BNAK October Games, 2020 Upload 2020.10.06.Simul Upload 2020.10.13 Arena Upload 2020.10.20 Arena Upload 2020.10.27 Arena [Event "BNAK October 27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cKyqkFnu"] [Date "2020.10.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, Niranjanadevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 d6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qxh6 Nh7 11. h4 Qf6 12. Qc1 Bg4 13. Nd5 Qd8 {Qg7 protects the king and threatens Bf3} 14. Qh6 Bxf3 {White did not have enough pieces for the attack. The open file allows his rooks to join the attack.} 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Kh1 Nxf3 17. Rg1+ {White says, Yes, you can take my rook, but guess what? I have another rook.} Nxg1 18. Rxg1+ Kh8 19. Qg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/c2Wdq8AV"] [Date "2020.10.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Sivagnanum, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Senthilkumar, Shrinidhin, shrinidhin2012"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "963"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bb3 Bxb3 8. axb3 h6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nh5 {A knight on the rim looks grim. Fritz suggests a6 or d5.} 12. Nxe5 {Black’s knight on the rim makes this shot playable.} Ng3 13. Rf3 {good, but Nc6 is better.} Nxe5 14. Rxg3 f5 {Now Fritz suggests c6 to restrain the white knight.} 15. Qh5 Rf7 {fe} 16. exf5 Qf6 17. e4 g5 {Fritz says this fatally weakens the king-side. He suggests c6 to inhibit the white knight or Nc6, heading for d4.} 18. fxg6 Qf2+ 19. Kh1 {Kh2 now or next move} Rg7 20. Rg1 {Fritz suggests Ne2 protecting the rook.} Qxg3 21. Nd5 Nxg6 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Rf1 Ke7 24. Qxh6 Nh4 {Fritz likes Nf4 better. Both moves threaten mate on g2, but from f4 the black knight prevents a check on d5.} 25. Nd5+ Kd7 26. Nf6+ Kc6 27. Rg1 Nxg2 28. d4 {Fritz likes Ng4, but says Black is still winning.} Rg6 29. d5+ Kb5 30. c4+ Kb4 31. Qd2+ {Fritz is now showing the game as even.} Kc5 32. b4+ {Fritz says that is mate in 11, but points out that Nd7 is mate now!} Kxc4 33. Rc1+ Kb5 34. Rg1 {Aside from the fact that Black can now mate, White needed to keep checking. Qe2+ leaves Black no hiding place. White mates in a few moves.} Qxh3# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/R8oYwA6i"] [Date "2020.10.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Senthilkumar, Shrijit, Shrijit2009"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur "] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "898"] [BlackElo "764"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 {A simple move that destroys the effectiveness of Black’s gambit.} O-O 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. d3 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qf7 {continuing to pile up on f2} 12. Qf3 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rae8 15. c4 b5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. f4 Ref8 20. g3 Rg6 21. Kg2 Rgf6 22. Rab1 a6 23. Rb4 e5 24. f5 g6 25. g4 gxf5 26. exf5 R8f7 27. Re4 Rg7 28. Rxe5 h5 {With a totally lost game, Black presses the attack. And gets lucky!} 29. g5 Rf8 {And unlucky! Rg5+} 30. g6 h4 31. Kf3 {And lucky again!} Rxg6 32. Ke4 Rg3 33. Rf3 Rg2 34. Rf4 Rxc2 35. Rxh4 Rxa2 36. Rg4+ Kh7 37. Re7+ Kh6 38. Re6+ {Playing too fast. Rg6+ Kh5; Rh7 is mate!} Kh5 39. Re7 Re2+ {And a rook blunder ends the game.} 40. Kf4 Rxe7 41. Kg3 Re3+ 42. Kf4 Rxh3 43. Rg5+ Kh6 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Kg5 Rg3+ 46. Kh5 Rxg6 {Good enough. Rf5+ wins the rook for nothing.} 47. fxg6+ Kg7 48. Kg5 a5 49. Kg4 a4 50. Kg3 a3 51. Kg2 a2 52. Kg3 a1=Q 53. Kg4 Qf6 54. Kh5 Qf4 55. d4 Rf5# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/aiADhB8h"] [Date "2020.10.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "688"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Qc1 Nd4 10. a4 {Bd4 Now Black tears open the White king-side.} Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Nd7 {Bh3} 12. Bxh6 Qf6 {Fritz likes gh; Qh6 Qf6.