April Over 1200 – Round 4 [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Bafna, Mihir"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "1811"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] {Passive opening} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 b6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2+ Be7 8.O-O Nf6 {Bb5; Qb5+ 47 to remove some of the pressure from the coming pin.} 9.Re1 Ne4 {Again, Bb5; Qb5+ Qd7; Qe2 Nc6 and Black can O-O} 10.Ne5 O-O { Last chance for Bb5. Fritz says 0–0 loses a piece} 11.Bxd7 Nxd7 12.Nc6 Qe8 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.f3 f5 15.fxe4 fxe4 16.Be3 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Qe3 Qb5 20.b3 Rf6 21.Nd2 Raf8 22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24.Nxf1 Qc5 {Hoping for 3 connected pawns to fight the knight.} 25.Qd4 Kf7 26.Kf2 Ke6 27.Ke3 Qf8 28.Ng3 g5 {preventing Nd2 and Nf4+ and giving Black a check} 29.c4 Qf4+ 30.Ke2 dxc4 {If Qg4+ then Ke1 or Qe5; cd+ Qd5; Qe4+ and QxQ} 31.Qxc4+ Ke5 32.Qc7+ Kd4 33.Qg7+ Kd5 34.Qxh7 {Because White would next play Qe4+ sacrificing the knight for an easily won ending.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Schmidt, Scott"] [Black "Crawford, Thomas"] [WhiteElo "1896"] [BlackElo "1450"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B11"] {A bit of carelessness in the opening – or is it?} 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Neg5 {Fritz says trades knights with a small advantage and says this is a blunder after h6; Ng3 Bh3} 5...e6 6.Ne5 {Fritz says this is also a blunder since Black comes out on top with the moves in the game. } 6...Bc5 7.Ngxf7 Qd4 8.Qe2 O-O { After proclaiming two of White’s moves blunders, Fritz still says White has a small advantage.} 9.c3 Qxf2+ {Qd5 Black just loses more material} 10.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 11.Kxf2 Nfd7 12.Kg3 Rxf7 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.d4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Nbd7 16.Rf1 c5 17.Bg5 {But not Bh7 g6 and the bishop is trapped. Fritz says go ahead and play Bh7 g6 Bh6 and both bishops are safe. } 17...h6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rae1 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nb6 21.Rf2 Bd7 22.Ref1 Rg8+ 23.Kh4 f5 24.h3 h5 {Bc6} 25.Be2 Kf6 26.Bxh5 Rh8 27.g4 Nd5 28.Kg3 f4+ 29.Kh2 Rc8 30.h4 Rc4 31.g5+ Kg7 32.Rd1 Ne3 33.Rdd2 Rc1 34.Rde2 {Avoiding Nf1+ but Fritz says it is a blunder allowing Bb5} 34...Bc6 {34…Nf1+ 35.Kh3 Ng3 36.Rc2 Rh1+ 37.Rh2 e5+ 38.Bg4 I was curious} 35.Rxf4 Rh1+ 36.Kg3 Rg1+ 37.Kf2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Malladi, Sadkrith"] [Black "Munaganuri, Vamsi"] [WhiteElo "1146"] [BlackElo "1176"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] {Isolated center pawn} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxc4 {White has recovered his pawn and has more development.} 15...Bd6 16.f4 {Fritz does not like that. Qb5 to inhibit Black’s development and bring the rooks to the center to trade off the isolani.} 16...Rb8 17.Nc3 {Fritz points out that Qa4 wins a pawn.} 17...Bd7 18.a4 a6 19.Bg2 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qd3 b4 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.Rfc1 {Avoiding a skewer and finding a useful file for the rook} 23...Bb5 24.Qc2 Rec8 {Fritz does not like this trade. Put the rook on d8 to attack the isolated pawn.} 25.Qxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Kh7 27.Raa8 Bd7 28.Rh8+ Kg6 29.Ra7 f5 {Black’s pieces are completely tied up. He hopes to provoke Nd6 Qd6 when there is no time for Rd8 because of the forking check on d4} 30.Nd2 {Losing the pawn. Fritz suggests Nf2} 30...Bc5 {The fork protects the bishop. Fritz found Nf3 Ba7; Ne5+ Kf6; Rf8+ Qf8; Ne7+ and NxQ giving back 2 rooks and knight for queen and bishop } 31.Rb7 Bxd4+ 32.Kh1 Bxb2 33.Rc8 {Fritz says this is a blunder because of the moves in the game. He suggests h3 or Nf1 } 33...Qd6 34.Rc2 Bc3 35.Nf1 Bc6 36.Ra7 {Rb6 loses to Bg2+ } 36...Bxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Qd5+ 38.Kh3 Qd1 39.Ne3 Qh5+ {A blunder only because Qf3 and Qd4 were so much better} 40.Kg2 Bd4 41.Ra6 Kh7 42.Nc4 b3 {Fritz found Qd1; Rd2 Qg1+ and then a queen fork picks off the knight} 43.Rd2 Bc3 44.Rf2 Qg4 {It’s a move and time trouble is hurting both players. Qf7 or Qe8 looks for forks} 45.Rf3 {Rb5} 45...b2 46.Nxb2 {Both players were in extreme time trouble at this point. Rb6 is better.} 46...Bxb2 47.h3 {I would think Re6} 47...Qxf3+{ And suddenly White has an advantage. The queen should retreat.} 48.Kxf3 h5 49.Rxe6 Bf6 50.g4 Kg6 {Black must trade pawns.} 51.g5 h4 52.gxf6 gxf6 {White won on time.