Games
[Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "Barrow-in-Furness"] [Date "2021.09.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Blower, Trevor"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A02"] [WhiteElo "1590"] [BlackElo "1644"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2021.09.13"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. c3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qc2 $6 $15 Nxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. d4 Bf5 $6 $11 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Bg2 c6 13. O-O h5 $6 $14 14. Bf4 $2 $15 Bh6 15. Nd2 $4 Ne3 $2 $15 (15... g5 16. h3 gxf4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. gxf4 Bxe2 19. Rf2 Bd3 $19) 16. Rf2 Nxg2 $1 17. Kxg2 h4 $3 18. Raf1 $2 $17 hxg3 $1 19. Kxg3 $3 (19. hxg3 $4 Bh3+ 20. Kxh3 Bxf4+ 21. Kg2 Bxd2 $19) (19. Bxg3 $4 Bxd2 $19) 19... Bxf4+ $2 $17 20. Rxf4 Rh3+ 21. Kg2 Rah8 22. Rh1 R3h5 $3 23. e4 $2 $19 Bh3+ $6 24. Kf2 Be6 $1 25. h4 dxe4 $6 $19 26. Nxe4 $2 $19 (26. Ke3 $1 $19) 26... g5 $3 27. Nxg5 $4 $19 {Game well and trully over after this cheapo, I think he could have resigned there...} (27. Rf3 $1 Bd5 28. Ke3 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Nc5+ $19) 27... Rxg5 $1 28. hxg5 Rxh1 29. Kg2 Bd5+ 30. Kg3 Bxa2 31. Rf2 Rg1+ 32. Kf4 Be6 33. d5 cxd5 34. b4 Rg4+ 35. Ke3 Rxg5 36. Rd2 Rxe5+ 37. Kd4 Re4+ 38. Kc5 Rc4+ 39. Kb5 Rxc3 40. Ra2 a6+ 41. Kb6 d4 42. b5 $2 Bxa2 43. bxa6 bxa6 0-1 [Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.09.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Hayley, Russell"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1570"] [BlackElo "1644"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] {[%evp 0,82,28,18,18,31,66,34,31,-200,-206,-214,-211,-208,-213,-256,-259,-265,-217,-267,-273,-471,-211,-271,-243,-241,-243,-332,-332,-331,-236,-261,-189,-220,-238,-526,-437,-480,-133,-394,-100,-394,58,51,159,172,195,164,155,155,162,56,58,58,58,47,39,29,35,41,29,32,19,35,28,3,0,-65,-64,-187,-31,-31,-19,-29,-23,-36,0,-58,-51,-103,-111,-673,-114,-736,-750]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 g5 $5 4. Bxg5 $4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxg5 6. Nf3 Qg8 7. Bc4 d5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Qd2 Bh5 10. O-O-O Bg6 11. Nh4 (11. Be2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qb4 b5 $19) 11... Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nbd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 O-O-O 15. d5 $1 Nb8 16. Qf4 Qg4 17. Qe5 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Nfd7 $2 $19 {The White Queen looked very strong there in the middle of the board and still close to my King. So I played an ultra solid move.} 19. Qxe7 $2 Rhe8 $4 $17 20. Qd6 $4 Qf4 $4 $14 21. Nf5 $1 Qxd6 $4 $18 (21... Rxe4 $3 {a computer move} 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Nxh6 Rxf2 $14) 22. Nxd6+ Kc7 23. Nxf7 $3 Bg7 24. Nxd8 Kxd8 25. Rd2 $4 {Russell had come back to be winning in the game but he declared his endgame play a weakness of his and it showed in this game.} Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxe4 27. dxc6 Nxc6 28. Rhd1 Re7 29. f4 Ke8 30. g4 Nc5 $3 31. Kc2 Re3 $1 32. f5 $6 $11 Ne4 33. Rd3 $6 $15 Re2+ 34. Kb3 $4 $19 Nf2 $4 $15 (34... Nc5+ $19) 35. R1d2 Rxd2 (35... Nxd3 $2 36. Rxe2+ $16) 36. Rxd2 Nxg4 37. h3 Nge5 38. Re2 $2 $17 Kf7 39. a4 Kf6 40. c4 $4 $19 {again i miss a fork} Kxf5 $4 $17 (40... Nd4+ $19) 41. c5 $4 Nd4+ $19 0-1 [Event "T90 Team 45 45 u1500"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2021.10.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Grenadier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1249"] [BlackElo "1534"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "The Philosopher Kings"] [BlackTeam "Long Live The King"] {[%evp 0,85,16,-12,-2,-11,-2,3,-15,-40,27,-76,-50,-56,-8,-6,-6,-266,-274,-256,-263,-263,106,106,101,94,85,92,98,68,80,64,93,122,113,120,143,126,149,148,143,150,141,128,127,137,157,146,136,139,222,147,493,511,544,551,559,570,540,598,598,621,627,628,636,548,556,585,588,813,875,751,875,934,1089,1173,1354,1329,1463,1463,1567,1651,1766,1751,1766,1853,1948,2000]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. e4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 (7. g4) 7... Be7 8. Nxe5 $4 $19 Bxe2 9. Nxc6 Bxd1 10. Nxd8 Rxd8 $4 $16 (10... Bf3 11. Nxb7 Bxh1 12. d3 Bg2 13. h4 a5 14. Nb5 Kd7 (14... Rb8 $2 15. Nxa5 $19) 15. Bd2 a4 16. Na5 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. b4 axb3 19. Nxb3 Bf6 20. Rd1 $19) 11. Kxd1 Nd7 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. d4 Rhe8 15. b3 Kf8 16. Re1 c5 17. d5 Ne5 18. Re3 $1 Rd7 19. Kd2 Rde7 20. Bb2 f6 21. a3 Nf7 22. f3 f5 $2 $18 23. Rae1 fxe4 24. h4 $2 $16 (24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. fxe4 Ng5 27. e5 dxe5 28. Ke3 (28. Bxe5 Nf3+ 29. Ke3 Nxe5 $19) 28... Nxh3 29. Bxe5 Ke7 30. Bxg7 $18) 24... g6 $2 (24... Nh6 25. Rxe4 Nf5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rg1 h5 $14) 25. Rxe4 Nh6 $4 $18 26. Bg7+ $3 Kxg7 (26... Rxg7 27. Rxe8+ Kf7 28. R1e7+ Kf6 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 Nf5 32. Rxa7 Nxg3 33. Rxh7 Nf5 34. b4 cxb4 35. axb4 Nd4 36. b5 Nb3+ 37. Kc3 Nc5 $18) 27. Rxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Kf6 29. Rxb7 Nf5 30. Rxh7 Nxg3 31. Rxa7 Nf5 32. Rh7 Nd4 33. b4 cxb4 34. axb4 Nxf3+ 35. Ke3 Ne5 36. c5 dxc5 37. bxc5 Kf5 38. c6 Nc4+ 39. Kd4 Nd6 40. Rd7 Nb5+ 41. Kc5 Nc3 42. c7 Kf6 43. c8=Q 1-0 [Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "Barrow-in-Furness"] [Date "2021.10.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Woodburn, Jim"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B24"] [WhiteElo "1763"] [BlackElo "1662"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.09.13"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. f4 d6 8. Nge2 e5 9. Rb1 (9. Qd2 Bh3 $3 10. O-O (10. Bxh3 $4 Nf3+ $19) 10... Bxg2 11. Kxg2 $11) 9... Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf2 $6 $15 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 $6 $11 13. Nxe2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 f6 $6 $14 15. c3 Rb8 16. d4 b6 $2 $16 17. Kh2 $2 $11 a5 $2 $16 18. Be3 $6 $14 Qe8 $2 $16 (18... exd4 19. cxd4 Qc8 20. b3 Re8 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. Rd3 Rbd8 25. Rbd1 Nc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe6 Ne7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. f5 Ng8 30. Bf4 Bh6 31. Bd6 Be3 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Bf1 Bd4 34. Bc4 Be5 35. Bxe5 