Games
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1598"]
[BlackElo "1299"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I havent done well against Andrew in a match for a few months now and
although I got a 6 - 6 draw with William Harkins I am still not at all
confident of winning this grand prix. And in this game my worse fears were
realised with a complete bloodbath as a result.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 $6
f5 $2 4. exf5 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. g4 Bc5 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 d6 $5 (8... O-O $4 9.
Qd5+ Kh8 10. Qxc5 $18) 9. f4 $4 {too fast and loose.} Qh4+ $1 10. Kd2 Qf2+ 11.
Qe2 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Qd4+ 13. Qd3 Qf2 14. Nh3 Qh4 15. Bd2 Qxg4+ 16. Be2 Qg2 17. Bf3
$4 {i was under the illusion Bh5+ now won the Queen.} (17. Rg1) 17... Qxh3 18.
fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qe2 $2 (19. Qf1 $19) 19... Bxd2 20. Kxd2 $2 (20. Bh5+ g6 21. fxg6
O-O 22. Kxd2 $19) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Kc2 $4 Nd4+ {so first blood to Rambo, trully
brilliant play which had me totally beat. so 1 - 0 to LifeWithoutChes (Andrew).
} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1299"]
[BlackElo "1598"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{As usual i was not confident of my chances in this match but LifeWithoutChes
played rather tiredly and I give him a beating similar to his against me
earlier.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Be6 $6 7.
Bxe6 fxe6 8. Ng5 $5 Qc8 9. O-O (9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 Bxe5 $11 (
11... Nxe5 $4 12. Nxg7+ $18)) 9... Nc6 $1 10. f5 $2 exf5 11. exf5 O-O $2 (11...
gxf5 $17) 12. Nb5 $2 $15 gxf5 $5 13. Nc7 $4 $19 Qxc7 14. Ne6 Qd7 15. Nxf8 Rxf8
{although the material balance difference isnt great my pieces are well
coordinated and giving away two pieces for a Rook is almost always bad.} 16.
Qf3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Qe6 18. Re1 Qc4 19. c3 Ne6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Kf7 22. Rxa7
Rb8 23. d3 Nd5 24. c4 Nb4 25. Re3 Na6 26. Rf3 Nd8 27. Rxf5+ Bf6 28. b4 cxb4 29.
Rb5 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Bxa7 31. Rxb4 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1401"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 6. d4 Bxd4 $2 $16 7.
exd4 N5g6 8. Be2 $6 (8. h4) 8... d6 9. Bg4 $2 $13 O-O 10. O-O f5 $2 $16 11. Bf3
Nh4 12. Bg5 $1 Nhg6 $2 $18 13. Re1 (13. Bd5+ Kh8 14. h4 h6 15. Re1 hxg5 $4 16.
Qh5#) 13... h6 14. Bxe7 $6 (14. Bd5+ $18) 14... Nxe7 15. Nd5 $6 Ng6 16. Bh5 $5
Nh4 $4 17. Re7 $4 $15 (17. g3 Qg5 18. f4 Qd8 19. gxh4 Qxh4 $18) 17... c6 $5 18.
Bf7+ $4 $19 (18. Qe2 cxd5 19. g3 $11) 18... Rxf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Qh5+ g6 21.
Qxh6 cxd5 $2 $11 22. Qh7+ Kf8 $4 23. Qh8+ Ke7 $4 24. Qxh4+ $4 $17 (24. Qg7+ Ke8
25. Re1+ Qe7 26. Qxe7# {I should have seen this what was I thinking.}) 24...
Kd7 25. Qh7+ Kc6 26. cxd5+ Kxd5 $2 $11 (26... Kb6) 27. Qf7+ Be6 $6 (27... Kxd4
{this is very complex position and I give a line maybe only a computer could
get.} 28. Rd1+ Kc5 29. Rc1+ (29. Qd5+ Kb6 30. Qb3+ Kc7 31. Qf7+ Qd7 32. Rc1+
Kb8 33. Qxg6 $17) 29... Kb6 30. Qb3+ Ka6 31. Rc3 Bd7 32. Qa3+ Qa5 33. Qxd6+ Qb6
34. Ra3+ Kb5 35. Qd5+ Qc5 36. Rb3+ Ka6 37. Qxc5 b6 38. Qd5 Rd8 39. Ra3+ Ba4 40.
Rxa4#) 28. Qxb7+ Kxd4 29. Rd1+ Ke5 30. f4+ $4 (30. Qg7+ Qf6 31. f4+ Kxf4 32.
