[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adams, Mark A"]
[Black "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe4 Bb4+ 10. N1d2 h6 11. Bxf6+ gxf6 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Nf3+ Ke7
14. c3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Bd6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. h3 Be6 18. Rhf1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5+ 20.
Ka1 Be6 21. Nh4 a5 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Rxf5 a4 24. Nd2 a3 25. Ne4 axb2+ 26. Kxb2
Ba3+ 27. Kb1 Ra4 28. Bf3 Ra5 29. Be2 Nd8 30. Rdf1 Rc6 31. Rf6 Ra4 32. Rxc6 bxc6
33. Bd3 Ne6 34. g3 Ra8 35. Kc2 Rb8 36. Bc4 Rb2+ 37. Kd3 Rh2 38. h4 Rg2 39. Rf3
f6 40. Bxe6 Kxe6 41. Rxf6+ Kd7 42. Rxh6 Rxa2 43. g4 Rh2 44. g5 Bc1 45. Rh7+ Ke6
46. g6 Rg2 47. h5 Rg4 48. g7 Kf5 49. h6 Bxh6 50. Rxh6 Rxg7 51. Rxc6 Rh7 52.
Rf6+ Kg4 53. c4 Rh3+ 54. Kd2 Ra3 55. c5 Ra4 56. Kd3 Rd4+ 57. Ke3 Rc4 58. Rg6+
Kf5 59. Nd6+ Kxg6 60. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 (7...
Bg4 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qh3 dxc4 (11... Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5
13. Re1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bf5 Be7 16. Be3 h6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19.
Rxe6 O-O 20. Qg3 Bh4 {J Howell-Van Kemenade, Sheffield 1991,0-1}) 12. Bxc4 Qd7
13. Qe3+ Be7 14. Rd1 O-O-O $17 {Hewitt-Van Kemenade, WCPL 2012,0-1}) 8. c4 Nb4
9. Be2 O-O (9... c6 {has been tried here but scores badly for Bl (at 11% with
4-0 losses for Van Kemenade)}) 10. Nc3 (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Be4 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. c4 Qf5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. d5 Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 Ne5 20. Be4 Qg5 21. g3 Nd7 22. Qd4 $11 {Mason-Van Kemenade,GBR ch Great
Yarmouth, 2007; draw agreed}) (10. h3 Bf5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Bf6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Ba2 Be4 {Hewitt-Iolo
Jones,WCPL 2015, 1/2-1/2}) 10... Nxc3 (10... Bf5 {main, when} 11. a3 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 {transposes back to Mason-Van Kemenade above. In the
line played Wh has gained by not having to play a3, but then in the other line
there are later possibilities for Wh to play Ra2 bringing this R to the e file
( an idea that Wh wished was available later in this game)}) 11. bxc3 Nc6 12.
Re1 (12. cxd5) (12. Bf4) (12. Rb1 {main lines}) 12... Bf5 13. cxd5 (13. c5 Bf6
14. Bf4 a6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Rb2 Re8 19. Qb1 Qc8 20. h4 {
Raphael-Sears, De Verteuil Memorial, Port of Spain 2010,1-0}) 13... Qxd5 14.
Bf4 (14. Bd3 {main, transposes to 70 games}) 14... Bf6 (14... Rac8 15. Nd2 {
Belikov-Shtyrenko, Alushta op 2013, draw agreed}) (14... Bd6) 15. Nd2 (15. Bxc7
Rac8 16. Bg3 Na5 17. Ne5 Rxc3 18. Bf3 Qd8 19. d5 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) (15. Qb3
{possible with the pawn on a2} Qxb3 (15... Be6 16. Qb1 (16. Qxb7 Nxd4 $11)
16... h6 17. h3 $16) 16. axb3 Ne7 (16... Rfc8 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Bf3 c6 19. Nc4
$18) 17. Bxc7 Rfc8 18. Bd6 Rxc3 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bf1 Nd5 21. Rxa7 Rd8 22. b4 Be6
23. Bc5 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 15... Qa5 (15... Qd7) 16. Qc1 (16. Qb3 Ne7 17. Nc4
$18 {Stockfish10 & KomodoDragon2}) 16... Bg6 17. a4 (17. Nc4 Qf5 18. Bxc7 Rac8
19. Qf4 Ne7 20. Qg3 Qd5 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxc3 24. d5 $18 {
KomodoDragon2}) 17... Qf5 (17... Bg5) 18. Be3 (18. Bg3 h5 19. Qd1 Rfe8 20. Nc4
Re7 21. Ne3 Qa5 22. h4 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 18... Na5 $11 19. Qb2 b6 20. Qb5 c6
21. Qb4 (21. Qxf5 Bxf5 $11) 21... Rfe8 22. Rac1 Rad8 (22... Be7 {initial idea}
23. Qb2 Qf6 24. Nf3 Qd6 $13 {KomodoDragon2}) 23. h3 h5 (23... c5 24. Qb5 $11 (
24. dxc5 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Rxd2 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Qxb6 h5 $19 {looked at by Bl,
but concerned about back rank}) 24... cxd4 25. cxd4 h6 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 24.
Bf3 c5 (24... Be7) 25. dxc5 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxd2 27. cxb6 (27. Re8+) 27... axb6
28. Qxb6 Nc4 (28... Kh7) 29. Qb8+ (29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Qb8 Kh6 31. Rce1 $11 {
KomodoDragon2}) 29... Rd8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. Qb5 (32. Qe2 Ne5 $15)
32... Qf4 $19 33. Rd1 Be5 34. Qd5 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Nb2 36. Rd2 Bxc3 (36... Nxa4 $1
37. g3 Bxc3 38. Re2 Bf6 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) (36... Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qb1 38. Be4
Bxe4 39. Qxe5 Bd3+ 40. Kf3 Nc4 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qg5 Qb7+ 43. Kg3 Qc7+ 44. Kh4
Ne5 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 37. Bxh5 Bxd2 (37... Bb1 {keeps g6 covered while the
R has nowhere to go} 38. Rxb2 (38. Bxf7 Bxd2 39. Qxd2 (39. Qh5+ Bh6) 39... Bd3+
) 38... Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Bxb2 41. Bxf7 g6 42. Bg8+ Kh6 $19 {
KomodoDragon2}) 38. Bxg6+ fxg6 (38... Kxg6 {exposes the Bl K} 39. Qxd2 Qh1+ (
39... Qe5 40. a5 Qb5+ 41. Kg1 Nc4 42. Qd3+ Kh6 43. g4 $11) (39... Nxa4 40. Qc2+
) 40. Ke2 Qb1 41. a5 Nc4 42. Qd5 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 39. Qxd2 Qh1+ (39... Qe5
{original idea} 40. Qb4 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 40. Ke2 Nxa4 (40... Qb1 $15 41.
Qd4 (41. a5 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Nc4 43. Qa2 Qe6 44. Qa1 (44. a6 Ne3+) 44... Qa6 $19)
41... Qc2+ 42. Ke3 Nc4+ (42... Nxa4 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ $11) 43. Kf3 Qb3+ 44.
Ke2 Qxa4 45. Qh4+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. Qd5+ Ke7 48. Kd3 Na3 $14 {KomodoDragon2,
is a tricky ending for both human players}) 41. Qd4 {Bl missed that the Q move
covers a1 as well} Qxg2 42. Qxa4 Qxh3 $11 43. Qd4 Qf5 44. Kf1 g5 45. Kg2 g4 46.
Qe3 g5 47. Qc3 Kg6 48. Qc6+ Qf6 49. Qc2+ (49. Qxf6+ Kxf6 50. Kg3 Kf5 51. Kh2
Kf4 52. Kg2 $11) 49... Kh5 50. Qh7+ Qh6 51. Qf7+ Qg6 52. Qd5 Qf6 53. Qe4 Qg6
54. Qd5 Kh4 55. Kf1 g3 (55... Qa6+ 56. Kg2 Qe2 57. Qf5 $11) 56. fxg3+ Kxg3 57.
Qg2+ Kf4 58. Qd2+ Ke5 59. Qc3+ Ke6 60. Qc6+ Kf7 61. Qd7+ Kg8 62. Kg1 Qg7 63.
Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qh5+ Kg8 65. Qe8+ Kh7 66. Qh5+ Kg8 67. Qe8+ {Normal} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 Nf6 8. f3 h5
9. g5 Nh7 10. h4 O-O 11. c5 f5 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 Qe8 15. f4 dxc5
16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxc5 fxe4 18. d6 cxd6 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Bxd6 Nc6 21. Bxf8 Nxf8
22. Bd5 Bg4 23. Rf1 Nb4 24. Bxe4 Rd8 25. Qf2 Bxc3 26. Qxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8
28. bxc3 Rf1+ 29. Kb2 Nc6 30. Kc2 Kg7 31. Kd2 Ra1 32. Ke3 Re1+ 33. Kf4 Nd8 34.
Bd5 b5 35. Kg3 Re3+ 36. Nf3 Nf7 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Nxe1 Nd6 39. Ng2 a5 40. Ne3
Be2 41. Kf4 b4 42. c4 a4 43. c5 Nb5 44. c6 Bd3 45. Bc4 Bxc4 46. Nxc4 b3 47.
axb3 axb3 48. Ke5 Kf8 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Kc5 Nc7 51. Kb4 Nd5+ 52. Kxb3 Nf4 53. Kb4
Ng2 54. Kb5 Nxh4 55. Kb6 Nf5 56. c7 Kd7 57. Kb7 Ne7 58. Ne5+ Kd6 59. Nxg6 Nxg6
60. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 (3... c6 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O e5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O
8. Nbd2 Nh5 {Francis-J Van Kemenade, Aberystwyth ch 2009,1-0}) 4. Bc4 c6 (4...
a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. c3 (6. Be3 e6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rfe1 g5 11.
h3 Ng6 12. Ne2 {Whitfield-Pleasants, Frome open 2012,1-0}) 6... Nf6 7. Qe2 Bg4
8. Nbd2 {Talsma-Pleasants, 4NCL 2012,1-0}) 5. O-O (5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. e5
Nd5 8. h3 a5 9. c3 b6 10. Qe4 Bf5 11. Qh4 Nd7 12. Bh6 {Navarro Cia-Pleasants,
London Classic 2013,1/2-1/2}) 5... Nf6 6. Qe2 (6. e5) (6. Re1 {main lines})
6... O-O 7. e5 (7. Bb3 {main} a5 8. a4 Na6 9. Rd1 Nc7 10. c3 b6 11. Nbd2 Ba6
12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 Ncxd5 15. Ne4 {Frostrick-Pleasants, 4NCL 2018,
0-1}) 7... Nd5 8. h3 Na6 (8... dxe5) (8... h6) (8... a5) (8... b5) 9. Bb3 {3-2}
(9. Bxa6 {4-0}) 9... Nac7 10. c4 Nb6 (10... Nb4 11. Bd2 Nba6 12. Nc3 dxe5 13.
dxe5 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Be3 {Hartmann-Foerster, Bundesliga 1983,1-0}) 11. Bf4
(11. Nc3 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. a3 Qc8 15. c5 {Pietrusiak-Balcerowski,
POl ch Rzeszow 1966,1/2-1/2}) (11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Rd1 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Nc3 a5
15. b3 Nd7 16. Re1 Nxe5 {Franzoni-Lobron, Biel GM 1981,0-1}) (11. Rd1 $16 {
KomodoDragon2}) 11... Ne6 {KomodoDragon2} (11... Bf5 {DeepFritz13}) 12. Bh2 a5
$11 13. a4 dxe5 (13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 14. dxe5 (14. Bxe5
$14) 14... Nd7 (14... Nd4 15. Qe3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qc3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Qb6
19. Nd2 Rd8 $15 {KomodoDragon2}) 15. Nbd2 Ndc5 16. Bc2 Qb6 17. b3 Bh6 18. Rab1
$11 (18. Ne4 $11) 18... Qb4 19. Rfd1 Nf4 (19... Bd7 $15 {Deep Fritz13}) (19...
b5 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 (21... Bh6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23.
Rd4 Be6 24. Rbd1 Bg7 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) (21... f6 {Deep Fritz13} 22. Nxc5
Qxc5 23. e6 Bd6 24. Rd3 Kg7 25. Re1 $14 {KomodoDragon2}) 22. Bxe4 (22. Qxe4 Bh6
23. Qh4 Bg7 24. Re1 $16 {KomodoDragon2- Bl must take a little care of his K
side}) 22... Be6 (22... Qc5 $11 {both Engines}) 23. Bc2 Qc5 24. Kf1 (24. Qe4
Bh6 25. Qh4 $14 {both Engines}) 24... Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1
h5 28. Qe4 Bh6 29. Nd4 Bc8 30. e6 $6 {overpressing} (30. g4 $11) 30... f5 $19
31. Qd3 Bg7 (31... Qd6 {wins the e pawn cleanly}) 32. Nf3 Qd6 (32... Bxe6 33.
Qd8+ Bf8 34. Be2 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 33. Qxd6 exd6 34. Ng5 (34. Nh4 Bxe6 (
34... Kh7 35. e7 Bd7 36. Nxf5 $1 {an Engine idea} gxf5 37. Bxh5 Kh6 38. e8=Q
Bxe8 39. Bxe8 $16 {and Wh has good winning chances despite the opposite
colourBs with being able to have two connected passed pawns}) 35. Nxg6 $11 {
both Engines}) 34... Bf6 $19 35. Nf7 (35. Nf3 {is safer but} Bxe6 $19) 35...
Be7 36. g4 (36. f4 Bxe6 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. fxg5 {rescues the N, but Bl is still
a sound pawn up}) 36... Bxe6 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nxf5+ Bxf5 40. Bxh5
Bc2 {Normal} 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 (2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 f5 10. Qb3 Kh8 {Garcia-Van Kemenade,Dyfed Open 2020,1-0}) 2...
Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 (6... Nbd7 {main}) 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 {all mainline play so far by both players}
(11... h6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 g5 14. Nfe2 Ng6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. c5 Qe7 17. cxd6
Nxd6 18. Bc5 Qe8 {Hetherington-R Van Kemenade, Cleveland 1987,1/2-1/2}) 12. Bg5
a6 $146 {Thinking of moving the Q to e8, but it uses up a tempo on the Q side}
(12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Be5 16. exf5 Bxf5) (12... fxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {main lines}) 13. f4 h6 (13...
Nxe4 {Stockfish13 & KomodoDragon2} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Bxg6 b5 18. Qc2) (13... exf4 14. Nxf4 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. g4 Bd7
18. Qd3 Kg7 19. Rae1 Be5 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. dxe6 c6 22. Rxf8 Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qe8
24. Rf7+ Kh8 25. Be4 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2 (15. fxe5 dxe5
16. Qd2 Bg7 17. c5 Bd7 18. Rad1 Kh7 19. Rfe1 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 15... Kg7 (
15... exf4 16. Nxf4 g5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 f4 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Bg5 21.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qe2 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 16. fxe5 Bg5 $6 {trying for some play
but Wh's centre is too strong} (16... dxe5 17. Kh1 c6 18. Rad1 cxd5 19. exd5
Ng8 20. c5 Bg5 21. Qc2 e4 22. Ne5 Nf6 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 17. Qe2 $18 dxe5 18.
Nxe5 Qd6 (18... Bf6 19. Nf3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Rae1 $18 {
KomodoDragon2}) 19. Nd3 Bf6 $2 20. e5 {Normal} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Howells, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
fxe5 Bc5 9. Qf4 Qe7 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O-O Nb6 14.
Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Nb3 Qa4 19. Qxa4 Nxa4 20.
Bf3 Nb6 21. Nd4 a6 22. Rhe1 Rc5 23. b3 Rfc8 24. Rd3 Nd7 25. Re2 b5 26. g4 g6
27. Kb2 b4 28. a3 bxa3+ 29. Kxa3 Rc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Kb2 Rc7 32. h3 Nb6 33.
Rd2 Bc8 34. Ne2 Bb7 35. Nc3 Rd7 36. g5 Kg7 37. h4 h6 38. Bg4 Re7 39. Re2 hxg5
40. hxg5 Nd7 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. e6 Re7 43. exf7 Rxe2 44. Nxe2 Kxf7 45. Kc3 Ke6
46. Kd4 Kf5 47. Nc3 Kxg5 48. Nxd5 Kf5 49. c4 g5 50. Ke3 Bxd5 51. cxd5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Marin, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Keene, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Bg5 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 h6 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. O-O Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. b4 Qc7 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nd2 axb4 19. axb4 Qb6 20. c3 Ra8 21. Ra1
Qb5 22. Nb3 Ra4 23. Rxa4 Qxa4 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Ra8 26. h3 b5 27. cxb6 Qb5
28. f4 Qxb6 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxf5 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Qb1 32. Qf2 Qh1+ 33. Kg3 Qe1 34.
Qxe1 Rxe1 35. Rf3 Rc1 36. Kf4 Kf8 37. g4 Ke7 38. h4 Re1 39. g5 Re4+ 40. Kg3
hxg5 41. hxg5 Re1 42. Kg4 Rg1+ 43. Rg3 Rxg3+ 44. Kxg3 g6 45. Kf4 Kd7 46. Ke3
Ke6 47. Kf4 Ke7 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Kf4 Ke7 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gunn, Tom"]
[Black "Miga, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 (5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qa5 12. Nxf8 Nxf8 $19 {
Gunn-Miga, WCU Online Open2, 2021,0-1.}) 5... O-O (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3
O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 {Stuart-Miga, West Wales
Congress 2019,0-1.}) 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 (7. Rc1 {deters an early c5.} h6 8. Bh4
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. O-O {
Andersen-Miga,4NCL online 2021,1-0.}) (7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O b6 10. Re1
cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qc7 {D Chung-Miga U1850 League 2020,
0-1.}) 7... c5 8. O-O dxc4 (8... cxd4) (8... b6) 9. Bxc4 h6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 {
Transposes to 177 games, 54% for Wh; it is better to keep the B for the moment
-(perhaps Bl might even play the weakening ...g5?).}) 10... Bxf6 {4-5-4
results.} (10... Nxf6 {2-4-4 results.}) 11. Rc1 b6 (11... a6) (11... cxd4) 12.
Re1 (12. d5 {2 draws.}) 12... Bb7 13. Qe2 (13. d5 $11) 13... Qe7 (13... Bxf3
14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Bxd4 $17 {KomodoDragon2.}) 14. Red1 a6 15. a3 (15. a4 {
Holds up the pawn advance.}) 15... b5 16. Ba2 c4 (16... Rac8 $17) 17. Bb1 e5 (
17... Rfd8) 18. Qc2 (18. a4 $11) (18. d5 $11) 18... g6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. dxe5
Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 $19 {KomodoDragon2; Bl has two Bs, more space, and the Bl
pawn majority can advance far more easily than the sluggish Wh one on the
other side.} 22. Rd2 Rfe8 23. Ng3 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Qc7 (24... h5 {KomodoDragon2,
starts to loosen Wh's K side where the Bl Bs and Q threaten to infiltrate.})
25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Ne2 Qg5 (27... Bxb2 $19 {Is less forcing.}) (
27... Be4 28. Qc1 Bxb2 29. Qe1 Bxb1 30. Qxb1 Qd3 31. Qf1 Qxa3 {KomodoDragon2
demolishes Wh's Qside.}) 28. Ng3 Qf6 29. b3 c3 (29... Qc6 30. f4 Bd6 31. bxc4
Qc5 32. Nf1 bxc4 $19 {KomodoDragon2.}) 30. Ne4 (30. b4 {Probably needs playing
to prevent Bl getting there instead.}) 30... Qc6 31. f3 f5 32. Ng3 Qc5 33. Qd3
(33. Qc1 {Keeps the a pawn, but then.} a5 34. Kf2 b4 {Cements Bl's advantage.})
33... Qxa3 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qd7+ Qe7 36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 37. Kf2 Kd6 {The K march
cannot be prevented.} (37... Bxg3+ 38. hxg3 a5 39. Ke2 b4 40. Bc2 Kd6 {Is
KomodoDragon2 preferred route.}) 38. f4 Bg7 39. Ne2 Kc5 40. g3 Kb4 41. Bc2 Be4
42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Nc1 c2 (43... Ka3 {Also.}) 44. Ke2 Bc3 (44... Kc3) 45. g4 Ka3
46. f5 g5 (46... Kb2) 47. f6 Bxf6 48. Kd2 Kb2 49. h3 Bc3+ {Normal.} 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. Qe1 (7. c3 O-O
8. Qe1 b6 9. Na3 Ba6 10. h3 h5 11. Ng5 {Van Kemenade-Bevan, WCPL 2014,0-1})
7... b6 8. h3 (8. e4 {3-1-1}) 8... Nd4 (8... Bb7 {1-1}) 9. Na3 (9. Nxd4 {
Bl thought Wh could have played this} cxd4 10. Qf2 (10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Nf3 Qc8 12.
Kh2 Qxc2 13. b3 O-O 14. Qf2 Rfe8 15. Ba3 Qc3 $11) 10... O-O 11. Qxd4 Be6 12.
Qf2 Qc8 13. g4 Qxc2 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Rxf3 Bb7 11. Rf1 (11.
Rf2) 11... O-O $15 12. c3 (12. g4 Qd7 13. f5 {is perhaps worth a try, though
KomodoDragon2 counters with} Ne8 (13... d4 $17) 14. c3 Nd6 15. Bf4 e5 $17 {
though Wh retains some chances of getting some K side play}) 12... Qd7 13. e4
$6 {this should have been played earlier, or held back now} dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne8 (
14... Qc6 $1 $17 {KomodoDragon2- wins the e pawn (which is why earlier the R
should have gone to f2)}) 15. e5 (15. Qd1 $11) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f6 (16...
Qd5+ {takes the open file, but Wh has enough resources} 17. Kh2 Rd8 18. Be3 $11
) 17. Qe4 Nc7 18. Nc4 (18. exf6 exf6 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Qf3 f5 21. Rfd1 {
liberates Wh's Q side}) 18... b5 {can leave c5 hanging - Wh does manage to win
it in the end} (18... fxe5 19. Nxe5 (19. Re1 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nd5 21. Be5 Rad8 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Re2 Rf5 24. Rae1 $15) 19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rf6 21. Qe2 Rd8 22. Be3
$11 {though Bl's N is a better piece than Wh's B}) 19. exf6 (19. Ne3 {
KomodoDragon} fxe5 20. f5 $11 {bypasses the Bl B}) 19... exf6 20. Ne3 (20. Na5
{considered by Wh, is a possibility}) 20... f5 21. Qb7 $5 {succeeds in luring
Bl pieces offside} Rfb8 (21... Rab8 {calls Wh's bluff} 22. Qf3 (22. Qxa7 Qc6+
23. Kh2 Ra8 $19) 22... Rfd8 $17 {Wh has problems getting the Q side into play})
22. Qf3 (22. Rd1 $5) 22... b4 23. Rd1 (23. Nc4) 23... Qf7 24. c4 {attempting
to stabilize the position} Bd4 (24... Re8 $1 $19 {both lichess Stockfish14 &
KomodoDragon2 think this simple development should be enough for a decisive
advantage}) 25. Rb1 (25. a3 {considered may well be better} a5 26. axb4 Rxb4
27. Ra3 {Komodo Dragon2- but a human will probably be happy just to grab the
b2 pawn} Bxb2 (27... a4 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 28. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 29. Kg1 Qe6 $15)
25... Ne8 (25... Re8 $1 $19 {is again given as winning by both lichess and
KomodoDragon2} 26. b3 Re4 27. Nc2 Ne6 28. Rd3 (28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Nd4 $19) (
28. Bb2 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Re8 30. Rd3 g5 $1 $19) 28... Qb7 29. Kh2 Re8 $19 {
the Wh pieces have very little activity}) 26. b3 $11 (26. Nd5 $11 {Wh was
still hoping to target the c5 pawn, so was reluctant to allow Bl to exchange
off the pieces, as implied by Bl's last moves} Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Be3 Bxe3
29. Qxe3 Qc6+ {and all the heavy pieces will soon swap off as well.}) 26... Nf6
27. Nc2 (27. Bb2 $5 {KomodoDragon2} Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Re8 29. Be5 Rad8 30. Qxc5
Qb7+ 31. Kh2 Qf3 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxg3 35. Qxf6 Qxh3+ {
and its a perpetual}) 27... Bc3 28. Be3 Ne4 (28... Qc7) 29. Rd5 Rd8 (29... Rc8
{allows} 30. Bxc5) (29... a5 {KomodoDragon2} 30. Bxc5 a4 (30... Nd2 31. Rxd2
Bxd2 32. Nd4 Bc3 33. Nc6 Re8 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Nd5 Bg7 36. Rd1 Re4 $17) 31. Rbd1
axb3 32. axb3 Ra2 33. Qd3 Re8 34. Bf2 Qe6 35. Kf1 Nxf2 36. Kxf2 Qe4 37. Rc1 Rb2
$19 {KomodoDragon2}) 30. Rbd1 Qc7 31. g4 Rxd5 (31... Kh8 {let the other side
do the swapping- it usually brings pieces forward}) 32. Rxd5 $11 Rd8 33. Qd1
Bf6 34. Rxd8+ (34. Qd3 Qc8) 34... Qxd8 35. Qxd8+ Bxd8 36. a3 a5 37. axb4 axb4
38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Bc1 Bf6 40. Ne3 Bc3 {gives Wh an unnecessary edge- Bl admitted
afterwards being distracted by the football} (40... Nd6) 41. gxf5 Nd2+ $2 {
this leaves the rather useless B facing a Nthat can cover all of the board (
also Wh already has a more active K} (41... Nd6 42. fxg6+ hxg6 {still
considered level by KomodoDragon2, which targets the b3 pawn} 43. Nc2 Nb7 44.
Be3 Na5 45. Bxc5 Nxb3 46. Bxb4 Bxb4 47. Nxb4 Nd2+ 48. Kg4 Nxc4 {and with the
pawns all on one side it is a drawn position}) 42. Bxd2 Bxd2 43. fxg6+ hxg6 44.
Ke4 $18 Ke6 45. Ng4 (45. f5+ {KomodoDragon2}) 45... Bc1 46. Ne5 g5 47. fxg5 (
47. f5+ {should also be an easy win}) (47. Nd3 $1 {KomodoDragon2} Bd2 48. Nxc5+
Kd6 49. Nd3 {-there are various ways for Wh to win}) 47... Bxg5 48. Nd3 (48.
Ng6) 48... Be7 49. Nf4+ Kf7 (49... Kd6 50. Kf5 {and the h pawn wins}) 50. Kf5 (
50. Kd5) 50... Kg7 51. Ke6 Bf8 52. Nd3 (52. Kd5) 52... Kg6 53. Kd5 Kg5 54. Nxc5
Kh4 55. Nd3 Kxh3 56. c5 {Normal} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Adams, Mark A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 c4 7. Bc2 Bd6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Nbd2 Nbc6 13. Nf1 b4 14. Bg3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxg3 16. Nxg3 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Rae1 g6 20. h3 Nc8 21. Nh2
Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Ng4 Bd7 25. Qe3 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qe7 27. Nf1
Nd6 28. Ba4 Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Howells, Chris"]
[Black "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]

1. d4 d6 {new to both players it seems} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 {
looks odd, but has been played repeatedly by Kramnik & Caruana ( & other GMs),
mostly in rapid or blitz, but also eg in USa ch} 5. h3 (5. g3 {main}) (5. Nh4)
(5. Qb3 {both more ambitious}) 5... h5 (5... Bg7) (5... Ne4 {main lines}) 6.
Bg5 (6. Ng5 {2.5-0.5}) 6... Nbd7 (6... Bg7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. e4 Nh7 9. Be3 e5 10.
