[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Ng5 Bd8 10. e4 fxe4 11. Ngxe4 e5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bb2
exd4 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxd4 a5 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. Bxb7 Bxd1 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20.
Rxd1 Rf7 21. Re1 Qf3 22. Qe3 Qb7 23. Qe6 a4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26. Qxa4
Qf3 27. Qe8 h5 28. Qe2 Qc3 29. Rd1 h4 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qg4+ Kf8
33. Qxh4 Re7 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Qd2 Qe5 36. Qd5 Qb2 37. Qd2 Qe5 38. a4 Kd7 39.
Qd5 Qb2 40. c5 Re5 41. Qf7+ Kc6 42. cxd6 cxd6 43. Qc4+ Kd7 44. Rc1 Re2 45. Qc8+
1-0

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c6 7. Nge2 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. f3 Bd7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Be3 c5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 e5 14. O-O a5 15. Nc3
Na6 16. f4 Nb4 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 exf4 19. Rxf4 a4 20. Qd1 Bxb2 21. Rxa4
Rxa4 22. Qxa4 Nxd3 23. Re4 Bf6 24. Qa3 Ne5 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Re1
Re8 28. Qa5 b6 29. Qd2 Qg4 30. Re4 Qf5 31. g4 Qf6 32. Kh1 Ra8 33. Re1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jones, Derek"]
[Black "Evans, Nicholas Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. dxc5 Bf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qe1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxa2
15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxe2 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Qd7
21. b5 Rdc8 22. c6 bxc6 23. bxc6 Qd6 24. Bb5 Rab8 25. Rc5 Rb6 26. Rdc1 Rc7 27.
f4 f6 28. f5 Bf7 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Ba4 Rb8 31. Bb5 Rb6 32. Ba4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Nb5 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Re1 Nd7 12. d3 e5 13. Bh3 f5 14. a3 g6 15. Ra2 Bf6
16. Rae2 Re8 17. Bb2 Re7 18. b4 Rg7 19. Nd6 axb4 20. axb4 Qf8 21. c5 Re7 22.
Qb3+ Kh8 23. Bc1 b6 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Nf6 26. cxb6 Be6 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28.
Qxc4 Nd8 29. Bg2 Rb8 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxb6 32. Qxd4 Rd6 33. Qc3 h6 34.
Bxf6+ Qxf6 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Bf1 Kf7 38. Re1 Rb6 39. Rb1 Nc6 40.
b5 Nd4 41. Rb4 Nc2 42. Rc4 Na3 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. d4 Nxb5 45. Bc4+ Kd6 46. Rg7 g5
47. Rh7 Nxd4 48. Rxh6+ Kc5 49. Rxb6 Kxb6 50. Kg2 g4 51. Bd5 Kc5 52. Ba8 Nc2 53.
h3 gxh3+ 54. Kxh3 Kd6 55. Kh4 Nd4 56. Kg5 Ke5 57. Bb7 Ne6+ 58. Kg6 Nd4 59. Bc8
Ke4 60. Bb7+ Ke5 61. f3 Ne2 62. g4 fxg4 63. fxg4 Nf4+ 64. Kf7 Ne6 65. Bc8 Ng5+
66. Kg6 Kf4 67. Bf5 Nf3 68. Kh5 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. Be3 Rab8 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Kh1 Qe6 18. b3 b4 19. Ne2 d5 20. Nf4 Qd7 21.
Bxf6 exf6 22. Nxd5 f5 23. Rc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 fxe4 26. fxe4 Be5 27.
Nd5 Kg7 28. Rc1 Bd6 29. Rc6 Bf8 30. g4 Ra8 31. Rc2 Re8 32. Rc4 Ra8 33. Rc2 Re8
34. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Downey, Keith"]
[Black "Default"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Black "Saunders, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 (5. a4) (5. Qc2) 5... e6 (5...
bxc4 {most frequent}) 6. e4 (6. dxe6 {alternative} fxe6) 6... bxc4 {main &
transposes to many more} (6... exd5 {Fominyh}) 7. dxe6 dxe6 8. e5 {main} (8.
Bxc4 {chosen by Cloud Engines}) 8... Nd5 9. Nxc4 {Engines, 15 games} (9. Bxc4 {
31 games}) 9... Be7 {main} (9... Nc6) 10. Be2 (10. Qb3 {main}) (10. a3 {next})
(10. Bd2 {Cloud Engines}) (10. Bd3 Nb4 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bb5+ Ke7
$15 {Boettcher-Dos Santos, LSS email 2009, 0-1}) 10... O-O (10... Nc6 11. O-O
O-O 12. Bd2 $11 {Shariyazdanov-Averjanov, RUS cup 300 yrs St Petersburg 2003,
0-1} (12. Re1 {Zimmer-Ventimiglia, IECG 1998,0-1})) 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc2 (12. a3
a5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rfb8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rfe1 Bc6 $11 {Schoebel-Dausch,
Bielop 1983,1-0}) 12... Rb8 13. Rd1 N7b6 (13... Nb4 14. Qb1 Qc7 $11 {Komodo10})
14. Nd6 $5 (14. Na5 $11) (14. b3 $11) (14. Bd2 $11) 14... Bxd6 15. Ng5 (15.
exd6 Qxd6 16. Ng5 f5 $15 (16... g6 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Bf3 $11 {Komodo10})) 15...
g6 (15... f5 16. exd6 Qxd6 $15 {Komodo10}) 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qe4 (17. Ne4 Qc6
18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Bh6 Rfc8 20. b3 Qc7 21. Rac1 $14 {Komodo10}) 17... h6 (17...
Qe7 18. Qh4 f6 19. Ne4 Kh8 $15 {Komodo10}) 18. Nf3 {(draw?) There were already
2 losses to the team & 2 other games looked dicey} (18. Nf3 Nc3 $1 {Komodo10}
19. Rxd6 Nxe4 20. Rd1 g5 21. Ne5 Rbd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Ng4 Kh7 25.
Be3 Ndc4 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc5 Nxb2 28. Bxa7 Ra8 29. Bd4 Nc4 30. Rb1 Bd5 31.
Nf6+ Kg6 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Rb5 Rxa2 34. Rxd5 $11 {Komodo10}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Evans, Craig"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 {The Belgrade Gambit} h6 {
playable} (5... Be7 {solid}) (5... Nxe4 {complex} 6. Qe2 f5 7. Ng5 d3 8. cxd3
Nd4) (5... Nxd5) (5... Nb4) (5... d6) (5... Bc5) 6. Bc4 (6. Nxd4 Bc5 {main}) (
6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxd4) 6... d6 {a little passive} (6... Bc5 7. O-O d6 $15 {Antoli
Royo-Beliavsky, Hoogeveen Unive 2014,0-1}) 7. Nxd4 (7. O-O Be7 8. Nxd4 O-O $11
9. e5 $6 Nxe5 $17 {Stillman-Larsson, Hallstahammer op 1995,0-1}) 7... Ne5 {the
start of a longish journey, that leads to serious underdevelopment ( though it
is Komodo10's best choice} (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 {has been played, though results
favour Wh with 4 wins & a draw}) 8. Bb3 (8. Nb5 {a typical motiv in the
Belgrade , doesn't work here} Nxd5 (8... Nxc4 9. Nbxc7+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Nxd5 11.
exd5 Qe8+ 12. Kf1 $16) 9. exd5 Nxc4 10. Qe2+ Ne5 11. f4 Bg4 12. Qe4 Qh4+ 13. g3
Bf3 14. Nxc7+ Kd8 15. Qe3 Qh5 16. Nxa8 Bxh1 17. fxe5 Qxe5 $15) 8... c6 {Bl's
idea, but loses time later} (8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Be7 $11) (8... Be7 9. O-O O-O
$11) 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O $16 {Bl's centreis a bit wobbly, with f4-e5 as a
possibility} Nd7 (10... Ng6 {Komodo10 & Stockfish6}) 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Qd8 {
more loss of time} (12... Be7 13. Be3 O-O $16 {both Engines 9 but gets the K
to relative safety}) 13. f4 Be7 {Stockfish 6} (13... a5 {Komodo10}) 14. b4 Ne6
(14... Na6 {both Engines}) 15. Nf5 Bf8 {best, but Bl is now seriously behind
in development} 16. Be3 g6 (16... Nc7 $16 {both Engines}) 17. Ng3 $18 {both
Engines} Bg7 18. f5 Nf8 {the unfortunate Knight moves again} (18... Bxc3 19.
fxg6 $1 (19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Bb3 O-O 21. Bxh6 $18 {Komodo10}) 19... Ng5 20. h4
Be5 21. hxg5 fxg6 22. Nh5 (22. Bb3 $18) 22... hxg5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. e5 Bf5 25.
exf6 Kd7 26. Bxf5+ gxf5 27. Rxf5 $18 {Komodo10}) 19. Bd4 (19. f6 $1 {both
Engines} Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Bd4 Qd8 22. Bxh8 $18) 19... Be5 20. Bb3 g5 (
20... Qe7 {both Engines; holds a little longer}) 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Bxf7+ $1 Ke7
23. f6+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 (5... Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 O-O
8. Nc3 Rb8 9. h3 a6 10. g4 {Van Kemenade-Gibbons, WCPL 2008,1-0}) 6. O-O Rb8 7.
c4 {Now it transposes to an English with a later f4, as played by Lombardy in
the 1970's} (7. e4 {transposes to a normal Closed Sicilian}) 7... e6 8. Nc3
Nge7 9. e4 (9. e3 {keeps control over d4, but allows Bl to strike back with d5
later}) (9. Rb1 a6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. e4 (11. a4 Nf5 12. e4 Nfd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
b4 {Eshbaev-Halay,Jakarta op 2012, 1/2-1/2}) 11... f5 12. Ne2 b5 13. b3 Bd7 14.
h3 Qc7 15. Bc3 {Borngaesser-Miles, Wld ch tm U26 , 1974,1-0}) 9... O-O 10. g4
$146 (10. Be3 {main} a6 (10... Nd4 11. Bf2 Nec6 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
a3 a6 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 b5 17. b4 Qxa3 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. e5 $11 {
Vokac-Hinks Edwards, CZE ch tm 2015,1/2-1/2}) 11. a4 Nd4 12. Kh1 (12. Rb1) (12.
Bxd4) 12... Bd7 13. e5 Bc6 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Nf5 17. Bg1
dxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 {Tiller- M.Turner, Davos op 2004,0-1}) (10. Rb1 a6 11. a4 f5
12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nec6 14. b3 Bd7 {Hilton-Botterill, BCF ch Bristol 1968,1/
2-1/2}) (10. Nh4 Nd4 11. Ne2 Nec6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Van Riemsdijk-Van Riemsdijk,
Aberto do Brasil de Caioba PR 2015, draw agreed}) 10... f5 (10... a6 11. Rb1 b5
12. Be3 Nd4 $15 {Komodo10}) 11. gxf5 (11. exf5 exf5 12. g5 $11 {considered})
11... exf5 {to unbalance the position} (11... gxf5 12. Kh1 a6 13. a4 Kh8 $11 {
Komodo10}) 12. Nd5 (12. Kh1 Nd4 13. Be3 a6 14. Rb1 b5 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5
axb5 17. b4 c4 18. Bd4 $11 {Komodo10}) 12... Nd4 (12... b5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.
Re1 Qc7 15. cxb5 Rxb5 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rb1 Qf7 19. b3 Bb7 $15 {
Komodo10}) 13. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 (14. Be3 {Komodo10, considered} Bxb2 (14...
Nxd5 15. Bxd4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 cxd4 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qf3 $11 {Komodo10, Wh
regains the d4 pawn}) 15. e5 Nc6 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Rb1 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd2
Be6 $17 (19... b6 $17) 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxb7 Qc7 $19 22. Bg2 dxe5 23. fxe5
Qxe5 24. Ne4 f4 25. Rf2 f3 26. Bf1 Bxc4 {Komodo10}) 14... b5 15. cxb5 (15. Be3
$5) (15. Nxe7+ $5) 15... Rxb5 16. Qa4 a6 17. Nc3 Rb4 (17... Rb8) 18. Qc2 Bd7 (
18... Be6) 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Rab1 $11 (20. Ne2 {considered} Rxb2 (20... Bxb2 21.
Rab1 Bg7 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Qxa6 Bc6 24. Nc3 Qd7 $15) 21. Qc4+ d5 $1 {Komodo10} (
21... Kh8 {pm analysis} 22. Nxd4 $16 Rxd2 23. Nf3 (23. Qc3 $1 {Komodo10} cxd4
24. Qxd2 $16) 23... Rxg2 $11 {Komodo10} (23... Re2 24. Ng1 Rxg2 $11)) (21...
Rf7 {pm analysis} 22. Nxd4 cxd4 (22... Rxd2 23. Nf3 Rxg2 (23... Rb2 24. Ng5 $16
) 24. Kxg2 Bb5 25. Qb3 h6 26. Rf2 $11 {Komodo10}) 23. Bc1 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 fxe4
25. dxe4 Bb5 26. Qxd4 Bxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nc6 $11 {Komodo10}) 22. exd5 Bb5 23. Qc1
Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Nxd5 $17) 20... a5 21. Ne2 (21. b3 $11 {considered}
) 21... Bg7 22. e5 $5 {aiming to get a Q side majority bt targetting a5} (22.
Bc3 $11 {original idea}) 22... Bc6 $1 23. d4 (23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25.
Qd5 dxe5 26. Qxc6 Qxd3 27. Bc3 Qxe2 28. Rbe1 (28. Qxc5 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Rfc8 $17)
28... Qc4 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. b3 (30. fxe5 Rxb2 $19) 30... Qd3 31. fxe5 Rbc8 32.
Qd6 c4 33. bxc4 Qxc4 $17 {Komodo10}) 23... Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 cxd4 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26.
exd6 $2 {too dangerous as Blgets control over the centre} (26. Qxd4 dxe5 (26...
Qc8 {Komodo10}) 27. Qxd8 Rfxd8 28. Bxa5 Rd5 29. Bc3 (29. Bc7 $6 Rc8 30. Bxe5
Bxe5 31. fxe5 Rc2 32. Rfe1 Rxe5 (32... Rdd2 33. Kf1 Nd5 {pm analysis is a
dangerous bind}) 33. Kf1 Nd5 34. b4 Rxa2 35. b5 Nb6 $17) 29... e4 30. a4 $17 {
Komodo10, but there is still a lot of play left}) 26... Qxd6 $19 27. Bxa5 Rfc8
{Wh had missed the strength of this, driving the Wh pices into a huddle on the
Q side} 28. Qa4 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 (29. Kf2 Qe4 (29... d3 30. Nc3 Qc5+ 31. Kf3 Nc6
$19) 30. Qa3 Rc2 31. Qf3 d3 $19) 29... Ra8 30. b4 d3 31. Ng3 (31. Ng1 Rc2 32.
Rf3 Qe4 33. Kg3 Nd5 34. Nh3 Nc3 35. Ng5 Qe2 $19 {Komodo10}) 31... Rc2 32. Rg1
Qf3 33. Qxc2 dxc2 34. Rbc1 (34. Rbf1 Qg4+ 35. Kg2 Nd5) 34... Nd5 35. Rxc2 Nxf4+
36. Kh4 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Moore, Robert"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 (5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6
8. Bb2 Bd7 9. a3 O-O 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Ne5 Bc7 12. f4 b5 13. Rf3 h6 14. Rh3 Be8
15. Qe1 Nh7 16. Qg3 $16 {Moore-Haigh, Dyfed Open 2003,0-1}) 5... Nc6 6. Nbd2
cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Rb8 (9... Qc7 {main} 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne5
Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 $14 (13. f4 $14)) 10. Ne5 (10. b4 Qc7 11. Nb3 e5 $11
{Leus-Hautot, BEL ch U18, 1998,0-1}) 10... Qc7 (10... Bd7 11. Re3 b5 12. Qe2 b4
13. Rh3 g6 14. Ndf3 $14 {Baraba-Staudt, Baden MA Leimen 2001,1-0}) 11. f4 b5 (
11... Ne7 $11 {Komodo10}) 12. Ndf3 b4 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Re3 Ba6 16.
Bc2 bxc3 17. bxc3 h6 (17... g6 $15 {Rudy; Komodo10 gives the slight advantage})
(17... Rfc8 $15 {Komodo10}) 18. g4 {looks natural to break with g5} (18. Rg3 {
Rudy & Komodo10} Kh8 19. Qe1 Qc7 20. Rh3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Rfc8 23. f5
Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. dxe5 exf5 26. Bxh6 Kg8 27. Rg3 g6 28. Bg5 Rb2 29. Rh3
Be2 30. Bf6 Bh5 31. Rd3 $16 {Komodo10}) 18... Qc7 (18... Rfc8 $15 {Komodo10}
19. g5 (19. Rh3 Qa5 20. g5 hxg5 21. fxg5 (21. Qe1 Ne4 22. fxg5 Bxe5 23. Qh4 Kf8
24. dxe5 Rxc3 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rb2 27. Bxe4 Qd2 28. Qh3 dxe4 $11 {Komodo10
}) 21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxc3 23. Qe1 Qc5+ 24. Be3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxc2 26. exf6
Rb2 27. Qf3 g6 28. Re1 Bd3 $19 {Komodo10}) 19... hxg5 20. fxg5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Ng4 22. g6 (22. Qxg4 Rxc3 $19) 22... Nxe3 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Qg5+
Kf8 26. Bxe3 Qb2 $19 {Komodo10}) 19. h4 {a bit slow} (19. g5 {pm analysis} Ne4
(19... hxg5 20. fxg5 Bxe5 21. gxf6 (21. dxe5 Ne4 $11) 21... Bxf6 22. Bh7+ Kxh7
23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 Bxd4+ 25. cxd4 f5 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Bh6 Rg8 28. Rg3 Kf8 29.
Kh1 Rb2 30. Rag1 Bd3 31. Bxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qxg8+ Qxg8 33. Rxg8+ Kf7 34. R1g7+ Kf6
35. Rg3 Be4+ 36. Kg1 Rxa2 $11 {Komodo10}) 20. gxh6 g6 21. Qf3 Kh7 22. Bxe4 dxe4
23. Qxe4 Bb7 24. Qd3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 (25. fxe5 Qc6 $15) 25... Qc6 26. d5 Qb6+ 27.
Be3 Qb2 28. Qf1 Bxd5 29. Bxa7 Ra8 30. Bd4 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qxa2 $11 {Komodo10})
19... Ne4 $17 20. Qe1 f5 21. g5 Bxe5 (21... Rfc8) 22. fxe5 (22. dxe5 d4 $17)
22... Qf7 23. Rf3 (23. Rh3 f4 (23... Qh5 24. Bd1) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qh5
$17 {Komodo10}) 23... Qh5 $19 24. Bd1 (24. Rh3 Nxg5 $19) 24... hxg5 25. Bxg5 (
25. hxg5 {a bit better}) 25... Nxg5 (25... Qg4+ $1 {Komodo10} 26. Kh1 Nxg5 27.
hxg5 Kf7 (27... Rb2 28. Qg3 Qe4 29. g6 f4 30. Qh4 Qxg6 $19) 28. Qg3 Rh8+ 29.
Kg1 Qe4 30. Qf4 Qe1+ $19) 26. hxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Rg3 (27. Qg3 {Komodo10}) 27... Qf4
28. Rf3 Qh6 29. Qf2 Kf7 (29... g5 $19) 30. Qg2 Rh8 31. Bb3 Rh7 (31... f4 32.
Rf2 g5 33. Re1 g4 $19 {Komodo10}) 32. Rb1 (32. Rxf5+ Ke8 (32... exf5 33. Qxd5+
Ke7 (33... Kg6 34. Qc6+ Kg5 (34... Kh5 35. Bd1+ {mating}) 35. Qg2+ Kf4 36. Qf2+
Ke4 37. Re1+ Kd3 38. Qc2#) 34. Qf7+ Kd8 35. Qf8+ Kc7 36. Qe7+ Kc6 37. Qc5+ Kd7
38. e6+ Ke8 39. Ba4+ Bb5 40. Bxb5+ Rxb5 41. Qxb5+ Ke7 42. Qc5+ Kf6 43. Qe5+ Ke7
44. Qc5+ {perpetual- Komodo10}) 33. Rf2 Bd3 $17 {Komodo10}) 32... Rbh8 33.
Rxf5+ {when in a lost position, confuse the issue, though Wh didn't think he
was losing} exf5 $2 (33... Ke7 $1 34. Rg5 Qh1+ 35. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 36. Kg2 Rxb1 $19)
34. Qxd5+ Kg6 $2 (34... Ke7 35. Qc5+ Kd8 36. Qd5+ {perpetual; Komodo10}) 35.
Qg2+ $2 (35. Qc6+ $1 {drives the K forward & mates in 6} Kg5 36. Qg2+ Kf4 37.
