Bloomington Normal Chess Club

2021.05

Downloads for 2021.05:

2021.05.05 BNAK Simul

2021.05.05 BNAK Arena

2021.05.11.BNAK

2021.05.18.BNAK

2021.05.25.BNAK

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.25 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dtk3mE2A"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1706"] [BlackElo "1755"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {niranjanadevi was 1st and Ajitesh 2nd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O Be6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. a3 Qd7 10. Nh4 {Be6. Now Black can play Bh3 because gh Qh3 leaves White with too many black pieces raining down on the king.} Qe7 11. Nf5 {Again, Be6.} Bxf5 12. exf5 Nd4 13. Be3 Nxf5 14. Qf3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Be4 {Wrong diagonal. This bishop is lost.} d5 20. Bf5 g6 21. Re5 {A good practical try in a lost game.} gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qg6 23. Rf4 f5 {preventing Rg4} 24. g4 Bd6 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. gxf5 Rf8 28. Kh1 {wasting a tempo for a meaningless check. Re1} Rxf5 29. Rg1+ Kh7 30. Kg2 Rg5+ {When ahead, trade.} 31. Kf1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Kg6 33. Kg2 Bf4 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. c3 Bc1 36. cxd4 Bxb2 37. Kg3 Bxd4 38. f3 Be5+ 39. Kh4 Kg6 40. Kg4 Bb2 41. a4 Bc3 42. f4 b5 43. axb5 cxb5 44. f5+ Kf6 45. h4 b4 46. Kh5 b3 47. Kxh6 b2 48. Kh7 b1=Q 49. h5 Qxd3 50. h6 Qxf5+ 51. Kg8 Qg6+ 52. Kf8 Qf7# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.25 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RS1ziner"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1729"] [BlackElo "1941"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {MlavanuR was 3rd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. f4 {Ne6 or Be6 says Fritz.} Bxb3 16. Nxb3 c6 17. Rae1 Nd5 18. f5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5 20. Qe3 Nc4 21. Qd4 Ne5 22. Qf2 Qg5 23. Qf4 Qf6 24. Qg3 Rad8 {For the next few moves White does nothing while Black improves his position.} 25. Qf4 Nc4 26. Qf3 a5 27. Rd1 a4 28. Nd2 Ne5 29. Qf4 b5 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. Rd3 Nb2 32. Re3 {Fritz says this is an error giving White an attack. He suggests g5} d5 33. e5 Qe7 34. Qg4 {Fritz calls for f6 busting open the Black castle.} Kh7 35. f6 gxf6 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Rfe1 Rg8 38. exf6 Qd6 39. Ne5 Rdf8 40. Qh5 Kh7 41. Nxf7 Qxf6 42. Re7 Rg7 43. R1e6 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Rg8+ 45. Ng5+ Kh8 46. Rh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.25 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/jbptj1XB"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1616"] [BlackElo "1750"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [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. Qd2 d6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Rad1 Qg6 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Rde1 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Re7 Rc8 19. Qf4 f6 20. h3 Bd1 21. Qd2 Bh5 22. Qe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qxe8+ Bxe8 25. f4 Bh5 26. Kf2 Bd1 27. f5 {Bb3} Bxc2 28. b3 Bb1 29. a4 Bc5 30. Bh4 {Ke2 White should go after the bishop on b1 which cannot escape.} a6 {Black sees the danger and sets about saving the bishop} 31. Kf3 Bc2 32. Kg4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bxb5 Bxb3 35. Kh5 Bxd5 36. Kg6 Bf7# {White has done nothing while Black freed the bishop which now delivers mate.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.25 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/43YWKQdN"] [Date "2021.05.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1764"] [BlackElo "1928"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 c6 16. Qd3 Re7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rde8 19. Qd2 Qxf5 20. Rf1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Rfe1 Qxf2+ {MlavanuR says that’s the nicest combination he’s ever done.} 23. Qxf2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2 Bxf2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.25 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Uh6VDi5M"] [Date "2021.05.