[Event "Welsh Seniors ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.09.28"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 (4... Nd7 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Ngf6 7. O-O b6
8. Qe1 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Rc8 (9... O-O) 10. Bd3 e6 11. e4 O-O {Thomas-IR Jones, WCPL
2014,0-1}) 5. c4 (5. Bd3 {main}) 5... O-O (5... Nbd7 6. Be2) 6. Nc3 Bg4 (6...
Nbd7) (6... c5) 7. Be2 Nc6 $146 {but Wh scored 3.5-0.5 against other moves} (
7... c6) (7... Nbd7) (7... Nfd7) 8. O-O Qe8 (8... Nd7 {Komodo12}) 9. Nb5 Qc8
10. d5 Nd8 (10... Nb8 {Komodo12, considered as alternative}) 11. Nfd4 Bxe2 12.
Qxe2 c5 (12... c6 {alternative}) 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 (15. Bxd2
Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. f5 $11 {Komodo12}) 15... f5 $11 16. Rb1 a6 17. Nc3 b5 18.
b3 b4 (18... Rb8 $11) (18... bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. Qc2 $11 {
Komodo12; both considered}) 19. Na4 Ra7 {to take back on g7, but maybe} (19...
Rb8 {immediately, to keep the N from b6-d5}) 20. Bb2 Bxb2 {to give Wh
decisions about long term set ups} 21. Rxb2 (21. Nxb2 {brings the N back into
play, but Wh was hoping to make use of it on the Q side.Bl though was happy
keeping it offside, for the rest of the game!.}) 21... Rb7 (21... Nf7) (21...
Re8) 22. Qd3 e6 23. Rd2 (23. Re2) 23... Nf7 24. e4 exd5 (24... fxe4 25. Qxe4 e5
{was Bl's original idea, but wary of} 26. f5 gxf5 (26... Ng5 $1 $17 {Komodo12,
missed} 27. Qe3 Rxf5) 27. Rxf5 Nh6 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Rf2 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 $11
) (24... e5 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Nb2 $11) 25. exd5 (
25. exf5 Qxf5 (25... dxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxf5 27. Rxd6 $16) 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rxd5
Re8 28. h3 Re2 29. Rf2 Rbe7 30. Rxf5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 R1e2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Nb6
Rxa2 34. Rd5 Rc2 $11 {Komodo12}) 25... Re8 26. Re2 Rbe7 27. Rfe1 Qd8 {keeping
the N out} (27... Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qd8 30. g3 Qf6 31. Kg2 $11 {
Komodo12}) 28. g3 {the f4 pawn might be vulnerable in some lines} Nh6 29. h3
Kf7 (29... Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Qf6 $11 {Komodo12}) 30. Kf2 (30. Re6 Ng8
31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 Rxe6 33. dxe6+ Kg7 (33... Rxe6 34. Rxe6 $1 (34. Qd5 Qf6
$17) 34... Kxe6 35. Nxc5+ Ke7 36. Qe4+ Kf7 37. Qd5+ Ke7 38. Qb7+ Ke8 39. Qxh7
$18) 34. Kg2 Qh4 35. Qg3 Qf6 36. f5 Qg5 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. Rxd6 gxf5 39. Nxc5 f4
40. Qf2 Nxg4 $19 {Komodo12}) 30... Ng8 $15 {Bl's N is now superior to Wh's} 31.
Re6 Nf6 32. Rxe7+ Rxe7 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qe2 Ne4+ 35. Kf3 (35. Kg2 Nc3 $19)
35... Qf6 36. Kg2 (36. Qb2 {considered by Wh} Qxb2 37. Nxb2 Nc3 38. g4 Nxa2 39.
Nd3 a5 $17) 36... Qd4 (36... Qa1 $19 {considered} 37. Kh2 Qh1+ $1 {Komodo12,
missed}) 37. Kf3 $2 (37. Nb2 {expected} Kf8 38. Nd3 Nc3 39. Qe6 Qe4+ 40. Qxe4
Nxe4 $17 41. Nc1 Nc3 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 h5 (43... h6) 44. f5 hxg4 45. fxg6
Kg7 46. Kg3 Kxg6 47. Kxg4 a5 $15) 37... Qg1 $19 38. Qg2 Qd1+ (38... Qe1 $1 {
Komodo12} 39. g4 Nd2+ 40. Qxd2 Qxd2) 39. Qe2 (39. Ke3 Qd4+ 40. Ke2 Qd2+ 41. Kf1
Qd1#) 39... Qxe2+ (39... Qg1) (39... Qh1+) 40. Kxe2 Nxg3+ $19 {but it takes a
while} 41. Ke3 Ne4 42. Nb6 Ke7 43. Nc8+ Kd7 {the Wh N has no future on the Q
side} (43... Kd8 {more accurate, Komodo12}) 44. Na7 Nc3 45. Nc6 Nxa2 46. h4 Nc1
47. Na5 Kc7 48. Kd2 Kb6 49. Nc6 (49. Kxc1 Kxa5 {the K returns to f6 & Bl has
runners on both sides of the board}) 49... Nxb3+ 50. Kd3 a5 51. Ne7 a4 (51...
Nd4) 52. Kc2 Nd4+ (52... Na5) 53. Kb2 a3+ (53... Ne2) 54. Ka2 Ne2 55. Ng8 Nxf4
(55... Ka5) 56. Nf6 Nh5 (56... Ka5) (56... Ne2) 57. Nxh7 f4 58. Ng5 Ng3 59. Nf3
Nf5 60. Nd2 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Penny, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.09.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
(8. b3 h6 (8... O-O 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. f3 (12. e4) 12...
Rad8 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg6 15. e5 c5 16. d5 {Davis-S Sivarajasingam, S
Wales International 2016,1-0}) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 {Davis-Sands, WLS ch 2018,1/2-1/2}) (8. Nh4 Bg4 (
8... Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. c5 Qa6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
O-O-O {Davis-Jina, GBR ch Bournemouth 2016,1-0}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Bf4 {Davis-A May , West Wales open 2015,1-0}) 8... dxc4 $146 (8... Qb6 {main})
(8... Qc8) (8... b6) 9. Qxb7 Qc8 10. Qxc8+ Rxc8 11. Bf4 (11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5
Nd7 13. Be3 Rc7 14. f4 O-O $14 {Komodo12}) 11... Nd5 12. Nd2 (12. Bd2 c5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. exf5 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. fxe6 Nxe6 18. Bc3 O-O 19.
Rad1 $14 {Komodo12}) 12... N7b6 $11 13. e4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Bg6 15. Rfc1 (15. a4
a5 16. Rac1 Bb4 $15 {Komodo12}) 15... c5 (15... Rd8 16. Nf3 f6 $15 {Komodo12})
16. d5 exd5 (16... O-O $11 {Komodo12}) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 {now the passed
pawn is dangerous, and Bl's Q side in ruins} Bd3 (18... Bd6 19. Rxc4 O-O 20.
Ne4 Bxf4 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Rxf4 Kg7 23. Rd1 $14 (23. b3 $14)) 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20.
Rxc4 $16 Bf6 $2 {engaging in a battle without all the forces avalable} (20...
O-O $16) 21. Re1+ $18 Kd8 22. b3 (22. d6 Bxb2 23. Bh3 $18 {is even
stronger-Komodo12}) 22... Re8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Ra4 (24. d6 Kd8 25. Ra4 Rb8
26. Rxa7 Rb6 27. d7 Bd4 28. Bh3 Rb8 29. Kg2 $16 {Komodo12}) 24... Bd4 25. d6 (
25. Bf1 Rc7 26. Ra6 Rb7 27. Bc4 Kd8 28. Kg2 $16 {Komodo12}) 25... f5 (25... Rd8
26. Ra6 f5 27. Bc6+ Kf8 28. Bb5 Kf7 29. Bc4+ Ke8 30. Kg2 Kd7 $16 {and Bl has
not yet lost- Komodo12}) 26. Rxa7 $18 Kd8 (26... Rd8 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Re6 c4
29. bxc4 Bc5 30. Re5 Bxd6 31. Rxf5+ Ke7 32. a4 $18 {Komodo12}) 27. Rf7 Bf6 28.
Bb7 {and Bl loses a R} 1-0

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hurn, Robert J"]
[Black "Waterfield, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 (4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 {has netted Bob 2 draws
& a loss against stronger players in the past}) 4... g6 (4... Bb7 5. Nc3 b4 6.
Nb1 e6 7. Bg5 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. e4 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qc2 Nd7 {Khanna-
Waterfield, S Wales International, Caerleon 2006,0-1}) 5. Qc2 (5. Nfd2 bxc4 6.
e4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nxc4 Nbd7 9. Be2 {Bonafant-Waterfield, 4NCL 2008,1-0}) 5...
bxc4 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bxc4 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 {still in GM practice} (9...
Ba6 {main alternative}) 10. h3 Rb8 (10... Nb6) 11. Rb1 (11. Re1) 11... Nb6 12.
Be2 Nbd7 (12... Nfd7 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. a4 Qc8 15. a5 Na8 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Kh1 e6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. f3 Nc7 $11 {Treibal-Scholz,
Regionnalliga Bayern 2015,0-1}) 13. Bf4 (13. Be3) 13... Qa5 14. Rfe1 $14 (14.
a3 $16 {Komodo12} Ba6 $2 15. b4 $18) 14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. e5 $16 dxe5 (
16... Nh5 17. Bh2 f5 18. Rbd1 $16) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rb7 19. b3 (19. Rbd1
$16) 19... Rd8 20. Rbd1 c4 (20... Rbd7 {laying siege to the d pawn} 21. Qb2 Qb7
22. Re2 Ne8 23. Rde1 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd6 $11 {Komodo12}) 21. Qe2 $16 Rc8 (21...
Ne8 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd4 Rbc7 25. Rc1 Nd6 26. Nxd6 exd6 27. bxc4
Qa3 28. Qd2 $16 {Komodo12}) 22. d6 (22. Rd4 {Komodo12, comes near to winning.}
Ne8 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxg7 Ra4 25. Nxa4 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Kxg7 27. Nc5 Rc7 28. b4
$16) 22... exd6 {Wh is a pawn up, though still has to press home against Bl
resistence} 23. Rxd6 (23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Bg7 25. bxc4 Kh8 26. Rd2 Rbb8 27.
Qe7 Rxc4 28. Qxf7 Rf8 $14 {Komodo12}) 23... Rb6 24. Red1 (24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Qd2
cxb3 26. axb3 Qa8 27. f4 Rd8 28. Qf2 Qa5 $11 {Komodo12}) 24... Ne8 (24... Re8
25. Rxb6 axb6 26. f4 Nh5 $11) 25. Rd7 (25. Rxb6 axb6 (25... Qxb6 26. bxc4 Bxe5
27. Qxe5 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Nb5 a6 30. Nd4 Rxc4 31. Nxe6 Rc6 32. Ng5 $16)
26. Bxg7 Nxg7 (26... Kxg7 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Nd5 $18) 27. Nd5 Kh8 28. bxc4 Qxc4
29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. Nxb6 $16 {but Wh has good winning chances with the extra pawn
}) 25... Bxe5 (25... Re6 $15 {now Bl gets good winning chances} 26. f4 (26.
R1d5 f6 27. Qf3 cxb3 28. axb3 fxe5 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Ne4 Rf6 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32.
Rxa7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7 Kg8 34. Rdd7 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bf8 $11 {is a line even the
Engine can't evaluate initially}) 26... f6 $17 27. Nd5 fxe5 28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29.
Rxe7 Bf6 30. Red7 Qb6+ 31. Kh2 c3 $19) 26. Qxe5 Re6 27. Qd4 (27. Qf4 Nf6 28.
