Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1460"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This is private competition on ICC, the grand prix 2017 event4, this is
match10. A series of 10 x 12 game matches amongst 5 different ICC members,
each game with a time control of 60 minutes with 10 second encrement after
each move. This match is between a vastly improving junior, icc handle=Kronus
and myself(Alan Llewellyn). It was not staged we played it under tournament
conditions on a board, converting the moves from an icc board.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3
Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 {this has transposed into an Old Indian Defence with the next
move by White, note e4 was possible going for a Botvinnik System of the
English Opening.} 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1
Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {This turns out well for Kronus but is it better than Bxc6-
he gains a more centralised pawn but a7 is weakened, also to his plus is the
defence of the d5 square but isnt the diagonal also weakened-there seem pluses
and minuses for this move for both sides.} 11. Be3 $6 (11. Qa4 c5 12. Qa6 $14 {
I thought of this plan but didn't see where it was heading.}) 11... Qb8 12. b3
$14 (12. Bd4 $3 {a computer move} Qxb2 $4 13. Nb5 $3 Qb4 14. Nxc7 Qxc4 15. Rc1
Qxa2 16. Ra1 Qc4 17. Ra4 Qxa4 18. Qxa4 $18) 12... Ng4 13. Bd4 $1 Qd8 $6 (13...
c5 $2 14. Bxc5 $18 {and not Bxa8 which is a typical beginners mistake giving
away the fianchetto Bishop defending the King.}) (13... Bf6 $14) 14. Ne4 d5 15.
Nc5 $5 Bf5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb7 Qd7 (17... Qc8 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Rc1 Qxb7 20.
Bxc6 Qb4 21. Rc4 $3 {another computer move} Qd6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Bc5 Qe6 24.
Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qd5 Rd8 26. Qxf5 $18) 18. Nc5 Bxc5 $5 {not offering to repeat
position as i fully intended.} 19. Bxc5 c6 20. e4 $1 Bg6 21. exd5 $2 (21. h3 $1
Nf6 22. e5 Nh5 (22... Ne4 $4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 $18) 23. Rc1 f6 24. Bf3
Qxh3 $4 25. Bg4 $18) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 cxd5 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. Qe7 Qf5 $1 25.
Bxd5 $4 {It took the computer 10 seconds to realise this was a serious error
in the analysis after the game. But who on earth could have figured out this
was an error for sure, other than a computer, as this move sets off a chain of
events that are quite astonishing. I didn't cheat, but how Kronus saw some of
those moves is beyond me.} Nxd5 26. Qb7 $4 (26. Qd6 $1 Re8 27. Rxd5 $5 (27.
Qxd5 $4 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Be4+ 30. Kh3 Bxd5 $19) 27... Re1+ 28. Kg2
Qe4+ 29. f3 Qe2+ 30. Kh3 (30. Bf2 $4 Qf1#) 30... h5 $19) 26... Rd8 27. Be7 $1
Qf3 $3 (27... Nxe7 $4 28. Rxd8#) 28. Rd4 $3 {If 28.Bxd8 then 28...Be4 is fatal
as checkmate follows on g2.} (28. Rxd5 $4 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 $19) 28... Be4 $3
{I still thought i had him beat at this stage.} 29. Rxe4 $1 (29. Bxd8 $4 Qg2#)
29... Ne3 $3 {seemingly its all over but again I come up with a resource which
actually I thought was winning for me.} (29... Qxe4 $4 30. Bxd8 $11) 30. Rd4 $3
{Now both Queens are hanging to each other but if 30....Qxb7?? 31.Rxd8# and if
30.Rxd4?? the reply 31.Qc8+ Rd8 32.Qxd8# and if the Rook moves to say 30...Re8
31.Qxf3 is pretty conclusive. So all bases covered...} Qd1+ $3 {Quite
remarkably it is all over for me with this Queen sacrifice, after the forced
31.Rxd1 comes 31...Rxd1#} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Was Kronus going to run away with this match, the answer for the moment
atleast is no as I trap his Queen.} 1. d4 d5 2. b4 {this ranks as an unusual 1
d4 d5 opening...} e6 3. c3 a5 $1 4. Qa4+ (4. a3 $4 axb4 5. cxb4 Bxb4+ $19) 4...
