CONNECTICUT CHESS MAGAZINE # 182

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser

  I suppose it’s not news when the World Champion wins an ending.  Recently on this page we saw an ending where he had the two minor pieces against the rook and two good pawns, of course he won.  

  This game he has the other side, but he has the rook and two bad pawns against the two minor pieces, of course he wins again.  

  So the lesson is that even if you think you have the advantage, do not to play either side of this ending against Magnus Carlsen.

 

GM Lev Aronian(2768)-GM Magnus Carlsen(2849)

11/22/19

2019 Tata Steel India

1.e4 c5 

2.Nf3 d6 

3.d4 cxd4 

4.Nxd4 Nf6 

5.Nc3 a6 

6.f3 e5 

7.Nb3 Be6 

8.Be3 Nbd7 

9.g4 Be7 

10.Qd2 O-O 

11.O-O-O b5 

12.g5 Nh5 

13.Kb1 Nb6 

14.Na5 Rc8 

15.a3 g6

16.h4 Ng3 

17.Rg1 Nxf1

18.Rgxf1 Na4 

19.Nxa4 bxa4 

20.h5 Qd7

20...Qc7 21.Rh1 Rfe8 22.Qh2 Bf8 23.c4 Re7 = Stockfish

21.Rh1 Rfe8 

22.Qh2 Bf8 

23.Bd2?! +0.21/23

23.Ka1 +0.56/25 23...Qc7 23... Rc7 24. Bb6 Rcc8 25. c3 Re7 26. Rd2 Ree8 27. Qh4 Re7 28. Qf2 Ree8 29. Qh4 = Stockfish 24.c4 Re7 25.Bd2 Qd8 26.f4 Bxc4 27.Nxc4 Rxc4 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.f5 Qe8 30.Rdf1 Rc2 31.fxg6

23.Rd3 Rc7 24.Bd2 Rec8 25.c4 Bxc4 26.Nxc4 Qb5 = Stockfish

23...Rc7?! +0.71/26

23...d5 +0.21/23 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Bb4 Rc7 27.Rd3 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rd3 Qf7 29. Re1 Be6 30. Rxe5 Rec8 = Stockfish 27...Qf7 28.Re1 Bg7 29.Qe2 Rcc8 30.Red1 Be6 31.Qd2 Stockfish disagrees with the Hiarcs evaluation, calling this line equal.

24.Bb4 Rb8 

25.Rd3 Qb5?! +1.36/24

25...Rbc8 +0.71/27 26.Rd2 Qe8 27.Re2 27. c4 Rd7 28. Qg1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qh3 Qe8 32. Bxd6 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Bb4 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 gxh5 36. Rxh5 +0.50 Stockfish 27...Qd7 27... Qb5 28. Rd2 Rd7 29. Rf2 Rdc7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Re2 Rg7 32. Rd2 Rf7 33. Ka1 Rd7 34. Kb1 = Stockfish 28.Rg2 Qb5 29.Rf2 Rd7 30.Rd2 Qb6 31.Qg3 Rdc7 32.Rdh2 Qe3 33.Re1 Qb6 34.Rd1 Qb5 35.Rdh1 Qb6 36.Rd2 Qb5

26.Rc3? +0.18/27

26.c4 +1.36/24 26...Qb6 26...Qd7 27. Rhd1 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Bxd6 Rbc8 31. Qxe5 +3.22 Stockfish 27.f4 Re8 28.fxe5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qh5 Rb8 31. g6 f4 32. gxh7+ Kh8 33. Qg6 +6.02 Stockfish 28...dxe5 29.Qxe5 Bd7 30.Qf4 Be6

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O

11.O-O-O b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Na5 Rc8 15.a3 g6 16.h4 Ng3 17.Rg1 Nxf1 18.Rgxf1 Na4 19.Nxa4 bxa4

20.h5 Qd7 ( 20...Qc7 21.Rh1 Rfe8 22.Qh2 Bf8 23.c4 Re7 { =   Stockfish } )

21.Rh1 Rfe8 22.Qh2 Bf8 23.Bd2 $6 { +0.21/23 } ( 23.Ka1 { +0.56/25 } 23...Qc7

{ 23... Rc7 24. Bb6 Rcc8 25. c3 Re7 26. Rd2 Ree8 27. Qh4 Re7 28. Qf2 Ree8

29. Qh4  =   Stockfish } 24.c4 Re7 25.Bd2 Qd8 26.f4 Bxc4 27.Nxc4 Rxc4 28.hxg6

fxg6 29.f5 Qe8 30.Rdf1 Rc2 31.fxg6 ) ( 23.Rd3 Rc7 24.Bd2 Rec8 25.c4 Bxc4

26.Nxc4 Qb5 { =   Stockfish } ) 23...Rc7 $6 { +0.71/26 } ( 23...d5

{ +0.21/23 } 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Bb4 Rc7 27.Rd3

{ 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rd3 Qf7 29. Re1 Be6 30. Rxe5 Rec8  =   Stockfish }

27...Qf7 28.Re1 Bg7 29.Qe2 Rcc8 30.Red1 Be6 31.Qd2

{ Stockfish disagrees with the Hiarcs evaluation, calling this line equal.

