2022.09 2022.09 Uploads: 2022.09.01 2022.09.15 2022.09.29 [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/oEBZ3SQI"] [Date "2022.09.29"] [Round "4"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "1731"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2022.09.02"] [TimeControl "4500+20"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 {In the French Defense, Black must play aggressively in the center. c5; c3 Nc6; Nf3 Qb6} 4. Nf3 h6 {Too slow. c5 is still best, attacking White’s center.} 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nbc6 {Fritz likes Nec6 or Nd7, both protecting c5} 7. O-O Bd7 {Black should trade on d4 first} 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Re1 O-O-O {Castling into the attack is not a good idea. Fritz says Black should start his own attack with g5} 10. b4 Ng6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. a4 Be7 13. Na3 Rdf8 14. Nb5 Qb8 {Fritz says Qd8 is slightly better, leaving b8 for the king.} 15. Nd6+ Kd8 16. a5 a6 {Forced since the knight has no retreat square after b5} 17. Be3 Bxd6 18. cxd6 g5 19. Bb6+ Ke8 20. Nd4 Na7 {Much too slow. Fritz suggests g6 or Kf7 so the king can get castled on the king-side.} 21. Qh5+ Rf7 22. Re3 Nc8 23. Rf3 Rhf8 24. Bc7 {Retaining the bishop’s grip on d8} Qa8 25. Qg6 Na7 26. Nxe6 Nb5 27. Nxg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/20a36WLa"] [Date "2022.09.29"] [Round "4"] [White "bitterroot88"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1731"] [BlackElo "1863"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2022.09.02"] [TimeControl "4500+20"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c3 c5 3. d4 b6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Na3 Nf6 {Careless. a6 was needed.} 6. Nb5 Nh5 {White remarked that Black was hoping to get two pieces for the rook. Actually, Black’s position is much worse than that.} 7. Nc7+ Kd7 8. Ne5+ Kxc7 { On Ne5; Be5 White threatens a devastating Qa4+} 9. Nxf7+ Nxf4 10. Nxd8 Nxd8 { Black has 3 pieces for the queen, but his pieces are completely undeveloped. Fritz shows a 2.22 advantage to White.} 11. e3 Nfe6 12. c4 {Seeking to open lines against the poorly placed king. Just dc is better} dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bb7 14. Qg4 h5 15. Qg3+ Kd7 16. h4 {White should be opening lines to the king. dc is good, or Qh3, threatening d5.} cxd4 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Bb5+ Bc6 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. exd4 Bd5 21. Bb5+ {Fritz says Qe5 sacrificing a pawn to get in d5} Kc8 22. O-O Nf7 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Ba6+ Kd8 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Bd3 e6 27. b3 {What is this obsession with pawns? White would love to meet Ba2 with Ra1. Fritz says activate the rook on either c1 or e1} Nde8 28. f4 {Attempting to activate the rook, but now Black can finally untangle his pieces} Bd6 29. Qg5+ {White could continue his plan to activate the rook with Qe3 or he could play Bc4 to remove a critical defender.} Be7 {Fritz is now showing equality.} 30. Qg3 Bd6 31. Bg6 Nf6 32. Qg5 Be7 33. Bd3 Ng4 {Setting a wee trap} 34. Qxg7 Bf6 35. Qg6 Bxd4+ 36. Kh1 Rh6 {Fishing. Not Nf2+; Rf2 Bf2; Qf6+ picking off the rook. Fritz suggests Ne8 or Nf6 threatening Rg8} 37. Qf7 Rf6 38. Qxh5 {Now Black can fork the bishop. Qg8+ was better.} Nf2+ 39. Rxf2 Bxf2 40. f5 Bc5 41. fxe6 Rxe6 42. Qh8+ Re8 43. Qf6+ Kc8 44. Bg6 Rf8 45. Qg5 {Qe5 to close one of the diagonals.} Rf1+ 46. Kh2 Bd6+ 47. g3 {On Kh3 Be6+; g4 Rf2 is sufficient} Rh1# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/DBFT0Bdk"] [Date "2022.09.15"] [Round "3"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1854"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2022.09.01"] [TimeControl "4500+20"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 {Not Bg4; Bf7+ Kf7; Ng5+ recovers the piece with a pawn gain.} 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 e6 {2nd choice for Fritz who says play Bb5 and get that knight off the board before it attacks the pinned knight. Fritz shows Black slightly ahead now.} 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf4 a6 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 Nd4 13. g4 Nxg4 {I like this sacrifice. Fritz says retreat the bishop.