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[Event "BNAK 2021.11.30 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/JOActGRr"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1762"] [BlackElo "1990"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.11.30"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. g3 {c3} Nxd4 7. b4 Nf3+ {Nice touch, discovering an attack on the rook} 8. Ke2 Bxe3 {Another nice touch – Qa1; Bc5} 9. fxe3 Qxa1 10. Kxf3 d6 11. Bb5+ Kf8 {c6} 12. c3 Nf6 13. Qd2 Bg4+ 14. Kg2 Nxe4 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. Nd2 Bh3+ {And another nice move, removing the defender of the rook} 17. Kxh3 Qxh1 18. e4 Qd1 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qc5+ Kg8 21. Nc4 {Fritz points out the response Qf1+; Kh4 Qf5 with mate next. White needed Qe3 or Qf2} Qg4+ 22. Kg2 Qe4+ 23. Kh3 h6 24. Nxe5 Qf5+ 25. Kg2 Kh7 {Ouch! Obviously played too fast.} 26. Bd3 Ne4 27. Qd4 g6 28. Bxe4 Qe6 29. Nd7 Rad8 {Allowing a very pretty ending.} 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kh7 32. Qg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.11.30 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7ov78XrE"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1975"] [BlackElo "1784"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2021.11.30"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 {c3 maintains the pawn chain and White’s control of the center. If the d-pawn is traded then the e-pawn becomes very hard to protect} Nc6 5. c3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. Qc2 {Losing the d-pawn and the game} cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Qc7 {As Black shows, this is a very bad move} Rc8 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Bd4 Qxd4 13. Qxb7 Rc1+ 14. Bd1 Qxd1# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.11.30 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/CrxaqGaE"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1966"] [BlackElo "1797"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.11.30"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 {Fritz likes Bb2 or Nd5} dxe4 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Bf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qd4 {Fritz says, yeah, you attack two pieces. But White can take on f5 and then respond to Qa1 with Bg5 to win a second bishop for the rook.} 15. Nc3 {Fritz says the White pieces are getting dangerously locked. for example, Bd3 now would leave the knight with no protector.} Bg6 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Rxe8 {Why give Black the file? Fritz likes Qd5} Rxe8 19. Rd1 {Fritz calls this the fatal mistake. He still likes Qd5} Qe5 20. g3 {Qg3 or Qh3 would allow Qe1+ leading to mate} Bh5 21. Qxb7 Bxd1 22. Nxd1 Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Qxd1 24. Qxa7 Qe2 25. Qd4 Be5 26. Qd7 Bxb2 27. Qxc7 Qe4+ 28. Kh3 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 h6 30. a4 Re2 31. Qa7 Qe4+ 32. Kh3 Bd4 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. a5 Rxf2 35. a6 Qf5+ 36. Kh4 Bf6# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.11.30 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/yXrEEU1d"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MlavanuR"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1804"] [BlackElo "1961"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2021.11.30"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nxc6 {c3 with Nc2 to follow.} Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qxb2 8. Nd2 {Fritz says Qd4 is least bad.} dxc6 9. Nc4 {Bd3 Qf6; Nf3 Qc3+; Kf2 leaves White only one pawn down with better development.} Qc3+ 10. Nd2 Qxe3+ 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Nc4 Qxe4 13. Rg1 {0-0} Bg4 14. Kf1 Bxe2+ 15. Qxe2 O-O-O 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qxf7 Rhf8 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/wbNzPo15"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2021.11.30"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] {While Sakethvishy was winning 3 out of 4 against Mlavanur, he also played 4 games against me at the same time.}1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Qe2 {Be2 and 0-0} Re8 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O c5 10. f4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Ne4 13. Rxd4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5 15. Qc4 {Yes, if PxQ then Rd8 will mate, but what if he doesn’t take the queen?