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[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.10.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "1458"] [BlackElo "1477"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 {This is the Four Pawn Attack from the Alekhine Defence, I already have a good score in it but I have worked on improving my lines.} dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 {This is a line sugested by Andrew Martin International Master ona chessbase Fritz-Trainer DVD-ROM and he is entirely right as if White plays 7.d5 then the e5 pawn is loose.} 7. d5 g6 8. h3 ({the two main lines offer white a plus.} 8. Nc3 $16) ({and} 8. Bf4 $16) 8... e6 $3 9. Nf3 exd5 10. Bg5 $1 Be7 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 $5 $146 {A novelty born in greed...} (11... Qxe7 12. cxd5 O-O 13. Nc3 N8d7 14. e6 fxe6 15. d6 Qf6 16. Be2 Ne5 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rc1 Qf4 19. Nxe5 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Qxe5 22. Bf3 Rf8 23. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Brankovic,D (2364)-Marinkovic,I (2448) Kragujevac 2013}) 12. Qc1 $1 Nxc4 $6 13. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 14. O-O $1 {going all out for an attack on the king...} h6 15. Qxc4 {getting a pawn back} Ke8 16. Nc3 $6 (16. Ng5 $3 $16) 16... Be6 17. Qb5+ Kf8 $1 18. Qxc5+ $6 (18. Qxb7 Nd7 $16) 18... Kg7 19. Kh2 $2 Nc6 $1 {i couldnt defend d6 directly so I was always going to try to undermine the pawns influence on d6.} 20. Rad1 Qb6 $1 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. a3 b5 $3 23. Ne4 $3 (23. Nxb5 $2 Bc4 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. Nd5 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 $17) 23... Bc4 $6 $14 24. Rfe1 b4 $3 {the suicidal pawn is at it again, a case of charge of the very light Brigade, watch this pawn march up the board.} 25. Rd7 Rhd8 26. Rxb7 bxa3 $1 27. Nd6 $6 Bd5 $3 {as much to get out of the firing line of a Knight on e5 and posibly giving itself for the important f3 Knight so Nxe5 now works for Black.} (27... Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxd6 $4 29. Nxc4 $18) 28. Rb5 $4 { retreat was not an option here...} (28. bxa3 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxd6 $15 (29... Bxb7 $2 30. Nxb7 Re8 31. Nd6 Re7 $14 (31... Re6 $6 32. Ndxf7 Rxa3 $16))) 28... Bxf3 $1 29. gxf3 Nxe5 $6 (29... Nd4 $1 {a computer move} 30. Rb7 Nxf3+ 31. Kh1 Nxe1 $19) 30. Nf5+ gxf5 31. Rbxe5 axb2 32. Rb1 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Ra1 34. Ree1 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Rc2 $5 {this endgame is totally lost for Kronus.} 36. Kf4 Kg6 37. h4 Kf6 38. h5 Ke6 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. f4+ Kd5 41. Kd3 Rh2 42. Kc3 Ke4 {Kronus rather suspiciously gives up the ghost here when their is still play in the position. I have to find a win here after 42.Rf1 and its the rather marvelous, 42... Rf2!! which I did see. Because after 43.Rxf2?! the pawn Queens with 43...b1=Q and otherwise Kronus loses the f4 pawn and more pawns enter the attack on the promotion rank. 42.Rxb2? is an easy win for Black.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.10.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1461"] [BlackElo "1520"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {Neither side seemed to want to win this game as it is characterised by the advanatge changing hands repeatedly.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 { The Reversed Dragon of the Four Knights English Opening.