Nf3 c6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. g4 $14 {Lieb-Schmidt, GER ch Seniors 1996,
1-0}) (6... Ne4 {KomodoDragon2 & Stockfish5}) 7. Nh4 Nh7 8. Bd2 Bg7 (8... Nhf6
9. g3 e5 10. Bg5 exd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. Bg2 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 9. Nxf5 (9. e4
e5 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. exf5 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 9... gxf5 10. e3
c5 (10... h4 11. Bd3 e6 12. O-O $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 11. dxc5 (11. Qxh5 $18)
11... Nxc5 12. Qxh5 (12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rc1 $16 {KomodoDragon2})
12... Qd7 (12... e6 $5) 13. Qd1 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Nxd2 17.
Qxd2 Qe6 18. O-O O-O-O {the K looks unsafer than its counterpart. Maybe Bl had
to give up hopes of play down the g and h files, and just admit to being a
pawn down? A difficult decision, though KomodoDragon2 clearly knows.} 19. Qc2 (
19. Qa5 $1 Kb8 20. Bxf5 $18 {KomodoDragon2- and Bl may be forced into offering
a Q swap to avoid an immediate forceful assault against his lonesome K}) 19...
Kb8 (19... Rh5 20. c5 d5 21. Rac1 Kb8 22. Rfd1 $18 {KomodoDragon2- the Wh
pieces have a far more effective co-ordination}) 20. Bxf5 Qe5 21. Qe4 (21. Rfd1
) 21... e6 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. Be4 f5 24. Bf3 {Normal- Although Bl has a bit of
counterplay, in the end he is simply 2 pawns down.} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Ne4 Nf6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. c3 Nd5 14.
Bf3 e5 15. O-O Rhe8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qa4 a6 19. Bf4 Nd3 20. Bg3
Re4 21. Qc2 f5 22. Rad1 g5 23. f3 Re6 24. Bf2 Qb5 25. b3 Nxf2 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8
27. Qxf2 Qd5 28. c4 Qd6 29. Qc2 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Ke7 31. Qd2 Kf6 32. Rd1 Qe7 33.
Qd4+ Kf7 34. Qd3 Kf6 35. Qd4+ Kf7 36. Qd3 Kf6 37. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Marin, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 (3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 (4... d5 5. d3 Be7 6. Qe2 d4 7.
Nd1 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 {Kamath-Marin Marin, 4NCL online 2021,1-0}) 5. Bb5 Bd7
6. O-O Be7 7. d3 {Allford-Marin Marin, WCU Online Open 2020,1-0}) (3. d3 Nc6 4.
Nf3 d5 5. Qe2 d4 6. Nb1 e5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 {
Van Kemenade J-Marin Marin, Dyfed Open 2020,0-1}) 3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 (4...
Nge7 5. d3 Ng6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O O-O 9. h4 {Francis-Gozdz, Tom Weston
Major Cardiff 2009,1-0}) 5. d3 d6 (5... Be7 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3 a6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Kh1 {Francis-Bridges, Tom Weston Major, 2009,1/2-1/2}) (5... Rb8 6. f4
d6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 a6 {Francis-Price, Dyfed Major 2008,
0-1}) 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Qb6 {looks at the K, but obstructs the b5
advance Bl usually relies on in the Closed Sicilian} (8... a6) (8... Rb8) (8...
Bd7) (8... Qc7 {main lines}) 9. h3 (9. Kh1) 9... Re8 (9... Bd7 {3-2}) 10. Rb1 (
10. Kh2 h6 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Be3 Rd8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nf5 16. Bf2
Rb8 17. a4 {Vivas Font-Celdran Hernandez, ESP cup ICCF 2013,1-0}) (10. g4 $16 {
KomodoDragon2}) 10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Ne2 d4 (12... Qa6 13. a3 b5 14. g4 $14
{KomodoDragon2}) 13. g4 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 (15. Bd2) 15... Bd6 (15... Nd5
) 16. Ne4 (16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Nc4 {KomodoDragon2}) 16... Nxe4 17. dxe4 e5 $6 {
encourageous a pawn storm} (17... Rf8 18. e5 Be7 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 18. f5
Bd7 19. Qe1 (19. g5 $18) (19. Nh4 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 19... c4 20. Kh1 Nb4 {
one of KomodoDragon2's lines for Bl, but more circumspect is} (20... Nd8) 21.
Qh4 Nxc2 {but this too hopeful- just look at the Wh pieces poised near to a Bl
K with all its troops elswhere} (21... Bf8 {brings 2 pieces to the defence,
though} 22. g5 {leaves Bl with nothing much better than taking the pawn &
hoping for the best id Wh overextends}) 22. Ng5 h6 23. f6 {the threat of f7ch
is just too powerful, though the Engine thinks avoiding it is even worse} gxf6
24. Rxf6 (24. Qxh6 $1) (24. Qh5 $1 {are even stronger it is claimed, but Wh's
choice is natural}) 24... Re7 25. Qxh6 {Normal} (25. Rxh6 {Rudy & lichess} Kg7
26. Rh7+ Kf8 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Qh6#) (25. Rg6+ Rg7 26. Qxh6 Kf8 27. Qh8+ Rg8 28.
Rxg8+ Ke7 29. Qg7# {KomodoDragon2}) (25. Qxh6 Bc5 26. Nf3 (26. Rxb6 {looks
simpler to a human eye}) 26... Ne3 27. Bxe3 dxe3 28. Nxe5 Rh7 29. Rg6+ Qxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Rg7 31. Qh5 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c3 e6 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Bxb5 Bb7 7. dxe6 fxe6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1
Nf4 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bc2 Na5 17. Qe5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rf5 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Williams, Duncan"]
[Black "Holman, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 (2... d6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qc7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6+
Qxc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qe1 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. f5 {Williams-Holman,WCU Online Open2
, 2021,1-0}) 3. f4 (3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 O-O {Paffard-Holman, WCU Online3 U1800, oct 2021,0-1}) 3... Nc6 (3...
d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. O-O (6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d3 Nh6 9. Qe1 O-O 10.
Qh4 {Williams-Miga,WCU Online Open 2020,1-0}) 6... Bxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 8. Nc3 e6 9.
d3 Ne7 10. Qe1 {Williams-Pettinger, 4NCL Online 2020,1/2-1/2}) 4. Nf3 Bg7 5.
Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O e6 (6... Nxb5) (6... a6) 7. d3 (7. e5 {main}) 7... Ne7 8. a4 (8.
Nxd4) (8. e5) 8... O-O 9. Ne2 (9. Bc4) (9. e5 {main lines}) 9... Nec6 (9...
Nxf3+ 10. Rxf3 d5 $19 {the b5 B is in trouble- Cloud Engines; 0.5-1.5}) 10. c3
a6 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Rxf3 Na5 $15) 11. Nexd4 (11. cxd4 axb5 12. dxc5 Rxa4 13.
Rxa4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 d6 $14 {Bl will recover the pawn}) 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 axb5
13. dxc5 b6 {KomoDragon2} 14. d4 Bb7 15. Re1 (15. e5) 15... bxc5 (15... Qc7)
16. dxc5 Qe7 (16... Qc7 17. Qd6 {transposes}) 17. Qd6 (17. a5 $11) 17... Qxd6
18. cxd6 bxa4 $19 {Bl has open lines & Wh is not yet developed} 19. Re3 Rfc8
20. e5 f6 21. Bd2 Bxf3 {this should be winning as well, but the B7 B is a
powerful piece, superior to the N} (21... fxe5 22. Nxe5 Rc2 $19) (21... Rc2 22.
Bc3 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Bc6 25. Rb1 Rb8 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 22. gxf3
f5 $6 {closes in the B & hands the initative over to Wh} (22... Rc2 23. Bc3
fxe5 24. fxe5 Bh6 25. Rd3 Bc1 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) (22... fxe5 23. fxe5 Rc2 {
transposes}) (22... Rc4 23. b3 Rc2 24. Bb4 fxe5 25. fxe5 Rb2 26. Bc5 Bh6 27.
Rc3 Bf4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. bxa4 Bxh2+ 30. Kh1 Bxe5 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 23. Rc3
(23. Rea3 Rc4 24. b3 $18) 23... Rxc3 (23... Rcb8 24. Rc7 Rxb2 25. Bc1 Rb3 26.
Kg2 a3 27. Ra2 Rd8 (27... g5) 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Bxa3 Kf7 $16 {but Bl might
hold the barricade, just waiting}) 24. Bxc3 Bh6 25. Bd2 $18 Bg7 (25... Rb8 26.
Ra2 Rb3 27. Kf2 Rd3 28. Be3 Rb3 29. Rxa4 Rxb2+ 30. Kg3 Rb7 (30... Rb8 31. Ra7
Rd8 32. Bb6) 31. Ra8+ Bf8 {and it is not clear where Wh can break in}) 26. b4 {
neat, but the solid} (26. Ra3 {wins} Kf7 27. b3 g5 28. bxa4 $18) 26... g5 27.
b5 Rb8 28. Rxa4 Rxb5 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Rd8 Rb7 31. Kf2 h5 (31... Kg6 32. Kg3 Rb2
33. Bc1 Rc2 34. Be3 Re2 35. Bc1 (35. Bg1 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 $2 Bxe5#) 35... Rc2 $11
{KomodoDtragon2}) 32. Ba5 (32. h4) 32... gxf4 33. Bc7 Bxe5 34. Rxd7+ Kf6 {
the losing move} (34... Kg6 {In principle ,stay away from squares that the B
can get to} 35. Re7 Kf6 36. Re8 Kf7 37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Re8 Kf7 $11) (34... Kf8
35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf8 $11) (34... Kg8 35. Re7 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Rxe6 Bc3
38. Bd8 Kf7 39. Rh6 Kg7 40. Rxh5 Rxd6 41. Bc7 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Kg6 $11) (34... Ke8
{also loses though} 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. Rxe6 Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Rb2+ 38. Kh3 Bg1 39. Kh4
Kf7 40. d7 Rd2 41. Rd6 Rxd6 42. Bxd6 Bb6 43. Kxh5 {and the h pawn wins for Wh})
35. Bd8+ Kg6 36. Rxb7 Bxd6 {Bl carries on, there are some stalemate
possibilities later; but a R is a R} 37. Bc7 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Kg5 39. Bd8+ Kg6 40.
Rb5 (40. h4) 40... Bg1 41. h3 Kf7 42. Kd3 Bf2 43. Re5 h4 44. Re2 Bg3 45. Kd4
Ke8 46. Bg5 Kf7 47. Ke5 Kg6 48. Bxf4 (48. Bf6 {mate in 9- leaving the B
offside- KomodoDragon2}) 48... Kh5 49. Rg2 Be1 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. Rg1+ (51. Kxe6)
51... Kh5 52. Rxe1 Kg6 53. Kxe6 Kh5 54. Re5 (54. Rg1 $2 {stalemate}) 54... Kg6
55. Rxf5 Kg7 56. Rg5+ Kh6 57. Kf7 {Normal} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Keene, Alan"]
[Black "Miga, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. a3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rb1 Qd6 14. b4
cxb4 15. Rxb4 a5 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 b5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Rc3 b4
21. axb4 Rxb4 22. Rb3 Rdb8 23. Qa3 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 Qxa3 25. Rxa3 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "McCarthy, Moss"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[Black "Young, Alan J"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "Queens Gambit Declined, 3.Nc3"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Qxc4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Qd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Qxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. f3 h6 17. Nb3 e4 18. a4 Re8 19. Kf2 Ne7 20. h3 Ned5 21. f4 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. a5 Ba8 24. g4 Re6 25. Bf1 Nd7 26. c4 Rf6+ 27. Ke2 Nxe3 28. d5 Rf3 29. Nd4 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd3 31. Rxd3 exd3+ 32. Kxd3 Nc5+ 33. Kc2 Re8 34. Nb5 Re1 35. Nxc7 Rxf1 36. Nxa8 Rf2+ 37. Kb1 Rd2 38. axb6 axb6 39. Nxb6 Kh7 40. Ba3 Ne4 41. c5 Rd3 42. Kb2 Rd2+ 43. Kb3 Rd3+ 44. Kb4 Nxc5 45. Kxc5 Rxa3 46. d6 Rc3+ 47. Kd5 Rd3+ 48. Kc6 Rc3+ 49. Kb7 Rxh3 50. d7 Rd3 51. Kc7 Kg6 52. d8=Q Rxd8 53. Kxd8 f5 54. gxf5+ Kxf5 55. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Opening "Kings Gambit Accepted, Schallop"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4
exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 (4... Ne4 5. d3 Ng5 6. g3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 fxg3 8. Nc3
d6 9. d4 dxe5 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. Be3 Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O {
Waterfield-Hohler, Wld Seniors 65+ 2017,1/2-1/2}) 5. Be2 {John Shaw's
recommendation} (5. d4) 5... d6 {pressurising e5} (5... d5) 6. O-O Nc6 (6...
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bc5+ 8. Kh1 Nf6 {main line and given by Shaw 2013}) (6... g6 7. d4
{transposes}) 7. d4 g6 8. d5 $146 (8. Nc3 {Shaw 2013:412, given as a N, since
played} Bg7 {2-1-3 in results}) (8. exd6 Bxd6 9. c4 {1-1-2}) 8... Nxe5 (8...
Ne7 $15 {should also be ok for Bl}) 9. Nxe5 (9. Re1 {is preferred by lichess
analysis}) 9... dxe5 10. Bxh5 gxh5 11. Qxh5 Qxd5 {regarded as a mistake by
lichess analysis} (11... Qf6 $1 $19 {Cloud Engines}) 12. Nc3 (12. Bxf4 {
insisted upon by lichess analysis, but KomodoDragon2 considers this worse than
the text} Qc5+ 13. Kh1 exf4 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Qxf7 Be7 $19 {KomodoDragon2 also
the analysis given by Stockfish14}) 12... Qc5+ (12... Qd4+ {prevents Ne4, but
leaves the Q exposed to a Rd1}) 13. Kh1 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc4 $19 {Cloud Engines} 15.
