[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. h4 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Rg8 13. f4 h5 14. f5
Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Bf4 16. Qd5 Qb6 17. Bxh5 Rg7 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rxg2 20. Rhg1
Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Kf8 22. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bullen, Alex"]
[Black "Heaven, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[Annotator "John"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. g4 Ng7 12. h4 Nxe5 13. Bd4 f6 14. h5 gxh5
15. gxh5 Qe7 16. h6 Nf5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bxd7 Kxd7
21. Nf3 e4 22. Ne5+ Kc7 23. O-O-O Raf8 24. c4 Qc5 25. Rhg1 d4 26. Rg7+ Kd6 27.
Qh2 Qxe5 28. c5+ Kd5 29. Rd7+ Nd6 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[Annotator "Tom Brown"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. g3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. Rb1 b5 15.
cxb5 Nxb5 (15... axb5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 Qa6) 16. Ne2 Qa5 17.
a4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. b3 c4 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rb4 Qc7 23. Qb1
Nc5 24. Rc1 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Rb6 Be5 28. Bxe5 Rfxe5 29. Rc6 Qe7
30. Kh2 Re2 31. R1xc5 dxc5 32. d6 Qf7 33. Rc7 Qxf2 34. Qb7 Qxg2+ (34... Rd8 35.
Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rxh7+) 35. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rd8 37. Rxc5 Rxd6 38. Kf2 d3 39.
Ke1 d2+ 40. Kd1 Rd3 41. g4 Rxh3 42. Kxd2 Rh4 43. Rc4 h5 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. gxh5
Rxh5 46. Rc7+ Kh6 47. Rc6 a5 48. Ra6 Rf5 49. Ke3 Kg5 50. Rb6 Re5+ 51. Kd4 Rf5
52. Ke3 Kh5 53. Ke4 Rg5 54. Rb5 Kg4 55. Ke3 Rf5 56. Ke2 Kf4 57. Kf2 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jones, Derek"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Nc2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b3 Qc8 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 h5 13. Bb2 h4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Ne3 hxg3 18. hxg3 Rh8 19. Qd4 f6 20. Rac1 Qd7 21.
Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[Annotator "John Waterfield"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 c5 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 b6 $2 12. Bg5 g6 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Rad1 (
14. dxc5 {is more unpleasant}) 14... c4 15. Ne5 (15. Rfe1 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 15...
Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxc4 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Bd5 21. Ne5
Rfd8 22. Be4 Rbc8 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. g3 b5 25. Nd3 b4 $6 26. cxb4 Rc4 $1 27. Ne5
Rc2 28. b5 $1 Rxb2 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Rb1 Rxa2 31. Ra1 Rb2 32. Reb1 Rxb1+ 33. Rxb1
Kf8 34. Kf1 Rc8 35. Rb3 Ke8 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Kd3 f6 38. Ra3 Rc7 39. Rxa7 $2 Nb4+
$1 40. Kc4 Nxc6 41. bxc6+ Kxc6 42. Rxc7+ Kxc7 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. f4 h6 45. d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Black "Harris, Calum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 Ne5 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rc1 Ne8 14. Qd2 Nc7
15. Rfd1 h5 16. Qf2 Na6 17. Qd2 h4 18. Kh1 h3 19. g3 Nc5 20. Nce2 g5 21. Ng1 g4
22. f4 Nc6 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qb1 b6 25. a3 Qb7 26. Nxh3 gxh3 27. axb4 Nxe4 28.
Kg1 Nc3 29. Qc2 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 a5 31. b5 d5 32. Nf5 dxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Qf2
Rac8 35. Qf1 Rc2 36. Qxh3 e6 37. Nxg7 Qf3 38. Bd4 Qxd1+ 39. Qf1 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Zeidler, Sven P."]
[Black "Young, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. d3 Be6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. Nb3
O-O 9. Nc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qe8 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. O-O-O Qf7 14. b3 a5
15. Nh4 b6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. g4 a4 18. Kb2 b5 19. Rhg1 Nc6 20. g5 fxg5 21. Rxg5
Qf4 22. Rg6 Rf6 23. Ng2 Qxh2 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bf3 Qh3 26. Qe2 b4 27. Nf4 bxc3+
28. Kxc3 Nd4 29. Nxh3 Nxe2+ 30. Bxe2 Bxh3 31. bxa4 d4+ 32. Kb4 Rb8+ 33. Ka3 Be6
34. Rc1 Rb7 35. Rc6 Bd7 36. Rxf6 Ra7 37. Bd1 Kg7 38. Rf3 c5 39. Bb3 Bc8 40.
Rg3+ Kf6 41. Rg8 Ba6 42. Rg3 h5 43. Bd1 Rh7 44. Kb3 h4 45. Rh3 Kg5 46. Kc2 Bc8
47. Rh2 h3 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Be2 Bg4 50. Bf1 Rb7 51. Kc2 Ra7 52. Kb2 Be6 53. a5
Rxa5 54. Bxh3 Rxa2+ 55. Kb1 Ra6 56. Bxe6 Rxe6 57. Kc2 Kf3 58. Kb3 Rg6 59. Kc4
Rg2 60. Rh5 Kxf2 61. Rxe5 Ke3 62. Rxc5 Rc2+ 63. Kd5 Rxc5+ 64. Kxc5 Kxd3 65. e5
Kc3 66. e6 d3 67. e7 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. c3 a5 7. Nbd2 Bc5 8. Nc4
Qe7 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[Annotator "W Hewitt"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Bd3 e6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rbc1 c4
15. Bb1 Nf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bg5 {(=)} f6 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Rcd1 b5
21. Bf4 Qb6 22. h4 a5 23. a3 Rad8 24. Bh6 Qd6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. e5
Qe7 28. exf6+ Qxf6 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qxh5 Rf7 31. Re3 Rg8 32. Kf1 Bd5 33. Be4
Nb6 34. Rde1 Qf4 35. g3 Qf6 36. Kg2 Rgf8 37. R1e2 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Qxf3+ 39. Qxf3
Rxf3 40. Rxe6 Nd5 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c6 8. d3
a5 9. a3 b5 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rab1 Ba6 13. e4 Rfc8 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15.
e5 Ne8 16. Nf1 a4 17. b4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxa4 c5 20. N1d2 cxb4 21. Nxc4
Rxc4 22. Nd2 Rcc8 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Qd1 Rcb8 25. Bc3 Rxb1 26. Nxb1 Bc5 27. Nd2
Qb6 28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Ba1 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 g6 33. Bf1 Ng7
34. Bb5 Nf8 35. Kg2 Rb8 36. Be2 Nf5 37. Rc1 Rb2 38. Rd1 Rb4 39. Kf3 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Miles, Richard"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
h6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. e3 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. dxc5 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Buttell, David"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[Annotator "W Hewitt"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Be2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Bd3 g6 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Bg4 15.
Nd2 Bg5 16. Rae1 a6 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Rc1 Ne7 20. Rce1 Rfe8 21. Ndb3
f5 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 c6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. Nd2 b6 26. Nd3 a5 27. bxa5 bxa5
28. Nc5 f4 29. Nf3 Nf5 30. Qd3 fxe3 31. fxe3 h6 32. Kh1 Re7 33. g4 Nh4 34. Nxh4
Bxh4 35. Rb1 Rf8 36. Qc2 Qf6 37. Nd3 Qf3+ 38. Rg2 Qe4 39. Ne5 Re6 40. Qxe4 dxe4
41. Rc2 Bf2 42. Rb3 Kg7 43. Kg2 $18 Bh4 44. Rb6 Bg5 45. Rcxc6 Rxc6 46. Rxc6
Bxe3 47. Rc7+ $11 Kg8 48. Nxg6 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 Rf2+ 51. Kg3 Bxd4 52.
Rc4 Rd2 53. Ne7+ Kf7 54. Nf5 $4 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 {a more
speculative line- Avrukh & Bologan prefer lines based on Qc2 & Nbd2} (7. Qc2
Nbd7 8. Bf4 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 {Williams-F
May, WCPL 2017, 1/2-1/2}) 7... Nbd7 8. b3 {main} (8. Qd3) (8. Qc2) 8... b6 9.
Qc2 (9. Bb2 {main}) 9... Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. Nd2 {alternative} (10. Rd1 $5 {
played as well})) 10. Rd1 {main} Rc8 {Intriguingly, despite this only the
second time the Catalan has cropped up for Wh in the databases & none for Bl;
both players follow previous game continuations for another 9 complex moves.
moves. There is, though one another example, this time with Howard defending
the Bl side!} (10... b5 {labelled an interesting pawn sacrifice by Moiseyev &
Ravinsky 1984:127} 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. a4 Ne4 (13... Rfc8 14. Qa2
Ba6 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Nc3 Rab8 17. Rac1 Ne4 {with an active position for the
pawn-Sosonko-Anderson, Wijk aan Zee 1976, 1/2-1/2}) 14. Nd2 Rfc8 15. Qb2 a6 16.
Nxe4 axb5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Nc3 b4 20. Na2 Rxa5 21. Nxb4 {and Wh was
simply a pawn up, Schmidt-Williams, Nice ol 1974,1-0}) 11. e4 {main} c5 (11...
dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 (14. Qe2 {main})) 12. exd5 (12. dxc5
dxc4 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Nb6 19.
Nd2 {Nakamura-Carlsen, Bilbao Masters 2016,1/2-1/2}) 12... exd5 13. Bb2 {main}
(13. dxc5 dxc4 14. b4 {next set up similar to Nakamura-Carlsen}) 13... dxc4 14.
d5 cxb3 (14... Ne8 {main} 15. Nb5 {82% for Wh} (15. bxc4 {75% for Wh, half the
number of games})) 15. axb3 {8-0} Ne8 16. Rxa7 $18 {preferred by the Engines,
3-0.} (16. Nb5 {also looks good, 5-0}) 16... Nd6 17. Ne4 Ra8 (17... Rc7 18.
Nfg5 $1 Bxg5 19. Nxd6 Qb8 20. Nb5 Bf6 21. Rda1 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rcc8 23. Rxb7 Qxb7
24. Ra7 Qb8 25. Rxd7 Rce8 26. Qa1 Qc8 27. Bh3 Qb8 28. Nc7 Re2 29. Ne6 {
Petursson-Godena, Holgen SKA 1994,1-0}) 18. Rxb7 $1 Nxb7 19. d6 Bf6 $146 (19...
Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nfg5 Rfd8 24. Nc3 {
Soltau-Schuetz, FRG jub corr Germany 1970 ,1-0}) 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 (20... Nxf6 21.
Ng5 (21. d7 Nxd7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 24. Bxe5 $18 {Komodo12}) 21... Ra2
22. Bxb7 Qd7 23. Bf3 Re8 24. Kg2 $18 {Komodo12}) 21. Nh4 (21. Qf5 {Komodo12,
seems to be even quicker} Re8 (21... Ra2 22. Ng5 fxg5 23. Be4 {mating}) 22.
Qg4+ Kh8 23. Ng5 $18 {Komodo12}) 21... Ra7 22. Nf5 (22. Qf5 {also}) 22... Ne5
23. Ne7+ (23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Qe4 Rd7 25. Bxe5 {is another way, Komodo12}) 23...
Kg7 24. Bxe5 {there are several ways in} (24. f4) (24. Qc1) 24... fxe5 25. Nc6
(25. Qf5 {Komodo12} Rh8 (25... f6 26. Be4 Rh8 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Nc6 $18 (28. Qh4
$18)) 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Bc6+ $18) 25... Qa8 26. Nxa7 Qxa7 27. Qe4
$18 {a sustained attacking game} (27. Qf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Morris, Gareth"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 (3... Bb4+ {has been Iolo's standard for a number
of years}) 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 {main} 6. cxd5 exd5 (6... Nxd5 7. Qc2 {main;
Morris-Reznak, Steve Boniface mem, Bristol 2017,0-1}) 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nh5 (10... c5) (10... a6) (10... c6 {main lines}) 11. Bd2 (11.
Be3 {main}) 11... Nhf6 (11... c6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. e4 d4
16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Re1 d3 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rfd8 {Muse-Nikolac,
Cvitanovic mem, Split 2000,1-0}) 12. Bf4 (12. b4 c6 (12... Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 a6 15. e3 Bd6 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nc1 Ne4 19. Qb2 Bc8 20. Nd3 f6
{Bueno-Pritzer, Porto Alegre op 2011,0-1}) 13. Qb3 Re8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5
16. Rfb1 c5 17. e3 Bf8 {Nielsen-Gelfand, EU ch internet blitz, playchess.com
2004,1-0}) 12... Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 14. Rc1 c5 $11 (14... Re8 $14 15. Bf4 c6 {
transposes to 25 games}) (14... Ne4 $11 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Ne5 Nf6
18. Qb3 Nde4 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rfc1 a6 21. Bh3 Rb8 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxc7 {
Chirivi Castiblanco op-Bejarano, Bogota McGregor op 2012,1-0}) 15. Bf4 {
transposes back to main lines} a6 (15... Ne4) 16. h3 $146 (16. dxc5 bxc5 17.
Ne5 Nb6 $14 {main}) 16... c4 (16... h6 $11 {Komodo12}) 17. Ne5 b5 18. Qc2 Nb6
19. g4 Ne8 20. Qf5 (20. Bg3 $11) 20... Nd6 21. Qc2 f6 (21... a5 $15) 22. Nf3
Re8 23. Nh4 Bf8 24. f3 {weakens the K side a little} (24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 Bd6
26. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {Komodo12}) 24... Nf7 $15 (24... a5 $17 {Komodo12} 25. Bxd6
Bxd6 26. Nxb5 Bf4 27. Nc3 (27. Rcd1 Qd7 28. Nc3 g6 $19)) (24... Bc6 $15) 25.
Bg3 Bd6 (25... Bc6 26. e4 a5 $17 {the bl squared B puts more pressure on Wh's
Q side; the wh one staring into space}) 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 (26... Nxd6 27. Nf5 Nxf5
28. Qxf5 a5 29. Nxb5 Rxe2 $17 {Komodo12}) 27. Nf5 Qd7 28. Qd2 Rad8 (28... a5) (
28... g6 29. Ng3 a5) 29. Qf4 g6 30. Ng3 Qd6 (30... a5 31. Qxf6 Re6 32. Qf4 b4
33. axb4 axb4 34. Nd1 Ra8 35. Rf2 Re7 $15 {Komodo121}) 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 (31...
Nxd6 $17) 32. e4 $15 Kg7 33. Rcd1 Red8 (33... Na4 {Komodo12} 34. Rd2 (34. Nxa4
bxa4 35. Rf2 Rb6 $15 {Bl has all the open lines}) 34... Nxc3 35. bxc3 Rde6 36.
Re2 a5 $15 {Komodo12; Bl has a potential passed c pawn}) 34. Nge2 $11 Bc6 35.
h4 a5 36. Nf4 Kg8 (36... b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Na2 dxe4 39. fxe4 b3 40. Nc3 Na4
41. Nxa4 Bxa4 42. Rfe1 $11 {Komodo12}) 37. Nfxd5 Nxd5 38. exd5 Bxd5 39. Nxb5 (
39. f4 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 b4 41. Nb5 Rd5 42. a4 Rc8 43. f5 gxf5 (43... Kg7 44. fxg6
hxg6 45. Rde1 $11) 44. Rxf5 Rxf5 45. gxf5 Nh6 46. Kf3 Nxf5 47. h5 c3 48. bxc3
bxc3 49. Rc1 c2 50. Kf4 Ne7 $15 {Komodo12}) 39... Rb6 40. a4 Bc6 41. Nc3 (41.
Rf2 Bxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. Bf1 Nd6 44. Rc2 Rb4 45. Rdc1 Rc8 46. Kf2 Kf7 47. b3
Rxb3 48. Bxc4+ Rxc4 49. Rxc4 Nxc4 50. Rxc4 $11 {Komodo12}) 41... Rxb2 $15 42.
d5 (42. Rfe1) 42... Be8 (42... Bd7) 43. f4 (43. Rf2 {Komodo12} Rb4 44. Re2 $11
Bxa4 45. Ra1) 43... Nd6 44. Rfe1 Rb3 45. Rc1 Bd7 46. g5 $11 (46. Ne4 Nxe4 47.
Rxe4 c3 48. Rc4 Bxg4 49. R1xc3 Rb2 50. Rc5 Ra8 51. Kh2 $11 {Komodo12}) 46...
fxg5 47. fxg5 (47. hxg5) 47... Re8 48. Rxe8+ Bxe8 49. Bh3 (49. Ne4 Nxe4 50.
Bxe4 Bxa4 51. Rxc4 Rb4 52. Rxb4 axb4 53. Kf2 $11 {Komodo12}) 49... Kf8 50. Kf2
$2 (50. Kg2 Ke7 $15) 50... Rxc3 $19 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Rb1
O-O 9. a3 a5 {1580 games} (9... f5 {209 games}) 10. Bg5 (10. Ne1) (10. Bd2)
10... Rb8 (10... f6 {279 games, Ribli comments that Bl should keep the N , to
ensure a more complex game}) (10... h6 {35 games}) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. b4 Bd7 (
12... axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Bd7 (14... d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17.
Qb1 Qd6 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Nc4 h5 20. Rc1 h4 21. Nb6 hxg3 22. hxg3 Be6 23. Bd5 $1
{Eingorn-Borovikov, Ordzhonikidze zt 2000,1-0}) 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Nd2 Ra8 17. Nd5
{Bjuhr-Nyvlt,Wld ch ICCF 2002,1-0}) 13. Qb3 (13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nd2 b6 15. Qc2
$14 {Komodo12}) 13... b6 14. Ne1 (14. bxa5 bxa5 15. Qc2 $14) 14... Bc6 (14...
Nc6 15. b5 Nd4 16. Qd1 Bg4 $11 {Komodo12}) 15. Nc2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 (16... axb4
17. axb4 f5 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Ned5 $14 {Komodo12- keeps Bl Q side less exposed})
17. Ne3 Nc6 18. bxa5 Nd4 19. Qa4 $16 (19. Qa2 $16) 19... bxa5 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21.
Rb1 Qa8+ 22. Ned5 $18 e4 (22... f4 23. f3) 23. e3 (23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 $18 {
Komodo12}) 23... Ne6 (23... Nf3 24. dxe4 Nd2 25. Rb6 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Qe8 27. Qxe8
Rxe8 28. exf5 Nxc4 29. Rb7 gxf5 30. Nd5 $16 {Komodo12}) 24. Qd7 $18 (24. dxe4
$18) 24... Ng5 25. dxe4 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 fxe4 27. Qxd6 (27. h4 Nf7 28. Nd5 $18 {
also}) 27... Qd8 28. Qxd8 (28. Qd5+) (28. Qxc5) 28... Rxd8 29. h4 Rd3 30. Rc1 (
30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Na4 Rxa3 33. Nxc5 Nf3 34. Nxe4 $18 {Komodo12})
30... Ne6 31. Nxe4 (31. a4 h5 32. Nxe4 Ra3 33. Rb1) 31... Rxa3 32. Rb1 Ra4 33.
Rb6 (33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Ra2 36. Rxh7 Rd2 37. Ne4 Rc2 38. Ra7
Rxc4 39. Kf3 a4 40. Nf6 $18 {Komodo12}) 33... Kf7 (33... Nf8 34. Rb7 $1 (34.
Nxc5 Rxc4 35. Rb5 a4 36. Ra5 a3 37. Nb3 Rc3 38. Rxa3 $18) 34... Rxc4 35. Nf6+
Kh8 36. Rf7 a4 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Nd7 Rb4 39. Rc8 c4 40. Ne5 $18 {Komodo12}) 34.
Rxe6 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Saunders, Robert"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 Bg4 (7...
Be7) (7... Bd6) 8. Nbd2 (8. O-O {main & transposes to large number}) 8... f5 (
8... Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bd6 {1 Wh win, 3 draws, 2 Bl wins} (9... Qe7+ 10. Be3 {0-2}))
9. O-O Be7 (9... Bd6 10. Qb3 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Qxb7 Ne7 (12... Rf6)
13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nf1 Nxe5 17. Be3 Nd3 {Ellison-Van
Kemenade, Wigan 1992,0-1}) 10... Na5 (10... Qd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. f3 Bh5 {McKenna-Van Kemenade, Chester
1991,1-0}) 11. Qa4+ c6 12. b4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16.
Qb3 {Arthrudd9-Mark7albot, Arena online 2015,1-0}) 10. Qb3 Rb8 {44% for Wh} (
10... O-O {35% Wh} 11. Nxe4 Na5 12. Qa4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Qxa5
c5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Be3 {Maia-Silva, BRA ch , ICCF 2015,1/2-1/2}) (10... Qd6
{42% Wh} 11. Qxb7 (11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Be2 14. Re1 Rab8 15. Qc2
Ba6 {Cannon-Van Kemenade, BCF Major Open, Torquay 2002,0-1}) 11... Rb8 12. Qa6
O-O 13. Bb5 {Van Kemenade-Saunders, WCPL 2006,1/2-1/2}) (10... Na5 {75% Wh} 11.
Qa4+ c6 {eg Sanitt-Dixon, 4NCL 2014,1-0}) 11. Re1 (11. Bb5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O
13. f3 Bh5 14. Re1 {Van Kemenade-Dixon,S Wales Summer 2013,0-1}) 11... Qd6 (
11... O-O {transposes to main lines}) 12. Ne5 $146 {Komodo12 & other Engines} (
12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxf2 15. Nxd5 $15 {2 draws}) 12... Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe4 (14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kf1 (15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Kg1 Nxd3+ 17. Kf1
Qxe1#) 15... c6 $15 {Komodo12} (15... Qxh2 {intended by Bl} 16. Bxe4 {Komodo12}
(16. fxg4 Qg1+ (16... O-O 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Bxe4 fxe4+ 19. Ke2 Bf2 20. Rf1 Qxg2
21. Kd1 Qxg4+ 22. Kc2 e3 $19 {Komodo12}) 17. Ke2 Qe3+ 18. Kd1 Qxd3 $19)) 16.
Bxe4 (16. fxg4 O-O $19) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. Nxc5 Qxh2 19. Re3 Qh1+ 20.
Kf2 Rbe8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 $19 {Komodo12}) (14. Nf1 O-O 15. f3 Bh5 16. fxe4 Bf7 17.
Be3 fxe4 18. Be2 c5 19. Qa4 Bd6 $14 {Komodo12}) 14... fxe4 $17 15. Be3 {both
Players misjudged here in thinking the piece could not be taken because of the
opening of the e file} (15. Bc2 Be6 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Qxa7 O-O $17 {Komodo12})
15... O-O (15... exd3 $19 {pm analysis} 16. Bc5 (16. Bd4 Qd6 $1 {Komodo12} (
16... Qg5 {pm analysis} 17. Re5 Qg6 18. Bc5 O-O 19. Bxe7 Rf7 20. Bh4 c6 $17 (
20... d2 $17)) 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Be5 Qc6 $19) 16... Be2 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. Qxd3
Bxd3 19. Rxe5 Bxc5 20. Rxd5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rbd8 $19 {Komodo12}) (15... Bd6 {
considered} 16. f4 {pm analysis} (16. g3 O-O 17. Bxa7 Rf7 {Komodo12} 18. f4 (
18. Bxb8 Qf5 19. Ba7 exd3 $19) 18... Qh5 19. Bf1 Bf3 20. Rad1 (20. Bxb8 Bc5+
21. Re3 Bxe3#) 20... Bxd1 21. Rxd1 c6 22. Bxb8 Bxb8 23. Rd2 b5 $17)) 16. Bd4
$16 Qd6 {both players thought this best} (16... Qe6 17. Rxe4 $18 {seen by both}
) (16... Qh5 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. Bf3 Rxf3 (18... Qf7 19. Rxe6) 19. Rxe6 $16 (19.
gxf3 Bh3 $19 (19... Bd6 $19))) (16... Qg5 17. h4 Qxh4 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rxe4
$16) 17. Bxe4 c6 $5 (17... Be6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bxa7 Rbd8 20. Qxb7 $16) 18. g3 (
18. Be5 Qc5 19. Bxb8 {pm analysis} Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Rxb8 21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 Bd6
23. h3 Bd7 24. Rf1 $14 {Komodo12}) 18... Kh8 (18... Qd7 19. Bxa7 Rbe8 $11 {
Komodo12}) (18... b6 19. Be5 Qc5 20. Bd4 (20. Bxb8 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Bf3+ 22. Bxf3
Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Bc5+ 24. Re3 Bxe3#) 20... Qd6 21. Be5 $11 {Komodo12}) (18... Rf7
19. Bd3 (19. Bg2) 19... Rbf8 20. f4 g5 $11 {Komodo12}) 19. Bg2 Bf6 (19... Qd7
20. Bxa7 Rbe8 21. f4 Bd6 22. Bd4 $14 {Komodo1`2}) 20. Bxa7 $16 Rbd8 21. Qa4 (
21. Qxb7 $16 {is pefectly fine for Wh}) 21... Bd7 (21... Bf5 22. a3 $16) 22.
Rad1 (22. Qa5 $16) 22... b5 23. Qa5 (23. Qa6 Ra8 24. Qb7 Bg4 25. Rd3 h5 26. h4
$16 {Komodo12}) 23... Ra8 {Bl was hoping to trap the B} 24. Qb6 Bg4 $2 (24...
