[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hunt, Ray"]
[Black "Hurn, Robert AJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,72,37,37,18,-16,6,6,5,3,1,-1,-5,6,13,-5,24,10,-2,-17,-7,-26,-13,-11,3,
-28,-21,-51,-53,-53,-13,-41,-40,-52,-38,-80,-91,-88,-84,-76,-87,-192,-182,-146,
-165,-252,-209,-261,-139,-264,-270,-625,-333,-858,-881,-938,-29992,-29993,
-29994,-29995,-29992,-29993,-1436,-1938,-1436,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29990,
-29993,-29992,-29993,-29990,-29993,-29994]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4.
e3 (4. g3 {more frequent}) 4... O-O 5. c4 c5 (5... d6) 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Re8 (
7... d5) (7... b6) (7... d6) 8. d3 (8. d4 {main}) 8... b6 (8... e5 {main}) 9.
Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 d6 (10... e6 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Qb1 d5 {Schlinkmeier-Antemia,
Reginalliga Bayern 1998,0-1}) 11. a3 (11. Qc2 e5 12. a3 Rc8 13. Ne4 d5 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Ne1 Bg7 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Qb1 a5 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. Be2
Ba6 {Matthias-Brenke, Lippstadt 1991,1/2-1/2}) 11... a5 12. Rc2 e5 13. Qa1 Qe7
14. h3 {this could become a target, with a central space advantage, Bl can
easily mount a K side attack} (14. Rfc1) (14. Re1) 14... Nd7 15. Nh2 f5 16. Bf3
Nf6 17. Re1 e4 (17... Qf7 18. Qd1 Rad8 19. Be2 h5 $15 {Stockfish11- goes for
more preparation}) 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Be2 Ne5 (19... Rf8 20. Rd1 h5 $15 {
Stockfish11}) 20. Ng4 $2 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5 (20... dxe5 21. Nb1 $16) 21. Qxe5 Rxe5
22. Nb1 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bc4 $11 {Stockfish11- the exchanges have endrd
Bl's K side initiative}) 20... Nfxg4 $19 21. hxg4 (21. Bxg4 h5 22. Be2 (22. Bd1
Nd3 $19) 22... Rf8 23. Rf1 Qg5 24. Kh1 Qh4 $19 {with almost all of Wh's pieces
on the Q side, a Bl 'sacrifice' will soon break through}) 21... Rf8 22. Rf1 Rf7
(22... Qg5) (22... Qh4) 23. Bc3 Qg5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qb1 Raf8 {Bl is piling
everthing at the K} (25... Qh4 26. f4 (26. g3 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+
29. Kg1 Qxe3+ 30. Kh2 (30. Kh1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 e3) 30... Qxe2+ $19 {Stockfish11})
26... exf3 27. Nxf3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kf2 Bg3+ 30. Kf1 Qh1#)
29... Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxb1 $19 {Stockfish11}) 26. Rcc1 Qh4 27. g3 (27. f4 {
lasts a little longer} exf3 (27... Rxf4 {also seems to work, but text is more
natural quicker}) 28. Rxf3 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Bg3 30. Bd1 Rxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Rxf3+ 32.
Bxf3 Bxf3 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. gxf3 Qf2# {Stockfish11}) 27... Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3+
29. Kh1 Qh3+ (29... Rf2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Nf1 Qg2# {Stockfish11}) 30. Kg1 Qxe3+
31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 e3+ (33... Rf2) 34. Nf3 Qh3+ (34... Rxf3 $1 {
Stockfish11- finding the quickest route in complications is an Engine forte}
35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36. Qe4 Bxe4 37. Bd3 Rf1#) 35. Kg1 Qxg4+ 36. Kh2 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shepherd, Graham C"]
[Black "Miller, John S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1502"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,71,16,13,30,30,56,21,6,14,-1,-21,-10,-9,13,7,15,-3,15,-46,-42,-47,-19,
-37,-39,-59,-43,-52,-28,-27,-14,-23,-2,-13,-27,-27,-15,-68,-33,-33,-21,-42,-55,
-61,-61,-80,-40,-34,4,-53,-57,-57,-46,-105,-42,-59,-36,-40,-15,-39,25,23,65,43,
38,39,39,39,39,25,38,0,20,-19]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 (3. Bf4 {has become
more popular}) 3... Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nbd2 (5. Be2) (5. Nc3) 5... d6 6. Be2 (6.
b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Re8 8. Be2 e5 {main move order}) 6... Nbd7 7. b3 $146 (7. O-O)
7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 $15 9. e4 b6 (9... Nc5 10. Ba3 Ncxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12.
Bxf8 Qxf8 $17 {Stockfish11- a pawn & bl square control is well worth an
exchange}) 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qc2 Bb7 (11... Nc5) (11... a5) 12. b4 Qe7 (12... c5
13. b5 Nf8 14. O-O (14. Nxe5 Nxe4 $19) 14... Nh5 $15 {Stockfish11}) 13. a3 Rad8
(13... Nf8) 14. O-O (14. c5 $5) 14... h6 15. Rfe1 Nh7 (15... Nh5) 16. Rac1 c5
17. b5 Ndf8 18. Nf1 (18. Nb1) (18. Rcd1) 18... Ng5 (18... Ne6 $17 19. Nxe5 Nhg5
20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. bxc6 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nd4 23. f3 f5 $17 {Stockfish11}) 19. Nxg5
Qxg5 20. Rcd1 (20. Ne3 $11) 20... Ne6 21. Ne3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 (22... cxd4 23.
Nd5 Rc8 24. Qb2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Rc3 $15 {Stockfish11}) (22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 exd4
24. Qg4 dxe3 25. Qxg5 exf2+ 26. Kxf2 hxg5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bf3 $15 {
Stockfish11- but with only half a pawn ahead & opposite colourB, it will soon
draw, despite Rs still being on the board for the moment.}) 23. Nd5 Be5 (23...
Bxd5 $11) 24. Qd2 (24. g3 $14) 24... Qxd2 (24... Qh4) 25. Rxd2 Kg7 26. g3 f5
27. Bf3 Bxd5 28. exd5 $11 Kf6 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Bd1 Rdd8 31. Rde2 Re7 32. f4 Bd6
33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Bf3 Rd6 36. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Foss, Michael"]
[Black "Chadaway, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,76,54,-30,-53,-79,-15,-21,-13,-14,32,-23,5,0,0,20,19,-15,63,23,14,13,
40,-16,6,-22,-25,-30,148,108,108,87,94,103,96,108,107,62,76,56,68,50,69,51,45,
76,128,120,115,75,166,143,110,116,121,137,149,112,110,63,81,33,22,22,320,59,
233,-168,-182,-152,-152,-231,-136,-323,-638,-956,-956,-29997,-29998]} 1. b4 e5
2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 a5 (3... Nf6) (3... f5) 4. b5 c6 (4... Nf6) 5. a4 Be6 6. e3 Nf6
$146 (6... f6 {2-0}) (6... Nd7 {1/2-1/2}) 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. d4 exd4 (8... e4 9.
Nfd2 d5 $11 {Stockfish11}) 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4) 9... d5 10. c5 Be7 (10... g6 11.
Bd3 Bg7 $11 {Stockfish11}) 11. b6 h6 12. Be2 (12. Bd3) 12... Ne4 (12... Nh5 $5)
13. Nbd2 Nexc5 $6 {Bl gets 3 pawns for a piece, but in the middlegame this is
not always enough, unless the pawns are advanced.} (13... Bf6 14. Qc1 O-O 15.
O-O Bf5 $14 {Stockfish11}) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bd4 (15. O-O $18) 15... Qxb6 (
15... Bxb6) 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 $16 18. Nd4 O-O 19. O-O Bd7 20. h3 Rae8
21. Re1 Re7 22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Nf5 $18 Ree8 24. g3 (24. Qb2 {Stockfish11} Bc8 25.
Bd3 $18 {Wh does need to get his pieces active before the pawns can advance})
24... Bc8 25. Qc3 c5 26. Bb5 Rd8 27. Nf3 d4 28. Qc1 Bd7 29. Nxh6+ (29. Bd3 {
first targets h7- Stockfish11} Bc6 30. Nxh6+ $18 Kh8 (30... gxh6 31. Qxh6 f6
32. Rxe6 $18) 31. Ng5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 29... gxh6 30. Qxh6 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 (31.
Re4 $1 Bd3 32. Rg4+ Bg6 33. Rh4 f6 34. Qxg6+ Qg7 35. Qd3 f5 36. Rb6 Rf6 37. Kh2
$18 (37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qxf5 Rf6 39. Qe4 Rdf8 40. Rg4 Rxf3 41. Qd5+ R3f7 42.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qxc5 Rd7 44. Qg5+ Kf7 {but the d pawn should save Bl})) 31...
Rd5 (31... Rd6 32. Nh4 Ng7 33. Qg5 f6 (33... Qd8 34. Qxc5 b6 $16) 34. Qg6 Rd5
35. g4 Rg5 36. Qd3 b6 $11 {Stockfish11}) 32. h4 (32. Re4 $18 {Stockfish11})
32... b6 (32... Qd6 33. Rxb7 Ng7 $11 {Stockfish11}) 33. Ng5 (33. Re4 $18 {
Stockfish11}) 33... Nxg5 34. hxg5 Rd6 $19 35. Qh4 Kg7 (35... Qc6) 36. f4 Rh8
37. Qg4 Qc6 38. Kf2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Alexander, Ken"]
[Black "Thacker, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1438"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,137,54,13,30,30,36,25,45,-1,13,-21,-6,14,19,-6,0,-7,-4,-32,-6,-10,-4,
6,12,10,15,17,40,33,28,9,13,21,14,12,16,12,30,18,24,14,14,14,13,16,22,22,22,27,
22,23,28,14,46,33,48,40,57,45,50,31,35,13,92,96,98,98,115,68,110,115,118,122,
117,94,117,102,126,121,143,143,169,150,429,436,438,364,339,317,326,326,339,341,
348,353,344,344,344,369,393,354,441,450,1765,2415,2862,393,393,393,403,310,364,
375,416,428,428,449,462,464,518,540,603,754,1012,1015,1429,609,781,1016,1002,
1016,1444,1621,2040,2140,29983,29984,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3
Bf5 (3... g6) (3... Nbd7) 4. c3 c6 5. h3 (5. Nf3 {main}) 5... h6 (5... Nbd7 6.
Nf3 h6 {3 Wh wins, 2 draws, 1 Bl win}) 6. Nd2 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 g5 {4 Wh wins, 1
draw, 1 Bl win} (7... e6 {2 Wh wins, 2 draws, 3 Bl wins}) 8. Bh2 Bg7 9. Qb3 (9.
Be2) 9... Qb6 $11 (9... Qc7 10. Be2 Bg6 11. c4 c5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14.
O-O {Bauer-Fernandez Aguado, Oberliga Baden 2014,1-0}) (9... Qc8 10. Be2 O-O
11. g4 Bh7 12. Rg1 b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Nb6 15. Qa5 Qe6 16. c4 Ne4 17. Nxe4
Qxe4 18. Rc1 f5 19. Nd2 Qe6 20. c5 {Wunder-Grosshans, Oberfraenkische ch,
Schey 2020,1-0}) (9... O-O $11 {Stockfish11}) 10. Bc4 (10. Nc4) 10... Qxb3 11.
axb3 a6 (11... a5) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Nb6 14. Bf1 (14. e4) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4
Bxe4 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. e4 Rad8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxe5 e6 $16 {Draw?.} (22... Rfe8 $11) 23. b4 Rd6 24. Bc4 Kg7 {Draw?.}
25. Rae1 $14 {Bl has a worse B & pawns, but the position is very blocked} Rfd8
26. g4 Bh7 27. Kg2 Bg8 28. Kg3 (28. h4 $16) 28... Kf6 29. h4 Bh7 30. hxg5+ (30.
Rh1) 30... hxg5 31. R1e3 Bg6 (31... Bc2 $11 {Stockfish11}) 32. Rf3+ Kg7 33.
Rxg5 $16 Rh8 34. Bd3 (34. Re3) 34... Rh6 (34... Rd5 35. Re5 $16 {Stockfish11} (
35. Bxg6 Rxg5 36. Bxf7 e5 37. Bb3 $16 {Stockfish11})) 35. Bxg6 Rxg6 36. Rxg6+ (
36. Rh5) 36... Kxg6 37. Re3 $18 Rd5 38. f4 (38. Re5 Rd7 39. f4) 38... b6 (38...
a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5 40. Kf3 Ra2 41. Re2 Ra1 42. Ke4 Rg1 43. g5 f6 44. gxf6 Kxf6
45. Rh2 b5 $14 {Stockfish11-the Bl R has gained enough activity to probably
hold the game}) 39. Re5 Rd6 40. Kf3 f6 41. Re1 {Zugzwang} (41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42.
f5+ Kf7 43. fxe6+ Kxe6 44. Ke4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 41... Rd7 (41... f5 42. g5
$18) (41... b5 42. Re2 $19 (42. Rxe6)) (41... a5 42. bxa5 (42. Rxe6) 42... bxa5
43. Ra1 Rd5 44. Ra4 e5 45. Rc4 Rb5 46. dxe5 $18) 42. Rxe6 Rc7 43. Ke3 (43. g5)
43... Kf7 44. f5 (44. d5 cxd5 45. Rxb6) 44... b5 45. Ke4 Rc8 46. Kf4 Rc7 47. g5
fxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Rc8 49. Rh6 (49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Rh6) 49... Rg8+ 50. Rg6 Rb8 51.
Rxc6 Rh8 52. Rc7+ Kf8 53. Kf6 (53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. f6+ Kh7 55. Rc7+ Kg8 56. Kg6
$18) 53... Rh6+ 54. Ke5 Rh2 55. f6 (55. d5) 55... Re2+ 56. Kd5 (56. Kd6) 56...
Rxb2 57. Kc5 Rc2 58. Kb6 Rf2 59. Kxa6 (59. f7) 59... Rxf6+ 60. Kxb5 Rf5+ 61.
Kc4 Ke8 62. b5 Kd8 63. Rh7 (63. b6) 63... Rf6 64. Kc5 Rf5+ 65. d5 Kc8 66. c4 (
66. Kc6) 66... Kb8 67. b6 Rg5 68. Kc6 Rg6+ 69. d6 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gunn, Tom"]
[Black "Parri, Deio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 (3... e6) (3... Bf5) 4. Be2 (4. c4 {main}) 4...
e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 (7. b3) 7... c5 8. cxd5 $146 {Stockfish11} (8.
b3) (8. dxc5) (8. h3) 8... Nxd5 (8... exd5) 9. b3 (9. Ne4 cxd4 10. Nxd6 Qxd6
11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 $11 {Stockfish11}) (9. Nb3 cxd4 10. Nfxd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2
$11 {Stockfish11}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc3 11. Qe1 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Qf6 (12... Nc6
$15) 13. Rb1 (13. Nd4 $11) 13... Qh6 (13... Nc6 $15) 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Nc4 $11
Bb4 (15... Bc7) 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Rad8 18. Qc3 Qg6 $6 {makes the B
vulnerable} (18... Qg5 $11) 19. h3 (19. f3 Bh5 20. Rbd1 Qg5 21. Nd6 Bg6 22.
Nxb7 $18) 19... Bf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rbd1 $11 Qc5 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8
24. Qe2 b5 25. Nb2 a6 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qd3 Qb6 {a bit risky
leaving a Wh Q dominant} (28... Qxd3 $11) 29. Qd6 $16 g6 30. Nd3 Qb7 31. Nc5
Qc8 32. Qd7 (32. Nd7 {Q & N are a very dangeous attacking duo} h5 33. g4 hxg4
34. hxg4 Nb4 (34... b4 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. g5 Qb7 37. Qh2 Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39.
Qe8+ Kd6 40. Ne4+ Kd5 41. f3 Qc7 42. Qf8 Nd8 43. Qxb4 $18) 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Qd4
e5 37. Qxe5 Qe6 38. Qxe6 fxe6 39. Ne8+ Kf7 40. a3 Nc2 41. Nc7 Nxa3 42. Nxa6 $18
{Stockfish11}) 32... Qxd7 33. Nxd7 e5 34. Kf1 f5 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Nc5 a5 37. Kd2
(37. a4) 37... b4 (37... e4 $11) (37... b4 38. e4 $16 Ke7 39. Kd3 h6 40. Kc4
Kd6 41. exf5 gxf5 42. g4 fxg4 43. Ne4+ Ke6 44. hxg4 $18 {Stockfish11- Bl's Q
side pans are at risk}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Andrews, Norman"]
[Black "Hollyman, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1301"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,76,27,27,27,-38,-28,4,1,-29,-11,-53,-34,-31,-23,-19,-13,-1,53,-12,22,
-6,-4,1,0,-1,24,24,31,12,14,54,107,123,126,68,88,81,363,368,382,373,417,421,
416,423,452,461,512,512,552,571,568,572,654,689,704,707,780,786,840,600,813,
795,819,564,667,663,663,705,713,728,767,443,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997]} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 (2... g6 {main}) 3. Bb2 Bf5 (3... e6) 4. d3 (4. e3) (4. g3)
4... Nc6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bc5 (6... Bd6 {2 Wh wins, 2 draws, 2 Bl wins}) 7. O-O
O-O 8. a3 {Komodo13 & Deep Fritz14} (8. Nbd2 {transposes- 7 Wh wins, 1 draw, 2
Bl wins}) 8... Ng4 (8... a5) 9. d4 (9. h3 $16) 9... Bb6 (9... Be7) 10. h3 (10.
c4 $16) 10... Nf6 11. e3 (11. c4) 11... Ne4 (11... Ne7 $11) 12. Nbd2 Ng5 (12...
Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Ne7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 $14 {Stockfish11}) (12... Ne7 13. c4 c6
$14 {Stockfish11}) 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Nf3 (14. h4 Qg4 15. Bf3 Qg6 16. c4 $16 {
Stockfish11}) 14... Qh6 15. Nh4 Rad8 (15... Be4) 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Qf3 (17. c4
$18 {this move keeps threatening the B on b6}) 17... Ne7 18. a4 Qg6 $2 (18...
c6 {had to be tried, or}) (18... a6) 19. a5 $18 a6 20. axb6 cxb6 21. Ba3 Rfe8
22. c4 Nc6 23. cxd5 Na5 24. Rab1 b5 25. Bb4 b6 26. Rfc1 Nb7 27. Rc6 f6 28. Rxb6
f4 29. Rc1 fxe3 30. fxe3 (30. Rxb7) 30... Qd3 31. Rc3 (31. Rxb7) 31... Qb1+ 32.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 a5 34. Rxb7 axb4 35. Rcc7 Rxe3 36. d6 Rc3 37. Rxg7+ Kf8 38.
Rbf7+ Ke8 (38... Ke8 {the neatest is} 39. Rg8+ Kxf7 40. Bd5#) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Osinga, Awne"]
[Black "Paffard, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1297"]
[BlackElo "1603"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,47,19,29,72,53,51,45,59,65,82,4,-5,10,22,-23,-28,-30,-30,-43,-43,-48,
-60,-32,-50,-28,-28,-38,-9,-69,-54,-78,-73,-42,-41,-41,-23,-31,-50,-41,-49,-49,
-32,-32,-40,-56,-76,-51,7,-530]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Be2 (3. d4) (3. c3) 3...
