[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Patrick, David A"]
[Black "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 (6... d6) 7. Nc3
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bb2 {looks like a sidelined B here} (9. Bd2 {main}) 9...
Be7 10. Bd3 Bb7 (10... Ba6 {also played}) 11. Qe2 (11. O-O) 11... d6 12. O-O
Nd7 13. exd6 (13. Rfe1 O-O 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6
18. Re4 $11 {2 Wh wins, 1 draw, 2 Bl wins}) 13... Qxd6 (13... Bxd6 14. h3 O-O
15. c4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Red1 Rac8 18. Rac1 (18. a3 Be7 19. Rac1 Qf4 20.
Nd2 Nf6 21. Qe3 Bd6 {Zuev-Kozlov, RUS ch sf Perm 1997,0-1}) 18... Qf4 19. Qe3
Bd6 20. Qxf4 Bxf4 21. Rc2 Red8 {Hansson-Grandelius, Cellavision op, Lund 2018,
0-1}) 14. a4 $14 Qf4 15. Ne5 (15. Bc1 Qc7 16. a5 Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Qd8
19. Bf4 $14 {Komodo13}) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 O-O 17. a5 $11 (17. Bc1 Qh4 18. a5
$11) 17... Bc5 18. Bc1 Qh4 19. Bc2 (19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rfb1 g6 $11 {Komodo13})
19... Bc6 20. Be3 Rad8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Ra6 (23. Ra5) 23... Bd5
24. Ra4 c4 25. g3 Qg5 26. f4 {opens up the K side} (26. h4 Qe7 27. Qe3 $11 {
Komodo13}) 26... Qe7 $15 27. Rb1 g6 28. Qf2 Ra8 29. Rba1 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Rb8 31.
Ra7 Qd8 32. f5 (32. Qd4 h5 $17 {Komodo13}) 32... gxf5 $19 33. Ra2 Kh8 34. Qd4
Qg5 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. gxf4 Rg8+ {using the lines opened up by Wh} 37. Kf2 Rg2+
38. Ke3 Rxh2 39. Kd4 Rf2 (39... h5) 40. Kc5 h5 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Surtees, Mike J"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Be7 (4... d5) 5. e4 (5. d4) 5... d6 6. Nge2
O-O 7. d4 Qc7 (7... Nbd7 {main}) 8. O-O Be6 $146 {Deep Fritz13} (8... Nbd7) 9.
d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 (10. Nxd5 {Komodo13}) 10... Bd7 11. h3 (11. a4) 11... Na6 (
11... b5) 12. Be3 b5 13. a3 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 a5 16. f4 (16. Rfc1 Qb7
17. Na4 Bd8 18. Nec3 $14 {Komodo13}) 16... Qc4 17. Rfd1 Qb3 18. Rdc1 $16 {the
Bl Q could be in danger} Bd8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bc5 (20. Ra3 $1 Qc4 21. Na2 Nxe4
22. Rxc4 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 $18 {Komodo13}) 20... Re8 21. Ra3 Qc4 22. Na2 Qxa2 (
22... Nxe4 23. Rxc4 Nxd2 24. Rxb4 Nb1 25. Rb7 Nxa3 26. Rxd7 Nc4 27. d6 $16 {
Komodo13}) 23. Bxb4 (23. Rxa2 Nxa2 24. Ra1 Rc8 25. Ba7 Nb4 26. Nc3 $18 {
Komodo13- is simpler}) 23... axb4 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Qxb4 Ra4 26. Qb7 Ra5 27.
Nc3 Rc5 28. Ra1 Bc8 29. Qb3 Nh5 (29... Rc7 {looks better, trying to construct
a fortress}) 30. Kh2 g5 31. Ra8 (31. Ra7) 31... g4 32. h4 Kh8 33. Qb4 Rc7 34.
d6 Rb7 35. Qa3 (35. d7 Rxd7 36. Rxc8 $18 {Komodo13}) 35... Bb6 (35... Be6 36.
Qc5 Rxb2 37. Qxe5+ Ng7 38. Nd5 $18 {Komodo13}) 36. Nd1 {preventing Bf2, but
there is a stronger attack available for Wh} (36. Qa4 Nf6 37. Qc6 $18 {Komodo13
}) 36... Bd4 37. Bf1 Rb6 38. d7 Bxd7 39. Rxe8+ Bxe8 40. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Biermann, Florian"]
[Black "Hayward, Philip T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 c5 (8... Rg6) (8... Nbd7) (8... b6 {alternatives}) 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. Bg5 (10.
Rb1 {scores 65 % for Wh} Bc6 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Nd4 $11) 10... Rg6 11. Qh4 Bc6
12. Rd1 (12. a4 $11 {but Wh only scores 10% , mainly in corr games}) 12... Nbd7
13. Nf4 Rg8 (13... Rxg5 {Komodo13} 14. Qxg5 Qa5 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. dxc5 Nd5 17.
Nd4 Nxc5 (17... e3) 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Be2 e3 20. O-O $16 {Wang-Savchenko, Wld
ch blitz Riadh 2017,1-0}) 14. dxc5 (14. Be2 $14 {Komodo13}) 14... e3 15. fxe3 (
15. f3) 15... Rxg5 16. Qxg5 Qa5 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Ne2 (18. O-O $14 {Komodo13})
18... Rg8 19. Qf4 Rg4 (19... Rxg2 20. Rg1 Rxg1+ 21. Nxg1 Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 Qxa3 (
22... e5) 23. Qd6 Nd5 24. Rf1 Nc3+ 25. Kf2 Qxc5 $11 {Komodo13}) 20. Qd6 $16 Qd8
(20... Kd8 21. h3 Rxg2 22. Rf1 Ke8 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26.
Rg1 $18 {the Wh R gets active at last}) 21. Ba6 (21. Nd4 Bxg2 22. Nb5 Qa5 23.
Rg1 (23. h3 Bxh1 24. hxg4 $18) 23... Bc6 24. Rxg4 Nxg4 25. Nd4 $18 {Komodo13-
unusual convolutions, especially in time pressure}) 21... Ne4 $2 (21... Qc7 22.
Bd3 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Qxc5 24. Qxc5+ Nxc5 25. Nd4 $18 {Komodo13- the exchange will
win in the long run}) 22. Qxc6+ $18 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Farrar, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 (4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 Na5
{Dean-Farrar, British Hull 2018,1/2-1/2}) 4... d5 5. exd5 h6 (5... Nxd5 6. Nxf7
(6. Qf3 {scores even better} Qxg5 7. Bxd5 Qf6 8. Bxb7)) 6. Nf3 e4 7. Qe2 (7.
Ne5 Bd6 (7... Qe7 8. d4 exd3 9. f4 (9. O-O dxc2 $17) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O Nxe5 11.
fxe5 Qc5+ (11... dxc2 12. Qxc2 Qxe5 $11) (11... Nxd5 $11) 12. Kh1 Qxc4 13. Nd2
(13. exf6 $16) 13... dxc2 14. Qe1 Qxd5 15. exf6+ Be6 $19 {Kotovskyy-Romashko,
UKR ch U20 Lvov 2008,0-1}) 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 {2 Bl wins, 3 draws}) (7.
Nd4 c6 $15) 7... Bb4 8. Nc3 $146 (8. Nd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bg4 11. Qf1 Bb6
$17 {1-2}) (8. O-O O-O 9. Ne1 Bg4 10. Qe3 Nbd7 $17 {1game each}) (8. c3 {
considered} O-O 9. Nd4 Bc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qe1 Re8 12. h3 Bh5 $17 {
Cardoso-Najdorf, Nethanya 1975,0-1}) (8. a3 {considered} O-O 9. axb4 exf3 10.
Qxf3 Re8+ 11. Kf1 Nbd7 12. Bb3 (12. d3 Ne5 13. Qd1 Bg4 $19 {Komodo13}) (12. d4
Nb6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Qg3 Nbxd5 15. h3 Qe7 16. Kg1 Be2 17. Bxe2 Qxe2 18. Bxh6 Nh5
19. Qg4 Nxb4 20. Nc3 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Nxc2 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Bf4 c6 $11 {Komodo13})
12... Nb6 (12... Ne5 $19 {Komodo13}) 13. Nc3 $15 {COMP XiniX-COMP The King,
NED ch computers 2000,1/2-1/2}) 8... Bxc3 (8... O-O 9. Ne5 Re8 10. d4 exd3 11.
cxd3 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bf4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qe4 Qc5 $19 {Komodo13}) 9.
dxc3 O-O 10. Nd4 Bg4 (10... Nxd5 11. O-O $16 {Komodo13}) 11. f3 (11. Qe3 $16 {
Komodo13} Nxd5 (11... Nbd7 12. Qg3 Kh7 13. Bb3 $16) 12. Qg3 $18 {missed} h5 13.
h3 Be6 14. Bg5 Qd6 (14... Qd7 15. Bh6 $18) 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. O-O-O) 11... exf3
12. gxf3 Re8 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O-O (15. c4 {considered} Qa5+ 16.
Kf2 Bh5 $15) 15... c5 {not anticipated by Wh} (15... Bh5 16. c4 Qe5 17. Rde1
Na6 18. Rhg1 Qf6 19. Qf2 Rad8 $15 {Komodo13}) 16. fxg4 (16. c4 {considered &
pm analysis} Qe5 17. Nb5 $11 Nc6 {Komodo13} (17... Qxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Rd8+
Kh7 20. fxg4 $18) (17... Na6 {pm analysis} 18. fxg4 Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. a3
$16 {Komodo13} Re4 21. h3 Rxc4 22. Rhf1 Re4 23. Rd7 Rae8 24. Rxb7 R8e7 25. Rxa7
Rxa7 26. Nxa7 $16) 18. Rhe1 (18. fxg4 Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. h3 a6 21. Nc7 Rd8
22. Rd5 $11 (22. Nd5 $11)) 18... Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxe2
22. Rxe2 Bxf3 23. Re7 Rd8 24. c3 a6 $11 {Komodo13}) 16... cxd4 17. Rxd4 $2 (17.
cxd4 Qxa2 18. c3 (18. Qd3 Na6 19. Kd2 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa2 $17 21. Rxb7 Qa5+ 22.
Ke2 Nb4 $19) (18. Rhe1 Nc6 19. Qd3 Nb4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. cxb3 Rac8+ 22. Kb1 Nc2
23. Re2 Nxe3 24. Rde1 Re4 25. Rxe3 Rxg4 $17) 18... Na6 $19 19. Rhe1 Nb4 $19 {
Komodo13} (19... Rac8 20. Qb5 Nc7 21. Qf5 (21. Qd7 Nd5 22. Bd2 {pm analysis}
Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Nb4+ 24. Kb3 Qa2+ 25. Kxb4 Rc4+ 26. Kb5 Qa6# {Komodo13}))) (17.
Qd3 Nc6 18. c4 Qa5 19. Bxd4 Rad8 20. c3 Qxa2 21. Rhe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Na5 $19)
17... Qxh1+ 18. Rd1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 (2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 d5 6. e5 Nge7 7. Be2 Nf5
8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nfd4 11. Bd1 f6 {Whitehead-Van Kemenade, Bradford
Major 1996,0-1}) (2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O d6
8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Nf1 {Van Kemenade-Whitehead, S Wales Autumn 2018,0-1
}) 2... a6 3. a4 Nc6 4. Bc4 (4. f4 e6 5. Bc4 Nge7 6. Ba2 Nb4 7. d3 d5 8. Qe2 d4
9. Nd1 Nxa2 10. Rxa2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Nf2 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Ra1 {Van
Kemenade=Whitehead, Leyland Open 2014, 1/2-1/2}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Ba2 Be7 (
6... d5 7. Bg5 (7. exd5 exd5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Nf3 {0-6}) 7... d4 8. Nce2 Be7 9.
Ng3 h6 10. Bd2 {Roque-Poloao, Manila Campomanes memorial 2010,1-0}) 7. Nf3 (7.
f4 {0-3}) (7. Nge2 O-O 8. f4 d6 9. O-O {3-1}) 7... d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Ne5 10.
Ng3 (10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 $11 {Komodo13}) 10... Bd7 11. c3 b5 12. Bb3 Qc7 13.
Bc2 Rac8 14. Bg5 $11 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Rathbone-Jones, Ifan"]
[Black "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. f4 {8 games,5 Wh wins,
3 draws} (6. Nf3 {main, some 7,500 games in database}) 6... Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 $146
(7... e6) 8. e5 Nh5 $11 9. Ng5 e6 10. g4 Ng7 {not a very good square for a N} (
10... d5 11. gxh5 dxc4 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. Nb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 O-O 15. Ne4 Be7 16.
Be3 b6 $11 {Komodo13}) 11. Nce4 $16 Be7 (11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. Bb5+ Nc6
14. fxe5 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 h6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Nd6+ Kd7 19. Ndxf7
Rf8 20. Nxh6 $18) 12. exd6 Bxg5 (12... f5 $5 $16 {gives chances of survival})
13. fxg5 $18 {Wh controls all the bl squares} Qa5+ (13... O-O 14. d7 $18) 14.
Kf1 (14. Bd2 {looks even stronger} Qb6 15. Bc3 Qe3+ 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 e5
18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Rad1 {Wh is almost fully mobilized}) 14... O-O 15.
Nf6+ Kh8 16. Qd3 Ne8 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Bc3 e5 {Bl is finding ways to cling on}
19. d7 Nxf6 20. dxc8=Q Qxc8 21. gxf6 Qxg4 22. Bd5 (22. Rg1 $16) 22... Rad8 (
22... Nb4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Qf3 Rac8 26. Rg1 Qxb2 27. Rg2 Qb5+ 28.
Re2 Rc5 29. a4 Qa6 30. Kg1 $16 {and Wh should be able to get his K to safety.})
23. Qf3 $18 Qxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rfe8 25. Re1 (25. Kg2 Rd6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Rhe1 $18
{Komodo13}) 25... Nd4 (25... Rd6 26. Kg2 Rxf6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29.
Bxe5+ f6 30. Bc3 $18 {the 2 pawns are not enough for the piece}) 26. Bxb7 Re6
27. Kg2 Nb5 28. Bxe5 Rd2+ 29. Kf3 Rb6 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 h5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33.
Bd5 {Bl has run out of play} Ra6 34. Bxf7 Rc6 35. Bd5 (35. Bg8+ Kh6 36. f7 {
Komodo13-mating soon}) 35... Rxf6+ 36. Bxf6 Nd4+ 37. Kf2 (37. Bxd4 Kh6 38. Kf4
g5+ 39. Kf5 h4 40. Rh8#) 37... g5 38. Be4+ (38. Bf7 g4 39. Rh8#) 38... Nf5 39.
Bxf5+ Kh6 40. Rd7 (40. Rh8#) 40... h4 41. Rg7 (41. Rh7#) 41... g4 42. Ke3 g3
43. h3 g2 44. Rg4 g1=Q+ 45. Rxg1 a5 46. Bg7+ Kh5 47. Bg6# 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Pirga, Vlad"]
[Black "Camp, Imogen A L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 (5... Qf6 {main}) 6. Bc4
Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 (7... O-O) 8. Nxc6 (8. O-O) (8. f3 {both score better for Bl})
8... bxc6 9. Qf3 (9. Bg5) 9... Bd7 (9... Bg4 10. Qg3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Be6 12. Bxe6
fxe6 13. O-O-O O-O $11 {Wulffers-Ngo, NED U16 open, Hengelo 1999,0-1}) 10. Bg5
(10. e5 Bxe3 (10... dxe5 11. O-O-O $16) 11. exf6 Bh6 12. fxg7 Qe7+ 13. Kd1 Bxg7
14. Re1 Be5 $11 {Komodo13}) 10... Qe7 11. Bxf6 (11. O-O) 11... gxf6 12. O-O-O
O-O-O $11 13. Rd3 (13. Rhe1) 13... Kb7 14. Qf4 Be6 (14... f5 15. exf5 d5 16.
Bb3 Rde8 $15 {Komodo13- Bl has a strong centre}) 15. Bb3 Rhg8 16. Rg3 (16. g3)
16... Bd4 17. Qd2 (17. Nd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Rxg3 19. hxg3 Bc5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. f3
$14 {Komodo13- the Bl pawns are a little loose}) 17... Bb6 18. f3 Bxb3 19. axb3
Qe5 20. Qe1 Rde8 21. Ne2 (21. Rxg8 Rxg8 22. g3 f5 23. f4 Qe6 24. exf5 Qxf5 25.
Qe4 $11) 21... f5 $17 22. Qc3 Qe6 (22... Qb5 23. Qd3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qxd3 25.
cxd3 f5 26. Rxg8 Rxg8 27. g3 fxe4 28. dxe4 Rf8 29. Kd2 Rf3 $17 {Komodo13}) 23.
Rxg8 Rxg8 24. Nf4 Qh6 $19 25. g3 (25. Qd2 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rg4 27. Rf1 Qxh2 $19)
25... Rxg3 26. hxg3 Qxh1+ 27. Kd2 fxe4 (27... Qh2+ 28. Ne2 Qh6+ 29. Nf4 Qg5 30.
exf5 Qxg3 31. Ne2 Qg5+ 32. Ke1 h5 $19 {Komodo13}) 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Qd3 Qxd3+
30. Kxd3 Kc8 (30... Bf2 31. g4 Kb6 32. b4 Bg3 33. Ng2 c5 $19 {Komodo13}) 31. g4
Kd7 32. Ke4 Ke7 {Bl has pawn majorities on both sides of the board} 33. Kf5 Be3
34. Nd3 c5 35. c3 a5 36. c4 Bd4 37. Nf4 c6 38. Nd3 h6 (38... d5 39. cxd5 cxd5
40. Kg5 c4 41. bxc4 dxc4 42. Ne1 Bxb2) 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. Ne1 Kg5 41. Kf3 Bxb2 42.
Nd3 Be5 43. Nf2 f5 44. gxf5 Kxf5 45. Ng4 h5 46. Ne3+ Kg5 47. Nd1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Black "Biermann, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nc7 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 Ne6 10. Bg3 Qa5 11. Bc4 (11. O-O-O {main}) 11... Qb4 $146 {
however this is not a stable square for the Q, so the net effect isthat Bl
loses a move} (11... d6) (11... a6) 12. O-O-O h5 13. a3 $18 Qa5 14. Rd5 (14.