Bxc3 $1 {Komodo12- saves the game for Bl!} 25. bxc3 (25. Re3 Bb4 26. a3 Rxa7
27. Qxa7 Bc5 28. Qa5 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qe7 30. Qa7 $11) (25. Rxd5 Qxd5 (25... Qf6
26. Rxd7 Bxe1 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rad8 29. Bxg7+ Kg8 30. Bxf8 Rxd7 31. Bh6
Rd1 32. Kf1 Bd2+ 33. Ke2 Rg1 34. Bxd2 Rxg2 35. h4 Rg1 $15)) 25... Qa3 26. Rd2
Qxa7 $11 (26... Rxa7 $11 {also but does.t feel right to entangle the Bl pieces}
)) (24... Bd8 25. Qe3) 25. Rxd5 $18 {the Q has no squares} Qxd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5
27. Qe3 (27. Qxb5 Rxa7 28. Re8 Ra8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qb4 $18 {Komodo12}) 27...
h6 28. Bc5 Rf7 29. a3 Bg5 30. f4 (30. Qd3) 30... Bf6 31. Qd3 Rb8 32. Qg6 Rfb7
1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 (5... e6) 6. e4 {main,
transposes to Sicilian Maroczy; normally Matthew responds to e4 with a French.}
(6. g3 {alternative}) 6... Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 (10. Qd2)
(10. Rc1) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Rfd1 (13. b3 {main}) (13. Rab1
) (13. Rac1) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 {41 % for Wh} (14. Be3 {main, 52 % for Wh;
recommended by Cummings, to avoid the bad B vs N late middlegame/ending that
ensues}) 14... Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Kh1 (16. b3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rac1 {
actually scores 65% for Wh over 17 games}) 16... Qb6 17. Nd5 {letting Bl
exchange his B for the N makes life difficult for Wh} (17. Qd2 $11 {feels
better, yjough 0-2}) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. exd5 Rfc8 20. b3 a4
$11 {though Phan Nguyen-Pham, VIE ch women, playoff, Ho Chi Minh City 2000,1-0}
) 18... Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc5 20. b3 $11 {[%eval 0,0] but with all pawns except 1
on the same colour as the , the N is far superior to the B} Rfc8 21. h4 (21. g3
{Komodo12}) 21... Kg7 22. g4 Rc7 23. Re1 Na6 24. Kg2 a4 25. Bd1 axb3 26. axb3
Nb4 {and Bl has gained entry squares for his Rs} 27. Rde4 Kf8 (27... Ra1) 28.
h5 b6 (28... gxh5 29. gxh5 Ra1 {leaves an h pawn as a target for later}) 29.
Kg3 (29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rh1 $11 {Komodo12}) 29... Ra2 (29... Nd3 30. Rh1 g5 $15
{Komodo12}) 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. R4e2 (31. g5) (31. Rh1) 31... Rca7 32. Rxa2 Rxa2
33. Re2 Ra1 34. Rd2 g5 35. Kf2 (35. f4 $1 {clears a pawn away from wh , &
removes N support or opens lines for the B- Wh has to play as actively as
possible, not letting the position stay closed, which must favour the N} gxf4+
(35... f6 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Bc2 Ra3 38. Rf2+ Kg7 39. Bd1 Nd3 40. Rf5 Kg6 41.
Bc2 Nc5 (41... Nb4 42. Be4 Na6 43. Rf3+ Kg7 44. Bf5 $11 {Komodo12}) 42. Rf2+
Kg7 43. Rf5 Kg6 $11) 36. Kxf4 Kg7 37. g5 $11 {Komodo12}) 35... Rb1 (35... Rc1)
36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Rd4 Rb2+ 38. Rd2 Rb1 39. Rd4 {Bl needed to win this game to
equalize the match; & , with increments, can just keep trying for entry in
different ways with his far more active pieces (even his K could be able to
join in)} Na6 40. Kd2 (40. Re4 Kf6 41. f4 gxf4 42. Rxf4+ Kg7 43. Bc2 {eases
the defence}) 40... Nc5 41. Kc3 Nd7 42. Kc2 Ra1 43. Kb2 Ra8 44. Re4 Ne5 45. Kc3
Rh8 (45... Kf6) 46. Kd4 Rh1 47. Be2 Kf6 (47... Ng6 $15) 48. Re3 (48. f4 Ng6 $17
) 48... Rb1 (48... Ng6) 49. Kc3 Rg1 50. Kd4 Rc1 51. Rc3 Re1 52. Re3 Ng6 53. Bd3
Rd1 54. Kc3 Nf4 55. Be4 e6 56. dxe6 fxe6 57. Kc2 Rf1 58. b4 (58. Kc3) 58... d5
59. cxd5 exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01] in effect Bl is now a pawn up as the 2 K side
pawns are held by} 60. Bf5 d4 61. Ra3 (61. Re8 {Komodo12, just leaves the weak
pawn in search of R play} Rxf3 62. Rd8 Rc3+ 63. Kd2 Ke5 64. Rb8 (64. Rg8 Kd5
65. Rxg5 Kc4 66. Rg8 Rh3 67. g5 Rh2+ 68. Kd1 Kxb4 69. Rd8 $15 {with some
holding chances}) 64... Rh3 65. Rxb6 Rh2+ 66. Kd1 Kd5 67. Rb8 Kc4 68. b5 {and
Komodo12 elects for perpetual ch here- Wh will lose the b pawn, but gain the g
pawn, & then surrender the B for Bl's last pawn}) 61... Rf2+ 62. Kd1 (62. Kc1 {
prevents Bl's next, but then the Bl K just wanders in} Ke5 63. Ra6 b5 64. Ra5
Ne2+ 65. Kd2 Nc3+ 66. Kd3 Rxf3+ 67. Kc2 Kf4 68. Bd3 Re3 69. Bxb5 Nd5 70. Kd2
Nxb4 $17 {the g pawn will be next to be lost & then its just a matter of Bl
choosing how to win a pice while preserving one pawn}) 62... Rb2 63. Ra4 (63.
Ra8) 63... Nd5 64. Ra8 Rxb4 65. Be4 Nf4 {this blocks the Bl Ks route to escape
the K side} (65... Nc3+ 66. Kc2 Nxe4 67. fxe4 Ke5 68. Re8+ Kf4 69. Kd3 Kxg4 {
and the R & P ending should be very comfortable for Bl}) (65... Ne3+ 66. Ke2
Ke5 {is another possibility}) 66. Rf8+ $11 {Komodo12} Ke7 67. Rf5 Ne6 68. f4 {
dynamic( desperation as Wh described it), but riskier than} (68. Bd5 Ng7 (68...
Nc5 69. Rxg5 {and material is level9 though here it somewhat favours the B
which can both guard its own pawns while also holdiong up a Bl pawn advance.
In addition the Bl pawns ares split, while Wh.s are connected}) (68... Rb2 69.
Bxe6 Kxe6 70. Rxg5 Kd6 71. f4 $11) 69. Re5+ (69. Rxg5 Kf6 70. f4 d3 71. Bg8
Rxf4 72. Rb5 {simplifies quickly to a drawn position}) 69... Kf6 70. Re4 {
Komodo122 looks complicated}) 68... gxf4 69. g5 Rb2 (69... Rb3 70. Bd5 Rg3 71.
Kd2 f3 72. Re5 Kd6 73. Rxe6+ Kxd5 74. Rxb6 Rg4 {looks very dangerous for Wh &
indeed Lomonosov tablebases confirm a mate in 29 for Bl} (74... Rg2+ 75. Kd3 {
only draws}) (74... Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:31] mates in}) 75. Kd3 Rf4 $19) 70. g6 Ra2
{realising that g2 is covered, so Bl has lost a move in the process} 71. Bd5 (
71. Ke1 Ra1+ $11 {Stockfish9} (71... Ra3 72. Kf2 Rg3 $19 {Komodo12} 73. Rd5 Rg5
74. Bf5 Nc7 75. Rd7+ Kf6 76. Bc2 Ne6 77. Rd6 Ke7 78. Rxb6 Nc5 79. Bb3 d3 80.
Bd1 d2 81. Bc2 Re5 82. Rb1 Kf6 83. Rd1 Rd5 84. Ke2 Rd4 85. Rxd2 $11)) 71...
Ra1+ 72. Kd2 Rg1 73. Kd3 (73. Rf7+ {both Engines} Kd6 74. Bxe6 Kxe6 75. Kd3 (
75. Rxf4 Ke5 76. Rf8 Rxg6 $19) 75... Ke5 76. Re7+ (76. Rf8 Rxg6 $19) 76... Kd5
77. Rd7+ Kc5 78. Rc7+ Kd6 79. Rf7 Ke5 80. Re7+ $11) 73... Rxg6 (73... Rg3+ 74.
Kc4 b5+ {both Engines} 75. Kb4 (75. Kxb5 Rxg6 (75... d3 76. Bxe6 d2 77. Rd5
Kxe6 78. Rxd2 Rxg6 $19) 76. Bxe6 Kxe6 77. Rxf4 Kd5 $19 {Nalimov tablebases}))
74. Bxe6 Kxe6 75. Rxf4 $11 Kd5 76. Rxd4+ Kc5 77. Rh4 Rg3+ 78. Kc2 Kb5 79. Kb2
Ka5 80. Ka2 b5 81. Kb2 Rf3 82. Rg4 Rh3 83. Rf4 Rd3 84. Rh4 Kb6 85. Rg4 (85. Rh5
) 85... Kc5 86. Rh4 Rd4 87. Rxd4 Kxd4 88. Kb3 Kc5 89. Kc3 b4+ 90. Kb3 Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 (4. bxc3 {almost as frequent} d5 5. d4
(5. f4 c5 6. d4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 {Jansen van Rensburg-Haigh, Dyfed Open
2018,0-1}) 5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Rb1 {Richmond-Haigh, West Wales op 2004,1-0})
4... d5 (4... d6 {main}) 5. f4 (5. Nf3) (5. Bf4) (5. c4) (5. Bd3) 5... e6 {
enclosing the B} (5... Bf5) (5... c5) 6. Nf3 Nd7 $146 (6... Be7 7. Be3 c6 (7...
c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 b6 11. Qg3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Ne5 {Monmeneu
Chulia-Cardona Cervera, Valencia Autonomico 2004,1-0}) 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nc5
10. O-O-O Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Bd7 12. g4 {Nehybka-Hladky,Brno 2004,1-0}) 7. Be3 b6 (
7... Be7 {safer}) 8. f5 Nc5 (8... Bc5 $14 {Komodo12}) 9. fxe6 fxe6 (9... Bxe6
10. b4 Nd7 11. Ba6 $16 {Komodo12}) 10. c4 (10. Ng5 $18 {Komodo12} Be7 (10...
Qd7 11. Qf3 g6 12. O-O-O) 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh3 c6 14. Nxh7 Qe7 (
14... Be7 15. Qh6 Kd7 16. Qxg6) 15. Nf6+ Qxf6 16. exf6 Rxh3 17. gxh3 $18) 10...
Bb7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 (11... Bxd5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. c4 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Qe8 16. Rg1 Rd8 $14 {Komodo12}) 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Qxd5 (13. Be2) 13... exd5 14.
Be2 Ne6 (14... Be7 15. O-O O-O $14) 15. c4 {risky} (15. O-O Bc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5
$14) 15... c5 {risky} (15... Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 (17. Nxd2 Nd4 $15)
17... c5 $15 {Komodo12}) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb5+ $16 Ke7 18. O-O h6 (18... a6
19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 (20. Bc2 g6 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Bg7 $11) 20... Bxb3 21.
axb3 Kd7 22. Nh4 Kc6 23. Rf7 Nd8 24. Rf3 Ne6 $11 {Komodo12}) 19. Nh4 $18 Be4
20. Bc6 (20. Bc4 {Komodo12 prefers the attack to winning an exchange} g5 (20...
Re8 21. Nf5+ Kd7 22. Rad1+ Kc8 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 Bc6 25. Rf7 Bd7 26. Bf2
$18) 21. Rf6 Nd4 22. Ng6+ Bxg6 23. Rxg6 $18 {Komodo12}) 20... Bxc6 21. Ng6+ Ke8
22. Nxh8 g5 (22... Be4 $16 23. Nf7 Bg6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Kd7 26. Rad1 Rd8
27. Bf2 $16 {Komodo12}) 23. Nf7 $18 (23. Rf6 Nd8 24. Ng6 Bg7 25. Rd6 Rc8 $16)
23... Bg7 (23... Bd5 24. Rad1 Bxa2 25. Rf6 Nc7 26. Nd6+ Ke7 27. Nf5+ Ke8 {for
some reason Komodo12 keeps on repeat checking here while insisting that Wh is
winning} 28. Nxh6 Nd5 29. Re6+ Ne7 30. Red6 Nd5 31. R6xd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Bxh6
$16) 24. Rad1 (24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Rad1 Bh8 26. Rf7 $18 {Komodo12} Bxe5 27. Nf5+
Bd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Ke8 30. Rf6 $18) 24... Nd8 (24... Ke7 25. Nd6 Rf8
26. Nf5+ Rxf5 (26... Ke8 27. Rd6) 27. Rxf5 $18 {Komodo12}) 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26.
Nf5+ Kf7 27. Nxh6+ {best- Komodo12 which goes for all the extra pawns & keeps
the Bl K under fire. In pm analysis Wh thought that he had missed an
opportunity here} (27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nd4+ Kg6 29. Nxc6 Re8 30. Rd1 Bxe5 31.
Nxe5+ Rxe5 32. Kf2 $18 {which should be easy for humans , a piece for a pawn
up, & all the Bl pawns possible targets for the R &B- 2.61 for Wh}) 27... Kg6 (
27... Ke6 28. Bxg5 Bd5 {[%eval 371,0] for Wh}) 28. Ng4 (28. Rd6+ Kh7 (28... Kh5
$2 29. g4+ Kh4 30. Bf2+ Kh3 31. Rd3+ Bf3 32. Rxf3#) 29. Ng4 {[%eval 440,0] for
Wh, Komodo12}) 28... Nb7 {2.7} (28... Nf7 {2.3}) 29. Nf6 Rf8 (29... Rd8) 30.
Nd5 (30. Bxg5 $1 $18 {Komodo12} Kxg5 31. Nh7+ Kh6 32. Nxf8 Bxe5 33. Rfe1 Ba4 (
33... Bd4+ 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Re6+) 34. b3 Bd4+ 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. bxa4) 30...
Rxf1+ (30... Re8 31. g4 Bxe5 32. Rf5 Bxb2 33. Bxg5 $18 (33. Rxg5+ Kh7 $14 {
Komodo12})) 31. Kxf1 Bb5+ 32. Kf2 (32. Kg1) 32... Bxe5 {Bl is beginning to be
able to fight back} 33. Nc3 (33. Ne7+ Kf6 34. Nc8 Ba6 35. Nxa7 Nd6 36. Nc6 Ne4+
37. Kg1 Bd6 38. a4 $18 {Komodo12}) 33... Bc6 $16 34. Nd5 Bb5 35. b3 Nd6 36. Kg1
Ne4 (36... Nf5 37. Bf2 Nd4 $16 {Komodo12}) 37. a4 Be8 38. Ne7+ Kf6 39. Nc8 Bf7
40. Rd3 Nc3 41. Nxa7 Bxb3 {the position has got quite complex , with Bl having
some Q side possibilities} 42. Nc8 (42. Bd2 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nd4 44. Nc6 Bxa4 45.
Bxg5+ Kxg5 46. Nxe5 Kf5 47. Nf3 Ke4 48. Re3+ Kd5 49. h4 $18 {Komodo12 after
some consideration}) 42... c4 (42... Bc4 43. Rd8 Nxa4 {Rudy- the position has
become difficult to judge- Komodo12 gets round to} 44. Rf8+ (44. h3 {its
initial idea looks very passive}) 44... Bf7 45. Bxg5+ Ke6 46. Na7 Bd6 47. Ra8
Nc3 48. Nc8 Bc7 49. Ra7 Nd5 50. Ne7 $16) 43. Rd8 Nxa4 44. Nxb6 (44. Rf8+ Kg7
45. Rf5 Bf6 46. Nxb6 Kg6 47. Rb5 Nc3 48. Rc5 Nd1 49. Nd5 Nxe3 50. Nxe3 c3 51.
Kf2 Bd4 52. Rc6+ Kf7 53. Kf3 Be5 54. g3 Ba4 55. Rc5 Ke6 56. Ke4 Bf6 57. Kd3 Be8
58. Nf5 g4 59. Nd4+ Kd6 60. Ra5 (60. Rxc3 Bg6+ 61. Ke3 Kd5 62. Ne2 Bxc3 63.
Nxc3+ Ke5 64. Ne2 $14) 60... Bxd4 61. Kxd4 c2 62. Ra1 Bg6 63. Ke3 Kd5 64. Kd2
Be4 65. Rf1 Ke5 66. Rf4 Bf5 {with Komodo12 now claiming a win, but just going
round in large circles}) 44... c3 (44... Nxb6 {Rudy, preserves Bl's B which
co-operate well} 45. Bxb6 c3 46. Rc8 Kf5 $14 47. Ba5 c2 48. Bd2 g4) 45. Nd7+
Kf5 46. Nxe5 Kxe5 47. Bxg5 $18 c2 48. Rb8 Bd5 49. Rc8 (49. h4) 49... Be4 50.
Be3 Nb2 51. Re8+ (51. Kf2 $18) (51. h4 $18) 51... Kf5 $2 (51... Kd5 52. Rc8 Nd1
53. Bc1 $18) 52. g4+ Kxg4 53. Rxe4+ Kf3 54. Bc1 {mate in 22 Lomonosov} (54. Re8
{mate in 22 Lomonosov} Nd3 55. h4 Kg4 56. Rc8 Kxh4 57. Rc3 Ne5 58. Rxc2 Kg3 59.
Rf2 {sequence given by both Lomonosov & Komodo12}) 54... Kxe4 55. Bxb2 Kf3 56.
Bc1 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. d4 {unusual for Wh, who is an inveterate player of} (1. e4) 1... Nf6 2. c4
e6 (2... c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6 {
Hewitt-Heap, WCPL 2016 is the only other game in the databases}) 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 (6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 {gives Wh no problems with the
Ns; Rees-Williams, WCU KO cup 2004,1/2-1/2}) 7. cxd5 (7. Nf4 c6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9.
Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. b4 Rc8 {PC Griffiths-Williams, Birminham-Bridgend club
match 1976,1/2-1/2}) 7... exd5 8. Nf4 (8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1
Re8 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Kg1 Nd7 {Davies-Williams, WCPL 2016,0-1}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 (
9. g3 a5 10. Bg2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bd2 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Rc1 {
Cobb-Williams, WCPL 2008, 1/2-1/2}) 9... Bd6 (9... a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bd2 Bd6
12. f3 Nc7 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Bb1 Ne6 {Musson-Williams, WCPL 2017,1/2-1/2}) 10.
O-O Re8 {main} (10... a5) 11. Bc2 (11. f3 {main} b6 (11... Qc7)) 11... Qc7 (
11... Nbd7 {main}) 12. h3 {Komodo121} (12. g3 Nbd7 (12... Bxf4 13. exf4 Bh3 $11
{Cloud Engines}) 13. Re1 Ne4 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf4 (15... Nf6 $11) 16. exf4
Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nf6 18. g4 $16 {Costachi-Velikic, Arad op 2016,1-0}) 12... Nbd7
13. f3 Nf8 14. Qd3 (14. Nfe2 Be6 (14... Ng6 15. e4 $14) 15. e4 $14 dxe4 16.
fxe4 Rad8 $11 {Komodo12}) 14... Bxf4 15. exf4 Nh5 $15 16. f5 $2 (16. Be3 Ng3 (
16... Nxf4 17. Qd2 N8g6 18. Rae1 $11 Bd7 $15) 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bxc2 19.
Qxc2 Rad8 $15 {Komodo12}) (16. Ne2 {pm analysis} Bf5 {Komodo12} (16... g6 17.
g4 {Howard} Ng7 18. f5 {Rudy} gxf5 19. Bf4 $11 {Komodo12}) 17. Qxf5 Rxe2 18.
Bd3 g6 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qh4 Ree8 21. Bxf5 Qg7 $17 (21... Qb6 22. Rd1 Qb3 23. Rf1
Qc4 24. Rd1 Qb3 25. Rf1) 22. Rd1 gxf5 23. Qxh5 Re2 24. Qg5 Ng6 25. b3 Rae8 $17
{Komodo12}) 16... Ng3 $17 17. Rd1 (17. f4 {Komodo12} Nxf1 (17... Bxf5 18. Qxg3
Bxc2 $17) 18. Qxf1 Nd7 $17) 17... Bxf5 $19 18. Qd2 Ne6 (18... Bg6 19. f4 h5 $19
{Komodo12}) 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Ne2 Re7 21. Qd3 Ng3 (21... g6) 22. Nc3 (22. Nxg3
Qxg3 23. f4 Qh4 $19) 22... Rae8 23. b4 Nf4 (23... Nxd4 {Komodo12}) 24. Bxf4
Qxf4 25. Rac1 (25. Qd2) 25... Nf5 (25... Re2 26. Rc2 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28.
Kf2 Rf1+ (28... Rh1 29. Nxd5 Qh4 30. Ke3 Qg5+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+ 32. Qxf1 Nxf1 33.
Re2 Kf8 34. Nc7 Qg3+ 35. Kxf1 Qxc7 $19) 29. Qxf1 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Qxd4 $19 {
Komodo12}) 26. b5 (26. Qd2 Re3 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 30.
Kh2 Kf8 $19 {Komodo12}) 26... Nxd4 27. bxc6 bxc6 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 (4... a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Be2 e5
8. d5 Nce7 9. Ng5 Bd7 10. Bg4 h6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nh3 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nf2
O-O $11 {Jones-R Van Kemenade, Dyfed League 2014,1-0}) 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 (
6... Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ne8 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ng7 12. Bc4
Nf6 (12... Nb6 $11) 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. Bd4 Bd7 15. O-O $16 {Jones-Weston, Dyfed
League 2015,1-0}) (6... c6 {main}) 7. Be2 (7. Qd2 {main}) 7... a6 (7... e5 {
main}) 8. a4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc5 $11 {21% for Wh} (10. O-O $11 {main, but
43 % for Wh}) (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bc4 $11 {41% for Wh} (11. Bg5 {2-0, but} Be6
$15)) 10... Re8 {considered at least equal for Bl by Davies 2016:151} 11. O-O
b6 12. Be3 (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Nxe5 (15. Rfd1 $11) 15...
Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bxe5 $15 {Ucucu-Ozen, Kahramanmaras op 2018,0-1})
12... Bb7 (12... Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nb4 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. f3 Nh5 17.
Bc4 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. Na2 Nxa2 20. Bxa2 Bc6 $11 {Smirnov-Gabriellan, RUS ch
tm 2015,0-1}) 13. Bg5 (13. Bc4 $11 {Deep Fritz13, Fritz13 & Komodo12}) 13...
