Games
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{So the second match of grand prix event 2 started finally after a tennis
break. It was to be a close game but,William had the edge almost throughout.}
1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. g3 Qc7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qe3
Rfd8 15. Rad1 b6 16. Na4 h6 17. c5 $2 {this is too weak on a dark square but
the dark squared bishop wants to advance to that square and this only delays
its advance.} b5 18. Nc3 a5 19. Rxd8+ (19. a3 a4 $17) 19... Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Nxd1 Nd7 22. Qc3 Bxc5 23. a3 Bd4 24. Qc1 Qb6 25. Be2 {I knew I had a draw
if only I could get the Queen to c8 if the Knight moved, so I played Be2 on
the offchance that William would move both his Queen and Knight- this was a
long shot but all I could think of.} Nc5 26. Ne3 $2 (26. Qc2 $142 $17) 26...
Nxe4 27. Bf3 Nxg3 $3 28. Kg2 e4 $3 {one of a series of good moves sees me
retreat.} (28... Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Nf5 31. Bxc6 Nxe3+ $19) 29. Bg4
Bxe3 (29... h5 30. Nd5 $4 cxd5 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Bf5+ Nxf5 33. Qxf5+ Qg6+ 34.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 $19) 30. fxe3 f5 $1 {The rest is just a matter of technique.} 31.
Kxg3 fxg4 32. hxg4 Qc7+ 33. Kg2 Qd7 34. Kh3 h5 35. Qg1 hxg4+ 36. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 37.
Kxg4 Kf7 38. b4 $6 {I was left in a conundrum with the choice of either
allowing c5 or allowing Williams King in the centre.} (38. Kf5 c5 39. Kxe4 c4
40. Kd4 g5 41. a4 g4 42. axb5 Ke7 43. b6 Kd7 44. e4 g3 45. e5 g2 46. e6+ Kxe6
47. b7 g1=Q+ 48. Kxc4 Qb6 $19) 38... axb4 39. axb4 Ke6 40. Kf4 Kd5 41. Kf5 g5
42. Kxg5 c5 43. bxc5 Kxc5 44. Kg4 b4 45. Kg3 b3 46. Kf4 Kd5 47. Kf5 b2 {
So immediately William goes into the lead. 1 - 0 to him.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The position in the match was 1 - 0 to William, the current grand prix
champion and favourite to be next. In this game William spurns a winning
opportunity and through tiredness asks for a draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4
Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 {We were playing a classical Kings Indian
Defence but this move is unusual-its weakness is the weakening of the d4
square, 6 Be2 is much more common.} Nc6 $1 7. Be3 e5 (7... Ng4 $15) 8. d5 Nb4
9. Be2 Na6 $1 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Bd7 12. O-O $14) 10. O-O Nc5 $1 11.
Bxc5 dxc5 12. Qd2 (12. Nxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. Nxc5 Qd6 15. Ne4 Bxh2+ 16.
Kh1 Qf4 17. g3 Qxe4+ 18. Kxh2 $11) 12... Bd7 $2 {Qd6 is no longer possible,
regaining the pawn.} 13. Nxe5 $1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe5 15. Nxc5 Qh4 $4 {missed
the fact that f4 refutes this checkmate threat.} (15... Bf5) 16. g3 $4 (16. f4
$1 Bxb2 {what else???? two pieces are hanging.} 17. Qxb2 Bf5 $18) 16... Qh3 17.
Rfe1 Bf5 $4 18. Bf1 Qg4 19. Rxe5 h5 20. Rae1 h4 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qe2 Qg6 23.
Bg2 Rfe8 24. Qd2 f4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxf4 Re1+ 27. Bf1 Qb1 28. Qg4+ Kh7 29.
