2021.06 2021.06 Downloads: 2021.06.08 2021.06.14 2021.06.21 2021.06.28 [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZKLUSkgS"] [Date "2021.06.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Newman, Steven, bitterroot88"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Ne5 {Thinking that after NxN; PxN the pinned piece would be attacked by a pawn.} dxc4 10. e4 {Nc4 is much better.} Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nxe4 {Oops, no pin.} 13. Rc1 b5 14. f3 Nc5 {Fritz prefers g5 to force the bishop off the board and leave lots of targets for Black. Black responds to Be7 witih Nb3} 15. Rd1 Na4 16. Kd2 g5 17. Bf2 Rd8+ 18. Bd4 {I expeced Kc2 Rd1; Kd1 Nc3+} c5 19. Ke3 cxd4+ 20. cxd4 a6 21. Be2 Bb7 22. Rdg1 {The immediate h4 is better.} Rac8 23. h4 {one problem with attacking using the pawns that should be guarding the king is that those pawns become weak. Here, fighting to protect them just weakens the entire king-side. Instead, I sacrifice a pawn to consolidate my pawn advance on the queen-side} Kg7 {A wasted move by Black. Nc3 is best} 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rh5 Nc3 26. Rxg5+ Kf8 27. Rh1 Nxe2 28. Kxe2 Rxd4 29. Rh7 c3 30. Rgg7 Rd7 31. g4 c2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/w0edwQGO"] [Date "2021.06.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Thompson, Kevin, kevthompson97"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 {A very old line that I have never played is Qh4; Nb5. White gets a pawn. Black gets an attack.} 5. c3 Qf6 {Fritz perfers Qh4} 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Nxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qg6 {Thinking to win a pawn, but after 0-0 Qe4; Re1 White’s attack is worth more than a pawn} 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 d5 {sacrificing a pawn to activate Black’s pieces} 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. a4 {Fritz does not approve of this pawn advance. Rb1 or Re1} c6 {opening a file against the weak c-pawn.} 17. a5 {Fritz says trade the pawns and settle for a solid passed pawn in the center.} cxd5 18. Rb1 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Qxc3 {Black goes up a pawn after these trades.} 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Rxb6 Nxd4 24. Be5 Rc4 25. Reb1 f6 26. Bd6 Rfc8 27. h4 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Nf5 30. g3 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Ra6 Rc7 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd4 Rc2 37. Kxd5 Rxf2 38. Ra7+ Kg6 39. Ke4 h5 40. Ke3 Rf5 41. Ra2 Kh6 42. Ke4 Rf1 43. Ra5 g5 44. hxg5+ fxg5 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Ra5 Kg6 47. Ra6+ Rf6 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. g4 {Ke3 is the best chance} h4 51. Kg2 Kf4 52. Kh3 Kf3 53. Kh2 Kxg4 54. Kg2 h3+ 55. Kh2 Kh4 56. Kg1 g4 57. Kh2 g3+ 58. Kh1 Kg4 59. Kg1 Kf4 60. Kh1 g2+ 61. Kg1 Kf3 62. Kh2 Kf2 63. Kxh3 g1=Q 64. Kh4 Qg6 65. Kh3 Qg3# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/AATxp0Zb"] [Date "2021.06.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Newman, Steve, bitterroot88"] [Black "Thompson, Kevin, kevthompson97"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D06"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 {This gives White the center after cd Nd5; e4 or cd Qd5; Nc3 Qd8; e4. Black must protect d5 with c6 or e6.} 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nge2 Bd6 {Stepping into a fork. Bb4 or Be7} 8. e5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 Ncxe5 13. Qd4 Nxf3+ {Thinking to fork on e5, but this just loses another piece} 14. gxf3 e5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 c6 {Bg6 first. Both players are playing much too fast.