[Event "WPL:Cardiff-The Full Ponty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. h4 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Rg8 13. f4 h5 14. f5
Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Bf4 16. Qd5 Qb6 17. Bxh5 Rg7 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rxg2 20. Rhg1
Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Kf8 22. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Cardiff-The Full Ponty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bullen, Alex"]
[Black "Heaven, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. g4 Ng7 12. h4 Nxe5 13. Bd4 f6 14. h5 gxh5
15. gxh5 Qe7 16. h6 Nf5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bxd7 Kxd7
21. Nf3 e4 22. Ne5+ Kc7 23. O-O-O Raf8 24. c4 Qc5 25. Rhg1 d4 26. Rg7+ Kd6 27.
Qh2 Qxe5 28. c5+ Kd5 29. Rd7+ Nd6 1-0

[Event "WPL:Cardiff-The Full Ponty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[Annotator "Tom Brown"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. g3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. Rb1 b5 15.
cxb5 Nxb5 (15... axb5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 Qa6) 16. Ne2 Qa5 17.
a4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. b3 c4 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rb4 Qc7 23. Qb1
Nc5 24. Rc1 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Rb6 Be5 28. Bxe5 Rfxe5 29. Rc6 Qe7
30. Kh2 Re2 31. R1xc5 dxc5 32. d6 Qf7 33. Rc7 Qxf2 34. Qb7 Qxg2+ (34... Rd8 35.
Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rxh7+) 35. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rd8 37. Rxc5 Rxd6 38. Kf2 d3 39.
Ke1 d2+ 40. Kd1 Rd3 41. g4 Rxh3 42. Kxd2 Rh4 43. Rc4 h5 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. gxh5
Rxh5 46. Rc7+ Kh6 47. Rc6 a5 48. Ra6 Rf5 49. Ke3 Kg5 50. Rb6 Re5+ 51. Kd4 Rf5
52. Ke3 Kh5 53. Ke4 Rg5 54. Rb5 Kg4 55. Ke3 Rf5 56. Ke2 Kf4 57. Kf2 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "WPL:Cardiff-The Full Ponty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jones, Derek"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Nc2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b3 Qc8 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 h5 13. Bb2 h4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Ne3 hxg3 18. hxg3 Rh8 19. Qd4 f6 20. Rac1 Qd7 21.
Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Cardiff-The Full Ponty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[Annotator "John Waterfield"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 c5 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 b6 $2 12. Bg5 g6 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Rad1 (
14. dxc5 {is more unpleasant}) 14... c4 15. Ne5 (15. Rfe1 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 15...
Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxc4 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Bd5 21. Ne5
Rfd8 22. Be4 Rbc8 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. g3 b5 25. Nd3 b4 $6 26. cxb4 Rc4 $1 27. Ne5
Rc2 28. b5 $1 Rxb2 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Rb1 Rxa2 31. Ra1 Rb2 32. Reb1 Rxb1+ 33. Rxb1
Kf8 34. Kf1 Rc8 35. Rb3 Ke8 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Kd3 f6 38. Ra3 Rc7 39. Rxa7 $2 Nb4+
$1 40. Kc4 Nxc6 41. bxc6+ Kxc6 42. Rxc7+ Kxc7 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. f4 h6 45. d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Cardiff-The Full Ponty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Black "Harris, Calum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 Ne5 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rc1 Ne8 14. Qd2 Nc7
15. Rfd1 h5 16. Qf2 Na6 17. Qd2 h4 18. Kh1 h3 19. g3 Nc5 20. Nce2 g5 21. Ng1 g4
22. f4 Nc6 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qb1 b6 25. a3 Qb7 26. Nxh3 gxh3 27. axb4 Nxe4 28.
Kg1 Nc3 29. Qc2 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 a5 31. b5 d5 32. Nf5 dxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Qf2
Rac8 35. Qf1 Rc2 36. Qxh3 e6 37. Nxg7 Qf3 38. Bd4 Qxd1+ 39. Qf1 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "WPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Llanelli"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven"]
[Black "Young, Alan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. d3 Be6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. Nb3
O-O 9. Nc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qe8 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. O-O-O Qf7 14. b3 a5
15. Nh4 b6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. g4 a4 18. Kb2 b5 19. Rhg1 Nc6 20. g5 fxg5 21. Rxg5
Qf4 22. Rg6 Rf6 23. Ng2 Qxh2 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bf3 Qh3 26. Qe2 b4 27. Nf4 bxc3+
28. Kxc3 Nd4 29. Nxh3 Nxe2+ 30. Bxe2 Bxh3 31. bxa4 d4+ 32. Kb4 Rb8+ 33. Ka3 Be6
34. Rc1 Rb7 35. Rc6 Bd7 36. Rxf6 Ra7 37. Bd1 Kg7 38. Rf3 c5 39. Bb3 Bc8 40.
Rg3+ Kf6 41. Rg8 Ba6 42. Rg3 h5 43. Bd1 Rh7 44. Kb3 h4 45. Rh3 Kg5 46. Kc2 Bc8
47. Rh2 h3 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Be2 Bg4 50. Bf1 Rb7 51. Kc2 Ra7 52. Kb2 Be6 53. a5
Rxa5 54. Bxh3 Rxa2+ 55. Kb1 Ra6 56. Bxe6 Rxe6 57. Kc2 Kf3 58. Kb3 Rg6 59. Kc4
Rg2 60. Rh5 Kxf2 61. Rxe5 Ke3 62. Rxc5 Rc2+ 63. Kd5 Rxc5+ 64. Kxc5 Kxd3 65. e5
Kc3 66. e6 d3 67. e7 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Llanelli"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. c3 a5 7. Nbd2 Bc5 8. Nc4
Qe7 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Llanelli"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Powell, J Lloyd"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[Annotator "W Hewitt"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Bd3 e6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rbc1 c4
15. Bb1 Nf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bg5 {(=)} f6 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Rcd1 b5
21. Bf4 Qb6 22. h4 a5 23. a3 Rad8 24. Bh6 Qd6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. e5
Qe7 28. exf6+ Qxf6 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qxh5 Rf7 31. Re3 Rg8 32. Kf1 Bd5 33. Be4
Nb6 34. Rde1 Qf4 35. g3 Qf6 36. Kg2 Rgf8 37. R1e2 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Qxf3+ 39. Qxf3
Rxf3 40. Rxe6 Nd5 0-1

[Event "WPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Llanelli"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c6 8. d3
a5 9. a3 b5 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rab1 Ba6 13. e4 Rfc8 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15.
e5 Ne8 16. Nf1 a4 17. b4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxa4 c5 20. N1d2 cxb4 21. Nxc4
Rxc4 22. Nd2 Rcc8 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Qd1 Rcb8 25. Bc3 Rxb1 26. Nxb1 Bc5 27. Nd2
Qb6 28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Ba1 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 g6 33. Bf1 Ng7
34. Bb5 Nf8 35. Kg2 Rb8 36. Be2 Nf5 37. Rc1 Rb2 38. Rd1 Rb4 39. Kf3 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "WPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Llanelli"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Miles, Richard J"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
h6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. e3 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. dxc5 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "Llanelli"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[Annotator "W Hewitt"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Be2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Bd3 g6 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Bg4 15.
Nd2 Bg5 16. Rae1 a6 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Rc1 Ne7 20. Rce1 Rfe8 21. Ndb3
f5 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 c6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. Nd2 b6 26. Nd3 a5 27. bxa5 bxa5
28. Nc5 f4 29. Nf3 Nf5 30. Qd3 fxe3 31. fxe3 h6 32. Kh1 Re7 33. g4 Nh4 34. Nxh4
Bxh4 35. Rb1 Rf8 36. Qc2 Qf6 37. Nd3 Qf3+ 38. Rg2 Qe4 39. Ne5 Re6 40. Qxe4 dxe4
41. Rc2 Bf2 42. Rb3 Kg7 43. Kg2 $18 Bh4 44. Rb6 Bg5 45. Rcxc6 Rxc6 46. Rxc6
Bxe3 47. Rc7+ $11 Kg8 48. Nxg6 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 Rf2+ 51. Kg3 Bxd4 52.
Rc4 Rd2 53. Ne7+ Kf7 54. Nf5 $4 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "WPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 {a more
speculative line- Avrukh & Bologan prefer lines based on Qc2 & Nbd2} (7. Qc2
Nbd7 8. Bf4 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 {Williams-F
May, WCPL 2017, 1/2-1/2}) 7... Nbd7 8. b3 {main} (8. Qd3) (8. Qc2) 8... b6 9.
Qc2 (9. Bb2 {main}) 9... Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. Nd2 {alternative} (10. Rd1 $5 {
played as well})) 10. Rd1 {main} Rc8 {Intriguingly, despite this only the
second time the Catalan has cropped up for Wh in the databases & none for Bl;
both players follow previous game continuations for another 9 complex moves.
moves. There is, though one another example, this time with Howard defending
the Bl side!} (10... b5 {labelled an interesting pawn sacrifice by Moiseyev &
Ravinsky 1984:127} 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. a4 Ne4 (13... Rfc8 14. Qa2
Ba6 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Nc3 Rab8 17. Rac1 Ne4 {with an active position for the
pawn-Sosonko-Anderson, Wijk aan Zee 1976, 1/2-1/2}) 14. Nd2 Rfc8 15. Qb2 a6 16.
Nxe4 axb5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Nc3 b4 20. Na2 Rxa5 21. Nxb4 {and Wh was
simply a pawn up, Schmidt-Williams, Nice ol 1974,1-0}) 11. e4 {main} c5 (11...
dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 (14. Qe2 {main})) 12. exd5 (12. dxc5
dxc4 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Nb6 19.
Nd2 {Nakamura-Carlsen, Bilbao Masters 2016,1/2-1/2}) 12... exd5 13. Bb2 {main}
(13. dxc5 dxc4 14. b4 {next set up similar to Nakamura-Carlsen}) 13... dxc4 14.
d5 cxb3 (14... Ne8 {main} 15. Nb5 {82% for Wh} (15. bxc4 {75% for Wh, half the
number of games})) 15. axb3 {8-0} Ne8 16. Rxa7 $18 {preferred by the Engines,
3-0.} (16. Nb5 {also looks good, 5-0}) 16... Nd6 17. Ne4 Ra8 (17... Rc7 18.
Nfg5 $1 Bxg5 19. Nxd6 Qb8 20. Nb5 Bf6 21. Rda1 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rcc8 23. Rxb7 Qxb7
24. Ra7 Qb8 25. Rxd7 Rce8 26. Qa1 Qc8 27. Bh3 Qb8 28. Nc7 Re2 29. Ne6 {
Petursson-Godena, Holgen SKA 1994,1-0}) 18. Rxb7 $1 Nxb7 19. d6 Bf6 $146 (19...
Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nfg5 Rfd8 24. Nc3 {
Soltau-Schuetz, FRG jub corr Germany 1970 ,1-0}) 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 (20... Nxf6 21.
Ng5 (21. d7 Nxd7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 24. Bxe5 $18 {Komodo12}) 21... Ra2
22. Bxb7 Qd7 23. Bf3 Re8 24. Kg2 $18 {Komodo12}) 21. Nh4 (21. Qf5 {Komodo12,
seems to be even quicker} Re8 (21... Ra2 22. Ng5 fxg5 23. Be4 {mating}) 22.
Qg4+ Kh8 23. Ng5 $18 {Komodo12}) 21... Ra7 22. Nf5 (22. Qf5 {also}) 22... Ne5
23. Ne7+ (23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Qe4 Rd7 25. Bxe5 {is another way, Komodo12}) 23...
Kg7 24. Bxe5 {there are several ways in} (24. f4) (24. Qc1) 24... fxe5 25. Nc6
(25. Qf5 {Komodo12} Rh8 (25... f6 26. Be4 Rh8 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Nc6 $18 (28. Qh4
$18)) 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Bc6+ $18) 25... Qa8 26. Nxa7 Qxa7 27. Qe4
$18 {a sustained attacking game} (27. Qf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "WPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Morris, Gareth"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 (3... Bb4+ {has been Iolo's standard for a number
of years}) 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 {main} 6. cxd5 exd5 (6... Nxd5 7. Qc2 {main;
Morris-Reznak, Steve Boniface mem, Bristol 2017,0-1}) 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nh5 (10... c5) (10... a6) (10... c6 {main lines}) 11. Bd2 (11.
Be3 {main}) 11... Nhf6 (11... c6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. e4 d4
16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Re1 d3 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rfd8 {Muse-Nikolac,
Cvitanovic mem, Split 2000,1-0}) 12. Bf4 (12. b4 c6 (12... Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 a6 15. e3 Bd6 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nc1 Ne4 19. Qb2 Bc8 20. Nd3 f6
{Bueno-Pritzer, Porto Alegre op 2011,0-1}) 13. Qb3 Re8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5
16. Rfb1 c5 17. e3 Bf8 {Nielsen-Gelfand, EU ch internet blitz, playchess.com
2004,1-0}) 12... Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 14. Rc1 c5 $11 (14... Re8 $14 15. Bf4 c6 {
transposes to 25 games}) (14... Ne4 $11 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Ne5 Nf6
18. Qb3 Nde4 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rfc1 a6 21. Bh3 Rb8 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxc7 {
Chirivi Castiblanco op-Bejarano, Bogota McGregor op 2012,1-0}) 15. Bf4 {
transposes back to main lines} a6 (15... Ne4) 16. h3 $146 (16. dxc5 bxc5 17.
Ne5 Nb6 $14 {main}) 16... c4 (16... h6 $11 {Komodo12}) 17. Ne5 b5 18. Qc2 Nb6
19. g4 Ne8 20. Qf5 (20. Bg3 $11) 20... Nd6 21. Qc2 f6 (21... a5 $15) 22. Nf3
Re8 23. Nh4 Bf8 24. f3 {weakens the K side a little} (24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 Bd6
26. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {Komodo12}) 24... Nf7 $15 (24... a5 $17 {Komodo12} 25. Bxd6
Bxd6 26. Nxb5 Bf4 27. Nc3 (27. Rcd1 Qd7 28. Nc3 g6 $19)) (24... Bc6 $15) 25.
Bg3 Bd6 (25... Bc6 26. e4 a5 $17 {the bl squared B puts more pressure on Wh's
Q side; the wh one staring into space}) 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 (26... Nxd6 27. Nf5 Nxf5
28. Qxf5 a5 29. Nxb5 Rxe2 $17 {Komodo12}) 27. Nf5 Qd7 28. Qd2 Rad8 (28... a5) (
28... g6 29. Ng3 a5) 29. Qf4 g6 30. Ng3 Qd6 (30... a5 31. Qxf6 Re6 32. Qf4 b4
33. axb4 axb4 34. Nd1 Ra8 35. Rf2 Re7 $15 {Komodo121}) 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 (31...
Nxd6 $17) 32. e4 $15 Kg7 33. Rcd1 Red8 (33... Na4 {Komodo12} 34. Rd2 (34. Nxa4
bxa4 35. Rf2 Rb6 $15 {Bl has all the open lines}) 34... Nxc3 35. bxc3 Rde6 36.
Re2 a5 $15 {Komodo12; Bl has a potential passed c pawn}) 34. Nge2 $11 Bc6 35.
h4 a5 36. Nf4 Kg8 (36... b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Na2 dxe4 39. fxe4 b3 40. Nc3 Na4
41. Nxa4 Bxa4 42. Rfe1 $11 {Komodo12}) 37. Nfxd5 Nxd5 38. exd5 Bxd5 39. Nxb5 (
39. f4 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 b4 41. Nb5 Rd5 42. a4 Rc8 43. f5 gxf5 (43... Kg7 44. fxg6
hxg6 45. Rde1 $11) 44. Rxf5 Rxf5 45. gxf5 Nh6 46. Kf3 Nxf5 47. h5 c3 48. bxc3
bxc3 49. Rc1 c2 50. Kf4 Ne7 $15 {Komodo12}) 39... Rb6 40. a4 Bc6 41. Nc3 (41.
Rf2 Bxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. Bf1 Nd6 44. Rc2 Rb4 45. Rdc1 Rc8 46. Kf2 Kf7 47. b3
Rxb3 48. Bxc4+ Rxc4 49. Rxc4 Nxc4 50. Rxc4 $11 {Komodo12}) 41... Rxb2 $15 42.
d5 (42. Rfe1) 42... Be8 (42... Bd7) 43. f4 (43. Rf2 {Komodo12} Rb4 44. Re2 $11
Bxa4 45. Ra1) 43... Nd6 44. Rfe1 Rb3 45. Rc1 Bd7 46. g5 $11 (46. Ne4 Nxe4 47.
Rxe4 c3 48. Rc4 Bxg4 49. R1xc3 Rb2 50. Rc5 Ra8 51. Kh2 $11 {Komodo12}) 46...
fxg5 47. fxg5 (47. hxg5) 47... Re8 48. Rxe8+ Bxe8 49. Bh3 (49. Ne4 Nxe4 50.
Bxe4 Bxa4 51. Rxc4 Rb4 52. Rxb4 axb4 53. Kf2 $11 {Komodo12}) 49... Kf8 50. Kf2
$2 (50. Kg2 Ke7 $15) 50... Rxc3 $19 0-1

[Event "WPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Rb1
O-O 9. a3 a5 {1580 games} (9... f5 {209 games}) 10. Bg5 (10. Ne1) (10. Bd2)
10... Rb8 (10... f6 {279 games, Ribli comments that Bl should keep the N , to
ensure a more complex game}) (10... h6 {35 games}) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. b4 Bd7 (
12... axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Bd7 (14... d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17.
Qb1 Qd6 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Nc4 h5 20. Rc1 h4 21. Nb6 hxg3 22. hxg3 Be6 23. Bd5 $1
{Eingorn-Borovikov, Ordzhonikidze zt 2000,1-0}) 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Nd2 Ra8 17. Nd5
{Bjuhr-Nyvlt,Wld ch ICCF 2002,1-0}) 13. Qb3 (13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nd2 b6 15. Qc2
$14 {Komodo12}) 13... b6 14. Ne1 (14. bxa5 bxa5 15. Qc2 $14) 14... Bc6 (14...
Nc6 15. b5 Nd4 16. Qd1 Bg4 $11 {Komodo12}) 15. Nc2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 (16... axb4
17. axb4 f5 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Ned5 $14 {Komodo12- keeps Bl Q side less exposed})
17. Ne3 Nc6 18. bxa5 Nd4 19. Qa4 $16 (19. Qa2 $16) 19... bxa5 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21.
Rb1 Qa8+ 22. Ned5 $18 e4 (22... f4 23. f3) 23. e3 (23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 $18 {
Komodo12}) 23... Ne6 (23... Nf3 24. dxe4 Nd2 25. Rb6 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Qe8 27. Qxe8
Rxe8 28. exf5 Nxc4 29. Rb7 gxf5 30. Nd5 $16 {Komodo12}) 24. Qd7 $18 (24. dxe4
$18) 24... Ng5 25. dxe4 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 fxe4 27. Qxd6 (27. h4 Nf7 28. Nd5 $18 {
also}) 27... Qd8 28. Qxd8 (28. Qd5+) (28. Qxc5) 28... Rxd8 29. h4 Rd3 30. Rc1 (
30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Na4 Rxa3 33. Nxc5 Nf3 34. Nxe4 $18 {Komodo12})
30... Ne6 31. Nxe4 (31. a4 h5 32. Nxe4 Ra3 33. Rb1) 31... Rxa3 32. Rb1 Ra4 33.
Rb6 (33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Ra2 36. Rxh7 Rd2 37. Ne4 Rc2 38. Ra7
Rxc4 39. Kf3 a4 40. Nf6 $18 {Komodo12}) 33... Kf7 (33... Nf8 34. Rb7 $1 (34.
Nxc5 Rxc4 35. Rb5 a4 36. Ra5 a3 37. Nb3 Rc3 38. Rxa3 $18) 34... Rxc4 35. Nf6+
Kh8 36. Rf7 a4 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Nd7 Rb4 39. Rc8 c4 40. Ne5 $18 {Komodo12}) 34.
Rxe6 1-0

[Event "WPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Saunders, Robert"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 Bg4 (7...
Be7) (7... Bd6) 8. Nbd2 (8. O-O {main & transposes to large number}) 8... f5 (
8... Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bd6 {1 Wh win, 3 draws, 2 Bl wins} (9... Qe7+ 10. Be3 {0-2}))
9. O-O Be7 (9... Bd6 10. Qb3 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Qxb7 Ne7 (12... Rf6)
13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nf1 Nxe5 17. Be3 Nd3 {Ellison-Van
Kemenade, Wigan 1992,0-1}) 10... Na5 (10... Qd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. f3 Bh5 {McKenna-Van Kemenade, Chester
1991,1-0}) 11. Qa4+ c6 12. b4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16.