Rhe1) (14. Kb1) 14... Nc5 (14... Qc7) 15. Qe3 (15. Rxc5 $1 {Komodo13} Qxc5 16.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 (16... Kd8 17. Rd1 $18 a6 (17... h4 18. Rd5 hxg3 19. Rxc5 gxh2 20.
Nxh2 Rxh2 21. f4 $18) 18. Rd5 Qa7 19. Qxg6 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 {and Bl can scarcely
move}) 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qxg6 Nd8 19. Qe8+ Bf8 20. Qxd8 $18) 15... Bh6 (15... b6
16. Kb1 Ba6 17. Ba2 Bb7 18. Rhd1 e6 19. Rd6 Ne7 20. Nd4 O-O 21. Bf4 $18 {
Komodo13}) 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 e6 (17... Ne6 18. Qe4 Qc7 19. Rhd1 Kf8 20.
R5d2 Kg7 21. Nd5 Qa5 22. Kb1 {and Bl's further development looks like it will
never happen}) 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Nge4 exd5 20. Nd6+ Kd8 21. Qf6+ Ne7 (21... Kc7
22. Ndb5+ Kb8 23. Qd6+ Qc7 24. Qxc7#) 22. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Camp, Imogen A L"]
[Black "Surtees, Mike J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nh5 (3... c5) (3... b6) (3... d5) 4. Bg3 (4. Bg5 {
more frequent}) 4... f5 5. e3 Be7 (5... d6 {1/2}) (5... Nxg3 {1/2}) 6. c4 (6.
Ne5 Nf6 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nd3 Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Kh8 12. f3 {
Paehtz-Socko, Radzikowska Memorial rapid 2018, 1/2-1/2}) 6... d6 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3
Nd7 8. d5 Nc5 9. Nd4 g6 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Nxf5 Bf6 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxg3
14. Nxg3 Nc5 {Sturza-Pokorny, CZE ch tm 2012.1/2-1/2}) (7. Be2) 7... O-O 8. Be2
Na6 (8... Nd7 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxh5 f4 11. exf4 Bxf4 12. Bg4 e5 13. O-O {
Koeng-Klinger, Werfen op 1991, 1/2-1/2}) (8... Bf6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nxg3
11. hxg3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Bd3 g6 14. e4 Nc6 15. exf5 exf5 16. Nd5 $16 {
Averyanov-Vlasenko, St Petersburg Summer 2017,0-1}) 9. O-O Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11.
dxc5 (11. Qd2 $14) 11... Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd4 Bf6
15. Rc1 $14 {Komodo13}) 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Rfd1 $16 a5 15. a3 (15. c5 $1 dxc5 (
15... Qxb4 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Nd5 $18) 16. Na4 Qd8 (16... Qxb4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18.
Qxe7 Qxa4 19. Ng5 $18) 17. bxc5 Bf6 (17... Rf6 18. Nb6 $18) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19.
Rac1 $18 {Komodo13}) 15... Nc5 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Ne4 19. Nxe4
fxe4 20. Nd2 (20. c5 Qc6 21. cxd6 Bf6 22. b5 Qc5 23. Nd4 Qxd6 24. Bc4 $16 {
Komodo13}) 20... d5 (20... Ba4 21. Bg4 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nb3 Bf6 24. Qa2 Bd7
25. Qe2 Bb5 26. Qd2 Rfd8 27. Nc5 $11 {Komodo13}) 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Nc4 (22.
Nxe4 Bf5 23. Nc3 Bxb1 24. Nxd5 Qd6 25. Qxb1 $14 {Komodo13}) 22... Qe6 23. Na3 (
23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Rf1 Be6 25. Na5 Ra7 26. Nb3 $11 {Komodo13}) 23... Qf7 $17 24.
Bb5 (24. Rf1) 24... Bf6 $19 25. Qb3 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 (26. Qxd5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Ra2
$19) 26... Bxb5 27. Rd2 h5 (27... d4 28. exd4 Bxd4 {Komodo13}) 28. Qc1 Bd3 29.
Rb3 d4 30. Ra3 (30. Rbxd3 $5) 30... dxe3 31. fxe3 Bg5 (31... Be5 $1 {Komodo13})
32. Qe1 Qf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kh2 Bxe3 35. Rdxd3 exd3 36. Rxd3 Bg1+ 37. Kh3
Rb1 38. Kh4 Rxb4+ 39. Kxh5 Rb5+ 40. Kg6 Rb6+ 41. Kh5 Kh7 42. g4 Rh6+ 43. Kg5 b6
44. Kf5 Rf6+ 45. Ke4 Kg6 46. Rd5 Bc5 47. g3 Re6+ (47... Rd6 48. Rf5 Rd4+ 49.
Kf3 Rd3+ 50. Kf4 Bd6+) 48. Kf4 Rd6 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Rf5+ Ke7 51. g5 g6 52. Re5+
Kd7 53. g4 Kc6 54. Re8 b5 55. Ke5 Bd4+ 56. Ke4 b4 57. Rc8+ Kb5 58. Rc1 b3 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Farrar, Gordon"]
[Black "Rathbone-Jones, Ifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4
Bd7) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Qc7 (8... a5) 9. Bf4 (9. b4 Bb6 10. Re1 {main}) 9...
Nge7 10. Bg3 (10. b4) 10... a5 $146 (10... Ng6) 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3 Ng6 13. Qe2
(13. Nb5 $16 {Komodo13}) 13... Nce7 14. Nc2 (14. Nb5) 14... Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5
16. e6 (16. Qd2 Be6 17. Ncd4 $14) 16... f4 17. exd7 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qxg3 19. Qb5
$2 Nf4 $19 20. Nfe1 (20. Nce1 Ra6 $1 (20... Nh3+)) 20... Nh3+ (20... Nh3+ 21.
Kh1 Nxf2+ 22. Kg1 (22. Rxf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 Qh4#) 22... Ng4+ 23. Rf2
Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qh4# (24... Qg1#)) 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Hilton, Tim"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 (4. Nf3) 4... Qg5 (4... Bb4) (4... c5 {
main lines}) 5. Qf3 (5. Bf1 Qg6 {Fritz5.32-FRitz5.32, blitz 1999,0-1}) (5. Nf3
Qxg2 6. Rg1 Qh3 7. Bf1 Qh5 8. Rg5 Qh6 9. d4 Qf6 10. Be3 $14 {Komodo13}) 5...
Nc6 6. Nh3 (6. Qh3 Qh6 7. Qxh6 Nxh6 $11 {Komodo13}) 6... Qh6 (6... Qc5) (6...
Qf6 {both Komodo13}) 7. Bb1 (7. O-O) 7... Nd4 (7... e5) 8. Qg3 (8. Qd1) 8...
Bd6 9. e5 Be7 (9... Bc5) 10. O-O O-O-O $15 11. Be4 $2 Bxe4 (11... Bxe4 12. d3
Qg6 13. dxe4 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6 15. f4 Nh6 $19 {survives longer}) 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Rajagopal, Juan"]
[Black "Carroll, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 (6... g6) 7. Qa4+
$146 (7. Nf3) 7... Nbd7 8. e3 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 (9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Rxd6
Qc7 12. Rd2 Nf6 $15) 9... Bxg5 10. Qe4+ Kf8 $17 11. f4 Nf6 12. Nxf6 Bxf6 $19 (
12... Bh4+ 13. g3 Bxf6 $19 {Komodo13}) 13. Bc4 Qe7 (13... g6) 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7
15. O-O-O Be6 16. Bd5 Rac8 (16... Bd4 17. exd4 Bxd5 18. Ne2 Rhc8 $19 {Komodo13}
) 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. h4 h5 19. Nf3 g6 20. Rd2 b5 21. Rhd1 Rc6 (21... Rhd8) 22.
e4 Bg7 23. g3 Rf8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 (24... dxe5 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. fxe5+ Kxe5 27. Rxg7
Rf6 28. Rxa7 Rf3 29. Rg1 Kxe4 $17 {Komodo13}) 25. fxe5 Rd8 26. Kc2 d5 27. exd5
Rxd5 28. Kc3 a6 29. a4 Rxe5 $19 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. R1d3 b4+ 32. Kc2 c4 33. Rd1
Re2+ 34. R1d2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 c3+ 36. Kc2 Kf5 (36... cxb2+ 37. Kxb2 e5) 37. Rd4
a5 38. Kd3 cxb2 39. Rf4+ Ke5 40. Re4+ Kf6 41. Rf4+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Shakespeare, John"]
[Black "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Bd7 12. b3 Nh7 13. a3 h5 14. f3 f5 (14... Bh6 {
main}) 15. Rb1 g5 16. Bf2 f4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rf6 (18... Qg6 {main}) (18...
b6) 19. c5 Bf8 (19... Rg6 20. c6 $18 bxc6 21. dxc6 Be6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Ra1 g4
24. fxg4 hxg4 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 g3 27. hxg3 fxg3 28. Be3 $18 {Banas-Szabo,
Balaton IM, Balatonboglar 2014, 1-0}) (19... g4 $5) 20. c6 $18 (20. cxd6 cxd6
21. h3 Rc8 22. Qb3 Rg6 23. Rfc1 Nf6 24. Kf1 g4 $11 {Anagnostopoulos-Grivas,
Ano Liosia op 1993,0-1}) 20... bxc6 21. dxc6 Be6 22. Nd5 Rf7 23. Qa4 {Deep
Fritz13} (23. Ra1 {Komodo13}) 23... Bxd5 (23... Nc5 24. Qc2 Na6 25. Ra1 {Deep
Fritz13}) (23... g4 24. Bxa6 g3 $5 {Komodo13}) 24. exd5 e4 25. fxe4 Nc5 (25...
g4 $5 {both Engines}) 26. Qc2 f3 27. Bxf3 g4 28. bxc5 {both Engines} gxf3 29.
Nxf3 Nf6 (29... dxc5) 30. Ng5 Rg7 31. Ne6 Rg4 32. Bd4 (32. h3 {Deep Fritz13}) (
32. Nxc7 {Komodo13}) 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Cukovs, Oleg"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 (4. f4) (4. Nf3 {main lines}) 4... Nbd7 5.
f4 (5. Nf3 {main}) 5... Qa5 6. Qd2 {main} (6. Bd3 {scores better}) 6... e5 7.
fxe5 (7. Nf3 {main}) 7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 (8... Nxe5 $15 9. Bxf6 (9. Nf3 {1
Wh win, 4 draws, 5 Bl wins}) 9... gxf6 {9 Bl wins, 4 draws}) 9. e6 fxe6 10. Bc4
{loses a tempo to Bl's next} (10. Be2 Ngf6 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Bd3 (12. O-O Nxe4
13. Nxe4 Bxd2 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Nxd2+ Kg8 16. N2e4 Ne5 (16... h6 $11) 17. Rf2
$11 {Uzonyi-Kende, HUN ch tm 2008,1-0}) 12... O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Bf4 Qa5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 $16 {Bang-Ochsner,Haderslev op 1981,
1/2-1/2}) (10. h3 Nge5 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. Be3 Rd8 (13... b6 $11) (
13... Nc5 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15. Nc4 Nxd2 16. Nxa5 Ne4 17. Nb3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3+
19. Kd1 Bxa1 20. Nxa1 b6 $11 {Komodo13}) 14. Rd1 (14. O-O-O) 14... Nf7 $11 {
Atri-Dumjahn, Pinneberg ch 2014,1/2-1/2}) 10... Nde5 (10... h6 11. Bf4 e5 12.
Bg3 Bc5 13. Bb3 Ne3 14. Nf3 Rf8 $15 {Komodo13}) 11. Bb3 Bc5 12. Nge2 {after
some thought} (12. O-O-O O-O (12... Nf2 13. Qd8+ Qxd8 14. Rxd8+ Kf7 15. Rxh8
Nxh1 16. Nf3 Nxf3 17. gxf3 h6 18. Bd2 $18 Nf2 (18... b5 19. Ne2 Bb7 20. Rxa8
Bxa8 21. Nf4 Bd6 22. Nxe6 $18 {Komodo13}) (18... Bf8 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Bc4 g5 21.
Rh7+ Bg7 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Nd1 c5 24. Rxg7+ Rxg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bf1 h5 27. Bg2
$18 {Komodo13}) 19. Ne2 Nh3 (19... Bf8 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Be1 Re8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8
23. Bxf2 $18) 20. f4 Ke7 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Nf2 23. Ng3 Ng4 24. Be6 Bxe6 25.
Rxa8 Bd5 26. Rb8 b5 27. Nh5 $18 {Komodo13}) 13. Nh3 h6 14. Bd8 b6 15. Rhe1 Rf7
$11 {Komodo13}) 12... Bf2+ $19 (12... h6 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. Bf4 O-O $19 {Komodo13}
) 13. Kd1 h6 (13... Bb6 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Kc1 Rf2 $19 {Komodo13}) (13... Nf7 14.
Bf4 Bb6 15. Rf1 O-O 16. Rf3 Nge5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf4 Qa5 19. Kd2 Bd8 20. Qg3
Qh5 21. Raf1 Bg5+ 22. Kd1 b6 $17 {Komodo13}) 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Bxe5 (15. h3 Rd8
16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 exd5 18. exd5 g5 19. hxg4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 Nxg4 21. Raf1
Kg7 $19 {Komodo13}) 15... Nxe5 (15... Qxe5 $1 $19 16. Qd3 (16. h3 Be3 17. hxg4
Bxd2) 16... Qg5 17. e5 (17. h3 Ne3+ 18. Kc1 Nc4+ 19. Kb1 Nd2+ $19) 17... Rd8
$19 {Komodo13}) 16. Nc1 (16. Kc1 Bh4 17. g3 Nf3 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Bg5+ 20.
Nf4 axb6 21. Nce2 Kh7 22. e5 Ra5 23. h4 Nxh4 24. gxh4 Bxf4+ 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 26.
Kd2 Rxe5 $17 {Komodo13}) 16... Ng4 (16... Bh4 17. N3e2 Qb6 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19.
cxd3 Rf2 20. d4 Bd7 21. Qc3 Raf8 22. Rg1 Bg5 $19 {Komodo13}) (16... Qc5 17. Nd3
Nxd3 18. cxd3 Be3 19. Qe1 Rf2 20. Rf1 Rxb2 $19 {Komodo132}) 17. Nd3 Qh5 18. Qe2
(18. h3 c5 19. Qe2 Ne3+ 20. Kc1 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 c4 22. Nxf2 cxb3 23. Kd2 Nxc2 24.
Raf1 Rd8+ 25. Kc3 Ne3 26. Ra1 bxa2 27. Rxa2 e5 $19 {Komodo13}) 18... Be3 (18...
Qg5 $1 $19 {Komodo13} 19. e5 (19. g3 Ne3+ 20. Kc1 Nc4+ 21. Kd1 Nxb2+ 22. Nxb2
Bd4 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Qf4 Qd8 25. Qd2 Bxc3 26. Qxd8 Rxd8+ 27. Kc1 b5 $19 {
Komodo13}) (19. a4 c5 $19 {Komodo13}) 19... Ne3+ 20. Kc1 Qxg2 21. Kd2 Rf3 22.
Ne4 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Be3+ 24. Kd1 Qxh1+ $19 {Komodo13}) 19. h3 Nf2+ 20. Nxf2 Qxe2+
21. Kxe2 Bxf2 22. Rhf1 Bd4 $15 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Black "Sandhu, Manvith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 (3. d4 {main} Nf6 {used a number of times by Carlsen,
mostly in blitz}) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Be2 (7. Qd2 {main
eg} a6 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. g4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 {
Movsesian-Carlsen, Wld ch Rapid, Riadh 2017,0-1}) 7... e5 8. d5 (8. dxe5 dxe5 (
8... Nxe5 {alternatives})) 8... Ne7 9. Qd2 Qd7 $146 (9... Ne8) (9... Bd7) (9...
c6) (9... Nxe4) 10. O-O-O {Komodo13} (10. O-O {Deep Fritz14}) 10... Rd8 11. g4
{Deep Fritz14} (11. Nh2 Qe8 12. Ng4 $16 {Komodo13}) 11... c6 12. Nh4 (12. Rhg1)
12... cxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 (13... b6 $11 {both Engines}) 14. f4 b6 (14... Qa5 {
Komodo13}) (14... exf4 15. Bxf4 a6 {Deep Fritz14}) 15. g5 (15. fxe5 Ne8 16. e6
$16 {Komodo13} (16. Nb5 $16 {Deep Fritz14})) 15... Ne8 (15... Nd7 {slight
preference- both Engines}) 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. c4 Ba6 (17... a6 18. Nc3 Rb8 $15 {
Komodo13- the Wh attack has stalled & Bl's is just beginning}) (17... exf4 18.
Bxf4 (18. Bd4 $14 {Komodo13, gaining squares on the K side}) 18... a6 19. Nc3 {
Deep Fritz14- Komodo13 considers =}) 18. Nc3 (18. Bg4 Qb7 19. Qb4 $11 {Komodo13
}) 18... Qc7 $15 {Deep Fritz14- (Bl offered a draw)} (18... Rac8 $17 {Komodo13}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Hayward, Philip T"]
[Black "Pirga, Vlad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 a6 (6... d6 {main})
7. O-O Ne7 {commits Bl to giving up the centre} (7... d6) 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4
Ba7 10. Bg5 Ng6 $146 (10... Ne8 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Qd3 d6 14. Nd5 c6
15. Ne3 Qf6 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qb3 Rb8 {Yuyukin-Dansarov, Bajkal op, Ulan Ude
2013,0-1}) (10... Ng4 11. h3 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxf2 13. Bxd8 Nxd1 14. Raxd1 Rxd8 15.