Qxe5 $2 {looking at his own prospects rather than what Bl is doing} (15. Nf6+
Ke7 16. Re1 Bg7 $1 (16... Kxf6 17. Qxe5+ Kg6 18. Qxh8 Bb4 19. Qxa8 Bxe1 20.
Qg8+ $11) 17. Ne4 Kd7 18. b3 Qc6 19. Bb2 f6 $1 (19... Rag8 20. Rad1+ Kc8 21.
Bxe5 f3 22. gxf3 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxc2 $19 {and Bl is a pawn up with perhaps
slightly more active pieces}) 20. Rad1+ Kc8 21. Ba3 b6 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Nf7
Bxf7 24. Qxf7 Bh6 $19 {KomodoDragon2, and Bl has too many pawns, including the
one at f4}) 15... Qxf1# {Normal} 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann, Korchnoi"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Qc7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Ng3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Be4 Qc7 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rc1 b5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rc5 22. Bxd7 Re5 23. Qg4 Qc7 24. Rfd1 h5 25. Qh3 g6 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxc4 31. Rcd1 Qb4 32. Qd3 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Qf1 Qe6 35. Qd1 Kg7 36. h3 h4 37. Qd2 g5 38. Rd4 Qa6 39. f4 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qa3 41. Qd3 Qc5 42. fxg5 Qe5+ 43. g3 hxg3+ 44. Kg2 fxg5 45. Re4 Qc7 46. Qd4+ f6 47. Re3 Qc2+ 48. Kxg3 Qc7+ 49. Kf3 Qh2 50. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[Black "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queens Pawn, Wade-Tartakower"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 (2... Nc6 {has been Ian's main move here,
scoring 79% against} 3. g3 {and the inverse 21% against} (3. e4 {though in the
main databases Wh scores the normal 56% with both these and other moves})) 3.
g3 (3. c4 {main}) 3... Nbd7 (3... g6 {main}) 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 (6. c4
{Old Indian, the text transposes into an e4 line against a Philidor}) 6... O-O
7. e4 c6 8. h3 (8. a4 {main}) 8... b5 9. Re1 {Cloud Engines} (9. a3 {main})
9... a5 $146 (9... Qc7 {1-1}) (9... Bb7 {1/2-1/2}) 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 Re8 $11
12. Nbd2 {the battle for control over c4 commences} Ba6 13. b3 Bf8 (13... exd4
14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Bb2 d5 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Rc1 (15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Nc5 18. Qe2 Nfd7 19. Nc4 f6 20. h4 $14 {KomodoDragon2})
15... c5 (15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Rad8 {KomodoDragon2- keeps Bl's pawn structure
more flexible}) 16. c3 exd4 (16... bxc3 17. Rxc3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rab8 19. Kh2 $14
{KomodoDragon2}) 17. cxd4 Bb7 (17... h6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 $16 {
KomodoDragon2}) 18. d5 $16 (18. e5 $1 $18 Nd5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. e6+
Kg8 (21... Rxe6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qh5+ Kf6 (23... Kg8 24. Qxd5 Rae8 25. Rxe6)
24. Qxd5 Rae8 25. dxc5+ Kf7 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. c6 $18) 22. exd7 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1
Qxd7 24. Nc4 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) (18. dxc5 Nxc5 (18... dxc5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ng5
$18) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) (18. Qc2 Nh5 19. e5 g6 20. Ne4
$18 {KomodoDragon2- in these variations Wh wants open lines for his Bs}) 18...
Ba6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Bg7 22. Kg2 Nb6 23. Nc4 (23. e5 dxe5 24.
Bxe5 Rxe5 25. d6 Qxd6 26. Nxe5 Nfd5 27. f4 Nc3 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 $18 {
KomodoDragon2}) 23... Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Rad8 (24... Nd7 $14) 25. Qc2 (25. Bxf6 Bxf6
26. e5 dxe5 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 e4 29. Nd2 Bc3 30. Re2 Re5 31. Rxa5 $18 {
KomodoDragon2}) 25... Rd7 26. Nd2 (26. e5 $18 {KomodoDragon2} dxe5 (26... Nxd5
27. exd6 Qd8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qxc5 Qe6 31. Qxa5 Rxd6 32. Rc4
$18) 27. Bxe5 Qa7 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Nxd5 30. Bxg7 Rxe1 31. Be5 Rxe5 32.
Nxe5 Rd8 33. Rxa5 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 26... Qd8 27. Nc4 Rde7 28. f3 $18 h5 (
28... Nxd5 {best try apparently} 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rcd1 Nc3 31. Rxd6 Rd7 32.
Qd2 Rxd6 33. Nxd6 Rf8 34. e5 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 29. h4 (29. Qd2 $18) (29.
Rcd1 $18) 29... Rd7 (29... Nxd5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rcd1 Nc3 32. Rxd6 $18) 30.
Rcd1 Nh7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qd2 (32. Qd3 Rde7 (32... Nf6 33. e5 dxe5 34. d6 e4
35. fxe4 Ng4 36. e5 Re6 37. Re4 $18) 33. f4 f6 34. Qf3 $18 {KomodoDragon2})
32... Rde7 33. Qf4 Rd7 34. Kf2 (34. e5 $1 dxe5 35. Nxe5 Rb7 36. Qd2 Qc8 (36...
Qf6 37. Nd7) 37. Nc4 Rd8 38. Qb2+ Kg8 39. Nxa5 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 34... f6
35. g4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Kh8 (36... Nf8 37. Rg1 Kg8 38. Qf4 Kh7 39. Rg4 Kg8 40.
Rdg1 Rg7 41. Qxd6 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 37. Rg1 (37. Qxg6 {simplest} Rg8 38. Qf5
Rdg7 39. Rg1 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 37... f5 38. exf5 (38. Qxg6 fxe4 39. Nxd6
Qxh4+ 40. Rg3 Rf8 41. Nxe4 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 38... gxf5 39. Qh5 Rde7 40.
Rde1 (40. Rd2) 40... Rxe1 41. Rxe1 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Qe7+ 43. Kf2 (43. Kd1 Qf6 44.
Qe8+ Nf8 45. Qb8 Qd4+ 46. Ke2 Kg7 47. h5 $18 {KomodoDragon2- the kind of
position where Engines work things out easily while humans struggle}) 43... Qf6
44. Qe8+ Nf8 45. Qh5+ (45. h5 $18 Kg8 46. Ke2 Qh4 47. Nxa5 Qh2+ 48. Kd3 Qg1 49.
Qe2 Qc1 50. Qg2+ Kh7 51. Qd2 Qh1 52. Kc4 Qxf3 53. Kb5 $18 {see note above})
45... Nh7 46. Qe8+ (46. Kg2 f4 47. Kh3 Qg7 48. Qg4 Qf6 49. Qe6 Qg7 50. Qc8+ Nf8
51. Qg4 Qf6 52. Qh5+ Nh7 53. Kg4 $18 {it seems that Wh can slowly push forward}
) 46... Nf8 47. Qh5+ Nh7 {Normal. the draw consolidated a match win} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Keene, Alan"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queens Pawn, Wade-Tartakower"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. b3 (4. Nc3 {main} Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7.
O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 {Garcia-Van Kemenade,WCU
Online Open3 rd 1,2021,1-0}) 4... Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 Nc6 (6... Nbd7 {main}) (
6... e5 {is possible as well} 7. dxe5 Ng4) 7. d5 (7. Bg2 {main}) 7... Nb8 (7...
Na5 {alternative setup with c5 coming}) 8. Nbd2 $146 {keeps B line open, but
the Ns get in each others way} (8. Bg2 e5 {main}) 8... Nbd7 (8... e5 $5) 9. Bg2
a5 10. O-O Nc5 11. Nd4 Bd7 (11... e5 $11) 12. Re1 {leaves f2 - e4 can be
played at once if Wh wants to do that} Qc8 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 e5
16. Nb5 Bc6 $11 (16... Bf5 $11) 17. Nc3 Ne6 (17... Bxg2 $1 18. Kxg2 Ng4 $19 {
KomodoDragon2; considered by Bl} 19. Nf3 (19. Rf1 Rxf2+ $19 {wins Q}) 19... e4
{missed by Bl} 20. Nd5 Qd7 $19) 18. Nd5 Qd8 (18... Qd7 $14) 19. Nf3 (19. e3 $16
{KomodoDragon2, covers the bl entry squares}) 19... Nh5 20. Rf1 (20. c5 $1 Rf7
(20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 e4 22. Qxe4 Nxc5 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qc2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nf6 26.
Rdd1 $18 {there are various gaps in Bl's position, especially on the wh
squares. However the subsequent Engine analysis is far from clearcut} Nce4 27.
Nd2 Qe7 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Rd4 Qf6 30. e3 Rae8 31. Re2 Nc5 32. Bc6 Rb8 33. Qa3
a4 34. b4 Ne6 35. Rd1 Rb6 36. Qc1 Kg7 37. h4 h6 38. Red2 $18 {KomodoDragon2;
but there still looksto be plenty of defence for Bl}) 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Ba3 Rc8
23. Qd3 b5 24. h4 $16) 20... a4 21. Bc3 (21. c5 $1 $16) 21... axb3 22. axb3 Nc5
23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ne6 25. Bh3 {both sides running short of time and Wh
starts to drift} (25. Ra7 $16) 25... Bd7 26. Bg2 c6 27. Ne3 Nd4 28. Qb2 Qf6 $14
{looking at f2 again} (28... c5 {insisted upon by lichess} 29. Nd5 Bc6 $11) 29.
Ng4 $2 {beware of lurking Bs} (29. Ra7 Bc8 30. h3 $14) 29... Bxg4 $19 30. Bxd4
exd4 31. Ra7 d3 $1 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 (32... Bxf6 {even stronger according to
KomodoDragon2} 33. exd3 Bxf3 34. Bxf3 Bd4) 33. Ra8+ Bf8 {Normal} (33... Bf8 34.
Kf1 Ng7 35. h3 Bxf3 36. Bxf3 d2 37. Ra1 Nf5 38. Rd1 Nd4 39. Rxd2 Nxf3 40. exf3
Rxf3 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Marin, Francisco Javier"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann, Advance, Botvinnik-Carls"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Nc3 e6 8. a3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxd4 10. Qf4 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nh6 12. Bd3 a6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 O-O 15. O-O f6 16. Qh4 f5 17. Bg5 Qxd6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Rad8 20. Rfe1 e5 21. Qh3 e4 22. Bb1 Kh8 23. f3 Rf6 24. Ba2 Rdf8 25. Rad1 Ne7 26. Rd2 Rh6 27. Qg3 f4 28. Qg5 Rg8 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Holman, Sam"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[Black "Morgans, Justin"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Najdorf, English"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 (6... e6
7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 b5 (10... Rc8 11. g4 {Holman- P
Smith, WCU Online U1800, 2021,1-0}) 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 Ne8 {IR Jones-Morgans,
West Wales op 2018,1-0}) 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6 (10...
b5 11. g4 Nbd7 12. h4 {Holman-P Jones, Dyfed Closed oct 2021,0-1} (12. g5 {
is better, striking immediately})) (10... Nbd7 {main}) 11. h4 {2 games} (11. g4
{192 games}) 11... b5 12. g4 Rc8 (12... Na5) (12... b4) 13. Kb1 (13. h5 {
alternative}) 13... Na5 (13... Qc7 {3-1-2}) 14. Nd5 $146 (14. h5 {4-0}) (14.
Nxa5 {Cloud Engines} Qxa5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxd6 $18 {
Cloud Engines}) 16. Qxa5 {Vega Paucar-Larico Flores, Nonalaya Ricardo Online
Open blitz 2020,1-0}) 14... Bxd5 (14... Nc4 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 15. Nxa5 (15.
exd5 Nc4 16. Qe1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qc7 18. Qd2 $14 {KomodoDragon2}) 15... Be6 $11
16. h5 (16. Nb3 $11) (16. Bh3 $11) 16... Qc7 (16... h6 $15 {KomodoDragon2}) 17.
g5 Nd7 18. g6 (18. Rc1 {releases the Q from guard duty}) (18. h6 g6 $11) 18...
f5 $2 (18... fxg6 19. hxg6 Rxf3 20. Be2 Rg3 21. Rxh7 (21. gxh7+ Kh8 $19) 21...
Rxg6 22. Rdh1 Nf6 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 19. Bh3 $16 Rf6 (19... h6 20. Rdg1 (20.
Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Nf6 23. g7 Rfe8 24. Nb3 $11) 20... Nf6 21. Rh2
Rfd8 22. exf5 Bd5 23. Rf2 Bf8 24. a3 $14 {KomodoDragon2}) 20. gxh7+ (20. exf5
$18 {KomodoDragon2} Rxf5 (20... Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. h6 $18) 21.
h6 Nf6 22. Rdg1 $18 {the Bl K is losing all his cover}) (20. Bg5 $18 {picks up
an exchange}) 20... Kxh7 (20... Kh8 {may be a little safer}) 21. h6 (21. Bg5
$18) (21. Rdg1 $18) (21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5+ Rxf5 23. Rdg1 $18) 21... g6 22.
exf5 (22. Bg5 $18) 22... Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 $11 24. Rhf1 (24. Rhg1) (24. Rdg1)
24... Nc5 $15 (24... b4 25. Nb3 a5 $15 {KomodoDragon2- a Bl advance finally
gets going}) 25. Nb3 Nxb3 (25... Ne6) 26. cxb3 (26. axb3 {is preferable for
endgame purposes}) 26... Qb7 27. f4 e4 (27... Qe4+ 28. Ka1 Rc2 29. Qe1 Bf6 $19
{KomodoDragon2}) (27... exf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 Qe4+ 30. Ka1 Rc2 31. Qe1
Qxe1 32. Rxe1 Bf6 33. Bc1 {KomodoDragon2, and Bl wins the ending on the K side
with the Wh pieces tied down} g5) 28. Rh1 (28. Rg1 {Bl can scarcely play K xh6
anyway since it removes a vital shelter}) 28... d5 29. Rdg1 Rg8 (29... Bf6 30.