Qxh4+ Kg6 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. Qh4+ {In a totally lost position for me, William
misses the simple 31.Qh3 which would have won for sure but after me making
life difficult for him. Instead he offers a draw which I nearly bit his hand
off to accept, leaving the results at 1.5 - 0.5 to him.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{My poor record with White continued in this game. I did turn down a few draws
but when I finally decided a draw was in order it was way too late with
checkmate by William on the cards. I have to say while I was lucky in game 2
to get a draw, this game more than made up for that good fortune, with some
incredible bad luck hastened by my aimless moves once my attack came to
nothing.} 1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 Qc7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nge2
Na6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. d3 Rfd8 11. Bg5 {I wanted to stop d5 at all costs.
} h6 (11... d5 12. Bxf6 dxc4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc1 cxd3 15. Qd2 $16 (15. Nxd3
$2 Bc4 16. b3 Bxd3 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Qxd3 $19)) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. f4 Nc5 $2 (
13... Qb6+ 14. Kh2 exf4 15. Nxf4 Qxb2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxa1
19. Rxa1 $19) 14. b4 Na6 (14... Nd7 $4 15. f5 Bxf5 16. exf5 $18) 15. Rc1 exf4 (
15... Rac8 16. Nd5 $4 {this was my intention after Rc1.} cxd5 17. cxd5 Qb6+ 18.
Kh2 Bd7 $19) 16. Nxf4 Qe7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qh5 Qe5 19. Qxe5 dxe5 20. Rf3 Nc7
21. Ne2 Ne6 (21... a5 $1 $17) 22. h4 c5 $2 (22... a5 $17) 23. Bh3 $1 Nd4 {
the first draw offer by William- I thought I had the edge though it was small
but actually i missed the plan by Black here.} 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 $3 {I did not
consider this move at all, I thought it just lost the c5 pawn.} (24... cxd4 25.
c5 $16 {The three pawns against two majority looked good in this position.})
25. bxc5 Be7 $3 26. Rb1 Bxc5 27. Kf1 $1 (27. Rxb7 $4 Rd7+ $5 28. Kh2 Rxb7 $19)
(27. Rb5 $4 Rxd3+ $5 28. Rxc5 $2 Rxf3 $19) 27... b6 28. a4 Rad8 29. Ke2 R4d6
30. Rbf1 f6 31. g4 Bd4 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Rg3 Rh6 35. Rf5 g6 36.
Rfxg5 Kg7 37. Bf5 Rd6 38. Rg2 $2 (38. Rh3) 38... Kf7 $1 39. Bg4 Rf6 40. Bd7 $4
{I was play rather aimlessly thinking their was no threat.} (40. Bf3 Rh3 41.
R5g3 $11) 40... Rh1 $3 41. Bb5 $4 Rb1 $3 {only now did it dawn on me that I
couldnt get out of the mate threat!!!!} 42. a5 Rb2+ 43. Ke1 Bc3+ 44. Rd2 (44.
Kd1 Rf1#) 44... Bxd2+ 45. Ke2 Bxg5+ 46. Ke1 bxa5 {So it was 2.5 - 0.5 to
William.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{With the match at 2.5 - 0.5 not in my favour it was with relish that I took a
half point which was to stop the rot. I went a pawn up but he had plenty of
compensation for the pawn.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O
6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 {The main line classical Kings Indian
Defence.} c6 $3 {a very rare move by me though it looks good to me. The idea
is to prepare Qb6+ and win the b2 pawn after the moves actually played.} (9...
