BNAK December 2020 Games Upload BNAK.2020.12.01 Games Here Upload 2020.12.09.Alford.simul Here Upload BNAK 2020.12.09 Games Here Upload BNAK 2020.12.15 Games Here Upload BNAK 2020.12.22 Games Here Upload BNAK 2020.12.29 Games Here [Event "BNAK December 29 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/u6RO0ras"] [Date "2020.12.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "984"] [BlackElo "731"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qd2 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 c6 12. Ba4 d5 13. dxe5 dxe4 14. Nd4 {ef and White gets 2 pieces while Black gets only 1} Qd7 15. exf6 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. fxe7 {But that’s one piece too many. Now Black can draw with Qg4+ followed by Qh4+ with perpetual check.} Rfe8 18. Nb3 Rxe7 {Black can win back one piece with Be3 followed by b5, but that would still leave him down two pieces. Take the draw by perpetual check.} 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nd4 Re5 21. f4 {stopping a ruinous Rg5+} Rh5 22. Qg2 Qh4 23. Nde2 Re8 24. Ng3 Rc5 25. Ngxe4 Ra5 26. Bb3 c5 27. Qg6 Re7 28. Nd6 Kh8 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Ng5+ Kf8 31. Ne6+ {wrong way, but he finds it next move} Kg8 32. Ng5+ c4 33. Bxc4+ Kf8 34. Nh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 29 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QanwXu9y"] [Date "2020.12.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 d5 11. d4 dxe4 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nxe4 Nxe5 15. Qh5 Ng6 {That loses a piece after Be6. Nc6 was better.} 16. Nf6+ {Black complemented White on a nice move.} Kh8 17. Rad1 {Be6 last move and this move. Now Black can protect e6} Qe7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rd4 {Disaster. Instead of winning a piece, White will now lose the entire game.} Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxd4 21. Rf3 gxf6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 29 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/e3tbD7sf"] [Date "2020.12.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 {Logical, but a mistake. Now Na5 will trade off knight for bishop} Be6 12. Qxb7 {Never take the QNP with your queen. That puts the queen out of play and gives the opponent some free moves.} Na5 13. Qa6 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 {On Qc4 Black plays Ne3 and still wins material} Nb4 15. Ne3 {That’s an oops. Black took the queen and won.} Nxa6 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 29 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/6O50fZ9h"] [Date "2020.12.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Qc2 Qe7+ 8. Be2 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd4 16. Bxc6 Qxc3 17. bxc3 bxc6 18. Re7 Rfc8 19. Rb1 Kf8 20. Re2 Rab8 21. Rbe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. Ke3 Ke5 27. f4+ Ke6 28. g4 c5 29. Ke4 c6 30. f5+ Kf6 31. Kf4 g5+ 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. h4 g5+ 34. hxg5+ hxg5+ 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Kf3 d5 38. cxd5 cxd5 39. Ke3 d4+ 40. cxd4+ cxd4+ 41. Kd3 Kf4 {Kd5 Kd2; Ke4 Ke2; Kf4 Kd3; Kg4 Kd4; Kf3 and queens.} 42. Kxd4 Kxg4 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Kf3 g4+ {The extra pawn wins because it slows down the enemy king. Ke5 and White will be two moves behind because he has to stop to take the g-pawn.} 45. Kf2 Kf4 46. Kg2 g3 47. a4 a5 48. Kg1 Kf3 49. Kf1 g2+ {Ke3 still wins.} 50. Kg1 {Note that Ke3 is no longer good enough because White’s king is not 2 moves behind. When Black’s king takes the a-pawn, White’s king moves to b2} Kg3 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 22 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/m6l4aEVp"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "764"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 {FirstCamel took first place with 6 wins and 1 draw. MLavanur was 2nd. This was the first arena with a time control of G/10 instead of G/5.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Ruy Lopez, my own favorite opening} Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 {White maintains an advantage with e5. Now Black is slightly better, says Fritz.} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 {Qe1 forks the knights, but meets Nc2} Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Re1 f5 {Fritz says retreat the knight instead of making weaknesses in your castle.} 13. Nbd2 Nd6 14. Bc4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 {Now Black is weak on both sides of the board. d6 was correct} 16. d6 cxd6 17. Nxd6 {I liked Qd6, but Fritz says this is better of the two moves} Qb6 {This should lose an exchange after Qb3+ Kh8; Nf7+ (and Black must trade rook for knight to avoid) Kg8; Nh6+ (checking with both queen and knight) Kh8; Qg8+ Rg8; Nf7 mate. Philidor’s Legacy.} 18. Rxe7 {And then again, winning a piece is better than winning an exchange…} Ba6 19. Ne5 {Qb3+ (or Qd5+) is still there.} b4 20. Nxd7 Qd8 21. Nf6+ {opening the g-file for the rook since Rf6; Re8+, but that gives up too much for the queen. Qa5+ was still best.} gxf6 22. Re3 Kh8 23. Rg3 Rg8 24. Nf7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 22 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/mRF8fChp"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamell"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "764"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 {This position came up several times this week. Black should defend d5 with a pawn. Now cd Nd5; e4 and White has the entire center. Or cd Qd5; Nc3 with e4 soon and again White dominates the center. The problem with 2…c6 is that it takes the square needed by the knight on b8. The problem with 2…e6 (which is more popular) is that it blocks in the bishop on c8.} 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 {That’s too passive. In the queen pawn games, White often allows Bb4 and even Bc3 where the b-pawn moves to c3 and protects d4} Nbd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Qxb2 {There is a rule of thumb in chess which says, Never take the QNP with your queen. Sometimes that just means your queen is out-of-play for a few moves. Sometimes, it is worse.} 15. Reb1 Bxa3 16. Rxb2 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qd3 h5 20. Rxb7 f6 21. Nxc6 a5 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. f3 f5 {The poor knight can’t move.} 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Qe2 g6 26. Nxd5+ Kh8 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. Nxg6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 22 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/77WKA0fB"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Savagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 {It makes a difference which piece you move first. Nf3 prevents e5. Then Nc6; d4 again prevents e5. After cd; Nd4 Black can finally play e5, but that weakens the d-file.} Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 {Be7 to meet Ng5 with 0-0} 6. h3 {Instead of defending against Bg4, White could attack with Ng5.} g6 {Fritz says the e-pawn is available for munching. For the past few moves White could recover the pawn. Now, he can’t} 7. d4 {Attacking Black’s center is a good idea, but Ng5 is still better.} cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxe4 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Re1 Bd6 {Bg7 would guard e5 and also guard h6} 14. Bf4 {Piling up on the pinned piece, but Fritz says this is not a good time because Kf8 leaves the bishop under attack.} O-O 15. Bxh6 Re8 {Fritz says this is second best after Na5 winning a piece.} 16. Ng5 Re7 17. Qc2 {Removing the queen from the possibility of the knight fork and attacking the vulnerable g6 pawn. But Black will now develop with tempo. Fritz says the queen should gone to d1.} Bf5 18. Qd2 Rd8 {Logical, but Fritz does not like it because now Ne4 Be4; Qg5 forces Re6; Be6. Fritz liked e4} 19. Nf3 {Wrong square for the knight, says Fritz. Now e4; Nd4 Nd4 with the bishop attacked and the threat of Bh2 winning the queen} e4 20. Qg5 Ne5 {Fritz says Black is a piece up after just taking the knight.} 21. Qf6 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 {gf We teach kids to respond to check by moving the king to a safe square or by interposing or by capturing the checking piece. That is wrong, wrong, wrong. You respond to check by capturing the checking piece or by interposing or by moving the king. Look at all 3 and choose the best reply. Think of them in that order and you won’t do things like this.