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[Event "Cole Frank Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sMFA2q5f"] [Date "2023.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Frank, Cole, zxprodigyx"] [Black "Jones, Nick, ndjones42"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1807"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2023.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/30; 60"] {City Champion Cole Frank gave a simul against 4 players. He won 4 games, lost 1. He played Nick Jones twice} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 {This is just too passive. Nc6 or Nf6} 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 {And this costs a pawn. Even more importantly, it traps the Black king in the center. Nc5 was better.} 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ng5 Ke7 {Ke8 does not block in the bishop} 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Nbc3 Nc6 11. Bg5+ Kd7 { Now White gains an overwhelming advantage in development. Ke8 was bad, but this is worse.} 12. O-O-O+ Ke6 {Retreating to the 8th rank is bad, but getting mated in the center is worse.} 13. f4 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nc5# { White suggested they play another game.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Cole Frank Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/SmGmcTDr"] [Date "2023.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Frank, Cole, zxprodigyx"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "1807"] [BlackElo "2012"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2023.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/30; 60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O {For weeks White has been playing d3 and I have lost game after game trying too hard to force a win} Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nxe5 {Fritz says Nc3 is equal and Bc6 maintains a slight advantage for White. This favors Black slightly.} Nxe5 8. Rxe5+ Be7 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Nc3 c6 12. d4 d5 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. h3 Bd7 {Fritz says take the d-pawn, but this is his second choice.} 16. Bd2 Rae8 {Again, Fritz wants the d-pawn and he prefers offering the other rook to trade.} 17. Ne2 Re6 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. Nf4 {losing instantly. Rg6 was threatened.} Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 21. Bxe1 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Bxf4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Cole Frank Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/9TwNjoPL"] [Date "2023.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Frank, Cole, zxprodigyx"] [Black "daone309"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "1807"] [BlackElo "1629"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2023.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/30; 60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {dxc6 is better, freeing the bishop.} 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb7 10. d4 c5 11. Bb3 d6 12. Nd5 Be6 {Losing a piece. Bf6 is best. Actually, Fritz prefers Bh4; g3 c6 } 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. d5 Qf6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 {Re6 looks impressive until you see that Qf2+ forces mate} Kh8 {Fritz suggests Rae8 when White can win the pawn but will have to spend some time untangling his pieces while protecting both e6 and f2} 17. Bd2 e5 18. Bd5 Rab8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. b3 d5 21. f3 c6 22. Qxe5 Qg6 23. Qg5 Qxc2 24. Re7 Rxe7 25. Qxe7 Rg8 26. Bg5 h6 27. Bh4 d4 28. Qe1 { reacting to the dangerous passed pawn.} g5 {Removing a critical defender from the king. Qg6 is better} 29. Bg3 Qb2 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Rg6 32. Re1 d3 33. Re7+ Kh8 34. Qf8+ Rg8 35. Qxh6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Cole Frank Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7nDv0RNZ"] [Date "2023.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Frank, Cole, zxprodigyx"] [Black "Newman, Steve, bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1807"] [BlackElo "1766"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2023.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/30; 60"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 {c5 attacks the base of the pawn chain with Nc6 to follow and then Nge7 heading for f5. Find a weakness and pile up on it.} 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 {Again, c5} 8. Re1 Nd7 9. h3 Re8 10. Ne2 Ndf8 11. Ng3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nh5 Be7 14. Ne5 Bg5 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ng3 Bf6 18. c3 Kf7 {Fritz says e5 or Qc7 to support e5.} 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. b3 Ke8 21. Qg4 Kf7 22. Qf3 Kg8 23. Ba3 Rf7 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Qe2 Bg5 {Black has 2 queen-side pieces that are asleep.} 26. Nf1 Qf6 27. Nh2 Bf4 28. Ng4 Qf5 29. Bc1 Bc7 30. Ba3 Bd7 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qc2 34. Qe3 b6 35. Rfc1 Qf5 36. Re1 a5 37. Bd6 b5 38. Re2 Qf6 39. Be5 Qe7 40. Qg3 Ref8 { Unfortunate error in an interesting game. Rf5} 41. Bd6 Qf6 42. Bxf8 Rxf8 43. Rf1 Qe7 44. Re5 c5 45. Rg5 Rf6 46. Qe5 {A reasonable move. I expected Qh4+ Kg8; Rg6. I’m not sure what happened next. Without any further moves, Black lost on time nearly half an hour later.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Cole Frank Simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5DEjVXMd"] [Date "2023.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Jones, Nick, ndjones42"] [Black "Frank, Cole, zxprodigyx"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1807"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2023.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/30; 60"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. a3 {Fritz shows a slight advantage for White after Rc1 or Qd5, a slight advantage to Black after a3.} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. e3 {Too passive. Fritz suggests Qd5 d6; c5 to dissolve the doubled pawns.} d6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Qh5 {Dropping a piece. BxN first wins a pawn.} Nxd3 14. Rfd1 Nxf4 15. exf4 Bxc4 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Kh2 {Either the queen or the rook should move out of the bishop fork.} Be2 18. Re1 Bxh5 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. g4 Bg6 21. f5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Re2 23. Kg2 Rae8 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rb4 Rc2 26. Rc4 Ree2 27. Rxc7 Rxf2+ 28. Kg3 Rg2+ 29. Kh4 h6 30. Rxa7 Rcf2 31. Ra4 g5+ 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Rg4 Rxg4+ 34. hxg4 Rf3 35. g5 h5 36. c4 Rf4+ 37. Kg3 Rxc4 38. Kf3 h4 39. a4 Rc3+ 40. Kg2 h3+ 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. a5 bxa5 43. Kh1 Rc2 44. Kg1 a4 45. Kf1 h2 46. Ke1 h1=Q# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event ""] [Site "The Proving Ground"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Blade"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2023.04.04"] [SourceDate "2023.04.18"] {This was the best of 3 games played at The Proving Ground on Tuesday evening. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 {With the threat of Nb5} c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nh5 9. Re1 Nxf4 10. exf4 Bd6 11. Ne5 Qh4 12. Ne2 Nf6 13. Qd2 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. h3 {I thought he had played Qd2 so that he could play Qf4 now protecting both pawns. He saw Qf4 but was afraid of the response g5.} Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 Ne3 17. Qc1 Qxg2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/DXbNDyJZ"] [Date "2023.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "daone309"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C23"] [WhiteElo "1646"] [BlackElo "1890"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2023.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 3"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 {Trying for too much out of the opening. Now BxN; RxB Qh4+ would win a pawn.} Nf6 6. f5 {The point of this opening is to get an open f-file without giving up a King’s Gambit pawn. Blocking the f-file makes no sense. Nf3 is better.} Na5 7. Bd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 c6 9. Ne3 d5 10. Bd2 {Threatening b4, but he’s never going to get there.} dxe4 11. Qh5 exd3 12. c3 {White wants to use 000 to attack the d-file. The plan is much too slow.} Bxe3 13. Bxe3 Nc4 14. Bg5 d2+ 15. Kd1 {The king must go to e2 to protect d3.} Qd3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/DXbNDyJZ"] [Date "2023.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "daone309"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C23"] [WhiteElo "1646"] [BlackElo "1890"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2023.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 3"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 O-O {No. In the Lopez, as soon as White protect e4 black must protect e5. Thus, d6} 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 Bb4 8. d3 Re8 9. Nf3 Bxc3 {Trade when it improves your position. Here d6 or d5 would be preferable.} 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. h3 c5 14. Nh2 d5 15. Ng4 dxe4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxh6+ Kf8 18. Qh5 Bd5 {Qd5 to try to force the queens off the board.} 19. Nf5 Kg8 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Qg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/0Qdbaymi"] [Date "2023.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "bladeparrish"] [Black "bitterroot88"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1789"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2023.04.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 6"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Ne4 {This drops a piece. 0-0 is best.} 7. Nxe4 Bxd2+ {Fritz says the last move doesn’t drop a whole piece. At this point Black should play dxe4 dropping only a pawn.} 8. Nexd2 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. c5 {This kind of move is almost always wrong. It removes the tension from the center allowing Black to do whatever he likes.} Qc7 {But Black needs to take a little more care than that. Black is looking to play e5. Nf6 would help protect the king-side. Fritz suggests h6 or even f6.} 11. Ng5 f6 {Again, Nf6.} 12. Nxe6 {Fritz is showing a mating sequence starting Bh7+ Kh8; Qh5} Qb8 13. Qg4 {Take the rook. Fritz suggests Qh5 which should lead to a quick mate.} Rf7 14. Bxh7+ {Premature. Just 0-0 or add to the attack with Nf3 or h4. Fritz suggests Qh5} Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Nf4 Qc7 18. b4 {Not totally irrelevant since queen checks could be annoying, but Black was threatening to win material with g5. White could prevent this by playing Ng6.} b6 19. Nh4 Bd7 {Now g5 would win material. g5 Ng6 threatens mate, but Rh7 would win the game.} 20. Nhg6 Nxg6 {Nh7 blocks out the queen mate, says Fritz. The alternative is a massive loss of material.} 21. Nxg6 Re7 {Rf8; Ne7+ is mate!} 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Kxe7 24. Qxa8 bxc5 25. dxc5 Be6 26. Qh8 Kf7 27. h4 Qe5 28. Rc1 d4 29. O-O d3 {de. Black’s only hope is perpetual check so he should try to denute the enemy king of pawn protection.} 30. Rcd1 Bc4 31. Rfe1 Qc3 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qd8 Qxb4 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. Qxc6 Bxa2 37. Rxd3 {That’s an oops. Qe8+ when Bf7 is met with h5+} Qxe1+ 38. Kh2 Qxf2 39. Qe8+ Bf7 40. Qe4+ f5 41. Rd6+ Kh7 42. Qf3 Qxh4+ {Although White’s last move lost a pawn, it was a game-winner. Now Qh3 leaves White with an easy win.} 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.