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[Event "Tuesday Night Marathon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2014.7.1"] [Round "6"] [White "Peter Sherwood"] [Black "Nagle"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteELO "1797"] [BlackELO "1402"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 {prepping d4} 7... b5 8. Bc2 {unusual move? maybe good for White since this gives me no shortage of trouble as the game evolves. better than the f8-a2 diagonal?} 8... Bb7 9. d4 d6 10. Nbd2 exd4 {right idea? i didn't know. i just wanted more space for my pieces.} 11. cxd4 Re8 {allowing Bf8 later? I saw this in a few high-level Ruy games I'd gone over. Maybe a bizarre idea development wise.} 12. Nf1 {Had also seen this before in those games. Prepping Ng3} 12... d5 {Good lord. I thought I might get somewhere with a plan of Nb4, c5, break open the center. Instead I just lock up my poor b7 bishop for most of the game. I don't know what the right idea was here, and that really interests me. I don't think this was it.} 13. e5 {Played without a thought. } 13... Nd7 14. Ng3 Nb6 {Where is the piece going? c4? Having trouble finding a good ideal square for my this piece. At this point I wished I'd done more opening prep., since I knew it'd be a Ruy game. I can't figure out Black's plan.} 15. Nf5 Bf8 {Crazy? Dunno. Alternatives I saw were Bb4, but this accelerates Re3 and doesn't seem a stable post, or just letting him take. I thought fairly open board, try to keep the bishops.} 16. Ng5 {I really didn't see where this was going.} 16... f6 {Good move? Bad move? I don't know. I completely missed White's next move. I just thought, hey! It'll give me some space.} 17. Nxh7 {UH OH. I did not see this coming. I am now aware that both of his bishops, both of his knights, and his queen are pointing at my king, and meanwhile three of my pieces are stuck queenside. This seems pretty bad.} 17... Ne7 {Try to reduce the number of attacking pieces. Down to ... 4. sad face.} 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 {How to recapture? I think this was wrong. Now he has Bg6 and I lose the exchange. } 19. e6 {This is difficult for me, but was it White's best move? My intuition would be to just shuttle all his pieces over to the open kingside and just start squeezing. } 19... Bd6 {I think maybe one day I can use the open h file. Who knows.} 20. Qh5 Qe7 {forced? I dunno. Qf7+ looked grim, as did say Qg6 followed by Bh6. I figured my plan was to trade queens as fast as I could and hope I didn't lose too much or get mated on the way.} 21. Ng5 {Definitely can't take it. after f x g5, White has B x g5 forcing the queen to f8 and leaving mate on h7. Still, I was surprised white didn't go for the Qg6 / Bh6 plan, especially with my dark squared bishop off of f8. } 21... g6 {Also forced? I need to cover h7 somehow.} 22. Qxg6+ {This feels merciful. After Bxg6 I again felt like I was at least losing the exchange.} 22... Qg7 23. Nh7 Qxg6 {Thank god. I felt greatly relieved to have gotten the queens off the board. I'm 2 pawns down, but somehow I feel like I made progress. Maybe delusional, but a helpful delusion!} 24. Bxg6 Re7 {If Nxf6, then I can play Kg7, which I think wins material? After the game my opponent said he missed that. Also, I have 2 minutes here while he has 30+, which remains until we hit move 30.} 25. f4 Rxh7 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. f5 {sigh. that looks bad.} 27... Kg7 {clearing the h file for the rook.} 28. Bd2 Re8 {...but first I wanted to play Nc8 - Ne7, and just make sure I could stop that pawn from advancing any further.} 29. g4 Nc8 30. Rad1 Rh8 31. Re2 Ne7 32. Rf1 {guarding the f pawn while going for g5. Somehow I thought this threatened gxf6, with the rook supporting f5, forking king and knight, but I missed that the rook was blocked by f5.} 32... Rh4 {I thought I might have something clever here by prompting him to play Rg2, and then after ...c5 and say, dxc5, ...Bxc5, Kh1, ...d4! and I pin the g2 Rook to the King. So I get him to play Rg2.} 33. Rg2 c5 34. Be3 {So here I feel like I could take (...cxd4), but I just feel like with two rooks on the board, there's no way I can hold the position down, and he's going to get in and finally be able to release the e pawn. So, I commit a sin towards my light square bishop and play c4.} 34... c4 35. Bf4 {I considered Bb4, but after a3, where is the piece going? I guess b6 was a home I didn't consider. Also, I've spent most of my 30 minutes from time control (its 47 to 12 minutes here) and I feel like my brain could benefit from just simplifying (so I can actually calculate.)} 35... Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Kf8 {Wanted to get the king off the g file. Also thought maybe Nxf5 had something, but then I realized he can just take with the f4 rook. } 37. Rgf2 Rh3 {Threatening to get into the position.} 38. R2f3 Rxf3 {I take it. The simplifying when down on time instinct. It doesn't seem terrible for me. } 39. Rxf3 Kg7 {Who knows what the king is doing. I guess making sure the incoming h / g pawns don't get too far.} 40. h4 Bc6 {Trying to get this poor piece active, either via ...Be8 or by moving pawns on the queenside.} 41. Kf2 a5 42. Ke3 b4 {This comes in handy later. I was just trying to free my bishop and wasn't thinking about queening.} 43. Kf4 Ba4 44. g5 {so many white pawns on the kingside...} 44... Bc2 {Considered ...Nxf5 here. I saw that after KxN, I had Bc2, and thought I could force the King to g4, and play ...Bd1 trapping the rook. But I wasn't convinced I could keep it, after gxf6 and a possible rook check. Looking at it now, White can just play Kf4 and is fine. Bc2 seemed simpler.} 45. Ke3 Nxf5+ {I can't tell if removing the e7 blockade is crazy, but I feel like I have to get rid of some kingside pawns.} 46. Rxf5 {This seems like a mistake in hindsight. He must have thought he could promote here.} 46... Bxf5 47. e7 {To my astonishment, I find I'm up a piece and down one pawn here. It's just a matter of stopping the promotion threats.} 47... Bd7 {I considered ...Kf7, but I wasn't convinced it would hold, whereas ...Bd7 seemed safe.} 48. Kf4 fxg5+ {simplifying instinct. so many pawns. Also, if he can protect f6 and play gxf6, that seems horrible.} 49. Kxg5 {here I am stunned to realize this looks like a won endgame for black. I am surprised to find how helpful the queenside pawn moves were, given that I had just been trying to free my light squared bishop.} 49... c3 50. h5 cxb2 51. h6+ Kh7 52. Kf6 b1=Q 53. Kf7 Qf5# {the last few moves I had 10 seconds on the clock, and was playing on increment, but once I saw that I could promote the c pawn I felt like things looked pretty good. so they did!} 0-1