} Be5 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bc7 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 22 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Ztx5E0tS"] [Date "2020.12.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamell"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "764"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "170"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/10; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 {Passive. Karpov and Kasparov played a whole match with Ndb5 d6} Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {This loses the e-pawn. Fritz suggests Bf6 or Bd2 Bc3; Bc3 Ne4; Be5 Ne5; Qd5} g5 9. Bg3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Qf3 Nf6 {Fritz prefers Ng3 or d5} 12. Bb5 d5 {d6 to guard e5. Fritz likes e4} 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxe5 {Now Black loses a piece} Bg4 15. Bxf6 {Qf6 is quite a bit better, says Fritz.} Bxf3 16. Bxd8 Bxg2 17. Bf6 Bxh1 18. Bxh8 O-O-O 19. Kd2 Bf3 20. Bf6 Re8 21. Nd4 Bh5 22. Nxc6 Re6 {Fritz says the fork doesn’t work, so Black should get on with Re2+} 23. Nxa7+ Kb7 24. Bd4 Re2+ 25. Kd3 Re7 26. Rb1+ Ka8 {putting yourself in a corner is usually not a good idea. Kc7 was better. Now Rb8+ Kb8; Nc6+ would leave Black kwith one piece against two.} 27. Nc6 Bg6+ 28. Kd2 Re8 29. Rb3 Bf5 30. Ra3+ Kb7 31. Na5+ Kb8 32. Rb3+ Kc8 33. Ba7 Re6 34. Rb8+ Kc7 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Rxf7 Bg6 37. Rf8+ Kd7 38. Nb3 Rc6 39. Nc5+ Kc7 40. Bb8+ Kb6 41. Na4+ Kb5 42. Nb2 Ra6 43. Rc8 {a4+} Rxa2 44. c4+ dxc4 45. Nxc4 {This cost White a piece. Kc1 should draw after Ra1+; Kd2 Ra2. Fritz says White is still ahead after Bd6 when the knight is protected by the skewer Rb8+} Rxc2+ 46. Ke3 Rxc4 47. Rxc4 Kxc4 48. Bg3 Kd5 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Kg4 Kf6 51. f4 h5+ 52. Kf3 g4+ 53. Kg2 Kf5 54. h4 gxh3+ 55. Kxh3 Kf6 56. Kh4 Kf5 57. Bh2 Ke4 58. Kg5 Be8 59. f5 Kd5 60. f6 Ke6 61. Bf4 Bf7 62. Bg3 Be8 63. Bb8 h4 64. Kxh4 Kxf6 {The machine did not call this a draw even though neither side has mating material. However, the extra piece does allow a possible mate with a king in the corner and a bishop beside it with the enemy king in opposition and a bishop check. Also, White has mere seconds on the clock while Black has minutes. Play continued until White put the bishop beside the enemy king. When the bishop was taken, the game was drawn.} 65. Ba7 Bg6 66. Bd4+ Kf7 67. Be5 Bf5 68. Kg5 Ke6 69. Bf6 Bc2 70. Bd8 Ba4 71. Ba5 Be8 72. Be1 Bb5 73. Bh4 Bd3 74. Bg3 Bf5 75. Bh4 Ke5 76. Be1 Be4 77. Ba5 Kd4 78. Bb6+ Kd3 79. Bg1 Ke2 80. Bh2 Kf3 81. Bf4 Bh7 82. Bc7 Bc2 83. Ba5 Bd1 84. Bb6 Bb3 85. Bf2 Kxf2 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 15 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/JEBseWlE"] [Date "2020.12.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "984"] [BlackElo "731"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 {This is not a good opening. Good moves here are a6 or Nf6 or Bc5} 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. c3 {Black can now play Qg5 forcing Bf1. d3 is better here. Also, I commented on this opening for the Dec 9 games.} d3 {Why give up the pawn for nothing? Trade it or defend it with Bc5} 6. Bxd3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 d6 11. c4 Bg4 12. Qc1 Ne8 13. h3 Be6 14. Na3 Qg5 15. d4 Bxh3 16. Qxg5 {You can’t get so caught up in your plans that you forget that chess is a two-player game.} Be6 17. d5 {c5 wins the other bishop} f6 18. Qh4 Bf7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 15 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7W7QAmBQ"] [Date "2020.12.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin952011"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Qd2 Qe7 {Qd7. Now White could play Nd5 forcing Qd1 or Bd5. Not Nd5 ed with a fork.} 11. h4 {That pawn was protecting g4 which Black now hurries to occupy. Nd5 was best.} Bg4 12. Qe2 {Do not pin yourself. Watch how Black now piles up on f3.} Nh7 13. Nd5 {The h4 pawn was lost anyway after Bf3} Qxh4 14. c4 Qh5 15. Bd1 f5 {Bringing a rook to bear on f3.