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvish"] [Black "Chatrathi, Vikhyath, vikquick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1608"] [BlackElo "1509"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 Na5 {This allows Ne5 protecting the bishop and threatening f7. Fritz suggests d6 or 0-0} 6. Bb3 c6 {Nb3 That’s why the knight went out there.} 7. d3 Qc7 8. Bd2 d5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. dxc6 e4 {Has Black forgotten that he has not 0-0 yet?} 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxe4 Bxf3 {Black is already behind in development and this just helps White develop the queen.} 13. Qxf3 Rae8 {Letting White bust open the king-side should be fatal. Black should have traded knights} 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bc3 {Not a bad move. Fritz is showing mate in 11 after Qg4+} Be7 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Re3 Rg8 18. Qf5 Qc8 19. Bxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6+ Rg7 21. Rg3 Reg8 22. Re1 h6 {Fritz suggests Qc6 to bring the queen back into the defense} 23. Bxf7 Qf8 24. Bxg8 {I thought White blundered his queen. Fritz was suggesting Rg6 with mate next} Qxf6 25. Re8 Rxg8 {Re7 holds} 26. Rexg8+ Kh7 27. R3g7+ Qxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. c7 {After all the dust has settled, a quiet ending move.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.18 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zrkJYLVF"] [Date "2021.05.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1640"] [BlackElo "1939"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {MlavanuR was 1st this week on tiebreak over sakethvishy, both having 5 wins from 7 games.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 {An attempt to remove defenders from Black’s king-side to allow the Bh6 attack to win.} Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Nf5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Rad1 {a3 should be played first} Rxa2 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nd4 {this results in weaknesses in the Black pawns. c6 is better, attempting to remove the doubled pawns.} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qf4 c5 {Now after dc bc; Qd4 White has regained his pawn..} 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Kh2 Qg5 22. Qg3 Qxg3+ 23. fxg3 {Fritz says Kg3 to activate the king} Rb8 {Fritz likes Re3 with the more active rook.} 24. g4 g6 25. Kg3 Kg7 26. Kh4 {Fritz says Re8 heading for e3 or e2} Kf6 27. Rf1+ Kg7 {Ke7 is more active} 28. g5 {White wants to eliminate his doubled pawns, but after the trade Black moves to e8 and White can protect b2, g2, and d3 only by Rf2 Re3; Rd2. Then his rook is dead while Black’s is very active.} h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rh8+ 31. Kg3 Ra8 {Re8 is better} 32. Kh4 {White’s king is doing nothing about the dangers on the other side of the board.} Ra5 {Black wants to activate his queen-side pawns. White does nothing useful.} 33. Kg3 b5 34. Kh4 bxc4 35. dxc4 Ra4 36. b3 Rb4 37. Rb1 { That’s deadly. Rf3 was best. Rf6 is not good enough because of the danger of Black’s d-pawn.} b5 38. cxb5 Rxb5 39. Kg3 c4 40. b4 c3 41. Kh4 c2 42. Rc1 d3 43. Ra1 d2 44. Kg3 c1=Q 45. Rxc1 dxc1=Q 46. Kh4 Rxb4 47. Kg3 Qf4+ 48. Kh4 Qxg4# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.18 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7Z4h2h68"] [Date "2021.05.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1686"] [BlackElo "1645"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Kavin took 3rd and Ajitesh 4th this week.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 h6 7. d3 d6 8. a3 Be6 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Qc1 Ng6 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Re1 c5 15. Kh2 Nh5 16. g4 Nhf4 17. g5 {A fatal weakening of White’s king-side.} hxg5 18. Nxg5 {White adds a knight to his pawn deficit} Qxg5 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxe6 {Allowing mate on g2} fxe6 21. Rg1 Qh4 22. Rg3 Ne2 23. Qe3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Qf6 25. Kg2 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Re1 d4 28. Qe4 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxg3 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Rxe5 {threatening mate, but it is Black’s move} Rf1# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.18 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/VkYsppCP"] [Date "2021.05.