2021.02 2021.02 Uploads: 2021.02.02.BNAK Simul 2021.02.02 2021.02.09 2021.02.16 [Event "BNAK 2021.02.16 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/q635SEmW"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "954"] [BlackElo "800"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] {Niranjanadevi was 1st, MlavanuR 3rd is this Arena.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. O-O Ng4 {Premature attack. d6 or Be3 or 0-0} 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. h3 Nf6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Rfe1 {a3 and then bring the other rook to the center. This rook is better on f1 so that White could start an attack with Nh3 and f4.} O-O 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. a3 Na5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 b5 {Trying (way too late) to give his knight a home on b7} 18. b4 Nc6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Ra1 f5 21. d4 e4 22. Nh2 Qd7 23. f3 Rae8 24. Qf4 Rf6 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Qg4 Qe7 27. Re3 Re6 28. Rae1 c6 29. Nf3 d5 30. Nh4 Qf6 31. c3 Rf8 {Fritz says just sit on the position with Qf7. Now Rf3 ef; Re6 Qf7; Rh6 fg (f2+ Kf1); Ng2. Okay, Fritz is a psycho attacker. I would have played Rf8.} 32. Qg3 Re7 {Fritz wants Qf7 and Rf6 to put the rook in front.} 33. Nf3 {Ng6} exf3 {Which makes missing the fork even more painful.} 34. Rxf3 {The other route is Re7 f2+; Kh2 fe/Q Re1. Either way is Q, R, and 6 pawns for each.} Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Qd8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Rg3 Qf6 38. Qe2 Qf4 39. Kh2 Qf2 40. Qg4 Qf7 41. Rf3 Qg8 42. Rg3 Re8 43. Qd7 Rb8 44. Qd6 Rd8 45. Qc5 Rb8 46. Qe7 Qf8 47. Qe5 Re8 48. Qh5 Re6 49. Qg4 Rf6 50. h4 {White should just accept the draw.} Rf4 51. Qd7 Rxh4+ 52. Kg1 Qf4 53. Qxg7# {Black had 12 seconds left. White had 62.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.16 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/05kkhWys"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "955"] [BlackElo "827"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] {FirstCamel was 2nd in this week’s arena.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 {passive. Black either loses the ability to castle, or (as here) loses a pawn. ed; Nd4 Bc5 is better.} 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Nxd8 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. O-O-O Bxf3 {I don’t like this move. White gets to defend his e-pawn, gets a bishop for a knight, and gets an open file for attacking. Bring the knight on d8 back into the game and bring the second rook to the center. Bf3 is the second choice for Fritz who likes a6 best. It protects b5 from both bishop and knight.} 12. gxf3 Re5 {And that should lose a piece after f4 and e5} 13. Bd4 Ra5 14. Rhg1 Bxh2 15. Rg2 {Fritz likes Bf6 Bg1; Rg1 with 2 pieces for the rook.} Be5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. f4 Ra5 {Fritz says the rook should retreat along the file. Now e5 and the rook is in real danger from b4} 18. Rdg1 Ne8 19. b4 {Again, e5 makes this push much more effective.} Rh5 20. Nd5 Ne6 21. f5 c6 {It would be very hard to see that Black comes out on the short end of this. Nd8 is better.} 22. fxe6 cxd5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. exd5 Rxd5 {Rc8 or a5} 25. Bc4 {And that’s the game.} Rad8 26. Bxd5+ {Winning an exchange is not bad, but Rd1 would threaten to win a rook. Black can defend with Nc7 and Ke6, but White can attack with Rg5 with a threat of Rg7 in the wings} Rxd5 27. Rd1 Rb5 28. c3 Re5 29. Rd7+ Kf8 30. Rxb7 a5 31. Rg3 {Kd2 to keep the rook out} axb4 32. Rf3+ Kg8 33. Rbf7 h6 34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Re3 {Forcing the black rook off the board.} Rxe3 36. fxe3 Nf6 37. cxb4 h5 38. b5 Nd7 39. Rf7 h4 40. Rxd7 h3 41. Rd4 {Rd2} g5 42. Rg4 h2 43. b6 h1=Q+ 44. Kb2 Qh2+ 45. Kb3 Qh3 46. b7 {Re4 or Rb4 give White better chances} Qxe3+ 47. Kc2 Qb6 48. Rxg5 {Rb3} Qxb7 49. Rh5+ Kg6 50. Rh2 {The rook needs to be close to the king to avoid forks} Qe4+ {Qc7 drops the rook.