[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Belotchkin, David"]
[Black "Westcott, Dale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.06"]

{[%evp 0,16,16,42,14,6,29,29,38,0,22,9,12,5,21,-12,-12,-12,41]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4
Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. Bg3 Qe7 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. Nd2 {Belochkin-Vicram, Stokes cup WLS-Scot, 2022,
1-0}) 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O a5 $146 (8...
b6) (8... Bxg3 {main lines}) 9. a4 Bxg3 10. fxg3 {wanting an attack on the f
file} (10. hxg3 Qc7 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 10... b6 (10... e5 $15 {uses the
weakness on e3} 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qe2 Re8 $15 {KD3}) 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. b3 (12.
Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne5 {leaves Bl with a bad B for the ending, Though Wh can also
go for a draw by} Qc7 14. Rxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 fxe5 17. Qf6+ Kg8 18.
Qg5+ {KD3}) 12... c4 (12... Bb7 $15 {KD3}) 13. bxc4 Na7 14. Qd3 Nxb5 15. cxb5
$16 {Wh is a clear pawn up, though it is weak & probably not worth defending-
Bl's real problem is that bad B} Bb7 16. Ng5 (16. Nbd2 Rfc8 17. Ne5 Qxc3 18.
Qe2) 16... Qc4 17. Qc2 (17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Nd2 h6 19. Ngf3 Rac8 $18 {KD3 , but
why release the B from its tomb?}) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rf2 (19. Nd2 Qc7
20. c4 $18 {KD3- Wh will prepare a pawn advance on the Q side}) 19... Rac8 20.
Qe2 Qd3 (20... Bd5 $11 {keeps the blockade and is easier to play}) 21. Qxd3
exd3 22. Raa2 Be4 23. Rf4 f5 24. g4 (24. Ra3 e5 25. dxe5 Rfe8 26. Nd2 Rxe5 27.
c4 $14 {KD3}) 24... Bd5 25. Ra3 fxg4 $2 {disrupts Bl's pawn structure} (25...
g6 26. Nd2 $16 {KD3}) 26. Nd2 $18 (26. Rxf8+ $18) (26. Rxg4 $18 {alternatives})
26... h5 27. g3 (27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. e4 Bb7 29. Kf2 h4 30. Ke3 $18 {KD3- the
cetral pawn mass will slowly move forward}) 27... Bc4 28. Kf2 g5 29. Rxf8+
Rxf8+ 30. Kg2 (30. Ke1 {brings K nearer the d pawn to kill it off} Bd5 31. c4 (
31. e4 Bb7 32. c4) 31... Bf3 32. c5 $18 {KD3}) 30... Bd5+ 31. e4 Bb7 32. c4 h4
33. Rxd3 (33. c5) 33... Kg7 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. c5 Kg6 36. c6 Bc8 37. d5 (37. Nc4
{even stronger-KD3}) 37... exd5 38. exd5 Bf5 39. Rd4 Re8 40. Kf2 Kg5 41. d6 Be6
42. c7 {allows a temporary blockade, the pawns should advance on the same
colour as the B} (42. d7 Rd8 43. Nc4) 42... Rf8+ 43. Kg1 h3 (43... Bd7 44. Nc4
{ends things soon}) 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Rxd7 Rc8 46. Nc4 Kf4 47. Nxb6 Re8 48. Rf7+
1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jones, Gavin"]
[Black "Bagga, Khushi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1358"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.06"]

{[%evp 0,13,18,18,21,21,19,9,9,20,23,-8,39,22,26,25]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 (5. Be3) (5. Nxc6 {main lines}) 5... Be7 (5... Bb6) ({
main lines} 5... Bb4+) 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 (7. Be2) (7. Be3 {main lines}) 7...
O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 $14 {Cloud Engines- Bl is a little short of space} Be6 10.
Nd5 Ne5 11. Bf1 c6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qd4 (13. Nd4 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 13...
c5 14. Qc3 Ng6 15. f3 (15. Bg5) 15... b6 (15... h6) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. c4 (19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd2 $14 {KD3}) 19... f5 20. Rad1 (20.
exf5) 20... fxe4 21. Rxe4 Rad8 $11 22. Re3 Kg7 23. g3 Ne5 24. f4 (24. Nd2 Nc6
25. Ne4 d5 $11 {KD3}) 24... Ng4 (24... Nxc4 25. Rxe6 Nxb2 26. Ree1 Nxd1 27.
Rxd1 d5 $15 {KD3}) 25. Ree1 Rfe8 ({KD3} 25... d5 $15) 26. Rd2 Nf6 27. Rdd1 d5
28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Bb5 (29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Kg1 Ne3 $15 {KD3}) 29...
Bxb3 (29... Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Be6 $17 {KD3- Bls Q side majority will soon be
moving forwad}) 30. axb3 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Kf8 (31... Rd2 32. Re7 Kf8 33. Rxa7 Ng4
34. Bc4 $11 {KD3- both sides pieces are equally active}) 32. Re2 Ne8 33. Rxe8+
Rxe8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35. g4 f6 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Ke4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Davies, Rhys"]
[Black "Binesmael, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1213"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 c4 {while this gains space on the
Q side, taking pressure off the centre means that Wh will sooner or later open
up the game with an e4} (5... Nc6) (5... Bd6 {main lines}) 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Be2 (
7. Qc2 {a good alternative}) 7... Nh5 8. Bg3 (8. Bg5 {invites Bl to loosen up
the K side with} f6 {1 game each, or} (8... Be7 {1 game each})) 8... Nxg3 9.
hxg3 b5 10. b3 {Nimsovitch in the 1920's argued one should not attack the head
of a pawn mass, but seek to undermine its base. So} (10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O f5 12.
Nh2 {preparing f3 & e4 is still preferable} (12. a4 {KomodoDragon3- seeks to
exploit the many pawn moves Bl has made, leaving him behind in development} b4
13. b3 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. bxc4 $18 {KD3}) (12. b4 a5 13. a3 a4
14. Ne1 Bd6 15. f4 g5 $15 {Peter-Frink,SVK ch tm, 2014,0-1}) 12... Bd7 13. f3
e5 {the Engine reacts with tactics, giving up a piece} 14. a4 b4 15. dxe5 Nxe5
16. e4 Be6 17. f4 dxe4 (17... Nc6 18. exd5 b3 19. Qd1 Qxd5 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. a5
O-O-O 22. Ra4 $16 {KD3}) 18. fxe5 b3 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. g4 O-O-O $11 {KD3}) 10...
Qa5 $6 (10... a6 $11) 11. b4 (11. a4 $1 {follows up by hitting the support
structure & endangering the Q} b4 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O O-O 17. Qb1 $18 {KD3}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qa3 12. Qc2 a5 $15 {
KD3, now Wh's pawns are under pressure}) 12. a4 Ba6 13. a5 $2 {closing the Q
side means the Bl K will be perfectly safe there,. Instead Wh should open up
with} (13. e4 $16 g6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. Ng1 O-O 18. Nh3
Ne7 19. Bf3 $16 {KD3 & Wh has the initiative, on the Q side, centre & K side})
13... O-O-O $17 14. Ng5 (14. Qc2 g6 15. e4 Kb8 16. e5 h5 17. Nf1 Bc8 $17 {
KD3,However Wh can escape with either 0-0 or 0-0-0. In the meantime Bl is left
with an awful QB for an ending , obstructed by 7 of its own pawns}) 14... Bd6 (
14... h6) 15. f4 f6 $2 (15... Qe7 16. Ngf3 f6) 16. Nxe6 $18 Qe7 17. Bg4 (17.
Nxd8 Nxd8 18. Kf2 $18 {is simplest}) 17... Kb8 18. Qf3 (18. Nxd8 Qxe3+ 19. Qe2
Qxg3+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nxd8 22. g3 $18 {KD3}) 18... Rde8 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20.
Qxb5 (20. a6 $1 {strongest -KD3}) 20... a6 21. Qxc4 (21. Qb6) 21... h5 22. Bf5
(22. d5 $1 hxg4 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. dxc6 Bc8 25. f5 $18 {KD3}) 22... g6 23. Bh3 (
23. b5 $1 {KD3- continues the process of opening up the Bl K; Bl can hardly
allow the opening of the b file which lets Wh's Rs in}) 23... f5 24. d5 (24. e4
Qxe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. d5 Re7 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. e5 g5 29. Kf2 Bc7 30. Bxf5 $18
{KD3 is nother way to keep the advantage}) 24... Nd8 25. O-O (25. Nc5 $1 Qxe3+
26. Kd1 Rh7 27. Kc2 Ree7 28. Rhe1 $18 {KD3}) 25... Nxe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6
Rxe6 28. Rfe1 Rc8 29. Rac1 $18 Rce8 30. Nc4 (30. Kf2 {more flexible as it
needs to be played at some stage}) 30... Bc7 31. Rcd1 Bc6 32. Kf2 Bb5 33. Rd4 (
33. Na3 Bc6 34. Nc2 Ba4 35. Nd4 Rd6 36. Rd3 Bd8 37. e4 $18 {KD3, freeing the B}
fxe4 38. Rde3 g5 39. Bf5 $18) 33... Rc6 34. Na3 Rxc3 35. Nxb5 axb5 36. e4 (36.
Rd5 Ka7 37. Rxb5 Rc4 38. Re2 Rc3 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Rxf5 Bd6 (40... Rh8 41. b5
$18) 41. Rxh5 Bxb4 42. g4 {KD3 -Wh has more than enough with 4.5 pawns for the
piece, which will slowly advance along with the K}) 36... g5 37. Bxf5 (37. exf5
$1 Rxe1 38. Kxe1 g4 39. f6 Rc6 40. f7 Rf6 41. Rd7 gxh3 42. gxh3 h4 43. g4 Rxf4
44. g5 $18 {KD3- the Wh pawns stop the two Bl pices from any form of activity}
Kc8 45. Rxc7+ Kxc7 46. g6 {and the R is helpless}) 37... gxf4 38. gxf4 (38. g4
hxg4 39. Bxg4 Rc4 40. Rxc4 bxc4 41. Bd7 Re7 42. Bc6 Be5 43. Rd1 Kc7 44. Ba4 $18
{KD3, the presence of Rs makes the opposite colour Bs an extra attacking
factor. And besides if it were just Bs left, Wh has more than the two passed
pawns needed for winning that kind of endgame}) 38... Bxf4 39. Rd5 $2 {missing
that Bl suddenly does have some piece activity} (39. Kf1) 39... Bg3+ 40. Kf1
Bxe1 41. Kxe1 Rg3 (41... Ka7 $1 42. Rxb5 Rb8 43. Rxb8 Kxb8 44. Kf2 $11 {
KD3- Wh should hold, though the Bl R is also active enough to hold for Bl} Rb3
45. a6 Kc7 46. g3 Kd6 47. Bc8 Rxb4 48. Bb7 Ra4 49. Kg2 Ra1 50. Kh3 Rh1+ 51. Kg2
Ra1 52. Kf3 (52. Kh3 Rh1+) 52... Ke5 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Ra2+ 56.
Kh3 Kd4 57. Kh4 Ra5 58. g4 hxg4 59. Kxg4 Ke5 $11) 42. Rxb5+ (42. Kf2 Ra3 43.
Kg1 Rf8 44. Rxb5+ Ka7 45. Kh2 Rb8 46. Rxb8 Kxb8 47. Bg6 Ra4 48. Bxh5 Rxb4 49.
Bg6 Kc7 $11) 42... Ka7 43. Kf2 Rg5 (43... h4 $11 {KD3}) 44. Kf3 (44. Rd5 $1 {
gets the Q side pawns moving} Reg8 45. b5 Rxg2+ 46. Ke3 h4 47. Rd7+ Kb8 48. Rh7
$18 {KD3}) 44... Reg8 (44... h4 $11) 45. Bh3 $2 (45. Rc5 Rxg2 46. Be6 R8g3+ 47.
Kf4 Ra3 48. Bd5 (48. Rxh5 Rb2 49. b5 Rxa5 $11 {though Bl has to be careful})
48... Kb8 49. Rb5+ Kc8 50. Rb6 Kd7 51. Ke5 h4 52. Rh6 h3 53. Rh7+ Kd8 54. Kd6
Rg6+ 55. Kc5 Ra6 56. e5 $18 {KD3}) 45... Rxb5 $19 46. Be6 Rf8+ 47. Bf5 Rxb4 48.
Kf4 Ka6 49. Kg5 Rh8 50. e5 h4 51. e6 Rg8+ 52. Kf6 Rxg2 53. Bg6 Rxg6+ 54. Kxg6
h3 55. e7 Re4 56. Kf7 h2 57. e8=Q Rxe8 58. Kxe8 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Holland, Lyn"]
[Black "Lutchman Singh, Vedant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1464"]
[BlackElo "870"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"]