Nc6 4. O-O Qc7 5. c3 (5. Nc3) 5... Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nbd2 (7. Re1) 7... d5 8.
exd5 (8. Re1 {main}) (8. Qc2 {Wh is better placed keeping a pawn on e4 in this
Reversed Philidor setup}) 8... exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Ne4 Nf4 10. Be3 b6 11. d4 (
11. Qd2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. b3 Rfd8 {
Hrisostomidis-Shavtvaladze, Litohoro Summer 2006,0-1}) 11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Qb5+ Bd7 16. Qxe5 {Kezele-Bojovic, SRB ch
tm women, Novi Sad 2010,1-0}) 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 {Stockfish7} (10. d4 {
Stockfish11} cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Nf3 Bc2 14. Qd2 (14. Bf4 $11)
14... Ne4 15. Qe3 Bb4 16. Nd2 (16. Rf1) 16... Nxd2 (16... Rfe8 $19) 17. Bxd2
Rfe8 $19 {Siecker-Tscharotschkin, Stuttgart ch, Ditzingen 2006,0-1}) 10... Bd7
(10... d4) (10... Be6 11. d4 c4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 $11 {
Stockfish11}) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rfe8 14. Bg5 (14. Bf4 $14)
14... Bc5 15. Qh4 Re4 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qd3 Rae8 18. Bxf6 (18. Be3 $11) 18...
gxf6 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qe5 21. Kf1 a6 (21... h5 $17) (21... Qg5 $15) 22. f4
(22. Qd2 {prepares to swap all heavy pieces}) 22... Qe6 23. Qd2 Bc6 (23... Qb6)
24. Bf3 $2 {Draw agreed} (24. Bd3 $11) (24. Bf3 Bb5+ $1 $19 25. Kg1 (25. Kf2
Qb6+ $19) 25... Rxe1+ $19 {Stockfish11}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Hammett, Scott"]
[Black "Bevan, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,73,20,20,62,62,63,30,36,1,-15,-15,24,17,27,-18,10,-31,-15,-15,-8,-57,
22,-166,-40,-45,-55,-60,-69,-55,-55,-79,-74,-74,-33,-63,-18,-27,-31,-67,-67,
-74,-38,-119,-102,-102,-114,-110,-119,-132,-103,-112,-114,-117,-97,-96,-103,
-96,-91,-97,-90,-182,-118,-118,-113,-103,-91,-193,-45,-63,0,0,-6,-2,2060,29990]
} 1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. f4 (4. Nd2 {main}) 4... d5 (4... b6) (4...
Be7) 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne4 (6... O-O {main}) 7. c3 (7. Nbd2 {main, 1 Wh win, 1
draw6 Bl wins}) (7. c4 c6 8. Nbd2 O-O {3 Wh wins, 2 draws & 3 Bl wins}) 7...
Nd7 (7... O-O 8. Ne5 Nd7 {1 Wh win, 4 Bl wins}) 8. Bxe4 fxe4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bd2
(10. c4 $11) 10... Qf6 (10... c5 $17) 11. Be1 $2 Qh6 (11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5
$19) (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 $19) 12. Bg3 (12. c4 c6 13. Nc3 $11 {Stockfish11
}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 $15 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. Nd2 b5 17. b4 Ba7 18.
a5 c5 19. Nb3 cxb4 (19... Rac8 $15) 20. cxb4 Rac8 21. Nc5 (21. Rac1 $11) 21...
Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rxc5 $17 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 (23... Rc4 $17 {Stockfish11}) 24. Qd2 Be8
25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rc1 Rc4 27. Rxc4 bxc4 $11 28. Qb4 Bb5 29. Qd6 Qg6 30. Kf2 (
30. Be1 $11 {brings the B back into the game & barricades Bl's dangerous
pawns- though neither side should be able to do much as they each control
different squares}) 30... Qe8 (30... c3 $19 {Stockfish11} 31. Qd8+ (31. Qc5 Qg4
32. h3 Qd1 33. Qc8+ Kf7 34. Bh4 Qf1+ 35. Kg3 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 (36. Kg4 Be2+ 37. Kg5
h6#) 36... Qxh4 $19 {Stockfish11}) 31... Qe8 32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 33. Ke1 d4 34. exd4
e3 35. Kd1 Bg6 36. Be1 c2+ 37. Kc1 Bd3 38. Bb4 Kf7 $19 {Stockfish11}) 31. Ke1
Qc8 (31... h6 32. f5 exf5 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Kd2 Bd7 35. Qxc4 Bb5 36. Qc7 $11)
32. f5 c3 (32... Kf7 33. fxe6+ (33. f6 {opens up all the bl squares for Wh}
gxf6 34. exf6 Kxf6 35. Qe5+ $11) 33... Qxe6 34. Kd2 Qxd6 35. exd6 g5 $11 {
Stockfish11}) 33. Kd1 (33. Qxe6+ Qxe6 34. fxe6 Kf8 $15 {Stockfish11}) 33...
Ba4+ (33... Qc4 $19 {Stockfish11} 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Kc1 Qf1+ 36. Kc2 Ba4+ 37.
Kxc3 Qc1+ 38. Kb4 Qc4+ 39. Ka3 Qb3# {Wh's B remains a bystander}) 34. Kc1 exf5
(34... Kf7 $11) 35. Qxd5+ Kh8 36. e6 Qb8 $2 (36... h6 $11) 37. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Evans, Gwyn"]
[Black "Jones, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1182"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,92,20,15,19,-7,18,-41,-51,-186,-139,-139,-120,-144,-158,-173,-158,
-219,-74,-74,-47,-51,-45,-64,-46,-62,-60,-86,21,-90,-59,-60,-53,-56,-50,-50,
-44,-59,-37,-69,-73,-59,-97,-164,-164,-141,-158,-182,-186,-268,-177,-246,-219,
-253,-213,-318,-223,-246,-220,-214,-211,-236,-241,-311,-312,-326,-332,-325,
-334,-375,-368,-389,-389,-406,-371,-406,-420,-437,-377,-476,-480,-540,-570,
-569,-343,-362,-414,-471,-556,-1122,-1178,-1200,-1358,-1434,-1507]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Bg5 {a frequent error, the 3rd most usual move} (4. Nc3)
(4. e3) 4... Bxf2+ {9 % for Wh} (4... Ne4 {10 % for Wh}) 5. Kxf2 Ng4+ 6. Ke1
Qxg5 7. Nc3 $146 (7. Nf3 {main} Qe3 8. h3 (8. Qd2 Qf2+ 9. Kd1 Ne3+ {0-17}) 8...
Nf2 9. Qc2 Nxh1 10. Nc3 Qf2+ 11. Kd2 Ng3 12. Ne4 Nxf1+ {Hill-R Van Kemenade,
Huddersfield ch 2004,0-1}) 7... d6 {Stockfish11; transposes to 38 games} 8. Nf3
Qe7 (8... Qe3 {main; cloud Engines}) 9. e4 Ne3 (9... f5 {Stockfish10 & 11} 10.
h3 Nf6 (10... Ne3) 11. Bd3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. Kf2 Rf8 15. Re1
Nc5 $19 {Raya Bailen-Garcia Martinez,Valladollid San Matteo op 1`986,1/2-1/2})
10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 Nxf1 11. Rxf1 O-O 12. Kf2 f5 13. Kg1 fxe4 (13... f4 $19) 14.
Nxe4 Bf5 $17 {Lee-Krouk, Olympiad prelim 1974,1/2-1/2}) 10... Nxf1 11. Rxf1 h6
(11... Nd7) 12. Ke2 (12. Kf2 O-O 13. Kg1 f5 $17 {Stockfish11}) 12... Na6 13.
Rf2 c6 (13... O-O) 14. g3 (14. dxc6 {d6 is vulnerable} O-O (14... bxc6 15. Rd1
$11) 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. cxb7 Bxb7 $11 {Stockfish11}) 14... Bd7 (14... Bh3) 15. Nh4
Nc7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 (17. exf5) 17... cxd5 18. cxd5 (18. Nxd5) 18... b5
19. Raf1 O-O $19 20. Nd1 b4 21. b3 (21. Qxb4 Rab8 $19) 21... Nb5 $19 22. Ne3 (
22. Kf2 Nd4 23. Kg2 Nxf5 24. exf5 f6 $19 {Stockfish11}) 22... Nd4+ 23. Kd1 Nxf5
24. Rxf5 g6 (24... a5 $19) 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Qe1 Rac8 27. Nc4 Qh5+ (27... f5 $19)
28. Qe2 Qxe2+ (28... Qg5) 29. Kxe2 Rfd8 30. Rf6 Kg7 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Rc2+
33. Kd3 Rxa2 (33... Rxh2) 34. Nb7 Kf8 35. d6 Ke8 36. Kc4 Kd7 (36... Rxh2) 37.
Kd5 Rxh2 38. Nc5+ Kd8 (38... Ke8) 39. d7 Ke7 (39... Rd2+) 40. Kc6 Rc2 41. Kd5
Rxc5+ 42. Kxc5 Kxd7 43. Kxb4 h5 (43... Kd6) 44. Kc5 g5 45. Kd5 f6 46. b4 h4 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hurn, Robert AJ"]
[Black "Andrews, Norman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 67,67,214]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3
dxc4 (6... c5) (6... b6) 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 (8... Nbd7 {main}) 9. exd4 Qc7
(9... b6) (9... a6) (9... Nbd7) 10. Qb3 (10. Qe2 {main}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3
Nc6 12. Bd3 Na5 (12... e5 $11 {Komodo9 & Fritz15}) (12... h6 {main, Stockfish11
}) 13. Qc2 (13. Qd1 h6 14. Qe2 b6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Ne5 $11 {
Martinez Hernandez-Benevant Espi, Cullera op 2007,1-0}) 13... h6 (13... b6 14.
Bb2 Bb7 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 $16 {Dest-Minarik, SVK ch tm 2018,0-1
}) 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Bd2 $16 Nc6 16. f4 f5 17. Rf3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qe7 $18 {
Stockfish11- space advantage, better devekopment & K side attacking chances}
19. a3 (19. Rb1) (19. g4) 19... Bd7 20. c4 Rac8 21. Qb3 (21. Qb2 Nb6 22. Bb4
$18) 21... Bc6 (21... Qh4 22. Qb2 Nb6 23. Rc1 $16 {Stockfish11}) 22. Rf2 (22.
cxd5 Bxd5 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Bxb4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 22... Rfd8 (22... Nb6 23.
Raf1 $16 (23. Bb4 Qh4 24. d5 (24. Bxf8 Qxd4 25. Re1 Rxf8 $11) 24... exd5 25.
Bxf8 dxc4 26. Qa2 Rxf8 27. Bxf5 $16 {Stockfish11})) 23. cxd5 $18 Bxd5 24. Qb4
Qf7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Rc8 27. Rc2 (27. Bd2) 27... Rxc2 28. Bxc2 Qc7 29.
Qd2 (29. Qc5) 29... Qc6 30. Bb2 a5 31. Bd3 b6 32. Bf1 (32. Qe2) (32. Qc2 {
Wh is simply a piece up, which must be winning in the end}) 32... g5 33. Qc3 (
33. h4) 33... Qb7 34. Bc1 Kf7 35. Kf2 Qe7 36. Qc8 (36. h4) 36... g4 37. g3 (37.
Qh8) 37... Kg7 38. Bb5 h5 39. Qd7 Qf7 40. Bg5 Qxd7 41. Bxd7 Bc4 42. Bd8 b5 43.
Bxa5 h4 44. Bd8 (44. gxh4) 44... h3 45. Ke3 {Wh infiltrates on the bl squares
& then picks up pawns} Kf7 46. Kd2 (46. Kf4 {looks preferable ( more pawns to
gain on the K side rather than the solitary one on b5)}) 46... f4 47. Bh4 f3
48. Ke3 Kg6 49. Be8+ (49. Bc6) (49. d5) 49... Kf5 50. Be7 (50. Bc6 {threatens
mate, so Bl must retreat}) 50... Be2 51. Bf7 Bc4 52. Be8 Be2 53. Bb4 (53. Bc6)
53... Bc4 54. Be1 Kg5 55. Bf2 Kf5 56. Kd2 Ke4 57. Bg6+ (57. Bc6+) 57... Kd5 58.
Bh5 Bf1 59. Bxg4 Bg2 60. Kc3 (60. Ke3) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Chadaway, Stephen"]
[Black "Hammett, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 (3... d5 {main}) 4. Bxf6 (4. e4 {main}) (4. g4 $5
) 4... Qxf6 5. e3 (5. e4 {main}) 5... d5 (5... Bb4 {1-2}) 6. Bd3 c6 7. Qf3 (7.
f4 $14 {Stockfish11}) 7... Bd6 $15 8. Nh3 O-O 9. a3 (9. Qe2 e5 10. dxe5 Qxe5
11. O-O-O Nd7 $17 {Stockfish11}) 9... Bd7 (9... e5 $17 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. O-O
Nd7 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Qf4 Nd7 $17) 12. Rab1 Nc5 $17 {Stockfish11})
10. Qh5 Be8 (10... h6 $17) 11. Qg5 Nd7 (11... Qf7) 12. f4 (12. Qxf6 Rxf6 13. f4
$15 {Stockfish11- closes things down for Wh if a draw is wished for}) 12... h6
13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Nf2 Bh5 (14... g5) 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 c5 (16... g5 $15 {
gaining space on the K side}) 17. c3 (17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Nd3 Bd6
20. O-O $11 {Stockfish11}) 17... c4 18. h3 b5 19. Kd2 a5 20. Rhb1 (20. g4 {
Wh needs to try & get some play rather than just waiting to see what comes})
20... Rf7 21. Ra2 a4 (21... g5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 22. Ng1 Kh7 {cautious} (22...
g5 $19) 23. Nf3 Nh5 (23... Ne4+ $19) 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ng3 (25... g5 $1 {
still strongest}) 26. Nh1 {if this is Wh's best, then things have gone
completely wrong a while back} Ne4+ 27. Ke2 Nc5 (27... g5 {still looks
indicated}) 28. Nf2 Nb3 (28... g5 $19) 29. h4 Kg8 30. Nh3 Kf8 31. Rd1 Ke7 32.
Ng1 Rg8 (32... g5 $19) 33. Nf3 g6 34. Rh1 Rfg7 $17 35. Rh2 Nc1+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jones, Jonathan"]
[Black "Alexander, Ken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,67,30,32,103,-6,130,76,61,64,73,53,82,77,53,49,52,25,14,-26,-26,-56,
-26,-64,-53,-37,-49,-53,-37,-59,-44,-41,-20,-113,-78,-97,2,-38,-36,-30,-30,
-142,-142,-213,-202,-207,-140,-134,-142,-192,-217,-218,-235,-271,-263,-248,
-228,-195,-169,-266,-266,-282,-261,-324,-223,-180,-170,-299,-277,-1359]} 1. d4
c5 2. d5 f5 {Clarendon Court var} 3. Bg5 (3. c4) (3. Nc3) 3... Qb6 4. Nc3 Nf6 (
4... Qxb2) (4... h6) 5. Bxf6 (5. Rb1 {main, eg} h6 6. Bf4 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {main})
6... d6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Qd8 12. Nd2 Na6 {
Cox-R Van Kemenade,Coventry op 2005,1-0}) 5... Qxf6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 (7...
d6 {Cloud Engines} 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. a4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 f4 12. Bxd7 Bxd7
13. e5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. d6 Bc6 16. Nfg5 Bf6 17. Qg4 Bxe4 18. Qe6+ Kg7 19.
Nxe4 exd6 20. Nxd6 Rad8 21. Rad1 Qc6 {Johansen-Svendsen, NOR ch tm 1999,0-1})
8. Rb1 (8. d6 {Stockfish11}) 8... O-O 9. d6 e6 $15 10. Nb5 Na6 (10... Nc6 $17 {
Stockfish11}) 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 $11 13. a3 (13. O-O $11) 13... Bc6 14. Qd3
e5 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Nc3 (16. O-O e4 17. Nd2 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nb8 19. Rfd1 Nc6 $15
{Stockfish11}) 16... Nb8 (16... e4 17. Nd2 Nb8 $17 {Stockfish11}) 17. Rd1 (17.
h4 $5) 17... Re8 (17... e4 $17) 18. Nd5 (18. e4 $16 {Stockfish11}) 18... Bxd5
19. Qxd5 Nc6 20. O-O (20. e4 $11) 20... e4 $19 21. Ne1 Qxb2 22. g4 Qe5 (22...
Rf8) (22... Qf6) 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Qf7 Qe6 25. Qh5 Qg6 26. Qe2 Re6 (26... Rg8
$19) (26... f4 $19) 27. Kh1 Rxd6 (27... Rg8 $19 {the K side attack is more
important than winning the stray pawn on d6}) 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Bh3 Rf8 30. Qh5
Qg6 31. Qd1 Qf7 (31... Qh6 32. Bg2 Ne5 $19) 32. Ng2 d5 (32... Ne5) 33. Nh4 Ne7
34. Qf3 $2 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Brewer, Joshua"]
[Black "Shepherd, Graham C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,93,19,31,25,-16,24,-40,-31,-31,-31,-57,-15,-57,-42,-42,-38,-32,-32,
-32,-12,-6,-13,1,20,11,22,0,22,-17,5,-8,0,8,18,-11,-5,-11,-15,-38,-35,-42,-43,
-46,-41,-41,-58,-49,-48,-45,-18,-42,-29,-46,-18,-15,-7,-16,-15,-24,-13,-11,-11,
-14,-8,0,14,12,87,47,129,135,142,147,330,420,298,376,1016,1016,1016,1016,1016,
1016,1016,1016,1016,1016,1016,1016,1022,1022,1022,1022,1032,1032]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e5 3. e3 (3. dxe5) (3. d5 {main lines}) 3... Bb4+ (3... exd4 4. exd4 Bb4+)
4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 (5. Nxd2 {most frequent}) 5... exd4 6. exd4 O-O {37% for
Wh} 7. Nf3 d5 (7... Re8+) 8. cxd5 (8. Be2) (8. Nc3) 8... Nxd5 {main} (8... Ne4
9. Qf4 Qxd5 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Re8+ 13. Ne5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Be6
{Reti-Schlechter, Baden 1914,1/2-1/2}) 9. Be2 Nc6 {1 Wh win, 2 Bl wins} (9...
Nd7 {3 draws, 1 Bl win}) 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nc3 $11 (11. h3 Bh5 12. Nc3 Nce7 13.
Qg5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Qd2 {Huneke-Himpenmacher, OWL ch U18,
Hiddenhausen 2005,1/2-1/2}) 11... a6 (11... Re8 {1 draw, 3 Bl wins}) (11...
Nce7 {1 Bl win}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Nce7 14. Ng5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nf6 $11 (15...
Nf4 16. Qe4 Neg6 $11 {Stockfish11}) 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Rfd1 c6 (17... Ng6 $11) 18.
Qc4 Ned5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 (19... Nxd5) 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Re1 f6 (21... Nf4 $15)
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Kf7 (24... Nf4 $17) 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Ke2
Ne7 27. Nc2 a5 28. Ne3 b5 (28... a4 $15) 29. Kd3 h5 30. g4 h4 (30... hxg4) 31.
Ke4 g5 32. f3 Ng6 (32... Nd5 $11) 33. d5+ cxd5+ 34. Nxd5 b4 {too ambitious in
what should be a drawn position} (34... Ne5 $11) 35. axb4 axb4 36. f4 $18 Nxf4
(36... Kd6 37. f5 Ne5 38. Nxf6 $18 {Stockfish11}) 37. Nxf4+ gxf4 38. Kxf4 $18
Kd5 39. Kf5 Kc4 {too slow} 40. Kxf6 Kb3 41. g5 Kxb2 42. g6 Kc1 43. g7 b3 44.
g8=Q b2 45. Qg5+ (45. Qc4+) 45... Kc2 46. Qxh4 b1=Q 47. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Parri, Deio"]
[Black "Osinga, Awne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1297"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,85,19,31,43,-16,-10,-11,-2,6,16,-3,20,6,30,27,57,52,63,59,43,54,96,87,
99,94,101,89,101,104,140,127,138,140,178,86,82,77,77,80,77,109,87,98,112,117,
117,61,73,73,90,83,84,75,66,72,142,140,212,235,233,256,257,251,275,280,323,262,
322,356,433,476,529,562,570,580,580,581,665,769,784,793,824,1017,2381,645,657,
671]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 (3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 {should give Wh an
advantage (80% in games), as the N must retreat, rather than being able to
gain time by swapping a N on c3(as in the Grunfeld)}) 3... e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3
(5. Bg5 {Pillsbury in 1890's, posts the B more effectively outside the pawn
chain}) 5... O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 {more active}) 7. O-O Re8 (
7... b6 {main}) 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c6 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 c6 {6-0}
) (10... Ng6 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Ng5 Nh7 15. Nxf7 Qxd4 16.
Bxg6 Qg4 17. f3 Bxf3 18. Bxh7+ Kxf7 19. Rf1 g6 20. Rxf3+ Kg7 21. Rg3 Bc5+ 22.
