Friday, 6 November 2020

Another Online League

With the Welsh Chess Online League having made a successful start, Aber is now involved in another such contest, the online version of the Dyfed League. Time limits and rules are the same, as for the national competition. Our first match, on Tuesday 3rd November, was against old rivals Cardigan, who as usual fielded a strong team, though sadly missing Dyfed League Director Iolo Jones, who is ill. On top board Rudy van Kemenade's King's Indian Attack against Howard Williams's Sicilian led to a sharp position with both kings exposed. Howard declined Rudy's pawn sacrifice, wisely as it turned out, and the complications eventually ended in a draw. (This game has now been updated to include Rudy's latest annotations.) My Dutch worked out well against Ben Brewer, whose premature attack left him behind in development, and the game ended abruptly when he missed a tactic that lost him his queen. Julie van Kemenade's Veresov left her position rather congested against R. Gareth Williams, and his minor pieces, two collaborating bishops and a well supported knight, were powerfully posted, leading to a win of material and a decisive attack. Tom Gunn's early retreat of his pinning bishop in a Nimzo-Indian seemed a passive approach, and his position, too, looked cramped, but he maintained equality till quite late in the game, when the weak squares around his king allowed Joshua Brewer to break through with a kingside attack. 2½-1½ is not a bad first result for Aber, considering we were outgraded on every board.