Qf2+ Ke4 (37... Kg4 38. Bd1+ Kg5 (38... Kh3 39. Qh2#) 39. Qg3#) 38. Re1+ Be2
39. Rxe2+ Kd3 40. Qf3+ Qe3+ 41. Qxe3#) 35... Qg5 36. Bf7+ Kxf7 (36... Kh6 $19 {
pm analysis & Komodo10} 37. Bd5 Qxg2+ 38. Bxg2 g5 39. d5 Bc4 40. d6 g4 41. Rb4
Be6 42. Bc6 Kg5 {the extra Wh pawns are barricaded, while the Bl ones advance})
37. Qxg5 $11 {the game should now end in a perpetual, but Bl tries for more}
Rh1+ 38. Kg2 R8h2+ 39. Kg3 Rh3+ 40. Kf4 Rh4+ 41. Kxf5 $2 {the move after the
time control} (41. Ke3 R4h3+ $11 (41... Re4+ 42. Kf2 Re2+ 43. Kg3 Rxb1 44.
Qxf5+ Kg8 45. Qxb1 $18)) 41... Bc8+ $2 {the move after the time control(
though both score sheets were a little short of accuracy)} (41... Bd3# {(not
seen by others in pm analysis, either}) 42. e6+ Bxe6+ 43. Ke5 $18 Rh5 {winning
back the Q, but} 44. Rf1+ (44. Rb7+ {is even stronger} Ke8 (44... Kf8 45. Kxe6
Re1+ 46. Qe5) 45. Qxh5+ Rxh5+ 46. Kxe6 Rh6+ 47. Ke5 Rc6 48. Rxg7 Rxc3 49. Rxa7)
44... Ke8 45. Kxe6 (45. Qxh5+ Rxh5+ 46. Kxe6 {Komodo10}) 45... Rxg5 46. Rxh1
Rg6+ 47. Kd5 Ra6 (47... Kd7 $16) 48. Rh2 (48. c4 Kd7 49. c5 Rf6 (49... Rxa2 50.
Rg1) 50. Rb1 Rf5+ 51. Ke4 $18 {Komodo10}) 48... Ke7 49. c4 g5 50. c5 g4 51.
Rh7+ Kd8 52. c6 g3 53. Kd6 g2 54. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Black "Sims, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. b3 Nf6 6. O-O d4 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
cxd4 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Ba3 (11. Na3 {main}) 11... a5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Nbd2 f5 (13... e5) (13... Nc5) (13... Ra6 {also played}) 14. a3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qf6
(15... Qd6 {keeps an eye on b4} 16. Rab1 Na6 17. Qb2 Nc5 18. Qc2 Na6 19. Qb2 {
Ruck-Chernuschevich,EU ch U18, Zagan 1995,1/2-1/2}) 16. Rab1 e5 17. b4 $16 axb4
18. axb4 Nd7 (18... Nxd3 {considered by Chris; both players had seen this
coming} 19. Qxd3 e4 20. Qb3 (20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 $11 {had
been Adam's plan, which Chris would have been happy with. However he had now
seen the better move Qb3}) 20... exf3 21. Nxf3 f4 22. c5+ Kh8 23. b5 Nd8 24.
Rb2 $16 {Komodo10}) 19. b5 (19. c5 $16) 19... Ne7 20. c5 Kh8 21. Rbc1 $16 Ra5
22. c6 {"just a blunder, as I had overlooked 23..Rc5"- Adam} (22. Qb2 $16 {the
threat of the pawns advancing seems stronger than them actually doing so})
22... bxc6 23. bxc6 Rc5 $11 24. Qa4 Qxc6 (24... Nxc6 25. Rxc5 Nxc5 26. Qa3 Nxd3
27. Qxd3 e4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Bf5 30. Qh4 $11 {Komodo10}) 25. Qxc6 Rxc6
26. Nc4 $14 Ng6 27. Nxd4 (27. h4 f4 28. h5 fxg3 29. fxg3 (29. hxg6 gxf2+ 30.
Kxf2 Rxg6 $14) 29... Ne7 30. Nfxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Re6 32. g4 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Be6
34. Be4 $14 {Komodo10}) 27... Rxc4 28. Rxc4 (28. dxc4 exd4 29. c5 Nf6 30. c6
Kg8 31. c7 Rf7 32. Bf1 Re7 $11 {Komodo10}) 28... exd4 29. Rxd4 (29. Rec1 Ne7
30. Rxd4 $11) 29... Nf6 30. Ra4 $11 {Wh thought the position better for Bl,
though hard to win, Bl & onlookers (& Engines consider level)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Griffiths, Hywel"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Be7 (7...
dxe4 {main} 8. dxe4 Bc5) (7... Bd6 {alternative}) 8. Re1 (8. h3 {main} Bh5 9.
Qe1) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 {not the kind of position discussed in any of the
theory books on The Kings Indian Attack, as the e4 pawn is seen as the central
support for Ns to get to f5 & d5. However here it the choice of both Komodo10
& Houdini2} (9. dxe4 {more usual pawn formation in this line}) 9... Nxe4 (9...
O-O {has been played, 2 games each}) 10. Rxe4 (10. dxe4 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 (
12. Be3 Qc7 13. c3 a5 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Nh4 Rfd8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bf1
Ne6 $11 {Jirkvalishvili-Arutinian, GEO ch U20 Tbilisi 2001,0-1}) 12... Nc5 13.
Be3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rfd8 $11 {Karabakhtsian-Kostromin, Anapa 2008,
1/2-1/2}) 10... f5 {Komodo10} (10... Bf5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O
14. Be3 f5 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. g4 f4 17. Bd2 Qh4 $11 {Gabuzyan-Yudin, EU ch U12,
Sibenik 2007,1/2-1/2}) 11. Rc4 (11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. c3 Kh8 $11 {Komodo10
}) 11... Nb6 (11... O-O $15 {Komodo10}) 12. Rxg4 $1 {Wh seizes an opportunity}
fxg4 13. Nxe5 O-O (13... Qd6 14. d4 Qe6 15. Nxg4 O-O 16. c3 Bd6 17. f4 Rad8 18.
Ne5 $16 {Wh has two healthy pawns for the exchange, & control over the wh
squares}) 14. Qxg4 $16 (14. c3 $16 {also, Komodo10}) 14... Kh8 (14... Qc8 15.
Qd1 Qe6 16. d4 Bd6 17. f4 $16 {as in a previous note}) 15. Be4 $18 Nd5 {best}
16. Qh3 Nf6 (16... Bh4 {is Komodo10 suggestion to limit the damage}) 17. Ng6+ (
17. Bg5 $1 {Komodo10, is even stronger} g6 (17... Nxe4 18. Ng6+ Kg8 19. Nxe7+ (
19. Qe6+ Rf7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxe7 Nd2 22. Bc5 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 h6 24. h4 $18)
19... Qxe7 (19... Kf7 20. Re1) 20. Bxe7 Rf7 21. dxe4 Rxe7 22. Re1 $18 (22. Rd1
$18)) 18. Nxg6+ Kg8 (18... Kg7 19. Nxf8 Bxf8 20. Bxh7) 19. Qe6+ Rf7 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxf6 $18 {Komodo10}) 17... Kg8 18. Qe6+ (18. Nxf8 {
simpler}) 18... Rf7 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Qxf7+ (20. Bf5 Bc5 21. Bg5 Kf8 22. Qxf7+
Qxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Re1 {Komodo10}) 20... Qxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bg2 {Wh is
simply 2 pawns up & should be winning comfortably, especially with 2 Bs to
drive them forward. But, as Tartakover remarked- no one ever saved half a
point by resigning} Rf8 (22... Rd8) 23. Be3 a6 24. h3 Kg8 {there is no need to
withdraw the K,as it protects e7 from entry, & is not liable to be attacked on
f7. However Bl had hopes of pressure against f2} 25. Re1 Bd6 26. b4 {trying to
gain a R entry, but to win Wh should be keeping pawns on, & swapping pieces
instead.} (26. Bd2 h6 27. d4 Kf7 28. c4 Rd8 29. Bc3 Bc7 30. Bf3 {& gradually
come forward}) 26... Bxb4 27. Rb1 a5 28. c3 Bxc3 29. Rxb7 Rd8 30. Bxc6 (30. Rb3
Bd4 31. Bxc6 Bxe3 32. fxe3 {keeps an extra pawn on the board}) 30... Rxd3 {Wh
has won pawns on the Q side, but also lost them, and is only one P ahead} 31.
Ba4 Rd8 32. Bb3+ Kh8 33. Rc7 Bb4 34. Bb6 Ra8 35. a4 h5 (35... h6 $5) 36. Bd4
Ne8 37. Rc6 Kh7 38. Bc2+ Kg8 {(draw?)} 39. Bg6 Rd8 (39... Nf6 40. Bxf6 gxf6 41.
Bxh5 Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. Bd1 Re8 44. Kg2 $18) 40. Bxh5 (40. Bb6 Ra8 41. Bxh5 {
keeps more pressure on}) 40... Rxd4 41. Bxe8 Kf8 $16 {the opposite colour Bs
give Bl some chances of holding, perhaps even if Rs come off} 42. Re6 Be7 43.
Bb5 Kf7 44. Re2 {guarding f2} Kf6 45. f4 Bd6 46. Kg2 Rd5 47. h4 Kf5 48. Kf3 Kf6
(48... Rd4) 49. g4 Rd4 50. g5+ Kf7 51. Re4 Rd1 (51... Rxe4 52. Kxe4 Kg8 53. Kf5
Kh7 54. h5 Bc7 55. Bd3 Bb6 56. Ke6+ (56. Kg4+ Kg8 57. f5 Bd4 58. Bc4+ Kh7 {may
well be drawn- its where the Engine goes round & round in circles, maintaining
that is winning at every move, but never making any progress. The Wh K needs
to be at e6 to get the f5 pawn forward, but then Bl hits the g5 pawn} 59. h6
gxh6 60. f6 Kg6 61. Bd3+ Kf7 {leads nowhere.}) 56... Kg8 57. f5 Be3 58. g6 Bg5
{is a succesful barricade. Crucial to Bl's defence is keeping the pawn on g7,
as the BlK cannot be got at, nor the Wh K sneak in behind the pawn}) 52. h5 (
52. Be8+ $1 Kf8 53. Bg6 Be7 54. Re5 $18 {Wh wins the distant Q side pawn
because of the mating net. This is why Wh should have left more pawns on on
the Q side earlier.so that there would be threats on both sides of the board.})
52... Rh1 53. Kg4 (53. g6+ $1 Kf6 (53... Kg8 54. Re8+ Bf8 55. Bc4+ Kh8 56.
Rxf8#) 54. Bd7 {wins the B because of the mate threat; Komodo10}) 53... Rg1+
54. Kf5 Be7 55. Rc4 (55. Bc4+ {the K must be turned into a target- trying to
advance the pawns is not a plan likely to succed onits own, because of the
controlof opposing colours.} Kf8 56. Kg6 Bb4 57. Bb5 Re1 (57... Be7 58. Rxe7
Kxe7 59. Kxg7 {and the space invaders land}) 58. Rxe1 Bxe1 59. h6 gxh6 60. Kxh6
Bc3 61. f5 {and now the pawns win a B}) 55... Rd1 56. Rc7 (56. g6+ Kf8 57. h6
gxh6 58. Rc7 Rd5+ 59. Ke4 Rd8 60. g7+ Kxg7 61. Rxe7+ $18 {Komodo10}) 56... Kf8
(56... Rd5+ 57. Ke4 Rc5 58. Ra7 Rc3 59. g6+ (59. f5 Rc1 60. f6 gxf6 61. g6+ Ke6
62. Ra6+ Bd6 63. Rxd6+ Kxd6 64. h6) 59... Ke6 60. Ra6+ Bd6 61. f5+ Ke7 62. Rxd6
Kxd6 63. f6 gxf6 64. h6 $18 {two passed connected pawns on the 6th are better
than a R (plus Wh has a useful B)}) 57. Ra7 (57. Kg6 $1 Rd5 58. Ra7 Rd8 59. Kh7
Kf7 60. Bc4+ Kf8 61. h6 g6 (61... gxh6 62. g6 Bf6 63. Rf7+ Ke8 64. Bb5+ Rd7 65.
Rxd7 {mating; Komodo10}) 62. f5 $1 {breaks through}) 57... Bb4 58. h6 {
swapping a pawn intead of winning it ( & splitting the Wh pawns in the process)
} (58. Ra8+ Ke7 59. Re8+ (59. Ra7+ Kd8 (59... Kf8 60. Kg6 Be7 61. Rxe7 Kxe7 62.
Kxg7) 60. Rxg7 $18) 59... Kd6 60. Rd8+ Kc7 61. Rxd1 $18) (58. Kg6 Be7 59. Rxe7
{is a repeated theme}) 58... gxh6 59. Kf6 $2 {going for a mate that isn't there
} (59. gxh6 Rh1 60. Ra8+ Ke7 (60... Kf7 61. Be8+ Ke7 62. h7 Kd6 63. Bg6 Bc3 64.
Rd8+ Kc7 65. Rd3 Ba1 66. Rd5 Rc1 67. Rxa5 {and the a pawn drops because the B
has been forced to attend to other duties}) 61. h7 Bc3 62. Be8 {as in previous
line}) 59... Rd6+ 60. Kf5 hxg5 61. fxg5 {and the win has become problematic
with just a single pawn left on the Kside} Rd5+ 62. Kg4 (62. Kg6 {is more
active} Be7 (62... Rd6+ 63. Kh7 Rd4 64. Ra8+ Ke7 65. g6 Rh4+ 66. Kg8 Bc3 67. g7
Bd4 68. Rf8 (68. Rxa5 Rg4 $11) 68... Kd6 69. Rf7 Kc5 70. Kf8 Bxg7+ 71. Rxg7 $18
{but may still be a struggle if Bl can keep Rs on though in the absence of the
B the Bl a pawn is dead}) 63. Ra8+ Rd8 64. Rxa5 Rd6+ 65. Kh5 Rd5 66. Ra8+ Kg7
67. Rg8+ Kh7 (67... Kxg8 $2 68. Bc4 Kg7 69. Bxd5 {and Wh has finessed a win})
68. Rg6 Rd2 69. Re6 Bd8 70. Bc6 $16 {Wh has retained some winning chances})
62... Rd4+ (62... Bd2 $11 {draws}) 63. Kh5 Rd5 64. Ra8+ (64. Kg6) 64... Kg7 65.
Bc4 Re5 66. Rg8+ Kh7 67. Bf7 Bd2 68. Kg4 Re4+ 69. Kf5 (69. Kh5 Re5 70. Bb3 $16)
69... Re1 (69... Rf4+ 70. Ke6 Re4+ 71. Kd5 Rxa4 $11 {another missed
opportunity with Bl.}) 70. g6+ $18 Kh6 71. Rh8+ Kg7 72. Rh7+ Kf8 73. g7+ $4 {
a bad case of chessblindness, when wh was so close to victory. Both players
living off their increments.} (73. Bc4 $1 {Komodo10, prevents Rf1 ch} Bc3 74.
Rf7+ Ke8 (74... Kg8 75. Re7+ Kf8 76. g7+ Kxe7 77. g8=Q $18) 75. Bb5+ Kd8 76. g7
Bxg7 77. Rxg7 $18) 73... Kxf7 $19 {and the B covers the Queening square} 74.
Rh2 Bb4 (74... Bc3 75. Rc2 Re5+ 76. Kf4 Rc5 77. Ke4 Kxg7 78. Kd3 Bb4) 75. Rg2
Kg8 76. Kg6 Re6+ 77. Kf5 {(draw?)} Re7 78. Kf6 Rc7 (78... Rf7+) 79. Rg4 Bc3+
80. Ke6 Rxg7 81. Rxg7+ (81. Rc4 {keeping R's on lasts longer; but eventually
Bl will get the K across to the Wh a pawn by keep offering an exchange of Rs})
81... Kxg7 82. Kd5 Kf6 83. Kc4 Bb4 84. Kb3 Ke5 85. Kc2 Kd4 86. Kb1 Kc4 (86...
Kc3) 87. Kc2 Bc3 88. Kb1 Kb3 89. Kc1 Kxa4 90. Kc2 Kb4 91. Kb1 a4 92. Ka2 a3 93.
Kb1 Kb3 (93... Kc4 {Nalimov tablebases is apparently the quickest route to
mate, but humans would prefer to get the Q first then think about the mate} 94.
Ka2 Bb4 95. Kb1 Kc3 96. Ka2 Kc2 97. Ka1 Kb3 98. Kb1 a2+ 99. Ka1 (99. Kc1 a1=Q#)
99... Bc3#) 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

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 Be6 10. Bb2 f6 11. d3 Qc8 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Rc1 a5 14. b5 Na7 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 c6 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qb5 Ra6 20. Rfd1 Qd7 21. Nb6
Nd4 22. Nxd7 Nxb5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxb7 Rb6 27. Bc6
a4 28. Rdc1 Rb3 29. R1c3 Rb1+ 30. Kg2 Bb3 31. Ra5 Ra1 32. e3 Rd8 33. Bxa4 Bxa4
34. Rxa4 Rd1 35. Ra7 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bh3
Bb4 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Qa2 Rce8 18. Na4 Qf7 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bd6 Qh5
21. Bg2 Rf7 22. Qd2 Rd7 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bg5 Nd4 25. f3 Nb3 26. Qc2 Nxc1 27. Bxf6
Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 gxf6 29. Qb5 Qf7 30. Qxb6 d4 31. Bh3 f5 32. Qb5 d3 33. Rd1 Qb3
34. Rd2 Qf7 35. Rxd3 Red8 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Qxe5 Rd1+ 38. Bf1 Qd7 39. Qe3 Qb5
40. Qb3+ Qd5 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Heaven, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nf3 h6 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Re1 Qa5 16. Bf4 Bg4 17. Qb3 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qb5 Re1+ 20. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 21. Bf1 Qe4 22. Qe5 Qb1 23. f3 Be6 24. Kf2 Qc2+ 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. Bg5
Ne4 15. Re1 f5 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg6 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. fxe4 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1
Qh4 21. Ng3 Rd8 22. exf5 Qf4 23. Qf7 h6 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Kh7 26. f6+ g6
27. Bxg6# 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 10. h3 d6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. f4 Na5 14. Kh1 Nc4 15.
Ncxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Bxc4 Nxe4 18. Bf2 d5 19. Bd3 Qxf4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21.
Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rd7 Bc6 23. Rxe7 Bxb5 24. Re1 Rfc8 25. Rxe4 Kf8 26. Bh4 Rxc2 27.
Rf4 f6 28. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Thomas, James"]
[Black "Llewellyn, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Kh1
c4 16. dxc4 Ne5 17. c5 dxc5 18. f4 Nh5 19. Be1 c4 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22.
e5 Bh6 23. f5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nf4 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 gxf5 27. Bxf5 e6 28. Bd2
exf5 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Rfe8 31. Rxf5 Rc5 32. Raf1 Rcxe5 33. Rxf7 Re1 34.
Kh2 Rxf1 35. Rxf1 Re3 36. Rf3 Re2 37. Rf4 Kg7 38. Rxc4 Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rc5
Re4 41. Rxa5 Rc4 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. a5 Rxc3 44. a6 Ra3 45. Ra8 h5 46. a7 Kg7 47.
