[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Golding, Alex"]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,17,18,25,26,27,19,18,1,-33,-39,-33,-17,-19,-8,-10,-10,-6,6,-13]} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 {main} (4... g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Bg2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 {Golding-Stevanic, European Youth Ch U14,
2016,1-0}) 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 (8... h6) (8... Be6 {
main lines}) 9. g4 $146 (9. Kh2 {3.5-0.5}) 9... Nd4 (9... Re8 $11 {
KomodoDragon3}) 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Ne2 Be6 $2 {the B soon becomes a target in
the K side attack that Wh was planning anyway} 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. f4 $18 Rb8 14.
f5 Bd7 (14... Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Ne5 17. Rf4 $18 {KD3}) 15. g5 Ne8 16. f6 (
16. Qh5 $1 Qe7 17. Bd2 Qe5 18. Rf4 g6 19. Qh6 Qg7 20. Qh4 b5 21. f6 Qh8 22. Qh6
b4 23. h4 $18 {KD3}) 16... c5 17. Qh5 h6 18. fxg7 Nxg7 19. Qxh6 Qe7 20. Rf4 Ne6
21. Rh4 (21. Rh4 f6 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. e5 dxe5 26.
Qh8+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Kg6 28. Be4+ $18 {KD3}) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,50,26,34,47,35,79,50,35,38,19,8,45,18,88,47,22,38,84,14,17,-6,37,43,
90,37,77,72,118,100,95,29,24,57,48,7,16,11,16,-8,0,0,0,-37,-23,-252,-252,-334,
-409,-415,-415,-632,-632]} 1. d4 (1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 e5 5. Bg2
d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. h3 Qd7 9. g4 Be6 10. Nge2 Bg7 {Bevan-Zeidler, WW
Open 2017,0-1}) 1... f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. h4 h6 (3... Bg7 {main}) 4. Bf4 d6 (4...
Nf6 {main}) 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 (6. e3 e6 7. Qd2 Qe7 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10.
Bb5 O-O 11. Bg3 {Noe-Zeidler, EU Club Cup Novi Sad 2016,1-0}) 6... Nc6 (6...
fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 {1-2-1}) 7. exf5 {KomodoDragon3} (7. Nf3 fxe4 8. Nxe4 {
3 draws, 3 Bl wins}) 7... Bxf5 8. g4 Bd7 9. Bd3 Kf7 (9... e5 10. Bxg6+ Kf8 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd2 (12. Be3) 12... Qf6 13. h5 $18 {Nurmi-Siegfried, USA ch
email ICCF 2019 ,0-1}) 10. Bc4+ (10. Nge2 e5 11. Bc4+ $18 {KD3 & Fritz18})
10... e6 (10... Kf8 11. Nge2 Bxg4 12. Rg1 Bf5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. a3 Na6
16. Be3 $16 {KD3}) 11. Nf3 Qe7 (11... Qf6 12. Be3 Kf8 13. g5 hxg5 14. Ne4 Qf5
15. Nexg5 Nb4 16. Kd2 Nd5 17. Bd3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qa5+ 19. c3 $18 {KD3}) 12. Qd2
Na5 (12... Rf8 13. O-O-O Ke8 14. d5 $18 {KD3}) 13. Be2 (13. Bd3) 13... Rb8 14.
O-O-O {looks a natural move} (14. h5 g5 15. Nxg5+ hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bf6 17. Be3 b5
18. g5 $18 {KD3}) (14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Nc6 16. O-O-O $18 {also}) 14... b5 15.
b3 (15. g5 h5 16. Ne4 Nb7 17. Be5 Kf8 (17... dxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Qf4+ Ke8 20.
Nf6+ $18 {KD3}) 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (18... Qxg7 19. Rhe1) 19. Qc3 $18 {KD3}) (15. h5
g5 16. Nxg5+ hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 Bh6 19. f4 Bxg5 20. fxg5 $18 {KD3})
15... b4 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Rde1 Nd5 19. Neg5+ {this should still be
winning, though it seems other lines are clearer} (19. g5 h5 20. Nf6 Nc3 21.
Rh3 Qf8 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Be5 Nd5 24. Qd2 a6 25. Be4 $18 {is KD3 judgement, Wh
is clearly superior, but the win needs still to extracted} Rb8 26. Bxd5 Bxd5
27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Ng1 dxe5 29. Rf3+ Ke6 30. Rxf8 Rhxf8 31. dxe5 $18 {KD3, but
the sequence of moves is far from obvious}) (19. h5 Kg8 (19... g5 $6 {is just
asking for trouble}) 20. g5 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 hxg5 22. Qg3 gxh5 23. Nexg5 Rh6 24.
Nh4 Qd7 25. Rhg1 Re8 26. Bg6 {KD3- looks terminal}) 19... hxg5 20. Nxg5+ (20.
Bxg5 $1 Bf6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ng5+ Kf8 24. Rxh5 {and the Bl K is
in the open, with a Bl QR & N stranded on the other side of the board} Bd7 25.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxh8+ Kg7 28. Rxb8 Qxg4 29. Rb5 $18 {KD3}) 20...
Kg8 21. Rxe6 Qf8 $16 {KD3- but Wh now needs to regroup} 22. Bxd6 (22. Bg3 $1 {
KD3-Wh has several pawns for the piece, and they will need to advance on the K
side} Rh6 23. Rxg6 (23. Rhe1 Bxd4 {and Bc3 threatens}) 23... Re8 $1 24. Ne6
Rxe6 25. Qxh6 Nf4 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxf4 Bxh1 28. Qf5 Re7 29. Qxa5 Qxd4 30.
Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 32. Bxf4 $11 {KD3}) 22... cxd6 23. Bxg6 (23. Rxg6 $1 {
still leaves Bl having to find the correct defence, as the attempted Q swap
now fails to} Qf4 $2 (23... Bd7 $1 24. Be4 Nc7 25. Rh3 Be8 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27.
Rxe6 Bc6 28. d5 Bd7 $19 {KD3}) (23... Nc7 $1 24. Bf5 Re8 $1 (24... Bxh1 25.
Be6+ Nxe6 26. Nxe6 $16) 25. f3 Bd5 $19 {KD3}) 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Ne6+) 23...
Qf4 $19 24. Bf7+ Kf8 25. Re3 Qxg5 $1 $19 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Golding, James"]
[Black "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,18,27,27,27,-13,35,43,54,19,17,3,20,6,33,18,30,22,39,21,21]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 (6... e5) (6... Nc6 {main
lines}) 7. Qd2 e5 (7... c5 {main}) 8. Nge2 (8. d5) 8... c6 9. O-O-O Qa5 (9...
Be6) 10. Kb1 {6-1} b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. dxe5 (12. Nd5 $18 b4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Nc1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bc4 {Cugini-Alberton, Bratto open 1996,
1-0}) 12... dxe5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 (14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Rxd2 Nc7 16. Nxc8
Rfxc8 17. g3 Bf8 18. Nc1 $18 {KomodoDragon3- Wh has more space and none of
Bl's pawn weaknesses}) 14... Nxd5 15. Rxd5 b4 16. Nc1 $18 Nc7 17. Ra5 Ne6 18.
Bc4 a6 19. Nd3 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bxf4 {one down, but Bl's remaing Q side
pawns are also split} Rd8 22. Bd5 Ra7 23. Be3 Rad7 24. Bb6 Rf8 25. Bc5 Rxd5 26.
exd5 Bf5+ 27. Ka1 Rc8 28. Bxb4 (28. g4 Bd7 29. Bxb4 {KD3}) 28... Rc2 29. Ba3
Rxg2 30. Rxa6 h5 31. Rb6 Be5 32. Bd6 Bd4 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb4 (34. a4 {KD3})
34... Bf6 35. f4 Rd2 36. Be5 Bxe5 37. fxe5 Rxd5 38. Re1 g5 39. a4 Rd2 40. a5
Rd5 41. Ra4 Bd7 42. Ra3 Bc6 43. a6 Rd2 44. a7 Ba8 45. Rc3 Rxh2 46. Rc8 Bd5 47.
a8=Q Bxa8 48. Rxa8 g4 49. b4 (49. e6 {KD3}) 49... Rd2 50. b5 Rd5 51. b6 Rb5 52.
Rb1 Rxe5 53. b7 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,26,38,20,41,31,23,9,9,2,2,2,2,4,-1,-1,-1,12,-13,0,21,13,8,0,-19,-29,
-29,-15,7]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 (5. Bd3) (5. f4 {
main}) 5... c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 (7... Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4
Qxd4 11. Nf3 {65% for Wh}) 8. O-O g5 {1-3 Morris} 9. dxc5 (9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4
g4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qxg4 {Gibbs-Stone, Civil Service Centenary op,
2004,0-1}) (9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxb4 11. Bb1 Nc6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Nbd2
b6 15. Ne1 Ba6 16. Bd3 b5 17. Qh5 {Gibbs-Cannon, London Classic Op, 2016,1/2-1/
2}) 9... g4 {main} (9... Nxc5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. b4 Na6 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Nd4 a5 {Hutchinson-Morris, 4NCL 2010,0-1}) 10. Nd4 Ncxe5 (10... Ndxe5 {main
}) 11. Bb5 Bxc5 12. N2b3 (12. f4 Nc6 13. N2b3 {scores 68% for Wh}) 12... Bd6 {
0-4} 13. Bf4 a6 {Cloud Engines} (13... Nf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bxf4 15. Qd4 Rg8 16. Qxf4
gxf3 17. Qxf3 $16 {Newrkla-Ernst, Vienna ch 2004,0-1`} (17. g3)) 14. Bxe5 {
Cloud Engines} (14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bg3 h5 18. Re1 Kf7
19. Bh4 Qc7 20. Rc1 b5 $17 {Rutman-Zhukov, St Petersburg Mai op, 2008,0-1})
14... Bxe5 15. Bd3 (15. Bxd7+ Bxd7 16. Qxg4 h5 $17 {KomodoDragon3 & FatFritz2})
15... Rg8 (15... Qg5 $19 {both Engines}) 16. Qe2 Qc7 (16... Qf6 $17 {KD3}) (
16... Bc7 $17 {FF2}) 17. g3 Nf8 (17... Bf6 $17 {KD3}) (17... h5 $15 {FF2}) 18.
Rae1 (18. Rac1 $1 $16 {both Engines} b5 19. Rce1 f6 20. f3 $14) 18... f6 19. c4
$11 (19. f3 $11 {both Engines}) 19... dxc4 20. Bxc4 b5 (20... Bd7 $11 {both
Engines}) 21. Bd3 $14 Bb7 22. f4 {unfortunate timing for Wh- earelier this
would have been good} (22. Be4 {both Engines} Qb6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Na5 Qd5 25.
Ndc6 Rg7 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. Rxe5 Rc8 29. a4 $11 {KD3}) 22... gxf3
23. Rxf3 (23. Nxf3 Bxg3 $19 {KD3}) 23... Qb6 24. Rf2 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19 26.
Bxb5+ axb5 27. Qxb5+ Qd7 28. Qh5+ Rg6 29. Rxf6 Qd5 (29... Qc6 {KD3}) 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "McCarthy, Maurice"]
[Black "Guy, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,25,27,23,35,-48,-17,-8,-16,-24,-4,-20,13,11,37,45,44,27,35,34,35,6,28,
-2,41,49,67,51]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. f3 (11. O-O) 11... Qa5 (11...
c5 {main}) 12. O-O Nf8 13. Rae1 $146 (13. a3 $16 {7.5-0.5}) (13. Bf2 $16 {
2.5-0.5}) 13... Be6 (13... Ng4 $1 14. Bf2 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bg5 $15 {KomodoDragon3}
) 14. e4 $2 (14. a3 $16 {KD3}) 14... Nxe4 $17 15. Bxe7 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rxe7 $19
17. f4 Bd7 (17... Bg4) 18. f5 f6 (18... Nh7 $19 {KD3}) 19. Nf4 Rae8 (19... Rxe1
20. Rxe1 Re8 $15 {KD3}) 20. Rb1 $11 b5 21. Kf2 (21. a4) 21... Qa3 22. g3 a5 23.
Rb3 Qd6 24. Rb2 a4 (24... Re4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Re1 Bxf5 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 $17 {KD3
}) 25. Rbb1 Bc8 (25... Re4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Kg1 Bxf5 $19 {KD3}) 26. Qd2 Bd7
27. Rbc1 Bc8 28. Rb1 Bd7 (28... Re4 $19 {KD3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Thomas, Mark"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,8,19,38,72,6,22,22,2,3,18]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5.
d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 (8. Bb5 {main}) 8... dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10.
Nc3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 f6 (11... e6 {main}) 12. Be3 Bd7 {4-2-4} (12... Kf7 {7-1-2})
(12... g6 {3-3-4}) 13. O-O g6 14. a4 (14. Rac1 {1-1-3}) (14. Rfd1 {0-2}) 14...
Bg7 (14... Nc8 {Cloud Engines} 15. Qxb7 (15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Nc4 $16 {Cloud Engines
}) 15... Nd6 16. Qa6 $14 {1-1}) 15. a5 Nc8 16. Qxb7 (16. Ne4 Nd6 17. Nxd6+ exd6
18. Qxb7 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 16... Nd6 17. Qb3 O-O $11 18. a6 (18. Rfc1 Qb8
19. Qa3 f5 20. Bc5 Bf6 21. b4 a6 22. Re1 $14 {Hasanzade-Aghamaliyev, Julfa
Salvation Day,2016,0-1}) 18... f5 19. Ng5 (19. Nd2 $11) 19... Qb8 20. Qa2 Rc8
$15 21. Rfd1 Qb4 22. Ne6 f4 23. Bc1 Bf6 $19 24. Qb1 Rab8 25. Qd3 Rc4 (25... Qc4
{KD3}) 26. Qe2 Nf5 (26... Rbc8 {even stronger-KD3}) 27. Ra4 $2 (27. h3 Rbc8 28.
Bd2 Bxe6 29. Ra4 (29. dxe6 Qxb2 $19) 29... Qb3 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. dxe6 Nd4 $19)
27... Bxa4 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 (7. d4 {
transposes to main Queen's Indian lines}) 7... d6 (7... c5 {56% for Wh}) 8. d4
{66% for Wh} Nbd7 9. Rd1 (9. e4 {main}) 9... c5 10. d5 e5 {85% for Wh} (10...
exd5 11. cxd5 {67% for Wh}) 11. e4 Ne8 12. Ne2 (12. Ne1 g6 (12... Bc8 13. f4 (
13. Nd3 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Qe2 Bg5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Bh6 18. Rf1 $18 {
Grivas-Galindo, Dubai The Arbor blitz 2019,1-0}) 13... Rb8 14. Nf3 $16 {
Morrison-Zakarian, 4NCL 2019,1/2-1/2}) 13. Bh6 Ng7 {Melnichuk-Tishin, UKR ch
U18, 2006, draw agreed}) 12... Bc8 13. Rf1 g6 14. Ne1 Ng7 15. Nd3 f5 16. f4 $14
Bf6 17. Bd2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Re8 (18... Rb8 $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 19. Nf2 Nf8 (
19... exf4 20. Nxf4 Ne5 21. Bc3 $16 {KD3}) 20. Rae1 $16 Bf5 21. Nc3 (21. g4
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Bh4 23. N2g3 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nd7 25. g5 $18 {KD3}) 21... Qd7 22.
Qd1 h5 23. Bg2 (23. h3 exf4 (23... Bxh3 24. Nxh3 Qxh3 25. Bg2 Qg4 26. Qxg4 hxg4
27. Ne4 Be7 28. fxe5 $18) 24. g4 Bxe4 25. Ncxe4 Bxb2 26. Bxf4 Nh7 27. Bxd6 $16
{KD3}) 23... Nh7 24. Nce4 (24. h3 $18 {KD3} exf4 (24... Qc7 25. g4 Bd7 26. g5
Be7 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Nfe4 Nf5 29. d6 $18 {KD3 nudged}) 25. g4 {wins the B})
24... exf4 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Bxf4 h4 27. gxh4 Ngh5 28. Bg5 Ng4 (28... b5 29.
b3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rab8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bf3 $16 {KD3}) 29. Nxg4 $18 (29. Re6
$1 $18 {KD3}) 29... Bxg4 30. Qd2 (30. Qd3 Bf5 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Kh8 33.
Rfe1 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 $18 {KD3}) 30... Bf5 31. Qc3 (31. Re6 $1 $18 {KD3} Rf8 32.
Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxg6+ Ng7 34. h5 Rf7 35. h6 $18) 31... Qg7 32. Qxg7+ (32. Re6 $1
{KD3}) 32... Kxg7 (32... Nxg7 {allows the N to f5 to guard d6, however} 33. Be7
Bd3 34. Rf6 Nf5 35. Rxg6+ Kh8 36. Rge6 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Rxe7 Bxc4 39. Rd7
Bxa2 40. Rxd6 $18) 33. Re7+ (33. Be7 Bd3 34. Rf2 Bxc4 35. Re6 Bd3 (35... Bxa2
36. Be4) 36. Bxd6 $18 {KD3}) (33. Re6 $1 {KD3} Rxe6 (33... Bxe6 34. dxe6 Rab8
35. e7 $18 (35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Bd5 $18)) 34. dxe6 Re8 35. e7 Nf6 36. Re1 Kf7 37.
h5 gxh5 38. Rf1 Kg6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. Be4 $18 {KD3}) 33... Rxe7 34. Bxe7 Bd3
35. Rc1 (35. Re1 {also}) 35... Nf4 36. Bf1 b5 37. Bxd6 Bxf1 38. Rxf1 Nd3 39. b3
$18 (39. Be7 a6 40. Bf6+ Kg8 41. b3 $18 {KD3}) 39... bxc4 40. bxc4 Rd8 41. Be7
Rd7 42. d6 (42. Rf3 Ne1 (42... Rxe7 43. Rxd3 Rd7 44. Kf2 $18) 43. Re3 Nc2 44.
Re4 Na3 45. Bxc5 $18 {KD3}) 42... Nb4 43. a3 (43. h5 gxh5 44. Rf5) 43... Nc6
44. Re1 (44. Bf8+ Kg8 45. Bh6 Rxd6 46. Rf8+ Kh7 47. Bg5 Kg7 48. Rc8 Nd4 49.
Rc7+ Kg8 50. Be7 Rb6 51. Bxc5 Rb1+ 52. Kf2 Ne6 53. Rc8+ Kf7 54. Bd6 $18 {KD3})
44... Nd4 (44... Na5 45. Re4 Nb7 46. Rg4 Kf7 47. Rf4+ Kg8 48. Rf6 Kg7 49. Kg2
Nxd6 50. Rxd6 Rxe7 51. Kf3 Re1 52. Rc6 Ra1 $14 {KD3}) 45. Kg2 Nf5 46. Re5 (46.
Re6 $1 $18 {KD3 -obsessive}) 46... Nxd6 47. Bxd6 Rxd6 48. Rxc5 Ra6 $11 49. Kf3
Rxa3+ 50. Kf4 a5 $2 (50... Ra2 $11) 51. Kg5 $18 Ra2 52. Rc7+ Kf8 53. Kxg6 a4
54. Ra7 a3 55. Kf6 (55. h5 Rg2+ 56. Kf6 Rf2+ 57. Ke5 a2 58. h3 Rd2 59. Ke4 Kg8
60. h6 Rh2 61. Kd5 Rd2+ 62. Kc6 $18 {KD3}) 55... Ke8 56. Ke6 Kd8 57. c5 (57. h3
$1 {KD3- only move to win it seems}) 57... Re2+ (57... Rxh2 58. Rxa3 Rxh4 {
is a book draw- the Bl K is too near the last pawn}) 58. Kd6 Kc8 59. Ra8+ (59.
Rxa3) 59... Kb7 60. Rxa3 Rd2+ 61. Ke6 Kc6 62. Kf6 Kxc5 63. Re3 (63. Rh3 $1 {
quickest way to mate in 28}) 63... Rf2+ 64. Kg6 Rg2+ 65. Kh6 $2 (65. Rg3 $18 {
Syzygy tablebases}) 65... Kd4 $2 (65... Rxh2 $11 {Syzygy tablebases}) 66. Re1
$18 {Sz tb} (66. Rg3 $18) (66. Re8 $18) 66... Kd5 67. h5 (67. h3 {also wins})
67... Kd6 68. Kh7 Rg4 69. h6 Kd7 70. Re2 Rh4 {Wh now has 12 moves that win} 71.
Ra2 (71. Kg6 Rg4+ 72. Kh5 Rg8 73. h7 Ra8 74. Kg6 {is the simplest- Sz tb})
71... Ke7 72. Ra7+ $2 (72. Kg6) (72. Kg7) (72. Rf2 {are the only moves to get
the win, Sz tb}) 72... Kf8 $2 (72... Kf6 {draws, there is nowhere for the Wh K
to hide}) 73. Rg7 $2 {allows Bl to draw again} (73. Kg6 $18 Rxh2 74. Ra8+ Ke7
75. h7 Rg2+ 76. Kf5 Rf2+ 77. Kg4 Rf1 78. h8=Q {wins}) (73. Ra2 Rg4 74. Rf2+ Ke7
75. Kh8 {also wins, Sz tb both lines}) 73... Rh5 $2 (73... Rxh2) (73... Re4) (
73... Rd4) (73... Rc4) (73... Rb4) (73... Ra4) (73... Rf4 {all provide a draw.
- Sz tb}) 74. Rg1 $2 (74. Rg2 $18) (74. Kg6 Rxh2 75. Rf7+ Ke8 (75... Kg8 76.
h7+ Kh8 77. Rf8#) 76. h7 $18 {are the two winning moves, Sztb}) 74... Rxh2 $11
75. Rg4 Rh1 76. Rf4+ Ke7 77. Kg6 Rg1+ 78. Kh5 Rh1+ 79. Kg5 Rg1+ 80. Kh5 Rh1+
81. Kg6 Rg1+ 82. Kh7 Rh1 (82... Rg3 {looks simpler}) 83. Rg4 Kf7 84. Rg7+ Kf8
85. Kg6 Rg1+ 86. Kf6 Rxg7 87. hxg7+ Kg8 88. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Golding, William"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 (4. h4 h6 {main}) 4... Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3
O-O 7. Nf3 {transposes to 358 games} c6 8. b4 (8. O-O) (8. h3 {main lines})
8... Ne4 (8... Qe8 9. c5 Nh5 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bf6 {
Muthig-Wolf, Giessen op 1993,0-1}) (8... Nh5 {KomodoDragon3} 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nd2
Nf6 11. Qb3 e5 12. Rd1 exd4 13. exd4 Ne4 {Mongey-Delpech, Yvelines op,
Fontenay le Fleury 2012,1/2-1/2}) 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ng5 (10. Nd2 $16 {KD3})
10... d5 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bg3 Na6 14. a3 Bf5 $11 {KD3}
) 11. cxd5 (11. Bg4 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxc8 Bc3+ 14. Kf1 Qxc8 15. Rc1 Bf6 16.
h4 $16 {KD3}) 11... cxd5 12. Rc1 (12. Bg4 $11) 12... Nc6 (12... Rxf4 13. exf4
Nc6 14. Bg4 Nxd4 15. O-O $11 {KD3}) 13. Qb3 $2 (13. Bg4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxg4 15.