Kh2 {Berg-Khalat,Rheinland ch, Mainz Laubenheim 2002,1-0}) 11. Ne4 $18 Re8 12.
N2c3 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rxd8 {2 pieces for a Q only work in some very
unusual opening variations.Here, the pieces are scarcely even developed as yet}
15. h4 Rb8 16. h5 Nf8 17. h6 d6 18. hxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd2 (19. Qh5) 19... Bf5 20.
Rfe1 Ng6 21. a4 (21. Bxb7 {Komodo13} c5 (21... Rxb7 22. Qg5 Rbb8 23. Qxf5) 22.
Bd5 Rd7 23. Kg2) 21... a5 22. Bf3 (22. Qg5 Be6 23. Qxa5) 22... c5 23. Kg2 Re8
24. Qg5 (24. Rh1) 24... Bd7 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Rhd1 f6 28. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Qc2 Na6 9. Bd2 Qe8 10. Rae1 Qf7 11. b3 h6 12. e4 {Taylor-Van Kemenade, WCPL
2016,1/2-1/2}) 3... g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. e3 (6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 (
7... d6 {28% for Wh}) 8. Qxe4 d6 {45% for Wh}) 6... d6 7. Be2 {Wh has a solid
position though Bl has more flexibility} Nc6 {37% for Wh} (7... Qe8 {35% for Wh
}) 8. d5 (8. a3 e5 {main, 37% for Wh, Bl has a superior King's Indian. The Wh
Q has been developed too early}) 8... Nb4 9. Qb3 {losing more time with the Q
while the Bl N gets to a good square} (9. Qd1 a5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. a3 Na6 12. Rb1
c6 $15 {Semianiuk-Cori, Wld ch U16, Caldas Novas 2011,0-1}) (9. Qb1 a5 10. Nd4
e5 11. dxe6 c6 12. O-O Qe7 13. b3 f4 (13... Bxe6) 14. exf4 Nh5 15. Rd1 Nxf4 $15
{Sobeck-Kuraszkiewicz, BL 1992,0-1}) 9... Na6 {Deep Fritz13} (9... a5 {Komodo13
}) 10. O-O Nc5 (10... e5) 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe6 {Though taking en passant, Wh
neglected to remove the Bl e pawn, pressing the clock & thus needed a bit of
encouragement to do so.} Bxe6 (12... Nxe6) 13. Nd4 Bf7 14. b3 a5 $11 15. Bb2
Re8 (15... Qe7 16. Rad1 c6) 16. Rad1 c6 17. a3 {weakens b3 & thus also c4} (17.
Nf3 h6 18. Ne1 Qe7 19. Nd3 $11 {Komodo13}) 17... Qe7 18. Nf3 Ng4 (18... Nfe4 {
Komodo13}) 19. Rfe1 Bh6 {threatening f2 & e3} 20. h3 Ne5 21. e4 f4 (21... Be6 {
Komodo13 also}) 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bg4 Be6 (23... Bf8 24. Ne2 h5 25. Bf3 Bg7 $15
{Komodo13}) 24. Bf3 Bg7 25. Ne2 (25. Nd5 Qf7 26. Be2 Rad8 27. Nc3 $11 {Komodo13
}) 25... Qf7 (25... Bf7 $15) (25... b5 26. Nc1 bxc4 27. bxc4 a4 $11 (27... Rab8
$11)) 26. Nc1 g5 (26... h5 {looks better}) 27. Qe2 (27. a4 Qg6 28. Qe2 Bf7 29.
Bg4 h5 30. Bf5 Qf6 31. Bc3 $16 {Komodo13}) 27... Rf8 (27... Red8) 28. Bh5 Qc7
29. Rd2 Qb6 30. Rd6 (30. Bg4 Bf7 31. Bf5 Rad8 32. Red1 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 $11 {
Komodo13} Nxb3 $6 34. Nxb3 Qxb3 35. Qg4 Qxc4 (35... h6 36. h4 $18) 36. Qxg5 $16
) 30... Rad8 31. Red1 Qc7 32. R6d2 Rxd2 (32... Bf6) 33. Rxd2 Qb6 (33... b5 34.
cxb5 cxb5 35. Bg4 Bf7 36. Rc2 Qb6 37. Nd3 Nxd3 38. Qxd3 Rd8 39. Rc8 Rxc8 40.
Bxc8 $11 {Komodo13}) 34. Rd6 Bc8 (34... Bf7 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qd1 Bf8 37. Rd2
Nxe4 38. Re2 Nxf2 39. Rxf2 e4 40. Kf1 e3 41. Rf3 $16 {Komodo13}) 35. Qc2 Rd8
36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Bc3 (37. b4 Ne6 38. c5 Nd4 39. Bxd4 exd4 40. Qc4+ Kh8 41.
bxa5 Qxa5 42. Nd3 Qd8 (42... Qxa3 43. Qf7 $18) 43. Bg4 Bxg4 44. hxg4 Qe7 45. f3
$16 {and Wh's N is superior to the B}) 37... Be6 38. Be2 {Wh is getting way
behind on time & hoping to stabilize for a draw, rather than expand with} (38.
b4 axb4 39. axb4 Nd7 40. c5 Qa8 41. Qd2 $16) 38... b6 39. f3 {(draw?) However
Bl decided to play on as there looked to be good chances for pawn breaks on
either wing} h5 40. Nd3 Nd7 41. Nf2 Qe7 42. a4 {now Bl gets to have a longterm
plan of infiltrating with the K via c5} (42. b4 {had to be played, though the
position remains with possibilities. Bl was more than an hour ahead on the
clock as well.}) 42... Bf7 43. Nd3 Qd6 44. Nc1 (44. Qb2 Kh7 45. Kh2 Bf6 46. Kg1
$11 {Komodo13}) 44... Bf8 (44... Nc5 $15 {Komodo13}) 45. Qd1 Kg7 (45... Qxd1+ {
should be played, to prevent Wh from changing his mind about a Q swap. Qs are
good attackers, but can also defend several points at once, so their removal
can aid an attacker.}) 46. Qxd6 (46. Nd3 {Komodo13} Nc5 $2 47. Bxe5+) 46...
Bxd6 $15 47. Nd3 Kf6 48. Kf2 Bc5+ {Bl wants to keep a N on as the 7 pawns on
wh squares create a very bad Wh B,and the pawns themselves are targets. Wh
must always keep an eye on a possible g4 as well.} 49. Ke1 Ke6 (49... Bd4 {
Komodo13 looks too early}) 50. Bd1 Kd6 51. Ke2 Be6 52. Kf1 {instead Komodo13
keeps wanting to swap N for the c5 B. Engines are oten not that good at
drawing up very longterm plans.} Bd4 53. Be1 Nc5 54. Nc1 $2 {with all of Wh's
pieces now on the back rank, the defence has become precarious; and Wh was by
now living on increments} (54. Nxc5 Kxc5 {and the K infiltration creates
difficult problems. Komodo13 considers level.Wh can hold, but needs to play
actively to} 55. h4 gxh4 56. Bxh4 Kb4 (56... Bxc4+ 57. bxc4 Kxc4 58. Be1 Bc3
59. Bxc3 Kxc3 60. g4 fxg3 61. f4 Kd4 62. f5 $18) 57. Be1+ Ka3 58. Ke2 b5 59.
Kd3 b4 60. Bh4 Bb6 61. Kc2 Ka2 62. Bf6 Bc7 63. Be7 $11 {Komodo13} Bxc4 $2 {
will lose because Wh gains play elsewhere} 64. bxc4 b3+ 65. Kd3 b2 66. Bc2 b1=Q
67. Bxb1+ Kxb1 68. c5 $18) 54... Be3 55. Na2 $2 (55. Ne2 {is a little better,
but the Wh pieces are getting in each others way.} Nd3 56. Bc3 g4 $19 57. hxg4
hxg4 58. fxg4 (58. Bc2 Nb4 59. Bd1 gxf3 60. gxf3 Bh3+ 61. Ke1 Nd3#) 58... Nf2
59. Ke1 Bc5 (59... Nxg4 60. Bb2 $17) (59... Nxe4 60. Bc2 Nxc3 61. Nxc3 Bxg4 62.
Ne4+ {and the N can only be got rid of by ceding opposite colour Bs}) 60. Bc2
Nxg4 61. Nc1 Ne3 $19 {Komodo13}) 55... Nxa4 $19 56. h4 gxh4 57. Bxh4 Nb2 58.
Be2 Kc5 (58... Bd2) (58... b5 59. cxb5 Bxb3 60. Nc3 Bd4 61. Nb1 a4 62. bxc6 Nc4
63. Bd8 Kxc6 $19 {Komodo13}) 59. g4 hxg4 (59... fxg3 $19 {also}) 60. fxg4 Kd4 (
60... a4 61. bxa4 f3 62. Bxf3 Bxc4+ {Komodo13}) 61. Bf3 Nxc4 {the Wh pawns are
going one by one} 62. Be1 Nd6 (62... Nd2+ 63. Bxd2 Bxd2 64. Bd1 Kxe4 {
Komodo13- Bl has several ways}) 63. Bc3+ Kd3 64. Bxe5 Nxe4 65. Be2+ Kc2 66. Bc4
Nd2+ (66... f3 $1 {quickest- Komodo13}) 67. Kg2 Nxc4 (67... f3+ 68. Kh3 Bxc4
69. Bg3 Bxb3 {Komodo13}) 68. bxc4 Bxg4 69. Nc3 f3+ 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Black "Patrick, David A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 f6 (7... Qb6
) (7... cxd4 {main lines}) 8. g3 {scores better than the main} (8. Bd3) 8...
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ (9... Qb6 {transposes to another main line}) 10. Kf2 fxe5 (
10... O-O 11. Kg2) 11. dxe5 (11. fxe5 O-O 12. Kg2 Be7 {90% for Wh} (12... Qb6 {
71% for Wh})) 11... Nc5 12. Ng5 $146 (12. Kg2 $14 Ne4 13. Bd3 (13. h4 Bc5 14.
Nh3 h6 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Bd7 18. Rc1 Bb6 19. Qg4 Qe8 20. Ng5
Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rf2+ 22. Kh3 Rxd2 23. Nh7 Qf7 24. Rhf1 h5 25. Qg5 Rf2 26. Nf6+
Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Qe8 28. Rg6 Qf8 29. Rf1 Bf2 30. Rf6 {Peredy-Tschedemnig,
Liechtenstein op, Triesen 2014,1-0}) 13... Qb6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16.
Ne2 e3 17. Qd3 Bc5 18. a3 Ne7 19. b4 {Chesnokov-Tulupov, Novosibirsk april op
2010,1-0}) 12... O-O $15 13. Qh5 $2 Ne4+ (13... Qxg5 $1 14. Qxg5 Ne4+ 15. Kg2
Nxg5 16. fxg5 Nxe5 $19 {Komodo13}) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 $19 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Bg2 Nxe5 (
16... Bc5+ 17. Ke1 Nd4 $19 {Fritz13 & Komodo13} 18. Qxe4 Qc4 19. Bd2 Nc2+ 20.
Kd1 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxa1 $19) 17. Bxe4 $14 Qd4+ (17... Bc5+ 18. Kg2 Qc4 19. b3
Qxe2+ 20. Nxe2 $14 {both Engines}) 18. Kg2 Bc5 19. Nh3 $16 {both Engines} Nc4 (
19... Qc4) 20. Ng5 {Fritz13 Wh wins, definite Wh plus Komodo13} (20. Qc2 $18 {
Komodo13} Nd6 (20... h6 21. Rd1 {wins a N}) 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rd1) 20... g6 (
20... h6 21. Nf3 Ne3+ 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Rhe1 $16) 21. Nf3 (21.
Rd1 $18 {both Engines} Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Qxe3 23. Qc2 Be7 24. Bxg6 Bxg5 25. Rd3 Qb6
26. Bxh7+ Kg7 27. fxg5 e5 28. Rb3 $18 {Komodo13}) 21... Ne3+ 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23.
Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Rhe1 $18 (24. Rad1 $18 {Komodo13}) 24... Bb6 25. Ne5 g5 $16 {
Fritz13} (25... Bd4 $16 {Komodo13}) 26. Nd3 (26. fxg5 Rf2+ 27. Kh3 Rxb2 28. Rf1
$18 {Komodo13}) 26... gxf4 27. Nxf4 e5 (27... Bd4 $14 {both Engines}) 28. Nd3 (
28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Rxe5 $16 {Komodo13}) 28... Bd4 (28... Be6 $11 {Komodo13, Bl
must mobilize & feel happy to have survived from the middlegame}) 29. Rac1 (29.
Nxe5) 29... Be6 30. Rc7 Rac8 (30... Rf7 $11) 31. Bxh7+ (31. Re7 $14) 31... Kh8
32. Rxc8 (32. Rec1) 32... Rxc8 33. Be4 Bxa2 34. Nc1 (34. Bxb7 Rc2+ 35. Kh3 Bxb2
36. Nxe5 Kg7 $14 {Komodo13- Bl's2 Bs will probably hold the game}) 34... Be6
35. Bxb7 Rc2+ 36. Ne2 {selfpins are often dangerous, as then the opponent gets
to have another move next} (36. Kf3 Rxb2 $17) 36... Rxb2 $19 37. Be4 Bc3 (37...
Bc4 38. Bf3 (38. Kf3 Rb3+ 39. Kg4 Re3) 38... e4 39. Bxe4 Bxe2 $19 {Komodo13})
38. Rc1 Rxe2+ 39. Kf3 Bg4+ 40. Kxg4 Rxe4+ 41. Kf3 Rc4 $19 42. Ke2 Rc7 43. Kd3
Ba5 44. Ra1 Bb6 45. Re1 Re7 46. Kc4 e4 47. Kd5 e3 48. Kc4 Rf7 (48... Rd7 {cuts
the K off}) 49. Kd3 Rf2 50. h4 Rg2 51. Re2 Rxe2 52. Kxe2 a5 53. g4 a4 54. g5 a3
55. g6 a2 56. g7+ Kxg7 57. h5 a1=Q 58. h6+ Kxh6 {Stalemate might just be a
possibility} 59. Kd3 Kg5 (59... Qb2 60. Ke4 e2 61. Kf5 e1=Q 62. Kg4 Qe6+ 63.
Kf3 Qf2# {Komodo13}) 60. Ke2 Kf4 (60... Qb1 61. Kf3 Qf1+ 62. Ke4 (62. Kg3 Bc7#)
62... Qf5# {Komodo13. Engines are good at this calculation}) 61. Kd3 Qd4+ (
61... Qc1 62. Ke2 Qd2+ 63. Kf1 Qf2#) 62. Kc2 e2 63. Kb3 e1=Q 64. Ka3 Qec3+ (
64... Qdc3+ 65. Ka2 Qea1#) 65. Ka2 Qdd2+ (65... Qb2#) 66. Kb1 Qcc1# 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Surtees, Mike J"]
[Black "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Qc2 {avoiding mainline theory & preparing for some kind of Reverse
Sicilian} Nf6 3. e3 c6 (3... Nc6 4. a3 {main}) 4. Nf3 (4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 Bd6 6.
Nf3 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. Bxd4 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 c5 12. Bb2 d4 {
Tribuiani-Vasiukov, Wld ch Seniors Condino 2009,0-1}) (4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5
6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Nxc6+ Nxe4 12.
Nxd8 Bxb5 {hrastarson-Johannesson, Taflfelag op , Reykjavik 2017,0-1}) 4... e4
5. Nd4 d5 6. Nc3 {this position has been analysed by Engines previously, & can
be found in several 100 games with colours reversed, mostly without the Q move
included.} Bc5 7. b3 (7. d3 {Komodo13.}) (7. Nb3 {is frequent with colours
reversed}) 7... O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Bb2 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 (10... Bxd4 11. exd4 Nc7
$17 {Komodo13}) 11. Nce2 Bf8 12. c5 a5 (12... Nd7 13. b4 Ne5 14. Nf4 Qh4 $15 {
Komodo13}) 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 $11 Bd7 16. Nc1 (16. Nf4) 16...
Qa8 17. Bc3 Rb8 18. Be2 b6 19. Ncb3 Na6 20. O-O (20. b5 {can be played} cxb5
21. c6 Bxc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd4 Qc8 24. Nxb5 $11 {Komodo13}) 20... bxc5 21.
bxc5 (21. Ra1 c4 (21... cxd4 22. Rxa6 Qb7 23. Nxd4 Bxb4 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25. Nxc6
$11) 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Qb7 24. Ra5 $11 {Komodo13- a strange position})
21... Nxc5 $17 22. Na5 (22. Ra1 Qb7 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Ra2 Qc8 $17 {Komodo13})
22... Rb6 23. Rc1 Na6 $19 (23... Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Qxd3 c5 26. Nf3 Ra6 27.
Ra1 Ne4 $19 {also, Komodo13}) 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 (24... Rxa6 25. Nab3 c5 26. Ne2 Bb5
27. Re1 Bd3 $19 {even stronger; Komodo13}) 25. Ndb3 (25. Nab3 c5 26. Ba5 cxd4
27. Bxb6 Qxb6 28. Nxd4 Qa6 $17 {Komodo13}) 25... Qd3 (25... Rb5 {Komodo13} 26.
Nd4 (26. Ra1 c5 27. Nc4 Qb7 28. Nba5 Qc7 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Qa2 Qb6 $19) 26...
