Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Innes, David"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1532"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The start of another Grand Prix was rather a sad affair for me in that I was
totally outplayed. David missed a few wins but still cantered to the finishing
post.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 {Signalling the dreaded Chase
Variation of the Alekhine Defence.} Nd5 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 e6 {
the relatively common line (For an Alekhine line)goes like this:-} (7... d5 8.
cxd6 exd6 9. Nf3 d5 10. Bd3) 8. Qg4 g5 9. h4 h5 10. Qxg5 Qxg5 11. Bxg5 Bxc5 12.
Bf6 Rg8 13. g3 Be7 $6 (13... d5 $16) 14. O-O-O $2 Bxf6 15. exf6 Rg6 $6 (15...
d5 $1 $11) 16. Be2 Rxf6 17. Bxh5 Rxf2 $2 {this helps white develop-more
conservative play was in order.} 18. Nh3 $1 Rg2 $4 $18 19. Rdf1 $3 Rxg3 20.
Rxf7 $2 (20. Bxf7+ $3 Ke7 21. Nf4 $3 Na6 22. Ng6+ Kd6 23. h5 Nc5 24. Rd1+ Kc7
25. h6 d6 26. h7 Bd7 27. Rdg1 Nd3+ 28. Kc2 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 e5 30. Kxd3 Bf5+ 31.
Ke3 Bxg6 32. Rxg6 Rh8 33. Rg7 Kb6 34. Bg6 Kc5 35. Rg8 Rxh7 36. Bxh7 $18) 20...
Kd8 21. Ng5 $1 d5 $6 22. Rg7 Re3 23. Rf1 Nd7 24. Rff7 $6 ({There was a better
move which I was hopeing he David wouldn't play.} 24. Kd2 $5 Re5 25. Nf7+ Kc7
26. Nxe5 Kb6 27. Nxd7+ Bxd7 28. Rxd7 $18) 24... Kc7 25. Bg4 Kd6 $2 (25... Kb6
26. Bxe6 Nc5 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. b4 Rxc3+ 29. Kd2 Ra3 30. bxc5+ Kxc5 31. Rxb7
Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Ra3+ 33. Kf4 Ra4+ 34. Kf5 Rxh4 35. Rxa7 $14 {not with best play
by White...}) 26. h5 $2 Ne5 $5 27. h6 Nxf7 ({No better is:-} 27... Nxg4 28. h7
Re1+ 29. Kd2 Rh1 30. Rf8 Rh2+ 31. Ke1 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Rh2+ 33. Kf1 b6 34. Kg1 Rxh7
35. Rd8+ Kc5 36. Rxh7 Bb7 37. Nxe6+ Kb5 38. Nc7+ Kc5 39. Nxa8 Bxa8 40. Rxa8 $18
) 28. Nxf7+ Ke7 $4 (28... Kc7 $18) 29. h7 Re1+ 30. Kd2 Rh1 31. h8=Q $4 (31.
Nh6+ $3 Kd6 32. h8=Q $18) 31... Rxh8 32. Nxh8+ Kf6 33. Rg8 b6 34. Bh5 Bb7 35.
Rg6+ Kf5 36. Bg4+ Kf4 37. Nf7 Rf8 38. Bxe6 Bc8 39. Rf6+ Kg3 40. Bxc8 Rxc8 41.
Ne5 c5 42. Rd6 d4 43. cxd4 cxd4 44. Rxd4 Rc5 45. Nd3 Ra5 46. a3 Rf5 47. Rd7 a5
48. Rb7 b5 49. Kc3 Kf3 50. b3 Ke3 $2 51. Re7+ $5 Kf3 $8 52. Re5 $5 Rf8 53. Rxb5
Rc8+ 54. Kb2 Ke2 55. Nc5 Ra8 56. Nb7 a4 57. b4 Kd3 58. Ra5 Rh8 59. Nc5+ Kc4 60.