Kh1 Rf8 23. Bh6+ {Juhasz-Potari, HUN ch tm 2013,1-0}) 11. b3 {transposes to 8
games} (11. Bg5 {transposes to 15 games}) 11... a6 12. Bb2 Qc7 (12... Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 Bf6 14. Rad1) 13. Rad1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Rfe1 Rb8 (15... Bd7 16. c5 {
Premnath-Kochrekar, Mumbai Mayor's Cup 2008,1-0}) 16. Ne5 (16. c5 $18 {
Stockfish11}) 16... Qe7 (16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 c5 18. h4 $16 {Stockfish11}) 17.
Bxc6 {Wh trades in too quickly for only a small material advantage.} (17. c5 g6
18. Nc4 Bg7 19. Bc1 Rd8 20. Bf4 $18) (17. Ng4 Bd7 18. g3 Qd8 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. c5
Be7 21. d5 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qd2 e5 24. d6 Qd8 25. Re3 $18) (17. f4 Bd7
18. Re3 Bh4 19. g3 Bf6 20. Qg2 Red8 21. Rf1 Be8 22. g4 $18 {all variations by
Stockfish11 where Bl gets slowly crushed}) 17... bxc6 18. Nxc6 Qc7 19. Nxb8
Qxb8 20. d5 $14 Bxb2 (20... Be7) 21. Qxb2 Rd8 (21... Bb7 22. d6 Bc6 23. b4 e5
24. Qb3 Qb7 25. f3 Qd7 26. Rd2 $14 {Stockfish11}) 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxd8 (23.
Qa3) 23... Qxd8 24. Qe2 Qc7 (24... h6) 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. Qd2 (26. b4 {starts
mobilizing the pawn majority}) 26... g6 27. Qd6 Qb7 28. c5 $18 Qc8 29. c6 Nb6
30. c7 Nd7 31. b4 (31. Rd4) 31... Kg7 32. a4 Qb7 33. Rc1 (33. Qd4+ Nf6 34. Qc3)
33... Qc8 34. h3 (34. b5) 34... Kh6 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Kg7 37. b6 Nxb6 38.
Qxb6 Qa8 39. Qd4+ (39. Re1 Qc8 40. Rxe6 fxe6 41. Qb8 {quickest}) 39... Kh6 40.
Qf4+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Qxe6 (42. Rd1) 42... fxe6 43. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Paffard, Mark"]
[Black "Baron, Margaret"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "850"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,43,19,21,37,22,75,6,7,-1,147,109,128,137,142,107,204,188,366,381,567,
335,301,312,579,600,587,585,587,587,562,562,836,756,756,667,724,722,979,987,
1525,2014,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 (3. Nf3) (3. d5)
3... Nc6 (3... d5 {back to a French with various Nc3 lines not available for Wh
}) 4. Nf3 Nge7 {uncommon; 2.5-1.5} (4... d5) 5. dxc5 d5 (5... e5 6. Be3 Ng6 7.
Bc4 d6 8. Ng5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qa5 11. cxd6 Kd7 12. Nc5+ Ke8 13. d7+
Ke7 14. Bg5+ {Avtsynov-Zakharov,Voronezh op 2008,1-0}) 6. cxd6 $18 Ng6 7. e5 {
this works , but it shouldn't} (7. Be3 Qxd6 8. Qxd6 Bxd6 9. Nbd2 $18 {a pawn up
}) 7... f6 {a bit slow as the Wh Ns can now cause mayhem- Bl should just clear
up the 2 centre pawns} (7... Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Bf4 Bxd6 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11.
O-O a6 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Bxd6+ Qxd6 14. Qb3 Qe5 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Na3 Qc5 17. Rad1
Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Ra7 19. h3 $14 {Stockfish11}) 8. Na3 fxe5 (8... a6) 9. Nb5 Rb8 (
9... Kf7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Ne4 $18 {Stockfish11, but better than
the text}) 10. Bg5 (10. Ng5 h6 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12. Ne4 Qh4 13. Nc5+ Kd8 14. g3 Qf6
15. Bh3 e4 16. N7xe6+ Bxe6 17. Nxe6+ Ke8 18. d7+ Kf7 19. Qd5 $18 {Stockfish11})
10... Qd7 11. Bc4 e4 (11... Kf7 12. Be3 Kg8 13. Ng5 Nd8 14. Bxa7 Ra8 15. Nc7
Rxa7 16. Ncxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. d7 Be7 20. d8=Q+ Bxd8 21.
Qxd8+ {Stockfish11}) 12. Nc7+ Kf7 13. Bxe6+ Qxe6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd4 (15. Nh4
) 15... Bxd6 (15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 h6 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Qxe4 Bxd6 19. O-O $18 {
Stockfish11}) 16. Nxe6 (16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd6) 16... Kxe6 17. Qb3+ Kd7 18.
O-O-O Rhf8 19. Qd5 Nce5 20. Qxd6+ Ke8 21. Qe6+ Ne7 22. Qxe7# 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Thacker, Steve"]
[Black "Gunn, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1438"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,97,19,31,14,30,28,20,28,14,13,13,24,7,7,-7,-8,5,19,-8,-40,-28,-8,-126,
37,46,89,60,41,42,68,-40,-28,-26,-27,-24,-28,-24,-12,-16,-1,-36,20,-5,0,-26,0,
13,5,3,61,-1,34,65,61,63,111,56,94,67,641,630,702,131,154,139,141,-468,116,107,
110,117,125,-118,-118,-207,-212,-220,-216,-218,-224,-262,-261,-261,-267,-222,
-250,-278,-279,-285,-248,-275,-352,-605,-987,-1030,-940,-922,-982,-1117]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 Be7 (3... d5) (3... b6) (3... c5) 4. e3 (4. c4 {main}) 4...
O-O 5. Bd3 d6 $146 {going for an Old Indian setup against a Colle, where Wh
has played a less useful a3} (5... d5 {transposes to main}) 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4
e5 8. c3 Re8 9. d5 (9. O-O Bf8 {Wh is better keeping the centre fluid, or,
alternatively, exchange on e5 & trying to get a N to d5 via c4 &e3}) 9... c6
$15 10. c4 Qc7 11. b4 a6 (11... cxd5 {Stockfish11} 12. cxd5 Qc3 13. Qc2 Qxc2
14. Bxc2 a5 $15 (14... Nb6 $15)) 12. Bb2 b5 13. Qb3 (13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qe2 Rb8
15. O-O $11 {Stockfish11}) 13... Bb7 14. Rc1 bxc4 15. Bxc4 cxd5 16. Bxa6 Qb6
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. exd5 Nxd5 $15 {Although Wh had 2 passed Q side pawns, they
are static & Bl has chances against them similar to a Benko. Also the Wh B is
passive because of those pawns} 19. O-O Rac8 (19... Nf4) 20. Nc4 (20. g3) 20...
N7f6 (20... Nf4 $17 {Stockfish11} 21. Rb1 (21. Qd1 Qa6 22. g3 (22. Ne3 Ne2+ 23.
Kh1 Nxc1) 22... Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxc4 24. gxf4 Qxf4 $19) 21... Nc5 22. Qd1 Ncd3
23. Ne3 Qe4 $17 {Stockfish11}) 21. h3 (21. g3 $11) 21... Bf8 (21... Nf4 $17 {
eyes the extra target at h3}) 22. Ne3 (22. g3) 22... Nxe3 {exchanging off a
potential attacker eases Wh's position} (22... Nf4 {looks better}) 23. Qxe3
Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Kh8 (24... Nh5 {aiming at f4}) 25. Nh4 Nd5 26. Qf3 (26. Qe4 Qb5
27. Nf5 $14 {Stockfish11}) 26... e4 $6 {loosens Bl's pawn sdtructure & enables
the Wh B to join the attack} (26... Rb8) 27. Qg3 (27. Qg4) 27... e3 $2 28. fxe3
(28. Nf5 $18 exf2+ 29. Qxf2 (29. Kxf2 f6 30. Qf3 Qf7 31. b5 $16) 29... Nc7 30.
h4 h5 31. Rf1 Ne6 32. Ng3 Kg8 33. Nxh5 $18 {Wh retains a powerful K side
attack, plus , when Bl is forced into exchanges to reduce the threat, the Wh Q
side pawns win the ending}) 28... Rxe3 29. Qg4 Qe7 $2 {inviting the N in} (
29... Re6 {the R is needed in defence of f6}) 30. Nf5 (30. Bxg7+ {
Stockfish11-is another way of forcing a win} Bxg7 31. Rc8+ Bf8 32. Nf5 Re1+ 33.
Kf2 {and Bl has to give up this Q}) 30... Re1+ (30... Nf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32.
Nxe3 {is given by Stockfish11 as Bl's best}) 31. Rxe1 {lets the Bl Q (& K) off
the hook} (31. Kh2 $1 Nf6 (31... Re5 32. Rc8 g6 33. Nxe7 Nxe7 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35.
Rd8 $18) 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxe1 $18) 31... Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 f6 33. Nxd6 $2 {
both sides see that Bxd6, Qc8 mating, however the neat idea has a fatal flaw} (
33. Qf3 Qe6 34. Bd4 Nc7 35. a4 d5 36. b5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 33... Qe7 $2 (33...
Bxd6+ $19 {is check}) 34. Nf5 Qc7+ 35. Qg3 (35. Kh1 Qc2 36. Bd4 Qc1+ 37. Bg1
Qxa3 38. b5 $18 Qb4 39. Nd4 (39. Qxb4 Nxb4 40. b6 Na6 41. b7 $18) 39... Nc3 40.
b6 Qxb6 41. Ne6 Qb4 42. Nxf8 Qxg4 (42... Qxf8 43. Qc4 Nb1 44. Qb3 Na3 45. Bc5
Qc8 46. Qxa3 $18 {Stockfish11})) 35... Qc2 $11 36. Qb8 (36. Nxg7 Qxb2 37. Ne6
Qe2 38. Qb8 Qxe6 39. Qxf8+ Qg8 40. Qd6 Qg5 41. b5 $11 {Stockfish11}) (36. Nd6
Qxb2 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ $11 {Stockfish11}) (36. Qf3 Qxb2 37.
Qxd5 Qxa3 38. Nd6 h6 39. Nf7+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Qc4 Qxb4 42. Nxh6+ Kh7 43.
Qxb4 Bxb4 44. Nf5 $11 {Stockfish11}) 36... Kg8 $19 37. Bd4 (37. Be5 fxe5 38.
Qxe5 Qc6 $19 {Stockfish11}) 37... Qxf5 38. Bc5 Qe5+ 39. Qxe5 fxe5 40. Bxf8 Kxf8
$19 41. b5 Nb6 42. Kg3 Ke7 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. g4 g5 46. Kd3 Kd5 47.
Ke2 Ke4 (47... Kd4) 48. Kd2 Kf3 49. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Hollyman, Mike"]
[Black "Hunt, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1301"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,97,44,27,19,8,28,29,25,15,28,29,29,28,28,25,15,1,48,9,71,42,73,67,110,
44,172,188,208,205,313,303,365,252,294,323,335,240,288,254,522,540,533,171,180,
181,416,134,190,166,186,191,220,220,354,264,351,321,350,264,255,255,255,255,
222,243,243,259,242,235,236,228,227,259,266,284,268,254,256,125,213,200,252,
265,389,287,320,319,511,558,640,662,658,556,584,643,668,711,702,745]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 (3... c5) 4. c3 Be7 (4... Bd6) 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7.
Bd3 c5 8. Ne5 g6 (8... Nxe5 {main}) 9. g4 (9. Bh6 {2-0}) (9. h4 Nh5 {2 draws})
9... Kg7 (9... Ne8 10. h4 f6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. g5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ng7 14. gxf6
Bxf6 15. h5 Nxh5 (15... g5) 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Qe7 (17... Rf7 18. Ke2 Qb6
$14) 18. O-O-O (18. Ke2 Be8 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Qh6 $18) 18... Be8 19. Rg1+ Kh8
20. Qh6 Rc8+ 21. Kb1 Rg8 $14 {Ghane Gardeh-Minaeifard, IRI ch 1996,1/2-1/2})
10. h4 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne8 (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Kg8 13. h5 Nd7 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Kg7 16. O-O-O $18 {Stockfish11}) 12. Ndf3 $18 (12. g5 $18) (12. Qe2 $18)
12... a6 13. Qd2 Kg8 14. h5 Ndf6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bxg6 $18 (16. Ng5 $18) (16.
Nxg6 $18) 16... hxg6 17. Nxg6 Nh7 18. Nxf8 (18. Nfe5 {even stronger}) 18...
Bxf8 19. Qd3 (19. Be5) (19. O-O-O) 19... Qe7 20. Qg6+ (20. g5) 20... Qg7 21.
Ne5 (21. Qxe8) (21. Qd3) 21... Qxg6 22. Nxg6 Bg7 (22... Bd6) 23. O-O-O (23.
Ne7+ Kf7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxh7) 23... Nhf6 24. f3 (24. g5) 24... b5 25. Rh2
Ra7 26. Rdh1 b4 27. cxb4 (27. g5) 27... a5 28. bxa5 Ba6 29. g5 (29. b4) (29.
Bh6) 29... Nd7 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nc6 Ra8 32. Ne5+ (32. a4) 32... Nxe5 33. Bxe5
Bd3 34. Bxg7 Nxg7 35. Kd2 Bg6 36. b4 Nf5 37. Rh8 Ra7 38. Rc1 Nxd4 39. Ke3 (39.
Rhc8) 39... Nf5+ (39... Nc2+ {is a little better} 40. Kd2 Nxb4 41. Rcc8 d4 42.
Ra8 Rxa8 43. Rxa8 Bh5 44. a3 Nd5 45. Kd3 Bxf3 46. Kxd4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 40.
Kf4 (40. Kf2) 40... Nd4 41. Rcc8 Nf5 42. Rhf8+ Ke7 43. Rf6 Bh5 44. Rh8 Bf7 45.
Rh7 Nd6 46. Ke5 (46. Rfxf7+ Nxf7 47. g6) 46... Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nd6 48. Rfxf7+ Nxf7
49. g6 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Bevan, Paul"]
[Black "Foss, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1219"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,120,19,31,25,14,20,6,22,-13,15,-51,-50,-50,-36,-37,-44,-31,-39,-39,52,
49,40,51,52,37,14,-56,24,-78,-119,-96,-112,-137,-114,-129,-100,-96,-87,-101,
-88,-97,-108,-105,-91,-178,-178,-162,-169,-276,-252,-265,-280,-259,-249,-243,
-299,-314,-269,-549,-558,-928,-407,-365,-409,-418,-367,-339,-292,-305,-277,
-301,-271,-330,-363,-433,-485,-605,-430,-612,-435,-434,-549,-690,-731,-1175,
-1200,-1498,-1257,-1287,-721,-726,-726,-726,-761,-1443,-1468,-1473,-1601,-1601,
-1516,-1999,-1952,-2671,-28799,-2788,-29016,-29977,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,
-29988,-29991,-29988,-29995,-29994,-29995,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 (2. Bf4 {fashionable}) (2. c4 {main}) 2... e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nd2
Nbd7 (4... c5) 5. f4 c5 6. c3 c4 (6... Bd6) 7. Bc2 b5 8. Ngf3 Be7 9. Ne5 (9. a3
{4-1}) (9. e4 $11 {Cloud Engines}) 9... Nxe5 (9... Bb7 {2-0}) 10. fxe5 Nd7 11.
O-O O-O {8 Wh wins, 2 draws, 1 Bl win} 12. Qf3 $146 (12. e4 $16 {Cloud Engines,
3-0}) 12... f5 13. a4 (13. g4) 13... Qa5 (13... b4) 14. b4 (14. g4 $14 {
it makes sense to open up the K side, even more now that the Bl Q has gone to
the other side}) 14... cxb3 15. Nxb3 Qxc3 $17 16. Qe2 Qc4 (16... b4 $19) 17.
Rf2 (17. Qd1) 17... Qxe2 18. Rxe2 bxa4 (18... b4 $19) 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Ra2 Nc4
21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Bxc4 (22. Na5 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 Rfc8 24. Ra1 a5 $17 {Stockfish11})
22... dxc4 $19 {Bl has 2 dangerous pawns, & 2 Bs to help them forward} 23. Na5
Bd5 24. Rec2 Rfc8 (24... c3 25. Ra4 Rfc8) 25. Ra4 c3 (25... Rab8) 26. Ba3 Be4 (
26... Rab8 27. Bxe7 Rb2 28. Rc1 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Rxh2 $19 {Stockfish11}) 27. Rc1
Bxa3 28. Rxa3 c2 29. Nb3 Rc3 30. Rca1 (30. Kf2 Rb8 $19) 30... Rxe3 (30... Rb8)
31. Nc1 Rxa3 (31... Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rd1) 32. Rxa3 Rb8 33. Rb3 Rb6 (33... Rxb3 34.
Nxb3 Bd5 35. Nc1 a5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 34. Kf2 Ra6 (34... Rxb3 35. Nxb3 f4 $19
{Stockfish11}) 35. Ke2 Bxg2 36. Kd2 Be4 37. Ne2 Ra1 38. Nc1 a5 (38... f4) 39.
Rb2 a4 40. Ra2 Rxa2 41. Nxa2 a3 42. Nb4 f4 {2 runners is mostly enough, coping
with 3 is more than enough} 43. Na2 Bd5 (43... f3) 44. Nc3 a2 45. Nxa2 Bxa2 46.
Kxc2 f3 47. Kd2 Bd5 48. Ke3 Kf7 {Wh has no significant play left} 49. Kf2 g5 (
49... Kg6) 50. h3 h5 51. Kg3 Kg6 52. Kf2 Kf5 53. Ke3 g4 54. hxg4+ hxg4 55. Kf2
Kf4 56. Kf1 g3 57. Kg1 Ke3 58. Kf1 g2+ 59. Kg1 f2+ 60. Kh2 g1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Alexander, Ken"]
[Black "Hurn, Robert AJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,106,19,31,14,23,31,33,42,22,9,25,6,19,14,14,-7,-42,-22,-22,-16,-20,
-22,-26,-15,-22,-10,-14,-4,-4,33,30,30,-43,-43,-20,-20,-62,-66,-104,102,82,91,
96,135,128,137,129,147,130,187,120,234,203,238,185,236,305,362,406,460,417,417,
505,605,564,738,671,780,780,862,506,496,501,500,448,501,495,501,553,723,464,
520,543,601,495,584,-226,-254,-364,-354,-382,-404,-440,-396,-440,-403,-362,
-392,-422,-388,-422,-400,-414,-420,-426,-441,-461,-489]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3.
e3 g6 4. c4 (4. Nf3 {main}) 4... Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Re8 (7... c6)
(7... c5) 8. Bh2 b6 {1 Wh win, 1 draw} (8... c6 {3 Wh wins, 1 draw,4 Bl wins})
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O {transposes to 146 games} e5 11. d5 {main} (11. Qc2) 11...
Nc5 (11... a5) 12. Qc2 Bc8 {Stockfish8} (12... a5 {Stockfish11}) 13. e4 (13.
Nd2 {Cloud Engines}) 13... Nh5 (13... a5) 14. b4 Nb7 15. Bd3 (15. Rfc1 $16 {
Stockfish11- prepares c5 & can drop B to f1 in case of Nf4}) 15... Bd7 16. g4
$6 {forces N to a good square & weakens K side} Nf4 $19 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rfe1
Qc8 (18... h5 $19) 19. Bf1 (19. Kh2 a5 20. b5 (20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 h5 $17) 20... Nc5 $17 {Stockfish11}) 19... Bxg4 {unneccessary- a pawn
advance is more effective} (19... h5 $19) 20. hxg4 $16 Qxg4+ 21. Bg2 h5 (21...
Qh5 {prepares g5}) 22. Rad1 $18 h4 23. Nh2 (23. Kh2) 23... Qg5 24. Rd3 (24. Kh1
) 24... Nd8 25. Kh1 f5 26. Rg1 Nf7 27. Bh3 (27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Bh3 Qf6 29. Be6
$18 {and it is Wh attacking the K}) 27... Qf6 28. exf5 Ne5 29. Ne4 Qd8 30. Rdd1
a5 31. b5 (31. f6 Bxf6 32. Ng4 Bg5 33. Nxg5 Qxg5 34. Nxe5 $18 {Stockfish11})
31... Kf8 32. Ng5 (32. fxg6) 32... Qe7 33. Ne6+ (33. f6 Bxf6 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35.
