[Event "BNAK 2021.01.05 Simul"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/j9hwewd0"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Ramkumar, Gautham, niranjanadevi"]
[Black "JosephOAlford"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "984"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.01.05"]
[TimeControl "G/30; 5"]

1. e4 d6 {In this simul, all of my games used the same defense, a king-side fianchetto.  I want to play Nf6 without worrying about e5.  The problem with my opening choice, I quickly found, was that I normally play a very open game and this opening gives a closed game.  I am much less comfortable with closed games, and lost two of these on time.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. d4 b5 10. Bd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd4 12. Bxd4 {Nd4  White should not let Black trade knight for bishop.} Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nc3 {This loses the e-pawn.  Fritz says Qd3 or f3.} b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. c3 e6 17. Ne3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxe4 19. f3 Bb7 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. Rfd1 d5 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. Qa4 {Nd4} Bb7 {Fritz says this is good, but Rc8 (either) is much better.} 24. Nd4 Qxc3 25. Nec2 Rfc8 26. Rac1 Bxd4+ {Rc4 is even better, says Fritz.} 27. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rb1 Ba6 31. Rb6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Bc4 33. Rc6 Ra1 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Ra8 Rxa2 36. Nc6 a4 37. Nb4 Rb2 {Trading the a-pawn for the g-pawn.} 38. Nc6 Bf1 39. Ne5 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Re2 41. f4 Bg2+ 42. Kg1 Be4 43. Ra7 Rg2+ 44. Kf1 Ra2 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Ke1 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "BNAK 2021.01.05 Simul"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/rOsQYDPG"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Bayyarapu, Srihit, srihitchess"]
[Black "JosephOAlford"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "890"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2021.01.05"]
[TimeControl "G/30; 5"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 {Nc3, of course. Black should take the e-pawn.} g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Bd3 c5 {Protecting the knight from b4, but I was hoping White would exchange to bring my knight back to the center.} 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {Black's knight looks good in the center, but White's bishop is his best attacking piece.  Fritz calls for Bh6} Bxe5 15. f4 Bg7 16. f5 {Rab. White has no attack and this gives Black a chance to win a pawn.} Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qxb2 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne7+ {f6 ed; fg Kg7} Kh8 20. Rab1 Qxa2 21. fxg6 {Black ran out of time.  My time on each board continued to tick down while I played the other games.  Obviously, I did not give myself enough time. These young players are getting stronger every time we play.} 1-0

[Event "BNAK 2021.01.05 Simul"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/WW2sQNdT"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Upadhyay, Anshuman, FirstCamel"]
[Black "JosephOAlford"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "832"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2021.01.05"]
[TimeControl "G/30; 5"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 {Be3.  The pawn move weakens the long diagonal} Na5 8. Qd3 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 c6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. h3 {Fritz says Nd2.  Now White must either give up the d-pawn or break his castle.} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxd4 14. Rad1 Bg7 15. Rfe1 Ne5 16. Qg3 b5 17. Ne2 Qa5 {I forgot that I intended to play Nf3+ trading the knight for the bishop.} 18. a3 c5 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Nc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ f6 24. Nf4 Rfc8 25. Nd5 a5 {Mouse slip? Black continued to mate on move 76} 1-0

[Event "BNAK 2021.01.05 Simul"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/s78c4d8p"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Lavanur, Mahendra, MLavanur"]
[Black "JosephOAlford"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "764"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.01.05"]
[TimeControl "G/30; 5"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Qe2 c5 8. d5 {White has an advantage in development.  He wants open lines.  Thus cd or e5.} a6 9. O-O {a4 to protect the bishop} b5 10. Bxb5 {Better to take with the knight and keep the more active bishop.} axb5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. a4 Ne8 13. Rab1 Nc7 14. c4 Bc8 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. b3 Ba6 17. Rfc1 Rfb8 18. Nd2 Rb7 19. f3 Rab8 20. h3 Qa5 21. Bh2 {The bishop wants to be able to protect the knight.  Fritz suggests Be3 or Rf1 preparing to shift attention to the king-side.} Bc3 22. Rd1 {Bf4} Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxb3 25. Rbd1 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 27. Kf2 Bxc4 28. Rc2 Bb3 29. Re2 Bxa4 30. Ra2 Nb6 31. Kg3 Kg7 32. h4 c4 33. Kg4 c3 0-1

[Event "BNAK 2021.01.05 Simul"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/L0enJ3Um"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Pravakaran, Ishanth, IshanthP"]
[Black "JosephOAlford"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "699"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.01.05"]
[TimeControl "G/30; 5"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. Bd4 {Fritz likes h3 to prevent the pin} c5 11. Bxf6 {Be3 is equal, says Fritz.  Trading a bishop for a knight is generally not a good idea.} Bxf6 12. h3 Be6 13. Qd2 b5 14. Ne2 {Fritz likes Ra2 with Rfa to follow. Now Black should take the b-pawn.} b4 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qb6 {Attack the
weakness.} 17. Rab1 {Fritz points out that the other rook wasn't doing anything.  This rook was attacking on the half-open file.} a5 18. c4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Nc1 {d4 White is falling into a position where his pieces are locked down.} Ra3 21. h4 {The battle is on the other side of the board.  Rd1 or d4 cd; Rd1} Rfa8 22. Ne2 Bg4 {winning the h-pawn, but now White's game
falls apart} 23. Rb2 Bxb2 24. g3 Bxf3 25. Nf4 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27. Kh2 Rh1#
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