R7d6 Nh5 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qxc4 $16 {Komodo12}) 27... cxb3 28.
axb3 Rd6 (28... Nf6 29. Rxa7 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxb3 $11 {
Komodo12}) (28... Qc6 29. Na4 Qc2 $11) 29. Qe5 {draw? & Bl , having been under
pressure most of the game , accepts.} (29. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 (29... Nxd6 30. Qf6 Rc6
31. Nd5 $18 Qe2 32. Ne3 Qa6 33. Ng4 $18 {Komodo12}) 30. Nd5 Qe6 31. Qxa7 Kg7
32. Qa1+ Nf6 33. Rd3 {and Bl is a pawn down & has to be very careful to survive
} (33. Qxf6+ Qxf6 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. b4 Rb5 37. f3 Ke5 38. Kf2 Kd4
39. Ke2 f5 40. f4 Kc3 41. Ke3 Kc2 42. Ra1 Rxb4 43. Ra7 Rb3+ {and Bl just
survives with his active K}) 33... Qc6 34. Kh2 Rd8 35. Nb4 Qc7+ 36. g3 Rxd3 37.
Nxd3 Qc2 38. Qd4 Qxb3 $11 {However there is another route that would have lead
to a Bl win rather than the repetition with the expected Re6.}) (29. Qe5 $2
Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qxc3 {and Wh is just a piece down.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Rourke, Kevin"]
[Black "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1264"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.10.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nc3 (3. c4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 bxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. Bd3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nb3 {Armstrong-Greatorex, 4NCL 2004,1-0}) 3... b5
4. e5 $146 {opens up the long diagonal for Bl voluntarily} (4. a3) (4. Nf3) (4.
Bd3) 4... Bb7 5. Nce2 {undeveloping} (5. Nf3) (5. a3) (5. Qg4) 5... c5 6. Nf4 {
moving a piece for the 3rd time , without trying other ones. It also allows Bl
to break up the Wh pawn centre} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 $17 8. Qe4 (8. Qe3 d6 9. exd6
Bxd6 $17 {Bl has a comfortable lead in development.}) 8... Qc7 $19 {
threatening e5 & the Q} 9. Qe2 $2 (9. c3 Nxe5 10. Qe2 {better , but Bl is
comfortably ahead with} Nf6) 9... Nd4 10. Qd2 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 $19 12. Bd3 g5
13. Nge2 (13. Nh5 Bxg2 {loses another R}) 13... gxf4 14. f3 Rc8 15. b3 Bd5 16.
Bb2 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxb3+ 18. Ke1 Bc2 (18... Ne7 {but there are many ways for Bl
to play}) 19. Bc3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne7 21. Kf2 Nd5 22. Rc1 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Qb6+ (
23... Bc5+ 24. Kf1 Qxe5) 24. Kf1 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qc6 26. Qb2 Qc4 27. Qa1 b4 28.
Ke1 b3 29. Qc3 Bb4 30. Kd2 Bxc3+ 31. Nxc3 O-O (31... Qd4+ 32. Ke2 Qxc3 33. h3
b2) (31... Rg8) 32. Ne4 b2 33. Nf6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Welsh Seniors ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "James, Dai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.09.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Qc7 {lesser variant} (4... Nc6) (4... Nf6) 5.
Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 (7. Nbd2) (7. c3) 7... O-O 8. c3 Nc6 9. d4 {main} (9.
Nbd2) 9... d5 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14.
Bc3 {main}) (9... e5) 10. exd5 (10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 f5 {2-0 others#} (11...
Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. Rb1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4
$11)) 10... exd5 {Engines, not played} (10... Nxd5 {only move played, yetr 5
wh wins & 2 draws} 11. c4 $1) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be3 (12. b4 Bb6 13. Bf4 Qd8 14.
b5 Ne7 15. Nbd2 Nf5 $11 {Komodo12} (15... d4 16. Nc4 $16)) 12... Bxe3 13. Rxe3
Bg4 $15 14. h3 (14. Nbd2 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Rc1 Nc6 $11) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3
(15. Qxf3 Rfe8 $15 (15... d4 16. Re1 Qb6 17. b3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Qa5 19. Rxe8 Rxe8
20. b4 Qd8 21. c4 d3 $15)) 15... Rad8 (15... Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Na3 Ne5
18. Bg2 h5 $15 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Qb3 h4 21. Nd4 hxg3 22. fxg3 Qa6 23. Qb5 Qxb5
24. Nxb5 Nd3 25. Nc7 Re2 26. Nxd5 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nxd5 28. Kf3 $11) 16. Rd3 (16.
Na3 {considered} d4 17. Nb5 Qc8 (17... dxe3 18. Nxc7 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 exf2+ 20.
Kxf2 $16 {Q side majority & excellent B}) 18. Nxd4 Qxh3 19. Bg2 Qc8 $11) 16...
Ne5 17. Rd4 Nxf3+ (17... Ne4 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Rd3 Nxg3 $1 20. Rxd5 (20. fxg3
Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 Ne5 22. Rd4 Rd6 23. Qe1 Qxh3+ 24. Bg2 Rf6+ 25. Kg1 Rg6 26. Qf2
Rd8 $11) 20... Ne5 21. Bg2 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Nf3 Qc5 24. c4 Ne4 $11 {
Komodo12}) 18. Qxf3 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Qe5 (19... Re7 20. Rd1 Rde8 21. Nf1 Re2 $11)
20. Rd1 (20. Kg2) (20. Kf1 Rd6 21. Kg2 $11) 20... h5 21. Nf1 Qe2 22. Qxe2 (22.
Kg2 {first idea} Qxb2 23. Rb4 (23. c4 Qxa2 24. Ne3 Qb3 25. R4d3 Qb4 26. Nxd5
Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. cxd5 Qd6 29. Qxh5 $11 {Komodo12}) 23... Qxa2 24. Rxb7
Rc8 25. Rdb1 {with the idea of getting the N to f5; but Komodo12 doesn't like
it} Qe2 26. Rxa7 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rxc3+ 28. Kg2 d4 29. Rbb7 Rf8 30. Rb4 d3 31.
Rd4 Re8 32. Ne3 g6 33. Ra6 Kg7 34. Rad6 $11) 22... Rxe2 23. Rb4 {sets a trap} (
23. R4d2 {relieves the pressure on d5 leaving Wh with a miniscule edge} Rxd2
24. Rxd2 Kf8 25. Ne3 g6 26. f3 Ke7 27. g4 Ke6 28. Kf2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rh8 30. Kg2
Ke5 31. g5 Kf4 32. gxf6 Kxe3 33. Rxd5 $16 {Komodo12, but requires accuracy})
23... Ne4 $1 {overlooked} (23... Rd7 24. Ne3 {and the R is trapped} a5 {
Komodo12} (24... Ne4 $2 25. Rxe4 $18) 25. Rb5 Ne4 26. Nxd5 $14 Nxf2 $2 (26...
Rxf2 27. Nf6+ $18) 27. Nf6+) 24. Ne3 {trying to get active , but missing the
precise defence} (24. Rxb7 Nxf2 25. Rd2 Nxh3+ 26. Kh1 Re1 27. Rxa7 Ng5 28. Rf2
Rb8 29. Kg2 Ne4 30. Rc2 Rb6 $17 {Wh's K is still uncomfortable} 31. c4 Rf6 32.
Nh2 Re3 33. Ra3 Rxa3 34. bxa3 dxc4 35. Rxc4 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Re2 $17 {Komodo12}) (
24. h4 b6 (24... Nxf2 25. Rd2 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Rde8 (26... Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Nf2+ {
or the N is trapped} 28. Kg2 Nd3 29. Rxb7 Re8 30. Kf3 Ne1+ 31. Kf2 Nd3+ $11)
27. Rxb7 g6 28. Rb8 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Rxb8 30. Rxe2 Nd1 $11 {Komodo12})) 24... Nxf2
25. Rxd5 (25. Kf1 {looks better but ends up losing} Nxd1 26. Kxe2 Re8 27. Kxd1
Rxe3 28. Rxb7 Rxg3 29. Rxa7 Rxh3 {the Bl pawns are more advanced} 30. b4 (30.
Rd7 Rh2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rxd5 Kg6 (32... g6) (32... h4 $17) 33. Rd2 $11) 30...
Rxc3 31. b5 Rc8 32. b6 Rb8 33. b7 Kh7 34. Ke2 h4 35. Kf2 d4 $1 $19) 25... Nxh3+
26. Kf1 $2 (26. Kh1 {only move to survive longer} Rxd5 27. Nxd5 b6 28. Rh4 Nf2+
29. Kg1 Ng4 30. Rxh5 Rxb2 $17) 26... Rf2+ 27. Ke1 Re8 $19 28. Rd3 Rf3 29. Ke2 (
29. Kd2 Nf2) (29. Rxb7 $5) 29... Rxg3 30. Rxb7 Nf4+ 31. Kf2 Nxd3+ (31... h4)
32. Kxg3 Rxe3+ 33. Kh4 {Wh's last hope is to run a Q side pawn, but Bl has
more than renough resources} Re2 (33... f6 {mates soon, Komodo12}) 34. b4 Rxa2
(34... Rg2 35. Rb5 (35. Rxa7 Nf4 36. b5 Rg4#) 35... f6 36. Rf5 g5+ 37. Kh3 Rxa2
38. Rxf6 Nf2+ $19 {Komodo12}) 35. Kxh5 Rc2 (35... Rg2 {mating}) 36. Rxa7 Rxc3
37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra7 f6 0-1

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Williams, David J"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.10.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 (4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 {has been played
against Lee, with 2 wins & a draw for him.}) 4... Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 {
a mainline position with close to 2500 games in the database. Surprisingly no
games can be traced with either player being in this particular position
before. Even more with Lee , who invariably plays g6 followed by d6.} 7. a4 Qa5
(7... Nbd7) (7... a5) (7... Qc7) 8. Bd3 (8. Nd2 {has Nc4 as an option,
especially if Bl plays e5 at some point.}) 8... e5 9. O-O (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O
{alternative}) 9... h6 $146 (9... Nbd7) (9... Re8) 10. g4 {risky, as the
centre can still be opened} (10. dxe5 {Wh does best to open it himself} dxe5
11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. Qd6 Re8 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rfd1 $16 {Komodo12}) 10... Nbd7 (10...
exd4 11. Bxd4 h5 $11) 11. Ne2 Re8 (11... d5 {solves all Bl's opening problems,
though it may lead to rather drawish positions}) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 (
13... Qxe5 14. Bd4 Qe7 15. f3 Be6 {is very comfotable for Bl}) 14. Kg2 Be6 15.
Ng3 c5 {a committal move , which leads to a longterm weakness on d5( the N can
& should reurn to it later in the game} (15... Rad8 $11) 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Bc4 b6
18. Rad1 {Wh is well developed & Bl has a potential problem bl squared B
obstructed by its own pawns} Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qe7 20. g5 {Wh has a plan, but more
flexible is} (20. Rd3 {Deep Fritz14 & Komodo12} Rad8 21. Rfd1 Nh7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8
23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qa6 Qd7 25. a5 $16) 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6
23. Bxf6 Bxf6 {and the N should prove to be superior to the B, but it needs to
be on the q side} 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rfd1 $11 {but Wh should be in no danger of
losing, whears the pBl pawns on the Q side will be difficult to defend} Rae8
26. Rd8 (26. Ne2 Kg7 27. Nc3 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd6
Kf6 32. b3 Ke7 33. Nc4 f6 $11 {but Bl has to mount a careful defence, as a
single inaccuraccy may well be fatal}) (26. Nf1 Bg5 27. Kf3 Kg7 28. Kg4 Rxd7
29. Rxd7 Re7 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Ne3 {Komodo12 signals = but the N is
threatening to grab all the pawns on the q side}) 26... Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28.
b3 {however this gives Bl & target 7 he gets to improve his B prospects} (28.
c4 {fixes the Bl pawns & allows the N to head for d5 &/or b5. Bl can only sit
& wait.}) 28... c4 29. b4 Rc7 30. Rd5 c3 31. a5 Be7 (31... Rc4 32. axb6 axb6
33. Rb5 Rd4 34. Rxb6 Rd2 35. b5 Rxc2 36. Rc6 Rb2 37. Rxc3 Rxb5 $11 {though the
B is still obstucted by the pawn on e5, & a N is far better in static pawn
structures}) 32. axb6 axb6 33. b5 (33. Rxe5 Bxb4 34. Rb5 Bc5 35. e5 Re7 36. f4
f6 37. Ne4 fxe5 38. Nxc5 bxc5 39. Rxc5 exf4 40. Rxc3 Kf6 $11 {Komodo12}) 33...
f6 34. Ne2 Bb4 {Bl has activated his pieces, so should be ok.But Wh still has
chances as the B is defensive with no targets, but Wh's N is still flexible}
35. Kg3 (35. f4 {Komodo12} exf4 36. Nxf4 Re7 37. Kf3 g5 38. Nd3 Ba3 39. Rd8 Kg6
(39... Rc7 40. Rb8 $16) 40. Rc8 Rh7 41. Kg2 Rh4 42. Rxc3 Be7 43. e5 fxe5 44.