Kg1 h4 48. Kf2 1-0

[Event "WCPL: Abergavenny-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Saunders, Robert"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Qe2 Bb4 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Ne7 11. Nxb4 Qxb4 12. c3 Qb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 a6
15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Kxd8 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Ke7 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Kf1 Rd2 25. Re2 Rd6 26. Bc2 Nh4
27. Be4 b5 28. g3 Ng6 29. f4 h6 30. Ke1 Nf8 31. Rd2 Rb6 32. b4 Nd7 33. a4 bxa4
34. Ra2 f5 35. Bg2 Nf6 36. Rxa4 Ne4 37. c4 Nc3 38. Ra3 Ne4 39. Ra4 Nc3 40. Ra3
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL: Abergavenny-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. e4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O
9. Na3 b5 10. Qe1 Ba6 11. Nc2 b4 12. c4 Bc8 13. h3 b3 14. axb3 Rxb3 15. Ra3 Qb6
16. g4 Nd7 17. Nd2 Rxa3 18. bxa3 Qc7 19. Nf3 e5 20. f5 Nd4 21. Ne3 Qd8 22. Nd5
Bb7 23. Nc3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 g5 25. Bd2 h6 26. Bd1 Nb8 27. Ba4 f6 28. Qb1 Rf7 29.
Qc2 Nc6 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Rb1 Bf8 32. Rb2 Qc8 33. Qb1 Rb7 34. Rxb7 Qxb7 35.
Qxb7 Bxb7 36. Nb5 a6 37. Nc7 Kf7 38. Kf2 Be7 39. Ke2 Bd8 40. Nd5 Bxd5 41. cxd5
Ke7 42. Kd1 Kd7 43. Kc2 Kc8 44. Kb3 Kb7 45. Kc4 Kb6 46. Be1 Kb7 47. h4 Kb6 48.
h5 Kb7 49. Kb3 Bc7 50. Bd2 Bd8 51. Ka4 Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL: Abergavenny-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Evans, Craig"]
[Black "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O e6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL: Abergavenny-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Parry, Matthew"]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. e4 Re8 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ng5 f5 15.
exf6 N7xf6 16. Nce4 e5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qb3+ Nd5 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Qb3+ Nd5 21.
Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL: Abergavenny-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Yeo, Gareth"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. a4 Qxb6
9. Nd2 a5 10. e4 O-O 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Ne3 Ba6 15. Rb1
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd7 17. b3 Ne8 18. Bb2 Nc7 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Na6
22. Nb5 Nb4 23. Qd2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL: Abergavenny-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Sims, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Qh5 7. h3 O-O-O 8.
Be3 e6 9. Nc3 h6 10. O-O g5 11. Re1 Bxh3 12. gxh3 g4 13. Nh2 Qxh3 14. Bf1 Qh4
15. Bg2 Bd6 16. Nf1 Rhg8 17. Nb5 Bb4 18. Re2 a6 19. Bxc6 axb5 20. Bg2 g3 21.
fxg3 Rxg3 22. Nxg3 Qxg3 23. Bf2 Qg5 24. Re5 Qg6 25. Qf3 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-White Knights:Tanygroes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Black "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 (4... Bg4 {main}) 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5
Bf5 (6... Nd7) 7. O-O {Wh is content to just keep a small space advantage
rather than to rush, one reason for the Alekhine's unfashionability at GM level
} e6 8. Nd2 $146 (8. c3) (8. c4) (8. g4 {Komodo10} Bg6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nbd7
11. f4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5+ 13. Kg2 Nd7 14. f5 $16 {Risting-Akdogan, European
Youth U16, 2016,1-0}) 8... Nd7 9. Ndc4 Be7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Ne5 Qd8 12. c4 Nf6
13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 $11 15. g4 Be4 16. f3 Bg6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nd3 (18.
Nxg6 hxg6 19. Kg2 g5 $11) 18... Bxd3 19. Bxd3 h5 20. g5 g6 (20... c5 21. d5 Ne5
22. Be2 b5 23. b3 bxc4 24. bxc4 exd5 25. cxd5 Kd8 $11 {Komodo10; but the
position is easier to play for Wh, as Bl has fewer opportunities for activity
than Wh with the 2 Bs}) (20... O-O $5) 21. Be4 (21. Kg2) 21... O-O 22. a3 $14
Rfd8 23. Rad1 Kf8 (23... Ra4 {Bl needs to break up the Wh centre , to prevent
its eventual advance} 24. Bc2 (24. Rc1 e5 25. d5 Nc5 26. Rc3 Nxe4 27. fxe4 cxd5
28. exd5 b5 29. cxb5 Rg4+ 30. Kf2 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Rxg5 32. Rd1 Rg4 $11 {Komodo10}
) (24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nc5 $11) 24... Rxc4 25. Bb3 b5 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Bf4 b5
$11 {Komodo10}) 24. f4 Ra4 25. Rc1 (25. Bd3 b5 26. cxb5 Nb6 27. Bc2 Raa8 28.
bxc6 bxc6 29. Rf3 Nd5 30. Bc1 Bd6 31. Kg2 $14 {Komodo10; but few humans would
give up a pawn just to get a N on d5}) 25... Bd6 (25... b5 26. cxb5 cxb5 27.
Bxb7 Nb6 28. Rc2 b4 29. Bc6 Ra6 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Be4 Nd5 $11 {Komodo10; looks
like some Bl activity for the pawn. Enough? Wh's QB is bad & there is perhaps
an opposite colour B ending in prospect}) 26. Rc3 Ke7 (26... b5 {Komodo10}) 27.
Kg2 Raa8 (27... b5) 28. b4 (28. Re1 $16 {Komodo10}) 28... Rac8 29. Rd3 Bc7 {
the Bl pieces sit and wait} 30. Rfd1 $16 (30. Re1 $16) 30... Nf8 31. Kf3 (31.
d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Bxd5 Ne6 34. Kf3 Rb8 35. Bc1 Rd7 36. Bb3 Rxd3+ 37.
Rxd3 $16 {Komodo10}) 31... Rb8 32. d5 exd5 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Bxd5 (34. Rxd5
Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Ne6 36. h4 Rf8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 $16 {Komodo10}) 34... Ne6 35.
Ke4 (35. h4 b5 36. Bc1 Rd7 37. Be4 Rxd3+ 38. Rxd3 b6 39. Bc6 $18 {Komodo10})
35... Ng7 36. Rc1 Rd7 (36... Ne8 37. Kf3 $16) 37. Rdc3 (37. Bxf7 $1 Rxd3 38.
Rxc7+ (38. Kxd3 Kxf7 39. Rxc7+ Kg8 40. Kc4 $18) 38... Kd6 39. Kxd3 Kxc7 40.
Bxg6 $18 {Komodo10}) 37... Bd8 (37... Re8 38. Bb3 Kf8+ 39. Kf3 Nf5 40. Ba4
Rxe3+ 41. Rxe3 b5 42. Rec3 Nd4+ 43. Ke4 Bb6 44. Bd1 Kg7 $11 {Komodo10; a
typical Engine variation; Bl has some Bl square activity, eg} 45. Rh3 Re7+ 46.
Kd3 Ne6 47. Rf3 Rd7+ 48. Kc3 Nxf4) 38. Bd4 Nf5 39. Be5 Ra8 (39... Nd6+ $5) 40.
Rd3 Nd6+ 41. Kf3 Nf5 42. Rcd1 Ke8 (42... Kf8 43. Be4 Rxa3 44. Rxa3 Rxd1 45. Ra8
Nd4+ 46. Ke3 Nc6 47. Bf6 Ke8 48. b5 Ne7 49. Bxb7 $18 {Komodo10}) 43. Bc6 (43.
Kf2 $1 $18 {Komodo10} b5 (43... Kf8 44. Be4 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Rc8 46. Rd7 $18) 44.
Bc4 Rxd3 45. Bxb5+ Ke7 46. Rxd3) 43... bxc6 44. Rxd7 $18 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-White Knights:Tanygroes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Ne5 {rare} (7.
dxc5 {main}) 7... Nc6 (7... cxd4) (7... Be6) (7... Qa5) 8. Nxc6 (8. Qa4 cxd4 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd4 Qb6 11. O-O-O c5 {Erdyneev-Balkhanov, Buryatia ch , Ulan
Ude 2012,0-1}) 8... bxc6 9. Be5 Be6 {Fritz13} (9... Qb6 {Komodo10}) 10. cxd5 (
10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Qa4 Ne4 $11 {Komodo10}) 10... Bxd5 (10... Nxd5 $15 {Fritz13
& Komodo10}) 11. f3 Nd7 (11... cxd4 {both Engines}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e4 cxd4
14. Qxd4+ (14. Ne2) 14... e5 15. Qa4 (15. Qe3 Be6 16. Kf2 $11 {both Engines})
15... Be6 $15 16. Be2 (16. O-O-O $5 {both Engines}) (16. Qxc6 Rb8 (16... Qa5
17. Bc4 $11) 17. Nd1 Rc8 18. Qa4 Nb6 19. Qa5 Qd4 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rfd8+
22. Ke1 Rc2 $17 {Komodo10}) 16... Qb6 17. Qc2 a5 18. Na4 Qb4+ 19. Kf1 f5 (19...
Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qc3 f6 $15 {Komodo10}) 20. Qxc6 $11 Rae8 (20... fxe4 {
Fritz13} 21. Qxe6 exf3 22. gxf3 Qxa4 23. b3 Qd4 24. Rd1 $11 {Komodo10}) 21. a3
Qb3 (21... Qe7 {both Engines}) 22. Rd1 Nb8 (22... fxe4 23. Rxd7+ Bxd7 24. Qxd7+
Kh8 25. Kf2 exf3 26. gxf3 Rc8 27. Nc3 Qxb2 28. Ne4 Rc2 29. Qd3 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4
exd4 31. Rd1 Rd8 $11 {Komodo10}) 23. Qc7+ Kh6 (23... Bf7 $11 {both Engines})
24. Qc1+ (24. Nc5 $16 {Komodo10}) (24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qxa5 $16 {Fritz13}) 24...
Kg7 (24... f4) 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Nxe6+ (26. Qc3 $16 {both Engines}) 26... Rxe6
27. Bd3 (27. exf5 Rxf5 28. g4 $14 {Komodo10}) 27... Nc6 28. Bc4 (28. exf5 gxf5
29. Bc4 Rg6 30. b3 $11 {Komodo10}) 28... Re7 29. Bd5 (29. exf5 Nd4 30. Qe3 Qxb2
31. Bd3 Nxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. h4 e4 34. Kg1 exf3 35. Qxe7+ Rf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7
37. gxf3 Qxa3 $15 {Komodo10}) 29... Nd4 $19 30. Rd3 Rb8 31. b3 fxe4 (31... Rc7
$1 {both Engines, looked at in pm analysis} 32. Qe1 (32. Rc3 Rbc8 33. Bc4 Nxb3
$19) 32... Qa6 $1 33. Bc4 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Qxc4 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Rb1+ 37. Kf2
Rxh1 $19 {Komodo10}) 32. Qg5 (32. Bxe4 Nxb3 $17) 32... Qd6 33. Bxe4 Qxa3 (33...
Rxb3 {Rudy} 34. Rxb3 Nxb3 35. Kf2 Qxa3 $15 {Komodo10}) (33... Rc7 34. g3 Qe6
35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. fxg4 Nxb3 37. Kg2 Nd4 $15 {Komodo10}) 34. Kf2 Qc5 (34... Rxb3
35. Rxb3 Nxb3 36. Rd1 Qc5+ 37. Kg3 $11 {komodo10}) 35. Rc1 Qd6 $2 (35... Qa7
$11) 36. Rc6 $18 Qd8 (36... Qd7) 37. Qf6+ Kh6 (37... Kg8 38. Rd6 $1 Qc7 39.
Bd5+ $18 {Komodo10}) 38. Bxg6 {looks crushing, but the Engines think otherwise}
(38. g4 $1 {both Engines} Re6 (38... Qf8 39. g5+ Kh5 40. Bxg6+ Kh4 41. Rxd4+
exd4 42. Qxd4+ Kxg5 43. Qg4+ Kh6 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qxh7#) 39. Rxe6 Qxf6 40. Rxf6
Kg7 41. Ra6 $18) (38. f4 {also works} Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Nxb3 40. Rd6 Rd7 (40... Qc7
41. Bxg6 $18) 41. Qxd8 Rxd8 42. Rxd8 $18 {Komodo10}) 38... Re6 (38... Ra7 {
both Engines} 39. Be4+ Qxf6 40. Rxf6+ Kg7 41. Rd6 Nxb3 42. Rd7+ Rxd7 43. Rxd7+
Kf6 44. Bxh7 $14) 39. Rxe6 $18 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-White Knights:Tanygroes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Young, Alan"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 (7. h4 {
alternative}) 7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 a6 10. f4 Nxd4 {only in 3 internet
games by Mascarenhas, 2 draws & a loss} (10... Nd7 {main} 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 {Svidler-Vachier Lagrave, Biel
Masters rapid 2016,0-1}) 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. O-O (12. O-O-O $16 {played-looked at
in pm analysis} Nd7 13. h4 {Chytilek-Mascarenhas, ICCF corr 2000,1-0} (13. Kb1
O-O 14. g5 {Coleman-Mascarenhas, ICCF corr 2000, 1/2-1/2})) 12... e5 (12... Nd7
$11 {Komodo10}) 13. Qd2 exf4 (13... Be6 $14) 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2
Bxd5 (16... Bd8 $5) 17. exd5 Nd7 18. c4 Rc8 19. Rac1 O-O (19... Ne5 {is where
the N belongs}) 20. Bf4 Nc5 {b4 at some stage will dislodge the N} (20... Bg5
21. Bxd6 Be3+ 22. Kh2 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Rfe8 24. Rc2 Nf6 $11 {Komodo10}) 21. Rf3
Rfd8 (21... Bg5 $11) 22. b4 Na4 23. Ra3 Nb6 24. Rac3 Bf6 (24... Na4 25. R3c2 b6
26. Bf3 Bf6 $11 {Komodo10}) 25. R3c2 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rd7 (26... g5 27. Bd2 Rc7 $11
{Komodo10}) 27. Rd1 $16 Bf6 28. c5 dxc5 (28... Rdd8) 29. bxc5 $18 Na4 30. Rdc1
Bb2 31. Rb1 (31. c6) 31... Ba3 32. c6 bxc6 33. dxc6 Rd4 34. Be5 (34. c7 Rxf4
35. Rb8 Nb6 36. Rxb6 Kh7 37. Bb7 Rg8 38. Rxa6 Be7 39. Ra8 $18 {Komodo10}) 34...
Rb4 35. Rxb4 Bxb4 36. Rc4 (36. c7 Nc5 37. Rxc5 Bxc5 38. Bb7) 36... a5 37. c7
Nb6 38. Rd4 Be7 39. Bb7 Rf8 40. Bd6 Re8 41. Re4 Kf8 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Bc5 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-White Knights:Tanygroes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. d3 d4 6. c4 (6. c3 {main} Nc6 (6...
Nf5 7. g4 Ne3 8. Bxe3 dxe3 9. h3 {Van Kemenade-Mertanen, EU cup Rhodes 2013,1/
2-1/2}) 7. O-O Nf5 8. Qe1 h5 9. Ng5 {Van Kemenade-S.Williams, Liverpool 2006,
0-1}) 6... O-O 7. O-O Nf5 8. Na3 c5 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. Qe1 (10. g4 Ne3 11. Bxe3
dxe3 12. Nxe3 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. f5 {Van Kemenade-Downey, WCPL2014,0-1}) (10.
Rb1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Rxb3 {Palermo-Pilnik, Buenos Aires 1973,1-0})
(10. Ng5 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nd6 12. b4 {Karlsson-Cramling,Stockholm 1990,1-0}) 10...
a5 11. g4 (11. a3 a4 12. Rb1 Ra6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Ne4 b6 15. h3 Nd6 16. Nxd6
exd6 17. Kh2 Na5 18. b4 axb3 19. Na1 Be6 20. g4 {Bilek-Langeweg, Amsterdam IBM
1968,0-1}) 11... Ne3 12. Bxe3 (12. Nxe3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxg4 14. Bxc5 Rb8 15. Qg3
$11 {Komodo10}) 12... dxe3 13. Nxe3 (13. Qh4 {Komodo10} Nd4 (13... Bxb2 14. Ng5
$18) 14. Ncxd4 cxd4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. f5 Ra6 $11 {Komodo10}) 13... Bd4
(13... a4 14. a3 Bxb2 15. Ra2 Bg7 16. Qh4 $11 {Komodo10}) 14. Nxd4 (14. Qf2 a4
(14... Bxg4 $2 15. Nxd4 $18) 15. Rab1 Bg7 $11 {Komodo10}) 14... cxd4 15. Nc2
Bxg4 16. h3 Bf5 17. Qf2 Qd7 18. Kh2 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd4 Bxh3 20. Qxd7 Bxd7
21. Kf2 $11 {Komodo10}) 18... Rfd8 19. Qg3 Rab8 20. Rab1 {Komodo10} (20. Rg1) (
20. h4) 20... Nb4 21. Ne1 $5 {aiming for the K side} (21. Nxb4 axb4 22. a3 $11)
21... b5 (21... Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 (22... Qa4 23. Nf3 Qb3 24. Qf2 Qxb2 25. Rfb1
Qa3 26. Nxd4 $16) 23. Rxa5 b5 24. b3 f6 25. Nf3 Nc2 26. Rc1 Ne3 27. cxb5 $11 {
Komodo10}) 22. a3 Na6 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nh4 (25. Rfc1) 25... Kf7 (
25... Be6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ $11) (25... Kg7 $5) 26. Nxf5 (
26. Rfc1) 26... Qxf5 27. Bc6 (27. Qh4 Kg7 28. Qg4 Rdb8 29. Rfc1 Rxb2 30. Qxf5
gxf5 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Bf3 $11 {Komodo10}) 27... Rb6 28. Be4 Qd7 29. f5 g5 30.
Rfc1 (30. h4 {considered} Nc5 (30... h6 31. Qg4 Kg7 32. Qh5 Qe8 33. Qxe8 Rxe8
34. Rfc1 $11) 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Qxg5 Qd6+ 33. Rf4 Rg8 34. Qh4 Nxe4 35. dxe4 Rg7
36. Kh1 d3 37. exd3 Qxd3 38. Rg1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Rxb2 $11 {Komodo10
}) 30... Rdb8 31. Rc2 (31. h4 $14 {Komodo10} Qd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Kg3 h6 34.
Kg4) 31... Kg7 32. Qf3 (32. h4 h6 33. Qf3 Qd6+ 34. Kh1 Nc5 35. Qh5 Nxe4 36.
Qg6+ Kf8 37. dxe4 Qf4 38. Rbc1 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Rd8 40. Qh7 $11 {Komodo10}) 32...
Qd6+ 33. Kg2 (33. Qg3) 33... Nc5 34. Rbc1 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Rxb2 (35... Rb5 36. Rc6
Qe5 37. Re6 Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Re5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40. Rc5 Kf6 41. Rxa5 Rxb2 42. Kf3
Kxf5 43. Ra8 e4+ 44. dxe4+ Ke5 45. Ra5+ Kf6 46. e5+ Kf5 47. e6+ Kg6 48. Ra4
Rb3+ 49. Kg2 h5 50. Rxd4 Rxa3 $15 {Komodo10}) 36. Rc7 Kf7 37. R1c5 $2 {trying
to prevent Qe5 before playing Rc6} (37. R1c6 $1 Qe5 38. Qxe5 fxe5 39. Re6 {the
front e pawn gets in Bl's way} Rxe2+ (39... Re8 40. Rxe5 Ra2 41. Kf3 Rxa3 42.
Kg4 $14) 40. Kf1 Rh2 41. Rexe7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ $11 {Komodo10}) (37.
