[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,19,23,-29,-27,-51,-44,-51,-42,-43,-40,-44,4,-2,2,10,2,-1,4,-14,-10,
-20]} 1. c4 e5 {previous games with colours reversed were in 1999 & 1992, Bl
won both encounters} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. a3 (8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. a3 Be6 11. d3 f5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Nd2 Nd5
{Gourlay-Adams, 4NCL Online 2021,1/2-1/2}) 8... O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 (10. Bb2
f6 11. d3 Qc8 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Rc1 {Morris-Ralphs, WCPL 2016,1-0}) 10... f6 11.
d3 Nd5 (11... a5) (11... Nd4) (11... Qd7 {main lines, and the text ,
welltrodden by elite GMs}) 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd7 14. Nd2 (14. Re1 {4 draws}
) 14... Bd5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Qb3 Rfd8 (16... Rad8 17. Qxd5+ Rxd5 18. Rfc1 Nd8
19. Nc4 Re8 $11 {Fernandez Vicente-Barraza Caracuel, Spanish Veterans ch 2016,
1-0 in 51 moves}) 17. Rfc1 a6 18. Ne4 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 Rd5 20. Ba1 Kf7 21. Kf1 $11
{(Draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hughes, Anthony"]
[Black "Saunders, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 {Wh not faced this line previously} (3... f5 4. d3
Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Qe8 9. Nd5 Bd8 {Hughes-Van Kemenade,
S Wales International 2022,0-1}) 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O f5 9. Be3 (9. Nd5 Be6 10. Be3 {main}) 9... Nd4 (9... Be6 10. Qd2 Qd7 11.
Nd5 Nd4 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxb7 {Noden-Saunders,
4NCL 2005,1-0}) 10. Qd2 (10. f4 {main}) 10... fxe4 11. dxe4 Nec6 (11... Nf3+
12. Bxf3 Rxf3 $11 {3 draws, 3 Bl wins}) 12. f4 Bg4 {Fritz11 SE} (12... Be6 {
Fritz16 & KomodoDragon3}) 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Nd4 16. Qd3 c6 17.
Nc3 Qd7 (17... c5 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 18. Kh2 (18. g4 $14 {KomodoDragon3})
18... Rf7 19. Rf2 Raf8 20. Raf1 Qc8 21. g4 Bd7 22. f5 $16 Qd8 23. Qd2 gxf5 (
23... h5 24. gxh5 gxf5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. h6 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Bf6 28. Ne4 $16 {
KomodoDragon3}) 24. gxf5 $16 {solid, however} (24. exf5 $18 {open the B
diagonal & keeps the K side pawns threatening further advances} Qe7 25. Ne4 {
and the Engine starts saccing on f5 in desperation} d5 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Bg5 {
is winning an exchange for starters}) 24... Kh8 25. Ne2 (25. Bf3 {prepares to
make use of the g file}) 25... Nxe2 (25... c5) 26. Rxe2 $18 Bc8 27. Bf3 Rg8 28.
Rg2 d5 29. Bg5 (29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Bg5) 29... Bf6 30. Rfg1 $16 (30. Bxf6+ $1
Qxf6 (30... Rxf6 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rg1+ Kh8 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Bd1 $18) 31.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. cxd5 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 30... Bxg5 31. Rxg5 Rxg5 32. Qxg5 (32.
Rxg5 $16) 32... Qxg5 33. Rxg5 d4 $11 (33... dxe4 $11) 34. Be2 (34. c5 Rg7 35.
Rh5 Rg8 36. Be2 Kg7 37. Rg5+ Kf8 38. h4 h6 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. b4 $11 {
KomodoDragon3}) 34... Rf6 (34... c5 $15) 35. Kg2 (35. c5 $18 {KomodoDragon3-
keeps Bl unable to get any activity} Rf8 36. Bc4 Bd7 37. f6 Be8 38. Rxe5 $18 (
38. Kg3 $18)) 35... c5 $15 36. Bd3 Bd7 $15 {now Wh's B has become the inferior
one} 37. Kf2 Be8 38. Bc2 Bf7 39. b3 h6 40. Rg1 a6 41. Bd3 Be8 42. Be2 Kh7 43.
Rg3 Bc6 44. Bd3 b5 45. Rg4 Be8 (45... bxc4 46. bxc4 (46. Bxc4 h5 47. Rg5 Kh6
48. h4 Bxe4 $19) 46... Be8 47. Rg1 Rb6 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Bxb1 Bf7 50. Bd3 $15 {
Bl is better , but there is no K entry}) 46. Rg3 Rb6 47. Ke2 b4 48. Bc2 a5 49.
Kd3 Bf7 50. Bd1 Ra6 51. Kc2 a4 52. Kb2 axb3 53. axb3 Be8 54. Be2 Bf7 55. Bd1
Ra8 56. Bf3 Ra3 57. Be2 Kh8 58. Rg2 Ra7 59. Rg1 Be8 60. Rg2 Rd7 61. Kc2 Rd6 62.
Rg3 Kh7 63. Rg2 Bc6 64. Bd3 Rf6 65. Rg3 Bb7 66. Rg1 Ra6 67. Kb2 {a blocked
position throughout} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,59,48,-7,-34,-46,-35,-65,-54,-21,-42,-29,-34,-42,-28,-56,-18,-42,2,1,
0,-49,-53,-100,-91,-76,-85,-92,-86,-74,-78,-119,-65,-104,-112,-104,-87,-102,
-102,-124,-139,-115,-84,-75,-82,-160,-161,-161,-173,-170,-200,-192,-196,-197,
-207,-207,-207,-204,-196,-207,-207,-219]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2
Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Qb6 (7... Nc6 {main}) 8. Kh1 (8. e4 {2-2-3})
8... d4 9. Na3 Be6 10. Ng5 (10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Nc6 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 Nd7 14.
e3 e5 15. fxe5 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. exd4 cxd4 18. b3 (18. Qe4 Nxc4 19. b4
$11) 18... Nxc4 {Lammers-Heppert, Blankenburg op 2006,1/2-1/2}) (10. e4 dxe3
11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nc6 13. Qxe3 Rad8 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 10... Bd5 11. Ne4
(11. e4 dxe3 12. Ne4 Qc6 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Rb1 Nbd7 15. b3 b4 16. Nc4 Nxe4 17.
dxe4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Bd4 19. Qe2 Rad8 $15 {KomodoDragon3}) 11... Qc6 $17 12.
Nxf6+ exf6 13. Qf2 Re8 (13... f5) 14. Re1 f5 15. Rb1 (15. Nc4 Na6 (15... b5 16.
Na5 Bxg2+ 17. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. a4 b4 20. Nc4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 axb6 22.
b3 Kf8 23. Kf3 $11) 16. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 17. Qg2 Qd7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Nb4 20. a3
Rxe4 21. dxe4 Qb5 22. axb4 Qxc4 23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Rxa7 Qxc5 25. Ra1 h5 $19 {
KomodoDragon3}) 15... Na6 16. Bd2 (16. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 17. Qg2 Qd7 18. e4 dxe3 19.
Bxe3 Rac8 20. c3 b5 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 16... Nb4 17. Bxb4 (17. c4 dxc3 (17...
Bxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Qb6 19. Ra1 Re7 $19) 18. bxc3 Nxa2 19. e4 fxe4 20. c4 e3 21.
Rxe3 (21. cxd5 exf2 22. dxc6 fxe1=Q+ 23. Bxe1 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Nb4 25. Bxe8 Rxe8
26. Bxb4 cxb4 27. Rxb4 Bf8 28. Rb3 a5 $19 {KomodoDragon3- the a pawn is
decisive}) (21. Bxe3 Bxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Nb4 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Kg2 (24. Bxc5 Rxe1+
25. Rxe1 Nxd3) 24... Nxd3 $19 {KomodoDragon3})) 17... cxb4 18. Nc4 b5 19. Na5
Bxg2+ 20. Qxg2 Qc7 21. Nb3 Qxc2 (21... a5) 22. Qd5 (22. e4 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 fxe4
24. Rxe4 Rec8 (24... Rxe4 25. dxe4 a5 $15) 25. Re2 a5 $17) 22... Rad8 23. Qxb5
Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 $19 25. Qxb4 (25. Qc4 {keeps the d pawn, but risks a mating
attack from} Re8) 25... Qf3+ (25... Qxd3) (25... Re8) 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 (27.
Kg2 $5) 27... Qxd3 28. Re1 Qf3+ (28... Rc8 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Rc2 {feared
by Wh, should be simple win for Bl}) 29. Kg1 d3 30. Qd2 Qd5 31. Rd1 Rd6 (31...
a5 32. Qg2 (32. Qxa5 Bd4+) 32... Qc4 33. Kh1 a4 34. Nd2 Qxa2 $19 {KomodoDragon3
}) 32. h3 Bf6 (32... Qf3 33. Kh2 Re6 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 33. Kh2 Bd8 34. Nc1
Bb6 (34... Qf3 35. Nxd3 Bb6 36. Qc2 Be3 37. b3 h5 38. h4 Rc6 39. Qb1 Qe2+ 40.
Kh3 Rc2 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 35. Qxd3 {Wh now had hopes of winning the ending
with the Q side pawns} Qc5 {an ingenious attempt at a mate} (35... Bd4 36. Qe2
Qc6 37. Qg2 (37. Nb3 Re6 38. Qg2 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Bxb2 $17) 37... Bf6 38. Rxd6 (
38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. b3 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 Kf8 $17) 38... Qxd6 39. b3 Qd1 40. Ne2 Kg7
41. Ng1 Bd4 42. Nf3 Be3 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 36. Qxd6 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg3 {
pursuing a mate} (37... Qf3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ {is the most for Bl here}) 38. Qd3
Be3 39. Qf1 {the defence missed by Bl in his calculations} Bxf4 40. Qg2 Qe3 41.
Ne2 Be5 42. Nc3 (42. b3) 42... Kg7 (42... Bxc3 $5 43. bxc3 Qxc3 44. Rd5 {
should be winning for Whbut there are a lot of Bl Q checks to be countered})
43. Nd5 {the N now controls key squares} Qc5 44. b4 Qb5 45. Qf1 Qc6 46. Qe2 f6
47. Qd2 (47. b5 Qb7 48. a4 $18 {KomodoDragon3-consistent}) 47... Qc4 48. a4 Qh4
49. Qg2 h5 50. Ne3 (50. Ne7 $1 Bg3 51. Rd7 Kh6 52. Ng8+ Kg5 53. Rd3 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) (50. a5 a6 51. Ne7 $18 (51. b5 axb5 52. a6 Qa4 53. Ne3 Qxa6 54.
Nxf5+ Kh8 55. Qxg6 $18)) 50... Qxb4 51. Nxf5+ (51. Rd7+ Kh8 (51... Kh6 52.
Nxf5+ gxf5 53. Qg7#) 52. Qa8+ Bb8 53. Rd8+ Kg7 54. Qxb8 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qxe3 56.
Rg8+ Kh6 57. Rh8+ Kg5 58. Qg3+ $18) 51... Kh7 52. Rd7+ Kh8 53. Qa8+ (53. Qc2 $1
{KomodoDragon3, and Bl is forced to swap off Qs}) 53... Bb8 54. Ng3 $2 {
after some thought, to cover e2 from checks, but the worst possible way to
avoid a perpetual} (54. Rd8+ Kh7 55. Qxb8 {pm analysis- Wh was only looking at
keeping on the Wh diagonal} (55. Rxb8 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qf2+ 57. Qg2 Qf4+ 58. Qg3 (
58. Ng3 Qxb8 $16) 58... Qd2+ 59. Kh1 Qc1+ 60. Kg2 Qc6+ 61. Qf3 Qc2+ 62. Kg3)
55... Qe1+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kg3 Qe1+ 58. Kf3 Qf1+ 59. Ke3 Qe1+ 60. Kd3 Qd1+ 61.
Kc3 Qe1+ 62. Kd4 Qd2+ 63. Kc5 Qa5+ 64. Kc6 Qxa4+ 65. Kd6 Qf4+ 66. Ke7 Qe4+ 67.
Kf8 {mating}) 54... Qe1+ 55. Kg2 Qxg3+ 56. Kf1 Qxh3+ 57. Ke2 Qxd7 58. Qxb8+ Kg7
$19 59. a5 a6 (59... h4 60. a6 Qd4 61. Qb7+ Kh6) 60. Qb6 Qg4+ (60... h4 61.
Qxa6 h3 62. Qa8 h2 63. Qh1 Qf5 64. a6 Qe6+ 65. Kd2 Qxa6 $19 {KomodoDragon3,
but much more to calculate}) 61. Kd2 Qc4 62. Qb7+ Kh6 63. Qb6 Kg5 64. Qg1+ Kf5
(64... Qg4 65. Qc5+ Qf5 66. Qg1+ Kh6) 65. Qb1+ Qe4 66. Qb6 Qd5+ 67. Kc2 Qc4+
68. Kd1 (68. Kb2 $5) 68... h4 69. Qb1+ Qe4 70. Qb6 h3 71. Qxa6 h2 72. Qc8+ Kg5
73. Qc5+ f5 0-1