} 51. Kb3 Qd5+ 52. Ka4 Qc4+ {Qa8+ and the next check will be on b8 to fork the rook} 53. Ka3 Qf4 54. Rc2 Qe4 55. Kb3 Qd5+ 56. Kb2 Qb5+ 57. Kc1 Kf5 58. Rb2 Qf1+ 59. Kc2 Ke4 60. Kb3 Qd3+ 61. Ka4 Qa6+ 62. Kb3 Qb5+ 63. Ka3 Qa5+ 64. Kb3 Kd3 65. a3 Qc3+ 66. Ka2 Qc4+ 67. Kb1 Qa4 68. Ka2 Qc4+ 69. Kb1 Qh4 70. Rb3+ Kd2 71. Rb2+ Kc3 72. Rc2+ Kb3 73. Rb2+ Kxa3 74. Ra2+ Kb3 75. Rb2+ Kc3 76. Rc2+ Kd3 77. Rb2 Qe1+ 78. Ka2 Qc1 79. Rb3+ Kc2 80. Rb8 Qd2 81. Rb2+ Kc3 82. Rxd2 Kxd2 {White had 3 minutes left. Black had 15 seconds.} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.16 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/1zIUHqjQ"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "saig2021"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "824"] [BlackElo "0000"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nd5 {That should lose a pawn. Ra2 or h4} Nxd5 15. exd5 c5 {Instead of Bb2 winning a pawn, Black traps his own bishop.} 16. c3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 c4 {White has 2 attackers. Black has 1 defender. 0-0 or Qd7} 18. d4 {White says you can have the pawn. I want your king.} cxb3 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 O-O 21. Qh5 Kh7 22. f4 {Fritz likes b2 or Qb6+ protecting the king-side} Qxd5 23. fxg5 {It’s a sacrifice if you win, a blunder if you lose} Qxe5 24. Rf6 Qxc3 25. Rxh6+ Kg7 26. Rh7+ Kg8 27. Rf1 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qd3 {Black needs the other rook or b2 with threats} 29. Rfxf7 {Another way is Rh8+ Kg7; Qh6 mate} Rxf7 {A pawn on b2 would make a world of difference} 30. Qxf7# {Black had 6 minutes left. White had almost 9. Playing too fast.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.09 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4XKAhe9w"] [Date "2021.02.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C25"] [WhiteElo "800"] [BlackElo "000"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.02.09"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] {MLavanur came first in this arena. This was the first game for sakethvishy} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 {In the King’s Gambit, White gives up a pawn in return for open attacking lines. If you don’t take the pawn then White gets attacking lines without giving up anything. Fritz suggests ef (which is standard) or Qf6 (which is not). I play Nf6 here. An example is fe Ne4; Nf3 Ng5; d4 Nf3+; Qf3 Qh4+; Qf2 Qf2+; Kf2} 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. g3 exf4 7. Bxf4 Be6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qd7 10. d4 Bh3 11. d5 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. e5 {This leaves White with dangerously weakened d-pawn. Fritz suggests Qd2 or Qe2 to let the rooks come to the center.} dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qf5 16. Be4 {This should lose a piece to Ne4. Fritz suggests Nc4 or b4.} Qc8 17. Bg2 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qf3 c6 {This lets White trade away his weakness. Bring the rooks to the center.} 21. Rad1 cxd5 {Black is opening lines that only White is prepared to use. Bring the rooks to the center.} 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Qg4 {Fritz suggests b4 with the threat of b5. The text leaves White’s rook pinned and also allows Ba3; ba Qc3} Qg6 24. Rg5 {White should trade queens or play Qf5 instead of losing the c-pawn with check} Qxc2+ 25. Kh3 Bd4 {Black does not forget about g7, but g6 is a better defense.} 26. Ne2 {Attacking the defending bishop is the right idea. Fritz suggests Rd6 is a better way. Whenever possible, attack 2 things at once.} Bxb2 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Qg6 29. Rg5 Qh6+ 30. Kg2 Rae8 31. Nf4 {Nd4 heading for f5} Re2+ {Ouch. Blunder in a won game.