Rxa5 27. Bxa5 Qxa5 $19) 26. Qxd3 exd3 27. Bd4 (27. f3 $15) 27... Rb5 $19 28. f3
h5 (28... Ba3 29. Ra1 Bd6 30. Bc3 c5 $19) 29. g4 Ba3 30. Ra1 Bb4 31. Bc3 Bxc3
32. dxc3 c5 33. Ra2 c4 $19 34. Nd2 hxg4 (34... Nh7 {Komodo13} 35. gxh5 Ng5 36.
h4 Ne6 37. Kf2 Kh7 {and Wh is approaching Zugzwang}) 35. hxg4 g5 36. Kf2 Kg7
37. Kg3 Rb8 (37... Ne8 38. Kf2 Nc7 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Kg2 Nb5 41. Nb1 Ra8 42. Ra1
Kf6 $19 {Komodo13}) 38. e4 dxe4 39. fxe4 (39. Naxc4 exf3 40. Ne5 Be6 41. c4 f2
42. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 43. Nxg4 Bxg4 $19) 39... Be6 (39... Ra8 40. e5 Nxg4 41. Ndxc4
Be6 42. Rd2 Rc8 43. Nd6 Rxc3 $19 {Komodo13}) 40. Nc6 (40. Naxc4 Rc8 41. Ra4
Nxg4 $19) 40... Rb5 (40... Rb3 $1 $19 {Komodo13}) 41. e5 (41. Nd4 $1 Rb7 (41...
Re5 42. Nxe6+ Rxe6 43. Kf3 Rc6 44. Ra5 Kg6 45. Ra7 $11) 42. Nxe6+ fxe6 43. Kf3
Rf7 44. Kg3 Nd7 45. Nxc4 Nc5 46. Nd2 Rf4 47. e5 Kg6 48. Ra5 Ne4+ 49. Nxe4 Rxe4
50. Ra2 Rxe5 51. Rd2 Re3+ 52. Kf2 Rh3 53. Kg2 Rh8 54. Rxd3 Rc8 $15 55. Rf3 $11
{Komodo13}) 41... Nd5 $19 42. Ne4 (42. Nd8 {best try} Nxc3 43. Nxe6+ fxe6 44.
Ra7+ Kg6 45. Nxc4 Rc5 46. Nd2 Rxe5 $19) 42... Rb3 (42... Nxc3 43. Nxc3 Rb3 $19)
43. Ra7 Nxc3 44. Nc5 (44. Nxg5 Ne4+ 45. Nxe4 d2+ 46. Kf4 d1=Q) 44... Ne4+ 45.
Nxe4 d2+ 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rathbone-Jones, Ifan"]
[Black "Carroll, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 (6. Be2 {main}) 6...
cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. b3 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 {main}) 8... Nc6 9. Bg2 dxc4 (9...
Bg4 {0-3}) 10. bxc4 Be6 {Stockfish10 & Komodo13} (10... Bg4 {0-2}) 11. c5 Bc4
$17 12. Bf1 Bxf1 (12... Nd5 13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. Qb3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3
Qf6 $17 {Komodo13}) 13. Kxf1 Nd5 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. Kg2 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Qf5 17. Qb1
Qc8 (17... Qe6) 18. Qc2 (18. Qe4) 18... Rd7 19. a3 Qd8 20. Rhd1 (20. h4 h5 21.
Rhd1) 20... Rc8 21. Rac1 e6 22. Qe4 Qe7 23. Re1 Rcd8 24. Rcd1 Qf6 (24... e5 25.
Rb1 (25. dxe5 Ne3+ 26. fxe3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rxd1 28. Bd4 Nxd4 29. exd4 Ra1 $17)
25... f5 26. Qc2 e4 27. Nd2 Qe6 $17 (27... e3 $17 {Komodo13})) 25. Rd2 (25. Nc3
Qe7) 25... Nde7 (25... Qe7) 26. Red1 {missing a chance to lift the blockade} (
26. d5 $1 exd5 27. Qa4 Qf5 28. Ned4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 f6 31. Qxf6
Qxf6 32. Bxf6 $11 {Komodo13}) 26... Qf5 27. Qe3 Nd5 (27... Na5 $17) 28. Qb3 g5
(28... Bh6 29. Rc2 e5 $19 {destoying the centre}) 29. h3 h5 30. Qd3 Qf6 31. h4
g4 32. Ng5 Bh6 (32... Qf5) 33. Ne4 (33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bc1 Bxg5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36.
Rb2 Qg6 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Rh1 Qxh6 39. Bxh6 e5 40. dxe5 Nxe5 41. Rxh5 Nf3 42.
Rb1 $11 {Komodo13}) 33... Qg6 34. Ng5 Qg7 35. Nf4 {hoping for a K side attack;
but its Bl who makes use of attacking prospects} (35. Bc1) 35... Bxg5 (35...
Nxf4+ 36. gxf4 Rd5 37. Bc3 e5 $19 {Komodo13}) 36. hxg5 Qxg5 $19 37. Rh1 Nxf4+ (
37... h4 $19 {Komodo13}) (37... Qxf4 38. gxf4 Nxf4+ 39. Kg3 Nxd3 40. Rxd3 Rd5
$19 {Komodo13}) 38. gxf4 Qg6 (38... Qd5+ 39. Kg1 Ne7 $19 {Komodo13}) 39. Qe3 (
39. Qxg6+ fxg6 40. Re1 Kf7 41. Re4 Ne7 $19 {Komodo13}) 39... Rd5 (39... Ne7)
40. f3 Rf5 (40... e5 $19 {Komodo13} 41. fxe5 Nxe5) 41. Kf1 Qh6 (41... Na5) (
41... Ne7) 42. fxg4 Qxf4+ 43. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 44. Ke2 Rxg4 45. Ke3 (45. Rxh5 Rg2+
46. Ke3 Rxd2 47. Kxd2 e5 $19 {Komodo13}) 45... Rd5 46. Rdh2 Nxd4 (46... Rg3+
47. Kd2 Rgg5 48. Ke3 Kg7) 47. Rxh5 Rxh5 (47... Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 Rxh5
50. Rxh5 Rd3 {Komodo13}) 48. Rxh5 Nf5+ 49. Kf3 Rh4 50. Rg5+ Kf8 51. Bf6 Rh3+ (
51... Rh6 52. Bb2 Ke7) 52. Ke4 Re3+ 53. Kf4 Rxa3 54. Rh5 Ke8 55. Rh8+ Kd7 56.
Rf8 Kc6 57. Rc8+ Kd7 (57... Kd5) 58. Rd8+ Kc7 59. Rf8 Rb3 60. Ke5 Re3+ 61. Kf4
Rd3 62. Be5+ (62. Rxf7+ Kc6) 62... Kc6 63. Rc8+ Kb5 (63... Kd5) 64. Rc7 a5 (
64... b6 65. cxb6 axb6 66. Rxf7 Ne3 $19 {Komodo13}) 65. Rxb7+ Kxc5 66. Rxf7 a4
(66... Nd4 67. Ke4 Rd1 68. Bg7 Nc6 69. Bf8+ Kc4 70. Rc7 Re1+ 71. Kf3 Kb5 72.
Kf2 Re5 73. Rb7+ Ka6 74. Rc7 Kb6 75. Rc8 a4 $19 {Komodo13}) 67. Rc7+ Kb4 68.
Rb7+ Ka3 {and Wh lost on time} (68... Ka3 69. Rb6 Ne3 70. Rxe6 Nc4 71. Bf6 {
and Wh should be able to give up his B for for the a pawn to draw}) (68... Kc5
69. Rc7+ Kb6 70. Rf7 a3 71. Rf6 Ne7 72. Rxe6+ Nc6 73. Bf6 {[%eval 0,0]
Komodo13 says winning, but the a pawn will be unlikely to get through past the}
) 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Black "Shakespeare, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 (6... c5 {main})
7. c3 (7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 {main}) 7... a5 (7... e5) 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4
e5 10. Qc2 Qe8 $146 (10... Be6) (10... Bc5) 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. Ne3 (12. Be3) 12...
Be6 13. Ng5 Bd7 (13... Nb8 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd6 $11 {
Komodo13}) 14. Nd5 Bd6 (14... Qd8 $14) 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nf3 $16 Qc8 17. Nh4
Ne7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. c4 Nc6 21. c5 Be7 22. Nf5 a4 23. Qb1 (23. b4
Nxb4 24. Qb2 Nc6 25. f4 $18 {Komodo13}) 23... Rg8 24. Rd2 Rg6 25. Rfd1 Qf8 26.
Nxe7 Qxe7 27. b4 axb3 28. axb3 Rgg8 29. b4 Ra4 30. Rb2 $14 Rga8 (30... Bg4) 31.
Bf1 Bg4 $11 {Deep Fritz13 & Komodo13} 32. Rc1 Bf3 (32... Nd4) 33. h3 h5 34. Kh2
Ra3 (34... h4 $11 {both Engines}) 35. Bg2 Nd4 36. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 (37...
Nd4 $11) 38. h4 Ne6 39. Qc2 $11 Kg7 (39... Rg8 40. Qd2 Rg4 $11 {Deep Fritz13})
(39... Nf4+ $1 {Komodo13} 40. gxf4 (40. Kh2 Qe6 41. Bxf4 exf4 42. Qd2 Qe5 $17
43. gxf4 $2 Qe6 $19) 40... Rg8+ 41. Kf1 {other moves lose} exf4 42. Bxf4 Qe6
43. Qe2 Qh3+ 44. Ke1 Rg1+ 45. Kd2 Qd7+ 46. Kc2 (46. Bd6 $5 Rxc1 47. Kxc1 cxd6
$11) 46... Qa4+ 47. Kd2 Qd7+ $11 {Komodo13}) 40. Qe2 $16 Rh8 (40... Kg6) 41.
Rd2 Raa8 42. Rcd1 Rad8 43. Rd5 $18 {the Bl forces have retreated & are left
with the K side structural weaknesses} Kg6 44. b5 {Deep Fritz13} (44. Kh2 {
Komodo13, preparing to open the g file}) 44... c6 45. bxc6 bxc6 46. Rd6 Rxd6
47. cxd6 Qb7 (47... Qd7) 48. f4 (48. g4 $1 {both Engines} Nd4 49. Bxd4 exd4 50.
Rxd4 Qa7 51. Qd3 Kg7 52. gxh5 Qd7 53. Qf3 $18 {Komodo13}) 48... Nf8 49. Kh2 (
49. f5+ Kg7 50. g4 $18 {both Engines}) 49... Nd7 50. f5+ Kg7 51. g4 Qb4 52.
gxh5 Kh7 53. Rg1 Qxe4 54. Rg7+ Kxg7 55. Bh6+ Rxh6 56. Qxe4 c5 57. Qg2+ Kh7 58.
Qb7 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Hayward, Philip T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 e5 (7... O-O
) 8. Nbd2 (8. Be3 {main,text scores better}) (8. a3 O-O 9. b4 {Gawain Jones})
8... d6 9. Re1 (9. a3 {main}) 9... O-O 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Nh4 {still
all moves main} Qd7 (12... d5) 13. Bf3 (13. f4 {0.5-2.5}) (13. Nd5 {0.5-1.5})
13... b6 (13... d5 $17) 14. Bg4 (14. Nd5 $11 {Komodo13}) 14... f5 (14... d5 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Nde7 $17 {Komodo13}) 15. Bh3 (15. exf5 gxf5 16.
Bh5 $11 {Komodo13}) 15... f4 $17 16. Bxe6+ Qxe6 17. Nd5 Qh3 18. Qf3 (18. Nxe7+
Nxe7 19. Qf3) 18... g5 (18... Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. c4 Rf6 $19 {Komodo13}) 19.
Qg2 Qd7 (19... Qe6) 20. Nf3 g4 21. Nh4 f3 22. Qf1 Nxd5 23. exd5 Ne7 24. c4 Qe8
(24... Kh7 25. h3 Bf6 26. hxg4 Bxh4 27. Qh3 Bf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 $19 {Komodo13})
25. h3 h5 26. Bg5 $11 (26. Re4 $11) 26... Bf6 (26... Nf5) 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Re4
$14 Qd7 29. hxg4 (29. Qc1 Kh7 (29... Kf7 30. Qg5 Rh8 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. b4 $16 {
Komodo13} (32. Qxg4 Qxg4 33. Rxg4 Nf5 34. Re1 $11 (34. Nxf3 Nh6 35. Nh2 Nxg4
36. Nxg4 Rf3 37. Ne3 $15)) (32. Rxg4 Rfh6 33. Nxf3 Rg6 34. Nxe5+ dxe5 35. Qxe5
Qxg4 36. Qxh8 Qe2 37. Qh7+ $11 {Komodo13})) 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Qg5 $16 {Komodo13
}) 29... hxg4 30. Qc1 Kf7 31. Qg5 Rg8 32. Qh5+ Kf8 $11 33. Rae1 (33. b4 {
Komodo13} cxb4 34. d4 Qe8 (34... exd4 35. Rae1 $18) 35. Qxe8+ Kxe8 36. dxe5
dxe5 37. Rxe5 Kd7 38. Rae1 $11 {Komodo13}) 33... Qe8 (33... Nf5 $1 34. Rxg4
Nxg3 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qg5+ Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nxf3 Rxf3 39. fxg3 Rxg3+
40. Kf1 Rxd3 $17 {Komodo13}) 34. Qxe8+ Kxe8 35. R1e3 $19 (35. b4 $1 $11 {
Komodo13} cxb4 (35... Kd7 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Rb1 Kc7 38. Rb2 Nf5 39. Re1 (39.
Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Re1 Rh5 41. Reb1 Rgh8 42. Rb7+ Kd8 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. R1b7+ Kf6 45.
Rxh8 Rxh8 46. Rd7 Rb8 47. Rxd6+ Kf5 48. Rc6 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 Rd1 50. Rxc5 Rxd3 51.
Rc7 Rd2 52. Kg1 Rd1+ 53. Kh2 Rf1 54. d6 Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 Rd2 56. c5 Ke4 (56... e4
57. Re7 $11) 57. Re7 Kd5 58. Kf1 Rd4 59. d7 Kc6 60. Rxe5 Kxd7 61. Rg5 Kc6 $17)
39... Rb8 40. Rxb8 Kxb8 41. Nxf5 Rxf5 42. Re4 Rg5 43. Kf1 $11 {Komodo13}) 36.
d4 Kd7 37. dxe5 dxe5 38. Rxe5 Nc8 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. dxe6+ Ke7 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42.
e7 Re8 43. Nh6 Kg5 44. Nf7+ Kf5 45. Nh6+ $11 {Komodo13}) 35... Rh6 36. Kf1 Nf5
37. Ke1 (37. Rxe5+ dxe5 38. Rxe5+ Ne7 39. Ke1 Rf6 $19 {Komodo13}) 37... Nxh4
38. gxh4 Rxh4 $19 39. Rf4 Rf8 (39... Rh1+ 40. Kd2 Rf1 $19 {Komodo13}) 40. Rxf8+
Kxf8 41. Re4 a5 (41... Rh1+ 42. Kd2 g3 43. Re3 g2 44. Rxf3+ Ke7 45. Rg3 g1=Q
46. Rxg1 Rxg1 $19 {Komodo13}) 42. a4 (42. Kd2 Kf7 43. Re1 Kg6 44. Ke3 Kf5 45.
b3 Rh3 46. Rg1 Rh5 47. Rb1 Rh2 48. Rf1 {and Bl needs a bit of footwork to
enable a breakthrough} Rh8 49. Rb1 Re8 50. Rh1 e4 51. Rh5+ Kg6 52. Rh2 exd3+
53. Kxd3 Re2 54. a3 Kg5 55. a4 Kf4 56. Kc3 Rxf2 57. Rxf2 g3 $19) 42... Kf7 43.
Kd2 Kf6 44. Re1 Rh2 45. Ke3 Kg5 46. Rg1 Rg2 (46... Kf5) 47. Rh1 (47. Rf1 Rh2
48. Ke4 Kh5 49. Ke3 {and the Engine makes no real progress for Bl in its
analyses} g3 (49... Kg5 50. Ke4 Kh4 51. Ke3 {is a fortress}) 50. Kxf3 gxf2 51.
Rxf2 Rxf2+ 52. Kxf2 $11) 47... g3 $19 48. Kxf3 Rxf2+ 49. Kxg3 Rd2 $1 $19 (49...
Rxb2 50. Kf3 $11) 50. Rh8 Rxd3+ 51. Kf2 e4 (51... Rb3 $19) 52. Rd8 Kf4 53. Rf8+
(53. Rxd6 {is a better chance, though} Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rxb2 55. Rh6 Rc2 56. d6
Rc1+ 57. Kf2 Rxc4 58. d7 Rd4 $19 {Komodo13}) 53... Ke5 54. Ke2 Rb3 55. Re8+ Kd4
56. Re6 Rxb2+ 57. Kd1 Kd3 58. Kc1 Rc2+ (58... Rb4 59. Rxd6 e3 60. Re6 e2 61. d6
Rxc4+ 62. Kb2 Rd4 {Komodo13}) 59. Kb1 Rxc4 60. Rxd6 e3 61. Rxb6 (61. Re6 e2 62.
d6 Re4 63. Rxe4 Kxe4 64. d7 e1=Q+ 65. Kc2 Qh4 (65... Qe2+ 66. Kc1 Qd3)) 61...
