2023.10 2023.10 Uploads” 2023.10.01 2023.10.06 [Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Z1duGTI5"] [Date "2023.10.05"] [Round "1"] [White "ZelCoMNight"] [Black "bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1125"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.10.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be6 {This is the move I always play. Fritz likes Be7} 9. d4 Nd7 10. Bg5 { Black can just take this piece. White considered only f6; Qh5+} Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 {Fritz likes Nf3 with equality. Now advantage shifts to Black after Ne5; Re5 Qb4} Rhe8 14. Nxc6 {A little too aggressive.} bxc6 15. d5 Nb6 16. Qb3 {White returns the favor. Fritz says Qe2 keeps pressure on e6 and e7 (and a3)} cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 {Nd5 is better. Fritz says Black was almost a full piece ahead and this returns most of that advantage.} 18. Rxe7 Bxb3 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. axb3 Kb7 21. Kf1 c6 22. Rd1 Kc7 23. Ra1 Kb7 24. Rd1 Kc7 25. g3 {Fritz says play Ra1 and take the draw.} g5 26. Ra1 Kb7 27. Re1 { Black’s pawns are better. White should not trade.} Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 f5 29. Ne2 c5 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. f3 Nd5 33. g4 f4 34. Kd2 Ne3 {Black needs to bring up his king.} 35. Ng1 Nf1+ 36. Kd3 Nh2 {Losing. The knight cannot now escape} 37. Ke2 Kc6 38. Nh3 Kb5 39. Nxg5 Kb4 40. Ne4 a5 41. g5 c4 42. bxc4 Kxc4 43. g6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/o6NV9SSr"] [Date "2023.10.06"] [Round "1"] [White "ZelCoMNight"] [Black "bitterroot88"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2023.10.06"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd6 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ndf3 Nf5 12. b3 Bd6 13. Bb2 Qc8 14. c4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Ne7 16. Ng5 g6 {Fritz says Bf5 protects h7 and chases the White queen.} 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 {fxe6 is bad, but this is worse} 18. Nxc6 Qf5 19. Qxf5 {Even better, says Fritz, is trade on e7 with check and then trade on f5 and then take the free bishop.} Nxf5 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. d5 b5 22. Re2 bxc4 23. bxc4 a5 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. a3 a4 26. Bf6 Rc8 27. Ra2 h5 28. Rb1 Nh6 29. Rb5 Ng4 30. Bc3 Re8 31. f3 Nh6 {Ne3 is a more active place for this piece.} 32. Ra5 Ng8 33. Rxa4 Ne7 34. Bb4 Bxb4 35. Rxb4 Nf5 36. a4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Blitz game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/sXfAtmVu"] [Date "2023.10.06"] [Round "1"] [White "bitterroot88"] [Black "ZelCoMNight"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2023.10.06"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Bxc5 9. Rc1 Bb6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bb5 d4 12. O-O dxe3 13. fxe3 Re8 {Pile up on the pinned pawn. Fritz suggests Nd5 as even better.} 14. Nc4 Bd7 15. Nd6 Bxe3+ {Rxd3, says Fritz} 16. Bxe3 Rxe3 17. Nxb7 Rb8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rxb7 20. Rc8+ Re8 21. Rfc1 Kf8 {Attack, says Fritz. Rxb2} 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. b3 Rb6 24. Ne5 Ra6 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. a4 Ke6 27. Nc4 Ne4 {Fritz likes Rc6+. Play on the side where you are stronger.} 28. Re8+ Kf5 29. g4+ Kf4 30. Re7 h6 31. Rxf7+ Kxg4 32. Rxg7+ Kh5 33. Kg2 Rg6+ {Black is trading into a lost ending.} 34. Rxg6 Kxg6 35. b4 Nc3 {Black’s knight moves help the pawns advance. Kf6 is better.} 36. a5 Nd5 37. b5 Nc3 {The knight must go to c7 and then to a6 after the pawn trade on f6.} 38. b6 axb6 39. axb6 Nd5 40. b7 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Ne6 42. b8=Q Nd4+ 43. Kf2 Nc6 44. Qd6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/jb536SKu"] [Date "2023.10.06"] [Round "1"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Rhoney, Shawn, Annotator"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1948"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2023.10.06"] [TimeControl "1800+5"] {Annotator at USCF 1948, is the highest rated member of our group.