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 Qe3+ 39. Kd1 Qg1+ 40. Kd2 Qf2+ 41. Be2 fxe5 42. Qxg6 Qd4+ 43. Kc2 a4 44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Qg4+ Kh8 46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kg7 49. Bc4 Nh6 50. Qg5+ Kh7 51. Qd2 axb3+ 52. axb3 Kg6 53. Qxd4 cxd4 54. b4 Kf6 55. Kc1 Nf7 56. Bxf7 Kxf7 57. b5 Kg7 58. h4 Kg6 59. g4 Kh7 60. g5 Kg6 61. Kd2 Kh5 62. Ke2 Kg6 63. Kf3 Kh5 64. Kg3 Kg6 65. Kg4 Kh7 66. h5 Kg7 67. Kg3 Kh7 68. Kg2 Kg7 69. g6 Kf6 70. Kf2 Kg7 71. Kf3 Kf6 72. Kg4 Kg7 73. Kg5 d3 74. h6+ Kh8 75. Kf6 d2 76. Kf7 d1=Q 77. g7+ Kh7 78. g8=Q+ Kxh6 79. Qg6#) 19. h4 $2 $14 Nc6 $6 $16 20. d5 Ne7 $2 $16 (20... exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 $14) 21. fxe5 $1 fxe5 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qe8 24. Bh3 Qa4 $4 $18 25. Bg5 Re8 $2 26. b3 {and the Queen is trapped.} 1-0 [Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "Barrow-in-Furness"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Duffield, Jon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "1662"] [BlackElo "1440"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.09.13"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c6 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 d5 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Bg5 Be7 $6 $16 8. Be3 $1 a6 $6 $16 9. c5 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 $2 $16 axb4 $6 $16 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 f6 14. Be2 bxc5 15. bxc5 Qc7 16. O-O fxe5 17. Nxe5 Bf6 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Qa7 Ne7 20. Rb1 O-O 21. g3 Nf5 22. Rxb8 $4 $16 (22. Rb7 Nxd4 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 $18) 22... Qxb8 23. Qxb8 $2 $11 (23. Qxd7 Qc8 $16 (23... Qb3 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qg8+ Rxg8 28. Nf7#)) 23... Rxb8 24. Nxd7 Rb3 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Nd1 Nxd4 27. Kf1 e5 28. Be3 Ne6 $2 $15 29. f3 d4 $4 $16 30. Bc4 {after 30...Rb1 Black is still alive but Jon didnt see that and resigned.} 1-0 [Event "T90 Team 45 45 u1500"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2021.10.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Chess4Him"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "1509"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] {[%evp 0,139,16,-12,43,35,30,24,19,45,43,18,12,-42,-36,-56,-30,-64,-64,-42,108,95,72,72,35,29,54,10,38,6,10,-15,15,14,15,-23,36,-91,-63,-78,-78,-79,-90,-90,-75,-84,-103,-26,-11,-2,0,0,72,-14,-10,-70,51,69,110,104,104,122,144,113,127,128,214,128,173,170,161,141,157,158,193,211,215,222,211,199,201,196,223,233,248,248,248,248,250,248,302,332,418,450,464,330,349,344,342,342,342,342,364,342,350,327,345,306,322,322,433,371,395,395,416,442,477,468,487,505,525,487,498,465,486,479,543,553,568,568,612,687,711,1139,1447,1486,1528,1528,1544,29519,2197,29964]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 Nxe5 $2 $16 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 Bxf3 $3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qd1 $6 $11 (13. Qg2) 13... Qf6 $6 $14 14. Bg2 (14. cxd5 Nf3+ 15. Kf2 Nh4+ 16. Kg1 exd5 17. Rh3 Bd6 18. Be2 g5 19. Qd4 Be5 20. Qb4 O-O-O $16 {a computer like way to play it}) 14... Nxc4 