Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I beat DarshuKarpov before, but only just, in a previous match in Grand Prix
2. But this was another kettle of fish- although I've improved-so has
Darshukarpov (previouly known as Darshanmk48), so how would we start??? Not
brilliantly as far as I'm concerned.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 {
This is a deceptively aggressive system in which Black mustn't rush to castle.}
b6 5. Nf3 Ba6 $4 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Be3 $2 c5 $2 8. Qd2 $6 b5 $2 9. e5 $1 dxe5 $1
10. Nxe5 b4 11. Ne2 cxd4 $6 12. Nxd4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Nd5 $4 {only seeing the
obvious in the position but not seeing a subtle Queen move...} (13... Nc7) 14.
Qb5+ $3 Kf8 15. Nd7+ Kg8 16. Qxd5 Nc7 17. Qc6 Rc8 18. Rd1 b3 $3 19. axb3 Ne6 $3
20. Nxe6 $3 Qa5+ 21. Bd2 Rxc6 22. Bxa5 Rxe6+ 23. Kf1 Bxb2 24. c3 Ra6 25. Bb4
Ba3 $4 (25... Ra2) 26. Ra1 $5 Bxb4 27. Rxa6 Bxc3 28. Rxa7 Kg7 29. g3 $3 (29.
Rc7 Rd8 30. Rxc3 Rxd7 31. Ke2 $18) 29... Rd8 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. Rb7 e5 32. Rd1 f6
$4 33. Nxe5+ Kh6 34. Nf3 Bb6 $3 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. b4 Kh5 37. Nd2 f5 38. Nf3 h6
39. b5 g5 40. Rd7 Bf6 41. b6 g4 42. hxg4+ fxg4 43. Rd5+ Bg5 44. Nxg5 hxg5 45.
b7 Kg6 46. b8=Q Kh5 47. Qh8+ Kg6 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. Qf6+ Kg8 50. Rd8+ Kh7 51.
Rd7+ $6 (51. Rh8#) 51... Kg8 52. Qd8# {So its 1 - 0 to DarshuKarpov.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This was an incredibly hard slog from almost start to finish. But Darshu
picks a faulty plan.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. g3
$6 $15 (6. d3 Ne8 7. g4 c6 8. Bd2 g6 9. Bh6 Ng7 10. Qd2 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12.
Rg1 Rf7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. d4 Nf6 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. c5 Ng4 17. hxg4 f4 18. Bc4+ d5
19. exd5 Bxg5 20. dxc6+ Be6 21. Bxe6+ Nxe6 22. Bxf8 f3 23. cxb7 Bxd2+ 24. Rxd2
Qxf8 $18 {this is a posibility of how it could have gone...}) 6... c6 $6 $11 7.
Bg2 Be6 8. Qb3 $2 b5 $17 (8... Nbd7 $3 $17 {heading for the outpost on c5.}) 9.
d3 bxc4 10. dxc4 Na6 $6 $15 {playing 10...h6 was more accurate.} 11. Ng5 $3 Nc5
$6 12. Nxe6 $3 Nxb3 $4 $18 {what turned out to be the losing mistake, it my
seem rediculous with such an innocruous move in what is technically still the
opening but this actually is a doomed plan. But I make a series of errors
starting on the 22nd move and nearly lose as a result.} 13. Nxd8 Nxa1 14. Nxc6
$1 Bd8 15. Kd2 $3 Rc8 16. Nxd8 $6 $16 (16. Nxa7 Rxc4 17. b3 Rb4 18. Kd3 Rd4+
19. Ke2 Nc2 20. Nc6 Bb6 21. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 22. Kd3 Ne6 $18) 16... Rfxd8 $2 (16...
Rxc4 $3 17. Nb7 Rb8 18. Na5 Rc5 19. Nb3 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Rxb3 $16) 17. b3 Nd7 18.
