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Game by Doctor Check barely draws after being a passed pawn down....
21:33, October 24, 2023 by Doctor Check barely draws after being a passed pawn down....
[Event "Team match"]
[Site "https://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=33948041"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "harveybecker"]
[Black "chocboy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e6
8. h3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. f3 Bc6 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. Qg3 Bc5 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Bxe3+
21. Qxe3 Qa7 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. Rae1 Nc5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rff3 Rad7 26. Rg3 Kf8
27. Nh5 f6 28. Rg4 Nxd3 29. cxd3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxg7 Bxe4 32. Ra7 Rxb3
33. Nxf6 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Bd3 35. Nd7+ Ke8 36. Nc5 Bc4 37. Rxh7 b3 38. Rb7 Rb2+
39. Ke3 Rc2 40. Kd4 b2 41. Nd3 Bxd3 42. Kxd3 Rxg2 43. Kd4 Kd8 44. a5 Kc8
45. Rb6 Kc7 46. Kc3 Rh2 47. Rxb2 Rxh3+ 48. Kd4 Rh4+ 49. Ke5 Rh5+ 50. Kxe6 Rxa5
51. Rc2+ Kb6 52. Kd6 Rh5 53. Rc8 Kb5 54. Rb8+ Kc4 55. Rc8+ Kb3 56. Rb8+ Rb5
57. Rh8 a5 58. Rh3+ Ka4 59. Rh1 Ka3 60. Kc6 Rg5 61. Kb6 a4 62. Rh3+ Kb2
63. Rh2+ Kb3 64. Rh3+ Kb2 65. Rh2+ Kb3 66. Rh3+ Kb2 67. Rh2+ 1/2-1/2
Game by Fabrice Wantiez
19:21, November 01, 2023 by Fabrice Wantiez
[Event "Grand Prix du Cap d'Agde 21e"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2023.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lamard, Guillaume"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "Wantiez,Fabrice"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Re1 c6 (5... Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 c6
8. c3 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bb3 Nh5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Nxh5 Kb8 15. Qf3 f6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Ng3 h5 18. h4 Rd8 19. Red1 Be8 20. Be6 g6
21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Rd2 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Rad1 Rh7 26. Nf1 Re7
27. Qh3 Rd8 28. Ne3 b5 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. c4 b4 32. c5 Kb7 33. Nc4
Nxc5 34. Rxd8 {1-0 (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)-Dominguez,J (2345) Dresden
2008}) 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. h3 (9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nf1 Nbd7 11. Ne3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rfe8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bg5 a5 15. Nh6+ gxh6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qxf6
Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (58) Short,N (2684)-Rychagov,A (2512) Playchess.com INT 2004})
9... Bxf3 $6 (9... Bh5 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bb3 c5 13. d5 c4 14. Bc2
Nbd7 15. Nh4 Rfe8 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. h4 h6 18. Qf3 b5 19. h5 Bh7 20. Nf1 a6 21.
g4 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Nh7 23. g5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Mihok,O (2472)-Varga,Z (2450)
Kecskemet 2011}) 10. Nxf3 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nh4 b5 13. Bb3 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Nc5
15. Qf3 Nxb3 $2 (15... Rfe8 16. Qg3 g6 17. Nxe7+ (17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Bxf7 Rf8 19.
Bb3 Nfxe4) 17... Qxe7 18. Qh4 $14) 16. axb3 a5 17. Bg5 Rfd8 (17... Kh8 $1 18.
Qg3 Nh5 19. Qg4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 g6 $11) 18. h4 (18. Qg3 $16) 18... Kh8 19. h5 Ng8
20. Nxe7 f6 21. Nxg8 fxg5 22. Qf5 $2 (22. Nh6 gxh6 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qxh6 $18)
22... Rxg8 23. Qxg5 h6 24. Qg4 Qf7 25. b4 a4 26. Rad1 Qb3 27. Rd2 a3 28. bxa3
Qxc3 29. Red1 Rxa3 30. Rd7 Ra1 31. Qg6 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxb4 33. Qxc6 Rf8 34. Qc2
Qe7 35. Rd5 Rb8 36. Rd3 b4 {PN} 1/2-1/2
Game by Fabrice Wantiez
19:13, November 02, 2023 by Fabrice Wantiez
[Event "Grand Prix du Cap d'Agde 21e"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2023.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Black "Shearsby, Jude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[Annotator "Wantiez,Fabrice"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 (7...
e5 8. Nb5 Bxf4 9. Qxd6 Qxd6 10. Nxd6+ Kf8 11. Ba3 Nge7 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. Bc4 f6
14. Rd1 {1-0 (45) Li,C (2672)-Liu,B (1966) Nanjing 2023}) 8. Bb2 e5 9. Nge2 O-O
10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Qa5 (11... a5 12. a4 Qb6 (12... Ng4 13. Re1 Nb4 14. h3
Nf2 15. Rh2 Rc8 $1 16. g3 Nxe4) 13. h4 Rac8 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g3 Nb4 16. Bh3 Bxh3
17. Rxh3 Bg7 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20. f5 {1-0 (48) Grischuk,A (2777)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2767) Yekaterinburg RUS 2021}) 12. g3 Rad8 $6 13. Bg2 Rfe8 $6 14.
