December 2020 Club Games Download 2020.12.14 Games Here Download 2020.12.21 Games Here [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/i319d33H"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "3"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Dane_Sorensen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "000"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2020.12.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;10"] 1. e4 {First, I played a simul taking White in both games} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 {Fritz prefers Qd4, which I have played before. But last year I read a book about Lasker which said he prefered this move with Nf5 to come.} Nf6 8. Re1 {Fritz gives several lines beginning e5 Be5; Re1 with White getting the pawn back (Black getting the piece back?). Re1 is second choice and I like it better.} Be5 9. c3 O-O 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qd2 Bxd4+ 12. cxd4 Re8 13. e5 {Nc3 is probably better. This gives the black knight a nice central square. Fritz says Nc3 is equal and e5 favors Black slightly.} Nd5 14. Nc3 b5 15. h3 Bh5 {Noah’s Ark: the bishop will be devoured by pawns. It had to retreat along the other diagonal.} 16. g4 b4 {You attack mine, I’ll attack yours. This only works if mine can’t be traded away.} 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. gxh5 a5 19. Qg2 Kh8 20. f5 Rg8 21. Kh1 {Avoiding an embarrasing pin and opening g1 for the rook.} Qh4 22. Bg5 {I almost played Qg4 protecting all the pawns – and losing the rook!} Qxd4 23. Rad1 {Completing development, but Fritz says h6 is a killer: h6 Qb6 (to take the checking bishop); e6 (to block off the queen)} Qc5 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. e6 f6 {Fritz says h6 is again a killer. h6 fg; hg+ Rg7; Rd8+ winning the queen.} 26. Bh4 g6 {ouch! Don’t open the windows in a storm. Fritz says Qc4 attacking the bishop or h6 to block out all attacks based on White playing h6} 27. Bxf6+ Rg7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. hxg6 {Rd7+ now wins the queen. I was looking for a checkmate using queen and e1 rook.} hxg6 30. Rd7+ Qxd7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RELWdmXG"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "3"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Newman, Steve, quassialeaf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "000"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2020.12.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 exd4 6. Re1 d5 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 {I drew a complete blank here. I play the Black side of this all the time with Bd6 as the 7th move. I have often considered Bc5, but I don’t remember ever playing it and I did not remember what to respond. Be3 favors Black after Bd4; Qd4 0-0 with an extra pawn. Both Nc6 and Bc6 still leave White with an edge.} O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Nc3 {I considered Bd5 Rb2; Bf7+ Kf7; Qh5+ picking off the knight, but I considered the developing move to be more promising. Fritz disagrees.} Rxb2 13. Nxd5 Kh8 {Fritz likes the developing move Be6} 14. Qh5 {And Fritz is not impressed by this attack. Now Qd6; Re8 (which I would not have seen) Re8; Be8 Rc2; Bf7 favors Black.} Ne6 {Of course not g6; Qe5+} 15. Rad1 {Yes, Fritz, Ne3 protects everything. But there is something to be said for threatening the enemy queen.} Rxc2 16. Nb4 Rc5 {You attack mine, I’ll attack yours. Except that mine has buddies more developed. Fritz points out that Black is better after Rd2. The text loses a piece.} 17. Rxd8 Rxh5 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19. Re8 Kg8 20. Rxc8 Ra5 {Fritz prefers Rc5 (threatening mate) with a5 to follow which wins back a piece. Except that it doesn’t since White plays Nd5 threatening Ne7+} 21. g3 {The only way I lose this game is if I fall into a back-rank mate. So, let’s make sure that does not happen.} h5 22. Nd5 Rxa2 {g6 saves the piece.} 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Rxf8 a5 25. Be4+ Kh6 26. h4 {mating net} Re2 27. Rh8# 1-0 [pgn navigation_board=floatLeft show_move_arrow=no] [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7eGgpiF6"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Dane_Sorensen"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "000"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2020.12.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;10"] 1. e4 {Next, I played a simul taking Black in both games} e5 2. Nc3 {Nf3. White has an advantage in the opening because he moves first. He threatens and Black has to defend. Nc3 does not threaten anything, so White has given up his first more advantage.} Nf6 3. Qf3 {Nc3 was weak. This is much weaker. Premature development of the queen will just get it chased with free developing moves for the opponent.} Nc6 4. Bc4 Nd4 5. Qg3 { Qd1 is forced} Nxc2+ 6. Kf1 Nxa1 7. Qd3 {White will now spend a bunch of moves winning the knight. Meanwhile Black will take control of the center of the board.