Bd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qf7 32. Rg4 Re8 33. Rhg1 Re6 {and the e pawn will advance}
34. a3 (34. R1g3 b4 35. Rg1 Ref6 36. Rf1 Qe7 37. Qe3 Qc7 {and Wh's pieces are
badly placed - Bl slwly squeezes more and more out of the position} 38. Rc1 Qd6
39. Rd1 a5 $19) 34... e3 35. Ka2 a5 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 30. Bd4 Bf6 (30... Bd6
$17 {Bl's B is the better piece}) 31. Rg4 (31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Rg5 $11) 31...
Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Qc7 (32... b4 $15) 33. Rc1 Qb7 34. Rh1 (34. a3 $14) 34... Rc8 {
night)} (34... Qe7) 35. Rg5 (35. Rxg6 $1 $18 Kxg6 36. Rg1+ $1 {insist that the
K needs to go for a stroll once the cover is gone} (36. h7 {Rudy's idea- is
winning, but not by as much} Rxf4 37. h8=Q Rxh8 38. Qxh8 Qe7 39. Qh6+ Kf5 40.
Rh5+ Kg4 41. Qg6+ Kf3 42. Qg1 Rf6 43. Rh3+ {Wh must still be very careful not
to let the K escape, when the centre pawns deliver a win for Bl} Kf4 44. Qg3+
Kf5 45. Rh5+ Ke6 46. Re5+ Kd7 47. Rxe7+ Kxe7 48. Kc2 Rd6 {and Bl's barricade
still needs to broken somehow}) 36... Kxh6 (36... Kh7 37. Rg7+ {wins a whole Q}
) 37. Rh1+ Kg6 (37... Rh5 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40. Rh8#) 38. Qg1+ Kf7 39.
Rh7+ Kf8 40. Rxb7 {success}) 35... Qc7 36. a3 Rxg5 37. fxg5 Re8 (37... Qf7 {
the Wh pawns are further advanced & pose a danger to the Bl K, but, with care,
nothing much should be happening for either side. However mutual time trouble
can spoil even the best of positions}) 38. Rc1 (38. Rf1 {is the correct file
as Wh has a secure outpost on it} Re7 39. Rf8 (39. Rf6 Qe5 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. h7+
Kh8 42. Rf8+ Kxh7 43. Qb6 {almost works, but Bl's resources are sufficient} e3
44. Qd8 e2 45. Rh8+ Qxh8 46. Qxe7+ Qg7 47. Qxe2 $11) 39... Qe5 40. Qb6 Qxg5 41.
Qd6 Rb7 42. Qe6 Rc7 43. Ka2 Kxh6 44. Qh3+ Qh5 45. Qg3 Kg7 46. Ra8 Rf7 47. Qc3+
Kh6 48. Rh8+ Rh7 49. Rf8 Rd7 50. Qh8+ Rh7 51. Qd4 {the Engine insists that Wh
is winning this, but it still very unclear to human eyes}) 38... Qb7 (38... Qe5
39. Qxe5 Rxe5 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Rc7+ $11 {is a logical outcome})
39. Rd1 (39. Rc6 $1 $18 {KomodoDragon2} Rf8 (39... Qf7 40. Rf6 Qd7 41. Rxa6 $18
) 40. Qe5 Qd7 41. Rc7 $18) 39... e3 $19 {the Wh pieces are now forced into
defensive positions} 40. Re1 e2 {the pawns are now split and Wh can hold} (
40... Re4 $1 {KomodoDragon} 41. Qf6 d4 $19 (41... Qd7 $19)) 41. Qd3 (41. Qf2
Qd7 (41... Qe7 $2 42. Rxe2 $18) 42. Rxe2 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 $11) 41... Qf7 $19 42.
Ka2 Qf5 (42... Qe6 $1) 43. Qc3 Qd7 (43... Qe5 $1 {KomodoDragon2- occupies the
key diagonal and threatens a d pawn advance} 44. Qxe5 Rxe5 45. Kb1 Rxg5 46.
Rxe2 Rf5 47. Rh2 Rh5 48. Re2 g5 {and Bl wins on the K side in the absence of
the Wh K}) 44. Qd2 d4 $2 {a wrong move order, the e2 pawn must be kept} (44...
Qe6) 45. Rxe2 Rxe2 46. Qxe2 d3 47. Qd2 $11 Qd5 48. Qc3 Qd7 49. Qd2 Qd6 50. Kb1
Qd5 (50... Qd7 {is apparently correct when g7 is guarded for a crucial tempo}
51. Kc1 Qf5 52. Qe3 Qc8+ 53. Kb1 (53. Kd2 Qc2+ 54. Ke1 Qb1+ 55. Kf2 Qc2+ 56.
Kg3 Qc7+ {perpetual}) 53... Qd7 {keeps the draw}) 51. Qc3 $18 Qd7 52. Kc1 {
now the Wh K joins in} Kg8 53. Kd2 Qd6 $2 {ends things, but after the d pawn
goes Bl has nothing left to play for} (53... Kh7 54. Qg7+ Qxg7 55. hxg7 Kxg7
56. Kxd3) (53... Qa7 54. Qg7+ (54. Qf6 {also, but keep it simple}) 54... Qxg7
55. hxg7 Kxg7 56. Kxd3) 54. Qg7# {Normal} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Miga, Tomasz"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "Queens Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd7 9. Qb3 Ba5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Neg5 Nb6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 f6 18. Nh3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Kf7 20. Nd4 Rfe8 21. Kg2 Re4 22. a3 a6 23. b4 Bc7 24. a4 Be5 25. Rad1 Re8 26. b5 Bxd4 27. exd4 axb5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. f3 Re3 30. Rb1 Rd3 31. Rxb5 Rxd4 32. Rxb7+ Re7 33. Rfb1 Rc4 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. Rxh7 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Rxc5 38. Rg7 d4 39. Kf4 g5+ 40. Ke4 Rd5 41. Kd3 Kf5 42. Rf7 Rd6 43. Rh7 Kf4 44. h4 gxh4 45. Rxh4+ Kxf3 46. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 47. Kxd4 f5 48. Ke5 f4 49. h4 Kg3 50. h5 f3 51. h6 f2 52. Kf6 f1=Q+ 53. Kg7 Qa1+ 54. Kg8 Qa8+ 55. Kg7 Qb7+ 56. Kg6 Qe7 57. h7 Qf8 58. h8=Q Qxh8 0-1
[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[Black "Young, Alan J"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05 A07 A08"]
[Opening "Kings Indian Attack, Sicilian"]

1. Nf3 (1. f4 d5 {Van Kemenade-Young, 0.
5-1.5}) 1... d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 {
the central swap is anodyne for Wh in the King's Indian, and here the KID
player has an extra move. Though, as an e4 player, Alan has not faced a full
King's Indian Defence before} Bg4 (7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nd4 (8... Bg4 9. c3 {
and it is possible for Wh to exploit the holes on d5 and f5 before Bl's K B
can get active, 64% for Wh}) 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. c3 {2 Wh wins, 4 draws}) 8. c3
Be7 9. h3 (9. Nbd2) 9... Bh5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 (11. Nbd2 Qc7 $14 {5-3-2} 12.
g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 {is better than Wh got later- 2.5-0.5}) 11... Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13.
Nc4 Rad8 14. Rxd8 (14. Bg5 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 14... Rxd8 15. g4 (15. a4 b5
16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne3 c4 (17... Nxe4 18. Qxb5 $18) 18. Nf5 Bg6 19. N3h4 Bc5 20.
Bg5 Ne7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bf3 Rd3 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 15... Bg6
16. Nfd2 Qd7 17. Bf1 {too defensive- Wh wished to preserve Qs for a K side
attack, but the Wh pieces now get in each other's way} (17. a4 $14 Qd3 18. Qxd3
Rxd3 19. Bf1 Rd8 20. f3 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) (17. Ne3 Na5 (17... Qd3 18. Qxd3
Rxd3 19. Bf1 Rd8 20. f3 Nd7 21. a4 $16 {KomodoDragon2})) 17... b5 $17 18. Na3 (
18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Bg2 Rd3 22. Ne4 c4 $17) 18... c4 19.
Nc2 h6 (19... h5 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 20. f3 (20. a4 {liberates the R}) 20...
Nh7 {threatening to invade on f4} (20... Bc5+ 21. Kh1 h5 $17 {KomodoDragon2})
21. Ne3 Nf6 (21... Ng5 $19 22. Nd5 {is no real threat} Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Ne7 $19) (
21... Bc5 22. Kh1 Ng5 {transposes}) 22. Kh1 (22. b4) 22... Bc5 23. Nf5 (23. a4)
(23. Bg2) 23... Bxf5 24. exf5 e4 {opening up the position for Bl's better
developed pieces} 25. Nxe4 (25. fxe4 Re8 26. b3 (26. Bg2 Ne5 {Wh's pieces are
very badly placed}) 26... Nd4 $1 27. Qg2 Nc2 28. Rb1 Ne3 29. Qf3 Nxf1 30. Nxf1
Nxe4 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 cxb3 33. axb3 Ng5 $19 {Wh's position is just too
porous}) 25... Nxe4 26. fxe4 (26. Qxe4 Re8 27. Qc2 Re1 $19) 26... Qd1 {Bl was
happy to play this} 27. b4 Be3 {the B becomes a target here} (27... Be7 28. a4
Bf6 29. Qxd1 Rxd1 30. Bb2 Rd2 31. Bc1 Rc2 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bxh6 Bxc3 34. Ra8+
Kh7 35. Be3 Bxb4 $19) 28. Qxd1 Rxd1 29. Bb2 (29. Bxe3 {gets 2Bs for R&N, which
often can hold- but here the Bs , especially the wh one, are passive} Rxa1 30.
Kg2 Rxa2+ 31. Kf3 Rc2 $19) 29... Rd2 (29... Rd8 $1 {KomodoDragon2} 30. Bc1 Bxc1
31. Rxc1 Rd2 32. a4 bxa4 33. Ra1 Ne5 34. Bg2 Rc2 35. Ra3 f6 $19 {is a very
dispiriting position for Wh to defend} 36. Kh2 Kf8 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. Bf3 Rd2 39.
Bg2 Kd8 40. Bf1 Rc2 41. Rxa4 {maybe} Rxc3+ 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Rxa6 c3 44. Ra8+ Kc7
45. Ra7+ Kb6 46. Ra6+ Kb7 47. Ra1 Nc6 {Wh's B is close to useless}) 30. Bc1 Rd1
31. Bb2 Rd2 (31... Rd8 {though Bl was running short of time, so went for the
repetition}) 32. Bc1 Rd1 {Normal} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[Black "Adams, Mark A"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti, Sicilian Invitation"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bb4 16. Bf3 Qg5 17. Ne4 Qh6 18. Re2 Rcd8 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. a3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Be7 22. Rc4 Rc8 23. Bc1 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[Black "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti, Sicilian Invitation"]

1. Nf3 c5
2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 (4. O-O Nc6 {Pleasants 1-1-1}) (4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5
6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 {May- Watkin-Jones,WCPl 2017,1-0} (7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. a3
Rb8 {B Brewer- Watkin-Jones, Dyfed League 2018,1/2-1/2})) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6
6. Nxc6 (6. Nb3 {is an alternative plan}) 6... bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 (7... Rb8 8. Nd2
Nf6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bd2 d6 11. Ba5 Qb7 {4 draws, 1 Bl win}) 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Ba6
(9... Rb8 {main} 10. Qc2 c5 11. Bf4 d6 {5 wins each}) 10. Qa4 Qc8 {3-3-3} (
10... Bb7 {3-4-4}) 11. Rd1 (11. Rb1) 11... Bb7 (11... Rb8 12. Bf4 Rxb2 13. Qa3
Rc2 {Fernandez Gil-Lopez Heras, Tres Cantos op 2010,0-1}) (11... e6 12. e4 Ne8
13. Bf4 f5 14. Rd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 {Strom Engdahl-Bellon Lopez,
Gothenburg Kvibergspelen 2018,0-1}) 12. c5 $16 {KomodoDragon2} Qc7 (12... Rd8
13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 a5 15. Rac1 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 13. Bf4 $18 e5 (13... Qc8
$5) 14. Be3 a5 15. Rd2 h6 (15... Ng4 {an idea of Rudy fails to} 16. Qxg4 $2)
16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 (17. Qh4 g5 18. Qa4 Re8 19. h4 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 17...
Rab8 18. g4 Nd5 (18... Ne8 19. Ne4 Ba6 20. a3 Qb7 21. h4 Bb5 22. Qc2 Qa6 23. g5
h5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Bxe2 26. Nd6 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20.
Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxb2 22. c6 {Normal} (22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 (23. Qxd7 Qxd7
24. Rxd7 Rc2 {the c pawn must be stopped} 25. Rd2 Rc4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rc8 e4
28. Rc7 a4 29. Rxf7 $18) 23... Rb4 24. Qxb4 Qxd7 25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. Qd6 $18 {
KomodoDragon2}) (22. c6 d6 23. Rxa5 Rc8 24. Rc1 e4 25. Ra7 Qd8 26. Qxe4 Be5 27.
Rd7 Qf8 28. a4 $18 {KomodoDragon2- is not much fun for Bl}) 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[Black "Howells, Chris"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc, Austrian"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f5 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 h6 18. b3 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qe3 b6 22. Kg1 Qd4 23. Kf2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10 B12 B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 {avoiding
prepared lines against} (3... Bg4 {main, 1-2 May}) 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 (5. Nxf6+
{main}) 5... Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 {keeps the QB in} e6 9. Qe2 b5
10. Bb3 {43% for Wh} (10. Bd3 {55% for Wh}) 10... Qc7 11. d4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O
13. h3 $146 {may not be necessary and could be a useful square for a R to go
to in a little while} (13. c3) (13. Bf4) (13. Re1 {main lines, playing moves
that part of a K side build-up}) 13... Bb7 (13... c5 14. c3 a5 $11 {
KomodoDragon2}) 14. c3 (14. Nd3 {is possible}) 14... Kh8 15. Bc2 a6 (15... c5 {
is more dynamic} 16. Bg5 (16. Qxb5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxc2 $17) 16...