Nxe5+ Kf5 45. Ng4 Bc5 $14 {but Wh;s extra c pawn will not have an easy way
forward}) (35. h4 {Deep Fritz14} Ra7 36. Rd3 Ra2 37. Nxc3 Rxc2 38. Nd5 Bc5 39.
Rf3 f5 40. exf5 e4 41. Rf4 e3 42. fxg6 Rd2 43. Nc7 Kxg6 $11 {Komodo12}) 35...
Kf7 36. f3 Ke6 37. Kg4 {dangerous, the Wh K may run out of space} (37. h4) (37.
Nc1 Ra7 38. Rd8 (38. Nd3 Be7 $15 {runs the R out of moves}) 38... Ra5 39. Nd3
Rxb5 40. Nxb4 Rxb4 41. Rc8 Rb1 42. Rxc3 Kd6 $11 {Komodo12}) 37... Rc4 (37...
Ra7 $17 {is preferred by both Engines}) 38. Ng3 Be7 {f5 is now a serious threat
} 39. h4 (39. Ne2 {may be the best try} f5+ 40. Kg3 fxe4 41. Rd1 (41. fxe4 Rxe4
42. Nxc3 Re3+ $19) 41... exf3 42. Kxf3 Bc5 {and Wh is struggling to survive})
39... f5+ 40. Kh3 fxe4 41. fxe4 Rd4 $19 42. Ne2 (42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Ne2 Ke5 $19
{with pawns on both sides of the board, some of them running, the B is now
clearly superior to the N}) (42. Nf1 {both Engines} Rxe4 43. Rd3 Rxh4+ 44. Kg3
Rf4 45. Ne3 Bc5 46. Rxc3 Rb4 $19) 42... Rxe4 43. Nxc3 Re3+ 44. Kg4 Rxc3 45. Rd2
Rc4+ 46. Kf3 Rxh4 47. Kg3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Black "Hurn, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 (4. f3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6
8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Nh5 {Greatorex-Towers, 4NCL open , Birmingham 2015,0-1}) 4...
c5 5. d5 d6 6. f3 (6. e3 {main} h6 7. Bh4 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3
Qa5 11. Qb3 Re8 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 {Doddington-Hurn, Tom Weston Major
Open, 2015,0-1}) 6... exd5 (6... h6 7. Bh4 exd5) 7. cxd5 h6 8. Bd2 (8. Bh4 {
more usual}) 8... O-O 9. e4 Nbd7 $146 {surprisingly} (9... Nh5 $15 {main &
Engines}) (9... Re8) (9... a6 {have been played}) 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. Ng3 a6 (
11... Bd7 $15 {Komodo12}) 12. Be2 Bd7 (12... c4 {transposes to Suveges-Horvath,
HUN ch corr 1996,1-0 which continued} 13. O-O Bc5+ 14. Kh1 b5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16.
h3 Re8 17. a3 a5 18. f4 Neg4 $5 (18... Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 b4 $15) 19.
Nd1 Nh7 (19... h5) 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Ne3 Bd7 $11) 13. O-O b5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15.
Be3 Qd8 (15... Ba5) 16. h3 Qe7 17. a4 Rfb8 $11 {both sides have chances} (17...
Bxc3 18. Rxc3 bxa4 19. f4 Ng6 20. e5 $16 {Bl's Q side attack is halted, while
Wh breaks in the centre}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra1 Qe8 20. Na2 {a bit artificial}
(20. Qc2 Ba5 21. Nd1 Ng6 22. Kh1 Bc7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. f4 Ba5 $11 {Komodo12})
20... Ba5 $15 21. b4 $5 (21. Nc3 {Komodo12}) 21... Bb6 (21... cxb4 {Bl can
safely take the pawn- Komodo12} 22. Bd4 Nc4 $15) 22. f4 $6 {the centre
overextends} (22. Nc3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ng6 24. Kh2 h5 $17 {Komodo12}) 22... Ng6
$17 (22... Nxe4 {is close to winning for Bl} 23. Nxe4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Qxe4 25. Qd3
Qe7 26. Rfe1 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Ra4 $17 {Komodo12}) (22... Nc4 {&}) (22... Ra3 23.
Bf2 Ng6 $17 {also give Bl good chances ( Komodo12). The retreat of the N to a2
has weakened Wh's control over thge centre}) 23. e5 {following the logic of
his last , but Bl could now have cashed in} Nh7 (23... dxe5 24. bxc5 exf4 25.
Bd4 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 fxg3 $19) (23... Ra3 $1 {Komodo12, looking at all the
exposed Wh pieces in the centre} 24. Kh2 (24. Bf2 Nxf4 25. Qc1 (25. exf6 Rxg3
26. Bxg3 Nxe2+ 27. Kh2 Nxg3 $19 28. Kxg3 Qe5+ 29. Kf3 Ra8 {leaves the K far
too exposed})) 24... dxe5 25. Bxc5 Nxf4 26. Rf3 Ra4 27. Nc3 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Bxc5
29. bxc5 b4 30. Nce4 N6xd5 $19 {the Wh pawn centre has disappeared & 2 pawns
with it}) 24. bxc5 Bxc5 (24... Ra3 $5) 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ne4 (26. Nc3 Nxf4 27.
Rxf4 Qxe5 28. Rxa8 (28. Rf3 Ng5 $19 29. Rd3 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 c4 $19)) 26... c4 (
26... Nxf4 $1 {Komodo12 , destroys the centre} 27. e6 (27. Rxf4 Qxe5 28. Qc1 f5
29. Ng3 (29. Nec3 b4) (29. Nxc5 Rc8) 29... b4 $17 {Bl will regain his piece
soon})) 27. Nc5 (27. Qd4 $16 {Komodo12- reinforces the centre}) 27... Bf5 (
27... Bxh3 $5 {Komodo12} 28. gxh3 Qc8 29. Qd4 Qxh3 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Nxc3 Rxa1
32. Rxa1 Nxf4 33. Rb1 b4 34. Bxc4 $17 {Komodo12 initially assesessed this as =}
) 28. g4 Bd7 (28... Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Qxe5 30. Rxf5 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+
33. Kf1 g6 34. Rf2 Qxc5 $17 {Komodo12}) (28... Ng5 29. gxf5 Nxf4 30. e6 Ngxh3+
31. Kh1 Qe7 32. Ne4 fxe6 33. f6 gxf6 34. d6 Qg7 $15 {Komodo12}) 29. Qd4 $14 Ra3
30. Nc3 Rba8 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. Nxd7 (32. Rc1 $14) 32... Qxd7 33. f5 $6 {
Wh is weakening his bl square control} (33. Rc1 $11) (33. d6 $11) 33... Ne7 (
33... Nh4 $17 {Komodo12} 34. Ne4 Ng5 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 (36. Nxg5 $2 Qd6 $19)
36... Nxe6 37. Qf2 Qxd5 $17 {maybe Wh can hold by a desperate counter attack}
38. Qf7+ Kh8 (38... Kh7 $2 39. Nf6+ Kh8 40. Qg8#) 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+ gxf6
41. Qf7+ Kh8 (41... Ng7 42. Qxd5 $18) 42. Qxf6+ Ng7 (42... Kh7 43. Qf7+ {
repeats} Kh8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ $11 {Komodo12})) 34. Rd1 Ng5 35. Kh2 (35. h4
Nh3+ 36. Kh2 b4 37. Nb1 Ra2 38. Qxc4 Qa7 39. Rd2 Rxd2 40. Nxd2 Ng1 41. Kg2 Nxe2
42. Qxe2 Nxd5 $15 {Komodo12}) 35... b4 {(draw?)} (35... b4 36. Ne4 c3 (36...
Rxh3+ 37. Kg2 Rh4 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Qxd5 40. Qxd5 Nxd5 41. Rxd5 Nxe4 42.
Rd8+ Kh7 43. e7 $18) 37. Qxb4 Qa7 38. f6 Qe3 $19 {Komodo12}) (35... Nxf5 36.
gxf5 Qxf5 37. Bg4 Nf3+ 38. Bxf3 Qxf3 39. Qg4 Qf2+ 40. Qg2 Qf4+ 41. Qg3 Qxg3+
42. Kxg3 Rxc3+ 43. Kf4 Kf8 $19 {Komodo12- the 2 Q side pawns give Bl good
winning prospects}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Waterfield, John"]
[Black "Bevan, PM."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.10.02"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 (2... Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 {
Hewitt-Bevan, Dyfed Open 2017,1-0}) 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 (4... Nf6 5. Nf3 (5.
Bf4 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12.
Qd3 Bb4 {Gibbs-Bevan, TomWeston Major op 2018,1-0}) 5... Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3
c6 8. Be3 e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qg3 Nb6 11. O-O Nbd5 {Timmins-Bevan, Tom Weston
Major op 2018,1/2-1/2}) 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 Bb4 (8... Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Rfe1 Nd5 {transposes to Bhopal-Bevan, European Seniors teams ,
Dresden 2018,1/2-1/2}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 (11. h3 Qa5 12. Nb1 h6
13. Bf4 b5 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Bg3 Rfd8 16. Nbd2 N7f6 17. Ne5 {Zelcic-Petrov,CRO
ch tm 2014,1/2-1/2}) 11... Bxc3 (11... Qa5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. h4 h6 14. Bf4 Nb6
15. Bb3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. g4 Bh7 18. Kg2 Nd5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bg3 Rae8 21.
Rh1 Rf7 22. Rh3 e5 23. Bh2 Qa5 24. f4 {Kovacs-Erdos, hUN ch tm 2006,1-0}) 12.
bxc3 Qa5 13. Nxd7 (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g4 $11 {Cloud Engines}) (13. Bb3 Nxe5 14.
Qxe5 Qxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Rd7 a5 18. g4 Bg6 19. f4 a4 20. Bc4 b5
21. Bd3 Nxc3 22. f5 $11 {Ibragimov-Fierro Baquero, North American open, Las
Vegas 2003,0-1}) 13... Nxd7 14. Be7 (14. Bb3 Bxc2 15. Bxc2 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17.
f5 $11 {Komodo12}) 14... Rfe8 15. Bb4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. Bd3 Bxd3
19. Rxd3 {aiming for a K side attack} (19. Qxd3 Nd5 20. c4 Nb4 21. Qd2 $11)
19... Qd7 20. Rg3 Qd5 21. Qg4 g6 22. Bc1 (22. Qh4 Qxa2 23. Bd6 Qxc2 24. Be5 Qd2
25. Rf1 Nd7 26. f4 $11 {Komodo12}) (22. h4 Nc4 23. Bc1 e5 $15) 22... e5 (22...
Qxa2 {Komodo12} 23. h4 (23. Qh5 Nd5 24. Qh6 f6 25. h4 Ne7 $17) 23... Qxc2 24.
h5 a4 $17) 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 (24. Rge3 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Re8 26. Rd1 Qc4 27.
Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Kg7 $15 {Komodo12}) 24... Qxe5 25. Re3 (25. Be3 Qxc3 $17)
25... Qd5 (25... Qc5) 26. Qd4 (26. Re1 Qc4 (26... Qxa2 27. Qd4 c5 28. Qxc5 Nd7
29. Qd4 $18) 27. Qd4) 26... Qxd4 27. cxd4 Rd8 (27... Nd5 28. Re1 b5 29. Bd2 $11
) 28. Kf1 (28. Re7 f5 29. Be3 f4 30. Bxf4 Rxd4 $11) 28... Nc4 29. Re7 Rxd4 $15
30. Bh6 Nd6 (30... Nd2+ $1 31. Ke1 Re4+ $17 {Komodo12}) 31. c3 Rh4 32. Bg5 Re4
(32... Rxh2 33. Bf6 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Rd7 Ne8 36. Be7+ Kg7 37. Rxb7 Ra1 $15
{Komodo12}) 33. Rd7 Re6 $11 34. Bf4 (34. Bh6) 34... Nb5 (34... Ne4 35. Rxb7
Nxc3 36. Bd2 Nd5 37. Bxa5 Re4 38. Bd2 Kg7 39. Ra7 $11 {Komodo12}) 35. c4 Nc3
36. Bh6 (36. Rxb7 Nxa2 37. Ra7 Nb4 38. Rxa5 Re4 39. Bh6 f5 40. g3 Kf7 41. Ra7+
$11 {Komodo12}) 36... Re8 37. Rxb7 Nxa2 38. Ra7 Nb4 39. Rxa5 Nc2 40. g3 Nd4 41.
