Manage Your Favourite Games

[Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Bourne, Johnathan"] [Black "Young, Alan J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "1904"] [BlackElo "2051"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,50,26,19,16,6,4,-75,-26,-72,-29,-108,-108,-126,-71,-136,-146,-199, -214,-221,-191,-211,-232,-247,-244,-337,-286,-280,-280,-283,-280,-295,-303, -344,-377,-382,-376,-367,-369,-427,-321,-335,-307,-354,-367,-548,-580,-669, -669,-1130,-1195,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 {John Shaw recommendation} (3... Nf6) (3... Qh4+ {main lines}) 4. d4 Nf6 5. e5 (5. Nc3 Bb4 ) 5... d5 6. exf6 {given a ? by Shaw} (6. Be2 {main} Ne4 7. Bxf4 g5 (7... b6 8. c3 Be7 9. Nf3 Bh4+ 10. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nd2 Qg2 13. Rf1 {J Garcia-K Thomas, West Wales-Gwent, 2006,1-0}) (7... Bf5 {Shaw, 0-3}) 8. Be3 g4 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxh6 13. Ne2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qe3+ 15. Qe2 Qxd4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O Qxe5 {RS Jones-Shaposhnikow, Wesles-E Gramorgan 2004,1-0} (17... O-O-O)) (6. Bb3 {Shaw}) 6... dxc4 { Stockfish11} 7. d5 (7. Qe2+ Be6 8. Nf3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 O-O-O { Krajnak-Kopera, SVK ch tm 2011,0-1}) 7... Ne5 8. Qe2 (8. fxg7 Bxg7 (8... Qh4+ 9. Kf1 Bxg7 {even stronger}) 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Qd6 11. Nc3 O-O-O { Horn-Fleck, Zurich 2007,0-1}) (8. Bxf4 Qxf6 9. Ne2 Bc5 10. Nbc3 Bf5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 {Gasior-Adda, FRA ch tm 2009,0-1}) 8... Qxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Re8 (12... Qh4+ 13. g3 Bg4 {also- Stockfish11}) 13. O-O Qd4+ 14. Nf2 Bf5 (14... g5) 15. c3 Qe5 16. Bd2 (16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Qxh3 ( 17. gxh3 g5) 17... f3 18. gxf3 Qxd5 {Stockfish11}) 16... Qe2 17. Bc1 Qxf3 18. gxf3 g5 (18... Re2) 19. Ng4 Bxg4 (19... Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Kg7 {Stockfish11}) 20. fxg4 Re2 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Kg7 0-1 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Harding, Gareth"] [Black "Williams, AH.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "1557"] [BlackElo "2246"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,66,16,13,30,23,60,74,60,60,69,64,72,49,60,20,52,3,5,-2,2,2,8,11,0,-38, -12,-12,-13,-19,-27,-43,-49,-71,-35,-35,-38,-45,-32,-38,-27,-31,-37,-48,-23, -33,-36,-14,-6,-116,-62,-90,-94,-94,-44,-31,0,-5,5,-1,1,-60,-50,-45,134,-765, -743,-744,-763]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Be2 (5. Nf3 {main}) 5... Bg7 6. Bg5 Qa5 (6... O-O 7. Qd2 a6) 7. Qd3 (7. Bd2 {Stockfish11}) (7. Qd2) (7. f3 {played}) 7... Na6 (7... O-O) 8. Qb5+ Qxb5 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 (9... Nd7) 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (10... Nxd7) 11. Nf3 b5 12. Nd2 Nc7 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nd1 e6 (16... f5 17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Raf8 { Stockfish11}) 17. dxe6+ fxe6 18. Rb1 Rhf8 19. Ne3 Rae8 (19... a5 {Stockfish11}) 20. Rfd1 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Kc6 22. a3 (22. c4) (22. c3) 22... d5 (22... a5) 23. exd5+ exd5 24. a4 (24. g4) 24... a6 (24... bxa4 {Stockfish11}) 25. c3 (25. axb5+ axb5 26. g4 b4 27. Nf5 Bf6 (27... Rf7 28. Nf1) 28. Nxh6 Re6 29. Nf5 Ra8 {Stockfish11}) 25... d4 26. cxd4 cxd4 (26... Bxd4 {keeps a Q side majority of pawns}) 27. axb5+ axb5 28. Rbc1+ (28. Nc2 Kb6 29. Nf3 Rd8 (29... Ne6 30. Ncxd4 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Re2 33. f4 Kc5) 30. Nfxd4 Rd6 31. Nb3 Rfd8 32. Ne3 Rd3 33. Kf1) 28... Kb6 29. Nc2 Re2 30. f3 (30. Nf3 g4 31. Nfxd4 Rexf2 32. Nb4 Rxb2 33. Rc6+ Kb7 34. Ne6 Nxe6 35. Rd7+ Ka8 36. Ra6+ Kb8 37. Nc6+ (37. Rxe6 Bd4+ 38. Rxd4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rff1 40. Rd8+ Kc7 41. Re7+ Kxd8 42. Nc6+ Kc8 43. Na7+ {perpetual}) 37... Kc8 38. Re7 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Ra1 (39... Rff1 40. Ra8#) 40. Rxa1 Bxa1 41. Na7+ Kd8 42. Nc6+) 30... Nd5 31. Ne4 Rc8 (31... d3 32. Rxd3 Bxb2 33. Rcd1 Rxc2 34. Rxd5 b4 35. Rd6+ Rc6) 32. Rd2 (32. Nb4 Rd8 (32... Nxb4 33. Rxc8) 33. Rc6+ Ka5 34. Nd3 (34. Na6 b4 35. Ra1+ Kb5 36. Rc5+ Kb6 37. Raa5 Rxb2 38. Rcb5+ Kc6 (38... Ka7 39. Nac5#) 39. Nb8+ Kc7 (39... Rxb8 40. Rxb8) 40. Ra7+ Kc8 41. Na6 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Be5 43. Rc5+ Nc7 44. Rcxc7+ Bxc7 45. Rxc7#) 34... b4 35. Rg6 Bf8 36. Ra1+ Kb5 37. b3) 32... Rxd2 33. Nxd2 d3 0-1 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Zeidler, Sven"] [Black "Miles, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B26"] [WhiteElo "2186"] [BlackElo "1968"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,100,19,21,72,49,82,25,12,40,28,20,20,7,5,4,17,26,41,48,104,29,48,14, 20,-15,-3,-17,8,3,30,2,18,8,36,37,41,57,43,37,60,94,97,133,121,79,83,62,62,29, 36,57,37,0,30,0,0,0,0,-50,0,0,0,-56,-49,-18,-18,-9,0,0,0,-65,-65,-67,0,-45,0,0, -10,-13,-28,-29,-20,-17,-26,-7,-2,-26,-18,-26,-28,-44,-31,-29,-28,-29,-29,-29, -29,-29,-29,-27,-25]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 (2... Nc6 {main}) 3. g3 Nc6 (3... b5) 