[Event "WCPL:Vale-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Nf3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. d6 exd6 11. O-O Nb8 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Ra3 Na5
15. Ba2 Bf5 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qe1 Nc6
21. Nh4 Ne7 22. Qf2 d5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Rc7 b6 26. Bb1 Rd6 27. h3
Kg7 28. Bd3 a5 29. Qf4 Re6 30. Rd7 Qg5 31. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bullen, Alex"]
[Black "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qa4 b5 14. Qxb5 Qb6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. O-O f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Be5 Rfd8 19. b4 Bd6 20. Bd4 b5 21.
Rfe1 Bd5 22. a3 Ra6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rda8 25. Nd4 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27.
h3 Rxc3 28. Nxb5 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Heaven, Pete"]
[Black "Jones, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nf4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. g3
Rfe8 15. Nh3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Kg2 Nf8 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Ne2 Re7
21. c3 Rae8 22. Neg1 g5 23. Re2 g4 24. fxg4 Nf6 25. Nf2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27.
Nh3 e3 28. Qd3 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 c5 30. Qf5 Qc4 31. Rxe3 cxd4 32. Re4 g6 33. Qf6 Qd5
34. Re5 Qc6 35. cxd4 Nxd4 36. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "The Vale"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 Qh5 12. e5 Nd7 13. O-O-O h6 14. g4 Qh3
15. Be4 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Rhg1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd5 20. Rg3 Qh5
21. Bf4 Nc5 22. c4 Be4 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. e6 Nxe6 25. Be5 c5 26. Rxg7 Nxg7 27.
Bxg7+ Kh7 28. Bxf8 Qg5+ 29. Kb2 Qf6 30. Nb5 Qxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Thomas, Ben"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Shayannna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Re1 Nge7 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 10. Nxh2 Bxe2 11. Nxe7 Nxd4 12. Qd2 Kxe7 13. c3 Kf8 14.
Qxd4 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Bc4 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Nf3 c6 18. b3 Bd5 19. Nh4 f6 20. Nf5 g5
21. Bd6+ Kf7 22. Re7+ Kg6 23. g4 Bf7 24. Rae1 Rde8 25. Bb4 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 h5 27.
f3 h4 28. Rxb7 Re8 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Nd6+ Kf8 31. Nxe8+ Kxe8 32. Kf2 Kd7 33.
Ba5 Kc8 34. f4 Kd7 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Bd2 Ke6 37. Bxg5 Kd5 38. Bxh4 Kxd4 39.
Bf6+ Kd5 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. g5 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. b3 Nb8 15.
Bd3 Nbd7 16. Bb1 Nf8 17. h3 Ng6 18. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. f3 Nc7 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Bb1 Ne6 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. g3 a4 21.
Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qb6 23. Bc3 Kf8 24. Rc2 Re8 25. Re2 Qb5 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Qd2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Saunders, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O b5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bb1 Nf6 15.
Qd3 Rfc8 16. Bg5 g6 17. Ne2 Qd8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rc4 20. b3 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1
b4 22. f3 Kg7 23. Qc2 h6 24. Bf4 Nd7 25. Bc7 Qf8 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. Ba5 Nb8 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Nc6 30. Bxb4 d4 31. Bd2 e5 32. Qc4 Qc8 33. b4 Qd7 34. Bc2
dxe3 35. Bxe3 Ne7 36. Qd3 Nd5 37. Bd2 Qb5 38. a4 Qc6 39. Qc4 Nb6 40. Qc3 Nxa4
41. Qxe5+ Kh7 42. Qf4 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Evans, Craig"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 Nd7 11. Kb1 Nc5 12. Rh3 Bc8 13. Rh1 Bf6 14. Bc4
Bb7 15. Rdg1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Qe1 c5 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. g4 d5 20. Bd3 d4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 dxc3 24. g5 Rfe8 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. gxf6+ Kh8
27. Qf4 Qd2 28. Qf5 Rad8 29. a4 Rd5 30. Qg4 Rg5 31. hxg5 Re2 32. Qc8+ Re8 33.
Qxe8# 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 d5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. c4 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nf3
Rfd8 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. g3 Qd6 20. Rd1
b6 21. Rd3 a5 22. Qc3 Kf7 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Qf3 Qe5 25. Qh5+ Qxh5 26. Bxh5+ Ke7
27. a4 Kd6 28. Bd1 g5 29. Kf1 Kc5 30. f3 Kb4 31. Ke2 Kc3 32. h3 Be5 33. g4 f5
34. gxf5 exf5 35. Ke3 Bd4+ 36. Ke2 f4 37. Ke1 h6 38. Ke2 Bg1 39. Ke1 Bh2 40.
Kf1 Bg3 41. Ke2 Bh4 42. Kf1 Kd2 43. Be2 Kc2 44. c5 bxc5 45. Bc4 Kd2 46. Kg2 Ke3
47. Be6 Be1 48. Bf7 Bb4 49. Bh5 Bc3 50. Bf7 Bd4 51. Bh5 Kd3 52. Bf7 Kc3 53. Be6
Kb4 54. Bf7 Kc3 55. Be6 h5 56. Bf7 Be3 57. Be6 Bd4 58. Bf7 Be5 59. Be6 Kd3 60.
Bf7 Kc3 61. Be6 Bd6 62. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. f4 c6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Na3 Re8 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Bf8 12. Ncxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Bf4
Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bc4 Nxe5 18. Be2 Be6 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. Qe1
Bb3 21. Qf2 a6 22. Qf4 f6 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Rg3 Ng6 25. Qe3 Qe5 26. Qb6 Rd2 27.
Qxb3+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardigan-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Moore, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. Bg3
Qe7 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. c4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. c5 Ba5 16. a3 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nf3 f4 20. Ke2 Rf5 21. Raf1
Raf8 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 fxe3+ 24. Qxe3 e5 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. f3 exd4 27. Re1
Qxc5 28. Rc1 Qb6 29. Kc2 c5 30. Rhe1 c4 31. Re7 R5f7 32. Rce1 Qb3+ 33. Kc1 c3
34. Qf2 Qa2 35. Rxf7 Qa1+ 36. Kc2 Qxb2+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 Qb6 8.
Qe2 e6 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Kxd7 12. Na4 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Qc7 14.
Nc5+ Ke7 15. h3 h5 16. Re1 Rhc8 17. Qe5 Kf8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 b6 20. Ne4
Qxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Red4 Rd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4
Re8 27. Ra3 a5 28. Rb3 b5 29. Rc3 Rc8 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rc5 g5 32. Rxa5 Re8 33.
Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. Ng5 e6 8.
h4 Nc6 9. e3 Bg7 10. a4 a5 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. Bc4 Rac8 15.
O-O h6 16. Nf3 Ncb4 17. e4 Nb6 18. Bf4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 c6 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Rfd1
Rfd8 22. Qc1 Kh7 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. Bc7 Rdc8 25. Bd6 Qe8 26. Nb6 Ra6 27. Nxc8 Bxc8
28. Ne5 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 30. Qf4 Kg8 31. Ra3 h5 32. Rg3 Qg7 33. Qg5 Ra8 34.
Rf3 f5 35. Rg3 1-0

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nd4 Bf6 12. Bg5 Bxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Be2
h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. h4 f6 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bf2 Kb8 20. g4 Bg6 21.
Rde1 Rde8 22. Bd1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Kc1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Qd6 26. a3 Kc8 27.
Qe3 Kd7 28. Bd2 Qe7 29. Qb3 Qd6 30. h5 Bh7 31. Qxb7 Nxd4 32. Be3 Qc6 33. Qxc6+
Nxc6 34. Be2 a5 35. Bc5 Ne5 36. b4 axb4 37. Bxb4 c6 38. Bf8 Nf7 39. Kd2 Ke8 40.
Bc5 Ne5 41. Bd4 Bg8 42. Kc3 Be6 43. Kb4 Kf7 44. Kc5 Nc4 45. a4 Bd7 46. Bxc4
dxc4 47. a5 1-0

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Young, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Nc3 dxc4
15. bxc4 Rd6 16. Na4 Qa8 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Rad1 Rd7
21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Rbd8 23. Qb4 Qc6 24. Nxb6 Rb7 25. c5 Nd7 26. Rb1 Rdb8 27.
Rfc1 h6 28. g3 Nxb6 29. cxb6 Qxb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8.
exd5 Nf6 9. Nf4 Nxd5 10. Qa4+ Bc6 11. Bb5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Nc6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5
21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc6 Bf6 23. Rxa6 Rad8 24. Rd6 R5xd6 25. Bxd6 Bxd4 26. b4 f6
27. Be7 Rc8 28. Bc5 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:White Knights-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Buttell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.10.22"]
[EventType "team-"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O g6 12. g4 Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14. Kb1 Ne4
15. Bxe7 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qxe7 17. Ng3 f5 18. gxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Brown , Tom"]
[Black "Musson, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Bxc5 f5 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Rf7 14. Bd3 b6 15.
Bb4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Qh4 17. Qc2 Rxf2 18. g3 Rxc2 19. gxh4 Rxa2 20. Ne2 Bb7 21.
Nc1 Ra4 22. O-O Nc4 23. Rd1 a5 24. Bc2 axb4 25. Bxa4 Rxa4 26. d6 Bf6 27. d7 Bd8
28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. cxb4 b5 30. Nb3 Kf7 31. Nc5 Bc6 32. Ra1 Ke7 33. Ra6 Nb6 34.
h5 gxh5 35. Kf2 Bxd7 36. Ra7 Ke8 37. Rb7 Bf5 38. Rb8 Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rf7
Bh4+ 41. Kg1 Bg6 42. Rb7 Kc6 43. Ra7 e4 44. Ne6 e3 45. Nd4+ Kd5 46. Nxb5 Bf2+
47. Kg2 Be4+ 48. Kh3 Bd3 49. Nc3+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Saunders, Robert"]
[Black "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 a5
9. Nge2 b4 10. axb4 axb4 11. Nd1 Nd4 12. O-O e5 13. Nc1 Ne7 14. c3 Ndc6 15. Ne2
O-O 16. Bh6 Qb6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne3 Ba6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "Briton Ferry"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. g3 Nbd7 12. Bg2 a5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1+
15. Bxa1 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Bb2 c5 19. b5 Bb7 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Ra1
Ra8 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qa4 Qb7 24. f3 Ne6 25. Nb3 Nd7 26. Nc1 Nd4 27. Nd3 Nb6
28. Qa2 Qb8 29. Kf2 Bb7 30. Bf1 h6 31. Ne1 Qa8 32. Qxa8+ Nxa8 33. Ng2 Nb6 34.
Ne3 Kf8 35. Bd3 g6 36. Bc3 h5 37. Ba5 Nd7 38. h3 Ke7 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Nb3
41. Bc3 Nb6 42. Kg2 Nd4 43. Ba5 Nd7 44. Kg3 Nb3 45. Be1 Nd4 46. Kg2 Nf8 47.
Bh4+ Kd7 48. Nd5 Nfe6 49. Kf2 Bxd5 50. exd5 Nf4 51. Bf1 Nc2 52. Bg5 Kc7 53.
Bxf4 exf4 54. Bd3 Ne3 55. Ke2 g5 56. Kd2 Kb6 57. Kc3 Ka5 58. Kb3 Nd1 59. Bf5
Ne3 60. Bd3 Nd1 61. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Davies, Matthew"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 f5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 Bb7 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 O-O-O 14. Bd3
Rhf8 15. Kb2 g6 16. Rhe1 Nf6 17. h3 Kb8 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Nh5 20. e5 Nf4 21.
exd6 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 cxd6 23. Rde3 Bc8 24. R3e2 Rf7 25. Qd3 Qg5 26. Bd2 Qf5 27.
Qg3 Ka8 28. Bb4 Qf4 29. Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Black "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "andre"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 e4 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne7 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd4 Be6 12. g3 Nb4 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Re1
Bf3 15. Rg1 O-O-O 16. Bc5 Nc6 17. Bh3+ Kb8 18. Be3 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nc6 20. c3 Rhe8
21. Bf1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 f5 25. f3 Rde8 26. Rge1 c6 27.
fxe4 fxe4 28. Kd2 Rb5 29. Kc2 Rbe5 30. Kd2 g6 31. Ke3 Kc7 32. Rd1 Rf5 33. Rde1
h5 34. Kd2 Rd5+ 35. Kc2 Rde5 36. Kd2 a5 37. c4 Kb6 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. a4 R8e6 40.
