Games
[Event "12 Match Series 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.01.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Clark, Nick"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1590"] [BlackElo "1520"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {This is a match series with an old adversary on the Internet Chess Club, known by various handles as MateOrDie and more famously Grunts, his real name is Nick Clark and we must have played about 500 times atleast, at mainly 15 minute time control. Its fair to say we have a 50% record against each other although that is partly due to him resigning at whim even in won positions.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Na6 $3 $146 {A good novelty the point is if Bxa6 then White is struggling to castle Queenside due to the open b-file. Also Na6 prepares for c5.} 5. Be3 Bg7 6. e5 Nd7 7. f4 c5 8. exd6 exd6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bb5 $6 Re8 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Kf2 $15 {The opening has been entirely successfull on my part (Alan). Almost too successfull because I am tempted into some dubious play.} Nb4 $6 13. a3 $2 Nc6 $2 (13... Nxc2 $3 14. Nd5 Qe4 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16. Rae1 Nxc5 $17 {with play similar to the game but Nick would have been down a pawn.}) 14. Nd5 Qe4 $4 (14... Qd8 $11) 15. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 16. Ng5 $2 (16. Bxc5 Be6 17. Nc7 dxc5 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 $16) 16... Qxe3+ $4 {I was intending this move before Nick played 16.Ng5 then thought no the Knight fork was no-longer on on the e4 square to fork the Queen and King ie if 17.Nxe3 Ne4+ results in the complete refutation of 18.Nxe4. But then I forgot my analysis and thought I have a great idea- why not play Qxe3 then Ne4 is threatened!!!! Just call me Goldfish brain.} 17. Qxe3 $4 $16 Bd4 $4 (17... Rxe3) 18. Rhe1 $4 (18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxe8 $18) 18... Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. Nxe3 Nd4 $2 (20... h6) 21. Bc4 $1 Be6 $6 22. Rd1 $1 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 {I am left in a difficult position in the endgame and completely mess it up. Count the pawns here, there are 6 vurses 6 to start with- my position goes in the next number of moves from even pawns to no pawns with Nick quite remarkably having all 6 remain. This is due in part -to me having greater pawn islands to start with- a fact which was oblivious to me at the time. All I was thinking was how can I defend the weak d6 pawn and I looked for an attempt to play Rd8 and Rxd6 against the Knight thus after Rxd6 by Nick, Ne4 would fork the Rook and King but I didn't see the ramifications of my moves.} h6 $2 (23... Nb5 $1 $16) 24. Nxf7 $3 Kxf7 25. Nxd6+ Kg7 $4 (25... Ke7 26. Rxd4 Ne6 27. Rd2 Nxf4 $18 {atleast it would have limited the damage.}) (25... Ke6 $4 26. Rxd4 Rd8 27. Nb5 Rxd4 28. Nxd4+ $18) (25... Kf8 26. Rxd4 Rd8 27. Nb5 $18 (27. c3 $4 Rxd6 $1 28. Rxd6 Ne4+ $17 {This was the plan I was looking at.})) 26. Rxd4 Rf8 (26... Rd8 $4 27. Nf5+ gxf5 28. Rxd8 $18 ) 27. g3 Kh7 $6 28. b4 Na4 29. Nxb7 Nc3 30. Rd7+ Kh8 31. Nd6 g5 32. Nf7+ Kg8 $6 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nxg5 Rf6 $6 36. Rxa7 Nd1+ 37. Ke2 Nc3+ 38. Kd3 Nb5 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. c4 Rd6+ 41. Ke3 Nd4 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. c5 Rd8 44. Ke4 Nb5 45. Rg7+ $3 {Putting a complete end to my chances in spectacular form. My chances were very slight to say the least. The rest is just trying to swindle a stalemate and is largely academic.} Kxg7 46. Ne6+ Kf6 47. Nxd8 Nxa3 48. h4 Ke7 49. Nc6+ Kd7 50. Nd4 Nc4 51. h5 Nd2+ 52. Kf5 Nf1 53. g4 Ng3+ 54. Kg6 Ne4 55. h6 Ke7 56. h7 Nf6 57. h8=Q Nd5 58. Qe5+ Kf8 59. Qxd5 Ke7 60. Nc6+ Ke8 61. Qe6+ Kf8 62. Qf7# {So Nick leads the series 1 - 0 after the first game. It was a scrappy game but understandably so as it had many complexities. It was certainly well played by my opponent.} 1-0 [Event "12 Match Series 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.02.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Clark, Nick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "1541"] [BlackElo "1621"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {This game was very short- Nick resigns in a far from lost position because he saw problems ahead but most of them were manageable.