[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Black "Dixon, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 (6... Nc6 {main,
aims for early e5}) 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 e5 10. Re1 a6 (
10... Nd7 {more frequent} 11. Be3 h6 12. Qb3 a5 13. Qxb7 exd4 14. Qxc6 dxe3 15.
Rxe3 {Wademark-Jansson, Swedish Senior Ch 2016,1-0}) 11. a4 (11. Bc2 h6 12. Be3
Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Nh2 Qd7 16. Rad1 $14 {Rabiega-Rolle, Berlin
Lichtenberger 2006,1-0}) 11... Nh5 12. Bf1 Qe7 13. a5 {gaining Q side space}
Kh8 14. d5 Nd8 (14... Nb8 $5) 15. c4 $16 Qe8 (15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ra3
$16 {Komodo10; but Bl needs to do something on the K side to offset Wh's Q
side play}) 16. b4 f5 17. c5 (17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh4 Qf7 19. Rb1 $16 {Komodo10})
17... f4 18. Ba3 Nf7 19. Rc1 Qe7 (19... Qb8 20. Bb2 Nf6 {[%eval 1001,0]
Komodo10 &}) 20. c6 $16 Rfb8 21. cxb7 Rxb7 22. Bc4 (22. Bd3 {Komodo10 & 10.1,
keeps c6 available for a R}) 22... Bf6 (22... Nf6) 23. Qd3 Rba7 24. Rc2 Ng7 25.
Bc1 g5 26. Nh2 $18 h5 27. Bd2 Nd8 28. Rec1 Ne8 29. Qf3 Qf7 30. b5 (30. Be2 Ng7
31. Bd3 Ne8 32. Qe2 $18) 30... axb5 31. Bxb5 Ng7 32. a6 Rb8 33. Be2 Qd7 34. Ba5
(34. Be3 {Komodo10} fxe3 35. Qxf6 exf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rba8 37. Qf6 Kg8 38. Bxh5 Nxh5
39. Qxg5+ Qg7 (39... Ng7 40. Ng4 $18) 40. Qxh5 $18 {Komodo10}) 34... Qa4 35.
Qc3 (35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Bxc7 Rc8 37. Nf1 Kg8 38. Rc3 Qd4 39. Ba5 $18 {Komodo10})
35... Rb3 (35... Qxe4 36. Bxc7) 36. Qc4 Qa3 37. Rc3 (37. Bxc7) 37... Rxc3 38.
Qxc3 Qa4 39. f3 Ne8 40. Rb1 Qa2 41. Rb2 Qa1+ 42. Nf1 Kg7 (42... g4 $5) 43. Bb5
Kf7 44. Qd2 Qa3 45. Bb4 Qa1 46. Kh2 h4 (46... Rxa6 $5) 47. Qc2 Ng7 48. Nd2 Qe1
49. Nc4 Qg3+ 50. Kg1 g4 51. fxg4 f3 52. Rb3 (52. Qf2) 52... f2+ 53. Kf1 Qf4 54.
Rf3 Qg5 55. Qxf2 Kg6 {Wh has a choice} (55... Kg6 56. Qxa7 {or} (56. Bd2)) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Kett, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 (2... Ne4 {main}) 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. e3 d5 6. Nc3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Nge2 f5 (8... c5 {main}) 9. O-O c6 10. a4 $146 (10. Nf4 {
main}) 10... a5 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 (13... Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf8 15.
Qa2 Qc7 16. g3 $11 {Komodo10}) 14. Qxe7 Rxe7 15. Rd2 Nb6 16. Bb3 (16. Ba2 $5)
16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 $15 18. b3 e5 {opens a file for Wh to use} (18... Rd8
19. Kf1 e5 $15 {Komodo10}) 19. dxe5 Bxe5 $11 20. Rad1 Rf8 21. g3 Rff7 22. Nd4
Rd7 23. Nce2 Rd6 24. Nf3 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Bf6 (25... Rd7) 26. Ned4 (26. Nf4) 26...
Rd7 27. Kf1 (27. Ne6 Be7 28. Kf1 (28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Nd2 Bb4 30. Nc4 b5 31. Nb2
Be7 32. Nd4 Bf6 $15) 28... Kf7) 27... Rd5 (27... Kf7) 28. Ne6 Kf7 29. Rxd5 Nxd5
30. Neg5+ Kg8 31. Ne6 $11 h6 32. Ned4 (32. Nc5 b5 33. Nb7 bxa4 34. bxa4 Nb6 35.
Nxa5 c5 36. Ke2 Nxa4 $11 {Komodo10}) 32... Kf7 33. h4 h5 34. Ke2 (34. Nd2)
34... Nc3+ 35. Kd3 Ne4 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Nd2 Nc5 38. Kd1 (38. Kf3 $11) 38... Bxd4
(38... Ne6 39. Ne2 $11 (39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40. Nc4 Bd8 41. Kd2 $11)) 39. exd4 Ne6
40. Nf3 (40. Kc2 {Komodo10} b5 (40... Nxd4+ 41. Kc3 Ne6 42. Nc4 Nc5 43. Nxa5
$11) 41. Kd3 $11) 40... Kd6 $15 (40... f4 $17 {Komodo10}) 41. Kd2 Kd5 42. Kd3
b5 (42... f4 $1 $17 {Komodo10} 43. Ne5 Nc5+ 44. Kc2 fxg3 45. fxg3 Kxd4 46. Nxg6
Ne4 47. Nf4 Nxg3 $17) 43. Ne5 (43. b4 bxa4 44. bxa5 $11 {Komodo10}) 43... g5
44. hxg5 Nxg5 45. Ng6 Ne4 46. Ne7+ Ke6 47. Nxc6 bxa4 48. bxa4 Nxf2+ 49. Ke3 Ne4
50. Kf4 (50. Nxa5 Nxg3 51. Nc6 h4 $11) 50... Nc3 51. Nxa5 Nxa4 52. Nc4 (52. Kg5
) 52... Nc3 53. Ne3 Ne2+ 54. Kg5 Nxg3 55. Nxf5 Nxf5 56. Kxh5 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Eustis, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 (4. Nc3 {main}) 4... Bf5 (4... e6 {safer})
5. Qb3 Qc7 (5... Qb6 {main}) 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Rc1 Qb6 9. c5 (9. Nh4) (
9. Qxb6 {more frequent}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. b4 Be7 {slightly preferred
by Komodo10} (11... a6 {has been played more} 12. Ra1 Rb8 13. h3 {
Asmaiparashvili-Belov, m blitz, playchess.com 2007,1-0}) 12. b5 (12. Be2 O-O
13. O-O a6 14. Na4 Ne4 {seidel-Nagel, Leipzig, VfB 2003,0-1}) 12... O-O $11 13.
b4 Ne4 (13... a6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ra1 Rfb8 16. Ra4 Bc2 17. Ra2 Bg6 18. Ra4 Bc2
$11 {Komodo10}) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Be2 (15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ba6 Rab8 17. Ke2 $16 {
Komodo10}) 15... Rfb8 (15... cxb5 16. Bxb5 Nb8 17. Ra1 a6 18. Be2 Nc6 $11 {
Komodo10}) 16. O-O Rc8 (16... cxb5 17. Bxb5 Rd8 18. Be2 a6 19. Ra1 Bf6 20. Ra3
e5 $14 {Komodo10}) 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. Ra1 Rcc8 19. b5 $16 b6 20. c6 Nb8 21. Rfc1
Rc7 (21... a5 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. f3 Bf5 $16) 22. Ne5 $18 f6 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Bxd3
Bd6 25. e4 {Bl's problem is neither the N nor QR can get out; so Wh opens up
in the middle} a6 26. exd5 exd5 27. Bf5 (27. Re1) 27... Kf7 28. Re1 Re7 (28...
Raa7 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Bxd5 axb5 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. g3 Na6 33. Ra1 $18 {Komodo10}
) 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Bg4 Ra7 31. Bf3 Rc7 32. bxa6 (32. Re1+ Kf8 33. Re6 Ba3 34.
Bf4 Rc8 35. c7 Nd7 36. bxa6 $18 {Komodo10}) 32... Nxc6 (32... Ra7 33. Bxd5 Rxa6
34. Rc1 Kd8 35. Bb4 $18 {Komodo10}) 33. Bxd5 Na7 34. Rb1 b5 35. Kf1 (35. Ba5
Rc2 36. Re1+ Kf8 37. g3) 35... Rd7 36. Bb7 Kd8 37. d5 Kc7 38. Ba5+ (38. Rc1+
Kb8 39. Ke2) 38... Kb8 39. Bc6 Re7 40. Bd8 Re4 41. Bxb5 Nxb5 42. Rxb5+ Ka7 43.
Rb7+ Kxa6 44. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Whale, Michael"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 (4... cxd6) 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7.
Bd2 $146 {rather passive} (7. O-O) 7... Bf6 8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 (9. c4 Nb6 10. Bc3
d5 11. c5 Nd7 $11 {Komodo10}) 9... Bf5 10. Na3 Re8 11. Nc4 Bg6 12. Re1 h6 13.
Qb3 Rb8 14. Qb5 (14. Ne3 $11) 14... Be4 15. Bd1 (15. Bf1 a6 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Ng4 Bg5 21. Re1 Ng2 22. Bxg2 Bxd2 23.
Re2 Bf4 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. Bh3 Qd8 $15 {Komodo10}) 15... a6 16. Qb3 Qd7 (16... b5
$1 $17 {Komodo10} 17. Nce5 (17. Ne3 Na5 18. Qa3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Nc4 20. Qb3 a5
21. a4 Bd5 22. Qc2 bxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxb2 $19) 17... Na5 18. Qa3 dxe5 19. Qxa5 exd4
20. cxd4 Qd6 $15 {Komodo10}) 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 d5 $11 (18... Qg4 19. h3 Qg6
$11) 19. Be2 Na5 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 $15 22. Nd2 Bd5 {[%eval 0,0] a bit
like a Marshall gambit but without the pawn sac- l has 2 good Bs,Wh a possibly
bad B} 23. b4 Qf5 (23... Re6 $17) 24. Nf1 c6 25. Ng3 Qg6 26. Qb1 Re6 27. Qf5 (
27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Bf4 Rbe8 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Nf1 Re2 $15) 27... Rbe8 28. Qxg6
fxg6 29. Kf1 (29. Bd2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Ra8 $15) 29... g5 30. Bd2 g6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6
32. Re1 Kf7 (32... Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 g4 34. Bd2 h5 $17 {Komodo10}) 33. f3 $11 Be7
34. Ne4 (34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Ne4 $11) 34... b6 35. h4 {opens the position up for
the Bs} (35. h3 $11) 35... gxh4 $17 36. Bxh6 Ke8 (36... Bxe4 37. fxe4 g5 $19 {
trapping the B; Komodo10}) 37. Bg7 $11 (37. Ng5 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 c5 39. bxc5 bxc5
40. dxc5 Bxc5 41. Ke2 Kd7 42. Nh3 Be7 43. Bg5 Bxg5 44. Nxg5 $11 {Komodo10})
37... Kf7 38. Be5 g5 39. Kg1 Kg6 40. Nf2 (40. Kh2) 40... Bd8 41. Ng4 Re7 42.
Kf2 Ra7 43. Bb8 Re7 44. Bd6 Rxe1 45. Kxe1 $11 Kf5 46. Kf2 Ke6 47. Be5 a5 48. a3
$11 (48. bxa5 bxa5 49. Ke3 a4 50. Ke2 Ba5 51. Kd2 h3 52. gxh3 Bxf3 53. Ne3 $11
{Komodo10}) 48... a4 49. Ne3 (49. Ke2) 49... c5 $15 50. Nc2 (50. b5 Be7 51. Ke2
cxd4 52. Bxd4 Bxa3 53. Bxb6 g4 54. Nxg4 Bb2 55. Kd2 a3 56. Kc2 h3 57. gxh3 Bxf3
58. Kb1 Bxc3 $17 {Komodo10}) 50... cxd4 (50... cxb4 51. Nxb4 (51. cxb4 g4 $19
52. Ne3 gxf3 53. gxf3 c3 54. Ke2 Bb3 55. Ng4 c2 56. Kd2 Bg5+ 57. f4 Be7 58. Nf2
Kd5 $19) 51... Be7 52. Bc7 b5 53. Bb6 Bxb4 54. cxb4 c3 55. Bd8 Kf5 56. Ke3 Bc4
57. Be7 c2 58. Kd2 Bf1 59. d5 Bxg2 60. d6 Ke6 61. Bxg5 h3 62. Bf4 Bxf3 63. Kxc2
Bc6 64. Kd3 Kd5 65. Bg3 Bd7 66. Bf4 Bg4 67. Bg3 Bf5+ 68. Kc3 Ke4 69. Bh2 Bd7 {
clear advantage to Bl, Komodo10, but can he win this? Nudging Komodo10 forward}
70. Kc2 Kf3 71. Kd3 Kg2 72. Be5 h2 73. Bxh2 Kxh2 74. Ke4 Kg3 75. Ke5 Kf3 76.
Kf6 Ke4 77. Ke7 Bc6 78. d7 Bxd7 79. Kxd7 Kd5 80. Kc7 Kc4 81. Kc6 Kb3 82. Kxb5
Kxa3 83. Kc4 Kb2 84. b5 a3 85. b6 a2 86. b7 a1=Q 87. b8=Q+ $11 {the answer is
no}) 51. Bxd4 Bc6 52. Ne3 b5 53. Nf1 {(draw?)} Bc7 $17 54. Ne3 Bf4 55. Nc2 Be8
56. Ne3 Bg6 57. Ke2 Bd3+ 58. Kf2 Bg3+ 59. Kg1 Be1 60. Nd1 Be2 (60... Bg3 61.
Be3 Kf5 62. Bd2 Be5 63. Ne3+ Ke6 64. Ng4 Bg3 $17 {there seems no clear way in,
but Wh is constantly on the defensive}) 61. Nf2 (61. Bf2 Bd2 62. Be3 g4 (62...
Bxd1 63. Bxd2 g4 {transposes}) 63. Bxd2 Bxd1 64. f4 g3 65. Kf1 Kf5 66. Be3 Ke4
67. Bd4 Kd3 {and Bl gets in to the K side}) 61... Bd2 $19 {Komodo10 , at last
goes positively for Bl} 62. Ne4 Bc1 63. Kf2 Bd1 (63... Bd3 {Komodo10}) 64. Nc5+
(64. Bc5 Bxa3 65. Ke1 (65. Nxg5+ Kd5 66. Ne4 Bb2) 65... Bb3 66. Nd6 Bb2 67.
Nxb5 a3 68. Nxa3 Bxa3 69. Kd2 Kf5 70. Bf2 Ba4 71. Be3 g4 $19 {Komodo10}) 64...
Kf5 65. Ne4 Bxa3 66. Nd6+ Ke6 (66... Kg6) 67. Nxb5 Bb2 68. Be3 a3 (68... Kf6
69. Bd4+ Kg6 $19 {is clearer}) 69. Nxa3 Bxa3 70. Bd4 (70. Bxg5 Bb2 71. Bd2 Kd5
72. Ke3 Ba4 73. Ke2 Bc2 74. Ke3 Bf5 75. Kf4 h3 76. gxh3 Bxh3 77. Kg5 Bd7 78.
Kf6 $17 {Bl still has trouble winning; as long as the f pawn stays at f3,
there is no way in for the K}) 70... Bc1 71. Bh8 Bf4 72. Bd4 Ba4 (72... Be5 73.
Be3 Kf5 74. b5 Ba4 75. b6 Bc6 76. Bd2 Bf4 {forces off Bs; Komodo10}) 73. Ke2
Kf5 74. Kf2 Bg3+ 75. Ke3 Bc6 76. Ke2 g4 $19 (76... Be5 $19 {looks simplest})
77. fxg4+ Kxg4 78. Kf1 Be4 79. Bg7 Kf5 80. Bd4 Bc6 (80... Be5 81. Bf2 Kg4 82.
Be1 Bg3 83. Bd2 Bf4 84. Be1 Be3 85. Ke2 Bb6 {zugzwang} 86. Kf1 (86. b5 Bxg2)
86... Bd3#) 81. Bg7 Ke4 (81... Be5 $19 {simplest, however both sides living on
increments}) 82. Bh8 Kd3 83. Bd4 Bd7 84. Bh8 Bg4 85. Bd4 Be2+ 86. Kg1 Bg4 87.
b5 (87. Kf1 h3 88. gxh3 (88. Kg1 Be1) 88... Bxh3+ 89. Kg1 Be1) 87... Bd7 88. b6
Bc6 89. Bf6 Be1 90. Kh2 Bf2 91. Bd4 (91. Kh3 Bd7+ 92. Kh2 Bc8 93. Kh1 Bb7 94.
Kh2 Be1 95. Kh3 Bc8+ 96. Kh2 Bxc3 97. Bxh4 Be5+ 98. Kg1 c3 99. Be7 Bd4+ 100.
Kh2 Bxb6 101. Ba3 c2 102. g4 Be3 {and Bl should win with the 2 Bs though it
will be quicker to hunt down the B on a3} 103. Kg3 Kc4 104. Kf3 Bg5 105. Ke4
Kb3 106. Kd3 Bxg4 $19) 91... Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Black "Bridges, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 (8.
a4 a5 9. Ba3 {if determined to swap off the B}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 (9... b6
{to fiancetto & plan for c5 , has become popular among the GMs}) (9... Bd7 {
[%eval 0,0] starts sending the  towardsh5}) 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. e3 (11. Ndf3 {is a
plan aimed to get in e4 eventually} Ndf6 12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Nfe5 Be8 14. f3 Ng5
15. Qd2 Nf7) 11... Nxd2 (11... Nxe5) 12. Qxd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bb4 (13... Bc7 14.
Rfc1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rd8 16. Qc2 {Bae-Friedman, Troll Masters, Gausdal 2002,1/
2-1/2}) 14. Qe2 (14. Qc1 a5 15. a3 Bc5 16. f4 b5 17. cxb5 Qa7 18. Re1 cxb5 19.
b4 Bb6 20. Qd2 $11 {Pountzas-Goritsas, GRE ch tm, Achaia 2013,0-1}) 14... Bd7 (
14... Qg5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. a3 Be7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. b4 a6 $16 {Buechle-Sautter,
BL2 women 2006,1/2-1/2}) 15. Rfd1 (15. a3 Bc5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Rfc1 $14 {Komodo10
}) 15... Be8 16. a3 Ba5 17. b4 Bb6 18. b5 Rc8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bd4 Bc5 (20...
Bxd4 21. exd4 f4 $11) 21. a4 (21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rdc1 d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1
Qc5 25. Rd6 $16) 21... Rb8 22. Rdb1 Bg6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rb5 (24. Qa6 Bxd4 25.
exd4 f4 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Bh3 Bf7 28. Rc1 $14 {Komodo10}) 24... Bxd4 25. exd4
Rfc8 (25... f4 $11) 26. Qb2 Qc7 27. Bf1 Be8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rc1 (29. Qa3 Qc2
30. a5 Rb2 31. Qe3 Rb3 32. Qc1 Rb2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Rb1 Bc6 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36.
Kg2 $14 {Komodo10}) 29... Rxb2 (29... Qxe5 {seen by Wh} 30. Rc8 Rxb2 31. dxe5
Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Rxa7 Ra2 $11 {pm analysis & Komodo10}) 30. Rxc7 Bxa4 31.
Rxa7 Rb4 (31... Bc2 32. Ra8+ $11) (31... Rb4 32. Ba6 Rb6 (32... Rxd4 33. Bc8
Kf8 34. Bxe6 $16) 33. Bc8 Be8 34. Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allford, Zane"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Bc4 (7. Nf3 {
main}) 7... Nf6 (7... e6 8. N1e2 {main}) 8. h5 (8. N1e2 {main}) 8... Bh7 9. c3
(9. Nf3) 9... e6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 $146 (12. O-O) (12. Ne5)
12... O-O $15 13. Nh2 {an unusual manouvre in this kind of position} c5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 $17 15. O-O-O $2 {the Q side is far too open, especially with that
raking B on h7} (15. O-O Qc7 $17) 15... Qc7 (15... Qa5 $19 {Komodo10}) (15...
Rc8 $19 {Komodo10}) 16. Bb3 (16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxf2 $17) 16... a5 17. Ng4 (
17. Bc2) 17... Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Ne5 {homing in on d3} 19. Bf4 Nxg4 {Wh loses a
pawn & an exchange} 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 c6 6. d3 Na6 (6... O-O) 7. Rb1 {
early, but transposes back to other games} Nc7 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 a5 $146 (9...
d5 {main}) 10. b5 c5 (10... Bd7 $11) 11. Bd2 Nd7 (11... Bd7 $14) (11... b6 $11)
12. Qc1 (12. h4) 12... Nb6 13. Bh6 f6 14. h4 Be6 (14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Ne6 16.
Qc1 Ng7 17. Nd2 $14 {Komodo10}) 15. h5 Bxh6 (15... g5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 Kh8
18. Rfd1 Rg8 19. Nd2 Rb8 $14 {Komodo10}) 16. Qxh6 g5 17. Ne4 Kh8 $11 18. Nfd2
Rg8 19. f4 g4 (19... gxf4 20. Qxf4 Bg4 $15 21. Qe3 Bxh5 (21... Ne6) 22. Rf4 Bg4
23. Nf2 Bc8 24. Rh4 Rg7 $15 {Komodo10}) 20. f5 Bf7 21. Qf4 (21. Qe3 $5) 21...
d5 $6 {opening up the position just helps the more active Wh pieces} (21...
Bxh5 22. Kf2 Bf7 23. Rh1 Rg7 $14) (21... Na4 22. h6 Rc8 23. Rfc1 d5 24. b6 dxe4
25. bxc7 Rxc7 26. Nxe4 $16 (26. Bxe4 $16 {Komodo10})) 22. Nxc5 $18 dxc4 (22...
Ne8 23. h6 Nd6 24. e4 Rc8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. fxe6 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 {
Komodo10}) 23. Nxc4 (23. dxc4 {even stronger, keeps Bl pices off d5}) 23...
Ncd5 24. Qd4 Nxc4 25. dxc4 Nb6 26. Qxd8 Raxd8 27. Nxb7 $18 Bxc4 (27... Rd2 28.
c5) 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bxe2 31. Re1 Bxb5 32. Rb1 Bc4 33.
Rxb6 Bxa2 34. h6 Kg8 35. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Martin C"]
[Black "Byway, Paul V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 b6 (5... d6 {main}) 6. Nc3 Bb7
7. Bd3 g6 (7... Bb4 8. O-O {main}) 8. Nb5 {the N will need to retreat again} (
8. O-O) 8... Na6 (8... Qd8) 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Qd8 12. Nd6 cxd6 13.
Bxa6 Qc8 $11 14. Bd3 (14. Bxb7 {deprives Bl of the 2 Bs}) 14... d5 15. e5 d6
16. a4 a5 17. Rfe1 Qc7 $11 18. h3 Bc6 19. Qc2 (19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. g3
$11 {Komodo10}) 19... Qd7 20. b3 dxe5 21. dxe5 $11 (21. Nxe5 $11 {feels better}
) 21... Qe7 22. Qe2 Rfc8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rac1 Qg5 25. Qe3 (25. g3 h5 26. Bb5
Ra7 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. h4 $11 {Komodo10}) 25... Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Bf8 27. Re2 (27.
Bb5 {removes the 2 Bs, and the N can then sit on b5}) 27... Ba3 28. Rcc2 Bf8
29. g3 Rc5 30. c4 $6 {gives Bl targets down the c file & the d file , weakens
the bl squares & makes the wh B slightly bad} (30. Bb5 Bc8 31. f4 $11) 30...
Rd8 $17 31. Nf3 (31. Nb5 dxc4 32. Bxc4 Bc6 $17 {Komodo10}) 31... dxc4 32. Rxc4
(32. Bxc4 Bc6 33. Ne1 Rd1 34. Kh2 Bb7 $17 {Komodo10}) 32... Bc6 (32... Bxa4 $19
{Howard Williams & Komodo10}) 33. Be4 (33. Rxc5 Bxc5 34. Ne1 Bb4 35. Be4 Bxe4
36. Rxe4 Rd1 37. Kf1 Rb1 $19 {Komodo10}) 33... Rxc4 34. bxc4 Bxa4 $19 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Philpin, Les"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O b5 {unusual to give up this B} (10... Qa5 11. Kb1)
11. Bd3 (11. Qf2 Nd7 12. Bd3 {main}) 11... Qa5 (11... O-O 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13.
Bxh7+ Kh8 (13... Kxh7 14. Ng5+ $18 {Langrock-Gaede, JBLN GER 2000,1-0}) 14. Ng5
(14. Bd3 $16) 14... g6 (14... f6 $11) 15. h4 f6 16. Bxg6 $18 {Hoyos
Millan-Kossak, New York op 1990,1-0}) 12. Kb1 Bb7 (12... Bd7 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14.
f5 {3 games}) (12... Nxd3 {Komodo10, not yet played}) 13. Qf2 (13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Qc7 15. Rhf1 O-O 16. g4 {Briscoe-Broomfield, Coulsdon Autumn 2007,1-0}) (
13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. f5 {Cloud Engines}) 13... Nd7 (13... b4 14. Ne2 Nxd3 15. Rxd3
O-O $11 {Komodo10}) 14. Ne2 (14. Qg3 g6 15. h4 $14 {Komodo10}) 14... Nb4 15.
Nc1 Qc7 16. Nb3 (16. f5 $16 Nxe5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qg5 20.
Rhf1 Rf8 21. Qe2 Qh6 22. Be3 $16 {Komodo10}) 16... Rc8 $11 (16... O-O $11) 17.
Rc1 Bc6 18. Qg3 g6 19. h4 $16 a5 (19... h5) 20. h5 $18 a4 21. Nbd4 (21. hxg6 $1
axb3 (21... fxg6 22. Bxg6+) 22. Rxh7 Rxh7 23. gxh7 $18 {Komodo10}) 21... Nxd3
22. cxd3 Qb7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nxe6 (24. f5 $1 {even stronger, Komodo10}) 24...
Kf7 (24... Nf8) 25. f5 $1 Rcg8 26. Nfg5+ (26. f6 $1) 26... Bxg5 27. Nxg5+ Ke8
28. e6 (28. f6) 28... Nf6 29. Qd6 (29. Nf7) 29... h6 30. Nf7 {mating} 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Huw"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Juan Talavera"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 (4. f3) 4... d6 (4... Qb6 {main}) 5. f3
Nf6 (5... Qa5+) 6. e4 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. Nc3 Qb6 {rare} (8... a6) (8... O-O) 9.
Bb5+ (9. Na4 Qc7 10. c4 h5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 {Gaspar-Solti, HUN ch tm 1999,1-0}) (9.
O-O-O {Cloud Engines}) 9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Nge2 h6 12. Ng3 Qa6 13. Qe2
Qxe2+ 14. Ngxe2 $11 Nh5 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. g4 (17. Bc1 $11) 17... Nf6
$15 18. h3 Nxd2 (18... b5 $15 {Komodo10}) 19. Kxd2 $11 Nd7 20. a4 Rb8 21. Ra2 (
21. Raf1 $11) (21. a5 $11) 21... g5 $15 {gains the bl squares} 22. Rf1 h5 23.
fxg5 hxg4 24. hxg4 Ne5 $17 (24... Rh4 $17) 25. Nf4 Rh2+ 26. Nce2 Nxg4 (26...
Kd7 {lets the QR join in}) 27. c3 Kd7 28. Raa1 Rbh8 29. Rae1 R8h4 30. Kc1 Nf2
$19 31. Kb1 Nxe4 32. Kc1 Nxg5 33. Ng3 Be5 34. Nf5 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Jansen van Rensburg, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
(8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 {sharpest, hems in the Bl pieces}) 8... e5 9. d5
h5 {rare} (9... a5) (9... Nh5) 10. Bg5 Nf8 11. b4 N8h7 12. Bd2 Ng4 (12... Rf8
13. c5 Ne8 14. Ne1 f5 15. f3 f4 {Drozdov-Klabis, LTU ch tm 2013,0-1}) (12... c6
{Cloud Engines, not yet played}) 13. h3 f5 $6 {dubious attack} (13... Ngf6 14.
c5 $16) 14. hxg4 fxg4 15. Nh2 $18 Qh4 {Bl is only 'attacking' with a Q against
several pieces lying in defence} 16. g3 (16. Nb5 $18 {Komodo10. just getting
on with the real attack on the Q side}) 16... Qf6 17. f3 $1 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Qe7
19. Kg2 (19. Nh4) 19... Bf6 20. Rh1 Bg4 21. Raf1 {Wh takes over the K side
attack} h4 $6 {helps Wh in opening lines} 22. Nxh4 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 g5 24. Nf5 Qd7
25. Rh5 Rf8 26. Rfh1 Rf7 27. Nh6+ Kf8 28. Nxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miller, John S"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 (3. d5 {main}) 3... g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2
d6 7. Be2 Be6 (7... Nc6) 8. h3 Nc6 9. e4 (9. O-O {develop before committal
pawn moves?}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. O-O $2 f6 (12... Qb6 13. Qa4
Bd7 14. Bb5 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxe5 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15 {Vestly-Akesson,
Vienna op 2013,0-1}) 13. exf6 Bxf6 (13... exf6 $5) 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nb3 Qb6 16.
Be3 a5 17. a4 Rac8 18. Bb5 $11 Red8 19. Rc1 Na7 20. Rxc8 (20. Bd3 Rxc1 21. Bxc1
Nc6 22. Bb5 $11 {Komodo10}) (20. Nc5 Nxb5 21. axb5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qxb5 23. Bd4
Qb4 24. Re1 Bf5 25. b3 Be4 26. Bxf6 exf6 27. Nd4 $11 {Komodo10} Rxc5 28. Rxc5
Qxc5 29. Ne6 $18) 20... Rxc8 21. Bd3 $11 Bd7 (21... Qb4 22. Nfd2 Nxd2 23. Bxd2
Qxa4 24. Bxa5 $11 {Komodo10}) 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nfd2 (23. Nc5 Bc6 24. Ng5 Qxb2
25. Ngxe4 Qa2 26. Qg4 $16 {Komodo10}) 23... Bxa4 24. d5 Qb4 (24... Qb5 25. Bxa7
Qxd5 26. Be3 Rc6 $11 {Bl gets pawns for the piece while Wh's pieces are in
passive positions ; Komodo10}) 25. Bxa7 b6 26. Qe2 (26. Qg4 $1 Rc2 27. Qe6+ Kg7
28. Nxe4 Bxb3 29. Nxf6 exf6 30. Qd7+ Kh6 31. Qd8 Kg7 32. Bxb6 Bxd5 33. Rd1 Bf7
34. Bd4 Rc6 35. Bc3 $14 {Komodo10}) 26... Bxb3 27. Nxb3 Qxb3 $15 28. Qxe4 Rc2 (
28... Rd8 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Qxb6 Qxd5 $15 {Komodo10}) 29. Qe6+ (29. Bxb6 a4 30.
Bd8 $14 {Komodo10}) 29... Kg7 30. Bxb6 Qb4 (30... a4 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Qxe7+ Kg8
(32... Kh6 33. Qh4+ Kg7 34. Qxd4+ Kg8 35. d6 Qxb2 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. d7 $18) 33.
Qe8+ $11 {Komodo10}) 31. Qe3 $11 (31. b3 Qxb3 32. Bxa5 $11) 31... a4 32. Qd3 (
32. g4 h6 33. Rd1 Qxb2 34. d6 exd6 35. Rxd6 $11 Qc1+ {to protect the Bl K} 36.
Qxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kg2 Kf7 (37... h5 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Ra7 Rc4 40. Kf3 $11) 38. Be3
Rc4 39. Bxh6 $11 {Komodo10}) 32... Rxb2 $19 33. Qe3 $2 Qxb6 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Black "Cooke, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Qa5 {rare} (5... Bg7 6. Be2 O-O {
main King's Indian}) 6. Bd2 (6. a3 Nxe4 7. b4 Nxc3 8. bxa5 Nxd1 9. Kxd1 {
Sabourin-Laurin, Gatineau Maisonneuve mem 2008,0-1}) 6... Bg4 (6... Bg7) 7. Nd5
(7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 {back to more usual positions}) 7... Qd8 8. Nxf6+
exf6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 $14 Bg7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Qg3 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd3 b6
(14... f5 15. exf5 Bxd4 16. Rae1 Qd8 17. Bh6 Be5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
fxg6 fxg6 21. Kh1 $16 {Komodo10}) 15. Bf4 $18 Qd8 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Bc7 Qc8 18.