Bd7 5. b5 $1 c6 6. e3 $5 Nf6 7. Nd2 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. g4 h6 $1 10. Bd3 Nh7 $2 (
10... cxb5 11. Bxb5 Nc6 $19) 11. Qc2 $6 Bh4+ $1 12. Kd1 f5 $6 $17 (12... Nf6
$17) 13. Nh3 cxb5 14. Ba3 Be7 $2 (14... Re8 $3 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17.
Qxf5 b4 18. cxb4 Rxe3 19. Bb2 Nc6 $19) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nf4 $1 {seemingly
heading for the g6 square...} Qa3 $2 17. Ke2 $2 (17. gxf5 exf5 18. Nxd5 $16)
17... Qa4 $4 (17... Qd6 $15) 18. Qb2 $6 (18. Qxa4 bxa4 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Nxd5
$18) 18... b4 $1 19. Bc2 $2 Qb5+ 20. Bd3 Qb6 $2 21. h4 $4 $17 (21. gxf5 exf5
22. Nxd5 $16) 21... Bb5 $2 $13 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 $2 Bxc4+ 24. Nxc4 Qb5 $6
$15 (24... Qa6 $17 {this was better as Queen is defended and Nd6 threat is
less threatening.}) 25. Rhc1 Rc8 (25... fxg4 26. fxg4 Rxf4 27. exf4 Nc6 28. Kf2
Rf8 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Nxg4 32. Ne3 Qf3 33. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 34. Qg2
Qxf4 35. Rf1 Qxd4+ 36. Kh2 Qxh4+ $19 {Whites pawns get annihalaited in that
computer assisted analysed line.}) 26. Qb3 a4 27. Qd3 Na6 28. Nxe6 Rc6 29. d5
$2 Nc5 30. Nxc5 $4 (30. Qxf5 $18) 30... Rxc5 31. Rc2 $4 {The Queen is nearly
in the centre of the board but it is now doomed.} Rxd5 $1 32. Qxd5+ Qxd5 33.
Rd1 Qb5 34. Kf2 Rc8 35. Rd4 b3 36. Rc3 b2 $3 37. Nd6 Rxc3 38. Nxb5 Rc2+ 39. Kg3
b1=Q 40. Rd8+ Nf8 41. Nd6 fxg4 42. Kf4 Rd2 43. Ke5 Rxd6 44. Rxd6 {Kronus was
upset after I beat him here. I have to say I was very lucky but I also made my
own luck a bit, but I think Kronus will come back from it but maybe it will
take him a short while... So its tied at 1 - 1.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus was in a billegarent mood and he passed up the offer of a draw by
repetition and dully got checkmated by a nice little sacrifice. Maybe he saw
it and thought I wouldn't spot it. Anyway, in chess you should always respect
your opponents abilities, I guess, because in friendlies, Kronus beats me
almost always, he has lost some respect. But unlike him I save all my energy
for competitive games, so I play very strongly when I use a physical board as
I do in these Grand Prix games.} 1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e4 Nc6 4. d3 h6 5. f4 {
This system is called the Llewellyn System after myself. At the moment that is
only by me.} exf4 6. Bxf4 g5 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nge7 9. h4 $3 g4 10. h5 $3 Be6
11. Nge2 Qd7 12. d4 $6 Bxc4 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nf4 $6 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Nc4 16. Qe2 b5
17. a4 $3 b4 $2 (17... Nxe3 $15) 18. Qxc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 g3 $2 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Rg8 22. Rb1 $5 {taking control of the open file.} Kd8 23. Kd2 $3 f5 $4 {
this practically should lose for Kronus as the e6 square is now too weak.} 24.
Ne6+ $5 Ke8 25. Rb7 $2 (25. exf5 $18 Kf7 26. Qe4 Kf6 27. Qf4 Kf7 28. Qxh6 Qxa4
29. Nxc7 Rab8 30. Qe6+ Kf8 $2 31. Qf6#) 25... Rc8 26. Ng7+ (26. Qf6 $3 a5 27.
Rf4 fxe4 $4 {Black is pinned down, zugzwang even} 28. Qf7#) 26... Kf7 27. Nxf5
Nxf5 28. Rxf5+ Ke8 29. Rf6 $6 Qg4 $1 30. Re6+ $5 Kd7 31. Qc4 $3 Qf4+ $5 32. Kd3
$4 {an abysmal error, I was tired by this time. I was winning by miles but
this move allows for a draw by repetition.} Qf1+ 33. Kd4 Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Rgf8 $4 (
34... Qf1+) 35. Qc6+ $3 Kd8 36. Rxd6+ $3 Ke7 (36... cxd6 37. Qd7#) 37. Qd7# $1
{A nice little checkmate. Now I am leading 2 - 1 in my match with Kronus.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus has a new sense of urgency in this game and although I go ahead in
material I am always struggling in it.} 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. f3 c5 $1 (3...
Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g4 Bg6 6. g5 Nd5 7. fxe4 $2 (7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. c4 Nb6 9. d5 Ne5
10. Qd4 Nc6 11. Qc3 $18) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxe4 9. Nf3 Qd5 10. Bg2 e5 11. O-O
Nd7 12. Qe1 O-O-O $13) 4. d5 e6 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 exf3 6. Nxf3 e6 $2 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. dxe6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Ke7 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxb5 a6 12. Nc3 Ke7 13. Ne5 Ke6
14. Nc4 Nc6 $16) 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 $4 (6... Nf6 $17 {In a lot of these
lines the computer gets it wrong , underestimating Whites resources here.}) 7.
Bb5+ $3 Nc6 8. Qd2 $2 Qh4+ $3 9. g3 (9. Bg3 $4 Bxg3+ 10. hxg3 Qxh1 11. O-O-O
$19) 9... Bxf4 $3 10. Qxf4 Qxf4 11. gxf4 exf3 $4 (11... Nf6) 12. Nxd5 Kf8 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne3 $3 Nf6 15. Nxf3 Nd5 16. O-O-O $3 Ba6 $6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18.
Rxd5 $1 Bb7 19. Rd3 f5 20. Rhd1 Bxf3 $5 21. Rxf3 Re8 $2 (21... Kf7 22. Rd7+ Kf6
23. Rfd3 Rhe8 24. R3d6+ Re6 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6 26. Rxg7 Kd5 27. Re7 Rg8 28. Rxh7
Ke4 29. Rxa7 Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Rg2+ 31. Kc3 Kxf4 32. Rh7 Ke4 33. a4 Rg1 34. Re7+ Kf3
35. Rc7 f4 36. a5 Kg2 37. Rg7+ Kxh2 38. Rxg1 Kxg1 39. a6 f3 40. a7 f2 41. a8=Q
f1=Q 42. Qg8+ Kh1 43. Qd5+ Kh2 44. Qe5+ Kh1 45. Qxc5 Qf3+ 46. Kc4 Kh2 47. b4
Qf7+ 48. Kb5 Kg3 49. Kb6 Kh4 50. c4 {and its won for White...}) 22. Ra3 $3 Ra8
23. Rd7 c4 24. Raxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 g6 26. Ra8+ Kg7 27. Rxh8 Kxh8 28. a4 g5 29.
a5 gxf4 30. a6 f3 31. a7 f2 32. a8=Q+ Kg7 33. Qg2+ Kf6 34. Qxf2 c3 35. Qd4+ Kg5
36. Qxc3 f4 37. Qe5+ Kg4 38. c4 f3 39. c5 f2 40. Qe2+ Kh3 41. c6 Kg2 42. c7 Kh1
43. c8=Q h5 44. Qh3 h4 45. Qef1# {So with that debacle for me the position was
all tied in the match 2 - 2.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1475"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I overlook a simple ploy in this game, mainly due to tiredness.} 1. c4 d6 2.
Nc3 e5 3. e4 Nc6 4. d3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 $2 8. Ng5 $5 Qd7 9.
Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Nd5 O-O-O 11. exf5 Qxf5 12. Nxf6 $6 Qxf6 13. O-O d5 $1 14. fxe5
Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 $2 16. b4 $2 Bf2 17. Bg5 $2 {leaves me weak on the dark
squares} Qxg5 18. Rxf2 dxc4 19. Qc1 Qxe5 20. dxc4 Nd4 21. Bg4+ Kb8 22. Qf4 Nf3
$3 23. Qxf3 $4 {A terrible blunder due to tiredness. I had made a mental note
to check the Rook on a1 should the Knight move but that went out of my mind
when I saw the Knight enprie and instinct not intelligence took over.} Qxa1+ {
the rest was simple for Kronus.} 24. Rf1 Qxa2 25. c5 a6 26. Re1 Rhe8 27. Rc1
Qb2 28. Rf1 Ka7 29. Qf7 Rf8 30. Qc4 Qxb4 31. Be2 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Rd1 33. Qe2 Qd2
34. Qf3 Qe1 35. Kg1 a5 $1 36. g4 a4 $1 37. g5 Qxf1+ $5 38. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1
a3 40. g6 hxg6 41. h4 a2 {so it is 3 - 2 to Kronus in our match.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I just get blown away here almost without a fight...} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 {
usually these days I go into a Pirc Defence here with 2...d6.} 3. e5 d4 4. exf6
dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bxg7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qc2 Bg4 9. f3 $1 $146 (9. Be2 $11
{this has actually been played before between two candidate master level
players.}) 9... Bh5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nh3 $6 e5 $2 (12... Qd5 $3
$15 {a computer queen move which prevents long castling by White ie there
comes the reply to 13.0-0-0 of 13...Qxa2. and threatens to check Whites King
next move. It gives white some headaches.}) 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. f4
Qh4 16. Re4 Bh6 17. Kb1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qf6 $2 (19... Qxh2 20. Nd5
Rad8 21. c4 $16 {forces f5...}) 20. Nd5 $5 Qg7 $6 21. Qf2 f5 $1 22. Rh4 Rad8 $1
23. Qc5 $4 Ne7 $4 (23... Qe5 24. g3 Kg7 25. Kc1 Rd6 26. c4 g5 27. Rh5 Kg6 28.
Rh3 Qe2 29. g4 f4 $11 {I wouldn't have found any of those moves as Black, what
I played was due to an optical illussion because I felt the Knight was
protecting the e7 square so it was ok to move the same Knight that was
defending the square-onto that square but it was not so...}) 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.
Qxe7 Rfe8 26. Qxd8 $6 {this wins anyway but is a slight error due to the fact
the position is so overwhelming for Kronus.} (26. Rxd8) 26... Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ {
so its now 4 - 2 to Kronus and Andrew looks to have this match in the bag.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1470"]
[BlackElo "1584"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{atlast I put up a fight against the Kronus juggernaught. And although I am
under the cosh in the endgame-I actually come out with a well deserved draw.}
1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e4 {an Anglo-Pirc opening.} Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Qd7 6.
h3 $1 Be6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd3 Nf6 11. Bf4 $1 Be7 12.
O-O-O O-O-O $6 $18 (12... Qc6 $16) 13. Nb5 $2 (13. Qe3 $3 Qc6 14. Nb5 Kb8 15.
e5 $18) 13... Ne8 $4 14. e5 $6 {there was a computer attack too absurbed for
words on.} d5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd6+ $4 (16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. e6+ Qc7 18. Bxc7+
$18) 16... Nxd6 17. Qxd5 Nf5 18. Qxf7 Rhf8 19. Rxd7 Rxf7 20. Rc7+ $4 $13 (20.
e6 Rxd7 21. exf7 Bd6 $4 {its easy to go wrong here} 22. Bxd6 Rxf7 $18) 20...
Kxc7 21. e6+ Bd6 $3 22. Bxd6+ Nxd6 $5 23. exf7 Nxf7 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Bg4 Nd6 26.
Rd3 a6 27. f4 g6 28. g3 Re4 29. b3 b5 30. Bf3 Re1+ 31. Kc2 Rg1 32. Bg4 h5 33.
Be2 Nf5 34. g4 Nd4+ 35. Kd2 Rg2 36. Re3 hxg4 37. hxg4 a5 38. Kd1 a4 39. bxa4
bxa4 40. Bf1 Rxa2 41. Bc4 Ra1+ $2 (41... Rf2 $19) 42. Kd2 a3 43. Re1 $4 Rxe1 $4
(43... Nf3+ $19) 44. Kxe1 {from here it is most likely drawn, by the skin of
my teeth so to speak.} Nc2+ 45. Kd2 Nb4 46. Kc1 Kd6 (46... a2 {this is similar
to what actually happens...} 47. Kb2 Kd6 48. Bxa2 Nxa2 49. Kxa2 Kd5 50. Kb3 Ke4
51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Kxf5 53. Kc4 Ke5 54. Kxc5) 47. Kb1 a2+ 48. Bxa2 Nxa2 49.
