[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (Match 1) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.12.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "1426"] [BlackElo "1696"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.21"] {A good start for the young american against me(alan Llewellyn) in the 12 game 3 match series of the 2019 Grand Prix- games are 60 10 and this was a tense affair with plenty of sparring and tooing and throwing of the advantage until i blundered in a 5 move combination which was deeply flawed.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 $6 $14 8. Nd5 f5 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Qb3 {stopping the bishop on c8 from moving...} Kh8 11. Bd2 b6 12. d4 Bb7 $6 $14 (12... exd4 13. exd4 Qxe2 14. Rfe1 Nxd4 $1 15. Rxe2 Nxb3 16. axb3 $11) 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bb4 a5 15. Bc3 Nd7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. b4 $2 $15 axb4 18. Bxb4 Nd7 $6 $11 (18... c6 $15) 19. a4 g5 $3 20. a5 Ng7 $2 $16 21. a6 $2 $11 Bxa6 22. c5 $4 $17 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 $1 Bxe2 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxe2 g4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 (26... gxf3 $4 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qxf3 $18) 27. Nh4 Ra5 $4 $15 28. f3 $2 $17 (28. e4 fxe4 29. Qxg4 Rxd5 30. Qxe4 Rd4 31. Qa8+ Qd8 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Nf3 $15) 28... g3 $2 $15 29. hxg3 Rxd5 30. e4 Rd2 31. Ra1 $4 $19 {I only saw the line 31...Rxe2 32.Ra8+ Ne8 33.Rxe8+ Kg7 34.Nxf5+ Kf7 35.Nxd6+ cxd6 which looked good and went D'Oh after the reply to 31.Ra1?? by Andrew...} (31. Qa6 $15) 31... Qc5+ $5 {its over now but there was a little excitement to end.} 32. Kh2 Rxe2 33. Ra8+ Ne8 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. Nxf5+ Kf7 36. Rh8 Qf2 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Kh3 Qxg2+ 40. Kg4 Rf2 41. Kg5 Rxf3 42. Kf6 Rxf5+ 43. exf5 Qc6+ 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (Match 1) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.12.04"] [Round "2"] [White "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1470"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.21"] {This game was more even thn the first. Andrew won but not easily...to take a 2 - 0 early lead.} 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 c6 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O b5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 $2 {i fall for a trap like this often i had forgotten about it...} 9. c3 (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Be4 Bb7 12. Nc3 e6 13. Nxb5 $16 ) 9... c4 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Qe2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. a4 a6 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Be3 f5 17. Ng5 f4 18. Ne6 Qc8 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Bd2 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bh6 22. Qg4 $6 $15 Nc5 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. f4 Bb7 $2 (26... Qg7) 27. fxe5 Qe3+ 28. Kh2 Qh6+ 29. Qh3 Qxh3+ 30. gxh3 dxe5 31. Rf6 Kg7 $4 { The losing mistake...31...Bc8 was dead even} 32. Rb6 Nd3 $4 33. Rxb7 Kf6 34. Rxb5 Nc8 35. Bd1 Nd6 36. Rb6 Ke7 37. Bf3 Nf2 38. Rxd6 $4 Kxd6 39. Kg2 Nd3 40. Kf1 Nxb2 41. Ke2 Nd3 $6 $16 42. Kd2 h5 $6 43. h4 $1 Ke7 $6 44. Ke3 Kf6 $4 45. Be2 Nb2 46. Kd2 Na4 47. Bxc4 Nc5 48. Ke3 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Bb5 $1 Kg4 51. d6 Nb7 $4 52. d7 Kxg3 53. c4 h4 54. c5 h3 55. c6 h2 56. cxb7 $1 h1=Q 57. b8=Q Qg1+ 58. Ke2 Qf2+ 59. Kd1 Qd4+ 60. Kc2 Qxe4+ 61. Kb3 Qe3+ 62. Ka4 Qd4+ 63. Ka5 Qa1+ 64. Kb6 Qd4+ 65. Kc7 Qc5+ 66. Bc6 Qe7 67. Qe8 Qg7 68. Kc8 e4 69. d8=Q { and i resigned nearly but not quite a draw.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 1) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.12.