Qxg4 Rf5 16. O-O Bxe5 $11 {KD3}) 13... Nxd4 $19 (13... Rxf4 $1 14. exf4 Nxd4
15. Qe3 h6 16. Nh3 a5 17. b5 Qd6 18. O-O Bxh3 19. gxh3 Rf8 $19 {KD3}) 14. exd4
Rxf4 15. Qe3 (15. Rxc8 $5 Qxc8 (15... Rxc8 16. Ne6 Qd6 17. Nxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxd5+
Qf7 $17) 16. Qxd5+ e6 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Nxe6 Rf6 19. d5 Bf8 $19 {KD3}) 15...
e5 16. h4 Qb6 (16... h6 17. Nh3 Rxh4 18. dxe5 Bxe5 $19 {KD3}) 17. a3 (17. Qb3
exd4 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. O-O d3 $19 {KD3}) 17... Qxd4 $2 {looks strong, but Wh
has a reply} (17... h6 $1 18. g3 Rf5 19. Nxe4 (19. Nh3 exd4 20. Qd2 d3 $19)
19... exd4 20. Qb3 Re5 21. Kd2 d3 22. Bxd3 Qd4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Rhe1 h5 25. Rc5
Rae8 $19 {KD3}) (17... Qd6 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. O-O h6 20. Nh3 Rf8 $19 {KD3}) 18.
Rd1 $11 {and Bl's centre loses its cohesion} Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rf8 20. Rxd5 h6 21.
Nxe4 Bf5 22. Ng3 Be6 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. Bd3 (24. h5 gxh5 25. Nxh5 Bh8 26. Ng3 Bg7
27. Nh5 $11 {repetition} (27. Ne4 $11)) 24... Ke7 (24... e4 $1 {a clearance sac
} 25. Nxe4 Be5 26. Rxe6 Kxe6 27. Ke2 Rac8 $17 {KD3}) 25. Rxe6+ {not necessary}
(25. Ne4 Bf5 26. Rd5 $11 {KD3}) 25... Kxe6 26. Bxg6 $2 {the point of the
xchange sac, however} (26. Ke2 $17) 26... Rac8 $19 27. Ke2 b6 (27... Rc3 28.
Rd1 (28. Ra1 h5 29. Be4 Bh6 30. Nf1 b6 $19) 28... Rxa3 29. Bb1 b6 30. Rc1 e4
31. Nxe4 Be5 $19 {KD3}) 28. Rd1 Rc3 29. Bh5 $2 {if Wh wanted the B on f3, then
going to e4 is a better sequence} (29. Rd2 Rxa3 30. Be4 $15 {KD3}) 29... Rc2+
$19 30. Ke1 (30. Rd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rf2+) 30... Bf6 (30... Rxg2 31. Bg4+ Kf7
32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Be6+ Kh8 34. Ne4 Bf6 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Nxd2 Bxh4+
$19 {KD3}) 31. Bg4+ Kf7 32. Nf5 Rd8 (32... e4 $1 $19 {KD3 brings the B to life}
) 33. Nxh6+ Kg6 $2 (33... Kf8) 34. Rxd8 Bxd8 35. Bf5+ Kxh6 36. Bxc2 Bxh4+ $11
37. Ke2 Be7 38. Kd3 Kg5 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. Kd5 a5 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. a4 Bb4 43. g4
Bc3 (43... Bd2) 44. Bf5 Kg5 45. e4 Ba1 46. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Tapp, James"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,10,16,28,27,35,49,49,49,39,74,44,81]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 (2... e6 3.
e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 {Mihasi-Buttell, EU cup Rhodes 2013,1-0})
3. Nc3 Bg7 (3... d5 {alternative} 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bf5 {
Tapp-Putar, 4NCL online 2021,0-1}) 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 h6 (5... Nbd7 6. O-O-O e6 7.
Be2 h5 8. h3 a6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nh7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Ne4 Nb6 13. Bh6 Bxh6
14. Qxh6 Qf8 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Nfg5 O-O-O 17. Nxh7 Rxh7 18. Qe3 $16 {Tapp-R
White, 4NCL online 2021,0-1}) (5... O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. Bh6 b5 {main}) 6. Nf3 (
6. O-O-O {main, 63 % for Wh}) 6... c6 (6... g5 {5-2-6}) 7. Be2 $146 (7. h3 {
Cloud Engines; 50%}) (7. O-O-O {2-4-4}) 7... b5 8. a3 a6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. O-O g5
11. Be3 Nbd7 {This Hippopotamous setup often gives Bl good chances of a
counter attack, but here Wh is ready to strike in the centre} 12. e5 $18 {
KomodoDragon3} Ng4 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. exd6 exd6 (14... e6 15. Rfe1
Bf8 16. Ne5 Bxd6 17. Bh5 O-O (17... Rf8 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxe6+
Kf8 21. Qxg5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 hxg5 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Rde1 $18)) 15. Ne1 Qe7 16.
g3 O-O 17. f4 $18 {KD3}) 13. exd6 (13. Nxg5 hxg5 (13... Nxe3 14. Ne6 Nxf1 (
14... fxe6 15. Bh5+ Kf8 16. fxe3+ $18)) 14. Bxg4 $18 {KD3}) (13. e6 $1 Ndf6 14.
exf7+ Kxf7 15. Qd3 Qc8 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rf8 18. Ne4 Kg8 19. Nfxg5 $18 {
KD3- Engines are ruthless in attacking a weakened pawn structure}) 13... exd6
14. Nxg5 $1 $18 Nxh2 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3+ Qe7 16. Nge4 O-O-O 17. Ng3 $18 {KD3}
) 15. Rfe1 (15. Nge4 Nxf1 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. Rxf1 $18 {KD3}) 15... hxg5 16. Bxg5
Nf6 17. Bf4 Kd7 (17... Kf8 $5 18. Bxh2) 18. Bxh2 Rxh2 {when in a lost position,
one may as well cause chaos-Speelman} 19. Kxh2 Qh8+ 20. Kg1 Bh6 21. Qd3 Kc7 22.
Qf5 {loses time} (22. Bf1) 22... Bc8 23. Qd3 Bf4 24. g3 (24. Bf3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1
Be6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. g3 Bg5 28. Re1 $18 {KD3} Re8 (28... Rf8 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30.
Qxe4 d5 31. Qe5+ Kb6 32. Bg2 $18) 29. Qg6 Qh6 30. Qf7+ Kb6 31. d5) 24... Bh3 (
24... d5 25. Bf3 Bd6 {retreating in order may be best, but Wh will slowly
advance his pieces to better squares}) 25. Bf1 Rg8 26. Ne2 (26. Qf3 $1 Bg5 27.
Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Re7+ Nd7 29. Rxf7 $18 {KD3}) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Ng4 28. Kg2 {
forced} Qh2+ 29. Kf3 Be5 30. Qf5 f6 (30... Bf6 31. Nf4 Nxf2 32. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 33.
Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kf1 Bh4 35. Nd3 {KD3- and Wh's position holds}) 31. Qxg4 $1 Rxg4
32. Rh1 Qxh1+ 33. Rxh1 Rg7 34. dxe5 $18 dxe5 35. Rh6 Rf7 36. Ke4 a5 37. g4 Rd7
38. Ke3 (38. Rxf6 Rd2 39. Ng3 Rd4+ 40. Kf3 {KD3- the g pawn wins}) 38... Rf7
39. Nc3 f5 40. g5 Rg7 41. f4 exf4+ 42. Kxf4 Rd7 43. Rh2 (43. g6) 43... b4 44.
axb4 axb4 45. Na4 Rd5 46. g6 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Thomas, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,67,16,28,46,44,47,47,84,48,59,18,5,12,18,-5,19,5,21,47,58,33,82,3,12,
14,44,57,54,58,44,33,18,44,45,-10,-5,16,16,58,53,51,105,130,212,226,262,244,
302,303,327,331,330,274,275,261,326,326,575,611,611,521,514,527,532,507,514,
496,853,878]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6
6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 e6 9. c4 $5 {Van Kemenade-Thomas, 4NCL 2015,1-0})
3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 e5 (6... a6) (6... e6) 7. h3 (7. d4 cxd4
8. cxd4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd4 {85% for Wh}) 7... Be7 8. d4
cxd4 (8... Qc7 9. d5 {4.5-0.5}) 9. cxd4 a6 (9... O-O) 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a4 (11.
Nc3 {main} Rc8 (11... b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. d5 Na5 14. Na2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nb4 {
Van Kemenade-Velasquez MA, Arena 2019,1-0})) 11... Rc8 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 d5
13. Nxc6 (13. e5 Ne4 {0.5-2.5}) 13... Bxc6 14. e5 Ne4 15. Be3 {Nguyen-Lo, Ho
Chi Minh city zt, 2009,1-0}) 12. Nc3 (12. d5 Nb4 13. Na3 a5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Bc3
$18 {KomodoDragon3}) 12... Na5 {an interesting pawn sacc, which Wh might be
best declining} 13. dxe5 (13. d5 Qb6 14. Ra3 h6 15. Bd3 $16 {KD3}) 13... dxe5
14. Nxe5 Be6 15. Be3 Bb4 (15... Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bb3 17. Rc1 h6 18. f3 $16 {KD3})
16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bg5 (17. f3 $16 {Wh's first idea}) 17... Bxc3 (17... Nb3 18.
Rab1 h6 19. Bf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. f3 g5 24. Bg3
Rd7 $11 {KD3}) 18. bxc3 Rxc3 (18... h6 $11 {KD3}) 19. Rad1 Rxd1 (19... Rcc8 20.
f3 $14) (19... Rdc8 20. Bd2 $18) 20. Rxd1 h6 $2 {safeguarding the back rank-
but Wh now has two excellent retreating moves} (20... Rc8 21. f3 $14 {KD3}) 21.
Bd2 Rc5 (21... Nxe4 {may be best, though} 22. Bxc3 Nxc3 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Nd7
$18) 22. Nd3 $18 Rc4 23. e5 (23. Bxa5 Rxa4 24. Be1 Nxe4 25. f3 Nf6 26. Nc5 Ra3
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rd6 Kf7 29. Bc4 $18 {KD3}) 23... Rxa4 24. exf6 (24. Nc5 {
looks a good alernative, though KD3 favours the text}) 24... Nb3 25. Be3 (25.
Bc3 Rc4 {expected, but} 26. Nc5 $1 Rxc5 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. fxg7 f6 29. g8=Q+ Bxg8
30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Bd3+ Rf5 32. g4 $18 {KD3}) 25... gxf6 26. Rb1 {Wh keeps
chasing the N} (26. Nf4 Kf8 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Bxh6+ (28. Rd7)) 26... b5 27.
Nf4 Nd4 (27... Bc4 28. Rd1 (28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Nd5 Kg7 30. Nb6 Rb4 31. Nxc4 Rxc4
32. Rxb3 {planned by Wh}) 28... Ra1 29. Rxa1 Nxa1 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Nd5 $18 {
KD3}) 28. Rd1 Nc2 (28... Nc6 29. Rd6) (28... Nf5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 (29... Kg7 30.
Nh5+ Kh7 (30... Kg6 31. Rg8+ Ng7 (31... Kxh5 32. Be2+ Kh4 33. g3+ Nxg3 34.
fxg3+ Kxh3 35. Bf1#)) 31. Bd3 Rh4 32. Nxf6+ Kg6 33. Ng4 f6 34. Rd6 $18 {KD3}))
29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Bd3 {threatens mate} (30. Nh5+ Kg6 31. Rg8+ $1 Kf5 32. Bd3+
Ke5 33. Bxc2 {KD3}) 30... Rxf4 31. Bxf4 Nb4 32. Be2 (32. Be4 f5 33. Bf3 {
KD3, but Wh is a R up anyway}) 32... Nd5 33. Bd6 Nc3 34. Bd3 (34. Bd3 f5 35.
Be5+ {finally picks off the N}) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Sipho, Donovan"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,12,14,2,20,28,47,20,-10,-10,-10,-15,14,-10,22]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3.
e4 e5 (3... e6 {main}) 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bc5 6. O-O Nge7 (6... d6 {main}) 7.
Na4 $146 (7. Nxe5 Nxe5 {Cloud Engines} 8. d4 Bd6 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Nd5 $14 {
1-2-1}) (7. d3 d6 {4-4-3}) 7... d6 8. Nxc5 bxc5 $17 (8... dxc5 $17 {Cloud
Engines}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Ng6 (12... f5 13. Bh5 Ng6
14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. Rf2 Qh4 $19 17. Qe2 {KomodoDragon3}) 13. Rf1 f5
$19 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Ne4 Nd4 (15... Qe7 {KD3}) 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Bg4 Rxf1+ 18.
Kxf1 Rf8+ (18... Qe8) (18... Qf7+ {good alternatives}) 19. Kg1 Qf7 20. b3 Bxe4
21. dxe4 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Ne5 {in a static pawn structure the two Ns are far
superior to the two Bs} 23. Bh3 h6 24. Bd2 Nc2 $1 (24... Nef3 {looked at by
Rudy sitting at the adjacing board, also seems to work, but the text is the
very best} 25. Bxh6 (25. gxf3 Nxf3 26. Bg2 Nxd2 $19) 25... Rf6 $1 {KD3} 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 27. gxf3 Nxf3 28. Bg2 Nxh2 29. Qg1 Ng4 $19 {but with much less
advantage than the text}) 25. Rb1 Nd3 26. g3 Na3 (26... Ne3 $1 {KD3} 27. Be6+ (
27. Bxe3 Qxe3 28. Qg1 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Qxe4+ 30. Kf1 Nxh3+ 31. Qf2 Rxf2#) 27... Kh8
28. Bxe3 Qxe3 29. Bf5 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Nxd1 $18 {KD3}) 27. Ra1 Qd4 28. Be1 Qxe4+ (
28... Nc2 29. Qxc2 Qxa1 {KD3}) 29. Bg2 (29. Kg1 Qd4+ 30. Kg2 Kh8 $1 31. Bg4
Nxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Nc2 $19 {KD3}) 29... Rf1# 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Evans, Nicholas"]
[Black "Bennett, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,18,34,28,22,35,59,34,34,22,18,15,15,15,32,19,32,43,39,47,68]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bg4 (4... Nbd7 {main}) 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Nc3 e5 7.
O-O Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 (9. Nh4 {main}) 9... Qc7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nh2 (11. Nh4
{Cloud Engines} Ne8 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. d5 Bg6 14. Qc2 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qd3 Bg7
17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nb5 {Prado-Cerna, CADAP qual ICCF 2008,1-0}) (11. b4 exd4 12.
Nxd4 c5 13. Nf5 Ne5 14. g4 {Pyke-Forace, Melbourne rating 2002,1-0}) 11... h6
12. f4 (12. d5 $14) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 $11 (13. gxf4 $11) 13... Qb6 14. Qd2 (
14. b3 {KomodoDragon3 & Fritz15}) 14... Rfe8 15. Kh1 Bg6 $15 (15... d5 $15) 16.
e4 Nh5 $11 {Fritz15} (16... Qb4 $15 {KD3 & Stockfish15}) 17. Ng4 Nxf4 18. gxf4
Nf6 19. Nxf6+ (19. Rcd1 $11 {KD3}) 19... Bxf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 Rad8 $17 22.
Qe2 Bd3 23. Qg4 Bxf1 $19 24. Rxf1 Be7 25. Be4 Qxb2 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. Qg3 Qd2 (
27... Rd4 $19 {KD3}) 28. f5 Qg5 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. e6 f6 (30... Qf6 {Fritz15 & KD3
}) 31. Qf4 Qd6 (31... Rd4) 32. Qxh6 Qd2 (32... Qe5 33. Qg6 Re7 $19 {Fritz15 &
KD3}) 33. Qxf6 $11 Qe3 (33... Kh8 34. Qg6 Qh6 $11) 34. Qf7+ (34. Qh4 {both
Engines} Rd3 (34... Qxc3 35. f6 $18) 35. Bxd3 Qf3+ 36. Rg2 Be7 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38.
hxg4 Rd8 $18 {KD3}) 34... Kh8 35. Qh5+ Qh6 36. Qf3 $2 (36. Qxh6+ gxh6 37. Rg6
Rd4 38. Bc2 Rxc4 39. Ne4 Rc8 (39... Rxc2 40. Nf6 $18) 40. Bd3 Rd4 41. Rg3 Be7
$11 {KD3}) 36... Bc5 $19 37. Rf1 Qe3 (37... Rd4 $19 {KD3}) 38. Qh5+ Qh6 39. Bf3
Qxh5 40. Bxh5 Re7 (40... Rf8) 41. Ne4 Be3 42. Rf3 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Re1
45. Nd6 Re2+ (45... Kg8 $11 {both Engines}) 46. Kg3 Bc5 (46... Kg8) 47. Nf7+
Kg8 48. Kf4 (48. Rd3 Re3+ 49. Rxe3 Bxe3 50. Kf3 Bd4 $11 {both Engines}) 48...
Rf2 (48... Rd2 $11) (48... Rc7 $11) 49. Rxf2 Bxf2 50. Ne5 $18 Bc5 51. Bf7+ Kh7
52. Nd7 {Fritz15} (52. h4 $1 {KD3}) 52... Bd6+ 53. Kg5 Rxd7 54. exd7 Be7+ 55.
Kf4 {the opposite colour Bs don't draw, because Wh's K is extra active} b5 56.
c5 (56. Ke5) 56... a5 57. Ke5 b4 58. Ke6 Bf6 59. Kd6 a4 60. Kxc6 Kh6 61. Kc7
Kg5 62. d8=Q Bxd8+ 63. Kxd8 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gay, Simon"]
[Black "Golding, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,19,19,31,76,64,81,77,75,52,62,38,36,34,40,50,48,47,27,27,92,43]} 1. e4
d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. fxe5 (5. Nf3 {main}) 5... dxe5 6. dxe5
Nxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bg5 c6 9. O-O-O+ Ke8 (9... Kc7 {main}) 10. Be2 (10. Nf3 {
3-4}) 10... Be7 11. h3 (11. Nf3 Nfg4 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rd4 Rd8 {
Klimus-Kincl, Olexa memorial 1996,0-1}) 11... Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nf3 f6 $15
{KomodoDragon3} (13... Nxf3 {Hater-Laudage, Ruhrgebiet VK3, 2012, draw agreed})
14. Rd2 Nf7 (14... h5 {KD3}) 15. Rhd1 Nde5 16. Bf1 h5 17. b3 h4 18. Ne2 g6 19.
Nf4 Be6 (19... g5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd3 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 c5 23. Rc2 b6 24. d4 $11
{KD3}) 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe6 Kxe6 22. Rd6+ Kf7 23. Be2 {Wh has a bad B all of
his pawns on the same colour; and has a N to exploit this} Kg7 24. c4 Rae8 25.
Kc2 Re7 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Rd7 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 $19 {evaluation by KD3} 29.
Kc3 c5 30. Kd3 Ne5+ 31. Ke3 g5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Bd1 Ng6 35. Bh5 Nf4
36. Bg4+ Ke5 37. Bf3 b6 38. a3 a6 39. Kf2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven P"]
[Black "Tapp, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,27,25,25,46,48,48,28,20,26,26,0,0,-1,3,-2,14,0,19,19,35,44,45,30,52,
52,52,36,35,35]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5
7. Nxb5 d5 8. e5 {Zeidler 1-4-1} (8. exd5 {main}) 8... a6 9. Nc3 Bg4 (9... d4 {
alternative}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxf3 (11... e6 12. Qb4 b5 13. Be3 Bf8 14.
Bc5 Bxc5+ 15. Qxc5 Rb8 16. Qc6+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Ng5 Nh6 19. h3 b4 20.
Nxd5 exd5 21. hxg4 Ke7 22. Rfd1 {Zeidler-Savory,4NCL 2005,1-0}) 12. Rxf3 e6 13.
Qb4 b5 14. Be3 Bf8 (14... Ne7 {4 draws}) 15. Bc5 Bxc5+ 16. Qxc5 Ne7 (16... Rc8
17. Qa7 Ra8 18. Qf2 Ne7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Rd2 {Ringoir-De Haan, BEL ch tm 2009,
draw agreed}) 17. Rd1 Qc8 (17... Rc8 18. Qa7 Ra8 19. Qc5 Qc8 20. Qf2 O-O 21. g4
Qc7 22. Rd2 Qa7 23. Ne2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Nc6 {Cuellar Elisvan-Hernandez Sanchez,
S American ch U20, Asuncion 2012,1/2-1/2}) 18. Qf2 h5 $15 (18... b4 19. Na4 Qc7
$15 {KomodoDragon3}) 19. Rh3 O-O (19... b4 20. Na4 Qc6 21. b3 O-O $17 {KD3})
20. g4 hxg4 $19 21. Rg3 Qc7 (21... Nf5 22. Rxg4 b4 23. Na4 Qc6 24. b3 Rac8 25.
Rd2 Kg7 26. Rg2 d4 27. Nb2 Qc3 28. Nc4 Ne3 $19 {KD3}) 22. Rxg4 Nf5 23. Rd3 Qa7
(23... Kg7 $1) 24. Ne2 Kg7 (24... Rfc8 25. c3 b4 $19 {KD3- the Wh Rs are
static, the Bl ones have possible targets} 26. cxb4 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rc2 28. Kf3
Rxb2 $19) 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rac8 $15 (26... Rh8 $17) 27. c3 Rc4 (27... Qd7
$15) 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxf5 Rxd4 (29... Qb6 $11) 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. cxd4 (31. Rxd4
Rb8 32. Kg2 Rb6 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. a3 $14 {KD3} (34. Qxd5 Re6 $11) (34. Rxd5 Re6
$11)) 31... Qc7 $11 32. Rf4 (32. e6 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qd3+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+
$11 {KD3}) 32... Qc1+ 33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ (34... Qg5+) 35. Rxf2 Rc8 $11
{(draw?)} 36. Kg2 Rc4 37. Rd2 a5 38. Kf3 a4 39. Ke3 Kg7 40. Rf2 b4 41. Kd3 a3
42. h4 axb2 43. Rxb2 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 Rc4 45. Ke3 f6 (45... Rc3+) 46. exf6+ Kxf6
47. Rf2+ Ke6 48. Rg2 Kf6 49. Rg5 Rc3+ 50. Kf4 Ra3 51. Rxd5 Rxa2 52. Rd6+ Kf7
53. Rb6 Rf2+ 54. Ke5 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rh5 56. Rxb4 Rxh4+ {(draw?)} 57. Ke5 g5 58.
Rb7+ Ke8 59. d5 Rh6 60. Rg7 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Golding, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,10,28,34,25,13,9,11,20,15,19,1,9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4.
d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 (5... d6 6. O-O h6 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Re8
11. Nf1 Bg6 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Ne3 {Jukes-Guha, S Wales op 2015,1-0}
) 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nf1 O-O 11. a4 (11. Ng3) (11.
h3 {main lines}) 11... Re8 (11... c6 {2-4-2}) 12. Be3 $146 (12. h3 h6 (12... c6
13. Ng3 {55% for Wh}) 13. Ng3 {57% for Wh}) 12... Bxe3 13. Nxe3 b6 (13... c6 {
Cloud Engines}) 14. Ng5 Nh8 15. Qd2 (15. d4 h6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18.
Nf3 Ng6 19. Nd5 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 15... Bb7 16. Nf5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. g3
(18. d4 h6 19. Rxe5 hxg5 20. Bxd5 Rxe5 (20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxg5 $18)
21. dxe5 Ng6 22. c4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nxe5 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Ne3 Rc8 26. b4 $14 {KD3}
) 18... Qd7 19. Bxd5 (19. Nh4 Qc6 20. Ne4 Ng6 $11 {KD3}) 19... Qxd5 (19... Bxd5
$1 $19 {KD3} 20. Ne3 Bb7 21. Qd1 Rad8 22. c4 f6 23. Ne4 Nf7 24. Qf3 Kh8 25. Qh5
Rf8 26. Red1 a5 27. b3 Qc6 28. Nd5 (28. Qf3 Rd7 29. Nd5 Qe6 30. Nec3 Ng5 31.
