Games
[Event "Cumbria County Championships (Open/Maj)"]
[Site "Askam,Cumbria"]
[Date "2017.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "MacKay, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. d4 e6 {This has transposed into a Queens
Gambit:Semi-slav Defence-e3 lines...} 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Be7 14.
Rg4 (14. d5 $6 Nf6 15. Rc4 Qxd5 $17) 14... Kh8 $2 (14... Nf6 $17) 15. Bg5 $5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. Rh4 $3 h6 (17... Rc8 $4 18. Nxh7 $3 Nxh7 19. Qh5 Qxh4 20.
Qxh4 Kg8 $18) 18. Qf3 $2 Kg8 $6 (18... Nd5 19. Qh5 Qe7 20. Ne4 $17) 19. Ne4
Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 $3 21. Re3 $6 Qxd4 22. Qxb7 Rfd8 $6 23. h3 $6 (23. Rb1 $3
Qd1+ 24. Re1 $15) 23... Rab8 $3 24. Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Qf1 $5 Rd5 26. Rb1 Rxa2 27.
Rb8+ Rd8 28. Qb1 $3 (28. Rd3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Rxb8 $19) 28... Rd2 $3 29. Rxd8+
Qxd8 30. Qf1 Rd5 31. g3 Qd6 32. h4 e5 33. Kh2 f5 34. Qc4 $5 Kh7 $5 (34... f4 $4
35. Rd3 Kh7 36. Qxd5 Qf6 $18) 35. Qc8 $3 {targeting a draw by repetition.} e4
36. Qc2 $4 Rd2 37. Qc8 Qg6 $4 (37... Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 Qd2 39. g4 Qxe3#) 38. Kg2 f4
39. Rc3 f3+ $4 (39... e3 40. Kh3 exf2 41. Rc1 Qxg3#) 40. Kg1 Rd6 $4 (40... e3
41. Rxe3 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Rxf2+ 43. Kh3 h5 44. Qe8 Qh1#) 41. Rc5 $4 Qe6 $4 42. Qxe6
Rxe6 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Ke1 Kf6 45. Kd2 Re5 46. Rc6+ Kf5 47. Ke3 h5 $4 48. Rc7 Rd5
$6 49. Rf7+ Ke6 $4 (49... Ke5 50. Re7+ Kf5 51. Rxe4 g5 52. hxg5 Kxg5 53. Kxf3
$14) 50. Rxg7 Kf6 51. Rg8 Re5 $1 {draw was agreed, I was thinking of playing
52.Rg5 here but then I thought does he have to take and I needed a lift back
to my house, so instead of playing it I agreed the draw. But I have Kf4 if Ke6
and he doesnt take.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Cumbria County Championships (Open/Maj)"]
[Site "Askam,Cumbria"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Clough, Fred"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bd7 7. Re1 b5 $2 (
7... Nc6 {this is theory}) 8. Bxb5 d5 $2 {technically a blunder but I had to
mix up the position.} (8... a6) 9. Bd3 $2 (9. Bxd7 Qxd7 (9... dxe4 10. Ba4 exf3
11. Qxf3 Nbd7 $18)) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Rb1 e5 $4 13. dxe5 $4
(13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. dxe5 Qe6 $18) 13... Nxe4 $5 $16 14. Bxe4 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Re8
$1 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd2 $6 (18. Qd4 Qe7 19. Re3 c5 20. Qd3 Bb5
21. Qc2 Re8 22. Rbe1 f5 $4 23. Bd5+ $18) 18... Be6 19. Qxd8+ $6 (19. Qf4 Qd6
$16) 19... Rxd8 20. b3 Rxe4 $6 21. Rxe4 Bf5 22. Ree1 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rd2 24. a4
Kf8 25. Kf1 Rc2 26. c4 Ke7 27. Ke1 Kd6 28. Rd1+ Kc6 $3 29. a5 $6 (29. Rd3 $5 a5
$16) 29... Rc3 $3 30. Rb1 Kc5 31. Kd2 Kb4 32. a6 $6 Rxb3 33. Rxb3+ $4 {the
wrong option. Maybe hoping to infiltrate with his King.} (33. Re1 Rb2+ 34. Kd3
Rxf2 35. Re7 Ka5 36. Rxc7 Kxa6 $17) 33... Kxb3 34. Kd3 c5 $3 35. h4 f5 36. f3
h5 37. g3 Kb4 38. Ke3 Kxc4 39. Kf4 Kd3 40. Kg5 c4 41. Kxg6 c3 42. g4 fxg4 43.