} Qg5+ 16. Kd1 {Kb1 Nd2+; Rd2 Re1 mates} Nf2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/oVwFrIqh"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.11.30"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 {More common are de or Bb4} 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 {White wins a pawn with ed ed; Nd5} Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ng5 a6 {Fritz points out a cute trick: Ne5; Bd7+ Nd7} 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 Bb5 12. Re1 O-O {A little passive. Fritz likes c5 or Bg5} 13. Nxe4 Bc6 14. c3 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Qd5 16. Qf3 f5 17. Re3 Qb5 18. Qf1 Qd5 19. b3 Qc6 20. Bb2 b5 21. Rc1 a5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qb6 24. Qxc7 Qb4 25. Qc3 Qb7 26. Qc6 Qa7 27. Qxe6+ {You should not trade queens when behind, but Black has given White 3 pawns while trying to avoid the trade.} Kh8 28. Rh3 h6 29. Rc6 Rad8 30. Rxh6+ {The next few moves are worth studying. White sacs a rook and then forces the king into a discovered check that wins the queen} gxh6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Ra6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ {One more check to force the king to the diagonal of the bishop.} Kh8 37. Rxa7 Rg8 {If either rook guards the bishop then d4 and e5 bring White’s bishop to the attack} 38. Qh6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/iX8kpnCl"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.11.30"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 {The opening books say this move wins a pawn but that White gets a counter-attack with Nb5} 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nf5 {Fritz still likes Nb5} Qxe4+ 8. Qxe4+ Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Kd8 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 d5 12. Re1 {a3 must be played now to save the knight} d4 13. a3 dxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bxa3 15. Bc4 Rg8 16. Nh5 Rxg2 17. Nf6 Be7 {White threatened Re8 mate! But Rf2+ drops the knight} 18. Nxh7 {The knight will have trouble getting out of that corner} Rxf2+ 19. Kd1 Bg4+ 20. Kc1 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Kd7 23. Re3 Rh8 24. Rh3 Ne5 25. Nf6+ {Discovering an attack on the rook, but Black’s reply protects the rook} Bxf6 26. Re3 Bg5 27. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 28. Kd1 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rhxh2 30. c4 Ra2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/wDloSjmR"] [Date "2021.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2021.11.30"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 {The knight usually retreats to d7 to support a c5 push. Fritz is happy with Ne4} 7. Qd3 {Fritz prefers Ne2 or Qg4. I like the text.} O-O 8. Ne2 Nc6 {f6 is more to the point.} 9. Ng3 Ng5 {Ng3; hg points rook and queen at h7, but the text just loses a pawn. Fritz likes either f5 or Qh4} 10. h4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bd7 {Too passive. f5 or f6} 13. Bd3 g6 14. h5 {As soon as I made this move, I asked myself why I did not play Bg5 first.} f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 {Qf6 lets Black attack f2} 16. Bg5 Be8 17. Qh4 {The rook isn’t going anywhere and this lets White’s queen and rook dance with the enemy king} Kf7 18. hxg6+ hxg6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bh6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.11.16 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/SKB6f30V"] [Date "2021.11.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Senthilkumar, Shrinidhin, shrinidhin2012"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1667"] [BlackElo "1745"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.11.02"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 {White wants the bishop outside the pawn chain.} e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 {White has a very solid position, but it is rather passive.} Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Nbd2 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qa5 {Black should trade queens.} 8. Qxb7 Qd8 {Black cannot recover the pawn with Rb8 because of White’s well-placed bishop.