Rxa4 Rh2+ 61. Kc1 Kc3 62. Kd1 Rh1+ 63. Ke2 Rh2+ 64. Kf3 Rh1 65. b5 Rb1 66. Rb4
Ra1 67. Ne4+ Kd3 68. b6 Rf1+ 69. Kg4 Rf8 70. b7 Rb8 71. Nc5+ Kc3 72. Nd7 Rg8+
73. Kf5 Kd3 74. b8=Q Rxb8 75. Nxb8 Kc3 76. Ke4 Kc2 77. Kd4 Kc1 78. Kd3 $1 {
with mate coming soon I resigned to leave the position 1.0 - 0.0 to David.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan"]
[Black "Innes, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1469"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I get an early plus in material after trapping Davids Queen in the opening
after 7 moves and lose two pieces for it but does David resign in shame, hell
no and he almost recovers for a draw, due his great play and my a little less
than great, play. The position of the match is evened up 1 - 1 after this game
2...} 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 $4 5. Bd2 $1 e6 $4 6. e4 Bg6
$2 7. Nd5 $1 Qxd2+ 8. Kxd2 exd5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. exd5 Nf6 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Bc4 $3
cxd5 13. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 14. Re8+ $4 Kc7 15. Qa5+ $2 Nb6 16. Nf3 $4 Bb4+ $4 $17 (
16... Nc6 $3 17. Qxb6+ $4 Kxb6 18. Rxa8 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 Rxa8 $19) 17. Qxb4 Rxe8
18. Rc1+ Nc6 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Nxg6 $2 Rxd4+ $4 $18 {I am winning again...It is
hard for David to play this game even though he is doing ok materially his
King is out in the open with my Queen running lose.} 21. Qxd4 $1 Rd8 22. Qxd8+
Kxd8 23. Nf4 Ke7 24. Re1+ Kf6 25. Nd3 Nc4+ 26. Kc3 Nd6 27. Nc5 b6 28. Ne4+
Nxe4+ 29. Rxe4 Kf5 30. Rc4 Ne5 31. Rc7 a5 32. Rb7 Ng4 33. Rxf7+ Kg6 34. Rb7
Nxf2 35. Rxb6+ Kf7 36. Rb5 Ng4 37. Rxa5 Nxh2 38. Rh5 Ng4 39. Rxh7 Ne3 40. Rh3
Nxg2 41. Rf3+ Kg8 42. a4 Nh4 43. Rh3 Nf5 44. a5 Nd6 45. a6 Kf7 46. a7 $2 Nb5+
47. Kb4 Nxa7 48. Kc5 Nc8 49. b4 g5 50. b5 Kf6 51. b6 $2 {chasing the Knight
away with Rh8 here is killing.} Nxb6 52. Kxb6 Kf5 53. Kc5 Kf4 $6 54. Kd4 g4 55.
Rh8 Kg3 $6 56. Ke3 Kg2 57. Kf4 $1 g3 58. Rg8 Kf2 59. Rxg3 Ke2 60. Ke4 Kd2 61.
Rf3 Ke2 62. Re3+ Kd2 63. Kd4 Kc2 64. Re2+ Kb3 65. Kc5 Kc3 66. Re3+ Kd2 67. Kd4
Kc2 68. Kc4 Kd2 69. Rh3 Ke2 70. Kd4 Kf2 71. Ke4 Kg2 72. Rf3 Kg1 73. Ke3 Kg2 74.
Ke2 Kh2 75. Kf2 Kh1 76. Rh3# {I was so nervous I couldnt even remember how to
checkmate with King and Rook vs lone King!!!!!!!!!} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Innes, David"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1458"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{David "I'm not a gambler" Innes really shows he is a gambler in chess,
atleast in this game, as he goes for an all out attack which comes unstuck...}
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Qe1 $2 $146 {
A novelty but a bad one.} (7. d5 $11) (7. dxc5 $11) (7. c3 $11) 7... Bg4 $2 {
missing an opportunity...} (7... cxd4 $3 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. c3 Nxe3 11.
Qxe3 Nc6 12. Nd2 (12. Nc2 $2 Qxb2 $19) 12... Nxd4 13. Nc4 Qc5 14. b4 Ne2+ 15.