} 32. Nxe2 Qc6+ 33. Rf3 Qc2 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rfxf7 Qb2 36. Rxh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.09 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pfBgxBNv"] [Date "2021.02.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "800"] [BlackElo "954"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.02.09"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Be7 {wrong bishop, as White demonstrates} 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. d4 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c3 c5 15. Qg4 Qe6 16. Qg3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Kh8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. d5 {Rad first (or Rac, says Fritz)} Qc5+ 21. Rf2 Qxd5 22. b3 Qd4 23. Raf1 Qd5 24. Kh1 Ra7 25. Qe3 c5 26. e6 {Fritz does not like this move. He wants Rd2 or Rc2} Re7 27. Rxf7 Rfxf7 28. exf7 {Fritz says Rf7 is equal after Re6.} Rxf7 {Re3 is still equal} 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qxf7 Qd2 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. Qxc5 Qxa2 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 {Finger fumble? Qf5+ mates next } Qb1+ 35. Qe1 Qxe1+ 36. Rf1 Qxf1# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.09 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/G354tuhm"] [Date "2021.02.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "800"] [BlackElo "955"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.02.09"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] {FirstCamel was 2nd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Be7 8. O-O Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Nxd4 {Kh1 to get out of the discovered check.} Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxc4 14. d3 Qd4 15. c3 Qd6 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Re1 Bd6 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Be3 Qe4 22. Qf2 O-O 23. Bxa7 Qf4 24. Qg1 {White does not want to trade queens a piece down, but that is the best move here} Ng4 {Nice sacrifice. hg Qh6+; Qh2 Qh2 mate. As so often happens, Fritz prefers Nh5 or Ne4, both threatening a devastating check on g6.} 25. Be3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bd4 27. Rf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Bxg1 29. Rxg1 Rd2 30. Rg2 Rfd8 31. Rg1 Rd1 32. Kh2 R8d2+ 33. Kh1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Rxb2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.09 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/oMWiyNh5"] [Date "2021.02.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "954"] [BlackElo "827"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2021.02.09"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 {There are two good moves here. Bb4+ c3; dc Nc3 (bc is also good) and White has returned the pawn for development. Or Nf6; e5 d5; ef dc; fg Bg7. Black’s choice, which I used to play, is just not good enough.} 5. c3 d3 {Why just give the pawn back for nothing? Fritz suggests dc; Bf7+ Kf7; Qd5+ Ke8; Qh5+ g6; Qc5 recovering the piece. The point of the h5 check is that now cb allows Bb2 attacking the rook on the long diagonal.} 6. Qxd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bb5 Re8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd2 d5 {Fritz suggests a5 threatening Ba6} 13. exd5 cxd5 14. c4 Bb7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Qf5 Be7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Qf4 {This allows g5 winning a piece} Nd5 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qb4 Rb8 23. Qa5 Rb5 24. Qxa7 Rh5 25. h3 Be5 26. Nxe5 Rexe5 27. Nf3 Rb5 28. Qd4 Rbd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 c6 31. Rd4 Qc7 32. Rfd1 Bf5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. R8d2 Qe7 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Red1 Qg6 37. Nh4 Qg5 38. Nf3 Qg6 39. Rd6 f6 40. Ne5 Qg5 41. Nf3 Qf4 42. R6d4 Be4 43. Nd2 f5 44. f3 {a game-losing blunder} Qe3+ 45. Kh2 Qxd4 46. fxe4 fxe4 47. Kg3 e3 48. Kf3 exd2 49. Ke2 Qxb2 50. Rxd2 Qe5+ 51. Kf2 c5 52. Re2 Qd4+ 53. Kf3 c4 54. Re4 Qd3+ 55. Re3 Qf5+ 56. Ke2 Qc2+ 57. Kf3 c3 58. a4 Qb2 59. a5 c2 60. Re1 c1=Q 61. Rxc1 Qxc1 62. a6 Qc7 63. g4 Qa7 64. Kg3 Qxa6 65. Kh4 Qd6 66. g5 Qf4+ 67. Kh5 g6# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.09 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/KDjsqpoD"] [Date "2021.02.