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This game was played in the first round of a tournament called Maximum ! at Chess.com. The tournament is currently on its second round. So far it has lasted over 3 years and it will likely last many more months. I played on group 4 and I was 5th in the final standings of the group with 13.5 points. It meant that I did not advance to the second round. My opponent in this game, ArcaniusDK, was on last place in the final standings of the group and alas could not get any points. Maybe the most important moment of this game was seen when my opponent played 9.h3.
It would have been a good idea to get the king out of the center with 9.O-O.
The move 9.h3 weakened the pawn on g3 and it would have allowed me to play Nh5 and attack the pawn on g3 and maybe invited the move Kf2 in reply. That being said, it probably was not the correct move to make. 9...c4 is the engine's recommendation at depth 32 and Black should have a winning advantage. I played 9...b6 in the game, which was a good move, but not even close to being the strongest option. I made an inaccurate move on move 11 that gave my opponent better chances to hold the game.
11...Nh5 was a move that I needed to play.
ArcaniusDK then played the obvious and best move 12.Kh2, which protected the pawn on h3 in a sufficient way. Then I moved my pawn to d4 and my opponent replied with 13.e4. The move was a bit inaccurate, but nowhere close to being the losing move. However, after I took on e3 with my pawn, ArcaniusDK resigned, which was a bit premature in my opinion.
This is a rather old game, played over six years ago at Chess.com. At that time I was still creating open challenges and this is one of them. The game went wrong for me on move 11 when I moved my bishop to d7, which was passive and I should have gone for the aggressive square g4.
The best square for the bishop is g4.
Armenia123 found the strongest reply 12.dxe4 and then I made the game losing blunder 12...Nxe4. A better alternative for me was 12...d4, but even then I would have been in serious trouble. The move 12...Nxe4 is a horrible move because it loses a piece by force. Had I not moved my bishop to d7 and ruined the connection between the queen and the bishop on d6, then the move Nxe4 would have been a playable option. The game ended with the moves 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxd6.
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1.g3
A00 Hungarian Openingd52.Bg2Nf63.Nf3c54.0-0Nc6A08 King's Indian
Attack5.b3e56.Bb2Bd67.d37.c4d48.e30-09.exd4cxd410.d3h611.Re1Bf512.a3a513.Qc2Nd714.Nbd2Nc515.Ne4Bxe416.dxe4Qb617.Nd21/2-1/2 (17) Aleksic,N (2417) -Pegorari,P (2380) Cutro 20017...0-08.Nbd2LiveBook: 9 Games. Black is slightly better.Bf5N8...Re89.e4d410.a4h611.Nc4Be612.Nfd2Bg413.f3Bh514.Qe1Nb415.Qd1g516.Rf2Qe717.Nxd6Qxd618.Nc4Qe719.Qd2Nd720.f4f621.Raf1Rf822.Bh3Nc623.Bf5Kg7Macedo,A (1825)-Veiga,E (2082) Natal
2016 1-0 (45)8...Bg49.e4d410.h3Bxf311.Nxf3b512.a4a613.Nh4Re814.Nf5Bf815.g4c416.bxc4bxc417.Ba3Bxa318.Rxa3c319.g5Nd720.Qg4Nf821.h4Nb422.Rb3a523.f4Kazarian,A (2162)-Paulet,I (2272)
Amstelveen 2017 0-1 (37)8...h69.c4d410.Ne1Be611.Ne4Nxe412.dxe4Rb813.Nd3Qe714.f4b515.f5Bxc416.Rc1Bxd317.exd3f618.Bf3a519.Bh5Rfc820.Rb1Nb421.a3Na622.Qd2Qd823.Rfc1Romano,J (1911)-Ruiz,C
Buenos Aires 2003 0-19.e3Re810.a3e410...Qd711.Nh4
The game I am sharing today was played in a team match called Khamûl the Nazgûl at Chess.com. It was played on 17 boards between Lord Of The Rings and Cafe Jasmin - Open 24/7. I played on board 3 for Lord Of The Rings and I was able to win both of my games against my lower rated opponent. Lord Of The Rings was able to win the match with a score of 24.5 - 9.5. The first sign of trouble for nikdelhossein was when my opponent played 7.O-O. Unfortunately I did not find the move 7...Nxe5, which would have given me the initiative. The game might have continued 8.dxe5 Ng4 and now 9.f4 should not be played in view of very nasty move Qb6+. Therefore the move 9.e4 is much better.
Better moves for nikdelhossein were 7.Nxd7 and 7.f4.
I simply castled in the game, which should not have posed problems for my opponent, but nikdelhossein took another wrong turn with the move 8.a4. It was a better idea to just play 8.f4, so that if I were to take on e5, my opponent could take back with the f-pawn. I then took on e5 and when my opponent took back, I retreated with my knight to d7, which was not at all the correct idea. I needed to play 9...Ng4 in order to seize the advantage. My knight retreat equalized the position, but things started to go wrong again for nikdelhossein with the move 11.e6.
In order to keep the equality, nikdelhossein should have played either 11.e4 or 11.exf6.
Moving the pawn to e6 loses the pawn by force, there is no way to protect the pawn sufficiently and therefore nikdelhossein should have gone for the counterattack with 12.e4 in reply to 11...Nc5. My opponent played 12.b4 instead and allowed me to take the pawn on e6 without any real resistance. I was not able to keep my advantage for a long time, since already with my 13th move d4, I threw most of my advantage away. Nikdelhossein should have played 14.Ne2 in order to take advantage of my mistake, but my opponent chose to play 14.exd4 instead and I replied by taking the pawn on d4 with my queen.
Moves like 13...f5 and 13...Nc7 are better than what I did in the game.
It forced the queen trade and everything seemed to go my way. For a few moves I was able to indeed play quite good moves, but then on move 20 I made a huge blunder cxb5. It would have allowed the knight to jump to d5 and my opponent would have had able counterplay for the lost material. Luckily for me, nikdelhossein played 21.Bxd6, which was much more easily dealt with than 21.Nd5 would have been. Up to the move 25.Kf1 I was on a clearly better side of the board, but then I played 25...a6 and the game was closer to a draw than one of the players winning the game again.
The move that Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT suggests here is 25...Rd7 at depth 37.
I played 25...a6, so that I could move my rook from a8, but alas it allowed the knight fork at c7, and my opponent could have won the pawn back from d5. For some reason nikdelhossein did not want to take back material, but moved the knight to e6 after Rac8. Both moves should be playable, but I would have gone for the material had I been the one controlling the white pieces. The game went downhill again for my opponent when nikdelhossein played 28.Nxg7.
The only decent move for my opponent seems to be 28.Ng5+.
A few moves later I messed up again and moved my king to f6 on move 31. I moved my king to f6 in order to protect my d-pawn. The problem with my move was that nikdelhossein could have replied with 32.Rb4 and the pressure against my b-pawn makes my progress in the position really difficult and my opponent does have enough compensation for the material at that point.
My best chance to get a clear advantage was to play 31...b6, according to the engine at depth 38.
Nikdelhossein played 32.c4 in the game, which was the first of two consecutive blunders that my opponent made and caused my opponent's loss. For some reason the engine likes the move 32...Ke7 in reply and considers the position to be won for me. To me, it seemed more logical to go to e6 with the king and support the d-pawn. Then my opponent exchanged pawns, which was my opponent's final mistake, from which there was no coming back. My opponent continued the resistance up to the move 53...h3, after which nikdelhossein resigned.