Bxe2 Qxe3+ 16. Nxe3 Bxc3 17. Rab1 $17) 8. c3 Bxf3 $1 9. Rxf3 cxd4 $15 10. Qh4
$2 $17 dxc3 $3 {I spotted my attack on the queenside was overwhelming.} 11. Rh3
$4 cxb2 12. Bxb2 Qb6+ $1 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Nxe4+ $5 (14... Ng4+ 15. Kg3
Bxb2 16. Na3 Bxa1 17. Kxg4 $19) 15. Bxe4 Bxb2 16. f5 Bxa1 $6 (16... Nc6 $1 $19
{this intermezzo (ie interveening move) saves my Rook on a8, while I still get
Davids Rook on a1 as it is going no-where.}) 17. Bxb7 Nd7 18. Bd5 $6 {
desperation on Davids part.} Rab8 19. fxg6 Rxb1 $1 20. gxf7+ Rxf7+ 21. Bxf7+
Kxf7 (21... Kxf7 22. Rxh7+ Bg7 {This is a hopeless endgame for David so he
resigned after move 21.}) 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Innes, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
[BlackElo "1514"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Well when I went a Rook up you could forgive me for thinking the game was
going my way again, but in a series of blunders and brilliant Queen play by my
opponent i was checkmated after losing all my pieces one by one, like a miss
marple episode.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. e4 Nf6 4. exf5 $1 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. g4 O-O
(6... h5) 7. Ne4 $6 (7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3 g6 9. Bh6 Rf7 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Nd4
12. Ng5 Re7 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Qd2 $16 {with a strong attack...}) 7... Nxe4 8.
dxe4 b5 $4 9. Qd5+ $5 {I spot the mistake.} Kh8 10. Qxa8 Qh4 $5 11. Nh3 $5 Qxg4
12. Qxb8 $4 (12. Rg1 $1) 12... Qxe4+ 13. Be3 $4 $19 Qxh1 $4 $18 (13... Bb4+ $3
14. Kd1 Qf3+ 15. Kc1 Qxh1 16. a3 Qxf1+ 17. Kc2 Bxf5+ 18. Kb3 Qxc4#) 14. Bxc5
dxc5 15. O-O-O Qe4 16. Bd3 $2 Qh4 $3 17. Ng1 $4 $16 (17. Qxa7 Qxh3 18. Qxc5 Kg8
19. cxb5 Bxf5 20. Bc4+ Be6 21. Qxc7 Rc8 $4 22. Qxc8+ $18) 17... bxc4 18. Nf3 $4
$19 Qf4+ $5 19. Nd2 cxd3 20. Qxc7 Bxf5 21. Qxc5 $4 {its all clearly over now,
it was the wrong pawn to take.} Rc8 22. Qxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kb1 Qxf2 24. Nb3 (24.
Rf1 Qc5 25. Rc1 Qf8 26. Rf1 Qd8 $19 {and the emergency is over for David in
this line.}) 24... Qc2+ $5 25. Ka1 Qxd1+ 26. Nc1 Qxc1# {Its fair to say I
played abysmally to throw that away, but David played his Queen like a
Grandmaster. So before this game it was 2 - 1 to me and after that loss it is
tied again at 2 - 2.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Innes, David"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1527"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The next series of games continue the theme of me going ahead then getting
caught out by some incredibly telling move. Davids style isn't accurate but it
is incredibly powerfull. Before this game the match was tied 2 - 2...} 1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 b5 $3 7. Qc2 (7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bb7 9. Bxb5 $4 Qd5 $19) 7... Bb7 8. Bg5 a6 9. Rd1 Qc8 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nf1
e5 $1 12. d5 Na5 $6 $16 (12... Ne7 $14) 13. Ne3 $3 h6 14. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 15. b4
$1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 c5 $4 18. Rac1 $2 $16 (18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd5 Qb6
20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Rxd6 $18) 18... a5 19. Qd2 cxb4 20. cxb4 Qg4 21. Qxh6 Qxe4 $1
22. Ng5 $6 $14 (22. b5 $16) 22... Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rac8 $4 24. Bb3 $4 $13 (24. f3
$3 Qf4 25. Qxf4 exf4 26. bxa5 $18) 24... axb4 25. Qe7 $2 Bxd5 $3 26. Bxd5 Qxd5
$4 27. h4 $4 (27. Qxf8+ $3 Rxf8 28. Rxd5 $18) 27... Qxa2 28. Qxd6 b3 $6 (28...
Rxc1 $1 29. Rxc1 b3 $19 {this wins for me.}) 29. Qxe5 $2 b2 $4 (29... Rxc1 30.