Qe2 Qf5 {looks unclear to human eye, though KD3 +2.85 for Bl}) 28... Rxd5 29.
cxd5 Qxd5 30. Qf3 Nd8 31. Rac1 c5 32. g4 Ne6 33. Qe3 Nd4 $19 {KD3= +4.63 for
Bl; agreed Wh is passive, but still lots of play left}) 20. Ne4 Rad8 (20... f6
$17 {KD3}) 21. Qh6 $1 $11 gxh6 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nxh7+ {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,39,19,-12,-27,-51,-41,-50,4,13,13,24,26,-28,-28,-42,34,35,130,164,189,
197,203,209,164,215,213,169,142,165,149,176,253,308,455,423,407,440,495,486,
498,496]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 (4. Bg2 {main}) 4... Nf6 5. d4 e4
6. Nh4 {main} (6. Ng5) 6... d5 (6... d6 {main} 7. Bg5 h6 (7... Be7) 8. Bxf6 (8.
Ng6 hxg5 9. Nxh8 Be6 10. d5 {Flackh-Beesk,GER cup internet 2020, 1-0}) 8...
Qxf6 9. e3 g6 {A May-Van Kemenade, S Wales Autumn 2013,0-1}) 7. Bg5 dxc4 (7...
Bb4 8. e3 O-O {main, 70% for Wh}) 8. e3 Na5 $2 (8... Bb4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3+ (9...
Bd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. O-O Na5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Qxc4 Ba5
16. Rac1 {li-Landa, Bundesliga 2014,1-0}) (9... Qe7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 g6
12. Rb1 Qg7 13. f3 $18 {Mandekic-Kahlig, Fefferich op 2016,1/2-1/2}) 10. bxc3
Qe7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rb1 O-O-O (12... b6 13. Rb5 g6 14. a4 a6 15. Rb1 $18 {KD3})
13. Qa4 Kb8 {pm analysis, but this is just winning for Wh,} 14. Nxf5 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) (8... Bd7 9. Bxc4 Na5 10. Nd5 Nxc4 11. Bxf6 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Nxe3+
13. fxe3 Bb5+ 14. Kg2 Qxd5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11 {
Itter-Figlio, IECG 1999,0-1}) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 (9... gxf6 10. Qh5+ {Koehn-Albers,
Ruhrgebiet Regionnalliga 2015, 1-0}) 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. d5 $18 Bd7 12. dxc6 Bxc6
13. Qxc4 O-O-O (13... g5 14. Ng2 O-O-O {is an improvement for Bl, but Wh is a
comfortable piece ahead} 15. Qb3 Bg7 (15... Bd6 16. O-O-O) 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17.
Qxb5 Kb8 18. O-O $18 {KD3}) 14. Bh3 g6 15. O-O Bd6 (15... Kb8 16. b4 $18 {
pm analysis}) 16. Nxe4 Qxb2 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bxf5+ Kb8 19. Rab1 Bb5 20. Qxb5
1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Shelgaonkar, Yogesh Vivek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1375"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,20,80,31,103,53,44,24,76,38,28,36,36,4,14,13,16,7,16,-17,-8,-8,22]} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 (3... Nd4 {main}) 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 {
63 % for Wh} (6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 {70% for Wh}) 6... c4 (6... Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O {main
}) 7. Nf3 Bg4 (7... cxd3 8. cxd3 Nf6 {main}) 8. O-O cxd3 9. cxd3 Qb6+ 10. Kh1
h5 $146 (10... O-O-O {3-1-1}) (10... Rd8 {1 Wh win, 2 draws}) 11. Qe2 (11. Qc2
$5) 11... Bd4 12. Nd1 Nf6 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Ng4 (14... O-O-O $15) (14... h4
$15) 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Rc1 O-O-O $11 17. Rc4 Qb6 18. b4 Rd4 19. a3 Rhd8 (19...
Rxc4 20. dxc4 Rd8 21. c5 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Nc3 Rd4 24. h3 Nf6 $15 {
KomodoDragon3}) 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Qb2 $2 (21. h3 Nf6 22. Qa2 Nxe4 23. Qxf7 Nd6
24. Qxg6 Qa1 25. Rf1 Qxa3 26. Qxh5 Qxd3 27. Re1 Nf5 28. Qf7 $11 {KD3}) 21...
Qxe4 $19 22. Qd2 Qd4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qc2 h4 25. b5 c5 (25... Rd6) 26. Nc3 Nh5 (
26... Nd5 $1 {KD3}) 27. Ne4 b6 28. f5 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. Kg1 gxf5 31. Ng5
Qe1+ (31... Ng3 $1 {KD3} 32. Qd1 Qf6 33. Nh7 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Kg1 f6 {
and the N is doomed}) 32. Rf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Qxg5 {a much simpler solution} 34.
Qe2 Ng3 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "Evans, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,24,51,21,31,21,12,12,14,-4,18,19,29,27,-15,-16,-13,-11,-9,-9,-9,6,-3,
-4,-10,-21,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 (10... Re8 {main}) 11. d5 (
11. c3 {main}) 11... d6 12. Qd3 {4 games} (12. Nd2 {120 games, still at elite
GM level}) 12... Re8 $146 {though the cloud Engines have been at work on it} (
12... Nh4 13. Nd2 $14 {but 0.5-1.5}) 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nd2 g6 (14... c6 $11 {
Cloud Engines}) 15. Ne4 $18 Be5 16. Bg5 Kg7 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Kh1 (19.
g4 Nh4 20. f4 Bxg4 21. Bg2 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 $18 Bf6 23. Nxf6 {KomodoDragon3})
19... Kh7 (19... h5 20. h3 $16 {KD3}) 20. g4 (20. f4 Bg7 21. Bc3 h5 22. Bxg7
Nxg7 23. Qc3 Ne8 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qh8+ Kxh8 26. Nxf7+ Kg8 27. Nxd8 Nf6 28. Ne6
Bxe6 29. dxe6 $18 {KD3}) 20... Ng7 (20... Qh4 21. h3 Ne7 22. f4 Bg7 23. f5 $18
{KD3- in all these lines Bl has an undeveloped Q side & K side pawn weaknesses}
) 21. Qh3 (21. f4 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Bh3 Bd7 24. f5 $18) 21... h5 (21... Nh5
22. Qf3 Nf6 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf5 25. Bd3 $18 {KD3}) 22. Qe3 Bxg4 (22... Kg8
23. Qh6 Ne8 24. gxh5 Bg7 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. Ng3 Qd7 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Nf6 29.
hxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 {KD3- Bl survives a little longer,but remains in trouble})
23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Ng5 f6 {the Engine suggests} (24... Qxg5) 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26.
Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Ke8 28. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Taylor, Robert G"]
[Black "Bennett, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,18,23,8,52,53,56,56,87,48,51,-18,61,55,43,61,64,35,39,30,30]} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. g3 (5. Bc4) (5. d4 {more frequent}) 5... Qc7
6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 (8. d4 {alternative}) 8... O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Bf4
Nh5 (10... Ne5 {1-3-2}) (10... Nd7 {1-1-4}) 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 Bd7 {
KomodoDragon3} (12... Nd7 13. Ne2 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc6 16. c3 d5 17.
e5 b6 18. d4 Bb7 19. Rf1 Na5 20. b3 Rad8 21. Rc1 $16 {Ferenczi-Kalanyos, HUN
ch tm 2009,0-1} (21. f5 $16)) 13. g4 Ne5 14. g5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne8 16. Qg3 Bc6
17. d4 (17. f4 $14 {KD3- looks more thematic following g5}) 17... cxd4 18. Bxd4
g6 19. a5 Ng7 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. Rad1 f5 (21... Nh5 22. Qe3 e5 $17 23. Qd2 Nf4 {
KD3}) 22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. e5 Rf5 24. Be3 (24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. exd6 Rg5 26. dxe7
Rxg3+ 27. fxg3 Qxe7 28. Ne4 $14 {KD3}) 24... Bxg2 25. exd6 (25. Qxg2 Rxe5 $19 {
KD3} (25... d5 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. c3 Rxe5 $19 {KD3})) 25... Bf3 26. dxe7 Bxd1 27.
Rxd1 Qxe7 $19 28. Ne4 Rc8 $2 (28... Rd5 29. Qg4 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qh4 $19 {KD3}) (
28... Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bg5 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Nh5 $19 {KD3}) 29. Bg5 $11 Qb4
30. Nd6 (30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Rd7 Qf8 32. Ne4 $11 {KD3}) 30... Rcf8 (30... Qxa5 31.
Bd2 Qc7 32. Nxc8 Qxc8 $11 {KD3}) (30... Rxg5 31. Qxg5 Rf8 $11 {KD3}) 31. Nxf5
exf5 (31... exf5 32. Bh6 Qe7 33. Qd6 (33. Qb3+ Rf7 34. Rd4 Ne8 35. Kf1 $18 {
KD3 as the Bl K stays in trouble}) 33... Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Rc8 35. Rd7 Ne6 36. Rxb7
Rxc2 37. Re7 Rc6 38. h4 $18 {KD3- the Bl K is hemmed in & the R cooperates
with the B far better than R& N.Plus Wh has a Q side majority}) (31... exf5 32.
Rd7 f4 33. Qd3 Qe1+ 34. Qf1 Qe6 35. Qd1 Nf5 36. Bxf4 $18 {KD3}) (31... exf5 32.
Bd2 Qxb2 33. Bc3 f4 34. Qd3 Qa2 35. Qe4 Qf7 36. Rd6 Nf5 37. Rf6 Qd7 38. Qc4+
Rf7 39. Rxf7 Qxf7 40. Qc8+ Qf8 41. Qxb7 $18 {KD3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Hare, Roy T"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 120,120,-28075]} 1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Nc6 5. Be2 (5. Bd3 {
main}) 5... e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Nbd2 (7. O-O {1-0-4}) 7... Nf6 (7... h6 8. O-O f5
9. Nh4 Nf6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bh5+ Nxh5 12. Qxh5+ Kf8 13. f4 Qe8 14. Qxe8+ Kxe8
15. fxe5 dxe5 $15 {Giel-Winand, Bad Homburg, Rhein Main op 2008,0-1}) 8. Bb5+ (
8. O-O O-O $11 {transposes to 19 games}) 8... c6 9. Ba4 (9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Ba4
O-O 11. O-O Nh5 (11... Qc7 $17) 12. Bb3 d5 13. Re1 Qc7 $15 {
Stodolkowitz-Beisel, Baden ch, Ladenburg 1992 ,0-1}) 9... O-O (9... b5 10. Bb3
cxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 10. c4 b5 $1 $19 11. Bb3
bxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd5 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bc2 Ba6 $19 17.
Ng1 d4 18. Bd3 Bb7 (18... e4 19. Bxa6 (19. Bxe4 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qe5 21. Qf3 f5 $19
) 19... Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qxa6 21. Ne2 e3 $19 {KD3}) 19. f3 Nd5 (19... Nf5) 20. Ne2
Qb6 21. O-O Rfe8 (21... Nb4) 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. a3 f5 24. Ng3 Rac8 25. Re1 Nf6 26.
Re2 e4 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Bb1 e3 (28... d3 29. Re1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Ng4 $19 {KD3})
29. h3 Qc7 30. Qe1 Qxc1 31. Bd3 Qc7 32. Rc2 Qd7 (32... Qxc2 33. Bxc2 Rxc2 {
is also winning}) 33. Rac1 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Swamy, Anshul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 (5... Be7) (5... c6 {
main lines}) 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 b6 $146 (9... Nbd7 {3-3-2}) (
9... c5 {Cloud Engines; 1-0}) 10. Nge2 c5 11. Nf4 g5 $2 {weakens the K's
defences. However Bl is already in trouble- KomodoDragon3 has this move as its
second line!} (11... O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ncxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd4 15. Be4 Ra7
16. exd4 Bxd4 17. Rd1 Be5 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rfe1 $16 {KD3- the Bl pieces are
uncomfortably placed , but Wh still has to prove the win}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
Bg6+ {which human can resist?} (13. Bg3 Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Be2 Kf7 (15...
O-O $2 16. Qg6+) 16. Rd1 $18 {preferred by KD3}) 13... Kd7 (13... Kf8 14. Bg3
$16 {KD3}) 14. Bg3 $18 c4 15. Qe2 (15. e4) 15... Bd6 16. Bxd6 (16. e4) 16...
Kxd6 17. e4 Ke7 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. O-O (19. Nxd5+ Qxd5 20. Be4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Ra7
22. h4 $18 {KD3}) 19... Nf4 20. Qe4 Ra7 (20... Nd7 {is a little bit better})
21. Rfe1 {looks good, but there are often unexpected resources in defence} (21.
g3 $1 Nxg6 (21... Nd3 22. d5 $18) 22. Qxg6 Qg8 23. Qe4 Qh7 24. Qe2 $18 {KD3})
21... Kf6 22. Rad1 $2 {KD3 considers this a miscalculation} (22. Bh5) 22...
Nxg6 $19 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Qxc4 Rd7 (24... Re8 $19) (24... b5 25. Qb4 Re8 $19)
(24... Re7 $19 {KD3 lines}) 25. d5 Nf8 {(draw?)} (25... Rf8 26. f3 b5 27. Qc5
Rc7 28. Qd4+ Qf6 29. Qf2 Nf4 $17 {KD3}) 26. Ne4 $14 b5 $2 (26... Kh7 27. Ng3
Rg8 28. h3 Ng6 29. Nh5 Rd6 30. Qc2 $16 {KD3}) (26... Rf7 27. d6 Rh7 28. d7 Rxd7
29. Rxd7+ Nbxd7 30. Nd6 Nf6 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Re8 Rxf7 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 34. Rxd8
Kxf7 35. b4 $14 {KD3}) 27. Qd4+ (27. Qc3+ {seems even stronger} Kg8 28. Nf6+
Kf7 29. Nxd7 Nfxd7 30. d6 Qf6 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Qd3+ Qf5 33. Rg7+ {KD3}) (27.
Qd4+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kf7 29. Nxd7 Nfxd7 30. Re6 (30. d6 Re8 31. Qc3) 30... Rg8 31.
Rde1 Nf8 32. Re7+ Qxe7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Qe5+ Kf7 35. Qxb8 $18 {KD3}) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Guy, David"]
[Black "Golding, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,17,19,5,55,-28,-11,1,-5,-5,37,44,73,12,19,19,45,12,45,-39]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 (6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ {main}) 6... Nc6 7. Be2 (7. Bd3) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne4 {44% for
Wh} (9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 {63% for Wh}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4
11. exd4 $146 (11. Qxd4 $11 {1 draw, 2 Bl wins}) 11... Bd7 $17 12. Be3 Nxe3 13.
fxe3 Bc6 14. Nc3 Bb4 (14... Bg5) 15. Bf3 Rc8 (15... Qg5) 16. Ne4 Qh4 17. g3 Qh6
18. Qe2 a6 19. Rfc1 f5 20. Nc3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 b5 22. a4 (22. a3 $11 {
KomodoDragon3}) 22... bxa4 23. Rxa4 a5 24. Raa1 Rc7 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 $11
Rfc8 27. Kf2 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxa5 $11 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Re2 32.
Ra3 (32. Re5) 32... Kf7 33. h3 Kf6 34. Kf3 Re1 35. Kf2 Rd1 36. Ra6 h6 37. Kf3
g5 38. fxg5+ hxg5 39. Rb6 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Williams, Duncan"]
[Black "Thomas, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bg5 $2 (5. Nc3) 5... h6 (5... Nxe4
$19 6. Be3 O-O (6... c5) 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Bc4 e5 $2 (9... d5) 10. Ng5
Rf8 11. dxe5 $18 {Szubert-Malry,Trophee Rosa Lallemand Online rapid 2020,0-1})
6. Be3 (6. Bxf6) 6... a6 (6... Nxe4 $17) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. c3 (8. d5 Ne5 (8... Nb4
9. Be2 Nxe4 10. c3 $18) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c4 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 8... e5 (8...
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nh2 {Congiu-Brih, FRA ch U20, Aix le Bains 2009,1/2-1/2}) 9.
O-O O-O 10. Qd2 $146 (10. Nbd2 $16 Re8 {0.5-1.5} (10... Nh5 {0-1})) (10. a3 Kh7
$16 11. Qc2 g5 12. g4 Qd7 13. Nh2 Rg8 14. f3 Ne7 15. Rf2 $14 {Matrisch-Eckert,
Bahn ch, Bad Laasphe 1994,0-1}) 10... Kh7 11. Nh2 (11. Qe2 $16 {KD3}) 11...
exd4 (11... d5 $17 {KD3}) 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Nc3 b5 14. f3 $16 b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 16.
Rac1 $18 {KD3- Wh has extra space and can build up a K side attack} Qe7 17. Nf4
(17. Ng4) 17... Rab8 18. Qe2 (18. h4) 18... Nd7 19. Nd5 (19. Qf2 $18 {KD3})
19... Nxd4 20. Nxe7 Nxe2+ 21. Bxe2 Rxe7 (21... Nc5 22. Nxg6 Kxg6 23. b3 a5 $16
{KD3}) 22. Rxc7 $16 Bxb2 (22... Bd5 23. Bf4 Be6 24. Bxd6 Ree8 25. b3 $16 {KD3})
23. Ba7 $18 Ra8 24. Rxb7 (24. Bf2 $1 Rb8 25. Rd1 $18 {KD3}) 24... Rxa7 25. Rxb4
Ba3 26. Rb3 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Nf6 $15 (27... h5 $17) 28. Ng4 Nh5 29. Kh2 Bd4 (29...
d5 30. Bd3 dxe4 31. fxe4 Kg7 $11 {KD3}) 30. Rd1 Bc5 31. Ne3 $11 Kg7 32. Nd5 Re8
33. Bc4 Bf2 34. g4 Nf6 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Rxd6+ Ke5 37. Rbd3 Kf4 38. Kg2 $18 Be3
39. Rf6+ Kg5 40. Rxf7 Bb6 41. Rd5+ Kh4 42. Rf6 Be3 43. Rxg6 (43. Rxg6 Bg5 44.
Rxh6+ Bxh6 45. Rh5#) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,16,18,14,67,48,91,115,128,128,98,65,123,61,45,49,49,36,47]} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 {Levenfish} Nc6 (6... Bg7 7.
e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Ne6+ {Turner-Ivekovic,S Wales Summer open,
2016,1-0}) 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 dxe5 (8... Nd7 {Main, is safer} 9. exd6 exd6 10.
Bc4 (10. Qf3 d5 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. h3 O-O 14. g4 Re8 $19 {
KomodoDragon3 evaluation ; Turner-Hurn, S Wales Summer Op, 2016 draw agreed})
10... Nf6 11. Qf3 d5 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. f5 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8+ 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. fxg6
hxg6 17. Rf1 {Turner-T Brown, S Wales Summer op 2016,1-0}) 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.
fxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 $2 (12... Bd7 13. Re1 $16 {3-2-1} (13. e6
$16 {3-1-1})) 13. Nb5 {23-0} cxb5 14. Bxb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ {6-0} Kf8 16. Bxg4 f5
17. exf6 (17. Bf3) 17... Bxf6 18. Bh6+ Kf7 19. Rhf1 (19. Rhe1) 19... Rhb8 20.
Rxf6+ exf6 (20... Kxf6 21. Rf1+ Ke5 22. Bf4+) 21. Rd7+ (21. Rd7+ Ke8 (21... Kg8
22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Bg7#) 22. Rxh7 Rd8 23. Be6 Rd4 24. Bf7+ Kd8 (24... Kd7 25.
Bd5+) 25. Rh8+ {KD3}) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,8,25,-14,-15,-10,5,-5,-5,2,1]} 1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d5 (3... d6)
(3... c5) 4. exd5 {43 games, 41% for Wh} (4. e5) 4... Nf6 {1-3} (4... Qxd5) 5.
Bc4 $146 (5. Bb5+ {0-2}) (5. c4 {0-1}) (5. d4 Nxd5 {1-3}) 5... Nxd5 6. O-O (6.
d4 O-O 7. O-O {1 draw, 2 Bl wins}) 6... O-O (6... Nxf4 $17 {FatFritz2 &
KomodoDragon3} 7. Ng5 $2 Qd4+) 7. d3 Nc6 8. Qe1 Nb6 (8... Nd4 {Fritz13 & KD3})
9. Bb3 Bg4 $11 {Fritz13} (9... Nd4 $15 {KD3}) (9... Nd7 $11 {Fat Fritz2}) 10.
Nc3 (10. Nbd2 {Cloud Engines}) 10... Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nd4 $19 12. Rh3 Nxb3 (12...
a5 13. a4 Nxb3 14. cxb3 {Cloud Engines}) 13. axb3 e6 14. Ne4 h6 (14... Nd5 {
Cloud Engines}) 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nf6 (16... a5 {Cloud Engines}) 17. Nxf6+
Qxf6 18. Qg3 (18. Qe4 {Cloud Engines}) 18... Qf5 $17 19. Rf1 a5 20. Qh4 h5 21.
Qe7 Rfc8 (21... Qd5 $19 {Cloud Engines}) 22. Qd7 Qc5+ 23. d4 Qb6 $19 {Wh's K
side attack has stalled- meanwhile Bl has targets on the Q side} 24. Qa4 c5 25.
dxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Be3 Qc6 (26... Qd5 {Bl controls the centre, all 3 Engines}) 27.
Rd1 (27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Bc1 Rcb8 $17 {KD3}) 27... b5 28. Qa2 b4 29. Bd4 Bxd4+
30. Rxd4 Rd8 $19 (30... Qb6 $19) 31. Qb1 (31. Rdd3 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qf5 33. Qb1 Rd5
34. Qd1 Rad8 $19 {KD3}) 31... Rxd4 32. cxd4 Rc8 (32... Rd8 {3 Engines}) 33. Rd3
Qc2 (33... Qe4 $1 $19 {united Engines}) 34. Qxc2 Rxc2 35. d5 exd5 (35... Kf8)
36. Rxd5 Rxb2 37. Rxa5 Rxb3 38. Kf2 (38. Rb5 {must surely give better holding
chances}) 38... Rc3 39. g3 Rc2+ 40. Ke3 (40. Kg1 b3 {loses quickly}) 40... Rxh2
41. f5 Kg7 42. fxg6 Kxg6 {KD3} (42... fxg6 {FatFritz2}) 43. Rb5 Rb2 44. Kf4 f6
45. Kf3 b3 46. Ke3 Rb1 47. Kf3 b2 48. Kg2 Kf7 (48... f5) (48... h4) 49. Kh2 Kg6
50. Kg2 f5 51. Rb6+ Kg5 52. Rb5 h4 53. gxh4+ Kxh4 54. Rb4+ Kg5 55. Rb5 Kg4 56.
Rb4+ f4 57. Rb3 f3+ 58. Rxf3 Rc1 (58... Rg1+) 59. Rg3+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shelgaonkar, Yogesh Vivek"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1375"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,38,16,38,42,42,45,42,42,19,5,23,15,-16,18,-12,-12,-12,-8,9,24,27,27,
30,56,31,21,-26,43,46,41,45,45,23,72,44,45,45,35,2,50]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 (5. Ngf3 {Gibbs-Morris, Rd1 WW Open, 0-1}) 5... c5 6.
c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O
13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3 17. gxf3 {42% for Wh} (17.