Kxa2 Kd5 50. Kb3 Ke4 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 c4+ 53. Kxc4 Kxf5 {so drawn by
insufficient material on both sides. I was unlucky not to win this but the had
tremendous luck that Kronus didn't spot the easy win, I only spotted it
afterwards with the computer analysis. So its 4.5 - 2.5 to Kronus and its his
match to lose.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1563"]
[BlackElo "1485"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus makes an error underestimating me and when we were in a position with
a repetition the likely outcome he avoids the draw and it costs him a loss.} 1.
e4 Nf6 2. d3 {An unusual Alekhine Defence.} e5 3. Be2 Bb4+ 4. c3 Ba5 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. a4 a6 $1 (6... O-O $4 7. b4 Bb6 8. a5 $18) 7. b4 Bb6 8. a5 Ba7 9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 h5 $3 15. Nxg5 h4 16. Bh2
Rg8 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. f4 Qf6 $3 19. Bh5 O-O-O 20. Nxf7 Rdf8 21. O-O-O $2 (21.
fxe5 Ndxe5 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nxe5 $18) 21... Rxf7 22. Bxf7
Qxf7 23. f5 (23. c4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Qf6 $19) 23... Qb3 24. Rhf1 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qb3+
(25... Be3 {a computer line goes...} 26. Qxe3 Qb3+ 27. Kc1 Qxc3+ 28. Kb1 Qxb4+
29. Ka2 Rxg2+ 30. Rf2 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qa4+ 32. Kb2 Qxd1 $19) 26. Ka1 $4 Nxb4 $3
27. f6 (27. cxb4 $2 Bd4+ 28. Qb2 Qxb2#) 27... Nc2+ $5 28. Qxc2 Qxc2 29. f7
Qxc3+ 30. Kb1 Rf8 {intending Rxf7 and Qb3+ winning back the Rook, but it wasnt
needed Kronus resigned, so the match was back as a contest and I was back
fighting for 2nd place in the overall Grand Prix Event 4 standings. The match
is still in Kronuses favour but it is tight at 4.5 - 3.5.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1492"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus(Andrew) has seemed to reach a platau in his game which he really needs
to study hard to get out of. In this game I was floundering hard sometimes at
a complete loss or choosing wrong plans but somehow I managed to get, by the
seat of my own teeth, a won endgame.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 d6 4. d3 {
This is a Closed Opening.} Be7 5. f4 Nf6 6. f5 Nc6 7. g4 $2 {my first
horrendous mistake in the game.} Nd7 $6 $15 (7... h6 $17) 8. Nf3 $6 (8. Be2
Bh4+ 9. Kf1 $15) 8... Bh4+ $5 9. Kd2 Bf2 $2 $14 (9... Nd4 $15) 10. Kc2 $1 {
the king escapes to safety.} Nb4+ $6 11. Kb1 a5 12. a3 Nc6 13. Nb5 $1 {
stopping b5 and attacking d6 AND threatening Nc7+ in some lines.} Ndb8 $2 14.
Bg5 $1 f6 15. Bh4 $4 Bd4 $4 16. g5 $3 Na6 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. Nfxd4 $5 Nxd4 19.
Qh5+ $5 Ke7 $4 20. Rg1 $2 (20. Bxf6+ $3 Kxf6 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Rg1 Qf8 23. Rg7+
Kd8 24. Qg5+ Ke8 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Be2 $18 {a computer line.}) 20... Qf8 $1 21.
Nc3 $6 $16 (21. Qg4 $18) 21... Nc7 $5 22. Ka2 $2 Rb8 $2 23. Be2 $2 b5 24. Rg2
$2 {my plan is all wrong, repositioning the White Dark Squared Bishop was key
but here Kronus plays well to win the exchange.} b4 $3 25. Nd5+ $2 Nxd5 26.
exd5 b3+ $5 27. Kb1 Nc2 28. Bf2 Rb7 29. Bd1 Nxa1 30. Kxa1 a4 31. Be3 Kd8 32.
Bh6 Qf7 $2 33. Qh4 $1 Rg8 $3 34. Rxg8+ Qxg8 35. Qxf6+ Kc7 36. Bf8 $3 Rb6 37.
Qe7+ Kb8 (37... Bd7 38. Bg7 $44) 38. Qd8 $3 Kb7 $3 (38... Rb7 39. Bxd6+ Ka8 40.
