[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e4 (4. Qc2) 4... Ne7 (4... Bb7 {main}) 5. Nf3 (
5. Bd3 O-O (5... Nbc6 6. Qb3 d5 7. Nge2 Ba6 8. a3 Ba5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rd1 Rb8
11. O-O $14 {Franic-Cvorovic, CRO ch tm, Pula 1993,1/2-1/2}) 6. Nge2 f5 7. O-O
Bb7 {Lunn-Rawlinson, 4NCL 2006,1-0 & transposed to 9 other games}) (5. d5 O-O
6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. f3 d6 9. Ne2 Nd7 $11 {Jacobsen-Kroll, Aarhus 1987,1/
2-1/2}) 5... O-O 6. Bd3 d5 (6... Bb7 7. O-O {transposes to a number of games
with about equal results#}) 7. exd5 exd5 8. Bxh7+ $2 {overoptimistic} (8. O-O
$16 {Komodo12}) 8... Kxh7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Qh5 Bf5 $19 {looks like Wh
overlooked that the exchange on d5 enabled the B to come & defend} 11. O-O Bg6
12. Qf3 Nbc6 13. Rd1 dxc4 14. Be3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. h4 Qf5 18.
Qg3 Rfe8 {Bl is a piece up & his pieces are also better placed} 19. Qh2 Re2 20.
f3 Rae8 21. Ne4 R8xe4 $1 22. fxe4 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxe4 24. Qg1 Qxh4+ (24... Bxg2+
25. Kh2 Qxh4#) 25. Qh2 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 (4. Ngf3 {main}) 4... e5 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. Nh3
(6. Ngf3 {main, Wh worried about} Bxf2+ {but} 7. Kxf2 Ng4+ 8. Kg1 Ne3 9. Qe2
Nxc2 10. Rb1 $16) 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 h5 (7... Bg4 8. f3 Bxh3 9. Bxh3 Qd4 10. Qe2
Qd8 11. c3 h5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bg5 Qe7 14. O-O-O {Vinoth Kumar-Kartikeyan, Win
TV op Chennai 2004,1-0}) (7... Be6 8. c3 h6 9. f3 Qe7 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Nf2 O-O
12. O-O a6 {Vinoth Kumar-Sultana, United Insurance op Dhaka 2009,1-0}) 8. c3 h4
(8... a5) 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Qc4 (10. f3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd1 Qe7
14. f4 (14. Bxh4 Rxh4 (14... Bxh3 15. Bxh3 g5 16. Bxg5 Rxh3 17. Qf1 Rh7 18. h4
Qe6) 15. gxh4 Nh5 $17) (14. Nc1 Bd7 15. b4 hxg3 16. hxg3 O-O-O 17. Nf2 Rxh1+
18. Nxh1 Rh8 $15 {Komodo12}) 14... Bg4 15. Qxg4 Nxg4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rd2 Ne3
18. Bf3 Nc4 19. Rc2 Rh6 $17) 10... Bb6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. h3 (12. f3 Bd7 13. Nb3
hxg3 14. hxg3 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 Nh5 $19 {Komodo12}) 12... Bd7 (12... hxg3 13. hxg4
Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Nxg4 15. Nf1 Nxf2 16. Nxg3 O-O-O $19 {Komodo12, sacrificing a
piece to keep the K in the middle}) 13. g4 (13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. Qxf7 Qd6 15. Be3
Nb4 16. cxb4 Qxb4+ 17. Bd2 Qxb2 18. Rd1 Ba4 $17 {Komodo12}) (13. Ndf3 {Rudy}
hxg3 14. fxg3 Nh5 $19 15. g4 Ng3 16. Rh2 f6 $19 {Komodo12}) 13... Nxg4 $19 14.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 (15... Bxf2+ 16. Ke2 Kxf7 17. hxg4 Bg3 $19 {Komodo12})
16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Bh3 (17. Bf3 Be6 18. Be2 Raf8 19. Nf3 h3 20. Ng5+ Ke7 21.
Nxe6 Bxf2+ 22. Kd2 Kxe6 23. Bg4+ Kd6 24. Rxh3 Rxh3 25. Bxh3 Rh8 $17) 17... Bh5
(17... Bxh3 18. Rxh3 g5 $19 {Komodo12}) 18. Nc4 (18. Bg2 g5 19. Nf3 Bxf3 (19...
Rag8 20. Nxg5+ Kf6 21. Rxh4 Rxg5 22. Bxg5+ Kxg5 $17 {Komodo12}) 20. Bxf3 Kf6
$17) 18... Bf3 19. Rg1 (19. O-O Bxe4 20. Re1 Bd3 21. Nxe5+ Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rae8
23. Bf4 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Re8 25. Rd1 Rxe5 26. Rxd3 Re2 27. Rf3+ Kg6 28. b4 Rxa2
$17 {Komodo12}) 19... Bxe4 $19 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Bg5 Bf3 22. Kd2 Ra5 23. a4
Rha8 (23... Rd5+ 24. Kc2 Be4+ 25. Kb3 Na5+ 26. Kb4 Bc2 27. Rac1 Bb3 28. c4 Rd3
29. Rc3 c5+ 30. Kb5 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Nxc4 $19 {Komodo12}) 24. b4 (24. Bxh4) 24...
Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Bxh4 Ra2+ 27. Ke3 e4 {immobilises the B & cedes bl
squares} (27... Bd5 $17) 28. Bc8 (28. Kf4 $1 {attacking the K with 4 pieces!
Komodo12 ; looks like Wh draws} Rc2 (28... g6 29. b5 Na5 30. Rg5 Ra4 31. Kg3
Nc4 32. Rd5 Nd6 33. Bd8 Rc4 34. Bxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxd6 Rxc3 36. Kf4 $11 {Komodo12})
29. b5 Na5 30. Rg5 Rxc3 31. Rf5+ $11 Ke8 32. Re5+ Kf8 33. Be7+ Kf7 34. Bb4 Rc2
35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Bf5+ Kf6 37. Re6+ Kf7 38. Re7+ {trying to avoid the perpetual
gets Bl mated}) 28... Rc2 $19 29. Bxb7 Rxc3+ 30. Kd2 Rd3+ 31. Kc1 Nxb4 32. Re1
Rd4 33. Bg3 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 {2nd most frequent} (3... g6 {main}) 4. Nc3 f5 (
4... g6 {main}) 5. d3 Be7 (5... Nf6) 6. Bg2 g5 $5 {an interesting attempt at
throwing Wh off-balance} (6... Nf6 {main}) 7. Nd5 {taking steps in the centre
is usually the best way to deal with a side attack} g4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. h3 {
challenging Bl's space gain} gxh3 10. Bxh3 (10. Rxh3 {also}) 10... d6 11. e4
O-O (11... Nd4) 12. Nxf6+ (12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf6+ Rxf6 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qg4+
Rg5 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. Ne4 Rg7 18. Be3 $16 {Komodo12}) 12... Rxf6 13. Qh5 f4 (
13... Rf7) 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Qxh7+ $18 Kf8 16. Qh8+ Kf7 17. Qh5+ Rg6 18. gxf4
exf4 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Qf5 (20. Bxf4) 20... Ne5 21. Rh7+ Rg7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23.
Rxg7+ (23. Qe6+ $1 {Komodo12- even stronger}) 23... Bxg7 24. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howells, Chris"]
[Black "Underwood, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 e5 {
mainline English vs King's Indian} 8. e4 (8. Rb1 {main}) 8... Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qf7 12. Nh4 Bf6 (12... f4 13. b4 Kh7 14. b5 Nd4 15. Nf3 Ne6
16. Bh3 Nc5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 g5 19. d4 Ne6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rb3 c6 22.
bxc6 bxc6 23. Nb4 Nc5 $17 {Tanguy-D Howell, St Affrique op 2001,1-0}) 13. Nxf6+
Qxf6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 $11 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rxf4 19.
gxf4 Rf8 20. Qg4 Qf5 21. Qg3 Ne7 (21... Kh7) 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb2 (23...
Rb8) 24. Rxe7 (24. Bd5+ Nxd5 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qxd5 Rxf4 $11 {
Komodo12}) 24... Qxb7+ 25. Kg1 Qb1+ 26. Re1 (26. Kg2 Qb2+ 27. Kh3 Qf6 28. Rxc7
Qe6+ 29. Kg2 Qe2+ 30. Kh3 g5 $19 {Komodo12}) 26... Qb6+ 27. Kg2 Qb2+ 28. Kh3
Qf6 $11 29. Re4 Kg7 30. Qe3 Rf7 31. Kg3 a6 32. Re6 Qf5 33. Qd4+ Kh7 34. Re8 (
34. Qe4 $11) 34... Rg7 $11 35. Qe4 Qc5 36. Re7 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Qa1 (37... Qf1+ 38.
Kg3 Qg1+ {repetition}) 38. d4 (38. Rxg7+ Qxg7 39. f5 gxf5 40. Qxf5+ $11 {
Komodo12}) 38... Qf1+ 39. Kg3 (39. Kh4 $1 Qxc4 40. f5 $11 {Komodo12}) 39...
Qxc4 $15 40. f5 gxf5+ 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qxf5 Qc3+ (42... Qxd4 $17) 43. Kg2
Qd2+ 44. Kf1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kf1 Qxd4 48. Qd7+ Kf6 $19 (
48... Kg6 $19) 49. Qxc7 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qxa2+ 51. Kg3 Qb3+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kg3
Qe5+ 54. Kg2 a5 $19 55. Qd8+ Kg6 (55... Kf5) 56. Qc7 Qc5 57. Qe7 (57. Qe7 Qg5+)
0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Veelen, Thomas"]
[Black "Harris, Calum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 (5... Bg7) 6. O-O Ne4 (6...
Bg7) (6... dxc4 {main lines}) 7. Nc3 (7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 {main lines}) (7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Qb3 $16 {Cloud Engines}) 7... Ndf6 8. Ne5 (8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxd5
10. Ne5 Bg7 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Bg5 $16 {Komodo12}) 8... Bg7 9. Nxe4 (
9. cxd5 $16) 9... Nxe4 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qd3 (11. Qc2 f5 12. Rd1 O-O 13. f3 Nf6
14. e4 $14 {Komodo12}) 11... f5 (11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd3 13. exd3 Nc5 14. Rd1
Bf5 15. d4 Nd3 16. Be3 Nxb2 17. Rdc1 $11 {Komodo12}) 12. Bf4 (12. Rd1 $14) (12.
f3 Nc5 13. Qc3 O-O $14) 12... g5 13. Bxg5 $2 (13. Be3 $16) 13... Bxe5 $19 14.
Bxe7 Kxe7 (14... Qxd4 $19) (14... Bxd4 $19) 15. dxe5 Qxe5 (15... Qxd3 16. exd3
Ng5 $19) 16. f3 (16. Qe3 Kf7 $17) 16... Rd8 (16... Qc5+ 17. e3 Rd8 $19 {
Komodo12}) 17. Qe3 Qc5 $19 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Phillips, William"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 {The Colle- getting a new look in by the GMs these
days alongside} (3. Bf4 {the London System at the height of fashion}) 3... c5
4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 {blunting the B- the ealiest Colle games mainly featured a
decisive Bxh7 after e4 opened up the centre} 6. O-O (6. Nbd2) 6... Bg7 7. Nbd2
O-O 8. dxc5 Nd7 (8... e5 {is a sharp line} 9. e4 Qe7 10. b4 Rd8 $14 {though 3-0
}) 9. e4 (9. Nb3 {main, with roughly equal results} a5 10. a4 Nde5 11. Be2 f5
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Nd4 Bf7 16. Rb1 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18.
b4 Qe7 $11 {Colle-Bogoljubow, Bled 1931,0-1}) 9... Nxc5 10. Bc2 d4 (10... Bg4
11. exd5 (11. h3 dxe4 (11... Bxf3 $15) 12. hxg4 exf3 13. Nxf3 Qc8 14. Be3 $16 {
Ophoff-Daeubler,GER ch Seniors Magdeburg 2015, 1/2-1/2}) 11... Qxd5 12. h3 (12.
Nb3) 12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Nb3 Rfd8 $17 {Nestler-Kouatly, Rome Alfiere
op 1982,1/2-1/2}) (10... Be6 $15 {Komodo12}) (10... dxe4 $15 {Komodo12}) 11.
cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Bxb3 Qxe4 15. Re1 {looks as if Wh has
enough play for the pawn} Qb4 {Komodo12} (15... Qh4 {Stockfish8}) 16. Qe2 e6
17. Be3 (17. Bd2 Qh4 18. Qf3 (18. g3 Qh3 19. Qf3 $15) 18... Bxb2 19. Rad1 a5
20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 b5 22. Qe5 a4 23. Rd4 Qh5 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Bd1 Bb7 26.
Rb4 Bd5 27. Rxb5 Bxa2 28. Bf3 Bd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 a3 $19 {Komodo12})
17... b6 18. Rac1 a5 (18... Bb7 $17) 19. Bc4 (19. Rc4 Qe7 20. Rc6 Ba6 21. Bc4
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qb4 23. Rc1 Qxc4 24. R1xc4 Rfd8 25. g3 b5 26. Rc2 Bf6 $17 {
Komodo12}) 19... Bd7 (19... Bb7 $17) 20. b3 (20. Red1 Bc6 21. Bxe6 Bxg2 22. Rc7
$11 {Komodo12- very messy}) 20... b5 21. Bd3 Rfc8 22. Bd2 Bc3 (22... Qd6 $15)
23. Rcd1 Be8 24. Be4 Rab8 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. g3 (26. h4 $5) 26... Qc5 27. Qd2 b4
(27... Kg7) 28. Qd6 (28. Qf4) 28... Rc8 (28... Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Bb5 $17) 29. Qxc5
R8xc5 30. Bd3 Bc6 31. Bc4 Kg7 (31... Rc2 $19 32. Ra1 Bd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rec1
Rcd2 35. Kg2 h5 $19 {Komodo12}) 32. Rd2 (32. Rc1 Rf3 33. Rcd1) 32... Kf6 33. f4
h5 34. Kf2 a4 (34... h4 $19 {Komodo12}) 35. Re3 axb3 36. axb3 Bd5 (36... Rc1
$17) 37. Rxc3 bxc3 38. Rc2 $11 Ra5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Ke3 Ra3 41. Rxc3 Ra2 42.
h4 Ke6 43. Rd3 Rb2 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Kc3 Rb1 46. Kc2 Ra1 47. b4 Ra8 48. Rb3 d4
49. b5 Rb8 50. b6 Kc6 51. Kd3 (51. b7 Rxb7 52. Rxb7 Kxb7 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. Kxd4
Kd6 $11) 51... Kc5 (51... Kb7 52. Kxd4 Rc8 $14) 52. b7 Kd5 53. Rb5+ {(draw?)} (
53. Rb5+ {Wh is winning} Kc6 54. Rb4 Kc5 55. Rc4+ $1 Kb6 (55... Kb5 56. Rc7 f6
57. Kxd4 $18 Kb6 58. Rf7 Ka7 59. Rxf6 Rg8 60. Ke5 Kxb7 61. Ke6 {the Bl K is
too far away}) 56. Rxd4 Kb5 (56... Rxb7 57. Rb4+ Kc7 58. Rxb7+ Kxb7 59. Kd4 Kc8
60. Ke5 Kd7 61. Kf6 Ke8 62. f5 gxf5 63. Kxf5 Ke7 64. Kg5 $18) 57. Rd7 f5 (57...
f6 58. Rf7 Kc5 59. Ke4 (59. Rxf6 Rxb7 60. Rxg6 $18) 59... Re8+ 60. Kf3 Rb8 61.
Rxf6 Rxb7 62. Rxg6 Kd4 63. Rd6+ Kc4 (63... Kc5 64. Rh6) 64. f5) 58. Kd4 $18 {
Komodo12}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Burrows, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 (8... c6 {main}) 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Qc2 a6 {rare} (10... c6 {saves a tempo})
11. O-O Nf8 12. Rac1 (12. Rae1 c6 13. f3 Ne6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. f4 g4
17. f5 {Zapata Arbelaes-Olarte Parra, COL ch U16 Villavincencio 2013,1-0}) (12.
h3 c5 13. Rae1 b5 (13... c4 $11) 14. dxc5 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. dxc5 $16) 14...
Bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd5 $16 {Popovic-Sekulic, Srpska Republic ch tm 2014,
1-0}) 12... c6 13. f3 Be6 14. e4 c5 (14... dxe4 15. fxe4 Ng6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
e5 Bg5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rcd1 Kh7 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Qe2 Qd7 $11 {Komodo12}) 15.
e5 N6d7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 $16 cxd4 (17... c4 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20.
Rf3 $16 {though Bl has kept f5 under control}) 18. Nxd4 Qc5 (18... Nc5) 19. Qf2
$18 g6 20. Ncb5 Qb6 21. Nc7 Rac8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. f5 (23. Rc3 $18 {Komodo12})
23... gxf5 24. Bxf5 Nxe5 25. Bxe6 (25. Rc3 $18 {Komodo12}) 25... Nxe6 26. Nxe6
Qxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Nd3 (27... Rxe6 28. Rd2 $18) 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Rfc2 (29. Rcc2 Nxf2
30. Kxf2) 29... Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Rd8 31. Rc5 (31. Kf2) 31... d4 32. Rd5 Rc8 33.
Rd7 b5 34. Kf2 b4 35. Ke2 a5 36. Kd3 Rb8 37. b3 Rb6 38. Rxd4 Rc6 39. Rc4 Rd6+
40. Ke3 Rd1 41. Rc2 (41. Rc5) 41... Kg7 42. Na6 Re1+ 43. Kd4 Re8 44. Nc5 f6 45.
Kc4 Kg6 46. Kb5 Ra8 47. Na6 Kf5 48. Kxa5 Ke4 49. Kb5 f5 50. Nxb4 h5 51. a4 h4
52. Rc4+ Ke3 53. Rxh4 Kf2 54. Rf4+ Kxg2 55. Rxf5 Rb8+ 56. Kc5 Kxh2 57. a5 Kg3
58. a6 Kg4 59. Rf7 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Nb5
Qe7 (8... exd4 9. Nfxd4 (9. Nbxd4 Ne5 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. Bd2 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Nc5
13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Bc3 Rxe2 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4 $11 {Rodriguez
Orgaz-Haenen, Gran Canaria Diminguez memorial 2014,1/2-1/2}) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4
c6 11. Qb3 d5 {Ladzinski-Piec, POl ch tm U20, 2001,0-1}) (8... a6 {Komodo12} 9.
Nc3 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Na3 (10. Nc3 Nxc4 $15) (10. Nxe5 axb5 11. Nf3 bxc4 $17)
10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bh3 12. Re1 Re8 $15) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 Re8 $11
{Komodo12 & Foglia-Rago, Ancona Adriatico op 2009,1/2-1/2}) 9. dxe5 (9. d5 $11)
9... dxe5 $15 {Komodo12} 10. Bg5 {Cloud Engines} (10. b3 {expected by Bl} Rd8 {
led via a transposition from the game text to 0-3} 11. Qe1 (11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Qc3
a6 $19 {MacMillen-Larsen, EU ch , ICCF 2015,0-1}) 11... a5 12. e4 (12. Bb2 e4
13. Ng5 Bf5 $15 {[%eval -32767,0] Turner-Trent, 4NCL 2004,0-1}) 12... Nb4 13.
Ba3 Bg4 14. Qe2 c6 15. Nc3 Nd7 $15 {Foguelman-Stein, Mar del Plata
International 1965,0-1}) 10... h6 (10... Be6 11. Nd2 Rfd8 $11 {Komodo12}) 11.
Bd2 (11. Bxf6 {is the only reason for Wh's last move} Bxf6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nd5
Bxd5 (13... Qd8 14. Ne1 Bg7 15. Nd3 b6 $11) 14. cxd5 Rad8 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. e3
Nf5 17. Rc1 Bg7 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Ne4 $14 {Komodo12}) 11... a6 (11... Rd8 12. Nc3
e4 13. Ne1 Be6 $17 {Komodo12}) 12. Nc3 {another piece retreats from an
advanced position} Be6 (12... e4 13. Ne1 Rd8 14. Qc1 Nd4 15. Bxh6 Bg4 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 c6 $15 {Komodo12, despite the pawn down
}) 13. b3 Rad8 (13... e4 {considered by Bl} 14. Ne1 Rad8 15. Qc1 Nd4 16. Nc2
Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Bf5 18. Qc1 Kh7 $15 {Komodo12}) 14. Qc1 Kh7 (14... e4 15. Ne1 Nd4
16. Bxh6 Bg4 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Be6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {Komodo12}) 15. e4 Ne8
{defends c7 & guards against Bxh6 tricks after the N gets to d5- leaving more
complexity available} (15... Bg4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxf3 18. dxc6 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 b6 20. Qc2 $11) 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Bc3 (17. Re1) 17... Bg4 (17... Nd4 18.
Nxd4 exd4 19. Bb4 Rg8 20. Rd1 c6 21. Nb6 Qc7 22. c5 $11 {Komodo12}) 18. Ne3 {
and the N again retreats from an advaced post} (18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20.
Rad1 c6 21. Nb6 Qe7 22. Bg2 Nc7 23. b4 Nce6 $11 {Komodo12}) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3
Nd4 20. Bg4 {provoking Bl into a move that was being considered anyway} (20.
Qd1 $11) 20... f5 (20... Qc6 21. Nd5 Nf6 $15 {Komodo12}) 21. Bd1 (21. exf5 gxf5
22. Bh5 Nf6 23. Qd1 f4 $15 {Komodo12}) 21... f4 $19 (21... fxe4 {could be
played, but the text follows the logic of the game} 22. Qb1 (22. Bb4 Rg8 23.
Bg4 Qf7 24. Qb2 Nf6 25. Be2 Qe6 $17) 22... Nf6 $19) 22. Ng2 (22. Bg4 {
returning is no use} fxe3 23. Bxd7 Ne2+ 24. Kg2 Nxc1 25. Bxe8 Ne2 {wins a piece
} (25... Nd3 {original idea of Bl} 26. Ba4 e2 $1 {Komodo12-stronger than the
immediate capture on f2} 27. Rh1 Rxf2+ 28. Kg1 Rdf8 29. b4 Rf1+ 30. Kg2 R8f2+
31. Kh3 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Rf1 $19)) 22... f3 23. Nh4 (23. Ne3 Qh3 $19 (23... Nf6
$19)) 23... Qg4 (23... g5 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. exf5 Qxf5 (25... e4 26. g4 Bxc3 27.
Qxc3 Nf6 28. h3 h5 $19 {Komodo112}) 26. Bc2 e4 27. Qe3 Nd6 28. Kh1 Bxc3 29.
Qxc3 Ne8 $17 {Komodo121}) 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Ng2 {and another retreat from the
N that has been on b5 & d5} Qxe4 (25... d3 26. Rb1 Qxe4 $19 {Komodo12}) (25...
Be5 $19 {Komodo12}) 26. Re1 Qc6 27. Nf4 d3 28. Re6 (28. Ne6 d2 $19) 28... Rxf4
{a blunder in calculation, expecting this to be simplest; thinking the N on e8
is a R , thus if Rxc6, Re8 would be a mate} (28... d2 {considered} 29. Qc2 {
would bring the Q into g6}) (28... Qd7 $19 {considered ; as Rxf4 is threatened
& the Wh R has no safe shelter}) (28... Rd6 {simplest- Gerry in pm analysis}
29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Rb1 d2 31. Qc2 Rxf4 {Komodo12} 32. gxf4 Qxf4 33. Bxf3 Qxf3
34. Qxd2 Nd6 $19 {Komodo12}) 29. Rxc6 Re4 30. Bxf3 d2 31. Qxd2 $2 {Wh in turn
miscalculates} (31. Qc2 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rxa1 (32... Bxa1 $2 33. Qxg6+ {missed in
pm analysis} Kh8 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qxd8 $18 bxc6 37. Qxd2 Re6 38.
c5 Be5 (38... Bg7 39. Qd7 Re7 40. Qxc6 $18) 39. Bxc6 $18) 33. Qxg6+ Kg8 34.
