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August 2020 Club Games

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August 2020 Bloomington Normal Chess Club Games
August was a slow month. Just a few games each week.

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[Event "2020.08.06"] [Site "https://lichess.org/o3aXexnC"] [Date "2020.08.31"] [Round "0"] [White "Bafna, Mihir, MBafna"] [Black "Alford, Joseph, JosephOAlford"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "1828"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 {Fritz says this is the bad move. 0-0 is ok or a6.} 6. d4 a6 {That blunders a piece since White can trade his attacked piece while Black cannot. I continued to play to distract Mihir from the other game he was playing simultaneously against Steve Newman.} 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. dxc5 Nxe4 9. cxd6 cxd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 e4 12. Nd4 {Good enough. Fritz says Nd6+ Ke7; Nc8+ and then Nd4.} d5 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. N4e5 Bb7 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. Nd3 Qe7 19. Nb4 Nh5 20. Be3 f5 { Clearly, not operating at peak efficiency today. I resigned.} 21. Nxf5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08.06"] [Site "https://lichess.org/1jiV9i9Z"] [Date "2020.08.31"] [Round "0"] [White "Bafna, Mihir, MBafna"] [Black "Newman, Steven, quassialeaf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1828"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G60; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {c6 or e6 now or next move. White threatens Qb3.} 4. Bg5 h6 {c6 or c6 or dc. Fritz would also accept Ne4. Now Black loses the d-pawn.} 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. cxd5 c6 {Get some development for the pawn.} 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. e4 Bg6 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bb5 Qb6 11. d5 O-O-O 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. O-O Kb8 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rab1 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Qa4 Nc6 19. a3 Bc5 20. b4 Bb6 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Qb3 Bh5 25. Be2 Qg6 26. Bxh5 Qxh5 27. Rd7 Rcf8 {And that loses.} 28. Qd5 Rc8 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08"] [Site "https://lichess.org/iWavX2uy"] [Date "2020.08.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Mihir Bafna, MBafna"] [Black "Jeff Smith, UKWildcat"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1828"] [BlackElo "1435"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d3 Bd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Nf1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Ng3 d5 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bd5 15. Qg4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd7 17. O-O O-O 18. Re1 Bd6 19. d4 Rae8 {ed allows Be4 but then Ne5. Also interesting is ed; cd Nd4; Bh7+ Kh7; Qd3+ Kg8; Qd4 Bh2+ and White loses the queen. Fritz says that’s not what’s going on at all. ed is met by Bf5 (note the queen must defend c6) Rae; Bg5 Re6; Qg4 Rfe; Be6} 20. Bg5 exd4 21. Be4 Ne5 {Fritz still says Bf5} 22. Qh5 f5 23. Bd5+ Nf7 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. cxd4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Kf1 Kd7 {Black won on time?} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "2020.08"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ssGOm5Ul"] [Date "2020.08.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Steve Newman, quassialeaf"] [Black "Darren Erickson, LaughingVulcan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] [BlackElo "826"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O {Fritz says Bb6 or d6} 10. e5 Ne8 11. Ba3 d6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Nd2 dxe5 {Black is desperate to break out of the bind, but this loses material. Bb6} 14. Qxe5 Bb6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6 Nd6 {Perhaps Qf6. You should not trade when you are behind, but the White king is in serious danger.} 18. Nf3 a5 {Qe8 White, being ahead, should trade, but that would develop Black’s last piece.} 19. Ne5 g6 20. Rxd6 {A sacrifice to remove the defender of f7. Qe7 was needed.} cxd6 21. Qf7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "August 2020 Club Games"] [Site "https://lichess.org/DzWtv4S1"] [Date "2020.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Bafna, Mihir"] [Black "Blumberg, Luke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1828"] [BlackElo "1270"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; inc 5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 d4 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Ngf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Qd6 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nh4 Nge7 {Fritz prefers to block Qg4+ by placing the Black queen on either d7 or e6} 14. f4 {Qg4+ Qe6; Qg7 Rdg} exf4 15. gxf4 Qh6 16. Qg4+ Qe6 17. f5 {Again rejecting Qg7} Qf6 18. Nf3 Kb8 {Avoiding e5 followed by f6+} 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf3 Ng8 22. Rg3 Nf6 23. Qh4 {The g-pawn is still safe: Qg7 Rdg wins White’s rook} g6 24. Rf1 Nh5 25. Rgf3 Qf6 {losing. Rdg. Fritz likes c6 or f6} 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. fxg6 Nh5 28. gxh7 {I thought that was a clever way to come to and ending with two extra passed pawns. Fritz does not like the move, prefering gf or a4} Rxh7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Rg8 31. Kf2 c6 32. Bf3 Ng7 33. Bg4 Ne8 34. e5 c5 {Allowing the double attack on b7 would be a losing move except that Black is already lost. Bd8 does not stop the e-pawn.