[Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 4) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2019.12.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Black "Wood, Brian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1716"] [BlackElo "1636"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nxc3 (10... Bg4 {this is the fairly even position main line of the giuoco piano opening.}) 11. bxc3 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. O-O Rxf3 15. gxf3 Bh3 $1 16. Kh1 (16. Bd3 $1 $11) 16... Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Rf8 18. Be2 Ne7 19. Bc1 $2 $17 Nf5 $2 $11 20. Ba3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxb7 Qe7 $2 $16 (23... Rd8 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. cxb4 Nd4 26. Ba6 $13) 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Bd3 Nh4 26. Be4 Qf6 27. Rb1 Nxf3 $4 28. Bxf3 Qxc3 29. Rb7 h6 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. Qxf7 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 Qc1+ 34. Ke2 Qc2+ 35. Ke3 Qc1+ 36. Kd3 Qb1+ 37. Kd4 Qb2+ 38. Ke4 Qc2+ 39. Kf4 Qd2+ 40. Ke5 Qc3+ 41. Kd6 Qb4+ 42. Kd7 Qa4+ 43. Ke7 Qa3+ 44. Ke8 Qa4+ 45. Qd7 Qxa2 46. Bd5 Qxf2 47. Qe6 Kh7 48. Be4+ Kh8 49. Qg6 {the endgme was played superbly by Andrew. This is game 1 of match 4 in the grand prix and Andrew is running away with the gp at present.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 4) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2020.01.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Wood, Brian"] [Black "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B24"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1704"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] {Brian is an avid 1 d4 player but he decides to take Andrew out of prep for the game by opening with the Kings pawn.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {the closed sicilian} Nc6 3. g3 {a quite common sideline of the Sicilian. A fianchetto line.} e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Qe7+ $6 {he has blocked in his bishop for little gain} (7... Bg4 {the mainline}) 8. Be3 $14 Bg4 $6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Ne2 Kb8 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Ned4 $1 Ka8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxc5 $4 {the queen is overloaded after Qb4 and this opens up the position incredibly well for Brian and just a gain of a pawn. Andrew said he was distracted at this point.} 18. Qb4 Ne6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Bb6 $3 (20. Bxa7 $3 Qxa7 $2 21. Qxc6+ Qb7 22. Qxb7#) 20... Nc5 $3 21. Bxc7 Nxa4 22. Bxd8 {a full rook up for only a pawn compensation Brian decides to give Andrew a belated Christmas present and in the words of Andrew 'give a pitty draw offer'. So its 1.5 - 0.5 to Andrew after this result in theyre match 4 of the grand prix.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 4) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2020.01.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Black "Wood, Brian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1632"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] {A win by Brian would see the match even up but a win by Andrew would see him pull away...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 {I think this is the Scotch Four Knight Opening.} exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ {a rare intermezzo ina very popular line} (6... bxc6 {this is the much more popular line by a country mile.}) 7. bxc3 bxc6 8. Bd3 (8. Ba3 d6 $11) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Qh5 d6 14. f4 Bf5 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxc7 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Re2+ 20. Rf2 Rxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Kg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Qc5+ 24. Kg2 Qd5+ $11 {draw by repeatition}) 10... d5 $6 $14 11. e5 Ng4 $6 $16 12. Bf4 Be6 $2 $16 13. h3 Nh6 14. Qh5 f5 $6 $18 (14... Nf5 15. Bxf5 g6 16. Qh6 (16. Qg4 $4 Bxf5 17. Qe2 $11) 16... Bxf5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bxf6 Qd7 19. g4 Be6 20. f4 Qf7 21. Qg5 Bc8 $18) 15. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 16. Bxf5 $2 Bxf5 $2 $18 (16... Qg5 $1 $16) 17. Qxf5 Qg5 18. Qd7 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 $6 $18 Qxe5 20. Qxc6 Rd8 21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Qa4 c6 $6 $18 {about to go 2 pawns behind Brian says enough is enough. So Andrew pulls away with 2.5 - 0.5 against Brian.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 4) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2020.01.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Wood, Brian"] [Black "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1704"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bf5 $2 {these lines of the Slav Defence are almost winning for white} 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 $1 b6 7. Ne5 e6 8. e4 (8. Qa4+ Nfd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 f6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 a5 13. e4 $1 $18) 8... dxe4 9. Bb5+ Nfd7 10. Be3 $4 $14 (10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 f6 $4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bc4 Nf8 15. Qf7+ Kd7 16. Qd5+ Ke8 17. Qxa8 Nbd7 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $18) 10... Bd6 $2 $16 11. Rd1 $2 $13 O-O $2 $16 (11... a6 $13) 12. g4 $1 Bg6 13. h4 $5 Bxe5 $6 14. dxe5 Qe7 $6 $18 (14... Qc7 15. h5 Nxe5 16. hxg6 hxg6 $18) 15. h5 Nxe5 16. hxg6 Nf3+ $2 17. Ke2 a6 $2 (17... Ne5 $1 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Nxe4 Nxg4 20. Bf4 a6 21. Bc4 e5 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bd5 Ra7 24. Bd2 a5 $18) 18. Nxe4 $2 axb5 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Kxf3 f5 21. Bg5 $4 {one of those D'Oh moments a lot of us seem to have against Andrew. Going from a piece up to a piece down in a two move combination. Easily done.} fxe4+ {After 22.Kxe4 Qxg5 wins the second piece of the combination. Brian resigns having led most the game by a lot. its 3.5 - 0.5 to Andrew vs Brian now.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix 2019 (match 4) 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2020.02.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Andrew(Kronus)"] [Black "Wood, Brian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1618"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. d5 $1 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 exd5 8. exd5 Nce7 9. Qd4 $1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 $6 11. c4 $6 (11. d6) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bg5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Qd4 b5 17. Rac1 Re8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qb2 Ne5 20. Nd4 $2 $17 Nd3 21. Qxb5 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa5 23. Bxf6 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Qf1 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 gxf6 27. Nf5 Rxa2 28. Nxd6 Rd2 29. Ne4 Rd4 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Ne8+ Kf8 32. Nf6 Kg7 33. Ne8+ Kf8 34. Nc7 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Ke3 Ra4 37. Nb5 Rb4 38. Nc3 Kd6 39. g3 f5 40. h4 Kc5 41. Kd3 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Ne2 Re4+ 44. Kf3 Rxe2 $4 {a bad error maybe due to ill health} 45. Kxe2 Kxd5 46. Ke3 {the game might continue 46...Ke6 47.Kf4 Kf6 when there is a posibility of a draw after a h6 move by black but Black inexplicable decides the position is lost and resigns there... well now Andrew leads by 4.5 - 0.5.} 1-0