Games
[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. h3 Bb7 10. Nh2 d5 $6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bf3 $2 Nd4 $1 $15 13. cxd5 Nxf3+ 14.
Rxf3 $6 exd5 15. Bd2 $2 d4 $5 16. Ne4 $5 c4 $2 (16... f5 $1 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rg3 $6 Bh4 20. Rg4 Bc8 $19) 17. Rg3 $6 cxd3 $2 18. Nf6+ $4 Nxf6
19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ng4 Kh8 $6 (20... Bh4 $1 21. Rxd3 Re8 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Ra3 Bf6
24. Qb3 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 $19) 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Re8 $4 (22... Be4 $1 $19)
23. Qg4 $1 $15 g6 24. Bg5 $5 Qd5 25. Bf6+ Kg8 26. Qg5 {after 26...Qc5 Black
escapes mate with the position +=[ie white is slightly ahead], I didnt spot it
nor did Brian as he resigned.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1447"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This game was won by Brian with some nifty theory work in the Kings Indian
Defence Classical Variations Main Line and then a less than brilliant
speculative sacrifice by me(Alan).} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Re1 $1 {a new and rare line to me, 9
Ne1 or 9 b4 have been played an enormous 4000 plus times in this position in
top grade chess.} Nh5 $1 10. b4 {transposing back into 9 b4.} Nf4 11. Bf1 Bg4
$6 $14 (11... a5 $3 $14 {underminning the Queenside attack with this move is
best otherwise the c5 move is too strong for white.}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nf5
$4 {The idea was sound to play 14.exf5 e4 15.Qxf4?? Bxc3 when Whites goose is
cooked, but lets see what happens.} (13... f5 14. g3 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Nh5 16. Bg5
Qd7 17. Bg2 Rf7 18. c5 Raf8 19. c6 Qc8 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qc4 b6 23.
Ne4 Rf5 24. h4 Bh6 25. Bh3 Qe8 26. a4 Qf7 27. Rad1 Kh8 28. Bg4 Qg7 29. Kg2 Rg8
30. a5 Rff8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Be6 Nf5 33. Ra1 Nd4 34. Bxg8 Kxg8 35. Ra7 b5 36.
Qd3 Rf3 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Qxf3+ Nxf3 39. Rc8 {1-0 (39) Almasi,Z (2675)-Uhlmann,
W (2480) Dresden 2000}) 14. exf5 e4 15. Rxe4 $5 {a D'Oh moment . . .} (15. Qxf4
$2 {actually this move is playable as white after all.} Bxc3 16. Bd2 $3 Bxa1
17. Rxa1) (15. Qe3 Nd3 16. Bd2 $3 (16. Bxd3 $4 Bxc3 17. Rb1 exd3 (17... Bxe1 $4
18. Bc2 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Re8 21. Bb2 Qe7 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Qg7#) 18.
Rf1 Bg7 $16) 16... Nxe1 17. Rxe1 $18) 15... Qf6 16. Bd2 $1 g5 $1 17. g3 Ng6 $3
18. Rae1 $1 (18. fxg6 $4 Qxf3 $17) 18... Ne5 19. Rxe5 $3 dxe5 20. Ne4 $1 Qa6
21. f6 $1 Bh6 {desperation human move.} (21... Rfd8 {desperation computer move.
}) 22. Qh5 $1 Qxa2 $6 23. Qxh6 Kh8 {can't stop it coming.} 24. Qg7# {so it is
1 - 1 in this match 9 of the grand prix event 5 2017 between myself(Alan
Llewellyn) and Brian Wood.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1450"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 f5 11. Na4 f4 12. Nc5 $4 $19 (12. Bc5 $15) 12... Bd5
13. Nxb7 Qc8 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nxe5 $2 Bxg2 $1 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 $5 (
17... Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qg8+ Rxg8 20. Nf7# {I think this is called the
Guicco Piano smoothered mate.}) 18. Qxf7 Bxf1 19. Qe6 $4 Qxb7 $4 (19... Qxe6
$18) 20. Rxf1 Bf6 21. a4 $5 Nd4 $3 22. Qe4 (22. Qg4) (22. Qc4 $4 Nxe2#) 22...