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Bxf3 Bc5 17. e4 $5 Ne5 18. Ke2 $4 $19 d4 $5 19. Na4 d3+ 20. Kd1 Bd4 $6 $17 21. Rf1 $6 $17 (21. Rh3 $142) 21... O-O-O $2 $15 22. Bf4 $1 Nc4 $6 $11 23. Rc1 $1 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25. Rc3 $1 Rd4 $2 $16 26. b3 $6 $14 e5 27. Rc4 $2 $17 Rhd8 $2 $14 28. Rxd4 $5 Bxd4 $2 $16 29. Kd2 {now i am in control} b5 30. Nc3 Bb6 31. Bg2 Rd7 32. Rf3 h6 33. Rxd3 f6 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Nd1 Ba5+ 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Ne3 Ke6 38. Nf5 Kf7 39. a4 Bb4 40. Bf1 Bf8 41. Kc3 b4+ 42. Kc4 a5 43. Ne3 Ke6 44. Bh3 Kd7 $4 $18 {its only a matter of time now before his/her postion cracks} 45. g5+ Ke7 46. gxh6 gxh6 47. Nf5+ Kf7 48. Kd3 Ke8 49. Ke2 Kd8 50. Ne3 Bd6 51. Nc4 Bc7 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Kg4 Kf8 54. Kf5 Kg7 55. Bf1 Kf7 56. Ne3 Bb6 57. Ng4 Bd8 58. Nxh6+ Kg7 59. Ng4 Be7 60. Ke6 Bd8 61. Kd7 Bb6 62. Kxc6 Bd4 63. Kb5 Bc3 64. Kxa5 f5 65. exf5 e4 66. f6+ Bxf6 67. Nxf6 Kxf6 68. Kxb4 Kg5 69. a5 e3 70. a6 1-0 [Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "Barrow-in-Furness"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Horne, George"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "1693"] [BlackElo "1662"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.09.13"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nxc6 (11. O-O O-O) 11... bxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. b3 Qa5 15. Bd4 (15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Rxd2 Rfe8 18. Nxg6+ hxg6 19. Rxd6 $11) 15... Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Na4 Qxd4+ 18. Rxd4 c5 $2 19. Nxc5 Bb5 20. Nd3 Rfc8 21. c4 Ba6 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Nd5 Kf8 24. Rfd1 a5 $4 $18 25. Nb6 a4 26. Nxc8 $2 $18 (26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27. b4 $18) 26... axb3 27. axb3 $2 $18 (27. Nb6 Ra6 28. Nd7+ Ke8 29. Nc5 Ra7 30. Nxb3 $18) 27... Bxc8 28. Rc1 $6 Ra3 29. Rd3 Ba6 30. Kf2 $6 $18 Ra2+ 31. Kg3 h5 32. h3 h4+ 33. Kh2 Rb2 34. Ra1 Bb7 35. Ra4 f5 36. exf5 (36. Rb4 fxe4 37. Rd4 Bc6 38. fxe4 e5 39. Rxd6 Bxe4 40. Kg1 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Rb2 42. Rd7 Ke8 43. Rh7 Rd2 44. Rb8+ Rd8 45. Rh8+ Ke7 46. Rhxd8 $18) 36... gxf5 37. Rb4 Bc6 38. Rb6 Bd7 39. c5 $3 Be6 40. cxd6 $1 (40. c6 Bc4 41. c7 Bxd3 42. c8=Q+ Kf7 43. Qc3 $18) 40... exd6 41. Rdxd6 Bxb3 42. Rb7 $3 Bf7 (42... Ke8 43. Ra6 $2 Ra2 44. Rh6 Bg8 45. Rh8 Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Rbxg8+ Kf7 48. Ra8 $18) 43. Rxb2 $18 {I resigned hopelessly lost} 1-0 [Event "Barrow Club KO"] [Site "Barrow-in-Furness"] [Date "2021.10.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Hayley, Russell"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "1618"] [BlackElo "1662"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2020.10.20"] [EventRounds "4"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.10.20"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 e6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 f5 (8... h6 $1 $11) 9. Nbd2 b5 $6 $14 10. O-O $6 $11 (10. a4 $14) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. Rfe1 Nf6 13. Kf1 $6 $11 {too slow} a5 14. Ke2 $6 $15 b4 15. Rh1 $6 $15 Ba6 $2 $11 16. c4 $6 $15 d5 $6 $11 17. Rh3 dxc4 $2 $11 18. Bxc4 (18. Nxc4 Ne4 19. Ke1 h6 $13) 18... Bxc4+ $2 $14 19. Qxc4 Qd5 $6 $16 20. Qxd5 $2 $11 cxd5 21. Rah1 $2 $17 Rfc8 22. Ng5 $4 $18 Rc2 23. Nxh7 $4 $19 Ne4 $3 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Rxa8 Rxd2+ 27. Kf3 $2 $18 {can you see the mate in 1.