} 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Bd2 {Bb6 hoping to bring the queen to e3, but the open f-file is still deadly} Bxf3 18. Qxf3 {Because gf Qg6+ forces mate} Rxf3 19. Bxf3 Qh4 20. Rae1 Nd4 21. Bd1 c6 22. Re4 Qd8 23. Rg4 {The knight should move} cxd5 24. Bxh6 Nf5 25. Bd2 Nf6 26. Rg6 Kf7 27. Rg5 Nd4 28. Re1 Nh7 29. Bh5+ Kg8 30. Rg6 Qh4 31. Re3 {White leaves another piece under attack. Time to resign.} Qxh5 32. Reg3 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxg3+ 34. fxg3 Qxg6 35. Ke1 Qf6 36. Kd1 Qf2 37. Kc2 Be3 38. Kc3 Qxd2+ 39. Kb3 dxc4+ 40. Kxc4 b5+ 41. Kb3 Qxd3+ 42. Kb4 Qc4+ 43. Ka3 Bc1 44. g4 Qa4# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 8 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/IO36bTYr"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "984"] [BlackElo "731"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2020.12.09"] [TimeControl "G/5; 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. h3 d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Ba5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. c3 Qg6 13. Kh2 {Be6. White defends the h-pawn, but should lose the e-pawn after Bc4; dc Qe4} Qh5 14. Bb3 Ne7 {Black could win a pawn with Bh3; gh Qf3, but the open g-file is probably worth more than the pawn.} 15. Qd1 Bg4 16. Kg3 {That’s a scary looking move, but Fritz likes it.} Kh8 {Black wants to open the f-file, but this loses a piece. The bishop should retreat.} 17. hxg4 Qg6 18. Rh1 f5 19. Kh2 fxg4 20. Nh4 Qh5 21. Kg1 Rf6 22. Nf3 {Nf5 is much stronger} Qg6 23. Bg5 {Ng5 is playable, as it Nh2} gxf3 24. Bxf6 Qxg2# {White had 4 minutes left. Not using your time is as bad as not using your rook.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 8 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/eSuJcej5"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "688"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.12.09"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d3 h6 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Nd5 {White wants to trade off the defending pieces before sacrificing on h6. But that also trades off the attacking pieces.} Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 f5 15. Bxh6 {White has no pieces to back up this sacrifice. The sacrifice is not sound.} gxh6 16. Qxh6 Qf6 {Of course Black wants to trade. He is a piece ahead.} 17. Qh5 f4 18. Qg4+ Qg7 19. Qe6+ Rf7 {Don’t pin your own pieces. Kh7 or Kh8 and the White queen will soon be driven off or traded.} 20. Rfe1 f3 {Black is the one attacking!} 21. g3 Qg5 {This position keeps coming up. Qg3+ with mate next. The f-pawn is pinned.} 22. h4 Qd8 23. Qg6+ {Re4 now} Rg7 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Qf5+ Rf7 26. Qh5 Qf6 27. Re4 {Black’s failure to press his attack has given White time to bring up another attacking piece.} Kg8 {Ke7 and the second rook joins White’s attack} 28. Rg4+ Rg7 29. Re1 e4 {And this lets the other rook join the attack with win of a pawn. Qf7 to trade queens} 30. Rexe4 Qxb2 {Both sides get a pawn, but White also gets to bring up another attacking piece.} 31. Re8+ {But this trades an attacking piece for Black’s sleeping piece. Re7 or Rg7+ Kg7 (Qg7 Rg4) ; Re7+} Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ {Now White has only a draw. Which is not bad for being a piece down.} Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh6 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qd7+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 8 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QqOfVphX"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "764"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2020.12.09"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Bb6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Bxh6 {White has attacking pieces, but Black has defending pieces. The sacrifice is not justified.} gxh6 12. Qxh6 Nh7 13. h4 {Ng5 draws after Ng5 Qg5+ with perpetual check. Note that f6 is not playable because of Be6+ Qe6; Qh7 mate} Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe6 15. Qd2 Qg6 16. Rae1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd5 Qg3 {Avoiding a fork on e7} 19. Qh6 Qg7 20. Qh5 Nf6 {That’s an oops. Kh8} 21. Ne7# {It is worth noting that both players had over 3.5 minutes left. No time trouble. This is why I keep telling you to slow down.