Bd5+ Kh8 (34... Rxd5 35. Qxe8+ Kh7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Rxc7 Rg1+ 38. Kh3 Rh5+ 39.
Qxh5 d1=Q 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5#) 35. Be4 Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qe7 bxc6 (37...
d1=Q 38. Rxh6+ Kg8 39. Bh7+ Kh8 40. Bg6+ Kg8 41. Qf7#) 38. Qxd8 Bb2 39. Qxe8+
Kg7 40. Bg6 Kf6 41. Qf7+ Ke5 42. Qe7+ Kd4 43. Qe3#) (31. Qf1 {pm analysis} Bxa1
32. Bxe4 d1=Q 33. Rxg6 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Kh8 35. Bxb7 $11 {Komodo12- Wh has
plenty of pawns for the piece}) 31... Rxd2 32. Bxe4 bxc6 33. Re1 Nd6 (33... Bd4
34. Bxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rxe8 Rxf2 $19 {Komodo12}) 34. Bxc6 Nf5 35. Re8 Bd4 36. Rc8
Bxf2+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kf1 Ne3#) (37. Kh1 h5 (37... Bb6 38. c5 Ba5 (38... Bxc5))
38. Rxc7+ Kh6 39. Rd7 Rxa2) 37... Bxg3+ 38. Kf3 Rf2+ 39. Kg4 (39. Ke4 Nd6+ $19)
39... h5+ 40. Kg5 Bh4# 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Morgans, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 (7...
b5) 8. Qd2 Nc6 (8... O-O) 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 (10. g4) 10... b5 11. g4 O-O 12.
g5 (12. h4) 12... Ne8 13. Nxc6 $146 {Komodo12} (13. h4 {main}) (13. f4) 13...
Bxc6 14. Ne2 (14. h4 {Cloud Engines}) 14... Qc7 (14... d5 {Komodo12} 15. Nd4
Bb7 16. e5 g6 $16) (14... Bd7 15. h4 e5 $16 {|New Engine}) 15. Nd4 Qb7 16. h4
a5 17. g6 {one of Wh's standard attacking plans to open up the K side} (17.
Nxc6 Qxc6 18. h5 $18 {Komodo12}) 17... hxg6 (17... fxg6 18. h5 (18. Nxe6 Rxf3
$15) 18... gxh5 19. Rxh5 Nf6 20. Rg5 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxe4 23. Nxe6
Rac8 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. Nd4 $14 {Komodo12}) 18. h5 $18 e5 (18... Bd7 19. hxg6 (
19. h6 gxh6 20. Bxh6 e5 21. Nf5 $18 (21. Qh2 $18)) 19... fxg6 20. Qh2 (20. Bh3
$18) 20... Kf7 21. Rg1 e5 22. Ne2 $18 {Komodo12}) 19. hxg6 exd4 (19... fxg6 20.
Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qg2 Kf7 22. Rg1 g5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Kg8 25. Bh3 $18 g6) 20.
Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O h6 7. Qe2 c6 8. a4
Qc7 9. h3 (9. Rd1) (9. a5) 9... Nf8 10. dxe5 (10. Be3 {main}) 10... dxe5 11.
Nh4 (11. Be3) 11... g6 (11... Ne6 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Qf3 g6 14. Nxh6 Qe7 15. Bxe6
Qxe6 16. Bg5 Nh7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nh7 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bg5 {Calcado-Araujo,
Curitiba IRT CXC 2001.1/2-1/2}) 12. f4 exf4 (12... Nh5 $1 13. Bxf7+ (13. fxe5
Bxh4 (13... Bc5+ 14. Rf2 Be6 $15 {Komodo12}) 14. Bxf7+ Kd8 15. Be3 Qxe5 16.
Rad1+ {Forchheim 2003,1-0}) 13... Kxf7 14. fxe5+ (14. Nxg6 $1 {Fritz15 &
Komodo12} Ng3 15. Nxh8+ Kg8 16. Qf3 Nxf1 17. f5 (17. Kxf1 Kxh8 18. Qh5 exf4 19.
Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Bxf4 Qa5 21. Rd1 Be6 $11 {Komodo12}) 17... Qd6 18. Ng6 Nxg6 19.
Bxh6 Nh8 20. Qg4+ Qg6 21. Qxg6+ Nxg6 22. Rxf1 Nh8 $11) 14... Kg7 (14... Kg8)
15. Qf2 Be6 16. g4 Qxe5 17. gxh5 Qxh5 18. Ng2 Qxh3 $15 {Gibson-Van Kemenade,
4NCL 2016,0-1}) (12... Be6 13. fxe5 Qxe5 (13... N6d7 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nf3 Nxe5
$11 {Komodo12}) 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. e5 Nh5 17. Ne4 Kf8 18. Be3 Kg7
19. Qc4 Rhd8 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Nd4 Rd5 22. Nf6 (22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. g4 $18) 22...
Nxf6 23. exf6+ Bxf6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 $11 {Ellison-Farrand, Wld Ch Seniors tm,
Port Erin 2004,0-1}) 13. Bxf4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Be6 (14... Qc7 {looks more prudent}
15. e5 {pm analysis} (15. Bf4 Qa5 {repeats}) (15. Bxf7+ $1 {Komodo12} Kxf7 16.
e5 Be6 17. exf6 Bc5+ (17... Bxf6 18. Ne4 $18) 18. Kh1 Re8 19. Rae1 $18) 15...
Nd5 16. Bxd5 $1 {Komodo12} (16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Nf3 a6 {pm analysis
& Bl was still in the game} (18... Ne6) 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (19... Nxd7) 20. e6 $1 {
Komodo12} Qxe6 21. Qf2 Qd6 22. Rae1 Ne6 23. Ne5 O-O 24. Bxh6 Ng7 25. Nxf7 $18 {
Komodo12}) 16... cxd5 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Nf3 a6 20. Nfd4 Qd7 21. Nxe6
(21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 O-O-O 23. Bf4 $18) 21... Nxe6 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Nd6 $18
{Komodo12}) 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 (16... Qd4+ {Sven, & Komodo12; Bl's last
chance} 17. Qf2 (17. Qe3 {pm analysis considered best, but Komodo12 prefers
the first idea} Qxe3+ 18. Bxe3 Bxc4 19. Rxf6 Kxe7 20. Rf2 Nd7 21. Bd4 $16 {but
with no material down Bl has good survival chances}) 17... Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxe4
19. Bxe6 Nxe6 {pm analysis} 20. Nexg6 {Komodo12} fxg6 21. Re2 Nxd2 22. Nxg6
Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Rg8 24. Rxe6+ Kf7 25. Re7+ Kxg6 26. Rxb7 Rab8 27. Rc7 Rxb2 28.
Rxc6+ Kh5+ 29. Kf2 Rg6 30. Rc4 Rd6 31. Re1 $18 {and Bl stays 2 pawns down}) 17.
Bxe6 Nxe6 (17... fxe6 18. Be3 $1 $18 {Komodo12} (18. Bc3 e5 19. Rad1 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Qf2 Nxe4 22. Qxa7 Qc5+ 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxe5 Rg8 25. b3 $14)
18... N6d7 (18... Nxe4 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Nxg6 Qg7 21. Nxh8 O-O-O (21... Qxh8
22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ Ng5 24. Qb4+ $18) 22. Qc4 Ng5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qxe6+ $18
) 19. Nf3 e5 20. Rad1 O-O-O 21. Bxa7 $18 {Komodo12}) 18. Bc3 $18 Nh5 (18... Nd7
{Komodo12}) 19. Bxh8 Qxh4 (19... O-O-O 20. Nf5 Qc5+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 gxf5
23. exf5 Ng5 24. Be5 $18) 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 O-O-O (21... Rd8 22. Be5 $18)
22. Be5 Ng5 23. h4 Nxe4 24. Rxf7 Rd5 25. Bh2 Rd7 26. Raf1 Nhg3 27. Bxg3 (27.
Rf8+ Kc7 28. Re1 Kb6 29. Rf3 {Komodo12}) 27... Nxg3 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 (4... Nc6) 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd1 (6. Qd2) (
6. Qe3) 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Bd3 {obstructs the d file} (8. Be2) (8. h3 {main
lines}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O (9. h3) 9... Bg4 (9... O-O {main}) 10. h3 (10. Be2 Qb6
11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Rb8 (15... Qxb2
16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bd4 18. Rxb7 f6 $11) 16. Kh1 Qxb2 {Shimwa-Girmay,
Africa zt women, Dar Es Salaam 2016,1/2-1/2}) (10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Re8 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Qe2 e6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Nce5 17. b3 f5 18. Be2 $16 {
Valenti-Sulava, Lido Estensi op 2003,1-0}) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 (11... Nd7
$11 {Cloud Engines}) 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Be3 (14. Bd2 Nd7 15. b3 Nc5
16. Qe2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxe4 20. Bb2 e5 21. Rfd1 Qf6
22. Qe2 Nc5 $11 {Lobron-Volokitin, ACP blitz playchess.com 2004,1-0}) 14... Rc8
15. Rfd1 (15. Rac1 $11) (15. b3 $11 {both anticipate the threat on the c file})
15... Qc7 16. Rac1 (16. b3 b5 17. Rac1 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. e5
dxe5 21. Nd5 Rxc1 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Rxc1 Re8 24. Rc7 Bf8 25. Nc6 Kg7 $15 {
Komodo12}) 16... Qxc4 $15 17. Nd5 (17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nd5 Rxc1 20.
Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Rxc1 Re8 22. Nc8 (22. Rc7 Bf8 23. Bc5 Bxe7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxe7
Nd5 $17) 22... Rd8 23. Nb6 Ne8 $15 {Komodo122}) 17... Qxd3 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19.
Rxd3 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Nxe4 $15 (20... Re8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxe4 23. Be3 Be5
$15 {also, Komodo12}) 21. f3 Re8 22. fxe4 Rxe7 23. Rxd6 h6 (23... Be5 24. Rd5
Kg7 25. Kf2 Rc7 26. Bg5 f6 27. b3 Kf7 $15 {Komodo12}) 24. Kf2 $11 Rxe4 25. Rd7
(25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Rd7 $11 {Komodo12}) 25... Rc4 26. Bd2 (26. Be3 b5 27. Rxf7
Bxb2 28. Bxh6 Ra4 $15 {Komodo12}) 26... Rd4 (26... Rc2 27. Ke3 h5 (27... Rxb2
28. Rxf7 Rxa2 29. Rxb7 g5 30. Ra7 $11) 28. Kd3 Rxb2 29. Rxf7 b5 30. Rxg7 Rxd2+
31. Kxd2 Kxg7 32. Kc3 $11 {Komodo12}) 27. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Ke2 Bxb2 29. Bxh6 Kh7
$17 30. Be3 b5 31. Kd3 f5 32. g4 Be5 (32... Kg7) 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Kc2 Kg6 35.
Kb3 Bd6 36. a4 {maybe best left on a2 so that Bl has further to come on the Q
side} b4 $19 37. a5 {best left on a wh square, as it becomes vulnerable to the
B; if Bl pushes a5 then the Wh B has a target} f4 38. Bf2 (38. Bxf4 Bxf4 39.
Kxb4 Bc7 {and Wh is unable to get to the a pawn in time, while the B is the
right colour to control a1}) (38. Bd2 Kh5 39. Be1 f3 40. Kc4 Bc5 $19) 38... Kf5
39. Kc4 Ke4 40. h4 Kf3 41. Kd5 (41. Bd4 Kg4 42. Bf2 f3 43. Kb3 Bg3 $19 {
Komodo12}) 41... b3 (41... Kxf2 42. h5 b3 43. h6 Bf8 44. h7 Bg7 {also}) 42. Bd4
Ba3 $19 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Underwood, Jon"]
[Black "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 f5 (6... Nge7) 7. d3
Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. f3 {not the most frequent- a speciality of Normands Miezis} (
9. Nd5) (9. h3) (9. Rb1) (9. exf5) (9. f4) 9... fxe4 (9... Be6 {main}) 10. dxe4
Be6 (10... Nd7 {2-0}) 11. Nd5 Ne7 (11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Bg5 c6 13. Nxd4 exd4
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qd3 c5 17. f4 Qf7 18. b3 Qd7 $11 {Heap-L
Roberts, Dyfed Open 2014,1-0}) 12... exd4 13. b3 c5 {Miezis-Gullaksen,
Fagernes Norsk op 2013,1/2-1/2}) 12. Be3 $146 (12. Qd3 Nexd5 13. cxd5 Bf7 14.
Rd1 $14 {Barbier-Huesmann, BEL ch open, Eupen 2003, 1/2-1/2}) (12. Bg5 c6 13.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Nc3 Qd7 $15 {Ralphs-Hollan, S Wales
Open, Penarth 2011,1/2-1/2}) 12... c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rc1 d5 (14... c5 15.
Qd3 Nc6 16. Nc3 Bg7 17. Nd5 Nd4 $11 {Komodo12}) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Bc5 Rf7 18. Qa4 Rc8 (18... Qd7) 19. Bf2 b6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Qxd7
Rxd7 $15 {New Engine & Komodo12} 23. a3 Bg5 24. Rd1 (24. Rc6) 24... Ne3 (24...
Nf4 {both Engines} 25. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Bxd7 27. Kxe2 Bc1 28. f4 Bxb2 29.
fxe5 Bxe5 $17 (29... Bxa3 30. Bd5+ Kf8 $17)) 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4
Nxg2 28. fxg5 Bg4 29. Nd4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harris, Calum"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 (4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3) 4... e5 5.
exd5 Qxd5 6. Qb3 {only 2 examples} (6. Ngf3) (6. dxe5 {main lines}) (6. Qf3 {
next, way behind}) 6... Nf6 (6... Qxb3 7. Nxb3 exd4 8. Nf3 (8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Kd1
Bf5 10. Bd2 Bc2+ 11. Kc1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nf6 13. Nf3 a6 14. Bc4 O-O-O 15. Be3 (
15. Ne5 $16) 15... Ne4 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Nxf7 Nxf7 18. Bxf7 Be7 $11 {Suarez Paz-
Lucia Carpintero, Collado Villalba 2018,1-0}) 8... dxc3 9. Bb5 Bb4 10. O-O Nge7
11. a3 Bd6 12. bxc3 O-O {Law-Esplugas Esteve, Martorell op 2017,0-1}) 7. Ngf3
Qxb3 8. Nxb3 Bd6 $11 9. Bb5 exd4 10. Nbxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba4 (12. Bc4)
12... c5 13. Bxd7+ $11 {(draw?)} Kxd7 14. O-O $2 Rhe8 15. Bd2 (15. Rd1 Re2 16.
Kf1 Rae8 17. h3 $11 {Komodo12}) 15... Rab8 $15 16. Rab1 Ne4 (16... Re2 17. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 18. Bxe1 h6 $15 {Komodo12}) 17. Be3 f5 18. Rfd1 Kc6 19. g3 $11 a5 20. Nd2
Nxd2 21. Rxd2 h6 22. c4 g5 23. Rc2 (23. Rd5 $11) 23... f4 $15 24. Bd2 Re2 25.
Rbc1 (25. Re1) 25... a4 (25... Be5 26. Bxa5 Rxb2 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Re1 Rxe1+
29. Bxe1 f3 30. h3 Kb6 31. g4 $11 {Komodo12}) 26. Bc3 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Re8 28. Kg2
(28. Kf1) 28... g4 29. gxf4 Bxf4 30. f3 (30. h3) 30... h5 31. fxg4 (31. h3 $11)
31... hxg4 32. Rf2 (32. h3 {simplifies}) 32... Bd6 $15 33. Rd2 Re4 $17 34. b3
axb3 35. axb3 Re3 36. Rc2 Kd7 (36... Rh3 37. Kg1 Kd7 $17) 37. Kg1 Ke6 38. Kf2
Rh3 39. Re2+ (39. Kg1 Kf5 40. Be1 Rxb3 41. Re2 Rb1 42. Kg2 Rc1 43. h3 gxh3+ 44.
Kxh3 Rxc4 $17 {Komodo12}) 39... Kd7 (39... Kf5 $19 40. Bg7 Rxh2+ 41. Kf1 Rxe2 (
41... Rh3 $19) 42. Kxe2 Ke4 $19 {Komodo12}) 40. Be5 Rxb3 41. Bxd6 (41. Re4 Bxe5
42. Rxe5 Kd6 43. Re4 Rh3 44. Kg2 Rh4 45. Kg3 Rh3+ 46. Kg2 $11 {repetition})
41... cxd6 42. Re4 d5 43. Rxg4 (43. cxd5 Rb4 44. Re6 Rd4 45. Rg6 $11 {Komodo12}
) 43... dxc4 44. Rxc4 Kd6 45. Rh4 (45. h4) 45... Kd5 46. Ke2 {(draw?) =
Nalimov tablebases} c4 47. Kd2 Kc5 48. Kc2 Kb4 49. Rh8 Rc3+ 50. Kb2 Rf3 51.
Rb8+ Kc5 52. Rh8 Kd4 53. Rd8+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Be2 {uncommon} c5 4. d5 (4. dxc5 {more frequent}) 4... d6
5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O e6 (7... Na6) 8. Bg5 (8. Nd2) (8. dxe6 {main lines
}) 8... h6 9. Bf4 {Komodo12- has only however appeared in internet games,
except for the players previous encounter} (9. Bh4 {main}) 9... exd5 (9... Nh5
10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Qxf4 a6 14. a4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16.
Qd2 {Jones-Waterfield, WCPL 2018,1-0}) (9... e5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 {2-0} (11.
Bd2 {1-0})) 10. exd5 a6 (10... g5 {Cloud Engines} 11. Be3 Re8 (11... Na6 12.
Re1 Re8 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. Rab1 Bd7 (15... Ng4) 16. b3 Qc8 17. Bd2
Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Bf5 19. Qe2 Qb7 $15 {Teske-Koestner,Remote email 2012,0-1}) 12.
Re1 Nbd7 13. a4 b6 14. Nd2 Ne5 $11 {Laurenc-Piersig,Wld ch ICCF 2003,0-1}) 11.
a4 (11. Nd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nce4 Nbd7 14. c3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5
17. Qd2 f5 18. Ng3 Nf7 $11 {Komodo12}) 11... Qc7 (11... Re8 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13.
Re1 (13. Bxd6 Nb6 14. Bxc5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Nc3 18.
Qxd8 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Rxd8 20. Rfe1 Nf4 $11 {Komodo12}) 13... Nb6 14. Bf3 Rxe1+
15. Qxe1 g5 16. Bg3 Bf5 $11 {Komodo12}) 12. Nd2 $16 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Ne8 (13... Ne5
14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. d6 Qb6 16. Bxe5 $16 Qxb2 $2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rb3 $18) 14. Ne4
Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd7 (17... Qd8 $16) (17... Qc6 18. Bf3
$16) 18. Qd2 $18 (18. Qd5 $18 {Komodo12}) 18... Kg7 19. Qc3 Qf5 20. Bd3 (20.
Bf3) 20... c4 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qb4 (22. Qc3 {Komodo12} Rc8 23. Nc5) 22... Bd5
23. Nc5 Qg5 24. Be4 a5 25. Qc3 (25. f4 {Komodo12}) 25... Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qf5 27.
Rfe1 Rc8 28. Qd3 $18 (28. Qxa5 Rxc2 29. f3 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Rad1 $18 {
Komodo12}) 28... Qd7 29. Rad1 (29. Qd5) 29... f5 30. Nc3 Rc6 31. Qb5 (31. Rxe5)
(31. Nb5) 31... e4 32. Qe5+ Kh7 (32... Nf6 33. Rd2 Re8 34. Qd4 Rec8 $16 {
Komodo12}) 33. Nb5 $18 (33. Qe7+ Qxe7 34. dxe7 Rf7 35. Rd7 Re6 36. Nd5 $18 {
Komodo12} Kg7 (36... b6 37. Rd8 $18) 37. Rxb7 $18) 33... Rf6 (33... Ng7) (33...
Rxc2 34. Nd4 Rc8 35. Ne6 Rf7 36. Nc5 $18) 34. Rd2 Re6 35. Qf4 Rc5 36. Red1 g5
37. Qe3 Rce5 38. Qc3 (38. Nc7 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Nxd6 40. Qb6 Qc6 41. Qxc6 bxc6 42.
Rxd6 $18 {Komodo12}) 38... e3 39. fxe3 Rxe3 40. Rd3 f4 41. Qxa5 b6 42. Qc3 (42.
Qxb6) 42... Nf6 43. Rxe3 fxe3 44. Re1 Nd5 45. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Homer, Stephen J"]
[Black "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Qf6 (5... Nf6 {main}) 6. O-O (6.
Be3 {main}) 6... h6 7. Be3 g5 $146 (7... Bb6) (7... Nge7) 8. d4 $16 Bb6 9. dxe5
(9. Bb5 $16) (9. Na3 $16 {also}) 9... dxe5 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. Ne1 (11. Na3 Bd7
$11) 11... Nce7 (11... Nge7 $11) 12. Na3 c6 13. Bb3 Bd7 (13... Be6) 14. Nc4 Nc8
(14... Ng6 $5 {Komodo12}) 15. Nd3 $18 Be6 16. Ncxe5 Nd6 17. f4 (17. Nxc6 bxc6
18. e5 $18) 17... O-O-O 18. Qe2 Rh7 19. Qe3 Kc7 20. f5 (20. c4) 20... Bc8 21.
Ng4 (21. Nc4) 21... Qe7 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Qg3 Kd8 24. Rd1 (24. f6 Qf8 25. Nge5
Be6 26. Qe3 Nc8 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Nc4 Kc7 29. e5 $18 {Komodo12}) 24... Qc7 (
24... Kc7) 25. Nde5 Ke7 26. Bxf7 $18 (26. f6+ Kf8 27. Ng6+ fxg6 28. f7 $18 {
Komodo12}) (26. Ng6+ fxg6 27. f6+ $18) 26... Rd8 27. Bxg8 (27. f6+) 27... Rxg8
28. Ng6+ Rxg6 29. fxg6 {mating} Rg7 30. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Lewis, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 (7... d5
{main}) 8. a3 (8. Bg2) (8. g5 {both more frequent}) 8... Bb7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Be3
(10. O-O) 10... Qc7 11. Qd2 (11. O-O) (11. Qe2) 11... O-O (11... Nfd7 12. O-O (
12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bf1 Nbd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15. f4 Nec4 {Maynes-Robinson, St Albans
2016,0-1}) 12... Nb6 13. b3 N8d7 14. f4 Rc8 15. Nce2 {Uran Bermudez-Riiser,
Gibraltar Challengers 2012,1-0}) 12. g5 Nfd7 13. f4 (13. h4 {alternative, cf
Jones-Morgans rd1 , 1-0 for a related setup}) 13... Nc6 (13... Nb6) 14. Nde2
Rac8 15. h4 Rfd8 16. h5 (16. g6 hxg6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Rxh5 Nf6 $17 {as in the
above game , is not quite right, since the Wh pieces are not co-ordinated
enough to swing forces to the K side}) 16... Nf8 17. Ng3 (17. h6 $16 {Komodo12}
) 17... Na5 $15 18. Bf1 (18. O-O-O $5 {Komodo12}) 18... Nc4 (18... d5 $17 {
Komodo12- a centre break is usually best against a flank attack, & here the Wh
K is still in the centre}) 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 $11 20. Qe2 d5 $15 (20... f5 $15) 21.
exd5 exd5 (21... Bxd5 $5 $15) 22. Nf5 Re8 $17 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. O-O {the K
needs to get away} (24. O-O-O d4 25. Bxd4 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Ne6 $17) 24... Bxg5 $6
{but this is based on a miscalculation} (24... Ne6 {Komodo12-Bl needs to
attack in the centre, using all his pieces} 25. Rad1 d4 26. Nxd4 Bxa3 (26...
