Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1485"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Darshan really pulls eveything out to get a pawn advantage but he cannot hold
onto that advantage through accurate play by Kronus and the position fizzles
out to a draw after some complex swapping off.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6
{a Four Knights Opening.} 4. Bb5 (4. d4 $11 {this is another try but Bb5 is
more popular.}) 4... Bc5 (4... Bb4 $11 {usually people keep the symmetry.}) 5.
O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 $6 (6... d6 {is the usual way of playing this, as h6 is rare.}
) 7. Ne2 (7. Bxc6 {why h6 isn't played on move 6 by Black here.} bxc6 8. Nxe5
$14) 7... Re8 8. Ng3 $6 d5 $1 {Kronus is looking for the natural pawn breaks.}
(8... Bf8 {transposes back into a mainline}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 $6 (9... Qxd5 10. c4
Qe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bd7 $15 {and Blacks pieces are slightly more
harmonious}) 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15.
Nxe5 Re6 $4 (15... Nb4 16. d4 Qxc2 17. Qh5 Re7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Re3 Nd5 20.
Rg3+ Kh8 21. Nxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7 Qh7 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rg6 Qf8 26.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxh6+ $16 {I dont think White is winning but nearly.}) 16. Qf3
$4 (16. d4 $3 Qd6 17. c4 Rae8 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. f3 $16 {a complex position})
16... Rf6 17. Qg3 Re8 $1 18. Be3 $6 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rfe6 20. Nxc6 (20. Nc4 $3)
20... Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qxc6 $1 22. Qf2 Qb6 $5 {attacking two pawns at once.} 23.
Rf1 f6 24. c3 {defending the b2 pawn at the loss of the e3 pawn- there is
absolutely no play in the position whatsoever.} Qxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. d4 Re2
27. Rf2 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Re2 29. Rf2 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Re2 31. Rf2 Re1+ {drawn by
repeated position so Kronus and Darshan are tied at 0.5 - 0.5.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Darshan shows he is also improving after his break for exams but it was a
tired Kronus who gets beaten by an aggresive all over the board,'in your face',
style.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {this is a Hungarian Defence and Giuoco
Pianissimo Opening.} Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. h3 h6 8. a3 {
this was played by International Master Berzinsh in 2010 against a national
master level player. It has been played by many ametuers.} a6 9. Ba2 Bd7 10.
Qd3 $14 b5 $2 11. Ne2 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 {Darshan would have had to be
very carefull to avoid the threats this centre control imposed. for example:-}
Rb8 13. Bd2 Nxd5 $4 14. exd5 Na7 15. Nxe5 $18) 11... a5 12. Ng3 b4 13. Nh4 $4 {
a disasterous move.} Nxd4 14. Rd1 $4 (14. Ng6 $3 Re8 15. Bc4 Be6 16. c3 bxc3
17. bxc3 Nb3 18. Bxb3 Bxb3 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $15 {White is down a pawn in this
sideline but he should try and leave the bishops on and swap off the rest of
the pieces then it will almost certainly be drawn.}) 14... Bb5 $3 15. Qd2 Nxe4
$3 16. Nxe4 Bxh4 17. c4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. c4 $2 {allows the Knight back
into the d4 square.} Bc6 20. Nc3 Bg5 21. Qe1 Nd4 $1 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd4 $2
exd4 24. cxd5 Bf6 {so as its hopelessly lost for Kronus his chances there are
extremely slim, but he felt he had had enough. So first blood to Darshan well
played. 1.5 - 0.5 is the score in the match to Darshan.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This third game was a very tight affair, although Kronus loses his Queen at
one stage but gets a Rook and a Bishop for it, and in such positions, it
depends on complex issues to do with piece co-ordination and King Safety who
is winning.} 1. e4 {Kronus avoids the rather solid but uninspiring Four
Knights position of game 1.} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 e6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. e5
$2 (6. Bxd7+ {A strong english young adult has played this called Stewart
Trent, at first when I saw, (in the chess database), it was Trent I wondered
if it was the famous chess journalists relation, Laurence Trent.}) 6... d5 $6 {
creates a totally passive position where Darshan dominates the centre.} 7. d3
Nbc6 8. O-O a6 9. Bxc6 Nxc6 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qh5 Bxg5 12. fxg5 O-O 13. Bf4 $4 (
13. Rf3 $3 Nxe5 14. Rh3 f5 15. gxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf7 17. Be3 Rh8 18. Qxh8
Rxh8 19. Rxh8 Ke7 $4 (19... Ng4 20. Rf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Nxe3+ $18) 20. Bxc5+ Kf7
21. Rf1 $18) 13... Nd4 14. Rae1 f6 $4 (14... Nxc2 15. Rc1 Nd4 16. Ne2 g6 17.
Qg4 Nf5 18. Rf3 Qb6 19. Ng3 c4+ 20. Kh1 cxd3 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Qh4 Rfc8 23. Rh3
Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Qxf6 28. exf6+ Ke6 29.
