Games
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1336"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{In the past Kronus has underperformed in my Grand Prix events but he has
improved to be much stronger in recent times. How Kronus(LifeWithoutChes)
performed was remarkable better as he wins incredibly quickly as I fall rather
early for a trick..} 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 $3 Nxe4 $4 {a quick end.} 4.
Qa4+ 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1336"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus leads 1 - 0 before this game and shows great skill under pressure to
win here.} 1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 $3
$146 b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O d5 $2 $14 11. exd5 $2 (11. cxd5 $1 exd5
12. e5 $14) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 $2 Nb4 13. d4 Nbxd5 14. Bxa6 $3 $16 Nxe3 15.
Re1 Be7 16. Rxe3 $3 Bxa6 17. Qa4+ $3 b5 $3 {a subtle move possibly causing a
draw by repetition of moves with correct play on my part.} (17... Qd7 18. Rae1
O-O 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxe7 $16) 18. Qxa6 O-O 19. Nxb5 Nd5 20. Re4 $6 (20. Re5
$3 Nxf4 21. Rd1 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rb8 23. Qxe7 $18) 20... Ra8 21. Qb7 (21. Qc6 $142
$11) 21... Rb8 $1 22. Qc6 $4 {this mistakes loses the game.} Rb6 $1 23. Ne5 $6
Rxc6 $1 {not falling for the deliberate smoke screen.} 24. Nxc6 Qd7 25. Nba7
Ra8 26. Rae1 Rxa7 (26... Nb4 27. Rxe7 Qd6 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qf8 30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. Nxb4 cxb4 32. Nc6 $18) 27. Nxe7+ Nxe7 28. dxc5 Ng6 29. Rb4 h6 30. Rb8+
Kh7 31. c6 Qxc6 32. g4 Nh4 33. Re2 Rxa2 34. Kh2 Ra1 35. Kg3 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5
37. Kf2 Qf3# {After this great play Kronus makes a lead develop aftter 2 games
so its 2 - 0 against me.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1235"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This is turning into a revenge match for Kronus as I get a great position
only to be blown completely off the board approaching the endgame.} 1. e4 d6 2.
Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 g6 (3... Nxe4 $4 {trying for the same trap in game 1 where I
feel for it.} 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxe4 $18) 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 b6 $3 {
This is an unusual Pirc Defence but it takes on a Queens Indian Defence look.}
7. d3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. Nf1 Qc7 $6 (10... c4 $3 $15) 11. Ne3 e5 $6
12. Ng5 $6 (12. c4 $3 {this blocks out the b7 Bishop...}) 12... h6 13. Nh3 Rad8
(13... b5 $11) 14. g3 c4 $3 15. Ng2 $4 (15. Nxc4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 $44 {Black
has better co-ordination as compensation for the pawn.}) 15... Nc5 $3 16. f3
cxd3 17. Bxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 d5 $3 19. exd5 Nxd5 $2 20. Qe2 f5 $6 21. Nh4 $2 e4
$2 22. Nxg6 exf3 $2 23. Qe6+ Qf7 $4 {the final decisive mistake after a series
of innaccuracies in a difficult position. I miss the fact that the Queen is
still defended after Nxf8...} (23... Rf7 $17) 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.
Nf4 Be7 27. Nxd5 Bc5+ 28. Be3 Bxd5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. c4 f2+ 31. Kxf2 {so its 3
- 0 to Andrew(Kronus) is this match going to be a whitewash.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1235"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I try my damndest to get something here.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 {
a cross between the Anglo-Dutch and the Three Knights English Opening.} 4. e4
Nf6 5. d4 Bb4 $3 {a hard move to cope with.} (5... exd4 $1) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
d6 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Nd2 Nxe5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh6 Qf6 13. Bg5 Qf7
$4 (13... Nd3+ $3 14. Bxd3 Qxc3+ 15. Kd1 Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 Qd4 $3 $19) 14. O-O-O
Bg4 $2 15. c5 $4 Bh5 $4 ({Simply taking was best- Black was trying to trap the
Queen but the Knight on e5 which would have possibly won the Queen was tied to
the defence of the d7 square...} 15... Bxd1 16. Bb5+ c6 17. cxd6 Qb3 18. Rxd1
Qxc3+ 19. Kb1 Qb3+ 20. Kc1 Qxa3+ 21. Kd2 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qxb5+ 23. Ke1 Kf7 $19)
16. Bb5+ $3 c6 17. cxd6 cxb5 18. Rhe1 $3 Bxd1 19. Rxe4 Qf5 $4 {an utterly
disasterous move -19...Kd7 was called for.} (19... Kd7 $19) 20. Qg7 $3 {
there is a threat of 21.Rxe5+ or 21.Qxh8+ but the biggest threat is 21.Qe7# 20.