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O g6 $6 $14 {an interesting sideline to the main lines but with a poor reputation for Black.} 8. d3 Bg7 9. Ne4 $1 Qe7 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 $5 Nd7 12. Rc1 h6 $2 13. Nc5 $2 (13. d4 $18) 13... O-O 14. Nh4 $6 Kh7 $6 15. Nxb7 $5 Bxb7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 $6 17. Rxc6 Rac8 $2 18. Qc2 Nb8 $6 19. Bc5 $4 (19. Rc5 $18) 19... Qd7 $1 20. Bxf8 Nxc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rc1 $6 Nd4 23. Qd1 (23. Qd2 $4 Nb3 $19) (23. Qc5 $4 Nxe2+ 24. Kg2 Nxc1 $19) 23... Ne6 24. e3 $6 Ng5 $2 25. f4 $2 ( 25. Rc5 $16) 25... exf4 26. gxf4 Nh3+ $3 27. Kg2 {Its more a case of the Knight being trapped by the King than the other way around.} g5 28. Qf3 Nxf4+ $3 29. exf4 gxh4 30. f5 $1 Qd4 31. f6+ Qxf6 32. Rc4 $6 Qxb2+ 33. Kh3 Kf8 $3 ( 33... Qb1 $4 34. Qg4+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Rg4+ Kh8 37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. Qg8#) 34. Rxh4 Qb6 35. Rf4 Qe6+ 36. Kg2 Rb8 $1 37. Kg3 Qg6+ 38. Rg4 Qd6+ 39. Rf4 $4 Rb4 40. h4 Qe5 $6 (40... Rxa4 41. Kh3 $4 Qxf4 $19) 41. h5 Qg5+ $2 42. Rg4 Rxg4+ 43. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Kg7 $4 (44... f6 $19) 45. Kf5 c5 46. Ke5 f6+ $4 47. Kf4 $4 (47. Ke6 f5 48. Kxf5 $18) 47... Kf7 48. Kf5 Kg7 $4 (48... Ke7 $3 {a computer move which even Magnus Carlsen wouldnt see.} 49. Kg6 Ke6 50. Kxh6 Kf7 51. Kh7 f5 52. Kh6 f4 53. Kg5 f3 54. h6 f2 55. h7 Kg7 $19 (55... f1=Q $4 56. h8=Q $11)) 49. Ke6 $5 f5 50. Kd5 $4 {what was i thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! D'Oh.} (50. Kxf5 Kf7 51. Ke5 Kg7 52. Kd5 Kf6 53. Kxc5 Kg5 54. d4 Kxh5 55. d5 Kg4 56. d6 h5 57. d7 h4 58. d8=Q $18) 50... Kf6 51. Kxc5 f4 52. Kd4 Kg5 53. Ke4 Kg4 $5 54. d4 Kg3 $4 {Kronus has a D'Oh moment too.} (54... f3 55. Ke3 Kg3 56. d5 f2 57. d6 f1=Q 58. d7 Qd1 59. Ke4 Qxd7 $19) 55. d5 f3 56. d6 f2 57. d7 f1=Q 58. d8=Q Qe2+ 59. Kf5 Qg4+ 60. Ke5 Qf4+ $4 $11 (60... Qxh5+ 61. Ke6 Qg6+ 62. Ke5 Qg5+ 63. Qxg5+ hxg5 $19) 61. Ke6 Qe4+ 62. Kf7 Qh7+ 63. Kf6 Qe4 $2 64. Qxa5 Kg4 65. Qe5 $4 $11 Qf3+ 66. Ke6 Qb3+ 67. Kf6 Qf3+ $4 $18 (67... Qxa4 $11) 68. Ke7 $4 $11 Qb7+ 69. Kd6 Qb6+ 70. Kd5 Qb3+ 71. Kc6 Qxa4+ 72. Kd6 Qa6+ 73. Ke7 Qb7+ 74. Kf6 Qf3+ 75. Kg7 Qb7+ (75... Qc6 $11) 76. Kxh6 Qc6+ 77. Kh7 Qc2+ $4 $18 (77... Qb7+ $11) 78. Kg7 Qc8 79. h6 Qd7+ 80. Kh8 Qf7 $4 81. Qg7+ $5 Qxg7+ 82. hxg7 { In my defence, Queen and pawn endgames after over 2 hours play at 1 am in the morning are never going to be pretty and in Kronuses defence, he only had seconds left on the clock.(ie he was in an earlier time zone but did brilliantly with only seconds left).} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.10.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "1543"] [BlackElo "1447"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {This was a novelty to fight a novelty and Kronuses novelty was better than mine, everything works out well for him in a game I played well in, but lose while I have played worse and won many times. My novelty is an Anti-London System Defence I have developed while his was a g pawn lunge in the mold of Botvinnik.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 h6 $5 3. g4 $3 $146 {Theory gives this as equal, what a novelty.} d5 $5 (3... Nxg4 4. e4 $1 d5 5. e5 $11) 4. h3 g6 5. Bf4 $1 Bg7 6. e3 c5 $1 7. c4 $3 cxd4 8. exd4 $6 $15 (8. Nxd4 $11) 8... dxc4 $6 $11 { I thought i was being clever distracting the Bishop from g2 but I should develop here, as the Bishop on c4 has some threats.