Bloomington Normal Chess Club

BNAK August Games, 2020

We had a 4-way tie for first place in the G/30 tournament. Srihit (Srihitchess) Bayyarapu won his last-round game against Shrijit (Shrijit2009) Senthilkumar to tie for first. Anushuman (FirstCamel) Upadhyay and Mahendra (MLavanur) Lavanur also scored 2 points to join the winner’s circle.

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[Event "2020.08 BNAK "] [Event "2020.08 BNAK"] [Site "https://lichess.org/dsrRbj6L"] [Date "2020.08.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Srihit Bayyarapu, srihitchess"] [Black "Shrijit Senthilkumar, shrijit2009"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "890"] [BlackElo "898"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2020.08.11"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 {Nf6, preparing to 0-0 is better. I almost always play d6 here, preparing a king-side attack.} 5. h3 {Preventing Bg4 with Nd4 to follow} Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Nc3 Bd7 {Black doesn’t want to trade this bishop with Be6 because he wants to sacrifice it on h3. 0-0 is probably better.} 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qc8 10. Nd2 Bxh3 {This sacrifice is not sound. 0-0 is probably better.} 11. gxh3 Qxh3 12. Qf3 Qh4 13. Qg2 O-O 14. Nd5 {Fritz says trades benefit the defender. Rf3 threatens Rh3 and also Raf.} Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ne7 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Bb3 Ng6 {Fritz calls for Qg6. You should not trade when you are behind, but White threatens Kf2 with Rh1 to follow.} 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nh4 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. c3 f6 22. Bc2 {Good. Fritz says Ne6 is even better.} Rfe8 23. Nf5 Re5 {missing the mate-in-one. Nf5} 24. Qxg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08 BNAK "] [Site "https://lichess.org/eQoWEGJ5"] [Date "2020.08.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin"] [Black "Vyas, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "748"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2020.08.11"] [TimeControl "G/30 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 {Error! Now Bf7+ Kf7; Ng5+ and Qg4} 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nd4 7. c3 {Too passive. Fritz likes g4, but also shows Ne5 (Bd1; Bf7 mate!) de; Qh5. Note that Nc2 is never a threat because of Bb5+} Nxf3+ 8. Kh1 {You have to take the piece back even though that busts open your castle. You can’t just let the enemy take your pieces. Fritz prefers gf, but also shows Qf3 Bf3; Bb5+ Qd7; Bd7+ Kd7; gf} Nh2 {Qd7 bears down on h3 and prevents Bb5+} 9. Bb5+ Qd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Qxh5 {Certainly good enough. Fritz prefers Qb3 threatening the a8 rook or Qa4+ followed by Kh2} Nxf1 12. Qf5+ e6 13. Qxf7+ Ne7 14. d4 {Again, good enough, but Kg1 makes horse-burger out of Black’s knight.} cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 {Rc8 the last thing Black wants is to open lines leading to his king.} 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nc3 Rb8 {The next 3 rook moves are worthless. Rd8 so the king can try to escape.} 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Rd1 h6 21. Nb4+ {Nf6 double check lets you take the rook with check which saves the bishop. Fritz says Ne7+ is even faster.} Kc7 22. Qxe8 hxg5 23. Qd7+ {Fritz points out Qd8 mate which I missed. That makes White’s Nb5+ look pretty good.} Kb6 24. Rd6+ Nc6 25. Qd8+ Kc5 26. Nd3+ Kb5 27. Rd5+ Ka6 28. Nb4+ Nxb4 29. Qa5# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "BNAK August 2020"] [Site "https://lichess.org/lLx9iB3j"] [Date "2020.08.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Saraf, Mohini"] [Black "Prabakaran, Ishanth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [BlackElo "699"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020.08.11"] [TimeControl "G/30 5"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. Nbd2 Bd7 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 c6 7. c4 Qe7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e4 {This ought to be the losing move. White has 2 defenders for e4. Black has 3.