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1.d4Nf62.Nf3d53.Nc3g6D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines4.Ne5Bg75.g35.h4h56.Bf4c57.Qd2Qa58.0-0-0cxd49.Qxd40-010.f3Be611.Qa4Qc512.Qb5Qc813.e3a614.Qb4Re815.Na4Nc616.Qa3Nxe517.Bxe5Nd718.Bxg7Kxg719.Qc3+Qxc3Ryba,A (2149)-Joshi,S (2387) Parsippany 2011 1/2-1/2 (35)5...Nbd7N5...b66.Bg2Bb77.0-0Nbd78.Bf40-09.Qd2e610.Bg5Qc811.Bh6a612.a4c513.Bxg7Kxg714.Nxd7Qxd715.Qe3Qd616.Rfd1Rac817.h3Qb818.a5cxd419.Rxd4b520.Rh4Radnoti,B (2275)-Rezsek,G Hungary 1991
1/2-1/25...c56.Bg2cxd47.Qxd4Nfd78.f4Nxe59.fxe5e610.e40-011.exd5Nc612.Qc5Nxe513.d6b614.Qc7Ba615.Qxd8Raxd816.Bg5f617.Bf4Rxd618.Bxe5fxe519.Ne4Rd420.c3Campos,J (2255) -Bronstein,L (2390)
Buenos Aires 1990 0-16.Bg2c6Covers b57.0-07.f4a5=7...0-07...Nxe58.dxe5Ng49.e48.a48.f4!?=is an interesting
idea8...Nxe59.dxe5Nd79...Ng4!?10.f4=f611.e611.e4!?is interestingdxe412.exf6Qb6+13.Kh1Nxf614.Qe2=11...Nc512.b412.e4Nxe413.Nxe4dxe414.Bxe4f512...Nxe613.e3d413...f514.Qe114.exd414.Ne2!?must definitely be
considered14...Qxd4+15.Qxd4Nxd416.Be416.Rf2Bf517.Ra2Be616...Bf516...f5!?17.Bd3Nxc218.Bxc2Bxc319.Bb3+Kg720.Rb1-+17.Bxf5Nxf518.Re118.Ne4Rfd818...Kf718...Nd419.Rxe7Nxc219.Ba3?19.Ra2a520.Ne4axb4-+19...Nd619...Nd4keeps an even firmer grip20.Rec1f5-+20.b5cxb520...f5!?21.Bxd6exd6-+21.Bxd621.Nd5!?is worthy of considerationRfe822.Bxd6exd623.Rxe8Rxe824.axb5=21...exd622.Nxb5Rfd823.Rad1d524.Re2f525.Kf1a6Black threatens to win material: a6xb525...Rd7!?26.Nc7White threatens to win material: Nc7xa8. White forks: a8+d5Rac8Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc727.Ne6White threatens to win
material: Ne6xd8Rd728.Nxg728.Ng5+!?is an interesting alternativeKg829.Rde128...Kxg729.Rd429.Red2b629...Rc430.Red2Rxd431.Rxd4Kf631...b632.c4?32.Rb4!?=has some apparent
merit32...Ke632...Ke733.cxd5+??solves nothing33.a533...Rxd5-+34.Rb434.Rc4doesn't do any goodb535.axb5axb5-+34...b535.axb5axb536.Ke2Kd637.Ke337.Rb2otherwise it's
curtains at onceKc538.Rc2+Kb639.Rb2-+37...Kc538.Rb338.Rb1
the last chance for counterplayb439.h3-+38...Kc439.Ra339.Rb1
hoping against hopeRd3+40.Ke2-+39...b440.Ra7Kc340...b341.Rb7Rb542.Rc7+Kb443.Rc1b244.Rd1Kc345.Rd3+Kc446.Rd4+Kc547.Rd1b1Q48.Rxb1Rxb149.Ke2Kd450.h3Rb2+51.Kd1Kd352.Ke1h653.g4h554.h4hxg455.h5gxh556.Kf1g357.Kg1h458.Kf1h359.Ke1Rb1#41.Rxh7Rc542.Rb742.Rg7does not save the dayRc643.Rd7b344.Rd3+Kc245.Rd2+Kc146.Rd4b247.Rb4b1Q48.Rxb1+Kxb149.Kd4Re650.Kd3Re151.h3Rg152.Kd4Rxg353.h4Kc254.Ke5Kd355.Kd6Ke456.Kc5Rf357.Kc6Rxf458.h5gxh559.Kc5h460.Kc6Rf261.Kb5h362.Kc5h263.Kd6h1Q64.Kc6Rc2+65.Kd7Qh7+66.Kd6Qc7+67.Ke6Rc6#42...b343.Rd743.g4does not solve
anythingRc444.gxf5gxf545.Rd7Re4+46.Kf3b247.Rd1Ra448.Rb1Ra149.Rxb2Kxb250.Kg3Kc351.Kf2Ra652.Kg3Rh653.Kg2Kd354.Kg3Rh755.Kg2Ke256.Kg3Kf157.h3Rh558.h4Ke259.Kg2Rxh460.Kg3Rg4+61.Kh2Kf262.Kh3Rxf463.Kh2Rh4#43...b244.Rb7Kc245.Kd4Rc645...Rc346.Rxb2+Kxb247.Ke5Rc648.Kd4Re649.Kd5Re250.h3Rh251.g4Rxh352.gxf5Rh553.Ke5Rxf5+54.Ke4Kc255.Ke3Kc356.Ke4Kd257.Kd4Rxf4+58.Ke5g559.Ke6g460.Kd5g361.Ke6Ke362.Kd5g263.Ke6g1Q64.Ke5Qg5+65.Ke6Rf6+66.Ke7Qg7+67.Ke8Rf8#46.Kd5Ra647.Ke547.Rc7+a fruitless try to
alter the course of the gameKb148.h3Ka149.Rb7b1Q50.Rxb1+Kxb151.Ke5Ra352.g4Rxh353.g5Ra354.Kf6Ra6+55.Ke5Kc256.Kd4Kd257.Kc5Ra458.Kd6Rxf459.Kc5Ke360.Kd6Re461.Kc5f462.Kd6f363.Kc5f264.Kd6f1Q65.Kc6Qa6+66.Kd7Rh467.Ke8Rh768.Kf8Qa8#47...b1Q48.Rxb1Kxb149.h449.Kd4is not much helpKc250.h3Re651.Kd5Re352.g4Rxh353.gxf5Rh554.Kd4Rxf555.Ke3Kc356.Ke4Kd257.Kd4Rxf4+58.Ke5g559.Ke6Kc360.Kd5Rf161.Ke6g462.Kd5g363.Ke6g264.Kd5g1Q65.Ke6Qg6+66.Kd5Rf5+67.Ke4Qe6#49...Ra350.h550.Ke6hardly improves anythingRxg351.Ke5Rg452.Kf6Kc253.Ke5Rxh454.Kf6Rxf455.Kxg6Rf156.Kg5Kd357.Kf6f458.Ke5Ke359.Kf6f360.Ke5f261.Kf6Rb162.Ke5f1Q63.Ke6Qa6+64.Kd5Rb5+65.Kc4Qc6#50...gxh551.Kxf5Rxg352.Ke452.Kf6
does not help muchh453.f5h354.Ke5h255.f6h1Q56.f7Qh5+57.Kd6Qxf758.Kc5Rg5+59.Kd4Qf4+60.Kd3Rg261.Kc3Rg3#52...h453.f5h353...h354.f6h255.Kf4Rd356.f7h1Q57.f8QQf1+58.Ke4Qe2+59.Kf5Rf3+60.Kg6Qg2+61.Kh7Rxf862.Kh6Rh8#0–1
This was played in a team match called TMCL 2016 Sub-Div. WL1 R3. It was played between Battle For Victory and TribaL KnighTs on 100 boards. I played on board 52 for Battle For Victory and won both my games on time. We were able to win the match with a score of 142 - 58. The only critical position in this game came after my 9th move Re8. In that position Zalan10 played 10.e5, which started the downhill from which my opponent could not recover from.
10.Qc2 was a better move for Zalan10. Other playable options were 10.Qb3, 10.Bd3 and 10.Be2, for example.
The most accurate move in reply would have been 10...Bxf3, according to the engine at depth 30. Both the game continuation and the move suggested wins a pawn, but the game continuation resulted in more exchanges than the move 10...Bxf3 would have. Zalan10's 16th move Rc1 was the final nail in the coffin and the game ended quickly after that.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.d4exd44.Bc4Be75.c3d66.cxd4Nf67.Nc3C50
Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo0-08.h4N8.h3Nxe48...h69.0-0Re810.Bf4Nxe411.Qb3Nxc312.Bxf7+Kf813.Bxe8Ne2+14.Kh1Qxe815.Be3Qh516.Rfe1Bxh317.Nh2Nexd418.Bxd4Nxd419.Qxb7Re820.gxh3Nc221.Qxc7Nxa122.Rxa1Qxh323.Qxa7Nouri,A (1506)-Darsalia,N Batumi 2016 1/2-1/2
9.Nxe4d510.Bd3dxe411.Bxe4Bb4+12.Kf1Qd613.Bd2Bxd214.Qxd2Bd715.Rd1Rfe816.Qd3h617.g3Nb418.Qb1Bc619.Bxc6Qxc620.Kg2Rad821.a3Nd522.Rhe1a5Parniani-Boysan,M Varna 1962 1/2-1/2 (49)8.d5Ne59.Nxe5dxe510.0-0h611.h3Nd712.Qh5Bd613.Be3a614.Rac1Qe715.Ne2Nf616.Qf3Nh717.Ng3Qh418.Nf5Bxf519.Qxf5Rad820.Bd3Nf621.Rc3Rfe822.Rfc1g6Horvath,G (2310)-Knezevic,M (2455) Keszthely 1981 1/2-1/28.Bb3Bg49.0-0Na510.Bc2c511.Qd3Nc612.dxc5dxc513.Qxd8Rfxd814.Bg5Bxf315.gxf3h616.Be3a617.Rad1Rac818.Rxd8+Rxd819.Rd1Rxd1+20.Bxd1Kf821.f4Nd722.Nd5Nb4Zajic,J-Novacek,J Prague 1968 1/2-1/28.Bd3Bg49.Be3Nb48...Bg4White has a very active position8...Nxe49.Nxe4d510.Bd3dxe411.Bxe49.Be39.d5Ne510.Be2=9...Re89...Nxe410.Nxe4d510.e5??throwing away the advantage10.Qb3Bh511.Bd3≤11.Qxb7Na512.Qa6Nxc413.Qxc4Nxe410...dxe511.dxe5Qxd1+12.Rxd1Bxf313.gxf3Nxe514.Be2a614...Rad815.h515.Rg115.h5Ned715...Rad816.Rc116.Rxd8!?Bxd817.f416...Nd3+-+17.Bxd3Rxd318.Ke2Red80–1
This game was played in a team match called TMCL 2016 Div C R4 OCD v World Friendship. The match was played on 57 boards between Obsessive Chess Disorder and World Friendship. I played on board 22 for OCD and won both my games against Susi. Obsessive Chess Disorder won the match with a score of 79.5 - 34.5. The last move of the opening 5...Qf6 is something that players should avoid of playing, since White can get a clear advantage because of it. Had I replied with 6.Nb5, it would have punished my opponent for the early queen movement. I usually just like to develop my pieces as quickly as possible and not move my pieces multiple times in the opening. However, I should remember in the future not to play 6.Be3, like I did in the game and instead jump with the knight to b5 if I end up in this position again.
Moves such as 5...Ne5 and 5...Nf6 are improvements to the move played in the game.
Susi then moved the d-pawn forward one square, which was a huge blunder, since it complicates the development of the kingside pieces in a big way. It would have been a much better idea to develop the bishop to c5 first, so that the pieces would not be in the way of each other and piece development would be easy. Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT actually thinks that the game should be lost for Black after 6...d6. Alas, I was not able to play the most accurate moves and I made moves like 9.Nde2 and 12.Qe2 that enabled my opponent to get back into the game.
Both 12.Re1 and 12.Nfd5 would have kept me clearly in the driver's seat.