Nd4 $15 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. Re1 h6 16. Be3 c5 (16... Qb4 {Deep Fritz13}) (16...
Rad8 {Fritz13 & Komodo12}) 17. Nd2 Rad8 (17... Qc7 $15 {Deep Fritz13 & Fritz13}
) (17... Bc6 {Komodo12}) 18. Qc1 Kh7 (18... Qe7 $15 {Komodo12}) (18... Qd7 $15
{Fritz13}) 19. Bc4 (19. Nc4) 19... Re7 {Komodo12} (19... Qd7 {Fritzs}) 20. f3
Red7 21. Nf1 Nh5 22. Bd5 (22. Nd5 {Engines}) 22... Nf6 (22... Bxd5) (22... Nf4)
23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Bf2 h5 $11 (24... Nh5 $11) 25. Be3 Qe6 {(draw?)} (25... Qe6
26. Bg5 {pm analysis} Rbd7 (26... Re8 27. Ne3 Rd7 28. Ncd5 $14) 27. Ne3 (27.
Bxf6 {Rudy} Bxf6 28. Nd5 Bh4) 27... b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ncd5 $14 {Komodo12})
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Young, Alan"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 (3. d4 {Young in earlier games ,2.5-1.5, Fowler-Heap
Dyfed Open 2018,0-1}) 3... Bg7 4. Bc4 (4. d4 {main} cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6
7. Bb5 a6 8. Be2 h5 {Martin Jones-Heap, Dyfed League 2018,0-1}) 4... d6 (4...
e6 {main}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bb3 Nc6 (8... Bg4 {more
frequent}) 9. h3 Na5 (9... a6 10. O-O {50 %}) 10. Bc2 {4 Wh wins, 2 draws, 1
loss} b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 (12. Qe2 {Cloud Engines} Rc8 (12... d5 13. e5 Ne8
14. Ng5 Qc8 15. Bd3 Nc7 16. Be3 $16 {Godena-Habibi, Lugano New Open 2008,1-0})
13. Rd1 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 b5 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rac1 $14 {Shabanov-Kolybin,
RUS ch sf Tula 1998,1/2-1/2}) 12... Rc8 13. Qe2 Qd7 (13... a6) 14. Bg5 (14. Bd3
$16) 14... Nc4 15. Bd3 Na5 (15... b5 $5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5
19. Ne5 $18 {Komodo12}) 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bb5 d5 19. Ne5 (19. e5 Ne8
20. e6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Rxh6
$16 {Komodo12}) 19... Qe6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. exd5 (22. e5 Ne4 (
22... Ne8 23. Nb5 Qb7 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 a6 26. Nc3 Nc7 $14) 23. Nxe4 dxe4
24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. d5 Qa4 26. Qxe4 Qxa2 27. Bc3 $16 {Komodo12}) 22... Nxd5 23.
Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxe7 $14 Qxa2 (24... Qxd4 25. Bxh6 (25. Qxa7 Qxb2 26. Be3 Ra8 27.
Qc7 Rxa2 28. Bxb6 $11 {Komodo12}) 25... Qxb2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qxa7 Rc2 28. Rb1
Re8 (28... Qxa2 29. Qxb6 Qd5 30. Rbd1 Rd2 31. Rxd2 Qxd2 32. Re7 $14) 29. Rf1
Qxa2 30. Qxb6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 $14 {Komodo12, drawn with all pawns on same
side of the board}) 25. Bc3 (25. d5 Qxd5 26. Bxh6 Qc5 27. Bxg7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7
Kxg7 29. Rxa7 Rc2 $11 {Komodo12}) 25... a5 (25... Rcd8 $14) 26. d5 $16 Bxc3 27.
bxc3 Qc4 28. d6 Qc6 (28... Qxc3 29. d7 Rcd8 30. Re3 Qc7 31. Red3 b5 32. Qe3 Kh7
33. h4 h5 34. Rd5 $16 {Komodo12, but looks risky allowing the Q side pawns to
advance} Qc4 35. Rc5 Qxh4 36. Rxb5 a4 37. Ra5 Qb4 38. Ra6 Qc4 39. Rad6 Qb3 40.
R6d3 Qc4 41. Qe5 a3 42. Qa1 (42. Rxa3 Rxd7 $11) 42... a2 43. R3d2 f6 44. Qxa2
Qxa2 45. Rxa2 Rf7 46. Ra7 Re7 47. Rd6 Kg7 $14 {Komodo12, but the Bl blockade
seems to hold}) 29. d7 Rcd8 30. Re3 a4 31. c4 (31. Rg3 Qe6 (31... Qc5 32. Rd6
Qf5 33. Rf6 Qc2 34. Kh2 $18 Rxd7 35. Rgxg6+ Qxg6 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 37. Qxd7 Rxf2
38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxb6 $18) 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Rxg6+ Kf7 34. Rxh6 Ke7 35. Re1
Kxd7 36. Rexe6 Rb8 37. Rxb6 (37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rhe6+ Kf7 39. Re4 b5 40. Rd7+ Kg6
{the Engine is just going round the houses here, though with due care taken
over holding the Bl Q side pawns Wh may well be winning with the 3 connected
passed K side pawns}) 37... Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Ra8 39. Rb2 a3 40. Ra2 Ke6 $11 {
Komodo12}) 31... Kh7 (31... Qxc4 32. Qd6 b5 33. Rde1 Kg7 34. Re8 Rfxe8 35.
dxe8=N+ $1 $18 {Komodo12} (35. dxe8=Q Rxd6 $19) (35. Rxe8 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Qc1+
37. Kh2 Qf4+ $11)) 32. Rd4 {(draw?) wins the match} (32. Qb4 {initially given
as winning by Komodo12, but which then starts repeating moves} Ra8 33. Rf3 Qc5
34. Qc3 Qc7 35. h4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 (2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. d3 d4 6. c4 O-O 7. O-O Nf5
8. Na3 c5 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. Qe1 a5 {Van Kemenade-Garcia,WCPl 2017,0-1}) 3. g3 Nc6
4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 (7. Nc3) 7... O-O 8. Na3 Rb8 (8... b6 9.
Qa4 Bd7 10. e4 (10. Qc2 d4 11. e4 {Van Kemenade-Brown, WLS ch 2017,1-0}) 10...
dxe4 11. dxe4 Nd4 12. Qd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 {Van Kemenade-Young, WLS ch 2017,
0-1}) 9. Ne5 Qb6 (9... Qc7 {main} 10. Qa4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Bd7 12. Qh4 Qxe5 13. e4
dxe4 14. Bf4 {Danielsen-Lauber, BL 2 Nord 2001,1-0}) (9... Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ne8
11. Bf4 (11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc7 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Bf4 {Casper-Boensch, Meissen
Junior 1975,1/2-1/2}) 11... Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Qb3
$14 {Lodici-Ozen, EU ch U214, Batumi 2014,1-0}) 10. Nxc6 (10. Kh1 {main} Be6
11. Nf3 Rfd8 12. Qc2 d4 13. Bd2 Rbc8 14. h3 Bd5 15. g4 {Danielsen-Soukup,
Pardubice Chladek& Tintero op 2008,1-0}) 10... bxc6 11. Kh1 Ba6 (11... Rd8 12.
Qc2 Ba6 13. Rb1 Rd7 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Rbe1 Ne8 16. Bc1 Nd6 17. Rg1 Nb5 18. Nxb5
cxb5 19. Bd2 Qd8 $11 {Molano Lafuente-Moya Albaladejo, Almeria Sola mem 2015,1/
2-1/2}) 12. h3 (12. f5 Ng4 13. Bh3 h5 14. Nc2 c4 15. d4 gxf5 16. Rxf5 e6 17.
Bxg4 exf5 18. Bxh5 Bc8 19. Bf4 Qxb2 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. Rb1 Qd6 $11 {Komodo12})
12... Rbd8 (12... e5 13. f5 e4 14. g4 exd3 15. exd3 Nd7 16. c4 Qc7 17. Rb1 Qd6
18. Bf4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. b3 Rbe8 21. Qd2 f6 22. Rbe1 Rf7 23. Qa5 Bc8 24.
cxd5 cxd5 25. d4 cxd4 26. Nb5 Qa6 27. Qxa6 Bxa6 28. Nd6 Bxf1 29. Nxe8 Bxg2+ 30.
Kxg2 Nc6 31. Re6 d3 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Nxf6+ Kg7 34. Nxd5 Rd7 35. Rxc6 Rxd5 36.
Rc1 d2 37. Rd1 Kh6 38. Kf3 Kg5 39. Ke3 Kh4 40. Rxd2 Rxd2 41. Kxd2 Kxh3 42. g5
Kh4 43. b4 Kxg5 $11 {Komodo12}) 13. Qe1 d4 (13... c4 14. dxc4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4
16. Qf2 c5 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. Kg2 e3 19. Bxe3 Qe6 20. g4 h5 21. Qg3 $11 {Komodo12,
an unlikely human sequence}) 14. c4 h5 (14... Bc8) 15. Nc2 (15. Rb1) 15... Bc8
16. b4 (16. Rb1 Bf5 17. Bd2 Qb7 18. b4 Qc8 19. Kh2 cxb4 20. Nxb4 Rd6 21. c5 Re6
22. Qf2 Rd8 23. Nc2 Qa6 24. a3 Nd7 25. Rfc1 $16 {Komodo12} Nxc5 26. Nb4 Qa5 27.
Be1 Rc8 28. Bf3 Na6 29. g4 Nxb4 30. axb4 Qc7 31. gxf5 Qxf4+ 32. Kh1 Qxf5 33.
Qg2 $18) 16... cxb4 17. Qxb4 Qc7 (17... c5 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rb1 Rd6 20. Na3
Re6 21. Bf3 Bd7 22. Nb5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. f5 Nh7 25. Kg2 Ra8 26. a3 Be5 27.
Bf4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4 g5 29. Rff1 $11 {Komodo12}) 18. Qc5 (18. Ba3 Nd7 {expected}
19. Qxe7 Rfe8 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 Rxe2 22. Nb4 c5 23. Nd5 Nb6 24. Ne7+ Kh7
25. Bxc5 Re3 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Rfd1 (27. Nxa7 Rxa7 28. Bxb6 Ra3 29. Kh2 Rexd3 30.
Rfd1 Rxg3 31. Bc5 Rac3 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxh3 34. Bd5 Bf5) (27. f5 Bb7 28.
f6 Bh6 29. Na5 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rxd3 31. Rad1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Na4 33. Bxd4 Be3 34.
Rd3 Bxd4 35. Nb3 Nb2 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Nxd4 Nxc4 $11) 27... Na4 28. Ba3 Rxg3
$17 {Komodo12}) 18... Bb7 {buries the B} (18... Rd6 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Qa5 (20.
Ba5 Nxc5 21. Bxc7 Re6 22. Rfe1 Na4 23. Bf3 (23. Nb4 Bd7 24. Na6 Rc8 25. Ba5 Re3
26. Kh2 Nc3 27. Bf3 Bf5 28. Kg2 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bb4 g5 31. g4 hxg4 32.
hxg4 Bxg4 33. Bxc3 dxc3 34. Kf2 Bd4 35. Bxg4 f5 36. Bh5 Kg7 37. Nb4 Kf6 38. Nc2
Rxd3+ 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Bf3 g4 41. Bg2 Rxc4 42. Rac1 Rb8 43. Rc2 Rb2 44. Rec1
Rxc2 45. Rxc2 Ke5 46. e3 f4 47. exf4+ Kxf4 $14 {doubtful if Wh can win}) 23...
c5 24. Rab1 Nc3 25. Rb2 Ra6 26. Kh2 Bd7 27. a3 $11 {Komodo12})) 19. Bd2 (19.
Rb1 Ba8 20. Bd2) (19. Qxa7 {looked too risky} Ra8 (19... Nd7 20. Rb1 $18) 20.
Qxd4 (20. Qc5 Nd7 21. Qg5 Bf6 22. Qh6 Bg7 (22... c5 23. f5 Bg7 24. Qf4 Be5 25.
Qh6 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qc6+ 27. Kh2 Bg7 28. Qg5 Ne5 $11 {Komodo12- Bl has
compensation for the pawn}) 23. Qg5 Bf6 $11) 20... h4 21. Rb1 Nh5 22. Qb6 Qxb6
23. Rxb6 Nxg3+ 24. Kh2 Rxa2 $19 {Komodo12}) 19... Nd7 20. Qa5 Qxa5 21. Bxa5 $14
Rc8 (21... Rb8 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. f5 Be5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Be4 Kg7 26. Bd2 Rc7
27. Ba5 Rcc8 28. Bd2 $11 {Komodo12}) 22. Rab1 Ba8 23. Nb4 (23. Kh2 f5 24. Ne1
Rfe8 25. Nf3 e5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bd2 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 c5 29. Rf2 Bxf3 30. exf3
Bf6 $11 {Komodo12}) (23. Ne1 e5 24. f5 Bh6 25. Nf3 Be3 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Nxd2
Rb8 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxb8+ Nxb8 31. Be4 Kf7 32. Nb3 Bb7 33. Nc5
Bc8 34. Kg2 $14 {Komodo12}) 23... Nc5 24. Nc2 Na6 (24... Na4 25. Rb3 c5 26.
Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb7 e5 28. f5 Rfb8 29. Rb3 (29. Rfb1 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 gxf5 $15)
29... Rb7 (29... Nc3 30. Bxc3 Rxb3 31. axb3 dxc3 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Kg2 Rb8 34.
Rb1 e4 35. dxe4 a5 36. Kf3 Rf8+ 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. Rc1 Kf7 40. Ne1 g5
41. g4 h4 42. Nd3 Bd4 43. Ne1 Kf6 44. Nc2 Be5 45. Ne1 Ke6 $17 (45... Rb2 46.
Nd3 Rxb3 47. Nxc5 $11) 46. Nc2 Bh8 47. Ne1 Bd4 48. Nc2 {repetition})) 25. Bd2
e6 26. Bc1 Rfd8 27. Ba3 Bf8 28. Rb3 (28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rb3 c5 30. Rfb1 $14)
28... Nc5 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rfb1 Kf8 (30... a5) 31. Nb4 Bxb4 (31... h4 32. Na6
Be7 33. g4 f5 34. gxf5 exf5 35. c5 Kf7 36. Rb4 g5 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Ra4 Be7 39.
Bf3 $11 {Komodo12}) 32. Rxb4 c5 33. Rb5 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rc7 $14 {(draw?)} 35.
Kf3 Ke7 36. Rb7 (36. Ra5 {keeping Rs on looked more complex} Rd6 37. Rbb5 Rdc6
38. Rb8 Rd7 39. Ra8 Rcc7 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 Kd6 42. g5 Ke7 43. Ke4 Kd6 44.
Ra6+ Ke7 45. a4 Rb7 46. Rc6 Rb2 47. Kf3 Rb4 48. a5 Ra4 49. Rxc5 $18 (49. Ra6
$18 {Komodo12})) 36... Rxb7 37. Rxb7+ Rd7 38. Rb5 (38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $11) 38...
Rc7 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 Kd6 41. g5 (41. Ra5) 41... Re7 (41... Rc6 42. Rb7 Rc7
43. Rxc7 Kxc7 44. e3 dxe3 45. Kxe3 Kd6 46. d4 $18) 42. Ke4 $18 (42. Ra5 Rb7 (
42... e5 43. Ra6+ $18) 43. Ra6+ Kc7 (43... Ke7 44. Rc6) 44. a4 Kd7 45. Ke4 Kc7
46. Ke5 Rb2 47. Rxa7+ Kb6 48. Rxf7 Rxe2+ 49. Kf6 Re3 50. Kxg6 Rxd3 51. Kf6 $18
{Komodo12}) 42... Rc7 (42... e5 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 e4 45. dxe4 Kc6 46. e5
Re6 47. Ra5 Kb6 48. Ra3 Re7 49. Rb3+ Kc6 50. Rh3 $18 (50. Kf6 Re6+ 51. Kxf7
Rxe5 52. g6 Rxe2 53. Rg3 $18)) 43. Ra5 Rb7 44. Ra6+ Rb6 45. Rxb6+ {in the
belief a K & P ending would be simpler- it isn't} (45. Rxa7 {was the original
intention} Rb2 46. Kf3 Kc6 (46... Rb1 47. Rxf7 Ra1 48. Rg7 Rxa2 49. Rxg6 Ra1
50. Kf2 Ke7 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rc7 Ra5 53. Kf3 $18) 47. Rxf7 Rxa2 48. Rf6 Kd7 49.
Rxg6 Ra1 50. Kf2 Ra8 51. Rg7+ Kd6 52. Rf7 (52. g6 Rh8 53. Ra7 Rh2+ 54. Kf3 Rh1
55. g7 Rg1 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Ra8 $18) 52... Rg8 53. Kf3 e5 54. Rf6+ Ke7 55. Rf5
exf4 56. Rxc5 $18 {Komodo12}) 45... axb6 46. a3 {Which is also Komodo12's
choice-trying to have another tempo to get the K in, but later} (46. a4 {would
have made all the difference}) 46... Kd7 (46... Ke7 47. Ke5 (47. e3) 47... Kd7
48. Kf6 Ke8 49. Kg7 Ke7 {holds}) 47. e3 dxe3 48. Kxe3 Ke7 49. d4 cxd4+ 50. Kxd4
$18 f6 (50... Kd6 51. c5+ bxc5+ 52. Kc4 e5 53. fxe5+ Kxe5 54. a4 Kd6 55. a5 (
55. Kb5) 55... Kc6 56. a6 Kb6 57. a7 Kxa7 58. Kxc5 Kb7 59. Kd6 Kc8 60. Ke7 $18)
51. c5 (51. gxf6+ {considered} Kxf6 52. a4 $1 {Komodo12} (52. Ke4 {Komodo12}
Ke7 (52... e5 53. fxe5+ Ke6 54. a4 g5 55. c5 bxc5 56. a5 $18) 53. Ke5 Kd7 54.
Kf6 $18) (52. c5 bxc5+ 53. Kxc5 e5 54. fxe5+ Kxe5 55. a4 g5 $11 {seen}) 52...
Kf5 53. c5 bxc5+ 54. Kxc5 Kxf4 55. a5 g5 56. a6 g4 57. a7 g3 58. a8=Q $18)
51... e5+ (51... bxc5+ 52. Kxc5 e5 53. fxe5 fxg5 54. a4 $18 (54. Kd4 $18 {both
Nalimov tablebases})) 52. fxe5 bxc5+ 53. Kd5 $11 {one of those bright ideas-
somehow Wh had calculated that when the g pawn moved forward and the Wh K gave
chase, that Bl could capture the e pawn & be able to catch the a pawn as well.}
(53. Kxc5 $18 fxg5 (53... fxe5 54. Kd5 $18) (53... f5 54. Kd5 $18) 54. a4 $18 (
54. Kd4 $18 {as above} g4 55. a4 g3 56. Ke3 Ke6 57. a5 Kxe5 58. a6 {and the
pawn can't be caught})) 53... fxg5 54. a4 $19 (54. Kxc5 {only move to
draw-Lomonosov tablebases}) 54... g4 55. Ke4 g3 (55... c4 56. a5 g3 57. Ke3 c3
58. a6 c2 59. Kd2 g2 60. a7 c1=Q+ 61. Kxc1 g1=Q+) 56. Kf3 (56. Ke3 g2 57. Kf2
c4 {Wh keeps being a move behind} 58. a5 c3 59. a6 c2 60. a7 g1=Q+ (60... c1=Q
61. a8=Q g1=Q+ 62. Ke2 Qce3# {Komodo12}) 61. Kxg1 c1=Q+ $19) 56... c4 57. a5 c3
58. a6 c2 59. a7 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nd4 (8... Nce7) (8... Nd8 {main lines}) 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bd2 (10. Nf4 {main})
10... c6 11. Nf4 Ne7 (11... Nf6 {Komodo12}) 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 (13. Nxe6 $16 {
Stockfish9 & Komodo12} Qxe6 14. b4 (14. Qc2 f5 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Bh3 Qf7 17.
Bb4 Rad8 18. Qa4 f4 19. f3 Be5 20. Kg2 $14 {Czech-Reuschel, Hessen ch VMT
Willingen 2001,1-0}) (14. f4 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bb4 Rfe8 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bxe7
Rxe7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxd5 $16 {Sherwood-Wedding, IECG 2001,1-0}) 14... f5 15.
Qb3 Rab8 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. b5 $16 {O'Kelly de Galway-Niebling, Bundesliga 1975,
1-0}) 13... h6 (13... d5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Rae1 Rae8
18. Re2 $16 {Komodo12}) 14. a4 g5 (14... Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Nxe6 $16 {
Stockfish9}) (14... Rfe8 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f4 $16 {Komodo12}) 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 {
Komodo12} (15... fxe6 16. Qg4 $16 {Stockfish9}) 16. f4 $16 {Komodo12} (16. Rb1
$16 {Stockfish9}) 16... gxf4 17. Rxf4 f5 (17... Ng6 {Komodo12 ,Stockfish9 &
Rudy} 18. Rf5 Ne5 19. Qe2 $16) 18. Bh3 (18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Qg4 Rae8 20. Re4 Qc8
21. Bh3 $18 {Komodo12}) (18. b5 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Qh5 $18 {Stockfish9})
18... Qg6 19. exf5 (19. Qe2 {both Engines come near to giving this as winning
for Wh}) (19. Bg2 $18 {Komodo12}) 19... Nxf5 20. Bxf5 (20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. Rxg4
Ne3 22. Rg6 Rf6 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. a5 $14 {Komodo12}) 20... Rxf5 21. Rg4 (21.
Rxf5 Qxf5 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Bf4 Qg6 24. Rf1 $14 {Komodo12}) 21... Qe6 $11 {both
Engines} 22. Rf4 Re8 {Stockfish9} (22... Raf8 {Komodo12}) 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Qf1
Qxf1+ (24... Qg4 {considered} 25. Re1 $11) 25. Kxf1 Kf7 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
h5 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. h3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Haigh, Tony"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 (2... g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. b3
d5 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Ne2 f5 10. O-O {Haigh-Bevan, SW Autumn, Pencoed 2016,1-0}) (
2... d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O {Haigh-Bevan,
WCPL 2017,1/2-1/2}) 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 (6. c4 {main}) (6.
e3 Bg7 7. c3 e5 8. Nh3 d6 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 e4 11. Nf4 c4 {Haigh-G Jones,
Dyfed League 2014,1-0} (11... Ne5 $15)) 6... Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Bg2 (8. e3 Nd7 9.
Nd2 Ne5 10. Qc2 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O {Haigh-French, Dyfed Open 2018,0-1})
8... Nd7 9. e3 (9. Nh3) (9. Nd2 {main lines}) 9... Ne5 $17 10. Bf1 e6 11. Nh3 (
11. Nd2 exd5 12. Ngf3 Bd7 13. Qc2 O-O {Pua-Porper, Calgary op 2013, 0-1}) (11.
dxe6 Bxe6 $19 {Komodo12} (11... Qc6 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. f3 Bh6 $17)) (11. Be2
exd5 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 11... exd5 $17 (11... Nf3+ 12. Ke2 Ne5 $17 {Komodo12}
) 12. Nd2 Be6 (12... d4 $17 {Komodo12}) 13. Nf4 O-O (13... Bh6 $5) 14. Bg2 d4
$17 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rac8 17. Qd1 Qxd4 (17... Qxb2 18. O-O (18. dxe5 $2
Qxe5+ 19. Kf1 Qxa1 $18) 18... Qxd4 $17 {Komodo12}) 18. O-O b6 (18... Qxb2) 19.
b3 Nd3 (19... Bd7) 20. Nxd3 Qxd3 21. Rc1 (21. Nf3 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Rfd8 23. Nd4
$15 {Komodo12- the Bl pawns are not all that wonderful}) 21... Rxc1 22. Qxc1
Rc8 23. Qd1 Rc2 (23... d5) 24. Nc4 Bxc4 (24... Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxa2 26. Bd5 Ra1
27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nxd6 a6 $17 {Komodo12- Bl retains a Q side
majority}) 25. bxc4 Qxd1 (25... Qxc4 26. Qxd6 h6 27. Qd7 $11 {Komodo12}) 26.