#12642 by Nagle

03:10, July 02, 2014 by Nagle

[Event "Tuesday Night Marathon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2014.7.1"] [Round "6"] [White "Peter Sherwood"] [Black "Nagle"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteELO "1797"] [BlackELO "1402"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 {prepping d4} 7... b5 8. Bc2 {unusual move? maybe good for White since this gives me no shortage of trouble as the game evolves. better than the f8-a2 diagonal?} 8... Bb7 9. d4 d6 10. Nbd2 exd4 {right idea? i didn't know. i just wanted more space for my pieces.} 11. cxd4 Re8 {allowing Bf8 later? I saw this in a few high-level Ruy games I'd gone over. Maybe a bizarre idea development wise.} 12. Nf1 {Had also seen this before in those games. Prepping Ng3} 12... d5 {Good lord. I thought I might get somewhere with a plan of Nb4, c5, break open the center. Instead I just lock up my poor b7 bishop for most of the game. I don't know what the right idea was here, and that really interests me. I don't think this was it.} 13. e5 {Played without a thought. } 13... Nd7 14. Ng3 Nb6 {Where is the piece going? c4? Having trouble finding a good ideal square for my this piece. At this point I wished I'd done more opening prep., since I knew it'd be a Ruy game. I can't figure out Black's plan.} 15. Nf5 Bf8 {Crazy? Dunno. Alternatives I saw were Bb4, but this accelerates Re3 and doesn't seem a stable post, or just letting him take. I thought fairly open board, try to keep the bishops.} 16. Ng5 {I really didn't see where this was going.} 16... f6 {Good move? Bad move? I don't know. I completely missed White's next move. I just thought, hey! It'll give me some space.} 17. Nxh7 {UH OH. I did not see this coming. I am now aware that both of his bishops, both of his knights, and his queen are pointing at my king, and meanwhile three of my pieces are stuck queenside. This seems pretty bad.} 17... Ne7 {Try to reduce the number of attacking pieces. Down to ... 4. sad face.} 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 {How to recapture? I think this was wrong. Now he has Bg6 and I lose the exchange. } 19. e6 {This is difficult for me, but was it White's best move? My intuition would be to just shuttle all his pieces over to the open kingside and just start squeezing. } 19... Bd6 {I think maybe one day I can use the open h file. Who knows.} 20. Qh5 Qe7 {forced? I dunno. Qf7+ looked grim, as did say Qg6 followed by Bh6. I figured my plan was to trade queens as fast as I could and hope I didn't lose too much or get mated on the way.} 21. Ng5 {Definitely can't take it. after f x g5, White has B x g5 forcing the queen to f8 and leaving mate on h7. Still, I was surprised white didn't go for the Qg6 / Bh6 plan, especially with my dark squared bishop off of f8. } 21... g6 {Also forced? I need to cover h7 somehow.} 22. Qxg6+ {This feels merciful. After Bxg6 I again felt like I was at least losing the exchange.} 22... Qg7 23. Nh7 Qxg6 {Thank god. I felt greatly relieved to have gotten the queens off the board. I'm 2 pawns down, but somehow I feel like I made progress. Maybe delusional, but a helpful delusion!} 24. Bxg6 Re7 {If Nxf6, then I can play Kg7, which I think wins material? After the game my opponent said he missed that. Also, I have 2 minutes here while he has 30+, which remains until we hit move 30.