Susi was not able use the chance I gave him, he castled long when he should have played 12...g6 in preparation of fianchettoing the bishop and castling onto the kingside. I did not find the best follow up either, I just played 13.a3 with the idea of b4, b5. It was maybe a bit slow way of doing things and placing either of my knights to d5 was a much better idea. Susi then had the option to play 13...g5 and kick my knight away from f4 to h5 or d5. From h5 it would have prevented the development of the bishop, which was probably something I would have wanted to do. However, the knight on h5 would not have done anything else at h5 and would be also a bit out of play. My opponent chose to play 13...Kb8, which started the downfall, but it was not the losing move. The losing move Susi played against 14.b4 and it was 14...Na7. It was very important for my opponent to get some play in the position and not just try to defend against the onslaught. Susi's best chance for that play would have come in the form of 14...g5. It would have attacked the knight on f4 and had it gone to d5, then the bishop could have been developed finally to g7, where it would have controlled the long diagonal.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4h64.d4exd45.Nxd4Qf6C50 Hungarian Defence
and Giuoco Pianissimo6.Be3d6?N6...Ne57.Bb3Bb4+8.c3Ba59.f4Ng610.0-0d611.e5Qe712.e6fxe613.Qh5Qf614.Qxa5b615.Qb5+Bd716.Qh5N8e717.Nd2d518.N2f3c519.Ne20-0-020.Ne5Be821.Nxg6Haidinger,
E (1690)-Galic,S (1883) Croatia 2016 1-0 (58)6...Bc57.c3Ne57...b68.0-0Bb79.Nxc6Qxc610.Bd5Qb511.Bxb7Rb812.Bd5Qxb213.Qb3Qxb314.axb3c615.Bc4Bxe316.fxe3Nf617.Rxa70-018.e5Ng419.Rxd7Nxe520.Rd4b521.Be2Ra822.c4Rigonati,E (1802)-Ferreira de Souza,R (1800) Sao
Bernardo do Campo 2012 1-08.Be2Qg69.0-0Nf610.Nd20-011.Nf5Bd612.f4Neg413.Bd4h514.h3Nh615.Nxh6+Qxh616.e5Nd517.exd6Nxf418.dxc7Qg519.Rxf4Qxf420.Bxh5d521.Qe2Velicka,P (2430)-Blatny,P (2560)
Czechia 1997 1-0 (34)6...a67.Nc3Bb48.0-0Bxc39.bxc3b510.Bb3Nge711.f4Bb712.Qe20-0-013.Rad1d614.Qg4+Kb815.Qe2Na716.Qd3c517.c4cxd418.Bxd4Qg619.f5Qg420.Rde1Rde821.cxb5Garrido,E-Gonzalez,E
Santiago de Chile 1994 1-0 (33)6...Bc5and Black is still in the
game7.c3Nge7=7.Nc3+-a68.0-0Nge79.Nde29.f4!?+-9...Be6±10.Bxe6Qxe610...fxe611.b4g612.a4Nxb413.Rb1±11.Nf4Qd712.Qe2White has a very active position12.Re1g513.Bd4Ne5±12...0-0-012...g613.a3Black has a cramped position. Black's piece
can't move: f813.Nfd5!?Nxd514.Nxd5±14.exd5?!Ne513...Kb813...g5!?might be a viable alternative14.Nh5f5=14.b4±Na7?14...g515.Nfd5Bg7±15.a4+-White plans b5c6?15...Nac816.Rab1+-16.Bxa7+16.b5and the result of the game is
clear: White will wina517.Bb6+-16...Kxa717.b5c517...g518.Nh5d519.bxa6bxa620.Nb5+Ka8+-18.bxa6b618...bxa6a last effort to
resist the inevitable19.Rfb1Qc8+-19.Nb5+Ka820.Rfd120.Qc4
and White can already relaxd521.Nxd5Nxd522.Rfd1+-20...Nc820...Qc6there is nothing else anyway21.Qc4g5+-21.Nd5Qc622.a5c423.Nd423.axb6Nxb624.Qe3Kb825.Nxb6d526.Rdb1dxe427.Qf4+Bd628.a7+Kb729.a8Q+Rxa830.Nxd6+Qxd631.Nxa8+Kc632.Ra6+Kd733.Qxd6+Ke834.Nc7#23...Qc5+-24.axb624.Qf3Be725.e5Ka726.exd6Bxd627.Nc7Bxh2+28.Kh1Qxc729.Nb5+Kxa630.Nxc7+Bxc731.axb6+Kb532.Rd5+Rxd533.Qxd5+Kxb634.Rb1+Ka635.Qb7+Ka536.Qb5#24...Nxb625.Nxb6+Qxb626.Qxc4d527.exd5Bc528.Rab1Qd628...Qc7doesn't get the cat off the tree29.Nc6Bb630.Qb5Rb831.Nxb8Rxb832.d6Qc533.a7Rb734.Qe8+Kxa735.d7Qxf2+36.Kh1Qc537.Rxb6Qxb638.Ra1+Qa639.Qa8+Kb640.Qxa6+Kc741.d8Q+Kxd842.Qxb7h543.Ra8#29.Nc629.Nb5Bb630.Nxd6Rxd631.a7h532.Rxb6Rxb633.d6h434.Qd5+Kxa735.Ra1+Ra636.Qc5+Ka837.Rxa6+Kb738.Ra7+Kb839.Qc7#29...Rd729...Rb8doesn't change the outcome of the
game30.Nxb8Rxb831.Rxb8+Kxb832.Qb5+Bb633.Rb1Ka734.Qxb6+Qxb635.Rxb6Kxb636.d6g537.c4g438.a7Kxa739.d7Kb740.d8QKc641.Qd5+Kb642.c5+Kb543.c6+Kb644.Qd7g345.c7h546.c8Qgxf2+47.Kxf2h448.Qdb7+Ka549.Qca8#30.Rb530.Qb5Qc731.Qxc5h532.Rb7Qxh2+33.Kxh2Rxb734.axb7+Kxb735.Rb1+Kc736.Qe7+Kc837.Rb8#30...Ba730...Qxc6
does not win a prize31.Rxc5Qd632.Rc6Qb833.d6Rhd834.Qd5Ka735.Qd4+Ka836.Rb6h537.Rxb8+Rxb838.Qc5Rb239.Re1h440.Re8+Rb841.Qc6+Ka742.Rxb8Kxb843.Qxd7h344.Qb7#31.Rdb1Qf631...Rc8cannot undo what
has already been done32.Rb7Rxc633.dxc6Qd1+34.Rxd1Rxd1+35.Qf1Rxf1+36.Kxf1Bb837.c7Bxc738.Rxc7g539.c4g440.Rb7g341.fxg3h542.c5h443.c6h344.c7hxg2+45.Kg1f646.c8Q#32.Nxa7Rxa732...Kxa7
doesn't improve anything33.Qc5+Ka834.Rb6h535.Rxf6Rb836.Qc6+Ka737.Qxd7+Ka838.Rxb8+Kxb839.Qb7#33.Rb633.Rb6Re734.Rxf6Rb835.Rxb8+Ka736.Qc5+Kxb837.Qxe7Kc838.Qe8+Kc739.Rc6#33.d6Qe734.dxe7Rxe735.Qc6+Ka736.Rb7+Rxb737.Qxb7#1–0
I am still going through my team match games from Chess.com and this one was played in a team match called 3.) 1/1/2016. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016=SRETNA NOVA 2016.GODINA. It was played between MY FRIENDS International MY FRIENDS--MOJI PRIJATELJI and ISK Crvena Zvezda on 12 boards. I played on board 5 for MY FRIENDS International MY FRIENDS--MOJI PRIJATELJI and in addition to this draw, I was able to win my other game against vladoo76. The match ended with a score of 15 - 9 in our favor! While this game ended in a draw, there were few moments in the game where I could have seized a clear advantage. First of which came when my opponent played 23.Rf2. I had already a small advantage at that point, due to the inaccurate move 20.Nf3, so the combined effort of the 20th and 23rd move of vladoo76 led into a position where I was clearly better.
A better move for vladoo76 was 23.Qd3.
In the game I replied with 23...c6, which was not as good as the move 23...Nxd5. Knight can take on d5 due to the pin on the e-file. It is rather embarrassing that I did not see the obvious way to win a pawn. That being said my move is maybe good enough for a clear advantage. Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT at depth 37 seems to think so. Vladoo76 continued with 24.dxc6 and then I chose the wrong capture, I took on c6 with the pawn when I ought to have captured the pawn with my queen. The next moment in the game where my opponent started to go towards a clearly inferior position was seen when vladoo76 chose to play 30.Qc4.
The most accurate square for the queen is b4, according to the engine at depth 34.
Moving the queen off the b-file enabled me to play 30...Qb6+ without having the possibility for my opponent to trade queens. It was actually the best reply and the continuation 31.Kh1 Ng4 was the right idea, but then I deviated from the correct plan when I replied to 32.h3 with the move 32...Nf6. I should have played 32...Nf2+, which was the logical continuation for the sequence of moves started by 30...Qb6+. My 32nd move was not completely awful, I should still be preferred in the position, but the game would likely end up being a draw. We did end up agreeing to a draw a few moves later, but unfortunately for me, I did not understand how bad the last move 35.Qa6 actually was.
35.Rf1 seems like a much better move than 35.Qa6.
It turns out that I was in a winning position and agreed to a draw. It was not the first time I have made a bad judgement call on a position and it definitely is not going to be the last time. The game could have continued 35...Nh5 36.Rc2 d5 37.Qd3, for instance, and vladoo76 should be clearly on the defensive side of the board.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.0-0d65.d3C50 Hungarian Defence and
Giuoco PianissimoBe66.Bxe6fxe67.c37.Bg5Nf68.Nc3Qe79.Nb50-0-010.Nh4h611.Bd2g512.Nf3a613.Nc3Na514.a3Nc415.Bc1Be316.Bxe3Nxb217.Qb11-0 (17) Eschweiler,C-Hirsekorn,G (737) Magdeburg 20157...Nf67...Bb68.Ng5Qf69.Qh5+g610.Qh3h611.Nf30-0-012.Be3g513.Nbd2Nge714.Nc4Rdg815.Nxb6+axb616.d4g417.Qh4Qg618.Nd2d519.f3gxf320.g3dxe421.Qxe4Nf522.Nxf3Hunko,G (2054)-Toth,J (2043) Hungary 2006
0-1 (49)8.d4N8.h30-09.Ng5Qd710.Nd2d511.Nb3Bb612.c4h613.Nf3Rf714.c5Ba515.Bd2Bxd216.Qxd2Qe717.Rac1Raf818.a3Nd719.Rc2Qf620.Qe2Qg621.Nbd2Nf622.Nh4Qg5Scherbakova,G-Nagorny,D Odessa
2007 1-0 (43)8...exd49.cxd4Bb610.d5exd511.exd5Ne7Black
threatens to win material: Ne7xd512.Nc3White has an active position0-0
Black castles and improves king safety13.Ng5Black has a cramped positionQd714.Be3Bxe314...Ba515.Ne6Rfe816.Nf415.fxe3=Ng615...h616.Ne6Rf717.e4=16.e416.Qb3Rab816...Rfe817.Qd3Re718.Qc4White has an active positionNe5Black threatens to win material: Ne5xc4
19.Qe2h620.Nf320.Ne6Rf7=20...Nxf3+21.Qxf3Rae822.Rae1Re523.Rf223.Qd3c523...c623...Nxd524.Nxd5Rxd525.Qc324.dxc6bxc6Black has new hanging pawns: c6+d624...Qxc625.Rd125.Rfe2Rf826.Qd3Qe627.Qa6Qd728.Qa328.Qd3Rf728...Qc729.Qb3+Kh830.Qc430.Qb4!?is noteworthy30...Qb6+31.Kh1Ng432.h332.g332...Nf632...Nf2+!?33.Kh2Rg533.Qd3Qb4Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on e433...Nh534.g4Nf435.Qxd634.a3=White threatens to win material: a3xb4Qb835.Qa6½–½
This is one of the many team match games I have played at Chess.com. The match was played between La Belle France and Вежливые люди on 11 boards. I played on board 4 for La Belle France and in addition to this loss, I managed to draw my other game against Dreadnought53. Luckily for the team, other members were able to play better than me and we ended up winning the match with a score of 16.5 - 5.5. It was my opponent, who first made a mistake in this game, which resulted in a position where I was clearly better. Dreadnought53 played 8...h4, which does give a bit more room for the rook on h8 to move, but nothing more.
