[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Fowler, Hugo"]
[Black "Bullen, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[Annotator "Home"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "North Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

{[%evp 0,22,26,37,68,76,65,30,31,32,72,53,60,46,32,32,20,22,32,33,31,25,23,12,12]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Ngf6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe5 Qa6 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Nd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 h5 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. Kf1 g6 21. Re4 Bh6 22. c4 Nb6 23. b3 Rhe8 24. Rae1 Nd7 25. Bd6 Rac8 26. Rd1 Nb6 27. Rde1 Nd7 28. Rd1 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Nxf8 30. Ne1 Rcd8 31. Nd3 Rd6 32. Rde1 b6 33. Nb4 c5 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Nc2 (35. Nd5 $1) 35... Red8 36. R4e2 Nd7 37. f4 Nb8 38. Kf2 Nc6 39. g3 R8d7 40. Kf3 {(=)} Rd3+ 41. Re3 Rd2 42. Rxe6 Ne5+ 43. R6xe5 fxe5 44. fxe5 Ke6 45. Ne3 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Rathbone-Jones, Ifan"]
[Black "Szakmany, Bence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "North Cardiff"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 e5 9. Nxc4 Nxe4 10. dxe5 Be7 11. Qe2 Nec5 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nd4 Nb6 14. Ne3 c6 15. Ndf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Rd8 17. Bh6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 gxh6 19. Qg4+ Bg5 20. Nxh6+ Kh8 21. Qxg5 Nbd7 22. Rc1 Nd3 23. Qf5 N3xe5 24. Be4 Ng6 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Ng4 h5 27. Rxd7 hxg4 28. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Smith, Alun"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "North Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. Bf5 Bh5 13. b4 Bg6 14. h3 Bf4 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. g3 Qd6 18. Kg2 b6 19. a3 Qc7 20. Qd3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Qe3 Ndf6 24. Ne5 Nd6 25. f3 Nd7 26. a4 Nf8 27. Nb3 f6 28. Nd3 Kf7 29. g4 Nc4 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Kf2 Ne6 32. Qc1 Qd6 33. Kg2 g5 34. Qe1 Nf4+ 35. Nxf4 Qxf4 36. Qc1 Qxc1 37. Nxc1 Ke6 38. Kf2 Nb2 39. Ke2 Nxa4 40. Kd2 Nb2 41. Nb3 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 a5 43. bxa5 Nxa5 44. Nxa5 bxa5 45. Kc2 Kd6 46. Kb3 Kc7 47. c4 Kb6 48. c5+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Jukes, Sam"]
[Black "Mcgregor, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "North Cardiff"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 e6 10. Ndb5 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O d4 14. Bf2 a4 15. Bc4 Bf5 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Bf1 d3 18. c3 Nc4 19. b3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Nd2 21. Qd1 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Qa5 23. Nd4 Rac8 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Rc2 27. Rc1 Rfc8 28. Rxc2 dxc2 29. Qd2 Qd5 30. a3 c1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Choo Yin, Kan"]
[Black "Mba, Reginald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "North Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "Cardiff"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Qc2 c6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Rad1 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. b3 Ne6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Qc4 h6 20. h3 Qa5 21. a4 Rd5 22. Re2 Red8 23. Red2 R8d6 24. Rd3 Qd8 25. b4 a5 26. R3d2 axb4 27. Qxb4 Rd7 28. Kf1 Qa5 29. Qb3 Qa6+ 30. Kg1 Ra5 31. Ra2 Qa8 32. Rad2 Rxa4 33. d5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Ra3 36. Qb5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qb8+ 38. g3 Ra2 39. Rd7 Rb2 40. Qd5 b5 41. Kg2 Qc8 42. Nd4 Qc4 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Nxe6 Qxe6 45. Qa7 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Rb1 47. Qb7 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Kong, Emma"]
[Black "McKenna, Josh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cardiff"]
[BlackTeam "North Cardiff"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3 c6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 a6 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nc4 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 18. Rd1 Bd5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Na3 21. Bxa3 Rxa3 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. h3 Qa8 26. Nc3 Rc8 27. Rb3 Ra1 28. Kh2 Qa5 29. Rd3 Ra2 30. Qxa2 Qc7+ 31. g3 Qc4 32. Ne2 1-0

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Perrett, David C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O Qe8 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 Na6 12. Ng5 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Bxd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. Be4 g5 21. Bg6 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd8 23. Rf3+ Kg8 24. g4 Rf8 25. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "2"]
[White "Thomas, Roy"]
[Black "Heaven, Pete"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[Annotator "Home"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg"]

{[%evp 0,48,19,-30,-19,-29,-24,-24,-34,-28,-24,-22,15,-14,2,-29,26,19,49,11,34,14,41,34,57,52,50,50,46,34,93,29,8,13,33,3,-2,62,111,75,186,214,228,129,180,57,57,57,57,57,57]} 1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nbd7 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 h5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. c3 c6 10. a4 a5 11. O-O Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bc2 g6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Kg7 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Rh8 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. fxg6 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Hewitt, William"]
[Black "Harding, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Be5 Rg8 16. Ke2 f5 17. Rhb1 Nc6 18. Nc4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxc3 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Rxb6 Rc7 22. Rab1 Bg7 23. R1b4 Ra8 24. a4 Bf8 25. Rb3 Bg7 26. Ke3 Bf8 27. f4 h6 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7+ Kc6 30. Rf7 Kd6 31. Bb5 Be7 32. Rh7 g5 33. Rxh6 gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Rg8 35. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Wilmot, Daniel"]
[Black "Jones, Derek C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. a3 Ne4 10. Bxa6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 bxa6 13. Qd3 Qxd3+ 14. cxd3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rhc1 Bb6 17. Rab1 Bd7 18. Bc7 Rfc8 19. Bxb6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 axb6 21. Rc7 Be8 22. Rb7 b5 23. Kd2 Kf8 24. Kc3 Rc8+ 25. Kb2 Rc6 26. Ne5 Rd6 27. d4 f6 28. Nd3 a5 29. Ra7 a4 30. Kc3 h5 31. f4 Rc6+ 32. Nc5 h4 33. Kb4 Rd6 34. Rc7 Bh5 35. Nb7 Ra6 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc2 Rb6 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Ka5 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Kf5 41. Rxg7 Ke4 42. g4 hxg3 43. Rxg3 Be2 44. h4 e5 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. dxe5 Kxe5 47. h5 Bd3 48. h6 d4 49. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Van Kemenade, Rudy"]