Nd7 {continuing on the main line.}) 10. f4 $2 cxd5 11. cxd5 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qb6+
$5 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Rc1 $1 (14. Bxd6 Qxc3 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. d6 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qxe4
18. Bb5 Rxe7 19. dxe7 Qxe7 $13) 14... Ne8 $1 (14... Nfxd5 $4 {i was thinking
of this move but was sure it didnt work. With the Rook still on a1 it might be
good but not after Rc1 there.} 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Bd3 Qxa2 18. Qf3
Qb2 19. Be5 $4 (19. Rc7 $18 {with an overwhelming attack by white.}) 19... Qxe5
20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Ng5 Qxf7 23. Nxf7+ Kg8 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. Nxc8
Raxc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. d6 Rd8 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Rd1 $15) 15. Nd3 $14 {I took
the option to offer a draw here while up material rather than face the
onslaught of Williams well placed pieces. So the position in the match looked
a more creditable 3 - 1 but even better was to come in the next match played
the same day.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{After the draw last time I was in the mood to try and win but not at all
costs but when I saw a chance at a exchange sacrifice then Queen sacrifice I
couldnt help myself though after 28...Qxe7!! i would have probably lost. The
match score between William and myself (Alan Lllewellyn) was before this match
3 - 1 and after a very exciting 3 - 2.} 1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 Qc7 4. g3 e5
5. Bg2 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. d3 (8. O-O Be6 9. d3 Rd8 10. Bg5 $15 {
was played in a battle for the d5 square in game 3, which I for a change won.})
8... a5 $5 9. O-O Na6 10. Bg5 Nc5 11. a4 Ne6 12. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 $2 {What was he
thinking????} (12... Bxf6 $5 13. h4 Nc5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. d4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Bg4 19. Qd3 (19. f3 $4 d3+ 20. Kh2 dxe2 21. Qxe2 $19) 19...
Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qb3 $19) 13. Rc1 Ng5 14. Kh2 f5 $2 (14... Qb6 $11) 15. h4 $5 {
I missed a line only a computer would find:-} (15. exf5 $3 Bxf5 16. f4 exf4 17.
gxf4 Ne6 18. Ng3 Nd4 19. Nce2 Nxe2 20. Nxf5 Qd7 21. Qxe2 Qxf5 22. Qxe7 $18)
15... Ne6 16. exf5 Ng7 17. g4 $3 Bxh4 18. Ng3 Bg5 19. Nce4 $3 {The computer
likes my exchange sacrifice as the Rook is doing nothing atm while the Black
Bishop is holding the weak dark squares together around Williams King.} Bxc1
20. Qxc1 f6 21. g5 $2 (21. Qh6 $44) 21... fxg5 22. f6 $3 Ne6 23. Nf5 $3 Nf4 $3
24. Ne7+ $5 Kh8 25. Rh1 $3 Qd7 26. Kg1 $3 {Do I need a Queen??? I think not
although it is a dubious line.} Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Nxg5 $3 Rf7 $4 {there
were only two defences which proved the Queen Sacrifice was not sound.} (28...
Qf5 $3 29. Be4 Rxf6 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Ne4 $19) (28... Qxe7 $6 29.
fxe7 Bf5 $3 (29... Re8 $4 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Be4 Nb3 32. Bg6 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Nc5
34. Kg2 $16) 30. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 31. Be4 Nxd3 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rxb7
Rxg5 35. Ke2 $19) 29. Nxf7# {I dont think I have ever played a game with so
many double exclamation marks, although the level of the overall play was not
overly great according to computer analysis. I spoted 28...Qxe7 but I think I
would have drug tested William if he had come up with the incredible 28...Qf5!!
} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{In what is a titanic struggle, this game swayed one way then the other. Maybe
he should have won it but I put up fierce resistance. Again another Rook
sacrifice got me the result I was looking for-this time a draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 c6
$5 {again I play this line which was good enough for a draw last time-its a
rare line in the Classical King's Indian Defence main line.} 10. Nd3 cxd5 (
10... b5 $11) 11. cxd5 h5 12. Bg5 b5 $6 13. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 14. Nxb5 Ba6 $6 (14...
Bd7 $14) 15. a4 Rb8 $6 16. Nb4 $6 (16. Qd2 Qd7 $18) 16... Bxb5 $2 (16... Bb7
17. Nxa7 Qa5 18. Nbc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. dxc6 Rxb2 $18) 17. axb5 $1 {
the c6 square is now a target for White.} Rb7 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. bxc6 Rc7 20. Ba6
Re7 21. Bb7 Qb6 22. Qe2 Bh4 23. Ra6 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. g3 Bg5 26. Rda1 h4 27.