Rhf1 b5 15. h3 Nh5 $2 (15... b4 16. Nd5 $16) 16. Bf3 Ng7 17. g4 exf4 18. h4 g5
19. Nxf4 gxh4 20. Qh2 Bxf4 $2 (20... Bg5 $18) 21. Qxf4 Ne5 22. Qh6 Rc8 $1 23.
Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $6 (24. exd5 $1 Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Qxa2 26. Rd3 b4 (26... Rc8+ 27.
Rc3) 27. Rc1 Rc8+ 28. Kd1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 $18) 24... Qc7 $2 (24... Rxc2 25. Kxc2
Qxa2 26. Qxd6 (26. Rd2 Rc8+ 27. Kd1 Qxb3+ 28. Ke2 $16) (26. Rd3 $2 Ne6) 26...
Rc8+ 27. Rc5 Rxc5+ 28. Qxc5 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Nd3+ 30. Kc3 Nxc5 31. Rh1 $16) 25.
Bd1 Qe7 26. Rxd6 Red8 27. Rd5 Rxd5 28. exd5 Rd8 29. Bf3 Rd6 30. Qe3 Ng6 31. Qc3
f6 32. g5 b4 33. Qxb4 fxg5 34. Re1 Qd8 35. Bg4 h5 36. Qb7 Qf8 37. Be6+ Kh7 38.
c4 g4 39. c5 Rd8 40. c6 Qe7 41. c7 1-0
Game by ALAAEDDINE
21:20, November 02, 2023 by ALAAEDDINE
[Date "2023-11-02"]
[White "Moussa, A"]
[Black "Folk, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6
9. f3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. h4 Nc5 12. h5 a5 13. Nh3 b5 14. Nf2 b4 15. Ncd1 Qb8
16. g4 Bb5 17. Ne3 h6 18. Bh4 Ra7 19. Rg1 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Qb5+ 21. Ke1 Nh7 22. Qe2
Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. g5 Nh5 27. Nh3 Raf7 28. Raf1
Nf4+ 29. Nxf4 Rxf4 30. gxh6 Kh7 31. Rg3 Rh4 32. Ng4 Rf4 33. Rfg1 Na4 34. b3 Nc3+
35. Ke3 Kh8 36. Nf2 Rxh6 37. Rxg6 Rxg6 38. Rxg6 Nb5 39. Ng4 Kh7 40. Re6 Kg7 41.
Nh6 Rf6 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Ne7+ Kf7 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6 45. Nc6 Nc3 46. Nxa5 Nxa2 47.
Kd3 Nc3 48. Nc6 Kg5 49. Nxb4 Nb5 50. Nc2 Kf4 51. Ke2 Nc3+ 52. Kf2 Nd1+ 53. Kg2
Nb2 54. b4 *
Game by Mh vs tv
22:02, November 09, 2023 by Mh vs tv
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Result "*"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. Qc2 c4 10. Be2 Bg6 11. Qd1 h6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Ne4 14. N3d2 Nf6 15. f3
b5 16. f4 b4 17. Ng3 Qa5 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Bh5 Nxh5 20. Nxh5 Nc2 21. e4 Nxe1 *
Game by Jo vs tv
21:35, November 13, 2023 by Jo vs tv
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Result "*"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 8.
Nd4 h6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bc3 e5 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 O-O-O 14. Ba3 Qe6
15. Bxf8 Rhxf8 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. O-O-O Qa3+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. d4 exd4 20. Rxd4 c5
21. Rxb4 Qxb4 22. Qd3 d4 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Na4 Nd5 25. Bc4 *
Game by Unknown
09:26, November 14, 2023 by Unknown
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qf3+ Ke6 9. Nc3 Rf8 10. Qxd5+ (10. Bxd5+) 10... Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Kd6 12. dxe5+ Kxe5 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. O-O Bd6 15. Nb5 a6 16. Re1+ Kf6 17. Nxd6 Bf5 18. Bf4 Rbd8 19. Bg3 g5 20. h4 g4 21. h5 b5 22. Bh4+ Kg7 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxf5+
Game by Unknown
09:26, November 14, 2023 by Unknown
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qf3+ Ke6 9. Nc3 Rf8 10. Qxd5+ Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Kd6 12. dxe5+ Kxe5 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. O-O Bd6 15. Nb5 a6 16. Re1+ Kf6 17. Nxd6 Bf5 18. Bf4 Rbd8 19. Bg3 g5 20. h4 g4 21. h5 b5 22. Bh4+ Kg7 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxf5+
Game by Unknown
10:45, November 15, 2023 by Unknown
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nde5 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qd6 13. Re1 e5 14. Qc4+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ (15. Qh4 h6 16. Nge4 Qe6) 1-0
Game by Db vs tv
23:14, November 16, 2023 by Db vs tv
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Result "*"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 a5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 O-O
9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Nxc3 15.
Bg3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxc3 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Rd2 e5 20. dxe5 Qe6 21. Bc4
Qf5 22. e6 fxe6 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Bxe6+
Kxe6 28. Rcd1 Nd5 29. e4 Ne7 30. f4 b5 31. Kf2 Ra7 32. R8d6+ Kf7 33. h3 Be6 34.
g4 Bc4 35. Ke3 b4 36. R6d4 Bb3 37. R1d3 c5 38. Rd6 c4 39. Rd7 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 Ke6
41. Rb7 Nc6 42. Rxg7 Kf6 43. Rc7 bxa3 44. Rxc6+ Ke7 45. bxa3 Kd7
46. Rxh6 c3 47. Kd3 c2 48. Kd2