[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scott, Paul"]
[Black "Osinga, Awne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 O-O 5. Nge2 (5. f4 {main}) 5... d6 (5...
c6) 6. O-O a6 (6... c6) (6... Nc6) 7. a4 (7. f4 {played in 2 games}) 7... Nc6 (
7... c6 8. Qe1 d5 9. Bb3 d4 10. Nd1 Nh5 {Shi-Wan, AUS ch minor Cammeray 2011,
0-1}) 8. f4 Bg4 (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Ne5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Kh1 Ng6 12. Qe1 {Rihova-
Tancer, Klatovy op-B 2005,0-1}) 9. h3 (9. Qe1 Nd4 (9... Nh5 10. Nd5 Bh4 11. g3
Bf6 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. f5 Bd8 14. Ng1 Nd4 15. Qf2 c6 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. c3 d5 {
Aho-Tuomala, FIN ch tm 2000, 0-1}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 12. h3 Bxe2 13.
Qxe2 Re8 14. Qf3 {Bolon-Trolliet, FRA ch u12 girls, Romans 1999,1-0}) 9... Bd7
$11 (9... Be6 $11 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 d5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bd4
Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qg4 {Matilainen-Pallagi,Jvaskula-Hevesi m 2001, 1-0}) 10.
Ng3 Nd4 11. Nce2 Qc8 (11... c5) 12. Nxd4 (12. fxe5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 dxe5 14. Nf5
$16 {Komodo10}) 12... exd4 13. Qf3 (13. e5 $14) 13... Be6 14. b3 (14. e5 $16)
14... Bxc4 15. bxc4 $16 c6 16. Nf5 $18 {Komodo10; the Wh pieces have too much
space on the K side for Bl to cope with} Qd7 17. Qg3 (17. Bb2 $1 c5 18. c3 dxc3
19. Bxc3 {brings another piece in} Kh8 20. g4 $18) (17. Nxd4 $18) 17... g6 18.
Nxd4 (18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. f5 $18 {Komodo10}) 18... Nh5 19. Qf3 c5 20. Ne2 Bf6
21. c3 Kh8 22. Be3 b6 23. d4 (23. g4) 23... Qe6 (23... Qc7) 24. e5 $18 Be7 25.
g4 Ng7 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 Rg8+ 29. Kh2 Qxc4 30. Qf3 (30. Nf4 $1
{Komodo10}) 30... Qe6 31. Rg1 (31. Qxf7 {simplest}) 31... dxe5 32. Rxg8+ (32.
d5 $18 {Komodo10}) 32... Rxg8 33. d5 Qd6 (33... e4) 34. Qe4 $18 (34. Qxf7 $18)
34... f5 35. Qxf5 Rf8 36. Qe4 Qf6 37. Ng3 Bd6 38. Rf1 Qe7 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. c4
(40. Nf5) 40... a5 41. Nf5 Bc7 42. Bh6 Qe8 43. d6 Bxd6 44. Nxd6 Qe6 45. Qd5 (
45. Qa8+ Qg8 46. Nf7# {Komodo10}) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Farhaili, Mohammed"]
[Black "Neave, Guto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1275"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 (2... e6 {safer}) 3. Nc3 (3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 {gives Wh a
centre}) 3... e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 (5... O-O {more flexible before
committing centre pawns}) 6. e3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7... exd5 {alternative}) 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 (10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd2 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13.
Bb5+ Nc6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Ke2 $14 {Worek-Krumphals, EU ch U12 girls, Mureck
1998,1-0}) 10... c4 (10... O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Rc1 c4 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bd7
15. Ne5 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 $14 {Csinszky-Tardy, HUN ch tm
1996,1/2-1/2}) 11. Ne5 $2 {drops a piece} (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b3 $11 (12. O-O
$11)) 11... Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxb5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Bf5 15. Rac1 O-O 16. b3 b5
17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rc3 Qd6 (18... b4 19. Rcc1 c3 {produces a powerful protected
passed pawn}) 19. f3 Rfe8 20. e4 {trying for some activity} dxe4 21. Rce3 Qc6
22. Qe2 c3 23. Qc2 exf3 {Bl needs to be careful about the back rank, but the c
pawn should still be winning for him} (23... Qd7 $1) (23... b4 $1 {both
Komodo10}) 24. Qxf5 (24. Qxc3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 fxg2 26. d5 Qd7 $19 {Komodo10}) (
24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qxc3 (26. Qxf5 $2 Qe1#) 26... fxg2 27. Kxg2
Qe2+ 28. Kg1 h5 $19 {Komodo10}) 24... Rxe3 25. Rc1 (25. Rxe3 c2) 25... c2 26.
d5 Qc5 27. Kf1 fxg2+ (27... Rce8) 28. Kxg2 Re2+ 29. Kf1 Rd2 (29... Rce8 {is a
little quicker; Komodo10}) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taylor, Paul"]
[Black "Jones, Hefin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1269"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nd4 {an unusual move, more typical in a blitz game
- its risky to move a piece twice in the opening, while leaving others
undeveloped, because the opponent often gets a better piece placement} (3...
Bc5 4. Qg4 {is another difficult line} Qf6 5. Nd5 $1) (3... Nf6 {main line}) 4.
Qh5 {may expose the Q later} (4. Nf3 {challenging the N is the most frequest &
simple response; Wh is content with a small lead in development}) 4... Qf6 (
4... Qe7 {safest} 5. Nd5 Nf6) 5. Bb3 (5. Nd5 $1 Qd6 6. Nxc7+ Kd8 (6... Qxc7 $2
7. Qxf7+ Kd8 8. Qxf8#) 7. Nxa8 Nxc2+ 8. Kf1 Nxa1 9. d4 Qxd4 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bxb5
Bb7 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. g3 Bxa8 14. Kg2 Nf6 15. Bg5 $16 {Komodo10; Bl will
struggle to get his pices out , & his K is uncomfortable in the centre}) 5...
c6 $11 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nh3 (7. Nf3 $11 {simplest} d6 (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Qxf3 9.
gxf3 Nf6 10. f4 $11) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. O-O $11) 7... g6 (7... d6 $15) 8. Qg5 (8.
Qd1) 8... d6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. Ng5 Nxb3 (10... h6 $1 11. Nf3 (11. Nxf7 Nxb3 $19)
11... a5 $15) 11. axb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf3 $11 (13. Na4 Bb4+ 14. c3 Ba5 15.
Nc5 dxc5 (15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 dxc5 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Nxe5 $14) 16. Rxa5 $14 {
Komodo10}) 13... b5 14. Bh6 Nh5 (14... Ke7) 15. Ne2 (15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. Ne2 O-O 18. Kf1 (18. Nxf4 f5 $17 {Wh's Ns are loose}) 18... Bb6 19. Kg2 f6
20. Nxf4 $14) 15... Rg8 16. Nh2 {endangers the B on h6} (16. Kd2 Bxf2 17. g4
Ng7 18. Rhf1 Bb6 19. Ng5 f5 20. Nxh7 Bd8 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bg5 Rh8 23. Bxd8
Rxh7 24. Bf6 fxg4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Rg1 Bxe2 27. Bxg7 Kf7 28. Kxe2 Rxg7 29.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Ra6 Rc8 31. Rxa7+ Kf6 $11 {Komodo10}) 16... g5 17. h4 gxh4 $15
18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Kb7 21. Kd2 Rdf8 (21... Ng3) 22. Ra5 f5 $19
23. Rga1 Ra8 24. exf5 Rxg2 25. Nf3 Ng3 26. Re1 h3 27. f6 h2 (27... Bg4 $1) 28.
Nxh2 Rxh2 29. Kd1 Bg4 (29... Nxe2) 30. Kd2 Nxe2 31. Raa1 Nd4+ 32. Kc3 Nxc2 (
32... c5 33. Rac1 (33. exd4 exd4#) 33... b4+ 34. Kc4 Be6# {Komodo10}) 33. f7 (
33. b4) 33... b4+ 34. Kc4 Be6# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bevan, Paul"]
[Black "Hammett, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1251"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. c4 d5 5. c5 (5. Nc3 {main, more flexible}) 5...
c6 (5... Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 {transposes to several other games})
6. Nf3 Be7 7. Ne5 (7. O-O) 7... Nbd7 (7... O-O 8. f4) 8. f4 O-O 9. O-O (9. Nxd7
Bxd7 10. Nd2 Kh8 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. Ne5 Be8 {Kronenburg-Rompel, Hessen ch MVT
Offenbach 2005,0-1}) 9... Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 {a provocation, that Wh should not
be tempted by} (10... Ne4 $15 {more usual placement fot this N}) 11. h3 (11.
Nc3) 11... Bh4 $5 {continuing the idea, however it should not work against a
correct defence} (11... Nh6 $11) 12. hxg4 $18 Bg3 13. Rf3 {still ok, but the
next move is crucial} (13. Nd2 $1 {Komodo10} Qh4 (13... fxg4 14. Qxg4 $18) 14.
Nf3 Qxg4 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Be1 $18) 13... Qh4 14. Kf1 $2 (14. Rxg3 $1 Qxg3 15.
gxf5 $18 {the Q no longer has any support troops} exf5 16. Nc3 f4 17. Ne2 Qh4
18. exf4 $18) 14... Qh1+ 15. Ke2 Qxg2+ (15... Qxg2+ 16. Rf2 Qxf2#) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chong, Kimberly"]
[Black "Eddershaw, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1441"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[Annotator "user,mesh"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 (4. e3) (4. Nf3) 4... Be7 5. e3 d5 (5... d6
{blunts some of the power of the Wh B.} 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nh5 {
Johansson-Turova, Hamina Bastioni op 2016, 0-1}) 6. Nf3 Nbd7 (6... O-O) (6...
c6 {both avoid Wh's next}) 7. Nb5 $16 Bd6 8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. Nxd6+ Ke7 10. Ne5 (
10. Nb5) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxc8+ {gets rid of Bl's bad B( stuck behind the centre
pawns) & hepls Bl's development} (11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nb5 $16) 11... Rxc8 12. dxe5
Ne4 (12... Nd7 $11 {regains the pawn}) 13. Bd3 Ng5 {wasting time removing the
N from a good square} (13... Qc7 $11) 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qb4+ Nc5 16. g4
a5 17. Qf4 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Rf8 19. Rg1 $16 {Komodo10; the Bl K is uncomfortable
in the centre}) 15... fxe4 16. Qb4+ Kf7 17. Qxb7+ Kg6 (17... Rc7) 18. Qb3 (18.
Qxa7 Rxc2 19. O-O $18 {the Wh Rs willcome sweeping into the Q side, aiming at
the 7th rank & eyeing the weak e6 pawn}) 18... Qc7 19. c3 Qxe5 20. O-O $16 Rb8
21. Qc2 Qf5 22. Rab1 {best not to have Rs sitting passively behind a weak pawn}
(22. Rad1 {centralises}) (22. b3 Rhc8 23. c4 {starts running the extra Q side
pawns}) 22... Rhc8 23. a4 (23. b3) 23... a5 24. Qd2 Qe5 25. f3 {opening up
against the K} exf3 26. Qd3+ (26. Rxf3 $14 {simplest}) 26... Qe4 $11 27. Qxe4+
dxe4 28. gxf3 exf3 29. Rxf3 h6 (29... Rxc3 {regains the pawn}) 30. e4 (30. b4
Rxc3 31. b5 Ra3 32. Rf4 Rxe3 33. Kf2 Rh3 34. Rg1+ Kh7 $11 {Komodo10}) 30... Rc4
31. e5 (31. Kf2 Rxe4 32. b3 Kh5 33. b4 g5 34. Rh3+ Kg4 35. Rg3+ Kh5 36. Rh3+
$11 {Komodo10}) 31... Rxa4 $15 32. Kh1 Re4 33. Rg1+ Kh7 (33... Kh5 34. Rh3+ Rh4
35. Rxh4+ Kxh4 36. Rg2 a4 $15 {Komodo10}) 34. Rf7 Rg8 35. Ra7 $11 Rxe5 36. Ra1
(36. c4 Re2 37. b3 Re3 38. Rb7 e5 $11) 36... Rb5 37. R7xa5 (37. Ra2 Rgb8 $17)
37... Rxb2 38. Rc1 (38. Ra7 Rc2 39. Rc7 Kg6 $15 {Komodo10}) 38... Rgb8 (38...
Rf8 $1 {Komodo10; a backward pawn is less important than gaining control of
the 7th rank,which is often a winning strategy} 39. Ra4 Rff2 40. h4 (40. Rh4 g5
41. Rh3 Kg6 $19 {the c pawn can always be stopped by a Rc2 & meanwhile the Bl
K side pawns just advance})) 39. c4 Rb1 (39... Rf8) 40. Ra1 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Rc8
42. Rc1 Kg6 $15 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Kf3 Rc5 (44... Ke5 $15 {keeps the Wh K at bay})
45. Ke4 Ke7 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Ra1 e5+ 48. Kd3 e4+ (48... Ke6 49. Ra8 Kf5 $15 {
the Bl K switches to aid its own pawn majority, while the Bl R & p prevent Wh
counterplay- Bl has good winning chances}) 49. Kd4 e3 50. Re1 (50. Ra6+ Rc6 51.
Rxc6+ Kxc6 52. Kxe3 $11) 50... Re5 (50... Rh5 51. Rxe3 Rxh2 52. c5+ $11 {
although Bl has two passed pawns, they are far back & Wh has K & R activity to
compensate}) 51. Rxe3 Rxe3 52. Kxe3 Kc5 $11 {the outside pawn does what
normally happens, lure a piece away from where there are more pawns to be
captured} 53. Kf4 Kxc4 54. Kf5 Kd4 55. Kg6 Ke4 56. Kxg7 Kf4 57. Kxh6 Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cooke, Raymond"]
[Black "Narayan-Taylor, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Bxf6 (4. Nbd2 {main}) 4... Bxf6 5. e4 d6 6.
d5 $2 {commits the pawns & loses an exchange} (6. c3) (6. Nc3 {main lines})
6... Bxb2 $19 7. Nbd2 Bxa1 8. Qxa1 O-O {if Wh still had his QB , then there
might be compensationagainst Bl's weakened K side} 9. Bd3 (9. h4 $5 {perhaps
after opening the h file, Bl can sneak in a Qh8 mate?}) 9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6
11. Qb2 b6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 (14... fxe6) 15. Nf3 c5 16. c4
Nf4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. g3 Qh3 19. Ne1 (19. gxf4 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qxf3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+
22. Kh1 Qxf4 23. f3 Rae8 $19 {Wh has a bad B against the excghange & a
weakened K side}) 19... Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "White, Sam"]
[Black "Williams, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1411"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 (6... c5 {
alternative}) 7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O Bb7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Ne5 (10. Re1) 10... a6 (10...
Nxe5) (10... c5 {played}) 11. Nxd7 (11. Bh2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Qh5 Nc5 14.
Bc2 Bc6 15. f4 Be8 16. Qg4 Bb5 {Van Rensselaer-Kabera, Tromsoe ol 2014,1/2-1/2}
) 11... Qxd7 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. a4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Nd2 e5 17.
Rfe1 $11 e4 18. Be2 Bc8 19. Nf1 Be6 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rac1 h5 22. Qd1 Kg7 23. Kh2
$11 Rh8 24. Bf1 g5 25. f3 h4 26. Nh1 Qe7 27. Nf2 {Bl has a slight space
advantage, but Wh has enough counterplay} Nh5 28. c4 exf3 29. gxf3 Ng3 30. cxd5
Bxd5 31. e4 Be6 32. Bc4 Qf6 (32... Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rac8 $15 {Komodo10}) 33. Bxe6
fxe6 (33... Qxe6) 34. Rc7+ $16 Kg6 $6 {puts the K & Q in danger} (34... Kg8 35.
Qb3 $16) 35. e5 $18 Qf4 36. Qd3+ (36. Nd3 $1 $18 {Komodo10; a difficult move
for humans to workout} Nf1+ (36... Qxd4 37. f4 $1 Rh5 38. exd6 Kf6 (38... Qxd6
39. Ne5+ $18) 39. Qf3 $1 (39. Rf7+ Kxf7 40. Ne5+ $18 {also}) 39... Re8 (39...
Rf8 40. fxg5+ Kxg5 41. Qxf8) 40. Ne5 $18 {the Bl K is tooexposed})) (36. Kg2 d5
$11) 36... Kh5 (36... Nf5+ $1 37. Kh1 d5 $17 {Bl's K is now safe & Wh has weak
pawns to exploit}) (36... Kh6 37. Ng4+) 37. Rh7+ Rxh7 38. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Rourke, Kevin"]
[Black "Watkins, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1107"]
[BlackElo "1390"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. d5 (5. Bc4 {main}) 5... Be7 6. Bd3
Nc5 (6... O-O {main}) 7. Bb5+ (7. O-O) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qe2 (9. Be3
Nfxe4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. c4 O-O $17 {Mori-Trevis, IECG email 2003,
1-0}) 9... a6 (9... c6 10. b4 Na6 11. b5 Nc5 12. Bg5 Qg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O
O-O $11 {Contreras Acevedo-Pena More, Pan American ch ,Cartagena 2012,1-0}) 10.
a3 O-O 11. b3 (11. O-O) 11... Qg4 12. Bg5 (12. h3 Qxg2 13. Rg1 Qxh3 14. b4 Ncd7
15. Rg3 Qh5 16. Rg5 Qh3 17. Rg3 $11 {Komodo10}) 12... Rfe8 (12... Nxd5 $17 {
the QB is loose; Komodo10}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 Nd7 15. h3 (15. O-O $11) 15...
