[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match2 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.10.16"] [Round "1"] [White "cool64chess"] [Black "Wood, Brian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "1942"] [BlackElo "1591"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 h6 $146 {novelty in this Queens Gambit Declined:Exchange Variation.} (12... O-O {played between two ametuers in 2015.}) 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Rfd1 g5 15. Bg3 Rc8 16. Be5 Rfd8 $2 ( 16... Nce4 $14) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 $3 (18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Ne4 Bxb2 21. Rb1 $16 (21. Qxb2 $2 Nxe4 $11)) 18... Qe6 19. Nxf6+ $1 Qxf6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rc1 $6 {i suggested 21...Rc6? here but after 22.Nd4 Rc7 23.Rd1!! Black is in trouble but the simple 21...Rc7 is hanging on after 22.b4 Ne6. Anyway prematurely Brian resigns.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match2 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.11.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Wood, Brian"] [Black "cool64chess"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "1591"] [BlackElo "1942"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {This game which was an Open Catalan Opening was particularly short and fierce. The level of play was superb.} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Nbd2 b5 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ne5 Qxd4 $4 (10... Nd5 { this has been played 10 times before in master chess.}) 11. Bxa8 $4 $13 (11. Ndxc4 $1 {this is winning for Brian...} Qxd1 12. Rxd1 bxc4 13. Bxa8 $18) 11... Qxe5 12. Rxa7 Bc5 $1 13. Nf3 Qh5 $5 14. Ra1 e5 15. e3 $4 (15. Nh4 Bh3 (15... Ng4 16. h3 g5 $4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Qd3 (19. Qd2 h6 20. Qc3 e4 21. Bxe4 Bh3 22. Re1 Qg4 23. Nd2 b4 24. Qf3 $18 (24. Qxc4 $4 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxf2 26. Rd1 g4 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. Rg1 g3 29. b3 Qh2#)) 19... cxd3 20. exd3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Kh2 Bxf2 23. Rxf2 Qxf2+ $19) 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. e3 $14) 15... Bg4 { 16.h3 Bxh3 17.Nh4 Bxf1 18.Qxh5 Nxh5 19.Kxf1 is probably losing but not lost... but Brian resigns, so cool64chess is leading 2 - 0 against Brian Wood.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match2 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.11.27"] [Round "3"] [White "cool64chess"] [Black "Wood, Brian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "1947"] [BlackElo "1591"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] {Cool64chess has looked invincible so far in the grand prix and I am sure is playing way beyond his estimated rating I gave him. Here he gives a sublime lesson to Brian...} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 {The Semi-Slav Defence, a very good choice but it does cause problems for the Black light squared Bishop, especially the e6 move.} 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Qa5 $6 $14 (7... O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 $11) 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. h3 (10. Rc1 Re8 11. a3 a6 12. Re1 b5 13. cxd5 $14 ) (10. Qc2 {played in a gae of two strong ametuers in 2006...}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Re8 $6 (11... c5 $1) 12. Bg3 $1 {the Bishop is more threatening controlling centre squares.} Nf8 $6 $16 {Too passive for such an open position. } (12... b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne4 c5 $14) 13. Qc2 $5 Nd5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 { Whites advantage lies in a superiority of pawns in the central area.} Ng6 16. e5 b5 17. Bd3 Rd8 $6 {Black is desperately passive without good moves.} 18. a4 $3 Qb6 $6 (18... Qc7 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bxb5 a5 $16 {The Bishop is freed at the expense of a pawn and Black isn't so passive as in the actual game.}) 19. Rfb1 $5 a6 $2 (19... Bd7 $1) 20. c4 $2 {a rare innacuaracy by Cool.} (20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bxb5 $18) 20... b4 $6 $18 (20... Bd7 $3 $16) 21. c5 $1 Qb7 22. a5 $5 Rb8 { What a good damn awfull pair of Bishops Brian has...} 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6 Bxc5 $4 {setting up a blockade was better...} (24... Rf8 25. Ra4 Bd7 26. Nd2 Qb5 27. Raxb4 Qxb4 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. Qd3 Rb5 30. Nc4 Bg5 31. f3 Kh8 32. h4 Be7 33. Kh2 Bd8 34. Be1 Bc7 35. Nd6 Bxd6 36. exd6 Rf5 37. g4 Rf6 38. Bc3 Kg8 39. Kg3 Rf7 $44) 25. dxc5 Qf7 26. Qg4 b3 27. Ra4 Qf5 28. Qxf5 $3 {at first sight this looks like it frees the Black light squared Bishop which was in serious trouble but it is actually a sublimly inventive attack...} exf5 29. e6 Rb7 30. e7 Rxe7 31. Bh4 $3 {some good technique to finish off the game, after 31...g5 comes 32.Nxg5 hxg5?? 33.Bxg5 Red7 34.Bxe8, more accurate though is 32...Red7 in that line. Maybe Brian could have played on there if he'd seen the move... Anyway its 3 - 0 to Cool64chess.} 1-0