Bxh5 {main, 65% for Wh}) 17... Bxh2+ 18. Kg2 {46% for Wh} (18. Kh1 Nf4 {
37% for Wh}) 18... Nf4+ 19. Nxf4 Bxf4 (19... Qxf4 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxd4
$14 {18 games; 42 % for Wh}) 20. Bg3 $16 {58% for Wh, 3-1-2} Bd7 21. Rad1 {
KomodoDragon3} (21. Rh1 $16 {2-0-2}) 21... Rf8 22. Qc5 $146 {but Engines have
analysed this and subsequent moves before} (22. Rh1 Qd6 23. Rh4 Bxg3 24. fxg3
e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Be4 $11 {Straka-Tan, Arctic cup 2007,1/2-1/2} (26. Bh5 g5
27. Rhd4 Qe6 {Cloud Engines} 28. Bg4 Nxg4 29. fxg4 $16 {KD3})) 22... Rf6 23.
Bb1 Be8 24. Rfe1 (24. Rh1 $16 {Cloud Engines}) 24... Kg8 25. b4 (25. Rh1 $14 {
KD3}) 25... Bh5 $17 26. Rd3 Qf7 27. Bxf4 (27. Rf1 Bg6 28. b5 (28. Rdd1 Bxb1 29.
Rxb1 Rg6 $19) 28... Na5 29. Rh1 Nc4 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Rh3 b6 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33.
Rg3 Nd6 $17 {KD3}) 27... Rxf4 $19 28. Ree3 Bg6 29. b5 Bxd3 30. Bxd3 (30. Rxd3
Qg6+ 31. Kf1 Nxd4 $19 {KD3}) 30... Nxd4 31. Qxa7 g5 (31... Qf8 32. Be2 (32.
Qxb7 Rxf3 $19) 32... Nxe2 33. Rxe2 Qf7 34. Qe3 Qg6+ 35. Kh3 Rf6 $19 {KD3}) (
31... Qe7 32. Qb8+ Rf8 33. Qe5 Qg5+ 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Rc1 Ra8 37.
Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rxb7 Rxa2 39. b6 Rb2 $19 {KD3}) 32. Qb8+ $11 Kg7 33. Qe5+ Qf6 34.
Qc7+ Qf7 35. Qe5+ Qf6 36. Qc7+ Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Golding, Alex"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 (3... Bf5 {main}) 4. f4 Nh6 (4... Bf5 {main}) 5. c3
(5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 {Dijksrehuis-Zeidler, Guensey op oct 2022,
draw agreed}) 5... Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O $14 {2 draws, 2 Bl wins} O-O
$146 9. b4 Nf5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Bg5 13. b5 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Na5
15. Nd2 $14 c5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bd3 c5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Rxf5 exf5 20. Qa3 $16
(20. Qc2 $16) 20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Qb6 22. Nf3 (22. Qd3 Nc6 23. Nf3 {
KomodoDragon3}) 22... Nc6 (22... Nc4 {KD3}) 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Rc1 g6 25. Kh2 $18
Nd8 26. Qa3 Rb7 27. Rc8 Kg7 28. Qa4 (28. h4 $1 h6 29. h5 g5 30. Qc1 f4 31. Qc2
a6 32. Qd3 Ra7 33. e6 $18 {KD3}) 28... Re7 29. Rc5 (29. Qa3 Rd7 30. Ng5 Qxd4
31. Rxd8 Qxe5+ 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 $18 {KD3}) 29... Qb7 30. Rb5 Qc6 31. Qb4
(31. Qa3 Rd7 32. Ra5 Qb7 33. h4 $18 {KD3}) 31... Rd7 32. Rc5 Qb7 33. Qxb7 Nxb7
34. Rc6 (34. Rc8 $1 {KD3}) 34... Nd8 35. Rf6 Nf7 36. Ra6 (36. Kg3 Rb7 37. Ra6 (
37. Kf4) 37... g5 38. h4 g4 39. Ne1 Rc7 40. Kf4 Rc4 41. Rxa7 Kf8 42. Kxf5 Rxd4
43. a4 $18 (43. e6 $18 {KD3})) 36... Kf8 37. e6 {too hasty} (37. h4 Rb7 38. Kg3
Ke7 39. h5 g5 40. e6 Nd6 41. Nxg5 Nb5 42. Nxh7 Nxd4 43. Ng5 $18 {KD3}) 37...
Rd6 38. Rxa7 Rxe6 39. Rxf7+ (39. a4 $14) 39... Kxf7 40. Ng5+ Ke7 41. Nxe6 Kxe6
$19 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 g5 44. Kg3 Kd6 45. Kf3 Kc6 46. Ke3 Kb5 47. Kd3 Kb4 48.
Kc2 Kc4 $2 $11 {'simple' K & P endings are actually where it is very easy to
go wrong} (48... Ka3 49. Kc3 (49. Kb1 h6 50. Ka1 h5 $1 51. gxh5 g4 52. h6 g3
53. h7 g2 54. h8=Q g1=Q# {the move one has to see in advance}) 49... h6 {
not letting the Wh K get to attack d5} 50. Kd3 Kxa2 $19 {KD3}) 49. a3 Kxd4 50.
a4 Ke3 (50... Kc5 51. a5 Kb5 52. Kc3 Kxa5 53. Kd4 Kb4 54. Kxd5 Kc3 55. Ke6 Kd4
56. Kf6 Ke4 57. Kxg5 Kf3 $11 {KD3- thevreason not to spend most of one's time
in the opening, is that it may well be needed to work things out in the ending}
) 51. a5 (51. Kd1 h5 52. gxh5 g4 53. h6 g3 54. h7 g2 55. h8=Q g1=Q+ 56. Kc2 $11
{KD3}) 51... Ke2 52. Kc3 (52. a6 d4 53. a7 d3+ 54. Kc3 d2 55. a8=Q d1=Q 56.
Qe4+ {also draws- KD3}) 52... Ke3 53. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Golding, James"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,10,18,18,55,55,52,2,27,-63,14,-78,-49]} 1. Nc3 e6 2. e4 d5 3. d3 (3.
d4) (3. Nf3) 3... Nf6 4. Qe2 Be7 {6-5-7} (4... d4 {5-0-5}) 5. Bd2 (5. g3 {5-4-4
}) 5... c5 (5... O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O-O d4 8. Nb5 c5 9. h4 Nc6 10. f4 a6 11.
Na3 b5 $19 {Voet-Vives Font,Barcelona Sants 2001,0-1}) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nd1 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O $17 11. f4 Qc7 (11... e5 {KomodoDragon3})
12. Qf3 e5 13. f5 Qxc2 14. Bd3 Qa4 15. O-O Nd7 $15 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nf2 f6 18.
Qh4 (18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Bc2 Qb5 20. a4 Qe2 21. Be1 Bd7 22. a5 Nc8 23. Bd3 Qh5 24.
Rc7 Rd8 25. Bc4 Nd6 26. Be6 Qe8 27. Qb3 Rac8 28. Rac1 $15 {KD3}) 18... Nc5 (
18... Bb4) (18... b6) 19. Be2 (19. b3 Qe8 20. Be2 $11 {KD3}) 19... Qc2 20. Rad1
(20. Rfd1 Bd7 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Bh5 $18) 21. b4 Na6 22. Nd3 Bd6 $15 {KD3} (
22... Bxb4 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Rac1 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qc2 26. Rac1 $11)) 20... Qxb2
$19 21. Bh5 Qxa2 22. Bg6 Qg8 23. Ng4 Nxe4 (23... Bd6) 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Qxe7 (
25. Qxe4 $5) 25... Nf6 (25... Nxd2 26. Rxd2 hxg6 27. fxg6 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qc4+
29. Kg1 Be6 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Rf2+ Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Kd6 $19 {KD3-
Engines have no nerves}) 26. Qxe5 Qd5 27. Qe7 Bd7 $19 28. Rf4 Bc6 29. Rf2 hxg6
30. fxg6 Qh5 31. Rdf1 Qxg6 32. Qb4 Rad8 33. Qa3 Rfe8 34. Qa2 Bd5 (34... Rd5)
35. Qb2 Ne4 36. Qc2 Rd6 37. Rf8+ Rxf8 38. Rxf8+ Bg8 (38... Kh7) 39. Rf4 Nc3 40.
Rh4+ Bh7 41. Qb3 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Tapp, James"]
[Black "Young, Alan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,22,23,24,24,13,60,60,60,52,42,28,55,46,105,23,0,0,0,-8,0,-31,-31,-82,
-89]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 (3... Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5 Re8 9. h4 {Palliser-Young, EU Cup, Rhodes 2013,1-0}) 4. exd4
Nc6 5. c3 f6 {played by a number of GMs, with IM Beerdsen most frequent user} (
5... Nf6) (5... Bf5 {main lines} 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bg3 Nf6
10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Rae8 {Freeman-Young, 4NCL, 6 nov 2022,draw
agreed}) 6. Bd3 (6. Nf3 g5 {53% for Wh}) 6... e5 7. dxe5 (7. Qh5+ g6 8. Bxg6+
hxg6 9. Qxh8 exf4 10. Qxg8 Bf5 {2-2-13}) 7... fxe5 8. Qh5+ (8. Bg3 {0-2}) 8...
g6 9. Bxg6+ hxg6 10. Qxh8 (10. Qxg6+ {Stockfish130722} Kd7 11. Bg3 Qf6 12. Qd3
Nge7 13. Nd2 Ke8 $19 {Plasek-Petras, Prague Golden 65+ open,2022 1-0 ( after
78 moves)}) 10... exf4 11. Qxg8 (11. Ne2 Kf7 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh7 Qg5 14. g3 f3
15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Qxh4 17. gxh4 Bh6 $19 {Kretchetov-Shlyaktenko, Hollywood
Classic 2022, 0-1}) 11... Qe7+ {Cloud Engines} (11... Bf5 {only move played}
12. Qh7 (12. g4 Qe7+ 13. Kd2 Be4 $19 {0-1}) (12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. O-O
Bh6 15. Qxd8+ Qxd8 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 12... Ne5 $1 {0-1} (12... Qb6 $19 {
yet 2-1})) 12. Kf1 Bf5 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Qh8 (14. Nbd2 Bh6 15. Re1 Qd7 16.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 $19 {Cloud Engines}) 14... Bd3+ (14... Qe4 $1 {Cloud Engines} 15.
Nbd2 Qd3+ 16. Kg1 Bc5 17. Qh4 (17. Qxd8+ $5) 17... g5 $1 18. Nxg5 (18. Qxg5
Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qe3+ 20. Kf1 Bd3#) 18... Qxd2 $19 {KD3}) (14... Re8 15. Nbd2
Qe2+ 16. Kg1 Bc5 17. Qh4 g5 $19 {KD3}) (14... Bg7 15. Qh4 Qd6 16. g3 Ne5 17.
Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd2 Rh8 19. Qg5 Bh3+ 20. Ke2 Rh5 $19 {KD3}) 15. Kg1 Qe2 16. Nbd2
Bc5 17. Qh4 g5 18. Qg4+ Kb8 19. Rf1 Re8 (19... Be3 20. fxe3 fxe3 21. Qg3+ (21.
Qxg5 $18 {also}) 21... Ka8 22. Re1 exd2 23. Rxe2 d1=Q+ 24. Re1 Qc2 25. Nxg5 $18
{Alharthi-Al Amari, Asia ch Amateur oct 2022,1-0}) (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21.
h4 Bxf1 22. Nxf1 Qe1 23. Qf3 g4 24. Qxf4+ Ka8 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Nxd2 Rf8 27. Nb3
Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Bxh4+ 29. Ke2 Bg3 30. Rf1 $11 {KD3}) 20. h4 $18 {KD3} (20. Qxg5
$1 $18 {KD3}) 20... Be3 (20... Ne5 {best try} 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxg5 Qd6 23.
Rh3 Bxf1 24. Nxf1 a6 25. Rf3 $18 {KD3}) 21. fxe3 fxe3 22. Qxg5 (22. Qg3+ Ka8
23. Re1 {KD3- as in Alharthi-Al Amari}) 22... Bh7 (22... exd2 23. Nxd2 a6 24.
Rh3 $18 {KD3}) 23. Kh2 (23. Re1 $1 Qd3 (23... exd2 24. Qxd2) 24. Qf4+ Ka8 25.
Nf1 $18 {KD3}) 23... exd2 24. Qxd2 (24. Nxd2 {also}) 24... Qc4 25. b3 (25. Ng5
Bg6 26. Qf4+ {KD3}) 25... Qg4 26. Qg5 Qd7 27. Re1 Rg8 28. Ne5 (28. Qf4+) 28...
Qc7 29. Qf4 Ka8 30. Rhf1 Ne7 31. Nf7 (31. Qf7) 31... Qd7 32. Ng5 Ng6 33. Qf7
Qd6+ 34. Kh1 Ne5 35. Rxe5 (35. Qxh7) 35... Qxe5 36. Qxg8+ Bxg8 37. Rf8+ (37.
Rf8+ Qb8 38. Rxb8+ Kxb8 39. h5) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,22,25,30,23,23,50,33,13,9,26,21,36,16,16,15,23,21,21,18,34,10,9,3,26]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 {so far
similar to Pleasants-Taylor, rd1 WW Open, drawn after 88 moves; except that
there d4 was held back, so Wh could play 7 Qc2} Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 (
9... c5) 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Qe8 {1-2-2} (11... Bf6 {81 games. 49% for Wh}) 12.
Rad1 f5 13. Qe3 $146 {Stockfish15} (13. Ne1 {KomodoDragon3} Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Bg5
15. Qd3 (15. Qf3 Nf6 16. d5 Ne4 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Qd3 $11 {Rodgaard-Balint,
Budapest FS02 IM, 2018,1-0}) 15... Qh5 $11 {Smyslov-Matanovic, Alekhine
memorial, Moscow 1963,1/2-1/2}) (13. d5 Bf6 (13... e5 $15) 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15.
Rxd4 e5 16. Rd2 Qh5 17. f4 Rf7 18. e3 Re8 19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Rg2 $11 {C
Foisor-Olivier, Grenoble Masters 2006,1-0}) 13... Bf6 14. Ng5 (14. Ne1 {
Cloud Engines}) 14... Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 $11 {(draw?) 2 previous
encounters with colours reversed, also drawn in 20 + moves} 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,8,30,25,33,19,12,14,12,6,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5.
Nge2 e6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O Rb8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Na4 $146 (10. Rb1 {1-3-3
}) (10. b4 $11 {Cloud Engines. 0.5-1.5}) 10... d6 $17 {KomodoDragon3} 11. Bxd4
cxd4 12. c5 (12. b4 b5 13. Nb2 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Rxb4 $17 {KD3}) 12... O-O 13. Rc1
dxc5 14. Nxc5 b6 (14... e5 15. f4 Nc6 $17 {KD3}) 15. Nb3 a5 16. Rc2 Ba6 $19 17.
Nbc1 Qd7 18. f4 Rbc8 19. Rd2 e5 (19... Nc6 20. a3 Rc7 $19 {KD3}) 20. fxe5 Bxe5
21. Nf4 Rc7 $17 22. Bh3 Qd6 23. Rdf2 Bc8 24. Bg2 Kg7 25. h4 f6 $19 (25... Ng8
26. Nce2 Nf6 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bg4 $19 {KD3}) 26. g4 Bd7 27. g5 f5 (27...
h6 28. gxh6+ Kxh6 29. Qf3 Kg7 $19 {KD3}) (27... fxg5 28. Nh5+ gxh5 29. Rxf8 Bf4
30. R8xf4 gxf4 31. Qxh5 Rc2 $19 {KD3}) 28. h5 Rfc8 (28... h6 29. gxh6+ Kh8 30.
Qd2 gxh5 31. Kh1 Rg8 32. Nce2 Qxh6 $19 {KD3}) 29. Nce2 Rc2 30. hxg6 hxg6 31.
Bh3 Rxb2 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Nxf5 34. Nh5+ Kh8 (34... Kg8 $1) 35. Rxf5 gxf5
36. Nef4 Rg8 37. Qf3 (37. Nh3 Bh2+ 38. Kh1 Bg1 39. N5f4 Rh2+ 40. Kxg1 Rxh3 41.
Kg2 Rxg5+ 42. Kxh3 Qh6+ 43. Nh5 Rxh5+ $19 {KD3}) 37... Rxg5+ 38. Kh1 Bxf4 (
38... Qh6) 39. Nxf4 Qh6+ 40. Nh3 Qh5 (40... Qh4 $1 {KD3}) 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Black "Gay, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ (6... d6) (6...
b6 {main lines}) 7. Nbd2 {73% for Wh} (7. Bd2 {main,68% for Wh}) 7... O-O 8.
Bc4 (8. a3 {5-0}) 8... Nb6 (8... d6 {1.5-0.5}) 9. Bb3 (9. Bd3 {2-0}) 9... d5
10. exd6 (10. O-O $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 10... Qxd6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13.
a3 Be7 14. Re1 (14. Qd3 $16 {KD3}) 14... Rd8 15. Nc3 (15. Bc2 h6 16. Qd3 f5 17.
Nc3 $16 {KD3}) 15... Bf6 16. Be3 Ne7 (16... Nd5 17. Rc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Be7 19.
Ne4 $16 {KD3}) 17. Rc1 $18 Qd7 18. Ne5 (18. Ne4 {FatFritz2 & KD3} Nbd5 19. Bg5
Bxg5 20. Nexg5 Qe8 21. Qd3 g6 22. h4 $18 {KD3}) 18... Qe8 (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5
Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Bd7 21. f4 $14 {KD3}) 19. Ng4 Bd7 {Wh has all the space,
leaving the Bl pieces bunched together in each other's way} (19... Nd7 20. Ne4
Ng6 21. d5 exd5 22. Nd6 Qf8 23. Nxf7 $18 {KD3}) 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Ne4 (21. d5
$1 $18 {both Engines}) 21... Ned5 22. Bh6 (22. Qh5 $1 {both Engines}) 22... Kh8
23. Nd6 (23. Qg4 {both Engines} Qg8 24. Qh4 Qg6 25. Nxf6 $1 Rg8 (25... Qxf6 26.
Bg5 Qg6 27. Bxd8) (25... Nxf6 26. Bc2 $18) 26. Nxg8 Rxg8 27. g3) 23... Qe7 (
23... Qg8 24. Qh5 Be8 25. Nxb7 $18) 24. Nf5 Qe8 (24... exf5 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26.
Qh5 $18) 25. Qg4 (25. Qg4 Qg8 26. Bg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Guy, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,95,19,36,25,8,25,4,28,-2,2,14,5,-25,-30,-19,-22,-30,-24,-20,28,18,3,2,
29,26,26,27,31,24,56,56,46,-4,10,15,11,8,23,-14,-9,-24,-18,-34,-13,-40,-31,-20,
-13,-25,-20,-34,1,-18,-10,-19,58,56,65,11,54,59,68,63,67,64,50,45,58,55,71,54,
61,85,50,40,275,287,269,277,313,305,371,336,355,400,397,315,486,503,516,527,
1026,1076,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. d3 (5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11.
Qg3 Bf8 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. f4 {Van Kemenade-Guy, WLS ch 2016,1/2-1/2}) 5... d6 (
5... b5 {main}) 6. c3 Be7 (6... g6 {main}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 (9. Bb3
Na5) 9... Nb8 (9... d5) (9... Re8 {main lines}) 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h3
(12. Ng3) 12... Re8 13. Ng3 g6 (13... Bf8 {main, when} 14. d4 {transposes to
8158 games}) 14. Bg5 (14. Bh6 {1-1-1}) (14. Nh2 {1/2-1/2}) (14. d4 $14 {
KomodoDragon3- transposes to 31 games}) 14... Bf8 (14... d5 15. Qd2 c5 16. exd5
Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. d4 $11 {Antipov-Efimenko,Abu Dhabi op 2016,1/2-1/2}) 15.
Qd2 Bg7 16. Nh2 (16. d4 $16 {KD3}) 16... Qb8 17. a4 (17. f4 $16 {KD3-
considered by Wh}) 17... Nc5 18. axb5 (18. Bh6 $16 {KD3}) 18... axb5 19. Rxa8 (
19. Bh6) (19. Be3 Ne6 20. d4 $14 {KD3}) 19... Qxa8 20. b4 Ne6 21. Be3 Qa2 (
21... d5 $11 {Rudy & KD3} 22. Nf3 (22. f3 Rd8 $15) 22... dxe4 23. dxe4 Bxe4 24.
Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd7 Rd8 27. Qxb5 Qd3 28. Qc6 h6 $11 {KD3}) 22. Qd1
(22. Rb1) 22... Ra8 23. Bb3 Qb2 24. Ne2 {perhaps the Q will be trapped?} (24.
Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bd2 Ra2 26. Ngf1 Kf7 27. Ng4 $14 {KD3}) 24... Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4
26. Qb1 Qxb1 27. Rxb1 {hoping to make progress on the K side} g5 (27... c5 28.
bxc5 dxc5 29. Nxf4 c4 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rxb7 Ra1+ 32. Nf1 cxd3 33. Rb8+ Bf8 34.
Nxd3 Nxe4 $11 {KD3}) 28. Nf3 h6 29. h4 (29. Ned4 c6 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. e5 Ne8 32.
e6 fxe6 33. Bxe6+ Kh7 34. N5d4 Nc7 35. Bd7 c5 36. bxc5 dxc5 37. Nxb5 Nxb5 38.
Rxb5 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Bxf3 40. gxf3 Kg7 $11 {KD3}) 29... Nh7 (29... d5 30. e5 Nd7
31. hxg5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. gxh6 Kh7 34. d4 Bd6 35. f3 Kxh6 $11 {KD3}) 30.
hxg5 hxg5 31. Nfd4 c6 32. Nf5 (32. g3 c5 33. Nxb5 f3 34. Nc1 Rd8 35. Bc4 g4 $11
{KD3}) 32... Bf8 33. g3 (33. Ned4 Nf6 34. g3 fxg3 35. fxg3 Bc8 36. Rf1 (36.
Nxc6 Bxf5 37. exf5 Rc8 38. Na7 Rxc3 39. Nxb5 Rxd3 $19) 36... Ra3 $11 {KD3})
33... fxg3 (33... f3 34. Ned4 g4 35. Ne3 Nf6 $11 {KD3}) 34. fxg3 Bc8 35. Ned4
Ra6 {seldom good to have Rs defending a weak pawn} (35... Bd7 36. Rf1 {Rudy} c5
37. Bd5 Ra3 38. Nxd6 cxd4 39. Rxf7 Bc6 40. Nxb5 Bxd5 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Nxa3
dxc3 43. exd5 Nf6 44. Kf2 Ke7 $11 {KD3}) 36. Rf1 Ra3 {The Engine considers
this the only route to equality} 37. Ne3 c5 {but this is the wrong followup} (
37... Be6 $1 38. Rb1 (38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Rc1 Bg7 40. Nxe6 Bxc3 41. Kf2 Bxb4 42.