Qg6 (15... Qxg2 16. O-O-O Qg6 17. Rdg1 Qh6+ 18. Kb2 a5 $17 (18... b5 19. Qd3
Nb6 $17 {Komodo10})) 16. O-O-O Bg5+ 17. Kb2 $11 f5 18. h4 Be7 19. h5 Qf7 20.
Nh4 Bxh4 21. Rxh4 f4 $11 22. f3 (22. Rhh1) 22... b5 $15 {Wh's attack has
stalled, so Bl gets a chance} 23. Rg4 {a R on its own can do little; in fact
it becomes vulnerable} Nb6 24. Rg5 Nc4+ $19 25. Ka2 Qe7 26. Rg4 Ne3 27. Rg1
Nxg4 28. fxg4 Rf8 29. Qf3 a5 {back to the Q side attack} 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Nb1
b4 32. Kb2 bxa3+ 33. Nxa3 (33. Ka1 $5) 33... Rb8+ 34. Kc1 Qd7 35. Qc3 Qa4 36.
Qxc7 Qxa3+ 37. Kd2 Qb4+ (37... Qe3+ 38. Kd1 Ra1#) 38. Ke2 Qxe4+ 39. Kd2 Qe3+
40. Kd1 Qxg1+ (40... Ra1#) (40... Rb1#) (40... Rxd5#) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Brien, Sam"]
[Black "Holman, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1334"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 {an ultra-sharp opening; after h6 Wh can no longer avoid giving up the b2
pawn, but in return gets complex attacking chances with many sacrificial
possibilities. Bl provokes these, hoping to weather the storm mateial up. The
resulting positions have had a huge amount of detailed analysis spent on them.
It shows admirable willingness o both sides to engage in such adventures.} 9.
Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 (10. Nb3 {is another option}) 10... Qa3 11. e5 {the sharpest}
(11. f5) (11. Bxf6) (11. Be2 {have also been explored}) 11... dxe5 (11... g5
12. fxg5 dxe5 {yet another sideline}) 12. fxe5 Nfd7 (12... g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14.
Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Rf4 {is the main line explored by the GMs})
13. Be2 (13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 {main line
here, played by GMs}) 13... Bb4 {looks more aggressive, but should lose if Wh
finds the correct tactic} (13... Be7 {main; breaks the raking line of the h4 B}
14. Bg3 {played between 2016 & 1956} (14. Bxe7 {played between 2016 & 1957}))
14. Rb3 Qa5 15. O-O {too slow} (15. Nxe6 $1 $18 {should be winning, but in the
3 games played Wh did not keep the game under control} g5 (15... fxe6 16. Bh5+
Kf8 17. O-O+ Kg8 (17... Nf6 18. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4 19. Qd8#) 18. Bf7+ Kf8 19. Bxe6+
Ke8 20. Bf7+ Kf8 21. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4 22. Bg6+ Kg8 23. Qd5# {Komodo10}) 16. Rxb4 $1
(16. O-O fxe6 (16... Qb6+ 17. Bf2 Qxe6 18. Rxb4 Nc6 19. Bg4 Qg6 20. Bxd7+ {but
a draw was agreed in Guimares ( 1747)- Cunha (2213), BRA ch sf, Rio de Janeiro
2013,1/2-1/2}) 17. Bh5+ (17. Rxb4 $11 {Komodo10}) 17... Kd8 18. Bg3 Nc6 $19 {
Leko-Bin Suhayl, London Classic op 2016,0-1}) 16... Qxb4 17. Nc7+ $18 Kd8 18.
Bf2 (18. Bg3 $1) 18... Re8 19. Nxa8 Rxe5 20. Nb6 Nc6 21. O-O Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxc3
23. Re1 $18 {but Wh was unable to sustain the winning lines later, thus
settled for a repetition; Bukta-Varadi. Eger Agria op 1999, 1/2-1/2}) 15... Nc5
16. Rxb4 (16. Bh5 O-O 17. Rxb4 Qxb4 18. Be7 Nb3 19. Bxf8 Nxd2 20. Bxb4 Nxf1 21.
Kxf1 $16 {Komodo10}) 16... Qxb4 17. Nc6 $2 {trying for a mate} (17. Nf5 $1 {
Komodo10; is the correct way to force a win} Nc6 (17... O-O 18. Ne7+ Kh7 (18...
Kh8 19. Rxf7 $1 Nbd7 (19... Rxf7 20. Qd8+ Kh7 21. Qg8#) 20. Bf6 Nxf6 21. exf6 {
will force mate; Komodo10})) (17... Nbd7 18. Qd6 $1 {& wins the Q after Qxh4})
18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nxf7 $1 $18 {Komodo10}) (17. a3 Qb6 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Ndb5 axb5
20. Nxb5 Qd7 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Nxf7 $18 {is another way}) 17... Qb6 (17... Nxc6
{takes the piece & covers the mate}) 18. Qd6 (18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Bh5 O-O $17 {
retreating is Whs's best hope of survival now}) 18... Ne4+ $1 $19 19. Bf2 Qxf2+
20. Rxf2 Nxd6 21. Nxb8 Nf5 $19 {& slowly Bl's Q side comes alive to win the
game} 22. Nxa6 bxa6 23. Ne4 Bb7 (23... O-O) 24. Nc5 Bc8 (24... Rb8) 25. g4 Ne3
26. Bf3 Rb8 27. Bc6+ Ke7 28. Ne4 Rb1+ {& mate next move} 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watkins, Peter"]
[Black "Scott, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Be2 (7. Bd3
{more active, leaves the e file open for the R}) 7... d6 8. O-O a6 (8... Nc6 {
main}) 9. a4 Nc6 (9... Nbd7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Re1 Re8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14.
Na5 Bf5 15. Nh4 Be4 16. Bf3 $11 {Menager-Birens, FRA ch Accession Chambery
1994,1-0}) 10. Re1 Bd7 (10... Bf5) 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Be2 {obstructs the R} (14. Bc2) 14... Qc7 15. Be3 Na5 16. Nd2 b5 17. axb5 axb5
18. Nb3 (18. b4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qd2 $14 {Komodo10}) (18. Ne4 Bg7 $11)
18... Nc4 19. Qc1 Be6 (19... Nxe3 20. Qxe3 e5 $15 {Komodo10; Bl has2 useful Bs
& mobile pawns}) 20. Nd2 (20. Bf4 $11) 20... Rec8 (20... Nxe3 $15) 21. Bf3 b4 (
21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 b4 $15) 22. d5 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Bf5 (24... Bxc3)
25. Bxf6 Qxc1 26. Rexc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 exf6 28. Kf1 (28. Rc6 Kf8 29. g4 Bd7 30.
Rxd6 Ke7 31. Ra6 Rxb2 $11 {Komodo10}) 28... Kf8 29. Rc7 Ke8 30. Ke1 Rxb2 $15 {
it will take a bit of doing to mobilise the extra K side ( doubled) pawn, but
Whs d5 pawn is also weak} 31. Ra7 Bd7 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra7 Kd8 34. Ra8+ Bc8 35.
Ra7 Rb7 36. Rxb7 (36. Ra8 {looks better, as one should try to keep pieces on
in an inferior endgame}) 36... Bxb7 37. Kd2 f5 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Kd4 Kf6 40. Bd1
g5 41. Ba4 Bc8 42. g3 f4 43. Bc2 (43. gxf4 {in principle, Wh should keep the
Bl pawns doubled} gxf4 44. Ke4 Kg5 45. Bd1 Bf5+ 46. Kd4 Kh4 {however then Wh's
h pawn is in danger}) 43... Bf5 44. Bd1 Bg6 (44... fxg3 45. fxg3 Kg6 $17) 45.
g4 Ke7 46. f3 h5 (46... f5 {uses up the double}) 47. h3 Kd7 48. Be2 Kc7 49. Bd3
hxg4 (49... Bxd3 50. Kxd3 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kb6 52. Kd4 Kb5 53. Ke4 Kc4 {wins the
d pawn by force}) 50. hxg4 Kb6 (50... Bxd3 $19) 51. Be2 (51. Bxg6 fxg6 52. Kc4
$11 Ka5 53. Kc3 Kb5 54. Kd3 Kc5 55. Ke4 {and now} Kc4 {would normally win the
d pawn, but here its stalemate!}) 51... Ka5 $19 (51... Bb1 $19) 52. Kc3 Ka4 (
52... Bb1) 53. Bd1+ Kb5 54. Kd4 Kb4 (54... Bb1 55. Bb3 Kb4 56. Bc2 Ba2 (56...
Bxc2 {stalemate!}) 57. Bb1 Bc4 58. Be4 Be2 $19 {zugzwang}) 55. Be2 (55. Bc2 $1
{forces a draw, that stalemate possibility again, with or without the Bs})
55... Bc2 56. Ba6 Bd1 57. Ke4 Bc2+ (57... Kc5 {simpler} 58. Bd3 Bb3 59. Kf5 Kd4
60. Ba6 Bxd5 $19) 58. Kd4 f5 (58... Bd1 59. Ke4 Kc5 {as above}) 59. gxf5 (59.
Bc8 fxg4 60. Bxg4 Bb3 {looks drawn, despite Komodo10's judgement, as the Wh B
just goes between g4 & h5.}) 59... Bxf5 60. Be2 Bc2 61. Bf1 Bd1 62. Ke4 Kc5 63.
Kf5 Kxd5 64. Kxg5 Ke5 65. Kg4 d5 66. Ba6 d4 67. Bd3 Ba4 68. Kg5 Bd7 69. Be4 Bb5
70. Bc2 d3 71. Bd1 d2 {its still tricky, because of the blockade & it takes
Komodo10 a while to get to the best way of playing it.} (71... d2 72. Kg4 Bd7+
73. Kg5 Bf5 74. Bb3 Bh7 75. Bd1 Bb1 76. Kg4 (76. Ba4 Kd4 77. Kxf4 Kc3 $19)
76... Kd4 77. Kxf4 Kd3 78. Ba4 Bc2 79. Bb5+ Kc3 80. Be2 Kd4 81. Kg5 Ke3 {
finally eradicates the Wh B}) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Williams, Allan"]
[Black "Farhaili, Mohammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1275"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Bd3 (4. Nc3) 4... e6 5. Ne2 c5 (5... Bd6) (5...
Nbd7 {both get on with development & have been played}) (5... e5 {Komodo10} 6.
Nbc3 (6. dxe5 dxc4 7. Bc2 (7. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Ng4) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Bxd1 Nd5 9.
Nd2 b5 $11) 6... e4 7. Bc2 Bd6 $11) 6. O-O Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a3 Qf6 {the Q
can get exposed here this early on in the game} (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 $11 {
Komodo10}) 9. e4 Nc7 10. Bf4 $16 e5 (10... Qd8 $5) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 (12.
Nbc3 $16) 12... Qxe5 13. Nbc3 $16 Bd7 14. f4 Qf6 15. e5 Qb6 16. Kh1 (16. Bc4
O-O-O 17. Qc2 $14) 16... Be7 17. Qc2 g6 (17... O-O-O $5) 18. Ng3 (18. f5 $16)
18... f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rae1+ $18 {Bl's K gets caught in the middle} Kf7 21.
f5 g5 22. Bc4+ (22. Nce4) 22... Kf8 23. Nge4 (23. Re6 $1 {Komodo10; & Bl needs
to shed the Q} Bxe6 24. fxe6 Ke7 25. Rxf6 Kxf6 26. Qf5+ Ke7 27. Qf7+ Kd6 28.
Nce4+ Ke5 29. Qf6# {one example}) 23... Kg7 24. Nd5 (24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Ne4 Bxf5
26. Qc1 Qg6 27. Ng3 Rhf8 28. Qc3+ Kh6 29. Nxf5+ Rxf5 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. Rxf5 $18
{Komodo10}) 24... Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rac8 26. Nxf6 (26. Be6 Bxe6 27. Nxf6 $18 {
Komodo10; the Bl K position keeps getting opened up}) 26... Qxf6 27. Bxb7 (27.
Be6 Rhd8 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Re6 Qf7 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Qe3 $18 {wins the g pawn,
& still carries on attacking}) 27... Rb8 28. Bd5 (28. Qxc5 $1 Rhd8 (28... Rxb7
29. Re7+ Kh6 30. Qe3 Be8 31. Qh3+ Bh5 32. Re6 $18 (32. Rxb7 $18)) 29. Qxa7 $18
{Komodo10}) 28... Rhc8 29. b3 Bb5 30. Re6 $1 Bxf1 31. Rxf6 Kxf6 32. Qc3+ (32.
g4) 32... Kxf5 33. Qf3+ (33. g4+ Kg6 (33... Kxg4 34. Qf3+ Kh4 35. Bf7 g4 36.
Qf6+ Kh3 37. Qh6#) 34. Qf3 {threat Qf7 & Qf6 mate} Rb6 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qxc8
$18 {Komodo10}) 33... Ke5 34. Qe4+ Kd6 35. Qe6+ Kc7 36. Qc6+ Kd8 37. Qd6+ Ke8
38. Bc6+ (38. Qe5+ Kd7 (38... Kd8 39. Be6 $1) 39. Be6+ Kc6 40. Bxc8 $18 {
Komodo10}) 38... Rxc6 39. Qxc6+ Kd8 40. Qd6+ Kc8 41. Qf8+ Kb7 42. Qxf1 Kb6 43.
Qf6+ Ka5 44. Qc3+ (44. Qxg5) 44... Kb6 45. b4 Kc6 46. Qxc5+ Kb7 47. Qxg5 Ka8
48. Qd5+ Rb7 49. Qg8+ (49. b5 $1 {Komodo10} h6 (49... Kb8 50. Qd8#) 50. a4 h5
51. h4 a6) 49... Rb8 50. Qxh7 Re8 51. Qb1 (51. h4) 51... Re3 52. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Narayan-Taylor, Robert"]
[Black "Jones, Hefin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1476"]
[BlackElo "1269"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nd4 {as in the previous rd, an early Nd4
from the Bl player;a novelty , even with some 2000games in the database (
though found in some blitz games on the internet} 5. e3 (5. Nf3 d6 6. Nxd4 (6.
Ne4 Bb6 7. c5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Nxe5 {munx-oscar_bakenov, chesscube.com
2014,1-0}) 6... Bxd4 7. d3 c6 {by transposition, Uwira- Blitz, Darmstadt Weber
Mem 1997,0-1}) 5... Ne6 (5... Nf5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 $14 {
juanmaria-rajeshmohan, chesscube.com 2014,0-1}) 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. a3 (7. d4 $16 {
Komodo10}) 7... Ng5 {another move of the same N, not sure where it is going
though} 8. b4 (8. d4 $1 $18 Bd6 (8... exd4 9. exd4 {attacks 2 pieces}) 9. c5 (
9. f4 exf4 10. exf4 Ne6 11. f5 Nf8 {to the back rank, obstructing 0-0} 12. O-O
$18 h6 13. Nf4 N8h7 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. c5 $18) 9... Be7 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nd4 h5
12. f3 Nh6 13. f4 Ne6 14. O-O $18 (14. b4 $18 {Komodo10})) 8... Bf8 9. Bb2 (9.
f4 Ne6 10. f5 {wins a piece} Ng5 11. h4 $18) 9... c6 10. O-O (10. h4 Ne6 11.
O-O $16) 10... d6 $14 11. f4 Ne6 (11... Nh3+) 12. f5 (12. d4) 12... Nc7 13. e4
b5 (13... Be7 $14) 14. cxb5 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. d4 $16 Bb7 17. Qd3 (17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Bxe5 $18 Nxe4 19. Re1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 f6 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Nd4 $18 (22.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Nd4 $18 {the Bl K is too exposed, especially with the Bl K side
still not in the game})) 17... d5 18. Qxb5+ $18 (18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Qxb5+ $18)
18... Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 (19... Nxd7) 20. dxe5 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Rfd1 Ke8 22.
Nf4 Rd8 23. Rac1 $18 {Komodo10}) (21. Nf4 $18 {Komodo10}) (21. e6+ fxe6 22.
fxe6+ Ke8 (22... Kxe6 23. Rac1 $18) 23. Rf7 Bc8 24. Nf4 Bd6 25. Nxd5 Bxe6 26.
Rxg7 Bxd5 27. Re1 $18 {Komodo10; the Bl Rs are bystanders, while the Wh ones
make hay}) 21... dxe4 22. Rfd1+ Ke8 23. Nc3 (23. Nf4 $1) 23... a5 24. Nd5 (24.
Nb5 Rc8 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Be7 27. f6 gxf6 28. Nc7+ Kf8 29. Bh6+ Kg8 30.
Rd7 fxe5 31. Rxe7 f5 32. Ne6 axb4 33. Rg7# {Komodo10}) 24... Bxd5 25. Rxd5 axb4
26. a4 (26. axb4 Rxa1+ 27. Bxa1 Bxb4 28. Rb5 Bf8 29. Kf1 $18 {leaves Bl
completely undeveloped on the K side}) 26... b3 27. a5 Ra6 28. Rad1 Be7 29. Ba3
(29. f6 gxf6 30. exf6 $18 Rg8 (30... Bxf6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rxh8)
(30... Bb4 31. Rd8#) 31. Rc1 Bxf6 32. Bxf6 Rxf6 33. Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rxg8 $18 {
Komodo10}) 29... Ra7 30. Bxe7 (30. f6 gxf6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Rc8+
Rd8 34. Rdxd8+ Bxd8 35. a6 $18 {Komodo10}) (30. a6 $18 {Komodo10}) 30... Kxe7
$11 31. Rb5 Rc8 {Bl has managed to get the KR into play at last} 32. Rb1 Rc3
33. Kf2 Kd7 34. Rd5+ Kc6 35. Rd8 Kc7 36. Rf8 Rxa5 $17 {the b3 pawn is now
dangerous} 37. Rxf7+ Kc6 38. Kg2 (38. f6 gxf6 39. Rxf6+ Kd5 40. Rb6 Ra2+ 41.
