Games
[Event "ICC Channel 43 Challenge"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1473"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d3 Rb8 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 {
White has prevented my getting in d5 as Black which is a moral victory to him.
Without that natural freeing move I am struggling to respond to any
incurssions.} 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. e4 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. d4 (
13. a3 $16) 13... c6 14. dxc6 (14. a3 Na6 15. dxe5 cxd5 16. exd5 dxe5 17. Nxe5
$18) 14... Bxc6 15. d5 $2 $11 (15. a3 Na6 16. dxe5 Bxe4 17. Re1 Bb7 18. b4 $16
{and Whites pieces are better placed.}) 15... Bb5 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Re3 $4 $19 (
17. Bf1 Nc2 18. Bxb5 Nxe1 19. Nxe1 Rf8 $18 {and white has two pieces for the
rook in a cramped position clearly favouring the two pieces.}) 17... Nc2 18.
Rc1 Nxe3 19. Rxc8 $4 Nxd1 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Black is a Rook up and about to win
even more material.} 0-1
[Event "ICC Channel 43 Challenge"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[BlackElo "1473"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 d6 4. d3 Nf6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 b5 11. e5 Nh5 12. g4 $4 $19 Ng3 13. Rf2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b4 $6
{closing up the position when Black has the Bishop pair and the White King is
exposed.} 15. Ne4 f5 $6 {weakening the Black King position unecessarily...} 16.
exf6 exf6 17. Kh2 $2 (17. f5 $3 gxf5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Nh4 $44)
17... f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Rg1 Nd4 $2 20. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 $1 21. Nfg5 Re8 (21...
h6 22. Ne6 $4 Bxe6 23. Rxg6 Bf5 $19) 22. Qf1 d5 23. Ng3 Bc8 24. Nh5 $3 gxh5 25.
Qg2 $1 Rb7 26. f5 $1 {this looks very dangerous but if Brian had held his
nerve...} Bxf5 $4 (26... Be5+ 27. Kh1 Rg7 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5+ 29. cxd5 Bb7 30. Ne4
Bxd5 31. f6 Bxe4+ 32. dxe4 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Kf7 $19) (26... h6 27. f6 hxg5 28.
Qxg5 Qd6+ 29. Kh1 Re3 30. fxg7 Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 Rxg7 32. Kf1 Rxg5 33. Rxg5+ Kh7
34. Rfg2 Qf4+ 35. Ke1 Qxg5 36. Rxg5 dxc4 37. dxc4 Kh6 $19) (26... Rf8 27. Ne6
Bxe6 28. fxe6 Qd6+ 29. Kh1 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Qxe6 $19) (26... Rbe7 $4 27. f6 dxc4
28. fxe7 Qxe7 $4 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Rf7+
Kxh6 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Qd6+ Re6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. Qxc8 $18) 27. Rxf5 Rbe7 28.
Ne6 $4 {I completely was deluded into thinking I was winning here but Qd6+
spoils the party.} Qd6+ $1 29. Kh1 Qxe6 30. Rxh5 dxc4 31. Rg5 Qf6 32. Qd5+ Kh8
33. Rf5 Qh6 34. Rh5 Qe3 35. Qf5 Be5 36. Qg6 Qf3+ 37. Rg2 Qf1+ 38. Rg1 Qf3+ 39.
Rg2 {In the end Brian chickens out much to my relief.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "ICC Channel 43 Challenge"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2018.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1473"]
[BlackElo "1444"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 $14 (9... Re8 {9...Ne5 is a rareity}) 10. b3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bg5 $1 Qd7 13. Rc1 Qg4 $6 $14 14. f4 (14. e5 $14) 14... Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 h6
$6 $16 16. Bxf6 (16. e5 $1 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Nxg5
$16) 16... Bxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. Ne7+ $2 (20. Nxc7 $1
Bg4 21. Rd2 Rbc8 22. Nd5 Rxc6 $4 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Nxc6 $18) 20... Kh7 21. Nxc8
Rbxc8 22. f5 $2 $14 (22. Rd7 $5 $14 g5 $4 {rying to get the Bishop to e5 then
d6 squares.} 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Rf1 f6 25. Bb7 Rce8 26. Be4+ Kh6 27. g4 Rd8 28.