Bc5 27. Nf5 Bxe3+ 28. Nxe3 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Nxf4 30. Nf5 Bf3 (30... Nh3+ 31. Kh2
Nxg5 32. Nd6 $18 {because of the backrank}) 31. Rd6 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Nxg5 33. Rxa6
h6 34. Nd4 Bxh5 35. Ncxb5 $11 {both sides have running pawns- which may suit
the higher rated player. However , there might be mating net problems facing
the Wh K}) 27. Nxe6 Bxb2 28. Nc5 Rxc3 29. Nxb7 Rcxe3 30. Nd6 Rb8 $17 {Wh's K
side is weak because of the advanced pawns}) 25. fxg5 Rg4+ 26. Kh2 $16 d4 27.
Bxd4 Rg2+ (27... Ne6 28. Be3 Nxg5 29. Bxg5 Rxg5 30. Ng3 $16 {Komodo12}) 28. Kh3
Rxg5 29. Kh4 (29. Nxg7) 29... Rg2 (29... f6) 30. Rg1 Rh2+ {(time?)} 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Black "Denham, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Bxc3+ {this can wait until Wh spends a
tempo with a3} 5. bxc3 exd5 6. Bd3 Be6 (6... Nf6) 7. Rb1 b6 8. Qf3 (8. Qh5 Nc6
9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Qh4 O-O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxf6 Rhg8 14. g3 h5 15.
Nf4 Rde8 16. Kd2 {Doluhanova-Kozina, Voronezh op 2015,1-0}) (8. Nf3 h6 9. Ne5
Nf6 10. O-O O-O {Jarmuzek-Szymenderski, Poznan op 2011,1/2-1/2}) 8... Nd7 (8...
c6 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qe3+ Qe7
15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Nf4 $11 {Spal-Fedorova, Decin
op 1997,0-1}) (8... Nf6 9. Ba3 Nbd7 10. Qe3 c5 $11) 9. Ne2 (9. Qg3 Ngf6 10.
Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 Rxg2 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. Kf1 Rxg5 14. Qxg5 O-O-O $14 {Komodo12})
9... Ngf6 10. Bg5 (10. Nf4 $16) 10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 $11 (11... O-O $11) 12. O-O
c4 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 O-O 15. f3 (15. Nf4 g5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5+ Kh8 18.
Rfe1 Rg8 19. Qh6+ Nh7 20. Nxd5 Ndf6 $11 {Komodo12}) 15... Qe7 (15... Qc7) 16.
Rbe1 Qa3 $15 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. h4 Rfe8 $17 19. g4 Re7 (19... Re6 20. g5 g6 21.
Qf4 Nh5 $19 {Komodo11}) 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Nh7 (21... Rae8 22. gxf6 (22. Rf2
Nh5 23. g6 fxg6 24. Qxd5+ Kh7 25. Qxc4 Qd6 $15) 22... Rxe2 23. Qg4 Qf8 $17 {
Komodo12}) 22. Kf2 $14 Qd6 (22... Rae8 23. Rh1 g6 24. Qh3 f5 25. Qh6 $18) (
22... g6 23. Qh3 Nxg5 24. Qh6 f6 25. Qxg6+ Rg7 26. Qf5 $16) 23. Rh1 Qg6 24.
Qxg6 fxg6 25. Reg1 (25. Nf4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nxg5 27. Nxd5 $16 {Komodo12- the
passed protected d pawn is worth more than Bl's doubled g pawns}) 25... Rf8 $11
26. Rg4 Rf5 27. f4 Re4 28. Kf3 Rf8 29. Ng3 Rfxf4+ $2 {a miscalculation} (29...
Re7 30. Rh2 Rfe8 $11) 30. Rxf4 Nxg5+ 31. Kg4 $18 {the square vacated by the R}
(31. Kg2 Rxf4 $19) 31... Re3 32. Kxg5 (32. Nf1 Re2 33. Kxg5) 32... Rxg3+ 33.
Rg4 Rxc3 34. Re1 Rxc2 35. Kxg6 Rf2 36. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Phillips, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Bg4 (10... Be6) 11. Be3 (11. c3) 11... Nd4 (11... d5 {main})
12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nbd2 (13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Nc4 Nc5 17.
Ba4 Rb8 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. Qd1 f5 {Shashikant-Laxman,Kolkota op 2008,1/2-1/2})
13... Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bf6 $14 {Komodo12} (15... c5 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. Nc4
Ne5 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Rf1 Nc6 20. Ba4 Nxa5 21. Nd7 Re8 22. f4 Bh6 23. Nf6+ Qxf6
24. Bxe8 $18 {Milos-Ramos, Sao Paulo zt 2000,1-0}) 16. Qd2 c5 17. Qe2 Ne5 18.
Nd2 (18. g3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 g6 20. Bd5 Ra7 21. Qg2 Bg7 22. f4 $16 {Komodo12-
the opposite colour Bs help Wh's attack}) 18... Bg5 19. Bd5 Ra7 20. Rf1 Ng6 21.
g3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Ne7 23. Bb3 $14 (23. Bc4 {keeps an eye on the a pawn}) 23...
Nc6 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Bd5 Ne7 26. Bc4 Qd7 (26... f5 $11 {Komodo12}) 27. Bb3 d5 (
27... f5 $11 {Komodo12}) 28. exd5 (28. Qf4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Ng8 30. Rfe1 Nf6 31.
Qf3 $14 {Komodo12}) 28... Nxd5 29. Qe2 Nf6 30. Rfe1 Qc6+ 31. Qf3 Qxf3+ {Bl may
be better keeping Qs on, as Qs are good at defending multiple points of entry}
(31... Qc7 32. Re2 h6 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Re1 Nd6 36. Qd5 Kh7 (36...
Nxc4 $2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ g6 39. Qf6 $18) 37. Bb3 Rb7 38. Qe5 Rb5 39. Bxf7
Qxf7 40. Qxd6 Qb7+ (40... Rxa5 41. Re7 $18) 41. Kg1 b3 42. cxb3 Qf3 43. Re7
Rxa5 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qc7+ Kg6 46. Qxa5 Qxd3 47. Qxc5 $16 {Komodo-1Bl has to
be very careful in all of this variation because the Wh pieces are very well
placed}) 32. Kxf3 $16 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 34. Re1 (34. Ke4 {is another option})
34... Nd6 35. Re5 Rc7 36. Rd5 Nb7 37. Bc4 g6 38. Bxa6 Nxa5 $14 39. b3 Kg7 40.
Rd6 Nc6 41. Ke4 Ne7 42. g4 f6 (42... g5 43. f4 (43. Bb5 {Wh has almost all of
his pawns on the same colour as his B, but the active K clears a way to allow
the B to outrun the N when pawns come off} Ng6 44. Rd7 Rxd7 45. Bxd7 Nf4 46.
Ke5 Nxh3 47. f3 Nf4 48. Kd6 Ng6 49. Bc6 f5 50. Bd7 Nh4 51. Kxc5 Kf6 52. Kxb4
$16) 43... gxf4 44. Kxf4 Ng6+ 45. Ke4 Re7+ 46. Kd5 Re5+ 47. Kc6 Nf4 48. Bc4 f6
49. h4 h5 50. gxh5 Rxh5 51. Rd7+ Kh6 $14 {Komodo12- but the position feels
very unclear- with lots of play for both sides}) 43. f4 h6 (43... h5 $5) (43...
Ra7 $5) 44. Bb5 (44. Re6 $5) 44... g5 45. f5 Kf8 $2 {time?} (45... Ra7 46. Re6
Kf7 47. Bc4 Kg7 {and Wh still has to find a way in}) 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Re6 Ra7
48. f6+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Van Veelen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. e3 (6. Qb3) (6. Bf4 {
mainlines & more active for Wh}) 6... e6 7. Nh4 (7. Ne5) (7. Qb3 {both more
frequent}) 7... Bg4 (7... Be4 8. f3 Bg6) 8. Qb3 (8. f3 {also played}) 8... Qc7
(8... Qd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Ng8 13. e4 dxe4 14. d5 exd5
15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Nxd5 Bd6 (16... Nd4 $15) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 $16 {
Kharitonov-Beshukov, RUS cup Moscow 1998,1-0}) 9. h3 (9. f3) 9... Bh5 10. g4
Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 (12. g5 Nfd7 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Rc1 $11) 12... Nc6 13.
Bd2 a6 14. O-O-O {looks a bit risky} (14. g5 Nd7 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. e4 Nc4 17.
exd5 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bd6 20. h4 O-O 21. h5 $11 {Komodo12}) 14...
Na5 15. Qc2 Nc4 (15... Rc8) 16. e4 (16. g5 Nd7 17. e4 $11 {Komodo12}) 16...
dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. g5 Nd5 18. Bxe4 O-O-O $15 {Komodo12}) 17... Rc8 $17 18. Kb1
$2 (18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bc3 b5 $15 (19... Ba3 20. bxa3 Nxa3 21. Qb3 Nb5 22. Kb2
Qxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Rc1 Na4+ 25. Kb3 Nb6 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Bxb7 Nd6 28.
Bxa6 Ke7 $11)) 18... Na3+ 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qe7
8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. e3 (11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. O-O Rae8 {
main, eg Watson-J Van Kemenade, Bradford League 2001,1-0}) 11... O-O 12. Be2
Kh8 (12... Ne4) 13. O-O Nh5 $146 (13... Ne4) (13... Bg4) 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Bh4
Bf5 16. Qd5 $16 Qg6 17. Nd4 Be4 (17... Nf6 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxf5 Nxd4 19. Qd3 Nf3+
20. Kh1 Nxh4 $19) 18... Be4 19. Qg5 Rxf6 20. Qxg6 Bxg6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bf3
Bd3 23. Rfd1 Bxc4 24. Bxc6 Rb8 25. Rab1 Rb6 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. e4 $16 {Komodo12}
) 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Bxg5 Nf6 (19... h6) 20. f3 Bg6 21. Ne6 (21. e4 $18) 21...
Rf7 22. Nf4 Ne5 23. e4 (23. c5 dxc5 24. e4 $16 {Komodo12}) 23... Re8 24. Nd5 c6
25. Nf4 h6 26. Nxg6+ Nxg6 27. Be3 b6 (27... a6) 28. Rad1 (28. a4 $16) 28... d5
(28... Rd7 29. Rd2 Ne5 30. Rfd1 Red8 31. h4 $16 {Komodo12}) 29. cxd5 cxd5 30.
Bb5 Ree7 31. Bd4 (31. Bc1 dxe4 32. Bc4 Rf8 33. Ba3 $18 {Komodo12}) 31... dxe4
32. Bxf6 (32. fxe4 Rxe4 $2 (32... Rf8 $16) 33. Bd3 Rg4 34. Bf5 Rg5 35. Be3 $18)
32... Rxf6 33. fxe4 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Kg8 (34... Rxe4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bd3 Rf4+
37. Ke1 h5 38. Rd5 Kh6 39. g3 Rf7 40. Be2 $16 {Komodo12}) (34... Rc7 35. Rd3
Kg8 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Ke6 $14 {Komodo12}) 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Bc4+ Kf6 37. Bd5 (
37. Rd6+ Kg5 38. g3 Ne5 39. Be2 Rf7+ 40. Ke1 Rf6 41. Rd5 Re6 42. Kd2 $16 {
Komodo12}) 37... Ne5 (37... Rc7 {Rudy & Komodo12} 38. c4 (38. Rd6+ Kg5 39. g3
Ne5 40. Re6 Nf3 41. h4+ Kg4 42. Kg2 Ne1+ 43. Kf2 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Nc5 (44... Rxc3
45. Kd4 Ra3 46. Rg6+ Kh3 47. Rxg7 $16) 45. Rg6+ Kh5 46. Rc6 Rxc6 47. Bxc6 Kg4
48. e5 (48. Kf2 Nd3+ 49. Kg2 Ne1+ $11) 48... Kxg3 49. Bd5 Kxh4 50. e6 Nxe6 51.
Bxe6 Kg3 52. Bf7 g5 53. a4 g4 54. Bh5 Kh4 55. Be8 Kh3 56. Bd7 Kg3 57. a5 h5 58.
axb6 axb6 59. Be8 {draws, other Wh moves lose- Lomonosov tablebases}) 38... Ne5
$11) 38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. Ke2 Ng4 40. h3 Nf6 41. Kd3 Nd7 42. Ra8 Nc5+ 43. Kd4 Kg5
44. Rf8 (44. e5) 44... Kh4 45. Rf7 Rxf7 46. Bxf7 $18 Kg3 47. e5 Kxg2 48. e6
Nxe6+ 49. Bxe6 g5 50. Kc4 (50. Ke4) 50... h5 (50... a6 51. Kd5) 51. Kb5 Kg3 52.
Ka6 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morgans, Justin"]
[Black "Howells, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. Ngf3 (5. exd5 {Harris- Fathallah,
same round 1/2-1/2}) 5... exd4 6. Nxd4 (6. cxd4) 6... Nxd4 7. cxd4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nf6 (8... Qe7 9. Qe2 Bd7 {Thorpe-Poobalasingam, S Wales Int , Penarth 2012,0-1}
) 9. Qe2 (9. Bd3 {main, 1 Wh win, 8 draws & 4 Bl wins}) 9... Bb4+ (9... Nxe4
10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. a3 (12. Bc4) 12... Be6 13. Bf4 O-O-O $17 {
Ambrosi-Naumkin, Porto San Giorgio op 2001,0-1}) 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2+ Qe7
12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bc4 Rd8 14. Nb3 c6 15. O-O $11 Kf8 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Rad1 Bc2
{getting rid of a potentially bad B} 18. Rd2 Bxb3 19. Bxb3 Rd7 20. f3 Rad8 21.
Red1 Nd5 $15 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. a3 Rd6 24. Re2+ Re6 25. Re5 Kf6 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 cxd5 28. Rc1 Rc6 (28... Re7) 29. Rxc6+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. dxe4
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 e5 11. Rb1 (11. f4) (11. Bg5) (11. Nd5 {main lines}) 11...
Be6 12. Nd5 (12. b3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rf7 14. f4 Raf8 15. Nd5 Nh5 16. f5 {
Maeurer-Geisler, BL2 Sued 2003,0-1}) 12... Qd7 13. Kh2 Rf7 (13... Rad8 14. a3
Nd4 {Jakab-Burinda, Hun ch tm 2015,0-1}) 14. Be3 (14. a3 Raf8 15. Qa4 Nxe4 $1
16. f3 Nf6 $17 {Sega-Matsuura, Paulisto ch, Americana 2000,0-1}) 14... Raf8 15.
f3 (15. Nec3 a6 $11 {Komodo12}) 15... b5 16. cxb5 Nd4 17. Nec3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 (
18. exd5 Bf5 19. Rc1 Qb7 $11 {Komodo12}) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Qxb5 $17 20. f4
Nf5 (20... Ne2 {Komodo12} 21. a4 Qa6 $19 22. Rf2 Nxg3 $1 23. Bxc5 (23. Kxg3
exf4+ $19) 23... dxc5 24. Kxg3 exf4+ 25. Kh2 Bd4 $19) 21. Bd2 Re7 (21... Nxg3 {
doesn't quite work} 22. Kxg3 exf4+ 23. Kh2 f3 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. Bxf3 Qd3 26.
Bg2 Rf2 27. Be1 Be5+ 28. Kg1 Qxd1 (28... Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31.
Kf2 Bd4+ 32. Ke2 Qe4+ 33. Kd2 $16) 29. Rxd1 Rxb2 30. Rd2 Rb1 31. Kf2 $16) 22.
b4 c4 $17 23. a4 Qb6 24. Qc2 e4 25. Qxc4 e3 26. Be1 Rfe8 (26... e2 27. Rf3 Ne3
28. Qd3 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 $17 {Komodo12}) 27. Rc1 e2 28. Rf3 Bd4 {overextending
} (28... Bb2 29. Rc2 Bf6 30. Rc1 Ne3 31. Qd3 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Bxd4 $15) 29. a5 $16
Bg1+ 30. Kh1 Qd4 31. g4 Re4 (31... Nh6 32. Rd3 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Be3 34. Rdc3 $16 {
the Bl pawn is barricaded while Wh has gained Q side chances}) 32. Qxd4 $18
Nxd4 33. Kxg1 (33. Rd3 Bf2 34. Bxe4 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 Rxe4 36. Rc3 (36. Rxd4 Rxd4
37. Rxe2 Rxf4 38. Re7 Rxb4 39. Rxa7 $16 {only}) 36... Rxf4 37. Kg2 $18 {
Komodo12}) 33... Nxf3+ 34. Bxf3 Rxf4 35. Kf2 $18 {the 2Bs} Ref8 36. Rc3 Rxb4
37. Re3 Rb2 38. Rxe2 Rb3 39. Re3 Rb2+ 40. Kg3 Rc8 41. g5 Rc1 42. Bg4 Rbb1 43.
Bf2 Kf8 44. Rf3+ Ke8 45. Bxa7 Rb5 46. Bb6 Rxd5 47. Ra3 Rxg5 48. Kf4 Rxg4+ {
otherwise the a pawn just runs through} 49. hxg4 Kd7 50. a6 Rc8 51. a7 Ra8 52.
Rc3 h5 53. g5 (53. Rc7+ Ke6 54. Rb7) 53... Ke6 54. Rc7 Rf8+ 55. Ke3 (55. Kg3)
55... h4 56. Rh7 (56. Rb7 h3 57. Rb8 h2 58. Rxf8 h1=Q 59. a8=Q $18 {but the Bl
Q is a temporary nuisance}) 56... Kd5 57. Rxh4 Kc6 58. Bd4 Kb7 59. Rh7+ Ka8 60.
Rh8 (60. Rh8 Rxh8 61. Bxh8 Kxa7 62. Ke4 Kb6 63. Kd5 Kc7 64. Bd4 Kd7 65. Bb6 Ke7
66. Bc7 {and the g pawn drops as well}) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 (5. a3 {main}) 5... h6 6. Bh4
c5 7. dxc5 (7. e3) 7... Bxc5 (7... Na6) 8. Nf3 Be7 9. e3 (9. e4 {also played})
9... b6 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 {main}) 10... Na6 (10... Bb7 {transposes; 1 Wh win, !
draw & 4 Bl wins}) 11. Qe2 (11. O-O Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 $11 {3 games,
all 3 results}) 11... Bb7 12. O-O-O (12. O-O $11 {looks a little safer}) 12...
Nc5 $15 (12... Bb4 $15) 13. Bc2 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
$15 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. f3 Nf6 20. Rc1 $11 d6 21. Nd3 d5 22. cxd5
Nxd5 23. e4 Nb4 24. Nxb4 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qxb4 26. Rd1 (26. Qc4) (26. a3) 26...
Rd4 27. a3 Qd6 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Kc2 $11 {(draw?)} Qc5+ 30. Kd2 $2 (30. Kb3 $11
) 30... Qd6+ 31. Ke3 Qxh2 $17 32. Kf2 Qe5 (32... Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qg5 {Komodo12})
33. Qd2 Qc5+ (33... g5 34. g3 h5 $17 {Komodo12}) 34. Kf1 Kh7 35. Qf4 f6 36. b4
Qc3 37. Qg4 (37. Qd6 Qxa3 38. Qxe6 Qxb4 $17 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qc8+
Kf7 42. Qd7+ Qe7 43. Qd5+ Qe6 44. Qb7+ Kg6 45. Qxa7 b5 $17 {Komodo12}) 37...
Qd3+ (37... Qe5 38. Kg1 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. a4 h5 41. Qh3 Kg6 $19 {Komodo12})
38. Kf2 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 Qe5 40. Kf2 Kg8 (40... a5 $19) (40... b5 41. Ke3 h5 42.
Qh3 g6 43. g4 Kh6 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Kd3 a6 46. Ke3 Qc3+ 47. Kf2 Qb2+ 48. Kg3
Qe5+ 49. Kg2 Qg5+ 50. Kf2 f5 51. exf5 exf5 52. Ke2 h4 $19 {Komodo12}) 41. Qg6
Kf8 42. Qg4 Kf7 $19 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kd3 Qb3+ (44... Qxa3+ 45. Kc4 {might give
a bit of K activity for Wh} a6 $19 {Komodo12}) 45. Ke2 Qxa3 46. Qh5+ Kf8 47.
Qg4 Qa2+ (47... Qxb4 48. Qxe6 Qb5+ 49. Ke1 a5 $19 {Komodo12}) 48. Kd3 Qb3+ 49.
Ke2 a5 $19 50. bxa5 bxa5 51. Qh5 Qb6 52. f4 a4 53. e5 Qb5+ (53... a3 54. exf6
a2 55. fxg7+ Kxg7 56. Qe5+ Kf7 57. Kf3 Qb3+ 58. Kf2 Qb1 59. Qh5+ Kg7 60. Qe5+
Kh7 61. Qxe6 a1=Q $19 {Komodo12- but no need to carefully check if Wh might
get a perpetual with the K exposure}) 54. Ke3 a3 55. Qd1 Qb6+ (55... Qc5+ 56.
Ke2 a2 57. Qa4 Qg1 $19 {Komodo12}) 56. Kf3 fxe5 (56... a2) 57. Qa4 Qb7+ 58. Kg3
exf4+ 59. Qxf4+ Kg8 60. Qa4 Qe7 (60... Qb8+ 61. Kh3 Qb2 $19 {Komodo12}) 61.
Qa8+ Kh7 62. Qe4+ g6 63. Qa8 h5 (63... e5) 64. Kf3 Qc5 65. Kf4 Qc4+ (65... Qf2+
66. Ke5 a2) 66. Kg3 a2 67. Qa7+ Kh6 68. Qe3+ g5 69. Qa3 Qf4+ 70. Kh3 g4+ (70...
Qh4#) 71. Kh4 g3+ 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Homer, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 Nxb4 (3... cxb4 4. d4 {more frequent}) 4. c3 Nc6 5.
d4 d5 {main} 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Na3 (7. Be2 {also}) 7... Bf5 (7... Bg4 {main}) 8.
Bc4 Qe4+ 9. Be3 e6 10. Qb3 (10. O-O $11 {New Engine & Komodo12}) 10... O-O-O {
an exposed place for the K} (10... cxd4 $17 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 a6 (12...
Qxg2 $19) 13. O-O Bd6 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Qa4+ Ke7 (15... b5 $19) 16. Qb3 b5 $17 {
Bach-Bingert, Hessen ch U14, Bad Homburg , 2012,0-1}) 11. O-O $16 {Bl is
underdeveloped} h6 12. Rfe1 cxd4 13. Bg5 (13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. f3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qc6
16. Nb5 Kb8 17. Bf4+ Ka8 18. Rac1 $18 {Komodo12}) (13. Bxd4 Qf4 14. Nb5 $18 {
New Engine}) 13... Qxe1+ (13... Qxf3 $5 14. gxf3 hxg5 15. Nb5 d3 16. Reb1 $16 {
Komodo12}) 14. Rxe1 hxg5 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 $16 {Komodo12}) (15. Nxg5 $16 {New
Engine}) 15... Nh6 (15... g4) 16. Bb5 $18 Nb4 17. Ne5 f6 18. Qc4+ (18. Rc1+ {
both Engines}) 18... Kb8 19. Nd7+ Rxd7 20. Bxd7 Bd6 21. Nb5 Bd3 22. Qxe6 Nf5
23. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Underwood, Jon"]
[Black "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 (5. d4 {main}) 5... e6 6. b3
Be7 (6... Bd6 {main}) 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 (8. d4) 8... b6 9. O-O-O $146 (9. Rg1 {
main}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 $17 11. Be2 Nb6 (11... a5 $17 {Komodo12}) (11...