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,11,19,-30,-4,-11,-10,-26,5,5,-13,-11,-7,-14]} 1. f4 (1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. a3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10.
O-O Nb6 11. b3 a6 {Thomas-Davis,S Wales International 2019,0-1}) 1... g6 2. Nf3
Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. d4 {main} (4. d3 Nf6 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Qb6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 a5
9. a4 O-O 10. Kh1 Qc7 {Thomas-Davis,West Wales op, 2014,0-1}) 4... Nf6 5. Bb5+
{forces Bl to make a move he would most likely have played anyway} (5. Bd3 {
1,131 games}) 5... c6 6. Be2 $146 {Fritz11 SE} (6. Bd3 {1-2, deep Fritz14 &
KomodoDragon3}) 6... Nbd7 (6... c5 $17 {KomodoDragon3 & Houdini5}) 7. O-O O-O
8. Nc3 b6 (8... b5 {Cloud Engines, is more active}) 9. e4 $14 Bb7 10. h3 (10.
Qe1 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 10... b5 11. a3 (11. e5 Ne8 12. Be3 $14 {Cloud Engines
}) 11... a5 (11... c5 $15 {KomodoDragon3 & FatFritz2}) 12. e5 Ne8 13. Be3 b4 (
13... Nc7 {Cloud Engines}) 14. axb4 axb4 15. Ne4 (15. Na4 Nc7 16. c4 bxc3 17.
Nxc3 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 15... c5 (15... Rxa1 16. Qxa1 c5 $19 {
Cloud Engines, the Q has been moved away from the centre}) 16. Nf2 (16. Rxa8
Qxa8 17. Nf2 Nc7 $15 {Cloud Engines}) 16... Nc7 (16... Rxa1) 17. c4 (17. Rxa8)
17... Rxa1 18. Qxa1 cxd4 (18... Bxf3 $1 {Fritz13, FatFritz2 & KomodoDragon3})
19. Bxd4 (19. Nxd4) 19... Ne6 $19 (19... Bxf3 $19) 20. Be3 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. fxe5 Qc7 (22... Bxe5 {also}) 23. Ng4 Bxe5 (23... Nd8 {FatFritz2 &
KomodoDragon3}) 24. Qc1 (24. Nxe5 {the Engines, looks better as well}) 24...
Bd4 (24... Bd6) 25. Kh1 Qg3 (25... f5 $1 {Engines united}) 26. Bf3 Bxe3 (26...
Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Qc7 $19 {Engines}) 27. Qxe3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Qd6 $19 29. Rg3 Qf4 (
29... f5 $19) 30. Qd3 (30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Rb3 h5 32. Ne3 Rb8 33. Nc2 Rd8 34.
Rxb4 Rd2 35. Ne3 Nd3 36. Rb7 e6 37. b4 Re2 38. Nf1 Rb2 39. b5 Nc5 40. Rc7 Ne4
$17 {though the Wh pawns do look rather threatening.} 41. g3 g5 42. Rc6 Nf2+
43. Kg2 Ng4+ 44. Kg1 Ne5 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Ne3 f5 47. Kf1 Kf7 $17 {still looks
like lots of play left}) 30... Rd8 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 f6 (32... Rd1+ 33. Kh2
Nd4 34. Re3 Kf8 $19 {the Bl pieces collaborate better}) 33. Rb3 Rb8 34. Ne3 (
34. Re3 {the engines} Rb6 $19) 34... Nc5 0-1

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Quinn, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,23,28,19,38,-10,23,23,51,23,30,11,24,15,22,24,55,39,32,22,67,51,75,67,
66,56]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 (4. e4 $5) 4... O-O 5. c4 d6 6.
O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 h6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Kh7 (9... Nh7) (9... Re8) (9... c6) 10. Be3
c6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. b3 $146 (12. Rad1 {main, Davis, C Davies, WLS ch 2008,1-0})
12... Ne8 (12... b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. d5 a5 15. Nd2 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 13.
Rad1 Ndf6 14. Bc1 (14. c5 exd4 15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. Bxd4 Nfxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Nd2 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 14... Qc7 15. dxe5 (15. c5)
15... dxe5 16. Ba3 Rg8 17. Qd2 Be6 (17... Qa5 18. Bb2 Be6) 18. Rfe1 Nd7 (18...
Bf8) 19. Na4 (19. Nd5 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 19... f5 $2 {opens Bl up rather
than Wh} (19... Bf8 $14) 20. Bd6 (20. exf5 $1 Bxf5 (20... gxf5 21. Nd4) 21. g4
Be6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Bf6 24. Qe3 Qg7 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5
Ng7 28. Rd6 $18 {KomodoDragon3Bl's centre has gone}) 20... Nxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6
22. Rxd6 Rge8 (22... Rae8 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 23. Red1 Nf8 24. Nc5 $18 Re7 (
24... Bc8) 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nh4 Nd4 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29. Be4 Rf7
30. g4 Bf6 31. Bxf5+ Kg7 32. Rd7 (32. Re6 {KomodoDragon3}) 32... Raf8 33. Be6
Re7 34. Rxe7+ Bxe7 35. Rd7 Kf6 36. Bf5 Rb8 37. Kg2 a5 38. h4 b5 39. Rc7 Rb6 40.
Kf3 a4 41. Be4 (41. Ke4) 41... axb3 42. axb3 c5 43. g5+ hxg5 44. hxg5+ Ke6 45.
g6 Bd6 46. g7 (46. Rf7 {also}) 1-0

