Bloomington Normal Chess Club

2021.04

2021.04.06. BNAK Simul

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2021.04.27.BNAK

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5SUr0eGk"] [Date "2021.04.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin952011"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1599"] [BlackElo "1566"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Kavin was 1st this week. Saketh was 2nd} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. Ne1 {White wants to attack with f4. I prefer Qd2 to prepare for this.} Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Qf3 Nd4 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qh4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nf6 16. Rxf6 {A bit more aggressive than warranted.} gxf6 17. Qxh6 f5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 f6 20. Nf3 Rf7 {Qg7 is safest. When ahead, trade.} 21. Ra4 b5 22. Rh4 Rh7 23. Qxf6 Rf8 24. Qg5+ Rg7 {again, Qg7} 25. Qh6 Kf7 {Rh7 invites a draw} 26. Ng5+ Ke7 {Ke8 also loses a rook after Ne6} 27. Qxg7+ Ke8 28. Qg6+ Kd8 29. Rh7 {Ne6 is a fork that wins quickly, but this should also win quickly} Qe8 30. Nf7+ {Qg7 or Ne6+} Kc8 31. Qxf5+ Kb7 32. c4 a6 33. c5 dxc5 34. Qg6 Rg8 35. Rg7 Rf8 36. Nd6+ Kb6 37. Nxe8+ Ka7 38. Rxc7+ Kb8 39. Qb6+ Ka8 40. Qb7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/86TaJorP"] [Date "2021.04.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1870"] [BlackElo "1698"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Mahendra was 3rd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 {We’ve mentioned several times that this is a bad move. Bb4+ or Be7 or Nf6; e5 d5} 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d6 10. Qc4+ Be6 11. Qe2 Qf6 12. O-O Ne5 {Raf The game is now a race to see who can develop fastest.} 13. b3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. f4 Ng4 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bd5 18. c4 Rae8 19. Qd2 Ne3 20. Rf2 Nc2 21. Qxc2 Re1+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.27 Arena"][Date "2021.04.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1570"] [BlackElo "1497"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qe2 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. c4 Qb4 18. b3 Qe7 19. Ng6 Qf7 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Rae1 Re8 22. f4 h5 23. f5 exf5 24. Qf3 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qg6 26. Qxb7 Bc5 27. Nxc7 Kh7 {27… Bd6+ 28. Kg1 Qg3 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Qxf5+ Kh6 and it looks like Black wins at least a piece.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8mQHrdNZ"] [Date "2021.04.27"] [White "saig2021"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2021.04.27"] [UTCTime "23:05:24"] [WhiteElo "1339"] [BlackElo "1570"] [Variant "Standard"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 Bb6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Be3 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bxa3 13. Bxb7 Bxb7 14. Rxb7 Qe7 15. Bxa7 Rfc8 16. Qb1 Qd8 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. Rb1 c6 19. Rb8 Bxb8 20. Bxb8 Raxb8 21. Qa2 Rxb1+ 22. Qxb1 Rb8 23. Qc1 Qb6 24. g3 Re8 25. c4 c5 26. g4 Re6 27. h4 Rg6 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Qf6 30. Kf1 Rxg5 31. Qe3 d6 32. Ke2 Qg6 33. Qf3 Qe6 34. Qe3 Qg4+ 35. Qf3 Qg1 36. Qe3 Qh1 37. Qxg5 Qa1 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qxd6 Qb2+ 40. Kf3 Qd4 41. Qxd4 cxd4 42. Kg4 f6 43. Kf5 Kg8 44. c5 Kf7 45. c6 g6+ 46. Kg4 Ke7 47. c7 Kd7 48. c8=Q+ Kxc8 49. f3 Kc7 50. f4 exf4 51. Kxf4 Kc6 52. e5 fxe5+ 53. Kxe5 Kc5 54. Ke4 g5 55. Kf3 Kb4 56. Ke4 Kc3 57. Kf5 Kxd3 58. Kxg5 Ke3 59. Kg4 d3 60. Kf5 d2 61. Ke5 d1=Q 62. Kf5 Qd4 63. Ke6 Qc5 64. Kf6 Qd5 65. Ke7 Qc6 66. Kf7 Qd6 67. Kg7 Qe6 68. Kh7 Qf6 69. Kg8 Ke4 70. Kh7 Kf5 71. Kg8 Kg5 72. Kh7 Qg6+ 73. Kh8 Kf6 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/qtAozQGL"] [Date "2021.04.