[Black "Jeanes, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg"]
[BlackTeam "The Full Ponty"]

{[%evp 0,28,19,29,74,77,80,79,80,37,41,4,7,0,30,16,34,-67,49,56,66,71,67,43,70,64,85,85,127,135,143]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Qg4 {a bit aggressive, but when Bl does play c5 it will be a French with a move behind.} (4. Nf3 {main} c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be3 (6. Bd3 {main}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 $16 {Cooke-Jeanes, S Wales New Year 2017, 1-0}) 4... Ne7 (4... f5 5. Qg3 $16 c5 {vk 2-0 internet games} (5... b6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Nc3 $16 Bd7 8. a4 $18 {though Van Kemenade-Moore. Dyfed Open 2011,0-1 when Wh overpressed})) 5. Bd3 (5. Nf3 {2-0 , vk 1-0 internet though} c5 $11 {SF17}) 5... c5 6. c3 (6. Nf3 cxd4 7. O-O {is worth considereing, following a Nimsovitch super constriction game}) (6. dxc5 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nxc5 8. O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Nf5 10. Nc3 $11 {1 game each in database}) 6... cxd4 (6... Nbc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. O-O $11 {Sf17}) 7. cxd4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 {as Wh realised after this, Bl had a chance he missed to get rid of the French B, which is often bad} (8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Nge2 $16 {SF17}) 8... h6 (8... Nb4 {exploits the absence of the Q from d1} 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Na3 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 Nb4 $17 {SF17} (12... Nf5 $5 13. Kxd3 Qa4 14. Ke2 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qc4+ 16. Kd1 Qc3 17. Rb1 Qd3+ 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qf3 Qc2+ 20. Ke1 Nxd4 21. Qd1 Qd3 22. f4 O-O $17 {SF17})) 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. h4 Qa5 $2 {wastes another tempo due to Wh's obvious reply} (11... g6 $5) 12. Bd2 $18 Qc7 13. Rac1 (13. h5 {Sf17}) 13... Nc8 14. Na4 b6 15. h5 Qd8 (15... Qb7 {expected by Wh} 16. Nh4 $18) 16. b3 (16. Nh4 N8e7 17. Rfe1 Qb8 18. Re3 Kd8 19. Rf3 Be8 20. Rf4 Ra7 21. Qf3 Qb7 22. Nc3 Nb4 23. Bb1 Nc8 24. Ng6 $18 {SF17}) 16... N8a7 17. Rc2 (17. Bxa6 {considered, but Wh feared the B might get trapped} b5 18. Nc5 Qb6 {though SF17 finds two ways out} 19. Bb7 (19. a4 bxa4 (19... Bxc5 20. Qxg7 Rf8 21. Rxc5 Qxa6 22. axb5 Nxb5 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Bb4 O-O-O 25. Bxf8 $19)) 19... Rb8 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Rc2 $18 {SF17}) (17. Nh4 Rg8 18. f4 Ba3 (18... Nb5 19. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 20. Bh7 Rh8 21. f5 Bd7 (21... Rxh7 22. fxe6 Ra7 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Qe6+ Qe7 25. Qc8+ Qd8 26. Qxc6+ Qd7 27. Qa8+ Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rxf7 $18 {SF17}) 22. Bg6 Qe7 23. f6 $18 {SF17-beyond most human calculation}) 19. Bh7 $18 {SF17}) 17... Nb5 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Bxb5 (19. Bf1 $18 {SF17- unfathomableto human eye why this retreat}) 19... axb5 20. Nb2 Na5 {normally it is best to let the other side do the exchanging, yet here Wh could have slowed down Bl's chances along the a file by several moves} 21. Nd3 (21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nd3 Bd7 23. Nh4 Nc6 24. Ng6 $1 {SF17} Rg8 (24... fxg6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxe6+ Be7 27. Qxc6+ Qd7 28. Qxg6+ Kd8 29. Qxg7 Re8 30. Qxh6 $18 {SF17}) 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Qf4 Qa8 27. Nb4 Ne7 (27... Nxb4 28. Bxb4+ Ke8 29. Rc7 Qd8 30. Rb7 $18) 28. g4 $18 {SF17}) (21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Nd3 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qb8 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Ne1 $18 {SF17}) 21... Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nc6 23. b4 (23. a3 Qa8 24. Nb4 Ne7 25. Nh4 Qxa3 26. Qd1 Qa8 27. Ra2 Qb7 28. Qf3 Rg8 29. Qc3 Kd8 30. Qa1 Nc8 31. Qb1 Rh8 32. f4 Be7 33. Be1 $18 {SF17}) 23... Qa8 $16 24. Nfe1 $1 Qa4 25. Bc3 (25. Rc3 Qxa2 26. Nc2 Ne7 27. Kh2 Nf5 28. Bc1 Qa8 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Bd2 $16 {but this human fails to see the logic behind the Engine moves}) 25... Rg8 26. Rb2 Be7 27. Qe2 (27. Nc2 Bg5 28. Qd1 (28. f4 f5 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Qg6+ Kd8 31. Ne5 $16) 28... Qa8 29. Rb3 $16 {SF17}) 27... f5 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Nf3 (29. Nc2 Kf7 30. Ne3 Rf8 (30... Nxd4 31. Qg4 $1 $18 {Sf17} Nf5 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Bxf6 Nxe3 34. Rd2 (34. fxe3 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 gxf6 36. Qxh6+ Ke8 37. Nf4 Qg4 38. Ng6 Kf7 39. Rf2 $18 {looks good for Wh}) 34... Nc4 35. Bh4 $1 {yet it seems other moves only draw} Qa8 (35... Nxd2 36. Ne5 Be8 37. Qxe6 {mating}) 36. Re2 {yet more crazy variations from the engine = this human has trouble making sense of it all}) 31. Nf4 $16) 29... Kf7 30. Nf4 (30. Nde5+ Bxe5 31. Nxe5+ Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rf8 {is difficult to win, as both sides have bad Bs}) (30. Nh2 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rb3 Rc8 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34. Qxe5 Rc1+ 35. Nf1 Qxa2 36. Rf3+ Ke7 37. Qxg7+ Kd6 38. Qg3+ e5 39. Rf6+ Be6 40. Qe3 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 d4 42. Qxh6 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Qd2 Qe4+ 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Rxe6+ Kxe6 47. Qh6+ Kd7 48. f3 Qb1+ 49. Kf2 Qd1 50. Qg7+ Kd6 51. h6 d3 52. h7 d2 53. Qh6+ Kd7 54. Qg7+ Ke6 55. Qg6+ Kd7 56. Qe4 Qh1 57. Qd5+ Kc8 58. Kg3 d1=Q 59. Qxd1 Qxd1 60. h8=Q+ Kb7 61. Qxe5 $18 {Sf17}) 30... Re8 $14 31. Qd3 (31. Ng6) 31... Kg8 32. Bd2 (32. Nh2) (32. Ng6) 32... Ra8 (32... Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nxd4 34. Nxd4 e5 35. Rb1 Qg4 36. Nxd5 exd4 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Re1 Kg7 $11 {f17}) 33. Ne2 Qa3 34. Qb1 (34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Bxc3 Be8 36. Nf4 Bf7 $11 {SF17}) 34... e5 (34... Be8 $11) 35. Bc3 (35. Nc3 {considered} Rf8 (35... exd4 36. Nxb5 Qa4 37. Nc7 Rf8 38. Nxd5 Qb5 39. Qe4 Bd8 40. Nxd4 Nxd4 41. Qxd4 Bc6 42. Bc3 Rf7 43. Ne3 Bf6 $11) (35... e4 36. Nxd5 $1 {missed in calculation by Wh} (36. Nxb5 Qa6 (36... Qd3 $11) 37. Nc7 Qb7 38. Nxd5 exf3 39. Nxf6+ gxf6 40. Qg6+ $18 Kf8 41. Qxf6+ Ke8 42. Bxh6 Be6 43. Qxe6+ Ne7 44. Rb3 Qc6 45. Qxc6+ Nxc6 46. Rxf3 $18 {SF17})) 36. Nxd5 exd4 $11 {SF17}) 35... exd4 (35... e4 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Bg4 38. Qe1 Qa7 $11 {SF17}) 36. Nfxd4 Rc8 $2 (36... Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Bxd4 38. Nxd4 Rc8 $11 {SF17}) 37. Nxb5 {and Bl's position collapses} Qa6 38. Bxf6 (38. Nd6 {wins an exchange}) 38... Qxb5 (38... Ne7 39. Nd6 gxf6 40. b5 Qa4 41. Nxc8 Bxc8 42. Rb4 Qa7 43. Nd4 $18 {Sf17}) 39. Qg6 {mating} 1-0