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevii"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "954"] [BlackElo "687"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2021.02.09"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 {Fritz suggests Qe7} 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. O-O {ouch. Fritz suggests Qc3 or Be3} Nf3+ 8. gxf3 Qxd4 {And Black mated on move 27} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.09 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/TtaHueRr"] [Date "2021.02.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "827"] [BlackElo "954"] [PlyCount "10"] [EventDate "2021.02.09"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] {Kavin was 3rd this week} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bg4 {oops. Here is a tactic you need to know. Now Bf7+ Kf7; Ng5+ and White recovers the bishop and is up a pawn. White resigned on move 23.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2021.02 BNAK Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Tt5LpeNu"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "954"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4 Qe7 12. f5 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qe5 15. Rae1 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Qe5 17. g4 {Fritz is not impressed with this attack. He advises White to sit on the position with Qf3 or Qc1} Nd7 {Passive. Fritz advises b5 to chase the White knight.} 18. Bg3 Qf6 19. e5 {Still attacking. Fritz says to just take the c7 pawn.} Qg5 20. Qf2 {White blunders a pawn. Qf3} Qxg4 21. e6 {interestingly, I thought Black had blundered and my attack was going to come crashing through. Fritz says White still has an advantage after Rg1 or Re4 or both.} Nf6 {And now Black does blunder. fe; fe Nf6} 22. exf7+ {And White blunders in return. Bh4 or Be5 with the threat of Rg1} Kxf7 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 {Ne8 is much stronger.} 24. Re1+ {Bc7 or Qc5} Kf7 25. Rf1 {Fritz agrees that the f-pawn is more important than the c-pawn.} Ne4 {Throwing away most of Black’s advantage. b5 or Bd7 to bring more pieces into the game.} 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Qg2 {Fritz say Kg1. White’s chances are better with queens on the board} Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Kf6 29. Bh4+ Kf7 30. f6 Bd7 {This lets White trade off his weakness. g6 or g5 to keep the extra king-side pawn.} 31. fxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bf6+ Kg6 33. Be5 Bf5 34. c3 Rf8 35. Kg3 {Bc7 loses to Bh3+} Rf7 {Black offered a draw, gladly accepted.} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2021.02 BNAK Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/W0Bf7PrQ"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Upadyhay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "955"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O a6 {too late for that now. d6 to protect e5} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 {Be3 When ahead, trade.} h6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Nc4 {White is just making moves. Nc3 would bring another piece into the fray.} Bg4 11. Qd2 g5 12. Bxg5 {This is not the bishop for 2 pawns and check sacrifice. I saw hg; Qg5+ and then e5 when I would regain my piece with a couple of extra pawns} Nxe4 {That was a surprise. The pin on Black’s knight is not absolute.} 13. dxe4 Qxg5 14. Qxg5+ hxg5 15. Nbd2 Be2 16. Rfe1 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 f5 {That’s a mistake. Black’s king will not be able to recover this pawn. Rad or Re7 planning to double rooks against the pawn.