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Prabakaran, Ishanth, IshanthP"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "1387"] [BlackElo "1642"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 O-O { trading on c3 does help White develop, but not trading just gives him a free pawn.} 8. cxd4 h6 9. h3 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bc4 c6 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. d4 Qe4 15. f3 {Nc3 develop pieces. Move pawns only when you must.} Qg6 16. d5 {ignoring Black’s move. Not a good idea.} Bxh3 17. Qe2 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. dxc6 {Be3 gives the king a square on g1 and protects the knight with both rooks.} Qh5# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.18 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/es1WWsuf"] [Date "2021.05.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1956"] [BlackElo "1676"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bc4 c5 {This weakens d6. Be6 or 0-0} 9. Qd3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Be5 13. f4 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 a6 15. a4 Rb8 16. e5 b5 {Black cannot win a pawn with de; fe Be5 because of Qd8! but this advance loses a pawn. Fritz likes de; fe Be6 eliminating the weakness and initiating trades} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bb7 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Bc4 Qc6 21. Bd5 Qd6 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb2 27. c4 Rb4 {Rc2 Rooks belong behind passed pawns.} 28. Rc1 Rfb8 {Rc8 and White cannot advance his pawn.} 29. h3 Rb1 30. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kh2 Rf1 {Rc1 The passed pawn is the dangerous one.} 32. c5 Rc1 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Kg6 35. c6 Kf6 36. Kg3 Ke6 37. Re8+ Kd6 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. Kg4 {Fritz says there’s no reason to give up on the pawn yet. Rc7} Rxc6 41. Rd3 Rg6+ 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Re3+ Kf6 {Black’s pieces are not working together. Kd6 or Re6} 44. g4 h5 45. g5+ Rxg5 {Kf5 Re5 mate!} 46. fxg5+ Kxg5 47. Kg3 f5 48. Rf3 h4+ 49. Kg2 g6 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Ra3 g5 52. Ra4 Kg6 53. Kf3 Kh5 54. Ra5 Kg6 55. Ra6+ Kh5 56. Ke3 g4 57. Kf4 gxh3 58. Kxf5 h2 59. Ra1 h3 60. Rh1 Kh4 61. Kf4 Kh5 62. Rxh2 Kh4 63. Kf5 {Kf3 or Rh1 and White takes the last pawn} Kg3 64. Ra2 h2 65. Ra3+ Kg2 66. Ra2+ Kg1 67. Kf4 h1=Q 68. Kg3 {Take the draw with Ra1 and RxQ} Qh8 {Covering the all-important a1 square} 69. Rg2+ Kf1 70. Rf2+ Ke1 71. Rf4 Qg7+ 72. Rg4 Qc7+ 73. Kf3 Qc6+ 74. Ke3 Qe8+ 75. Kf3 Qe2+ 76. Kg3 Qf2+ 77. Kh3 Qf5 78. Kh4 Kf2 79. Kh3 {Rg5 Now the pin wins the rook. Fritz points out Rg2+ when KxR is a stalemate, but Black doesn’t have to take the rook.} Kf3 80. Kh2 Qxg4 81. Kh1 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.18 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/UqBZJeS2"] [Date "2021.05.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Sairam, Sathivik Reddy, Sathvikreddychess"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C46"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "1674"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bc4 h6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Nd4 { That’s an error allowing Ne5.} 8. a3 d6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Ba2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 {Nf3+ gf; Bh3. that’s the whole point of the pin-it-and-win-it attack.} 14. c3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne6 16. a4 a5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. c4 Qh4 19. Bxb6 {That’s a whole bishop, but Black has a mating attack.} Qxh3 20. Re1 Rf6 21. f4 Rg6+ 22. Qg4 Rxg4# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.11 Arena"] [Site "https:/[pgn navigation_board=floatLeft show_move_arrow=no]/lichess.org/UrfzT5Hw"] [Date "2021.05.