Re3 g5 41. R1e2 Kd6 42. Re1 Ke7 (42... Re7 43. R1e2) 43. R1e2 Kf6 44. Rf2+ Rf5
45. Rfe2 Rf3 46. Kd4 Rxe3 47. Rxe3 Kf5 48. Re2 Rd6+ 49. Ke3 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Ke5
51. Rc2 Kd4 52. Ke2 c5 53. Kf2 h4 54. g4 e3+ 55. Kf3 Rd2 56. Rxd2+ exd2 57. Ke2
Kxc4 58. Kxd2 Kb3 59. Kc1 Kxa4 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Nidum-Cardiff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sims, Chris"]
[Black "Harle, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Bd3 Nd7 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. Nf3 Ng6 7. h4 c5 8. h5 Ne7
9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Bg6+ Nxg6 12. hxg6+ Ke8 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 14. Qxd5 Nb6
15. Qe4 cxd4 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Nf3 Qf5 18. Qxd4 Qxg6 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7
21. O-O-O Bg4 22. Nh4 Qe6 23. f3 Bf5 24. g4 Bh7 25. Qb4+ Kf7 26. Rd6 Qc4 27.
Rxb6 Qxc2# 0-1

[Event "WCPL: White Knights-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Williams, A.Howard"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.11.06"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 {not discussed in Storey} (4. d5 Bxc3+ {I
love this move-Charlie Storey- The Sniper 2011:152} 5. bxc3 Qa5 (5... f5 {main;
Storey} 6. f3 {Van Kemenade-Dougherty, Isle of Man 2002,1-0}) 6. e4 (6. Qc2 {
main}) 6... Qxc3+ {not liked by Storey as it brings the B to life} 7. Bd2 Qg7)
4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ {main} (6... Nf6 7. e4 {is a Maroczy bind,
Sicilian}) 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. e4 (8. Bd2 Nf6 9. f3 d6 10. e4 {main}) 8... Qxc3+ {
12 games} (8... Nf6 {declined in 41 games}) 9. Bd2 Qg7 $146 (9... Qe5 {Cloud
Engines; invariably played eg} 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. f4 Qh5 12. Ne3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1
O-O 14. Nd5 Ne8 15. Bc3 d6 16. c5 dxc5 17. Bb5 e6 18. Bxc6 exd5 19. Bxd5 Nc7
20. Bb3 Be6 {Gawain Jones-Fier, NZL op Auckland 2016,1/2-1/2}) 10. Be2 (10. Bd3
$11 {Stockfish110915}) (10. Ne3 $11 {Stockfish8}) (10. Qc1 $11 {Komodo11})
10... Nf6 11. Bc3 d6 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 (13. Ne3 {Komodo11}) 13... e5 {
Komodo11 second line} (13... g5 {Komodo11 , first line}) 14. Qd3 (14. Bf3 Qh6
15. Qxd6 Be6 16. f5 Rad8 17. Qc5 Bc8 18. Nb4 $14 {Komodo11}) (14. Qxd6 $2 Nxe4
15. Qa3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Be6 $19) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qd5 Bxc2 $15 17.
Qxd6 (17. Bg4 g5 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Rf3 Kh8 20. Rg3 Qe7 21. Re1 f6 $17 {Komodo11
}) 17... Rad8 (17... Rfd8 18. Qa3 (18. Qc7 Nd4 $19) 18... Nd4 19. Rfe1 Qh6 20.
Bxd4 exd4 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxf4 $17 {Komodo11}) 18. Qc7 (18. Qc5) 18...
Nd4 19. Rfe1 (19. Rae1 e4 20. Qa5 (20. Bd1 Bd3 $19) 20... Qf6 21. c5 b6 22.
cxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bd1 Bxd1 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd1 Ra4 27. Rf2 Rfa8
28. Rb1 R8a6 $17 {Komodo11}) 19... exf4 $17 (19... e4 $17 {Komodo11} 20. Qa5 b6
21. Qa3 Bd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Kh1 Qh6 24. Qe7 d2 25. Red1 Qxf4 26. Bxd2 Qg4 $17
) 20. Kh1 Rfe8 $6 (20... Qf6 21. Qxb7 Qf5 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxa7 Rfd8 24. Bf3
Be4 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 f3 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qb2+ f6 30. gxf3
Bxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Qg2 (32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Qg2 Qxc4 $17) 32... Qd3 33. a4
h5 34. h3 Qxc4 $15 {Komodo11}) 21. Bf3 $14 Rc8 $2 (21... Ne6 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxb7 Rd2 25. Bd5 Kf6 26. Rf1 g5 27. Kg1 $16) 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.
Qd7 (23. Bd5 $1 Rf8 24. Qxb7 $18 {Komodo11}) (23. Qxb7 Qf6 24. Qb2 Rd8 25. Bd5
$18 {Komodo11}) (23. Qd7 Qe5 24. Bxd4 (24. Bxb7 Bf5 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 $18)
24... Bf5 25. Qa4 $18) 1-0

[Event "WCPL: White Knights-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.11.06"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 (6. Nc3 Nxe5 7.
dxe5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c6 {Van Kemenade-Jones, Dyfed League 2014,1/2-1/2}) 6... Bxd7
7. O-O (7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qh5 Be6 {Young- Saunders, WCPL 16-17, 0-1})
7... Be7 {'At first sight a natural developing move, but it again allows White
to force the knight to retreat to f6' Janjgava The Petroff 2001:57 - who also
describes 7..Nf6 as 'this passive move falls in with White's plans. Although
both moves continue to have their defenders.} (7... Bd6 {is the latest fashion,
sacrificing the d5 pawn} 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 (10. Qh5 O-O) 10... Nxc3
11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5) (7... Qh4 8. c4 O-O-O {an older line}) 8. c4 (8. Re1 f5 (
8... Nf6 {main}) 9. Qe2 Kf7 10. f3 Nf6 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 $16 {Cunliffe-Jones,
WCPL 2006,0-1}) 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 dxc4 {' The resulting isolated d-pawn position
promises White a slight advantage as he is able to develop all his pieces very
easily' Janjgava 2001:58; & who prefers the alternative} (9... Be6 10. c5 {
still gives White an edge}) 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Bf4 (11. Re1 {main} c6) 11... Ne8
$146 (11... c6 12. Re1 Bg4 {several correspondence games}) (11... Bd6 {given
by Janjgava,Cloud Engines} 12. Be5 (12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. a4 $11 {
Muzychuk-Kosteniuk, Beijing Sportaccord rapid 2011,1/2-1/2}) 12... Ng4 {
Palac-Zaja, CRO ch , Pula 2000,1/2-1/2}) 12. Ne4 $14 (12. Re1 Bd6 13. Be5 $16 {
Komodo11}) 12... Bf5 (12... Nd6) 13. Re1 Nd6 (13... Bxe4 {Rudy & Komodo11} 14.
Rxe4 Nd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11) 14. Nxd6 Bxd6 15. Be5 (15. Qf3 $14 {Fritz11 SE &
Komodo11}) 15... Qd7 (15... c6 {Komodo11}) 16. Qf3 (16. Qb3 $14 {both Engines})
16... Rab8 (16... Be6) 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Re3 (18. h3) (18. a4) (18. Rac1) 18...
Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Kf8 21. a3 (21. Qf3 $14) 21... Re8 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL: White Knights-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Young, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.11.06"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 (7. O-O
Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 a6 11. d3 {Heap- IC Jones, Dyfed Open 2015,0-1
( though Wh went wrong after being 2 pawns up)}) 7... Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 {
main} 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 {main} (
15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Qc2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Ba1 $2 (18. Nde4 {main, 99 games})
18... Ra5 19. Nde4 Ne8 20. Ne2 Bxa3 {Heap-Hewitt,Dyfed Closed 2015,1/2-1/2})
15... Nd6 (15... Rd8) (15... a4 {main lines}) 16. a4 (16. Nce4) (16. Nde4)
16... Bh3 (16... Rd8 17. Ba3 Nf5 18. Bb2 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Nc4
Nb4 22. Qe2 Qa6 $11 {Ghosh(2473)-Vignesh(2268), IND ch U15, Kolkota 2013,1-0})
(16... Nf7 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 17. Ba3 $14 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 (18... Qe6) 19.
Qb3+ $16 Kh8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 f4 (21... Rd8 22. Qxe5 Bf6 23. Qc5 Nf7 24.
d4 $16 {Komodo11}) 22. Qxe5 Bf6 (22... fxe3 23. fxe3 Qd7 24. Rbc1 $18 {Komodo11
}) 23. Qh5 (23. Qd5 $18 {Komodo11}) 23... Qe6 24. exf4 $18 {Komodo11} (24. gxf4
$18) 24... Qa2 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Ne4 (26. Nc4 {also}) 26... Qxa4 27. Nxf6 Rxf6
28. Qd5 Rb8 29. Rfc1 h6 30. Rc7 (30. Rc4 Qa3 31. b6 a4 32. Rc7 {Komodo11})
30... b6 31. Rbc1 (31. Re1 Rg8 32. Rc6) 31... Rbf8 32. Re1 (32. Rc8) 32... Rg6
33. Re4 (33. Rf7 Rg8 34. Qf5 {wins a R; Komodo11} Kh7 35. Re6) 33... Qa1 34.
Rc6 Rb8 35. Rxd6 Rf6 36. Re5 (36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Re6 $18 {Komodo11
}) 36... a4 37. Rxf6 gxf6 38. Re7 Rf8 39. Qf5 1-0

[Event "WCPL: White Knights-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.11.06"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
Bd3 {Hewitt-Van Kemenade, Dyfed Closed 2016,1/2-1/2}) 3. Nc3 (3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Nc3 d5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O {Hewitt-Van Kemenade,
Welsh Blitz ch, 2017, 0-1}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qh3 {Hewitt-Van Kemenade, WCPl 2012,0-1}) 3... d6 4. d4 Nbd7
5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O h6 (6... c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. a5 h6 9. Re1 {transposes}) 7. Re1 c6
8. a4 Qc7 9. a5 (9. h3 {main}) 9... Nf8 10. Bb3 $146 (10. Qd3 g5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Ne2 Be6 13. Ng3 Rd8 {Simonian-Zboril,Marianske Lazne 2011,1-0}) (10. Nh4 {
main, eg} g6 11. Qd3 Be6 12. d5 {Thornton-Rivzi,WLS corr 2017, 1-0}) (10. d5 {
other main}) 10... g5 (10... Be6 $14 {Komodo11}) 11. Qd3 Ng6 12. Qc4 Bd8 (12...
O-O {Komodo11} 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. h3 Be6 17. d5 Bd7 18.
dxc6 bxc6 19. Red1 Be7 $14) 13. Be3 Nh5 {missing a tactic, that Komodo11
doesn't spot instantly either} (13... O-O $14 14. h3 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bb6 $2
axb6 16. axb6 Qb8 $19) 14... Be6 15. Qd3 (15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Qxc4 17. Bxc4
Bd7 $11) 15... Bxb3 16. cxb3 Be7 17. Rec1 Rfd8 $14 {Komodo11}) (13... Be6 {
considered} 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Ke7 (
18... Kf8 {Komodo11} 19. a6 bxa6 20. Rxa6 Nxd5 21. Rxd6 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bb6 23.
Rd5 Rc8 24. c4 Kg7 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rhd8 $14) 19. a6 bxa6 (19... b6 20.
Bd2 Kf8 21. Bb4 Be7 22. Bc6 Rd8 23. Ra3 Ne8 $14) 20. Bc6 Rb8 21. Rxa6 {pm
analysis} Rxb2 22. Rxa7+ Kf8 23. Rc1 Ng4 $11 {Komodo11}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bb6
Be6 (15... Qe7 16. Bxd8 Kxd8 17. a6 $1 {Komodo11} (17. Qxf7 Qxf7 18. Bxf7 Nhf4
19. g3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 g4 21. Bxg6 gxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Rf8+ 23. Bf5 Ng5+ 24. Kg2 Bxf5
25. exf5 Rxf5 26. f4 $18 {Komodo11}) 17... Ke8 18. Ra5 Be6 19. axb7 Qxb7 20.
