2023.11
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2023.11.09
[Event “St John’s Lutheran Church”]
[Site “St John’s Lutheran Church”]
[Date “2023.11.09”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Alford, Joseph”]
[Black “Newman, Steven”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “E72”]
[PlyCount “53”]
[EventDate “2023.11.02”]
[SourceDate “2023.11.09”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nc3 e5 {Fritz prefers c5
or Nbd7, each with a tiny plus for Black} 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. O-O Ne8 10.
f4 f5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 Nxc4 13. Nb5 {Only now seeing that Qa4 Nb6; Qa7
Ra8 loses the queen} a6 14. Nd4 fxe4 {Here Qe7 favors Black and Bd4+ is equal
per Fritz.} 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Nde6 Qe7 18. Nxf8 Bxf8 19. Bc2 b5 20.
Ne6 Bb7 {The knight must go. Fritz likes either Be6 or c6} 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. Nxg7
Bxd5 23. Bxf6 Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ 1-0
[Event “St John’s Lutheran Church”]
[Site “St John’s Lutheran Church”]
[Date “2023.11.09”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Newman, Steven”]
[Black “Alford, Joseph”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D20”]
[PlyCount “91”]
[EventDate “2023.11.09”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 c6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 cxd5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14.
O-O Be6 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. b3 a6 17. Ng3 f6 {Blunder. Fritz says trade bishops.}
18. Nf5 Qf7 19. Nd6 Qe7 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. bxc4 Nb4
24. a4 Rxc4 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ Kg6 27. Rxb7 Nd3 28. Ra1 Nc5 {Fritz likes
Rc2 attacking f2. I think getting the queen-side pawns off the board and
forming a king-side bunker gives Black a better chance to draw.} 29. Ra7 Nxa4 {
Missing Nb3; Rb1 Ra4 when the mate threat protects the knight!} 30. Rxa6 Nb2
31. R6a3 h5 32. Rg3+ Kh6 33. h3 Na4 34. Kh2 Nc5 35. Ra7 Ne6 36. Raa3 Nf4 37.
Rgc3 Rb4 38. Rab3 Ra4 39. Rc2 Ne6 40. Rcb2 Rc4 41. g3 Nd4 42. Ra3 Ne6 43. h4
Rc7 44. Kh3 Nd4 45. g4 {From now, Fritz judges the game equal.} hxg4+ 46. Kxg4
{Game abandoned – out of time} 1/2-1/2