Rxc1 b2 31. Qe1 bxc1=Q 32. Qxc1 $19 {It was actually not hard to win here but
a fluffed it badly.}) 30. Rb1 Rfd8 $6 (30... Qxb1 $13 31. Rxb1 Rc1+ 32. Kh2
Rxb1 33. Kg3 Rc8 34. h5 Rc5 $4 {this doesn't work.} 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. hxg6+ Kxg6
37. Qd6+ Kg7 38. Qxc5 Rc1 39. Qd4+ f6 40. Qxb2 $18) 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxb2 (
32. Qxb2 $4 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxb2 $19) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Kh7 34. Re2 Qxe5+ 35.
Rxe5 Kg7 36. Kg3 Rd7 37. Kg4 Rd4+ 38. f4 f5+ 39. Kg5 Rd7 $4 (39... Rd2 $3 40.
Re7+ Kf8 41. Rh7 Kg8 42. Kh6 Rxg2 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rxg6 Rg4 45. h5 Rxf4 $11)
40. Re6 Rd2 41. Rxg6+ Kf7 42. Kh5 Rf2 43. Kh6 Rxf4 44. h5 Rh4 45. Ra6 Rg4 46.
Ra2 f4 47. Ra7+ {i think its true to say the position is drawn here but I
proceed to fluff it again.} (47. Rf2 Kg8 48. Rd2 Kf7 $11) 47... Kf8 48. Ra2 Kf7
49. Kh7 Rg7+ 50. Kh6 Rg4 51. Rf2 Rg8 $4 {a terrible blunder, right square,
wrong piece. This pretty much seals the game for David.} (51... Kg8 $11) 52.
Rxf4+ Ke6 53. g4 Ke5 54. Ra4 Rh8+ 55. Kg7 Rb8 56. h6 Rb7+ 57. Kg6 Rb6+ 58. Kh5
Kf6 59. g5+ Kf7 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. h7 Rg6 62. Kxg6 Ke8 63. h8=Q# {So its 3 - 2
to David.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Innes, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I am not being totally out played by David as I am having my chances to win
but my technique has been poor in settling won games, and like the Welsh rugby
team against the best, my clinical finishing has been poor. Before this match
I would have said my clinical finishing was one of my strongpoints but I have
met someone in David whoes clinical finishing is on another level to mine.
Before this game it was 3 - 2 to David.} 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4.
Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. e4 $1 Nxd4 $4 (
10... Bg4 $1 11. Bb5 (11. e5 $4 Bxd4 $3 12. exf6 (12. Nxd4 Bxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxd4
14. exf6 $19) 12... Bxc3+ $19) 11... O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. e5 $16) 11. exf5
Nxf3+ $6 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Ne4 Qd4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rd1 $5 Qe5 16. Qg3+ $5 Kh8
17. Qxe5 fxe5 18. Bc4 {Now here I was fairly confident, a piece up and sailing
into a breeze. What could go wrong???} Rac8 19. Nd6 Rc6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bxe6
$6 Bxf2+ 22. Ke2 Bd4 $3 23. Nf7+ Kg7 24. Ng5 $4 Rf2+ 25. Ke1 Rxg2 $6 (25...
Rcc2 $11) 26. Bd5 Rxg5 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rf1 Rg2 29. Rd3 Rxh2 30. Rg3+ Kh6 31.
Rf6+ Kh5 32. Rxc6 $4 {Whoops, another game goes by the wayside.} Bf2+ $5 33.
Kf1 Bxg3 34. Rc7 Kg6 35. Rxa7 e4 36. Re7 Kf5 37. b5 Ra2 38. Rxh7 Rxa3 39. b6
Rb3 40. b7 Kg4 41. Kg2 Rb2+ 42. Kf1 Kf3 43. Rf7+ Ke3 44. Rg7 Bf4 45. Rh7 Kf3
46. Rh3+ Bg3 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Rxg3+ Kxg3 49. Ke2 Rb3 {So its 4 - 2 and David
is fast getting out of sight of a comeback.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Innes, David"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1483"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This time I pass up the win of a piece, mainly because I wanted Rid of a
monster Bishop on d3 which was rheining down on my position. But I
overestimated the ensuing melee which led to me getting a roppier and
increasingly roppier position. In the end something had to give and it was my
punch drunk Queen which kopped it. Before this game it was 4 - 2 to David.} 1.