} 1-0 [pgn navigation_board=floatLeft show_move_arrow=no] [Event "Alford simul 2020.12.09"] [Site "https://lichess.org/6spnulZA"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Senthilkumar, Shrijit, shrijit2009"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "898"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] 1. e4 {This is a very good game by Shrijit who out-played me in the opening and again in the ending!} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bg5 {Fritz says Black is equal. Bf4 still leaves White a smidgen better.} O-O 12. Rd3 Rfe8 13. Rad1 {Rae, says Fritz. White does not see the danger to e4.} Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Qxe4 15. Qe3 {Only now did I realize that after Bf6 Black would not continue Qf3; Rf3 gf; Rf6. Instead Black would reply to Bf6 with Qe1+ forcing mate! Fritz says h3 is least bad, and Re3 is better than Qe3} Nd5 {I thought that was pretty good. Fritz says Qg6 will win the bishop.} 16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. Rcd3 Rae8 {threatening mate on e1} 18. Kf1 f6 19. Bc1 {Fritz says the bishop should go to d2 to protect b4} Nb4 20. Re3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 Nxc2 22. Rd7 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Rxc7 Rd3 {Fritz likes Re5; Rb7 Rb5 trying to force the rooks off the board for an easy win.} 25. Rxb7 {Ke2 is much stronger} (25. Ke2) 25... Rd2 26. Rb6 a5 27. a3 c5 28. Rb5 c4 29. b4 {Losing. Rc5 is best. Ra5 Rb2; Rc5 is also playable.} axb4 30. Rxb4 c3 31. Rc4 c2 {White must sacrifice his rook for the queen. In lichess you have to resign twice. I resigned the second time and then a third time. By the third time, the machine had jumped to another game, so FirstCamel got a win also.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Alford simul 2020.12.09"] [Site "https://lichess.org/aicat4y6"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e6 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a4 Be7 8. Nb5 Nb4 9. c3 Na6 10. b4 Qb6 {At this point I accidentally resigned. White has an advantage, but the attack on the queen has actually helped Black develop. White should have gotten castled and then attacked the misplaced queen.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Alford simul 2020.12.09"] [Site "https://lichess.org/vbDRRhxc"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Senthilkumar, Shrinidhin, shrinidhin2012"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "963"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 {This is certainly a playable move, but d5 is much stronger. Black gets a lot of play on the half-open d-file.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg4 {Fritz says this doesn’t work out and Black is better to play a6 or Bd2} 6. d5 Ne5 {White can now win at least a piece with Ne5 threatening Bb5+ } 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nc3 e6 12. dxe6 Qxe6 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nb5 O-O {You can’t just give your opponent an exchange. Rc8; Rac 0-0} 16. Nc7 Qg6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Qxd7 {A full rook ahead, White will now play for exchanges} Bh4 19. Rac1 h6 20. Rc8+ Rxc8 21. Qxc8+ Kh7 22. Qf5 b6 23. Rc1 Qxf5 24. exf5 f6 25. Rc7 h5 26. g3 Bg5 27. Bxg5 fxg5 28. Rxa7 Kh6 29. Rb7 b5 30. Rxb5 g4 31. a4 Kg5 32. a5 Kxf5 33. a6 Ke6 34. a7 Kd6 35. a8=Q Ke6 36. Qc6+ Kf5 37. Qd6 Ke4 38. Qxe5+ Kf3 39. Rb3# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Alford simul 2020.12.09"] [Site "https://lichess.org/JPOsuwM6"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Bayyarapu, Srihit, srihitchess"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "890"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Qc7 {A common position for the queen. Nc6 keeps up pressure on d4. I believe d5 is best with Black having pressure on the d-file. } 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rc7 Qd6 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Ba5 {Fritz says Rb7 is much better. Now Black recovers the piece.} b6 19. Rc6 Qxe7 20. Rxb6 Qc5 21. b4 Qe7 22. Qe2 Nd7 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Qg5 25. b5 Bh3 26. f3 Be6 27. Bd2 Qe7 28. a4 Nc5 {That loses a piece. Black should activate the rook with Ra8 or Rc8, but those queen-side pawns are killers.