April Over 1200 – Round 2 [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Schmidt, Scott"] [Black "Millburg, Jarek"] [WhiteElo "1896"] [BlackElo "1579"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] {Oh, that’s why you never take the QNP with your Q} 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Qb6 8.Be3 {Nb3 1st and then Be3. But note that the N is not in danger: QxN; Bb5+ wins the Q for two pieces.} 8...Qxb2 {Isn’t that the QNP that you are never supposed to take with your queen?} 9.Qd2 Nc6 {Qa3 (Qb4 is also ok, says Fritz) Black’s queen is getting in trouble} 10.a3 Qb6 {Because Rfb would win the queen.}11.Nxe6 Qa5 12.Nxf8 Ne5 {Fritz says take the piece. I agree.} 13.Rfb1 {Fritz says Qc7 or Qd8}13...Neg4 14.Bb6 Qh5 15.h3 Ne5 {Fritz suggests Qh6, but says Black is probably lost.} 16.Be2 Qh4 17.f4 {Fritz says Qd6 threatens mate and the knight and almost forces Black to let White trade away that knight on f8.} 17...Bxh3 {Looking for a perpetual check?}18.fxe5 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Qxg4 20.Kh2 {simple, and effective} 20...Bxg2 21.Qxg2 Qh5+ 22.Kg1 Qxe5 23.Nd5 Kxf8 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Crawford, Tom"] [Black "Bafna, Mihir"] [WhiteElo "1450"] [BlackElo "1811"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] {One pawn is not an attack.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.c5 {Removing the tension from the center leave Black with no worries, but White doesn’t want to deal with an isolated d-pawn if Black trades on c4.} 8...Nc6 9.O-O Ne8 10.Bf4 g6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qd2 Ng7 14.Ne5 Bf6 15.b4 Rc8 16.g4 {That can’t possibly be a good move. White has no pieces placed to follow up an attack.} 16...Be7 17.Rae1 f6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Bh6 Qd7 20.Qe2 e5 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.Qxe5 {Fritz suggests Bg7 Kg7 and White takes on e5 with check and does not lose the g-pawn.} 22...Qxg4+ 23.Qg3 Qxg3+ 24.fxg3 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Nf5 26.Bf4 Bf6 27.Be5 Kf7 28.Bxf6 Kxf6 29.Kf2 a6 30.Na4 Nd4 31.Re3 Rc7 32.Nb2 Rb7 33.a3 a5 34.Nd3 axb4 35.axb4 Nc2 36.Rf3+ Kg7 37.Rf4 g5 38.Rg4 h6 39.h4 Rf7+ {Fritz says that’s an error throwing away most of Black’s advantage. Right now Black has threats against the pawn on the q-side. The King can take care of the k-side with Kg6 or Kf6. Time trouble is a problem.} 40.Ke2 Re7+ 41.Kd2 Ne3 42.Rd4 Nf1+ 43.Kc3 Nxg3 44.hxg5 {time} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Smith, Jeffrey"] [Black "Malladi, Sadkrith"] [WhiteElo "1359"] [BlackElo "1600"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] {A thrilling time-trouble ending. Raise your hand if you hate Fritz!} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.O-O d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.d3 {Fritz says d3 and d4 are equal. I prefer d4. White’s d-pawn is backward on an open file: a target.} 9...O-O 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Re1 h6 12.Nbd2 f5 {I expected Fritz to complain about that move. He does prefer Rd8 (remember that target?) But f5 is his second choice. } 13.d4 {That should lose a pawn after f4; dc fe; cd ef+; Kf2 Qd6 when White’s extra pawn is isolated but well-protected. The move is first recommendation by Fritz who agrees with my analysis.} 13...c4 {That just loses a pawn. See the previous note.} 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 g5 16.b4 f4 17.Bc1 Qf6 18.Bb2 g4 19.Nd2 Qh4 20.Ne4 {2nd choice for Fritz who gives Be6+ Be6; Re6 Rad; Rg6+ and Rg4. Instead of … Rad Fritz does show … g3; Rd6! take the piece and run because there’s no mate!} 20...g3 21.fxg3 fxg3 22.h3 Be7 23.Nc5 {Fritz says Qd3 or Re3 going after the pawn and ending the attack.} 23...Bxc5 24.bxc5 Na5 {The knight goes to the edge of the board and forces White to win a pawn.} 25.Bxe6+ Bxe6 26.Rxe6 h5 {Fritz: Rae8 or Rf6. Both players are in time trouble.} 27.Rh6 {Fritz: Rg6+ and then Qd3. Kill the attack and White is two pawns up.