} ) 24.Bb4 Rb8 25.Rd3 Qb5 $6 { +1.36/24 } ( 25...Rbc8 { +0.71/27 } 26.Rd2 Qe8

27.Re2

{ 27. c4 Rd7 28. Qg1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qh3 Qe8 32. Bxd6

Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Bb4 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 gxh5 36. Rxh5   +0.50   Stockfish }

27...Qd7

{ 27... Qb5 28. Rd2 Rd7 29. Rf2 Rdc7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Re2 Rg7 32. Rd2 Rf7

33. Ka1 Rd7 34. Kb1   =  Stockfish } 28.Rg2 Qb5 29.Rf2 Rd7 30.Rd2 Qb6 31.Qg3

Rdc7 32.Rdh2 Qe3 33.Re1 Qb6 34.Rd1 Qb5 35.Rdh1 Qb6 36.Rd2 Qb5 ) 26.Rc3 $2

{ +0.18/27 } ( 26.c4 { +1.36/24 } 26...Qb6

{ 26...Qd7 27. Rhd1 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Bxd6 Rbc8 31. Qxe5

 +3.22   Stockfish } 27.f4 Re8 28.fxe5

{ 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qh5 Rb8 31. g6 f4 32. gxh7+ Kh8 33. Qg6 

+6.02   Stockfish } 28...dxe5 29.Qxe5 Bd7 30.Qf4 Be6 ) 26...Rbc8 27.Rxc7 Rxc7

28.Rd1 Rd7 29.Rd3 Be7 30.hxg6 fxg6 31.Qd2 Qb6 32.Qc1 Bd8 33.c4 Qf2 34.Nc6 $6

{ -0.60/26 } ( 34.Rc3 { -0.01/25 } 34...Qg2 35.Qd1 Qxg5 36.Qxa4 Qg1+

{ 36... h5 37. Nb7 h4 38. Nxd8 Qxd8 39. Rc1 h3 40. Qd1 Qg5 41. Rc2 Qg3 42.

Qh1 Rf7 43. Bxd6 Qxf3 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 45. Bxe5 Re3 46. Bc7 Rxe4 47. Kc1 Bxc4 

 -2.34   Stockfish } 37.Rc1 Qf2 38.Qd1 Bg5 39.Rc3 Qb6 40.Rd3 h5 41.Rxd6 Rxd6

42.Qxd6 Qxd6 43.Bxd6 Bf6 44.Nc6 h4 ) ( 34.Bd2 Bb6 35.Bb4 Qe2 36.Qd1 Qxd1+

37.Rxd1 Bxa5 38.Bxa5 Bxc4 39.Bb4 d5 40.exd5 Bxd5 41.Bc3 Be4+ 42.Kc1 Rxd1+

43.Kxd1 Bxf3+ 44.Ke1 e4 { -0.58   Stockfish } ) 34...Bxg5 35.Qxg5 Qf1+ 36.Kc2

Bxc4 37.Qe3 $2 { -1.60/27 } ( 37.Nxe5 { -0.57/26 } 37...Bb3+ 38.Kc3 Rc7+

39.Kd4 Qf2+ 40.Qe3 Qxb2+ 41.Rc3 dxe5+ 42.Kxe5 Rd7 43.Qg5 Rf7 44.Qe3 Kg7

{ 44... a5 45. Bd6 Rd7 46. f4 Rd8 47. Qc1 Re8+ 48. Kd4 Qg2 49. Be5 Qf2+ 50.

Qe3 Rd8+ 51. Kc5 Qb2 52. Kc6 Qxa3  -2.23   Stockfish } 45.f4 h6 46.Kd4 Ba2

47.Kc5 a5 48.Bxa5 Qb8 49.Qd2 Qa8 50.Qd4+ Rf6 51.Qd7+ Bf7 52.Bd8 Rxf4 53.e5 )

37...Bxd3+ 38.Qxd3 Qxd3+ 39.Kxd3 h5 40.Ke3 Kf7 41.Bc3 $6 { -1.59/33 } ( 

41.Ba5 { -1.32/33 } 41...g5

{ Ke6 42. Nd8+ Kf6 43. Nc6 g5 44. Kf2 Rg7 45. Nb4 g4 46. Nd5+ Kf7 47. Ne3

gxf3 48. Kxf3 Ke6  -2.15   Stockfish } 42.Kf2 Kg6 43.Kg2 Rg7 44.Nb4 Rb7

45.Nd3 Rb3 46.Bc3 a5 47.Kg3 Rb5 48.Kh3 Kf7 49.Nf2 Ke6 50.Kg2 Kf6 51.Nd3 Ke7

52.Nf2 Kf6 ) 41...Ke6 42.Nb4 g5 43.Kf2 Rf7 44.Kg2 g4 45.fxg4 Rg7 46.Nd5 $2

{ -3.95/31 } ( 46.Nd3 { -1.69/33 } 46...Rxg4+ 47.Kf3 Rh4

{ 47...Rg1 48. Be1 d5 49. exd5+ Kxd5 50. Ke2 Rg2+ 51. Kf1 Rg4 52. Nf2 Rf4

53. Bd2 Rf8 54. Kg2 e4 55. Nd1 Rg8+ 56. Kh2 Kd4 57. Nc3 e3 58. Be1 Kd3 59.

Nxa4 Ke2 60. Bc3 Rg5 61. Bf6 Rf5 62. Nc3+ Kf3 63. Be7 Kg4 64. Nd1 Re5 65. Bb4 Kf3 66. Nxe3 Kxe3  -4.05   Stockfish }