} 13. Bg5 Qxf3 14. Kh2 Nf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxf2 17. Bh4 Qxh3# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 27 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/uo8LggCz"] [Date "2020.10.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur "] [Black "Ramamurthy, Ajitesh, Ajitesh1215"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "764"] [BlackElo "688"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {d4 is often played here. After d4 cd; Nd4 White has more center and both bishops ready to jump into the game. Note that Black now gets control of the center.} d6 4. h3 e5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qc8 12. b3 {There is no logic to this move. a3 or c3 would block out the black knight. Kh2 would protect h3 (which doesn’t need protecting).} Bxh3 {The sacrifice is not justified. Black has no pieces to help with the attack.} 13. gxh3 Qxh3 14. Nh2 Qh5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc3 {Qd1 White is a piece ahead and should be looking to trade queens.} Qg6+ 17. Kh1 f5 18. Rg1 Qf6 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Qg4 {Yes! When ahead, trade.} Qf7 22. Rg2 {White says the open file goes both ways.} Bf6 23. Rag1 Rg8 24. Nf3 a6 {Now Ra7 will help protect g7} 25. Nh4 Bxh4 26. Qxh4 Ra7 {Qf6 to protect h6.} 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Rxg8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ Qg6 30. Qxg6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LnInivkF"] [Date "2020.10.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Alford, Joseph,JosephOAlford"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2020.10.08"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Qd2 d6 9. h3 Ne7 10. Na4 {Bh6 is probably correct. White loses valuable time with this knight. Fritz suggests trading on b3 or Rad} Bxe3 11. fxe3 c6 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. d4 b5 15. Bb3 {Bd3 White underestimaes the Black bishop’s move to a6. He doesn’t want the bishop to block the attack along the d-file.} a5 16. a3 {Now is the time for de, says Fritz.} b4 {The attack is actually on the e4 pawn. White sees that he is giving up the e-pawn for the b-pawn, but misses how the situation is about to change.} 17. axb4 axb4 18. Na4 Nxe4 19. Qxb4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 {I did consider Bf7+ Kf7; Ne5+ Kg8; Ng6. I was very aware that the rook on f1 was a problem.} Rb8 21. Qa3 Nh4 22. dxe5 {Nh5 Qh5; de leaves White more protection} Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qg3 25. fxe4 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ {Black has just seconds left, or he might try Rb3; Qb3 Re6. Again, seconds left. Fritz says Re5 should lead to a quick mate.} 27. Kh1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NSjEyM4L"] [Date "2020.10.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Alford, Joseph,JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C17"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2020.10.08"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 {No. White’s advantage in the French Defense is his powerful center. That center is maintained by a3 Bc3+; bc Now the pawns are split and easily attacked.} Qc7 6. Bd2 Qxe5+ 7. Be2 Bxc5 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 {Fritz says just bring one of the rooks to the center. He also suggests Black just take this pawn. I never considered that. I was thinking that the open g-file goes both ways.} Kh8 14. h6 gxh6 15. Bxh6 Rg8 16. Bg5 Bd7 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bxh7 {White’s attack is not strong enough to warrant sacrificing a piece.} Kxh7 {Certainly not a bad move, but Fritz points out the much stronger Nf3+ gf; Nh7} 19. Qf4 {This is the move White counted on to recover his sacrificed piece. The queen is headed for h4, but never gets there.} Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 {If gf then Rg5; Qg5 Rg8} Rxg5 21. Qh3+ Rh5 22. Qd3+ Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qh2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LnInivkF"] [Date "2020.10.