Rxd1 Rxa2 (26... Rxc4 27. Rxd6 Bf8 28. Rd5 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 f4 30. gxf4 Bc5 31. Rd2
$11 {Komodo12}) 27. Rxd6 (27. Bd5 $17 {Komodo12- keeps the B active}) 27...
Ra1+ 28. Bf1 Bc3 (28... Bf8 $19 {Komodo12}) 29. Rd3 (29. Kg2 {Komodo12} Bb4 30.
Rf6 Bc5 31. Rxf5 a5 32. Be2 Kg7 $17 (32... a4 $17)) 29... Bb4 30. Kg2 a5 31.
Rd8+ (31. Rf3 a4 32. Rxf5 a3 $19) 31... Kg7 $19 32. Bd3 Bc5 33. Ra8 Ra2 34. Kf3
(34. h4 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Rf3 36. Bb1 f4 37. Kg4 Rb3 38. Be4 fxg3 $19 (38... f3 39.
Bxf3 f5+ 40. Kxf5 Rxf3+ $19)) 34... Rxf2# 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bg2 g5
9. O-O g4 10. Ne1 Ndxe5 11. Bh6 Rg8 12. Nd2 Rg6 13. Be3 f5 14. Nb3 c4 15. dxc4
Nxc4 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 b6 18. Ncd3 Qg5 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. b3 Qd2
22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Nd6 24. c4 Ba6 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Rfd1 Ne4 27. cxd5 Nc3 28.
Re1 exd5 29. Nxd5 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Bxe2 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Re1 Rc2 33. Bf1 Rxa2 34.
Rxe2+ Rxe2 35. Bxe2 Kd6 36. Bc4 a5 37. f3 gxf3 38. Kf2 Kc5 39. Bf7 g5 40. Kxf3
b5 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Kd6 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Bd5 Kf6 45. h5 a4 46. b4 a3 47. Bb3
1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Saunders, Walter N. R."]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. O-O Rb8 6. Nc3 b5 7. Ne2 e5 8. d3 d6
9. c3 Nf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. h3 b4 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Qd1
Nxe4 16. Be3 Ba6 17. a3 Nd5 18. Re1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nxg3 21. Qa6
Qb6 22. Qa4 Nf5 23. Re2 exd4 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13. Bxg6 Nxd4 14. Kd1 Rg8 15.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Qxh6 Raf8 19. Rf3 Rxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxg2
21. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Llewellyn, David"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e4 Rh7 5. Qh5+ Rf7 6. Bxg5 hxg5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Qg6 Nxe4 9. Ne5 Nd6 10. h4 gxh4 11. Rxh4 e6 12. Nxf7 Nxf7 13. Rh7 Qe7 14. Be2
Nc6 15. Bh5 Ncd8 16. Nc3 d6 17. O-O-O c6 18. Qg8 Bd7 19. Re1 e5 20. dxe5 d5 21.
e6 Bxe6 22. Ne2 Kd7 23. Nd4 Bh6+ 24. Kd1 Rc8 25. Qg6 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Bxg5 27. Nxe6
Nxe6 28. Rxf7+ Kd6 29. Rxf5 Rg8 30. Bf7 Nd4 31. Rxd5+ cxd5 32. Bxg8 a5 33. c3
Nb5 34. Re6+ Kc5 35. Re5 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Sivarajasingam, Shayanna"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d4 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Rad8 11. Nc4 Qf4 12. Qc1 Nd5 13. Re1 Qxc1 14.
Raxc1 Nf4 15. Ncd2 e5 16. h3 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4
20. cxd4 Rd7 21. Rce1 g6 22. Re7 Rfd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rb8 c6 26.
Kf1 Kf6 27. Ke2 Ke6 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Rh8 f5 30. b3 Kc7 31. Re8 a5 32. Re5 b6 33.
a4 Kd6 34. f4 h5 35. h4 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Allford, Zane"]
[Black "Sivarajasingam, Venetia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Qd2 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Bxf4 7. Qxf4 Qb4+
8. Nd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qxc2 10. Ngf3 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. Ne5 Qf5 13. Qg3 Qf6 14. Rb3
Nf5 15. Qh3 O-O 16. Bg4 Nxd4 17. Bxc8 Qxe5 18. Bxb7 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 Na6 20. Bxa6
Rad8 21. f4 Qb2 22. Bd3 g6 23. Rf2 Qf6 24. f5 Rde8 25. fxg6 Re1+ 26. Bf1 Qxg6
27. Rf3 Kh8 28. Qh4 Rfe8 29. Qd4+ Qg7 30. Qxa7 Rg8 31. Rg3 Qf6 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8
33. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 a5 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Be3 b6 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nd2 Nh7 15. Rg1
Bd7 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. O-O-O a4 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Ng3 Ng5 20. Rh1 c6 21. h4 Nh7 22.
f3 Qe8 23. Qd2 Qf8 24. Rdf1 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Rab8 26. h5 g5 27. Nc3 Ne6 28. Nf5
Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Bxd4 Be6 31. Kb1 Nf6 32. Nxa4 b5 33. cxb5 d5 34. e5 Nd7
35. f4 gxf4 36. Qxf4 Qb4 37. Bc3 Qxf4 38. Rxf4 Nxe5 39. Rb4 Nc4 40. Bxg7 Kxg7
41. Nc5 Nd2+ 42. Kc2 Ne4 43. Nxe6+ fxe6 44. Re1 Rbc8+ 45. Kd3 e5 46. Ke3 Ng5
47. Rf1 d4+ 48. Kd2 e4 49. Ra4 Rd7 50. Ra6 Rf7 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. Rxf7+ Nxf7 53.
Rc6 Rf8 54. Rc7 Kh8 55. b6 d3 56. Bd1 Nd6 57. Ke3 Rf1 58. b7 Nxb7 59. Rxb7 Rxd1
60. Kxe4 d2 61. Kd3 Ra1 62. Kxd2 Rxa2 63. Ke3 Kg8 64. Kf4 Kf8 65. Kf5 Ra5+ 66.
Kf4 Ra2 67. b3 Rf2+ 68. Ke5 Re2+ 69. Kf5 Rf2+ 70. Ke5 Ra2 71. Kf4 Rf2+ 72. Kg3
Rf1 73. b4 Ke8 74. b5 Kd8 75. Rb6 Rb1 76. Kf4 Kc7 77. Rxh6 Rxb5 78. Re6 Kd7 79.
Re2 Rb4+ 80. Re4 Rb8 81. h6 Rb1 82. g5 Rf1+ 83. Kg4 Rh1 84. Kf5 Kd6 85. Kg6 Kd5
86. Re2 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Gilbert, Jonathan A."]
[Black "Saunders, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Qd3
Qh5 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Re3 Ne7 17. Bd6 Nf5 18. Bxf8 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rxf8 20. Ne1 Rc8
21. Bb3 Kf8 22. c4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Ra1 Qg4 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27.
Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Nf3 Bc5 29. Qe2 Rg5 30. g3 Rd5 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Kg2 a5 33. Qa2 Qd7
34. Qc2 Qd3 35. Qc1 Qxa3 36. Qg5 Be7 37. Qh5 Qd3 38. Qe5 Bf6 39. Qc7 Qd6 40.
Qb7 g6 41. Qa6 Qc6 42. Re3 a4 43. Ra3 Ra8 44. Qe2 b5 45. Qd2 Kg7 46. h4 h5 47.
Kh2 Rd8 48. Qa2 b4 49. Re3 b3 50. Qb1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Yeo, Gareth"]
[Black "Waterfield, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 e5 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Ng3 O-O 8. Bd3 f5
9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nh5 Bh8 12. Bh6 Rf7 13. Qf3 Qh4 14. h3 Nd7 15.
g4 fxg4 16. Qxg4+ Qxg4 17. hxg4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Ne4 Rg6 20. f3 Bd7 21.
a4 Bg7 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Ke2 Rf7 24. b3 b6 25. Rh2 Bf8 26. Rah1 a6 27. Rh5 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Ra1 bxc4 30. bxc4 Bc8 31. Ra8 Bb7 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Ng3 Bc8 34. Ra8
Bb7 35. Ra1 Bc8 36. Nf5+ Kg8 37. Nh4 Rgg7 38. Ke3 h6 39. Bxh6 Bxg4 40. fxg4
Rxg4 41. Rg5+ Rxg5 42. Bxg5 Rb7 43. Ke4 Rb4 44. Rc1 Kf7 45. Kf5 Rb2 46. Nf3 Rf2
47. Rc3 e4 48. Kxe4 Kg6 49. Be3 Rb2 50. Rc1 Rb4 51. Nd2 Bg7 52. Bf4 Rb2 53.
Rg1+ Kf7 54. Rf1 Ke8 55. Kd3 Rb6 56. Rg1 Kf7 57. Re1 Ra6 58. Re6 Bf8 59. Ke4
Ra2 60. Kf5 Be7 61. Rh6 Bf8 62. Rh7+ Ke8 63. Rb7 Ra1 64. Ne4 Rf1 65. Ke6 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 d5 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Qe2 O-O 12. a3 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Qxa6 Rxc3
15. bxc3 Nxd5 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 e5 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. O-O Bxc2 20. Nd2 Qc7 21.
Rac1 Ba4 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. c4 Bf8 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. f4 exf4 26. Qd4+ Kh6 27. Rf3
Bd7 28. Rcc3 Kh5 29. Qf6 Bh6 30. Rh3+ Bxh3 31. Rxh3+ Kg4 32. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Davies, Matthew"]
[Black "Harris, Calum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qa5 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nd7
15. Qc2 b5 16. c4 b4 17. Rcd1 Nb6 18. Bd3 Na4 19. e5 Nc3 20. Rd2 Qc7 21. f3 f6
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rg2 Bg7 24. f5 Rf6 25. fxg6 h5 26. Qf2 Ra6 27. Qh4 Qe5 28.
Bxc5 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Nxa2 30. Qxe7 Qf4 31. Qe4 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Nc3 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34.
Be3 Qd8 35. Qf5 Qe7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Bh6 Qb7 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40.
Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "James, Dai"]
[Black "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Be3 e5 5. c4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Bb4 7. d5 Nd4 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. a3 Bf5 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. c5 Qb3 13. Qxb3 Nxb3 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. d6 Nxe4 16. dxe7+ Kxe7 17. Nf3 Nexd2 18. Nxd2 Nxc1 19. O-O Bd3 20. Rxc1
Bxb5 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Ne4 Rhe8 23. f4 Kf8 24. Nc3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. Be2 d5 12. Rfd1 exd4 13. Bxd4 Re8 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 Re5 18. Qd4 f6 19. f4 Rf5 20. Bd3 Ne5
21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Qe3 d4 23. Bxf5 dxe3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bd3 e4 26. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hatchett, Paul"]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Qd7 11. b4 Nd4 12. d3 b6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. f4 f6 16. f5 Bf7 17. g4 g5 18. h4 h6 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rf2 Rfc8
22. Bf1 Rc7 23. Be2 Rac8 24. Bd2 b5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 26. Bd1 d5 27. a4 Qd7 28. b5
dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. a5 Bf8 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. Rxb3 Rb8 34. Be1
Kf7 35. Rfb2 Rcb7 36. Kg2 Bc5 37. a6 Rc7 38. Kf3 Rh8 39. Ke4 Bb6 40. Re2 Ke7
41. Rbb2 Rh3 42. Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Yeo, Gareth"]
[Black "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. f3 Nc6 6. e4 e6 7. e5 Nd7 8. f4
Qb6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. a3 Na5 11. b4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 Qc6 15.
f5 exf5 16. d5 Qg6 17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. a4 Rac8 20. a5 Nc4 21. Ne2 b5
22. Nf4 Qa6 23. h4 Qb7 24. Rb1 Rfe8 25. Re1 Bf8 26. Qd3 Rcd8 27. Qc2 Rc8 28.
Qf2 Qb8 29. Nd3 Qb7 30. Qd4 Red8 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Nc5 Qc7 33. d6 Qc6 34. Qf2 h6
35. Bf4 Rcd8 36. Rbd1 Be6 37. Nd4 Qa8 38. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jones, Derek"]
[Black "Gibbons, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 a5 11. Be3 a4 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. a3 Bd7 14. f3 Rfe8
15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Hurley, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. c3 b5 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Re1
Nc6 9. a4 b4 10. Nf1 bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Bb5 Ba6 16. Bg5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Na7 18. c4 c6 19. e5 Ne8 20. bxc6 Nxc6 21. Rxb8
Nxb8 22. Rb1 Nc6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qe4 Qc7 25. Ng5 f5 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Qxe6+
Kh8 28. Nf3 Re8 29. Qf5 Qa7 30. Qf4 d5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Qd6 Ncb4 33. Re1 Rb8
34. Qe6 h6 35. Qg6 Nf6 36. Nf5 Ng8 37. Ne5 Rb7 38. Nd6 Nf6 39. Nef7+ Rxf7 40.
Nxf7+ Kg8 41. Nxh6+ Kh8 42. Nf5 Nbd5 43. Qg3 Qf7 44. Rb1 Nb4 45. Qb8+ Kh7 46.
Re1 Nbd5 47. Qb1 Kh8 48. h3 Qg6 49. Ng3 Qf7 50. Qb5 Qa7 51. Ne4 Qe7 52. Qb8+
Kh7 53. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Chong, Kimberly"]
[Black "Moore, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Qc1 Ne4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 f6 14. O-O
Qc7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Re3 Rac8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Na5 20. Qc2 g6
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Qg7 23. Qh5 Qh7 24. Qxd5+ Rf7 25. Qxa5 b6 26. Qd5 Kh8
27. Qe6 Rcf8 28. Re1 Qg6 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Rc7 31. Re3 Kg7 32. d5 Kg6 33.
g4 Rfc8 34. Re6 Rxc3 35. Rexf6+ Kg7 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 Rxh3 38. d6 Rd3 39.
d7 Rd8 40. a4 Kg7 41. a5 bxa5 42. Rfxa5 Kf7 43. Re5 Kf6 44. Re8 R8xd7 45. Rxd7
Rxd7 46. Kg2 Rd2 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Re3 Rd1 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. g5+ Kg6 51. Re6+ Kf7
52. Re3 Kg6 53. Rg3 Rd4+ 54. Ke5 Ra4 55. f4 Ra5+ 56. Ke4 Ra4+ 57. Ke3 Kf5 58.
Rf3 Kg4 59. Rf1 Kf5 60. Rf2 Re4+ 61. Kd3 Re8 62. Re2 Ra8 63. Rf2 Re8 64. Kd2
Re7 65. Re2 Ra7 66. Rf2 Re7 67. Kd3 Re8 68. Kd4 Re7 69. Kd5 Rd7+ 70. Kc6 Rd1
71. Kc7 Rd3 72. Rg2 Kg6 73. f5+ Kxf5 74. g6 Re3 75. g7 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Kett, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. a5 O-O
9. Re1 Kh7 10. b4 a6 11. Na3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Nc2
Rad8 16. b5 axb5 17. Qxb5 e4 18. dxe4 Nxc3 19. Qb3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd3 21. Qxd3
Rxd3 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. Rab1 Nd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rxb7 Nxa5 26. Rd7 Nc6 27. Ne3
Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Rb1 Bf6 31. g3 Rd8 32. Rc7 d5 33. Rbb7 Rf8 34.
h5 gxh5 35. Rd7 d4 36. Nd5 Rd2 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Rb6+ Ke5 39. Rxh6 f5 40. Rxh5
Ke4 41. Kg2 f4 42. Re7+ Kd3 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. Rh3+ Kc4 45. Rc7+ Kd5 46. Rf3
Rg4+ 47. Rg3 Rxg3+ 48. Kxg3 d3 49. Rd7+ Ke4 50. Re7+ Kd4 51. Rd7+ Kc3 52. f4
Re2 53. f5 d2 54. Kf4 Re1 55. f6 d1=Q 56. Rxd1 Rxd1 57. Ke5 Kc4 58. f7 Rf1 59.
Ke6 Kc5 60. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Young, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Qe2 Qe8 13. Qd1 b4 14. cxb4 cxb4 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxe4 18. Bc2 f5 19. a5 Be6 20. b3 Qh5 21. Re1 Kh8
22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Bb2 Rab8 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nd2 Bg4 26. Qxe4 Bg5 27. Qd5 Bf4 28.
g3 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Bf3 30. h4 Rf4 31. Qxd6 Rbf8 32. Qxe5 R4f7 33. Qxh5 Bxh5 34.
f4 Rd7 35. Re3 Rfd8 36. Be5 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Kf1 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Rd1 42. c5 Rc1 43. Bc3 Rf1 44. c6 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 a5 13. Na4 h6 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. c4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. b3 Qb8 19. Qxb8 Raxb8 20. cxd5 cxd5
21. Rac1 Nd7 22. Rc7 Rbc8 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Rxd7 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Ra1 26. Bg6 Rf8
27. Nc5 Rf6 28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rd6 Rf6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Nxe6 Rxa2 32. Kg3 Rb2
33. Nc5 Kf8 34. f4 Ke7 35. h4 Kd6 36. Nb7+ Kc7 37. Nxa5 Kb6 38. Nc4+ dxc4 39.
bxc4 Kc5 40. Bf7 Kd4 41. Kf3 Rb3+ 42. Kg4 Rb6 43. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. Bb5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxc2 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. Qa4 Bxh5 15.
Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qxc6+ Kf8 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. Rg1 Rc8 19. Qa6 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Ne7
21. Ke2 Rb8 22. Na4 Rh4 23. b3 Re4+ 24. Kd2 Rxe5 25. Qxa7 Rf5 26. Ke2 Qd6 27.
Nc5 Rd8 28. Nb7 Qe5+ 29. Qe3 Qb2+ 30. Kd1 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Nxc8 32. Qc5+ Ne7 33.
Qc2 Qa1+ 34. Qc1 Qxa2 35. Qc2 Qa1+ 36. Qc1 Qd4+ 37. Qd2 Qb6 38. Qa5 Qxb3+ 39.
Kc1 Qc4+ 40. Kb1 Nc6 41. Qa8+ Ke7 42. Qc8 Qb5+ 43. Kc1 Qb6 44. g6 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Hughes, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knghts"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. Rc1
Ba6 9. O-O Rc8 10. d4 c5 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 exd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Re8
15. Nd4 Bd6 16. Nf5 Re5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. b4 a6 21.
Nd4 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "James, Dai"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nh4
Re8 9. f4 exf4 10. Nf5 Bc7 11. gxf4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Ng3 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 Bg4
15. Qe1 Rad8 16. h3 Bc8 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bb6 19. Ne2 Qc5 20. Nc3 Qh5 21.
Qg3 Bd4 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Nd6 Re6 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Re1 Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ (4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2
Nbd7 8. Bf4 Ne4 {Williams-May, WCPL 2017,1/2-1/2}) 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ {
"strategically unfourable for Black" Bologan 2012:35. " Seems like a
concession, as Black swaps his more active bishop while facilitatingWhite's
development.Nevertheless, several top GMs have played this way"Avrukh 2015:171}
(5... Be7 {main}) 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 (8... c6 9. Qc2 {
ytansposes to some 500 games}) 9. cxd5 {Avrukh} exd5 10. Qa4 (10. Rc1 {'most
natural', Avrukh}) (10. b4 c6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. a4 {' when White can claim a
modest edge' Avrukh}) 10... Re8 11. e3 Bb7 12. b4 (12. Rac1 c5 (12... Ne4 13.
Rfd1 a6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Qc2 Rc8 (16... Re7) 17. Bh3 Rb8 18. Qxc7
Qd5 19. b3 Rbd8 20. Qxb6 {Popov-Abramov, Saratov ch 2011,1-0}) 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qa3 Ng4 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nb3 Nfe4 18. Nbd4 a5 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. Nfd4
Qd7 {Hirneise-Berzina, Pardubice 2009,1/2-1/2}) 12... Ne4 (12... c6 13. Qb3 a5
$11 {Stockfish10}) 13. Rfc1 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 (14. Qc2) 14... Nxe4 (14... dxe4 15.
Ne5 $16) 15. Ne5 $16 f6 16. Nd3 Re7 (16... c6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Qxb5 Re7 19. Nf4
g5 20. Nh5 Rf7 21. a4 $16 {Stockfish10}) 17. Rc2 a6 18. Rac1 g5 {(draw?)} 19.
Qb3 Kh8 20. a4 h5 {loosening the K side for an attack to counter the Wh
pressure on the Q side, but it is Wh who benefits from the opening} 21. b5 (21.
h4 $18 {Stockfish10} gxh4 (21... Qd6 22. hxg5 Nxg5 23. Nf4 $18) 22. Nf4 Kh7 23.
Qd3 f5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. Qxh5+ $18) 21... a5 (21... axb5 22. axb5
Ra5 23. h4 $16 {Stockfish10}) 22. Nb2 (22. h4 $18) 22... h4 23. gxh4 gxh4 24.
Nd3 Qd6 25. Nf4 $18 Rg8 26. Kh1 Reg7 27. Bxe4 (27. Qd3 Bc8 28. Qe2 Rh7 29. Bxe4
dxe4 30. h3 $18 {Stockfish10}) (27. h3 $18) 27... dxe4 28. Qe6 Qd8 (28... Bc8 {
leads to some complex play} 29. Qxd6 Bg4 30. Ng6+ Rxg6 31. Qf4 Bf3+ 32. Qxf3
exf3 33. Rxc7 h3 34. d5 Rg2 35. R7c4 Rxf2 36. Rh4+ Kg7 37. Rxh3 Re8 38. Rg1+
Rg2 39. Rxf3 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Re4 41. d6 Kf7 42. d7 Ke7 43. Rxf6 Rxa4 44. Rxb6
Kxd7 45. Ra6 $18 {Stockfish10}) 29. h3 $18 Re8 30. Qc4 Bc8 31. Qe2 Reg8 (31...
Ree7 32. Qh5+ Rh7 33. Qg6 Reg7 34. Qxe4 $18 {Stockfish10}) 32. Qh5+ Rh7 33.
Ng6+ Rxg6 (33... Kg7 34. Rxc7+ Bd7 35. Qg4 $18 {Stockfish10} f5 36. Rxd7+ (36.
Qxf5) 36... Qxd7 37. Qg5 Qd8 38. Qxf5 Rh6 39. Rg1 Qe8 40. Ne7+ Kh8 41. Rxg8+
Qxg8 42. Nxg8 Kxg8 43. d5 $18) 34. Qxg6 Bxh3 35. Rg1 (35. Rc6 Qg8 36. Qxf6+ Qg7
37. Qxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rxc7) 35... f5 36. Rc6 (36. Rg5 $1) 36... Bg4 37. Rxg4 (37.
Re6 Rg7 38. Re8+ Qxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. Kh2 $18) (37. Rxg4 fxg4 38. Re6 $18)
1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Spencer, Douglas"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 {Wh usually plays d4, though if a Petroff player himself} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O (7. Nc3 f5 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne2
O-O 10. c4 Bf6 (10... Be6) 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Rc1 $14 {
Gopal-Jones, Istanbul ol 2012,1-0}) 7... Be7 8. Nc3 Nf6 {" I would avoid the
passive Nf6" Lakdawala 2015:209 'This looks like a sour exchange French
position for Black,since [after the following moves in the text] 1.White has
the useful extra moves a3 and h3 2.White's light squared Bishop is more
actively posted than its c8-counterpart"} (8... Nxc3 {only move discussed in
Sakaev & Cohen, indicating that Bl must try to play against the doubled pawns})
9. h3 O-O 10. a3 h6 11. Re1 (11. Bf4) 11... a6 (11... Re8 {86% for Wh}) 12. Bf4
Bd6 13. Qd2 (13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Re3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 Re8
{Badev-Janchev, BUL ch tm, Sunny Beach 2009,1/2-1/2}) 13... Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Nh5 (
14... Be6 15. Re3 Nh5 16. Qh2 Rc8 17. g4 Nf6 18. g5 (18. Rae1 $16) 18... hxg5
19. Nxg5 Nxd4 20. Qf4 c5 21. Rg3 Nh5 (21... Qc7 $19) 22. Qh4 $18 g6 23. Qxh5
gxh5 24. Nxe6+ Kh8 25. Nxd8 Rcxd8 26. Re1 $18 {Andreikin-Dubov, Wld ch
blitz2015,1/2-1/2}) 15. Qd2 (15. Qe3 $16 {Stockfish10}) (15. Qh2 $16 {Fritz13})
15... Qd6 16. Ne5 (16. Ne2 $16 {Cloud Engines} f5 17. Ne5 (17. c4 $16) 17...