Bf4 Nf8 (18... f5 $5) 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bc2 (21. b4) 21... Qb7 22.
b3 Qe7 23. Rfe1 Rd7 24. f4 (24. d5 $1 {gets a protected passed pawn}) 24... Qa3
25. Bb1 Ne6 26. Qf2 (26. d5) 26... Red8 27. g4 (27. d5 $1) (27. f5) 27... g5 {
gets a bit of play} 28. f5 (28. fxg5 fxg5 29. d5) 28... Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30.
d5 Bf8 31. Qxf4 Qb2 {Wh has a bad B, while Bl has a lot of activity on the bl
squares} (31... Bd6 32. Qc1 Qc5+ 33. Kg2 Be5 $16 {but there are great
difficulties for Wh to get active pieces}) 32. Qh2 (32. e5 $18 {Komodo10} fxe5
33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. f6 cxd5 35. Bxh7 $1 Kxh7 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Rxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxe5
dxc4 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Qg5+ Kh8 41. bxc4 $18) 32... Qc3 33. Qg2 Bc5+ 34. Kh1
Re7 35. Rf1 (35. dxc6 $18) 35... cxd5 36. Rf3 Qe5 37. Qh2 (37. cxd5) 37... d4
38. Qxe5 fxe5 $14 (38... Rxe5 $14) 39. f6 Re6 40. Bd3 h6 41. Rf5 Kh7 42. Rg1
Rg8 43. h4 Rg6 44. g5 $16 Bd6 (44... Rg8 45. Rg3 h5 46. Be2 Kg6 47. Bf1 Kh7 48.
Bh3 Rc6 49. Rf1 Rd8 50. Rd3 Bd6 51. Bf5+ Kg8 $16 {but its not clear where
there will be a Wh breakthrough}) 45. Rg3 $18 (45. Be2 $18) 45... Re8 46. Be2
Rf8 47. Bh5 Rgg8 48. Kg2 Bc5 49. Rff3 (49. Kf3) 49... a5 50. a4 Bb4 51. Rf5 Bc5
52. Rff3 (52. Rgf3) 52... Bb4 53. Rf5 Bd6 54. Kf1 Bc5 55. Rf2 (55. Rg2) 55...
Bd6 56. Ke2 Kh8 {Bl should keep the K on h7 to prevent a g6 break} 57. Rgg2 (
57. g6 $18) 57... Bc5 58. Kd3 Bb4 59. Rf5 (59. g6 $18) 59... Bd6 60. Rg4 (60.
g6 $1 $18) 60... Kh7 61. Rf1 Bb4 62. Rg2 Bd6 63. Bg4 Bb4 (63... Rg6 64. Bf5 $2
h5 65. Bxg6+ Kxg6 {& its not clear if there is a way in for Wh; Komodo10}) 64.
Bf5+ Kh8 65. g6 $18 {a break through} fxg6 66. Be6 (66. Bxg6 Rf7 67. Rff2 Rc7
68. f7 {should also win}) 66... Kh7 67. Bxg8+ Rxg8 68. f7 Rf8 69. h5 g5 (69...
gxh5 70. Rf5 Bd6 71. Rh2 Kg6 72. Rhxh5 Rxf7 73. Rxh6+ Kxh6 74. Rxf7 Kg5 75. Rb7
Bc5 76. Rc7 Kf4 77. Rg7 Kf3 78. Rg6 Kf4 79. Re6 {zugzwang; Komodo10 nudged})
70. Rgf2 Kg7 71. Rf6 Be7 (71... Bc5 72. Rg6+ Kh7 73. Rff6 {zugzwang}) 72. Rg6+
Kh7 73. Rxb6 Kg7 74. Re6 Rxf7 75. Rxf7+ Kxf7 76. Rxe5 g4 77. Rf5+ Bf6 78. e5
1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 f5 6. f4 (6. Nh3 Nf6 7. f4 exf4 8.
Nxf4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. O-O $11 {Rolli-Joacim, Baden ch, Ladenburg 1992,1-0})
6... exf4 7. Bxf4 (7. exf5 fxg3 8. hxg3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Ngxe2 gxf5 11.
Bd2 c6 12. O-O-O $14 {Komodo10}) 7... fxe4 8. Bxe4 (8. Qe2 $11 {Komodo10}) 8...
Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Nge2 Nh5 11. O-O (11. Be3 {Rudy} c6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. O-O-O
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Kb1 $11 {Komodo10}) 11... Nxf4 12. Nxf4 c6 $15 13. d4 Qb6
14. Nce2 Qxb2 (14... d5 $15) 15. a4 (15. Qd3 {Komodo10} Bf5 16. Be4 (16. Qe3
Nd7 $19 {Rudy}) 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Na6 18. Rab1 Rae8 19. Qd3 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 c5
$11 {Komodo10}) 15... Bf5 $6 {weakens e6 for N entry} (15... Qb6 {first idea}
16. Rb1 Qc7 17. d5 Qe7 18. Qd2 c5 $15 {Komodo10}) (15... d5 $1 {Komodo10} 16.
Rb1 Qa3 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. Qxc4 Nd7 $15) 16. Rb1 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 Bxc2
18. Rxb7 Re8 $11 (18... Bf5) (18... Bxa4 {originally intended} 19. Ne6 $18 (19.
Rxg7+ $1 {Matthew & Komodo10} Kxg7 20. Ne6+ Kh6 (20... Kg8 21. Rxf8#) 21. Rxf8
$18)) 19. d5 Be5 (19... c5 $1 {Komodo10} 20. Ne6 (20. Bh3 Na6 21. Ne6 Bh8 22.
Rff7 Nb4 23. N2f4 Be5 24. Rxh7 g5 25. Nxg5 Bxh7 26. Nxh7 Bxf4 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28.
Nh7+ $11) 20... Bh8 21. Rff7 (21. Nc7 Re7 22. Ne6 Nd7 $15 {Komodo10}) 21... a5
22. Rxh7 Na6 $11 {Komodo10}) (19... Bf5 20. dxc6 Na6 $14 {Komodo10}) (19... Na6
{Komodo10} 20. Ne6 Be5 21. dxc6 Rxe6 22. Bd5 Nc5 23. c7 Nxb7 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25.
Rc1 Bxa4 26. Bd5 Bd7 27. Bxb7 Re8 28. c8=Q Bxc8 29. Bxc8 $16) 20. dxc6 $18 Bf5
(20... Na6 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Ne6 Nc5 (22... Rxe6 23. Bxe6 Nc5 24. Bd5 Nxb7 25.
cxb7 Rb8 26. Rf7 $18) 23. Nc7 (23. Ng5) 23... Nxb7 24. cxb7 Rad8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8
26. Rf7 $18 {Komodo10}) 21. Nd5 {after a longish think} (21. g4 $1 Bxg4 22.
Bd5+ Kh8 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Rff7 Nd7 25. cxd7 Red8 26. Rb4 Bxe2 27. Bxa8 Rxa8
28. Re7 Rg8 29. Re8 Bf6 30. Rxe2 $18 {Komodo10}) (21. c7 Na6 22. Bc6 Rec8 23.
Nd5 $18 {Komodo10}) 21... Nxc6 {only chance} 22. Nc7 Nd4 23. Nxd4 (23. Nf4 {
Rudy, makes life more difficult for Bl}) 23... Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Rac8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8
26. h3 (26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. h3 $16) 26... h5 (26... Re5 27. g4 Be6 28. Rd1 Bc5 29.
a5 h5 30. Bf3 $16 {Komodo10}) 27. Rd1 (27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. g4 $18 {Komodo10 & pm
analysis} hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Rff7 $18) 27... Bc5 $14 28. Rf1 Re3 (28... Re5
) 29. Bd5+ (29. g4 $1 {Komodo10} hxg4 30. Bd5+ Be6 (30... Kh8 31. hxg4 Re5 32.
gxf5 Rxd5 33. f6 $18)) 29... Kh8 30. Kh2 (30. Bg2 Rxg3 31. Re1 Re3 32. Rxe3
Bxe3 33. Bc6 Bc5 $14) 30... Re2+ 31. Kh1 Re3 32. Kh2 Re2+ 33. Kh1 {and Bl
claimed the draw, because Re3 repeates the position 3 times} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Orton, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. d3 c6 7. Nf3 Nd7 (7...
f6) 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd2 a5 $146 (10... f5 {main}) 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Ng5
(12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Be6 14. d4 $14 {Komodo10}) 12... Rac8 {why allow doubled
pawns} (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 $11 {Komodo10} (13... Bxg5 $11 {Stockfish8})) (
12... Bxg5 13. Bxg5 h6 14. Bd2 Rfc8 $11 {Komodo10}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 $16 14. Bh3 {
Stockfish8} (14. Ne4 {Komodo10}) 14... Rf6 15. Rac1 Nc5 (15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Ra8 17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Bg2 $16 {Komodo10}) 16. Ne4 $18 (16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. Qa4 Qd8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Nc7 22. Bg5 Rf7 23.
Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxe6 Bf8 25. Bxd5 $18 {Komodo10}) 16... Nxe4 17. dxe4 Nb6 18.
Bxa5 $18 Ra8 19. Bd2 {both Engines} Bd6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Rcd1 Nf8 22. Rd3 Rf7
23. Rfd1 Rd8 (23... Be7 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Rd7 Qc8 26. Qc4 $18 {Komodo10}) 24.
Qb3 (24. Bg5 Rdd7 25. Qd2 $18 Bc5 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxe6 $18 {Komodo10, the e6
pawn keeps dropping off}) 24... Qe7 25. Qc3 (25. Bc5 $18 {both Engines}) 25...
Qc7 26. Qd2 Rfd7 27. Qc3 (27. Bg5 $18 Be7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Bxe6+
Kf8 31. Bxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rxd7+ Qxd7 33. Bxd7 Kxd7 {Komodo10, winning pawn endgame
}) 27... h6 28. Qb3 Re8 29. Bb6 Qb8 30. Qc2 Bc7 31. Bc5 (31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Rxd7
Bxb6 33. Qb3 $18 {Komodo10}) 31... Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Qc8 33. Qd2 b6 34. Be3 Kh7 35.
Qc1 Bd8 36. f4 exf4 37. gxf4 Re7 38. Qd1 Bc7 39. f5 (39. e5 $18 {both Engines})
39... Be5 (39... Qe8 $11 {Komodo10} 40. Qc1 exf5 41. Bxf5+ (41. exf5 c5 42. Bg2
Nd7 43. Bc6 Qh5 44. Rxd7 Qxh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh3+ 46. Ke1 Rxe3 47. Qc2 Bg3+ 48. Kd2
Bf4 49. Ke1 Qh4+ 50. Kf1 Qf6 $15 {Komodo10}) 41... g6 42. Bg4 Rf7 $11) 40. Rd8
Qc7 (40... Rd7 41. Rxc8 Rxd1+ 42. Kg2 exf5 (42... Bd6 43. e5 $18) (42... Nd7
43. fxe6 Nf6 44. e7 $18) 43. Rxf8 fxe4 44. b4 $18 {Komodo10}) 41. Rxf8 Rd7 42.
Qf1 Bxh2+ 43. Kh1 Qg3 44. fxe6 Re7 45. Bf4 (45. Rh8+ $1 {both Engines} Kxh8 (
45... Kg6 46. Qf5#) 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Bf5+ g6 48. Qxe7+ Kg8 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50.
Bd4+ Qe5 51. Bxg6 Qxd4 52. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Di-Vetta, Andrew"]
[Black "Ehsander, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 (7...
c5) (7... c6) 8. Nbd2 $146 (8. Nc3) (8. h3) (8. Bf4) 8... c6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. b3
Nbd7 11. Ndf3 Nb6 {not sure where the N is going} (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd7 $11)
12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Qd2 (14. Nexf7 Rxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. e4 $14 {
Komodo10}) 14... Qe7 15. f4 Bc5+ 16. d4 Bb4 17. Qd3 h6 18. a3 Bd6 19. Nh3 Re8
$15 20. Nf2 Be6 (20... Ne4 $15 21. Nxe4 Bf5) 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. e3 (22. e4 Nxe4
23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Nxf7 dxe4 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Qc2 Qd7 $15 {Komodo10}) 22... Qc7
23. a4 a6 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Nc8 26. f5 Bd7 27. e4 (27. g4 $11) 27... dxe4
28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Nd6 $17 {the Wh pieces are scatterred} 30. Nf3 (30. Nxd7
Qxd7 31. Raa1 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Qxd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 $17 {Komodo10})
30... Rxe4 $19 31. Rxe4 Bxf5 32. Nd2 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Qe7 34. Ra2 Qxe4 35. Qxe4
Bxe4 36. Kf2 Rxd4 37. Ke3 Rb4 38. Rd2 Bd5 39. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1598"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 O-O (7...
h6) (7... d5) 8. Qd2 Re8 (8... d5) 9. h4 (9. Ne4 {played}) 9... h5 10. Ne4 $18
Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nd6 f6 (12... Kf8) 13. Nxe8 (13. Bd2) 13... fxg5 14. Nxg7
Kxg7 15. hxg5 (15. Nxg5) 15... d5 16. Ne5 Rb8 17. O-O-O b6 18. g4 hxg4 19. Rh2
(19. Rh6) 19... Bb7 20. Rdh1 Rg8 21. Rh7+ Kf8 22. Nd7+ (22. Rf7+ Ke8 23. Rhh7)
22... Ke8 23. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Dewi"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 (6... e5) 7. Qe1
(7. e4 {main}) 7... Bb4 {rare} (7... Be7) (7... Bd6) (7... Bc5) 8. e4 (8. a3) (
8. c3 {played}) 8... Qc7 9. c3 Bd6 10. d4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13.
Qe3 (13. Qe2) 13... Nd5 (13... O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ne5 $11 {Komodo10}) 14. Qg5
f5 (14... Bxf3 15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Bxf3 $16 {Komodo10}) 15. Re1 (15. c4 Nf6 16.
c5 Bf8 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Rfe1 $16 {Komodo1`0}) 15... Kf7 (15... O-O 16. Ne5 Be7
17. Qd2 Bh5 $14 {Komodo10}) 16. Ne5+ (16. c4 Be7 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nf6 19.
Qc3 $16 {Komodo10}) 16... Bxe5 17. Rxe5 h6 18. Qd2 Rad8 (18... Rhe8) 19. h3 Bh5
20. c4 Nf6 21. d5 $2 (21. Qc3 Rhe8 22. Bd2 Kg8 23. Rae1 $16) 21... Qxe5 $19 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mort, Andrew J"]
[Black "Leah, Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 (3... d5) 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7.
Nf3 Nc6 8. Qd1 (8. Qa4 {main}) 8... Qb6 $146 (8... Bc5) (8... Be7) 9. O-O h6
10. Nc3 Be6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 Rac8 (13... a6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Nd4
Rc8 {Asendorf-Knaak, Hamburg Junge 2005,1/2-1/2}) 14. Na4 (14. Qd3 Rfd8 15.
Rfd1 $11 {Khotenashvili-Huang, China Elite Blitz women Huwaian 2016,1-0}) 14...
Qd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne4 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Nd4 $14 Nf6 19. Qd2 $16 Bg4 20.
Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rfe1 Bf5 22. Qd4 (22. Bd4 $16) 22... Rfe8 23. Qf4 (23. Rc5 $16)
23... Qe6 24. Bxf6 (24. Qa4 $14) 24... Qxf6 25. g4 Be4 (25... Bd7 $11) 26. Qxf6
gxf6 27. Rc5 $14 Bd3 28. e3 (28. Kf1) 28... Be4 29. Rec1 $16 f5 30. gxf5 (30.
Bxe4 Rxe4 31. gxf5 $18 {Komodo10}) 30... Bxg2 (30... Bxf5) 31. Kxg2 $18 Re5 32.
Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxf5 34. Rxh6 d4 35. exd4 Rd5 36. Ra6 Rxd4 37. Rxa7 Rd3 38.
b4 Kf8 39. a4 Ke8 40. b5 Rb3 41. Rb7 Ra3 42. Ra7 (42. b6 Rxa4 43. Ra7 Rb4 44.
b7 $18 {Komodo10}) 42... f5 43. b6 Kd8 44. a5 (44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. b7) 44... Kc8
45. h4 Ra4 46. h5 Rh4 47. a6 Kb8 48. Rb7+ Ka8 49. Rg7 f4 50. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horrell, Stephen A"]
[Black "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 (5. Nf3) (5. Bc4) 5... Bf5 6.
Bd2 c6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne4 (8. O-O {back to main}) 8... Qd8 9. Nxf6+ (9. Ng3) 9...
gxf6 (9... Qxf6) 10. Nh4 $146 (10. O-O) (10. Bf4) 10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12.
Be3 (12. c3) 12... Qd6 13. h3 Qb4+ 14. Qd2 (14. c3 Qxb2 15. O-O $16 {Komodo10})
14... Qxb2 15. O-O $14 Bb4 16. Rab1 (16. Qd1 Qa3 17. c4 $14 {Komodo10}) 16...
Qxb1 $17 17. Rxb1 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 b6 $19 19. Bb4 Kd7 20. c4 a5 21. Bc3 Kc7 22. f4
Re8 23. Bf3 Nd7 24. d5 $1 e5 25. dxc6 Nc5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Bd5 Re7 (27... f6)
28. Be1 Rh8 29. Bf2 f5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Rb5 (31. Rb7+ Kd6 $19) 31... e4 32.
Kf1 Rb8 33. Rxa5 Rb2 34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Ra8 e3 (35... Ke5) 36. Rd8+ Kc7 37. Rd7+
Rxd7 38. cxd7 Kxd7 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 (4. e5) 4... c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7.
Nxe4 Bd7 (7... Be7 {main}) 8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bc6 10. Qd3 {scores 0% from 2
games} (10. Bxc6+ {scores 17% from 9 games}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxe4 12. Qxe4
Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nc6 14. Nb3 Qb6 $15 (14... O-O 15. O-O Qf6 16. Nc5 Qxd4 17. Qxd4
Nxd4 18. Rfd1 (18. Rad1 e5 $17 {Asgarizadeh-Darini,IRI ch Tabriz 2013,0-1})
18... e5 $17 {Feuerstack-Vallejo Pons, Bundesliga 2012,0-1}) 15. O-O Rd8 16.
Rfd1 Qb4 (16... Rd5 {Komodo10.1 & Deep Hiarcs14}) 17. Rd3 Rd5 18. Rad1 (18. a3
Qd6 $17 {Komodo10.1}) (18. Rh3 h5 19. Rd1 O-O $17 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 18... O-O
19. Nc5 $2 Rfd8 (19... Rxc5 $19) 20. a3 Qxb2 21. Rh3 h6 22. Nxe6 (22. Na4 Rxd4
23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19 {Komodo10.1 & Deep Hiarcs14}) 22... Nxd4 $1 $19
{backrank} (22... fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19 {not as strong}) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehsander, Peter"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 (8... Be6) (8... O-O) 9. Be2 Bf6 (9... Qd7 {main}) 10. h3 (10. O-O-O
Qd7 11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 {Kobs-Lutz, GER ch tm corr 1995, 1/2-1/2}) 10...
Be6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd7 (12... f6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. b3 O-O 15. f4 Nd7 16.
Bf3 $14 {Martins-Loresetti, Maringa op 2014,1-0}) 13. f4 (13. O-O-O) 13... f6
14. Bh4 (14. Bh5+ g6 15. Bxf6 O-O $1 $19) 14... Qf7 15. b3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O $14
Kb8 17. g4 (17. Bf3 d5 18. Rhe1 Rhe8 19. Bf2 $14 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 17... Rde8 (
17... h5 18. gxh5 Qd7 19. Rhg1 Rde8 (19... Bxh3 $11) 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 f5
$11 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 18. Rhf1 f5 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Kb2 Qg6 21. Rg1 (21. Qg2)
21... Qh6 22. Bg3 (22. Bf2 Qxh3 23. Rg3 Qh6 24. g5 Qg6 25. Rh1 Qe6 26. Rgh3 h6
27. Re1 Qg8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bd5 Qf8 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. gxh6 Qxe3 32. Rxe3 gxh6
33. Be6 $14 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 22... Qf6 (22... Qxh3 23. g5 h5 24. gxh6 Qxh6 $15
{Deep Hiarcs14}) 23. g5 (23. Bf2 $14) 23... Qf7 24. Bf2 $14 (24. c4 b6 25. Bf2
Nd8 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. cxd5 $16 {Komodo10}) 24... Nd8 25. c4 (25. Qd4 b6 26. Bd5
Be6 27. Bg2 Bd7 $14 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 25... Bc6 $11 26. Be2 (26. Bd5) 26... b6
27. a4 Nb7 (27... Ne6) 28. h4 Re7 29. Rde1 Rhe8 30. h5 Nc5 $15 31. Bxc5 dxc5 (
31... bxc5 $15) 32. a5 (32. Bd1 $11 a5) 32... Rd7 (32... Re6 33. Bd3 g6 34.
hxg6 hxg6 35. Qc3 Qd7 $15 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 33. Bd3 (33. Qc3 Be4 34. Rd1 $11 {
Deep Hiarcs14}) 33... Rxe1 (33... Qxh5 34. g6 Be4 35. Rg5 Qh4 36. Re2 h6 37.
Rxf5 Rdd8 38. Rf7 Bxg6 39. Rh2 Qxh2 40. Qxh2 Bxf7 $11 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 34. Qxe1
g6 (34... Re7) 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qe5 (36. axb6 Qg7+ 37. Qc3 Qxc3+ 38. Kxc3 cxb6
39. Re1 $11 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 36... Kb7 (36... Re7 37. Qh8+ Re8 $11 (37... Qe8
$11 {Deep Hiarcs14})) 37. Qf6 $2 (37. Re1 $11) 37... bxa5 $1 $15 {avoids a6 ch
& has a potential passed a pawn for later} 38. Qxf7 (38. Re1 $11 {Komodo10})
38... Rxf7 39. Re1 Bd7 (39... Rd7 40. Ka3 Rd4 41. Re6 Rd6 42. Re5 Kb6 $15) (
39... a4 40. bxa4 Bxa4 41. Re5 $11 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 40. Re5 Kb6 41. Rd5 (41.
Ka3 Rh7 42. Be2 $11 {Deep Hiarcs14 & Komodo10}) 41... Re7 $15 (41... a4 $17)
42. Kc3 (42. Ka3 a4 43. bxa4 Bc6 44. Rd8 Ka5 $17 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 42... a4 $17
43. b4 cxb4+ 44. Kxb4 Rh7 (44... Kb7 $15 {Komodo10}) 45. c5+ Kb7 46. Ka5 (46.
Rd4 $1 a6 (46... Re7 47. c3 Rh7 48. Bc4 Re7 49. Ka5 a3 50. Ba6+ Kb8 51. Rb4+
Ka8 52. Bb7+ $11) 47. c3 (47. Bc4 $11 {Komodo10}) 47... Bc6 (47... Be6 48. Kxa4
Kc6 49. Bc4 (49. Bxa6 Kxc5 $19 50. Bd3 Rh2 51. Bb1 Rb2 52. Rb4 Rxb4+ 53. cxb4+
Kd4 $19) 49... Bxc4 50. Rxc4 Re7 51. Ka5 Re6 52. Rb4 (52. Kb4 Re4 $19) 52...
Kxc5 $17 {Komodo10}) 48. Ka5 a3 49. Bxa6+ Kb8 50. Rb4+ Ka7 51. Bb5 Be4 52. Ra4
Rh4 53. Be8 Rxf4 54. Kb4+ Kb7 55. Kxa3 $11 {Deep Hiarcs14}) 46... a3 $19 47.
Ba6+ Kc6 48. c4 a2 49. Bb5+ Kb7 50. Ba6+ (50. c6+ Kb8 (50... Bxc6 51. Ba6+ Kb8
52. Rd8#) 51. Rd1 Bc8 52. Ba4 Rh2 53. Kb4 Rf2 $17 {Komodo10}) 50... Kb8 51. Rd1
c6 {safest} (51... Rh2 52. c6 Rd2 (52... Bc8 {Komodo10}) 53. Rh1 Be8 54. Bb5
Kc8 55. Ra1 Kd8 56. Kb4 Ke7 57. Re1+ Kf8 58. Kb3 Re2 59. Ra1 Ke7 $19 {Deep
Hiarcs14}) 52. Ra1 Rh2 53. Kb4 Kc7 54. Kc3 Rf2 {and Bl wins both K side pawns}
0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. c3 (
8. e4 {main}) (8. h3 {eg Van Kemenade-Hewitt, Welsh Seniors Invitational 2016,
1/2-1/2}) 8... d4 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Bd2 Bg4 (10... e5) (10... Rb8) 11. Nc2 (11.
Nc4 {alternative}) 11... Rc8 (11... Qd7 12. c4 Nc7 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne3 14.
Bxe3 dxe3 15. Rb1 {Van Kemenade-Denison, Huddersfield League 2005,1-0}) 13. Ng5
(13. b4) 13... a5 14. h3 h6 15. hxg4 hxg5 16. Bf3 {Movsziszian-Youssoupov,
Sitges op 2016,1-0}) 12. Ng5 $146 (12. c4 $11 {yet 0-3}) 12... h6 (12... c4 $11
{Komodo10}) 13. Ne4 b6 14. Nf2 {Komodo10} (14. c4 Nf6 15. Nf2 $11) 14... Be6
15. e4 (15. c4 $11) 15... dxe3 16. Nxe3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bd5 18. Qe2 Bxg2 (18...
e5 $15) 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ $15 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 (5. a4 {main}) 5... Qa5 (5...
Be7) (5... f6 {main}) 6. e4 Bb4 $146 (6... b5 $11 {4 Wh wins & 4 draws}) 7. Bd2
b5 8. a4 Qb6 9. e5 (9. Be2 {Cloud Engines}) 9... a5 (9... Ne7 10. Ne4 Bxd2+ 11.
Qxd2 O-O $11 {Komodo10}) 10. Ne4 Bf8 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O $14 Nd7 13. b3 (13.
Be3 Qc7 14. b3 $16 {Komodo10}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. axb5
cxb3 17. Qxb3 Ne7 18. Qa4 Nd5 (18... O-O 19. Bxa5 Qa7 20. Qh4 Bd5 $14 {Komodo10
}) 19. Bxa5 $16 Nc3 {only move} 20. Bxb6 Rxa4 21. Bxc5 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Rc4 (22...
Nc3 23. Rxa4 Nxa4 24. Bb4 Nb2 25. Ra1 Kd7 26. Ng5 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. f3 Bd5
29. Nxf7 $16 {Komodo10}) 23. Bd6 $18 Kd7 24. Ra7 Kc8 25. Ra2 (25. Nd2 Rc3 26.
Nb1 Rc4 27. Na3 Rc3 28. b6 $18 {Komodo10}) 25... Nf4 26. Rfa1 Rd8 (26... Bxf3
27. gxf3 Kb7 28. b6 Nd5 29. h3 Rhc8 30. Ra7+ Kxb6 31. Rxf7 g5 32. Rxh7 Rc3 33.
Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Ne2+ 35. Kg4 $16 {Komodo10}) 27. Ra4 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Bxf3 29.
Rxf4 (29. gxf3 Nd5 30. Ra8+ Kd7 31. Ra7+ Kc8 32. b6 Nxb6 33. Rc7+ Kb8 34. Rxf7+
Ka8 35. Rxg7 $18 {Komodo10}) 29... Bh5 30. g4 Bg6 $14 31. h4 h5 32. f3 Kb7 {
(draw?)} 33. Rc4 Ra8 34. Bc5 Ra2 35. Bd4 (35. b6 $16 Re2 36. Ra4 Kc6 37. Ra8
Rc2 38. Rc8+ Kb7 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. Kg1 $16 {Komodo10; because the K can advance}
) 35... hxg4 $15 36. b6 (36. fxg4 Be4+ 37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxg4 39. Ke2 Rxh4
40. Ra4 $15 {Komodo10}) 36... gxf3 $17 37. Rc7+ (37. h5 $1 {Komodo10} Be4 (
37... Bxh5 38. Rc7+ Kb8 39. Re7 f2 40. Kg2 Bf3+ 41. Kf1 Rc2 42. Re8+ Kb7 43.
Re7+ $11) 38. Bf2 Rxf2 39. Rxe4 Re2 40. Rf4 Rxe5 41. Rxf7+ Kxb6 42. Kg1 Rxh5
43. Kf2 Rf5 44. Rxg7 Kc5 45. Rg4 $11 {Nalimov tablebases}) 37... Kb8 $19 38.
Kg1 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Bd3+ 40. Ke1 Re2+ 41. Kd1 f2 42. Rxf7 Re1+ 43. Kd2 f1=Q 44.
Rxf1 Rxf1 45. Kxd3 Rf4 46. h5 Kb7 47. Bc5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 (7...
exd4) 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f3 (10. Nc3) (10. Qc2) 10... exf3 11. Bxf3 O-O
12. Qc2 $146 {Komodo10} (12. Nc3) (12. Qa4) 12... Qd6 13. Bd2 (13. Nc3) 13...
f4 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 $15 15. Rxf4 Rxf4 (15... Bh3 16. Qb3 Bg5 17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18.
Bf4 Qxb3 19. axb3 Bf6 20. Nc3 Bxd4+ 21. e3 Bc5 $15 {Komodo10}) 16. Bxf4 Bh3 (
16... Qxd4+ 17. e3 Qf6 $11) 17. e3 g5 18. Bxc7 (18. Nc3 Qf3 19. Bxc7) 18... Qf3
19. Nc3 Qxe3+ 20. Qf2 Qd3 21. Rd1 Qc4 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 c5 24. d5 Bf6 25.
d6 (25. Bd6 Rc8) 25... Bg4 26. Rd2 Re8 27. Kf2 Rf8 28. Kg2 Be5 $11 (28... Bd7
$11) 29. h3 Bf3+ 30. Kh2 h5 (30... Bc6 31. Kg1 Bd7 $11 {Komodo10}) 31. Ba5 $14
Bc6 32. d7 (32. Kg1 Bd7 33. Bc3 Rf5 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Bf4 36. Nxf4 Rxf4 37.
Re2 Rg4+ 38. Kf2 Rxh4 39. Re7 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Rf7 41. Re5 Rf5 $11 {Komodo10})
32... Bxd7 33. Rxd7 Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Rxe2 35. Bc3 Bxc3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Byway, Paul V"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d5 d6
9. e4 {it has taken Wh 2 moves to play e4, however the Bl QB is misplaced} Na6
(9... Nbd7 {main}) 10. Ne1 e5 (10... Nc7 {50% from 4 games , is the logical
follow up to Na6}) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nc7 13. Nd3 (13. Nc2 Bc8 14. Ne3 Bd7 $14
{Komodo10}) 13... Ba6 14. b3 Qd7 15. f3 (15. a4) 15... Nh7 (15... Nh5 16. Re1
Nf4 17. Bf1 b5 $11 {Komodo10}) 16. Qc2 f5 17. a4 (17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nf2 $14 {
Komodo10}) 17... Bf6 (17... f4 18. Bf2 Bf6 19. Rab1 Qe7 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. b4 $14
{Komodo10}) 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 e4 21. Nf2 Qg7 $11 22. Rac1 (22.
a5) 22... Bc8 23. Nfd1 Bd7 24. Ne3 Rae8 (24... Kh7) 25. Qd2 a5 26. Qe1 Nh7 (
26... Kh7 {avoids a Q swap}) 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. hxg3 Re7 29. Kf2 $14 Nf6 30. Rh1
Kg7 31. Rh4 (31. Nb5 Nxb5 32. cxb5 Rg8 33. Rcd1 Kh7 34. Nc4 e3+ 35. Ke1 Ne4 36.