Bf4 $19) 15. exf6 Qe8 (15... gxf6 $4 16. g6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Re3 e5 19.
Qh5+ Kg7 20. Rg3+ Bg4 21. Rxg4#) 16. Qd1 $3 (16. Qxe8 $3 Raxe8 17. Bd6 Nxc2 $3
18. Rc1 Ne3 19. Bxf8 Nxf1 20. Bxc5 Nd2 21. fxg7 Kxg7 22. Be3 Bc6 23. Bxd2 $18)
16... Qg6 17. h4 $2 gxf6 18. h5 $6 Qg7 19. gxf6 $6 Rxf6 20. Re3 $5 {trying to
pin the Queen from g3...} Nf5 $3 21. Ref3 $2 (21. Rh3 Kf7 22. Be5 Ke7 23. Bxf6+
Qxf6 24. g4 Rg8 25. Kh1 Qg5 26. gxf5 $4 Qg2#) 21... Qf7 $4 (21... Raf8 $3 22.
Be5 Ne3 23. Rxe3 $4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qh6 $19) 22. Be5 $3 Rh6 23.
Rg3+ Kf8 ({An alternative is...} 23... Nxg3 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Bxg3 $18) 24.
Bg7+ $3 Nxg7 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf3+ $2 ({missing the clear win though it was
hard to find infact almost imposible for a human.} 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8
(27... Kf7 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Qxd7+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Qxh6 $18)
28. Qg5 Rg8 29. Qxh6 $18) 26... Nf5 27. Rg5 Rf6 28. Qf4 Rc8 29. Na4 Bxa4 30.
Qxa4 Rc7 31. Qa5 Rd7 32. Qxc5 d4 33. Qc8 Ke7 34. g4 Nh6 35. Rg7+ Rf7 36. Rxf7+
Nxf7 37. Qc5+ Ke8 38. Qc8+ Ke7 39. Qc5+ Ke8 40. g5 Rd5 41. Qc8+ Nd8 42. g6 hxg6
43. Qc4 gxh5 44. Qa4+ Ke7 45. Qb4+ Ke8 46. c4 dxc3 47. Qxc3 Rg5+ 48. Kh2 Rg8
49. Qe5 Rf8 50. a4 (50. Qxh5+ Nf7 51. Kg3 Kd7 52. Qh7 Ke8 53. Qe4 Nd8 $11 {
the position is totally drawn.}) 50... Rf5 51. Qh8+ Kd7 52. b4 Rd5 53. Qh7+ Kc6
{the co-ordination of Kronuses pieces is superb.} 54. Qg6 Kd7 55. Qh7+ Kc6 56.
Qe4 Kd7 57. Qh7+ Kc6 58. Qe4 Kd7 59. Qh7+ {there is no way for Darshan to move
forward from here, if anything Black would have the advantage if he could use
his king safely as White cannot do so for fear of getting the Queen pinned to
the King. So after that draw in game 3 its 2 - 1 to Darshan.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1429"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus just sacrifices brilliantly to win this one there is a moment when a
hungry Knight leaves his defences duties in the hope of finding substinance
and gets caught out badly.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ {The Bogo-Indian
Defence} 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10.
dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Qc2 {This line has a very poor record for Black}
Be6 13. Rae1 Qd6 $2 (13... dxc4 $11) 14. c5 $2 Qd7 15. f4 Qe7 16. e4 dxe4 17.