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1.e4 Barcud9 c5 Efnisien2 2.Nf3 e6 B40 Sicilian Defense: French Variation 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 4...g6 5.Bg5 Gawain Jones Qc7 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.c3 e5 8.0-0 d6 9.Na3 Be6 10.d4 Van Kemenade-Williams, Dyfed League 2018,0-1; Wh got a good position, but failed to find the tactics the Engines located. 5.Qe2 5.Nbd2 main 5...Nge7 5...Nf6 6.Bg2 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.c3 8.e5 alternative 8...b6 8...0-0 main 9.a4 attempts to get a N to b5, but is a little slow- Gawain Jones 2011 prefers, in comparable positions 9.Na3 9.e5 main 9.Re1 next 9...Ba6 9...h6 10.Na3 0-0 11.e5 a6 12.h4 Rb8 13.Bf4 Djukic-Jovicevic, YUG ch , Nis 1996, draw agreed 9...d4 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Na3 0-0 12.Bd2 a5 13.Rfc1 e5 14.Nc4 Rb8 Abrahams-Merriman,Lonon Classic op 2015,0-1 10.e5 h6 10...d4 11.c4 Bb7 12.Na3 h6 13.Nb5 Fedorov-Mahjoob, Dubai op 2004,1-0 11.h4 Qd7 11...Qc7 is where this Q normally goes to 12.Re1 transposes to 25 games; eg g5 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Ng6 15.Na3 Ncxe5 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Qf3 f6 19.Rxe5 Sjugirov-Mista, World Open ICC, aug 2020,1-0 12.Bf4 12.Nbd2 g5 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Nxg5 Nxe5 15.c4 Bb7 16.Ndf3 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 Nc6 18.Bf4 0-0-0-+ 19.a5 bxa5= Horvath-Kiss,Koszeg IM 1996,1-0 19...e5-+ 12.Na3 both moves considered by Wh Na5 13.Qd1 c4 14.dxc4 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Bxc4 16.Re1 Nc6 17.b3 Ba6 18.Ba3+- Kristiansen-Kalegin, EU ch Seniors 65+ Rhodes 2019,1-0 12...g5 13.hxg5 Ng6 14.Re1 14.Nbd2= 14.a5= both Stockfish12 14...hxg5 14...Nxf4 15.gxf4 hxg5 16.fxg5 0-0-0= Stockfish12 15.Bxg5 Ngxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.c4 17.Rd1= Stockfish12 17...Bb7 17...dxc4 Stockfish12- Wh was concerned this might work for Bl 18.Bxa8 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Qe4 Nf3+ 21.Kf1 Qxe4 22.Rxe4 Nxg5 23.Rh4 cxd3 24.Nd2 0-0 25.Rd1= Stockfish12- not that it is level, but that both sides have chances 18.Nc3 after a pause for thought- at this stage Wh was about 25 minutes ahead on time 18.f4 looked promising, but worries about exposing the Wh K rather than the Bl K. Nc6 18...Nxd3 is the Stockfish12 refutation 19.Qxd3 Bd4+ 20.Kf1 dxc4 21.Qc2 Rh2 and Wh is in terrible trouble 22.Re2 Bxg2+ 23.Rxg2 Rh1+ 24.Ke2 Qc6 and the Wh position falls apart# 19.cxd5 Nd4 20.Qe4 Nc2 and this looked unclear. 21.Nc3 21.dxe6 turns out to be no threat as taking with the pawn, threats against d7 & b7, releases a square for the Q to escape. Qd4+-+ 21...Nxa1 22.Rxa1 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qxd5-+ there is not enough for the exchange 18...dxc4 19.dxc4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qc6+ 21.Qe4 0-0 21...Qxe4+ 22.Rxe4 22.Nxe4 looked at by Bl Nxc4 23.Rab1 23.Nf6+ Ke7 given by Howard's older Fritz 23...Bxf6 24.Bxf6 Rh6 25.Rh1 Rxh1 26.Rxh1 Kd7 Stockfish12 23...Bd4 24.b3= 22...0-0= 22...Rh5 23.f4 Ng4 24.Kf3 Rh2 25.Re2 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rxe2 27.Kxe2 f5 28.Rd1= Stockfish12 22.f4± 22.Rh1 interesting, but Qxe4+ 23.Nxe4 f6 24.Bd2 Nxc4 25.Bc3 Rad8 26.a5= Stockfish12 22...Qxe4+ 23.Nxe4 Ng4 23...Nxc4 expected by some spectators 24.Rac1! Stockfish12 24.Nf6+ intended by Wh and avoided by Bl Bxf6 25.Bxf6 Kh7 26.g4 Kg6 27.g5 and now Stockfish12 claims that Bl must return the exchange Rad8= 24...Na5 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.Bxf6 Kh7 27.Re5 the reason for driving the N away 27.g4 Kg6 28.g5 Nc6 28...Rad8 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Rh1± 29.Kg3 Rae8 30.Kg4 Ne7 31.Rh1 Ng8 32.Bc3 Rd8 33.Rh5 Rd3 34.Rch1 f5+ 35.Kh4 Rf3 36.Be5 Rd8= Stockfish12- looks a logical sequence 27...Kg6 28.Be7 f6 29.Rxe6 Rf7 30.Rce1± 23...Nd3 worried Wh a little when we got to this position, but then 24.Re3 Nb4 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.Bxf6 Kh7 27.Re5 Kg6 28.Be7 f6 29.Rxe6 Nc2 30.Rh1 Kf5 31.Rd6± Stockfish12- Bl seems to survive the worst 24.Re2 24.Kf3 looked at Nh2+ 25.Kg2 Ng4 repetition 24.Kh3!+- Stockfish12 Nh6 24...f5 25.Nd6+- either e6 or an exchange goes 24...Bxb2 25.Ra2 Bd4 26.Rae2 26.Kxg4 f5+ 27.Kf3 fxe4+ 28.Rxe4 Kf7 29.Rae2± 26...Rae8 27.Nd6 Nf2+ 28.Kg2+- 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 25...Kh8 26.Rad1 Ng8 27.Nd7 Rfc8 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Kg7 30.Re4 Stockfish12- the Bl pieces have been driven into passivity 26.Bxf6 Kh7 27.g4 Kg6 28.Bc3 28.g5 Ng8 29.Bc3 Rad8 is less clear 28...Rad8 29.Rad1 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 f5 31.g5 Nf7 32.Rd7+- Stockfish12 e5 33.Bxe5 Nxe5 34.Rd6+ 34.fxe5 Kxg5= 34...Kg7 35.fxe5 Re8 36.Kg3 Rxe5 37.Kf4 Re2 38.Kxf5 Rf2+ 39.Ke5 Rxb2 40.Rd7+ Kg6 41.Rxa7 Kxg5 42.a5+- leads to a R P ending where the Bl K is cut off from the Q side 24...f6 25.Bh4 25.Kf3 fxg5 26.Kxg4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Bh6 28.Ng5± Stockfish12 25...Rad8 26.a5 26.Kh3 Nh6 27.a5 Nf5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Ra6 Nd4 30.Rg2 Rb8 31.g4 Stockfish12 26...Rd3 26...Rd4= 27.axb6 27.Ra3 27...axb6 28.Nf2 Nxf2 29.Kxf2 e5 29...f5= Stockfish12 30.f5 Stockfish12 30.fxe5 fxe5+ 31.Kg2= 30...Rfd8 31.Ra6 Rb3 31...R8d4 32.Rxb6 Rxc4 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Rb7 Kh6= Stockfish12 32.Ra7 32.Rxe5 worth a try? Rxb2+ 32...fxe5 33.Bxd8 e4 34.Rxb6+- 33.Kf3 Rd3+ 34.Re3 Rxe3+ 35.Kxe3 Rc2= Stockfish12 32...Rd4 33.Ra8+ Kf7 33...Kh7 34.Ra7 Kh6 35.Rc2= 34.Ra7+ Kg8 35.Ra8+ Kf7 36.Ra7+ Kg8 Normal The game is a draw. ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBRes
Van Kemenade,R1999Williams,A2340½–½
Brewer,B1679Francis,M16480–1
Van Kemenade,J1641Williams,R16430–1
Brewer,J1481Gunn,T13981–0

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