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Rad1 (19. c4 $14) 19... Qxb2 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 c5
22. Qd6 Qf6 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Bc4 (24. Qxc5 $16) 24... f4 25. Qxc5 Bf5 $11 {
Civric-Stankovic, SRB ch tm, Valjevo 2010,0-1}) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxa6 {Fritz13} (
17. Rad1 Nf6 (17... Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. c4 Rfe8 21. b4 c5 $11 {
Stockfish10}) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 c5 20. c3 b5 21. cxd4 bxc4 22. dxc5 Qxc5
23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Be6 25. Rc5 $11 {Stockfish10}) (17. Bf1 c5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5
19. c3 Bxh3 20. cxd4 Be6 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf6 $17 {
Stockfish10}) (17. Bg6 fxg6 18. Qxd4 Nf4 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 c6 $15 {
Stockfish10}) 17... Rxa6 (17... Nxc2 18. Qxc2 bxa6 $11 {Fritz13}) (17... Ne6
18. Bd3 c6 19. Rad1 Nef4 20. Bf1 $11 {Stockfish10}) 18. Qxd4 Nf6 $11 19. Rad1 (
19. Nd3) 19... Be6 20. b4 {based on a tactic, but a longterm the a3 pawn
becomes weak} (20. Nd3 b6 21. Qf4 $11) 20... Rc8 21. Nd3 (21. Nb5 Qe7 {both
Engines} (21... Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Nd4 Ra8 24. Re3 Rba6 25. Rdd3 $11) 22.
Qf4 (22. Qb2 $11 {Stockfish10}) (22. Rd3 {Fritz13} c6 23. Nc3 c5 24. bxc5 Qxc5
$15 {Stockfish10}) 22... c5 23. c3 $11 {Stockfish10} Qe8 24. c4 Qf8 25. cxd5 (
25. Qf3) 25... Nxd5 26. Qe4 cxb4 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 bxa3 29. Qxb7 Raa8 30.
Nc6 Re8 31. Ra1 a2 32. Nbd4 Qd6 33. Qb2 g6 34. Qb4 $11) (21. Re3 c5 22. bxc5
Qxc5 23. Nf3 Qa5 24. Qb4 Qd8 25. Qb2 $11 {Stockfish10- both sides have
weaknesses}) 21... b6 22. Nf4 (22. Ne5) 22... c5 23. bxc5 (23. Qd2 $11 {both
Engines} cxb4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Ne4 Qxd2 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rxd2 Rc6 28. Nh5 f5
29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxd5 $11 {Stockfish10}) 23... bxc5 24. Qe5 (24. Qd2 d4 25.
Nxe6 fxe6 {both Engines} 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxa3 28. Qe2 Rc6 29. Re1 Raa6
30. Qc4 Qd5 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. f4 Qf7 33. g4 Qa7 $17 {Stockfish10}) 24... Qxe5 25.
Rxe5 d4 $17 26. Ncd5 (26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Nb5 {both Engines} Nd5 28. c3 Rb8 29.
c4 Nc3 30. Nxc3 dxc3 31. Rc1 Rxa3 32. Rxe6 Rb4 33. Re3 Rxc4 34. Rc2 Kf7 $11 {
Stockfish10- it will take time to disentangle the Bl Rs & in the meantime the
Bl K can't approach}) 26... Bxd5 $19 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxa3 {the weak
goes and the game with it.} 29. Kf1 (29. Rb1 Rc3 30. Rb2 Ra8 $19) 29... Rc3 30.
Rd2 Ra8 31. Ke2 Ra2 32. Kd1 Ra1+ 33. Ke2 Rc1 34. Rf5 g6 35. Rd5 R1xc2 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Miles, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. O-O d5 (5... O-O) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Qd6 (10... Bd7) 11. Qa4 (11. Rc1 {main}
Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Qa4) 11... Nd4 (11... Bd7 12. Qh4
{80% for Wh}) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bf4 (13. Bd2 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Rfb8 15. Rac1 a5 16.
Qb5 Ra7 17. a3 Bd7 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 b6 $11 {Urban-Farago, Budapest FSM 10
IM 1994,1/2-1/2}) 13... e5 14. Bd2 Qd7 (14... Bd7 15. Qb3 (15. Qb4) 15... Be6
16. Qb4 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qc4 (19. Rc7 Rab8 $14) 19... Qd7 20.
Qc7 Rfd8 21. Rc4 $11 {Urban-Petermann, Oberliga Nord 1995,1-0}) (14... a5 $11 {
Cloud Engines}) 15. Qa3 (15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Rfc1 Be6 17. b3 Rab8 18. Bb4 Rfe8
19. Rc7 Rec8 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bd6 a6 22. R1c5 $16 {Stockfish10}) 15... Re8 16.
Rac1 Bf8 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 (18... Qe7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. a3 Bf5 $11) 19.
Rc2 Qe7 20. Qxe7 (20. Qa4 {keeping Qs on at this point maybe offrs a better
chance of gaining an advantage} a6 21. Rfc1 Bg4 (21... Bf5 22. Be4 (22. h4 Rec8
23. Qb3 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qd6 25. Bd5 Qd7 26. Rc6 Rd8 27. Rc5 b5 28. Bf3 Kg7 29. a3
h5 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. b4 $16) 22... Bxe4 23. dxe4 Qe6 24. Qc4 Qd7 25. Kg2 Red8 26.
h3 $14) 22. h3 Bd7 23. Qa5 Qd8 24. Rc7 $16 {Stockfish10}) 20... Rxe7 21. Rfc1
Be6 22. a3 (22. a4 $5) 22... Kf8 (22... b6 $11) 23. Rc5 Bd7 (23... Bf5) 24. Bd5
Be6 (24... b6 $11) (24... Bh3 $11) 25. Bf3 (25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. b4 Rd8 27. a4 Rd7
28. g4 Kg7 29. Kg2 $16 {Stockfish10}) 25... Bd7 (25... Bh3) 26. Kg2 Ke8 (26...
f5 $11) 27. h4 (27. g4 $5) 27... h5 28. Rc7 Bc6 29. Bxc6+ bxc6 30. Rxe7+ (30.
R7xc6 Rxb2 31. Rc8+ Kd7 32. Kf3 f6 $11 {Stockfish10}) 30... Kxe7 31. Rxc6 (31.
b4 Kd6 32. f4 f6 $11) 31... Rxb2 32. Kf3 Rb7 (32... a5 33. Rc5 e4+ 34. Kxe4 (
34. dxe4 Rb3+ 35. Kg2 Rxa3 $11) 34... Rxe2+ 35. Kxd4 Rxf2 36. Rxa5 Rg2 37. Rg5
Ra2 38. Ra5 Rg2 $11 {Stockfish10}) 33. Ra6 $16 Rd7 34. Ke4 f6 35. f4 (35. a4
Rb7 36. a5 Rd7 37. Rc6 Kf7 {Stockfish10 insists Wh is winning & eventually
finds a way through} 38. a6 Ke7 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 Kf7 41. Rc4 Ke6 (41...
Re7+ 42. Kxd4 g5 43. fxg5 fxg5 44. Rc5 gxh4 45. Rxh5 Rxe2 46. Rxh4 Kg6 47. Re4
Ra2 48. Re6+ Kf5 49. Rc6 $18 {an evaluation confirmed by Lomonosov tablebases})
42. Rxd4 f5+ 43. Ke3 Rc7 44. Rc4 Re7 45. Kf3 $18) 35... exf4 36. gxf4 Kf7 37.
Ra5 Re7+ 38. Kf3 Rd7 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. f5 (40. a4 Re7 41. Kf2 Rd7 42. a5 Kf7 43.
Rc6 Kg7 44. a6 Kf7 45. Kf3 Kg7 46. e4 dxe3 47. Kxe3 Re7+ 48. Kf3 Rd7 49. Ke4
Re7+ 50. Kd5 Rd7+ 51. Ke6 Rxd3 52. Rc7+ Kh6 53. Rxa7 Rd4 54. Ra8 Ra4 $11 {
Stockfish10 nudged}) 40... gxf5 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Llewellyn, David"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. f4 {an approach championed by
Salgado Lopez} (5. Nh3 d6 6. Nf4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. O-O
O-O 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 {Llewellyn-Van Kemenade,WCPL 2009,0-1})
5... Nec6 (5... Ng6 {main eg} 6. a3 a5 7. h4 Bc5 8. h5 Ne7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Nc3
Nbc6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Nb5 h6 13. Qe2 Bb6 14. O-O-O {Harley Yeo-Konnen, S Wales
International 2018,1-0}) (5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (6. Kf2 Qf6 7. Nf3 Ng4+ 8. Kg3 h5 9.
Ng5 d6 10. h3 h4+ 11. Kf3 Nh6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nc3 {Abdel Razik-Ntamatungiro,
Africa zt Cairo 2014,1-0}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nec6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 a5 10. Nc3
Na6 11. Rd1 d6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bb1 {Snape-Song, Hastings Masters 2018,1-0}) 6.
Nf3 Bc5 (6... g6 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. Bc3 O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qd2 (11. Be2
Bg4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Kg8 16. Nd5 {Del Rio de
Angelis-Huerga Leache, Paz de Ziganda op, Villava Rapid 2017, 1/2-1/2}) 11...
Nd7 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Be6 {De La Villa Garcia-Schuh, Pardubice 2011,1-0}) (
6... Bb4+ 7. Kf2 Be7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. Re1 O-O {
Battaglini-Tomaino, US Open Orlando 2011,1-0}) 7. Nc3 O-O (7... d6) 8. Bd3 Re8
$2 {incautious} (8... h6 9. O-O Re8 10. Qe2 (10. Ne4 Bf8 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. Bb1 d5
13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Nc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bg4 {Cruz-Souza, Curitiba Parana ch 2016,
1-0}) 10... a6 11. Kh1 {Da vSilva-Lima,Recife Arraes Memorial, 2015,1-0}) (8...
d6 {Cloud Engines; when} 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 h6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. O-O-O {is given
by Salgado Lopez 2018:40}) 9. Kf2 (9. Bxh7+ $18 {Wh looked at this for quite
some time, but couldn't work out all the consequences} Kf8 (9... Kxh7 10. Ng5+
Kg6 11. h4 $1 (11. Qg4 f5 12. Qg3 $18) 11... Rf8 12. f5+ Kh6 13. e4 Qf6 14. Nd5
Qd4 15. Nxf7+ Kh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Ng5 $18)) 9... h6 (9... d6) 10. a3 a5 11.
Bc2 (11. g4 {Stockfish10, seen by Bl} d5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. h3 c6 (13... Nxd5 $2
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bh7+) 14. dxc6 Nbxc6 15. Qc2 Qc7 (15... Ba7 16. Rd1 Qb6 17.
Bc4 $16 {Stockfish10, but the position remains quite complex})) 11... d6 12.
Qd3 g6 (12... f5 13. g4 {is dangerous}) 13. Nd5 (13. h4 $5 {Stockfish10}) 13...
Bf5 $5 (13... Be6 14. Qc3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 {and Bl was worried about Wh being
able tocreate a pawn roller with e4-e5, though} 16. Rd1 c6 $11 {Stockfish10}) (
13... Nd7 {looked passive. though} 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. h3 d5 $11 (16...
b6 $11 {Stockfish10})) 14. Qc3 Bxc2 {Bl gives up the exchange, hoping for
piece activity,with the Wh K in the centre & the backward e pawn against Rs
that are notoriously bad defenders( & in the rest of the game the Rs scarcely
get off the back rank; one R exchanges on e3, the other gets as far as the 2nd
rank)} (14... Nb4 $1 {is the Stockfish10 solution} 15. axb4 (15. Nf6+ Qxf6 16.
Qxf6 Nxc2 17. g4 Bxg4 $15 (17... Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 19. Kg3 Nd7 20. Qh4 Bd3 $15
)) (15. Bxf5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 gxf5 17. Qd3 Re4 $15) 15... axb4 16. Qf6 Rxa1 17.
Bxf5 Rxc1 (17... gxf5 18. Qxh6 Re6 19. Qh5 Qf8 20. Ng5 Rh6 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22.
Qxh6 $18) 18. Qxd8 (18. Rxc1 Bxe3+ 19. Kf1 Bxc1 $19) 18... Rxd8 19. Rxc1 c6 20.
Nf6+ Kg7 21. Ne4 gxf5 22. Ng3 Kf6 23. Nh4 Nd7 $11 {Stockfish10}) 15. Nf6+ Kf8
16. Nxe8 Qxe8 (16... Bf5 {pm analysis} 17. Nf6 Bb4 $1 {Stockfish10} 18. Nh7+
Kg8 19. Qf6 (19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Nh7+ {repetition}) 19... Nd7 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21.
axb4 axb4 22. Nhg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Nc5 $11 {Stockfish10- it seems difficult for
Wh to get his pices to more active squares}) (16... Be4 {bl's original thought
is not that succesful} 17. Nf6 Bxf3 (17... Bd4 18. Nh7+ Kg7 19. exd4 Kxh7 20.
d5 $18) 18. Kxf3 Bb4 19. Qb3 Qxf6 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Bd2 N8c6 22. Qc3 $16) 17.
Qxc2 Nd7 18. Qc3 (18. Re1 a4 19. Kf1 Qe6 20. Bd2 Nb6 21. Rac1 Re8 {slowly
untangles the Wh pieces, when Stockfish10 gives} 22. e4 $16) 18... f6 19. Re1 (
19. Qd3 {David, pm analysis} Bb6 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Qc2 f5 22. Re2 Qe4 23. Qxe4
Nxe4+ 24. Kf1 a4 $16 {Stockfish10, but it will be difficult to get rid of Bl's
control over e4} 25. Bd2 Nb8 26. g3 Nd7 27. Kg2 Ndf6 28. Bb4 Re8) 19... Qe4 20.
Kf1 Re8 (20... a4 $5) 21. Bd2 (21. b3 $5) 21... g5 {2nd choice Stockfish10} (
21... a4) 22. Rac1 Ne7 (22... a4 23. Qc2 Nb6) 23. Qc2 (23. Qxa5 Nf5 24. Qc3 $18
) (23. b4 $18) 23... Nf5 (23... Qxc2 24. Rxc2 a4) 24. Qxe4 (24. Ne5 $1 {
Stockfish10} Qxc2 25. Nxd7+ Ke7 26. Rxc2 Kxd7 27. Rc3 a4 28. e4 {
Stockfish10-lifts the siege & Bl's attacking force is diminished}) 24... Rxe4
25. g4 {gives Bl chances} (25. Rc3 {pm analysis, threatens g4 throwing the N
back} g4 26. Nd4 (26. Ng1 a4 27. h3 h5 $11 {Whs C pawn is vulnerable}) 26...
Bxd4 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Bc1 Nc5 $11 {the Ns contain the Rs & bad B} (28... a4))
(25. fxg5 hxg5 26. h3 a4 (26... g4 27. hxg4 Rxg4 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Bb6 $16 {
but far from clear}) 27. g4 Nxe3+ 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Bxe3 30. Re1 Bf4 31.
Rb1 Nc5 32. Ke2 $16 {Stockfish10}) 25... Nxe3+ 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Kg2 gxf4 (
27... Rb3 {considered} 28. Rc2 gxf4 29. Re4 Be3 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 f3+ 32.
Kg3 Ne5 33. c5 dxc5 34. Rxc5 c6 35. Rxa5 Rxb2 36. Rb4 Rg2+ 37. Kh3 Ke7 38.
Rxb7+ Ke6 39. Rb4 h5 40. gxh5 Rg5 41. h6 f2 42. Rf4 Ng6 43. Raa4 Nxf4+ 44. Rxf4
Rh5+ 45. Kg3 Rxh6 46. h4 Ke5 47. Rxf2 Rh7 48. a4 $11 {Stockfish10}) 28. Rxe3
Bxe3 $11 29. Rd1 (29. Rc3 Ne5 30. h3 $11) 29... Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 $15 31. Kf3
Ke7 (31... a4 32. Rd3 Ke7 33. b3 axb3 34. Rxb3 b6 35. a4 Ke6 $17 {pm analysis})
32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Ke6 (33... c6 34. b5 cxb5 35. cxb5 Ke6 36. Ke4 Bd4 37. Kf3
Bc5 (37... d5 38. Rxd4 exd4 39. Kxf4 $11) 38. Ke4 Bd4 39. Kf3 {Stockfish10-
but the Engine just goes around in circles & leaving a b7 pawn on is an
invitation to the R}) 34. b5 c6 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Ke4 $11 {Stockfish10, but
surely Bl retains all trhe practical chances} Bd4 37. Kf3 (37. Rxd4 exd4 38.
Kxd4 (38. Kxf4 c5 $19) 38... d5 39. cxd5+ cxd5 40. h4 Kf6 $19 {Wh runs out of
moves}) 37... d5 38. Rc1 (38. cxd5+ Kxd5 {is the game continuation} (38... cxd5
39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Kxf4 Kf6 41. h4 Ke6 42. g5 hxg5+ 43. hxg5 Kf7 44. Kf3 Kg6 45.
Ke2 Kxg5 46. Kd3 Kf5 47. Kxd4 Ke6 48. Kd3 $11)) 38... Be3 (38... Kd6 {
Stockfish10 second choice , leads to the same} 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. Rc8 {free at
last} Be3 41. Ke2 (41. Rh8 e4+ 42. Ke2 d4 $19 {to be analysed later})) 39.
cxd5+ Kxd5 $11 (39... cxd5 $1 {Stockfish10 & pm analysis looks like a Bl win,
though difficult to calculate & looks like giving the R a free hand} 40. Rc6+
Kd7 {Stockfish10 most exact} (40... Kf7 {pm analysis}) 41. Rxh6 e4+ 42. Ke2 d4
43. Ke1 f3 44. Rf6 (44. Rh7+ Kd6) 44... d3 45. h4 Bc5 46. Rf5 Bb4+ 47. Kf2 d2
48. Rd5+ Ke6 49. Rd8 Bc5+ 50. Kf1 e3 {Bl pawns travel faster}) 40. Rd1+ Bd4 41.
h4 c5 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Ke6 (43... c4 44. Rc1 c3 45. Rc2 Kc4 (45... Ke6 {
transposes to text}) 46. Ke4 Kb3 47. Rc1 (47. Kd3 {pm analysis} e4+ 48. Kxd4
Kxc2 49. g6 e3 50. g7 e2 (50... Kd2 51. g8=Q c2 (51... e2) 52. Ke4 c1=Q (52...
e2 53. Qd5+ Kc1 54. Qa5 Kd1 55. Qd5+ $11 {Nalimov}) 53. Qd5+ Ke2 54. Kxf4 {and
this draws wherever the Bl Q or K go}) 51. g8=Q e1=Q 52. Qa2+ {missed in pm
analysis- Stockfish10 & Nalimov tablebases} Kd1 53. Qb1+ Ke2 54. Qe4+ Kf1 55.
Qxf4+ Qf2+ 56. Qxf2+ Kxf2 57. Kxc3 $11) 47... Kb2 48. Rf1 Bc5 (48... c2 49. g6
$18) 49. Kxe5 c2 50. g6 Bf8 51. Kxf4 Bh6+ 52. Kf3 c1=Q 53. Rxc1 Kxc1 $11 {
Stockfish10}) 44. Ke4 c4 (44... Kf7 45. Kf5 f3 46. g6+ Kf8 47. Rb1 f2 48. Rb8+
Kg7 49. Rb7+ Kg8 (49... Kf8 50. g7+ Kg8 51. Kg6 f1=Q 52. Rb8+ Qf8 53. gxf8=Q#)
50. Rb8+ $11) 45. Rc1 (45. Rb1 c3 (45... f3 46. Kxf3 Kf5 47. g6 c3 48. Ke2 Kxg6
49. Kd3 Kf5 50. Rf1+ $11) 46. Rb7 Kd6 (46... c2 47. Rc7 f3 48. Rxc2 f2 49. Rc6+
Kf7 50. Rf6+ Kg7 51. Kd3 f1=Q+ 52. Rxf1 Kg6 53. Ke4 Kxg5 $11) 47. Rb4 Ke6 48.
Rc4 f3 49. Kxf3 Kf5 50. Rc6 Kxg5 51. Ke4 $11 {Stockfish10}) 45... c3 46. Rc2 {
the R leaves the back rank} (46. Ra1 f3 47. Kxf3 Kf5 $11) 46... Kf7 47. Kf3 Kg7
48. Kg4 Kg6 49. Rc1 (49. Rh2) 49... f3 50. Kxf3 Kxg5 51. Ke4 Kg4 52. Rc2 Kg3
53. Ra2 Kg4 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Black "Saunders, Walter N. R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 e5 (5... c5 {scores better for
Bl}) 6. d3 d6 7. Nge2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 a6 (9... Be6) 10. Be3 {48% for Wh} (
10. f4 {main, 64% for Wh}) 10... Nd4 (10... Rb8) 11. Qd2 $2 (11. f4 exf4 12.
Nxf4 Rb8 13. a4 Nd7 14. Kh2 {S Williams-Hebden, Hastings Challengers 1998,0-1})
11... Bxh3 $17 (11... Bd7 12. f4 {Escofet llongueras-Colome Boixadera,
Castellar op 2007,1-0}) 12. Bg5 Bxg2 (12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6 15.
Bxf6 (15. Be3 $11 {Komodo12}) 15... Bxf6 16. Rh1 {Wh seems to have enough
compensation in the strong N & pressure down the h file} Bg7 (16... Bg5) 17.
Qe3 (17. Nd5 $11 {Komodo12}) 17... f5 18. Nd5 (18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qe4 $11) 18...
f4 19. Qf3 h5 (19... Qg5 $11) 20. a3 (20. gxf4 exf4 21. Rag1 $16 {Komodo12})
20... Rf7 21. Rag1 Qg5 22. Kf1 (22. Kh3 Raf8 $11) 22... fxg3 23. Qxg3 Qd2 24.
Rh2 Raf8 $19 25. Qh4 Qxd3+ {Ganci-Piscopo, UISP ch, Palermo 2000,0-1}) 13. Kxg2
Ne6 14. Bh6 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 {looks better given the previous game})
14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Ng4 16. Qd2 Qg5 (16... f5 $15) 17. Qxg5 Nxg5 18. Nd5 $11 {
Komodo12} Kg7 (18... h5 {Stockfish10, slight Bl plus, = Komodo12}) (18... Ne6
$11 {Komodo12}) 19. f3 Nh6 {artificial, search for complicationsrather than
swapping down when ahead} (19... Nf6 {challenges the powerful Wh N}) 20. b4 $5
(20. f4 $11 {both Engines}) 20... f5 (20... cxb4 {both Engines} 21. Rfb1 {
Stockfish10} (21. Nxb4 {Komodo12 initial} f5 $15) 21... a5 22. a3 f5 (22... Ne6
{Komodo12} 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxb4 Ra2 26. Kf1 Rd2 27. Rxb7 Nc5
28. Ra7 Nxd3 29. Ra6 Nb2 30. Rxd6 Nxc4 31. Rc6 Nb2 32. Kf2 Ng8 $11 {[ this N
is out of the game for the moment & Bl needs to get in h5}) 23. axb4 fxe4 24.
f4 Ne6 25. bxa5 exd3 26. Rxb7+ Rf7 27. Rxf7+ Nxf7 28. Nec3 $11) 21. bxc5 dxc5
22. f4 (22. Nec3 $11) (22. Rfb1 $11) 22... exf4 23. Nexf4 (23. gxf4 Ne6 24.