Ng4 Nxg4 36. Rxg4 Rg8 37. Rdg1 $18 {Stockfish11}) 33... Kf7 34. fxg6+ (34. Ng4)
34... Kg8 35. Nxg7 (35. Rd4) (35. Nxf4) 35... Kxg7 36. Be6 Rh8 37. Qc3 Raf8 38.
Ng4 Rh5 39. Rde1 f3 40. Nxe5 (40. c5 $1 bxc5 41. Nxe5) 40... dxe5 41. Re4 (41.
Rxe5 Qf6 42. Rxh5 Qxc3 43. Rh7+ Kf6 44. g7 Rb8 45. Rh8 $18 {Stockfish11}) (41.
c5) 41... Qf6 42. Bf7 (42. c5 bxc5 43. Qxc5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 42... Qf5 43.
Kh2 $2 (43. Reg4 $18) (43. Rgg4 $18) 43... Qxe4 $19 44. Qe3 Qxe3 45. fxe3 f2
46. Rf1 Rf5 (46... Rg5) 47. Kg2 Rh8 (47... h3+) 48. Be6 h3+ 49. Kh2 Rf3 50. Bg4
Rxe3 51. Rxf2 Kxg6 52. Re2 Rxe2+ 53. Bxe2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hammett, Scott"]
[Black "Parri, Deio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,56,39,31,39,5,14,-6,5,-47,-16,-16,7,12,13,-32,0,-20,-1,-29,-28,-85,
-34,7,9,14,15,-46,33,-83,-94,-74,-90,-72,-43,-50,-40,-45,-16,-14,17,-31,-11,
-11,21,0,7,6,17,10,6,-17,10,15,0,0,32,-8,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4
Bg7 5. Nf3 b6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 (7. Qe2) (7. Nbd2) 7... Ba6 (7... c5) 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Bd2 (9. Qe2 {4 Wh wins, 2 draws, 1 Bl win}) (9. Qd3 {2 Wh wins, 2
draws, 1 Bl win}) (9. Nbd2 c5 {transposes to 102 games, mostly good for Bl})
9... c5 10. Qe2 {1 draw, 1 Bl win} (10. Be1 {1 Wh win, 2 Bl wins}) 10... Nb8 (
10... Nc7 $15 {Houdini4 & Stockfish11} 11. Be1 Nce8 12. Bh4 Nd6 13. Nbd2 Qc7
14. h3 e6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g4 Bg7 17. h4 Rfe8 18. Qh2 b5 19. h5 b4 {
Bolduc-Duong, Montreal Autumn Knights 2002,1/2-1/2}) (10... Qc8 11. Be1 Nc7 12.
Nbd2 Qb7 13. Ne5 Nce8 14. Qf3 Nd6 15. Qh3 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. g4 Nfe4 {
Dreyer-Van Scheltinga, Dublin Zonal 1957,0-1}) 11. Be1 Nbd7 (11... Ne4 {1.5-0.5
}) (11... Nc6 {1/2-1/2}) 12. Nbd2 Ne4 (12... Qc7 13. Nh4 b5 14. f5 e5 (14... b4
$17) 15. g4 Rfe8 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qf2 Qc6 (18... cxd4 19. exd4 exd4
$19) 19. Rae1 $11 {Ours-Scarlatti, FRA ch corr 1962,1-0}) (12... e6 13. Bh4 $11
) 13. Ng5 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5) 13... Ndf6 (13... Nxd2 14. Bxd2 e6 $15 {
Stockfish11}) (13... Nxg5 14. fxg5 e5 $15 {Stockfish11}) 14. Qf3 (14. Ngxe4
Nxe4 (14... dxe4 15. Bh4 $14) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. f5 gxf5 17. Rxf5 e6 18. Rh5 f5
$11 {Stockfish11}) 14... Nxd2 15. Bxd2 h6 (15... e6 $17) 16. Nh3 Ne4 17. Be1
Qd7 18. Nf2 Nxf2 (18... f5 $15) 19. Bxf2 e6 20. Bh4 (20. g4) 20... f5 (20... c4
21. e4 f5 22. e5 b5 $17 {Bl has a bit of Q side play, whereas Wh's K side
attack has been halted as too many pieces have been exchanged}) 21. Qe2 h5 (
21... Rfb8 $15) 22. Rf3 Kf7 23. Qe1 c4 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. Bg5 Bg7 (25... b5 $17)
26. Rff1 b5 27. Bh4 Bh6 (27... a5 $17 {Bl could well play on, as he has an
advantage on the Q side}) 28. Bg5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gunn, Tom"]
[Black "Paffard, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1603"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,64,22,25,29,30,51,43,34,35,72,63,61,66,50,43,51,19,13,4,10,23,10,27,4,
13,72,58,112,85,136,105,270,255,315,306,381,379,477,549,444,636,683,157,186,24,
23,15,266,285,285,251,251,251,274,264,265,293,277,226,211,177,192,194,155,194,
282]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 (3. g3 {main}) 3... Bb7 4. Bd3 Ne4 (4... e6 {
main}) 5. O-O d5 (5... e6 6. c4 {transposes to 188 games}) 6. c4 e6 {6-0} 7.
cxd5 (7. Nc3 {main}) 7... exd5 8. a3 (8. Qc2) 8... Nd7 (8... Bd6) 9. Nc3 Be7 {
2 Wh wins, 1 draw, 3 Bl wins} 10. Qc2 f5 11. b4 $16 {Stockfish11} (11. Nd2 O-O
$11 {1.5-0.5}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 (12. b5 $16 {Cloud Engines}) (12. Ne2 Bd6 13.
Nf4 Qe7 14. Ne1 g6 15. f3 Nef6 16. Nh3 Rac8 17. Qe2 c5 $15 {Mason-Taubenhaus,
DSB Kongress , Hamburg 1885,1-0}) (12. Rb1 c6 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Nf4 Qf6 15. g3
Rae8 (15... g5) 16. h4 Qh6 {Kozlovskaya-Saunina, URS ch women, Frunze 1975,1/
2-1/2}) (12. Ne5 a5 13. b5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bc5 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. g3
Rad8 18. Qc2 $16 {Voitin-Iliuskin, Privolzhskogo FO ch, Togliatti 2007,0-1})
12... Ndf6 (12... c5) 13. Rac1 a6 14. Ne2 (14. Ne5) 14... Bd6 15. Ne5 $16 g5 (
15... Qe7) 16. f3 $18 g4 (16... Qe7 17. Qd1 Nh5 18. g4 Ng7 19. fxe4 fxe4 20.
Bb1 $18 {Stockfish11}) 17. Nf4 gxf3 18. gxf3 Ng5 19. Qg2 (19. h4 Nf7 20. Qg2+
Kh8 21. Ne6 Nh5 (21... Rg8 22. Nxf7#) 22. Nxd8 $18 {Stockfish11}) 19... Kh8 20.
Qxg5 Bxe5 21. Qxf5 {worrying about a R on the g file, but this can be dealt
with} (21. Ng6+ hxg6 22. dxe5 Nh7 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Rxc7 Bc8 25. e6+ Rf6 26.
e7 Re8 27. Rfc1 $18 {Stockfish11}) (21. dxe5 Rg8 22. Qxg8+ Nxg8 (22... Qxg8+
23. Kf2 Ne8 24. e6+ Qg7 (24... Ng7 25. Rxc7) 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kf6 27.
Rg8 $18) 23. e6+ d4 24. Bxd4+ Nf6 25. Nh5 Qxd4 26. exd4 Nxh5 27. Rxc7 $18 {
Stockfish11}) 21... Bxf4 22. exf4 (22. Qxf4 $18) 22... Bc8 $11 23. Qe5 Bh3 (
23... Re8 24. Qxc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Bh3 $11 {Stockfish11}) 24. Rxc7 $18 Rg8+ 25.
Kf2 Rg2+ 26. Ke1 Rg7 (26... Kg8) 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Qg5 $18 (29. f5
$18) (29. Rg5 $18) (29. Kd2 $18) 29... Qe7+ 30. Kd1 (30. Kf2) 30... Rg8 31. Re1
Qf7 32. Qe5 (32. Qh4 Bd7 33. f5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 32... Re8 (32... Re8 33. Qd6
$18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Miller, John S"]
[Black "Brewer, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,31,23,20,11,29,47,35,52,39,58,7,36,14,58,29,48,29,118,71,53,39,
83,3,31,-8,-3,-31,500,496,516,503,598,514,569,539,642,555,531,534,595,645,657,
518,603,643,939,580,865,858,902,932,892,934,995,1030,1341,1387]} 1. d4 d5 2.
Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nbd7 (3... e6) (3... c5) (3... Bf5) 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 (5. Bd3)
5... Bg7 6. c3 {1 Wh win, 1 draw,5 Bl wins} (6. h3 {main}) 6... O-O (6... Nh5 {
0-3}) 7. Nbd2 c5 8. h3 {transposes to 136 games} h6 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5
{main, about level pegging}) 9. O-O e6 (9... a6 10. Bh2 b5 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Rc1
Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nh7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nb3 Qc6 16. Na5 Qe6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bf3
Rd8 19. Qd4+ Qf6 20. Nc6 Qxd4 21. cxd4 Rd7 22. Ne5 Rd6 23. Rc7 {
Vilaisarn-Grimaldi, Corsica ch tm, Porticcio 2007,1-0}) (9... b6 {Cloud Engines
} 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bb7 12. Nf3 Kh7 13. a4 Qc8 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Qb7 16.
Nh4 Rg8 17. g4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. f4 Rag8 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Rg1 f6 {
Fulton-Pawlowski, USA ch tm Amateur East Parsippany 2006,0-1}) 10. Ne5 (10. Bd6
Re8 11. dxc5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 c4 (11... b6 $11) 12. Nf3 (
12. b3 $16) 12... a5 (12... b5) (12... Ne4) 13. a3 (13. a4) 13... b5 $11 14.
Bh2 Rb8 $2 (14... Bd7 $11) (14... Ne4 $11) 15. Bxb8 $18 Nd7 {carrying on, but
a rook is a rook, especially when the lines open later in the game} 16. Bg3 h5
17. Qc2 f5 18. Bh4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Kh1 Bh6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rg1 (22. g4)
22... f4 23. g4 fxe3 24. gxh5 (24. g5) 24... g5 25. Ng4 Qf8 26. Nxf6+ (26. f4
$1 {Stockfish11}) 26... Qxf6 27. fxe3 (27. f4) 27... e5 28. Raf1 Qe6 29. Bg4
1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Hollyman, Mike"]
[Black "Chadaway, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1301"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,92,14,21,96,47,120,119,97,58,54,51,49,43,82,29,23,29,32,28,22,27,47,
50,40,39,20,19,63,3,116,121,132,159,159,41,29,18,21,15,15,15,12,19,28,7,10,10,
7,7,3,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,13,9,17,0,15,-5,-7,-1,-12,0,-125,-132,-167,-220,-218,
-220,-278,-648,-704,-834,-962,-1013,-1012,-1012,-1012,-1012,-1022,-1032,-1032,
-1032,-1032,-1032,-1032,-1260,-1013,-1481,-29968]} 1. d4 b5 2. Bf4 (2. e4) 2...
Bb7 3. e3 a6 4. c3 (4. Nf3 {main}) 4... Nf6 5. Nd2 e6 (5... d6 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7.
a4 c6 8. Qc2 {2-0}) (5... d5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Ngf3 c5 {transposes to 19 games}) 6.
Ngf3 Bd6 $146 (6... c5) (6... Be7) 7. Bd3 (7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. a4 $14 {Stockfish11}
) 7... Bxf4 8. exf4 h6 {Ng5 is no real threat, so this just weakens Bl's K side
} (8... d6) 9. Qc2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 (10... O-O $11) 11. f5 exf5 (11... e5 $5 12.
Rae1 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Re8 $14 {Bl is only half a pawn behind, & in
any case, the f5 pawn can get in Wh's way}) 12. Rfe1+ Kf8 13. Bxf5 c5 (13... g6
14. Bd3 Kg7 $11 {Stockfish11}) 14. Ne4 (14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. c4 $16
{Wh should keep the centre open, as Bl's KR is out of the game for the moment})
14... Nxe4 (14... g6 15. Bxd7 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Qxd7 17. Re3 Kg7 $11 {Stockfish11})
15. Bxe4 $16 Qc7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qe4 {gives up Wh's advantage as Bl can now
slowly bring his pieces into play} (17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Rad1 $18) 17... Qxe4 18.
Rxe4 Re8 (18... Nf6 19. Re2 g6 $11 {Stockfish11}) 19. Rae1 (19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20.
a4) 19... Rxe4 20. Rxe4 h5 (20... c4 {gives Bl the longterm prospect of play
against a passive Wh Q side}) 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 c4 24. a4 (
24. Rc5 Ke7 25. Rc7+ Ke6 26. Rc6+ Ke5 27. Rxa6 Rd8 28. g3 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Rb1 $11)
(24. h4 $14 {restrains Bl's K side}) 24... bxa4 25. Rc5 Rh6 26. Rxc4 Rb6 27. g3
Rxb2 28. Rxa4 Rb6 (28... Rc2 29. Rxa6 Rxc3 $11 {with all the pawns on one side
it should be an easy draw}) 29. Kf1 $11 (29. c4 $11) 29... g6 30. Ke2 Ke7 31.
Rb4 {dangerous as Bl's K gains an extra tempo to move forward. Also Wh's R was
attacking & Bl's defending, so Wh should keep Rs on} (31. h4) (31. Ra2 Kd7 32.
Kd3 {both are pretty level}) 31... Rxb4 32. cxb4 Kd6 33. f4 $2 {cedes the e4
entry as a possibility for Bl- one should be wary of early pawn moves in K & P
endings, moving the K is usually the best option, as it can retreat while
pawns can't} (33. Kd3 Kd5 34. f3 $11) 33... Kd5 $19 34. Kd3 f6 {Wh can't
afford to run out of pawn moves} 35. h3 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. g4 h4 38. Kc3 Ke4
39. Kc4 Kf3 40. Kc5 Kg3 41. Kb6 Kxh3 42. Kxa6 Kxg4 43. b5 h3 44. b6 h2 45. b7
h1=Q 46. b8=Q Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Andrews, Norman"]
[Black "Evans, Gwyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "1182"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,81,19,27,65,15,20,23,30,24,29,26,6,21,31,18,44,52,68,45,77,47,52,60,
50,51,135,106,185,119,143,70,74,84,81,37,105,91,91,93,154,136,201,212,212,200,
218,238,219,181,210,171,185,134,281,277,297,263,729,746,992,412,417,417,417,
417,417,417,538,544,544,415,428,360,433,375,422,413,427,431,435,385,819,826]} 
1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 Nb6 {
the next couple of moves put the Bl pieces on awkward squares- Bl does need to
take up some space in the centre} (7... e5 {main}) (7... c6) (7... c5) 8. b3 {
80% for Wh} Rb8 $146 {rooks are not at their best sitting guarding pawns} (8...
d5 {Cloud Engines , looks best, 1 Wh win,2 draws, 1 Bl win}) 9. Bb2 Bd7 (9...
Bg4) 10. e4 Bg4 (10... a5 11. Qd2 Kh8 12. Rad1 $18 {Nguyen Tan Hoang-Manthan,
ASEAN ch U10, Hue 2009,1-0}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 (12. Qxf3) 12... Qd7 (12...
e5) 13. Bg2 (13. c5 Nc8 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qe2 $16 {Stockfish11}) 13... Ne8 (13...
e5) 14. Re1 (14. f4) 14... e5 15. d5 (15. dxe5 $18 {Stockfish11- Wh has extra
space & can use it in an open position} dxe5 (15... Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Qc2 c6
18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rd2 $18 {Wh can decide where to break as Bl is severely
restricted in space & hence in piece activity}) 16. Ba3 {wins an exchange, as}
Nd6 17. c5 {loses a piece}) 15... f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 (16... gxf5 {keeps the e4
square away from Wh, & perhaps gives some hope of an attackalong the g file})
17. Ne4 Nd7 18. g4 {creates a hole on f4 and slightly weakens K side} (18. b4 {
angles for a c5 break}) 18... Qf7 19. Qe2 Nef6 $2 {inviting the N in} (19...
Qe7) (19... h6) 20. Ng5 $18 Qe8 21. Ne6 Rf7 22. Nxc7 Qf8 23. Ne6 Qc8 24. Nxg7 {
the flexible N is a far better piece than the passive B- Wh need only make
this exchange when other pieces are ready to help in the demolition of Bl's K
position} (24. c5 $1 {Stockfish11 is ready to begin the process} Nxc5 (24...
Bf8 25. f4) 25. Rac1 Qe8 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. Bxe5 Re7 28. Qc4 (28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29.
g5 Rxe5 30. gxf6+ Kf7 (30... Kxf6 31. Qf3+ Rf5 32. Qc3+ Kf7 33. Rxe8) 31. Qxe5
$18) 28... Rc8 29. Nxg7 Rxe5 30. Nxe8 Rxe1+ 31. Kh2 Rcxe8 32. d6+ Kf8 33. Qxc5
R1e5 34. Qc7 $18 {Stockfish11}) 24... Kxg7 25. Bc1 (25. b4) (25. f4) 25... Nc5
26. Qe3 (26. b4) (26. f4) 26... Nxg4 {trying to get some play, but the Bl Q is
left on her own} 27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. Qg3 (28. b4 Nd7 29. Qh3 Qxc4 30. Re4 Qc2 31.
Be3 Rbf8 32. Rc1 Qxa2 33. Rec4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 28... Qd4 29. Be3 Qc3 $2 (
29... Qb2) 30. Bxc5 (30. Bh6+ Kxh6 31. Qxc3) 30... Qxg3 31. fxg3 dxc5 32. Rxe5
b6 33. Rae1 Rbb7 34. d6 Rbd7 35. Rd5 (35. Re6 {allows the B to c6, where after
d7 it supports Re8}) 35... Rf6 36. Re7+ (36. Red1 Rd8 37. Bh3) 36... Rf7 37.
Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Bh3 Rd8 39. d7 Kf6 40. Rd6+ Ke5 41. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Foss, Michael"]
[Black "Jones, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,60,38,-26,-48,-44,19,-25,-28,-79,-85,-71,-65,-107,-68,-103,-87,-69,
-65,-68,-13,-25,-2,-62,-45,-34,-65,-40,-63,-69,-71,-83,-92,-200,-197,-203,-246,
-328,-309,-309,-306,-311,-318,-340,-331,-394,-344,-499,-476,-719,-749,-836,
-829,-829,-821,-829,-816,-1065,-1130,-1542,-894,-894,-921]} 1. b4 d5 (1... e5 {
main}) 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 (4. Nf3) 4... e6 5. b5 (5. a3) 5... Be7 6. a3
{not needed now that b5 has been played} (6. Nf3) 6... Nbd7 7. d4 O-O 8. c5 {
Wh will face difficulties bringing his QB into playwith all these pawns on the
same colour} (8. cxd5) 8... c6 9. Nf3 Bxb1 (9... cxb5 10. Bxb5 Bxb1 11. Bxd7
Bg6 12. Ba4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 b6 $19 {Stockfish11}) 10. Rxb1 (10. bxc6 Bg6 11. cxd7
Nxd7 $15 {Stockfish11}) 10... cxb5 $17 11. Bc3 (11. Bd3) 11... Ne4 12. Bd2 Nxd2
(12... a6 $19) 13. Qxd2 a6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bf5 e4 $19 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxc5
18. Ra1 g6 (18... Re8) 19. Bh3 d4 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Ra2 Bxe5 (21... Qb6 22. O-O
e3 $19 {Stockfish11}) 22. Bd7 Qb6 (22... e3 $1 {Stockfish11} 23. fxe3 Qh4+ 24.
