2023.07 2023.07 Uploads 2023.07.13 2023.07.20 [Event "simul 2 players"] [Site "https://lichess.org/QYIUufH0"] [Date "2023.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "daone309"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C23"] [WhiteElo "1596"] [BlackElo "2121"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2023.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/30; 30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d3 d6 4. a3 Qf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. c3 Be6 7. Bxe6 Qxe6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nd7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 f5 13. Nbd2 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Rf4 15. Qe2 Raf8 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. d4 e4 18. Ng5 Qa2 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 { Fritz does not like this exchange of rook for two minor pieces, showing White a full piece ahead.} 21. Qxe4 Qxb2 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. b5 {Thinking too small. Fritz shows (this move or next) Qf7 Rg8; Re8 with a winning game.} Nxd4 24. cxd4 Bxd4 {Qd4 is needed to cope with Qf7} 25. Re7 Bxf2+ {I had planned Rf2; Re8+ Rf8 discovered check and saw that QxB would threaten mate and the queen. I did not see that Black can then play QxQ+ and win. Rf2 is the better move.} 26. Kh1 Qe2 {I saw that Qf6; Re2 would win the bishop.} 27. Rxe2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "simul vrs 2 players"] [Site "https://lichess.org/gzrulbYJ"] [Date "2023.07.20"] [Round "3"] [White "bitterroot88"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "1758"] [BlackElo "2121"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2023.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/30; 30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 {Fritz likes either capture of the d-pawn better} c5 {Blocking off the bishop does not appeal to Fritz. He likes Bb4+ or Nc6} 6. O-O {Too passive Fritz likes Ne5 or Qa4+} Nc6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e5 Bg4 9. Na3 a6 10. Bf4 b5 11. Nxb5 {Black sees a line of pawns marching down the board and decides two pawns for a piece is a better deal. Fritz says retreat the bishop} axb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. a4 {Bc6+ Qc6; Nd4 still very much favors Black} g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h3 Bd7 16. b3 {That doesn’t do anything. Fritz likes Nd2 heading for c4 or e4. Now Black blasts open the White king-side.} g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nh2 Nh6 19. Qe2 Nb8 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Qe4 Ra7 22. Bb5+ Nd7 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24. Qd3 Qxb3 25. Qa6 Qc4 26. Qc6 Qd5 27. Qb5 c4 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. a5 Nf5 30. Nxg4 {Falling into Black’s trap. White loses a piece.} Nxg3 31. fxg3 Bxg4 32. a6 Kd7 33. a7 Ra8 34. Ra6 {Rb1 is better, but after Bc5 White is still lost.} Rb5 35. Re4 Be6 36. Rxd4+ Rd5 37. Re4 c3 38. Kf1 c2 39. Ra1 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rxa1 41. Rd4+ Ke8 42. g4 c1=Q 43. g5 Qf1+ 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Qe2+ 46. Kc3 Rc8+ 47. Rc4 Qxc4+ 48. Kd2 Qe2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/iCLkIX2X"] [Date "2023.07.13"] [Round "2"] [White "bitterroot88"] [Black "daone309"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "1732"] [BlackElo "1615"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.07.06"] [TimeControl "G/30; 30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 {White should do something about the threat of dxc4. White could trade on d5 or play e3. Note that this is NOT the …e6 line where White recovers the pawn with advantage.} Nf6 4. Bg2 h6 {Passive. g6 with Bg7 and 0-0 to follow. Black could also take the c-pawn (and keep it) by giving White the center.} 5. Nc3 Bg4 {And now overly aggressive. White’s reply wins a pawn because of the weaknesses on b7 and d5} 6. Qb3 e6 {Saving the wrong pawn. Now Black loses two pawns instead of one. b6 was best.} 7. Qxb7 Nbd7 8. Qxc6 Rc8 9. Qa6 Rxc4 10. e3 {Not a bad move, but just Qa7 and White has two passed connected pawns} Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O {On Ne4 White’s bishop takes the knight. Here and later Qc7 protects a7 and adds to the pressure on c3.} 12. f3 Bf5 13. Nge2 Re8 {It makes sense to open the center with White’s king still there, but Qc7 followed by Bd3 and RxN} 14. a3 {Forcing trades, but Qa7 still begs to be played} Bxc3 15. Bxc3 e5 16. Qxa7 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bd3 18. Nf4 Bh7 19. O-O g5 20. b3 {Ne2 is playable. Nh3 is best. White blunders a piece.} Rc7 21. Qa4 gxf4 22. e4 {Hoping to open a file for his rook. Fritz suggests gxf4} dxe4 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. fxe4 Qe7 25. Rxf4 Rc2 26. b4 Qe5 27. Raf1 Qd4+ {White has 3 pawns for the piece, but White has 3 minutes against Black’s 18 minutes.} 28. Kh1 Bxe4 {But it is Black who blunders in time trouble. Rec8 is better.} 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qa8+ Nf8 31. Qxe4 Qd2 32. R4f2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