Rh2 Nd2 37. Nxb6 Nxb3 38. Nc4 $16 {Komodo10}) 31... Rh8 (31... Kg6 $11 32. g4
fxg4 33. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 34. Bxg4 Rxf4+ 35. Kg3 Rxg4+ 36. Rxg4+ Bxg4 37. Kxg4 Ne8
$11 {Komodo10}) 32. g4 $16 fxg4 33. Nxg4 (33. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 34. Nxg4 h5 35. Ne3
Ne8 36. Rf1 $16 (36. Rch1 $16 {Komodo10})) 33... Nxg4+ (33... e3+ 34. Nxe3 Rhe8
35. Nf1 $16 {Komodo10}) 34. Bxg4 $18 Bxg4 35. Rxg4+ Kf6 36. Nd1 (36. Re1 $18
Kf5 (36... Rhe8 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Rgh4 Kg6 39. Ke3 Ne8 40. g4 $18) 37. Rh4 Ne8
38. Nxe4 Rxe4 39. g4+ Kxf4 40. g5+ $18 {Komodo10}) 36... Ne8 37. Rh4 Ng7 38. g4
$16 Kg6 39. Ne3 Rf7 40. Kg3 Rhf8 41. Ng2 (41. f5+ Kg5 42. Rch1 Rh8 43. Ng2 $18
{headed for e6; Komodo10}) 41... h5 42. Re1 (42. Rch1) 42... hxg4 43. Rxg4+ Kf6
44. Nh4 (44. Rxe4 Nf5+ 45. Kf2 Nd4 $14) 44... Nf5+ (44... Nh5+ 45. Kf2 Rg7 46.
Rxg7 Kxg7 47. Rg1+ Kh7 48. f5 Ng7 49. Rg5 Rf7 50. Ke3 Kh6 51. Rg1 Nxf5+ 52.
Nxf5+ Rxf5 53. Rg8 Rg5 54. Rd8 Rg4 55. Rxd6+ Kg5 56. Rxb6 Kf5 $11 57. Rb5 Rg3+
58. Kd2 Ke5 59. Rxc5 Rxb3 60. Rxa5 Kd4 $11 {Komodo10}) 45. Nxf5 Kxf5 46. Rg5+
Kf6 47. Rxe4 $18 Re7 48. Rxe7 Kxe7 49. Rg7+ Kf6 50. Rd7 Rg8+ 51. Kf3 Rg1 52.
Rxd6+ Kf5 53. Rxb6 Rf1+ 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kd2 Rh1 56. Re6 (56. Rb5) 56... Rh3
57. Re3 Rh2+ 58. Re2 Rh3 59. Kc2 Kxf4 60. d6 Rh8 61. d7 (61. b4 $1 axb4 62. d7
Rd8 63. Rd2 Ke5 64. a5 Ke6 65. a6 $18 {Komodo10}) 61... Rd8 62. Rd2 Ke4 63. Rd5
(63. b4) 63... Ke3 64. Rxc5 Rxd7 65. Re5+ Kd4 66. Rxa5 Rh7 67. Rd5+ Ke4 68. Kc3
Rb7 69. a5 Rb8 70. a6 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 (5... d6) 6. e5 (6. exd5)
6... Ne4 7. Nxe4 (7. Be3) (7. Bd3) 7... dxe4 8. Nd2 (8. Ng1 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10.
Bb5 cxd4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. Rd1 Rd7 15. f3 Ba6 16.
fxe4 Rad8 17. Nf3 $11 {Escribano Serrano-Quijano Cabrera, Madrid San Viator op
2015,1-0}) 8... Qxd4 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Ba3 (10. Nc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Bg5
Nxe5 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 10... Qxe5 11. Nc4 Qf6 $17 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Nc6
14. c3 h5 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Bf5 (16... Rxd1 17. Rxd1 b5 18. Ne3 Qe5 19. g3
Rd8 $17 {Fritz15}) 17. Ne3 Qe5 (17... Ne5 18. Nd5 Qg5 $17 {Fritz15}) 18. Rxd8 (
18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qa4 Bf6 21. h3 Qe5 $15 {Fritz15}) 18... Nxd8 $11
(18... Rxd8 $15) 19. Rd1 (19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Qa4 Nc6 21. Bb5 Rd8 22. Bxc6 bxc6
23. Qxa7 Be5 24. Qc5 Qe6 $15 {Fritz15}) 19... Be6 20. Qa4 Nc6 21. Bb5 Rd8 22.
Bxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 (23. Nxd1 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Bxa2 25. Ne3 a5 $15 {Fritz15})
23... bxc6 $17 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. c4 f5 26. g3 f4 27. gxf4 Qxf4 28. Qe7 Bh3 29.
Bc5 Kh6 30. b3 Qf3 31. Qh4 (31. Qxc7 Qe2 32. Qa5 Qd3 33. Qe1 a6 $17 {Fritz15})
31... a6 32. Qg3 g5 33. Be7 (33. Qxc7 $15) 33... Qxg3+ 34. fxg3 Kg6 35. Bc5 Be5
$17 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Nc2 a5 38. Be3 (38. Bd4 Bf5 39. Bxe5+ Kxe5 40. Ke3 $11 {
Fritz15}) (38. Ke3 h4 39. Bd4 $11 {Fritz15}) 38... h4 39. Nd4 (39. Bd2 hxg3+
40. hxg3 c5 41. Bxa5 $11 {Fritz15}) 39... Bd7 40. Ne2 hxg3+ 41. Nxg3 Bf5 42.
Bd2 Bd4+ 43. Be3 (43. Ke2 $11 Bb6 (43... a4 44. Be3 Bxe3 (44... c5 45. bxa4 $14
) 45. Kxe3 axb3 46. axb3 Ke5 47. Ne2 $11) 44. Nxf5 Kxf5 45. h3 g4 46. hxg4+
Kxg4 47. b4 axb4 48. Bxb4 Kf5 49. a4 Ke6 50. a5 Bd4 51. a6 Kd7 52. Bc3 Ba7 53.
Bb4 $11 {Fritz15}) 43... c5 $17 44. Ke2 Bxe3 (44... Bg4+ 45. Kd2 Bf3 $17 {
Fritz15}) 45. Kxe3 $11 Ke5 46. Ne2 Bg4 47. Nc3 Bf5 48. Nd5 c6 {(draw?)} 49. Nc3
Bg6 50. Na4 Kd6 51. Nc3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodriguez, Juan Talavera"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. g3 (17. Kb1) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 b5 20.
Qe1 $146 (20. Kb1) (20. c5) (20. cxb5 {all drawn in 3 games}) 20... Qb7 21. c5
Nd5 22. Ne5 b4 23. Qe2 a5 24. Rhe1 O-O $15 25. Rh1 a4 26. f4 a3 27. b3 Rfe8 (
27... Bf6 28. g4 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Ne7 30. g5 Rd5 $15 {Fritz15}) 28. g4 $11 f6 29.
Nf3 (29. Ng6 $11) 29... Bf8 30. g5 e5 (30... Qf7 31. Qc4 $14) 31. dxe5 Qa7 (
31... Bxc5 32. Qc4 Qa7 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Rhe1 $14 {Fritz15}) 32. gxf6 $16 Qxc5+
33. Qc4 (33. Kb1 Qc3 $1 34. Be1 (34. Bc1 Qxb3+ 35. axb3 Nc3+ 36. Ka1 Nxe2 $11)
34... Nxf4 $11) 33... gxf6 34. Rhg1+ Kh7 35. Rge1 (35. Kc2 $16) (35. Rg6 $14)
35... Qxc4+ 36. bxc4 Nb6 $15 37. Re4 Na4 (37... Rd3 38. Ne1 Rh3 39. c5 Bxc5 40.
Bxb4 Be3+ 41. Bd2 Bxd2+ 42. Rxd2 Rxh5 $15 {Komodo10}) 38. Kc2 $11 Nb2 39. Rb1 (
39. Rf1) 39... f5 40. Rd4 c5 41. Rxb2 (41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Nh4 Nxc4 43. Bc1 $11 {
Fritz15}) 41... axb2 $19 42. Rd5 Rxd5 43. cxd5 c4 (43... Rd8 $1 $19 44. d6 Bxd6
45. exd6 Rxd6 46. Be1 Rd3 47. Nd2 Re3 48. Bf2 Re2 49. Bxc5 Rxd2+ 50. Kb1 Kg8
51. Bxb4 Rd4 52. Bc3 Rxf4 53. Kxb2 Rh4 $19 {Fritz15}) 44. Nh4 (44. Kxb2 c3+ 45.
Bxc3 bxc3+ 46. Kxc3 Ra8 47. Nd4 Ra3+ 48. Kc4 Ra4+ 49. Kd3 Bc5 50. Nc6 (50. Nxf5
Rxf4 $19) 50... Ra6 51. Kc4 Be3 52. e6 Kg7 $19 {Fritz15}) 44... c3 $19 45. Be3
Ra8 46. d6 b3+ (46... Rxa2) 47. axb3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Mort, Andrew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 (6. Be3) 6... Bxc5 7.
Bd3 (7. b4 {main}) 7... Qc7 8. Qe2 Bd7 $146 (8... Nge7) (8... f6 {played}) 9.
O-O a6 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. Re1 Ng6 $11 (12... O-O $11) 13. Bd2 Bb8
14. Bc3 (14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. h3 O-O 16. Rac1 $14 {Fritz15}) 14... Nf4 15. Qe3
Nxd3 16. cxd3 O-O $11 17. Rac1 Ba7 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nbxd4 Rac8 20. h4 Qd8 21.
h5 h6 22. b4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 (23. Nxd4 Qh4 $17) 23... Bb5 (23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1
Qb8 $11 {Fritz15}) 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. Rec1 Rfd8 26. Kf1 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 (27. Qxc3 d4
28. Qc2 Bc6 $11 {Fritz15}) 27... Rc8 28. Ke2 Rc6 29. Kd2 Qc7 30. Rxc6 bxc6 (
30... Qxc6 31. Qc5 Qd7 $11 {Fritz15}) 31. g4 (31. Qc5 $14) 31... a5 $11 {
(draw?)} 32. g5 axb4 33. axb4 hxg5 34. Nxg5 Qe7 35. Nf3 Qd8 36. Qg4 Qe7 $2 (
36... Qb6 $1 37. Qh4 (37. Ke2 Qa6 38. Qg5 Qa2+ $11) 37... Qa7 38. Ke2 Qa2+ $11)
37. h6 $16 g6 (37... f6 38. Nd4 fxe5 39. Nxe6 e4 40. Qxg7+ Qxg7 41. Nxg7 exd3 (
41... Bxd3 42. f3 $16) 42. Nf5 Kh7 43. Nd4 Ba4 44. Kxd3 Kxh6 45. Ke3 $16 {
Fritz15}) 38. Qf4 $18 c5 39. bxc5 (39. Ng5 Be8 40. bxc5 $18) 39... Qxc5 40. h7+
Kxh7 41. Ng5+ Kh6 42. Nxe6+ (42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qxf7#) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richmond, Jane"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Qf3 e6 4. Qg3 (4. Bc4 {also}) 4... d6 5. d4 Nc6 (5... c5
) 6. c3 (6. Nf3 dxe5 7. dxe5 Bd7 8. Be2 Qe7 9. a3 a5 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 {D.
Ledger- P Richmond, 4NCL 1997,1-0}) 6... dxe5 7. dxe5 Nde7 8. Nf3 (8. f4 Nf5 9.
Qf2 Qd5 10. Nf3 Bc5 11. Qe2 a5 {Kelly-Hatchett, WLS ch Cardiff 2015,0-1}) 8...
Ng6 9. Nbd2 Nce7 10. h4 Nf5 11. Qg4 Qd5 12. Qe4 Bc5 (12... h5 $11) 13. h5 $16
Nge7 14. Bc4 Qxe4+ 15. Nxe4 Bb6 16. h6 $16 Nd5 (16... Nxh6 17. Rxh6 (17. Bxh6)
17... gxh6 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Bxh6 Nd5 20. Bg5 $18 {Fritz15}) 17. hxg7 $18 Nxg7
18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nf6+ Kf8 (19... Ke7 20. Nxd5+ Ke6 21. c4 h5 22. Bg5 c6 23.
Nxb6 axb6 24. Bf6 Rg8 25. O-O-O $18 {Fritz15}) 20. Bh6 (20. Nxh7+ Rxh7 (20...
Ke7 21. Bg5+ Ke6 22. Rh6+ f6 23. Bxf6 Rg8 24. Bxg7+) 21. Rxh7 Kg8 22. Rh2 $18 {
Fritz15}) 20... c6 21. Rh5 Bd8 22. Rg5 Rg8 23. Nxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stuart, Neil"]
[Black "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Qe8 (9... Nc6) (9... g5 {main}) 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qd2 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
O-O Na6 {main}) 11... Nd7 $146 (11... c6 {played; 4-1} 12. d5 $16) 12. Rd1 Nf7
13. Nd5 Qd8 14. O-O c6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. b4 (16. Bg3 {Fritz15 & Komodo9.2}) 16...
a5 17. b5 Re8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rb1 $11 Nc5 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Qc2
Ne6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd1 Qc7 (24... Qxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Ba6 26. Rb6 $11 {Fritz15})
25. Qb3 (25. Na4) 25... Ba6 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6 Nd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Na4 Ne5
(29... Bc8 30. Bd1 g5 31. Bg3 f5 32. Rxc6 Bd7 33. Rc7 Bxa4 34. Bxa4 f4 35. Bc6
Rb8 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Bd5 Rf8 38. Kf1 Be5 39. Rc5 $11 {Fritz15}) 30. Nc5 (30.
Nb2 g5 (30... f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bg3 $16) 31. Bg3 a4 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Nxa4
Bc8 34. Nc5 Rxa2 35. Rxc6 Rxe2 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. Kf1 $16 {Fritz15}
) 30... Bxc4 31. Bxc4+ Nxc4 32. Rxc6 Rd8 (32... Rb8 $11) 33. Nd3 $16 (33. Nd3
Nd2 34. f3 g5 35. Be1 Nb1 36. Kf2 $16 {Fritz15}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bridges, Paul"]
[Black "Bourne, Johnathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Qc7 {uncommon} (6...
cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6) 7. O-O h6 {rare} (7... cxd4) (7... f6) 8. Be3 (8. Re1) 8...
O-O-O (8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Nc3 a6 12. a3 g6 {Heiss-Kuntz,
Bahn ch Borkum 1996,1/2-1/2}) (8... c4 9. Bc2 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. b3 Na5 12.
bxc4 dxc4 13. Ne4 {Paldus-Baramov, Kesarovski Georgiev mem, Sunny Beach 2010,
1-0}) 9. a4 (9. Nbd2 f5 10. h4 Be8 11. Be2 Bh5 12. a4 Qf7 {Guo-Lau, World ol
U16 Singapore 2007,0-1}) 9... f6 (9... c4) 10. exf6 gxf6 (10... Nxf6 $11) 11.
Na3 (11. dxc5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. b4 $16 {Komodo10}) 11... a6 (11... c4) 12.
dxc5 $16 e5 13. Be2 (13. Nb5 $18 {Komodo10} Qb8 (13... axb5 14. axb5 Nb8 15. b4
e4 $2 (15... Bg4 16. Ra8 Re8 17. b6 Qd7 18. Rxb8+ Kxb8 19. Qa1 Bd6 20. cxd6
Qxd6 21. Bb5 $18) 16. b6 Qc6 17. Nd4 $18 {wins Q}) 14. Nh4 e4 15. Be2 Ne5 16.
Nd6+ Bxd6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 $18 {Komodo10}) 13... e4 14. Nd2 (14. Nh4 $18) (
14. Nd4 $18 Bxc5 15. Nab5 $1 {Komodo10}) 14... Be6 (14... h5) 15. Bd4 (15. b4
$18) 15... Bg7 16. b4 $18 Nxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. Nb3 (18. b5) 18... f4 19. b5 (
19. c6 $1 bxc6 20. Bxa6+ Kd7 21. Rc1 f3 22. Nc5+ Ke7 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. gxf3 $18
{Komodo10}) 19... f3 20. gxf3 Bh3 21. bxa6 Bxd4 $5 (21... Qf4 22. Kh1 exf3 23.
Rg1 Bg2+ 24. Rxg2 fxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nf6 26. axb7+ $18 {Komodo10}) 22. Qxd4 Nf6 (
22... Ne7 23. Kh1 Bxf1 24. Bxf1 Nc6 25. Qb2 $18 (25. Nb5 $18 Nxd4 26. Bh3+ Rd7
27. a7 Nc6 28. a8=Q+ Qb8 29. Qxb8+ Nxb8 30. fxe4 dxe4 31. N3d4 $18 {Komodo10}))
23. Kh1 Rhg8 24. Rg1 Bg2+ 25. Rxg2 Rxg2 26. Kxg2 (26. axb7+) 26... Rg8+ 27. Kh1
(27. Kf1 $1 Qxh2 28. axb7+ Kxb7 (28... Kb8 29. Ke1) 29. Ba6+ Kb8 30. Qxf6 $18 {
Komodo10}) 27... Qg7 $17 28. axb7+ Kxb7 $2 (28... Kd7 29. c6+ Ke6 30. Qe5+ Kxe5
31. b8=Q+ Rxb8 32. Rg1 Qc7 $17 {Komodo10}) 29. Na5+ (29. Qb4+ $1 $18 Ka8 30.
Qa5+ Kb8 31. Qb6+ Ka8 32. Qc6+ Kb8 33. Qd6+ Ka8 34. Qg3 $18 {Komodo10}) 29...
Ka8 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Thomas, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. c3 Qb6+ 8. e3 (
8. Kh1 Ng4 9. Qe1 {Bl's intention} f5 (9... Ne3 10. Bxe3 Qxe3 11. d4) 10. h3
Nf6 11. Na3 Be6 (11... e6 12. Nc2 Nbd7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16.
d4 {Tasic-Skoko, Gligoric cup Kraljevo 2015,1/2-1/2})) 8... Ng4 (8... Bg4 {main
}) 9. Qe2 f5 10. h3 Nf6 (10... Nh6 11. Kh2 Nf7 12. d4 (12. e4 $11) 12... Nd7
13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. b3 $11 {Ditz-Mueller, Oberliga Nord 1995,1-0}) 11. Kh2 Qc7 (
11... Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Ne5 Qa6 14. Re1 Rd8 15. b4 Na4 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. d4
Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 b6 20. b5 Bb7 $11 {Swanson-Coleman, USA op Chicago
1994,1-0}) 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Ne5 {probably too early as it allows lots of
exchanges} (13. b3 {prepares c4 & gets B on long diagonal}) 13... Ba6 14. c4
Nbd7 15. Ndf3 (15. d4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ne4 17. b3 c5 $11 {Komodo10}) 15... Nxe5 (
15... dxc4 16. dxc4 (16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 e5 $15) 16... Ne4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18.
Rd1 Qe6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Rxe4 fxe4 22. b3 Bb7 $17 {Komodo10}) 16.
Nxe5 e6 (16... dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 e5 $15 (18... Rad8 $15 {Komodo10}))
17. b3 $11 Nd7 18. d4 (18. Nxd7 Qxd7 (18... Bxa1 19. Nxf8 Qf7 (19... Rxf8 20.
Ba3 $18) 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. d4 Bc3 22. Ba3 $18) 19. Bb2 $11 {pm analysis}) 18...
Nxe5 19. fxe5 (19. dxe5 Rad8 $11 {Komodo10}) 19... Rf7 (19... c5 20. Qe1 $11 {
Komodo10} dxc4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rf2 cxb3 23. axb3 Bb7 24. Bb2 Bd5 $11) (19...
Rac8 20. Ba3 c5 21. Rac1 Rfd8 $15 {Komodo10}) 20. Ba3 Bf8 {swaps off Wh's bad
B, while leaving his own on the board} (20... Rd8 21. Qc2 c5 $11) 21. Bxf8
Raxf8 22. Rac1 Qc8 {Bl is going too defensive} (22... c5 $11) 23. Qd2 {keeping
an eye on f4} Rc7 24. Rc3 Qd7 (24... c5 $11) 25. Rfc1 Rfc8 26. Qc2 (26. R1c2
Bb7 27. Qc1 c5 $11) 26... Bb7 (26... dxc4 {pm analysis} 27. bxc4 b5 28. Ra3 {
Komodo10} (28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. a4 Ba6 30. Bxc6 $18) 28... Bb7 29. Rxa7 $18) 27.
cxd5 exd5 28. b4 Qe7 $2 (28... Ba6 {Rudy} 29. Bf3 Bc4 30. g4 Qe6 31. gxf5 gxf5
32. Rg1+ Rg7 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qf2 $14 {Komodo10}) 29. Bxd5+ $18 Kg7 30. Bg2 (
30. a3) (30. b5 c5 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. dxc5 Qxe5 (32... bxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Qxc5 $18) 33. c6 $18) 30... c5 (30... Qxb4 31. d5 c5 32. d6 (32. e6 c4 33. e4
$18 {Komodo10}) 32... Bxg2 (32... Rd7 33. e6 $18) 33. Qxg2 (33. dxc7 Be4 34.
Qd2 Rxc7 $11 {Komodo10}) 33... Rd7 34. Rc4 Qb5 35. e6 Rxd6 36. Qb7+ Kf6 37.
Qxc8 Qb2+ 38. Kg1 Qe2 39. Qh8+ Kxe6 40. Rf1 Qxe3+ 41. Kh1 $18 Rd2 42. Qe8+) 31.
Bxb7 Rxb7 32. bxc5 (32. e4 fxe4 33. Qxe4 $18 {Komodo10}) 32... bxc5 33. Rxc5
Rxc5 34. Qxc5 Qe6 (34... Rb2+ {worth a try} 35. Kh1 {only move} (35. Rc2 $2
Qxc5 $19) (35. Kg1 $2 Qg5 $19) 35... Qg5 36. Qxa7+ Kh6 37. Rc7 $18) 35. Rc2 Qa6
36. Qc4 (36. d5 Qf1 37. e6 Rb1 38. Qd4+ Kh6 39. Qh4+ Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Qd8#)
36... Qa5 (36... Qb6 37. d5 Qxe3 (37... Qb1 38. e6 Rb2 39. Qd4+) 38. Qc8 Rf7
39. e6 Rf8 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41. Qe7 Rc8 42. Rg2 Rc1 43. d6 $18) 37. d5 Qe1 38. Qc8
(38. Qe2 Qa1 39. e6 Rb1 40. Qg2 (40. e7)) 38... Rb1 39. Rc7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kg5
41. Qd8+ Kh6 42. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dixon, Chris"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d3 e5 3. e4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 (7. c3) 7...
Nge7 8. Bg5 (8. Be3) 8... h6 9. Be3 Be6 (9... O-O) 10. Qd2 Nd4 (10... Qd7) 11.
Ne1 (11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 a6 13. Na3 O-O 14. Rfc1 Nc6 15. c3 {Visillac-Avedisi
isillac-Avedisian, Pan-American ch Amateur, Montevideo 2013,1-0}) 11... Qd7 12.
Ne2 (12. Nd1 h5 (12... g5 13. c3 Ndc6 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 f5 $11 {
Sofronie-Florescu, Rozelo de Mai Cup , Bucharest 1999,1/2-1/2}) 13. c3 Ndc6 14.
f4 O-O-O 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. Nf2 f6 17. d4 $11 {Kogan-Feher, Budapest FS12 GM 1994,
1-0}) 12... Bh3 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 h5 15. Nc2 h4 16. Rfd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 hxg3
18. fxg3 Qh3+ (18... O-O-O $15) (18... f5 $15) 19. Kg1 O-O-O (19... O-O $11)
20. b4 $14 f5 21. bxc5 f4 (21... dxc5 22. Bxc5 Nc6 23. d4 $14 {Komodo10}) 22.
cxd6 Nc6 (22... Rxd6 23. Bc5 Rd7 24. Qg2 $14 {Komodo10}) 23. gxf4 $16 exf4 (
23... Rh4 24. Rf1 Rxd6 25. Rad1 $16 {Komodo10}) 24. Bxf4 Bxc3 25. Rab1 Be5 26.
Bxe5 (26. Rf1 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxd6 28. Rb3 Qh6 29. Rf7 b6 30. Ne3 $14 {Komodo10})
26... Nxe5 27. Ne1 (27. Qg2 Nf3+ 28. Kf2 Qh5 29. Ne3 $11 {Komodo10}) 27... Ng4
$2 (27... Rdf8 $1 28. Qc2+ (28. Rb2 Rh4 $19) 28... Nc6 29. Qg2 Qe3+ 30. Kh1
Rxh2+ 31. Qxh2 Rf1+ 32. Kg2 Rf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2 b6 $15) 28. Rdc1+ $2
$16 (28. Qc2+ Kd7 (28... Kb8 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30. Qxb7#) 29. Qc7+ Ke8 30. Qe7# {
Komodo10}) 28... Kb8 29. Rb2 (29. Nf3 Nxh2 (29... Rxd6 30. e5 $16) 30. Nxh2
Rxd6 31. Nf3 $16) (29. e5 Rh7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. dxc7+ Kxc7 32. Rc1+ Kb8 33. Nf3
$16 {Komodo10}) 29... Nxh2 (29... Rdf8 30. d7 Rf2 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. dxc8=Q+
Kxc8 33. Qxf2 Nxf2 34. Rxf2 g5 $17 {Komodo10}) 30. Rc7 (30. Qf2 Rxd6 31. Rcb1
Qg4+ 32. Qg2 b6 33. Qxg4 Nxg4 $11 {Komodo10}) 30... Qg3+ $1 $19 31. Ng2 Nf3+ $2
(31... b6 $19 {Komodo10, as Wh no longer has b7 to attack}) 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33.
Rbxb7+ Ka8 34. Rxa7+ Kb8 35. Rab7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eustis, Ian"]
[Black "Miller, John S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bc4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c3 a6 (7...
Qe8 {main; Bl is playing against his own system}) 8. a4 b6 (8... c5 9. Nbd2 {
transposes to other sequences}) 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. h3 c5 {and also a further
transposition to main lines} (10... Qe8) 11. Re1 (11. Qe2) 11... d5 (11... Qc7
{main, but many moves played here}) 12. Bf1 (12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bc2 e6
15. Ne5 Nh5 16. Bh2 $11 {Kaluzny-Deka, Klementowice op 2011,1-0} f5) 12... Rc8
(12... e6 13. Bh2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Bh6 16. Ndf3 {Novopashin-Simagin,
URS ch sf Moscow 1963,1/2-1/2} Rac8) 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. dxc5 $16 {Wh gains a Q side pawn majority& more active Rs} Qxd1 17. Rexd1
e5 18. Bg3 Rxc5 19. Rd6 Rc6 20. Rxc6 (20. Rad1 {keeps the pressure on}) 20...
Bxc6 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Be2 Bxa4 (22... Rxa4 23. Rd1 Ra2 24. Rd6 $18 {Komodo10})
23. Bb5 (23. Bh4 h6 (23... f6 24. Bb5 $18 Ra5 25. Bxa4 {and the B escapes with
a ch}) 24. Be7 {activates the QB;Komodo10}) 23... Ra5 24. Rxa4 Rxb5 25. Ra8+
Bf8 26. Bh4 (26. c4 $1 Ra5 27. Rb8 (27. Rxa5 bxa5 28. Bxe5 $16) 27... f5 28. b4
Ra4 29. Bxe5 Kf7 30. Rb7+ Kg8 31. b5 Bc5 32. Bc7 Rxc4 33. Bxb6 Bxb6 34. Rxb6
$16 {Komodo10}) 26... Kg7 27. b4 $14 Rd5 28. Rc8 Rd1+ (28... b5 $11) 29. Kh2
Rc1 30. Bg3 (30. Rc6 $1 Bxb4 31. Bf6+ Kh6 32. g4 Rxc3 33. Rxb6 Ba5 34. Ra6 $16
Bb4 35. Kg3 Ra3 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Bxg5+ Kg7 38. Rb6 $18 {Komodo10}) 30... f6 $15
{the QB is cut off} 31. Rc7+ Kh6 (31... Kg8) 32. b5 $11 Bc5 33. Rc6 (33. h4
Rxc3 34. Rf7 Rb3 35. Rxf6 Rxb5 36. Rf7 $11 {Komodo10}) 33... Kg5 34. f4+ (34.
h4+ Kf5 35. h5 g5 36. Rc7 h6 37. Rh7 Rxc3 38. Rxh6 Rb3 39. Rg6 Rxb5 40. Bxe5
fxe5 41. g4+ Kxg4 42. h6 Rb2 43. h7 Rxf2+ 44. Kh1 Rf3 45. h8=Q Bxe3 46. Rh6
Rf1+ 47. Kh2 Rf2+ {perpetual; Komodo10}) 34... exf3 $19 35. Bf2 fxg2 (35... Rc2
36. Kg1 fxg2) 36. Kxg2 Rc2 37. Rc7 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cooke, Mark"]
[Black "Whale, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. e5 (4. exd5 {main}) 4... dxc3 5. Nxc3 c6 (5...
d4 6. Ne4 Qd5 (6... Bf5)) 6. f4 (6. Nf3 {main}) 6... Ne7 $15 (6... Bb4 7. Nf3
Bg4 8. a3 Ba5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. b4 Bc7 11. Bc5 Qe6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O Nfd7 14.
Bd4 Bb6 15. f5 {Sys- Lobbes, Canarias en Red prel blitz 2004,1-0}) 7. Bd3 (7.
Be3) 7... Nd7 8. Nf3 Nc5 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Bd2 O-O-O $15
13. a3 h5 (13... d4 14. Ne4 d3 15. Nxc5 dxc2 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 $17 {Komodo10}) 14.
Ne2 (14. Ne1 d4 15. Nd1 d3 $19) 14... Ne4 $17 (14... d4 $19) 15. b4 Kb8 16.
Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Qa2 Rh6 (19... Be7 $19) 20. f5 Nxd2 (
20... Ra6 $19) 21. Qxd2 Qxf5 (21... d4 $17) 22. Ne1 $5 (22. Ng5 Qd7 23. Rxf7
Be7 24. Raf1 c4 $15) 22... Qg4 (22... Qxe5 $19) 23. Rxf7 Rg6 24. Qxd5 Qd4+ 25.
Qxd4 cxd4 26. Nf3 Rd8 27. Nxd4 Bxb4 28. axb4 Rxd4 $11 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. g3 Re8
31. Rcc7 Rb6 32. Rce7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Rxb4 34. Rxg7 Re4 35. Rg5 a5 36. Rxh5 a4
37. e6 Rxe6 38. Ra5 Re4 (38... Ra6 $19) 39. h4 b6 40. Rf5 a3 41. Rf2 Rb4 42.
Rf8+ Kb7 43. Rf7+ Ka6 44. Rf8 Kb5 45. Kg2 a2 46. Rf5+ Ka6 47. Rf8 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Orton, Paul"]
[Black "Allford, Zane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 (6... Nc6) (6...
Be7) 7. Nbd2 (7. O-O) 7... f5 8. O-O (8. c3) 8... Be7 (8... Bd6) 9. c3 Nd7 (
9... O-O) (9... c6) 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nd6 (11... Bh5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. f3 Nd6
14. Bd3 Be8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Re1 Nf7 17. f4 {Stieber-Kuessner,Meclenburg VP LL2,
2001,1/2-1/2}) 12. Re1 ({Stockfish8, Komodo10, Komodo10.3} 12. c4 $18) 12...
O-O 13. Qc2 Bh5 14. Ndf3 (14. a4 a5 15. Nb3 $16 {both Komodos}) (14. Nb3 $16 {
Stockfish8}) 14... Nd7 (14... Ne4 $14 {Komodo10}) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qc8 (
16... Qd8 {all 3 Engines}) 17. Bd2 (17. Qb3 c6 18. Nxc6 (18. c4 $16 {Stockfish8
}) 18... Qxc6 19. Rxe7 $18 {both Komodos}) 17... Ne4 18. f3 (18. c4 $16 {3
Engines}) 18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bf7 (19... Bd6 $14 {3 Engines}) 20. Ng6 (20. Nc6
Bd6 21. Ne7+ Bxe7 22. Rxe7 $16 {the trio}) 20... Bg5 (20... hxg6) 21. Qxg5 (21.