Rb4+ 62. Rxb4 cxb4 63. d6 e2 64. d7 e1=Q+ 65. Kb2 Qe7 (65... Qd2+ 66. Ka1 Kc3
67. d8=Q Qb2#) 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Camp, Imogen A L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3
Nf6 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nc3 {Van Kemenade-FN
Stephenson, Cleveland 1987,1/2-1/2}) 6. Nc3 (6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5 dxe5
9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 {Van Kemenade-G James, British Seniors,
Aberytwyth 2014,1/2-1/2}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 (
10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. c5 O-O 14. Rd1 {1.5-0.5}) 10... h6
11. Bh4 {trying to provoke K side pawn weaknesses} (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh4 O-O
13. f4 Qb8 14. Qd2 Ng4 15. Kh1 Qb6 16. Rf3 Rab8 17. b3 Bd4 18. Rd1 Ne3 19. Re1
Ng4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Ne2 Nxe4 22. Qxd4 {Petrenko-Grigorieva,Cheliabinsk Kibizov
memorial 2018, 1-0}) 11... O-O (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd4 Nh5 14. Qd3
Qg4 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 O-O $11 {Komodo13}) 12. Bc2 (12. Nxc6) 12... Qe8 (
12... b5 $11 {Komodo13}) 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nh5 15. Qd2 Qe5 16. Nd5 g5 17.
Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 c6 19. Nc3 (19. Ne3 {considered} Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qd4 21. Qxd4
Bxd4 22. Rxb7 Be6 23. Ba4 Rfc8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rab8 26. Ree7 Rxb7 27.
Rxb7 Kg7 28. g4 $11 {Komodo13}) 19... Rad8 20. Rad1 Be6 $15 (20... Bg4 21. f3
Be6 $17 {Komodo13}) 21. Bb3 b5 22. cxb5 Bxb3 23. axb3 axb5 24. b4 Qe6 {on a
pawn hunt} (24... f5 25. exf5 Qxf5 $11 {Komodo13}) 25. Re3 Qc4 (25... Rfe8 26.
Rd3 Qg6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxe4 30. Qxg6+ fxg6 31. Rd6 Rc4
32. Rxg6+ Kh7 33. Rd6 Rxc3 34. g4 Rc4 35. f3 Rxb4 36. Rxc6 $11 {Komodo13}) 26.
Ne2 $14 Rfe8 (26... d5 $2 27. b3 $18 {seen by Wh}) 27. Rc1 Qa2 28. Nd4 {
Komodo13, second idea of Wh} (28. Rxc6 {keeping the N leaving a long open line
with nothing on it for the B, might have been a better try} Qxb2 (28... Rxe4 {
Komodo13} 29. Nc3 (29. Rxe4 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxe4 31. Rc7 d5 32. Nc1 Bf8 33. Nd3
$11) 29... Bxc3 30. Rexc3 Qa7 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. Qc3+ Qd4 34. Rc6
$11 (34. Rb8 $11)) 29. Rc2 Qb1+ {seen by Wh} (29... Qe5 30. Nc3 $14 {the N
gets to d5}) 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Qxd6 Qf1 33. Qd3 Ra8 34. Nc3 Qxd3
35. Rxd3 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Ra4 37. Rb3 Ra2 38. f3 g4 $11 {Komodo13}) 28... Bxd4 29.
Qxd4 c5 30. Qf6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35.
Rxb5 (35. Rf3 Rxe4 36. Rc7 (36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7 Kg6 38. b3 g4 39. Rfxf7 Ree2
40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rxg4 Rxf2 42. Rf4+ Rxf4 43. gxf4 Rd3 $11) 36... g4 37. Rfxf7
Rd5 38. Rfe7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Rd2 40. Re4 h5 41. Rb4 Rd5 (41... Kf7 42. Rxb5 Kg6
$11 {Komodo13}) 42. f3 Rg5 43. fxg4 hxg4 (43... Rxg4 44. Rxb5 $18) 44. Kg1 $16)
35... Rxf2 36. Rf3 (36. e5 f6 $11) 36... Rd2 (36... Rf6 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Kg1
Rd6 $11 {Komodo13}) 37. Rb8+ (37. Rb7 Rxe4 (37... Kg7 38. Rfxf7+ Kg6 39. Rg7+
Kf6 40. Rh7 Ke5 41. Rb4 Rd4 42. Rxd4 Kxd4 43. Kh3 Kxe4 44. Kg4 Rb6 45. Kh5 Rxb2
46. Rxh6 Kf5 47. Ra6 g4 {drawn, Lomonosov tablebases}) 38. Rfxf7 Rxb2 (38...
Ree2 39. Kh3 Rxg2 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rhc7 Rh2+ 43. Kg4 Rd4+ 44. Kf5
Rhd2 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rxh6 Rd5+ 48. Kg4 Rd7 $18) 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40.
Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rbg7+ Kf8 42. Ra7 Kg8 $11) 37... Kg7 38. Rb7 Rxe4 39. Rbxf7+ Kg6
40. R3f6+ Kh5 41. Rf2 (41. Kh3 g4+ 42. Kh2 Ree2 43. Rf5+ Kg6 44. R5f6+ $11)
41... Rxf2 42. Rxf2 Rb4 43. Kh3 Rb3 44. Rc2 Rb4 45. Rf2 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Sandhu, Manvith"]
[Black "Cukovs, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 (3. Nxe5) (3. Bc4) 3... fxe4 4. Nxe4 (4. Nxe5 {main})
4... d5 5. Ng3 (5. Nxe5 {descibed as murky in Lein & Pickard 1995}) 5... e4 6.
Ng1 (6. Nd4) (6. Ne5 {main lines}) 6... Nf6 7. d3 (7. f3 Bc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. d4
Bb6 10. c3 Nc6 11. fxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Qb3+ Nd5 15. Bc4 Be6
16. Bxd5 Qxd5 {Kohut-Priecinsky, SVK ch U16, Tatralandia 2015,draw agreed})
7... exd3 8. Bxd3 $11 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 (
12... O-O) 13. Be2 (13. Nf5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 O-O 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Re1 Nc6 17. c3
Nh5 18. Kg2 $11 {Komodo13}) 13... O-O-O 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bd1 Rhe8
17. c3 Nc6 18. Bc2 (18. Nf5 $14) 18... g6 (18... d4 $11) 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Bg5
Bxg3 21. fxg3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $16 {Wh has 2 Bs in an open game} Re8 (22... Rf8
$5) 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {Bl's pawn on the Q side may produce a passed d pawn, which
is easily stopped. wh's Bs can , in the absence of the Bl K probe the K side
pawns} 24. Bb3 d4 (24... Nd6 {Komodo13 immediately gives up a pawn to activate
the Ns}) 25. Be6+ Kb8 26. cxd4 $18 Nxd4 27. Bg8 Ng7 (27... Nd6) 28. Bf6 Nge6
29. Bxh7 g5 30. Kf2 (30. h4 {Komodo13 starts to run the distant pawn through})
30... Nf8 31. Bxd4 (31. Bd3 Nde6 32. Bf5 c6 33. h4 $18 {Komodo13}) 31... Nxh7
32. Kf3 Kc8 33. Kg4 Kd7 34. Be3 (34. Kf5 {using the K to break in} Ke7 35. g4
Ke8 36. Bf6 $18 (36. Bxa7 $18)) 34... Ke6 35. Bxg5 (35. Bxa7 {also}) 35... c5
36. Be3 (36. h4) 36... Nf6+ 37. Kf4 (37. Kg5 Ne4+ 38. Kf4) 37... b6 38. g4 Nd5+
39. Ke4 Nf6+ 40. Kf3 {Bl could resign , as his extra Q side pawn will never
get past the the B; while the same B helps the Wh pawns advance.} Nd5 41. a3 c4
42. Bd2 (42. Bd4) 42... b5 43. g5 {there are lots of ways for Wh to win} Kf5
44. g4+ Kg6 45. Ke4 Ne7 46. h4 Nc8 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Ke5 Nb6 49. Kf6 Nd7+ 50. Ke6
Nc5+ 51. Kf7 Ne4 52. g6+ 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Biermann, Florian"]
[Black "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 (6... Bg4) 7. Nf3 Qc7
8. O-O Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. e5 (10. Qg3 {main}) 10... Nd7 11. exd6 (11. Qg3)
11... Bxd6 12. Bxe6 $5 (12. Qh4 {1 game each}) 12... fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19 14.
Ne4 Be7 15. Nfg5 Nde5 (15... h6 $19 {also fine for Bl}) 16. Qd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5
Qd7 (17... Nd4 $1 18. Bd2 Ng4 $19 {Komodo13}) 18. Qxc5 {3 pawns for a piece is
frequently enough compensation} Ng6 $15 19. Nxh7 $2 Rf5 $19 (19... Kxh7 20.
Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qxg6 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Bf5 $17) 20. Qf2 Kxh7 21. g4 Rf7 22. f5 Nge5 23.
h3 Nd4 24. Be3 Ndf3+ 25. Kh1 Qc6 $19 (25... Qd5 $19) (25... b6 $1 $19 {Komodo13
}) 26. Qg2 b6 27. d4 Nh4 (27... Nc4 28. Bf4 Bb7 29. Rad1 Qe4 $19 {Komodo13})
28. Qxc6 Nxc6 29. Kh2 Ne7 (29... Nb4 30. Bg5 Nxf5 31. c3 Kg6 32. h4 Nxh4 33.
Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Bxh4 Nd3 $19 {Komodo13}) 30. Bg5 Nhxf5 31. gxf5 Nxf5 $19 32. Rad1
Bb7 (32... Bd7) 33. d5 Raf8 (33... Rc8) 34. c4 Nd6 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. b3 Rf2+
37. Kg1 Rf7 {playing safe against the d pawn} (37... Rf3 $1 {Komodo13} 38. Be7
Nf5 39. d6 Rxh3 40. Rd5 (40. d7 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rxd1 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Bxd8 Be4
$19) 40... Bxd5 41. d7 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Ke1 (43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kf1 (44. Kh1
Ng3#) 44... Ne3+ 45. Ke1 Bf3 46. d8=Q Re2# {Komodo13}) 43... Bf3 44. d8=Q Re2+
45. Kd1 (45. Kf1 Ng3+ 46. Kg1 Rg2#) 45... Nd4 $19 {and Wh will lose the Q or
the B; Komodo13.}) 38. Bd8 Nc8 (38... Rf3 39. Bxb6 Rg3+ 40. Kf1 Rxb3 41. a5 Bc8
42. c5 Ne4 43. Rd4 Bxh3+ 44. Ke1 Re3+ 45. Kd1 Bf5 $19 {but its tricky for
humans to calculate exactly} 46. d6 Rc3 47. Ke2 (47. d7 Bg4+ 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49.
Rd1 Rxd1# {Komodo13}) 47... Nxc5 48. Bxc5 Rxc5 49. d7 Re5+ 50. Kd2 Bxd7 51.
Rxd7 Rxa5 $19 {Komodo13}) 39. d6 {it looks like the pawns are better kept as a
solid block; restricting the B. If the N moves then the b pawn goes & Bl must
keep his g pawn intact as his B does not control the queening square of the a
pawn} (39. Rf1 Kg6 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Kf2 $11 {Komodo13}) 39... Bc6 40. Be7 Bd7
(40... Nxe7 41. d7 Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Kg6 43. Ra7 a5 44. c5 bxc5 45. Rxa5 Rf3 46.
Rxc5 Rxb3 {should win eventually for Bl because of the g pawn}) 41. Re1 (41.
Kg2 Bc6+ (41... Nxe7 42. dxe7 Bc6+ 43. Kg3 Rxe7 44. Rd6 Rc7 $19) 42. Kh2 Nxe7
43. dxe7 Rxe7 44. Rd6 Rc7 {transposes}) (41. Kh2 Rf3 {wins b pawn or h pawn
initially}) 41... Bxh3 (41... Rf3) 42. a5 bxa5 43. c5 Bd7 44. Bd8 Rf3 45. Ra1
Rxb3 46. Rxa5 Rb5 47. Rxa6 Rxc5 48. Ra7 $2 Nxa7 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Patrick, David A"]
[Black "Farrar, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. h3 (6. Be2) 6... O-O 7.
Be3 Nc6 (7... Re8) 8. Nxc6 (8. Qd2 {main}) 8... bxc6 9. Be2 $146 (9. g4 Nd7 10.
Bg2 Rb8 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. O-O Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Qd2 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 h6
17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Bc3 g5 {Di Trapani-Schaufelberger, Cesenatico op 2013,1/2-1/2;
only other example}) 9... a5 10. O-O Ba6 (10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 a4 13. a3
Bc5 $11 {Komodo13}) (10... Be6 11. Qd3 Nd7 $14 {Fritz13}) 11. f4 Nd7 12. Bxa6
Rxa6 13. Qd3 (13. Qg4 $16 {Komodo13}) 13... Ra8 14. Ne2 Qb8 15. Rab1 (15. Nd4 {
Fritz13 & Komodo13}) 15... Qb5 16. c4 Qh5 (16... Qb7) 17. Ng3 (17. Nd4 Nc5 18.
Qc2 Rfe8 19. Nf5 $16 {both Engines}) 17... Qg6 18. Rf3 (18. Nf5) 18... Nb6 (
18... Qe6 19. Bd4 c5 20. Bc3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rd1 a4 $11 {Komodo13}) 19.
Nf5 {Fritz13} (19. f5 Qf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ne4 Qh4 22. Bf2 Qh6 23. f6 gxf6 24.
Be3 Qh5 25. Rxf6 $18 {Komodo13}) 19... Bf6 (19... Qe6 20. Rg3 $18) 20. e5 (20.
Rg3 $18 {both Engines} Qh5 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 f6 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rxc7 $18
) 20... Nxc4 (20... dxe5 21. fxe5 Rad8 22. Qf1 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Rg3 $18 {
Komodo13}) 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Bd4 Qe6 23. Nxg7 $18 (23. Bxg7 $18) (23. Rg3 $18)
1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Black "Hilton, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 (7. Bc4
) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 (8... Nd5 {is the second line of play}) 9. f4 Nh6 10. Qd2
O-O 11. O-O-O Qa5 (11... d6) 12. Bc4 (12. h3) 12... Rb8 13. Qd4 $146 (13. Bb3 {
main}) 13... d5 14. Bb3 (14. Bd3 $5) 14... Bg4 (14... Rb4 15. Qxa7 Qxa7 16.
Bxa7 Rxf4 $17 {Komodo13}) 15. Rdf1 $11 {Deep Fritz13} (15. Rde1 $16 {Komodo13})
15... Rb7 16. h3 {both Engines} Be6 (16... Bc8) 17. g4 $16 f6 18. f5 (18. Na4
$16 {both Engines}) 18... gxf5 {Komodo13} (18... fxe5 19. Qd2 Rxb3 20. fxe6
Rbb8 21. Bxh6 d4 22. Rf7 Rxf7 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Nb1 Qxd2+ 25. Bxd2 $16 {
Komodo13}) (18... Bc8 {Deep Fritz13} 19. e6 $18 {Komodo13}) 19. gxf5 (19. Qd2
f4 20. Rxf4 Nf7 21. exf6 $16 {both Engines}) 19... Nxf5 $19 20. Rxf5 Bxf5 21.
Nxd5 Rxb3 (21... Kh8 22. exf6 exf6 23. Nc3 $19 {both Engines}) 22. Nxe7+ $11
Kh8 23. cxb3 $11 {(draw?)} Qxa2 24. Qa4 (24. Qa4 Qb1+ 25. Kd2 Qd3+ 26. Ke1
Qxe3+ 27. Kf1 fxe5 28. Nxf5 Rxf5+ 29. Kg2 Qf2#) (24. Nxf5 $1 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qxh1
26. e6 Qxh3 27. Qe4 Qh5 28. e7 Qe2+ 29. Kb1 Qe1+ 30. Ka2 Qa5+ 31. Kb1 Qe1+ $11)
0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Pirga, Vlad"]
[Black "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 (4... e6) (4... Nc6 {main lines}) 5. d4
(5. d3) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 (8. Re1) (8. Bb3) 8... Nc6 9.
Be3 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Kh1) 9... Bg4 (9... Ng4 {and Wh only scored 19 % in 52
games}) (9... Qb6 {considered even stronger by the Cloud Engines}) 10. Qd2 {
Deep Fritz14} (10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Kh1
Qb6 $11 {Haecker-Spangenberg,GER ch tm U16 girls, 2003,1-0}) 10... Qd7 (10...
Qa5 11. Nde2 Rac8 12. Bd3 Rfe8 13. f5 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxa5 Nxa5
17. Bxe4 Bxe2 $19 {Da Silva-Figueiredo,Guanabara Fundadores , Rio de Janeiro
2003, 0-1}) 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Bd3 $16 Nh5 14. Be3 (14. Bb5 Qd8 15.
f5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rf2 $16 {Komodo13}) (14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Qe3 $16 {
Komodo13}) 14... a6 (14... f5 $11) 15. f5 $18 gxf5 16. exf5 Ng3 17. fxe6 Nxf1
18. exd7 (18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Rxf1 fxe6 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Bd3 $18 {Komodo13})
18... Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Rfd8 20. Nd5 (20. Rf1) 20... Bd4+ 21. Kf1 Rxd7 22. c3 Ba7
23. Re1 f6 24. Nxe7+ (24. Bf5 $1 {Komodo13} Rad8 (24... Rdd8 25. Rxe7) 25.
Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Nd5 $18) 24... Kf7 25. Nd5 h5 26. Bf5 Rdd8 (26...
Rad8 {looks forced}) 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Nxf6+ Kh8 30. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Lee, Michael A"]
[Black "Menon, Davin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1472"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Be2 c5 (6... Ne7 {main}) 7.
Be3 (7. O-O) 7... Qc7 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 Ne7) 8. Nh4 $146 (8. O-O
{main}) 8... Bg6 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Qxa2 12. Bd2 $18
{Komodo13}) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. O-O f6 12. f4 $16 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 (
13... O-O-O) 14. Nf3 g5 15. Bd3 c4 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qd2 (17. Qc2) 17... g4 18.
Nh4 $18 fxe5 19. Ng6 (19. Nxf5 $18 e4 20. Nxg7+ Kf7 21. Nf5 Rh5 22. Ne3 Nf6 23.