Ba3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5+ 21. Kc2 Rc6 22. Rd1 $2 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 f6
24. Nd5 $2 Kf7 $2 $18 (24... Ra6 $14) 25. f4 $2 Ra6 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Nc3 Ra1+
28. Kc2 Rg1 29. Bf3 Rxg3 30. Bg4 g6 $6 (30... Ke7 31. Kd2 Rg2+ 32. Ne2 g6 (
32... Rh2 33. Ke3 g6 34. Ng1 h5 35. Be2 Kf6 36. Kf3 h4 37. Ke3 a6 38. Kf3 g5
39. Ke3 a5 40. Kf3 g4+ 41. hxg4 h3 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Nf3 h2 44. Nxh2 Rxh2 $19)
33. Ke1 h5 $4 34. Kf1 $18) 31. Ne2 Rg2 32. Kd2 h5 33. Bf3 Rh2 34. Ke3 Rxh3 35.
Kf2 g5 36. Ng3 $4 (36. Ng1 Rh2+ 37. Bg2 Rh4 38. Nf3 Rf4 39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kh2 Kf6
41. Ne1 Rf2 42. Kg1 Rb2 43. Nd3 Rxb3 44. Nxc5 Rb1+ 45. Bf1 a5 46. Kf2 g4 47.
Be2 g3+ 48. Kg2 Rb2 49. Kf3 g2 50. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 51. Kh1 Kg5 52. Nd3 Rd2 53. Nxe5
Kf4 54. c5 Kg3 55. Nf3 Kxf3 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Kg3 58. c6 Rc2 59. c7 Rc1#)
36... g4 $4 {the wrong pawn!!!!} (36... h4 $3 37. Nf1 a5 38. Kg2 g4 39. Nd2
Rg3+ 40. Kf2 gxf3 $19) 37. Bg2 h4 38. Bxh3 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 gxh3 40. Kxh3 a5 $4 {
the rest is textbook like technique...} (40... Kf6 $3 {first get in position
for the opposition then use the extra pawn move to actually get the
opposition- the endgame is actually drawn with best play.} 41. Kh4 Kg6 42. Kg4
a6 43. Kh4 Kh6 44. Kg4 Kg6 $11 {a draw}) 41. Kh4 Kf6 42. Kh5 Ke6 43. Kg5 Ke7
44. Kf5 Kd6 45. Kf6 {so its tyed at 1 - 1 between DarshuKarpov and myself.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 {the h3 system of the Classical
Pirc Defence} c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {it has transposed into Dragon Variation
Sicilian Defence.} Nc6 8. Nb3 Be6 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Na5 12. Nd4 Bc4
13. f5 Bxe2 14. Ncxe2 $4 (14. Qxe2 $15) 14... Nxe4 15. fxg6 fxg6 $2 16. Ne6 $5
Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Qd7 18. Nxg7 $1 Rf8+ 19. Kg1 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Nf6 $5 21. Qh4 $1 h5
$6 (21... Kg8 $17) 22. Qg5 $1 Qe6 $2 (22... Qf5 $13) 23. Nd4 $3 Qe5 $4 $18 (
23... Qd5) 24. Qxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Ne6+ $5 Kf7 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Bxa7 Nc4 28. b3
$5 Nd6 29. Re1 $1 e4 30. c4 Kf7 31. Bd4 $1 Ke6 32. c5 Nf5 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34.
Rxe4 e5 35. Rb4 e4 36. Rxb7 e3 37. Kf1 Nd4 38. Rb6+ Ke5 39. Rxg6 Kd5 40. Rg5+
Ke4 41. Rxh5 Kd3 42. Rd5 e2+ 43. Ke1 Ke3 44. Rxd4 (44. b4 $4 Nc2# {and it
would have been an unlikely checkmate.}) 44... Kxd4 45. c6 {so DarshuKarpov
edges into a small lead 2 - 1 against myself(Alan).} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "1476"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I make an attack and just as I am about to offer a draw, Darshu makes an
error and his position falls appart.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 $1 {
i usually play an anglo-pirc setup here but decided to be more aggressive.}
exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf5 $6 (7. Be2 {This, and the line played, is an
old Indian Defence played by Darshu many times against other opponents but I
usually play d3 not d4.}) 7... Bxf5 $6 $13 (7... Nc6) 8. exf5 Re8 9. Be2 Nc6
10. O-O Bf8 $6 11. Bg5 $1 Ne5 $2 12. Nd5 $6 Ned7 13. Bh5 $6 $14 (13. Re1 $16)
13... c6 $1 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Re1 Qc7 $6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd4 Bg7 18. Rad1 $5
Rxe1+ $6 19. Rxe1 a6 (19... Kf8 $3 20. g3 a6 21. Bf3 Qd7 $11 {The computer
likes the position for White here but I think to the human eye it is drawn.})
20. Qe3 Qd7 $4 21. Qe7 Rd8 $2 (21... Qxe7 22. Rxe7 b5 23. Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Rc7 $18
) 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxd7 $1 Rxd7 24. Re8+ $1 Bf8 25. Rxf8+ $5 Kg7 26. Be6 $1 {
Its all over bar the shouting.} Re7 27. Rd8 d5 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30.