Ne7+ Bxe7 22. Rxe7 $16 {as above}) 21... Bxg6 22. Re7 $16 c5 23. Rae1 cxd4 24.
cxd4 Qc6 25. R1e6 Qa4 26. Qe3 (26. Qf4 $16 {all3, allows a R back to e1 to
expell the Q after Bf1}) 26... f4 (26... Qd1+ 27. Bf1) 27. Qe5 Bf7 28. h4 (28.
Rc7 $16 {trio}) 28... Rae8 (28... Qd1+ 29. Bf1 Rac8 $15 {all 3, Wh has
backrank difficulties}) 29. h5 (29. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. Rxf7 $18 {is the verdict
of the Engines}) (29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. b3 Rxe6 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. bxa4 $18 {also,
but not as good; Komodo10}) 29... Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Qd1+ 31. Bf1 Qc1 (31... h6 $16
{[%emt 0:00:03] all}) 32. Qg5 (32. Rxb7 $16 {the threesome}) 32... h6 (32...
Qxb2 $14) 33. Qe5 Qe3+ (33... Qxb2 $14) 34. Qxe3 fxe3 35. Rxe3 (35. Bd3 {[%emt
0:00:03] preferred by all}) 35... Bxh5 36. Re7 Rb8 {Stockfish8 & Komodo10.3} (
36... Rf7 {Komodo10}) 37. Bd3 Be8 38. Bf5 Kf8 39. Rc7 Bc6 40. f4 (40. Bc8 $16 {
Komodo10}) 40... Re8 41. Kf2 Re7 $11 42. Rc8+ Re8 43. Kg3 Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Kf7 {
(draw?)} 45. f5 Kf6 46. Kf4 b6 47. g4 a5 48. a3 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Di-Vetta, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 (6. Be2) 6... Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. O-O O-O 10. c5 {committal & rare} (10. Rd1) (10. b3) 10...
Nbd7 (10... b5 11. b4 a6 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Ne2 a5 14. Bb2 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16.
Rxa1 $14 {Paiva-Aguirre, Internet Dos Hermanas blitz 2004,0-1}) 11. b4 (11. Bd2
e5 $11 12. Qd1 exd4 (12... e4 13. Be2 Ne8 14. f3 f5 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. b4 $14 {
Reinke-Frantzke, Bad Woerishofen Seniors 2005,1-0}) 13. exd4 Re8 {
Oefinger-Moston, CServe email 1997,1-0}) 11... e5 12. Qd1 (12. Bc2 Nh5 13. g4
exd4 14. exd4 Bxd4 15. Bb2 (15. gxh5 Qh4 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Qg2 Qf6 18. Bd1 a5 $11
{Komodo10}) 15... Ne5 $19 {Filler-Kokkala, OP 2012,0-1}) 12... e4 (12... Nh5
$11) (12... Ne8 $11 {both lines Cloud Engines}) 13. Be2 $14 h5 14. Bd2 Nh7 15.
b5 f5 16. Qa4 $16 Qf6 (16... Qc7) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxd5 $18 cxd5 19. Qxd7 Rfd8
20. Qa4 Qg5 {angling for an attack, but the Q has no support from her other
pieces} 21. Ba5 Rf8 22. Qc6 (22. Bc7 {prevents f4}) 22... Nf6 (22... f4 $5) 23.
Bc7 Rac8 24. Qe6+ Kh7 (24... Kh8 {is preferable, due to b7 being a Wh invasion
point &, not least , the square will be needed for the Q}) 25. Bf4 Qh4 26. Bg3
Qg5 27. h4 Qh6 28. Bf4 g5 29. hxg5 Qg6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Rab1 $18 Rg8 32. Rb7+
Kh8 33. g3 {and Wh gets the h file as well} Rcf8 34. Kg2 Rg7 35. Rxg7 (35. Qxd5
) 35... Kxg7 36. Rh1 h4 37. Qxd5 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Qxg5 39. Rxh4 Kg6 40. Qe6+ (40.
Qd7 Rf7 41. Bh5+ Qxh5 42. Qe6+ Kg5 (42... Rf6 43. Qg8+) 43. Rxh5+ Kxh5 44.
Qxf7+) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Black "Jones, Martin C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1598"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Rd1 (11. Bd2) 11... Qc7 12. Bf4 {rare} (12.
Bg5 {77% Wh. main}) (12. Bd2 {80% Wh}) 12... Rb8 (12... Be6 13. b3 Rac8 14.
Rac1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 b6 17. Be3 (17. Bh3 Kh8 18. e4 Nf6 19. Qd3 Ra8
20. b4 {Prokopisin-Merenyi, HUN ch tm 2010,1-0}) 17... a5 {Gevorgyan-Baymuratov
evorgyan-Baymuratova, UZB ch women, Tashkent 2009,1/2-1/2}) 13. Rac1 Bd7 (13...
Nd7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. b4 $16 {Decrouppe-Neuhaus, Heimbach Weis op 2002,1/2-1/2})
(13... Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. a3 Rfc8 17. e4 Nd7 {Trivunovic-Post,
U14 rapid Paris 1993,1-0}) 14. b3 (14. c5 $1 $18 {Komodo10} Qxc5 (14... Qa5 15.
cxd6 e6 16. h3 $18) 15. Nd5 Qb5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Qxd6 $18) 14... Rbc8 (14...
Rfe8) 15. e4 (15. c5 $1 Qxc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxc5 Nxf4 18. Rxc8 Nxd3 19. Rxf8+
Kxf8 20. Rxd3 $16 {Komodo10}) 15... Qa5 16. a4 Bc6 $11 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Ne2 (18.
Nd5 $14) 18... Ng4 19. Rf1 Ne5 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. a5 Qc7 22. b4 (22. Rfd1 $11)
22... Bb5 $1 $17 23. Be3 (23. Nc3 Qxc4 24. Qb1 Qd3 25. Rfd1 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 Nf3+
27. Bxf3 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Bg2 Rdc8 $17 {Komodo10}) 23... Qxc4 $19 24.
Qxc4 Rxc4 (24... Nxc4 $19 25. Bh3 Nxe3 26. Bxc8 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Bb2 28. Rb1 Rxc8
29. Rxb2 Rc4 $19) 25. Nd4 Rdc8 (25... Bd7 $17) 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 (
27... bxc4 $17) 28. Rc1 e6 $15 29. Bf1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Nc6 31. Bd2 Na7 (31... Bb2
32. Bf4 Ne5 33. Bxb5 Bc3 34. Kg2 Bxb4 35. a6 bxa6 36. Bxa6 Bc5 $15 {Komodo10}
37. Bxe5 {Rudy, opposite colour Bs} dxe5 $11) 32. Be3 Nc6 33. Bd2 Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Philpin, Les"]
[Black "Jones, Dewi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. c3 Qe8 8.
Qc2 (8. O-O {main}) 8... a6 $146 (8... e5) 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh2 c6 (
11... e4 12. Nd4 c5 13. N4b3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Ne8 15. O-O b5 16. Ncd2 Bb7 17. Na5
Bd5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Ndxc4 $16 {Komodo10}) 12. O-O-O $11 {risky as Bl is ready
to launch an attack} (12. O-O $14) 12... b5 13. Nb3 a5 $15 14. Ng5 a4 15. Nd2
h6 (15... Qe7 $17) 16. Nge4 Nd5 (16... Qe7 $15) 17. Nd6 (17. a3 $11) 17... Qe7
18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. g4 (19. a3) 19... b4 $19 20. Nb1 bxc3 $19 (20... e4 $19) (
20... a3 $19) (20... b3 $19) (20... Nc5 $19) 21. Nxc3 N7b6 (21... a3 22. b3 Nb4
23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 e4 $19 {Komodo10}) 22. Kd2 {fleeing to the
safer Kside, spurned 10 moves earlier} Qh4 {wasting time; the Q side is where
the advantage lies} (22... a3 $19) (22... e4 23. Ke1 a3 $19) 23. Bg3 Qe7 24.
Ke1 (24. a3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 e4 26. Qc2 Rd8+ 27. Ke1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qe6 29. Kf1
Nc4 $17 {Komodo10; even if the K has escaped, Bl must still continue with the
Q side attack where he has an advantage}) 24... Nxc3 (24... a3) 25. Qxc3 e4 26.
Qc2 Qb4+ (26... a3) 27. Kf1 Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. Rd2 a3 $15 30. Rc2 (30. Kg2)
30... Na4 31. Bc4 Nb6 {rtreating} (31... Nc3 32. Kg2 Ra4 33. Bb3 Rb4 34. Be5
Nxa2 35. Rxb2 axb2 36. Bxa2 Re8 37. Bc3 Ra4 38. Bb1 Rb8 $19 {Komodo10}) 32. Bf4
Nxc4 {(draw?)} 33. Rxc4 $15 Kg7 (33... g5 34. Bd6 Ra5 35. Rxe4 Rd5 36. Bb4 c5
37. Rc4 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rb5 39. Kg2 $11 {Komodo10}) (33... c5 34. Bxh6 Rab8 35. Bf4
Rb4 36. Rc2 Bf6 37. Kg2 c4 $15 {Komodo10}) 34. Rxe4 $11 Rd8 35. Ke2 Rd5 (35...
c5 36. Rc4 Rac8 $11) 36. Rd1 Rad8 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Rc4 c5 39. e4 Rd4 (39...
Rd7 40. Rxc5 $16) 40. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leah, Howard"]
[Black "Jones, Huw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 (10... Nbc6) 11. Bf4 (11. f4 {main}) (11.
Qd3) 11... Bd7 (11... Nbc6 {main}) 12. Nd4 $14 {Komodo10} (12. Qd3) (12. Bg3 {
played}) 12... a6 13. Be2 (13. Bd3) 13... Nbc6 14. Nxc6 (14. Nf5 $5 {Komodo10}
exf5 (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. Bg3 Raf8 17. O-O $14) 15. e6 Qxf4 16. exf7+
Kf8 17. fxg8=Q+ Nxg8 18. Qxd7 Re8 19. Qxd5 Nd4 20. O-O Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 Re7 $17 {
Komodo10}) 14... Bxc6 15. O-O d4 $11 16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Rgf8
19. Qh7 Rh8 20. Qd3 Nf5 21. Bf3 (21. Bg4 Nxg3 22. Qxg3 Bc4 $11 {Komodo10})
21... Bc4 22. Qe4 Bd5 (22... d3 $1 $17 23. Rab1 (23. cxd3 Bd5 24. Qg4 Bxf3 25.
Qxf3 Nd4 26. Qe4 (26. Qe3 Nc2 27. Qf3 Nxa1 28. Rxa1 Kb8 $19) 26... c2 27. Re1
Kb8 28. Rac1 Qc3 $19 {Komodo10}) 23... Rd4 24. Rxb7 Rxe4 25. Rxc7+ Kxc7 26.
Bxe4 d2 $17 {Komodo10}) 23. Qe2 Nxg3 24. fxg3 (24. hxg3 $2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qh7
26. Qc4+ Kb8 27. Kf1 Qxc2 $19 {Komodo10}) 24... Bc4 $11 {(draw?)} (24... Qh7 {
could be tried} 25. h4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rdg8 27. Kf2 Rxg3 $1 28. Rxd4 (28. Kxg3
Qxh4+ 29. Kg2 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Rg2#) 28... Qg7 29. Qc4+ Kb8 30. Rg4
$11 {Komodo10}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jansen van Rensburg, Leon"]
[Black "Horrell, Stephen A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 d4 {tricky- getting into a Kings
Indian, with Wh an extra move ( 2 if Wh encourages Bl to play e5, which loses
another tempo)} (5... Nc6 {main}) 6. e5 (6. Ngf3 {main}) (6. f4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 {
also with a good King's Indian for Wh}) 6... Nd5 7. Ngf3 (7. Ne4) 7... Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h4 Qc7 (10... f5) 11. Nf1 f5 (11... b5 12. N1h2 Bb7 13.
Ng4 Rad8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc5 Qc7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19.
Qg4 Kh8 20. Qxd4 {Dukaczewski-Nizam, Linares blind 2003,1-0}) 12. exf6 Nxf6 (
12... Bxf6 13. N1d2 Ne5 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Qe2 h6 16. Nde4 Bd7 (16... hxg5 17.
hxg5 $16) 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nxe6 (18. f4 $16) 18... Bxe6 19. f4 Nxd3 (19...
Qg6 $11) 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxe6 N3b4 $14 {Zhao Xue-Choukourova, Wld ch girls
U14 , Oropesa del Mar 1998,1-0}) 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bd2 $2 {retreating & creating
a traffic jam} (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. N1d2 $16 {Bl has weak centre pawns & wh
squares}) 14... Ng4 (14... h6 $15) 15. Ng5 e5 (15... Nxf2 $17 16. Qh5 g6 17.
Qe2 e5 {Komodo10}) 16. Ne4 $11 Bd7 17. Nh2 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Be6 (19...
Bf5) 20. Qh5 Bf5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Ng4 $2 {another traffic jam} (22. a3 $11 c4
23. dxc4 Bxc2 24. b4 Rae8 {Komodo10}) 22... Bg6 $19 23. Qh6 (23. Qxg6 {is a
bit better}) 23... gxh6 24. Nxh6 Be7 25. Bd2 Bf6 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Bg2 Bg7 28.
Rae1 Rae8 29. a3 Ne7 30. f3 Nd5 31. Ng4 Bf5 32. Nf2 h5 33. Re2 Re6 34. Rfe1 Bh6
35. Bg5 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Ne3 37. Ne4 Bxe4 38. dxe4 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Qg7 40. Rh1 Qxg5
41. g4 Rh6 42. Kf2 hxg4 (42... Rxf3+ {mates in 5 ( 4 if the R is taken) ;
Komodo10}) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Black "Byway, Paul V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 c5 {improves one B, but worsens the other ( nothing in chess is easy)} (
8... Qc7) (8... f5) (8... Qa5+ {main lines}) 9. Be2 (9. c4) 9... Bb7 10. O-O
Rc8 $146 (10... Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 {main}) 11. a4 (11. Bf3
c4 $14) 11... Ne3 (11... Nb4 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 $14 {Cloud Engines}) 12.
Bxe3 Bxe4 13. Ba6 Rb8 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. Qg4 (15. b3 $14 {Komodo10}) 15... Bc6 {
Komodo10} (15... Bxc2 16. Qc4 a6 $11 {Komodo10.1}) 16. c4 (16. Rfd1 Bxb5 17.
axb5 Rxb5 18. b3 $14 {Komodo10}) 16... h5 17. Qg5 h4 18. Qg4 Qb7 19. h3 $14 a6
20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rfd1 (21. Rab1 $14) 21... Rxb2 22. Rab1 (22. Rd3 $14) (22.
Bg5 $14) 22... Rb4 23. Bd2 a5 (23... g6 $11 {both Engines} 24. Bxb4 cxb4 25.
Rd3 Bc5) 24. Bxb4 cxb4 25. Rd3 $16 Rh6 26. Qf3 (26. Kf1) 26... Qxf3 27. gxf3
$14 {keeps the pressure on the d file} Rh5 28. f4 (28. Rbd1 $16) 28... Rf5 (
28... g6 $11) 29. Rbd1 Rxf4 (29... d6 {both Engines} 30. exd6 Kd7 31. Re1 Rc5
32. Re5 Rxc4 33. Rxa5 Bxd6 34. Kg2 $16) 30. Rxd7 $18 Be7 (30... f6 31. Rd8+ Kf7
32. R1d7+ Kg8 33. Rb7 fxe5 34. Rbb8 $18 {Bl must also deal with a c pawn
advance}) (30... Bc5 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. R1d7#) 31. Rb7 Bc5 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. Rbd8
Bxf2+ 34. Kg2 Bd4 35. R1xd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 (5... Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 {Meran
var}) 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 (8. b3) 8... h6 9. Bd2 (9. b3 {main}) 9...
b6 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 {has been played}) 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Rad1
$146 {Deep Fritz14} (12. Bc3 c5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Rfe1
f5 {Toth-Lorincz, Fuzesabony op 1995,0-1}) (12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. dxc5 Qc6 16. f3 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 Rfd8 {Stengl-Kasik, Plzen op 2009 ,0-1})
12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 (
17... Bf6 $11) 18. Qxe4 (18. Rxe4) 18... Bf6 $11 19. Qc2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nf6 $11
21. h3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Rd8 23. Nb3 Rd6 $11 {(draw?)} 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Qf3 Nb6 26.
Qe2 Na4 27. Rb1 (27. g3) 27... Qd8 28. Kh2 Rd3 29. g3 Rd6 30. Qe3 Qc7 (30...
Qg5 $11) 31. Nd2 Rd7 (31... Nb6 $11 {Komodo10}) (31... Rd4 $11 {Fritz13}) 32.
b3 Nb6 33. Re1 Rd4 34. Nf3 Rd6 35. Re2 Nc8 (35... Nd7 {both Engines}) 36. Ne5
Ne7 37. Qe4 Nf5 38. Qa8+ Rd8 39. Qc6 Qxc6 (39... Qb6 {both Engines}) 40. Nxc6
Rd7 $11 41. Ne5 Rd1 42. Kg2 Kf8 43. Rb2 {after a long wait ( 20 moves since
the draw offer), Wh decides to make some use of his Q side majority} Ne7 (43...
f6 44. Nc6 Rd7 45. Nb8 Rc7 46. b4 cxb4 47. Rxb4 a5 48. Ra4 e5 $11 (48... Rc8
49. Na6 Nd4 $11 {Komodo10})) 44. b4 f6 45. Ng4 (45. Nf3) 45... cxb4 46. Rxb4
Nc6 (46... Ke8 47. Rb8+ Rd8 48. Rb7 Rd7 $11 {Komodo10}) 47. Rb7 Na5 (47... Rd2
48. Rc7 Nb4 49. Rxa7 Rxa2 $11 {Komodo10}) 48. Rc7 Rd2 49. Ne3 Rxa2 (49... a6
$11 {both Engines}) 50. Rxa7 $16 Ra3 51. Rc7 (51. Nc2 $1 $18 {both Engines} Rc3
(51... Ra4 52. Nd4 Kg8 53. Nxe6 g5 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. c5 Re4 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Nd8
Nc4 58. c6 $18) 52. Nd4 Nxc4 53. Nxe6+ Ke8 54. Nxg7+ Kf8 55. Ne6+ Ke8 56. Nc7+
Kf8 57. Nd5 Rc2 58. Nxf6 $18 {Komodo10}) 51... Rc3 $11 (51... Nb3 52. g4 Nd2
53. c5 Rc3 54. c6 Ne4 $11 {Komodo10}) 52. Rc5 Nb3 53. Rc8+ Ke7 (53... Kf7 54.
Rc7+ Kg6 $11) 54. Rc7+ Kd6 $2 {giving away a vital pawn in the link} (54... Kf8
$11) 55. Rxg7 $16 Nd2 56. Rg4 (56. Rg6 {the passed R pawn will be far more
dangerous than the c pawn ever was}) 56... Kc5 (56... Ke5) 57. Rh4 Nxc4 (57...
Rb3 58. Rxh6 Ne4 59. Rh4 f5 60. g4 $16) 58. Nxc4 Rxc4 59. Rxh6 $18 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Richmond, Jane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Bg4 8. f3 Be6
9. d3 Qd7 10. Bg5 (10. Nd5) 10... a6 $146 (10... f6) (10... Nce7) 11. Qd2 Rb8
12. Nd5 b6 $5 (12... b5) 13. Rd1 b5 14. b3 a5 (14... f6 15. Be3 Nge7 $14) 15.
Be3 (15. cxb5 Rxb5 16. Rc1 $14 {pressure down c file}) 15... Nge7 16. d4 exd4
17. Nxd4 bxc4 18. bxc4 O-O $11 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd4 (21. O-O
$11) 21... Bxd4 (21... Qxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc1 Qb5 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Bf1 Qb6
26. Rh2 c6 $17 {Komodo10}) 22. Qxd4 Nc6 (22... Nf5 $1 $19 {Komodo10} 23. Qc3 (
23. Qf2 Qxc4 $19) 23... Nxg3 $19) 23. Qd5 Ne5 $17 (23... Rb2 $17) 24. c5 Rb2 (
24... Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rb1+ 26. Ke2 Rb2+ 27. Rd2 Rfb8 $17 {Komodo10}) 25. Qxe6
fxe6 26. O-O dxc5 $17 27. Rf2 Rxf2 (27... Rfb8) (27... Rb4) 28. Kxf2 $11 c4 29.
f4 Nd3+ 30. Ke3 Nb2 (30... e5 31. Bf1 exf4+ 32. gxf4 Nxf4 33. Bxc4+ Kg7 34. Rg1
$11) 31. Rc1 (31. Rd7 Rf7 $11) 31... Rd8 32. Bf1 c3 33. Be2 Na4 34. Bb5 {
(draw?)} (34. Rd1 Rb8 $11 (34... Rxd1 35. Bxd1 $16)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Kett, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. e4 Bg7
(8... Bg4 {most frequent}) 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nfd7 (10... Nbd7 {main}) 11. O-O (
11. Bf4 Qe7) 11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 (12. Bc2 f5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Be3 Qf6 {Foord-Juciute, Uxbridge YM 2010,0-1}) 12... Bxe5 13. f4
(13. Bh6) (13. Be3) 13... Bd4+ (13... Bf6 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Be3 Qc7
17. e5 dxe5 18. f5 {Shariyazdanov-Sherstboev, RUS cup, Tomsk 1998,1-0}) 14. Kh1
f5 (14... Re8 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. f5 {Lillieoren-Hanison, Theme corr
2000,1-0}) 15. exf5 (15. Ra3 $14 {Komodo10}) 15... Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. g4 (
17. Ne4 Nd7 (17... Rxd5 18. Qb3 $18) 18. g4 (18. Nxd6 Rxd5 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Nxb7
c4 21. Nxd8 cxb3 22. Ne6 $14) 18... Rf8 19. Ng5 Qf6 20. Ne6 Rf7 $11 {Komodo10})
17... Rf8 18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Ra3 Nd7 20. Ng5 Nf6 (20... h5 21. Ne6 hxg4 22. Nxf8
Rxf8 23. Qxg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Nb6 25. Rb3 c4 26. Ra3 Bg7 27. Rd1 $16 {Komodo10})
21. Ne6 (21. Kg2 $16 {Fritz13 & Komodo10}) 21... Ne4 (21... Rf7 22. Kg2 $16)
22. Nxd4 (22. Qf3 $18 {both Engines} Nf2+ (22... Nf6 23. f5 h6 24. Rb3 $18) 23.
Kg2 Rf7 24. Nxd4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 26. hxg4 cxd4 27. Rd3 $18 {Komodo10})
22... cxd4 23. Kg2 $11 {(draw?)} Rac8 24. Bd2 (24. Rd3 Qf6 25. Bd2 $11 {
Komodo10}) (24. Qxd4 Rc2+ 25. Kg1 Ng3 26. Qd3 Nxf1 27. Qxc2 Qe1 $15 {Fritz13})
24... Rf7 25. Be1 Qf6 26. Bf2 (26. Rd3 $11 {both Engines} Rfc7 27. Rxd4 Rc1 28.
Qd3 R8c2+ 29. Kg1 Nc5 30. Qe3 Rxb2 31. Rb4 Rxb4 32. Bxb4 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qa1+
34. Kg2 Qb2+ 35. Kg3 Qxb4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ {perpetual}) 26... Qxf4 $19 27.
Bg3 (27. Bxd4 Rc2+ 28. Qxc2 Qxf1+ 29. Kh2 Ng5 30. h4 Qf4+ 31. Kg2 Qxg4+ 32. Rg3
Qxd4 $19 (32... Qxh4 $19 {Komodo10})) 27... Rc2+ (27... Qxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Rc2+ 29.
Kg1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rxb2 $19 {Komodo10}) 28. Qxc2 (28. Kg1 {best}) 28... Qxf1+
29. Kh2 Nxg3 (29... Nf2 {both Engines, even stronger}) 30. Kxg3 Qg1+ 31. Kh4 (
31. Qg2 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Rf2) 31... Qe1+ 32. Kg5 Qe7+ 33. Kh6 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bourne, Johnathan D"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 a6 (11... e5 {main}) (11... b6) (11... Nf6)
12. a4 (12. Rc1 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 $14 {Groetz-Wiley, Brno
2003,1-0}) 12... a5 (12... e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Ne8 15. d6 h6 16. Rc1 Nef6
17. h3 Re8 18. Qb3 $16 {Apicella-Miles , Linares zt 1995,1-0}) 13. Qc1 Na6 (
13... e5 $11 {Komodo10}) 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. d5 Qe8 (15... Qc7) 16. Bh6 Nf6 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf4 Nd7 (18... Bf5 19. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {Komodo10}) 19. Rd2 e5 20.
dxe6 {( draw?)} fxe6 $18 (20... Qxe6 21. Ne4 $16) (20... fxe6 21. Qh4 (21. Qe3
Qe7 22. Rad1 e5 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Nd6 (24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Nxe5 $18) 24... Bf5 25.
Nxf5+ gxf5 26. Nxe5 $18) 21... e5 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Rxf6 24. Rad1 Rf4 25.
Rd8 Qf7 26. Qg3 Qe7 27. h4 $18 {Komodo10}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Rb1 $146 (6. e3 g5 7. f4 d6
8. Nge2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O {D Jones- Van Kemenade, WCPL 2014, 1/2-1/2}) 6... a5 7.
a3 d6 (7... Bc5 {considered} 8. e3 d6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. d4 Ba7 $14 {
pm analysis}) 8. b4 axb4 9. axb4 g5 (9... g6) 10. b5 Nd4 (10... Ne7) 11. e3 Ne6
12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qh5+ Qf7 (14... Kf8 {considered} 15. Qd1 h5 $11
{pm analysis}) 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $17 16. Ne2 Nc5 {overlooked by Wh} 17. Kd2 Ra2+
18. Rb2 Ra3 (18... Ra1 {considered & pm analysis}) 19. d4 Nd3 (19... Nb3+ {
first idea} 20. Kc2 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 e4 $15) (19... exd4 20. exd4 (20. Nxd4 Bxd4 (
20... Re8 $17 {Komodo10}) (20... Ne4+ $17 {also considered}) 21. exd4 Nb3+ 22.
Kd1 Nxc1 (22... Re8) (22... Nxd4 23. Rd2 $18) 23. Kxc1 Re8 $15) 20... Nb3+ {
wins a pawn, pm analysis} 21. Kc3 Nxc1+ 22. Kb4 Nxe2 23. Kxa3 Nxd4 $19) (19...
Rd3+ 20. Kc2 exd4 21. exd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bd5+ {Gerry Komodo10} Be6 24.
Be3 Rg4 25. h3 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rc4+ 27. Kb1 Re8 $17 {Komodo10}) 20. Rc2 (20. Rb1
Nxc1 21. Rhxc1 Ra2+ 22. Rc2 Rxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Be6 $11 {Komodo10}) 20... Nxc1 (
20... Rb3 $11 {considered; Komodo10}) 21. Rhxc1 e4 (21... Rd8 $11 {Komodo10})
22. Nc3 c6 (22... g4 {Gerry}) 23. f3 exf3 (23... f4 $15 {Komodo10} 24. bxc6
bxc6 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. fxe4 fxe3+ 27. Kxe3 c5 28. d5 Be5 $15 (28... Rg8 $15)) (
23... c5 24. dxc5 exf3 25. Bxf3 dxc5 26. Nd5 g4 27. Bg2 Re8 $15 {Komodo10}) 24.
Bxf3 Bd7 (24... c5 $11) 25. Rb2 f4 (25... Rc8 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Rb7 Ke7 $11 {
Komodo10}) 26. gxf4 gxf4 (26... c5 $11 {Komodo10}) 27. bxc6 fxe3+ 28. Kxe3 bxc6
29. Rb7 Re8+ 30. Kd2 (30. Kf4 Re7 31. Rxd7 (31. Bh5+ Kg8 $15) 31... Rxd7 32.
Bxc6 $11 {Komodo10}) 30... Re7 (30... Bxd4 $1 {Komodo10, considered & pm
analysis} 31. Rxd7+ (31. Bh5+ Kg8 {pm analysis} (31... Ke7 32. Re1+ Be5 33.
Bxe8 Kxe8 34. Ne4 Kd8 35. Rf1 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Kc8 37. Rfb1 d5 38. cxd5 cxd5 39.
Nc5 Bf5 40. R1b6 Ra3+ $11 {Komodo10} (40... Rxh2 41. Rf7 Rh3+ 42. Kd2 Rh2+ 43.
Ke3 Bh3 (43... Rh3+ 44. Kf2 Bd4+ 45. Kg2 Bxc5 46. Rc6+ Kb8 47. Rxf5 Rc3 48.
Rxd5 Bd4 49. Rxh6 Rc2+ 50. Kf3 Ba7 51. Rd7 Rc7 52. Rhh7 Bb6 $11 {Nalimov &
Komodo10}))) 32. Rxd7 (32. Bxe8 Bxe8 33. Rc7 h5 $11 {Komodo10}) 32... Be3+ 33.
Kc2 Bxc1 34. Bxe8 $18) 31... Kf8 $1 32. Bh5 Be3+ 33. Kc2 Bxc1 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35.
Rxd6 Bf4 36. Rxc6 Kd7 37. Rg6 Bxh2 38. Rxh6 Be5 $14) 31. Rf1 Bxd4 {too late} (
31... Bf6 {considered & pm analysis suggests drawn} 32. Ne4 {looked at} (32.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 33. Bxc6 Rda7 34. Nd5 Rh3 35. Rxf6+ Kg7 36. Rf2 Ra2+ 37. Ke1 Rxh2
38. Rxh2 Rxh2 39. Ne3 $16 {Komodo10}) 32... Bxd4 $11 {the difference with the
text is that the N can't get to d5} (32... Ra2+ {Komodo10} 33. Kc3 Kg7 34. Nxd6
(34. Nxf6 Re3+ 35. Kb4 c5+ 36. dxc5 Ra4#) 34... Re3+ 35. Kb4 Rb2+ 36. Kc5 Rxb7
37. Nxb7 Rd3 $11 {Komodo10}) 33. Bg4+ (33. Bh5+ Kg7 34. Nxd6 Ra2+ 35. Kd3 c5
$11) 33... Kg8 34. Bxd7 Rxe4 35. Bxc6 Rf4 $11 {pm analysis & Komodo10}) 32.
Bxc6+ $18 Kg7 (32... Kg8 33. Nd5 Ra2+ 34. Kd3 Ree2 35. Kxd4 Red2+ 36. Ke3 (36.
Kc3) 36... Re2+ 37. Kf4 Bxc6 38. Ne7+ Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Rc2 40. Kf5 Rxc4 41. Kg6
Rg4+ 42. Kxh6 Rh4+ 43. Kg6 Rg4+ (43... Rxh2 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rf8#) 44. Kh5 Rd4
45. Rf6 $18 {Komodo10}) 33. Nd5 Bxc6 34. Rxe7+ Kg6 (34... Kg8 {and Bl gets
stuck on the back rank, but may be best try} 35. Rb1 Rf3 36. Rc7 Bxd5 37. Rb8+
Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. cxd5 $18) 35. Re6+ Kg5 36. Rxd6 Be8 37. Rf8 (37. h4+)
37... Bh5 (37... Bg6 {hoping for a R pepetual} 38. h4+ Kh5 39. Nf4+ $18) 38.
h4+ {wins a B} 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ (4. Be2) (4. f3) 4... Nbd7 5. f3 Bf5 6.
Nc3 (6. c4) 6... a6 7. Ba4 {main} (7. Bd3) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Nb6 9. Nge2 Nbxd5 10.
Nxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O e6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. f4 Be7 (13... c5 {main}) (13... f5) 14.
Qf3 (14. f5 {played, 5.5-1.5}) 14... f5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bd2 O-O $2 (16... Rd8
17. c3 O-O $11) 17. Rxe6 $1 Bf7 (17... c6) 18. Qxd5 $18 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxe6 20.
Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxf5 (21. Nxf5) 21... Rad8 (21... Bh4) 22. Be3 Bh4 (22... Bf6)
23. Bd3 (23. Be6) 23... Bf6 24. Ne2 c5 25. c3 (25. dxc5 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bf6 27.
Kf2 $18 {Komodo10}) 25... Rfe8 26. Kf2 Re7 27. b3 Rde8 28. Bd2 b4 29. Rc1 bxc3
30. Bxc3 (30. Rxc3 cxd4 31. Rc6 Re6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. f5 Rc6 34. Nf4 $18 {also;
Komodo10}) 30... cxd4 31. Bd2 $18 (31. Nxd4 Rd7 32. Bxa6 Bxd4+ 33. Bxd4 Rxd4
34. Kf3 $14) 31... Re6 32. b4 (32. Rc7) 32... g6 33. a4 Ra8 34. Rc4 Rd6 35. Kf3
(35. Ng3) 35... Rb8 36. Ng3 Rdb6 37. Ne4 Be7 38. a5 (38. Nc5) (38. Be1) 38...
R6b7 39. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Black "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Nbd2 (4. Nc3 {main}) 4... Nxe5 5. g3 (5.
Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Nf3 {main}) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Nxf3 c6 (6... Nf6) (6... g6 {played}) 7.
Bg2 d5 8. O-O f5 {Bl is getting behind in development} 9. c4 $16 Nf6 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. e4 (11. Bg5 $16) 11... fxe4 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qd4 (13. h3) (13. Qc2)
13... Nf6 (13... O-O-O 14. Qxa7 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Rxe4 Nf6 17. Re1 Rhf8 $11
{Komodo10; Bl's lead in development is worth a pawn}) 14. Bg5 c5 15. Qc3 (15.
Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qc2 O-O-O 17. Nd2 $18 {Komodo10; its now Bl whose development lags
}) 15... O-O-O 16. Nd2 Rd3 (16... h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qc2 Kb8 $14 {Komodo10})
17. Qc2 $18 Qd7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rd4 20. Be3 Rxe4 {the R has nowhere
sensible to go} 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. f3 Bf5 25. Rac1 (25.
Rad1) 25... b6 26. Bf4 Qd4+ 27. Kg2 Kb7 28. Rcd1 Qf6 29. Rd2 (29. Qe8) 29...
Qc6 30. Qe8 g5 31. Qf7+ Ka6 32. Qxf5 (32. Bb8) 32... gxf4 33. Qe5 (33. Qf7)
33... Rg8 34. Qe8 Qh6 35. Qa4+ Kb7 36. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Whale, Michael"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Juan Talavera"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
Qe2 {it would appear that Wh touched his Q} 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Bh6 b5 $146 (
7... a6) (7... Bxh6) 8. Bxb5 Qb6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bd3 (10. a4 a6 11. Bd3 e6 (
11... Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. O-O $16) 12. Nge2 $14 {
Komodo10}) 10... Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Nge2 Qa5 $11 (12... Ba6 $11) 13. f3 Nbd7
14. Bb5 (14. Nb5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 $11 {Komodo10}) (14. O-O {saves a tempo}) 14...
Rb8 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. f4 (17. Rb3 Rb4 18. Rfb1 Rfb8 19. Ng3 $11 {
Komodo10}) 17... Rb4 $15 18. Qe3 Rfb8 19. Rb3 Qb6 (19... Qc4 20. Rfb1 (20. Rd1
a5 (20... Nxe4 21. a3 $11) 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Ng4 23. Qg5 Ndxe5 24. Qxe7 R8b7
25. Qg5 a4 $17 {Komodo10}) 20... Nxe4 $17) 20. h3 $11 c4 21. Qxb6 R8xb6 22.
Rxb4 Rxb4 23. Nd4 (23. Kf2 $14) 23... Rb2 (23... Nc5 24. Re1 Rb2 25. e5 Nh5 26.
f5 $11 {Komodo10}) 24. Rf2 (24. Kf2 Nc5 25. Ke3 $14 {Komodo10}) 24... Nc5 25.
Re2 $11 e6 (25... Nh5 26. f5 Nf4 27. Rf2 Nh5 $11) 26. dxe6 fxe6 (26... Nxe6 27.
Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Kf2 Kf7 $11 {Komodo10}) 27. e5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 $14 Nfd7 29. Nxe6+
Nxe6 (29... Kg8 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 Rxc2 32. N5e4 h5 $14) 30. Rxe6 Rxc2 31.
Re7+ Kf8 32. Rxd7 Rxc3 33. Rxa7 $14 Kg8 (33... h5) 34. Kf2 Rc1 35. Ke3 (35. a4
$16 {Komodo10; but probably there will be an indirect swap of c pawn & a pawn;
& drawn with all the remaining pawns on the same side of the board.}) 35... Rc2
{(draw?)} 36. g4 (36. g3 Rc3+ 37. Kf2 h5 38. h4 Rd3 39. a4 c3 40. Rc7 Rd4 41.
Rxc3 Rxa4 {Komodo10; & drawn}) 36... Rc3+ 37. Kd4 Rxh3 38. Ke5 (38. g5 h5 39.
gxh6 Rxh6 40. a4 Rh4 41. Re7 g5 42. a5 Kf8 43. Re4 g4 44. Re3 Rh5 45. Ra3 g3
46. Ke3 c3 47. Rxc3 Rxa5 48. Kf3 Ra6 49. Kxg3 Kf7 $11 {Komodo10}) 38... Rd3 39.
Rc7 Ra3 40. Rxc4 Rxa2 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Stuart, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. Bd2 Re8 7. e3 (7. Nf3)
7... d6 (7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 {scores 66% for Bl}) 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. h3 (9. O-O
Qd7 (9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d5 11. f3 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. e4 d4 14. Bd2 Bh3 $1 {
Montero-Maucci, Tera blanca IRT , Buenos Aires 2002,1/2-1/2}) 10. Re1 Bf5 11.
a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. b5 Nd8 14. d4 {Angouras-Hatzioannou, Ambelokipi op ,
Athens 1999,1-0}) 9... Bf5 10. e4 Bd7 11. O-O Qc8 12. Kh2 (12. Bg5 $11 {
Komodo10} Bxh3 $2 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Kg7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Bxh3) 12... a6
13. f4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 c5 17. Ng1 (17. b4 {Fritz13 &
Komodo10}) 17... Rb8 18. Rae1 h6 19. Nf3 b5 20. b3 a5 (20... Bc6 $11) (20...
bxc4 21. bxc4 Bc6 $11 {both Komodo10}) 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 $14 bxc4 23. Nxc4
Qa6 (23... Rxe1 24. Rxe1 a4 25. bxa4 Bxa4 $11 (25... Rb4 26. a5 Be6 $11 {
Komodo10})) 24. Qxa5 $16 Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Kf8 (25... Ra8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 (26...
Nxe8 27. Bxa8) 27. Rf2 $16) 26. Nc6 (26. Nb7) 26... Bf5 27. Ne5 (27. Nxb8 Rxb8
28. Rc1 $18) 27... Rb6 28. g4 Be6 (28... Bc8) 29. Rc1 (29. f5 Bc8 30. Nc4 $18)
29... Ra6 (29... Nd7) 30. Rf2 $18 Ra5 31. Nc4 Ra6 32. Kg3 Bd5 (32... Bxc4 33.
Rxc4 (33. dxc4 Re3+ 34. Kh2 Ke7 $11 {Komodo10}) 33... Re3+ 34. Kh2 Rxd3 35.
Rxc5 Re6 36. Rc4 $16 {Komodo10}) 33. Ne5 Bxg2 34. Rxg2 (34. Kxg2 $18) 34... Rc8
35. b4 Rca8 36. bxc5 Rxa2 37. Rxa2 Rxa2 38. c6 Ra7 39. c7 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miller, John S"]
[Black "Ehsander, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nh5 4. Bg5 Be7 (4... f6 {weakens the Bl position})
5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. c3 d5 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 (8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bd3 {
Sigurjonsson-Arnald, ISL ch tm , Reykjavik 2010,1/2-1/2}) (8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O b6
10. Nbd2 Nhf6 {Oliveira Jr-Dos Santos, Natal Potiguar op 2011,0-1}) 8... Nf6 9.
O-O Nc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 (11. Ne5 $14 {Stockfish 290115}) 11... cxd4 {
gives Wh an extra grip on e5} (11... b6 {waiting}) 12. exd4 Qd6 13. Qc2 h6 14.
Ne5 Bd7 15. f4 $14 Rac8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. g3 (17. b4 Qxf4 18. Nf3 $11 {keeps
the QB bad; Komodo10}) 17... c5 $11 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Bb5 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. h3
Bb7 22. Kh2 (22. Qg2 {Komodo10}) (22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Nd4 {Fritz6}) 22... cxd4
23. Nxd4 Ne4 $11 24. Bxe4 (24. Qg2 $11) 24... dxe4 25. Re3 Rfd8 $15 26. Rae1 f6
27. Qf2 e5 {messes up the Bl pawns & gives Wh some K side entry squares; but
does intoduce some tactical possibilities} (27... Rd7 $15 {waiting}) 28. fxe5
fxe5 29. Nf5 Qe6 (29... Rf8 $17 30. g4 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 $1 (31... Kg7 32. Qh4
$11) 32. Nf5 (32. Qh4 g5 $17) 32... gxf5 33. Qh4+ Qh6 34. Qe7+ Qg7 35. Qh4+ Kg8
36. gxf5 Qh7 37. Qg5+ Kh8 $15 {Komodo10}) 30. g4 $11 Rf8 (30... Rd3) 31. Qc2
Rcd8 $11 32. Ng3 Rf4 33. Nxe4 Qg6 (33... Qxa2 $11) 34. R1e2 Kh7 (34... Qf7 $11)
35. Nc5 $16 {Wh is a healthy pawn up} Qxc2 36. Rxc2 Bc8 37. Rxe5 $18 {2 pawns}
Rd6 38. Rce2 (38. c4) 38... Rc6 39. Kg3 Rc4 40. Nd3 Rd6 41. Nf4 Bb7 {the B is
aiming at thin air} 42. Re7 Bc6 43. Ne6 (43. Nh5 Rg6 44. Rxa7 $18) 43... Rd3+ (
43... Re4 44. Rxe4 Bxe4 45. Nxg7 $18) 44. Kh2 Rd1 45. Rxg7+ Kh8 46. Rf2 Rd8 47.
Rff7 (47. Rf6) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mort, Andrew J"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1
f5 (8... a5) 9. Bd2 f4 (9... h6) 10. b4 fxg3 (10... Nf5) 11. hxg3 Nf5 12. b5
Ncd4 13. Ng5 $14 {Komodo10} (13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Ne4 Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. Nf2 Bd7
17. Bh3 Nf5 18. Kg2 {Rzaeva-Shukurova, AZE Ch women, Baku 2001.1/2-1/2}) 13...
Bf6 14. Nge4 Bg7 (14... Be7 $5) 15. Nd5 (15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nd5 Ne6 17. Ndf6+ Bxf6
18. Bxf6 b6 19. Bg5 Bb7 $11 {Komodo10}) 15... Ne6 16. Bb4 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18.
Ndc3 h5 19. e3 $16 (19. Ba3 $16) (19. Qa4 a5 20. Ba3 $16) 19... Bh6 20. Qa4 a5
21. Ba3 Qc7 22. Qb3 (22. Rb2 Ra6 23. Rfb1 $16 {Komodo10}) 22... Ra6 23. Qb8
Qxb8 (23... Rd8 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Rb8 Ra7 26. Bxd6 $18 {Komodo10}) 24. Rxb8 $18
c5 25. Rfb1 Ng5 26. R1b6 (26. Nxc5 dxc5 27. Bxc5 Re8 28. Bd5+ Ne6 29. Ne4 Kg7
30. Bb7 $18 {Komodo19}) 26... Rxb6 27. Rxb6 Nf7 28. Rb5 (28. Nb5 Rd8 29. Na7
Bd7 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Nb5 Ne7 33. Ra6 $18 {Komodo10}) 28... a4 29.
Ra5 Bg7 30. Rxa4 Be6 31. Ra6 Rb8 32. Nb5 (32. Bxc5) 32... Bf8 33. Nec3 (33.
Bxc5) 33... Kg7 34. Bd5 (34. Bxc5) 34... Bxd5 35. Nxd5 Rb7 36. Bc1 (36. Bb2)
36... Rd7 37. a4 Be7 38. Bd2 Bd8 39. Ba5 (39. a5) 39... Bxa5 40. Rxa5 Nd8 41.
Ra6 Nb7 42. Ra7 Kf7 43. a5 Ne7 44. a6 (44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45. a6) 44... Nc6 45. Rxb7
(45. axb7) 45... Rxb7 46. axb7 Ke6 47. Nbc7+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Horrell, Stephen A"]
[Black "Bridges, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 (7...
d5 {main}) 8. d4 (8. h3) (8. f4) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 (9... Bd7 {main}) 10.
Qxd4 e5 {Komodo10} (10... Bd7) (10... a6 {played}) 11. Qd3 Bd7 12. Be3 a6 13.
Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 $14 Bc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rad8
18. Rad1 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nd5 $14 {Komodo10; but a pawn is
a pawn}) 16. Qf3 $16 (16. Bh3 $16) 16... Bd7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qd3 (18. Qh5)
18... Be6 19. Nxe7+ (19. c4) 19... Qxe7 20. c4 (20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 22.
Rad1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Bxa2 24. Rb6 Rd8 25. Bf3 Rd2 26. c3 Be6 27. Kf1 $16 {
Komodo10}) 20... Rac8 $14 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "Dixon, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. e4 (7. Qe1) (7.
Nc3) 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 e6 (8... Rb8) 9. Qe1 (9. a3) (9. e5 {played}) 9... a6 (
9... Rb8 10. Qh4 Ne8 11. Qxd8 {Maric-Erlach, Dortmund op 1987, draw agreed})
10. a4 Rb8 11. Bd2 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bd1 (13. Qh4) 13... Nd7 $15 14. Qg3 b4
15. Na4 Ra8 16. c3 Ba6 17. Nh4 Bf6 $19 18. Be1 Bxh4 19. Qxh4 Qxh4 20. Bxh4 Bxd3
21. Re1 bxc3 (21... Bb5) 22. bxc3 Rfb8 23. Bf3 Ra6 24. Red1 c4 25. Bf2 Rba8 26.
f5 Rxa4 27. Rac1 Nde5 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Bb6 Rf8 (29... Ra2) 30. Bc7 Nxf3+ 31.
gxf3 Rxf3 32. Bxd6 Ra2 33. Bg3 Re3 (33... Bxe4) 34. Re1 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Bxe4 36.
Re1 Bd5 37. Bd6 Na5 38. Re3 Nb3 39. Rg3 Nd2 40. Re3 Ra1+ (40... Nf3+) 41. Kf2
Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Orton, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 c5 (4... Bg7 {main, more flexible}) 5.
dxc5 (5. e3) (5. d5 {both more frequent}) 5... Qa5+ (5... Bg7 6. Nc3 Qa5 (6...
f5 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na6 10. Qd4 Re8 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. h4 Nxc5 $15 {
Volodin-Vovk, EU ch U16 , Urgup 2004,0-1}) 7. Qd6 f5 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qb4 10.
Rc2 b6 11. e3 {Voight-Hauff, GER ch U17 girls, Kerkwitz, draw agreed}) 6. Qd2 (
6. Nc3 $14) 6... Qxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Bxc5 (7... Na6) 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Bd3
Bf8 (10... f5 $11 {Komodo10}) 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Ne4 Kg7 13. Bb1 f5 (13... Ne5)
14. Nd6 Rd8 (14... Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne5 16. Rd4 b6 17. Nf4 Bb7 18. b3 Ng4 19. Rd2
Nf6 $11 {Komodo10}) 15. a3 (15. b3 $14) 15... b6 16. Ba2 Bxd6 (16... Ba6 17. b3
Na5 18. Kb2 Nb7 19. Nb5 (19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20. Nf4 Rac8 $11) 19... Bxb5 20. cxb5
Nc5 $11 {Komodo10}) 17. Rxd6 Kf8 (17... Ne5 18. f3 Bb7 19. Nc3 Rac8 $11 {
Komodo10}) 18. h4 (18. Rhd1) 18... Bb7 19. Nf4 Rac8 20. Rd3 (20. b3 Ne5 21. Kb2
Ng4 22. Rd2 Bc6 $11 {Komodo10}) 20... Ne5 21. Rc3 d5 (21... Ba6 $1 22. h5 (22.
Nd5 h5 23. b3 b5 $15) 22... g5 23. Nd5 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 $15 {
Komodo10}) 22. cxd5 Rxc3+ 23. bxc3 Ng4 (23... Rc8 24. Kc2 Ke7 $11 {Komodo10})
24. Rd1 (24. f3 Ne5 (24... Nxe3 {too dangerous with hanging pieces} 25. Re1
Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxg2 27. Rh1 $16) 25. Rd1 Ke7 26. Rd4 $14 {Komodo10}) 24... Nxf2
$15 25. Rd4 Rd6 (25... Re8 $17) (25... Ne4 $17) 26. Rc4 Rd7 (26... Ke7) 27. d6
$5 Rxd6 (27... Ng4 28. Rc7 Ke8 $17 {the Wh pawns are all fragmented & weak})
28. Rc7 $11 Rd1+ 29. Kb2 Rd2+ 30. Ka1 Rd1+ 31. Kb2 Rd2+ 32. Ka1 Rd1+ 33. Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Allford, Zane"]
[Black "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
[BlackElo "1598"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e5 (4. Nf3) 4... Nh6 5. Bf4 (5. f4 {main}) 5...
Bg7 (5... f6 {most frequent}) 6. Qd2 Ng8 7. O-O-O (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Qe3 Qb6 9.
O-O-O e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. g4 Nd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. h4 h5 15. Bd3 (15.
gxh5 Rxh5 16. Kb1 $14) 15... a6 $11 {Stavropoulos-Alexiadis, Petro pouli op
2012,0-1}) 7... Nd7 8. Nf3 (8. h4 $16 {[%eval 1003,0] Komodo10 &}) 8... Nb6 9.
Re1 Bg4 10. Re3 (10. Qe3) 10... Bxf3 11. Rxf3 e6 12. Bg5 (12. Kb1) 12... Qd7 (
12... Qxg5 {eases Bl's lack of space a little, bit; though not with that much
play; Komodo10} 13. Qxg5 Bh6 14. h4 Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 Kf8 16. Rfh3 Kg7 17. g4 $14)
13. Qf4 (13. Bd3) 13... h5 (13... h6 $1 14. Bf6 Bxf6 15. exf6 O-O-O $15 {
Komodo10; the Wh pieces are not quite on their right squares now to deal with
the change in pawn structure}) 14. h4 Nh6 15. Bd3 (15. Rfh3 Nf5 16. f3 $16 {
Komodo10; looking for a K side breakthrough}) 15... Nf5 $14 16. Nd1 Rf8 17.
Bxf5 (17. Ne3 {Komodo10 & 10.3; the B may be a bit more flexible. facing both
wings, than the N}) 17... exf5 (17... gxf5 {safer}) 18. Re1 Qe6 {Qs are not
the best of blockaders} 19. Rfe3 (19. b3 {both Engines}) 19... Kd7 20. f3 Rae8
(20... Kc7) 21. Nf2 Kc8 22. Nd3 $18 {all the Bl pieces are passive} Nd7 23. Qg3
b6 {overlooking the other invasion post} 24. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Martin C"]
[Black "Leah, Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 (4... Nd7) 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2
(7. Bd3 {takes aim at h7, a sensitve spot because of an e5 possibility,
driving away the N protection of the K}) 7... b5 8. a3 (8. Bg5) (8. O-O {played
}) 8... Qc7 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Rc1 $16 Qd8 11. Qd3 (11. d5 e5 12. Nd2 $16 {
Komodo10; Bl is short of space & development}) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Ng5 (
13. d5 Nc5 14. Qb1 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nd4 Be4 18. Qa2 Bf6 19.
b4 Na4 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Ne6 Nc3 22. Rxc3 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rcc1 Re8 25.
Qh3 $11 {Komodo10}) 13... h6 14. Nh3 O-O $11 15. f4 Rc8 (15... Nb6) 16. f5 Nb6
(16... exf5 $1 17. Rxf5 (17. exf5 Nb6 $15) 17... Nb6 $15 {the Wh centre is
suddenly vulnerable. as the Bl pieces have become active}) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18.
Nf4 $16 {Bl has left a weakness on e6} Qd7 19. Ng6 (19. d5 $18 {exposes the N
on b6 & wins the e6 pawn}) 19... Rf7 20. e5 Nfd5 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Rf1+ Kg8 23.
Ne4 (23. Bc1 $18 {Komodo10; keeps the B trained on h6}) (23. Bh5 $18) (23. Bg4
$18 {both Komodo10; use the other B to probe sensitive spots}) 23... Nxe3 24.
Qxe3 Bxe4 {tries to swap off the attacking force, but open other lines of
entry for Wh} (24... dxe5 {had to be tried} 25. Nxe5 (25. dxe5 Nc4 26. Bxc4
Rxc4 27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Nd6 Rc2 29. Rf7 (29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Bd5 $11) 29...
Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Qh4 31. Rxb7 Qxh2 {looks scary, but works out well for Wh if you
are a computer Engine} 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Rg6 (33... g6 34. Qb7#) 34. Nf7
Qg1+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 37. Ke3 $18) 25... Qe8 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5
Nd7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. b4 $16 {with a protected passed pawn 7 still a target at
e6.}) 25. Qxe4 $18 Bg5 (25... d5 {best} 26. Qf3 Qe8 27. Qg4 Qd7 28. Nf4 Bg5 29.
Nxe6 {and the Wh squares collapse}) 26. h4 (26. Bd3 $1 {at once wins very
quickly; Komodo10. There is little to be done about N discoveries}) 26... Bd2
27. Bd3 Bf4 28. Rxf4 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Huw"]
[Black "Eustis, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 (4... e6) 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. d5 (6. Qd2)
6... Bf5 (6... cxd5 7. cxd5 {vey few examples} Qa5+ (7... e6 8. Bxd8 {1-0}) (
7... Qb6 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. Qxe4 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11. d6 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qe5 13. Qxe5
Nxe5 14. dxe7 Bxe7 $17 {Mueller-Hapala, AUT ch tm 2014,0-1}) 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9.
Bxd2 {soon drawn}) 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bd2 e6 $15 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. e3
Be7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nh3 Nd7 {the Bl pieces have much more activity available}
14. b4 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Ne2 Ra3 $17 (17... Ra4 $17) 18. Nd4
Be6 19. Be2 Rfa8 20. O-O Bd7 21. h3 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Rxa2 23. c5 b5 (23... Rb2 $19
) 24. Rb1 Kf8 25. Bd1 Ke7 26. Bb3 Ra7 27. g4 h6 28. Kg2 Be6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 $19
30. Kg3 Nd5 (30... Ra2) 31. h4 Ra4 32. Nc2 e5 33. Rb2 b6 $19 {using the extra
pawn} (33... Ra8 $19 {Komodo10. starts using zugzwang procedures}) 34. cxb6
Nxb6 35. f4 exf3 36. Kxf3 Nc4 {& the Wh R has nowhere to go} 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Di-Vetta, Andrew"]
[Black "Jansen van Rensburg, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Bb2 e5 5. d3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 Re8
(8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 (10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O
Rfd8 14. Rfd1 {Pavlov-Shtyrenkov, Alushta Summer 2016,1/2-1/2}) 10... Qxd5 11.
Nd2 Be6 12. b4 a5 13. e4 Qd7 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Rc1 Bh6 {Van
Houten-Jauch, Schleswig-Holstein ch Seniors 2009,0-1}) 9. e4 (9. Be2 e4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxg7 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Kxg7 $15 {Powalla-Schatz, Korbach op 2008,0-1}
) 9... a6 (9... Nd4 $15) 10. h3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 c5 $15 13. Qd2 b5 14.
g4 (14. g3 {safer, Wh is not yet developed & the K is in the centre}) 14...
bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb8 (15... d5 $1 {Komodo10} 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 Rxe4 $1 {Komodo10}
17. g5 (17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Qc2 d3 19. Qxd3 Qa5+ $19) 17... Rxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Nxd5
19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Kf1 Ne3+ $1 21. fxe3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Rxb2 $19) 16... h5 17. g5
Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Bg2 Na4 20. O-O Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Re3 22. Nc1 Bxh3 $17 {Komodo10
}) 16. Bg2 h5 17. g5 Nd7 (17... Nh7 18. h4 f6 $15 {Komodo10}) 18. f4 Nf8 $15 (
18... Nb6 19. O-O Na4 $17 {Komodo10}) 19. O-O Nh7 {this could have been
reached 2 moves ago} 20. Rab1 Bd7 21. h4 $11 Bg4 22. Ng3 (22. f5 gxf5 23. Ng3
$11) 22... Qe7 $15 23. Ba1 Rxb1 (23... Nf8) 24. Rxb1 f6 25. Rb6 (25. Nh1 Nf8
26. Nf2 Bc8 $11 {Komodo10}) 25... fxg5 26. hxg5 h4 (26... Nf8 $17 {Komodo10}
27. Rxa6 Qb7 28. Rxd6 Qb1+ $19) 27. Nf1 Qd7 28. Rxa6 (28. Nh2 h3 29. Bh1 Rf8
30. Bb2 Nxg5 31. fxg5 Be5 32. Bc1 Bxh2+ 33. Qxh2 Qf7 34. Bf4 Qxf4 35. Qxf4 Rxf4
$15 {Komodo10; the Wh K side remains vulnerable due to the pawns being
over-extended}) 28... Rb8 (28... h3 29. Bh1 Nxg5 $1 {Komodo10} 30. fxg5 Be5 $19
31. Rb6 Bh5 32. Rb1 Rf8 33. a4 Qg4+ 34. Bg2 Bf4 35. Qa2 Qxg5 $19 {all Wh's
pieces are reduced to passivity}) 29. e5 Bh3 (29... dxe5 30. fxe5 Nf8 $15) 30.
Rxd6 (30. exd6 $11 {the pawn will distract Bl from pursuing the K side attack})
30... Qg4 $17 31. Bxd4 {at least making use of this piece to try & break open
the centre} (31. Rxg6 Rb1 $19 {forces it anyway}) 31... cxd4 $19 32. Rxg6 Bxg2
(32... Rb1 $19) 33. Qxg2 Qxf4 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. e6 Rf8 (35... Rb2 $1 {mating})
36. Qg2 h3 (36... Qf5 37. e7 Re8 38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. dxe4 Rxe7 {is another way})
37. Qxh3 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kg2 Re1 41. e7 Rxe7 (41... Kg8)
42. c5 Rc7 43. c6 Kg8 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Rd6 Ke7 (45... Nxg5+ {simplest}) 46. Rg6
Kf7 47. Rd6 Nxg5+ 48. Kg4 Ne6 49. Kf5 Nd8 (49... Nc5 $19) (49... Nf8 $19) 50.
Rxd8 Rxc6 (50... Ke7 51. Rd5 Rxc6 $19 {Komodo10}) 51. Rd7+ Kg8 (51... Kf8 52.
Rd8+ Ke7) 52. Ke4 Re6+ 53. Kd5 Re3 (53... Ra6 $19) 54. Kc4 $11 Re1 55. a4 Rc1+
56. Kd5 (56. Kb5 {the distant passed pawn needs supporting}) 56... Rc3 57. Ke4
Ra3 58. Ra7 Kh7 $15 59. a5 Kg6 60. a6 Ra5 61. Ra8 Re5+ 62. Kf4 Rf5+ (62... Rf5+
63. Ke4 Ra5 64. Kf4 (64. a7 Kg5 65. Kf3 Kf5 66. Kf2 Ra2+ $19 {as Wh gets
driven back & can not easily leave the a pawn, as Rxa7 will prtect the B on g7}
67. Ke1 Bf6 68. Kf1 Be7 {prevents Rf8ch & prepares K march to e3 to pickupthe
d pawn} 69. Ke1 Kf4 70. Kd1 Ke3 71. Rh8 (71. Ke1 Ra1#) (71. Kc1 Kxd3 72. Kb1
Ra4 73. Kc1 Ke2 $19)) 64... Bf6 65. Rg8+ Kf7 66. Ra8 Ke6 67. Ke4 Bg7 68. Rg8
Bf6 69. Ra8 Kd6 70. Rf8 Ke7 71. Ra8 Kd7 72. Ra7+ Kd6 73. Ra8 {& Bl's K can
never approach down the Q side, because Wh just has time to attack the B} Kc5
74. a7 $1 $11 Kb6 (74... Kd6 75. Rf8) 75. Rf8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Dewi"]
[Black "Cooke, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 e5 7. Nc3 (7. Nbd2)
7... Be6 $146 (7... O-O) 8. Bd2 (8. d4 {Komodo10}) 8... Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Ng5
Nh5 11. Qc1 (11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 $14 {Komodo10}) 11... Qb6 12. Be3 Qc7 13.
Ne2 Rac8 (13... d5) 14. Kh2 (14. c4) 14... d5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rb1 {a
mysterious R move; perhaps preparing for f4} d4 17. Bd2 Rf7 18. Bh6 Rcf8 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f3 {Wh has a very bad KB} c5 21. Qd2 b5 22. Rf2 b4 (22... c4 {is
the indicated move, advancing pawns alongside one another & hitting the pawn
base of the chain}) 23. c3 (23. b3 {holds up the Bl pawn advance}) 23... Rb8
24. c4 a5 25. b3 Qc6 26. Ng1 Nb6 27. h4 a4 28. Qc1 (28. Bh3 {is logical after
the previous move}) 28... Nf6 29. Rf1 a3 (29... axb3 30. axb3 Ra7 {leaves Bl
with some Q side prospects}) 30. Qg5 Nbd7 31. Qd2 {(draw?)} Rh8 32. Qd1 Qd6 33.
Bh3 Qe7 34. Kg2 h6 35. Bg4 {another plan is to evacuate the Wh K to the Q side,
where there are no open linesor ability to open them} Nxg4 (35... g5 $1 {Bl
should stick with the plan of opening lines} 36. hxg5 Nxg4 37. fxg4 Rxf1 38.
Qxf1 Qxg5 39. Qe2 Nf6 $15 {Komodo10}) 36. fxg4 Rhf8 (36... Rxf1 37. Qxf1 Rf8
38. Qe2 $11) 37. Qe2 Rf6 38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39. Rf1 Rxf1 40. Qxf1 Nf6 41. Kh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 (6. Bg5 {main})
6... c5 7. a3 (7. dxc5) (7. Bg5 {main lines}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c4 (8... O-O)
9. Qb1 (9. Qc2 Ne4 10. g3 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Bg4 {
Anastasian-Kharitonov, URS ch, Pavlodar 1987,1/2-1/2}) 9... Ne4 (9... O-O 10.
Bg5 Nc6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. e3 h6 $15 {Komodo10}) 10. Bd2 (10. Nd2 $11 {Cloud
Engines}) 10... Nc6 $17 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Bf5 (12... Na5 $17 {[%eval 1001,0]
Komodo10 &}) (12... Qd6 $17 {FRitz13}) 13. Qb2 a5 (13... Na5 $17 {Komodo10}) (
13... Re8 {Fritz13}) 14. a4 Ra6 15. O-O Rb6 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Bd1 {Komodo10.1} (
17. Ra2 {Fritz13 & Komodo10}) 17... Re6 18. Ra2 Rg6 (18... Rh6 {Fritz13 &
Komodo10}) 19. Kh1 (19. Ne1 Qh4 (19... Rh6 20. f4 Ng3 21. hxg3 Rb1 22. Qa3 Rxd1
$17 {Komodo10.1}) 20. f4 Ne7 $17 {Komodo10}) (19. Rb2 Rxb2 20. Qxb2 Qc7 $15 {
Fritz13}) 19... Rb1 (19... Qd7 20. Be1 (20. Nh4 Rb1 21. Qxb1 Nxf2+ 22. Rxf2
Bxb1 23. Rb2 Rh6 24. Rxb1 Rxh4 25. g3 Rh6 26. Bc2 $17 {Komodo10}) 20... Rb1 $19
{Fritz13}) (19... Rxg2 $1 $19 {Komodo10} 20. Be1 (20. Kxg2 Nb4 $1 21. Be1 (21.
cxb4 Rg6+ {mating} 22. Kh1 Bh3 23. Ne1 (23. Rg1 Nxf2#) 23... Qg5 24. Bc3 (24.