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C46"] [WhiteElo "1923"] [BlackElo "1756"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.05.11"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {MlavanuR was 1st this week with a 6-0 score} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Ba4 Bd7 10. O-O h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. Re1 Bg4 17. f3 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qh5 21. Qe2 f5 {Fritz suggests Bd4; c3 f5} 22. Rc4 Bb6 23. Rxc6 Rac8 {A blunder in a losing game. Rae was corrrect} 24. Qc4+ Kh7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8 Qh4 {The rest of the game is interesting only because of Black’s various attempts at a back-rank mate and White’s foiling of each.} 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. g3 Qd4 29. Kg2 Qg1+ 30. Kh3 Qf1+ 31. Kh4 Qg2 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. h3 Bd8+ 35. Kg4 Qf2 36. Qxe5 Qb6 37. Qd5+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Ra5 {That’s an oops.} Qxa5 40. Qxa5 Bxa5 41. c3 Kh7 42. b4 Bb6 43. c4 Kg6 44. c5 Bc7 45. d4 a5 {Fritz suggests h5+; Kh4 Bd8+; Bg5 Bg5 mate} 46. f4 {Why not b5 or Bd2?} axb4 47. Bd2 b3 48. d5 h5+ 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. d6 Bd8 51. c6 Ke6 52. c7 Bxc7 53. dxc7 Kd7 54. Bc3 g6 55. g4 Kxc7 56. f5 hxg4+ 57. hxg4 gxf5 58. gxf5 Kd7 59. Kg4 Ke7 60. Kg5 Kf7 61. f6 Kf8 62. Kg6 Kg8 63. f7+ Kf8 64. Bb4# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.11 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/g39oaMg2"] [Date "2021.05.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1713"] [BlackElo "1621"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2021.05.11"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {sakethvishy was third this week} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ba5 {trading twice on d4 is better. Black threatens to win the e-pawn since it is no longer protected. White is fine with this.} 11. Nf5 {Now White has a threat of Bh6 gh; Qh6 and mate next. Black stops this, but opens a diagonal for a White attack.} Nxe4 12. Qd3 d5 {If Black’s knight moves then White’s knight moves with check.} 13. Bxd5 Bxf5 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4+ Kg8 16. Qg4 Ne5 17. Qf5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ng6 19. f4 Qe7 {unforced error. Re8 was good.} 20. Bc5 Qh4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. g3 Qe7 23. Rfe1 Qd8 24. Rad1 Qb8 25. Qg4 b5 26. f5 Qb6+ 27. Kg2 Qc6+ 28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Nh8 30. Rd7 Rc8 31. Ree7 c5 32. Rc7 Ra8 33. Rxa7 Rb8 34. Rab7 Ra8 35. Rxb5 Rxa2 36. Rxc5 Rxc2 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Re2 {Ree8 and the knight cannot escape} Rc1 39. c4 g6 40. Ree8 Rc3+ 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 gxf5 43. Rxh8+ Kg6 44. Rcg8+ Kh5 45. g4+ fxg4+ 46. Rxg4 Rc3+ 47. Kg2 {Rg3} Kxg4 48. h3+ Rxh3 49. Rg8+ Kh4 50. c5 Rc3 51. Rc8 f5 52. c6 f4 53. c7 f3+ 54. Kf2 Kg4 {losing instantly. h5 was correct} 55. Rg8+ Kh5 56. c8=Q Rxc8 57. Rxc8 Kg5 58. Kxf3 h5 59. Kg3 h4+ 60. Kh3 Kh5 61. Rh8+ Kg5 62. Rxh4 Kf5 63. Kg3 Ke5 64. Kf3 Kf5 65. Rh5+ Ke6 66. Ke4 Kf6 67. Rb5 Kg6 68. Kf4 Kh6 69. Kg4 Kg6 70. Rb6+ Kf7 71. Kf5 Ke7 72. Rh6 Kd7 73. Ke5 Ke7 74. Rh7+ Kd8 75. Kd6 Kc8 76. Rg7 Kb8 77. Kc6 Ka8 78. Kb6 Kb8 79. Rg8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.11 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HTvjkaJB"] [Date "2021.05.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1708"] [BlackElo "1601"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.05.11"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qd2 d6 9. h3 Kh7 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ba5 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bxf7 Re7 16. Bxg6+ Kg7 17. Nf5+ Kxg6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. e5+ Kf7 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nd5 Qg5 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qe8+ Kg7 25. Re7+ Qxe7 26. Qxe7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Qh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.11 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/J3JBRzjF"] [Date "2021.05.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Prabakaran, Ishanth, IshanthP"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1362"] [BlackElo "1622"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.05.11"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Ajitesh was 2nd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Nd3 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Nf6 9. Nxc5 O-O 10. d3 Re8+ 11. Kd1 Ng4 12. f3 Nf2+ 13. Kd2 Nxh1 14. Nb3 c5 15. Nxc5 Be6 16. Nxb7 Rab8 17. Nc5 Rbd8 18. Na6 c6 19. Nc7 Re7 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Kd1 Rde8 22. Bd2 Nf2+ 23. Kc1 c5 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rf6 27. b3 Rf1+ 28. Kb2 Rxa1 29. Kxa1 h5 30. Ba5 Rd6 31. Bc7 Rg6 32. g3 Kh7 33. a4 Rc6 34. Bb8 Rf6 35. Bxa7 Rf2 36. Bxc5 Rxc2 37. Ba3 Rxh2 38. Bb2 Rg2 39. Be5 Rd2 40. d4 Re2 41. b4 Rxe4 42. a5 f6 43. Bc7 Rxd4 44. b5 Rb4 {Fritz says Ra4+; Kb2 Rb4+ winning the b-pawn.