It was a better idea to just develop the knight with 7...Nf6 than to ignore development and push the h-pawn.
My best option was to develop my bishop to e2 and castle on the kingside after that. The way my opponent played the game up to that point, I did not like the idea of castling kingside, so I moved my queen to d2, which prepared castling on the queenside. Actually it was not that easy for my opponent to attack on the kingside, so I should not have been that worried about the possible attack. The next mistake was played by my opponent on move 18. In the game my opponent played 18...Nxd3+ and Dreadnought53's position started to fall apart.
In order to keep the position equal, Dreadnought53 should have played 18...Nh5.
Everything went my way until I played 25.Qf5. With that move I went from having a winning advantage to being only slightly better. I probably did not like to play Rf5, because allowing the queen exchange on g4 did not look like a good idea to me. Admittedly it still looks something I would not dare to attempt of playing, but according to the engine I should have a winning advantage in that continuation.
The correct move was 25.Rf5.
The game continued to be played in a roughly even manner until my opponent played 41...Re7, which was a huge blunder that could have lost Dreadnought53 the game. I found the strongest move according to Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT at depth 41, 42.Rxe7+. I thought at the time that this should be a rather straightforward win and up to the move 45...d5 I was indeed going towards a win.
Moving the king to c6, c8 or e8 on move 41 was the required response to the check and the game should have continued towards a draw.
After my opponent's 46th move the situation at the board had become difficult for me to play and finding the right move was not as easy as it was a couple of moves earlier. I played 46.exd5+ because I thought that I can't allow my opponent to have a protected passed pawn on the center of the board. It was not a good idea because after 46...Kxd5, the Black king seems to be much better placed at the center when compared to its counterpart, which aimlessly attacks the pawn on h4. That being said, I should still have a good position, but not as promising as it would have been after 46.Bd2.
The best move by far was 46.Bd2 at depth 42.
It was only after 46...Kxd5 that I completely threw my advantage away by moving my king to f5. The move 47.b6 seems to be much better alternative. The last blunder of the game was played by me on move 52, I took on h4 with my bishop, not realizing that it is easily refuted with the move 52...Bd6 and I am hopelessly lost.
The correct capture was 52.Kxh4.
I had very good chances to win this game, I was given the chance to win multiple times, but Dreadnought53 was able to complicate things enough that I made awful moves, which resulted in my loss.
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1.e4Nc62.d4e53.d5Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation,
Linksspringer Variation3.dxe5Nxe53...Qh4Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy
Variation, Herford Gambit3...Bc5Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation,
Bielefelder Gambit4.Nf3Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Paulsen
Attack3...Nce74.c4Ng65.Nf3B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence,
Nimzowitsch DefenceBe7NBlack's piece can't move: c85...Nf66.Qc26.Bd3Bc57.Nc30-08.h3a59.g3d610.Qe2Bd711.Be3b612.Kf1Bxe313.Qxe3h614.Bc2Nh715.Kg2Ne716.Nd2f517.exf5Bxf518.Nde4Rf719.f3Qf820.h4Nf6Neat,K (2315)-Watson,I (2210) Brighton 1980 1/2-1/26...Bc56...Bb4+7.Nbd20-08.a3Bxd2+9.Bxd2d610.g3Bg411.Bg2Qc812.h3Bd713.h4Nh514.c5f515.c6bxc616.dxc6Be617.Ng5f418.Nxe6Qxe619.g4f320.Bf1Nhf421.Bc4Wang,Z (2515)-Lin,W (2545) Beijing 1993 0-1 (40)7.h3d68.a3a59.Nc3Bd710.Na4Nxe411.Nxc5Nxc512.b3Qf613.Be3b614.Rc1Nf415.Bxf4Qxf416.Rd1Bf517.Qc3Qe4+18.Be2Qc219.Qe3Qxb320.Qg5Garcia,H-Figueroa,E Buenos Aires 1965 0-1 (39)5...Bc56.Bd36.Nc3a67.Be2d68.0-0h69.Bd2N8e710.a30-011.b4Ba712.Rc1Nf413.Bxf4exf414.Na4Ng615.c5Re816.cxd6cxd617.Nd2Qg518.Kh1Nh419.Bf3Qd820.Nb2g5Lilley,G-Pokorny,J Kuortane 1976 1-0 (66)6...N8e77.0-0d68.a3a59.Nc30-010.Na4Ba711.b4Bd712.b5h613.Nc3f514.exf5Bxf515.Bxf5Nxf516.Qe2Qd717.Ne4Rf718.a4Bd419.Ra2Raf820.Rc2Ernst,
K-Kaulfuss,H (2190) Darmstadt 1994 0-1 (34)5...Nf66.Qe2=6.Nc3d67.h3Prevents intrusion on g4h57...Nf68.Be28.Be3h49.Qd29.Be2Nf6±9...Nf610.Bd3Nh511.0-0-0Black has a cramped positionNgf4Black threatens to win material: Nf4xg212.Bf112.Rdg1Nxd3+13.Qxd3c5=12...Bd713.Ne2g514.Ne1f5Nimzovich: attack the chain at its
base15.f315.Bxf4!?is worth looking atNxf416.Nxf4gxf417.Bd3=15...fxe415...Nxe2+16.Bxe2Ng317.Rg1fxe418.c516.fxe4g416...c517.Nf317.Nxf4Nxf417...exf418.Bd4Bf619.Rg1=18.Nd318.Bxf4exf419.hxg4Bxg418...Nxd3+18...Nh5!?should be
examined more closely19.Nf2g3=19.Bxd3±g319...Rg820.Rdf1±20.Be220.Rhf1c521.dxc6Bxc622.c5+-20...b6??another step
towards the grave20...0-0±21.Rdf1+-Bf622.Qd122.Rf3
makes it even easier for White0-023.Rhf1Qe7+-22...Ke7?22...0-023.Bg4Qe7+-23.Bg4Bxg424.Qxg424.hxg4seems even betterQg825.Rf5+-24...Qg825.Qf5White threatens to win material: Qf5xf625.Rf5White missed this excellent chanceQxg426.hxg4+-25...Rf826.Rf3Kd8Black king safety improved27.Rhf127.Qg4Qxg428.hxg4Be729.Rxf8+Rxf8=27...Be728.Qe6Qxe629.dxe6Rxf3Black forks:
e3+f130.Rxf3White has a new passed pawn: e6Rg831.Rf5Rg6Black
threatens to win material: Rg6xe632.Rh5Rxe633.Rh8+Kd734.Rh7Kc635.Kd2a536.b3Bd837.Rh8White threatens to win material: Rh8xd8Be738.Rh7Bf639.Rh6Kd740.Ke2Bd841.Rh7+Re7??letting the wind out of his own
sails41...Kc8=was possible42.Rxe7++-Bxe743.Kf3Ke6??
a blunder in a bad position43...Kc6+-44.Kg4b545.cxb5d546.exd5+46.Bd2secures the pointdxe447.Bxa5Bd8+-46...Kxd547.Kf5??
spoils everything47.b6secures victorycxb648.Bxb6±47...Bd847...Bc548.Bg5e449.Bxh4=48.Bg148.Bd2!?Kd449.Bxa5=48...Be7=49.Be3Twofold repetitionBc5Black threatens to win material:
Bc5xe350.Bg5e451.Kg4White threatens to win material: Kg4xh4Kd452.Bxh4??allows the opponent back into the game52.Kxh4would save
the gamee353.Kxg3=52...Bd6-+53.Bf6+53.b6cannot change
destinycxb654.Bd8b5-+53...Kd353...Kd354.Bd8e3-+0–1
This very short game was played in a team match called TMCL 2016 Div C4 Round 5 Obsessive Chess Disorder!! v The United States Chess Club. It was played on 36 boards and I played on board 10 for Obsessive Chess Disorder. From my two games I was only able to win the game you can view below, the other game I lost. We were able to win the match with a score of 47 - 25!! This game features only one position of interest and that can be seen after the move 5.c3. The position after White's 5th move signifies the opening called C64 Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Zukertort Gambit, though it is likely that in many sources Spanish Game is replaced with Ruy Lopez. Previously I had this game in a post that named after C64 Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Zukertort Gambit, but I had to move this game here due to the way I am doing the opening classification these days. One should never go for this line C78 Spanish Game: Archangelsk and Möller Defences with Black pieces, because the position is quite lost after 5...d6.
The recommended move here is 5...O-O.
