Games
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Darshanmk46"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This the first game between Darshan and myself in the final scheduled match
of the Grand Prix event 2, was a topsy turvy game full of incident which went
from the sublime to the rediculous. At one point Darshan offers me a draw and
I should have taken it but I had a queen and although the position was
essentially even to human players, I completely overestimated my side of it
and thought I had an easy win where only an extremely difficult win existed.}
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8. fxe5
{The computer says this is an Alekhine Defence (Four Pawns Attack variation)
but I am sure it is not-it is an Alekhine Defence but a hybrid variation
between the modern system of the Alekhine Defence and the four pawns attack
variation.} O-O 9. Qe1 e6 $6 (9... Bf5 {The immediate kingside attack doesn't
seem to work but I was afraid of it hence my 9...e6?! dubious move.} 10. Qh4
Bxc2 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Rxf7 Kxf7 14. Bxh6 Qh8 15. Bg5 Qxh4 16. Bxh4
Nd7 17. Nc3 N7b6 18. Rc1 Rh8 19. Bg3 Nxc4 20. Rxc2 Nde3 21. Re2 Nf5 22. Bf2 Rd8
23. Re4 Nxb2 24. g4 Nh6 25. Ne2 $19) 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Nb3 b5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13.
Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 Na6 15. Qh4 $6 {this is the move i hoped for it allows me to
equalize fully.} Qe4 $3 16. Qxe4 (16. Bxh6 $4 Qxh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh6 $19) 16...
fxe4 17. Nfd2 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 c5 $1 19. c3 $2 (19. Nxe4 Nb4 20. c3 Nc2 21. Rb1
cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bb7 24. Nd6 $16) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Ke2 e3
$2 {criminal I simply overlooked Darshans next move.} 22. Nf3 $1 g5 23. Bxe3
Nb4 24. Kd1 Rc8 25. Nc5 $3 Be4 $3 26. Kd2 $6 {maybe with the pawn advantage
keeping things simple was best with 26.Nxe4.} (26. Nxe4 $1 Nc2 27. Nd6 Rc6 28.
Rc1 Nxe3+ 29. Kd2 Rxc1 30. Kxc1 $16) 26... Nc2 $3 27. Rc1 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Bxf3
29. gxf3 b4 30. Rc4 a6 31. Rxb4 $2 {I deleberately left this as a lure.} Bxe5
$3 32. Nxe6 Bxh2 33. b3 $6 Re8 $6 34. d5 Rd8 $4 {a complete oversight on my
part.} 35. Nxd8 Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37. Rb7 a5 38. Ra7 $4 {my opponent returns
the favour.} Bg1+ $5 39. Ke4 Bxa7 40. Kf5 $4 {another mistake from the young
Darshan.} (40. d6 Kf7 41. d7 Bb6 42. d8=Q Bxd8 43. Nxd8+ $18) 40... Kf7 41. f4
$4 $16 (41. d6 $5 Bb6 42. Ke5 Ke8 43. Kd5 Kd7 44. Nf8+ Ke8 45. Kc6 Bd8 46. Ne6
h5 47. Ng7+ Kf7 48. Nxh5 Kg6 49. Ng3 Kf7 50. Kd5 Kg6 51. Ne4 Kf5 52. Nc5 Bf6
53. a4 Kf4 54. b4 Kxf3 55. bxa5 g4 56. Ne4 g3 57. Nxg3 Kxg3 58. a6 Bd8 59. a7
Bb6 60. a8=Q $18) 41... gxf4 42. Kxf4 Bb8+ $1 43. Kf5 Bd6 44. Nd4 Ke7 $4 45.
Nc6+ Kd7 46. Nxa5 Bf8 47. Nc4 Kc7 48. a4 {Its a forelone hope now but
surprises were about to happen- The inexperience of my young opponent (he is
15) was shown here.} Kb7 49. Ke6 h5 50. Ne5 Kc7 51. a5 h4 52. Ng6 $4 $11 {
a tempting fork but one that leads to a draw as the White Knight cannot get
back to stop my h-pawn queening.} h3 53. Nxf8 $4 $19 (53. Ne7 Bxe7 54. Kxe7 h2
55. d6+ Kc6 56. d7 h1=Q 57. d8=Q Qh4+ 58. Ke8 Qh8+ 59. Ke7 Qh4+ $11 {with a
draw by repeatition.}) 53... h2 {now quite incredeably I am winning here but
it is very difficult.} 54. Ke7 h1=Q 55. d6+ Kc6 56. d7 Qe4+ 57. Kf7 Kc7 $4 $18
{in a catalogue of errors since the 34...Rd8?? dibacle I still should have won
the game but here in a subtle mistake I make the losing error.} (57... Qd5+ 58.