48.Nf2 Rf4+ 49.Kg2 d5 50.Bd2 Rf8 51.Be1 Rg8+ ) ( 46.Kf3 Rxg4 47.Nd3 Rg1

48.Be1 d5 49.exd5+ Kxd5 50.Ke3 Rh1 51.Nb4+ Ke6 52.Bc3 Rg1 53.Nd3 Rg3+ 54.Ke4

Rg4+ 55.Ke3 Kf5 56.Kf2 e4 57.Ne5 Rg8 58.Nc6 Ke6 59.Ke3 h4 60.Nd4+ Kd5 61.Ne2

h3 62.Nf4+ Kc4 63.Nxh3 Rg3+ 64.Kxe4 Rxh3 { -3.32   Stockfish } ) 46...Rxg4+

47.Kf3 Rg1 48.Kf2

Rg7 $4 { 0.00/36 } ( 48...Rg8 { -5.25/33 } 49.Nc7+

{ 49. Be1 h4 50. Kf3 h3 51. Bg3 Rh8 52. Bh2 Rf8+ 53. Kg3 Rb8 54. Kxh3 Rxb2 

-10.47   Stockfish } 49...Kf7 50.Be1 h4 51.Kf3 h3 ) 49.Kf3 $4 { -6.46/29 } ( 

49.Nf4+ { 0.00/36 } 49...Kf7 50.Nxh5 Rg4 51.Kf3

{ 51. Ng3 Ke6 52. Bd2 Rh4 53. Kf3 Rh3 54. Bb4 d5 55. exd5+ Kxd5   =  

Stockfish } 51...Rh4 52.Ng3 Kf6

{ 52...Ke6 53. Bb4 d5 54. exd5+ Kxd5 55. Nf1 Rh3+ 56. Ke2 Kd4 57. Bc3+ Ke4

58. Be1 Kd4  =   Stockfish } 53.Bd2 Ke6 54.Ne2 Rh2 55.Ba5 Rh3+ 56.Kg4 Rh2

57.Kf3 ) 49...h4 50.Be1 h3 51.Bg3 Rb7 52.Nb4 a5 53.Nd3 Rb3 54.Ke2 Kf6 55.Bh2 Kg5

56.Bg3 Kg4 57.Bh2 Rxd3 58.Kxd3 Kf3 59.Kd2 Kxe4 60.Ke2 d5 61.Bg3 $2

{ -13.89/27 } ( 61.Kd1 { -6.56/34 } 61...d4 ) 61...d4 62.Bh2 Kd5 63.Kd2 e4

64.Ke2 Kc4 65.Be5 Kb3 66.Kd2 d3 67.Kd1 e3 68.Kc1 Kc4 0-1

 

 

Alan Lasser

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[Event "2019 Tata Steel India"]

[Site "Calcutta"]

[Date "2019.11.22"]

[Round "?"]

[White "GM Lev Aronian"]

[Black "GM Magnus Carlsen"]

[Result "0-1"]

[BlackElo "2849"]

[ECO "B90"]

[WhiteElo "2768"]

 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O

11.O-O-O b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Na5 Rc8 15.a3 g6 16.h4 Ng3 17.Rg1 Nxf1 18.Rgxf1 Na4 19.Nxa4 bxa4

20.h5 Qd7 ( 20...Qc7 21.Rh1 Rfe8 22.Qh2 Bf8 23.c4 Re7 { =   Stockfish } )

21.Rh1 Rfe8 22.Qh2 Bf8 23.Bd2 $6 { +0.21/23 } ( 23.Ka1 { +0.56/25 } 23...Qc7

{ 23... Rc7 24. Bb6 Rcc8 25. c3 Re7 26. Rd2 Ree8 27. Qh4 Re7 28. Qf2 Ree8

29. Qh4  =   Stockfish } 24.c4 Re7 25.Bd2 Qd8 26.f4 Bxc4 27.Nxc4 Rxc4 28.hxg6

fxg6 29.f5 Qe8 30.Rdf1 Rc2 31.fxg6 ) ( 23.Rd3 Rc7 24.Bd2 Rec8 25.c4 Bxc4

26.Nxc4 Qb5 { =   Stockfish } ) 23...Rc7 $6 { +0.71/26 } ( 23...d5

{ +0.21/23 } 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Bb4 Rc7 27.Rd3

{ 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rd3 Qf7 29. Re1 Be6 30. Rxe5 Rec8  =   Stockfish }

27...Qf7 28.Re1 Bg7 29.Qe2 Rcc8 30.Red1 Be6 31.Qd2

{ Stockfish disagrees with the Hiarcs evaluation, calling this line equal.

} ) 24.Bb4 Rb8 25.Rd3 Qb5 $6 { +1.36/24 } ( 25...Rbc8 { +0.71/27 } 26.Rd2 Qe8

27.Re2

{ 27. c4 Rd7 28. Qg1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qh3 Qe8 32. Bxd6

Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Bb4 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 gxh5 36. Rxh5   +0.50   Stockfish }

27...Qd7

{ 27... Qb5 28. Rd2 Rd7 29. Rf2 Rdc7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Re2 Rg7 32. Rd2 Rf7

33. Ka1 Rd7 34. Kb1   =  Stockfish } 28.Rg2 Qb5 29.Rf2 Rd7 30.Rd2 Qb6 31.Qg3

Rdc7 32.Rdh2 Qe3 33.Re1 Qb6 34.Rd1 Qb5 35.Rdh1 Qb6 36.Rd2 Qb5 ) 26.Rc3 $2

{ +0.18/27 } ( 26.c4 { +1.36/24 } 26...Qb6

{ 26...Qd7 27. Rhd1 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Bxd6 Rbc8 31. Qxe5

 +3.22   Stockfish } 27.f4 Re8 28.fxe5

{ 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qh5 Rb8 31. g6 f4 32. gxh7+ Kh8 33. Qg6 

+6.02   Stockfish } 28...dxe5 29.Qxe5 Bd7 30.Qf4 Be6 ) 26...Rbc8 27.Rxc7 Rxc7

28.Rd1 Rd7 29.Rd3 Be7 30.hxg6 fxg6 31.Qd2 Qb6 32.Qc1 Bd8 33.c4 Qf2 34.Nc6 $6

{ -0.60/26 } ( 34.Rc3 { -0.01/25 } 34...Qg2 35.Qd1 Qxg5 36.Qxa4 Qg1+

{ 36... h5 37. Nb7 h4 38. Nxd8 Qxd8 39. Rc1 h3 40. Qd1 Qg5 41. Rc2 Qg3 42.