Bg4 Qxg4 25. bxa5 Bxf1 26. a6 Nxf2#) 24... Bg2+ 25. Kg1 Bf3+ 26. Ng2 Qxg2#) (
21. Rg1 Bh3+ $1 (21... Nd3 22. Qa1 Rg6+ 23. Kf1 Bh3+ 24. Ke2 Rxg1 25. Nxg1 Qh4
26. Nxh3 Qxh3 27. Bc2 Qg4+ 28. f3 (28. Kf1 Nxd2#) 28... Qg2+ 29. Kd1 Qxd2#) (
21... Nxa2 22. Qc2 (22. Qa1 Rg6+ 23. Kf1 Nxd2+) 22... Rg6+ 23. Kf1 Qf6 $1 $19)
22. Kxh3 Qd7+ 23. Kg2 Rg6+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke2 Rxg1 26. Nxg1 Qg2 27. Be1 Nd3
28. Qc2 Ndxf2 {and mate next move- as all Wh's pices are helpless}) 21... Nxa2
22. Qc2 (22. Qa3 Naxc3 23. Bxc3 (23. h4) 23... Rg6+ 24. Kh1 Bh3 {mating}) 22...
Rg6+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+) 20... Bh3 21. Rg1 Nb4 $1 22. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nxa2 24.
Qc2 Rg6+ 25. Kf1 Qd7 26. Ng1 Qd6 27. Nf3 Qa3 $19 {Komodo10}) 20. Qxb1 (20. Qa3
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bh3 22. g3 Qf6 {mating; Komodo10}) 20... Nxf2+ (20... Ng3+ {
Fritz13 & considered by Komodo10}) 21. Rxf2 Bxb1 22. Rb2 Be4 $19 23. Rxb7 h5 (
23... Re6 $19 {Cloud Engines}) (23... Qc8 $19 {also; Komodo10}) 24. Be1 $17 h4
25. h3 {Fritz13} (25. Nd2 {[%eval 1001,0] Komodo10 &}) 25... Re6 $17 {Fritz13}
(25... Qc8 26. Rfb2 Qf8 $17 {Komodo10}) (25... Rf6 $17 {Komodo10.1}) 26. Nh2 (
26. Rxf7 {best try ;Cloud Engines} Kxf7 27. Ng5+ Ke7 28. Rf7+ Kd6 29. Bxh4 Re7
30. Bg4 Bg6 31. Bg3+ Ne5 32. dxe5+ Kc6 33. Rf2 Qb6 34. Ne6 Qxe3 35. Rf3 Qd2 36.
Bf2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxa4 38. Nc5 Qc2 39. Bd4 Rf7 40. Rxf7 Bxf7 41. Bd7+ Kc7 42. e6
Bg6 43. Be5+ Kb6 44. Na4+ Kb7 45. Nc5+ Ka7 46. Bd4 Qe2 $17 {Komodo10}) 26...
Qg5 {trying to get the Q active, but also lets Wh's Rs loose} (26... Bg6 $15 {
wins according to Fritz13}) (26... f6 $19 {both Komodos}) 27. Rbxf7 $15 Qxe3
28. Rf8+ Kh7 29. Bd2 Qd3 {the Q is actually passively placed here} 30. Nf3 Rf6
$2 {too late now} (30... Rg6 $11 {Komodo10 first idea before changing its
assessment} 31. Be2 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qc2 (32... Bd3 33. Ng5+ Rxg5 34. Bxg5 $16) 33.
Rf4 (33. Ng5+ Rxg5 34. Bxg5 Qxc3 $15) 33... Ne7 34. Ng5+ Rxg5 35. Rxh4+ Kg6 36.
Bxg5 Kxg5 37. Rg4+ Kh6 38. Rh4+ Kg5 $11 (38... Kg6 $2 39. Bh5+ Kg5 40. Rg4+
Kxh5 41. Rxc2 Bxc2 42. Rxg7 $18)) (30... Bxf3 $15 {best, All Engines}) 31. Ng5+
$18 Kg6 32. R2xf6+ gxf6 33. Rg8+ Kf5 (33... Kh6 34. Nxe4+ Qxd2 35. Nxd2 {
leaves Wh with too much material}) 34. Bg4# 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. d3
Bd6 (8... Bb4) 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 (10. Qe2 {main}) 10... Re8 (10... Ne5 11. Qe2
Ng6 12. f4 {Merts-Lu, Harbin op U20, 2017,1-0}) 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. g4 Nf8 13. g5
N6d7 14. d4 b5 (14... Ng6 $11 {Fritz13 & Komodo10}) 15. Qg4 Qa5 16. a3 b4 (
16... Nb6 $11) 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Bc1 $14 Be7 19. h4 $16 (19. f4 $16 {Komodo10})
19... Rac8 20. Rd3 (20. h5 $16) 20... dxe4 (20... c5 $14 {both Engines}) 21.
Nxe4 Qc4 22. Qd1 Ng6 23. b3 Qb5 24. c4 Qf5 25. Ng3 (25. Rh3 $16 {both Engines})
25... Qa5 26. Qg4 c5 27. h5 Ngf8 28. Bd2 Qa2 29. h6 g6 (29... Ng6) 30. Qf4 $18
(30. dxc5 $18 Ne5 (30... Nxc5 31. Qd4) 31. Qd4 f6 32. Qc3 Nxd3 33. gxf6 Qb2 34.
fxe7 Qxc3 35. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 36. Bxc3 Nxc5 37. Ne4 $18 {Komodo10}) 30... f5 (
30... e5 31. dxe5 Ne6 32. Qe4 Ndf8 33. f4 $18 {Komodo10}) 31. gxf6 Nxf6 32.
dxc5 (32. Ne4 $18) 32... Qc2 33. Rc3 Qb2 34. Rf3 (34. c6 $18) 34... e5 35. Qe3
Bxc5 36. Qe1 (36. Qg5 $18 {both Engines}) 36... N8d7 37. Bc3 (37. Qd1 Bd4 38.
Bc1 Qa1 39. Ne2 Bc5 40. Rd3 Rc7 41. Nc3 $16 {Komodo10}) 37... Qc2 (37... Qxb3
$11 {Komodo10} 38. Ne4 (38. Bxe5 Qxc4 $15) 38... Qb6 $11) 38. Qd1 Qxd1 39. Rxd1
$16 Rb8 40. Ba1 (40. Bh3 $18 {both Engines}) 40... Rb6 41. Rfd3 (41. Ne4 Nxe4
42. Rxd7 Rd6 43. Rxd6 Nxd6 44. Rf6 e4 45. Bc3 Nf5 46. b4 Bf8 47. Ra6 Re7 48. b5
Bxh6 49. Bb4 Rd7 50. Bxe4 $16 {Komodo10}) 41... Nf8 42. Ne4 Be7 (42... Nxe4)
43. Bxe5 $18 (43. c5 $18 {both Engines} Ra6 44. Nxf6+ Bxf6 45. Bd5+ Ne6 46. Rf3
Bh4 47. c6 Ra5 48. Bxe5 $18 {Komodo10}) 43... Nxe4 44. Bxe4 Ne6 45. Bd5 Bb4 46.
Rf3 Bc5 47. Re1 {Fritz13} (47. Rf6 {Komodo10}) 47... Rf8 48. Rxf8+ (48. Bf6 $1
$18 {both Engines}) 48... Kxf8 49. Bxe6 (49. Bf6 Kf7 50. Bc3 Be7 51. b4 Rd6 52.
Be5 Rd7 53. Bg3 $18 {Komodo10}) 49... Rxe6 50. Bg7+ Ke7 $2 (50... Kf7 51. Kf1
$16) 51. Rxe6+ (51. Bf8+ $18 {Komodo10}) 51... Kxe6 52. Kf1 Kf5 53. Ke2 Ke4 54.
f3+ Kf4 55. Bc3 g5 (55... a6 $16) 56. b4 $18 Bd6 57. b5 g4 58. fxg4 Kxg4 59.
Bd4 Bb8 60. Ke3 Kf5 61. Kf3 Kg6 62. Ke4 Kxh6 63. Be5 Bxe5 64. Kxe5 Kg5 65. c5
1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 f6 10. Rb1 Be6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. Bb2 (14. e3
Nf5 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Qc2 {main}) 14... a4 (14... Rd8 15. e3 {Forsaa-Ostenstad,
NOR ch 2011,1/2-1/2}) 15. e3 Nf5 (15... Nb3 16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. Nxb3 Nxb2 18.
Rxb2 Rxa3 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Rc1 Bb4 $11 {Thier-Jakits, Wolfsberg op , 2013,0-1})
16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Rfc1 Nd6 {so far book} 18. Nce4 $146 (18. Nde4 {97 games in
database, many by top GMs}) (18. Ba1 $146 {Heap-Hewitt, Dyfed Closed 2015,1/
2-1/2}) 18... Nxb5 $17 19. Nc5 c6 (19... Bd5 $17 {Komodo10}) 20. Nxb7 (20. Nxe6
Qxe6 21. Ra1 $15) 20... Qxb7 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 (22. Bxc6 Rxd3 23. Bxa8
Nxa8 $19) 22... Bd5 23. Rxb6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxa3 25. Bxa3 Bxa3 26. Nc4 Bf8 27.
Ra1 (27. Rd1 a3 28. Kf3 Ra4 $17 {Komodo10}) 27... Rxd3 $19 28. Rb7 a3 29. Nb6
Rad8 (29... Rb3) 30. Nc4 Rc3 31. Nxa3 Rxa3 32. Rc1 Ra2 33. Rcc7 Rdd2 34. Rc8
Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 (35. Kg1 Rg2+ 36. Kh1 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Rhg2+ 38. Kh1 Rge2 39. Rb1
Rxe3 $19 {Komodo10}) 35... h5 36. Rbb8 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 a6 (10... e6 {main}) 11. a4 e6 (11... b6 {more
frequent here}) 12. e4 f5 (12... Qh4 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. g3 Qh3 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nf4
Qh6 17. Bg2 {tarasova-Maris, Groningen op 2011,1-0}) (12... exd5 13. exd5 Re8
14. O-O Bf5 $11 {Komodo10}) 13. O-O fxe4 14. Bc4 $16 exd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh8 16.
Nxe4 (16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nxe4 $16) 16... Bd4 17. Qb3 Nc6 (17... Rf5 $11) 18. Ng5
Na5 19. Qa2 Kg7 (19... Bf5 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Bd3 22. Re1 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2
Qh4+ 24. g3 Qxh2+ 25. Kf3 Nc6 $11 {Komodo10}) 20. Nf3 (20. Nf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf7
Bf5 22. Be3 $16 {Komodo10}) 20... Nc6 21. Bd2 $16 Ne7 22. Be4 Qb6 (22... Bf6)
23. Bc3 (23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qa3 Rf7 25. Rfe1 $16 {Komodo10}) 23... Be6 24. Qa3
Bf6 25. a5 Qc7 26. Ng5 Bg8 27. Rad1 h6 28. Nf3 Kh7 29. Qa4 Be6 30. Rfe1 Bxc3
31. bxc3 Rf4 32. g3 Rf6 33. Qc2 Bg4 (33... Qxa5 34. Rd6 Re8 35. Ne5 Kg7 36. Nd7
Bxd7 37. Rxd7 Re6 38. Re2 $18 {Komodo10}) 34. Rd3 Raf8 35. Ne5 Be6 (35... Rxf2
36. Bxg6+ Kg7 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 Bh3 39. Bd3 Qxa5 40. g4 Nd5 41. Ng6 Rf3 42.
Nh4 Rf4 43. Nf5+ Kf8 44. Bf1 Qxc3 45. Qxc3 Nxc3 46. Bxh3 b5 47. Re6 b4 $14 {
Komodo10; rather complex to play over the board}) 36. f4 Qxa5 37. Nd7 $18 Bxd7
38. Rxd7 R8f7 39. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 40. Bxg6+ Rxg6 (40... Kg8 41. Rxe7 $18) 41.
Rxe7+ Kh8 42. Qxg6 Qa1+ 43. Kf2 (43. Kg2 Qa2+ 44. Kh3 {mating}) 43... Qb2+ 44.
Re2 Qb6 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Black "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. O-O Ng4 $146 {Komodo10} (11... Nd4 {main}) 12.
Rac1 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. b3 Nd4 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bd3 Bh8 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18.
Bxd2 Bxd5 19. exd5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Byway, Paul V"]
[Black "Mort, Andrew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 (6. d4 {main}) 6... d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Qe8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Qh5 12. b5 Nb8 $146 (12...
Nd8 {main, with good results for Bl}) 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Nc5 (14... Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Nc5 $11 {Komodo10}) 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Nde2 Rfb8 (17... Nf6)
18. e4 Bc8 {strange retreat} (18... fxe4 19. d4 Na4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 $11 {Komodo10}
) 19. Be3 (19. exf5 exf5 20. d4 $16) 19... Na4 20. exf5 exf5 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. b6
$16 (22. b6 Nxb6 (22... c6 23. Nc7 Ra5 24. Ra1 Nb2 25. Rxa5 Nxd1 26. Bd4 c5 27.
Ba1 Nf6 28. Bf3 Ng4 29. Nf4 Ndxf2 30. h3 Nxh3+ 31. Nxh3 $18) 23. Nxb6 cxb6 24.
Bxb6 Bxb6 25. Rxb6 Ra6 26. Rdb1 Rba8 27. Bxb7 Bxb7 28. Rxb7 Ra3 29. R1b3 $16)
1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodriguez, Juan Talavera"]
[Black "Miller, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4
Nbc6 9. Bb5 (9. Be2) (9. Bd3) (9. Ba3) 9... Qc7 (9... Qa5) 10. O-O Na5 (10...
a6) 11. Bd3 (11. Ba3 {more frequent}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc4 {Draw agreed,
Stevanovic-Lahlum, GER ch U20 1993.} (12... h6 {most frequent}) 13. Nd2 (13.
Ng5 h6 14. Qh5 Rf8 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Qg4 $16 {Komodo10}) 13... b5 14. Qe2 (14.
axb5 Bxb5 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. h4 h5 17. Qg5 $16 {Komodo10}) 14... Qa5 15. Nb3 Qc7
16. Bg5 $16 (16. axb5 Bxb5 17. Qh5 $16 {Komodo10}) 16... Ng6 17. f4 (17. Nc5
Ncxe5 18. Na6 Qb7 19. dxe5 Qxa6 20. axb5 Qb7 21. Ra6 $16 {Komodo10}) 17... O-O
(17... h6 18. f5 exf5 19. Bc1 bxa4 20. Nc5 O-O 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bxf5 $14 {
Komodo10}) 18. h4 (18. f5 $1 exf5 19. axb5 h6 20. Bc1 Ne7 21. Nc5 Bxb5 22. e6
$16 {Komodo10}) 18... f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bh6 $18 f5 (20... Rf7 21. axb5 Kh8
22. Nc5 Nxh4 23. Qh5 Ng6 24. Bxg6 (24. Rae1 $18) (24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. f5 $18)
24... hxg6 25. Qxg6 $18 {Komodo10}) 21. Bxf8 (21. h5 $1 {even stronger , as Bl
has trouble in moving the N} Ne7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. axb5 $18 {Komodo10}) 21...
Rxf8 22. g3 (22. axb5 Nxf4 23. Qf3 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Nb6 25. Nc5 $18 (25. Rfc1 Qb8
26. Nc5 $18 {Komodo10})) 22... bxa4 23. Nc5 Re8 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Nxd7 (25.
Qxc4) 25... Qxd7 26. Qxc4 Kh8 27. Qxa4 Qd8 28. Qxa7 Rg8 29. h5 Nh4 30. Qc5 (30.
Ra3 $1) 30... Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 Rg2+ 32. Ke3 Rg3+ 33. Ke2 Qe8 34. Ra7 Qxh5+ 35. Kd2
Ng6 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dixon, Chris"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qc7 9. Qe2 (9. h3) 9... Be7 10. b3 O-O-O {unusual in this line} (10... O-O
) 11. Bb2 $14 Nc5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne6 14. Nc4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 (15...
Rxd4) 16. Rad1 Kb8 17. Bg2 (17. e5 $14) 17... h5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Kh1 Nb6 20.
Nxb6 axb6 21. Qd3 (21. h4) 21... g5 (21... h4 $15) 22. fxg5 (22. e5 $11) 22...
Bxg5 23. Rf5 Be3 24. Rdf1 Rh7 (24... Qxg3 $17) 25. Qc4 (25. e5 Rg7 26. R1f3 $11
{Komodo10}) 25... b5 26. Qe2 Qxg3 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. R1xf3 Rd7 29. Rf1 (29. h4 {
fixes the h5 pawn}) 29... h4 $17 30. Bf3 Re7 31. e5 Rh6 32. Bg4 Rhe6 33. Rh5
Rxe5 34. Rxh4 Rc5 (34... Bg5 35. Rh7 f6 $17 {Komodo10}) 35. Bf5 b4 36. Rh8+ Ka7
37. Rh7 $11 Ra5 38. Bd3 Rxa2 39. Rhxf7 (39. Rfxf7) 39... Rxf7 40. Rxf7 Kb6 41.
h4 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Rg1 43. h5 Rg5 44. Bg6 c5 45. Rf6+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Philpin, Les"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 (5. cxd4 {more usual}) 5... d5
(5... a6 {most frequent}) 6. e3 (6. Nb5 a6 7. Nc7+ {Rosenzweig-Humm, Hasloch
op 1997,1-0}) 6... Be7 7. Nb5 (7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Nc5 {
Pondal-Madsen, Koge Xtracon op 2014,0-1}) 7... Na6 8. Nd2 O-O $11 9. Be2 Bd7
10. Nd4 Nc5 11. N4f3 Qb6 (11... Nfe4 $15) 12. b3 Nce4 $17 13. h3 $2 (13. Qc1)
13... Nxc3 $19 14. Qc2 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 Rac8 16. Qb2 Bb5+ (16... Bb4) 17. Kd1 Bb4
(17... Ne4) 18. Be5 Be7 (18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Qa5 22.
a3 Bc3 $19 {Komodo10}) 19. g4 Bd3 20. Nd4 Ne8 {Bl is exploiting his extra pawn
rathger than going in for the kill like Komodo10} (20... Ne4) 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.
Qxc1 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Qc3 Be4 (24... Bg6) 25. f3 Rc8 26. Qb2 Bd3 27. Re1
Nb5 28. Nb1 Nxd4 (28... Bxb1) 29. exd4 Bxb1 30. Qxb1 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Allford, Zane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 (4. d4 g5 5. g3 {recommended in Shaw's
book on the King's Gambit}) 4... g5 5. g3 (5. d4 Bg7) 5... g4 6. Nh4 f3 7. d4
Bg7 (7... Nc6) 8. Be3 Bf6 (8... Nc6 {main}) 9. Qd2 Bxh4 10. gxh4 Qxh4+ 11. Bf2
Qh6 12. Qxh6 (12. Be3 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qd8 {Krzyzanowski-Rusin, Wasaw YMCA 2014,0-1
}) 12... Nxh6 13. Nd5 Kd7 (13... Kd8 14. Bh4+) 14. h3 (14. Nf6+ {Cloud Engines}
Ke6 15. Bh4 c6 16. d5+ Ke5 17. Nh5 Kxe4 18. O-O-O $18 {Furhoff-Eriksson,
Helsingborg-A 1991,1-0}) 14... c6 $11 15. Ne3 Kc7 16. O-O-O (16. e5 d5 17. Bg3
Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 $11 {Komodo10}) 16... f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxg4 (18. Nxf5
Bxf5 $11) 18... h5 (18... Na6) 19. Nh2 Be6 (19... Nd7 20. Nxf3 Nf6 $11 {
Komodo10}) 20. c4 (20. Re1 Kd7 21. Nxf3 Bd5 22. Bd3 Rf8 23. Rhg1 $16 {Komodo10}
Na6 (23... Bxf3 24. Bxf5+ Rxf5 25. Rg7+ Kd8 26. Bh4+ {mating})) 20... Nd7 $11 (
20... Na6 $11) 21. Nxf3 Nf6 (21... Rhg8) (21... Raf8) 22. Ng5 Bd7 23. Bd3 h4
$11 (23... Rhg8 $11) 24. Rdf1 Raf8 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxh4 Bd3 $2 (26... Ne4 27.
Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Rg1 d5 30. c5 Rf7 $14 {Komodo10}) 27. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Jones, Martin C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 e5 2. e4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 (6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2
Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 O-O {less frequent}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8. e5 {main line} dxe5
9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Bg5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qd5 12. Bd3) (8. Be2 {looks better than text}
) 8... Bg4 (8... Nc6 {more frequent}) 9. e5 (9. Be3 Nc6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. O-O
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Na5 13. Qd3 $14 {Zaitsev-Sosulin,Pervomaisky op 2016,1/2-1/2})
9... Re8 (9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Bxf3 (10... Nc6 $15) 11. Qxf3 Nfd7 12. Be3 Bxe3
13. Qxe3 {Aubrecht-Skvaril, Ricany op 2014, draw agreed}) 10. Ne2 (10. Kf1 {
Nelson-Van Zyl Smit, GB ch Swansea 1995,0-1}) (10. Be3 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nc6 12.
Kf1 (12. Ne2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe3 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qb3 Rad8 $19 {
Borgiani-Loncar, Imperia op 1989,1-0}) 12... Nxd4 {Prodhomme-Pierre, FRA ch tm
Pays de Loire 2002,0-1}) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 dxe5 12. dxe5 (12. fxe5 Nc6 $1 {
Komodo10} (12... Nh5 13. Be3 c5 {breaks the centre})) 12... Nd5 (12... Nh5 {
Rudy} 13. h4 {Komodo10} Nc6 14. Be4 Qe7 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qc4 Rad8 17. Bd2 Bf2+
18. Kxf2 Rxd2 $17) (12... Nc6 $1 {Komodo10} 13. exf6 $2 Qd4 14. Qb3 Rad8 15.
Bd2 Qf2+ 16. Kd1 Rxe2 17. Bxe2 Be3 $19) 13. Be4 (13. h4 Nb4 14. Be4 Qxd1+ 15.
Kxd1 Rd8+ 16. Ke1 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Nc6 18. Kg2 Nf2 19. Rf1 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Rd3 $15 {
Komodo10}) 13... Qh4+ $19 14. Ng3 c6 (14... Nxf4 {can be played as well} 15.
Bxf4 (15. Qa4 Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Na6 $19) 15... Qxf4 16. Bxb7 Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 Nc6 18.
Bxc6 (18. Bxa8 Qxb2 19. Ne2 Rxa8 $19) 18... Qc5 19. Kg2 Qxc6 $19 {Komodo10})
15. Bxd5 (15. Qa4 {considered& rejected because of} Ne3 (15... Na6 16. Bd2 Ne3
$19 {pm analysis}) (15... Nd7 {Komodo10} 16. Bxd5 Nxe5 $1 $19 {Komodo10}) 16.
Qb3 (16. Bxe3 Bxe3 {loses both centre pawns}) 16... Ng2+ 17. Kf1 Qh3) 15...
cxd5 16. Qxd5 {to hold up f6} (16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Bd2 Rac8 $19) 16... Nc6 17. Bd2
Rad8 (17... Rac8 {also, considered by both}) 18. Qe4 Rd4 (18... Bf2+) 19. Qe2 (
19. Qf5 {Martin} g6 20. Qg5 (20. Qg4 Nxe5 21. Qxh4 Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 {pm analysis}
Rxd2 (22... Nxh4 $19) 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Qg3 Rxf4 $19 {Komodo10})) 19... Rxd2 (
19... Rxf4 20. O-O-O (20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Kf1 Rxe5 22. Qd1 Qe3 23. Kg2 Qf2+ 24.
Kh3 Re6 25. Nf5 Rg6) 20... Nd4 21. Qd3 Rxf3 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe5 $19) 20.
Qxd2 (20. Kxd2 Qxf4+ 21. Kd1 (21. Kc2 Nd4+) (21. Kc3 Ba5+ 22. Kb3 Nd4+) 21...
Rd8+ 22. Ke1 Nd4 23. Qe4 Nxf3+ 24. Kf1 Rd2 25. Qxf4 Rf2#) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Horrell, Stephen A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
f5 (8... a5) 9. Ne1 (9. Bd2 {main}) 9... Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 (10... h6 11. b4 Qd7
12. b5 Nd8 13. f4 Nc8 14. a4 c6 15. Nb4 Ne7 {2-1/2}) 11. b4 Nd8 12. b5 {
Komodo10} (12. f4 Kh8 13. b5 Ng8 14. a4 c6 15. Nb4 e4 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4
Bxc4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bb2 {Keene-Pedersen, Havana ol 1966, 1-0}) 12... Nxd5 (
12... c6 $11) (12... f4 $11) 13. cxd5 Bf7 14. Nc2 c6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb4 cxd5
17. Nxd5 Rc8 $11 18. Bg5 (18. Ba3) 18... Kh8 19. Qd2 (19. Nf6) 19... Ne6 20.
Bf6 Nc7 (20... Nd4) (20... Nc5) 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rb7 $16 Qd8 23. Qa5 (23. Nb4
Ne6 24. Nc6 Qf6 25. Rxa7 $16) 23... Ne6 (23... Nxd5 24. Qxd8 Rcxd8 25. Bxd5 Kf6
26. Bf3 Bxa2 27. Rxh7 Rf7 $11 {Komodo10}) 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Rxa7 Ra8 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. Nc3 Ra3 28. Nb5 (28. Rc1 Nd4 $11) 28... Rxa2 29. Nxd6 Ra6 (29... Rxe2
$11) 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Bd5 $16 Ke7 32. Rb1 Ra7 33. Rb6 Nf8 34. Rb7+ (34. Kg2
$16) 34... Rxb7 35. Bxb7 $16 Kd6 36. Ba6 (36. Kf1 $16) 36... g5 37. e3 h6 38.
Kg2 (38. Kf1) 38... Ng6 39. Bb5 Ne7 40. h3 Ng6 41. Be8 Ne7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. g4 {
another pawn on White; the Wh K really needs to be on the Q side to make a
difference} f4 (43... fxg4+ 44. hxg4 Nd5) 44. Ke2 Ng8 45. Kd2 Nf6 46. Bg6 Kd5
47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Bf7 (48. d4 $16) 48... Kc5 49. d4+ Kd6 50. Kd3 fxe3 51. fxe3
exd4 52. Kxd4 Nd7 53. Ke4 Ke7 54. Bc4 Kf6 {(draw?)} 55. Kd5 Ne5 56. Be2 Nf7 57.
Bb5 Ne5 58. Be8 Nf3 59. e4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 (3... Be7) 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bf4 (6. Bh4)
6... c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qh5 Bg5 12. h4 Bxf4
13. exf4 f5 14. g4 {trying to barge through, but virtually forcing a Q exchange
} (14. Rh3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Rf7 16. g4 Nf8 {Deak-Skaikova, SVK ch tm 2002,0-1}) (14.
Qe2 {Rudy & Julie} Nb6 15. O-O-O {and then returning to the K side offers Wh
better prospects than any chances Bl might have on the Q side.}) 14... Qe8 (
14... fxg4 {is possible} 15. Qxg4 (15. Qg6 Rxf4 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18.
Qxg7+ Rf7 19. Qxh6 Qg8 20. O-O-O Nxe5 $11) 15... Rf7 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. O-O-O $16)
15. Qxe8 Rxe8 16. gxf5 (16. g5 {keeps the pawn structure together,but probably
only equal} hxg5 (16... h5 17. g6 {gives Bl longer term problems with the lack
of defence of h5}) 17. hxg5 Nf8 18. Be2 Bd7 $11) 16... exf5 17. Bxf5 $2 {the
real culprit, snatching a pawn ( for the moment)} (17. O-O-O {Rudy; leaves Wh
with several positional advantages- a protected passed pawn & better
development; plus play gainst a baddish B. the f pawn is weak but can be taken
care of} Nf8 18. h5 Ne6 19. Rh4 Rf8 20. Rg1 $14) (17. Rg1 {Julie} Nf8 18. Ke2
Ne6 19. Kf3 Rf8 20. Nf1 b6 21. Rg6 $14) (17. Nf1 {Komodo10, targets the f5 pawn
} Nf8 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Nxd5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5+ 21. Kf1 Rxd5 22. Bc4 Be6 23.
Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rg1 $16) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxc8 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Raxc8 $19 {Wh's K side
pawns are shattered} 20. h5 (20. Nf3 Nxf4 21. Rb1 Re7 22. Ne1 d4 {
Pokotilo-Diak, Stepichev mem Kiev 2004,0-1}) 20... Rf8 $1 21. Rh4 Rxf4 (21...
Rf5 22. b3 Rcf8 {Komodo10}) 22. Rxf4 Nxf4 23. Nf3 Nxh5 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Nh4 Re8
(25... Rd8) 26. Rd2 Re5 27. Ng2 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Kf7 29. f4 Rf5 30. Kg3 Ke6 (30...
d4 31. cxd4 Rd5) 31. Re2+ Kd6 32. Rd2 g5 (32... h5) 33. fxg5 Rxg5+ 34. Kf4 Re5
35. Rg2 d4 36. c4 Rg5 37. Re2 Rg8 (37... Rh5 38. Rg2 Re5 39. Rg8 (39. Rh2 h5
40. Rg2 h4 41. Rh2 Rh5 42. Rh3 Ke6) 39... Re6 40. Rg7 Kc6 41. Rg3 Re2 $19 {
Komodo10}) 38. Rh2 Rh8 {the R is actually less active here than on the 3rd} (
38... h5 39. Rxh5 Rg2 {Komodo10}) 39. Rh5 a6 40. a4 Rf8+ (40... b6 $19 {
Komodo10}) 41. Ke4 Re8+ 42. Kd3 Re6 43. a5 $17 Kc6 44. Kd2 b6 45. axb6 Kxb6 46.
Kd3 Rc6 (46... a5 47. b3 (47. Kd2 a4 $19) 47... Re3+ 48. Kc2 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 (49.
Kb2 a4 50. bxa4 Rxc4 $19) 49... a4 $1 (49... Rxb3 50. Rxh6+ Kb7 (50... Kc7 {is
a longer journey}) 51. Rh5 a4 52. Rxc5 a3 53. Ra5 Kb6 54. Ra8 Rh3 $19) 50.
Rxh6+ Ka5 51. bxa4 Rxc4 $19 {Komodo10}) 47. Ke4 (47. Kc2 Rg6 $19 (47... Ka5 48.
Kb3 d3 49. Rd5 d2 50. Rxd2 h5 51. Rh2 Rb6+ 52. Kc3 Rh6 53. Rh4 $15) 48. b3 a5
$19 {as above}) 47... Rg6 (47... Ka5 48. Kd5 Rc8 49. Rxh6 Ka4 (49... Kb4 50.
Rb6+ Ka5 51. Re6 d3 $19) 50. Rxa6+ Kb3 51. Ke4 {steers the d pawn through} (51.
Rb6+ Kc2 {steers the d pawn through}) 51... Kxc4 $19) 48. Kd3 Re6 49. Kd2 Rc6
50. Kd3 (50. Kc2 a5 {as above}) 50... Ka5 51. Rd5 Kb4 52. Rd8 Rb6 53. Rd5 Rg6
54. Rh5 Rg3+ (54... a5 {also}) 55. Kd2 Kxc4 (55... Rg2+ $1 56. Kc1 (56. Kd3
Rxb2) 56... d3 57. Rh3 Kxc4 {apparently even stronger; Komodo10; most humans
would choose the text}) 56. Rxh6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehsander, Peter"]
[Black "Stuart, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 (6. Be2) (6. g4) (6.