Qc5 Bxb3 21. cxb3 f6 22. Nd2 Kf7 23. Rea1 a6 24. Nc4 Kg7 25. g3 $18 {Komodo11})
16. Qxe6+ (16. Bxc7 {preferred by Komodo11} Bxc4 17. Bxd8 Bxb3 18. g4 $1 Nhf4
19. Bf6 Bxc2 20. Bxh8 Nxh8 21. a6 $18) 16... fxe6 17. Bxc7 Bxc7 18. Bxe6 {Bl
has a bit of compensation in that the extra f pawn will be difficult to
mobilize in view of Bl's control over f4, Also the opposite colour Bs give
some play- for both sides} (18. a6 b5 19. Bxe6) 18... Nhf4 (18... Ke7 19. Bf5
Kf7 20. b4 $16 {Komodo11}) 19. Bc4 (19. Bf5 {Rudy & Komodo11 looks stronger,
though Bill thought Bl had Nh4in reply} Kf7 (19... Ne7 20. a6 (20. Rad1 {
Komodo11} Bxa5 21. Nxe5 O-O 22. Bg4 h5 23. g3 hxg4 24. gxf4 Rxf4 25. Rd7 Bxc3
26. bxc3 Kf8 27. Rxb7 a5 28. Rb3 a4 29. Ra3 $16 {Komodo11}))) 19... O-O-O $14 (
19... Ke7 {thought of in retrospect, to keep the B under surveillance} 20. g3
Nh3+ 21. Kg2 g4 22. Nd2 h5 23. Nd1 Rad8 24. Bd3 Ng5 25. Ne3 $16 {Komodo11}) (
19... g4 20. Nd2 O-O-O 21. Nb3 (21. Nf1 Rd4 22. Ne3 Nh4 23. Bf1 h5 24. Red1
Rhd8 25. a6 b5 $14 {Komodo11}) 21... Rhf8 22. Rad1 Bd6 23. Ne2 h5 24. c3 b5 25.
axb6 axb6 26. Ng3 Nh4 27. Bf1 Kc7 $14 {Komodo11}) 20. Red1 Rxd1+ (20... g4 21.
Ne1 (21. Nd2 Rhf8 $14) 21... Rd4 22. Bf1 (22. Bf7 Rf8 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Rxd4
exd4 25. Ne2 Re8 26. f3 c5 $14 {Komodo11}) 22... h5 23. f3 Rhd8 24. g3 Ne6 25.
h4 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 gxf3 27. Bh3 Ngf8 28. Nxf3 Kb8 29. Ne3 $16 {Komodo11}) 21.
Nxd1 g4 22. Ne1 (22. Nd2 {was what Bl was hoping for, but seen by Wh} Bxa5 23.
Rxa5 Rd8 {recovers the piece} 24. Bd5 $1 {Komodo11} cxd5 25. Ne3 dxe4 26. Nxe4
Kb8 27. g3 b6 28. Ra1 Ne6 29. Nxg4 $18) 22... Rd8 (22... h5 23. f3 $16) 23. Ne3
$18 Rd4 (23... h5 24. h3 $1 gxh3 25. g3 Kb8 (25... Ng2 26. N1xg2 hxg2 27. Bf7
$18) 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Nf5 Bxa5 28. Rxa5 Rd1 29. Kh2 (29. Kf1 $2 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1
h2 $19) 29... Rxe1 30. Bf7 $18 {Komodo11}) 24. g3 (24. Kf1 $1 Rxe4 (24... Ne7
25. g3 Rxe4 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Bd3 Re6 28. Nf5 $18) 25. g3 Rd4 26. gxf4 exf4 27.
Be6+ Kb8 28. Nxg4 $18 {Komodo11}) 24... Nh3+ 25. Kg2 h5 (25... Ng5 {Gerry} 26.
c3 Rd2 27. Nxg4 Rxb2 (27... Nxe4 28. Be6+ Kb8 29. Bf5 $18) 28. h4 Nxe4 29. Be6+
Kb8 30. Bf5 $18 {Komodo11}) 26. Bf7 Ngf4+ {best try} 27. gxf4 Rd2 (27... exf4 {
first idea} 28. Bxh5 {Bill & Komodo11} (28. Nd1 f3+ 29. Kf1 Nf4 30. Nd3 Nxd3
31. cxd3 Bxh2 32. Bxh5 g3 (32... Rxd3 33. Bxg4+ Kc7 34. Ne3 $18) 33. fxg3 Bxg3
34. Ra3 $18) (28. Nf1 $2 {to prevent Rd2} f3+ 29. Kh1 (29. Nxf3 Nf4+ 30. Kg3 (
30. Kh1 gxf3 $17) 30... Ng6+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ {repetition}) 29... Nxf2+ 30. Kg1
Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Nf2+ {repetition} (31... Rxe4 32. Nd3 h4 33. Bg6 Re5 34. Ra4 Kb8
35. Rxg4 Re1 36. Nxe1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ {Komodo11})) 28... fxe3 29. Bxg4+ Kb8
30. Bxh3 $18 e2 31. Bg4 (31. Nd3) 31... Rxe4 32. h3 $18) 28. f5 $1 {after some
thought; Komodo11} Nxf2 (28... Rxf2+ 29. Kg3 (29. Kh1 $18) 29... Re2 30. N1g2
Nf4 31. Re1 $18 {pm analysis}) 29. Nc4 1-0

[Event "WCPL: White Knights-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 (5. Bg5) (5. cxd5) (5. e3 {main
lines}) 5... dxc4 (5... O-O) (5... c5 {main lines}) 6. e3 (6. e4 {sharper line}
b5 7. a4 c6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Bg5 (10. e5)) (6. a3 {Cloud Engines, has
been played}) 6... b5 7. Bd2 (7. a4 c6 8. Bd2 a5 9. axb5 {Cloud Engines;
mostly corr games#} Bxc3 10. Bxc3 cxb5 11. b3 Bb7 12. bxc4 b4 13. Bb2 (13. Bd2
{Vilardebo Picurena-Noteboom, Prague ol 1931, 0-1 ( originating from a
semislav)}) 13... Nbd7) 7... c6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. a4 (9. O-O $11 {but 0-2}) 9... a5
(9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 (10. bxc3 $5) 10... O-O 11. b3 {Komodo11} cxb3 12. Qxb3 a6
13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb4 Re8 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ba3 N7b6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Bb4 Nxb4 19.
Qxb4 Rc8 $15 {Sixthofer-Milanesi, Feffernitz Raika op 1997,0-1}) 10. O-O Bxc3 (
10... Qb6 $11 {Cloud Engines, Pachman-Wright, Southsea1949, 1-0}) 11. Bxc3 $146
(11. bxc3 $14 {but 0.5-2.5 eg} O-O 12. Rfb1 $14 Ne8 13. e4 Ra7 14. Bf4 Nd7 15.
axb5 cxb5 16. Rxb5 $18 {yet Krzeminski-Karpacz, POL ch tm U20 2012,0-1}) 11...
Nbd7 12. Bd2 O-O $11 {this position has been looked at by Engines in 2012 &
2015} 13. Ng5 (13. e4 $11) 13... h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 (14... Qc7 $15) 15. Qxe4 e5
16. dxe5 (16. axb5 Nf6 17. Qxe5 Re8 18. Qf5 Bc8 19. Qc2 cxb5 20. Bf3 Ra6 21.
Rfd1 Nh7 22. e4 $11 {Komodo11}) 16... Nc5 17. Qc2 Nxa4 (17... Qc7 $11) 18. Bxc4
(18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rxa4 c5 21. f3 Bc6 22. Ra3 a4 23. e4 Bb5 24. Bc3
$11 {Komodo11}) (18. Rxa4 bxa4 19. Bc3 Ba6 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qg6 Rf6 22. Qg4 a3
23. bxa3 Rf7 24. Qxe6 Qd5 25. Qg6 $11 {Komodo11}) 18... Nxb2 19. Bxf7+ $6 {
this recovers a pawn, but helps the Bl pieces gain activity. It alsoleaves the
Bl Q side pawn mass intact.} (19. Qxb2 bxc4 20. Bc3 Bc8 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Bxg7
Rb8 23. Qc3 Rb3 24. Qe5 Rb5 25. Qc3 Rb3 $11 {its dangerous for Bl to deviate
because of the terribly weak bl squares around Bl's K}) 19... Rxf7 $17 20. Qxb2
b4 (20... c5 $17 {Komodo11; Bl's pawns are mobile, in contrast to Wh's}) 21. e4
Qd3 (21... c5) 22. Be3 (22. f3) (22. e6 $5 {opens the long diagonal}) 22...
Qxe4 23. Bb6 (23. Bc5 Rf5 24. Bd6 c5 $17) 23... Re7 (23... c5 $19 24. f3 Qc6
25. Bxa5 Qb5 26. Qa2 b3 27. Qa4 Qxa4 28. Rxa4 Bd5 {and Bl will win the B on a5;
Komodo11}) 24. Rfe1 (24. Qb3+ Kh7 25. Rfe1 Qf5 26. Qe3 Rae8 27. f4 g5 28. Rxa5
c5 $1 (28... gxf4 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 b3 31. Rb4 $11) 29. Qxc5 gxf4 30. e6
Qg6 31. Qf5 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Bd4 b3 $17 {Komodo11}) 24... Qd5 25. Rad1
Qb5 (25... Qf7 $15) (25... Qc4 26. Rc1 Qe6 $15) 26. Qb3+ {missing a chance it
seems} (26. Bd8 $18 {Komodo11} Re6 (26... Rf7 27. e6 Rf8 28. Rd7 {mating}) 27.
Qb3 Bc8 28. Bf6 $1 Qb6 29. Rd8+ {winning the Q or mating} Kf7 (29... Kh7 30.
Qd3+ g6 31. Rh8#) 30. Qg3 Rxf6 31. exf6 g5 32. Re7+ Kg6 (32... Kxf6 33. Qd6+
Kf5 34. Rf8+ Kg4 35. Qd1+ Kh4 36. g3+ Kh3 37. Qh5#) 33. Rg8+ Kh5 34. h3 Qc5 35.
Qf3+ g4 36. hxg4+ Kh4 37. Qg3# {Komodo11}) 26... Kh8 27. Rd8+ (27. Qe3 Rae8 28.
f4 Bc8 29. h3 Be6 $17) 27... Rxd8 28. Bxd8 Re8 (28... Rxe5 $19 {Komodo11}) 29.
Bc7 c5 $19 {the B joins the action at last} 30. e6 (30. Qf7 Qc6 31. f3 Bc8 32.
Bxa5 Be6 33. Qa7 Ra8 34. Qb6 Qd5 35. Kh1 Qa2 $132 {Komodo11}) 30... Qc6 31.
Bxa5 (31. Qg3 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. h4 a4 {and the Armada sets sail}) 31...
Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "WCPL: White Knights-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Downey, Keith"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.11.06"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne8 (8... c6 {main}) 9. Bg5 (9. Re1) (9. Be3 {main}) 9... f6 10. Be3 Qe7 $146 {
one of Komodo11's lines} (10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 {main}) 11. Rc1 f5 (11... c6 {
Komodo11} 12. d5 c5 13. h3 f5 14. Qd2 Ndf6 15. Ng5 Nc7 $14) (11... h6 12. Nh4
Kh7 13. f4 $18) 12. Nd5 $18 Qd8 13. Ng5 Ndf6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. f4 (15. Bc5 Nxd5
(15... c6 $2 16. Ne7+ {wins the Q}) (15... Nd6 16. Nxc7 $18) 16. h4 {Komodo11}
(16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd2 h6 18. Nf3 fxe4 19. Ne1 c6 20. cxd5 Qxd5 (20... cxd5 21.
