2023.05 2023.05 Downloads: 2023.05.02 2023.05.04 2023.05.09 2023.05.18 [Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/d3WcEZdz"] [Date "2023.05.18"] [Round "3"] [White "bitterroot88"] [Black "daone309"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1729"] [BlackElo "1629"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2023.05.04"] [TimeControl "G/60; 6"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 {Black must defend the pawn with a pawn. Now cd Nd5; e4 or cd Qd5; Nc3 and White gets the entire center.} 3. Nc3 Bf5 {Losing a pawn. e6 or c6} 4. Qb3 b6 5. Qa4+ {Take the free pawn.} Nbd7 6. cxd5 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Bxf6 {Trade when it improves your game. This just helps Black develop.} Bxf6 10. e4 Bg6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bc4 Qe7 {That should lose a piece after e5. Black’s queen is over-loaded. The same is true next move.} 13. O-O Kh8 14. Rfe1 Bh5 15. Be2 Rf7 16. e5 Bh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. f3 Raf8 19. Qc6 {Rad} Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Nxe5 21. Qxe6 Ng6 {That kills Black’s bishop.} 22. Qd5 Qf2 23. Qxh5 Nf4 24. Qg4 Rf6 25. Ne4 Qe3 26. Nxf6 Nxe2 27. Ne4 h6 28. Rxe2 {Why not Nc3? A pinned piece should be attacked.} Qxe2 29. b3 {Fritz shows Rb1 Qc2; Nc3 and everything is protected.} Qb2 30. Rg1 Qxa2 31. Qe6 a5 32. Qc6 Rc8 33. Qd7 Ra8 34. Qxc7 Qxb3 35. Nd2 Qd5 36. Nc4 Qc5 37. Qxc5 bxc5 38. h3 a4 39. Ra1 Ra6 40. Ra3 Kg8 41. Kg1 g5 42. Kf2 Kg7 43. g4 Kf6 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. f4 Kd5 46. Ne3+ Kd4 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 c4 50. Nf5+ Ke4 51. Ng3+ Kd4 52. Ne2+ Ke4 53. Nc3+ Kd4 54. g5 Rb6 55. Kh5 Rb3 56. Rxa4 Rxc3 57. g6 Rb3 58. g7 Rb8 59. Kh6 Ke5 {Kd3 and the game should be drawn.} 60. Rxc4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZZ8CFZBp"] [Date "2023.05.19"] [Round "3"] [White "daone309"] [Black "bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "1609"] [BlackElo "1784"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2023.05.18"] [TimeControl "G/60; 6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Ng5 {Fritz says this is overly aggressive. Black can reply d5} Bg4 {This should not work. White can play Bf7+ and then f3 with advantage.} 6. f3 Bh5 7. d3 {Too passive. d4} h6 {Good enough for equality. Fritz shows a slight Black advantage after either d5 or Be7} 8. Nh3 d5 9. Bb3 {too passive. ed cd; Bb5+} d4 {Logical, but Black is better after either Bb4 or Bc5} 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. g4 Nxg4 {After this sacrifice White has open lines and material. Bg6 is better.} 13. Ng3 Bh4 14. fxg4 Bg6 15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Qe2 {When ahead, trade. White thinks to gain attacking moves by chasing the Black queen.} Nd7 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Rhf1 Qd6 19. Bb4 {Dropping a piece. Double the rooks on the f-file to continue the attack.} Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Qxb4 21. Rf2 Qa5 {a5. The queen, by itself, is not enough. Black must open lines for his rooks. Fritz also likes Bg3 to remove one attacking piece} 22. Rdf1 {But the queen must be respected. Kb1. Now Qa1 and Qxb2 and the drawing threats would distract White from his attack.} Be7 23. Kb1 Qc7 24. Nh5 Bxh5 {This turns the path to Black’s king into a super highway. Black wants to keep those king-side files closed. Fritz says a5 or Qd7 which threatens the h3 knight after a trade on h5.} 25. gxh5 Bd6 26. Rg2 Rae8 27. Rfg1 f6 {Fritz still shows equality after f5. White trades the two rooks for the queen but the pawn on f5 prevents Qg4+ with a queen penetration to d7} 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Rg6 Re7 {Fritz still shows a small Black advantage after Rf7 which allows the bishop to join the defense.} 30. Nf2 Rff7 31. Ng4 Kh8 32. Nxh6 gxh6 33. Qxh6+ Rh7 34. Qf8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "The Proving Ground"] [Date "2023.05.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Frank, Cole"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [Annotator ",JosephOAlford"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2023.05.02"] [SourceDate "2023.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O {A little too passive for Fritz who would prefer a4 or d4 with a tiny White advantage} 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nde5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. f4 {And now a little too aggressive for Fritz who would prefer d4 or Nd5} Nc6 13. Qd2 Bxb3 14. axb3 Bd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qb6 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Ra4 { Hoping to slide the rook to the king-side which does not happen.} Qb6 20. Qe3 a6 21. e5 {Perhaps f5 now.} d5 22. f5 d4 {Very important because it blocks off White’s second rook from the attack.} 23. Qh6 Qc6 24. e6 {Blocking Black’s queen from the defense. Note that Re4 is met with gf} gxf5 25. Qg5+ {Black is now on top. Fritz likes ef+ Rf7; Qc6 bc; Re5} Kh8 26. Qxe7 {Marginally better than Qxf5. The game is approximately equal} fxe6 {Fritz likes the immediate Rg8 better. Note the mate threat.