} 18. exf5 Kg7 19. Rad1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Kf6 21. g4 Rh8 22. Re6+ Kg7 23. Rg6+ Kf8 24. Kg2 Bxf2 { Black gets 3 pawns for his bishop, but White has 2 passed pawns supported by rook and knight.} 25. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 26. Ke3 Rxc2 27. Kd3 Rf2 28. Rxg5 Rf3+ 29. Ke4 Rf2 30. Ke5 Re2+ 31. Kf6 Re7 32. Rg8+ Kxg8 33. Kxe7 b5 34. f6 Kh8 35. f7 Kh7 36. f8=Q Kg6 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Kf7 Kh7 40. Qg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2021.02 BNAK Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/UMhSjXh4"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Bayyarapu, Srihit, srihitchess"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "890"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Qc7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. O-O a6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nbc6 {That’s a mistake. d5 would lock up the center or 0-0 would bring another piece into the game.} 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. dxe6 Bxe6 {fe to prevent the check on b5. This is the losing move} 16. Bxd4 Qb4 {Qd4 loses the queen to Bb5+} 17. Bxh8 Bxa2 18. Qe3 Bc4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. Rfe1 Kd7 23. Qg5 Re8 24. Bf6 Qb3 25. Qg4+ Kd8 26. Rc8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2021.02 BNAK Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AJ43FP8a"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "800"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Be3 {A trap. Qb2; Bd4 or Qe4; Re1. However, Fritz says Qe4; Re1 Be6 is fine for Black.} Nf6 10. Bd4 Qe7 11. e5 {Too aggressive. Fritz says Nc3 or Nd2 with a comfortable advantage.} Nd5 12. c4 Nb6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rc1 c5 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Qf3 Rhf8 17. b3 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bg5 {Who would have thought that was a blunder? Qh5 threatens Bc5} Rxd2 {well played!} 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rfe1 Rd6 {passive. Bf7; Re7 Bg6 leaves Black with a small advantage.} 23. Re4 Bf5 24. Re8+ Rd8 25. Rce1 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kd7 27. Rf8 Ke6 28. f3 Nd7 29. Re8+ Kd6 30. Kf2 Bb1 31. Re2 Ne5 32. Ke3 Bd3 {That’s a mistake, allowing White to trade rook for both pieces.} 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. Rxd3 Nxd3 35. Kxd3 b5 {c6 and then b5 so as to capture with the c-pawn. Now White gets a passed pawn on the queen-side.} 36. cxb5 axb5 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Kd5 39. a5 Kc6 40. Kc4 f5 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 h6 43. h4 Kd6 44. g5 hxg5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2021.02 BNAK Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zqHoM74C"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "687"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O {As soon as White guards e4, Black must guard e5. Here, d6 would be good.} 6. d3 {Bc6 dc; Ne5 wins a pawn. White is looking for a bishop and knight pile-up on f6.} h6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nb1 {The knight will protect his brother from d2 freeing the queen to roam.} Re5 13. Nbd2 Qd7 {That’s an error. The knight is not pinned to the queen if he can attack the enemy queen. White should now play Ne5} 14. d4 {This also wins a piece} Re7 15. e5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxd1 18. Nxd7 Be2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rfe1 Bh5 21. Bxh6 Bg6 22. c3 b6 23. Re7 Kh7 24. Bf4 Rf8 25. Rxc7 a6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.02 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/3BZ2Ra72"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "800"] [BlackElo "687"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] {Ajitesh took first place and MLavanur 2nd in this arena.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Nd4 {Be3 or Bb6 or d6. This loses a pawn.