Qxe4 23. dxe4 Nxe2+ 24. Kg2 Bxb2 25. e5 Bxe5 26. Re1 fxg3 $4 27. Rxe2 Bd6 28.
hxg3 Kg8 $5 (28... Rxa4 $4 29. Re8+ Bf8 30. Rxf8#) 29. Re4 Kf7 30. f3 g5 31.
Kh3 h5 32. g4 h4 33. f4 Bxf4 34. Re2 {I had a plan...} Rxa4 35. Ra2 $3 b5 $1 (
35... Rxa2 $4 $11 {stalemate}) 36. Rb2 b4 37. Ra2 Ra3+ $3 (37... Rxa2 $4 $11 {
stalemate still}) 38. Kg2 $1 h3+ $1 {and so the excitiment of the ending was
over and I had no chances of stalemate now so I resigned and thus Brian Wood
goes into a slim 1 point lead in our match leading 2 - 1.} (38... Rxa2+ 39. Kh3
$1 b3 $4 $11 {stalemate again if he had played that line but much better was
mate in 1, :-} (39... Rh2#)) 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Well i get that sinking feeling again, in the opening I am put under intense
pressure and I make a few innacuracies which mean I come out of the opening in
an inferior position with no pawns in the centre and him having 2. This means
I cannot develop propperly so I have to risk a flank attack around the edge
which couldnt have gone worse if I had tried. I strongly suspect that
cool64chess and Brian Wood are either not who they say they are or are getting
computer assistance.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6.
Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qe8 12. Bd3 (
12. Bb2 {this is a line played by two ametuers...} Nxd4 $4 {not played by
ametuers but what I planned.} 13. exd4 $5 Qd8 $18) 12... Nb4 13. Bb1 Ba4 14.
Qd2 Nd5 (14... Qb5) 15. a3 $3 {a nice quiet computer move} Rd8 $2 16. e4 $1 Bf4
(16... Nb6 {this still loses.} 17. e5 Be7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh6 Qb5 20. Qe4 Rfe8
21. Ba2 Nd5 22. Rab1 Qc6 23. Rec1 Qd7 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxb7 c5
27. Rxa7 Bd7 28. a4 Be6 29. a5 cxd4 30. a6 Ba3 31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Rb1 Rb5 33. Rb7
Rxb7 34. axb7 Bc3 35. b8=Q Bd7 36. Qxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rb8 f6 38. e6 Bb4 39. Rxe8+
Bf8 40. Rxf8#) 17. Qd3 $1 (17. Qe2 $4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 f5 19. Ne5 Bb5 20. Qb2 fxe4
21. Bxe4 c6 $16) 17... Bxc1 $4 (17... Bb5 $18) 18. exd5 $5 Bb5 $4 {whoops -
one of my worst mistakes ever. I was too pre-occupied with losing my Queen to
think what else he was threatening.} (18... g6 19. Rxe8 Bxe8 20. Ba2 $18) 19.
Qxh7# $5 {Brian leads the match 3 - 1.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "1437"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I rather embarrassingly play on till mate here even though its a hopeless
cause for me. With the match before this game poised at 3 - 1 I needed a win
but it was not to be...} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. e5
$6 (6. d3) 6... Nge7 $6 $146 {a dubious novelty.} (6... d6 {This has been
played three times before with mixed results.}) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4
O-O 10. Be2 Nf5 $5 11. Qf2 $5 {to stop Qh4+ being a threat} d6 $1 12. Be3 $2 {
a mistaken attempt at piece play gambit.} dxe5 $1 {Brian is rightly accepting
the challenge} 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. O-O $2 {hoping for 15.b4} Nxe3 $3 15. Qxe3 exf4
16. Rxf4 $2 e5 $4 (16... Bh6) 17. Rh4 Be6 18. Bf3 Bf6 $3 19. Rh6 Bxc4 20. Bxb7
(20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Bg7 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh3+ Bh6 $19) 20...
Rad8 21. b4 $4 Rxd1+ $1 (21... Qxb4 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Rh3 Bg5 25.
Qxg5 Qc5+ 26. Qe3 Rxd5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Ra3 Rc2 29. Rxa7 Rb8 30. Kh1 Rbb2 31.