Ra7 (41. Ra6 c5 42. Kg2 $14 {Komodo12}) 41... Nf5 (41... Nf5 42. Bf4 $14)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "James, Dai"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.10.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. g3 {awaiting events} d6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 {and now its
transposed to a Closed Sicilian, which Lee has not faced when he has played it
on move1.} (4... Nc6) (4... c6 {have been played by Lee in this position}) 5.
f4 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 (6... e6 {alternative, played in James-Waterfield in
following rd}) 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 {main, 1383 games in database} 9. h3 e6 (
9... b5 {is the logical followup of his last}) 10. g4 (10. Be3 {more frequent})
10... Nd7 $146 {starting a process of deserting the K side} (10... b5 $6 {
still the main line}) 11. f5 Nd4 (11... Nde5 {looks better , to keep the N
near the K}) 12. Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nb6 $2 {not only removing the N from the K
side, but obstructing the reasoning behind Rb8 in the first place} (13... Ne5
$11 {still looks fine-Deep Fritz14 & Komodo12}) 14. Bg3 (14. Qg3 $16 {looks
stronger} e5 15. Be3 g5 16. Qf2 Bf6 17. a4 a5 18. Nb5 $16) 14... exf5 $6 {
voluntarily opening up the K side.} (14... Nd7 $1 $11 {- is the response of
both Deep Fritz14 & Komodo12} 15. Bxd6 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15 {and Wh has lost
control over the bl squares}) 15. exf5 gxf5 (15... Be5 {had to be tried}) 16.
gxf5 $18 Bxc3 {another piece leaves the K to its own devices. f6 is a threat,
but} (16... Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Kh8 {holds a little longer though the Bl position is
dire after} 18. Ne4 $18) 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. Qf4 {best, keeping on the bl squares}
(18. Qh5 {also works} Kh8 19. Qh4 (19. Bh4 Qg7 20. f6 Qg6 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Bg3
$16) 19... Qxh4 20. Bxh4 f6 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. c4 $18 {Komodo12}) 18... Bd7 19.
Qxd6 Qxc3 $2 {and the last piece leaves the K's side} (19... Qg7 {holds longer}
20. f6 Qh6 21. Rf3 Kh8 22. Bf4 Qh4 23. Rg3 Bc6 (23... Rg8 24. Bg5 Qh5 25. Bf3
Qg6 26. Bf4 Qf5 27. Bg4 $18) 24. Rg4 Qh5 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Kh2 $18 {because of
the vulnerable pawns & Bl still having to watch his K}) 20. Be5 1-0

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Waterfield, John"]
[Black "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 {as in rd1} 3. Nf3 b5 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 (
7. Re1 Be7 {Miroshnichenko-Carlsen, PRO League Rapid 2018,0-1} (7... Qc7 {
eg Kasparov-Short, Leuven blitz 2011,0-1})) 7... Nc6 8. Nbd2 (8. d5 {main}) (8.
Bg5) 8... Be7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 (9... Be7 {more frequent lines})) 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. b4 (10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 $16 {main}) 10... Bb6 (10... Be7 11. a4 Na7 12.
Nd4 O-O 13. axb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bb2 $14 {Evans,L-Karlsson L, Politiken
Cup 1981,0-1}) 11. a4 $16 bxa4 12. Rxa4 (12. e5) 12... Qc8 (12... d5) 13. e5
$16 Nd5 14. Ne4 (14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Bd2 {Komodo12}) 14... Bc7 15. Bd2 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bb8 18. Qg4 (18. c4 Ne7 19. Bc3 O-O 20. Rf2 f5 21. Nc5 Ba7 $11
{Komodo12}) 18... Kf8 {dangerous to face a R} (18... O-O 19. f5 Qc7 20. Qh3
exf5 21. Rxf5 Re8 $11) 19. f5 $16 Ba7+ (19... Nf6 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. fxe6 Rg8
22. exd7 Ba7+ 23. Kh1 Rxg4 24. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Ra2 Rxc3 27. Bxa6
Be4 28. Rd1 Bb6 $11 {Komodo12}) 20. Kh1 $16 Ne3 (20... Qc7 21. fxe6 dxe6 22.
Qxe6 Rd8 23. Bg5 Bb8 24. Qh3 Re8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Qh4 h6 27. Bd2 g5 28. Bxg5
Qxh2+ 29. Qxh2 Bxh2 30. Bd2 Be5 31. c4 Nb6 32. Ra5 $16 {Komodo12}) 21. Bxe3
Bxe3 22. fxe6 $18 dxe6 23. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hurn, Robert"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.10.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 (4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Nc6
8. Bc4+ e6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. O-O h6 11. Ngf3 Kh7 12. Bh2 e5 {Miller-Van Kemenade,
Dyfed Open 2017,0-1}) 4... h6 (4... g6) (4... e6) 5. e3 g5 6. Bh2 Bg7 7. Bc4 (
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Rb8 10. O-O Qe8 11. Re1 Qh5 {Aronian-Van Wely,
Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2014,0-1}) (7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 e5 10. dxe5 Ne4
{Herman-Sciurti, BdF-Smaragd, GER email 2015,0-1}) 7... e6 8. Nbd2 (8. Nc3 O-O
9. Qd3 Kh8 10. O-O-O a6 {Lopez Otero-Dias, Pontevedra op 2018,0-1}) 8... Qe7 9.
c3 Nc6 10. Qc2 O-O (10... Bd7) 11. O-O-O a6 (11... Rb8) 12. Rdg1 d5 (12... b5
13. Bd3 b4 14. c4 b3 15. Qxb3 e5 $11 {Komodo12}) 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Rf1 b5 (14...
e5 {initial idea} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
h4 g4 20. Bc4+ Be6 21. Qb3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kg7 23. Rd1 Rad8 $11 {Komodo12- the
position has become very simplified}) 15. Nb3 e5 (15... b4 16. c4 Bb7 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Nfd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 (19. Kxd2 $5) 19... f4 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Kb1 $11 {
Komodo12}) 16. Nfd2 Nf6 (16... Nxd2 17. Qxd2 exd4 18. exd4 b4 19. Bf3 Qf7 20.
Re1 f4 21. cxb4 Rb8 22. a3 Bf5 23. Qc3 Rb6 24. h4 Na7 25. Be2 Nb5 26. Bxb5 axb5
27. Nc5 $11 {Komodo12}) 17. Bd3 e4 18. Be2 Be6 19. Kb1 Rfb8 (19... Nd7 {
considered} 20. Bxc7 (20. f4 $14) 20... Rfc8 21. Bg3 b4 22. Rc1 f4 23. Bh2 a5
$15 {Komodo12}) 20. Nc5 Bf7 21. g4 $16 fxg4 (21... f4 {Komodo12- creates more
of a mess} 22. exf4 b4 23. Ndb3 a5 24. Na4 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Be8 26. h4 gxh4 27. g5
hxg5 28. fxg5 Nh7 29. Bf4 (29. Rfg1 Rb4 30. g6 Nf8 $17) 29... Rb4 30. Be3 Rxa4
31. Bb5 Nxd4 $19 {Komodo12}) 22. hxg4 Bg6 23. Ka1 (23. f3 exf3 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25.
Qxd3 Nxg4 26. Rxf3 Rf8 27. e4 $11 {Komodo12}) 23... Bh7 {protecting the B
against pawn breaks} 24. Bg3 Ne8 {aiming to get to c4 but leaves the centre} (
24... a5 $5) 25. Qb3 (25. f3 exf3 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Nf6 28. Qg6 Qf7 29.
Rxh6 Qxg6 30. Rxg6 Ne7 31. Rxg5 $18 {Komodo12}) 25... Rd8 (25... Nf6 {may be
best}) 26. Nb7 Rd7 27. Nc5 (27. f4 $18) 27... Na5 $5 {trying to create
complications with an exchange offer, & hoping the Rs will be their usual weak
defenders.though Bl must guard against an entry at h6 by them.} 28. Qc2 (28.
Qa3 {Wh should take up the challenge} Nc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Be5
Bf8 32. Qa5 c6 33. f3 $18) 28... Rdd8 29. Rh2 Nc4 (29... Nd6) 30. Rfh1 (30.
Nxc4 dxc4 31. Qd1 Nf6 32. Rfh1 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxh6 Bxh6 35. Rxh6 Rf8 36.
Qh1 $16 {Komodo12}) 30... Nxd2 31. Qxd2 Nd6 32. b3 (32. Rxh6 Bxh6 33. Rxh6 Qg7
34. Re6 Bg6 35. Qd1 $18 {Komodo12}) 32... Nf7 33. Bd1 (33. Rf1 Rf8 34. f3 exf3
35. Bxf3 c6 36. e4 dxe4 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Re2 Nd6 39. Rfe1 b4 40. Nxe4 Nxe4 41.
Rxe4 bxc3 42. Qxc3 Qd7 43. Be5 Rae8 $14 {Komodo12}) 33... Bg6 34. Be2 {
offering a draw by implication} c6 35. Bd1 a5 36. Kb1 Re8 37. Be2 Qa7 (37... a4
38. b4 $14 {but Bl has no chance of the win he is after}) 38. Bd1 Bf8 39. b4
axb4 40. cxb4 Kh7 $14 (40... Qa3 41. Qb2 Bxc5 42. Qxa3 Rxa3 43. dxc5 Kg7 44.
Bb3 $14) 41. Bb3 Nd8 {hoping to make something of keeping the Wh B offside on
the Q side} 42. Kc1 Ne6 $11 43. Kd1 Nxc5 44. bxc5 Bf7 (44... Qd7 45. Qe2 Bg7
46. Ke1 $11) 45. Be5 {probing the Kside, with a threat of Bf6} Re6 (45... Rxe5
46. dxe5 Qxc5 {Bl wanted to play this, but didn't see much after} 47. Qd4 {
although Komodo12 likes Bl's prospects after} (47. f4 $14 {Komodo12}) 47... Qe7
48. f3 (48. f4 c5 49. Qb2 c4 50. Bc2 gxf4 51. exf4 Qc5 52. f5 Be8 53. f6 Bd7
54. Qc1 Kg8 55. Rxh6 Bxg4+ 56. Ke1 Kf7 57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. Qg5 Bf3 $11 {Komodo12,
impossible to work out during a game, or even after, especially if Komodo12
now changes its mind and gives} 59. R1h6 $18) 48... c5 49. Qb2 c4 50. Bc2 Qe6
51. fxe4 Qxg4+ 52. Kd2 Kg8 53. Qd4 Rxa2 54. exd5 Bb4+ 55. Kc1 Qxd4 56. exd4
Bxd5 57. Rxh6 Bxh1 58. Rxh1 Bc3 59. e6 Ra1+ 60. Bb1 Bxd4 $17 {Though probably
Bl should have gone for it anyway}) 46. Rh3 Bg6 47. Bd6 Rxd6 {trying to break
the deadlock} (47... Bg7 48. Be5 (48. Ke1 $11) 48... Bxe5 49. Rxh6+ Kg7 50.
dxe5 Qxc5 51. Qd4 {again looked unclear}) 48. cxd6 Qd7 49. Qe2 Qxd6 $11 50. f3
exf3 51. Qxf3 (51. Rxf3) 51... Bg7 52. Qe2 (52. R1h2) 52... Kg8 53. Rf1 (53.
Qh2 Qe6 54. Rxh6 Bxh6 55. Qxh6 Qf6 56. Kc1 Kf7 57. Bc2 Bxc2 58. Qxf6+ Kxf6 59.