Kf1 (41. Kg1 e3 $19) 41... Rcc2 42. R6xb3 Rxh2 $17 {Komodo10}) 38... Rxe5 $19
39. Rxg7 Rc2+ (39... e3 $19) 40. Kh3 b2 41. Rg8 Kb7 42. Rg7+ Kc6 43. Rg8 Rec5 (
43... Rf2 $17) 44. Rc8+ (44. Rb8 $11) 44... Kd6 (44... Kd5 45. Rb8 $11) 45. Rb8
$11 Rxf5 46. R1xb2 Rxb2 47. Rxb2 Ke5 48. Rb5+ Ke6 49. Rb6+ (49. Rxf5 Kxf5 50.
Kg2 {also draws}) 49... Kf7 50. Rb4 Re5 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. Kf2 Kf5 53. h3 h5 54.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neave, Guto"]
[Black "White, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1411"]
[Annotator "user,mesh"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 (5... Qa5+ 6. c3 Qa6 {is an
alternative}) 6. c3 (6. Nf3) 6... Qb6 7. Qc2 (7. Ne2) (7. Nf3 {main lines})
7... Nd7 (7... c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. Ne2 {have both been played})) 8. Be3
Ne7 9. f4 (9. Nf3) 9... Nf5 (9... g5 {is a promising break for Bl}) 10. Bf2 Be7
11. Nf3 Qa6 (11... h5) 12. Nbd2 (12. g4) 12... c5 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 O-O (15... Nc5 $15 {Komodo10}) 16. Ng3 Bc5 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Qf2 Bxd4
19. cxd4 Qb4+ (19... Rac8 20. O-O f6 21. f5 $11 {Komodo10}) 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21.
Kxd2 Rac8 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. b3 g6 $11 24. Ne2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ (26.
Rc5 $14) 26... Nxc8 $11 27. Nc3 a6 28. a4 Ne7 29. Na2 Nf5 30. Kd3 Kf8 31. g3
Ke8 32. Nc3 Kd7 33. a5 (33. Ne2 h6 34. Nc3 $11 {just doing nothing}) 33... Ne7
$15 (33... Kc6 $15) 34. b4 Nc6 35. Na2 Kc7 36. Kc3 b6 (36... Ne7 37. g4 h5 38.
gxh5 gxh5 39. Nc1 Ng6 40. Ne2 Kc6 $11 {Komodo10}) 37. axb6+ (37. b5 $11) 37...
Kxb6 38. Nc1 Kb5 39. Nd3 a5 40. bxa5 Nxa5 41. Nb2 Nc6 42. Nd3 Ne7 43. g4 h6 44.
Nc5 Kc6 45. Nd3 Kd7 46. Nc5+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hammett, Scott"]
[Black "Holman, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1334"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 d5 (2... g6) 3. Nf3 c5 (3... g6) 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 (5... Bg4
{eliminates one of the pieces aimed at e5}) 6. Bb5 a6 (6... Bd7) 7. Bxc6+ {Wh
is more than happy to gain further control of e5} bxc6 8. O-O Bd6 (8... Be7) 9.
Nc3 (9. d3) (9. Ne5) (9. Qe1 {all played}) 9... O-O (9... a5 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. d3
(11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Rf3 Ne4 13. Ng3 f6 14. Ng4 Nxg3 15. Rxg3 O-O-O {
Mitteregger-Ertl, AUT ch U16, Illmitz 2004,0-1}) 11... Rb8 12. Ne5 {
Wittmann-Siebert, Regionalliga Bayern 2006,1-0}) 10. Ne2 (10. Ne5 {Cloud
Engines}) 10... Bb7 {doesn't look a good place for a B behind blocked pawns} (
10... Nd7 {anticipates Ne5}) 11. Ng3 Re8 $11 12. Qe1 Qc7 $2 (12... Nd7) (12...
Qe7 {also better than what was played}) 13. Bxf6 $18 gxf6 14. Nh5 Kh8 15. Qh4 (
15. Nxf6) 15... Rg8 (15... Be7 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6+ Kg8 18. Qg5+ (18. Ne5
Qe7) 18... Kh8 19. Ne5 f5 20. Rf3 Qe7 21. Qh5 $18) 16. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eddershaw, John"]
[Black "Evans, Gwyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bd3 Nc6 (4... f5 {main}) 5. a3 (5. O-O) (5. c3
{main lines}) 5... a5 (5... Nf6 {back to more games}) 6. O-O f5 7. b3 Nf6 8.
Nbd2 O-O $11 9. Bb2 Bd7 (9... Ne4) 10. c4 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 (11... exd5) 12. Re1
Be8 13. Bb5 Na7 (13... Nce7) 14. Bxe8 Qxe8 15. Ne5 $11 Nc6 16. f4 (16. Nd3 $11)
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 (17. fxe5 Be7 $15) 17... Bc5 $17 18. Bd4 (18. Qf3 {guards
f4} Rd8 19. Bd4 Be7 $17 {Komodo10}) 18... Be7 (18... Bxd4 19. exd4 Nxf4 $17 {
wins an important pawn}) 19. g3 Rd8 20. Qc2 c5 21. e4 (21. Bb2) 21... Nxf4 $19
22. gxf4 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Rxd4 24. Rg1 Qh6 {Wh's K side has been weakened by the
loss of the pawn} 25. Raf1 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Qxf4 28. Qg2 Qxe5 29.
Ng3 Qd5 30. Ne4 g6 (30... Qxe4 $19 {pins the Q, so no mate, & a piece has gone}
) 31. Re1 Bh4 32. Qe2 (32. Ng3) 32... Bxe1 33. Qxe1 Qxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Kg2
Rf4 36. Kg3 Rf5 37. h4 h5 38. Kh3 e5 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baron, Margaret"]
[Black "Chong, Kimberly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "850"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 (3... Bg4 {main idea behind the Chigoran Defence,
is not to have the QB stuck behind the e6 pawn structure}) 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7
(5... Bb4) 6. g3 (6. Bd3) (6. Be2 {main}) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 Na5 (7... dxc4 8. O-O
{transposes to many other games,where Wh has sacrificed the c4 pawn to obtain
a centre}) 8. O-O (8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O $11 {& the N on a5 will need to be
brought back into the game}) 8... Nxc4 $15 9. Qe2 c5 10. b3 Nb6 11. Bh3 (11.
Bb2) 11... Re8 12. Re1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Rac1 e5 $17 16. a3 (
16. Bg2 {best}) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxh3 $19 18. Nxe5 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 f6 20. Qd2
(20. Qh5 $5) 20... fxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. Rc5 Rc8 23. Ra5 d3 24. f4 Rc2 25. Qe3
d2 26. Rd1 Bg4 (26... Rc1 {is quicker} 27. Qe2 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qe4+
30. Kg1 Qg2# {Komodo10}) 27. Rf1 d1=Q 28. h3 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qd1+ 30. Qe1 Bxh3+
31. Kg1 Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bevan, Paul"]
[Black "Taylor, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1251"]
[BlackElo "1511"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 Bg4 (3... e6 $1) 4. Nf3 (4. f3 Bh5 5. Ne2 {main})
4... g6 (4... e6) 5. h3 Bd7 (5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Bg7 7. Nd2 $11) 6. Ne5 (6. c4 e6
7. Nc3 Bc6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 $11 {Moors-Dockx, Brasschaat op 2002,1-0}) (6.
O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O {several games eg} 8. b3 Bc6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. c4
e6 {Bernardo Jimenez-Mohammadian, Wld ch Seniors 65, Marianske Lazne 2016,1/
2-1/2}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 (8. c4) 8... e6 (8... c5 {counters in the
centre against a threat of a Kside attack}) 9. Qf3 a6 10. Nc3 b5 (10... c5) 11.
a3 Ne8 12. Bd2 (12. e4 $14) 12... f5 $6 (12... Nd6) 13. Ne2 (13. Nxd5 $1 $16 {
Komodo10, picks up a valuable pawn & weakens Bl's remaining pawn structure}
Bxe5 (13... exd5 14. Qxd5+ Be6 (14... Kh8 15. Qxa8) 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ Rxf7
17. Qxf7 $18) (13... Bc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Nb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 $18) 14. Nb4 Ra7
15. fxe5 $16) 13... Nf6 (13... Nd6) 14. Bb4 Re8 15. c4 c6 (15... bxc4 16. Bxc4
a5 17. Bc3 Ne4 $11 {Komodo10}) 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Rac1 $14 {Bl has a bad B,& is
not yet fully developed} Ne4 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Rfc1 $16 Ra7 21.
Bxe4 fxe4 (21... dxe4 22. Qg3 $16 {Komodo10}) 22. Qg3 $16 (22. Qg4 $18 {Komodo
10; leaves room for the other N to join in, using all the Wh pieces in the
attack}) 22... Kg7 (22... b4 $5) 23. h4 $18 Kh8 24. Kf1 (24. Qg4 {is a more
effecient way of bringing in the N}) 24... Rf5 25. Ng1 (25. Nxd7 $1 Qxd7 26.
Rc8+ Kg7 27. Rxb8 {picks up material}) (25. h5 $1 {also opens up the K} Rxe5 (
25... Rxh5 26. Nf7+) (25... gxh5 26. Qh3 (26. Nxd7) 26... Qe7 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28.
Rxc7 $18)) 25... Kg7 26. Nh3 a5 27. Ng5 Rf6 28. h5 b4 29. h6+ (29. hxg6 h6 30.
Ngf7 Qe7 31. Qh3 $18 (31. Rc8 $18 {Komodo10})) 29... Kg8 30. Nxd7 (30. Nxd7
Qxd7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. f5 $1 Qe8 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. h7 $18 {
Komodo10}) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Osinga, Awne"]
[Black "Cooke, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 {an Awne speciality; later adopted by Jobava &
other GMs} Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. Nc3 f5 {uncommon} (5... Nf6 {main}) 6. exf5 (6. d3
{3 games; eg} Nf6 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Be3 Bb6 9. d4 Ng4 10. Nd5 e4 11. Nd2 Nxe3 12.
fxe3 Qg5 13. h4 Qxh4 14. Nxb6 $18 (14. Rxf5 $18) 14... Qg5 15. Rxf5 (15. Nxa8)
15... Qxf5 16. Nxa8 (16. Bg4) 16... O-O 17. Qe1 $18 {Carstensen-Rasmussen, Wld
ch blitz ; Berlin 2015,0-1!}) 6... Bxf5 7. d3 Nd4 (7... Nf6 {Cloud Engines,
transposes to the above}) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bf3 c6 (10... O-O $11)
11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Re1+ $16 Kf7 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. b3 (14. a4 Rhe8 15. a5 Qc7 16.
Qd2 $16 {Komodo10}) 14... Rhe8 $11 15. Ng3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bg4 $2 (16... Re8 17.
Qd2 Bg6 $11 {Komodo10}) 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nf5 $18 Qc7 19. Qe2 (19. Qe4 Nf6 20.
Qxd4 $18) 19... Nf6 20. Qf3 (20. Nxd4 $16) 20... Qd7 (20... Re8 $14) 21. Qf4
Rd8 22. Nxd4 Kg8 23. Re1 $18 Rf8 24. Qg5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qd2 (26. g3)
26... Qe5 27. Qe3 (27. c3) 27... Qh5 (27... Nd5 28. Qxe5 dxe5 29. Nf3 Nb4 30.
Nxe5 Nxc2 31. Kf1 Nb4 32. a4 Kf8 $14 {Komodo10}) 28. Qf3 (28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. g3
h6 30. Qxd6 $18 {Komodo10}) 28... Qc5 29. Qe3 Qc3 30. Qe6+ (30. g3 {safeguards
backrank}) 30... Kh8 31. Nf3 Qa1+ (31... Qxc2 $11) 32. Ne1 Qxa2 33. Qc8+ (33.
Qxd6 $16) 33... Ng8 34. Qxb7 $16 Qa1 35. Kf1 $18 c5 36. Qc7 Qa6 37. g3 h6 38.
f4 (38. Ng2 Qa1+ 39. Ke2 Qe5+ 40. Ne3 $18 {Komodo10}) 38... Nf6 39. h3 Kh7 40.
g4 Nd5 41. Qf7 Qc6 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Kf2 a5 45. g5 (45. Nf3) (45.
f5) 45... hxg5 46. fxg5 Qb6 $2 (46... Qd7 47. h4 Qe6 48. Ng2 Ne7 49. Ne3 $16)
47. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scott, Paul"]
[Black "Hammett, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 (2... Nf6 {main}) 3. exf5 Nf6 4. d4 (4. g4 {main}) 4... exd4
(4... e4 {also played}) 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3+ (6. Qd1) (6. Qh4) (6. Qa4 {
alsoplayed}) 6... Qe7 (6... Be7 {alternative, 3 games, 50%}) 7. Bc4 (7. Qxe7+
Bxe7 8. Bd3 d5 9. Bg5 Nb4 10. O-O-O Nxd3+ 11. Rxd3 Bxf5 12. Rd1 O-O-O 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 {Flores Munoz-Abreu Guerrero, Mollet del Valles op 2016,draw agreed}) (7.
Nf3 $16 {Komodo10}) 7... Qxe3+ (7... Nd4 8. Bd3 d5 $14 {Komodo10}) 8. Bxe3 Bb4
9. Nge2 d5 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. Ng3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 O-O $11 13. O-O Bxc3 (13... c6)
14. bxc3 b6 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. Bf4 (16. Bg5 $16) 16... c5 (16... Bxf5 17. Nxf5
Rxf5 18. Bg3 Rf7 19. Re2 c5 $14 {Komodo10}) 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bd6 $16 (18. Re7 $16
) 18... Rf7 19. Re7 (19. a4 a5 20. d4 $16) 19... Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Ba6 (20... Kf7
21. Re1 Bd7 $14) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Re1 Bxd3 23. Re7 Bc4 (23... Rd8 {activate
the pieces} 24. Rxa7 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rb7 Bc2 27. Nf1 Bxf5 28. Rxb6 Kg7 29.
a4 $14 {Komodo10}) 24. a3 (24. Nh5 Kf8 25. Rxh7 Rd8 26. Nxf6 d4 27. cxd4 cxd4
28. a3 Bd3 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Ng4 Bxf5 32. Ne5 $16 {Komodo10})
24... Bb5 25. Nh5 d4 (25... Rf8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rxa7 $16) 26. cxd4 cxd4 27.
Nxf6+ $18 Kf8 28. Rxh7 d3 (28... Rd8 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Ne4 $18 (
31. g4 $18 {Komodo10})) 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxa8 d2 31. Nd5+ {catches the pawn}
Kd7 32. Ne3 Be2 33. f6 d1=Q+ 34. Nxd1 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Hefin"]
[Black "Neave, Guto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1269"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 {this should equalise} 5. Qe2 {
offering a variant of the Boden-Kieseritzky gambit} (5. Nxe4 d5 {though Wh
still has a bit of play with} 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4) (5. O-O Nxc3 6. dxc3 {main
line of Boden-Kieseritzky gambit}) (5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 {just gives Bl a
good centre, with minimal danger to his K}) 5... Nxc3 (5... Nf6 {ducks the
challenge,; may lead to rapid equality}) 6. dxc3 (6. bxc3 {preferred by Cloud
Engines}) 6... Bd6 $146 {but not a happy one} (6... d6 {main}) (6... f6 {as in
main gambit line, should both be OK. Bl must hold the e5 pawn to obtain any
real advantage}) (6... Be7 {is quite safe}) 7. Ng5 $18 O-O (7... Rf8 $5 8. Qh5
Qe7 9. Nxh7 Rh8 10. Nf6+ Qxf6 11. Qxh8+ Bf8 12. O-O $18) 8. Qh5 h6 9. Nxf7 Qf6
(9... Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. O-O $18 {best bet for Bl}) 10. Nxh6+ (10. Nxh6+
Kh7 11. Nf7+ Qh6 (11... Kg8 12. Qh8#) 12. Bxh6 Rxf7 13. Be3+ (13. Bxf7 gxh6 14.
Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qg8#) 13... Kg8 14. Qxf7+ Kh7 15. Qh5#) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Evans, Gwyn"]
[Black "Narayan-Taylor, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Re8 (5... d6 {main; the R
might yet be needed on the f file later}) 6. O-O e6 (6... e5 {is the logical
followup for Bl's last}) 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 (8. Qc2 c6 9. b4 b6 10. b5 Bb7 11.
Rb1 {Kluegel-Coldewey, Schleswig-Holstein ch B, Eckernfoerde 2001,0-1}) 8...
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Rc2 Bg4 14.
e3 h6 15. h4 f6 $15 {Komodo10}) 10... Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 $15 12. Re1 c6 (12... b6
) 13. Qb3 Na6 14. d4 Nc7 15. Qc2 Nb5 (15... Bf5 $19) 16. e3 (16. Qd2 Qe7 $17)
16... Na3 17. Qe2 Nxb1 $19 18. Rxb1 h6 19. Qd3 $2 {Wh seems determined to drop
exchanges} Bf5 20. Qb3 Bxb1 21. Qxb1 b6 22. h4 a5 (22... c5) 23. Bf1 b5 24. Bd3
Re6 25. h5 g5 26. Be5 f6 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. Qf5 Qe7 29. g4 fxe5 30. dxe5 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chong, Kimberly"]
[Black "White, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1441"]
[BlackElo "1411"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 {the latest fashion among the GMs, led by Jobava} d5 3. Nc3
Bf5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 (5. Nf3 {transposes to the Barry Attack}) 5... Ne4 $146 {
seems strange that it be, since the move is quite usual in other lines} (5...