Qf2 Bc3+ 25. Kf1 Qe7 26. Bh3 Qe4 27. Rc2 Rad8 28. Qe2 Rd3 $19 29. Kf2 Rxe3) 23.
Qc2 (23. O-O) 23... Rfd8 24. Qd1 Bc3+ 25. Ke2 Qc7 (25... Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Rd8) 26.
Rc2 Qc4+ 27. Ke3 Rac8 28. Qc1 Rxd7 29. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Baron, Margaret"]
[Black "Shepherd, Graham C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "850"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,68,38,12,23,-21,9,-52,-27,-42,-54,-33,-8,-22,-17,-13,-5,-20,-14,-227,
-225,-271,-254,-305,-322,-403,-338,-356,-341,-354,-374,-374,-379,-398,-354,
-358,-351,-348,-349,-395,-362,-439,-441,-466,-470,-527,-491,-503,-460,-1609,
-1673,-1724,-1760,-29987,-29986,-29987,-1744,-2283,-29988,-29995,-29992,-29993,
-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e5 3. e3 (3. dxe5 {main line of the Budapest}) 3... exd4 4. exd4 Bb4+ (4...
d5) 5. Bd2 Qe7+ {44% for Wh} (5... Bxd2+ {main 37% for Wh}) 6. Be2 (6. Qe2)
6... O-O 7. Nf3 (7. Nc3) 7... Bxd2+ (7... Re8) 8. Nbxd2 (8. Qxd2 Re8 9. Nc3 {
0-5}) 8... Re8 {transposes to 42 games} 9. O-O $2 (9. Rc1) (9. Kf1) 9... Qxe2
$19 {no games but the position has been analysed by Cloud Engines in previous
years} 10. Qc1 Qe7 (10... Qd3) 11. Qc3 d5 12. b4 Nc6 13. a3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 {
Bl is a piece up, so exchanges help to make it more decisive} 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16.
Qc2 Qf6 (16... Ng5) 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Rac1 Rac8 (19... Re7) 20.
Kh2 Qxd5 (20... Nd2 21. Rfd1 Qf4+ 22. Kg1 Re2 23. Qc5 b6 {Stockfish11}) 21.
Rcd1 Qe5+ 22. g3 Qf6 (22... h5 {creates an exit for the K & a useful attacking
move}) 23. Qd3 Ng5 (23... Rcd8) 24. Qd4 $2 (24. h4 Ne6 25. Kg2 Rcd8 $19) 24...
Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nxd4 26. Rfe1 Rxe1 (26... Qc6+ {mate in 5- Stockfish11} 27. f3
Qxf3+ 28. Kh2 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Nf3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. h4 Qh2#) 27. Rxe1 Kf8 (27...
Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Rd8 29. Rf1 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Nxg3# {
Stockfish11}) 28. Re4 Qf3+ 29. Kh2 Qxe4 (29... Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Nf3#)
30. h4 Nf3+ 31. Kh3 Rd8 (31... Ne1) 32. g4 Rd1 33. Kg3 Rg1+ 34. Kh3 Qxg4# 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Osinga, Awne"]
[Black "Bevan, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1297"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,66,19,28,41,30,32,33,23,32,121,44,52,-8,16,-4,141,113,111,26,61,75,71,
55,33,28,17,-28,51,-16,50,-114,28,28,207,-3,100,70,131,39,242,240,331,298,300,
27,208,-979,-1020,-1036,-1079,-1071,-964,-1002,-1078,-1113,-830,-884,-930,
-1149,-1216,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e6
2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 (4... Bd6) (4... Nf6) (4... Nc6) (4... Bg4) 5.
dxc5 (5. Bb5+) (5. Nc3) 5... Bxc5 6. Be2 (6. Bb5+) (6. Bd3) 6... Be6 (6... Nf6
{main, 37% for Wh}) 7. O-O (7. a3 {only example} Qb6 8. O-O h6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10.
Na4 Qc7 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Qg6
Kh8 17. b4 (17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6+ Nh7 20. Qxe6 $16 {Stockfish11}
) 17... Nbd7 18. f4 {Rojas-Figueroa, ARAIS tt Santiago 1992,1/2-1/2}) 7... Qb6
(7... Nf6) 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bb5+ (9. Na4 Qd6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Bg5 $16 {Cloud
Engines}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6) 10. Ne5 (10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5
Be6 13. Qe4 $16 {Stockfish11}) (10. Bg5 O-O-O 11. Qd3 $16 {Fritz13 &
Stockfish11}) 10... O-O-O (10... O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Nxd5 $16 {
Stockfish11}) 11. Nxd7 (11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Nxc5 Nxe5 14. Nxe6 Qxe6
(14... fxe6 15. Bf4 $18) 15. Bf4 f6 16. Re1 $14) 11... Nxd7 12. Qd3 $6 (12.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 13. Na4) 12... Ne5 13. Qg3 (13. Qe2) 13... Bd6 14. Be2 Ng4 (14...
Ng6 $15) 15. Qh4 $2 (15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qc7 17. Qxc7+ Kxc7 18. Rad1 $14 {
Stockfish11}) 15... Nxh2 (15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 h5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 16. Rd1 $18
g5 (16... h5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Rd4 Ng4 19. Ra4 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 22.
Bxa7 $18 {Stockfish11}) 17. Qh5 (17. Bxg5 $18 {Wh seems to be forgetting this
B is available}) 17... d4 18. Ne4 Be5 (18... Bc7 19. Bxg5 Rd5 20. c3 d3 21.
Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Ng4 23. Be2 f5 24. Rd1 $18 {Stockfish11}) 19. Bd3 (19. Bxg5
$18 Rdg8 20. Bh4 (20. Bf6) 20... Qc7 21. c3 d3 22. Rxd3 Ng4 23. Rad1 $18 {
Stockfish11}) 19... Bd5 (19... Ng4 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qc5+ Qc7 23.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. f3 Ne3 25. Nxf6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 h5 27. Re1 Rd6 $11 {Stockfish11})
20. f4 (20. Bxg5 $18) (20. Ng3 $18) (20. Re1 $18) 20... Bxe4 (20... Bc7 21.
Nxg5 $16 {Stockfish11} (21. Qxh2 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 d3+ 23. Kh1 dxc2 24. Bxc2 Rxd1+
25. Bxd1 Qf2 $11) (21. Kxh2 gxf4 22. Rf1 Qg6 23. Qh3+ Be6 24. Qh4 f5 25. Bxf4
fxe4 26. Bxc7 Rd5 27. Bxe4 Rh5 28. Bxg6 Rxh4+ 29. Kg1 hxg6 30. Bd6 Kd7 31. Ba3
Bf5 $17)) 21. fxe5 $18 (21. Bxe4 $18) 21... Bxd3 22. Qh3+ {not the best it
transpires} (22. cxd3 $18) (22. Rxd3 $18) 22... g4 (22... Qe6 23. Rxd3 Ng4 24.
Bxg5 Rd5 $11 {Stockfish11}) 23. cxd3 (23. Qxd3 $1 {Stockfish11- is now the
only winning move, & others lose} Nf3+ (23... g3 24. Qxg3 Rhg8 25. Qxh2 d3+ 26.
Kf1 dxc2 27. Rd6 $18) 24. gxf3 Rhg8 25. f4 g3 26. f5 Rg4 27. Qf3 Rdg8 28. Rd3
Rh4 29. Bf4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 23... gxh3 $19 24. Kxh2 hxg2 25. Bf4 {at last,
but too late} g1=Q+ 26. Rxg1 Qxb2+ 27. Kh3 Rd7 (27... Qe2) (27... Rhg8) 28.
Rac1+ Rc7 29. Rb1 Qe2 30. Rg3 Qh5+ 31. Kg2 Rc2+ 32. Kf1 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.15"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Hunt, Ray"]
[Black "Thacker, Steve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1438"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,55,69,12,29,-28,20,17,17,30,29,15,18,12,17,29,29,20,20,13,23,31,36,29,
44,35,39,44,68,18,39,19,28,26,43,33,40,-55,-28,-52,-28,-42,-35,-30,-36,-40,-40,
-27,-27,-41,-21,-42,7,-9,-8,-21,5,-26]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. e3
Nbd7 5. Be2 e6 (5... e5) 6. Nbd2 Be7 (6... d5 {0.5-2.5}) 7. Bb2 O-O (7... d5)
8. O-O c6 (8... d5) (8... c5) 9. a3 (9. c4 {main; 3 draws, 4 Bl wins}) 9... a5
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 h6 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. c4 $11 Ndf6 (13... d5) 14. Nh2 d5 15.
Qe1 Bd6 16. c5 (16. Nf3) 16... Bxh2+ (16... Bc7 $11) 17. Kxh2 Qc7+ 18. f4 (18.
g3) 18... Kh7 (18... b6 $15 {Stockfish11}) 19. g3 Rg8 (19... g5) 20. Rg1 (20.
g4) 20... g5 $15 21. Rc2 Rg6 22. Bd1 Rag8 23. Rcg2 h5 (23... g4 24. h4 Nh5 25.
Bc2 $15 {but the position is very blocked}) 24. Kh1 Rh6 (24... h4 {is worth a
try} 25. g4 (25. gxh4 gxf4 26. Rxg6 fxg6 27. Bc1 e5 28. dxe5 f3 29. Bxf3 Qxe5
$17 {is better}) 25... Ng3+ 26. Rxg3 (26. Kh2 Nfe4 $19) 26... hxg3 27. Bf3 Rh6
28. Kg2 gxf4 29. exf4 Qxf4 30. Rf1 (30. Bc1 Qxd4 $19) 30... Rh8 31. Qc1 Qc7 32.
Rh1 Rg6 $19) 25. Bc1 (25. Bc2 {gets rid of one of the dangerous Ns}) 25... gxf4
(25... g4 $5) 26. exf4 (26. gxf4 $11) 26... Rhg6 27. Bf3 b5 28. Bd2 $11 (28. g4
$14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hurn, Robert AJ"]
[Black "Hammett, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,79,29,22,56,56,62,61,60,37,37,32,32,23,45,23,18,18,19,22,35,23,56,42,
36,43,43,23,24,1,1,1,1,-12,-7,-13,6,-17,1,-7,-6,13,24,24,28,29,29,25,22,22,31,
31,54,31,85,83,81,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,117,133,238,234,239,132,318,169,212,36,444,466,
478,545,516,591,646,720]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 {a line that is known
to be dangerous for Bl, whose K side gets vulnerable.} (3... d5 {recommended
in theory books} 4. e3 e6 5. Nh3 Be7 6. Nf4 O-O 7. Be2 c6 (7... c5) 8. O-O Na6
9. Nd3 Bd7 10. a3 Nc7 11. f3 Be8 12. Rb1 b6 13. b4 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 $11 {
IC Jones-Hammett, Dyfed League 2017,1-0}) 4. e4 (4. g4 {is also quite strong,
recommended by Martin}) 4... fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O (7... b6
8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5
14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# {E Lasker-G Thomas,
London 1912,1-0}) 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 d5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O {
68% for Wh} (12. Bb5 {has been tried} Nb8 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Rae1 Rae8
16. Qe3 $16 {Webb-Fathallah, I o Man Masters 2016,1-0}) 12... Rae8 13. Ne5 {
gives up a lot of Wh's advantage by blocking the file against the weak e6.} (
13. Rae1 {4 Wh wins, 2 draws} Re7 14. Qc2 (14. b4 {Cloud Engines}) 14... g6 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 c5 17. f4 c4 18. Be2 b5 19. a3 Qh4 20. Qd2 Ref7 21. g3 Qe7
22. Bg4 Qd6 23. Rfe1 Rf6 24. R1e2 Kg7 25. Qe1 Re8 26. h4 a5 27. h5 $16 {
Hurn-Ford, WLS/WCCC17, ICCF 2017,1-0}) 13... Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. dxe5 $11 g5
16. Rae1 Re7 (16... a6 17. c4 c5 $11 {Stockfish11}) 17. f3 Kg7 18. Rf2 h5 $17 {
the Bl pawns have a bit more flexibility than the Wh ones} (18... Be8 $17) 19.
g3 Ref7 (19... Be8 20. Kf1 Bg6 21. Ke2 Ref7 22. Ref1 Bxd3+ 23. Kxd3 Kg6 $15 {
Stockfish11}) 20. Ref1 $11 Kh6 21. f4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. gxf4
c5 $11 (24... Be8 $11) 25. h4 c4 $2 {gives the Wh K free entry into the bl
squares- one should avoid putting almost all of one's pawns on the same colour
as the B} (25... Kg7 26. Kf2 Be8 (26... Kh6 27. Ke3 Kg7 {repeats}) 27. f5 exf5
28. Bxf5 Kf7 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kf4 Bd7 31. Bg6 Bg4 $11 {Wh has no time to win
the h pawn, as Bl's dpawn then wins the game}) 26. Bc2 $18 b5 {makes things
worse as b6 is no longer a possibility} 27. a3 Be8 28. Kf2 (28. f5 $1 {is the
most exact move to leave Bl with no chances} Bf7 (28... exf5 29. Bxf5 Bg6 30.
Be6 Be4 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Ke3 Kg7 33. Kd4 {and Bl's Q side disappears}) 29. Kf2
Kg7 30. Ke3 Kf8 {and Wh can win in several different ways,eg} 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32.
Bd1 Bf7 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. Bf3) 28... Bg6 $11 29. Bd1 Bf5 30. Ke3 Kg6 31. Kd4 Be4
$2 {the wrong way} (31... Bg4 $1 32. Bc2+ Bf5 33. Bd1 Bg4 34. Bc2+ $11) (31...
a6 32. Kc5 Bg4 {comes to the same thing}) 32. Kc5 $18 Kf5 33. Bxh5 Kxf4 34. Kd4
(34. Kd6 {is even stronger} Bf5 35. Be8 Bg4 36. Bxb5 (36. Bd7)) 34... Kg3 35.
Be8 (35. Bf7 {the e pawn is more important as its demise liberates Wh's most
advanced pawn}) 35... Kxh4 36. Bxb5 Bc2 37. Bd7 Bf5 38. Kc5 Kg5 39. Kd6 Kg6 40.
Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Chadaway, Stephen"]
[Black "Miller, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,85,31,31,31,-36,56,44,51,34,37,12,29,33,-1,5,31,29,40,41,55,62,54,37,
86,48,51,35,61,46,44,-33,33,41,45,34,50,-5,59,59,66,60,62,42,143,140,175,122,
140,87,197,176,194,182,29999,161,160,155,197,182,189,197,195,211,253,215,224,
220,267,288,228,274,682,900,1033,1092,1213,504,513,268,407,407,460,515,602,602,
2070,2401]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 {the Four Pawns
attack, which largely put the King's Indian out of business in the first third
of the 20th century} (5. Nf3 {main}) 5... O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 {a slower
reaction} (7... e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Bg4) (9... b5)) (7... b5 {
Benko Gambit style}) 8. Be2 Nc7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Rb8 (10... b6 {is more
cautious}) 11. Ra3 {a long-term positional idea- sometimes the R gets to g3} (
11. a5 {main}) (11. Qc2) (11. e5 $14 {but scores 5 Wh wins & a draw}) 11...
Nfe8 $146 (11... Bd7 {1.5-0.5}) (11... e6 12. Rb3 (12. e5 $16 {Stockfish11})
12... exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 $15 {Sabrowski (2114)-Schmalzried (1858), Berlin
Lichtenberger op 2012,0-1}) 12. Bd3 (12. a5) 12... Bg4 13. Qc2 (13. Qe1) 13...
f5 {this will leave weaknesses on the e file} (13... Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nf6 (14...
e6 15. f5) 15. Rg3 Nd7 16. Be3 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 Qe7 $16 {but Bl has
counterchances, especially if Wh tries too hard}) 14. exf5 $18 Bxf5 15. Ne4 (
15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Re1) 15... Nf6 (15... b5 $11 {given a chance for this Bl
should take it}) 16. Nxf6+ (16. Ng3 $18) 16... Rxf6 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qe4 (18.
g4 Rf8 19. f5 Qd7 20. Ng5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 18... b5 $11 {this is now a
decent version of a Leningrad Dutch for Bl; where Wh has an inferior B on c1}
19. axb5 axb5 20. b3 (20. Nh4 e6 (20... Rh5 21. f5 $16) 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Qc2
bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rb4 24. Qc2 Nxd5 $14 {Stockfish11}) 20... Rb7 (20... e6 21. dxe6
d5 22. Qe3 Qd6 $11 {Stockfish11}) 21. Ra2 (21. Nh4 Rf8 22. f5 $18 {
Stockfish11- releases the B & gives Wh a ferocious K side attack}) 21... Ne8 (
21... Rf8 22. Re2 $16) 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Ng5 $18 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 (24. Be3) 24...
Rf6 25. Nf7+ (25. Qh3 h5 26. g4 Ng7 27. f5 {even stronger- Stockfish11}) 25...
Rxf7 26. Qxf7 Bf6 (26... Ng7 27. f5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 27. Qe6 (27. Qf8#) 27...
Ng7 28. Qe4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Nf5 30. g4 Nd4 31. Be3 Qb8 32. g5 (32. Rfa1 Qg8 33.
Ra8 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. g5 Bg7 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Ra2 $18 {Stockfish11}) 32...
Bg7 33. Bxd4 Bxd4 34. f5 Qf8 35. Kg2 (35. Ra3 Bg7 36. Rh3 Qf7 37. Rff3 $18 {
Stockfish11- the Bl K is still vulnerable}) 35... Rb2+ 36. Rxb2 Bxb2 37. fxg6
Qg7 38. h4 (38. Rf7 Qxg6 39. Rf8+ Qg8 40. Qxe7 $18 {Stockfish11}) 38... hxg6
39. Re1 (39. Qg4) (39. Qe6) 39... Be5 40. Qf3 (40. Rf1) 40... Kg8 41. Rf1 Bd4
42. Qg4 Qe5 43. Qc8+ {a move that could not be prevented} 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Paffard, Mark"]
[Black "Alexander, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,47,51,28,48,64,64,50,47,47,53,26,50,26,44,44,50,-24,-22,-29,-35,-35,
-27,-55,-29,-33,-33,-26,-35,-35,-54,-53,-23,-24,-8,7,24,19,75,60,43,20,46,46,
120,133,197,188,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 (4...
Bf5 {main}) 5. Bc4 e6 (5... Ngf6) 6. Bf4 (6. Nf3) (6. Qe2) 6... Nb6 (6... Ngf6)
7. Bb3 Nf6 8. Nc5 $146 (8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $16 {1-2}) 8... Nbd5 9. Bg3 Bxc5 10. dxc5
Qa5+ 11. Qd2 (11. c3 Qxc5 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Qe2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a5 15. Rh4 O-O 16.
O-O-O $11 {Wh has a space advantage to compensate for the pawn}) 11... Qxd2+
12. Kxd2 Ne4+ 13. Ke2 Nxc5 $17 14. Nf3 Nxb3 (14... f6) 15. axb3 O-O 16. Rhd1 b5
(16... Re8) (16... f6) 17. Ne5 (17. c4 $14) 17... Bb7 18. c4 $11 bxc4 (18...
Nb6) 19. bxc4 Nb6 20. Rd6 c5 (20... f6 {Bl needs to regain control over the bl
squares}) 21. f3 Rfe8 22. b3 $18 Nc8 23. Rd7 Re7 (23... Rb8 24. Rxf7 $18) 24.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Parri, Deio"]
[Black "Andrews, Norman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1622"]
[BlackElo "1606"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {fashionable in the 1920s & 30's, then
fading from usage until brought back by Kasparov} O-O 5. e3 (5. a3) 5... c5 (
5... b6) 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 (7... d5) 8. Bd3 h6 (8... d5 {main}) 9. O-O d6
10. a3 (10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Ne7 12. Be3 f5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Ba5 15. Qxb7
Rb8 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qa7 Nc6 19. Qa6 Rb6 {Mueller-Rank,
Mittelfranken ch tm 2014,0-1}) 10... Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 (11... Bb6 12. c5 dxc5 13.
dxc5 Bc7 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nb5 {Klausen-Stoere, NOR ch corr 1998,1-0}) 12. Bb2
Bd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 (13... Ne7) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Re7 (15... f5 16. Bd3 Ne7
17. d5 e5 18. c5 $18 e4 19. Qc3 {& mate on g7}) 16. d5 $18 exd5 17. Bxd5 (17.