} 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Nf3 Bc5 11. d4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Qd2 c6 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 {The same mistake Black just made, losing a pawn. Either bishop or pawn should capture. Better yet, d5 was premature. The rooks should be developed.} Nxe4 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Qd1 Re8 18. Rb1 Be6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Nd4 Ree8 22. Nb5 {just b3 to protect a4.} Nxa4 23. Nxd6 Red8 24. Qf3 Rxd6 25. b3 Nc5 26. Rbe1 Ne6 27. Rc1 Nd4 28. Qg3 Ne2+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.02 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/r1NhpPCk"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "954"] [BlackElo "800"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Bxf6 {Be2. Fritz says Black can win a pawn with Bc3+; bc Qc3+; Kf1 gf} gxf6 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. O-O {Fritz says 000 since now Nf3+ breaks open the White castle.} Rg8 {A logical attack with rook and bishop. Fritz prefers to win a pawn with Bc3; bc Qc3; Qc3 Ne2+ and NxQ} 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Rfe1+ {right idea, says Fritz. Wrong piece. Qe1+ Kd7; a3 dc (note that the queen is not attacked); ab} Kd7 14. a3 dxc3 15. axb4 cxd2 16. bxa5 dxe1=Q+ 17. Rxe1 Rae8 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Bb5+ c6 20. Ba4 Bd5 21. f3 Re2 22. Rg1 Rg6 23. h3 {Fritz pointsout Rgg2; Rg2 Re1+; Rg1 Bf3 mate} Rh6 {Threatening Rh3+ followed by Bf3+} 24. Kh2 b5 25. axb6 axb6 26. c4 b5 {Fritz says Bf3 wins a pawn instead of losing a pawn.} 27. cxb5 cxb5 28. Bxb5+ Bc6 29. Bc4 Rxb2 30. Bxf7 Rd2 31. Bc4 Rg6 32. Bf7 Rg7 33. Bc4 Bxf3 34. Bb5+ Kd6 35. Bc4 Rgxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Rxc4 {Leaving an easy pawn ending. Fritz just wants to bring the king forward for mate.} 39. dxc4 Kc5 40. Kf2 Bc6 41. Ke3 Kxc4 42. Kf4 Kd5 {Bd7 keeps out the enemy king.} 43. Kf5 Kd4 {even now, Bd7+ trades pawns leaving Black with an easy bishop and pawn win.} 44. Kxf6 Ke3 45. Kg7 Be4 46. h4 Kf4 47. h5 Kg5 48. h6 Kh5 {Fritz points out that a bishop retreat would still win the pawn and would keep White’s king from getting in front of the remaining Black pawn. Here, it makes no difference.} 49. Kf6 Kxh6 50. Ke5 Bb1 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Kg4 h5+ 53. Kh4 Bf5 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Kh2 h4 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. Kh2 h3 58. Kg1 Kg3 59. Kh1 Be4+ 60. Kg1 h2+ 61. Kf1 h1=Q+ 62. Ke2 Qf3+ 63. Kd2 Qd3+ 64. Ke1 Qe3+ {Qc2 with mate next} 65. Kd1 Bf3+ {Qf2 with mate next} 66. Kc2 Be4+ 67. Kd1 Bc2+ 68. Kxc2 Kf4 69. Kb2 Qd3 70. Kc1 Qe2 71. Kb1 Qd2 72. Ka1 Ke3 73. Kb1 Kd3 74. Ka1 Kc3 75. Kb1 Qb2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.02.02 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/X93AUaed"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "955"] [BlackElo "800"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2021.02.02"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] {FirstCamel came third in this Arena.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 {For a pawn, White gets a powerful attack.} Bc5 {Bb4+; c3 dc; Nc3 keeps the pawn, but helps White develop. Nf6 e5; d5 is my favorite these days.} 5. c3 dxc3 {Fritz says Qe7 is equal} 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Ke8 8. Qxc5 cxb2 9. Bxb2 d6 10. Qc4 {Fritz prefers Qh5+ forcing the king to move} Nf6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Nbd2 Na5 {White’s queen has many nice squares. Black’s knight is now out of the game.} 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Kf7 {Time to bring the knight back into the game, says Fritz. Nc6. The king move is a blunder that loses the game.} 16. e5 dxe5 {On Ne8 White wins with e6+ Ke6; Rfe+Kf7; Ne5+} 17. 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