Qh1 Rf7 43. Bxd6 Qxf3 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 45. Bxe5 Re3 46. Bc7 Rxe4 47. Kc1 Bxc4 

 -2.34   Stockfish } 37.Rc1 Qf2 38.Qd1 Bg5 39.Rc3 Qb6 40.Rd3 h5 41.Rxd6 Rxd6

42.Qxd6 Qxd6 43.Bxd6 Bf6 44.Nc6 h4 ) ( 34.Bd2 Bb6 35.Bb4 Qe2 36.Qd1 Qxd1+

37.Rxd1 Bxa5 38.Bxa5 Bxc4 39.Bb4 d5 40.exd5 Bxd5 41.Bc3 Be4+ 42.Kc1 Rxd1+

43.Kxd1 Bxf3+ 44.Ke1 e4 { -0.58   Stockfish } ) 34...Bxg5 35.Qxg5 Qf1+ 36.Kc2

Bxc4 37.Qe3 $2 { -1.60/27 } ( 37.Nxe5 { -0.57/26 } 37...Bb3+ 38.Kc3 Rc7+

39.Kd4 Qf2+ 40.Qe3 Qxb2+ 41.Rc3 dxe5+ 42.Kxe5 Rd7 43.Qg5 Rf7 44.Qe3 Kg7

{ 44... a5 45. Bd6 Rd7 46. f4 Rd8 47. Qc1 Re8+ 48. Kd4 Qg2 49. Be5 Qf2+ 50.

Qe3 Rd8+ 51. Kc5 Qb2 52. Kc6 Qxa3  -2.23   Stockfish } 45.f4 h6 46.Kd4 Ba2

47.Kc5 a5 48.Bxa5 Qb8 49.Qd2 Qa8 50.Qd4+ Rf6 51.Qd7+ Bf7 52.Bd8 Rxf4 53.e5 )

37...Bxd3+ 38.Qxd3 Qxd3+ 39.Kxd3 h5 40.Ke3 Kf7 41.Bc3 $6 { -1.59/33 } ( 

41.Ba5 { -1.32/33 } 41...g5

{ Ke6 42. Nd8+ Kf6 43. Nc6 g5 44. Kf2 Rg7 45. Nb4 g4 46. Nd5+ Kf7 47. Ne3

gxf3 48. Kxf3 Ke6  -2.15   Stockfish } 42.Kf2 Kg6 43.Kg2 Rg7 44.Nb4 Rb7

45.Nd3 Rb3 46.Bc3 a5 47.Kg3 Rb5 48.Kh3 Kf7 49.Nf2 Ke6 50.Kg2 Kf6 51.Nd3 Ke7

52.Nf2 Kf6 ) 41...Ke6 42.Nb4 g5 43.Kf2 Rf7 44.Kg2 g4 45.fxg4 Rg7 46.Nd5 $2

{ -3.95/31 } ( 46.Nd3 { -1.69/33 } 46...Rxg4+ 47.Kf3 Rh4

{ 47...Rg1 48. Be1 d5 49. exd5+ Kxd5 50. Ke2 Rg2+ 51. Kf1 Rg4 52. Nf2 Rf4

53. Bd2 Rf8 54. Kg2 e4 55. Nd1 Rg8+ 56. Kh2 Kd4 57. Nc3 e3 58. Be1 Kd3 59.

Nxa4 Ke2 60. Bc3 Rg5 61. Bf6 Rf5 62. Nc3+ Kf3 63. Be7 Kg4 64. Nd1 Re5 65. Bb4 Kf3 66. Nxe3 Kxe3  -4.05   Stockfish }

