2021.09 2021.09 Downloads: 2021.09.07.BNAK [Event "BNAK 2021.09.07 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Sr60gsIQ"] [Date "2021.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Kavin952011"] [Black "vikquick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1717"] [BlackElo "1511"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Kavin was first this week, winning all his games} 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 Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Nb4 13. Qf2 b6 {This move does nothing. Bring a rook to the center or play d5 to trade off pieces.} 14. Qg3 c6 15. Ne2 Bxb3 {The next few moves cost Black the game. I would have played the same way.} 16. axb3 Nxc2 17. Nh4 Nxa1 18. Rxf6 g6 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. Qh4 h5 21. Qg5 Kg8 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Rh6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.09.07 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/DxkKaJlf"] [Date "2021.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "sakethvishy"] [Black "Ved0224"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1643"] [BlackElo "1540"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Ved was 2nd this week} 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 {Coach Rob Nunez says we should play the Italian every time until we are good at it. I think you are about as good at it as you are going to get. Try the French or the Caro-Kann or the Sicilian.} Be6 10. Rad1 Ba5 {That’s a wasted move, placing your piece on a poor diagonal. But if he doesn’t see it I’ll win his queen. He isn’t blind. He isn’t stupid. He’s going to see it and your piece is poorly placed.} 11. c3 Ng4 12. h3 Nf6 {Take the dangerous bishop off the board before it has a chance to sacrifice on h6} 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. b4 Bb6 19. f4 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qe6 {Black had 3 attacks on f4. White had only 2 defenses. ef was the move } 21. a4 {fe first.} Qb3 22. a5 exf4 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Qh5 Qxe4 25. Rde1 Rf5 26. Qg6 Qd5 27. Re7 Rg5 {Rf7 was required. Black is threatening mate and the White queen, but White plays Rg7+ Kf8; Rf4+ and wins} 28. Qc2 f3 29. Rxf3 {Forgetting about the pin. Rf2 protects g2} Qxf3 30. Qa2+ d5 31. Re2 Rf8 32. Re1 Qxh3 33. Re5 Qxc3 34. Re2 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Rh5+ 36. Kg3 Qf4# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.09.07 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ETMjGe3i"] [Date "2021.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "vikquick"] [Black "sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1517"] [BlackElo "1623"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [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 Nd4 {Fritz points out that Be3 is best. Now White could play Ne5 d6; Ng6 Re8; Nf4} 8. Qd2 Kh7 {Protecting h6. Fritz says Nf3+; gf Be3 is a better protection. Now White still has Ne5} 9. Rad1 d6 10. h3 {That just puts a pawn in front of Black’s bishop. Bd4} Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 {This allows White to bust open the Black defense. Bd5} 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Bxh6 {Now White makes the same mistake. Nd4 first.} Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Qxh3 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rfe1 Rg8+ 18. Qg5 Rxg5# {Both sides are intent on attacking. Defense is a big part of attacking. Open lines stretch across the board in both directions.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.09.07 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xtVw4jBc"] [Date "2021.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Kavin952011"] [Black "sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1703"] [BlackElo "1631"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] {Sakethvishy was 3rd this week} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 Be6 8. Bb3 Qd7 9. Kh2 Rad8 10. Ne2 Nd4 11. Nfxd4 exd4 12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. c3 {undoubling White’s pawns, but Black’s bishop was a tall pawn blocked by its own pawns. This frees the bishop to rejoin the game.} dxc3 15. bxc3 d5 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nh5 {The knight cannot attack by itself.} d4 {Preventing White from playing d4 with powerful center. After c4 White would still have an advantage.} 18. Nf6+ gxf6 {Fritz says Nf6 is better after ef Qd6+ and Qf6. The knight sacrifice was not sound} 19. Bxh6 Ng7 20. exf6 Nf5 {Again missing Qd6+ and Qf6} 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Bg7+ Kg8 23. Qg5 Bd6+ 24. Kg1 Rfe8 25. Bh6+ Kh8 26. Qh5 Kg8 27. Ra5 {The knight prevents mate. The knight must die.