The problem with the move was that I could just reply with 6.d4 and there is no way for LangstonTillman to save the piece. If the bishop moves to b6, like it did in the game, then the move 7.d5 wins the knight due to the pin that would not have existed without the d-pawn's advance. LangstonTillman replied with 7...a6, but it did not help because there was no b5 to follow it up, because the bishop blocked the pawn on b7. It was really easy to play the game after that and the game was resigned by my opponent a few moves later.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nf64.0-0Bc55.c3Spanish Game: Classical
Variation. Zukertort Gambitd65...0-06.d4Bb67.Bg5Spanish Game:
Classical Variation. Modern Main Line6.d4Bb67.d5a67...0-08.dxc6Nxe49.Qd51-0 (9) Filev,G (2389)-Neichev,I Sofia 20108.Ba4C78 Spanish
Game: Archangelsk and Möller DefencesBxf2+N8...Bd79.dxc6bxc69...Bxc610.Bxc6+bxc611.Bg5h612.Bh40-013.Qa4c514.Nbd2Qe715.Nc4Qe616.Bxf6Qxf617.Nxb6cxb618.c4Rfb819.Qc2b520.b3b421.a3a522.axb4axb423.Qb2Qf424.Qd2Kulovana,E-Burilova,P Czechia 2000 1-010.Bg510.Qe20-011.Bg5Re812.Nbd2h613.Be3Qe714.h3Qe615.Bb3Qe716.Rad1Be617.Bxb6cxb618.Bxe6Qxe619.Nc4b520.Nxd6Red821.Nf5Rxd122.Rxd1Qxa223.Ne7+Kf824.Nxc6Rc8Zvereva,M (1632) -Rodha,A Durban 2014 1-0 (33)10...0-011.Re1h612.Be3Re813.Bxb6cxb614.Qxd6Re615.Qd3Qe716.Nbd2Rd617.Qe2b518.Bc2Rd819.Rad1Nh520.Nf1Nf421.Qe3Rg622.g3Qe623.Nh4Attieh,W-Ghazi,H Beirut 2009 1-0 (39)8...Nxe49.dxc6bxc610.Bxc6+1-0 (10) Wodniak,S-Zawadka,P Polanica Zdroj 20128...Nxe49.dxc60-0+-9.Rxf2b510.dxc6bxa411.Qxa41–0
A07 Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems (1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.Nc3 Be6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bg5 O-O)
At Chess.com there is a tournament in progress called "EXPECT NO MERCY - NAZARETH TOUR!!!", from which this game is taken. This is from the first round of the tournament, which is nearly complete, there is only one game left to finish, before the second round can begin. I managed to win my group, which means I will take part on round 2, the only player from my group that will do so, since only the winner advances from one round to another. My opponent in the game below, csabiu, was on second place in the final standings of group 7 with 6 points, half a point behind me. Starting with the move 13.Kh1, csabiu's position went downhill for two consecutive moves.
13.Bxh3 is the correct move according to the engine at depth 32.
I replied with 13...Bxh4 because it ruined the pawn structure on the kingside and I thought that is worth of giving up the bishop pair. I seem to have been correct the judgement since Stockfish also likes the move. Csabiu's next move 14.gxh4 was the second mistake in a row, it was better to take on h3 first. In the game continuation I should have then played 14...Bxg2+, but instead I went for the move 14...Qg4, which threatened mate, but it was easily dealt with 15.Rg1. The game continued in a roughly even manner until my opponent played 19.Rg2.
Better moves for csabiu were 19.Qf1 and 19.cxd4.
With the move played in the game my opponent went from a slightly favorable position to one where csabiu were clearly worse. For example, the game might have continued 19...dxc3 20.Bxc3 Rad8 and the weak central pawns should put csabiu on the defensive. I went for the wrong move order unfortunately, I played 19...Rad8, which would have allowed my opponent to take on d4 and the position would have been equal. Csabiu moved the knight to g1 on move 20 instead, which was perhaps the worst move of the game up to that point because I could have been able to get a winning advantage starting with 20...dxc3. I do not know why I did not play it, even though I had clearly planned on doing it after Rad8. There really was no threat along the g-file, so I can't remember my reasoning why I played 20...Kh8. It was an okay move and I should be in the favorable side of the board, but it would have made my job of winning the game much easier, had I just taken on c3. Because I allowed my opponent some breathing room, csabiu was able to play 21.Nf3 and attack my queen. I moved the queen to h3 thinking that I can use the diagonal c8-h3 for retreating the queen safely. It was not the right idea, however, I should have just moved the queen to h5.
22.cxd4 was the only move that would have kept my opponent in the game.
Csabiu's reply 22.Rg3 was first of two consecutive bad moves made by my opponent. I then had two good squares for the queen, h5 and e6, I chose the latter. It was answered by the terrible move 23.Qf1 and I was given another chance to get a winning advantage starting with 23...dxc3. Unfortunately I was too defensively minded once again and overprotected the g7 pawn with my rook. Even after that my position should be quite good when compared to that of my opponent. Everything went on more or less my way after that up to the move 32.Nh4.
Strong moves for me were 32...Rxe4 and 32...Qd7, according to Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT at depth 32.
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to play 32...Qg5 and I completely missed the annoyance factor caused by 33.Ng6+. It would have won the pawn back and the position would have been evenly fought, had my opponent just played 34.Nxf4 after I moved my king to g8. I guess csabiu thought that he or she can actually win the game in the game continuation 34.Rxe8+ Rxe8 35.Qd5+ and it would have been true had I not been able to just take the queen on d5 with its counterpart. In fact the move 34.Rxe8+ should have meant a loss for csabiu, but I was able to mess up this game with two consecutive bad moves, first one being 36...Re2 and the second 37...Rd2.
My path to victory would have started with either 36...Re1+ or 36...Ng5.
The game ended to a perpetual check that I allowed when I played 38...Rxd3.
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1.g3A00 Hungarian Openinge52.Bg2Nf63.d3d54.Nc3Be65.Nf3Nc66.0-0Be77.Bg50-0
A07 Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems8.e4d49.Ne2Qd7
LiveBook: 3 Games9...h610.Bd2Qd611.Ne1Nd712.f4f513.h3fxe414.dxe4a515.Nd3Bc416.b3Bf717.Kh1Bf618.Qe1Nc519.Nec1Nd720.Ne2Nc51/2-1/2 (20) Hickl,J (2500)-Hort,V (2580) Dortmund 198910.Nh4N10.Bd2Bh311.Bxh3Qxh312.Ng5Qh513.f4Ng414.Nf3f515.exf5Rxf516.Kg2Raf817.c3Kh818.h3Ne3+19.Bxe3dxe320.Qb3exf421.Nxf4Rxf422.gxf4Qg6+23.Kh1e224.Rg1Qh5Movsziszian,K (2464)-Aabling Thomsen,J (2341) San
Sebastian 2016 1/2-1/2 (31)10.Kh1Bh311.Nfg1Bxg2+12.Kxg2Ng413.Bxe7Nxe714.h3Nf615.f4exf416.Nxf4Qb517.Rb1Rad818.Nf3c519.g4c420.g5Nd721.h4Ne522.Nxe5Qxe523.Nh5Ng624.Qg4cxd3Grabner,J-Kunschek,H
Vienna 1998 0-1 (40)10.Bc1Bg411.Nd2Nh512.a3a513.f3Bh314.Rf2Ra615.Qf1Bxg216.Qxg2Nd817.Nc4Qe618.a4g619.g4Ng720.f4exf421.Bxf4c522.Bd2Nc623.Nf4Qd724.Raf1Nb4Petran,P (2410)-Karsa,L (2390)
Hungary 1994 1-010...h611.Bd2Bh312.a3Nh713.Kh113.Bxh3Qxh314.Nf5
While I do still keep correcting and perhaps improving on my previously posted games, this game may be something I have not shared in this blog before. I am maybe 90% sure that it has not appeared here before, the reason why I share this now, is that it was the next one on the list of analysed games in the database I am going through. It is actually a mixed bunch of games, containing both previously shared and games that have not appeared here before. I will mainly concentrate on making changes to the old posts, but these new games may appear from time to time. This game was played at Chess.com in a team match called EPIC MATCH. It was played between The King Attackers and DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS on 60 boards. I played on board 9 for DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS and lost both of my games. The final result, however, was 51.5 - 68.5 in our favor! For the first 23 moves the game both players made reasonable moves, but then it was me who messed up and then it was quickly over for me.
In order to keep the equality, my best chance was 24.Nxe5, according to Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT at depth 36.
In the game I played 24.Nexd4, which was the game losing blunder. I did continue playing for awhile, but the game continuation shows quite well how hopeless my task was. The game ended in a position where the material is even, but I could not prevent my opponent from queening the a-pawn without giving my queen for it.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.0-0Be76.Re1b57.Bb3d68.h3Na59.c30-010.Bc2c511.d4Qc712.Nbd2cxd413.cxd4Spanish Game:
Morphy Defense. Chigorin Defense Panov SystemNc614.Nf1exd415.Bf4
C98 Closed Spanish Game: Chigorin Defence, 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6Be616.a3Nd717.Rc1Qb618.Ng3g6NSecures f5+h518...Nde519.Nf5Bf620.b320.Nxd6Rfd821.Nxe5Bxe522.Bxe5Nxe523.Nf5d30-1 (23) Nurkic,S (2395)
-Lazic,M (2495) Pula 199020...Rfd821.N3xd4Nxd422.Nxd4Bxh323.Be3Bg424.f3Bh525.Ne6Qa526.Nxd8Rxd827.Rf1g528.g4Bg629.Qd5Qxa330.Bd1h631.Be2Qb232.Rf2Qa333.Kg2Salas Romo,J-Letelier Martner,R Santiago
de Chile 1951 0-1 (40)18...Nde519.Nf5=19.Ne2=The pressure on
the isolated pawn grows. White threatens to win material: Ne2xd4Bf620.Bxd6Rfc821.Bd3The white bishop is safe in front of d4Nce522.Bxe5Nxe523.Rxc8+Rxc824.Nexd4?24.Nf4=is a viable option24...Nxf3+25.Nxf3Bxb226.a4??terrible, but the game is lost in any case26.Ng5-+26...Rc127.Qe2Rxe1+28.Nxe1bxa429.Bxa6Bc330.Nf330.Nc2
praying for a miracleQb231.Kh2-+30...a331.Bc4Bxc432.Qxc4Qb232...Qb233.Kh2a234.Qf1a1Q35.Qxa1Qxa136.h4Qf137.h5gxh538.Kg3Ba539.e5Bb640.Kf4Bxf241.g4Qd342.gxh5Qe3+43.Kg4Qe4+44.Kg5Qxf345.e6f6+46.Kh6Be3#0–1
The game I am sharing today was played in a mini-tournament called "ichthus's mini-tournament v" and it was held at GameKnot. It was an invitation only mini-tournament and 9 players took part in it. This has been so far the only mini-tournament I have been able to win. My opponent, ichthus, who created the mini-tournament was on 5th place in the final standings. The first real mistake according to Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT is 12...Kh8, though 8...Qa5 may need to be looked at more closely, better moves were probably available for my opponent on move 8. Not sure what the idea behind the move 12...Kh8 was, it seems to be just wasting time.