{[%evp 0,11,28,28,23,-11,1,-6,-42,-47,52,43,340,340]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4
(3. d3) (3. Nc3 {main lines}) 3... Nc6 (3... exd4) 4. Nf3 d5 $6 {mis-timed,
83% for Wh as the centre gets opened up quickly} (4... exd4 5. e5 (5. O-O Nxe4
6. Re1 d5) 5... d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 {more frequent variations}) 5. exd5 exd4 $2 (5...
Nxd5 6. dxe5 Be6 7. O-O {is better , though Wh still gets a score in the 90's
with a sound extra pawn}) 6. dxc6 $18 bxc6 7. Nxd4 Bf5 $2 8. Nxf5 Bd6 9. Qe2+ (
9. Nxg7+ {even stronger} Kf8 10. Bh6 Kg8 11. Qf3 $18) 9... Kf8 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bxf6 (11. Be3) 11... Qxf6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. O-O Qxb2 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bd3 Re8 16.
Qg4 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Rae1 Qa3 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. Qc8+ Ke7 21. Qxh8 (21. Qc7+
Ke6 22. Re1+ Kf6 23. Qe5# {ends things quicker, but Wh may as well have an
extra R}) 21... Kd6 22. Qf8+ Kc7 23. Qxa3 Kd7 24. Re1 g5 25. Ba6 (25. Qxa7+ Kd8
26. Qb8+ Kd7 27. Bf5#) 25... f5 26. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vyas, Jui"]
[Black "Lloyd, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "850"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"]

{[%evp 0,16,28,28,28,28,17,26,26,-17,13,21,21,-4,24,5,10,-16,-26]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 (6. c3) (6. h3 {main lines}) 6...
h6 (6... Bg4 {main}) 7. Bd2 (7. h3) 7... Bg4 8. Nd5 (8. h3 {main, but scores
only 7.8 % for Wh after} Bh5 {1-5-39}) 8... Nd4 {0-5} 9. b4 $146 (9. Ne3 Nxf3+
10. gxf3 Bh3 11. Ng2 Qd7 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 9... Bb6 (9... Nxd5 $1 10. Bxd5
Qf6 11. bxc5 Nxf3+ 12. Kh1 c6 13. Bb3 Nxh2 $19 {KomodoDragon3}) 10. Rb1 Nxd5
11. Bxd5 c6 12. Bc4 Qf6 13. Kh1 Nxf3 14. gxf3 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Major-Seniors bye arrangement"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Binesmael, Ahmed"]
[Black "Quinn, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.19"]

{[%evp 0,16,30,10,61,75,74,49,49,36,104,50,50,-164,-164,-168,-172,-177,-182]} 
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bxf7+ $6 (6. Bb3) 6...
Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Kg8 8. e6 Bg7 (8... Qe8 $19 {main, though 2-1-3 results}) 9. Nc3 (
9. O-O Qf8 10. d5 Qf5 11. c4 h6 12. g4 Qf6 13. Nf7 g5 (13... Rh7 $19) 14. Nxh8
Kxh8 (14... Bxh8 $11) 15. Na3 (15. f4 $14) 15... c6 $15 {Dolejs-Duneas, North
Island ch , Auckand, 2010,0-1}) 9... h6 (9... Qf8 $19 {Cloud Engines}) 10. Nf7
Qe8 (10... Qf8) 11. Qg4 (11. d5 $5) 11... Bxe6 12. Qxe6 (12. Nxh6+ Bxh6 13.
Qxe6+) 12... Qxf7 13. Qe4 c6 (13... Nc6) 14. Bf4 N8d7 15. O-O-O Nf6 {Bl is a
piece up, but needs to disentangle} 16. Qe2 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 (18. Bg3
) 18... a5 (18... Bxd4 {is quite safe}) 19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qf6 (
21... Bxd4 $1) 22. g4 Kh7 23. h4 Rhf8 24. Rd2 Qf3 25. Qf1 Qe4+ (25... Qxg4 {
looks risky, but the B is an excellent defender}) 26. Ka1 Bxd4 27. Re2 Qf4 (
27... Qxg4 28. Rxe7+ Kg8 29. Rg1 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Qxg1+ 31. Qxg1 Bxg1 $19 {
KomodoDragon3}) 28. Rxe7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. h5 g5 $2 {returns the piece} (
30... Qxf2 31. Qb1 Bg7 {and Wh is tied to the defence of b2 . In a little
while Bl's R will join in} 32. g5) 31. Qd3+ Kg7 (31... Kg8 32. Qxd4 d5 $11 {KD3
}) 32. Qxd4+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ (33. Qe4 $11 {keeps the pressure around the Bl K})
33... Kxf6 $17 34. Re1 Kf7 (34... d5 35. b3 Rd8 $17 {KD3}) 35. Kb1 Re8 36. Rxe8
Kxe8 $11 37. Kc2 Ke7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kd4 d5 40. c5 $2 {but leaving Bl with a
protected passd pawn should be losing} (40. cxd5+ cxd5 41. a4 Kd6 42. f4 gxf4
43. g5 Ke6 44. g6 Kf6 45. Kd3 {KomodoDragon3- neatly holds the balance- the
two pawns seperated by a file indirectly protect each other from capture & the
Bl K cannot intervene}) 40... Kf6 41. a3 Ke6 (41... a4 $1 {deprives Wh of tempi
} 42. f3 Ke6 43. Kd3 Ke5 $19) 42. b4 axb4 (42... a4 $19 {leaves the a3 pawn
vulnerable one should not swap off too many pawns if aiming to win}) 43. axb4
$11 Kf6 44. b5 Ke6 (44... cxb5 45. Kxd5 Ke7 46. Kd4 Ke6 47. f3 Kd7 48. Kd5 $11
{KD3}) 45. b6 (45. bxc6 bxc6 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Ke3 d4+ 48. Kd3 Kf4 (48... Kd5 $2
49. f4 gxf4 50. g5 hxg5 51. h6 $18) 49. Kxd4 Kxg4 50. Ke5 Kf3 51. Kd6 Kxf2 52.
Kxc6 g4 53. Kd6 g3 54. c6 g2 55. c7 g1=Q 56. c8=Q $11) 45... Kf6 46. f3 (46.
Ke3 Ke5 47. f3 $11 {also}) 46... Ke6 47. Kd3 $1 {Wh must be ready to take the
oppsition} (47. Ke3 Ke5 {loses}) 47... Kf6 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Ke3 d4+
51. Kd3 Kd5 $2 (51... Kf4 $1 {is correct- KD3}) 52. f4 $18 gxf4 53. g5 Ke6 (
53... hxg5 54. h6 $18) 54. g6 $2 (54. gxh6 $18 {as to stop the h pawns, a
centre pawn is lost} Kf6 (54... f3 55. h7 f2 56. Ke2) 55. Kxd4 f3 56. Ke3 f2
57. Kxf2 Kf7 58. Ke3 Kg8 59. Kd4 Kh7 60. Ke5 Kxh6 61. Kd6 Kxh5 62. Kc7) 54...
f3 $11 55. Kd2 Kf6 56. Kd3 Ke6 57. Kd2 Kf6 58. Kd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Binesmael, Mohamed"]
[Black "Binesmael, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 (5. d3 Be7 6. Be2 Nc6 {transposes
to 86 games}) 5... dxe5 6. fxe5 Nd5 (6... Nfd7 7. d4 {3 wins each}) 7. Be2 {
KomodoDragon3} (7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 {2.5-1.5}) (7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 {Fojcik-Kasprzyk, POL ch women 1978,1/2-1/2}) 7... Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 $6 {speculative? it does get rid of the Ks usual
best defender} (10. Kh1 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 $11 {KD3}) 10... Ne3 11.
Qe1 Nxf1 $19 12. Bxf1 cxd4 13. Qg3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Be3 16. Ne4 Bxc1
17. Rxc1 Kh8 18. Nfg5 {Wh has gained some compensation for the exchange with
active pieces near the K, while 3 Bl pieces remain on the Q side. Bl has to
play exactly, and defence is usually harder to play than attack} h6 (18... Nxe5
19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qg3 fxg5 21. Nxg5 Qd2 22. Ra1 Bd7 {KD3 gets those Bl pieces
moving}) 19. Bd3 Nxe5 20. Bc2 Ng6 (20... Nc4) (20... f5 {KD3 suggestions to
keep the advantage}) 21. Nxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxg6 Kg8 $11 (22... Qg8 $1 $19 {
covers the vital wh squares}) 23. h3 (23. Ng3 Qg5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rd1 Rd7 {
only move to save the game} 26. Rf1+ Rf7 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Rf1+ {repetition})
23... e5 $2 {opens up the B, but also opens up lines for Wh} (23... Bd7 $11) (
23... Qe7 $11) 24. Rd1 (24. Bb3 $18 {wins a R}) (24. Nd6 $1 $18 {even stronger}
Qf6 (24... Rd7 25. Rf1 {cuts off the Ks escape route}) 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+
Ke7 27. Nxc8+ Kd7 28. Nb6+ Qxb6 29. Qxa8 {Wh has gone a piece up & still
retains attacking lines on the wh squares}) 24... Qb6 25. Nd6 Qc7 26. Qh7+ {
Rs are good attackers, but bad defenders, they often block a square needed by
the K} Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qe8+ Kf6 29. Rf1+ {Bls QB & QR never made it out.
Was the early exchange sac deliberate?} 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lloyd, Gregory"]
[Black "Holland, Lyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1448"]
[BlackElo "1464"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.10"]