Ke7 Qd6+ 59. Kf7 Qf4+ 60. Ke7 Qe5+ 61. Kf7 Qxa5 62. Ke7 Qg5+ 63. Ke8 Qe3+ 64.
Kf7 Qxb3+ 65. Ke8 Qe3+ 66. Kf7 Qf4+ 67. Ke8 Qe4+ 68. Kf7 Qf5+ 69. Ke8 Qe5+ 70.
Kf7 Qd6 71. Ke8 Kc7 72. Kf7 Qa3 73. Ke8 Qe3+ 74. Kf7 Kd8 75. Kg8 Qe7 76. Ng6
Qxd7 {and the win is only 17 moves off!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an incredeably
difficult game to win.}) 58. a6 (58. Ne6+ $142 Kxd7 59. Nc5+ Kc6 60. Nxe4 Kb5
61. b4 $18) 58... Qf3+ 59. Ke7 Qe2+ 60. Ne6+ $1 {getting out of check with a
check of his own Darshan completely turns the tables.} Kb6 61. d8=Q+ Kxa6 62.
Qd6+ Kb5 63. Kd7 Qg4 64. Qc5+ Ka6 65. Qc4+ Qxc4 66. bxc4 Kb6 67. c5+ Kb7 68.
c6+ Kb8 69. c7+ Ka7 70. c8=Q Kb6 71. Qc6+ Ka7 72. Nd8 Kb8 73. Qb7# {With that
eventual good technique in the endgame after initially seemingly suicidal play.
Darshan comes trumps and leads 1 - 0 in our match.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{In this game I sacrifice a pawn for an attack and my attack lucky for me
seems to find a weakness in Darshans defence. With Darshan leading the match 1
- 0 and the grand prix overall standings, I needed a win.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6
3. e4 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 {The Llewellyn closed Opening.} 7. Be2
Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 exf4 10. Bxf4 $3 $15 {maybe technically a dubious move
but a move aimed at getting rid of g7 Bishop in as quick a way as posible,
there lies my compensation for the pawn in positional concepts with the
weakness on the dark squares around the King.} Bxb2 11. Bh6 $1 Bg7 12. Qd2 $3
Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Qc3+ f6 16. d4 cxd4 $6 $14 17. Nxd4 Bd7 $6
18. Bb5 $3 Rc8 19. Qa3 $2 (19. Qe3 Kg8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne6 $16 {with a
monster Knight.}) 19... Bxb5 $4 (19... Qb6 $11) 20. Ne6+ $5 Kg8 21. Nxd8 Rcxd8
(21... Bxf1 22. Ne6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $18 {is worse than what was played.}) 22.
Rfc1 Nc8 $6 23. Rc7 b6 $2 24. Rac1 $1 Rfe8 $4 {oblivious to the threat.} 25.
Qh3 $1 Ne7 26. Qe6+ $5 Kf8 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Rf8 30. Qe6+ $1
(30. Rc8 $3 Rxc8 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qxc8 $18) 30... Kh8 31. Rc8 $3 {Of course
Rf1 is an illegal reply I made sure of that in my mind before playing this
31st move.} Rxc8 32. Qxc8+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ {The remainder of the game is childs
play. Appart from allowing a stalemate which I was carefull not to allow, I
don't see where I could go wrong.} Kh6 34. Qxd6 Bd3 35. e5 Bc4 36. e6 Bxa2 37.
e7 b5 38. e8=Q b4 39. Qxb4 a5 40. Qd2+ Kg7 41. Qxa2 h5 42. h4 Kh6 43. Qh8# {
So its 1 - 1 between us.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Darshanmk46"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Darshan falls for a ploy while he has a strong attack which completely
demolishes his position. The match situation was even at 1 - 1 before this
game.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 {This could be
called a three pawn attack, Alekhine Defence.} Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8. fxe5 O-O 9.