Bxd7 a5 31. Be6 d4 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. g4 Ke7 34. h4 h6 35. f4 b6 36. Kf2 Kd6 37.
Kf3 Kc5 38. g5 $3 {a nice little Bishop sacrifice to get a Queen first.} Kxc4
39. gxh6 Kd3 40. h7 Kc2 41. h8=Q d3 42. Qxf6 d2 43. Qc3+ Kd1 44. Ke3 b5 45.
Qxd2# {So its tied at 2 - 2 between me and DarshuKarpov.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1409"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I hadn't had much luck in the Black side of a Pirc Defence against Darshu, in
this match, so I decided to play an Alekhine but I diverged from a usual line..
.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 Qxd6 $6 {this has been
played before but is considered dubious and I play it badly.} 6. Be2 Qb4+ $2 (
6... c5 $1 $14) 7. Nc3 e6 $2 8. a3 $6 (8. Nf3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c5 Nd5 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. a3 Qa5 13. b4 Qa6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 $18) 8... Qe7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Bxc7 $4
Qxc7 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Nf3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd3 g6 15. Be4 Nxc4 16. Qe2 Nd6
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rfd1 Qe5 21. g3 f5 22. Bf3 Qxe2
23. Bxe2 e5 24. Rc7 Bf6 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Rd6 e4 27. Kf1 Be5 28. Rxc8 Bxd6 29.
Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. f3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 Kf6 33. Bd5 Rd8 34. Bc4 g5 35. b4
b6 36. h4 gxh4 37. gxh4 {So I was in the lead for the first time-mainy due to
Darshu' tired play as it was late in India when we played. 3 - 2 to me.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1471"]
[BlackElo "1409"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This time its my turn to make a mistake but I get away with it with a lot of
luck.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
Be3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Nge7 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. b4 $2 (12. Ne2 $11) 12...
Nxf3+ 13. Rxf3 Bxc3 14. bxc5 Qc6 15. cxd6 Nc8 $4 (15... Qxd6 16. Rxb7 $17) 16.
e5 $2 $14 (16. Qb3 Bg7 17. c5 Rb8 18. f5 $18) 16... Ba5 $3 17. Qb3 Bb6 $2 18.
Qb5 $2 (18. d4 Rb8 19. c5 Bd8 20. f5 $16) 18... Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Qxb5 20. Rxb5
Rb8 $13 21. c5 a6 22. Rb2 Na7 (22... Kd7 $13) 23. d4 Nc6 24. Reb3 Na5 25. Rb4
Kd7 26. Ra4 $2 $17 Nc6 27. Kf2 $1 Rhf8 28. Ke3 f6 29. g4 $6 h6 30. f5 $4 {
it is so bad because it undermines the defence of the e5 pawn.} fxe5 31. fxe6+
$1 {i decide to try and lure the King forward and this plan works a treat.}
Kxe6 32. d5+ Kxd5 33. Rd2+ Kxc5 34. d7 Nd4 35. Ra5+ Kd6 36. Ke4 Rf7 $4 $15 {
losing the Knight because it is pinned and its defence is about to be
undermined.} (36... Rf4+ 37. Ke3 Rbf8 $19) 37. Rxe5 $1 Kxd7 38. Rxd4+ Kc8 $4 {
loses the Rook. 38...Kc7 was a drawn endgame, most probably.} (38... Kc7) 39.
