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[Event “JosephOAlford simul”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/nW55DLS6”]
[Date “2022.01.31”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Erickson, Darren, LaughingVulcan”]
[Black “JosephOAlford”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C77”]
[WhiteElo “1336”]
[BlackElo “1500”]
[PlyCount “46”]
[EventDate “2022.01.03”]
[TimeControl “G/45; 5”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. h3 d6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Be6 14. Nc1 Nh7 15. Ne2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Qf6 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Rae1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 c5 23. Rf3 {A bit of luck for me. I expected Nf3 Bc6 with a lot of game to play yet. In the other game, just a couple of moves later I was the one to overlook a piece.} Qxd4 0-1
[Event “JosephOAlford simul”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/bV6kP27i”]
[Date “2022.01.31”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Newman, Steven, bitterroot88”]
[Black “JosephOAlford”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C53”]
[WhiteElo “1837”]
[BlackElo “1500”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[EventDate “2022.01.03”]
[TimeControl “G/45; 5”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 {Much better than his normal Evan’s Gambit} Nf6 5. Ng5 {Premature. This is not the Fried Liver. 0-0 or d3 are playable. d4 is the main line.} O-O 6. d4 {Losing a pawn. 0-0 is best} exd4 7. O-O h6 8. Nxf7 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nc3 Qxb3 {Nb3 trades queens and wins a rook} 14. axb3 Nxb3 15. Ra4 Bd7 16. Rh4 Ng4 {Threatening f2 leaving white’s bishop unprotected. or Nc1 allowing Bf2} 17. Ne4 Be7 {Fritz says Bd4 or Bb6 maintaining the threats of the previous note} 18. Rh5 g6 19. Rh3 Nd4 20. Rd3 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Bf5 {Avoiding the check, but Fritz says Bb5 is better} 22. Rf3 Kg7 23. Ng3 Rf8 {That’s an oops. I continued to play because we were playing with a clock and I had 18 minutes to his 3. More importantly, he had forgotten that we were playing with a clock since we generally do not use one.} 24. Nxe2 Bc5 25. Be3 Bd3 26. Bxc5 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Bxe2 28. Re1 Bxf3+ 29. Kg1 a6 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rxc7 Ke6 32. Bb6 Ne5 33. Rc8 Be4 34. Re8+ Kd5 35. Be3 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nh4+ {and White ran out of time.} 0-1