Ra7 {looks possible to take R away from c7} R8b5 $1 $19 {Komodo10} 38. Qe6+ (
38. Rcc7 Re5 $19) 38... Qxe6 39. fxe6+ Kxe6 40. Re1 Re5 41. Kf2 h5 $19) 37...
R8b5 $17 {missed} 38. R5c6 (38. R7c6 {best bet, when Bl may go wrong; Komodo10}
Rxc5 $1 (38... Qxc5 39. Qe6+ $1 Kf8 (39... Kg7 $2 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Qxe7+ $18)
40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Rxc5 Rxe2+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kf3 Rbb2 $11) 42... Rbb2 43. Qa8 Rbd2
44. Rc1 $16 {Komodo10}) 39. Rxd6 Re5 $1 (39... exd6 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ $11)
40. Re6 (40. Rxd4 Rxe2+ 41. Kf3 R2xe4 42. dxe4 h5 $17) (40. Qxd4 Rbxe2+ 41. Kf1
exd6 42. Qxd6 R2e3 43. Qc7+ Re7 44. Qxa5 Rxd3 45. h4 gxh4 46. Qb4 Rf3+ 47. Kg2
Rxf5 48. Qxh4 $17 {Bl has good winning chances as the a pawn will never get
passed the Rs}) 40... Rxe4 41. Rxe4 Ra2 42. Kf2 Rxa3 43. Rxd4 a4 $17 {but Wh
has drawing chances with the R going to the a file}) 38... Qe5 39. Rc2 (39. Re6
{in the plan, fails to} Qxc7) 39... Qxe4+ 40. dxe4 R5b3 $19 {Wh has too many
weak pawns} (40... R2b3 $19) 41. Rxb2 Rxb2 42. Rd7 (42. Kf1 Rb3 43. h4 gxh4 44.
Rd7 h3 45. Kg1 a4 46. Kh2 Rxa3 47. Rxd4 h5 $19 {Komodo10}) 42... Rxe2+ 43. Kf1
Rxe4 {Bl has too many pawns} 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-White Knights:Tanygroes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 (5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O d6
8. a3 O-O {I.Jones-Watkin-Jones, Dyfed League 2016,1/2-1/2}) 5... e5 6. O-O
Nge7 7. Ne1 (7. d3 {main}) 7... d6 8. Nc2 Be6 9. Ne3 {Wh gains d5 but loses a
lot of tempi} Qd7 (9... O-O {main}) 10. Ned5 O-O-O $5 (10... O-O {main}) 11. a3
Bh3 12. Qa4 {the Q achieves little & beats a retreat later} (12. d3) (12. b4)
12... Bxg2 (12... Kb8 {Rudy} 13. b4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 $11) (12...
h5 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Qxa7 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 h4 $11 {Komodo10}) 13. Kxg2 Kb8 14. b4
Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Qd1 h5 $15 {Wh is now behind in development} 17. h4 Bh6 {
the B is misplaced here} (17... g5 {considered; Rudy} 18. e3 Nf5 (18... gxh4 {
is worth a look as Wh is for the moment playing without his QB & R} 19. exd4
exd4 20. Na4 hxg3 21. fxg3 Be5 $17 {Komodo10; Wh is facing a fierce attack})
19. hxg5 h4 (19... e4 $1 $17 {Komodo10} 20. f4 h4 21. g4 Nxe3+ 22. dxe3 Bxc3
23. Ra2 cxb4 $17 {Komodo10}) 20. g4 {was the variation Bl did not like the
look of; though} h3+ 21. Kh1 Nh4 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. e4 c4 $11 {Komodo10}) 18. e3
Nf5 19. Ne4 c4 (19... Ne7 $11) 20. Bb2 Qe7 (20... Ne7 21. Qe2 f5 22. Nc3 Rc8
$15 {Komodo10}) 21. Qf3 (21. Qe2 Rc8 22. Rfc1 Ng7 23. Rxc4 $14 {Komodo10})
21... Ng7 $11 {the Bl pieces have retreatedin a huddle, but Bl is still ok it
seems} 22. Qf6 Qf8 $2 (22... Qc7 23. f4 Nf5 24. fxe5 Bg7 25. Qg5 Bh6 26. Qf6
$11 {Komodo10}) (22... Rhe8 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nf6 Nf5 25. a4 Rc7 26. e4 Nd4 $14
{Komodo10}) 23. Nxd6 $18 Ne8 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-White Knights:Tanygroes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.01.22"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nf3 c6 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 h6 (10... Nf8 {main}) 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
b4 (13. Rab1) (13. Bxe4) 13... Ndf6 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be2 (16. Rac1 {
main}) 16... Be6 (16... Bg4 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rac8 {Keene-Rodriguez
Cordoba, Skopje ol 1972, draw agreed}) 17. Qb2 Nce4 (17... Rac8 18. a4 Nce4 19.
Rac1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qd4 Qc5 {Kuzmin-Yeritsyan, RUS ch tm
U20 Kolomna 2014,1/2-1/2}) 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Nd4 $11 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21.
Qxc3 Rc8 22. Qb2 Qc7 23. Bd3 (23. Qa3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. f3 $11 {Komodo10})
23... Ng4 24. g3 (24. Nf3 Qc3 25. Qb1 Ne5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Nd4 $11 {Komodo10})
24... Ne5 25. Bb1 (25. Qb1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Bh3 27. Rd1 Qc3 28. f3 $11 {Komodo10})
25... Bh3 $15 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. Re1 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Kg2 $11 Nc4 30. h3 Bd7
31. Re2 Na3 32. Rb2 g6 33. b6 (33. Bc2 Kf8 34. Bd1 Ke7 35. Bf3 Kd6 36. Rd2 $11
{Komodo10}) 33... a6 34. Bc2 Nxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Nxc2 a5 37. h4 Kf8 38. Nd4
(38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Kf4 f6 $15) 38... a4 (38... Ke7) 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Nc2 (40. Ke2
Kd6 41. Kd3 Kc5 42. Kc3 Kxb6 43. Kb4 $11 {kOmodo10}) 40... Kd6 41. Nb4 Kc5 42.
a3 Be6 (42... Bb5 $17 {Komodo10}) 43. Ke2 Kxb6 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Kc3 Bf5 46. f3
h5 47. f4 (47. Na2 Bh3 48. Nb4 Bg2 49. Nd3+ Kd6 50. Ne1 Bf1 51. Nc2 $15) 47...
Be4 $19 (47... Bb1 $19 48. Kb2 Be4 49. Kc3 Bf5 50. Na2 d4+ 51. exd4+ Kd5 52.
Nb4+ Ke4 {Komodo10 & Bl gets the K side pawns}) 48. Na2 Bg2 (48... Bb1 49. Nb4
Bf5 50. Na2 d4+ $19) 49. Nb4 Be4 50. Na2 Bf3 51. Nb4 Be4 {Bl could have
claimed a 3 fold repetition before making the move} 52. Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.01.26"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 (
8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. f5
exf5 15. Nxd5 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 O-O-O 18. gxf5 Bf7 $14) 8... Nge7 9.
Nc3 Nc8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rad1 Nb6 13. h3 Rc8 14. Bg5 f6 (14... Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxg5 $15) 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. Qe5
Nd7 20. Qg3 Nf6 21. Qh4 Nc2 22. Rf1 Qb4 23. Nb5 a6 24. a3 Qe7 25. Nc3 Nxa3 26.
Ne5 Nc4 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Bf3 b5 29. Rfe1 Rcd8 30. g4 Bd3 31. g5 Ne8 32. Bg4
Nc7 33. Be2 Rf5 34. Ne4 Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 36. Kf1 Rdf8 37. f3 Qg3 38. Qg4
Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.01.26"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bxe7
Nxe7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 O-O 11. b4 Nd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. O-O f6 14. Qb3 Qd6 15.
a5 a6 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Nb3 Ng6 18. Nc5 Ndf8 19. Rfe1 Nh7 20. h4 Ngf8 21. Qd2 g5
22. e4 g4 23. e5 Qd8 24. Nh2 f5 25. Qxh6 Qe7 26. g3 Rg7 27. Nf1 Rg6 28. Qf4 Kg7
29. Ne3 Rh6 30. Nxe6+ Qxe6 31. Nxf5+ Kh8 32. Nxh6 Ng6 33. Qf7 Qxf7 34. Nxf7+
Kg7 35. Nd6 Rb8 36. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.01.26"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. e3 Nc5 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15.
Ng5 Bc8 16. b4 Nce4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Rd4 Bf5 22. c5 bxc5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. g4 Be6 26. Bxe4 Qd7 27. Bf3
c4 28. Qc2 Bd5 29. Rd1 Qf7 30. Bg2 Rf8 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Rd4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Jones, Derek"]
[Black "Heaven, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.01.26"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 e4 6. d3 Bb4 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Nxc3 exd3 10. Qxd3 d6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Rc8 16. h3 Qh5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Qc3 Rf7 19. Rf2 Ne7 20. Qd4 b6 21. Rc1
Qg6 22. Kh2 c5 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Qa4 b5 25. Qa6 Ne7 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qxa7 h5
28. Rc2 h4 29. gxh4 Kh7 30. Bf3 Qe6 31. Qd4 Qh6 32. h5 Qe6 33. Rg2 Rf6 34. Qd2
Rf7 35. Rg5 Qh6 36. Bd5 Nxd5 37. Qxd5 Rc7 38. Kg3 Re7 39. Kh4 Kh8 40. Rg6 Qh7
41. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.01.26"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8.
c3 Qd7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. b4 Rde8 11. Nb3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 b6 13. a4 f5 14. a5 h6
15. Qd3 g5 16. Qa6+ Kb8 17. Rfb1 g4 18. Be2 f4 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. axb6 Qxa6 21.
bxc7+ Kxc7 22. Nxa6+ Kb6 23. b5 Nd8 24. Bd2 h5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Nb7 27. Nb4
Bxb4 28. Bxb4 Nf5 29. Ra6+ Kc7 30. Rxa7 Nxd4 31. Bd5 Rb8 32. Ba5+ Kc8 33. Rc1+
Kd7 34. Rc7+ Kd6 35. Bxb7 Rhe8 36. Rh7 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.01.26"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. O-O Bd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ba4 Rac8 13. Nd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Qb8 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Qxb2 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Ne5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Qxa6 Re8 22. a4 g6 23. Nd6 Re6 24. Qc8+ Kg7 25. Ne8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8 Nc4 27.
Bf2 Nd2 28. Re1 Nc4 29. Qb5 Qc3 30. Qc5 Qd3 31. e5 Bg5 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Bxd4
Kf8 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Bd2 36. Bc5+ Kg8 37. Re4 Na5 38. Bb4 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qc1 Nbd5 13. Nbd2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxf4
15. gxf4 Qc7 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5
Rxc5 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nd5 23. Kf3 f6 24. Nd3 e5 25. Rc6 Re8 26. e4 Nxf4
27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Rxa6 b4 29. h4 Kf7 30. h5 g5 31. Ra7+ Re7 32. Ra6 h6 33. Rb6
Ra7 34. Rxb4 Rxa2 35. Rb6 Ra4 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Rb6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nh4 Nb6 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Ne3 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. e3 Qd7
15. b3 Bh3 16. a4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a5 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Re6 20. h3 Rc8 21. Ne2
c5 22. dxc5 Rec6 23. Nd4 Rxc5 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Raa1 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Nd7 27. Rac1 g6
28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. f3 Qe7 30. Rc1 b6 31. Kg2 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qc5 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34.
Nc6 Nb6 35. Kf2 c4 36. bxc4 dxc4 37. Nxa5 c3 38. Ke2 Nxa4 39. Kd3 Kg7 40. Kc2
Kf6 41. Kb3 Nb2 42. Kxc3 Nd1+ 43. Kd2 Nf2 44. h4 g5 45. Ke2 Nh1 46. hxg5+ Kxg5
47. g4 h5 48. gxh5 Ng3+ 49. Kd3 Nxh5 50. Nc4 Kf6 51. Nd6 Ke6 52. Ne4 Ng7 53.
Ng5+ Ke7 54. Ke4 f6 55. Nh3 Ne6 56. f4 Ng7 57. f5 Nh5 58. Kf3 Ng7 59. Kg4 Ne8
60. Nf4 Nd6 61. Nd5+ Kf7 62. Kf4 Nc4 63. e4 Ne5 64. Ke3 Ng4+ 65. Kd4 Ne5 66.
Ne3 Ke7 67. Nc4 Ng4 68. Kd5 Nh6 69. Ne3 Nf7 70. Nc4 Nh6 71. Na5 Ng4 72. Nc6+
Kd7 73. Nd4 Ne5 74. Ne6 Ke7 75. Nf4 Ng4 76. Ng6+ Kd7 77. e5 Nxe5 78. Nxe5+ fxe5
79. f6 e4 80. Kxe4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxc5 14.
Bd3 Bd7 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Kb2 Rc7 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Rc1 b5 20. Rhd1
Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Bb3 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. f4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 {main} c5 6. g3 (6. c3) (6. d4 Nc6
7. c3 Nh6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Na3 f6 11. Nc2 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nf5 13. Bf2
cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. O-O Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qe8 $11 {T.Taylor-Dellaca,
Southern California op Los Angeles 2007,1-0}) 6... Nc6 7. Bg2 Nh6 (7... Qc7) (
7... Qd7 8. Be3 Nh6 9. h3 f6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qe2 Nf7 12. c3 {Zatonskih-Adu,
World Op Philadelphia 2004,1-0}) 8. O-O Nf5 9. c3 h5 (9... d4 10. c4 Qd7 (10...
Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Na3 Re8 14. Nc2 {Kopinits- Varezkina, Wld ch
girls U12, Cannes 1997,0-1}) 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Ne1 a6 13. Na3 Nb4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rf2 $11 {Steinmueller-Siegl, Nuremburg LGA cup 2012,1-0}) 10.
a4 $6 {later Wh needed a3} (10. Na3 Be7 (10... d4 11. c4 Qd7 12. Nc2 O-O-O 13.
Qe2 Be7 14. Bd2 h4 15. g4 h3 16. Bh1 Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Nce1 f6 19. Qxe3 g5
$17 {Shestakov-Averkin, RUS ch Kuibyshev1970,1-0}) 11. Nc2 Qd7 12. Ne3 d4 13.
Nxf5 exf5 14. h4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ne1 $11 {Dinev-Zlatanovic, Paracin,
Closed GM 2008,0-1}) (10. Re1 d4 11. c4 Be7 12. Na3 Qd7 13. Nc2 h4 14. g4 h3
15. Bh1 Nh4 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. Bd2 Rdg8 18. g5 {Kappeler-Tammert, Verbands liga
Sued Baden 1992,0-1}) 10... Be7 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 d4 13. c4 (13. Nd2 {Komodo10
} dxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd3 15. Be4 Qd7 (15... Qxc3 16. Ra3 $18) 16. Nc4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1
Rb8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. N2e3 $11 (19. Nxb6 Nxe5 20. Nd5 (20. fxe5 Be4 21. Nc4
Bxc2 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 h4 $17 {Komodo10}))) 13... Qd7 14. Qe1 (14. Qe2
O-O-O 15. Rd1 Kb8 16. Bd2 a5 17. Bh1 Nb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. b3 Bc5 $11 {Komodo10
}) 14... O-O-O 15. Nd2 {trying to get to e4} (15. h4) (15. Bd2 a5 16. h4 Rhf8
$15 {Komodo10}) 15... Ne3 16. Nxe3 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Nb4 (17... h4 18. Ra3 Kb8 $15
{Komodo1o}) 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Qe4 (19. Qe2 Nxd3 20. h4 Rd7 21. Nf3 Rhd8 22. a5
b5 23. cxb5 Qxb5 24. Ng5 c4 $17 {Komodo10}) 19... Nxd3 (19... Rxd3) 20. Qxb7+
Kxb7 21. Nf3 Rd7 22. b3 (22. Ra3 $1 Rhd8 23. Kg2 Nb4 24. Rc3 Nc6 25. Be3 Rd3
26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Kf2 Nd4 28. Rc1 Nxf3 29. Kxf3 Rb3 30. Rb1 Kc6 $15) (22. Rb1
Rhd8 23. Bd2 Nb4 24. Bc3 Na2 25. Be1 Rd3 26. Kg2 $15 {Komodo10}) 22... Rhd8 23.
Be3 (23. Kg2 Nb4 24. Rb1 Rd3 25. Rb2 Nc6 26. Bd2 $15 {Komodo10}) (23. Bd2 Nb4
$17 24. Bxb4 cxb4 25. Kf2 Rd3 26. Rab1 Rc3 27. Kg2 Rdd3 28. Ne1 Rd7 29. f5 Bc5
30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Nf3 Be3 $17 {Komodo10}) 23... Nb4 24. Ne1 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1
26. Ng2 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nc2 28. Ke2 Na1 $17 29. Kd3 (29. f5 exf5 30. h4 Nxb3 31.
Nf4 g6 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nxe6 Bd6 $19) 29... Nxb3 30. f5 $5 {trying to get an h4
runner, or eliminate all the Kside pawns} (30. h3 Kc6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 g6
33. Ne1 b5 34. axb5+ axb5 35. cxb5+ Kxb5 36. Nc2 c4+ 37. Kc3 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5
$19 {Komodo10}) 30... exf5 31. Nf4 g6 (31... h4 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nxe6 hxg3 34.
hxg3 Bf6 35. Bg5 Bxg5 36. Nxg5 Nd4 $19 {Komodo10}) 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nxg6 {
Komodo10} (33. Nxe6 {pm analysis, gives better drawing chances} Bd6 (33... h4
34. gxh4 (34. Nf4 hxg3 35. hxg3 Bd6 36. Nxg6 Bxg3 37. Bg5 Nd4 $19) 34... Bxh4
35. Nf8 g5 36. Ng6 Na5 {Komodo10} (36... f4 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Nxh4 $11 {pm
analysis} Kc7 (38... Kc6 39. Ng6) 39. Nf3 (39. Ng6 f3 40. h4 Kd6 41. Ke3 Na5
42. Kxf3 Nxc4 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Nf4+ Kf6 45. Nd5+ Kg6 46. Nc3 Kh5 47. Kd5 Ne3+
48. Kc6 Nc4 49. Kd5 $11) 39... Nc1+ (39... Kd6 40. Ke4 Na5 41. Nd2 $11) 40. Ke4
Ne2 41. h4 Kd6 42. Kf5 b5 43. cxb5 axb5 44. axb5 c4 45. Kg4 c3 46. Ne1 Kc5 47.
h5 f3 48. Kxf3 Nd4+ 49. Kf4 Ne6+ 50. Ke5 Nf8 $11 {Komodo10}) 37. Nxh4 gxh4 38.
h3 Nc6 39. Bf2 Ne5+ 40. Kc3 Ng6 $19 {Komodo10}) 34. Bf4 Nd4 35. Nxd4 Bxf4 36.
gxf4 cxd4 37. Kxd4 Kc6 $19 38. h4 Kd6 {zugzwang}) 33... Bf6 (33... Bd6 34. Bf4
Kc6 35. Bxd6 Kxd6 36. Nf4 Nd4 37. Nxh5 Nf3 38. h4 Ne5+ 39. Kc3 Nf7 $17 {
Komodo10}) 34. Nf4 e5 35. Nxh5 Bh8 (35... e4+ 36. Kc2 Nd4+ 37. Bxd4 Bxd4 38.
Nf4 Kc6 39. Nd5 Bg1 40. h4 Kd6 (40... Bf2 41. Ne7+ $11) 41. h5 Bf2 42. h6 Bxg3
43. Nxb6 Be5 44. Nd5 Ke6 45. h7 Kf7 46. Nf4 Bh8 47. Kd2 a5 48. Nd5 Bd4 49. Nc7
Be5 50. Na6 Kg7 51. Nxc5 Kxh7 52. Nb3 Bc7 $19 {Komodo10}) 36. Bh6 (36. Kc3 Nd4
37. Bg5 Kc6 (37... Nf3 38. h4 $11) 38. Bf6 Bxf6 39. Nxf6 e4 40. h4 Ne2+ 41. Kd2
Nxg3 42. h5 f4 43. h6 e3+ 44. Kd3 f3 45. Kxe3 Nf5+ 46. Kxf3 Nxh6 47. Ke4 $15 {
Komodo10; but Wh has chances of holding}) 36... e4+ 37. Kc2 (37. Ke3 Na5 38.