Bxe4) 21. Qb4+ Kg8 22. Bxe4 Qf7 23. Nd3 $16 {Komodo11})) (15. exf5 $1 $18 {
Komodo11} c6 (15... gxf5 16. Bc5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Nxh7 $1 $18 {Komodo11})
16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nf3 Bc7 20. Bc5 $18) 15... Nxd5
(15... c6 $11 16. exf5 Bxf5 (16... cxd5 17. fxe5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 gxf5 19. Ne6 Qe7
20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bc5 Nd6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxd5 $16 {Komodo11}) 17. fxe5 Ng4
18. Rxf5 Nxe3 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. exf6 Rd2 (22...
Nxg2 23. f7+ Kh8 24. Ne6 $18) 23. Bh3 Nf5 $11 {Komodo11}) 16. b3 {ingenious,
however} (16. exf5 $18) (16. fxe5 $18 {both Komodo11}) 16... h6 (16... exf4 {
Komodo11} 17. gxf4 (17. Bxf4 h6 18. exf5 (18. Nh3 fxe4 $17) 18... c6 19. cxd5
hxg5 20. dxc6 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 gxf4 $17) 17... h6 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Ne4 Be6 20.
cxd5 Bxd5 21. Qe2 c6 $15) 17. Nh3 (17. exf5 hxg5 (17... Nef6 18. cxd5 exf4 19.
gxf4 hxg5 20. fxg5 Bxf5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 $11 {Komodo11}) 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. fxg5
Rxf5 20. Rxf5 Bxf5 21. g4 c6 (21... Bd7 22. Qf3 $18) 22. gxf5 cxd5 23. fxg6 Kg8
24. Qh5 $18 {Komodo11}) 17... fxe4 $11 18. cxd5 Bxh3 $5 (18... Qe7 $11) (18...
Nd6 $11 19. fxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Bxe5 21. Bxh6 Bf5 $11 {Komodo11}) 19. Bxh3 exf4
20. Bxf4 Nd6 (20... Kh8 $11) 21. Qc2 Bd4+ (21... g5) 22. Kh1 g5 23. Bxd6 Rxf1+
(23... Qxd6 24. Qxe4 Bg7 $14 {Komodo11}) 24. Rxf1 (24. Bxf1) 24... Qxd6 25.
Qxe4 Bg7 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Rf7 (27. Kg2 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qa4 a6 30. Qd7
Be5 31. Bf5 Qg8 32. Be4 Bd6 33. Kh3 h5 34. Bd3 h4 35. Kg4 hxg3 36. hxg3 Be5 $16
{but Typical of Engines, Komodo11 now just keeps moving the Wh B on the same
diagonal}) 27... Qe5 {trying too hard} (27... Rf8 28. Qf5 (28. Qg6 Rxf7 29.
Qxf7 Qf8 {forces Qs off with a draw- Rudy}) 28... Rxf7 29. Bxf7 Qe7 30. Kg2
Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Qe7 $14 (31... g4+ 32. Kh4 (32. Qxg4 Qf1+ 33. Kh4 Qxf7 $19) 32...
Qxh2+ 33. Kxg4 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qe7 $11 {Komodo11})) 28. Qg6 $18 Qa1+ {a raid that
Bl can't afford} (28... a5 29. Kg2 Rg8 30. Kh3 (30. Bf5) 30... Qe2 31. a4 Qa6
32. d6 Qxd6 33. Rd7 Qa6 34. Qf7 Qa8 35. Kg4 Qe8 36. Qxg8+ Qxg8 37. Bxg8 Kxg8
38. Kh5 $18 {Komodo11}) 29. Kg2 Qxa2+ 30. Rf2 (30. Kh3 $1 {Komodo11} Qa1 31. d6
$1 (31. Bf5 Qf1+ $11) 31... cxd6 32. Bd5 Qc3 33. Rxb7 Qc8+ 34. Kg2 Qf8 35. Rf7
(35. Be4 Qg8 36. Rxg7 Qxg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bxa8) 35... Qg8 36. Qxg7+ Qxg7
37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Bxa8) 30... Qa3 (30... Qa6 {holds out longer} 31. Kh3 Rg8 32.
Rf7 Qe2 33. Rf4 Qa6 34. Rf5 Rd8 35. Rf7 Rg8 36. d6 Qxd6 37. Rd7 g4+ 38. Qxg4
Qa6 39. Kg2 Qa2+ 40. Kg1 Qa1+ 41. Rd1 Bd4+ 42. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 43. Rxd4 $18 {
Komodo11}) 31. Bf5 Kg8 32. Qh7+ (32. Be4 $1 Qd6 33. Qh7# {Komodo11}) 32... Kf8
33. Be6+ {other B moves it seems lead to forced mate} (33. Bg4+) (33. Bc8+) (
33. Bh3+) (33. Bg6+) 33... Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Kd6 35. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Kett, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. c4 Nbd7 6. d4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Qa4 Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O e5
15. d5 Ng4 16. Bf3 Bc5+ 17. Kg2 Ne3+ 18. Bxe3 Bxe3 19. Bg4 Nf6 20. Bh3 Qb6 21.
Qb3 Qa6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Kf3 Bd4 24. Qb5 Qd6 25. Ne2 Bb6 26. Rc1 Nh7 27. Kg2
Ng5 28. Qd3 Qb4 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. b3 f5 31. Nc3 Qd7 32. exf5 Nxh3 33. Kxh3 gxf5
34. Rh4 e4 35. Qd1 Rf6 36. Qh5 Ba5 37. Nb1 f4+ 38. Qg4 Qxd5 39. gxf4 Qd3+ 40.
Kg2 e3 41. Qh3 Rg6+ 42. Kh1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[Annotator ",jthornton126@btinter"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nc3 cxd4
8. Qxd4 e6 9. a4 b6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qc4 Kf7 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Nxe7
Qxe7 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. f4 Nc4 18. f5 Re8 19. fxe6+ Bxe6 20. Qc3 Rbc8
21. Bf4 Qb7 22. Rae1 Ne5 23. Qg3 Rc4 24. c3 Qc7 25. Bxe5 {0-1 time} 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Black "Heaven, Pete"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. exf5
exf5 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Qf3 Qc8 19. b4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4
21. Qb2 Qb7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Be5 Rae8 24. Bd6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27.
Rxe8+ Kf7 28. Re7+ Qxe7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Nb4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Rac1 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. a3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc7 20. a4 Be6 21.
Qb2 Rab8 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Bd5 24. Bh3 Ne6 25. f4 b5 26. Qe2 Re8 27. Qh5
Re7 28. Re3 bxa4 $2 29. Rde1 $2 (29. c4 $1 Nxd4 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Red3 $16)
29... Rbe8 $2 (29... a3 $17) 30. Nxf7 $2 (30. c4 Nxd4 31. cxd5 Qxd5 32. Rc1 $16
) 30... Rxf7 31. f5 Rfe7 $2 (31... Nc7 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Rxe8+ Rf8 $19) 32. f6
$4 (32. fxe6 a3 33. Qg6 Rf8 (33... a2 34. Bf5 Rxe6 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36. Bxe6+ Rxe6
37. Rxe6 Bxe6 38. Rf1+ Ke8 39. Qh8+ $16) 34. Qd3 $11) 32... gxf6 33. Bxe6+ Rxe6
34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qxh6+ Ke7 36. Rxe6+ Bxe6 37. Qg7+ Kd8 38. Qxf6+ Kc7 39. c4 Bd7
40. Qxd6+ Kxd6 41. c5+ Kd5 42. Ra1 Bh3 43. Kf2 Kxd4 44. Rxa4+ Kxc5 45. Rxa7 Kd4
46. Ra4+ Kc3 47. g4 c5 $4 48. Ra3+ Kd2 49. Rxh3 c4 50. Rh7 Rf8+ 51. Kg3 Rc8 52.
Rd7+ Ke3 53. Re7+ Kd2 54. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Thomas, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nf1 a6 11. Ba4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Be3 Bh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Nh4 Rad8 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. f3 Nf6 23. g3 d5 24. Rad1 d4 25. Bf2 Nh7 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. f4 Ne6
28. f5 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Abergavenny"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3 Bb7 6. g3 b4 7. Ne2 d5 8. exd5 Bxd5
9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 Bb7 12. h3 O-O 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Qc2
Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ne8 19. Nf4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rad8 21. Kh2
g6 22. Qf2 Ng7 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. e6 f5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rc1 Rc8
28. Rfe1 Qd6 29. Qe3 d4 30. Qe5+ Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Kf6 32. Rce1 Rc6 33. Kg2 Rb6 34.
Kf3 Rb8 35. g4 Rb6 36. h4 h6 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. R5e2 Rb8 39. Rg1 h5 40. Rg5 Rh8
41. Kg2 Rh6 42. Kh3 Rh8 43. Rf2 Kxe6 44. Rgxf5 Rh6 45. R5f4 Bd6 46. Re4+ Kd5
47. Rf5+ Kc6 48. Re2 Rg6 49. Rg5 Rh6 50. Kg2 Bf4 51. Rg8 Bd6 52. Ree8 Rf6 53.
Rh8 Rg6+ 54. Kf2 Bg3+ 55. Ke2 Bxh4 56. Rxh5 Bg5 57. Re5 Be3 58. Rxc5+ Kb6 59.
Kf3 Rf6+ 60. Rcf5 Rc6 61. Ke4 Bg1 62. Rh8 Kb7 63. Kd5 Rc7 64. Rhf8 Rc2 65.
R5f7+ Kb6 66. Rb8+ Ka5 67. Rf5 Rf2 68. Rg5 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Phillips, Roy"]
[Black "Kett, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nxe4 fxe4
15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Nb3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 g5 18. fxg5 Qxe5 19. c3 Bg4 20. Nc5 Rae8 21.
h3 Bc8 22. Rae1 Kg7 23. Nb3 Ba6 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Qxa7 Qg3 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Rc1
e3 28. Qg4 Qf2+ 29. Kh2 e2 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Nd4 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Liaskos, Leonidas"]
[Black "Musson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 6. dxc6 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Bb6 8.
Qd5 Nf2 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 bxc6 11. Qc4 Nxh1 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Qh4 Ba6+ 14. c4 d5
15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Ke1 Qe7 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 cxd5 20. Kg1 e4
21. Nd4 Qe5 22. Nb1 Rac8 23. Nc3 Rc4 24. Nde2 Rfc8 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qh3 R8c7 27.
Qe3 Qg5 28. Nf4 Qg4 29. Nce2 Rc2 30. Rxd5 g5 31. Qb3 Kh7 32. h3 Qc8 33. Kxh1
gxf4 34. Rxh5+ Kg7 35. Nxf4 Re7 36. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Morris, Gareth"]
[Black "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. gxf4 Ng6 16. e3 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Ngxf4 18. exf4 Qxf4 19. Be4 Bc5 20. f3
Rhe8 21. Ne2 Rxe4 22. Nxf4 Rxf4 23. Qg2 Ne5 24. Ke2 Nxf3 25. Rhf1 Rd2# 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Heaven, Pete"]
[Black "Saunders, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qd7 11. O-O-O Bf6 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. h3 Rde8
14. Bf4 h6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. cxd4 Qe6 18. b3 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4
20. Be3 d5 21. c3 Kd7 22. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Na3 Nc7 12. Nc2 a5 13. Bd2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bc4 e6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Nxc4 18. Bh6 Qh4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Nd4 Nb6 21. Qe5
Qe7 22. b3 f6 23. Qe1 e5 24. Kh1 Qc5 25. Nf3 Nbd5 26. c4 Nf4 27. Rd1 Nce6 28.
Rd7 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Qh4 Kg7 31. Rd1 Qe7 32. Qe1 Nc5 33. Kh2 Ncd3 34. Qxa5
e4 35. Ne1 Qd6 36. c5 Qe5 37. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 38. g3 Nxc5 39. Qd2 Nd3 40. Rf1 f5 41.
h4 Qd4 42. Qg5 Qf6 43. Qe3 Ne5 44. Kh1 Ng4 45. Qf4 Qd8 46. Re1 e3 47. Kg1 Qd3
48. Qf3 Qd2 49. Qe2 Qd6 50. Qf3 Qd4 51. Qe2 Qe4 52. Qb2+ Kh6 53. Qe2 c5 54. a4
b6 55. Qf1 Ne5 56. Kh2 Nf3+ 57. Kh3 Qg4+ 58. Kg2 Nxh4+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Vale-Nidum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Choo Yin, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gibbon, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. e3
Qc7 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Rb1 Be6 12. Bd2 Qxc4 13. Rbc1 Qxd4 14. exd4
Rac8 15. Rfd1 d5 16. Nb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bd7 18. Nc3 e6 19. Bf1 a6 20. b4 Rc8 21.
a4 Ne8 22. b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Nd6 26. Bb2 Nf5 27. g4
Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. a5 Kg7 30. Kg2 h5 31. h3 h4 32. a6 bxa6 33. Bxa6 g5 34.