} (8... Nc6 $15) 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd2 e5 $2 12. dxe5 $6 (12. Nxe5 $1 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. O-O-O Ne6 15. Bg3 $16 {and in this line Black has poor Bishops and Whites are powerfull.}) 12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $1 Nd7 14. Rhe1 Re8 $4 (14... Rd8 $1 15. Kc1 Nc5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bg3 Ng5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Kc2 Nxe5 $11) 15. e6 $1 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh7 17. Bf7 $4 {only in the analysis did I see the significance of this move- 17...Rf8 wins a piece as both Bishops are enprie.} Nde5 $4 18. Bxe5 $4 (18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 $18) 18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 $2 (20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Re1 Bf4+ 22. Kd3 Kg7 23. Bd5 Kf8 24. Re4 g5 25. Ne2 Bb8 26. Nd4 a5 27. Be6 Ba7 28. f4 gxf4 29. Rxf4+ Ke7 30. Rf7+ Kd6 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Nf5+ Kc5 33. Rxb7 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Bb8 35. Nxh6 Bf4 36. Nf5 Rd2+ 37. Kc3 Rh2 38. h4 Kd5 $18) 20... Rc5 $4 {The game is lost from here for me(Black)} ( 20... Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. Re3 $16) 21. Re8 $1 Bxc3+ 22. bxc3 b6 23. Rae1 Bb7 24. R1e7 h5 (24... Bc6 $2 25. Bd5#) 25. g5 $2 (25. Bd5+ Kh6 26. g5#) 25... Rxe8 26. Bxe8+ Kg8 27. Rxb7 Rd5+ 28. Kc2 Rf5 29. Bxg6 Rxf4 30. Bxh5 b5 31. g6 b4 32. cxb4 Rf6 33. g7 a6 34. Kd3 Re6 $6 35. Bf7+ Kxg7 36. Bxe6+ Kh8 37. Bf5 $5 (37. a4 a5 38. bxa5 $4 $11 {draw by stalemate.}) 37... Kg8 38. Ke4 Kf8 39. Ke5 Kg8 40. Kf6 {with a certain checkmate coming I resigned here as both 40...Kf8 and 40...Kh8 are met by 41.Rb8#. So it is now 2 - 1 to me(Alan Llewellyn) between me and Kronus.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.10.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1447"] [BlackElo "1543"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {Quite simply I get outplayed...} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 { The Four Knights Variation of the English Opening.} Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nb5 $6 {a dubious novelty not deserving of the accolade.} a6 8. d4 $4 Bb6 $2 ( 8... axb5 9. dxc5 bxc4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. a3 Rd8 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qxc4 e4 17. Ne1 Nd4 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Bd7 $19) (8... Ba7 $4 9. dxe5 (9. Nxa7 Rxa7 10. dxe5 $2 dxe5 11. Be3 Ra8 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Qb3 $11) 9... dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxc7 Rb8 12. Bg5 $16) 9. dxe5 $1 Ng4 $6 $11 (9... dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Nxc7 Ra7 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe5 Nxf2 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Rxf2+ Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 b6 18. Nb5 axb5 19. Bxc6 $19) 10. Nbd4 $4 {overconfidence since the last escapade seemed to go ok. 10.Nc3 was best.} Ncxe5 $2 (10... Nxd4 $1 11. Nxd4 dxe5 12. h3 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxd4 14. e3 Bc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Kh2 c6 17. Rd2 Be6 18. b3 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 Rd8 20. Ba5 b6 21. Be1 Bxe3 $6 22. Bxc6 Bd2 $2 23. Rd1 Bg5 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $17) 11. Nxe5 $4 dxe5 $1 {This time he spots the attack which I am oblivious to.