..Qxg5+ allows for the reply 21.f4 when material is shipped in large order. So
the match isnt going to be a whitewash after all and I am back in it, for the
moment. 3 - 1 to Kronus.} Qxe4 21. Qe7# 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1235"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus rather chickens out in this game from a good attack and repeats the
position.} 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Ng1 $6 $15 Be6
7. Bb3 c5 8. Nge2 c4 $3 9. dxc4 Qa5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Ne5 $1 12. Nd5 $1 Nxe4
13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Nf4 Nxc4 $5 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qf3 $4 Bxf1 $4 $17 (16... Qe5
$5 $19 {wins the Knight on e7.}) 17. Qh3 $4 Qg5 $4 (17... Rfe8 18. Nexg6+ fxg6
19. Nxg6+ Kg8 $19 {and the attack petters out.}) 18. Nfxg6+ $5 fxg6 19. Bxg5
Nxg5 20. Nxg6+ Kg8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ $4 Kg8 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ {
materially its equal but the Queen and two pawns is, very much, superior to a
Rook and two minor pieces here simply because the King is in the open. So its
a draw by repetition and the score in the match is 3.5-1.5.} (24. Qh5) 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1345"]
[BlackElo "1352"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I get my revenge for the 4 move debacle of the first game...} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3
f5 3. e4 f4 $4 (3... f4 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxh8 Nf6 7. d4 Kf7 8. e5 Bg7
9. Qxc8 $18) 4. Qh5+ $1 {4...g6 is the only move when 5.Qxe5+ wins the Rook.
So its getting closer in the match at 3.5 - 2.5 to Kronus.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1406"]
[BlackElo "1314"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Against one of my strongest Openings I get blown away by such accurate play
by Andrew(Kronus).} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 {This is the
Alekhines Defence Four Pawn Attack Variation.} dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Qe2 $1 $146 {a great novelty.} (9. Bf4 {this is a relatively common
line as far as the Alekhine is concerned. This is as the Alekhine Defence is
relatively rare in top chess compared to other openings.}) 9... h5 10. Nf3 Bg4
11. Bf4 N8d7 12. O-O-O e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Qe3 Kh7 16. Neg5+ Kg8
17. Bd3 Qe8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qf7 20. g3 Bh6 $2 {a mistake but I was
already lost.} 21. Bxh6 $3 Qxf3 22. Qg5 $3 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qf6 24. Qe4 $1 Na4 25.
Rh2 $5 (25. Rhf1 $4 Qxb2#) (25. Bxf8 $4 Qxb2#) 25... Rf7 26. Rf1 $1 Nc3 $1 27.
Rxf6 $1 (27. bxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Kb1 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Kh7 30. Bd3 Rg8 $18 {with an
overwhelming position for Kronus.}) 27... Nxe4 28. Rxg6+ $1 Kh8 29. Bxe4 Rd8
30. Bf4 $3 {heading for the fatal (for me) square of e5.} Rxf4 31. gxf4 Rd4 32.
Rhg2 $1 {checkmate is now inevitable.} Rxe4 (32... Rxc4+ 33. Kb1 Kh7 34. Rg7+
Kh8 35. Rh7#) (32... Kh7 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rh7#) 33. Rh6# {So the lead Andrew
has exctends to 2 points again with 4.5 - 2.5 to him, he needs just a draw and
a win.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1314"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This is a long hard game for me in which I pass up the draw offer and play
disasterously for a completely rubbish attack, and then get whopped.} 1. c4 e5
2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 {The Four Knights English:Reverse Dragon
Variation.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O f6 8. e4 $6 {a dubious novelty this
allows Ndb4 with a small edge to Black.} Nb6 9. d3 $6 Be7 $2 $11 (9... Qd7 $17)
10. Be3 $1 Qd7 11. d4 $5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O-O 14. Qxd7+ Rxd7 15.
Rac1 Kb8 16. Rfd1 (16. Bf4 $143 g5 $11) 16... Rhd8 17. Rxd7 Rxd7 {a draw offer
was made which only seemed to put me off.} 18. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 $5 (18... Bxd5 19.
exd5 Nxd5 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 $15) 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bh3 $1 Rd8 21. Bf4
$6 Bd6 22. Be3 {simply wasting time.} Be5 23. Rd1 $2 c6 $2 $17 (23... Bxb2 $19)
24. f4 $4 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Ba3 26. Rd1 Be7 27. a4 Bb3 28. Rb1 Bxa4 29. Bg2 Rd1+ $1
30. Rxd1 Bxd1 31. Kf1 Kc7 $3 32. Ke1 $1 {not falling for it.} (32. Bxa7 $4 b6
33. Kf2 Kb7 34. Ke3 Ba4 35. Bxb6 Kxb6 $19) 32... Bh5 $6 33. Kd2 a5 $5 34. Kc3
b5 $5 35. h3 a4 $5 36. Kb2 Bf7 $3 {Andrews two Bishops are monsters and mine
are very passive.} 37. Bd4 a3+ 38. Ka1 b4 39. Bf1 c5 40. Be3 c4 41. g4 b3 42.
g5 c3 $1 43. Bd3 b2+ 44. Kb1 a2+ 45. Kc2 a1=Q 46. Kxc3 b1=Q+ 47. Kd2 Bb4+ $6 (
47... Qd1#) 48. Ke2 Qab2+ $6 (48... Qf1#) 49. Kf3 Bh5+ 50. Ke4 Qg2+ $6 (50...