Qxf6 $18) 30... Kf6 $3 {The youngster finds a good place for the King which
turns the tables immediately.} 31. Qa6 Qb6+ $6 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Rxd6 Rxa2 34.
Rxb6 {we have got into a proper endgame and although I am down a piece, I am
up two pawns and the position is technically probably drawn. After the game
Andrew said I maybe should have resigned at some point but I had an attack for
the two pieces i was originally down and I should have won from that attack.}
Ke7 35. Kf2 Ra4 36. g3 Re4 37. b4 Bc4 38. Rxg6 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Re6 40. Rxe6+ Kxe6
41. g4 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Kd5 $4 $18 (42... Kf6 $11) 43. f5 $1 Kc6 44. Kg5 Kb5 45.
Kg6 Kxb4 46. f6 Kc3 47. f7 Bxf7+ 48. Kxf7 Kd3 49. Kg6 Ke3 50. h4 Kf3 51. h5 {
A lucky win in the end but it could have gone either way or just as easily
ended a draw. so its 2 - 1 to myself(Alan).} 1-0
[Event "Grand prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1372"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The scrappy low level games continue, this time because of the lateness of
the game. Andrew is off form probably because he is tired too after a 5 game
over theboard open at the weekend preceeding these games. I actually play well
uptill the point I leave my Queen to be taken with one of the worst moves I
have ever made.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 {The Alekhine
Defence, Four Pawn Attack Variation.} dxe5 6. fxe5 g6 $1 {this move is a
favourite of mine.} 7. Qf3 $2 Qxd4 8. Be2 Nxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc4 10. Na3 $3 {
The Bishop was enprie} Qb4+ 11. Kf2 Qd4+ 12. Kg3 Qxe5+ 13. Bf4 Qxb2 {I am 4
pawns up and the game looks over.} 14. Nh3 Bxh3 15. gxh3 e5 $4 16. Bxe5 $4 $19
(16. Rhe1 $17) 16... Qxe5+ 17. Kg2 Qb2+ 18. Kg3 Qxa3 $2 (18... Bd6+ 19. Kg4
Qd4+ 20. Kg5 h6#) 19. Rhe1+ $1 Be7 $4 {whoops...} 20. Qxa3 $1 {now i am
actually behind and what follows is a blitz response from myself to try and
unsettle poor Andrew. Really he should slow down in such positions and think
of the win not proving how intelligent he is with instant moves.} Nc6 21. Qc3
$4 {its Andrews turn to miss the win.} (21. Rxe7+ $3 Nxe7 22. Re1 $18) 21...
O-O-O 22. Rab1 Bb4 $4 {a total blitz move - I had thought of the move before
he had played Rab1.} 23. Qb3 $4 Bxe1+ 24. Kg2 $4 Rd2+ $2 25. Kf1 Re2 $4 {
another Blitz move -I thought (if that isnt breaching the trade descriptions
act) that Kxe2 was great for me without thinking of Qxb7+ alternatives.} 26.
Qxb7+ $1 (26. Kxe2 Nd4+ 27. Kd3 Nxb3 28. Rxe1 Nc5+ $19) 26... Kd7 27. Rxe1 $4 (
27. Kxe2 {now the rook can be taken, perfectly safely now the Queen is off the
fork square!!!!!, but quiet incredibly in our quest for speed blunders, Andrew
does not play the winning move.}) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Rb8 29. Qa6 Nb4 30. Qa4+
c6 $4 31. Qd1+ $4 (31. Qxa7+ Kc8 32. Qxf7 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Nc5 $2 34. Qf8+ Kc7 35.
