Games
[Event "54th Rhyl major"]
[Site "Rhyl"]
[Date "2023.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gawne, Martin P"]
[Black "Matthew, Ian G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1645"]
[Annotator "cap78"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2023.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 $6 {Gives up the
centre} (6... e6 {The book line}) 7. Qa4 e6 8. Ne5 Bb4+ $6 $14 (8... Bxe2 $11)
9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O $2 $16 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g4 $2 $11 {where does the
King have safety now, in the actual game it doesnt matter.} Bg6 13. Qxc6 Qd5
14. Bf3 $1 Be4 $4 $18 15. Nxe4 $3 {If 15...Qxc6 16 Nxf6+! gxf6 17 Bxc6, there
is no way not to lose a piece so Ian esigns there} 1-0
[Event "54th Rhyl major"]
[Site "Rhyl"]
[Date "2023.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fox, Gary"]
[Black "Gawne, Martin P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[Annotator "cap78"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
1. d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. c3 f5 7. e4 fxe4 8. Nxe4
d5 9. Bg5 $2 $17 Ne7 $1 10. Ng3 e4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be6 14.
Qe2 Bf7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. O-O-O $2 $19 Bxa2 17. Bc4+ Bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Ned5 19. h4
Qd6 20. g4 Rae8 21. h5 Ne4 22. Be3 Nxf2 23. Bxf2 Rxf2 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nd3
Rff8 26. Nb4 c6 27. Nd3 Qe7 28. Rde1 Qg5+ 29. Kb1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxg4 {The
piece up paid dividends for Martin} 0-1
[Event "54th Rhyl major"]
[Site "Rhyl"]
[Date "2023.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gawne, Martin P"]
[Black "Fearnhead, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[Annotator "cap78"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Bxf5 exf5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. Qf3 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nxe4
(14. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd5 $11) 14... fxe4 15. Qf6 Qxf6 16. Bxf6 Rac8 17. c3
Rc6 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. g3 Kg7 (21... Rxc3 22. Rxd5 $11
) 22. Rac1 Kf6 23. Rc2 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxd5 Ke6 26. Rd4 f5 27. Rd2 h5
28. h4 b5 29. Kf1 a5 30. Ke2 Rc5 31. Rd4 Rc2+ 32. Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 {Ben is a
very strong player with a high reputation- To get a draw there speaks volumes
for where Martin is at.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "54th Rhyl major"]
[Site "Rhyl"]
[Date "2023.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Parri, Deio"]
[Black "Gawne, Martin P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[Annotator "cap78"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2
f5 9. f4 Bh6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. h3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. g4 Bg7 14. O-O-O Rf7 $2
$14 (14... b5 $3 15. Nxb5 Ba6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bd4 Nc8 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Nec3
Bxb5 20. cxb5 Bf4+ 21. Kb1 e3 $14) 15. Nxe4 Qe8 16. Rdf1 $2 $11 Qa4 $2 $14 (
16... exf4 $11) 17. b3 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 a5 $2 $18 {Martins opponent has played the
game masterfully and the move a5 may look inviting but it is over optimistic.}
19. N2c3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd7 22. Bg5 a4 $4 $18 {Desperation} 23.
Bxe7 axb3 24. Bf6 bxa2+ 25. Ka1 Qb4 26. Qd4 {I know how Martin felt at this
point, his opponent has played brilliantly and its a lost position a piece
down, but still the computer says Martin is actually only 3 pawns down so a
resignation seems premature but i am 100% sure Deio would have gone on to win
so Marti is justified but maybe unlucky to meet someone of that high standard
in a major.} 1-0
[Event "54th Rhyl major"]
[Site "Rhyl"]
[Date "2023.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clark, James"]
[Black "Gawne, Martin P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[Annotator "cap78"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 e6 10. Ne2 h4 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nf5 14. d5 $2 $17 cxd5
15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bb5+ Nd7 (17... Ke7 $1 18. Bb4 Qb6 19. Qa3 (19.
Bd3 $4 Qxb4+ $19) 19... Qxb5 20. Bxc5+ Kd7 $17) 18. Bd3 Nc5 {I guess Martin
wanted to go home at this point as he had nothing to gain by pushing for the
win which I'm sure he would have done in this position earlier in the
tournament.} 1/2-1/2