} 25. f4 Rxh7 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. f5 {sigh. that looks bad.} 27... Kg7 {clearing the h file for the rook.} 28. Bd2 Re8 {...but first I wanted to play Nc8 - Ne7, and just make sure I could stop that pawn from advancing any further.} 29. g4 Nc8 30. Rad1 Rh8 31. Re2 Ne7 32. Rf1 {guarding the f pawn while going for g5. Somehow I thought this foreshadowed g5 with the threat of gxf6, with the rook supporting f5, forking king and knight, but I missed that the rook was blocked by f5.} 32... Rh4 {I thought I might have something clever here by prompting him to play Rg2, and then after ...c5 and say, dxc5, ...Bxc5, Kh1, ...d4! and I pin the g2 Rook to the King. So I get him to play Rg2.} 33. Rg2 c5 34. Be3 {So here I feel like I could take (...cxd4), but I just feel like with two rooks on the board, there's no way I can hold the position down, and he's going to get in and finally be able to release the e pawn. So, I commit a sin towards my light square bishop and play c4.} 34... c4 35. Bf4 {I considered Bb4, but after a3, where is the piece going? I guess b6 was a home I didn't consider. Also, I've spent most of my 30 minutes from time control (its 47 to 12 minutes here) and I feel like my brain could benefit from just simplifying (so I can actually calculate.)} 35... Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Kf8 {Wanted to get the king off the g file. Also thought maybe Nxf5 had something, but then I realized he can just take with the f4 rook. } 37. Rgf2 Rh3 {Threatening to get into the position.} 38. R2f3 Rxf3 {I take it. The simplifying when down on time instinct. It doesn't seem terrible for me. } 39. Rxf3 Kg7 {Who knows what the king is doing. I guess making sure the incoming h / g pawns don't get too far.} 40. h4 Bc6 {Trying to get this poor piece active, either via ...Be8 or by moving pawns on the queenside.} 41. Kf2 a5 42. Ke3 b4 {This comes in handy later. I was just trying to free my bishop and wasn't thinking about queening.} 43. Kf4 Ba4 44. g5 {so many white pawns on the kingside...} 44... Bc2 {Considered ...Nxf5 here. I saw that after KxN, I had Bc2, and thought I could force the King to g4, and play ...Bd1 trapping the rook. But I wasn't convinced I could keep it, after gxf6 and a possible rook check. Looking at it now, White can just play Kf4 and is fine. Bc2 seemed simpler.} 45. Ke3 Nxf5+ {I can't tell if removing the e7 blockade is crazy, but I feel like I have to get rid of some kingside pawns.} 46. Rxf5 {This seems like a mistake in hindsight. He must have thought he could promote here.} 46... Bxf5 47. e7 {To my astonishment, I find I'm up a piece and down one pawn here. It's just a matter of stopping the promotion threats.} 47... Bd7 {I considered ...Kf7, but I wasn't convinced it would hold, whereas ...Bd7 seemed safe.} 48. Kf4 fxg5+ {simplifying instinct. so many pawns. Also, if he can protect f6 and play gxf6, that seems horrible.} 49. Kxg5 {here I am stunned to realize this looks like a won endgame for black. I am surprised to find how helpful the queenside pawn moves were, given that I had just been trying to free my light squared bishop.} 49... c3 50. h5 cxb2 51. h6+ Kh7 52. Kf6 b1=Q 53. Kf7 Qf5# {the last few moves I had 10 seconds on the clock, and was playing on increment, but once I saw that I could promote the c pawn I felt like things looked pretty good. so they did!} 0-1