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1558"] [BlackElo "1537"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Qd2 Ba5 10. Bxh6 Bg4 11. Nd5 Bxf3 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bg5 Bxd2 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Kg2 Nxc2 17. Rad1 Be3 18. fxe3 Nxe3+ 19. Kh1 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Kh8 21. Rg1 b5 22. Bxb5 Rg8 23. Bc4 Rxg1+ 24. Kxg1 Rb8 25. Bxf7 Rxb2 26. Kf1 Rxh2 27. Kg1 Rd2 28. Kf1 Rxd3 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 c5 31. Kg4 Rc2 32. Bb3 Rg2+ 33. Kh5 Rb2 34. Kg6 Rg2+ 35. Kxf6 Rf2 36. Ke6 Rxf3 37. Kxd6 Rf4 38. Kxe5 Rf2 39. Kd5 Rf4 40. e5 Rf5 41. Kd6 Kg7 42. e6 Kf6 43. e7 Re5 44. e8=Q Rxe8 45. Kxc5 Re5+ 46. Kc6 a5 47. a4 Re3 48. Bc4 Rc3 49. Kb5 Ke5 50. Be2 Re3 51. Bf1 Re1 52. Kxa5 Rxf1 53. Kb6 Ra1 {This is an easy win for Black. Studying endings will win you a lot more games than studying openings.} (53... Kd6 54. a5 Rb1+ 55. Ka7 Kc7 56. a6 Ra1 57. Ka8 Rxa6#) 54. a5 Rxa5 55. Kxa5 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/PQTO380r"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Parasu, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1527"] [BlackElo "1831"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {MlavanuR was first this week with 1 loss and 1 draw in 7 games. Ved’s 3rd place was amazing since 3 of his games were against the 2nd place finisher and 2 were against the first place!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Bd2 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Be3 Bxh3 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 c6 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Qh5 Bg4 18. Qh4 Be6 19. Qf4 f5 {That doesn’t work. ef Rf5; Qf5 because the bishop is pinned!} 20. e5 d5 21. Qxd4 Qf7 22. Qb4 Qg6 {Black sacrifices the queen-side pawns for a king-side attack.} 23. Qxb7 f4 24. Qxc6 {Fritz says f3. Stop the mating attack.} f3 25. g3 Qg4 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. e6 {It’s too late to save the game.} Qh3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Rfe1 Re8 31. e7 Kh7 32. Re6 Qxe6 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/SEnYLnnr"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Sohum, Mehta, GrandCrusher"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "1758"] [BlackElo "1574"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 {Black has several developing moves that should preceed this. Be6 or b5 and Bb7.} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nd5 {Fritz does not like this. White’s natural attack is g4. He also likes Qf2 supporting a king-side attack and threatening Bb6} Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 {Fritz prefers Nd4 with a Nb3+ coming to open lines to White’s king.} 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Kb1 {a3 is better. The black knight is dangerous.} Qa4 16. a3 Na6 17. Qxa5 {Black’s premature attack has cost him a pawn.} Qd7 18. Qb6 {And this careless move should cost him a piece after Fritz’s Bd8} Rab8 19. Bf2 {Making an escape square for the queen.} Bd8 20. Qe3 b5 21. Be1 {Fritz says Black now has the advantage. he suggested Qa7} b4 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Qc3 Rb8 25. Qc6 {After a queen trade, White’s pawn on c6 will be hard to protect. Black is still intent on a queen-side attack even at the cost of another pawn.} Qa7 {Fritz says, what’s the hurry. Qe7 and untangle the pieces.} 26. Qxd6 Bc7 27. Qc5 Bb6 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Qxe5 Rfb8 {Be3 threatens Qa2 mate, but after c3 it is hard to find progress for Black. Not so hard, says Fritz. Don’t give him time for c3. Rfe8 forces Qe8+ because moving the queen is worse. for example, Qc3 Qa2+; Kc1 Be3+; Rd2 Qa1+; Na1 Ra1 mate!} 30. Rhe1 Ba5 31. Re4 Bc7 {That helps White. Bd2 offers the bishop in return for the mate shown in the last note.} 32. d6 Qa2+ 33. Kc1 Bxd6 {That does not help. Rd8 would again offer the bishop for the same queen sacrifice mate.} 34. Rxd6 Rxb3 {And now White strikes first.} 35. Qe8+ Rxe8 36. Rxe8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4cRHBgby"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1576"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Sakethvishy was 2nd this week with 2 losses and 1 draw in 8 games} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 a6 4. Ng5 {Premature. White needs to bring out more pieces.