Nxe4 Kh8 $2 18. f5 $2 Bd5 19. Nd6 $3 {technically its dubious but it works
here...} (19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Be4 Kg8 $14) 19... Qd7 20. Bb5 c6 $2 {this is a slip
causing the Knight on d6 to be secure in its outpost.} (20... Bc6 $11) 21. Bd3
Qc7 22. Re3 b6 23. b4 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rab8 25. Rf4 $3 {an offering to the Gods
lol, Darshan falls for the trap.} Bb3 26. Qf2 Nd5 $4 27. Qh4 $4 (27. f6 $3 g6
28. Rh3 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qa5 30. Qh6 Qxc5+ 31. Kf1 Rg8 (31... Qh5 32. Qg7#) 32.
Qxh7#) 27... Nxe3 $4 (27... g5 $3 28. Qxg5 Rg8 29. Qh6 (29. Qh4 Nxe3 30. f6
Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Rg6 32. Bxg6 fxg6 $19) 29... Nxe3 30. f6 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Rg6 32.
Bxg6 fxg6 33. Rb4 Bd5+ 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. Rb7 Ng4 36. Qh4 Ne5 37. Rxc7 Nf3+ 38.
Kf2 Nxh4 39. f7 $19 {the best line for both sides is hard to find there.}) 28.
f6 $3 g6 29. Qh6 $3 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Rg8 31. Rh4 {with mate on h7 or g7
innevitable Darshan throws in the towel. so its 2 - 2 and game on.} (31. Qxh7+
Kxh7 32. Rh4#) 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1429"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronuses march continues as he simply outplays a tired Darshan and nearly
taps his Queen but wins a piece instead.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4
{This is the Two Knights Defence.} exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Re1 d5 8. exd6
Nxd6 9. Bd5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Qg4 $2 {the position justifies
a queenside push with Blacks weakened pawns not putting the Queen in the
firing line like this.} (12. Nc3 $11) 12... c5 $2 (12... Bf6 13. Nf3 $15 {
with an attack on the Queenside -particularly b2- not that Kronus would have
played that in a million years.}) 13. Bh6 $4 Bf6 14. Nf3 $4 Bc8 $1 15. Qg3 Nf5
16. Qf4 Nxh6 $6 (16... Bxb2 $3 $19) 17. Nc3 c6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Ne5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nf5 $3 22. Rxc5 $3 (22. Rxf5 $2 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qxa4 $19) 22... Qa6
23. Qc7 $4 (23. Rxf5 Bxf5 24. Nc5 Qe2 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. Qxf5 Rd1 27. h4 Qxf1+
28. Kh2 Qh1+ 29. Kg3 Rd5 30. Qh3 Qxh3+ 31. gxh3 Rxc5 $19) (23. Nc3 $19) 23...
Qxa4 24. Rd8 Be6 $3 (24... Rxd8 $4 25. Qxd8#) 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxc6 $2 Qe4 $1
27. h3 Nh4 $3 28. f3 Qg6 (28... Qe1+ $1 29. Kh2 Nxf3+ $3 30. gxf3 Qf2+ 31. Kh1
Bxh3 32. Qc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. f4 Bh3 35. f5 Qg2#) 29. g4 $5 Nxf3+ 30.
Kf2 Nd4 31. Qxa7 $6 {one last desperate move before resigning.} Rxa7 $5 {
The Bishop on e6 defends against Rc8#, otherwise this would have been a
different ending but of course Kronus saw this far in advance. So Kronus leads
Darshan 3 - 2.} (31... Nxc6 $4 32. Qxa8+ Bc8 33. Qxc8+ Nd8 34. Qxd8#) 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus takes on the mantle of favourite now that Nitishdas is out of the
tournament and his psychological make up for that position is poor and dars
plays well to trap Kronuses Queen.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 {
The Archangelsk Defence of the Ruy Lopez, this may be a Moller defence as well
I am not sure of my Ruy Lopez defences.} 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
$6 (8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 d5 11. Nf3 $16) 8... d6 9. d4 $5 Bg4 $5 10.
Nbd2 $6 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxe5 $16) 10... O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Nxf3 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 $2 $14 (14. Be3 $16) 14... Nh5 $3 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
Nxe5 $3 dxe5 17. Qxh5 $5 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 c5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rfe1
Rd6 22. Re3 Rg6 23. e5 $4 {a very easy mistake to make. now the Queen is
trapped if 23...Rg5 24.Qh4 then 24...Rxg2+!! 25.Kxg2 Qxh4!?. So after 23...Rg5
which Darshan plays, it is won for him.} Rg5 $3 24. Qxg5 {so its tied at 3 - 3
between the two in the first match.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1429"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus plays really well in one of his textbook attacks on the King the score
was 3 - 3 before this game.} 1. e4 d5 {The scandinavian Defence.} 2. exd5 c6 3.
dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Qd6 $2 $16 (5... Qc7 $16) 6. h3 Bd7 7. d4 Nf6 8. c4
e6 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. a3 Be8 $1 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Be3 a6 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. b4 $4 (14.