Rxc6 Kf7 $11) 38... Bd7 39. Nec2 Ra7 40. Rf1 Be8 $11 {KD3}) 38. Bxf7+ $18 Kg7 (
38... Kh8 {may be safer}) 39. Nxb5 Ra6 40. Bc4 (40. Nc7 Ra7 41. Ne8+ Kh8 42. b5
$18 {KD3}) 40... Nf6 41. bxc5 (41. Nd5 $1 Nh7 42. Nbc7 Ra7 43. b5 {KD3}) 41...
dxc5 42. e5 Nh7 43. Nd6 (43. g4 $1 {KD3}) 43... Ra8 (43... Rxd6 44. Rf7+ Kh6
45. exd6 Bxd6 46. d4 $18 {KD3}) 44. Rf7+ (44. Nxc8 Rxc8 45. Rf7+ Kg6 46. Rb7
Rd8 47. Rb6+ Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kh8 49. Rg6 $18 {KD3}) 44... Kg6 (44... Kh8 45. Nxc8
Rxc8 46. Nf5 $18 {KD3}) 45. Rc7 Bh3 46. Bf7+ Kh6 (46... Kg7 47. Bd5+) 47. Nef5+
Bxf5 48. Nxf5# 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Evans, Nicholas"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,20,30,30,27,27,27,4,21,21,34,25,22,-15,20,-6,19,28,16,23,23,24,29]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Rc1 f5 $14 {5-3-1} 11. a3 Bd6 12. Ne5 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5
$14 {1.5-0.5}) 12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 $17 15. Qc2 Qg5 16. f4 Qg6
17. Rf2 Rad8 (17... h6 18. b4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rac8 21. Rd2 c5 $19 {
KomodoDragon3}) 18. b4 dxc4 (18... Nxd3 19. Qxd3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rd7 21. h3 h6
$19 {KD3}) 19. Bxc4 Ne4 (19... Be4 20. Qc3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Qxc7 Rxe3 $19
{KD3} 23. Qxa7 Rd3 24. Qxb6 h5 25. Bd4 h4 26. Bc5 Re8 27. Qb5 Red8 28. Bd6 h3
29. Qc4 (29. g3 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kf1 Bd3+ $19) 29... Rxa3 30. Qf1 Bxg2
31. Rxg2 hxg2 32. Qxg2 Qh5 $19) 20. Re2 Rf7 (20... c5 $17 {Fritz13 SE & KD3})
21. Bb5 (21. b5 {both Engines}) 21... a6 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Rfd7 (23... Qg4
24. Qc4 g5 $19 {both Engines}) 24. Bd4 Qf7 25. a4 Qe7 26. Rb1 {(Draw?)} (26. a5
$11) (26. g4 $11) (26. Rb2 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Golding, William"]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,16,30,30,24,-2,-12,-12,-6,0,3,-8,8,-26,-15,-68,-46,-43,-6]} 1. d4 d5
2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O e6 6. c3 (6. c4 {main}) 6... c5 7. e3 (7.
Bf4 {1-2-3}) (7. Ne5 {1-1-1}) 7... Nc6 8. Nbd2 {releases the tension in the
centre; sooner or later Wh will react with e4} c4 $6 {releases the tension in
the centre; sooner or later Wh will react with e4} (8... Be7 9. Re1 O-O {3-0-4}
) (8... Rc8 $15 {Cloud Engines}) 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Nh4 Bd3 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Be7 15. Ng2 $16 {KomodoDragon3} Qd5 16. Qe2 g5 $2 {
seriously weakens the K side} 17. f3 $18 (17. f4 O-O-O 18. Bd2 $16 {KD3}) 17...
Na5 18. f4 (18. Bd2 b5 19. Ne3 Qb7 20. d5 $18 {KD3}) (18. Ne3 Qd7 19. f4 gxf4
20. Rxf4 h5 21. h4 Bd6 22. Nf5 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Qd5 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Rf1 Raf8 26.
b4 cxb3 27. c4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh2 Qb6 29. Nf5+ Ke8 30. Rd1 $18 {KD3- Bl'rs are
inactive & his K stuck in the middle}) 18... Nc6 19. fxg5 (19. Bd2 {let the
other side do the exchanging ( which usually brings pieces forwards)}) 19...
hxg5 (19... Bxg5 {( Bl's B is a slightly better piece than Wh's)} 20. Bxg5 hxg5
21. Rg4 O-O-O 22. Ne3 Qa5 23. Rf1 Rdf8 24. d5 $18 {KD3- the Bl K has had to go
long, where it is more exposed tham Wh;s}) 20. Bd2 O-O-O $11 21. Re1 (21. Rf1)
21... Qf5 $15 22. Rg4 Ne5 $2 {a tactic that fails} (22... Rh7 23. Rf1 Qc2 24.
Rf2 Qxb2 25. Bxg5 Qxc3 (25... Qxe2) 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. d5 b5 28. dxe6 f5 29.
Rgf4 Rd5 $11 {KD3}) 23. dxe5 Rxd2 24. Rxc4+ {easy to miss as the d pawn was in
the way of this at the start of the tactical sequence} Kb8 25. Qxd2 $18 Qh3 26.
Ne3 b6 27. b4 g4 28. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Bennett, Tom"]
[Black "Hare, Roy T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,8,30,30,32,23,34,18,15,13,35]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 (3. Bf4) (3.
c4 {main lines}) 3... a6 (3... Bg4 {main}) 4. Bd3 g6 (4... Nf6) (4... Bg4) 5.
c3 {3.5-0.5} Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 {back to almost a mainline Colle;
though the fianchettoed K side prevents Colle's favourite Bxh7ch plan} dxe4 9.
Nxe4 Bg4 (9... Nxe4 {3 draws, 1 Bl win}) 10. h3 Be6 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 (
11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qxc6 $18) 12. Bg5 exd4
13. Nxf6+ {Ehrlacher-Schoeller, St Petersburg op 1992,1-0}) 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. Qa4
$16 (12. Bf4 $16) 12... Na7 13. Re1 (13. Be2 b6 14. Nd3 $16 {Stockfish15 &
KomodoDragon3 - preserves more pieces since Bl has a cramped position}) 13...
Nd5 (13... b6 14. Ne4 (14. Nxa6 {looks risky but can be played} Bb7 15. Qd1 Nc6
16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. cxb4 Rd8 19. a3 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22.
Be3 $16 {though Wh has some Q side play- Benko style}) 14... Bb7 15. Qb3 Nc8
16. Bf4 Nd6 17. Nfd2 Ndxe4 18. Nxe4 Nh5 19. Bg5 h6 $11 {KD3}) 14. Be4 $18 c6
15. Nh2 (15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3 b6 17. Nd3 Bb7 18. c4 Nc7 19. Qb3 $18 {KD3}) 15...
e6 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. Bf4 e5 {Bl needs to solve the usual problem QB
in QP openings- it has a;ready moved several times before going back home} 19.
dxe5 Bxe5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nb3 (22. b4 {Wh retains space and
development advantage}) 22... Qf6 23. Nd4 (23. a4 Re8 24. Qc1 h5 25. Bc2 Bf5
26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Nc5 Re7 28. b4 $18 {KD3- Bl retains Qside problems}) 23...
Nb5 24. Nxb5 (24. Qc1 Rd8 25. g4 c5 26. Nb3 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 c4 28. Nc5 Be6 29.
Qc1 Rd8 30. g5 Qe7 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Bxb7 Nd6 33. Bg2 Nd3 34. Rxe6 Nxc1 35. Rf6
Nd3 36. Bd5 Kh8 37. h4 Nxb2 38. Ng4 $14 {KD3- but little of this is
straightforward}) 24... axb5 25. a3 Re8 $11 26. Nf3 (26. Bd3 Kg7 27. Bf1 $11 {
KD3}) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bf5 (27... Bxh3 $19 {KD3- the B emerges in triumph}
28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. gxh3 Qf3 30. Kh2 c5 $19) 28. Qd2 (28. Be4 $11) 28... Bxh3 29.
Bxc6 (29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. gxh3 Qf3 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qxh3 34.
Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ {KD3-perpetual}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Swamy, Anshul"]
[Black "Sipho, Donovan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1486"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,16,27,25,42,67,22,5,57,66,42,35,45,19,71,36,19,-10,-10]} 1. e4 c5 2.
d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 (6. Bc4 {main}) 6... d6 (6...
a6) (6... Bb4) 7. e5 (7. Bc4 a6 8. O-O {main, when Wh scores 45%}) 7... d5 {0-3
} 8. Bb5 (8. Bd3 {Cloud Engines, not yet played}) 8... Nge7 (8... Bd7 9. O-O a6
10. Bd3 (10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb4 12. a3 (12. Nxd5 $18) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nge7
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 $17 {Brinovec-Szakasics, EU Ch U08,2008,1-0}) 10...
Bc5 11. Bg5 Nge7 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O $19 {Richter-Hemprich,
Sachsen ch U10, 2009,0-1}) 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O (12. Qc2
{needed, though Wh does not have enough for the pawn ( a main K side attacker
-the KB- has been exchanged on the other side of the board)} Rc8 $19) 12...
Nxe5 13. Qb3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Be5 O-O 17. Kh1 Bf6 (17... f6)
18. Na4 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf6 20. Re3 e5 (20... d4 21. Red3 Qf5 22. Kg2 Rad8 $19 {
KomodoDragon3} 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 e5 26. Rd1 Qf5 27. Rd3 Bxa4
$19) 21. h3 d4 22. Red3 Qd6 (22... Qf5) 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. Nc4 Qc7 (24... Qe6)
0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Thomas, Mark"]
[Black "Thomas, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,18,27,14,52,9,17,21,21,21,28,4,21,16,79,35,26,12,34,25,45]} 1. e4 c5
2. c3 (2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nf6 8. d3
O-O 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qe1 {M Thomas-R Thomas, WLs Major Open 2022,1-0})
2... Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 g6 (6... d6 {main} 7. Bc4 Nb6
8. Bb3 dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 f6 {M Thomas-Musson, Rd1
WWopen2022, 0-1}) (6... e6 {main lines}) 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. a4 (9. O-O
O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. d5 Na5 14. d6 {2-5-2}) 9... a5 10.
Qe2 (10. Nc3 {2-1-1}) 10... O-O $146 (10... d6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O $14 {1-2}) (
10... d5 11. h3 Bf5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 $16 {Schulze-Hostika, Wuerttemberg
Oberliga 2018,0-1} (13. Rd1 $16 {Jahn-Bindrich, Oberliga Ost, 2004,0-1})) 11.
d5 $16 Nb4 12. Nc3 d6 13. e6 h6 {second line- KomodoDragon3} (13... fxe6 14.
dxe6 Ra6 15. O-O Na8 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Nb5 $16 {KD3}) (13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 N4xd5
$11 {Fritz13} 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Ng5 Rf5 18. O-O e6 19. Ne4 $18 {KD3
}) 14. h4 (14. Nh4 fxe6 15. dxe6 g5 16. Nf3 d5 17. O-O Ra6 18. h4 $16 {KD3})
14... fxe6 {Fritz13} (14... Ra6 15. O-O fxe6 16. dxe6 d5 17. Rd1 $18 {KD3}) 15.
dxe6 d5 16. Nb5 (16. O-O $18 Rf6 17. Be3 Bxe6 (17... Rxe6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Rfe1
$18 {KD3}) 18. Bd4 Bg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe3 $18 {KD3}) 16... Rf6 (16... Nc4 {
both Engines- F13 +, KD3 slight Wh advantage}) 17. Nfd4 Nc6 18. O-O Nxd4 19.
Nxd4 Qd6 {F23- slight Wh edge; KD3 definite plus for Wh} 20. Re1 Qb4 21. Be3 (
21. Rd1 $18 {KD3}) (21. Qe3 {F13 definite plus for Wh; KD£ Wh is winning})
21... Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Qd3 Rd8 $2 (23... Rc6 {both Engines} 24. Bxd5+ (
24. Bd2 Qc5 25. Re2 Nc4 26. Bc3 $14 {KD3}) 24... Nxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh7 26. h5 $14)
(23... Rd6 24. Rad1 Rf8 25. h5 $11 {KD3}) 24. Red1 (24. Bd2 $1 $18 {both
Engines} Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qd6 (25... Qd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxe7 $18) 26. Bxa5 Rf8
27. Rd1 {KD3- Bl has trouble defending pawns against the Two Bs, plus Wh has a
Q side majority}) 24... Red6 (24... Qxh4 $15 {both Engines}) 25. h5 (25. Bd2
Qxh4 26. Bxa5 $11 {both Engines}) 25... Nc4 $15 26. Bd2 Qb6 27. Bc1 (27. Rab1
Rf8 (27... Nxd2 28. Rxd2 gxh5 29. Re1 {F13 definite Bl plus; KD3 judges =}) 28.
Be1 Ne5 29. Qe3 e6 30. hxg6 h5 $15 {KD3}) 27... Rf8 (27... Rf8 $19 {both
Engines} 28. Be3 (28. Rf1 Bd4) 28... Nxe3 29. Qxe3 e6 30. hxg6 Qxe3 31. fxe3
Rb6 32. Rd3 Bxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Golding, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 (4. Nf3) (4. dxe5) (4. d5) 4... Nc6 (4...
Nbd7) (4... c6 {transpose to most games}) 5. d5 Nd4 (5... Ne7 {17 games, 53%
for Wh}) (5... Nb8 6. Bg2 {2-1}) 6. Bg2 (6. e3 Bg4 {Deep Fritz14} 7. Qa4+ (7.
f3 Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3 {Fritz16 =} e4 $15 {KomodoDragon3}) 7... Bd7 8. Qd1 Bg4 {
Rodatz-Hallbauer, Hamburg 1938, draw agreed}) 6... g6 7. e3 (7. h3 h5 8. e3 Nf5
9. e4 Nd4 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Nge2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 h4 13. g4 Nh7 14. c5 $16 {KD3})
7... Nf5 8. e4 Ne7 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 $16) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 (11. Be3 {
Stockfish10 & KD3}) 11... Nd7 12. Nd3 h6 13. Be3 f5 14. f4 (14. Qd2 Kh7 15. f4
{KD3}) 14... fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Bf2 (16. Bd2 exf4 17. Nxf4 Ne5 18. c5 $16 {
Stockfish 11 & 12; KD3}) 16... exf4 17. Nxf4 Ne5 $11 18. Rc1 (18. Ne6 Bxe6 19.
dxe6 Qe7 20. Qb3 c6 $17 {KD3}) (18. c5 Nh4 19. cxd6 Nxg2 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6
cxd6 22. Kxg2 Qe7 23. Qxd6 Rfe8 24. Bg1 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rxe6 26. Rad1 Re7 $11 {
KD3}) 18... Nh4 19. gxh4 Rxf4 $15 20. Bg3 (20. Qd2 Rg4 21. Kh1 Bf5 22. Rfe1
Rxg2 23. Kxg2 Bg4 24. h3 Bf3+ 25. Kg3 Bh5 26. Rc3 Qe7 27. Bd4 Rf8 28. Nf2 $11 {
KD3}) 20... Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Ng4 (21... b6 22. Re1 Bf5 $17 {KD3}) 22. Qe2 $11 (
22. c5 $11 {why else is the R on c1}) 22... Bf5 23. c5 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25.
cxd6 cxd6 26. Bh3 (26. h5 $11 {KD3}) 26... Bxg3 (26... h5 $15 {KD3}) 27. Bxg4 (
27. Nxg3 Qxh4 $19) (27. hxg3 Bxe4+ $19) 27... Be5 (27... Bxe4+ 28. Qxe4 Qxh4
29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. h3 Rg8 31. Qf7 Qg5 32. Rc7 Rg7 33. Rc8+ Rg8 34. Bf5 Qg7 $11 {
Kd3}) 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Ng3 (29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Qh5 Bg7 31. Ng5 Qf6 32. Re1 Kg8
33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Bf8 35. Ne6 Qe7 36. Qb8 h5 $11 {KD3}) 29... Qf6 30. Rc7
Rf8 31. Qh5 (31. Qb5 f4 32. Qd7 Qg6 33. h5 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 fxg3 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36.
Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ $11 {KD3}) 31... f4 (31... Rf7 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. b3 $11 {KD3}
) 32. Ne4 (32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Ne4) 32... Qf5 33. Qf3 (33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxb7 f3
35. Kg1 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Rxd5 37. Rxa7 Bxb2 38. Rb7 Be5 39. Ng3 $11 {KD3}) 33...
Rf7 $19 (33... Kh8 34. h5 Rg8 35. Rc1 Qf7 $19 {KD3}) 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 (34... Kxf7
$1 $19) 35. b3 (35. Qg4+ Kh8 36. b3 Qxd5 37. Qf5 $11 b5 38. h5 a5 39. Qf8+ Kh7
40. Qf5+ {KD3}) 35... Kh8 (35... Qf5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Kf1 b5 38. h3 h5 39. Ke2
$11 {KD3}) 36. Ng3 (36. Qg4 Qxd5 37. Qf5 $11 Qg8 38. Nxd6 Bxd6 39. Qf6+ Qg7 40.
Qxd6 $11 {KD3}) 36... Qg6 $19 37. Qe4 (37. Ne4 Bd4 38. Qg2 Qh5 39. Qf1 Qf5 40.
Qf3 Be3 41. Ng3 Qe5 42. Nh5 Qa1+ $19 {KD3}) 37... Kg7 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. Ne4
Kf5 $19 {passed pawn & B better than the N with pawns on both sides of the
board} 40. Nd2 Bc3 (40... b5 $1) 41. Nb1 Be1 (41... Bb4 42. a3 Bc5 43. b4 Bd4
44. Nd2 Ke5 {KD£}) 42. Kg2 Ke4 43. h5 b5 (43... Kd3) (43... Bb4) 44. Na3 a6
45. Nc2 Bc3 46. Kf2 Kd3 47. Na3 Bb2 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Tapp, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,10,27,-22,-29,-28,5,5,5,9,15,5,-15]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 (2... Nc6 3.
Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. e3 {Morris-Van Kemenade,
Rd2 WW Open 2022,1-0}) 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 (5. Bg2 Nf6 {350 games, 51%
for Wh}) 5... Nf6 6. Qb3 {4-1-1} Be7 7. cxd5 (7. Bg2 {2-0}) (7. Bd2 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. Rc1 Na6 10. Qa4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bb7 12. Qa4 Nc7 {Fasser-Nagy, Harkany
Tenkes Cup 1999,1/2-1/2}) 7... cxd5 8. Nh3 b6 (8... Na6 9. Nf4 (9. Bxa6 Bxh3)
9... Nc7 $17 {KomodoDragon3}) 9. Nf4 Bb7 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. O-O Na6 (11... h5 $15
{KD3}) (11... Nc6 12. Qd1 h5 13. f3 a6 14. fxe4 axb5 15. e5 h4 16. g4 Kg8 17.
exf6 {KD3 thinks alternatives lose for Wh} Bxf6 18. Ncxd5 Rh6 19. h3 Ne7 20. e4
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rg6 23. Rf5 Qe7 $11 {KD3}) 12. f3 Nc7 (12... exf3
13. Rxf3 Nc7 14. Be2 h5 $11 {KD3}) 13. fxe4 dxe4 (13... Nxb5 14. Qxb5 dxe4 15.
Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 g6 17. Qe5 f6 18. d5 Kg7 19. Qxe4 Re8 $11 {KD3}) 14. Nh5 (14.
Bc4 Qe8 15. Bd2 $18 {KD3}) 14... Ncd5 (14... Nxb5 15. Qxb5 Nxh5 $11 {KD3}) 15.
Nxf6 (15. Bc4 $18 Rc8 16. Nxf6 Rxc4 17. Nxh7+ Rxh7 18. Qxc4 Nf6 19. Rf2 $18 {
KD3}) 15... Nxf6 16. Bc4 Bd6 (16... Qe8 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Nxa7 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 h5
20. Qc7 Qa8 21. Nb5 Rh6 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. Qe5 Bf6 24. Qf5 Qd8 25. a4 $18 {KD3})
17. Bxf7 $18 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qc7 19. Rf4 (19. Be6 $1 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qh4+ 21. Kg2
Qg5+ 22. Kf2 $18 {KD3}) 19... g5 $2 (19... Qxf7 20. d5 Re8 21. d6 Kg8 22. Bd2
h6 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nb5 Re5 25. Nxa7 Ke6 26. Bc3 Rg5 27. Raf1 Rxg3+ 28. Kh2
Rf3 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nb5 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Ke5 $11) 20. Nb5 (20. Rxf6 Kg7 21. Rf2
Qxg3+ 22. Kf1 Ba6+ 23. Ne2 $18 {KD3}) (20. Qe6 gxf4 21. Qxf6 Qxf7 22. Qxh8+ Ke7
23. Qe5+ Kf8 24. exf4 $18 {KD3}) 20... Qxf7 21. Qxf7+ (21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Bd2
$18 {KD3}) 21... Kxf7 $19 22. Rf5 Kg6 23. Nd6 (23. Re5) 23... Ba6 (23... Rad8
24. Nxb7 (24. Rxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nxb7 Rd7 $19) 24... Kxf5 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd2 Kg4
27. Kg2 Nd5 (27... Rc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 b5 $19) 28. Rc1 Rf8 29. Rc6 Rf3
30. Re6 Nxe3+ 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Kf2 Rf3+ 33. Ke2 h5 34. Rxe4+ Kxg3 $19 {KD3}) (
23... Bc6 24. Bd2 (24. Rf1 Rad8 25. Nc4 Ng4 $19) 24... Rhd8 25. Rxf6+ Kxf6 26.
Rf1+ Ke6 27. Nf5 Rf8 28. g4 Bd5 29. Kg2 h5 30. Ng7+ Kd7 31. Nxh5 Rxf1 32. Kxf1
Rf8+ 33. Kg2 Bxa2 $19 {KD3}) 24. Rxf6+ (24. Re5 Rad8 25. Nf5) 24... Kxf6 25.
Nxe4+ Kf5 (25... Kg6 {KD3}) 26. Nf2 Rac8 $19 27. e4+ Kg6 28. Bd2 (28. Be3)
28... Rc2 29. Bc3 Rf8 30. Ng4 Kh5 (30... h5 31. Ne5+ (31. Ne3 Re2 32. Re1 Rf3
33. Rxe2 Bxe2 34. Nf5 Bd3 35. Ne7+ Kf6 36. Nc8 Bxe4 $19) 31... Kh6 32. Rd1 Rff2
$19 {KD3}) 31. Ne3 Re2 32. Re1 Rff2 (32... Rf3 33. Rxe2 Bxe2 34. g4+ Kg6 35.
Nd5 Rh3 36. Kg2 Bxg4 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nc6 h5 $19 {KD3}) 33. d5 Rxe1+ $2 (33...
Rh2 34. Bd4 Rxe1+ 35. Kxh2 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Kg6 37. e5 Rd2 38. Bc3 Rd3 39. Kf2 h5
$19 {KD3}) 34. Bxe1 $2 (34. Kxf2 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. g4 Rh2 37. e5 $18 {KD3})
34... Re2 35. Bf2 Rxb2 $19 36. e5 Kg6 (36... Rxa2) 37. g4 Bb7 (37... Rxa2) 38.
Nf5 (38. a3) 38... Rd2 (38... Rb4 39. Ne3 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Kg1 (41. Kg3 Rd2
) 41... Rxa2 $19 {KD3}) (38... Bxd5 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nxd5 Ke6 41. Nc7+ Kxe5 42.
a3 Kf4 43. Nd5+ Kxg4 44. Ne7 Kf3 $19 {KD3}) 39. d6 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Kf7 41. Nd4 Bc8
42. Nc6 Bd7 (42... Bxg4) 43. Nb8 Bb5 (43... Bxg4) 44. Be3 Ke6 (44... h6 $19)
45. Bxg5 Kxe5 46. Be7 Ke6 (46... Kf4 $19 47. g5 $2 Rd2+ 48. Kh1 Kg3 {KD3}) (
46... Rxd6 {Second line of KD3; is simplest, as} 47. Bxd6+ Kxd6 48. Kg3 Kc7)
47. Kg3 Rc1 (47... Rxd6) 48. a4 Bd3 (48... Bxa4) 49. Bg5 Rc3 50. Bf4 Bb5+ 51.
Kh4 Bxa4 52. Na6 Rc4 53. Nc7+ Kd7 (53... Kf7 54. Kg3 Bd7 55. Nd5 b5 56. Ne3
Rxf4 57. Kxf4 Ke6 $19 {KD3}) 54. Kg5 Rxf4 (54... h6+ 55. Kf5 Bc2+ 56. Ke5 Re4+
57. Kd5 Rxf4 $19 {KD3}) 55. Kxf4 Kxd6 56. Na6 Bb5 57. Nb4 a5 58. Nc2 Bc4 (58...
Bd7) 59. Ke3 Ke5 60. Kd2 b5 61. Kc3 b4+ 62. Kb2 (62. Kxc4 Kf4 $19) 62... Be6
63. Ne3 Kd4 (63... Kf4 {looks simplest}) 64. Nc2+ Kd3 65. g5 Bf7 66. g6 Bxg6
67. Nxb4+ axb4 {Bl's time ran out} 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shelgaonkar, Yogesh Vivek"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1375"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 (6... Nc6) 7. O-O
c5 8. Bxa6 (8. d5 {1-2-1 Pleasants}) (8. e5 {main lines}) 8... cxd4 {main} 9.