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "1425"] [BlackElo "1697"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.21"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. e4 Rfe8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bf1 Nd8 13. d4 $6 {this leaves e4 too weak} (13. Nh4 c6 14. Qf3 Ne6 15. Nf5 $11) 13... exd4 14. Qxd4 $6 Ne6 15. Qd2 {to stop Nf4} Nc5 16. Nd5 Nfxe4 17. Qc2 $6 (17. Qf4 $1 $15) 17... a5 $6 $13 (17... c6 18. Ne3 $15) 18. Bd3 $2 $17 (18. Nd4 {a possible but computer mad line goes:-} Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nf6 20. Bb5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qg4 22. Bc6 Rd8 23. h3 Qg5 24. Re3 Nxd5 25. Rg3 Qh5 26. Nf5 Nf4 27. Bxg7 Bxg7 28. Qb2 $3 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Ne6 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Qf6 Qxf5 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Qxf5 Rf8 34. Qxh7#) 18... Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc5 20. Qd4 Bxd5 $1 (20... c6 {i actually saw this route to mate but obviously so did Andrew unfortunately.} 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qxf6 Re5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne6 25. Qh8#) 21. cxd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Kf1 $6 {i thought my king was safe but how wrong i was.} Qb5+ $3 24. Qc4 Rxe1+ $5 25. Kxe1 $4 { i thought after Nxe1 i was a bit massive and underestimated the Nd3+ completely. I only have one thing to say, D'Oh.} Nd3+ $1 26. Kd2 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Nxb2 {the Knight can escape to a4 and then to c5 where the King cannot get at it at all. I resign there its clear i am going to lose. So its 3 - 0 to the student from USA. At this rate it looks like i may not get even a half point in the match it is very one-sided.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 1) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Black "Llewellyn, Aln Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B29"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "1378"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.21"] {I chose an attacking move which was asking to much and before I could say 'ripped to pieces rather embarressingly' i was ripped to pieces rather embarressingly. Andrew has this match won if he wins three more in a row hell get 12 full points as the rest of the games will be defaulted to him.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd2 g5 $2 $14 (11... O-O $11) 12. Ne4 $1 {and not 12 Nf3 when g4 and Qh4 come into play actually that is lost for Black so the whole idea was flawed.} (12. Nf3 g4 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. g3 Qf6 15. Nxg4 $18) 12... Nf4 $4 13. g3 Rg8 14. gxf4 gxf4+ ({better but still losing was:-} 14... Bxf4 $18) 15. Kh1 f3 16. Qxf3 Bb8 $2 17. Nf6+ Kf8 18. Nxg8 Qh4 19. Qg2 e5 20. Qf3 $1 Qxh2+ $3 {forced Queen sacrifice...} 21. Kxh2 e4+ 22. Qg3 $1 Bxg3+ 23. fxg3 Kxg8 $2 24. Rxf7 Ba6 25. Rxa7+ $5 (25. Bb3 {a computer mate might go:-} Kh8 26. Bg5 c5 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kf8 29. Rg8#) 25... Bxc4 26. Rxa8+ {well it was all over a number of moves back but i played on in the hope of a stalemate because i had so few pieces left...} Kg7 27. Ra7+ Kf6 28. Rxh7 Bd3 29. Be3 Kg6 30. Rc7 Kh5 31. Rxc6 Kg4 32. Kg2 Bb5 33. d5 (33. Rc5 Bf1+ 34. Rxf1 $4 { stalemate...}) 33... Be2 34. d6 Bf3+ 35. Kf2 Kh3 36. d7 Kg4 (36... Kh2 37. d8=Q Bg2 38. Qh4+ Bh3 39. Rh6 $4 {stalemate...}) 37. d8=Q Kh3 $2 (37... Kh5 $2 38. Qg5#) (37... Bg2 38. Qg8+ Kf5 39. Qg5#) 38. Qh4# 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 1) 60 10"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.12.