Qxc5 $18) 31... Nd5 $5 32. Qg4+ f5 33. Qh4 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb4 $2 35. Qxh7+ Kd6
36. Qxg6+ Kc5 37. Qe8 $2 (37. Qxf5 $4 {I was looking out for this move-I knew
it was won for me.} Rf4+ 38. Qxf4 Nxf4 $19) 37... Rf4+ 38. Kg3 Re4 39. Qf8+ Ne7
40. Qb8 a5 41. Qa7+ Kc4 42. Qxa5 Nd5 43. Qa6+ Kc5 44. a4 f4+ 45. Kf3 Re3+ 46.
Kg4 f3 47. Qa5+ Kd4 48. Qd2+ Ke4 49. a5 $4 {it was probably won after Qc2+...}
(49. Qc2+ Rd3 50. Kg3 Nc3 51. a5 Ne2+ 52. Kf2 Nf4 53. a6 Nxh3+ 54. Kf1 f2 55.
a7 Kd4 56. a8=Q Re3 57. Qa7+ c5 58. Qaxc5#) 49... Re2 50. Qh6 f2 51. Qe6+ Kd3
52. Qf5+ Kd2 53. Qg5+ $4 (53. Kg3 Ne3 54. Qxf2 Rxf2 55. Kxf2 c5 56. a6 Nd5 57.
a7 Nb6 58. h4 c4 59. h5 c3 60. h6 c2 61. h7 c1=Q 62. h8=Q Qc5+ 63. Kg2 $11 Qg5+
64. Kh1 $11 {when black has constant checks to get a draw.}) 53... Ne3+ $1 54.
Kh5 f1=Q 55. Qd8+ Nd5 56. Qg5+ Qf4 57. Qxf4+ Nxf4+ 58. Kg4 Nd5 59. h4 Rxh2 $6 (
59... c5 $1) 60. a6 Nb6 61. h5 c5 62. Kg5 c4 63. h6 c3 64. Kg6 c2 65. h7 {
the h pawn wont make it to a Queen but my c-pawn will, the position is totally
lost for andrew and he resigned rather than play it out to its innevitable
outcome. Now with that win by me I open up a 2 point gap in our match at 3 - 1
but I have been extremely lucky, where is my rabbits foot again, ah here it is.
..} 0-1
[Event "Grand prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "1372"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Andrew was losing confidence badly, I think in ability he is even better than
toryboy at the moment but he has a barrier to get through emotionally, which
gives him a vulnerbility during important matches. Plus he needs to learn to
think but he is using his time better. The score in the match was 3 - 1 before
this match and it soon became 4 - 1 but I managed to convince Andrew not to be
a quitter and he was to come back majestically next game.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6
3. e3 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. g3 $6 (5. d5 Nb4 6. a3 Na6 7. Nf3 $14) 5... Bb4 6. Bg2
Ne4 7. Bxe4 $6 $15 (7. Nge2 $14) 7... fxe4 $6 $11 (7... exd4 $3 $15) 8. d5 O-O
$3 9. dxc6 bxc6 $2 (9... Qf6 $14) 10. a3 $2 (10. Nge2 $18) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 $2 c5 $2 (13... Qf6 14. O-O Bh3 $17) 14. O-O d4 $4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. exd4 Bh3 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Be3 $4 (18. Nf4 g5 19. Nxh3 Qf5 20. dxc5
Qxh3 (20... g4 21. Nf4) 21. Qd5+ Kg7 22. Bb2+ Kg6 23. Qc6+ Kh5 24. Rxe4 Rac8
25. Qa6 Rxf2 26. g4+ Qxg4+ 27. Rxg4 Kxg4 28. h3+ Kxh3 29. Qxc8+ Kg3 30. Be5+
Kf3 31. Qf8+ Ke2 32. Qxf2+ $18) 18... Rad8 $4 (18... Qf3 $5 19. Nf4 Rxf4 $3 20.
