Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match6 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "nitishdas"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This match got going out of turn because Nitishdas has exams soon and I was
without a match as their are an odd number of us in the tournament.} 1. e4 Nf6
2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 {This is a rare Alekhines Defence, 3.Bc4 is not usually
played at that move, 3.c4 is the usual move, or even more common 3.d4 sureing
up the pawn on e5.} c6 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 d5 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Qf3 $3 (7. Qe2
$16) 7... Be6 $3 8. Bf4 $3 Bd5 $3 9. Bxd6 $3 (9. Qe3 $6 Qe6 $14) 9... Bxf3 10.
Nxf3 $5 exd6 11. O-O-O d5 $6 (11... Be7 12. Rhe1 Kf8 $14) 12. Rhe1+ Be7 13. Bd3
Nd7 $5 (13... Kf8 14. c4 g6 15. c3 a6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bb1 Nd7 18. Rxd5 $16)
14. c4 $3 Nf8 $4 {trying to get in Ne6 but there isnt time Nf6 was ok but
still passive.} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. Rxd5 Rd8 18. Ne5 $6 (18. Rde5
O-O 19. Rxe7 $18) 18... Bg5+ 19. Kb1 O-O 20. Nxd7 $5 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 22.
Nf6+ $3 Bxf6 23. Bxe8 {I might be a rook down but I am set to lose far more
material in a few moves hence I resign. So its 1 - 0 to Nitish.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match6 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{In an unusual English Opening reply to 1 c4, I give Nitish a fright. I win a
piece in the endgame and am probably winning towards the end, but I just get
too passive and throw away my chance to tye the match.} 1. c4 b5 2. cxb5 a6 3.
b6 $6 (3. e4 $16) (3. bxa6 Nxa6 $44) 3... cxb6 4. g3 $1 Bb7 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 $1
Nf6 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. Qb3 $6 {angling for a Nxe5 trap uncovering an attack on the
Bishop on b7 and attacking f7.} O-O $3 (8... d6 $4 9. Nxe5 $3 Bxg2 $4 (9...
dxe5 10. Bxb7 $16) 10. Qxf7#) 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
13. a3 b5 14. Rac1 Qe7 (14... Qd7 15. Nxe5 {the trick is illusionary as Black
has a check.} Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 dxe5 $15) 15. Qa2 a5 16. Qb1 a4 17. d4 $3 {
dont be too worried I didnt see the Queen move to d3 before I played this I
was actually considering playing 18.Nxd4?? Bxg2 19.Nf5 but then spotted in
time that move failed to 19.Qb7 so I looked for an alternative way to get my
pawn back.} exd4 18. Qd3 $3 (18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Nf5 Qb7 (19... Qxe2 $19 {
what a mess I would have been in if I had tried Nxd4...})) 18... Rab8 $2 (18...
Ba6 $17 {with the threat of b4 next black move.}) 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+
21. N2f3 Rfe8 22. Kg1 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. e3 b4 25. Nd2 Bxd4 $3 26. Nxe4 Bxb2
27. Rb1 $2 (27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rc4 $44) 27... Bxa3 $2 28. Nxd6 $2 Nd5 $4 (28...
b3) 29. Nc4 $1 Nc3 30. Nxa3 $3 Nxb1 31. Nxb1 $4 (31. Rxb1 $16) 31... a3 32. Nd2
Rd8 33. Nb3 $1 Rd3 34. Nc5 $2 (34. Nc1 Rd2 35. Kg2 a2 36. Nxa2 Rxa2 37. Rb1 $11
) 34... Rc3 35. Na4 Rc2 36. Ra1 $3 a2 $5 37. Kg2 $4 (37. Nc5 $11) 37... b3 $5
38. Kf3 Kf8 39. Ke4 $6 Rc4+ 40. Kd3 Rxa4 41. Kc3 Rb4 $3 {I spotted this
winning move unfortunatelly it was my opponents winning move.} 42. Kb2 (42.