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Williams, Duncan"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,64,19,9,30,36,33,22,38,-11,21,20,-9,18,23,-42,-20,-69,-56,-73,-55,-78,
-55,-99,-54,-34,-34,-34,-71,-72,-79,-92,-62,-62,-50,-115,-45,-122,-144,-144,
-159,-194,-158,-202,-256,-254,-240,-299,-300,-300,-279,-314,-307,-307,-308,
-320,-320,-344,-321,-544,-524,-523,-495,-527,-399,-549,-286]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 {Williams 1-0-1}) 5. Nf3 Nc6 (
5... Bd7 {another idea}) 6. Bd3 (6. a3 {main; 5-3-1 Morris}) 6... cxd4 7. O-O (
7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. O-O {Bridges-Morris, Swales op 2015,0-1; WCPl 2015,
0-1}) 7... Bd7 8. Re1 {this version of the Milner-Barry Gambit has been played
by elite GMs} Nge7 9. h4 {main} h6 10. h5 Rc8 11. Na3 {Stockfish 14.1 &
KomodoDragon3} (11. Nbd2 {8-2-2}) 11... a6 12. Nc2 (12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4
14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bf4 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 12... dxc3 13. bxc3 Na5
14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rb1 b5 (15... Ba4 16. Nfd4 Nc4 17. Bc1 $11 {Cloud Engines}) (
15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Rxb7 Nf5 18. Nfd4 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qxc3 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. e6 $18 {Puranik(2580)-Haria (2440), Riga Tech op 2021, 1-0}) 16. Nb4 $16 (
16. a4 $16) 16... Qb7 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. f4 (18. Bf4 $14) (18. Bc1 $14 {both
KomodoDragon3}) 18... Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rxc3 {Lc0 v023.3} (19... Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5
21. e6 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 20. a4 {[%eval 2303,0] Lc0 v0} (20. Nxa6 {
KomodoDragon3} Nf5 21. Nxf5 Rc8 22. Nd4 Qxa6 23. Nxb5 Qxa2 24. Rg3 $16) 20...
Qa7 $19 21. Nbc2 bxa4 (21... b4 $1) 22. Qe1 Rc7 23. Kh1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25.
f5 Bc5 $19 (25... Be7 $19) (25... Bb5 $19) 26. Rf3 exf5 (26... d4 27. Rg3 Bb5
$19 {KomodoDragon3}) 27. Qg3 (27. e6 $5 O-O 28. Qe5 g6 29. Rg3 f6 30. Rxg6+ Rg7
$17 {KomodoDragon3}) 27... O-O 28. Rxf5 Bb5 29. Rxb5 {[%eval 2303,0] Lc0 v0}
axb5 30. Rf6 Rfc8 31. Rxh6 Bf2 (31... Bf8 {KomodoDragon3}) 32. Qg5 Rxc2 {
and Wh lost on time} 0-1

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Saunders, Walter"]
[Black "Penny, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,89,19,16,18,-23,-10,-9,-37,-59,-19,-13,-17,-8,15,-10,-24,-26,-27,-21,
15,3,12,5,-23,16,10,17,22,7,12,-37,18,0,-9,-27,-11,-7,-6,-21,-29,-70,-21,-87,
-30,-58,-46,-57,-57,-139,-144,-177,-180,-189,-176,-134,-95,-175,-207,-243,-220,
-215,-156,-204,-156,-156,-151,-158,-133,-229,-238,-371,-382,-427,-417,-556,
-420,-441,-441,-500,-514,-522,-497,-536,-521,-552,-552,-680,-511,-566,-440,
-558]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 (4... Be7 {main}) 5. Qa4+ Nbd7
6. Qxc4 a6 (6... c5 {main}) 7. O-O b5 8. Qc6 (8. Qc2 {main}) 8... Rb8 9. Qc2 c5
10. d3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 $146 (11. a4) (11. Bf4) 11... Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nd5 (
13... Rc8 {transposes to 165 games}) 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Ne4 (15. Qb1 {20 games})
(15. a3 {10 games, scores best for Wh}) 15... N7f6 (15... f5 {Deep Fritz14} 16.
Nc3 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {Palencia
Morales-Carrillo Parra, COL ch Cali, 2021,1-0}) (15... b4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5
f6 18. Bb2 f5 19. Nd2 Bf6 20. Nc4 Rc7 $11 {Genov-Dimitrov, BUL ch 1991,1/2-1/2}
) (15... Qb6 16. a3 Rfd8 $15 {KomodoDragon3}) 16. Nfd2 Qb6 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4
Nb4 18. Qb1 Bd5 $15 {both Engines}) 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Ng5 (18. Nxf6+) 18... h6 (
18... Ne3 19. fxe3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nd5 21. Rxf7 Nxe3+ 22. Kh1 Nxc2 23. Rxg7+ Kf8
24. Rf1+ Ke8 25. Rff7 Bxg5 26. Ne4 Qc6 27. Ra7 Rd7 28. Rg8+ Ke7 29. Rg7+ Kd8
30. Rg8+ $11 {both Engines}) (18... c4 19. bxc4 Ne3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1
Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qxg5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nf3 Qe3 $17 {KomodoDragon3}) 19. Nh3 (19.
Ngf3) 19... Ng4 $17 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Ngxf6 22. Qb2 b4 23. a4 (23. axb4 cxb4
24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Nxd4 e5 27. Nf5 Rc3 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 23...
Nc3 $19 24. Kh1 (24. Ne5 {both Engines}) 24... Qc7 (24... Bxf3 25. Bxf3 e5 $19
{both Engines}) 25. Qd2 e5 26. Qb2 Rd7 27. Nhg1 e4 28. dxe4 Nfxe4 {the Bl
pieces have taken over the board} 29. h3 Rcd8 (29... Nxf2+ $1 30. Rxf2 Ne4 31.
Ne5 Nxf2+ 32. Kh2 Re7 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 30. Kh2 Nd1 {the invasion begins-
there is more than one way for Bl to cash in} 31. Qe5 Ndxf2 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33.
Ne5 f6 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Nd3 Nd2 36. Rf5 Nxb3 37. Rb1 Be4 38. Rf4 Bxd3 39. Rxb3
Bc2 40. Rb2 Bxa4 41. Nf3 a5 42. Nd2 Bb5 43. Nc4 Bxc4 44. Rxc4 Rd4 45. Rcc2 a4
46. Kg2 a3 47. Rb3 Ra7 48. Ra2 Ra4 49. e3 Rd1 0-1

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,14,35,20,70,61,61,61,99,64,68,61,43,51,41,12,28]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
e5 Na6 4. c3 Nc7 {main} 5. Bd3 g6 6. Ne2 Bg7 (6... h5 {main}) 7. Nd2 Nh6 {
3.5-0.5; Bl's setup is solid, but passive} (7... f6 {5-0}) 8. Nf3 (8. Ng3) (8.
Nf1 {played}) 8... Bf5 9. Ng3 (9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Qc2 e6 12. O-O
$18 {KomodoDragon3}) 9... Qd7 10. O-O (10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 $18 {
KomodoDragon3-Bl lacks space}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf5 12. Bd2 h5 13. h3 Nh6 (
13... h4 {is consistent}) 14. Ng5 (14. Rfe1 Ne6 (14... Nf5 15. e6 Nxe6 16. Nxf5
gxf5 17. Qxf5 $18) 15. Nh4 O-O-O 16. f4 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 14... Ne6 15. f4
O-O-O 16. f5 $18 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 (19... f6 $5)
20. Rxf5 f6 21. exf6 exf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 {a pawn is a pawn} Rde8 24.
Raf1 h4 25. R6f4 (25. Rf7 a5 26. Rg7 Re2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 25... Re2 26. R1f2 Re3 27. Rf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kc7 29. Kf2 Rd3
30. Re8 (30. Rf7+ Kc8 31. Rf4 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Rxh4 Rxa2 34. g4 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 30... Kd7 31. Re2 {Wh has gone on the defensive} (31. Rh8 $16)
31... Kd6 (31... b5 32. Ke1 a5 33. Rf2 Rg3 34. Kf1 Rd3 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 32.
Ke1 Rg3 33. Kd2 Kd7 (33... a5 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 34. a4 a5 35. Ke1 b6 $11 (
35... b5 $11) 36. Kf1 Rd3 37. Rf2 Rd1+ $2 {lifting the blockade of the K side
pawns} (37... b5 $11) (37... c5 $11) 38. Ke2 $18 Rb1 39. Kf3 Re1 40. Kg4 (40.
Re2 Ra1 41. Kg4 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) (40. g4 hxg3 41. Kxg3 $18) 40... Re4+ 41.
Rf4 Ke6 $2 (41... Re2 42. Kf3 Rxb2 43. Rxh4 Rc2 (43... b5) 44. g4 Rxc3+ 45. Kf4
Rd3 46. Rh7+ (46. Ke5 Re3+ 47. Kf5 Rf3+ $11) 46... Ke6 47. Rh6+ Kd7 48. Ke5
Re3+ $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 42. Kf3 (42. Rxe4+ $1 dxe4 43. c4 $18 {KomodoDragon3}
) 1-0