Qc3 Ne5 18. Bxd5 Rb8 19. Rad1 $18 {Stockfish11}) 17... Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qf8 19.
Qg6 $18 (19. b5 {Stockfish11} Ne5 20. Nxe5 (20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22.
Rxe5 Qxa3 23. Qd2 $18) 20... dxe5 21. Bxb7 $18) 19... Re8 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Qd3
(21. Qg4) 21... Bd7 22. b5 Na5 (22... Nd8 23. Qe3 Bb6 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 $16
{Stockfish11}) 23. Nd4 (23. Nh4 $18) 23... Qe7 24. Bc3 $18 (24. g3 $18) 24...
Qg5 25. Bd2 (25. g3 $18) 25... Qe7 26. h3 Bb6 27. Nf5 (27. Bc3 $18 {Stockfish11
}) 27... Qf6 28. Ne3 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. Kg1 (30. g3 $18 {Stockfish11} Qe7
31. Bc3 Nb3 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Nc5 34. Kg2 Na4 35. Ba1 Nc5 36. h4 {Wh
gradually builds up pressure on the K side while Bl's 2 minor pieces stray on
the Q side} Bd8 37. Qg4 Qf8 38. Bc3 b6 39. h5 Bg5 40. f4 Bd8 41. Kf3 Na4 42.
Bd4 Nc5 43. Ke2 Qe8+ 44. Kf1 Qf8 45. Qf5 Qe7 {but there still is no direct
breakthrough as} 46. g4 Ne6 47. Bc3 Qh4 48. Kg2 Qe7 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. Qe4 Qf7
51. Qg6 Qd7 {looks like it might hold}) 30... Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jones, Jonathan"]
[Black "Gunn, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1422"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,95,19,31,14,23,29,35,47,41,32,14,18,-1,15,2,11,1,-4,-7,11,3,-3,-20,49,
49,30,5,57,54,174,99,241,237,261,264,288,68,57,0,8,8,94,94,142,-13,28,33,26,19,
20,20,32,22,37,18,32,14,46,32,51,23,47,32,53,43,58,23,43,99,478,226,233,232,
232,235,251,262,269,269,282,291,300,302,358,347,488,443,443,226,367,389,442,
468,749,1143,1525,1594]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. Nf3 (5. Bf3
{has been played}) 5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 (7. h3) 7... Nh5 (7... d6) (7...
d5) (7... c5) 8. Nc3 (8. Bg3 {main}) 8... d6 9. Re1 (9. Bg3 {main}) 9... Nxf4 (
9... c5 10. d5 e5 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Bxh5 Qh6 14. Be2 Na6 15. a3 f5
16. e4 Nc7 (16... f4 17. Bg4 Nc7 $11) 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Ne4 $16 {Vodicka-Trani,
VW cup, ICCF 2015,1-0}) 10. exf4 Nd7 (10... c5 $11 {Stockfish11}) 11. Bd3 (11.
d5 {Stockfish8 in 2017}) 11... Nf6 (11... Bf6) 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 (13...
Nxd5 14. cxd5 g6 $11 {Stockfish11}) 14. cxd5 $18 {Bl has terrible wh square
holes on the Q side} Re8 15. Rc1 (15. Bb5) 15... a5 (15... a6 $16) 16. Bb5 Nd7
17. Bc6 Rc8 18. Nd4 (18. Qa4 Nc5 19. Rxc5 bxc5 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qe4 g6 22.
Qxe7 $18 {Stockfish11}) 18... Bf6 19. Nf5 (19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qg4 Rd8 21. Nf3
$18 {threat Re1- Stockfish11}) (19. Qg4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nc5 21. Nb5 Qf8 22. b3
$18 {but not as convincing-Stockfish11}) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 g6 (20... Nc5 21.
Qd2 Qf8 22. Re1 g6 23. Nd4 Qg7 24. Nb5 h6 25. b3 $14 {Stockfish11}) 21. Nh6+
Kg7 22. Ng4 {missing a chance} (22. Nxf7 $18 Kxf7 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Bxd7 Rb8 25.
Rc2 {Stockfish11}) 22... Nc5 (22... Bxb2 23. Rc2 h5 24. Rxb2 hxg4 25. Re2 Nf6
$11 {Stockfish11}) 23. Qd2 h5 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Re1 $16 Rf8 26. b3 (26. g3 {
Stockfish11-releases R from backrank duty}) 26... Qd8 (26... h4 $14) (26... Qf5
27. h4 Qd3 $14) 27. Qc2 f5 28. Qe2 Rf7 (28... Kh6 $11) (28... h4 $11) 29. Be8
Rf8 30. Qb2+ Kh7 (30... Kh6) 31. Qe2 Kg7 (31... Ne4 $11) 32. Bc6 Kf7 33. Qb5
Kf6 $6 {puts the K into the front line} (33... Qf6 $11) (33... Kg7 $11) 34. a3
Rf7 $2 35. b4 $2 (35. Re8 $18 {uses backrank ideas on both sides of the board}
Re7 (35... Qxe8 36. Bxe8 Re7 37. g3 $18) 36. Rxd8 Re1+ 37. Qf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1
$18) 35... Re7 (35... axb4 36. axb4 (36. Re8 Re7 $11) 36... Nd7 37. Qe2 Kg7 38.
g3 $16) 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. bxc5 $18 {the Q can return , so there is no mate}
dxc5 38. Qb2+ Kf7 39. g3 (39. Qe5) 39... Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qd4 42. Qe2 {
Stongest according to Stockfish11} (42. Qxd4 cxd4 43. Bb5 {is enough to win}
Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke2 Kxd5 46. Kd3 c6 47. Bc4+ Kd6 48. Bf7 (48. Kxd4) 48...
c5 49. Bxg6 Ke6 50. a4 $18 {the Bl Q side pawns are blockaded & the K side
ones will disappear}) 42... c4 (42... Qf6 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe5 $18 {best try})
43. Qe6+ (43. Be8+ Kf8 44. Qe6) 43... Kg7 44. Be8 (44. Qe5+ {simplifies} Qxe5
45. fxe5 c3 46. Ba4 b5 47. Kf2 (47. Bc2) 47... bxa4 48. Ke3 {and the Bl pawns
are helpless against the K- Stockfish11 nudged}) (44. Qc8 c3 45. Qxc7+ Kh6 46.
Be8 Qxd5 47. Qxc3 Qg8 48. Qe5 $18 {is the Engines preferred route, which is
more complex to finish off}) 44... Qf6 45. Qd7+ (45. Qe5 {Stockfish11}) 45...
Kh6 46. Qxc7 Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Qd4 48. d6 {Wh Qs easily; Bl doesn't} 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Shepherd, Graham C"]
[Black "Foss, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,109,27,48,35,-72,23,57,68,62,40,27,30,25,43,52,90,62,92,79,94,61,90,
59,127,66,89,80,136,80,76,73,84,79,85,63,76,37,33,13,42,35,59,60,39,45,55,48,
52,24,75,102,78,78,87,101,75,79,111,77,69,17,133,104,94,-53,-66,-56,-58,-42,73,
51,136,131,204,214,189,193,210,202,322,240,332,332,336,216,233,279,418,277,462,
576,659,702,1395,471,505,544,546,614,813,933,992,1016,1016,1015,1016,1015,1037,
1185,1264,1283]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 {main}) 3... Nf6 4. d4
Bf5 (4... Bg4) 5. c4 (5. Be2) 5... Qd8 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 (7. Be2) 7... Bg6 (7...
Bxd3 {main}) 8. O-O c6 9. Re1 {3 Wh wins, 1 draw, 1 Bl win} Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 (
10... O-O 11. Nh4 Bh5 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bb4 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15. Red1 Re8 16.
h3 Qe7 17. Nf3 e5 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne4 21. Rc2 h6 (21... g6)
22. Nf5 $18 Qe6 23. Qg4 Ng5 24. Rd6 (24. Rxd7) 24... Ne5 25. Rxe6 Nxg4 26.
Rxe8+ {Da Silva-Capeletti, Porto Alegre op 2012,1-0}) 11. h3 (11. Bxg6 hxg6 12.
d5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 11... Bh5 (11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rad1 $16 {
Stockfish11}) 12. Be2 (12. g4 Bg6 13. d5 $18 {Stockfish11}) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3
h6 (13... O-O) (13... Nbd7) 14. Qb3 (14. d5 $18 {Bl is behind in development
with a passive position, so opening up the game is called for}) 14... Nbd7 15.
Rad1 O-O 16. Qc2 a5 17. c5 $11 {blocks the position, which helps Ns, rather
than opening up, which favours Bs} (17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Rad8 $14) 17... Rfe8
18. Ne2 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Ng3 Bf6 22. Nf5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nf8
24. Qd2 Bg5 (24... Qd7 25. Qd3 Re8 $11 {Stockfish11-contesting the only open
file}) 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Re7 $18 Rb8 28. Nd6 b6 29. cxb6 (29. Rb7
$1 Rxb7 30. Nxb7 a4 (30... bxc5 31. Nxa5 $18) 31. cxb6 $18) 29... Rxb6 30. Rb7
{one move too late} (30. Nxf7 Ne6 31. Rxe6 Kxf7 32. Re2 Rb4 33. Rd2 $16 {
Stockfish11}) 30... Rb4 (30... Rxb7 31. Nxb7 Ne6 32. Nxa5 Nxd4 $11 {Stockfish11
}) 31. Rxb4 axb4 32. a4 (32. Nf5 $1 {forces the Bl N offside} Ng6 (32... Ne6
33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nxc6 b3 35. axb3 $18 (35. a4 $18)) 33. a4 $18 {Stockfish11})
32... bxa3 33. bxa3 Ne6 $11 34. a4 Nc7 (34... Kf8 35. a5 Ke7 36. Nf5+ Kd7 37.
g3 $11 {Stockfish11}) (34... Nxd4 35. a5 Ne6 36. a6 Kf8 37. a7 Nc7 38. Nf5 Na8
$11 {Stockfish11}) 35. a5 (35. Nc8 Kf8 36. Na7 Ke7 37. Nxc6+ Kd6 38. Ne5 f6 39.
Nf3 $16) 35... c5 (35... Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Nf5+ Kf6 38. Ne3 Nb5 39. Nc2 Ke7
40. Ke2 Kd6 41. Ke3 c5 42. a6 c4 43. Nb4 f6 44. g3 $18) 36. dxc5 $18 d4 37. Kf1
Kf8 38. Ke2 Na6 39. c6 (39. Nb5 Nxc5 40. Nc7 Ke7 41. a6) 39... d3+ 40. Kd2 (40.
Kxd3 Nb4+ 41. Kc4 Nxc6 42. a6 Ke7 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. Nc8 Kc7 45. Nd6 Nd8 46. a7
Ne6+ 47. Kc4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 40... g6 41. Nb5 Ke7 42. c7 (42. Kxd3 Nb4+ 43.
Kc4 Nxc6 44. a6 $18) 42... Kd7 43. Kxd3 f5 44. g4 (44. Kd4) 44... Nc5+ 45. Kc4
Na6 46. Kd5 Nb4+ 47. Ke5 (47. Kc5) 47... Nc6+ 48. Kf6 Nxa5 49. Kxg6 fxg4 50.
hxg4 Nc6 51. Kxg5 Ne7 52. Kf6 Ng8+ 53. Kg7 (53. Ke5) 53... Ne7 54. Kf7 Nd5 55.
g5 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Evans, Gwyn"]
[Black "Hollyman, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1182"]
[BlackElo "1301"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,97,19,31,25,-16,7,27,62,31,65,90,66,67,89,48,48,24,25,21,26,15,18,-78,
-9,-11,49,0,37,2,-5,-111,-99,-113,34,42,80,88,60,-9,-27,-29,-17,-18,-17,-56,
-13,-56,-41,-81,-52,-52,-64,-276,-322,-322,-322,-355,-382,-382,-157,-157,-157,
-210,-129,-180,-169,-188,-135,-197,-217,-217,-205,-274,-263,-295,-259,-287,
-295,-307,29995,1652,29985,-74,-83,-68,-21,0,0,0,0,-776,945,422,437,438,446,
397,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 (4. cxb5 {main, accepting
the gambit}) 4... bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Qa4 {6 Wh wins, 1 draw, 2 Bl
wins} (7. Bxc4 {main}) (7. Nd2 {5 Wh wins, 1 draw- scores well, as it puts the
N on a good square, whereas the B doesn't quite belong there}) 7... g6 8. Bxc4
{preferred by Stockfish11, though only move played here is} (8. e5 {4-0}) 8...
Bg7 9. Qc2 (9. e5 {2 Wh wins, 1 draw, 1 Bl win} dxe5 $17 {Cloud Engines}) 9...
O-O 10. a3 (10. O-O) 10... Nb6 (10... Ng4 11. Bf4 Nge5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. O-O Rb8 $15 {Kucki-Guenzel, Ruhrgebiet ch tm, 1995,0-1}) 11. Ba2 Re8 (
11... Ba6 $19 {Stockfish11, keeps Wh's K in the centre for the moment}) 12. O-O
Nbd7 (12... Ba6 $15) (12... e6 $11) (12... Ng4 $11) 13. Bd2 (13. h3) 13... Ng4
14. h3 Nge5 15. Ne1 Ba6 $17 16. f4 Bxf1 (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bd4+ (17... Bxc4
18. Rf2 Rb8 $17) 18. Kh2 Bxc4 19. Rh1 Qb6 $17 {Stockfish11}) 17. Kxf1 $16 {
Bl discovers the N has nowhere to go} Rf8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qc1 (19. Nd3 $16)
19... f5 $11 20. Kg1 Rb8 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bb1 Rf7 23. Be4 Nc4 24. Rb1 Bd4+ 25.
Kh2 Rf1 26. Bh6 $2 {too optimistic, Wh needs to be thinking about defence, not
attack} (26. Nd1 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Bg1+ 28. Kg3 Rb3+ 29. Nf3 Qf8 30. Nc3 Rxb1 31.
Bxb1 Bd4 $17 {Stockfish11}) 26... Bg1+ $19 27. Kg3 Bf2+ 28. Kh2 Rxe1 29. Qc2
Be3 (29... Bg1+ $1 30. Kg3 (30. Kh1 Nxa3 $1 31. Rxe1 (31. bxa3 Rbxb1 32. Nxb1
Be3+ 33. Kh2 Bxh6 $19) 31... Nxc2 32. Rxg1 Nd4 $19 {Stockfish11}) 30... Rxb1
31. Nxb1 Ne5 $19 {Stockfish11}) (29... Rxb1 30. Nxb1 Be3 31. Bxe3 Nxe3 32. Qd3
Nf5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 30. Rxe1 Bxh6 $17 31. Qe2 (31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Bg7
$17) 31... Ne3 (31... Bf4+ 32. Kg1 (32. g3 Rxb2) 32... Nd2 33. Nd1 Qa5 34. Kh1
Be5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 32. Nd1 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Qb6 (33... Bg7 $19) 34. Bf3 Bf4+
35. Kh1 Be5 36. Qe4 Qxb2 37. Qg4 Qxa3 {not a particularly important pawn to
pick up, as it takes Bl's a pawn ages to become a threat} (37... Qf2 $19 38.
Qe6+ (38. Be2 Rf8 39. Bc4 Rf4 40. Qe2 Qg3 $19) 38... Kh8 39. Qxe7 c4 $19 {
Stockfish11- the c pawn is Bl's most advanced & dangerous pawn}) (37... Rb3 {
Julie} 38. Qe6+ (38. Rf1 Kg7 39. Qe6 Bf6 $19) 38... Kh8 (38... Kf8 39. Rf1 Rxa3
40. Bg4+ Bf6 41. Qe2 Qb4 $19 (41... Qxe2 42. Bxe2 a5 $19)) 39. Qf7 (39. Qxe7
Rxf3 $1 $19)) 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Rf1 Ke8 $2 (39... Bf6 $19 {keeps everything
covered}) 40. Qg8+ (40. Bg4 {forces mate} Qf3 41. Qg8+ Qf8 42. Rxf8#) 40... Kd7
41. Bg4+ $2 (41. Qxb8 {mating soon}) 41... Kc7 $19 42. Qe6 Qa6 (42... Kb6 $19)
(42... Rb2 43. Qxe7+ Kb6 $19) 43. Qxe7+ $11 Kb6 44. Rb1+ Ka5 45. Ra1+ $2 (45.
Qc7+ Rb6 46. Bd7 $11 {a very strange position indeed, it seems that Bl can
hardly move, but there is not a lot that Wh can do either} Bd4 47. Kh2 Be5+ {
repetition}) 45... Kb5 $2 (45... Bxa1 $19) 46. Rxa6 $18 (46. Qd7+ Kc4 47. Be2+
(47. Rxa6 $2 Rb1+ 48. Bd1 Rxd1#) 47... Kc3 48. Bxa6 $18) 46... Kxa6 47. Be2+
Kb6 48. Qd7 Rb7 {speeds up the loss, but there is little Bl can do now} 49.
Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Bevan, Paul"]
[Black "Hunt, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1219"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,108,72,31,25,34,14,-15,-15,-22,-11,-90,-74,-96,-96,-88,-40,-94,-29,
-75,-69,-215,-155,-308,-231,-220,-191,-191,-208,-290,-179,-613,-598,-628,-628,
-727,-502,-1342,-432,-438,-420,-420,-424,-424,-424,-430,-411,-423,-349,-350,
-351,-438,-440,-439,-411,-400,-411,-423,-433,-418,-431,-432,-445,-445,-448,
-542,-539,-557,-535,-546,-557,-557,-557,-599,-610,-630,-568,-577,-552,-578,
-588,-589,-591,-608,-642,-958,-804,-866,-902,-902,-914,-936,-878,-907,-1053,
-1099,-1143,-1193,-1177,-1363,-1017,-1505,-1933,-29985,-1505,-29985,-29988,
-29987,-2287,-29991,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. f4 Nb4 5. Be2 (5.
Nf3 Nxd3+ 6. cxd3 {is quite playable}) 5... Bf5 6. Bb5+ (6. Na3 {main, but
only scores 37 % for Wh}) (6. Bd3 {is the move selected by the Cloud Engines!
Deep Fritz13, Komodo13 & Stockfish11}) 6... c6 7. Ba4 Ne4 (7... e6 8. Bd2 Na6
9. c3 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Nc7 12. Ne5 c5 (12... Nfe8 $15) 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14.
Qxc2 c4 (14... Rc8 $15) 15. Be1 $11 {Roncal-Becker,Wld ch U10, Oropesa del Mar
1998,1/2-1/2}) (7... a5 $17 {Stockfish11}) 8. Bb3 (8. c3 Na6 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nxe4
Bxe4 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e4 13. Qh5 Be7 14. O-O $11 {Stockfish11}) 8... b5 (
8... e6) 9. g4 $6 {creates holes in Wh's K side} Bd7 (9... e5 $19 {Stockfish11}
10. h4 Bd7 11. a3 h5 12. g5 (12. axb4 hxg4 13. h5 Bxb4+ 14. Nd2 exf4 15. exf4
Ng3 16. Rh2 Rxh5 $19) 12... Bg4 13. Nf3 Na6 $19) 10. f5 e6 $19 (10... e5 11. h4
Be7 12. Nf3 h5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 11. f6 Qxf6 (11... c5) 12. Nf3 Bd6 (12... c5)
(12... e5) (12... h5) 13. a3 Na6 14. Rf1 Qd8 (14... Bxh2 $19) 15. Ne5 $2 {
having kept the Q out, Wh now invites her in} Bxe5 (15... Qh4+ 16. Ke2 Qxh2+
17. Ke1 (17. Kf3 Ng5#) 17... Qg3+ 18. Ke2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxg4+ 20. Ke1 Qh4+ 21.
Ke2 O-O {leaving Wh with a displaced K as well as behind in material &
development}) 16. dxe5 (16. Qf3) 16... Qh4+ 17. Ke2 Qxg4+ (17... Qxh2+ {
as note to move 15}) 18. Kd3 (18. Rf3) 18... Qxd1+ (18... Nf2+ {wins the Q})
19. Rxd1 Nf2+ 20. Kd2 Nxd1 21. Kxd1 Nc5 (21... O-O) 22. Ba2 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nf2+ (
23... f5) 24. Ke2 Ng4 25. h3 (25. Nf3 f6) 25... Nxe5 26. Nb3 O-O (26... a5) 27.