Bg3 {Komodo13}) 19... e4 (19... Rh5 20. fxe5 $16) 20. Nxh8 Qd6 21. Bg3 Qh6 22.
a4 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 {(draw?)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carroll, Thomas"]
[Black "Surtees, Mike J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 a5 (9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 {66% for Wh}) 10. a3 (10. Re1
Be7 {main}) 10... Be7 (10... Nxd4) 11. Re1 (11. Qa4) 11... g5 (11... Nxd4) (
11... a4) 12. Nf1 (12. h3 h5 13. Nf1 {main}) 12... g4 13. Ng5 h5 $146 (13...
Qxd4 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. Qxg4 {2 draws}) 14. h4 (14. Be3 $11 {Stockfish8 &
Komodo13}) 14... Qxd4 {Stockfish8} (14... gxh3 15. Nxh3 Qxd4 {Komodo13}) 15.
Be3 Qxe5 16. Bb5 Qd6 17. Rc1 d4 18. Bd2 (18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Bxd4
Qxb5 21. Bxh8 $11 {Stockfish8 & Komodo13}) 18... Nf6 (18... Kf8 {both Engines;
Komodo13 =}) 19. b4 (19. Ng3) 19... Bd7 20. Ng3 Kf8 21. bxa5 Qxa3 22. a6 {
Komodo13} (22. N5e4 Nd5 23. Ra1 {Stockfish8}) 22... Rxa6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 (23...
bxa6) 24. Qb3 Qa8 25. Ra1 Qb8 26. Rab1 (26. Nf5 {both Engines}) 26... Nd8 (
26... b6 27. Nf5 {Stockfish8& Komodo13}) (26... Be8 27. Rxe6 $11 {Komodo12})
27. Bb4 $18 Nd5 (27... Nc6 28. Bxe7+ Nxe7 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. Qxd4 $18 {Komodo13})
28. Bxe7+ (28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Rxe7 Kg7 30. Rxd7 $18 {both Engines}) 28... Nxe7
29. Qd3 Rh6 30. Qxd4 $18 Bc6 31. Qc5 Qf4 32. Red1 (32. Rbd1) 32... Ke8 33. Rb4
(33. Rd6) 33... Qb8 34. Rbd4 Bd5 35. N3e4 Ndc6 36. Nd6+ Kf8 37. Rf4 (37. Ra4) (
37. R4d2) (37. Nf5) (37. Ngxf7 {all seem to win for Wh}) 37... f6 38. Nge4 (38.
Rb1 {both Engines}) 38... Kg7 39. Ng3 (39. Rb1) 39... Ng6 40. Ra4 (40. Rf5 Nge5
41. Rxh5 {Stockfish8}) (40. Ndf5+ Kh7 41. Ra4 {Komodo13}) 40... Nce7 41. Rb4 (
41. Ra7 Nf4 42. Rxd5 {Stockfish8}) (41. Qa3 Rh8 42. Nxh5+ {Komodo13}) 41... Rh8
42. Rxd5 {final break-in} exd5 43. Rxb7 Qa8 44. Ndf5+ 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hayward, Philip T"]
[Black "Rathbone-Jones, Ifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. e3 b6 7. b3 Bb7 (7... Ba6
8. d3 Qc7 9. Nc3 Rd8 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O {transposes to 25 games}) 8. Bb2
Bd6 (8... Be7 {37 games}) 9. Nc3 $146 (9. Qe2 O-O {6 games}) (9. d3 Qe7 10.
Nbd2 O-O-O 11. Rc1 Kb8 {Zinnecker-Schulz, Berlin Lichtenberger 2018,0-1}) 9...
O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 $11 {3.5-05} cxd4 $146 {accepting an isolated d pawn
voluntarily} (11... Qd7) (11... a6) (11... Ba6) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 $14 Bc5
(13... Re8) 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Ne2 $16 Qe7 17. Nf4 (17. Nd4 g6 18.
a3 Ng4 19. Qc3 f6 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Ne5 22. b5 $16 {Komodo13, Wh has
several ways to keep on improving his position}) 17... Rd7 (17... Ne4 18. Rac1
Rfe8 19. Rc2 $16 {a position analysed by Fritz11 Se back in 2015}) 18. Qf5 Ne4
$2 (18... Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rd3 $16 {leaves the Bl position
in a mess, but best suggests Komodo13}) (18... d4 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. exd4 Ba3
21. Re1 Qd6 22. Bxa3 Qxa3 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Re7 25. Qc6 $16 {Komodo13- &
Bl will have difficulty facing the advance of the centre pawn, while watching
his K as well}) 19. Bxe4 $18 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Black "Patrick, David A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 (3. Nf3 {main}) 3... Nc6 4. c3 d5 (4... g6 {main} 5.
Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7) 5. d3 dxe4 (5... Nf6) 6. dxe4 Nf6 (6... e5 {more usual
theme in these after the exchange on e4}) 7. f4 (7. Bg2 {main} Ne5 8. Na3 Nd3+
9. Kf1 {7 Wh wins,3 draws, 2 Bl wins}) 7... Be7 8. Bg2 (8. Nf3 {4 Wh wins, 1
Bl win}) 8... h5 $146 (8... e5 9. f5 {2 Wh wins}) 9. Nh3 (9. e5 Nd5 10. Nf3 $14
h4 11. Nbd2 h3 12. Bf1 Rb8 13. Ne4 b5 $14 {Komodo13}) 9... Ng4 (9... e5 $11 {
Fritz13 & Komodo13}) 10. Nd2 (10. Na3 {Komodo13} e5 11. f5 $16) 10... e5 11. f5
$16 a6 (11... O-O 12. O-O Qc7 {Fritz13 gives slighly in Bl favour, Komodo13
definite Wh plus}) 12. a4 (12. Nf2 {both Engines, = Fritz13; definite plus for
Wh Komodo13}) 12... Na5 13. O-O Qc7 (13... c4 14. Nxc4 Nb3 15. Rb1 b5 $11 {
Komodo13}) (13... Bd7 14. Nc4 Nxc4 (14... O-O {Fritz13} 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Nf2
$16 {Komodo13}) 15. Qxc4 b5 $11 {Komodo13}) 14. Bf3 Nf6 (14... c4 $11 {Komodo13
}) 15. Nc4 Nb3 16. Ra3 (16. Bf4 $1 {Komodo13} exf4 (16... Nxa1 17. Bxe5 Qc6 18.
Rxa1 $18) 17. e5 O-O (17... Nxa1 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nxf4 Kf8 20. Rxa1 Bxf5 21.
Nd5 Qd8 22. Rd1 $14) 18. Ra3 Na5 19. Nxf4 Nxc4 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qe5 22.
Qxc4 Bxf5 23. Raa1 $11 {Komodo13- some intriquing possibilities, based on the
Bl K still in the centre & Bl underdevelopment. Though few humans would embark
on these complications.}) 16... Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Bd7 18. Nf2 b5 $14 {(draw?)} (
18... b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Nd1 {both Engines} h4 21. Nde3 $14) (18... h4 $11 {
both Engines}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shakespeare, John"]
[Black "Sandhu, Manvith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 (6... Be7 {
alternative Closed setup}) 7. a4 (7. O-O Be7 8. e4 {taking the centre is
discussed in Nigel Davies- The Catalan,} b5 9. d5 {scores 68 % for Wh}) 7... c5
{Bl has lost a tempo with the early c6 move} (7... Bb4) (7... Be7 {main lines})
8. O-O $16 {Komodo13} Be7 9. e4 {Cloud Engines, though not yet played here,
transposes after Bl's next} (9. a5 {1.5-0.5}) (9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 O-O 11. Ne3
$14 Nb6 12. a5 Nbd5 13. Ne5 (13. a6) 13... Nxe3 14. Bxe3 a6 15. Nxc4 $18 {
Dovzik-Bindrich, SVK ch, Banska Stiavnica 2007,0-12 ( GM vs IM)}) 9... O-O 10.
Qe2 $146 (10. d5 $16 {Cloud Engines; 3-3 without draws}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4
Ne5 $11 {Deep Fritz14 & Komodo13} 12. Rd1 {Deep Fritz14} (12. Nf3 Nfd7 (12...
Nd3 13. Nd2) 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Bf4 Nd3 15. Nd2 Nxb2 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 $11 {
Komodo13}) 12... Nd3 $15 13. Be3 Qc7 (13... Qa5 $15) 14. b3 (14. Ncb5 $14 {
Komodo13}) (14. a5 Bb4 $11 {Deep Fritz14}) 14... Ne5 (14... Qa5 {both Engines}
15. bxc4 Qxc3 16. Nb5 Qxc4 17. Qxd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Rd8 $11 {Komodo13, Wh has
enough play for the pawn}) 15. Ncb5 $16 (15. f4 $16) 15... Qa5 (15... Qb8 {
both Engines} 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 $14 {Komodo13}) 16. Bf4 (16. Bd2
{both Engines} Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. f4 Nd3 19. bxc4 a6 (19... Nc5 20. e5 $18)
20. Na3 Nc5 21. e5 Nfd7 22. a5 Qxa5 23. Nab5 Na4 24. Nd6 $16 {Komodo13}) 16...
Ng6 (16... Nfd7 17. Bd2 $16) 17. Bc7 $18 Qb4 (17... Qa6 {is better} 18. e5 Ne8
19. bxc4 $18) 18. bxc4 (18. Rdc1 $1) 18... a6 19. Rdb1 Qc5 20. Nb3 Qb4 {(draw?)
} 21. Ba5 Qxa5 22. Nxa5 axb5 23. axb5 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Hilton, Tim"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 (2... h5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 {Heap-Van
Kemenade, Dyfed Closed 2018,0-1}) 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 (5. d3) 5... g6 (
5... d6 6. Nge2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 {Hilton-Lawrence, 4NCL 2017,1-0}) 6. Nge2
Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 (8. d3) (8. d4) 8... a5 9. a3 d6 10. b4 (10. d3 {looks
safer}) 10... axb4 11. axb4 e4 (11... Ne7) (11... g5) 12. Qb3 (12. d3 {looks
best} exd3 13. Qxd3 Ne5 14. Qd1 (14. Qd4 Kh8 15. c5 Nfg4 16. Qd5 dxc5 17. Qxc5
c6 18. Rd1 Qe8 {Poliakov-Kobalia, RUS ch tm blitz 2017,1/2-1/2}) 14... Nxc4 $2
{seen by Bl} 15. Bd5+ Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Qxc4 $18) (12. d4 {1 Wh win, 2
draws, 1 Bl win}) 12... Ne5 13. Nf4 (13. d4 exd3 14. Nf4 g5 15. c5+ d5 16.
Nfxd5 Be6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bd5 Rfe8 $15 {Slomczewski-Zgadzaj, POL ch rapid
Zgirz 2017,0-1}) 13... c6 14. b5 (14. c5+ d5 15. Na4 Nc4 $15 {Komodo13}) (14.
Na4 g5 15. c5+ d5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. d4 Qe7 20. Nxc8
Rbxc8 21. Ne2 $11 {Komodo13, Wh has eliminated a lot of potential attackers})
14... g5 $19 15. Nfe2 Qe8 (15... Be6 {Tim & Komodo13}) 16. Ba3 c5 $1 (16...
Nf3+ {considered} 17. Bxf3 exf3 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nxf3 Qh5 20. Ne1 f4 $19 {
Komodo13}) (16... Qh5 $19 {Komodo13}) 17. Nd5 (17. f4 {is what Wh wanted to
play, but then saw} Nxc4 $19 (17... exf3 {would have been Bl's choice though &
that of Komodo13} 18. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Qh5 20. Rf2 Ng4 (20... Be6 {Komodo13}
) 21. Rg2 f4 (21... Ne5 22. Kh1 Be6 23. Nd5 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Qf3 $19 {Komodo13})
22. gxf4 gxf4 23. exf4 Re8 $17)) 17... Nf3+ (17... Nxd5 {first, perhaps more
accurate} 18. cxd5 Qh5 $19 (18... Nf3+ $19)) 18. Bxf3 exf3 19. Nec3 (19. Nef4
gxf4 20. Nxf4 {Komodo13} Ne4 $19) 19... Qh5 20. Nxf6+ (20. h4 gxh4 (20... f4) (
20... Qg4) 21. Nf4 Qg4 22. Kh1 hxg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3 $19 {Komodo13}) 20... Rxf6
21. Nd5 (21. h4 Qg4 (21... gxh4 22. Nd5 Rh6 23. Nf4 Qg4) 22. Qd1 gxh4 23. Nd5
Rh6) 21... Qh3 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Camp, Imogen A L"]
[Black "Biermann, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 (7. Bd3)
7... Nf8 (7... O-O {main}) 8. O-O Ng6 9. Ne1 h5 {second Bl choice} (9... O-O)
10. Nd3 a6 (10... h4 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. b4 b6 13. Be3 {1.5-0.5}) 11. a4 Rb8 $146 (
11... h4 $14 {but 0.5-3.5}) 12. b4 b6 (12... cxb4 13. Nxb4 Bg4 $14 {Komodo13})
13. Rb1 (13. a5 $16) 13... Bd7 14. f4 {gives Bl the e5 square} (14. Be3 Qc7 15.
h3 $14 {Komodo13}) 14... exf4 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. Qb3 (16. Nd3 Nfg4 $11 (16...
Nxc4 17. Qb3 cxb4 18. Nxb4 b5 19. axb5 Na5 20. Qd1 axb5 21. Bf4 $11 {Komodo13})
) 16... cxb4 17. Qxb4 a5 $11 (17... Bg4 $15) 18. Qb3 h4 (18... O-O) 19. Be3 (
19. h3 {prevents further incursions}) 19... O-O {laying a trap} (19... h3 20.
g3 O-O $11) 20. Bxb6 $6 (20. Bd4 Qc8 21. h3 Be8 $11 {Komodo13}) 20... Qc8 $15
21. Qa2 $2 (21. c5 Bg4 22. h3 Bxe2 23. Nfxe2 dxc5 24. Qa2 $11 {Komodo13}) 21...
Rxb6 $19 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Cukovs, Oleg"]
[Black "Pirga, Vlad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 (5. Nc3) 5... Bg7 6. c3 (6. O-O
) 6... Ne7 (6... Nf6 {main}) 7. Bg5 $146 (7. O-O) (7. Be3) 7... O-O 8. O-O $11
Nd7 (8... Qe8 9. Nd2 Nbc6 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14.
Nxc4 Bxc4 15. f4 {Burakovsky-Gyorffi, Eger Agria op 2003,1-0}) (8... b6 9. Re1
Qd7 10. Qb3 (10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd5 c6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
$16) 10... Nbc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc2 $11 {Vidyaev-Yumatov,Niznij Novgorod
Dubinin memorial 2012,1-0}) 9. Qd2 (9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Ne6 Qe8 11. Nxc7 Qd8 12.
Nxa8 $16 {Komodo13}) 9... Re8 {Bl has a rather passive position} 10. Bh6 (10.
Na3) 10... Bh8 (10... Nf6 $11) (10... Nc6 $11) 11. Ne6 $1 {wins Q for 2 pieces}
Ne5 12. Nxd8 Nxc4 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Na3 $18 Be6 16. Nb5 Rec8 17.
Nd4 Bd7 18. Nf3 (18. f4) 18... Nc6 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rad1 Ne5 21. Nxe5+ Bxe5 22.
Bd4 (22. f4 Bg7 23. e5) 22... Re8 23. Bxe5 (23. Bxb6 axb6 24. f4 Bf6 25. Qc4+
Be6 26. Qxc7+ Re7 27. Qxd6 {Komodo13}) 23... Rxe5 24. f4 Ra5 25. b3 (25. f5)
25... Re8 26. Qc2 h5 27. c4 Rc5 28. e5 (28. f5) 28... Bf5 29. Qf2 Ra5 30. exd6
c6 (30... cxd6 {better, but Bl must be lost anyway}) 31. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 (
32. Qxe1 {gets in quicker}) 32... Nc8 33. c5 (33. Qd4) 33... b6 34. Qe2 {
Komodo13} (34. Qd4 Bd7 35. Qh8) 34... Bd7 35. b4 Ra4 36. Qc4+ Kf8 37. Qb3 (37.
Qd4) 37... b5 38. a3 a5 39. Qc3 axb4 40. Qh8+ (40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42.
Qxd7+ Kf6 43. g4 hxg4 44. Re6+ Kf5 45. Qf7#) 40... Kf7 41. Qh7+ Kf6 42. Qxd7 (
42. Re7 {mating, but virtually everything wins}) 42... Nxd6 43. Qxd6+ (43. Qe7+
Kf5 44. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Farrar, Gordon"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. e5 Nd5 (5... Ne4 {main} 6. Qf3 (6.
Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bf5) 6... f5 (6... Nxc3 7. Bd2 Bf5 8. Bd3)) 6. Bd2 Nxc3 (6...
Qb6 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Bc3 Bf5 {50% in 8 games}) 7. bxc3 (7. Bxc3 {72% for Wh in
9 games}) 7... Nd7 (7... Qc7 8. Bd3 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O d5 11. Nh4 e6 12. g4
{Khaetsky-Klein, Teplice op 2011,1-0}) (7... dxe5 8. fxe5 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
cxd3 Nd7 11. Nf3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. c4 Qd8 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Ba5 Qc8 {
Huarcaya Sillca-Rengifo Blancas, South American ch U16,2016,0-1}) 8. Bd3 e6 (
8... Qd5 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. O-O dxe5 12. fxe5 g6 13. a4 Qd7 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Rxf3 Bg7 16. e6 {Pinkus-Allegro, Geneve op 1996,1-0}) (8... Qc7 9. Nf3 Nb6
10. Ng5 g6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Rae1 Nd5 15. Kh1 b5 16.
Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 O-O {Provkin-Klimentov, Voronezh ch 2012,0-1}) 9. Nf3 Qc7 10.