12...Rfc8 was perhaps the move to play.
I replied with 13.g4, and my plan was to try and open files on the kingside. Ichthus then tried to get some play on the c-file by moving the rook from a8 to c8. I should have then played 14.a3, according to the engine at depth 32. I played 14.b3 in the game and the advantage I had before vanished into thin air. A few moves later my opponent threw the game away when he moved the knight to g3 on move 17.
Had my opponent just played 17...Kh7, for example, he would have had a slight advantage.
The blunder by my opponent allowed forced mate, starting with 18.Qh6+. After seeing my 18th move, ichthus resigned, which was probably the best thing to do in that position.
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf6Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian.
Normal5.Nc3g65...e56.Ndb5d67.Bg5a68.Na3b58...Be6Sicilian
Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Bird Variation9.Bxf69.Nd5Sicilian
Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation9...gxf610.Nd5f511.Bxb5Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation.
Sveshnikov Variation Peresypkin's Sacrifice6.Be3Bg77.Qd20-08.0-0-0Qa58...Ng49.Nxc6bxc610.Bg5Rb811.Bc4Qb612.Bb3Qxf213.Rdf1Qxd2+14.Kxd2Bh615.Bxh6Nxh616.Rf4d617.h3Be618.g4Bxb319.axb3f620.Ra1Rb721.Ra6Rc822.Rf1Nf723.Rfa1Dengler,P (2330)-Schindler,W (2295)
Bayern 1994 0-1 (56)9.Be2N9.Nb3Qc710.Bf410.Bh6a511.Bxg7Kxg712.f4a413.Nd4Nxd414.Qxd4Qxf4+15.Kb1d616.g3Qg517.Nxa4Qa518.Nc3Be619.Bc4Bxc420.Qxc4Rfc821.Qb3Rc722.Rdf1Rf823.h3Qa624.Nd5Nxd5Verhasselt,K (1596)-Barbier,A (1660) Bruges 2012 1/2-1/2 (45)10...d611.Bb5a612.Nd5Qd813.Nxf6+exf614.Bxc6bxc615.Bxd6Re816.Ba3Qxd2+17.Rxd2Bh618.Rhd1Bxd2+19.Rxd2Be620.Nc5Rad821.Re2Bg422.f3Be623.e5Bxa2Foldes,M (1159)-Gil Ojeda,L Tenerife 2015 1-0 (52)9.Bc4Ne510.Bb3a611.h4b512.a3b413.Nb1Nxe414.Qe1Qc715.Qxb4e616.Nxe6dxe617.Qxe4Bb718.Qb4Bxg219.Rhe1Nf320.Bb6Qb721.Re3Bh622.Ba4Rab823.Bc5Qxb4Kanteraki,M (1171)-Mashchenko,T Al Ain 2013 0-19.f3d6±9...d610.f3Covers g4Nxd411.Bxd4Be6Black threatens to
win material: Be6xa212.Kb1B76 Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9.g4 and
9.O-O-OKh812...Rfc8!?is interesting13.a3Rab8=13.g4±Rac814.b314.a3!?±14...a6Consolidates b515.h4h515...Nd716.Nd5Qxd217.Rxd2Bxd518.exd5=16.gxh5Nxh517.Kb2White king safety
dropped17.Qh6+Kg818.Bxg7Nxg719.Nd5Bxd520.Rxd5=20.exd5?Rxc221.Kxc2Qxa2+22.Kc3b522...Qxe2?!23.Qd2Rc8+24.Kb2Qxf325.Rhf1-+23.Bxb5axb5-+17...Ng3??ignoring the path to victory17...Kh7the only rescuing move18.Qh6+18.Qh6+Kg819.Qxg7#1–0
This one was played in a team match called LullabyVisca vs !♔NM Aww-Rats Free Video Lessons!♔ at Chess.com. The match was played on 90 boards and I played on board 20 for LullabyVisca, out of the two games I was only able to win this game, the other game I lost. The match ended with a score of 99 - 81 in our favor, according to Chess.com. The comment section of the match is full of accusations between two players and about the real score of the match, but I am not going to go into that rabbit hole here. The first blunder of the game was seen when my opponent played 17...f6. Up to that point both players were able to play good moves.
The game would have continued evenly, had Cratercat played 17...exf4, 17...Nf6 or 17...Rd8, for example.
Cratercat played 17...f6, which gave me a chance for a clear advantage, had I replied with 18.Bg4. Instead of trying to get advantage of the weakened light squares around the king, I moved my pawn to f5 in an attempt to open a diagonal for my dark-squared bishop and focus on the square g7. The second blunder by my opponent came quickly after this when Cratercat played 19...Qc6.
Better options for Cratercat were 19...Na4 and 19...Bc6, for instance.
Moving the queen to c6 was horrible because I could have replied with 20.b4 and my opponent would have needed to loss some material. If the knight would go to d7, then a line like 21.Bh6 Bf8 22.Rxd6 might occur and it would be clear that Cratercat's position is lost. The same idea can be seen in the following continuation 20...Na4 21.Nxa4 bxa4 22.Bh6 Bf8 23.Rxd6. Actually the engine thinks that it is better to just give up the knight on c5 after b4 and move the queen to e8 instead at depth 28. I played 20.Nd5 in the game, which was enough for a winning advantage. It was answered with 20...Bd8, making the position of my opponent even worse. Now that the bishop could no longer come in the defense of g7, I decided to threaten mate with 21.Bh6. It was easily dealt with the reply 21...Qd7. Again pushing my pawn to b4 was my strongest alternative on move 21. Had I done that I would have been on my way to win the game. After the queen had moved to d7, I finally played b4, but at that time the reason why it would have been a strong move earlier had already disappeared.
The only decent move for Cratercat was 22...Bxd5, all other moves seem to be leading into huge trouble for my opponent.
Cratercat moved the threatened knight to a4, since it was the only safe square for the piece, but it was a better idea to take on d5 first. The move 22...Na4 gave me an opportunity to play 23.Nxf6+, which would have probably ended the game quicker due to the continuation 23...Bxf6 24.Rxd6 Qf7 25.Rd7. I was not paying enough attention to the position and played the horrible move 23.Kh1 for some incomprehensible reason. At that moment I was actually slightly worse, luckily for me, my opponent made the game losing move next. Cratercat played 23...Nc3, which lost material by force.
The move that would have kept my opponent on the driver's seat was 23...Qf7.
I finally found the refutation to one of my opponent's blunders and the game continued with the moves 24.Nxc3 Rxc3 25.Rxd6 Qf7. At that time I was not only up a pawn in material, but I also could have started a forced mate in three sequence with 26.Rxd8+. I obviously was not thinking my reply to 25...Qf7 all that much, because I chose the move 26.Rd7 instead of the forced mate... The line I chose easily wins the game as well, but I could have avoided some unnecessary moves, had I gone with the strongest continuation.
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf6Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian.