Rfb1 $11 {preferred by both Engines}) 23... fxe4 (23... Rab8 {both Engines})
24. Nc7 $11 exd3 (24... Nf5 {both Engines}) 25. Nfe6+ (25. Nxa8 $14 {preferred
by Rudy & initial Komodo12 preference, Adam wanted to get of both of Bl's Rs})
(25. Rad1 $14 {agreed by both Engines}) 25... Nxe6 26. Nxe6+ Kg8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8
28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rd1 $11 Nf5 30. Kf3 (30. Rxd3) 30... Ke7 31. Rxd3 $11 Nd6 32.
Rc3 (32. g4 Nxc4 33. Ke4 (33. Kf4 $11 {both Engines})) 32... Kd7 (32... h5 {Bl
needs to eliminate the K side pawns so the N & K can cover on one flank only.})
33. Kf4 Kc6 34. g4 (34. Re3 {both Engines- Rs are unhappy about sitting
defending weak pawns- they need to get out & take opposing pawns instead} Nxc4
35. Re7 b5 (35... h5 36. Rg7) 36. Rxh7 Kd5 37. Rg7 Ne5 38. Rg8 Nd3+ 39. Ke3 (
39. Kg5 c4 $15 {but looks dangerous}) 39... Nb4 40. Rxg6 Nxa2 41. g4 b4 42. g5
b3 43. Rb6 c4 44. g6 c3 45. g7 c2 46. g8=Q+ Kc5 47. Rxb3 c1=Q+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ 49.
Kf3 Nb4 {and Lomonosov tablebases agree with Komodo12 that this is a drawn
position}) 34... b5 35. cxb5+ (35. Rh3 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. cxb5+ axb5 38. Rxh5
{Komodo12 & again drawn (Lomonosov agree)}) 35... axb5 36. g5 c4 37. Rh3 b4 38.
Rxh7 c3 {passed pawns must be pushed; but the further away from the K the
better} (38... b3 {Stockfish10} 39. axb3 cxb3 40. Ke5 b2 41. Rh1 Kc5 42. Kf6
Ne4+ 43. Kxg6 Kc4 44. Rb1 Kb3 45. Kf5 Nxg5 46. Kxg5 Kc2 47. Rxb2+ Kxb2 $11) (
38... Kd5 39. Rh8 (39. Rg7 b3 40. axb3 cxb3 41. Rh7 (41. Rxg6 $2 b2 $19)) 39...
b3 $11 {Komodo12} 40. axb3 cxb3 41. Ke3 Kc4 42. Kd2 Ne4+ 43. Kc1 Nxg5 44. Rg8
Nf3 45. Rxg6 $11) 39. Ke3 $16 c2 $2 {Bl has seen a way to reduce pawns, but
the Engines find a flaw} (39... Kd5 40. Kd3 Nc4 41. Kc2 Ne5 42. Rg7 Ke4 {and
Bl can still hold} 43. Rb7 Nc6 $1 $11 44. Rb6 Nd4+ 45. Kb1 Kd3 46. Rd6 Ke3 $11
{Komodo12}) 40. Kd2 Ne4+ 41. Kxc2 Nxg5 42. Rg7 {Wh goes for the wrong pawn,
however , though Lomonosov tablebases agree this is the quickest, the text
should also be a win.but its the b pawn that matters. Wh needs to have a
passed pawn to win.} (42. Rh4 $1 {both Engines} Kc5 43. Kb3 Ne6 44. Rc4+ Kd6
45. Kxb4 $18 {Nalimov tablebases}) 42... Kb5 43. Rxg6 (43. Kb3 $1 {still picks
up the b pawn}) 43... Ne4 {the onl move to draw, but it does ( Nalimov)} 44.
Rg4 Nc5 45. Rg5 Kc4 46. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Allford, Zane"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. d4 (4. Bc4 {main} Nxc3 5. Qf3 e6 6. Qxc3 (
6. dxc3) (6. bxc3)) 4... Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bc4 (6. Nf3) 6... Bg7 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 (8... e5) (8... c5 {also played}) 9. Ba3 (9. Be3 c5 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Bd3
c4 12. Be4 f5 13. Bf3 e5 14. g3 e4 15. Bg2 Nd5 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Be6 {
Nazarenko-Lobanov,Novokuznetsk 1998,0-1}) (9. Re1 $11 {Stockfish10}) 9... Nb6
$15 10. Bb3 $2 (10. Bd3 Re8 $17) 10... a5 $19 11. Bc5 a4 12. Bxb6 axb3 13. Bc5
bxa2 (13... b2 14. Rb1 b6 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxc5 Ba6 18. Bd4 e5 $19
{Stockfish10}) (13... b6 {transposes}) 14. c4 b6 15. Bb4 c5 16. Bc3 cxd4 17.
Bxd4 (17. Nxd4 Qc7 18. Qd3 e5 19. Nb5 Qc5 20. Qd5 Be6 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Nc7 Ra4
23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rfe1 Rb8 $19 {Stockfish10}) 17... Bxd4 (17... e5 18. Bb2 Qxd1
19. Rfxd1 Be6 20. Nc3 e4 21. Rd6 Bxc4 22. Nd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7
25. g3 b5 $19 {Stockfish10}) 18. Nxd4 Qc7 (18... e5 19. Nb5 Be6 20. Qe2 Qc8 21.
Qxe5 Bxc4 22. Nd6 Qe6 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Qb2 Rfd8 $19 {Stockfish10}) 19. Qe2 e5
20. Nb5 (20. Nf3 f6) 20... Qc5 21. c3 $2 (21. Nc3 Be6 22. Nd5 Rfd8 23. Qxe5
Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Qb2 Qc4 26. Qxb6 Rb5 27. Qf6 Qxc2 $19 {Stockfish10})
21... Be6 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Musson, Adam J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qa5 7. Nb3 Qc7 8.
Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. f3 d5 14. exd5 exd5
15. c5 a6 16. N5d4 Ne5 17. Qc2 Qa4 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Nd2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bd4 Bf5 23. Rc3 a5 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Bf1 Rdb8 26. b3 Rb4 27. Bd3
Be6 28. Ke3 Rxd4 29. Kxd4 Bf6+ 30. Ke3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Evans, Craig"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Ne1 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nf2 f4 15. Bd2
g5 16. g4 fxg3 17. Nxg3 h6 18. Rc1 b6 19. b4 Ng6 20. Nf5 Nf4 21. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Young, Alan"]
[Black "Saunders, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. b4 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ncd2 d5 14. a4 a6 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qb3 Qa7 18. exd5 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. c4 Ng4 21.
h3 Nf2+ 22. Kh2 Nxd3 23. c5 Nf5 24. Qc3 e4 25. Ne1 Qg3+ 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kh2
Ng3 28. Rg1 Ne2 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne2 Bxe4 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd4 Qh4+ 14. Bf2
Nxf2 15. Qxf2 Qxg4 16. Bg2 d5 17. O-O Qg6 18. Nf4 Qf6 19. Qb6 Rc8 20. Qxa6 Bc5+
21. Kh1 O-O 22. Nd3 Qe7 23. Qxb5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "May, Adam J"]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Rfd1 Bg7 12. Qe3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qc7 14. Rac1
Be6 15. Rd4 Rab8 16. Qd2 Qc5 17. b3 Qe5 18. Re1 b5 19. Bd5 bxc4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. Rxc4 Rfc8 22. Rec1 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rb5 24. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Moore, Robert"]
[Black "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Ne1 e5 11. Bf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. exd4 Qb7
15. f3 Rac8 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Nf1 Nd5 18. a3 Ba4 19. Rd2 Bf6 20. Kf2 g6 21. Re2
Rxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Morris, Charles F"]
[Black "Kett, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[Annotator "John"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Nc5 11. h3 a5 12. Ncb5 $2 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "May, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bf6 15.
Be3 e5 16. Rfd1 exd4 17. Bxd4 Rfe8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e3 Rad8 20. Rd4 Rd7 21.
Rad1 Rde7 22. R1d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Powell, Lloyd"]
[Black "Gilbert, Jonathan A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
a6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Nc3 c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Rd1 exd5 14. cxd5 Bd6 15.
h3 Nbd7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nge4 Be5 18. Be3 b6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. f4 Bb8
22. Nc3 Bd6 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Adams, Mark"]
[Black "Thornton, John D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[Annotator "John"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. f4 c5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. Nf3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 c4 11. a4 Qd7 12. O-O h5 13. b4 Nc7 14. Be1 Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Llewellyn, David"]
[Black "Jukes, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[Annotator "John"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Ra2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5
15. Kh1 Nc4 16. Re2 Qa5 17. Nf5 b5 18. Bxc4 Bxf5 19. Bb3 Re7 20. g4 Be6 21.
Rff2 Rec7 22. Rc2 Ne8 23. e4 b4 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. axb4 Qa1 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27.
Bxc2 Nd6 28. Bf4 Qxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nb5 30. Be3 Nc3 31. Bc2 dxe4 32. fxe4 Bxg4 33.
Kg2 a6 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[Annotator "John"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. f4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qxd5 e6 8.
Qd1 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Nb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd4 Na4 17. c3 Qb6 18. Nb5 Nc5 19. Bb1 Bd7 20. Nd6 Rad8
21. h4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. b4 Na4 24. Qd3 g6 25. h5 Qf2 26. Rdf1 $4 Qb2+ 27.
Kd1 Nxc3+ 28. Ke1 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qxf4+ 30. Kg1 Qxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Nxb1
33. hxg6 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 (5. g3 {main, similar to
heap-Jones on bd4}) 5... g6 (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ {main , GM practice})
6. Bc4 $146 (6. Qb3 $16 {87% for Wh}) (6. Bb5+ {75% for Wh}) (6. Qa4+ {fewer
games.75% for Wh}) 6... Nb6 7. Bb3 (7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. d4 $11 {Komodo12}) 7... Bg7
8. d4 Na6 (8... O-O 9. O-O {transposes back to some 277 games, with a slight
gain for Bl} cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. d5 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 9. O-O O-O {with
transposition to 69 games} 10. Qe2 (10. h3 {slightly more frequent}) 10... Qc7
(10... Bg4 11. Rd1 {main, though 81 % for Wh}) 11. Rd1 (11. a3 Bg4 12. Rd1 e6
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rfd8 15. Ne2 Rd6 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Bc3 $11 {Schalow-Kopp,
RLP ch MTA, Hoeheinoed 2008,1/2-1/2}) 11... Bd7 (11... c4 $11 12. Bc2 Nb4 13.
Bb1 Bd7 14. e4 Ba4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. a3 Na6 17. Bc2 Qc6 18. Bxa4 (18. Rb1 $16)
18... Qxa4 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Rac1 Rac8 {Neumeier-Kropik, AUT ch tm 2013,1-0})
12. h3 (12. a4 {Komodo12}) (12. a3 {Fritz11 SE}) 12... Rac8 13. d5 (13. e4 $14
{Komodo12}) 13... c4 14. Bc2 Nb4 15. Bb1 (15. a4 $11 {both Engines}) 15... Na4
$17 16. Qe1 (16. a3 Nd3 {both Engines} 17. Bxd3 (17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19.
Qxc2 Qd7 20. e4 f5 $19 {Komodo12}) 17... cxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ba4 20.
Rf1 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rb1 b6 23. Nd4 Rfd8 $19 {Komodo12}) 16... Nxc3 17.
bxc3 Ba4 $19 18. Ba3 (18. Rd4 $5) 18... Bxd1 19. Bxb4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 a5 21. d6
exd6 22. Ba3 b5 $19 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "John"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 (4. g3) 4... Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2
d5 8. cxd5 (8. O-O {transposes to nearly 2000 games}) 8... Nxd5 (8... exd5) 9.
O-O Nd7 10. a3 (10. d4) 10... c5 11. Nc3 (11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3
Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qf6 15. Rfc1 Rfd8 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Rdc8 20. Nb5 {Dragomarezkij-Kedrov, Moscow ch 1995,1-0}) 11... Rc8 12.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 (12... exd5 $11) 13. d3 Bf6 (13... f5 {Komodo12}) 14. Qc2 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 (16... Nxf6 $11) 17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 f5 19.
d4 (19. Ne1) 19... Be4 (19... Kg7 $15 {Komodo12}) 20. Rbc1 Bd5 21. dxc5 (21.
Rc3 $11) 21... Nxc5 (21... Bxb3 $15 {Komodo12}) 22. b4 $11 Ne4 23. Rxc8 (23.
Nd4) 23... Rxc8 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. f3 (25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. f3 Bb7 27. Kf2 $11 {
Komodo12; though Bl must be careful in any N vs B ending}) 25... Nc3 26. Rd2
Nb1 27. Rd3 Nc3 28. Rd2 Nd5 29. f4 $14 Kf8 30. Kf2 Rc3 31. Nxf5 (31. Nb5 Rb3
32. Nxa7 Rxa3 33. Nb5 Rb3 34. Nd4 (34. Nd6 Bc6 35. Nxf5 Nxb4 36. Bxc6 Nxc6 37.
Nd6 $11) 34... Rxb4 35. Nxf5 exf5 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rxh2 39.
Rxf5 Rb2 40. Ke4 $14 {Komodo12}) 31... Rxa3 (31... exf5 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5
Rxa3 34. Kf3 $14 {Komodo12}) 32. e4 (32. Nd6 Bc6 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. e4 Bb3 (
34... Ra2 35. Rxa2 Bxa2 36. b5 Ke7 37. Nc8+ Kd7 38. Nxa7 Kd6 39. g4 $16 {
Komodo12} Bc4 (39... Kc7 40. Nc6) 40. Nc6 (40. Ke3 Kc5 41. g5 Bxb5 42. Nxb5
Kxb5 43. f5 exf5 44. exf5 Kc4 45. h4 Kd5 46. h5 Ke5 47. g6 fxg6 48. fxg6 hxg6
49. hxg6 Kf6 50. Kd4 Kxg6 51. Kd5 Kf5 52. Kc6 Ke5 53. Kxb6))) 32... exf5 (32...
Nf6 33. Nd6 Ng4+ 34. Ke1 Ba8 35. h3 Ne3 36. Bf3 Nf5 (36... Nf1 37. Kxf1 Rxf3+
38. Kg2 Rb3 39. b5 f5 $11) 37. exf5 Rxf3 38. f6 Re3+ 39. Kf1 Rf3+ $11 {Komodo12
}) 33. exd5 $14 Ke8 34. Bh3 Bc8 35. Re2+ Kd8 36. d6 Be6 37. Re5 Ra2+ 38. Kg1
Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 (40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. Bxf5 Kd7 42. Rd5 Rb2 43. Bxe6+ fxe6
44. Rh5 Kxd6 45. Rxh7 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 a6 47. Ra7 Rxb4 48. Rxa6 Kd5 $11 {Komodo12})
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Heap, Gerry"]
[Black "Jones, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bxb2 (10... Bd7) (10... Qd6 {main lines} 11. Qa4
Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Qa3 Re8 {Heap-Miles, WCPL rd3
2019,1/2-1/2}) 11. Rb1 Bg7 (11... Bf6) 12. Qa4 (12. Nd4 Qxa2 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bxc5 (14. Bxc6 {also p[layed})) 12... Qh5 {3-1} (12... Qd6) (12... Qd7 {main
lines}) 13. Rfc1 (13. Rb5 e5 (13... Bh3 14. Rxb7 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd4 16. Bxd4
cxd4 17. Rxe7 {Millette-Hilton, Wld ch email ICCF 2016,1-0}) 14. Bxc5 Re8 15.
Be3 Re7 16. Rfb1 a6 17. h4 h6 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. Rc5 {Andersson-Browne, Match
Europe-Continental America 1981,1-0}) 13... Nd4 (13... e5 14. Rxc5 Rb8 15. Ng5
(15. Rxc6 $18 Bd7 16. g4 Bxc6 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qxf8+ Rxf8 19. gxh5 $18 {Komodo12}
) 15... Qg4 16. Rc4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nf3 (18. Qxa7 $16) 18... b5 $11 {
Bango-Kundrak, SVK ch tm 2015,1-0}) 14. Bxd4 (14. Nxd4 {Komodo12} cxd4 15. Bf3
(15. Bxd4 $14) 15... Bg4 16. Bxd4 (16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Rxb7 $11) 16... Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 Bxf3 18. exf3 Qxf3 19. Qe4 (19. Rc7 $11) 19... Qxe4 20. dxe4 b6 $15 {
Ivanisevic-Del Rio de Angelis, Elgoibar 2000,0-1}) 14... cxd4 15. Rc7 (15. Nxd4
Rd8 $11 (15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxe2 17. Rb2 e5 18. Qc3 Qh5 19. Rb5 $14 {Komodo12}
)) 15... e5 16. Qd1 (16. a3 $11) (16. h4 $11) 16... Be6 17. Rbxb7 Bxa2 18. Rxa7
(18. h4 $14 {Komodo112}) 18... Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Be6 20. Ra5 f6 (20... Rd8 21. Nxe5
Bxe5 22. f4 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Ra6 Qf5 $11 {Komodo12}) 21. Nxd4 $16 Bg4 (
21... Bf7) 22. Qa1 (22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6 f5 25. Bd5 $16 {Komodo12
}) 22... Bh6 23. Nf3 (23. e3 $18 {Komodo121}) 23... Rc8 24. Ra8 Qf5 25. Qa2+
Kh8 26. h3 (26. d4) 26... Bxh3 (26... Rxa8 27. Qxa8+ Qc8 28. Nxe5 Qxa8 29. Bxa8
Bxe2 30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Nxh6 Kxh6 32. d4 $16 {Komodo12}) 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Bxh3
Qxh3 29. Qf7 $18 Qc8 30. Qxf6+ Bg7 31. Qe7 Qa8 32. Ng5 (32. Nxe5) 32... h6 33.
Ne6 Qg8 34. Kh2 {Bl can only sit and wait while Wh prepares a clear cut way to
victory eg} (34. Kh2 Kh7 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Kh8 37. Nxg7 (37. Qxg7+ Qxg7 38.
Nxg7 Kxg7 39. d4 Kf6 40. e4 $18)) 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nbd2 (8. b3 Ncxe5 9. Bb2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Nc3 a5 12. Nd5 Ra6 13. g3 Rd6
14. Qe2 c6 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf4 {Fathallah-Van Kemenade, WLS ch 2014,1-0}) (8.
e6 fxe6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Ne4 Bf8 (10... Be7) 11. Nfg5 $18 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13.
Qd5+ {Fathallah-Van Kemenade, WLS ch 2015,1-0}) 8... Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Nf3
a5 (10... Ng4 11. Nd4 Nf6 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 a6 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Ne4 {
Fathallah-Van Kemenade, WLS rapid ch 2018,1/2-1/2}) 11. b3 (11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12.
b3 {Cloud Engines} (12. Bf3 Ra6 13. Bd2 Qh4 14. e4 Rd6 (14... Bd4) 15. Qc1 Rg6
16. Bf4 Ree6 17. Be3 Bxe3 (17... d6 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. g3 Qf6 20. Bg2 $11 {
Poelt-Huber, Regionalliga SO 2015,1-0}) 18. Qxe3 Rh6 19. h3 Reg6 $17)) 11...
Ra6 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qh4 (12... Ra6 13. g3 Rd6 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. Be4 Qxa1 {
Gomez Gonzalez-Perez Garcia, ESP ch U12, Salobrena 2012,0-1}) 13. Bb2 Ra6 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Bg2 Qh6 16. Qc2 Rg6 17. Rad1 d6 18. Bd4 {Philips-Van Kemenade,
CardiganB-CardiganA, 2006,0-1}) 12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rh6 14. g3 (14. Bg4 Bd6
15. h3 Qg5 16. Qf3 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rad1 Rf6 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 d6 21.
Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxa5 $18 {John-Jaberansari, $NCL 2014,1-0}) 14... d6 15. Bg2 $146
(15. Qd2) (15. Qd3) (15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bg2 Qf5 17. Qf3 Qg6 18. Bc3 c6 19. e4 Bg4
20. Qd3 Qh5 21. h4 g5 {hynne-Van Kemenade, GBR rapid U2000,2014,0-1}) 15... Qg5
(15... Bh3 $2 16. Bxh3 Rxh3 17. Qg4 $18) (15... c6 $11 {Stockfish10}) 16. Qd5
Qxd5 (16... Qg6 {considered & pm analysis} 17. Bd4 c6 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qf4 Qh5
20. h4 Rg6 $11 {Stockfish10}) 17. cxd5 $14 Bh3 (17... Bd7 {considered & pm
analysis}) (17... g5 {Stockfish10}) 18. Bc3 Bb6 19. Rac1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rh5 {
trying to get the R back into play} (20... c6 {considered & pm analysis}) (
20... Re4 {pm analysis} 21. Rfd1 {Stockfish10} (21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxc7 g5 23.
exd4 (23. Rc4) 23... Rxd4 24. Rxb7 Rxd5 $11 {pm analysis}) 21... a4 $2 (21...
Kf8) 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxc7 g5 24. Rc4 axb3 25. axb3 b5 26. Rcxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4
Kf8 28. Rb4 $18 {Stockfish10}) 21. Rfd1 Re4 (21... f6 22. h3 Kf7 23. a4 Ke7 24.
e4 Kd7 25. f3 $16 {Stockfish10-Bl is suffering from lack of space & a R out of
play} f5 $5 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Rg5 28. Kg3 Rg6 29. Rh1 h6 30. Rb1 $18) 22.
Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 (23. Rxc7 f6 (23... g6 24. Kf3 Rhe5 25. exd4 Re8 (25... Re7
26. Rxb7) 26. Rxb7 Re2 27. Rd7 Rxa2 28. Rxd6 Ra3 (28... Ree2 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30.
d6 $18) 29. Rb6 a4 30. Rd3 axb3 31. Rdxb3 Ra4 32. R3b4 $18) 24. exd4 Rxd5 25.
Rxb7 Rexd4 26. Rc1 h5 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rcc7 Rg4 29. h3 Rg6 30. h4 Rg4 31. Ra7
$16 {Stockfish10}) 23... Rxd4 24. exd4 Rxd5 25. Rxc7 g6 (25... Kf8 $5 {
Stockfish10- but then the K has to stay on the back rank or play g6 anyway})
26. Rxb7 Rxd4 27. Ra7 (27. Kf3 Rd2 28. a4 Rb2 29. Rb5 Kf8 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. Rxa5
Rxb3 32. Kd5 Rd3+ 33. Kc6 Rd2 $11 {Stockfish10}) 27... Rd5 $11 {(draw?) In
order for Wh to make progress, he must play b4, which then releases the Bl R
to get behind the pawn and/or attack the Wh K side pawns} 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Ke4
Re5+ (29... Rc5 30. Ra6 $16) 30. Kd4 Kf6 31. f4 Rc5 32. h3 g5 (32... h5 33. g4
hxg4 (33... h4 34. g5+ Ke6 35. a4 Rc1 36. Rxa5 Rh1 37. Rb5 Rxh3 38. a5 Rh1 39.
Ke3 Ra1 40. Kf3 Rg1 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Kg2 d5 43. a6 Ra1 44. Rb6+ Kf5 45. Kf3 Rf1+
46. Kg2 Ra1 $11 {Stockfish10})) 33. fxg5+ (33. g4 {Rudy} gxf4 34. Ke4 Kg5 (
34... a4 {Stockfish10} 35. Rxa4 Kg5 36. Rd4 f5+ 37. gxf5 Re5+ 38. Kf3 Re3+ 39.