Qxf3 Rxf3 $16) 19. Nf4 cxd4 20. Nxh3 dxe3 21. Qb3+ $1 {There is a way out of
it.} Kh8 22. Qxe3 Qf5 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Rb8 25. Qf4 Qd5 $4 {
LifeWithoutChes was down but not out.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1588"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This game was a titanic struggle for the upper hand. Full of action and good
play although spiced up by a small number of blunders in-between some
spectacular stuff. The match score was 4 - 1 but after this game it was to go
to 4 - 2 in my favour (I am Alan).} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Qd2 Nc6 $3
5. O-O-O (5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 Nxd4 $17) 5... Ng4 $6 $16 6. Bg3 $6 $11 (6. e4
$16) 6... Bh6 $3 7. e3 e5 $2 8. dxe5 $6 $16 (8. h3 $16) 8... Ngxe5 9. Bxe5 $6
dxe5 $6 10. Nd5 $2 $15 Nd4 11. c4 $6 Be6 $6 12. Qa5 $6 b6 $1 13. Nxb6 $3 axb6
14. Qxe5 Nb3+ $3 15. Kc2 $3 (15. axb3 $4 Ra1+ 16. Kc2 Qxd1+ 17. Kc3 Bg7 $3 18.
Qxg7 Rc1+ 19. Kb4 Qd6+ 20. Kb5 Bd7+ 21. Ka6 Ra1+ 22. Kb7 Bc6+ 23. Kb8 Ra8#)
15... Qxd1+ $4 (15... Na1+ $11 {Andrew should repeat the position.}) 16. Kxd1
O-O $4 17. Kc2 $4 (17. axb3 Rfd8+ 18. Ke2 Ra2 19. Kf3 Bg7 20. Qxc7 Rf8 21. Nh3
Rxb2 22. Qxb6 $18 {with an overwhelming position for Andrew.}) 17... Rxa2 $3
18. Qb5 $4 (18. Kxb3 Bg7 19. Kxa2 (19. Qb5 $4 Rxb2+ 20. Ka3 Rxb5 21. cxb5 Bc3
22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Ne2 Ra8#) 19... Bxe5 $11) 18... Bg7 $4 (18... Nc5 $19 {
I (Alan) am actually winning this because of the lack of Whites development.})
19. Qxb3 Rxb2+ $4 $18 (19... Bf5+ 20. Bd3 Rxb2+ 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Kxb2 Bxd3 $11
) 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Kxb2 Rd8 22. Nf3 Rd1 23. g3 Bxc4 $3 24. Bg2 Rd7 25. Nd4 c5
26. Nc6 Rd2+ 27. Kc3 Rxf2 28. Kxc4 Rxg2 29. Rb1 Rxh2 30. Rxb6 Rc2+ 31. Kd5 c4
32. Nd4 Rc3 33. Rc6 Rxe3 34. Rxc4 Rxg3 35. Ke5 Rg4 36. Kf6 h5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38.
Nc6 Rf4+ 39. Ke7 $4 {the king needs to defend against the pawns now Black is
winning.} h4 40. Nd8 h3 41. Rc3 h2 $4 {I was tired and missed the check.} (
41... Rh4 $1 42. Kxf7 h2 43. Rc1 h1=Q 44. Rxh1 Rxh1 $19) 42. Rh3+ Kg7 43. Rxh2
g5 44. Rh5 f6 $4 45. Ne6+ $1 Kg6 46. Nxf4+ gxf4 47. Rh3 $4 {seemingly blowing
the win.} (47. Rd5 f5 48. Ke6 Kg5 49. Rxf5+ Kg4 50. Ke5 f3 51. Ke4 Kg3 52.
Rxf3+ $18) 47... Kg5 48. Ke6 f5 $4 {The fact that I was playing a junior
influenced this move- against an adult I would have accepted the draw with:-} (
48... Kg4 49. Rh6 f3 50. Rxf6 Kg3 51. Ke5 f2 52. Ke4 Kg2 53. Ke3 f1=Q 54. Rxf1
Kxf1 $11) 49. Ke5 Kg4 50. Rh2 (50. Rh1 f3 51. Kd4 Kg3 52. Ke3 f4+ 53. Kd2 f2
54. Ke2 Kg2 55. Rd1 f3+ 56. Ke3 f1=Q 57. Rxf1 Kxf1 58. Kxf3 $11) 50... f3 51.
Kd4 f4 52. Ra2 $3 Kg3 53. Kd3 f2 54. Ke2 f3+ $4 {I completely ran out of
stamina and make a last fatal mistake.} (54... Kg2 $11) 55. Kf1 Kh2 56. Rxf2+
Kh1 57. Rxf3 Kh2 58. Rf8 Kg3 59. Ke2 {So it is 4 - 2 in the match- can
LifeWithoutChes come back into it and with it challenge for the grand prix
title?} 1-0
[Event "Grand prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Completely outplayed I was, as simple as that, by young Andrew.} 1. c4 e5 2.
Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. g3 Bb4 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nf3 $1 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Bxc3+
9. bxc3 d6 10. Bh3 Qe7 $3 {sublime stuff from the youngster- late at night I
fall for the subtle manouvre that this move puts in place.} 11. Bxf5 Qe5 $3 12.
Bxc8 $1 Qxc3+ 13. Kd1 $2 (13. Bd2 Qxa1+ 14. Ke2 Qxa2 (14... Qb2 15. Qxb7 Qxb7
16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Rb1 O-O 18. Rb3 $44) 15. Qxb7 Qxc4+ 16. Ke1 O-O 17. Qxa8 $17)
13... Rxc8 $3 14. Qxb7 O-O $1 15. Bb2 $4 {its over now if it wasn't already...}
Qd3+ $5 16. Ke1 Rb8 $5 17. Qxb8 Rxb8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd1 Qxc4 20. Rd2 Rb1+
21. Rd1 Rb2 22. Rd2 Qc1+ 23. Rd1 Qc2 24. Rf1 Qe2# {with that Andrew has come
back to within 1 point at 4 - 3 to me (alan).} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1404"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The match between myself and LifeWithoutChes continued to see Andrew
underperforming when it matters. I guess that is mainly to do with his
innability to learn mostly from his mistakes not from his successes which has
hampered USA chess for years, USA chess has also been hampered by an over
reliance on things like matting nets over the more sensible Russian thinking
of actually concentrating on getting into the positions where mating nets are
likely as the USA chessplayers are brilliant in good positions but lose the
thread of a position easily.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Qf3 Nxc3 5.
dxc3 $3 {This move gets a double explanation mark as it is much harder to cope
with and has better results than Bc4 which is a cheapo variation.} (5. Bc4 {
This threatens mate if Black isn't carefull.} Na4 $4 (5... e6 $14) 6. Bxf7+ Kd7
7. Qd5#) 5... e6 6. Nh3 Qf6 7. Qe4 (7. Qd3 {although Bg5 is seemingly
threatening mate in this position, it is extremely hard to find a move which
doesn't actually defend against the mate for Black.} Qg6 $14 (7... Nc6 8. Bg5
Qf5 9. Qxf5 exf5 $14) (7... c6 8. Bg5 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Nd7 $16)) 7... Nc6 $1 8. Bg5
Qe5 9. Qxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. f4 Ng4 13. Be2 Ne3 $3 {
this sets in motion a trade of g pawns.} 14. Rd3 Nxg2 15. Rg1 Nh4 16. Rxg7 Nf5
17. Rg1 Bd7 18. b3 Rad8 (18... Bb5 19. c4 Bc6 20. Bg4 Nd6 $15) 19. Bg4 Kf6 $2
20. Rgd1 (20. Bxf5 Kxf5 $4 21. Rgd1 $18 {with a loss of a piece.}) 20... Nd6 $3
21. Ng5 $6 $15 (21. Bf3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 $11) 21... Ke7 $6 $11 22. c4 $1 h6 $3
23. c5 $2 hxg5 24. cxd6+ cxd6 25. Rxd6 $6 (25. fxg5 Rdg8 26. Rxd6 Bc6 27. R6d3
(27. R6d2 $2 Rxg5 28. Be2 $19) 27... Rxh2 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rxg5 30. Rc3
$17) 25... gxf4 26. R6d2 $6 (26. h4 $3 Rxh4 27. Bf3 Rhh8 28. Bxb7 $17) 26...