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Hughes, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,12,19,38,83,65,65,61,73,64,82,63,45,16,10]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5
4. Nf3 cxd4 (4... Nc6) 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg4 (9.
Qa4 {main} a5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxb4 axb4 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 f6 14. f4) 9...
Ne7 10. cxd5 (10. Qxg7 {Cloud Engines} Rg8 11. Qxh7 d4 12. a3 Qa5 13. axb4 Qxa1
14. Qb1 $11 {2 draws}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxd5 (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 exd5 13.
Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxh7 $18 {Kaufeld-Loehr, GER ch AmateurNet, blitz 2020,1-0}) 12.
Qxg7 {the position resembles a French more than a traditional CaroKann} (12.
Qd4 {Cloud Engines} Qxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Rb1 $14 {
Morawietz-Guddat, NRW Class2,2008,1-0}) 12... Rg8 13. Qf6 Qe4+ 14. Be3 (14. Be2
Ba6 15. Qf3 Qxe5 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. Bxe3 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Rxg2 19. Rab1 $15 {
KomodoDragon3}) 14... Nd5 15. Qf3 Qxe5 16. Rc1 Rb8 (16... Bb7 $15 {Cloud
Engines}) 17. Be2 c5 (17... Rb2 18. g3 (18. Bd4 Qg5 $1 19. Rd1 e5 20. Bc5 Bg4
21. Qxg4 Qxg4 22. Bxg4 Rxg4 23. O-O Nxc3 $19) 18... Rg6 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. O-O Nf4
21. Rfe1 Bb7 22. Qe3 c5 23. Be5 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 Qd5 25. f3 Rg5 $17 {KomodoDragon3}
) 18. O-O Nxe3 (18... Rb2 $11) 19. fxe3 $14 {the discovered attack along the f
file has gained Wh the iniative} Rg7 20. Rb1 Rb6 (20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Ke7 $14)
21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Qa8 (22. Bb5+ Ke7 23. Qc6 Rg8 24. Qxb6 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 f5 26.
Rg1 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Rf2 Qc1+ 24. Bf1 $18 Kd8 25. Qb8 f5 (
25... Qxc3) 26. Qxb6+ $18 (26. Rf3 $18) 26... Rc7 27. Qd6+ (27. Rf3 $1) 27...
Rd7 28. Qf8+ (28. Qxe6 Qxc3 29. Qb6+ Rc7 30. a4 {KomodoDragon3}) 28... Kc7 29.
Qxc5+ Kb8 (29... Kd8 {might be a little better though} 30. a4 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 30. Qe5+ Rc7 31. c4 Ba6 32. Rb2+ (32. Qxe6 Bc8 (32... Bxc4 33.
Qb6+ Kc8 34. Rxf5 $18) 33. Qb6+ Bb7 34. Rxf5 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 32... Bb7 33.
Rb5 (33. a4 $1) 33... Qg5 34. c5 Kc8 (34... Qg7) 35. Qxe6+ Kd8 36. c6 {second
choice of KomodoDragon3} (36. Rb3 $1) 36... Rxc6 37. Rd5+ Kc7 38. Rd7+ (38.
Qe5+ Kb6 39. Qb8 $18) 38... Kb8 39. Qe5+ Ka7 40. Qa5+ (40. Rd4) 40... Kb8 41.
Rd8+ (41. Qe5+ Ka7 42. Qd4+) (41. Rxh7) (41. Qd8+ {considered by Wh} Qxd8 42.
Rxd8+ Kc7 43. Rh8 Rc1 44. Rxh7+ Kc8 45. Rh6 Kd7 46. a4 Bc6 47. Rf6 Be4 48. Kf2
$18) 41... Bc8 42. Qe5+ Kb7 (42... Rc7) 43. Rd4 (43. Re8) 43... Rb6 44. Be2 (
44. g3 $1) 44... Qc1+ 45. Kf2 (45. Rd1) 45... Rb2 46. Qe7+ (46. Rc4 $1) 46...
Kb8 47. Rb4+ Ka8 (47... Rxb4 48. Qxb4+ Ka8 49. Qc4 Qxc4 50. Bxc4 {and Wh wins
the ending comfortably}) 48. Ra4+ 1-0

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,3,28,-6,61,16]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6.
d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 Kh7 10. O-O {4-1} (10. Rb1 {3-1-8}) 10...
d6 {5-3-5} (10... d5 {50 games}) 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. a3 b6 (12... Nf5 13. b4 {
2.5-0.5}) 13. b4 Bb7 {4-3-9} 14. e3 Qd7 15. Rd1 e5 (15... Rfd8 16. Ne2 Rbc8 17.
Bc3 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 cxb4 19. axb4 d5 {Maletin-Inarkiev,Novosibirsk Siberian Bank
Cup rapid 2012,1-0}) (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qc2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bg7 19. Qa4
Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Nc6 21. f4 Nd4 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nxd6 Qf3 24. Re1 Ne2+ {
Moskalenko-Dubov, RUS ch rapid 2017,0-1}) (15... g5 $15 {FatFritz2 &
KomodoDragon3}) 16. Qc2 Nd8 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Bc3 Bxf3 (18... f5 $15 {both
Engines}) 19. Bxf3 Ng5 (19... d5) 20. Bg2 Qf5 21. f4 (21. Nc1 $16 {
KomodoDragon3} Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Qh5 23. h3 Ng5 24. Qe2) (21. Kf1 Nf3 22. h3 $16 {
FatFritz2}) 21... Nh3+ 22. Bxh3 Qxh3 $11 23. fxe5 Bxe5 (23... dxe5 $15 {
both Engines}) 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. bxc5 Nf5 26. Qd2 bxc5 27. e4 $11 (27. Nc3 $11)
27... Nd4 {FatFritz2} (27... Ng7 {KomodoDragon3}) 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Qa5 Qh5 30.
Qd2 Qe5 $11 {(draw?)} 31. Qf4 Qxf4 (31... Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Qe7 {KomodoDragon3}) (
31... Qe8 {FatFritz2}) 32. gxf4 a6 (32... g5 $11 {both Engines}) 33. h4 h5 (
33... g5 $11 {both Engines}) 34. Kf2 $16 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. Kc2
Kd7 (37... f6 $11 {both Engines}) 38. Rg1 Rxb1 39. Rxb1 Kc7 40. Rg1 Rb8 (40...
Kc6 $14 {both Engines}) 41. Rg5 $18 Kd6 42. Rd5+ Kc6 43. e5 Ra8 44. Rd6+ Kc7
45. Rf6 1-0

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Penny, Liam"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,9,28,18,19,16,16,13,23,31,24,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 (3...
e6) (3... Bf5) (3... c6 {main lines}) 4. e3 e6 5. g4 {Carlsen, & Firouzja have
played this, Niemann & Bortnyk most frequent users} (5. Nf3 {main}) 5... c5 6.
g5 Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. h4 Qb6 (8... b5 {34 games}) 9. Na4 $146 (9. Rb1 {1-2}) (
9. a3 {1-1-1}) 9... Qa5+ 10. c3 Qd8 (10... c4 {Cloud Engines} 11. b4 Bxb4 (
11... cxb3 12. Qxb3 b5 $11) 12. cxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Nd2 e5 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 12. Ne5 (12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. h5 $16 {Deep Fritz14 & KomodoDragon3})
12... Bd6 (12... Nxe5 13. Nxc5 Nc6 14. Nd3 Bd6 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Nxc5 {KomodoDragon3} (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Deep Fritz14})
14... Bxc5 (14... Bxf4 15. exf4 $18 {leaves Bl with a bad B vs N}) 15. Be5 O-O
(15... f6 {looks like it should have been tried}) 16. Qh5 {allows Bl an escape
route} (16. Bd3 $1 g6 17. e4 $18 {KomodoDragon3} (17. Qa4 {Deep Fritz14} Bd6
18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. h5 e5 $14)) 16... Re8 (16... Bd6 {given by both Engines} 17.
Bxd6 g6 18. Qf3 Qxd6 19. h5 e5 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 17. Bxg7 $6 {looks good ,
but flawed} (17. Bd3 g6 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. h5 $18 Rf8 20. Qg3 a5 21. O-O-O Qb6 22.
Qf4 Qd8 23. Qh4 Rb7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Qxh7+ Rxh7 26. Rxh7 $18 {KomodoDragon3})
17... Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 $2 {staying on the g file is fatal} (18... Kh8 19. Bd3
f5 20. gxf6 Ra7 21. Rg1 Rg8 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 19. Bd3 f5 20. gxf6 Qd7 21.
Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "WLS Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Quinn, Peter"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,15,19,38,25,7,33,18,26,37,3,30,14,11,7,4,29,5]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nc3 (3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Bb3 Qg5 6. Ng4 Bxg4 7. f3 Qh4+ 8. Kf1 Qf2# {
Quinn-Van Kemenade, WLS Blitz ch 2022,0-1}) 3... Bb4 4. Nd5 (4. Bc4) (4. Nxe5 {
main lines}) 4... Nxd5 5. exd5 e4 (5... O-O) (5... d6) 6. Nd4 O-O 7. c3 Bc5 8.
Nc2 {1-2-2} (8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Bc4 {0.5-5.5}) 8... d6 (8... Re8 9. Ne3 d6 {1-1}) 9.
Ne3 {the 4th move of the N} (9. d4 {2 draws}) 9... f5 $19 {KomodoDragon3} 10.
f4 g5 (10... exf3 11. Qxf3 f4 $19 {KomodoDragon3} 12. Nd1 Qh4+ 13. g3 (13. Nf2
Bg4) 13... Bg4 14. gxh4 Bxf3 15. d4 Bxh1 16. dxc5 Nd7 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 11.
d4 {opens up the centre when the K is still there, but best try-KomodoDragon3}
exd3 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nc4 (13. Qxd3 a5 $17) 13... Qe7+ 14. Kd2 Qe4 15. Nxb6 (15.
Bxd3 Qxg2+ 16. Be2 Qxd5+ $19 {seen by Bl, confirmed KomodoDragon3}) 15... Qxf4+
16. Kxd3 Qe4+ 17. Kd2 axb6 $19 18. Qf3 Qe5 {keeping Qs on, as the Wh K isstuck
in the middle} 19. Bc4 (19. Kc2 $5) 19... f4 20. Re1 Qf6 21. h3 Nd7 22. Bb3 (
22. Re6 Qg7 23. Bb2 Ne5 $19 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Re1 Qg7 $19 {KomodoDragon3})
22... Ne5 23. Qe4 (23. Rxe5 $5 {KomodoDragon3}) 23... Bf5 (23... f3 {
KomodoDragon3}) 24. Qe2 (24. Qd4 f3 25. g4 Bg6 $19 {seen by Bl}) 24... Nd3 (
24... Rae8) 25. Rf1 (25. Qe7 Qh6 26. Re2 Qh4 $19 {KomodoDron3}) 25... Rae8 26.
Qh5 Bg6 (26... Re3 {KomodoDragon3}) 27. Qg4 h5 (27... Qe5 $1 $19 {KomodoDragon3
}) 28. Qd1 Re3 29. Bc4 Nf2 30. Qb3 Ne4+ 31. Kd1 Nxc3+ 0-1