e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O b5 $6 7. c3 $6 (7. e5 $16
) 7... Bb7 8. Nbd2 c5 $3 9. e5 Nd5 $1 10. Ne4 $1 cxd4 $1 11. cxd4 dxe5 $6 12.
fxe5 Nd7 $3 {laying a trap:-} 13. Nfg5 $6 (13. Bxb5 $6 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb5 $15 17. Bh6 Ne3 $3 18. Bxe3 Bxe4 19. Bh6 Qxb2 20. Bxf8
$4 Qxg2#) 13... h6 $6 (13... Qb6 $1 14. e6 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 fxe6 $19) 14. Nf3 Kh7
15. e6 $3 {using the e-pawn as a battering ram.} N7f6 $4 16. Nc5 $3 Bc8 $3 17.
Ne5 $4 (17. exf7 $3 Rxf7 18. Bxg6+ $3 {an example of why I needed to fear this
Bishop-I hadn't see this at the time and it is a kinda computer move but it
shows whats capable of happening with the monster Bishop.} Kxg6 19. Qc2+ Kh5
20. Ne5 Ng4 21. Qg6+ Kh4 22. Rf5 Rxf5 23. Qxg4#) 17... Nb4 $4 (17... Nc7 $3 $16
{missed this great move...}) 18. exf7 $4 Qxd4+ $5 19. Kh1 Nxd3 $4 $13 {I
wanted rid of that monster Bishop and I saw the win of a piece but feared my
opponents counter-attack.} (19... Qxe5 20. a3 $6 (20. Bb1 $3 {this is what I
feared would happen.} Qxc5 21. a3 Nbd5 22. Qd3 Bf5 23. Rxf5 Qxc1+ 24. Rf1 Qg5
$19) 20... Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Qd5 $19) 20. Nexd3 Rxf7 21. Qb3 e6 $3 22. Bf4 Nd5 $3
23. Bg3 Rf5 24. Rxf5 exf5 25. Re1 a6 26. Ne6 Ne3 $4 {there aren't enough
question marks in the world one feels. Another chance goes begging.} 27. Nxd4
Bxd4 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rxe3 Bb7 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ Bg7 33.
Qxb7 g5 34. Be5 Kg6 35. Qxg7+ Kh5 36. Qa7 b4 37. Qxa6 b3 38. axb3 g4 39. Nf4+
Kg5 40. Qf6# {Punch drunk and out of luck its 5 - 2 to David.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Innes, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The Grand Prix had been cancelled but the current match between myself(alan)
and David went on regardless as we both agreed to its continuation. I play a
move which sets of long reaching fireworks to gain an advantage- I don't know
if I would have played the move if the grand prix result was still important
to me. The match score before this game is 5 - 2.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3
Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 (6. O-O {this is the most played move in this
position but I was angling for Be6...}) 6... a5 (6... Be6 $6 7. d4 exd4 (7...
Bg4 $3 8. dxc5 e4 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 exf3 11. Qxf3 dxc5 $14) 8. exd4 Bxc4 9.
dxc5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 $18) 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. e4 $4 {I thought i
had an advantage here if David gets greedy and take the pawn but the computer
says its a blunder.} Nxe4 $3 11. Nxe5 $4 Nxf2 $4 {there was an unlikely
checkmate on:-} (11... Nxc3 $3 12. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Nxd1 14. Nxd8 Bd3#) 12.
Nxc6 Qh4 13. Qe2+ $3 Kf8 14. Qe7+ $3 Qxe7+ 15. Nxe7 Nxh1 $4 (15... Kxe7 $3 16.
Rf1 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxc1+ 18. Raxc1 Rhe8 19. Be4 Kd7 20. Kd3 f6 $17 {not with
best moves by David...}) 16. Nxg6+ $1 hxg6 17. Bxh1 Rxh3 18. Bxb7 {the smoke
is starting to settle and believe it or not the position is fairly even, with
chances on both sides.} Re8+ 19. Kd1 Rg3 20. b4 $3 axb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Nd5
c5 $6 23. Nxb4 $6 cxb4 24. Rb1 $4 (24. Kc2 b3+ 25. Kb2 f5 26. Bc6 Re1 27. Ra8+
Kf7 28. g5 Rxg5 29. d4 $15) 24... Rxg4 $4 (24... b3 25. d4 Rg1+ 26. Kd2 Ree1
27. c5 dxc5 28. dxc5 Rd1+ 29. Kc3 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kb2 (31. Kxb3 Rb1+