} 17. Qxh5 cxb5 18. Qxb5 Qc7 19. Ne4 Rae8 20. N2g3 Re5 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Qa3 Rfe8 24. Qxa7 f5 25. Ng5 f4 26. N3e4 {Now a knight dies. Rfd would try to move the queen allowing an escape square for the knight on g5} h6 27. Nf6 Rxg5+ 28. Ng4 h5 29. h4 Rg6 30. Qf2 hxg4 31. fxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kh1 Re3 33. Rc8+ Qxc8 34. Qxf4 Qh3+ 35. Qh2 Qxf1+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NknYb5Qu"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "3"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Newman, Steven, bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be6 8. e4 h6 {Black should trade on e4} 9. exd5 hxg5 10. dxc6 {Fritz slightly prefers de fe; Ng5} bxc6 11. Nxe5 {as a result of h6, Black is a pawn down and has 2 weaknesses.} Bd5 12. Nxd5 {White can win another pawn with Nc6 Bg2; Kg2 Qd5+; Qf3. I decided to just grab the center instead. That did not work out well} cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. f4 {Fritz much prefers either c4 or Re1.} Ne4 15. fxg5 {Fritz would be much happier with c4 here.} Qxg5 16. Bxe4 Qe3+ 17. Kg2 Qxe4+ 18. Nf3 g5 19. Re1 Qg6 20. Qd2 f6 21. Re6 Rae8 22. Rae1 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Re8 24. Qe2 {Fritz found the spectacular Qg5!} Kf8 {When ahead, trade. Black should not let White force all the major pieces off the board. Rb8} 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kxe8 {Pawn endings are the easiest to win.} 27. Kf2 Kd7 28. Ke3 Ke6 29. g4 Be7 {Black’s best chance is f5 when Ng5+ Kf6 will be a pawn trade.} 30. h4 gxh4 31. Nxh4 c5 32. Ng6 cxd4+ 33. Kxd4 Bd8 {losing the d-pawn and the game. Bd6 was better.} 34. Nf4+ Kd6 35. Nxd5 a5 36. c4 a4 37. b4 axb3 38. axb3 Ke6 39. b4 Kf7 40. b5 Kg6 41. b6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/uHmliT6B"] [Date "2021.06.14"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Frank, Cole, zxprodigyx"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "1530"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;60"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 {I believe this is the best response to White’s c3.} 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ {Black needs to take the pawn, even though his queen gets chased around a bit.} 8. Bxd1 e5 9. Be3 Nd5 10. b4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Rd8 12. O-O e4 {Fritz thinks Black keeps better taps on key squares with f6.} 13. Nd4 Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Ne5 15. Nd2 Ng4 16. Nc4 {Fritz likes Ne4 when Black cannot reply Ne3 because of Re1.} a6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nf5 Rxd1+ {Developing White’s last piece can’t be good. Fritz likes Rd7 or Nd5} 19. Rxd1 g6 20. Nfd6+ Bxd6 21. Nxd6+ Ke7 22. Nxb7 Rb8 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Rd4 Ke6 25. a3 Rd7 26. Nc4 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Kd5 28. Nb6+ Kc6 29. d5+ {White is two pawns up and is willing to sacrifice one to remove Black’s last piece from the board.} Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Kxd5 31. Kf2 h5 32. Kg3 g5 33. Kf2 h4 34. g3 f5 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. Ke2 Kc6 37. Kd2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LWxHvped"] [Date "2021.06.14"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Erickson, Darren, LaughingVulcan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "826"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 {Bh5 is playable. h5 is a sacrifice of a bishop to open the h-file. Trading on f3 just helps White develop.} (6... h5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Nxe5 Qh4 9. f3 g3) 7. Qxf3 Nf6 {If Black wants to trade queens, now is the time. Qf6} 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. Nd2 b5 {Preventing Nc4. but the cure is worse than the disease because of the weakening of the queen-side. Bd6} 12. a4 Nd7 {Too many moves of the same piece. Black needs development with Bd6 and 0-0} 13. Nf3 h6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 {the failure to develop has caught up with Black.