Qxg8 $18) 39. Qe7+ Ka6 40. Qd8 Bb7 41. Qe8 $4 $19 {the subtle difference
between 41 moves is that the move played doesn't allow for a repositioning of
the dark squared Bishop further to h6-d2 to further harass the Black King.} (
41. Qd7 $3 Ka5 42. Bh6 $18) 41... Ka7 (41... Ka5 $19) 42. Qxa4+ Ra6 43. Qe8 Qg1
44. Qh5 Qe1 $4 (44... Bc8 45. f6 Bf5 46. Kb1 Bxd3+ 47. Kc1 Qe3#) 45. f6 $4 (45.
Qe2 $11) 45... Qd2 $4 (45... Rxa3+ $3 46. bxa3 Qc3+ 47. Kb1 b2 48. Bh6 Qxa3 49.
Bb3 Qa1+ 50. Kc2 b1=Q+ 51. Kd2 Qe1+ 52. Kc2 Qab1#) 46. Bxb3 $5 Rxa3+ $4 47.
bxa3 Qc3+ 48. Ka2 Qd2+ 49. Kb1 $5 Qxd3+ 50. Bc2 Qxc4 51. f7 Bxd5 52. Bxd6 $4
Bxf7 $4 (52... Qa2+ 53. Kc1 Qa1+ 54. Bb1 Qc3+ 55. Kd1 $4 (55. Bc2 $11 {drawn.})
55... Bf3+ 56. Qxf3 Qxf3+ $19) 53. Bxc5+ $3 Kb7 54. Qf3+ Bd5 55. Qe3 Qa2+ 56.
Kc1 Qa1+ $5 57. Bb1 $5 e4 $4 58. Qd4 $2 (58. Bd4 $18 {D'oh the Queen was
trapped.}) 58... Qxd4 59. Bxd4 Kc6 60. Kd2 Kb5 61. Ke3 Ka4 62. Bc5 Ba8 $6 63.
Bxe4 Bxe4 64. Kxe4 {this is completely won for myself so Kronus resigned. Now
the score is tied at 4.5 - 4.5 so either of us can still win and I am back in
the match with a vengeance.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I am under the cosh in this game but in desperation I try a pawn sacrifice
which I knew was probably unsound but he doesn't accept it and quickly his
position deteriorates.} 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 e5 {It has transposed into
some e4 e5 opening maybe the Vienna Opening.} 4. f4 g6 $5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3
exf4 7. Bxf4 Nh5 8. Be3 Bg7 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 $6 $16 12. Bc4 $6
$14 (12. Qd2 c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 b4 15. Na4 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nf6 17. Qd3 d5 18.
e5 Ne4 $16) 12... c6 $1 13. Qc1 $2 $13 (13. Bb3 $14) 13... Bxf3 14. Rxf3 b5 15.
Be2 b4 16. Nd1 d5 $2 (16... f5 $1 $13) 17. e5 $1 f5 {desperation!!! g4 was a
big threat.} 18. Rh3 $3 (18. h3 f4 19. Bf2 Qb6 $11) 18... f4 19. Bf2 f3 20. Bf1
$4 (20. Rxf3 c5 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Bxh5 gxh5 $18 {and my position is shot to
pieces}) 20... fxg2 $5 21. Bxg2 Nf4 $5 22. Re3 Bh6 $1 23. Qd2 Nf5 $1 24. Qxb4
$2 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Nxg2 $4 (25... Qg5 $3 26. h4 $1 Qh5 (26... Nh3+ $2 27. Kh2 Qh5
28. Bg3 Bxe3 29. Kxh3 $19) 27. Bf1 Ne2+ 28. Bxe2 Qxe2 29. Qe1 Rxf2 30. Qxf2
Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxe3+ $19) 26. Kxg2 Qg5+ $5 {more material is going to be lost
ie 27.Kf1 Qxe3 28.Qe1 Rxf2+!! 29.Qxf2 Rf8 30.Qxf8 Kxf8 is hpeless for Kronus,
so he resigned, After a bad start in the match I have recovered somewhat with
4.5 out of the last 6 points, now I am leading the match 5.5 - 4.5.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I needed just one point to win the match a game early, but it wasn't to be as
Kronus was in determined mood after losing three games in a row he was to take
the match into a final game decider.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 {English
Three Knights variation} 4. e4 Bc5 5. exf5 Nf6 6. Na4 $6 $15 (6. Bd3) 6... Be7
$6 7. Ng5 $6 d5 $2 8. cxd5 Nxd5 $4 9. Ne6 $4 (9. Qh5+ $1 Kd7 10. Nf7 Nf4 11.