Kf4 (38. Bg7 Bxg7 39. Nxg7 Nxc4+ 40. Kf4 e3 41. Kf3 b5 42. axb5 a5 $1 $19 {
Komodo10} (42... axb5 43. Nxf5 $11) 43. Ne6 (43. h4 a4 44. h5 a3 45. h6 a2 (
45... Ne5+ 46. Kxe3 a2 $19) 46. h7 a1=Q 47. h8=Q Qf1# {Komodo10}) 43... Kb6 44.
Nf4 a4 45. Ne2 Kxb5 (45... a3 46. Nc3 Ka5 47. h4 Kb4 48. Na2+ Kxb5 49. h5 Ka4
50. Nc1 Kb4 51. h6 Ne5+ 52. Kxe3 Kc3 53. h7 Nf7 54. Kf4 Kb2 55. Nd3+ Kc2 {
Komodo10})) 38... Nxc4 39. Kxf5 e3 40. Nf4 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Ke4 b4 43. Nd3
Bd4 $19 44. Nxb4 cxb4 45. Kxd4 e2 $19) (37. Ke2 Kc6 (37... Nd4+)) 37... Nd4+
38. Kd1 Kc6 $17 39. Bg7 (39. h4 Kd7 40. Bg7 Bxg7 41. Nxg7 Ke7 42. Nh5 e3 (42...
Ne6 43. Kd2 Kf7 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. g4 fxg4 46. Ng3 Nd4 47. Kxe4 Nb3 48. Kf4 Nd2
49. Kxg4 Nxc4 50. Ne4 Nb2 51. Nc3 c4 52. Kf4 $11 {Komodo10}) 43. Nf4 $11) 39...
Bxg7 40. Nxg7 Kd6 (40... b5 41. cxb5+ axb5 42. axb5+ Kxb5 43. g4 fxg4 44. Ne8
Kc4 45. Nf6 Nf3 46. Nxg4 Kd3 $19 {Komodo10}) 41. Ne8+ (41. h4 Ke5 42. Nh5 Nc6
43. Kd2 Kd4 44. Nf4 Ne5 45. Ne6+ Kxc4 46. Ng7 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Nxf5 b4 49.
Ne3+ Kb3 $19 {Komodo10}) 41... Ke5 42. Nc7 (42. Kd2 f4 43. gxf4+ Kxf4 44. Nc7
e3+ 45. Ke1 Kf3 $19 {Komodo10}) 42... e3 43. Nxa6 (43. Nd5 Ke4 $19) 43... e2+ (
43... Ke4 $1) 44. Kd2 Ke4 45. a5 Kf3 46. axb6 Kf2 $1 (46... Nc2 47. Kxc2 e1=Q
48. b7 Qe4+ 49. Kc3 Qxb7) 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bd3 dxe5 6. dxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Bf4 Nb4 9. O-O Nxd3 10. cxd3 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nb5 Nd5
15. Bg3 a6 16. Nc3 c6 17. a3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd5 19. d4 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rd5 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. Bf4 f6 25. R3d2 Kf7 26. Kg2 Kg6 27.
Kg3 Kf5 28. h4 fxe5 29. dxe5 Bxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Kxf4 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rg1 g6 33.
Rg5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Robinson, Adam"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. h3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Bc4 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxc4 12. Nge2 Nd5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
Bxd4 15. cxd4 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxb2 17. Bg3 Qa3 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Qxb2 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. dxc5 Qxc2 11. Qe1 a6 12. Nfd4 Qe4 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Nd4
Bxc5 15. Nxc6 Bxe3 16. Qa5 bxc6 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Qxe5 19. Bxa6 Qxa1+ 20.
Bf1 Qd4 21. Qa8+ Ke7 22. Qb7+ Kf6 23. Qb8 Nh6 24. Qxh8 Ng4 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Saunders, Robert"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nd4 6. Nce2 Nxe2 7. Nxe2 e5 8.
O-O Ne7 9. c3 c6 10. d4 Qc7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. a4 d5 15.
dxe5 dxe4 16. Bf4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Nc8
21. a5 a6 22. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Heaven, Peter"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 d6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd4+ Kg8 14.
Rfe1 Bf5 15. Ng5 Rf6 16. Qd5+ Kg7 17. Qxb7 Bd7 18. Qd5 Rb8 19. Ne4 Rf5 20. Qd4+
Kg8 21. Nc3 a5 22. a3 Rc8 23. Nd5 e5 24. Qd3 Bc6 25. Rad1 Qf8 26. f3 Qf7 27.
Ne3 Rf6 28. Ng4 Qa7+ 29. Kh1 Re6 30. Qb3 Qe7 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Nd5 Qf7 33. Re2 a4
34. Qb4 Bd7 35. Nb6 Rb8 36. Qa5 Bc6 37. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Yeo, Gareth"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Be2
cxd5 9. cxd5 Ne8 10. h4 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 Bxg6 14. Be3 a6
15. Qa4 Nbd7 16. Qb4 Qb8 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qh4 Qe8
21. Bg5 Qg6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rh3 Rf4 24. Qg3 Qe4 25. Qd3 Qxg2 26. Qxh7+ Kf8
27. O-O-O Rxf2 28. Bd3 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Stuart, Neil"]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qa5 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
d5 Rad8 16. Na2 Nc5 17. Qc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Na6 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Nxe5 Qxc4 21.
Nxc4 Nb4 22. d6 Rfe8 23. e5 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rf1 Kf7 26. Rf4 Nd5 27. Raf1
Nxf4 28. Rxf4 b5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. d7 Rxd7 31. Na5 Rxe3 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Rh4 Kg6
34. Rb4 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 a6 36. Nb7 Ree2 37. Nc5 Rxg2 38. Ne4 Rxb2 39. Rd4 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-The Vale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Evans, Mark"]
[Black "Bonutto, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Nf6 7. dxe5 Ng4 8.
Qd5 O-O 9. h3 Nh6 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 dxe5 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Qd6 14. Qe3
Qg6 15. Nbd2 Na5 16. Nxe5 Nxc4 17. Nxg6 Nxe3 18. Nxe7+ Kg7 19. fxe3 Bd7 20. O-O
Rae8 21. Nd5 Re6 22. Nxc7 Rg6 23. Rf3 Rg8 24. Nd5 Kh8 25. Nf4 Rc6 26. c4 Rg5
27. Raf1 Rd6 28. Nd5 Rdg6 29. R1f2 Be6 30. Nf4 1-0

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. c4
dxc4 9. bxc4 Qd3 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Ne5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Ng4 13. f4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Bxe5 15. fxe5 Nd3 16. Ra5 a6 17. Be4 Rd8 18. Nc3 Bh3 19. Rfa1 Nxe5 20. Rxc5 Nd7
21. Rc7 Nf6 22. d4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Na4 Bf5 27.
Nc5 Bc8 28. e4 b6 29. Na4 Rb8 30. Nc3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. b4 Bb7
34. d5 Rc8 35. Na4 Kc7 36. c5 b5 37. Nc3 Rf8 38. e5 e6 39. d6+ Kc6 40. Ne4 Kd5
41. Kf4 Kc4 42. Rc1+ Kxb4 43. c6 1-0

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

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. Re1 c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
h3 Ne6 16. Red1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bxg7 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Kxg7 21.
Rad1 Rad8 22. Bf3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nc5 Bc8 27.
Kf1 Kf6 28. Ke2 Ke5 29. Kd3 Kd6 30. b4 a5 31. a3 axb4 32. axb4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Black "Young, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Bf4 Ng6 6. Bg3 h5 7. h3 h4 8. Bh2
Nf6 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bxc4 exd5 11. Bxd5 Bd6 12. Qb3 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qd2 Bxh2
15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rxh2 Nf4 17. b3 Rh5 18. Rd1 b5 19. g4 Rc5 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.
Kd2 a5 22. Nge2 Nxe2 23. Nxe2 b4 24. Rh1 a4 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Nxc1 axb3 27. axb3
Ke7 28. f3 Kd6 29. Ke3 c5 30. f4 c4 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. g5 b3 33. Nd3 Bxd3 34.
Kxd3 Kc5 35. Kc3 b2 36. Kxb2 Kd4 37. g6 fxg6 38. e5 Kd5 39. Kc3 g5 40. fxg5
Kxe5 41. Kd3 Kf4 42. Kd4 Kg3 43. Ke4 Kxh3 44. Kf3 g6 0-1

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
d6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a3 O-O 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 b6 14. b5 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. O-O Bg7 17. Ra1 Qc7 18. Qa3 Bb7 19. Qxa7 Rfc8 20. Rad1 d5 21. Qa3
dxc4 22. dxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Evans, Nicholas Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. gxf4
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 g4 10. Qe3 Qh4+ 11. Qg3 Qxg3+ 12. hxg3 f5 13. Be3 Ne7 14. O-O-O
fxe4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nf5 17. Rxe4+ Kf7 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Bd3 a6 20. Rc4
Rac8 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Rb4 Rb8 23. Nd1 Rhe8 24. Kd2 Re4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Ne3
h5 27. Re1 Re8 28. c4 Bf3 29. Nc2 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 Be4 31. Ke3 Bb1 32. a3 c5 33.
dxc6 bxc6 34. Kd4 Ke6 35. b4 Bg6 36. Ng2 Bb1 37. Ne3 Bg6 38. a4 Be8 39. Ke4 Kf6
40. Kd4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.03.12"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Llewellyn, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.03.12"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. g3 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. e5 Bxg2 10. exf6 Bxf1 11. fxe7 Qxe7 12. Kxf1 e5 13. f4 e4 14. dxe4 fxe4
15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Qxe4 Qf7 17. Qd5 Qg6 18. Qe4 Qh5 19. Kg2 Rae8 20. Qf3 Qc5 21.
b3 c6 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Bb2 Nc7 24. Nd4 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Ndxb5 Nxb5 27. Nxb5
Qe4+ 28. Kg1 Qb4 29. Nd4 Re4 30. a3 Qa5 31. b4 Qd5 32. Re1 Rfe8 33. Rxe4 Rxe4
34. Qd2 h6 35. Qc3 Re7 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ Kh8 38. Qf5 Re8 39. Kf2 Qh1 40.
Qh3 Qe1+ 41. Kf3 Re3+ 42. Kg4 Qd1+ 43. Kh4 g5+ 44. fxg5 Re4+ 45. g4 hxg5+ 46.
Kxg5+ Kg8 47. Qb3+ Qxb3 48. Nxb3 Re2 49. Bd4 Ra2 50. h4 Rxa3 51. Nc5 d6 52. Ne4
Rd3 53. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-The Vale"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ng3 g6 {all main line material} 11. d4 (11. h3) (11. Ba4 {
most freqent lines}) 11... Nxd4 $11 {choice of the Cloud Engines} (11... Bg7
$11 {looks fine as well, 2-0; but the Wh players were far higher grade}) 12.
Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. cxd4 Bg7 15. f3 {Komodo10} (15. b3 Rad8 16. Bb2 h5
17. f3 h4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Qd2 d5 $11 {Widera-Bisco, Hlohovec op 1996,1-0})
15... c6 16. Be3 Re6 (16... Qe6 $11) (16... Qc7 $11) 17. Qd3 $14 Rae8 18. Re2
h5 19. Rae1 b6 (19... a6) 20. Bg5 (20. Rc2 $14 {Houdini4 & Komodo10}) 20... Nh7
$11 21. Bd2 f5 $6 {as often in a Steinitz defence, Bl's position has been
solid, but with little scope for active counterplay. Hence the desire to
undermine the Wh centre.} (21... Nf8 $11) (21... d5 22. e5 c5 23. f4 h4 24. Nf1
f6 $11 (24... cxd4 25. Qxd4 f6 26. Bc3 fxe5 27. fxe5 $14 {Komodo10})) 22. d5 (
22. exf5 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. fxg6 Rxd2 (24... Re6 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Nxh5 $18
) 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qxd2 $16 {another way to take advantage of the weakened K
side; Komodo10}) 22... cxd5 23. exf5 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Qxd5+ (25. fxg6 Re6
26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Qxd5 $11) 25... Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. fxg6+ Kxg6 28. Nxe2
Bxb2 (28... Kf5 29. Bc3 $16 {a little better}) 29. Nf4+ $18 Kf7 (29... Kh6 $2
30. Nd3+) 30. Nxh5 {the 3 connected pawns are decisive} a5 31. g4 a4 32. Kf2
Bd4+ 33. Ke2 b5 34. Kd3 Bc5 35. f4 d5 36. f5 Nf6 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. h4 b4 39. h5
b3 40. axb3 a3 41. Kc2 (41. h6) 41... Bd4 42. Kb1 Bb2 43. b4 d4 44. b5 d3 45.
b6 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-The Vale"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Iolo Jones"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 {second most usual choice, though it
encloses the QB} (4. Nc3 {main}) 4... Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 (6. Nh4 {main}) 6...
Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bb4 (7... Nbd7 {main}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 {rare- a mysterious R
move, maybe an open file or b4-b5 are coming?} (9. Bd2) (9. a3) (9. b3 {most
frequent}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Re8 10. a3 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4
Nd7 {Mezes-Turcan, SVK ch U10; Stara Lubovna 2014,0-1}) 10. a3 Bxc3 {Fritz13 &
Komodo10} (10... Bd6 11. e4 $11 {similar to more standard setups- Bl has moved
the B twice, but the R on b1 will probably move again}) 11. bxc3 {Fritz13} (11.
Qxc3 Rc8 12. b3 {Komodo10,keeps the pawns more flexible & not in the way of
the QB}) 11... Qc7 12. Nd2 e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rfe8 (15... f5
{both Engines}) 16. Qc2 b5 $5 {clears the Q side, but ends any concerns Wh may
have had about the doubled c pawn} (16... b6 17. Be3 Rad8 $11 {both engines})
17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Be3 a6 19. a4 Rac8 (19... exd4 20. Bxd4 bxa4 21. Qxa4 Nc5 $11
{both Engines}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxb5 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. dxe5 $14 {Wh is
a pawn up, but faces technical difficulties- the Bl N is far more flexible
than than the QB} Rd3 (23... Nxe5 24. Bd4 $18) 24. Rc1 h6 25. Bf4 Nf8 26. h3
Ne6 27. Be3 Red8 (27... g5 {both Engines}) 28. Kh2 g5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Rc4 Kg6
31. Ra4 R3d5 32. Rab4 Rxb5 33. Rxb5 g4 (33... gxh4 $11 {both Engines} 34. Kh3
Kh5 35. Rb4 Ng5+ 36. Kh2 Ne6 $11 37. f4 {a forcing attempt} Kg4 38. f5+ Kxf5
39. Rxh4 Kxe5 40. Bxh6 {just makes the draw clear. Pawns on one side of the
board is favourable territory for the N}) 34. Kg3 h5 35. f3 gxf3 36. gxf3 Rd3
37. Kf2 Rd7 38. Rb8 Rd8 39. Rb7 Rd5 40. f4 {Fritz13 has slight advantage for
Wh; Komodo10 & Stockfish8 equal} Ra5 41. Kf3 Ra4 42. Rb8 Ng7 43. Rb6+ Ne6 44.
Rb8 Ng7 45. Rb6+ {the B can't control the opposite colour squares & is more
like a big pawn} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-The Vale"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 {Wh spent quite some time over the reply, not
liking to shut down the line of his B; but its standard} (10... a6) (10... Rb8
{more frequent}) 11. e4 (11. Qf3 {a minority taste, though scores higher than
the text at 72%}) 11... Be6 12. Be3 (12. b3) (12. Bd2 {main lines}) 12... Qa5 (
12... Ng4 13. Bd4 Ne5 $15 {but 1-5 for Bl}) 13. Nd5 (13. Bd4 Qh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. cxd5 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qd1 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 $11 {Sukuba-Husek, SVK ch,
Piestany 1985, 1/2-1/2}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17.
Rxd2 $11 Rc4 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. f3 a6 20. Kf2 f5 21. b3 Rc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 23.
Rd2 Rc3 24. exf5 Bxf5 {the Bl pieces are far more active, but Komodo10 still
judges it level} 25. Bf1 Kf7 26. Bb6 (26. Rd1 $11 {Houdini4 & Komodo10}) 26...
Bh6 $15 27. f4 g5 28. Bd4 Rc1 29. Be3 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 {Wh now has
2 pawns to keep an eye on, as has Bl} Kf6 32. Be2 (32. Re2) 32... Be4 33. Bg4
Rc5 34. Be6 a5 (34... Rc3 35. Kg1 a5 $17) 35. Ke3 Bf5 36. Bxf5 Kxf5 37. Kd4 (
37. Rg2 h6 38. Rg7 Kf6 39. Rh7 Rc3+ 40. Kd4 Rh3 41. Kc4 Rxh2 42. Kb5 Rxa2 43.
Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Rh1 Kg6 45. Re1 Kf7 46. Rb1 Ke8 47. Rc1 Kd7 48. Rd1 Rb2 49. Rd3
b6 50. Ka6 e6 51. dxe6+ Kxe6 52. Kb5 $11 {Komodo10}) 37... Kxf4 (37... b5) 38.
Re2 Rc7 39. Re6 (39. a4) 39... b5 40. h4 h5 41. Rg6 (41. Re4+ Kg3 42. a4 b4 43.
Kd3 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 Rxb3 45. Rxe7 Ra3 46. Re6 Rxa4 47. Kc4 Ra1 48. Rxd6 Kxh4 $19 (
48... Rc1+ $19)) (41. Re1 Kg4 42. Ke3 a4 (42... Kxh4 43. Kf4 Kh3 44. Rh1+ Kg2
45. Rxh5 Rc2 46. a4 bxa4 47. bxa4 Re2 48. Rh6 Re5 49. Rg6+ Kf2 50. Re6 Rxd5 51.
Rxe7 Rd4+ 52. Re4 Rb4 53. Rxb4 axb4 54. a5 b3 55. a6 b2 56. a7 b1=Q 57. a8=Q
Qc1+ 58. Kf5 Qc5+ {given as winning with best play by Nalimov tablebases}))
41... Kf5 (41... Rc2 $19 {Komodo10} 42. Re6 Rxa2 43. Kd3 Rb2 44. Kc3 Rh2 45.
Rxe7 Rxh4 46. Re6 Rh3+ 47. Kc2 h4 48. Rxd6 Ke5 49. Rb6 b4 50. Rb5 Rc3+ 51. Kb2
Rd3 52. Rxa5 Rd2+ 53. Kc1 Rxd5 54. Ra7 h3 $19) 42. Rg5+ Kf6 43. Rxh5 Rc2 44.
Rh8 Rxa2 $17 {compare with previous note} 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46. Rb8 a4 (46... Rd2+
47. Ke4 b4 48. Rb5 Rb2 49. Rxa5 Rxb3 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. h5 Rb1 52. Ra4 (52. Rb5 b3
$19) 52... b3 53. Rf4 Kg7 54. Rf2 b2 55. Rg2+ Kh6 56. Kg4 Rd1 57. Rxb2 Rd4+ 58.
Kf3 Rxd5 $17 {Komodo10; but Bl must have excellent winning prospects with the
2 connected pawns, since the h pawn is dead} 59. Re2 e5 60. Rh2 Rd4 61. Kg3 d5
62. Re2 e4 63. Kg4 Rd1 64. Kf5 Rg1 65. Ke5 Rg5+ 66. Kd4 Kxh5 $19 {Nalimov
agrees}) 47. Rxb5 axb3 48. Kc3 Ra4 49. h5 Rh4 50. Kxb3 Rxh5 {looks a draw with
Bl's extra backward ( & pawns on the same side)} 51. Rb7 Kf6 52. Kc4 Rh7 53.
