Author's Combinations

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(1) Skelton,A. - Jestadt,J. [C11]
Internet Blitz Belfast, 2001

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qd2 Bxf2+ 9.Qxf2 Qxb2 10.Kd2 Qxa1 11.Bb5 Qxh1 12.Qc5 Qxg2+ 13.Kc1 Qxg5+ 14.Nxg5 Na6 15.Qd6 h6 16.Nxe6 [Better was - 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.e6 Nac5 18.Bxd7+ Bxd7 19.exf7+ Kd8 20.f8Q+ Wins!] 16...fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kd8 18.Qd6 Re8 19.e6 Nac5 20.exd7 Nxd7 21.Nxd5 Re1+ 22.Kd2 Re5 23.Qc7+ Ke8 24.Bxd7+ 1-0


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(2) Skelton,A. - O'Donnell [C11]
Internet Blitz Belfast, 2001

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qd2 Bxf2+ 9.Qxf2 Qxb2 10.Kd2 Qxa1 11.Bb5 Qxh1 12.Qc5 Qxg2+ 13.Kc1 Qxg5+ 14.Nxg5 Nc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qxc6 Rb8 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.e6 f6 19.Qd6 Rb6 20.exd7+ [20.Qc7 A good alternative!] 20...Bxd7 21.Qxd5 Ke7 22.Qc5+ Rd6 23.Nf7 [23.Ne4 Of course this wins the rook, not just the exchange.] 23...Kxf7 24.Qxd6 Be6 1-0


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(3) Skelton,A. - Kelly,B. [C11]
Belfast League, 1990

The game now takes an interesting twist. 10...g5 11.Bg3 g4 This weakening of the pawn structure can easily rebound on Black. 12.Nh4 Ncxe5 13.Bb5 Nc6 14.Re1 Ne7 15.Qxg4 Rg8 Should White retreat the Queen? No definite answer could be reached so .... 16.Qxg8+!? It is not possible to calculate such sacrifices exactly, nor necessary. It is enough to see that White will have a very active attack and will pick up additional material along the way. 16...Nxg8 17.Nxd5 Bxf2+ 18.Bxf2 Qa5 19.b4 Qd8 20.Bg3 Kf8 21.Nc7 Rb8 22.Rad1 Ngf6 23.Rxe6 a6 24.Bxd7 Bxd7 25.Red6 Qxc7 26.Rxf6 Qxc2 and Black soon resigned. 1-0


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(4) Skelton,A - Orr,M (2360) [B32]
Bunratty Masters, 1998

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 Nge7 10.Be3 d5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Bd3 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 Bf5 14.Qc4 Bxc2 15.0-0 0-0 16.Qb4 Nf5 17.Rac1 Bd3 18.Rfe1 a5 19.Qb6 f6 20.Bc5 Rfc8 21.b4 axb4 22.Qxb4 b5 23.d6 h5 24.Rcd1 Bc4 25.d7 Rd8 26.Nxb5 1/2-1/2


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(5) Skelton,A - Heidenfelt,M (2325) [C41]
Bunratty Masters, 1998

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Re8 11.f3 a6 12.g4 Be6 13.h4 b5 14.a3 c5 15.Be3 b4 16.axb4 cxb4 17.Nb1 Qa5 18.h5 Rec8 19.Bd3 Nd7 20.hxg6 Qa1 21.gxh7+ Kh8 22.Qxb4 Rab8 23.Qd4 Bxd4 24.Bxd4+ f6 25.g5 Qa5 26.gxf6 Qg5+ 27.Nd2 Ne5 28.f7 Bxf7 29.f4 Qxf4 30.Rdf1 Qg3 31.Rxf7 1/2-1/2


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(6) Skelton,A - Greer,K [C44]
Ulster Trophy, 2004

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.Nxc3 Nge7 7.Ng5 Ne5 8.Bb3 h6 9.f4 hxg5 10.fxe5 0-0 11.Qh5 d6 12.Bxg5 Be6 13.0-0-0 Bxb3 14.axb3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qe8 16.Bf6! 1-0


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(7) Skelton,A - McCormick,G [C11]
Ulster Trophy, 1982

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qd2 a6 9.Be2 Qc7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.e6 Nde5 12.exf7+ Kf8 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Qxd5 Bd6 15.Rd1 Ke7 16.Bg5+ Kf8 17.Qxd6+ Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Nxf7 19.Rd4 Bf5 20.Bd2 Bxc2 21.Bb4+ Ke8 22.Kd2 Bf5 23.Re1 1-0


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(8) Skelton,A - Greer,K [B87]
Ulster Open, 1990

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.f4 Bb7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nfd7 11.0-0 Bc5 12.Be3 0-0 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6 16.Ne4 f5 17.exf6 1-0

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