Kxc2 Rxa2+ 60. Kb3 Ra6 61. Rh7 $11 {Komodo12- Bl is a useless pawn up}) 53...
Qe6 (53... Be4 54. Rf2 Qe6 55. Rhh2 Bf8 56. Rf1 Bd6 57. Rhf2 Kg7 $15 {though
after} 58. Rf7+ Qxf7 59. Rxf7+ Kxf7 60. Qf1+ Kg7 {the Wh Q has no entry, but
nor does Bl}) 54. Rhf3 Qe4 {possibly misjudging the resultant ending, but
hoping to run 2 pawns through on the k side} (54... Be4 55. Rf7 Bg6 56. R7f2
$11) 55. Bc2 Qxc2+ (55... Qe8 56. Bxg6 Qxg6 57. Qc2 Qe6 58. Qf5 Qxf5 59. Rxf5
Rxa2 60. Rf7 $14 {the c pawn drops after a R exchange}) 56. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 57. Kxc2
Rxa2+ 58. Kb3 Rg2 59. Kb4 Rxg4 (59... Rb2+ 60. Kc5 Rc2+ 61. Kb6 Rc3 62. Ka5 Rb3
63. Kb6 Rc3 64. Ka5 {repetition} (64. Rf7 Rxe3 65. Kxc6 Re4 66. Rb7 Bxd4 67.
Rff7 Rxg4 68. Rfc7 Rf4 69. Kxd5 Ba1 70. Rc8+ Rf8 71. Rxf8+ Kxf8 72. Ke4 h5 73.
Rxb5 $11)) 60. Kc5 Re4 61. Kxc6 g4 62. Rf5 (62. Kxd5 Re8 63. Rg3 b4 64. Rxg4
Rxe3 65. Rfg1 Re7 66. Kc6 h5 67. Rg5 $18 {Komodo12}) 62... Rxe3 $11 63. Rxd5 b4
(63... g3 64. Kxb5 g2 65. Rg1 Rg3 66. Kc4 Rg4 67. Kd3 Kf7 68. Rf5+ Ke6 69. Rf2
Rxd4+ 70. Ke2 $11 {Komodo12}) 64. Rd8+ (64. Rb5 b3 65. d5 Rc3+ 66. Rc5 Rf3 67.
Rb1 g3 68. d6 Bf6 69. Rb5 b2 70. d7 Rc3+ 71. Kd6 g2 72. d8=Q+ Bxd8 73. R5xb2
Rg3 74. Rg1 $11) 64... Kh7 65. d5 (65. Kc5 b3 66. Rd7 $11) 65... g3 $11 {
splitting the k side pawns, but Bl felt the need to be able to get the B to
f6unclear about assessment, both sides can only push on & hope} (65... h5 $11)
(65... b3 $15 66. Rb8 b2 67. Rb1 g3 68. d6 g2 69. d7 Rc3+ 70. Kd6 Bf6 71. Ke6
Rc1 72. Kxf6 g1=Q 73. Rh8+ Kxh8 74. d8=Q+ Qg8 75. Qxg8+ Kxg8 76. Rxb2 $11) 66.
d6 g2 67. Rb1 Bf6 (67... Rg3 68. d7 g1=Q (68... Bf6 69. Rf8 Bg5 70. Rg1 b3 71.
d8=Q Bxd8 72. Rxd8 b2 73. Rd7+ Kh8 (73... Kg6 74. Rb7 $16) 74. Rd8+ (74. Rb7
Rc3+ 75. Kd5 Rc1 76. Rb8+ Kh7 77. Rb7+ Kh8 $11) 74... Kh7 75. Rd7+ $11) 69.
Rxg1 Rxg1 70. Rh8+ Bxh8 71. d8=Q b3 72. Qd3+ Rg6+ 73. Kd5 b2 $11 {Komodo12})
68. Rb8 b3 (68... h5 69. Rg1 Rg3 70. d7 h4 71. Rf8 Bg5 72. Rf5 Bd8 73. Rf8 h3
74. Rxd8 Rc3+ 75. Kb5 Rd3 76. Re8 h2 77. Ree1 $11 {Komodo12}) 69. d7 Rd3 70.
Rg1 Rd2 (70... Rg3 71. Kd5 h5 72. Rf8 Bh4 73. Ke4 b2 74. Rb8 Rg4+ 75. Kf3 Rg3+
76. Ke2 Rg7 77. Rxb2 Rxd7 78. Rxg2 $11 {Komodo12}) 71. Rxb3 $14 Be5 $2 {
prevents Rg3 & threatening a check on d6 that won't actually lead to a good
discoevered ch} (71... Rc2+ 72. Kd5 Rd2+ 73. Ke6 Bd8 74. Rb8 Bg5 75. Rb4 Kg6 (
75... h5 76. Rb5 $18) 76. Rg4 Re2+ 77. Kd6 Rd2+ 78. Kc6 Rc2+ 79. Kd5 Rd2+ 80.
Rd4 {or repetition if desired by Wh}) (71... Bd8 72. Rb8 Bf6 73. Rb5 Bd8 74.
Rb8 $11) 72. Rbb1 (72. Rxg2 {was considered by Bl to be a Wh win, however} Rd6+
73. Kc5 (73. Kc7 Rd3+ 74. Kc6 Rd6+ {repeats}) 73... Rxd7 $11) 72... Bf6 (72...
Rd6+ 73. Kc7 Rd2+ 74. Kc8 Rc2+ 75. Kd8 Bc7+ 76. Ke8 Re2+ 77. Kf7 Rf2+ 78. Ke6
Kg6 79. Rbc1 Re2+ 80. Kd5 Bd8 81. Rc4 Kf6 82. Rg4 Rd2+ 83. Ke4 Ke6 84. R1xg2
Rxg2 85. Rxg2 Kxd7 $11) 73. Kc7 Rc2+ 74. Kd6 h5 $11 75. Rb7 Kg6 76. Rb8 Rd2+
77. Ke6 Re2+ (77... h4 78. Rg8+ $18) 78. Kd5 h4 (78... Kf7 79. Rb6 Bg5 80. Rb4
h4 81. Rg4 h3 82. Rxg5 h2 83. d8=Q Rd2+ 84. Ke5 Rxd8 85. R5xg2 hxg1=Q 86. Rxg1
$11) 79. Rg8+ $18 Kf7 80. R1xg2 (80. R8xg2) 80... Re5+ 81. Kc6 h3 82. d8=Q (82.
R2g6 Re6+ 83. Kb7 h2 84. Rxf6+ Rxf6 85. Rh8 Rd6 86. Kc7 $18 {Komodo12}) (82.
Rf2 Re6+ 83. Kc7 Kxg8 84. Rxf6 Rxf6 85. d8=Q+ $18 {Komodo12 & Nalimov
tablebases}) 82... Bxd8 83. R2g7+ Kf6 84. Rh7 Re6+ 85. Kd5 (85. Kb5) 85... Re5+
(85... Re3 86. Rgh8 $11 (86. Rxd8 Rd3+ 87. Ke4 Rxd8 88. Rxh3 $11)) 86. Kc6 Re6+
{(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bevan, Peter"]
[Black "Williams, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.10.03"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 Qc7 (9... d4) 10. a3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Rad8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. a3
Bf6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Rc1 {Vajda-Tusu, Centrocoop Sept Op, Eforie Nord 1998,1-0})
10... Rac8 11. h3 Bh5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc2 (
15... Bg6 $11) 16. g4 (16. Bxa7 $14) 16... Bg6 17. b4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rc2 (18...
b6) 19. Bxa7 (19. Nf1 Rxe2 20. Ne3 $16 {Komodo12}) 19... Rfc8 (19... h5) 20. e3
R8c3 21. f4 {weakens the K side in the long run} (21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Rxd5 Rxf2 23.
Re5 Kf8 24. Ne1 Bf6 25. Bxe4 Bxe5 26. Bxg6 Rf6 27. Be4 $16 {Komodo12}) 21...
Bd3 22. Bd4 Rc8 23. Bf1 (23. Nb3 Be4 24. Bf1 h5 25. g5 Ne8 26. Nc5 Nd6 27. Nxe4
dxe4 28. Bg2 $16 {Komodo12}) 23... Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. g5 (26.
Kg1 $14) 26... h6 (26... Rh2 27. Kg1 Rcc2 28. Rac1 Rcg2+ $11 {Komodo12}) 27.
gxh6 gxh6 28. Bc5 (28. Kg1 $11) 28... Bxc5 29. bxc5 R8xc5 $15 30. Rd4 Rh5 31.
Rxe4 Rxh3 32. Kg1 Rhh2 33. Rb4 Rhg2+ (33... h5 34. Rb5 Rcg2+ 35. Kf1 h4 36. Rh5
Rg3 37. Rd1 h3 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rg5+ Rxg5 40. fxg5 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Re1 42. Kg3
Rxe3+ 43. Kh2 Rxa3 $19) 34. Kh1 h5 35. Rg1 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Rc3 37. e4 (37. Kf2
Rxa3 38. Rxb7 $11) 37... Rxa3 38. Rxb7 Ra4 39. Rb5 Rxe4 40. Rxh5 Rxf4 $11 41.
Kg2 Kg7 42. Kg3 Rf6 43. Ra5 Rf1 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Ra6+ f6 46. Rb6 Rg1+ 47. Kf4
Rg5 48. Ra6 Rf5+ 49. Kg4 Rf1 50. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Penny, Liam"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1664"]
[BlackElo "1264"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.10.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 {blocking the c pawn in d4
openinmgs means it becomes difficult to challenge the centre} (5... c5 {main})
6. c3 Bd6 (6... Bd7 7. O-O Na7 8. Qe2 Nb5 9. e4 h6 10. e5 Nh7 11. Bxh7 Rxh7 12.
Qd3 Rh8 13. Re1 Na7 14. Nf1 Bb5 {Beryl Hughes-O'Rourke, WLS ch Seniors ,
Newport 2015,0-1}) 7. O-O Bd7 (7... O-O {main}) 8. Qe2 (8. e4) 8... Na7 (8...
g6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qe7 12. c4 Qf6 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. a4 Bf4 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. d5 Ne7 {Kareem-Jwan, Thessaloniki ol w 1984,1/2-1/2}) (8... Qe7
9. e4 e5 10. Re1 Bg4 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 O-O-O 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Bf5+ Kb8 16. dxe5 Bxf3 17. exd6 Bxe2 18. dxc7+ Nxc7 19. Rxe2 Rd1+ 20. Kh2 g6
21. Bc2 Rf1 22. Rb1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Bf4+ {Solinas-Minelli, Mirandello
Giovanni Pico op 2011,1-0}) 9. e4 $16 Bb5 $2 (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4
Nc6 12. Re1 $16 {Wh has extra space}) 10. Bxb5+ Nxb5 11. e5 $18 Ne4 (11... O-O)
12. exd6 Nexd6 13. c4 dxc4 14. d5 (14. a4 c3 15. Nb3 cxb2 16. Bxb2 Na7 17. d5
O-O 18. dxe6 $18 {Komodo12}) 14... Qe7 15. dxe6 O-O-O 16. Nxc4 (16. a4) 16...
Nf5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bg3 h5 20. h4 g4 21. Nfd2 Nbd4 22. Qe4 {as so
often, the player behind in material usually gets a bit of activity for it,
but, in the long run, Wh is a piece up which will make its presence felt} Rde8
(22... Rhe8 {the other R can best stay on the d file}) 23. Rac1 Nxg3 (23...
Qxe6) 24. fxg3 Qc5 25. Kh2 (25. b4 $1 {gains Wh more material, as the N on d4
was left by the R shifting from d8 to e8}) 25... Rxe6 26. Qf4 (26. Nb3 Rxe4 27.
Nxc5 Re2 28. Rxf6 $18) 26... Ne2 27. Nd6+ $6 {a miscalculation by Wh} (27. Nb3
$1 {and Wh has retained his extra piece while simplifying the position} Qc6 28.