Bxd3 {main}) 6. Nxe4 (6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3
O-O $14 {Komodo10}) 6... dxe4 7. Bc4 Nd7 $11 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h5 $15 {the Wh
pawnstorm has left wh square weaknesses in Wh's structure} 10. g5 Nb6 (10... e5
11. dxe5 Qb6 12. Kf1 O-O-O 13. Qe1 Qc5 14. Be2 Qxc2 $15 {Komodo10}) 11. Bb3 Bf5
12. f3 Nd5 13. Qd2 e6 (13... Nxf4 14. exf4 e6 $15 {Komodo10}) 14. Bxd5 exd5 (
14... cxd5 $17) 15. fxe4 (15. O-O-O $11 {brings the K to safety out of the
centre & lets the QR into the game, but the Wh player often seems averse to
this idea; preferring to get other pieces into the act as soon as possible?
Admittedly, there are openings ( such as the Italian) where catling too soon
gives the opponent a target; but a judicious moment does connect the Rs &
gives them access to central files.}) 15... Bxe4 16. Rh2 Bd6 17. Rf2 O-O 18.
Ne2 (18. O-O-O $11) 18... a5 19. Ng3 g6 20. Nxe4 (20. O-O-O $16 {Komodo10})
20... dxe4 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rf4 (22. O-O-O) 22... Qd5 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Qb3 Re7
25. Qxd5 (25. c4 Qd7 26. O-O-O $14 {Komodo10}) 25... cxd5 26. Rf6 (26. Kd2 {in
endings though it often is better to have the K near the centre. Here the K
moves first, so that the other R can come out in support of its fellow.} Rc8
27. Rf6 Rec7 28. c3 Rc6 29. Raf1) 26... Re6 {here it would have helped if Wh
had Raf1 available} 27. Rxe6 (27. Kd2 Rxf6 28. gxf6 Rd8 29. c4 Rd6 30. Rf1 Kh7
(30... Kf8 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc1 {could be dangerous, though Komodo10
considers Bl holding after} Ke8 33. Rc7 Rd6 {eg} 34. Rxb7 Rxf6 35. Rb5 Rf2+ 36.
Kc3 Re2 37. Re5+ Kd7 38. Rxe4 a4 39. Re5 Rh2 40. Ra5 Rxh4 41. Rxa4 Rh1 $11 {
Komodo10}) 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. Rf4 g5 33. hxg5 Kg6 34. Rxe4 Kxg5 35. Re7 (35. Rf4
) 35... Kxf6 36. Rxb7 h4 37. Rb6+ Kg5 38. Ke2 Rf5 39. e4 Rf4 40. Ke3 h3 41. Rb8
Rh4 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43. Rg1 h2 44. Rh1 Kg5 45. d5 $11 {Komodo10}) 27... fxe6 28.
Ke2 Rf3 {now Bl has a slightly more active R} 29. Rf1 Rf5 (29... Rh3 30. Rf4 (
30. Rf6 Rxh4 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33. Rh6 b5 34. a3 Rh2+ 35. Kd1 Kf7 $15)
30... b5 $11 {Komodo10}) 30. Rxf5 exf5 $11 31. b3 (31. Kf2 b5 32. c3 Kf7 33.
Kg3 Ke6 34. Kf4 Kd6 $11 {neither side can break through}) 31... b5 32. c4 $2 {
too hasty} (32. a3 {& other moves would draw easily}) 32... bxc4 (32... dxc4 $1
33. bxc4 b4 $1 $19 {Wh has to watch for pawn breaks at 2 different points- b3
& f4, while the 2 Wh centre passed pawns won't get past the Bl Kin the absence
of the support of their own K. eg} 34. Kd2 a4 35. Kc1 Kf7 36. c5 Ke6 37. Kd2 a3
$1 {setting up a passed pawn as distant as possible from the K} 38. Kc1 f4 39.
exf4 b3 40. axb3 e3 {and the Wh K can't dance at 2 weddings}) 33. bxc4 dxc4 34.
Kd2 $11 Kf7 35. Kc3 Ke6 36. Kxc4 (36. Kd2 $1 {still holds} Kd5 37. Kc3 f4 38.
exf4 Ke6 39. Kd2 $1 (39. Kxc4 Kf5 40. d5 Kxf4 41. d6 e3 42. d7 e2 43. d8=Q e1=Q
$15 {the Wh K side pawns are more vulnerable, eg} 44. Qf6+ Kg4 45. Qxg6 Qxh4)
39... a4 40. a3 Kf5 (40... Kd5 41. f5 $18 gxf5 42. g6 Ke6 43. d5+ Ke7 44. d6+)
41. d5 $11 Kxf4 42. d6 e3+ 43. Ke2 c3 44. d7 c2 45. d8=Q c1=Q 46. Qf6+ Kg3 47.
Qf3+ Kxh4 48. Qf4+ {and Wh escapes due to perpetual check! Komodo10}) 36... Kd6
(36... f4 $1 $15 37. d5+ Kf5 38. exf4 Kxf4 $15 {transposes to the second line
of the previous note}) 37. a4 Ke6 (37... Kc6 {taking the opposition is usually
the best idea in a K & pawn ending. Wh will not get very far with driving Bl
back, since that f4 pawn break needs constant attention.}) 38. Kc5 $2 {getting
far away from the f pawn} (38. d5+ Kd6 39. Kd4 Kd7 $1 {the reserve blockade
square, ready to take the opposition on whichever side Wh comes in} 40. Ke5 Ke7
41. d6+ Kd7 42. Kd5 Kd8 43. Kd4 (43. Ke6 $2 f4 $19) 43... Kd7 44. Kd5 $11)
38... Kd7 (38... f4 $1 {wins immediately} 39. Kc6 fxe3 40. d5+ Kf5 41. d6 e2
42. d7 e1=Q 43. d8=Q Qc3+ 44. Kb6 e3 {and the extra e pawn wins through while
the Bl K shelters on the K side}) 39. d5 $2 (39. Kd5 $1 {still draws as Wh
holds the the centre, but then the d pawn can't advance either without the Wh
K coming to assist & allowing that f4 pawn break.}) 39... f4 $19 40. exf4 e3
41. f5 e2 {Wh is too slow; a Q will easily pick up all loose pawns on her own,
& the remainder with the assistance of the K} 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Watkins, Peter"]
[Black "Bevan, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1251"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 (
8. b3) 8... Nbd7 9. Ndf3 (9. f4) 9... Qc7 (9... Ne4) 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. g3 (11.
c5 Be7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Bd2 (13. b4 b6 14. a4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 {
Nikulin-Kuchkin, Moscow opB, 2008,0-1}) (13. Qc2 {Komodo10}) 13... Bxc5 {
Streier-Erbs, NRW Seniors, Hattingen 2005,0-1}) 11... Ne4 12. c5 Be7 13. Ne5
Bc8 (13... Be8) 14. f4 Bf6 15. Bd2 Bxe5 16. dxe5 (16. fxe5) 16... Nxc5 (16...
b6 $15 {Komodo10}) 17. Bb4 b6 18. Rc1 $14 Qb7 19. b3 (19. Qd4) 19... Rd8 (19...
a5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 Bd7 $11 {Komodo10}) 20. Bxc5 (20. Qc2) 20... bxc5 21.
Rxc5 Qb6 22. Qd4 Bb7 23. Rfc1 $16 Qc7 24. Bb5 (24. b4) 24... Rdc8 25. Kf2 Qd7
26. Be2 Qe7 27. b4 g5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Qf4 (29. b5 $18 {Komodo10} cxb5 30.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 (30... Bxc8 31. Rc7 Qd8 32. Qc5 $18) 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qxa7 Qh6 33.
Qc7 Qxh2+ 34. Ke1 Qxg3+ 35. Kd2 Ba6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39.
Qxa6 $18 {Komodo10}) 29... Qxf4+ (29... Qg7) 30. gxf4 (30. exf4) 30... Kh8 31.
Rg1 Rg8 32. Rcc1 a5 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Rg1+ Kh8 35. b5 c5 (35... cxb5 36. Bxb5
Rc8 37. Bd7 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Bc8 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40. Rb1 Kg7 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Re7 Rc6
$14 {Komodo10}) 36. a4 (36. Bh5) 36... c4 37. Ke1 c3 (37... Rg8 38. Rg5 h6 39.
Rg3 Rxg3 40. hxg3 $16 {Komodo10}) 38. Kd1 $18 Rc8 39. Kc1 (39. Kc2) 39... d4
40. exd4 Be4 41. Rg3 c2 42. Bd3 (42. Bf3) 42... Bxd3 (42... Bd5 43. Bf1 Be4 44.
Bg2 $18 {Komodo10}) 43. Rxd3 Rc4 44. Rd2 (44. Rb3 $1 {passed pawns must be
pushed ( though without letting Rs behind them)} Rc8 45. b6 Kg7 46. b7 Rb8 47.
Kxc2 $18 {Komodo10}) 44... Rxa4 45. Kxc2 (45. Rxc2 Rb4 46. Rb2 Rxd4 47. b6 Rd8
48. b7 Rb8 49. Kb1 $18 {Komodo10; the Wh K goes up the board to force the b
pawn throgh ( the R can check the Bl K away from the c file at a suitable
moment)}) 45... Rb4 46. Kc3 Rxb5 47. Ra2 (47. Rb2 $1 Rd5 48. Rb6 $1 a4 49. Rxe6
Ra5 50. Kb2 a3+ 51. Ka2 $18 {Komodo10}) 47... Rd5 (47... Rd5 48. Rb2 $1 a4 49.
Rb8+ Kg7 50. Ra8 Rd7 51. Rxa4 $16 {Komodo10}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Osinga, Awne"]
[Black "O'Brien, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. a3 (6. c3) (6. Nc3 {main
lines}) 6... a5 (6... a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb2 {Janbein-Hamdoun, Beirut
op 2015,1-0}) 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Nc4 Be6 9. Be3 (9. Ne3) 9... Bxe3 10. Nxe3 b5 (
10... O-O 11. c3 Re8 $11) 11. c3 (11. d4 $16 {Komodo10}) 11... Rb8 12. Qc2 (12.
d4 $14) 12... O-O 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Rfd1 (15. d5 Bd7 16. Nd4 $14 {
Komodo10}) 15... Qd7 (15... c6) 16. e5 (16. d5 $18 {Komodo10} Bg4 17. e5 Ne8 (
17... Bxf3 18. exf6 Bxe2 19. fxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe2 $18) 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxg4 $18)
16... Nfd5 $11 17. Qe4 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Qe8 (18... f5 19. Qh4 $11 {Komodo10}) 19.
Nh4 (19. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ng8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bh7 Ke7 (22... f6 23. exf6
gxf6 24. Bxg8 Bxg8 25. Qxh6+ $18) 23. Qxg7 $18 {Komodo10}) 19... g6 20. Qf3 (
20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. exd6 Bf5 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Qe6+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. dxe7
Nxe7 26. Rac1 $16 {Komodo10}) 20... dxe5 21. dxe5 g5 $2 {further weakens the
Kside} (21... Rd8 $11) 22. Nhf5 (22. Qe4 $18 Kf8 (22... gxh4 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24.
Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Be4+ Kg8 27. Rd4 Ng6 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Rxh4 $18 {
the Bl Rs are helpless & cannot protect their K}) 23. Qh7 Ng8 24. Nhf5 Bxf5 25.
Bxf5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe5 27. Bxc8 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rxc8 29. Rf1 Qe6 30. Rae1 $18 {
Komodo10}) 22... Nf4 (22... Qf8 23. Ng4 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 c6 25. Qh3 Nf4 26. Nf6+
Kh8 27. Qg4 $16 {Komodo10}) 23. Nxh6+ $18 Kf8 24. Nhg4 (24. Bc2) (24. Be4) (24.
g3) 24... Nxd3 25. Rxd3 (25. Nf6 $1 Qd8 26. Qe4 Ng6 27. Rxd3 $18 {Komodo10})
25... Ng6 26. Qg3 (26. Nf6 $1 Nxe5 (26... Qe7 27. Qh5 Qc5 28. Rd7 $18) 27. Qe4
Nxd3 (27... Qe7 28. Qxe5 $18) 28. Nxe8 Nc5 29. Qd4 Nb3 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Re1
Rxe8 32. Nd5+ $18 {Komodo10}) (26. Qh3 Nh4 27. g3 $18 {Komodo10}) 26... Nf4 27.
Rd2 Rd8 28. Rxd8 $2 (28. Rad1 $11) (28. Nf6 Rxd2 29. Qxg5 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Qd8 31.
Nh7+ Ke8 32. Nf6+ $11 {perpetual; Komodo10}) 28... Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nxg3+ 30. hxg3
Rxd8 $19 31. Nf6 Qe7 32. Nh7+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Ke2 Qc5 35. f4 gxf4 (35...
Qd4 36. Re1 Qxb2+ 37. Kf1 Qxa3 {Komodo10}) 36. gxf4 Kg6 37. Ne4 Qc6 38. Ng3 Rh8
(38... Bc4+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 Qb6 41. Re1 Qd4 $19 {Komodo10}) 39. f5+ Bxf5
40. Ngxf5 Qe4 41. Ne7+ Kg5 42. Rf1 Rh2 43. Rf5+ Kh6 44. Rf6+ Kg7 45. Rf2 Qxe5
46. N7f5+ Kg6 47. Kd3 Rh8 48. Kc2 Qc5+ 49. Kd2 Rd8+ 50. Ke2 b4 51. Nh4+ Kg7 52.
a4 Qh5+ 53. Nf3 Re8 54. g4 Qc5 55. Nh4 Qxe3+ 56. Kf1 Qe1+ (56... Qh3+ 57. Rg2 (
57. Ng2 Qh1#) 57... Qh1+ 58. Rg1 Qxh4 59. g5 Qf4+ 60. Kg2 Re2+ 61. Kh1 Rh2#)
57. Kg2 Re2 58. Nf5+ Kh7 59. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 60. Kg3 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holman, Sam"]
[Black "Williams, Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1334"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. b3 {uncommon} (5. Nc3 {main}) (5.
Nb5 d6 6. c4 (6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3)) 5... e5 (5... Nf6) (5... a6) 6. Nf5 (6. Nb5 {
Komodo10} a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Qf6 9. Ba3 Qxd6 10. Bxd6 Nge7 11. Nc3 b5 12.
Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 $16 {Mrla-Krainc, CRO ch tm, Center North Cakovec
2010,1/2-1/2}) 6... Nf6 $15 7. Ba3 $2 Bxa3 8. Nxa3 O-O (8... Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxa3
$19) 9. Nc4 Nxe4 $15 10. Qg4 (10. Nfd6 Nxd6 11. Qxd6 b5 12. Ne3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2
Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rb8 $15 {Komodo10 & Stockfish8}) 10... Qf6 (10... g6 11. Qxe4 d5
$19 {both Engines}) 11. Qxe4 d5 12. Qxd5 Bxf5 $17 13. Bd3 (13. c3) 13... e4 $19
14. O-O exd3 (14... Rad8) 15. Ne3 Be6 (15... Bg6) 16. Qxd3 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Qe7 18.
a4 Rac8 19. a5 a6 (19... Nd4) 20. Qh5 Qb4 21. Ra4 Qc3 22. Rh4 h6 23. Ra4 Nd4
24. g4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. h4 Qc6+ 27. f3 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 Qd6+ 29. f4 Rc3 30.
hxg5 Rxe3+ 31. Rf3 Rxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Farhaili, Mohammed"]
[Black "Cooke, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "1275"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 (5... h6 {main}) 6. Nf3
dxc4 7. e3 b5 8. a4 Bxc3+ (8... c6 {transposes to a variant of the Noteboom
line} 9. axb5 cxb5) 9. bxc3 c6 10. Be2 h6 (10... Nb6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. O-O O-O
13. Rfb1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. e4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 {Jacso-Hatala, Gyongyos Matra
Cup 2004, draw agreed} Nxe4 17. Qe3 Nxg5 18. f4 $16 {Komodo10}) 11. Bh4 g5 12.
Bg3 Bb7 13. Ne5 c5 (13... a6) 14. f3 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. exd4) 15... a6 16. O-O
h5 (16... Nd5 17. Rfb1 Nxe3 18. Qc1 Nf5 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Rxb7 Rc8 $11 {
Komodo10}) 17. h3 Qb6 18. Nxd7 (18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Rb1 Qa6 21.
Qb2 $18 {Komodo10}) 18... Nxd7 19. f4 (19. Rfb1 $16) 19... gxf4 20. Rxf4 (20.
Bxf4 $11) 20... e5 (20... Rg8 21. Kh2 e5 $17 {Komodo10}) 21. Rh4 (21. Rf2)
21... Rg8 22. Kh2 Nf6 (22... exd4 23. Bxh5 Rxg3 24. Kxg3 d3 25. Qf2 O-O-O $17 {
Komodo10; the Bl centre pawns are formidable}) 23. Rf1 (23. Qf5 $14) 23... Ne4
$2 {right idea, wrong execution thereof.} (23... Rxg3 24. Kxg3 Ne4+ 25. Kh2 (
25. Rxe4 Qg6+ 26. Kh2 (26. Kf3 f5 $19) 26... Bxe4 $19) 25... Qg6 26. Rxh5 Qg3+
27. Kh1 Qxe3 28. Rxe5+ Kf8 29. Rf3 Qxd4 30. Ref5 Nd6 31. R5f4 Be4 32. Qc1 Qe5
$11 {Komodo10; quite messy, both sides have chances}) 24. Rxe4 $18 Rxg3 25.