[Event "WLS Seniors ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Williams, Duncan"]
[Black "Thomas, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.09.03"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,5,28,21,103,64,55,34]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 (3... e6 {main})
4. O-O e5 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 {main}) 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 Na5 $146 (6... Be7
7. d4 {9-1-2}) 7. Bf1 Bg4 (7... Nc6) 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. b4 Nc6 10. b5 Na5 11.
cxd4 $18 {Fritz17 & KomodoDragon3}) 8... Bh5 (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Bc4 $16
) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 (10. g4 Bg6 11. cxd4 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) (10. b4 Nc6 11.
b5 Nb8 12. cxd4 {definite Wh plus Fritz17, KomodoDRagon3 gives Wh win}) 10...
a6 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 exd4 12. Qg3 $16 {both Engines}) 11. g4 Bg6 12. dxe5
$18 Nxe4 (12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nc6 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16.
Re1) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 $18) 13. exd6 (13. Nc3 $1 {both Engines} Nxc3 14.
exd6+ Ne4 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Rxe4+ Bxe4 17. Qxe4+ Be7 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Qc2 $18)
13... Bxd6 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Rxe4+ Bxe4 16. Qxe4+ $18 Be7 17. b4 (17. Bg5 {
both Engines}) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qc6+ Kf8 20. Nc3 h5 21. g5 f6 22.
Nd5 Kf7 23. g6+ (23. Qxc4 {looks simpler}) 23... Kf8 (23... Kxg6 24. Qe6 Re8
25. Ng5 $18) 24. Nxe7 (24. Nd4 {mating}) 24... Kxe7 25. Bf4 Rc8 26. Re1+ Kf8
27. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "WLS Seniors ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Black "Saunders, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1573"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.09.03"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,16,80,23,17,-24,-10,-12,13,11,11,-61,-24,-6,-38,-39,9,28,21]} 1. Nf3
Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 (5. O-O {main}) 5... cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7.
Nxd4 dxc4 (7... O-O) 8. Qa4+ Kf8 $146 (8... Qd7) (8... Nbd7) 9. Nf3 (9. Nb5 Nc6
10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. N5c3 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 9... Qc7 (9... Nc6) 10. Bf4 $18 Qc6
11. Qc2 Qe4 (11... Be7 12. Na3 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. Rac1 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 12. Qxe4 (12. Qd1 Qc6 13. Nbd2 c3 14. Rc1 Na6 15. Rxc3 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 12... Nxe4 13. Ne5 $18 g5 14. Bxe4 (14. Bc1 Nd6 15. Bxg5 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 14... gxf4 15. Rd1 $16 (15. gxf4 $16) 15... Nc6 16. Nxc4 (16.
Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nc3 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 16... fxg3 17. hxg3 Ke7 18. Nc3 Bd7 19.
e3 $14 (19. Na4 $16) 19... f5 20. Bg2 Nd8 21. Ne5 (21. Rac1) 21... Be8 22. Rd2
Rc8 23. Rc1 Bb4 24. Rdc2 Nc6 (24... Bd6 $14) 25. Ne2 (25. Nb5 a6 26. Na7 Nxa7
27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. Rxc8 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) (25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Ne2 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 25... Bh5 26. Nxc6+ (26. Nf4 Be8 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxc6+ Rxc6
29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Bd6 31. Ra6 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 26... bxc6 27. Nf4 (27.
Nd4 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 27... Bf7 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rb8 31.
Ra6 $18 Rb6 32. Rxa7+ Kf6 33. f4 {the two Q side pawns should be winning} h5
34. a4 (34. Kf2 {guards}) 34... Be8 35. b4 Bxb4 36. Nxb4 (36. Ra8 $1 Bf7 37. a5
{the R needs to stay with the B} Rb5 38. Bc6 Rxa5 39. Nxb4 $18 {KomodoDragon3})
36... Rxb4 $11 37. a5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 (38... Rb2) 39. Ra8 Bb5 40. Bb7 Ra2+ 41.
Kh3 $2 (41. Kg1 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 Re2+ 44. Kd1 Rxe3 45. a6 Ke7 46. a7
Ra3 $11 47. Kc1 Bd7 48. Bf3 Ra5 49. Bxh5 (49. Kb2 Kd6 50. Kc3 Ra3+ 51. Kb4 Ra4+
52. Kb3 Ra5 $11) 49... Bc6 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 0-1

[Event "WLS Seniors ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Penny, Liam"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.09.03"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

1. d4 d5 (1... Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 {is a gambit in the Jobava London
System (covered in this months ChessBase magazine}) 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 {has been
tried out in a Tang-Carlsen bullet match in 2021,, and by others,especially
Bortnyk} (3. e3) (3. c3 {main lines}) 3... dxe4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nge2 {
Stockfish15, claiming equality- 3 draws, 2 Bl wins} (6. Qe2 {in 54 games 54%
for Wh}) 6... b5 7. Ng3 b4 (7... Bb7 8. Ngxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 e6 10. Bg5 (10. c4
$11 {Cloud Engines}) 10... Qxd5 $19 {Popa-Anghel, ROM ch U14 girls,
Calimanesti 2018,0-1}) 8. Ncxe4 Nxd5 9. Bc4 e6 (9... Be6 10. Bxb8 (10. Nd6+
exd6 11. Bxd5 {DeepFritz14} Ra7 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Rhe1 $18) 10...
Rxb8 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Bb3 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 10. Bg5 $18 f6 (10... Be7 11.
Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 $18 {Cloud Engines}) 11. Bxd5 (11. Qh5+ $1 {
Cloud Engines} g6 (11... Kd7 12. O-O-O Kc6 13. Be3 $18) 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qf3
Be7 14. Qxa8 {Houdini3 in 2020 & Fritz15 in 2019}) 11... Qxd5 (11... exd5 12.
Qh5+ Kd7 13. O-O-O Kc6 14. Bf4 d4 15. c3 $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 12. Qh5+ $18 Ke7
13. Rd1 Qe5 (13... Qc6 {best ,apparently Deep Fritz14 & KomodoDragon3} 14. Bf4
g6 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Bd6+ Kd8 17. Be5 g5 18. Bxf6+ Kc7 19. Qxg5 $18) 14. f4 Qxb2
(14... Qc7 {both Engines} 15. f5 Qe5 16. O-O $18) 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Nd6 (16.
Qxc5+ $1 Kf7 17. Qxc8 $18 {the Bl pieces are just btstanders}) (16. O-O $18 {
Julie, 2nd choice Engines}) (16. f5 $18) (16. Rd2) 16... Qc3+ $11 17. Kf1 $2 (
17. Rd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Kxd6 19. Qf7 Nd7 20. Rd1 Kc7 21. Kc1 $11 {KomodoDragon3}
) (17. Kf2 Qxc2+ 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. f5 (19. Rc1 Qg6 20. Qxc5 $16) 19... exf5 {
is dangerous- KomodoDragon3 initially calculates as =, but tooo many open lines
} (19... Kd8 20. fxe6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Kc7 22. Rc1 Qxc1 23. Nxc1 Kxd6 24. Nd3 $1
Rc8 25. exd7 Nxd7 26. Nf4 $11) 20. Qf7+ Kd8 21. Rc1 Qd2 22. Rhd1 Qh6 23. Nb7+
Kc8 24. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Rxc5+ Bc6 26. Rc4 Qf8 27. Qe6+ Kb7 28. Nd4 $18) 17...
Bd7 $19 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. Nge4 Qxc2 (19... Qb2 20. Nc4 Qxc2 $19 {Deep Fritz14}
21. Qxf6+ Kc8 22. Qxh8 Qxd1+ 23. Kf2 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) (
19... Qe3 {KomodoDragon3} 20. Qxf6+ Kc7 21. Qxh8 Nc6 22. Nf2 Nd4 23. Qe5 Qxe5
24. fxe5 Ba4 25. Rd2 Bxc2 $19 {the Wh pieces have lost coordination}) 20. Qxf6+
(20. Rd2 $1 {both Engines} Qc1+ 21. Kf2 Qxh1 22. Nxc5 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Kc7 (23...
Ra7 24. Qxf6+ $18) 24. Rxd7+ Nxd7 25. Qxd7+ Kb6 26. Na4+ Ka5 27. Qc7+ Kxa4 28.
Qc6+ Ka5 29. Qc5+ $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 20... Kc7 21. Rd2 Qc1+ 22. Kf2 Qxh1 23.
Ne8+ $2 {there is no mate on d8 though} (23. Qxh8 Nc6 24. Qxh7 Bxd6 25. Nxd6
Qc1 $19) 23... Bxe8 24. Qxh8 Nd7 25. Qxh7 Qa1 $19 (25... c4 $19) 26. Ng5 Qf6
27. Qe4 Rc8 28. Nxe6+ Kb8 29. Qc4 Bf7 30. Qxa6 Qxe6 31. Qb5+ Nb6 0-1