} 45. b6 g5 46. a6 Ra4+ 47. Kb2 Rxa6 48. Kb3 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Kb4 h3 51. Kb5 Ra1 52. b7 Kh6 53. b8=Q Rb1+ 54. Kc6 Rxb8 55. Bxb8 {At this point the game was abandoned as a win for Black. But the draw is not difficult. Fritz suggests these moves} Kg5 56. Kd5 f5 57. Bh2 Kg4 58. Ke5 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.11 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9R1XQuoG"] [Date "2021.05.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, Sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1610"] [BlackElo "1615"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2021.05.11"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {This does not attack anything. c4 to attack the center or Nf3 to develop the king-side.} Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nb5 Nb4 {Rc8 The danger of copying your opponent’s moves is that your opponent moves first.} 6. Nxc7+ Kd7 7. Ne5+ {Now Na8 Nc2+ and we come to an even position. But White has another idea.} Kxc7 8. Nxf7+ Kd7 9. Nxd8 Rxd8 10. Rc1 Nxa2 11. Ra1 Nb4 12. e4 {sacrificing a pawn to bring White’s second bishop into the attack.} Bxe4 13. Bb5+ Kc8 14. Rxa7 Nxc2+ {Not good enough since Qc2+ Bc2; Ra8 is mate!} 15. Kf1 e5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 {Threatening Ne3+; fe Ne3+ winning the queen. But, again, White moves first} 17. Ra8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9CArUO0f"] [Date "2021.05.04"] [Round "0"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "687"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {This is fake development. After 1. e4 e5; 2. Nf3 White has a lead because he threatens the e-pawn. On the queen side, Nc3 threatens nothing and White’s lead vanishes.} Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O {But not Nd7 when Nf7 wins a pawn.} 7. Bd3 h6 {Fritz says this is just too passive. He wants Black to play Qc7 or to advance the queen-side pawns.} 8. Qf3 Ne8 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nxf7 {This is not the same situation as on move 6, but Fritz says it is even better for White. Ng4 wins} Bxf4 11. Nxh6+ Bxh6 12. O-O {White resigned} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/97KV4KA5"] [Date "2021.05.04"] [Round "0"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "977"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 {This is known to be bad. Black recovers the pawn with advantage. 0-0 is correct.} Qd4 6. Nf3 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Bg4 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Kf1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bd6 12. Kg2 Nf6 13. Nc3 Rhe8 14. Rxe8 {Re3 White is falling dangerously behind in development. Fritz suggests Ne4} Rxe8 15. d3 Re1 16. b3 {immediately acting to free the queen-side pieces, but it is too late. Fritz suggests Rb1 which saves a move} Nh5 17. Bb2 Nf4+ 18. Kg3 Nxd3+ {White resigned, perhaps thinking the bishop was lost. Not so since Black’s rook hangs. Fritz suggests Re6 threatening Rg6 mate!} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/VPVFa6s7"] [Date "2021.05.04"] [Round "0"] [White "Sigvagnanum, Kavin, Kavin952011"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "827"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2021.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 {Fritz prefers c3. The bishop pin is not dangerous if the knight cannot come to d4} Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 h6 {Too passive for Fritz who likes Na5 to take the white bishop off the board.} 8. Be3 {But this returns the advantage to Black. After exchanging bishops, Black could play Na5 and remain with the only bishop.} Bb6 9. Ne1 {A premature attack. White should exchange bishops or play Qd2 to threaten Bh6.