} Be5 {Re5 is better} 28. g4 Bxf6 29. Rxf5 Qe6 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Rxg5+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Re5 {That costs a rook, and the game.} Rxh8 34. Rxe6+ Kxe6 35. Re1+ Kf6 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. Kg2 Rxd3 38. Rc1 c6 39. f3 Re8 40. Kg3 Ree3 41. Rf1 Kg5 42. h4+ Kf6 43. g5+ Kf5 44. Rf2 Rxf3+ {This should be good enough, but why not Rb3 first and then trade off White’s last piece.} 45. Rxf3+ Rxf3+ 46. Kxf3 Ke5 {a5 The queen-side pawns don’t need protecting. White’s pawns can’t do anything at the moment, but king-supported they are dangerous} 47. Kg4 Ke6 48. h5 Ke7 49. h6 Kf8 50. Kh5 {Kf5 Kg8; Kf6 a5; h7+ Kh7; Kf7 and White queens} Kg8 51. Kg4 c5 {a5 You want the passed pawn as far away as possible.} 52. Kf5 a5 53. Ke4 {Kf6 as in the note to move 50} c4 {b5 followed by a4} 54. bxc4 a4 55. Kd3 a3 56. Kc2 f5 57. gxf6 a2 58. Kb2 a1=R 59. Kxa1 b6 60. Kb2 Kf8 61. Kb3 Ke8 62. h7 Kd7 63. h8=Q Kc6 64. f7 Kb7 65. f8=Q Ka6 66. c5 bxc5 67. Qxc5 Kb7 68. Qh6 Kb8 69. Qe7 Kc8 70. Qh8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK 2021.09.07 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8zafzEVC"] [Date "2021.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "sakethvishy"] [Black "vikquick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C58"] [WhiteElo "1623"] [BlackElo "1513"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [TimeControl "G/15; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 {A different opening! Thank you!} 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Ba4 Bg4 9. Nf3 {Fritz says this is better than f3} e4 10. h3 exf3 11. hxg4 Nxg4 {Fritz says this lets White escape. He prefers Qe7+ or Qd4} 12. gxf3 {Qf3 leaves White some pawns to castle under} Ne5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Nc3 Rb8 {Preventing b4, but the move is a slight error. Now Black can play Nf3+ and trade queens.} 15. Nd5 {Fritz likes Rh5 hitting both knights} Qd6 {Nf3+ is still best} 16. Nc3 Rb4 {Saving the knight by preventing either pawn from advancing. Fritz says just move the king out of the pin.} 17. d4 Qxd4 18. f4 Rxa4 19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. Qxe5+ Be7 21. Qb8+ {Not strongest, says Fritz. Rh3} Kd7 {Bd8} 22. Qxh8 {Black resigned. Qe4+; Kd2 Qh1 leaves him an exchange behind. Yes, says Fritz, but then Black should be able to draw by perpetual check.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/yQNRNMeE"] [Date "2021.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "sakethvishy"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1799"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 {More common is d4 d5; Nc3 White could transpose to this next move.} d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 {Trade when it improves your position. This trade improves Black’s position. Qd2 was indicated, followed by bringing the rooks to the center. Or Re1 restraining Black’s center pawns.} Bxf6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Na4 { Qd2 The knight does nothing by himself} b6 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qb4 Bf6 16. Rad1 Rfc8 17. c4 Be7 18. Qc3 {Qb3} Qxa4 19. Re3 Qxd1+ 20. Re1 Qa4 21. Re3 dxc4 22. Rg3 Qd1+ 23. Qe1 Qxe1# {Chess is a two-player game. You can’t just make moves ignoring your opponent’s responses.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/F9jG9rmc"] [Date "2021.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Kavin952011"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1624"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e6 {What will you do if your opponent does not play the Italian?} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 f6 8. a3 Ba5 9. Be3 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 {Actually, White has responded well, attaining a solid center and good development. The powerful position of the knight on e5 is particularly impressive.} Qe8 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bf2 {Now a slight error that costs a pawn. Bd3 was needed. Fritz says Be2} Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Qg4 {A trifle too aggressive, says Fritz. He calls for Qc2 or b4} Raf8 {Fritz agrees that this is better than Qb2; Rab Qa3; Rb7 Qd6; when Bg3 fails to Rf1+; Kf1 Qa6+} 20. Qh4 {And now a devastating blunder.} Rh6 21. Qe7 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Bd6+ 23. Kg1 Bxe7 24. Rac1 Rhf6 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Rc3 Qxb2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