Qe1 $3 Bg4 $6 (9... Bf5 $1 10. Qh4 Bxc2 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 $4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Qxd4+
14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Bxe4 $19) 10. Qh4 $14 Bxf3 $2 11. Rxf3 e6 $2 12. Bg5 $5
{the natural move which I had to be honest completely overlooked in my
tiredness.} Qb6 $3 13. b3 $4 (13. Rb3 h6 $4 14. Rxb6 hxg5 15. Qxg5 axb6 $18 {
I was considering this but wasn't keen.}) 13... Bxe5 $5 14. Bxd5 $4 {the final
of two mistakes in sucession which decide the game.} (14. c3 $17) 14... Qxd4+
$1 15. Re3 $6 Qxh4 $5 16. Bxh4 Bd4 $6 (16... Bxa1 17. Bc4 Bd4 18. Bf2 Bxe3 19.
Bxe3 $19 {although the double Bishops leave a modicum of counterplay.}) 17. Bf2
Bxe3 18. Bxe3 exd5 19. Nd2 Re8 20. Bd4 Nd7 21. Rf1 Re2 22. Nf3 Rxc2 23. Ng5 f6
$3 {trying to force a swap off of more material.} 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rxf6 Rf8
26. Rxf8+ (26. Nxh7 $3 Rxf6 (26... Re8 27. Ng5 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rxa2
$19) 27. Nxf6+ $19) 26... Kxf8 27. Nxh7+ Kg7 28. Ng5 Kf6 29. Nf3 Rxa2 30. Nd4
c5 31. Nb5 d4 32. Nxa7 $2 {a concession of defeat.} Rxa7 {So it is 2 - 1 to me
and I am actually back leading the grand prix although the odds are pretty
even on the three of us(me, Darshan, and William Harkins) with Andrew
(LifeWithoutChes) putting up an improved performance in 4th.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshanmk46"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{standing at 2 - 1 to me(alan) I felt confident that I could put up a good
show by pushing Darshan close to his best. This game shows the best of both of
us in that again I sacrifice a pawn for an edge in position but here although
I am never losing (only to computer moves), I think, it is me that is
struggling to equalise.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 exf4 6.
Bxf4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be2 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. e5 $6 Nxf3+ $2 (
11... dxe5 $3 12. Nxe5 g5 13. Bg3 Nef5 14. Ng4 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Nd4 16. Qd1 f5
17. Nf2 f4 $19 {and the Bishop is trapped.}) 12. Rxf3 $2 (12. Bxf3 dxe5 13. Be3
$44) 12... dxe5 13. Bh6 Bg4 14. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 15. Rg3 Qd4+ $1 16. Kf1 $4 (16.
Kh1 $17) 16... Bxe2+ $4 $17 (16... Nf5 $3 17. Rxg4 Ne3+ 18. Ke1 Nxg4 19. Bxg4
Qxg4 $19) 17. Nxe2 Qh4 $1 18. Rh3 Qf6+ 19. Kg1 Nf5 $2 20. Rf1 $5 Kh8 $5 21. g4
$5 Rg8 $5 22. gxf5 gxf5+ 23. Rg3 Qc6 $4 24. Rff3 $4 (24. Rxf5 $18 {argh i was
so worried about the Queen I didn't see the obvious move here.}) 24... f4 $4 (
24... Qxf3 $5 {what can I say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}) 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 26. Kf2 $15 Qh6
$1 27. h3 $1 Qh4+ $5 28. Kf1 $1 Qg5 29. Ng3 $2 (29. Rf2 f3 $4 (29... f6 $14)
30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Rxf3 $18) 29... fxg3 $4 (29... Qg7 30. Qg2 fxg3 31. Kg1 Qg5
32. Kh1 Rg7 $19 {its just a matter of time there before Darshan would have
broken through.}) 30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Rxf7 Rh5 $6 32. Rxb7 Rxh3 33. Kg2 Rh2+ 34.
Kxg3 Rd2 35. Rxa7 Rxd3+ 36. Kg4 e4 $6 37. Re7 e3 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. Rxe3 Rxb2 40.
