[Event "ICC Channel 43 challenge 70 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2018.05.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "1591"] [BlackElo "1464"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nc3 c5 (5... d5) 6. d5 b5 $3 ( 6... d6) 7. e4 $2 $17 b4 $1 8. Na4 Qa5 $1 9. Qb3 $1 d6 10. Bd3 $1 Bd7 11. Bc2 Bxa4 $2 $13 12. Qxa4+ Qxa4 13. Bxa4+ Nd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Kd2 b3 18. a3 a5 19. Rhe1 a4 20. Kd3 Rb7 21. f4 e5 22. g3 g5 $2 $16 23. f5 $2 $14 Be7 24. h3 f6 25. Nc3 Ra8 26. Nd1 Bd8 27. Ne3 Ba5 28. Re2 Ke7 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Rh2 $2 (30. h4 $1 $16) 30... h5 $1 31. Rgh1 Rh8 32. Rg2 Kg8 33. Nf1 Rg7 34. Nh2 Rhh7 35. Rf1 Kf7 36. Rgf2 Ke7 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Kg8 39. Kf1 Rb7 40. Kg2 Rb8 41. Re2 Rhb7 42. Rd3 Bb4 $3 $14 43. axb4 Rxb4 44. Rd1 Rxc4 45. Ra1 Rbb4 46. Kf3 Rc2 47. Nf1 $3 (47. Kf2 c4 48. Nf3 c3 49. bxc3 b2 50. Rb1 Rxe2+ 51. Kxe2 Rb7 52. Kd2 a3 53. Kc2 a2 54. Rxb2 a1=Q 55. Rxb7 Qa4+ 56. Kc1 Qxe4 57. Rb8+ Kg7 58. Nd2 Qxf5 $19 {and White is discaraflugated.}) 47... c4 48. Ne3 c3 $4 $18 (48... Rxe2 $1 49. Kxe2 c3 50. bxc3 b2 51. Rb1 a3 52. cxb4 a2 53. Rxb2 a1=Q $17) 49. Nxc2 $4 $11 cxb2 $3 50. Rb1 bxc2 51. Rxc2 a3 52. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 53. Rc7+ Ke8 54. Ra7 $5 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 $6 $15 Rc3 56. Kd2 Rc1 $4 $18 {finally its me who cracks...a terrible move under pressure- i fail to recognise White cant make any progress even by freeing his rook with the king on c2 so if i play Rxg3 and keep the Rook defending a3 the white king going to a2 is no pale rider.} ({an example of a line...} 56... Rxg3 57. Kc2 (57. Rh1 Rxh3 $3 58. Ra8+ Kd7 59. Rxh3 $3 b1=Q 60. Ra7+ Kc8 61. Rc3+ Kb8 62. Raxa3 Qxe4 63. Rcb3+ Kc8 64. Rc3+ Kd7 65. Ra7+ Kd8 (65... Ke8 $4 66. Rc8#) 66. Ra8+ Kd7 67. Ra7+ Kd8 { with a draw by repetition...}) 57... Rxh3 58. Rd1 h4 59. Kb1 Rg3 60. Ka2 h3 61. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 62. Kxa3 g4 63. Kxb2 g3 64. Kc2 g2 65. Kd2 h2 66. Ke2 g1=Q 67. Rxg1 hxg1=Q $19) 57. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 58. Kxc1 a2 59. Rxa2 Ke7 60. Ra7+ Ke8 61. Kc2 g4 62. h4 Kf8 63. Kc3 Ke8 64. Kc4 Kf8 65. Kb5 Ke8 66. Kc6 1-0 [Event "ICC Channel 43 challenge 70 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2018.05.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1454"] [BlackElo "1601"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd4 10. Rb1 f5 $3 $146 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. O-O Bc5 $2 $14 13. g4 $4 $17 Qe7 $2 $15 14. Qb3 Bb6 $6 $11 (14... c6 $15) 15. Qb5+ $2 $17 c6 $1 16. Qe5 $6 $17 {swapping off allows Black to consolidate his material.} Qxe5 17. Bxe5 O-O $5 18. gxf5 $6 $17 Bxf5 19. a4 $6 $19 e3 $3 20. d3 $4 (20. fxe3 $1 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Rf5 22. d4 Rf7 23. e4 Re8 24. e3 $19) 20... exf2+ $5 21. Kh1 Rfe8 $1 22. a5 $1 Rxe5 23. axb6 Rxe2 24. Be4 $4 {allows a pretty checkmate} Rxe4 $3 25. dxe4 Bxe4# $5 0-1 [Event "ICC Channel 43 challenge 70 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2018.05.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "1444"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qd3 h6 12. g3 (12. Qd2) 12... Qd7 13. Bg2 Nh5 $1 14. Ne2 $5 a6 15. Rab1 Qb5 16. c4 Qd7 17. b4 b5 18. c5 $16 dxc5 $2 $18 19. bxc5 Nc6 $1 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 f5 $4 $18 (22... Rad8 $18) 23. d6 $3 cxd6 24. exf5 $1 Nxf5 $4 25. Qxg6+ Nhg7 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. g4 $4 dxc5 $2 ( 27... Qe8 $18) 28. Bxa8 Nh4 $4 29. Qh6+ $5 Kg8 30. Qxh4 $2 (30. Rbd1 $18) 30... Rxa8 31. Ng3 Kf7 $2 32. f4 $2 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 exf4 $2 34. Ne2 Ke8 $4 (34... Qd6 $18) 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qxa8 1-0 [Event "ICC Channel 43 challenge 70 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2018.05.