#12643 by Aicochea

09:16, July 02, 2014 by Aicochea

#12644 by Max

18:39, July 02, 2014 by Max

#12645 by Akiva

01:59, July 03, 2014 by Akiva

#12646 by Noname

11:18, July 03, 2014 by Noname

#12647 by Noname

14:03, July 03, 2014 by Noname

#12648 by tes

18:16, July 03, 2014 by tes

[Event "8th Agzamov Memorial 2014"] [Site "Tashkent UZB"] [Date "2014.05.15"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Zhigalko, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2057"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "Chandra,Akshat"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2014.05.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2014.05.19"] {It's the first round of the 8th Agzamov Memorial, and nine-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov finds himself playing a 2600 GM, Andrei Zhigalko, who is 550 points higher than him!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 {An old favorite of Fischer's, who enjoyed good results with this move. White is aiming for a King's Indian setup with g3-Bg2-0-0.} (3. d4 {is of course the main move.}) 3... Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 $2 {An opening inaccuracy, after which Black can reach a highly favorable endgame.} (5. Nbd2) ({or} 5. Qe2) 5... g6 $5 ({While 5...g6 is not a bad move, Black could have immediately taken advantage of White's imprecise move order by playing} 5... dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 b6 { with the idea of either Ba6, or Bb7 followed by 0-0-0. By no means is it winning for Black, but it's very hard to come up with a constructive plan for White. However, perhaps Black didn't want to go to an endgame he wasn't sure he couldn't win, and decided to maintain the tension in the center.}) 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 8. Qc2 $5 {This is a bit unorthodox. The queen usually heads to e2.} (8. Qe2 {is the standard square for the queen in this line.}) 8... O-O 9. a4 {Restricting Black's queenside play, which begins with b5.} b6 10. Na3 {The knight seems to be a bit misplaced here, but Nbd2 Ba6, pressuring the d3 pawn would be annoying.} a6 11. Be3 h6 {I'm not sure what the point of this move is, but it shouldn't be too bad.} ({Continuing the development with} 11... Bb7 { [%cal Rd8d7,Ra8c8,Rf8d8] seems more natural.}) 12. Rad1 {Preparing to open up the center with d4, which would cause discomfort in Black's position.} d4 { Quite understandbly, Black prevents White from playing d4, by playing d4 himself!. This changes the pawn structure and releases the central tension, but it allows Black to develop more naturally.} (12... Bb7 {is playable for Black, but} 13. d4 {would be awkward to meet.}) 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Bd2 e5 { Bolstering the center, but more importantly preparing the development of the bishop to e6, where it stands much better than it would be on b7.} 15. Nh4 $6 { Perhaps White wants to play f4, but that won't happen for a while, as we'll see. Black seems to ease into his development now, and I'm starting to prefer Zhigalko's position.} (15. b4 {seems quite reasonable, gaining some space on the Queenside and preparing an eventual Nc4.}) 15... Be6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qd1 Na5 $1 {The knight prepares to hop into b3, where it would cause disarray in White's army.} 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Nc4 Nc6 ({By no means is the move played in the game bad, but} 19... Bxc4 {deserves some thought. It seems strange to isolate oneself with the "bad" g7 bishop, but this bishop is only temporarily bad. After} 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. dxc4 Nc6 {White is already facing some serious trouble. Black's next few moves are very logical, Qb6/Rb8 and the relocation of the f8 bishop to the f8-a3 diagonal, where it doesn't seem so bad at all!}) 20. Nf3 Rb8 21. Nfd2 h5 $2 {A common idea in which Black tries to relocate his bishop to h6, where it would apply pressure on the c1-h6 diagonal. However I feel that this gives White a target to chew on...