Kxb4 $4 b2 43. Kb3 b1=Q+ 44. Rxb1 axb1=Q+ $19) 42... Ke7 43. Rd1 Ke6 44. f3 Ke5
45. Ka1 g5 46. Kb2 f5 47. h3 g4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. f4+ Ke4 50. Rf1 Rb6 51. Re1
h5 $3 52. Rh1 Ra6 53. Ka1 $2 b2+ $3 54. Kxb2 a1=Q+ 55. Rxa1 Rxa1 56. Kxa1 h4 $5
57. f5 hxg3 58. f6 {my moneys on the donkey with 3 legs as is usual if anyone
knows my betting on the races.} g2 59. f7 g1=Q+ {my pawn will never make it as
this is check and I am out as well as down now.} 60. Kb2 Qf2+ 61. Kc3 Qxe3+ 62.
Kc4 Qd4+ 63. Kb5 Qd5+ 64. Kb6 Qxf7 {well even a piece up I was probably never
going to win it but I came within a whisker of a draw, I would have surely got
if I hadn't spotted 37.Nc5 just a little after I played 37.Kg2?? So its 2 - 0
to Nitish.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match6 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "nitishdas"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This was another close game but with the usual result, when Nitish plays me.
It ends with me being one move away from checkmating but never looking like I
would find that move.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 {this is
the bc4 system of the Classical opening, there is nothing dubious about it it
is just uninspiring because of a trick I have to ruin whites plans. It is more
a psychological trick than a real one.} O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4
9. Bxe4 f5 $6 $14 {e5 becomes a serious weakness.} (9... Nd7 $11) 10. Bd3 Be6
11. Re1 Bf7 12. c3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Qc2 e6 15. Rad1 g5 16. Be5 g4 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rad8 20. Rde1 c6 21. Bc4 Rfe8 22. Qb3 Rd6 $4 (22...
Rd7 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Qg5 $16 (24... Re7 $4 25. Rxf6 Bxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kg7
$18 {its check but even if it wasn't Re1+ is not checkmate as the queen can
cover from c4 as the Bishop could have done if 25...Re1 in this line.})) 23.
Qxb7 Red8 $2 24. Qxa7 f4 25. Qa5 h6 26. Qc5 f3 27. g3 h5 28. Rg5+ Kf8 29. Rge5
$2 (29. Rxh5 $3 Bxh5 30. Rxe6 $3 {the Rook on d6 is pinned to the King on f8
by the Queen on c5...} Qxe6 31. Bxe6 $18) 29... h4 $2 (29... Kg8 30. a4 h4 31.
R1e4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Qh6 33. Rf4 R8d7 34. Rg5+ Kf8 35. a5 Ke8 36. a6 Rd5 37. Bxd5
Qh3 38. Rg8+ Bxg8 39. Rf8#) 30. Bxe6 $6 hxg3 $3 31. hxg3 $3 (31. Bxf7 gxf2+ 32.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 (33. Kf1 Qxh2 $19) 33... f2+ 34. Kf1 fxe1=Q+ 35. Rxe1 Kxf7
$19) (31. Rf5 gxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qh4+ 33. Kf1) 31... Qh6 32. Rf5 Qh3 {will i get
checkmate in???? Qg2 is checkmate but my King is in trouble too.} 33. Rxf7+ $5
Kg8 (33... Ke8 34. Bc4+ Re6 35. Qf8#) 34. Qg5+ $3 Kh8 35. Qg7# {I am guessing
Nitish practices mating nets, which is a method of looking how to checkmate in
as few moves as posible with attacking formations. Anyway he got there and he
is now leading 3 - 0.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match6 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Nitish looses the exchange by some lax play in the opening but even though I
maintain that advantage I miss an outright win and I sacrifice the exchange
for what I thought was a won endgame but missed a subtle gambit.} 1. c4 e5 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {This is the Reverse Dragon variation of the Four