} dxe4 10. Bc2 exf3+ 11. Ne4 {That just loses another piece, this time 2 black attackers and 1 white defender. Kf1} Nxe4 12. O-O Na6 {But now Black errs. 0-0 was correct. Now White can play Be4 because Qe4 meets Re1} 13. b3 Bc7 14. Ba3 {This trades the bishop for the knight, but White could still just win the knight with Be4} Qxa3 15. Qxf3 {Be4 Now Nf6 helps defend the king} O-O 16. Qxe4 Qd6 {Threatening Qh2 mate, but it is White’s move and Qh7 is mate for White! Black needed f5 or g6} 17. Rfe1 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh1+ 19. Ke2 Bg4+ {Qh5+ followed by g6. White could just take the bishop} 20. Kd2 {Qh6+ followed by Qg6 still left some hope} g6 21. Rxh1 Rae8 {h5} 22. Qxg4 f5 23. Qf3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08 BNAK "] [Event "2020.08.BNAK"] [Site "https://lichess.org/tEjFmZwH"] [Date "2020.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Senthilkumar, Shrijit"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anushman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "898"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2020.08.11"] [TimeControl "G30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 O-O {Black needs to counter those central pawns. d5 is common} 9. O-O Re8 10. e5 d5 11. Bb5 Ne4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe4 {Fritz says Qc2 attacking the doubled pawns and letting Black trade leaving White with the center.} dxe4 14. Nd2 {Throwing away the center. Ne1. Fritz says both are bad, but Nd2 is less bad.} Qxd4 15. Re1 Rxe5 {Fritz says this lets White develop his pieces. Bf5 or e3; Re3 Qb2} 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxd1+ {Qe4; Qd8 mate!} 18. Rxd1 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bg6 {Fritz likes Be6 with a threat on a2 and a chance to play the defending Bd5} 20. f3 Rb8 21. Rd7 {Rb2; Rd8 mate!} Rc8 22. Rd4 h6 23. Rc4 Rb8 24. Rxc6 Rxb2 25. Rxc7 Rxa2 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. f4 Ra1+ 28. Kf2 a5 {The bishop should move} 29. f5 Ra2+ 30. Kf3 Ra3+ 31. Ke4 Bxf5+ 32. Nxf5 Ra2 33. Ne3 a4 34. Rc7 f6 35. Ra7 a3 36. h3 Ra1 37. Nd5 Kg6 38. Nc3 Rg1 39. Rxa3 Rxg2 40. Nd5 Re2+ 41. Kf4 Rf2+ 42. Kg3 Re2 43. Nf4+ {And the fork ends the game.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08 BNAK "] [Event "2020.08.BNAK"] [Site "https://lichess.org/WLWK5KSe"] [Date "2020.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vyas, Arjun"] [Black "Prabakaran, Ishanth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "748"] [BlackElo "699"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.08.11"] [TimeControl "G3; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O {h6 is better first to prevent Bg5 with Nd5 to follow.} 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Bxb6 axb6 8. O-O Na5 {Now Ne5 would protect the bishop and threaten to trade the two pieces on f7. Two pieces for rook and pawn is not a good deal, but rook and 2 pawns is very good} 9. Bb5 c6 10. Bc4 Nxc4 {b5; Bb3 Nb3; ab does not open the d-file against Black’s backward pawn.} 11. dxc4 d6 {Moving the d-pawn weakens it, but how else is Black to continue?} 12. Qd2 Nh5 {Where is he going? Be3 provides another support for d5.} 13. Rad1 d5 {With the bishop on e6 and the knght on f6, Black would still have only 4 defenders for d5. White has 5. Still, Be6 is the logical developing move.} 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 {This gives Black the a-pawn and frees his rook. Better Qd5. Fritz says Ne5. The d-pawn isn’t going anywhere.} Nf4 16. Nxf4 {Fritz still likes Ne5} Qxd2 17. Rxd2 exf4 18. Rd4 {a3 The weaknesses will not go away. If you want to attack a pawn then Rd6 is the move because Rd6 Ra2; Rb6 protects b2.} Rxa2 19. Rxf4 Rxb2 20. Nd4 Re8 21. h3 Be6 22. Re4 Rd8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxc2 25. Rxb6 Rxc4 26. Rxb7 h5 { This pawn will advance until it can’t be protected.} 27. Re1 h4 {Kh7 to allow Rg8 to protect g7} 28. Ree7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rge7 Rc8 32. Rbc7 {f4} Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Rxf2 34. Rc4 Kg7 35. Rxh4 Kg6 36. Rg4+ Kh5 37. Rg3 Kh4 38. Rg4+ Kh5 39. Kg3 Ra2 40. Rh4+ Kg5 {I would have waited one more move. White must move his rook to a safe square or Ra3+ will win it.