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "1444"] [BlackElo "1611"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 $4 $18 (6... Nxb4 ) 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. c5 e4 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Bxc5 11. bxc5 Qxd4 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O b6 15. d3 $2 $16 Qc3 $2 $18 (15... Ba6 $1 $16) 16. Qb3 Qd2 17. Qb2 $4 $14 Qg5 $4 $18 (17... Qxb2 18. Bxb2 Ba6 19. Rfe1 exd3 20. Bf3 Rab8 $44) 18. dxe4 Bb7 19. Bf3 $2 $18 Re6 $2 $18 20. Qc1 $2 $18 Qh4 $6 $18 21. Qc3 Rh6 22. h3 $2 $18 (22. Qe5 $3 $18) 22... Rg6 $1 23. Bg4 $6 $18 Bxe4 $1 24. Qg3 $3 Qf6 25. f3 $4 $14 Bd3 26. Rfd1 $13 h5 $1 27. Qf2 $2 $17 hxg4 $1 28. Bb2 Qf4 29. Rxd3 gxh3 30. g4 $3 bxc5 31. Qh2 Qb4 32. Rxd7 $2 $17 Re8 $2 $11 (32... Rxg4+ $1 33. fxg4 Qxg4+ 34. Kh1 Qxd7 $17) 33. Qd2 $1 Rxg4+ $3 $11 34. fxg4 Qxg4+ 35. Kh1 Re2 $4 $18 36. Rd8+ (36. Qd5 $18) 36... Kh7 37. Qd3+ f5 38. Rg1 $4 $19 (38. Qd5 $3 $18) 38... Re1 $3 39. Qe3 $6 $19 {i am a Rook and a Bishop up but it counts for nought as all my pieces are either overworked or inconsequential.} (39. Kh2 Qxg1+ 40. Kxh3 Re3+ 41. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kf3 Qxd8 $19) 39... Qg2# $3 0-1 [Event "ICC Channel 43 challenge 70 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2018.05.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "1444"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qa6 $6 (11. O-O Be7 {played in a game or two...}) 11... Qd8 12. O-O Qb6 $5 13. Qc4 Be7 14. Rfd1 O-O $3 $17 15. Nxe5 $4 $19 Be6 $5 16. Qxc6 dxe5 17. Qa4 $4 Qxb2 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb4 20. Qa6 Rfd8 21. Rab1 Qd6 22. Qd3 Rab8 23. c4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. g3 Qd6 { I have everything under control- the worse I can hope for is a draw here for sure- er no.} 27. Qf5 f6 28. Kg2 Qc5 29. Qd7 Qd6 $4 30. Qxa7 Bd8 $2 $11 31. a4 Bb6 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. a5 Qd8 $4 34. Qb7+ Bc7 35. a6 $1 Qb8 36. Qc6 f5 $4 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qxf5+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. c5 Qa8 41. Qc6 $3 Qb8 $1 (41... Qxc6 42. dxc6 Bb8 43. c7 Bxc7 44. a7 Ba5 45. a8=Q+ Kh7 46. Qxa5 $18) 42. d6 Bd8 43. Qb7 $3 {if 43...Qxb7 44.axb7 Bc7 45.dxc7 is hopeless, for Black, and the Queen swap is forced.} 1-0 [Event "ICC Channel 43 challenge 70 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2018.05.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1436"] [BlackElo "1629"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nd5 e4 $5 {quite remarkably this move hasnt been tried before according to the database which lists the 'scores' (ie a record of the moves) of most top games.} 6. Ng5 $2 $17 (6. d4) 6... Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Ng4+ $4 8. Kg2 Qxg5 9. Nxc7+ $4 $15 (9. h3 Nf6 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 $16) 9... Kd8 10. Nxa8 b5 $4 11. d4 $1 e3 12. Qd3 $4 $13 Bb7 $3 13. d5 $1 Nce5 14. Qe4 $6 $15 Nxc4 $6 $13 15. h4 $3 Qh5 16. Qf4 $4 Bxa8 $4 17. Qg5+ $4 (17. Kg1 $13) 17... Qxg5 18. hxg5 Bxd5+ 19. Kh3 $4 Nf2+ 20. Kh2 Bxh1 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nd1 23. Kf3 Re8 24. b3 Ne5+ 25. Kf4 Ng6+ 26. Kf3 Re5 27. g4 f5 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. a4 b4 30. Rb1 f5 31. Bb2 fxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Nf2+ 33. Kf3 Re6 34. Bd4 Nh4+ 35. Kf4 Nh3+ (35... Re4+ $5 $18) 36. Kg4 Re4+ 37. Kxh3 Rxd4 38. Rg1 Ng6 39. Rg3 Re4 40. Kg2 Kc7 41. Rh3 Nf4+ 42. Kf3 Nxh3 43. Kxe4 Kd6 44. Kxe3 Ke5 45. Kf3 Nf4 46. e3 Nd5 47. e4 Nc3 48. Ke3 a5 49. Kd3 Nxe4 50. Kc4 Nc3 51. Kc5 d5 52. Kb6 Nxa4+ 53. Kxa5 Nc5 54. Kxb4 Nxb3 55. Kxb3 Ke4 56. Kc2 Ke3 57. Kd1 Kf2 {To the untrained eye this looks like I am pushing Kronus hard for the endgame but in actual fact he isnt breaking a sweat play to deliberately give me material so he doesnt have a risk of losing, this is called Technique.} 58. Kd2 Kf3 59. Kd3 h5 60. Kd4 h4 61. Kxd5 h3 62. Kd4 h2 63. Kd3 h1=Q 64. Kd2 Qh6+ 65. Kd3 Qe3+ 66. Kc4 Qd2 67. Kb3 Qc1 68. Kb4 Ke4 69. Kb5 Kd5 70. Kb4 Qc4+ 71. Ka5 Qb3 72. Ka6 Kc6 0-1