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O e6 (9... b5) 10. Rae1 (10. Nd1 {main}) 10... b5 11. Nd1 b4 (11... Bd7 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 b4 14. c4 Bd4 15. f4 Qf6 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 e5 {Marquinez Cabrejas-Lebrun, Nato ch, Brussels 2008,1/2-1/2}) 12. Nc1 Ne7 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ndc6 15. Bh6 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne3 e5 (17... Bd7 18. h4 h5 19. Ne2 e5 20. f4 f5 {Ballester Llagaria, Iagar, Mislata 2012,1/2-1/2}) 18. f4 f6 19. fxe5 (19. f5) 19... dxe5 (19... Nxe5 20. Ne2 Ng4 21. Nf4 {Stockfish11}) 20. Nb3 c4 21. Nxc4 $16 Be6 22. Qe3 (22. Rd1) 22... Bxc4 23. dxc4 Na5 24. Rd1 (24. Bh3) 24... Nxc4 25. Qc5 Qb6 26. Rf2 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Rfc8 28. Ne6+ Kf7 29. Bh3 (29. Ng5+ Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kf7) 29... Ne3 (29... h6) 30. Ng5+ Kg7 31. Rd7 (31. Ne6+ $11) 31... Rb1+ (31... fxg5 32. Rxe7+ Kh6 {Stockfish11}) 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 fxg5 34. Rxe7+ Kf6 35. Ra7 (35. Bxa6 Rxc3 36. Rxh7 Rc2 37. a3 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Ra2 39. h3 Rxa3 {Stockfish11}) 35... Rxc3 36. Rxa6+ Kf7 (36... Kg7) 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Be2 Rc2 39. Kf2 Nd1+ 40. Ke1 Nc3 41. Bc4 g4 42. Rxh7 Nxa2 $11 (42... Nxe4) 43. Bd5 Nb4 44. Rf7+ Kg5 45. Re7 Nd3+ (45... Rxh2) 46. Kf1 Rxh2 47. Bc4 Rf2+ 48. Kg1 Rd2 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Kg1 Rd2 (50... Rd2 51. Rd7 Ne1 (51... Rd1+ 52. Kh2 Nb2) 52. Rxd2 Nf3+ 53. Kf2 Nxd2 54. Bd3 Nb3) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Powell, Lloyd"] [Black "Heap, Gerry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2064"] [BlackElo "2111"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,62,19,31,25,-11,-9,-24,-24,-11,-9,10,-8,0,-9,2,16,4,6,0,57,39,105,104, 124,96,114,106,122,167,175,204,212,210,211,156,292,314,337,299,326,355,366,218, 218,160,169,185,188,196,196,-23,0,0,0,-106,-76,-77,-99,-99,-72,-72,-80,-80,-80] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 { " There is little sense in this line for Black, as he simply has an inferior version of the 4...Be7 variation with the white bishop on d2 instead of c1, which is a useful extra tempo" Avrukh 2017:182. As explained by Lloyd in the pm session} 8. Qc2 a6 9. a4 (9. Qxc4 {main} b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rc1 { preferred by Avrukh & Bologan 2012}) 9... Nbd7 10. Na3 c5 11. Nxc4 {4 Wh wins, 2 draws} cxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Ba5 {Stockfish11} Qe8 13. Nxd4 {1.5-0.5}) 12... Nb6 (12... Bc5 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Qb3 {Nguyen-Pham, VIE ch tm, Ho Chi Minh 2019,1-0}) 13. Ba5 Qxd4 14. Nxb6 Rb8 15. Rac1 (15. b4 {also}) 15... h6 (15... Bd7 16. Rfd1 Qe5 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bxa4 20. Nxa4 Bxf6 21. Nb6 {Stockfish11}) 16. Rfd1 Qe5 17. Bd2 (17. b4 Re8 18. Rd3 Bf8 19. Rcd1 {Stockfish11}) 17... Qxe2 18. Re1 Qh5 19. Bf4 e5 { desperation} 20. Rxe5 g5 21. Rxe7 (21. Qc7 {Stockfish11 & Rudy at pm} Ng4 22. h3 Nxf2 (22... Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bd8 24. Qxb8 Bxh3 25. Qxb7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 { Stockfish11}) 23. Kxf2 Qg6 24. Nd5 Bd6 25. Rxg5 Bxc7 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Rxc7 $18 {Stockfish11}) (21. h4 Be6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Nc8 Qe8 25. Qc7 $18 {Stockfish11}) 21... gxf4 22. Nxc8 Rbxc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Kg7 25. h3 (25. Rcc7 {Stockfish11 & Lloyd in pm} Qd1+ 26. Bf1 Kg6 27. Rxf7 Ne4 28. Rg7+ Kf5 29. Rcf7+ Ke6 30. Re7+ Kf5 31. Rgf7+ Kg6 32. Kg2 Ng5 33. Rxf4 { Stockfish11}) 25... Qd1+ 26. Kh2 (26. Bf1 fxg3 (26... f3 27. Rcc7) 27. Rcc7 (27. fxg3 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Ne4) 27... gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Kg6 29. Rxb7 a5 30. Rxf7 Qxa4 {Stockfish11}) 26... f3 27. Rcc7 (27. Bh1 Nd5 (27... Qf1 28. Rc2 Nd5 29. Rd7 Ne3 30. Rcd2 (30. fxe3 f2 31. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 32. Bg2 b6 { Stockfish11})) 28. Ree8 Qd2 29. Kg1 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 b6 {Stockfish11}) 27... fxg2 28. Rxf7+ Kg6 29. Rg7+ Kf5 30. Kxg2 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Qd1+ (31... b5) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Hewitt, William"] [Black "Garcia, Jason"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "1990"] [BlackElo "2029"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,34,19,38,72,47,87,23,14,13,13,-8,17,35,27,-20,-19,-1,-11,-37,-22,-25, -22,-24,-22,-20,-23,-24,-4,-6,12,17,12,11,-6,12,5]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nd5 (7. Bg2) 7... Nge7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 (9. O-O {103 games}) 9... Nd4 (9... Bg4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. O-O Qd7 {Torra Bitlloch-Armenteros Generosa, ICCF email 2016, 0-1}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. O-O Bc6 15. b4 b6 16. b5 (16. f4 $16) 16... Bb7 17. a4 a5 (17... a5 18. f4) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Marin Marin, Francisco Javier"] [Black "May, Frank"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1776"] [BlackElo "2019"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,92,24,18,56,69,78,73,73,60,90,65,88,65,107,104,77,65,100,77,77,26,43, 50,30,-2,18,-31,-26,-37,-11,-70,-7,-4,-9,-12,-7,8,0,0,4,18,-9,-41,37,22,34,-36, -125,-138,-38,-50,-56,-96,-91,-112,-98,-158,-111,-205,-233,-233,-242,-143,-249, -246,-162,-301,-118,-112,-112,-101,-98,-98,-116,-103,-131,-139,-160,-123,-129, -159,-128,-112,-105,-148,-149,-154,-93,-177,-125,-213,-236,-285,-293]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 (4... Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O {main}) 5. O-O a6 6. a4 b6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Ng5 (10. Qd2 h6 {63 games with a Hippopotamous}) 10... d5 (10... h6) 11. Qf3 O-O 12. exd5 Nf6 (12... h6 13. Nh3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxd5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qd2 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qh4 21. Qg3 Qc4 22. c3 Rfe8 {Stockfish11}) 13. Rad1 exd5 14. Bd3 Bc8 (14... Re8 15. Bf4 c5 {Stockfish11}) 15. Rd2 Bf5 {Draw?} (15... Nf5 $15 {Stockfish11}) 16. Bf4 h6 17. Nh3 Qd7 (17... Bg4 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. f3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxc7 Nh5 22. Qd6 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24. Qxd5 Rac8 25. Bd6 Rcd8 26. Qc6 Qh4 {Stockfish11}) 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Be5 Rfe8 20. Rde2 c6 21. Nf4 (21. b3) 21... h5 22. Nd3 a5 23. b4 {leaves gaps in Wh's pawn structure} (23. h3) 23... axb4 24. Nxb4 Nh7 (24... Bf8 {Stockfish11} 25. Bxf6 Bxb4 26. Re5 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Be7 28. Qf4 Re8 29. Bxe7 Qxe7) (24... Ng4 25. Bxg7 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 (26. Qxe2 Qd6 27. Be5 Qxb4) 26... Kxg7 27. h3 Nf6 {Stockfish11 }) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qf4 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 (27. Nxe2 Rxa4) 27... Nf8 28. Nd3 f6 (28... Ne6 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Re1 Nexd4 {Stockfish11}) 29. g4 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Ne6 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. Qxf4 Kf7 (32... Rh8) 33. Kf1 Qd6 (33... Rh8 { Stockfish11}) (33... g5 34. Qf3 Nxd4 {Stockfish11}) 34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Re1 Rh8 36. Kg2 Rh4 37. Ne2 Re4 38. Kf3 (38. Kf1) 38... g5 39. h3 f5 (39... Nf5 $19 40. c3 Nh4+ 41. Kg3 Kg6 {Zugzwang- Stockfish11}) 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. f3 Re3 42. c3 Nc4 43. Kf2 Rd3 (43... f4) 44. Rb1 f4 (44... Rxf3+) 45. Rb3 Kf5 46. Rb1 Rxf3+ 0-1 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Waddington, Mike P"] [Black "Haigh, A.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "2046"] [BlackElo "1773"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,29,19,16,20,-29,41,1,82,15,-5,9,33,30,37,-52,42,30,30,5,134,184,172, 161,419,409,558,468,488,477,29999,-30000]} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nfd7 {main } (3... d4) 4. e6 (4. d4 {main} c5 {Tony has had 3 wins & 2 draws with this line over the years eg} 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Bb5 Qa5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. Qd4 Ne4 15. Qb4 Qb6 { Musson-Haigh, Dyfed Open 2003,0-1}) 4... fxe6 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 g6 (6... Nc6 { main}) 7. h4 Nf6 (7... Bg7 {main; 2 Wh wins, 2 draws,3 Bl wins}) 8. h5 gxh5 9. Bf4 (9. dxc5 {Stockfish11}) 9... Nc6 (9... Bd7) 10. Nb5 Kd7 11. Nc7 (11. dxc5) (11. Ne5+) (11. c3) (11. Rh4 {all winning lines according to Stockfish11}) 11... Ne8 12. Nxa8 cxd4 13. Ne5+ Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 (14... Qa5+ 15. c3 Rg8 {though still}) 15. Bb5# 1-0 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.8"] [White "Taylor, Robert G"] [Black "Jones, IC.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "1844"] [BlackElo "2163"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,148,20,20,20,-16,0,-42,15,12,19,11,21,20,13,8,26,-1,-1,-13,44,21,35, 20,69,38,16,-72,-64,-63,-22,-58,-58,-76,-70,-70,-2,-45,12,20,-2,17,33,38,36,3, 19,-43,86,77,79,71,89,86,102,108,121,121,128,34,108,100,184,107,104,82,104,83, 81,72,63,86,89,67,86,65,52,27,28,-45,-26,-35,-29,-90,-40,-18,-31,-157,-130, -206,-108,-112,-103,-124,-124,-130,-123,-123,-125,-125,-106,-135,-119,-155,-96, -135,-125,-156,-150,-154,-114,-139,-104,-119,-107,-129,-126,-157,-149,-223, -192,-192,-190,-182,-180,-188,-202,-199,-217,-220,-221,-245,-271,-272,-277, -275,-285,-289,-302,-321,-322,-330,-343,-609,-630,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998, -29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 (7. d4) (7. Re1) 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 {99 games} 9. Nb5 (9. Bf4) (9. Nd4 {main lines}) 9... Ne8 (9... c5 10. e4 Qd7 11. a4 Nc6 {Stockfish11}) ( 9... Qd7 10. a4 c6 11. Nbd4 c5 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. e3 Re8 16. b3 h5 17. Bb2 h4 {Stockfish11}) 10. Bf4 (10. e4) 10... c6 (10... a6 ) 11. Nbd4 Bf6 12. Qc1 (12. e4 {Stockfish11}) (12. Nf5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. e4 {Stockfish11}) (12. b4 c5 (12... a5 13. Rc1 axb4 14. Bxb8 