Re2 $1 Rb4 $1 41. Re4 Ra4 $3 42. Kf4 Rxa2 43. Ke5 Ra5 44. Kf6 $3 {threatening
a back row mate is the best way to play. My centralised King gives me
compensation for the loss of a pawn and its a completely drawn position and if
Darshan plays h5 he might even lose.} Ra6+ 45. Kf7 Ra7+ 46. Kf6 Ra6+ 47. Kf7
Ra7+ 48. Kf6 Ra6+ {draw by repition of moves so the position is 2.5 - 1.5 to
me(Alan).} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Darshanmk46"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1453"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{at 2.5 - 1.5 the match was poised but would I make a dash for a two point
cushion. Here Darshan posibly tired, makes a quick move when thought was the
order of the day and leaves his Queen enprie.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4.
Bc4 c6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8. fxe5 O-O 9. Qe1 Bg4 10. Qh4 Bxf3 11.
Rxf3 h5 12. Bg5 (12. g4 $6 {can't make up my mind about that move. A possibly
line goes like :-} Nb6 13. gxh5 Nxc4 14. h6 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rg3 Qd1+ 17.
Kg2 Qxc1 18. Qd4 Nbd7 19. Nd2 Qxa1 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Rd2+ 23.
Kh3 Qf1+ 24. Kh4 Rxh2+ 25. Kg4 Qd1+ 26. Kf4 Rf2+ 27. Ke4 Re2+ 28. Kf4 Rxe5 29.
Kxe5 $19) 12... f6 $1 13. Bd2 e6 14. Bd3 fxe5 $14 15. Bxg6 $4 {whoops on
Darshans part, do Indians say whoopsor do they say 'oh mahatma'. Anyway an
uncharacteristic fatal in chess terms error. The rest is innevitable.} Qxh4 16.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Nc3 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3 $2 (18... Qxd2 $19) 19. Bxc3 Qg4 20. Bd3
Na6 21. Rf1 Nb4 22. Bc4 b5 23. h3 Qxc4 {and so I was leading the match 3.5 - 1.
5 and the overal grand prix standings by 17.0/29 to Darshans 16.0/29 and
William Harkins 14.5/28. That could change in a few games though but we are
getting close to the end but it could still go amongst the three of us. Poor
Andrew(LifeWithoutChes) has to settle with whopping us in friendlies.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshanmk46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Alright with the match at 3.5 - 1.5 and after I won Darshans Queen youd be
mistaken for thinking it would end up 4.5 - 1.5 but you'd be wrong, and
believe it or not I actually also had a mate in two but by then a mist had
descended not a physical one but an emotional one as due to tiredness and
overconfidence my chess created a farce.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. d3 Bg7
5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Nc6 $6 (6... d6 $14) 7. Nf3 $6 $14 (7. Nb5 $1 $16) 7... Nf6
8. Be2 d6 $6 9. O-O $6 (9. Nb5 $16) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Bg5 Bxf3 12. Rxf3
Nd4 13. Rff1 Re8 $4 (13... Ne6 $1 $14) 14. Nd5 Re6 15. Bg4 $3 Nxg4 $2 16. Bxd8
Rxd8 17. Qf4 $4 {There arent enough question marks in the world...} (17. Qg5 $1
$18) 17... Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Ree8 20. Nd5 Ne5 21. Rad1 Nc6 22. Rf3
Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Rxb7 Ne5 25. Rf1 Nxd3 $6 26. Rfxf7 Bd4 27. Rxh7 Rxe4 $2 (
27... Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nxe4+ 29. Ne3 (29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Re1#) (29. Kf1 Nd2#)
29... Bxe3+ 30. Kf1 Bd4 31. Ke2 d5 32. Kd3 dxc4+ 33. Kxc4 Nd6+ 34. Kb3 Nxb7 35.
Rxb7 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Rxb8+ $19) 28. g3 $1 (28. h3 $4 Be5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Rh6 Be5
31. g3 $19) (28. Rhc7 $4 Re1#) 28... Re2 $3 29. Rhc7 Rf8 30. Ne7+ $1 Kg7 31.
Nf5+ $3 Kh8 $4 {one of two choices which should have lost. Had the mist not
descended I am sure I would have spotted the mate.} (31... Kg8 $4 32. Nh6+ Kh8
33. Rh7#) (31... Kf6 $1 32. Nxd4 cxd4 $19) 32. g4 $4 {I was only concerned
with not losing here and thought moving the Knight was lost to Rf1#.} (32. Rh7+
Kg8 33. Nh6#) 32... gxf5 33. g5 Nf4 34. h4 Rfe8 35. h5 Re1+ 36. Kh2 R1e2+ 37.