} Nh6 {e6 is more logical. White’s knight is poorly placed.} 5. d3 g6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bxh6 Bxh6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Ng5 Bxb2 {Who has the stronger attack?} 10. Nxf7 Qb6 11. Nxh8 Bxa1 12. Qf3 Bxh8 13. Qf7+ Kd8 14. Qf8+ Kc7 15. Qxh8 {Even material, but White has better development and better king safety} Nd4 16. Nc3 Nxc2 17. Nd5+ Kc6 18. Nxb6 Kxb6 19. Qb2+ Nb4 20. a3 a5 21. axb4 axb4 22. d4 Kc6 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Bd5+ Kb6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Rb1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/igeoiL7x"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1563"] [BlackElo "1571"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qe2 d6 9. h3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Nb5 Bxb2 12. Rab1 a6 13. Rxb2 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Rxb7 Rxa2 17. Qe3 Rxc2 18. Rfb1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 Nf4 21. Nxe5 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. R1b2 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Nc3 25. Qe1 f6 26. Qxc3 fxe5 27. Re2 Ra8 28. Rxe5 {Qe5. Black pins, not the king, but the escape square.} Qd6 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Re6 {Qe4} Ra1+ 31. Qc1 Rxc1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dyAEPsRu"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Parasu, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1551"] [BlackElo "1552"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Rfd1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Bxh6 {Fritz is not impressed by this attack. Black has resources to defend.} Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ng5 Qf6 {Fritz would rather move the bishop to c6 for attacking or g6 for defending.} 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 18. Nxe4 Qg6 19. Re1 Qe6 20. Qg5+ Kh8 {One bad move is all it takes. Qg6} 21. Nf6 Qxc4 22. Qh6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lq2s3kpg"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Chatrathi, Vikhyath, vikquick"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1417"] [BlackElo "1545"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 Qe7 {That invites the Bg5 and Nd5 attack. Black should play d6 or h6.} 7. Bd5 {Bg5 h6; Nd5 wins a pawn} h6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. a3 {Why? White never makes use of this move.} Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rad8 12. h4 {Why? White does make use of this move, but it should not get him anything.} Bd4 13. Ne2 Bc5 14. h5 g6 {First, this loses the h-pawn. Second, that pawn is supposed to be guarding the king. It should not be moving.} 15. hxg6 {Bh6 first. Then the rook would have to go to the e-file and could not later go to f7} fxg6 16. Bxh6 Rf7 17. Qg3 Nh5 {Now Black loses both the pawn and the knight. Nh7; Qg6+ Kh8 would leave Black’s entire army bearing down on the White king. Fritz suggests Kh7, but I rather like giving up the pawn for the attack.} 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh5 Rh7 20. Ng3 Qe6 21. Nf5 Rf8 22. Bg7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ {Why give up the piece? Fritz suggests Qg4 or Qg5 } Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kh8 {Qg6 is better, but Black is not ahead and the king-side pawns look dangerous without the heavy pieces.} 25. Nf5 Rg8 26. Qd2 Qg6 27. g3 Qg4 {Fritz says Qg3+; Ng3 Rg3 is mate! No, I did not see that.} 28. Qc3 Qh3 {I was watching this game and said to myself, OK, Bd4; Nd4 Qh3 and Black wins. Surely, he won’t allow the check.} 29. Qxe5+ Rgg7 30. Qe8+ Rg8 31. Qe5+ Rhg7 {Black should probably take the draw} 32. Nxg7 Rxg7 33. Rfe1 {Rg3+ would win, but the rook is pinned} Kg8 34. Qxc5 Qg4 35. Re3 Qh3 36. Rae1 Rh7 37. f4 {White’s only chance was Qg5+ trying for a perpetual check} Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Rh2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/EXqPsRws"] [Date "2021.04.