Rxe5+ {beause of the move order the R escapes} Kd7 26. Rxf7+ Kd6 27. Rf6+ (27.
Re6+ Kxe6 28. Qf5+ Kd6 29. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taylor, Paul"]
[Black "Baron, Margaret"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "850"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 (3... Bb4) (3... Nf6 {main lines}) 4. Nf3 Nf6 (4...
Bg7) 5. Bg5 (5. e5 Nh5 6. Bd3 c5 7. Be3 c4 8. Be2 Ng7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bh6 O-O
11. Qd2 {Demirkesen-Toren, TUR cup Antalya 2017,1-0}) (5. Bd3 {have been played
}) 5... h6 (5... Be7) 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. exd5 $16) 6... c5 (6... g5 7. Bg3
Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. h4 $11 {Komodo10; Wh has pressure for the pawn
}) 7. e5 Bg7 (7... g5 8. Nxg5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 Nbd7 10. exf6 Qb6 {a bit like a
Moscow var in a Queens Gambit} 11. Na4 Qd6 12. f4 b6 13. Qd2 $16) 8. exf6 $18
Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nb5 a6 (10... Qe7) 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 e5 13. dxc5 (13.
dxe5) 13... Nd7 14. Qxd5 b6 15. Nxb6 (15. c6) 15... e4 16. O-O-O (16. Nxd7 Bxd7
17. Ne5) 16... exf3 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Qxd7# 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Narayan-Taylor, Robert"]
[Black "Scott, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1476"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. a4 g6 2. c3 {the Wh player has had these opening moves in several Dyfed
League matches ( though Bl responses have been diverese)} Bg7 3. b4 (3. g3 d5
4. Bg2 c6 5. Na3 e5 6. Nc2 Be6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nf3 h6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nd2 f5 11.
Na3 g5 $11 {Coro-Molina, BOl ch women (qual) Bogota 2016,1-0}) 3... a5 4. Ba3
d6 (4... axb4 5. Bxb4 d6 $17 {Komodo10}) 5. e4 e5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d3 Bd7 8. Nbd2
b5 (8... axb4 9. Bxb4 c5 10. Ba3 Rxa4 $17 (10... Bxa4 $17 {Komodo10})) 9. axb5
axb4 10. Bxb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Bxb5 12. c4 Bd7 13. Nb3 c5 (13... O-O $15) 14. Bc3
Nc6 15. Be2 O-O $15 16. O-O Qc7 17. h3 Rb8 18. Rb1 Qc8 19. Nbd2 Ra8 20. Qb2 Rb8
21. Qc1 Bh6 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. g4 Bf4 $15 24. Nh2 h5 $17 25. f3 Kg7 $19 {Wh has
bl square weaknesses & a bad KB} (25... Nd4 $19) 26. Qc2 Qh8 27. Kg2 hxg4 (
27... Bxh2 28. Kxh2 hxg4 29. fxg4 Nxg4+ 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. Nf1 Qxh3+ $19 {
Komodo10}) 28. fxg4 (28. Nxg4 Qh4 29. Nf1 Nh5 30. Qd1 Bg5 31. Nfh2 Nd4 {Wh's
position is porous as a sieve} 32. Be1 Nf4+ 33. Kh1 Qxh3 $19 (33... Qh8 34. Bf1
Nxh3 $19 {Komodo10})) 28... Qh4 (28... Bxh2 29. Kxh2 Nxg4+ $19) 29. Nhf1 $17
Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nf3 Qh6 32. N3h2 Nh7 33. Nf3 Nf6 (33... Nf8 34. Qd1 Ne6
35. h4 Be5 $19 {Komodo10}) 34. N3h2 Be5 35. Qd1 Qf4 36. Nf3 Qh6 (36... Nh7 37.
Nxe5 Qxe5 38. Nh2 Nf8 39. Nf3 Qf6 $15) 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Qe1 Qh8 (38... Nh7 39.
Qa5 Ng5 40. Qxc5 Qxh3+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kg2 Bxg4 43. Qxe5+ f6 44. Qc7+ Kh6 45.
Qg3 Bh3+ 46. Kh2 Qxg3+ 47. Nxg3 Kg7 $15 {Komodo10although Wh has a protected
passed pawn, there is still that bad B}) 39. Qg3 $11 (39. Qa5 $11) 39... Qb8
40. Qf3 (40. g5 Nh7 41. Nh2 $11) 40... Qb2 41. Ng3 Be6 (41... Nh7 42. h4 f6 43.
Qf2 Qd2 $17 {Komodo10; despite the reduced material, Bl maintains a grip on
the position}) 42. g5 Nd7 43. h4 Qc1 44. Nf1 (44. Nf5+ Kf8 45. Nd6 Ke7 46. Nc8+
Kf8 47. Nd6 $11 {Komodo10}) 44... Qe1 45. Ng3 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "White, Sam"]
[Black "Jones, Hefin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1411"]
[BlackElo "1269"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. c3 Bd7 {where is the B going?} (4... Bd6) (
4... c5) 5. Nbd2 (5. e3 {played, preventing Bl's idea}) 5... Bb5 (5... Nc6 {
transposes to several games}) 6. e3 (6. a4 Ba6 7. b4 b6 (7... c6 8. Qb1) 8. b5
Bb7 9. a5 bxa5 10. e3 $14 {drives the B away; Komodo10}) 6... Bxf1 7. Nxf1 $11
(7. Kxf1 $11) 7... Bd6 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qb3 b5 11. N1d2 Nbd7 12. Qc2
a5 (12... O-O $11) 13. O-O a4 14. e4 e5 $6 {its dangerous opening up the
centre when the K is still there , & leaving the Rs disconnected} 15. dxe5 Nxe5
16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. exd5 (17. Nf3 Qc7 18. exd5 O-O 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rad1 $16 {
Komodo10}) 17... Qxd5 (17... O-O $16 {Komodo10}) 18. Rfe1+ Kf8 19. Nf3 (19.
Rad1) (19. c4) 19... h5 20. Rad1 (20. Re5 Qc4 21. Nd4 g6 22. Qd2 Ng4 23. Rg5 c5
24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Re1 Qf6 (25... Qxa2 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8
29. Qg7#) 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Rd5 $16 {Komodo10}) 20... Qxa2 21. Ne5 (21. Rd6 Re8
22. Qd2 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Ne8 24. Rd8 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Ne5 Rg8 27. Nxc6 $16 (
27. Rd7 $16 {Komodo10; the Bl pieces are uncoordinated})) 21... c5 (21... g6
$11) 22. Nd7+ (22. c4 Qb3 23. Qxb3 axb3 24. cxb5 $16 {Komodo10}) 22... Nxd7 23.
Rxd7 a3 (23... g6 24. Qe2 Kg7 25. Qe5+ Kh6 26. Qe3+ Kh7 27. Qxc5 Rhe8 $11 {
Komodo10; Bl must get his Rs moving}) 24. Qe4 $18 (24. Qd1 g6 25. b3 Kg7 26.
Rd2 $18 {Komodo10}) 24... axb2 25. Qb7 $2 (25. c4 $1 Kg8 26. Qd5 Rf8 27. Rxf7
Rh6 (27... Rxf7 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Qxh5#) 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qf5+ Rf6 30. Qc8+
Kf7 31. Qe8# {Komodo10}) 25... b1=Q $2 (25... Kg8 $19) 26. Rxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qxa8+
{the K dies in the middle} 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hammett, Scott"]
[Black "O'Brien, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. f4 (3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 (4. Qb3)) 3... Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. c3 c5
6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Rc8 8. O-O (8. Ne5 Bd6 9. O-O Ne4 10. g4 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Be4
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be1 Qb6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Qa4 Bxe1 17. Rfxe1 O-O
{Stock-Dittmar, Seefeld op 2002,0-1}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Ne5 Ne4 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $11 O-O 14. Qh3 Nxe5 15. fxe5 b5 16. Rf3 (16.
Qg4 Kh8 17. Rf3 $14 {Komodo10}) 16... b4 17. Rb1 $6 {the R belongs on f1} (17.
Qg4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bd2 $14 {Komodo10}) (17. Bh6 f5 (17...
gxh6 18. Qxh6 Bh4 19. Rh3 f5 20. Rxh4 Qe7 21. cxb4 $16 {Komodo10}) 18. exf6
Bxf6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Raf1 Re8 21. Qg4 $16 {Komodo10}) 17... Qb6 18. Bd2 bxc3
19. Rxc3 (19. Bxc3 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxe5 $15 {Komodo10}) 19... Qxd4+
20. Qe3 Qxe3+ (20... Qa4 $1 21. Rbc1 (21. Ra1 d4 22. Qe4 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24.
Qd3 Qxe5 $19) 21... d4 $19 {Komodo10} 22. Qe4 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Bg5 (23... Rc8 $19)
24. Re1 Rd8 $19) 21. Bxe3 Bb4 $17 22. Rcc1 a6 23. a3 Ba5 24. b4 Bc7 25. Bd4 f6
26. Rc6 Bxe5 $1 $19 27. Rxc8 Bxd4+ 28. Kf1 Rxc8 29. b5 Rb8 30. a4 a5 31. Ke2
Bb6 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rc6 e5 34. g4 Kg6 35. h4 h5 36. g5 Kf5 37. Kf3 fxg5 38.
hxg5 Kxg5 39. Rc1 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Rf6 41. Rc3 Kg4 42. Rc8 Bd4 43. Rd8 g5 44. Rxd5
Rf2+ 45. Ke1 Ra2 46. b6 Bxb6 47. Rxe5 Rxa4 48. Re2 Kf3 (48... Ra1+ 49. Kd2 Ra2+
) 49. Re8 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Williams, Allan"]
[Black "Evans, Gwyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Bd3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qa4 $146 (7. b3 {
main}) (7. Nc3) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. c5 Be7 11. Ne5 Be8 12. Ne2
Nh5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Qc2 (14. Qc3 {supports the N on e5}) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5
Qxe5 $15 {Bl now has excellent prospects in the centre} 16. Nd4 Bg6 (16... Nf4
$1 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. exf4 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qxc5 $17 {Komodo10}) 17. f4
Qf6 18. b4 Rac8 (18... Nxf4 19. Rxf4 e5 $17 {Komodo10}) 19. Bb2 $11 {Wh has
acquired some open lines & piece activity in the centre; while Bl has still to
solve the problem of what to do with his QB} Qf7 20. Nf3 h6 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Bd4
Nf6 23. Qb2 Ne4 24. Rac1 Bh7 25. b5 Bf6 26. bxc6 Bxe5 $6 (26... bxc6) 27. Bxe5
bxc6 28. Bxg7 $18 {Wh has control over all the bl squares} Rf7 29. Bxh6 Qe7 30.
Qd4 (30. Bxe4 $1 {the N could help Bl to regain some measure of bl square
fightback} fxe4 31. Bg5 Qf8 32. g4 $18) 30... Qh4 31. Bxe4 Qxh6 32. Bc2 Rg7 33.
Rf3 $18 (33. Rb1 $18 {Bl still has a B acting as a big pawn}) 33... Qh5 34. Bd1
Qg6 35. Rg3 Qf7 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rb1 $18 Rc7 39. Rb8 Bg6 40.
Bb3 (40. Kf2 {perhaps the K can get to e5}) 40... Kf6 41. Kf2 e5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5
43. Rg8 Bf7 44. Rg7 Kf6 45. Rg3 (45. Rh7) 45... Rb7 $11 46. Rf3 Be6 (46... Rb5)
47. g4 (47. h4) 47... Kg5 48. gxf5 Bxf5 49. Rf4 (49. h4+ Kg6 50. Ba4 $14 {
Komodo10}) 49... Rb5 50. h4+ Kh5 $2 (50... Kg6 51. Ke2 Rxc5 52. Kd2 Be4 $11)
51. Rxf5+ $18 Kxh4 52. Kf3 (52. Bd1 $1 {and the K is in a mating net} Rb2+ 53.
Be2 Rxe2+ 54. Kxe2 Kg4 55. Rf6 Kg5 56. Rxc6 {is an easy win}) 52... Rxc5 53.
Rf4+ Kh5 54. Ke2 Kg5 55. Kd3 (55. Ra4 a5 56. Kd3 Kf6 57. Kd4 Rb5 58. Bc2 Ke6
59. Bd3 Rb2 60. Rxa5 Rd2 61. Ra6 Kd6 62. Kc3 $18 {Komodo10 nudged}) 55... Rb5
56. Rd4 (56. Rf7) 56... Kf5 57. e4+ {Wh should keep pawns on; capturing rather
than exchanging} dxe4+ 58. Rxe4 a5 59. Ra4 (59. Re7 Kf4 60. Rc7 Rb6 61. Kd4 a4
62. Bc4 Rb1 63. Rxc6 $18) 59... Ke5 60. Rh4 Rb4 {& Bl should keep pieces on}
61. Rh5+ (61. Rxb4 axb4 62. Kc4 c5 63. Kxc5 {wins easily since the B cotrols
the Queening square of the pawn}) 61... Kd6 62. Rxa5 Rb5 {see previous note}
63. Ra6 (63. Rxb5 cxb5 64. Kc3 Kc5 65. a3 Kc6 66. Kb4 Kb6 67. Bf7 Ka6 68. Be8 {
etc}) 63... Kc5 64. Ba4 Rb6 65. Rxb6 Kxb6 66. Kc4 c5 67. Be8 Ka5 68. Kxc5 Ka6
69. a4 Ka5 70. Bb5 $2 {stalemate} (70. Kc4 Kb6 71. Kb4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neave, Guto"]
[Black "Watkins, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1390"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 {main} h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 (10... Bc5 {has become popular, especially
in correspondence}) 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 Qc7 13. h3 (13. b3 {has become the
main line}) 13... Be6 (13... O-O 14. O-O Bf5 (14... c5 {main lines; which
offer Bl good compensation for the pawn})) 14. Nc3 (14. Nd2 Bd5 (14... Rd8 15.
b3 Be5 16. Ba3 Nb7 17. O-O c5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Qe2 {
Canteli Martinez-Garcia Martinez, Asturias ch, Oviedo 2003,1-0}) 15. Bf3 Qe7+
16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 O-O 18. Re1 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 {Berry-Lang, Horowitz mem
corr 1989,1-0}) 14... O-O (14... Rd8 15. O-O (15. Bf3 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
c5 18. Qf3 f5 19. Bd5 Qf7 20. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. O-O $11 {Engel-Simons,
Saarland ch, Saarloius Steinrausch 2005,1-0}) 15... Nc4 16. Qe1 O-O 17. b3 Nb6
18. Bb2 Rfe8 19. Rd1 Nbd5 {Alvarez-Romanenko, New York op 1993,1/2-1/2}) 15. b3
(15. O-O {transposes to several games}) 15... Rfe8 (15... Rad8 16. Bb2 Nb7 17.
O-O Rfe8 18. Rc1 Nd5 (18... Nc5 $11) 19. Ne4 (19. Nxd5 $16) 19... Nf4 20. Qd2
Bd5 $19 21. Ng3 {Snowden-James, 4NCL 2004,0-1}) 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qc1 c5 (17...
Nd5 $11) 18. Nb5 Qb8 (18... Qb7 19. Nxd6 Qxg2 20. Nxe8 Qxh1+ 21. Bf1 Rxe8 $11 {
Komodo10}) 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 (19... Qxd6 20. O-O $16) 20. Bf4 (20. Bf4 c4 $1 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Nf4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 c3 25. Qxc3 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Qg6 27.
Rd1 $18 {but Bl could have carried on a bit}) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Rourke, Kevin"]
[Black "Chong, Kimberly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1107"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 {Gunsberg's Four Knights line, the ideas
to have a game normally arrived as Bl, but where a3 is a useful extra tempo,
stopping B pins} Be7 (4... d5 {sharpest & main}) 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h6 (6...
O-O) (6... d6) 7. Nf5 (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nh7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Qe2 {
Yordanov-Hristov,BUL ch sf 2009,1-0}) 7... O-O 8. Bd3 d5 {breaking open the
centre while the Wh K is still there, but it has some tactical drawbacks} (8...
Bc5) 9. Nxe7+ (9. exd5 $1 Ne5 (9... Nxd5 $2 10. Nxh6+ gxh6 11. Nxd5 Bf6 (11...
Qxd5 $2 12. Bh7+ {wins Q}) 12. O-O $18) 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. O-O $16) 9... Qxe7
$17 10. f3 (10. O-O $5) 10... Ne5 (10... dxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 (12...
Bf5 13. O-O Bxe4 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Bxh6 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qf5 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 $15) 13.
O-O fxe4 14. Rxf8+ Kxf8 15. Qf1+ Kg8 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Be2 Rf8 19.
Qe1 Nc4 $17 {Komodo10}) 11. O-O dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Ng3 Qc5+
15. Rf2 Rad8 $15 16. Qe1 Rfe8 (16... Bxc2 $17) 17. Be3 $16 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 $18
Bg4 19. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rd2 22. Re2 Rd5 23. Bb4 h5 24. Nf1 h4
25. Ne3 Re5 26. f4 Re4 27. Bc3 Rxf4 28. Rg2 f6 29. Rg4 (29. Nd5 Ra4 30. Nxf6+)
29... Rf3 30. Ng2 h3 31. Ne1 Re3 32. Rg3 Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 f5 34. Kh2 Kf7 35. g4
Ke6 36. gxf5+ Kxf5 37. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bevan, Paul"]
[Black "Osinga, Awne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1251"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Ne4 (4... Bg7) (4... Bg4) 5. Nd2 f5 6. Ngf3
(6. Nxe4 fxe4 7. Be2 Bg7 8. c4 e6 9. g3 Nd7 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 $11 {Jones-Berry, Horowitz mem corr 1989,0-1}) 6... Nc6 {
better toleave c5 as a possibility, since e5 will be difficult to get in} (6...