} Rxf2# 0-1 [Event "T90 Team 45 45 u1500"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2021.10.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Electryon"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1536"] [BlackElo "1408"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 O-O 9. d4 Qd7 $4 $18 (9... cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. d5 Nd4 13. f3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bd7 $11) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. d5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Nb4 13. Qxb7 Qf5 14. Qe4 Qh5 15. Nc3 Bg5 16. a3 Na6 17. Qc6 f5 18. Qxa6 Rab8 19. Qxd6 f4 20. Qxe5 f3 21. Bxf3 $3 Qxf3 22. Qxg5 Rf5 23. Qe7 Rb6 24. Qe4 Qh5 25. Qh4 Qf3 26. e4 Rff6 27. Bg5 Rf7 28. Rad1 Rxb2 $2 $18 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $2 $18 31. Qf4+ {forcing the swap off of the Queens and with them goes the game, 12 points in position and material down i didnt have a hope.} 1-0 [Event "T90 Team 45 45 u1500"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2021.11.05"] [Round "5"] [White "MarioSeixas1992"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B71"] [WhiteElo "1424"] [BlackElo "1408"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Chaotic Equations"] [BlackTeam "The Philosopher Kings"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. h3 $2 $17 Nxe4 $5 9. Nxe4 $6 $17 d5 10. Bb3 $3 dxe4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxd1+ $2 13. Rxd1 bxc6 14. Bc5 $2 $17 Bxb2 $1 15. Bxe7 Bc3+ $6 $15 16. Ke2 $1 Ba6+ 17. Ke3 Rfe8 18. Bc5 $3 $13 Bc8 $6 $14 {simply giving the pawn back with Red8 was best} 19. Ba4 $1 Re6 $2 $16 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21. Rhd1 Bb7 $4 $18 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Rd8 $3 Bb7 24. Bb3 Ba5 25. Rb8 $1 Bb6 26. Bxb6 Re7 27. Bd4+ f6 28. Rg8+ Kh6 29. Bxf6 Rd7 30. Bg5+ {as its mate in 1 ,I resigned there...} 1-0 [Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "Barrow-in-Furness"] [Date "2021.11.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Mackenzie, Matthew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1652"] [BlackElo "2137"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.09.13"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,78,16,-12,-32,-33,26,-12,30,-19,-33,-24,-19,-47,-45,-32,-24,-30,-26,-25,-42,-21,-13,-17,-6,-16,-19,-51,-37,-84,-2,15,10,-19,-19,-19,-19,-13,-16,-51,-31,-27,-37,-59,-50,-60,-46,-122,-100,-91,-90,-129,-76,-74,-51,-52,-46,-45,-52,-55,-59,-57,-55,-66,-65,-61,-64,-77,-82,-93,-99,-102,-110,-111,-111,-123,-122,-118,-169,-175,-225]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 $3 {previous games had started the same way but i had always took the bishop on b4 in them and the knight is misplaced there.} (6. Nxb4 {the point is f5 is a brilliant square for the bishop to defend the e4 pawn and make life difficult for the queen to go on the light squares. The Knight doesnt defend f5 enough from this previously played line. The problem is after d6 black is threatening g5 and the knight is trapped so i had to be aware of that threat.