Bb7 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 c5 $17 {Komodo112}) 12. Rhg1 (12. Kb1 $11) (12. h4 $11)
12... a5 13. g4 a4 14. g5 Nfd5 (14... axb3 15. gxf6 (15. axb3 Nfd5 $17) 15...
bxc2 16. fxe7 Qxe7 {initially considered Bl winning by Komodo12, but on
further investigation} (16... cxd1=Q+ 17. Nxd1 g6 18. exd8=Q Rxd8 19. a3 $16)
17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nd5+ Kh6 19. Rg1 exd5 20. Bg7+ Kh5 21. Nd4+ Kh4 22. Nf3+ Kh5
23. Nd4+ $11 {repetition}) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 $17 16. Kb1 axb3 17. Qxb3 Qa5 (17...
Bb7) 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rc1 c5 $19 20. Nxb5 Rfb8 21. a4 Qxa4 (21... Qxd2 $19) 22.
Qxa4 Rxa4 23. Nc3 Rab4 (23... Nxc3+ 24. dxc3 Bc6 25. f3 Rh4 26. Rg2 Re4 27.
fxe4 Bxe4+ 28. Bd3 (28. Rc2 Bxg2 $19) 28... Bxd3+ 29. Rcc2 c4 $19 {Komodo12}) (
23... Rh4 24. Kc2 (24. Rg2 Nxc3+ 25. dxc3 Bc6 26. f3 Re4 {transposes to above
note}) 24... Nxc3 25. Kxc3 Bd6 26. Ba1 Rxh2 $19 {Komodo12}) 24. Rc2 Nxc3+ (
24... R4b6 25. Ka1 Ra8+ 26. Kb1 Nb4 27. Rcc1 Rab8 28. Ka1 Bc6 $19 {Komodo121-
the Wh K is so exposed its just a matter of finding the right sequence- much
easier said than done}) 25. dxc3 R4b6 (25... Rh4 $17) 26. Bc4 Bd6 27. f4 (27.
Kc1 Bxh2 28. Rh1 Bc7 $17) 27... e5 $19 28. Rf2 Bf5+ (28... exf4 $1 29. exf4
Bf5+ 30. Ka1 (30. Kc1 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Bxf4+ 32. Kd1 (32. Rd2 Rb1#) 32... Rxb2 $19
) 30... Ra8+ 31. Ba2 Rba6 32. Bc1 Be6 33. Rgg2 Bd5 34. h4 Rxa2+ 35. Rxa2 Bxg2
$19 {Komodo12}) 29. Kc1 exf4 30. Rgg2 Be4 (30... Bh3 {Komodo12, a little better
}) 31. Rg4 Bf5 32. Rgg2 g6 33. exf4 Re8 $19 34. Kd1 Bc7 (34... Re3) 35. Bd5 Rd8
36. c4 Rb4 (36... Be4 37. Bf6 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Bxd5 39. cxd5 (39. Bxd8 Bxc4+ $19)
39... Rxd5 40. Rg3 Rf5 $15 (40... Bd8 41. Rd3 Rxd3 42. Kxd3 Bxf6 43. gxf6 Rb6
44. Kc4 Rxf6 45. Kxc5 $17 {but with pawns on one side may well be drawn,
though Wh has split pawns})) 37. Bf6 {Wh has managed to get his Bs to form a
barricade} Rb1+ 38. Kd2 Re8 39. Be5 Bxe5 (39... Ba5+ 40. Ke2 Bc3 41. Rf3 Bxe5
42. fxe5 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rxg2 44. Kxg2 Rxe5 $15 {Komodo12}) 40. fxe5 Rxe5 41. Re2
Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Rbxe2+ 43. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 {(draw?)} Kf8 {Komodo12} (44... Kg7
45. Ke3 f6 46. h4 h6 47. Kf4 Bc8 48. Be4 Be6 49. Bd3 fxg5+ 50. hxg5 h5 51. Ke5
Bg4 52. Kd6 (52. Be4) 52... Bf5 (52... h4 53. Be4 Kf7 54. Kxc5 Bf5 55. Bf3 $11)
53. Be2 Kf7 54. Bf3 h4 55. Kxc5 Ke6 56. Kd4 $11) 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kf4 Bd7 47.
Ke5 Bh3 48. Bc6 Bf5 49. h4 $11 Be6 50. Bb5 Bc8 51. Kd5 f5 52. Kxc5 $11 Ke6 53.
Kd4 Bd7 54. Ba6 Bc6 55. c5 Bd7 56. Bc4+ Ke7 57. Ke5 Bc6 {(draw?)} 58. Bg8 $16
Kf8 59. Bb3 Ke7 60. Bc4 Kd7 (60... Ba4 {holds} 61. Bg8 Kf8 62. Be6 Ke7 63. h5
Bc6 64. Bg8 Bf3 65. h6 Bc6 {and Wh can't break in}) 61. Bg8 Ke7 (61... Bf3 62.
Bxh7 Bh5 63. Bg8 Kc6 64. Kd4 Bf3 65. Bf7 Bh5 66. Be8+ Kc7 67. Ke5 $18) 62. Bxh7
Kf7 63. h5 gxh5 64. Bxf5 $18 Kg7 65. Be4 Bd7 66. c6 Bc8 67. Bf5 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harris, Calum"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. c3 (7. Bd3)
7... Bd6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 (11. Qe2 {main}) (11. Qc2)
11... Bb7 12. Qe2 (12. Ne4 Bf4 13. Ne5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bh7+
Kh8 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 c5 20. Rh4 Rad8 {Giorgadze-Spiridonov,
Primat 5th, Decin 1975, draw agreed}) 12... h6 $146 {Komodo12} (12... c5 13.
Ne5 {transposes to a number of games} (13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:02] to})) 13. Bxf6
(13. Bh4 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 c5 16. Nh5 Qc6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. f4 Be7 19.
f5 $11 {Komodo12}) 13... Nxf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qxe4 g6 16. Ne5 c5 17.
Qh4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qd8 $11 {Komodo12}) 15... Rfd8 16. b4 (16. Ne5 $11) 16... c5
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. dxc5 (20. Ne5 $11) 20... Qxc5 $15
{the passed c pawn is actually weak} 21. Nd2 (21. c4) 21... Qc7 (21... Qxc3 $17
{is quite playable, especially because Wh has to watch his backrank}) 22. g3
Rac8 (22... Qxc3) 23. c4 a5 24. Qe4 $2 Bb4 25. Qf3 (25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Qe2 Qc5
$19) 25... Rxd2 $19 26. a3 Be7 27. Rb7 Qd6 28. Reb1 Bf6 (28... Qxa3) 29. Ra7
Qc6 (29... Bd4 30. Qxf7+ Kh7 31. Rf1 Bxa7 $19 {Komodo12}) 30. Qf4 Rcd8 31. Rf1
e5 (31... Rd1 $1) 32. Qf5 Rd1 33. Qh5 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 b6 4. e4 (4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O {main}) 4... Bb7 5. d3 e6
6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 (8. Nbd2) (8. c3 {Van Kememenade-Troffiguer,
Arena 2017,1-0}) 8... c5 (8... d6 {played}) 9. c3 (9. Nbd2) 9... d5 (9... Nbc6)
10. e5 Nbc6 (10... d4 11. c4 Nbc6 12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Ne4 {Van Kemenade-Troffiguer
}) 11. Qf2 (11. Be3 a5 12. Bf2 Ra7 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Qd2 Qb8 15. a4 Rc7 16. Na3 {
Muhren-Waddington, Dieren op 2001,1/2-1/2}) (11. g4 {Komodo12. considered})
11... Ba6 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Bf1 (13. Na3) (13. a4) 13... Rae8 14. Nbd2 f6 $15 15.
d4 Bxf1 16. Nxf1 fxe5 17. fxe5 (17. dxe5) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 h6 (18... Nf5 19.
Qe2 Qf7 20. Bf4 h6 $15 21. h4 Nxg3 $17) 19. Qg2 (19. Qe2) 19... Rf7 20. h4 Ref8
21. N1h2 (21. Bf4) 21... Kh7 (21... Qb7) 22. Be3 (22. Bf4 $11 {Komodo12}) 22...
Qb7 23. Rf1 (23. Qe2 $11 {pm analysis}) (23. Rac1) (23. g4 $11) 23... Qa6 24.
Qd2 $11 Nf5 25. Bf4 (25. Bf2) 25... Qa4 26. b3 (26. Rfd1) 26... Qb4 27. Rad1 a5
$11 28. Qd3 (28. Rf2 {Fritz11 SE & Komodo12}) 28... a4 29. Qc2 $2 {a
miscalculation} (29. Bd2 {both Engines} Qa3 30. g4 Ng3 31. h5 Kg8 32. hxg6 Rc7
33. Rfe1 $11 {Komodo12}) 29... Ncxd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Qd3 Nf5 32. Nf3 Rc7 $17
{Komodo121} 33. Rc1 Rfc8 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 $19 35. bxa4 Rc4 (35... Rc3 $19) 36. Rb1
Qc5+ 37. Kg2 Rc2+ 38. Kh3 Rxa2 39. g4 {at last getting some K side play} Qf2
40. Qf1 Qxf1+ (40... Nxh4 $19 {both Engines}) 41. Rxf1 Ne7 42. Nd4 Ra3+ 43. Kg2
Rxa4 44. Nxe6 Nc6 (44... b5 $15) 45. Rc1 (45. Bg3 Kg8 46. Nxg7 Kxg7 47. Rf6 Ne7
48. Kh3 b5 49. Rb6 Rb4 50. Bf2 Rc4 51. Rxb5 Kf7 52. h5 $11 {Komodo12}) (45. g5
Bxe5 46. Nf8+ Kg7 47. gxh6+ Kxf8 48. Bxe5+ Kg8 49. Bg7 Ra8 50. Rb1 Rb8 51. Rb5
Ne7 52. Kf3 $11 {Komodo12}) 45... Rc4 46. Ra1 (46. Re1) 46... Bxe5 47. Bxe5
Nxe5 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. g5 Rxh4 50. gxh6 Rxh6 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. Rb7 Nc4 $17 53.
Rb8+ Kh7 54. Rb7+ Kg8 55. Rg7+ Kh8 56. Rd7 Rh5 (56... g5 {expected} 57. Rd8+
Kh7 58. Nxg5+ Kg6 59. Nf3 Kf7 60. Kg3 $17 {Komodo112}) 57. Nf4 Rg5+ 58. Kf2 Rf5
(58... b5 59. Nxd5 Rf5+ 60. Kg3 Nd2 $19 {Komodo12}) 59. Kg3 Rg5+ 60. Kh4 (60.
Kf2) 60... Rg4+ 61. Kxg4 Ne5+ 62. Kg5 Nxd7 63. Kxg6 {keeping the Bl K out, drw
Lomonosov tablebases} (63. Nxg6+ {draw; Lomonosov tablebases} Kh7 (63... Kg7
64. Ne7 d4 65. Nf5+ Kf7 66. Nxd4) 64. Ne7 d4 65. Kf4 Nc5 66. Nc6 d3 67. Ke3 Kg6
68. Ne5+ Kf5 69. Nxd3 $11 {Komodo12}) 63... d4 64. Kf5 Nc5 65. Nd5 d3 66. Nc3 (
66. Kf4 d2 67. Nc3 Kg7 68. Ke3 $11) 66... d2 67. Ke5 (67. Kf4) (67. Nd1) 67...
b5 (67... Nd3+ $1 68. Kd5 Nb2 69. Kc6 Kg7 70. Kxb6 (70. Kb5 Kf7 71. Kb4 Ke6 72.
Kb3 d1=Q+ 73. Nxd1 Nxd1 74. Kb4 Ne3 75. Kb5 Nd5 $19) 70... Na4+ $19) 68. Kd4 b4
69. Nd1 Na4 70. Kd3 Nc3 71. Kxd2 Nxd1 72. Kxd1 Kg7 73. Kc2 Kf6 74. Kb3 Ke5 75.
Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Veelen, Thomas"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 {main}) 3... Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 (5... Be7
) 6. O-O Be7 7. Qa4+ (7. Nc3) (7. Ne5) 7... Nbd7 (7... Qd7 {most frequent}) 8.
Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 (9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. e4 Nb4
13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. a3 Nc6 15. d5 {Paukert-Kralovec, CZE Juniorcentrum op 2005,
1-0}) 10. dxc5 O-O 11. c6 Nxe5 12. cxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rxb7 15. Qa6
Bd6 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qb5 Nc4 18. Rxc4 {Estrella Vidiella-Simon del Sol,
Catalunya ch tm 1997,1-0}) 9... bxc5 (9... Bxc5 10. Nc3 (10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 (
11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 d4 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rd1 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 O-O 16. Kf1 Rfd8
17. Bg5 Be7 18. Rac1 Rd7 {Nikolic-Kostic, SRB ch tm , East Leskovac 2014,1/2-1/
2}) 11... b5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. b4 Bb6 17.
Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Rxd7 {Nagy-Odor, HUN ch U16, Balatonlelle 2009,1-0}) 10... Bd4
11. Nxd7 (11. cxd5 Bxe5 12. dxe6 Bxg2 (12... O-O 13. Bxb7 Nc5 14. Qa3 Bd6 15.
Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Nb5 Nfe4 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Bf4 {Andres Gonzalez-Lorente Penalba,
ESP ch Student, Catagena 2007,1-0}) 13. exd7+ Qxd7 14. Kxg2 Bxc3 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7
16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Rc4 18. Rfd1+ Ke6 19. Rd4 Rhc8 {Camer-Lojanica, AUS ch
major , Mingara 2000,1/2-1/2})) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 Nb6 13. Qb3
(13. Qc2 exd5 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 (16. e4 Nb4 17. Rxd7 Nxc2 18.
Rb1 Rad8 19. Rxb7 Rd1+ 20. Bf1 Bf6 21. Rxa7 h6 $11 {Komodo12}) 16... Rab8 (
16... c4 17. Qxc4 Rfd8 $17 {Komodo12}) 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb5 19. Qf3 Rfd8
(19... Rbd8 $11) 20. Bf4 {Savostjanov-Pozdniakov,Omsk op 2014,1-0}) 13... c4
14. Qc2 exd5 (14... Nxd5) 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Rfd1 $16 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qe7 18. Bd4
Qxe2 (18... f6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bxd5+ Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxe2 22. Re1 Qg4 23. Rd4
Qh5 24. Qxc4+ Qf7 25. a3 $16 {Komodo12}) 19. Bxg7 Rfe8 20. Bh8 Qg4 21. Bf3 (21.
Re1) 21... Qg5 22. a4 (22. Re1) 22... Rad8 23. a5 (23. Bf6 $18) 23... Nc8 24.
Bf6 $18 d4 25. Bxd4 (25. Rxd4 $1 $18) 25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Re6 27. Bc3 Nd6 28.
Rd5 Qg6 29. Rad1 Rde8 30. Rc5 (30. h4 $18) (30. Kg2 $18) 30... f6 31. Rc6 Ne4
32. Rxc4 (32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Kg2 $18 {Komodo12}) 32... Ng5 33. Qg4 $2 (33. Qd5
$18) (33. Qd3 $18) (33. Qg2 $18) 33... f5 $19 34. h4 fxg4 35. Rxg4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Burrows, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 {main} (
7. Qg4 {also}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qg4 g6 (9... O-O {main}) 10. h4 (10.
Bd3) 10... Qa5 (10... h5 11. Qg3 a6 {main}) 11. Qg3 a6 $16 {Komodo12} (11...
Nc6 {main} 12. Nxc6 {3 wins} (12. f4 {2 draws})) (11... Na6 {1-0}) (11... h5
12. Bd3 $16 (12. Nb5 $16)) 12. h5 Rg8 {looks bad, but best the Engines come up
with. Bl should probably have held up h5 with his own move earlier} 13. Bd3 Nc6
14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rh7 Bd7 17. Ke2 (17. Kf1 {also looks good})
17... O-O-O {Engines-Bl must get some development} 18. Rxf7 $16 Ba3 19. c4 Bb4
20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qe3 Be8 (21... Kb8) 22. Rh7 c5 23. a3 Qb2 (23... Qb6 24. Be4
Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Rb1 $18) 24. Qxc5+ $18 Bc6 25. Rah1 $2 {a natural
attacking move, but it seems to be a miscjudgement} (25. Re1 $18) 25... Rxd3 $1
$19 26. Kxd3 Rd8+ 27. Ke3 (27. Qd6 {is Komodo12's best}) 27... Qc3+ {Bl misses
2 opportunities} (27... Qxc2 $1 {and Wh has to give up the Q to avoid mate} 28.
R1h4 (28. Kf4 Qf5+ 29. Kg3 Qg5+ 30. Kh3 Qxg2+ 31. Kh4 Rg8 $1 {and g5 & mates
on the h file is coming}) 28... Qd2#) (27... g5 $1 {cuts of the K escape &
again Qd6 is the only way to prevent mate}) 28. Kf4 Qd2+ {missing that the Q
can go back} (28... Rd4+ {first} 29. Kg5 Qd2+ {and Wh has to start giving up
material to not stumble into mate} 30. f4 (30. Kxg6 {Bl has all the fun} Rg4+
31. Kf7 Qf4+ 32. Ke7 (32. Kxe6 Rg6+ 33. Ke7 Qg5+ 34. Kf8 Qd8+ 35. Kf7 Qe8#)
32... Qg5+ 33. Kxe6 Qg8+ 34. Kf6 Rf4+ 35. Ke7 Qf8+ 36. Ke6 Qxc5) (30. Kf6 Qxf2+
$1 (30... Qf4+ 31. Kg7 $11) 31. Kg5 Qe3+ (31... Rg4+ {looks simpler to a human,
but gives up a R}) 32. Kf6 Rf4+ 33. Kg7 Qxc5 $19 {Komodo12}) 30... Qxf4+ 31.
Kxg6 Qe4+ 32. Kg7 (32. Kh6 Qe3+ 33. Kh5 Rh4+ 34. Rxh4 Qxc5 $19) 32... Rd7+ 33.
Kh8 Rd8+ 34. Kg7 Qg4+ 35. Kf6 Qf5+ 36. Kg7 Qg5+ 37. Kf7 Rd7+ 38. Qe7 Rxe7+ 39.
Kf8 Re8+ 40. Kf7 Qe7+ 41. Kg6 Rg8+ 42. Kh6 Qg5# {Komodo12}) (28... g5+ 29. Kg4
Qxc2 30. Kg3 Qe4 31. f3 Qf4+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ $11 {should Bl wish to bail out}) 29.
Qe3 $18 Rf8+ (29... Qxc2 30. Rh8 $18) 30. Kg3 Qxc2 31. Rh8 Qf5 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8
33. Rh7 Qf5 34. f3 Kb8 35. Rh8+ (35. Qd4 Qf8 36. Qd6+ Qxd6 37. exd6 $18 {
Komodo12}) 35... Kc7 36. Qd4 Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Qe7 38. Ke3 {there is no need to
shed the a pawn} (38. c5 Bd5 39. Qb4 Kd7 40. Qa5 g5 41. Rg8 {is winning, as Bl
can scarcely move- Komodo12}) (38. Qd6+ Qxd6 39. exd6+ Kxd6 40. Rg8 $18 {Rudy})
38... Qxa3+ 39. Kf4 Qe7 40. c5 a5 (40... Bd5 41. Qb4 Kd7 42. Qb6 Bc6 43. Qa7
Bd5 44. Qb8 Kc6 45. Qd6+ Qxd6 46. exd6 Kd7 47. Ke5 {and Wh will win}) 41. Qd6+
Qxd6 42. exd6+ Kd7 43. Rh7+ Kd8 44. Ke5 a4 (44... Bd5 45. Rh4 Bb3 46. Rh8+ Kd7
47. Rh7+ Kc8 48. Rc7+ Kb8 49. Rg7 Kc8 50. Kf6 Kd8 51. Rxb7 Bd5 52. Ra7 $18) 45.
Kxe6 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Morgans, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 (6... e5 {
Najdorf's original idea quite playable}) 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 (9. Be3)
9... Nbd7 10. f4 (10. Be3 {main}) 10... Qc7 11. g4 g6 {Komodo12} (11... Nb6 {
Komodo12} 12. g5 Ne8 13. f5 Bd7 14. Kh1 Nc4 15. h4 d5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf8+
Bxf8 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qf3 $16 {Havenaar-Ward, East Devon op, Exeter 2009,1/
2-1/2}) 12. f5 (12. Be3) 12... Nb6 (12... Ne5 $11) 13. Bh6 Bd7 (13... Re8) 14.
g5 Nh5 15. f6 (15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qf3 $16 {Komodo12
}) 15... Bd8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 {in a blocked position, a minor pice may often be
better than a R} 17. Nce2 (17. Bf3 Ng3 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. b3 Ne5 20. Qd2 (20. Nce2
Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Nxe4 $15) 20... Rc8 21. Kg2 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Kxg3 Bb6 $17
{Komodo12}) 17... Qc5 $11 (17... e5 $11) 18. h4 (18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Qd3 e5 20. b4
Qxb4 21. Nb3 Bb6+ 22. Kh2 Be3 $15 {Komodo12}) (18. Kh2 Qe5+ 19. Kh1 Qxg5 $15)
18... e5 19. b4 Qxb4 $17 20. Nf3 (20. Nb3 {keeps the Q from c5}) 20... Nc4 21.
Qd3 Bc6 $17 (21... Qc5+ 22. Kh2 Ne3 $19 {Komodo12} 23. Rfc1 Ng4+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+)
22. Rfd1 Bc7 23. Rdb1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 b5 (24... Rd8 25. Rb3 d5 $19 {Komodo12, all
of Bl's pieces are aimed towards the K & Wh's excange up R is stuck on a1}) 25.
Rb3 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qf2 $19 27. a4 (27. Nd2 Qxh4+ 28. Qh3 Qxg5 $19) (27. Kh2 d5 $19
) 27... Qxe2 28. Qxe2 Ng3+ 29. Kh2 Nxe2 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 Nf4 (31... Bxe4)
32. Bf1 Ke8 (32... Bxe4) (32... Ne6) 33. Ra7 Ne6 {Bl has lots of good moves}
34. Bh3 Rd7 35. Ne1 Bb6 36. Ra1 Ra7 37. Rd1 Nd4 {the Bl Ns & Bs form a pretty 
(effective) pattern} 38. Rbb1 Ra2 (38... Bxe4) 39. Bf1 Ne3 40. Rd3 Nxf1+ 41.