Kg2 Kxf5 40. Rxd6 Rg3+ 41. Kh2 Ke4 42. b4 Rg8 43. b5 f3 44. a4 f2 45. Rf6 Ke3
46. a5 Rg6 (46... Ke2 47. Re6+ Kd1 48. Rf6 Ke2 $11) 47. Rf5 (47. Rf8 Rg8 $11)
47... Rg5 48. Rf7 $11) 35. Rxf7 Re5+ 36. Kf3 Re3+ 37. Kg2 Re2+ 38. Kf3 (38. Kf1
Rh2 $11 (38... Rxa2 $11)) (38. Kg1 Kh4 39. Rxf4 Rxa2 $11) 38... Re3+ $11 {
Stockfish10}) 33... Rxg5 34. g4 (34. h4 Rc5 $11 {Stockfish10}) 34... h5 35.
gxh5 (35. Ke3) 35... Rxh5 36. Kc4 (36. h4 Ke6 37. Kc3 Rxh4 38. Rxa5 Rh3+ $11)
36... Ke6 37. Ra8 Rc5+ (37... Rh4+ 38. Kb5 Rh5+ (38... Rxh3 39. Kxa5 f5 $11)
39. Kc4 $11) 38. Kd4 $11 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Watkin-Jones, Adam"]
[Black "Hurley, Jake"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 d6 3. d3 e5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 a5 $146 {not sure how this fits
in with Bl's structure, holding up b4? Playing b4 is a standard procedure in
many lines of the English, though e4 looks a more likely continuation in this
position} (5... Nf6) 6. Nc3 Nf6 {Though the position has now transposed to
some games played} 7. O-O (7. Rb1) (7. a3 {have both been played a couple of
times}) 7... O-O {ok this commentator doesn't understand these kind of
positions for Wh. The game has transposed to 57 other games, with a3 & Rb1
being the main continuations.} 8. d4 $146 Nbd7 (8... e4 9. Ne1 c5 10. Nc2 Nc6
11. Bf4 d5 $11 {Komodo12}) (8... Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 {Komodo10} 10. Ng5 $16 {Fire7 &
Komodo12}) 9. dxe5 (9. Ng5 Nb6 10. c5 $14 {Komodo10}) (9. c5 exd4 10. cxd6 dxc3
11. dxe7 Qxe7 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Qxc3 $16 {Komodo12}) 9... dxe5 10. e4 {Komodo12
initially} (10. Qc2 e4 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Ndb5 Qc6 14. Bf4 $16 {
Komodo10}) 10... fxe4 11. Nxe4 {despite endorsement by both Engines, this
feels the wrong way to recapture} (11. Ng5 {looks more thematic, keeping a
blockade on e4, though with only a very slight edge for Wh} Nc5 12. Ngxe4 Ncxe4
13. Nxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 c6 $11) 11...
Kh8 (11... Nxe4 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxe4 {and the Q lands up on the e4 square
from where she can easily be evicted} Bd6 (13... Nc5 14. Qxe5 Nd3 15. Qe2 Ra6 {
gives a bit of play for the pawn, but not enough}) 14. Qe2 Qf6 15. Be3 Nc5 $11
{looks fine for Bl}) 12. Neg5 {this looks too hopeful- moving a N several
times while the Q side still slumbers} (12. Nh4 {looks desirable, but Bl
repels the invaders} Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nc5 (13... Bxh4 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Qxh4 Nxe4
16. Qxe4 Qd4 $11) 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bg2 e4 16. f4 Bxh4 17. gxh4 Bf5 $17) (12.
Nxf6 Bxf6 13. Be3 e4 14. Nd2 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Ba3 16. Nxe4 Ne5 17. Qc2 $16 {
Komodo12- the Wh pieces have a greater degree of activity than their
counterparts}) 12... e4 $5 (12... Ra6 $11 {both Engines}) 13. Ne6 (13. Nh4 Nc5
14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Rad1 Bg4 $11) 13... exf3 14. Nxd8 {should be OK
for Wh , but perhaps easier play can be had via} (14. Bxf3 Qe8 15. Nxc7 {
getting the other R} Qg6 16. Nxa8 Ne5 17. Nc7 (17. Bg2 $16 {at once is safer})
17... Bh3 18. Bg2 (18. Bf4 Bxf1 19. Bxe5 Bxc4 20. b3 $16 {Komodo12}) 18... Bxg2
19. Kxg2 Qe4+ 20. f3 Qxc4 21. Bf4 Qxc7 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qd2 $14 {
Komodo12}) 14... fxg2 15. Kxg2 (15. Re1 $1 {forces Bl to move the B to the
back rank & thus have a little less cordination than he gets in the game} Bxd8
16. Kxg2 b6 17. f3 Bb7 18. Bf4 Nc5 $11) 15... Rxd8 16. Bf4 (16. Qc2) (16. Qe2)
16... Nc5 17. Qe2 Ne6 (17... Re8 18. Rad1 $11) 18. Bxc7 (18. Be3 $11) 18... Re8
19. Rad1 $2 (19. Be5 {though} Ng5 $15) 19... Nxc7 $19 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Chong, Kimberly"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 (5. exd6) (5. f4 {main lines})
5... Bg4 6. Be2 (6. exd6) 6... dxe5 {main} 7. c5 (7. Nxe5 {more frequent}) 7...
Nd5 (7... e4 {main} 8. cxb6 (8. Ng5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd5) 8... exf3 9. Bxf3 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 Nc6 {chances for both sides}) (7... N6d7 {alternative} 8. Nxe5 {most
frequent} (8. Qb3 $18 {4 Wh wins, 2 draws})) 8. Nxe5 (8. Qb3 e6 (8... Nc6 9.
Qxb7 (9. Nc3) 9... Ndb4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxe5 $14) 9. Qxb7 Nd7 10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe2 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Kxe2 $14 {Stockfish10- not yet played}
) 8... Bxe2 (8... Bf5 9. g4 (9. Qb3 $18) 9... Be4 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nc3 (11. Qb3
$18) 11... e6 12. h4 f6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 $18 {Shipov-Kadiayev, Samara ch
2009,1-0} (14. Qb3 $18)) 9. Qxe2 c6 (9... Nd7 10. O-O (10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 e6
12. O-O $14 {Stockfish10}) 10... c6 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nf4 13. Qe3 Qd4 14.
Qxd4 (14. Nb3 Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd5 $11 {Stockfish10}) 14... Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Nxd4 16.
Ne4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd2 $15 {Ruckschloss-Modr, Harrachov 1970,0-1}) (9...
Nc6 10. Nc3 Nxe5 (10... Nxd4 11. Qc4 Nc2+ 12. Ke2 f6 (12... Nxa1 13. Nxd5 e6
14. Qb5+ c6 15. Qxb7 $18) 13. Rd1 (13. Nxd5) 13... fxe5 (13... Nxa1 14. Rxd5
Qc8 15. Nf7 $18 (15. Nd7 $18)) 14. Rxd5 Qc8 15. Rb1 Nd4+ 16. Kf1 $14 {
Stockfish10}) 11. Qxe5 {Stockfish10}) 10. Nc3 (10. Qf3 $1 $18 {Stockfish10} Nf6
11. Qb3 Qxd4 12. Qxf7+ (12. Nxf7 {also}) 12... Kd8 13. Qe6 Nbd7 14. Nf7+ Kc7
15. Nxh8 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 (17. Ke2) 17... Qd7 18. Nc3 (18. Ke2 $18)
18... e5 19. Qh3 Qd4 (19... Ng4 $11) 20. Be3 $16 {Voge-Barthel, Ruhrgebiet
1997,1-0}) (10. O-O g6 11. Re1 Bg7 12. Nc3 e6 (12... O-O $11) 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
Qxe6+ Kf8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bg5 (16. Bf4 $18) 16... Qd7 $15 {Brhlik-Sarson,
Olexa memorial Brno 2009,0-1}) 10... g6 (10... e6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 f6 13. Nc4
$16 {Stockfish10}) 11. Ne4 $18 Qc8 (11... e6 12. Ng5 f6 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nc4
Kd7 15. Nxf8+ Rxf8 16. Be3 Na6 17. O-O $18 {Sztokbant-Valente, Cordeiropolis
2013,1-0}) (11... Qc7 12. h4 (12. Ng5 f6 13. Nef7 fxg5 14. Nxh8 e5 15. Bxg5 Qg7
16. O-O Qxh8 17. f4 $16 {Stockfish10}) 12... Bg7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Ke8 15.
Ne6 Qd7 16. Nxg7+ Kf7 17. Nh5 Qe6 (17... gxh5 18. Qxh5+ Kg8 19. Rh3 $18) 18.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 19. Nf4+ Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Nd7 21. Kf1 $18 {Stockfish10}) 12. Nxg6 $1
$18 Qe6 13. Nxh8 Bg7 (13... h6 $5 14. O-O Bg7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. a4 $18) 14.
Nxf7 $1 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kett, Tim"]
[Black "Williams, A. Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ {to encourage Wh to
obstruct c3 for the N} 6. c3 (6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8
10. d4 exd4 11. exd5 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 cxd5 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qe5 {R Van
Kemenade-IC Jones, Dyfed League 2018, 1/2-1/2}) 6... Bd6 7. Bg5 (7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 12. Bc2 Rd8 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Ng3
g6 15. Bh6 {Ralphs-IC Jones, WCPL 2016,1/2-1/2}) 7... Be6 (7... dxe4 8. dxe4 h6
9. Bh4 Qe7 {main, eg Caqrlsen-Caruana, Sinquefield cup 2014,0-1}) 8. Nbd2 Nbd7
9. O-O (9. d4) 9... O-O 10. d4 h6 (10... Qc7 11. Re1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re1 e4 15. Nh4 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Rxe4 $16 {Dearlove-Ryan,ENG
ch corr 1990, 1/2-1/2}) (10... Re8 11. Re1 Qc7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
exd5 cxd5 15. Nf1 Bc5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Qh5 f6 18. Rad1 $14 {Garbarino-Flamhum,
Buenos Aires op 1999,1-0}) 11. Bh4 exd4 12. exd5 (12. cxd4 g5 13. e5 Bb4 14.
Bg3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ne1 Qe8 18. Qb3 Bxe1 19. Raxe1 Nb6 20.
Rxe4 $16 {Komodo12}) 12... Bxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd4 $11 Qc7 (14... Re8) (
14... Qb6) 15. N2f3 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 (16. Bg3) 16... Nxf6 17. Nb5 (17. h3 Re4 18.
Qc2 Qd7 $11 {Komodo12; Bl has active piece play to compensate for the IQP})
17... Qb6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qd2 Qa6 $11 (21... Ne4
$11) (21... Re4 $11) 22. Nd4 Qc4 23. a3 a6 (23... Ne4 24. Qf4 Nc5 25. Rd1 Qd3
26. Rf1 Qc4 $11 {Komodo12}) 24. f3 Kf8 (24... Nd7) 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 $14
Qd3 27. Kf2 g6 (27... Nd7 28. Qe3 Qb1 29. b4 Qa2+ 30. Ne2 Qc4 (30... Qxa3 31.
Qa7 Qa2 32. Qxb7 Ke7 33. Qa7 Qc4 34. Qe3+ Kf8 $14) 31. a4 $14 {Komodo12}) 28.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Ke7 30. b4 $14 Kd6 31. Nb3 b6 (31... Nd7) 32. a4 Ne8 33. a5
bxa5 34. Nxa5 Ng7 (34... Nc7 35. Nb7+ Ke6 36. g3 h5 37. Nd8+ Kf6 38. Nc6 Nb5
39. Nb8 Ke5 40. Kd3 Nc7 41. Nc6+ Kd6 42. Nd4 g5 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Nb5 45.
Nf5+ Kd7 46. h4 Ke6 47. Ng7+ Kf6 48. Nxh5+ Kf5 49. Kd2 f6 50. Kd3 Nc7 51. Kd4
Nb5+ 52. Kxd5 Nxc3+ 53. Kc6 Ne2 54. Ng7+ Kxf4 55. Kb7 Kg4 56. h5 Kg5 57. Kxa6
Kh6 58. b5 Nc3 59. b6 Na4 $11 {Komodo12- one line out of many alternatives})
35. Nb7+ Kc7 36. Nc5 Nf5+ 37. Kf4 Kb6 $11 38. g4 Nh4 39. Nd7+ Kb5 40. Ne5 (40.
Ke3 Kc4 41. Nb6+ Kxc3 42. Nxd5+ Kc4 43. Nc7 Kxb4 44. Nxa6+ $11 {Komodo12})
40... f6 $15 41. Nd7 Ng2+ 42. Kg3 Ne3 43. Nxf6 Kc4 44. Nd7 (44. f4 Kxc3 45. f5
gxf5 46. Kf4 d4 47. gxf5 Kxb4 48. Ne4 a5 49. f6 Nd5+ 50. Ke5 Nxf6 51. Nxf6 d3
52. Kd4 d2 53. Nd5+ Kb3 54. Ne3 Kb2 55. Kc5 a4 56. Kb4 a3 57. Nc4+ Kc1 58. Nxd2
Kxd2 59. Kxa3 $11 {Komodo12}) 44... Kxc3 45. Nb8 d4 {Komodo12} (45... Kxb4 {
given by Stockfish10 as winning} 46. Nxa6+ Kc4 47. Kf2 d4 48. g5 (48. Ke2 g5
$19) 48... h5 49. Ke2 Ng2 50. Nc7 {by now Komodo12 agrees} h4 51. Ne6 h3 52.
Nc7 d3+ 53. Kd2 Nh4 54. Ke3 Nf5+ 55. Kd2 Ng3 56. Ke1 Kd4 57. f4 Ke4 58. Ne6 Ke3
$19) 46. Nxa6 d3 $11 (46... Nd5 {seems to retain a definite edge, both Engines,
but peters out in the end} 47. h4 Nxb4 (47... g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Kf2 d3 50.
Nc5 Kc2 51. Nxd3 Kxd3 52. b5 $11) 48. Nc5 Kc4 49. Ne4 Kd3 50. Kf4 Ke2 51. Ng3+
Ke1 52. g5 d3 (52... h5 53. Ke5 Kf2 54. Ne4+ Kxf3 55. Kxd4 $11) 53. gxh6 d2 54.
h7 d1=Q (54... Nd3+ 55. Kg5 Ne5 56. f4 d1=Q 57. fxe5 Qd8+ 58. Kxg6 Qxh4 59. Nh5
Qe4+ $11 {Nalimov tablebases}) 55. h8=Q Nd3+ 56. Kg5 Qxf3 57. Qe8+ Kd1 58. Qa4+
$11 {Stockfish10}) (46... d3 47. Nc5 {only move to draw} Kc4 48. Nxd3 (48. Ne4
Kxb4 49. Kf2 Nd5 50. Ke1 Nf4 51. Kd2 Kc4 52. Nd6+ Kd4 53. Nb5+ $11) 48... Kxd3
49. h4 Nd5 50. f4 Ke4 51. h5 Nxf4 52. hxg6 Nxg6 53. b5 $11 {Stockfish10})
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jones, Iolo C"]
[Black "Adams, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ {Iolo has more often been on the Bl side of
this line} 4. Bd2 (4. Nbd2 O-O 5. g3 {Jones-Denham, Dyfed League 2017,1-0})
4... Qe7 (4... a5 5. g3 {Jones-Watzka, EU Seniors tm 2016,1-0}) 5. Qc2 (5. g3 {
main, eg} O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. Rc1 {Jones-Anilkumar,
Luzern ol 1982,1/2-1/2}) 5... Nc6 6. e3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 (7... d6 {main}) 8.
a3 d6 9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 axb4 $146 {gives Wh extra space
on the Q side} (12... Na6 13. Rab1 {2 Wh wins, 1 draw, 1 Bl win}) (12... c6 13.
e4 Na6 {1 draw, 1 Bl win}) 13. axb4 $14 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 Re8 15. e4 (15. Qb1 $14 {
Komodo12}) (15. Ng5 $14 {Stockfish10}) 15... Na6 16. Rb1 (16. Qc3 $16 {Cloud
Engines}) 16... Nd7 (16... c6 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 17. Qa4 (17. c5 $16 {
Stockfish10 & Komodo12} dxc5 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Rc1
Nd3 22. Rc3 Nf4 23. Rxc7 $16) 17... Ndb8 {Bl is getting a contorted position}
18. Nb3 g6 19. Rc1 (19. c5 $16) 19... f5 20. c5 (20. Nfd2 {Cloud Engines}) (20.
b5 Nc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. b6 $16 {Komodo12}) 20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 Rf8 (21... Nd7)
22. cxd6 cxd6 (22... Qxd6 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nd3 $18 {Komodo12}) 23. b5 $18 Nc5 24.
Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qc4 Qf6 26. Qxc5 Bf5 27. Qe3 (27. Nd2 {Komodo12}) (27. Bxf5 Qxf5
28. Qe7 {Komodo12} (28. d6 {Fritz13})) 27... Nd7 (27... Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Nd7 29.
Qg4 $16 {Cloud Engines}) 28. Nd2 (28. Ng5 $18 {Stockfish10 & Komodo12}) 28...
Nb6 29. f3 (29. Rc7 $18 {Komodo12}) (29. d6 Qxd6 30. Bxb7 $18 {Stockfish10}) (
29. Bf3 {Fritz13, winning- Komodo12, definite plus}) 29... Qd6 30. Qc5 (30. Nc4
{Cloud Engines}) 30... Rd8 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33. Rxc4 Bd7 34. Rc7 (34.
b6 Rxb6 35. Rc7 Bf5 36. Kf2 $16 {Komodo12}) 34... Bxb5 35. Rxb7 Bd7 (35... Bc4
{Cloud Engines} 36. Rb2 Kf7 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. h4 Rd8 39. Kf2 Kd6 40. Kg3 $16 Kc5
41. Kg4) 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kd3 h5 (38... Ke7) 39. Kc4 Be8 (39... Ke7
$18 {Cloud Engines, lasts longer}) 40. Kc5 $18 Ra6 41. Rb8 (41. Rb6+) 41... Bf7
(41... Ke7 42. d6+ Kd7 43. Ra8 $18) 42. Rb6+ Rxb6 43. Kxb6 g5 44. Kc7 Be8 45.
d6 Ke6 46. Bg6 (46. Bc6) 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gilbert, Jonathan A"]
[Black "Heap, Gerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 (7. f3 {
main}) 7... h5 (7... h6) (7... e5 {main lines}) 8. gxh5 (8. g5 Ng4 9. Bc1 {main
}) 8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 $15 12. Rd1 $146 (12. Bd2 {0-2})
(12. O-O {0.5-1.5}) 12... Ne5 (12... Nxh5 $17 {Stockfish10}) (12... Rxc3 13.
bxc3 Bxe4 $17 {Komodo12}) 13. h6 (13. f4 $11 {Komodo12}) 13... gxh6 14. f4 Nc4
15. Bc1 Rg8 $17 16. Bf3 (16. O-O Nxa3 $15 {Komodo12}) 16... Qb6 17. e5 {the
break just helps the Bl pieces become more active} (17. Rd3 Nd7 $17 {Komodo12})
17... dxe5 $19 18. fxe5 Bc5 (18... Nd7 $19) 19. Bxb7 (19. Nxe6 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 {
Cloud Engines} Nxe5 21. Qxf6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. Ne4 Rg2 24. Bd2 Be7 25.
Kf1 Rg4 26. Nf2 Rg6 27. Bc3 Nc4 $15 {Komodo12}) 19... Qxb7 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21.
Nxf3 Ng4 22. Ne4 Ke7 23. b3 Ncxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxh6 f5 (25... Bxa3 $19 {
Cloud Engines}) 26. Ng3 (26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Bf4 Kf6 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5+ 29. Kf2 Rc5
30. Rd2 Rgc8 31. Rc1 Rc3 $17 {Komodo12}) 26... Bxa3 (26... Ng4 27. Bf4 Nf2 $19
{Cloud Engines}) 27. Ra1 Bb4+ 28. Kd1 a5 (28... Ng4 $19 {Cloud Engines}) 29.
Bf4 (29. Rf1) 29... Rgd8+ $19 30. Ke2 (30. Kc1 Nd3+) 30... Rxc2+ 31. Kf1 Nf7 (
31... Rd3 {mating}) 32. Ne2 e5 33. Bg3 Ke6 (33... Rdd2) 34. Be1 Bxe1 35. Kxe1
Rdd2 (35... Rdd2 36. Ng3 {and depending on Engine Bl can choose} Ng5 $19 (36...
f4 $19) (36... e4 $19)) 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Van Kemenade, R."]
[Black "Perrett, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. Nf3 (1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O (5. d3 c6 6. c3 Qb6 7.
d4 d6 8. Nbd2 {Van Kemenade-Perrett, WCPL oct 2007,1/2-1/2}) 5... c6 6. d3 Qb6+
7. e3 Ng4 8. d4 d6 9. c4 Nd7 10. Nc3 O-O {Van Kemenade-Perrett,WCPL jun 2007,
1-0}) 1... f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e6 (4... e3) (4... e5) (4... d5) (
4... exd3) 5. Nc3 (5. dxe4 Nc6 {main} (5... h6 6. Nf3 (6. Nh3 e5 7. Bc4 d6 8.
Ng1 Qe7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nge2 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nc6 13. O-O) 6... Bc5 (
6... Nxe4 7. Bd3 d5 8. Ne5 Qh4 9. Be3 $16) 7. Bd3 O-O $11 {2-0})) 5... Be7 (
5... Bb4 {must be better}) 6. dxe4 (6. Ncxe4 O-O 7. d4 Nc6 8. c3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4
d5 $15 {Baron-Hunon, Torcy op 1991, 1/2-1/2}) 6... Nc6 7. Bb5 (7. f4 $14 {
Cloud Engines, 2-0}) (7. Bd3 Ne5 8. O-O (8. Be2) 8... O-O {1 game each}) 7...
O-O 8. O-O Ne5 (8... h6 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {Stockfish10}) 9. f4 Nf7
10. Nxf7 (10. e5 Nd5 (10... Ne8 11. Nxh7 (11. Bd3 Bxg5 12. fxg5 g6 13. Qe2 $18)
11... Kxh7 12. Bd3+ Kg8 13. Qh5 Nh6 14. Be3 Rf5 15. Qh3 c6 16. Rad1 d5 17. g4
$18 {Stochfish10}) 11. Nxf7 Nxc3 12. Nh6+ gxh6 13. bxc3 Kh8 14. Be3 $18 {
Stockfish10}) 10... Rxf7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bd3 (12. Ne4) 12... Bc5+ {not the best}
(12... d5) (12... g6 {expected}) 13. Kh1 g6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Be3 (15. Nf2) (15.
Bd2) 15... d5 16. Nf2 (16. exd6 cxd6 17. Qd2 Ng7 $16 {Stockfish10}) (16. Ng5
Bxg5 17. fxg5 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 b6 19. Qf4 $14 {once the N gets to f5 & Wh takes,
it leaves opposite colour Bs}) 16... c5 17. c3 (17. Ng4 $16) 17... Bd7 18. Ng4
Bf8 (18... Kh8) 19. Rf3 $18 Bc6 20. Rh3 (20. Rg3) 20... b6 21. Qe2 (21. Qc2 $18
{considered} Rg7 (21... Rf5) (21... Bg7 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Kf8 24. f5 (24.
Nh6) 24... exf5 25. Nh6 $18 (25. Rf1)) 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Bxg6 $18 {missed})
21... Bg7 22. Rf1 Nc7 23. Qe1 (23. Qc2 $18 d4 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Bd2 Qd5 26. Rg3
Qc5 27. Qb1 Be8 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qxg6 Qb5 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Nf6 Ke7 32. Rb3 Qc4
33. Bb4+ Kd8 34. Nxe8 Kxe8 35. Bd6 Rc8 36. Rb4 Qd5 37. Rd1 $18 {Stockfish10})
23... Bb5 24. Bxb5 Nxb5 25. Bf2 Nc7 (25... Rxf4 26. Bh4 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qd7 28.
Rf3 $16 {Stockfish10}) 26. Bh4 Qf8 27. Bf6 $18 Ne8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qh4 (29.
Nh6 $1 {who gives up the exchange} Re7 (29... Rd7 30. f5 gxf5 31. g4 $18) 30.
g4 Kh8 31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5 g5 33. Ng4 Rf7 34. f6 $18 {Stockfish10}) 29... Kh8
(29... h5 30. Ne3 d4 31. Nc4 b5 32. Nd2 Nc7 33. Ne4 Nd5 34. Ng5 $18 {
Stockfish10}) 30. Qg5 (30. Nh6 Rg7 (30... Rb7 31. f5 exf5 32. g4 $18 {
Stockfish10}) 31. Rhf3 (31. g4) 31... Qe7 32. Qh3 Nc7 33. g4 Rf8 34. f5 exf5
35. gxf5 Qe8 (35... Qxe5 36. f6 $18) 36. fxg6 Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Rxg6 38. Nf7+ Kg8
39. Nd6 Qe7 40. Qh3 $18 {Stockfish10}) (30. f5 exf5 31. Nh6 Re7 32. g4 Rxe5 33.
gxf5 Re4 34. Qg3 Ng7 35. f6 Ne6 36. Rh4 Rxh4 37. Qxh4 d4 38. f7 Qg7 39. Re1 $18
{Stockfish10}) 30... Qg7 31. Nh6 $16 (31. Rhf3 $16) 31... Rd7 (31... Rf8) 32.