} Nxb4 7. Nd4) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. Nxb4 Nxb4 9. a3 Nc6 10. d3 d6 11. O-O exd3 12. Qxd3 Qe7 13. e4 Qe5 14. Ra2 Be6 15. b3 Qd4 16. Rd2 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 a5 18. a4 Nd7 19. Nf3 $6 $15 Nc5 20. Re3 Bg4 21. h3 $6 $15 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Ba3 $2 $17 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Nxe4 25. Re3 $2 $19 b6 $2 $17 26. Rfe1 Nf6 27. Bb2 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Kg2 f6 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. g4 g6 34. f4 $6 $19 f5+ $1 35. gxf5+ gxf5+ 36. Kf3 Nf6 37. Ke3 Ne4 38. Ba3 Nc5 39. Bxc5 (39. Bxc5 bxc5 40. Kd3 c6 41. Kc3 d5 42. Kd3 Kf6 43. Kc3 Kg6 44. Kd3 d4 45. Kd2 Kh5 46. Kd3 Kh4 47. b4 cxb4 48. Kxd4 Kxh3 49. Ke5 Kg4 50. Kd6 Kxf4 51. Kxc6 b3 52. Kd7 b2 53. c5 Ke5 54. c6 b1=Q 55. c7 Qb7 56. Kd8 Kd6 57. c8=Q Qe7#) 39... bxc5 {the position is clearly won as i have no pawn pushes and he can just march his king around to h4 and take my pawn.} 0-1 [Event "T90 Team 45 45 u1500"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2021.11.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Grenadier"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1516"] [BlackElo "1298"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Long Live the King"] [BlackTeam "The Philosopher Kings"] {[%evp 0,101,24,22,87,68,76,37,79,62,85,2,14,-61,209,210,229,227,231,227,293,289,370,336,387,390,362,342,491,463,655,522,552,550,550,571,798,590,923,312,312,325,426,426,420,401,402,378,412,396,416,382,413,427,452,413,558,466,576,515,660,558,655,655,764,790,819,819,830,837,837,833,849,892,1188,1397,1725,28159,29983,29984,29989,29990,29991,29986,29987,29988,29989,29988,29991,29986,29987,29988,29989,29986,29991,29992,29993,29992,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Na6 4. c3 c5 5. Bxa6 bxa6 6. d5 Nxe4 $4 $18 {I fell for this trap yet again} 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qxe4 Bb7 9. Nf3 Qb5 10. c4 Qb4+ 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O (12. dxe6 $4 Bxe4 $19) 12... Be7 13. Qg4 exd5 {i opted for complications because down a piece ive had it with quiet play} 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Nxd5 Qxc4 16. Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 f5 18. Bg5 (18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $4 Rg8 20. Qg3 Rxg3+ 21. hxg3 $14 {even this, which is what i was praying for, leaves white slightly ahead.}) 18... Rf7 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxa8 $4 $18 (20... Bxf3 $1 21. Bxe7 Rg7 22. g3 Rxe7 $16) 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rae1 Rg7 23. Kh1 (23. Nh4 f4 24. f3 Rg5 25. Rf2 Rh5 26. g3 fxg3 27. hxg3 Bd5 28. Rfe2 a5 29. Re7+ Kc6 30. Rxa7 Kb6 31. Ree7 Bxa2 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 $18) 23... h5 24. h4 Rg4 25. Rd1 Rf4 26. Ne5+ Ke6 27. Nf3 Kf7 28. Rxd6 Ke7 29. Rh6 Kf7 30. Rxh5 Rxf3 (30... Bxf3 31. gxf3 Kg6 32. Rh8 Kg7 33. Ra8 Rxh4+ 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Rxa7+ Kf6 36. f4 Re4 37. Kf3 Re6 38. Rh1 Re7 39. Rh6+ Kg7 40. Rxe7+ Kxh6 41. Re6+ Kg7 42. Rxa6 $18) 31. Rh7+ Kg8 32. Rxa7 Rh3+ 33. Kg1 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Rxh4 35. Rb1 $3 Rg4+ $5 {the only way to avoid checkmate next move though it leaves white completely won. Actually Rb4 also does the same thing though its soon mate that way} 36. Kf3 Kh8 37. Rb8+ Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Kf4 c4 40. Kxf5 Kf8 41. Kf6 Ke8 42. Ke6 Kd8 43. Kd6 Kc8 44. Kc6 Kd8 45. f4 a5 46. f5 a4 47. f6 Ke8 48. Kd6 a3 49. Ke6 $5 Kd8 50. f7 Kc8 51. f8=Q# {All rather suspiciously played.