} 9. Bb5 Rc8 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qxa7 Ra8 13. Qc7 Qxc7 14. Bxc7 c4 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Rc8 17. Bg3 Be7 18. c4 O-O 19. c5 Bb5 20. Rfc1 Bc6 21. Ne5 h6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. b4 Rb8 {unforced error in a lost game. There is no way to stop the two passed pawns.} 24. Bxb8 Nd7 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. b5 e5 27. c6 Nc5 {A second unforced error and Black resigns.} 28. dxc5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/tkYlVDYt"] [Date "2021.11.17"] [Round "3"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "1824"] [BlackElo "1729"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2021.11.02"] [TimeControl "G/20"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 {d4 gives White the most trouble.} 6. Qxd5 Qb6 7. e3 Ne7 8. Qg5 O-O 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bc4 h6 11. Qh5 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Rf5 14. Qg4 Raf8 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 {Bd2 heading for Bc3 is more solid. Fritz says Black could just take this pawn} Qc3 18. Rb1 Rxf3 {All of Black’s pieces are well placed to follow up this sacrifice. Still, Fritz is not impressed. Ne5. Somewhere along here I realized that the time control on this game was 20 minutes instead of 60. I had 8 minutes left to my opponent’s 24.} 19. gxf3 {I missed Bb2} Ne5 {And somewhere along here I realized that there is no increment on this game.} 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Bb2 {Fritz wanted f4 first. Not to save the pawn, but to block out the rooks.} Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Qc7 23. Qh3 Ng5 {Fritz likes Nd2} 24. Qg2 Nf5 25. Rbc1 Qb8 {Fritz wants the queen on the 6th rank} 26. Rc4 b5 {The rook is protecting h4. This also opens a dangerous diagonal against the White king} 27. Rg4 Qd8 28. Rg1 Qf8 29. Qd5 {I’ve been wanting to play h4. Fritz says now is the time. But White still has a large advantage.} Ne7 {I could not decide whether Qb3 or Qg2 was better. Qg2 seems to lose to Rf2. Qb3 Qa8+; e4 Ne4 and White wins with Rg7+ but of course Black doesn’t have to play Ne4 and Fritz suggests Kf8 instead. I lost on time. A very nice effort by sakethvishy.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK 2021.11.09 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5LJlS4oK"] [Date "2021.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin95201"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C22"] [WhiteElo "1735"] [BlackElo "1654"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.11.09"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 {Fritz does not approve, but this is one of the main lines. Anywhere else the queen is subject to later attack or it blocks one of the bishops.} Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. Nf3 {Fritz points out Ng4} O-O 8. Qe2 a5 {why? Fritz suggests Ng4 or Re8} 9. O-O-O a4 10. e5 {White might want to develop some more pieces before opening the center. Fritz suggests Bg5 or a3} dxe5 11. Bg5 Nd4 {This doesn’t quite work. Qe7 was better. Fritz suggests Bd6. Black is a pawn up.} 12. Qxe5 Bd6 {White answers Nf3 with Qc5} 13. Qxd4 a3 14. b3 {Black spent a lot of time on this pawn, only to have White side-step.} h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 Bd7 {Be7 Now the busted castle decides the game} 17. Nxf6+ Kh8 18. Nxd7+ Kg8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Nh5+ f6 21. Qg4 Rg8 22. Qe4 Qf8 {Fritz suggests Ra5 to get some use out of all those a-file moves} 23. Qd4 Rg6 24. Nh4 Qf7 25. Bc4 Be5 26. Qd3 Bb2+ 27. Kb1 Qe8 28. Nxg6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/irvQTCbl"] [Date "2021.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2021.11.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qe2 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Be6 12. Na1 {a4 was played to reduce the influence of White’s knight on the center. now that has been accomplished.} Nd4 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Be3 Ne5 {Fritz says Black could retain the initiative with Nc6. Now White gradually improves his position.} 15. Qd2 Nec6 16. Bb5 {Hoping to remove a defender from d4. Nd5 would have achieved that objective.} Nxb5 17. axb5 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qg3 f6 {Not the best defense, says Fritz. Qf6 would meet f5 with Qh6+ and it is the White king who is is trouble as Black’s bishop controls a2 and his knight hits d2.