Nd7) 7. c3 e6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h4 {the attack will not get far, since
the Bl K can go to the otherside; more difficult to achieve for Wh.} (10. O-O)
10... Qe7 $17 11. Bxe4 dxe4 (11... fxe4) 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 O-O-O $19 {Bl
is fully developed with open lines. Wh underdeveloped} 14. h5 Bb5 15. h6 Bf8 (
15... Qc5 16. Rh3 Bf8 $19 {Komodo10} (16... Bxh6 $17)) 16. Qb3 Qd7 (16... Qc5
17. Rh3 Qc6 18. Qd1 Rd3 $19 {Komodo10}) 17. c4 Ba4 18. Qc3 Qd3 {swapping off
Bl's best attacker, a R should go to d3 intead} (18... g5 $1 $19) 19. Qxd3 Rxd3
20. b3 (20. Ke2 Bb4 21. b3 Rhd8 22. Nf1 Bc6 $19) 20... Bc6 (20... Rxe3+ 21. Kd1
(21. Kf2 Bc5 22. Ba3 Bd4 23. Bb2 Bb6 24. bxa4 Rd8 25. Rhd1 Rb3+ 26. Kf1 Rxb2
$19) 21... Bc6 $19 {Komodo10}) 21. Kf2 Bc5 (21... g5 {opens up the game for
the Bs}) 22. Nf1 Rhd8 23. Rh3 Bb4 (23... Rc3 24. Ke1 Rc2 25. Bd2 b5 $19 {
Komodo10}) 24. Bb2 Bc3 {swapping off, when Blcould win material} (24... Rd2+
25. Nxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Kg1 Rxb2 $19 {when Wh's Rs are going nowhere & the Bl Bs
will slowly infiltrate}) 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 $17 26. Kg1 b5 27. cxb5 Bxb5 28. Nh2 (
28. g4 fxg4 29. Rg3 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Rd2 $19 {Komodo10}) 28... Be2 (28... Rcd3 $19
) 29. Kf2 Rc2 30. Ke1 Rdd2 (30... Ba6 $19 {the threat on e2 with a discovered
ch, will create mayhem in the Wh ranks}) 31. Rg3 (31. Nf1 $5) 31... Bh5 (31...
Bd3 $1 {Komodo10;forces mate} 32. Rxg6 Rf2 33. Rb1 Rce2+ 34. Kd1 Bc2+ 35. Kc1
Bxb3 36. Rg8+ Kd7 37. Rg7+ Kc6 38. Rxc7+ Kxc7 39. Nf3 exf3 40. gxf3 Rf1#) 32.
Kf1 Rxa2 33. Rb1 Rab2 34. Ra1 Rxb3 35. Kg1 Kb7 (35... Kd7 {Komodo10} 36. Nf1
Rd1 37. Rxd1+ Bxd1 38. Nd2 Rb4 39. Nc4 Bg4 (39... Rxc4 40. Rxg6 $18) 40. Na5 c5
$19) 36. Nf1 Rdb2 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Nd2 Rxa1 39. Nxb3 Rb1 40. Nc5+ Kc8 41. Nxe6
a5 $19 42. Nf8 Kd8 $2 (42... a4 $1 {passed pawns must be pushed- a Q will
ensure Bl can cope with any Wh threats} 43. e6 (43. Nxg6 a3 44. Ne7+ Kb7) 43...
Kd8 44. Nxh7 a3 45. Ng5 Ke7 46. h7 Rb8 47. Nf7 a2 48. h8=Q Rxh8 49. Nxh8 a1=Q
$19) 43. Nxh7 $18 Ke7 44. Nf6 Kf7 (44... Rb8 45. Nxh5 gxh5 46. Rg7+ Ke6 47.
Rxc7 Ra8 48. h7 a4 49. Kg3 a3 50. Ra7 Rh8 51. Kh4 a2 52. Ra6+ Kd5 53. Kxh5
Rxh7+ 54. Kg6 Rh8 (54... Rh1 55. Rxa2) 55. Rxa2 Rf8 56. Ra6 Rg8+ 57. Kxf5 Rxg2
58. e6 $18 {Komodo10}) 45. Nxh5 Rb8 (45... gxh5 46. h7 Rb8 47. e6+ Kxe6 48. Rg8
$18) 46. Nf6 (46. h7 {quickest; Komodo10} Ra8 47. e6+ Ke7 48. Rxg6 Rh8 49. Nf6
Kxe6 50. Rg8 Kxf6 51. Rxh8 Kg6 52. g4 $1 Kg7 (52... fxg4 53. f5+ Kg7 54. Rg8+
Kxh7 55. Rxg4) 53. Rg8+ Kxh7 54. Rg5 fxg4 55. f5 {Komodo10}) 46... a4 47. Nd7 (
47. Rh3 a3 48. h7 a2 49. Ng8 Rxg8 (49... a1=Q 50. h8=Q {&Bl gets his K hunted
down}) 50. e6+ Kg7 51. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 52. e7 Kf7 53. Rh7+ Ke8 54. Rh8+ Kxe7 55.
Ra8 $18 {Komodo10; a neat calculation}) 47... Rd8 (47... Ra8 48. h7 a3 49. e6+
Kg7 (49... Ke7 50. Ne5 a2 51. Rxg6 Rh8 52. Nc6+ Kd6 53. e7+ Kc5 54. e8=Q Rxe8
55. Rg8 Rxg8 (55... a1=Q 56. Rxe8) 56. hxg8=Q a1=Q 57. Nd4 $18 {Komodo10})) 48.
Nc5 (48. e6+ $1 Kxe6 49. Ne5 Kd5 50. Rxg6 a3 (50... Kc5 51. Nf7 Ra8 52. h7) 51.
Ra6 Rf8 52. Rxa3 $18 {Komodo10}) 48... a3 49. e6+ Kf6 50. Nb3 (50. Nd7+ $1 Kxe6
51. Ne5 $18 {Komodo10}) 50... a2 51. e7 $16 Re8 (51... Rh8) 52. h7 Rh8 (52...
Kg7 53. Rg5 $1 Kxh7 54. g4 Rxe7 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Rg2 $18 {Komodo10}) 53. Rh3
$18 Kxe7 54. Kg1 (54. Kg3 $1 c5 55. Rh1 Kd6 56. Ra1 c4 57. Nd4 Rxh7 58. Rxa2
$18 {Komodo10}) 54... c5 55. Kf1 (55. g3 Kd6 56. Rh2 $18 {Komodo10}) 55... c4
56. Na1 Kf7 57. Ke2 (57. Rh2 $18) 57... Kg7 58. Kd2 Rc8 $2 (58... Rd8+ 59. Kc2
Kh8 60. Rh1 Rd3 61. Re1 Kxh7 62. Kb2 g5 63. g3 Rd2+ 64. Nc2 Rg2 65. Ra1 Rxg3
66. fxg5 Kg6 67. Rxa2 Kxg5 68. Ra5 Kg4 69. Re5 Kg5 70. Kc3 Kf6 71. Rc5 f4 {
eliminates Wh's last pawn}) 59. Kc3 (59. h8=Q+ Rxh8 60. Rxh8 Kxh8 61. Kc3 $18)
59... Kh8 60. Rh2 $16 Rc7 (60... Rd8) 61. g3 $18 (61. g4 $1 $18) 61... Rd7 62.
Kxc4 Rd3 63. Rxa2 Rxe3 64. Rg2 Kxh7 65. Nc2 Rf3 66. Nd4 (66. Kd5 e3 (66... Kh6
67. Kd4 Kg7 68. Ke5 Rb3 69. g4 fxg4 70. Rxg4 Rc3 71. Rg2 e3 72. Kd4 Rc6 73.
Nxe3 $18) 67. Ne1 Rf2 68. Kd4 $18 {Komodo10}) 66... Rd3 67. g4 fxg4 68. Rxg4
Ra3 69. Rg2 e3 70. Nc2 $6 (70. Ne2 Kg7 71. Kd4 Kf6 72. Rg5 Kf7 73. Nc3 Kg7 74.
Rc5 Kh6 75. Re5 Rb3 76. Nd5 $18 {all the time taking care not to let Bl play
g5 , eliminating Wh's last pawn move}) (70. Kd5 $18) 70... Ra4+ 71. Kd3 (71.
Nb4 {last chance} Kh6 72. Re2 Kh5 73. Rg2 (73. Rxe3 Kg4 74. Kb5 Ra7 75. Nd3 g5
{holds the draw}) 73... Kh6 74. Kc3 Ra5 75. Kd4 g5 {end of last Wh pawn}) 71...
Rxf4 72. Kxe3 Rf7 73. Nd4 Re7+ 74. Kf4 Kg7 75. Nc6 Rf7+ 76. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Holman, Sam"]
[Black "Taylor, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1334"]
[BlackElo "1511"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bxg7 7. c3 (7.
Qf3 Bxb2 8. Rd1 {appears to be the main line here} Qd4 (8... Qd6 9. Bc4) 9. Ne2
Qg4 10. Qb3) 7... Bf5 (7... Nc6) (7... Qd5 {more frequent}) 8. Nf3 (8. Qf3 Qc8
{scores 75% for Bl}) 8... Qd7 $146 (8... e6) (8... Nd7) 9. Qb3 (9. Bf4 Qe6+ 10.
Be2 Nc6 (10... c6 11. O-O $16) 11. Bxc7 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Bg3 Rfd8 14. Qe1
$14 {Komodo10}) 9... Qe6+ 10. Qxe6 (10. Be3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nd7 12. b4 $14 {
Komodo10}) 10... Bxe6 $11 11. g3 (11. Bf4) (11. Be3) 11... Nd7 (11... Nc6) 12.
Bg2 O-O-O 13. Be3 (13. O-O) 13... b6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 f6 16. a4 Ne5 (16...
Bc4 $11) 17. O-O (17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. a5 Kb8 19. O-O $14 {Komodo10}) 17... Bd5
18. f3 $2 {creating a weakness & sealing in a B is not a sufficient
justification for trying to keep the 'advantage' of the 2 Bs} (18. Bxe5 fxe5
19. Bh3+ e6 20. Rfe1 $16 {as Bl has 2 exposed e pawns}) 18... Nc4 $17 19. Rfe1
e5 20. Bf2 Nxb2 {a useful extra pawn; Wh has no serious attacking prospects
against the Bl K} 21. a5 Nc4 (21... Kb7) 22. axb6 axb6 23. f4 {consenting to
the B swap after all; the trouble is that Wh's remaining B is the worse one,
restricted by its own pawns} Bxg2 24. Kxg2 exf4 (24... Kb7) 25. Re7 Kb7 (25...
Rhe8 26. Rxh7 Kb7 27. Bd4 fxg3 28. hxg3 Re6 $17 {Komodo10}) 26. Rf7 (26. gxf4)
26... f3+ $1 $19 {seals in the K} 27. Kh3 Rd6 (27... Nd6 28. Re7 Rde8 $19 {
Komodo10}) 28. Bd4 Ne5 (28... Rhd8 29. Bxf6 (29. Rxh7 Re8 30. Kg4 Nd2 $19)
29... R8d7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Bg5 b5 $19 {Komodo10}) 29. Re1 $2 (29. Bxe5 fxe5
30. Rxf3 Rhd8 $17) 29... Nxf7 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baron, Margaret"]
[Black "Farhaili, Mohammed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "850"]
[BlackElo "1275"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Ne2 $146 {surprisingly enough at this early
stage} (4. Nc3) (4. Nf3) 4... c5 5. Nbc3 {back into previous territory by
transposition} Nc6 (5... dxc4 {alternative}) 6. g3 (6. cxd5 {alternative,
played}) 6... Be7 (6... Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg2 Be6 {several games, level
results}) (6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O $11 {Zakirov-Bubnel, RUS ch U10, Rybinsk
2000, 0-1}) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O cxd4 (8... dxc4 $15 {Cloud Engines}) 9. exd4 (9.
Nxd4) 9... Qd7 (9... dxc4 10. Qa4 Nb4 11. Qb5 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Bc6 $11
{Komodo10}) 10. a3 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nf4 $16 {Komodo10; Wh wins
the d5 pawn}) 10... dxc4 11. b4 (11. Qa4 $11) 11... cxb3 $17 12. Qxb3 Nxd4 (
12... b6) 13. Nf4 $2 (13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qxb3 16. Rxb3 $15 {
Komodo10}) 13... Nxb3 $19 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rbxc1 Bxa3 16. Rcd1 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qa5
18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rd8 20. Rdd1 Rb8 21. Rfe1 b6 $4 22. Re3 $2 (22. Rxd8+ Ne8
23. Rxe8#) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Bf1 Ba6 (23... Qa1) 24. Nd3 Rd8 (24... Ng4 25. Rf3
Bb7) 25. Nb2 Bxf1 26. f4 Bh3+ (26... Qd2) 27. Kf2 Ng4+ (27... Rf1+ 28. Ke2 Qd2#
) 28. Ke2 R8d2+ (28... Qd2+ 29. Kf3 Qxe3#) 29. Kf3 Rf1+ 30. Ke4 Qd5# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cooke, Raymond"]
[Black "Eddershaw, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 (3... e6) (3... Ne4) (3... g6 {main lines}) 4.
Bxf6 exf6 5. a3 (5. e3 {main}) 5... Bd6 (5... Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. c4 Be6 8. Qc2
Re8 {Knobel-Koppelmann, Niedersachsen ch , Verden 2009,1-0}) 6. e3 c6 7. c4 Be6
8. c5 Bc7 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O $11 11. Qc2 g6 12. Qb3 Kg7 (12... b6 13. g3
$11) 13. Qxb7 $2 Bxh2+ 14. Nxh2 Qxb7 $19 15. b4 Nd7 (15... a5) 16. Nd2 a5 17.
f4 axb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 (19... Qxd2) 20. Nhf3 Qc3 21. Kh2 (21. Bb1
Qxe3+ $19) 21... Qxd3 22. Kh3 Qxe3 23. Kh4 Qxf4+ 24. Kh3 Qh6+ (24... g5 {mating
}) (24... Ra3 {mating}) 25. Kg3 Qe3 (25... Ra3) 26. Re1 f4+ 27. Kh4 (27. Kh2
Qf2 {lasts a little longer}) 27... g5+ (27... Qf2+ 28. g3 Qxg3#) 28. Nxg5 (28.
Kh5 Qd3 29. Ne4 dxe4 30. d5 Qxd5 31. Nd4 g4+ 32. Nf5+ Qxf5+ 33. Kh4 Qg5#) 28...
Qxe1+ (28... Qg3+ 29. Kh5 Qxg5#) 29. Kh5 fxg5 30. Nf3 Qh1+ (30... Qg3 31. Nxg5
Nf6#) 31. Kxg5 Qh6# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Brien, Sam"]
[Black "Narayan-Taylor, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 {opening up the game scores well for Wh} (
4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 {recommended in Mueller & Souleideis - Winning
withe slow(but venomous!) Italian 2016:17} d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxc6
bxc6 {known theoretically, wbut with 0-0 & h6 (less useful) thrown in} 10. f3
Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nde2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {and Wh attacks with f5}) 4...
exd4 5. Nxd4 Ne5 (5... Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. O-O Qf6 8. Qd3 {Wh scores 95%}) 6.
Bb3 c5 {leaving a terrible hole on d5} (6... Nf6 {main eg} 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd3 {Deus Filho-Dutra, Rio Claro
IRT op 2013,1-0}) 7. Nf3 Nxf3+ (7... c4 8. Nxe5 {has been played, 2 Wh wins &
a draw}) 8. Qxf3 Qf6 (8... Nf6 9. O-O (9. e5 $1 $18 {Komodo10} Qe7 10. O-O Qxe5
11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Nc3 d6 13. Ba4+ $1 Kd8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rad1 $18) 9... d6 10.
Bf4 b5 11. e5 Bg4 12. Qb7 $18 {yet Lukash-Kovalev, Konakovo 2012,0-1}) 9. Qe2
Qc6 (9... Qd8 10. Nc3 g5 11. e5 {Klinger-Sagstetter, Chiemgau Seniors; Bergen
2005,1-0}) (9... Qg6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Be3 b6 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qc6
15. c4 {Iglesias Vidal-Krueger, Calvia Veterans op 2007,1-0}) 10. O-O $18 Ne7
11. Nc3 a6 12. Nd5 (12. f4 $18 {Komodo10}) 12... b5 $2 13. c4 (13. Nxe7 {Rudy}
Bxe7 14. Bd5 {wins a R}) 13... Bb7 14. Bf4 $18 (14. Rd1 $18) 14... O-O-O 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. a4 (16. Rfc1) 16... b4 17. Rfc1 Ng6 18. Be3 $18 (18. Bg3 $18 {
looks more menacing towards the K}) 18... Ba6 19. Bc4 (19. Qd2 Bb7 20. a5)
19... Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Ne5 21. Qe2 c4 22. a5 (22. f4 {wins the N} Ng6 23. Rxc4 {
wins Q}) 22... Kb7 23. Nb6 (23. a6+ Kb8 24. Bf4 f6 25. Rxc4 Bc5 26. Rac1 d6 27.