Bd3 Kf6 35. Bh7 Ke5 36. Bg8 f6 37. f3 Bb6 38. Bh7 Kf4 39. Bg8 Ke5 40. Bh7 Kd4
41. Bg8 e5 42. Kf2 Kd3+ 43. Ke1 d4 44. Bb3 Ke3 45. Bd5 Kf4 46. Kf2 d3+ 47. Kg2
Ke3 48. Bc4 d2 49. Bb3 Ke2 50. Bc4+ Ke1 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. h3
Nc7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 c5 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Nh2
b5 16. f4 b4 17. Nd1 Qc8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qe3 f4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Qxc5 Nh5
22. Rf3 Na6 23. Qxc8 Bd4+ 24. Nf2 Raxc8 25. b3 Nc5 26. Nhg4 Rce8 27. Kh2 Kh8
28. e5 Rf5 29. e6 Nxe6 30. dxe6 Bc6 31. h4 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Ng7 33. Rd1 Bxf2 34.
Nxf2 Rxe6 35. Bg4 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Young, Alan"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bc2 Rfd8
15. Qd3 g6 16. Rad1 Be8 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Bb3 Ne7 22. Rd3 Ned5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Bc6 27.
h3 Qf4 28. Rd1 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rd5 31. Rc1 Rxd4 32. Rc7 Rd6 33.
Rxb7 Ra6 34. b5 Rxa3 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kg3 e5 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Rc7 Ke6 39. Rb7 h6
40. Rc7 f6 41. Rb7 Kf5 42. Rf7 Ra4 43. Kg3 Rb4 44. Rb7 Rb3 45. Kg2 Kf4 46. h4
Kf5 47. Rxa7 Rxb5 48. Rh7 h5 49. Rh6 Rb4 50. Kg3 Rf4 51. Rh7 g5 52. Rxh5 Kg6
53. Rh8 gxh4+ 54. Rxh4 Rxh4 55. Kxh4 Kf5 56. Kh5 Kf4 57. Kg6 Kxf3 58. Kxf6 e4
59. Kf5 e3 60. fxe3 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 Qd6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14.
Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Qc5 Qe6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. b4 b6 18. Qc3 a5 19. a3 Bb5 20. a4 axb4
21. Qxb4 Be8 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 c6 25. Qa6 Rb8 26. h3 Qc8 27.
Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc5 f6 29. Nd3 Rb8 30. Ra5 Rb7 31. Nc5 Re7 32. Ra8 Kf7 33. Kf1
Rc7 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 h5 36. Kc3 g5 37. Kb4 Bd7 38. Ka5 Rc8 39. Ra7 Rd8 40.
Rc7 Ke8 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Kb6 Rd8 43. Kxc6 Rb8 44. Kxd5 Rb2 45. Ke6 Kd8 46.
Rd7+ Kc8 47. Rf7 Rxf2 48. Rf8+ Kb7 49. Rxf6 Rxg2 50. e4 g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52.
Rg6 g3 53. e5 Rg1 54. d5 g2 55. d6 Kc6 56. d7 Kc7 57. Ke7 Rd1 58. e6 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qd5+ 14. Kg1 c5
15. Nd3 Rc7 16. Nc3 Qf5 17. Bf4 Rd7 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Ne5 Rd4 20. Nf3 Rc4 21.
Rae1 Nxg3 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Ne5 Rh4 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7
27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nd5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ng3 c4 32. Ne4 Ke7 33. a3
f5 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. bxc3 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. f4 Kd7 38. Kf2 Kd6 39. Ke3 Kd5
40. h4 e5 41. fxe5 Kxe5 42. Kf3 f4 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
Rc1 Ngf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. O-O Rfe8 19. Ne5 a5 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. c5
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. Rf3 Rd7 25. Qc4 b5 26. Qg4 Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kh8
28. Qg4 Nb4 29. Qe4 Red8 30. Rfe3 Rd4 31. Qb1 Nd3 32. Rd1 Nxe5 33. Rxd4 Rxd4
34. Ne4 Ng4 35. Rg3 Qf4 36. f3 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qe2 38. Nc3 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Qe3 40.
Kf1 Rh4 41. Ne2 Rh1+ 42. Ng1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "WCPL:Cardiff-White Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Harle, Bill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 a6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. b4 Ned5 13. a3 h6 14. Rac1 O-O
15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 c6 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21.
Bd3 Nd5 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Qb2 Qd6 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. g3 Qe6 26. a4 Rf7 27. b5 axb5
28. axb5 g5 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rfe1 g4 31. Qe2 Qe4 32. Qf1 Kg7 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 h5 35. Rc5 Rfc7 36. h3 Kg6 37. Rec1 Kf6 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rh1 Rg7 40. Rh6+
Rg6 41. Rh7 Ke6 42. Ra7 Kd6 43. Rf7 Ke6 44. Rh7 Kd6 45. Ra5 Rc7 46. Rh8 Rf6 47.
Ra1 Rb7 48. Rah1 Rbf7 49. R1h6 Ke7 50. Rxf6 Rxf6 51. Kf1 Kd6 52. Ke2 Kc7 53.
Kd3 Kb6 54. Kc3 Rf7 55. Kb4 Rf6 56. Rb8+ Kc7 57. Ra8 Kb7 58. Ra2 Kb6 59. Rb2
Rh6 60. Ka4+ Kc7 61. Ka5 Rh1 62. Kb4 Kb6 63. Kc3+ Kc7 64. Kd3 Rh2 65. Ke2 Rh6
66. Rb1 Rh2 67. Rb2 Rh6 68. Kf1 Re6 69. Kg2 Re7 70. Rb3 Kd6 71. Rb1 Re6 72. Rh1
Rg6 73. Rh5 Ke6 74. f3 Kf6 75. Kf2 Ke6 76. Rh7 Kd6 77. Rf7 Ke6 78. Rf8 Rg7 79.
Rh8 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Abergavenny-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.01.22"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 (
8. b3 Qa5 (8... a5 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Re1 Ne4 {Williams-Zeidler,WCPL 2009, 1/2-1/2}
) 9. Bb2 e5 {Williams-Zeidler, WLS ch 2011,1-0}) (8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3
Nbd7 {Williams-Zeidler, WCPL 2011,1/2-1/2}) 8... Na6 (8... Ne4 9. Qc2 d5 (9...
e5 10. Rd1 Qf6 11. Be3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 f4 {Williams-Zeidler, Dyfed Open 2013,1/
2-1/2}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 e6 {Williams-Zeidler, WCPL 2013,1/2-1/2}) (8...
a5 9. b3 (9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Be3 a4 $6 12. Nxa4 Qa5 13. Nb6 Qxa2 14.
Qc2 {Williams-Zeidler, WCPL 2016,1-0}) 9... Na6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. d5 Nc5 12. Nd4
cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 {Williams-Zeidler, WCPL 2015,1/2-1/2}) 9. b4 {main} Nc7 10.
Bb2 (10. a4 Be6 11. Qd3 Kh8 (11... Ne4 {main}) 12. b5 Bg8 {Gelfand-Van Wely,
EU Cup Eilat 2012, 1/2-1/2}) 10... Qe8 (10... Be6 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nd4 dxc4 13.
Bxb7 Bf7 14. Qa4 e5 {Ricardi-Campora, ARG ch Buenos Aires 1999,1-0}) 11. d5
cxd5 (11... Bd7 {alternative}) 12. cxd5 h6 (12... Bd7 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Rfe1 h6
15. e4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Qf7 17. Ndxe4 Ng4 18. Rbd1 g5 {Kummer-Danner, AUT ch
Werfen 1998,1/2-1/2}) 13. Nd4 g5 $146 (13... Bd7 {Komodo11} 14. Qb3 Qf7 15.
Rbc1 g5 16. b5 f4 {Lin-Lu, CHN ch Rapid dec 2017,1/2-1/2}) 14. e3 (14. Qd3 Ng4
15. Qc4 Qd8 16. b5 $16 {Komodo11}) 14... f4 (14... Qf7 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. f4 Qh5
17. Nce2 $14 {Komodo11}) (14... Qh5 15. Qb3 (15. Qxh5 Nxh5 $11) 15... f4 16.
exf4 Ng4 17. Nf3 (17. h3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bxd4 19. Ne4 Bb6 20. Re1 Ne8 21. g4 Qf7
22. f5 Bd7 $11 {Komodo11})) 15. exf4 gxf4 16. Re1 (16. Rc1 {Komodo11} Bg4 17.
Qd3 Qh5 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. gxf4 Ncxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qb3 e6 22. Nxe6 Bxb2 23.
Bxd5 Bxc1 24. Nxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rxc1 Qf5 26. Bxb7 Qxf4 27. Qc3 Re2 28. Rf1 Rxa2 (
28... Qe5 $14) 29. Qh8+ Kf7 (29... Ke7 30. Qg7+ Kd8 31. Qg8+ Kc7 32. Qxa2 Kxb7
33. Ra1 $18) 30. Bd5+ Be6 31. Bxe6+ Kxe6 32. Re1+ Kd5 33. Qg8+ Kd4 34. Qg7+ (
34. Qxa2 Qg4+ $11) 34... Kc4 35. Qc7+ Kd5 36. Qb7+ Kd4 37. Rd1+ Rd2 38. Qxa7+
$16 {Komodo11}) 16... fxg3 17. fxg3 Ng4 18. Ne6 (18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Rc1 Na6 20. a3
Rc8 21. Qd2 $16 {Komodo11}) 18... Nxe6 $2 (18... Bxe6 $1 {the N is a better
piece than the B with a pawn on e6 in this kind of position. A fixation on
keeping 2 Bs is not a good idea when one of them is so bad.} 19. dxe6 Qg6 20.
Na4 Rac8 (20... Rab8 21. Rc1 Ne8 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Nc3 Rc8 $11) 21. Bxg7 Qxg7
22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bg2 Nb5 24. Rc1 h5 $11 {the Wh B actually has no attacking
points left} 25. Rc4 Na3 26. Rc3 Nb5 $11 {Komodo11}) 19. dxe6 $18 Ne5 (19...
Nf6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxd5 Qg6 23. Rc1 a5 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. b5 a4
26. Rc7 $18 {Komodo11}) 20. Nd5 Rb8 (20... Bxe6 {Komodo11, best try} 21. Nc7
Bg4 22. Nxe8 Bxd1 23. Nxg7 Bg4 24. h3 Bxh3 25. Bxh3 Kxg7 26. Bg2 $18) 21. Bxe5
(21. Rc1 Bxe6 22. Nc7 {same as above}) 21... Bxe5 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Be4 (23. Rf1
$1 $18 {Komodo11} Bg7 (23... Rg8 24. Qh4 Rg6 (24... Bg7 25. Rbe1 Rf8 26. Nxe7
$18) 25. Be4 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Bg7 27. Nc7 $18) 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rf1 Qg8 26. Bh3 {
and the Bl pieces are tied down}) 23... Rg8 (23... b6 $5 24. Bd3 Qf7 25. Rxe5
dxe5 26. Rf1 Qe8 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qg6 Qg7 29. Qe8+ Qg8 30. Qxe7 Bxe6 31. Qf6+
Qg7 32. Qxe6 $18 {Komodo11}) 24. Qh4 h5 (24... Rg6 {best try, Komodo11} 25. Rf1
Rxe6 26. Nf6 Qf8 (26... exf6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kf7 29. Bg6+) 27. Nh7 Bd4+
28. Kg2 Qg8 29. Rf8 $18 {Komodo11}) 25. Qxe7 $6 {settling for an exchange,
Komodo11 has many attacking alternatives} (25. Nc7 Bf6 26. Qh3 Qf7 27. exf7
Bxh3 28. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 29. Bxb7 {and Wh is a R up}) (25. Bf5 Bxe6 (25... Rg7 26.
Nc7 Qg8 27. Qxh5+ Rh7 28. Bxh7 Qxh7 29. Qe8+ Qg8 30. Qxe7 {and that B is still
stuck at c8}) 26. Bxe6 Rg7 27. Nf4 $18 {Komodo11}) (25. Rf1 $1 {Komodo11 & the
Engine starts giving up Bl pieces} Bxe6 (25... b6 26. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:09] mate
in}) (25... Rg7 26. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:11] mate in}) 26. Nc7 Rg4 27. Rf8+ Kg7 28.
Nxe6+ Kh6 29. Rxe8 Rxh4 30. Rxb8 Rxe4 31. Rxb7 {and Wh is a R up}) (25. Nxe7 {
is also better than the text} Rg7 (25... Rg4 26. Bg6 Rxg6 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28.
Qxh5+ Kg7 29. Qxe5+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Nxg6 Qxg6 32. Rd1 Ra8 (32... Bxe6 33.
