What's in a Name?

Carmarthen were lacking their strongest player, Gerry Heap, for the match against Aberystwyth at the Emlyn Cafe, Tanygroes, which meant they were comfortably outgraded on all boards. It's not always easy to cash in on such an advantage, but Aber at this early stage of the season, were in dominant form. On top board, Brendan-Budok Durand-Le Leduc, who has the longest name in the league as well as one of its highest gradings, seemed well prepared against David Buttell's Sicilian Dragon. Black's gambit didn't lead to any real attack, and Brendan was able to dominate with his passed pawns, winning on time when resignation must have been close anyway. Rudy van Kemenade, whose name seems almost humdrum in comparison, built a strong kingside attack against Paul Orton's London System, but didn't need to break in for mate as Black lost a piece to a pin and resigned. Julie van Kemenade dominated the centre with her closed line against Robert Narayan-Taylor's Sicilian in a way more characteristic of the open variations. When Black weakened his king's position with g5, the end came quickly. In the evening's third Sicilian, I picked up a piece early on against Wilf Davis, who was playing his first ever competitive match, and despite White's stubborn resistance, went on to close out the game. A second 4-0 victory in succession for Aberystwyth.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 d5 10.Qe1 seemingly a surprise for Bl who has done well against 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd5 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Bxf8 Qxf8 a typical exchange sacrifice for bl square conrtol- Harris-Buttell, S Wales Summer op, Newport 2015,0-1 12...cxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Qc4 14.Qxa8 is too dangerous 14.Qc5 Qb7 15.Bd4 Bf5 Anilkumar-Buttell, 4NCL 2012,0-1 14...Qe5 Rousos-Buttell, EU cup Rhodes 2013,0-1 10.Kb1 is another, played eg in Short-Carlsen, London Classic 2009,1/2-1/2 Nxd4 11.e5 Nf5 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 Nxe3 15.Qd3 Nxd1 16.Qxd1 Be6 17.Bb5 Bullen-Buttell, S Wales Summer op, Newport 2015, 1-0 ; another complex theoretical line. 10...e5 main 10...e6 11.h4 alternative 11.Kb1 Qe7 Howell-G. Jones,GBR ch ko , London 2016,1-0 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.exd5 cxd5 12...Nxd5 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Ne4 main alternative, 444 games in chessbase database online 13.Bg5 Qa5 Bl has only managed 2 draws out of 7 with this move 13...Be6 14.Bc4 Qc7 15.Bxf6 dxc4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 70 games, with results favouring Wh; eg Leko-Carlsen,, Miskolc m rapid, 2008, 1/2-1/2 14.Bxf6 14.Nxd5 preferred by the Cloud Engines Qxe1 15.Ne7+ Kh8 16.Rxe1 Be6 16...Nd7 17.h4+- Savelli-Lacoste, FRA corr 1993,1-0 17.Bb5 a6 18.Ba4 h6 19.Bd2± Van der Weide-Molinari, Dieren op , 2001,1-0 14...Bxf6 15.Rxd5 15.Nxd5 suggested by Rudy, & preferred by the Cloud Engines & players Qxe1 15...Qxa2 was what worried Wh in pm analysis because of a possible wandering Wh K, though Bl would not have contemplated going down this line. 16.Nxf6+ Kh8 16...Kg7 17.Qxe5 Kh8 needed to prevent mate 17.Qxe5 and Bl doesn.t even get the b pawn Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Rd8+ 19.Ke3!