48.Nf2 Rf4+ 49.Kg2 d5 50.Bd2 Rf8 51.Be1 Rg8+ ) ( 46.Kf3 Rxg4 47.Nd3 Rg1

48.Be1 d5 49.exd5+ Kxd5 50.Ke3 Rh1 51.Nb4+ Ke6 52.Bc3 Rg1 53.Nd3 Rg3+ 54.Ke4

Rg4+ 55.Ke3 Kf5 56.Kf2 e4 57.Ne5 Rg8 58.Nc6 Ke6 59.Ke3 h4 60.Nd4+ Kd5 61.Ne2

h3 62.Nf4+ Kc4 63.Nxh3 Rg3+ 64.Kxe4 Rxh3 { -3.32   Stockfish } ) 46...Rxg4+

47.Kf3 Rg1 48.Kf2

Rg7 $4 { 0.00/36 } ( 48...Rg8 { -5.25/33 } 49.Nc7+

{ 49. Be1 h4 50. Kf3 h3 51. Bg3 Rh8 52. Bh2 Rf8+ 53. Kg3 Rb8 54. Kxh3 Rxb2 

-10.47   Stockfish } 49...Kf7 50.Be1 h4 51.Kf3 h3 ) 49.Kf3 $4 { -6.46/29 } ( 

49.Nf4+ { 0.00/36 } 49...Kf7 50.Nxh5 Rg4 51.Kf3

{ 51. Ng3 Ke6 52. Bd2 Rh4 53. Kf3 Rh3 54. Bb4 d5 55. exd5+ Kxd5   =  

Stockfish } 51...Rh4 52.Ng3 Kf6

{ 52...Ke6 53. Bb4 d5 54. exd5+ Kxd5 55. Nf1 Rh3+ 56. Ke2 Kd4 57. Bc3+ Ke4

58. Be1 Kd4  =   Stockfish } 53.Bd2 Ke6 54.Ne2 Rh2 55.Ba5 Rh3+ 56.Kg4 Rh2

57.Kf3 ) 49...h4 50.Be1 h3 51.Bg3 Rb7 52.Nb4 a5 53.Nd3 Rb3 54.Ke2 Kf6 55.Bh2 Kg5

56.Bg3 Kg4 57.Bh2 Rxd3 58.Kxd3 Kf3 59.Kd2 Kxe4 60.Ke2 d5 61.Bg3 $2

{ -13.89/27 } ( 61.Kd1 { -6.56/34 } 61...d4 ) 61...d4 62.Bh2 Kd5 63.Kd2 e4

64.Ke2 Kc4 65.Be5 Kb3 66.Kd2 d3 67.Kd1 e3 68.Kc1 Kc4 0-1

 

Alan Lasser

blacklightmazes@icloud.com

website:  blacklightmazes.com

 

 

 

 

 

2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN SAT. JAN. 18 

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com Dir: One Section. Accel.Pairings. W.

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GOING BACK IN TIME

with Bob Cyr

Here are Bob's latest writings...

 

 

Early History of the New Britain Chess Club

Remembering David Lees

New Britain Chess Club Hall of Fame

Chess Biography of David Lees

Chess Biography of Will Torres

Highlights of 2019  by Bob Cyr

Biography of Bob Cyr, Chess Historian

Fun Facts of the New Britain Chess Club

An Inspirational Chess Story

"What are the Odds" annual NBCC tournament, 19th year

Remembering Arkadijs and Andris Strazdins

NBCC Highlights from January 2019 thru August 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS CLUB

Most Frequent Players (after tnmt #44)

32 Joe Bihlmeyer

18 Art Nagel

18 Rob Roy

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14 Mark Bourque

13 Hayes Goodman

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10 Dan Zhou

10 Joshua Berkun

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USCF History of the Coventry Chess Club

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS CLUB 2020 CALENDAR

Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31)

JAN 18  2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN

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CHESS COLUMNS FROM THE PAST   by Rob Roy

Rob Roy did 1300 columnsWaterbury Sunday Republican 1977-2000.  Enabling Waterbury Chess Club to be successful.

Here are three columns from 1978;

 

 

CONNECTICUT CHESS MAGAZINE # 181

 

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CONNECTICUT STATE CHESS ASSOC

11/23
The first West Hartford Scholastic Chess Camp and Tournament organized by Norman Burtness was a big success with 19 scholastic players attending the camp. Candidate Masters Joe Bihlmeyer and Suhas Kodali and NM Derek Meredith were the instructors. The tournament was by Carter Clayton; crosstable

11/15
Simsbury & Friends played another match vs UConn in Storrs. This year the match was on 22 boards. UConn won 27.5 - 16.5

 

New Britain Chess Club

Norman Burtness, President 

newbritainchessclub@gmail.com

Armenian Church, 1910 Stanley St.

Tues. 6:30 pm

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser

Here’s an ending rarely seen; on move sixty, it’s two rooks and a bishop versus a knight, a bishop, and five pawns. The computer thinks Black was losing after move fifty-three, when he still had one last pawn and White had six; but there was still one last chance to save the game.

 

 