Rac8 17. Bd3 Ba8 18. Bxb5 Ne4 19. Be3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qb7 21. Ba6 Nxc3 22. Qg4
Qxa6 23. bxc3 Bd5 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 16. Bg5 c5 17. f4 Rac8 (17... Ng8 18.
Bxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Nh6 20. Ng4 f6 21. Bxh6 Qf7 22. Qh4 gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24.
Rae1 cxd4 25. f5 exf5 (25... Qg7) 26. Rxf5 Qg7 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) (17... cxd4
18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Rcd1 Qc7 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 18. Rac1 (18. Rae1
cxd4 19. Qd3 Ne4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qe2 dxc3 23. bxc3 b4 24. c4 Bxe5
25. fxe5 $18 (25. Qxe5 $16 {KomodoDragon2})) 18... Bd5 (18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Qb6
$11 {KomodoDragon2}) 19. b3 (19. f5 $11) (19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh7 Kxh7 21. Qh5+
(21. c4 $1 bxc4 22. Qh5+ Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Qg3+ Kh7 26. Ng4 Be7
27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Rc3 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 21... Kg7 22. Qg4+ $11) 19... cxd4
20. cxd4 Ba3 (20... Ng8 $17) (20... Qc3 21. Kh2 (21. Qf2 Nh5 22. f5 Qg3 $19)
21... Qb2 22. Bd3 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Kg8 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 (21...
Bxc1 22. Bxh7 gxf6 23. Qh5 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kxh7 27.
Qh5+ $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 22. Qh5 f5 (22... Qxc2 $1 {KomodoDragon2 claims a
hold} 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Nf3 Bc1 25. Ne1 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Rxa2 27. Qh6 Rg8 28. Qxf6+
Rg7 29. Qd8+ Rg8 30. Qf6+ $11) 23. Bxf5 $1 $18 {clearly missed by Bl} exf5 24.
Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Qxf5 Be6 (25... f6 26. Nd7 Rf7 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Re1 $18 {
KomodoDragon2}) 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Rf3 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rfc8 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. f5 Rf1
(30... Bd5 31. Re3 $1 Ke8 (31... Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Nd7#) 33. Rg3
{mating- KomodoDragon2})) 31. Qg7+ (31. Nc6 $1 {KomodoDragon2} Ke8 32. Rg8+ Kd7
33. fxe6+ Kxc6 (33... fxe6 34. Qg7+) 34. Rxc8+ Kb7 35. Qd8 Rc1 36. Rb8+ Kc6 37.
Rb6# (37. Qd7#)) 31... Ke7 32. fxe6 Rcc1 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Nxf3 (34. gxf3 Rc2+
35. Kg3 Kd8 36. exf7 {is quicker}) (34. exf7 $1 {KomodoDragon2} Ke6 35. gxf3
Kd5 36. Qg4 Rc2+ 37. Kg3) 34... Bd6+ (34... Kxe6 35. Ng5+ Kd5 36. Qe5+ (36.
Qxf7+) 36... Kc6 37. d5+ Kb7 38. d6 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 35. Ne5 Bxe5+ 36. Qxe5
(36. dxe5 Rf1 37. exf7 Rxf7 38. Qh6 $18 (38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Kf4 $18
{is fine as well})) 36... f6 37. Qf5 (37. Qc5+ Rxc5 38. dxc5 b4 39. Kg3 Kxe6
40. Kf4 {is another easy K & P game, should Wh feel inclined}) 37... Rd1 38. d5
(38. Qd5) 38... b4 39. Qxh7+ Kd6 40. Qd7+ Ke5 41. e7 {Normal} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Marin, Francisco Javier"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[Black "Hughes, Anthony"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine, Modern, Larsen"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Qf3 Be6 7. Bc4 Nd7 8. Bf4 Nxf4 9. Qxf4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. Rad1 Bb4 15. Re3 Bxc3 16. Rg3 Nh5 17. Qg4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bb4 19. Kh2 Be7 20. Rh1 Bf6 21. Qh5 Qxd4 22. Kg1 h6 23. Ne3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Miga, Tomasz"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[Black "Gunn, Tom"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queens Indian, Capablanca"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 (3. a3 Be7
4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. c3 Re8 {Thacker-Gunn,Dyfed Major
2020,0-1}) 3... b6 4. g3 Bb7 (4... Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Qc2
d5 9. O-O O-O {Miga-Coles, 4NCL Online 2020,0-1}) 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 (6...
Bxd2+) (6... Be7 {main lines}) 7. Bxb4 (7. O-O) 7... cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 d6
10. Qc2 (10. Re1) (10. Qb3) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Ne1
a5 14. a3 bxa3 15. bxa3 Ba6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Rc1 b5 {Krajewski-Misiuga, POl ch
tm 2002,0-1}) (12... Nc5 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. Nb3 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rae8
17. Qe3 Bc8 18. Bh3 Qd8 19. Rae1 a5 20. Nd2 Nc5 {Mitchenko-Kononenko,
Rodatychi op 2006,0-1  The control over c5 restrains Wh's centre}) 13. Rac1 (
13. a3 $14 {Stockfish14 & KomodoDragon2}) 13... a5 14. Ng5 h6 (14... Nc5 $15 {
both Engines}) 15. Nh3 {the N is a little out of play here} (15. Ngf3) 15...
Nc5 16. Nb3 (16. f3 {both Engines}) 16... Nxb3 17. axb3 Rac8 (17... Qc5 $17) (
17... Nd7 $17) 18. f4 $11 exf4 19. Nxf4 {puts the N on a better square than h3,
but it does not appear to have that many good squares to go to. In the
meantime Wh has ceded control over e5, which Bl can occupy, thus keeping Wh's
B as a rather bad one. Wh might have to sacrifice a pawn on e5 in order to
activate it. Hence, Bl must put a piece onto e5 to keep the Wh pawns immobile}
(19. gxf4 $11 {both Engines}) 19... Rfe8 20. Rce1 (20. Rfe1) 20... Qc5+ (20...
b5 $1 $19 {both Engines; Wh needs the B to be able to come to f1 to support c4}
21. Rc1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Ba6 23. b3 a4 $19) 21. Kh1 Qc7 (21... b5 $19) 22. Qf2 (
22. Ne2 $11 {the N will have some threats when it gets to the outpost at f5})
22... Re7 23. Nd3 Rce8 24. Qd4 Nd7 25. Qf2 Ne5 (25... Bc8 $17 {both Engines})
26. Nxe5 dxe5 $2 {a positional error} (26... Rxe5 $15 {has to be correct, to
keep the Wh pawns barricaded}) 27. Rd1 (27. Bh3 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) (27. Rc1
$16 {Stockfish14}) 27... Qd6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Qe2 (29. Bh3 {both Engines}) 29...
Rf8 (29... Rc5 $14 {both Engines}) 30. c5 {in turn Wh mixes things unnecssarily
} (30. h4 {keeps more control}) 30... bxc5 $15 31. Rf5 Bc8 (31... Rc7 $15 {
prevents invasion -both Engines}) 32. Rf2 f6 (32... Rc7 $15) 33. Qb5 $11 Rc7
34. Qxa5 Bd7 (34... f5 35. exf5 Bb7 36. Rd1 Ra8 37. Qb5 Ba6 38. Qa4 Bb7 39. Qb5
Ba6 $11 {both Engines}) 35. Rfc2 Rfc8 (35... f5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Qxc5 Qxc5 38.
Rxc5 fxe4 39. Bxe4 Bf5 40. Bxf5 Rxf5 $11 {both Engines} 41. Rb5 Rf2 42. Rxb4
Rd2 43. Re4 Rxb2 44. Rxe5 Rxb3 45. Kg2 Kf7 {a centre paw is more easily
blocked sas the K remains near to its own pawns, and Bl's R is active}) 36. Bf1
Kf8 37. Ra1 Ke7 (37... f5) 38. Qa6 $18 {Bl finds out that the d5 pawn is
insufficiently barricaded- life would be very different if Bl had a N rather
than a B} Be8 (38... Qxa6 39. Rxa6 Kd8 40. Rc1 $18 {best try- but the Bl
pieces are huddled to gether kept in check by that protected passed pawn}) 39.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 40. Ra6+ Ke7 41. d6+ {Normal- punishment for moving his own pawn
from d6 earlier.} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.11.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Keene, Alan"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "Queens Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, Stoltz"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 b6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 Nb4 15. a3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Na6 17. Qa5 Qb7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. e3 Rac8 20. Bf1 Rd6 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxc5 Rc6 24. Qa5 g6 25. b4 Rc2 26. Bg2 Qe7 27. Bxd5 Qf6 28. Rf1 Bh3 29. Bg2 Bf5 30. e4 Be6 31. Qxa7 Bc4 32. Re1 Qb2 33. Qe3 Rc3 34. Qd4 Qxa3 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. e5 Qxb4 37. Qf6+ Kh6 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kh6 40. g4 Rg3 41. Qf4+ Kg7 42. Qf6+ Kh6 43. Rd1 Qa4 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Rc1 Rc3 46. Rxc3 Qd1+ 0-1
[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 (4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7.
Nf3 Qe7 8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Kh8 13. O-O {
MCCarthy-J Van Kemenade,West Wales Open 2018,1-0}) 4... Nxe5 5. Nh3 (5. f4 Nec6
6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Kf2 h6 {Llewellyn-Van Kemenade, WCPL 2019,
1/2-1/2}) (5. Nc3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nf3 Nbc6 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O d6 {
Dudiefa-Van Kemenade,Coventry 2005,0-1}) 5... g6 (5... d6 6. Nf4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7
8. Be2 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 c6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Rc1 f5 {Varley-Van Kemenade,S
Wales International 2008,1-0}) 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O (9. Bd2
a5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. f3 f5 13. Nd3 Ne6 {[%eval -32767,0] Davies-Van
Kemenade, West Wales Open 2007,1-0}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2
Bf5 $146 {Cloud Engines} (12... b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nfd5 f5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. f4
Nf7 17. e4 c6 {Llewellyn-Van Kemenade, WCPL 2009,0-1}) (12... c6 {main, 3.5-0.5
}) (12... a4 {KomodoDragon2; Lanin-Akrill, ICCF 2016,1/2-1/2}) 13. e4 Bd7 14.
Nfd5 c6 (14... Nc6 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 15. Ne3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Ng6 18.
Ncd1 (18. Rad1 $14 {KomodoDragon2}) 18... Qe7 19. Bxg7 (19. g3 a4 20. b4 Ne4
$14 {KomodoDragon2}) 19... Qxg7 20. g3 $2 (20. Qc3 Rf7 $11 {KomodoDragon2})
20... Qxa1 {both players thought that Wh had just dropped a R, but matters are
not that simple} (20... Qxa1 {Wh should have continued with} 21. Nc3 Qxf1+ 22.
Kxf1 Rae8 23. Qd2 Rf6 24. Bf3 {KomodoDragon2 gives this as winning for Wh, but
perhaps with 2 Rs for a Q, Bl should have continued till move 136 to win as in
Carlsen-Nepomniachti, Wld Ch 2021,1-0}) (20... Nxf4 $1 $19 {is the correct way
to exploit Wh's last, as the Engines indicate.} 21. Bf3 (21. Rxf4 Qxa1 $19)
21... Nh3+ 22. Kh1 f4 23. gxf4 Qxa1 24. Nc3 Qxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Rxf4 26. Bg2 Raf8
$19 (26... Nd3 $19 {KomodoDragon2- as compared with the immediate capture of
the R, Wh's K side has been shattered})) 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Black "Howells, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 (1... d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nbd7 {Dixon-Howells,
S Wales New Year Open, 2017,1/2-1/2}) 2. c4 d6 3. e3 (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5.
O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1 {Watkin-Jones - Buttell, Dyfed League 2019,
1-0}) (3. d4 {main}) 3... e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. b3 c6 6. Be2 e4 (6... Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. Bb2 e4 9. Nfd2 d5 10. Nc3 Re8 {2-7}) 7. Nfd2 d5 {usually Bl responds to d4
openings with e6 & d5 lines. Here the opening has transposed to a Reversed
King's Indian Attack against a French.} 8. O-O (8. Ba3 Qa5 9. Bxf8 Nxf8 10. c5
b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 {Morozova-Petrenko, Centracoop op, Eforie Nord
1999,1/2-1/2}) (8. a3 Bd6 9. Nc3 a6 (9... Nf8 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 {
Ivekovic-Bosnjak, CRO ch U17, Vukovar 2013,1/2-1/2}) 10. c5 Bc7 11. Qc2 O-O {
Khaitov-Iuldachev, Tashkent Hokim Cup 2009,0-1}) 8... Bd6 9. Nc3 Bb8 $6 {
trying to get in Qc7, but it is an awkward rearrangement} (9... a6 10. f3 Bb4
11. Bb2 exf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. dxc6 Bxb2 15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. Bxb7
Ra7 17. Rb1 Bxd4 18. exd4 Rxb7 {Schwarz-Neumann, Wuerttemberg ch Seniors ,
Ellwangen 2002,0-1}) 10. cxd5 (10. Ba3 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 10... cxd5 11. f4
exf3 (11... Bd6 $11) 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. Bd2 a6 (13... Re8 $15) 14. Rc1 b5 15. b4
Bb7 {the B looks a bit bad here, even if it does support a Ne4} (15... Nb6 $15
{KomodoDragon2}) 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Ne4 18. Be1 Qe7 19. Bd3 Ndf6 20. Qe2 (20.