Bc6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rf1 $6 $19 (28. Rxd8 Kxd8 $19) 28... Rh8 $3 29. Rf2 f3
30. Kd2 f5 31. Bxf3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxh2+ 33. Kc3 {although I am only a pawn up-
the fact that I have two connected passed pawns makes this endgame extremely
in my favour.} Kd6 34. Rd3+ Kc6 35. Rd8 Rh7 36. b4 Rd7 37. b5+ Kc7 38. Ra8 Rf7
39. Rxa7 f4 40. Kd2 e5 41. a4 e4 42. c4 f3 43. a5 f2 44. c5 $6 (44. a6 Kb8 45.
b6 f1=Q $19) 44... f1=Q {its totally lost for Andrew now that I have a Queen.}
45. b6+ Kc6 46. Ra8 Rf2+ 47. Kc3 Qd3+ 48. Kb4 Rb2+ 49. Ka4 Qb3# {So the
position in the match is 5 - 3 to me, what a difference this point makes 4 - 4
if I had lost would have been very different. Come-on Andrew you can still do
well. I feel Andrews chance at first place in the grand prix may have gone now
but stranger things have happened at sea and this is an extremely difficult
competition with no easy wins.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1384"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This game was controvercial in its result. Although technically I won it, I
asked for a take back after the computer mouse did a wobly on me on move 21.g4
was played (faintly rediculous) by the computer instead of the 21.gxf4 finally
played after a row to get takebacks. Andrew then felt cheated (after I went on
to win the game) by my refusal to accept no takebacks and threatened to pull
out of the tournament unless he was awarded the win. As arbitter for the
competition I was placed in a position to have to award the option of a draw
offer for the game and left it at that. After some thinking eventually Andrew
(LifeWithoutChes ICC handle) accepted the offer.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 $6
{sceeding the cente to Black.} f5 $6 4. e4 $1 Nf6 5. exf5 Bc5 6. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 $6
$14 7. dxe4 Qh4 8. g3 $4 (8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Nf3 Nxe2 10. Nxh4 $14) 8... Qxe4+ 9.
Qe2 Qxh1 10. Qh5+ Kf8 $6 (10... g6 11. fxg6 Qe4+ 12. Be3 $19) 11. Nf3 $1 Bb4+
$6 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nd4 $4 $18 14. Ng5 $4 (14. Nxe5 $3 g6 15. fxg6 Kg7
16. gxh7 Qe4 17. Qf7+ Kh6 18. Qf6+ Kh5 19. Bd3 Qxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Rxh7 21. Qg6#)
14... g6 15. fxg6 $6 (15. Qh6+ $3 Ke7 16. Qg7+ Kd6 17. Qf6+ Kc5 18. Qxe5+ Kc6
19. Bd3 d6 20. Be4+ Kb6 21. Qxd4+ Ka5 22. Qc3+ Ka6 23. Qa3+ Kb6 24. Qb4+ Ka6
25. Qb5#) 15... Qc6 $3 16. gxh7 $2 (16. Qh6+ $3 Ke8 17. g7 Qxh6 18. gxh8=Q+ Qf8
19. Qxe5+ Qe7 20. Qh8+ $1 Qf8 21. Qxd4 $1 $18) 16... Kg7 17. Qf7+ $1 Kh6 $8 18.
Bg2 $4 (18. Qg8 Rxg8 19. hxg8=Q $18) 18... Qg6 $4 (18... Qb6 $19) 19. Be4 $4
Qxg5+ 20. f4 exf4 (20... Qg7) 21. gxf4 $4 (21. h4 Qg7 22. Qxf4+ Kh5 23. g4+
Kxh4 (23... Qxg4 24. Qf7+ Kh6 25. Qf6+ Kh5 26. Qxd4 $18)) (21. g4 $4 f3+ {
was played originally in the position due to a computer mouse slip.}) 21...
Qa5+ $4 (21... Qg7 22. Qd5 d6 23. Kd3 Ne6 24. Kc2 $19) 22. Kd3 Qb6 23. Qe7 $4 (
23. Rg1 d5 24. Qg7+ Kh5 25. Qg5#) 23... d5 $4 {after threatening to win the
match a few times I finally win it only to have the result overturned.} (23...