Qb3 {Arthrudd9-Mark7albot, Arena online 2015,1-0}) 10. Qb3 Rb8 {44% for Wh} (
10... O-O {35% Wh} 11. Nxe4 Na5 12. Qa4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Qxa5
c5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Be3 {Maia-Silva, BRA ch , ICCF 2015,1/2-1/2}) (10... Qd6
{42% Wh} 11. Qxb7 (11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Be2 14. Re1 Rab8 15. Qc2
Ba6 {Cannon-Van Kemenade, BCF Major Open, Torquay 2002,0-1}) 11... Rb8 12. Qa6
O-O 13. Bb5 {Van Kemenade-Saunders, WCPL 2006,1/2-1/2}) (10... Na5 {75% Wh} 11.
Qa4+ c6 {eg Sanitt-Dixon, 4NCL 2014,1-0}) 11. Re1 (11. Bb5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O
13. f3 Bh5 14. Re1 {Van Kemenade-Dixon,S Wales Summer 2013,0-1}) 11... Qd6 (
11... O-O {transposes to main lines}) 12. Ne5 $146 {Komodo12 & other Engines} (
12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxf2 15. Nxd5 $15 {2 draws}) 12... Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe4 (14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kf1 (15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Kg1 Nxd3+ 17. Kf1
Qxe1#) 15... c6 $15 {Komodo12} (15... Qxh2 {intended by Bl} 16. Bxe4 {Komodo12}
(16. fxg4 Qg1+ (16... O-O 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Bxe4 fxe4+ 19. Ke2 Bf2 20. Rf1 Qxg2
21. Kd1 Qxg4+ 22. Kc2 e3 $19 {Komodo12}) 17. Ke2 Qe3+ 18. Kd1 Qxd3 $19)) 16.
Bxe4 (16. fxg4 O-O $19) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. Nxc5 Qxh2 19. Re3 Qh1+ 20.
Kf2 Rbe8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 $19 {Komodo12}) (14. Nf1 O-O 15. f3 Bh5 16. fxe4 Bf7 17.
Be3 fxe4 18. Be2 c5 19. Qa4 Bd6 $14 {Komodo12}) 14... fxe4 $17 15. Be3 {both
Players misjudged here in thinking the piece could not be taken because of the
opening of the e file} (15. Bc2 Be6 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Qxa7 O-O $17 {Komodo12})
15... O-O (15... exd3 $19 {pm analysis} 16. Bc5 (16. Bd4 Qd6 $1 {Komodo12} (
16... Qg5 {pm analysis} 17. Re5 Qg6 18. Bc5 O-O 19. Bxe7 Rf7 20. Bh4 c6 $17 (
20... d2 $17)) 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Be5 Qc6 $19) 16... Be2 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. Qxd3
Bxd3 19. Rxe5 Bxc5 20. Rxd5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rbd8 $19 {Komodo12}) (15... Bd6 {
considered} 16. f4 {pm analysis} (16. g3 O-O 17. Bxa7 Rf7 {Komodo12} 18. f4 (
18. Bxb8 Qf5 19. Ba7 exd3 $19) 18... Qh5 19. Bf1 Bf3 20. Rad1 (20. Bxb8 Bc5+
21. Re3 Bxe3#) 20... Bxd1 21. Rxd1 c6 22. Bxb8 Bxb8 23. Rd2 b5 $17)) 16. Bd4
$16 Qd6 {both players thought this best} (16... Qe6 17. Rxe4 $18 {seen by both}
) (16... Qh5 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. Bf3 Rxf3 (18... Qf7 19. Rxe6) 19. Rxe6 $16 (19.
gxf3 Bh3 $19 (19... Bd6 $19))) (16... Qg5 17. h4 Qxh4 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rxe4
$16) 17. Bxe4 c6 $5 (17... Be6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bxa7 Rbd8 20. Qxb7 $16) 18. g3 (
18. Be5 Qc5 19. Bxb8 {pm analysis} Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Rxb8 21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Bd6
23. h3 Bd7 24. Rf1 $14 {Komodo12}) 18... Kh8 (18... Qd7 19. Bxa7 Rbe8 $11 {
Komodo12}) (18... b6 19. Be5 Qc5 20. Bd4 (20. Bxb8 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Bf3+ 22. Bxf3
Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Bc5+ 24. Re3 Bxe3#) 20... Qd6 21. Be5 $11 {Komodo12}) (18... Rf7
19. Bd3 (19. Bg2) 19... Rbf8 20. f4 g5 $11 {Komodo12}) 19. Bg2 Bf6 (19... Qd7
20. Bxa7 Rbe8 21. f4 Bd6 22. Bd4 $14 {Komodo1`2}) 20. Bxa7 $16 Rbd8 21. Qa4 (
21. Qxb7 $16 {is pefectly fine for Wh}) 21... Bd7 (21... Bf5 22. a3 $16) 22.
Rad1 (22. Qa5 $16) 22... b5 23. Qa5 (23. Qa6 Ra8 24. Qb7 Bg4 25. Rd3 h5 26. h4
$16 {Komodo12}) 23... Ra8 {Bl was hoping to trap the B} 24. Qb6 Bg4 $2 (24...
Bxc3 $1 {Komodo12- saves the game for Bl!} 25. bxc3 (25. Re3 Bb4 26. a3 Rxa7
27. Qxa7 Bc5 28. Qa5 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qe7 30. Qa7 $11) (25. Rxd5 Qxd5 (25... Qf6
26. Rxd7 Bxe1 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rad8 29. Bxg7+ Kg8 30. Bxf8 Rxd7 31. Bh6
Rd1 32. Kf1 Bd2+ 33. Ke2 Rg1 34. Bxd2 Rxg2 35. h4 Rg1 $15)) 25... Qa3 26. Rd2
Qxa7 $11 (26... Rxa7 $11 {also but does.t feel right to entangle the Bl pieces}
)) (24... Bd8 25. Qe3) 25. Rxd5 $18 {the Q has no squares} Qxd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5
27. Qe3 (27. Qxb5 Rxa7 28. Re8 Ra8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qb4 $18 {Komodo12}) 27...
h6 28. Bc5 Rf7 29. a3 Bg5 30. f4 (30. Qd3) 30... Bf6 31. Qd3 Rb8 32. Qg6 Rfb7
1-0

[Event "WPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 (5... e6) 6. e4 {main,
transposes to Sicilian Maroczy; normally Matthew responds to e4 with a French.}
(6. g3 {alternative}) 6... Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 (10. Qd2)
(10. Rc1) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Rfd1 (13. b3 {main}) (13. Rab1
) (13. Rac1) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 {41 % for Wh} (14. Be3 {main, 52 % for Wh;
recommended by Cummings, to avoid the bad B vs N late middlegame/ending that
ensues}) 14... Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Kh1 (16. b3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rac1 {
actually scores 65% for Wh over 17 games}) 16... Qb6 17. Nd5 {letting Bl
exchange his B for the N makes life difficult for Wh} (17. Qd2 $11 {feels
better, yjough 0-2}) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. exd5 Rfc8 20. b3 a4
$11 {though Phan Nguyen-Pham, VIE ch women, playoff, Ho Chi Minh City 2000,1-0}
) 18... Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc5 20. b3 $11 {[%eval 0,0] but with all pawns except 1
on the same colour as the , the N is far superior to the B} Rfc8 21. h4 (21. g3
{Komodo12}) 21... Kg7 22. g4 Rc7 23. Re1 Na6 24. Kg2 a4 25. Bd1 axb3 26. axb3
Nb4 {and Bl has gained entry squares for his Rs} 27. Rde4 Kf8 (27... Ra1) 28.
h5 b6 (28... gxh5 29. gxh5 Ra1 {leaves an h pawn as a target for later}) 29.
Kg3 (29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh1 $11 {Komodo12}) 29... Ra2 (29... Nd3 30. Rh1 g5 $15
{Komodo12}) 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. R4e2 (31. g5) (31. Rh1) 31... Rca7 32. Rxa2 Rxa2
33. Re2 Ra1 34. Rd2 g5 35. Kf2 (35. f4 $1 {clears a pawn away from wh , &
removes N support or opens lines for the B- Wh has to play as actively as
possible, not letting the position stay closed, which must favour the N} gxf4+
(35... f6 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Bc2 Ra3 38. Rf2+ Kg7 39. Bd1 Nd3 40. Rf5 Kg6 41.
Bc2 Nc5 (41... Nb4 42. Be4 Na6 43. Rf3+ Kg7 44. Bf5 $11 {Komodo12}) 42. Rf2+
Kg7 43. Rf5 Kg6 $11) 36. Kxf4 Kg7 37. g5 $11 {Komodo12}) 35... Rb1 (35... Rc1)
36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Rd4 Rb2+ 38. Rd2 Rb1 39. Rd4 {Bl needed to win this game to
equalize the match; & , with increments, can just keep trying for entry in
different ways with his far more active pieces (even his K could be able to
join in)} Na6 40. Kd2 (40. Re4 Kf6 41. f4 gxf4 42. Rxf4+ Kg7 43. Bc2 {eases
the defence}) 40... Nc5 41. Kc3 Nd7 42. Kc2 Ra1 43. Kb2 Ra8 44. Re4 Ne5 45. Kc3
Rh8 (45... Kf6) 46. Kd4 Rh1 47. Be2 Kf6 (47... Ng6 $15) 48. Re3 (48. f4 Ng6 $17
) 48... Rb1 (48... Ng6) 49. Kc3 Rg1 50. Kd4 Rc1 51. Rc3 Re1 52. Re3 Ng6 53. Bd3
Rd1 54. Kc3 Nf4 55. Be4 e6 56. dxe6 fxe6 57. Kc2 Rf1 58. b4 (58. Kc3) 58... d5
59. cxd5 exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01] in effect Bl is now a pawn up as the 2 K side
pawns are held by} 60. Bf5 d4 61. Ra3 (61. Re8 {Komodo12, just leaves the weak
pawn in search of R play} Rxf3 62. Rd8 Rc3+ 63. Kd2 Ke5 64. Rb8 (64. Rg8 Kd5
65. Rxg5 Kc4 66. Rg8 Rh3 67. g5 Rh2+ 68. Kd1 Kxb4 69. Rd8 $15 {with some
holding chances}) 64... Rh3 65. Rxb6 Rh2+ 66. Kd1 Kd5 67. Rb8 Kc4 68. b5 {and
Komodo12 elects for perpetual ch here- Wh will lose the b pawn, but gain the g
pawn, & then surrender the B for Bl's last pawn}) 61... Rf2+ 62. Kd1 (62. Kc1 {
prevents Bl's next, but then the Bl K just wanders in} Ke5 63. Ra6 b5 64. Ra5
Ne2+ 65. Kd2 Nc3+ 66. Kd3 Rxf3+ 67. Kc2 Kf4 68. Bd3 Re3 69. Bxb5 Nd5 70. Kd2
Nxb4 $17 {the g pawn will be next to be lost & then its just a matter of Bl
choosing how to win a pice while preserving one pawn}) 62... Rb2 63. Ra4 (63.