} (21... Nb4 22. Qe2 Qd7 { [%csl Ra4][%cal Rd7a4] was another alternative, but perhaps Black was worried about} 23. f4 {after which the positions remains unbalanced. Black has nice queenside pressure, while White is stirring things up in the center and on the kingside.}) 22. f4 $1 {Usually when the pawn has been pushed to h5, the advance with f4-f5 can be quite difficult to deal with.} Bh6 23. f5 Bd7 {White develops a nagging edge now.} (23... Bxc4 {was the other alternative.} 24. Rxc4 Be3+ 25. Kh1 Nb4 26. Qe2 {The position seems roughly even, perhaps slightly favorable for Black, but I think that White's counterplay on the kingside compensates for his minor pieces, which are poorly placed if you compare them to their counterparts!}) 24. Qe2 Kh7 {The king seems worse on h7 then it was on g8, but it's already hard coming up with a constructive move/plan for Black. I'd say that the ball is in White's court now.} 25. Kh1 {White follows up with a king move of his own, but it doesn't really seem required at all!} ({The immediate} 25. Bh3 $16 {looks stronger. White can then follow up with Kg2, followed by a doubling of the rooks on the f-file.}) 25... h4 $2 {This creates new weaknesses.} ({Although not an easy decision, it was probably best to go back with} 25... Kg8 {and wait. Perhaps Black was still thinking about a win.}) 26. Bh3 hxg3 27. hxg3 g5 $2 {A horrifying positional move, which condemns Black's dark-squared bishop to eternal prison.} (27... Rh8 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Bg4 Bg5 30. Rh1 Qe7 {seems like the best try. White still has to prove he has something here.}) 28. Kg2 {Preparing f6, Bg4 or Rh1! There are so many tempting possiblities for White...} f6 29. Bg4 {[%cal Rg4h5,Rh5g6] The once entombed bishop on g2 has now sprung to life, and is clearing the h-file for White's heavy artillery to infiltrate.} Kg7 30. Rh1 Rh8 31. Rh3 {[%cal Rc1h1]} Ne7 32. b3 {White's not trying to force matters, and is simply enjoying his position!} Be8 $2 {Now White crashes through.} (32... Kg8 {might have been the last chance, with the idea of playing Bg7 to try and trade of a pair of rooks, which will greatly diffuse White's attack. Of the top of the bat, I don't see a clear way to break through for White, but he should probably start with} 33. Bh5 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Qc7 {I fed this position into the computer, which just gives long forcing lines, not budging from the evaluation of 1.20. Perhaps this means that Black might be able to escape in the long run, although it will require some precise defense.}) 33. Bh5 Bc6 {Black basically just wasted a move, White was going to play Bh5 anyways.} 34. Qf3 ({White misses the immediate knockout with} 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35. f6+ $1 Kxf6 36. Qf3+ Ke6 (36... Kg7 37. Qf7#) 37. Nc4 Kd7 38. Qf6 {and Black's entire position crumbles. It is very possible both players were short on time here, and this is not an easy line to calculate.}) 34... Qd7 35. Nxe5 $1 {White doesn't miss his chance now.} Qxf5 (35... fxe5 36. f6+ Kg8 37. fxe7 Qxe7 38. Rxc6 $18) 36. Qxf5 (36. exf5 { was also winning.}) 36... Nxf5 37. Nxc6 g4 38. Bxg4 (38. Rhh1 {is the computer move, after which White retains the piece by force.} Bxd2 39. exf5 Bxc1 40. Nxb8 $18) 38... Bxd2 39. Bxf5 Bxc1 40. Nxb8 Rxb8 {The players have reached 40 moves, and Black has managed to create an oppositie colored bishop situation, but it won't be enough.} 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rd7 Bb2 43. Be6+ Kh8 44. Kf3 Re8 45. Bc4 Re5 46. Rf7 Bc3 47. Rxf6 Kg7 48. Rxa6 Rg5 49. g4 Bd2 50. Rd6 Bc3 51. Rd7+ Kf6 52. Rf7+ Ke5 53. Re7+ Kf6 54. Re6+ Kf7 55. Re5+ Kf6 56. Rxg5 Kxg5 57. e5 Bb2 58. Be6 Kg6 59. Ke4 Kg7 60. Kd5 Kf8 61. g5 Kg7 62. Bf5 Bc1 63. g6 Be3 64. e6 Kf6 65. Kd6 Bd2 66. Kd7 Bb4 67. g7 Kxg7 68. e7 {A very impressive performance by Nodirbek!} 1-0

#12649 by Noname

20:18, July 03, 2014 by Noname

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