Qd3 Ne7 15. O-O Ng6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Rfc1 $18) 14... Bxd4 $3 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 e5 $4 (16... Qf4 $3 17. Nd5 exd5 18. c5 $16) 17. Bg4+ $3 Nxg4 18. Qxg4+
Bd7 19. Qxg7 $3 exd4 20. Qxd4 Rhe8+ 21. Ne2 (21. Kf1 $16) 21... Bc6 $2 22. Qg4+
Bd7 23. Qd4 $2 h5 24. Qc5+ Bc6 25. a4 $4 Re5 26. Qb6 Qd6 $4 (26... Rxe2+ $3 {
a computer attack...} 27. Kxe2 Qe5+ 28. Qe3 Qb2+ 29. Kf1 Qxa1+ 30. Qe1 Rd1 31.
f3 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Rxh1 $18) 27. O-O Qg6 $4 (27... Rxe2 28. b5 Be4 29. Qxd6 Rxd6
$19) 28. Nf4 Qg5 29. b5 $4 {a tempting move but missing the sublime.} (29. Nd5
$18 {Darshun would have been winning there.}) 29... Bxg2 $3 30. Nxg2 Rg8 $1 31.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 32. bxa6+ Kxa6 {Darshan just thought inside the box and got caught
out with some out of the box play by Kronus. so its 4 - 3 to Kronus.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1418"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{well Darshun was struggling to concentrate at this point one assumes as
Kronus mates him in 10 moves.} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 {The Danish Gambit accepted.
} 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 $4 (8...
Na5 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5+ Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Ke8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $19) 9. Bxf7+ Ke7
10. Qe6# {so after that win by Kronus its 5 - 3 and Kronus looks favourite
though darshun at his best is a match for anyone.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1407"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{In another Scandinavian Defence Darshun again crumbles under the pressure
Kronus puts him under.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 e6 3. dxe6 Bxe6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c5 6.
Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Qa5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 Rd8 12. Qe2
Nd5 13. Nbd2 (13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Be5 Kf8 15. Nc3 Bh3 16. Ne1 Re8 17. Qh5 Rg6 18.
Qxh3 Rxe5 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Nd3 Reg5 21. Naxc5 Rxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nf4+
24. Nxf4 Qxc5 $18) 13... O-O 14. Nc4 $4 Nxc3 $5 15. bxc3 Qa6 16. Nfd2 Rxd2 $3
17. Qxd2 Qxc4 18. Rfe1 Bd5 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. Qg3 Qa4 21. Re2 a5 22. Rae1 Qxa2 23.
c4 Qxc4 24. Qc7 Qb4 25. Qe5 a4 26. c3 Qb3 27. Qf5 Qxc3 28. Rc2 $4 {it was lost
anyway} Qxe1# {so now Kronus looked strong favourite to win this match with
the score at 6 - 3.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1429"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Darshu gets his confidence back and maybe some over confidence by Kronus
creeps in.} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 {Another Danish Gambit accepted both players
keep avoiding opening theory.} 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. e5 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 Qe7 8. Nf3 d5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 c6 11. Qe4 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 Be6
14. Ba3 b6 15. Nd4 Bd5 $4 16. Nf5 Qg5 17. Nd6+ Kd7 18. g3 $4 (18. f4 Qg6 19. f5
Qg5 20. Rad1 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxe5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Nxf7 $3 Qe3 24. Nxh8 c4 25. f6
Rxh8 26. fxg7 Rg8 27. Qf5+ Qe6 28. Qf8 Kc7 29. Rfe1 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg6+ 31. Kf1
Rxg7 32. Qd8+ Kb7 33. Rb1+ Ka6 34. Qc8+ Ka5 35. Re5+ c5 36. Qxc5+ Ka6 37. Qa5#)