Rxa7 f5 28. R7a5 Qb6 29. Ra8 Ree8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. exf5 Rf8 32. fxg6 Rxf2 $3 (
32... hxg3 33. hxg3 Rxf2 34. Qh5 Rxb2+ 35. Kh1 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 (36. Rxb1 $4 Qxb1+
$11) 36... Qb2+ 37. Kh3 Rh1+ 38. Rxh1 $18 {The threat of mate on f7 looms
large.}) 33. Ra8+ (33. Qh5 $3 Rxb2+ 34. Kh1 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Bh6 37.
c7 Kg7 38. c8=Q $18) 33... Kg7 34. Qxf2 Be3 35. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh3
Kxg6 38. Rg8+ Kh7 $4 (38... Kh6 39. c7 Qf5+ 40. Rg4 (40. g4 Qf3+ 41. Kxh4 Qf2+
42. Kh3 Qf3+ 43. Kh4 Qf2+ $11) 40... Kh5 41. Kg2 h3+ 42. Kg1 Qf3 43. Rh4+ Kg6
44. Rxh3 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46. Kf3 Qb3+ 47. Ke4 Qxb7 48. g4 Qxc7 $19) 39. Rg4
$4 (39. c7 $3 Qf5+ 40. Kxh4 Qf6+ 41. Kg4 Kxg8 42. c8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qf5 $18) 39...
Qxd5 $3 40. Rxh4+ Kg7 41. Rg4+ Kf8 42. Rb4 Qc5 43. Rb3 e4 $3 {giving a route
for my Queen to attack Williams King.} 44. Rc3 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kh3 Qh5+
47. Kg2 Qe2+ {and so with a draw net around the King, I could just repeat the
moves infinitum, so we agreed a draw by repetition. I feel I was obviously the
happier of the two of us to do so even though I had a Queen. The score of the
match was now 3.5 - 2.5 in Williams favour with him stubbornly holding on to
his 1 point lead.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1573"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Being out of season I show my ring rustiness in this game with dramatic
effect- almost an hour into the game I make a complete blunder which suddenly
ends it there and then. The match score was 3.5 - 2.5 before the start of this
game.} 1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 Qc7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nge2 Na6
$5 {A different move order, I have noticed William no longer tries to play d5
here but instead especially in this game he plays around the central position
in a hypermodern way.} 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nc5 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd5
cxd5 13. cxd5 Nec5 14. b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. d4 $3 Qa5 $6 (16... exd4 17.
Nxd4 $14) 17. dxe5 $6 (17. dxc5 $3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. d6 Bf6 20. d7 Ba6 21.
Bf3 $14) 17... Nxe5 18. f4 $5 Nd7 19. e5 $3 Ba6 $3 20. Rf2 $3 Rab8 $1 (20...
Qxa2 $4 21. Nc3 Qa3 22. Ra2 Qb4 23. Rxa6 $18) 21. Nc3 $1 Qa3 $3 22. exd6 Bxd6
23. Ne4 $6 $15 (23. Qa4 $1 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 Rfc8 25. Bf3 Rb4 26. Bg4 Rc7 27. Bxd7
Rxd7 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rc4 $16) 23... Qxe3 24. Nxd6 Rb2 25. Qf1 $4 {whoops
} Bxf1 {I was under pressure but could still have held with accurate play. All
the complex thought earlier in the game and tiredness due to playing three
games the day earlier, led to an absolute blunder. So 4.5 - 2.5 and again
William looks odds on favourite to win this match.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1595"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Just when William thought it was safe to go in the water...a dragon (I am a
welshman) appears. Not the opening as its my same classical Kings Indian main
line try of 9...c6 which I developed in games 4, and 6. William tries to
refute what looks to me like a sound opening choice and comes unstuck. The
match score before this match was 4.5 - 2.5.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 c6 $5 10. Nd3 {the same
10th move as game 6.} b5 $3 {the computer analysis showed me this move which I
decided looked good on reflection.} 11. cxb5 cxb5 (11... cxd5 12. exd5 Nexd5
13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Ne1 Nc7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {the bishop pair and
good centre and well placed pieces look good in the short term for black and
provide compensation. It was too double edged for me though and although I
knew theory thinks its ok to play but I chickened out.}) 12. f4 $2 $13 (12. a4
$3 $16) 12... b4 $3 13. Nb5 $4 (13. Nxb4 $2 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Qxb4 $19) 13... Qb6+