Re8+ Kc7 40. Rc4+ {after the King moves to any of the three available squares
(ie d7, d6 or b6), then Rxb8 wins the game. And so we have a first gap opening
up in the match, although with all the error Darshu made late at night, I
won't play him again so late for him. So its 4 - 2 to me.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1383"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Darshu shows a lack of commitment here, he is losing the match 4 - 2 before
this game and he didn't seem sure he wanted to play this game except at 1am at
night, his time. The result is a horror show for him.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3.
d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 {The exchange variation of the Alekhine Defence.}
6. Bd3 Nc6 7. d5 (7. Ne2 {this is more common.}) 7... Nb4 $146 {a come up with
a novelty.} (7... Ne5 $11 {a number of lines have gone Ne5 here but I choose a
different move.}) 8. Be4 $2 Qe7 $5 9. Nc3 $2 (9. Qe2 f5 10. Bf3 $4 (10. a3 Qxe4
11. axb4 Nxc4 $17) 10... Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 $19) 9... f5 10. a4 a5 $1 11. Nf3
fxe4 12. O-O $1 Bg4 $5 13. Nxe4 $3 O-O-O $1 (13... Qxe4 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Qxe1+ 16. Qxe1+ $11) 14. Re1 $1 Bxf3 $2 15. gxf3 $4 (15. Qxf3 Nc2 16. Nxd6+
Qxd6 17. Qf5+ Qd7 18. Qxc2 $19) 15... Qf7 16. Bf4 $4 {It was mean of me here,
Darshu asked for a takeback after this move and I declined to do so, mainly
because I thought Darshu was trying it on because there was a delayed response
from the takeback request (it was not an immediate request) and Darshu has
been known to try it on at times after a blunder, while I think Darshu saw the
possibility of playing the c5 move and wanted to back it up, completely
forgetting the piece was enprie. Thats what I thought anyway.} Qxf4 17. c5
N6xd5 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ Rxd6 20. Rc1 Rhd8 21. Re4 Nc3 $3 (21... Rg6+ 22.
Kh1 Nd3 23. Rc2 Nc3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Rxf4 Rd1#) 22. Rxf4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+
24. Kg2 Rg1+ $1 25. Kxg1 {The rest was almost certainly heading for a victory
for myself.} Ne2+ $5 26. Kg2 Nxf4+ 27. Kg3 Ne2+ 28. Kg4 Nd3 29. Kf5 Nxb2 30.
Ke4 Nxa4 31. Kd3 Nf4+ 32. Kc4 c6 33. Kb3 b5 34. h4 c5 35. Ka2 c4 36. Kb1 c3 37.
Kc2 b4 38. Kc1 b3 39. Kd1 Nd3 40. h5 b2 41. Kc2 Ne1+ 42. Kb1 c2+ 43. Ka2 c1=Q
44. f4 b1=Q# {So its 5 - 2 to me in my match with DarshuKarpov.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This game is a tale of several different games in one game, there are many
twists but, what will be the result...} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. d3 g6
5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Nd5 Nbd7 7. Qf3 $2 c6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. h4 $6 h6 $6 (9... Qa5+ $3
10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O $4 Bg4 12. Qe3 Bxd1 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Kxd1 Rxa2 15. Bc3
$19) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 $6 11. Qxf6 Bxf6 12. Nh3 $2 Bxh4 13. g3 Bf6 14. f4 $2 {
another pawn falls.} exf4 15. Nxf4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18. Kf3 b6
19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Bg2 f5 $6 21. exf5 $2 Bxf5 22. Rhe1 O-O (22... Bxd3 $4 23. Nf4+
Kd7 24. Nxd3 $14) 23. Ke3 $3 Rae8+ 24. Kd2 c5 25. Nf4 g5 $6 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. g4
$3 gxf4 $4 28. gxf5 Be5 29. Rh1 Rf6 30. Rbg1 {after these moves resulting from
the blunder on move 27 has resulted in opposing Bishops and an edge for Black
but not winning anymore despite the 2 pawn advantage.} Kh7 31. Bf3 Bd4 32. Rg4
Be3+ 33. Kd1 Rxf5 34. Be4 Rxe4 35. dxe4 Re5 36. Rgh4 f3 37. R4h3 Rxe4 38. Rxf3
Rd4+ 39. Ke2 Bg5 40. Rf7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 Rxc4 42. Rd7 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 $2 Rd2 44. Ke1
b5 45. Rg1 Kf5 $4 {a terrible blunder- the position after the mistake by me on
move 43 was again won for Darshu but now it is won for me.} 46. Rxg5+ $5 hxg5
47. Kxd2 Ke5 48. Rg7 Kf4 49. Rg6 d5 50. Rb6 b4 51. Rb5 g4 52. Rxc5 g3 53. Rxd5
$4 $11 {the wrong move now the position is actually drawn.} (53. Rb5 g2 54.