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteElo "1355"] [BlackElo "1700"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.21"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 $2 $15 g5 $2 $14 (8... Nc5 $15) 9. Nxg5 Rg8 10. Nxh7 $2 $11 (10. e4 h6 11. Nf3 Rxg2 12. Bf1 $14) 10... Rxg2 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Ne4 $2 $15 Bb4+ $3 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ $2 $11 (13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $15 {this forces the variation actually played.}) 14. Qxd2 $2 $15 (14. Nxd2 Ng4 15. Rf1 Nxh2 16. Rh1 Bg4 17. Bf1 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 Qh3+ 20. Kf2 Qh4+ $11) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rxf2+ 17. Kc3 f5 $2 $11 18. Bc2 b5 19. cxb5 $2 $15 cxb5 20. Raf1 $4 {a tired mistake, i only spotted the line 20...b4+ 21. Kb3 Be6+ 22.Kxb4 or 20...b4+ 21.Kd3 e4+ too late.} b4+ 21. Kxb4 Rxc2 22. h4 $2 Rb8+ 23. Ka3 Rcxb2 {its mate in a few moves.} 24. h5 R2b6 25. Rh4 e4 26. Rxe4+ fxe4 27. Rf6 Rxf6 28. h6 Ra6# 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 1) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.12.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "1711"] [BlackElo "1364"] [Annotator "alanm"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.21"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. f3 d5 $1 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 $6 $15 (12. Bd4 $11) 12... Qxd5 $1 13. c3 Qxd1 $2 $11 14. Rfxd1 $3 Re8 15. Kf2 $5 Be6 16. Rd2 Rad8 $6 $14 17. Bd3 $6 $11 (17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa2 20. Rxa2 Bxa2 21. Bf4 Kf8 22. Bxc7 $16) 17... Rd7 $6 $14 18. Be4 $6 $11 Rxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Bd5 20. Re1 Bf8 $4 (20... Bxa2 21. Bxc6 Rxe1 22. Kxe1 $11) 21. Bxd5 Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ $6 (22... Rxe3 23. Rxe3 cxd5 24. b4 Bb6 25. Ke2 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 Kf8 27. Kd4 c6 28. Kc5 Ke7 29. Kxc6 Ke6 30. b5 f5 31. Kb7 Kd7 32. Kxa7 Kc8 33. b6 d4 34. cxd4 Kd7 35. b7 $18) 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Kxe3 $3 {the king is decisive otherwise white has the option of playing this:-} (24. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25. Kxe3) 24... cxd5 25. Kd4 c6 26. Kc5 d4 27. cxd4 f5 28. Kxc6 g5 29. d5 g4 30. d6 h5 31. d7 h4 32. d8=Q+ Kg7 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Kd7 h3 35. gxh3 gxf3 36. Ke7 f2 37. Kf7 f1=Q 38. Qg7# {he was just playing with me in that endgame so Andrew goes 6 - 0 up and looks favourite to win the next which gives him match 1 and thus 5 default points.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 1) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.12.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Andrew(kronus)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "1409"] [BlackElo "1716"] [Annotator "alanm"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.21"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne4 $2 $15 Nd7 $6 $15 10. c5 $2 $17 f5 $1 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Neg5 $4 h6 $4 (12... e4 13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14. Bxf7 exf3 15. gxf3 $19) 13. Nf7+ $2 $17 Kh7 14. Nxd8 $6 $17 Rxd8 15. Bd5 $2 Nxc5 16. Bxc6 Nd3+ $1 17. Ke2 bxc6 18. Bd2 $4 ( 18. Ne1 $5 $19 {this was necesary to avoid more loss of material.}) 18... Ba6 $5 19. Kd1 $2 (19. Rhb1 $3 Nf4+ $4 20. Kd1 Nxg2 21. Nxe5 Rd5 22. Nxc6 Bb5 23. Nd4 c5 24. Nxb5 Rad8 25. Ke2 Rxd2+ 26. Kf1 Nh4 $17) 19... Nxf2+ 20. Kc2 Nxh1 21. Rxh1 Rd5 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Rc1 Bd3+ 24. Kb3 Be4 25. a3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rd3 27. f4 $2 e4 28. Ka2 $2 Rxe3 29. Bd4 Rd3 30. Bxa7 e3 31. Re1 Kg6 32. h4 Kh5 33. a4 Kxh4 34. a5 Kg4 35. a6 Kxf4 36. Rc1 e2 37. Bf2 Rd1 38. Rc4+ Kf3 39. Bh4 g5 40. Be1 Rxe1 41. Rb4 Ra1+ $1 42. Kb3 e1=Q 43. Rc4 Rb8+ 44. Kc2 Qd1+ 45. Kc3 Rc1# { so its all over in match 1- a complete walkover by Andrew. I didnt even get a sniff of winning in the seven games and now Andrew gets a 5 point default points awarded.} 0-1