} Bd6 18. Bxc5 Bh2+ 19. Kxh2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/05u632Rh"] [Date "2021.06.14"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Newman, Steven, bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;60"] 1. e4 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. c3 Nf6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc4 Rfe8 15. Re1 Qc5 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. Nf5 Re5 {Missing the threat of White’s last. Fritz says Kh7 or Qe5} 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Qxf6 Rd6 20. Qf3 Rg6 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rd3 Kh7 23. g3 Rf6 24. Qg4 Rfe6 25. Rde3 Rg5 26. Qe2 f6 27. f4 Rg8 28. e5 f5 29. Rd1 Qg7 30. Red3 Rf8 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Qd3 h5 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34. Qd7 Re7 35. Qd3 {Fritz likes Qd8 or Qc8} Re6 36. b3 b5 37. Qf3 Kh6 38. Rd8 Qg7 39. Qd3 Kg6 40. Rd7 Re7 41. e6 {A little too aggressive, says Fritz. He likes trading or Rd4. The danger is that the pawn will fall after, for example, Kf6; Qd4+ Kg6; Qg7+ Rg7; Rg7+Kg7 and the pawn does not queen.} Qf6 42. Rxe7 Qxe7 43. Qe3 c5 44. Qe5 a5 45. h3 b4 46. c4 {I had planned g4 to strip away Black’s defending pawns. Fritz says do it now or trade on b4 and then play g4. I saw that Black was running out of moves.} c6 47. Kf2 Qd8 48. e7 {Fritz does not like this move, preferring Qe2, but to stop the pawn Black must trade queens and then the resulting pawn ending is won for White.} Qd2+ 49. Qe2 Qxe2+ 50. Kxe2 Kf7 51. Kf3 Kxe7 52. g4 fxg4+ 53. hxg4 hxg4+ 54. Kxg4 Kf6 55. f5 Kg7 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. Ke5 Kf7 59. Kd6 Kf6 60. Kxc6 Kxf5 61. Kxc5 Ke6 62. Kb6 Kd6 63. Kxa5 Kc6 64. Kxb4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ChszXWlc"] [Date "2021.06.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Johnson, Jeremy, JSBach71"] [Black "Newman, Steven, bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "1486"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 {Which pawn should White take? Fritz much prefers ed; Qd4 Nc6 when Black gets a free move chasing the queen and White has to be careful to protect the e-pawn.} d6 {Either pawn capture is better. This loses material.} 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Ke7 {This is worse than losing the pawn. How is Black going to develop the king-side?} 7. Nc3 c6 {Preventing a devastating Nd5+} 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Bb3 g5 11. Bg3 a5 {White shows that there is no threat to the bishop. Nbd7 was better} 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng6+ Ke8 15. Nxh8 Bc5 16. O-O-O Nbd7 17. Ng6 Ng4 18. Rhe1 Kf7 19. Rxd7+ Kxg6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Rc7 Ra6 22. Nxb5 {Nicely played! Making use of the pin.} Bf8 23. Nd4 c5 24. Nf3 Ne8 25. Ne5+ Kh5 26. Rd7 {Rc8} Bd6 27. Re3 Nc7 28. Rh7 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Ne8 30. g4+ Kh4 31. Rxh6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/OjxDU6LM"] [Date "2021.06.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Newman, Steven, bitterroot888"] [Black "Johnson, Jeremy, JSBach71"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1486"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.06.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;5"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bxc4 Bb4 6. Qd3 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bc2 {Fritz prefers Ng5 g5; Qh3 h5} g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. a3 c5 {one guard, two attacks, and this does not help the beleagured king.} 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. cxd6 {ed6 is much better as White has two connected passed pawns.} a5 {Leaving b5 unprotected} 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Rad1 b4 20. Bf6 {Right idea, but a little too soon. Qd2 first.} Ba6 21. Qd2 Nxf6 22. exf6 Kh8 {Qd8} 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Ng5 Bxf1 25. Qxh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