Ra8) 63... Nd5 64. Ra8 Rxb4 65. Be4 Nf4 {this blocks the Bl Ks route to escape
the K side} (65... Nc3+ 66. Kc2 Nxe4 67. fxe4 Ke5 68. Re8+ Kf4 69. Kd3 Kxg4 {
and the R & P ending should be very comfortable for Bl}) (65... Ne3+ 66. Ke2
Ke5 {is another possibility}) 66. Rf8+ $11 {Komodo12} Ke7 67. Rf5 Ne6 68. f4 {
dynamic( desperation as Wh described it), but riskier than} (68. Bd5 Ng7 (68...
Nc5 69. Rxg5 {and material is level9 though here it somewhat favours the B
which can both guard its own pawns while also holdiong up a Bl pawn advance.
In addition the Bl pawns ares split, while Wh.s are connected}) (68... Rb2 69.
Bxe6 Kxe6 70. Rxg5 Kd6 71. f4 $11) 69. Re5+ (69. Rxg5 Kf6 70. f4 d3 71. Bg8
Rxf4 72. Rb5 {simplifies quickly to a drawn position}) 69... Kf6 70. Re4 {
Komodo122 looks complicated}) 68... gxf4 69. g5 Rb2 (69... Rb3 70. Bd5 Rg3 71.
Kd2 f3 72. Re5 Kd6 73. Rxe6+ Kxd5 74. Rxb6 Rg4 {looks very dangerous for Wh &
indeed Lomonosov tablebases confirm a mate in 29 for Bl} (74... Rg2+ 75. Kd3 {
only draws}) (74... Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:31] mates in}) 75. Kd3 Rf4 $19) 70. g6 Ra2
{realising that g2 is covered, so Bl has lost a move in the process} 71. Bd5 (
71. Ke1 Ra1+ $11 {Stockfish9} (71... Ra3 72. Kf2 Rg3 $19 {Komodo12} 73. Rd5 Rg5
74. Bf5 Nc7 75. Rd7+ Kf6 76. Bc2 Ne6 77. Rd6 Ke7 78. Rxb6 Nc5 79. Bb3 d3 80.
Bd1 d2 81. Bc2 Re5 82. Rb1 Kf6 83. Rd1 Rd5 84. Ke2 Rd4 85. Rxd2 $11)) 71...
Ra1+ 72. Kd2 Rg1 73. Kd3 (73. Rf7+ {both Engines} Kd6 74. Bxe6 Kxe6 75. Kd3 (
75. Rxf4 Ke5 76. Rf8 Rxg6 $19) 75... Ke5 76. Re7+ (76. Rf8 Rxg6 $19) 76... Kd5
77. Rd7+ Kc5 78. Rc7+ Kd6 79. Rf7 Ke5 80. Re7+ $11) 73... Rxg6 (73... Rg3+ 74.
Kc4 b5+ {both Engines} 75. Kb4 (75. Kxb5 Rxg6 (75... d3 76. Bxe6 d2 77. Rd5
Kxe6 78. Rxd2 Rxg6 $19) 76. Bxe6 Kxe6 77. Rxf4 Kd5 $19 {Nalimov tablebases}))
74. Bxe6 Kxe6 75. Rxf4 $11 Kd5 76. Rxd4+ Kc5 77. Rh4 Rg3+ 78. Kc2 Kb5 79. Kb2
Ka5 80. Ka2 b5 81. Kb2 Rf3 82. Rg4 Rh3 83. Rf4 Rd3 84. Rh4 Kb6 85. Rg4 (85. Rh5
) 85... Kc5 86. Rh4 Rd4 87. Rxd4 Kxd4 88. Kb3 Kc5 89. Kc3 b4+ 90. Kb3 Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Nidum-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 (4. bxc3 {almost as frequent} d5 5. d4
(5. f4 c5 6. d4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 {Jansen van Rensburg-Haigh, Dyfed Open
2018,0-1}) 5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 {Richmond-Haigh, West Wales op 2004,1-0})
4... d5 (4... d6 {main}) 5. f4 (5. Nf3) (5. Bf4) (5. c4) (5. Bd3) 5... e6 {
enclosing the B} (5... Bf5) (5... c5) 6. Nf3 Nd7 $146 (6... Be7 7. Be3 c6 (7...
c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 b6 11. Qg3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ne5 {Monmeneu
Chulia-Cardona Cervera, Valencia Autonomico 2004,1-0}) 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nc5
10. O-O-O Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Bd7 12. g4 {Nehybka-Hladky,Brno 2004,1-0}) 7. Be3 b6 (
7... Be7 {safer}) 8. f5 Nc5 (8... Bc5 $14 {Komodo12}) 9. fxe6 fxe6 (9... Bxe6
10. b4 Nd7 11. Ba6 $16 {Komodo12}) 10. c4 (10. Ng5 $18 {Komodo12} Be7 (10...
Qd7 11. Qf3 g6 12. O-O-O) 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh3 c6 14. Nxh7 Qe7 (
14... Be7 15. Qh6 Kd7 16. Qxg6) 15. Nf6+ Qxf6 16. exf6 Rxh3 17. gxh3 $18) 10...
Bb7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 (11... Bxd5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. c4 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Qe8 16. Rg1 Rd8 $14 {Komodo12}) 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Qxd5 (13. Be2) 13... exd5 14.
Be2 Ne6 (14... Be7 15. O-O O-O $14) 15. c4 {risky} (15. O-O Bc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5
$14) 15... c5 {risky} (15... Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 (17. Nxd2 Nd4 $15)
17... c5 $15 {Komodo12}) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb5+ $16 Ke7 18. O-O h6 (18... a6
19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 (20. Bc2 g6 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Bg7 $11) 20... Bxb3 21.
axb3 Kd7 22. Nh4 Kc6 23. Rf7 Nd8 24. Rf3 Ne6 $11 {Komodo12}) 19. Nh4 $18 Be4
20. Bc6 (20. Bc4 {Komodo12 prefers the attack to winning an exchange} g5 (20...
Re8 21. Nf5+ Kd7 22. Rad1+ Kc8 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 Bc6 25. Rf7 Bd7 26. Bf2
$18) 21. Rf6 Nd4 22. Ng6+ Bxg6 23. Rxg6 $18 {Komodo12}) 20... Bxc6 21. Ng6+ Ke8
22. Nxh8 g5 (22... Be4 $16 23. Nf7 Bg6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Kd7 26. Rad1 Rd8
27. Bf2 $16 {Komodo12}) 23. Nf7 $18 (23. Rf6 Nd8 24. Ng6 Bg7 25. Rd6 Rc8 $16)
23... Bg7 (23... Bd5 24. Rad1 Bxa2 25. Rf6 Nc7 26. Nd6+ Ke7 27. Nf5+ Ke8 {for
some reason Komodo12 keeps on repeat checking here while insisting that Wh is
winning} 28. Nxh6 Nd5 29. Re6+ Ne7 30. Red6 Nd5 31. R6xd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Bxh6
$16) 24. Rad1 (24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Rad1 Bh8 26. Rf7 $18 {Komodo12} Bxe5 27. Nf5+
Bd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Ke8 30. Rf6 $18) 24... Nd8 (24... Ke7 25. Nd6 Rf8
26. Nf5+ Rxf5 (26... Ke8 27. Rd6) 27. Rxf5 $18 {Komodo12}) 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26.
Nf5+ Kf7 27. Nxh6+ {best- Komodo12 which goes for all the extra pawns & keeps
the Bl K under fire. In pm analysis Wh thought that he had missed an
opportunity here} (27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nd4+ Kg6 29. Nxc6 Re8 30. Rd1 Bxe5 31.
Nxe5+ Rxe5 32. Kf2 $18 {which should be easy for humans , a piece for a pawn
up, & all the Bl pawns possible targets for the R &B- 2.61 for Wh}) 27... Kg6 (
27... Ke6 28. Bxg5 Bd5 {[%eval 371,0] for Wh}) 28. Ng4 (28. Rd6+ Kh7 (28... Kh5
$2 29. g4+ Kh4 30. Bf2+ Kh3 31. Rd3+ Bf3 32. Rxf3#) 29. Ng4 {[%eval 440,0] for
Wh, Komodo12}) 28... Nb7 {2.7} (28... Nf7 {2.3}) 29. Nf6 Rf8 (29... Rd8) 30.
Nd5 (30. Bxg5 $1 $18 {Komodo12} Kxg5 31. Nh7+ Kh6 32. Nxf8 Bxe5 33. Rfe1 Ba4 (
33... Bd4+ 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Re6+) 34. b3 Bd4+ 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. bxa4) 30...
Rxf1+ (30... Re8 31. g4 Bxe5 32. Rf5 Bxb2 33. Bxg5 $18 (33. Rxg5+ Kh7 $14 {
Komodo12})) 31. Kxf1 Bb5+ 32. Kf2 (32. Kg1) 32... Bxe5 {Bl is beginning to be
able to fight back} 33. Nc3 (33. Ne7+ Kf6 34. Nc8 Ba6 35. Nxa7 Nd6 36. Nc6 Ne4+
37. Kg1 Bd6 38. a4 $18 {Komodo12}) 33... Bc6 $16 34. Nd5 Bb5 35. b3 Nd6 36. Kg1
Ne4 (36... Nf5 37. Bf2 Nd4 $16 {Komodo12}) 37. a4 Be8 38. Ne7+ Kf6 39. Nc8 Bf7
40. Rd3 Nc3 41. Nxa7 Bxb3 {the position has got quite complex , with Bl having
some Q side possibilities} 42. Nc8 (42. Bd2 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nd4 44. Nc6 Bxa4 45.