{[%evp 0,11,30,30,28,6,6,6,6,-7,-4,-7,11,5]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
cxd5 {the exchange variation usually leads to long positional battles} exd5 5.
Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 (6. Nxd5 $2 {falls into a tactical trap} Nxd5 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ {
regaining the Q going a piece up. There are 460 games in the database that
went this way,.}) 6... Be7 (6... c6 {main}) 7. Bd3 Ne4 $6 (7... O-O) (7... c6 {
main lines}) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 $2 {Bl goes wrong immediately} (8... Nxc3 {had to be
tried} 9. Bxd8 (9. Qg4 Qxe7 (9... Kxe7 10. bxc3 Kf8 11. Qf4 $16 {
Richter-Martins, BRA cjh U20, 1986,1-0}) 10. Qxg7 Qb4 11. Qxh8+ Ke7 12. Kf1
Qxb2 13. Re1 Nf6 {KomodoDragon3- the Engine suggests Wh has only a small
advantage here} 14. Qg7 {the Q will be in trouble if she stays too long} Qd2
15. Be2 Qxa2 16. Qg3 Nfe4 $11) 9... Nxd1 10. Rxd1 (10. Bxc7 Nxb2 11. Bc2 $16 {
Cloud Engines}) 10... Kxd8 11. Nf3 $14 {4-2-2}) 9. Nxd5 $18 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 Qd6
11. Qf3 c6 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Ne4 Ng4+ $2 {ends the game quickly} (13... Nxe4+ 14.
Qxe4+ $18 {Wh is simply a piece up}) 14. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Reid, Curtis"]
[Black "Smith, Alun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.10"]

{[%evp 0,19,28,31,48,24,38,13,1,-1,-2,-10,-13,-13,-18,-18,-26,-23,-19,-81,-80,
-323]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 (6. a3 {main})
6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Bc2 (8. O-O {is the complex Milner-Barry Gambit- Wh
is prepared to give up both centre pawns to get access to the Bl K}) 8... Nb4
9. Bb3 $2 {leaves the K in the lurch} (9. O-O Nxc2 10. Qxc2 {though Wh only
scores 32% from this Bl's ofen bad B in the French suddenly becomes powerful})
9... Qa6 $1 {24 games, 6.7 % for Wh} (9... Bb5 {44 games with Wh scoring 28 %
is not pleasant either}) 10. a3 $146 {though Engines have examined this line
before} (10. Bc2 Rc8 11. Nc3 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Bb4 {2-8}) (10. Nc3 {0-4}) (10. Qd2
{0-1}) 10... Nd3+ 11. Kd2 Nxf2 12. Qf1 Nxh1 13. Qxa6 (13. Qxh1 {has to be tried
} Rc8 $19 {Cloud Engines}) 13... bxa6 14. Nc3 (14. Ke2 {trying to collect the
N with the K, takes too long- Bl quickly open up the game} Rb8 15. Bc2 g5 16.
Nc3 (16. Nxg5 Bh6 17. Nc3 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxb2) 16... g4 17. Nh4 g3 18. Nf3 f5
19. Bd2 Nf2 {and the N gets out anyway-KomodoDragon3}) 14... Nf2 15. Ke2 Ne4
16. Ke3 (16. Nxd5 {maybe, but Bl just ignores the N & carries on bringing his
pieces into play} Rc8 17. Ne3 f5 $19 {KD3}) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. Bb2 Rb8
19. Nd2 Nc6 (19... Nf5+) (19... g6 20. Ke2 Bh6) 20. Rb1 Na5 21. Bc2 Be7 22. Nf3
Nc4+ (22... Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Nc4+ {KD3}) 23. Kd3 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Nxb2+ 25. Kd2 Nc4+
26. Ke2 Nxa3 27. Kd3 Bb5+ 28. Kd2 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Reid, David"]
[Black "Jones, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.10"]

{[%evp 0,16,22,22,38,63,40,30,26,27,27,6,6,-53,-39,-46,-25,-55,-46]} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 {this strengthens Bl's centre & gives
them a useful B file for the R} (5. Nb5) (5. Nb3) (5. Nf3 {main lines}) 5...
bxc6 {39% for Wh} 6. f4 (6. Bc4) (6. Nc3) (6. Bd3) (6. c4 {main lines}) 6...
Nf6 (6... exf4 {0-3}) 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3 {1-2}) 7... Bb4 {transposes to 24 games}
8. Qf3 (8. Bd3 {3-6}) 8... Qe7 (8... d5 $19 {1-2}) 9. Bd2 $146 (9. Bd3 {1 draw}
) (9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 exf4 11. Qf3 Qxe4+ (11... Nxe4 $19) 12. Qxe4+ Nxe4 13.
Bxf4 O-O $15 {Robic-Mohar, SLO ch tm U16, 2019, 1-0}) 9... O-O (9... d5 $17 {
KomodoDragon3}) 10. Bc4 Bxc3 (10... d5 $1 $19 {KD3} 11. Bd3 (11. exd5 Bg4 12.
Qe3 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 exf4+ 16. Kf1 Rae8 17. Re1 Qd8
$19 {The Wh K remains in the line of fire & the KR will struggle to get out}
18. c4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Re8 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Bf3 h5 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Re3 $19)
11... Bg4 12. Qg3 exf4 13. Bxf4 (13. Qxf4 Bd6 14. Qg5 dxe4 15. Be2 h6 16. Qh4
e3 17. Bc1 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rad8 $19 {KD3})) (10... Re8 11. O-O-O d5 $19 {KD3, is
less incisive}) 11. Bxc3 exf4 (11... d5 $17 {KD3}) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 (13.
O-O-O Rb8 14. Bb3 $11 {KD3}) 13... Qh4+ (13... d5 14. Bd3 d4 15. c4 Rb8 16. b3
Qe5 17. O-O g5 $19 {KD3}) 14. g3 fxg3 15. hxg3 Qe7 16. Bd3 (16. O-O-O $11 {
Wh has gained attacking chances against the K for what amounts to a sac of an
h pawn}) 16... f5 (16... d6 $17 {KD3- stops the from joining in} 17. Qf4 h6 18.
O-O-O Rd8 19. Bc2 Be6 $17) 17. Kd2 (17. O-O-O fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 g6
20. Rd6 $11 {KD3- Bl has been left with a bad B}) 17... fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19.
Bxe4 g6 20. Raf1 Ba6 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Rf8 {draw agreed. The
Engine argues that Bl is winning the K and pawn ending if Rs are exchanged. as
Bl has a 2 to one majority on the K side.} (23... Rf8 24. Rd1 {keepinr Rs
hands over the g3 pawn, giving Bl two fast running pawns on the K side.} Rf3+
25. Kc2 Rxg3 26. Rxd7 h5 27. Rxa7 Rg2+ 28. Kb3 g5 $19 (28... h4 $19 {KD3- The
Wh pawns, though equal in numbers, have not even started running yet.}))
1/2-1/2

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Westcott, Dale"]
[Black "Vjas, Jui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1643"]
[BlackElo "850"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.11"]

{[%evp 0,13,25,25,18,9,14,6,12,11,17,10,23,-18,-4,-39]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nb5 (6. Bb5 {main}) 6... Bd6 7. Ne5 (7. Bxd6) (
7. Nxd6+ {main lines}) 7... O-O (7... Bxe5 $17 {Cloud Engines} 8. Bxe5 Nxe5 9.
dxe5 Ne4 (9... Nd7) 10. Bd3 c6 11. Nd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Qb6 $11 {Zweigait-Lohmann,
Hanover ch U10, 2014,1-0}) 8. g4 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd6 cxd6 10. Bd3 $11 {
KomodoDragon3}) 8... a6 (8... Bxe5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. gxf5 Nc4 $17 {KD3}) 9. Nc3
(9. Nxd6 cxd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. gxf5 $18 {KD3}) 9... Bg6 (9... Bxe5 10. Bxe5
Nxg4 $19 {KD3}) 10. h4 $16 Nb4 11. Rc1 Bxc2 12. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 13. Qxc2 $18 b5 14.
Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 Rb8 16. Nc6 b3 17. axb3 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Qd7 19. Nxb8 Rxb8 20. Qxc7
(20. g5 Nh5 21. Bxh7+ $18 {KD3}) 20... Rd8 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. g5 Ng4 23. Rg1
Nh2+ 24. Bxh2 Ra7 25. Kg2 a5 26. Rc1 g6 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Be5+ f6 29. Bxf6+ (29.
gxf6+ Kf7 30. Rh8) 29... Kf7 30. Rh8 a4 31. Rxh7+ Ke8 32. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Lutchman Singh, Vedant"]
[Black "Rhys, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "870"]
[BlackElo "1213"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.11"]

