Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Darshan"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
{Match 2 got under way between the Indian young adult Darshan and Brian Wood
who is as old as them there hills (ie i think 48 like me). Experience told in
a very theoretical debate of a game and Brian came out with a number of great
moves which the relatively inexperienced Darshan fell for. Darshans rustiness
told and Brian won the brilliancy prize with the minature.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6
3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 (7... d5 {this is the
main line in this popular line.}) 8. Nc3 b5 9. d3 Bb7 (9... d6) 10. Qe1 d6 11.
a4 b4 12. Ne2 $6 (12. Nd1 {this has been played a few times}) 12... Nf6 13. Ng3
$6 $15 O-O 14. f5 e6 15. Bg5 $6 $17 exf5 16. exf5 h6 17. Bd2 $6 $17 Re8 18. Qc1
g5 $5 19. h4 $4 {this looks inocruous enough but is very bad (according to the
computer)} gxh4 20. Nxh4 $4 Nh5 $1 21. Bxh6 (21. Nxh5 Bd4+ 22. Rf2 Bxf2+ 23.
Kxf2 Qxh4+ 24. Kg1 Qxh5 $19) 21... Bd4+ $5 22. Rf2 Nxg3 $3 23. Qd1 $6 (23. Qg5+
$5 Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Re2 25. Kh2 Bxf2) 23... Qxh4 {checkmate is coming very soon
with Queen checkmating on h1.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Darshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
{Brian confuses us all including himself with a resignation in a slightly
advantageous position... so its 1 - 1 in Match 2. He was maybe put off by
technical difficulties with a Windows 10 update during the game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Rb1 (9.
Qd2 {the opening is the Kings Indian Defence:Averbakh Variation and 9 Qd2 is
more common here.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Nf3 Rh8 12. h3 Nf8 13. e5 $1 N6d7
14. exd6 exd6 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bd3 N8d7 17. Re1 (17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Re1 a6 19. Nc3
Qd8 $16) 17... Re8 18. g4 $6 $16 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bf8 20. Bxh6 $2 Bxh6 $6 $11 (
20... Kxh6 21. g5+ Kg7 22. gxf6+ Nxf6 $15) 21. g5 Bf8 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Qe3 Qc7
24. Ng5+ Kg8 {the position is dead equal according to Deep Fritz 14 but here
Brian sees red and thinks hes blundered with Bh6 and Nh7 I assume, but its
whites move and 25.Re1 suffices for an even position, meeting 25...Bh6 with 26.
f4 or the like.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Darshan"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[Annotator "alanm"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,27,25,33,44,11,26,24,4,-5,-5,-5,38,2,2,2,2,2,-1,-50,-59,-78,6,55,-1,2,
13,13,31,25]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 {i think this is the two
Knights defence but i am not sure...} exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5
8. Nc3 $1 {Darshan obviously knew this theoretical line.} Qd8 (8... Qa5 9. Nxe4
Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 $11 {this is the mainline...}) 9.
Nxe4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qc3 Bf5 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Nf5 Qg5 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 c6 20. Re4 Re8 21. Rae1
Rxe4 22. Qxe4 h6 23. Qe7 Qd2 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Ke1 a5 (
27... Re8 $11) 28. c4 Rd4 29. Rc2 Ke7 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. Ke3 Kc5 32. b3 Rd1 33. g3
Kb4 34. Kf4 Ka3 35. Re2 Rd7 36. Re5 $4 {a bad mistake which looses the game...}
(36. f3) 36... Kxa2 37. Rxa5+ Kxb3 38. g4 Kxc4 39. g5 b5 40. gxh6 gxh6 41. Ra6
{Brian has fully recovered from his mistaken resignation and is back in the
lead in his match with Darshan.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Darshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[Annotator "alanm"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 (7... h6 {
this was the try in game 2 of this match by Darshan to the same Averbakh
Variation of the Kings Indian Defence.}) 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 (9... Re8) 10.
Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 $1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bh6 $4 $19 (13. f3) 13... Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 Qxb2 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Qe3 $2 (16. O-O Qxe2 17. Rfe1 Qb2 18. f3 Nd7 19. fxe4
$19) 16... Nd7 $2 $19 (16... Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rxe3 19. fxe3 $19) 17.
Qd2 Qf6 18. O-O Qxh4 19. f3 Bf5 20. g4 Be4 21. Rf2 Qe7 22. fxe4 Qxe4 23. Rc3
Ne5 $2 $19 24. Rf4 Qb1+ 25. Rf1 Qb6 26. Rb3 Qc7 $6 (26... Qa6 $19) 27. Qh6 Re7
28. Rf6 Rae8 $4 $18 (28... Nd7 29. Rf2 f6 $19) 29. Rh3 $1 Rd7 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31.
g5 Qa5 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7 $4 $19 (33. Re6+ $3 fxe6 34. Qf6#) 33... Qe1+ $4
$18 (33... Kd8 $19 {and the king escapes trouble...}) 34. Bf1 $4 $19 (34. Rf1
Qxe2 35. Qf6+ Kf8 36. Rh8#) 34... Kd8 {atlast the king escapes from the mate
threats...} 35. Rh8 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rde7 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Rxd6+ Kc7 39. Rf6 Qe4+
40. Bg2 Qe1+ $4 $13 {after all the tooin and throwin and missed mates its now
back to an even game...} 41. Rf1 Qe3 42. Qf6 Kd7 43. h3 $2 $17 Re7 $2 $13 (
43... Qe2 44. Qf2 Qxc4 45. Re1 Nd3 $4 46. Qxf7+ Kd6 47. Rxe8 $18) 44. Qf4 Qe2
45. d6 Re6 (45... Kxd6 46. Qf6+ Kd7 47. Bxb7 $13) 46. Bxb7 Qxa2 $4 $18 47. Bd5
$1 Qe2 48. Bxe6+ fxe6 49. Qf8 $4 $11 (49. Rf2 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Kxd6 $18) 49... Qe4+
$2 $16 (49... Kc6) 50. Kh2 Nc6 $4 {the computer shows up both players in this
match and a strange mixture of precise moves and outright blunders has occured.
} (50... Qxc4 $11) (50... Nd3 51. Qe7+ Kc6 52. Qc7# {I think Darshan was
conscious of this mate for sure...}) 51. Rf7+ $1 {a nice precise finish in the
end atlast.} Ne7 $5 {Not just desperation but the only legal move.} 52. Qxe7+
Kc6 53. Qc7# 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Darshan"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[Annotator "alanm"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. c3 Ne6 11. Qxd8 Nxd8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rxf6 Ne6 14.
Na3 Nf4 $1 $15 15. Rf1 $2 (15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Rd1 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Kg7 18. Rf5 $11)
15... Kg7 $5 16. R6xf4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. Kf2 Rad8 19. Ke2 Rd6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6
21. Nc4 f5 22. Nd2 $5 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Nxe4 Re8 {it may be drawn here
but it may not but Brian aquiesced to a draw...} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Darshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1632"]
[BlackElo "1074"]
[Annotator "Llewelyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
{Brian was dominating this match and went into this game 3.5 - 1.5 up, a win
by Darshan would make it a close match again but a win by Brian would see him
maybe recieving a few default points from this match, if he carried on in the
same vain.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
f3 O-O 8. Qd2 (8. Bc4 {this would transpose into a yugoslav attack position of
the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence- especially after 8...d6 by Black.
}) 8... d5 $1 {the textbook reply to the dragon if white doesnt play Bc4 or g4
last move but here it is even more effective because Black hasnt wasted a move
with a previous d6, so in effect Black has conived to get in a yugoslavian
attack dragon a move ahead of where he would usually be.} 9. O-O-O dxe4 10.