} 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Re3 Nxf3+ {Premature, says Fritz. Bf6 first.} 16. Rxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {I have two pieces for rook and 2 pawns. More importantly, I have open lines for attack. Fritz favors Black.} Qd4 18. Bd2 b5 19. Bb3 Rad8 {c5 or a5. White’s queen-side is weak. Fritz wants to attack there before White can untangle his pieces and begin a king-side attack. } 20. Re1 Bd6 21. Ne4 Qb6 {If Qe5 White stops the mate by Nd6} 22. Bg5 {Fritz says Nf6+ is already playable.} Rde8 {Rc8} 23. Nf6+ gxf6 {If Kh8 then Qh5} 24. Bxf6 Bh2+ {Black cannot prevent the mate, so he throws in some spite checks.} 25. Kxh2 Qd6+ 26. Re5 Qxe5+ 27. Bxe5 f6 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Qxf6 h5 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Qxe6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/8kO0f6QW"] [Date "2022.09.16"] [Round "3"] [White "bitterroot88"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B37"] [WhiteElo "1658"] [BlackElo "2005"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2022.09.01"] [TimeControl "4500+20"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c4 {After d4 cd4; Nd4 White has a much easier development than Black} g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qc2 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Nc3 {Not willing to trade the b-pawn for the a-pawn.} Ne5 {Fritz says defend the pawn with Qa5 or Qc7} 13. Bxa7 Rxb2 {Fritz prefers Rb7 or Nd3} 14. Qxb2 Nxd3 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Qxd3 Bxc3 17. Bd4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 {The dust has settled with equality. Will White’s passed pawn by as asset or a liability?} Be6 19. a4 Qb4 {Sacrificing a pawn to advance the passed pawn.} 20. a5 Bxc4 21. Qe3 Ra8 {c5 first. The passed pawn now becomes significant.} 22. Bb6 Qb2 23. Qe1 c5 24. Rd1 Qe2 {Fritz says Black’s queen if more valuable. Qe5} 25. Rc1 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 f6 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Kf2 Rc8 29. Rc1 Ba6 30. Ke3 e5 31. f4 Ke6 32. g4 Kd7 33. h4 exf4+ 34. Kxf4 Re8 35. Re1 Bb7 36. g5 fxg5+ {f5 is much stronger. Black is trying to open lines, but the two passed pawns should be enough.} 37. hxg5 c4 38. e5 {A serious mistake, says Fritz. Bd5 or Rf8+ still kept the advantage.} d5 39. Bd4 Ke6 40. Rb1 {Suddenly Black is in trouble having to blockade the a-file, protect h7 and prevent a mate mid-board} Ba8 41. Rb6+ Kd7 42. Rf6 {Rd6+ is much stronger. White is looking for a chance to advance the e-pawn and bring the king to e5.} Re6 43. a6 Rxf6+ {Fritz says this should lose. Black must keep the rooks on the board.} 44. gxf6 Ke6 45. a7 {Kg5} (45. Kg5 Bc6 46. Kh6 Kf7 47. e6+) 45... h6 46. Kg4 Bc6 47. Kf4 Kf7 48. Kg4 Ke6 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "ARC"] [Site "ARC"] [Date "2022.09.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Jadi, Nick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2022.09.01"] [SourceDate "2022.09.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 {a6 This is a little too passive. The e-pawn does not need protection: a6; Bc6 dc; Ne5 Qd4; Nf3 Qe4+} 4. d4 Bd7 5. dxe5 { Fritz prefers d5 Nb8; Qd3 with a strong grip on the center. I like the open lines} dxe5 6. O-O Qf6 {A little too aggressive. Fritz likes Bd6 or Nf6} 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nc3 f6 {Consistent, but h6 does not block in the knight.} 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Qe2 Qb4 {Again, a little too aggressive. Fritz suggests a6 or Nh6} 11. Nd5 Qxb2 {That’s the QNP you are never supposed to take with your queen. Fritz says White answers Qxe4 with Nxc7 when the knight is safe because Kxc7 Bb6+ winning the queen.} 12. Rfb1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qd6 14. Rd1 {White’s next few moves each threaten a knight check winning the queen} Qe6 15. Bc4 Qg4 {Black must lose material, but this loses the game.} 16. Rxb7 Kxb7 17. Ba6+ Ka8 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Nxc7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