{[%evp 0,19,25,25,15,15,34,20,21,6,6,6,15,15,24,-1,2,-15,4,16,6,-25]} 1. d4 d5
2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bd3 {5525
games} c4 {gains space on the Q side, but releasing the tension in the centre
alow Wh to counter in the centre with an e4} (8... b6) (8... Qe7 {main lines})
9. Bc2 b5 10. Rb1 $146 (10. e4 {80% for Wh}) (10. Ne5 {75% for Wh}) 10... h6
11. Qe2 Re8 12. e4 e5 $15 {now Bl is ready as well, and aiming at the K & Q
still in the centre} 13. exd5 (13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. f4
Re8 17. e5 Qb6 18. Qf2 g5 $11 19. g3 {but Wh has escaped the worst}) 13... exd4
$19 14. Ne4 d3 15. Qd2 Rxe4+ (15... Nxe4 {even stronger- threatening the Q & a
discovered check}) 16. Kd1 dxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Ne7 (17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ne5 $19 {
KomodoDragon3}) 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Kxe1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Bf5 21. Qd1 Bxb1 22. Qxb1
Qxd5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Qc2 Qe4+ (24... Nf5) 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Ke2 Rb8 27. b4 axb3
28. Ke3 Nxc3 (28... b2) 29. Kd4 Ne2+ 30. Kxc4 b2 31. Kd3 Nc1+ 32. Ke3 b1=Q 33.
Kf4 Rb4+ (33... Qb4+) 34. Ke5 Qf5+ 35. Kd6 Qe6+ 36. Kc5 Nd3# 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lloyd, Gregory"]
[Black "Binesmael, Mohamed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1448"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e5 (5... exd5 {main}) 6. h3 Be7 7.
Bd3 Bd7 $146 (7... O-O {2-2-1}) 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. f4 exf4 12.
Bxf4 {White has a space advantage in the CzechBenoni ( though KomodoDragon3
reaches the conclusion that Wh is already winning. A human might consider Wh
has a definite edge though.} g5 {an interesting decision, Wh could take the
pawn, but prefers not to give Bl attacking chances along an open file} 13. Bh2
(13. Bxg5 Rg8 14. Bf4 (14. e5 {KD3 also interesting} Rxg5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4
Be5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Rf3 O-O-O {Bl has given up an exchange, but Wh must be
very exact in finding the correct defensive moves}) 14... Bxh3 15. Ng3 Bg4 16.
Qd2 Nd7 17. e5 {opening up the centre before the K can get to the Qside is the
whole idea behind the Engine's acceptance of the open file, though such a
sharp game may not be to everyone's taste. But the Engine is happy enough.}
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rae1 Rg7 20. Bf5 Bg5 21. Qf2 $18 {KD3}) 13... g4 14. h4
g3 {Bl insists on opening the file anyway} 15. Nxg3 Ng4 16. Qf3 (16. e5 $1 {
KD3 counterattacking} Nxh2 (16... dxe5 17. Qf3) 17. Kxh2 Bxh4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19.
Rxf5 h5 20. Qf3 $18 {KD3 -Wh has more pieces to attack with than Bl}) (16. e5
Nxe5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 $18 {The Bl K is kept from 0-0-0} Nd7 19. Qh5 {KD3})
(16. e5 Rg8 17. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. e6+ Ke8 19. exd7+ Kxd7 20. Bf5+ Kc7 21. Bxg4
$18 {KD3}) (16. Nh5 {KD3- is also very strong} Rg8 (16... O-O {is the best KD3
finds for Bl, which to a human just looks suicidal- the open file turns
against the Bl K}) 17. Qf3 f6 18. e5 $1 Nxe5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxf6 $1 $18 {KD3 & Bl can resign}) 16... Ne5 17. Qf4 Bxh4 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. d6 $1 Qe6 22. Nd5 (22. Qh5 $1 {KD3- saying
Bl's best is to give up on the B} Bd8 23. Nd5 Nb4 24. Rxf7 Qg6 25. Raf1 $1 {if}
Qxh5 26. d7#) (22. d7+ Kxd7 23. Qh5 Be7 24. Rad1 Kc6 25. Nd5 Raf8 26. Be2 $18 {
KD3 - is not much fun for Bl either}) 22... Qxf5 23. Rxf5 O-O-O 24. d7+ (24.
Rh5 $1 Bg3 25. Rh3 Bf4 26. Nxf4 exf4 27. e5 f6 28. e6 Rxd6 29. e7 Nc7 30. Re1
Ne8 31. Bxh7 Kc7 32. Bg6 $18 {KD3 - a longish variation to calculate}) (24.
Rxe5 Rxd6 (24... f6 25. Rh5 Bg3 26. d7+ Kxd7 27. Nxf6+ Ke6 28. Nd5 $18) 25. Rh5
Bd8 26. e5 Rc6 27. Rf1 {KD3and Wh wins the f pawn} h6 28. Rxf7) 24... Kxd7 25.
Rxf7+ (25. Rh5 Bg3 26. Rf1 Rdf8 27. Rf3 Bf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Rxf4 $18 {
KD3 - in all these variations the N on a6 plays no part}) 25... Kc8 26. Be2 Nb4
{Bl has quite active pieces now} 27. Nb6+ Kb8 28. Nd7+ Ka8 29. Rd1 (29. Ra3 $1
{KD3} h6 30. Rh3 Bg5 31. Bg4 Rhe8 32. Nxc5 $16) 29... h6 30. Nxe5 (30. Nxc5 {
preferred by KD3} Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Rd8 32. Bg4 Rd4 33. Nxb7 Rxc4 34. Nxa5 $18)
30... Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Rd8 (31... Re8 32. Ng6 Bg3 33. Bf3 Nc6 34. b3 $14 {KD3})
32. Nd7 (32. Bf3 Bg3 33. Nd7 Nd3 34. Kf1 Nxb2 35. e5 Nxc4 36. e6 $18 {KD3})
32... Nd3 33. Bf3 (33. b3 Re8 34. Bf3 Ne5 35. Nxe5 Rxe5 {and although Wh is
technically a pawn up his B has lost all power and become a big pawn- the
Engine still considers Wh is winning, but this human doesn't see how Wh can
break the blockade on e5}) 33... Nxb2 34. Nxc5 Nxc4 35. Nxb7 Rd4 $11 (35... Rd2
$11) 36. Rf4 Bg5 37. Rg4 $2 {ingenious, but the Engine finds the refutation} (
37. Rf7 {needs to be played} Ne5 38. Rf5 (38. Nxa5 Nxf7 39. e5+ Ka7 40. Nc6+ {
regains the R}) 38... Nxf3+ 39. gxf3 Kxb7 40. Rxa5 $11 {KD3 and with the B not
controlling the Queening square of Bl 's last pawn an exchange of Rs will
obtain a draw for Wh}) 37... Ne5 {Bl can take the N left adrift} (37... Kxb7 $1
38. e5+ Kb6 39. Rxd4 Be3+ 40. Kf1 Bxd4 $19 {KD3}) 38. Nxa5 Rxa4 39. Nb3 (39.
Nc6 Nxc6 40. e5 Rxg4 41. Bxg4 Nxe5 42. Bf3+ {holds the draw, as Bl cannot win
the g pawn; while taking the B is also a draw as the Bl B fails to control the
Queening square of the last pawn}) 39... Nxg4 40. Bxg4 Kb8 41. Bf3 (41. Kf1
Rxe4 42. Bf3 Rc4 43. Ke2 Kc7 44. Kd3 {is the only way to save the N, when
winning the game is very difficult, because the g pawn can be defended .
However there may be mating possibilities for Bl, as the Wh K may have to stay
neat that pawn to prevent the Bl K from appearing on g3}) 41... Kc7 42. Nc5 (
42. Kf1 Kd6 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. Kd3 Bh4 45. Kc2 Be1 46. Kd1 Bb4 47. Kc2 Ra7 48. Nc1
Rc7+ 49. Kd1 Kd4 50. Ne2+ Ke3 51. Ng3 Rc5 52. Nf5+ Kd3 53. Ng3 Ra5 54. Be2+ Ke3
55. Bf3 Ra2 {KD3 and Wh is running out of moves.the e pawn has to go forward
and be lost} 56. e5 Rd2+ (56... Kf4 {looks simpler}) 57. Kc1 Ba3+ 58. Kb1 Rb2+
59. Ka1 Kd2 60. Ne2 Rb4 61. Ka2 Bb2 62. e6 Kc2 63. Bc6 Bf6 64. Be8 Be7 65. Bd7
Rb2+ 66. Ka1 Bf6 67. Ba4+ Kd2 68. e7 Rb4+ 69. Ka2 Rxa4+ 70. Kb3 Bxe7 71. Kxa4
Kxe2 $19 {KD3}) 42... Be3+ 43. Kh2 Bxc5 $19 44. Kh3 Kd6 45. Kg4 Ke5 46. Kh5 Be3
(46... Ra7 47. Kxh6 Bf8+ 48. Kh5 Rg7 $19 {KD3- going for mate, humans would
keep the pawn}) 47. Kg4 Ra8 48. Kg3 Rg8+ 49. Kh3 Rg5 50. Kh4 Kf4 51. Kh3 Bg1
52. Kh4 Bf2+ 53. Kh3 Bg3 54. e5 Kxe5 {human- the Engine has a problem like
solution} (54... h5 55. e6 Rg4 56. Bxg4 hxg4#) 55. Bg4 Kf4 56. Bf3 Rc5 (56...
h5 {still works}) 57. Be2 Rc1 58. Bd1 Ra1 59. Be2 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Smith, Alun"]
[Black "Westcott, Dale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 {currently a very fashionable GM
line} Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 (6... Bb6 {main} 7. Nf3 Ne7) 7. Nf3 f6 (7... a5) (7... Nd7
{main lines}) 8. Bb2 Nc6 (8... a5) 9. Bd3 Nxe5 (9... Nh6 {2-5-2}) (9... fxe5
10. Nxe5 Nf6 {2-1-2} (10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 {1-1-2})) 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+
{why Bl is better taking with the pawn on move 9} Kf8 12. Bxe5 $16 Nf6 (12...
Bf6 {KomodoDragon3}) 13. Qf3 (13. Qg5 $1 {KD3} Bd6 14. Nd2) 13... Bd6 14. Qf4
Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qb6 (15... Ng4 16. Qe2 $14 {Cloud Engines}) 16. Nd2 (16. O-O Kf7
17. Nd2 $16 {KD3}) 16... Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 (17. Kd1 Ke7 18. Rf1 Qxg2 19. Kc1 Rf8
20. Nf3 Ne8 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Kb2 $11 {KD3, Wh has enough play with the open
lines, while the Bl K is still in the centre}) 17... Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Nxe5 $15 19.
Rhf1+ Ke7 20. Nf3 Nxd3 (20... Nxf3 {KD3- is a better choice. For one it avoids
ant tricky good N vs bad B endings and it has other positional points} 21. gxf3
(21. Rxf3 a5 22. Re1 axb4 23. axb4 Ra4 $19) 21... Bd7 $19 {KD3}) 21. cxd3 Bd7
22. d4 {Wh now has definite control over e5 and Bl's extra pawn is a backward
one} Rhf8 23. Ne5 {this allows Bl some activity on the open f file} (23. Rac1
Rac8 24. Rfe1 {is better & perhaps getting the K to guard the d pawn on e3})
23... Bb5 24. Rfe1 Rac8 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Kd6 27. Rc3 {if the Rs swap off,
Wh's K may threaten to come to e5, while the B will be unable to protect its
pawns from the N} Rf1 28. Rc8 Rd1 (28... Ra1 {is preferred by KD3} 29. Nf7+ Kd7
30. Rc3 Bc6 31. Ne5+ Kd6 32. h4 Rd1 33. Rd3 Ra1 34. Rf3 a6 {and the Engine
still prefers Bl even though the extra pawn is useless}) 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rg8
Kf6 (30... Rxd4 {KD3- is better, as the two centre Bl pawns are ready to run,
aided by a B that can also hinder the advance of any Wh pawns that show any
signs of moving forwards}) 31. Rf8+ Ke7 (31... Kg5 32. Rf7 Kh6 33. Rxb7 a6 34.
Re7 (34. Nf3 $11) 34... Rxd4 35. Rxe6+ g6 36. Rb6 $11 {KD3}) 32. Rf7+ Kd6 33.
Rxb7 Rxd4 $2 {this should have lost the B} (33... a6 34. Nf3 Be2 35. Rb6+ Ke7
36. Ng5 Rd2 37. h4 Bf1 38. Kf3 Rxd4 $11 {KD3}) 34. Nf3 (34. Nf7+ Kc6 35. Nd8+
$1 Kd6 36. Rxb5 $18 {KD3}) 34... Bc6 35. Rxg7 Rd3 (35... Re4 {KD3- lets the Bl
pawns move faster} 36. Rxa7 d4 37. Rxh7 d3 38. b5 (38. Rh8 Re3 39. Kf2 Re2+ 40.
Kf1 Ke7 41. b5 Bxb5 42. Rb8 Bc6 43. Rb1) 38... Bxb5 39. Rh4 Re3 40. Rb4 Bc6 41.
Kf4 Re2 42. Rd4+ Bd5 43. Rxd3 $11 {KD3}) 36. Rxa7 e5 37. Kf2 e4 38. Ng5 $2 {
this should lose} (38. Ra6 exf3 (38... Kc7 39. Rxc6+ $18) 39. b5 Ke5 40. Rxc6 (
40. bxc6 fxg2 41. Kxg2 Rc3) 40... fxg2 41. Kxg2 Rxa3 42. Rh6 Rb3 $11 {KD3})
38... e3+ 39. Ke2 Bb5 40. Nf7+ Ke6 41. Nd8+ Ke5 $2 (41... Kf6 42. Rf7+ Kg6 {
running Wh out of checks} 43. a4 Bc4 44. Rc7 Ra3+ {and Wh has to give up the R
with} 45. Rxc4 (45. Kf3 e2+ 46. Kf2 Ra1) 45... dxc4 46. Nc6 Kf5 47. Kf3 Ke6 48.
b5 Kd5 49. Nd8 Rxa4 50. Kxe3 Rb4 $19 {KD3}) (41... Kf5 {is similar}) 42. Re7+
$11 (42. Nc6+ Kf5 43. a4 Bc4 44. Na5 $11 {KD3}) 42... Kd4 (42... Kd6 43. Rxe3
Rxa3+ 44. Kd2 (44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Bf1) 44... Ra2+ 45. Kc3 Rxg2 46. Rh3 $11 {
KD3}) 43. Ne6+ Kc3 44. Nc5 $2 (44. Nf4 Rd2+ 45. Kxe3 $11 {KD3}) 44... Rd2+ $19
45. Ke1 e2 (45... d4 $1 {KD3, the combined pawns are stronger than a R} 46.
Ne4+ Kd3 {and the R cannot be taken anyway} 47. Nxd2 exd2+ 48. Kd1 Ba4#) 46.
Re3+ Kc2 47. a4 Rd1+ 48. Kf2 Rf1+ 49. Kg3 Bc4 (49... d4 $19 50. Rxe2+ Bxe2 51.
a5 Rf8 $19 {KD3}) (49... e1=Q+ 50. Rxe1 Rxe1 51. axb5 d4 52. b6 d3 53. b7 Re8
$19 {KD3}) 50. Rxe2+ Bxe2 51. a5 d4 52. Ne6 d3 53. Nd4+ Kd2 {obstructing the
vital pawn} (53... Kb2 {stays away from the N}) 54. a6 Ra1 {in time trouble
bad moves come easily} (54... Kc3 55. a7 Ra1 $19) (54... Rf7 $19) 55. Nb3+ Ke1
$2 $18 {and this one finally does lose the game} (55... Ke3 $1 56. Nxa1 d2 57.
Nc2+ Kd3 58. a7 d1=Q 59. a8=Q Qxc2 60. Qd5+ {and the Engine concludes that Wh
can get a draw here} Kc3 61. Qc5+ Bc4 62. b5 Qg6+ 63. Kf4 {and there are it
seems enough perpetuals for both sides (nthe B is no good for protecting its K
against checks on the opposite colour to it}) 56. Nxa1 d2 57. Nc2+ Kf1 58. Ne3+
Ke1 59. a7 {Ns are very tricky customers who can sometimes perform
miraculously in endgames as well.} 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Jones, Gavin"]
[Black "Davies, Rhys"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1213"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.12"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 {has been used by Jobava and other GMs}
(4. d4) (4. Nf3 {main lines}) 4... Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. a3 {1-1-1} (6. Nge2) (6.
Nf3 {main lines}) 6... Bg4 $146 7. Nf3 e6 8. Rb1 (8. O-O $14 {transposes back,
yet 0-4 (no GMs)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O-O $6 {risky as Wh is ready to launch
with b4-b5 with the B on g2 also aiming at b7} 10. O-O (10. b4 Qf5 11. b5 {
KomodoDragon3}) 10... h5 (10... Qh5 $5) 11. b4 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qf5 13. d3
$16 {KD3}) 11... Qc7 $2 (11... Qf5) 12. Qe3 (12. b5 $18 {KD3} c5 13. b6 $1 axb6
14. Nb5 Qb8 15. d4 cxd4 16. Qc4+ Bc5 17. Nfxd4 $18) 12... Bxf3 (12... a6 13. a4
$18) 13. Bxf3 (13. Qxf3 {KD3}) 13... Nb6 (13... a6) 14. a4 (14. b5 $1 $18 c5
15. a4 Nbd5 16. Qe2 b6 17. a5 {KD3}) 14... a6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 $2 {over
optimistic} (16. axb5 a5 17. d3 $16 {KD3}) 16... axb5 17. Rxb5 Nfd7 (17... Nfd5
18. Qe2 Nxa4 $17 {KD3}) 18. a5 (18. Qe2 Nb8 19. a5 Nd5 20. c4 $18 {KD3}) 18...
Nd5 19. Qb3 Nc5 $11 (19... Ne5 $11) 20. Qb2 Kd7 (20... h4 $17 {KD3} 21. d4 hxg3
22. hxg3 Na4 23. Qb3 Nac3 $17) 21. d4 $18 Rb8 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. c4 Nb4 24. Bf4
Bd6 25. Rd1 Qxc4 26. Rxd6+ (26. Rxb4) 26... Ke7 27. Rxb4 Qc8 28. Rdb6 (28. Qxg7
{KD3} Qc5 29. Rbd4 Rh7 30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Qxh7 Qf8 32. Bxh5 Rc8 33. Bxf7+ Qxf7
34. Qxf7#) 28... f6 29. Rxb7+ Rxb7 30. Rxb7+ Kf8 31. Rb8 Qxb8 32. Qxb8+ 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Binesmael, Ahmed"]
[Black "Holland, Lyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1464"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.13"]