Qf5 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Kb8 30. Nd4 Qe4 31. Qxe6 Qxd4 32. Rf1) 27... Qxd6 $1 28. Qxd6
Rxd6 {and Bl has regained the piece with a superior position} 29. Rc2 (29. Nc4
Nxc1 30. Nxd6+ cxd6 31. Rxc1+ Kd7 $17) 29... Rhd8 {brings the other R into
play, again leaves the poor N adrift} (29... Nd4 30. Rc5 b6 31. Rc4 Re8 $17 {
Komodo12}) 30. Ne4 $16 Nd4 31. Nxd6+ Rxd6 32. Rc4 f5 33. Rf4 $18 Ne2 34. Rxf5
Rd2 35. Rf8+ (35. Rxh5 {creating an outside passed pawn is simpler}) 35... Kd7
36. Rf7+ Ke6 37. Rcxc7 Rxb2 38. a4 Nd4 39. Rxb7 Ra2 40. Rfe7+ Kd6 41. Red7+ Kc6
42. Rbc7+ Kb6 43. Rc1 Rxa4 {maybe there is hope for Bl to run his a pawn to Q?}
44. Rb1+ Nb5 45. Rd6+ Kc5 46. Rh6 Ra3 47. Rxh5+ Kd4 (47... Kc4 48. Rg5 {
still wins the g pawn}) 48. Rb4+ Kc3 49. Rxg4 Nd4 50. Rf4 (50. Rc5+ Kb4 (50...
Kd3 51. Rd5 Ra4 52. h5 Kc3 53. Rgxd4 Rxd4 54. Rxd4 Kxd4 55. h6 {and the h pawn
is much faster than the Bl K or a pawn}) 51. Rd5) 50... a5 51. Rd5 Ra4 52. h5
Rc4 53. h6 (53. Rdxd4) 53... Rc6 54. h7 Rh6+ 55. Rh4 Ra6 56. h8=Q {( the last
few moves are a reconstruction from the scoresheets)} 1-0

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "James, Dai"]
[Black "Waterfield, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 {main} (6... Nf6 {
would transpose to James-Davis, rd3, 1-0}) 7. O-O Nge7 8. h3 (8. d3 {main, but
game will soon transpose}) 8... O-O 9. g4 f5 10. d3 (10. exf5 exf5 11. g5 Be6
$15 {Szczepkowska-Lacau Rodean, EU ch U14 girls, Chalkidiki 2001,1-0} (11... d5
12. d3 b6 $11 {0-2} (12... d4 13. Ne2 Nd5 14. h4 Re8 15. h5 Qd6 $17 {
Manne-Rendboe, Capelle la Grande op 2014,0-1}))) 10... b6 (10... Rb8 {main}) (
10... Nd4) 11. Qe1 (11. Ne2) 11... d5 (11... Qd7 $15 {0-3 eg} 12. Qh4 Bb7 13.
Kh2 Nd4 14. Rf2 Nec6 15. Nd1 Ne7 16. c3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18. Rg2 c4 $19 {
Kreuz-Melo, Pan_American ch tm , Cascavel 1996,0-1}) 12. gxf5 $11 {Houdini4 in
2016} (12. e5 $11 {Komodo12}) 12... d4 {Houdini4} (12... gxf5 13. e5 $11 Nb4
14. Qf2 d4 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Nd6 Bc6 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Bd2 Ng6 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Bxd5
Bxd5 21. Rae1 h6 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Kh2 Rg8 24. h4 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nxh4 26. Qh5 Bf6
27. Nf7 Rg4 28. exf6 Qd5 29. Re2 Rg2+ 30. Kh3 {Ringel-Bujnoch, CZE ch tm 2016,
1-0}) 13. Ne2 {(draw?)} (13. f6 Rxf6 14. e5 Rf8 15. Ne4 Nd5 $11 {Komodo12}) (
13. fxg6 dxc3 14. gxh7+ Kxh7 (14... Kh8 15. bxc3 $14) 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. bxc3 Qe8
17. Be3 Qh5 18. Bf3 Qh8 19. Qg3 $11 {Komodo12}) (13. Ne2 exf5 14. e5 Be6 15.
Ng5 Bd5 $11 {John, pm analysis} 16. Qh4 h6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Nbd5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 b6 {considered a bit
suspect or ignored by most books on the Catalan} (6... dxc4) (6... c6) (6...
Nbd7 {main, this last then often includes a later b6}) 7. Nc3 (7. cxd5) (7. Ne5
{alternative strategies}) 7... Bb7 8. cxd5 {60.9 % for Wh} (8. Ne5 {main- 65.7
% for Wh; exploiting the fact that Black has played d5 too early- Bologan 2012:
12. This position could also have arisen from an initial Queen's Indian/}) 8...
Nxd5 {Cloud Engines} (8... exd5 {main}) 9. Ne5 (9. Nxd5) (9. Qc2) (9. Re1) (9.
Bd2 {are all more frequent choices here}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 $11
{but there are some Q side holes in Bl's position} Qd5+ (11... c5 {most
frequent has lead to 68.8% for Wh}) (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qd5+ $11 {Komodo12 & 2
drawn games}) 12. f3 c5 13. e4 $14 (13. Qb3 Qb7 14. Qa4 Rc8 15. e4 cxd4 16.
cxd4 Nc6 17. Ng4 b5 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Qd1 Rd8 20. Bb2 Na5 (20... Bc5 $17) 21.
Qe2 Nc4 22. Ba1 Rbc8 $15 {Zsiros-Czegledi, HUN ch tm 1996,0-1}) 13... Qb7 14.
Be3 (14. Qa4 $11 {Deep Fritz14}) (14. d5 $14 {Komodo12}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4
Rd8 16. Qa4 $14 (16. Rc1 $16 {both Engines; Bl has trouble developing his Q
side} Nd7 17. Nc6 Re8 18. Qd3 $16) 16... f6 $6 {a move weakening the K
structure} (16... b5 {both Engines} 17. Rab1 a6 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Nd3 $11) 17.
Nd3 $16 Qd7 (17... Nc6 18. Nf4 b5 {both Engines, but while Deep Fritz gives it
as more less level, Komodo12 sees a definite Wh advantage} 19. Qb3 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Rad1 Rdd8 (22... Rad8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qf7 $18)
23. Rd5 $16 {and Bl is weak in every sector of the board}) 18. Qb3 Nc6 (18...
g5 {both Engines- Deep Fritz14 again near equality} 19. f4 $16 {Komodo12}) 19.
Nf4 Nxd4 $2 {suicide} (19... Rdc8 {both Engines; Komodo12 again rating Wh's
position more favourably than Deep Fritz14}) 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxe6 $18 1-0

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Black "Thomas, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.10.03"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. h3 b6 $146 (2... Nf6) (2... d6) 3. g4 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6.
Rg1 (6. gxf5 exf5 7. Rg1 $11) 6... Ne4 (6... fxg4 7. hxg4 Bb4 8. g5 Ne4 9. Qd3
O-O $11 {Komodo12}) 7. Nxe4 (7. gxf5 {is consisent with opening up the g file
for the R} exf5 8. Qd3 $14) 7... fxe4 $17 8. Ne5 d6 9. Nc4 Nd7 {the Bl pieces
co-ordinate better} 10. Bf4 Qh4 {a little risky} (10... d5 11. Ne5 Bd6 $15 {
Komodo12}) (10... g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 $15 {Komodo12}) 11. Qd2 Be7 12. g5 (12. Bg3
Qf6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 $11 {Komodo121}) 12... O-O-O (12... O-O {also looks
safe enough}) 13. a4 Rhf8 14. Rg4 Qh5 15. Qc3 Kb8 (15... e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17.
Be3 (17. Nxe5 Rxf4 18. Rxf4 Bxg5 19. e3 Bxf4 20. exf4 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22.
fxe5 Re8 $15) (17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxg5 $19 {the Wh K is stuck in the centre
}) 17... a5 18. O-O-O Bb4 $17 {Komodo12}) 16. a5 $11 Rxf4 $5 {trading on Wh's
lack of development} (16... e5) 17. Rxf4 Qxg5 $11 (17... Bxg5 18. Rg4 Rf8 $11)
18. Rg4 Qf6 19. axb6 cxb6 (19... axb6 {also has its points}) 20. e3 e5 (20...
d5) 21. dxe5 dxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Rd1 $11 {Komodo12}) 22. O-O-O
g6 23. Rg2 Qe6 24. Rh2 {Wh is just on the defensive} (24. Be2 {The Wh pieces
must become active , even at the cost of the odd pawn} Qxh3 (24... Ba6 25. b3
Qc6 26. Bg4 $16) 25. Rgg1 Qe6 26. Bg4 $18) 24... b5 $5 (24... Bd5 25. h4 Bf6
26. Bh3 Qc6 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. f4 exf3 29. e4 Qg4 30. exd5 Qf4+ 31. Rhd2 Rc8 32.
b3 e4 33. Qe3 $16 {Komodo12}) 25. Na5 Qa2 26. Nb3 $2 {another retreat} (26. b4
Qa4 27. Nxb7 Kxb7 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. cxb3 a6 $11 {Komodo12}) (26. Nxb7 Kxb7 27.
b4 $11) 26... Rc8 $19 {the B3 N will be lost & the remaining Wh pieces will
have trouble protecting their K} 27. Rxd7 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Ba3+ (28... Bc6) 29.
Kd2 b4 30. cxb4 Bxb4+ 31. Kd1 (31. Kc1 Ba3+ 32. Kd2 Qb1 33. Bc4 Qg1) 31... Qb1+
(31... Qb1+ 32. Nc1 (32. Ke2 Qe1#) 32... Ba3 33. Bb5 Qxc1+ 34. Ke2 Bb4 {
and the K is still in trouble, with the Wh pieces standing around elsewhere.})
0-1

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Williams, David J"]
[Black "Hurn, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. Qe2 (5. O-O {main} Nf6 6. e5 {
Van Kemenade-Hurn, S Wales Open 2007,1-0; S Wales International 2009,1-0} (6.
Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O {Van Kemenade-Hurn, Welsh Seniors 2017,1-0})) 5...
Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 (6... g6) 7. O-O e6 8. d4 {a little early but transposes back to
the mainstream} Be7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 {main GM practice}
) 9. dxc5 (9. Rd1 {main}) 9... dxc5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 {Wh is aiming to play
on the Wh squares & seeks to leave Bl with a bad B} O-O (11... h6 12. Bh4 Nh5
13. Bxe7 Nf4 14. Qb5 Qxe7 15. g3 Ng6 16. Na3 O-O 17. Nc4 Qf6 18. Kg2 Nce5 19.
Ncxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. f3 f5 {Van Houtte-Kool, OHRA op, Brussels 1987,1/
2-1/2}) 12. Na3 {Komodo12} (12. Nbd2 h6 (12... Rad8 13. a4 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qb5 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Nc4 h6 {Fish-Ryskin,
Bratislava op, 1993,1/2-1/2}) 13. Bh4 Rfd8 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Nb3 (15. Nc4) 15...
a5 16. a4 $2 {Chebridon-Mestdagh, La Fere op 2004,0-1}) 12... a6 13. Nc2 (13.
Nc4 b5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne3 $11 {Komodo12}) 13... Rfd8 14. h3 Rxd1+
15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 20. Nc4
(20. g3) 20... Bc7 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 b5 23. c4 {fixing the pawn on c5 , to
help obstruct the B} (23. Kf1 c4 24. Ke2 Kf8 $11) 23... Kf8 {Bl brings the K up
} (23... Be5 {Komodo12} 24. cxb5 axb5 25. b3 Bc3 26. Nb1 Bb4 27. Kf1 Kf8 28.
Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd6 30. Nc3 Kc6 31. a4 $14) 24. b3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Kf6 26. cxb5 (
26. Ke2) 26... axb5 27. a4 {a postional error. Pawn breaks should wait - the
priority is to place the Ks inthe best possible position in an ending} (27. Ke2
Ke5 (27... b4 $2 {gives Wh a superb post for the K on c4}) 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. f4
f6 30. Kd3 Kc6 31. g3 Ba5 32. a4 {still has tactical problems} (32. Nf3 Bb4 33.
g4 {to try & create a weakness on a second front , gives better chances-
keeping the pawn break in hand if the Bl pieces move to the K side in defence})
32... c4+ 33. bxc4 bxa4 {and it is Bl who has the outside passed pawn.}) 27...
bxa4 (27... c4 $1 {and very nearly a tactical one as well} 28. Ke2 (28. bxc4 $2
bxa4 $19) (28. axb5 $2 c3 $19) 28... cxb3 29. axb5 b2 30. Kd3 Ba5 31. Nb1 Ke5
32. Na3 Kf4 33. Kc2 Kxe4 34. Nc4 (34. Kxb2 Kd4 35. Kb3 Kc5 $15 {Bl will win
the b pawn , leaving him with an extra one on the K side})) 28. bxa4 Ke5 {
Bl's active K very nearly wins for him} 29. Ke2 Kd4 30. a5 c4 31. a6 Bb6 32. f3
(32. Nf3+ Kxe4 33. Ng5+ Kd5 34. Nxf7 e5 35. f3 $11 {Komodo12}) 32... Kc3 33.
Kd1 (33. e5 Kd4 34. f4 c3 35. Nf3+ Kc4 36. Kd1 Kb3 37. Ne1 h6 38. Nc2 $11 {
Komodo12}) (33. Nb1+ Kb3 34. Nd2+ Kb4 35. Nb1 Bd4 36. Kd1 g6 37. Kc2 e5 38. Nc3
$11 {Komodo12}) 33... Kd3 $19 {Wh has not only not put his K into the centre,
but even retreated it} 34. Nf1 (34. Ke1 c3 35. Nb3 Kc2 36. Na1+ Kb2 $19) (34.
Nb1 Bc5 35. Na3 Bxa3 $1 36. a7 c3 37. a8=Q c2+ 38. Ke1 c1=Q+ 39. Kf2 Bc5+ 40.
Kg3 Bd6+ 41. Kf2 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qe1#) 34... c3 35. Kc1 g6 {Black is
trying to run Wh out of pawn moves, but the correct way is to use the B, which,
unlike the N, can lose moves while still controlling the same squares} (35...
Bc5 $1 $19 {Zugzwang} 36. Nd2 (36. g4 Ba3+ 37. Kd1 c2+ 38. Ke1 Bc5 $1 39. Ne3
Bxe3 40. Kf1 c1=Q+ 41. Kg2 Qg1#) (36. Kb1 c2+ 37. Kb2 Ba3+ 38. Kxa3 c1=Q+ 39.
Kb4 Qc4+ 40. Ka5 Qc5+ 41. Ka4 Kc3 42. a7 Qb4#) 36... c2 37. Nc4 Kc3 38. a7 Bxa7
{and the B keeps moving up & down, while Wh runs out of pawn moves.}) 36. h4 h5
(36... Bc5) (36... c2 {both mating soon}) 37. g4 hxg4 (37... Bc5) 38. fxg4 Kxe4
{worrying about letting the h pawn run through. But the Bl threats are still
more powerful} (38... Bc5 $1 39. h5 Ba3+ 40. Kd1 c2+ 41. Ke1 Bc5 {and Wh gets
mated long before the h pawn gets anywhere.}) 39. h5 $2 (39. Kc2 $11) 39...
gxh5 (39... Kd3 $1 {and the c pawn gets through as before}) 40. gxh5 Kf5 (40...
Kd3 $1 41. h6 Bc7 $1 $19 {Komodo12} (41... Bc5 42. h7 Ba3+ 43. Kb1 c2+ 44. Ka2
c1=Q 45. h8=Q {is merely = after} Qc4+ 46. Kxa3 Qxa6+ 47. Kb2 Qb5+ 48. Ka3 Qc5+
49. Ka4 Qd4+ 50. Qxd4+ Kxd4 51. Kb3 $11) 42. h7 Bf4+ 43. Kb1 c2+ 44. Ka2 Be5 $1
$19 {Komodo12}) 41. Kc2 Kg5 42. Ng3 (42. Kxc3 Kxh5 43. Nd2 $11 {the B is
unable to control the wh squares , on one of which the N helped by the K will
sacrifice itself for the last 2 bl pawns. Lomonosov tablebases agree with this.
}) 42... f5 43. Kxc3 f4 44. Ne4+ Kxh5 45. Kd3 Kg4 46. Ke2 (46. Nd6 f3 47. Nc4
Kh3 48. Ke4 f2 49. Nd2 Kg2 50. Ke5 Bc5 51. Kxe6 $11) 46... e5 47. Kf1 (47. Nf2+
Kg3 48. Ne4+ Kg2 49. Kd3 f3 50. Kc4 $11) 47... Kf3 48. Nd6 (48. Nd2+ Kg3 49.
Nc4 $11 {is simpler}) 48... e4 49. Nc8 Bd4 50. a7 Bxa7 51. Nxa7 $11 {still
drawn, as the N can get back in time} e3 52. Nb5 Ke4 53. Nd6+ (53. Nc3+ {
is easier to play}) 53... Kd3 54. Ke1 $2 (54. Nf5 Kd2 (54... f3 55. Nxe3 Kxe3
56. Ke1 f2+ 57. Kf1 Kf3 $11) 55. Nh4 e2+ 56. Kg2 $11) 54... f3 $19 55. Nf5 f2+
56. Kf1 Kd2 $2 (56... e2+ $1 57. Kxf2 Kd2 $19 {forces through a Q}) 57. Ng3 (
57. Nd4 {also holds}) 57... Kd1 58. Ne2 {now there is no way through for Bl,
provided Wh doesn't move the K away from f1, or the N to some distant land} Kd2
59. Ng3 Kd3 60. Ne2 Ke4 61. Ng3+ Kf3 62. Ne2 Kg4 63. Nc3 Kg3 64. Ne2+ (64. Nd1
Kf3 65. Nxf2 exf2 {stalemate, alternative}) 64... Kh2 65. Nf4 Kh1 {(draw?)}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "O'Rourke, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1264"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.10.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 {uncommon} (5... Be7) (5...
g6 {main lines}) 6. g3 {and even less frequent} (6. Bc4 {when} Bd7 7. O-O Nc6
8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qf3 Nh7 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Qg3 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Nxg5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qg4 $19 {Zhou-O'Rourke,John Bishop Minor 2009,
0-1}) (6. Be2) (6. Bd3 {are the 3 most frequent, in this latter} Ng4 (6... Be7)
7. h3 Ne5 8. O-O Nxd3 9. Qxd3 b6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nc6 Qf6 12. Nd5 Qh4 13. Nxc7#
{S Sivarajasingam-O'Rourke, S Wales International 2018,1-0}) 6... Bd7 7. Bg2
Qc8 (7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nd5 $16 {
Reust-Gruenenwald, SUI ch int Women, Luzern 1994,1-0}) 8. h3 Be7 9. Be3 Nh7 (
9... O-O) 10. f4 (10. Nf5 {Komodo12} Bxf5 11. exf5 c6 12. Qg4 $16 (12. O-O Qxf5
13. Re1 Qd7 (13... O-O 14. Bxh6) 14. Qe2 (14. Bxa7 Rxa7 $2 15. Qd4 $18 Ra8 16.
Qxg7 Rf8 17. Qxh7) 14... O-O 15. Bxh6)) 10... g5 {weakens the K side & allows
Wh to expand his space advantage} 11. f5 $16 (11. O-O $1 {Komodo12} Bxh3 12.
Nd5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 14. e5 {opening up the centre against the K still there}
(14. Nb5 Bd8 15. fxg5 Nxg5 16. Qh5 $18) (14. Nf5 Kd8 15. Nxh6 $18) 14... dxe5
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bc5+ Kf6 (17... Ke8 18. Re1 Nf8 19. Rxe5+ Ne6
20. f5 $18) 18. fxg5+ Kg7 19. Rxf7+ $1 (19. gxh6+) 19... Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Ke6 21.
Qg6+ Kd5 22. b4 {mating soon}) 11... Bf6 (11... Nf6 12. O-O $16 {Bl is behind
in development & can scarcely 0-0}) 12. Qd2 (12. O-O) 12... Qd8 (12... Nc6) 13.
O-O-O Nc6 14. Nde2 {keeping pieces on so that Bl has more trouble finding
places to put his} (14. h4 $18 {Komodo12}) 14... Qe7 {trying to get 0-0-0} 15.
Nd5 $18 Bxb2+ {based on a miscalculation} (15... Qe5 16. c3 (16. Nxc7+ {
Bl thought this would win an exchange, but then Wh thought N gets lost because
of the mate threat, Komodo12 soldiers on with compensation for it, but Wh need
not go in for this} Kd8 17. Nd4 Kxc7 18. Nb5+ Kb8 (18... Kd8 19. c4 Ke7 20.
Nxd6 Rhd8 21. Nxb7 Qxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rdb8 24. e5 Rxb7+ 25. Ka1 $14)
19. Qxd6+ Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Be8 $11) 16... Kd8 (16... Bd8 17. h4 Nf6 18. Bd4 Nxd4
19. cxd4 Nxe4 20. dxe5 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 $18) 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qe8 19. Qc3 (
19. e5 $18) 19... Rc8 20. e5 $18 {the Bl K is stuck in the middle where the Wh
Rs will get at it.}) 16. Kxb2 Qe5+ 17. Qc3 (17. c3) (17. Kb1) 17... O-O-O 18.
Nd4 {with the idea that Wh has NxN followed by Bd4, since if Bl tries NxN,
then Qc7 is mate. And missing the simple point of} (18. Bd4 $1 {Julie, picking
up a further exchange immediately}) 18... Rhe8 (18... Qxg3 19. Rhg1 Qe5 20. Kb1
Rhe8 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Qa5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qg3 24. Qxa7 Kd7 25. Qa4+ Ke7 26. Rd3
Kf8 27. Bd4 {and the Bl K will still be dragged out from his K side shelter}) (
18... Nf6 19. Nxc6 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 21. exd5 bxc6 22. dxc6 Bxf5 23. Bxa7
Rde8 24. Rb1 Kd8 25. Rhf1 Be6 26. Bd4 {and Bl will lose more material}) 19. g4
{hoping to exploit Bl's next move} (19. Nb5 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Ne7 21. Nbxc7 Nxd5+
22. Nxd5 Kb8 23. Bd4 {simplest}) 19... Nf6 20. Nxc6 (20. Rhe1 {Komodo12} Nxe4
21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Nxc7 $1 (22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxg5) 22... Kxc7 23. Nb5+ Kb8 24.
Bxa7+ Nxa7 25. Qc7+ Ka8 26. Rxe4 Bxb5 27. Rxd6 $18) 20... Nxd5 (20... Qxc3+ {
had to be played, to save the N on f6}) 21. Nxa7+ Kb8 22. Rxd5 Qxc3+ 23. Kxc3
c5 {cuts the N suport, but lines open elsewhere} (23... b6 24. Nb5 (24. e5 $1 {
Komodo12} Rxe5 (24... Kxa7 25. Ra5+ Kb8 26. Ra8#) 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Nc6+ Bxc6
27. Bxc6 $18) 24... Bc6 25. Bd4 Bxd5 26. exd5 $18 {with 3 pieces for a R}) 24.
Rxd6 Re5 25. Rhd1 (25. Nb5) 25... Kc7 26. Nb5+ Kc8 27. Na3 (27. a4 {Komodo12})
27... Ree8 28. Bxc5 Bc6 29. Bb6 (29. Nc4) (29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.
Nc4) 29... Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Kb8 31. Nc4 Rc8 32. Kd4 Bb5 33. Ne3 (33. Ne5) 33... f6
34. Rxf6 h5 35. e5 h4 36. c4 1-0

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "James, Dai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 (3... b5 {Lunn-James, 4NCL 2010,1-0}) 4. Nc3 exd5
5. Nxd5 {hoping to take permanent control over d5, but Bl has enough resources}
(5. cxd5 {main}) 5... Nxd5 6. Qxd5 (6. cxd5 {far less frequent}) 6... Be7 (6...
Nc6) 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e3 (8. g3 {also played, but gave Bl 6 wins & a draw}) 8...
Nc6 9. a3 {this gives Bl 6 wins & a draw} (9. Be2 {alternative,1 Wh win, 2
draws & 3 Bl wins}) 9... d6 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 {main}) 10... Be6 11. Qe4 (11. Qh5
g6 $19 12. Qh6 Ne5 {once the N goes the Q is trapped; Gold-Sinclair, South
Island ch rapid, Blenheim 1999,0-1}) 11... g6 $17 12. Qf4 (12. Bb1 Re8 13. Qd3
Bf6 14. O-O Qe7 (14... d5 {Komodo12}) 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qf1 a6 17. Bd3 Na5 18.