Bxg5+ Kxg5 46. Nxe5 Kf5 47. Nf3 Ke4 48. Re3+ Kd5 49. h4 $18 {Komodo12 after
some consideration}) 42... c4 (42... Bc4 43. Rd8 Nxa4 {Rudy- the position has
become difficult to judge- Komodo12 gets round to} 44. Rf8+ (44. h3 {its
initial idea looks very passive}) 44... Bf7 45. Bxg5+ Ke6 46. Na7 Bd6 47. Ra8
Nc3 48. Nc8 Bc7 49. Ra7 Nd5 50. Ne7 $16) 43. Rd8 Nxa4 44. Nxb6 (44. Rf8+ Kg7
45. Rf5 Bf6 46. Nxb6 Kg6 47. Rb5 Nc3 48. Rc5 Nd1 49. Nd5 Nxe3 50. Nxe3 c3 51.
Kf2 Bd4 52. Rc6+ Kf7 53. Kf3 Be5 54. g3 Ba4 55. Rc5 Ke6 56. Ke4 Bf6 57. Kd3 Be8
58. Nf5 g4 59. Nd4+ Kd6 60. Ra5 (60. Rxc3 Bg6+ 61. Ke3 Kd5 62. Ne2 Bxc3 63.
Nxc3+ Ke5 64. Ne2 $14) 60... Bxd4 61. Kxd4 c2 62. Ra1 Bg6 63. Ke3 Kd5 64. Kd2
Be4 65. Rf1 Ke5 66. Rf4 Bf5 {with Komodo12 now claiming a win, but just going
round in large circles}) 44... c3 (44... Nxb6 {Rudy, preserves Bl's B which
co-operate well} 45. Bxb6 c3 46. Rc8 Kf5 $14 47. Ba5 c2 48. Bd2 g4) 45. Nd7+
Kf5 46. Nxe5 Kxe5 47. Bxg5 $18 c2 48. Rb8 Bd5 49. Rc8 (49. h4) 49... Be4 50.
Be3 Nb2 51. Re8+ (51. Kf2 $18) (51. h4 $18) 51... Kf5 $2 (51... Kd5 52. Rc8 Nd1
53. Bc1 $18) 52. g4+ Kxg4 53. Rxe4+ Kf3 54. Bc1 {mate in 22 Lomonosov} (54. Re8
{mate in 22 Lomonosov} Nd3 55. h4 Kg4 56. Rc8 Kxh4 57. Rc3 Ne5 58. Rxc2 Kg3 59.
Rf2 {sequence given by both Lomonosov & Komodo12}) 54... Kxe4 55. Bxb2 Kf3 56.
Bc1 1-0

[Event "WPL:Cardigan-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Williams, A.Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.02"]

1. d4 {unusual for Wh, who is an inveterate player of} (1. e4) 1... Nf6 2. c4
e6 (2... c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6 {
Hewitt-Heap, WCPL 2016 is the only other game in the databases}) 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 (6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 {gives Wh no problems with the
Ns; Rees-Williams, WCU KO cup 2004,1/2-1/2}) 7. cxd5 (7. Nf4 c6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9.
Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. b4 Rc8 {PC Griffiths-Williams, Birminham-Bridgend club
match 1976,1/2-1/2}) 7... exd5 8. Nf4 (8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1
Re8 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Kg1 Nd7 {Davies-Williams, WCPL 2016,0-1}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 (
9. g3 a5 10. Bg2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bd2 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Rc1 {
Cobb-Williams, WCPL 2008, 1/2-1/2}) 9... Bd6 (9... a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bd2 Bd6
12. f3 Nc7 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Bb1 Ne6 {Musson-Williams, WCPL 2017,1/2-1/2}) 10.
O-O Re8 {main} (10... a5) 11. Bc2 (11. f3 {main} b6 (11... Qc7)) 11... Qc7 (
11... Nbd7 {main}) 12. h3 {Komodo121} (12. g3 Nbd7 (12... Bxf4 13. exf4 Bh3 $11
{Cloud Engines}) 13. Re1 Ne4 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf4 (15... Nf6 $11) 16. exf4
Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nf6 18. g4 $16 {Costachi-Velikic, Arad op 2016,1-0}) 12... Nbd7
13. f3 Nf8 14. Qd3 (14. Nfe2 Be6 (14... Ng6 15. e4 $14) 15. e4 $14 dxe4 16.
fxe4 Rad8 $11 {Komodo12}) 14... Bxf4 15. exf4 Nh5 $15 16. f5 $2 (16. Be3 Ng3 (
16... Nxf4 17. Qd2 N8g6 18. Rae1 $11 Bd7 $15) 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bxc2 19.
Qxc2 Rad8 $15 {Komodo12}) (16. Ne2 {pm analysis} Bf5 {Komodo12} (16... g6 17.
g4 {Howard} Ng7 18. f5 {Rudy} gxf5 19. Bf4 $11 {Komodo12}) 17. Qxf5 Rxe2 18.
Bd3 g6 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qh4 Ree8 21. Bxf5 Qg7 $17 (21... Qb6 22. Rd1 Qb3 23. Rf1
Qc4 24. Rd1 Qb3 25. Rf1) 22. Rd1 gxf5 23. Qxh5 Re2 24. Qg5 Ng6 25. b3 Rae8 $17
{Komodo12}) 16... Ng3 $17 17. Rd1 (17. f4 {Komodo12} Nxf1 (17... Bxf5 18. Qxg3
Bxc2 $17) 18. Qxf1 Nd7 $17) 17... Bxf5 $19 18. Qd2 Ne6 (18... Bg6 19. f4 h5 $19
{Komodo12}) 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Ne2 Re7 21. Qd3 Ng3 (21... g6) 22. Nc3 (22. Nxg3
Qxg3 23. f4 Qh4 $19) 22... Rae8 23. b4 Nf4 (23... Nxd4 {Komodo12}) 24. Bxf4
Qxf4 25. Rac1 (25. Qd2) 25... Nf5 (25... Re2 26. Rc2 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28.
Kf2 Rf1+ (28... Rh1 29. Nxd5 Qh4 30. Ke3 Qg5+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+ 32. Qxf1 Nxf1 33.
Re2 Kf8 34. Nc7 Qg3+ 35. Kxf1 Qxc7 $19) 29. Qxf1 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Qxd4 $19 {
Komodo12}) 26. b5 (26. Qd2 Re3 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 30.
Kh2 Kf8 $19 {Komodo12}) 26... Nxd4 27. bxc6 bxc6 0-1

[Event "WPL:Cardigan-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 (4... a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Be2 e5
8. d5 Nce7 9. Ng5 Bd7 10. Bg4 h6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nh3 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nf2
O-O $11 {Jones-R Van Kemenade, Dyfed League 2014,1-0}) 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 (
6... Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ne8 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ng7 12. Bc4
Nf6 (12... Nb6 $11) 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. Bd4 Bd7 15. O-O $16 {Jones-Weston, Dyfed
League 2015,1-0}) (6... c6 {main}) 7. Be2 (7. Qd2 {main}) 7... a6 (7... e5 {
main}) 8. a4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc5 $11 {21% for Wh} (10. O-O $11 {main, but
43 % for Wh}) (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bc4 $11 {41% for Wh} (11. Bg5 {2-0, but} Be6
$15)) 10... Re8 {considered at least equal for Bl by Davies 2016:151} 11. O-O
b6 12. Be3 (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Nxe5 (15. Rfd1 $11) 15...
Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bxe5 $15 {Ucucu-Ozen, Kahramanmaras op 2018,0-1})
12... Bb7 (12... Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nb4 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. f3 Nh5 17.
Bc4 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. Na2 Nxa2 20. Bxa2 Bc6 $11 {Smirnov-Gabriellan, RUS ch
tm 2015,0-1}) 13. Bg5 (13. Bc4 $11 {Deep Fritz13, Fritz13 & Komodo12}) 13...
Nd4 $15 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. Re1 h6 16. Be3 c5 (16... Qb4 {Deep Fritz13}) (16...
Rad8 {Fritz13 & Komodo12}) 17. Nd2 Rad8 (17... Qc7 $15 {Deep Fritz13 & Fritz13}
) (17... Bc6 {Komodo12}) 18. Qc1 Kh7 (18... Qe7 $15 {Komodo12}) (18... Qd7 $15
{Fritz13}) 19. Bc4 (19. Nc4) 19... Re7 {Komodo12} (19... Qd7 {Fritzs}) 20. f3
Red7 21. Nf1 Nh5 22. Bd5 (22. Nd5 {Engines}) 22... Nf6 (22... Bxd5) (22... Nf4)
23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Bf2 h5 $11 (24... Nh5 $11) 25. Be3 Qe6 {(draw?)} (25... Qe6
26. Bg5 {pm analysis} Rbd7 (26... Re8 27. Ne3 Rd7 28. Ncd5 $14) 27. Ne3 (27.
Bxf6 {Rudy} Bxf6 28. Nd5 Bh4) 27... b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ncd5 $14 {Komodo12})
1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Cardigan-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Young, Alan"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 (3. d4 {Young in earlier games ,2.5-1.5, Fowler-Heap
Dyfed Open 2018,0-1}) 3... Bg7 4. Bc4 (4. d4 {main} cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6
7. Bb5 a6 8. Be2 h5 {Martin Jones-Heap, Dyfed League 2018,0-1}) 4... d6 (4...
e6 {main}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bb3 Nc6 (8... Bg4 {more
frequent}) 9. h3 Na5 (9... a6 10. O-O {50 %}) 10. Bc2 {4 Wh wins, 2 draws, 1
loss} b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 (12. Qe2 {Cloud Engines} Rc8 (12... d5 13. e5 Ne8
14. Ng5 Qc8 15. Bd3 Nc7 16. Be3 $16 {Godena-Habibi, Lugano New Open 2008,1-0})
13. Rd1 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 b5 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rac1 $14 {Shabanov-Kolybin,
RUS ch sf Tula 1998,1/2-1/2}) 12... Rc8 13. Qe2 Qd7 (13... a6) 14. Bg5 (14. Bd3
$16) 14... Nc4 15. Bd3 Na5 (15... b5 $5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5
19. Ne5 $18 {Komodo12}) 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bb5 d5 19. Ne5 (19. e5 Ne8
20. e6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Rxh6
$16 {Komodo12}) 19... Qe6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. exd5 (22. e5 Ne4 (
22... Ne8 23. Nb5 Qb7 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 a6 26. Nc3 Nc7 $14) 23. Nxe4 dxe4
24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. d5 Qa4 26. Qxe4 Qxa2 27. Bc3 $16 {Komodo12}) 22... Nxd5 23.
Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxe7 $14 Qxa2 (24... Qxd4 25. Bxh6 (25. Qxa7 Qxb2 26. Be3 Ra8 27.
Qc7 Rxa2 28. Bxb6 $11 {Komodo12}) 25... Qxb2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qxa7 Rc2 28. Rb1
Re8 (28... Qxa2 29. Qxb6 Qd5 30. Rbd1 Rd2 31. Rxd2 Qxd2 32. Re7 $14) 29. Rf1
Qxa2 30. Qxb6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 $14 {Komodo12, drawn with all pawns on same
side of the board}) 25. Bc3 (25. d5 Qxd5 26. Bxh6 Qc5 27. Bxg7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7
Kxg7 29. Rxa7 Rc2 $11 {Komodo12}) 25... a5 (25... Rcd8 $14) 26. d5 $16 Bxc3 27.
bxc3 Qc4 28. d6 Qc6 (28... Qxc3 29. d7 Rcd8 30. Re3 Qc7 31. Red3 b5 32. Qe3 Kh7
33. h4 h5 34. Rd5 $16 {Komodo12, but looks risky allowing the Q side pawns to
advance} Qc4 35. Rc5 Qxh4 36. Rxb5 a4 37. Ra5 Qb4 38. Ra6 Qc4 39. Rad6 Qb3 40.