{[%evp 0,16,30,30,30,30,30,26,50,50,35,-27,82,79,79,76,76,-90,238]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 (4... d6 {main}) 5. c3 (5. Nxd4) 5... dxc3 $6 (
5... d6) 6. Qd5 {Midjord-Scharf, Nice Ol 1974, and Bl resigned here, as noted
in Harding & Botterill 1977:130} Nh6 7. Bxh6 O-O 8. Bc1 {most frequent, but
inexact} (8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Nxc3 {75% for Wh}) (8. Nxc3 gxh6 9. Qh5 {83% for Wh})
8... d6 (8... Nb4 $17 9. Qh5 (9. Qd1 c2 $19) 9... d5 $1 (9... Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1
11. Nxc3 $11 {is the consesnsus of the Cloud Engines, in practice Wh has very
active pieces and scores 9.5-0.5}) 10. exd5 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Nxc3 $11 {
Cloud Engines, but 3-1}) 9. Nxc3 (9. bxc3 $18 {Cloud Engines, cuts out that
Nb4 move, & 4-0}) (9. Qd1 cxb2 10. Bxb2 {2nd line of KomodoDragon3, 2-0}) 9...
Be6 10. Qd3 {Cloud Engines} (10. Qb5 $16 {3-1}) 10... Nb4 11. Qe2 Bxc4 12. Qxc4
Nc2+ 13. Ke2 {Cloud Engines} (13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Qb1 Qg4 (15... d5
$19) 16. Rg1 Bh4 17. h3 $18 {Stitilis-Delkus, LTU ch U14 Panevys 2013,1-0})
13... Nxa1 14. Bd2 (14. Nd5 c6 (14... Bf6 $15) 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Be3 Nb3 17.
Qxb3 Qxe4 18. Rc1 b6 19. Kf1 $11 {Nunes-Moreira, Fortaleza Cearense zt 2019,0-1
}) 14... Nc2 15. Nd5 (15. Qb3 Bf6 16. Qxc2 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 15... Na3 (
15... c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxc2 Rfe8 18. Be3 Qxe4 $11 {KD3}) 16. bxa3 c6 17.
Nxe7+ (17. Nc3 $16 {KD3}) 17... Qxe7 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Nd2 (19. Rb1) 19... Rad8
20. f3 {leaves up supporting the B} (20. Rb1 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Nf3 $11 {KD3}
) 20... d5 $17 21. Qb3 d4 (21... c5 22. Rc1 c4 23. Qb2 b5 $17 {KD3}) 22. Bf4
d3+ (22... Qf6 $1 23. Bc7 Rd7 24. Bg3 d3+ 25. Kd1 (25. Kf2 Qd4+) 25... c5 $17 {
KD3}) 23. Kf2 $16 {Wh can now blockade the advanced pawn} a6 24. g3 b5 25. Rc1
(25. a4 $1 Rd4 {holds up the pawn mass moving too far} 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rc1
$18 {KD3}) 25... c5 26. a4 c4 27. Qc3 Qd7 $11 (27... f5 $15) 28. axb5 axb5 29.
Be3 Ra8 30. a3 Ra4 31. Bc5 Ra6 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Bd4 (33. Qd4 h5 34. Bb4 $16 {
KD3- Bl has to take care over the long diagonal ; and the b5 pawn (which
supports the pawn chain)could get vulnerable}) 33... Rea8 34. Ra1 Ra4 35. Qc1 (
35. Bxg7 b4 $15 {KD3}) 35... b4 (35... h5) 36. Qxc4 (36. axb4 Rxa1 37. Bxa1 Qa4
38. Bb2 Qc2 39. Qxc2 dxc2 40. Nxc4 Rb8 41. Ne3 Rxb4 42. Ba3 Rb3 43. Bc1 Rb1 44.
Ba3 c1=Q 45. Bxc1 Rxc1 46. g4 $11 {KD3- with the pawns all on one side the N &
extra pawn should be holding the position}) 36... Qxc4 37. Nxc4 bxa3 $19 38.
Nb6 Rxd4 39. Nxa8 d2 40. Rd1 a2 (40... h5 {creates an escape square so that
the RWh R has no time to take on d2}) 41. Nb6 a1=Q (41... h5 {Bl should try to
keep the pawns and attack the N} 42. Kf1 Rb4 43. Nd5 Rb1 44. Nc3 Rxd1+ 45. Nxd1
a1=Q $19 {KD3}) 42. Rxa1 d1=Q 43. Rxd1 Rxd1 44. Nd5 (44. h4 Kf8 45. g4 $11 {
Wh needs a little bit of space for the K to be safe in}) 44... Kf8 {generally
the K must join in in endgames, but also one must be alert to tactical chances.
(and Bl must keep an eye out for possible N forks)} (44... Rd2+ $1 45. Kg1 (45.
Kh3 Rf2 46. f4 f6 {and the extra pawn goes- which means that Bl can threaten
to capture a N & P with the K& R uniting- the Wh K will be constantly kept
away by the R}) 45... Kf8 $19 {KD3}) 45. Kh3 (45. h4 {better}) 45... Rd2 {
Bl is now one move too slow} 46. g4 Rd3 47. Kg3 f6 48. h4 Kf7 49. h5 g5 50.
hxg6+ hxg6 51. Kf2 (51. g5 fxg5 52. Kg4 Kg7 53. Ne7 Ra3 54. Nd5 $11 {KD3-Bl
can make no progress}) 51... g5 52. Ne3 Ke6 53. Ke2 Ra3 54. Nc4 (54. Nf5 Ke5
55. Kf2 Kf4 56. Nd4 Ra2+ 57. Ne2+ Ke5 58. Ke3 {KD3- also holds but is scarier})
54... Rc3 55. Ne3 Ke5 56. Nd5 Ra3 57. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bagga, Khushi"]
[Black "Reid, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1358"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.13"]