Be3) 6... Be7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Rhe1 (11. Bf3) (
11. Nb3) 11... h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 (13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6
15. Rxd6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 {Dunne-Falcon, Luzern ol 1982,1/2-1/2}) 13... Be7
14. Bh5 g6 15. Bf3 O-O-O {Pustovoitova-Zsiltzova Lisenko, IBCA Wld ch blind 
(women); Belgrade 2013,0-1}) 12... Nxe4 {Komodo10} (12... g5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 e5 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Kb1 hxg5 19. Bg3 $16 {
From-Sorensen, Copenhagen op 1979,0-1}) (12... Rc8 13. Bf3 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bxh4
15. Nf5 Bf6 (15... Be7 $11) 16. Nd5 $18 {Pham-ly, Vie ch U15 Hue, 2003,1-0})
13. Nxe4 Bxh4 $15 14. g3 Be7 (14... d5 15. gxh4 dxe4 16. Qe3 O-O-O 17. Qxe4
Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb5 $15 {Komodo10}) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6
18. Rxd6 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11 20. c4 (20. Kd2 {Fritz13 & Komodo10}) 20... Ke7
21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kc2 Kd7 24. Kc3 Kd6 25. Kd4 b6 26. b4 f6 $2 (
26... a5 27. a3 f6 $11 {Komodo10}) 27. c5+ $16 Kc7 28. Bxa6 b5 29. g4 (29. a3
$1 g5 30. fxg5 e5+ 31. Kc3 fxg5 (31... hxg5 32. h4 $18) 32. a4 bxa4 33. Bc4 Bf3
34. b5 $16 {Komodo10}) 29... Kd7 (29... g5 $11 {Komodo10} 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Kc3
f5 32. a4 bxa4 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Bc4 f4 35. b5 Bf3 36. Kb4 g4 37. Kxa4 g3 38.
hxg3 fxg3 39. Bf1 g2 40. Bxg2 Bxg2 $11) 30. h4 Kc7 (30... g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32.
fxg5 e5+ 33. Ke3 fxg5 $11 {Komodo10}) 31. g5 $16 Kd7 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Kc3 e5
34. fxe5 fxe5 35. a4 (35. Kd3 e4+ 36. Ke3 $14 Kc7 {Bl looks like holding})
35... bxa4 36. Bc4 Be4 (36... Bf3) 37. b5 Kc7 (37... Bf3 38. Kb4 e4 39. Bd5 Bg2
$11 40. Kxa4 e3 41. Bc4 Bf3 $11 {Komodo10}) 38. Kb4 $18 Bc2 39. Bd5 e4 40. Kc3
(40. b6+ Kb8 41. c6 {mating soon; Komodo10}) 40... Bd3 41. b6+ Kb8 42. c6 Ba6
43. Bxe4 (43. c7+ Kc8 44. Be6+ Kb7 45. c8=Q+) 43... Kc8 44. Kb4 a3 45. Kxa3 Kd8
46. Kb4 Ke7 47. b7 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bridges, Paul"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
d3 (8. d4) 8... Be7 9. h3 (9. Bf4) (9. Re1) 9... Na5 (9... O-O) 10. Qe2 (10.
Ne2 O-O 11. Bd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 c5 {Bilawer-Merker, Oberliga Ost 1996,0-1}) (10.
Bf4 Nxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Qd2 {Glick-Sheldrick, AUS op Sun Coast 1999,0-1})
10... Nxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Bf4 a6 $11 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5
16. Be5 c5 17. Nd2 Qd8 18. Qf3 b5 19. Ra1 Ra8 (19... Qb6) 20. Qb7 $14 Bd6 21.
Rxa6 (21. Qc6 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd4 23. Rxc5 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. Rd1 h6 26. Nf3
$14 {Komodo10}) 21... Rxa6 22. Qxa6 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd4 24. Re1 (24. Nf3 Qxb2 25.
g4 (25. Rxc5 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 25... Bg6 26. Rxc5 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Bxd3 28.
Rc8 Bf1+ 29. Kg3 g5 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qd6+ Kg7 32. Nd2 h6 $11 {Komodo10})
24... Qxb2 25. Qxb5 Qxc2 26. Ne4 Rd8 (26... Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd8 28. Rc4 Qxd3 29.
Rxc5 $11 {Komodo10}) 27. Nxc5 Bxd3 28. Nxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Rb1 Kf8 $11
31. Rb2 Rd5 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Whale, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Bb2 Be7 (5... Bd6 {R
Williams-Fathallah,S Wales Int Caerleon, 2006,1-0}) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bd7 (7...
c6 8. Nbd2 (8. c4)) 8. Ne5 $146 (8. Nbd2) (8. c4) 8... Be8 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Ndf3
c6 11. Ng5 $14 Bf7 (11... Qc8 12. Nd3 Nb8 13. Rc1 h6 14. Nf3 Nbd7 15. c4 $14 {
Komodo10}) 12. Nexf7 Rxf7 13. Nxf7 $18 Kxf7 14. c4 h5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f3 Kg8
17. Qd3 g6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nc5 20. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Orton, Paul"]
[Black "Thomas, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 (5. Nb5 {main}) 5... Be7 (5...
Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 {main}) 6. Bb5 (6. Nc3) (6. Bc4) 6... Nf6 (6... d6) (6... Qa5+
7. Nc3 {also played}) 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 (9... a6 {main}) 10. a3 a6
11. Bc4 b5 (11... Nd4) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 (13... Be6) 14. Be3 Rac8 15.
Rc1 Na5 $11 16. Bxb7 (16. b3) 16... Qxb7 17. Qd3 Nc4 $17 (17... f5 $17) 18. Rb1
Nxe3 (18... f5 {Fritz13 & Komodo10}) 19. fxe3 Rc4 (19... Rfd8 $15) 20. Nd2 $11
Rc7 21. Nf3 (21. c3) 21... Rfc8 22. Rf2 (22. c3 a5 $15) 22... Rc4 $17 23. Re2
Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Rd1 Rec4 26. c3 f5 27. Nd2 R4c6 28. e4 f4 (28... g6) 29.
Nf3 Kf7 30. Red2 Ke6 31. g3 g5 (31... fxg3 32. Rg2 g6) 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Rg2
Kf7 34. Kf2 Rg8 35. Rxg8 Kxg8 36. Rg1+ Kf7 37. Rd1 Rc8 38. h4 Rg8 $19 39. h5
Ke6 40. Re1 Rg4 (40... Bd8) 41. Rh1 d5 42. exd5+ Kxd5 43. Rd1+ Ke6 44. b4 Bf6
45. Re1 Bh4+ (45... Rg3) 46. Nxh4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Black "Jones, Huw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1598"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c6 5. d4 Be7 6. c4 dxc4 (6... O-O) 7. Ne5
O-O 8. Nxc4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Ne5 Nbd5 {(draw?)} 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13.
Qc2 Rd8 (13... Nd7 14. Nc4 Qb5 15. Ne3 Qa5 16. Rd1 {Lorem-Gaarder, NOR ch
class3 Lillehammer 21013,1-0}) 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Rb1 Qc7 (15... b5 16. Bg5 Rac8
17. c4 Be8 {Kravtchenko-Grabow, EU Seniors ch; Yerevan 2016,1/2-1/2}) 16. Bf4
$16 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jansen van Rensburg, Leon"]
[Black "Jones, Dewi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Bf5 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Qf3 (7. Qe2)
7... e6 8. O-O-O (8. Nge2 {played}) 8... Nf6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 (10. Re1 O-O-O
11. Bf4 (11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Kb8 13. Nf3 Nfd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16.
Nh4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. g4 {Capellades Subirana-Costa Trave, Barcelona
Tupinamba op 2011,1-0}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qg3 Rhg8 15.
Nf3 {Kokeny-Toth,HUN ch tm 2011,1-0}) 10... Bg6 11. g5 Bh5 12. Qe3 (12. Qg2 Nd5
13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 15. Kb1 Be7 16. h4 O-O-O $11 {Komodo10}) 12... Bxd1
13. gxf6 Nxf6 (13... Bh5 $17 14. fxg7 Bxg7) 14. Kxd1 $16 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16.
f4 Nd5 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Bb3 f6 21. c4 {breaking open
the position for the pieces} Rhe8 (21... dxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Be6+ Kc7 24. f5
$16 {Komodo10}) 22. Rxe8 (22. Rg1) 22... Rxe8 23. cxd5 Re7 24. dxc6+ bxc6 25.
f5 Be5 (25... c5) 26. Nxe5+ $18 {2 Bs usually outrun a single R} Rxe5 27. Be6+
Ke7 28. d4 (28. Bf4 $18 {keeps the R hemmed in}) 28... Re4 $16 29. d5 cxd5 30.
Bxd5 Rh4 31. Bg2 Kd7 32. Ke2 Rh5 {(draw?)} 33. a4 Rxf5 34. b4 {the distant
passed pawn will be difficult to stop, propelled forward by the power of 2 Bs}
Re5+ 35. Kf2 Re8 36. a5 bxa5 37. bxa5 Kc8 (37... Rb8 38. Ke3 Rb3+ 39. Kd4 Rb2
40. Kd3 Ra2 41. Be4 g6 42. Bb4 Kc7 43. Kc4 Ra1 44. Kb5 f5 45. Bc3 Ra3 46. Be5+
Kd7 47. Bc6+ Ke6 48. Bd4 Rxh3 49. a6 Ra3 50. a7 Rxa7 51. Bxa7 $18 {the Bl
pawns will not get far , as the WhK is near enough to help the Bs blockade &
then win them; before proceding with a mating sequence.}) 38. a6 $18 Kb8 39.
Be3 Re7 40. Bc5 Ra7 (40... Rd7 {Bl should at least gurantee the removal of the
a pawn; though Wh can always let go of it when it suits him}) 41. Bxa7+ Kxa7
42. Bb7 g6 43. Kf3 Kb8 44. h4 h5 {(draw?)} (44... Ka7 45. Ke4 Kb6 46. Kd4 Ka7
47. Kd5 h5 48. Kc5 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Kb5 g4 51. Be4 h4 52. Bf5 g3 53. Bh3 {
and Bl runs out of moves}) 45. Kf4 (45. Be4 g5 46. Bd3 Ka7 47. Be2 Kb6 (47...
g4+ 48. Kf4 f5 49. Bc4 Kb6 50. Bf7 Kxa6 51. Bxh5 Kb6 52. Bg6 Kc7 53. h5 Kd8 54.
h6 Ke7 55. h7 {& the Bl K never gets to the pawn}) 48. Kg3 Ka7 49. Kh3 $1 Kb6
50. Bxh5 $1 gxh4 (50... Kxa6 51. Be2+ Kb6 52. h5) 51. Be2 Ka7 52. Kxh4 {and
the Wh K gets to the Q side at last}) 45... g5+ {makes life easy for Wh} (45...
Ka7 46. Kg3 g5 {holds the draw, as the Wh B can't get to the h5 pawn now}) 46.
hxg5 fxg5+ 47. Kxg5 h4 48. Kxh4 Ka7 49. Kg5 Kb8 50. Kf6 Ka7 51. Ke7 Kb8 52. Kd8
Ka7 (52... Ka7 53. Kd7 Kb6 54. Kd6 Ka7 55. Kc5 Kb8 56. Bc6 Ka7 57. Bb5 Kb8 58.
Kb6 {& the pawn goes through}) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cooke, Mark"]
[Black "Di-Vetta, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bc4 a6 6. Ng5 {a premature attack;
Bl responds with moves he would have played anyway, with gain in time. However
the move does contain some venom, so Bl must be careful.} (6. a4) (6. d3) (6.
a3 {main lines}) 6... e6 7. a3 (7. a4 d6 8. d3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O (9... d5 10. Ba2
h6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. e5 $15 {Burg-Kohlei, SVR ch Trier 2016,0-1}) 10. h4 d5 11.
Bb3 Nd4 12. Ba2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nec6 $17 {Lakatos-Mate, HUN ch tm 2015,1-0}) 7...
b5 8. Ba2 Nd4 (8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 (9... h6 10. Nf3 Nge7 $15) 10. O-O (10. f5
gxf5 11. Qh5 $16 {Komodo10}) 10... Nf6 11. Qe1 Nd4 12. Qd1 (12. f5 h6 13. Nxf7
Kxf7 14. fxe6+ Ke7 $11) 12... O-O $15 {Laux-Walda, Bayern ch Bank Hofmann, Bad
Wiessee 1998,0-1}) (8... h6 9. Nf3 d6 (9... Nge7 $15) 10. O-O Nf6 11. d3 O-O
12. Ne2 Bb7 (12... Qc7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. c3 Bb7 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Bxf3 (16...
Kh8 $15) 17. Qxf3 $14 {Froehlich-Baertel, GER ch Seniors, Halle 2011,1-0}) 13.
h3 $11 {Asparuhov-Manolov, Kesarovski Georgiev mem , Sunny Beach 2007,1-0}) 9.
Ne2 Bb7 (9... h6 10. Nh3 d5 $15 {Komodo10}) 10. d3 (10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. c3 Bg7
12. d3 d5 13. f5 $11 {Komodo10}) 10... h6 11. Nxd4 hxg5 12. Nf3 g4 $17 (12...
gxf4 13. Bxf4 Bxb2 14. O-O Qf6 $17 {Komodo10}) 13. Ne5 (13. Nd2 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qh3
15. Qe2 f5 $17 {Komodo10}) 13... Qh4+ $19 14. g3 (14. Ke2 d6 {traps the N})
14... Qxg3+ $1 15. hxg3 Rxh1+ 16. Ke2 Rxd1 17. Kxd1 Bxe5 (17... Nf6 18. a4 d6
$19 {traps the N}) 18. fxe5 $11 Ne7 19. Ke2 Nc6 20. Bf4 O-O-O (20... Nd4+ 21.
Kf2 Nf3 22. Rh1 c4 $15) 21. c3 (21. Rh1 $11) 21... Rh8 $17 22. Rf1 Rh5 23. Ke3
$2 g5 $19 24. d4 cxd4+ 25. cxd4 gxf4+ 26. gxf4 Rh3+ {Wh's centre falls apart
as well} 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O c5 5. c4 (5. d3) 5... Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 (
6... exd5) 7. Nc3 (7. d4) 7... Nb6 (7... Be7) 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7
11. a3 $16 {N; Komodo10} (11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 e5 15.
Nd5 b6 16. Qa3 a6 17. Bd2 Bd6 {Willems-Klaus, Stuttgart ch; Ditzingen 2014,1/
2-1/2}) 11... Rb8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 (13... Nde5 {a little better;
Fritz13 & Komodo10}) 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. b4 (15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 $16 {both
Engines}) 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nb6 (16... Qb6 $5) 17. Qf4 (17. Qe5) 17... Bd7
18. Qd6 (18. Rfd1 $16) 18... Nc4 19. Qc5 (19. Qd4 Nxa3 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Qxa7
Ra8 22. Qc5 Qe8 23. Ne4 $14 {Komodo10}) (19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Nd1 b5 $14 {Fritz13})
19... Nb6 (19... Nd2 20. Rfd1 Nb3 21. Qxa7 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qc7 $17 {Komodo10})
20. Rfd1 (20. Qa5 a6 21. Rfd1 Nc4 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Ne4 b5 24. Nc5 Be8 25.
Nxa6 $16 {Komodo10}) 20... Qf6 21. Qa5 $18 {both Engines} Rbc8 22. Qxa7 Rxc3
23. Qxb6 {Fritz13} (23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxb6 Ba4 25. Rd8 $18 {Komodo10}) 23...
Ba4 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 (24... Bxd1 {Komodo10} 25. Qe3 b5 26. Rc5 Ba4 27. Bc6 Rb8 28.
h4 $18 {but Bl holds up longer}) 25. Rd8 $18 Qc1+ (25... g6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Qxb7 Qxa3 28. b5 $18 {Komodo10}) (25... Qxa3 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qc5+ Ke8 28.
Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qxb7+ Kf6 30. b5 $18 {Komodo10}) 26. Bf1 g6 (26... Qc6 {both
Engines} 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qd8+ Qe8 29. Qd6+ Kg8 30. Bg2 b5 31. Bc6 Qf8 32.
Qd7 Qb8 33. Qe7 Qf8 34. Qb7 h5 35. h4 Kh7 36. Bxb5 $18 {Komodo10}) 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Qxb7 $18 (28. Qc5+ {Howard Williams} Qxc5 29. bxc5 Bb5 30. Bg2 Ba6 31.
f4 Ke7 32. Kf2 f6 33. Ke3 $18) 28... Qxa3 (28... Bd1 29. Qa6 $18) 29. e3 (29.
Qa8+ Kg7 30. b5 Qb3 31. b6 $18 {Komodo10}) 29... Kg7 30. Qb6 (30. b5 $18) 30...
Bb3 31. Qd4+ (31. b5 $18 {simplest; both Engines}) 31... Kg8 32. b5 (32. e4 {
Komodo10}) 32... Bd5 33. b6 (33. h3 $18 {Komodo10}) (33. h4 Qa8 34. Bd3 $18 {
Fritz13}) 33... Qc1 $16 34. e4 Bb7 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qc7 Qxc7 37. bxc7 Kf6 38.
f4 (38. Bb5 $14 {both Engines}) 38... Ke7 $11 39. e5 (39. Kf2) 39... Kd7 40.
Bb5+ Kxc7 $11 41. Be8 Kd8 42. Bxf7 (42. Ba4 $11) 42... Ke7 $17 43. Bg8 (43.
Bxg6 hxg6 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. g4 Kf7 46. Kg3 Kg7 47. h4 Bb3 $19) 43... h5 44. h3 (
44. Kf2 Be4 $17) 44... Bd5 45. g4 hxg4 (45... Kf8 $1 $19 46. Bh7 (46. f5 gxf5
47. gxf5 Kxg8 48. f6 h4 49. Kf2 Kf7 $19) 46... Kg7 47. Bxg6 Kxg6 48. Kh2 h4 49.
Kg1 Be4 50. Kf1 Bc6 {Komodo10 thinks is winning for Bl, but doesn't come up
with an entry for Bl} 51. Kf2 Be4 52. Kg1 Kf7 53. Kf1 Ke7 54. Kf2 Kd7 55. Kg1
Kc6 56. Kf2 Kc5 57. Kg1 Kd4 58. Kf2 Bb7 59. Ke2 Ke4 $19 {but it is there; if
one nudges Komodo10 onto the right path}) 46. hxg4 Kf8 47. Bxe6 Bxe6 48. f5
gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Black "Kett, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 (
8. c3) 8... b4 (8... Bg4) (8... Bb7) 9. a5 (9. d4) 9... O-O 10. c3 (10. d3)
10... Rb8 11. Bc4 Bb7 (11... bxc3 12. dxc3 Na7 13. Nbd2 Nb5 {alternative}) 12.
Qe2 (12. d3) (12. d4) 12... d5 $146 {Komodo10} (12... Ra8) (12... Qd7) (12...
Na7 {played}) 13. Bxa6 {hoping in the term to win with the a pawn} (13. exd5
Nxd5 14. d3 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 13... dxe4 $15 14. Bxb7 exf3 $11 (14... Rxb7
$11) 15. Qa6 Rxb7 $1 16. Qxc6 (16. Qxb7 Qd5 $11 {[%eval 1001,0] Komodo10 &})
16... Rb8 (16... Ra7 {Cloud Engines}) 17. gxf3 {disrupts Wh's K side} (17. Qxf3
{Cloud Engines} e4 18. Qe2 Bc5 $14) 17... Qd3 $17 18. cxb4 {brings a R into
the K side, even though it allows Wh's N out} (18. b3 {best}) (18. Re3 Qg6+ 19.
Kh1 Bd6 $19) 18... Rxb4 $19 19. Nc3 Rh4 {Fritz13} (19... Rc4 $1 20. Qb5 (20.
Qb7 Bc5 21. Na4 Qg6+ 22. Kh1 Bd6 $19 {Komodo10}) 20... Bc5 $19 {Komodo10} 21.
Ne4 Rxe4 22. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 23. Kg2 Nh5 24. Ra4 Rxc1 25. Qf5 Nf4+ 26. Rxf4 exf4 27.
Qxf4 Ba7 $19 {Komodo10}) 20. Ne2 (20. Ra4 {Komodo10} Qg6+ 21. Kf1 (21. Kh1
Rxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Ng4+ $19) 21... Rxh2 22. Ke2 Rxf2+ 23. Kd1 Qd3 24. Qc4 Qxf3+ 25.
Kc2 Bd6 $17 {Komodo10}) 20... e4 $19 (20... Rc4 $1 {difficult to see} 21. Qb7
Bc5 $19 {Fritz13 & Komodo10}) 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. Ng3 Qh3 23. fxe4 Qxh2+ 24. Kf1
Qh3+ (24... Rf4 $1 $19 {Komodo10} 25. Ke2 (25. Qe3 Bd6 26. e5 Nd5 $19 27. Qe2
Qxg3) 25... Nxe4 $19) (24... Bd6 {Fritz13} 25. Qf3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Nh5 27. gxh4
f5 $19 {Komodo10} (27... Ng3+ 28. Qxg3 Qxg3 29. Ra3 Qg4 30. Kf2 f5 $19)) 25.
Ke2 (25. Kg1 Nh5 $1 26. Qf3 (26. d4 Rg4 $19) 26... Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rf4 $19 {
Komodo10}) 25... Nxe4 26. Nxe4 (26. Qf3 Ng5 27. Qf5 (27. Rh1 Nxf3 28. Rxh3 Ng1+
29. Kf1 Nxh3 $19) 27... Qg2 28. d4 g6 $19 {Komodo10}) 26... Rxe4+ 27. Kd1 Rxe1+
(27... Qh5+ 28. f3 Rxe1+ (28... Bb4 $19 {Fritz13}) 29. Kxe1 Qh1+ $19 {Komodo10}
) 28. Kxe1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Re8 $1 30. Kd3 (30. Qe5 Kf8 $19) 30... Bf6 31. Qb4 Qd1
$1 {a quiet move, cutting off escape squares} 32. Qc5 (32. Ra3 Qxc1 {and Wh 's
K is still in trouble}) 32... Qb3+ {the Q is lost & the K not far behind. The
best game of the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Byway, Paul V"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. d4 Nc6 (4... Be7) 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O
dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. Re1 $146 (9. Qc2) (9. h3) (9. a3) 9... Bd6 10. b3 (10. e4)
10... e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bg4 $11 {( draw?)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Juan Talavera"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 (9. b3) 9... O-O-O (9... g6) 10. Qe4 Nb6 11. b3 (11. c5 Bxf1 12.
cxb6 Ba6 13. bxa7 Kb7 14. Nb3 f6 {1.5-5.5}) 11... g5 $146 {though has occurred
in similar type positions, usually after f4} (11... f6 {main}) (11... d5) 12.
Bb2 Bg7 13. O-O-O (13. c5 Bxf1 14. cxb6 Ba6 15. bxa7 Kb7 16. O-O-O $14 {
Komodo10}) 13... c5 (13... d5 $11 {Komodo10}) 14. Re1 (14. Bd3) 14... Bb7 15.
Qf5 Kb8 16. Bd3 d6 17. exd6 (17. Nf3 $11) 17... Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Qxd6 $17 19. Re3
Bxg2 $15 (19... Bc8 20. Qxg5 Rhg8 21. Qh5 Rxg2 $17 {Komodo10}) 20. Rhe1 Qxh2 (
20... f6 $15) 21. Qxg5 $11 Bb7 22. Qg3 (22. Nf3 Qd6 23. Be4 $11) 22... Qh6 23.
Kc2 Nc8 $15 24. Ne4 f5 (24... Qb6) 25. Ng5 (25. Nxc5 $16) 25... Nd6 (25... Rhg8
$19 {Komodo10} 26. f4 (26. Nf7 Qf6 27. Nxd8 Rxg3 28. fxg3 Be4 $19) 26... Qa6
27. a4 h6 $19) 26. f4 $11 (26. Re6 $11) 26... Rdg8 (26... Rhg8) 27. Re5 Be4 (
27... Ne4) 28. Rxc5 Nb7 29. Re5 Qa6 $11 30. Bxe4 Qxa2+ 31. Kc3 fxe4 32. Qe3 Nd6
(32... Re8 $11) 33. Ne6 (33. Qe2 $11) (33. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 34. Rxe4 Qa5+ 35. Kb2
Rg2+ 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Qxe2 Rd8 $11) 33... Rg2 $19 34. Kb4 Nb7 35. Rxe4 (35.
Qc3 Rb2 36. Nd4 Ka8 $19) 35... Qa5# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 (9. Bf4) 9... b6 (9... dxc4 10. e4 {21% for Wh} (10. a4 {45%})) 10.
e4 dxc4 11. Rad1 (11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. h4 Re8 13. Bh3 b5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 {
Leenhouts-Stange, Vlissingen HZ 2010,1-0}) 11... Bb7 (11... b5 $15) 12. Bf4 Rc8
13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. Be3 Nhf6 15. Bf4 Nh5 {(draw?)} 16. Bc1 Nhf6 17. Bf4 {(draw?)}
(17. Bf4 b5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Martin C"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 (5... d6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3
{Martin Jones-IC Jones, Dyfed League 2016,0-1}) 6. c4 Bh6 (6... Bg7) 7. e3 O-O
(7... f4 8. exf4 Bxf4 9. Qxf4 Qxb2 10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nec3 d6 (11... Qb2 12. d6 {
good for Wh}) 12. Qd2 Rg8 {with complications}) (7... d6) 8. Nh3 (8. Bd3 Qg6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. Nc3 Qxg2 11. Ke2 Qg6 12. Rg1 Qf6 13. e4 d6 14. exf5 Kh8 15. Qf4 Nd7
16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 {Okilj-Vajdic, SRB ch tm, Vojvodina
League, Kac 2012,1/2-1/2}) 8... e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 (9... dxe6 {Komodo10}) 10. Nc3
Nc6 11. Be2 d6 (11... Nd4 12. Bd3 d6 $11 {Komodo10}) 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rd1 $14
Ne5 14. Qd2 Rad8 (14... Bg7 15. Rab1 Nf7 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. Bh5 Be5 $11 {Komodo10}
) 15. Qxd6 Qxb2 (15... Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nf7 17. Rdd1 $14) 16. Qxe5 Bg7 17. Qg3 (
17. Rab1 $1 Qxb1 (17... Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rxb7 Bc6 20. Rxa7 Ra8 21. Rc7
Be8 22. Rd3 Ba5 23. Rxc5 Bb4 24. Re5 Rxa2 25. Bf1 Rf6 26. Nf4 Kf7 27. Rb3 $18 {
Komodo10}) 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rxb1 Bc6 20. Nf4 Kf6 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 b6 23.
a4 $16 {Komodo10}) 17... Qxc3 18. Nf4 (18. Rab1 Bc6 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. Bf3 $14 {
Komodo10}) 18... Qe5 19. h4 (19. a4) 19... Ba4 $15 20. Re1 Rd2 21. Rab1 b6 22.
h5 (22. Bd1 Bc6 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rfd8 $11 (24... Rxa2 25. Rbd1 $14 {
Komodo10})) 22... Kh8 (22... Qf6) 23. Bd1 Bc6 24. Bb3 {turns the B into a big
pawn} (24. Bf3) 24... Bf6 $17 25. Qh3 Rd7 26. Rbd1 Rfd8 (26... Rg7 {Rudy &
Komodo10; the Wh Rs have no entry squares on the d file,so it keeps more
chances of complexity for Bl to keep Rs on}) 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. h6 Rd8 29. Qh5
Be8 (29... Kg8 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $15 {Komodo10}) 30. Qf3 Bg5 31. Rd1 (
31. Qb7 Bxh6 (31... Bxf4 32. Qe7 $1 $18) 32. Qxa7 Bg5 33. Qxb6 Bf7 34. g3 Qd6
35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. Rd1 $14 {Komodo10}) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Kg8 $11 33. Ba4 Bxa4
(33... Bf7 $5) 34. Qxa4 Kf8 35. Qxa7 Bxf4 36. exf4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf2 $11 38.
Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qxh7+ Kd6 41. Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rb1 (
8. Qc2) (8. b3) 8... Nbd7 (8... Ne4) 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Ndf6 {main} (10... Nxc3
11. Qxc3 b5 {eg Tew-Bridges, Tom Weston Major op 2008,1/2-1/2}) 11. b5 (11. c5
Bc7 12. Bf4 {scores 90% for Wh}) 11... Bd7 12. Ne5 (12. bxc6 Bxc6 (12... bxc6
13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Ng4 15. h3 Nh6 16. Ne5 Nf7 {favitta-Ljubisavljevic, Etna
op Nicolisi 2015,1/2-1/2}) 13. c5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 (14... Bc7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16.
gxf4 Qc7 17. e3 h6 18. Ne5 {Ris-Moskalenko, Hoogeveen Unive op 2010,1/2-1/2})
15. Qa3 Bc7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Rf6 {Jegorovas-Narmontas, LTU ch, Siauliai
2007,1/2-1/2}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 (13... cxb5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5
16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Ba3 $11 {Komodo10}) 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. bxc6 (15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
Ba3 $14) 15... Bxc6 16. Bf4 $14 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 dxc4 (17... Rf7 18. c5 Qg5 19.
Kg2 $14 {Komodo10}) 18. d5 (18. Bxg7 Rf7 (18... Kxg7 19. d5+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6
21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rbc1 $14 {Komodo10; but Bl's pawns look horrible- every one
of them isolated}) 19. Be5 b5 $14) 18... exd5 19. Bxg7 Rf7 $15 20. Bd4 b6 (
20... Qd6 $15) 21. Qe3 $11 Qd6 22. Qg5+ (22. Bc3) 22... Qg6 $15 23. Qe5 Kf8 (
23... Rf5 $15) 24. Bc3 b5 $6 (24... h5) 25. a4 (25. Rxb5 $1 Rd7 (25... Bxb5 26.
Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxa8 $18) 26. Rc5 $18 (26. f3 $18 {Komodo10})) 25... a6 (25... Rf5
26. Qd4 bxa4 $11 {Komodo10}) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 $18 Re8 28. Rb8 Rb7 29.
Rxe8+ (29. f3 $18) 29... Bxe8 30. Bb4+ $2 (30. Qxd5 $18) (30. f3 e3 31. Qxd5
$18) 30... Rxb4 $17 31. Qxd5 Ra4 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 (7. d4)
7... d6 8. h3 (8. Bd2) (8. Bg5) (8. e4) 8... Nbd7 9. e4 e5 (9... a5 {also
played}) 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qd2 Ne6 (11... Nh5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Ng5 Nef4 14. Nf3
Nxg2 15. Kxg2 f5 $15 {Koteski-Stojcevski, FRM ch tm Struga 2012,1/2-1/2}) 12.
Bh6 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d4 f6 15. d5 Nc5 16. Ne1 {its become a King's Indian,
with the Bl B slightly misplaced} Kh8 17. Bf3 (17. b4 $14) 17... Ng7 18. Kg2
Bc8 19. Rh1 f5 $11 20. b4 Nb7 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Rac1 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 fxe4
(24... Nd8 25. h4 Nf7 $11 {Komodo10}) 25. Bxe4 Bf5 26. h4 Bxe4+ 27. Nxe4 Nh5
28. Rce1 (28. Ra1 $16) (28. f3 $16) 28... Qf7 (28... b5) 29. Ng5 Qf5 30. Re3
Qg4 31. Qd1 $2 (31. Re4 Qd7 32. Ne6 $16 {Komodo10}) 31... Qxc4 $17 32. Ne1 Qxb4
(32... Ra2 $19) 33. Ne6 Rf7 34. Nf3 Qg4 $6 {a loose Q} (34... Qb2 35. Re2 Qb5
36. Rc2 Nc5 $17 {Komodo10}) 35. Nfg5 $18 Nf4+ (35... Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Ra2+ 37.
Ke1 Qxd1+ 38. Kxd1 h6 (38... Ra1+ 39. Kd2 Rxh1 40. Rf3 $18) 39. Rf1 $18 {
Komodo10}) 36. Kh2 Qf5 (36... Qxd1 37. Nxf7+ Kg8 38. Rxd1 Nxe6 39. dxe6 $18 {
Komodo10}) 37. Nxf7+ Qxf7 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Qd4+ (39. Re4) 39... Kg8 40. Qxf4 (
40. Ra1 $1 {Komodo10}) 40... Qxf4+ 41. Nxf4 Nc5 42. Rhe1 b5 43. Re8+ (43. Re7)
43... Rxe8 44. Rxe8+ Kf7 45. Rc8 (45. Rb8) 45... Kf6 46. Rxc7 Ke5 47. Kg3 Ne4+
48. Kf3 Nd2+ 49. Ke2 Nc4 50. Nd3+ Kxd5 51. Rxh7 Ke4 52. Rb7 Na3 53. Rg7 (53.
Rf7 Nc2 54. f3+ Kd4 55. Kd2 Na3 56. Rf4+ Kd5 57. Rg4 {Komodo10}) 53... Kf5 54.
f3 Nc4 55. Rb7 Na3 56. Rb6 Ke6 57. Nf4+ Kf5 58. Nd5 Ke5 59. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mort, Andrew J"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 (4... dxc4 {main}) 5. b3 d4 (5... Nbd7)
6. d3 c5 {allowing a Benko in reverse, with a few moves behind, is risky} (6...
