Bloomington Normal Chess Club

2024.03 Games

March, 2024 Games

A few people played some games in March, but we’re putting up only one for the month. Long (LONG) term members Joseph Alford and Dennis Bourgerie met up at the ARC center in Bloomington and had the following game to share. Commentary is from Lichess/Stockfish automatic analysis.

Download the pgn file with March’s game by clicking anywhere on this sentence.

[Event "Alford-Bourgerie 04_24: Alford, Joseph - Bourgerie, Dennie"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/BjIVtMak/pMXFWD0A"] [Date "2024.03.28"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Bourgerie, Dennis"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C15"] [Opening "French Defense: Winawer Variation, Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit"] [Annotator "Darren Erickson, using Lichess automatic analysis / Stockfish"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.14] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.41] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Bb4?! { [%eval 0.59] } { Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4) 4. a3?! { [%eval 0.0] } { Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3 h5) 4... Bxc3+ { [%eval 0.0] } 5. bxc3 { [%eval 0.0] } 5... Ne7?! { [%eval 0.56] } { Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } (5... dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qh4 c5 10. Ne2) 6. Bd3 { [%eval 0.18] } 6... c5 { [%eval 0.33] } 7. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 7... Qa5 { [%eval 0.25] } 8. Bd2 { [%eval -0.09] } 8... Qa4 { [%eval 0.21] } 9. O-O { [%eval 0.03] } 9... Nbc6? { [%eval 1.62] } { Mistake. c4 was best. } (9... c4 10. Be2) 10. exd5 { [%eval 1.57] } 10... exd5 { [%eval 1.71] } 11. dxc5 { [%eval 1.71] } 11... Bg4?! { [%eval 2.42] } { Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (11... O-O 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qb1 Qa5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Qxb7 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd6 18. Qxd5) 12. Re1 { [%eval 2.11] } 12... O-O { [%eval 2.08] } 13. Qe2 { [%eval 1.51] } 13... Bf5 { [%eval 1.59] } 14. Bg5 { [%eval 1.43] } 14... Bxd3 { [%eval 1.44] } 15. Qxd3 { [%eval 1.4] } 15... Rfe8 { [%eval 1.52] } 16. Nd4?! { [%eval 0.82] } { Inaccuracy. Rab1 was best. } (16. Rab1) 16... f6 { [%eval 1.23] } 17. Bf4 { [%eval 1.18] } 17... Ng6 { [%eval 1.24] } 18. Bd6 { [%eval 1.0] } 18... Rxe1+?! { [%eval 1.68] } { Inaccuracy. Nge5 was best. } (18... Nge5 19. Qg3) 19. Rxe1 { [%eval 1.74] } 19... Qxa3?! { [%eval 2.52] } { Inaccuracy. Nge5 was best. } (19... Nge5 20. Qd1 Qxa3 21. Nb5 Qa4 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qb3 Qf4 24. Nd4 Qd2 25. Kf1 b6 26. Qa4) 20. Nb5 { [%eval 2.28] } 20... Qa4 { [%eval 2.5] } 21. Qxd5+ { [%eval 2.27] } 21... Kh8 { [%eval 2.17] } 22. Qf7 { [%eval 2.08] } 22... Nce5? { [%eval 3.56] } { Mistake. Rg8 was best. } (22... Rg8 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Rb1 Nge5 25. f4 Ng6 26. h3 h6 27. Qc4 Qa6 28. Qe4 Qa2 29. Re1) 23. Qxb7 { [%eval 3.46] } 23... Re8 { [%eval 3.51] } 24. Rb1 { [%eval 2.78] } 24... Qxc2 { [%eval 2.87] } 25. Nd4 { [%eval 2.87] } 25... Qxc3 { [%eval 3.0] } 26. Ne6? { [%eval 1.5] } { Mistake. Nf5 was best. } (26. Nf5 Rg8 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. c6 Qc5 29. c7 h6 30. h3 e4 31. Ne3 a5 32. Rd1 a4) 26... Rg8 { [%eval 1.31] } 27. Qxa7?! { [%eval 0.72] } { Inaccuracy. Qe4 was best. } (27. Qe4 Nc4) 27... h6?! { [%eval 1.86] } { Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best. } (27... Qc2 28. Ra1 Qe4 29. Qa4 Nc4 30. Nc7 Nh4 31. Qa8 Nxd6 32. cxd6 Qe5 33. Qa6 Rd8 34. Rd1) 28. Qa2? { [%eval 0.7] } { Mistake. Qa4 was best. } (28. Qa4) 28... Ng4? { [%eval 2.07] } { Mistake. Re8 was best. } (28... Re8 29. h3 Nc4 30. Nf4 Kh7 31. Nd5 Qd4 32. Rb4 Qxd5 33. Qxc4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Re1 35. Qg4) 29. h3 { [%eval 2.75] } 29... N4e5 { [%eval 2.74] } 30. Qb3 { [%eval 2.58] } 30... Qd2 { [%eval 2.72] } 31. Rd1 { [%eval 2.47] } 31... Qe2 { [%eval 2.53] } 32. f4?? { [%eval -6.18] } { Blunder. Nd4 was best. } (32. Nd4 Qe4 33. f3 Qa8 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Nf5 Qc8 36. Qc2 Qa6 37. Nd4 Rd8 38. Re1 Rc8) 32... Nc4?? { [%eval 2.76] } { Blunder. Nh4 was best. } (32... Nh4 33. Qg3 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 Nef3+ 35. gxf3 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Nxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Qxf3 38. Nf8 Rxf8 39. Bxf8) 33. Nd4 { [%eval 2.72] } 33... Qe3+ { [%eval 3.13] } 34. Qxe3 { [%eval 3.41] } 34... Nxe3 { [%eval 3.37] } 35. Rc1 { [%eval 3.01] } 35... Ra8 { [%eval 3.75] } 36. c6 { [%eval 3.72] } 36... Ra2?! { [%eval 5.16] } { Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. } (36... Nd5 37. c7 Nxc7 38. Rxc7 Nh4 39. Rc2 Rd8 40. Bc5 Kh7 41. Kf2 Rd5 42. Ne2 h5 43. Bd4) 37. c7 { [%eval 5.04] } 37... Rxg2+ { [%eval 5.78] } 38. Kh1 { [%eval 5.72] } 38... Nh4 { [%eval 6.02] } 39. c8=Q+ { [%eval 5.38] } 39... Kh7 { [%eval 5.43] } 40. Qe8 { [%eval 5.25] } 40... Rg3 { [%eval 5.16] } 41. Qe4+ { [%eval 5.1] } 41... f5 { [%eval 4.69] } 42. Nxf5 { [%eval 4.53] } 42... Rxh3+ { [%eval 4.58] } 43. Kg1 { [%eval 4.51] } 43... Nf3+?! { [%eval 6.75] } { Inaccuracy. Nexf5 was best. } (43... Nexf5 44. Bc5 Rg3+ 45. Kf1 Rg6 46. Bf2 Nd6 47. Qd3 Nhf5 48. Re1 Kg8 49. Re5 Rf6 50. Bc5) 44. Kf2 { [%eval 6.88] } 44... Ng4+?? { [%eval #15] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nd2 was best. } (44... Nd2 45. Qxe3 Rxe3 46. Kxe3 Kg6 47. Nd4 h5 48. Kxd2 h4 49. Ke3 h3 50. Ke4 h2 51. f5+) 45. Kg2 { [%eval 11.26] } 45... Rh2+?! { [%eval #8] } { Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf6 was best. } (45... Nf6 46. Qb1) 46. Kxf3 { [%eval #7] } { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.