[Event "WCPL Rd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Jones, Gavin"]
[Black "Van Kemenade, Julie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[Annotator "Home"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "The Full Ponty"]
[BlackTeam "Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg"]

{[%evp 0,101,18,25,77,75,81,71,63,45,64,47,49,41,45,59,70,62,88,56,86,80,122,122,136,124,157,157,234,240,240,192,188,127,128,111,105,106,61,59,59,43,116,119,119,65,132,161,216,255,269,223,170,192,254,248,319,287,482,393,403,336,351,336,328,294,284,133,222,172,240,239,347,347,335,329,404,397,465,481,494,475,477,495,578,560,596,547,550,455,633,602,656,700,733,748,769,646,1225,1225,29991,29992,29993,29992]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 h5 10. h3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 g5 13. b4 Qc7 14. Bxg5 O-O-O 15. Bf4 h4 16. Na4 Rdg8 17. c4 Nh5 18. Bh2 Ng3 19. Rfc1 Bg5 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. Bxg3 hxg3 22. b5 Nh5 23. e5 Nf4 24. Bf5+ Kd8 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Rb2 Rb8 28. Nc5 Rhd8 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Ne4 Qh6 32. Nxg3 Rb2 33. Bc2 Kf8 34. Qc3 Qh4 35. Kh2 Nxh3 36. gxh3 Bf4 37. Rd3 Rb8 38. Ba4 Re8 39. Bxc6 Re2+ 40. Bg2 Qe7 41. Rf3 Qg5 42. Kh1 Rd2 43. c5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Rc1 45. Qd3 Ra1 46. Qe4 Bc7 47. d5 Qc1 48. Qe3 Qc2 49. d6 Ra2 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Welsh U1850 League"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Esteves, Sergio"]
[Black "Horrell, Stephen A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,53,33,33,36,-21,5,-1,18,-3,78,82,95,45,39,39,46,38,49,51,49,16,12,20,27,28,43,37,85,-26,-13,-13,84,78,75,41,25,-155,-143,-152,126,113,123,126,134,104,133,118,126,118,133,-582,132,100,29997,29998]} 1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5 (3... Nf6 {main}) 4. f3 e3 (4... exf3 {main}) 5. Bxe3 Nf6 6. Bd3 (6. Bc4 {main}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 a6 $146 (7... c6) (7... e6) 8. Nge2 (8. O-O-O $14) 8... e6 9. O-O $11 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. a5 Rc8 13. Rfd1 c5 $6 14. Nxc5 (14. dxc5 Qc7 (14... Nxc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxc5 $18) 15. b4 $16 {SF17}) 14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 (15... Bxc5 $11) 16. b4 $16 Nd5 17. Qb3 $5 (17. Bd2 $16) 17... Qe5 18. Bd4 $2 (18. Ra3 Rfd8 $11 {SF17}) 18... Qxe2 $19 19. c4 Bf6 $2 {Bl thought the Q was getting trapped} (19... Nf4 20. Ra2 Rcd8 $1 21. Rxe2 (21. Kh1 Qxd1+ 22. Qxd1 e5) 21... Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Nxd4 {gets 3 pieces for the Q}) 20. cxd5 $18 Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 exd5 22. Rxd5 Qb5 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rde5 Rcd8 25. Qc4 Qc6 26. Re7 Rc8 27. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dixon, Chris"]
[Black "McGrath, Ethan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,26,30,22,27,27,22,9,5,16,16,-14,-8,-5,-5,-5,-5,3,6,6,6,28,13,6,9,-14,7,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Qc7 (7... O-O {main}) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 {this scores 50% for Wh} (9. e4 {is the old mainline Colle, which scores 49% in the databases}) 9... Bd6 10. Bb2 Bd7 (10... Ng4 11. h3 h5 12. a3 Nce5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Be2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Bb5 $17 {Dixon-McGrath, Autumn open 2024,0-1}) 11. a3 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ (13... Ne7 14. c4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Nxg8+ Rxg8 20. Bc3 $15 {Decroix-M Leconte, Paris ch open 2000,0-1}) 14. Nxf3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 (15. c4 $14 {Cloud Engines}) 15... Bxe5 16. Rc1 b5 17. Re1 (17. e4 dxe4 18. Qc2 O-O 19. c4 $11 {SF17}) 17... a6 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Qxc4 bxc4 (19... dxc4 $17) 20. Bd1 (20. e4 $11 {SF17}) 20... a5 21. Ra1 O-O $17 (21... axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Ke7 24. Bb2 Ra8 25. g3 Ra2 26. Re2 g5 $19 {SF17}) 22. Bc2 Bf6 23. e4 Bc6 24. exd5 exd5 25. Kf1 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 axb4 29. axb4 d4 30. cxd4 Bxg2 31. Bf5 Kf8 32. Kd2 Ke7 33. b5 g6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Welsh U1850 League"]
[Site "Bridgend"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Slegg, Gary"]
[Black "Mills, Paul R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1704"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[Annotator "Slegg,Gary"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,70,37,11,75,84,77,66,74,72,96,59,85,73,69,40,56,32,28,25,31,23,31,22,54,49,54,48,73,28,37,22,12,14,-8,-18,-17,-34,-26,-31,-2,-22,-25,-42,-38,-76,-19,-28,16,-29,-25,-26,-22,-12,10,-59,-51,-56,-47,-53,-79,-92,-82,-104,-98,-89,-95,-93,-31,-29,-36,-82,-62] B06: Modern Defence} 1. e4 g6 {My opponent had changed at the last minute - I had prepared for e5. I couldn't remember the trap line I know in the modern, so thought I'd just play according to opening principles} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 c6 {[%eval 68,22]} (5... Nf6 $142 {[%eval 34,19]}) (5... b6 {main- heading for a Hippotamous-vk}) 6. Bc4 Nf6 $146 {4-1-3 in chessbase database-vk} (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bc8 8. O-O Nd7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Ne6 Qb6 12. Nxg7+ Kf7 13. Nh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5+ Kf8 15. Rd1 Ngf6 16. Bh6+ Kg8 17. Qg5+ Kf7 18. Qg7+ Ke6 19. d5+ Ke5 20. Qg3# {1-0 (20) Kasprzyk,M (1405)-McIntyre,J (1376) online 2020}) (6... h6 7. h3 Nd7 8. O-O Rb8 9. a5 Qc7 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 Ngf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Ba3 c5 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bd7 19. Re1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 {Sadhwani,R (2555)-Maghsoodloo,P (2698) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (61)}) 7. O-O (7. Bb3 {is more complex.} Qa5 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bc8 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rd1 e5 {Szelag-Sumara, Krynicka op 1994, 1-0 -vk}) 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O) 7... d5 {this is the real N-, and is the first line of SF17-vk} (7... O-O $16 {4-3-7 in database-vk}) (7... b5 $18 {1-0 vk}) 8. exd5 {[%eval 11,19]} (8. Bd3 $14 {[%eval 50,23] might be stronger.