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1832"] [BlackElo "1551"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {MlavanuR was 1st this week, losing only 1 of 8 games – this one. Ajitesh finished 3rd.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 {Too passive. Now with de de; Qd8+ Black must choose to get his king stuck in the center after Kd8 or lose the e-pawn after Nd8. The correct response to d4 is de} 4. d5 {Certainly playable. White gets a big grip on the center.} Nce7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Ng6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nd1 Nh5 {Fritz likes Qg4 or Ng4. Why not just h6, driving the bishop away?} 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nxe5 {Again, the standard temporary sacrifice against a knight on the rim.} Nf4 14. Qg4 Qxg4 15. Nxg4 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nde3 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 c6 20. Rxf8+ {Both ignore the plight of the knight on e2. Rfe h5; Re2 hg leaves White with much prettier pawns.} Rxf8 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. h3 Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Nf5 24. Rd1 {Right idea, says Fritz. Wrong move order. First e4 and then Rd1} d5 25. Rf1 a5 26. Ne5 Nxe3 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. c3 {Nc6 and White gets two pawns to Black’s one.} Nc4 {Nd1. Now White trades knights and brings his king to the center.} 29. b3 {Trading knights leaves White with an advantage based on the weakness of Black’s pawns.} Nxe5 30. Kg3 Nd3 31. Kf3 Nc1 32. Ke3 Nxa2 33. Kd3 c5 34. Kc2 d4 35. Kb2 Nxc3 36. Kc2 Ne4 37. Kd3 Nf2+ 38. Kc4 d3 39. Kc3 Ke7 40. Kd2 Kd6 41. Ke3 Ne4 {Of course White can’t take the knight, but why lose the pawn? Ke5; Kf2 Kd4; Ke1 Kc3; Kd1 Kb3; Kd2 c4} 42. Kxd3 Ng3 43. Kc4 Ne4 44. Kd3 Ng5 45. Kc4 Ne6 46. Kb5 Nd4+ 47. Kc4 Ne2 48. Kb5 Nc1 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Kc3 Kb5 51. Kc2 Ne2 52. Kd2 Nf4 53. g4 Nxh3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/qWZRxMoN"] [Date "2021.04.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1550"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Sakethvishy was 2nd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 {You guys are letting MlavauR off too easy in the King’s Gambit. The most difficult defense is to take on f4 and then defend the f4-pawn with the g-pawn. Consult your opening book. there are hundreds of lines, many favoring Black.} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 exf4 {ed4. The f-file is the one you do not want to open since it leads directly to your king.} 6. Bxf4 Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Be6 {Yuck, says Fritz. In getting out of the fork, Black ends up with pieces misplaced on both sides of the board. Bg4 was better. } 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Ne2 {Black can now win a pawn with NxB and then Ne4,} Nxe4 13. Qxa5 Bb5 14. c4 Bd7 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. Rae1 b6 17. Qd2 b5 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Ne4 {And that’s a blunder. Ne4; Qe5 Bh4 will win material.} bxc4 20. Bxc4 Ng4 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. h3 Bf5 {You threaten mine, I’ll threaten yours. But what if yours can move?} 23. Nxf6+ {Good, but Fritz shows Ng3 stronger. Remember that Black already has a piece under attack.} Qxf6 {Nf6 saves the attacked piece.} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Bg5 Qg6 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Bxf3 {Removing the defender of g5, but Black gets mated.} 29. Qe8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZZlDqEFP"] [Date "2021.04.