} 21. h4 a4 22. h5 Qd7 {Break White’s attack with h6, says Fritz} 23. h6 {Fritz suggests Kh8. I did not like the open h-file.} g6 24. f5 Bf7 25. fxg6 Bxg6 26. Rd4 {Nd5 and f6 is a serious weakness} Qf7 27. Nd5 Ne5 {I did consider the sacrificce Re4; Re4 Qd5. Protecting g6 seemed more important.} 28. Rf1 Re6 29. b6 {winning a pawn?} cxb6 30. Nxb6 Ra6 31. Nxa4 {White has the advantage after either Nd5 or Nc4} b5 {That must have come as a shock.} 32. Qb3 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 bxa4 34. Qxa4 Nd7 35. Nb3 Rxe4 36. Qa8+ Qe8 37. Qd5+ Bf7 38. Qd2 Re2 39. Qc3 Qe3+ 40. Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Nd4 Rg3 42. Rf2 Bd5 43. Nf5 Rxg2 44. Ne7+ Kf7 45. Rxg2 Bxg2 46. Nf5 Ke6 47. Nd4+ Kf7 48. b4 Nb6 49. Kb2 Bd5 50. Ka3 Bc4 51. Nf5 d5 52. Nd6+ Kg6 53. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 54. Ka4 f5 55. b5 f4 56. Kb4 f3 57. Kc5 f2 58. b6 Nxb6 59. Kxb6 f1=Q 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/A9N1xJ4c"] [Date "2021.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin95201"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1817"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2021.11.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 {Qh4 wins a pawn, but after Nb5 White has counter chances} 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Be2 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Qg6 14. Nf3 {Fritz likes f4 Qh6; Rad} Bh3 15. Nh4 {Ne1 protects g2 without placing the knight in jeopardy} Qg5 16. Bf3 {Fritz says give up the pawn with f4 Qh4; gh Qh3; Bf3} Ne5 17. Nf5 Nxf3+ 18. Kh1 Qxg2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0NOqZgo3"] [Date "2021.11.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin95201"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1661"] [BlackElo "1716"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.11.02"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {The French Defense. White builds a center and Black attacks that center. White has 3 choices. Most common is Nc3 to protect e4 which is met with Bb4 to undermine e4. I used to play ed ed for an open game with many flashing pieces. e5 is also common, depriving Black’s knight the use of f6} 3. e5 c5 4. c3 {Black attacks White’s pawn chain at its base. White defends that base.} Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 {This deprives d4 of a defender. Fritz likes dc5 or a3} cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rb1 {Nf3 to protect the e-pawn} Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Qd2 Ng4 {Fritz says this is an error to be answered with Bc5} 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 O-O {Now White can chase away one of the defenders of e5. Fritz says Black is still better, but not as much better.} 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxe5 Qe6 20. Qe3 Ne4 21. Bd3 Bc5 22. Bd4 {Fritz says Rc5 gets two pieces for the rook and puts White back in the lead.} Bb6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Ng5 Qg6 26. Nxe4 Rfe8 27. Rce1 {Wrong rook, and now White’s game falls apart.} Bb5 28. Nc3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 {Bf1 would leave Black with rook and queen against rook and knight} Bc6 30. Rf2 Ra5 31. Rd1 h6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rf8 Rf5 34. e4 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Qf6+ 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Kg1 Qxf8 39. Kh2 Qb4 40. Kg3 Qxb2 41. Ne2 Qxe2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5yx65YVF"] [Date "2021.11.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishyy"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin95201"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1674"] [BlackElo "1684"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.11.02"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {The Scotch Opening} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {A bit passive since the knight moves away from the enemy king. I prefer Be3 Qf6; c3 and White will play Nc2 hoping for Be3; Ne3} Bb6 6. Bd2 {A trap? If Black replies Qf6; Qe2 Qb2; then Bc3 wins.} Qh4 7. Be3 {But this is a blunder since Black can take the bishop since the pawn is pinned. White needs Qe2 or Qf3} Nf6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. N1d2 O-O 10. Qe2 Nxe4 {A bit premature. Fritz likes d5 or Re8} 11. Nxe4 Re8 12. Nf6+ {Wow! Now Black is crushed.