April Over 1200 – Round 3 [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Bafna, Mihir"] [Black "Schmidt, Scott"] [WhiteElo "1811"] [BlackElo "1896"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B26"] {Fantastic Attack} 1. e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.Bh6 O-O 9.h4 Nd4 10.O-O-O b5 11.h5 f6 {Fritz suggests b4 or Be6, attacking, not defending}12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Nd5 g5 14.Ne2 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bg4 {Black’s last 2 moves were intended to dampen White’s attack. White’s reply threatens a killing Ne6.}16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.f3 Bf5 18.f4 {opening lines to Black’s king} 18...Bxh6 {This invites White’s pieces to the dance. Fritz suggests half a dozen different moves here. Bg4 or Bg6 or Rf7 or Qd7 or Rc8. I like Rc8, combining defense of g2 with attack on c2.}19.Rxh6 Kg7 20.Rdh1 g4 {Trying to close lines leading to the king, but the attack is too strong. I looked at ef followed by Qe8 and Qe3, but White has Be4 and then Qh2. Fritz likes Rg8 protecting g5 of Bg6 preventing Rh5 attacking g5, but says both are too late.}21.Be4 Bxe4 {Perhaps Qc8; Qh2 Be4; de Rh8}22.dxe4 Kf7 {Now Rh8 just loses a rook} 23.Rh7+ Ke8 24.Qh2 Qc8 25.Qh5+ Kd8 26.Qh6 Ke8 27.Qg6+ Kd8 28.Qg7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Malladi, Sadkrith"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "1900"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E70"] {A nice defense}1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Ne5 9.h3 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.f4 f5 12.Ng3 Nb6 13.Be3 fxe4 14.Ngxe4 Bf5 15.g4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Qd7 17.f5 gxf5 18.gxf5 Rf7 19.Rf4 Raf8 20.Raf1 Be5 21.Rg4+ Kh8 22.Rg5{Fritz prefers the more active Bh6 but says Black is ok after either Rg8 or Re8. There is an attack, but it is manageable.} 22...Rg7 23.Kh1 Rxg5 24.Bxg5 Qe8 25.Rg1 {I thought Qh4 was better. It looked to me like I would have to give up the e-pawn for the c-pawn. Fritz says Qe2 is equal.}25...Qh5 26.Qg2 {Black must be very careful. Both Rg8 and Bf6 lose to Bf6+}26...Nxc4 27.h4 {Be7 Ne3 and the queen cannot protect h3 [27.Bxe7]}27...Ne3 {White cannot take the knight because of Qh4+}28.Qh3 Nxf5 29.Ne4 h6 {after this White’s attack is broken and there remains only mopping up}30.Rf1 {Fritz says Bd2 or Bc1 would be better, but the game is still lost.} 30...hxg5 31.Rxf5 Rxf5 32.Qxf5 Qxh4+ 33.Kg2 Qh2+ 34.Kf1 Qf4+ 35.Qxf4 gxf4 36.b3 Kg7 37.Ng5 Kg6 38.Ne6 b5 39.Nc7 b4 40.Ne6 Kf5 41.Nd8 Ke4 42.Nc6 Bf6 43.Nxa7 Kxd5 44.Ke2 Ke4 45.Nc8 f3+ 46.Kf1 d5 47.Nb6 Bd4 48.Ke1 {missing the threat of Black’s last move. Nc8 }48...c4 49.bxc4 {Nc4}49...Bxb6 50.cxd5 Kxd5 51.Kf1 Ke4 52.Ke1 Kd3 53.Kf1 f2 54.Kg2 Ke2 55.a4 f1Q+ 56.Kg3 Bc7+ 57.Kh4 Qg2 58.Kh5 Bf4 59.Kh4 Qg5+ 60.Kh3 Qg3# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Millburg, Jarek"] [Black "Smith, Jeff"] [WhiteElo "1579"] [BlackElo "1359"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] {Grandmaster Draw?}1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Bxc4 {d5 or even de}4...Qxd4 5.Qxd4 exd4 6.Nf3 c5 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 {Nd7 here and after}9.Bc4 Be6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bc4 Be6 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Misra, Pragyan"] [Black "Crawford, Tom"] [WhiteElo "1146"] [BlackElo "1450"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] {Every pawn counts}1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.b4 Nxb4 12.Nd4{I think he only now realized that Rb1 would be answered by Bc2} 12...O-O{Bg6 leaves White with many pawn weaknesses. Now Black will also have many pawn weaknesses. Fritz says the game is now equal, but he favored Black after either Bg6 or Qc5}13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxc5 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.exd6 Rad8 18.Rad1 Ne4 19.Rd3 {Bf3 The d-pawn is probably dead, but why just give it away?