Kh1 Rxa2 38. Rb1 Nxh5 39. g6 $2 {a game full of howlers especially on my part
though only 3 mistakes the level of them was very poor.} (39. Rg1 Ng3+ 40. Rxg3
Re1+ 41. Rg1 Rxg1#) 39... Ng3# {so its got closer at 3.5 - 2.5 to me(alan)
especially in the grand prix with both Darshan and probably William Harkins
cheering my abysmal play to the raffters.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Darshanmk46"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I go into an early lead in material in this game but in another example of
the mist of emotions I find it difficult to concentrate on the position and
ship pawns so much so that I get pushed into a lost endgame after a counter
attack by Darshan.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 dxe5
7. fxe5 Bg4 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qe1 Bxf3 $2 (9... Qb6 10. Kh1 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Qxd4 $17)
10. Rxf3 e6 11. Nd2 $1 Nb6 12. Qf2 (12. c3 $16) 12... O-O 13. Bd3 $6 f5 14.
exf6 Rxf6 15. Ne4 $2 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Rf1 {although I am
two pawns up the position is actual pretty even with a strong attack by Drshan
on the cards.} N8d7 $3 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Qxe6 Rf8 $6 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Qf7 Nbd7
$2 $16 (22... Nd5 23. Bxa7 b6 24. Bb8 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qa1+ 26. Qf1 Qxf1+ 27. Bxf1
$13) 23. Nd6 $4 $15 Qf6 $2 $16 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Nxb7 {In this endgame the two
Bishops spell double trouble for me.} Nd5 26. Bxa7 Ne6 27. Na5 c5 28. Bc4 Bd4+
29. Kh1 Nec7 30. Nb3 Bf2 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Nb4 33. Bb3 Nb5 34. Ne6 $3 {
this signals the end of this game. Though I play on in hope.} Nc3 35. a3 Nc6
36. Kg1 h6 37. Kf1 Kh7 38. Ke1 g5 39. Kd2 Ne4+ 40. Kd3 Nf2+ 41. Ke2 Ng4 42. h3
Nge5 43. Ke3 Kg6 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Nd4 Na5 46. Bd5 g4 47. hxg4 Nxg4 48. Kf4 Ne5
49. Nf3 Ng6+ 50. Ke4 Ne7 51. c4 h5 52. c5 Nec6 53. Nd4 Na7 54. Kf4 h4 55. c6
Ke7 56. Kg4 Kd6 57. Bf3 N7xc6 58. Nxc6 Nxc6 59. Bxc6 Kxc6 60. Kxh4 Kb5 61. Kg5
Ka4 62. Kf6 Kxa3 63. g4 Kb4 64. g5 Kc5 65. g6 Kd6 66. g7 Kd7 67. g8=Q {not
much hope there. Well played Darshan the Ne6 move really locked my King out as
Kg8 allowed a discovered Check which could at best have swapped off a much
needed piece and at worst lost a Knight. and the g7 square was covered by the
Knight on e6. Being totally outplayed in n endgame by someone who is still a
teenager is a bit unnerveing. So its 3.5 - 3.5 but as Darshan did better than
me in his match against LifeWithoutChes then Darshan became 2nd favourite
after William in the grand prix.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1428"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Darshan wasn't feeling happy about me(Alan) playing him two times in a day,
even though we agreed we would, and, he kept changing his mind about this game.
In the end he decided he would be ok and played, the result was a strong
attack by myself which won Darshans Queen. The match score went to 4.5 - 3.5
in my favour after this game, and, I went back to leading the grand prix but
it is only on loan as I have 18.0/32 points and so does Darshan after this
game but William though only on 16.5/30 has two games in hand and is likely to
get a heft load of default points if he continues. Andrew(LifeWithoutChes) is
on 9.5/30 and can hold his head up high in such a difficult competition when
many would get 0/30. There are only 36 games in the full Grand Prix so its
getting close to the end.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 exf4 6.