[Event "WLS Seniors ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.09.03"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 (4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 {main}) 5.
O-O h6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nf6 {transposes back to 910 games} 8. Qb3 {main} Qb6 9.
c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 (10... Nbd7 {alternative}) 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rfc1 g5 (12...
Rfc8 {Landgraf-Goldberg, Oberliga Ost, 1994, draw agreed}) 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kh7 (16... Nc7 $11) 17. Nxc6 (17. Rxa6 $1 bxa6 18.
Nxc6 $18 {FatFritz2 & KomodoDragon3} Bd8 19. Ra1 a5 20. Kf3 a6 21. Ke3 Bc7 22.
Bxa5 Bxa5 23. Nxa5 Rfb8 24. Kd3 Rb5 25. Kc3 e5 26. e3 Rab8 27. Ra3 Rc8 28. Nc4
exd4+ 29. exd4 dxc4 30. bxc4 Rb7 31. b4 $18) 17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 bxc6 19. Ra6
Rfc8 20. b4 $16 e5 (20... Bf6 21. Bc3 Kg6 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 21. Rca1 $18 (
21. b5 cxb5 22. b4 Rc7 23. Rca1 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 21... Rc7 22. f4 (22. R1a5
Kg7 23. b5 cxb5 24. b4 Rb7 25. h4 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) (22. g4 Kg7 23. h3 Kf8
24. e3 $18 {FatFritz2}) 22... gxf4 23. gxf4 f6 (23... Rg8+ $5 {Bl gets a bit
of activity}) 24. Kh3 (24. f5 {both Engines}) 24... Kg6 25. fxe5 (25. Rf1)
25... fxe5 26. b5 Bxc5 (26... Rb8 27. Rxc6+ Rxc6 28. bxc6 Bxc5 29. Ra5 Bd4 30.
e3 Bb6 31. Rxd5 Kf5 $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 27. b4 (27. Ba5 $1 Rcc8 28. bxc6 $18 {
both Engines}) 27... Bd4 $11 28. R1a2 (28. Rc1 Kf5 29. Raxc6 Rxc6 30. bxc6 Bb6
$11 {KomodoDragon3}) 28... Rac8 $19 {both Engines} 29. bxc6 Rxc6 30. b5 Rxa6 (
30... Rf6) 31. Rxa6+ Bb6 32. Ba5 Rb8 33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kf3 Rf8+ (34... Kf5) 35.
Kg3 Rf6 36. Bb4 d4 (36... Kf5) 37. Be7 Re6 38. Bc5 Kf5 39. Bxb6 (39. Bf8 $5)
39... axb6 (39... Rxb6 {KomodoDragon3}) 40. Ra8 Ke4 41. Rh8 Ke3 42. Rxh5 Kxe2
43. Rf5 Rg6+ 44. Kh4 e4 45. Re5 e3 46. Kh5 Rg2 0-1

[Event "WLS Ch Seniors"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Saunders, Walter"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.09.04"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,80,20,20,85,71,87,71,70,46,73,38,51,25,22,19,32,17,32,37,40,29,41,33,
39,31,34,36,149,90,90,92,82,75,55,-24,-13,-3,-1,-3,36,-5,42,-192,-39,-190,-157,
-181,-177,-164,-112,-129,-144,-168,-168,-199,-159,-211,-207,-230,-232,-226,
-228,-231,-238,-236,-244,-245,-241,-238,-236,-232,-224,-257,-249,-257,-250,
-243,-268,-299,-314,-312,-314]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. b3 (3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6
5. Qc2 Bg7 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 {Saunders-Van Kemenade,WLS ch
2017,0-1}) 3... Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. e3 (5. g3 {main}) 5... Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O
Nc6 (7... c6) (7... Qe8) 8. c4 e5 9. d5 {gives Bl a superior King's Indian  
(extra tempos) plus Wh has little in the way of a Q side attack.} (9. dxe5 Ng4
{0-2} (9... Ne4 {Cloud Engines} 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 {Punzon
Morales-Gonzalez Alcon, ESP cup final email , 2005 1/2-1/2}) 10. Nc3 $16 {
KomodoDragon3,} (10. Qc2 dxe5 11. h3 Nh6 12. Rd1 Qe8 {Seslavin-Van Kemenade,
Arena 2017,1/2-1/2})) 9... Ne7 10. Nc3 {transposes, score 3-2-6} h6 11. Qc2 g5
$11 {KomodoDragon3, but score 1 draw,3 Bl wins} 12. Rfd1 $146 f4 $5 (12... g4
13. Nh4 (13. Nd2 Ng6 14. c5) 13... Nh7 14. f4 Bf6 15. g3 Bxh4 16. gxh4 Ng6 $15
{KomodoDragon3}) (12... Ng6 {might leave the N loose, idea of text is to get a
N to f5}) 13. exf4 exf4 (13... Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 gxf4 16. Re1 Qe8 $11 {
KomodoDragon3}) (13... gxf4 14. Bd3 Qe8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. c5 $16) 14. Nd4 Ng4 15.
Ne4 {the N is needed for d5} (15. Ne6 $1 {KomodoDragon3} Bxe6 16. dxe6 Ne5 17.
Rac1 f3 (17... Rf6 18. Qe4 Rxe6 19. Bg4 Rf6 20. Nd5 Rf8 21. c5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5+
Kh8 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxb7 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 18. Bxf3 Nxf3+
19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Nd5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qf8 (21... Nxd5 22. cxd5 $18) 22. Qe2 Rf5
23. Nxc7 Re5 24. Qg4 Rc8 25. Nd5 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 15... Ne5 16. Rd2 (16. c5
Nf5 $14) 16... Nf5 $11 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qe7 (18... f3 19. Bf1 (19. gxf3
Nh4 $15) 19... fxg2 20. Bxg2 Nh4 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Re1 Qe8 23. c5 Nxg2 24. Kxg2
Qxe6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Nxd6 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ $11 {KomodoDragon3})
19. c5 (19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rad1 b6 21. b4 Rad8 22. c5 d5 23. Nc3 c6 24. Bg4 Qxe6
25. b5 $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 19... Qxe6 (19... f3 $1 20. gxf3 Nh4 21. cxd6
Nhxf3+ 22. Kh1 Qxe6 23. Bxe5 Nxd2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ng3 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Rae8 27.
Bh5 cxd6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 20. cxd6 (20.
Re1 Qg6 21. cxd6 Nxd6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc5 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Bg7 25. Ne6 Rf7 26.
h4 $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 20... cxd6 (20... f3 $1) 21. Qc7 $2 (21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22.
Rad1 Rac8 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Rd5 Qe7 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Nxd6 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Re5 28.
Qb1 b6 29. h3 $16 {KomodoDragon3, though Bl players might still hope for a K
side attack}) 21... Rf7 $19 22. Qa5 Nc6 (22... f3 $1 {still KomodoDragon3
preference} 23. Bf1 fxg2 24. Bxg2 Nh4 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rad1 Qg4 27. Ng3 Nxg2
28. Kxg2 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Bc3 $19) 23. Qa4 Bxb2 24. Bc4 {Wh tries to win something
on the wh squares, but the idea is flawed} Qxc4 (24... Qe5 $1 {is even better
it seems} 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qc4+ Kf8 27. Rd5 Qe6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rdd1 Bd4 30.
Qe2 d5 31. Nc3 Ne5 32. Nb5 Bb6 33. Qb2 Nh4 {KomodoDragon3, with a winning K
side attack}) 25. Qxc4 Bxa1 $19 26. Nxd6 (26. h4 $5) 26... Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Kg7 {
2nd choice of KomodoDragon3} (27... Re8 28. Rg6+ (28. Re6 Rxe6 29. Qxe6 Bf6)
28... Bg7 29. Re6 Rd8 30. Kf1 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rd4 32. Re8+ Bf8 33. Qe2 f3 34. gxf3
Rdf4 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 28. Qe6 (28. Rxh6 Rd7 29. Rg6+ Kxg6 30. Qe6+ Bf6 31.
Qxd7 Rd8 32. Qg4 Ne5 33. Qe2 g4 $19 {KomodoDragon3- similar to the game,
though Wh has an extra pawn}) 28... Bf6 29. h4 Rd8 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rxd8 Nxd8
{the Q has run out of partners & can only hope for a perpetual} 32. Qd5 Nc6 33.
g3 fxg3 (33... Ne5 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Qe4 f3 {KomodoDragon3}) 34. fxg3 g4 (34...
Re7 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. a4 Be5 37. g4 Bf6 {KomodoDragon3, but not a clearcut path
visible}) 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Qa5 b6 37. Qb4 Rd7 38. a4 Bg5 39. a5 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 (
40. Kh1 Nf3) (40. Kg1 Be3+) 40... Rf2+ $1 {Wh resigned though there is no
immediate mate,just further torture} (40... Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Be3 42. Qc3 Rf3+ 43.
Kg2 Kf6 44. b4 (44. a6 Kf5 (44... Bf4) 45. Qc8+ Ke4 46. Qb7+ Kd3 47. Qh7+ (47.
Qxa7 Rf2+ 48. Kh1 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Nf3#) 47... Kd2 48. Qb1 Rf2+ 49.
Kh1 Nf3 {and mate in 9 after the K finds its way back -doubt many humans would
choose this route}) 44... Bf4 45. Qa1 Rxg3+ 46. Kh1 Rh3+ 47. Kg1 Kg5 48. Qf1
Nf3+ 49. Kf2 Rh2+ {and the Q has to give herself up to delay the end}) 0-1