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Ramkumar, Niranjan, Niranjanadevi"] [Black "Senthilkumar, Shrinidhin, shrinidhin2012"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "984"] [BlackElo "963"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2020.10.08"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. O-O Qd4 12. Qxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nb3 b6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Nd2 Rd4 20. Nc4 {Rae or just a3 to open a line for the second rook.} Nxe4 {But Fritz says this is a blunder. Now Rae} 21. f3 Nf6 22. Rae1 Rxe3 23. Nxe3 Rd8 24. Nf5 Re8 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. Nxe7+ Kh7 27. Nc6 Nd5 {Why just give up the a-pawn? a5 and then a knight on d7 protects all the pawns.} 28. Nxa7 Nc3 29. Nc8 b5 30. Nd6 Nxa2 31. Nxb5 Kg6 32. Kf2 Kf5 33. Ke3 Ke5 34. d4+ cxd4+ 35. Nxd4 Nc3 {Kd5 Now White becomes a winning pawn ahead. Fritz suggests g6 or h5, the point being that Black does not lose a pawn.} 36. Nc6+ Kd5 37. Nxb4+ Kc4 38. Nd3 Nd1+ {Nd5+} 39. Kd2 Nc3 40. Ne5+ Kb4 41. Nc6+ {Nf7 and White is two pawns ahead} Kc5 {Losing. The outside passed pawn is an easy winner. Black needed to keep the knights on the board.} 42. Kxc3 Kxc6 43. Kd4 f6 44. c4 Kd6 45. c5+ Kc6 46. Kc4 f5 47. Kd4 g6 48. g3 g5 49. f4 gxf4 50. gxf4 h5 51. h4 Kc7 52. Kd5 Kd7 53. c6+ Kc7 54. Kc5 Kd8 55. Kd6 Kc8 56. c7 Kb7 57. Kd7 Kb6 58. c8=Q Ka5 59. Kc6 Ka4 60. Qb8 Ka3 61. Kc5 Ka2 62. Kc4 Ka1 63. Kc3 Ka2 64. Qb2# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/OqrWZQcG"] [Date "2020.10.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Ramkumar, Niranjan, Niranjanadevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2020.10.08"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 {And that’s just too slow. Bc5 or Bb5 or even Be7. Fritz likes Nf6; 0-0 Ne4; Re1 d5} h6 {And that’s just too slow. Bc5 or Bb5 or even Be7. Fritz likes Nf6; 0-0 Ne4; Re1 d5} 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 {Fritz likes Qf6, which I have played.} 7. O-O Be7 {d6} 8. e5 Nh7 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bxh6 g6 11. Qxg6+ Kh8 12. Qg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 20 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/X7smoE8E"] [Date "2020.10.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Ramkumar, Niranjan, Niranjanadevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2020.10.08"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Nb8 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Bb5+ Ne4 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Rxe4+ Be7 12. Re1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/JVjMC2bu"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, Niranjanadevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 {Not good enough. Now de gives White an advantage in all lines. ed; Nd4 Bc5; Nc6 Qf6 is best.} 4. Bc4 h6 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxf7 Nf6 9. Bd5 {Now c6 would let the knight recover the pawn. f3 was correct.} Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. c4 Bd3 12. Nc3 {Why give up the pawn? b3} Bxc4 13. b3 Ba6 14. Bb2 Bb4 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Kc8 {And now Black gives up a pawn without need. Rhe. If the king is going to move then Kd7 to free the rook on a8.} 17. Bxe5 Rd8 18. Bxg7 h5 19. Rhe1 b6 20. Bf6 Rf8 21. Bh4 Kb7 22. d6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Rg8 25. Bg3 h4 26. Bxh4 Rxg2 27. Bg3 Ka8 28. Rdd1 {No. Double rooks on the 7th rank with Ree7 to threaten mate.} Bb7 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Re7 Ba6 31. Rcc7 Rg1+ 32. Kb2 Rd2+ 33. Ka3 Rd8 34. Rxa7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Pcyi9Pkb"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A27"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "764"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. e4 {Fritz doesn’t like the hole on d4. The English opening is a Sicilian Defense with colors reversed. In the Sicilian e3 or d3 (sometimes both!) could be played.} Nf6 5. d3 {But that’s a mistake. Fritz says Be2 to meet Ng4 with 0-0} h6 {passive. Ng4 this move or next.