2023.09 2023.09 Downloads: 2023.09.01 2023.09.11 Alford-Bitterroot [Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ieJY3fo2"] [Date "2023.09.14"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "1980"] [BlackElo "1739"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2023.09.07"] [TimeControl "1800+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 {Fritz claims this gives Black an edge, preferring Re1. I have to disagree.} Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nbd2 {When ahead, trade.} Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxf2 {Nxd2 looks better} 12. Kxf2 Bc5+ 13. Ke2 Bxc2 {Black has 2 pawns and some attack for his piece.} 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Kxe3 b6 {g6 would make more sense, looking to develop the rook on h8} 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. b3 c5 20. Ndf3 {Content to rest on his advantage. Fritz likes Ndf5 better.} Bc6 21. Rad1 g6 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Ng5 Ke7 24. Rf1 Bd5 25. Ne4 Be6 26. Nf3 h6 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Nc3 c6 30. Nd2 Ke7 31. Nde4 g5 32. Nf6 Kf8 33. Nce4 Kg7 34. Ne8+ Kg6 35. Nc7 Kf5 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Nd6+ Kxe5 38. Nf7+ Kd5 39. Nxh6 b5 40. Nf7 g4 41. h4 gxh3 42. gxh3 e5 43. h4 Ke6 44. Nd8+ Kf5 45. Nxc6 a6 46. h5 Kg5 47. Nxe5 Kxh5 48. Nd7 Kg5 49. Nxc5 a5 50. Ne6+ Kf6 51. Nd4 a4 52. b4 Ke5 53. Nxb5 Kd5 54. Kd3 Kc6 55. Kc4 Kb6 56. a3 Kc6 57. Nc3 Kb6 58. Nxa4+ Ka6 59. Kc5 Kb7 60. b5 Ka7 61. Kc6 Kb8 62. Nc5 Ka8 63. b6 Kb8 64. Nd7+ Ka8 65. b7+ Ka7 66. b8=Q+ Ka6 67. Qb6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "Barnes & Noble"] [Date "2023.09.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Erickson, Darren"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2023.09.01"] [SourceDate "2023.09.01"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O a6 7. b3 Qc7 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 O-O 12. Nf3 d6 13. c4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. a3 {These queen-side pawn moves are not effective.} h6 16. b4 Nh7 17. g4 {A serious weakening of the king-side. Fritz suggests Be2} Bg6 18. Ne1 {this loses a pawn. Fritz suggests Qc2.} Ng5 19. Qe2 Nxh3+ 20. Kh2 Nf4 21. Qf3 h5 22. Bc1 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Bh5 24. Qg3 Ng6 {Better to trade the knight on d3.} 25. Bg5 { Better Rh1 or Qh3. The best defense is a good offense and those open lines extend both ways.} Kh7 {At this point the game was adjourned. We restarted on 9/1. I rather liked this move, preparing Rh8. Fritz says just trade of g5 and play Nf4} 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Nf3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 {Qh3 lets Black trade on h3 and then fork on f5} Nf4 30. Be2 {Black’s last prevented this. Now white must play Rfd and move the king rapidly left.} Rh8 31. Qg4 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 Kg8 33. f3 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Qh2+ 37. Rf2 Qf4 38. Rh1 a5 39. Rfh2 Qxh2+ 40. Rxh2 axb4 41. Kd1 {ab allows Ra2+ winning the rook. I saw this line when I sacrificed the queen.} Rxa3 42. Rb2 c5 43. Kc2 Rxf3 44. Rb1 Rc3+ 45. Kd2 Rxc4 46. Ra1 Rxe4 47. Ra8+ Kh7 {White just wanted the spite check} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "Barnes & Noble"] [Date "2023.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Gerolimatos, George"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2023.09.11"] [SourceDate "2023.09.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nh6 {This knight takes a long time to get into the game. Fritz prefers Nge7} 7. Qf3 {Fritz likes f3 or Be2. I saw that Nd4; Qf6 Nc2+; Kd2 gf; Kc2 Be3; fe Ng4 gave me an advantage. I was looking for more advantage.} Qe5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. Nc4 Qh5 11. Qg3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 O-O-O 13. Nxg4 Qxg4 14. Qxg4+ Nxg4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. O-O {Rad was needed. Now Black misses Rd2} Rhe8 17. Rad1 Rd6 18. f4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nd7 20. Bg4 Re7 21. e5 g6 {It is important to prevent f5} 22. Kf2 c5 { Black plans c5 and c6 and Kc7 to free the knight} 23. Ke3 c6 24. Bxd7+ Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. g4 b5 27. Ke4 a5 28. h4 a4 29. f5 h6 30. fxg6 {Both sides miss e6+ Ke7; ef kf7; fg+ Kg6; Ke5 winning} fxg6 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Ke6 33. Kf4 c4 34. Ke4 c5 35. Kf4 {White needs to lock up the queen-side with a3 and wait for Black’s king to move letting the White king penetrate.} b4 36. Ke4 {Last chance for a3. Now Black is for choice.} a3 37. bxa3 bxc3 {The tripled pawns keep the White king at bay. I was pleased with this, but Fritz says b3 is much simpler.} 38. Ke3 Kxe5 39. a4 {too soon. White should play Ke2-d1-c2 keeping the a2 pawn back to delay Black while he eats the c-pawns and then goes to the king side.} Kd5 40. a5 Kc6 41. a4 {Now White’s doubled pawns keep back the Black king, but not long enough. Fritz says the chances are still equal after Ke2 heading for c2} Kb7 42. Ke2 {I did not see this move. We sat there for several minutes each thinking it was the other’s move. If it is White’s move he draws after Kd1 Ka6; Kc3 Ka5; Kc4 Ka4; Kc5 and then he wins Black’s h-pawn, but Black’s king keeps him bottled up for a draw.} Ka6 43. Kd1 Kxa5 44. Kc2 Kxa4 45. Kxc3 Kb5 {This was a 2 1/2 hour game.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