} Bb4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 O-O 10. Qd3 c6 11. Qb1 d5 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 {wrong pawn. This opens the f-file with White’s king at the end of it.} Bxf5 14. Qxa1 Qf6 15. g4 {Clearly not seeing the threat to f2, but it is much too late to do anything.} Bxg4 16. f3 e4 {pile up on the pinned piece} 17. Ke1 exf3 18. Bd3 f2+ 19. Kf1 fxg1=Q+ 20. Kxg1 Qf2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "JosephOAlford simul"] [Site "https://lichess.org/FOYPfaD8"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Newman, Steve, quasialeaf"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C21"] [WhiteElo "000"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2020.12.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;10"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 {Qd4 Nc6 lets Black develop with tempo.} Nf6 4. e5 d5 5. exf6 dxc4 6. Qe2+ {The main line runs fg Bg7 and Black’s 0-0 looks bad, but proves to be very solid.} Be6 7. Nf3 Qxf6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 d3 10. cxd3 cxd3 11. Qd2 Qg6 12. a3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 Qf5 15. f4 O-O 16. g4 Qe4 17. Nc3 Qd4+ 18. Rf2 Rfd8 19. h3 f6 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. f5 Bc4 22. Re1 Re8 23. Nd1 Nd5 24. Nd4 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Re8 26. Ne6 Nb6 27. Qd2 Bxe6 28. fxe6 Rxe6 29. Rf3 Rd6 {Fritz likes Re2 which forces the queen to retreat because Qd3 loses to Re1+ and RxN} 30. b3 c5 31. Ne3 Qc6 32. Kf2 c4 33. Nf5 c3 34. Qa2 Qc5+ {I did see the b4 discovered check and I did see NxR. I thought he was going to get mated before either could happen} 35. Re3 c2 {Black is still winning, says Fritz, but Rd8 was much safer.}36. b4+ Qc4 37. Re8+ {I did not see that the rook was no longer pinned. Black is now lost.} Kf7 38. Nxd6+ Kg6 39. Nxc4 c1=Q 40. Ne5+ Kh6 41. g5+ Kh5 42. Qf7+ g6 43. Qxh7+ Kxg5 44. Qxg6+ Kf4 45. Qg4# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/RB6IRKVV"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Dane_Sorensen"] [Black "Erickson, Darren, LaughingVulcan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "000"] [BlackElo "826"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2020.12.07"] [TimeControl "G/60;10"] 1. e4 {While I was losing my last game, Dane and Darren contested a game} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Bc5 {Fritz says this just lets White develop with tempo. He suggests d5 or d6 fighting for the center.} 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. Bxf4 {White has won the opening. He has the King’s Gambit open file and extra development without the pawn sacrifice.} d6 9. O-O dxe5 10. Bg5 {Why not just take the pawn with either piece?} f6 11. Bh4 Be6 {Trades benefit the defender.} 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Kh1 O-O-O 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 {Qe2} Rxd1 17. Raxd1 fxe5 {g5 first} 18. Rd8# {I think we both lost this game. Yep.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2020.12.14"] [Site "https://lichess.org/13xjhEsI"] [Date "2020.12.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Smith, Jeff, UKWildcat"] [Black "allies, Sorensen & Newman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "1435"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2020.12.07"] [TimeControl "G/30; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5 {Since White has not played Nf3, Black often responds here with Qh4+} 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 {Fritz has Black with a slight plus (extra pawn) after either Nc6 or Qe7. Now it shows White with a slight plus.} 6. Qh5 Nh6 {Logical, but very bad. Qe7 would allow Black to protect g5 with h6. Fritz likes Qd7; Qh5 Bd4.} 7. Nf3 {h4, says Fritz} Bg4 8. Qxg5 Qxg5 {Trades normally help the defender. Not so, here. 0-0 looks like the best chance.} 9. Nxg5 Bxd4 {Fritz says Black is out of most of the difficulties. Nc6 was better here, but Bd4 is 2nd choice for the machine.} 10. h3 Bd7 {Fritz would rather trade on c3 first, but this is 2nd choice.} 11. Nd5 Kd8 {Fritz says Kd8 is better than my choice of Bb6} 12. Bxf4 f6 {Losing a piece. Black has too many loose pieces. Nc6 was better.} 13. Nf3 Be5 14. Bxh6 Bg3+ 15. Ke2 f5 {Nc6} 16. Bg5+ Ke8 {Kc8; Ne7+ Kd8; Ng6+ just loses the other rook.} 17. Nxc7+ Kf8 18. Nxa8 fxe4 19. Nd4 Kg7 20. Rhf1 Kg6 21. h4 Bg4+ 22. Kd2 Nd7 23. Nc7 Rc8 24. Bf7+ Kg7 25. Nce6+ Kh8 26. Bh6 Be5 27. c3 Bxd4 {That bishop is preventing mate. Probably don’t want to trade it.} 28. Nxd4 {cd threatens Bg7 mate which forces Be6; Be6 Rd8; Bd7 Rd7; Rf8 mate} Ne5 {Black is rook and piece behind. Resignation is in order.} 29. Be6 Bxe6 30. Nxe6 Nc4+ 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Rf8+ Rxf8 33. Nxf8 e3 34. Bxe3 Nxe3 35. Kxe3 Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kg6 37. Rd1 h5 38. Rxd6 a5 39. Nd8+ Kf5 40. Nxb7 Kg4 41. Rd4+ Kg3 42. Rd5 Kxg2 43. Rxh5 Kh3 44. Rxa5 Kxh4 45. c4 Kg4 46. c5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