Rxb4+ Kf3 55. Rb1 Kf2 56. Kd3 g1=Q 57. Rxg1 Kxg1 58. a4 Kg2 59. a5 Kf3 60. a6
Kf4 61. a7 Ke5 62. a8=Q $18 {and it is won for me(Alan).}) 53... g2 54. Rd4+
Kf3 (54... Ke5 $4 55. Rg4) 55. Rd3+ Kf2 $4 $18 {I was hoping for this move it
is dead lost. This is because after my next move and g1=Q, there follows
Rf8+when the Black King is forced infront of his happless Queen, after Rg8+
the Rook then sacrifices itself for the Queen and its won for White.} (55...
Kf4 56. Rd4+ Kf3 (56... Kg3 57. Rd3+ Kh2 58. Rd5 g1=Q 59. Rh5+ Kg2 60. Rg5+ Kf2
61. Rxg1 Kxg1 62. Kd3 Kf2 63. Kc4 Ke3 64. Kxb4 Ke4 65. Kc5 Ke5 66. a4 Ke6 67.
Kc6 Ke7 68. Kb7 Kd6 69. a5 Kc5 70. a6 Kb5 $18) 57. Rd3+ $11 {this is drawn as
the Rook must check repeatedly to stop g1=Q and the Black King must protect
the g file to stop the Rook going there.}) 56. Rd8 g1=N $1 57. Rf8+ Nf3+ 58.
Kd3 Kg3 59. Rxf3+ $3 Kxf3 60. Kc4 Ke4 61. Kxb4 Kd5 62. Kb5 Kd6 63. Kb6 Kd7 64.
Kb7 {With the Black King stopped from getting in the corner the lone pawn is
enough to win as it cannot be prevented from becoming a Queen. So with that
win I am a draw away from winning the match and cannot now lose it. It is 6 -
2 to me(Alan).} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match8 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "DarshuKarpov"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1299"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This was a long deciding game between us and Darshans endgame technique and
inexperience let him down yet again. When Darshan has improved his endgame
technique he will be as strong as Nitishdas, my endgame technique is a great
strength of mine.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 (5. g4) 5...
O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bh6 c6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O $2 (11.
dxc6 $14) 11... cxd5 $5 12. Nxd5 $2 Nxe4 $5 13. Qe3 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Nf6 15. Rd2
Qb6 $1 {deliberately playing for a complex combination involving Ne4 and Rxa2.}
16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rxd6 Ne4 $3 18. Rxb6 Rxa2 19. Kb1 Nxf2 $4 (19... Ra7 20. Bd3
Nxf2 21. Rf1 Nxd3 22. cxd3 f6 $17) 20. Kxa2 Nxh1 21. Nxe5 Be6+ $6 22. Kb1 $6 (
22. Bc4 $14) 22... Rd8 23. Bd3 $1 Nf2 24. Rxb7 Nxd3 25. Nxd3 Bd5 $1 26. Rb4
Bxg2 27. Nf4 Rd1+ 28. Ka2 Bd5+ 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rf4 g5 31. Rc4 f5 32. Rc7+ Kg6
33. Rc6+ Kf7 34. c4 Rd3 35. Rh6 $2 {missing my next move which wins the h pawn
for me(alan).} Kg7 36. Rb6 Rxh3 37. Rb7+ $2 {this only gives me time to get my
King accross.} Kf6 38. c5 Ke6 $2 39. c6 $4 $19 (39. Rg7 $17) 39... Kd6 $4 40.
c7 $4 Kd7 41. Kb1 g4 42. Kc2 g3 43. b4 g2 44. c8=Q+ Kxc8 45. Rg7 Rh2 46. Kd1 $4
(46. Kd3 f4 47. Ke4 h5 48. Rg8+ Kc7 49. Kxf4 h4 50. Rg7+ Kb6 51. Kf3 h3 52. Kf2
Rh1 53. Rxg2 {otherwise Rf1+ and g1=Q is coming.} hxg2 54. Kxg2 $19) 46... f4
47. Ke1 f3 48. Kf2 Rh1 49. b5 h5 50. b6 Rf1+ 51. Ke3 {how to play an endgame
by me and how not to play one by Darshu, but this result brought an end to the
match between myself(alan) and DarshuKarpov with a somewhat surprising result
of 7 - 2 to me.} 0-1