Nf3 24. Bxf3 Qd6+ 25. Qxd6+ cxd6 $17) 24. Qg5# {Checkmate but not a win, see
preceeding notes to game. A draw was agreed through arbitration.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The American junior was to temporarily challenge for the match as the score
was 3.5 - 5.5 to myself but to put it bluntly in this game, I was whopped and
rather intelligently out played in the opening by one smart kid [note-smart
means clever in Britain not hurt].} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 {I decided to unvail
another Alekhine Defence as I was afraid of his rather impressive Pirc Defence
formation of Bishop on c4 and pawns on f4 e4 and d3.} 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Qf3 Nxc3
5. Bc4 {threatening nasty things on f7...} e6 6. dxc3 Qf6 7. Bf4 e5 $3 8. Nh3
$4 exf4 9. O-O-O Bd6 10. Rhe1+ Be6 $4 (10... Kf8 $19) 11. Bxe6 $3 fxe6 12. Qxb7
{the coup de tat} O-O {there is no way to save the Rook I am just lost here,
because of my 10th move.} 13. Qxa8 Nd7 14. Qxa7 Rb8 15. Rxd6 cxd6 16. Qxd7 e5
17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Qc6 Qh6 19. Kb1 f3 20. Qxf3 d5 21. Rxd5 Qb6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.
Ng5 Qxg5 24. Qa8+ Kf7 25. Qd5+ Ke7 26. Qb7+ Kd6 27. c4 Qd2 $6 28. Qd5+ $3 Qxd5
29. cxd5 Kxd5 30. b3 Kc5 31. Kb2 g5 32. a4 h5 33. c4 Kb4 {I play on as I have
a trick to get a passed pawn but it is almost imposible to see how Andrew
won't be able to stop it with his King.} (33... e4 34. Kc3 g4 35. b4+ (35. a5
h4 36. a6 Kb6 37. a7 Kxa7 38. c5 g3 39. fxg3 hxg3 40. hxg3 e3 41. Kd3 e2 42.
Kxe2 $18) 35... Kd6 36. Kd4 $18) 34. a5 Kxa5 35. Kc3 g4 36. b4+ Kb6 37. c5+ Kb5
38. h3 e4 39. Kd4 g3 40. fxg3 e3 41. Kxe3 Kxb4 42. c6 Kc5 43. c7 Kd6 44. c8=Q
Ke5 45. Qe8+ Kf5 46. Qxh5+ {I resign a bit late but what the hey. This result
was significant to the outcome of the overall Grand Prix Event 2 2016 as now
it took Andrews score to higher than his score in his match against Darshan
which thus knocked my chances of winning the Grand Prix. It is true to say
that Andrew has underperformed, he has yet to show his best regularly that he
has shown in this game. As his friend and mentor it was great to see him out
prepare and out-think me in the opening. This game took the results in the
match to a score of 4.5 - 5.5 and a posible deciding game if he won the next
game was on the cards.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match4) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1524"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This game went right for me from start to finish. Andrew does not seem to
have a good answer for my English Opening as I have sussed out his Anglo-Dutch
setup, so he settles for his reserve attack on the King in the Reversed Dragon
Variation of the Four Knights English Opening. In this opening its as if White
is playing a Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence with White playing
Blacks position and Black playing Whites, hence the reversed reference in the
title. Now I have finally learnt how to play this opening, especially with a
Queenside castling, although such a thing is mighty hairaising.} 1. c4 e5 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 Be6 9. a3
{9.a3 has better results then 9.Be3 and used to be the main line but the
quicker Be3 targetting the c5 square immediately is now the prefered choice.}
f6 {a rare move with poor results, although it looks on paper that it has the
best results, thats because sometimes White hasn't known how to play against
it. After my next move the results are actually just over 70% to 30% in Whites
favour from admitedly a small number of games.} 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Rc1 O-O-O 12.
Ne4 g5 13. Bc5 h5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nc5 h4 16. Nxg5 $2 Bd5 $2 (16... fxg5 17.