Nc5 Bc8 28. Bd2 Nc4 (28... Nd7) 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Rg1 e5 31. Bc3 f6 32. Bd2 (
32. Rg3) 32... Bxh3 33. e4 d4 34. Bh6 Rf7 {in addition to the exchange, Bl
still has all his pawns,4 of them extra} 35. Rg3 Bc8 36. Bd2 Rb8 37. b4 Ra8 (
37... a5 38. bxa5 Rb2) 38. c3 d3+ 39. Ke1 a5 40. a4 g5 41. Kd1 h5 42. Bxg5 Bg4+
{there will be no play for Wh} 43. Rxg4 hxg4 44. Bh4 axb4 (44... Rh7) 45. cxb4
Kh7 46. a5 Kg6 47. Bg3 Rh7 48. Na4 Rh3 49. Bf2 g3 50. Bxg3 Rxg3 51. Nc3 Rh3 52.
Kd2 Rh2+ 53. Ke1 Kf7 54. Na4 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Thacker, Steve"]
[Black "Osinga, Awne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1438"]
[BlackElo "1297"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. f4 a6 {2.5-0.5, not sure Bl needs
to play this here} (5... O-O) (5... c5) 6. a3 {Wh returns the tempo} (6. a4
Nbd7 7. Nh3 c5 8. c3 c4 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nf2 h5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Bd2
Be7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. f5 Nfd7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Ba4 Qd6 19. e4 {
Demmery-Pejovic, CAN ch tm , Friendship Brantford 1996,1-0}) (6. c3 {does the
same protection as a3 , without losing an extra tempo} c5 7. Ngf3 (7. Qf3 Nc6 {
1.5-0.5}) 7... Nc6 {transposes to 13 games}) 6... c5 7. c3 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb2 {looks possible, but Wh keeps a sensitive
spot at e3} e5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Bd4 Re8 14. Nb3 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O Qg5
$15 {Stockfish11}) 7... Nc6 8. Ngf3 c4 (8... b6) 9. Bc2 b5 10. Ne5 (10. e4 dxe4
(10... Bxf4 11. e5 Nh5 (11... Nd7 12. Nxc4 $18) 12. g3 Bh6 13. Ng1 g6 14. Nxc4
$16) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. O-O $11 {Stockfish11}) 10... Ne7 11. e4 Bb7
{gives Wh a chance} (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. O-O O-O $11 {
Stockfish11}) 12. Qe2 (12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. e5 $16 {Stockfish11}) 12... dxe4 13.
Bxe4 (13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O $15) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
Nxd6+ Nxd6 $17 (15... Qxd6 $17) 16. Bd2 Ne4 (16... Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2
f6 $17 {Stockfish11}) 17. O-O-O (17. O-O {is safer}) 17... O-O $19 (17... a5
$19 {the Wh K position is easily opened}) 18. Rhg1 Qd6 (18... a5) 19. g4 f6 20.
Nf3 Nxd2 (20... a5 21. g5 b4 $19) (20... b4 21. axb4 a5 $19) (20... Bd5 $19)
21. Nxd2 a5 $17 22. Rdf1 (22. Qe3) 22... b4 $19 23. Qxc4 $2 Ba6 (23... Ba6 24.
Ne4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Nd2 Bxf1 $19) (23... Rfc8 24. Qd3 (24. Qb3 bxc3 25.
bxc3 Rab8 26. Kd1 Bd5 27. Qc2 Qxa3 $19) 24... bxc3 25. Nc4 (25. bxc3 Qxa3+)
25... cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qa6 27. Rc1 Bd5 {looks even stronger as Wh's K has become
very exposed}) 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Paffard, Mark"]
[Black "Hurn, Robert AJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 (6. Be3 {main} Rb8 7.
Nf3 (7. Nge2 e6 8. Qd2 b5 9. O-O b4 10. Nd1 a5 11. f4 Nge7 12. f5 {
Benaddi-Hurn, Gibraltar Challengers 2005,1-0}) 7... Nd4 8. Qd2 b5 9. O-O b4 10.
Nd1 e6 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qa5 {Horrell-Hurn,Dyfed Open 2016,
0-1}) (6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 (10. d4 Ba6
11. Re1 d5 12. e5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 {
Gay-Hurn, S Wales New Year 2018,1-0}) 10... Ba6 11. Re1 Nd4 {Dixon-Hurn, S
Wales International 2018,1/2-1/2}) 9... d5 (9... Rb8 10. a4 (10. c3 b5 11. Bd2
b4 {Paffard-IC Jones, Dyfed League 2019,0-1}) 10... a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5
13. g4 {Paffard-Leah, Dyfed League 2019,1-0}) 10. e5 Rb8 11. c3 b6 12. g4 f5
13. h3 Ba6 {Paffard-Hurn,Dyfed Open 2019,1/2-1/2}) 6... e6 7. Be3 (7. O-O Nge7
8. f4 (8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 Rb8 10. Bh6 b5 11. h4 b4 12. Nd1 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 f5 14.
h5 {Elamri-Hurn, Gibraltar Challengers 2005,1-0}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. a3 b5
11. Qd2 $5 {Paffard-Leah,Dyfed League 2019,1/2-1/2}) 7... Nd4 8. O-O Rb8 (8...
Ne7 9. Qd2 {main}) 9. Rb1 (9. Qd2 {main} Ne7 (9... b5 10. Nd1) 10. Nd1) 9...
Bd7 (9... Ne7 10. Qd2 O-O {main}) 10. Qd2 a6 {3 draws} (10... b5 {1 game each})
11. Nd1 h5 {a plan to restrain Wh's K side attack (& keep the Bl K away from
it)} (11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Ne7 13. f4 f5 14. Nf2 O-O 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. g4 {
Kottusch-Kuehl, Schleswig-Holstein ch qual, Ratzeburg 1997, draw agreed} b5 $15
) (11... Rc8 $11 {Stockfish11}) 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bb5 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Re1
Qd7 (15... h4 $5 {one of Stockfish11 ideas}) 16. d4 b6 17. f4 Bc6 (17... O-O
18. Nf2 Rfd8 $14 {Stockfish11}) 18. d5 Bb7 (18... exd5 19. exd5 Bb7 20. Bf2 (
20. f5 Qxf5 21. Bg5 O-O 22. Be4 Qd7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxg6 Qf6 $11 25. Bc2 (25.
Bxh5 $2 Qf5 $19) 25... Rfe8 $11) 20... O-O $11 {Stockfish11}) 19. c4 (19. dxe6
Qxe6 20. Nf2 O-O 21. Rbd1 $16 {Stockfish11}) 19... e5 {inviting f5 at some
stage that will open up Bl's K side} (19... exd5 20. cxd5 a5 21. Nf2 h4 22. g4
h3 23. Nxh3 Qxg4 24. Ng5 Qh4 25. h3 O-O 26. Bf2 Qh6 27. Kh2 $16 {Stockfish11})
20. Nf2 $18 (20. b4 $18 {Stockfish11}) (20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Nf2 $18 {Stockfish11}
) 20... Bc8 21. Bh3 (21. b4 $18 {Stockfish11}) (21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd3 Bg7 23.
b4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 21... Qd8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 {Bl could have
some K side chances if Wh is not careful, however} 24. Bf4 $18 f6 25. Kh1 {
a little strange,unpinning a N before it is pinned & inviting h4} (25. Bxe5
fxe5 26. Kg2 h4 27. Qg5 hxg3 28. hxg3 Kd7 29. Ng4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 25... Qd7
(25... h4 {is worth a try} 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rg1 hxg3 28. Rxg3 Kd7 29. Nh3 Rh5
30. Ng5 Qh8 31. Qg2 Rf8 {and Bl has brought all his pieces into play, though
Stockfish11 still thinks Wh is winning after} 32. a3 $18 {However to a human
eye it looks as if Bl should still have chances with} Rf4 33. h3 (33. b4 cxb4
34. axb4 {Stockfish11 only gives as plus for Wh, though its last few moves
have suggested this is a winning idea} Rfh4 35. h3 Rxg5 36. Rxg5 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1
Qh6 38. Rg3 Rh4 39. Rd1 $16) 33... Qf6 {and now it gives} 34. Kg1 $18 {as the
only winning move, when Wh is finally threatening b4}) 26. Rbd1 (26. b4 cxb4
27. Rxb4 O-O 28. Nd3 Rfc8 29. Rc1 $16 {Stockfish11}) 26... Ng8 (26... Bd4 27.
Nd3 h4 (27... Rc8 $14) 28. gxh4 Rxh4 29. Bg3 Rh7 30. Qg2 g5 31. Rf1 Ng6 $11 {
Stockfish11}) (26... Kf7 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nd3 a5 29. Rf1 Qd6 30. Qf2 Kg7 31.
Qe2 h4 32. g4 g5 33. h3 Ng6 {Stockfish11 claims definite plus for Wh, but Bl
looks to have almost a complete blockade}) 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qg5 (28. Rf1 Nh6
29. Kg2 Nf7 30. h4 O-O 31. Nh3 Kg7 $14 {Stockfish11}) 28... Kf7 {an
interesting idea, but it takes time} (28... Qg7 29. Nd3 (29. Nh3 Nf6 30. Qh4
Nh7 (30... O-O $11) 31. Rf1 Qe7 $11) 29... Nh6 30. Rf1 Nf7 31. Qd2 O-O $11 {
Stockfish11}) 29. Rf1 (29. Rd3 $1 Kg7 30. Rf3 Rf8 (30... Qd8 31. Nh3 Nf6 32.
Ref1 Rf8 33. Qh4 Nh7 34. Rxf8 Nxf8 35. Ng5 $18) 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Qxg6 $18 {
Stockfish11}) 29... Kg7 $11 30. Qh4 Rf8 (30... Nf6 31. Nh3 Nh7 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33.
Qxg5 Qd8 $11 {Stockfish11}) 31. Nh3 Qe7 $2 {lets the N in} (31... Qg4 32. Ng5
Rf6 33. Kg1 (33. Ne6+ Kf7 $11) 33... Kf8 34. Rfe1 Ke7 35. Rd3 Nh6 36. Ne6 Qxh4
37. gxh4 Rb8 $14 {Stockfish11}) 32. Ng5 $18 (32. Qxe7+ {even stronger
according to Stockfish11} Nxe7 33. Ng5 Rf6 (33... Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 $18) 34. Ne6+
Kf7 35. Rxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rf1+ Nf5 37. h4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 32... Rxf1+ (32...
Kh6 33. Ne6 g5 34. Qh3 Rf6 35. Qg2 Kg6 36. h4 g4 37. Rxf6+ Nxf6 38. Rf1 Rg8 39.
Qf2 Nh7 40. Kg2 {one of those obscure Engine projections, where it is adamant
that Wh is winning, and keeps on improving its position bit by bit, going from
+4 to +8, but where the delivery seems to get further and further away all the
time.} Rb8 {try nudging it forward to doing something} 41. Qe3 Rb7 (41... Ra8
42. Rf5 Re8 43. Qf2 Nf6 (43... Rb8 44. Rg5+ Nxg5 45. Qf5+ Kh6 46. hxg5+ Qxg5
47. Qxg5+ Kh7 48. Qg7#) 44. Rg5+ Kh6 45. Qf5 Qf7 46. a4 a5 {and Rudy still
can't fathom what its trying to achieve as just playing the the K around &
then the Q}) 42. Rf5 Qe8 43. Qf2 Rf7 {is this forced?} (43... Ra7 44. Nf8+ Kg7
45. Nxh7 Kxh7 46. Rf6 Qd7 47. Rf8 Qe7 48. Rf5 Qe8 49. Rf6 Qd7 50. Qe3 Qg7 51.
Rxd6 $18 {Stockfish nudged}) 44. Ng5 Nxg5 45. Rxg5+ Kh7 (45... Kh6 46. Qd2 $18)
46. Rxh5+) 33. Rxf1 {the rest is much easier for humans to follow} Qe8 34. Rf7+
(34. Ne6+ Kh7 35. g4 {Stockfish11 spies a mate in 10} Ne7 36. Qf6 Rg8 37. Rf3
Nf5 (37... Qd7 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Rf6+ Ng6 (40... Rg6 41. Qg7#) 41.
Qxg8 Qh7 42. Qf8+ Qg7 43. Qxg7#) 38. exf5 gxf5 39. Rxf5 Rxg4 40. Ng5+ Kg8 41.
Qh6 Rxg5 42. Rxg5+ Kf7 (42... Qg6 43. Rxg6+ Kf7 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. Rg8# {delays
the process}) 43. Qg7#) 34... Kh6 35. Rc7 Ne7 36. Ne6 Qf7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Rxe7
Rf8 39. Nxf8+ (39. Qf6 {preferred by Stockfish11  A game that allowed a triple
tie for first place. With thanks to Bob for supplying the game text.}) 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jones, Jonathan"]
[Black "Chadaway, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,12,38,26,101,90,84,84,91,91,91,43,44,55,62]} 1. d4 b5 2. Bf4 (2. e4)
2... Bb7 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 (5. Nbd2) (5. c4) 5... e6 6. O-O d6 (6...
Be7 7. Nbd2 {1 Wh win,5 draws, 3 Bl wins}) 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3 (8. c4 bxc4 9.
Nxc4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 O-O 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Nfd2 Nc6 14. Qc3 Bf6 15. Nf3
a5 {Kamphorst-Zapolskis, Do Hermanas qual blitz 2009,0-1}) (8. a4 $11 {
Stockfish11}) 8... Nbd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Rc1 (10. a4) 10... Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12.
hxg3 Nf6 (12... c5 $15 {Stockfish11}) 13. c4 c6 (13... c5) 14. e4 Nd7 15. Nb3
d5 (15... Qb6 $15) 16. exd5 cxd5 17. c5 {looks risky giving Wh a protected
passed pawn, but it can be blockaded. Also Bl can hope to get rid of d4 when
the pawn becomes vulnerable} Bc6 (17... Nb8 $5) 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bb1 {this may
become a deadend for the B if Wh's K side attack gets nowhere} (19. Qd2 $16)
19... Bf6 20. Nbd2 (20. Ne5 $14) 20... Kg7 21. Nf1 (21. b4) 21... Re8 22. Ne5
Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. f4 (24. b4 {c5 needs support}) 24... a5 25. g4 h6 (25...
d4 $15 {opens lines for Bl}) 26. f5 Bg5 27. f6+ Kh7 28. Rc2 (28. Qd4 Bxc1 29.
Rxc1 b4 30. Nd2 $11 {Stockfish11- the Bl Rs have no entry}) 28... d4 $19 29.
Rce2 Qd7 (29... Rc8) 30. Bd3 b4 (30... Red8 31. a3 Qc7 $19 {Stockfish11-Wh's
Rs are very clumsy}) 31. Ng3 (31. Nd2 Qa7 32. Nc4 Qxc5 33. Rc2 Rf8 34. Nd6 Qb6
$17 {Stockfish11}) 31... Rec8 (31... Red8) 32. Ne4 Be3+ (32... Bxe4 33. Bxe4 d3
34. Qxd3 Qxd3 35. Bxd3 Rxc5 $17 {Stockfish11}) 33. Kh1 (33. Rxe3 dxe3 34. Nd6
Qa7 35. g5 Rh8 (35... Qxc5 36. Qh5 $18) 36. Qc1 hxg5 37. Rxe3 $16 {Wh's N is
equal to a R , maybe better}) 33... Rc7 (33... Qd5 $19 {gets the Q back into
the attack} 34. Nd6 Qxe5 $19 35. Rxe3 (35. Nxf7 Qg3 {mating}) 35... dxe3 36.
Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Re2 Qg3 $19 (37... Qxf6 $19)) 34. Nd6 $18 (34. Rxe3 $1 dxe3 35.
Nd6 $18 {Stockfish11}) 34... Bd5 35. Bb5 Bc6 (35... Qd8 36. Be8 $18) 36. Qa4 $2
(36. Rxe3 dxe3 37. Rxe3 Bxb5 38. Rh3 Rh8 39. Qd2 Kg8 40. Rxh6 Rh7 41. Rxh7 Kxh7
42. Qf2 Qd8 43. Nxb5 Rd7 44. Kh2 $18 {Stockfish11- a very tightly calculated
variation, difficult for humans to see}) (36. Bd3 Bg5 (36... Rh8 37. Rxe3 dxe3
38. Rxe3 Kg8 39. Rh3 Qd8 40. Kh2 $18) 37. Bc4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 36... Bxb5 37.
Qxb5 Qxb5 38. Nxb5 Rxc5 $19 39. Nd6 Kg8 (39... Ra7) (39... Rxe5 40. Nc4 (40.
Nxf7 Rd5 {traps the N}) 40... Rg5 $19) 40. Rxe3 {too late now} dxe3 41. Rxe3
Ra7 (41... Rc2 42. Rb3 Re2 43. Nc4 Re4 {Stockfish11}) 42. Rh3 Rd7 (42... Rac7)
(42... Rxe5) 43. Rb3 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hammett, Scott"]
[Black "Shepherd, Graham C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,10,45,-25,-19,-22,-19,-12,-9,-34,-27,-18,-1]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (
2... Nf6) (2... g6) 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 (6. Be2 e6 7. d4 Bd6
8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. c3 O-O-O 10. Bd3 h5 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Ne5 Ne8 13. e4 {
Hammett-Tekniepe,GBRch U1450,Llandudno 2017,1-0}) 6... Bxc6 7. b3 (7. Ne5) 7...
e6 8. Bb2 b5 (8... Be7 9. Nc3 b5 10. Ne2 Rg8 11. Ned4 Bb7 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Ndf3
h6 14. a3 {Hammett vs Narayan-Taylor,Dyfed League 2019,1-0}) 9. Nc3 (9. Ne5 {
played, 1 game each}) 9... Bb7 10. Ne2 c5 11. Ng3 Be7 12. f5 O-O $11 13. fxe6
fxe6 14. Ng5 Qd6 15. Nh5 d4 $17 16. Nf4 (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nf3 dxe3 18. dxe3
Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rad8 $17 {Stockfish11}) 16... e5 $19 17. Nh5 Nxh5 (17... h6 $19
{Stockfish11- Wh has spent too much time moving Ns} 18. Nxf6+ (18. Nh3 Qd5 19.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Qe2 Rg6 21. Rf2 Qe6 22. Kf1 Bh4 $19) 18... Rxf6 19. Nf3 e4 20.
Ne1 (20. Nxd4 $19 {best try- Stockfish11}) 20... Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qxh2 22. Qg4
Rf8+ 23. Ke2 Bc8 24. Qxe4 Qg3 25. c3 Bg4+ 26. Kd3 Bf5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 18.
Qxh5 Bxg5 (18... h6 19. Nf3 Rf6 $17 {Bl has more active pieces}) 19. Qxg5 h6
20. Qg4 (20. Qg3 $11) 20... Rae8 (20... dxe3 21. dxe3 Qd2 $15 {Stockfish11})
21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qd5 24. exd4 exd4 25. d3 Kh7 26. Bc1 Qf7+
27. Kg1 Qd5 {(draw?)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Miller, John S"]
[Black "Parri, Deio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 (6. Bd3) 6... b6 7.
O-O c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ndf3 (10. b4 {main}) (10. Qa4) 10... c4 (10...
Nd7 {2 Wh wins, 4 draws,1 Bl win}) 11. h3 (11. h4 {Stockfish11}) 11... b5 12.
a3 (12. a4 {Stockfish11}) 12... a5 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rad1 e6 16. g4
{perhaps does more damage to Wh's K side than to Bl's} (16. Nd2 $11) 16... Qe7
17. Bg3 Ra7 (17... b4 $15) 18. Nd2 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rde1 Rfa8 $17 (20... b3
21. Qb1 Ra2 $17) 21. e4 bxc3 $17 (21... Nb6 $19 {Stockfish11}) 22. Qxc3 Qd8 23.
exd5 exd5 24. f4 Nc5 $19 (24... Rb7 $19) (24... Qc7 25. Kh2 Qb6 26. Bf2 Ra2 $19
) 25. Bf3 (25. f5 Na4 26. Qe3 Nxb2 $19 {Stockfish11}) 25... Ne6 (25... Nd3 26.