Qxb8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Rxa2 17. d4 Qb7 18. Qb3 Qxc6 19. Qxa2 Nd6 20. Qb2 Qb5 21. Rb1) 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 Nd6 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Rxb5 Qc8 17. Qb3 { Stockfish11}) 12... Nd6 (12... c5) 13. Bg5 (13. e4) 13... c5 14. Nc2 Nd7 15. Qf4 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qf4 Rfe8 {Stockfish11}) 15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qf6 17. Nh3 (17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nf3 a5 20. d4 Rfe8 {Stockfish11}) 17... Nb5 (17... Qe7) (17... h6) 18. a4 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 Nc7 20. b4 (20. Ne3 Nf6 21. d4 cxd4 22. Nf5 Ne6 23. Rfd1 {Stockfish11}) 20... Rfe8 (20... g5 21. Nh5 f5 22. Rfb1 {Stockfish11}) 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nb4 (22. d4) (22. h4 $16) (22. Nd4 N7e6 23. Nfxe6 Nxe6 24. Nb5 Red8 25. Rfc1) 22... Rad8 23. a5 N5e6 (23... g5 24. Nh3 h6) (23... Rd6 24. axb6 axb6 25. e3) 24. axb6 ( 24. Rfc1 {Stockfish11}) (24. e3 {Stockfish11}) 24... axb6 25. Ra7 (25. Rfc1 Nb5 26. e3 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Kf8 28. Rab1 {Stockfish11}) 25... Nc5 26. Ra2 (26. Rc1 Nb5 27. Ra2 d4 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Rb2 Nc5 30. Nc6 Rc8 31. Rxb5 Rxc6 32. Nd5 g6 33. Rxb6 {Stockfish11}) 26... Rd6 27. d4 Nb3 28. e3 g5 29. Rb1 (29. Nfd3) 29... Na5 (29... Nxd4 30. exd4 gxf4 31. Ra7 Rb8 32. Nd3 Ne6 {Stockfish11}) 30. Ne2 Bc8 31. Nc3 (31. Rc1 Nc4 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 b5 34. Ra7 Re7 35. Nf4 Kf8 36. Rca1 Nb6 37. Kh2 Bf5 38. Bf3 {Stockfish11- but there seems no clear way to bring it to a breakthrough}) 31... Bf5 32. Rd1 Be6 33. Bf1 Rc8 34. Bg2 Nc6 35. Nd3 Bf5 36. Ne5 Na5 37. Na4 (37. g4) 37... f6 38. Nf3 Nc4 39. Nc3 (39. h4) 39... b5 40. Ra7 (40. Nd2 Nxd2 41. Raxd2 b4 42. Ne2 Rb8 43. Rb2 b3 44. Nc3 {Stockfish11}) (40. g4 Bxg4 41. Rb1 Bf5 ( 41... Rb8 42. Ra7) 42. Rb3 Kg7 43. h4 h6 44. Ra7 Rd7 45. Ne1 (45. h5 $11 Bg4 46. Ne1 Bxh5 47. Rxb5 {Stockfish11})) 40... b4 41. Na4 (41. Nb1 ) 41... Nb5 (41... b3 {Stockfish11}) 42. Rb7 Nc3 (42... Bc2 43. Ra1 Ra8 44. Rxb5 b3 45. Ne1 b2 46. Nxc2 bxa1=Q+ 47. Nxa1 Rxa4 48. Nb3 Ra3 49. h3 Kf7 50. Nc5 {Stockfish11- Wh has a pawn for the exchange & probably winning the d5 pawn}) 43. Ra1 (43. Nxc3 bxc3 44. Ne1 Nd2 45. Rc1 Kf8 46. Rb5 c2 47. h4 g4 48. Bxd5 {Stockfish11}) 43... Ra8 44. Rxb4 Bd7 (44... Rb6) ( 44... Nb6) (44... Rda6) 45. Ne1 (45. Rb8+ Rxb8 46. Nxc3 Be6 { Stockfish11}) 45... Rxa4 (45... Nb6) 46. Raxa4 Nxa4 47. Bxd5+ Rxd5 48. Rxc4 Nb6 (48... Ra5) 49. Rc7 (49. Rb4 Rb5) 49... Rd6 50. Kg2 Nd5 51. Ra7 Bc6 52. Kg1 Bb5 53. h3 Rc6 54. Ra1 Be2 (54... h5) 55. Kg2 Nb4 56. Rb1 Rc4 (56... Nd5) 57. Rb2 Bd1 58. Rd2 Ba4 59. f4 Bc6+ 60. Kf2 h6 61. fxg5 hxg5 62. h4 gxh4 ( 62... g4) 63. gxh4 Be4 64. Kg3 Nd5 65. Kf2 Rc3 66. Re2 Kg7 67. Nf3 Kg6 68. Nd2 Bd3 69. Re1 Rc2 70. Rg1+ Kh5 71. e4 (71. Ke1 f5) 71... Rxd2+ 72. Ke1 (72. Kf3 Nc3 73. e5 Be4+ 74. Kf4 Rf2+ 75. Kg3 Rf3+ 76. Kh2 Kxh4 77. Rg8 Rf1 78. Rh8+ Kg4 79. Rg8+ Kf4 80. Rg2 Bxg2 (80... Nd1 81. exf6 Ne3 82. f7 Ng4+ 83. Rxg4+ Kxg4 84. f8=Q Rh1#) 81. Kxg2 Ra1 82. exf6 Ra2+ 83. Kf1 Kg3 84. Ke1 Kg2 85. f7 Re2# {Stockfish11}) 72... Re2+ 73. Kd1 Nc3+ 74. Kc1 Rc2# 0-1 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.9"] [White "Richmond, Jane"] [Black "Pinch, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2101"] [BlackElo "1667"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,79,80,19,19,56,18,-6,59,45,36,-5,-9,7,-15,39,45,4,44,-35,-7,-56,-7, -30,-32,-13,1,11,16,19,98,100,93,100,87,101,108,111,96,105,101,105,103,104,104, 97,110,97,91,92,91,67,310,310,311,336,334,310,306,314,323,324,319,319,371,343, 417,418,458,463,480,517,533,486,578,576,600,550,590,585,618,488]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {main} (7... Bg4) 8. Nbd2 {one of of the latest fashions, an older variation scarcely covered in the theory books} (8. c4) (8. Re1) 8... Bf5 (8... Nxd2 {main}) (8... Nd6) 9. Nb3 (9. Re1 {main, in elite GM practice as well}) (9. Qe2 {occasional others}) 9... O-O (9... a5 {one of Stockfish11 responses}) 10. c3 Qd7 (10... Bd6) (10... Bg4 11. Nbd2 f5 {close to a more usual theoretical position} 12. Qb3 Kh8 (12... Na5)) 11. Re1 Rfe8 (11... Rae8) 12. Bf4 Bd6 (12... b6 { Stockfish11}) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 (13... Nxd6 {Stockfish11 choice}) (13... cxd6 { Rudy- covers e5 & c5 plus some play on the c file} 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. h4 {Stockfish11- the doubled pawns are less useful in an ending, but Bl's N is not without some prospects in a blocked position}) 14. Nh4 Bg6 (14... Qf4 {considered by David} 15. Qf3 { Jane} Qxh4 16. Qxf5 g6 {Stockfish11} 17. Qf3 f5) (14... Bd7 { Stockfish11}) 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Rxe4 dxe4 18. Nc5 Qd5 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 b6 21. Nxe4 a5 {Stockfish11- though Bl is only half a pawn down so far} 22. f3 f6 23. Kf2 (23. b4 {Stockfish11- makes it a full pawn}) 23... Re8 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Re3 Re6 (25... Ra8 {Rudy- hoping to get some R activity on the Q side} 26. d5 {Stockfish11} (26. f4 {pm analysis} Ne7 (26... a4 