} gxf6 13. Qxe8+ Kg7 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. Nd4 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Qxf2 {Black needs development. Fritz says d6. taking this pawn opens the f-file for the black rooks.} 17. Be2 c5 18. Rhf1 Qxg2 19. Rg1 cxd4 20. Rxg2+ Ng6 21. Bh5 b5 22. Qe4 d5 23. Qxd4 Bh3 24. Rg3 Bf5 25. Qxd5 Be6 26. Qxb7 Bxa2+ 27. Kc1 Re8 28. Rdg1 b4 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 31. R6g3 Bc4 32. Rh3# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/It31REhd"] [Date "2021.11.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin95201"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1703"] [BlackElo "1668"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.11.02"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Bf4 {Bad move. How was White going to counter Qf6 with attacks on f2 and b2? White should be working on castling.} Nf6 7. N1d2 O-O 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Qf3 {That’s an oops allowing Bg4. Fritz says f3, preparing for a king-side pawn storm.} Nd4 11. Qg3 Nxb3+ 12. Nxb3 {But that leaves e4 unprotected. ab was better.} a5 13. Be2 a4 14. Bh6 g6 {Ne8 was perfectly safe.} 15. h4 {That’s a bit over-confident. The White attack is not worth a piece.} axb3 16. a3 bxc2 17. Kxc2 Qd7 18. h5 Qa4+ 19. Kb1 Qxe4+ {Ne4, heading for f2, is better.} 20. Ka1 Qd5 {QxB and Black is two pieces up.} 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Bd3 Bd4 24. Bxg6 Ne4 25. Bxe4+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 Bxf2 27. Qg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "JosephOAlford Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/pn4j0hLN"] [Date "2021.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Black "Parasa, Nagpavan, Ved0224"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1727"] [BlackElo "1561"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.11.02"] [TimeControl "G/20; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bd6 4. d5 Nce7 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qe2 Ng6 {Black could destroy White’s center and win a pawn with cd; ed Ned5. White has to be careful about capturing on e5 because his king and queen are on the same file.} 9. O-O-O Bc7 10. Bg5 d6 11. h3 Qe8 {This allows a terrible weakening of Black’s castled position. h6 was better.} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. g4 Ba5 15. h4 {Now Bg4 would end White’s attack.} Nf4 16. g5 Ng6 {While the knight dances, the villagers attack with pitchforks.} 17. h5 Nf4 18. Rhg1 {The other rook isn’t doing anything. did White want Black to take on h5, thus opening the h-file for attacking?} Kh8 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 Nxg6 {Fritz says White missed his chance. Here Rg6 hg; Qh6+ Kg8; dc with Bc4+ coming.} 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Nh4 Nxh4 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Qxh4 Qg7 25. Qh2 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Bxc3 {The king should get off the g-file.} 27. Rg1 Qxg1+ {There was some hope in Bd2; Rg5+ Bg5} 28. Qxg1+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/kTEX3s1m"] [Date "2021.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Vishwanadha, Saketh, sakethvishy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.11.02"] {Five wins against Kavin plus a win against Ved. sakethvishy is ready to have a go at the coach. He wanted to play black.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 {I prefer de; Ne4 Be7} 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Qe6+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. c3 a6 15. Be2 Re6 {That allows White to threaten the bishop and a fork at the same time. Fritz likes Rad8} 16. Ne3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rae8 {Black must do something about the fork.} 18. d5 R6e7 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. b3 Rb6 22. Bf3 Bc5 23. Nd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rb8 25. Nxc7 Rd8 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Nxe8 Kf8 28. Nc7 Ke7 29. Nxa6 Ba7 30. c4 Ke6 31. c5 Ke5 32. c6 Bb6 33. c7 Bxc7 34. Nxc7 Kd6 35. Ne8+ Kc5 36. Nxg7 Kb4 37. Bd5 Ka3 38. Nf5 h5 39. Nd4 Kxa2 40. b4+ Ka3 41. b5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.