O-O Be7 (10... g6) 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3 (12. Ng5 h6 (12... Bxg5 13. exd6 Qxd6
14. fxg5 $18) 13. Qe4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 $16 {Komodo13}) 12... f5 13. Ng5
(13. exf6 Rxf6 14. c4 $16 {Komod013}) 13... Nb6 14. Nf3 (14. Qh3 h6 15. Nf3 c5
16. g4 Bd7 $16 {Komodo13}) 14... d5 $11 (14... c5 $11) 15. a4 a5 (15... Bd7)
16. Rfb1 c5 (16... Bd7 17. Be1 c5 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Ra6 $11 {Komodo13}) 17.
Bb5 cxd4 (17... Bd7 $11) 18. cxd4 Nc4 19. Qf2 (19. Bxc4 Qxc4 $11 (19... dxc4
$11)) 19... Na3 $17 20. Rb3 Bd7 (20... Nc4 {Rudy}) (20... Nxb5 {Gordon &
Komodo13} 21. Rxb5 Bd7 22. Rb2 Rfc8 23. Ne1 b6 $15) 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rbxa3
Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rfc8 24. c3 {(draw?)} (24. Qe3 Rxc2 25. Qb3 Rc4 26. Ra2 $16 {
Komodo12}) (24. c3 Rc4 25. Rb3 Rxa4 26. Qe1 Rc4 27. Qb1 a4 28. Ra3 (28. Rxb7
Rc7 29. Rxc7 $2 (29. Rb8+ Rc8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bc1 a3 32. Bxa3 Rxa3 33. Qb8+
Kf7 34. Ng5+ Kg6 35. Qg8 h6 36. Nxe6 $11 {Komodo13}) 29... Qxc7 $19) 28... b5
$16 {though Bl has some compensation against the 2 pieces}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Menon, Davin"]
[Black "Taylor, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 (4... Ba6) 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2
(7. Nc3) (7. d5) 7... d6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 (9. b3) 9... a5 $146 (9... e5) (9...
c5) 10. b3 c5 11. d5 $16 e5 12. Ne1 (12. Nh4) 12... g6 13. Nd3 Ne8 14. f4 f6
15. f5 g5 $16 16. Bf3 Ng7 (16... Nc7) 17. Qd1 (17. Nb1 Qe8 18. Nc3 Ba6 19. Nb5
$18 {Komodo13, but the win looks a long way off to human eyes}) 17... Qe8 (
17... Qc8) 18. g4 (18. Nb1 $18 {Komodo13- really?}) 18... Kf7 {(draw?)} 19. Nb1
Rh8 20. h4 h6 21. Nc3 Ba6 22. Qe2 Bd8 23. Nf2 (23. Kg2 $18 {Komodo13}) 23...
Ke7 24. Nh1 Nf8 25. hxg5 {this could wait- Wh coild then triple on the h file
& Bl could not reciprocate} hxg5 26. Ng3 Nd7 27. Nh5 (27. Kg2) 27... Qf7 (27...
Qg8) 28. Rf2 (28. Kf2) 28... Bc7 29. Rh2 Rag8 30. Be3 (30. Kf2) 30... Nxh5 31.
gxh5 g4 {trying to confuse issues} 32. Bxg4 Rxh5 33. Rg2 Rh4 34. Kf2 $16 Qh7
35. Rag1 Rh2 36. Kf1 (36. Ke1 {getting to the Q side}) 36... Rxg2 37. Qxg2 Nf8
38. Qh3 (38. Rh1 Qg7 39. Rh4 Rh8 40. Rxh8 Qxh8 41. Be2 $16 {Komodo13}) 38...
Qxh3+ 39. Bxh3 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 $16 Kf7 41. Bh6 (41. Bg4) 41... Nd7 42. Bg4 Ke7
43. Kg2 {Bl has no prospects, so Wh can just slowly advance and see what gives}
Bd8 44. Kh3 Nb8 45. Kh4 Bc8 46. Bh5 Bd7 47. Bg6 Na6 48. a3 Nc7 49. Na4 Ne8 50.
Bh7 b5 $14 51. Nb2 Nc7 (51... a4 $1 52. bxa4 b4 53. axb4 cxb4 54. Bg8 Bb6 $11 {
Komodo13- Bl needs to keep an eye out for a break, rather than just sit
defensively}) 52. Bd2 b4 53. a4 Kf7 54. Bh6 Be7 55. Kh5 (55. Bg6+ Kg8 $14)
55... Bf8 56. Bxf8 Kxf8 57. Kh6 (57. Kg6 $18 Be8+ (57... Ke7 58. Kg7 $18) 58.
Kxf6 $18) 57... Ke7 (57... Be8 $11) 58. Kg7 $18 Na6 59. Bg8 (59. Bg6 $18) (59.
Nd1 $18) 59... Be8 $16 60. Kh6 Nc7 61. Be6 Bf7 62. Nd3 Be8 63. Nf2 Bf7 64. Bc8
Kf8 (64... Na8) 65. Ng4 (65. Bb7 $18) 65... Ke7 66. Bb7 Be8 67. Bc6 Bf7 68. Kg7
Be8 69. Nxf6 Bxc6 70. dxc6 d5 71. Nxd5+ Nxd5 72. cxd5 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Black "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 (7. f4)
7... Be7 8. O-O-O Nbd7 (8... b5 {main}) 9. Be2 (9. f4) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nc5 11.
f3 Qc7 {Deep Fritz13 & Komodo13} (11... Bd7 12. Kb1 Nfxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
fxe4 Bxh4 15. Nf3 Be7 {Yepez-Salas Romo, Leipzig ol 1960,0-1}) 12. Bf2 b5 13.
g4 (13. b4 Ncd7 14. a4 {Deep Fritz13, which looks awful, wrecking the K's
position.} bxa4 15. Nxa4 d5 $15 {Komodo13}) (13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qc6 15.
Nxd6+ Kf8 $11 {Komodo13}) 13... Bb7 (13... b4 14. Nb1 d5 $15 {Komodo13} (14...
O-O {Deep Fritz13})) 14. h4 Rc8 (14... b4 $17) 15. Rdf1 (15. g5 Nfd7 16. a3 $14
) 15... b4 16. Nb1 (16. Nd1 e5 (16... Nfxe4 17. fxe4 Bxe4 $15 {Komodo13} 18.
Kb1 e5 19. Bf3 exd4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd3 Nxf2 22. Nxf2 Bf6 23. Qe2+ Be5 $15)
17. Nb3 $11 {Deep Fritz13}) 16... Ncxe4 $1 {Komodo13} (16... d5 17. g5 Nh5 $17
{Deep Fritz13; Komodo13 thinks its winning for Bl}) 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Qd1 (18.
Qxb4 Nxf2 19. Rh2 Ne4 $19) 18... Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxh1 20. Qxh1 Bf6 (20... Qb6 21.
Qe4 d5 22. Qf4 O-O 23. Rf1 Bxh4 $19 {Komodo13}) 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Bxa6 Rb8 (
22... O-O $17 {Komodo13}) 23. Bb5+ (23. Qf3 $11 {both Engines}) 23... Kf8 $17
24. Qf1 Qc5 (24... Kg7) 25. Qxf6 (25. Nxe6+ $1 {both Engines} fxe6 26. Qxf6+
Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ $11) 25... Qe5 $19 26. Qf2 Rxb5 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 $19 28.
Qf6 Qe5 29. Qf2 Rg8 30. Qd2 Rxg4 31. c3 Rg1+ (31... b3 $1 {both Engines} 32.
axb3 Rg1+ 33. Kc2 Qe4+ 34. Qd3 Rc1+ 35. Kxc1 Qxd3) 32. Kc2 Qf5+ 33. Qd3 (33.
Kb3 $5) 33... Qxd3+ (33... Rc1+ $1) 34. Kxd3 Rxb1 35. Kc2 Ra1 36. Kb3 bxc3 37.
bxc3 Ke7 38. h5 Kd7 39. a4 Rh1 (39... f5) 40. a5 Rxh5 41. Kb4 Rxa5 (41... Rg5)
42. Kxa5 h5 43. Kb4 h4 44. Kc4 h3 45. Kd4 h2 46. c4 h1=Q 47. c5 dxc5+ 48. Kxc5
Qd5+ 49. Kb4 Qc6 50. Kb3 Qc5 51. Kb2 Qc4 52. Ka3 Qb5 53. Ka2 Kd6 54. Ka3 Kd5
55. Ka2 Kc4 56. Ka1 Kc3 57. Ka2 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carroll, Thomas"]
[Black "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 {(draw?)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Black "Hayward, Philip T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "1076"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. g3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 fxe4 (7...
Nc6) (7... e5) 8. dxe4 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 e5 11. Bg5 (11. f4) (11. Nd5 {
alternatives}) 11... Be6 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rf7 (13... Nd4) (13... Nh5) 14.
Qd2 Raf8 15. f3 (15. Rad1 {1 game each}) 15... b6 (15... Rb8 16. Rfd1 Ne8 17.
a4 b6 18. Ra3 a5 19. Raa1 {Wuttke-Chatzidakis, Oberliga Nord O, 2015, draw
agreed}) (15... Kh8 16. Rad1 Ng8 17. b3 h6 18. Be3 Kh7 19. Rf2 Nd4 20. Rdf1 Ne7
{Danailov-Avshalumov, Cannes op 1990,0-1}) (15... Nd4 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 16.
b3 Kh8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rad1 (18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. f4 $15) 18... Bg7 $15 19. Ndc3
Rd8 20. h4 Kg8 21. Qd3 {allows the B to a good diagonal} (21. Nd5) 21... Bh6
22. Ng1 Nd4 {this move has been an Engine preference for a long time} 23. Bh3
Rdf8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nce2 g5 $19 {Stockfish9 & Komodo13} 26. Nxd4 (26. hxg5
Bxg5 27. Kg2 {lessens the impact}) 26... cxd4 27. hxg5 Bxg5 28. Kg2 Be3 29.
Rde1 Qh6 (29... Bxg1 30. Rxg1 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Qh6 $19 {Cloud
Engines}) 30. Ne2 (30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. Re1 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 30... Qh5 31. g4
(31. Nxd4 {desperation by Stockfish9, Deep Fritz13 & Komodo13}) 31... Qh4 32.
Ng1 Bf4 (32... Rxf3 33. Nxf3 Qxg4+ 34. Kh1 Rxf3 {seems to be even stronger})
33. Rf2 Bg3 (33... h5 $1) 34. Ree2 (34. Nh3 {holds a little longer}) 34... h5
35. gxh5 Rg7 36. Kf1 Bxf2 37. Rxf2 Qh1 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Patrick, David A"]
[Black "Shakespeare, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qe2+ (6. O-O) 6... Ne7
7. O-O Nd7 (7... Nbc6) (7... O-O 8. Bxh7+ {3-0}) 8. c4 (8. Bg5 f6 9. Bd2 c6 10.
Qe3 Qc7 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. a3 h5 13. c4 {Formankova-Holusova,CZE ch U12 girls,
1998,0-1}) (8. h3 $16 {Komodo13}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O $11 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Bb3
Qd7 12. Bxe7 Rfe8 13. Qe4 Rxe7 14. Qxb7 (14. Ne5 $11 {Komodo13}) 14... Qe8 $17
15. Ng5 {(draw?)} Bh5 (15... Be2 16. Nc3 (16. Re1 Ba6 $19) (16. Rc1 Bf4 $19)
16... Bxf1 17. Rxf1 h6 $17 {Komodo13}) (15... Qb5 16. Nxf7 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qxf1
18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Nxg4 Rf8 $17 {Komodo13}) 16. Nc3 c6 17. Qa6 h6 18. Nh3 Bg4 19.
Qd3 g6 $2 (19... Rd8 $17) 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Whitehead, Mark A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 {the first time in 28 years to get Wh!} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Qb6
(4... g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Qb6+ 7. d4 O-O 8. h3 Ne4 9. Kh2 c5 10. c3 Nc6 {Dai
James-Whitehead, S Wales Autumn Open, Pencoed 2016,1/2-1/2}) 5. d4 (5. e3 {is
more flexible}) 5... Bf5 6. e3 (6. O-O Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Ne4
10. b3 Be7 11. c4 Qa6 12. Qe2 O-O {Van Kemenade-Gromark, EU Seniors ch tm 2014,
0-1}) 6... Nbd7 (6... e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 h6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. c3 c5
12. g4 Bh7 13. g5 Ne4 {Strobel-Popelka, Niederoesterrich Landesliga 2014,0-1})
7. O-O Ne4 8. Nh4 {initially both players thought that this won a piece} Nd6 (
8... e6 {also holds, as after} 9. g4 Qd8) 9. Nxf5 (9. c4 $1 {Komodo13} dxc4 (
9... Bxb1 10. c5 Qd8 11. Rxb1 $16) 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Na3 Nd6 12. Qa4 e6 13.
Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 $16) 9... Nxf5 10. Qd3 (10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 $11 {Komodo13})
10... e6 11. Nd2 (11. c4) 11... c5 12. c3 (12. c4 Qa6 13. b3 $11 {Komodo13})
12... Be7 13. Nf3 (13. Bxd5 {Komodo13, considered by Wh & pm analysis} Nxg3 (
13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 exd5 15. Re1 $16) 14. Bxe6 (14. hxg3 exd5 15. e4 $11 {pm
analysis}) (14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. hxg3 $14 {Komodo13}) 14... Qxe6 15. hxg3 $14 {
Komodo13}) 13... O-O (13... h5 $11 {Komodo13}) 14. g4 Nd6 15. Ne5 (15. b3)
15... Rad8 16. f5 (16. b3 $11) 16... c4 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nc4 18. e4 Nxe5
19. Qg3 c4+ 20. Kh1 Nd3 $19 {Komodo13}) 17. Qe2 (17. Qc2 $5) 17... exf5 $6 {
lets the Wh B loose} (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxc4 exf5 21.
gxf5 Bg5 22. Qxe4 Rfe8 $15 {Komodo13}) 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxd5 $16 Qb5 20. Bg2
fxg4 21. Qxg4 (21. e4 {allows the QB out, pm analysis & Komodo13} f5 (21... h5
22. e5 $16) 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bf4 $18 {Komodo13}) 21... f5 22. Qh3 Bg5 $6 {too
many loose Bl pieces} (22... Rdd8 {pm analysis} 23. e4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25.
Qe6+ Kh8 {Komodo13} 26. Qxe7 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qf5+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ {perpetual}) 23.
a4 $1 Qa5 24. e4 Bxc1 25. Raxc1 Qxa4 {guards the R , but the centre pawns
backed by the B are now too powerful} (25... g6 26. e5 Nc8 27. Qg3 (27. d5 Qc5+
28. Kh1 Nb6 29. e6 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 (30... Qxd5+) 31. Rce1 Nf6 32. Qg2 Ne4
33. Rxf5 Ng3+ 34. Qxg3 Qxf5 35. Qe3 b6 $11 {Komodo13}) 27... Nb6 28. Rcd1 $16)
26. e5 $18 Ne4 (26... Ne8 $5 {pm analysis}) 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Nd2 {
prevents Rf1 for the moment; but there are now several Wh winning lines} 29.
Qf4 (29. e6 {considered} Re7 30. d5 (30. Qf4 Nb3 31. Rf1 Qe8 32. d5 Nc5 33. d6
Rxe6 34. Bd5) 30... Qb5 31. Qf4 Nb3 32. Rf1 Qe8 33. d6 {Komodo13}) (29. Qe6+
Kf8 30. Re1 h6 31. Qg6 Qa6 32. Qh7 Qe6 33. Re2 $18 {Komodo13} (33. d5 Rxd5 {
less convincing})) (29. Qf4 Nb3 30. Rf1 {Mark & Komodo13}) 1-0

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Sandhu, Manvith"]
[Black "Surtees, Mike J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Ne2 Qa5+ 8. Bd2
Qa6 9. Qxa6 (9. Qf3 {0-3}) 9... Nxa6 10. a3 (10. Nbc3 Nh6 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. Nce2
c5 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. O-O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nge2 Nb4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxc6
bxc6 19. Nd4 Bb6 20. Rh3 Rg6 {Goral-Bullen, Commonwealth ch, Glasgow 2014,0-1})
10... c5 11. c3 Ne7 12. Ng3 cxd4 (12... Rc8 $15) 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 f6 15. f4
Nc7 16. Ke2 Be7 17. Nc3 (17. Nd2 $11) 17... Na5 (17... Kd7 $15 {Komodo13}) 18.
a4 Rc8 19. Rab1 (19. f5 fxe5 20. dxe5 b6 21. fxe6 g6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Nb5 Nxe6
24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Nc4 26. Rxd5 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Nxd6 $11 {Komodo13}) 19...
Na6 (19... g6 $15 {Komodo13}) 20. f5 $11 Kd7 (20... Nb4) 21. Bd2 {an odd
retreat} (21. fxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rbf1 fxe5 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd4+ Bxd4
26. Bxd4 Rc4 27. Bxg7 Rg8 28. Rf6+ Kd7 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rhf1 Rg4 31. Bh6 Rxg2+
32. R1f2 Rxf2+ 33. Rxf2 d4 34. Ne4 Rg6 35. Nf6+ Ke7 36. Bg5 $11 {Komodo13}) (
21. Rbf1) 21... Nb3 $17 22. Ke3 $2 {Wh has lost the thread of the game} (22.
Be3) 22... fxe5 $19 23. fxe6+ Kxe6 24. Nb5 exd4+ 25. Nxd4+ Nxd4 26. Kxd4 Rc4+
27. Ke3 Bxh4 28. Ne2 Bg5+ 29. Kf3 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Rathbone-Jones, Ifan"]
[Black "Cukovs, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 (3... e5) 4. Nc3 (4. e5) 4... e5 5. d5 c6 6. Bg5
Bb4 7. Bxc4 (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 Qg6 9. Qf3 O-O {1 Wh win,3 draws, 2 Bl wins})
7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 (9. Qd3 Nxe4 {IWh win,2 draws,3 Bl wins}) 9...