Ra7 Rh4+ 54. Kd3 Rh3+ 55. Kd4 Rh4+ 56. Kd3 Rh5 57. Kd4 Rf5 58. Ke4 Re5+ 59. Kd4
Kf5 60. Rd7 Re1 61. Ra7 Rd1+ 62. Kc4 Kf6 63. Rb7 Rc1+ (63... e6 64. dxe6 Kxe6
65. Rb8 {drawn; Nalimov}) 64. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-The Vale"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Heaven, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 (4... e5) (4... dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. c3
Nf6 7. Qc2 {Van Kemenade-Cobb, S Wales Spring blitz , previous week, 0-1}) 5.
e5 (5. g3) (5. c3 {main lines}) 5... Ng8 $146 {after some thought; this has
been played in a similar position, with b6 instead of Nc6. There are some
family resemblences between this game & he oneplayed in Rd3, Van Kemenade-
Hatchett, WCPL 2017,0-1; at least as far as the opening is concerned, though
the rd3 game started with f4} (5... Nd7 6. g3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Bg2 {75% for
Wh}) 6. g3 (6. d4 Nge7 (6... f6 7. c3 Nge7 8. h4 $14) 7. c3 Nf5 8. b4 $14 {
Komodo10}) 6... Nge7 (6... f6 $5 {Komodo10}) 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. c3 Be7 9. h4 h5 {
there might be a threat of g4( Peter), though Komodo10 thinks its OK for Bl.
Rudy played it on positional grounds & to deter f6} (9... b6 10. g4 Nxh4 11.
Rxh4 Bxh4 12. g5 h6 13. Nxh4 hxg5 14. Nf3 f6 {Komodo10}) (9... f6 10. g4 $18
Nh6 11. exf6 Bf8 (11... Bxf6 12. g5) 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. g5) 10. O-O a5 (10...
O-O $14 {Komodo10 content with this, Bl reluctant because of K side weakness})
11. a4 {to prevent a4 , Na5, & c5( but risks Bl getting 0-0-0 & then not being
able to play b4 (as in the Hatchett game)} (11. Na3 $14 {Komodo10}) 11... Qd7
12. Re1 b6 13. Bg5 {eliminates bad B & fighting for control of b4} Bb7 (13...
Ba6 {looks more active, expected by Wh}) 14. Na3 (14. Bxe7 Ncxe7 15. Ng5 c5 $14
{a4 needs attention}) 14... Bxg5 (14... d4 15. Nb5 dxc3 16. bxc3 Na7 17. Nxa7 (
17. Bxe7 Nxb5 18. axb5 Qxe7 19. d4 O-O-O 20. Bh3 $16) 17... Rxa7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7
19. d4 $16 {Komodo10}) (14... O-O 15. Nc2 Rfe8 $14 {Komodo9.3}) 15. Nxg5 Nce7 (
15... g6 16. d4 Ba6 17. Qd1 O-O $14 {Komodo10}) 16. Nc2 (16. d4 g6 17. Bf3 {
both Engines, considered; pm analysis; though Bl can go Kf8-g7}) 16... c5 17.
Ra3 {with hopes of later activity} (17. Ne3) 17... Nc6 (17... Bc6 $5) 18. Rb1
g6 (18... Qc7 19. Nf3 Ba6 $11 {Komodo10} (19... Nh6 $11 {Komodo9.3; but Bl had
been consuming a lot of time & still feeling under pressure})) 19. b4 {looking
for complications} axb4 20. cxb4 Ncd4 (20... O-O $11 {both Engines}) 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Qd1 (22. Qd2 O-O 23. Nf3 $11 {both Engines}) (22. Qa2 {considered &
pm analysis}) 22... O-O (22... Nb5 {Bl has thought after his move he had
missed this, as winning material,however Wh gets counterplay down the b file &
it may be dangerous} 23. Rab3 (23. axb5 Rxa3 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qc1 Ra8 26. Qxc5
{pm analysis & Komodo10; Wh has enough for the exchange}) 23... Nd4 (23... Rxa4
$6 24. bxc5 Bc6 25. cxb6 $16) 24. R3b2 Qxa4 25. Qc1 (25. Qxa4+ Rxa4 26. bxc5 b5
27. Rb4 Bc6 28. Rxa4 (28. Nf3 $11) 28... bxa4 29. Rb8+ Kd7 $1 (29... Ke7 30.
Rxh8 a3 31. Rh7 Be8 32. Nxf7 Bxf7 33. Rh8 Be8 34. Rh7+ Bf7 $11 {Komodo10}) 30.
Rxh8 a3 31. Rf8 Kc7 32. Rxf7+ Kb8 33. Rf8+ Ka7 34. Rf7+ Ka6 35. Nxe6 a2 (35...
Nxe6 36. d4 Nxd4 37. Bf1+ Ka5 38. Ra7+ Kb4 39. Bd3 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Ba4 41. Bb1
Nd2+ 42. Kg2 Nxb1 43. Rxa4+ Kxa4 44. e6 $11 {Komodo10; a very complex line}))
25... O-O 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 (27. Rxb7 Ne2+) 27... Ba6 (27... Rac8 28. Qe7
Ba6 29. Qf6 $14) 28. Rb4 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Qa3 30. Qe7 $18 Bxd3 (30... Rae8 31. Qf6
Qxd3 32. Bh3 Bc8 33. Rb7 $18 {f7 falls;Komodo10}) 31. R1b3 $18 {Komodo10}) 23.
bxc5 bxc5 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bc6 (25... Ba6 {may be better}) 26. a5 Qc7 (
26... Rfb8 $5 {both engines}) 27. Qe1 (27. Qc1 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qxa5 29. Bxh5 $11
{is possible; Komodo10}) 27... Ra6 {Komodo9.3} (27... Rfb8 {Komodo10}) 28. Qc3
Bd7 29. Rc1 (29. d4 $1 {best immediately, as it avoids the tactic for Bl in
the next note} c4 (29... Rc8 30. Be2 c4) 30. Qd2 {much like the game}) 29...
Rc8 30. d4 $1 {virtually forces c4 (though the Engines have an improvement
here for BL) which gives Bl a protected passed pawn, but an awful B, and ,
crucially, gives the Wh Rs accesss to the K side} c4 (30... Bb5 {both Engines}
31. dxc5 Bc4 32. g4 hxg4 33. Bxg4 Qe7 34. Qg3 Rxc5 35. Rca1 (35. h5) 35... Kg7
36. h5 Qg5 37. f4 Qh6 {Bl was getting very short of time though, & the defence
has to be very precise- its a position where its easier for Bl to make errors}
38. Qh4 $14) 31. g4 {interesting- initially both Engines think this is
premature & gives Bl a slight edge, but then they gradually come to see the
longterm prospects for Wh} hxg4 32. Bxg4 Kg7 33. h5 Rh8 34. hxg6 {the Wh moves
are all natural,; its up to Bl to find the most accurate responses} fxg6 {
Komodo9.3} (34... f5 35. exf6+ Kxg6 $11 {is exactly the kind of computer reply
humans would not consider much, moving pawns on the side where you are under
attack,exposing the K further; but it does let the Q protect the second rank,
prevents Qg3, & looks at h2} 36. Qc2+ Kxf6 37. Rg3 Ke7 38. Qg6 Qf4 39. Qg7+ Kd6
40. Qxh8 (40. Rxc4 Rh1+ 41. Kxh1 dxc4 42. d5 Qxf2 43. Bxe6 Bxe6 44. dxe6 Ra7
$11 {Komodo10;& Bl looks to have a perpetual}) 40... Qxc1+ 41. Kg2) 35. Qf3 (
35. Kg2 $14 {Komodo10}) (35. Qd2 $14) 35... Qd8 36. Rb1 Rf8 (36... Qg5 {both
Engines, but they differ as to followup} 37. Qg2 Rh4 38. Rg3 Qe7 39. Rb8 $16 (
39. Bh5 Rxh5 40. Rxg6+ Kh7 41. Rg8 Be8 42. Rxe8 Qg7 43. Kf1 Qxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Rf5
45. Rb6 Rxa5 46. Rexe6 $18 {Komodo10}) 39... Be8 40. Qf3 Kg8 41. Kg2 $18 Qf7 (
41... Kh7 42. Rb6) 42. Qa3 Kg7 43. Rb6 $18 {Komodo10- the Engines keep finding
ever more complex ideas, despite their earlier notion that its all more or
less equal}) 37. Qh3 (37. Qg3 Ra7 38. Kg2 $16 {both Engines}) (37. Qg2 Rh8 38.
Rg3 Qe7 {as above}) 37... Rh8 38. Qg2 {better to have left the R on f8, as it
can now protect g6} Bc8 (38... Rxa5 {both Engines} 39. Rf3 (39. Rxa5 Qxa5 40.
Rb7 $2 Qe1+ 41. Qf1 Rh1+ $19) 39... Ra7 40. Rf6 Rh6 41. Bxe6 Bxe6 42. Rxe6 Qh4
43. Reb6 Rf7 $11 {Komodo10}) 39. Bd1 $16 {again the Engines claim initial
equality, only later to modify} (39. Rf3 $1 {both Engines} Rxa5 40. Bxe6 $1 Ra7
41. Rf6 Rh6 42. Qg5 $16) 39... Rh6 (39... Rxa5 40. Rxa5 Qxa5 41. Bc2 Qd8 (41...
Rh6 42. Qg5 Qc7 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Kg2 $18 c3 (44... Qf7 45. Qd8+ Qf8 46. Qxf8+
Kxf8 47. Rb8 $18) 45. f4 Kh7 46. Ra1 $18 {Komodo10; Bl is running out of moves}
)) 40. Bc2 $18 Qe8 41. Qg5 (41. Rb8 {considered; is a little stronger, though
Wh was planning to use this R on the h file} Ra7 42. a6 Qf8 43. Rf3 Qd8 44. Rg3
Qe8 45. Bxg6 Qxg6 (45... Rxg6 46. Rxc8) 46. Rxc8 Rxa6 47. Rxg6+ Rxg6 48. Rg8+
Kxg8 49. Qxg6+ $18 {Komodo10}) 41... Qf7 42. Kg2 {threatening R3} Rh5 43. Qd8 {
missing the reply, but no harm done} (43. Qg4 Ra7 44. Rg3 Rf5 45. Bxf5 Qxf5 46.
Qxf5 exf5 47. Rb6 $18 {Komodo10}) (43. Qg3 Ra8 (43... g5 {almost anything
breaks through} 44. Qg4 (44. Rh1) (44. Rf3) (44. Rb8 {all Komodo10})) 44. Rf3
Qe8 45. Rf6 g5 46. Rh1 {finishes things}) 43... Rh8 44. Qg5 Rf8 (44... Rh5 45.
Qg3 {as above note}) 45. f4 (45. Rh3 $1 {Julie,is the most powerful} Qxf2+ 46.
Kh1 Qxc2 47. Qh6+ Kf7 48. Rf1+ {wins Q or mates soon}) 45... Rh8 {+25 both
Engines} 46. Rg3 (46. Rh1 $1 {+25 both Engines}) 46... Rh6 (46... Kf8 47. Rh1
Rxh1 48. Kxh1 Ra7 49. Rh3 Qg7 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Ba4 Re7 52. Rh8 {Komodo10}) 47.
Rh1 Rxh1 48. Kxh1 (48. Bxg6 {considered, mates a little quicker, but text
seemed simpler}) 48... Rxa5 49. Bxg6 Qf8 (49... Ra1+ 50. Kh2 (50. Bb1+ {only
wins the Q}) 50... Ra2+ 51. Kh3 Qf8 52. Be8+ Kh7 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Qh5+ Qh6 55.
Qxh6#) 50. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-The Vale"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 (5. Bd2 {main}) 5... Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 (8. Bd3) 8... d6 9. Qb3 c5 (9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11.
O-O h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qe8 $11 {Speksnijder-Merten
peksnijder-Merten peksnijder-Mertens. Luxembourg ch 1999,1-0}) 10. dxc5 dxc5
11. Ne5 (11. Rd1 Qc8 $11) 11... O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qe7 (13... Nc6) (13...
Bxg2 14. Rg1 {is very dangrous}) 14. O-O (14. Bf3) 14... Nbd7 (14... Nc6) 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qb5 (16. Bd6 Qg5 $11) 16... Nb8 (16... Rf7 {Cloud Engines}) 17.
Bxb8 Raxb8 18. Rd7 Qg5 19. g3 Rfc8 $11 (19... e5 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 20. Rd6
Qe7 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Rd7 Qf6 (22... Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Qf8 24. Rc7 Qd6 25. Rd7 Qf8
$11 {Komodo10}) 23. Bf1 (23. Qa4) 23... e5 24. Qb1 (24. Bg2 $11) (24. Qa4 $11)
24... Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qc6 $15 26. Rd5 Qe6 (26... Qf6 27. Rd7 Bc6 28. Rd2 (28.
Rxa7 f4 $11) 28... f4 $15) 27. Rd2 Bf3 (27... Rf8 28. Qd1 (28. Bg2 Bxg2 29.
Kxg2 Qxc4 $17) 28... Qc6 29. Rd5 f4 $15 {Komodo10}) 28. Qd3 Be4 29. Qd7 Qxd7
30. Rxd7 Rb7 $15 31. Rd6 Kf7 32. Bg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Ke7 34. Rd5 Ke6 $15 35. Kf3
g5 36. g4 Rf7 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 (37... Rxf5+) 38. Kg3 (38. h3 $11 {Houdini4 &
Komodo10}) 38... h5 $15 39. f3 Rf8 (39... g4 40. e4+ Ke6 41. fxg4 hxg4 42. Rd3
Rf4 43. Re3 Kf6 44. Kh4 Rf2 45. Kxg4 Rxh2 $15 {Komodo10}) 40. h3 $11 (40. Rd7
$11) 40... Rf7 41. a4 Rc7 42. Rd8 Kf6 (42... h4+ $11) (42... Rf7 $11) (42...
Re7 $11) 43. Rd6+ Kf7 (43... Kg7 $14 {Cloud Engines}) 44. Rh6 $16 Rc8 45. Rxh5
Rd8 46. Rh7+ (46. Rxg5 $16 {Cloud Engines}) 46... Kf6 47. Rxa7 Rd3 48. e4 (48.
Ra6 Rxc3 49. Rxb6+ Ke7 50. a5 Rxc4 51. a6 Ra4 52. e4 $16 {Komodo10}) 48... Rxc3
49. Rb7 Rxc4 50. Rxb6+ Kf7 (50... Ke7 $16 {Cloud Engines}) 51. a5 $18 Ra4 52.
a6 (52. Rb5 c4 53. Rxe5 Kf6 54. Rf5+ Kg6 55. Kg4 Ra2 56. Rxg5+ Kf6 57. Rc5 $18
{Komodo10}) 52... c4 53. Kg4 c3 54. Rc6 c2 55. Rxc2 Rxa6 56. Kxg5 Rg6+ 57. Kf5
Rf6+ 58. Kxe5 Rxf3 59. Rh2 (59. h4 {quickest, Nalimov Endgame tablebases})
59... Ra3 60. Kf4 (60. Kf5) 60... Kf6 61. h4 Kg6 62. Kg4 (62. h5+) 62... Ra4
63. h5+ Kh6 64. Kf5 Ra5+ 65. e5 Ra1 66. e6 Rf1+ 67. Ke5 Re1+ 68. Kf6 Rf1+ 69.
Ke7 Re1 70. Kf7 Rf1+ 71. Ke8 Re1 72. e7 Re3 73. Rf2 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-The Vale"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Jones, Martin C"]
[Black "Bonutto, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c5 (7...
a6 {main}) 8. Qxc4 (8. dxc5 {main}) 8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 (9. Rd1 {main, 83% for Wh}
) (9. dxc5 {75%}) 9... Nb6 (9... a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Qb3 {6.5-0.5})
10. Qd3 cxd4 (10... c4 {has also been tried, 2-1}) 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf5 (12. Nf3
Qxd3 13. exd3 Bd6 14. Re1 (14. b3 Bd7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Rac8 $11 {Donner-
Martin, Buenos Aires 1955,1-0}) 14... Re8 15. d4 $14 {Lopez Idarraga-Agudelo,
COl ch blitz, Quibdo 2015,1-0}) 12... Bc5 (12... Bb4 $11 {only move played eg
Alekhine-Euwe, World ch 1937, 1-0}) 13. Qb5 $14 Qc7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 {Wh
is better deleoped & Bl has a number of entry squares to keep a watch on} Bd7 (
15... Be6) 16. Qa5 Nbd5 17. Qxc7 Nxc7 {swapping Qs has not helped a great deal,
since the Bl pieces are lying passive} 18. Rac1 (18. Nc4 Rfe8 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20.
Bg2 $16 {Komodo10}) (18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 Rxb2 20. Nc4 Rc2 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22.
Rxc1 Re8 23. Rb1 $16 {Komodo10}) 18... Rab8 {preferrably Rs should be used for
attack, not for defending weak pawns} 19. Nc4 e4 (19... Rfe8 20. Nd6 $16) 20.
Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 $16 Be6 22. b3 b6 23. Nxb6 (23. Ne5 {also very strong})
23... axb6 24. Rxc7 $18 Rfe8 25. Bf3 (25. f3 {just in case the Bl B goes to h3
with backrank possibilities}) 25... Red8 26. Rfc1 h6 27. e3 (27. Be4) 27... b5
28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 b4 (29... Rd2 {looks more active} 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4
Ra2 32. Bc6 Bb3 33. Rb1 Bxa4 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Bd5 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Bxf7 $16
{Komodo10}) 30. Rc2 Bh3 31. f4 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Bf5 33. e4 Bg4 34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Kd4
Bf3 36. Bd5 Rd1+ 37. Kc5 Kf8 38. f5 (38. Rc4) 38... Re1 39. Kxb4 (39. Kd6 {
Komodo10; threatens mate} g6 40. fxg6 Kg7 (40... fxg6 41. Rf2 $18) 41. gxf7 $18
{there are always tactics to watch out for in endgames}) 39... Bxe4 40. Bxe4
Rxe4+ 41. Rc4 (41. Kb5) 41... Re2 42. a4 Re7 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Nh4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. h3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
15. Rad1 cxd4 16. exd4 Na5 17. Qc2 b5 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Qe2 b4 20. Nc1 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Nb6 22. Nd3 Rxc3 23. Ne5 Qc8 24. Rc1 Ba3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Rd1 Nc4 27. Rd3
Qb2 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. Bd1 Rc8 30. Kf1 Ne4 31. Ke2 Nc3+ 32. Ke1 Nxa2 33. Rb3
Bxd4 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Qe8 9. b3 Ng4 10. h3 Ngf6 11. Ng5 Bd8 12. d5 e5 13. Ne6 Qh5 14. Nxf8 Nxf8 15.
e4 f4 16. Qe2 Qg6 17. Kh2 fxg3+ 18. fxg3 h5 19. Bd2 N8h7 20. Rg1 Ng5 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. Bf3 h4 23. Qf2 Nh5 24. Bxh5 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 5. Nf3 c6 6. d4 Bd6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8.
Bc4 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qxe7 Bxe7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Re8
15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rac1 Bf4 17. Rc3 g5 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. Bb1 Rad8 21.
Qe3 Ng4 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. Rcd3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. f4 c5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Qe3
Ne4 28. R3d2 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxe5 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Qf6 33.
Re5 Kg6 34. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Llewellyn, David"]
[Black "Roberts, David L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 e5
9. d5 c6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. h5 g5 12. f3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Qa5 14. g4 Bd7 15. Nb5
Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nc7 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Ne2 Nc5 20. Ng3 Rfc8 21. Nf5
Bf8 22. Rhc1 Ne8 23. b4 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 a6 25. a4 Ng7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bb6 Be7
28. Kd2 Kf8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Ke8 32. Kb2 Bd8 33. Be3 b5 34.
axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Jones, Derek"]
[Black "Dixon, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d5
Na6 9. Be2 Qe7 10. a3 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bf2
Ng4 16. O-O Nxf2 17. Rxf2 f5 18. Nd2 fxe4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Ndxe4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bf5 22. Rf1 Bxe4 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qxe4 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Qxa3 26. Bd3 Qc1+
27. Ke2 Qf4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Nidum"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Re1 Nf6
15. Qh3 Rd8 16. Bb2 Nd5 17. g3 Nb4 18. Be4 f5 19. Ng5 Bc8 20. a3 Nd5 21. Bd3
Re8 22. c4 Nf6 23. Rac1 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Re2 Kg8 26. Nf3 Bb7 27. Nh4 Qc6
28. f3 Kf7 29. Rf1 g6 30. Be4 fxe4 31. fxe4 e5 32. Nxg6 Rhg8 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6 34.