14. Kh1 Qxb5 15. Nxe5 $3 Qb6 $2 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. e5 Ng4 $4 (17... Ne4 $19) 18.
exd6 Qc5 19. dxe7 Re8 20. Bxg4 $4 $16 (20. d6 $1 $18) 20... Qxc4 21. d6 $4 {
in an error stroon complex position we both make the wrong moves at the wrong
time there is a final blunder to come yet by William.} Bxg4 $3 22. Qxg4 $4 {
Now the honours in Whoopses are even, but the score still isnt with William
just that little bit stronger than me. but still I have a small chance at 4.5
- 3.5. There is a move to go but it is a final one ie. Qxf1 is checkmate.}
Qxf1# 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I actually managed with some loose play by William to help me, to pull off a
win in this game which took me from a point behind on 4.5 - 3.5 to level
pegging on 4.5- 4.5.17...gxh6 was asking to much and at the time I half
expected 17...g6!!.} 1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 Qc7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nbd7 {this was a new move - I played the wrong order of
moves and forgot William could play 8...Bg4, which in all the other games I
had played an earlier h3.} (8... Bg4) 9. h3 Nc5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne6 12.
Nf5 $3 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Qg4 Ne5 $1 16. Nh6+ $6 Kh8 17. Qh5 gxh6
18. f4 Nxc4 $4 (18... Ng7 $3 19. fxe5 Nxh5 20. exd6 Qb6+ 21. c5 Qxb4 22. Rab1
Qxc5+ 23. Kh2 Kg8 24. e5 Nxg3 25. Rf3 Nh5 26. Ne4 Qc2 27. Rbf1 Qxb2 28. Rxf7
Qxe5+ 29. Kh1 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Qxd6 $19) 19. Nd5+ {I doubt whether I
would have ended in this line underneath but it is one possibility.} (19. Nd5+
Nxb2 20. Nxc7 Nxc7 21. Qxf7 Be7 22. f5 Bd8 23. f6 Rg8 24. Qb3 (24. e5 $4 d5 $16
) 24... Nd3 25. f7 Rf8 26. Qxd3 Ne6 27. Qxd6 Bc7 28. Qe7 Bd8 29. Qe8 Kg7 30.
Rad1 Bg5 31. Rd6 h5 32. h4 Be3+ 33. Kh2 h6 34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Qxe6 $18) 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{With the position in the match poised at 4.5 - 4.5 before this game it looked
like anyones game but I had never been ahead in a match against William, so it
looked like William ws favourite, but he was not on form though he played very
well for a while. He did not spot what appeared to me to be an obvious
combination. I guess the tennis playing he is doing before our games is
tireing him majorly.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3
e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 c6 {The same line as we have played in the rest
of the games barring game 2.} 10. Nd3 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 $2 {I deliberately
played an inferior line because I did not like the position of the even line.}
12. a4 $3 {This is the refutation of the 11...cxb5? line instead of the rather
risky 11...cxd5!!} bxa4 13. Qxa4 Bd7 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. Qa3 Rfc8 16. Be3 Qb7 $4 (
16... Qd8 17. Qxd6 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qb4 Nxd5 20. Qxe4 Nxc3 21. Qb7 Nxe2+
22. Kh1 Rb8 23. Qxa7 e4 24. Nc5 Bc6 25. Ra6 Bb5 26. Nxe4 Bxa6 27. Qxa6 Nc3 $11)
17. Nxe5 $4 (17. Qxd6 $18 {The simple pawn grab is winning as the Black centre
collapses.}) 17... dxe5 18. Ba6 Qb8 $1 19. Qxe7 Rc7 $1 20. Qxe5 Ng4 21. Qf4 g5
$3 22. Qxg5 (22. Qg3 $3 Be5 23. f4 Bxc3 24. d6 Rc6 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. f5 Rxe3
