April Over 1200 – Round 1 [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Smith, Jeffrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2018.04.06"] [SourceDate "2018.04.06"] {White drops his queen in a won game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Bd7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qc8 {I spent 10 minutes deciding that Bf6 would break open his castle, but that the g-file leads to my king as well as his and his attack might be stronger than mine. Part of the problem is that his N on c6 can join the attack and his B on c5 was a problem because it would pin my f-pawn. I decided to eliminate those two pieces. Fritz says Bf6 is just as good as Bc6.} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Qd2 {Now he spent 20 minutes deciding that Bh3 was not quite sound. Fritz agrees that Nh5 is the right move.} Nh5 14. Be7 Re8 (14... Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bxf8 Qg4+ 18. Kh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rxf8 20. f3 f5 21. Qh2 Qg5+ 22. Qg2 Qf6 {Which Fritz says is equal.}) 15. Bxd6 f6 16. Nh2 {Fritz says d4 or Ba3 with advantage to White in both cases} c5 {I was feeling pretty good about my game, pawn up and his attack blocked. Then he trapped my bishop.} 17. d4 {a pawn sacrifice to free the bishop. He should take the pawn} Qc6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Qe2 {Not Qd5+ Qd5; Rd5 Bc6. Fritz says instead of Rd5 play ed. Black should defend the c-pawn and the white bishop is trapped but Black can’t get at it. That looks kind of hairy to me. Fritz does not like Qe2 because it should give Black an attack.} Nf4 21. Qc4+ Re6 {I thought Be6 was better and Fritz agrees.} (21... Be6 22. Qxc5 Qxe4 23. f3 Qg6) 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. b4 a5 24. a3 Kh8 25. Rd2 Ree8 26. f3 Be6 27. Qf1 axb4 28. axb4 Red8 29. Rad1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Ra8 31. Qd1 {Fritz likes Ng4 to give the King a hiding place on h2 and to eliminate the threat of pinning the queen} Ra2 32. Nf1 {I remember thinking the only way he can win this is to pin my queen to my king, so I’ll move the knight to prevent that.} Qa6 33. Ne3 {Fritz gives Qe1 and then Ne3 with Nd1 if necessary. Or Rd8+ Kh7; Qd6 when he says Black should trade queens and take the pawn on c2.} Ra1 34. Kf2 Rxd1 35. Nxd1 Qb5 36. Ne3 Qa4 37. h4 Qa2 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rd6 Bc4 40. Nxc4 Qxc4 41. Rd2 Ng6 42. g3 Qe6 43. Rd6 Qe8 44. Rd2 Ne7 45. Bxe7 Qxe7 46. c3 Qc7 47. Rd3 Qc4 48. Ke3 Qb5 49. Rd1 Qc6 50. Rd3 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kd2 Kg6 53. Ke3 Kh5 54. Kd2 g4 55. f4 exf4 56. gxf4 Qxe4 57. Rd4 Qg2+ 58. Kd3 Qf1+ 59. Ke4 g3 60. b5 Qxb5 61. Rd5+ Qxd5+ 62. Kxd5 g2 63. c4 g1=Q 64. c5 Qd1+ 65. Ke6 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Malladi, Sadkrith"] [Black "Erickson, Darren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "45"] [SourceDate "2018.04.06"] {Black walks into a fork and then into a skewer.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Bd6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 b6 8. Qa4 O-O 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b4 c5 11. b5 a5 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Nfd2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Rac8 17. e4 Nf6 18. e5 Be7 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Ba3 Bd4 23. Nf3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Nagel, Ryan"] [Black "Crawford, Tom"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "87"] [SourceDate "2018.04.06"] {White loses his queen to a pin.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {After 1.e4 e5; Nf3 attacks the e-pawn forcing Black immediately on the defensive. But in the queen-pawn opening Nc3 attacks a pawn that is already protected and thus gives White no advantage.