[Event "Training for 2017 South Lakes 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.05.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "1621"] [BlackElo "1413"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "5"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. e5 $1 Nfd7 7. Nf3 (7. e6 Nb6 8. exf7+ Kh8 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. h4 Nac4 $14) 7... Nb6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. O-O c5 $4 {Harikrishna played this in an early game before he was a grandmaster. It is a complete blunder.} (9... Nc6) 10. dxc5 $5 dxc5 11. Qe2 $4 (11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (11... Rxf7 $4 12. Qxd8+ $18) 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qxg4 $18) 11... Nc6 $14 12. Be3 Nd4 $1 13. Bxd4 Bxf3 $1 14. Rxf3 $6 $15 Qxd4+ $5 15. Kh1 c4 $1 16. Rd1 $5 Qc5 17. Ne4 $1 Qc6 $2 $11 (17... Qc8 $3 {a computer move} 18. Rc3 Qf5 19. Bxc4 Qxf4 20. Rf3 Qxe5 $17) 18. Rc3 $1 Rad8 $1 19. Re1 $2 $17 Rd4 $1 20. a3 Rfd8 $1 21. h3 Qd5 $15 {I have an advantage but it is difficult to see where i go with it so I offer a draw. He turned me down.} 22. Ba2 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 $2 $11 24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. Qg4 f5 $6 26. Qg5 Rd1 $6 $11 27. Rce3 $1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd7 29. Qf6 $1 Qf7 30. Qc3 h5 $3 {the c4 pawn is the only thing standing between imediate disaster. I rush to get the king off the vital diagonal (a2-g8).} 31. Qb4 Kg7 32. a4 Qf8 33. Qc3+ Qf6 34. Re5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd7 36. Re7+ $3 Kh8 $4 37. Qxf6+ $4 (37. Qxc4 Qf8 38. Rf7 Qb8 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Qg7# ) 37... Nxf6 38. Rxb7 Rd2 $4 (38... Ne4 $3 {if i had thought about this I may have played it but Knights are my big weakness and I was out of practice.} 39. Bxc4 (39. h4 Nf2 40. Bxc4 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kf3 Nd2+ 43. Ke3 Nxc4+ 44. Kd3 Nb6 45. a5 Nd5 46. Rxa7 Nxf4+ 47. Kd2 Nxg2 48. a6 Ra1 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. a7 f4 51. b4 (51. Ke2 Nxh4 52. b4 Nf5 53. b5 Nd4+ 54. Kf2 Nxb5 55. Kf3 g5 56. Rb8 Nxa7 57. Ra8 h4 58. c4 h3 59. c5 h2 60. Kg2 h1=Q+ 61. Kf2 Ra2#) 51... f3 52. b5 f2 53. Ke2 f1=Q+ $19) 39... h4 40. Rb3 Rc1 41. g4 hxg3+ 42. Kg2 Rxc2+ 43. Kg1 Rxc4 $19) 39. Bxc4 Rxc2 40. Bf7 $3 Kg7 $4 {a blunder but i had already lost by there.} 41. Bb3+ $5 {so its 1 - 0 to Kronus.} 1-0 [Event "Training for 2017 South Lakes 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.05.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A27"] [WhiteElo "1438"] [BlackElo "1596"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "5"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 {The English Opening:Three Knights Variation.} 4. d4 e4 5. d5 (5. Ng5) 5... Nce7 $2 $16 6. Nd4 Nf6 (6... d6) 7. Bg5 $1 Neg8 $4 $18 (7... c5 $1 $16) 8. Nxf5 d6 9. Ng3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Ngxe4 Bf5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. e4 Bh7 14. Qg4 $1 {stopping Black from castling...} Be7 15. Be2 O-O 16. Qe6+ $6 Qxe6 $5 17. dxe6 {Kronus resigned rather early here maybe because I was steadily but consistantly outplaying him in the opening. So its tied at 1 - 1 in our match.} 1-0 [Event "Training for 2017 South Lakes 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.05.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Kronus"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1573"] [BlackElo "1461"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "5"] 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 {An unusual Pirc Defence System.} g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O d5 $2 $16 8. e5 Nfd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Qe2 $6 $14 (11. d4) 11... Nc5 $1 12. d4 Ne6 $5 13. Be3 Nd7 $3 {the obvious 13...c5 fails here.} (13... c5 $4 14. dxc5 d4 15. Bxb7 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Qxd4 Nxe5 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 Nc4 $18) 14. g4 c5 $3 {now it works...} 15. f5 $4 Nxd4 $1 (15... cxd4 16. fxe6 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 (17. Bxd4 $2 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 (18. Qxf3 $4 Bxd4+ 19. Kg2 fxe6 20. Qe2 Qb6 $19) 18... Bxd4+ 19. Kg2) 17... dxc3 $13) 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. e6 $4 dxc3 $1 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxd5 cxb2 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rad1 $2 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Ne5 $2 23. fxg6+ Kg8 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qe4+ Ng6 26. c4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. h4 Qd4 29. Qf5 Qe5 30. Qd3 Qc3 $3 31. Qf5 $2 {a rather hopefull draw offer from Kronus ensued but I could see a clear win. If the Queens swap off its a won endgame for me.} (31. Qxc3 Bxc3 32. h5 Ne5 33. g5 Bd2 34. g6+ Kg7 35. Rb1 Nxc4 36. Kg2 Bc1 37. Kf2 Nd2 38. Rxb2 Bxb2 $19) 31... Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Bd4+ 33. Rf2 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Qxf2+ $6 {I didnt spot the checkmate but it is because its so easily won from here anyway.} (34... b1=Q+ 35. Ke2 Qe3#) 35. Qxf2 Bxf2 {So now I(Alan) look slight favourite to win this mini-match with a lead of 2 - 1.} 0-1 [Event "Training for 2017 South Lakes 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.06.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Kronus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A27"] [WhiteElo "1455"] [BlackElo "1600"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "5"] {It was a kinda of bloodbath and I was the victim...} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 $1 4. e3 d6 5. g3 $6 (5. d4 $14) 5... g5 $2 6. d4 $1 Bb4 7. dxe5 $2 (7. Bd2 $16) 7... Qe7 $4 8. Nd4 $4 (8. exd6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxd6 $18) 8... Nh6 $4 9. Bg2 $2 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. exd6 cxd6 12. h4 Ng4 13. Bd2 gxh4 14. Rxh4 h5 $18 {and White is a pawn up and Kronus doesnt have a safe spot for his king. }) 9... Bg4 $4 10. f3 $4 (10. Nxc6 Bxd1 11. Nxe7 Kxe7 12. Kxd1 $18) 10... O-O-O $4 11. fxg4 $4 (11. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 12. fxg4 dxe5 13. Qa4 c5 14. Qa6+ Kd7 15. Bc6+ Ke6 16. Bd5+ Kd7 17. Qb5+ Kc8 18. Bb7+ Kb8 19. Bc6+ Kc8 20. Qb7#) 11... dxe5 12. Qf3 $4 {a terrible move in hindsight and loses the game} (12. O-O $16) (12. Nxc6 $4 {too late} Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 bxc6 $19) 12... exd4 $5 13. a3 dxc3 $1 14. axb4 $2 cxb2 $3 15. Bxb2 Qxb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxb2 17. Rxa7 $2 Nxa7 18. Ke1 Rd3 19. Rf1 Rhd8 20. Qe2 Rd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Qxg2 0-1