18... h5 $4 (18... Qxe5 $16) 19. f4 Qg4 20. f5 $4 h4 21. Rf4 Qg5 22. Bxc5 $4 (
22. Nxf7 $3 Bxf7 23. e6+ Kc7 24. Bxc5 hxg3 25. Bd6+ Kxd6 26. Qd3+ Kc7 27. Qd7+
Kb8 28. Qd6+ Kb7 29. Qd7+ Ka6 30. Ra4+ Kb5 31. c4+ (31. Qd3+ Kc5 32. Qd4+ Kb5
33. Qb4#) 31... Kxa4 32. Qxc6+ Ka3 33. Qb5 Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Rxh2+ 35. Kf1 Qf2#)
22... hxg3 23. e6+ fxe6 $4 (23... Kc7 24. Nxf7 gxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qxf4+ 26. Ke2 Bf3+
27. Ke1 h1=Q+ 28. Kf2 Rh2#) 24. fxe6+ Bxe6 25. Qd3 $4 (25. Be3 gxh2+ 26. Kh1
Bd5+ 27. Ne4 Qe5 28. Rd1 $11 {and everything just about holds for Kronus...})
25... gxh2+ $5 {this leads quickly to Darshuns victory.} 26. Kh1 Bd5+ 27. Ne4
Qxf4 28. Rd1 bxc5 29. c4 Rae8 30. cxd5 Qxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. dxc6+ Kxc6 {
and so Darshun haults the tide. And its 6 - 4 to Kronus.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1450"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 {This is a two Knights setup.}
exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qxf6 $4 (9... g6 $11) 10. Nxe6 $3
{spotting that the Bishop on c5 is a loose cannon.} fxe6 11. Qh5+ $5 g6 12.
Qxc5 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. Qxc4 Rd5 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qf5 17. Bg3 d3 18. cxd3
Nxd3 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Nxb2 21. Nc3 Rd2 22. Rc1 Rhd8 23. h3 $5 (23. Nb5
Rd1+ 24. Re1 R1d2 25. Rxc7+ Kb8 26. Rc3+ Ka8 27. Nc7+ Kb8 28. Nd5+ Ka8 29. Nb6+
axb6 30. Ra3+ Na4 31. Rxa4#) 23... Nd3 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Nb5 {the aim is to use
the extra piece to swap off the rook on c7 for two pieces, and then use the
pin on the knight at d3 to win back one piece or swap off Rooks, so white
would end up a full rook up...(for example 26.Nxc7 Rxc7 27.Bxc7 Kxc7 28.Re3
Nc5 29.Rxd8 Kxd8 and the rook will be just too strong versus the Knight. So
Darshun mounts a realistic challenge in this match with it 6 - 5 and going to
a final game which Darshun must win to tye.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match1 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{In a tough battle which Darshun needed to win it is in fact Kronus who wins
to seal victory in this titanic struggle between prodogies.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
e6 3. Bg5 {atlast an opening i recognise- its the Torre opening.} h6 4. Bh4 d5
5. c3 c5 6. e3 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 $11 {these lines hold little fear for Black
I feel.}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Bg3 Bd6 9. Qc2 Bxg3 10. hxg3 cxd4 11. exd4
Nf8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Rc1 b5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Nc5 a5 18.
Rce1 b4 19. Nh4 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bb5 21. Bxb5+ Qxb5 22. Nf5 $3 Qb6 23. Qa3 $3 (23.
Nxg7+) 23... Rg8 24. Nb7 $4 (24. Nxe6 $3 Qb4 25. Nexg7+ Kd8 26. Qd3 Ne4 27. f3
Nd6 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Re8+ Kd7 30. Qf5+ Ne6 31. Qxf7+ Kc6 32. Rxe6 Rgf8 33.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 34. Rxh6#) 24... Rc7 $5 25. Nfd6+ Kd7 26. Qa4+ Qc6 27. Qxc6+ Rxc6
28. Nxf7 Ne4 $4 (28... Ng6 $18) 29. Ne5+ Kc7 30. Nxc6 Kxc6 31. Nxa5+ Kd7 32.
Rc1 Ng6 33. Nb3 Nxf2 34. Rhf1 Nd3 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Rcc7 Ne1 37. Nc5 e5 38. Nb7
$3 {its checkmate in two moves ie 4 half moves.} exd4 39. Nd6+ Kd8 40. Rfd7# {
So Kronus wins the match but the war is ongoing- darshun still isn't out of
the war even and Kronus has chances I feel to win that elusive grand prix he
has yet to win (this is his 4th).} 1-0