{[%evp 0,20,20,20,14,14,6,23,21,-3,22,-1,30,39,105,105,105,105,105,105,105,103,
103]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 (5... Bb4 {main})
6. Be3 Qe7 (6... Bb6 {main}) 7. Nf5 Qf8 8. Nxg7+ Qxg7 9. Bxc5 {82% for Wh from
51} d6 10. Bd4 Be6 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 {11 -0}) 11. Qd2 Nxd4 (11... Rg8 12.
O-O-O O-O-O 13. f3 a6 14. g3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nd7 16. Be2 {Zadravec-Srnec, CRO ch
tm 2016,1-0}) 12. Qxd4 Kd7 $6 {The K will not be very safe here} (12... a6 13.
O-O-O O-O-O 14. Qa7 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Be2 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 13. O-O-O (13. f4 $18 {KD3}) 13... Qg5+ 14. Kb1 Ke7 15. Nd5+
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bb5 (17. Re1+ Kd7 18. h4 Qg4 19. Bb5+ c6 20. dxc6+ bxc6
21. Qd5 $18 {KD3}) 17... f6 18. Rhe1+ Kf7 19. h4 (19. g4 Qxg4 20. Qc3 Rhc8 21.
Rg1 $18 {KD3}) 19... Qxg2 20. Qe3 Qe4 {virtually forced, surviving a little
longer} 21. Qxe4 (21. Qh6 {KD3 also wins} Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Rag8 23. Rc1 Rg6 24.
Qe3 Qe4 25. Rxc7+ Kf8 26. Qc3 $18 {KD3- Bl will have to give up the Q} Qxh4 27.
Re8#) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 $18 a6 23. Bd3 (23. Bd7) 23... Rhe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25.
Bxh7 (25. Rg1) 25... Rh8 26. Bf5 b6 (26... Rxh4 {Bl may as well get a pawn back
}) 27. Rh1 Rh5 28. Be4 f5 29. Bf3 Rh6 30. h5 Kf6 31. Re1 Rh7 32. b3 a5 33. Kb2
Kg5 34. Re6 Kf4 35. Be2 Kg5 36. Rg6+ Kh4 37. h6 Kh3 38. Bd3 f4 39. Rf6 (39.
Bf5+ Kh4 (39... Kh2 40. Rg2+ Kxg2 41. Bxh7 Kxf2 42. Bf5 f3 43. h7) 40. Rg4+ Kh5
41. Bxh7 Kxh6 42. Be4 {KD3}) (39. Rxd6 Rh8 40. Rc6 {KD3}) 39... Rh8 40. h7 f3
41. Rg6 Ra8 42. Rg8 Rxg8 43. hxg8=Q a4 44. Qg3# 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Vyas, Jui"]
[Black "Reid, Curtis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "850"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.13"]

{[%evp 0,13,28,8,28,28,28,29,27,18,22,13,47,26,49,26]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3.
Bf4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. c3 c5 6. Nbd2 c4 $6 {gains space on the Q side, but the
removal of pressure on the centre should enable Wh to break in with a
welltimed e4. 4-4-2 results} 7. Ne5 (7. Be2 {2.5-1.5}) (7. b3 b5 8. a4 $16 {
Cloud Engines} b4 9. Qc2 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nc6 11. Be2 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 7...
Bd6 8. e4 (8. g4 Qc7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Qxc6 13. Bg2
$14 {KD3-e4 is coming, and Wh can attack on the K side, while Bl is hampered
by a bad QB}) (8. h3 {1.5-0.5}) 8... b5 9. f3 (9. Nxf7 $1 {KD3} Kxf7 10. Bxd6
Qxd6 11. e5 Qe7 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Be2 $16 {Bl's K is a little shaky} Rg8 14.
Nf1 Nc6 15. Ng3 Kg7 16. O-O Kh8 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. b3 $16 {Bl's pawn structure is
somewhat inflexible} e5 $2 19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... fxe5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 $18
) 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Qd4 $18 {KD3}) 9... O-O 10. Be2 h6 (10... Qc7 11. Bg5 Bb7
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ng4 Nd7 14. g3 Kh8 {KD3- Wh's centre is under pressure} 15.
O-O dxe4 16. fxe4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 f5 19. Nh2 fxe4 20. Rg1 Qf4 21.
Rf1 Qh6 {Bl centre pawn are more than enough for the temporary piece sac, with
Wh's QR having less cance joining in the game than Bl's QR}) 11. O-O Bb7 12.
Ng4 $2 (12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Bg3 $11 {KD3}) 12... Bxf4 $19 13. e5 Nxg4 14. fxg4 Bg5
(14... Be3+ 15. Kh1 Nd7) 15. Nf3 Be7 16. h4 Bxh4 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. Nd2
Bg5 20. Nf3 $2 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Binesmael, Mohamed"]
[Black "Smith, Alun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.13"]

{[%evp 0,11,25,23,30,30,32,0,-11,-78,-78,-79,-65,-124]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
c5 4. c4 {a risky line} (4. c3) (4. Nf3 {main lines}) 4... cxd4 5. Nf3 (5. Qxd4
Nc6 6. Qf4 Nge7 {24 % for Wh}) 5... Nc6 6. Bf4 {43 %} (6. Nxd4 {24% for Wh}) (
6. cxd5 {8.3 %}) 6... Nge7 $146 {KomodoDragon3} (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 {1-3}) 7.
Nbd2 (7. Nxd4 dxc4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Nd2 Bc5 $17 {KD3}) 7... Nf5 (
7... f6 8. Bg3 Nf5 9. exf6 Qxf6 $15 {KD3}) 8. a3 Be7 9. Rc1 (9. h4 f6 10. Bd3
fxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Ndf3 Bd6 $15 {KD3}) 9... O-O (9... g5 $19 {KD3} 10. g4 (
10. Bg3 g4 11. Ng1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nxe5 $19) 10... Ng7 11. Bg3 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qb6 $19 {KD3}) 10. c5 f6 $19 11. g4 fxe5 (
11... Nh4 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bd6 Be7 14. Bg3 e5 $19 {KD3}) 12. Nxe5 (12. gxf5
exf4 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Bg2 g5 15. h3 Bf6 $19 {KD3-Bl controls the centre with
the Bs & also has a Kside pawnadvance -Wh's pawn majority on the Q side is too
cumbersome}) 12... Nh4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bg3 Qa5 (14... e5 15. Qa4 (15. Bxe5 {
is far too risky with the K in the centre} Bg5 16. Bxd4 Re8+) 15... Bxg4 $19 {
KD3}) 15. f4 e5 16. g5 (16. f5 Bg5 17. Be2 Ng2+ 18. Kf2 Ne3 19. Qe1 Nxg4+ 20.
Bxg4 Bxd2 21. Qxe5 Bxc1 $19 {KD3}) 16... Nf5 17. Kf2 (17. b4 Qxa3 18. Rb1 Qe3+
19. Qe2 exf4 $19 {KD3}) 17... e4 (17... exf4 {also}) 18. Nb3 Qa4 19. h4 Rb8 20.
Nxd4 Qxd4+ (20... Rxb2+ 21. Be2 Qxd4+) 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. b4 Bg4 23. Bh3 Bxh3
24. Rxh3 Rf5 (24... a5) 25. Ke3 Ne6 26. Rh2 a5 27. Rb1 axb4 28. axb4 Rxb4 (
28... Bxc5+) 29. Rxb4 Bxc5+ 30. Ke2 Bxb4 31. Rf2 g6 32. Rf1 c5 33. Ke3 c4 34.
Rb1 Bc5+ 35. Kd2 Rf8 (35... d4) 36. Rb7 d4 37. f5 Rxf5 (37... e3+ 38. Ke1 d3
39. fxe6 Bd4 {KD3}) 38. Rb8+ Rf8 39. Rb7 e3+ 40. Ke1 d3 41. Be5 d2+ 42. Ke2
Rf2+ 43. Kd1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Belochkin, David"]
[Black "Jones, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.14"]

{[%evp 0,8,44,24,38,13,43,32,27,-4,43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 (4.
Qc1 {main}) 4... d6 (4... d5) 5. c3 Bf5 $146 (5... g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O Nh5 {Elpons-Guetz, St Veit
op jul 2022,0-1}) 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 h6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3
11. fxg3 (11. hxg3) 11... Qc7 12. O-O e6 13. e4 Nf6 14. c4 (14. e5) 14... Be7
15. d5 e5 16. Rac1 Nh7 (16... Nd7 $11) 17. Nh4 Bxh4 18. gxh4 Qe7 19. Qg3 (19.
c5 dxc5 20. d6 Qd7 21. Rxc5 $14 {KomodoDragon3}) 19... O-O 20. Rf2 Nf6 21. Rcf1
Nh5 22. Qg4 g6 (22... Nf4 $11 {KD3}) 23. Rf5 Ng7 24. R5f3 cxd5 25. exd5 Kh7 26.
Qh3 (26. Rf6 Nh5 27. Ne4 $16 {KD3} Nxf6 28. Rxf6 Rg8 29. h5 Rg7 30. Rxd6 $18)
26... f5 (26... Nh5 $19 {KD3}) 27. Re3 e4 28. Qg3 Qf6 (28... Rae8 $17) 29. Nxe4
(29. Rxe4 $14) 29... Qd4 $19 30. Nxd6 (30. Nf2 f4 31. Rd3 fxg3 32. Rxd4 gxf2+
33. Rxf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Rf8+ $19 {KD3}) 30... f4 31. Rxf4 Qxf4 (31... Rxf4 32.
h3 Raf8 {KD3 even stronger}) 32. Qxf4 Rxf4 33. g3 Rd4 34. Nxb7 Nf5 35. Re2 Kg7
36. Nc5 Kf7 37. Kf1 Rc8 38. Ke1 $2 Rxc5 39. Re6 a5 40. Ra6 h5 41. Ke2 Nxh4 (
41... Rc7 {KD3} 42. Re6 (42. Rxa5 Re7+ 43. Kf3 Re3+ 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Ree2
46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Ra8+ Kh7 48. Ra7+ Kh6 49. Rf7 Ne3+ 50. Kg1 Rd1+ 51. Rf1 Rxf1#)
42... Re7 $19) 42. gxh4 Rxh4 43. Kd3 g5 44. a3 g4 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Rc8 (
46... Rxc4 {KD3} 47. Kxc4 g3+ 48. Kb5 gxh2 49. Ra1 h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Rxh1 $19) 47.
Ra2 Rxc4 48. Kxc4 g3+ 49. Kc5 gxh2 50. Rxh2 Rxh2 51. b5 Ke7 52. b6 Kd7 53. d6
Rb2 54. Kd4 h4 55. Ke3 h3 56. b7 h2 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bagga, Khushi"]
[Black "Lloyd, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1358"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.14"]