fxg4 hxg4 44. h5 c2 45. h6 c1=Q 46. h7 Qh1 0-1
[Event "Cumbria County Championships (Open/Maj)"]
[Site "Askam,Cumbria"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Gawne, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 bxc6
14. a4 Ke7 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rab8 17. Kc2 Rb7 18. Rb3 Rhb8 19. Rhb1 Rxb3
20. Rxb3 Rxb3 21. Kxb3 a5 22. Kc4 Kd6 23. f4 f5 24. h3 h6 25. Kd4 g5 $6 26. g3
(26. e4 $3 gxf4 27. e5+ Kd7 28. Kc5 Kc7 29. c4 $18) 26... gxf4 27. gxf4 h5 28.
e4 fxe4 $4 (28... c5+ 29. Ke3 h4 $11) 29. Kxe4 h4 30. Kd4 c5+ 31. Ke4 Kd7 32.
Ke5 Ke7 33. c4 $3 (33. f5 {this works but is longer...} exf5 34. Kxf5 c4 35.
Ke5 Kf7 36. Kd5 Kf6 37. Kxc4 Kf5 38. Kd5 Kf4 39. c4 Kg3 40. c5 Kxh3 41. c6 Kg2
42. c7 h3 43. c8=Q h2 44. Qc1 h1=Q 45. Qxh1+ Kxh1 46. Kc5 Kg2 47. Kb5 Kf3 48.
Kxa5 Ke4 49. Kb6 $18) 33... Kd7 34. f5 exf5 35. Kxf5 Kd6 36. Kf6 $3 {this is
won for White the best line goes 36...Kd7 37. Ke5 Kc6 38.Ke6 Kc7 39.Kd5 Kb6 40.
Kd6 when the Black King is in Zugzwang and has to retreat from the defence of
the c5 pawn and the rest is academic, though takes experience to get right.}
1-0
[Event "Cumbria County Championships (Open/Maj)"]
[Site "Askam,Cumbria"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Horne, George"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 d5 8.
cxd6 exd6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 Bxd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. h3
$1 Bh5 $4 15. Nd4 $4 (15. g4 $1 Bg6 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bf6 19.
f5 $18) 15... Ne5 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nc4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Rad8 20. b3
Ne5 21. Rad1 g5 $3 22. Nh5 f5 23. Ng3 g4 $3 $44 {offering a pawn sacrifice
which was a deliberate ploy to restle the inetiative.} 24. Rfe1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
gxh3 26. gxh3 Rf7 27. Nh5 f4 $2 28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nxf4 Ke7 31.
Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke2 Kf5 33. Ke3 c5 34. c4 a5 35. Nd3 Nd7 36. f4 b6 37. Kf3 h5 $2 (
37... Nf6 $18) 38. Ne1 Nf6 39. Ng2 a4 40. Ne3+ Ke6 41. bxa4 Nd7 42. Nd5 Kf5 43.
a3 h4 44. Ne3+ Kg6 45. Kg4 Nf6+ 46. Kxh4 Ne4 47. Nd5 Kf5 48. Nxb6 Ke6 49. a5
Kd6 50. a6 Kc6 51. a7 {Kb7 or Kxc6 is followed by a8=Q...} 1-0
[Event "Cumbria County Championships (Open/Maj)"]
[Site "Askam,Cumbria"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Houlsby, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. e4 $3 {this has a good record
here.} Nf6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bb5 e6 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Qa4 $6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bg5
Nge7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qb4 a5 14. Qxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kd2 b5 17. a3 h6
18. Ne1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 bxc3+ 21. Kxc3 Rxa8 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. Kb4 $3 (
23. Ra1 $4 Ba4+ $3 24. Kb4 Bxc2 $19) 23... Bd7 24. Na3 Rb8+ 25. Kc3 Ba4 26. Rb1
Rxb1 27. Nxb1 Bb5 28. f4 f6 29. Na3 Bf1 30. g3 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Nc2 f5 33.
Kd2 Kf7 34. Ke3 Kg6 35. Nb4 Kh5 36. Kf2 Bb5 37. h3 f4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Kf3 Kg5
40. h4+ Kxh4 41. Kxf4 Bf1 42. Nxd5 $3 exd5 43. e6 Bb5 44. Ke5 Kg5 45. Kxd5 Kf6
46. Kd6 Bc4 47. e7 Bb5 {the position is dead drawn, my king (the White one)
has to retreat the defence of the pawn and a Bishop cannot checkmate on its
own, even with a King...} 1/2-1/2