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1588"] [BlackElo "1824"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bf6 13. Qe4 c6 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Qh4 f5 {You guys have to stop attacking with the pawns defending your king. Black keeps the advantage with Bf5} 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qc5 21. b3 Rae8 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qb4 24. c3 Qc5 { Black has to protect f8} 25. Re5 Qd6 26. h3 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6 28. f4 Qf6 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. fxg5 f4 {Re8 White’s rook is dangerous. Get the rooks off the board} 31. Re7 Bc8 32. Be6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Kg7 34. Re7+ Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. a4 {Kg1 The winner will be the one who get the king to the center first. All of White’s pawn moves just serve to weaken the pawns. Fritz agrees with all this, but says the fastest way to get White’s king to the center is g3. Black should trade since advancing just loses the pawn.} Ke6 37. Kg1 Kf5 38. Kf2 Kxg5 39. b4 Kf5 40. b5 cxb5 41. axb5 Ke5 42. c4 g5 43. c5 Kd5 44. c6 bxc6 45. bxc6 Kxc6 46. Ke2 h6 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Ke2 a5 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Kc2 Ke3 51. Kd1 Kf2 52. Kd2 Kxg2 53. Kd3 Kxh3 54. Ke4 g4 55. Kf5 g3 56. Kxf4 g2 57. Kf5 g1=Q 58. Ke5 h5 59. Kf5 h4 60. Ke5 a4 61. Ke4 a3 62. Kd3 a2 63. Ke4 a1=Q 64. Kd5 Qad1+ 65. Ke4 Qgd4+ 66. Kf5 Qf3+ 67. Ke6 Qfe3+ 68. Kf7 Qdf4+ 69. Kg6 Qe6+ 70. Kh7 Qff5+ {Qf7+ and Qe8 mate} 71. Kh8 Qf8+ 72. Kh7 Qff7+ 73. Kh8 Qee8# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/CxJp5pfP"] [Date "2021.04.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1561"] [BlackElo "1588"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Bd2 {Be3} d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qc1 Qg6 {I was amused that Fritz suggested Bh3 since after gh Black wins the knight.} 13. Nh4 {Fritz says Kh2. The King is a strong piece.} Qh5 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nf3 Ne7 16. c3 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qh5 18. g3 {Just Nf3. Always be leery of moving the pawns in front of your king.} g5 19. Ng2 Qxh3 20. Bxg5 {The question for this sacrifice is always do you have pieces to back up the attack. White has no such pieces. The sacrifice is unsound. In fact, Black has four pieces aimed at the White position.} Rf3 { imaginative. White has nothing. It is Black who has the mating attack.} 21. Bxe7 Rxg3 22. d4 Qxg2# 0-1 [pgn] [pgn navigation_board=floatLeft show_move_arrow=no] [Event "BNAK 2021.04.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/uxbk8KAY"] [Date "2021.04.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1546"] [BlackElo "1585"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nxe5 {Oops. This is not the typical Italian temporary sacrifice. White’s bishop on c4 hangs. d3 was correct.} Nxe5 6. d4 Nxc4 7. dxc5 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. cxd6 cxd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Re1 Qd7 {Does White deliberately allow the smashing of his castle so as to open the g-file for attack?} 13. Bxf6 Bg4 {Apparently not, since now he cannot recover the piece.} 14. f3 Bh3 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 {Kh7 to allow the rook to come to the g-file} 17. Qxc4 Kh7 {Be6} 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Rf1 {Qe2 to protect g2} Rg8+ 20. Kf2 Rg2+ 21. Ke3 Qh4 22. Qxf7+ Rg7 23. Qf5+ Rg6 24. Rg1 Rag8 25. Rxg6 Rxg6 26. Rg1 Qf6 27. Qd7+ {Simplest is just Qg6+ Qg6; Rg6 Kg6 and White is a piece ahead in a pawn ending.} Rg7 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Qxd6 { Pawn endings are the simplest endings. Trade queens and you have an extra piece and 3 extra pawns.} Qg1+ 30. Kd3 Qf1+ 31. Ke3 Qc1+ 32. Kd3 Qf1+ 33. Kd4 Qxf3 34. Qe7+ {No. You want to be able to check on f5 forking the queen. Losing an extra pawns means nothing. You have five of them. Check on d7 so you can get to f5.} Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg6 {How can this be a draw? White just has to trade queens.} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.04.13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Z59P7YGF"] [Date "2021.04.14"] [Round "1"] [White "vikquick"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1395"] [BlackElo "1562"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Nh4 {d4 or Bb5} d6 10. h3 Nxe4 {The standard temporary sacrifice against the incorrect Nh4. If Ng6 then Nc3; bc Re8 and Black has won a pawn} 11. dxe4 Qxh4 12. Nd5 Qg5 {Black hopes to trade the c-pawn for a king-side attack. Fritz suggest Be6 to trade pawn and rook for two pieces.} 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Ne7+ {Why just give up a piece?} Qxe7 15. Qg3 b5 16. Bd5 {Bd3 avoids the fork} Ne2+ 17. Kh2 Nxg3 18. Kxg3 {fg You don’t want your king in the center and you do want to open the f-file for attack} Qg5+ 19. Kh2 Qf4+ 20. g3 Qg5 21. g4 {Those pawns are supposed to be guarding the king. Fritz suggests Bb3. I think resignation is in order when a queen down.} Qf4+ 22. Kg1 Bxg4 23. f3 { This allows Qg3; Kh1 Bh3 and the rest will be mercifully short.} Bxh3 24. Kf2 Qd2+ 25. Kg3 Qg2+ 26. Kh4 Qg5+ {Fritz says Bd7 with the threats of Qh2 mate or Qg5 mate} 27. Kxh3 h5 28. Kh2 h4 29. Rg1 Qf4+ 30. Kg2 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Qxf3+ 32. Ke1 h3 33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34. Kd1 h2 35. Rh1 Qg1+ 36. Ke2 {Finally a good move. Rg1 hg/Q and White loses both rooks.} Qg2+ 37. Kd3 Qf2 {You have two rooks. Why are you trying to checkmate with just the queen?} 38. Raf1 Qd4+ 39. Ke2 Qxb2 40. Rxh2 {It should not be hard to see that Qc2+ is going to win this rook.} Qxc2+ 41. Kf3 Qxh2 42. Bb3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 g5 {This is actually not a bad idea. Give up the queen to remove the enemy’s last major piece.} 44. Rxf4 gxf4 45. Bd5 Kg7 46. Bxb7 Rxa2+ 47. Kf3 {Drawn? Two rooks and six pawns against bishop and pawn is drawn???} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford 2021.04.06 simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/rc5vgv0h"] [Date "2021.04.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "955"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 d5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 O-O {Ne4 saves the pawn.} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. c3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rab8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Re6 20. Re4 Rbe8 21. Rae1 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Re4 Rf8 25. Ke2 Rf5 26. Ke3 Kf6 27. Rf4 h5 28. Rxf5+ Kxf5 {Only now did I realize I can’t protect h2 from a king incursion. h4 loses to g5. I could not find a way to come through the center before Black’s h-pawn can queen. Then I remembered why the king can’t be in front of the queening pawn.} 29. a4 Kg5 30. f4+ {Fritz says White can move his king to g1 and sit on his one pawn advantage. Or he can charge into the center. He gives two lines that both look bad to me.} Kg4 31. f3+ Kh3 32. Kf2 Kxh2 {Black has his passed pawn, but it is blocked by his own king. He can’t queen, but I can.} 33. b4 {Only now does Fritz see that I will queen. He has been showing advantage to Black since my 30th move.} a6 34. c4 h4 35. a5 c5 {This changes nothing. After b5, my a-pawn will queen. Of course, Black will also get a passed pawn, but the White pawn is closer.} 36. dxc5 c6 37. b5 cxb5 38. cxb5 e5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford 2021.04.06 simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/38dWBLJc"] [Date "2021.04.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "954"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Nf6 {Black must defend e5 with Bd6 or Qd6 or Bg4.} 6. Nxe5 Bd6 {Now Ne4 would lose to Re1} 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. e5 Nd5 9. d4 Bb6 10. c4 Ne7 11. Be3 Be6 12. c5 Ba7 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Ne4 {When ahead, trade? But trades would help Black free his cramped position.} O-O 15. Nfg5 h6 {Losing a pawn. Bf5 is better} 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Kh8 {Black cannot defend against both Qe6 and Bh6. Fritz shows Kf7; Qh5+ Kg8; Bh6 gh; Qg6+ Kh8; Qh6+ Kg8 Qe6+ with more than enough for the sacrificed bishop.