{[%evp 0,23,29,27,27,20,20,29,7,8,8,8,8,5,5,12,6,8,12,9,42,42,61,53,71,54]} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... cxd5 {main}) 10. bxc3 Qxd5 {20 games} (10... cxd5
11. Bg5 {402 games}) 11. c4 Qd6 (11... Qe5 {5 Wh wins, 2 draws}) 12. Qf3 ({
Cloud Engines} 12. h3 $18 Be6 13. Qf3 Bxc4 14. Ba3 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Bxc4
dxc4 17. Bxf8 {Becker-Dunne, Hamburg Junge op 2005,1-0}) 12... Bg4 13. Qf4 Qd7
14. h3 Bh5 15. Bb2 $18 Ne8 16. Qg5 (16. Rfe1 $18 Rb8 17. Bd4 a5 18. Re3 Bg6 19.
Rd1 Nd6 20. Bc3 Bxd3 21. Rexd3 Qf5 22. Qd4 f6 23. c5 Nb7 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Bd4
Rbe8 26. Qa4 {KD3}) 16... Bg6 17. Rad1 h6 18. Qf4 Rd8 19. Ba3 Nd6 20. c5 Ne8 (
20... Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qf5 $11 {KD3}) 21. Bb2 (21. Bxg6 Qxd1 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Ra1 25. Qc4 $18 {KD3- the two Rs are will take a while to
cooperate- meanwhile Wh will be winning important pawns}) 21... Qc8 22. Qc4 Rd5
23. Bxg6 $18 Rg5 $5 (23... fxg6 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5+ $18 {KD3}) 24. f4 (24.
Be4 Qxh3 25. Rfe1 $18 {KD3}) 24... Rxg6 25. f5 Rg5 26. Qe4 $18 g6 27. h4 (27.
fxg6 Rxg6 28. Qd4 f6 29. Qd3 f5 30. Rfe1 $18 {KD3}) 27... gxf5 28. Qd4 Rg7 29.
Rf3 (29. Rfe1 $1 $18 {KD3}) 29... Qe6 30. a3 f6 31. Re3 Qf7 32. Rde1 Rg4 $15
33. Qd3 Qg6 34. R1e2 Qh5 35. Rh3 Qg6 36. Rf3 Ng7 37. Bc1 Rxh4 $17 (37... Nh5
38. Ref2 (38. Qxf5 Qxf5 39. Rxf5 Ng3 $19) 38... Rxh4 $19 {KD3}) 38. Bd2 Qh5 (
38... Nh5 $19) 39. Kf2 Rg4 (39... Re8 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Rf4 Rxf4+ 42. Bxf4 h5
43. Bxc7 Qe4 44. Qa6 Ne6 45. Qxa7 f4 $19 {KD3}) 40. Rh3 Rh4 41. Rg3 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Reid, Curtis"]
[Black "Binesmael, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.14"]

{[%evp 0,9,29,27,103,71,78,88,61,26,97,34]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 a6 {63% for Wh, is quite a strong response, curbing both b5 & d5 for Bl} (
4... Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {main}) 5. Bd3 (5. c4) 5... e6 6. Nf3 {an unforced retreat,
not found in the databases} (6. O-O) (6. c4) (6. Nc3 {main lines}) 6... Nf6 7.
O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O {transposes to 16 games} (8... Nc6 {transposes to 61 games})
9. h3 {5 draws, 3 Bl wins} b5 10. Be3 Bb7 $15 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 {0-2}) 11... b4
12. Ne2 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 $19 14. Qd3 d5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. Bxg3 Nd7 17. Rfe1
Nc5 18. Qd4 $2 Ne4 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Rxe4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 a5 22. Re1 h6 23. Re5 {
this is just a temporary measure- the centre pwns will soon be moving forward
and forcing the Wh pieces to retreat} Re8 24. b3 f6 25. Rh5 e5 26. Bxe5 fxe5
27. Nxe5 Rxe5 {simplyfying} (27... Qf6) 28. Rxe5 Qf6 29. Rdxd5 Rc8 30. Re2 Qa1+
31. Kh2 Qxa2 32. Rdd2 Qb2 33. f4 Qf6 34. Rf2 Re8 35. Rd5 Re4 36. g3 Qb6 37. Kg2
(37. Rdd2) 37... Qc6 38. Rdd2 Re1+ 39. Rf3 Re3 40. Rdf2 Rxf3 41. Rxf3 Qxc2+ 42.
Kg1 a4 43. bxa4 Qxa4 44. Rf1 b3 45. Rf2 Qa1+ 46. Kg2 b2 47. Kf3 b1=Q 48. Kg4
Qd1+ 49. Kh4 Qf6# 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Holland, Lyn"]
[Black "Reid, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1464"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.14"]

{[%evp 0,14,29,20,29,8,20,26,78,21,10,-2,21,21,60,60,175]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5
3. Nf3 d6 (3... Nc6 {main}) 4. d4 (4. c3) (4. h3 {main lines}) 4... exd4 5.
Nxd4 Qf6 (5... Nf6 {main}) 6. Be3 Bd7 (6... Nc6 7. c3 {transposes to 239 games.
normally reached via 2.Nf3, Nc6 3 d4 (Scotch game)}) 7. Nc3 a6 (7... Bb4 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. f4 Qg6 11. Bd3 Bh3 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qf2 {Albuquerque-De
Araujo, Poiguar ch, Natal 2012,1-0}) 8. Qd2 (8. Nd5 $18 Qd8 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qf3
f6 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 $1 Bxe3 (13... cxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qxe6+
Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. exf6 $18) 14. Nxe3 Kf8 15. exd6 $18 {
KomodoDragon3}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O-O Nbc6 10. Nce2 (10. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 (10... Bxe3
11. fxe3 Nxc6 12. Rhf1 $18) 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Qe3 b6 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 $18 {
Wh has 4 pawns to 3 on the K side, which can easily be used to lever out the
Bl K. Bl's majority on the Q side is hampered by one of them being doubled} b5
15. g5 Qg6 16. Qxc5 bxc4 17. Qxe7 Rfe8 18. Qxc7 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. f3 Qe5
21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd4 Rxg5 23. Rxc4 {KD3-now Wh has a winning superiority on
the Q side, where the Wh pawns will move forward far faster than the Bl ones
on the other side}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 (12. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 (12...
Bxe3 13. fxe3 Bxc6 14. Rhf1 $18) 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Qh4 15. f4 b5 (15... O-O
16. e6 $18) 16. Be2 O-O 17. g3 Qh3 18. Rhe1 $16 {KD3} Qxh2 19. Qe3 Qg2 20. Qxc5
Rad8 21. Bd3 $16 {Wh has several open lines leading to the Bl K}) 12... Bxe3
13. Qxe3 Bg4 (13... O-O-O $11) 14. Qb3 Na5 (14... O-O 15. Qxb7 Bxf3 16. gxf3
Ne5 17. Bb3 Rfc8 18. Qd5 a5 19. a4 Qxf3 $15 {KD3}) 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Be2 O-O 17.
Kb1 Bxf3 (17... Rfe8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Bd3 b5 20. Qb3 Rab8 $17 {KD3}) 18. Bxf3 b5
19. Qa3 Ne5 20. Qc3 Qe7 21. Be2 c5 22. f4 b4 (22... Nc6 23. Rhe1 Nd4 24. Qe3
Rfe8 25. Bd3 b4 26. e5 $11 {KD3}) 23. Qh3 (23. Qd2 Ng6 24. f5 Ne5 25. Qxd6 $18
{KD3}) 23... Ng6 24. Qe3 Rfe8 25. Bd3 Qf6 26. g3 a5 27. Rhe1 (27. Bb5 Reb8 28.
Bc4 $18 {KD3- Wh's K side pawns will find it easier to advance to open p
linesagainst the K than Bl's will be able to. The B is an attaker as well as a
defender, the N just a defender.}) 27... a4 28. Bc4 (28. Bb5 Red8 29. Bc6 Ra6
30. Bd5 $18 {KD3}) 28... a3 29. Qb3 (29. e5 dxe5 30. Rd7 e4 31. c3 Rf8 32. Rc7
$16 {KD3}) 29... Re7 30. Rd3 (30. Bd5 $1) 30... Rae8 31. Rde3 (31. bxa3 bxa3
32. Qxa3 Nf8 (32... Rxe4 $2 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qa8+ Nf8 35. Qxe4) 33. Qc3 Qxc3
34. Rxc3 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Bd5 Ra4 37. Rb3 g6 38. Rb8 $18 {KD3- the a
pawn will come forward very rapidly, with its queening square secured by the B}
) 31... Qd4 32. Bd3 (32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qf6 34. Qxa3 Rb8+ 35. Kc1 $16 {KD3})
32... d5 33. Bb5 $2 (33. c3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Qf6 35. e5 Qe6 36. f5 Qc8 37. fxg6 c4
$11 {KD3}) 33... Rxe4 $19 34. c3 {a compicated position in which very exact
calculation is needed} Qd2 $2 (34... Rxe3 $1 $19 35. Rxe3 (35. cxd4 Rxe1+ 36.
Kc2 c4 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Qxc4 R1e2+ 39. Kd1 axb2 $19) 35... Qxe3 36. Bxe8 Qxe8
37. cxb4 Qe1+ $19 {KD3}) 35. R1e2 $18 c4 36. Bxe8 $2 (36. Rxd2 $18 cxb3 37.
Rxe4 Rxe4 38. axb3 Re1+ 39. Ka2 axb2 40. Kxb2 bxc3+ 41. Kxc3 Ne7 42. b4 $18 {
KD3- and this pawn will win the game for Wh}) (36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxd2 cxb3 38.
axb3 {transposes}) 36... cxb3 $19 (36... Rxe3 $19 {transposes to the above note
}) 37. Rxd2 Rxe3 {mate as well the B are threatened} 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. axb3
bxc3 40. bxc3 Rxc3 41. Ka2 Ne7 42. Kxa3 Kf6 43. Kb4 Rc8 44. Rb2 Kf5 45. Kb5 d4
46. Re2 d3 (46... Ng6 {also}) 47. Rxe7 Rd8 48. Re1 d2 49. Rd1 Ke4 50. Kc4 Kf3
51. Kc3 Ke2 52. Kc2 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Smith, Alun"]
[Black "Jones, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.14"]