Normal5.Nc3d65...e56.Nxc6Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation,
Exchange Variation6.Nb3Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation,
Schlechter Variation6.Ndb5d67.Bg5a68.Na3b59.Bxf6gxf610.Nd5Bg7Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Novosibirsk
Variation6.Be2e67.0-0a68.Be3Be79.f4Qc710.Bf30-011.Qe1Nxd412.Bxd4e513.Be3b5B85 Sicilian Scheveningen: 6.Be2 a6, lines with early
Be314.a3Bb715.Qg315.Rd1Bc616.f5a517.g4Qb718.Nd5Bxd519.exd5e420.g5exf321.gxf6Bxf622.Bd4Rfe823.Qg3Bxd4+24.Rxd4Qb625.c3Re426.f6g627.Rfd1Rae828.Qxf3R4e529.Qf2Rf5Paoli,E (2270)-Ornstein,A
(2430) Eksjo 1975 0-1 (49)15...Rfc8N15...Nd716.f5Bf617.Qg4Nb618.Be2Nc419.Bxc4Qxc420.Qh5Bxe421.g4g622.Qh3Bh823.f6Bb724.Qh4Qc625.Qg3d526.Bg5d427.Nd1Qxc228.Rc1Qe429.Re1Qd530.Rxe5
Potievskaya,A (1884) -Gudkov,G (1865) Petrozavodsk 2012 1/2-1/2 (38)15...Kh816.Rad1Bc616...Rac817.Kh1Rfe818.fxe5dxe519.Nd5Bxd520.exd5Bd621.Qh3e422.Bg4Nxg423.Qxg4f624.h4Qe725.c3a526.h5Rf827.Rf5h628.Bf4Rc429.Re1Re830.Qg6Bxf431.Rxf4Jacek,K (2126) -Kowalski,M
(1756) Koszalin 2012 1-0 (57)17.Rd3a518.Rfd1b419.Nd5Bxd520.exd5e421.R3d2exf322.Qxf3bxa323.bxa3Nd724.Bf2Bf625.Qd3Rac826.Rb1Rb827.Rdd1Rxb128.Rxb1Rb829.Qd1Rxb130.Qxb1Cwiek,P (1730) -Choisy,M
(2094) La Roche sur Yon 2008 0-1 (42)16.Rad1Nd717.Rd2f6?17...exf418.Bxf4Ne519.Bh5=18.f5??Black has a cramped position. White loses
the upper hand18.Bg4!?±18...Nc518...Nb619.Rd3=19.Rfd119.Qh419...Qc6??19...Na4and Black can hope to live20.Nxa4bxa4=20.Nd520.b4seems even betterQe821.bxc5Rxc522.Bxc5dxc5+-20...Bd8??sad, but how else could Black save the game?20...Qd721.Nxe7+Qxe722.Rxd6Qf823.Bxc5Rxc5+-21.Bh6White
has a mate threat21.b4secures the winQe822.bxc5+-21...Qd7Black has a cramped position22.b4White threatens to win material:
b4xc5Na4??22...Bxd523.bxc5Bc623.Kh123.Nxf6+
ends the debateBxf624.Rxd6+-23...Nc3??stumbles just before the
finish line23...Qf7was a good chance to save the game24.Rc1Kh824.Nxc3+-Rxc324...Bc7+-otherwise it's curtains at once25.Rxd6Qf725...g5is not the saving move26.Rxd7Bd527.Bxg5Rxf328.gxf3fxg529.Qxe5Bf730.Rxd8+Rxd831.Rxd8+Be832.Rxe8+Kf733.Qe7#26.Rd726.Rxd8+Rxd827.Rxd8+Qe828.Qxg7#26...Be7+-27.Rxb7Rxc228.h328.Bh5Qf829.Rdd7Rac830.Qb3+Kh831.Rxe7Rc1+32.Bd1Qxe733.Rxe7gxh634.h3Rg835.Qf7Rxd1+36.Kh2Rxg2+37.Kxg2Rd2+38.Kf3Rd3+39.Ke2Rd2+40.Kxd2a541.Qxh7#28...Kh829.Be329.Rdd7gxh630.Rxe7Rc1+31.Kh2Qg832.Rg7h533.Bxh5Rd834.Rxg8+Rxg835.Bg6Rg736.Rb8+Rg837.Qh4Rc738.Qxf6+Rcg739.Rxg8+Kxg840.Qd8#29...Qf830.Rdd7Re831.Ra731.Bh5Rb832.Rxb8Qxb833.Rxe7Qf834.Rf7Qg835.Bg6a536.Qh4Rc837.Re7a438.Bh6Rd839.Bxg7+Qxg740.Rxg7Rd1+41.Kh2h542.Qxh5+Kxg743.Qh7+Kf844.Qf7#31...Ra232.Bc532.Bh5Ra833.Rxa8Qxa834.Rxe7Ra1+35.Kh2Qf836.Re8Qxe837.Bxe8Rxa338.Qf2a539.Qd2Rd340.Qxd3g541.Qd8a442.Qxf6+Kg843.Bf7+Kf844.Bc5#32...Ra1+32...Rd2doesn't do any good
33.Rxd2Bxc534.bxc5Re735.Rxe7Qxe736.c6b437.Rd7Qf838.c7g539.fxg6Qc540.gxh7Qc1+41.Kh2Qg1+42.Kxg1b343.c8Q#33.Kh2Bxc533...Ra8doesn't get the cat off the tree34.Rxa8Qxa835.Bh5a536.Bxe7Qc837.Rd8+Qxd838.Bxd8Rc139.Qd3Kg840.Qd5+Kh841.Qxb5Rh1+42.Kxh1g643.Bxf6+Kg844.Qe8#34.bxc5Rxa334...g5hardly improves anything35.fxg6Kg836.Rg7+Kh837.Rxh7+Kg838.Rh8+Kxh839.Qh4+Qh640.Qxh6+Kg841.Qg7#35.Rxg735.Rxg7Qg836.Rxg8+Rxg837.Qh4Rxg2+38.Bxg2Rxh3+39.Bxh3h640.Qxf6+Kg841.Qg7#1–0
This is my second challenge game against quagliarellasabino and my second win against this player and at this point I thought that I could win games against almost anybody. I had quite good results in games that were finished on one sitting. The first position that I will take a look at is the one seen after the move 10.Kh1. In the game quagliarellasabino played e5, which would have allowed me to destroy my opponent's pawn structure, had I went for the continuation 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5 and then my opponent would have had some problems with the knight on f6. It would have been clear at that point that I would be the one with the initiative.
Better options for quagliarellasabino were 10...Nxd4 and 10...Qc7.
I should really remember this idea when I end up in a similar position in the future, because I have instinctively moved my knight to b3 in these types of positions before. The position should be roughly even after my 11th move Nb3. Then my opponent made an even bigger blunder than on the previous move, and moved the queen to c7. Much better alternatives for quagliarellasabino were 11...exf4, 11...b5 and 11...Re8. In order to take advantage of the blunder, I needed to reply with 12.fxe5 and the idea is that my opponent can't really take back the pawn because if he or she does, quagliarellasabino would lose even more material. An example line might go 12...dxe5 13.Rxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bb6 Qd6 and after 16.Bc7 I would end up in a position that would be easily winning. I obviously missed this great opportunity and instead connected the rooks with the move 12.Qd2. I should still be in the favorable side of the board even after the game continuation, but the likely result would probably a draw. That is if neither side blunders, like my opponent did in the game by playing the move 12...Be6.
12...Ne7 is the move Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT's recommends at depth 33. It is the only move that gives White only slight advantage.
I had third consecutive chance to get a good advantage, but once again I failed to see the correct idea, this time my path towards victory would have started with the move 13.f5. The reason I probably decided not to play 13.f5 was that I disliked the look of 13...gxf5 14.exf5, which creates a protected passed pawn for my opponent. It would have also ruined the pawn cover in front of quagliarellasabino's king. Maybe I also thought that maybe my opponent can play Kh8 and Rg8 and maybe use the opened g-file for attack. That being said, it does seem rather silly to me now. In the game I played 13.Bf3, with the idea of getting the square d5 more firmly in my control. The bishop unfortunately is not well placed at f3 and it is almost like a tall pawn there and it also blocks the path of my rook. It did not take long for the next horrible move to be seen on the board, the move 15...Rfd8 created some problems once again for my opponent.
Moves such as 15...Nd4 and 15...exf4 would have kept quagliarellasabino's chances to hold the game alive.
Again I had the possibility to play f5, but instead I played 16.Qf2, which threatened the move 17.Bb6. It was a good move, but not as strong as 16.f5. Quagliarellasabino saw the threat of Bb6, but replied to it incorrectly by moving the queen to e7. The best move, according to the engine seems to be 16...exf4, but even that continuation should clearly favor me. I would have probably then played Bb6, which actually is not as good as taking on f4. Keeping the good dark-squared bishop alive and not trading it to the passive rook seems to be the right idea. With correct play I should be winning after my opponent's 16th move, but I kept ignoring the strongest move f5 and went to a more evenly fought continuation by placing my f-rook to e1. Then the game continued to be played evenly up to the move 29.Rb4, which was surprising, considering the amount of mistakes during the first 16 moves.
29...Nc4 and 29...Bh6 would have kept the equality.
Quagliarellasabino played in the game 29...b6, which placed the pawn on a more shaky square. It was rather well protected at b7, since there was no easy way for me to attack the pawn there, but on b6 it became much more vulnerable attacks. It also took away some squares from the rook on c6, a fact that I could have taken advantage of by playing Bb5, followed by Be3, for instance, but in the game I preferred to play Be3 first for some reason. Maybe I thought that I can do it in this order too, but I was mistaken and Bb5 is clearly the better move to make. Both players avoided making mistakes up to the move 36...Qb3 and for the first time in the game I was the one who ended up being clearly lost when I moved my rook to e1 on move 37.
Acceptable moves for me were 37.Rb1, 37.Rf1 and 37.Qd3, for example.
My move was so bad because my opponent could have replied with the crushing move 37...Qb8!! I would have likely resigned the game, had I seen that move. Quagliarellasabino did not see that and played 37...Be5, which is a strong move, but not as game ending as 37...Qb8. I wanted to hold on to the material, so moved my queen to h4, thinking that I may survive after all. Actually my best chance was to take the bishop. Had I done that though, I might have just resigned. My opponent should have then played 38...Bf6 and I would have likely continued with Qg3, which would have allowed Qb8 to be played once again. Luckily for me, quagliarellasabino chose to trade the rooks, after which the position had become even again. On move 40 it was my opponent's turn to blunder and my journey towards a win could have started for one more time.
In order to keep the equality, my opponent needed to play, for instance, 40...Bc7 or 40...Kg7.
Quagliarellasabino played 40...Qe6, which was not a good idea because I could have brought my bishop into play via c5. Instead I played 41.c4, which made the advancement of the pawns a bit difficult. It lead into an even position and we kept making good enough moves to hold the equality up to the move 49.Kc3. With my opponent's 49th move Qc1+, quagliarellasabino's final downhill began.
Quagliarellasabino needed to take on h5 with either the pawn or the queen.
Even though I replied with the rather bad move 50.Kd3, I should still be clearly better. B3 was actually a much better square for the king. Quagliarellasabino replied by moving the queen to g1, which was the final nail in the coffin, after that it was clear that I am going to win the game, well up to the move 54...Bd6 at least.
The strongest move was 55.Qd3+ according to the engine at depth 31.
The last move of the game, 55.Qd2, is actually only good enough for a draw. Unfortunately for my opponent, he or she lost the game on time.
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf6Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian.