} 1. c4 {It starts off as an english opening then becomes a Queens Gambit Declined after 4.d4 where 1.d4 is usually played to get to that position, then it transposed into a Semi-Tarrasch Defence which is an offshoot of the Queens Gambit Declined.} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 (7... Bd7 { Petrosian actually played this move here, its a quiet line for White so it is not played regularly at the top level.}) 8. dxc5 {After 8...O-O!! White would have a torrid time of it trying to hold onto the pawn, but that isn't easy to spot. Nick rather rediculously resigned here making a mockery of the match which stands at 1 - 1 now.} 1-0 [Event "12 Match Series 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.02.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Clark, Nick"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1647"] [BlackElo "1551"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {I managed to convince Nick to carry on the match and this is the fine result. I wasn't tempted into speculative attacks and sacrifices this time and played instead very tightly.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Na6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. e5 Nd7 7. f4 c5 8. exd6 exd6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bc4 {I actually missed this as the novelty from the first game and thought we were still repeating the first game upto 11.Kf2.} Re8 11. Kf2 $1 Qe7 $6 12. Re1 (12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Ng5 b5 14. Bxb5 h6 15. Nf3 $11) 12... Nb6 $1 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 $6 $15 Qxd7 15. a4 $2 $17 Nc4 $1 16. b3 $6 $19 (16. Qd3 Nxb2 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 $17) 16... Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe3 18. Kxe3 Nb4 $1 19. Ne2 Qf5 $1 20. Rc1 Re8+ 21. Kf2 Na2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Rc1 Na2 (23... cxd4 24. Nexd4 Qxf4 25. g3 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 Rc8 27. Qd2 $4 (27. h4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Rc3 29. Ne2 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Qxc2 32. Qxd6 Qf5+ 33. Kg2 Nd5 34. Kg1 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qxb3 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7 b6 38. Qd7 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Qf3+ 40. Ke1 Qe4 41. Qb5 Nc3 42. Qb2 Qxe2+ 43. Qxe2 Nxe2 44. Kxe2 f5 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Kc4 h6 47. Kb5 g5 48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Kxb6 f4 50. gxf4 g4 51. a5 g3 52. a6 g2 53. a7 g1=Q+ 54. Kb7 Qg7+ 55. Kb8 Qf8+ 56. Kb7 Qe7+ 57. Kb8 Qd8+ 58. Kb7 Qd7+ 59. Kb8 Qb5+ 60. Kc8 Qc6+ 61. Kb8 Qb6+ 62. Ka8 Qc7 63. f5 Qc8# {where the extra pawn counts against the defender because stalemate is avoided.}) 27... Qxd2+ 28. Nxd2 Bxd4 $19) 24. Ra1 Nb4 25. Rc1 {I missed a win but it was so complex I could have made mistakes even if I had gone for it which when I saw the draw chance I immediately jumped at the chance. The draw left the match series tied at 1.5 - 1.5.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "12 Match Series 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Clark, Nick"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "1537"] [BlackElo "1645"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 $1 $146 {Just about every move has been tried except this one in this position.} O-O 7. f4 c5 $1 { tempting me to win a pawn.} 8. dxc5 $2 (8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 $11) 8... Nxe5 $2 ( 8... Bxc5 $1 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 Nc6 $17) 9. fxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 $6 $15 (10... Bxc5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qg5 13. Bf3 Nxe5 $1 14. e4 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 $2 (15. Ke2 $2 Qf2#) (15. g3 Qh3 16. Rf1 Qxh2 17. Na4 Qxg3+ 18. Ke2 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 20. Ke1 (20. Kd2 Qe3+ 21. Kc2 Qxe4+ 22. Kc3 Bb4+ 23. Kb3 Qc4#) 20... Qf2#) 15... Qf2#) 11. Qxd5 Nxc5 12. Bc4 $2 Qxd5 $2 $14 ( 12... Be6 $15) 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 $6 15. O-O $6 (15. b4 $1) 15... Be6 16. g4 $2 $11 (16. e4 Nxe4 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rf4 Rad8 19. Rd1 Nc5 $16) 16... Bxg4 17. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 18. Bxf7 $4 (18. Nf5 $3 $11) 18... Nd3 $3 (18... Bh3 $142 $3 19. Rf3 Be6 $19) 19. e6 $3 Nxc1 20. Ng6+ $4 (20. Rfxc1 Bxe3+ 21. Kg2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Rfd8 23. Kg3 Be2 24. Rc7 Rab8 25. Nf5 Bb5 26. h5 Rd5 27. Kg4 Bd3 28. Ne3 $11 {with a double edged position.}) 20... hxg6 21. e7 Bxe3+ 22. Kg2 Rxf7 $1 23. Rxf7 Kg8 24. Rf1 Nd3 $3 {Nicks Knight likes d3.} (24... Re8 25. Re1 Rxe7 $6 26. Raxc1 Bc5 $2 (26... Kf7 $19) 27. Rxe7 Bxe7 $17) 25. Rad1 $1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Re8 {The Rook arrives just in time like the US cavalry.} 27. Rxd3 Rxe7 28. Kf3 Bh6 29. b3 Kf7 30. a4 Bc1 31. Kg4 Bb2 32. Rd5 Bf6 33. h5 gxh5+ 34. Rxh5 Re4+ 35. Kf3 Rb4 36. Kg2 Rxb3 37. Rd5 Ra3 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rxb7 Rxa4 40. Rc7 Ra2+ 41. Kh1 a5 42. Rc4 a4 43. Rd4 $5 Ra1+ $1 {so I resigned here in a much less than hopeless position. It is no longer stalemate after the next move by Nick which is Bxd4. So the match score was 2.5 - 1.5 to Nick Clark.} (43... Bxd4 $4 {draw by stalemate but he wasn't fooled into this.}) 0-1 [Event "12 Match Series 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.04.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Clark, Nick"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "1428"] [BlackElo "1518"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {After Nicks move to a flat he got a little stressed so their was a break from the series for a few months but at 2.5 - 1.5 to Nichalaus it started up again. Whether it will continue is anyones guess because Nick didn't take the game overly seriously, playing all his moves within the 10 second added time per move.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {The Modern Variation of the Alekhine Defence.} g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 (6. Nc3 Be6 7. Ng5 Nxc3 8. Nxe6 Nxd1 9. Nxd8 Kxd8 10. exd6 exd6 11. Kxd1 $14) 6... Bg7 7. Qe2 dxe5 $1 8. Nxe5 Be6 $1 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 $6 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 (12. Qxc4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qb6 14. Qc3 Na6 $11) 12... c5 $3 13. c3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6 15. Nbd2 e6 16. Ne4 b5 $3 17. Ne3 $1 (17. Ncd6 $6 f5 18. Qxb5 Nxd4 19. cxd4 fxe4 20. Qc6 Bxd4+ $15) 17... Qb6 $6 $14 18. Nc5 $2 (18. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 Ne7 20. Raf1 Qb7 $14) 18... Rfd8 $2 (18... Bxd4 19. cxd4 $2 (19. Nd7 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qb7 21. Nxf8 Bg5 {the bishop is needed to defend the d8 square to stop Rad1 from being so overwhelming if Nxe6.} (21... Bh6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rad1 $18) 22. Qg4 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Rad1 Rd8 $11) 22... Qe7 23. Nd7 f5 24. Qg3 f4 25. Qd3 b4 $16) 19... Nxd4 20. Qf2 Qxc5 $19) 19. Ng4 Nxd4 $1 20. cxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxc5 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Rxf7+ $4 (23. Nxf7) 23... Kxh6 $1 24. Qg4 Be3 {there is no way of making me as Black pay for the exposed King position so Nick resigned there. I am prepairing Qg5 which would otherwise fail to Rxh7+!! A posible line is 25.h4 Rd4 26.Qg3 Re4 27.Re1 Qc4 28.Rxe3 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qxe3...} 0-1 [Event "12 Match Series 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.08.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Clark, Nick"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1456"] [BlackElo "1487"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {I get totally hammered by Nicholaus after falling for an optical illusion on the 13th move. After the game Nicholas leads by 3.5 - 2.5.} 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {This is my usual setup against the Anglo-Dutch Opening.} fxe4 9. dxe4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Bg4 $1 ( 10... Nxe4 $4 11. Qd5+ $1 Kh8 12. Qxe4 $18) 11. Ng5 $1 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qd7 13. e5 $2 {falling for an optical illusion, Now when I looked at the position I for some unknown reason thought that the Queen was undefended on d7.} dxe5 $1 14. Bxe5 $4 {having made a game losing mistake I go to pieces totally.} Nxe5 15. Rxf6 $2 Bxf6 16. Qb3 $2 Bxg5 17. Rd1 Be3+ $3 18. Kh1 (18. Qxe3 $2 Qxd1#) 18... Rad8 $3 19. Rxd7 $2 Rf1+ $1 20. Ng1 Rxg1# {Notice how my opponent didn't make a single dubious move or blunder -it was only 20 moves but that is still superb play by him.} 0-1