Sunday, 5 December 2021

Respectable

Fears that Aberystwyth would be totally outclassed by the very strong teams in the Open Section of the Welsh Chess Union Online League haven't materialized in the matches so far. After our excellent win the previous week, we put up a fighting performance against White Knights on Thursday 25 November. Rudy van Kemenade's King's Indian Attack against Alan Young led to a blocked position in which the White pieces were getting in each other's way. Black had the initiative but couldn't find a way through with time getting short and settled for a draw by repetition. Adam Watkin-Jones played rather passively against Allan Pleasants in another hypermodern-type opening, and was soon tied down to the defence of his queenside against White's advancing pawns, resigning when the attack broke through. I took advantage of Adam May's vulnerable kingside with an unexpected tactic in a Caro-Kann Two Knights; there was only a draw there with best defence, but he didn't find the right moves and his position collapsed. Tom Gunn was comfortable in a Queen's Indian against Thomasz Miga till he allowed White's previously blocked central pawns to roll forward, when they proved to be unstoppable without material loss. A 2½-1½ defeat was a respectable result for Aber.

Playing for Cardigan against Peter Smith of De La Beche Rooks, Aberystwyth's Sam Holman managed to win his opponent's queen in a King's Indian Defence, but by that time White's attack in the centre and on the kingside was overwhelming, and mate soon followed.

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1.Nf3 1.f4 d5 Van Kemenade-Young, 0. 5-1.5 1...d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.0-0 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4 the central swap is anodyne for Wh in the King's Indian, and here the KID player has an extra move. Though, as an e4 player, Alan has not faced a full King's Indian Defence before Bg4 7...Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Nd4 8...Bg4 9.c3 and it is possible for Wh to exploit the holes on d5 and f5 before Bl's K B can get active, 64% for Wh 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.c3 2 Wh wins, 4 draws 8.c3 Be7 9.h3 9.Nbd2 9...Bh5 10.Qe2 0-0 11.Rd1 11.Nbd2 Qc7 5-3-2 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 is better than Wh got later- 2.5-0.5 11...Qc7 12.Na3 a6 13.Nc4 Rad8 14.Rxd8 14.Bg5± KomodoDragon2 14...Rxd8 15.g4 15.a4 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Ne3 c4 17...Nxe4 18.Qxb5+- 18.Nf5 Bg6 19.N3h4 Bc5 20.Bg5 Ne7 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.Bf3 Rd3= KomodoDragon2 15...Bg6 16.Nfd2 Qd7 17.Bf1 too defensive- Wh wished to preserve Qs for a K side attack, but the Wh pieces now get in each other's way 17.a4 Qd3 18.Qxd3 Rxd3 19.Bf1 Rd8 20.f3± KomodoDragon2 17.Ne3 Na5 17...Qd3 18.Qxd3 Rxd3 19.Bf1 Rd8 20.f3 Nd7 21.a4± KomodoDragon2 17...b5 18.Na3 18.Nb6 Qc7 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Rxd5 21.Bg2 Rd3 22.Ne4 c4 18...c4 19.Nc2 h6 19...h5-+ KomodoDragon2 20.f3 20.a4 liberates the R 20...Nh7 threatening to invade on f4 20...Bc5+ 21.Kh1 h5 KomodoDragon2 21.Ne3 Nf6 21...Ng5-+ 22.Nd5 is no real threat Bc5+ 23.Kh1 Ne7-+ 21...Bc5 22.Kh1 Ng5 transposes 22.Kh1 22.b4 22...Bc5 23.Nf5 23.a4 23.Bg2 23...Bxf5 24.exf5 e4 opening up the position for Bl's better developed pieces 25.Nxe4 25.fxe4 Re8 26.b3 26.Bg2 Ne5 Wh's pieces are very badly placed 26...Nd4! 27.Qg2 Nc2 28.Rb1 Ne3 29.Qf3 Nxf1 30.Nxf1 Nxe4 31.Be3 Bxe3 32.Qxe3 cxb3 33.axb3 Ng5-+ Wh's position is just too porous 25...Nxe4 26.fxe4 26.Qxe4 Re8 27.Qc2 Re1-+ 26...Qd1 Bl was happy to play this 27.b4 Be3 the B becomes a target here 27...Be7 28.a4 Bf6 29.Qxd1 Rxd1 30.Bb2 Rd2 31.Bc1 Rc2 32.axb5 axb5 33.Bxh6 Bxc3 34.Ra8+ Kh7 35.Be3 Bxb4-+ 28.Qxd1 Rxd1 29.Bb2 29.Bxe3 gets 2Bs for R&N, which often can hold- but here the Bs , especially the wh one, are passive Rxa1 30.Kg2 Rxa2+ 31.Kf3 Rc2-+ 29...Rd2 29...Rd8! KomodoDragon2 30.Bc1 Bxc1 31.Rxc1 Rd2 32.a4 bxa4 33.Ra1 Ne5 34.Bg2 Rc2 35.Ra3 f6-+ is a very dispiriting position for Wh to defend 36.Kh2 Kf8 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.Bf3 Rd2 39.Bg2 Kd8 40.Bf1 Rc2 41.Rxa4 maybe Rxc3+ 42.Kf2 Rb3 43.Rxa6 c3 44.Ra8+ Kc7 45.Ra7+ Kb6 46.Ra6+ Kb7 47.Ra1 Nc6 Wh's B is close to useless 30.Bc1 Rd1 31.Bb2 Rd2 31...Rd8 though Bl was running short of time, so went for the repetition 32.Bc1 Rd1 Normal ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBRes
Van Kemenade,R1999Young,A2144½–½
Pleasants,A2088Watkin-Jones,A19181–0
Francis,M1648May,A20041–0
Miga,T1815Gunn,T13981–0
Smith,P1485Holman,S13861–0
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