Qxb8) 33. Qc7+ Kh6 34. e7 Qe4 35. Qf4+ (35. e8=Q Qxe8 36. Rd6+ Qe6 37. Qe7 Qxd6
38. Qxd6+ Kh7 39. Qd8 $18) 35... Qxf4 36. gxf4 Bd7 37. Rxd7 Re8 38. Rxb7 $18 {
The Engine makes things look easy of course- humans, faced with a myriad of
winning alternatives, are easily misled into inferior lines}) 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rf1 Rg4 28. Rf8+ Kg7 (28... Qxf8 29. Qxh5+ Kg7 30. Qxg4+ Kf6 (30... Kh8 31.
Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qh7#) 31. Rf1+ $18) 29. Rxe8 Rxh4 30. Rxc8 Rxe4 31.
Rc7+ Kf6 32. e7 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Rxe7 34. Rf1+ Ke6 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Rf5 $18 {
with a comfortable win}) 25... Qxe7 26. Nxe7 Bxe6 27. Nxg8 Rxg8 $16 {Bl has
got rid of the awkward pawn, thus letting his pieces out- pehaps the 2 Bs now
have enough play to compensate fot the exchange?} 28. Rbc1 h4 (28... Rg7 29.
Rf1 Re7 30. Kg2 Kg7 {makes life more difficult for the Wh Rs to gain entry} 31.
Rc2 b5 32. Rfc1 Bc4 33. Rd1 Rc7 34. Rcd2 a6 35. Bf3 h4 36. gxh4 $16 Bf7 37.
Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Bxa2 39. Rxa6 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Rb2 41. Ra7+ Kh8 42. Kf4 Rxb4+
43. Kg5 Ra4 44. Rb7 b4 45. Be4 Bg8 46. Rb8 b3 47. Bg6 Kg7 48. h5 Ra5+ 49. Bf5
Ra6 50. Rb7+ Kh8 51. Rb8 Kg7 52. h3 Bc4 $16 {and the Engine just goes round in
circles here} 53. h6+ Rxh6 54. Rb7+ Bf7 55. Rxf7+ Kxf7 56. Kxh6 Kg8 {winning,
says Komodo11, but its the wrong colour R's pawn}) 29. Rc7 $18 Rg4 (29... Rg7
30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. gxh4 Bxa2 32. Bxb7 {like the game, Komodo11}) 30. Rh7+ Kg8
31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Bxa2 33. Bxb7 Bc3 34. Re2 (34. Re4 d5 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36.
Rg5 Bxb4 37. Bxd5 Bb1 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rg4 Bc5+ 40. Kg2 Kh6 41. Be4 {and Bl
must swap Bs} Bxe4+ (41... Ba2 42. Rg6+) 42. Rxe4 {and Lomonosov tables give
Wh as mating in 25 moves}) 34... Bc4 35. Re8+ (35. Rc2 Bd4+ 36. Kg2 d5 37. Rd2
Bc3 38. Bxd5+ Kg7 39. Rd1 Be2 40. Rb1 $18 {Komodo11}) 35... Kg7 36. Rc8 d5 37.
b5 $18 (37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Rd7 d4 39. h5 Bb5 40. Rc7 Bd2 41. Kf2 a6 42. Bd5 d3
43. Bc4 Be8 44. Bxd3 Bxh5 (44... Bxb4 45. Rc8 Ke7 46. h6 Bd6 47. h7 Be5 48.
Bxa6 Bg7 49. Kf3 $18) 45. Rb7 $18 {Komodo11}) 37... Bd4+ 38. Kg2 Bb6 (38...
Bxb5 39. Bxd5 $18) 39. Kf3 Bb3 40. Kf4 d4 41. Be4 Bf7 42. Ke5 Bh5 43. Bd3 Bg4
44. Rc1 (44. Rc6 Bh5 45. Re6 Bc5 46. Kf5 Bf7 47. Rc6 Bb6 48. Rd6 Be8 49. Kg5
$18 {Komodo11}) 44... Kh6 45. Rc6+ Kh5 46. Kf4 (46. Bf5 $1 {Komodo11}) 46...
Bd8 (46... Ba5 {better, Komodo11} 47. h3 Bd1 48. Rc8 Bd2+ 49. Ke5 Kxh4 50. Rc7
Ba5 51. Rxa7 $18) 47. h3 $1 Bd1 48. Rc8 Bf6 49. Rc7 $1 (49. Rc7 Kxh4 50. Rh7+
Bh5 51. Be2 Bg5+ 52. Ke4 $18) (49. Rf8) (49. Kf5 {both also work}) 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Abergavenny-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Durand-Le Ludec, Brendan-Budok"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.01.22"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bf5 {scarcely
mentioned in the theory books-a relative of Simagin's line, though that goes 6.
..Nc6 7.Nc3, Bf5} 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nh4 (8. Nd5 {main} c6 9. Ne3 Bd7 10. b3 (10.
Qc2)) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc8 10. a4 $146 {however uses a tempo, & can in some
lines become a target} (10. Rb1 c6) (10. e4 c5) (10. f4 c5 {main lines}) 10...
c5 11. Rb1 Qc7 (11... Nc6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Rb5 Nxc4 15. Rxc5 Nd6
$15 {Komodo11}) 12. dxc5 Qxc5 (12... dxc5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd5 Bxc3 15. Qxc5 Bf6
$11 {Komodo11}) 13. Bxb7 Bxb7 14. Rxb7 Nc6 15. Qd5 Rab8 (15... Na5 {pm analysis
} 16. Rxe7 Nxc4 17. Rd1 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxc3 19. Rc7 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Nf3
Kg7 $11) (15... e6 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Be3 Na5 18. Rc7 Rfc8 19. Rxc5 Nxc4 20.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bd4 Rxa4 23. Rb1 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nd2 25. Rb8+ Kg7 26.
Rd8 g5 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. exf3 Ra3 29. Kg2 Rd3 $11 {Komodo11}) 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17.
Rb5 Bxc3 18. Bh6 (18. Rxc5 Rfc8 $11) 18... Rfc8 19. Rfb1 (19. Rxc5 Nd4 20.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. e3 Ne2+ 22. Kg2 Bb4 23. e4 a5 24. e5 Rxc4 $15 {Komodo11}) 19...
Rxb5 (19... a6 $1 20. Rb6 Ba5 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Nf3
f6 25. Kf1 Bb4 26. Nd2 Bxd2 27. Bxd2 Nb6 28. Be3 Nxa4 $17 {the a pawn is gone,
Komodo11}) 20. cxb5 (20. axb5 {Brendan} Na5 21. Rc1 Bb4 22. Be3 Nb3 23. Rb1 Na5
24. Rc1 $11 {Komodo11}) 20... Na5 (20... Nd4 21. e3 Ne6 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. Nf3 f6
24. e4 Rd8 $15 {Komodo11} (24... c4 25. Be3 Rc7 $11)) 21. Nf3 (21. Rd1 $14 Bg7
22. Be3 Nc4 23. Ng2 Bd4 {Komodo11} (23... a6 24. bxa6 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Ra8 26. Nc4
Bc3 27. Kg2 Rxa6 28. Rc1 Bb4 29. Ra1 Kf8 $11) 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 e5 26. Rh4
f5 27. f3 Nb6 28. Kf2 $16 {Komodo11}) 21... Bg7 (21... f6 22. Rd1 Kf7 23. Rd7
Ra8 24. Be3 Bb4 25. Rc7 Nb3 $11 {Komodo11}) 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. Rc1 Nb2 (23... Nd6
24. Be3 c4 25. Bxa7 c3 26. Bd4 Rc4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. b6 Rxa4 29. Rxc3 Rb4 30.
Rc7 Kf6 31. Rc6 Ke6 $11 {Komodo11}) 24. a5 $16 c4 (24... Na4 25. Rc4 Nb2 26.
Rc2 Na4 27. e4 $18 {Komodo11}) 25. Bc3 (25. Be3 $1 Rb8 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4
Rxb5 28. a6 Na4 29. Rxc4 Nb6 30. Rc6 Ra5 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Rxb6 $16 {Komodo11})
25... Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rb8 $15 27. Nd4 (27. Rc2 Rxb5 28. Kg2 Kg7 $15) 27... e5 28.
Nc6 Rxb5 29. a6 (29. Rc2 f6 $15) 29... Rb6 (29... e4 30. Nxa7 Rc5 31. Kf1 Na4
32. Rc1 c3 33. Ke1 Ra5 34. Nc6 Rxa6 35. Nb4 Rb6 $15 {Komodo11}) 30. Nxe5 Rxa6 (
30... f6 31. Ng4 Kf7 32. Ne3 Rb3 33. Rc1 c3 34. f3 Ke6 35. Ra1 Rb4 36. Rc1 Na4
$15 {Komodo11}) 31. Rc2 $11 Re6 32. Nxf7 (32. f4 f6 33. Ng4 Nd1 34. Rxc4 h5 35.
Nf2 Rxe2 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Nxd1 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rxd1 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. Rxa7 $11 {
Komodo11}) 32... Kxf7 33. Rxb2 $11 c3 (33... Re7) (33... a5) (33... Rc6) 34.
Rc2 Rc6 35. Kf1 (35. f4 g5 36. Kf2 gxf4 37. gxf4 a5 $11 {Komodo11}) 35... Ke6
$15 36. Ke1 Kd5 37. Kd1 a5 {makes the a pawn vulnerable} (37... a6 $15) (37...
Kc4 $15) 38. Ra2 $11 Rc5 (38... Kc4 39. Rxa5 Rd6+ (39... Kb3 40. Rb5+ Kc4 41.
Rb7 Rd6+ 42. Kc1 Rd2 43. Rc7+ Kb3 44. Re7 Ra2 45. Rb7+ Kc4 46. Rc7+ Kb3 47.
Rb7+ $11) 40. Kc1 Rd2 41. Re5 Kb4 42. Re4+ Kb3 43. Re7 Ra2 44. Rb7+ Kc4 45.
Rc7+ Kb3 $11 {Komodo11}) 39. Kc2 $14 h5 {(draw?)} (39... Kc4 40. Ra3 Re5 41. e3
Rh5 42. h4 Rf5 43. f4 Rb5 44. Rxc3+ Kd5 45. Kd3 $14 {Komodo11}) 40. h4 (40. Ra3
Kd4 41. h4 Rb5 42. Rxc3 $16 {Komodo11}) 40... Kd4 41. Ra4+ Rc4 (41... Ke5 42.
e4 Kf6 43. f4 Kf7 44. e5 Ke7 45. Rd4 Ke8 46. Rd6 Kf7 47. Rd7+ Ke8 48. Rd3 a4
49. Rxc3 $16 (49. Rd4 Ra5 50. Kxc3 a3 51. Rd1 $16 {Komodo11})) 42. e3+ {
weakens the Wh pawn structure considerably & Wh needs to consider the tactics
carefully} (42. Rxa5 $18 Rb4 43. e3+ Kc4 (43... Ke4 44. Kxc3 Rb8 45. Ra4+ Kf3
46. Rf4+ Ke2 47. e4 {the Bl K is now cut off from the e pawn, & the c pawn is
no more.}) 44. Ra2 Rb7 45. Ra4+ Kb5 46. Ra3 Rf7 47. f4 Kc4 48. e4 Kd4 49. e5
Rc7 50. Ra6 Rg7 51. Rd6+ Kc4 52. Rd3 $18) 42... Kd5 43. Rxa5+ Ke4 $11 44. Ra6
Kf3 45. Rf6+ Kg2 46. Rf4 Rc6 47. e4 Rc5 (47... Rc7 48. Rf6 Re7 49. Kxc3 Rxe4
50. Rxg6 Kxf2 $11) 48. Rf6 Re5 49. Rf4 Rc5 50. Rf6 Re5 (50... Re5 51. f4 $1 $18
{Komodo11} Rxe4 52. Rxg6 Rc4 53. f5 Kf3 54. f6 Rc8 55. f7 Rf8 56. Rg7 Ke4 57.