Nxc6 Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 bxc6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 (12... Nd5 $15 {this is the best move
according to theory}) 13. fxe4 Rb8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bf4 Rb7 16. a3 Bb3 17. h4 e5
18. Be3 Rfb8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. h5 c5 21. c4 f5 22. Bb5 $1 f4 23. Bg1 g5 $2 (23...
a6 24. Bxa6 Ba4 $14 {giving away a pawn is the only way to safe extradite the
bishop on b3}) 24. Rh3 $1 Ba2 $4 (24... Rxb5 25. cxb5 Ba4 26. Rc3 Bxb5 27. Rxc5
Rxc5+ 28. Bxc5 $18 {the position is already bleak for Black}) 25. b3 Bxb3 26.
Rxb3 a6 $5 {unfortunately there is a simple way out of this pin for White...}
27. Ba4 $5 {the rest in just technique} Rxb3 28. Bxb3 Kf7 29. Rd5 Ke6 30. Rxc5
Rb7 31. Kc2 Bf8 32. Rc6+ Kd7 33. Rxa6 Rc7 34. Ra7 Rxa7 35. Bxa7 Bxa3 36. Kc3
Kd6 37. Bb8+ Ke6 38. c5+ Kf6 39. Kc4 g4 40. Bd1 g3 41. Kd5 Ke7 42. Bxe5 Bc1 43.
Bg4 Kd8 44. c6 Ba3 45. c7+ Ke7 46. c8=Q h6 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Bxf4 Be7 49. Bxh6+
Ke8 50. Bg5 (50. Qg8+ Bf8 51. Qxf8#) 50... Kf8 51. Qxe7+ Kg8 52. Be6+ Kh8 53.
Bf6# {so Brian wins and goes to 4.5 - 1.5 lead- Brian is still atleast 2 wins
away from winning but there is still time for Darshan to make a fight of it.}
1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Darsh"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "1074"]
[BlackElo "1632"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 c6 {Fianchetto Grunfeld meets
the Catalan Opening} 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nh4 Be6
11. f4 (11. c5 {is the book move}) 11... Ng4 12. Rf3 f5 $2 (12... bxc4 13. bxc4
Qb6 14. Rb3 Bxd4+ 15. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16. e3 Nxe3 17. Qe2 Nxc4+ 18. Kh1 Qxa1+ $19 {
everything falls appart very easily in this position.}) 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Re3 $6
(14. cxb5 $11) 14... Bf7 $6 (14... Ne4) 15. Nhf3 $6 $15 bxc4 16. bxc4 Ne4 17.
Nxe4 $6 $17 dxe4 18. Qc2 $4 Nb6 $4 (18... exf3) 19. Rc3 $2 exf3 20. Bxf3 Bxd4+
21. Kh2 Bxc3 $4 {falling for a trap} 22. Qxc3 {I am afraid i might have
affected this game but I accused Brian of cheating during it- i have no proof
so I may be wrong but Brian has been playing exceptionally well in this
tournament- incredibly accurately and following book moves very deeply. Brian
if youre not cheating i am incredibly sorry mate but i have a duty as the
tournament official to make sure no cheating is going on, surely you can see
my position is difficult and not abuse youre own position Brian. The love of
chess superseeds the need to win in any chess sportsperson just have a good
clean game, Darsh deserves better- you will be forgiven under your
circumstances Brian. Accuracy and winning are not more important than enjoying
youself and having clean fun.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wood, Brian"]
[Black "Darshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1632"]
[BlackElo "1234"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
{If Darsh were to win again that would really open up this match currently at
2.5 - 4.5 to Brian Wood.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 {
d6 would have been a kings indian this is a type of Grunfeld after d5...} 6. e3
c6 7. Be2 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Rc1 (9. h4 {theory sugests this move but i dont
think its been tried}) 9... Bf5 $2 {why this is a mistake will become apparent.
..} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 $1 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Be6 $6 (12... Bg7) 13. O-O $5 Nb6 (
13... Bg7 $1 $16 {threatening Nb6 winning a piece thats pinned.}) 14. Nxf6+
exf6 15. Qa3 Qd5 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rc5 Qe4 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. Rfc1 (20.
Rxc8 $4 Qxa3 $19) 20... Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qb2 Rxc5 23. dxc5 $2 Nd5 $2 $18 (
23... Nd7 24. b4 Ne5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Ne4 Rd3 27. Qc2 Qe6 28. f4 Rxe3 29. fxe5
Qxe5 30. Ng3 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Nf1 Qxb4 $16) 24. a3 $6 Rd8 25. Nf3 g5 $6
26. b4 g4 27. Nd4 Nxe3 $3 28. fxe3 $4 {in a complex position Brian stumbles
and darsh takes advantage} (28. c6 $18) 28... Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Rxd4 30. c6 bxc6
31. Qc2 Qxa3 32. Qxc6 Rxb4 33. Rf1 Qb2 34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Rb7 36. Ra1 a5 37.
g3 Ra7 38. Ra4 f5 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. h3 Kg6 41. hxg4 fxg4 42. Rxg4+ Kf5 43. Ra4
Kg5 44. Kf3 f5 45. g4 h5 46. gxh5 Kxh5 47. Kf4 Kg6 48. Kg3 Kg5 49. Kf3 Ra8 50.
Kg3 Kf6 51. Kf4 Ra6 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Kf3 Ra8 54. Ke3 Kf6 55. Kf4 Ra6 56. Kf3 Kg5
57. Kg3 Rb6 58. Rxa5 Rb3+ 59. Kf2 Kf4 60. Ra4+ Kg5 61. Ra5 $6 (61. Ra2 $1 Kg4
62. Rc2 f4 63. Ra2 Rh3 64. Kf1 Rg3 65. Kf2 Rh3 66. Kf1 f3 67. Ra7 Kg3 68. Rg7+
Kh2 69. Kf2 $11) 61... Kg4 62. Ra4+ $2 (62. Ra2 $11) 62... f4 63. Re4 $4 (63.
Ra2 $11) 63... Rb2+ $5 64. Re2 Rxe2+ $1 65. Kxe2 Kg3 66. Kf1 (66. Ke1 Kg2 67.
Ke2 f3+ 68. Ke3 f2 69. Ke4 f1=Q $19) 66... Kf3 {So Darsh wins in fine style
and he is back in the race at 3.5 - 4.5 to Brian.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 2) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2020.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Darshan"]
[Black "Wood, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1265"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,65,28,46,51,44,44,36,73,55,50,36,61,-1,13,-8,-20,-11,-10,-10,-12,-12,
-4,-7,-7,0,-5,-7,19,-71,-53,-53,-46,-53,-60,-111,-112,-123,-111,-111,-105,-142,
-110,-134,-114,-129,-147,-147,-147,-147,-165,-165,-165,-165,-155,-181,-134,
-119,-109,-109,-124,-124,-124,-817,-812,-1124,-1142,-1287]} {the sad news
aftermath of this game is that Brian Wood has pulled out of the grand prix due
to health issues all his remaining game will be declared drawn.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9.
cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 (13... Be6) 14. f4 Qa5
15. Qd3 (15. Bd2 {was played in an amateur game}) 15... e6 $15 16. Kh1 Rab8 17.
g4 $2 c5 18. Rg1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Qa4 21. f5 $6 Rc2 (21... Qc2 $17)
22. Rgb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Qxa2 $6 24. Rb8+ Bf8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nf3 Rb2 27. Rd8
Bb5 28. Qe3 Rb3 $1 29. Qh6 {threatening mate with Rxf8#} Qa3 30. Ne1 Qe7 31.
Bg5 $4 Qxd8 $1 32. Qh4 Qa5 33. Bf6 {Brian is winning this easily but offers a
draw???? so the match ends 5 - 4 to Brian and 6.5- 5.5 in the final after the
draws of remaining 3 games.} 1/2-1/2