GM Ivan Saric (2650)-IM Aydin Suleymanli (2429)
11/14/19
2019 European Club Cup

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e5 c5
5.a3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 Qa5
7.Bd2 Qa4
8.Qg4 Kf8
9.Qd1 Ne7
10.Qb1 c4
11.Ne2 Nbc6
12.Nf4 b6
13.Nh5 Bd7
14.Qc1 Rg8
15.h4?! +0.27/24
15.Be2 +0.60/22 15...Qa5 15...Ke8 16.g4 +0.21 Stockfish 16.a4 Rd8 17.Qa3 Rh8 18.Nf6
15.g4 Ke8 16.Bh3 Kd8 17.Bg5 Kc7 18.f4 Raf8 19.O-O +0.39 Stockfish
15…Ke8
16.Rh3 Kd8
17.Rf3 Kc7
18.g3 Raf8
19.Bh3 Be8
20.Nf4 Bd7
21.Kf1 Kb7
22.Kg1 Nf5
23.Rb1 Nce7
24.Rb4 Qc6
25.Ng2 h5
26.Nf4 f6
27.Qe1 g5
28.Nxh5 g4
29.Rxf5 Nxf5
30.Bg2 fxe5
31.dxe5 a5
32.Rb1 Qc5
33.Nf6 Rg7
34.Be3 Nxe3
35.Qxe3 Qxe3
36.fxe3 Ba4
37.Rc1 b5?! +0.49/26
37...Be8 -0.30/23 38.Rf1 38. e4 dxe4 39. Kf2 Bg6 40. Ke3 Rd8 41. h5 Bf5 42. h6 Rg6 43. h7 Rh8 44. Bxe4+ Bxe4 45. Kxe4 +0.43 Stockfish 38...Ka6 39.e4 dxe4 40.Bxe4 Bg6 41.Bxg6 Rxg6 42.Rd1 Kb5 43.Rd6 Ka4 44.Rxb6 Kxa3 45.Rxe6 Kb2 46.Ra6 Kxc2 47.Kg2 Rg7 48.h5 Kxc3
37...Kc6 38.Bf1 Kc5 39.Be2 Be8 40.Kg2 Bc6 41.Kf1 Be8 = Stockfish
38.e4 d4?! +1.33/23
38...Ka6 +0.72/23 39.Kf2 39. exd5 exd5 40. Nxd5 Re8 41. Re1 Bxc2 42. e6 Bf5 43. Nf4 Rge7 44. Bd5 Rf8 45. h5 Bh7 46. Bg2 +1.25 Stockfish 39...b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.exd5 exd5 42.Ke3 b3 43.cxb3 cxb3 44.Rb1 Rc8 45.Nxd5 Kb5 46.c4+ Ka5 47.Kd4 Rb7 48.e6 b2 49.Be4 Bc6 50.e7 Rh8 51.Bg6 Rhb8 52.h5 Bxd5 53.e8=Q Rxe8 54.Bxe8 Bf3 55.h6
38...Re7 39.Kf2 b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.Ke3 d4+ 42.cxd4 b3 43.Rb1 Ka6 44.cxb3 cxb3 45.Bf1+ Ka5 46.h5 +1.00 Stockfish
39.cxd4 b4
40.axb4?! +0.83/25
40.c3 +1.17/22 40...Rc7 40...bxa3 41. Ra1 Bc2 42. Rxa3 Ka6 43. Ra2 Bb1 44. Ra1 Bd3 45. d5 Kb5 46. dxe6 +1.83 Stockfish 41.Bf1 Rd8 42.axb4 axb4 43.d5 b3 44.Rb1 Bb5 45.Kf2 exd5
40…axb4
41.Bf1 Rc8?! +1.46/23
41...Rc7 +0.84/23 42.c3 42. Rb1 b3 43. Kf2 Ra8 44. h5 c3 45. cxb3 c2 46. Rc1 Bxb3 47. Bd3 Rc3 48. Be2 Rh8 49. Bxg4 +0.09 Stockfish 42...b3 43.Be2 Bb5 44.Kf2 Ra8 45.Ke3 Kb6
42.Rb1 b3
43.c3?! +0.28/25
43.d5 Kb8 44.dxe6 Rb7 45.c3 b2 46.e7 Bc2 47.e8=Q Rxe8 48.Rxb2 Rxb2 49.Nxe8 Bd3 50.Bg2 Rb1+ 51.Kh2 Rb2 = Stockfish
43.Kf2 Kb6 44.Be2 c3 45.cxb3 c2 46.Rc1 Bxb3 47.h5 Ra7 48.Ke3 Rca8 49.Bd3 Ra1 50.Rxa1 Rxa1 51.Bxc2 Bxc2 52.Kf4 +0.09 Stockfish
43…Kb6
44.h5 Bb5
44...Ra7 45.h6 Bb5 46.h7 Rh8 47.d5 Raxh7 48.Nxh7 Rxh7 49.Rd1 Kc5 50.dxe6 Re7 51.Rd5+ Kb6 52.Rd6+ Kc7 53.Kf2 Rxe6 54.Rd2 -0.17 Stockfish Of course not 54.Re6 b2
45.h6 Ra7
46.h7 Rh8
47.Be2 Ra2
48.Bxg4 Rc2
49.Bxe6 b2
50.Rxb2 Rxb2
51.Bg8 Rc2
52.Nd5+ Ka5
53.e6 Bc6? +1.78/26
53...Ka4 54.g4 Kb3 55.g5 Be8 56.e5 Kb2 57.Ne3 Rxc3 58.Nd1+ Kc2 59.Nxc3 Kxc3 60.d5 Kb4 61.d6 c3 62.d7 c2 63.dxe8=Q c1=Q+ 64.Kg2 Qxg5+ 65.Kh3 Qf5+ 66.Kh4 Qxh7+ 67.Bxh7 Rxe8 68.Bf5 This position is an endgame database draw.
54.e7 Ka4
55.Nb6+ Kb3
56.d5? +0.96/26
56.Nxc4 Kxc3 57.d5 Ba4 57...Be8 58. Nd6 Bg6 59. Nf5 Kd3 60. d6 Be8 61. e5 Rc1+ 62. Kf2 Rc5 63. Kf3 Rxe5 +7.88 Stockfish 58.Nb6 Bb5 59.d6 Rd2 60.e5 Be8 61.g4 Kc2 62.Nd5 Rd4 63.Kf2 Kd1 64.Nf6 Bb5 65.g5 Rd2+ 66.Kg3 Rd3+ +17.09 Stockfish
56...Bb5? +3.04/25