Bxf4 Bg7 7. Nb5 Be5 8. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 9. Bxd6 Qf6 $1 10. Bxc5 Qxb2 11. Nf3 Nge7
12. Be2 Qc3+ 13. Kf2 $3 b6 14. Rc1 $1 (14. Bd6 Qf6 15. e5 $16) 14... Qf6 15.
Ba3 O-O 16. h4 $1 h5 $1 17. Qd2 d6 $1 18. Kg1 $3 Bg4 (18... Nd4 19. Bb2 Nxe2+
20. Qxe2 Qf4 $16) 19. Rf1 Rad8 $4 20. Bb2 $5 Ne5 (20... Qe6 21. Qh6 f6 22. Ng5
Rf7 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rxf6+ $2 (26. Qh8+ Ng8 27.
Rxf6+ Ke7 (27... Ke8 28. Rf7 Qxg5 29. Qxg8#) 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Rf8#) 26... Ke8
$18) 21. Nxe5 $5 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxe2+ 23. Qxe2 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Nc6 25. d4 $1 {
I knew i was losing material here but I wanted to swap off the Knight after
the last debacle when I went a Queen up.} Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rfe8 27. Kf2 Rxe5 28.
Rd1 Rde8 29. Rd4 f5 30. Qd3 fxe4 31. Qd1 e3+ 32. Ke2 Rf8 33. Rd8 Ree8 34. Qd5+
Kh8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Qf7 Rd8 37. Qxg6 $2 {I was just on autopilot here.} (37.
Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qxd8 $18) 37... Rd2+ 38. Kxe3 Rxa2 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. c5 Ra3+ 41.
Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Rxg2 43. Qd5+ 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Darshanmk46"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I come prepared in this game with a new move in a line we always seem to play
with these colours, in this match. It doesn't help me much...I needed to win
every single game to stand a chance, but now I am fighting for second place.}
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8. fxe5
Bg4 $146 (8... O-O {this was played in the games as myself Black the last few
games.}) 9. Qe1 Qb6 $1 10. c3 $1 Nd7 $1 {threatening the e5 pawn.} 11. Kh1 $1
h5 $1 12. Ng5 $3 f6 $1 13. exf6 Bxf6 $5 14. Ne6 $6 Bxe6 $6 $16 15. Qxe6 O-O-O
$1 16. Nd2 $1 Ne3 $4 {i was under tremendous pressure for a long period and
just broke.} 17. Qxe3 e5 18. Be6 exd4 19. Qg3 dxc3 20. Nc4 $3 {now the threat
of 21.Nd6+ cannot be met.} Be5 $2 (20... Qd4 {but this is hopeless too...} 21.
Nd6+ Kb8 22. Nf7+ Ka8 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Be3 Qe5 25. Bxd7 Qxg3 26. hxg3 $18) 21.
Nxb6+ axb6 22. Qxe5 Rhe8 23. Bxd7+ $2 (23. Bf4 Rxe6 24. Qc7#) 23... Kxd7 24.
Rd1+ Kc8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qe6+ $2 (26. Bf4 Rd7 27. Qb8#) 26... Rd7 27. Bf4
cxb2 $6 28. Rb1 $2 (28. Rd1 $1 Kd8 29. Qxd7#) 28... Kd8 29. Bg5+ $6 Kc8 30.
Qe8+ Kc7 31. Bf4+ Rd6 32. Bxd6+ $6 (32. Qe7+ Kc8 33. Qxd6 b5 34. Qc7#) 32...
Kxd6 33. Rxb2 {so it is 4.5 - 4.5 in this match and Darshan is leading the
grand prix, my hopes of winning it are just mathematical now. But still
Darshan needs to win 6.5 - 4.5 really.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshanmk46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1409"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This game was lost with one subtle mistake this in itself was suspicious, and
I am not alone in thinking both Darshan and William are going too far in their
anxiety to win. I wont be awarding a trophy this competition, I would feel a
right mug to do so. Anyway Darshan wins this game lost on move 19...g5?? by
myself to give himself a real chance of winning the competition. William
Harkins needs to slip up though in his game and Darshan needs to win what
would become the final game between us in the match, as Darshan will reach the
magic 6.5 mark and get the remaining game by default.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 d6 4. e4 $5 {everyone including Anatoly Karpov and Alexander Grischuk have
played either 4.d4!(Karpov) or 4.g3!?(Grischuk) here only a few have tried to
close the centre with this move.} Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 {almost a
novelty-played once in a different move order.} 7. d3 $1 {the computer likes
my position and so did I at the time.} Nbd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qg3 $2 Nh5 $1 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 $6 (10... Qb6 $3 {a computer move but in a similar position you
could maybe get a win from this if you dare.} 11. Qe3 Qxb2 12. Rc1 Kxe7 $17)
11. Qe3 O-O 12. O-O-O Qf6 13. g4 $6 {inviting the Knight into f4.} Nf4 14. Ne2
Ne6 15. Kb1 a6 16. Ng3 $6 $15 {I knew I should have met the flank attack with
an opening of the centre but did not fancy such an ope position against the
Indian wiz kid.} b5 $1 17. cxb5 $2 $17 (17. h4 $15) 17... axb5 18. Nf5 Nd4 $6
$17 (18... g6 $3 19. Rg1 gxf5 20. gxf5+ Ng7 $19) 19. g5 $4 Nxf5 20. gxf6 Nxe3
21. fxg7 $6 $19 (21. fxe3 $19 {I knew this was probably a lost endgame so I
decided to complicate matters.}) 21... Nxd1 22. gxf8=Q+ Nxf8 23. Rh2 Ng6 24.
