Games
[Event "Leyland Major (u170)"] [Site "Bamber Bridge"] [Date "2018.08.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Gartside, Carl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [BlackElo "1906"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2018.08.25"] [EventRounds "6"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nc6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nge7 (6... d6) 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 d5 9. e5 Nf5 10. Kh1 $4 Nfd4 $4 (10... d4 11. Ne4 d3 $19 {missed this entirely it was in a relatively new system for me.}) 11. b4 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 cxb4 $2 $14 13. axb4 Nxb4 $2 $16 14. Ba3 Qb6 $4 (14... Nc2 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 $14 {whites advantage isnt as big as it seems with bishop pair and connected passed pawns.}) 15. Rfb1 a5 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qc5 18. Na4 Qe7 $4 19. Nb6 Bd7 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Qe6 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. e6 $3 fxe6 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Re1 b3 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 b2 30. Rb6 Bg7 31. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "Leyland Major (u170)"] [Site "Bamber Bridge"] [Date "2018.08.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Ashcroft, Graham"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "1954"] [BlackElo "1634"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2018.08.25"] [EventRounds "6"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. a3 e4 $2 $16 7. axb4 exf3 8. Bxf3 Qb5 $4 (8... Qd6 $16) 9. Nc3 Qxb4 $4 10. O-O $4 (10. Nd5 $1 Qd6 11. d4 Bg4 12. Bf4 Bxf3 13. Bxd6 Bxd5 (13... Bxh1 $4 14. Nxc7+ Kd7 15. d5 Rc8 16. dxc6+ Kxc6 17. Rc1+ Kd7 18. Bb4+ Bd5 19. Qxd5#)) 10... Nge7 11. Ra4 $6 Qd6 $4 {I shirked away from trying to calculate Qb6 here-in the game i had used 25 minutes to here and was using my time well but I was worried i would wear myself out so i relied on instinct.} (11... Qb6 $16 {i thought this was the best place for the Queen but was afraid of it being trapped.}) 12. d4 O-O 13. Bf4 $1 Qd8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Qd4 Ng6 16. Bd2 Bd7 (16... Bh3 17. Rd1) 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Qxa7 Bh3 19. Rd1 Ne5 20. Bh1 Nc4 21. Bc1 b5 $2 22. Nxb5 c6 23. Nc3 (23. dxc6 $4 Qxd1#) 23... cxd5 24. Bxd5 Qc8 25. Qd4 Be6 26. b3 Nb6 $3 27. Qxb6 Qxc3 28. Bxe6 fxe6 (28... Qf6 {i spotted this but thought Rd6 was a good reply to it...} 29. Rd6 fxe6 30. Bf4 Qf5 31. Rxe6 Nd7 $18) 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qe7 Rg8 31. Qe6 $2 (31. Qe3 Qf6 32. b4 Qf5 33. Qd3 Qf7 34. b5 $18 {trapping the knight then Bf4 looks strong.}) 31... Nc6 32. Qc4 Qf6 33. Bf4 h6 34. Rd6 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Rc8 $3 36. Rxc6 $4 $16 Qa8 {Im back in the game...} 37. f3 Rxc6 (37... Qxc6 { [%emt 0:00:58] I just thought the rook would struggle to keep the white pawns from Queening with Queens off. I thought about it for 5 minutes- his time was down to 25 minutes left and mine}) 38. Qd4 Rc2 39. Kf2 (39. Bxh6 $2 Rxe2+ 40. Kf1 $4 Qxf3+ 41. Kg1 Qg2#) 39... Qc6 40. Be5 (40. Bxh6 $4 Qxh6 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ Qg6 $17) 40... Qb5 41. Qe3 $4 (41. Bxg7+ Kg8 42. Qe4 Rc6 43. Bd4 Kf7 44. b4 $18) 41... Kg8 $1 {I noticed Qxh6+} 42. Bd6 Qc6 43. Be5 Qb5 44. Bd4 Qc6 45. b4 Qc4 $2 (45... Qd5 $16) 46. Bc5 $2 Kh8 47. h3 Kg8 48. g4 Qb5 $4 49. h4 $4 ( 49. Qb3+ $4 Qc4) (49. Qe6+ Kh8 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ $18) 49... Qb8 $4 50. f4 $4 Qa8 $4 (50... Kh8 51. g5 Qd8 52. Qe5 hxg5 53. hxg5 Rd2 54. Qc3 Rd5 55. g6 Rh5 56. Qg3 Qe8 57. Qg2 Rh6 58. f5 Qb8 59. Qf3 Kg8 60. b5 Qh2+ 61. Ke1 Qh1+ 62. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 63. Kf2 Rh5 64. e4 $18) 51. Qe6+ Kh8 52. Bd4 {renewing the threat of Qxh6+} Rc6 $4 (52... Qc6 {I was tired at this point...}) 53. Qe5 $4 Rf6 $4 54. g5 hxg5 55. hxg5 Rf7 $4 (55... Rg6 $1 {this looked counter intuitive}) 56. g6 Ra7 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qh7+ Kf8 59. Bc5+ Ke8 60. Qg8+ Kd7 61. Qxg7+ Ke6 62. Bxa7 Kf5 63. Qf7+ Kg4 64. g7 Kh4 65. g8=Q Qg2+ $3 66. Ke3 $3 {Taking the Queen with either the Queen or the King is stalmate.} Qh3+ 67. Kd2 Qf5 $3 68. Qfh7+ ( 68. Qxf5 {stalemate}) 68... Qh5 69. Qxh5+ 1-0 [Event "Leyland Major (u170)"] [Site "Bamber Bridge"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Buckell, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [BlackElo "1730"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2018.08.25"] [EventRounds "6"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. exf5 $5 {I wasn't sure whether playing e5 altered the plan for White as after Nh4 planned Black has Nxe4. And besides this is not a gambit line if played correctly as white playes Nxe5 after Bxf5 and gets a good game.