October, 2020 Club Games Download 2020.10.06 Games Here Download 2020.10.13 Games Here [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/S9LZaAxB"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Newman, Steve, quassialeaf"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "000"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/180; 5"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bc5 {This is not correct. Fritz suggests Nc6 or g5; Bg3 Nc6; Nf3 Bg7} 5. e3 d6 6. h3 {Fritz considers this a blunder. He prefers just Nf3 or ed.} Nxe5 7. Bxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O+ Ke7 {It is safe to say that Black has lost the opening battle.} 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nf3 f6 13. a3 a5 14. Na4 Ba7 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nb3 b5 17. cxb5 {A game-losing blunder. Nc3 is forced when bc; Na5 Be3+; fe Ra5 leaves Black a comfortable pawn ahead.} Bxb3 18. Nc3 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Rac8 20. Bg4 Rhd8 21. Kb1 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Bc5 23. Nc3 Rb8 24. Ka2 Nb6 25. Ne4 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Bd6 27. Bb3 a4 28. Bc2 Nc4 29. Bxa4 Rxb2+ 30. Ka1 Bxa3 31. Nc3 Rxf2 32. Bb3 Bb2+ 33. Kb1 Rf1+ 34. Kc2 Rc1+ 35. Kd3 Rxc3+ 36. Ke4 Rxb3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Mo7ZcNsk"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "2"] [White "JosephOAlford"] [Black "Newman, Steve, quassialeaf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "000"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2020.19.13"] [TimeControl "G/180; 5"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Bc5 {Fritz says this is definitely bad. He suggests Nh6} 7. d4 Nf6 {Be7} 8. dxc5 Nxe4 9. Qe1 Ng3+ 10. Kg1 Nf5 11. Ng6+ {Often the best way to get out of check is to capture the checking piece. Qe1 is mate for Black! Actually, Fritz says it is mate in 5 since White can interpose with Bf1} Kd8 12. Nxh4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/scYftak0"] [Date "2020.10.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Newman, Steve, quassialeaf"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "000"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2020.10.13"] [TimeControl "G/180; 5"] 1. e4 {This was the best of the three games played 10/13.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 {The general rule is knights before bishops because knights travel slower and you want both to end up in the same place at the same time. Fritz points out that now cd; ed Nd4 wins a pawn.} Qb6 6. Nf3 {Here Fritz likes dc Bc5; Qe2} cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ {Black often plays Bd7 in such positions to avoid Nd4; Nd4 Qd4; Bb5+ which wins the Black queen.} 8. Nbd2 Nge7 {Nd4 is playable now} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 f6 11. exf6 {This helps Black develop. Fritz suggests a3} Rxf6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bc2 e5 14. Bg5 Rf7 15. Re1 {de is better. Now Black locks the center and frees his bishop to attack.} e4 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne5 {Ng5 would be better with the threat of Qh5 to follow. This opens an attack on f2} Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxf2 19. Kh1 Be6 {Fritz says Qg6 first. Get the queen into the attack.} 20. Nd4 Raf8 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. h3 Qxe5 23. Bb3 Qg5 {That’s a mistake only in the sense that e3 or Kh8 would be stronger.} 24. Rg1 Rxb2 25. Ba2 {Ra2 is better.} Rff2 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. a4 Rxa4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "2020.10"] [Site "https://lichess.org/ZdivXyWf"] [Date "2020.10.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Erickson, Darren, LaughingVulcan"] [Black "Newman, Steven, quassialeaf"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "826"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2020.10.05"] [TimeControl "G/60; 5"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {Nc3 threatens nothing since the d-pawn is already protected. c4 is a better attempt to attack the center.} Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 {Fritz says this is a mistake because White can now take the c-pawn and hold it.} 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Bf5 {Black wants his bishop outside the pawn chain, but e6 or Rc8 would develop a new piece.} 8. Re1 e6 9. a3 Bd6 10. g3 {attempting to protect h2, White fatally weakens the king-side. h3 was correct. Fritz has also suggested dc for several moves.} Bg4 11. Na4 {That’s a disaster. Black’s reply is good, but Ne4 (heading for g5) is much better. White could play e4 or Kg2 with h3 to follow.} c4 12. b3 O-O 13. bxc4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nb1 {White’s army has returned to barracks! e4 bc; e5} Ne4 17. Nbd2 {Defending f3 against the threatened Ng5, White loses his queen. Bb2 was needed.} Nc3 18. a4 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 f5 20. Bb2 g5 21. Re1 Bh3 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 g4 24. Nb3 Qc7 25. Nd4 {Protecting c2 and threatening Ne6, But Qe5; protects e6 and threatens Qe4 with Qg2 coming.} Ra5 26. Ra2 Qxe5 27. Nc6 {So White gets to fork the other rook, but that doesn’t stop the mate} Qe4 28. Nxa5 Qg2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