Bh4 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 20... Re8 21. b5 $6 {gives Bl's B more scopeand gets
rid of a backward Bl pawn; and also lets the Engine indulge in some tactics}
axb5 (21... Qa3 22. Bd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 axb5 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Rb1 Bd6 $17 {
KomodoDragon2}) 22. Bxb5 Rc8 $2 {Bl misjudges} (22... h6 23. Nc5 $11) 23. Rxc8+
Bxc8 24. Nb6 Ra3 25. Nxc8 Qc7 26. Bb4 $18 {the remaining Bl pieces are all on
the wrong squares for cooperation} Rb3 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Ne5 g6 29. N7c6 Rxb4
30. Nxb4 Nc3 31. Qd3 Nfe4 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxe4 f6 34. Qxd5 {Normal} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Young, Alan J"]
[Black "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Qe7 11. f3 Nd6 12. f4 Nf5 13. Bf2 O-O 14. c3 Rab8
15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qb4 18. Rf2 Qxd4 19. Nc3 f6 20. Rd1 Qc5 21.
Nxd5 Qxc2 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Rxc2 Kxe7 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 Ke6 17. Ke2 Bd6 18. h3 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 Be5 20.
Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bc5 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Be5 24. a3 g6 25. Ke3 f5 26. f4 d4+
27. Kf3 Bf6 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxa3+ 30. Kg2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Marin, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Francis, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 (3... Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 (5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Bg5 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 h6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nc3 {Marin Marin-Keene , WCU Online Open3, rd1, 2021,
1/2-1/2}) 5... Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Re1 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nf1 {
Marin Marin-Southcott, 4NCL Online rd1, 2021,1/2-1/2}) 4. c3 Nc6 {main} (4...
cxd4 5. cxd4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Be2
Nge7 12. O-O O-O {P Jones-Francis, Dyfed Online closed, nov 2021,1-0}) 5. Nf3
Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 (7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 {[%eval 0,0] 106
games, 29 % for Wh, Bl has a good French setup minus the bad}) 8. Bg5 (8. Nbd2
{main}) 8... Qb6 $11 {0.5-6.5, Wh's setup is rather passive} 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10.
cxd4 Nf5 11. Nb3 (11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nb3 $15 {1 Wh win, 2 draws,1 Bl win}) 11...
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nfxd4 $19 {the key pawn has fallen} 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qb3 Qb4 15.
Qxb4 Bxb4 16. a3 (16. Bf4) 16... Ba5 17. Rac1 O-O (17... Nxe5 {is quite safe})
18. Bf4 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Rac8 (19... f6) 20. Bg3 Bb6 (20... Nd4) 21. b4 Nd4 22. Bg4
Nc2 23. Red1 Rc7 (23... Nxa3) 24. Bf4 Nxa3 25. Be2 (25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Ra1 Nc4
27. Rxa7 Bxe5 28. Be3 Rb8 {KomodoDragon2}) 25... Rfc8 26. Bd3 Nc4 27. h3 Nb2
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rd2 Nxd3 (29... Rc1+ 30. Bf1 Nc4 31. Ra2 Rb1 {ties Wh down,
KomodoDragon2}) 30. Rxd3 h6 31. Kf1 Rc4 32. Bd2 Rd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. f4 f6 (
34... g5 $5) 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Ke2 Kf7 {the K entry decides} 37. Kd3 Ke7 38.
Be3 a6 39. Bc5+ Kd7 40. g4 Be7 41. Bd4 g6 42. Bg7 h5 43. Bc3 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kc6
{Normal} 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Holman, Sam"]
[Black "Williams, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{a main anti-Marshall line, that has feutured several times in the
Nepomniachti-Carlsen match, with Wh gaining an edge but not enough.} (8. h3 Bb7
9. c3 $6 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Nf4 {and Bl had a boosted
Marshall Gambit, Holman-Williams. WCU Online Open 2, 2021, 0-1}) 8... Bb7 9. d3
d6 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 {alternative}) 10... Nd7 (10... Na5) 11. Nf1 (11. c3 {
main in GM practice}) 11... Nc5 12. c3 (12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 {2 Wh wins, 2
draws, 2 Bl wins}) 12... Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. Ne3 Re8 (15... g6 16.
b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Nd5 f6 19. Be3 Rf7 {Holder-Hersvik, NOR ch tm 2002,0-1
}) (15... c4 16. d4 Nb3 17. Ra2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bf6 20. d5 Qd7 21.
Bd2 {Gruau-Chesters, 4NCL Online 2021,1-0}) (15... Qd7 $11 {several Engines})
16. Bd2 c4 17. axb5 axb5 18. d4 (18. dxc4 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bc6 21. b4
f5 $15 {KomodoDragon2- the Bs support pawn advances}) (18. Rad1 Nb3 19. Bc1 Nc5
20. dxc4 Bxe4 21. Qe2 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Ra4 23. Qe2 Qa8 $15 {KomodoDragon2}) 18...
Nb3 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. d5 Bf8 21. Nf5 Qa2 (21... Bc8 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 22.
Be3 $11 Qa5 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. h4 (24. Nd2) 24... Nc5 (24... Bc8 25. h5 Bxf5 26.
exf5 Qc8 27. f6 gxf6 28. Nh4 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 25. h5 $5 (25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26.
h5 g6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. N3h4 $16 {KomodoDragon2- despite the exchange of Wh's
usual attacking KB, Wh has promising chances on the K side with the Q & 2Ns.
Bl really needs to bring his QB back into the game & swap off one of the Ns})
25... Nxe4 26. Bb6 Qxb6 27. Qxe4 Qc5 {Bl has weakened Wh's centre, but now the
Q should go back to strengthen the K side defences, and leave the d pawn till
later} (27... Qd8 $17 28. N5d4 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 exd4 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Nxd4 Qe1+
32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. Qxb5 Qf1 34. Qf5 Qc1 35. Ne6 g6 36. Qf4 Qxf4+ 37. Nxf4 Bh6 38.
Nd5 Bc1 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 28. Ng5 $11 g6 29. hxg6 hxg6 (29... fxg6 {had to
be played it seems, when} 30. Nxh7 Kxh7 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Qf6 Qxd5 33. Qxg6+ Kh8
34. Qh5+ {is a perpetual}) 30. Qh4 $18 {Bl's pieces are all on the wrong
squares to protect their K} Bg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxg7# {Normal} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Miga, Tomasz"]
[Black "Keene, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Qa4 a6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Rfd1 Nh5 14. e4 Nxf4 15.
Nxc6 Rxc6 16. gxf4 Rc4 17. Qb3 b5 18. e5 Bh6 19. Ne2 Bg4 20. f3 Bf5 21. Rxc4
dxc4 22. Qa3 Bd3 23. Nc1 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxf4 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Qxe7 d2 27. e6
fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qxa6 Re8 30. Qa7+ Qxa7 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open B"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Adams, Mark A"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. e5
Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. f5 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Bxe5
dxe5 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rae1 f6 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. Re3 f5 20. Rh3 Bh6
21. Nf3 Kg7 22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Nd3 Bc4 24. Re1 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Rd8
27. Re7+ Kf6 28. Rxb7 Rxd3 29. Rb4 Rd2 30. g4 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Bb6 32. gxf5 gxf5
33. Na4 Bd4 34. Nc3 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Rxa2 36. h4 Rc2 37. Ra4 Kg6 38. Rxa7 Rxc3 39.
Ra4 Rc2 40. Rf4 Re2 41. Rf3 Re4 42. Rh3 Kh5 43. Kg2 Ra4 44. Rf3 Kg4 45. Rf2 f4
46. h5 Kxh5 47. Kf3 Kg5 48. Rg2+ Kf5 49. Rg8 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 Ra6 51. Rf8+ Ke4 52.
Re8+ Kf5 53. Rf8+ Rf6 54. Rxf6+ Kxf6 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Kf2 Kg4 57. Kg2 f3+ 58.
Kf2 Kf4 59. Kf1 Ke4 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Kf1 Kg3 62. Kg1 Kg4 63. Kf2 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open 3"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Adams, Mark A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Rb8 (6... e6 {main} 7.
Nc3 Nge7 8. h3 O-O 9. g4 Rb8 {Van Kemenade-Afek, Monarch Assurance Isle of Man
2001,0-1}) 7. c4 a6 (7... e6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. e4 O-O 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 exf5 12.
Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 b5 {Van Kemenade-Gibbons, WCPL 2016,0-1}) 8. Nc3
e6 (8... b5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. cxb5 axb5 11. f5 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. fxg6 hxg6 14.
Rb1 Rh5 15. Bd2 Qc8 $19 {Stanke-Wippermann, Hamburg Junge op 2005,0-1}) 9. a4
Nge7 10. e3 (10. e4 O-O $15 {3 draws, 5 Bl wins}) 10... O-O 11. g4 f5 12. g5 (
12. gxf5 Nxf5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qe2 d5 $15 {KomodoDragon2}) 12... Bd7 13. h4 e5
14. Nd5 (14. h5 {carrying on with the pawn advance idea is a better bet} gxh5
15. Ne2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Be6 19. Nd2 h4 20. Nh5 Bh8 21.
Qe1 h3 22. Bxh3 Ng6 $17 {though Wh retains Kingside play}) 14... Be6 (14...
Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb4 $17 {Stockfish14 & KomodoDragon2}) 15. e4 (15. Nf6+ {a
promising pawn sacrifice according to both Engines} Bxf6 16. gxf6 Rxf6 17. b3
h6 18. Bb2 Rf7 19. d4 $14 {and the position open up for the 2 Bs}) 15... fxe4
16. dxe4 exf4 17. Bxf4 (17. Ra3 {is a lichess suggestion, backed by
KomodoDragon2- Wh had underestimated the range of the Bl R coming to f4}) 17...
Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxf4 $19 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qe2 (20. Bh3 Nf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rb1
{suggested by KomodoDragon2, but it is a position with no prospects for Wh})
20... Qd7 (20... Nf5) 21. Rae1 (21. Rab1 Rg4 22. Kh2 Nf5 23. Bh3 Ng3 24. Bxg4
Qxg4 25. Rg1 Be5 {KomodoDragon2, is not that appealing}) 21... Nf5 22. Qe6+ {
attempting to get some R activity} (22. Bh3 {getting rid of the N given by
Stockfish14 & KomodoDragon2} Qf7 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 {but then Wh is just going
pawns down}) 22... Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxc4 (23... Kf7) 24. h5 $5 (24. Bh3 {both
Engines} Rxa4 25. h5 Ng3 26. Rfe1 Rf4 27. R1e3 Nxh5 28. Rxd6 Rbf8 29. Ne5 {
is a little better, but not enough}) 24... Ng3 25. Rfe1 Nxh5 26. Rxd6 {hoping
to have gained some play, but} Rg4 $1 {and Wh paused for a long think} 27. Red1
(27. Re2 {is one such variation} Nf4 28. Red2 Bxb2 29. Rxc6 Bc3 30. Rc2 Rb2 31.
Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Ne1 Bc3 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 27... Rxb2 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. R1d2
Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Nf4 31. Kh2 (31. Ne1 Rxg5 $19 (31... c4 $19 {KomodoDragon2}))
31... Nxg2 32. Rxg2 Bd6+ 33. Kh3 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 c4 {too many pawns & a N
against a wideranging B} 35. Kf2 Bf4 36. Ke2 c5 37. Kd1 c3 38. Kc2 Bd2 39. a5
Kf7 40. Nxd2 cxd2 41. Kxd2 Ke6 42. Kc3 Kd5 {Normal- Wh's pawn sacrifices were
in vain against Bl's very accurate defence} 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open 3"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]

1. e4 b6 {new to both players according to databases} (1... e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 {Jones - Watkin-Jones, WCU Online Open 2, 2021,1-0}) 2. d4 Bb7 3.
f3 (3. Bd3) (3. Nc3 {main lines}) 3... e6 4. Be3 c5 (4... d5) (4... Nf6 {
main lines}) 5. c4 {offering a transposition to some kind of Saemisch} (5. c3 {
main}) 5... cxd4 6. Bxd4 (6. Qxd4 $5) 6... Nc6 7. Be3 Bb4+ $17 {KomodoDragon2}
(7... Rc8 8. Nh3 Qc7 9. Nd2 Nf6 {Jerome-Smyth,IECC 2000, 0-1}) (7... Nf6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 e5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O {
Tukiran-Abdul Shukor, Johor International Challenge 2018, 1-0}) 8. Nd2 Nge7 9.
a3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 bxc5 $17 {KomodoDragon2-Wh has a hole on d4, & Bl is better
developed} 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Ne2 O-O (12... Qg5 $1 {KomodoDragon2} 13. Qb3 Rb8
14. g3 Ba8 15. Qc3 Qe3 16. Bc2 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 13. O-O
Nge5 14. Bc2 Ba6 15. b3 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. exd5 Bxe2 {but this gives away
Bl's advantage, easing Wh's position by swapping off those passive pieces} (
17... Qxd5 18. Rf2 Qe6 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 18. Qxe2 Nd4 $2 {compounds matters}
(18... Qxd5 $11) 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxe5 $18 Re8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Ne4 f5 (22...
f6 23. d6 Re5 24. Qg6 Re6 25. Nxc5 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 23. Ng5 Qxd5 24. Qh7+ (
24. Rae1 $1 $18 {KomodoDragon2, brings in another piece & cuts off lines of a
K escape}) 24... Kf8 25. Qg6 Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Qg8 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh4
Re7 30. b4 Kg7 {Bl has escaped the worst, but is still losing} 31. bxc5 $18 Qc4
32. Ne4 $2 {trying to gain time for the attack, but Bl's next shows up the
drawback} (32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh6 {the only winning move apparently} (33. Ne4+
fxe4 34. Qh4+ Kf7 35. fxe4+ Nf5 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. Rxf5+ gxf5 38. e5+ Rxe5 39.