Bxe5 fxe5 28. Rxb4+ Ka8 29. Rb7 $18 {Komodo10}) 23... Qxe4 (23... Bc5 24. Nxc4
Nxc4 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc4 $18 {Komodo10 & the Bl Rs are helpless in saving
their K from the attentions of the Wh Rs}) 24. Nxc4 (24. a6+ Kb8 25. Nxc4 {
threatens a Q win by Ba7ch} Bc5 26. Nxe5 Bxe3 (26... Qxe5 27. Qb5+ {is killing}
) 27. Nxf7 $18 {winning easily}) 24... Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Qe6 26. Rac1 {mating
according to Komodo10} Bd6 27. a6+ (27. Rxb4+ {is one move slower} Bxb4 (27...
Ka8 28. Qa6#) 28. Qb5+ Ka8 29. Rc7 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Bd6 31. Ra7#) 27... Kb8 28. Qf3
(28. Rc8+ $1 Rxc8 29. Qb5+ Ka8 30. Qb7# {Komodo10}) 28... Bxh2+ {delays the
mating process} 29. Kxh2 d5 30. Qf4+ Ka8 31. Rxb4 (31. Qc7 $1 Qxa6 32. Rxb4 {
mates in 3., eg} Qd6+ (32... Rd6 33. Ra1 Rb6 34. Rxa6+ Rxa6 35. Qb7#) 33. Qxd6
Rxd6 34. Ra1+ Ra6 35. Rxa6#) 31... Qd6 32. Qxd6 (32. Rc8+ $1 {forces a quick
mate} Rxc8 33. Qxd6 Rhd8 34. Rb8+ {another R sac deflection} Rxb8 35. Qc6+ Rb7
36. Qxb7#) 32... Rxd6 33. Rc7 $18 (33. Rb6 Rxb6 34. Bxb6 $18 {keeps that
lovely a pawn alive}) 33... Rxa6 34. Rxf7 g5 35. Rd7 Ra5 36. Bb6 Ra6 37. Rxd5
Re8 38. Be3 Rc8 39. Rbd4 Kb7 40. Rb5+ Ka8 41. b4 Rb8 42. Rxb8+ Kxb8 43. b5 Rg6
44. Rc4 Re6 45. Kg3 Re5 46. b6 Re6 47. Rc7 Rg6 48. Rh7 Re6 49. Kg4 Re4+ 50. Kf5
(50. Kh5) 50... Rb4 51. Rxh6 g4 52. Rh7 Rc4 53. Rg7 Rb4 54. Rxg4 Rb5+ 55. Ke6
Kb7 56. Rg7+ Kc8 57. Kd6 Rb1 58. Kc6 Kd8 59. Bg5+ (59. b7) 59... Ke8 60. Re7+
Kf8 61. Re5 Rb2 62. b7 (62. Rb5) 62... Rc2+ 63. Rc5 Rb2 64. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Evans, Gwyn"]
[Black "Chong, Kimberly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. g3 (5. Be2 {main}) 5... d6 6. Bg2 (6.
h3 {played}) 6... Nc6 (6... Ng4 7. Nh3 O-O $15 {Cloud Engines}) 7. Nge2 (7. h3)
7... Ng4 (7... Bg4) 8. O-O Be6 9. h3 Nf6 10. Kh2 g5 $5 {keeping one's own K in
the centre toolong is not always wise, even if one can start to attack the
other K} (10... O-O $11) 11. f4 {opening up the position against a K in the
middle is the right strategy; however the Engine finds a way of exploiting
Wh's own slightly insecure K as a result of the lines opened.} (11. Nd5 {is
safer} Nd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 $14) 11... gxf4 (11... Ng4+ $1 $17 {Komodo10}
12. Kh1 (12. hxg4 h5 $1 $19) 12... gxf4 13. gxf4 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bxf2 15. f5 Bd7
16. Nd5 Rc8 $17 {Komodo10}) 12. gxf4 (12. Nd5) 12... exf4 (12... Ng4+ $1 {
still best} 13. hxg4 {is even worse now} Qh4+ 14. Bh3 Bxg4 15. Rf3 Bxh3 $1 (
15... Bxf3 $19 {alsogood}) 16. Rxh3 Qf2+ 17. Kh1 Rg8 18. Rg3 Rxg3 19. Nxg3 Qxg3
20. d4 Bxd4 21. Qf1 Qh4+ 22. Kg2 O-O-O {and Wh is getting mated because of the
open g file}) 13. Nxf4 (13. d4 $1 $18 {because the centre controls Bl's pieces}
Bb6 14. Nd5 $1 (14. d5 {looks like winning a piece, but there are tactics to
work out} Ng4+ 15. Kh1 f3 16. dxe6 (16. Bxf3 Qh4 17. Nf4 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Bxh3 19.
Qe1 Bg2+ 20. Kg1 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Qh4+ 22. Ke2 Bxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Ne5 24. Nd3 $14)
16... fxg2+ 17. Kxg2 fxe6 18. hxg4 Qh4 19. Qe1 Qxg4+ 20. Qg3 $16 {Komodo10})
14... Rg8 15. Bxf4 Nh5 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. d5 Ne5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 $18 {
Komodo10}) 13... Nd4 (13... h5 {a strange move, but it seems otherwise Bl is
losing} 14. Kh1 Ng4 15. e5 Qd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 Ne3 18. Bxe3 (18. Qf3 $16
{Komodo10}) 18... Bxe3 19. Qf3 Bd4 20. Nb5 Bxe5 21. d4 $16 {Komodo10}) (13...
Kd7 14. Nce2 Kc8 15. d4 $18 {wins a piece again}) 14. Nxe6 (14. b4 $1 {Komodo10
} Bb6 (14... Bxb4 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Ncd5 $18 {Komodo10}) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe6
Nxe6 17. c5 $18 {Komodo10}) (14. Ncd5 $18) 14... fxe6 15. e5 (15. Rb1 c6 16. b4
Bb6 17. Kh1 $16 {Komodo10}) 15... dxe5 16. Bxb7 $16 {now the Bl K is
definitelt stuck in the centre} Rb8 17. Bg2 Nf5 $11 {but at least Bl has some
better developed pieces to help protect vulnerable squares} 18. Qe2 (18. Ne4)
18... Nh4 {attacks the K but also leaves lines open for Wh} (18... Rg8 {the g
file beckons} 19. Bc6+ Kf7 20. Ne4 Bd4 $17) 19. Bc6+ $18 Ke7 20. b3 $18 {
developing , but a bit slow} (20. Rxf6 $1 {remove good defenders with tempo}
Kxf6 21. Ne4+ Ke7 22. Nxc5 {& win material} Qd6 23. Qe4 Qxc5 24. Be3 Rxb2+ 25.
Kh1 Qb4 26. Qxh4+ (26. Rg1 $1 {is even stronger as the N has no retreat}) 26...
Kd6 27. Bb5 $18 (27. Bg2 $18)) 20... e4 {double-edged, but when in a losing
position, its best to create chaos , as Speelman recommends in his columns} 21.
Bxe4 $18 (21. Nxe4 $18) 21... Qd4 22. Bb2 Qe5+ 23. Kh1 Qg3 (23... Bd4 24. Qe1
Rbf8 25. Qxh4 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxc3 27. Rae1 Kd7 {looks a little safer for the K}
28. Bg2 $18) (23... Rhg8 24. Nd5+) 24. Bg2 $2 {a defensive move that should
actually lose!} (24. Rxf6 $1 {Komodo10 breaks through immediately} Qxh3+ (24...
Kxf6 25. Nd5+ $1 Kf7 (25... Kg5 26. Bf6#) 26. Rf1+ Ke8 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Nf4 $18
) 25. Qh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Bd6+ 27. Kh3 Kxf6 28. Ne2+ e5 29. Kxh4 $18 {Komodo10})
24... Rhg8 (24... Bd6 $19 25. Rf4 Bxf4 26. Ba3+ Kd7 27. Bf1 Rhg8 28. Bc5 Bd6
29. Bd4 Nh5 30. Ne4 Rbf8 {mating according to Komodo10}) 25. Rxf6 $1 $16 {
better late than never} Qe3 (25... Qxg2+ {a better way to exchange Qs} 26. Qxg2
Rxg2 (26... Nxg2 27. Ne4 Be3 28. Raf1 $18) 27. Rxh6 Rbg8 28. Rh7+ Ke8 29. Rxh4
Bd6 30. Rg4 R8xg4 31. hxg4 Rxb2 32. Re1 $16 Bb4 33. Na4 Rxa2 34. Rxe6+ Kd7 35.
Re3 $16 {Komodo10}) 26. Qxe3 Bxe3 27. Raf1 (27. Nd5+ exd5 28. Bxd5 Rg3 29. Kh2
Rbg8 (29... Rg5 30. Re6+ $18) 30. Bxg8 Rxg8 31. Be5 $18 {Komodo10}) 27... Rxg2
28. Ba3+ (28. Rf7+ $1 Kd6 29. Ne4+ Kc6 30. Be5 Rc8 31. Bg3 $18 {Komodo10})
28... c5 (28... Kd7 29. R6f3 Bd4 $14 {Komodo10}) 29. Rf7+ Kd6 30. R7f6 (30. Bc1
Bxc1 31. Rxc1 Rg6 32. Nb5+ Kc6 33. b4 cxb4 34. Nxa7+ Kc5 35. d4+ Kd6 36. Rg1 b3
37. axb3 Rxb3 38. c5+ Kd5 39. Rxg6 Nxg6 40. c6 $18 {Komodo10; keeping track of
all the variations is nerve-racking; must have been even more so for both
players.}) 30... Rbg8 $19 31. Ne4+ Ke7 {the safest, yet not the best according
to the unflappable Engine.} (31... Ke5 $1 $19 32. Rf7 (32. Rf8 Rxf8 33. Rxf8
Rxa2 34. Bxc5 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Bf4+ 36. Rxf4 (36. Ng3 Ra2+ 37. Kg1 Bxg3 $19) 36...
Kxf4 $19) 32... Rg1+ 33. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 34. Kh2 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rxa2 36. Bxc5 Ra1+ 37.
Kh2 Bf4+ $19 {asabove}) 32. Bxc5+ $1 {forcing off a key attacker} Bxc5 33. Nxc5
R2g3 34. Rf7+ Kd8 {not the best; however, DRAW AGREED, to the relief of both
players?} (34... Ke8 35. R7f2 $16) (34... Kd8 35. Nxe6+ Ke8 (35... Kc8 36. Rf8+
Rxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kd7 38. Nf4 Ke7 39. Ra8 Rf3 40. Rxa7+ Ke8 41. Ra8+ Kf7 42. Nd5
Rxh3+ 43. Kg1 Rxd3 {is worse, as the Wh K side pawns should be decisive.}) 36.
R7f2 Rxd3 37. Nf4 $18 {Wh should be winning with 2 pawns up , though still
under pressure. A wonderful fighting game by both players}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Watkins, Peter"]
[Black "Eddershaw, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O e6 9. Nxc6 {strenthens Bl's centre & opens the B file} (9. f4) (9. a4) (9.
Kh1 {main lines}) 9... Qxc6 (9... bxc6 {strategically prefereable}) 10. Bf3 e5
(10... Qc7 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Be2 d5 $15 {Do-Bairachny, Budapest
Spring op 1996,0-1}) 11. Bg5 (11. Nd5 $14 {Komodo10}) 11... Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qe2 (14. Bg4 $5) 14... Be6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. c3 O-O $11 {Bl's 2
Bs hold the line against the weakness on d5} 17. Rd3 f5 $2 {strategically
important, & often played in the related Sveshnikov var. Here, however, it
should failon tactical grounds} 18. Rad1 (18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ne7+ Bxe7 20. Bxc6
$1 {wins the Q for two pieces} Rxc6 $18 (20... Bxd3 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Qxd3 $18 {
is worse , as Bl has lost control over the wh squares, which helps the Q &
ties Bl's Rs down})) 18... f4 19. Bg4 {still helps Wh , since after after the
B swap, Bl is left with a bad B vs good N} Rce8 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. f3 {missing
another tactic involving the Bl Q} (21. Qg4 $1 Rg6 22. Qxg5 Rxg5 (22... Qxd5
23. Qxg6 Qxa2 (23... Qxd3 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Rxd3) 24. Qxd6 $18) 23. Ne7+ Kf7 24.
Nxc6 bxc6 25. Rxd6 f3 26. g3 Rg6 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. h3 $18 {Bl is a pawn down &
his other pawns are split on the Q side; while the Wh Rs control the centre})
21... Rf7 22. Kf1 Rh6 23. h3 Bh4 $14 {Wh has incurred bl square weaknesses,
which make it difficult to mobilise his pawns} 24. Qd2 Bg3 {though its not
clear what the B is doing here} (24... Bd8 {is a better idea, getting reading
to put it onto b6( but guarding d6 first) to encourage Wh to swap off his N}
25. Nb4 Qb5 $11) 25. Nb4 Qb6 {the pawn can't be taken because of the mate onf2}
26. Nd5 Qc6 27. Nb4 Qc5 28. Rd5 Qc7 (28... Qb6 29. Nd3 Rc7 30. b3 Qe3 31. c4
Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Bh4 33. c5 Be7 34. cxd6 Rxd6 35. Nxe5 $16 {Komodo10}) 29. Nd3 (
29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 $18 {simplest}) 29... Rff6 (29... Re6) (
29... Bh4 {required}) 30. Nf2 {offering a swap,as Bl is not going to allow the
loss of an exchange- far better to have kept the more flexible N} (30. Nxe5 $1
$18 {Komodo10; breaks the centre, as Bl can scarcely take} dxe5 $2 31. Rd8+ Rf8
(31... Kf7 32. Rd7+) 32. Qd5+ Qf7 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qc5+ Qe7 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36.
Rd7 $18 {the B on g3 is offside fromwhere all the play is}) 30... Bxf2 31. Kxf2
$11 g5 (31... Rfg6) 32. Qe2 Rhg6 33. Rh1 (33. c4 $14) 33... h5 34. Rdd1 Rf7 35.
Rdg1 {decentralising- Bl has no real threats on the K side} (35. Ke1 Qa5 36.
Qc4 b5 37. Qb3 Qb6 38. Rd2 $11 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Kd1 gxf3 41. gxf3 Qe3 42.
Rf1 Kg7 43. Kc2 $14 {Komodo10}) 35... h4 {Bl gives up on the K side
demonstration- he could at least have kept the g4 threat hanging over Wh for
longer.} (35... Qc5+ $1 36. Ke1 d5 $15 {is a better way, as the Wh K is now on
the wrong side of his Rs}) 36. Rd1 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 Rd7 38. Qd2 (38. Rd5) 38... Kf8
39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Rhe1 Rg8 41. Kf1 Rgd8 42. b3 d5 {Bl's timing is wrong, as his
K is still in the line of fire} 43. exd5 $18 Rxd5 44. Qe2 (44. Qxd5 $1 $18 {Wh
should certainlytake off the 2 Rs for the Q- his own 2 Rs will be far superior
to Bl's Q in this position where its the Bl K that will suffer from exposure}
Rxd5 45. Rxd5 Qc7 (45... Qg6 46. Rdxe5+ Kd6 47. Re6+ Qxe6 48. Rxe6+ Kxe6 49.
Ke2 {and Wh wins the pawn ending}) 46. Rexe5+ $1 (46. Rdxe5+ Kf6 47. Re6+ Kf5
48. R1e5+ {is another way as wh wins the ending a pawn up}) 46... Kf6 47. Rf5+
Ke6 48. Rc5 Qh7 49. Kg1 {Komodo10 is after winning more pawns while keeping
the Rs dominant- most humans would just have settled for the pawn ending} b6
50. Rce5+ Kd6 51. c4 Qh8 52. Rd5+ Kc7 53. Rxg5 b5 54. c5 Qf6 55. Kh2 b4 56. Rg8
Qe7 57. Rg6 a5 58. Rdd6 a4 59. Rc6+ Kb8 60. Rb6+ Kc8 61. Rgc6+ Kd8 62. Rb8+ Kd7
63. Rb7+ Kxc6 64. Rxe7 $18 {at last- Komodo10}) 44... Qe3 $6 {this will lose
the resultant advanced e pawn} (44... Rxd1 45. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 46. Qxd1 Qe3 47. Qd5
Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Qxc3 49. Qxb7+ Kf8 $11 {either side will get a perpetual}) 45.
Qxe3 fxe3 46. Rxd5 Rxd5 47. Rxe3 $16 Kf6 48. Ke2 Kf5 49. Re4 (49. Rd3 Rxd3 50.