} 27. Rxe6 Rae8 28. Rxc6 {Equal, despite White’s extra pawns. Fritz likes Qf8+ Rf8; Rc6 bc; Ra6 with the queens and one set of rooks off the board} Rxe7 29. Rxc5 Re2 30. Rxd4 Rg8 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 {Rg4 Rf8; Rg2 looks very good.} Rf8 33. Rf5 {Kg1 R82 gives Black a draw. Not so, says Fritz: Kg1 R82; Rd8+ Kg7; Rd7+ Kf6; Rh7 denies Black a check on h2.} Rxf5 34. gxf5 Rxc2 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Rxb2 38. Rxb7 a5 39. Rb5 Rd2 40. Rxa5 Rxd3 41. b4 Rd4 42. Rb5 Rf4 43. Kg2 Rxf5 44. Rb6+ {Trading rooks is a draw.} Ke7 45. Kg3 Kd7 46. Kg4 Kc7 47. Re6 Rf1 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "The Proving Ground"] [Date "2023.05.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Frank, Cole"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2023.05.02"] [SourceDate "2023.05.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Bg5 { A little too aggressive, says Fritz who calls for a3 or a4 to give the bishop a bolt hole. I’m happy with the move.} Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Qd2 Be6 {This bishop becomes a target later. Fritz wants to avoid the coming bishop trade with Bh8 or Re8} 12. Bh6 Qc8 {Threatening a sacifice on h3 that never looks quite good enough.} 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ng5 {Protecting h3 and threatening the bishop. The point is to play f4 and put the knight behind the pawns.} Bd7 15. f4 h6 16. e5 Nh5 17. Nge4 {Threatening g4 when the knight would have no retreat. Fritz wants f5 as a reply.} dxe5 18. fxe5 Kh7 {Not sufficient to stop White’s attack. Fritz likes Qc7 or Qc6} 19. g4 Ng7 {f5 is quite a bit better, but not enough. Bg4 sacrifices a pawn to trade away the attack.} 20. Nd5 Qd8 { blocking the threats on b6 and e7, but missing the sacrifice.} 21. Ndf6+ { Black can take the first knight, but must sacrifice his queen to stop the mate. } 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/CoGL7VP8"] [Date "2023.05.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Newman, Steve, bitterroot88"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "1766"] [BlackElo "2012"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2023.05.02"] [TimeControl "G/30; 30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Bd7 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Kh1 {Not necessary and not good as it makes f2 a target. Be3. Fritz prefers Bg5 or a4} Ng4 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. d4 {I expected Bh4. White finds another way to protect f2, but this weakens the center and ultimately costs material.} exd4 13. Nxd4 {Now Black is for choice. Fritz still shows a very slight advantage to White after cd} Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bb5 15. Kg1 {The rook cannot abandon defense of f2.} Bxf1 16. Kxf1 {The queen cannot abandon defense of d4} Nxh2+ 17. Kg1 Qg4 18. Qxg4 {White has too many weaknesses. Qd2 loses to Nf3+. Fritz says try Be3 Qh4; f3 (trying to trap the knight) d5 (to add the queen to an attack on d4} Nxg4 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 c5 21. Nd2 {Better to trade on c5} cxd4 22. Bd5 dxe3 23. Nf3 e2+ 24. Kh2 Bf2 25. g4 Rac8 26. Bxb7 Rc2 27. Bxa6 {The king needs to leave the 2nd rank} e1=Q 28. Nxe1 Bxe1+ 29. Kh3 Bxb4 30. a4 Bc3 31. Ra3 Be5 32. Bb7 Rh2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/jemx1O5s"] [Date "2023.05.04"] [Round "1"] [White "daone309"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1629"] [BlackElo "2012"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2023.05.02"] [TimeControl "G/30; 30"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. b3 {Qd2. Here b3 is second choice for Fritz, with a slight advantage to Black.} cxd4 8. Nxd4 { Both cd4 and Bd4 are better.} Bc5 {Fritz shows Ne5 as even better, but I was worried about a discovered attack on the queen.} 9. b4 {White is falling behind in development. Be2. It is worth noting that Fritz prefers b4.} Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. cxd4 Ne7 {White cannot defend both d4 and b4} 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Nxb4 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Na3 Rc3 17. Nb5 Rxd3 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Rdc1 Bc6 {overlooking White’s reply. Rb8 is better, Fritz likes Nc6 or just Rd4} 20. Nxb7 Rb8 {I did not want the rook to be caught in a skewer behind the king. Fritz prefers Bd7 or Rd2} 21. Na5 Be8 22. a3 Rxd4 {Black pins all his hopes on the passed d-pawn.} 23. axb4 Rdxb4 24. g3 a6 25. Nc6+ Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rb1+ 27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Kg2 Rb7 29. Rxa6 f6 30. f4 Rd7 {Fritz says trade on e5 and White’s pawn becomes unprotectable.} 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. exf6 gxf6 33. g4 e5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. g5 d4 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. h4 Rd6 38. Rf5 Ke6 39. Rf6+ Ke7 40. Rf5 Re6 {The immediate e4 is even stronger.} 41. h5 e4 42. Rd5 e3+ 43. Ke2 Re4 44. h6 Ke6 45. Rd8 Kf5 46. Kd3 Re7 {Just e2 is sufficient.} 47. Rxd4 e2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