32. Kc4 Rxb7 $19) 31... Rxc5 $19) 25. Rxb4 Rg1+ 26. Kc2 g5 27. Ba3 $3 g4 28.
Rb1 $3 Rxb1 29. Bxd6+ $3 Kg8 30. Kxb1 f5 $6 31. c5 {every square to the
Queening square is covered by a Bishop in what looks like a procession, worthy
of Christs Procession if I am not being too flipant.} g5 32. c6 f4 33. c7 f3 {
there is no way to promote some pawns so David was incredibly unlucky but I
was due a Little luck.} (33... g3 34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Bxc8 g2 36. Bc5 Kh7 (36...
g4 $4 37. Bxg4 $18) 37. Bf5+ Kh6 38. Be4 g4 39. Bxg2 f3 40. Bxf3 gxf3 41. Bf2
Kg5 42. d4 Kf4 43. Kc2 Kg4 44. Kd3 Kh3 45. Ke3 Kg2 46. d5 $18) 34. c8=Q Rxc8
35. Bxc8 f2 36. Ba6 Kf7 37. Bg3 Kf6 38. Bxf2 Kf5 39. Bg3 Ke4 40. Be2 Kf5 41.
Kc2 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Ke3 {its just a case of replacing the Bishop on g3
with my King and marching my lone pawn up the board constantly defended by
either Bishop - then attacking the square infront with the other Bishop, but
there are many ways to win there. So its a much more respectable 5 - 3 to
David after my win.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Innes, David"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1557"]
[BlackElo "1489"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I blunder in the opening and don't recover the move 7...c6 was called for but
I was under the illusion that Davids Bishop couldnt go to the d5 square
because the Knight on f6 was defending that squaer but the knight was long
gone in that line. Before this game the match situation was 5 - 3.} 1. e4 d6 2.
d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. f5 e5 7. O-O Nxe4 $4 8. Bxe4 gxf5 9.
Bd5 c6 10. Bb3 e4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Qh5 $4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 Qf6 $6 $11
(14... d5 $1 $15) 15. Bxf7+ Qxf7 16. Qxf7+ Kxf7 17. c3 Be5 18. Bxh6 Be6 19. Nd2
Nd7 20. Nxe4 Rh8 $4 (20... Kg6 $1 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Bf4 $17) 21. Ng5+ $3 Kf6
22. Nxe6 $5 Rxh6 23. Nf4 $3 {the move I had missed, when I played 20...Rh8.}
Nc5 24. g3 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Nd3 26. Rad1 Nxb2 27. Rxd6+ Kg7 28. Rg1+ Kh7 29. Rd7+
Kh8 30. Rxb7 Nc4 31. Re1 Nd6 32. Rxa7 c5 33. Rb1 Rg6 34. Rb8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+
Kxg8 36. Kg2 Ne4 37. c4 Nd6 38. Ra4 Ne4 39. Ra5 Kf7 40. a4 Ke6 41. h4 Kd6 42.
h5 Nd2 43. h6 Ne4 44. h7 Nd2 45. h8=Q Nxc4 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. Qf6+ Kd7 48. Ra7+
Ke8 49. Qh8# {So I am 6 - 3 down and David cannot be beaten now but I can tye.}
1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Innes, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I wouldnt be one to play a slightly flawed attack ordinarily, surely not me
but here I do and I have found someone else in David Innes who loves the
slightly flawed attack. The match score is 6 - 3 before this game.} 1. c4 d5 2.
cxd5 e6 3. dxe6 Bxe6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. e5
Nd5 10. Ne4 $6 {Better to just castle here and continue developing my pieces
onto good squares.} f6 $3 {Challenging the centre is important as I as White
haven't Castled yet.} 11. g4 $4 {I didn't want him to get f5 in but this is
asking too much of the position.} fxe5 12. Bc2 $4 {again asking too much...}
Bxg4 $1 13. Qd3 Rxf3 $5 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bh4+ $6 (15... Bb4+ 16. Nc3 Qh4+
17. Kd2 Qf2+ 18. Kc1 Rxe3 19. Nd1 Rxd3 20. Nxf2 Rxd4 $19 {not getting too
greedy was key there.}) 16. Kd2 Bf5 $6 17. Raf1 Rxf1 18. Rxf1 Qf8 $2 19. Qb3+
$1 Kh8 20. Ng3 $1 g6 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Nf6 $6 23. dxe5 Rd8+ (23... Qd8+
