]
[Site "Yeovil"]
[Date "21-06-2002"]
[White "Buckley, D"]
[Black "Aplin, N"]
[Result "1-0"]

(one of Dave's many wins, as is common in tournaments, some interesting tactics take place in this game) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 e6 8.0-0-0 Be7 9.Nb3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Rhe1 h5 15.a3(prevents intrusion on b4) Na5 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.e5 de (white gains space - better was ...fe 18.fe fe and black is a pawn up)18.fe Bxa3?(..b4 and black hangs on with 19.Na2 fe20.Nxb4 Rg8=) 19.ef Qb4 (A desperate move, attempting to avoid Bxb5+ which wins, by intimidation. Qc7 delays the win for longer with 20.bxa3 Qxc3 21.Bxb5+ Bc6 22.Qxc3 ab 23. Qc5 Rc7 24.Qd6 Bd5 25.Rxd5 Rd7 26.Qxd7+ Kf8 27.Qd8#) 20.Bxb5+

1-0 (after ..axb5 21.Qd7+ Kf8 22.Qd8+ Rxd8 23.Rxd8#)

[Event "British Rapidplay Tournament"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "Summer 2002"]
[White "Certary, J"]
[Black "Buckley, D"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.0-0 Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Re1 Nf6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Qc7 10.d4 e6 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.dxc5 Bxc5

13.Ng6 Qb6 14.Nxh8 Bxf2+ 15.Kh1 Bxe1 16.Qxe1 Nd5 17.Be5 Ne3 18.Bd4?? (Simply marches past the door to victory ..Qf2) Nxg2 19.Bxb6? (19.Qf2 Nf4+ 20.Kg1 Nh3+ 21.Kf1 Qb5+ 22.Qe2 Qf5+ 23.Ke1) Nxe1+ 20.Kg1 Nc2 (where is that rook going now?) 21.Na3 Nxa1 22.Nc4 f6 23.Nd6+ Kd7 24.Nhf7 Rf8 25.Kf2 e5 (in preparation for B 26.c4 Nc2 27.Ke2 Nd4+) 28.Kd3 Bf3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup 2002"]
[Site "Greece"]
[Date "24-09-2002"]
[White "Buckley, David"]
[Black "Bergsson, Snorri"]
[Result "1-0"]

(one of Dave's "better" days - a win against a Fide master, and proof that even masters make mistakes) 1.d4?! (No, not a blunder - Just that Dave intended to play c4 after a mornings preparation and picked up the wrong pawn) g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nd7 6.Nf3 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.a5 Ne7 9.Be2 g5 10.h4 g4 11.Nh2 h5 12.f3 Ng6 13.Rg1 Ng6 13.fxg4 Rh4 14.Rg1 Nxg6 15.gxh5 Qh2 16.g3 Qxh2 17.hxg6 Qxh4 18.0-0-0 Nf8 19.Bg5 Bd7 20.Kb1 Qf2?? (a definite blunder as white already wants his rook on this file and allowing it there for free gets black one step closer to a big attack) 21.Rdf1

Bxd4 22.Rxf2 Bxf2 23.Rf1 Bxg3 (this only delays the inevitable - white has a queen for a rook and is storming up the kingside) 24.Qe3 Be5 25.Qf3 1-0

[Event "University A Vs Whoberley B"]
[Site "University Of Warwick"]
[Date "15/10/2002"]
[White "Dawson, A"]
[Black "Buckley, D"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.c3 d6 7.a3 a5 8.a4 f5 9.Na3 Nf6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.0-0 h6 12.Nfd2 f4 13.Nb5 g5 14.Nc4 Ne8 15.f3 h5 16.Bd2 Rf6 17.h3 Rh6 18.g4 Nc7 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Ne7 22.c4= (most players would take a draw here but Dave has a cunning plan) e4 (the sacrifice gives black a much better positional game by denying e4 for white's knight and allowing black's own knight a variety of squares) 23.de Ng6 24.Nc3 Ne5 25.b3 b6 26.Na7 Bd7 27.Rad1 Rb7 28.Nc6 Bcx6 29.dc Nxc6 30.Bg7 Rg7 31.Rd2 Qf6 32.Rfd1 Ndx4 33.Rxd4 cxd4 34.Qd3 hg 35.fg f3 36.Rf1 Rf7 38.Rf5 Rxf5 39.exf5 Kg7 40.Qf3 Kf6 41.Qh8 Qe3 42.Kh2 Ke5 43.Qd5 Kf4 44.f6 Rxf6 45.h4 Kg4 46.Bh3+ Qxh3+ 0-1 (Not much counterplay for white here with his heavy material deficit)

Last checked and updated by Michael Jones 10/05/07.