Nxd4 bxa6 $17 10. e5 (10. Kh1 {48 games, 35 % for Wh}) (10. Nb3 {8 games 13 %
for Wh}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 $19 12. Nf3 (12. Kh1 Bxe5 (12... Nxh2) 13. Nc6
Qxd1 14. Nxe7+ Kg7 15. Nxd1 Bb7 16. Re1 Bd6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Bb2+ f6 19. h3 Nh6
$19 {Subira Navarro-Aviol Perez, Zaragosa Primavera op 2014,0-1}) 12... Nxe5 (
12... Qb6+ 13. Qd4 Nxe5 14. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 axb6 $19 {alternative}) 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qf3 Bf5 $19 (14... Rb8 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) (14... Be6 $19 15.
Bh6 {Deep Fritz13}) 15. Bh6 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19.
Rxf4 Bxc2 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nb4 Rac8 22. Rf2 Be4 (22... Bf5 {both Engines}) 23.
Nxa6 Rfd8 24. b4 Rc2 (24... Rc4 {KD3}) (24... Rd4 {DF13}) 25. Rxc2 Bxc2 26. Nc5
Rd2 27. a4 e5 (27... Rd4 {both Engines} 28. Na6 (28. b5 Rd5 29. Nb7 Bxa4 {KD3})
28... Bxa4 {DF13}) 28. Kg1 e4 29. Ra3 f5 30. a5 f4 31. b5 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 e3+ 33.
Ke2 Rd5 (33... Rd2+ 34. Ke1 (34. Kf1 Bd1 35. Ra1 f3 36. gxf3 Bxf3 37. Ne4 Rxh2
38. Ng3 Rg2 $19 {KD3}) 34... Rxg2 {both Engines}) 34. b6 axb6 (34... Rxc5 35.
b7 Rb5 36. Rc3 Bd1+ 37. Kxd1 Rxb7 $19 {KD3}) 35. axb6 Bd1+ 36. Ke1 Bg4 37. Nd3
Rb5 38. Ra1 Rxb6 (38... g5 $1 $19 {the b pawn is not going anywhere}) 39. Nxf4
$11 {with all the pawns on one side, the N is more useful than the B} Rb2 40.
h3 Bf5 41. Ra3 (41. g4 {both Engines}) 41... Be4 (41... Rf2 {both Engines} 42.
g4 (42. Nd5 Rxg2 43. Nxe3 Rg3 44. Kf2 Rxh3 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Nxf5+ gxf5 47. Kg2
{KD3 heads for the known drawing line with the separated F & h pawns- DF13's
solution is much easier to play in practice}) 42... Rxf4 (42... Bxg4 43. Nxg6
Bxh3 44. Ne5 Bf5 45. Rxe3 $11) 43. gxf5 Rxf5 44. Rxe3 $11 {DF13}) 42. Rxe3 Bxg2
43. Nxg2 Rxg2 44. Kf1 $11 Ra2 45. Kg1 Kg7 46. Rb3 h5 47. Rc3 Kh6 48. Rb3 Kg5
49. Rc3 Kf4 50. Rb3 Re2 51. Rb6 g5 52. Rb4+ Kg3 53. Rb3+ Kh4 54. Ra3 Rb2 55.
Rc3 Rd2 56. Ra3 g4 57. hxg4 hxg4 58. Rb3 g3 59. Rb8 {the classic drawing
method when the defending K is in front of the pawn, keep the R on the third
until the pawn advances there, then perpetual from behiond., keep the R on} Kh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven P"]
[Black "Gibbs, Dominic V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 {main} (7.
Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qe1 Nd7 (9... e6) 10. Qh4 (10. f5 {1-3-2}) 10... h6 (
10... e6 11. Qg3 Qe7 {Vasilevich-Michielsen, Stork Young Masters, Hengelo,
2005 ,0-1}) 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Rae1 g5 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Qxg5 Bf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.
Qxd5 e6 17. Qb3 O-O-O $18 {Zeidler-Scwartz, 4NCL feb 2022,0-1}) 7... Nf6 (7...
e6) (7... a6) 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe1 e6 (9... O-O 10. Qh4 e6 {main}) 10. f5 Qe7 (
10... O-O 11. Qh4 exf5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxh6 Ng4 {2-1-2} (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng4
{3 Wh wins, 2 draws})) 11. fxg6 {KomodoDragon3} (11. fxe6 Qxe6 {not yet played,
Cloud Engines}) 11... fxg6 (11... hxg6) 12. e5 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. e5
Nd7 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Rae1 $16) 18... exd5
19. c3 {Gauthier-Baran, Montreal Saturday op 2010,1.2-1/2}) 12... dxe5 (12...
Ng4 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. exd6 O-O 15. Be7 Rf5 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. h3 Ne5
19. Nfg5 $18 {Turzo-Szalanczy, Budapest FS09, 2010,1-0}) 13. Nxe5 Bd7 (13...
O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bf2 $16 {KomodoDragon3}
) 14. Bg5 $18 O-O 15. Ne4 h6 16. Nxg6 Qf7 17. Ne5 (17. Rxf6 $1 {KD3}) 17... Qe7
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rxf6 (20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Rf1)
20... Qxf6 21. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Golding, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.11.12"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,14,17,13,16,39,72,-25,4,21,88,73,71,64,75,64,57]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Bd3 c5 (3... dxe4 {main}) 4. exd5 Qxd5 {63% for Wh} (4... exd5 {41% for Wh}) 5.
Nc3 Qxd4 (5... Qd8 6. Nf3 {61% Wh}) 6. Nf3 {66% Wh} (6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Bf4 Na6 {
67% Wh}) 6... Qd8 7. Bf4 a6 (7... Nf6 8. Qe2) 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. O-O-O $16 {2-0}
Nbd7 (9... Bd7 10. Rhe1 $18 {Cloud Engines}) 10. Ne4 (10. Ng5 $18 {
KomodoDragon3 & Stockfish15}) (10. Bc4 $18 {Stockfish10}) 10... Be7 (10... Nxe4
11. Bxe4 Be7 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Ne5 $18 {KD3- in all these lines, Wh controls the
centre & Bl is severely undeveloped}) 11. Nd6+ Kf8 (11... Bxd6 {perhaps} 12.
Bxd6 Nd5 13. c4 Qb6 14. cxd5 Qxd6 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Bxh7+ $18 {KD3
}) 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Ke8 14. Qxe6 (14. Nxe6 {also}) 14... Qb6 (14... Rf8
15. Bxh7 {mating}) 15. Qf7+ Kd8 16. Ne6+ (16. Rhe1 $1 {KD3}) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.11.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,37,19,16,24,25,39,39,36,36,36,38,38,38,38,10,19,5,7,8,25,25,31,16,14,
-5,-19,2,-5,-16,37,-7,-19,-19,-25,-48,281,293,333,349]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6
10. Bd3 c5 11. h4 (11. Ng5 Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. c4 b4 14. Ne4 Rb8 15. g4 Bb7 16.
f3 Qb6 17. g5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 a5 20. h4 Qa6 21. b3 a4 22. e5 dxe5
23. Qd5 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra8 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Qh2 Qg6+ 27. Ka1 Qe4 $19 {Bl is now
winning after a seesaw game , but a little later grabbed the h pawn and lost-
Jukes-Van Kemenade, WLS blitz ch,jun 2022,1-0}) (11. Rhe1 {main}) 11... Be6 12.
h5 {Wh had specially prepared this with an Engine, thinking that the move was
a novelty. However Bl was happy just to take the offered pawn without too much
deliberation. In ( many) similar positions the B cannot be trapped without Wh
risking being mated.} (12. Kb1 {main}) 12... Bxa2 {the move Wh hoped Bl would
not play} (12... Qa5 {Cloud Engines. In Vaibhav-Xu, AbuDhabi op 2019,1-0. Bl
spent more than 30 mins analysing all the complications before playing this
move. ( There are different styles of play which players inhabit)} 13. a3 c4 {
Vaibhav calls this a mistake as it weakens the bl squares.} (13... h6 $1 14. g4
$11 (14. Bxh6 {does not work now} c4 15. Bg6 Bg4 $1 {threatens to block the h
file with Bxh5.})) 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Qd4 d5 16. h6 Bf6 17. hxg7 Bxd4 18. gxf8=Q+
Rxf8 19. Nxd4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rh5 Qxa3+ 22. Kd2 $18) (12... h6 {is what
Wh had prepared, when Bl needs to find the exact moves to hold the draw} 13.
Bxh6 gxh6 (13... c4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Bg6 $1 Re8 18.
Ne5 $1 {analysed by Vaibhav} dxe5 19. Rxd8 Raxd8 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qg5+ Kh8 (
21... Kf8 22. Qxf5 e4 23. Qf4 Rd5 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 22. Qxf5 Nh7 23. Qxf7
$18) 14. Qxh6 c4 15. Bg6 Re8 16. Ne5 dxe5 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Bf5 {transposes
to Vaibhav's analysis}) 13. h6 (13. b3 a5 $1 14. Kb2 a4 15. Ra1 (15. b4 Be6 {
may be best}) (15. Kxa2 axb3+ 16. Kb2 Ra2+ 17. Kb1 (17. Kxb3 Qb6+ 18. Kxa2 Ra8+
) 17... Qb6) 15... axb3 16. cxb3 Qa5 17. Kc1 Qa3+ 18. Qb2 Qxb3 $19 {
KomodoDragon3}) 13... g6 14. Rhe1 (14. Bg5 {White gets enourmous compensation
thanks to Black's dark squared weaknesses and White's active pieces}) 14... Re8
(14... Be6 $11 {Cloud Engines & pm analysis} 15. Bg5 (15. Ng5 Qa5 16. Qe2 Bg4
17. f3 Bd7 $15 {KD3}) 15... Rc8 16. c4) 15. Bb5 Rf8 (15... Qa5 16. c4 Qxd2+ 17.
Bxd2 $18) 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qe2 (17. Qe3) 17... Nd5 $2 {Bl gets lost in thinking
about various posibilities at this point.} (17... Ng4 {KomodoDragon3}) (17...
Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe3 Rad8 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. f3 a6 23. Bf1 Rfe8
24. c4 $16 {KD3}) (17... d5 18. Qe5 a6 19. Bf1 b5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Bd6 22.
Qc3 d4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Be7 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Re4 Qc6 27. Rde1 Bxc4 28.
Rxe7 Bd5 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxf6 Bxg2 31. c4 $18 {KD3- clearly all forced}) 18.
Rxd5 {the idea had been to exchange on g5 before taking the R!} Bxd5 19. Bxe7
1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Sipho, Donovan"]
[Black "Evans, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.11.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,12,19,-12,-9,-12,-4,-4,17,20,68,89,71,65,97]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3.
e4 e5 (3... d5 {main}) 4. Be2 (4. Nf3) 4... g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. d5 (7.
O-O) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O (9. b4 {0-2}) 9... Ng4 (9... c5 {transposes to
1012 games}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nh6 {Ter Sahakyan-Zhao, RB! qual
blitz 2020,1-0}) 10... f5 (10... Ngf6 {Fritz15 & Komodo9; played in
Mueller-Vetter, DESC email, 2016,1-0} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Ng4 {transposes to 60
games}) 11. Ne1 (11. Ng5 $16 {Cloud Engines- Bl normally gets a chance to play
h6 before venturing on f5 to prevent this incursion} Ndf6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6
c6 14. c5 dxc5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Qc2 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 11... Ndf6
12. f3 Nh6 13. Bg5 f4 $11 14. Kh1 Nf7 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 h5 17. Rg1 $6 {
Wh should not just defend his K side (it gives Bl all the practical chances) -
rather -open up lines on the Q side for a counteratttack is the classic
approach against a King's Indian} (17. c5 {the point behind a B retreat rather
than exchanging for a N earlier} Bh6 18. Rc1 g4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb5 Bd7 (
20... Ne8 $5 21. Nxa7 (21. fxg4 Ng5 22. Bh4 Qd7 23. gxh5 Nxe4 24. Rc4 N4f6 25.
Qc2 Nxd5 {the Engine gives Wh as winning this, but anything could have
happened before and now} 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qg6+ Bg7 28. Nxa7 f3 29. Bb5 fxg2+
30. Qxg2 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rc6 32. Qf3 Ne7 {is still mostly uncalculable by most
humans}) 21... Bd7 (21... g3 22. Bg1 Bd7 23. Qb3 h4 24. Rc2 (24. h3 Bxh3 25.
gxh3 Qd7 $19) 24... h3 {and life gets complicated})) 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Ne6 {
a N gets there in the end- both sides have chances}) 17... g4 18. fxg4 {
surely this helps Bl'a attacking momentum ?} (18. Nd3 Bh6 19. g3 $11 {KD3- and
it's still a fight}) 18... hxg4 $19 19. Bh4 $2 Nh6 (19... Nxe4 $1 20. Nxe4 Qxh4
$19) 20. Nd3 Qe8 21. g3 Qg6 (21... f3 $19 {F15 & KD3} 22. Bf1 Qg6 23. Nf2 Nh5
24. c5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rc1 Rf7 $15 {and sooner or later Bl breaks
through on the h file}) 22. Nf2 Kh8 23. Bd3 (23. gxf4 exf4 24. e5 $1 {opens up
e4 for the use of the Wh pieces, and blocks in the Bl pieces- what Hans Kmoch
calls a sealer/sweeper} dxe5 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxg4 Nxg4 27. Nxg4 Qh4 28. Qf3
Bf5 29. Nf2 Bh6 30. Nce4 Rad8 31. Rae1 $11 {KD3}) 23... Nh5 $19 24. Qd2 Bf6 25.
Bxf6+ Qxf6 {F15} (25... Rxf6 {KD3}) 26. Rg2 Qg6 27. Rf1 a6 {bringing up the
resrves} (27... f3 28. Rgg1 {F15}) (27... fxg3 28. hxg3 Rf3 {KD3}) 28. a4 (28.
c5 $5 {KD3}) 28... Bd7 29. b4 Kg7 (29... fxg3 30. hxg3 Rf3 $19 {both Engines})
30. Qb2 Nf7 31. c5 Rh8 (31... Nxg3+ 32. hxg3 Ng5 $19 {KD3}) (31... fxg3 32.
hxg3 Qh6 $19 {F15, will also work}) 32. gxf4 Nxf4 33. Rg3 Rxh2+ $1 {the K side
storm breaks, long before Wh has got anywhere on the Q side} 34. Kxh2 Rh8+ (
34... Ng5 $1 {KD3}) 35. Nh3 Nxh3 36. Ne2 Qh5 (36... Nf4+ 37. Kg1 Nxd3 38. Rxd3
Qxe4 {KD3- there are many good continuations for Bl (especially with Wh' Q AWOL
}) 37. Kg2 Nf4+ (37... Nhg5 38. Kf2 Nf3 {KD3 is more precise, stopping the K
running}) 38. Kf2 (38. Rxf4 {because of the pin, this initially has the
Engines thinking Wh can hold. & Bl must find the exact moves to claim the win}
Qh1+ $1 {other moves seem only to lead to a draw} 39. Kf2 Rh2+ 40. Ke3 Qe1 $1
41. Rff3 Ng5 42. Qd2 Qxd2+ 43. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 44. Ke3 dxc5 45. bxc5 Kf6 46. Ng1 Ne1
47. Be2 Kg5 {and though Wh is only a pawn down, the outside g pawn will be
decisive.}) 38... Qh2+ 39. Ke1 Qxg3+ $1 40. Nxg3 Nxd3+ {now the N that was not
taken reaps the benefit} 41. Kd2 Nxb2 $19 42. c6 bxc6 43. dxc6 Rh2+ 44. Ke3
Bxc6 45. Nf5+ Kf8 46. a5 Bb5 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Williams, Duncan"]
[Black "Young, Alan J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.11.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,17,30,28,25,12,24,24,23,16,16,16,31,2,10,8,-2,-9,2,-1]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 (7. a4 {main, favoured
by elite GMs}) 7... Be6 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. h3 {Houdini6 & Komodo13; 2 draws, 1 Bl
win} (9. c3 {64% for Wh; 5-4-2}) 9... Rfe8 $146 {Stockfish8} (9... Rae8 10. b4
Bd8 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c4 {Vaishali-Tan, Astana GP women,
sept 2022,1/2-1/2}) 10. Ng5 (10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. b4 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 10...
Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Bf8 $11 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 $15 {KomodoDragon3}) 12. b4 a6
13. Nf3 h6 (13... b5 14. Nb2 d5 $15 {KD3}) 14. Bb2 g6 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. Qd2 Kh7
17. c4 $14 Nd8 18. Nd5 (18. a4) 18... Ne6 19. d4 Nxd5 20. exd5 (20. cxd5 $14)
20... Nxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Qf5 23. Re3 {leads to an imbalance & a
weakness in the pawn structure for Wh} (23. Rac1 $11) (23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+
Kg8 (24... Qf6 25. Qd2 $11 (25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. f3 $11)) 25. c5 $11 {KD3}) 23...
Rxe3 24. fxe3 (24. Qxe3 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Re8 $15 {KD3}) 24... Qe4 25. Bxg7 (25.
Rf1 Bxd4 26. exd4 Kg7 27. Re1 Qf5 28. Re7 Rc8 29. a4 $11 {KD3- the active R
compensates for the doubled pawn}) 25... Kxg7 $17 26. Qd4+ $6 {makes life
easier for Bl} (26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rf1 Re8 28. Rf3 Re5 $17 {KD3, but may be
holdable}) 26... Qxd4 27. exd4 Re8 28. Kf2 Re4 29. Rd1 (29. Rc1 {is an Engine
idea, perhaps hopeful of getting a R to c7- often best not to have Rs guarding
weak pawns, when they should be hunting themselves}) 29... f5 30. a4 b6 31. Rd3
Kf6 (31... a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. c5 Kf6 34. g3 h5 35. c6 h4 36. gxh4 Rxh4 $19 {
KD3}) 32. Kf1 f4 $19 33. Kf2 g5 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Kf5 36. c5 h5 37. c6 g4
38. hxg4+ hxg4 39. g3 (39. Rb3 {activity? but Bl has a bit more of it} g3+ 40.
Kf1 Re7 (40... Rxd4 41. Rb7 Rxd5 42. Rxc7 Rxa5 43. Rd7 Rc5 44. Rxd6 a5 $19 {
but requires more calculation}) 41. Rb1 Rh7 42. Ke2 Ke4 43. Rb8 Kxd4 44. Rb6
Ke4 45. Rb4+ Kxd5 46. Rxf4 Rg7 47. Ke3 Kxc6 $19 {KD3}) 39... f3 40. Kf1 Re7 (
40... Re2 41. Rb3 Rg2 42. Rb7 Rxg3 43. Rxc7 Rg2 44. Rf7+ Ke4 45. Re7+ Kxd5 46.
c7 Rc2 47. Rg7 Kxd4 {KD3 is comfortable for Bl, but the text is simpler to play
}) 41. Rd1 Rh7 42. Kf2 Ke4 43. Kg1 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Gay, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.11.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,29,30,27,33,5,37,31,57,64,69,69,68,68,68,67,68,55,61,32,76,71,71,69,
76,74,74,63,63,66,61,60]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6
6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. e4 {Buttell 2-4-2} (9. Bg2) 9... Bxf1 10. Kxf1
Nbd7 11. h3 O-O 12. Kg2 {Buttell 3-2-3} Qb6 {though not faced this move before}
13. Qc2 Rfb8 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. Re1 Nb6 16. a3 $14 (16. b3 $16 Nfd7 17. Bb2 Qa5
18. Re2 c4 19. Nd1 Qxa2 20. Bxg7 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 cxb3 22. Rxb3 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Na4
24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Ne3 {Sharevich-Reppen, EU Cup women 2010,1/2-1/2}
) 16... Rb7 17. b4 (17. b3 Nfd7 18. Ra1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Ra2
$16 {KomodoDragon3}) 17... cxb4 (17... Nfd7 $11) 18. Rxb4 $14 Nfd7 19. Bb2 (19.
Nb5 Nc5 20. Be3 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxb5 22. Reb1 Rab8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rxb5 Rxb5
25. Qe2 Rb6 26. Qxa6 Rxa6 27. Rb8+ Bf8 28. Ne5 Rd6 29. a4 $16 {KD3}) 19... Rc8
$11 20. Nd4 (20. Qe2 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Ra7 23. Reb1 Nc4 24. Rb7 Rca8
25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Nfd4 Nxa3 27. Ra1 Nc5 28. Nc2 Nb5 $11 {KD3}) 20... Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Nc4 $17 22. Ba1 Qxa3 23. Qe2 Qc5 24. Rdd1 Rb3 25. Kh1 {touching the wrong
piece?} (25. Rb1 $11) 25... Ra8 (25... Qa5 $19 26. Rc1 Ra3 27. Qc2 Nde5 28. Kg2
Rb8 {KD3- looks obscure to this human eye}) 26. Rc1 $2 (26. Rb1 Rba3 27. Rg1
Nce5 $17 {KD3}) 26... Ndb6 (26... Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rxc3 $19 {KD3}) 27. Nd1 Qa3 28.
Rxc4 (28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Nd7 $15 {KD3}) 28... Nxc4 (28... Qxa1 $1 $19 {KD3})
29. Qxc4 $11 Rb1 (29... Qa4 $11) 30. Bb2 $2 (30. Bc3 $16) 30... Qf3+ 31. Kg1
Rxd1 $19 32. Qc3 Qxc3 {most humans would prefer to simplyfy with Qs off} (32...
Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rb8 34. Bc3 (34. Qc3 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 f6 $19) 34... Rb3 35. Bd2 Qd3
36. Qe3 Qc2 37. Qe2 Rd3 $19 {KD3}) 33. Bxc3 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Ra4 35. f3 Ra2 (
35... f5) 36. Bf2 Kf8 37. g4 e6 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Kf1 Ke8 40. f4 d5 41. e5 Kd7
42. h4 Kc6 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,24,33,-27,21,21,24,24,24,20,45,45,48,58,48,59,55,27,72,27,27,-8,-8,0,
11,31,31]} 1. f4 e5 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 d5 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 {Thomas-Turner, W Wales op 2019,1-0}) 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6
4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Ng2 (8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 {main})
8... Nc6 (8... h5 {main} 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nc3 (10. c3) 10... Nb4 (10... Nxd4 $1
$11 {Schmitz-Hermanowski, Ruhrgebiet 1998,0-1}) (10... h4 $17 {KomodoDragon3})
11. Qe4+ Kf8 (11... Ne7 $11) 12. Ne3 h4 13. Rg1 Rh5 14. Bd2 f5 (14... c5 $11)
15. Qg2 $18 {Thomas-Turner, S Wales op 2014,1-0}) 9. c3 {main} (9. Be3 $16 {
KD3; 2-1-2}) 9... h5 10. e4 {39% for Wh} (10. Qd3 {52% for Wh}) 10... h4 11. e5
Be7 {main & here Bl had a choice of winning tactics , overlooked by both
Timothy Taylor & Cyrus Lakdawala in their recent books , when discussing the 8
Ng2 sideline ( relying on older games played with it)} (11... Ncxe5 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxh4 Rxh4 14. gxh4 {0-3} Nf3+ (14... Qxh4+ {0-2})) (11... Ngxe5 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 {transposes}) (11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 hxg3 $19 {2 draws,
4 Bl wins}) (11... Qe7 12. Be2 Ncxe5 (12... hxg3 13. exd6 Qe4 $19) 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Bf4 hxg3 15. Bxg3 (15. Bxe5 Qxe5 (15... Bxe5 $1 16. Qd3 gxh2 $19 (
16... Rxh2 $18)) 16. Qd3 Rxh2 17. Rg1 Bd7 (17... Bc5 $1) 18. Nd2 O-O-O (18...
Bc5) 19. O-O-O Bc6 (19... Bc5 {still wins}) 20. Bxg4+ $11 {Ritter-Bastian,
Berlin Lichtenberger 2017,1-0}) 15... Nf3+ 16. Kf2 Bc5+ $19 {yet results
somehow 1.5-0.5}) 12. Rg1 Be6 $146 {KomodoDragon3} (12... hxg3 13. hxg3 Rh2 14.
Be3 Bf5 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Qe2 $18 {yet 3-3-4 eg Larsen-Zuidema, Beverwijk 1964,
1-0}) 13. Nf4 Nxf4 {Fritz13} (13... Qd7 $11 {Stockfish14 & KD3}) 14. Bxf4 Qd7
15. Nd2 {Fritz13 judges more or less equal, KD3 definite Wh plus} O-O-O 16. Ne4
(16. Qc2 $16 {KD3}) 16... Qd5 17. Bg2 Qa5 18. Qd2 (18. Kf2 Rh5 $11 {KD3}) 18...
Bd5 (18... Rh5 $17 {KD3 threatens e5}) 19. Kf2 hxg3+ 20. hxg3 Rh2 (20... Nxe5
21. Bxe5 Bxe4 22. Bxh8 (22. Bxe4 Qxe5 $11) 22... Bg5 23. Qe2 Qf5+ 24. Ke1 Bxg2
25. Qxg2 Rxh8 $11 {KD3} 26. Qe2 Kd8 27. Kd1 Re8 28. Rf1 Qd5 29. Qd3 Qg2 30. Re1
Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Qg1+ 32. Qf1 Qxg3+ 33. Qf2 Qd3 34. Rd1 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 f5 $11 {KD3}
) 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. b3 (22. Rad1 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 f5 24. Nd2 Qc6 $11 {KD3}) 22...
Nxd4 $19 23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Be3 (24. Qe3 Rxg2+ 25. Rxg2 Qxa1 {KD3}) 24... Qxe4
25. Kf1 Qf5+ 26. Bf4 Bf3 (26... Bc5 {KD3- mate in 8}) 27. Qc4 Rd2 (27... Bc5 {
KD3 mate in 9}) 28. Bxf3 Rdf2+ 29. Ke1 Rxf3 30. e6 Qxe6+ (30... Bb4+ 31. Qxb4 (
31. Kd1 Rd3+ 32. Kc1 Ba3+ 33. Kb1 Rxb3#) 31... Qxe6+ 32. Kd1 Qe2+ 33. Kc1 Qc2#
{KD3}) 31. Qxe6+ fxe6 32. Kd1 Rd3+ 33. Ke1 Bb4+ 34. Kf1 Rf3# 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Guy, David"]
[Black "Hare, Roy T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,16,19,31,32,37,13,20,27,22,26,3,34,18,42,42,57,40,56]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 (4... Bg4 {main}) 5. h3 (5. c4) (5. Bd3) (5. c3 {
main lines}) 5... h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. Be2 $146 (8. Bd3 {35 games, 74 %
for Wh}) 8... b5 $6 {weakens the Q side & may well impeded the QB} (8... b6 {
keeps the pawns better balanced}) 9. Ne5 (9. a4 {is near winning for Wh}) 9...
Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6 11. Nf3 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd6 13. O-O c5 14. Bd3 c4 {gains space
on the Q side, but soonee or later Wh will open up the position with e4} 15.
Bc2 Nd7 16. f4 $16 Nxe5 17. fxe5 $18 Qe7 18. Qg4 (18. Rf4 {KomodoDragon3})
18... Qg5 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. e4 Bb7 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Be4 (22. Qh5 $18 Rf8 (22...
O-O 23. Rf6 $1 $18) 23. Qe2 $18 {KD3}) 22... Rd8 23. Rae1 (23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24.
Rae1 O-O 25. Re3) 23... O-O 24. Qe2 $16 f5 $2 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 (26. Bxd5
$1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rxd5 28. Qxe6+ Qf7+ 29. Kg1 $18 {KD3}) 26... Qxf6 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 (28... Qf7 29. Qxa6 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qd6 $16 {KD3})
29. Rxe6 a5 (29... Rb8 30. Rxa6 b4 {activating the R gives good practical
chances, though Wh may also have winning possibilities} 31. Ra5 bxc3 32. bxc3
Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rc1 34. Rxd5 Rxc3 35. a4 Kf7 36. Rc5 Ke6 37. h4 g6 38. a5 Kd7 39.
Ke2 Kd6 40. Rb5 Rc2+ $11) 30. Ra6 b4 31. Rxa5 bxc3 32. bxc3 $18 {the Wh R now
has d5 in sight and Bl has lost a tempo with the a pawn move compared to
previous note} Kf7 33. Rb5 {loses a key tempo in turn, seeking to defend an a
pawn rather than looking for favourable exchanges elsewhere. Except behind an
advanced pawn, Rs are better off in attacking other weak pawns rather than
defending} (33. a4 $1 $18 Ke6 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ra7 {putting Bl's K side pawns
under threat}) (33. Kf2 $18) 33... Ke6 $11 34. Kf2 (34. a4 {prepares to defend
the a pawn, but lets the K into e4} Kf5 35. Kf2 Ke4 36. Ke2 Ra8 37. a5 g5 $11 {
the a pawns advance is blocked}) 34... Kf5 (34... Ra8 $1 35. Rb2 Ra3 36. Rc2
Kf5 {and Wh's R is reduced to passivity}) 35. Kf3 $18 h5 36. a4 g5 37. a5 (37.
g4+ $1 hxg4+ 38. hxg4+ Kf6 (38... Ke6 39. a5 Rf8+ 40. Ke3 Rh8 41. Rb6+ Kd7 42.
a6 Kc7 43. Rg6 {and the a pawn acts as a decoy for getting gains elsewhere})
39. a5) 37... g4+ 38. hxg4+ hxg4+ 39. Ke3 Re8+ 40. Kd2 Ke4 {general principle-
active K is worth a pawn} 41. a6 Rf8 42. Ra5 g3 $2 {blocks the Bl K's path} (
42... Ra8 43. a7 Kf4 44. Ke2 Kg3 45. Kf1 Kf4 46. Kf2 Ke4 47. Ke2 Kf4 $11 {
KD3- the Wh K is unable to help the a pawn get past the R}) 43. a7 Ra8 44. Ke2
Kf4 {Bl's problem is that his R is stuck, whereas Wh's is able to relocate to
many more active locations} 45. Ra6 Re8+ 46. Kd2 Ra8 {draw agreed. Yet there
is a win for Wh} (46... Ra8 47. Rf6+ $1 Kg5 (47... Ke4 48. Rf7 Rd8 (48... Re8
49. Re7+ Rxe7 50. a8=Q $18) 49. Re7+ Kf4 50. Kc1 {and with the Bl K cut off,
the Wh K goes on a journey to help the a pawn go forward} Kf5 51. Kb2 Kf6 52.
Rd7 Ra8 53. Ka3 (53. Rd6+ Kf7 54. Ra6 {and the Bl K is cut off in a different
way}) 53... Ke6 54. Rh7 Kf5 55. Kb4 Ke4 56. Rg7 Kf5 (56... Rf8 57. Rxg3) 57.
Kc5 Kf6 58. Rb7 Kf5 59. Kb6 Ke4 60. Rg7) 48. Rf7 Kg6 49. Rb7 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Bennett, Tom"]
[Black "Swamy, Anshul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,11,36,-15,-20,-18,-18,-20,-9,-43,-4,-63,-28,-58]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6
3. e3 a6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Be2 (5. Nc3) (5. Nf3 {main lines}) 5... Be7 $146 (5... d5
{2 wins each}) 6. d4 $5 {rather loosening- bringing more pieces out looks safer
} exd4 7. exd4 d5 (7... Bb4+ 8. Kf1 (8. Nc3 {the simple reply looks to
eventually lose the d4 pawn} Ne4 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. Bxc3 Qh4 11. g3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3
Qxd4) 8... d5 9. c5 Ne4 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Qc1 Na5 12. Bd1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Rg1
{all very fancy footwork by KomodoDragon3}) 8. Nf3 b6 {seems to be to prevent
c5, but Bl now gets behind in development} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Na7 $6 {ceding
space in the centre} (10... Bf5 {looks natural}) 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. bxc4 $16 (12.
Ndxc4 $16) 12... c5 (12... Bb7) 13. d5 $18 Qc7 (13... b5 {should be tried,
though the Wh pieces retain their controlover the central squares} 14. Re1 Bb7
15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
dxc6 bxc4 22. Rad1 $18) 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Ndf3 (15. f4 $18) 15... Nd7 {the K
needs all the protection it can get- Bl has a lot of pieces already away from
the action looming on the K side} (15... Re8) 16. Nxf7 {not the best} (16. Ng5
$1 Nf6 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. Bxf6 g6 19. Bxg4 $18) (16. Ng4 f5 17. Qc3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+
Rxf6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. a4 {keeps Wh's central grip}) 16... Rxf7 17. Ng5 g6 (
17... Nf8 $11 {KD3- easy to overlook that this square has become available -
the N cannot easily be captured for Wh to get at h7}) 18. Nxf7 $18 Kxf7 19. f4
{more lines open, while 6 Bl pieces are in each others} Bb7 (19... Nf6 {
looks a better try, at least the Bl pieces can move closer to their K. Hoever
they too become targets} 20. Rae1 Bf5 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. Qc3 (22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23.
Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Re6+ Kf7 25. Qxf5+ gxf5 26. Rxd6) 22... Be7 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Re5
Qd7 25. f5 Rf8 26. fxg6+ hxg6 27. Rxe7+ Qxe7 28. Rxf6+) 20. Qc3 (20. f5) (20.
Bg4) (20. Rae1 {the Wh pieces cooperate in ways the Bl ones are unable to})
20... Rg8 21. Bg4 (21. Qh3 Nf8 22. Rae1 {also, KD3}) 21... Be7 22. Be6+ (22.
Be6+ Kf8 23. Qh3 $1 Nf6 24. Qh6+ Rg7 25. f5 Bd8 26. fxg6 $18 {KD3-leaves the
Bl pieces tied down}) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Golding, Alex"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nc6 (4... Be7) (4... c6) (4... Nbd7) 5. e3
(5. a3) (5. g3) 5... Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3 a6 8. Bd2 (8. b4 {main; 85% for Wh})
(8. b3 {80% for Wh}) 8... dxc4 (8... b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 {2.5-1.5, eg
Van Wely-Ehlvest, Reykjavik Edda Rapid 2003, 1'2-1/2}) 9. Bxc4 b5 {5 Games. 70
% for Wh, 3-1-1} (9... Bd6 {12 games, 67% for Wh}) (9... b6) 10. Bd3 b4 $146 (
10... Bb7 11. Ne4 {1.5-0.5}) (10... g6 {1-0}) 11. Ne4 $18 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6
13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 b3 (14... Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Bxb4 $18 {KomodoDragon3})
15. Qc5 $18 (15. Qc5 Ne5 16. dxe5 Bxe4 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bc3 $18)
1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven P"]
[Black "Shelgaonkar, Yogesh Vivek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1375"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,19,39,42,51,51,51,10,26,19,26,7,16,7,8,16,16,26,40,14,24,-18]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 (7... d5 8.
e5 a6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. d4 {Zeidler-Tapp, rd2, W Wales Open 2022,1/2-1/2}) 8. Nc3
b5 9. d3 Bb7 10. f5 {3-2} (10. Qe1 {main}) 10... b4 11. fxg6 (11. Ne2 Nf6 12.
Ng3 d6 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Qd2 O-O-O 15. a3 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Rfb1 g5 18. c3 $11 {
Florea-Calugar, Toronto Hart Home Holiday Open 2010,0-1} (18. Nh5 $14)) 11...
hxg6 $15 12. Nd5 $2 (12. Ne2 Qb6 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nf6 $15 {KomodoDragon3 &
Stockfish9}) 12... e6 (12... Bxd5 $1 13. exd5 Qc7 14. Qe1 Nf6 15. c4 bxc3 16.
Qxc3 O-O 17. Qc4 Qd6 $19 {KD3}) 13. Ne3 Qc7 $11 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. a3 f5 (15...
d5 16. exd5 b3 17. dxe6 Nh6 18. c3 $16 {KD3}) 16. axb4 g5 17. g3 f4 (17... cxb4
18. Nc4 $16) 18. gxf4 (18. Nxg5 $18 fxe3 19. Rf7 Bf6 20. Nxe6 Qe5 21. Nxd8 Kxd8
22. Bxe3 Ke8 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Rf1 (24. bxc5) 24... Qg6 25. Qf3 Ne7 26. bxc5 {
KD3- 5 pawns for a piece}) 18... gxf4 19. Ng2 e5 20. bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qf2 (21. d4
exd4 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. Ra4 Kb8 24. Bxf4+ d6 25. Ng5 $14 {KD3}) 21... Qc6 (21...
Qxf2+ $11) 22. Ra5 Qh6 $6 (22... d6 $1 $11 {KDF3}) 23. Qa7 (23. Qc5+ Kb8 24.
Nxe5 Qxh2+ 25. Kf2 Qg3+ 26. Ke2 Qxg2+ 27. Rf2 f3+ 28. Nxf3 Qg3 29. Be3 Qc7 30.
Qa7+ Kc8 31. Rc5 Bc6 32. Qxa6+ Qb7 33. Qa5 $18 {KD3- a long calculation}) (23.
b4 $1 $18 {KD3} Ne7 24. b5 axb5 25. Qc5+ Nc6 26. Rxb5 Rdg8 27. Qb6 Nd8 28. Rc5+
Nc6 29. Ba3 Qd6 30. Rb1 Qb8 31. Rcb5 $18) 23... Ne7 $11 24. Bd2 (24. Rc5+ Nc6
25. d4 d5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxc6+ Bxc6 28. Qxa6+ Kc7 (28... Bb7 29. Qxh6 Rxh6
30. Nxe5 $18) 29. Qa7+ Kc8 30. Qa6+ $11 {KD3}) 24... Nc6 25. Rc5 Rdg8 $17 26.
Rc4 Bf8 (26... Bf6 27. Kf2 Bd8 28. Rg1 Qe6 $19 {KD3}) 27. Bc3 (27. Kf2) 27...
Qh3 $19 28. Rf2 (28. Qf2 Bd6 29. Kh1 Bc7 30. b4 Rh6 31. Bd2 Bb6 $19 {KD3})
28... Rxg2+ (28... Bd6 $1 29. Kh1 Rxg2 30. Rxg2 Qxf3 31. Qf2 Qh5 32. Qg1 Kb8
$19 {KD3}) 29. Rxg2 Qxf3 30. Bxe5 $11 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32. Kf1 Qd1+ 33. Kf2
Qd2+ 34. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tapp, James"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 a6 (5... h5 {main}) 6. Be2 (6. h5
{2nd choice}) 6... h5 7. Nf3 b5 (7... c5) (7... Bg4 {main lines}) 8. Ne5 (8. a3
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Bf3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc8 14. O-O-O
Qe6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Qd7 Qc6 $16 {Kucharska-Andolfatto, Wld ch girls U18,
Mumbai 20129,1-0}) 8... Bb7 9. a4 (9. b4 Nbd7 10. a4 c6 11. a5 Nf8 12. g4 hxg4
13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Bc8 15. Kd2 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Qd7 $11 {Dixon-Varley, Gwent
ch 2002,0-1}) 9... c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd3 (11. Na2 O-O 12. Nc1 $14 {
KomodoDragon3}) 11... O-O 12. Bf3 Re8 13. Bg3 Nh7 (13... e6 $11 {KD3}) 14. Ne2
(14. e4 $16 {KD3} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bb6 (16... Bg7 17. Nec5) 17. Qd2
Ndf6 18. Rfd1 $16 {KD3}) 14... e5 (14... e6 $11) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd4 (18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qd4 Re8 21. b4 $16 {
KomodoDragon3}) 18... Re8 19. g3 Qf6 20. Nf4 (20. Bg2 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 $14 {KD3})
20... Qxd4 21. exd4 $14 Nf8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bc8 24. Re8 bxa4 25. Nd3 (
25. c3 Bb7 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Bd1 a3 28. bxa3 Nd7 29. Nd3 $16 {KD3- the Bl B
stays bad}) 25... Rb8 26. Nc5 (26. Ne5 Rxb2 27. Rxc8 a3 28. Rxc6 a2 29. Rxa6
Rb1+ 30. Kg2 a1=Q 31. Rxa1 Rxa1 32. Bxd5 $18 {KD3}) 26... Rxb2 27. Rxc8 a3 28.
Nb3 $2 (28. Rxc6 a2 29. Rxa6 Rb1+ 30. Kg2 a1=Q 31. Rxa1 Rxa1 32. Bxd5 {KD3
with the N on c5 rather than e5 as in previous note, Bl has time for} Rd1 $11)
28... Rxb3 29. cxb3 a2 30. Rxc6 a1=Q+ 31. Kg2 Qxd4 (31... Ne6) 32. Rxa6 Qc5 33.
b4 Qxb4 (33... Qc4) 34. Bxd5 Qb5 35. Rd6 Qc5 36. Rd8 Qc7 37. Ra8 Kg7 38. Ra6
Nd7 39. Ra2 Qc5 40. Be4 Qc4 41. Bb1 Ne5 42. f3 Qb3 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,24,19,31,72,4,18,16,16,17,14,14,18,23,4,20,45,33,66,9,54,34,23,39,32,
34,46]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4
7. Nc3 Qd8 8. d5 {Wh 85%, Young-Jukes, WCU Online 2021,1-0 (16)}) 2... Nf6 (
2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3 {
Yopung-Jukes, S Wales New Year op, 2015,1-0}) 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 (8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 {main, 50%}) 9. exd6 (
9. Nc3 dxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qe2 {main, 47% for Wh}) 9... exd6 {
65 % for Wh} (9... e6 {main, 40 % for Wh}) 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. d5 {61%}
(12. h3 {main, 71%}) 12... Ne5 {1-1-0} (12... Nb4 {3-2-1}) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. d6
Bf6 15. Be3 (15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rd1 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rc6 18. Be3 a6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20.
Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Ne4 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17. Qb3 (17. Qd5
Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qb6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nc3 Bg5 21. Qxe5 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 23.
Kh1 Rd7 24. Rfe1 Bc5 25. Re5 Bb4 26. Ne4 f5 27. Nc5 {Nouro-Veingold, Espoo op
1997, draw agreed}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 (18... Qd7 $11 {Deep Fritz13 & KD3}
) 19. Nc7 (19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rfe1 $16 {DF13} (20. Rfc1 $18 {KD3})) 19... Qxe3
20. fxe3 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rd7 $11 22. Rd2 Bg5 (22... e4 $15 {KD3}) (22... g6 $15 {
KD3}) 23. Kf2 Rc8 24. Rad1 (24. Rd5 Bd8 25. Rxe5 Bf6 (25... Bxc7 26. Rc1 g6 $11
) 26. Rd5 Bxb2 27. Rad1 f6 $11 {KD3}) 24... g6 (24... Bd8 25. Rc2 f6 26. Kf3
Bxc7 27. b4 e4+ 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Rdc1 Rxd6 30. Rxc7+ Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kg6 32. Rxb7
Ra6 33. b5 Rxa2+ 34. Kf1 Kh6 $15 {KD3}) 25. Ke2 (25. Rd5 $11 {KD3}) 25... Bd8
26. Nb5 Ba5 (26... a6 $17 {KD3}) 27. Rd5 e4 (27... a6) 28. Nd4 Bb6 29. Rd2 (29.
g4 f6 30. Kf2 a6 $11 {KD3}) 29... Bxd4 30. R5xd4 f5 $17 31. g4 Kf7 $19 32. Kf2
Ke6 33. gxf5+ gxf5 34. Kg3 Rg8+ (34... Rc1) 35. Kh3 Rgd8 (35... Rg1) 36. Rb4 b6
(36... Rxd6 37. Rxd6+ Rxd6 38. Rxb7 Rd3 $19 {KD3}) 37. Ra4 a5 38. b4 axb4 (
38... Rxd6 $1 39. Rxd6+ Rxd6 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kg3 (41. Rxa5 Rd3 $19) 41... Rd3
42. Kf4 Rd2 43. Rxa5 Rf2+ 44. Kg5 Rg2+ 45. Kh4 (45. Kf4 Rg4#) 45... Rxh2+ 46.
Kg3 Re2 47. Kf4 Rf2+ 48. Kg5 Rf3 $19 {KD3}) 39. Rxb4 Rxd6 40. Rdb2 (40. Rxd6+
Rxd6 41. Kg3 Kd5 42. Kf4 Kc5 43. Rb2 Rd3 44. a4 $11 {KD3}) 40... Rd3 41. Rxb6+
(41. Re2 Ke5 42. Kg2 R8d6 43. a4 $15 {KD3}) 41... Ke5 $19 42. R2b3 f4 43. R3b5+
R8d5 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 45. Rb3 Rxb3 46. axb3 f3 $19 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Golding, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,16,80,19,28,22,22,20,37,29,30,5,26,16,23,16,12,12,18]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4
Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 (7... Bd6 {main}) 8.
Qe2 a5 $146 {Fat Fritz2} 9. a3 a4 10. h3 Bh5 11. b4 b5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nxe5
14. dxe5 Nd7 (14... Ne4 $11 {Deep Fritz13 & KomodoDragon3}) 15. Nf3 (15. e4 $11
{KD3}) (15. O-O O-O 16. f4 {DF13, which for KD3 leads to inferiority for Wh}
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. c3 Qb6 19. Rf2 f6 $17 {KD3}) 15... Bxd3 16. cxd3 c5 $17
17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Nb3 20. Nxb3 axb3 21. Kg2 O-O 22. Rhc1 Rfc8
$17 23. Qd1 Qa4 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rc2 $19 26. Rxc2 bxc2 27. Qc1 Qb3 28. d4
h6 29. Kf3 Qd3 30. Kg2 Qd1 $19 (30... Qd1 {Wh is tied down, but not
immediately clear how Bl will break through. Though one plan suggests itself,
briging the K to a2, then swapping Qs.#} 31. e4 Bg5 32. f4 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Bh4 34.
Qf1 Qe3+ $19 {KD3}) (30... Qd1 {KD3 has a quicker one, bringing in the B} 31.