Qf5+ Kg7 35. Nh4 Bc7 36. Qh5 Bc8 37. Rf2 Rgf8 38. Nf5+ Bxf5 39. exf5 Rf6 40. g4
Rg8 41. Rd2 Qe8 42. Qh4 Qe7 43. Rd5 Rd8 44. Bc1 Rd7 45. g5 hxg5 46. Qxg5+ Kf7
47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Nidum"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Young, Alan"]
[Black "Saunders, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qh5 Be6 10. Rb1 g6 11. Qh6 Rb8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Qe3 Kd7 14. c4
dxc4 15. Be4 c6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Rd1 Kc6 18. Qc3 Bc5 19. Qxc4 dxe4 20. Qxe4+ Bd5
21. Qd3 b5 22. a4 a6 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. axb5+ axb5 25. Ra1 Qd7 26. Ra7 Rb7 27.
Rxb7 Kxb7 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Kc6 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Ra2 33.
Rc1 Kc5 34. Kf1 Kc4 35. Ke1 Kc3 36. Kd1 Ra6 37. Rb1 Rd6+ 38. Ke1 Rd5 39. Kf2
Rd2+ 40. Kf3 b4 41. Rb3+ Kc4 42. Rb2 h6 43. Kg3 Re2 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Kg3 Rd5 46.
Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Ke2 Rh5 48. h3 Rg5 49. Kf3 Ra5 50. Ke2 Ra1 51. Kf2 Ra4 52. e4 Kc3
53. Rb3+ Kxc2 54. Rf3 b3 55. Rxf7 b2 0-1

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Nidum"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Evans, Craig"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Nbd7 5. fxe4 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Bf4 Bd6 9. O-O-O Ke7 10. Nf3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Bxf4+ 12. Kb1 c6 13. h3 Be6 14.
Ne2 Bc7 15. Ned4 Bd7 16. g4 h6 17. Rhf1 Rhe8 18. Rde1 Kf8 19. e5 Nd5 20. e6
Bxe6 21. Nxe6+ Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Nxe6 Re8 25. Bg6 Rc8 26. Rf7
Be5 27. Rxb7 a5 28. Rd7 Bf6 29. Nc5 Nf4 30. Bf5 Re8 31. a3 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Ne2 33.
Nd3 Rh1 34. Bg6 Nd4 35. Rb7 Kf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rb7 Kf8 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rc7
Kf8 40. Nf4 Rf1 41. Nd3 Nxc2 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Rc7 Kf8 44. Nc5 Ra1+ 45. Kb3 Nd4+
46. Ka4 Rh1 47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Rd7 Rh2 49. Rc7 Kf8 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Rc7 Kf8 52.
Rf7+ Kg8 53. Nd7 Ne6 54. Nxf6+ gxf6 55. Rxf6 Nc5+ 56. Kxa5 Rxb2 57. Rxc6 Nb3+
58. Ka4 Nd4 59. Rc4 Ne6 60. Bf5 Ng7 61. Bg6 Ne6 62. h4 Kg7 63. h5 Kf6 64. Bf5
Nd8 65. Rd4 Rb8 66. Rd6+ Ke5 67. Rxh6 Kd5 68. Ra6 Nb7 69. Rb6 Ra8+ 70. Kb4 Nc5
71. Rg6 Ra4+ 72. Kc3 Rxa3+ 73. Kd2 Rg3 74. h6 Nb3+ 75. Ke2 Nd4+ 76. Kf2 Rh3 77.
Kg2 Ra3 78. h7 Ra2+ 79. Kg3 Ra3+ 80. Kf4 Rh3 81. Rg8 Nxf5 82. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Nidum"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. a3 O-O 8. d3
Rb8 9. Rb1 b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. b4 Nf5 12. e3 e6 13. Qb3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Rfd1 Bg7 16. h3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rb7 18. Ne2 Rd7 19. a4 Qa8+ 20. e4 Nd4 21. Nxd4
Bxd4 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 f5 24. f3 Rdf7 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. a5 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Nidum"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Sims, Chris"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nbd7 7. d4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qe5 e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O-O Qd5 13. c4 Qxe5 14. dxe5
Ne4 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Be2 Ke7 18. f4 a5 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Kc2 Rxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Nidum"]
[Site "Merthyr Tydfil"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Griffiths, Hywel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.04.02"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. g3 O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Kg2 Nb6 13. Re1 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Nc4 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Qb6 17. a3 Rfb8 18. Rab1 Qa6 19. f4 Nb6 20. Nd1 Rb7 21. Bc3
Rab8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne3 Qa4 24. b3 Qxa3 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Nc2 Na4 27. Qc4 Qa2
28. Ra1 Qb2 29. bxa4 Rb3 30. Re2 Rc3 31. Qa2 Rbb3 32. Qxb2 Rxg3+ 33. Kf1 Rgf3+
34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxb2 36. Rc1 Ra2 37. Kf3 Rxa4 38. Ne3 Ra3 39. h4 h5 40.
e5 Kg7 41. Rc4 Rb3 42. Ra4 Rd3 43. exd6 exd6 44. Ra6 f6 45. Rxd6 g5 46. fxg5
fxg5 47. hxg5 c4 48. Rh6 c3 49. Ke4 Rd2 50. Rxh5 Kg6 51. Rh6+ Kxg5 52. Rc6 Re2
53. Rxc3 Kf6 54. Rd3 Ke7 55. Kd4 Re1 56. Nf5+ Kd7 57. Re3 Rd1+ 58. Ke5 Ra1 59.
Rh3 Re1+ 60. Ne3 Re2 61. Rh7+ Kd8 62. Kd4 Rd2+ 63. Kc5 Re2 64. Nc4 Rg2 65. d6
Rc2 66. Kd5 Rg2 67. Kc6 Rg8 68. Ra7 1-0

[Event "WCPL:The Vale-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Strugnell, Carl"]
[Black "Kett, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 8.
h3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf4 Kh7 13. Be5 Qd7 14. Qc2 Rad8
15. Na4 Nh5 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Rd3 Be8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. e5 Bd7 21.
Rb3 Bf5 22. Qe2 b6 23. Ne4 Ne6 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Qe3 g5 26. Rc3 c5 27. Nh5+ Kh8
28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Ng3 Bg6 30. h4 Nf4 31. hxg5 Nd5 32. Qxc5 Nxc3 33. Qxc3 Rd3
34. Qc5 hxg5 35. e6 f6 36. Nd4 Re8 37. Ngf5 Qb7 38. Qc4 Bxf5 39. Nxf5 Qd5 40.
Qg4 Rxe6 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. Nf5+ Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qg7+ Ke8 46.
Qg8+ Kd7 47. Qf7+ Kc6 48. Rxe6+ Kb5 49. Qe8+ Ka5 50. Ne3 Qxa2 51. Rxa6+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL:The Vale-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Black "Young, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. c3 Qd7 10. Na3 Kh8 11. Nc2 Qe8 12. d4 Qg6 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. b4 exd4 15.
Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Ng4 17. f4 c5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 c4 20. Nd4 e5 21. f5
Qh5 22. h3 exd4 23. hxg4 Qh4 24. cxd4 Bb4 25. Ba3 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rf6 27. Bc1 Rd6
28. e5 Rxd4 29. e6 Qxg4 30. Bb2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Rf4 32. Re5 h6 33. g3 Rf3 34. Kg2
Rb3 35. Bd4 c3 36. Rc5 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb3 38. Bxc3 Kh7 39. Rc7 Kh8 40. Ke4 a6 41.
Bxg7+ Kg8 42. Be5 b5 43. axb5 Rxb5 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Rh7 Rb4+ 46. Kf3 Rb3+ 47.
Kg2 Rb6 48. Rh8+ Ke7 49. f6+ Kd8 50. Bc7+ Kxc7 51. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "WCPL:The Vale-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 7. h3 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qe3 Qc5
15. Rfe1 Qxe3 16. Rxe3 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Bf1 Nb6 19. Nb1 Nfd7 20. g4 f6
21. Nbd2 Nc5 22. c4 c6 23. b4 Ne6 24. c5 Na8 25. Nb3 Nac7 26. Na5 Ba8 27. Kh2
Nf4 28. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:The Vale-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Heaven, Peter"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. O-O g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Nbc3 Nb4 10. Ng3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. f3 Rc8
15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Qd2 e6 17. Bf4 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:The Vale-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Nge2 d6 8. h3
Re8 9. O-O Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Bb6 12. e4 Bg6 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Rf8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nfd5 Bd4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxf6 c6 20. h4 Kg7 21.
Bh3 Qd8 22. Qf3 d5 23. Rf1 dxe4 24. dxe4 h5 25. Qf4 Qb6 26. Qe5 1-0

[Event "WCPL:The Vale-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bonutto, Stephen"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1494"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bh6 Nxd4 12. Bxg7 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Kxg7 14. f4
Bc6 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qb6 19. f5 Ng4 20. Qg5 Nf6 21.
h4 Rbc8 22. Bb3 a5 23. Rg1 Nxe4 24. Qf4 Nf6 25. Rg2 Nh5 26. Qf3 Kh8 27. Rdg1
Qd4 28. Kb1 Qf4 29. Qd3 Qe5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. a3 Nf4 32. h5 Nxd3 33. hxg6 Qxb2#
0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Williams, AH."]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 {While there are
several games with the Closed Catalan involving Frank may, it appears there
are none involving Howard Williams in the databases} (6... c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 {Williams-Byway,Dyfed Open 2011,12/1/2}) 7. Qc2 (7. Nbd2 b5 8. b3 {
Snape-May, 4NCL 2003,1-0}) (7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 (8. b3 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1
Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 {Rama-May, EU ch tm 2001,1-0}) 8... exd5 9. Bg5 Ne4 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 {Barber-May, Dyfed Open 2016,0-1}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bf4 (8. Nbd2 {main,
prevents Bl's next} b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. e5 (12. exd5 exd5
13. dxc5 {scores better for Wh}) 12... Ne4 (12... Ne8 {main}) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Nd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 $14 {Dais-May, WCPL 2008,1/2-1/2}) 8... Ne4 {this move is
discussed by transposition from an earlier setup by both Bologan & Avrukh. Bl
may be trying thereby to get into a Stonewall Dutch} 9. Nc3 Nxc3 (9... f5 {
main alternative}) 10. Qxc3 Nf6 (10... f5 {is not a good idea without the N on
e4- Bologan}) (10... b6 {scores well for Bl, 2 wins & a draw}) 11. Nd2 (11. Ne5
{main} Nh5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nd3 $14 {Adamski-Kazmierczak, Warsaw 2009, 1-0 is
given by Bologan 2012}) 11... Nh5 12. Be3 {Cloud Engines} (12. Nf3 Nxf4 13.
gxf4 b5 14. c5 a5 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. e3 Bd7 $11 {Vodyasov-Kovacevic, IPCA Wld ch,
Apatin 2014,1/2-1/2}) 12... Bd6 13. Bf3 (13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Ne4 15. Qc2 f6 16.
Nd3 Qe7 $14 {Komodo11}) 13... Nf6 14. Bg5 (14. c5 Bc7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 b6
17. e3 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Rc8 $11 {Komodo11}) 14... Be7 (14... h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16.
Bg2 $11 {Komodo11}) 15. Rfd1 (15. c5 $14 {Komodo11}) 15... Ne4 (15... h6 16.
Bf4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nd5 18. Qc2 Nxf4 19. gxf4 f6 20. Kh1 $14 {Komodo11}) 16. Nxe4
Bxg5 17. Nc5 (17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. e4 $14 {Komodo11; Bl will still have problems
with his QB, even in an ending}) 17... b6 18. Nd3 Bb7 $11 (18... Ba6 19. Ne5
Qd6 20. h4 Be7 21. Rac1 $11 {Komodo11}) 19. e4 Bf6 20. exd5 (20. e5 Be7 21. h4
Rc8 22. Nf4 $11 {trying to get something going on the K side; Rudy & Komodo11})
20... cxd5 21. c5 Rc8 22. h4 (22. b4 {Komodo11; considered & looked at in pm
anaysis}) 22... bxc5 (22... e5 {Komodo11; undermines the centre} 23. Nxe5 bxc5
24. Qa3 Qc7 (24... a6) 25. Rac1 c4 $11) 23. Nxc5 Ba6 24. Qe3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Jones, IC."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 (3... d5 {most frequent}) 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6.
Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 (7. d4 {transposes to a Queen's Indian}) 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
d3 {rare} (9. d4 {main}) 9... c5 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5 Na6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 {
Poplavsky-Antoniazzi, LADAC corr Argentina 1981,1/2-1/2}) 10... Nh5 (10... d4 {
Fritz13 & Komodo11} 11. Nb5 a6 (11... Nc6 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. Rc1 Nxe5 14. Bxb7
Qxb7 15. Bxe5 a6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd6 Qd5 18. Nc4 Rab8 $15 {Livesey-Frean,
4NCL 2016,1/2-1/2}) 12. Na3 b5 {Hobson-Zehr, CAN ch op, ICCF 2010,0-1}) 11. Bd2
(11. e3 $11 {both Engines}) 11... Nf6 (11... d4 {both Engines}) 12. e4 $14 Na6
(12... d4 {both Engines}) 13. Ne5 (13. e5 {Fritz13} Ne8 14. a3 $11 {Fritz13
rates this as plus for Wh}) (13. Nh4 d4 14. Nb5 $14 {Komodo11}) 13... dxe4 {
Fritz13} (13... Nc7 {Komodo11}) 14. Nxe4 (14. dxe4 {both Engines}) 14... Nxe4 {
Fritz13} (14... Nd5 {Komodo11}) 15. dxe4 Nc7 $11 16. Re3 Qc8 {Komodo11} (16...
Bf6 {Fritz13} 17. Rd3 (17. Nc4 Bd4 $15) 17... Qe8 18. Nd7 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bxe4 20.
Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Bf4 Bd4 22. Nxf8 Rd8 $11 {Komodo11}) 17. Qh5 (17. Bf1 {both
Engines}) 17... f6 {Fritz13} (17... Nb5 18. Rd3 Nd4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. f4 f6 21.
Ng4 Rad8 $15 {Komodo11}) 18. Nc4 (18. Nd3) 18... Qe6 (18... g6 {Komodo11}) 19.
b3 (19. Bf1) 19... Rfd8 20. Bc3 Nb5 (20... g6 21. Qe2 Nb5 $11 {both Engines})
21. e5 Nxc3 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bf3 (23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bf3 $11 {Komodo11}) 23...
Nb5 (23... g6 {both Engines}) 24. Rae1 (24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Bd5+ $18 {both
Engines} Rxd5 (25... Kh8 26. Rxe7 $1 Qxa1+ (26... Qxe7 27. Ne5 {wins the Q})
27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Ne5 Rf8 29. Rf7 $18 {komodo11}) 26. Qxd5+ Qf7 (26... Kh8 27.
Rae1 Bf8 28. Ne5 $18 {the BlK is too vulnerable})) 24... Qf7 (24... f5 25. Bg2
Nd4 $15 {both Engines}) 25. Qh3 Nd4 26. e6 Nxf3+ (26... Qe8 $11 {both Engines})
27. Rxf3 $16 Qg6 28. Rf5 (28. Ne3 {both Engines, brings the N into the K side
attack}) 28... h6 (28... Rd4 29. Ne3 Re4 $11 {both Engines}) 29. Re4 (29. Ne3)
29... Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd4 $11 31. Re2 Rbd8 32. Ne3 Kf8 33. Kf1 (33. Nc2) 33... Qe8
(33... Re4 $15 34. Rf4 Rd6 35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Qg2 Rxe6 $15) 34. Qg2 (34. Rf4)
34... Rd1+ $1 $19 35. Re1 Qb5+ 36. Nc4 Qb4 (36... Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Qb4+ {both
Engines} 38. Ke2 b5 39. Ne3 Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Ke2 Qb2+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2
Qxa2+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qd3+ 46. Ke1 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Rd2+ 49. Kf3
g6 50. Rf4 Qb2 51. Qf1 Qxb3 $19 {several Q side pawns up. & the e6 pawn is dead
}) 37. Rfe5 b5 38. Nb2 (38. Qf3 {both Engines} bxc4 (38... Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 bxc4
40. Qh5 Kg8 41. Qf7+ Kh7 (41... Kh8 42. Qxe7 $18 {because Wh will be able to a
check in with his e pawn as it queens}) 42. Qxe7 Rd2 43. Qc7 cxb3 44. axb3
Rxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Qd2+ {perpetual- the kind of thing Engines find easy & humans
have plenty of problems checking all the variations}) 39. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 40. Qxd1
fxe5 41. Qh5 Kg8 42. Qf7+ Kh7 43. Qxe7 c3 $11 {Komodo11}) 38... R1d2 $17 39.
R5e2 Qc3 (39... c4 $17 {both Engines}) 40. Qe4 $11 Rxe2 (40... Kg8) 41. Rxe2
$16 Kg8 42. Qg6 (42. Qb7 $16) 42... Rf8 (42... Qf3 $15) 43. Nd3 Qd4 (43... c4
$11) 44. Qf5 (44. Nf4 {both Engines} f5 45. Qh5 c4 46. Ng6 $18 {Komodo11})
44... Re8 (44... c4) 45. Qh5 (45. Nf4 $18) 45... Rf8 46. Nf4 $18 Qd1+ 47. Kg2
Qd6 48. Re3 (48. Ng6 $18 {Komodo11} Rc8 49. f3 Rd8 50. Nh4 Qd3 51. Qf7+ Kh7 52.
Rb2 Bf8 53. e7 $18 {Komodo11}) (48. Qg6 $16 {Fritz13, but Komodo11 judges this
merely plus for Wh}) 48... f5 (48... Qc6+ $16 {both Engines}) 49. Rd3 (49. Qf3
$18 {both Engines} c4 50. bxc4 bxc4 51. Ng6 Rc8 52. Qxf5) 49... Qc6+ 50. f3 (
50. Qf3 $16) 50... Bg5 $11 51. Qg6 Bxf4 52. gxf4 Qe8 $11 (52... Qe8 53. Qxe8 {
other moves lose the e pwn for nothing} Rxe8 54. Rd6 (54. Rd5 Rxe6 55. Rxc5
Re2+ 56. Kg3 Rxa2 57. Rxb5 $11) 54... c4 55. bxc4 bxc4 56. Kf2 Kf8 57. Rc6 Ke7
58. Rxc4 Kxe6 59. Rc6+ Kf7 60. Rc7+ Re7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 (4... a6 {main}) 5. Re1 (5. Nc3 g6
6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Bg5 O-O {East Devon op, 2009,0-1}) 5... a6 6. Bf1 g6
(6... e6 7. c3 (7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qc7 9. c4 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qc3 Bc5 12.
Qg3 Qb6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nc3 Bd4 {Soszynski-Waterfield, 4NCL 2007,0-1}) 7... Be7
8. d4 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bf4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 (14.
