[Event "Training Match Online 45 45"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2021.04.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Fulmar"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1152"] [BlackElo "1307"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 (3. Nc3 {this is more common move here defending the pawn on e4 from knight on f6 attacking it.}) 3... c5 4. c3 $6 $11 (4. d5 c4 5. Bxc4 Nxe4 $14) 4... c4 $2 $16 5. Bc2 $2 $14 (5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Qxc4 e6 $16) 5... Nbd7 6. b3 $2 $11 (6. Na3 $3 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Nb5 Qc6 9. a4 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. d5 Qc8 12. Be3 e5 $14 {with an attack which is based on tieing my pieces down to the defense of the c4 pawn...}) 6... cxb3 7. axb3 g6 8. Ne2 $6 $14 (8. Nf3 $14 {better than Ne2 as it creates an additional attacker to the e5 square...}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 e5 $2 $16 11. fxe5 $2 $11 (11. Ba3 $3 Re8 12. Bxd6 exf4 13. Nd2 (13. Bxf4 $2 $11 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11) 13... g5 14. e5 $16 { and those pawns look formidable}) 11... dxe5 12. d5 Nc5 13. Ng3 Qb6 14. Be3 ( 14. Kh1 {this is a slightly better alternative}) 14... Ng4 15. Qe1 Bh6 $1 16. Bxc5 $2 $15 (16. Bf2 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 Nd7 $11 (17... f5 $6 $14 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Nxb3 $4 20. Nxh6+ Kg7 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxb3 Kxh6 $18)) (16. Bxh6 Nd3+ $2 $14 {this was the move i was looking at} 17. Be3 (17. Kh1 Nxe1 $19 ) 17... Nxe3 18. Bxd3 Nc2+ 19. Qf2 Nxa1 20. Nd2 Qa5 21. b4 Qa3 22. Ne2 Nb3 23. Nc4 Qa6 24. Nxe5 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 $16) 16... Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 Ne3 18. Qf2 $4 $17 (18. Rf2 f5 19. b4 Qb6 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Nxc2 $4 (21... gxf5 $11) 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Rxc2 Kxh6 $18) 18... f5 $2 $15 (18... Qb6 19. Qg1 Nxd5 (19... Nxc2 $4 $18 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 $18) 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 $19) 19. b4 $4 $19 { the point is the pin on the queen loses force as i am about to connect the rooks, so the queen on b6 will be defended...} Qb6 20. Re1 $4 (20. exf5 Nxf1 21. Qxb6 Nxg3+ 22. hxg3 axb6 23. Rxa8 Bxf5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bxf5 gxf5 $17 { goes into a lost endgame}) 20... fxe4 21. Qe2 Bg4 22. Qd2 Nxg2 $3 {if 22... Qxg3 23.Bf3 suffices} 23. Bxe4 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rf2 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. d6 $2 Qxc4 28. Re3 Raf8 29. Kg1 (29. d7 Rf1+ 30. Kg2 (30. Nxf1 Qxf1#) 30... R8f2#) 29... Rf1+ 30. Nxf1 Qxf1# 0-1 [Event "Training Match Online 45 45"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2021.05.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Fulmar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "1417"] [BlackElo "1203"] [Annotator "alanm"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] {[%evp 0,109,31,-12,-6,-4,-4,-8,-11,6,9,-53,10,12,12,-20,-6,-16,-16,-16,-19, -18,0,-77,-99,-74,-84,-67,-67,-189,-163,-163,-186,-209,-185,-180,-155,-241, -158,-225,-176,-180,-102,-97,-64,-64,-53,-53,-55,-90,-85,-151,-149,-146,-146, -146,-143,-143,-122,-182,-169,-187,-175,-187,-189,-269,-177,-179,-147,-147, -150,-138,0,0,17,0,0,0,108,-29,142,136,151,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,5,0,2,2,1, 1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 a6 5. Qa4+ $146 { novelty never played before and a reasonable move...} (5. Nf3 $11 {the normal move here in the book}) 5... c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. e4 $2 $15 {the e2 Bishop is weak, i end up shipping a pawn...} dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Ne5 $4 $19 {trying to tempt f6...} Nxe5 $1 (14... f6 $4 15. Bc4+ Kf8 (15... Kh8 16. Ng6+ Kh7 17. Nf8+ Kh8 18. Qh7#) 16. Ng6#) 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Bd4 $1 18. Rd1 c5 $6 $19 (18... Bg4 $19) 19. a4 Be6 20. Be3 Bxb2 $2 $17 21. Rab1 Bd4 $2 $15 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxb7 a5 $5 {otherwise the pawn is weak} 24. f4 Reb8 25. Be4 $2 $17 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bc6 Rb4 $1 {probably won from here for Fulmar...} 28. Kf2 $1 Kf8 (28... Bb3 29. Rb1 Bxa4 $4 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Bxa4 $18) 29. h3 Ke7 30. g4 g6 31. Re1 Kd6 32. Be4 $6 f5 $6 $19 (32... Rxa4 $19) 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Re5 Rb2+ $4 $11 (35... Rxa4 36. Rxf5 Ra1 37. Rf6+ Ke7 38. Rxh6 a4 39. Ra6 a3 40. h4 a2 41. Kg2 d3 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Kf3 d2 44. Ke2 d1=Q+ 45. Ke3 Qb3+ 46. Ke2 Qc2+ 47. Kf3 Rf1+ 48. Kg4 Qg2+ 49. Kh5 Qg6#) 36. Ke1 $5 {to stop the d pawn becoming too much of a threat-while the rook cuts off the Black King from supporting the d-pawn, the pawn is not a threat...} d3 37. Rxa5 Re2+ 38. Kd1 Re3 39. Ra6+ Ke7 $2 $16 40. Rxh6 Re4 $1 41. Kd2 $2 $11 (41. a5 $16) 41... Rxa4 42. Kxd3 Rxf4 43. h4 Rg4 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Kf3 Rg6 46. Rh5 Rf6 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Rh8 Kf7 49. h5 Kg7 50. Re8 Rf8 51. Re7+ Rf7 52. h6+ $1 Kg8 53. h7+ $1 Rxh7 54. Rxh7 Kxh7 55. Kxf5 {a Rook and Pawn endgame is often drawn with best play, there were few mistakes this endgame according to the computer...} 1/2-1/2