2022.08 2022.08 Downloads: 2022.08.12 2022.08.16 2022.08.19 [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/jLOuIjFD"] [Date "2022.08.18"] [Round "3"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1854"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2022.08.04"] [TimeControl "4500+20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O {Qd5 is crushing} Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qe2 h6 10. Rd1 Qc7 {Losing the e-pawn. d6 hoping for Bg4 and Nd4} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. dxc6 bxc4 14. Qxc4 {Fritz likes cd and then take the e-pawn or just take the e-pawn now. I’m happy with the line I chose though Fritz shows a slight plus for Black for several moves.} d6 {Black protects the e-pawn since White’s c-pawn will fall anyway.} 15. b3 Be6 16. Qa4 Rfc8 17. Ba3 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. c4 a5 20. Nd2 {I missed Nxe5} f5 21. Rac1 Kf7 22. f3 g5 23. Bb2 Bf6 24. Nb1 Rac8 {a4 Black should seek to undermine White’s pawns.} 25. Na3 g4 26. Nb5 Rd8 27. fxg4 f4 {Last time Black passed up a pawn, he was able to capture it later. Not this time. Now white has the advantage again.} 28. h3 h5 {Black persists in playing on the wrong side of the board. a5 or d5 are better.} 29. gxh5 Ke7 30. h6 Rg8 31. Kf1 Rh8 32. Ba3 Rxh6 33. Bxd6+ Kf7 34. Bc7 Ra6 35. Nd6+ Kg6 36. Ne4 Bg7 37. Nc5 Rc6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Rd6 Kf5 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Bxa5 Ra6 42. b4 e4 43. c5 e3 44. c6 Ra8 45. c7 Rc8 46. b5 Ke6 47. b6 Kd7 48. b7 Re8 49. c8=Q+ Rxc8 50. bxc8=Q+ Ke7 51. Rc6 Bb2 52. Qe6+ Kf8 53. Qd7 e2+ 54. Kxe2 f3+ 55. Kxf3 Bg7 56. Rc8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Site "The Proving Ground"] [Date "2022.08.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Erickson, Darren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C68"] [Annotator ",JosephOAlford"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.07.02"] [SourceDate "2022.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qd3 {Fritz prefers Qf3 or Qd2 Ng4; Qf4} O-O 11. f4 Qd6 12. Be3 Qxd3 13. cxd3 Bg4 {Since the bishop cannot stay here, it should not come here. A better plan would be b6 and Bb7} 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rf3 b6 16. Raf1 c5 17. e5 Ne8 18. f5 f6 19. e6 {That supported passed pawn is deadly. Fritz suggested Bc6 instead of f6} Bb5 20. Bc1 Nd6 21. Nd5 Ra7 22. Rg3 c4 23. dxc4 Bxc4 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Rf4 c5 26. Rxg7 {I did not see this idea until this move. And, of course, Fritz finds a hole.} Kxg7 27. Rg4+ Kh8 28. Bh6 Rxe7 {Black’s saving idea is Nf5 followed by Be6} 29. Bxf8 Ra7 30. Bxd6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Site "The Proving Ground"] [Date "2022.08.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Erickson, Darren"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D04"] [PlyCount "66"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. e3 h6 6. Ne5 {This plan to support Bd3 is too slow and costs a pawn. Fritz likes the more active Qb3 or the simple developing Be2} Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Bxf5 Nxc4 {Bd3 The bishop is worth more than doubling Black’s pawns.} 9. Nxc4 exf5 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Nd2 c6 14. f3 Qh4 15. h3 {On g3 Nxg3; hg Qxg3; Kh1 Qh2 mate} Ng5 16. Qe1 {Qe2 would protect the second rank.} Bg3 17. Rf2 {Again Qe2} Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rae8 20. f4 Ne4+ 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bd2 Rc8 23. Rc1 f5 24. g3 Rf7 25. h4 Rfc7 26. Bb4 b6 27. a4 {Bd6 to post the bishop aggressively in the center.} c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Bc3 d4 30. Ba5 Rc6 31. b3 dxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rd6 33. Rc3 Rd5 {Black’s threat is c4 with Rd3 to follow. White can play Bb4, but after Rcd8 Black’s rooks will penetrate with devastating effect.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/oHmPhwF1"] [Date "2022.08.12"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Newman, Steven, bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1854"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2022.08.12"] [TimeControl "3600+5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Be3 Ba7 {The danger was NxN when Black’s bishop hangs. Alternatively, White could play Nxe6 still attacking the bishop. A better solution would be to trade on d4. Fritz likes Qc7 or Bb4. If Qc7; Ne6 dc; Bc5 Na5 and White loses a second piece.} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bb3 f6 14. f4 Ne3 {But both of us missed Qb6+ and then Ne3} 15. Qd4 Nxf1 16. Qxa7 fxe5 17. Rxf1 exf4 18. Nd6 Kh8 19. Qd4 Qg5 20. Nxc8 e5 {You have to take the piece back. } 21. Qxd7 f3 22. Rxf3 Qc1+ 23. Kf2 {Not Rf1 when Black mates!} Rxf3+ 24. gxf3 h6 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Bg8+ Kh8 27. Bf7+ Kh7 28. Qg8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/6qtf9GJo"] [Date "2022.08.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Newman, Stteven, bitterroot88"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C51"] [WhiteElo "1854"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2022.08.12"] [TimeControl "4500+16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 {I’ve played Ba5 and I’ve played Be7. I like the bishop here. Fritz prefers Ba5 or Bd6 (yuck!)} 6. O-O $1 {Fritz is happy with either d4 or 0-0, but after d4 ed; cd Bb4+ Black gets to trade off one of the attacking pieces.} Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 {Fritz says cd slightly favors White, but e5 greatly favors Black.} d5 9. Bb3 {This is a gambit opening. White must play aggressively. Bb5 or ef dc; fg Rg8} Ne4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. h3 {Too slow. White takes two moves to free up the f-pawn. Fritz says do it in one with Ne1 or play Be3} O-O 12. Be3 Ng5 {Probably a bit premature. Fritz likes Na5 or Bf5 with Qd7 to follow.} 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nh2 { The f-pawn is freed to attack, but the attack never happens. Now is the time to launch it with Ng5 Bg5; f4.} Na5 15. Ba4 {Black’s move was weak, White’s reply is worse. Fritz gives equality afer Bg5 and the f-pawn starts its run.} Nc4 16. Bc1 c6 17. Qe2 b5 18. Bc2 b4 19. Nd1 Qb6 20. Qd3 g6 21. f3 Bf5 22. Qe2 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxa1 25. h4 Ne6 26. Bh6 Rfc8 27. Ng4 Bxh4 28. f4 Nd4 29. Qd3 Nf5 30. Bg5 Ng3+ 31. Qxg3 Bxg3 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Ng4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