} 35. Bf3 {Good, but Fritz prefers just advancing the e-pawn to win another piece.} Nc7 36. h4 Ne6 37. Rxb7+ Kc8 38. Rf7 Rh8 39. Bg4 Re8 40. h5 Kb8 41. h6 Ng5 42. Rf5 Nh7 43. Bh5 Re6 44. Bf7 Rxh6 45. e6 Kc7 {Bd8 or Rf6, neither good enough} 46. e7 Nf6 47. Rxf6 Rxf6+ 48. Kg3 Rxf7 49. e8=Q Rd7 50. Qe5+ Kc6 51. Qe6+ Rd6 52. Qc8+ Kd5 53. Qb7+ Ke6 54. Kf4 Rd7 55. Qe4+ Kd6 56. Qe5+ Kc6 57. Qe8 Kd6 58. Kf5 Kc7 59. Ke5 Rd8 60. Qb5 Rh8 61. bxc5 Rh5+ 62. Kxd4 Rh4+ {If either piece takes on c5 then White just recaptures with the queen.} 63. Kc3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "August 2020 Club Games"] [Site "https://lichess.org/FQJNe4gQ"] [Date "2020.08.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Newman, Steven"] [Black "Smith, Jeff"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [BlackElo "1435"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bf4 {Fritz says that’s an error. Black can respond d5; Bd3 Bb4} Nc6 12. c3 d5 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Ne7 19. Rh1 {Fritz likes Bf4 to trade off the dangerous Black bishop.} Nf5 20. f4 Nh4+ 21. Kf1 c6 22. Be2 {Fritz prefers Qd1 or Qe2 heading for g4.} Qf5 23. Bg4 Qg6 {Qe4, says Fritz. Now Black could play Rg1 and f5 with some counter-chances, though still a bad game.} 24. Re1 f5 25. Bd1 Qg2+ 26. Ke2 Qf3+ {The queen checks are not necessary. Fritz says Nf3 or Bf4} 27. Kd3 Qe4+ 28. Ke2 Qf3+ 29. Kd3 Qe4+ 30. Ke2 Bxf4 31. Ref1 Bh6 32. f4 {Cutting off one attacker, White makes room for another.} Ng2 33. Bc2 Qe6 34. Kf2 Nxe3 35. Re1 Bxf4 36. Re2 Qh6 37. Qd3 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qg3+ 39. Rg2 Qxg2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "August 2020 Club Games"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NXY7oMLi"] [Date "2020.08.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Bhamidip, Nishant"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1448"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 {Bf5. The development of Black’s QB is one of the problems in this opening. Black does not solve that problem here.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 {Bd6 White means to occupy e5. Black does not challenge that plan until much too late.} 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Qb6 9. Rb1 c4 10. Bc2 Nh5 11. Bh2 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 {g6 or Nhf6. Now Black loses material.} 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxh5+ Kg8 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qa5 {Qc7 to protect the king-side.} 17. a3 b5 {Way too slow. Black is getting mated.} 18. Nf3 f6 {Desperation.} 19. Nh4 fxe5 {Last chance for Qc7, but now that’s not good enough. The same attack as in the game should win.} 20. Ng6 Rf6 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Nxe5+ Ke7 23. Nc6+ {Nice game by Nishant.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "August 2020 Club Games"] [Site "https://lichess.org/tNxqsNTQ"] [Date "2020.08.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Newman, Steven"] [Black "Kumar, Prithiv"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [BlackElo "1387"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2020.08.13"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 {Apparently, White lost on time. There is a comment about lost connection.} 11. O-O-O {Fritz says this gives Black a slight edge. He likes Nd5 Nd5; ed Bd5; Bh7+ Kh7; Qd5 with a slight advantage to White.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "August 2020 Club Games"] [Site "https://lichess.org/4RTr7hV4"] [Date "2020.08.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Bafna, Mihir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "1828"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. d5 Ne7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Bd3 {Fritz prefers d6. Now Black should trade on d5 and then play d6} d6 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Be3 e5 13. Nh4 Nxh4 14. Qh5+ Ng6 {Kd7 is slightly better, per Fritz} 15. Bxg6+ Ke7 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. O-O-O Qe8 18. Qh4 Kd7 19. Qg4+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "August 2020 Club Games"] [Site "https://lichess.org/FydSED5M"] [Date "2020.08.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Newman, Steve"] [Black "Smith, Jeff"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [BlackElo "1435"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2020.08.06"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bf4 e6 6. Ne5 {e3 is a better way to protect c4. Do not move a piece a second time before you have developed every piece.} Nbd7 7. e3 Bb4 8. f3 Nh5 9. g4 Nxf4 10. exf4 Bg6 11. f5 {White has made too many pawn moves. This one loses a pawn. Also, his king is exposed.} exf5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2+ Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 fxg4 17. fxg4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nb6 19. Rde1+ Kf8 20. Bb3 a5 21. Rhf1 f6 22. Re2 a4 23. Be6 Re8 24. Rfe1 Rh3 {That’s an error. Fritz suggests Rb2 as a response. Black cannot take on c3 because Kd2 attacks two pieces. Instead of Rh3 Fritz likes both Nd5 and N-a8-c7} 25. Kd2 Na8 26. a3 {the a- and c-pawns are ging to be targets for the knight. I like Bc4 heading for d3 or g5 R-moves; gf} Nc7 27. Ba2 {Bc4 to keep the knight back.} Rxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Nb5 29. Bb1 Nxc3 30. Bxg6 {Threatening mate, but it is Black’s move} Nxe2 31. Kxe2 Rxa3 32. h4 Rh3 33. h5 a3 34. Bb1 Rg3 {a2; Ba2 Rh2+ wins the bishop. Or Rb3 forces the pawn in.} 35. Bf5 a2 36. Kf2 Ra3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.