Qg4 (32. f5 exf5 (32... gxf5 33. Qf4 Qe7 34. g4 Ng7 35. g5 Rf8 36. g6 Ne8 $18 {
Stockfish10}) 33. g4 $18 {Stockfish10}) 32... Re7 (32... Nc7 33. Qe2 Rf8 34.
Ng4 $16 {Stockfish10}) 33. Qh4 Rc8 34. g4 $18 Nc7 35. f5 exf5 (35... g5 36. Qh5
) 36. gxf5 g5 (36... Qxe5 37. fxg6 Qe4+ 38. Qxe4 dxe4 (38... Rxe4 39. Nf5 {
mating}) 39. Nf7+ Kg7 40. Nd6 (40. gxh7 Rxf7 41. Rg3+ Kh8 42. Rxf7) 40... hxg6
(40... Rf8 41. Rxf8 Kxf8 42. gxh7) 41. Nxc8 $18 {Stockfish10}) 37. Qg4 (37. Qh5
{first idea} Qxe5 38. Nf7+ (38. f6) 38... Rxf7 39. Qxf7 Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 41.
Rg3 Qh4 42. f6 (42. Qd7) 42... Qh6 43. Rh3 Rf8 44. Qe7 Re8 45. Qxe8+ Nxe8 46.
Rxh6 {mating}) (37. Qe1 $1 {Stockfish10} Ree8 38. Ng4 Nb5 39. f6 Qg6 40. f7 Rf8
41. e6 Qe4+ 42. Qxe4 dxe4 43. Nf6 Kg7 44. Rxh7+ Kg6 45. Nd7 Kxh7 46. Nxf8+ Rxf8
47. e7) 37... Qxe5 38. Qxg5 (38. f6 {pm analysis} Qe4+ 39. Qxe4 Rxe4 40. Nf7+
Kg8 41. Nxg5 $1 (41. Nd6 Rf8 42. Nxe4 dxe4 43. Rf5 Ne6 44. Rh6 Kf7 45. Re5 $18
{but more difficult})) (38. Rhf3 $16) 38... Rg7 $11 (38... Rf8 $11) 39. Qh5 (
39. Qe3 $11) (39. Qf4 $11) 39... Rf8 40. Rhf3 (40. Qf3 $11) (40. Rg3 $11) (40.
Qh4 Ne8 41. Re1 Qf6 42. a4 $11) (40. f6 Rxf6 41. Qxe5 Rxf1#) 40... Qe4 $17 41.
Qh3 (41. Rg1) 41... Ne8 $19 (41... Rf6 $19) 42. f6 Rxf6 (42... Nxf6 43. Nf5
Rgf7 (43... Rg6 $15) 44. Nd6 $18) 43. Nf5 Rgf7 (43... Rg4) 44. Ng3 (44. Nh4
Rxf3 45. Nxf3 Nd6 $19) 44... Rxf3 45. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 46. Kg2 dxe4 47. Qe6 R7f2+ 48.
Kg3 Rf3+ (48... Nf6) 49. Kg2 Nf6 50. Qe7 R1f2+ (50... R3f2+ 51. Kg3 Nh5+ 52.
Kh3 Nf4+ 53. Kg4 Ng6) 51. Kg1 e3 52. Qf8+ Ng8 53. Qe8 e2 54. Qe5+ Rf6 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Waterfield, John W"]
[Black "Haigh, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Cardigan"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
{main} (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O f5
14. exf6 Nxf6 15. a4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 Qc7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8
20. Be5 Qb7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Bc8 24. Qxf6+ {Strugnell-Haigh,
West Wales op 2014,1-0}) 9. dxc5 {Old Main Line-Aagard & Ntirlis} (9. a3 {
Modern Line, to discourage b4}) 9... Bxc5 10. Nd4 (10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6
12. Bd3 {main, 56% for Wh}) (10. Ne2 {alternative- to keep a N on d4}) 10...
Nxd4 (10... Qb6 {main}) 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 (11... Qb6) 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. O-O-O b4
$146 (13... Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Nb6 {main, 2 Wh wins, 4 draws}) 14. Na4 (14. Qxb6
Nxb6 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Nd4 {Cloud Engines, puts the N on d4 where it belongs})
14... Qxd4 15. Rxd4 a5 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Bc6 (17. c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 $11 {Cloud
Engines}) 17... Kd8 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Nc5 Rb5 20. Nb3 (20. Nd3) 20... a4 21.
Nd2 Ke7 22. Rd1 Rc8 (22... Rb7) 23. Ne4 {[%eval 0,0] Komodo12- but the entire
Wh system is based on putting a N onto d4 with play against the bad French} (
23. Nf3 {Stockfish10} b3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. R1d3 Rb5 26. Ra3 Rb7 27. c3 Ra8 $11
{Komodo12}) 23... dxe4 (23... b3 $11 {Stockfish10 & Komodo12}) 24. Rxd7+ Ke8
$11 25. R7d4 (25. Ra7 Rbc5 26. Rd2 e3 27. Re2 Rc4 28. g3 b3 29. axb3 axb3 30.
c3 $14 {Komodo12}) 25... Rbc5 26. R1d2 e3 27. Re2 Rc4 (27... b3 28. c3 Rc4 29.
Rxc4 Rxc4 30. axb3 axb3 31. Rxe3 Rxf4 $11 {Komodo12}) 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. g3 (29.
Rxe3) 29... b3 (29... Re4 30. b3 Kd7 $11 {Komodo12}) 30. axb3 axb3 31. Kd1 (31.
h4 {holds up a later g5} f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rxe3 Rxc2+ 34. Kb1 Ke7 35. Rxb3
Rg2 36. Rd3 $14 {Komodo12} (36. Rc3 Kd6 37. b4 Kd5 38. b5 Kd4 39. Rc7 Rxg3 40.
Kc2 h5 41. b6 Rg8 42. b7 Rb8 43. Kb3 Kd5 44. Kc3 e5 45. fxe5 Kxe5 46. Kd3 Kd6
47. Rf7 Kc6 48. Rxf6+ Kxb7 49. Rh6 $11 {Komodo12})) 31... Rd4+ 32. Kc1 (32. Ke1
{going to block the passed pawn with the K looks more positional} Rc4 33. c3
Re4 34. Kf1 g5 35. fxg5 Rxe5 36. h4 f6 37. gxf6 Kf7 38. Kg2 Kxf6 39. Kf3 Rd5
40. Kxe3 $16 {Komodo12}) 32... Rc4 33. Kd1 Rd4+ 34. Ke1 bxc2 (34... Rc4) (34...
Kd7) 35. Rxc2 Rb4 (35... Rd3 36. Ke2 Rb3 $11 {Komodo12}) 36. Re2 (36. Ke2 {
Cloud Engines}) 36... f6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Kd1 (38. Rxe3 Kf7 39. b3 e5 $14 {R
& 3 vs R & 2 is looming}) 38... Kd7 39. Kc2 e5 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Rxe3 Ke6 42.
Kc3 Rd4 (42... Rb7 43. b4 Kd5 $14 {Komodo12}) 43. b4 $16 h5 44. h3 (44. Rd3 {
at once , seems to leave the K side pawns less vulnerable for later} Rg4 45. b5
h4 46. b6 Rg8 47. Kc4 hxg3 48. hxg3 {& Wh mates in 27; Lomonosov tablebases})
44... Kf5 45. Rd3 Re4 46. b5 Ra4 47. b6 Ra8 (47... Ra6 {Stockfish10} 48. Rd6
Ra1 49. Rd2 Ra3+ 50. Kc4 Rxg3 51. b7 Rg8 52. Kd5 Rb8 53. Rf2+ Kg5 54. Rb2 Kf5
55. Kc6 e4 56. Kc7 Rxb7+ 57. Rxb7 e3 58. Kd6 Ke4 59. Rh7 h4 60. Rxh4+ Kf3 61.
Kd5 $18 (61. Rh5 $18)) 48. b7 (48. Kc4 {using the K is an easier way to force
a passed pawn through} Ke6 49. Kc5 (49. b7 Rb8 50. Rb3 Kd6 51. g4 hxg4 52. hxg4
Kc6 53. g5 {should also work, but requires a bit more calculation}) 49... Rc8+
50. Kb5 Rc1 51. b7 Rb1+ 52. Ka6 e4 53. Ra3 Kd5 54. Ka7 e3 55. Rxe3 Ra1+ 56. Kb8
Kd6 57. Rd3+ Ke6 58. Rc3) 48... Rb8 49. Rd7 Ke4 (49... Ke6 {Cloud Engines} 50.
Rh7 Kd5 51. Kd3 Rg8 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 {zugzwang} Ke6 54. g5 (54. Rc7 Rb8 55.
Ke4 Kf6 56. Kd5 $18) 54... Kf5 55. Rf7+ Kxg5 56. Rg7+ (56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Rc7 Rb8
58. Kxe5 $18)) 50. Kc4 $18 {Komodo12} (50. Rf7 $18 {Komodo10}) (50. g4 $18 {
Fritz16}) 50... Kf3 51. g4 hxg4 52. hxg4 (52. Rf7+ $1 {Cloud Engines,
persuades the K away from the e pawn}) 52... Kxg4 {now its drawn, Nalimov
tablebases} 53. Kd5 Kf5 54. Rf7+ Kg6 55. Rd7 Kf5 56. Kc6 e4 57. Kc7 Rh8 (57...
Rxb7+ {at once also draws}) 58. Rd8 Rh7+ 59. Kc6 Rxb7 60. Kxb7 e3 61. Kc6 Ke4
62. Kc5 e2 63. Kc4 Ke3 64. Re8+ Kd2 65. Rd8+ Kc2 {an escape reminiscent of
Haigh-Waterfield, WCPL 2015, 1/2-1/2; though there, with 2 pawns in a R ending,
Bl allowed a perpetual or stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Black "Thomas, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardigan"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 (4... e6 {main}) 5. Nd2 (5. Nf3 {main})
5... d5 (5... Bg7 6. Ngf3 d6 {transposes to a number of games}) 6. Bb3 (6. exd5
Nxd5 7. Ne4 $14 {Cloud Engines}) 6... Bg7 (6... d4 {Stockfish10}) (6... c4 7.
exd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc4 Qxg2 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Ngxf3 $15 {Komodo12}) 7. Ne2 (7. Ngf3)
7... Ne5 (7... c4 8. dxc4 (8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Bxc4 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 11. Nf3 Qd6
12. d4 O-O 13. Bf4 Qd8 $17) 8... dxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Bf5 11. Ng3 e3 12.
fxe3 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Ne5 14. Nf3 Nxc4 15. b3 Nd6 16. e4 Ng4 17. h3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1
Ne3 19. Bxe3 Qxe3 20. Rad1 $11 {Komodo12}) 8. Bc2 O-O (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 Nd3+
10. Bxd3 Qxd3 11. Nf4 Qd6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qg3 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. Nh3 Be2 16.
Re1 Bd3 17. Qe3 Rfd8 $17 {Komodo12}) 9. O-O (9. d4 Nc6 10. e5 Nh5 11. O-O $11 {
Komodo12}) 9... Qc7 10. h3 Rd8 11. f4 (11. d4 Nc6 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Bf4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Bxe4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Qf3 Be6 $11 {Komodo12})
11... Nc6 (11... Nxd3 $1 12. e5 (12. Bxd3 dxe4 13. Bc4 e3 14. Qe1 exd2 15. Bxd2
$19) 12... Nxc1 13. Qxc1 Ne8 14. Nf3 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 12. Qe1 (12. e5 $14)
12... e5 13. Nf3 dxe4 (13... c4 14. fxe5 cxd3 15. exf6 dxe4 16. Ng5 Bh8 (16...
Bf8 17. Bb3 dxe2 18. Qxe2 $18) 17. Nxf7 Qxf7 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. f7+
Kg7 21. Ng3 $14 {Komodo12}) 14. dxe4 b6 15. Qh4 (15. Qf2) (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Ng3 $11) 15... Ba6 $15 16. Re1 exf4 (16... Bd3 {
Komodo121}) (16... Nh5 17. f5 Bd3 {Stockfish10}) 17. Bxf4 Qe7 18. Ng3 (18. e5
Nd5 19. Bg5 Qc7 (19... f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ned4 (21. Nf4 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qb7 23.
Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rad1 $18) 21... Qd6 22. Nf5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 $18) 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21.
Ng3 $16 {Komodo12}) 18... h5 (18... Bd3 19. e5 Bxc2 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bg5 Qd6
22. Bxd8 Qxd8 23. Qf4 $16 {Komodo12}) 19. e5 Nh7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. e6 $16 (21.
Ne4) 21... Bf6 (21... f5) 22. exf7+ (22. Ne4 $1 $18 {Cloud Engines} Nd5 (22...
fxe6 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Rxe6 Ned5 25. Be5 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxg6 $18) 23.
Nxf6+ Nhxf6 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Bh6 Rh8 26. Ne5+ Kg8 27. Bg5 Kg7 28. Nxg6 $18 {
Komodo12}) 22... Kxf7 23. Nxh5 (23. Ne4 Bd3 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Bb3 c4 26. Ba4
$16) 23... Bxc3 $2 {Bl seemingly gets confused about which pieces are en prise}
(23... gxh5 24. Bxh7 Ng6 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Rh8 27. Bxg6+ Kxg6 28. Be7 Rae8
29. Rad1 $16) 24. bxc3 $18 gxh5 25. Bxh7 Ng6 26. Ne5+ (26. Bh6) 26... Nxe5 27.
Rxe5 Bd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Rf1 Kf6 30. Rxh5 (30. Bg3+ {Komodo12} Kg6 31. Re6+
Kh7 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Be5 Rd5 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rxa7+ Rxe5 36. Rxa8+ $18) 30...
Re8 31. Bc7+ (31. Be5+ Ke6 32. c4 {Komodo1`2}) 31... Kg6 32. Rhf5 (32. Rh4 {
also}) 32... Rd7 33. Bg3 Re2 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. R6f2 Re3 36. Rf3 (36. Kh2) 36...
Re2 37. a4 Re4 38. Rf4 Re3 39. Rg4+ Kh7 40. Rf5 Re6 41. Bf4 Rg6 42. Rh5+ (42.
Rh4+ Kg8 43. Be5 Rgg7 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Rg4+ {slightly preferred by Komodo12 &
other Cloud Engines}) (42. Rh5+ Kg7 43. Be5+ Kf7 44. Rh7+ Ke8 45. Rxd7 Rxg4 46.
Rxa7 $18 {Komodo12} (46. hxg4 {simpler human})) 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Young, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. f4 Qd7 10. Kh1 exf4 11. Nxf4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Bd6 14. Qf2
Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Ne4 Be5 17. c3 Rae8 18. Be3 b6 19. Rae1 Qg4 20. Qg2 Qd7
21. d4 Bd6 22. Qf3 Kh8 23. Nf6 Qh3 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bg7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 12. O-O Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rb8 14.
Qc5 Rb7 15. g3 Nd7 16. Qe3 Ne5 17. b3 Qc8 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Be1 Qc6 20. f4 Nd3
21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Rd2 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Ne4 Re2 26. Nf2 Rcxc2
27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. a4 Bd4 29. Kf1 Rb2 30. Ng4 h5 31. Nf2 Bxf2 32. Rxf2 Rxb3 33.
Re2 e6 34. Re4 h4 35. Kg2 hxg3 36. hxg3 Ra3 37. Rc4 Kg7 38. Kh3 Kf6 39. Kg4 a5
40. Kh4 Ra1 41. Kg4 Rd1 42. Kf3 g5 43. Kg4 Kg6 44. fxg5 Rd5 45. Kf3 Rf5+ 46.
Kg4 Rxg5+ 47. Kf4 Rd5 48. g4 f6 49. Ke3 e5 50. Ke4 Rd6 51. Ke3 Kg5 52. Rc5 Rd4
53. Rxa5 Rxg4 54. Ra8 Kf5 55. a5 Rg3+ 56. Kd2 Ra3 57. Kc2 Ke4 58. Kb2 Rd3 59.
a6 Rd6 60. a7 Ra6 61. Rf8 Rxa7 62. Rxf6 Rc7 63. Rf1 Ke3 64. Re1+ Kf4 65. Rf1+
Kg3 66. Re1 Rc5 67. Kb3 Kf2 68. Kb4 Rd5 69. Rh1 e4 70. Kc4 Rd8 71. Rh2+ Kg3 72.
Rh7 e3 73. Kc3 e2 74. Re7 Kf2 75. Rf7+ Ke1 76. Kc2 Rc8+ 77. Kb2 Rc5 78. Rf6 Kd2
79. Rd6+ Ke3 80. Re6+ Kd3 81. Kb1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Bullen, Alex"]
[Black "Hewitt, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nce5 Be6 12. Ba3 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Nc4
15. Nf4 Nxa3 16. Rxa3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e5 18. Ne2 exd4 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Nxd4 Ne5
21. Qc5 Rfe8 22. Be2 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Bf8 24. Rc3 Red8 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. Rxb7 Nxc5
27. Rc7 Nxa4 28. R3xc6 Nb6 29. Nb5 Rdc8 30. Nxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Rxc8
Kg7 33. g3 Be7 34. Kg2 h5 35. h4 Bd6 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Rc6 Bc7 38. Bd3 Bb8 39. g4
hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Ba7 41. Ra6 Bb8 42. Ra5 Ba7 43. h5 gxh5+ 44. Rxh5 Rc7 45. Rh3
Bc5 46. Bf5 Be7 47. e4 Rc2 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. f4 Rc5 50. e5 Bf8 51. Rh5 Be7 52.
Be4 Ra5 53. Rh3 Ra3 54. Rh2 Ra4 55. Kf5 Ra7 56. Rb2 Kg7 57. Bd5 Ra5 58. Rb7 Kf8
59. Bb3 Ra1 60. Ke4 Re1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kf5 Rb1 64. Rb8+ Kg7 65.
Re8 Bc5 66. Bd5 Ra1 67. Rd8 Ra7 68. Kg4 Be7 69. Re8 Rc7 70. f5 Ba3 71. f6+ Kh7
72. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
g5 9. c3 Qe7 10. b4 O-O-O 11. Nb3 g4 12. Ne1 h5 13. b5 Ncb8 14. a4 f6 15. Nd3
Bg7 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. a5 Ng6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 Qf7 20. Be3 Bf8 21. f4 gxf3
22. Rxf3 f5 23. Bg5 Be7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qa1 c6 26. Nb4 cxb5 27. Bxb5 Nh4 28.
Rf2 Rdg8 29. Ba6 Nxa6 30. Nxa6 Nxg2 31. Nac5 Ne3+ 32. Kh1 bxc5 33. Nxc5 Nc4 34.
Rxb7 Qxb7 35. Nxb7 Kxb7 36. Qb1+ Kc7 37. Qb4 Rh7 38. Ra2 Rb8 39. Ra7+ Kc8 40.
Qf8# 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Ralphs, Nigel"]
[Black "May, Adam J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "White Knights"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nb4
15. Bb1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rxc4 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. d5 exd5
21. Bd4 Bd8 22. g3 Qe2 23. Kg2 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Ne4 25. Ba2 Bf6 26. Bxd5 Nc3 27.
Bxc3 Bxc3 28. a4 Kf8 29. Bc4 g6 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Bevan, Peter M"]
[Black "Jones, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "White Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. a3 e5 7. b4 cxb4 8.
axb4 Be7 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. b5 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. d3 Kh8 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qe7
15. Qa1 a6 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Rb1 axb5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Rxb5 Nc5 20. Qc3 b6 21.
Nc4 e4 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 23. Nxb6 Be6 24. d4 Nb3 25. Rxb3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 Qb7 27. Qe6
Qf7 28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29. e3 g5 30. Bf1 f4 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. exf4 Rxf4 33. d5 Kg7
34. d6 Rf6 35. d7 Rd6 36. Bh3 Kf6 37. Nc4 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Na5 Rd6 40. Nb7
1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Musson, Adam J"]
[Black "Morris, Charles F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 c5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. Qc4 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qa6 14. e4 Na5
15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxe5 19. Bg2 h6 20. Bf4 Nc4 21.
Qb3 Na5 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Rc2 24. Rab1 a6 25. Nd4 Rc4 26. b3 Rcc8 27. b4
Nc6 28. b5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Rfd8 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rbb1 c5 32. Nb5 Nd5 33. Bd2 Bf6
34. Rdc1 c4 35. Nc3 Rd7 36. Kf1 Ra7 37. Rb5 Bxc3 38. Bxc3 Rxa2 39. Kg2 Ra3 40.
Bd4 Rd3 41. Bc5 c3 42. Kf1 Rd2 43. Ke1 Rb2 44. Ra5 Rb7 45. Ke2 Rbc7 46. Ba3 Kh7
47. Kd3 Kg6 48. Kc2 Nf6 49. h4 Rd7 50. Bc5 Rd2+ 51. Kb3 Ne4 52. Be3 Rb2+ 53.
Ka3 Rcb8 54. h5+ Kh7 55. Bd4 R8b3+ 56. Ka4 Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "May, Frank"]
[Black "Evans, Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 g6 8. f3 Bg7
9. Ne2 O-O 10. e4 e6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bg3 f5 13. h4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Bxe5
Nxe5 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. O-O-O Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxc4 Qf4+ 20. Qd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Saunders, Robert"]
[Black "Llewellyn, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nf3
Nd4 9. Bxd4 cxd4 10. Nb5 e5 11. Qb4 Bf8 12. Nxa7 Bd7 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 Rc8 15.
O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Saunders, Walter N. R."]
[Black "Davies, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 c6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Be2 Bf8 19. a3 Qg5 20. b4 a6 21.
Bc3 Nd5 22. Rdd1 Bd6 23. Bd2 h5 24. Bc4 Bb8 25. Be1 Qe7 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Rc5 Qd6 29. g3 h4 30. Rdc1 Rh8 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Qg4 f5 33. Qe2 hxg3
34. fxg3 Rxh3 35. Qg2 Rh8 36. Rc5 Qe6 37. Qa2 Rd8 38. a4 b6 39. Rc2 g5 40. b5
a5 41. Rc6 Rd6 42. Rc3 Qe8 43. Qc2 Rh6 44. Rc8 Qh5 45. Qg2 Bd6 46. Rc6 Qd1 47.
Qf2 Bf8 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Rc8 Qf3 50. Qxf3 exf3 51. Rb8 Re6 52. Bf2 g4 53. Rd8
Rd6 54. Re8 Kf7 55. Rb8 Be7 56. Be1 Re6 57. Kf2 Bb4 58. Bxb4 axb4 59. Rc8 Re8
60. Rc7+ Re7 61. Rc6 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Jones, Ian Robert"]
[Black "French, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Nidum"]
[BlackTeam "Abergavenny"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. Nb3 Bb7 11. g4 Nbd7 12. Bh6 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. exd5 a5 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. h4 h6 18. h5 g5 19. Nd4 Rh8 20. f4 Qc5 21. fxg5 1-0

[Event "WCPL 2018-9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Allford, Zane"]
[Black "Sims, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[WhiteTeam "Abergavenny"]
[BlackTeam "Nidum"]

1. e4 a6 2. f4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. d3 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Be2 Ng4 8. Nf1
Nxe3 9. Nxe3 Qf6 10. Qc1 Qxf4 11. O-O Bd6 12. g3 Qh6 13. Ng4 Qxc1 14. Raxc1 O-O
15. e5 Bc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Kf1 Nb4 21. a3
Nd5 22. Kf2 f5 23. Ne3 f4 24. Nxd5 fxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Bxd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bd3 h6
28. Bg6 Rc4 29. Bd3 Bxf3 0-1