Qh6+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf6 41. Qh6+ {repetition- is one of those precise Engine
calculations}) 33... Qxc5 34. Kh1 Rae8 35. Rad1 Qe5 36. f4 Qc5 37. h4 $18 {
KomodoDragon2}) 32... Rf7 $19 (32... Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Rf7 $19 {is another version})
33. Qe1 fxe4 34. Qxe4 Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Qxe4 36. fxe4 Rc8 (36... Rxf1+ {removing a
pair of Rs looks simpler} 37. Rxf1 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rxc5 39. Rd7+ Kh6 40. g3 a5 $19
{KomodoDragon2}) 37. Rfe1 Nc3 (37... Rf2) 38. h3 Rxc5 39. Re3 Re7 (39... a5)
40. Rc1 Na4 41. Rb1 Rc3 (41... Nb6 42. Kh2 Rce5 43. Rbe1 Nc4 44. Rc3 Rxe4 $19 {
KomodoDragon2}) 42. Rf3 Rec7 43. Rb4 Nb6 44. e5 Rxf3 45. gxf3 Rc4 (45... Rc5) (
45... Nc4) 46. Rb5 Kf7 47. Ra5 Rc7 {this gives Wh hopes of holding as now the
Bl R has gone over to passive defence} (47... Ra4 $1 48. Rc5 Rxa3 49. Kg2 a5
$19 {and the a5 pawn is a menace , especially with Bl's R now active-Rudy}) 48.
Kg2 Ke6 49. h4 {Wh by now was living on increments} Nc4 (49... Kf5 $1 {removes
the K from a timely ch by Wh.} 50. Kg3 Nc4 51. Ra4 Nxe5 $19 {KomodoDragon2})
50. Ra6+ Kxe5 (50... Nb6 {repeating to go back to the Kf5 move is keeps more
winning material on the board ( but Bl was now also running low on time)}) 51.
Rxg6 Nxa3 $19 {but, compared to the note at move 49, the Bl forces are far
more scattered rather than solidly holding the K side} 52. Kg3 Nc4 53. h5 Rh7 (
53... Kf5 {the K needs to come back in defence} 54. f4 Rb7 55. Rg5+ Kf6 56. Kf3
Kf7 57. Kg4 Nd6 58. Ra5 Kg8 59. f5 Nf7 $11 {but after all, KomodoDragon2
thinks all Bl winning chances have gone, though Bl will surely not lose this})
54. Ra6 (54. Kg4) 54... Nb6 (54... Kf5 $17) 55. Ra5+ Kf6 56. Kg4 Nc4 (56...
Rg7+ 57. Kh4 Nc4 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. h6 Rf7 60. Kh5 Ne5 61. Ra3 Re7 $17 {
KomodoDragon2- but the a pawn will not be advancing against the active Wh R})
57. Ra6+ Ke5 (57... Nb6 {keeps hopes alive,but} 58. f4 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 58.
h6 (58. f4+ Ke4 59. Kg5 $11 {but looks even more dangerous for Bl}) 58... Ne3+
59. Kg5 Nd5 60. Kg6 Rb7 61. h7 Nf4+ 62. Kh6 {Normal, Bl esigned but actually a
draw is still there, KomodoDragon2 & Stockfish14 give} (62. Kh6 Rb8 63. Ra5+
Kd6 $11 {but simpler seems}) (62. Kh6 Rxh7+ 63. Kxh7 Nh3 64. Kg6 Kf4 65. Rxa7
Kxf3 {and it should be a draw, as the Bl K is not in a corner, nor seperated
from his N}) 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open 3"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nd2 a5 8. Ngf3 a4
9. bxa4 Qa5 10. O-O Qxa4 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Nexc4 Be6 13. Qc1 Nbd7 14. e4 Rfc8
15. a3 b5 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Qc5 Qa7 18. Qb4 Na4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
cxd5 22. Rfc1 e6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nf3 Bf8 25. Qb3 Qa6 26. Rc1 Nxb2 27. Rxc8
Qxc8 28. Qxb2 Qa6 29. Qc1 Bxa3 30. Qc7 h6 31. Qd8+ Bf8 32. h4 Qb7 33. h5 gxh5
34. Qh4 b4 35. Qxh5 b3 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Nd2 b2 38. Nb1 Qc7 39. Qf4 Qc1+ 40. Kg2
Qxb1 41. Qf6+ Bg7 42. Qxf7 Qf5 43. Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open 3"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Francis, Matthew"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Aberystwyth"]
[BlackTeam "Pontyfenni"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 (2. d3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8.
O-O Be6 9. h3 h5 {Francis-Waterfield, Dyfed Open 2016,1-0}) 2... Bg7 3. Nf3 c5
{The Sniper} (3... d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. e5 {Francis-Pleasants,
WCU Online 3 rd1, 2021,0-1}) 4. Bc4 (4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 {leads to
a standard Dragon var}) (4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 {to a Gurgenidze Caro-Kann}) (4.
dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 (5. c3 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qc7 {main}) (5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. Bd4
Qc7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 {Villiers-Waterfield, BCF, Llandudno 2017,1-0}) 5...
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qxc3+ 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Bd3 {53% for Wh}) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 (
5... Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Qd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 d5 {Poves-Waterfield, 4NCL
2019,0-1}) 6. Nxc6 (6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 {is an Accelerated Dragon, with some 27,
000 games}) 6... bxc6 7. O-O d6 8. Qf3 (8. Nc3) 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 (9. e5 dxe5 10.
Qxc6+ Bd7 {2-3-6}) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Qa5 {1-3} (10... Bg4 {1-1-4}) 11. Qe3 $146
(11. Qg3 $11 {Cloud Engines, 1-1}) (11. Bxf6) (11. h4) 11... Rb8 (11... Ng4 12.
Qd2 Re8 13. Bb3 Rb8 14. Rad1 Ne5 $15 {KomodoDragon2}) 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Rb7
14. Ne2 $2 (14. Rad1 $11) 14... Ng4 (14... Nxe4 $19) 15. Qf4 Ne5 (15... Bxb2
16. Rab1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 16. Qh4 Qc7 (16... c5 17. Bd5
Rxb2 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 17. f4 Nc4 18. f5 $14 Bxb2 19. fxg6 (19. Rad1 Na5 20.
Kh1 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 f6 23. Bh6 Rd8 24. Re3 $16 {KomodoDragon2})
19... hxg6 20. Rad1 Be5 (20... Na5 $11) 21. Bh6 (21. Rd3 $16 {KomodoDragon2})
21... Rd8 (21... Bg7 $15) 22. Qg4 (22. Bg5 Kg7 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Bg5 {
repetition- KomodoDragon2}) 22... d5 23. h4 Qb6+ (23... Qd7) 24. Kh1 Ne3 25.
Bxe3 Qxe3 26. exd5 (26. h5 $5 Kg7 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 26... cxd5 (26... c5)
27. Bxd5 Kg7 (27... Rb6 28. c4 Bc8 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Bxf3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Be6 $19
{KomodoDragon2- the Wh pawns easy targets}) 28. Ng1 (28. Nd4 $1 $18 {exploits
the Q position} Qxe1+ (28... Qf4 29. Qxf4 Bxf4 30. Bxb7 Bxb7 31. Ne6+ fxe6 32.
Rxd8 $18) 29. Rxe1 Rxd5 30. Nf5+ Kh8 31. Qf3 Rdb5 32. Nh6 Rb1 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 34.
Qf2 Bf6 35. Nd8 $18 {KomodoDragon2, though the position remains tricky to play
for both sides}) 28... Qg3 $2 (28... Qc3 29. Bxb7 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Bxb7 31. Nf3
Bf6 $11 {as Tarrasch maintained years ago, 2 Bs are often the equal over the
less coordinated R & N}) 29. Qxg3 Bxg3 30. Bxb7 Bxb7 (30... Rxd1 {as advocated
by lichess is a little better} 31. Rxd1 Bxb7 32. Rd7 Be4 33. Rxe7 Bxc2 34. Rxa7
Bxh4 {KomodoDragon2, but the a pawn should provide a Wh win in the end}) 31.
Rxd8 Bxe1 32. Rd7 Bc6 33. Rxe7 Bxh4 34. Rxa7 Bf2 35. Nh3 $2 (35. Rc7 $18) 35...
Bxa7 $132 {and the cry of anguish could be heard across Aberystwyth} 36. Nf4
Kf6 (36... g5) 37. Nd3 Be4 38. Kh2 Bxd3 39. cxd3 Ke5 40. Kg3 f5 41. Kh4 Be3 (
41... Kf4 $1 $18 {is the clearest}) 42. a4 Kd4 {Bl does not need this pawn, as
the B stops both d pawn and a pawn} (42... Kf4 $1 {gets a pawn though}) 43. a5
Kxd3 44. a6 g5+ (44... Ke2 45. Kh3 g5 46. Kh2 Kf2 {will soon force a pawn
through}) 45. Kg3 (45. Kh5 {lasts longer, but no need for lichess to label the
text move as a blunder}) 45... Kc4 (45... Ke2 46. Kh2 Kf2 47. Kh1 Ba7 48. Kh2
Bb8+ 49. Kh1 g4 {is the exact Engine line}) 46. Kf3 f4 $2 {Bl should refrain
from pawn moves, until the K position is maximised and it is clear which one
needs to move first} 47. g3 $11 Kb5 48. a7 Bxa7 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. Kxf4 $11 {
Normal, the reaction from Somerset is unknown.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCU Online Open 3"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Howells, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Ngf6 5. O-O c6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qd6 Qe7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. b3 Nc5 13. Ba3 Nfd7 14. Ne1 Qf6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf8 17. Qe3 Bf5 18. Rd6 Ne6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rd2 b6 21. Rad1
Nd4 22. c5 Qh5 23. Ng2 Rad8 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Bb2 c5 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qf3 Qxf3
28. exf3 Bh6 29. f4 Ra8 30. Rc2 Bg7 31. Ne1 Red8 32. Nd3 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke7 34.
Rdd2 Kd6 35. b4 Rdc8 36. bxc5+ bxc5 37. Kg2 c4 38. Ne5 Bxe5 39. fxe5+ Kxe5 40.
Re2+ Kd6 41. Red2 Kd5 42. f4 Ra3 43. Rd1 Rca8 44. Kh3 Rxa2 45. Rcc1 d3 46. Re1
R8a7 47. Re5+ Kd4 48. Rce1 Kc3 49. Rc1+ Rc2 50. Rd1 Raa2 51. Rc5 Rxh2+ 52. Kg4
f5+ 53. Kg5 d2 54. Rg1 Rc2 55. Rd5 Rc1 0-1

[Event "WCU Online Open 3"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Marin, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Miga, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
e6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. Be3 Qb6 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Qf4 Nec6 14. Bb5 Bxe5
15. Qxe5 Nxb5 16. Qxh8+ 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open 3"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Hughes, Anthony"]
[Black "Holman, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Pontyfenni"]
[BlackTeam "Aberystwyth"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 (3... g6 {main}) 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 h6 (5... Bb4) (
5... Bc5 {main lines}) 6. e4 (6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 g5 8. Nd5 (8. h4 {1-2-1}) 8...
Bg7 9. Nec3 O-O {Szymanski-Van Kemenade, 4NCL 2019,0-1}) 6... d6 (6... g6 7.
exf5 gxf5 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qh5+ (10. Bd5 Nd4 11. Be3 c6 12. Bxd4
cxd5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bc3 d4 15. Bb4 Re8 {Hughes-Van Kemenade, WCU blitz ch
online ,2020,0-1}) 10... Qf7 11. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {Gibson-Van Kemenade, Wld ch
Seniors, Prague 2020, 1/2-1/2}) 7. Nge2 g5 {may be a little risky if Wh has
not yet 0-0} (7... g6 {Heap-Van Kemenade, Dyfed Closed 2014, 0-1; Dyfed Closed
2016,1/2-1/2}) 8. h4 Rg8 (8... g4 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. Nd5 Qf7 12. Nec3
Nd4 {Kutsanyan (2272)-Sabirov (1948), Moscow open 2019,0-1}) 9. hxg5 hxg5 10.
Nd5 (10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Qb3 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 10... f4 11. Bd2 Be6 (11... Bg7
) 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. O-O-O {looks a little dangerous as Bl has chances of opening
up the Q side, but it seems Wh has enough control over the centre} a6 14. d4
Bg7 {missing the Wh threat} (14... Ng4 {looks promising but Wh makes use of
superior delopment} 15. Bh3 (15. Rh7 Rg7 16. Rh8 {also promising}) 15... Bxd5
16. cxd5 Nxf2 17. dxc6 Rg7 18. cxb7 Nxh3 19. Rxh3 c5 20. dxe5 Rgxb7 21. Qg8 $18
{KomodoDragon2}) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. d5 $18 f3 17. Qxf3 Rf8 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 (18...
Rxf6 $5) 19. dxe6 Nd4 (19... Nd8 $5) 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. f4 (21. Rh7) 21... gxf4
22. gxf4 Ke7 23. f5 (23. Rh7+) 23... b5 24. Rh7+ Ke8 25. Rxc7 (25. e5 $1) 25...
d3 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Bc6+ Kd8 28. Ba5 Bd4 29. e7# {Normal} 1-0

[Event "WCU Online Open 3"]
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2021.12.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Morriston Alekhine"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. O-O a5 7. Na3 Bc5 8. Nb5
O-O 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 e4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. Nbd4 Qxe4 14. Nxc6
Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 bxc6 16. Qd4 Qh6 17. Ne5 Bh3 18. Rad1 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Rae8 20. Rf5
Re6 21. c5 Nd5 22. Ng4 Re2+ 23. Kf3 Qe6 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Re1 Kf8
27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Ne5 Nb4 30. a3 Na6 31. Nxc6 a4 32. Ke4 Nxc5+
33. Kd4 Nd7 34. Na7 Ke7 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. b3 axb3 37. Kxb3 Kc5 38. a4 e5 39. Nc8
e4 40. Kc3 Nb6 0-1