24. Kc1 Nd5 25. Rh5 Kg7 26. Rxh7+ Kf8 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. e4 Ne7 30.
Qxb7 Rc8 31. Qxa7 $18) 24. Kc1 Qg8 $6 $14 (24... Qg7 25. exf6 $13) 25. Qxg8+ $3
Nxg8 $4 $18 (25... Kxg8 $3 $14) 26. Rh5 $1 Nf6 $2 27. Rxh4 Nd5 28. Rxh7+ Kg8
29. Rxb7 Nxe3 30. Rxa7 {the rest is technique which this time i get right!!!}
Nxc2 31. Kxc2 Re8 32. Rc7 Rxe5 33. Rxc6 Re2+ 34. Kc3 Rxh2 35. Rf6 Rh3+ 36. Kb4
Rh4+ 37. Ka3 Rh3+ 38. b3 Rc3 39. Ka4 Rc8 40. a3 Ra8+ 41. Kb4 Rb8+ 42. Kc4 Kg7
43. Rf2 Kg6 44. Rf3 Rc8+ 45. Kb5 Rb8+ 46. Kc6 Ra8 47. a4 Ra6+ 48. Kb7 Ra5 49.
Kb6 Ra8 50. Kb5 Rb8+ 51. Ka6 Ra8+ 52. Kb7 Ra5 53. Rf4 Kg5 54. Rb4 Kf6 55. Rb5
Rxb5+ 56. axb5 Ke6 57. Kc7 {notice how i seperated his King from the action if
he tries to get his King back by interposing his Rook on the Blocked file then
I just have an easyily won game with connected passed pawns so he is reduced
to just checking my King with his Rook which runs out of moves. So the match
score looks a little more respectable at 6 - 4 to David.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Innes, David"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Would i be able to take the match all the way? David was on the tie number of
the match for a number of games, If I won every match remaining I would just
tie the match not win it but win games 10 and 11, I did to take the match into
a final game, not so much decider but after the win in this tight game, I need
a win to tie the match 6 - 6 with the score after this game on 6 - 5 to David.
In this game, I play a Pirc and as is common in my opponents against that
opening setup, David plays a relatively early swing over of the Queen to the
Kingside with Qe1. Him playing h3 gets in the way of the attack and it just
takes too long. I effectively sacrifice my good Bishop on g7 to break through
in the centre which starts an aggressive all out attack on my King. My counter
attack and defence combined are just enough to hold out, due to luck on my
part as much as everything, because after he played 19.Qh6 I had not seen the
threat and I flounder around for moves.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7
5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qe1 $146 {A novelty which goes for it. Note- e4 is
temporarily defended so thoughts of a b5 push which I planned went out the
window.} Bg4 8. h3 $6 ({The out and out attack doesn't work either sugesting a
rethink is needed in this opening by White. This opening makes the Pirc look
solid.} 8. Qh4 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 Na6 10. Rh3 h5 11. Be2 $2 Nxe4 12. Bxh5 $4 gxh5 13.
Qxh5 Nf6 14. Qh4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qd1+ 17. Kf2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Bxe5+ 19.
Bf4 Qe1+ 20. Kxg4 Qxh4+ 21. Rxh4 f5+ 22. Kg5 Bxb2 23. c3 Bxa1 24. Be5 Rae8 25.
Bd4 $19) 8... Bxf3 9. Rxf3 d5 $2 {this was due to chess blindness, I thought
after 10.e5 and 10...Nh5 I was attacking the loose d4 pawn but the e-pawn is
now in the way of it and my dark squared Bishop is left rather enaemic.} 10. e5
$1 Ne8 $1 11. f5 $3 Qb6 $3 {notice the e5 pawn is hanging and the dark squared
Bishop on c1 is stuck defending the b2 pawn.} 12. Qf2 $1 Nd7 13. Nd2 c5 $1 14.