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. d5 Nd8 29. d6) 27. Rd3 Nd5 28. g3 a4 29. b4 (29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Ke2) 29... a3 30. bxa3 b5 {gives Bl enough to hold}) 26... Ne7 27. d6 Nd5 28. Re2 g5 (28... Nf4 29. dxc7) 29. g3 cxd6 30. Nxd6+ Kg6 31. Rd2 Ne7 32. g4 Nc6 33. Nf5 Ne5 34. Rd6 Rb8 35. Re6 Rb7 36. Ke3 a4 37. bxa4 Nc4+ 38. Kd4 Nxb2 39. Kd5 Nxa4 40. c4 Ra7 41. Kc6 (41. Re7 Rxe7 42. Nxe7+ Kf7 43. Nf5 {should also be winning for Wh}) 41... Kf7 42. Re2 {Wh will win the b pawn soon}) 26. d5 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Ne5 28. Ke2 (28. f4 {Stockfish11} Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Nc5 (29... Nxb2 30. Kd2 {wins the N}) 30. Rc4 Kf8 31. b4 axb4 32. cxb4 Na6 33. b5 Nc5 34. Rxc5 {returning the exchange is often the quickest route to a breakthrough} bxc5 35. d6) 28... g5 29. h4 gxh4 30. Rxh4 f5 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Rh8 Ke7 33. Rg8 g6 34. Kd4 Kd6 35. c4 c5+ 36. Ke3 (36. Kc3) 36... a4 37. f4 Ng4+ 38. Kd2 (38. Kf3 axb3 39. Rxg6+) 38... axb3 39. Rxg6+ Kc7 40. Rxg4 { a K cannot dance at two weddings} 1-0 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.11"] [White "Dixon, Chris"] [Black "Barnaby, Nicholas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1754"] [BlackElo "1750"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 (3... e6) (3... Bf5) (3... c6) 4. e3 Bf5 (4... e6 ) 5. f3 h6 (5... e6 {main}) 6. g4 Bg6 (6... Bh7 {looks logical, 2 wins each, 1 draw}) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 {1 win each, 3 draws} 9. O-O-O (9. h4 { transposes to 38 games}) 9... Nc6 10. Nge2 (10. h4 {0.5-1.5}) 10... Qd7 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Nc1 (13. Na4 Kb8 14. Nc1 Qe8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Nd3 e5 {Kleinert-Kjeldsen, Remote -SM email 2013,1-0}) 13... Na5 14. g5 (14. b3) 14... Nh5 15. N1e2 Nxf4 16. exf4 g6 17. Rdg1 hxg5 18. fxg5 (18. hxg5) 18... Nc4 19. f4 Nd6 20. Ng3 Nf5 (20... Nc4 21. h5 gxh5 22. Nxh5 c5 {Stockfish11}) 21. Nxf5 (21. h5) 21... exf5 22. Ne2 (22. Qf3) 22... Bd6 23. Qf3 c6 (23... Rde8) 24. Rc1 (24. Nc1) (24. Ng3) 24... Kb8 25. h5 {Draw?.} Rxh5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Qe6 (27... Re8 $17) 28. Qf3 (28. Rf1) 28... Re8 29. Ng3 Bc7 (29... Qe1 30. Nxf5 Qd2 31. a3 Bxf4 32. Rd1 Re1 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Ka2 Qe4 {Stockfish11}) 30. a3 f6 31. Rh1 (31. Nh5) (31. Rg1) 31... fxg5 32. fxg5 f4 33. Rh6 (33. Nh5) 33... Qe1+ 0-1 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.12"] [White "Orton, Paul"] [Black "Van Kemenade, R.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A87"] [WhiteElo "1580"] [BlackElo "1889"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,66,25,19,73,68,68,68,69,69,69,66,53,50,48,34,45,24,49,56,81,61,54,54, 54,54,54,64,-8,9,76,27,74,61,156,179,161,148,376,346,346,346,346,293,225,254, 254,211,232,-107,-84,-307,-111,-324,-324,-378,-386,-592,-686,-570,-728,-981, -931,-1456,-1204,-1160,-1288,-1183,-1343]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b3 Nc6 (7... c6) (7... Qe8) (7... e5) 8. Bb2 Qe8 ( 8... Ne4 {Main.}) (8... e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qd5+ Nf7 14. Qd2 c6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Re8 {Ratnesan-Van Kemenade,4NCL open, Telford 2019,0-1.}) 9. Nc3 (9. d5 Nd8 {Main.}) 9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 (11. e4 f4 12. Nd5 Rf7 13. Ng5 Rd7 14. gxf4 Nxd5 (14... h6 15. Nf3 Nh5 { Babu-Dzhumaev,Chennai Win TV op 2004,0-1.}) 15. exd5 exf4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re1 Qg8 18. Qd2 Nd8 19. Qd4+ {Williams-Van Kemenade, Dyfed League 2013,1-0.}) 11... Rf7 12. Ng5 (12. Qc2 {1 win each,4 draws.}) 12... Rd7 13. Nxf6+ (13. Qe1 h6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Ne6 Re7 17. Nc5 Kh7 18. Rd1 a5 {Varberg-Fabig, ICCF email 2018,1/2-1/2.}) (13. Qd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Rfe1 Nd8 16. e4 f4 17. gxf4 h6 18. Nf3 exf4 19. e5 Ne6 {Sitorus-Norman, BCCA, ICCF 2016,1-0.}) 13... Bxf6 14. Bd5+ Kh8 (14... Kg7) 15. Qc1 Nd8 (15... Nd4 16. Re1 c6 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. Nf3 e4 {Stockfish11.}) 16. f4 h6 {Trying for an advantage & possibly winning the d5 B- but Bl has misjudged the tactics that follow.} ( 16... c6 {Is safer, though Wh retains an edge.} 17. Bg2 Nf7 (17... Qe7) 18. e4 Re7 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. fxe5 Bg7 (20... Bxe5 21. exf5 Bxb2 (21... Bxf5 22. Re1 Re7 23. Bxe5+ Rxe5 24. Qb2) 22. Qxb2+ Kg8 23. Rae1 Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. fxg6 (25. f6 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Be6) 25... hxg6 26. Qd4 {Stockfish11.})) 17. Nf3 (17. Nh3 {Expected.} Kh7 18. e4 Re7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nf2 c6 21. Bg2 Ne6 (21... Nf7 22. g4 Bd7 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. f5) 22. fxe5 (22. g4 Nxf4) 22... Bg5 23. Qc3 {Stockfish11.}) (17. e4 {Stockfish11.} Re7 (17... hxg5 18. fxe5 Bg7 (18... Bxe5 19. exf5 Rxd5 20. cxd5 Bxf5 21. Re1 Nf7 22. Bxe5+ Nxe5 23. Qc3) 19. exf5) (17... c6 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. exf5 cxd5 20. Re1 Nc6 21. Nf3 d4 22. Qxh6+ Rh7 23. Qxg6 Qxg6 24. fxg6 Re7 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxd4 {Stockfish11.