} 18. Qxe6 Qe8 19. Qxe8 {Now, when ahead, trade.} Raxe8 20. Nc3 Nb4 21. a3 Nc2 22. Rac1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 b6 {Black must free the bishop, but now the c-file becomes weak.} 24. cxb6 Bxb6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Ne4 a5 27. Rxc6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford 2021.04.06 simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/PAtLQvOg"] [Date "2021.04.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "827"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 10"] {This one I should have lost!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 Be7 6. c3 Nf6 7. cxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Re8 12. O-O Bb4 13. Bc2 {Fritz says that doesn’t protect e4. He suggests e5 or Bf7+ Kf7; Qb3+} Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. Qf3 Qd5 16. Bb2 {Fritz is not impressed. Bf4 or Re1. Mindful that I am playing 5 games at once, I prefer a slow attack hoping to open the diagonal with tempi.} Bf5 17. Rfe1 Re6 {Fritz smells danger and suggests Bg6 or Nd6} 18. Bb3 Nd2 19. Qxd5 {Fritz says Bd5 Nf3+; Bf3 and White is up a piece.} cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rg6 21. Re2 {Re7 or Rad, says Fritz. The knight can’t get away. There is no check on f3 while the bishop lives on the long diagon.} Be4 22. Bxf7+ {Winning a pawn, but Be4 wins a piece!} Kxf7 23. f4 {Only now realizing that Rd2 Rg2+ is going to be very ugly.} Nf3+ {Nc4 trades bishops leaving Black a piece ahead.} 24. Kf2 Nxh2 {Fritz likes Nh4 (still threatening Rg2+ which wins the bishop on b2); g3 Re8 with Black a piece up.} 25. Rxe4 Ng4+ 26. Kg1 Re8 27. Rae1 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Re6 29. Rxe6 Kxe6 30. c4 Ne3 31. d5+ Kd6 {hah! opened the diagonal with tempo!} 32. Bxg7 Nxc4 33. Bd4 {Now the bishop will lose a tempo. Fritz says g4 or Kf2} a6 34. Kf2 Kxd5 35. Bg7 Ke4 36. g3 b5 37. Ke2 b4 38. Bf8 a5 39. Be7 {That’s an error. Bc5 restricts the enemy knight which could now go to e3 and then d5 and then c3. Black is winning} Ne3 40. Bd8 a4 41. Be7 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Bf6 Nd5 {Fritz shows Nf5 heading for d4 and the pawn queens} 44. Be5 h5 45. Kd2 Kf3 46. f5 h4 {Ne3 says Fritz, threatening a devastating fork} 47. gxh4 Kg4 48. f6 Nxf6 {Losing instantly since the bishop protects White’s last pawn. Fritz shows Nb6; f7 Ne6 or b2; Bb2 Nf4 heading for e6. Black must take both White pawns, sacrificing the knight if necessary.} 49. Bxf6 Kf5 50. Bd8 Kg6 51. Kc3 Kf7 52. Kxb3 Ke8 53. Bg5 Kf7 54. Kc4 Kg6 55. Kd5 Kg7 56. Ke5 Kg6 57. Ke6 Kh5 58. Kf7 Kg4 59. Kg6 Kf3 60. h5 Ke4 61. h6 Ke5 62. h7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford 2021.04.06 simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/YLALy4Mr"] [Date "2021.04.06"] [Round ""] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "800"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 {Fritz says take the pawn, but I prefer the solid text. I think Black will have trouble protecting e5.} Qd6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 {Fritz gives equality after Be6.} 8. h3 Bh5 { And again, Be6 to cover c4} 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. Ncxe5 Bd6 11. Nc4 Nxe4 {Hoping for de Qc4. The problem with “you take mine and I’ll take yours” is that yours may run away.} 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 {Nd6; Re1} 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O 16. Rd7 Rac8 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Rad1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford 2021.04.06 simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/EbIA3NM3"] [Date "2021.04.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "687"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O h6 {d6 protecting the e-pawn} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 Bd4 9. Nc4 b6 10. c3 Bc5 11. d4 {Trading bishops leaves Black with ugly trippled pawns, but how is White to attack them? I prefer to take the center.