{[%evp 0,14,29,20,55,-9,17,12,15,18,22,8,39,27,7,-68,15]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 (
2... d5 {alternative}) 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 (7. Bc4
{main}) 7... g6 {3-2-3} (7... Bf5 {22% for Wh}) (7... e6 {31% for Wh- the main
lines}) 8. Bc4 Nc7 $146 (8... e6 {1-0}) (8... Nb6 {0-1}) (8... Be6 {1/2-1/2})
9. O-O $16 (9. Ng5 d5 10. Bb3 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 9... Bg7 10. Bf4 (10. exd6
Qxd6 11. d5 $16 {KD3}) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3
$11 {KD3}) 11... Be6 $15 (11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be6 $15 {KD3}) 12. Nbd2 O-O 13.
Rc1 Bd5 (13... Nd5) 14. Qe2 Ne6 15. Bh2 Bh6 $17 (15... Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. b3
Rfd8 $17 {KD3}) 16. Rfd1 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Qb6 (17... Qa5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Nb3 Qb5
20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qc2 Rd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qxc4 23. Nbd2 Qb5 24. Qb3 Qe2 25. Qc4 Qd1+
26. Qf1 Qc2 27. Qb1 Qc5 28. Bg3 Bxd2 29. Nxd2 Nxe5 $19 {KD3}) 18. Rh4 Kg7 (
18... Bg7 {also}) 19. b3 Rad8 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Ne3 Ncd4 (22... Qd3
$17 {KD3}) 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Qb2 Bxe3 25. fxe3 (25. Rxe3 Nf5 $19) 25... Nf5 (
25... Ne6 $19 {Wh's 4 pieces are scattered across the board}) 26. Rc4 Nxe3 27.
Rc7 Nd1 (27... Nf5 $19 {KD3}) 28. Qa1 e6 $2 (28... Qd2 $1 29. e6+ Kg8 30. Qe5
f6 31. Qe4 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Rd2 $19 {KD3}) 29. Bg3 (29. Rc1 $1 $18 {the N has
ventured too far}) 29... Qd2 30. Qc1 Qd3 (30... Qxc1 {KD3} 31. Rxc1 Rd3 (31...
Nb2 32. Rc7 Nd3 33. Rf1 g5 34. Rxb7 a5 $11) 32. Rcxd1 Rxg3 33. Rd7 a5 $11) 31.
Kh2 (31. Bf4 $1 Rfe8 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Qf2 35. Rc1 $18 {KD3})
31... Qd5 (31... h6 $1 32. Bh4 g5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rxd1 Qxd1 (34... Qf5 35.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxd8 Qxe5+ 37. Kg1 Rc7 38. Qd2 $11) 35. Qxg5+ $11 {KD3}) 32. Bh4
$18 (32. Bf4 $18) 32... Qa5 33. Bf6+ Kg8 34. Qh6 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Binesmael, Mohamed"]
[Black "Bagga, Khushi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1358"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,8,19,31,34,42,21,-41,-40,-38,-36]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4
Bd7 (4... f6 {main, 46% for Wh}) 5. Bb5 {1-4} (5. exd5 Nd4 {main 49% for Wh})
5... a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2 dxe4 8. Nxe5 Qg5 9. Nxc6 Qxg2 10. Rf1 bxc6
11. d4 Bd6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. O-O-O f4 {Yoshida-Sakai, JPN op email
1999,0-1}) 7... dxe4 (7... Bd6 8. exd5 Bd7 9. O-O f5 10. Re1 Qf6 11. Qxb7 Rd8
12. d4 e4 13. Bg5 {Zeller-Maugenest,FRA ch Online qual blitz 2020,1-0}) 8. Nxe5
Qe7 $2 (8... Qf6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. O-O O-O-O $19 {Cloud Engines}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. Qb7 Rd8 11. Qxc6+ $18 Qd7 (11... Rd7 12. Qxa6 Qe5 $18 {is a little bit
better, as Bl keeps a bind in the centre}) 12. Qxe4+ Qe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. d4
$18 {Bl is two pawns down, with 3 isolated pawns as well} Nf6 15. O-O (15. Be3)
15... Be7 (15... c5) 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 {reconnects pawns for Bl,
but swapping pieces does mean the extra pawns carry more weight} (18. Be5)
18... cxd6 19. f4 d5 $6 {restores e6 to its backward status} 20. Nd2 Rhe8 21.
Re2 Rb8 22. Rb1 h6 23. h3 Nd7 24. c4 Nf6 25. c5 Rbc8 26. b4 Re7 27. a4 Ne8 28.
b5 axb5 29. axb5 Rb7 {Bl can only sit and watch the pawns advance} 30. b6 g6
31. Nf3 Ra8 32. Ne5+ Kg7 33. Nc6 (33. c6 {simplest-wh does not need any extra
pawns for the moment}) 33... Kf7 34. Rbe1 Ng7 35. Ne5+ Kg8 (35... Kf6 36. Rb2
Ne8 37. c6) 36. Nxg6 Ra4 37. Rd2 Kf7 38. Ne5+ Kg8 39. g4 (39. Rb1 Nf5 40. c6)
39... Ra8 40. Rb1 Ne8 41. c6 Rbb8 42. Nd7 (42. b7 Ra7 43. Nd7) 42... Rd8 43. b7
Rab8 44. Nxb8 Rxb8 45. c7 1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Binesmael, Ahmed"]
[Black "Lloyd, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,16,23,23,23,16,16,5,17,11,-1,-112,-112,-122,18,-61,-61,-53,-74]} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 (4. d3 {positional}) (4. Ng5 {tactical}) 4...
Nxe4 {30 % for Wh} 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 h6 {50%} (6... d5 {going for control
over the centre- main} 7. Neg5+ Kg8 {the Bl K is quite safe and both Wh Ns
will soon have to retreat}) 7. d3 (7. d4 {50%}) (7. O-O d5 8. Ng3 {75% -the Bl
K still needs to find safety}) 7... d5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Re8 $146 {
KomodoDragon3} (9... Rf8 {Cloud Engines0-3}) (9... Be6 {0-1}) 10. O-O e4 $19 {
Deep Fritz13 & KomodoDragon3} 11. Ne1 Kg8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Bxc3 d4 14.
Bd2 e3 15. fxe3 dxe3 16. Bxe3 (16. Bc3 e2) 16... Rxe3 $19 {KD3}) 13... Ne5 (
13... Qf6 14. Qh5 Be6 15. Rb1 b6 $19 {KD3- the Wh pieces lack space & Bl just
builds up for a K side attack especially on the f file}) 14. h3 Qh4 15. f3 exd3
{missing the chance} (15... Bxh3 $1 $19 {with none of the Wh pieces in action,
it isn't even a sacrifice , as none of them can come to the rescue} 16. gxh3 $2
Qg3+ 17. Kh1 Qxh3+ 18. Kg1 Qg3+ (18... Re6 19. Bf4 Rf8 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qe2
Rg5+ 22. Kf2 exf3 23. Nxf3 Rg2+ {KD3 -is also dire}) 19. Kh1 Re6 20. Qe2 Qh3+
21. Qh2 Qxf1+ {etc}) 16. Nxd3 (16. f4 Nf7 (16... dxc2 17. Qe2 Bxh3 18. fxe5 $18
) 17. cxd3 $11 {KD3}) 16... Bxh3 $17 {(draw?)} (16... Bxh3 17. Qe1 (17. gxh3
Qg3+ 18. Kh1 Qxh3+ 19. Kg1 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 {and yes, Bl can take the draw, but
there is a win by} Nxd3 {when the Engine starts giving up more pieces to hold
off a quick mate} 21. Bg5 (21. cxd3 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Re6 23. Bf4 Rg6+ 24. Kf2 Rg2+
25. Ke3 Qe6+ 26. Kd4 Qb6+ 27. Kxd5 Rd8+ 28. Bd6 Qc6+ 29. Kd4 Rxd6+ 30. Ke3 Qe8+
31. Kf4 Rf6# {KD3}) 21... Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Re5 23. f4 Re3 24. Bh4 Qxh4 25. Qxd3
Rg3+ 26. Qxg3 Qxg3+ $19 {KD3})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Davies, Rhys"]
[Black "Belochkin, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1213"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,11,23,30,21,3,82,28,25,-30,16,16,53,-4]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6
4. c4 (4. Nf3 {main}) 4... dxc4 (4... c6 {main,64% for Wh}) (4... Bxb1 {50%})
5. Bxc4 {5-3} (5. Nc3 {8-3-2}) 5... Bd6 6. Bg3 {1-1} Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 {usually
not a good idea in QP opening to obstruct the c pawn- which needs to go to c5
to challenge Wh's centre} (7... O-O 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O {3 Wh wins- 2 draws}) 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Ne5 Na5 $2 (10... Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Rfd1 $16 {KomodoDragon3}) 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Be2 (12. Nxg4 $18 {the Bl Q
is overloaded} Bxg3 (12... Nxg4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxa5 $18) (12... b5 13. Nxf6+
gxf6 14. Bxb5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Kf8 17. Rc1 $18) 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14.
hxg3 b5 15. Bxb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 {transposes to initial ...b5 line- KD3}) 12...
Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Qb6 14. Qc2 (14. O-O $18 {KD3} Qxb2 (14... O-O 15. Nd7 Nxd7 16.
Bxd6 $18) 15. Nd3 Qxe2 16. Bxd6 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Bb4 b6 19. Rac1 $18 {
the Bl K is stuck in the centre}) 14... Nh5 15. O-O (15. Nd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Be7
17. Rc1 h6 18. O-O c5 (18... O-O 19. b4) 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. b4 Nc6 21. b5 $18 {
KD3}) 15... Nxg3 16. Nxg3 O-O $2 (16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 c5 18. Qa4+ Nc6 19. Qg4
Kf8 (19... O-O 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Qf4 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Nd7 $18)
20. f4 Qxb2 21. Ne4 $18 {KD3- the Bl pieces are scattered in different
locations and Wh will soon open up against the K}) 17. Nd7 Qb5 18. Nxf8 $18
Rxf8 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. b3 (20. Nc5) 20... e5 21. Ng5 (21. Rad1) 21... g6 22. f4
exd4 23. exd4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxg5 25. Qd2 b6 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. d5 c5 28. d6 Nc6
29. Re1 Nd4 30. d7 (30. Rxd4 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 {is another option}) 30... Rd8 31.
Re8+ Kg7 32. h4 (32. Rxd4) 32... Qh5 (32... Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Nxd2 34. hxg5 Rxd7 35.
Re1 {still leaves Wh with work to do}) 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Qxd4+ f6 35. Rxd8 Kf7
1-0

[Event "S Wales Late Summer Major"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Reid, David"]
[Black "Reid, Curtis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,16,23,17,17,17,17,11,14,21,14,28,19,12,7,-10,11,8,70]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 (3... Bc5) (3... Nf6 {main lines}) 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 (5... d6
6. c3 g5 {quite fashionable in GM circles lately} (6... g6 {older line})) 6. h3
(6. c3 {main}) 6... O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. Be3 (8. c3 {main, 64 % for Wh}) 8... Bd6
$6 {blocks the d pawn, which blocks in the QB & QR} (8... Bxe3 {1-2}) (8... Bb6
9. Bxb6 axb6 10. c3 {Duong Nguyen Minh-Huynk, VIE ch girls U11,2002,1-0}) (8...
Bf8 {preparing ..d5 looks a good alternative}) 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. Ng3
g6 $2 (11... Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bf8 14. c4 a5 $11 {KomodoDragon3}) 12.
Bxh6 $18 Kh7 $2 13. Qd2 (13. Ng5+ Kxh6 (13... Kg8 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Bxg6) 14.
Nxf7+ Kh7 15. Nxd8 $18 {KD3}) 13... Ng8 (13... Kg8 {may be best, but Bl's K
side is fatally weakened by the loss of the h pawn} 14. Ng5 Re6 15. Nf5 Bf8 16.
Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Bxe6 dxe6 18. Ng3 Qh6 19. f4 $18 {KD3}) 14. Ng5+ Kxh6 15. Nxf7+
Kg7 16. Nxd8 Raxd8 17. Qg5 Nce7 18. Bxg8 (18. Nf5+ $1 Nxf5 19. exf5 Re7 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 21. f6 Rh7 22. f7 Rg7 23. Qh5+ Rh7 24. Qg5 $18 {KD3}) (18. Nh5+ Kh7
19. Re3 Rf8 20. Rg3 Nh6 21. d4 Bxe4 22. dxe5 Bb4 23. Nf6+ $18 {KD3}) 18... Rxg8
19. Nh5+ (19. Nf5+ {also}) 19... Kf7 20. Qf6+ Ke8 21. Ng7+ Rxg7 22. Qxg7 Nc6 {
and all the 4 Bl pieces on the Q side are doing is blocking the escape routes
of their K} 23. Re3 Bf8 24. Qxg6+ Ke7 25. Rf3 Re8 26. Qf6# 1-0