}) 8... cxd5 $11 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Bg5 e6 11. Qd2 Re8 {[%eval 85,21]} (11... Bd7 $11 {[%eval 7,21] keeps the balance.}) 12. Rfe1 $1 $16 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 {[%eval 17,20] White is much more active.} (14. Qf4 $16 {[%eval 83,22]} Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qh4 a5 17. Rad1 $14 {SF17- vk}) (14. Ng4 Rf8 15. Re3 h5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rf3 Qg7 19. Ne2 $14 {SF17- Bl will have trouble with getting his QB into play with all the pawns on its colour-vk}) 14... Qc7 $11 15. Bh6 Nbd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe2 {[%eval -11,19]} (17. Qf4 $142 {[%eval 20,21]}) 17... Nxe5 18. Qxe5 (18. dxe5 Ng8 19. Qe3 $11 {SF17-vk}) 18... Qxe5 19. dxe5 (19. Rxe5 {keeps the B under control, though} b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Na2 Ne4 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. f3 f6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. fxe4 Rxe4 26. Nxd5 Rae8 27. Nc3 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rh1 30. Nxb5 f5 (30... Rxh2 31. d5 $11) 31. Nd6 Ba8 32. d5 Kf6 33. h3 $11 {SF17- Wh must have good pracical chances, even of a win with all those Q side pawns- vk}) 19... Ng8 {[%eval -20,22]} (19... Nd7 $15 {[%eval -57,21] is more appropriate.}) 20. a5 {[%eval -63,23]} (20. Ne2 $11 {[%eval -20,22]}) 20... Ne7 $15 21. Ba4 {[%eval -122,20] Swapping off Bl's bad B can't be the best plan- Ne2, c3 and Bc2 looks a better sequence-vk} (21. g3 $1 $11 {[%eval -17,23] remains equal.} Rec8 $15 {SF17-vk}) (21. Ne2 Bb5 22. Nd4 Rec8 23. c3 Rab8 24. Bc2 $15 {SF17}) 21... Red8 22. Rd4 {[%eval -141,24]} (22. f4 $142 {[%eval -103,22]}) 22... Nf5 {[%eval -20,24]} (22... Bxa4 $17 {[%eval -141,24]} 23. Rxa4 Rac8) 23. Rb4 $11 d4 {[%eval 87,25]} (23... Rdc8 $1 $15 {[%eval -34,22] keeps the upper hand.}) 24. Ne4 $2 {[%eval -72,23] [#]} (24. Bxc6 $16 {[%eval 87,25] is necessary to keep the advantage.} bxc6 25. Na4) 24... Bxa4 {[%eval -30,26]} (24... Rd5 $1 $17 {[%eval -72,23]} 25. Bxc6 bxc6) 25. Rxa4 Rac8 {[%eval -4,27] Against Rc4} (25... Rd5 $1 $15 {[%eval -52,23] was preferrable.}) 26. c3 dxc3 27. Nxc3 {[%eval -118,23] I offered a draw} (27. bxc3 $11 {[%eval -1,26]} Rc7 28. f4) 27... Rd2 {[%eval -30,25]} (27... Rc5 $17 {[%eval -118,23]} 28. f4 Rd4) 28. Rb4 Rd7 29. Rb6 {[%eval -114,21] [#]} (29. Ne4 $11 {[%eval -23,25]}) 29... Rc5 $1 $17 30. g3 {[%eval -117,23]} (30. Kf1 $142 {[%eval -80,24]}) 30... Rxa5 31. Kg2 Rc5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Rb5 {[%eval 9,24]} ({Black should play} 33... Rc7 $17 {[%eval -129,23] aiming for ...g5.} 34. h4 h5) (33... Rxe5 34. Rxb7 g5 35. Nc3 h5 $17 {SF17-vk}) 34. Rxb5 $11 axb5 35. b4 {[%eval -152,24]} (35. Nc3 $1 $15 {[%eval -64,24]}) 35... Ne7 {[%eval -104,26] Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.36 He offered a draw} (35... Nd4 $142 {[%eval -152,24]} 36. Nc3 f6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anandkumar, Govind"]
[Black "Enoch, Kristan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,20,21,29,26,26,26,18,19,-7,6,1,1,5,86,98,94,78,102,122,145,149,147]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 (5. d3 {more positional}) 5... exd4 6. e5 Ng4 {78% for Wh} (6... d5 {main, 51 % for Wh}) 7. cxd4 d5 8. Bb5 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Qb3 (10. O-O {8-1-2}) 10... Bxc3+ (10... a6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 b6 14. O-O $18 {Nezhyvenko-Gabuzov, EU ch Hybrid U08 Tornelo, 2021,1-0}) 11. bxc3 $18 a6 12. Bd3 Bc8 13. Qc2 f6 14. O-O fxe5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. h3 (16. dxe5 Ngxe5 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Bxh7+ $18) 16... e4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qe6 19. Qxe6+ (19. Rfe1 $1 {Sf17}) 19... Bxe6 20. Rfe1 Kf7 21. hxg4 (21. Bf4 Bxa2 22. hxg4 Bd5 23. Bxc7 $16 {SF17}) 21... Bxg4 22. d5 (22. Nh2 Be6 23. Rad1 Bd5 24. c4 Bxc4 25. d5 Nb4 26. Nf3 Bxa2 27. d6 cxd6 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Rxd6 $16 {Bl's K remains in Jeopardy}) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Na5 (23... h6 $1 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Ne7 26. c4 Rac8 27. Rab1 b6 28. Re6 $14 {SF17}) 24. Re7+ $18 Kg6 25. Bf4 (25. Bh4) 25... Rhd8 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Rde1 (27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Bxc7) (27. Rxc7) 27... Rxe7 28. Rxe7 c5 (28... Rd8 $1 29. Be5 (29. Rxc7 Rxd5 30. c4 Rd4 $11) 29... Rxd5 30. Rxg7+ Kh6 31. Re7 Kg6 32. f4 c5 $11 {SF17}) 29. Bc7 Nc4 30. d6 Kf6 31. f4 b6 32. Re2 Nxd6 33. Bxd6 Rc8 34. Be5+ Kf7 35. Rd2 Ke6 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Farani Sani, Hamid"]
[Black "Belochkin, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1563"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,13,31,-24,-23,-16,-21,-21,-16,-48,-55,-44,-52,-97,-80,-71]} 1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 (4. Bb5 {main, 64 % for Wh}) 4... d4 5. exd4 (5. d3 {1-1-2}) 5... Nxd4 6. Nxd4 Qxd4 7. Nc3 {Cloud Engines} (7. d3 Bf5 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. Qf3 h6 11. Nc3 Qe6+ 12. Be2 Bxd3 {Haris-Hrebicik, SVK ch U16, Tatralandia 2015,0-1}) 7... Qxf4 (7... Bf5 $19 {SF17}) 8. d4 Qd6 (8... Qg4 9. Be3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bf5 $17 {SF17}) 9. Nb5 $11 Qc6 10. d5 Qb6 11. Bf4 (11. b4 $1 c6 12. c5 Qd8 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 $1 e5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. O-O-O+ Ke7 17. Bxe5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Ng4 19. Bf4 $18 {Bl 's K is too exposed and his pieces are scattered and not developed}) 11... e5 $1 $19 12. dxe6 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ (13... Bc5 14. Qf3 a6 15. Nc3 Bxe6 16. O-O-O O-O-O $19 {Sf17}) 14. Qxd2 Bxe6 15. Bd3 a6 16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. Qc2 (17. O-O-O) 17... Qe3+ (17... Bg4 18. Kf1 Qe3 19. Bf5+ Kb8 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bxf5 $19 {SF17}) 18. Be2 Bxc4 19. Rd1 Kb8 (19... Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qf3 Qd4 $19 {SF17}) 20. b3 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Ne4 (21... Ng4 {also}) 22. Rf1 f6 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Re8 24. Qd4 (24. Rxf7 Nc3) 24... Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Ng3+ 26. Kf2 Nxf1 $19 {SF17}) 23. Rf3 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rd8+ (24... Nf2+ 25. Ke1 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19 {SF17- two pawns up should be enough to win} 27. Re3 Re8 {and the Bl pieces are a bit better placed than in the text}) 25. Ke1 Qd2+ 26. Qxd2 Nxd2 27. Re3 f5 (27... Rd7 {guards all the pawns along the second rank}) 28. Re7 g5 29. Re5 (29. h4 $1 gxh4 30. Rxh7 Ne4 31. Rxh4 {SF17- in an inferior position getting rid of as many pawns is a very good plan}) 29... Ne4 30. Rxf5 Rg8 {One needs to keep Rs asctive as possible in endings, preferably not defending weak pzawns} (30... Re8 $17) 31. Re5 Nf6 32. Nd4 Ng4 33. Re7 Nxh2 34. Rxh7 Ng4 (34... Re8+ 35. Ne2 Ng4 36. Rg7 Re5 $15 {SF17}) 35. Re7 $11 {compare the positions of the Wh and Bl pieces- Wh has enough compensation for the pawn} Nf6 36. Ne6 Nd5 37. Rd7 Re8 38. Rxd5 Rxe6+ 39. Kf2 Rg6 40. g4 $11 {the Bl R is still tied down and the Wh K more active than the Bl one} c6 41. Re5 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd4 b6 44. b4 (44. Rf5 {just waiting}) 44... Rg7 45. Ke4 (45. Rf5) 45... c5 46. bxc5+ bxc5 47. Rf5 Re7+ 48. Kd3 Re5 49. Rf6+ Kd5 50. Rxa6 Re4 $2 (50... c4+ 51. Kc3 Re3+ 52. Kb4 Re4 53. Rg6 Rxg4 54. a4 $11 {as proved in endgame tablebases}) 51. Ra8 (51. Rd6+ Kxd6 (51... Ke5 52. Re6+) 52. Kxe4 $18 {an interesting K & P position.Wh wins because the outside passed pawn lforces the Bl K away from the central battlefield} Kc6 53. a4 Kd6 54. a5 Kc6 55. a6 Kc7 56. Kd5 Kb6 57. a7 Kxa7 58. Kxc5 {and the Bl K is unable to return in time}) 51... Rxg4 52. Rd8+ Ke5 53. Re8+ Kf4 54. Kc4 $2 (54. Re4+ $1 Kf5 55. Rxg4 Kxg4 56. a4 {gives a drawn Q endgame as Wh Qs first}) 54... Kf3+ $19 55. Kxc5 Rf4 (55... Ra4 $1 $19 {stops the pawn from moving and wins it; also keeps the Wh K cut off from the g pawn}) 56. Kb5 $11 Kf2 57. a4 g4 58. Rg8 Rf5+ 59. Kb6 Rf6+ 60. Kb5 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mzuzu qual North"]
[Site "Mzuzu"]
[Date "2015.05.31"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Mkandawire, Sungani"]
[Black "Malipa, Chikondi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MWI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,46,19,38,42,37,76,65,92,73,124,71,64,60,68,70,53,40,91,65,52,19,87,61,50,44,67,-261,55,44,74,74,60,70,70,-42,182,-23,5,-297,-304,-764,-165,-1409,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Ne5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 e6 8. d4 h6 9. O-O c6 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. d5 O-O-O 14. Nxf7 Bxf4 15. Nxd8 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 Rxd8 17. g3 h5 18. Kg2 Ng4 19. Re2 Rf8 20. Qe4 Rf6 21. Qh7 Rxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qxg3 23. Qe4 Bg1 0-1

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Popov, Constantine"]
[Black "Enoch, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,112,19,36,59,48,53,45,92,77,84,65,56,57,47,52,42,37,37,34,31,9,53,51,37,31,57,50,66,63,43,45,74,-255,-300,-293,-293,-290,-273,-273,-272,-306,-174,-211,-180,-317,-323,-505,-234,-239,-221,-217,-218,-221,-161,-156,-194,-187,-194,-194,-194,-301,-194,-203,-200,-292,-304,-319,-319,-327,-323,-325,-320,-322,-318,-333,-291,-327,-306,-351,-317,-330,-268,-253,-106,-108,-6,0,-3,-87,-89,-89,-89,-118,-153,-152,-119,-206,-219,-227,-172,-159,-164,-236,-172,-172,-119,-155,-146,-146,-136,-252,-98,-307,-315]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Ne5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 {1-1-1 results} c6 8. O-O e6 9. d4 (9. d3 $11 {3 draws, 1 Bl win}) 9... Be7 (9... Qxd4 {is risky, Wh gains time and open lines} 10. Rd1 {2-1} (10. Re1 {Cloud Engines- all sorts of sacrifices are looming})) 10. Bf4 (10. Rd1 O-O 11. Rd3 $14 {Cloud Engines}) (10. Be3 $11 {4-5-4}) 10... Qb6 (10... Qxd4 11. Bg3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Rxd6 $11) 11. Qd3 (11. Rad1 Qxb2 (11... O-O 12. Rd3 $16) 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Rde1 $18 {SF17}) 11... O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rfe1 $11 Na6 14. a3 Rad8 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Qg3 $2 (16. Qh3 $14) 16... Nh5 17. Qg5 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 f6 $19 19. Qg4 fxe5 20. Qxe6+ Qf7 (20... Kh8) 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. Rad1 exd4 23. Rxd4 $2 (23. Ne4) 23... Rfd7 (23... Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxd4 $19) 24. g3 Nc7 25. Red1 Ne6 26. R4d2 Ng5 27. Kg2 Kf7 28. f4 Ne6 29. Ne4 Ke7 30. Re2 Kf7 31. Red2 Ke7 32. Re2 Bxf4 $1 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Rf2 Bd6 35. Rd2 Kc7 36. Re2 Nd4 37. Rd2 Be5 38. c3 Nf5 39. Rf2 g6 40. Ng5 Ne3+ (40... Rd7 {is simpler rather than having the Bl pieces in slightly awkward positions}) 41. Kf3 Rd3 (41... Re8 $1 42. Nxh7 Bd6 43. Re2 Re7 44. Ng5 Nc4 $19 {SF17}) 42. Ke4 Nd1 (42... Ng4 43. Rf7+ Rd7 44. h3 Bxg3 45. hxg4 Rxf7 46. Nxf7 h5 47. Nh8 hxg4 48. Nxg6 Bd6 $19 {with mobile pawns on both sides of the board, a B is usually stronger than a shortlegged N}) 43. Rf7+ Rd7 44. Kxe5 $11 Rxf7 45. Nxf7 Nxb2 46. Ng5 (46. Kf6 $1 Nc4 47. Kg7 Nxa3 48. Kxh7 Nc4 49. Kxg6 a5 50. h4 $11 {SF17}) 46... Nc4+ 47. Kd4 (47. Kf6 Nxa3 {is now winning for Bl as the Wh piece placement obstructs the necessary pawn advances on the K side}) 47... Nxa3 (47... h6 $1 {SF17} 48. Nf7 Nxa3 49. Nxh6 (49. c4 h5 50. Ne5 g5 51. h3 Nc2+ 52. Kd3 Nb4+ 53. Kc3 c5 54. g4 Nc6 55. Nf7 hxg4 56. hxg4 b6 57. Kd3 a5 58. Kc3 a4 59. Kb2 Na5 60. Kc3 a3 61. Nxg5 Nxc4 $19) 49... b5 $19 50. Ng4 Nc4 51. Nf2 a5 {Bl gets there quicker- endgames are well worth studying carefully, and leaving time on the clock to play them.}) 48. Ne6+ (48. Nxh7 $1 $11 {SF17}) 48... Kd6 49. Nf8 Nb5+ 50. Kc4 a5 51. Kb3 Kc5 (51... a4+ $1 {also endgames are full of tactical ideas to look out for} 52. Kxa4 Nxc3+ 53. Ka5 Ne4 54. Nxh7 Ke7 {and Wh will lose the N}) 52. Nxh7 {Wh could have had this pawn earlier, but the 48 Ne6 just improved the position of the Bl K. though Wh still has chances of holding the game} Nd6 (52... a4+ 53. Kxa4 Nxc3+ {is a simplway of a draw it seems- SF17}) 53. h4 b5 54. Nf8 a4+ 55. Kb2 {[#]} (55. Kc2 $11 {is correct}) 55... Nc4+ 56. Ka2 Ne5 $19 {and Bl holds up the K side pawn advance . However with only one almost full scoresheet to hand, I believe an illegal move was played at move 55, with the N going to e7. to make sense of what is recorded for the rest of the game . So, continued in a followup entry.} 0-1

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Popov, Constantine"]
[Black "Enoch, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5N2/4n3/2p3p1/1pk5/p6P/2P3P1/1K6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[#] A reconstruction after a supposed illegal move played ( Ne7) in the previous entry} 1. Ne6+ Kc4 2. Nd4 c5 3. Nc2 Nd5 4. Na3+ Kd3 5. Nxb5 c4 6. g4 Ne3 7. h5 gxh5 8. gxh5 Nf5 9. h6 Nxh6 {there is further uncertainty here as the scoresheet gives K xa4} 10. Ka3 Nf5 11. Kxa4 Ne3 12. Kb4 Nd5+ 13. Ka3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 (14. Nd6 Nd5 15. Nxc4 {draws}) 14... Kxc3 15. Ka2 Kd2 16. Kb1 c3 17. Ka2 c2 18. Kb2 c1=Q+ 19. Kb3 Qc5 20. Ka4 Kc1 21. Kb3 Qd4 22. Ka2 0-1

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Swamy, Anshul"]