Normal5.Nc3a65...e56.Ndb56.Nf3Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan
Variation, Retreat Variation6...d67.Bg5a68.Na3b58...Be6Sicilian
Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Bird Variation9.Nd5Sicilian Defense:
Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation6.Be2d67.0-0g68.Be3Bg79.f40-010.Kh1B73 Sicilian Dragon: Classical
System without 9.Nb3e510...Nxd411.Bxd4b512.e5dxe513.fxe5Nd714.e6fxe615.Bxg7Kxg716.Rxf8Qxf817.Qd2Nf618.Bf3Ra719.Ne4Rd720.Qe2Qd821.Rf1Qb622.Ng5Rd623.Bg4h624.Ne4Rd525.Bf3Ruxton,K (2325)
-Borge,N (2245) Arnhem 1989 0-1 (65)11.Nb311.Nxc6bxc612.f5d513.Bc5Re814.fxg6hxg615.Bf3Be616.Qe2Nd717.Ba3Nf618.Rad1Qa519.Qe1d420.Nd5Qxe121.Nxf6+Bxf622.Rdxe1Be723.Bxe7Rxe724.Be2a525.a3Rb7
Farnault,E (2032) -Wolff,M (1643) Berlin 2015 0-1 (57)11...Qc712.Qd2
White has an active positionBe6N12...b513.a3Bb714.fxe5Nxe515.Bd3Neg416.Bf4Nh517.h3Ne518.Bh6Ng3+19.Kh2Nxe420.Bxe40-1 (20)
Arnav,D-Ulhas,V (1867) Nagpur 200812...Ne7±13.Bf3??gives
the opponent new chances13.f5!?Bxb314.axb3+-13...Rac813...exf414.Bxf4Ne515.Be2=14.Rad114.f5Bc415.Rfd1b514...Bxb314...exf4!?15.Bxf4Ne5=15.axb3White has the pair of bishopsRfd815...exf416.Bxf4Ne517.Be216.Qf216.f5gxf517.exf5d5+-16...Qe716...exf417.Bxf4Ne5±17.Rfe117.f5and the scales
tip in favour of Whited518.Nxd5Nxd519.exd5+-17...exf418.Bxf4Attacking the isolated pawn on d6Ne5A valuable piece19.Nd519.Bg5!?must definitely be consideredRf820.Nd519...Nxd5=20.Rxd5
The rook dominates20.exd5Qf621.Bxe5dxe522.g420...Rc620...Nxf3!?21.gxf3Bxb221.c3=Rdc822.Red1Qe623.h3Secures g4
h524.Be2Kh725.Qg3Rb625...Re826.Qe326.b4Rbc627.b5axb528.Rxb5R8c729.Rb4b629...Nc430.Qf2=30.Be330.Qe1Ra7±30...Nc431.Bxc431.Bg1!?±31...Rxc4=32.Rxb6Increasing
the pressure on the isolated pawn on d6Rxe433.Bf4White threatens to win
material: Bf4xd633.Bg1Be534.Qf3Rf4=33...Rd733...Rc534.Rb434.Rbxd6?doesn't lead to anything significantQf535.Be3Be5-+34.Rdxd6once again taking the pawn is naiveQf535.Rb4Rxb436.cxb4Rc4-+34.Rbxd634.Bxd6Be535.Qd3Bxd636.Rxd6Re1+37.Kh2Qe5+38.Qg3Qxg3+38...Rxd1?!is a bad alternative39.Qxe5R7xd640.b4=39.Kxg3Rxd1-+34.Rdxd6??Rxd635.Rxd6Qf5-+34...Rxd635.Bxd6White has
a new protected passed pawn: c335.Rxd6??Qc436.Rd1Rxf4-+35...Re2
Black threatens to win material: Re2xb236.Ba3Qb337.Re1??White lets it
slip away37.Rf1=and White hangs on37...Be538.Qh4?38.Qxe5Rxe539.Rxe538...Rxe1+??gives away a clear win38...Bf6!finishes off the opponent39.Qxf6Rxe1+40.Kh2Re2-+39.Qxe1=Qd540.Qe2Qe640...Bb841.Kg1=41.c441.Bc5!?Qf542.Bg1±41...Qf5=Black has a mate threat42.g4White threatens
to win material: g4xf5Qf443.gxh5Qc1+44.Kg2Qg5+45.Kf2Qg3+Worse is
45...gxh546.Qe4+Kh847.Ke2±46.Kf1Qxh3+Black forks: h547.Ke1Qh1+48.Kd2Bf4+48...Qxh549.c5=49.Kc349.Kd3Qh3+50.Kc2Qxh551.Qd3Qh2+52.Kb3=49...Qc1+49...gxh5!?should not be
overlooked50.Qd3+Kg8=50.Kd350.Kb3g551.Ka4±50...Qg1??another step towards the grave50...Qb1+51.Kd4Qg1+52.Ke4g5±51.hxg6++-Qxg6+51...Kxg652.c5Qc153.Bb4+-52.Kc352.Qe4Bc753.c5f554.Qe7+Kh655.Qxc7f4+56.Kd2Qg2+57.Kc3Qf3+58.Kb4Qe4+59.Ka5f3+-52...Qf6+53.Kb3Qb6+53...Kg654.Qd3+Qf555.Kc2+-54.Bb4Bd654...Bc7there is nothing else anyway55.Qe4+Kg7+-55.Qd255.Qd2Bc556.Ka4Qc6+57.Ka3Qa6+58.Kb3=55.Qd3+f556.Qxf5+Kh657.Qe6+Kh758.Qd7+Kg859.Qxd6Qe3+60.Bc3Kh761.Qc7+Kg662.Qg7+Kf563.Qf6+Kg464.Qd4+Qxd465.Bxd4Kf466.c5Kf567.c6Ke668.Bc5Kd569.c7Kxc570.c8Q+Kd671.Qf5Ke772.Kc4Kd673.Kb5Kc774.Qe5+Kb775.Qe7+Kc876.Kc6Kb877.Qb7#1–0
This is taken from the fourth round of the 15 minute tournament that was played March 21st 2015 at the FIDE Online Arena. This was also the last round game and I ended the tournament with a score of three wins and one loss. The game started to go clearly wrong for vincenzo48 already on move 9. The problem with the move is that I could have replied with e5 and the knight would have needed to move to maybe d5 and I could have doubled vincenzo48's pawns. The only other option would have been to move the knight to e8, but that would have been a really horrible square for the knight.
Better moves for vincenzo48 were 9...d6 and 9...d5.
I had unfortunately too passive mind set once again and played 10.a3, in order to prevent b4. After that the position ought to be even. The equality remained until I played the sloppy move 29.Qf6. I did end up on the worse side of the board after that. My opponent replied correctly with 29...Qc5+ and then I went from being slightly worse to being clearly worse with the move 30.Kg2. My best option was to move my king to h1.
In order to keep the position even, I needed to play either 29.Qb8+ and 29.Qe3.
In the game vincenzo48 played 30...Rdd6, which allowed me to get back into the game. The best move for my opponent seems to be 30...e5, because that way vincenzo48 would have been able to get a protected passed pawn. The game continued evenly after that up to the move 32.Kh3. Both players then blundered, first my opponent with the move 32...Rd7 and then me with the move 33.Qg5. While neither move was bad enough to lose the game, they were enough to shift the advantage from one side to the other, with my 33rd move even clearly to the side of my opponent.
Vincenzo48's best options to hold the position were 32...Rb6 and 32...Qc4.
The game continued with the moves 33...Kg7 34.Re5 and then for the last time my opponent blundered and moved the queen to d6. Moving the the queen to c4, a2 or b3 would have kept vincenzo48 clearly fighting for the win. With that one unfortunate queen move the game continued to be played equally to its completion. The only reason I was the winner is due to the fact that my opponent ran out of time a few moves later.
Game number two. This game is taken from the 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen II tournament and it was played at Red Hot Pawn. This was the first tournament I have ever won at RHP and currently it is also the only one I have been able to win! Even though I ended up winning this game, it was me who ended up being on the clearly worse side of the board when I played 16.f3. Apsol did not find the strongest reply, 16...d5, which was also the
starting point for the path towards a clear advantage. Apsol chose the move 16...Nc4, after which my opponent has only a slight advantage.
At depth 33 Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT prefers 16.Qd4 over other moves.
The next turning point came when apsol played 19...exd5 and the balance shifted slightly in my favor. A few moves later my opponent made the huge game losing blunder 22...Qc8 and after that it was very easy game for me to win.
Both 22...Qc7 and 22...Qxd4 were much better than what apsol did in the game.
I did obviously find the fork on e7, but apsol did not resign yet, my opponent continued for a couple of moves before he or she resigned after 25.Rfe1.
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1.e4c52.Nf3Nc63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf6Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian.
Normal5.Nc3a65...e56.Ndb56.Nb3Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan
Variation. Schlechter Variation6...d67.Bg5a68.Na3b59.Bxf6gxf610.Nd5Bg7Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation. Sveshnikov Variation
Novosibirsk Variation10...f511.Bxb5Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan
Variation. Sveshnikov Variation Peresypkin's Sacrifice6.Be2e67.0-0Be78.Be30-0B46 Sicilian: Taimanov, 5.Nc3 a69.f4b59...d510.e5Nd711.Kh111.Rf3Nxd412.Bxd4b513.Bd3f514.Rh3Nc515.Qh5h616.Qg6Kh817.Rg3Rg818.Rh3Rf819.Rg3Rg820.Qh5Qe821.Qh3Qf722.Be2Bd723.Bh5g624.Bf3Kh725.Re1Rac8Toth,L (1727)-Hadrik,C (1949) Hungary 2016 1-011...Nxd412.Bxd4Bc513.Bxc5Nxc514.Qd4Qb615.Rab1Nd716.Qd3f617.exf6Nxf618.Bf3Bd719.Rfe1Qc720.Re5Rac821.Rbe1b522.a3Qc423.f5Qxd324.cxd3Moiseev,V (2480)-Milanesi,B Oberwart 1991 1/2-1/2 (50)10.a3Bb7N10...Bc511.Bf2Qb612.Nxc6Bxf2+13.Rxf2dxc614.e5Rd815.Qf1Nd516.Nxd5Rxd517.Bd3a518.Kh1g619.Rf3Bb720.Rg3b421.Bc4Rd222.Bb3Rad823.axb4Rf224.Qg1Rdd225.Rf3Bratkovic,J (1941)-Gratton,D (1733)
Nova Gorica 2013 1/2-1/211.Nxc6Bxc612.Bd3d513.exd5Nxd514.Nxd5Bxd515.Qh5g6Prevents intrusion on f516.Qg4f5Black threatens to win
material: f5xg416...Bf617.Rab117.Qe2=Rc818.c3Consolidates
b4Qd619.Bd4Qc620.Rf2Bc521.Qe5Bxd4Black forks: f2+e522.Qxd4Rfd823.Qe3Bc424.Bxc4Qxc425.Re1Rc626.Rfe2Rd327.Qe5Rdd628.g3Rd5
Black threatens to win material: Rd5xe529.Qf6Attacks the backward pawn on
e629.Qb8+!?deserves considerationRc830.Qb7=29...Qc5+30.Kg230.Kh1e531.Qg530...Rdd630...e5!?31.Qg5e431.Qe7Qd5+32.Kh3Rd732...Rb6=33.Qg5??White is ruining his
position33.Qe8+Kg734.Re5±33...Kg734.Re5Qd634...Qc4!?35.Qh4h6-+35.g4White threatens to win material: g4xf5h6
Black threatens to win material: h6xg536.Qh4Qd3+36...Qd237.R1e3Qd138.gxf5Qf1+39.Kg3gxf540.Qh3Qxh3+41.Kxh337.R5e3=White
threatens to win material: Re3xd3Qd638.gxf5exf539.Re7+39.Re7+Rxe740.Rxe7+Kf841.Re3=1–0