Kg1 Ne3 (41... Nd2) 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lewis, David"]
[Black "Howells, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 (4. c3 {main}) 4... Nc6 5. dxc5 (5. Bd3 {
following Nimzovitch}) 5... Bxc5 6. Bd3 f6 (6... Nge7 {main}) 7. O-O (7. Qe2 {
main}) 7... fxe5 8. Ng5 (8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qh5+ Nf7 {Treybal-Foltys, Podebrady
1936 & Wh resigned}) (8. Bb5 {1-3}) 8... e4 (8... Nf6 9. Bxh7 Nxh7 10. Qh5+ Kd7
11. Nf7 Qe8 $19 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qxh8 Qxf7 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. cxd5 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1
Qg1+ {Garcia Medina-Velasco Palmero, Valladolid CC 1980,0-1}) 9. Bb5 (9. Be2
Nf6 10. Bh5+ g6 $19 {Houdini3}) (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxc5 exd3 12.
cxd3 Nge7 $19 {Komodo12}) 9... Nf6 $19 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Bg3 h6 12. Nh3 e3 {
Komodo12} (12... e5 {Komodo12, a little stronger} 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe5 Bg4
15. Bxf6 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rxf6 {and Bl has a terrific K side attack}) 13. Nc3 exf2+
(13... e5 $1 {Komodo12} 14. Na4 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bxe5 Bxh3 16. gxh3 exf2+ $19
) 14... exf2+ 15. Nxf2 Bd6 $19) 14. Nxf2 a6 (14... e5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe5
Ng4 17. Bd4 Qh4 18. h3 Rxf2 19. Bxc5 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Ne3+ 21. Bxe3 Bxh3+ 22. Kh2
Bg4+ 23. Kg2 Qh3+ 24. Kf2 Rf8+ 25. Ke1 Rxf1+ 26. Kd2 Qg2+ 27. Kd3 Bxd1 $19 {
Komodo12}) 15. Bxc6 bxc6 $17 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Nd3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Qe1 Ng4
20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19 21. Ne2 e5 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Nc5 (23. Qc5 Qg6 $19) 23... Kh8 (
23... Qg6) (23... Bf5) 24. Kg1 d4 (24... Qg6 25. Nd3 Qh5) 25. Qc4 Ne3 26. Qf7
Qxc5 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Nf4 exf4 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Denham, Colin"]
[Black "Phillips, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bg5 (4. g3) (4. a3) (4. Nc3) 4... Bb7 5. Nbd2 (
5. e3) (5. Nc3) 5... Be7 6. e3 Ne4 (6... O-O) (6... h6 {main lines}) 7. Bxe7
Qxe7 8. Qc2 $146 (8. Nxe4 Bxe4 {transposes to 170 + games}) (8. Bd3) (8. a3)
8... f5 $11 (8... Nxd2 $11) 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {transposed to several games} d6
$11 {but 0.5-3.5} 11. b4 (11. Rac1 c5 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qg5 14. e4 cxd4 15.
f3 Nc6 16. exf5 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Nb4 {Kuenitz-Henrichsen, Gibraltar Masters 2013,
0-1}) (11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Qg5 13. g3 Nc6 14. a3 Rf6 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Be2 Rh6
17. Qd3 Ne5 $19 {Doddu-Arca, Manavgat Turkey cup 2016,0-1} (17... Nxd4 $19)) (
11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qc3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Bf3 Ng5
17. Bc6 Rf6 18. f4 Nf7 19. Qc3 Rf8 20. b4 $14 {Schmitz-Mootz, Saarland ch,
Schiffweiler 2009, 1/2-1/2}) 11... Nd7 12. a3 Ndf6 13. h3 g5 14. Nh2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 h5 16. f3 h4 (16... g4 $5) 17. b5 Qg7 18. Qa2 (18. a4 a5 $11) 18... Rae8 (
18... a6 $15 {Komodo12}) 19. Rac1 Kh8 (19... e5 $15 {Komodo12}) 20. Qc2 Nh5 $15
(20... e5 $15) 21. Rf2 Ng3 22. Qc3 Nxe2+ (22... e5 $17 {Komodo12}) 23. Rxe2 e5
24. d5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. dxe4 Nf6 (4... c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 {Van
Kemenade-Haigh, Dyfed League 2014,1/2-1/2}) (4... Ne7 5. Nf3 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7.
Bg2 Ng6 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 O-O-O 13. a4 a5
14. Rab1 h5 15. b4 {Van Kemenade-Haigh, Dyfed Open 2013,1-0}) 5. Nf3 b6 6. g3 (
6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 c5 12. O-O Qc7
13. Rfe1 g5 {Van Kemenade-Haigh,S Wales Autumn 2013,1/2-1/2}) (6. e5 {main}) (
6. Nbd2) 6... Bb7 (6... Ba6 7. c4 {main}) 7. e5 (7. Nbd2 {transposes to main})
7... Nfd7 8. Bg2 Nc6 (8... Be7 9. O-O {5 Wh wins, 1 Loss}) 9. O-O Qe7 (9... Bc5
10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. h4 {Gonzalez Perez-Machado,
POR Associations Cup 2017,1-0}) 10. Re1 (10. c3 O-O-O 11. b4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6
13. a4 a5 14. bxa5 Nxa5 15. Ba3 Qf7 16. Bb4 Nb3 17. Ra3 Nbc5 18. a5 {
Genova-Gavriilidi, GRE ch tm 2015,1-0}) 10... O-O-O 11. a4 a5 (11... Kb8) 12.
Nc3 $16 h6 13. Nb5 g5 14. Nfd4 (14. Nxg5 $1 {Komodo12} Ndxe5 (14... hxg5 15.
Bxc6 $18 Nc5 (15... Bxc6 16. Na7+ Kb7 17. Nxc6 Qe8 (17... Kxc6 18. Qe4+ Kc5 19.
Be3#) 18. Qf3 $18) 16. Qf3 Kb8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Be3 $18) 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. h4 (
16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Na7+ Kb7 19. Nxc6 Kxc6 20. Qe4+ Kd7 21. Rd1+ Ke8
22. Qc6+ Rd7 23. Bf4 (23. gxh4 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Rg4 $11) 23... Qd8 24. gxh4 Bd6 25.
Bxd6 cxd6 26. Rxd6 Rg8+ 27. Kf1 Ke7 $11 {Komodo12})) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 Nb8 (16... Qc5 17. Nb5 Bg7 18. f4 Qd5+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Kb7 $11
{Komodo12}) 17. Qe4 (17. Be3 Bg7 18. Qf3 Bxe5 19. Nb5 c5 20. c3 Qb7 21. Qxb7+
Kxb7 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rxe5 Rhg8 $11 {Komodo12}) 17... Qc5 18. c3 Qd5 $11 19.
Bd2 Qxe4+ 20. Rxe4 Na6 21. Re2 Nc5 22. Nc6 (22. b3) (22. f4) 22... Rd7 23. b4
axb4 24. cxb4 Nb3 25. Ra2 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. b5 Bc5 28. Be3 Rd5 29. Bxc5
Rxc5 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 (4... c6 {alternative}) 5. Nb5 Na6 6.
e3 Nh5 (6... O-O) (6... c6) 7. Be5 $146 (7. Bg5 {[%eval 250,0]}) 7... f6 8. Bg3
c6 9. Na3 (9. Nc3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nc7 $15 {Komodo12}) 9... Nxg3 (9... Qb6 10. Rb1
Nxg3 11. hxg3 e5 $17 {Komodo12}) 10. hxg3 Bg4 $15 (10... O-O $15) 11. c3 Nc7
12. Rh4 Bf5 (12... Qd7 $17) 13. Bd3 Qd7 (13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 e5 $15 {Komodo12}
15. Rxh7 e4 16. Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. Qc2 exf3 18. Qxg6+ Ke7 19. Qh7+ Kd6 20. gxf3 Qd7
$15) 14. Qc2 (14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Kf1 $11 {Komodo12}) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O-O (
15... e5 $17 {Komodo12} 16. e4 exd4 17. Qxd4 g5 18. Rh1 g4 19. Nh4 f5 20. e5
Ne6 21. Qe3 O-O $15) 16. O-O-O e5 $15 17. Qc2 e4 18. Nd2 f5 $17 (18... Kb8 $17)
19. Qa4 (19. c4 h5 20. Rhh1 Bf6 21. Kb1 Kb8 $17 {Komodo12}) 19... Kb8 20. Kb1
h5 (20... Ne6) 21. Rc1 Ne6 22. c4 c5 $17 23. Qxd7 {other moves are worse it
seems} Rxd7 24. dxc5 (24. cxd5 {is preferable} Rxd5 25. f3 exf3 26. gxf3 cxd4
27. e4 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Nc5 29. Re7 Bf6 30. Rf7 Bd8 $17 {Komodo12}) 24... Nxc5 $19
25. b3 (25. f3 Nd3 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Rc1 Rc8 $19 {Komodo12-the Wh pieces are
unco-ordinated, with the h4 R offside} 28. Rhh1 d4 29. exd4 Bxd4 30. fxe4 Be3
$19) 25... Nd3 26. Rf1 d4 (26... Bc3 27. Kc2 d4 28. exd4 Bxd4 $19 {Komodo12,
which starts giving up pieces}) 27. Nc2 dxe3 28. Nxe3 Bh6 (28... Bf6 29. Nd5
Bxh4 (29... Bg5 30. Rxe4 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Be7 $19) 30. gxh4 Rc8 $19 {Komodxo12})
29. Nxe4 {Wh's best try (Komodo12)} fxe4 (29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Nc5
$19 {also}) 30. Rxe4 Nc5 $19 31. Re5 Bxe3 32. fxe3 (32. Rxe3 Rd2 33. f4 Rhd8
$19) 32... b6 33. Rg5 (33. Rd5 Re7 34. Rf3 Rhe8) 33... Rd6 34. Rf7 Re8 35. Rg7
(35. Kb2 Rxe3 36. Ka3 {Komodo12}) 35... Rxe3 (35... Rd2 36. Rd5 Rxg2 37. Rd1
Rxg3 $19 {Komodo12}) 36. Kb2 Nd3+ 37. Ka3 Re5 (37... Ne5 38. Kb4 a6 {Komodo12
& Wh is getting near to Zugzwang}) 38. Rxe5 Nxe5 39. Re7 Nc6 40. Rg7 Nd4 41.
Ka4 a6 42. Kb4 Nc2+ (42... Nf5 {Komodo12}) 43. Kc3 Ne3 44. Re7 Nf5 45. Re8+ Kb7
46. g4 hxg4 47. Re4 g3 48. Rg4 Re6 49. Kd2 Kc6 50. Kc3 Kd6 51. Kd2 Ke5 52. b4
Kf6 53. Rf4 Kg5 54. Rf3 Kg4 (54... Re4 55. Rc3 Rf4) 55. Ra3 b5 (55... Nh4 {
Komodo12 wins quickly, but Bl has been swindled by Wh before}) 56. c5 Nh4 57.
Rc3 Rc6 (57... Nxg2 {Komodo12} 58. c6 Nf4 59. c7 Re2+ 60. Kd1 Re8 61. Rc2 (61.
c8=Q+ Rxc8 62. Rxc8 g2 $19) 61... g2 62. Rxg2+ Nxg2 {and Wh can resign}) 58.
Rd3 Nxg2 59. Rd6 Rxd6+ (59... Nf4 60. Rxc6 g2 {is good enough}) 60. cxd6 Nf4
61. Ke3 g5 (61... Ne6) 62. d7 Ne6 63. Ke4 (63. Ke2 Kh3) 63... g2 {Gerry's
first ever win against Iolo} 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Underwood, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. c4 {turning it into a kind of English} (4. Nc3 {
main}) (4. exf5 Bxf5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4) 4... c5 (4... Nf6 {main}) (4... Be7 5.
Nc3 Nf6 {transposes to yet another setup}) 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 (9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nh4 (10. Ng5 {main lines played})) 9... fxe4 {
Cloud Engines} (9... Rb8 10. b4 b6 11. b5 Nd4 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. a4 Nd4 {
Kislov-Anokhine, Zagorovsky mem, Voronezh 1997,1/2-1/2}) (9... Qe8 10. b4 cxb4
11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 e4 15. Ng5 Qg6 16. Nh3 Rae8 17.
Nf4 Qh6 18. Nfd5 Bh3 {Loewe-Bauer, Oberliga Baden, 2016,1/2-1/2}) 10. dxe4 Nd4
11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 (13. cxd5 Qb6 $15 (13... Bd7 $15)) 13...
Bg5 (13... Bf5 $15) 14. f4 (14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 $11 {Komodo12}) 14... Bh6 (
14... Bf6 $11 {Komodo12}) (14... exf4 15. Qxd4 (15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Rxf4 17.
gxf4 Qf6 $17) 15... fxg3 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. hxg3 Kg8 $11 {Komodo12}) 15. fxe5
Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 (16. Bxf1 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 dxe5 18. Qh5 Qe7 (18... Bd7 19. Bd3 h6
20. Qxe5 $18) 19. Re1 e4 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Qe8+ Qf8 22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qxd4 $18 {
Komodo12}) 16... Bxc1 17. Rxc1 dxe5 18. Qe2 (18. c5 $18 {Komodo12- Bl is
underdeveloped}) 18... Qg5 (18... Bd7 $11) 19. Re1 (19. Rf1) 19... Bg4 20. Qe4
$14 (20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 d3 22. Be4 d2 23. Bc2 d1=Q+ (23... Rc8 24. b3 Rf8)
24. Bxd1 Bxd1 $17) 20... Re8 (20... Rd8 21. c5) 21. d6 $18 Kh8 22. Qxd4 Qc1 23.
Qe4 Qd2 (23... Qxb2 24. Qxg4) 24. c5 Bf5 25. Qb4 (25. Qe2) 25... Qc2 26. Bxb7
e4 27. Qc3 Qa4 28. c6 Qb5 29. Qd4 Bh3 30. a4 (30. d7) 30... Qf5 31. d7 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Black "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 (5... g6 {alternative#})
6. Bf4 (6. Be2) 6... O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. f3 (8. O-O-O) 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 (9...
Be6) 10. O-O-O Be6 (10... b5 11. g4 c5 {main}) 11. g4 c5 (11... b5 {main}) (
11... Nd7 {also more frequent}) 12. Qd2 (12. Qe3 Qc7 13. h4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Bg3 Nb6 16. f4 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 b3 21. a3
Rfe8 {Berzinsh-Wall, BL2 Ost 2002,0-1}) 12... Ne8 {too passive} (12... b5 13.
h4 (13. Kb1 b4 {transposes to a number of games}) 13... b4 14. Nd5 {as does
this line}) (12... Qa5 13. Kb1 {2-0} Rfe8 14. h4 b5 15. h5 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Bd7 18. g5 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bf8 21. g6 {Nitin-Henrich, Hofheim
spring op 2018,1-0}) 13. Nd5 (13. Kb1 $16) (13. h4 $16) 13... Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc7
15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. c4 (17. Kb1 $16 {Komodo12}) (17. Bc4 b5 18. Bd5 $16
{Komodo12}) 17... Bf6 $11 18. f4 Bd4 19. f5 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd4 $15 {the B has
too mant pawns on its own colour to get active; the N is strong} 21. g5 Re8 22.
g6 fxg6 (22... hxg6) 23. fxg6 h6 (23... hxg6 $17) 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. Rhf1 Qh4 (
25... Rce7 $15) 26. Bg2 (26. Kb1 Rce7 (26... Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bg2 Re8
29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Rde1 $16) 27. Qd3 b5 $17 {komodo12}) 26... b5 (26... Qg4 27.
Rd2 Qxg6 $19 {Komodo12}) 27. e5 Rce7 (27... dxe5 {New Engine} 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29.
Rf7 Rcc8 $11) 28. Bd5+ (28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qf3 Qg5+ 31. Kd1 Qxg6
32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Bg8+ Kh8 34. Bd5+ $11 {Komodo12}) 28... Kh8 29. Rf7 (29. Qf2
$11) 29... Qxh2 30. Rd2 {New Engine} (30. Qe4 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Rdf1 Re1+
33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kd2 Re8 35. Rd7 Nf5 36. Be6 Nd4 37. Bd5 Nf5 $11 {Komodo12})
30... Qxe5 31. Qxe5 dxe5 $15 (31... Rxe5 32. Rdf2 Re1+ 33. Kd2 R8e2+ 34. Rxe2
Rxe2+ 35. Kd3 Re8 36. Rd7 Nf5 $11) 32. Rdf2 Rxf7 33. gxf7 Rf8 34. cxb5 (34. b4
$1 {Komodo12} cxb4 35. c5 e4 (35... g5 36. c6 Kg7 37. c7 e4 38. Kd2 $16) (35...
g6 36. c6 Nf5 37. c7 Kg7 38. Be6 Ne7 39. Kc2 g5 $11) 36. Bxe4 g5 37. Bd5 Kg7
38. Kd2 b3 39. axb3 b4 40. Ke3 Nb5 41. Bc4 $14) 34... axb5 $17 35. b3 g5 (35...
b4) 36. a4 Kg7 (36... bxa4 37. bxa4 c4 38. Bxc4 Kg7 39. a5 g4 40. a6 Nc6 41.
Kd2 h5 42. Rf5 Kg6 43. Rf1 Kg7 $11 {Komodo12}) (36... c4 37. axb5 Nxb5 38. bxc4
Nc7 39. Kd2 Nxd5 40. cxd5 Kg7 41. Ke3 Rxf7 42. Rd2 Kf6 43. Rh2 Ra7 44. Rxh6+
Kf5 $15 45. d6 {drawn- Lomonosov tablebases}) 37. a5 e4 38. Kd2 c4 (38... b4
39. Ke3 Nb5 40. Kxe4 Nc3+ 41. Ke5 Nxd5 42. Kxd5 g4 43. a6 h5 44. a7 g3 45. Rf3
h4 46. Rf4 g2 47. Rg4+ Kxf7 48. Rf4+ Kg7 49. Rxf8 g1=Q 50. a8=Q $18 {Komodo12})
(38... Nf3+ 39. Ke3 Ne5 40. Kxe4 Ng4 41. Rf1 Nf6+ 42. Ke5 Nxd5 43. Kxd5 c4 44.
bxc4 bxc4 45. Kxc4 g4 46. a6 g3 47. Rg1 Rxf7 48. Rxg3+ Kh7 $11 {Komodo12}) 39.
a6 (39. Ke3 Nxb3 40. a6 Nc1 41. a7 Nd3 42. Rf1 Nf4 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44. Bxa8 Kxf7
45. Rb1 Kf6 46. Bxe4 $18 {Komodo12}) 39... cxb3 40. a7 e3+ (40... b2 41. Rf1
e3+ 42. Kxe3 Nc2+ 43. Ke2 Na3 44. Bc6 Rd8 45. f8=Q+ Rxf8 46. Rxf8 b1=Q 47. a8=Q
$16 {probably winning}) 41. Kxe3 Nc2+ 42. Kd2 (42. Kd2 Na3 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44.
Bxa8 Kf8 45. Kc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 b6 4. d4 (4. c3 Qd7 5. d4 Ba6) 4... Ba6 5. Bxa6 Nxa6
6. O-O Qd7 (6... c5) 7. Qe2 Nb8 8. g4 {unusual; anticipating a N to f5, but it
can go to g6 intead,so an early commitment} (8. c4 {main}) 8... Ne7 9. Bg5 Nbc6
10. c3 h5 $15 11. Nh4 (11. h3) 11... hxg4 12. Qxg4 Nf5 {getting there anyway}
13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Qg2 Be7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 $17 16. f4 O-O-O {its easier for Bl to
attack the K than it is for Wh} 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Kh1 Rh6 (18... Rh4) 19. a4 (19.
Rf2) 19... Rdh8 $19 20. Nf3 Nxf4 21. Qxg7 Nh5 22. Qg2 f4 (22... Rg6 23. Ng5 f6
24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Qd2 Rh5 26. Nf3 Ne4 $19 {Komodo12}) 23. e6 fxe6 24. Ne5 Qh7 (
24... Ng3+ {Komodo12} 25. Kg1 (25. Qxg3 Qh7 26. Rxf4 Rxh2+ 27. Kg1 Rh1+ 28. Kf2
Qc2+ 29. Ke3 R8h3 $19) 25... Qh7 $19) 25. Rf2 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Rg8 (26... Ne4 27.
Ng4 Nxf2 28. Nxh6 Ne4 29. Ng4 Rg8 $19 {Komodo12}) (26... Nf5 27. Ng4 Ne3 28.
Nxe3 fxe3 29. Re2 Rg8 $19 {Komodo12}) 27. hxg3 (27. Qf3 Ne4+ 28. Rg2 Rxg2+ 29.
Qxg2 f3 30. Qxf3 Rxh2 31. a5 Rf2 $19 {Komodo12}) 27... Rxg3 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morgans, Justin"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8.
Be3 (8. O-O) (8. Ne5) 8... Nbd7 (8... e6 {main}) 9. O-O (9. Qd2) 9... e6 10. h3
Be7 (10... c5 {also played}) 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. a3 (13. Rfe1 Nb6 14.
Rd3 Nbd5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. a3 Rad8 {
Macko-Gazik, SVK ch U12, Lubovna 2013,0-1}) 13... Rad8 14. Nd2 (14. Rfe1 Qc6 (
14... c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 $15 {Komodo12}) 15. Qf1 Bxa3 16. d5 exd5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18.
bxa3 c5 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. Nxd5 Qc6 21. c4 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qa6 23. cxb5 Qxa3 24.
Rd3 Qb4 25. Red1 Bc8 26. Bd2 Qe4 27. Bg5 c4 28. Rd4 Qg6 29. Bxd8 cxb3 30. Rxd7
Bxd7 31. Rxd7 b2 32. Rd1 h6 33. b6 $18 {Anziferov-Lomako, Krasnoyarsk 2009,1/
2-1/2}) 14... Qc6 (14... c5 {Komodo12}) 15. f4 (15. Nf3 Bxa3 16. d5 exd5 17.
Nd4 Qc5 18. Ndxb5 Bxb2 (18... Rxe3) 19. Bxc5 Rxe2 20. Nxe2 Nxc5 $15 {Komodo12})
(15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 c5 $15 {Fritz11 SE}) 15... Nb6 (15... Bxa3 {both Engines
}) 16. Nf3 Nfd5 (16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 $15 {Komodo12}) 17. Nxd5 exd5 (17...
Nxd5) 18. Ne5 $11 Qd6 19. Qf2 (19. Qh5 $11 {both Engines}) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 {
opens the long diagonal for the B} (20. Bc1 c5 21. c3 cxd4 22. cxd4 $11 {
Komodo12}) 20... dxc4 $17 21. c3 f6 22. Nf3 Qd5 23. Rde1 Bd6 24. Bd2 Qf5 25.
Nh4 Qd7 (25... Qd3 {both Engines}) 26. f5 Re4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. g4 Bf8 (28...
Re8 {Fritz11 SE}) (28... c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxd2 31. Qf2 Qd3 $17 {
Komodo12}) 29. Bf4 c6 (29... Bb7 {both Engines}) 30. Re1 Bd5 31. Qg3 (31. Ng2
$15 {both Engines}) 31... a5 (31... c5 $17 {both Engines}) 32. Ng2 (32. g5 $5)
32... b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Ne3 $11 Bf7 35. g5 fxg5 36. Bxg5 (36. Qxg5) 36...
Re8 37. f6 (37. Bf6 $11 {both Engines}) 37... Kh8 38. Ng4 (38. fxg7+ Bxg7 39.
Rf1 $11 {Komodo12}) 38... Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qf5 40. fxg7+ Bxg7 41. Qe3 (41. Qf2)
41... Qb1+ 42. Kh2 $2 (42. Qc1 $15 {both Engines}) 42... Qxb2+ $19 43. Kg3 Qxc3
44. Qxc3 bxc3 45. Ne5 Bd5 46. Be3 c5 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Homer, Stephen J"]
[Black "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 (5... g6 {main}) 6. Bc2 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. d3 {main, becoming a Closed Spanish} (9. Na3) (9. d4)
9... Bd7 10. Nbd2 Rfe8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 (12. Ng3 Rad8 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. Qf3 Nh7
15. Nhf5 Be6 16. h4 {Grin-Kucherenko, Kharkov Kaissa CC 2001,1-0}) 12... Bf8
13. Nh2 $14 Rad8 (13... Ne7 14. Nhg4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Be6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Bxe6
fxe6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qh5 Nc6 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Qg6 Rf8 22. Re3 Rf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6
24. Rh3 {Milu-Varlan, ROM ch tm Olanesti 2013,1-0}) 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Nd5 (15.
Nhg4) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (17... Nexd5 18. Bd2 $16 {the K
side has been weakened, but not as much as in the text}) 18. Qxf6 Nxd5 19. Qf5
(19. Qh4) 19... Ne7 20. Qg4+ (20. Qh5) 20... Bg7 21. Bb3 d5 22. Re3 {Bl has to
be very careful in facing this probing of his K side} Qd7 (22... Ng6 $11 {
Komodo12}) (22... f5 23. Qh5 Rf8 $11 {Komodo12}) 23. Ba4 Nc6 (23... Qxg4 24.