[Event "WLS Ch Seniors"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Hughes, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.09.04"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,7,21,21,61,61,61,61,116,43]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 {main}
(4. Nf3 cxd4 {Van Kemenade-Hughes, rd2, 1-0}) 4... e6 5. Nf3 (5. Be3 {is an
older system}) 5... Bxc5 6. a3 {much in vogue} Nc6 7. b4 Be7 {Fernandez 2018
considers this an option well worth trying} (7... Bb6 {main}) 8. Bb2 (8. b5 Na5
9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O-O {Dzierzak-Sanz Wawer, Krakow op 2018,1-0}
(11... Nc4 $1 {Fernandez})) 8... Nh6 9. c4 $146 (9. Bd3 f6 10. O-O Nf7 {
Fernandez- 'there will be no blockade on e5' 2-4-2}) 9... dxc4 (9... O-O $14 {
Cloud Engines}) 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bxc4 Bc7 (11... O-O 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7
14. O-O $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 b6 (13... a6 14. Bb3 Nf5 15.
Rfd1 Rd8 16. Rac1 h6 $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 14. Rac1 Rd8 (14... Ne7) 15. Bb5 $18
(15. Be2 $18) 15... Bxe5 16. Bxc6 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd7 (17... Rxd2 18.
Bc6 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rf8 20. Rfd1 $18) 18. Be2 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 16... Bxb2 17.
Rc2 Ba6 18. b5 (18. Bxa8 Bxf1 19. Rxb2) 18... Rac8 19. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "WLS Ch Seniors"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.09.04"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,9,30,35,31,4,4,-13,-1,-1,3,-12]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3
Nc6 5. c3 (5. e5 Nd7 6. g3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Bg2 {6-4-1}) 5... dxe4 6. dxe4 e5
7. Qc2 a5 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Nbd2 (9. Bg5 {2 draws, 2 Bl wins}) (9. O-O O-O {1-2-1})
9... Bd7 (9... O-O {3 draws, 1 Bl win}) 10. Nc4 (10. O-O O-O 11. a4 {4-0})
10... O-O 11. Nxd6 (11. O-O Nb4 12. cxb4 Bxb5 13. bxa5 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rxa5 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qe7 {Holmsgaard-Berg, Pardubice Czech open 2002,0-1}) (11. a4 {
Cloud Engines} Re8 12. Bg5 Nb8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Ne3 c6 15. Bc4 h6 16. Nh4 hxg5
17. Nhf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Qc7 19. Nxd6 {Girinath-Chua, Singapore Masters 2007,1-0}
) 11... cxd6 12. Bg5 $2 {missing the tactic} (12. a4 {pm analysis} d5 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. O-O $14) (12. O-O h6 (12... Nb4 13. Qe2 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Na6 15. Bg5 $14)
13. a4 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 12... Nb4 $19 13. cxb4 (13. Qe2 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Nc2+
15. Ke2 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 h6 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 13... Bxb5 14. bxa5 (14. Qd2 axb4
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxb4 Ba6 17. O-O-O Qg6 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 14... Qxa5+ 15.
Bd2 {trying to shelter Q on the c file} (15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. Qb1 d5 $19 {pretty
awful for Wh as well}) 15... Qa4 (15... Qa6 $1 {KomodoDragon3}) 16. Qxa4 Rxa4
17. Be3 Rc8 $1 {the pawn can't run away} 18. b3 Rxe4 (18... Ra3) 19. Nd2 (19.
h3 Nd5 20. Nd2 Rh4 21. Nf3 Rb4 22. Rd1 Nc3 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 19... Rg4 20.
g3 Nd5 (20... d5 {also}) 21. a4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bd3 23. Kd1 d5 (23... h5) 24. Rc1
Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Rg6 26. Kb2 Rc6 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 {Wh has 2 to one on the Q
sise, but the B has a long reach} f6 (28... Kf8) 29. Kb2 (29. b4 Kf8 30. Nb3
Bf5 31. b5 Ke7 32. Kd2 Kd7 33. a5 Kc7 34. Kc3 b6 35. a6 Bh3 36. Nd2 Kb8 37. Kb4
Bf5 38. Nb3 g5 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 29... Kf7 30. Kc3 Be2 31. Kb4 (31. a5 Ke6
32. b4 Ba6 33. Nb3 Kd6 34. Nc5 f5 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 31... b6 32. a5 bxa5+
33. Kxa5 Ke6 34. Kb6 (34. b4 f5 35. b5 g5 36. b6 Kd6 37. Kb4 Kc6) 34... Kd6 (
34... d4 35. exd4 Kd5 36. dxe5 fxe5 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 35. b4 g5 (35... f5)
36. e4 Bd3 37. exd5 Kxd5 (37... e4) 38. b5 e4 39. Nb3 e3 (39... f5 {pawn
avanche}) 40. Nc1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "WLS Ch Seniors"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Williams, Duncan"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.09.04"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,4,19,31,72,53,78]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5
(5... Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 {main}) 6. Nf5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Ne3 Bh6 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O
Nd4 $146 (10... Nf6 {1-3-1}) 11. Nc2 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 $16 Ne7 14.
Rfd1 O-O (14... Rc8 {Stockfish15 & KomodoDRagon3}) 15. c5 $18 Nc8 16. Ne3 Qg5
17. cxd6 (17. Ncd5 $1 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 dxc5 19. b4 $1 cxb4 20. Qb2 Na7 21. h4 Qxh4
22. Qxe5 Nc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Ne7+ $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 17... Rd8 18. Ncd5 (
18. g3 Nxd6 19. h4 Qh5 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. f4 $18 {KomodoDRagon3}) 18... Bxd5 19.
Nxd5 Nxd6 20. Rc7 Rab8 (20... Kg7 {Cloud Engines} 21. g3) (20... Rab8 21. Qf3 (
21. h4 Qxh4 22. g3 $18 {Stockfish15}) 21... Kg7 22. g3 h5 23. Nb6 Qg4 24. Qxg4
hxg4 25. Rd7 Rbc8 26. R1xd6 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS Ch Seniors"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Quinn, Peter"]
[Black "Penny, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2022.09.04"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