Be2 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Kh8 26. Bd1 $6 c5 27. Bb3 f6 28. Rg2 Ra7 29. h4 $6 {not
dubious for the obvious 20...Nxh4?? or I would have checkmated ie:-} Rg7 (29...
Nxh4 $4 30. Rg8#) 30. h5 $6 Nf4 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Bd1 $6 Nxd3+ 33. Kc3 $6 Nxf2
34. Bf3 Nh3 35. Kb3 Nf4 36. a4 bxa4+ 37. Kxa4 Kh6 38. Kb5 Nxh5 39. Kc6 Ng3 40.
Kxd6 c4 41. Bd1 Nxe4+ 42. Kd5 Nd2 43. Bc2 Kg7 44. Ke6 h5 45. Kf5 e4 46. Kf4 h4
47. Kg4 e3 48. Bd1 c3 49. Kxh4 c2 $1 {of course I had seen this sacrifice
which ends with Darshan a Queen and more up.} 50. Bxc2 e2 51. Bd3 e1=Q+ 52. Kg4
Qe6+ 53. Bf5 Qc4+ 54. Kh5 Qf4 $1 55. Bg4 Qg5# 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Darshanmk46"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
[BlackElo "1428"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I get a consolation point and had to fight hard for that, and was left an
open goal by my opponent,(in that he allowed mate in 1 in a probable drawn
position). This means its even more likely that William Harkins has won the
Grand Prix. Darshan is leading by 2.5 points, but William on 17.5 points has
two bites at the cherry even if Darshan beats me in the decideding game of our
own match.} 1. e4 d6 $1 {I decide to surprise Darshan in the final game as
Black in the match and don't play my trusted Alekhine Defence but instead play
a Pirc Defence. This was due to the line Darshan played against, the Alekhine
Defence, initially being successful on my part, but towards the end of the
match it was getting whopped. I was all out of ideas in it.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3
g6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bb3 {the b5 then b4 threat to undermine the e4 pawn is a
hollow one.} (5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 b4 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Ne4 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qf3
e6 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxh7 Kd7 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Qxf7+ Kd6 16. Nxf8 Kc5
17. a4 bxa3 18. Qg7 Rxf8 19. Qe5+ Kb4 20. Bd2#) 5... a5 6. a3 a4 $3 {a
seemingly suicidal pawn, Darshan sees through the suicide trick:-} 7. Ba2 $3 (
7. Bxa4 $2 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Rxa4 9. Nc3 Ra5 $11) 7... Bg7 8. d3 $6 $11 O-O 9. O-O
Bg4 $6 $14 {it was a gamble by me to give away the Bishop pair but i felt the
Bishop on a2 was not in the game.} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ra5 12. Ne2 Nbd7 (12...
Na6 13. Bd2 Rb5 14. c4 Rxb2 15. Bc3 Rb6 16. Ba5 Nd7 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Bxd8
Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Rxd8 $14) 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Qe3 Ra6 15. d4 $1 Ned7 16. e5 $2 $15
Nd5 $6 $11 (16... dxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxd2 $15 19. Qxe7 $1 Re8 $4 20.
Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxe8 Ng8 $18) 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. exd6 Rxd6 19. Nf4 e5 $5 20. dxe5
Nxe5 21. Bb4 $3 {a move i had completely overlooked.} Nc4 $3 22. Qf3 $3 {
I was frightened of 22.Qg3...but the position is still remarkably level even
in that event.} Re8 23. Bxd6 Nd2 24. Qxd5 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 g5 26. Qxb7 $4 {
was this the losing the grand prix moment for Darshan...} (26. Nh5 $1 Re6 27.