Nxg4 Nc6 25. Rae1 $14 {Komodo12}) 24. Qh5 f5 (24... Qe6 25. Rg3 Kf8 26. Re1 $14
{Komodo112}) 25. Rg3 $16 Qf7 (25... Kf8) 26. Qxh6 Re6 $2 27. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Black "Harris, Calum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 (7. f3)
7... Ng4 (7... O-O) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Nb3 (10. Nxc6 {also played}) 10...
Be6 11. Bb5 $146 (11. Be2) (11. f3) (11. f4) (11. O-O-O) (11. h3) 11... O-O 12.
O-O Nce5 (12... Rc8) 13. f3 Nf6 14. Bg3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rfe1 $11 Nh5 17.
Bf2 g5 18. Bd4 f6 {Bl is creating too many holes around his K} (18... Be5 19.
Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 $11) 19. Nd5 (19. Be3) 19... Qd7 20. Rad1 $16 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Nf4 22. Be3 $18 {e6 beckons for Wh} Ng6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. f4 (24. Ne6 Rfc8
25. Bd4 $18 {Komodo12}) 24... gxf4 (24... Nc4 25. Qc1 f5 {gives Bl a little
more space} 26. Bf2 gxf4 27. Qxf4 $18 {the Bl K side is too open}) 25. Bxf4 Kf7
(25... Qg4 26. Qf2 h5 27. Ne6 Rfc8 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. c3 $18) 26. Ne6 {if I can
put a N on e6 I can go to sleep for the rest of the game- Tarrasch} Rh8 27.
Bxe5 dxe5 28. Qf2 Qd6 29. Qf5 (29. c4) 29... h5 30. Kh1 Rag8 31. Ng5+ Ke8 (
31... Kf8 32. Qc8+ Qd8 33. Qxd8#) 32. Qg6+ Kd7 33. Nf7 Qb4 34. Nxh8 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 (9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bb5) 9... Qxd7 10. Be3 (10. Bb5 {alternative
}) 10... Bg7 11. Rd1 Qc8 (11... Qg4 12. Rd4 {main} (12. Qb5)) (11... Qc7 12.
Be2 (12. g3)) 12. Bb5 (12. Be2 {main} O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Qh4 (14. Qb3)) 12...
O-O 13. Bxc6 (13. O-O {also played}) 13... bxc6 (13... Qxc6 {Cloud Engines})
14. O-O Qb7 15. Qb3 (15. b3 {Cloud Engines} Nd5 (15... a5 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Nxd5
cxd5 18. c4 d4 19. Bxd4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Qe4 21. c5 $11 {Mohr-Huang, Ist Longtou
Cup 2018,1/2-1/2}) 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. c4 {pm analysis} Rfd8 $11) 15... Qa6 16.
Bc5 (16. Na4 {considered by Wh & expected by Bl}) 16... Rab8 (16... Rfb8 17.
Qa4 Qb7 18. Ba3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qe2 Rc7 $11 {
Panesso Rivera-Lozano , COL ch , Medellin 2014, 1/2-1/2}) 17. Qa3 (17. Qa4 {
considered} Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Rb7 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. c4 $14 {Jones , G=Godoj, EU ch
Dresden 2007,1/2-1/2}) 17... Qxa3 18. Bxa3 Nd5 (18... Rfc8 $11 {Komodo12}) 19.
Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 (20. c3 $14 {Komodo12}) 20... Bxb2 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 (21... Rfc8
$11 {Komodo12}) 22. Rd7 (22. Bc5 Re2 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Rd7 Rxc2 $11 {Komodo12}
25. Rb1 Be5 26. g3 Rxa2 27. Rbb7 Rf8 28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Be3 Rf8 30. Kg2 $14 {
Komodo12}) 22... a5 (22... Rbc8 23. Rxa7 Rxc2 24. a4 Bd4 $11) 23. Rfd1 (23. c4
Rbc8 24. c5 Ba3 25. g3 Bxc5 $11 {Komodo12}) 23... Kg7 24. g3 (24. c4) 24...
Rbc8 25. Ra7 (25. R1d2 Bc3 26. R2d5 Bb4 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Rd4 Rxc2 29. Rxb4
Rxa2 30. Rbb7 Rf8 $11) 25... Ra8 (25... Rxc2 26. Rdd7 {which both players
thought losing for Bl, Komodo12 thinks can be held} Kg8 (26... Be5 27. a4 (27.
Bg5 Rxa2 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Be3 h5 30. Rfd7 Kh8 31. Ra6 Rg8 32. Rd5 Bc3 33. Rc5
Ba1 34. Rcxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Bg7 36. Ra6 Kh7 $16 {But looks like no
breakthrough with pawns on one side}) 27... Rc4 28. Rxa5 Rc7 29. Rxe5 Rxd7 30.
Bf6+ Kxf6 31. Rxe8 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Ra1 33. Ra8 Ke5 {game continuation}) 27. a4 Bc3
28. Bc5 Be1 29. Be3 Rf8 30. Kf1 Bb4 31. Bh6 Re8 $2 (31... Bc5 32. Bxf8 Bxa7 33.
Rxa7 Kxf8 34. Rxa5 {returns to the game}) 32. Rxf7 Bc3 33. Bg7 {though,
Komodo12 is a losing line, so Bl must go with the B on e5 to keep the K
protected, or stay so that Rf8 can be played}) 26. Rdd7 (26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. c4 {
retains better winning chances} Rc8 28. c5 Ba3 29. Kg2 f6 (29... Bb4 30. Rd3 f6
31. a3 Kf7 32. Bd6 (32. axb4 Kxe7 33. bxa5 Rxc5 34. Ra3 Rc7 $14 {now the Wh R
is behind the pawn}) 32... Bxc5 33. Rc3 Bxd6 34. Rxc8 Bxa3 35. Ra8 Bb4 36. Ra7+
Ke6 (36... Kg8 $18 {the Wh K marches in}) 37. Rxh7 $16 {this can be won
because after the R takes on the a pawn Wh has an extra pawn on the K side.})
30. Rd3 Kf7 31. Rxa3 Kxe7 32. Rxa5 $16) 26... Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Bd4 28. Rd7 Bf6 29.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rd6+ (30. Rc7 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1) 30... Ke7 (30... Re6 31. Rxe6+
Kxe6 32. Kf1 Kd5 33. Ke2 Kc4 34. Kd2 {Komodo12 considers only slight advantage
at first, but it leads to zugzwang}) 31. Ra6 Rc8 32. Rxa5 Rxc2 33. a4 Ra2 34.
Re5+ Kd6 35. Re4 f5 36. Rf4 (36. Rb4 Kc5 37. Rh4 h5 38. Kg2) (36. Rh4 h5 (36...
Ra1+ 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rb4 g5 39. h4 g4 40. Rb5 Ke6 41. a5 Kf6 {holds}) 37. Kg2
Ke5 38. Rb4 g5 39. h4 g4 40. Kf1 {the Wh K is stuck}) 36... Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ke5
38. h4 (38. Rh4 Ra3 39. Rxh7 Rxa4 $11) 38... h6 39. Rb4 g5 40. h5 (40. Rb5+ Kf6
(40... Ke4 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. f3+ Kd3 43. Rxf5 Rxa4 44. Rxg5 $18) 41. f3 (41.
Rb6+ Kg7 42. Ra6 gxh4 43. gxh4 Ra3 44. f3 f4 45. h5 Kh7 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. a5 Kf8
48. a6 Kg8 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. a7 Kh7 51. Kh3 Rxf3+ 52. Kg4 Ra3 53. Kxf4)) 40...
g4 41. Rb6 (41. Rb5+ Kf6 42. Ra5 (42. a5 Kg5 43. Rc5 Kf6 $11) 42... Kg5 $11)
41... Rxa4 42. Rxh6 f4 43. gxf4+ Kxf4 44. Rb6 (44. Rh8 Kg5 45. h6 Ra3 46. h7
Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kxh7 48. Rxg4 $11) 44... Ra3 45. h6 Rh3 46. Ra6 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Phillips, William"]
[Black "Lewis, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 {main} (5... g6 {
Phillips-Musson, rd1, 1/2-1/2}) 6. Nbd2 e6 (6... e5 {also played}) 7. O-O Bd6
8. h3 Bh5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 (10. e4) (10. Qa4 {also played}) 10... Bd6 (10...
Bb6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. b5 Na5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rfd1 e5 15. e4 {Moen-Dougherty,
Smith & Williamson YM Witley 2000,1-0}) 11. Bb2 (11. a3 O-O 12. Be2 Rc8 13. c4
a5 14. b5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ra2 Bg6 {Szuhanek-Rihterovic, Kragujevac 1995,
0-1}) 11... O-O 12. Re1 (12. a3 a5 (12... Rc8 13. c4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rb1
dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bb8 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Kg2 Qf6 20. Ncd2 Rfd8 21. Qe2
Rd5 $11 {Muse-Golizadeh, Champions Challenge blitz, playchess.com, 2007,1-0} (
21... Rc2 $1 $19 {Komodo12})) (12... Ne5 $15 {Cloud Engines}) 13. Be2 Rc8 14.
Rc1 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 {Yuferov-Annakov, Moscow IM2 1996,0-1}) 12... Rc8 (12...
Ne5 $15) 13. Qb1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. c4 Bxb2 (15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxb2 17.
Nxb2 Bg6 $15 {Komodo12}) 16. Qxb2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. a3 Rfd8
20. Be2 e5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 h6 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Denham, Colin"]
[Black "Van Veelen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 e6 6. a3 (6. Bd3) 6... Bd6 7.
Bxd6 (7. Ne5 {also} Qc7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 (9... Nfd7) 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11.
O-O Bxf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Qd6 14. Re5 g6 {McMahon-Ralphs,4NCL 2016,0-1})
7... Qxd6 8. Ne5 (8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. O-O O-O
13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Ne5 Nd7 {Hanscombe-Bridges, Tom Weston Major open, Cardiff
2009,1/2-1/2}) 8... Nbd7 (8... O-O 9. Bd3 {2-0}) 9. f4 h5 $146 (9... Ne4 10.
Nxe4 (10. Bd3 Ndf6 11. O-O h6 12. g4 Bh7 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qh5 g6
16. Nxe4 Qxe5 17. dxe5 gxh5 18. Nd6+ $16 {Pinczes-Kantor, HUN ch tm 2016, 0-1!}
) 10... Bxe4 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 f6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Rdf8 {
Geidarly-Zavialova, Nizhnij Novgorod Dubinin mem 2010,0-1}) 10. h3 (10. Bd3)
10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nf3 (12. Bd3) 12... Nb6 13. b3 c5 14. c3 (14. Bb5+
Kf8 15. O-O $11 {Komodo12}) 14... Rc8 $15 15. Ra2 cxd4 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. cxd4
Rc3 $17 18. Kf2 Rhc8 19. Ra1 Nd7 (19... Rc2+ 20. Kg1 Qc7 $19 {Komodo12}) 20.
Bxd7 Qxd7 (20... Rc2+ 21. Kg1 Qxd7 $19) 21. Re1 Qb5 22. b4 Rd3 23. Nd2 (23. Qe2
Qa4 24. Rec1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxa3 26. Kg3 Ra2 27. Qe1 Rc2 $17 {Komodo12}) 23...
Rcc3 (23... Rxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Rc2 $19) 24. Rc1 Rxa3 (24... Bg6 $17) 25. Rc7+ Kd8 (
25... Kd6 26. Qc1 Ra2 $17) 26. Qc1 $11 Rxd2+ 27. Qxd2 Qa6 28. Rec1 (28. b5 Qa4
29. Qc1 Ra2+ 30. Re2 $14 {Komodo12}) 28... Ra2 29. R7c2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31.
Qxc2 Qc4 $15 32. Qh7 Qxb4 33. Qxg7 Qd2+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qg6 (
36... Ke7 37. Qg5+ Kd7 38. Qg8 Qg6 39. Qa8 $11) 37. Qf8+ $11 Kd7 38. Qc5 (38.
Qb8 {and Bl might be best taking the perpetual}) 38... h4 $17 39. Qb5+ Ke7 40.
Qxb7+ Kf6 41. Qxa7 (41. Qb8) 41... Qg3+ $19 42. Ke2 Qxg2+ 43. Kd3 Qxh3 44. Qb8
Qf5+ 45. Kd2 Kg7 (45... h3) 46. Qb5 h3 47. Qf1 Qg4 48. Ke1 Qg3+ 49. Qf2 Qxf2+
50. Kxf2 Kg6 51. Kg3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burrows, Mike"]
[Black "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. O-O
Nd7 (8... Rb8) (8... Bg4) (8... Bf5) 9. Rd1 e5 (9... Rb8 10. e4 (10. b3 Nb4 11.
Qd2 c5 12. d5 a5 13. Bb2 Na6 14. Nb5 Nf6 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Bc3 b6 17. Na3 Nc7 18.
Nc2 h6 19. Bxf6 exf6 20. e4 Kh7 21. Re1 Qc8 22. Ne3 b5 {Honsch-Nagy, Zalakaros
op 1996,0-1}) 10... Na5 11. Bf1 Nc6 12. Be3 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Ne1 f5 {
Roy-Lawson, Paisley op 1995,0-1}) 10. a3 (10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6
Re8 13. c5 Nd4 14. Qc1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. cxd6 Nf5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 Bxd6 19.
Kh1 Qe7 20. e4 Nd4 21. Be3 c5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Be5 24. Nd5 $14 {
Hayrapetyan-Grigoryan, ARM ch, Yerevan 2013,1/2-1/2}) 10... exd4 $17 11. Nd5
Nc5 12. b4 Bf5 13. Qa2 Na4 (13... Ne6) 14. Bg5 f6 (14... Qb8 15. Nf6+ $11) 15.
Bd2 $11 Be4 (15... Be6 16. Qc2 Nc3 17. Nxc3 dxc3 18. Qe4 Ne5 19. Bxc3 Rb8 $11)
16. Rac1 (16. Qb3 Nc3 17. Nxc3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe7 19. c5+ Kh8 20. cxd6 cxd6 21.
a4 $14 {Komodo12}) 16... Kh8 17. b5 (17. Qb3 Nc3 (17... Nb6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19.
b5 $16) 18. Nxc3 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Qe7 $11 {Komodo121}) 17... Bxf3 18. exf3 (18.
Bxf3 Ne5 19. Bg2 c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Nb4 Qe8 $11 {Komodo12}) 18... Ne5 19. f4
(19. Ba5 b6 20. Be1 f5 21. f4 Nd7 22. Nb4 $11 {Komodo12}) 19... Nd3 20. Rb1
Nac5 (20... axb5 21. cxb5 f5 $15 {Komodo121}) 21. b6 c6 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Bb4 $14
(23. Bf1 $16) 23... f5 24. Bf1 (24. Qc2 Nxb4 25. axb4 Nd7 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4
fxe4 27. Qxe4 $14) 26. Ne6 Qe7 27. Nxf8 Qxf8 28. Re1 $14 {Komodo12}) 24... Nxb4
25. axb4 Ne4 26. Ne6 Qf6 27. Nxf8 Qxf8 $17 28. Rbc1 Nc3 29. Qa5 Nxd1 30. Rxd1
Qe8 $17 (30... Re8) 31. b5 axb5 32. Re1 Qd8 (32... Qf7 33. cxb5 c5 $19 {
Komodo12}) 33. cxb5 Ra8 (33... c5 $19) 34. Qb4 c5 35. Qc4 $11 Qxb6 36. Re7 (36.
Qf7) 36... Qd8 37. Rxb7 $14 d3 38. Bxd3 $16 Bd4 39. Qf7 Qg8 40. Qc7 (40. Qxg8+
Rxg8 41. Rd7 c4 (41... d5 42. Rxd5 $18) 42. Bxc4 Rc8 43. Bb3 Rc3 44. Rxd6 Rxb3
45. Rxd4 Rxb5 46. Rd7 $16 {but drawn with all the pawns on one side}) (40. b6
d5 41. Rd7 Qxf7 42. Rxf7 Rb8 43. b7 c4 44. Rc7 Ba7 45. Be2 c3 46. Bd3 d4 47.
Kf1 $18 {Komodo12}) 40... d5 $11 41. Qb6 (41. Qd6) 41... Qd8 42. Qe6 c4 43.
Bxc4 {not neccessary, but Ok if followed with computer precision} (43. Rd7 $1
Qg8 44. Qxd5 Qxd5 45. Rxd5 cxd3 46. Rxd4 Rb8 {much simpler} (46... Ra3 47. Kf1
Rb3 48. Rd5 Kg7 49. Ke1 Rb2 50. Rxd3 Rxb5 {Komodo12}) 47. Rd5 d2 (47... Kg7 48.
Kf1 Kf6 49. Ke1 Ke6 50. Re5+ Kd6 51. Kd2 {improves Bl's K position, but lets
Wh's K loose ( though this might still hold as the Bl R can get behind the
advanced pawnpawn)} Ra8 52. Kxd3 Ra3+ 53. Kd2 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Ke2 Ra2+
56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Rb3) 48. Rxd2 Rxb5 49. Rd7 Rb2 {Bl should be able to draw,
as a timely h6 will stop any Wh K entry on the K side & the R will cut off its
route via the Q side}) 43... dxc4 44. Qxc4 (44. Rd7 Qf6 45. Qd5 Bxf2+ (45...
Bb2 46. Qxa8+ Qf8 47. Qxf8#) 46. Kg2 (46. Kxf2 Qb2+ 47. Qd2 c3 48. Qe2 Ra2 49.
Re7 Qb1 $19) 46... Re8 47. Kxf2 Qb2+ 48. Kf1 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 $11 {Bl needs to
take a perpetual to safeguard his K}) 44... Rc8 (44... Ra7 $17 {Komodo12}) 45.
Qf7 Qg8 46. Qe7 Bxf2+ $1 47. Kxf2 (47. Kg2 Bd4 $17) 47... Qa2+ 48. Ke3 Rc3+ (
48... Qb3+ 49. Kd4 Rc4+) 49. Kd4 Qc4+ 50. Ke5 Re3+ 51. Kf6 Qd4+ (51... Qc3+)
52. Qe5 Qd8+ 53. Kf7+ (53. Ke6+) 53... Rxe5 54. fxe5 Qd5+ 55. e6 Qxb7+ 56. e7
Qd5+ 57. Kf8 (57. Kf6 Qxb5) 57... Qg8# 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Howells, Chris"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 (4. cxd5) 4... Nfd7 (4... d4) (4... Ne4) 5.
d4 (5. cxd5 Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. d5) 5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 (6... Nb6)
7. f4 (7. Nf3 {main}) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc5 (8... Nc6) 9. Qe4 Bxg1 (9... Nc6
10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Rf1 Ne7 12. Bd2 Qc6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4
Nd5 {Purdy-Greenfield, AUS ch 1932,0-1}) 10. Rxg1 Qh4+ 11. g3 {forces Bl to
take the pawn immediately} (11. Kf1 a6 (11... Nb6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh1 O-O 14.
Kg1 Qe1+ 15. Bf1 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 $14 {Komodo12}) 12. Be3 $16 Qxh2 13. Qf3 Qh4 14.
Ne4 Nc6 15. Nd6+ $18 {Karolyfalvi-Nemeth, Goed op 2004,1-0}) 11... Qxh2 12. Rg2
(12. Ne2 $16 {Komodo12}) 12... Qh5 (12... Qh1+ 13. Kf2 Nc5 14. Qe3 b6 15. b4
Bb7 16. Bf1 Ncd7 17. Bb2 O-O 18. Ne4 $11 {Komodo12}) 13. Nb5 (13. Be3 $16 {
Komodo12}) 13... O-O (13... Na6 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Bxa6 $18) 14. Nc7 Nc5 (14...
Nb6 15. Bf1 (15. Be2 Qh1+ 16. Bf1 Bd7) 15... Bd7 16. Qe2 Qg6 17. Nxa8 Nxa8 18.
Qc2 $14 {Komodo12}) 15. Qe2 Qh3 16. Be3 $18 Ne4 17. Bf2 $2 (17. O-O-O $18 b5
18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Rh2 Qf5 20. g4 Qg6 21. Nxa8 Bxa8 22. Bc2 $18) 17... Qxg2 $19
18. Bd3 (18. Nxa8 b5 19. Bxb5 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Qh1+ 21. Bf1 Qxa8 $19) 18... Qxf2+
(18... Nxg3 19. Qe3 Qh1+ 20. Bg1 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Nxa8 Na6 23. O-O-O Be6
$19 {Komodo12}) 19. Qxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Bd7 21. Nxa8 Nc6 (21... Rc8 $19) 22. Nc7
a6 (22... Rc8 23. Nb5 Nb4 24. Be2 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rc2+ 26. Kf3 Rxb2 $17 {Komodo12
}) 23. Rd1 $11 Nb8 24. Na8 Bc6 25. Nb6 h6 (25... g6) 26. Nc4 Bd5 27. b3 (27. a3
) 27... Nd7 28. Ne3 Bc6 29. Rc1 Ra8 (29... f6 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. Nc4 Ng4+ $15) (
29... Rd8 30. Bxa6 Ra8 31. Be2 Rxa2 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. dxc3 (4. bxc3) 4... Nf6 (4... d6) (4... Nc6)
5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 (6... d6) 7. O-O c6 $146 (7... d6) (7... h6) (7... e4 8.
Nd4 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. f4 exf3 11. exf3 Ne5 12. b3 a6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rae1 {
Heap-Pulkkinen, EU cup, Skopje 2015,1/2-1/2}) 8. Qc2 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6
10. Nd2 $16 {Komodo12}) 8... d5 $11 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rd1 Nc6 (10... h6 {
Komodo12} 11. e4 $11 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 Bf5 13. Nxf7 Qf6 14. Nxh6+ gxh6 15. Qb3 Nc6
16. Rxd5 $14 {Engine tactics}) 11. Bg5 e4 12. Nd4 h6 13. Bf4 Ne5 $11 14. Bxe5
Rxe5 15. c4 Qe7 (15... Bd7) 16. cxd5 (16. c5 $14) 16... Nxd5 (16... Rxd5 $11)
17. Rac1 $14 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. a3 (19. Qc5) 19... Nb6 (19... Rd8 20. Qc5 Qxc5
21. Rxc5 b6 22. Rc4 $14 {Komodo12}) 20. Qc7 Re8 21. Qxe7 (21. g4 Bg6 22. e3 $14
{Komodo12}) 21... R8xe7 22. g4 (22. Rd2) 22... Bg6 23. e3 h5 24. gxh5 (24. Kh2)
24... Bxh5 25. Rd2 Rg5 26. Kh2 f6 27. Rdc2 Nd5 28. Rc8+ {(draw?) gave Gerry
first place & Adam second} (28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. h4 Rge5 30. Bh3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nd7 5. Nxd5 {main} (5. f4) 5... Ndb8 6. Ne3
Qxd4 7. Qxd4 Nxd4 8. Bd2 (8. c3 {main} Ne6 9. g3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. f4 Bxg2
12. Nxg2 Nc5 13. Ke2) 8... Nbc6 9. Bc3 (9. O-O-O) 9... Be6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11.
f4 $146 (11. Ne2 Nb5 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. f4 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 g5 $15 15. fxg5 Nxe5
16. Ne4 (16. Be2 c6 17. Ne4 h6 18. h4 hxg5 19. Rd1+ Kc7 20. hxg5 Bg7 21. Ng3
Ng6 22. Bg4 Be5 (22... Bxg4 23. Nxg4 Rh4 $17) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ne4 $11 {
Bosch-Porrasmaa, Liechtenstein op, Schaan 1998, 1-0}) 16... h6 17. Kb1 c6 18.