Kxc3 Kf5 58. Rg5+ Kf6 59. Rxh5 Rxf7 60. Kd4 $18 {Komodo11}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Abergavenny-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.01.22"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 {avoiding Benko gambit ideas} Bg7 5. e4 d6
6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 (7... Na6 {main}) 8. Bg5 (8. Nd2) (8. dxe6) 8... h6 9. Bf4
{has only occurred in internet blitz games; however the first choice of
Komodo11} (9. Bh4 {main} g5 10. Bg3 exd5 11. exd5 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. fxg3) (
9. Be3 {also mostly internet blitz}) 9... Nh5 $146 (9... exd5) (9... e5 {played
}) 10. Be3 e5 (10... exd5 11. Qxd5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bxh6 Nxe4
15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Rfe1 $14 {Komodo11}) 11. Qd2 (11. Nd2
{Bl has a lack of development} Nf4 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Qd2 g5 14. Nb5 Rd8 15. b4
cxb4 16. a3 $1 (16. Qxb4 Nxe2+ $19) 16... bxa3 17. Nxa7 Na6 18. Rxa3 $18 {
Komodo11}) 11... Nf4 {Komodo11; Bl needs some play, but the Q side is still at
home} 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Qxf4 a6 14. a4 f5 (14... Re8 15. Rae1 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nd7
17. Kh1 Rb8 18. h3 $16 {Bl has insufficient for the pawn}) 15. exf5 (15. Qg3
Qf6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4
g5 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. c3 $18) 15... Bxf5 16. Qd2 (16. Ne4 $16) 16... b6 (16... Nd7
) 17. Nd1 (17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. Qe3 g5 20. h4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22.
hxg5 hxg5 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Re3 $16 {Komodo11}) 17... Nd7 18. Ne3 Be4 19. Ne1 (
19. c3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxf3 (20... Ne5 21. Be4 $18) 21. gxf3 Ne5 22. Qe2 Qf6 23.
Ng2 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Rfd1 $16 {Komodo11}) 19...
Kh7 (19... Bxb2 20. Rd1 Be5 21. Bg4 Bf5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qd3 Bf4
25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Nf1 a5 27. Rb1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Ne5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 (29... Bxe5
30. Rb1 Qh4 31. c4 Qd8 32. Nd2 $16) 30. Rb1 $16 {Komodo11}) 20. c3 $18 (20. f3
Bf5 21. g4 $18 (21. c3 h5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. f4 Bh6 24. g3 Rf6 25. Ng2 $18 {
Komodo11})) 20... Qg5 (20... g5 21. f3 Bg6 22. g3 Kg8 23. N1g2 Qc7 24. f4 $18 {
Komodo11}) 21. Rd1 (21. g3 Rfe8 22. Bg4 Nf8 23. f3 Bd3 24. f4 Qe7 25. Qxd3
Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. f5 $18 (27. Nc2 Re7 28. Rfe1 $18 {Komodo11})) 21... Ne5
22. f3 $18 Bf5 23. f4 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Abergavenny-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.01.22"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 (5... e5 6. Nb3 (6. Bb5+ {
other main} Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nf5 d5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qxd7+ (
11. fxe4 Qxd1+) 11... Nxd7 12. fxe4 Rg8 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Be7
16. Nd5 Rd7 17. Nfxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxf6+ {J Van Kemenade-F Brown, Huddersfield ch
1991,1-0}) 6... Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 {main eg So- Topalov, Leuven CGT blitz 2016,1-0}
) (5... e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 (8... Nbd7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Be2 O-O 11.
O-O b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 {Adams-D Jones, WCPL 2014,0-1}))
(5... g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nc2 Nh5 $146 {Adams-B Thomas, S
Wales Winter, Newport 2014,0-1}) 6. c4 (6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {Carlsen-Grischuk,
Wld ch blitz, Doha 2016,1/2-1/2}) 6... g6 (6... Qb6 7. Nc2 g6 {main}) 7. Be3
Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Nc3 Qa5 (9... Bd7) (9... Nxd4 {main lines}) 10. Be2 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Be6 12. Rd1 (12. O-O) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 (14. O-O b5 {main})
14... Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 (15. Kxd2 {also played}) 15... Nd7 16. O-O $146 (16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Kf2) (16. Kf2 {played}) 16... Bh6 (16... Bxd4+ 17. Rxd4 {
strategically, Bl hopes the Wh N will go to d5 ; allowing the B to take it &
thus giving Bl a superior N vs B ending} b5 $15 18. cxb5 Rc2 19. Rf2 Rxa2 20.
bxa6 Ra3 21. Nc3 Bxb3 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc8 $17 {Komodo11}) 17. Rdd1 (17.
f4 $14) 17... Rc7 (17... Bg7 $11) (17... b5 {the standard break against the
Maroczy bind now not enough} 18. cxb5 Rc2 19. Bd3 Rxa2 20. bxa6 Bxb3 21. Nc3
Bxd1 22. Nxa2 Bb3 23. Nb4 $16) 18. f4 f5 (18... f6) 19. exf5 Bxf5 (19... gxf5
$5) 20. Bf3 $16 Nf6 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. Rxd6 (22. g4 $1 Bd7 23. Nb6 Rf8 24. Rxd6
$18 {Komodo11}) 22... Re8 23. g3 (23. g4 Bc8 24. Nb6 Bf8 25. Nxc8 Rcxc8 26. Rd7
$16 {Komodo11}) 23... b5 (23... Bf8 24. Rb6 Bh3 25. Rd1 Ba3 26. Rxb7 $16) 24.
Nb2 (24. Nc3 Ra7 25. Nd5 $18 {Komodo11}) 24... Bf8 $11 25. Rxa6 Bh3 (25... Bc5+
26. Kh1 Bd4 27. g4 Be4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Nd3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 $11 {Komodo11})
26. Rd1 (26. Rc1) (26. Rb1) 26... Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rd7 (27... Re3 28. Bg2 Bxg2+ 29.
Kxg2 Re2+ 30. Kh3 Rxb2 31. cxb5 Rf7 32. Rc6 Bf2 33. a4 Rxb3 $15 {Komodo11}) 28.
Ra8 Rxa8 29. Bxa8 Ra7 (29... Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Bd4 31. Bf3 b4 32. Be2 Kf8 33. Bf3
Ke7 34. Be2 Kd6 35. Bf3 {Wh's pieces are in near zugzwang, but the Bl K has no
entry squares}) 30. Bd5+ Kg7 31. Nd3 (31. cxb5 Rxa2 32. Nc4 $18 {Komodo11})
31... Bd4 32. Nc1 (32. Rd2 bxc4 33. Bxc4 $16) (32. cxb5 Rxa2 33. b4 Ra4 34. Bc6
$14) 32... Bb2 (32... Be3 $11 33. cxb5 Rd7 34. Ne2 Bg4 35. Rd3 Bf3+ 36. Bxf3
Rxd3 37. Be4 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Kf3 Bc5 40. f5 $11 (40. a4 f5 41. Bc6 Rd3+
42. Kg2 Rxb3 43. a5 Kf6 $15 {both Komodo11})) 33. cxb5 $18 Rd7 34. Nd3 $1 Bg4 (
34... Rxd5 35. Nxb2 Rxb5 36. Nc4 $18) 35. Bc6 Rd6 36. Rb1 Bd4 37. h4 $16 (37.
Ne1 Bb6 38. a4 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Bxd1 40. Bd5 $18 {Komodo11}) (37. Kg2 $18 {Komodo11
}) 37... Bf5 38. Rd1 Re6 (38... Bg4 39. Re1 Bf5 40. Nb4 Bc3 41. Re7+ Kf8 42.
Re8+ Kf7 43. b6 Bxb4 44. b7 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rd2+ 46. Bg2 Bd6 47. Rd8 Be4 48. Rxd6
Rxg2+ 49. Kh3 Bxb7 50. Rd7+ Kg8 51. Rxb7 Rxa2 52. g4 $16 {Komodo11}) 39. Nb4 (
39. b4 Ba7 40. Nc5 {starts to mobilize the Q side avalanche}) 39... Bc5 40. Na6
$18 Bf2 41. Bf3 {gives Bl unneccessary chances around the K} (41. Kg2 Re2 42.
Kf3 Rxa2 43. g4 Be6 44. Nb4 Rb2 45. Nd3 Bxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Rxb3 47. Kf3 (47. Nxf2
$2 h5#) 47... Bb6 48. Ke4 $18 {Komodo11}) 41... Bxg3 42. a4 (42. Nc7 $1 Rb6 43.
Kg2 Bxf4 (43... Bxh4 44. a4 Rb8 45. a5 $18) 44. Nd5 Rxb5 45. Nxf4 $18 {
Komodo11- Wh very short of time, while Bl still had an hour left}) 42... Bxf4
43. Kg2 Re3 44. Nc5 (44. b4 g5 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. b6 g4 47. Bd5 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rb2
49. b7 g3 50. Rd4 Rb1+ 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52. Ke1 Rb1+ 53. Rd1 Rb2 $11 {Komodo11})
44... Rc3 45. b4 {(draw?)} (45. b4 Rc2+ 46. Kf1 Bh3+ (46... Rb2 47. Nd3 Bxd3+
48. Rxd3 Rxb4 49. Ra3 $14) 47. Kg1 Be3+ 48. Kh1 Rc4 49. Re1 Bd4 50. Nd3 Rc3 51.
Rd1 Bf5 52. Ne1 Rc4 53. a5 Rxb4 54. b6 Bxb6 55. axb6 Rxb6 $14 {Bl will be able
to get rid of Wh's last pawn, which in any case is the wrong colour for his B
to help.} 56. Rd4 g5 57. Kg2 (57. h5 Rb1 58. Bd1 Kh6 59. Kg2 Be6 60. Kf2 Rb6
61. Ng2 Bf7 62. Ne3 Bxh5) 57... Rb2+ (57... gxh4) 58. Kg3 Rb3 59. Kf2 Rb2+)
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL:Abergavenny-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Llewellyn, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.01.22"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 (6. Bd3 b5 7. c4 g5
{Carlsen-Topalov, Sinquefield cup, St Loius,2015,0-1}) 6... Ne5 (6... b6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. c4 {main}) 7. h3 (7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. a4 b6 9. Na3
Bb7 10. d3 {has been played}) 7... b6 $146 (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 e5 9. c3 {main})
(7... e6 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 O-O {Sacks-W Browne, Memorial Day Long
Beach 1004,0-1}) (7... g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Be3 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Qb6 13. Re2 Qc6 14. Nc3 b5 {hearthstones9-vdaay, chesscube 2013,1-0} 15.
Rc1) 8. c3 Bb7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 g6 (10... d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. e6 $1 {
Komodo11, looked at briefly in pm analysis} f6 (12... fxe6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe5
Nf6 15. Qxe6 $16) 13. Nd2 g6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qd1 Qd6 16. dxc5 Qxe6 17. cxb6
Qxb6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 $16) 11. d5 (11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Nd2 h6 $11) 11... Bg7
12. c4 b5 {Bl turns the Sicilian into a Benko Gambit, with, slightly unisually,
a pair of Ns exchanged. Perhaps helping Wh contain the Q side pressure?} 13.
cxb5 O-O 14. Nc3 Nd7 (14... Ne8 {pm analysis looks inferior}) 15. Qg3 (15. a4 {
alternative} axb5 16. Bxb5 Ne5 17. Qe2 c4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba6 20. Qb3
Rb8 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. Bd2 $16 {Komodo11}) 15... axb5 16. Bxb5 (16. Nxb5 Nb6 17.
Nc3 Na4 18. Bd2 Qa5 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd8 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. b3
Rh4 24. Bc3 f6 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Rd1 Qd6 $11 {Komodo11, very unclear play})
16... Ba6 17. Bxd7 {based on the idea that Bl's QB has fewer possibilities
than the N, and aiming for an e5 break at some point} (17. Bc6 {considered} Rb8
18. a4 Rb3 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 c4 21. Re2 Nc5 $11 {Komodo11}) (17. Bxa6 Rxa6
18. Re2 c4 19. Be3 Ne5 {is a more standard Benko position, where Bl seems to
have enough play for the pawn}) 17... Qxd7 18. Bf4 Rfb8 19. b3 (19. e5 {
briefly looked at in pm analysis, preferred by Komodo11} Rxb2 20. exd6 (20.
Rac1) 20... exd6 21. Bxd6 Rc2 22. Be5 f6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bb8 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxb8
26. Rad1 Rd8 27. d6 $16 {but few human players would allow 2 Bs vs a R} f5 28.
Qxc5 Bf6 29. Re7 $1 {Komodo11} Qb5 (29... Bxe7 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31. dxe7 $18) 30.