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. Nxe5 {For years I have been teaching that this position requires Bd6 or Qd6 or Bg4. “Here f6 is so bad that White can sacrifice the knight for a winning attack.” I have changed my opinion. Fritz suggests d3 or Qe2} fxe5 7. Qh5+ Kd7 8. Qxe5 Qf6 9. d4 {White doesn’t want to trade queens, but there is no good place to put the White queen. Fritz suggests Qc3 or Qg3} Qxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Bf4 {Fritz suggests Kh1 or Nd2 and Kh1 next to use the f-pawn to protect e5} Ke6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Nf3 h6 14. Rad1 g5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. Nd4+ Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Rf8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Rd8 Bb7 20. R8d7 Rac8 21. Rg7 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Kxe5 23. Re7+ {Fritz likes f3 eliminating back rank mate threats.} Kf6 24. Rdd7 Rcd8 {oops, there’s a back rank mate!} 25. e5+ {Again, f3. Now this pawn becomes weak.} Kf5 26. g4+ {f3 is probably better.} Kxg4 27. e6 c5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd7 Re8 30. e7 Bf3 31. Rxc7 Kf5 32. Ra7 Kf6 33. Rxa6 Rxe7 34. Rxb6+ Re6 35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 36. Kf1 Kd5 37. Ke1 Kd4 38. Kd2 c4 39. a3 Bd5 40. Ke2 Be4 41. Kd2 c3+ 42. bxc3+ Kc4 43. a4 Bc6 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "Red Raccoon"] [Date "2023.10.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Newman, Steven"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2023.10.01"] [SourceDate "2023.10.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 {Fritz shows a Black advantage from here.} 4. d5 c6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bc5 7. Nf3 {overlooking Black’s threat. White should trade on f6 and then play Nf3} Bxf2+ 8. Kf1 Bc5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Ne3+ 13. Ke1 Qb6 {Fritz says f6 this move or next. There is no hurry. White should take on e5 though Black still has an advantage.} 14. Bb3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Bg4 {Overlooking the fork. Nxd5} 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Nxg4 Nc6 19. Nxe3 Nd4 20. Nf5+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "Red Raccoon"] [Date "2023.10.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Newman, Steven"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [PlyCount "89"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Be7 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nh4 Ne5 11. f4 Neg4 12. Bd2 Bh5 13. h3 {Bf3. Now Fritz points out Ne3 winning material.} Nh6 14. Qe1 {Thinking to protect the knight after g4 Nxg4 but Black has 2 pieces aimed at h4. Qb3 or Qc1 look better. Fritz likes the immediate g4} Rb8 15. f5 e5 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Kh8 18. g4 Nfg8 {wrong knight} 19. Qg3 Bh4 20. Qg2 f6 21. Kh2 Nf7 22. Ne2 Ng5 23. Be1 Bxe1 24. Raxe1 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Nh6 26. Rh1 Nf7 27. h4 b5 {Fritz is showing a slight Black advantage here. Time to move the action to the queen side. Qa5 is suggested.} 28. b3 bxc4 29. dxc4 a5 30. Nc3 Rg8 31. Rh3 g5 32. Kg1 Rg7 33. Nd5 a4 34. Qc2 Nh6 {This does not work out in Black’s favor. Fritz suggests continuing to play on the queen side with ab and gh and then Ng5 and Rgb} 35. hxg5 Nxg4 36. g6 Rbb7 37. Qe2 axb3 38. axb3 Nh6 {A sacrifice to remove protection fron b3 hoping to use a check to trade off a set of rooks. It is too slow.} 39. Rxh6 Rxb3 40. Rxh7+ Rxh7 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Rh8+ Kxh8 43. Qh2+ Kg8 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. Qf7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