Rf3 f5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Rh3+ Kg6 31. gxf5+ Kf6 32. Rxd8 $18) 22... Rcd8 $1 23.
fxg6+ fxg6 24. Rd7 $2 $11 Rxd7 25. Bxd7 e4 $1 26. Rf1 Rd8 $1 27. Rf7 e3 $1 28.
Kf1 Kg8 $3 29. Re7 $4 $19 (29. Be6 Rd2 30. Rxc7+ Kh8 (30... Kh7 $4 31. c5 $3 {
a computer move} h5 32. c6 Kh6 33. Rxg7 Kxg7 34. c7 Rc2 35. c8=Q Rxc8 36. Bxc8
Kf6 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. Kxe3 $18) 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kh8 33. c5 $4 e2+ 34. Kf2
Bd4+ 35. Ke1 Bc3 $5 36. Bc4+ $4 Rd8+ $3 37. Kxe2 Rxc8 $19) 29... Kf8 0-1
[Event "ICC Channel 43 Challenge"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1464"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 c5 5. e5 $2 $17 (5. Nf3) 5... dxe5 6. fxe5
Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Ne4 $2 Ndxe5 9. d3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qf2 Be7 12. Be3
O-O 13. O-O-O f5 $3 14. Bxd4 $4 fxe4 15. Qg3 cxd4 16. dxe4 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Be3 18.
Be2 Rf2 $4 19. Qxe3 $15 {maybe disgusted with himself for throwing away the
advantage, Brian nevertheless resigned in an even position.} 1-0
[Event "ICC Channel 43 Challenge"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2018.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 a6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Qd1 c5 $3 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 $2 $14 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Nd4
$6 Bd5 $1 {avoiding the swap of Knight for Bishop...} 15. a3 $6 bxa3 $6 $14 (
15... e5 $11) 16. Rxa3 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 $6 $15 (17. Qc2 $1 $14) 17... Qxc5 18.
Rxa6 e5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qc2 $1 Qb6 21. Nf3 Qb7 22. Qd2 $2 $15 Ne4 23. Qc2 Rc8
24. Qd1 Bb3 25. Qe1 Bf8 26. Qa5 $6 $15 (26. Nxe5 $3 Bb4 27. Ba6 Qe7 28. Qe2
Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qxe5 $11) 26... Rc2 $5 27. Bd3 Rc5 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 $1 (28... Rxa5
$4 29. Bxb7 $18) 29. Qb6 Qb1 $3 30. Qxb3 Rxc1 31. Qb5 $2 $11 (31. Nd2 Rxf1+ 32.
Nxf1 h6 33. g3 $16 Bg7 $4 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. b4 $18) 31... Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Qxb2 {
The position is totally drawn.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "ICC Channel 43 Challenge"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2018.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1519"]
[BlackElo "1442"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 c6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bxd5 $6 $11 (7.
d4) 7... cxd5 8. Nxd5 $2 $17 dxe5 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 exf4 11. d4 Nc6 $2 $13 (
11... g5 $5 $17) 12. Bxf4 Nxd4 13. O-O $2 $17 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Rad1 Qb6+
16. Be3 Qc6 $2 $15 (16... Qc7 $5 $17) 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Rd6 $5 Rb8 $5 19. Rf2
$1 f5 $6 $11 (19... Be5 $15) 20. Rxc6 Bb7 21. Rxe6 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxa7
Ra8 $2 $16 (23... Bxc3 24. bxc3 Re1+ 25. Rf1 Re2 $11) 24. Be3 $6 $11 (24. Bb6)
24... Ba6 $4 $18 25. Nd5 $1 Bxc4 $4 26. Nb6 $5 Rxa2 27. Nxc4 Ra1+ 28. Rf1 Ra2
29. Rd1 Ra4 30. b3 Rb4 31. Rb1 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Bc5 Rb5 34. b4 Bc3 35. Rb3
Bf6 36. Re3+ {I was releaved to be asked for a draw here because Brian was
tired. My original thought of 36...Kd5?? loses to 37.Nb6+ Kc6 38.Re6+ Kb7 39.
Rxf6 so I was going to play 36...Kd7} 1/2-1/2