} 12. Nf3 $6 Qxd1 $5 13. Rxd1 Nxf2 $1 (13... Bxf2+ $6 14. Kf1 Ba7 $19) 14. Rd5 $1 Be6 15. c5 $3 Bxd5 $5 16. cxb6 Ng4 $5 17. bxc7 Rac8 $5 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bxg4 $5 fxg4 20. Nxe5 Rxc7 21. Nxg4 Rc2 $3 {Totally winning for Kronus here. Almost resignable.} 22. Bf4 Rxe2 23. Ne3 Bc6 $5 24. Kf1 Rxh2 25. Ke1 (25. Rd1 g5 $19) 25... Rh1+ $5 26. Nf1 Bg2 $3 27. Kf2 Bxf1 $5 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+ $5 29. Kxf1 {It was like a crash in slow motion.} g5 $5 {So I resigned a full Rook down[and a pawn to boot], no way back but the match is now tied 2 - 2 between myself(Alan Llewellyn) and Kronus the American protege.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.10.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1543"] [BlackElo "1447"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {A complete turnaround for this game from the last one-here I outplay Kronus and the pressure is too much in the end and he blunders.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. f3 $1 {If 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 Nxe4!} O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bb3 { this opening is a rare Pirc Defence System with early Bc4...} Qa5 8. Nge2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Qh5 $6 11. Ng3 $1 (11. O-O Bg4 $4 {This was what I was intending but it is flawed.} 12. Nf4 $5 Qh4 13. g3 Qh6 14. fxg4 Nxg4 $2 15. Qxg4 $18) 11... Qa5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rf2 c5 $3 14. e5 $4 (14. dxc5 dxc5 15. e5 Rd8 $4 { again what I intended was flawed.} (15... c4 $1 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ba2 Bxb2 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. Nxb2 Nc6 $13 {anyones guess.}) 16. Rd2 Nfd7 17. Bd5 $18) 14... cxd4 15. exf6 $4 dxe3 16. fxg7 exf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qc5+ 18. Ke1 Qe3+ $2 19. Ne2 Kxg7 $2 20. Bd5 Nd7 $2 (20... Bxe2 $1 21. Qxe2 Qg1+ 22. Kd2 Qd4+ 23. Qd3 Qxb2 24. Ra2 Qxb1 25. Qd4+ e5 26. Ra1 exd4 27. Rxb1 Nd7 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxb4 Rd8 30. Rxd4 Nc5 $19) 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 $2 (21... Bxe2 $19) 22. Qd4+ $1 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rc8 24. Kd1 e5 $6 $19 25. Nb5 Nc5 $4 26. Nd2 Bxb5 $6 27. axb5 Rb8 $6 28. Rxa7 Rxb5 29. b3 $2 d5 30. Ke2 $6 Rb7 31. Ra5 $1 Rc7 $2 32. Rb5 $2 Ne6 $1 33. Rxd5 $4 $19 {When Kronus resigned to be honest my first thought was why? It took me a few seconds to realise why!!!! I probably would have seen it but I was tired after over 2 hours...So I take a slim lead in our match and its 3 - 2 to me(Alan Llewellyn) against Kronus.} ( 33. Kd1 Rxc2 34. Rxd5 Rc5 35. Rxc5 Nxc5 36. Nc4 Kf6 $17 {I have a clear advantage but is it enough to win-we will never know because Kronus played 33. Rxd5?? and resigned...}) 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.11.05"] [Round "6"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A27"] [WhiteElo "1447"] [BlackElo "1543"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {In this game it is an extremelly tough opening with little in it, very closed, but Kronus manages to get an attack, but I deliberately allow the lure of a possible sacrifice by him knowing I had a good defence winning the piece and he duly played the sacrifice and lost...} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 f5 6. e4 Nf6 7. d3 fxe4 8. dxe4 Bg4 $1 $146 {a surprisingly early novelty in such a standard closed position.} (8... O-O $15 {this has not surprising been played before.