Rg1 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. h3 $19) 22. Nxd1 Qxb4 23. Bf3 $2 (23. Nc3) 23... Bg5
$3 24. Rxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxe5 Bxa2 26. Nc3 $4 (26. g3) 26... Bf4 27. Qe1 Qc5+ $2 (
27... Rc8) 28. Kh1 Be6 $2 29. Ne4 $5 Qc1 $5 (29... Qc6 $4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Bxc6
$18) 30. Qxc1 {the rest was rather predictable I am clearly lost.} Bxc1 31. Kg1
Be3+ 32. Kf1 Bc4+ 33. Ke1 Rb8 (33... Ra8 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Bxa8 Kxf6 $19 {
is still clearly won for Brian.}) 34. Nc3 a5 35. Bd5 Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Bd4 37. Kd2
a4 38. Kd3 a3 39. Kxd4 a2 40. Ne7+ Kh7 41. Nc6 a1=Q+ 42. Kc5 Rc8 43. Kd6 Rxc6+
44. Kxc6 Qb2 45. g4 Qxh2 46. Kd7 Kg7 47. g5 Qg3 48. Ke8 Qxg5 49. Kd7 Qe5 50.
Kd8 f5 51. Kd7 f4 52. Kc6 f3 53. Kb6 f2 54. Ka7 f1=Q 55. Kb7 Qfb5+ 56. Ka7
Qeb8# {I was playing for stalemate. But with this win for Brian the match is 4
- 1 to him.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{I am just playing for extra points but my hopes of a win are heightened when
I grab a pawn in an opening but the counter attack is fierce and I not only
lose the gained pawn but another and face losing a third but Brian doesnt see
the clear win and offers a draw....} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Bxc4 $6 (
4. Nf3 $14) 4... Qxd4 $6 $11 (4... Nf6 5. Nf3 $11) 5. Qxd4 exd4 6. Nf3 Bb4+ (
6... Nc6) 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 c5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rfe1 Nbc6 11. e5 O-O 12. Ne4
b6 $5 (12... a6 $4 {was a blunder played in an ametuer game, my move is much
better.}) 13. Nd6 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 $5 Nd8 $5 16. b4 $1 Nf5 $6 (16...
h6) 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rac1 h6 $6 19. Nf3 (19. Nge4 $1 {was probably a better
move...}) 19... Nxd6 20. exd6 Rc8 $2 $16 {white now has an advantage but isnt
still winning, he has his pawn back now after Nxd4 and he has an initiative...}
(20... Rf5) 21. Nxd4 $1 e5 $2 (21... cxd4 $4 22. Rxc8 $18) (21... Rf7 $3 22.
Nxe6 Nb7 23. Rc4 Nxd6 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Nxc5 $16) 22. Rxe5 Nf7 23. Rexc5 Nxd6
24. Rxc8 Nxc8 {after Rc7 its next to imposible to defend the a file pawn and
without it I am lost. But Brian offers a draw and I bite off his hand...so the
score is 4.5-1.5 in our match to Brian Wood.} (24... Rxc8 {This is a lost
endgame anyway...}) 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1450"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Anyone that knows my form in recent days knows my game is going through a bit
of a crisis, with a number of quick loses. This game is no exception...} 1. c4
e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nxb4 Nxb4 7. Ne5 (7. Nd4 O-O 8.
Nc2 Nxc2+ 9. Qxc2 d5 10. Bg2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2