R6d3 Qc4 41. Qe5 a3 42. Qa1 (42. Rxa3 Rxd7 $11) 42... a2 43. R3d2 f6 44. Qxa2
Qxa2 45. Rxa2 Rf7 46. Ra7 Re7 47. Rd6 Kg7 $14 {Komodo12, but the Bl blockade
seems to hold}) 29. d7 Rcd8 30. Re3 a4 31. c4 (31. Rg3 Qe6 (31... Qc5 32. Rd6
Qf5 33. Rf6 Qc2 34. Kh2 $18 Rxd7 35. Rgxg6+ Qxg6 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 37. Qxd7 Rxf2
38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxb6 $18) 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Rxg6+ Kf7 34. Rxh6 Ke7 35. Re1
Kxd7 36. Rexe6 Rb8 37. Rxb6 (37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rhe6+ Kf7 39. Re4 b5 40. Rd7+ Kg6
{the Engine is just going round the houses here, though with due care taken
over holding the Bl Q side pawns Wh may well be winning with the 3 connected
passed K side pawns}) 37... Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Ra8 39. Rb2 a3 40. Ra2 Ke6 $11 {
Komodo12}) 31... Kh7 (31... Qxc4 32. Qd6 b5 33. Rde1 Kg7 34. Re8 Rfxe8 35.
dxe8=N+ $1 $18 {Komodo12} (35. dxe8=Q Rxd6 $19) (35. Rxe8 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Qc1+
37. Kh2 Qf4+ $11)) 32. Rd4 {(draw?) wins the match} (32. Qb4 {initially given
as winning by Komodo12, but which then starts repeating moves} Ra8 33. Rf3 Qc5
34. Qc3 Qc7 35. h4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Cardigan-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.12.02"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 (2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. d3 d4 6. c4 O-O 7. O-O Nf5
8. Na3 c5 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. Qe1 a5 {Van Kemenade-Garcia,WCPl 2017,0-1}) 3. g3 Nc6
4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 (7. Nc3) 7... O-O 8. Na3 Rb8 (8... b6 9.
Qa4 Bd7 10. e4 (10. Qc2 d4 11. e4 {Van Kemenade-Brown, WLS ch 2017,1-0}) 10...
dxe4 11. dxe4 Nd4 12. Qd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 {Van Kemenade-Young, WLS ch 2017,
0-1}) 9. Ne5 Qb6 (9... Qc7 {main} 10. Qa4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Bd7 12. Qh4 Qxe5 13. e4
dxe4 14. Bf4 {Danielsen-Lauber, BL 2 Nord 2001,1-0}) (9... Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ne8
11. Bf4 (11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc7 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Bf4 {Casper-Boensch, Meissen
Junior 1975,1/2-1/2}) 11... Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Qb3
$14 {Lodici-Ozen, EU ch U214, Batumi 2014,1-0}) 10. Nxc6 (10. Kh1 {main} Be6
11. Nf3 Rfd8 12. Qc2 d4 13. Bd2 Rbc8 14. h3 Bd5 15. g4 {Danielsen-Soukup,
Pardubice Chladek& Tintero op 2008,1-0}) 10... bxc6 11. Kh1 Ba6 (11... Rd8 12.
Qc2 Ba6 13. Rb1 Rd7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Rbe1 Ne8 16. Bc1 Nd6 17. Rg1 Nb5 18. Nxb5
cxb5 19. Bd2 Qd8 $11 {Molano Lafuente-Moya Albaladejo, Almeria Sola mem 2015,1/
2-1/2}) 12. h3 (12. f5 Ng4 13. Bh3 h5 14. Nc2 c4 15. d4 gxf5 16. Rxf5 e6 17.
Bxg4 exf5 18. Bxh5 Bc8 19. Bf4 Qxb2 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. Rb1 Qd6 $11 {Komodo12})
12... Rbd8 (12... e5 13. f5 e4 14. g4 exd3 15. exd3 Nd7 16. c4 Qc7 17. Rb1 Qd6
18. Bf4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. b3 Rbe8 21. Qd2 f6 22. Rbe1 Rf7 23. Qa5 Bc8 24.
cxd5 cxd5 25. d4 cxd4 26. Nb5 Qa6 27. Qxa6 Bxa6 28. Nd6 Bxf1 29. Nxe8 Bxg2+ 30.
Kxg2 Nc6 31. Re6 d3 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Nxf6+ Kg7 34. Nxd5 Rd7 35. Rxc6 Rxd5 36.
Rc1 d2 37. Rd1 Kh6 38. Kf3 Kg5 39. Ke3 Kh4 40. Rxd2 Rxd2 41. Kxd2 Kxh3 42. g5
Kh4 43. b4 Kxg5 $11 {Komodo12}) 13. Qe1 d4 (13... c4 14. dxc4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4
16. Qf2 c5 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. Kg2 e3 19. Bxe3 Qe6 20. g4 h5 21. Qg3 $11 {Komodo12,
an unlikely human sequence}) 14. c4 h5 (14... Bc8) 15. Nc2 (15. Rb1) 15... Bc8
16. b4 (16. Rb1 Bf5 17. Bd2 Qb7 18. b4 Qc8 19. Kh2 cxb4 20. Nxb4 Rd6 21. c5 Re6
22. Qf2 Rd8 23. Nc2 Qa6 24. a3 Nd7 25. Rfc1 $16 {Komodo12} Nxc5 26. Nb4 Qa5 27.
Be1 Rc8 28. Bf3 Na6 29. g4 Nxb4 30. axb4 Qc7 31. gxf5 Qxf4+ 32. Kh1 Qxf5 33.
Qg2 $18) 16... cxb4 17. Qxb4 Qc7 (17... c5 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rb1 Rd6 20. Na3
Re6 21. Bf3 Bd7 22. Nb5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. f5 Nh7 25. Kg2 Ra8 26. a3 Be5 27.
Bf4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 g5 29. Rff1 $11 {Komodo12}) 18. Qc5 (18. Ba3 Nd7 {expected}
19. Qxe7 Rfe8 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 Rxe2 22. Nb4 c5 23. Nd5 Nb6 24. Ne7+ Kh7
25. Bxc5 Re3 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Rfd1 (27. Nxa7 Rxa7 28. Bxb6 Ra3 29. Kh2 Rexd3 30.
Rfd1 Rxg3 31. Bc5 Rac3 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxh3 34. Bd5 Bf5) (27. f5 Bb7 28.
f6 Bh6 29. Na5 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rxd3 31. Rad1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Na4 33. Bxd4 Be3 34.
Rd3 Bxd4 35. Nb3 Nb2 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Nxd4 Nxc4 $11) 27... Na4 28. Ba3 Rxg3
$17 {Komodo12}) 18... Bb7 {buries the B} (18... Rd6 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Qa5 (20.
Ba5 Nxc5 21. Bxc7 Re6 22. Rfe1 Na4 23. Bf3 (23. Nb4 Bd7 24. Na6 Rc8 25. Ba5 Re3
26. Kh2 Nc3 27. Bf3 Bf5 28. Kg2 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bb4 g5 31. g4 hxg4 32.
hxg4 Bxg4 33. Bxc3 dxc3 34. Kf2 Bd4 35. Bxg4 f5 36. Bh5 Kg7 37. Nb4 Kf6 38. Nc2
Rxd3+ 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Bf3 g4 41. Bg2 Rxc4 42. Rac1 Rb8 43. Rc2 Rb2 44. Rec1
Rxc2 45. Rxc2 Ke5 46. e3 f4 47. exf4+ Kxf4 $14 {doubtful if Wh can win}) 23...
c5 24. Rab1 Nc3 25. Rb2 Ra6 26. Kh2 Bd7 27. a3 $11 {Komodo12})) 19. Bd2 (19.
Rb1 Ba8 20. Bd2) (19. Qxa7 {looked too risky} Ra8 (19... Nd7 20. Rb1 $18) 20.
Qxd4 (20. Qc5 Nd7 21. Qg5 Bf6 22. Qh6 Bg7 (22... c5 23. f5 Bg7 24. Qf4 Be5 25.
Qh6 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qc6+ 27. Kh2 Bg7 28. Qg5 Ne5 $11 {Komodo12- Bl has
compensation for the pawn}) 23. Qg5 Bf6 $11) 20... h4 21. Rb1 Nh5 22. Qb6 Qxb6
23. Rxb6 Nxg3+ 24. Kh2 Rxa2 $19 {Komodo12}) 19... Nd7 20. Qa5 Qxa5 21. Bxa5 $14
Rc8 (21... Rb8 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. f5 Be5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Be4 Kg7 26. Bd2 Rc7
27. Ba5 Rcc8 28. Bd2 $11 {Komodo12}) 22. Rab1 Ba8 23. Nb4 (23. Kh2 f5 24. Ne1
Rfe8 25. Nf3 e5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bd2 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 c5 29. Rf2 Bxf3 30. exf3
Bf6 $11 {Komodo12}) (23. Ne1 e5 24. f5 Bh6 25. Nf3 Be3 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Nxd2
Rb8 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxb8+ Nxb8 31. Be4 Kf7 32. Nb3 Bb7 33. Nc5
Bc8 34. Kg2 $14 {Komodo12}) 23... Nc5 24. Nc2 Na6 (24... Na4 25. Rb3 c5 26.
Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb7 e5 28. f5 Rfb8 29. Rb3 (29. Rfb1 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 gxf5 $15)
29... Rb7 (29... Nc3 30. Bxc3 Rxb3 31. axb3 dxc3 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Kg2 Rb8 34.
Rb1 e4 35. dxe4 a5 36. Kf3 Rf8+ 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. Rc1 Kf7 40. Ne1 g5
41. g4 h4 42. Nd3 Bd4 43. Ne1 Kf6 44. Nc2 Be5 45. Ne1 Ke6 $17 (45... Rb2 46.
Nd3 Rxb3 47. Nxc5 $11) 46. Nc2 Bh8 47. Ne1 Bd4 48. Nc2 {repetition})) 25. Bd2
e6 26. Bc1 Rfd8 27. Ba3 Bf8 28. Rb3 (28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rb3 c5 30. Rfb1 $14)
28... Nc5 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rfb1 Kf8 (30... a5) 31. Nb4 Bxb4 (31... h4 32. Na6
Be7 33. g4 f5 34. gxf5 exf5 35. c5 Kf7 36. Rb4 g5 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Ra4 Be7 39.