} Na5 10. Nd5 {Trade bishops} Nxc4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. dxc4 Qg6 13. Nf3 {Qf3} Bxh3 14. Nh4 Qg4 {Qe4 was more to the point} 15. g3 {Trading queens is better this move and mandatory next move} Bxe3 16. Nf3 Qxg3+ 17. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.04 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/yQejULla"] [Date "2021.05.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved4"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "588"] [BlackElo "977"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2021.05.05"] [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. Qd2 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Bxh6 {I’m sure White wasn’t playing for a draw here, but that’s the best he can get after this unsound sacrifice. But is it unsound? Maybe a draw against the number 2 player isn’t so bad?} gxh6 12. Qxh6 Nh7 13. Ng5 Nxg5 {Not f6 which is met with Be6+ and then mate.} 14. Qxg5+ Kh7 15. Qh5+ Kg7 16. Qg5+ Kh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.04 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/1nPDMqqa"] [Date "2021.05.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "977"] [BlackElo "0000"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.05.05"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Be6 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Re1 Bxh3 {Unsound. White has plenty of defense.} 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Re3 Qh4 18. Rg3 h5 19. Nd5 Ng4 20. Rg2 Qh3 21. Nf4 Qh4 22. Nxh5 Qxh5 23. Rxg4 {Qg4 is better, but this works out fine for White.} Rae8 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qxh5 Rh8 26. Qxf7+ Kh6 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. Kg2 Reg8+ 30. Qxg8 Rxg8+ 31. Bxg8 Kg7 32. Bd5 {and White won} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.04 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/htAiAKGw"] [Date "2021.05.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "827"] [BlackElo "687"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2021.05.05"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 {d4 is most common here. Nc3 is also played. White should take advantage of his lead in development.} a6 4. e5 {This dissipates White’s lead. Again, d4} Nc6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Be2 {Again, d4 or Nc3 are best.} Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 {d4 now. Next move is too late.} b5 10. d4 b4 11. Na4 Bd7 {Little alarm bells should be going off in White’s head – the knight needs support} 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 {b3} Bxa4 15. b3 Bb5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 a5 18. Rae1 d5 19. Nh4 Ne4 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Qd4 Ne6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 {Bf6} 23. Qxg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.04 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pUVT1jns"] [Date "2021.05.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin"] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "827"] [BlackElo "687"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2021.05.05"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Ng5 {d3 first} Qxg5 5. O-O Qd8 6. d3 Nh6 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Qf3 Nd4 10. Qg3 Bb4 {Qf6} 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Qxh6 Bxc3 13. Qh5 Bxc4 14. bxc3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nc2 16. Rb1 b6 17. Qxh7 Qe7 18. Qf5 c6 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Qh7 O-O-O 21. Qf5+ Kb7 22. Rxb6+ {White does not get enough for this rook.} axb6 23. Rb1 Rg6 24. h4 {And now he throws a bishop after the rook?} Rdg8 25. Bg5 Rxg5 {f6 makes more sense} 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf3 f6 28. Qd1 Na3 29. Rb2 Qg7 30. g3 Qh6 31. Qb3 Nb5 32. c4 {Fritz says yes, that wins the knight, but after Rh5 White is getting mated.} Rh5 33. cxb5 Rh1+ 34. Kg2 Qh3+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ 36. Kg2 Qh3+ 37. Kf3 Qh5+ 38. Ke3 {White should take the draw.} Qg5+ (38... Re1+ {Watching this game, I saw that Re1+ was a better move because it brought both Black pieces into the king hunt} 39. Kd2 Qe2+ 40. Kc3 Rc1+ 41. Kb4 Qe1+ 42. Ka3 Rc3 43. bxc6+ Kc7 44. Rc2 Rxb3+) 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kd2 Qg5+ {Now cb since the queen can’t take the pawn and protect d1} 41. Kc3 {I thought f4. Fritz agrees. White only needs one tempo before his own attack crashes through.