} (10. Nh4 Bxe2 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxg4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 fxg4 13. Qxg4 $16) 11. Nxe2 Nxe4 $4 12. Nxf5 $18) 10... Bxf5 11. Bg5 $2 (11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nf3 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Bg6 $11) 11... Qd7 $4 {I missed entirely the impact of h6 as if White tries to maintain the pin with Bh4?! then he doesnt have Nh4.} (11... h6 $1 12. Bd2 $15) 12. Nh4 Nd4 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bxf6 Ne3 $4 (14... Bxf6 15. Bg4 Ne3 16. Bxd7 Nxd1 17. Rxf6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 $18) 15. Qd2 $1 Nxf1 $4 (15... Bh6 16. Rf3 Nd5 17. Rg3+ Bg7 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Rg8+ Kxg8 20. Qg5#) 16. Qg5 $1 1-0 [Event "Leyland Major (u170)"] [Site "Bamber Bridge"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Connor, Michael"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "1842"] [BlackElo "1634"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2018.08.25"] [EventRounds "6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 (5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nc3) 5... Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bxd5 Bh3 12. Re1 Bxd4 $4 13. e3 $4 (13. Qxd4 $1 e6 14. Bh6 f6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qh4 exd5 17. Qxh3 $18) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Bb2 e6 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Qc2 $2 Nb4 18. Qb3 Nd3 19. Reb1 Nxb2 20. Rxb2 b6 $15 21. Rc1 Bf5 $6 $11 22. e4 $6 $15 Bh3 23. c4 $6 Rd4 24. Rbc2 $6 $17 Rfd8 $2 25. Rc3 $2 Qc5 $1 26. Re3 Rd2 27. Be2 e5 28. g4 $4 R8d6 $2 $15 (28... Qc8 $3 $19) 29. Rxh3 $4 Rxe2 30. Qf3 Rdd2 31. Rf1 Rxa2 32. g5 Qd4 $4 33. Rh4 $4 Rac2 $4 34. Rg4 $4 a5 $4 (34... Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qd1+ 37. Qf1 Qxg4+ 38. Kf2 $19) 35. h4 $4 Qc3 $4 36. Qf6 $4 Qd2 $4 37. Qxb6 Qd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leyland Major (u170)"] [Site "Bamber Bridge"] [Date "2018.08.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Patrick, David"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1930"] [BlackElo "1643"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2018.08.25"] [EventRounds "6"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 c6 6. Bd3 Na6 (6... O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 b5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Ne2 c5 $1 $14) 7. a3 Nc7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Ne6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Nxe4 $4 (12... Qc8 $1 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 $14) 13. Nxe4 $4 $18 (13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. d5 f4 16. dxc6 fxe3 17. Qd5 Qc8 18. Rxe3 Rf6 19. Nd4 Qe8 20. Nxe6 Rf5 21. Qb3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qf7 23. c7 Rc8 24. Rde1 $18) 13... f5 14. Neg5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Rf7 16. Bh6 f4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng5 {i resigned as theyre is no way to avoid further loss of material to Ne6+} 1-0 [Event "Leyland Major (u170)"] [Site "Bamber Bridge"] [Date "2018.08.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Potter, Karl"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [BlackElo "1938"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2018.08.25"] [EventRounds "6"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Bb4 8. Nd2 $146 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bf3 $6 Ne6 12. Na4 $2 Ng5 $2 13. Nc5 $4 Bxc5 $4 (13... Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bh3 16. Kh1 $19) 14. dxc5 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. b3 $1 {to stop Rc4 double attack} Qh4 19. f5 f6 20. Rf4 $4 Rxf4 21. g3 Bxf5 22. exf4 $4 Qxg3+ $4 (22... Qh5 23. Qf2 ( 23. Qd2 $4 Re8 24. Bb2 Re2 25. Qxe2 Qxe2) 23... Re8 24. Be3 d4 25. Bxd4 Re2 26. g4 Bxg4 27. Qg3 Bf3) 23. hxg3 Bxc2 24. Be3 Re8 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Re1 h5 27. Bd4 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Bb1 29. Kd2 Ke6 30. a3 Kf5 31. Ke3 g5 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. b4 Be4 34. a4 Bc2 35. a5 a6 36. Bc3 Bd1 37. Be1 Kg4 38. Kd4 Kf3 39. Ke5 Ke2 40. Bc3 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Kd6 h3 43. Be5 d4 $3 44. Kc7 $6 (44. b5 cxb5 45. Kc7 d3 46. Kxb7 d2 47. c6 Bc2 48. c7 Bf5 49. c8=Q Bxc8+ 50. Kxc8 d1=Q $19) 44... Ba4 0-1