Nc5 Bc8 19. Nc4 Ng4 20. gxh6 (20. g6 $11) 20... Rxh6 {Landenberque-Minasian,
New York op 1993,0-1}) 11... g6 (11... g5 {is more vigourous}) 12. h4 (12. Ne2
Nf5 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nd4 Be4 16. Rg1 $11 {Komodo12}) 12... Bh6
(12... f6 $15) 13. g3 $11 Nf5 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 (15... gxf5 $5) 16.
Nh3 (16. Nf3 Be4) 16... Bxh3 17. Bxh3+ $14 e6 18. Bg4 (18. Rd1) 18... Bg7 (
18... Bf8) 19. h5 $16 Rg8 (19... Bf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh7 Rd7 22. Rh8 Rd8 23.
Rh7 Rd7 {though Wh retains an advantage, so could play on}) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Rh7 Ne7 (21... g5 $5 {Komodo12} 22. Bh5 Nd8 23. fxg5 Bf8 24. Bd2 Be7 25. g6
fxg6 26. Bg4 Bc5 27. Bg5 Bf2 28. Bxd8 Kxd8 29. Bxe6 Re8 30. Rd7+ Kc8 31. Bg4
Kb8 32. Rf7 $16 Be3+ (32... Bxg3 33. Bd7 Rh8 34. e6 $18) 33. Kd1 c6 34. e6 Bd4
35. c3 Be5 36. Kc2 Bxg3 37. Kd3 $16 {Komodo12}) 22. Bf3 Nf5 23. g4 Ne7 24. Kd2
c6 25. Ke2 Kd8 26. Be4 Ke8 27. Bd4 b6 28. b4 (28. c4 c5 29. Bc3 Rh8 30. Rxh8+
Bxh8 31. a3 Kd7 32. b4 Nc6 33. Ke3 $16 {Komodo12}) 28... Nd5 29. Bxd5 (29. c4 {
Fritz11 SE & Komodo12} Nxb4 (29... Nxf4+ 30. Ke3 g5 31. Bxc6+ Ke7 32. b5 {and
Wh has a mobile Q side majority}) 30. a3 c5 31. Bf2 Na6 32. Bh4 Nb8 33. Bg5 Kd7
34. Kd3 a6 35. Kc3 $16 {Bl is starting to run out of moves}) 29... cxd5 30. Kd3
Rh8 31. Rxh8+ Bxh8 32. c4 dxc4+ 33. Kxc4 Kd7 34. Kb5 Kc7 35. Ka6 Kb8 36. a4 Bg7
37. a5 Bf8 38. axb6 axb6 39. Kb5 Kb7 40. Be3 Be7 41. Bf2 Bd8 42. Kc4 Kc6 43.
b5+ Kc7 44. Kd4 Kd7 45. Ke4 Ke8 46. f5 Kf8 (46... exf5+ 47. gxf5 gxf5+ 48. Kxf5
Kd7 $14) 47. f6 Kg8 48. Kf4 Kh7 49. Be1 Kh6 50. Bd2 g5+ 51. Ke4 Kg6 52. Bb4 Kh6
53. Be7 Bc7 54. Kd4 Kg6 55. Bf8 Kh7 56. Ke4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Underwood, Jon"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 (4... Qe7) (4... Be7) (4... Bxd2+) 5.
Bg2 d5 (5... O-O) 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qd5 {main}) 8. e3 (
8. O-O {main}) 8... O-O (8... Nxd2 9. Nbxd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 Nb4 12.
Qb1 c6 13. a3 Na6 14. e4 Bf6 15. Rfe1 g6 16. h4 Bg7 17. e5 Nc7 {
Carbone-Rodriguez Lazo,Montevideo Los Trebejos op 2017,1/2-1/2}) 9. O-O Bxd2
$146 (9... Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Be7 (12... Re8 13. f4 Qf6
14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Qf2 f6 16. a3 Bf8 17. h3 Rad8 18. Kh1 e5 {melville-Maser, San
Francisco TMN Winter op 2017.0-1}) 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Ne4 Be7 16.
Rfd1 Rd8 17. h4 Be8 {Andruet-Nykopp, Gausdal Int 1982, 1/2-1/2}) (9... Be7 {
Cloud Engines} 10. Nc3 f5 11. Qb3 a4 (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. Qc2 Bd7 {
Piscicelli-Slipak, Mar del Plata op 1991.1/2-1/2}) 12. Nxa4 g5 13. Be1 g4 14.
Nh4 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Na5 16. Bxa5 Rxa5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nc5 Rf6 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20.
Bxe4 {Grigoryan-Alonso Rosell, Barcelona GM 2017,1-0}) (9... f5 10. a3 Be7 11.
Nc3 Bf6 12. Rac1 Ne7 13. Rfd1 c6 14. c5 Qc7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2
Ng6 18. Ne1 e5 {Jensen-Oe, DAN ch corr 1992,1/2-1/2}) 10. Nbxd2 Nb4 11. Qb1
Nxd2 12. Nxd2 c6 (12... Qd6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc2 $16 {Komodo12}) 13. a3 Na6 14.
Qc2 $16 {both the Bl N & B are restricted in their activity} Nc7 15. b4 Qe7 (
15... axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Qe7 18. Qb2 f6 $14 {Bl is looking to open
the centre} 19. b5 cxb5 20. cxb5 Bd7 21. b6 Nb5 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Nc5
Bc6 25. Bf1 Nd6 26. Bd3 g6 27. h4 e5 $14 {Komodo12}) 16. Qb2 (16. b5 cxb5 17.
cxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nb6 19. e5 Rd8 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Nf3 h6 $11 {Komodo12}) 16... b5
(16... axb4 17. axb4 Bd7 18. f4 f6 19. e4 Rfd8 $14 {Komodo12}) 17. c5 (17. cxb5
axb4 18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nxb5 21. Nb3 $16 {Komodo12- Bl still
has problems with his QB}) 17... Bd7 18. Nb3 a4 {closing the Q side- but it
means that Wh can now switch to the K side} (18... axb4 19. axb4 f6 20. f4 Ra4
21. Na5 e5 22. fxe5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 fxe5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. dxe5 Qf5 $11 {
Komodo12- Bl has got some play for the half pawn down}) 19. Nc1 (19. Na5 {
Komodo12- but the N looks a little offside}) 19... f6 20. Nd3 Rae8 (20... Be8 {
and the B has some prospects} 21. f3 Bg6 22. e4 Rae8 $14 {Komodo12}) 21. Rae1 {
meanwhile Wh is engaged in a leisurely buildup, needing to take no risks} Qf7
22. f4 Qg6 {the B is needed here, not the Q on her own facing a hostile advance
} 23. Qe2 Qh6 24. h4 Qg6 25. Kh2 Re7 26. Rh1 Be8 27. g4 (27. e4 dxe4 28. Bxe4
Qf7 29. Rhf1 $16 {Komodo12}) 27... Kh8 28. Ref1 (28. Bf3) 28... Bd7 29. h5 (29.
g5 Rg8 30. Bh3 Qe8 31. Rhg1 $16 {Komodo12}) 29... Qe8 30. Kg1 Qc8 31. Bf3 Na6
32. Rf2 (32. h6 g6 33. g5 $18 {Komodo12} f5 34. Ne5 Be8 {and Engines'
judgements are not always to be trusted either- the position is completely
blockedare no}) 32... Nb8 33. g5 Be8 (33... e5 {Komodo12-probably had to be
played, just to get some space for the Bl pieces} 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. dxe5 Rg7+
36. Rg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qd8 38. exf6 Qxf6 39. Qb2 Qxb2+ 40. Nxb2 Bf5 41. Kf2 Nd7
$16 {but Wh still has to win it}) 34. h6 fxg5 (34... Bg6 35. hxg7+ Rxg7 36.
gxf6 Rxf6 37. Rg2 Nd7 38. Nf2 $16 {Komodo12}) 35. fxg5 Nd7 (35... Bg6 36. Ne5
Bf5 37. e4 dxe4 38. Bxe4 Qd8 39. Qe3 Bxe4 40. Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qxe4 Qf5 42. Qxf5
exf5 43. hxg7+ Kxg7 (43... Rxg7 44. Kf2) 44. Kf2 {and the Wh K gets to f4}) 36.
Bg4 Bg6 (36... Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Bg6 38. Nf4 Bf5 39. Bxf5 exf5 40. hxg7+ Rxg7 41.
Kf1 $18 {Komodo12} Rxg5 42. Rxh7+) 37. Nf4 $18 Bf5 38. g6 {not the best} (38.
hxg7+ Rxg7 39. Bxf5 Rxf5 (39... exf5 40. Ne6) 40. Nxe6 $18 {Komodo12}) (38.
Bxf5 Rxf5 39. hxg7+ Kxg7 40. Nxe6+ $18) 38... Bxg4 (38... Bxg6 39. hxg7+ (39.
Nxe6 Rxf2 40. Qxf2 gxh6 41. Qh4 Qe8 42. Nf4 Rxe3 43. Kf2 Nf8 $11) (39. Nxg6+
hxg6 40. hxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rxf8 Qxf8 42. Qh2 Nf6 43. Qe5 Qf7 44. Be2 Re8 45. Rh2
Rf8 46. Bd3 Rg8 47. Rg2 Kf8 48. Qd6+ Qe7 49. Qxc6 $18 {Komodo12- but it takes
quite a bit of careful play}) 39... Rxg7 40. Nxe6 Rxf2 41. Qxf2 Rf7 42. Nf4 Qg8
43. Kh2 $14) 39. Qxg4 Nf6 40. Qg5 $18 gxh6 (40... e5 41. dxe5 Qg4+ 42. Rg2 Qxg5
43. hxg7+ Rxg7 44. Rxg5 Ne4 45. Rgh5 Re8 46. Rxh7+ Rxh7 47. Rxh7+ Kg8 48. Rc7
$18) 41. Rxh6 Qb8 42. gxh7 (42. Nxe6 $1 {Komodo12- mating} Kg8 (42... Rxe6 43.
g7+ Kg8 44. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 45. Rhxf6+ Rxf6 46. Qxf6+ Ke8 47. Qf8+ Kd7 48. Rf7+
Ke6 49. Qe7#) 43. gxh7+ Kh8 44. Rhxf6 Rfe8 45. Rg2 {mating soon}) 42... Rg7 43.
Ng6+ Rxg6 44. Qxg6 Ne4 45. Rg2 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Homer, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 (4... O-O) 5. Bg5 (5. e4) (5. a3) 5...
h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. f3 c5 8. a3 (8. e3) 8... cxd4 (8... Bxc3+) (8... Ba5) 9. axb4
dxc3 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3 d5 (10... Nc6 11. e3 Qe7 12. Ne2 e5 13. e4 d6 14. Ng3
g6 15. Be2 Bc8 16. Nf1 O-O 17. Ne3 Be6 18. O-O $16 {Asefi-Pitlano, Turin ol
2006,0-1}) 11. cxd5 g5 12. Bf2 Nxd5 13. e4 $18 {Lorenz-Besch, Pinneburg ch,
2006,1-0}) 10... Qe7 (10... d5) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. e4 Ke7 $11 14.
Ne2 Rc8 15. Nd4 (15. Nc3) 15... Nc6 16. Nxc6+ Bxc6 17. Bd3 a5 18. b5 Bb7 19.
Kf2 $11 {but Wh has a lot of pawns obstructing his B, with c4 weak} Kd6 20. Ke3
Kc5 21. Rhc1 (21. Rhd1 {Fritz11 SE & Komodo12}) 21... Rg8 22. g3 Rac8 23. Rc3 (
23. Ra4 {protects the pawn & keeps the K out}) 23... Rg5 24. f4 Rgg8 25. Be2 f5
{opening up lines against the Wh K} 26. exf5 exf5 27. Bf3 Rge8+ 28. Kf2 Bxf3
29. Kxf3 Re4 30. Rd1 Kb4 (30... Rd4 31. Rcc1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 a4 33. Rxd7 Kxc4 $17
{Komodo12}) 31. Rxd7 Rcxc4 32. Rxc4+ Rxc4 33. Rxf7 Rc5 $11 34. Rf6 Rxb5 35.
Rxh6 Kc4 (35... Kc5 36. Rf6 Rb3+ 37. Kf2 Rxb2+ 38. Ke3 Rb3+ 39. Kd2 a4 40.
Rxf5+ Kc4 41. Rf7 a3 42. Ra7 b5 43. f5 Rf3 44. Ke2 Rxf5 45. Rxa3 b4 46. Ra7 $11
(46. Re3 $11 {Lomonosov tablebases})) 36. Rc6+ Kb3 (36... Kd3 37. Rd6+ Kc2 38.
h4 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 Rxb2 40. h5 a4 41. h6 Kc3+ 42. Kh3 Rb1 43. Kg2 Rb2+ $11 {
Komodo12}) 37. h4 Kxb2 38. h5 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 $16 a4 40. h6 Rd3 41. Rxb6+ Kc2 42.
Ra6 Kb3 43. Kh3 (43. Rb6+ Kc4 44. h7 Rd8 45. Ra6 Kb3 {looks like holding as
the a pawn gets to be dangerous- Komodo12 just keeps checking while insisting
Wh is definitely superior} 46. g4 {worth a try} fxg4 47. Kg3 a3 48. Kxg4 Rh8
49. Ra7 a2 50. Kg5 (50. Rb7+ {draws}) (50. f5 {draws}) 50... Rxh7 51. Rxa2 {
draws}) 43... a3 44. Kh4 a2 (44... Rd7 45. Kg5 a2 46. Kxf5 Rd6 47. Rxa2 Kxa2
48. Kg5 {and despite Komodo12 only giving Wh a small edge, it is a clear Wh
win( Nalimov tablebases) as the Bl K is too far away}) 45. h7 Rd8 (45... Rd1
46. Kg5 Rh1 47. Kg6 (47. Kxf5 {Rudy} Rxh7 {Komodo12 gives this position as
small advantage for Bl, humans would consider it gives Wh good practical
winning chances. Lomonosov tablebases give it as drawn ( the Wh pawns are not
quite advanced enough)} 48. g4 Rh1 49. Rxa2 Kxa2 50. g5 Kb3 {the Bl K just
gets back in time} 51. Kf6 Kc4 52. g6 Kd5 53. g7 Rg1 54. f5 Ke4 55. Kf7 Kxf5
56. g8=Q Rxg8 57. Kxg8) 47... Rh3 $11 {Komodo12}) 46. Kg5 Kb2 47. Kxf5 a1=Q 48.
Rxa1 Kxa1 49. g4 $18 Kb2 50. g5 Kc3 51. g6 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Paul, Nathanael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8.
Nxg6 (8. h4 Qc7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Ne4 Bf4 {main line}) 8... hxg6 9. Ne4 Be7 10.
c3 (10. g3 {more frequent}) 10... Nf6 11. Nxf6+ (11. Bd3) 11... Bxf6 12. Be2
$146 (12. Bf4) (12. Qb3 {Engines}) (12. Bd3 {played}) 12... Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14.
Bg3 Nd5 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 (17... axb6) 18. Bc7 Ra8 19. Bxb6
axb6 20. a3 Kd7 21. h3 Ra5 22. O-O-O Kc7 23. Kc2 b5 24. Rhe1 Raa8 25. Re2 {
(draw?) Komodo12 judges = vitually all game} 1/2-1/2

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Veelen, Thomas"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3 a5 8. b3 (
8. Be2) 8... Re8 9. Be2 (9. Bb2) 9... Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 (11. O-O {
main}) 11... Ra6 {main} 12. Ne4 (12. Nd5) (12. Qd5) 12... Ba7 (12... Bf8 {more
frequent & Engines}) 13. Ng3 (13. O-O Qh4 14. Ng3 Rh6 15. h3 d6 {0-2
hearthstones9 on Chesscube.com}) 13... Rd6 {to deter 0-0-0} (13... Rae6 14. O-O
d6 15. Qc2 Qg5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Ng6 18. Bd3 h6 19. d5 Re5 20. Bxg6 Qxg6
21. Qxg6 fxg6 {Batchinsky-Schaedler, Zurich op 1989,1/2-1/2}) (13... Qh4 {pm
analysis}) 14. Qc2 c6 {a waiting move, but weakens d6} (14... Rg6) (14... Rh6)
15. O-O Rh6 (15... Rg6 16. Bd4 Bb8 (16... Bxd4 17. exd4 Ng4 18. Bd3 Qh4 19. h3
Ne3 20. Rae1 f5 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Bxf5 Rexg3 23. fxg3 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 Rf6 (24...
Rh6 25. Qe2 $18) 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Re1 d6 27. Re4 Qc5 28. Qe2 Bd7 29. b4 axb4
30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Qa2 Re6 32. Rf4+ Ke7 33. Qa8 Be8 34. c5 Qb2 35. cxd6+ Rxd6
36. Qc8 Qb3 37. Qc7+ Bd7 38. Re4+ Re6 39. Rd4 $18 {Komodo12}) 17. Bh5 Rh6 18.
f4 $18 {Komodo12}) 16. Nf5 Rg6 17. c5 (17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Rxg4 19. Nd6 Re6 20.
c5 Reg6 21. g3 Bb8 22. Be5 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 b6 24. f5 Rh6 25. Bf4 Rh5 26. cxb6
Qxb6 27. Qd1 Rhh4 28. Kg2 d5 29. h3 Bxf5 30. hxg4 Be4+ 31. Rf3 Rxg4 32. Rc1 $16
{Komodo12}) 17... d5 18. cxd6 Qg5 (18... Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rf6 20. Qc2 Rxd6 21.
Rad1 Bb8 22. Qc3 Qf6 23. h3 Bc7 24. f4 Ng6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Kf2 Rde6 $11 {
Komodo12}) 19. Ng3 Rxd6 {the pawn could become dangerous} (19... Rh6 20. Rad1 (
20. Qe4 f5 21. Qc2 Rxd6 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ng4 24. Nf1 f4 $11 {Komodo12})
20... Qh4 21. Nh5 Bd7 22. Qc3 Rxh5 23. Bxh5 Qxh5 24. f4 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Qxh2+
26. Kxh2 Ng4+ 27. Kg3 Nxe3 28. Bd4 Nxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Re6 30. Bc5 $11 {Komodo12})
20. Qc3 (20. Rad1 $14) 20... Rh6 (20... Ng4 21. Bxg4 (21. Bf3 {allows a
dangerous attack} Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxe3 23. Qc1 Qh4 24. Qc2 (24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4
Rd2 $19) 24... Rh6 25. Nf1 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Rg6+ 27. Ng3 Rxg3+ 28. Kh1 (28. hxg3
Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 Bh3+ 30. Rg2 Qxf3+ 31. Ke1 Bxg2 $19) 28... Rg6 $17 {Komodo12})
21... Bxg4 $11 {Komodo12}) 21. Rfd1 Qh4 (21... Bb6 $11) 22. Nf1 (22. h3 Bb6 $11
(22... Bxh3 23. gxh3 Bb8 24. Qc2 Ng6 25. Bg4 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Qg2 Qxe3+
28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 f5 30. Be2 Rxh3 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 h5
34. Bd4 $14 {Komodo12})) 22... Rg6 $11 (22... Bb6 $11) 23. Ng3 Bg4 $15 (23...
Bb8 24. Rd4 $16) 24. Qxa5 (24. f3 Nxf3+ $19 25. gxf3 Rxe3 26. Qxa5 Bxf3 $1 (
26... Rxe2+ 27. Kf1 Rf2+ 28. Ke1 Re6+ $19) 27. Qxa7 Rxg3+ 28. hxg3 Qxg3+ 29.
Kf1 Bxe2# {Komodo12}) 24... Bxe2 25. Bxe5 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Qg4 $6 {forgetting the
N can go back to f1} (26... Bb8 {considered} 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Qc7 Re8 29. Qxb7
Rd8 30. Rf1 $11) (26... Qe7 27. Qxa7 Qxe5 28. Qxb7 Rd6 29. Rc1 h5 $15 {Komodo12
}) 27. Rd8 Rge6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxa7 f6 (29... Qd1+ 30. Nf1 Qxb3 31. Bd4 f6
$16) 30. Bd4 (30. f3 Qe6 31. Bd4 Qxb3 32. Ne2 $18 {Komodo12}) 30... Qd1+ 31.
Nf1 Qxb3 32. h3 (32. Bb6) 32... Qb1 (32... b5 33. Ng3 Qf7 34. Qb6 Qe6 35. e4
$18 {Komodo12}) 33. Qb6 (33. Bb6 Re7 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Bc5 Re8 36. Qc7+ Kg6 37.
a4 Qf5 38. Bb6 Qc8 39. Qd6 Qe6 40. Qb4 Re7 41. Ng3 $18 {Komodo12- Wh retains
attacking chances with the Qs on}) 33... Qxb6 34. Bxb6 Ra8 35. Bc5 Ra5 $11 36.
Bb4 Ra4 (36... Ra6 37. Nd2 b6 38. Bd6 c5 39. Bc7 (39. Kf1 {Komodo12} Rxa3 40.
Ke2 Ra2 41. Kd3 Kf7 42. Bc7 b5 43. Ne4 c4+ 44. Kd4 b4 45. Nd6+ Ke6 46. Nxc4
Rxf2 47. g3 Rh2 48. h4 Rc2 49. Ba5 b3 50. Bc3 Rg2 $17) 39... b5 40. Nb3 (40.
Nb1 b4 41. axb4 cxb4 42. Nd2 Ra2 {will win the N before the K can come across}
43. Bd6 (43. Nb3 Ra3 44. Nd4 b3 45. Nxb3 Rxb3 $17) 43... Rxd2 44. Bxb4 Rc2 $17)
40... Rxa3 (40... c4 41. Nd4 c3 42. Nc2 b4 43. axb4 Ra2 44. Nd4 c2 45. Nxc2
Rxc2 {but Bl will be unable to force a win with the B & outside pawn} 46. Bd6
$15) 41. Nxc5 b4 42. Bb6 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 b3 44. Nd3 Rd1 45. Nb2 Rd2 46. Bd4 Rxf2
47. Kg3 Rd2 $15 {Komodo12}) 37. Nd2 b6 38. Bd6 (38. Nc4 Ra6 39. Kf1 c5 40. Bc3
Kf7 (40... b5 41. Na5 $14) 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. a4 Rxa4 43. Nxb6 Ra3 44. Kd3 Ra2 45.
Bd2 Ra3+ 46. Kc4 Ra2 47. Kc3 $16 {Komodo12}) 38... c5 39. Bc7 Rxa3 (39... b5
$11 {as above}) (39... c4 40. Bd6 c3 41. Nb3 c2 42. Bb4 Ra7 43. Kf1 Rd7 44. Ke2
Rd1 45. Bd2 $14 {Komodo12}) 40. Bxb6 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 $16 Ra2 42. Ne4 c4 (42... f5
43. Nxc5 Rxf2 44. Ne6 $16) 43. Kg3 f5 (43... Kf7 {Komodo12} 44. Nd6+ (44. f4
Ke6 45. Nc3 Rc2 46. Bd4 g5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Ne4 h6 49. Kf3 $16) 44... Ke6 45.
Nxc4 Kd5 46. Na5 Rb2 47. Bc7 Kc5 48. e4 Kb5 49. Kg4 Rc2 50. Bd8 Rd2 51. Bc7 Rd7
52. Bg3 Kxa5 $17 {and Bl has good winning chances, especially with an hour up
on the clock}) 44. Nc3 Rc2 45. Bd4 Kf7 (45... g5) 46. Kf3 (46. Nb5 $1 Rc1 47.