Bf3 $11 {Komodo12}) 32. Rxb4 c5 33. Rb5 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rc7 $14 {(draw?)} 35.
Kf3 Ke7 36. Rb7 (36. Ra5 {keeping Rs on looked more complex} Rd6 37. Rbb5 Rdc6
38. Rb8 Rd7 39. Ra8 Rcc7 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 Kd6 42. g5 Ke7 43. Ke4 Kd6 44.
Ra6+ Ke7 45. a4 Rb7 46. Rc6 Rb2 47. Kf3 Rb4 48. a5 Ra4 49. Rxc5 $18 (49. Ra6
$18 {Komodo12})) 36... Rxb7 37. Rxb7+ Rd7 38. Rb5 (38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $11) 38...
Rc7 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 Kd6 41. g5 (41. Ra5) 41... Re7 (41... Rc6 42. Rb7 Rc7
43. Rxc7 Kxc7 44. e3 dxe3 45. Kxe3 Kd6 46. d4 $18) 42. Ke4 $18 (42. Ra5 Rb7 (
42... e5 43. Ra6+ $18) 43. Ra6+ Kc7 (43... Ke7 44. Rc6) 44. a4 Kd7 45. Ke4 Kc7
46. Ke5 Rb2 47. Rxa7+ Kb6 48. Rxf7 Rxe2+ 49. Kf6 Re3 50. Kxg6 Rxd3 51. Kf6 $18
{Komodo12}) 42... Rc7 (42... e5 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 e4 45. dxe4 Kc6 46. e5
Re6 47. Ra5 Kb6 48. Ra3 Re7 49. Rb3+ Kc6 50. Rh3 $18 (50. Kf6 Re6+ 51. Kxf7
Rxe5 52. g6 Rxe2 53. Rg3 $18)) 43. Ra5 Rb7 44. Ra6+ Rb6 45. Rxb6+ {in the
belief a K & P ending would be simpler- it isn't} (45. Rxa7 {was the original
intention} Rb2 46. Kf3 Kc6 (46... Rb1 47. Rxf7 Ra1 48. Rg7 Rxa2 49. Rxg6 Ra1
50. Kf2 Ke7 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rc7 Ra5 53. Kf3 $18) 47. Rxf7 Rxa2 48. Rf6 Kd7 49.
Rxg6 Ra1 50. Kf2 Ra8 51. Rg7+ Kd6 52. Rf7 (52. g6 Rh8 53. Ra7 Rh2+ 54. Kf3 Rh1
55. g7 Rg1 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Ra8 $18) 52... Rg8 53. Kf3 e5 54. Rf6+ Ke7 55. Rf5
exf4 56. Rxc5 $18 {Komodo12}) 45... axb6 46. a3 {Which is also Komodo12's
choice-trying to have another tempo to get the K in, but later} (46. a4 {would
have made all the difference}) 46... Kd7 (46... Ke7 47. Ke5 (47. e3) 47... Kd7
48. Kf6 Ke8 49. Kg7 Ke7 {holds}) 47. e3 dxe3 48. Kxe3 Ke7 49. d4 cxd4+ 50. Kxd4
$18 f6 (50... Kd6 51. c5+ bxc5+ 52. Kc4 e5 53. fxe5+ Kxe5 54. a4 Kd6 55. a5 (
55. Kb5) 55... Kc6 56. a6 Kb6 57. a7 Kxa7 58. Kxc5 Kb7 59. Kd6 Kc8 60. Ke7 $18)
51. c5 (51. gxf6+ {considered} Kxf6 52. a4 $1 {Komodo12} (52. Ke4 {Komodo12}
Ke7 (52... e5 53. fxe5+ Ke6 54. a4 g5 55. c5 bxc5 56. a5 $18) 53. Ke5 Kd7 54.
Kf6 $18) (52. c5 bxc5+ 53. Kxc5 e5 54. fxe5+ Kxe5 55. a4 g5 $11 {seen}) 52...
Kf5 53. c5 bxc5+ 54. Kxc5 Kxf4 55. a5 g5 56. a6 g4 57. a7 g3 58. a8=Q $18)
51... e5+ (51... bxc5+ 52. Kxc5 e5 53. fxe5 fxg5 54. a4 $18 (54. Kd4 $18 {both
Nalimov tablebases})) 52. fxe5 bxc5+ 53. Kd5 $11 {one of those bright ideas-
somehow Wh had calculated that when the g pawn moved forward and the Wh K gave
chase, that Bl could capture the e pawn & be able to catch the a pawn as well.}
(53. Kxc5 $18 fxg5 (53... fxe5 54. Kd5 $18) (53... f5 54. Kd5 $18) 54. a4 $18 (
54. Kd4 $18 {as above} g4 55. a4 g3 56. Ke3 Ke6 57. a5 Kxe5 58. a6 {and the
pawn can't be caught})) 53... fxg5 54. a4 $19 (54. Kxc5 {only move to
draw-Lomonosov tablebases}) 54... g4 55. Ke4 g3 (55... c4 56. a5 g3 57. Ke3 c3
58. a6 c2 59. Kd2 g2 60. a7 c1=Q+ 61. Kxc1 g1=Q+) 56. Kf3 (56. Ke3 g2 57. Kf2
c4 {Wh keeps being a move behind} 58. a5 c3 59. a6 c2 60. a7 g1=Q+ (60... c1=Q
61. a8=Q g1=Q+ 62. Ke2 Qce3# {Komodo12}) 61. Kxg1 c1=Q+ $19) 56... c4 57. a5 c3
58. a6 c2 59. a7 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "WPL:Cardigan-White Knights"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nd4 (8... Nce7) (8... Nd8 {main lines}) 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bd2 (10. Nf4 {main})
10... c6 11. Nf4 Ne7 (11... Nf6 {Komodo12}) 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 (13. Nxe6 $16 {
Stockfish9 & Komodo12} Qxe6 14. b4 (14. Qc2 f5 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Bh3 Qf7 17.
Bb4 Rad8 18. Qa4 f4 19. f3 Be5 20. Kg2 $14 {Czech-Reuschel, Hessen ch VMT
Willingen 2001,1-0}) (14. f4 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bb4 Rfe8 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bxe7
Rxe7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxd5 $16 {Sherwood-Wedding, IECG 2001,1-0}) 14... f5 15.
Qb3 Rab8 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. b5 $16 {O'Kelly de Galway-Niebling, Bundesliga 1975,
1-0}) 13... h6 (13... d5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Rae1 Rae8
18. Re2 $16 {Komodo12}) 14. a4 g5 (14... Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Nxe6 $16 {
Stockfish9}) (14... Rfe8 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f4 $16 {Komodo12}) 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 {
Komodo12} (15... fxe6 16. Qg4 $16 {Stockfish9}) 16. f4 $16 {Komodo12} (16. Rb1
$16 {Stockfish9}) 16... gxf4 17. Rxf4 f5 (17... Ng6 {Komodo12 ,Stockfish9 &
Rudy} 18. Rf5 Ne5 19. Qe2 $16) 18. Bh3 (18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Qg4 Rae8 20. Re4 Qc8
21. Bh3 $18 {Komodo12}) (18. b5 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Qh5 $18 {Stockfish9})
18... Qg6 19. exf5 (19. Qe2 {both Engines come near to giving this as winning
for Wh}) (19. Bg2 $18 {Komodo12}) 19... Nxf5 20. Bxf5 (20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. Rxg4
Ne3 22. Rg6 Rf6 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. a5 $14 {Komodo12}) 20... Rxf5 21. Rg4 (21.
Rxf5 Qxf5 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Bf4 Qg6 24. Rf1 $14 {Komodo12}) 21... Qe6 $11 {both
Engines} 22. Rf4 Re8 {Stockfish9} (22... Raf8 {Komodo12}) 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Qf1
Qxf1+ (24... Qg4 {considered} 25. Re1 $11) 25. Kxf1 Kf7 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
h5 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. h3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Cardigan-White Knights"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 (2... g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. b3
d5 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Ne2 f5 10. O-O {Haigh-Bevan, SW Autumn, Pencoed 2016,1-0}) (
2... d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O {Haigh-Bevan,
WCPL 2017,1/2-1/2}) 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 (6. c4 {main}) (6.
e3 Bg7 7. c3 e5 8. Nh3 d6 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 e4 11. Nf4 c4 {Haigh-G Jones,
Dyfed League 2014,1-0} (11... Ne5 $15)) 6... Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Bg2 (8. e3 Nd7 9.
Nd2 Ne5 10. Qc2 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O {Haigh-French, Dyfed Open 2018,0-1})
8... Nd7 9. e3 (9. Nh3) (9. Nd2 {main lines}) 9... Ne5 $17 10. Bf1 e6 11. Nh3 (
11. Nd2 exd5 12. Ngf3 Bd7 13. Qc2 O-O {Pua-Porper, Calgary op 2013, 0-1}) (11.
dxe6 Bxe6 $19 {Komodo12} (11... Qc6 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. f3 Bh6 $17)) (11. Be2
exd5 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 11... exd5 $17 (11... Nf3+ 12. Ke2 Ne5 $17 {Komodo12}
) 12. Nd2 Be6 (12... d4 $17 {Komodo12}) 13. Nf4 O-O (13... Bh6 $5) 14. Bg2 d4
$17 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rac8 17. Qd1 Qxd4 (17... Qxb2 18. O-O (18. dxe5 $2
Qxe5+ 19. Kf1 Qxa1 $18) 18... Qxd4 $17 {Komodo12}) 18. O-O b6 (18... Qxb2) 19.
b3 Nd3 (19... Bd7) 20. Nxd3 Qxd3 21. Rc1 (21. Nf3 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Rfd8 23. Nd4
$15 {Komodo12- the Bl pawns are not all that wonderful}) 21... Rxc1 22. Qxc1
Rc8 23. Qd1 Rc2 (23... d5) 24. Nc4 Bxc4 (24... Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxa2 26. Bd5 Ra1
27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nxd6 a6 $17 {Komodo12- Bl retains a Q side
majority}) 25. bxc4 Qxd1 (25... Qxc4 26. Qxd6 h6 27. Qd7 $11 {Komodo12}) 26.
Rxd1 Rxa2 (26... Rxc4 27. Rxd6 Bf8 28. Rd5 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 f4 30. gxf4 Bc5 31. Rd2
$11 {Komodo12}) 27. Rxd6 (27. Bd5 $17 {Komodo12- keeps the B active}) 27...