Knights English Opening.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2
Nb6 10. Qc1 $3 {this preventd an f5 move by Black or prompts a h6 weakening
beforehand and also targets a Knight getting into c5.} (10. Rc1 {this is
slightly more common here.}) 10... f5 $6 $11 (10... f6 $11 {a much better
reply.}) 11. Ng5 Bd7 $2 (11... Bxg5 $11) 12. Nd5 $1 h6 $2 13. Nxb6 $1 hxg5 $4
14. Nxa8 Qxa8 15. Bxg5 Qd8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qc4+ Be6 18. Qh4 Qxh4 19. gxh4 Nd4
20. Bf3 $4 (20. e3 $1 $18) 20... Nxf3+ 21. exf3 Bd5 $2 22. Kg2 $2 Kf7 23. Rfe1
Kf6 24. Rac1 c6 25. b3 g5 $4 26. hxg5+ Kxg5 27. Rxe5 Kf4 28. Re3 Rg8+ 29. Kf1
Bxf3 $4 30. Ke1 $4 {missing my chance to win for sure, I was getting over
excited and missed the guilt edged opportunity given to me. My opponent didn't
give me another chance.} (30. Rc4+ $5 Kg5 31. Rxf3 $18) 30... Bd5 31. Kd2 Rg2
32. Rf1 Rxh2 33. Re7 Bg2 34. Rc1 Bh3 35. Ke1 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 Rh2 37. Rc4+ Kf3 38.
Re3+ Kxf2 39. Re2+ Kg3 40. Rxh2 Kxh2 41. Rd4 Kg3 42. Ke3 Bg2 43. a4 Bd5 44. b4
Be6 45. Rf4 Bd7 46. Rf3+ Kg4 47. Kf2 $4 Kg5 $4 (47... f4 $16) 48. Re3 Kf6 49.
Kf3 Be6 50. Kf4 Bb3 51. a5 Be6 52. Rh3 Bf7 53. Rh7 b6 54. a6 c5 55. bxc5 bxc5
56. Rxf7+ $4 {swapping off into a drawn endgame.} Kxf7 57. Kxf5 c4 $3 58. dxc4
Ke7 59. Ke5 Kd7 60. Kd5 Kc7 61. Kc5 Kd7 62. Kd5 (62. Kb5 Kc7 63. c5 Kd7 $11)
62... Kc7 63. c5 Kd7 64. c6+ Kc7 65. Kc5 Kd8 66. Kd6 Kc8 67. c7 {its stalemate
darn. So Nitish leads 3.5-0.5} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match6 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "nitishdas"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I play for a trap riskily then continue to test my luck with a series of
poorly judged strategical sacrifices until I lose a piece and there was no way
back from there.} 1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O
Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Bd4+ (9... Nd7 $11) (9... Na6 $3 10. d4 f5
11. Bd3 Bxd4+ 12. Nxd4 Qxd4+ $15) 10. Kh1 $6 Nc6 $6 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. d3 h5 $2
13. f5 $1 Ne5 $6 14. Bh6 Ng4 15. Bxf8 Nf2+ $6 (15... gxf5 16. Bxf5 Qe5 17. Bxg4
Bxg4 18. Qd2 Rxf8 $18) 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. Bxe7 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qd2 c5 20.
Qc3 f6 21. Qb3+ Kg7 22. Qxb7 Qc8 23. Qd5 (23. Bxf6+ $3) 23... Rb8 24. Bxf6+ $3
Kxf6 25. Rf1+ $5 Ke7 26. Rf7+ $5 Ke8 27. Rh7 $3 Qf5 28. Qg8+ $3 Qf8 29. Qe6+ $3
Kd8 30. Qd7# {so this match too looks very likely over at 4.5 - 0.5 to Nitish.}
1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match6 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "1458"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I play a perfect Mikenas-Flohr System of the English Opening and catch out
Nitish with a shock result which even I cant believe...} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3.