c3 Rc8 15. Rf4 $2 Bh6 16. Rh4 $3 Bxd2 $4 17. Qxd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 $4 (18. Qh6 $3
$18 {wins straight away atleast a piece. The mate on h7 can only be avoided
with 18...Nef6 and the after 19.exf6 Nf6, I am clear second favourite to win
the game.}) 18... Nxe5 $1 19. Qh6 $1 {a move too late the difference being
that the e-pawn on e5 is no longer going to win a Knight when it defends on f6
the h7 square. It is still advantage to David here though as White has a
dangerous attack.} Nf6 $4 (19... Rxc1+ $3 20. Rxc1 Nf6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Rf1 $4
Nxd3 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Rh7+ Ke6 27. Qc8+ Kd6 $19 {
and White runs out of checks in that line.}) 20. fxg6 $4 {the point is now
after 20...fxg6 if 21.Bg5 comes the killer blow 21...Nf7 and the White Queen
is trapped.} (20. Bg5 Ned7 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6 Rf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $18) 20...
fxg6 21. Bf5 $2 {desperation...} gxf5 22. Be3 Ng6 $1 {the Rook on h4 is now
doomed.} 23. Qg5 Ne4 24. Rxe4 fxe4 25. Qxd5+ e6 26. Qxe4 Qxb2 27. Re1 Qxa2 28.
Bh6 Qf2+ 29. Kh2 Nf4 $3 {good technique!!! it looks like I am giving away
material but with such an advantage in material as a Rook and a pawn and with
two conected passed pawns on the queenside a win looks certain but his Bishop
on h6 looks dangerous so I try nd force him to swap it off. Note- things could
get pretty hairey if I didnt defend the e6 pawn as he takes my pawn with check,
with few possible squares for my King. I am also attacking g2 and what becomes
more important in the game, the h3 square.} 30. Rg1 Qh4 $3 {giving David
little choice but to swap off the for his win of the exchange.} 31. Bxf8 Kxf8
$4 32. g3 $4 (32. Rf1 $11 {how could I have missed the pin there???}) 32...
Qxh3# {for a moment I thought I might be in trouble but then I spotted Qxh3
was mate. I was intending on playing 32...Rc3 which is one reason I spotted
the actual move played because after 33.gxf4?? I noticed 33... Rxh3 was mate,
then I thought is there a better move and thought do I have to move the pieces
attacked, can I check with one of them... I did not notice the best reply to
32...Rc3 was 33.Qxf4+ but its still winning for Black due to those powerfull
connected passed pawns mentioned earlier.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2016-2017 Div1(match1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.11.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Innes, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Could I make a remarkable comeback and draw the match 6 - 6. I needed to win
the game a draw or less and I would lose the match. It was 5 - 2 and 6 - 3 to
David in this match but he couldnt seem to finish it off.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5
3. e4 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. f5 g6 $1 7. g4 $6 $15 h5 $2 (7... gxf5 $1 8.
exf5 d5 9. Bg5 dxc4 10. dxc4 Nd4 $15) 8. Bg5 $2 $17 (8. g5 Nd7 9. Nd5 $14) 8...
Be7 9. h4 $2 Nxg4 10. fxg6 fxg6 11. Nd5 $4 Bxg5 $1 12. hxg5 O-O $5 13. Qd2 $5
Nd4 $5 14. O-O-O $6 Be6 15. Bh3 Rf2 16. Bxg4 $3 Rxd2 $5 (16... Bxg4 $4 17. Qxf2
Bxd1 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Kxd1 $18) 17. Bxe6+ {this was a product of complete
chess blindness as I did not see Nxe6 until he made that move on move 20!!!}
Kg7 $6 (17... Nxe6 18. Rxd2 $19) 18. Rxd2 Qxg5 $2 (18... Nxe6 $19) 19. Nh3 $6 (
19. Bd7 $1 $17) 19... Qe3 $4 {whoops chess blindness is suffered by David here,
pieces defending backwards are always difficult for players to spot and here
both of us make the same mistake but I luckily enough spot it first.} (19...
Qh6 $19 {still winning for David here as the threat of Nf3 or Nxe6 is
difficult to parry.}) 20. Nxe3 Nxe6 {Its absolutely pointless to carry on here
two pieces down, one a Rook, so David resigns and I draw the match 6 - 6 . I
drew by winning 4 out of the last 5 games.} 1-0