Games
[Event "Nottingham Major"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taylor, Robert"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.22"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.22"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 $6 $14 7. Ngf3 c6
$6 $16 8. c3 $6 $14 (8. c4 $5 $16) 8... Nh7 $6 $16 9. Rc1 Ndf6 10. Qc2 g5 11.
Bg3 Bg4 $2 12. Ne5 Nf8 $1 13. O-O N8d7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nh5 $4 16. Be1 Qd7
17. e4 $4 Nf4 18. exd5 $3 Be2 $2 19. dxc6 $3 Qxc6 20. Be4 Qa6 21. Rxf4 $3 gxf4
22. Qb3 Rb8 $6 23. Bh4 $3 Qb5 $2 24. Qa3 Qd7 25. Nb3 f6 $4 26. Bg6+ Kd8 $3 (
26... Kf8 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Bxf6 Rg8 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Be4 exf6 31. Re1 f5 32.
Bxf5 f3 33. g3 Rxg3+ 34. hxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qg2# {not best play by white its
winning for him.}) 27. Nc5 Qg4 $4 28. Bf7 $3 f3 29. Bg3 $3 Qg5 $4 {i
capitulate under the pressure.} 30. Ne6+ 1-0
[Event "Nottingham Major"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cawston, J."]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.22"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.22"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 g6 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Qe2 N8d7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb8 13. d6 exd6 14. O-O Bxe5 (
14... Nxe5 $19 {has been played before by a candidate master level player.})
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 $19 Qd8 $4 $17 17. b3 $4 $19 Qf6 $4 $14 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19.
Rae1 Qd4+ 20. Be3 $2 $13 Qg7 $2 $16 (20... Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe3 23.
Rxe3 a6 24. h3 Ne5 25. Kh1 Bd7 26. Ne2 Qh4 $14) 21. Nb5 $3 Rad8 $4 $18 22. Nxd6
Ne5 $4 $18 23. Bh6 $4 $18 (23. Nxe8 $18) 23... Nf3+ $3 24. gxf3 Rxe1 (24...
Qd4+ $18) 25. Rxe1 $4 Qd4+ 26. Qe3 Bxf3 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Re8+ $2 Rxe8 29. Nxe8
Nd7 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Bf4 $4 Nc5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ gxh5 34. Bf5 Be4 35. Bxe4
Nxe4+ 36. Kf3 Nf6 $2 $15 37. Be5 d3 38. Ke3 Kg6 39. Kxd3 Nd7 40. Bd6 Kf5 41.
Kd4 Ke6 42. Bc7 f5 43. b4 Nf8 44. Bb8 a6 45. a4 Kd7 46. Ke5 a5 $3 47. b5 Ne6
48. Ba7 $1 {not allowing Nc5...} f4 49. Bf2 $2 Ng5 $3 50. Kd5 $4 Nh3 $1 51. Bd4
f3 52. c5 f2 53. c6+ bxc6+ 54. bxc6+ Kc7 55. Be5+ 0-1
[Event "Nottingham Major"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Lambert, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.22"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.22"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. e4 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Nd5 fxe4 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. dxe4 Kh8 12. Be3 Rg8 13. Nh2 Bg5 14. f4 $4
$17 Bxf4 $1 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Bg4 $1 Bxc4 17. Rxf4 Rf8 18. Bf5 $4 $19 {this
was actually a poker bluff- I thought he wouldn't risk the g6 move.} g6 $3 19.
Qc2 Bg8 $1 20. Qc3+ Qf6 $1 21. Qf3 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Qe5
25. Qf2 Be6 26. Nf3 Qg7 (26... Qxe4 27. Re1 Qf5 28. Qd2 Bd5 $19) 27. Nh4 Rf8
28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Qe5 30. g4 Rf6 31. Re1 Qd5+ 32. Kh2 Ne5 33. Re3 Qf7 34.