Bg3 c4 15. Bc2 $11 {Komodo11}) 14... c4 $15 {Van Kemenade-Waterfield,
Cardigan-Monmouth 2007,0-1}) 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. h3 (9. e5 {at once, scores
well for Wh} Ne8 (9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 {even worse for Bl}) 10. Bg5 (
10. Bf4 {both with an edge})) 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. a4 b6 12.
Bg5 Qc7 13. Nbd2 h6 (13... Bb7 14. Bc4 Bc6 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Nh2 {Van
Kemenade-Boumphry, EU ind ch, Liverpool 2006, 1/2-1/2}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nc4
Rd8 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Ncxe5 {S Kasparov-Leiber, Bodensee cup, Bregenz 2015,1-0})
11. Bg5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 (13. c4 $14 {Cloud Engines}) 13...
Be6 14. Nf3 Ne8 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Bc4 Nd6 18. Bd5 h6 19. Nf3 Bc6 {
Beltran Rueda-Lopez Martinez, Foment op 1995,0-1}) 11... Qb6 (11... Qc7 12. a4
Be6 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. Qf3 b5 (17... g5 $11)
18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ne3 c4 21. Bg3 (21. Nd5) 21... Ra2 22. Rb1 Nd3
23. b3 $11 {Arribas Robaina-Zarate Oyague, Continental Women;s ch, 2016, 1-0})
12. b3 (12. Nbd2 {Komodo11. considered} Qxb2 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Qxc3 15. Be3
$1 (15. Rc1 {considered}) 15... b5 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. a3 Qa4 18. Qxa4 bxa4 19.
Bxc5 $14 {Komodo11}) 12... Be6 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qf3 (14. c4 $16 {considered;
Komodo11} Nd7 (14... h6 15. Bd2 Ne8 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rc1 $16 (18.
Bc3 $16 {Komodo11})) 15. Nc3 Nb8 16. Nd5 {& Bl has no time for Nc6-d4} Qa5 17.
a3 f6 18. Be3 Nc6 19. b4 $18 {the Q runs out of squares}) 14... Nd7 (14... Nh5
{considered by John} 15. g4 (15. c4 Nf4 16. Nc3 $14 {Komodo11}) (15. g3 $11 {
Rudy}) 15... Nf4 16. c4 (16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 {John thought not enough
compensation} Rfe8 $15 {Komodo11})) 15. Nd2 (15. Na3) 15... Qc7 16. Bc4 Bxc4
17. Nxc4 b5 18. Ne3 Nb6 19. Ng4 (19. a4 $16 {Komod011} bxa4 20. bxa4 a5 21.
Reb1 f6 22. Bh4 Kh8 23. Rb5 c4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rab8 26. Rab1 $16) (19.
Bf6 $14 {Komodo11, but subverts Wh's entire strategy of play against a bad Bl B
}) 19... f6 20. Be3 (20. Bd2 {may well be better despite Bl's idea that text
is stronger. as allows N to e3} h5 21. Ne3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 c4 $11 {Komodo11})
20... Rad8 21. Rad1 h5 22. Nh2 (22. Rxd8 Qxd8 (22... Rxd8 23. Nxf6+ $18) 23.
Nh6+ Bxh6 (23... Kh7 24. Bxc5 Bxh6 25. Rd1 Qc7 (25... Qb8 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Qd3
$18) 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 27. Qxf6 $18) 24. Bxh6 Rf7 25. Rd1 $16 {Komodo11}) 22... Rd6
(22... Qc6 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 c4 25. g5 cxb3 26. axb3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nd7 $11 {
Komodo11}) 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. g4 $1 {Komodo11} (25. Qg3 {considered
& pm analysis} Kh7 26. Nf3 Bh6 27. Nh4 Rg8 28. Bxh6 Kxh6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qd3
$16 {Komodo11}) 25... h4 26. Qe2 (26. g5 $1 {looked at; Komodo11} Nd7 (26...
fxg5 27. Qg4 Re8 28. Nf3 $18) (26... f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. g6 $18 f4 29. Qh5 Rc8
30. Qxh4 Qc6 (30... fxe3 31. fxe3 Kf8 32. Rf1+ Ke8 33. Qh7 $18) 31. Qh7+ Kf8
32. Ng4 Nd5 (32... Nd7 33. Bxc5+ Nxc5 34. Nh6 Qf6 35. Qg8+ Ke7 36. Qxc8 $18))
27. Qe2 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. c4 $18 {Komodo11} (29. Qg4 Qc6 30. Qxh4 $16))
26... g5 27. Qd3 (27. Qf3 $1 {Komodo11} Rf7 28. Qf5 Bf8 29. Qe6 $16 (29. Nf3
$16)) 27... Rf7 (27... Qc6 28. Nf1 $14) 28. Qd8+ (28. Qd6 Bf8 29. Qe6 Kg7 30.
Nf3 Be7 31. Kg2 a5 32. c4 b4 33. Bc1 Qb7 34. Bb2 Kf8 35. Rd2 $16 {Komodo11})
28... Bf8 29. b4 {trying to get to the Bl Q side pawns; but premature} (29. Qe8
Nc8 30. Qe6 Nd6 31. f3 a5 32. Bf2 c4 33. Nf1 cxb3 34. axb3 Qxc3 35. Ne3 a4 36.
bxa4 bxa4 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Qxd6 Qb3 $11 {Komodo11}) (29. Nf3 Qxd8 30. Rxd8 Rc7
31. Rb8 Rc6 32. Nd2 Kf7 33. Rb7+ Ke6 $11 {Komodo11}) (29. Nf1 {aiming for f5}
Kg7 30. f3 Qxd8 31. Rxd8 Rb7 32. Bf2 Be7 33. Rd2 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Ne3 Kf7
$11 {Komodo11 & something like pm analysis}) 29... Kg7 $15 30. a3 (30. Qe8 Rd7
$15) (30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qxc5 (31... Na4 32. Qa8 Qa7 33. Qe8 Qe7 34. Qa8
$11 {Komodo11})) 30... Nc4 31. Bc1 (31. Nf1 Qxd8 32. Rxd8 Rc7 (32... Nxa3 33.
Bxc5 Bxc5 34. bxc5 Rc7 35. Ne3 Nb1 36. Nf5+ Kf7 37. Rh8 Rxc5 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39.
Rb7 Rxc3 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Rb7+ Ke8 42. Nd6+ Kf8 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Re7 b4 45.
Re8+ $11 {repetition; Komodo11})) 31... a5 (31... Qxd8 32. Rxd8 Nd6 33. Nf1 (
33. f3 Rc7 $19 {Komodo11}) 33... Rc7 34. Bd2 Nxe4 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. Kf1 Be7 37.
Rd3 cxb4 38. cxb4 Ke6 $17 {Komodo11}) 32. bxa5 Qxd8 33. Rxd8 Ra7 34. Rb8 Rxa5
35. Nf1 (35. Rb7+ {considered} Kg8 $17) 35... Kf7 36. Rb7+ (36. Kg2) (36. Ne3)
36... Ke6 37. Be3 (37. Kg2 Nxa3 (37... Bd6 38. Kf3 $15) 38. Bxa3 Rxa3 39. Rxb5
Rxc3 40. Rb6+ Kd7 (40... Kf7 41. Ne3 Ra3 42. Nd5 Bg7 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rc7 Ra4
45. Rxc5 $11 Rxe4 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Ne7+ Kh8 49. Nf5 Bf8 50. Rc6
$11)) (37. Ne3 Nxe3 38. Bxe3 Rxa3 39. Rxb5 Rxc3 40. Rb6+ {and Wh has good
drawing chances against the bad B} Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Rb8 Be7 43. Rb7 Bd8 44.
Ra7 Rc4 (44... c4 45. Bc5 Rxh3 (45... Rb3 46. Bf8 $11) 46. Be3 $14)) 37... Nxa3
38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ $14 Ke6 40. Rb6+ Kf7 {& Wh mistakenly claimed a draw by
3 fold repetition ( however conced that a Be3 move had been played in between}
41. Rb7+ {& Bl accepted the draw, as, despite the extra time allocated, Bl
very short of time} (41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Nd2 Ra8 43. Kf1 b4 44. cxb4 cxb4 45. Rc7
Nb5 46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Ke2 Ra2 $19 {Komodo11}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Llewellyn, David"]
[Black "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 (8... O-O) (8... Nh5 {alternatives in this heavily theoretical line}) 9.
Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 (10. Bg3 {also played}) 10... Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 {one idea is
to place the N on d6 via c8 where it inhibits b5 by Wh, & also looks to e4} 12.
Na4 $146 (12. O-O O-O 13. Na4 (13. Rab1 a5 14. Na4 {have been played in a few
recent games})) (12. O-O-O) (12. h3 {the main continuations here}) 12... Nxa4 (
12... Qb4+ 13. Nac3 Qe7 {repeats, Komodo11}) 13. Qxa4 O-O 14. O-O Qg5 (14...
Bg4 15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 Ne4 {Bartel-Smirnov, Wasaw
Najdorf mem 2016,1/2-1/2}) 15. Qc2 f5 16. Ng3 (16. g3 $14 {Komodo10}) (16. Rfe1
f4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qxf4 19. Re7 Qxd4 20. Rae1 Bg4 21. h3 Bh5 22. Rxb7
$11 {Komodo11}) 16... f4 (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qe7 $14 {Bl has the inferior B})
17. Nxh5 Qxh5 18. Rfe1 (18. exf4 Rxf4 19. Rae1 Bf5 20. Re7 Rf8 21. Rxb7 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Qh4 23. f3 Rxd4 24. Qc3 $14 {the Bl pawns are in a slightly worse
condition than the Wh ones} Qf6 25. Rxa7 Re8 26. Rc7 Re2 27. Re1 (27. Rxc6 $2
Qg5 28. g3 Rdd2 $19) 27... Red2 $11 {but it may well look unclear to humans
with all the heavy pieces on parade}) 18... f3 $15 19. g3 Bf5 20. Qd2 (20. e4
dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qh3 22. Qc4+ Be6 23. Qf1 Qxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rad8 $11 {Komodo10})
20... Qg4 21. Bf1 Be4 (21... h5 {trying to open up lines for the Rs} 22. h3 (
22. Qb4 Rf7 23. Qd6 Be4 24. h3 Qf5 25. Kh2 $15) 22... Qg6 23. Rac1 Qe6 24. Kh2
Rae8 $15 {but there is no easy way in}) 22. h3 Qe6 (22... Qd7 {Komodo11 is one
last try to get in by sacrificial means- since the Wh pieces have virtually no
activity; & Wh has to be exact with his defence} 23. Rec1 Rf5 $19 {a plan of
bringing the Rs in suggested by Peter Heaven in pm analysis} 24. b4 (24. h4 Rh5
25. Kh2 g5 $19) 24... Rh5 25. Kh2 (25. Qd1 Rxh3 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Qf1 Qh5 28.
b5 Bf5 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxc6 Bh3 31. Qa6 Rf8 (31... Bg2 {at once forces Wh to
give up his Q to hold up mate}) (31... Rf8 32. Rg6 Bg2 33. Qe6+ Rf7 34. Qe8+
Kh7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qe5+ $1)) 25... Qg4 $19 26. Qd1 Bf5 27. Bg2 Rxh3+ 28.
Kg1 fxg2 29. Qxg4 Bxg4 30. Kxg2 Rf8 $19 {Komodo11}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 (4. Nc3) 4... Bd6 (4... Nf6) (4... f5 {also
played}) 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. b3 (6. Bd3 {main}) (6. e4 {scores 85% for Wh}) 6... f5
7. Qc2 Ngf6 (7... Qf6 {is quite an aggresivemove, that has been played}) (7...
g6 {also allows Bl to retake with the e pawn & thus have an open e file}) 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Be2 (9. Nb5 {Komodo11} Bb8 10. Ba3 a6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Nb8
13. Bd3 $16 {Bl will have difficuly getting his pieces into play}) 9... Ne4 (
9... a6) 10. Nxe4 (10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Ba3 a6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Bb2 $11 {Komodo10})
10... fxe4 11. Nd2 O-O $15 12. f4 (12. O-O) 12... Nf6 (12... Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3
14. Bf1 Qh6 $17 {Komodo11}) (12... g5 13. g3 gxf4 14. exf4 Nb8 15. O-O Nc6 16.
Bb2 Qb6 $15 {Komodo11; Wh has trouble protecting the d pawn}) 13. O-O Bd7 14.
a4 Rc8 $17 15. Qa2 Qa5 16. Nb1 Bb4 17. Ba3 Rc7 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Bd1 Rfc8 (
19... Rc1 {Komodo11}) 20. Qd2 Qxd2 (20... Qd6 {swapping pieces helps the side
who has a space shortage}) 21. Nxd2 Rc3 22. Kf2 Ne8 23. Ra2 Nd6 24. g4 a5 (
24... g5 25. fxg5 Rd3 26. h4 Rf8+ 27. Ke2 e5 $1 $17 {Komodo11, has opened up
the game fot the Bl pieces}) 25. Nb1 Rc1 26. Be2 Rxf1+ (26... g5 $1 {still;
Komodo11} 27. Rxc1 Rxc1 28. Rb2 gxf4 29. exf4 h5 $17) 27. Bxf1 Nf7 $11 28. Na3
(28. Rb2) 28... g5 (28... Rc3 29. Rb2 Nd6 30. Nc2 Kf7 31. Ke1 b5 32. Kd2 b4 33.
Na1 h5 34. h3 g5 $1 35. fxg5 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kg6 37. Be2 Kxg5 38. Rc2 Rxc2+ 39.
Nxc2 Nf7 40. Ne1 e5 $19 {the g pawn goes, & the Bl K enters; Komodo11}) 29. Rc2
Rxc2+ 30. Nxc2 h6 31. Be2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Dixon, Chris"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.22"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.21"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 g6 (6... Be7 {main,
tocover d6}) 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. a4 (9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bb4 Ne8 11. a4 a5 12.
Ba3 Nb6 13. b3 {Akopian-Johnson, Wld ch U16, Rio Gallegos 1986,1-0}) 9... O-O
10. Re1 Ne8 (10... Re8 {main}) 11. d4 (11. c3 f5 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. a5
fxe4 15. dxe4 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qf7 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Nd2 $11 {Puig Moreira-Alvarez
Fernandez,Havana Municipal ch 2009,1-0}) 11... Ndf6 $2 {Bl miscounted the
balance of defenders vs attackers} (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Ne3 Nf6 $11 {
Komodo11}) (11... f6 $5 {Rudy} 12. Ne3 Rf7 13. b3 Nf8 14. Bb2 Bh6 $16 {Komodo11
}) 12. dxe5 $18 Nxe4 (12... dxe5 13. Ncxe5 Nd6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Nxg6 Rd8 16. Bg5
f6 17. Nf4 Nxe4 18. Qc1 Nxg5 19. Nxh5 Nh3+ 20. Bxh3 Bxh3 21. Qe3 $16) 13. exd6
N4xd6 (13... N8xd6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Rxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Be6 18.
Nfe5 Nc5 19. b3 $18 {Komodo10}) 14. Bf4 Nxc4 {best bet; Komodo11} 15. Bxc7 Nxc7
16. c3 $18 (16. b3 {returning some material} Nb6 17. Qd6 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nbd5 19.
c4 Ne8 20. Qa3 Ndc7 21. Re1 $18 {Komodo10}) 16... Nxb2 (16... Be6) 17. Qc2 Nc4
18. Nd4 Nd5 19. h3 (19. a5 {Komodo11, cuts down on some N activity}) 19... a5
$1 {looking at winning a4} 20. Rad1 (20. Rac1) 20... Ncb6 {Wh is having
difficulty getting his pieces active} 21. Kh2 Bd7 22. Bxd5 $6 {the Ns were a
nuisance, but the 2 Bs will also be, especially since Wh's K side has been
weakened} Nxd5 (22... cxd5 $16 {Komodo11, c3 & a4 are weak}) 23. Qb3 Rad8 (
23... b6 $16) 24. c4 $2 (24. Qxb7 Nxc3 25. Rd2 Bf5 26. Qb6 Bh6 27. f4 c5 28.
Nf3 (28. Qxc5 Ne4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxa5 $16) 28... Rb8 29. Qxa5 Ne4 30. Rg2
Bg7 31. g4 Bc3 32. Qc7 Rbc8 33. Qb7 Rb8 34. Qa6 Bc8 35. Qf1 Bxe1 36. Qxe1 Rb4
$16 {Komodo11}) 24... Nb4 $16 25. Nc2 c5 26. Nxb4 axb4 $11 27. Re2 Bc3 (27...
Bc6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. a5 Bc3 $11 {Komodo10}) 28. Rd3 Bc6 (28... Bxa4 $1 {
considered} 29. Qb1 (29. Rxd8 Bxb3 $19) (29. Qxa4 Rxd3 30. Kg2 Bd4 $17) 29...
Rd4 30. Ree3 Rxc4 $17 {Komodo11}) 29. Rxd8 (29. Rxc3 {Wh has to break the
power of the 2 Bs} bxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxa4 31. Re5 Bc6 32. Rxc5 Rd1 33. g4 f6 $11 {
Komodo11}) 29... Rxd8 $11 30. Qc2 (30. a5 $11) 30... Bf3 (30... Ra8 $1 31. Qb1
Rxa4 32. Ra2 Bd4 33. Rxa4 Bxa4 34. Kg2 b3 $19 {Komodo11} (34... b5 35. cxb5
Bxb5 $17 {displaces the B}) 35. Kf3 b2 36. Ke4 Bc6+ 37. Kf4 (37. Kd3 f5) 37...
Bd7 38. g4 b5 39. cxb5 Bxb5 40. Qc2 c4 41. h4 Bg7 42. Ke3 Ba4 $19) 31. g4 $6 {
(draw?) Wh very short of time & Bl no longer feeling clearheaded} (31. g4 Bxe2
32. Qxe2 b3 $1 {Komodo11} (32... Rd2 33. Qe3 Rc2 34. h4 Bd4 35. Qe7 Rxf2+ 36.
Kg3 h6 37. Qxb7 Ra2 {also winning}) 33. Qe7 Rd2 34. Qxb7 b2 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36.
Qb3 Bd4 37. Kg3 Re2 38. Kf3 Re1 $19 {Komodo10}) (31. Re3 Rd2 32. Qxd2 Bxd2 33.
Rxf3 Bc3 34. Rd3 Bd4 35. Kg2 Kf8 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Rad1 f5 14. c3
Bd6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Be5 17. Qe3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qd6 19. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Saunders, Robert"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O-O Qxc5 17. Kb1 Nf6 18. Bc3 Qc6 19. Rhe1 O-O 20. Ne4 Nd5
21. Bd4 Rfd8 22. Qg4 Bf8 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Ka1 Nb4 25. Qe2 Qc4 26. Be3 Qxe2 27.
Rxe2 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Rxc2 29. Bd2 Nd3 30. Kb1 Rc5 31. g4 Re5 32. Re3 Rxe3 33.
Bxe3 Bc5 34. Bxc5 Nxc5 35. Kc2 Kf8 36. Kc3 Ke7 37. Kd4 Nd7 38. Ne3 Kf6 39. f4
g6 40. hxg6 fxg6 41. b4 Nb6 42. a3 Nd5 43. Ng2 Nxf4 44. Nxf4 e5+ 45. Ke4 exf4
46. Kxf4 h5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. b5 Ke6 49. Kg5 Kd5 50. Kxh5 Kc5 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Ne5 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. f4 Ng7 15. f5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4 Bh6 19. e6 fxe6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qg4
Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 g5 23. Qh5 Bf4 24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. hxg5+ Ke5 26. Qg7+ Kd6 27. Rxf4
1-0

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Evans, Craig"]
[Black "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Qd3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bc5 8.
Qd3 Qxe5 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O d6 12. f4 Qe6 13. Qg3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxe4 15. Be3 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Jones, Derek"]
[Black "Bennett, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be6 11. e3 Bc4 12. b5 Bxf1 13. Qxf1 e4 14. bxc6 exf3
15. Bxf3 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. d4 Qd6 18. Bg2 Nd7 19. Nb5 Qg6 20. Bb2 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Sinnett, Glyn"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.05.21"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Rc1 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Bb1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Qf3 Nf8 15.
Nxc4 dxc4 16. Qxb7 Ne6 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bg3 h5 19. h3 h4 20. Bh2 Nf6 21. Be5 Nd7
22. Bh2 Nf6 23. Qf3 Ng5 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Be5 b5 26. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