56...Be8 +0.96/26 57.d6 Rd2 58.e5 58. Nxc4 Rd1+ 59. Kg2 Kxc3 60. Kf3 Rd4 61. e5 Rxh7 62. Bxh7 Kxc4 +0.09 Stockfish 58...Kxc3 59.g4 Rd4 59...Kb4 60. Nxc4 Rd1+ 61. Kf2 Rxh7 62. Bxh7 Kxc4 63. g5 Kd5 64. g6 Rd4 65. g7 Rg4 66. g8=R Rxg8 67. Bxg8+ Kxe5 68. d7 Bxd7 69. Bf7 Kd6 70. e8=Q Bxe8 71. Bxe8 +0.09 Stockfish 60.Kf2 Kd3 61.Nxc4 Rxc4 62.Bxc4+ Kxc4 63.e6 Rxh7 64.d7 Rxe7 65.d8=Q Rxe6 66.Kf3 Kc5 67.g5 Kc6 68.Qa8+ Kc7
57.d6 Rd2
58.Nxc4?! +1.95/30
58.Bd5 +2.50/24 58...Rxh7 58...Rd3 59. Kg2 Rd2+ 60. Kf3 Rd1 61. Kf2 Rd2+ 62. Ke3 Rg2 63. Kf3 Rg1 64. Bxc4+ Bxc4 65. d7 Bf7 66. d8=Q Rxh7 67. e8=Q Bxe8 68. Qxe8 +11.88 Stockfish 59.Bxc4+ Bxc4 60.Nxc4 Rd1+ 60... Kxc4 61. e8=Q Rhh2 62. Qc6+ Kd3 63. e5 Rhe2 64. Qf3+ Re3 65. Qd5+ Kxc3 66. Qa5+ Kc2 67. Qxd2+ Kxd2 68. d7 Rxg3+ +10.40 Stockfish 61.Kf2 Kxc4 62.e8=Q Rh2+ 63.Ke3 Rd3+ 64.Kf4 Rxd6 65.e5 Rd3 66.Qc6+ Kb3 67.Qb6+ Kc2 68.e6 Re2 69.c4 Rd1 70.c5 Rf1+ 71.Kg5 Re5+ 72.Kg6 Rf3 73.Qd6 Rxg3+ 74.Kf6 Reg5 75.Qd4
58...Rd1+
59.Kf2 Kxc3
60.Na3 Be8
61.e5 Kd4? +8.11/28
61...Kb4 +1.96/26 62.Ke2 Bh5+ 63.g4 63. Ke3 Kc5 64. Kf4 Be8 65. Nc4 Kc6 66. Kg5 Rd3 67. g4 Rd4 68. Na5+ Kb6 69. Nb3 Re4 70. e6 Rxe6 71. Bxe6 Rxh7 72. Kf6 Kc6 73. Ke5 Rg7 74. Bf5 Kb7 75. Nd4 Ka7 76. Ne6 Rg8 77. Kf6 Kb8 78. Nd4 Kb7 79. d7 Bxd7 80. Bxd7 +10.71 Stockfish 63...Bxg4+ 64.Ke3 Bh5 65.Nc4 Kc5 66.Nd2 Kc6 67.Ne4 Rf1 68.Bc4
62.e6 Ke5?! +9.64/32
62...Kc5 +8.11/27 63.d7 Rxd7 64.exd7 Bxd7 65.Nc4 Be8 66.g4 Kc6 67.g5 Rxh7 67...Kd7 68. g6 Kxe7 69. g7 Rxh7 70. Bxh7 Bf7 71. g8=Q Bxg8 72. Bxg8 +49.42 Stockfish 68.Bxh7 Kd7 69.g6 69. Bg6 Bxg6 70. Ne5+ Kxe7 71. Nxg6+ Ke6 72. Nf4+ Kf5 73. g6 Kf6 74. Kg3 Ke7 75. Kh4 Kf8 76. Kg5 Ke7 77. Kf5 Kf8 78. Ne6+ Ke7 79. g7 Kf7 80. Ke5 Ke8 81. g8=Q+ Ke7 82. Qg7+ Ke8 83. Nc5 Kd8 84. Qd7# 69...Kxe7 70.g7 Bf7 71.g8=Q Bxg8 72.Bxg8 Kf6 73.Kf3 Kg5 74.Bd5 Kf5 75.Kg3 Kg5 76.Be4 Kf6 77.Kf4 Kf7
62...Rd2+ 63.Kf3 Kc5 64.d7 Rxd7 65.exd7 Bxd7 66.Nc4 Be8 67.g4 Kc6 68.g5 Kd7 69.g6 Kxe7 70.g7 Bc6+ 71.Kf4 Rxh7 72.Bxh7 Bd5 73.Nb2 The endgame datbase says it's mate on move 100. Most human players can't do the B+N mate that fast.
63.Nc4+?? +0.05/32
63.d7 +9.64/32 63...Rxd7 64.exd7 Bxd7 65.Nc4+ Kf6 66.Nb6 Bc6 67.Nd5+
63…Kf6
64.g4 Rd5
65.d7 Rxd7?? +8.81/36
65...Kxe7 +0.05/27 66.dxe8=N 65... Kxe7 66. Nb6 Rxd7 67. exd7 Bg6 68. Kg3 Bxh7 69. Bxh7 Rxh7 70. Nd5+ Kd8 71. Nf6 Rh1 72. Kf4 Rf1+ 73. Ke5 Ke7 74. g5 Re1+ 75. Kf5 Rf1+ = Stockfish 66...Kxe8 67.Ne3 67. Kf3 Rg5 68. Nd6+ Ke7 69. Nf5+ Kf6 70. Kf4 Rgxg8 71. hxg8=N+ Rxg8 72. e7 Rb8 73. g5+ Kf7 74. Kg3 Rb3+ 75. Kg4 Rb4+ 76. Kh3 Rb8 77. Kh4 Rb4+ 78. Kh3 = Stockfish 67...Rg5 68.Kg3 Ke7 69.Nf5+ Kf6 70.e7 Rgxg8 71.hxg8=Q Rxg8 This position is an endgame database draw. 72.Kf4 Ra8 73.g5+ Kf7 74.Kg4 Ra4+ 75.Kh5 Ra6 76.Kh4 Rc6 77.Kg3 Ke8 78.Kg4 Rc4+ 79.Kf3 Rc3+ 80.Ke4 Rc6
66.exd7 Bxd7
67.Nb6 Kxe7?? #27/34
67...Bc6 The endgame database says this also leads to mate . 68.Nd5+ Ke5 69.Nc7 69. Kg3 Kd6 70. g5 Be8 71. Nf6 Kxe7 72. Nxe8 Kxe8 73. Kf4 Kf8 74. Ke5 Kg7 75. Kf5 Rxh7 76. Bxh7 Kxh7 77. Kf6 Kg8 78. Kg6 Kf8 79. Kh7 Ke7 80. g6 Ke6 81. g7 Ke5 82. g8=Q Kd4 83. Kg6 Kc5 84. Kf5 Kb4 85. Ke5 Kc3 86. Ke4 Kc2 87. Qc4+ Kb2 88. Kd3 Ka3 89. Qb5 Ka2 90. Kc3 Ka3 91. Qb3# 69...Kf4 70.e8=Q Bxe8 71.Nxe8 Kxg4 72.Nd6 Rxh7 73.Bxh7 Kg5 74.Ke3 Kf6 75.Kd4 Ke6 76.Nc4 Kf6 77.Ke4 Ke6 78.Bf5+ Kf7 79.Ke5 Kf8 80.Ke6 Ke8 81.Ne5 Kd8 82.Kd6 Ke8 83.Bd7+ Kf8 84.Be6 Kg7 85.Ke7 Kh6 86.Kf6 Kh5 87.Nf3 Kh6 88.Bg4 Kh7 89.Bf5+
68.Nxd7 Kxd7
69.Kg3 Ke7
70.Kh4 Kf6
71.Kh5 1-0