Qe2 Qg7 35. b4 Rh6 36. Rg3 Qg5 37. f6 $4 Rxf6 38. h4 $4 Qf4 $2 39. g5 Qf2+ $3
40. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rf3 42. Rg2 Rf4 43. h5 Rg4 $3 0-1
[Event "Nottingham Major"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murphy, Ross"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.22"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.22"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 d5 4. Qc2 g6 5. g3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 (7. Bg2)
7... axb6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 (9. Bg2 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Rxa2 $15) 9... Be6 10. Nxd5
(10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxa2 12. Rxa2 Bxa2 $44) 10... Bxd5 11. a3 Bg7 12. Be3 (
12. Bg2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxd4 $17) 12... c5 13. Rd1 (13. Rc1 Bxf3 14. exf3 cxd4
15. Bh6 $3 O-O $44) 13... e6 14. Bg2 Nc6 15. O-O cxd4 $2 $14 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 O-O-O $2 18. Nb5 Bxb2 19. Bxb6 Rd5 $2 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. a4 $2 Kd7 22. Rd1
d4 $2 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4+ Ke6 $2 $18 (25... Kc6 $16) 26. Kf3
f5 $6 27. Kf4 (27. Rb4 Rb8 28. a5 Kd7 29. a6 b6 30. Ke3 Kc6 31. Rc4+ Kb5 32. a7
Re8+ 33. Kd4 Ka6 34. Rc7 h6 35. f3 Ra8 36. Kd5 g5 37. e4 Rd8+ 38. Kc4 b5+ 39.
Kc5 g4 40. f4 fxe4 41. f5 e3 42. f6 e2 43. Re7 e1=Q 44. Rxe1 Kxa7 45. Kxb5 Rd5+
46. Kc6 Rf5 47. Re7+ Ka6 48. f7 Ka5 49. Re5+ Rxe5 50. f8=Q $18) 27... h6 $3 28.
h4 Ra8 29. Rb4 Ra6 $3 30. e3 Kf6 31. Kf3 (31. f3 $4 g5+ 32. hxg5+ hxg5#) 31...
Ke6 32. g4 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Kd6 34. f4 h5+ $3 35. Kg5 $3 Kc6 36. Re4 $3 (36. Kxg6
$4 Kc5+ $19) 36... Kc5 37. Rd4 Re6 38. Rd7 Rxe3 39. Kxg6 Re4 40. f5 $3 Rxh4 41.
f6 Rxa4 42. f7 Rf4 43. Kxh5 $4 {this has been worked out as adrawn endgame
pity he didn't see that himself.} Kc6 44. Re7 b5 45. Kg6 Kc5 $4 (45... Kd5 46.
Rb7 Rxf7 47. Kxf7 Kc4 48. Rc7+ Kd5 (48... Kb3 $4 49. Ke6 b4 $18) 49. Kf6 b4 50.
Rb7 Kc4 51. Ke5 Kc3 52. Rc7+ Kd3 53. Rc1 b3 54. Rb1 Kc2 55. Rxb3 Kxb3 $11 {
a drawn endgame with the proper technique.}) 46. Re5+ Kc4 47. Rf5 Rxf5 48. Kxf5
b4 49. f8=Q b3 50. Qa3 Kc3 51. Qc1+ Kd3 52. Qb2 Kc4 53. Ke4 Kb4 54. Kd4 1-0
[Event "Nottingham Major"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Connor, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.22"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.22"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be2 Rd8 11. Ba3 b6 12. Qc2 $146 Nd7 (12... cxd4 13. exd4
Bxd4 $4 14. Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Bf3 $1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. cxd4 $18) 13. Rac1 Bb7
14. Rfd1 e6 15. Nh4 $6 Rac8 16. Bf3 Ba6 $6 17. d5 $2 Nf8 $2 $11 (17... Ne5 $17)
(17... g5 18. d6 Qb8 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nf3 $15) 18. g3 Qe7 $2 19.
c4 e5 20. e4 Rd6 21. Rd3 Nd7 22. Bg4 Rf8 23. Bxd7 $2 Qxd7 24. Bb2 Bc8 25. f4 f6
$6 26. f5 g5 27. Ng2 Bh6 28. g4 Qf7 29. Rh3 Bg7 30. Ne1 Bd7 31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Qg2
Be8 33. Kh1 1/2-1/2