} Rc1+ 42. Kb4 c5+ 43. Ka4 f5 {Black wants to move the queen to the 8th rank so as to play Qa8 mate. The way to do this is c4; dc Qg8} 44. Qd5+ Kc7 45. Qc6+ Kb8 46. Qxd6+ Ka7 47. Qc7+ Ka8 48. Qxb6 ({you want to take the pawn with check. Thus…} 48. Qc8+ Ka7 49. Qa6+ Kb8 50. Qxb6+) 48... c4 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. b6 cxd3 51. Qd6+ Kb7 52. Qd5+ {Qd7+ Kb8; Qa7+ Kc8; b7+ and White wins quickly} Kb8 53. Qxe5+ Kb7 54. exf5 d2 55. Qd5+ Kb8 56. Qd6+ Kb7 57. Rxd2 Rc4+ 58. Ka3 Rc3+ 59. Kb4 Rc6 60. Qd7+ Kxb6 61. Qd4+ Kb7 62. Qd7+ Kb6 63. Ka4 Qg4+ 64. f4 Qxg3 65. Rb2+ Kc5 66. Qe7+ Kd5 67. Qe5+ Kc4 68. Qb5+ Kc3 69. Rb3+ Kc2 70. Qe2+ Kc1 71. Rxg3 Ra6+ 72. Kb5 Rxa2 73. Rg1# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.04 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/zVX0ueSO"] [Date "2021.05.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "0000"] [BlackElo "827"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2021.05.05"] [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. Qd2 Ng4 9. h3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 d6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nd5 Ba5 13. Qe2 f5 {That puts the bishop in a precarious position. Qd7 is better} 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. e4 Bb6+ {Fritz says Nb6 leaves Black with both rooks and a bishop in trouble.} 16. d4 exd4 17. exf5 {Nb6 is still the move} d3+ 18. Kh2 {Take on b6, lose the queen, take the other bishop with check} dxe2 19. Rfe1 Bxf5 {Now White gets to play a discovered check that wins a rook. Fritz suggests Bd5} 20. Nxb6+ Kh8 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Rxe2 Qf8 23. Nh4 {Rae. Fritz likes that or Rf1} Nd4 24. Rf2 {Fritz likes Rf1 even better with Ng6+ looming} c6 {Qf6} 25. Bc4 d5 26. Bd3 Qd6+ 27. Kh1 Qg3 28. Raf1 {Fritz says this lets Black trade off the bishop. Instead Rf5 Nf5; Nf5 with more than enough for the queen.} Bxh3 {Both miss mate on the move} 29. gxh3 Qxh3+ 30. Rh2 Qg3 31. Rf8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.04 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/P4z3bXNU"] [Date "2021.05.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh"] [Black "Chatrah, Vikhyath, vikquick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "687"] [BlackElo "781"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.05.05"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. h3 d6 8. Nh2 {White has several pieces to develop before starting an attack. Be3 would be a good alternative.} Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Be6 11. Qf3 b6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qb8 {Fritz points out that this allows Bh6} 14. Qg3 Qb7 15. Bxh6 Nh5 {As is often the case, Ne8 is a better defense of g7} 16. Qg4 g6 17. c3 b5 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Nh4 Re7 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qxh5 Qxd5 24. Bg5+ Kg7 {Rh7; Bf6+ Kg8; Qg6+ also loses the rook.} 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Ke6 27. Qxe7+ Kf5 28. g4+ {Qf6+ is mate} Kg6 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Bf6 Qf7 32. Qh8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.05.04 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ommfZcN0"] [Date "2021.05.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Viswanadha, Saketh, sakethvishyy"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "0000"] [BlackElo "588"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2021.05.05"] [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. Qd2 d6 9. Bxh6 {As always, the question is whether White has enough back-up pieces to make the sacrifice sound. After gh; Qh6 Nh7 it is clear that the sacrifice is not sound.} Bg4 {This gives White an extra move and now the sacrifice is sound.} 10. Bxg7 {Qg5 Ne8; Qg4 and White is a piece up} Bxf3 {Kg7; Qg5+ Kh7 is still an extra piece.} 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Qh6+ Ke7 13. gxf3 Qg8+ 14. Kh1 Na5 {Too slow. Qg6 looks best, but Black is still a piece behind.} 15. Nd5+ Nxd5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Qh4+ Kf8 {The final mistake is getting the queen trapped. Kd7} 18. Rg1 Bxf2 19. Rxg8+ Kxg8 20. Qxf2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.