Qb6 7. O-O Bd6 8. e3 e5 9. exd4 exd4 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. Nbd2 {Parente-Ricci,BRA
corr 1981,1-0}) (6... a5 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. e4 c5 {Urytskyy-Soder,
Oberfranken ch, Schney 2009,1/2-1/2}) 7. b4 cxb4 8. O-O (8. a3) 8... Nc6 9. a3
a5 10. axb4 (10. Nbd2) (10. Bb2) 10... Bxb4 11. Ba3 Bd7 (11... O-O 12. Bxb4
Nxb4 13. Na3 Ra6 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Qc1 e5 16. Qa3 $11 {Bus-Lutz, BL2 2016,0-1}) (
11... Bxa3 12. Nxa3 e5 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rfb1 Nd7 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Qa3 $11 {
Heap-Strugnell, West Wales Cup tm final, Swansea 2016,1-0}) 12. Bxb4 axb4 13.
Nbd2 (13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Qb3 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 13... O-O 14. Nb3 e5 $15 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qc2 Qa7 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Nfd2 (18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Ne1 Qd6 20. Nc2 Rb8
21. Rb1 $11 {Komodo10}) 18... Bf5 19. c5 Qc7 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Nd6 (21. Nbd2)
21... Bd5 (21... Nd5 $17) 22. Nd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. N2e4 (24. Qc4 Nc3 25.
Nf3 Qe7 26. e3 Qf6 27. Nd2 Rb8 $17 {Komodo10}) 24... Nc3 25. e3 b6 26. Ng5 (26.
cxb6 Qxb6 27. Nc4 Qc7 $17 {Komodo10}) 26... bxc5 $19 27. exd4 exd4 (27... Nxd4
$1 $19 {Komodo10}) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Horrell, Stephen A"]
[Black "Dixon, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. h3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Be2 Be7 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 (8... f5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. a3 Bf6 {Hvizdos-Ducay, SVK ch tm 2011,0-1}) 9.
Nc3 Nxc3 (9... f5) (9... h6 {have been played & offer Bl good prospects}) 10.
Bxc3 $11 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miller, John S"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Nc6 (7...
Qe8) 8. Bc4+ e6 (8... Kh8) 9. Ng5 {the N will have to retreat again, though it
is one of Komodo10's choices} (9. g4 Kh8 {has been played, 2 wins each}) 9...
Qe7 10. O-O h6 11. Ngf3 Kh7 12. Bh2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Re1 (14. Bb5) 14... e4
15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bf1 (16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 $11 {Komodo10}) 16... c5 $17 17.
Bxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 exf3 (18... Qe7 $17 {keeps a space advantage}) 19. N4xf3 Qe7 (
19... Qg3 20. Bd3 (20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxh3 23. Re7 Kh8 24. Qe1
Rxf3 25. Qxg3 Rxg3 26. Kh2 Bf8 27. Kxg3 Bxe7 28. Kxh3 Rd8 $15 {Komodo10}) 20...
b6 21. e4 (21. Nf1 Qc7 $17 {pm analysis}) 21... fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4
Bxh3 24. Ng5+ Qxg5 25. Bxa8 Bg4 26. Qd5 Qf4 27. Rf1 Qe3+ 28. Kh2 Re8 29. Rae1
Be2 30. Rf3 Qe5+ 31. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 32. Kh3 Bxf3 33. Bxf3 h5 $15 {Komodo10}) 20. e4
{Wh breaks out anyway} fxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. Bd3 Bf5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 (23.
Nd2 Rad8 $19) (23. Qc2 Rae8 24. Nd2 Qh4 25. Nxe4 c4 $19) 23... Bxe4 24. Nd2 Rf4
25. g3 Rf5 26. Rxe4 Qc7 27. Kg2 Raf8 $15 {Komodo10}) 21... Nxe4 22. Bd3 Bf5 (
22... Rf4 $1 $17 {Komodo10} 23. Nd2 (23. Qc1 Rxf3 24. Bxe4 Rf7 25. Bxg6+ Kxg6
26. Rxe7 Rxe7 $17) 23... Bxh3 24. Bxe4 Qg5 25. Bf3 Rd8 $17 {Komodo10}) 23. Qc2
(23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nd2 Rf4 25. g3 c4 26. gxf4 Qc5+ 27. Kf1 Bc6 $17 {Komodo10})
23... Rae8 $19 24. g4 (24. Nd2 Qh4 25. Bxe4 (25. Nxe4 {pm analysis} c4 $19 {
Komodo10}) 25... Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxd2 $19) 24... Qc7 (
24... c4 $1 $19 {Komodo10} 25. gxf5 Qc5+ (25... cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc5+ 27. Nd4 gxf5
$19) 26. Nd4 Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 cxd3 (28... Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Rxe1 30.
Rxe1 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 Nxd3 $19) 29. fxg6+ Kxg6 30. Qg2+ Kh7 $19 {Komodo10}) 25.
gxf5 Qg3+ {this should wait} (25... gxf5 $19 26. Bxe4 fxe4 (26... Qg3+ 27. Qg2
Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 fxe4 29. Nh2 Rg8 30. Kh1 Bf6 $17) 27. Nh2 Qg3+ 28. Qg2 Qh4 29.
Re2 Rf6 30. Kh1 Rg6 31. Qf1 Rf8 32. Qb1 Rf4 $19 {Komodo10}) 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 gxf5 28. Re2 (28. Nh4 $11 {Rudy & Komodo10} Rd8 (28... Rg8 29. Kf3 Ng5+ (
29... Rgf8 $11) 30. Kg2 Ne4 $11) 29. Rad1 Rg8 30. Kf1 Ng3+ 31. Kf2 Bf6 32.
Bxf5+ Nxf5 33. Nxf5 Kg6 34. Ng3 c4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Re2 $11) 28... Bf6 29.
Rae1 Re7 {right kind of idea, wrong execution thereof} (29... Rg8+ 30. Kh2 Ref8
$1 {missed} 31. Rg1 (31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Rxe4 Bxc3 33. Re7+ Rg7 34. bxc3 Rxf3 35.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Re7+ Rf7 37. Re6 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. Re7+ Kg6 40. Rxb7 Ra3 41.
Kg4 Rxc3 42. Rxa7 h5+ $17 {Komodo10}) 31... Rxg1 32. Kxg1 Rg8+ 33. Kh2 Re8 $15
{Komodo10}) 30. Bxe4 Rg7+ 31. Kh1 (31. Kf2 fxe4 32. Rxe4 {covers against Bh4 ch
} Rgf7 33. R1e3 $11 {Komodo10}) 31... fxe4 32. Rxe4 (32. Nd2 Bh4 33. Rg1 e3 34.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Ne4 Bf2 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. Nxf2 exf2 38. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Kf5 (
39... b5 $11) 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. c4 $11) 32... Bxc3 $17 33. Ng5+ Rxg5 34. bxc3 Rf3
(34... Kg6 35. Re6+ Kh5 36. R1e2 Rf3 37. R6e3 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 b6 39. Kh2 Rd5 $17
{Komodo10}) 35. R4e3 Rxe3 (35... Rf7 36. Re7 Kg8) 36. Rxe3 Rg7 {the idea is to
keep the Wh K cut off, while marching the Bl K up into the Q side} (36... Kg6
37. Re7 Rg3 38. Rxb7 a5 39. Rb5 Rxh3+ 40. Kg2 Rxc3 41. Rxa5 Kf5 $17 {Komodo10})
37. Kh2 b6 (37... Rd7 38. a4 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Ra2 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Rxb7 Rxa4 $15)
38. c4 (38. Re6 Rd7 39. a4 Kg7 40. Rc6 Rd2+ 41. Kg1 Rd3 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7
Rxc3 44. Rb7 Rxh3 (44... Rb3 45. a5 b5 46. a6 b4 47. Rb5 Ra3 48. Rxc5 Rxa6 49.
Rb5 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Rb1 {and the R is in front of the pawn, not behind})) 38...
Kg8 (38... Kg6 39. Kg3 Kf5+ 40. Kf3 h5 41. Re8 Rd7 42. Kg3 Rd4 $19) 39. Re8+ (
39. Re6 Rd7 {the Bl h pawn matters less than Wh's 2 Q side pawns}) 39... Kf7
40. Rd8 Ke6 41. Rh8 Rg6 $19 (41... Ke5 42. Rxh6 Kd4 43. Rh4+ Kd3 $19) 42. Ra8 (
42. Rd8 Ke5 43. Rd5+ Kf4 (43... Ke4 44. Rd8 Ke3 45. Rd7 a5 46. a4 Rf6 47. Kg3
Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Rf4 49. Rd6 Rxc4 50. Rxh6 Rxa4 51. Rxb6 c4 $19 {pm analysis &
Komodo10}) 44. Rd7 a5 45. a4 Ke3 (45... Re6) 46. Rd5 Re6 47. Kg3 Re4 {
pmanalysis & Komodo10}) 42... a5 43. a4 (43. Rd8 {as above}) 43... Ke5 44. Rd8
Rd6 45. Rxd6 {Wh is just too slow in the pawn endgame- 10 moves to Bl's 8. But
keeping Rs leads to the Bl K getting both Q side pawns} (45. Rg8 Kd4 46. Rg4+
Kc3 47. Kg3 Kb3 48. Kf3 Kxa4 49. h4 h5 50. Rg5 Kb4 51. Rxh5 a4 (51... Kxc4 {
not yet neccessary}) 52. Rg5 a3 53. Rg2 Kxc4 54. Kf4 b5 (54... Kb3 55. Rg3+ Kb4
) 55. Rc2+ Kb4 56. Ke5 Rh6 57. Rh2 Ra6 58. Ra2 Kb3 59. Ra1 Kb2) 45... Kxd6 46.
Kg3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. e4 e5 5. Be2 g6 (5... Be7) (5... Bg4) 6. O-O
Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Na3 (8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5) (8. Qe1) 8... Qe7 9. Qe1 (9. Kh1 d5
10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Nb5 dxe4 14. Nxc7 exd3 15. Bf3 g5
16. Nxa8 gxf4 $15 17. Qa4 {Korning-Nielsen, Denmark corr 1973,0-1}) 9... Nh5 (
9... h6 10. Nc4 b5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Ne3 a6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Qh4 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Na5
{Lesney-Farkas, SVK ch tm 2008,1/2-1/2}) (9... exf4 10. Bxf4 d5 $11 {Komodo10})
10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 (11. Kh1) 11... Nf4 $15 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Qh4 (13. Nf3 h6
14. Nd2 g5 $15 {Komodo10}) 13... h6 14. Nf3 Qxh4 (14... g5 $1 15. Qf2 a6 $15 {
Komodo10}) 15. Nxh4 a6 $11 16. d4 $6 (16. Nc2) 16... b5 (16... Nxd4 $17 17. Bc4
(17. cxd4 $2 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bxb2 19. Nc4 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Re8 $19) 17... g5 18. Nf3
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bh3 $17 {Komodo10}) 17. Nf3 g5 18. Nc2 Re8 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Rae1
Bxf3 (20... Rad8 $11) 21. Rxf3 $14 Rad8 22. g3 fxg3 23. hxg3 $16 {now the Wh
centre begins to count} Re7 24. Kg2 Nb8 25. Ne3 (25. Rf5) 25... Re6 (25... c5)
26. Ref1 Rf8 27. e5 $18 {all of Wh's pieces are poised for action} c6 28. Nf5
f6 29. Nxg7 {why give up a good N for a not so good B?} (29. Bc2 {increases
the pressure} c5 30. b4 fxe5 (30... c4 31. Be4 $18) 31. dxc5 $18) 29... Kxg7
30. Bf5 (30. g4 c5 31. Rxf6 Rexf6 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. dxc5 $18 {
Komodo10}) 30... Ree8 31. e6 {its a passed pawn, but the power of the B is
dimished a little.} Re7 32. b3 a5 33. c4 Rd8 34. Rd1 bxc4 35. bxc4 c5 $2 (35...
Na6 36. Rfd3 Rd6 37. d5 Nc5 38. Rd4 h5 $16 {Komodo10; but Wh is still looking
for that breakthrough.}) 36. d5 $18 {now the pawns will be lethal} Rd6 (36...
Nc6 37. d6 Ra7 38. Re3 Ne5 39. e7 Re8 40. d7 $18 {Komodo10}) 37. Rb3 Na6 38.
Rdb1 Nb4 39. a3 Ra7 (39... Na6 40. Rb6 {and the pawns start moving}) 40. axb4
axb4 41. Re3 Re7 42. g4 $1 {no rush} (42. Ra1) 42... Ra6 43. Rd1 (43. Rd1 Rd6
44. Ra1 {zugzwang}) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Philpin, Les"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 c4 {a bit early, Bl lacks
development} (5... Nc6) (5... Nf6) 6. g3 (6. b3 {attacks immediately} cxb3 (
6... c3 7. Nb1 Bb4 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bb5+ (9. axb4 {is quite playable} Qxa1 10. Ba3
(10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Ba3 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. O-O $11 {Komodo10}) 10... a6 11.
Bd3 Bg4 12. O-O $11 {Adla-Dominguez Santos, Nigran op 1997,1-0}) 9... Bd7 10.
Qe2+ Ne7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bg5 (13. axb4 Qxa1 14. Ba3 $18 {
Komodo10}) 13... Ne4 14. axb4 Qc7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb5+ {Crapulli-Schiller,
LSS email 2014,1-0}) 7. axb3 $14 {main line}) (6. c3 {also played}) 6... Nf6 (
6... Nc6 7. Bg2 Qe7+ $1 8. Kf1 $11 (8. Qe2 Nb4 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Kd1 Bf5 11.
Ne1 Nf6 $15 12. Nf1 (12. c3 Nd3 13. Nxd3 Bxd3 14. Nf3 Be4 15. Ne1 Bf5 16. Nc2
O-O-O $11 {Fang-Ali Marandi, Moscow Dvorkovich cup U16, 2012,1/2-1/2}) 12...
Ne4 (12... Rd8 $15 {Cloud Engines}) 13. Ne3 Be6 14. c3 Nxf2+ 15. Ke2 Nxh1 16.
cxb4 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Bxb4 (17... O-O-O $15) 18. Nxd5 $11 {Scholz-Gurevich,
Bundesliga 2003,1-0}) 8... Qf6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Kg1 Nge7 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 O-O {
Levushkina-Eichner, Erfurt op 2014,0-1}) 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 (9. Ne5
Nc6 10. c3 Bf5 11. Re1 h6 12. Ndxc4 $16 {Haines-Cornelius, Northern California
Masters, Berkeley 1990,1/2-1/2}) 9... Re8 $11 10. Nf1 (10. b3) 10... Ne4 11.
N3d2 (11. Ne5 $14) 11... Nxd2 (11... Nf6 $11) 12. Nxd2 (12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Ne3
Be6 14. c3 $14 {Komodo10}) 12... Be6 13. c3 Nc6 (13... Nd7 14. Nf1 Nf6 $11 {
Komodo10}) 14. b3 (14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. d5 Bd7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxd1 18.
Rxd1 bxc6 19. Be3 $14 {Komodo10; makes a mess of the Bl pawns, but may not be
enough to win}) 14... b5 (14... cxb3 15. axb3 Qd7 16. Nf1 Bg4 17. Qd2 Bh3 18.
Bh1 b5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Ra6 $14 {Komodo10}) 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 $16 Rc8 (
16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 dxc4 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Rxe6 $1 {simplest,rather than give
Bl some attacking chances} (19. Qe4 $16 {Komodo10}) 19... fxe6 20. Qxc4 $16)
17. Ne3 Na5 18. Bd2 Bf6 (18... Qd7 19. Rc1 $16 {though Wh may have some
difficulties with a backward c pawn & subsequent bad B}) 19. Nxd5 $1 $18 {
[%emt 0:00:05] the N strikes again, destroying the cetre Bl had put in place
on move} Bxd5 20. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leah, Howard"]
[Black "Bridges, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. f4 d6 (6... d5) 7. Nf3 O-O
8. O-O a6 9. Ne2 Rb8 (9... Qc7) 10. c3 Bd7 (10... b5 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Qc2 Qb6
13. Kh1 b4 14. h3 a5 15. g4 {Lang-Beising, Passau op 1999,1-0}) (10... d5 11.
e5 Ne8 12. h4 Qc7 13. Be3 b5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. d4 {Stojadinovic-Schweisgut, Bad
Zwesten op 2006, 1-0}) 11. Ne1 (11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. c4 Nc7 14. Be3 $14
{Komodo10}) (11. h3 b5 12. g4 {looks consistent for both sides}) 11... g6 {
stops f5 for the moment, but best not to move the pawns on the side where you
are under attack.} (11... Re8) 12. Kh1 b5 13. Qc2 (13. h3) (13. Nc2 d5 14. Ne3
{Komodo10}) 13... Rc8 14. Bh3 Ne8 15. f5 $5 (15. Nf3 f5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Neg1
$11 {Komodo10}) 15... exf5 16. Bh6 Ng7 (16... fxe4 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf8 exd3
19. Nxd3 Bxf8 $15 {Komodo 10 Bl gets two pawns for the exchange}) 17. exf5 Re8
(17... Bg5 18. Bxg7 (18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf4 Nxf5 $17) 18... Kxg7 19. Nf3 Ne5 20.
Nxg5 Qxg5 21. f6+ Kh8 22. Nf4 Bc6+ 23. Bg2 Bxg2+ 24. Nxg2 Rfe8 $15 {Komodo10})
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf4 $11 Ne5 20. Nd5 (20. Neg2) 20... Bc6 21. Bg2 Ng4 22. Qe2
(22. Qd1 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Nc2 d5 $15 {Komodo10}) 22... Nf6
23. Nxe7 Rxe7 (23... Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Kg1 b4 $15 {Komodo10}
) 24. Qd1 (24. Qf2 $11) 24... Qc7 (24... Qe8) 25. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 26. Ng2 Rce8 $17
27. Qf3 (27. Rf2) 27... Qxf3 28. Rxf3 g5 $19 {control of the e file leads to R
expansion into Wh's position} 29. Raf1 Re2 30. R3f2 Ng4 31. f6+ Kg6 32. Rf3
Rxb2 33. h3 Ree2 34. Ne1 Nf2+ (34... Nh2) 35. R1xf2 Rxf2 36. Re3 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Allford, Zane"]
[Black "Jansen van Rensburg, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O c5 (6... Nxe4 {main,
destroys the centre & equalises}) 7. d3 Ng4 $2 $146 {there is nothing to
attack, so just wastes 2 tempi} (7... Nc6 {the natural move} 8. Qe1 Nd4) 8. h3
Nf6 9. Qe1 Nc6 10. Qh4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 (11. f5 gxf5 12. Bh6 {[%eval 1003,0] is a
more immediate attacking line; Komodo10 &}) 11... cxd4 12. Ne2 (12. Nd5) 12...
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 $11 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17 15. Qxe7 $6 Bf5 (15... Bxh3 16. gxh3
Rae8 17. Qg5 Qxg5+ 18. fxg5 Rxe2 19. Rf2 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Rc8 $17 {both Engines})
(15... Be6 16. Rf2 Rac8 17. Ng3 f5 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Qb4 Bd7 $15 {Komodo10}) 16.
Ng3 Rfe8 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 (17... gxf5 18. Qh4 Rac8 19. Rf2 Rc6 20. Kh2 Re1 $17 (
20... Rh6 21. Qg5 Re1 $17 {Wh is a pawn up for the moment , but severely
underdeveloped})) 18. Qxb7 Rac8 $11 19. Qb3 Re2 $15 20. Rf2 Qh5 (20... Rxf2 21.
Kxf2 Qa5 22. Kf1 Bf8 $15 {how is Wh going to get his pieces out?} 23. c3 dxc3
24. bxc3 Rxc3 (24... Qf5 25. c4 Rd8 26. g4 Qf6 27. Rb1 Bc5 28. Rb2 h5 $15 {
Komodo10}) 25. Bd2 Rxb3 26. Bxa5 Rxd3 $11 {Komodo10; only by giving back the
material}) 21. Bd2 $16 {Bl has missed his chance now the B is out} Rce8 (21...
Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Bf6 23. Re1 $16) 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Qb8+ Bf8 24. Bb4 $18 Qh6 25.
Bxf8 (25. Re1 $1 {both Engines, Re8 if Bl avoids a R swap} Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qg7 (
26... Kg7 27. Bf2 $18) 27. Bb4 {and Wh can simply swap the pieces & win with
the pawns if he chooses- simplest}) 25... Qxf8 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rc1 {its
best to get Rs active rather than guarding weak pawns} (27. Rf1 Rxc2 28. Rf2
Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rd1 $11 {though doesnt improve things}) 27... h5 28. b4 Ke7 29. a4
(29. Kf1 $1 Rd2 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Re2 $18 {Komodo10}) 29... Kd6 30. c3 Rd2 (
30... Ra2 31. c4 Rxa4 32. Rb1 Ra2 $14 {Komodo10}) 31. cxd4 Rxd3 32. Rc4 (32. b5
Rxd4 33. Rc6+ Kd5 34. Ra6 Rxf4 35. Rxa7 $16 {Komodo10;} Kc5 36. Rc7+ Kb6 37.
Rc6+ Ka7 38. Ra6+ Kb7 39. g3 Rc4 40. h4 Rb4 41. Kg2 Kc8 42. Kf3 $18 {& life
gets very difficult for Bl} Kb7 43. Rf6 Rxa4 44. Rxf7+ Kc8 45. Rf6 g5 46. hxg5
Rg4 47. g6 Kc7 48. Rf7+ Kb6 49. Rf5 Kc7 50. Rxh5 Rxg6 51. g4 $18) 32... Kd5 33.
Rc7 Ke6 (33... Rxd4 34. Rxf7 Ke4 $1 35. a5 (35. Rxa7 Rxb4 36. Kh2 Kxf4 {with
good drawing chances for Bl}) 35... Rxb4 36. Rf6 Ra4 37. a6 Ke3 38. Kh2 Rxf4
39. Rxg6 Ra4 40. Rf6 $16 h4 41. Rh6 Kd3 42. Rh7 Rxa6 43. Rxh4 {and Wh has
excellent winning chances with 2 connected pawns against one}) 34. Rxa7 $18 {
the 2 outside pawns are even more dangerous now that the K has gone further
away} Rxd4 35. b5 (35. Rb7 $1 {is the most accurate, stopping the R from
easily getting behind the pawns} Rxf4 36. a5 Kd5 37. a6 Kc6 38. Rb8 Rc4 39. a7
Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 41. a8=Q+ $18) 35... Rxf4 (35... Rb4 {lasts longer} 36. g3 (
36. Kf2 Rxf4+ 37. Ke3 Rb4 38. Kd3 g5 39. Kc3 Rb1 40. Kc4 Rc1+ 41. Kb4 Rb1+ 42.
Ka5 {& the K shephard a Wh pawn through long before Bl can be any threat on
the other wing}) 36... Kf5 37. Rxf7+ (37. Kf2) 37... Ke4 38. Kf2 Rxa4 39. Re7+
Kf5 40. Re5+ Kf6 41. h4 Kg7 42. Rg5 {& the Wh K wanders over to support the b
pawn forward}) 36. a5 Kd6 37. b6 Ra4 (37... h4 $1) 38. Rxf7 (38. b7 Kc7 39. a6
Rb4 40. Ra8 Rb2 41. Rc8+ Kd7 42. b8=Q {simplest}) 38... Rxa5 39. Rf6+ Kd7 40.
Rxg6 Kc8 41. Rh6 Kb7 42. Kf2 Rg5 43. g3 Rf5+ 44. Ke3 Re5+ 45. Kf4 Rc5 46. g4 (
46. Rf6 Rc3 47. h4 Rc5 48. Rf5 Rc4+ 49. Kg5 Rg4+ 50. Kxh5 Rxg3 51. Rf6 Rg1 52.
Rg6 {is another way}) 46... Rc4+ 47. Kg5 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rc5+ 49. Kh4 Rc4 50. Rf6
(50. Kh5 {also}) 50... Rb4 51. Kh5 Rb5+ 52. g5 Kc8 53. Kh6 Kd8 54. g6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Di-Vetta, Andrew"]
[Black "Probert, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1598"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. Bd3 h5 5. f4 (5. Ne2) (5. Nf3) 5... Nh6 6. Nf3
Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Nd2 $146 {Komodo10} (10. Bxf5 gxf5 11.
Nc3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd7 14. O-O-O {Vonach-Bauer, Meran cup Gold 2009,
1/2-1/2}) (10. Bf2 h4 (10... Qb6 11. Bxf5 Qxb2 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 gxf5 14.
Bh4 c5 {Tung-Argandona Riveira, San Sebastian Primavera op 2006,0-1}) 11. Nc3 {
transposes to many games}) 10... Nd7 11. c3 Qb6 12. Rb1 (12. O-O-O) 12... Nxe3
13. Qxe3 c5 $11 14. Ke2 (14. O-O) 14... Bh6 15. Nf3 c4 16. Bc2 Nf8 17. Ba4+ Ke7
18. g4 Nh7 (18... Nd7 $11) 19. g5 (19. Bc2 $16 Nf8 20. Qf2 Qd8 (20... Bxf4 21.
g5 h4 22. Nd2 Bxg5 23. Rhg1 Nh7 24. Nf3 Bf4 25. Nxh4 g5 26. Ng2 Bxe5 27. dxe5
Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nf8 29. Kg3 Nd7 30. Rbe1 $16 {Komodo10}) 21. gxh5 Kd7 22. Ng5
$16 {Komodo10}) 19... Bg7 $11 20. Qd2 Qa6 21. Bc2 b5 (21... Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qxb2
23. Rhb1 {wins Q}) 22. a4 Rhb8 23. Ra1 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qc6 25. Rha1 (25. Qc1 Kf8
26. Qa1 Kg8 27. Rb1 Nf8 $11 {Komodo10}) 25... Rxb2 (25... a6) 26. Rxa7+ Rxa7
27. Rxa7+ Rb7 28. Rxb7+ (28. Ra8 Rb2 29. Rg8 Bf8 30. Qc1 Qb7 31. Nd2 $16 {Wh
will win the N on h7 then play RxB & be 2 pieces for a R}) 28... Qxb7 $11 29.
Qc1 Kd8 30. Qa3 Bf8 (30... Nf8) 31. Qa5+ Kc8 (31... Qc7 32. Qb5 Qd7 33. Qb8+
Qc8 34. Qb1 Qa6 (34... Ba3 35. Qb5 Bc1 36. Ba4 Kc7 37. Nd2 $18 {eventually wh
will get to the pawn on f7 & then others will fall}) 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qxg6 Qa5
37. Kf2 Qxc3 38. Qxe6 $18 {Komodo10}) 32. Ba4 $18 Be7 33. Bb5 (33. Be8 Bd8 34.
Qc5+ Kb8 35. Qb5 Bb6 36. Qd7 Qxd7 37. Bxd7 Nf8 38. Be8 Kc8 39. Bxf7 Ba5 40. Kd2
Kd7 41. Nh4 $18 {Komodo10}) 33... Qc7 34. Qxc7+ (34. Qa8+ Qb8 35. Qxb8+ Kxb8
36. Be8 {keeps the K a little further away}) 34... Kxc7 35. Be8 Nf8 36. Bxf7
Ba3 37. Kd2 Kd7 38. Nh4 Ke7 39. Bxg6 Nxg6 40. Nxg6+ Kf7 41. Nh4 (41. f5 exf5
42. Nf4 h4 43. Nxd5 Kg6 44. e6 Kxg5 45. e7 Bxe7 46. Nxe7 f4 (46... Kf4 47. Ke2
Kg3 48. d5 (48. Nxf5+ Kxh3 49. Kf3 Kh2 50. Nxh4)) 47. Ke2 $18 {Komodo10}) 41...
Kg7 42. f5 exf5 43. Nxf5+ Kg6 44. Ne3 Kxg5 45. Nxd5 Kh4 46. Nb4 (46. Nf4) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Huw"]
[Black "Orton, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 Be6 (5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7 {
main}) 6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6... Bxd5 7. Nc3 f5 8. Nge2 c6 9. Nf4 Bb4 10. Be2 {
Meszaros-Bednay, Papp Bela mem, Budapest 1999,1-0}) 7. Nc3 Bb4 (7... Qa5 $11 8.
d5 Bd7 9. Bc4 Bb4 10. Nge2 O-O 11. h4 {Finszter-Komlosi, HUN ch tm 20121,1-0})
8. Nf3 (8. Nge2 $14 {Deep Fritz14 & Komodo10}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Qc2 c5
11. O-O Bxc3 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 $11 {both Engines}) 12.
Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 $14) 14... Re8 (14... Nd7) 15. Rab1
Bd5 16. c4 Be4 17. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Whale, Michael"]
[Black "Jones, Dewi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bd2 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 (7. Bc4)
7... Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. a3 Qc7 10. g3 $146 (10. b4) (10. h3) (10. Nh4) 10...
Bd6 11. b4 O-O 12. Nh4 (12. Na4 Ne4 13. Bd3 Rad8 14. Re1 Ndf6 15. Nc5 Nxd2 16.
Qxd2 b6 $11 {Komodo10}) 12... Ne4 (12... Bh3 13. Re1 Rfe8 $14) 13. Nxf5 Nxc3 (
13... exf5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. c4 Nf6 16. Re1 $14 {Komodo10}) 14. Nh6+ $1 gxh6
15. Bxc3 $16 {Bl's K side is damaged & Wh has 2 Bs to train on it} f5 16. f4 (
16. Bc4 Rae8 17. Re1 Rf6 18. Qh5 $16 {Komodo10}) 16... Nf6 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Bd2
Qg7 19. c3 Kf7 {to use the g file for attack, but the K is a little vulnerable
here} (19... Rae8 $14) 20. Qf3 Rg8 21. Kh1 Qg4 22. Qxg4 (22. Qg2 h5 23. c4 Nf6
24. d5 $16 {opens up the centre for the Bs & where the Bl K is}) 22... Rxg4 23.
Be2 Rg6 {still in attack mode, when defence is needed} (23... Rgg8 24. Bh5+ Ke7
25. c4 Nf6 26. Bf3 $16 {Komodo10}) 24. Bh5 $16 Rag8 25. a4 (25. c4) 25... Nc7 (
25... Nf6 {forces the B}) 26. Rae1 Ke7 (26... Ne8) 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. h4 (28. c4
Ne8 29. b5 $18 {opens lines for the Wh Rs}) 28... h5 29. c4 $18 Kd7 30. Rf2 Re8
31. Rfe2 Bf8 32. b5 Bg7 33. Be3 Bh8 34. Bf2 Bf6 35. Kg1 Bh8 36. Kf1 Bf6 37.
bxc6+ bxc6 38. Rb1 Bd8 39. Reb2 (39. Rb7) 39... a6 40. Rb7 Kd6 41. Rb8 (41. Ra7
Kd7 42. Be1 {Komodo10}) 41... Kd7 42. R1b7 Ke7 43. Be1 Kd6 44. Ba5 Kd7 45. Bxc7
Bxc7 46. Rxc7+ (46. Rxe8) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Open"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stuart, Neil"]
[Black "Cooke, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Be3 Qc7 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. Qd2 (9. h3 {main}) 9... O-O 10. Rfd1 (10. h3) (10. Bh6) 10... Rad8 11.
Ne1 (11. Rac1 Qb8 12. b4 Rc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Rb1 {
Haataja-Pukkinen,Kajaani We KaSY op 2004,1-0}) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh5 (12...
a6 13. f4 b5 14. e5 Ne8 15. b3 $14 {Komodo10}) 13. Nd3 (13. f4) 13... f5 $2 (
13... e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Qb8 16. Rac1 a6 $14 {Komodo10}) 14. exf5 $18 Rxf5
15. g4 Rxf2 16. Nxf2 Nhf6 17. Nce4 Rf8 18. Ng5 1-0