27. Qxg4 h6 28. Qh5 $18) 22... Rxc3 $1 23. bxc3 $4 (23. Bf4 Qxb2 $11) 23...
Qxh2# $5 {So now I am finally ahead in a match against William Harkins who is
the current grand prix title holder from the inourgural event. I need only 1
point from 2 games to win the match. I lead 5.5 - 4.5.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Harkins, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I was the favourite to win the match now just needing 1 point to win it
outright. Would I do so this time after last grand prix I managed to pull even
at 5.5 - 5.5 only to lose in the deciding game. I wasn't feeling confident,
but I was going out to win as white as I dont have a drawing strategy. Atleast
this time I had a cushion of 1 game ahead at 5.5 - 4.5.} 1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 c6 3.
e4 Qc7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. d4
exd4 11. Nxd4 a5 12. Be3 Re8 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qg4 $6 Ne5
(16... g6 $1 $11) 17. Qh4 $2 Nxc4 18. e5 $2 (18. Nc3 $17) 18... Nxe5 $2 (18...
Nxe3 19. fxe3 dxe5 20. Be4 g6 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Qxh6 $19) 19. Nb6 $5 Ra6 20.
Nxc8 Qxc8 $5 21. Be4 Ng6 22. Qh5 Ng5 $6 23. Bxg5 $4 (23. Bc2 $17) 23... Rxe4
24. g4 f6 25. f4 $6 fxg5 26. fxg5 Qe6 27. Rf3 Re2 28. Raf1 Ra8 29. Nd4 Qe5 30.
Nxe2 Qxe2 31. bxa5 d5 32. R1f2 $4 Bc5 33. Kg2 Bxf2 34. Rxf2 Qe4+ 35. Kg3 Qe1
36. Kg2 Rxa5 37. Kf3 Rxa3+ 38. Kg2 Ra2 $5 (38... Nf4+ 39. Rxf4 Rg3+ 40. Kh2
Qg1#) 39. Rxa2 Nf4+ 40. Kf3 Nxh5 41. gxh5 Qe4+ 42. Kg3 d4 43. g6 hxg6 44. hxg6
Qxg6+ 45. Kh4 $5 Qe4+ $1 (45... d3 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Rf8+ Ke6 48. Rf6+ Qxf6+ $19
{the position is staemate if Black takes the Rook with the king.}) 46. Kh5 Qd5+
47. Kg6 Qxa2 48. h4 Qf7+ 49. Kg5 d3 50. h5 d2 51. h6 gxh6+ 52. Kxh6 Qg7+ 53.
Kh5 d1=R 54. Kh4 Rh1# {so with the igmenany of getting my Queen stuck I would
go onto a decider.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Harkins, William"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1598"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Re8 $3 8. d5
(8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Rf8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 $11) 8... Nbd7 9.
Ne1 Nc5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 {mistake because the knight now has nowhere to
retreat to after 12.b4!?} 12. Nd3 $6 Nxd3 $5 13. Bxd3 Nh5 $5 14. Ne2 c6 15. Ng3
$6 Nf4 $15 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Ne2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 $2 (18... Be5 19. Nc3 Bd4
20. Rfd1 $17) 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Be5 21. Rxb7 $11 {The match was drawn
there due to agreement. So the overall match was tied 6 appiece.} 1/2-1/2