} 27...Qf4 {White has less than 3 minutes to Black’s 6. Qh5 Qf2+ mates. Rh5, on the other hand, Qf2+ Kh1; Qb2 Rg4+; Kf7 Qf3+; Ke8 Re1+ looks impressive. Fritz has a much simpler answer. Rg6+ Kf7; Qh5 and there is no mate because the rook is blocked off. White wins.} 28.Qc1 Qf2+ 29.Kh1 Rf5 30.Qe1 {Brilliant! If Black takes the bishop, he’s the one who gets mated! But, of course, Fritz shows that it’s a blunder. Black could reply Kg7} 30...Raf8 31.Qe6+ {Fritz gives Rg6+ and then Rg3 with equality, but says this is better.} 31...R5f7 32.Qg6+ {Fritz says, Why are you drawing a won game? Just Rh5 Qb2; Rf1 and both rooks and the queen will pile up on f7 to win a rook. Time, of course, is the culprit.} 32...Rg7 33.Qe6+ Rgf7 34.Qg6+ Rg7 35.Qe6+ Rff7 36.Qe8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Malladi, Sriram"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [WhiteElo "1078"] [BlackElo "1900"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] {Short of time, White drops a piece.} 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 c5 9.b3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Nf5 Bb4 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 Nc5 14.Bc2 e4 15.Nd4 Bg4 16.f3 {This is what I expected, but I’m not sure it is best. It leaves White with a weakness at e3 and a hanging rook that both be attacked at once.} 16... exf3 17.N2xf3 Qe7 18.Qc1 {2nd choice for Fritz. During the game I was worried about b4. Fritz says that would be better here.} 18...Rac8 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Nxf5 Qd7 21.Qc2 dxc4 22.b4 {Fritz says, for better or worse, take the pawn.} 22...Nce4 23.Rd1 {Black’s last move cut off defense of White’s knight. I thought Ne5 was a better move. Fritz says put either knight on d4.} 23...Qxf5 24.Nd4 Qe5 25.Nf3 Qe7 26.Qb1 c3 {Good enough. Fritz points out a5 attacking the pinned pawn or Rfd} 27.Rc1 Rfd8 28.Nd4 Nd2 29.Qd3 Nfe4 {time} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Erickson, Darren"] [Black "Munaganuri, Vamsi"] [WhiteElo "855"] [BlackElo "1176"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] {White responds incorrectly to a fork and loses a piece.} 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bb5+ {d4 transposes into the French Defense. This kind of check is a waste of time because Black just drives away the checking bishop and then gets a free move.} 3...c6 4.Ba4 Bc5 {Now White could play d4 chasing the bishop. Fritz suggests d4 chasing the knight.}5.Nge2 d4 6.Nb1 Nf6 7.d3 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 {c3 protects the bishop} 8...Qxa4 9.c3 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 dxc3 11.bxc3 Bxf2 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Misra, Pragyan"] [Black "Nagle, Ryan"] [WhiteElo "1146"] [BlackElo ""] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] {White gets two pieces for a rook. Black gets one pawn for a rook.} 1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bg4 {That loses a pawn to Bf7+ Kf7; Ng5+ and Qg4} 5.Be2 h6 6.O-O Qb6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bb2 O-O-O 10.Na4 Qc7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 {Do not trade bishop for knight without reason. And don’t open lines leading to your own king.} 12.Nh2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd4 14.Qg4+ Kb8 15.c3 h5 16.Qd1 Ne6 17.d4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Bh6 19.Qxh5 {White gets an extra pawn out of this, but opens more lines leading to his king.} 19...Nxd4 20.Qxf7 Rdg8 21.Ng4 Bf4 22.Rae1 Nc2 23.Rc1 Bxc1 {As it turns out, White gets two pieces for this rook. Fritz gives Rg4 hg; Nd4 threatening Ne2++} 24.Rxc1 Rc8 {Fritz says that gives the advantage back to White. He likes Rg4; hg d5 or Qa5 Rc2; Qe1+ Kh2; [24…Qa5 25.Rxc2 Qe1+ 26.Kh2 Qd1 27.Qxe7 Qxc2 28.Qxd6+ Ka8 29.Nxf6 Qxf2 30.Nxg8 Rxg8 31.Nb6+ Qxb6 32.Qxb6 axb6]} 25.Ne3 Qd7 26.Rxc2 Rxc2 27.Nxc2 Rc8 28.Ne3 b5 29.Nb2 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Ra1 31.b4 Rxa2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