+- Komodo11 19.Bd3+- pmanaysis 15...Bg5+ 16.Kb1 16.f4 Qxe1 17.Rxe1 exf4= Rubino-Naudier, FRA ch op, Nancy 2013,1/2-1/2 16...Qc5 17.Qxe5 Bf5 18.Nf6+ Bxf6 19.Qxc5 Rfc8 20.Qf2 Rxc2 21.Qxc2 Rc8 22.Bd3+- Farkas-Lulic, Split op 2012, 1-0 15...Qd8 considered in pm analysis 16.h4 h5 17.Bc4± Djuric-Axionova, EU ch U12 girls, Rimavska Sobota 1996, 0-1 16.Nxf6+ Kg7 17.Nh5+ gxh5 18.Rxe1 f6 19.Bd3 19.Bc4 Bb7 20.Rd1+- Zeldin-Wern, Duesseldorf Nord Cup 2009,1-0 19...a5 20.Rd1± Oksienko-Punin, UKR ch U12, Kiev 1998,1/2-1/2 15...Qb4 Komodo11 15...Qc7 16.Rd3 Be6 17.Ne4 Bg7= Cancio Bello Ayes-Solis Luna, Pan-American women, Sao Paulo 2010, 1-0 16.Qe4 16.Rb5 Qd4 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.Rb4 Qd7 19.Kb1 Komodo11 16...Qe7= Bl has retained some attacking chances on the Q side for the gambitted pawn 16...Qb6= 17.Rb5 Bf5 18.Qb4 18.Qb7 Rac8 19.Qxe7 Bxe7 20.Ne4 Rfd8 21.c3 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Bg5+ 23.Kc2 Rd2+ 24.Kb3 Rd1= Komodo11 18...Qxb4 19.Rxb4 Rfc8 19...Bg5+ 20.Kb1 Rfd8 21.Bc4 Rd4 22.a3 a5 23.Ra4 Kg7= Komodo11; Bl has 2 Bs & the Wh pieces are still a little bit tangled 20.Ne4 Bxe4 20...Be7 21.Rb7 Kf8 22.Bb5 Rab8 23.Rxb8 Rxb8 24.Bc4 Rc8 25.Bd5 Bd7 26.Rd1 f5 27.Nf2 Bg5+ 28.Kb1 Ke7 29.Nd3 Kf6 Komodo11 21.fxe4± 21.Rxe4± 21...Bg5+ 22.Kb1 Rc5 23.Bc4 a5 24.Ra4 Rd8 25.Bd5 Kg7 26.c4 26.a3 26.h4 26...f5 27.Re1 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Rf1 Kg6 29.a3± Komodo11 resorts to Bl giving up an exchange here to get some play 27.h4 Be3 28.a3 Bd4 29.b4± Komodo11 27...fxe4 temporarily winning a pawn because of the backrank threat; however, with the opposite colour Bs, the Bl e pawns can make no further advance. Meanwhile Wh can get two connected passed pawns 28.a3 28.Rxe4? Rdxd5 29.cxd5 Rc1# 28.Bxe4 Rd4 29.b3 Rd2 30.a3± is possible, but Bl may be able to get some activity 28...e3 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 30.Ra7+ Kh6 31.axb4 30...Rcc8 again Komodo11 suggests Bl should give upan exchange to hold out longer 31.Ra7++- Kh8 32.b5 Rf8 33.b6 Rb8 34.b7 tying down the Bl pieces Bd8 35.c5 35.Kc2 Bb6 36.Ra8 Kg7 37.Rxb8 Rxb8 38.Rf1 Komodo11,cuts off the Bl K & prepares tomarch the Wh K up the board. However humans would mostly prefer to not to have to worry about an advanced e3 pawn 35...Bc7 36.Rxe3 Rfd8 37.Bf3 37.Rd3 Komodo11, who then sheds Bl's other e pawn to gain some space 37...Rd4 and Bl lost on time. However he will soon be reduced to zugzwang as Wh treatens to advance his K up the board 37...Rd2 38.Ra8 Kg7 39.c6 Kf7 40.Rxb8 Bxb8 41.Ra3 e4 42.Bxe4 Rd4 43.Ra8 Bxh2 44.Bf3+- Komodo11 37...Rd4 38.Re4 Komodo11 38.Ra8 considered in pm analysis Rdd8 39.Kc2 Kg7 40.Rd3 40.Kc3 Kf6 41.Kc4 Ke7 42.Kb5 Kd7 43.Bg4+ Ke7 44.Kc6+- 44.Bc8+- 40...Rd4 41.Be4 Kf7 42.Rxd4 exd4 43.g3 Ke6 44.Kd3 Be5 45.Bc6 Ke7 46.Bd5 Rf8 47.Rc8 Rf1 48.Be4 Rb1 49.c6 Rb3+ 50.Kc4 Rb2 51.c7+- most subsequent moves from Komodo11 38...Kg7 39.Kc2 Rdd8 40.Rh4 Rh8 41.Kc3 Rhf8 42.Kc4 Bd8 43.Re4 Bc7 44.Kb5 Rf7 45.Kc6 Kf6 46.Re3 e4 47.g3 h5 47...exf3 48.Rxf3+ Ke7 49.Rxf7+ Kxf7 50.Kxc7 48.Bxe4 Re7 49.Rf3+ Kg5 50.Rd3 Be5 51.Rd7 Rbe8 52.Ra8 Re6+ 53.Rd6 Bxd6 54.Rxe8 Rxe8 55.cxd6 Kf6 56.d7 Rd8 57.Bxg6+- Komodo11 1–0

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Durand Le Leduc,B	2172	Buttell,D	1913	1–0
Orton,P	1608	Van Kemenade,R	2040	0–1
Van Kemenade,J	1752	Narajan-Taylor,R	1468	1–0
Davis,W	1400	Francis,M	1756	0–1

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