}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 $6 Bf7 $1 11. b3 O-O (11... Bb4 $1 12. Bd2 Bg6 13. Nd5 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 $17) 12. O-O Nd4 13. Be3 $5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 {playing on the safe side because I know who I'm playing against and he pounces on weaknesses.} Nd7 15. Nd5 $1 c6 16. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 17. Ne3 $1 Qh4 $2 18. Bg2 (18. Qxd6 $14 {this looks risky...}) 18... Nxe4 $4 {I just knew he would play this dubious sacrifice.} 19. Nf5 $3 (19. Bxe4 {Kronus[as black] cannot go for checkmate, it doesnt work out. Like for example this computer line.} Qxh3 20. Qxd6 Rad8 21. Qe7 Rfe8 22. Qxb7 Be6 23. Bxc6 Bxg4 24. Bxe8 Bf3 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qf8# {their is a clear demarcation between what a computer would play on move 19 and a strong human...I played the human move.}) 19... Qg5 20. Bxe4 h5 21. Qc1 $1 Qxc1 (21... Qg6 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Bxg6+ Bxg6 24. Qg5 $3 Be4 25. Qxh5#) 22. Raxc1 hxg4 23. hxg4 {a full piece up for only the loss of a pawn, it such a simple position, it is clear I would win, and Kronus duly resigns. So with this win I get a small but significant lead in our match so it is 4 - 2 to me[alan Llewellyn], but Kronus is more than capable of making up the defecit.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.11.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "1548"] [BlackElo "1418"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {This was a very exciting game which I feel Kronus let get away...} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 g6 8. Bd3 $6 $11 (8. Bf4 $14) 8... Bg7 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Bf4 e6 11. Nc3 Bxf3 $4 {the point behind this is to disrupt the King position.} (11... O-O $15) (11... N6d7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Na6 14. Rae1 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qb6 16. Qd2 exd5 17. cxd5 Rfe8 18. a3 Na6 19. Ng5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxf7 Bg7 22. Nh6+ Bxh6 23. Qxh6 c4+ 24. Kh1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qf2 26. Qc1 Rf8 27. Ne4 Qd4 28. h3 Bf5 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. Qxc4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxe4 32. Bxe4 Rd8 33. Rc1 Kf7 {this is a game between a master and unrated it ended drawn.}) 12. Qxf3 Qh4+ $2 13. g3 Qh5 $3 14. g4 $6 Qh4+ 15. Bg3 Qg5 $4 16. h4 $4 {missing the computer line...} (16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. O-O $18) 16... Qd8 17. Nb5 $4 $16 (17. O-O-O $18) 17... O-O $1 {otherwise Nd6+ comes in. ..} 18. h5 $2 $13 exd5 19. hxg6 $2 $17 fxg6 20. Qe2 dxc4 $2 21. Bxc4+ Nxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Nd6 $3 Qe7 24. O-O-O Nc6 25. Bf4 $2 Nxe5 $4 (25... Bxe5 $3 $15) 26. Rxh7+ $3 Kxh7 27. Rh1+ Bh6 28. Rxh6+ $4 (28. Bxh6 Nxc4 29. Bxf8+ Kg8 30. Bxe7 Nxd6 31. Bxd6 $18) 28... Kg7 29. Qc3 Rxf4 30. Qh3 Qxd6 $1 31. Rh7+ Kf6 32. g5+ $3 Kxg5 33. Qh6+ Kf5 34. Qh3+ Ng4 $5 {and luckily enough for me Kronus runs out of checks.} 35. Rf7+ Kg5 36. Rh7 Rc4+ 37. Qc3 {forced...} (37. Kb1 $4 Qd1#) 37... Rxc3+ 38. bxc3 {For someone of Kronuses strength he is capable of turning this match around but at 5 - 2 to me it looks a difficult task for him and i need just 1 more point to be unbeaten in the match ,and 1 win and a draw, atleast, to win it outright.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.11.