Ra1+ 28. Bf1 Bc3 (28... Bf8 $19 {Komodo12}) 29. Rd3 (29. Kg2 {Komodo12} Bb4 30.
Rf6 Bc5 31. Rxf5 a5 32. Be2 Kg7 $17 (32... a4 $17)) 29... Bb4 30. Kg2 a5 31.
Rd8+ (31. Rf3 a4 32. Rxf5 a3 $19) 31... Kg7 $19 32. Bd3 Bc5 33. Ra8 Ra2 34. Kf3
(34. h4 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Rf3 36. Bb1 f4 37. Kg4 Rb3 38. Be4 fxg3 $19 (38... f3 39.
Bxf3 f5+ 40. Kxf5 Rxf3+ $19)) 34... Rxf2# 0-1

[Event "WPL:Abergavenny-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bg2 g5
9. O-O g4 10. Ne1 Ndxe5 11. Bh6 Rg8 12. Nd2 Rg6 13. Be3 f5 14. Nb3 c4 15. dxc4
Nxc4 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 b6 18. Ncd3 Qg5 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. b3 Qd2
22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Nd6 24. c4 Ba6 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Rfd1 Ne4 27. cxd5 Nc3 28.
Re1 exd5 29. Nxd5 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Bxe2 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Re1 Rc2 33. Bf1 Rxa2 34.
Rxe2+ Rxe2 35. Bxe2 Kd6 36. Bc4 a5 37. f3 gxf3 38. Kf2 Kc5 39. Bf7 g5 40. Kxf3
b5 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Kd6 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Bd5 Kf6 45. h5 a4 46. b4 a3 47. Bb3
1-0

[Event "WPL:Abergavenny-Cardiff"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Saunders, Walter N. R."]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.12.02"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCategory "2"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. O-O Rb8 6. Nc3 b5 7. Ne2 e5 8. d3 d6
9. c3 Nf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. h3 b4 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Qd1
Nxe4 16. Be3 Ba6 17. a3 Nd5 18. Re1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nxg3 21. Qa6
Qb6 22. Qa4 Nf5 23. Re2 exd4 0-1

[Event "WPL:Abergavenny-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13. Bxg6 Nxd4 14. Kd1 Rg8 15.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Qxh6 Raf8 19. Rf3 Rxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxg2
21. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Abergavenny-Cardiff"]
[Site "Abergavenny"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Llewellyn, David"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e4 Rh7 5. Qh5+ Rf7 6. Bxg5 hxg5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Qg6 Nxe4 9. Ne5 Nd6 10. h4 gxh4 11. Rxh4 e6 12. Nxf7 Nxf7 13. Rh7 Qe7 14. Be2
Nc6 15. Bh5 Ncd8 16. Nc3 d6 17. O-O-O c6 18. Qg8 Bd7 19. Re1 e5 20. dxe5 d5 21.
e6 Bxe6 22. Ne2 Kd7 23. Nd4 Bh6+ 24. Kd1 Rc8 25. Qg6 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Bxg5 27. Nxe6
Nxe6 28. Rxf7+ Kd6 29. Rxf5 Rg8 30. Bf7 Nd4 31. Rxd5+ cxd5 32. Bxg8 a5 33. c3
Nb5 34. Re6+ Kc5 35. Re5 1-0

[Event "WPL:Abergavenny-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d4 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Rad8 11. Nc4 Qf4 12. Qc1 Nd5 13. Re1 Qxc1 14.
Raxc1 Nf4 15. Ncd2 e5 16. h3 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4
20. cxd4 Rd7 21. Rce1 g6 22. Re7 Rfd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rb8 c6 26.
Kf1 Kf6 27. Ke2 Ke6 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Rh8 f5 30. b3 Kc7 31. Re8 a5 32. Re5 b6 33.
a4 Kd6 34. f4 h5 35. h4 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WPL:Abergavenny-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Allford, Zane"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Qd2 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Bxf4 7. Qxf4 Qb4+
8. Nd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qxc2 10. Ngf3 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. Ne5 Qf5 13. Qg3 Qf6 14. Rb3
Nf5 15. Qh3 O-O 16. Bg4 Nxd4 17. Bxc8 Qxe5 18. Bxb7 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 Na6 20. Bxa6
Rad8 21. f4 Qb2 22. Bd3 g6 23. Rf2 Qf6 24. f5 Rde8 25. fxg6 Re1+ 26. Bf1 Qxg6
27. Rf3 Kh8 28. Qh4 Rfe8 29. Qd4+ Qg7 30. Qxa7 Rg8 31. Rg3 Qf6 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8
33. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "WPL:The Full Ponty-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 a5 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Be3 b6 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nd2 Nh7 15. Rg1
Bd7 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. O-O-O a4 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Ng3 Ng5 20. Rh1 c6 21. h4 Nh7 22.
f3 Qe8 23. Qd2 Qf8 24. Rdf1 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Rab8 26. h5 g5 27. Nc3 Ne6 28. Nf5
Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Bxd4 Be6 31. Kb1 Nf6 32. Nxa4 b5 33. cxb5 d5 34. e5 Nd7
35. f4 gxf4 36. Qxf4 Qb4 37. Bc3 Qxf4 38. Rxf4 Nxe5 39. Rb4 Nc4 40. Bxg7 Kxg7
41. Nc5 Nd2+ 42. Kc2 Ne4 43. Nxe6+ fxe6 44. Re1 Rbc8+ 45. Kd3 e5 46. Ke3 Ng5
47. Rf1 d4+ 48. Kd2 e4 49. Ra4 Rd7 50. Ra6 Rf7 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. Rxf7+ Nxf7 53.
Rc6 Rf8 54. Rc7 Kh8 55. b6 d3 56. Bd1 Nd6 57. Ke3 Rf1 58. b7 Nxb7 59. Rxb7 Rxd1
60. Kxe4 d2 61. Kd3 Ra1 62. Kxd2 Rxa2 63. Ke3 Kg8 64. Kf4 Kf8 65. Kf5 Ra5+ 66.
Kf4 Ra2 67. b3 Rf2+ 68. Ke5 Re2+ 69. Kf5 Rf2+ 70. Ke5 Ra2 71. Kf4 Rf2+ 72. Kg3
Rf1 73. b4 Ke8 74. b5 Kd8 75. Rb6 Rb1 76. Kf4 Kc7 77. Rxh6 Rxb5 78. Re6 Kd7 79.
Re2 Rb4+ 80. Re4 Rb8 81. h6 Rb1 82. g5 Rf1+ 83. Kg4 Rh1 84. Kf5 Kd6 85. Kg6 Kd5
86. Re2 1-0

[Event "WPL:The Full Ponty-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Gilbert, Jon A."]
[Black "Saunders, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Qd3
Qh5 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Re3 Ne7 17. Bd6 Nf5 18. Bxf8 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rxf8 20. Ne1 Rc8
21. Bb3 Kf8 22. c4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Ra1 Qg4 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27.
Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Nf3 Bc5 29. Qe2 Rg5 30. g3 Rd5 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Kg2 a5 33. Qa2 Qd7
34. Qc2 Qd3 35. Qc1 Qxa3 36. Qg5 Be7 37. Qh5 Qd3 38. Qe5 Bf6 39. Qc7 Qd6 40.
Qb7 g6 41. Qa6 Qc6 42. Re3 a4 43. Ra3 Ra8 44. Qe2 b5 45. Qd2 Kg7 46. h4 h5 47.
Kh2 Rd8 48. Qa2 b4 49. Re3 b3 50. Qb1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "WPL:The Full Ponty-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Yeo, Gareth"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 e5 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Ng3 O-O 8. Bd3 f5
9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nh5 Bh8 12. Bh6 Rf7 13. Qf3 Qh4 14. h3 Nd7 15.
g4 fxg4 16. Qxg4+ Qxg4 17. hxg4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Ne4 Rg6 20. f3 Bd7 21.
a4 Bg7 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Ke2 Rf7 24. b3 b6 25. Rh2 Bf8 26. Rah1 a6 27. Rh5 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Ra1 bxc4 30. bxc4 Bc8 31. Ra8 Bb7 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Ng3 Bc8 34. Ra8
Bb7 35. Ra1 Bc8 36. Nf5+ Kg8 37. Nh4 Rgg7 38. Ke3 h6 39. Bxh6 Bxg4 40. fxg4
Rxg4 41. Rg5+ Rxg5 42. Bxg5 Rb7 43. Ke4 Rb4 44. Rc1 Kf7 45. Kf5 Rb2 46. Nf3 Rf2
47. Rc3 e4 48. Kxe4 Kg6 49. Be3 Rb2 50. Rc1 Rb4 51. Nd2 Bg7 52. Bf4 Rb2 53.
Rg1+ Kf7 54. Rf1 Ke8 55. Kd3 Rb6 56. Rg1 Kf7 57. Re1 Ra6 58. Re6 Bf8 59. Ke4
Ra2 60. Kf5 Be7 61. Rh6 Bf8 62. Rh7+ Ke8 63. Rb7 Ra1 64. Ne4 Rf1 65. Ke6 1-0

[Event "WPL:The Full Ponty-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 d5 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a3 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Qxa6 Rxc3
15. bxc3 Nxd5 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 e5 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. O-O Bxc2 20. Nd2 Qc7 21.
Rac1 Ba4 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. c4 Bf8 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. f4 exf4 26. Qd4+ Kh6 27. Rf3
Bd7 28. Rcc3 Kh5 29. Qf6 Bh6 30. Rh3+ Bxh3 31. Rxh3+ Kg4 32. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "WPL:The Full Ponty-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Davies, Matthew"]
[Black "Harris, Calum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qa5 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nd7
15. Qc2 b5 16. c4 b4 17. Rcd1 Nb6 18. Bd3 Na4 19. e5 Nc3 20. Rd2 Qc7 21. f3 f6
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rg2 Bg7 24. f5 Rf6 25. fxg6 h5 26. Qf2 Ra6 27. Qh4 Qe5 28.
Bxc5 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Nxa2 30. Qxe7 Qf4 31. Qe4 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Nc3 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34.
Be3 Qd8 35. Qf5 Qe7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Bh6 Qb7 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40.
Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "WPL:The Full Ponty-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "James, Dai"]
[Black "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Be3 e5 5. c4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Bb4 7. d5 Nd4 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. a3 Bf5 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. c5 Qb3 13. Qxb3 Nxb3 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. d6 Nxe4 16. dxe7+ Kxe7 17. Nf3 Nexd2 18. Nxd2 Nxc1 19. O-O Bd3 20. Rxc1
Bxb5 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Ne4 Rhe8 23. f4 Kf8 24. Nc3 Bc6 0-1