Kxd3 Kf4 51. Ke2 a5 52. a4 $18 Kg3 53. Kf1 e4 54. fxe4 Kf4 55. Kf2 Kxe4 56. Ke2
Kf4 57. b4 {and the extra Q side pawn will win;}) 49... b5 50. c4 bxc4 51. Rxc4
Ra5 52. a4 $18 {in addittion the extra pawn, Bl has 3 pawn islands to Wh's 2,
making the Bl pawns more vulnerable to attack} Rd5 53. b4 Rd4 $2 {best to keep
pieces on when behind. Its pawns that need to swapped off if in search of a
possible draw} (53... Rd6 54. b5 Ke6 55. Rg4 axb5 56. axb5 Rb6 57. Rxg5 Rxb5
58. Rg4 {although then Wh's 3 connected pawns will win in the long run.}) 54.
Rxd4 exd4 55. b5 Kf4 56. b6 Kg3 57. b7 Kxg2 58. b8=Q Kxh3 59. Qc8+ (59. Kf2 {
quickest} d3 (59... g4 60. Qc8 Kh2 61. Qxg4 h3 62. Qg1#) 60. Kg1 d2 61. Qh2#)
59... Kh2 60. Qg4 d3+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cooke, Raymond"]
[Black "Baron, Margaret"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1340"]
[BlackElo "850"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 (5. Nc3) (5. cxd5 {main lines})
5... Bd6 (5... Nc6) 6. cxd5 $146 (6. f4) (6. f3) (6. Nc3 {played}) 6... exd5
$15 7. Bb5+ Bd7 (7... Nbd7 $15) 8. Nxd7 Nbxd7 9. O-O $11 a6 10. dxc5 axb5 (
10... Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 axb5 12. Kg1 O-O $11) (10... Bxc5 $11) 11. cxd6 $16 O-O
12. b4 (12. Nc3 Qb6 (12... Nb6 13. Nxb5 Nc4 14. b3 Nxd6 15. Nd4 $16 {Wh is a
pawn up with better pieces as a result of control over d4}) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Qxd5 Nf6 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Ne8 17. Bd2 Rxd6 18. Qb3 Qc6 19. Bb4 Rg6 20. Qd5
$16 {Komodo10}) 12... Re8 (12... Ne5 13. Bb2 Qxd6 $11 {Komodo10}) 13. Nc3 Re6
14. Nxb5 $18 Ra6 15. Nc7 Qe8 $2 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. d7
Nxd5 20. dxe8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taylor, Paul"]
[Black "Hammett, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. Nf3 (3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 {Bl is playing a King's Gambit
tempo behind; &. unlike the Latvian, is able to protect his pawn with g4,which
gives good attacking chances. especially since Nc3 is a very useful developing
move. Ovetchkin & Soloviov- The Modern Vienna Game 2015:410 consider that Wh
gets a great advantage from this line.}) 3... d6 (3... fxe4) (3... Nf6 {main
lines after Wh's last}) 4. Bb5+ {rare, but scores well} (4. d4 {transposes to
a Philidor, featuring Philidor's own original idea, which can involve some
very complex piece sacrifices.}) 4... Nc6 {transposes to a variant of the
Schliemann or Jaenisch var against a Ruy Lopez.} (4... c6 $11 {is preferred by
the Cloud Engines; though Wh won both games.} 5. Ba4 (5. Bc4) (5. Be2 {Cloud
Engines}) 5... b5 $1 (5... Nf6 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 Nbd7 $11 {
Heiden-Jendrian, Schleswig-Holstein ch, Kiel 1992,1-0}) 6. Bb3 b4 7. Nb1 Be7 (
7... fxe4 8. Nxe5 Qg5 $19) 8. Bxg8 Rxg8 9. d3 $11 {Brown-Williams, IECG 1997,
1-0}) 5. O-O (5. d4) (5. d3 {main lines}) 5... Nf6 6. Re1 (6. d3 {transposes
to a major line in the Schliemann}) (6. exf5 $16 {Cloud Engines, scores well
for Wh}) (6. d4 $16 {3-0}) 6... Be6 $2 (6... fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Rxe4 Bf5 9.
Re1 Be7 10. d4 e4 (10... O-O $14) 11. d5 $18 {Cardoso Garcia-Garzon Rodriguez,
Malaga ch 2001,1-0}) (6... Be7 7. d4 (7. exf5 $16 {Komodo10}) 7... fxe4 8. Nxe4
(8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 $16) 8... Nxe4 9. Rxe4 Bf5 10. Re1 e4 {transposes to
previous game , repeated in Obersnel-Cretnik, Sentjur Ipavec mem 2010,1-0}) 7.
d4 $18 Bd7 (7... fxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Rxe4 Bf5 10. Re1 Be7 11. d5 a6 12. Nd4 $1
$18 {Komodo10} axb5 13. Nxf5 O-O 14. Qg4 Rxf5 15. Qxf5 Nd4 16. Qd3 $18) 8. exf5
Ne7 (8... Be7 {a little better}) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 c6 (10... Bxb5 11. Nxb5
Qxd1 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Ne6+ Kc8 14. Rxd1 $18 {Komodo10}) 11. Bc4 (11. Nc4 Qc7
12. Nd6+ Kd8 13. Bf4 $18 {Komodo10}) 11... Qc7 12. Nf7 Bxf5 13. Nd6+ (13. Nxh8)
13... Kd7 (13... Kd8 14. Nxf5+) 14. Ndb5+ (14. Nxf5+ Kc8 15. Be6+ Kb8 16. Bf4 {
Komodo10}) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Osinga, Awne"]
[Black "Holman, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1334"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. O-O a6 (5... Nf6 {main}) 6. a3 (6.
a4) (6. d3 {played}) 6... b5 (6... Nc6 {main}) 7. Be2 (7. Ba2 {looks more
natural; to keep the B on its more aggressive diagonal. Although mostly Awne
prefers the B on e2 in the first place}) 7... Bb7 8. d3 (8. d4 $5 {Komodo10,
but not in Awne's style}) 8... Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nh2 h6 {weakens the K side
unneccessarily} (10... Nc6) (10... Nbd7 {develop & threaten d5}) 11. Bf3 Re8 (
11... Nc6 $15) (11... Nbd7 $15 {avoid the threat implicit in Wh's last move})
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 (13... Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. e6 (15. Qg4 dxe5 16.
Bxh6 Bf6 $15) 15... fxe6 $15 {Komodo10}) 14. e6 $5 (14. Ng4 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6
16. Ng4 Nd7 $15 {Komodo10}) 14... fxe6 15. Bh5 Rf8 $15 16. Qg4 Bg5 (16... Rf6
17. Qe2 Bc8 $15 {there is no need to return the pawn as yet}) 17. Qxe6+ $16 Kh8
18. Re1 (18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxd6 $16 {Komodo10}) 18... Bxc1 (18... Nc6) 19.
Raxc1 d4 (19... Nc6) 20. Re2 $2 (20. Bf3 Nc6 21. Ng4 Bc8 (21... Rxf3 22. gxf3
Qf8 23. Qd7 Rb8 24. Re6 Bc8 25. Qxd6 Bxe6 26. Qxc6 $14) 22. Qd5 Bxg4 23. hxg4
Rc8 24. Be4 Rc7 25. g3 Ne5 26. Bf5 g6 $11 {Komodo10}) 20... Bxg2 $2 {right
kind of idea; wrong execution therof} (20... Qg5 $1 {hits R on c1, g2 mate} 21.
f4 (21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Qxc1+ 23. Re1 Qf4 24. Re4 Qf6 $19) 21... Qxh5 $19 {
and the B} 22. Qxd6 Qxe2 23. Qxf8+ Kh7 24. Nf3 Qe3+ 25. Kh2 Bxf3 26. Qf5+ Kg8
27. Qc8+ Kf7 28. Qf5+ Ke8 $19 29. gxf3 Qf2+ $1 (29... Qxc1 {allows Wh lots of
checks}) 30. Kh1 Qxf3+ 31. Kh2 Qe2+ 32. Kh1 Nc6 33. Qd5 Rc8 34. Rg1 Ne7 35. Qb7
Kf8 $19 {Komodo10}) 21. Kxg2 Qg5+ 22. Ng4 (22. Bg4 $1 Qxc1 23. Qxd6 $18 {the
move Sam was afraid of} Qf4 {Rudy} (23... Rg8 {Sam} 24. Nf3 Ra7 25. Be6 Re8 26.
Bf5 $1 {Komodo10, mating}) (23... Nd7 24. Qxd7 Rad8 25. Qe7 Qf4 26. Nf3 $18 {
the 2 pieces easily infiltrate against the weak squares around the K, as
wellas the Q side pawns being vulnerable}) 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Bf3
Ra7 27. Rxb8 $18 {Komodo10}) 22... Qxh5 $1 $11 (22... Qxc1 23. Qxd6 Qf4 24.
Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Ne5 Rf6 27. Bf3 Ra7 28. Be4+ g6 29. Rxb8 $18 {
Komodo10}) 23. Qxd6 Qf5 24. Rce1 h5 $2 {creates more weaknesses in the K field}
(24... Nd7 {Bl must develop , even if its late in the day} 25. Qg3 Rf7 $11 (
25... Nf6 $11)) 25. Ne5 $16 (25. Re8 Nd7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5
Qf7 29. Rxc5 $16 {Komodo10}) 25... Rf6 26. Qd5 (26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. b4 $16 {
Komodo10}) 26... Ra7 $2 (26... Nc6 {last chance to get the N out} 27. Qe4 Qxe4+
28. Rxe4 Raf8 29. R1e2 Rd6 $14) 27. Qd8+ Rf8 (27... Kh7 28. Qxb8 $18) 28. Qxf8+
1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Farhaili, Mohammed"]
[Black "Bevan, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1275"]
[BlackElo "1251"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 (3... g6) 4. Bg5 h6 (4... Be7) 5. Bf4 (5. Bxf6
Qxf6 6. Nf3 {main}) 5... Bb4 6. Qc2 (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Nf3
Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 {Kaniewski-Rozga, POL ch tm U20, Lublin 2007,0-1}) 6... Ne4 7.
a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. e3 h5 {ambitious, but weakens K side} (9... O-O) (9...
Nc6) 10. Bd3 (10. f3 Ng5 11. h4 Nf7 12. Bg3 $14) 10... g5 11. Bxe4 (11. f3 $14
gxf4 12. fxe4 fxe3 13. exf5 exf5 14. Ne2 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qg5 16. O-O-O $14 {
Komodo10}) 11... gxf4 (11... fxe4 12. Nh3 gxf4 13. Nxf4 Qg5 14. Qxe4 e5 15. Nd5
Kd8 $17 {Komodo10}) 12. Bf3 fxe3 13. fxe3 Qg5 14. Qe2 $14 (14. Qf2 $16) 14...
c6 (14... e5 $14) 15. Nh3 Qh4+ 16. Nf2 $16 d5 17. c5 (17. cxd5 $1 $18 {because
Bl is far behind in development, Wh should open up the centre, especially
since the Bl K is still there} exd5 18. c4 Be6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Qb5+ Nd7 22. Qxd5 $18 {Komodo10}) 17... Na6 (17... b6 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Qd1 Nd7
$11 {Komodo10}) 18. Kd2 (18. O-O $16) 18... Qg5 19. Nh3 (19. h4 Qh6 20. Nd3 $16
{Komodo10}) 19... Qh4 20. Nf4 $18 Kd7 $2 (20... Rh6 $5) 21. Ng6 Qf6 22. Nxh8
Qxh8 23. Bxh5 $18 Kc7 24. Qf3 (24. g4) 24... Bd7 (24... e5) 25. Qf4+ Kc8 (25...
e5 26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27. dxe5 Nxc5 28. Raf1 $18 {Komodo10}) 26. Be2 Nc7 27. h4 Ne8
28. Rag1 (28. h5 {passed pawns must be pushed}) 28... Nf6 29. Bf3 b6 30. Rb1 b5
31. Rbg1 (31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra1 Kb7 34. h5 $18) 31... Kb7 32. Kc2 Rg8
33. g4 $6 (33. a4 $18) 33... fxg4 34. Bxg4 (34. Be2) 34... e5 (34... Nxg4 $19
35. Rxg4 Qh7+ $1 36. Kd2 e5 $19 {Komodo10}) 35. Qxe5 Qh7+ 36. Kb3 (36. Bf5
Bxf5+ 37. Kb2 Ng4 $17) 36... Nxg4 $19 37. Qf4 Qd3 (37... a5 $19) (37... Rg7 $19
) 38. Rg2 (38. Qf1 Qh7 39. Rg3 Re8 40. Qg1 Qe4 41. Qg2 Qe6 42. Qe2 Nh6 43. Rf1
Nf5 44. Rgf3 Nxh4 45. Rf7 $11 {Komodo10}) 38... Nxe3 $19 (38... Qc4+ 39. Kb2
Ne5 $19 {Komodo10}) 39. Rgh2 a5 40. Rc1 Nd1 41. Qd2 Qc4+ 42. Kc2 Qa4+ (42...
Bf5+ $1 43. Kxd1 Rg1+ 44. Qe1 Qd3+ 45. Rd2 Bg4# {Komodo10}) 43. Kb1 Qb3+ (43...
Bf5+) 44. Ka1 Qxa3+ 45. Kb1 Bf5+ 46. Rc2 Nxc3+ (46... Qb2#) 47. Qxc3 Qxc3 (
47... Rg1+ 48. Qe1 Rxe1#) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Hefin"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "1269"]
[BlackElo "1107"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 (3. Nc3 {usual}) 3... Bc5 (3... Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. f3
Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7. Qxe5+ Be7 8. Qxg3 Qd4 9. Nc3 Bh4 {Cirovic-Pfister,IECC
email 2011,0-1}) 4. d3 (4. Nc3) 4... Bd4 $19 5. Qd2 Bxa1 6. Ba3 Bd4 7. Qg5 d6 (
7... Bxf2+) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 Ng4 (9... Bxf2+) 10. Qxh7 Bxf2+ (10... Rf8 11.
Nh3 Qf6 12. Bc1 Rh8 13. Bg5 Qxf2+ 14. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kd1 Rxh7 $19 {Komodo10})
11. Ke2 Nf6 (11... Qg5 12. Bc1 Qxc1 13. Qxg8+ Ke7 14. Nf3 Nc6) 12. Qh6 Bc5 (
12... Ng4) 13. Bc1 Bg4+ 14. Ke1 Be6 15. Bg5 Nbd7 (15... Ng4) 16. Nf3 Ke7 17.
Qh4 Rh8 18. Qg3 c6 19. a3 Bxa3 20. Bd2 Bc5 21. b4 Bb6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nxe5 Bc7
(23... Rg8) 24. Bf4 Rg8 25. Nxc6+ bxc6 26. Bxc7 Rxg3 27. Bxd8+ Rxd8 28. hxg3
cxb4 29. Nd2 Ne5 30. Kf2 Nfg4+ 31. Kg1 Nxd3 32. Nb3 Bxb3 33. Rh4 Be6 34. Be2 b3
(34... Nde5) 35. Bxg4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Scott, Paul"]
[Black "White, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1411"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. e3 (3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 {main}) 3... Nf6 4. Qb3 (4. Nc3)
(4. d4) 4... Bc8 (4... b6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nd4 (6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Bd3 9.
Qa4 Qd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Re1 Be7 $15) 6... Be4 7. f3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ c6 9. fxe4
b5 10. Ndxb5 (10. Qc2 $18) 10... cxb5 11. Qxb5+ Nbd7 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. d4 Rb8
14. Qa4 Rb4 15. Qd1 Qxc4 $19 {Duluc-Burdet, FRA ch tm , Loire 2003,0-1}) 5. Nc3
(5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. e4 Nb6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nc3 e6 {Doughty-Laureles, LSS
email, 2008,0-1}) 5... e6 6. d4 c6 (6... Be7 {also played}) 7. Ne5 (7. Bd3 {
main}) 7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 (8. f4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bd2 f6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12.
Qc2 f5 {Cafolla-Doyle,Gatwick e2e4, 2011,0-1}) 8... exd5 9. f4 Qb6 10. Nxd7
Qxb3 $2 (10... Bxd7 $15) 11. Nxf6+ $18 gxf6 12. axb3 Bf5 13. Kd2 (13. Bd2)
13... Be4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Kc2 f5 16. Bd2 h5 17. g3 (17. Ra5) 17... h4 18. Bh3
1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Williams, Allan"]
[Black "Neave, Guto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[Annotator "Rudy"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.02.24"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. Ne2 (5. Nf3 {more active; main}) 5...
Nc6 6. dxc5 (6. O-O {this position was reached in Williams- Farhaili, Rd2, 1-0
but with Wh to move, as Bl had spent 2 moves getting his c pawn to c5.}) (6.
Nbc3 {back to major lines}) 6... Bxc5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O b6 9. Bb5 (9. Nbc3)
9... Bb7 $15 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Qc7 (12... a5 $15 {Komodo10}) 13. h3
(13. Ng3) 13... a6 14. Bxc6 (14. Ba4) 14... Qxc6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Qg4 Nf6 $17
17. Qh4 Be5 (17... Be7 18. Qg3 a5 $17 {Komodo10}) 18. f4 (18. Qg5 $1 Qd5 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 (19... Qxg2+ 20. Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Bxe5 Bxf1 22. Nxf8 Bxh3 23. Bxf6 gxf6
24. Kh2 Bc8 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. Nc3 $11 {Komodo10}) 20. Bxe5 h6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22.
Qh2 Rf5 23. Bc7 (23. Bb2 Rg5 $19 24. f3 Ng3) 23... Rg5 24. g4 $11 {Komodo10})
18... Qd5 (18... Bd6 19. Nd2 Be7 $15) 19. Rf2 Bc7 20. Nc3 Qd7 21. Nf3 Rfe8 (
21... Rfd8 $15) 22. Ne2 (22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rc1 $11 {Komodo10}) 22... Ne4 23. Qg4
(23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 f5 25. Ng3 Bd8 26. Qh5 $11 {Komodo10}) 23... f6 $19 (
23... f5 24. Qh4 Bd8 25. Qh5 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Rc8 $19 {Komodo10}) 24. Rff1 Qf7 (
24... Qd3 25. Rfe1 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Rac8 $19 {Komodo10}) 25. Ng3 f5 26. Qh4 Bd8
$19 27. Ng5 Nxg5 (27... Qg6 $1) 28. fxg5 Qg6 (28... h6 $1 $19) 29. Ne2 Bxg5 30.
Qf2 (30. Qg3 Rac8 $19) 30... Bxe3 $1 0-1