} 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nd5 {Kh2 The king is a strong defender.} Nh7 12. Bd2 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 {This helps Black’s pieces penetrate. b4 Bb6; Nb6 so the f-pawn is not pinned.} Qxh3 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Nxb6 Rcd8 19. Nd5 Re6 20. Nh4 Ng5 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rg6 {Fritz says Nd4 Qe3 (Qg2 Ne2 is mate!) Nc2} 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. b4 Nd4 25. Ra2 Rg5 26. Rb2 Rh5 27. f3 Qh2+ {Oh no! Qh1+; Kf2 Qh2+ wins the rook on b2 and the game} 28. Rxh2 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 Rd7 30. Kg2 f6 31. Nc3 Rf7 32. Ne2 Nxe2 33. Qxe2 g6 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Rc7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/n8T0HxQf"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "764"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 {A sacrifice of a pawn for development.} 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 {A bit too passive. e5 Nd5; d4 gives White a solid center} Bc5 {h3 is indicated even though White falls even further behind in development.} 6. Bc4 Ng4 7. O-O {Castling into a devastating attack. Rf1 was better.} Qh4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Kh2 {Rf2 is forced and terrible} Nxd1 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/rTaXok4F"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "764"] [PlyCount "186"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 {This is the only game FirstCamel lost in this tournament.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 {I’ve played this. Fritz prefers Bb4+ (which I have also played) or Nf6} 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 {Bb4+ now is equal, says Fritz} 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d6 {Fritz says this is equal. Black can try for more with d5; ed Re8+; Kd1 Re5; Bf4 Rd5} 10. Qc4+ Be6 11. Qe2 Qf6 12. O-O Kg7 13. b3 {This allows d3 winning the rook. Fritz says, no, d3; cd Qa1; Bb2+} Rhf8 14. Bb2 Kg8 15. c3 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Qf7 17. Qe3 Rae8 18. Qh6 Ne5 19. Qe3 Ng4 20. Qe2 Qf4 21. g3 {The mate threat forces White to fatally weaken the king-side.} Qh6 22. h4 {f3 is somewhat less fatal, says Fritz.} Bf5 23. Bc1 { Fritz likes f3} Qg7 24. Qd1 Qxc3 25. Bd2 Qe5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Rc1 {Black’s pieces are working together. White’s are not.} Nxf2 28. g4 Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Qxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Re2+ 32. Kxh3 Rxd2 33. Ra1 c6 34. g5 b5 35. a4 Rd3+ {a6 is better. first, it keeps the pawns together. Second, Black’s king does not end up pinned to the back rank.} 36. Kg2 Rxb3 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Rxa7 c5 39. Rd7 Rb2+ 40. Kg3 Rb6 41. Kf4 c4 42. Ke3 c3 43. Kd3 Rc6 44. Kc2 Kf8 45. Ra7 d5 46. Ra4 Ke8 47. Ra3 d4 48. Ra4 d3+ {Now the c-pawn queens.} 49. Kxd3 c2 50. Ra1 c1=Q 51. Rxc1 Rxc1 52. Ke3 Rh1 53. Kf4 Rxh4+ 54. Kg3 Rh5 55. Kf4 Kf7 56. Kg4 Rh1 57. Kf4 h5 58. gxh6 Rxh6 59. Kg5 Rh5+ 60. Kf4 g5+ 61. Kg4 Kg6 62. Kg3 g4 {It’s a speed game. These things happen.} 63. Kxg4 Ra5 {The rest of the game is very annoying. Here’s how it should have gone. Lock the king to the h-file and then bring the king around to mate.} (63... Rf5 64. Kh4 Rg5 65. Kh3 Kf5 66. Kh4 Kf4 67. Kh3 Rg6 68. Kh2 Kf3 69. Kh1 Kf2 70. Kh2 Rh6#) 64. Kf4 Kf6 65. Ke4 Ke6 66. Kd4 Kd6 67. Ke4 Rb5 68. Kf4 Ke6 69. Kg4 Kf6 70. Kh4 Kg6 71. Kg3 Rb4 72. Kf3 Kf5 73. Ke3 Ke5 74. Kf3 Rc4 75. Kg3 Kf5 76. Kh3 Kg5 77. Kg3 Rc3+ 78. Kf2 Kf4 79. Ke2 Ke4 80. Kd2 Rh3 81. Kc2 Kd4 82. Kb2 Kc4 83. Ka2 Kb4 84. Kb2 Rh2+ 85. Kc1 Kb3 86. Kd1 Kc3 87. Ke1 Kd3 88. Kf1 Ke3 89. Kg1 Ra2 90. Kf1 Rb2 91. Kg1 Kf3 92. Kh1 Kg3 93. Kg1 Rb1# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Pcyi9Pkb"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "832"] [BlackElo "764"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] [ECO "A27"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. e4 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Nh7 12. Bd2 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Nxb6 Rcd8 19. Nd5 Re6 20. Nh4 Ng5 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rg6 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. b4 Nd4 25. Ra2 Rg5 26. Rb2 Rh5 27. f3 Qh2+ 28. Rxh2 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 Rd7 30. Kg2 f6 31. Nc3 Rf7 32. Ne2 Nxe2 33. Qxe2 g6 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Rc7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/bxw5woEp"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 {FirstCamel continues to play this because he continues to win with it.} dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Be2 h5 7. O-O Ng4 8. h3 Qd6 9. Bxg4 hxg4 10. e5 Qg6 11. Nc3 gxh3 12. g3 Qxg3+ 13. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/KH7y6alf"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "731"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/5; 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 gxh6 10. Qxh6 Nh7 11. Nd5 Be6 12. h4 {Fritz says this is too slow. Now Black can trade White’s attacking pieces.} Bxd5 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. hxg5 Bxc4 15. dxc4 f6 {White is 2 pieces down, but now can draw with perpetual checks on g6 and h6. The correct way was Qe7 and then Qe6} 16. g6 Qe7 17. Rad1 {heading for h3 to mate on h8} Qg7 18. Qh5 Ne7 19. Rd3 Nxg6 20. Rg3 Kf7 21. Qf5 Rad8 22. Rg5 Rg8 23. Rd1 Rh8 24. Rd3 Rhg8 25. Rh3 a6 26. Rgh5 Rh8 27. Rg3 Rxh5 28. Qxh5 Rh8 29. Qf5 Rd8 30. b4 c5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Rg5 Qh7 33. Rh5 Qg7 34. g4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. g5 Ke7 37. Qh3 Rh8 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 {Qf6 is better.} 39. Qf5+ Ke7 40. Qg5+ Ke8 {White lost on time. A rook trade on h8 followed by Qg6+ and Qb6 doesn’t work because Black recaptures on h8 with check.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "BNAK October 13 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/tiZb0HYM"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Black "Sivagnanam, Kavin, Kavin9520"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "764"] [BlackElo "731"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/5; 5"] 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 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Nh2 Bxh3 {Black does not have pieces placed to follow up this sacrifice.} 12. gxh3 Qxh3 13. Qe2 h5 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. Bg5 Nd4 16. Qg3 Ba5 {Played to remove the knight which blocks the fork Ne2+, but it is much too slow.} 17. Bxf6 g6 18. Qg5 Ne6 {covering one of the mates} 19. Qh6 Rfb8 20. Qh8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2020.10.Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RbAvqN5t"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Ramkumar, Gautham, Niranjanadevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "984"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {All 5 games were Ruy Lopez, and 3 of them were this Exchange Variation.} 4. Bxc6 {Ba4 is equally good at this point.} dxc6 5. O-O {Ne5 is bad here after Qd4; Nf3 Qe4+ with advantage to Black.} Bg4 {But now Black must protect e5 with Bd6 or Qd6 or my favorite Bg4. If Black doesn’t guard the pawn, then Ne5 Qd4; Nf3 Qe4; Re1 pins the queen.} 6. h3 Bh5 {I half expected h5 when White is advised to not take the bishop: hg hg; Ne5 Qh4; f3 g3 and Black wins} 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Bc5 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 f6 12. f4 Bd6 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bxf4 d5 {Rd8 or even Kd7. Now White wins a pawn because Black is not developed.} 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Be5 Nf6 {Fritz points out that after Ne7 or Nh6 the g-pawn is immune because of Rg8. Thus Bg5 was better than Be5} 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxf6 Rg8+ 21. Kf2 Rf8 {When ahead, trade. Black is not ahead and should not be trading.} 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Re1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Ke3 {White can now win easily by creating a passed pawn on the queen-side.