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Erickson, Darren"] [Black "Nagel, Ryan"] [WhiteElo "855"] [BlackElo ""] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B02"] {Two weaknesses} 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Nxd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 e5 6.d3 Bc5 7.Be3 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bxc5 Qxc5 10.O-O b6 11.c3 Ba6 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.d4 {This results in an isolated pawn for White after the trades. Rad first.} 13...exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.cxd4 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 {Bc4} 17...Re4 {Attacking the isolani gains a critical move. Black is threatening Rae} 18.Bf3 {Now White acquires a second weakness. Rad Rae; Kf1} 18...Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Kf8 21.a4 {moving the pawns weakens them. Kf1 Fritz suggests Rc1 Rc8; Rc6 giving time for White’s king to come to the center.} 21...Rd8 22.Rd1 Rd5 23.Rc1 {Losing two pawns for one, but Black was threatening c5} 23...Rxd4 24.Rxc7 Rxa4 25.Rb7 h5 26.Kg2 g5 27.Rb8+ Ke7 28.Rh8 h4 29.Rh5 f6 30.Rh7+ Kd6 31.Rh8 a5 32.Rd8+ Kc7 33.Re8 Rb4 34.Re2 Kd6 35.Kf1 Kd5 36.Ke1 {Rd2+ and then Ke2} 36...Rb3 37.Rd2+ Ke5 38.Ke2 Kf4 {White’s resignation was a bit premature. Rd4+ Ke5; Re2 forces Black to find another solution.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Malladi, Sriram"] [Black "Abushharkh, Mustafa"] [WhiteElo "1078"] [BlackElo ""] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A84"] 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Bg2 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.O-O b6 {How does Black develop the queen-side pieces? This allows Ne5 with threates on a8, c6, and d7.} 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Bxa8 c6 13.Qb3 Bd6 {Fritz says trade on c3 and try to grab the trapped bishop.} 14.Rad1 Bb8 15.e3 Ba6 {Fritz points out that this allows Rd7} 16.Qa4 Bc8 17.Ne2 {Rd2 and Rfd and then Ne2} 17...Qxb2 18.Nd4 a6 19.Bxc6 dxc6 20.Nxc6 Qe2 {Sacrificing one bishop so the other can help with mate on the long diagonal. White decides to forego the win of a piece to eliminate the light-squared bishop.} 21.Ne7+ Kh7 {Fritz points out that Qc6 wins the bishop instead of trading it away.} 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Qd7 Qxc4 24.Rc1 Qxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kg2 Rc5 27.Qxe6 Bc7 28.h4 a5 29.h5 Re5 30.Qf7 Bd8 {Rook and bishop against queen is hard to play even without time trouble. Fritz says f4 Re3; Qf5+ Kh8; Qf8+ wins the bishop} 31.Kf3 b5 32.g4 fxg4+ 33.Kxg4 b4 {Bf6 was needed here and at the next move because of the line in the previous note.} 34.Kf4 Re7 35.Qg6+ {Wrong check. Qf5+ wins the bishop} 35...Kh8 36.Kf5 Bc7 {Threatening Re5+ which would win the queen for the rook} 37.Qc6 Re5+ 38.Kg6 Rg5+ 39.Kf7 Rf5+ 40.Ke8 Be5 41.f4 {Qd5 first} 41...Bc3 42.Qe4 {Qf3 and the pawns can advance.} 42...Rxh5 43.Kd7 {Kf7 mates shortly} 43...Rc5 44.Kd6 Rc8 45.f5 a4 46.Kd7 Rb8 47.Kc7 Rf8 48.Qc2 a3 49.e4 Re8 50.Qd1 {Qd3 Both sides are in time trouble. Was this played to force Black to take time to determine if the pawn can be taken?} 50...Ra8 51.Qb3 {passive. Qd5} 51...Ra7+ 52.Kd6 Kh7 53.e5 {Losing the pawn. Qc4 was needed} 53...Ra6+ 54.Kd5 {Kd7 trades the d-pawn for the b-pawn. This loses the pawn.} 54...Ra5+ 55.Kc6 Rxe5 56.Qc2 {passive Qf7. If time gets really short, White can take a perpetual check.} 56...Kg8 57.Kd7 Rd5+ 58.Ke6 Rd2 59.Qb3 Kf8 60.Qc4 Rd8 61.Qc5+ Kg8 {White lost on time} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "TCCC April Over 1200"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.04.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Millburg, Jarek"] [Black "Pragyan, Misra"] [WhiteElo "1579"] [BlackElo "1146"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E76"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Re8 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Bf4 Nf8 13.a4 a5 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.Qb3 Bxb5 16.Qxb5 Ra6 {Black is locking pieces onto bad squares. Nbd7; Qb7 Rb8 and Rb2 with counterplay} 17.Qxc5 Nfd7 18.Qd4 Qc7 {Ra8} 19.c5 Qxc5 20.Qxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxa6 bxa6 22.d6 {Fritz much prefers Be3 instead of dissolving the center and freeing the Black bishop} 22...exd6 23.exd6 Bxb2 24.Rab1 Nbxa4 25.Rfe1 Rd8 26.Re7 Bf6 27.Rc7 Ne6 28.d7 {Bg3 Nc7; dc Rc8; Rb8 Fritz likes Be5 Be5; Ne5 Rd6; Rf7 with the other rook threatening mate} 28...Nxf4 {A free piece, but Nc7 Bc7; Rd7 looks a lot simpler.} 29.Rc8 Ne6 30.Re1 Nac5 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Ne5 {Black offered a draw, Bc7 and after the trade the pawn falls and Black is for choice. Count the pawns.} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.