Re3 Qb6 $19 {Stockfish11}) 26. Bf2 (26. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 27. f5 Qb6 28. Bf2 Bd7 $19
{Stockfish11}) 26... Nxf4 27. Nxc4 (27. Bg2 Rb7 $19) 27... Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Nxf2 (
28... Nf4+ 29. Kg3 Bb5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 29. Rxf2 Rc8 (29... dxc4 30. Bxc6
Bxd4 31. Qxc4 Bxf2 32. Re8+ Qxe8 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Kxf2 Rb7 $19 {Stockfish11-
the 2 Rs are far superior to the Q , which has no targets , & will be unable
to protect its last 2 pawns}) 30. Ne5 Bxe5 (30... Ba8 31. Qe3 Bf6 $19 {
Stockfish11}) 31. Rxe5 Re7 (31... f6 32. Re1 Be8 33. Qe3 Bf7 $17 {Stockfish11})
32. Rfe2 (32. Qe3 $17) 32... Rxe5 (32... Bb5 $19 {Stockfish11}) 33. Rxe5 Bd7
34. Qe1 Be6 $19 35. Kg3 Qd7 (35... Qd6) 36. Qa5 f6 $2 (36... Rc4 37. Qb6 h6 $19
{but it will take a little while}) 37. Rxe6 $18 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Andrews, Norman"]
[Black "Alexander, Ken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
[BlackElo "622"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,20,36,12,12,-10,-9,-20,-1,-20,11,-8,8,2,8,2,-6,-22,-23,-23,-18,-30,
-36]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 (4. e3 {main}) 4... c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6.
O-O Be7 {main} (6... Bd6) 7. d3 (7. d4) 7... O-O 8. c4 d4 9. Nbd2 (9. e3) (9.
e4) 9... Qc7 10. a3 e5 11. Kh1 (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Ne8 13. Bc1 $2 f5 $19 {
Jonathan Jones-Servini, Tom Weston Major 2018,0-1}) (11. Ne1 {to support b4})
11... Ne8 (11... h6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bc1 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Nf1
Bd6 17. N3d2 Qe7 18. e4 Be6 {Mammadov-Temizkan, Wld ch U10, Kemer 2009,1/2-1/2}
) 12. Ng1 (12. e3) 12... f5 (12... Bf5) 13. f4 $6 {leaves a hole on e3} (13. e3
{gives Wh a bit of extra space}) 13... exf4 14. gxf4 Bd6 (14... Nf6 $19) 15.
Nh3 Nf6 16. Qe1 (16. b4 $5) 16... Re8 $19 17. Rf3 Ng4 18. Nf1 b6 (18... Bd7)
19. Bc1 (19. e4 $5) 19... Bb7 20. Rg3 Na5 (20... Re7 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Rg2 Rae8
23. Qh4 Nf6 $19 {Stockfish11}) 21. Rb1 Bxg2+ (21... Re6) 22. Kxg2 (22. Rxg2)
22... Qb7+ 23. Rf3 Nc6 $19 24. e3 $2 {Wh is better keeping the position closed}
dxe3 25. Nxe3 Nd4 26. Ng1 Nxf3 (26... Bxf4) 27. Nxf3 Nxe3+ (27... Bxf4) 28.
Bxe3 Bxf4 29. Rb2 Rxe3 30. Re2 0-1

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Brewer, Joshua"]
[Black "Evans, Gwyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "1182"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,11,31,31,23,-10,-10,-8,79,42,42,16,16,-35]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
f5 (3... Nf6) (3... c6) 4. e3 (4. g3 {main}) 4... Nf6 5. Ne5 {a little early 
(making 2 moves with one piece , leaving the rest undeveloped)} (5. Nc3) 5...
Nbd7 (5... c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 {transposes to some 400 games}) 6. Nxd7 (6. f4 Nxe5 7.
fxe5 Ne4 8. g3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Nd2 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qe2 c4
14. Bc2 a5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bd2 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 c3 18. bxc3 Ba6 19. Qf2 Bxf1
20. Qxf1 Qd7 $17 {Shkurikhin-Efimkin, RUS ch U14, Togliatti 2000,1-0}) (6. Nc3
{Deep Fritz14 & Stockfish11}) 6... Qxd7 $11 (6... Bxd7 $11) 7. c5 c6 (7... b6
$15 {undermines Wh's centre (Wh has been making lots of pawn moves}) 8. Be2 (8.
Nd2 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Ne5 $2 Bxc5 $17 {Knebel-Franke, Berlin op
2006,0-1}) 8... Be7 (8... b6 $15) 9. Nd2 b5 {this can become a target} (9... a5
10. Nf3 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O O-O (13... Nd7 14. a4 Rb8 15. h3
O-O (15... Qxb3 16. Qxb3 Rxb3 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bd1 Rd3 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Be2 Ra3
21. Rxa3 bxa3 22. Ra1 $14) 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Qb4 18. Qa1 Rb6 $11) 14. Ne5
Ba6 $11 {Stockfish11}) 10. b4 (10. a4 $1 b4 11. a5 e5 12. Nf3 e4 13. Ne5 Qe6
14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qxb4 $16 {Stockfish11}) 10... O-O (10... a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12.
Nf3 Qa7 13. Qc2 O-O $11 {Stockfish11}) 11. Nf3 (11. a4 $16) 11... Ne4 (11... a5
12. a4 axb4 13. Bd2 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Rxa4 15. Qxa4 Ne4 16. Bxb4 Qb7 17. O-O Bf6
18. Ra1 g5 $14) 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bb2 $16 {Wh has consolidated his Q sidethough
his QB may have longterm problems in getting active} f4 {this needs a bit more
preparation} (13... a6) 14. O-O (14. exf4 Rxf4 15. O-O $18 {the extra space on
the K side helps Wh rather than Bl} Bb7 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rff8
19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Bc3 {Wh is in control on both sides of the board} (20. Re1))
14... Bg5 $2 (14... fxe3 15. fxe3 Rxf1+ (15... Bd7 $14) 16. Bxf1 a5 17. Qh5 g6
18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Bd3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 axb4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Ra4 $14 {
Stockfish11}) 15. f3 $18 Ng3 $6 {this would be fine, if Bl can get the Q to h4
quickly} (15... Nf6 16. exf4 Bxf4 17. g3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne8 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. f4
Nc7 21. h4 {and Wh , controlling the board, can build up to a decisive K side
attack}) 16. hxg3 fxg3 17. f4 Bh4 (17... Bf6 18. Bc3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qe7 20.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Qf1+ Kg8 22. Qf4 $18 {Stockfish11}) 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Qh5 {
and it's Wh that gets in first with his more mobile pieces} (19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qxh4 {also looks very good for Wh- superb N, extra piece & Bl
pieces stuck on the Q side}) 19... g5 (19... g6 {a little better, though} 20.
Qxh4 $18) 20. fxg5 (20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Qe7 22. Qh6 Qg7 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Rxf8+
Rxf8 25. Ng6+ Qxg6 26. Qxf8+ Qg8 27. Qxg8# {is Stockfish11's way of finishing
things}) 20... Bxg5 21. Qxg5+ Qg7 22. Rxf8+ (22. Qh4 {may be even stronger,
but simplyfying when material up is often a sensible course}) 22... Rxf8 23.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Kf6 26. Bxh7 Ke7 27. Ke2 Kd8 28. Kf3 Kc7 29.
Kxg3 Bc8 30. Kf4 Bd7 31. Nxd7 Kxd7 32. g4 Ke7 33. g5 Kf7 34. g6+ (34. Ke5 Kg7
35. Kxe6 Kxh7 36. Kf7 {and the pawn goes through (one of many ways)}) 34... Kf6
35. e4 (35. Bc3) 35... a6 36. exd5 exd5 37. Bc3 Kg7 38. Be1 Kf6 39. Bh4+ Kg7
40. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Gunn, Tom"]
[Black "Osinga, Awne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1297"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 (4... Be7 5. Nbd2 Bd7 6. O-O c5 7. c3 c4
8. Bc2 Nc6 9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b5 12. Bg5 {Gunn-Osinga,Dyfed
League 2020,0-1}) 5. c3 c4 6. Bc2 Be7 7. Nbd2 b5 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ {1.5-3.5} (12. Ng3 {2.5-1.5}) 12... Bxf6 {2.5-0.5}
(12... Nxf6 {1-3}) 13. Qe2 (13. Bf4 $14 {Cloud Engines; 2.5-0.5}) 13... Re8 14.
b3 {this is not the side Wh should be playing on, & creates some weaknesses
that Bl could exploit} (14. Ne5 $14) (14. Bf4 $14) 14... Nb6 (14... Bd5 $15) (
14... Rc8 $11) 15. Bf4 {mistimed now} (15. Ne5) (15. Bd2) 15... Nd5 16. Bd2 (
16. Qe4 Nxf4 17. Qxb7 (17. Qxf4 cxb3 18. axb3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 b4 $17) 17... Nd5
18. Qxb5 Nxc3 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qd3 g6 $11 {Stockfish11}) 16... Qc7 (16... b4
$15 {Stockfish11, keeps attacking c3} 17. bxc4 bxc3 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5
$17 (19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 (20. Qxf3 Rc8) 20... e5 $17)) 17. h4 (17. bxc4 bxc4
18. Ne5 g6 $11) 17... Nf4 (17... b4 {Stockfish11} 18. bxc4 Nxc3 19. Qd3 Bxf3
20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. gxf3 Qxc4 22. Bb3 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Bg5 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5
26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. a3 Rb8 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Bc2 $11 {lands up
with both player's pawns in a mess}) 18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Qe4 g6 20. h5 $2 {this
should lose} (20. Qg4 h5 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. fxg3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Rec8 $17 {
Stockfish11}) 20... Nxc3 $19 (20... Nb4 $1 $19 {picks up a R (B then exchange)
or a Q for 2 pieces}) 21. Qg4 Bxf3 (21... cxb3 22. Bxb3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 (23. Qxf3
Bxd4 24. Rac1 b4 $19) 23... Rad8 $19 {Stockfish11}) 22. gxf3 (22. Qxf3 Nd5 23.
bxc4 bxc4 24. Be3 Bg7 $19 {Stockfish11}) 22... Nd5 $19 23. hxg6 fxg6 $2 (23...
hxg6 $19) 24. Kg2 (24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Be4 $11 {
Stockfish11}) 24... Re7 (24... c3 25. Bh6 Qf7 $19) 25. Rh1 (25. Rxe6 $11) 25...
g5 (25... c3 $19) (25... Rb8 $19) (25... Qd7 $19) 26. Rh5 (26. Rae1 c3 27. Bc1
Qd7 28. Kf1 $11 {Stockfish11}) 26... Rg7 (26... c3 27. Bxg5 Rg7 28. Kf1 (28.
Qxe6+ Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Be4 Nf4+ 31. Kh2 Bxg5 32. Rxg5 Rxg5 33. Bxa8 Rg2+
$19) 28... Rxg5 29. Rxg5+ Bxg5 30. Qxg5+ Qg7 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. fxg4 Rf8 $17 {
Stockfish11}) 27. Rah1 (27. Qxe6+ {Stockfish11} Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. bxc4
bxc4 $11 (29... Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 gxf4+ 31. Kf1 Rag8 32. Ke2 bxc4 33. Rf5 Rg5 34.
Rxf4 Rd8 $11)) 27... Nf4+ $19 28. Bxf4 {relying on a tactic, which, however,
has a flaw} (28. Kf1 Nxh5 29. Rxh5 Rd8 $19 {relatively best, as they say})
28... gxf4 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 {not the key move} (29... Kf7 $1 $19) 30. Bg6 $16 Ke7
31. Rh7 (31. Re1 Qd7 32. d5 e5 33. Rhxe5+ Bxe5 34. Rxe5+ Kd8 35. Re6 Qxd5 36.
Re8+ Kc7 37. Rxa8 Rxg6 38. Qxg6 Qxa8 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Qf7+ Kb6 41. Qxc4 $16 {
Stockfish11-but probably drawn}) 31... Kd6 $2 (31... Rag8 $11 32. d5 Kd8 33.
Rh8 exd5 34. R1h7 Qf7 35. Bxf7 Rxg4+ 36. fxg4 Rxh8 37. Rxh8+ Bxh8 38. Bxd5 c3
$11 {Stockfish11- level material & opposite colour Bs}) 32. Qxf4+ Kc6 33. Qxf6
Rag8 34. Rxg7 (34. Kf1 $1 $18 {Strongest-Stockfish11}) (34. d5+) (34. Qxe6+)
34... Qxg7 (34... Rxg7 35. Re1 $18 (35. d5+ $18) (35. Kf1 $18)) 35. Qxe6+ {
best- if followed up correctly} (35. Qxg7 Rxg7 36. Rh6 Kd5 37. Kf1 {simplifies}
) 35... Kc7 36. Rh7 $2 {one square too far} (36. Rh6 $1 $18 {Stockfish11} Qxh6
37. Qf7+ Kb6 38. Qxg8 Qg5+ 39. Kf1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 Qb2+ 41. Ke3 Qc1+ 42. Ke4 $18)
(36. Qe5+ {is possible} Qxe5 37. dxe5 Rxg6+ 38. Kf1 $18 {and the R & P ending
should be winning for Wh, despite Bl getting a protected passed pawn on c3} c3
39. Ke2 (39. b4 Rh6 40. Rg1 Rg6 $14 {Stockfish11- a marvellous resource}) 39...
Ra6 40. Ra1 b4 41. f4 Ra5 42. Ke3 Kd7 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. Rd4 Rxa2 (44... Rb5 45.
Rc4 {and the mobile Wh pawns will win}) 45. Rxb4 c2 46. Rc4 Rb2 47. Ke4 Rxb3
48. Rxc2 Rb4+ 49. Kf5 Rb7 50. Rc6 $18) 36... Qxh7 37. Qe5+ {luckily Wh has a
perpetual} Kc8 38. Qc5+ {though not this way- Stockfish11. This is the kind of
position where Engines with their calculation power are so much more effective
than humans} (38. Qe6+ Kb8 39. Qe5+ Kc8 (39... Qc7 40. Qxb5+ Qb6 (40... Kc8 $2
41. Kf1 $18)) 40. Qe6+ $11) 38... Kd8 (38... Qc7 $1 $19 39. Qf5+ Qd7 40. Qe4 (
40. Kf1 Qxf5 41. Bxf5+ Kc7 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Ke2 Rb8 44. Kd2 Rb2+ 45. Kc3 Rxa2
46. Kxc4 Rxf2 {looks as if Wh has good drawing chances. However the presence
of a passed pawn for the R side makes all the difference. The Lomonosov
tablebases confirm that Bl has a forced mate in 80! ( with best play )}) 40...
Kc7 41. Kf1 cxb3 (41... c3 42. d5 Qd6 $19) 42. axb3 Rd8 $19 {Stockfish11}) 39.
Qd6+ Qd7 40. Qb8+ Qc8 41. Qd6+ Qd7 42. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Hunt, Ray"]
[Black "Foss, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,14,33,15,24,-10,16,2,6,10,1,5,3,8,10,10,22]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3.
Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 (4. g3) 4... O-O 5. c4 c5 (5... d6) 6. Be2 d6 (6... Nc6) 7. d3 (
7. O-O) (7. d4) 7... b6 (7... Nc6 {main}) 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 $11
) 10. Rc1 $146 (10. Qc2 {main, 63 %}) 10... e5 11. Rc2 Ne8 (11... Qe7 $15) 12.
h3 f5 13. Nh2 Nc7 14. Bf3 Bxf3 (14... Qc8) 15. Nhxf3 Ne6 16. Bc3 (16. Nb1 Qc8
17. Nc3 $11 {Stockfish11}) 16... a5 17. a3 Nf6 18. Nh2 (18. b4 $11) 18... e4 $2
{too impulsive} (18... Qd7 $11) (18... Rb8) 19. dxe4 $18 Nxe4 20. Bxg7 (20.
Nxe4) 20... Kxg7 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rd2 (22. Qd5 Ng5 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Nf1 Nf7 25.
Ng3 Re5 26. Qd2 $16) 22... Qf6 23. Rxd6 (23. Ng4 $1 Qg5 24. Qa1+ Kg8 25. Rxd6 {
Stockfish11- even stronger}) 23... Rad8 24. Rxd8 (24. Ng4) 24... Rxd8 25. Qa1 {
gives Bl a bit of counerplay} (25. Qb1) 25... Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd3 27. Rb1 $16 h5
28. Kf1 Kf6 (28... a4 29. Ke2 Rxb3 (29... axb3 30. Nf3 b5 31. Ne1 Rd6 32. Rxb3
bxc4 33. Rc3 Ra6 34. Rxc4 Rxa3 35. Rxe4 Ra2+ 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Nf3 $18 {but Bl
has some play}) 30. Rxb3 axb3 31. Kd2 $16) 29. Ke2 Rd6 (29... Rc3 30. Kd2 Rd3+
31. Kc2 g5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Ng7 34. Nf1 Nf5 35. Nd2 Ke5 36. Ke2 $18 {
but it will take a while yet}) 30. Nf1 (30. Rd1) 30... Ke5 31. Nd2 g5 32. Rb2 (
32. Rd1) 32... g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Nb1 Ng7 35. Nc3 Nf5 36. g3 {this does bung
up the extra K side pawn} (36. Rd2) 36... Ne7 37. Rb1 (37. Rd2) 37... Rd3 38.
Na4 Rd6 (38... Nc8 $11) 39. Rd1 $18 (39. b4 $18) (39. Rh1 $18) 39... Rxd1 40.
Kxd1 Nc8 41. Kd2 Kd6 42. Kc3 Kc6 43. Kc2 (43. b4 axb4+ 44. axb4 Nd6 {and Wh is
unable to get his K in to the Bl position}) 43... Nd6 44. Nc3 b5 $2 {this
helps Wh} (44... Kb7 45. Nd5 Ne8 46. Kc3 Kc6 {and it doesn't look like Wh can
make any further progress, despite Stockfish11 assesment of a Wh win} 47. Kc2
Kb7 48. b4 Kc6 49. Kb3 Kb7 50. Ka4 Ka6 51. Ne7 Nf6 {and the Engine keeps
moving Ns around with not much further success}) 45. cxb5+ Nxb5 46. Nxe4 (46.
Nxb5 Kxb5 47. Kc3 Kb6 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. a4 {and the K & P ending is also lost
for Bl}) 46... Nxa3+ 47. Kb2 Nb5 48. Nf6 {once the g pawn goes it's easy for Wh
} Nd6 49. Nxg4 (49. e4 $18) 49... Ne4 50. Ne5+ (50. Kc2) 50... Kd5 51. Nd3 Kd6
(51... c4 52. bxc4+ Kxc4 53. Kc2 a4 54. g4 a3 55. f3 $18) 52. g4 Kd5 53. f4 Ke6
54. Kc2 Kf6 55. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Dyfed Major"]
[Site "Fishguard"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Hollyman, Mike"]
[Black "Bevan, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1301"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[Annotator "kemen"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,13,15,15,83,65,64,59,53,47,28,20,109,50,42,2]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3.
e3 e6 4. c3 d5 5. Nf3 Ne4 (5... Bd6) (5... Be7) (5... c6) 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Be5 (
7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. Be2 O-O {0-2}) (7. Ne5) 7... Bxe5 (7... O-O) 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. f3
$2 (9. Be2 $14) (9. h4 $14) 9... Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Ng3+ 11. hxg3 Qxh1 $15 12. Kd3 (
12. Kf2) 12... Qh2 $19 (12... Nd7 $19) 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5+ 15. fxe5 Qh6 (
15... b6) 16. Kc2 Qg6 17. Bd3 b6 18. Qf2 c5 19. Rh1 c4 20. Be2 f4+ 21. Kc1 fxg3
22. Qe1 Rf2 23. Bh5 Qd3 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. Rh4 Ba4 26. Bd1 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 Raf8 0-1