e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ng4 $2 (5... Ne4 $3 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Qxe4
Qd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bd3 $44) 6. Nf3 (6. d4) 6... c5 7. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 8. Qa4 $2
a6 $4 (8... d4) (8... Be7 $4 9. Qxg4 {this was the threat.} O-O 10. Bxd7 Nxd7
11. d4 $18) 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ $2 (10. h3 Nh6 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. d3 Nf5
13. Nxd5 O-O-O $16) 10... Nxd7 11. Nxd5 O-O-O $3 12. d4 Ndxe5 $3 13. Nb6+ $5
Kc7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Kxb6 16. O-O f6 17. Bf4 g5 $6 {too weakening of the
pawn structure to be effective.} 18. Be3 Be7 19. b4 $3 fxe5 20. bxc5+ $1 Bxc5
21. Rab1+ $1 Kc6 22. Bxc5 Kxc5 23. Rxb7 $5 Rd2 24. Rc1+ Kd6 $5 (24... Kd4 $4
25. Rd7+ Ke4 26. Rxd2 $18) 25. Rb6+ Kd7 26. Rxa6 Rc8 27. Ra7+ Ke6 28. Ra6+ $1 (
28. Rxc8 $4 Rd1#) 28... Kf5 $4 {I spotted, after a few seconds, that after
g4+!!, the checkmate after Rxc8 on my back row is no longer on.} 29. g4+ (29.
Rxc8 $4 Rd1#) 29... Kxg4 30. Rxc8 h5 31. Ra4+ Kh3 32. Rc3+ Rd3 33. Rxd3# {
So an incredible result for me-I actually beat Nitishdas but I am still, most
probably, going to lose the match. The score is 4.5 - 1.5 To Nitish.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match6 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "nitishdas"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This is a King's Indian Defence:Fianchetto Variation without Nc3. And heck
Nitish doesn't need Nc3 to whop me, with his revenge.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3.
g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 e5 7. dxe5 $14 (7. Nc3) 7... dxe5 8. Nxe5
Qxd1 (8... Qe7 $14) 9. Rxd1 Re8 10. Nd3 $3 {the start of a fiendish plan
moriaty would be proud of. LOL just joking, really Nitishes play is just out
of this world in this game.} Rxe2 11. Be3 Ng4 $4 12. Nf4 $3 Nxe3 $4 13. Rd8+ $1
(13. Nxe2 $4 Nxd1 $19) 13... Bf8 14. Nxe2 $3 (14. Rxc8 $4 Re1+ 15. Bf1 Rxf1#) (
14. fxe3 Rxg2+ 15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. Rd3 $11 (16. Rd2 $16)) 14... Nxc4 $4 15. Rxc8
Nxb2 $4 16. Bxb7 $5 {Well I was never in it. 5.5 - 1.5 to Nitishdas. Nitish
needs just one point to win the match.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match6 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{In this game i look good but it all goes to pot. And I end up losing the
match 6.5 - 1.5 because of this loss, but the end was already nigh.} 1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 {this is a grunfeld sideline.} 5. e4 Nf6 6. h3
Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 a6 9. e5 Nfd7 $16 10. e6 $1 Nb6 $2 11. exf7+ Kh8 12. Bb3
$1 Nc6 13. Be3 e6 14. d5 $2 (14. h4 $3 Rxf7 15. h5 $18) 14... exd5 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 $6 {better was Bxd5} Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. Bc5 $4 {a terrible
blunder I completely overlooked that the Knight on b4 was threatening my
Bishop on d5, thinking it was heading for c2.} (18. Bb3 $16) 18... Nxd5 $2 {
good but there was an even better move :-} (18... Nd3+ $3 $19) 19. Bxf8 Bxf8
20. O-O-O c6 21. Rhe1 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Kg7 23. Ne5 Bf4 24. g3 $6 Bf5+ $3 25. Ka1
Nb4 $3 26. gxf4 $6 (26. g4 $19) 26... Nc2+ 27. Kb1 Nxe1+ 28. Kc1 Ng2 29. Rd4
Kf6 30. Rb4 Nxf4 $3 31. Nd7+ Bxd7 32. Rxf4+ Bf5 33. Rb4 b5 34. Rh4 h5 35. Rf4
Kxf7 36. Rf3 Re8 37. Ra3 $1 Ra8 38. Rc3 Be4 39. f3 Bd5 40. f4 a5 41. Ra3 a4 42.
Rd3 Re8 43. a3 Re2 44. h4 $2 Bb3 $5 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Rd1 $4 {for some reason I
thought it was checkmate on the back row.} 0-1