I have entered a few international tournaments

[AlanLlewellyn]

I have entered the london classic superrapidplay
Nakamura won it and it had about 80 titled players involved including some super grandmasters like nakamura, i came 282 or so out of 412 it was in 2014 and i got 4/10.
i also entered the isle of man masters but did rather badly i will post my two games vs titled players there proper games.(see below)
i have been in the major open at the brits once and scored 3/11 and the welsh champs open major twice scoring 2/7 and 2.5/7

[AlanLlewellyn]

almira is a top rated woman grandmaster(ie WGM) and International master around 2429 fide[Event "Isle of Man International Masters"] [Site "Villa Marina, Douglas"] [Date "2014.10.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Skripchenko, Almira"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "1400"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2014.10.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IOM"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 $5 (7. Nbd2 $6 dxe5) 7... Qxd6 8. Nbd2 Bf5 $5 (8... Bg4 $2 9. Ne4) 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Re1 b5 11. a4 a5 $2 12. h3 $6 (12. Nh4 $1) 12... Nf4 $2 13. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Nd5 15. Qe2 {pinching the pawn doesnt work} (15. axb5 cxb5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxe7 Nc6) 15... Kh8 $4 {I didnt see that the rook could retreat to e6} (15... b4 $1 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rxe7 Nc6) 16. axb5 f5 17. Re6 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. bxc6 Rf6 20. g3 $1 Qc7 21. d5 $2 (21. Rxe7 Qxc6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe7+ Kh8 25. Qh7#) 21... Rxe6 22. Qxe6 Na6 23. Ng5 Bxb2 24. Qf7 e6 25. Rxa5 Qxf7 26. Nxf7+ Kg7 27. Rxa6 $3 Rxa6 28. c7 $1 Ra8 29. d6 $3 {What a beautiful finish to a game.} 1-0

[AlanLlewellyn]

Afek is an im and rated 2289 from israel and is a world famous problemist[Event "Isle of Man International Masters"] [Site "Villa Marina, Douglas"] [Date "2014.10.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Afek, Yochanan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "2289"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2014.10.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IOM"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 e5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nh5 8. f5 gxf5 9. Nxe5 $2 (9. O-O $11) 9... Bxe5 10. Bxh5 Qh4+ 11. Kf1 Be6 12. g3 $4 { Weakens the h3 square} Bxg3 $1 13. Qf3 $1 Be5 $2 (13... Be1 14. exf5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Bxf5 16. Qxe1 Bxd3+ 17. Be2 Qh3+ 18. Kf2 Qf5+ 19. Kg1 Rg8+ 20. Qg3 Rxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Qd3 {and Black is nearly won}) 14. exf5 Nd4 $1 15. Qxb7 $4 {It looked good at the time} Bxf5 $3 {of course he plays the winning move here} 16. Qxa8+ Kd7 17. Qxa7 Bh3+ {I resigned here as 18.Kg1 Rg8+ 19.Bg5 Rxg5+ 20.Bg4 Rxg4 is mate but he has the even simpler 18...Qe1+#.} 0-1

[AlanLlewellyn]

if you think the play i too good from me and that i cheated they frisked me before i left with xrays and a fluxometer

[John Upham]

if you think the play i too good from me and that i cheated they frisked me before i left with xrays and a fluxometer

Was the Fluxometer used by Dr. Emmett Brown or possibly Dr. Peter Venkman?

[AlanLlewellyn]

I dont get the joke John Upham, flux is a term used in physics and i assumed the wand used to detect devices used flux measuring equipment which will detect any possible electronic possibility ever of the use of a device, even if its switched off now. I have a degree in physics.

[Joey Stewart]

You have never seen back to the future or Ghostbusters? Pretty well known films, I thought, you should definitely treat yourself to a viewing sometime.

[AlanLlewellyn]

Joey yes and they are good films but these days i only watch films with chess or dark stars in

[John Upham]

Joey yes and they are good films but these days i only watch films with chess or dark stars in

What did you think of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(film) ?

[AlanLlewellyn]

Joey yes and they are good films but these days i only watch films with chess or dark stars in

What did you think of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(film) ?

its ok but i meant death star as known as the star wars films.

[J T Melsom]

Dark Star brewery produce excellent beers. The brewery is now owned by Fullers which means Hophead is more widely available, but I accept not yet in Barrow.

[Joey Stewart]

Sounds interesting, I'll have to look out for them. Good ales are getting harder to come by these days - loads of breweries are wrecking them by putting far too much acidic flavours which I find completely ruins the taste - pubs already supplied cut lemon for 'those types' that just can't make their drink bitter enough, we don't need it pervading everything!

[AlanLlewellyn]

I dont drink appart from coca cola water coffee and milk, ie no alcohol whatsoever and when i used to drink only occasionally i used to drink cider, vodka and orange and argentinian wine

[AlanLlewellyn]

oh and neat orange juice