Re6 {1/2-1/2 (14) Smyslov,V (2620)-Benko,P (2525) Wijk aan Zee 1972}) 7... O-O
8. c5 d6 9. cxd6 Qxd6 10. d4 $4 exd3 11. Nxd3 Re8 $4 (11... Qc6 12. Nxb4 Qxh1
13. Bf4 $19) 12. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 $2 Qe4 14. f3 $2 (14. Rg1 Bg4 15. Qf4 Qc2
16. Qd2 Qc4 17. e3 Qc6 18. Bg2 Ne4 19. h3 Bxh3 20. Qc3 $3 Qa6 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22.
f3 Rc4 23. Qb3 Rd8 24. Bd2 Rc5 25. Bc3 Rf5 26. Rd1 Re8 27. g4 Rxf3 28. Kd2 Bf1
29. Kc2 Be2 30. Rd2 Rfxe3 $19) 14... Qxf3 15. Rg1 Ng4 16. Qf4 $2 Nxh2 $1 17.
Bg2 $4 (17. Bd2 Bh3 $3 18. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kf2 Nxg1 20. Kxg1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $19)
(17. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 18. Kf2 Nxg1 19. Kxg1 Bg4 20. e3 Rad8 21. Kf2 Re6 22. Be2 Bxe2
23. Kxe2 Rh6 24. b4 Rh1 25. Bb2 $4 Rh2+ 26. Kf3 Rxb2 $19) 17... Qxe2# {Brian
has reached 5.5 - 1.5 and needs another win to seal the match.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix event5 2017 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1456"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Again I was in last chance saloon in a match and again I get outplayed JUST...
That makes it 6.5 - 1.5 to Brian Wood against me Alan Llewellyn. Brian gets 1
point for the win and 4 default points.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The
Grunfeld Defence} 4. Qb3 {The Russian System of the Grunfeld Defence.} dxc4 5.
Qxc4 a6 $1 $11 {this is an improvement on the Hungarian Variations with 5...a6
not 6...a6} (5... Bg7 6. Nf3 a6 {The Hungarian Variation of the Russian System
of the Grunfeld Defence.}) 6. Bf4 c6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nf3 b5 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Rd1 b4
$146 (10... Nbd7 {played by a candidate master level player in 1986.}) 11. Na4
a5 $6 12. Qc2 Nh5 $1 13. Be3 $3 (13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Qxc6 Bg4 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16.
gxf3 Bxd4 17. Qd3 e5 $19) 13... f5 $3 14. e5 $1 f4 $1 15. Bc1 Bf5 $1 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e6 $2 18. g4 $3 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qd5 $3 20. Nb6 $5 Rxf3 $5 21. Qe2
Rxf2 $4 $18 (21... Qd8 $18) 22. Kxf2 $1 Qd8 23. Nxa8 Nd7 24. Rxh5 $2 gxh5 25.
Qxh5 Qxa8 26. Rh1 $2 Nf8 27. Qg4 $1 Qe8 28. Bh6 Ng6 29. Bxg7 $1 (29. b3 $4 Bxh6
30. Rxh6 Qf8+ 31. Qf3 (31. Kg2 Qxh6 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Qg7 34. Qxc6 $15)
31... Qxh6 $19) 29... Kxg7 30. Qh3 $1 Qf7+ 31. Ke3 Kg8 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. Rf6 $5
c5 $2 (33... Nf8 $18) 34. Qxe6+ $5 Qxe6 35. Rxe6 cxd4+ 36. Kxd4 Kf7 37. Ra6 Ne7
38. Kc5 $3 (38. Rxa5 $4 Nc6+ 39. Kd5 Nxa5 40. e6+ Ke7 41. Kc5 b3 42. axb3 Nxb3+
43. Kd5 Kf6 44. e7 Kxe7 45. Ke5 Kf7 46. Kf5 Nd4+ 47. Kg5 Nc2 48. Kh6 Kg8 49. g4
Ne3 50. g5 Nf5+ 51. Kh5 Kg7 52. b4 Nd4 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Kf4 Ne6+ 55. Ke5 Nc7 56.
Kd6 Nb5+ 57. Kc6 Na3 58. Kd5 Kxg5 59. Ke4 Kg4 60. Ke3 h5 61. Kf2 h4 62. Kg2 Nb5
63. Kh2 h3 64. Kh1 Kg3 65. Kg1 h2+ 66. Kh1 Nd6 67. b5 Ne4 68. b6 Nf2#) 38...
Ng6 39. Kd6 $2 (39. Rxg6 {A technician would have played this.}) 39... h5 40.
Rxa5 h4 41. e6+ Kf8 42. gxh4 Nxh4 43. Rg5 $3 {an extremely clever move...the
knight is trapped and will be taken by a check and takes as in the game but
all other moves are even worse. If Ke8(the only legal King move) then Rg8# is
checkmate and if b3 then white gets another passed pawn.} Nf3 44. Rf5+ Ke8 45.
Rxf3 $6 (45. e7 Nd4 46. Rf8#) 45... b3 46. e7 $1 bxa2 47. Rf8# $1 {a nice
finish to end my slim hopes of finishing 2nd in the tournament.} 1-0