} Ke7 26. Kd4 Ke6 {Fritz says Kd6 because now Kc5 and Black loses the two queen-side pawns.} 27. c4 {Still winning, but Kc5 was much better.} dxc4 28. dxc4 Kd6 29. b4 b5 {b6 is a better chance. Now White gets a protected passed pawn which lets his king wander wherever it wants to go since Black’s king must stay to stop the pawn from queening.} 30. c5+ Ke6 31. a3 {A few moves to run Black out of moves.} h5 32. h4 Kf5 33. Kd5 {So Black’s king cannot come back to stop the c-pawn. Black can have the h-pawn since the c-pawn will queen and eat his entire army.} Kg4 34. c6 Kxh4 35. c7 Kg4 36. c8=Q+ Kg3 37. Qxa6 h4 38. Qxb5 h3 39. Qd3+ Kg2 40. Qxh3+ Kxh3 41. b5 Kg4 42. b6 Kf5 43. b7 Kf6 44. b8=Q Ke7 45. Qe5+ Kd7 46. Qg7+ Kc8 47. Kc6 Kd8 48. Qd7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2020.10.Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Vm7dPUGt"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Senthilkumar, Shrinidhin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "963"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "1800+60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 {A perfectly valid defense of e5. If Bc6 dc; Ne5 Bf2+; Kf2 Qd4+ and Qe5 with advantage to Black.} 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 {a3 or Bd7. The pin plus the advancing pawn win a piece.} 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. d5 a6 9. Ba4 Bd7 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Bg5 Nh5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Rac1 c5 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Be3 Qg4 18. e5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Rfd8 23. Nfd2 {Just Rd6 and White is a full piece ahead.} f5 24. Nc3 Rab8 25. Nc4 Bc7 26. Nd5 Rb7 27. Nxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 g6 30. Nc4 Kf7 31. f3 Ke6 32. Kf2 f4 33. Rd1 Rd7 {Rc6 Avoid trades when you are behind.} 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Ne5+ Kd6 36. Nxg6 Kd5 37. Nxf4+ Kd4 38. Ne2+ Kd3 39. g4 {The f-pawn wants to run. White offers the two queen-side pawns to lure the enemy king away from e4.} Kc2 40. f4 Kxb2 41. f5 Kxa2 42. f6 a5 {The c-pawn isn’t going past that knight, but the a-pawn is way too slow.} 43. f7 a4 44. f8=Q c4 45. Ke3 Kb3 46. Kd2 a3 47. Qb8+ Ka2 48. Nc3+ Ka1 49. Qb1# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2020.10.Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/aw6vcFQn"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Senthilkumar, Shrijit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "898"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 {The most common way to guard the e-pawn. Black is getting ready to castle.} 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Qc4+ {Bg5 is much better. I did not see Black’s reply.} Nd5 {Of course, Kh8; Nf7+ Fritz shows Black slightly better at this point.} 12. Nc3 Qf6 {oops, suddenly Black is attacking f2!} 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Bg5 {Fritz likes Ne4, but still shows advantage to Black.} Qf5 15. Rad1 {And that’s a blunder allowing Ne3} Nxc3 16. Qxc3 {Fritz likes Re6. I saw that, but did not see the follow-up Nd1; Rd6+ and Rd1 ending up with rook and two pieces against two rooks.} h6 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Bd4 Qg6 {The queen tries to protect g7 and e6 and threaten Bh3} 19. Bxg7 {Fritz says Black can defend with Rf3 and Black ends up with rook and two pieces against two rooks.} Qxg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rxe6 Rae8 {Black is hoping for a trade that would leave his rook on the only open file. Rad would threaten Bh2+} 22. Nd4 Bc5 {Threatening f2} 23. Nf5+ {This probably works better than it should. Black doesn’t have to take the knight, but Fritz says he should.} Rxf5 24. Rxe8 Bxf2+ {Fritz says Rf2 gives White less advantage.} 25. Kh1 Bc5 26. Re2 Bd6 27. g3 Rb5 28. c3 Ra5 29. b3 Rh5 30. Kg2 b6 31. Rd4 c5 32. Rg4+ Kf6 33. Rh4 {When ahead, trade. I thought my rook could out-play his bishop. h4 is simpler.