Qf3 $18) 9... Bxe6 10. fxe6 Qd6 11. Bc4 $1 Nf4 $1 12. d4 $4 O-O-O $2 (12...
Qb4+ $5 13. Nc3 Qxc4 14. dxe5 Nxg2+ 15. Kd2 Nb4 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Qxb4 $19 (17.
b3 $2 Qd3#)) 13. Bxf4 $2 Qb4+ 14. Nc3 $6 Qxc4 15. Bd2 $5 exd4 $5 16. Qe2 $5 d3
$5 17. Qe4 $6 Rd4 $1 18. Qe3 Nb4 $1 19. O-O Nc2 $5 20. Qe5 Bf6 $5 21. Qb5 $4 (
21. Qf5 $19) 21... Nxa1 $5 22. Rc1 $4 Nc2 $5 23. Be3 Qxb5 $1 24. Nxb5 d2 $3 25.
Rd1 Nxe3 $1 26. fxe3 Rd5 27. a4 Rhd8 28. Nxa7+ Kb8 29. Nb5 Rc5 30. Nc3 $6 Bxc3
31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Kf2 Rc1 33. Ke2 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 Re8 35. Kxd2 Rxe6 36. Kd3 Ra6
37. Ke4 Rxa4+ 38. Ke5 Rc4 39. e4 b5 40. Kd5 Rc1 41. e5 b4 42. Ke6 b3 43. Kd7 b2
44. e6 b1=Q 45. e7 Qf5+ 46. Kd8 Rd1+ 47. Ke8 Rd7 48. g4 Qe6 49. Kf8 Qxe7+ 50.
Kg8 Rd8+ $6 (50... g6 51. g5 Qe8#) 51. Kxh7 g5+ 52. Kg6 Rg8+ 53. Kf5 Rf8+ 54.
Kg6 Qf6+ 55. Kh7 Rh8# {and so the match was tied again at 5.5 - 5.5 with all
to play for in the next game.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match10 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{The result of this game will be the result of the match as the position is
tied at 5.5 - 5.5 with (this) 1 game to go. I lose a piece through a necesary
sacrifice, which I knew was losing, in this game and look like I'm out for the
count. But an error by Kronus sees me recover the piece and it looked like an
even endgame. Kronus makes a few serious errors in the endgame and I pick up
on them...} 1. e4 Nf6 $1 {I decide on the Alekhine Defence as I am in the
process of upgrading my knowledge in that opening with a Fritz Trainer DVD-ROM.
} 2. e5 $1 {Kronus accepts the challenge and avoids the insipid 2.Nc3.} Nd5 3.
d4 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 g6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. h3 $6 {this leaves h4 weak
and the g3 square.} Nc6 9. Nf3 Nb4 $2 (9... f6 $3 $13) 10. a3 $5 Nc6 $2 11. Nc3
$2 (11. d5 Nb8 $18) 11... O-O $1 12. d5 Nxe5 $5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 e6 $1
15. Qd4 exd5 $1 16. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 17. cxd5 $1 (17. Qxd5 $4 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Bf5 19.
Kf3 c6 20. Qd2 Be4+ 21. Ke3 Qg5+ 22. Ke2 Qxe5 $19) 17... Re8 $5 18. O-O-O $4
$17 ({This ugly move looks like it wins...} 18. Kf2 $18) 18... Qg5+ $5 19. Kb1
Qxe5 20. Bb5 $1 Bf5+ $1 21. Ka1 Qxd4 $1 22. Rxd4 c6 $2 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc6
Red8 $1 25. Rb4 Rac8 26. Ba4 Bc2 $6 27. Bxc2 Rxc2 28. g4 a5 29. Rb7 Rf8 30. Rb5
a4 31. h4 (31. Rb4 Ra8 32. Kb1 $13) 31... Rc4 32. Rb4 $2 Rxb4 33. axb4 Rb8 $5
34. h5 Rxb4 35. h6 $4 {giving away a vital further pawn and now the Match has
been decided- the King and Rook of Kronus can not stop the pawns.} Rxg4 36. Rd1
f5 37. Rd7 f4 38. Ka2 f3 39. Rd3 Rf4 40. Rd1 f2 41. Rf1 g5 42. Kb1 g4 43. Kc2
g3 44. Kd3 g2 {and its all over. I scrape through the match by the narrowest
of margins, 6.5 - 5.5.} 0-1