Kh2 Bd8 32. a4 Ba5 (32... bxa4 {looks far simpler} 33. Kg2 Ba5 34. Ba3 Bb4 $1 (
34... Bd2 35. Qb2 Qb1)) 33. axb5 Bd2 34. b6 Bxc1 35. b7 Bxb2 36. b8=Q+ Kh7 {
and two Qs are better than one}) 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gay, Simon"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 (4. Ngf3 {main}) 4... e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6.
Ngf3 Bg4 (6... exd4 {main}) 7. Bc4 Qd7 (7... Bxf3 8. Qb3 {8-3-0}) 8. dxe5 (8.
O-O {2-2}) 8... O-O-O 9. Qa4 f6 $146 (9... Bc5 {2-1}) 10. O-O (10. Bb5 Nge7 11.
Nd4 h5 12. h3 Bf5 13. N2f3 a6 14. Be3 Kb8 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. O-O-O $18 {
KomodoDragon3} (16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Nh4 Qc8 19. O-O $18 {KD3}))
10... Bc5 (10... a6) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 $18 Rhe8 13. Nd4 (13. b4 Bb6 14. c4
a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Ba7 18. a3 $18 {KD3- the B is stuck in a
variant of Noah's Ark}) 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd4 (14... Be2 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16.
Qxc6 bxc6 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Nf3 Re2 $11 {KD3}) 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16.
Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Nb3 $14 Rd5 18. Be3 a5 19. Rac1 Bd7 (19... a4 20. Nc5 Be2 21.
Rfe1 Bb5 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 $14) 20. h3 g5 21. Rfd1 a4 22.
Nc5 g4 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Bd4 a3 25. bxa3 $16 Re2 26. f3 Nh6 (26... Ne3 27. Bxe3
Rxe3 28. a4 Re2 29. Ne4 Rxa2 $11 {KD3}) 27. Rc4 $18 Rg5 28. Ra4 $1 Rgxg2+ 29.
Kf1 $18 Kd8 30. Nxd7 $18 {but there is stronger} (30. Be3 $1 Ke8 (30... Ke7 31.
Rxd7+ Kf6 32. Bd4+ Kg5 33. Rg7+ Kf4 34. Rxg2) 31. Rxd7 $18 {KD3}) (30. Bf6+ Ke8
31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Rxd7+ Kxf6 33. Rf8+ Kg5 34. Rg7+ $18 {KD3}) 30... Nf5 31. Ra8+
Ke7 32. Bc5+ (32. Bf6+ $1 Kf7 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Rg8+ Kf7 35. Rxg2 $18 {KD3})
32... Nd6 33. Nb8 (33. Ne5 $1 Rxa2 34. Re1 Rg7 35. Ra7 Kf6 36. Ng4+ Kg6 (36...
Rxg4 {best try}) 37. Bxd6 cxd6 38. Re6+ Kf5 39. Rf6+ Kg5 40. Rxg7+ Kh4 41. Nf2
Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kh5 43. Kg3 c5 44. f4 h6 45. Rf5# {KD3}) 33... h5 34. Nxc6+ Kd7
35. Ne5+ (35. Nb8+ Ke6 36. Na6 {kD3}) 35... Ke6 36. Nd3 (36. Nc4 Rxa2 37. Nxd6
$18 {KD3}) 36... Rd2 37. Rxd2 (37. Re1+ Kf6 38. Nf2 Rh2 39. Kg1 Rh4 40. Bxd6
Rxd6 41. Ne4+ $18 {KD3}) 37... Rxd2 38. Nf4+ Kf5 39. Nxh5 (39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40.
Nxh5 {simpler}) 39... Rxa2 40. Rf8+ Kg5 41. Nf4 (41. Bxd6 cxd6 42. Nf4 Rxa3 43.
Ne6+ Kh5 44. Kf2 $18 {KD3}) 41... Nb5 (41... Nf5) 42. Ne6+ (42. Be7+ Kh6 43.
Bf6 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Rg2+ 46. Kxg2 Nxa3 47. Rh8# {KD3}) 42... Kh4 43.
Ra8 (43. Rg8) 43... Kg3 44. Nd4 Nxd4 45. Bxd4 Kxf3 {this should be a
comfortable win for Wh.} 46. Ke1 (46. a4 {quickest- Syzygy tables (freely
available on the web)}) 46... Ke4 47. Bc5 Kd5 48. Bb4 Kc6 49. Ra6+ (49. Kd1)
49... Kb5 50. Ra5+ Kb6 51. Rc5 Kb7 52. Kd1 Kb6 53. Kc1 Rg2 54. Rc2 $2 {but
exchanging Rs means that Wh can no longer win, since the B cannot control the
Queening square} (54. a4 {Sz tb is still the most efficient, though 7 other R
moves or 2 K moves also keep the win alive} Rg1+ (54... Kb7 55. a5 Ra2 56. Bc3
Rg2 57. Be5 c6 58. Bc3 Kc7 59. Rh5 Kb7 60. Rh7+ Ka6 61. Rc7 Kb5 62. Rb7+ Ka6
63. Rb6+ Ka7 64. Rxc6 Kb7 65. Re6 Kb8 66. a6 Rg8 67. Be5+ Ka8 68. Kc2 {and the
K joins in}) 55. Kd2 Rg2+ 56. Ke3 Rg3+ 57. Kf2 Rb3 58. a5+ Ka6 59. Bc3 Kb7 60.
Ke2 {and the K comes in}) 54... Rxc2+ 55. Kxc2 $11 Ka7 56. Kc3 Ka8 57. Kc4 Kb8
58. Kc5 Ka8 59. Kc6 Ka7 60. Bc3 Ka8 61. Be5 Ka7 62. Bxc7 Ka8 63. Bb6 Kb8 64.
Be3 Ka8 65. Kb6 Kb8 66. Kc6 Ka8 67. Bf4 Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Golding, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.11.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,7,27,-29,-25,-32,17,-21,11,-10]} 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 (2... e6 3. g3 d5
4. Bg2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O Qb6 7. c3 Be7 {Hibbitt-Golding,4NCL congress
Basingstoke 2018,1-0}) 3. g3 c5 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c4 (6. O-O Bg7 7. e4 {
closed Sicilian}) 6... Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Bd7 (8... Rb8) (8... a6 {main
lines, eg Van Kemenade-Di-Vetta, S Wales Int 2022,1-0}) 9. h3 (9. e4 {main})
9... a6 (9... Rb8 10. e4 a6 {2-1}) 10. a4 Qc7 {puts Q on a vulnerable square} (
10... Nd4 11. Kh2 Bc6 12. e4 Qd7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Rfc8 {
Haveland-Sagafos, Ibenfeld mem Gausdal 2006,0-1}) (10... Rb8 {3-2-1}) 11. g4 (
11. e4) 11... e6 12. Qe1 (12. e4 {looks beter}) 12... d5 {This looks premature,
yet not as staightforward as Wh felt it to be} (12... Nb4 13. Qh4 Bc6 $15 {
pm analysis}) 13. g5 (13. e4 $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 13... Nh5 14. cxd5 Bxc3 {
this leaves the K without its best protector} (14... Nb4 $1 15. d6 (15. Qh4
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. e4 dxe4 18. dxe4 b5 $17) 15... Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Qf2
Rac8 18. Bd2 Nxf4 $17 {KD3}) 15. Qxc3 {looked natural, but KD3 prefers} (15.
bxc3 exd5 16. Nh2 Ne7 17. Ng4 $16) 15... exd5 16. Qxc5 Qc8 (16... b6 17. Qe3
Rfe8 18. Qd2 d4 $11 {KD3}) (16... Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxd5 Qe3+ 19. Rf2 Be6
20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. dxe4 Rfd8 $11 {mostly pm analysis}) 17. Kh2 $18 Be6 18. Nh4 (
18. b4) (18. Bd2) (18. Nd4) 18... Re8 19. Qf2 Ne7 (19... d4) 20. Bd2 Qd7 21.
Bc3 h6 (21... Nc6 22. b4 $18 {KD3}) 22. gxh6 Kh7 23. e4 f5 24. Nf3 Nc6 (24...
dxe4 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Ng5+ Kxh6 27. Rad1 Qc8 28. Nxe4 $18 {PM analysis & KD3})
25. Ng5+ Kxh6 26. Nxe6 fxe4 (26... dxe4 27. Nc5) 27. dxe4 dxe4 28. Nc5 (28. f5
$1 {KD3- considered by Wh} Qd6+ (28... gxf5 29. Bd2+ $1 {missed} e3 30. Bxe3+
f4 31. Bxf4+ Kh7 32. Be4+ Kg8 33. Rg1+ Kh8 34. Qh4 $18 {KD3}) 29. Kg1 Qg3 30.
Bd2+ e3 31. Qxe3+ Qxe3+ 32. Bxe3+ Kh7 33. fxg6+ Kg8 (33... Kxg6 34. Be4#) 34.
Bd5) 28... Qf5 29. Qe3 (29. Nxb7 e3 30. Qh4 Re6 31. Qg5+ Qxg5 32. fxg5+ Kxg5
33. Nc5 $18 {KD3}) (29. Rae1 {original idea of Wh} e3 30. Rxe3 Qxc5 31. Rxe8
Qxf2 32. Rxa8 (32. Rxf2 Rxe8 33. f5 $18) 32... Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Nxf4 34. Rh8+ Kg5
35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Rg1 $18 {KD3}) 29... Nf6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. f5+ $1 g5 32. Nxe4
1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Bennett, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.11.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,8,29,44,52,53,47,53,53,52,65]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5
Qc7 (4... Nge7 {main}) 5. d4 (5. O-O) (5. Bxc6 {main lines}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4
a6 7. Be2 (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O {main, though 3-0-8}) 7... Bb4 (7... Nf6 {
main; 6-4-4}) 8. O-O (8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 Qb6 (9... d5 $17) 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. b3
O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Be8 $11 {Garcia Medina-Rodriguez Lorenzo,
Valladolid cc Regalato 1980, 0-1}) 8... b5 (8... Nf6 $11) 9. a4 $18 Bxc3 10.
bxc3 bxa4 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. e5 (13. Bf3) (13. Ba3) 13... Bb7 14.
Bf3 Ne4 15. Re1 (15. Rxa4) 15... f5 16. exf6 d5 (16... Qxc3 17. f7+ Kd8 18.
Rxe4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 $18 {KomodoDragon3}) (16... Qd5 17. fxg7 Rg8 18. Rb1 Qxd4
19. cxd4 Rxg7 (19... O-O-O 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4) 20. Rxb7 $18 {KD3}) 17. fxg7
Rg8 18. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 19. Bh5+ (19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Bg5#) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Hare, Roy T"]
[Black "Sipho, Donovan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.11.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,13,30,9,52,53,52,8,4,1,-6,-37,-37,-41,-43,-43]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
c3 e5 4. d3 (4. Bc4) (4. d4) (4. Bb5 {main lines}) 4... Be7 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2
O-O 7. Nbd2 (7. h3 {2-0-1}) 7... d5 {though B normally still on c1} 8. Bg5 {
Cloud Engines. Though Qc2 is part of a Philidor setup} d4 $17 9. Nc4 Qc7 10.
Bh4 (10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Rc1 {Cloud Engines} h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 $17) 10... b5 11.
Ncd2 Bg4 (11... Be6) 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Be6) 13. O-O (13. cxd4 cxd4 14. g4 Bg6
15. O-O $11) 13... a6 14. Nh2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 b4 (15... Ne8 $15) 16. c4 (16. cxb4
Nxb4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g3 $14 {KomodoDragon3- Wh has possible K side chances
based on f4}) 16... Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 (18. g3 {prepares to take back
with a pawn if Bl exhanges, which then allows Wh the g file}) 18... f5 (18...
exf4 19. Rxf4 f6 $15 {secures e5 for Bl. After the text, Wh gets access to e4
for his N}) 19. exf5 exf4 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Rxf4 (21. Rae1 Nxf5 22. Rxf4 Ned6 (
22... Ne3 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nhf1 Nxf1 25. Rxf1+ Ke7 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Rf5 {
and the c5 pawn is lost}) 23. Re5 Rae8 24. Rxc5 {and here too} Re2 25. Rf2 Re1+
26. Nhf1 $18) 21... Rxf5 (21... Nd6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Ng6 24. Rf2 Ne5 25.
b3 a5 $14 {KD3- Bl gets some play for the lost pawn}) 22. Raf1 (22. Rxf5 Nxf5
23. Nb3 Rc8 24. Re1 Ne3 25. Nf1 Nxf1 26. Kxf1 Nf6 27. Re6 $18 {KD3- Bl's pawns
are vulnerable}) 22... Nd6 (22... Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Nf6 $11 {KD3}) 23. Ne4 Rxf4 24.
Rxf4 Nxe4 (24... Ng6 25. Rg4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rf8 $11 {KD3}) 25. Rxe4 Kf8 (25...
Ng6 26. Nf3 $16 {KD3 -the Wh pieces are far better cooperating}) 26. Ng4 (26.
Nf3 Ng6 27. Ng5 Kg8 28. Ne6 Rc8 29. Kf2 Nf8 30. Kf3 g6 31. Re2 h5 32. Ng5 Nh7
33. Nxh7 Kxh7 34. Re5 Kg7 35. Ke4 h4 36. Kd5 $18 {KD3- Wh's K will gain pawns,
while Bl'K is cut off}) 26... Ng6 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Rc8 (28... Re8 $1 {
is correct- rather than defend weak pawns with a R, it must instead go hunting
down weak pawns on the other side} 29. Rf5+ Kg8 30. Rxc5 Re3 31. Ra5 Rxd3 32.
b3 Rd2 33. Rxa6 d3 34. Rd6 Kf7 35. Kh2 h5 36. h4 Ke7 37. c5 g6 38. Kg1 Rxa2 39.
Rxd3 Rb2 40. c6 Ke6 41. c7 Rc2 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. Re4 Rxc7 44. Rxb4 Kf5 45. Rb6
Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Rb1 {KD3 --is a book draw with the R behind. As the pawn advances,
the Bl R gains in mobility}) 29. Kf2 $18 Kf7 30. Kf3 Rc6 31. Ke4 Rg6 32. g4 Rh6
33. Rh5 $2 {saving a weak pawn, rather than pressing on with his own capture(s)
.In such endings it is not a question of how pawns one has, but of getting the
most advanced pawn moving & keeping the opposing pieces from coming back in
defence. Here , after taking on h3 the Bl R would have trouble getting back
into the game ( also Wh's c pawn would be much faster than Bl d pawn candidate
for promotion, even if it survives as the K can take it once the Bl c pawn is
no more)} (33. Rxc5 $1 $18 Rxh3 34. Rc7+ (34. Rh5 {now also wins}) 34... Kf6 (
34... Kg6 35. c5) 35. Ra7 (35. c5) 35... h5 36. Rxa6+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. gxh5
Rxh5 39. a3 (39. Kxd4 {is simpler- as Wh can even give up his R for the g pawn
( should it become dangerously advanced)and remain with a winning pawn mass})
39... bxa3 40. Rxa3 g5 41. b4 {moving the pawn furthest away from the oposing K
} Rh2 (41... g4 42. Kf4 Rg5 $2 43. Ra6+) 42. b5 g4 43. Kxd4 g3 44. Ra1 Ke7 45.
Rg1 g2 46. Kc5 Kd8 47. b6 {speed} (47. d4 {is one wants total security against
R checks}) 47... Rh5+ 48. Kc6 Rh6+ 49. Kb7 Rh5 (49... Rg6 50. Ka7) 50. Rxg2 $18
{KD3 nudged}) 33... Rxh5 34. gxh5 Ke6 {now the Ks entry is barred} 35. h4 a5
36. b3 h6 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Guy, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.11.13"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 (4... Bg7) 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3
dxc4 (7... Nbd7) (7... Qa5) 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O b5 (9... Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 (
10... Bf5 {3-4-2}) 11. Bh2 {7 wh wins, 2 draws}) 10. Bb3 $146 {though it later
transposes to p[ositions already looked at by Engines} (10. Bd3 $16 {2-1-2}) (
10. Be2 $16 {1 Wh win, 1 draw}) 10... a6 (10... Bb7 {similar to a Meran
variation} 11. e4 b4) 11. Rc1 (11. e4 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 (
12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nbd2 $14 {Cloud Engines}) 12... Qb6 (12... c5 $11) 13.
Rfd1 {rather cautious} (13. e4 e6 14. Be3 c5 (14... Rac8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5
cxd5 17. h4 $18) 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. Bd4 b4 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Rfd1 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 13... c5 $11 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rac8 (16...
Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Na4 18. Be5 $11 {KD3}) 17. Ne5 (17. e4 $5 e6 18. b4 Na4 19. Be3
Qb8 20. Bc6 Nb6 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bh4 Nc4 23. e5 Nh5 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. Bd7 Rc7 26.
Be7 Rb8 27. Bc5 Qb7 28. Qxb7 Rbxb7 29. Be8 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15 {KD3}) 17...
Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne6 20. Rcd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.
Bc3 $11 f6 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Kf7 26. f3 Nc5 27. Kf1 e5 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. b4
Na4 30. e4 Nb2 31. Bc1 Nc4 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. h4 Ke6 34. g3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.14"]

{[%evp 0,19,17,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-25,-24,-24,-33,-30,-28,-30,-30,-33,-39,-52,
-61,-50,-86]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. d3 c5 6. O-O O-O 7.
Nc3 {Thomas 6-2-5} Nc6 8. e4 d4 {main} 9. Na4 {Thomas 3-2-8 against a range of
opponents} Nd7 (9... b6 {main}) 10. c4 (10. b3 b5 11. Nb2 {Thomas-Bullen, S
Wales Summer open aug 2015,1-0 & Thomas - T Ivekovic, S Wales op jul 2015,0-1})
10... a6 (10... dxc3 11. Nxc3 {others, 1-1-1}) (10... b6 11. Qe1 e6 12. Bd2 a6
13. b3 Qe7 14. Nb2 {Thomas-Fox, WCPL 2016,0-1}) 11. b3 (11. Qc2 e5 12. f5 Qe7
13. b3 {Gazik-Vass,SVK ch tm 2014,1-0}) 11... e5 {KomodoDragon3} (11... b5 {
Fritz13} 12. Nb2 e5 (12... Bb7 13. Bd2 b4 14. Na4 e6 15. Qe1 a5 16. Ng5 h6 $14
{Hemmers-Schoeber, Goch op 2014,1/2-1/2}) 13. f5 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qd6 16.
Nd2 Ne7 $14 {Thomas-Turner, West Wales op 2019,0-1}) 12. Nb2 (12. fxe5 {Fritz13
}) (12. Qe1 {KD3}) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Nd1 {
the Engines give Bl a definite plus, but Wh's position remains solid} Bg4 $2 (
16... Qe7 {F13}) (16... h5 {KD3}) 17. Bxg4 {lets Bl off the hook} (17. Bxe5 $1
{both Engines} Bxe5 (17... Bxe2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 (18... Bxf1 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20.
Kxf1) 19. Qxe2 $18) 18. Bxg4 $18 {whichever way, Bl will go a piece down})
17... Nxg4 $11 18. Rb1 Qh4 19. b4 (19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Rf8 $11 {KD3}) 19... b6
20. bxc5 bxc5 21. h3 (21. Rb7 $14 {both Engines}) 21... Ne5 22. Nf2 h5 23. Bg5
(23. Rb7 Rfb8 24. Rfb1 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Qf6 $11 {both Engines}) (23. Rb6 Rfb8 24.
Rfb1 Rxb6 25. Rxb6 Ra7 26. g3 Qd8 27. Qb2 $11 {KD3}) 23... Qg3 24. Nh1 (24. Qf4
Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxg5 {both Engines} 26. g3 Be5 27. Kg2 Rab8 28. h4 Qd2 29. Qd1
Qxa2 30. Ra1 Qb2 31. Rxa6 $11 {KD3}) 24... Qxd3 $19 25. Qa5 f6 (25... Rfb8 26.
Rbc1 (26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Qxa6 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kh2 Qc2 $19) 26... Qxe4
$19 {KD3}) (25... Rac8 26. Qa4 Rfe8 $19 {F13}) 26. Bf4 g5 (26... Qxc4 $19) 27.
Nf2 {F13} (27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qxc5 Kh7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rb7 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+
32. Kg1 Rf6 33. Qe7 Rg6 34. Qf7 $11 {KD3} d3 35. Qf5 d2 36. Rd7 Qxf5 37. exf5
Rb6 38. Rxd2 (38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Ke2 Rxh1 40. Kxd2 Rf1 41. g4 $11 {KD3}) 38...
Rb1+ 39. Kh2 e4 40. Rd7 Kg8 41. Re7 Bf8 42. Re6 (42. Rxe4 Bd6+ $19) 42... Bc5
43. h4 g4 44. Ng3 Bg1+ 45. Kh1 Ba7+ 46. Kh2 Bb8 47. Rxe4 Kf7 $17 {KD3}) 27...
Qxc4 28. Bd2 (28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rbc1 Qe6 30. Qxc5 Rac8 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. exd5
Rxc1 33. Rxc1 g4 34. Ne4 Bh6 $19 {KD3}) 28... Nd3 (28... Rac8 {the c pawn is
better than the a pawn, as connects with the d pawn advance}) 29. Nxd3 Qxd3 30.
Rb3 Qxe4 31. Qxc5 {Bl is still winning, but the centre pawn is no longer part
of a pair} Rfc8 32. Qd6 (32. Qa5 {both Engines}) 32... Qe5 (32... Rd8) 33. Qd7
Rd8 34. Qc6 Qe2 {straying from the first call of duty- protecting the K} (34...
Qd5 $19 {both Engines}) 35. Bb4 {missing a chance} (35. Rb7 $1 $18 {both
Engines- KD3 most definite about it} Qe5 (35... Rab8 {F13, just gets clobbered}
36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxf6+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Bxg5 $18) 36. Qc4+ Qd5 37. Qc7
Rd7 38. Qxd7 Qxd7 39. Rxd7 $18 {KD3}) 35... Rac8 36. Qb6 d3 (36... Kh7 {
safety, both Engines}) 37. Qxa6 (37. Re1 {both Engines best try} Qc2 38. Rc3
Qxa2 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Qd4 Rc2 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Qxd3+ Kh6 43. Qe4 Qc4 44. Qxc4
Rxc4 {KD3- Bl is two sound pawns up}) 37... Qe3+ (37... Rc2 38. Qb7 d2 {
and Wh has to give up the B}) 38. Kh1 Rc1 39. Rb1 Rxb1 (39... d2 {simplest})
40. Rxb1 d2 41. Rd1 Bf8 $2 (41... Qe4 $1 {both Engines, differing in followup}
42. a3 (42. Bxd2 Rxd2) 42... f5 {brings the B to life} 43. Kg1 Rd3 44. Kf1 Rxh3
45. gxh3 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Qxd1+ 47. Kh2 Qc2 48. Qe6+ Kh7 $19 {KD3}) 42. Qxf6 $18
Be7 (42... Bxb4 {might just survive because of the powerful pawn on d2 that
will restrict R activity by Wh} 43. Qxd8+ Kh7 44. Qc7+ Kh6 45. Qc6+ Kh7 46. Rf1
Qe1 47. Qf3 g4 48. Qd3+ Kg7 49. g3 gxh3 50. Kh2 Qe6 51. Rf4 Qc6 (51... Qxa2 52.
Qd7+ {mating- Engines remorseless in these kind of positions}) 52. Rf2 Bc3 53.
Rf3 Bf6 54. a3 Be5 55. Rf2 Bc3 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 43. Qxe7 (43. Bxe7) 1-0