[Black "Wagner, Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,23,28,18,77,74,80,75,85,95,83,80,86,85,70,60,48,44,43,53,73,77,84,87,68,93]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Bb5 h6 (9... Kc8 {main}) 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxf6+ gxf6 12. Nd5 f5 13. exf5 e4 (13... Bxf5 14. Ne3 $16 {2-0}) 14. Nh4 $18 (14. Nd4 $18) 14... Bc6 15. Rhe1 Re8 16. Nf6 Re5 17. f3 (17. g3 Ke7 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4+ Bxe4 20. Re1 $18 {SF17}) (17. f4 Ra5 18. Nxe4 Rxa2 19. Nxd6 (19. Kb1 Ra4 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6+ Kc7 22. Rf6 Rxf4 23. Rxf7+ Kb6 24. Ng6 Rf2 25. g4 $18) 19... cxd6 20. f6 $18 {SF17}) 17... e3 18. Ng4 e2 19. Nxe5 (19. Rd2 $18 {also}) 19... exd1=Q+ 20. Rxd1 Ke7 21. Nxc6+ bxc6 22. g3 Kf6 23. Rd3 Re8 24. Kd2 Bc5 25. h3 (25. f4) 25... a5 26. g4 a4 27. a3 Rb8 28. b3 (28. Kc1) 28... axb3 29. Rxb3 Ra8 30. Kc3 (30. Rc3 Bxa3 31. Rxc6+ Bd6 32. Ng2 $18) 30... Bxa3 31. Kc4 (31. Kd3 Bd6 32. Ng2 $18 {SF17}) 31... Bd6 32. Rb1 Ra2 $11 33. Kd3 Ra3+ 34. Ke2 Rc3 35. Kd2 Ra3 36. Ke2 Ra2 37. Kd3 c5 38. Kc3 c4 39. Rc1 {Wh has turned his R into a passive creature} Bg3 (39... Bf4 40. Rd1 Be5+ 41. Kd2 Bf4+ 42. Kc3 Be5+ $11 {SF17}) 40. Ng2 Ra3+ 41. Kxc4 Rxf3 42. Ne1 Bxe1 43. Rxe1 Rxh3 44. Re2 (44. Kd5 $11) (44. Re4 $11) 44... Rh4 $19 45. Rg2 {again the R has gone into passive defence} Kg5 (45... h5) 46. Kd5 Rxg4 47. Rh2 h5 48. c4 h4 49. c5 Kxf5 50. Kc6 Kg5 (50... Rc4 51. Kb5 Rf4) 51. Kxc7 f5 {this in incorrect acording to the endgame tablebases, which allows Wh to draw,} (51... Rg3 $19) 52. c6 Rc4 53. Kd7 Kg4 54. c7 (54. Rg2+ $1 Kf3 55. Rg8 {the R needs to be hind the pawns, not in front to draw in this odd variant where one side has a B & a Rp left with Rs on}) 54... Kg3 (54... h3 $1 $19) 55. Rd2 $11 h3 56. c8=Q (56. Rd6 $1 Rxc7+ (56... h2 57. Rg6+ Kf2 58. Rh6 Kg1 59. Rg6+ Kh1 60. Rf6 $11) (56... f4 57. Rg6+ (57. Rc6 Rxc6 58. Kxc6 h2 59. c8=Q h1=Q+ {will win for Bl}) 57... Kf3 58. Rh6 $11) 57. Kxc7 h2 58. Rg6+ (58. Rd3+ $11) 58... Kf2 59. Rh6 {repetition- as the Wh K is near enough to the f pawn to win if Bl tries to give up the h pawn( which in anycase Wh then can't lose the game except on time}) 56... Rxc8 57. Kxc8 f4 (57... h2 {forces the R to the backrank rather than holding things up by going behind}) 58. Kd7 f3 59. Kd6 f2 60. Rd3+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Quinn, Peter"]
[Black "Bagga, Khushi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,12,28,24,24,11,21,8,9,9,37,37,37,21,15]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Quinn 1-3} Nd4 4. Bc4 (4. Nxd4 exd4 {7-1 Bagga} 5. O-O {main, 65% for Wh}) 4... Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Nf6 (5... Qf6 {main, SF17}) 6. h3 (6. O-O) (6. d3) (6. Nc3 {main lines}) 6... c6 (6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 c6 {Torres Cueto (2149)-Angulo Mosquera, (1501)- COL ch U20,2018,0-1}) 7. Nc3 d6 {2-1-7} 8. Bb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 h6 (10... Be6 $11 {4-11-7, Cloud Engines}) (10... Nd7 $11 {4-3-2}) 11. a4 (11. Ne2 {1/2-1/2}) 11... Be6 (11... Nh7 12. Ne2 Bg5 13. Bxg5 Nxg5 14. Qg3 Be6 {Galyga-Osipow, Chorzow op2007,1/2-1/2}) 12. Be3 (12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qg3 Kh7 14. Ne2 $11 {SF17}) 12... d5 (12... Bxb3 13. cxb3 d5 $15) 13. d4 $2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxb3 15. cxb3 exd4 16. Rfd1 c5 $19 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxb7 Qe8 (18... Qb8 19. Qxb8 Rfxb8 20. Bf4 Rxb3 $19 {SF17}) 19. Bf4 Qe2 20. Rd2 Qe6 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Qxa7 Rfd8 (22... Qe4 23. g3 Rfe8 $17 {Sf17}) 23. a5 (23. Qb7 $1 $11 {SF17}) 23... Qe4 $19 24. g3 g5 25. Qb6 (25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Rxc5 Qe7 $19 {SF17}) 25... Be7 (25... Rc6 $1 $19) 26. Rdd1 gxf4 27. Re1 Qf3 $19 28. Rxe7 fxg3 29. fxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Qxe7 34. Qxh6 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Qh7 (35... Rc6 $1 {SF17} 36. Rg1+ Rg6 37. Rxg6+ fxg6 38. a6 Rf8) 0-1

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Reckless, Toby"]
[Black "Graczyk, Piotr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,13,40,44,43,43,40,40,58,30,51,46,74,74,96,95]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qh5 (5... Qa5 {main}) 6. O-O c6 (6... Nc6 {main} 7. h3 Bxh3 8. gxh3 Qxh3 {7-0-3} 9. Ng5 $18 {2-0}) 7. h3 Bxh3 $146 {Bl only has a N to followup against a number of Wh pieces that can defend} (7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qa5 $16 {yet 1 draw and 2 Bl wins}) 8. gxh3 Qxh3 9. Ng5 $18 (9. d4 $18 {Cloud Engines} g5 10. Ne5 h5 11. Qd3) 9... Qf5 10. d3 (10. d4 h6 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. Nge4 $18 {SF17}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nce4 h6 12. Nxf6+ (12. Ng3 Qa5 13. N5e4 O-O-O 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 $18 {SF17}) 12... Nxf6 13. Ne4 e6 14. Ng3 (14. Bf3) 14... Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bc3 (16. Kg2 O-O-O 17. Rh1 Bd6 18. Bf3 $18 {SF17}) 16... Qf4 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. f4 Bc5+ 19. Kg2 O-O-O 20. f5 (20. b4 {starts an attack against the Bl K position}) 20... Nd5 21. c4 (21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bg4 $18 {SF17}) 21... Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Bxe3 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bg4 Qe7 25. Re1 (25. Qe2 h5 26. Qxe3 hxg4 27. Rad1 $18) 25... Qc5 26. Bxe6+ (26. Ne4 Qb6 27. b4 Bd4 28. Bxe6+ Kb8 29. Rb1 $18 {SF17}) 26... Kb8 27. Qf3 Bd4 28. Qf4+ (28. Nf5 Bxb2 29. Rad1 g6 30. Qg3+ Ka8 31. Qxg6 Bc3 32. Re2 $18 {SF17}) 28... Ka8 29. Rab1 Rhf8 30. b4 Qb6 31. Qg4 (31. Qe4 $1 {SF17}) 31... Rf2+ 32. Kh3 (32. Kh1 h5 33. Qg5 Qc7 34. Re4 h4 35. Nf1 $18 {SF17}) 32... Rdf8 (32... h5 $1 33. Qg5 Bf6 34. Qe3 Bd4 35. Qg5 Bf6 $11 36. Qxh5 $2 g6 $19 {SF17}) 33. c5 (33. Bf5 $18) 33... Qd8 $11 34. Re4 (34. Bd7 {only move} Bc3 35. Rf1 Be5 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 37. Re1 h5 38. Qe6 Rh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qh4+ 40. Kg2 Qxg3+ 41. Kf1 Qf3+ {perpetual}) 34... Bf6 (34... h5 $1 35. Nxh5 Bxc5 36. Qxg7 Qxd3+ 37. Ng3 Qxb1 38. bxc5 Qg1 $19 {SF17}) 35. Nh5 (35. Rf1 Rxf1 36. Nxf1 Qxd3+ 37. Ng3 h5 38. Qxh5 a6 $14 {SF17}) 35... Qxd3+ 36. Qg3 (36. Ng3 Qxb1 $19) 36... Rf3 (36... Qxe4 37. Qxf2 Qxe6+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Qf3 Qxb1 $19 {SF17}) 37. Rg4 (37. Rbe1 a6 $19 {SF17}) 37... Rxg3+ 38. Rxg3 Qxb1 39. Nxg7 Bxg7 40. Rxg7 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kh4 Qxg7 43. Kh3 Rf3+ 44. Kh4 Qg3+ (44... Qg5#) 45. Kh5 Qg5# 0-1

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fox, Chris"]