Rc7 (30. Qc7 Bxe7 31. Qxe7 Qd7 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. a4 $16 {Komodo11,
despite Wh being a piece down}) 30... Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Kf7 (31... f4 32. a4 $16)
32. Rxf5 Rd7 33. g4 Bc4 34. a3 h6 $14) 19... c4 20. bxc4 Bxc4 (20... Rc8 $11 {
Komodo11}) 21. Rab1 (21. e5 Ra3 22. Re3 Rc8 23. Rae1 $14) 21... Rc8 (21... Rxb1
22. Rxb1 h6 23. Bd2 Ra3 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Rc1 $11 {Komodo11}) 22. e5 Bxa2 (22...
Ra3 {considered by Bl} 23. Re3 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Bh6 25. Rf3 f6 26. Bf4 Bxa2 27.
Nxa2 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Rxa2 29. d6 $11 {Komodo11}) 23. Nxa2 Rxa2 (23... dxe5 24.
Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxa2 26. Qxe7 (26. Rb8 Rac2 $11) 26... Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Rd2 28.
d6 (28. Rbb7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rxf2 $11) 28... Rxd6 29. Rb2 $11) 24. exd6 (24. e6 {
considered} fxe6 25. Rxe6 Rf8 26. Qe3 Bf6 27. Bh6 Re8 28. Bg5 Be5 29. f4 Qa4
30. Kh2 Qc4 31. Qf3 Rf8 32. Rxe7 Bxf4+ 33. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Rb8+
Rf8 36. Rbb7 Rff2 37. Rb8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Rxh7 Rd2 $11 {Komodo11})
24... exd6 25. Bxd6 (25. Red1 Rd8 26. Rb6 Qa4 27. Qf3 Bd4 28. Rxd6 Re8 29. Rf1
Qb4 30. Rc6 Re1 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 Rxf2 $15 33. Bg3 Rxf3 34. Bxe1 Be5+ 35.
Kg1 Rd3 36. Kf2 Rxd5 $15 {Komodo11}) 25... Bd4 26. Rf1 Rd8 (26... Ra5 $11 {
Komodo11}) 27. Bc7 $16 Re8 (27... Rc8 {looked a better bet in the pm analysis-
Wh had originally intended} 28. Qb3 {but noticed} (28. d6 {leaves the B on the
wrong side of the pawn, but Komodo11 judges it winning for Wh} Re8 29. Qg4 $1 {
missed in pm analysis} Qxg4 30. hxg4 Bf6 31. d7 Rf8 32. Rfe1 $18 (32. Rfd1 $18)
) 28... Rxf2 $1 29. Rxf2 Qxc7 30. Rd1 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qd6 $11) 28. Rbd1 (28. d6
Ree2 29. Bb6 Be5 30. Qf3 Qxd6 $11 {Komodo11}) 28... Ba7 {deserting his own K
in pursuit of Wh's instead} (28... Qxd5 $1 {Komodo11- neither player thought
Bl could survive the pin} 29. Bb6 (29. Qd3 $2 Rxf2 $19 30. Rxf2 Re1+ 31. Kh2
Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Be5+ 33. Bxe5 Qxd1 34. Bf6 {though perhaps the Wh fotress is
difficult to break}) 29... Ra4 30. Qd3 Qd6 $1 31. Bxd4 Rd8 {and the counterpin
holds the game- Komodo11}) (28... Bf6 $5 {Rudy}) 29. Be5 (29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Rd2
Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Re4 32. Rc1 h5 33. Kh2 $16 {Komodo11}) 29... Qf5 (29... Qa4 30.
Rde1 Bd4 31. Kh2 $14 {Komodo11}) 30. Bd4 (30. Bc3 $18 {Komodo11} Bc5 31. d6 Rd8
32. Ba1 Ra3 33. Qh4 Rd7 34. Rde1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Rxd6 36. Rad1 $16 {it will be a
long endgame with all the pawns on one side- but Wh shhould be able to swap Qs
by threatening mating lines, then the Wh K & r invade via the wh squares the B
cannot protect,}) 30... Bb8 (30... Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Qf6 32. Rd3) 31. d6 (31. Rfe1
Rd8 32. Qh4 g5 33. Qh6 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Bf6 Rf8 36. d6 Ba7 37. d7 $18 {
Komodo11; the passed pawn is a continued danger for Bl}) 31... Ra6 (31... Qd7
32. Ba1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Bxd6 34. Qf3 $18 {in the long run- positions like this
in pm analysis}) 32. Bb2 $18 Rd8 (32... Qc5 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qh4 g5 35. Qg4 Re6
36. Rfe1 Rxd7 37. Rxe6 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 fxe6 39. Qd8+ Qf8 40. Qxg5+ Kf7 41. Qf6+
Ke8 42. Qxe6+ $18 {Komodo11}) (32... Qc2 {blocking Qc3 was what Wh was hoping
for} 33. d7 $1 Rd8 34. Qxb8 Rxb8 (34... Qxb2 {only way to hold up mate.}) 35.
d8=Q+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8#) 33. Qc3 f6 34. Qc4+ {picking up the loose R} 1-0

[Event "WCPL:Abergavenny-Cardigan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.01.22"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.24"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 (4. e4 Nc6 (4... Nf6 {main King's Indian})
5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 f5 {a complex Modern}) 4... Nc6 5. e3 (5. d5) (5. e4
) 5... e5 6. Be2 Nf6 (6... f5) (6... Nge7) (6... Nh6 {more frequent lines}) 7.
d5 (7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. b3 c6 11. Ba3 Kc7 12. O-O-O)
7... Ne7 8. O-O (8. e4 O-O 9. O-O Ne8) 8... O-O 9. e4 Ne8 {Bl has gained a
move in a King's Indian, as Wh has played e4 in 2 moves} (9... h6 10. Be3 Ne8 (
10... Ng4) 11. Nd2 f5 12. f4 (12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 {main}) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4
g5 14. Be3 f4 15. Bf2 Ng6 16. h3 Ne5 17. c5 Qf6 18. Bd4 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Nd6 20.
Bd4 Bd7 {Zenuni-Van Kemenade, EU cup Skopje 2015,0-1}) 10. Ne1 (10. b4 f5 11.
c5 a5 12. Ba3 axb4 13. Bxb4 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Nd6 15. Qb3 Bf6 16. Nd2 Kg7 17. Nc4 {
Talbot-Haigh,Fishguard op 2004,1-0}) 10... f5 11. exf5 $146 (11. f3 f4 12. Nd3
(12. Bd2 Kh8 13. b4 Ng8 14. Nd3 Qg5 15. Kh1 Qh5 16. Be1 g5 17. Bf2 Qg6 (17...
Rf6 18. Bg1 Rh6 19. Nf2 $11) 18. Rc1 h5 19. c5 g4 $14 {Hermann-Luftullin,
Leverkusen op 2004,1-0}) 12... g5 13. Nf2 Nf6 14. b4 a5 15. b5 b6 16. Bd2 Rf7
$11 {Collins-Baker, East Lansing ch MI 1991,1-0}) 11... gxf5 (11... Nxf5 12.
Ne4 Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bg4 Bg7 $11 {Komodo11}) 12. f4 e4 (12...
Ng6 {Rudy}) 13. Be3 c5 {Komodo11} (13... Kh8 $5) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qd2 $11 Be6
16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ (17... Rb8 18. b3 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 c5 20. Qd2 Nc6 21.
Nc2 Qg7 22. g4 Rd8 23. Kh1 fxg4 24. Nxe4 Kh8 $11 {Komodo11}) 18. Qxd4 Qb6 {
Komodo11} 19. b3 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 d5 (20... Rc8 21. Nc2 d5 22. c5 Nc7 23. Ra4 Ra8
$11 {Komodo11}) 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rd1 (22. Nd1 Nc7 23. Rd2 Bf7 24. Nc2 Ne6 25.
Nde3 Rad8 26. g4 Bg6 $11 {Komodo11}) 22... Nf6 (22... Rc8 23. Nb5 Bd7 24. Nd4
Ng7 25. Nec2 Kf7 $11 {Komodo11}) 23. Nb5 Rfc8 24. Nd4 Kf7 $11 (24... Bd7 $11) (
24... Bf7 25. Nec2 Bh5 26. Bxh5 Nxh5 27. Ne3 Ng7 28. Ne2 Rd8 29. Rd2 Rac8 30.
Rfd1 Rc7 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc2 34. Nd4 Rxa2 35. g3 Rb2 36.
Nxf5 Nxf5 37. Rxf5 e3 38. Re5 Rxb3 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. h4 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Ra2 42. Rxe3
Kf7 43. Kf1 h5 44. Re5 Kg6 45. Rd5 $14 {Komodo11}) 25. Nec2 Nc6 (25... Rc3 26.
Kf2 Nc6 27. Ne3 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 a5 29. h3 h5 30. g3 $11 a4 31. bxa4 Ra3 32. Rc1
R3xa4 33. Rc7+ Kg6 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Re7 Bf7 36. Ng2 e3+ 37. Ke1 Ne4 38. Bxh5+
Kxh5 39. Rxf7 d4 40. Nh4 Kh6 {only move} 41. Nxf5+ Kg6 42. Re7 Nc3 43. Nxd4
Rxd4 44. Rxe3 Nxa2 $11 {Komodo11}) (25... Rc5 26. Ne3 Rac8 $11) 26. Nxc6 (26.
Ba6 $1 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Rc3 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bd7 30. Rc7 Ke7 31. b4 $16 {
mobilizing the Q side majority; Komodo11}) 26... Rxc6 27. Nd4 Rc7 (27... Rc5
28. b4 Rc3 29. a4 Bd7 $11 {Komodo11}) 28. Ba6 $14 Bc8 {Komodo11} (28... Rg8 29.
Rc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nh5 31. Rf1 (31. g3 Nxf4 32. Kf2 Ng6 33. Rc6 (33. Rc7+ Kf6
34. Rxa7 f4 $11 (34... Ke5 $11))) 31... Ng7 32. Rc1 Nh5 33. Kf2 Nxf4 34. g3 Ng6
35. Rc6 Re8 36. Ke3 $14 {Komodo11}) 29. Bxc8 Rcxc8 $6 {concedes the c file
control} (29... Raxc8 30. Nxf5 Ke6 31. Nd4+ Kd7 32. h3 Rc3 33. Kf2 Rg8 34. Ne2
Rd3 35. Rxd3 exd3 36. Ng3 d2 37. Rd1 h5 38. Nf1 Ne4+ 39. Kg1 Ke6 40. Nxd2 Kf5
41. Nf3 Nc3 42. Rd2 Kxf4 $11) 30. Nxf5 Rc2 31. Rf2 Rac8 $2 (31... Rc3 32. Kf1
h5 33. Rfd2 Ke6 34. Nd4+ Kd7 $14 {Komodo11}) 32. Nd6+ $18 Ke6 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34.
h3 h5 35. g3 Kf5 36. Rfd2 (36. Rd4 Rc3 37. Kg2 Rc6 38. Ra4 a6 39. Rd4 Rc1 40.
Rfd2 h4 41. Rxd5+ Nxd5 42. Rxd5+ Kf6 43. gxh4 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rxa2 45. b4 $18 {
Komodo11}) 36... Rc3 (36... h4 37. g4+ Kxf4 38. Rf1+ Ke5 39. Rf5+ Ke6 40. Rd4
Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Ke1 Rxa2 43. Ra4 Rxa4 44. bxa4 $18 {Komodo11}) 37. Rxd5+
(37. Kg2 Rc5 38. Rf1 a6 39. Rdd1 Rc2+ 40. Rf2 Rc3 41. Rfd2 Rc5 42. b4 Rc4 43.
Rd4 Rc2+ 44. R1d2 Rc6 45. Rxd5+ $18 {Komodo11}) 37... Nxd5 38. Rxd5+ Kf6 39.
Kf2 $16 h4 (39... Rf3+ 40. Kg2 h4 41. Rd6+ Kf7 42. gxh4 Rxf4 43. Ra6 Rxh4 44.
Rxa7+ $16) 40. gxh4 Rxh3 (40... Rf3+ 41. Ke2 Rxf4 42. h5 Rh4 43. Ke3 Ke7 44.
Ra5 Kd6 45. b4 $18 {Komodo11}) 41. Ra5 $18 Rf3+ (41... Rxh4 42. Ke3) 42. Ke2
Rxf4 43. h5 Rh4 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. h6 Kd6 46. Rxa7 (46. Kd4) 46... Kc5 47. h7 1-0

