Monday, May 28, 2018

Game of the Week, by Alan Lasser

  The 2018 Constitution Open at the Rob Roy Chess Center of Coventry Connecticut was won by Dan Smith, who hosts the Thursday night Westerly Chess Club at the public library in Westerly, Rhode Island.  These two dedicated chess organizers deserve all the free publicity I can give to a small chess area of the wide chess world.  In this crucial last round game, Black gets the two bishops against the two knights;  but the center is clogged so the knights can keep the evaluation balanced until the board loosens up a bit.
 
Nakul Ramaswamy-Dan Smith
5/19/18
2018 Constitution State Open
Coventry, CT
2.d4 d5 
4.a3 a6 
23.Rb1 Qb6+ 0-1
 
 
[Event "2018 Constitution State Open"] [Site "Coventry, CT"] [Date "2018.05.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Nakul Ramaswamy"] [Black "Dan Smith"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1491"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1615"] 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.a3 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Nge7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxe7 Bxe7 9.Nf3 b5 10.Be2 $6 { -0.43/22 } ( 10.Bd3 { -0.14/22 } 10...Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O { 11...Nb8 12. Ne2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c3 O-O 15. O-O Nc6 16. Ned4 Rc8 -0.08 Stockfish } 12.O-O Qd7 13.Ne2 Rfc8 14.Nf4 b4 15.Nh5 bxa3 16.bxa3 Rcb8 17.Qc1 Rb3 18.Rd1 Qe8 19.Qf4 Bxa3 20.Qg4 Qf8 21.Nf6+ Kh8 ) 10...b4 11.axb4 Nxb4 12.Bd3 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Qb8 $6 { -0.20/22 } ( 13...O-O { -0.46/23 } 14.O-O Qd7 15.Qc2 Qc6 { 15...Rfb8 16. Rfc1 Rb4 17. Na2 Rb6 18. Nc3 Ra7 19. Ra2 Rab7 20. Rca1 Qc6 21. Ne1 Bg6 -0.95 Stockfish } 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Qd2 Rab8 18.Qd1 Qb7 19.Na4 Qb3 20.Rc3 Qb5 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 ) ( 13...Qd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Qc2 Rfb8 16.Ra2 Qc6 17.Rc1 a5 18.Rca1 Bb4 { -1.04 Stockfish } ) 14.Qd2 $6 { -0.56/23 } ( 14.Qa4+ { -0.20/22 } 14...Kf8 15.Qc2 Kg8 { 15...g5 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Ke2 Rhb8 19. Rhc1 Ra7 20. Rc2 a5 21. Nc5 a4 22. Ra3 Qb4 -0.70 Stockfish } 16.O-O Kh7 17.Na4 Qb4 18.Rfd1 Rhc8 19.Nc5 Qb5 20.Ra3 Rcb8 21.Rb1 a5 22.Rb3 Qc6 23.Rc1 Kh8 ) ( 14.O-O O-O 15.Qc2 a5 16.Na4 Qb5 17.Rfd1 Rfc8 18.Ne1 Bg6 { -0.80 Stockfish } ) 14...Bb4 15.O-O a5 16.Ne1 $6 { -0.89/22 } ( 16.Rfc1 { -0.46/22 } 16...O-O 17.Qd1 { 17. Qe3 Qa7 18. Na4 Rfb8 19. Rc2 Be7 20. Rc3 Bg6 21. Qc1 Rb7 22. Qc2 Rc8 -0.80 Stockfish } 17...Rc8 { 17... Qb7 18. Na2 Be7 19. Nc3 Rfb8 20. Na4 Bb4 21. Qc2 Qb5 22. Rd1 Ra6 -0.88 Stockfish } 18.Ra2 Be7 ) ( 16.Qc2 O-O 17.Ra2 Qb7 18.Na4 Qb5 19.Rd1 Rfb8 20.Nc5 Rb6 21.Na4 Rba6 { -0.77 Stockfish } ) 16...O-O 17.Nc2 c5 $6 { -0.10/23 } ( 17...Be7 { -0.52/22 } 18.Rfd1 { 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Rfd1 Rfb8 20. Qc3 Ra7 21. Ra2 Qb3 22. Raa1 Bg6 23. Ne1 Qb5 -0.90 Stockfish } 18...Qb3 19.Na4 Rfb8 20.Qc3 Qxc3 { 20...Ra7 21. Ne3 Bb4 22. Qb3 Bg6 23. Nc2 Bf8 24. Qc3 Ra6 25. Rdc1 Be7 -0.82 Stockfish } 21.bxc3 ) 18.f4 $2 { -2.44/24 } ( 18.Nxb4 { -0.10/23 } 18...axb4 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Ne2 cxd4 { 20...c4 21. dxc4 dxc4 22. Qxb4 Bd3 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Qd2 Qa7 25. Rd1 Qb6 -0.08 Stockfish } 21.Nxd4 Bg6 22.Rc1 { 22. f4 Qa7 23. Qe3 Qa2 24. Qd2 Qa7 = Stockfish } 22...Qa6 23.Nc6 Qxd3 24.Qxb4 Re8 25.Qa5 Kh7 26.b4 Qd2 27.Qc5 Ra8 ) 18...cxd4 19.Nxb4 $2 { -5.20/24 } ( 19.Nxd4 { -2.43/23 } 19...Qa7 20.Qf2 Bc5 21.Ra4 Bxd3 { 21...Rfb8 22. Kh1 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxb2 25. g4 Bh7 26. f5 Rc8 -3.13 Stockfish } 22.Rd1 Bc4 23.Raa1 Bb3 24.Ncb5 Qb6 25.Rd2 f6 26.Re1 Bc4 27.Na3 Ba6 ) 19...dxc3 20.bxc3 axb4 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.cxb4 Qb7 $6 { -4.25/23 } ( 22...Qa3 { -5.27/24 } 23.Rf3 { 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Rb2 Bxd3 25. h4 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qf1 27. Qf2 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxb4 -7.11 Stockfish } 23...Rb8 24.g4 Bh7 { 24... Be4 25. Re3 Bg6 26. Qe1 Rxb4 27. f5 exf5 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Bf7 30. Ra6 Qxa6 31. Qxb4 Qxd3 -8.99 Stockfish } ) 23.Rb1 Qb6+ 0-1

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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