Rd1 Bf8 28. Be5 $3 $18 (28. Bb4 $18) (28. Bc5 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxd5 30. Nf6+ Kg7
31. Nxd5 Bxc5 $18)) 26... Qxd6 27. Nd3 Rb8 28. Qa7 Bd4 29. Qxa4 Bxb2 30. Rb1
Be5 31. Rxb8+ Qxb8 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Qb3 $2 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. a4 Qf4+ 36.
Kg1 $4 (36. Qg3 Qxa4 37. Qxg5+ Kf8 38. Qc5+ Kg8 39. c4 Qd7 40. Qd5 Qe8 41. Qd6
Qf8 42. Qg3+ Qg7 43. c5 $3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Kf8 45. Kf4 Ke7 46. Kf5 Kd7 47. Kf6
Kc6 48. Kxf7 Kxc5 49. Kg7 Kd5 50. g4 Ke5 51. g5 Kf5 52. h4 Kg4 53. Kxh7 Kxh4
54. g6 $18) 36... Qd4+ 37. Kf1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Kg3 $4 {whoops, what a
let off.} (39. Kf3 Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Qf3 Qxa4 $11) 39... Qf4#
{The position was drawn if 39.Kf3 and all other tries resulted in a repeated
position. So yet another match goes to a decider. After that slip up with the
match tied on 5.5 - 5.5.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event 2(match6) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.09.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1435"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{I will analyse this game another time it was full of nervous tension mistakes
on both sides but I again as in the last game won it on an out an out blunder.
What this means is I most probably will finish 2nd yet again on tie-break on
the same number of points as Darshan but luckily enough better on all
tie-breaks. For me to finish 1st will take a herculian effort by
LifeWithoutChes the american young genius. In his match with William Harkins,
Will needs just to win one game in his next three, so it looks like a forgone
conclusion, as LifeWithoutChes has only won one game in the seven games of the
match so far.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7.
d3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qg3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qe3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nf4 13. d4 a6
14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Be2 b5 16. Bg4 Nf6 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. c5 b4 20. Rd6
Qc8 21. Na4 Rd8 22. Nb6 Qc7 23. Rhd1 Rab8 24. Qg5 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Nxe4 26. Rd7
Qxb6 27. Qf5 Qxc5+ 28. Kb1 Nd2+ 29. Rxd2 a5 30. Rd7 Rf8 31. f4 Qg1+ 32. Kc2
Qf2+ 33. Rd2 Qc5+ 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Kc2 exf4 36. gxf4 Qg6 37. Qxg6 hxg6 38. Rd6
Rc8 39. Kb3 c5 40. Kc4 Kf8 41. Rd5 Ke7 42. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 43. Kxc5 Kf6 44. Kb5 Kf5
45. Kxa5 Kxf4 46. Kxb4 Kg3 47. a4 f5 48. a5 f4 49. a6 f3 50. a7 f2 51. a8=Q
f1=Q 52. Qa3+ Kh4 53. Qc3 Qxh3 54. Qd4+ Qg4 55. Qxg4+ Kxg4 56. Kc4 Kf3 57. b4
g5 58. b5 g4 59. b6 g3 60. b7 g2 61. b8=Q g1=Q 62. Qf8+ Ke4 63. Qe7+ Kf5 64.
Qf7+ Ke4 65. Qe6+ Kf3 66. Qf5+ Kg3 67. Qe5+ Kh3 68. Qh5+ Kg2 69. Kd5 Qh1 70.
Qg6+ Kh3+ 71. Ke5 Qe1+ 72. Kf5 Qf2+ 73. Kg5 Qg3+ 74. Kf5 Qf3+ 75. Kg5 Qe3+ 76.
Kf5 Qc5+ 77. Kf4 Qc7+ 78. Kf3 Qb7+ 79. Kf4 Qc7+ 80. Kf3 Qc3+ 81. Kf4 Qd4+ 82.
Kf3 Qd5+ 83. Kf4 Qd6+ 84. Qxd6 Kh4 85. Qe7+ g5+ 86. Qxg5+ Kh3 87. Qg3# 1-0