Kf4 Rc2 48. e4 fxe4 49. Kxe4 Ke6 50. Na3 Rc1 51. Bxg7 $16) 46... g5 47. g4 Kg6
48. gxf5+ Kxf5 49. e4+ (49. Nd5) 49... Kg6 (49... Ke6 50. Kg4 Rd2 51. Nb5 Re2
52. f3 h6 53. Bg7 Kf7 54. Bd4 (54. Bxh6 Kg6 55. Bxg5 (55. Bf8 Rg2#) 55... Rg2+
56. Kf4 Rxg5 57. Nc3 Rg1 58. Ke3 $11 {Komodo12}) 54... Kg6 55. h4 h5+ 56. Kg3
gxh4+ 57. Kxh4 Re1 58. Kg3 $16 {Komodo12}) 50. e5 Kf5 (50... Rd2 51. Ke4 Rd3
52. e6 Rxh3 53. Nd5 $18 {Komodo12}) 51. Ne4 h5 (51... Rc1 52. Nd6+ Ke6 53. Be3
$16) 52. Nc5 (52. Ng3+ $1 Kg6 (52... Ke6 53. Nxh5 (53. Ke4 c3 54. Nf5 Re2+ 55.
Be3 Re1 56. Nd4+ Kf7 57. Kf5 g4 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. Kxg4 $18) 53... Kd5 54. Ke3
Rc1 55. Nf6+ Ke6 56. Ke4 c3 57. Nh7 c2 58. Nxg5+ Kd7 59. Kf4 Re1 60. Bb2 c1=Q+
61. Bxc1 Rxc1 {and Wh wins- Lomonosov tablebases}) 53. e6 Ra2 54. Ke4 c3 55.
Bxc3 Rxf2 56. Bd4 Ra2 57. Kd5 $18 {Komodo12}) 52... Ra2 53. e6 Ra3+ (53... g4+
54. hxg4+ hxg4+ 55. Ke3 Ra3+ 56. Kd2 g3 57. fxg3 Rxg3 58. e7 Rg8 {draws-
Lomonosov tablebases}) 54. Be3 (54. Ke2) 54... Kf6 (54... g4+ 55. hxg4+ hxg4+
56. Kg3 Ra8 $14 (56... c3 57. e7 Ra8 58. Na4 c2 59. Nb6 Re8 60. Nd5 Ke5 61. Nb4
Ke4 62. Nxc2 Rxe7 63. Kxg4 Rg7+ {&} (63... Kd3 {both draw- , other moves lose-
Nalimov tablebases}))) 55. Ke4 c3 56. Nd7+ $2 {an oversight} (56. Kd3 h4 57.
Bc1 Ra1 58. Bxg5+ Kxg5 59. e7 Re1 (59... Ra8 60. Ne6+ Kf6 61. Nc7 $18) 60. Ne4+
Rxe4 61. Kxe4 c2 62. e8=Q c1=Q 63. Qe5+ {Wh mates in 47- Lomonosov}) 56... Kxe6
$11 57. Nc5+ Kf6 58. Kd3 (58. Nd7+ Ke6 59. Nc5+ {repetition}) 58... Kf5 59. Kc2
(59. Bc1) (59. Ne4 c2+ 60. Nc3 h4 61. f3 (61. Kxc2 g4 62. hxg4+ Kxg4 63. f3+
Kxf3 64. Bc5 h3 65. Bd6 {draw- Nalimov})) 59... g4 (59... Ra1 60. Nb3 Rh1 61.
Nd4+ Kf6 62. Kxc3 Rxh3 63. Kd3 $11) 60. h4 Ra1 61. Kxc3 Rh1 62. Bg5 Rh2 63. Nd3
Ke4 64. Kc4 $11 (64. Kd2 $11 Kf3 (64... g3 65. Ke2 g2 66. f3+ Kd4 67. Bf6+ Kc4
68. Nb2+ Kd5 69. Kf2 Ke6 70. Kg1 Rh1+ 71. Kxg2 Re1 72. Bg7 Kf7 73. Bd4 Re2+ 74.
Kg3 Rd2 75. Bc3 Rc2 76. Na4 $16) 65. Kc3 Rxf2 66. Nxf2 Kxf2 67. Bf4 $11 Kf3 68.
Bg5 g3 69. Kd3 g2 70. Be3 Kg3 71. Ke4 Kxh4 72. Kf4 Kh3 73. Bg1 h4 74. Kf3 {
stalemate}) 64... Kf3 65. Kd5 Rh1 66. Kd4 Rd1 67. Bf6 $2 {a terrible oversight
in time shortage} (67. Kc4 Ke2 68. Nf4+ Kxf2 69. Nxh5 g3 70. Nxg3 Kxg3 {draws
easily- Rudy}) 67... Ke2 $19 68. Ke4 Rxd3 69. Be5 (69. Bd4 Rxd4+) 69... Rd8 (
69... Rb3 70. Bg3 Rf3) 70. Kf4 Kxf2 71. Kg5 Rd5 72. Kxh5 g3 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lewis, David"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 {main} (6...
Bg4 {next}) 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 (10... Be6 {main,
more active}) 11. Be3 (11. Bf4) 11... b6 12. N1d2 (12. Nc3) (12. a4 {main lines
}) 12... Ne7 13. Bf4 (13. Bf2 O-O-O 14. Nc4 g6 15. Ne3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17.
Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bh4+ Kc8 20. Bf6 Rg8 21. c3 Bd6 $15 {
Papista-Hajnal, HUN ch tm 2003,0-1}) 13... O-O-O 14. Nc4 g5 $17 {Komodo12} (
14... Ng6 15. Bg3 b5 16. Ne3 c4 17. Nd2 $11 {Blaha-Holeksa, CZE ch tm 1995,1/
2-1/2} (17. Nd4)) 15. Bg3 h5 16. Ne3 (16. h4 $5) 16... Bg7 17. c3 Be6 18. Nd2 (
18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Rd8 20. Ndf1 h4 21. Bf2 Rd3 $17 {Komodo12}) 18... f5 (
18... h4 19. Bf2 Rd3 20. Kf1 Rhd8 $17 {Komodo12}) 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bf2 (20.
Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Nc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Be6 $17 {Komodo12}) 20... Nxe3 (20... g4 $17)
(20... Rhe8 $17) 21. Bxe3 g4 22. f4 Kb7 23. a4 Bf5 24. Nc4 Bc2 25. Re1 (25.
Rxd8 Rxd8 26. a5) 25... Rhe8 26. a5 Bb3 (26... Re4) 27. Nd2 Bf7 28. Rac1 Kc6
29. b4 {trying to attack, but the Bl pieces are far more active in the centre}
(29. Nf1 bxa5 $17) 29... Rxe3 (29... Rd3 30. Kf2 Bxc3 $19 {Komodo12}) 30. Rxe3
Rxd2 31. Re7 Rd7 32. b5+ (32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. axb6 cxb6 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Kf2 a5
{and the a pawn wins}) 32... axb5 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. a6 Kc8 35. a7 Kb7 36. Ra1
Ka8 $19 37. Rd1 Bxc3 38. Rd7 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Bg6 (39... b4 $19) 40. Rxc7 b4 41.
Rc6 Bd3 (41... b3 42. Rxb6 b2) 42. Rxb6 Kxa7 43. Re6 b3 44. Re7+ Kb6 45. Re6+
Ka5 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Harris, Calum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 {
Classical var} (7. f3 {main}) 7... Nc6 (7... O-O {main}) 8. Nb3 (8. O-O) (8.
Qd2) 8... Be6 (8... O-O) 9. f4 Qd7 (9... O-O) (9... Qc8) (9... Rc8) 10. h3 h5 {
only move played} (10... O-O {Cloud Engines}) 11. g3 $6 (11. Qd2 O-O-O (11...
h4 12. O-O-O Nh5 13. Bxh5 Rxh5 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Kb1 b6 16. Rhe1 f5 17. e5 (17.
exf5 $11) 17... dxe5 $15 {Kreyssig-Mueller, Thueringer Wald Schach-cup, Gotha
2012,0-1}) (11... Rb8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bf3 b4 14. Nd5 Qc8 15. Kb1 a5 16. Nd4
Nd7 17. Rhe1 $16 {Slovak-Jandovsky, CSR ch corr 1989, 1/2-1/2}) 12. Bf3 Bc4 (
12... Kb8 13. O-O-O Bxb3 14. axb3 Qc8 15. Qf2 a6 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. g4 $16 {Bieg
Pagel-Totosa Moros, Primavera La Lira op, Barcelona 2014,1-0}) 13. Nd4 e5 14.
Ndb5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nc3 $16 {Giersing-Sjoberg, Nordic Congress ,
Kristiania 1917,1-0}) (11. Bb5 a6 12. Bd3 h4 13. Qf3 Nh5 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qc7 17. Qf2 $16 {Mika-Weemaes, Schilde op U18, 1871,0-1}) (
11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. Qd2) 11... Bxh3 $17 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ng4 (
14... Qg4) 15. Bg1 (15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O $17 {Komodo12}) 15... Nb4 (
15... O-O) 16. O-O-O Bxc3 (16... O-O {repeated suggestion of Komodo12}) 17.
bxc3 Nc6 18. e5 Qe6 (18... O-O-O) (18... O-O) 19. exd6 exd6 20. Nc5 (20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 O-O 22. f5 $14 {Komodo12}) 20... Qxa2 (20... dxc5 {Surprisingly
Bl can & should take the offer} 21. Bxc5 Rc8 22. Rhe1 (22. Rd6 Qf5 (22... Qc4
23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. Rxh8+ Ke7 25. Rxc6+ Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Kb2 Rb5+ 28. Ka3
Rb1 $15) 23. Re1+ Nce5 24. Qd5 O-O $1 $11 {Komodo12}) 22... Nce5 23. Qd5 b6 24.
Bd6 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. fxe5 f5 27. Kb2 Nf2 28. e6 Ne4 29. Rd3 Rh7 $19 {
Komodo12}) 21. Qe4+ (21. Nxb7 O-O 22. Qxc6 Rac8 23. Qf3 Rfe8 $15 {Komodo12} 24.
Nxd6 $2 Qa3+ 25. Kd2 Rcd8 $19) 21... Kf8 $17 22. Bd4 (22. Nxb7 Re8 23. Qd3 Re6
$17 {Komodo12}) 22... dxc5 $19 23. Bxh8 Nf2 {best} (23... Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Rd8+ 25.
Bd4 Qa5 26. Ra1 Qc7 27. Qd3 cxd4 28. c4 Kg7 $19 {Komodo12}) 24. Qf3 Qa1+ 25.
Kd2 Rd8+ 26. Bd4 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Qa5 (27... Qb2) 28. Ke3 cxd4+ 29. cxd4 (29. Kf2)
29... Qc3+ (29... Nxd4 {Komodo12} 30. Rxd4 Qc3+ 31. Kf2 (31. Rd3 Qe1+ 32. Qe2
Re8+ 33. Kf3 Qxe2#) 31... Qxc2+ 32. Qe2 Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Rxd4) 0-1

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turner, Joseph David"]
[Black "Phillips, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 (4... c6) (4... Bb4) (4... Nc6) (4...
d6 {more frequent}) 5. Bxd5 (5. exd5 Bd6 {main} (5... c6 {also})) 5... Nxd5 (
5... Bb4 {more frequent}) 6. Nxd5 Bd6 (6... g5 {main}) 7. d3 $146 {surprising
this early in an ancient line} (7. d4) (7. Nf3 O-O 8. d4 Re8 9. e5 c6 10. Nxf4
$14 {Adhiban-So, Wijk aan Zee Tata Steel 2017, 1/2-1/2}) 7... Qh4+ 8. Kf1 c6 9.
Nf3 Qh6 $17 10. Nc3 Bg4 (10... O-O 11. d4 f6 12. Kf2 Re8 13. Rf1 Bg4 14. Kg1
Nd7 $17 {Komodo12}) 11. d4 O-O (11... f6) 12. e5 Bc7 $17 (12... Be7 $17) 13.
Ne4 Nd7 14. Nf2 Be6 (14... Bf5) 15. g3 Bc4+ (15... f6 16. Bxf4 g5 $1 17. Be3
fxe5 18. Kg1 exd4 $19 {Komodo12}) 16. Kg2 Qe6 (16... g5 17. b3 Be6 18. Rg1 g4
19. gxf4 gxf3+ 20. Kh1+ Kh8 21. f5 Qh4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Be3 Rad8 (23... Nxe5
24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. h3 Rad8 26. Qf1 Bg3 $11) 24. Rg4 Qh5 25. Rg5 Qh4 26. Qg1 Rg8
$11 {Komodo12}) 17. b3 fxg3 (17... Bd5 18. c4 Bxf3+ 19. Qxf3 f6 20. d5 cxd5 21.
cxd5 Qf5 {Komodo12} 22. e6 $14) 18. hxg3 Bd5 19. c4 Bxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Rfe8 21. Ng4
(21. Bb2 $16) 21... Qg6 $11 22. Bf4 Rad8 (22... Nf8 $11) (22... f6 23. e6 Nf8
24. d5 (24. Bxc7 Nxe6 $15 25. Bf4 Nxd4 $19) 24... cxd5 25. cxd5 Bxf4 26. Qxf4
$16) 23. Rh5 (23. e6 $1 Bxf4 24. exd7 Rxd7 25. Qxf4 $18 {Komodo121}) 23... Nf8
$11 (23... f6 24. Rah1 Qc2+ $11 {Komodo12}) 24. Rg5 Qc2+ 25. Kh3 Re6 (25... Ne6
26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 (27... Nxg5+ 28. Bxg5 Rxe8 29. Qxf7 $18) 28. Rf1 $14
{Komodo12} (28. Rg4 Qf5 29. Kg2 Nxd4 $17)) (25... Ng6 26. Be3 Rf8 $11 {Komodo12
}) 26. d5 $18 cxd5 (26... Rg6 27. Rf1 cxd5 28. cxd5 Bb6 29. e6 $18 {Komodo12})
27. cxd5 Rg6 28. Rc1 Qxa2 29. Rxc7 Qb2 30. Bc1 (30. Rxg6 Nxg6 31. Bc1 $18)
30... f6 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 (31... Kh8 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. Rg8#) 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.
Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Nh6# 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McCarthy, Moss"]
[Black "Morgans, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 (6. Bg5) (6. Nf3) 6...
Nbd7 (6... e5) (6... c5) 7. Bd3 (7. Nf3) 7... e5 8. Nge2 (8. d5 {main}) 8...
exd4 (8... c6 {transposes to several games}) 9. Bxd4 $146 {Komodo12} (9. Nxd4 {
played a number of times}) 9... Ne5 (9... Re8) 10. f4 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Bd7 12. g4
(12. O-O $14) 12... c5 13. Bf2 (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. g5 Qe6 15. O-O-O Bc6 $11 {
Komodo12} 16. Qxd6 Qxc4 $17) 13... Qb6 (13... Bc6 $11) (13... Re8 $11) 14.
O-O-O Rfe8 15. Ng3 Bc6 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. g5 (17. Kb1) 17... Nh5 (17... Nd7 18.
Re2 $11 {Komodo12}) 18. Nxh5 gxh5 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. f5 (20. Rc2 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 b5
$11) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 b5 22. g6 (22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. c4 Bc6 24. Rb2 $11) 22...
hxg6 23. fxg6 fxg6 $15 24. e5 Re6 (24... Kh7 25. Rg1 Re6 $15) 25. Bxc5 bxc4 26.
Qxc4 d5 27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. cxb4 Rde8 29. Rde2 $11 (29. Rg1 $14) 29... a6 (29...
Bb5 30. Re3 a5 31. a3 (31. bxa5 Rc8 32. Rc3 Rec6 $19) 31... axb4 32. axb4 Ra8
$11 {Komodo12}) 30. Kb2 Bb5 31. Re3 $14 {but Bl should be able to hold this
quite comfortably} Bc4 32. a4 Rc8 (32... g5 33. Bd6 Rg6 34. Rg3 Kf7 35. Kc3 Ke6
$11 {Komodo12}) 33. Bd4 Rc7 (33... Rf8 34. Kc3 Rf4) 34. Rf3 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7
36. Ka3 g5 $11 37. Rb1 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Re7 (40... Re8 41.
b6 Ba6 42. Rh1 Ke6 43. Rh7 Re7 44. Rh5 Rg7 45. Kb4 g3 46. Rh6+ Kf5 47. Kc5 g2
48. e6 g1=Q 49. Bxg1 Rxg1 50. Kxd5 Rd1+ 51. Kc6 Rc1+ 52. Kd6 Rd1+ $11 {Komodo12
}) 41. b6 Rb7 42. Kb4 Ke6 43. Kc5 $18 {a R exchange will not help Bl as Wh has
2 passed pawns, but , more important is the very advanced Wh K} Kd7 44. Re1 (
44. Rg1) 44... Kc8 45. e6 Re7 46. Kd6 Re8 47. Kc6 Ba6 48. Kd6 (48. Ra1 Rxe6+ (
48... Bb7+ 49. Kd6 Rg8 50. Rc1+ Kb8 51. Be5 Ba6 52. Kc6+ Kc8 53. b7+ Bxb7+ 54.
Kb6+ Kd8 55. Bf6+ Ke8 56. Kxb7 $18) 49. Kxd5 $18 {Komodo12}) 48... g3 49. Rc1+
(49. e7 g2 50. Ra1 Kb7 51. Ra2 Bb5 52. Rxg2 Ra8 53. Rc2 Be8 (53... Rc8 54. Ra2
Rc6+ 55. Ke5 (55. Kxd5 $2 Bc4+ 56. Ke5 Re6+ 57. Kf5 Bxa2 $19) 55... Rh6 56.
Ra7+ Kc8 57. Kxd5 Bc6+ 58. Kc5) 54. Rc7+ Ka6 55. Rd7 $18 (55. Kxd5) 55... Rc8
56. Ra7+ Kb5 57. b7 Rb8 58. Kc7 $18 {Komodo12}) 49... Bc4 50. Ra1 (50. Rg1)
50... Kb7 51. Ra7+ Kb8 52. b7 (52. Be5 {Komodo12}) 52... Rd8+ 53. Kc6 g2 54.
Ra8# 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howells, Chris"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 (7...
Nc6 {main}) 8. d3 Ne8 (8... c6) 9. f4 c6 (9... f5 {main}) 10. f5 {Wh gets a
wedge into the Bl position, though there are counterchances} (10. Be3 Nc7 (
10... f5 11. exf5 (11. Qd2 {3-0}) 11... gxf5 12. Qd2 {Bryakin-Bayramov,
European School ch UI11, Kallithea 2008,0-1}) 11. f5 Nf6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. h3 d5
14. exd5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bxf5 16. Qxb7 Bxd3 17. Rfd1 e4 18. Nf4 $14 {Petek-Klima,
Litomysl op 1995,1-0}) 10... Ndf6 $14 {Komodo12} (10... a5 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qd2
Rb8 13. Rad1 $16 {Henke-Strohmeier, LSS email 2014,1-0}) 11. h3 h5 (11... b5
12. cxb5 cxb5 13. a3 Qb6+ 14. Kh2 Bd7 15. g4 Nc7 $14 {Komodo12}) (11... gxf5
12. exf5 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Qh5 $16 {Komodo12}) 12.
Kh2 (12. Be3 $16) 12... Nh7 (12... gxf5 13. exf5 d5 $14) 13. Be3 Nef6 14. Qd2
d5 (14... gxf5 15. exf5 d5 16. d4 e4 17. Bh6 $16 {Komodo12}) 15. fxg6 fxg6 (
15... d4 16. gxh7+ Nxh7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 dxc3 19. Nxc3 Qg5 20. Qxg5+ Nxg5
21. Rad1 $16 {Komodo12}) 16. exd5 $18 cxd5 17. Nxd5 h4 18. gxh4 (18. g4) 18...
Kh8 19. Nec3 (19. Ng3) 19... Bf5 20. Bf2 Nh5 21. Rad1 N7f6 22. Bf3 (22. Nxf6
Qxf6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf4 25. h5 $18 {Komodo12}) 22... Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxh3
24. Kxh3 (24. Bxh5 Bxf1 25. Bxg6 e4 26. Bxe4 Qd7 27. Rxf1 Be5+ 28. Bg3 (28. Kg1
Rg8+ $19) 28... Bxg3+ 29. Kg2 Qg7 $11 {Komodo12}) 24... Rxf3+ 25. Kg2 Qf8 (
25... Rf5 26. Bg3 Nxg3 27. Kxg3 Rh5 28. Rh1 Bf6 29. Kf3 Bxh4 30. Qg2 Qd6 $14 {
Komodo12}) (25... Qd7 26. Kxf3 Rf8+ 27. Ke2 (27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Bg3 (28. Kh2 Rf3
$17) 28... Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 e4 $11) 27... Ng3+ 28.
Ke1 (28. Bxg3 Qg4+ 29. Ke1 Qxg3+ 30. Qf2 (30. Rf2 Qg1+ 31. Ke2 Qxf2#)) 28...
Nxf1 29. Qg5 Qh3 30. Ne7 Rf6 31. Nxg6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh7 $11 {Komodo12}) 26. Qe2
$16 Nf4+ (26... Rf5 27. Be3 $16) 27. Nxf4 Rxf4 28. Bg3 $18 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Qc5
30. Qe4 Rd8 31. Qxg6 Qe3 32. Rf7 $18 (32. Rf5 $1 $18 {Komodo12}) 32... Qd2+ 33.
Kh3 Qh6 34. Qxh6+ Bxh6 35. Bxe5+ Kg8 36. Rf3 Re8 37. d4 Bc1 38. b3 b6 39. h5
Bb2 40. Rf5 Re7 41. Kg4 Bc1 42. d5 1-0

[Event "West Wales Open"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burrows, Mike"]
[Black "Denham, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 (7...
b5 {main, is the sharp Meran, very extensively analysed since Merano1924,
though its debut was at Ostend in 1906} 8. Bd3 Bb7 (8... a6)) 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 {
main}) 8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 $146 (9... O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd5 12. Qc2
Ne7 {Rasmussen-Brondum, Borup op 20121,1/2-1/2}) (9... Nbd5 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bd2
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Rab1 Qc7 14. c4 b6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bf3 Rc8
18. Rfc1 O-O {Bykovskikh-Ovchinnikov, Barnaul Lepikhin mem 2014,1/2-1/2}) 10.
bxc3 $16 O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Ba3 {emphasises Bl's loss of the bl squares}) 11...
Nbd7 (11... c5) 12. a4 (12. e4 $18 {Komodo12- Wh's centre control leads to a K
side attack}) 12... Re8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ba3 b6 15. Bd3 (15. e4 c5 16. e5 Nd5
17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Ne4 $16 {Komodo12}) 15... e5 16. dxe5 (16. Ng5 Nf8 17. Bxf8
Kxf8 18. Bc4 e4 (18... Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nxh7+ $18) 19. Nxf7 $16 {Komodo12}
) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bd6 Qh5 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Bg3 (20. Be7 Re8 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Be4 Bd7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rd6 (24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxc6 $16) 24...
Be6 25. Red1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 c5 27. Bc6 Rb8 28. f4 $16 {Komodo12}) 20... Be6 $14
21. e4 Nd7 22. h3 Qc5 (22... Nc5) 23. Bf4 (23. e5) 23... Bc4 24. Red1 Be6 (
24... Ne5 $11) 25. Ba6 Ne5 26. Bb7 Rab8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Rd1 (
29. Bxc6 h6 $11 {Wh's split pawns are a problem}) 29... Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 g6 31.
Qd4 (31. Bxc6 Qxc3 32. Bd5 $11) 31... Qc7 32. Ba6 c5 33. Qf6 Qc6 34. Qf4 Qxa4
35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qb8+ Kg7 {(draw?)} 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