} 1-0 [Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "Barrow-in-Furness"] [Date "2021.11.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Gawne, Martin"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1812"] [BlackElo "1652"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2021.09.13"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,45,16,28,28,5,52,33,35,35,73,67,80,-11,6,12,31,31,27,-25,66,28,98,7,86,46,46,94,94,93,93,93,132,132,132,127,127,105,63,63,246,246,1115,1078,1115,1624,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 g5 4. Bg3 Ne4 5. Bd3 d5 $6 $14 6. f3 $6 $15 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Qd6 8. Ne2 f5 9. Nbc3 Na6 $6 $14 10. a3 $6 $11 b5 $2 $16 11. Qd2 $6 $14 (11. e4 $16) 11... b4 12. Na4 $1 e5 $2 $16 13. Bxa6 Bxa6 14. Nc5 $2 $14 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 exd4 $2 $16 16. Qxd4 $6 $14 Qxc5 17. Qe5+ $6 $11 Kd7 $6 $14 (17... Kf7 18. Qxh8 Qxc2+ 19. Ke1 h6 $11) 18. Qxh8 Qxc2+ 19. Ke1 bxa3 $4 $18 (19... h6 $11) 20. Rxh7+ Be7 $4 $18 (20... Ke6 21. Qg8+ Ke5 22. f4+ gxf4 23. gxf4+ Kd6 24. Qg6+ Kc5 25. Rb7 axb2 26. Ra5+ Kc4 27. Qxc6+ Kd3 28. Qxd5+ Kxe3 29. Qe5+ Kd3 30. Rd5+ Kc4 31. Qd4#) 21. Qxa8 Qc5 22. Qb7+ Ke8 23. Qc8+ {i resign here... 2 moves off being checkmated.} 1-0 [Event "Mid-Week Cumbrian League"] [Site "Kendal"] [Date "2021.12.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Shaw, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "1627"] [BlackElo "1780"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2021.12.02"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.12.02"] [WhiteTeam "Barrow"] [BlackTeam "Kendal"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg2 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. h3 Qh5 13. Qg5 Qf7 14. Nh4 $2 $15 h6 15. Qd2 Qh5 $2 $11 16. Rab1 Bd7 (16... f4 $4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxb8 $18) 17. Bf3 Qe8 18. Bd5+ Kh7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Qh5 21. Qe1 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Nxf5 $3 Qxh3 $2 $16 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. Nxg3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nd8 $3 27. Nh5 $2 $14 Kg6 28. Nf6 Bf5 $2 $16 29. Be4 $2 $14 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Nc6 $2 $16 (30... b6 31. Rf6+ Kg7 32. Rf5 Ne6 $11) 31. Rf6+ Kg7 32. Rf5 Re8 33. Rxg5+ Kf7 34. c5 dxc5 35. Rxc5 Re7 36. Rf5+ Ke8 37. Kf2 Ne5 38. Nf6+ Kd8 39. Nd5 $6 $16 Re6 $6 $16 40. e4 $4 $11 Nxd3+ 41. Ke3 Nc5 42. Rf8+ Kd7 43. Rf7+ Kd6 44. Rf6 $6 $15 (44. Nf6 $1 $11) 44... Rxf6 45. Nxf6 Na4 46. Kd4 c5+ 47. Kc4 b6 48. Ng4 $3 {Blocking off the King from infiltrating} a6 49. Kb3 b5 50. c4 Nb6 51. cxb5 axb5 52. a3 Nc4 53. a4 Nd2+ 54. Kc2 Nxe4 55. axb5 c4 56. Ne3 Kc5 57. Nxc4 {The simplest way to get the draw...} 1/2-1/2