Nd2 d5 $17 {De Schepper-Geerinkx, BEL ch op, Niel 2017,0-1}) 12... Bf6 (12...
Ne5 13. Be2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 g5 15. Qg3 Bxc4 $17 {Komodo12}) (12... d5 $19) 13.
Rb1 (13. O-O Be5 14. Qh6 Bg7 15. Qf4 Ne5 $17 {Komodo12}) (13. h4 $5 {Rudy} Ne5
14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 d5 $17) 13... Be5 $17 (13... Ne5 14. Be2 Nxc4 $17) 14.
Qh6 Bg7 15. Qg5 (15. Qf4 Ne5 $17) 15... Ne5 $19 16. Ke2 (16. Qxd8 Nxd3+ 17. Kd2
Raxd8 18. Kxd3 d5 $19) 16... Nxd3 17. Kxd3 d5 (17... Bf6 18. Qg3 d5 $19 {
Komodo12}) 18. cxd5 (18. Qxd8 Bf5+ 19. Ke2 Raxd8 20. Ra1 dxc4 $19 {Komodo12})
18... Bf5+ 19. e4 Qxd5+ 20. Ke2 Qxe4+ 21. Be3 (21. Qe3 Qc4+ 22. Ke1 Bxb1 (22...
Rfe8)) 21... Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hurn, Robert"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "1608"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 (5... Ba6 {main}) 6. a3 (6.
f3 d5 7. Ng3 O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. cxd5 Nxd5
{Hurn-Davis, S Wales New Year op, Bridgend 2014,0-1}) 6... Be7 7. d5 O-O (7...
e5 8. Ng3 d6 9. e4 Bc8 10. Be2 a5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf5 {T
Brown-Davis, S Wales International 2010,1/2-1/2}) 8. Ng3 {main} (8. g3 e5 9.
Bg2 d6 10. O-O a5 11. e4 Na6 12. Rb1 Bc8 13. h3 Ne8 14. Be3 f5 15. b4 {
Sowray-Davis, Midland Open, West Bromwich 2017,1-0}) 8... d6 9. e4 (9. Be2 c6 {
main}) 9... exd5 (9... Nbd7) (9... c6 {main lines}) 10. cxd5 $16 {Komodo12} (
10. exd5 Re8 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 g6 15. Qc2 Bg7 16.
Rae1 Ne5 17. h3 a6 {Gilbert-Davis, Gwent Closed 2017,1/2-1/2}) 10... Re8 11.
Be2 Bf8 12. O-O g6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2) 14... h6 15. Be3 a6 16. Qd2
Kh7 17. f4 Nbd7 18. b4 h5 19. Bf3 Rc8 {Bl suffers from a lack of space} 20. f5
(20. e5 {a sealer/sweeper; depriving Bl of e5 & gaining e4 for the Wh pieces}
dxe5 21. f5 e4 {Bl does best to return the pawn rather than allow a blockade
bt Ne4} 22. fxg6+ fxg6 23. Bxe4 Ne5 24. Bg5 $16 {Komodo12}) 20... Ne5 $14 {
a useful blockader, as in Waterfield-Van Kemenade, 1-0 same round} 21. fxg6+
fxg6 22. Bg5 Rf8 (22... Nf7 23. Be3 Qe7 $11 {Komodo12}) 23. Nce2 (23. Nge2)
23... Qe8 (23... h4 24. Nh1 (24. Bxh4 Nxe4 $11) 24... Qd7 $11 {Komodo12}) 24.
Nd4 $16 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rf7 (25... Qd7 26. Ne6 Rfe8 27. Nxg7 Qxg7 28. Ne2 $16)
26. Ne6 $18 c6 27. Be3 cxd5 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Nxf7 Rxc1 (29... Qxf7 30. Bxb6)
30. Rxc1 (30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxc1 Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3 dxe4 33. Rc7 $18 {Komodo12} Nd5
34. Qb3 Qb8 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. fxe4 $18) 30... Qxf7 31. Bxb6 Ne8 32. Qe2 (32.
Qg2) 32... h4 33. Nh1 Qf4 34. Be3 $18 {(draw?)} Bd4 35. Re1 Qg5+ {(draw?)} (
35... Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Qxe3 38. Rxe3 dxe4 39. fxe4 {and Wh is a
clear exchange up, with the Bl pawns scattered.   This gave Bob his 5th draw
in the tournament- it could have been 5 wins}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Waterfield, J."]
[Black "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.09.30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. h3 (
8. O-O) (8. Be3) (8. Nb3) (8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 $2
12. Nxc6 $18 {Waterfield-J Van Kemenade, European Club Cup 2016,1-0}) 8... Bg7
9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O (10. Qf3) 10... Re8 (10... Nbd7) 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. a3 (12. g4
h6 (12... Nc5 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nd5 16. Ne4 {
Varadi-Kernazhitsky, Szombatheley 2003,1-0}) (12... Qc7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rae1 b5
15. Qg2 b4 16. Na4 c5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20. Qf2 Nxe5 {
Cinza Lopez-Iruzubieta Villaluenga. San Sebastian op, Donostia op 2018,0-1})
13. Qf2 Re7 14. Nf3 b5 {Onischuk-Schmaltz, Viernholm 1995,0-1}) 12... Qc7 13.
g4 $146 (13. Rae1 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxc6 a6 17. Bc1 Bb7 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. e6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 {
Kayonde-Illingworth, Istanbul ol 2012,1/2-1/2}) (13. Nde2 a6 14. g4 h6 15. Ng3
c5 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Ne5 18. Qg2 Nfd7 {Iudicelo-Cavatorta, ITA seniors ch,
Fano 2014,1/2-1/2}) 13... h5 (13... h6) (13... Nc5) 14. g5 Nh7 15. f5 (15. e5
dxe5 $19) 15... Ne5 16. Qf2 Qd8 $11 {Komodo12} 17. f6 (17. Qg2 Nxd3 18. cxd3
Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxg5 20. Qxg5 Nxg5 21. h4 Nh7 22. Rf3 $11 {Komodo121}) 17... Bf8
(17... Bxh3 {considered} 18. fxg7 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nxg5 20. Qg3 Ng4 21. Bf4 Kxg7
$15 {Komodo12}) 18. Qg2 (18. Qg3 d5 19. exd5 h4 20. Qf4 Bd6 $17 {Komodo12})
18... d5 $15 {breaking open the centre} (18... Qd7 19. h4) 19. Rae1 (19. Rad1)
19... c5 {all Bl's pieces are on the back rank, except fot the stalwart on e5}
(19... Nxd3 20. cxd3 c5 21. Nxd5 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Be6 $19 {Komodo12}) 20. Nxd5
cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bd6 (21... Nxd3 22. cxd3 Be6 $17 {Komodo12}) 22. Bb5 Bd7 23. Bxd7
Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qc6 (24... Kh8) (24... Nc6) 25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. Bxe5 Bc5+ 27. Bd4
Bxd4+ (27... Rxe4) (27... Re5) 28. Rxd4 Qc5 29. c3 Nxg5 {looks good, but not
the best at all, according to Komodo12} (29... Qxg5 30. Kh2 Rad8 $19) (29...
Rad8 30. Rfd1 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Qxg5 $19) 30. Kh1 (30. Rf5 $1 Nxh3+ 31. Qxh3 Re5
32. b4 Qb5 33. c4 Qe8 34. Qf3 Qe6 $15 {Komodo12}) 30... Rad8 (30... Ne6 $19 {
simplest}) 31. Rf5 $5 {an excellent reply , totally missed by Bl, who looked
at several replies, without finding the answer} Qc6 (31... Rxd4 $1 32. Rxc5
Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Nxe4 $19 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Qxe4 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Rxb2 $19 {not at all
clear to humans}) 32. Rxg5 Qxf6 $11 (32... Rxd4 33. Rxg6+ $18) 33. e5 Qb6 $15 (
33... Qe6 34. Rxh5 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Qc4 36. Rg5 Rd8 37. Rg4 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Qxd4 39.
Qxb7 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qe2+ 43. Kh1 Qxe5 44. Qxa7 Qxb2 $11
{Komodo12}) 34. Qd2 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Rd8 $17 (35... Qb3 36. Kh2 Rd8 $15 {first
idea}) 36. d5 Qb3 {best, Komodo12} (36... Qc6 {John} 37. dxc6 Rxd2 38. cxb7
Rxb2 39. e6 Rxb7 40. exf7+ Kxf7 41. Ra5 $15 {but Bl can't get his K into the
game , so drawn}) 37. e6 (37. d6 {Komodo12} Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Rc8 39. Rg2 Qe6 40.
Rg5 Rc5 (40... Rc4 41. Qd3 (41. d7 $2 Qb6+ 42. Kg2 Rd4 $19) (41. b3 Rh4 42. Qd3
Rh3 (42... Kg7 $17) 43. Rg3 Qg4 (43... Rh4 44. Rg5) 44. Rxg4 Rxd3 45. Rc4 b5
46. Rc7 Kf8 47. Rxa7 f6 48. e6 Rxd6 49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. Rxf6 Ra6 51. a4 bxa4 52.
bxa4 Rxa4 53. Rxg6 Ke7 54. Kh2 $11) 41... Kf8)) 37... Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Re8 (38...
Qxe6 $19 {Komodo12}) (38... fxe6 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Qh6 $1 $18 (40. dxe6+ Kxg6
41. Qxd8 Qxe6 $17)) (38... Rc8 39. e7 Qd7 40. d6 $18) 39. Qf4 (39. Qf2 Rf8 40.
Rg3 $1 {and the Q is in touble}) 39... Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Qxg6#
1-0

[Event "Welsh Seniors Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greatorex, Roger"]
[Black "Williams, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.10.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bc4 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 (5... d5) (5... d6 {main
lines}) 6. e5 Ng4 7. Qe2 (7. Re1 Qc7 8. Qe2 f6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. b3
Bc5 12. Bd3 O-O {Vallejo-Sanchez, Medellin IRT op 2012,0-1}) 7... d5 8. Ba2 Be7
9. c3 Qc7 10. d4 Bd7 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxc5 (12. Bxh6 gxh6 {gives Bl chances down
the g file}) 12... Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Re1 Nf5 15. Bb2 O-O $11 16. Na3 (16.
Nbd2) 16... Rfd8 (16... f6) 17. Bb1 g6 (17... d4 $5 {Komodo12}) 18. g4 {
weakens the K side} Ng7 (18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 (19. Nd2 Bg5 $19) 19... Bxh4 20.
Qe3 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 $15 {Komodo12}) 19. Bd3 $14 f5 20. gxf5 (20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
b5 $14 {Komodo12}) 20... exf5 (20... Nxf5) 21. b5 Na5 22. Nd4 Be6 (22... Ne6
23. Nxe6 Bxe6 $11 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxa6 Nb3 26. Rad1 Nc5 27. Bd3 Rxa4 $15 (
27... Ne4 $17)) 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Bxa6 Qb6 (24... Bc5 25. Nac2 f4 26. Bb5 Qe7
$11 {the Wh K side is weak, and all Wh's pieces are over on the Q side}) 25.
Bb5 Rac8 (25... f4 26. Qf3 Nf5 27. Nac2 Rf8 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Nd4 Rg5+ 30. Kh2
$16 {Komodo12}) 26. Rac1 (26. Qf3) 26... Rc7 27. Rc2 Nb7 (27... f4) 28. Nb1 Nc5
29. Nd2 Ra8 30. Ra1 (30. Ba3 {Komodo12- gets rid of the inactive B} Nxa4 31.
Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Bc6 Ra6 33. Rb1 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Qxd4 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Nf3 Ra1+ 37.
Kg2 Qf4 38. Qb2 Raa7 39. Rh8 $18 {Bl has lost control over the bl squares &
the back rank attack will be fatal}) 30... Ne4 31. Nxe6 {(draw?)} (31. Nxe6
Nxe6 32. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 {Komodo12}) 1/2-1/2