} Be7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Nb3 {Black’s queen is attacked} Nd7 {pinning yourself is seldom a good idea. Fritz suggests Qe8} 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qg5 {Hoping to trade his knight for the bishop, but the bishop can move} 19. Bxf8 Ne5 20. b3 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Rxf8 22. Rd5 Qf6 23. Qd3 c6 24. Rd6 Bxc4 {A deflection sacrifice. Delightful} 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. cxd4 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rc8 28. Ke2 {Though Black has won back most of his material, White’s king is closer to the center and that c-pawn is not long for this world.} c5 29. d5 a5 30. Kd3 c4+ 31. Kc3 f6 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Kf7 34. c7 Ke7 35. c8=Q Kd6 36. Kxc4 Ke5 37. Qf5+ Kd6 38. Qd5+ Ke7 39. Kc5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Site "https://lichess.org/3ReMA45V"] [Date "2021.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Parasu, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1475"] [BlackElo "1831"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Very few arena games this week because the players were playing in the simul. MlavanuR was 1st} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Bd2 {Passive. Be3 White has nothing to fear from Be3; fe when the e3 pawn covers important central squares and the f-file is open for attack.} d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Be3 Bxh3 {The question, as always, is whether Black has enough to justify this sacrifice. Fritz says no.} 13. gxh3 Qxh3 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Ng4 16. f3 Ne5 17. Qf2 {Qg2 chases the queen away and Black’s attack has failed. Fritz says White can play Nc7 since he can escape back to d5 } c6 18. Nc7 {The knight can’t get back out of there. Nf4, chasing the queen was better.} Rac8 19. Qxd4 Rxc7 20. Qxd6 {The fork was how White planned to get back his piece.} Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Rcc8 {Attack! Rd7 chases the queen away and then Qh3+; Kg1 Nf3+ should win.} 22. f4 {Black’s knight was pinned. Now it is not.} Ng4 23. Rf3 Qh2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Site "https://lichess.org/BRt2s6Uj"] [Date "2021.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1523"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2021.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {niranjanadevi was 2nd and sakethvishy was 3rd} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxd4 {Finally, someone who has read the weekly comments.} exd4 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 {Fritz says that’s not a good move in this position. c6 is best} 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. Re1+ Be6 {Fritz shows why the previous bishop move was bad with Re6+ fe; fg Rg8; Qh5+ forking the bishop} 10. Qxb7 Rb8 {0-0 Now Black loses a piece} 11. Qc6+ Qd7 12. Qxc5 Rb5 13. Qe7+ {White is a piece up and is happy to return a pawn to take the queens off the board. Greedy Fritz prefers fg or Qa7} Qxe7 14. fxe7 Kxe7 15. d3 cxd3 16. cxd3 Re8 17. Na3 Rb6 18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Bd2 Kf8 20. Bb4+ Kg8 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. Rad1 h6 23. Be7 Rd7 24. Ba3 Rd5 25. Re5 Rd7 {Even though trading rooks wins the a-pawn, Black remains a piece behind.} 26. b3 {blundering the bishop} Bxc4 27. dxc4 Rxa3 28. Re2 d3 {Putting the pawn where it can’t be protected. Fritz favors Black after c5 protecting the passed pawn.} 29. Red2 Re7 30. Rxd3 Rxa2 31. g3 Ree2 32. Rf3 Kh7 {Re7 would protect all the pawns with a probable draw.} 33. Rd7 {The attacks looks similar, but White’s is effective and Black’s is not.} Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Ree1 35. Rfxf7 Rg1+ 36. Kh3 Ra5 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rxh6 Re1 40. Rxc7 Ree5 41. Rd6 Kf8 42. Rd8+ Re8 43. Rxe8+ Kxe8 44. Rb7 a6 45. b4 Ra4 46. b5 axb5 47. cxb5 Rb4 48. b6 Rb5 49. f4 Kf8 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. b7 Kf6 52. Rf8+ Ke7 53. b8=Q Rxb8 54. Rxb8 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.