} 29. Bb4 Qc7 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Bxc5 Rd8 32. a5 Bb3 33. b6 Bd1 34. Qe3 Ba4 35. Ba3 Bb5 36. Bxb5 Qxb5 37. Qc3 h6 38. Bb2 Rd3 39. Qxe5 Qd7 40. Qxg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Alford simul 2020.12.09"] [Site "https://lichess.org/qGHj6ROs"] [Date "2020.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "731"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. c3 {I played this move for years. No one ever replied Qg5 which Fritz recommends. I will change to d3 to prevent Qg5} d3 {Black should not give up the pawn for nothing. After a trade on c3, White’s pieces are ready to come blasting out.} 6. Bxd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Bc2 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Qf3 Bg4 {Fritz says that’s a blunder since White can win a piece with Bf6. My move threatens a mating attack, but Black can stop that with Re8 or g5} 13. Qd3 Re8 {g6 now} 14. e5 {Fritz says this attack is premature. de; Bf6 Qf6; Qh7+ but the Black king slithers away. White should bring up more attackers with Nd2 or f4} g6 15. Bxf6 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Qe3 {Black can have the bishop because then Qh6 mates next.} Re6 {Kh7 to protect h6} 18. Bxf5 dxe5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Re8 22. Nc4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 1"] [Site "https://lichess.org/V7yhF2BK"] [Date "2020.12.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "764"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] {After this game, MLavanur took first place in the Arena tournament winning 71% of 7 games. Niranjanadevi was third.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 {Fritz says don’t move the same piece twice in the opening. e3 or Qc2} O-O 9. e3 Qe7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O Bd7 12. c5 Rfe8 13. Qc2 b6 14. cxb6 {This allows Black to remove his pawn from the open c-file which he does not do.} axb6 15. a4 Nd8 16. Ne5 Nc6 {Losing a piece. I don’t usually show a game decided by a piece blunder, but I wanted to encourage the players who chose to play a slow (G/30) game and a new opening, the Queen’s Gambit.} 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qd6 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Bc3 Rec8 21. f4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. f5 d5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28. Bc3 {passive. b4 starts the pawn on its long march.} Ra6 29. Bb4 Rb6 30. Rf8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK December 1"] [Site "https://lichess.org/OWMvm8oP"] [Date "2020.12.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Bayyarapu, Srihit, srihitchess"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1722"] [BlackElo "1612"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.12.01"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. d3 d6 6. d4 {Either d3 or d4 was OK last move. Having made the decision, White should live with it. Be2 with 0-0 to follow.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 b5 12. Qg3 Re8 13. f5 e5 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Bh6 g6 {Fritz is not impressed with allowing White to open the f-file. Be8} 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Nd2 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 b4 {But Fritz points out d5; ed Bc5 which reminds us of why we should never pin our own pieces.} 19. Nd5 {sacrificing a pawn since the knight has no good square.} Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bh5 Nf8 22. Bf3 {There is not quite enough attack to warrant Bf8 followed by Bg6} Bxf3 23. Qxf3 f6 24. Ne4 {Right idea – Bring another piece into the attack. Fritz suggests Qb3+ Kh7; Be3 with the threat of Qf7 or of moving the rook.} f5 25. Qb3+ Kh7 {Fritz suggests d5; Qd5+ Kh7; when Black is attacking bishop and knight and threatening Bc5} 26. Qh3 Kg8 27. Qb3+ Kh7 28. Be3 Qb7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Nf6 {White threatens mate on g8. If the knight moves to let the rook stop that then Qh7 is mate and if BxN then QxQ}1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.