Nxb7 Kxb7 18. Bxc6+ Kb8 $19) 17. Nf3 $1 hxg3 18. fxg3 Qh7 $6 $16 (18... e4 $3
19. Nh4 exd3 20. exd3 Rxh4 21. gxh4 Rg8 22. Ne4 Nd4 23. Qe1 f5 24. Ng5 Ne2+ 25.
Kf2 Re8 26. Be4 fxe4 27. Qxe2 Qe5 28. Nxe4 Qxh2+ 29. Ke1 Qxh4+ 30. Kd2 Bxe4 31.
dxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf8+ Kd7 33. Qb5+ c6 34. Qf5+ Kc7 $13) 19. e4 $1 {after this
move its clear Andrews attack has little bite. This is because the Knight at
f3 is thus protected from being swapped off by Blacks, Light squared Bishop.
The Knight on f3 is well placed to defend the key square of h2 which would
otherwise be an infiltration point for Black.} Bc4 $1 20. Qc2 $1 Qe7 $3 21.
dxc4 $2 Qxc5+ 22. Qf2 Nd4 23. b4 $4 {I spotted my mistake about 2 seconds
AFTER I made the move.} Qf8 $4 (23... Ne2+ $3 24. Kh1 Qxf2 $5 25. Rxf2 Nxc1 $19
{things could have been very different in the match.}) 24. c5 Na8 $2 25. Nxd4
Rxd4 26. Qxf6 Qe8 27. Rf5 $1 Rh5 28. Rcf1 $6 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 b6 30. Rxe5 Rd1+ 31.
Bf1 Qb5 $3 32. cxb6 $6 (32. c6 $3 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qxe5 34. Qf8+ Qe8 35. Qxe8#)
32... Qd3 33. Rd5 Qe3+ 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxd5 36. exd5 Nxb6 37. g4 {
This endgame is a fairly comfortable win for me but I found it simply
delightfull to play. It is full of technique and nuances.} Nxd5 38. g5 Ne7 39.
h4 Kd7 40. Bd3 Ke6 41. Ke3 Nd5+ 42. Kd4 Nf4 43. g6 Kf6 44. Be4 Ne6+ 45. Kd5
Nf4+ 46. Kc6 Ne2 47. h5 Nd4+ 48. Kxc7 Nb5+ 49. Kb7 Nxa3 50. Kxa7 Nb5+ 51. Kb6
Nd6 52. h6 $3 {I gave away my Bishop to gain time to advance the g and h pawns.
Honestly it wasn't a mistake I could see that my King could shepherd the b
pawn in after the Knight sweeped up my Kingside pawns and the King could only
stop the pawns advancing, it could not take the g6 pawn latter without the h
pawn queening, if the pawn reaches h7. In the end the Knight doesnt stop
either one Kingside pawn and one Queenside pawn queening and is caught
in-between the two undecided which way to lose.} Nxe4 53. h7 Kg7 54. Kc6 Nf6
55. b5 Nh5 (55... Nxh7 56. gxh7 Kxh7 57. b6 Kg7 58. b7 Kf7 59. b8=Q $18) 56. b6
Nf4 57. b7 Ne6 (57... Nxg6 58. b8=Q Kxh7 59. Qc7+ Kh6 60. Kd5 Kg5 61. Qd8+ Kf5
62. Qd7+ Kf4 63. Qf7+ Kg5 64. Ke6 Nf4+ 65. Ke5 Ng6+ 66. Ke4 Kh5 67. Kf5 Kh4 68.
Qxg6 Kh3 69. Kf4 Kh2 70. Kf3 Kh1 71. Qg2#) 58. b8=Q Nd4+ 59. Kd7 Kxg6 60. h8=Q
Nf5 61. Qbg8+ Ng7 62. Qgxg7+ Kf5 63. Qhh6 {so with mate looming Andrew gives
up and with it goes his chances of the match. He put up a valiant try and he
is improving but I found him stronger in friendlies than in games that
mattered. He has the potential to be a professional player I am sure of it. So
4.5 - 6.5 to me, probably a result we both didnt want as it scuppers both our
chances of the Grand Prix, I would have prefered a bigger win and he would
have prefered winning the match to put him back in contention but I can see a
certain Scott polishing his last trophy and eating porridge oats laced with
whisky being very pleased by the result. As will Darshan be pleased as it
strengthens his hand.} 1-0