} 19...Rxd6 20.Bf3 {Rd6 Nd6; Bf3 }20...Rxd3 21.cxd3 Nd2 22.Rd1 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 Rc8 24.Re1 Kf8 25.Re5 Rd8 26.Re3 f4 27.Re4 Rxd3 28.Rxf4 Ra3 29.Rb4 b6 30.Rb2 Rxf3 31.Kg2 Rf5 32.Rb3 Ke7 33.Ra3 Ra5 34.Rxa5 bxa5 35.Kf3 Ke6 36.Ke4 f5+ 37.Kf4 Kf6 38.h4 h6 39.f3 g5+ 40.hxg5+ hxg5+ 41.Kg3 Ke5 42.Kf2 Kf4 43.Kg2 g4 44.fxg4 Kxg4 45.a4 f4 46.Kf2 f3 47.Kf1 Kg3 48.Kg1 f2+ 49.Kf1 a6 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Munaganuri, Vamsi"] [Black "Malladi, Sriram"] [WhiteElo "1176"] [BlackElo "1078"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B49"] {Overlooked fork}1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 b6 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Qd2 Bd6 11.f4 Bb7{Overlooking the fork}12.e5 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bd6 Qc6 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.c3 h5 18.f5 h4 19.fxe6 f6 20.Qd3 Rh6 21.Bh5+ Kd8 22.e7+ Kd7 23.Qf5# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Nagel, Ryan"] [Black "Fortmeyer, Eric"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D01"] {Castling into the attack} 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3{After e4 e5; Nf3 forces Black to defend. After d4 d5; Nc3 does not attack anything. Nf3 is a better move. It also attacks nothing, but it does get ready to 0–0.}2...Nf6 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.g3 h6 7.Bxf6 Nxf6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Bd3 Bh3 10.Qd2 Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 Bc7 13.O-O-O{The pawn moves have so weakened the queen-side that White’s king is safer in the center. Ne2 (heading for f4) or Bf1 or even f4 with some grip on the center.} 13...a5 14.Ne2 axb4 15.Qxb4 Bd6 16.Qxb7 Bxa3+ 17.Kd2 O-O 18.Nxc6 {White’s a pawn up if he survives the attack. Fritz says take the pawn and hold on. } 18...Qd6 19.Rb1 Ne4+{Fritz likes the idea of removing the White bishop, but says the way to do it is Bg2 and then Ne4+ or Ng4 f3; Nf2 and Nd3 }20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nc3 Rfc8 22.Rb6 Bc5{Such a pretty move. Alas! Fritz says White can reply with a killing Ra6 or with Ne4 }23.Nb5 Bb4+ 24.Nc3{Fritz says White remains a bit ahead after either c3 or Kc1. Now the game is equal after Bc3+ or Bc5 }24...Bxc3+ 25.Kxc3 Rab8 26.Qa6{26.Qxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxb8+ Kh7 28.Rb6}26...Rxc6+ 27.Rxc6 Qb4# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Abusarkh, Majed"] [Black "Erickson, Darren"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo "855"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] {Pigs on the 7th} 1.c3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Qc2 Ne4 {Bb7 The text just drops a pawn }8.Bxe4 dxe4 9.Qxe4 c6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.e4 Nd7 12.e5 Be7 13.Nbd2 c5 14.Ne4 cxd4 15.Neg5 g6 16.cxd4 {Rc8 The bishop is well-placed to support an attack. Why trade it for a knight that is not doing anything special? }16...Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Rc8 18.Qd2 f6 19.Re1 f5 20.d5 exd5 21.Qxd5+ Kg7 22.Nd4 Nc5 23.Qxd8 Rcxd8 24.Nc6 Rd7 25.Re3{Really? this allows mate after Rd1+ }25...Ne6 26.Nxe7 Rxe7 27.Rh3 Rc8 28.Bh6+ Kg8 29.Rd1 Rec7 30.Rhd3 Kf7 31.Rd7+ Kg8 32.g3 Rc2 {This allows White to double rooks on the 7th rank. Fritz suggests Nc5 or Rd7; Rd7 Rc7, but White’s passed pawn is probably a killer. } 33.Re7 R2c6 34.Rdd7 R6c7 35.Rxc7 Nxc7 36.Rg7+ Kh8 37.e6 Nxe6 38.Re7{ Ra7 } 38...Nd4{Walking into a fork. Nc5 }39.Bg7+ Kg8 40.Bxd4 Kf8 41.Rxh7 Ke8 42.Rh8+ Kd7 43.Rxc8 Kxc8 44.Kf1 a6 45.Bxb6 Kd7 46.Be3 Kc6 47.Ke2 Kd5 48.Kd3 Kc6 49.Kc4 Kb7 50.a4 Kc6 51.b4{Both scoresheets agree that b5+ was played here. Faced with such powerful pawns, Black resigned shortly.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