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "1437"] [BlackElo "1518"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {I play an unusual opening for me- The Veresov Opening after starting 1 Nc3. Kronus seemingly gets me in trouble with 10...Nh5 but i have a speculative resource in 11.e4 and all hell breaks lose so to speak....} 1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. g3 (4. Nf3) 4... b6 $2 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bf4 $5 a6 $5 { to stop 8.Nb5 targetting c7.} 8. O-O e6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Re1 $1 Nh5 $6 $14 (10... O-O) 11. e4 $3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Bxe5 $2 13. exd5 $3 Bxf4 14. dxe6 Bxg2 $4 $18 ( 14... Qg5 15. exd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne4 $13) 15. exd7+ Kf8 $4 (15... Kxd7 16. Qg4+ Kc6 17. Qxg2+ Kd7 18. Qg4+ Kc6 19. Qxf4 $18) 16. Re8+ $5 Qxe8 17. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 18. Kxg2 g5 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Ng3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 h5 22. Qd2 f6 23. Re1 Kg7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. c4 Re6 26. d5 Rd6 27. b4 c6 28. f4 b5 {I was planning a Queen sacrifice here, but Kronus resigned. The Queen sac goes 29.c5 Rxd5 30.Qxd5 cxd5 31.c6 d4 32.c7 d3 33.c8=Q d2 34.Qd7+ Kg6 35.Qxd2. And so with that win it takes me into an unassailable position in the match, while Kronus can draw the match -he cannot now win the match and thus I can't lose but he needs to win 4 straight games here to tie. so its 6 - 2 to me.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.12.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1508"] [BlackElo "1477"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {The final game of our match with the score at 6 - 2 it looked likely I would win and win I did in an exciting game. I had an edge but was testing my luck a bit, but luck held true for me...} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 { The Pirc Defence(Classical Systems).} Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. O-O-O b5 9. a3 $2 $15 {giving my pawns a target thus creating a weakness.} (9. e5 $13) 9... a5 10. Bh6 $2 b4 $2 $15 (10... Bxh6 $5 11. Qxh6 b4 12. Ng5 bxc3 13. e5 $4 Qb6 14. b3 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd3 Qc5 17. Rd2 Qxa3+ 18. Kd1 Qa1+ 19. Ke2 Qxh1 20. Qh4 $19) 11. Bxg7 bxc3 $2 $14 (11... Kxg7 $15) 12. Qh6 cxb2+ 13. Kb1 Nxe4 14. Bd3 $4 $19 (14. Re1 Nc3+ 15. Kxb2 Na4+ 16. Ka1 f6 $14) 14... Nc3+ $3 15. Kxb2 Nxd1+ 16. Rxd1 f6 $3 (16... Qb6+ $4 17. Kc1 Nf6 18. Bxf8 Ne8 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Qg7#) 17. Nh4 $4 $19 {the attack was dead it would have been maybe wiser to take the material and Kronus accept he was a pawn down.} (17. Bxf8 Rb8+ 18. Kc1 Qxf8 19. Qxf8+ Nxf8 $17) 17... Rf7 $5 18. Nxg6 $1 Rxg7 19. Nh4 Qb6+ 20. Kc1 Nf8 $1 21. g4 Qxd4 $3 {a good technique move, I am a rook up and dont mind losing a little material to swap off pieces and simplify.} 22. g5 $2 $19 (22. Bxh7+ Rxh7 23. Qxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd4 $19) (22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf2 24. h4 Rb8 25. Qd2 $19 (25. g5 Qe3+ 26. Rd2 Qxa3+ 27. Kd1 Rb1+ 28. Ke2 Qg3 29. gxf6 $4 Re1#)) 22... Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qxg5 (23... Rb8+ $5 24. Ka1 Qd4+ 25. Ka2 Qb2# ) 24. Bc4+ d5 25. Qxg7+ $4 {and so because i won the match on game nine I get 4 points which include the 1 point for the win and the 3 default points for winning the game 3 games early.} 0-1