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08 BNAK "] [Event "2020.08.BNAK.SIMUL"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ufF2EaHl"] [Date "2020.08.04"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "shrijit2009"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1534"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2020.08.04"] [TimeControl "G30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c3 c5 11. Re1 b6 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nh5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bc3 b5 18. Rad1 b4 {But White’s bishop can move and Black’s cannot. Qc7} 19. Be5 Qb6 20. Rxd6 Qb7 21. Ng5 {With a complicated plan to move the bishop and advance e4-e5 with a mate threat on h7. I totally missed Black’s fork.} f6 22. Qe2 g6 23. Ne6 fxe5 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 {Rf8 Bring the last piece into the game.} 25. Qg4 Re8 26. Red1 Qe7 {Rd7 is better with a threat of Qf3+ and a quick mate.} 27. Rd7 Nf6 {This should not work. Re7 Ng4; Re8+ Ke8; hg leaves White a rook ahead.} 28. Qg5 Nxd7 {I was planning Qe6 Rd6 winning the knight. I totally missed the hanging rook.} 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qe3 Rd8 31. Qb3+ Kg7 32. Qd5 Qh4 {Qf6 and Black is a piece ahead.} 33. Qe6 Qf6 {Too late. There goes the piece.} 34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Qxd7+ Qf7 36. Qd6 {Can you guard both pawns?} Qxa2 37. Qxe5+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ Kf6 39. Qd6+ {wrong idea. Corrected next move. The danger is that Black will get a perpetual check on the dark squares.} Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kf6 41. e5+ Ke6 42. Qd6+ Kf5 43. g4+ Kf4 44. e6+ Kg5 45. Qe5+ {no perpetual check and White’s pawn on b2 is protected and his e-pawn queens.} Kh6 46. e7 Qb1+ 47. Kh2 Qc2 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qf8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08 BNAK "] [Event "2020.08.BNAK.SIMUL"] [Site "https://lichess.org/qvP5dhFH"] [Date "2020.08.04"] [Round "0"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anushuman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2020.08.04"] [TimeControl "G30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bd6 {This gives Black a cramped game. a6 or Bc5 or d6 are better. That is where the bishop end up after White trades on c6, but What if (as here) White does not trade on c6?} 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 g5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg3 c6 13. Bc4 Bb8 {Black does not want to trade bishops and release White’s rook and bishop on f7.} 14. Qh5 d6 15. f4 Be6 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5+ hxg5 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rf5 Rg6 20. Raf1 Rg7 21. Rf6 d5 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Rf2 Rc5 26. Kf1 Rg6 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Ke1 Re6+ 29. Kd1 Rb5 30. b3 Ra5 31. a4 a6 {b5; ab Ra1+; Kd2 R61 with mate threats! White should respond to b5 with Rd7} 32. Rd7 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. Rxb7 Kg7 35. Kd2 Rc5 36. Rb6 a5 37. Rb5 Rc6 {If Black trades rooks, then the passed pawn kills him.} 38. Rxd5 Rf6 39. Rxg5+ Kh6 40. Rg3 Rf2+ 41. Kc1 Rf1+ 42. Kb2 Rf5 43. Rf3 Rxf3 44. gxf3 Kg5 45. b4 Kf4 46. bxa5 Kxf3 47. a6 Ke3 48. a7 f5 49. a8=Q f4 50. a5 f3 51. Qxf3+ Kxf3 52. a6 Kg2 53. a7 Kxh2 54. a8=Q Kg1 55. Qf3 Kh2 56. Qg4 Kh1 57. Kc1 Kh2 58. Kd1 Kh1 59. Ke1 Kh2 60. Kf2 Kh1 61. Qg2# {The last game finished. A nice effort.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08 BNAK "] [Event "2020.08.BNAK.SIMUL"] [Site "https://lichess.org/D5i2vjXO"] [Date "2020.08.04"] [Round "0"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Senthilkumar, Shrinidhin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "963"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2020.08.04"] [TimeControl "G30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Na4 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 cxb5 14. exf6 g6 15. Qe1 {Intending Qh4-h6-g7} Qc7 16. Qh4 h5 17. Bf4 {To allow Qg5-h6-g7} Rfc8 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qh6+ Ke8 20. d4 Kd7 21. d5 Bg4 22. Rfe1 {Removing e2 as an escape square for the bishop after h3} Qc4 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Qh6 {protecting the bishop to allow e5} Be2 25. e5 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Bc4 27. e6+ fxe6 28. Qg7+ Kc8 29. Qxf8+ Kc7 30. Qxa8 e5 31. f7 Qxd5 32. f8=Q Qe6 33. Qab8+ Kc6 34. Qbc8+ Qxc8 35. Qxc8+ Kd5 36. Bxe5 {sacrificing a piece to remove a critical defender} dxe5 37. Qd7+ Kc5 38. b4# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.