} Nf6 3. e3 {To get some use from his 2nd move, White might try Bf4 and Nb5 attacking c7. Black can block this with c6 but that blocks his knight from its best square and blocking with a6 gives White time to bring out another piece.} Bf5 4. g3 {Too many pawn moves. Bd3} e6 5. a3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qd2 {White is responding to Black’s moves. Never a good sign. Now his pieces begin to trip over each other because they are trapped behind their own pawns.} cxd4 11. exd4 Qb6 12. f3 Bh5 13. Ne2 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qb5 17. Bxf6 {When ahead, trade. White is not ahead and should not be trading. Nf4} gxf6 18. Nf4 Bg6 19. Nhxg6 fxg6 20. Nd3 {Not Ne6 Qb6+ winning the knight.} e5 21. Kh1 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Re8 24. Nb4 Rd8 25. Rd2 a5 26. Bf1 Qc5 27. Na2 Rdd7 28. a4 e4 29. Be2 Qe3 30. Rcd1 exf3 31. Bb5 f2 32. Kg2 {To prevent Qf3 mate!} Re7 33. Rxf2 f5 {Qe5+ and Rc2} 34. Nc3 h5 {Both sides miss Nd5?} 35. h4 Kg7 36. Rfd2 f4 37. Rd3 f3+ 38. Kf1 Qe6 39. Rxf3 {But now Black answers Nd5 with Qd2+; Kf1 Qf2 mate} d4 40. Ne2 Rf7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Nxd4 Qh3+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Kf3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Malladi, Sriram"] [Black "Millburg, Jarek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [PlyCount "62"] [SourceDate "2018.04.06"] {A bishop can attack from the other side of the board.} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 f5 4. Bb5 Qf6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qd7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 b6 14. Nf1 Bb7 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. N1d2 Bf6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Rad1 Rg6 21. Nf3 Re8 22. Nh4 Rg4 23. Nf3 Qf7 24. h3 Rg6 25. Kf1 Rge6 {The immediate Ng5 is met by Qg6; Ne6 Qg2 mate, but this weakens the castled position} 26. h4 Rh6 27. Ng5 Qg6 28. g3 Qxg5 {taking the queen lets the rook mate.} 29. Rd5 Qg6 30. Qd3 Bxd5 31. Qxd5+ Qf7 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Munaganuri, Vamsi"] [Black "Schmidt, Scott"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] {Victory for the Pin It and Win It attack } 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 {If Qd5 White gains a tempo with Nc3. If White defends the pawn with c4 then c6; dc Nc6 leaves White with a backward d-pawn. White can also defend the pawn with Bb5+ Bd7; Bc4. }3.Nf3 c6 {sacrificing a pawn for development} 4.dxc6 Nxc6 5.Bb5 Bg4 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Bd6 8.Re1 O-O 9.Bg5 {Black’s knight is no longer pinned and the threat of Nd4 is dangerous. BxN or h3 or Nbd2 or c3 now. } 9...Nd4 10.Nc3 h6 11.Be3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh3 13.Bc4 Nh5 14.Nd5 {Fritz says White is slightly better after either Kh1 or Ne4. The open file goes in both directions. I’ve played this attack many times and would be very happy to be Black at this point.} 14...Nf4 15.Nxf4 {Fritz points out that Bf4 does not lose a piece} 15...exf4 16.Kh1 {The mate threat of Qg5+ costs White a piece.} 16...fxe3 17.Rxe3 Qf6 18.f4 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qg4 Qxf4 21.Qxe6+ Kh7 22.Rg3 Rf6 23.Qd7 Rg8 24.Rag1 Rf7 25.Qe6 Qf6 26.Qe4+ Qf5 27.Qxf5+ Rxf5 28.Rg6 Be5 {Fritz points out Bh2 here. Kh2 Rh5+ costs White the g6 rook.} 29.c3 Rxf2 30.R1g2 Rxg2 31.Rxg2 Rf8 32.d4 Rf1+ 33.Rg1 Rxg1+ 34.Kxg1 Bf4 35.d5 Kg6 36.Kf2 Bxh2 37.Ke3 Kf6 38.Kd4 b6 39.c4 Bd6 40.a3 a5 41.Kc3 a4 42.b4 axb3 43.Kxb3 h5 44.Kc3 Bxa3 45.Kd4 h4 46.Ke4 g5 47.Ke3 Bc5+ 48.Kf3 Ke5 49.Kg4 Kd4 50.Kxg5 h3 51.Kg4 h2 52.Kg3 h1Q 53.Kg4 Qf1 54.Kg5 Ke5 55.Kg6 Qf5+ 56.Kg7 Qf6+ 57.Kh7 Qg5 58.Kh8 Kf6 59.Kh7 Qg7 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.