[Black "Hoccom, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1394"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,5,19,-18,-25,-51,-22,-38]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 (3... d5 {main}) 4. e3 (4. d4) (4. Nc3 {main lines}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 {31% for Wh} (6. Ne2 {main, 51 % for Wh}) 6... exd4 (6... e4 7. Ne2 {47% for Wh}) 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 (8. Qa4 $11 {1 draw, 2 Bl wins}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Ne2 Bf5 (11... Be6 12. Nbc3 $11 {0-2}) 12. Nbc3 Nb4 (12... Qb6 13. O-O Rad8 $11 {SF17}) 13. O-O $16 Be6 14. Nd4 (14. Nf4 $16) 14... Nc6 15. Nce2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. e4 $18 Rd8 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Rd1 (23. Re1 exd5 24. Re7 Kf8 25. Qe3 Ne4 26. Qa3 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Rc7 d4 29. Kf1 $18 {SF17}) 23... exd5 24. Qd4 $16 b6 25. a3 Qc7 26. Qd2 Qc5 27. b4 Qc4 28. Qd3 (28. Rc1 Qg4 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. h4 $16 {SF17}) 28... Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Kf7 $11 30. Bf3 g5 31. h3 h6 32. g4 $6 {cuts down on the prospects for the B & hands over f4 to Bl} (32. Rc3 $11) 32... Ke6 $15 33. Bd1 d4 34. Kg2 Ke5 (34... Nd5 $19) 35. Kf3 (35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Ba4 Nh7 37. Rd3 Rc8 $15 {SF17}) 35... Nd5 $19 36. Bb3 Nf4 (36... Rf8+ $1 37. Kg3 Nf4 38. Rd1 Rc8 39. Re1+ Kf6 40. Kh2 Rc3 41. Rb1 d3 $19 {SF17}) 37. Rd1 d3 (37... Rc8 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Rb1 Nxh3 $19) 38. Ke3 Nxh3 (38... Rc8 39. Rb1 Rc3 40. b5 Nxh3 41. Kd2 Kd4 $19 {SF17}) 39. Rh1 Nf4 40. Rxh6 d2 41. Rh1 Rd3# 0-1

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jones, Martin C"]
[Black "Di-Vetta, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 (5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 e5 {Jones-Horrell, S Wales Autumn Premier , Newport 2019,1/2-1/2}) 5... Bb4+ (5... Nbd7 {main}) 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 $11 {73% for Wh} (8. Qc2 {main, 59% for Wh}) 8... h6 $146 (8... Be7 $11 {6-4-1}) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c5 $14 Nd7 (10... b6 11. a3 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Qxb2 13. Nbd2 bxc5 14. Qa4 c4 15. h4 Qf6 16. Rac1 $14 {SF17}) 11. a3 (11. Qb3 b6 12. a3 Ba6 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nbd2 Bxe2 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Rc1 bxc5 17. dxc5 $16 {SF17}) 11... Bxc5 12. dxc5 Qxb2 13. Qd4 (13. Nbd2 a4 14. e4 $16 {SF17}) 13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc5 15. Rc1 Na6 (15... b6 16. Nd2 (16. Nxc6 Nb3) 16... Bd7 17. f4 $16 {SF17}) 16. Nc3 $18 e5 17. Nf3 (17. Nb3 Be6 18. Na4 Ra7 19. Rab1 Bf5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nbc5 $18 {SF17}) 17... f6 {Bl does have 3 pawns for the piece, and it is not that clear where the weakspot in the pawn mass will be.} 18. Rab1 (18. Na4 Ra7 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Nb6 Be6 21. e4 $18 {SF17, but there is still a lot of play left}) 18... Ra7 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Rb6 Rd8 21. Rcb1 (21. Nb5 $1 {SF17} Raa8 (21... cxb5 22. Rxe6 b4 23. a4 Kf7 24. Rb6 Ke7 25. Rb5 $18) 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Nc7 Bd7 24. Nxa6 bxa6 25. Nb3 Kf8 26. Nxa5 $18 {SF17}) 21... Nc5 $14 22. h4 g5 (22... Kf7 $11 {SF17}) 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. f3 Kg7 $11 25. Kf2 Rh8 (25... Kf7 26. Rh1 Raa8 27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. Rxb7+ Kg8 29. Rh6 Nc5 30. Rg6+ Kh8 31. Rh6+ {perpetual- SF17}) 26. Rh1 (26. Nb3 Nxb3 27. R1xb3 Bc8 28. Na4 Kf8 29. e4 d4 30. f4 $16 {SF17}) 26... Rxh1 27. Bxh1 Nd7 $15 (27... Kf7 $15) 28. Rb1 b5 29. Bg2 a4 30. g4 {doesnt' do much for Wh's B} (30. Na2 $11) 30... Ra8 (30... Nc5 31. Bf1 Bf7 32. Na2 Nb3 33. Rb2 Kf8 34. e3 Ke7 35. Be2 Ra8 $15 {SF17}) 31. Nf1 Nc5 32. Nd2 (32. Ng3 $5 Nb3 33. e3 Nd2 34. Rh1 Nc4 35. Ra1 Rh8 36. Nh5+ Kf7 37. Bf1 Nd6 38. Rc1 f5 $15 {SF17}) 32... Rh8 33. Kg3 Kf7 (33... Nb3 $1 34. Nxb3 axb3 35. Bf1 c5 36. Nxb5 c4 37. e3 Rc8 $19 {SF17 has finally found a way to get the Bl pawns moving}) 34. Bf1 d4 (34... Nb3 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Nxb5 cxb5 37. Rxb3 Ra8 38. e3 d4 39. Rxb5 dxe3 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. Rb6 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Rb6 Bd5 44. Rxf6+ Ke7 45. Rg6 Rxa3 46. Rxg5 $11 {SF17}) 35. Nce4 Nb3 36. Nxb3 Bxb3 (36... axb3 $5 37. Nc5 $11 {in the previous winning line Bl was able to get c5 in}) 37. Rc1 Bd5 38. Nc5 Ke7 39. Kf2 (39. e3 dxe3 40. Be2 Kd6 41. Ne4+ $11 {Sf17}) 39... Rh1 40. Kg2 Rh4 41. Kg3 $11 {a game very difficult to play , or even to know how to assess at any stage,} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Westcott, Dale"]
[Black "Jones, Huw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,19,25,19,18,-9,7,17,-4,-10,-15,-7,3,-6,1,1,1,1,16,34,36,27]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 (2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Rb1 {Heap-Jones, Dyfed Closed 2018,1-0}) 2... c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 (5... e6 {main} 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Nc3 {Westcott-Schmerwitz, Hull BCF ch AM U1900, 2024,1-0}) 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 {quite a dangerous option for Bl, as Wh has a standard Gruenfeld with an extra move against a centre that comes underheavy attack} e4 (8... Be6 {main 63% for Wh}) 9. Nc3 {74% for Wh} Be7 10. cxd5 (10. Bg5 {58% for Wh}) 10... cxd5 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5) 11... a6 (11... O-O {1-1}) 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qd4 (13. Qb3 Be6 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Nxe4 $16 {SF17}) 13... Bc6 {leaves the B loose} (13... Be6) 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Rfd1 (15. Qb6 $16) (15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Rc7 Qb5 17. Rfc1 Rd8 18. Bh3 h5 19. e3 Qb4 20. Qe5 O-O 21. Qxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 $16 {Sf17}) 15... Qb7 16. Na4 $18 O-O (16... Bxa4 17. Qxa4+ Qb5 (17... Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Bh3+ Kd8 20. Rc6 $18) 18. Qxb5+ axb5 19. Rc7 Rxa2 20. Rb7 Ra8 21. e3 Kf8 22. Rc1 Ne8 23. Rxb5 $18 {SF17}) 17. Qb6 Rac8 18. Bh3 Qa8 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Qb3 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Rc4 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Qb7 24. Qc7 Qb4 25. Qb8+ (25. Qc8+ Bf8 26. Bd6 {Sf17}) 25... Qxb8 26. Bxb8 h5 27. Be5 Ng4 28. Bc7 (28. Rd7 Bg5 29. Bd4) 28... h4 29. Bd8 Bc5 30. e3 h3 31. Rd5 Bb4 32. Ba5 Be7 33. a3 g6 34. Rd7 Bf6 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Ne5 37. Ra7 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Nd2 39. Rxa6 Nb1 40. c4 Nc3 41. c5 Nd1 42. Kg1 1-0

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Prabhu, Vismith"]