})) 17... c6 (17... Kh7 18. Nxe5 Re7 19. Re1 c6 20. Bg2 Nf7 21. Nf3 {Stockfish11.}) 18. fxe5 (18. Nxe5 Rg7 19. Bg2 Nf7 20. Nd3 {Stockfish11.}) 18... cxd5 (18... Bg7 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxh6+ {A threat seen by Bl.} Kg8 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Rae1 {()tockfish11, but better for Bl than the game continuation.}) 19. Qxh6+ Rh7 {Bl had been relying on this move, but Wh had seen further.} 20. exf6 Kg8 (20... Nf7 21. Qf4 (21. Qxg6 Qe3+ 22. Rf2 Be6 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxf5) 21... dxc4 22. e4 { Stockfish11.}) (20... Qf7 21. Qe3 Kg8 22. Ng5) 21. Qd2 dxc4 (21... Nf7 22. cxd5) 22. Ng5 (22. Ne5 Be6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Rae1 {Stockfish11.}) 22... Rd7 23. Qc3 (23. Qf4 Nf7 (23... cxb3 24. Qh4 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Rf7 (25... b6 26. Qh8+ Kxh8 27. f7+ Rd4 28. f8=Q#) 26. Qh6 b6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Ba3+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Rfd1+ Kc6 31. Qxd8) 24. e4 {Stockfish11.}) (23. f7+ { Simpler, the f6 pawn just gets into Wh's way.} Nxf7 24. Qc3 Ne5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5) 23... Nf7 24. Qxc4 {A mistake that Bl has seen as a possibility for him.} (24. bxc4 {Simplest, Wh is 2 pawns up.}) (24. Rae1 $18) (24. Rf3) (24. e4 fxe4 25. Rae1 {Stockfish11.}) 24... Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qxg5 26. Qe6 Rd8 27. Qe7 Bd7 {And Bl gets the long diagonal control he was hoping for with the earlier ill-fated h6 move.} 28. Rf4 Bc6+ 29. Kg1 Re8 30. Qb4 Rxe2 31. Bd4 (31. Rf2 Rxf2 (31... Rae8) 32. Kxf2 Qh5 (32... f4) ) 31... Rg2+ (31... Qh5 {Stockfish11- mating.}) 32. Kf1 Rxh2 (32... Qh5) 33. Qc3 Qh5 0-1 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.13"] [White "Jones, Martin C"] [Black "Van Kemenade, J.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "1745"] [BlackElo "1689"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,54,16,30,82,12,39,32,37,37,37,34,48,48,56,18,18,-5,-5,-19,-23,-90,-90, -134,-11,-40,-5,-38,3,-45,15,-28,46,-22,38,-24,0,22,34,27,34,36,62,-6,30,-26, 32,12,123,92,92,92,92,92,122,128,225]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ngf6 (6... Ne7) 7. Bg5 (7. O-O {main}) 7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 { Stockfish11} (8... Bxf6 {1.5-0.5}) 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. e4 (10. O-O O-O {transposes to 38 games}) 10... c6 11. Nc3 (11. Ne3 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O { Stockfish11}) 11... Qe7 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Ne5 {Stockfish11} 14. Qe2 (14. Qxd6 Nxc4 15. Qd3 Nxb2 {even worse}) 14... Be6) (11... Qc7) 12. O-O (12. d5 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Nd2 Ne8 15. b4 f5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rac1 f4) 12... O-O (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 (13... h5 14. h4 Ne5) 14. Qa4 O-O 15. Rad1 Re8 {Stockfish11}) 13. Rc1 {not clear that the R needs to be on this closed file- b1 looks a better square} (13. d5) 13... Rd8 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 h5 15. h3 a5 16. b3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Re8 {Stockfish11}) 14. Re1 (14. d5 ) 14... Nf8 (14... exd4 {Stockfish11}) 15. h3 (15. d5) 15... g5 (15... exd4) 16. a3 {rather slow} (16. d5 Ng6 17. Nd2 {Stockfish11}) (16. b4 { at once is positionally desirable, Stockfish11 at first goes for its standard} exd4 17. Nxd4 Qf6 18. Nce2 Ng6) 16... Ng6 17. b4 g4 (17... h5) 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. d5 Qf6 {this turns out to give Wh a useful tempo to unravel the K side } (19... h5 20. Qd3 Bh6 (20... h4) 21. Rcd1 h4 22. a4 (22. c5 dxc5) 22... Kg7 (22... c5 23. bxc5 hxg3 24. fxg3 Qc7 25. cxd6 Qc5+ 26. Kf1 Rac8 27. Rb1 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Nd1 b6 30. Nf2 Bc8 31. Bh3 Bxh3+ 32. Nxh3 Bf8) 23. Ra1 Rh8 {Stockfish11}) 20. Qd3 h5 21. Nh2 Bd7 22. c5 (22. dxc6 bxc6 23. b5 h4 {Stockfish11}) 22... Bh6 (22... dxc5 23. bxc5 Bf8 24. Qe3 (24. d6 b6 25. Na4 h4) 24... h4 25. Ne2 b6 {Stockfish11}) 23. Rcd1 Be8 (23... dxc5 24. bxc5 h4 {Stockfish11}) 24. dxc6 bxc6 (24... dxc5 25. cxb7 Rab8 26. Nd5) 25. cxd6 Bf8 26. Qe2 Bxd6 (26... Qg5 27. Nf3 Qf6 28. Rd3 Bxd6 29. Red1 Be7 (29... Bc7)) 27. Qxh5 Bc7 (27... Bd7 {doesn't succeed in keeping the N out} 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 Be7 30. Ng4 Qg5 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Nf5) 28. Ng4 Qg7 (28... Qh8 29. Qg5 Kf8 30. Na4 {Stockfish11}) 29. Qg5 (29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Nf5 Qf6 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Bf3 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Bd8 34. Kg2 Bd7 35. Rh1 (35. Nde3 Qh8) 35... Bxf5 36. exf5 Qxf5 37. Bxc6 Rc8 38. Ne3 Qg5 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Be4 {Bl is only a pawn down, but the pieces are all on inferior squares}) 29... Nf8 (29... Ne7 30. Qxe7 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qxg4 32. Qxc7) (29... Kf8 30. Na4 ( 30. Ne3)) 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Qh4+ (31. Qh5+ {keeps on f7} Nh7 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Rd7) 31... Nh7 32. Nxe8 (32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nxh7 Qxh7 34. Qe7 Bb6 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Nxd1 Qg8 37. Qxe5+ {Stockfish11}) 32... Rxe8 33. Rd7 Bb6 34. Red1 (34. Na4 Bd4 35. Nc5) 34... Bd4 {just brings the N to a better square} (34... Re6 35. R1d6 Qf6 36. Rxe6 Qxh4 (36... Qxe6 37. Bh3) 37. gxh4 fxe6 38. Na4 $16 {Stockfish11}) 35. Ne2 Bb2 (35... Bb6) 36. a4 (36. Rb1 Bd4 (36... Bxa3 37. Rb3) 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. e5 Rxe5 39. b5 {Stockfish11}) 36... Kg8 37. Rc7 (37. Rb1) 37... Nf6 (37... Re6) 38. Rxc6 Rad8 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Qxf6 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Qg4 42. Bh3 (42. Bf3 Qg7 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Qh4+ Qh6 45. Rh8+ Kxh8 46. Qxh6+) 42... Qh5 (42... Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 Qg4 45. Rd6 Qg7 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qh4+ Kg8 48. Rd8+ Qf8 49. Qg5+ Kh7 50. Rxf8) 43. Rc8+ Kh7 1-0 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.14"] [White "Probert, Malcolm"] [Black "Greatorex, Roger"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1735"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 (5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 (6. e4)) 5... d4 6. d3 Be7 (6... Nf6 {main}) 7. e3 dxe3 (7... Nf6) 8. fxe3 (8. Bxe3 {also}) 8... e4 {a longterm sacrifice- the doubled e pawn gets in the way of Wh's pieces, & gives Bl the e5 blockading square for his} (8... Nf6 {13 games}) 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bf6 (10... Bg4 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nf6 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 {Bryndin-Karasev, St Petersburg White Nights op 2002,1-0}) 11. Nbd2 (11. Rd5 Nb4 12. e5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd8 14. e4 {Stockfish11}) 11... Nge7 12. a3 (12. e5 Bxe5 13. Ne4 Bg4 14. Nxc5 {Stockfish11}) 12... O-O (12... Ng6) 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. b3 (14. Rf1) 14... Bg4 (14... Ng6) 15. Bb2 Bxf3 (15... Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Ne5) 16. Bxf3 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Ne5 18. Be2 Nd3 (18... N7c6) 19. Bxd3 (19. Rbb1 Ne5 20. b4 {Stockfish11}) 19... Rxd3 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Ke2 Ng6 22. Rbb1 Ne5 23. Nf1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Kf8 26. Ke2 { the extra half pawn is a vulnerable one in the centre} Ke7 27. Nd2 Kf6 28. Nb1 Ng4 29. h3 Ne5 30. Nc3 h6 (30... a6) 31. Nd5+ (31. Nb5 Nc6 32. Nd6 b6 33. Ne8+ Kg6 34. Kd3 Ne5+ 35. Kc3 h5 {Stockfish11}) 31... Kg5 32. Nf4 g6 33. Nd5 h5 34. Nf4 Nc6 (34... Kf6) 35. Nd3 Na5 (35... b6 36. b4 cxb4 37. axb4 Kf6 { Stockfish11}) 36. Nxc5 b6 37. Nd3 Nxb3 38. Ne5 Kf6 39. Nc6 Nc5 (39... a6) 40. Kf3 (40. Nxa7 {Wh should happily swap the weakling for a sound extra pawn on the Q side, though Stockfish11 reckons it's still a draw} Ke6 41. Nc8 Na4 42. Kd3 Ke5 43. Kc2) 40... a6 41. Nb4 (41. e5+ Kf5 42. e4+ Ke6 43. Ke3 Nd7 44. Nd8+ Ke7 45. Nc6+ Ke6 {Stockfish11}) 41... b5 (41... Ke5 42. Nd5 Nd7 ( 42... Nxe4 43. Nxb6 Ng5+ 44. Kg2 Kd6 45. h4 Ne6 46. Na4 Nc5 47. Nb2 Ke5 48. Kf3 $11) 43. Nb4 a5 44. Nd3+ Kf6 {Stockfish11}) 42. cxb5 axb5 43. Nd5+ Ke5 44. Nc3 g5 45. g4 (45. Nxb5 Nxe4 46. a4 {Ns have great trouble with Rs pawns; with other pawns they can jump away either side when challenged}) 45... h4 46. Nxb5 Nxe4 47. a4 Nc5 48. a5 Na6 49. Nd4 (49. Nc3 Nc5 50. e4 Kd4 51. Nb5+ Ke5 52. Ke3 f6 53. Nc7 Kd6 54. Nd5 Ke5 55. Nb4 Nxe4 56. a6 Nd6 57. Nc6+ Kd5 58. Ne7+ Kc5 (58... Ke5 59. a7 Nc4+ 60. Kd3 Nb6 61. Nf5 Kd5 62. Ne3+ Kc5 ( 62... Ke5 63. Nc4+) 63. Ke4) 59. a7 Nc4+ 60. Ke4 Nb6 61. Kf5 {Stockfish11}) 49... Nb8 50. Nf5 Na6 51. Nh6 (51. e4 Nb4 52. Ke3) 51... f6 52. Nf5 Nc5 53. e4 Na6 (53... Nxe4 54. a6 Nd2+ 55. Ke3 Nc4+ 56. Kd3 Nb6 57. a7 Kd5 58. Ne7+ Ke6 59. Nc6 Kd6 60. Na5 Kd5 61. Nc4 Na8 62. Ne3+ Ke5 63. Kc4 Kf4 64. Nf5 Kf3 65. Kc5 Kg2 66. Kc6 Kxh3 67. Kb7 (67. Nh6 Kg3 68. Kb7 h3 69. Kxa8 h2 70. Kb8 h1=Q 71. a8=Q Qxh6) 67... Kxg4 68. Kxa8 h3 69. Nh6+ Kh5 70. Kb8 h2 71. a8=Q Kxh6 72. Qh1 (72. Qf3 {Stockfish11})) 54. Ke3 (54. Ne7) 54... Nc5 55. Nd4 ( 55. Ne7) 55... Na6 56. Nb3 (56. Nf3+ {Stockfish11} Ke6 57. e5 (57. Kd4 Kd6 58. e5+ fxe5+ 59. Nxe5 Nb4 60. Kc4 (60. Nf7+))) 56... Kd6 57. Kd4 Nb4 58. Kc4 Nc6 59. a6 Na7 60. Nd4 Ke5 61. Nb5 (61. Kc5 {quickest- Stockfish11} Nc8 62. Nf5 Kf4 63. Kc6 Na7+ 64. Kb6 Nc8+ 65. Kb7) 61... Nc8 62. Kd3 (62. Kc5 {as above} Kf4 63. Nd6) 62... Kf4 63. Kd4 (63. Nd6 {Stockfish11 & Rudy} Na7 64. Ne8 Ke5 65. Kc4) 63... Kg3 64. Ke3 Kxh3 65. Kf3 Kh2 66. Kf2 (66. Nd6 {still wins, but trickier} Kg1 67. Nxc8 h3 68. a7 h2 69. a8=Q h1=Q+ 70. Ke3 Qh3+ 71. Kd4 Qxg4 72. Qa1+ Kh2 73. Nd6 {on further reflection, Stockfish goes only definite plus for Wh}) 66... Kh3 67. Kf3 (67. Nd6 {now though does again win- though the variations are difficult for humans to find} Nxd6 (67... Na7 68. Kf3 (68. Ne8 Kxg4 69. Nxf6+ Kf4 70. Kg2 Ke5 71. Ng4+ Kxe4) 68... Kh2 (68... Nc6 69. Ne8 Ne5+ 70. Kf2 Nd3+ (70... Nxg4+ 71. Ke2 Kg3 72. a7 h3 73. a8=Q h2 74. e5 $18) (70... Kxg4 71. Nxf6+ Kf4 72. a7 {queens}) 71. Ke3 Kg3 72. a7 h3 73. a8=Q h2 74. e5 {simplest} (74. Qa1 Nf2 75. Qf1 h1=Q 76. Qxf2+ Kxg4 77. Nxf6+ Kh3 78. Qf5+ Kh2 79. Qh7+ Kg2 80. Qxh1+ Kxh1 81. e5)) 69. e5 { Stockfish11} fxe5 70. Ne4 h3 71. Kf2 Nc6 72. Nxg5 e4 73. Nxe4 Kh1 74. g5 { the N has 2 pawns to contend with &} h2 75. Ng3#) 68. a7 Kxg4 69. a8=Q) 67... Kh2 68. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.15"] [White "Ley, Cyril"] [Black "Knight, Colin B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "1603"] [BlackElo "1759"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Rb1 (6. e4) 6... c5 (6... a5) 7. Nd5 (7. a3 {main}) (7. Nf3) 7... Nc6 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bh6 Qa5+ 10. Kf1 Bg7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. a3 Qc7 (12... Bd7 13. h4 h5) 13. e3 (13. b4) 13... a5 14. h4 h5 15. Nh3 Bg4 (15... Rb8) 16. f3 Bf5 (16... Bxh3 17. Bxh3 e5 $15 {Stockfish11}) 17. g4 (17. Nf4) 17... Be6 (17... hxg4 18. fxg4 Bd7) 18. Nf4 (18. gxh5 {Stockfish11} gxh5 19. Nf4 Rh8 (19... Kh6 20. Qd2) 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Rg1 Kf7 22. f4) 18... Rh8 (18... hxg4) 19. Rc1 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bd7 ( 20... Qd7) 21. Nd5 (21. g5) 21... Qd8 22. d4 e6 23. Qf3 {the trouble with this is that it's not a R on fi, but a K} (23. Nf4 Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Qxh4 25. dxc5 e5 26. Nd5 Bxg4 {Stockfish11}) 23... exd5 (23... cxd4) 24. cxd5 Nxd4 (24... Na7 25. dxc5 Rxh4 {Stockfish11}) 25. exd4 Rxh4 (25... cxd4) 26. dxc5 Bxg4 {gives Wh a little bit of a breather} (26... dxc5) (26... Rxh1+ 27. Bxh1 dxc5) 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. cxd6 (28. Rxh4 Qxh4 29. c6 bxc6 30. dxc6 a4 {but the c pawn could well save the game for Wh}) 28... Rc8 29. Qe1 (29. Qd2) 29... Qf6+ (29... Qf6+ 30. Kg1 Qd4+ 31. Kf1 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 34. Kf2 Qf4+ 35. Ke1 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Be2+ 37. Ke1 Bc4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3#) 0-1 [Event "Dyfed Open"] [Site "Fishguard"] [Date "2020.02.16"] [Round "4.16"] [White "Francis, Matthew"] [Black "Williams, R Gareth"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "1642"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.18"] {[%evp 0,70,80,31,17,14,72,57,82,63,63,43,53,26,26,33,57,27,42,49,35,41,-78, -149,-36,-94,-78,-82,-84,-213,-211,-211,-186,-191,-195,-179,-198,-188,-177, -183,-181,-214,-233,-222,-224,-236,-269,-254,-249,-261,-262,-262,-242,-267, -265,-280,-261,-253,-293,-292,-242,-306,-296,-341,-349,-381,-398,-398,-405, -396,-421,-458,-436]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 {main}) 3... Bg4 ( 3... Nf6 {main}) 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. c4 Qf5 7. Be3 e6 (7... Bxf3 {main} 8. Bxf3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 (9. Bg4 Nc2+) 9... Qe6+ 10. Be2 Qe4 11. O-O Qxd4 12. Qa4 e6 13. Nc3 {55% for Wh- is some complex theoretical stuff}) 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 (9... Bc5 {when} 10. Qa4 {works a bit better for Wh than} (10. Qb3)) 10. c5 {has been played} (10. Nb5 {main, 3 wins each & a draw}) 10... Bxc5 (10... Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bxc5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 {Soergel-Fischer; Regionnalliga Bayern 2000,1-0}) 11. Qa4 {Wh might get some chances down the c file for the missing pawn} Bd6 (11... Bb6 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Rac1 Kb8 (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Kb8) 15. Nb5 a5 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Nbd4 Qc8 18. Nxc6+ {De Armas-Ribeiro, Capablanca mem, Matanzas, 1/2-1/2}) (11... Bxf3 {Stockfish11 ends all Wh's hopes} 12. dxc5 (12. Bxf3 Nxd4 {is worse for Wh}) 12... Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nd5) 12. Nb5 (12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3) 13. a3 (13. Rfc1 Qa5 14. Qd1 e5) (13. g4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Qxg4+ 15. Kh1 Qh3+ 16. Kg1 Ng4) (13. d5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 exd5 15. Rfd1 d4 (15... h5 16. Rac1 ) 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 a6 18. Rad1 {Stockfish11}) 13... Kb8 (13... Qa5 14. Qc4) 14. Rfc1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. b4 Ne7 17. b5 Nf5 18. Bg5 Bxf3 (18... f6 19. Bc4 Qxf3 20. gxf3 fxg5 21. Bxe6 Nxd4 {Stockfish11}) 19. Bxf3 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 (21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxd8 { Stockfish11})) 12... a6 13. Nxd6+ Rxd6 14. b4 (14. Rac1) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Rac1 Qb5 {Bl's pieces are too centralized, so wh just has a 2 pawn deficit} 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. a3 Rhd8 20. Rfe1 Rd2 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Ra2 23. Rc3 Rdd2 24. Rec1 c6 (24... Ne8 25. Rf1 Nd6 {Stockfish11}) 25. Rf1 Nd5 (25... h5 26. h3 g5 {Stockfish11}) 26. Rb3 Kc7 (26... Nf4) (26... Kd7) 27. Be4 h6 28. Bb1 Rab2 29. Rf3 f6 (29... f5) 30. Rg3 g5 31. Rh3 f5 32. Rxh6 { the R goes offside, but there is no saving the game} Nc3 33. Rxe6 Nxb1 34. Re3 f4 35. Re7+ Kb6 0-1

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