[Event "Grandmaster Match 45 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.05.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "N.R., Visakh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1460"] [BlackElo "2518"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] { In this 6 series match of 45 0 chess, I take on a strong Grandmaster from Indian known as Visakh N.R. The first game was a revelation to me as although I have zero attacking chances, my defence almost holds out for a draw. We were both running out of time at the end i had 10 minutes left and Visakh had 3. I offered him a draw but after 47.e4+?? I have a lost position and he finds a way to blast open the position and win.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {The English Four Knights Variation} d5 { their are several ways you can go here this is the Reversed Sicilian Dragon Variation.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 (10... f5 11. Rc1 f4 12. Bd2 $11) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Bd6 {this weakening of the d5 square is almost dubious but it just about works because it strengthens both c7 and e5 weak squares for Black.} 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Nd4 $5 {immediately going on the offensive - trying to tempt White into weakening the d3 square with 17.e3?!} 17. Nf3 $5 {the answer to the conundrum is only for White to make a king sortee and to answer a posible Qd5+ with e4} Nxf3 18. Kxf3 b6 19. Rc3 $1 {preparing for e4.} c5 $3 {turning a weakness into a strength.} 20. Kg2 Qd6 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Rc1 (22. Rb1 $142 $11) 22... h5 23. Kg1 $2 (23. h4 $11) 23... h4 24. Rc4 hxg3 $2 {I feared h3 here.} ( 24... h3 $3 25. Rh4 Qe6 26. Qc4 Qf5 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. Rxg4 e4 29. dxe4 Rd2 30. b4 Red8 31. f3 Rxe2 32. bxc5 (32. Rh4 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rc2 34. Re1 $3 Re2 35. Rc1 c4 36. Rxh3 c3 37. Rh5 c2 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. exd5 Rd2 40. h4 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+) 32... Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rdd2 34. Rh4 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Rdg2+ 36. Kf1 Rh1#) 25. hxg3 Re6 26. Rh4 (26. b4 $143) 26... Rh6 27. Qc4 Qc6 28. Qe4 Rd4 $3 {giving the edge to Black-making white equal but passive.} 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. e4 $6 $15 dxe3 32. fxe3 Rd6 33. Rc3 a5 34. a4 f5 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. g4 {getting rid of a weak pawn but at some expense in that Visakh has now the outside passed pawn.} (37. Rb3) 37... fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Ke5 39. Kf3 Rf6+ 40. Ke2 g5 41. Rc4 Rh6 42. b3 $2 {probably the losing mistake believe it or not} ( 42. Rg4 $3 $15 {this might have saved my position.} Kf5 (42... Rh2+ 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Rg2 Rh1 45. Rf2 g4+ $4 46. Kg2+ $18) 43. Rg2) 42... Rh2+ 43. Kf3 Rh3+ 44. Ke2 Rh2+ 45. Kf3 Rd2 46. Rc3 Kf5 47. e4+ Ke5 48. Ke3 Rb2 49. Kf3 Kd4 50. Rc4+ Ke5 $2 (50... Kxd3 51. e5 Rb1 52. Kf2 Rxb3 53. e6 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 g4+ 55. Rxg4 Re2 56. Rg6 c4 57. e7 Rxe7 58. Rxb6 c3 59. Rd6+ Kc4 60. Rc6+ Kb3 61. Rb6+ Kxa4 62. Rc6 Kb4 63. Rb6+ Ka3 64. Rc6 Rb7 $3 65. Rxc3+ Rb3 66. Rxb3+ Kxb3 $18) 51. Rc3 Rb1 $3 52. Kg4 Rg1+ 53. Kf3 Kd4 54. Rc4+ Kxd3 55. e5 Re1 56. Rg4 Rxe5 57. Kf2 { somewhere I went wrong the computer cannot assess where accurately but I guess b3 was too weak. But suffice to say- I am totally lost here.} Kc3 58. Rg3+ Kb2 59. Kf3 Kxb3 60. Rg4 c4 0-1 [Event "Grandmaster Match 45 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.05.13"] [Round "2"] [White "N.R., Visakh"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2518"] [BlackElo "1460"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"]  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 $6 $15 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h6 12. O-O Kh7 13. h3 Ng8 $6 $14 14. f4 Nd7 15. e5 $3 dxe5 16. f5 $1 g5 17. d6 Ngf6 18. Qd2 $6 $11 Rb8 19. Nb5 a6 $6 $14 (19... a5 $11) 20. Nc7 b6 21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Nxa6 Rb7 23. Nc7 Ne8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 $2 $16 {Now the Queen infiltrates on the light squares.} 25. Qd5 $5 Qb8 26. Qxf7 Nf6 27. Qg6+ Kh8 $6 $18 (27... Kg8 $1 $16) 28. Rad1 Rd8 29. Nh5 Nxh5 $2 (29... Rxd6 $5 30. Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Qxh6+ Rh7 32. Qxg5 Qd8 $18 {this was my best chance in the late middle game but still poor because i was outplayed.}) 30. Qxh5 Rxd6 31. Bxg5 $5 Rbd7 32. Rxd6 ( 32. f6 $2 Rxd1 33. fxg7+ $4 (33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 hxg5 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qxg5 $18 {with a won endgame for White.} (36. f7+ Kf8 37. Qxg5 $19)) 33... Kg8 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 hxg5 $18) 32... Qxd6 33. f6 $5 Bf8 34. f7 (34. Bxh6 Rh7 35. Bg7+ Kg8 36. f7+ Kxg7 37. Qg5+ Kh8 (37... Qg6 38. Qxe5+ Kh6 39. Rf4 Qh5 40. Qf6+ Qg6 41. Rh4#) 38. Qg8#) 34... e4 35. Bf6+ Kh7 36. Qf5# 1-0 [Event "Grandmaster Match 45 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.06.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "N.R., Visakh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "1460"] [BlackElo "2520"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"]  1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 a6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Ne5 (6. b3 c6) 6... O-O 7. f4 Ne4 8. Bd3 Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Nf3 $1 Qh6 11. Rg1 Nf5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. e4 Nc6 15. Kf2 Be6 $3 (15... Nfxd4 $4 16. f5 Qh3 17. Nf6+ Kf8 18. Nxe8 Kxe8 19. Rxg7 $16) 16. e5 Bxd5 17. Bxf5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $4 (18. Kxf3 $17) 18... Nxd4 $1 19. Qg3 $4 Nxf5 20. Qg4 Bc5+ 21. Kf3 $2 Qc6+ 22. Ke2 Qe4+ 23. Kf1 Bxg1 24. Kxg1 Rad8 25. b3 $2 Qd4+ 26. Kg2 Qxa1 27. Qxf5 Qxc1 28. h4 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Qg1+ 30. Kf3 Qg2+ 31. Ke3 Qe2# 0-1 [Event "Grandmaster Match 45 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.06.25"] [Round "4"] [White "N.R., Visakh"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "1460"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 Qc7 (13... Be6 $16) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Qc5 $4 (16... Qd6) 17. Qxe5 Bf5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxc5 Rfc8 20. Qf2 a5 21. Bd3 Rab8 22. c3 Be6 $1 23. Ka1 a4 24. Rhe1 a3 25. Rxe6 axb2+ $2 (25... fxe6) 26. Kb1 fxe6 27. Qe2 Bxc3 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Bb5 $3 Bd2 $4 (29... Kg7 30. Rd7+ Kh6 31. Qe3+ Kh5 32. Rxh7#) 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Bc4+ Kf8 (31... Rxc4 32. Qxb8+ Kg7 33. Rxd2 Rc1+ 34. Kxb2 Rc5 35. Qa7+ Kh6 36. Qxc5 Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kh6 38. f4 g5 39. Qxg5#) 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Rxd2# 1-0 [Event "Grandmaster Match 45 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.06.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "N.R., Visakh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "1460"] [BlackElo "2520"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. Qa4+ $146 (8. Qb3) 8... Bd7 9. Qa3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Bc3 $6 Qg6 $6 $15 12. O-O-O (12. Be2 $2 e5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rad1 e4 $2 15. Nh4 Qg5 16. f4 $3 exf3 17. Nxf3 $11) 12... O-O-O 13. Bd3 $6 Qxg2 $1 14. Rhg1 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 $4 (15. Nd2 Bxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Qxf2 17. Bg5 Rdf8 18. Rgf1 Qxh2 19. Bf6 Rhg8 20. Kb1 Re8 21. Be4 Qe2 22. Bxh7 Rg2 23. Qd3 Qxd3+ 24. Bxd3 $17) 15... Qxf3 16. Bxh8 Rxh8 17. Rg3 $4 {what an appauling series of moves i collapsed in a heap there.} Qxd1# 0-1 [Event "Grandmaster Match 45 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.07.06"] [Round "6"] [White "N.R., Visakh"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "1460"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. g4 Nb6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. d5 b4 $2 (10... Ne5 11. f4 Nec4 12. Qd4 Rg8 13. dxc6 Bg7 14. e5 Bg4 $11) 11. dxc6 Ne5 12. Nd5 Nbc4 $4 (12... Nxc6 $14) 13. c7 $3 Qd7 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qd4 $1 Nxe3 $1 16. Nxe3 e5 $4 $18 (16... f6 17. gxf6 exf6 18. Qxf6 Qg7 $18) 17. Qd5 $5 Qxc7 18. Qxa8 Bg7 19. Nd5 Qxc2 20. Qxa7 O-O 21. Qf2 $3 { Visakh chooses the right strategy to see out the game...swapping off queens is a necessity in such an open king position- i know its a million to one shot getting something from the game, now, but with Queens off there is zero chance of a lucky mate or win of material.} Qc4 22. b3 $1 Qb5 23. Qb6 Qd3 24. Rd1 $5 Qc2 25. Qf2 Qc6 $2 {well with Queens off after 25...Qxf2+ or 25...Qc5 its a certain loss anyway so might as well play this incredibly ugly move.} 26. Ne7+ 1-0