[Black "Beck, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,19,14,14,27,-9,5,4,39,34,106,78,94,83,70,66,94,56,70,24,61,22]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 (8. O-O {main}) 8... Ne4 9. c5 Bc7 10. b4 (10. O-O $16 {7-4-2}) 10... a6 (10... h6 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f4 Kh7 14. g4 g6 15. Bxe4 (15. h4 $16) 15... fxe4 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Qd2 g5 $15 {Guzman Vera-Barboza Viquez,Pan-American ch Schools U13, 2019, 1/2-1/2}) 11. a4 Nd7 12. Rb1 (12. Ne2 $16) 12... g5 (12... e5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 a5 16. O-O axb4 17. Rxb4 Qe7 $11 {SF17}) 13. Bxe4 (13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. f4 $16 {17}) 13... gxf4 14. Bd3 fxe3 15. fxe3 Kh8 (15... Qf6 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Bd7 $15 {SF17}) 16. g3 Qe8 17. Kd1 $6 (17. O-O $11) 17... Qh5 18. Be2 Qh6 19. Qd2 Bxg3 $17 20. Kc2 Bc7 21. h4 Nf6 (21... e5) 22. Ng5 Ne4 $6 (22... e5 $19 {SF17- brings Bl's Q side into play}) 23. Ncxe4 fxe4 (23... dxe4 $16) 24. Rbf1 $18 Bd7 (24... Rxf1 25. Bxf1 Qg6 26. Qf2 Qf5 27. Qg2 Qg6 28. Be2 h6 29. Rf1 Bd7 30. Rf7 hxg5 31. Rxd7 Bd8 32. Rxb7 $18 {SF17}) 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Rd8 27. Rg1 e5 28. Rgg7 (28. Bh5 $1 Be8 (28... Qxh5 29. Qf2 Qh6 30. Rf6 Qh5 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8#) 29. Rxc7 Bxh5 30. Qf2 Rf8 31. Qg3 $18 {SF17}) 28... Qxg7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Bh5 Rf8 31. Qg2+ Kh8 32. Qg5 exd4 33. exd4 Rg8 34. Qe7 (34. Qf6+ Rg7 35. Bf7 e3 36. h5 $18 Bf5+ (36... h6 37. Qxh6+ Rh7 38. Qf8#) 37. Qxf5 Rg2+ 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. h6+ Kxh6 40. Qf6+ Rg6 41. Bxg6 hxg6 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qxc7 $18 {f17}) 34... Rg7 {Draw agreed, it appears that Bl has a fortress, however} (34... Rg7 35. Qf8+ Rg8 36. Qf6+ Rg7 37. Bf7 e3 38. Kd3 (38. h5 Bf5+ 39. Qxf5 Rg2+ 40. Kd3) 38... e2 39. Kxe2 Bf5 40. Qxf5 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Francis, William"]
[Black "Daniel, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "1489"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 (6... e5 {main}) 7. Be2 e5 8. d5 a6 (8... Ng4) (8... a5) (8... Nc5 {main lines}) 9. O-O (9. Nd2) (9. h3) 9... Qe7 (9... Ng4) (9... Ne8 {main lines}) 10. h3 (10. Nd2 Ne8 $14 {0-2,}) 10... Nh5 {Houdini1.5} (10... Ne8 {SF17- the N defends the entry point at c7 after the standard opening of the c file by Wh}) 11. Qd2 (11. g3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 f4 14. Ne6 fxe3 15. Nxf8 Nxf8 16. Bxh5 Bxh3 17. Re1 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nd7 19. Bg4 Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Qg5 21. Be6+ Bxe6 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. dxe6 Nf6 $14 {SF17}) 11... Bh8 {a bit convoluted} (11... f5 12. Bg5 Qf7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nh4 Ndf6 15. g3 Bd7 16. Kh2 b5 $11 {SF17}) (11... Nf4 {vk-is an interesting line opening sacrifice} 12. Bxf4 (12. Bd1 {SF17 decines the kind offer}) 12... exf4 13. Qxf4 f5 14. exf5 Nc5 15. f6 Bxf6 16. Qd2 Bd7 $11 {Sf17}) 12. a3 (12. Rae1 $16 {SF17}) (12. b4 {vk- Wh gets on with opening the c file to counter Bl's play on the K side- a3 is not need to enforce or protect the b4, which prepares c5} f5 13. Qc2 Nf4 14. c5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 f4 16. Bd2 g5 17. c6 $11 {SF17 , which means here not level, but that both sides have equal chances}) 12... Ng7 (12... f5 13. exf5 gxf5 $11 {SF17}) 13. b4 (13. Bh6 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rae1 $16 {SF17}) 13... f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 {also main choice of SF17 here. However} (14... gxf5 {is a more normal choice here, as 'every Russian schoolboy knows' David Bronstein}) 15. Bg5 Nf6 (15... Bf6 $5) 16. Bd3 h6 $6 {a dubious pawn sacrice, though Bl does get some pressure down the h file} (16... Bg7 17. Rae1 (17. g4 h6 $5) 17... h6) 17. Bxh6 $18 Re8 (17... Rf7 $5) 18. Ne4 Qh7 19. Bg5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rf8 21. Rad1 {the R does nothing on this blocked file} (21. Rac1) (21. Rfe1) 21... Bd7 22. h4 {it is seldom a good idea to make unforced pawn moveson the dide where one is under attack ( they can't return) . Wh's chances against the Kings Indian usuallt require using the space advantage on the Q side and opening up there, to then go after the K} (22. c5 $18 {SF17}) 22... Qh5 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:21] admitting the error on move} (23. c5 $18) 23... Qg4 {occupying the hole left by Wh's pawn advance, but the Q herself could face problems here} 24. Qd3 (24. Rfe1 {vk & SF17} Bf6 25. c5 Nxh4 26. Bxh4 Bxh4 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Qh6 $18 (28. Rc7 $18)) 24... Bf6 25. Nh2 Qh5 26. g4 $18 Qh8 (26... Qh7 {protects f5}) 27. gxf5 Bxg5 28. hxg5 gxf5 29. Bg2 Rf7 30. Qe2 (30. f4 {stops the pawns} Rh7 (30... e4 31. Qc3 {and the N will find a wonderful post on e3. Meanwhile Wh always has c5 as a way in}) 31. fxe5 Qxe5 (31... dxe5 32. d6) 32. Nf3 Qg3 33. Rce1 $18) (30. c5 Bb5 31. Qg3 Bxf1 32. Nxf1 Raf8 33. f4 {SF17 , the bl Rs have no chance of any actity while Wh;s B & N & R do.}) 30... Rh7 31. Nf3 f4 32. Qe4 $6 {Qs are very bad blockaders, smaller fry easily chase them off} (32. Nd2 {Ns are far better} Rh2 33. Qf3 Qh4 34. Rfe1 $16 {SF17}) (32. c5 $18 {SF17- the QR is keen to get into the action}) 32... Rf8 $11 33. Qg6+ Rg7 (33... Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Rxg7 35. Rfe1 $18) 34. Qc2 $2 (34. Qh6 {Wh has to settle for a draw here} Rh7 35. Qg6+ Rg7) 34... Bf5 $19 35. Qe2 e4 {Bl regains the piece, and Wh's QR is still not taking part} 36. Qb2 $2 {compounds Wh's problems} exf3 37. Bxf3 Rxg5+ 38. Bg2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "WCPL U1850"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bartlett-Davis, Otto"]
[Black "Stephens, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1683"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2024.10.15"]

{[%evp 0,20,30,26,26,-1,10,-6,15,15,25,24,25,19,49,41,56,48,31,36,42,51,51] Game played for grading as both players had a default against them.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 {a little passive, but Wh can afford this, while avoiding opening surprises} (3. Nc3) (3. Nf3) (3. g3) 3... d5 4. Nc3 b6 (4... Be7) (4... c5) (4... c6 {main lines}) 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. cxd5 (7. e3 {a somewhat unorthodox Othodox Queens Gambit Declined}) 7... Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. e3 {Bl has slightly weakened his Q side} O-O (10... Nd7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Qd2 $11 {Taborska-Zdrazil, Tatry op 2010, 1/2-1/2} (14. Qa4 $11 {Perez Sanchez-Mizzau, Rosario Bandera Memorial 2017, 1-0})) 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 Nb8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rac1 Qd6 (15... Rfc8 $11) 16. h3 (16. Qa6 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd4 $16 {SF17}) 16... Rfc8 17. Qa6 Rc7 18. Qe2 $11 1/2-1/2