Qh1+ 51. Kf5 Qd5#) 51. Kd4 Qbb2+ 52. Kc4 Qc3+ 53. Kb5 Qgc6# $1 {So it looks
very likely that Andrew will get a win in this match and go forward as he
leads 5.5 - 2.5.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1356"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{We have been sharing points since we started this match after Kronus achieved
his 2 point cushion and now was no exception as I get a concilation goal so to
speak. I am just too strong for Kronus in my new main line opening.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 {after 2...d5 3 Bg5 is the Veresov Opening but I have decided to play
my main 1 e4 opening the Pirc and take the position into more charted waters.}
g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 {The Austrian Attack of the Pirc Defence.} Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6.
g4 b5 $2 {I was under the impression that I could play Qa5 here in reply to
Bxb5.} (6... c5) 7. Bg2 $2 Bb7 $1 8. Qf3 $4 b4 $1 9. g5 bxc3 $5 10. gxf6 cxb2
$5 11. Bxb2 Bxf6 12. h4 $1 c5 $1 13. O-O-O $1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc6
$5 16. Rd2 Qa5 17. c3 Rfc8 18. Kd1 $1 Qa4+ 19. Ke1 Na5 $6 $19 (19... h5 $19)
20. Ne2 f5 $6 21. Qg3 $6 (21. Qh3 $1 $19) 21... Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Kf2 $4 (
23. Rg1 $1 Nc4 24. Rd4 Qe6 25. h5 Kg7 $19) 23... Qxh1 {so I get my consolation
point its now 5.5 - 3.5 to Kronus.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[Annotator "cap78red"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This game was a tight affair with little ground gained or lost. As Kronus
only needed a draw this suited him fine and a draw was the result- so Kronus
goes through 6 - 4 congratulations are in order- I played really well in this
match probably up there with my best matches but I got beaten conclusively.} 1.
c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 {The English Opening:Three Knights Variation} 4. e4
Bc5 5. exf5 Nf6 6. d3 {This line doesn't try and hold onto the gambitted pawn.}
O-O 7. Bg5 $1 (7. h3 $14) 7... Qe8 8. Bxf6 Rxf6 9. Ne4 $4 (9. g4 $16) 9... Bb4+
$5 10. Nfd2 Rxf5 11. Be2 Nd4 12. O-O c6 $6 $11 (12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qg6 $15)
13. a3 Ba5 $2 14. Nd6 $1 Qg6 (14... Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qh5 16. Qd1 Qxd1 17. Raxd1
Rf6 18. N2e4 $16 {with great positioned Knights.}) 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 (15... Bxd2 $4
16. Ne7+ (16. Qxd2 $4 Qxf5 $18) 16... Kf7 17. Nxg6 $18) 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. Bh5 Qh6
18. Bg4 d5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 e4 21. dxe4 Bxe4 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. f3 Qe3+ 24.
Kh1 Bg6 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Rae1 Qh6 $4 27. Re7 $2 (27. Qxb7 $3 $18 {I missed a
win.}) 27... Bxg3 28. h3 Qf4 29. Rd7 $6 (29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Qxb7+ Kh6 31. Qxa8
$16) 29... Rf8 30. Rd8 h6 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qxb7 Qc5 33. Rd1 Qf2 {There are
two dangerous plans here for Andrew one is the light squared Bishop sacrifice
on h3 and the other is to play Bf4 and Qg3 and then checkmate on h2- I had to
be able to defend against both.} 34. Qa6 Bc2 35. Ra1 Be5 36. Qf1 Qg3 37. Qg1
Bf5 (37... Bxb2 38. Ra2 Qe5 39. Qf2 Bd4 40. Qf1 Bd3 41. Qd1 Bb6 42. Ra1 Bc7 43.
Qg1 Bf5 44. Re1 Qg3 45. Re3 $3 Bxh3 $4 (45... Kh7 $19) 46. Re8+ Kh7 47. Qb1+ g6
48. Re7+ Kh8 49. Qa1+ Be5 50. Qxe5+ Qxe5 51. Rxe5 Bf5 $18 {this line shows the
subtlies of the position.}) 38. Re1 $1 Bf4 (38... Bxh3 39. Rxe5 Qxe5 40. gxh3
$11) (38... Kg8 39. Rxe5 Qxe5 40. Qxa7 $17 {with a difficult endgame for both
sides.}) 39. Re8+ $5 Kh7 40. Rf8 $1 Bxh3 $6 41. Rxf4 $3 (41. gxh3 $4 Qxh3+ 42.
Qh2 Qxh2#) 41... Qxf4 42. gxh3 Qxf3+ 43. Qg2 {this couldn't be easier for
Kronus to draw...} Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd6+ 45. Qg3 Qd2+ 46. Qg2 Qd6+ 47. Qg3 Qd2+ 48.
Qg2 Qd6+ {Kronus is really achieving what I felt he could achieve when I first
saw his play several years ago. I think he must enjoy the game to take it a
step further though and become a pro chess player. Its entirely in his own
hands to do that in my opinion. He goes on to play in the Semis against John
Boger (ICC handle=Psymar) who got a walkover in his match when his opponent
pulled out.} 1/2-1/2