Nxe4 $19 {Cloud Engines} 10. Qe2 $146 (10. dxc6 Nxc6 {2 draws}) (10. Qh5 O-O
11. Qxe5 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 cxd5 13. Nf3 Nc6 $18 {Weichlein-Teske, Bad Woerishofen
op 2014,0-1}) 10... cxd5 11. Bd3 O-O (11... Bf5 $5) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nc6
14. Nf3 Qc5 15. Rc1 f6 (15... f5) 16. h4 Ne7 17. Be3 Qd5 18. Qc2 Bf5 (18... Bg4
) 19. c4 Qxf3 (19... Qc6 20. Qb3 Be4 $19 {Komodo13}) 20. gxf3 Bxc2 21. Rxc2 Nf5
$15 {Wh has 4 pawn islands, all isolated pawns} 22. Rb2 b6 23. Rh3 Rac8 24. Rc2
Rc6 25. Ke2 Rfc8 26. Kd3 Nd6 27. c5 bxc5 $19 28. Rh1 c4+ 29. Ke2 a6 30. Rhc1
Nf5 31. Rd2 Nxh4 (31... c3) 32. f4 Nf5 (32... Ng6) 33. fxe5 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 fxe5
35. Rd5 Rc5 36. Ke4 c3 37. Rc2 Rxd5 38. Kxd5 Kf7 39. Kxe5 g6 (39... g5 40. Kf5
Rc5+ 41. Ke4 h5) 40. f4 h6 41. f5 gxf5 42. Kxf5 Rc5+ 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Kd3 Kd5 (
44... h5) 45. a3 Kc6 46. a4 Kb6 47. Kd4 Rc8 48. Ke5 Ka5 49. Kf5 Kxa4 50. Kg6
Rc6+ 51. Kh5 Kb3 52. Rh2 c2 53. Rh3+ Kb2 54. Rh4 c1=Q 55. Rb4+ Ka3 56. Rf4 Rc5+
(56... Qxf4 $11) 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Biermann, Florian"]
[Black "Hilton, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O e6 7. d3 (7. e5) 7...
Ne7 8. Nxd4 {before Bl can reinforce d4} cxd4 (8... Bxd4+ {scores even better})
9. Ne2 O-O 10. Qe1 (10. Ba4) 10... d5 {25% for Wh} (10... d6 {57% for Wh}) 11.
e5 Qb6 12. Ba4 {1 Wh win, 1 draw,4 Bl wins} f6 13. Ng3 (13. Bd2 $11 {Cloud
Engines} fxe5 14. fxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Bxe5 16. Be8 Nf5 17. g4 Qd8 18. gxf5 Qxe8
19. fxg6 Qxg6+ 20. Qg2 (20. Kh1 $11) 20... Bd7 $17 {Sa-Sousa, Sao Joao da
Madeira op 2013,0-1}) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qc7 $17 {Cloud Engines
} (15... Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bf6 Rf8 20. Qf2 Bxf6 21.
exf6 Qe5 22. Re1 Qxf6 {Gil Capape-Navarro Alonso, Aragon ch tm 2011,0-1}) 16.
Bf4 b5 (16... a6) 17. Bxb5 Rb8 18. Ba4 Ba6 (18... Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Ne2 Nc6
$17 {Komodo13}) 19. Kg1 Rf8 20. Bd2 Bxe5 $11 21. Bb4 Rf7 22. Be8 Rg7 23. Ba5
Qd6 24. Bb4 Qc7 25. Qd2 (25. Bd2) (25. Bc5 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qxc5 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28.
Qxa6 Qxc2 29. Qf6 Qe2 $11 {Komodo13}) 25... Nf5 (25... Bf4 26. Qe1 Be3+ 27. Kh1
Qxc2 $17 {Komodo13}) 26. Nf1 Ne3 27. Nxe3 dxe3 (27... Bf4 $5) 28. Qxe3 Bxh2+
29. Kh1 $14 Qe5 (29... Bc8) 30. Qf2 (30. Rf1 $1 $18 {Komodo13} h6 (30... Re7
31. Qh6 Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bxe7 $18) 31. Qxh6 Bf4 32. Bxg6 Qf6 33. Rxf4
Rxg6 34. Rxf6 Rxh6+ 35. Rxh6 $18) 30... Bf4 31. g3 Rb7 (31... Qxb2 32. Qxf4
Qxa1+ 33. Kg2 h5 $15 {Komodo13}) 32. Ba3 Bh6 (32... Rb8 33. Re1 Qh5+ 34. Kg1
Rxe8 35. Qxf4 e5 36. Qa4 Rc8 37. Bd6 Qf3 38. Bxe5 Bb7 39. Qd7 Qf7 40. Qxf7+
Kxf7 41. Re2 $16 {Komodo13}) 33. Re1 $18 Qh5+ 34. Kg2 Qg4 35. Qf6 (35. Qc5 Rb8
36. Bd7 $18 {Komodo13}) 35... Rc7 36. Ba4 (36. c4 $18 {Komodo13}) 36... Rf7 $19
37. Qxe6 Qf3+ (37... Qxa4) 38. Kh2 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qf3 40. Kh2 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Qf3
42. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Gogia, Armaan"]
[Black "Camp, Imogen A L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 (7...
O-O 8. O-O d5 $5 {a sharp line}) 8. h3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Qc7 12.
Rd1 (12. d5 {main}) 12... Bb7 (12... Bd7) 13. d5 Nd7 14. g4 {a bit committal,
better to develop the Q side pieces first with} (14. Nbd2 f5 15. exf5 Bxd5 16.
Ne4 $16 {the Wh squares are very sensitive in Bl's position} (16. b3 Bc6 17.
Ne4 h6 18. c4 $14 {Reithel-Brandhorst,US ch corr 1996,1/2-1/2})) 14... Rfe8 (
14... Nc4 15. b3 Ncb6 16. c4 b4 $11 {Komodo13}) 15. Nbd2 g6 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ng3
Bg7 18. b3 $16 Nb6 19. Be3 (19. c4) 19... Bc8 20. Qd2 Nb7 21. Kg2 a5 22. Bh6 c4
$11 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5 {the Engines are still content, but a Q & 2 Ns near
a weakened K side needs a very careful watch} Qe7 (24... f6 {Komodo13, a bit
surprising} 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Ng3 Rf8 28. Qg5 cxb3 29. axb3 Qxc3
30. Ne1 {and Bl has dynamic counterchances}) 25. Nh5+ $18 {Cloud Engines} Kh8
26. Nf6 Rd8 27. Qh4 (27. bxc4 {thr5own in for some obscure reason by Komodo13})
27... h5 28. gxh5 Kg7 29. h6+ (29. bxc4 {Cloud Engines again, who don't
recapture for Bl} bxc4 30. Qg5 $18 Nd7 31. h6+ Kh8 32. Ng4 Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Rf8
34. Rab1 $18) (29. Qg5 Nc5 30. Rab1 Nbd7 31. h6+ Kh8 32. Ng4 Re8 33. Qxe7 Rxe7
34. bxc4 b4 (34... bxc4 35. Rb5 $18 {but a bit unclear to human eyes}) 35. cxb4
axb4 36. Rxb4 Rxa2 37. Bb1 Ra1 38. Rh1 $16 {Komodo13}) 29... Kh8 30. Qg5 Nd7 (
30... Nc5 $16 {Deep Fritz13 & Komodo13}) 31. Nxd7 (31. Ng4 $18 {Cloud Engines}
Qxg5 32. Nxg5 Rf8 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Rab1 Nbc5 35. Ne3 Ba6 36. h4 $18 {Komodo13.
though there is still a lot of play left} Nd3 37. f3 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Ra7 39. Rh1
Kg8 40. h5 Nxh5 41. Nf5 gxf5 42. h7+ Kh8 43. Rxh5 Nf6 44. Rh6 Kg7 45. Rh4 $18 {
Komodo13- the Wh pieces are certainly more active}) 31... Qxg5+ (31... Rxd7)
32. Nxg5 Rxd7 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. f4 f6 35. Ne6 Re7 (35... Rh7 36. f5 $16 {
Komodo13}) 36. Nf8 $2 (36. f5 $1 $18 Kh7 (36... Bxe6 37. dxe6 {and the
protected passed pawn ties the Bl forces up far more than the h6 pawn.}) 37.
Nf8+ Kxh6 38. Nxg6) 36... Bxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Rxf8 $15 38. fxe5 {(draw?)} (38. fxe5
fxe5 $19 {Komodo13, a pair of Rs will swap , the h6 pawn is lost & the Wh B is
inferior to the N, restricted by its own pawn}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Menon, Davin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 (3... g6) 4. dxe4 e5 5. h3 (5. Nf3) 5... Be6 (
5... Nf6 {1 game each}) 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Nc3 (7. Ng5 $5) 7... Bb4 8. Bd2 f6 9.
O-O-O Qc7 10. a3 Ba5 11. Nb1 (11. Na4) 11... Bb6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxb6 Nxb6
14. Nc3 (14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. Be2 $11 {Komodo13}) 14... Ne7 15. Qe3
Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rd8+ 17. Kc1 Kb8 18. Nd2 Nec8 19. Bd3 $11 {(draw?)} (19. g3 $11)
19... Nd6 20. Qc5 (20. Rd1) 20... Nd7 21. Qe3 Qa5 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Qc5 24.
Qd2 Kc7 25. Qc2 (25. b4 Qb6 26. Rd1 $11) 25... Kc8 26. b4 Qd4 (26... Qb6 27.
Nd5 Qd4 28. Rd1 Kb8 29. Ne3 Qb6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 $11 {Komodo13}) 27. Rd1
$18 Qb6 (27... a5 28. Bf1 Qb6 29. Rxd6 $18) 28. Nd5 Qd4 29. Ne7+ (29. Ba6 $18
Qxe4 30. Qxc6+ Kb8 31. Qc7+ Ka8 32. Qxd8+ Nb8 33. Nc7#) (29. f3 Kb8 30. Bf1 Qg1
31. Ba6 Qh2 32. Ne7 Nb6 33. Nxc6+ bxc6 34. Qxc6 $18) 29... Kc7 (29... Kb8 30.
Bf1 Qxe4 31. Rxd6 $18) 30. b5 (30. Nd5+ Kb8 31. Nc3 Qb6 32. Kb1 $11) 30... c5 (
30... Nc5 31. bxc6 Ndxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Nxe4 35. f3 Nd6
36. cxb7 Kxb7 37. Kc2 $11 {Komodo13}) 31. Nd5+ (31. b6+ {Komodo13} axb6 (31...
Nxb6 32. Bf1 Qxe4 33. Qxc5+ Kb8 34. Rxd6 $18) (31... Kxb6 32. Bf1 $18) 32. Nd5+
(32. Bb5) 32... Kb8 33. Bb5 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Nxb6 Kc7 36. Nxd7 Nxf2 37.
Rd5 $18) 31... Kb8 32. Nc3 $16 c4 {only move to save the Q} 33. Be2 (33. Bxc4
Qb6 34. Be6 Nc5 35. Bg4 $16 {Komodo13}) 33... Qb6 $11 34. Bg4 (34. Qd2 Nc5 35.
Bxc4 Qc7 36. Kb1 $11) 34... Nc5 $15 35. Be2 (35. Kb1 Nd3 36. f3 $11 Qc7 (36...
Nxb5 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Be6 Qb6 39. Bxc4 Nf4 40. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 37. Nd5 Qf7 38.
Be6 Qxe6 39. Rxd3 $11 {Komodo13}) 35... Nb3+ (35... Ne6 36. Kb1 (36. f3 Nd4 $19
) 36... Qxf2 $19 {Komodo13}) 36. Kb1 Nd4 (36... Qxf2 37. Bxc4 Qxc2+ 38. Kxc2
Nd4+ 39. Kd3 N6xb5 40. Bxb5 Nxb5+ 41. Nd5 Nc7 42. Kc4 Ne6 43. h4 Nd4 $17 {
Komodo13}) 37. Qa4 Nxe2 38. Nxe2 Nxe4 $17 39. Rxd8+ (39. Ka2) 39... Qxd8 40.
Nc3 Qd3+ 41. Ka2 (41. Qc2 Nxc3+ 42. bxc3 Qxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Kc7 $19 {Komodo13})
41... Nxc3+ 42. bxc3 Qd2+ 43. Kb1 Qxc3 (43... Qe1+ 44. Kc2 Qxf2+) 44. b6 Qe1+
45. Kc2 Qxf2+ 46. Kd1 Qf1+ 47. Kc2 Qxg2+ 48. Kc3 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Pirga, Vlad"]
[Black "Farrar, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 (3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3
Nc6 {Patrick-Farrar, rd3,1-0}) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 (4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 h6 6. Nf3 e4
{R Van Kemenade-Farrar,rd1, 0-1}) 4... Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe4 (
7... c6 {main} 8. a4 Nxe4) 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Bxe4 {64% for Wh} Re8 (
10... Nd7) 11. Qd3 (11. c3 {73% for Wh}) 11... g6 12. Bh6 (12. Bf4 $11 {one
result each in 3 games}) 12... Na6 (12... Bf6 13. Rad1 c6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Bxc6
Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Ne5 17. Qe4 (17. Qe3 $14) 17... bxc6 18. Nxc6 Bb7 $19 {
Dauer-Heiduczek,Bayern ch, Regensburg 2011,0-1}) 13. Nc6 {ingenious, but
shoudn't work} (13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. Qc4 $11) (13. Bf3 c5 14. Nb3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Nb4
16. d4 $11) 13... bxc6 14. Bxc6 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Be6 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 $19 {the Bl
pieces should be far more active} 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Rfc1 Nd5 (18... Bd6 19. b3
Nxd3 $19) 19. Bc5 Bxc5 (19... Bf6 {keeping the 2 Bs reduces Wh to passivity}
20. Ba3 a5 21. Rc4 Kg7 $19 {Komodo13}) 20. Rxc5 $17 Rb8 21. b3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke8
23. g3 Kd7 24. h4 h5 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Wales Open"]
[Site "Llandudno"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.06.22"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bc4 (7. Bd2)
(7. Bd3 {more frequent}) 7... Qc7 8. Qe2 {not the most accurate} (8. Qd3 {main,
protects c3}) (8. Bxf7+ {shouldn't work} Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
h6 (11... d6) 12. Ba3+ Ke8 (12... d6) 13. f4 hxg5 (13... d5 $1) 14. fxg5 Qb6+
15. Kh1 Qe6 16. gxf6 gxf6 $17 17. Rf5 d5 (17... d6) 18. Rh5 Rg8 (18... Qg8 $15)
19. Rh7 Nc6 $2 20. Qh5+ $18 Kd8 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Rxd4 {
Haluza-Bermejo, CICom op, Buenos Aires 1966,1-0}) 8... O-O (8... b5 $15 9. Bb3
Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 (10... Qxc3+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ (11... Qxa1 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ba3
Nxe4 14. Qb4 Nc6 15. Bxf7+ Kd8 16. Qxe4 Qc3 $11 {Komodo13}) 12. Nxd2 Ke7 $11)
11. O-O Nbd7 $15 {Komodo13}) 9. O-O (9. Bd2 $11) 9... Bxc3 (9... d6 10. Nd5
Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bg4 12. c3 Ba5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $16 {Chernoff-Downey,
Guernsey op 2011,1-0}) 10. bxc3 d6 $15 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rab1 b5 (12... h6) 13.
Bd5 (13. Bd3 h6 $17) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxc3 {missing Wh's reply} (14... Nb6
$19 {the d pawn is dead}) (14... f6 15. Bd2 Nb6 {is another way to a Bl
advantage}) 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxd6 f6 (16... e4 $1 17. Bb4 Qf6 18. Nd2 Qg6 {and
Bl's e pawn is an attacker, while the Wh d pawn is a liability}) 17. Bb4 (17.
Rb3 $11 {Komodo13}) 17... Qc7 $11 18. d6 Qb6 19. c4 a5 20. Bd2 b4 21. a3 (21.
Rfd1 $11) 21... Qxd6 (21... b3 $5 {Rudy} 22. Be3 {Bl has no time to play a4,
supporting the advanced pawn} Qxd6 23. Rxb3 Ba6 $11 {Komodo13}) 22. axb4 axb4
23. Bxb4 $11 Qc7 24. Nd4 Ba6 (24... Bb7 $5) 25. Nb5 Bxb5 (25... Qc6 26. Nd6
Red8 27. Qg4 Nf8 28. Rfd1 Bc8 $11 {Komodo13}) 26. cxb5 $14 Qb7 (26... Rec8) 27.
Qc4+ $16 Kh8 28. Bd6 (28. Rfd1) 28... Rec8 29. Qb3 Nb6 30. Rfc1 h6 31. h3 Qd7
32. Rc6 (32. Rd1) 32... Rxc6 33. bxc6 Qxd6 34. Qxb6 Rc8 $11 35. Rc1 Qd2 36. Qe3
{this dangerous, as it disrupts the Wh pawn structure.} Qd6 {Draw?} (36... Qxe3
37. fxe3 Kg8 {& Bl can play on; hoping to win the c pawn. The resulting R & 4
pawns vs R & 3 endgame would be awkward for Wh becuse of the e4 square
weakness#} 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. h4 g6 41. g4 Kd6 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 f5
44. e4 f4 45. Rd1+ Kxc6 46. Rd5 Re8 47. Kf2 {and Komodo13 has worked out a
dynamic save for Wh}) 1/2-1/2