} Rxh4 34. gxh4 Kf5 35. Kh3 Be5 36. c4 a5 37. Rd2 Bd6 38. Rf2+ Kg6 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kf3 Be7 41. Rg2+ Kh6 42. Rd2 Bd6 {Black cannot trade the c7 pawn for either h-pawn. Fritz says White’s position is good enough now for RxB} 43. Ke4 Kg6 44. Rg2+ Kh6 45. Kf5 Be7 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Re6 Bd6 48. Rxd6 {White’s active king wins.} cxd6 49. Kg5 Kg7 50. Kxh5 Kf7 51. Kg5 Ke6 52. h5 d5 53. cxd5+ Kxd5 54. h6 Ke6 55. h7 Kf7 56. h8=Q Ke6 57. Qd8 Ke5 58. Qxb6 Kd5 59. Kf5 Kd4 60. Qxa5 c4 61. Qb4 Kd5 62. Qxc4+ Kd6 63. Qb5 Kc7 64. Ke6 Kc8 65. Kd6 Kd8 66. Qd7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2020.10.Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/OQkOegZd"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Upadhyay, Anushuman, FirstCamel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "832"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Nf6 {Black must guard e5 with Bd6 or Qd6 or Bg4} 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qd8 8. e5 Ng4 9. h3 h5 10. d4 g6 {Black’s knight must retreat since now after hg hg; Ng5 the Black queen cannot get to h4 for the mating attack.} 11. Nc3 {I wasn’t quite sure he couldn’t sneak in some way.} Bf5 12. hxg4 hxg4 13. Ng5 Bh6 14. f4 Bxg5 {The move I was afraid of was gf in passing; Nf3 when my king looked a bit breezy.} (14... gxf3 15. Nxf3) 15. fxg5 Qe7 {Black threatens 000 and also Qf8-g7-h7} 16. Bf4 {Avoiding something like Qf8 and g3 and Rh1+ and Qh8+ and Qh2 mate. If that g-pawn can’t move then there is no attack.} Qf8 17. Kf2 {Well, just in case, let’s run. Now I can play Rh1, if needed.} O-O-O 18. Ne2 c5 19. c3 cxd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. Rc1 {Aha! In attacking my center, he has opened lines to his own king.} b6 22. Qa4 Kb7 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rfd1 Rc8 {Fritz says Black must not let the rook into his position. Qe7} 25. Rd6 Qe8 26. Qb3+ {And I totally missed Qa6+ which forces mate.} Qb5 27. Qxb5+ {Qf2+ Rc7 just looked like more trouble than a pawn is worth. Trade, and I’m a piece up.} axb5 28. Nc3 Rhd8 {Missing the attack on b5} 29. Nxb5 Bd7 {Black has no good moves. This lets White trade pieces.} 30. Rxd7+ {Good enough. Fritz likes Rcd better.} Rxd7 31. Nd6+ Rxd6 32. exd6 Kc6 33. b4 Kd7 34. Rxc5 Rd8 35. b5 Ke6 36. b6 Rd7 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. b7 Rb8 39. Re7+ Kd5 40. d7 Rd8 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Bxb8 Kd4 43. d8=Q+ Kc3 44. Rc7+ Kb2 45. Qd2+ Ka3 46. Qc3+ Kxa2 47. Qb4 Ka1 48. Ra7# 1-0[Event "2020.10.Simul"] You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2020.10.Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ejZA0tU0"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "0"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "764"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2020.10.06"] [TimeControl "G30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 {g4 Bg6; Ne5 wins a pawn, but leaves White’s king-side in shambles.} Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qd6 12. O-O b5 13. Rad1 a5 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Bxf6 {A bit of ego here. I am counting on two sets of doubled pawns to give me a win. That’s probably not quite enough.} Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rd7 Rae8 {But this is a mistake. White gets more pawns than Black.} 19. Rxc7 Rxe4 20. Rxc6 Re2 21. b3 {Rc1 Rd8; Rf6 R8d2 gives Black excellent drawing chances.} f5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rb2 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Rc5 R2xb4 27. Rxf5 R4b5 {Black probably has better chances keeping the rooks on the board.} 28. Rxb5 Rxb5 29. f4 Rf5 30. g4 Rf6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Kg3 Kg6 33. h4 Rc6 34. f5+ Kg7 35. Rf3 Rc4 36. g5 f6 37. Rf4 Rc3+ 38. Kg4 Rc2 39. Kh5 {wrong, says Fritz. Now Rh2 and the pawn cannot recapture.} fxg5 40. hxg5 Rh2+ 41. Rh4 Rf2 42. Kg4 Rg2+ 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Ke5 Re2+ 45. Re4 Rg2 46. Kf4 h5 {Rf2+ again, offering a draw.} 47. Re7+ Kg8 48. f6 h4 49. Kf5 h3 50. Kg6 Kf8 51. Rh7 h2 52. Rh8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