{[%evp 0,20,14,10,35,23,51,8,107,60,35,26,27,21,16,23,105,40,40,40,43,4,16]} 1.
e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 (5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. O-O (6. Nf4) (
6. Nbc3 $5)) 5... Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Qf5 (7... Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 {
70% for Wh}) 8. Qb5+ (8. Ne5 {3.5-9.5}) 8... Qxb5 9. Nxb5 Na6 10. Bf4 Nd5 (
10... c6 {1-2-2}) 11. Bg3 c6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Kd7 $146 (13... O-O-O {
1.5-0.5}) (13... f6 {1 draw}) 14. Bg3 f6 15. a3 $11 (15. O-O-O $14 {
KomodoDragon3}) 15... Ne7 16. O-O-O Nf5 17. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS Ch Seniors"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hughes, Anthony"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.09.04"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 (3... g6 {main}) 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 (6.
Nge2 {main}) 6... Re8 (6... d6) (6... d5) 7. O-O h6 $146 (7... d6 8. d4 Bb6 {
main}) 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. Qd3 (10. Ne2 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) (10. Nd5
$16 {FatFritz2}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 $11 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Qc8 14. Bf4
Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Bf5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Qd1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 g5 (19... b6
$15 {both Engines}) 20. Be3 Qe8 21. Nb3 Be4 22. f3 Bd3 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 b6
25. Qd2 Nh7 (25... Qe6 {KD3}) 26. h4 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WLS Ch Seniors"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Saunders, Walter"]
[Black "Thomas, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2022.09.04"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.05"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nbd2 (5. O-O) (5. c4) 5... d5 (5...
O-O) (5... d6) 6. Ne5 O-O 7. Ndf3 Nbd7 8. a4 (8. Bg5 {1-1-3}) (8. Ng5 Nxe5 9.
dxe5 Ng4 10. Nf3 g5 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4 Nf7 13. hxg5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Bxg5 15. Rh5
h6 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Qd2 f4 18. O-O-O $18 {Spruit-Punt, Alkmaar ACCOM open
1992,1-0}) 8... a5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 (11. Bf4 $14 {
KomodoDragon3}) 11... Bxd7 12. c4 c6 13. Qb3 Bb4 14. Bf4 $16 b6 15. Rac1 Rc8
16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Qe3 c5 18. cxd5 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qe5 Bxa4 21. dxe6 Bxd1
22. Rxd1 $16 Rd8 23. Rd7 $2 {but this gives away the valuable advanced pawn} (
23. Bd5 Be7 24. Rd3 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 23... Rxd7 24. exd7 Qxd7 $19 25. Bd5+
(25. Qd5+ {suggested by KomodoDragon3}) 25... Kh8 26. Be6 Qd4 (26... Qd1+ 27.
Kg2 Re8 28. Qxf5 Qxe2 29. Ba2 Qxf2+ 30. Kh3 Qxb2 $19) 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. b3 Re8
29. Bc4 Rc8 {Wh is just an exchange down, though the 2 Bs allow some resistence
} 30. Be6 Re8 31. Bc4 Bc5 32. h3 h6 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Kf3 g5 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. Bd3
Kg7 37. Bc3+ Bd4 38. Bxd4+ (38. Bd2 {looks preferable, even though the text
gains a pawn. Bl can now get a passed pawn on the Q side which is a prime
objective with a R vs a B ending}) 38... Rxd4 39. Bxf5 Rb4 40. Bc2 b5 41. Ke3
a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Kd3 a3 44. Kc3 Rb2 (44... a2 45. Kxb4 a1=Q {is given as
best by KomodoDragon3-Wh;s K will be hunted down, though the Wh pawn mass will
offer plenty of shelter, so Wh might survive if the K can get back} 46. Kc4 Qe1
$19 {but the Q is too agile}) 45. e4 Kf6 46. f4 gxf4 47. gxf4 Rb8 (47... Rb4 {
KD3}) 48. e5+ Ke6 49. Bb3+ Kf5 50. e6 Kxf4 51. e7 Kg3 52. Bf7 a2 53. Bxa2 Re8
54. Be6 Rxe7 55. Bg4 {the ending is still tricky as after a swap of R for B,
the Wh K might be able to reach f1} Re4 56. Kd3 Re5 57. Kd4 Re1 58. Kd3 Kf4 59.
Kd2 Re5 60. Bc8 h5 61. Ba6 h4 62. Bc8 Kg3 63. Bg4 Re4 64. Bf5 Rf4 65. Bc8 Kf2
66. Kd3 Rf8 67. Bg4 Rd8+ 68. Ke4 Rb8 (68... Kg3 69. Ke3 Re8+ 70. Kd3 Kf2 71.
Kd4 Rg8 72. Bf5 Kf3 73. Ke5 Re8+ (73... Kg3 74. Ke4) 74. Kd4 Kf4 75. Bg4 Rd8+
76. Kc3 {and the K has been forced a little further away} Kg3 77. Kc2 Kg2 78.
Bf5 Rf8 79. Bg4 Rg8 80. Be6 Rg3 81. Bd5+ (81. Kd2 Rxh3 82. Bxh3+ Kxh3 83. Ke2
Kg2 $19)) 69. Kf4 Rb4+ 70. Kg5 Kg3 71. Bd7 Rb2 72. Bg4 Rh2 73. Kf5 Rxh3 74.
Bxh3 Kxh3 75. Kf4 0-1

[Event "Major-Seniors bye arrangement"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Binesmael, Ahmed"]
[Black "Quinn, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.19"]

{[%evp 0,16,30,10,61,75,74,49,49,36,104,50,50,-164,-164,-168,-172,-177,-182]} 
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bxf7+ $6 (6. Bb3) 6...
Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Kg8 8. e6 Bg7 (8... Qe8 $19 {main, though 2-1-3 results}) 9. Nc3 (
9. O-O Qf8 10. d5 Qf5 11. c4 h6 12. g4 Qf6 13. Nf7 g5 (13... Rh7 $19) 14. Nxh8
Kxh8 (14... Bxh8 $11) 15. Na3 (15. f4 $14) 15... c6 $15 {Dolejs-Duneas, North
Island ch , Auckand, 2010,0-1}) 9... h6 (9... Qf8 $19 {Cloud Engines}) 10. Nf7
Qe8 (10... Qf8) 11. Qg4 (11. d5 $5) 11... Bxe6 12. Qxe6 (12. Nxh6+ Bxh6 13.
Qxe6+) 12... Qxf7 13. Qe4 c6 (13... Nc6) 14. Bf4 N8d7 15. O-O-O Nf6 {Bl is a
piece up, but needs to disentangle} 16. Qe2 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 (18. Bg3
) 18... a5 (18... Bxd4 {is quite safe}) 19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qf6 (
21... Bxd4 $1) 22. g4 Kh7 23. h4 Rhf8 24. Rd2 Qf3 25. Qf1 Qe4+ (25... Qxg4 {
looks risky, but the B is an excellent defender}) 26. Ka1 Bxd4 27. Re2 Qf4 (
27... Qxg4 28. Rxe7+ Kg8 29. Rg1 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Qxg1+ 31. Qxg1 Bxg1 $19 {
KomodoDragon3}) 28. Rxe7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. h5 g5 $2 {returns the piece} (
30... Qxf2 31. Qb1 Bg7 {and Wh is tied to the defence of b2 . In a little
while Bl's R will join in} 32. g5) 31. Qd3+ Kg7 (31... Kg8 32. Qxd4 d5 $11 {KD3
}) 32. Qxd4+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ (33. Qe4 $11 {keeps the pressure around the Bl K})
33... Kxf6 $17 34. Re1 Kf7 (34... d5 35. b3 Rd8 $17 {KD3}) 35. Kb1 Re8 36. Rxe8
Kxe8 $11 37. Kc2 Ke7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kd4 d5 40. c5 $2 {but leaving Bl with a
protected passd pawn should be losing} (40. cxd5+ cxd5 41. a4 Kd6 42. f4 gxf4
43. g5 Ke6 44. g6 Kf6 45. Kd3 {KomodoDragon3-  neatly holds the balance- the
two pawns seperated by a file indirectly protect each other from capture & the
Bl K cannot intervene}) 40... Kf6 41. a3 Ke6 (41... a4 $1 {deprives Wh of tempi
} 42. f3 Ke6 43. Kd3 Ke5 $19) 42. b4 axb4 (42... a4 $19 {leaves the a3 pawn
vulnerable one should not swap off too many pawns if aiming to win}) 43. axb4
$11 Kf6 44. b5 Ke6 (44... cxb5 45. Kxd5 Ke7 46. Kd4 Ke6 47. f3 Kd7 48. Kd5 $11
{KD3}) 45. b6 (45. bxc6 bxc6 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Ke3 d4+ 48. Kd3 Kf4 (48... Kd5 $2
49. f4 gxf4 50. g5 hxg5 51. h6 $18) 49. Kxd4 Kxg4 50. Ke5 Kf3 51. Kd6 Kxf2 52.
Kxc6 g4 53. Kd6 g3 54. c6 g2 55. c7 g1=Q 56. c8=Q $11) 45... Kf6 46. f3 (46.
Ke3 Ke5 47. f3 $11 {also}) 46... Ke6 47. Kd3 $1 {Wh must be ready to take the
oppsition} (47. Ke3 Ke5 {loses}) 47... Kf6 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Ke3 d4+
51. Kd3 Kd5 $2 (51... Kf4 $1 {is correct- KD3}) 52. f4 $18 gxf4 53. g5 Ke6 (
53... hxg5 54. h6 $18) 54. g6 $2 (54. gxh6 $18 {as to stop the h pawns, a
centre pawn is lost} Kf6 (54... f3 55. h7 f2 56. Ke2) 55. Kxd4 f3 56. Ke3 f2
57. Kxf2 Kf7 58. Ke3 Kg8 59. Kd4 Kh7 60. Ke5 Kxh6 61. Kd6 Kxh5 62. Kc7) 54...
f3 $11 55. Kd2 Kf6 56. Kd3 Ke6 57. Kd2 Kf6 58. Kd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