 

 2019 YANKEE PEDDLER OPEN   201911163222

 COVENTRY USCF TNMT # 44,    2019-11-16

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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    1 | JOSEPH BIHLMEYER                |3.0  |W  10|W   5|W   4|
   CT | 12686352 / R: 2126   ->2135     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 2004   ->2016     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    2 | DANIEL ZHOU                     |2.5  |D  11|W   8|W   6|
   CT | 14927462 / R: 1987   ->1996     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1784   ->1795     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    3 | MICHAEL SMITH                   |2.5  |D   6|W  11|W  10|
   CT | 16903342 / R: 1772   ->1848     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1685   ->1752     |     |     |     |     |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    4 | ZACHARY REGGIO                  |2.0  |W  13|W  12|L   1|
   MA | 17126736 / R: 1740P3 ->1739P6   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1598P3 ->1598P6   |     |     |     |     |
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    5 | DANIEL SMITH                    |2.0  |W   9|L   1|W  12|
   RI | 12704934 / R: 1522   ->1541     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1415   ->1439     |     |     |     |     |
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    6 | BENJAMIN HOVER AMAR             |1.5  |D   3|W   7|L   2|
   ME | 14789400 / R: 2011   ->1994     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1788   ->1773     |     |     |     |     |
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    7 | SAMUEL MICHAEL LUMELSKY         |1.5  |D   8|L   6|W  14|
   CT | 14861407 / R: 1509   ->1504     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1315   ->1308     |     |     |     |     |
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    8 | ELIZABETH C SMITH               |1.5  |D   7|L   2|W  13|
   CT | 15913683 / R: 1443   ->1449     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1228   ->1236     |     |     |     |     |
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    9 | PUNYAVRAT UPADHYAY              |1.5  |L   5|W  14|D  11|
   CT | 15975172 / R: 1437   ->1440     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1404   ->1399     |     |     |     |     |
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   10 | MICHAEL SMIRH                   |1.0  |L   1|W  13|L   3|
   CT | 12457896 / R: 1968   ->1943     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1922   ->1892     |     |     |     |     |
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   11 | HAYES N GOODMAN                 |1.0  |D   2|L   3|D   9|
   RI | 15207355 / R: 1866   ->1844     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1681   ->1661     |     |     |     |     |
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   12 | JAKE DOUGLAS LUMELSKY           |1.0  |W  14|L   4|L   5|
   CT | 15117898 / R: 1146   ->1144     |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: 1052   ->1050     |     |     |     |     |
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   13 | DMYTRO TSYDYBRAGA               |0.0  |L   4|L  10|L   8|
   CT | 17204886 / R: Unrated->1053P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated-> 846P3   |     |     |     |     |
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   14 | ALYSSA ROSARIO                  |0.0  |L  12|L   9|L   7|
   CT | 17204927 / R: Unrated-> 747P3   |     |     |     |     |
      |            Q: Unrated-> 654P3   |     |     |     |     |
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[Event "2019 European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj, Montenegro"]
[Date "2019.11.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Ivan Saric"]
[Black "IM Aydin Suleymanli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4 Kf8
9.Qd1 Ne7 10.Qb1 c4 11.Ne2 Nbc6 12.Nf4 b6 13.Nh5 Bd7 14.Qc1 Rg8 15.h4 $6
{ +0.27/24 } ( 15.Be2 { +0.60/22 } 15...Qa5
{ 15...Ke8 16.g4 +0.21 Stockfish } 16.a4 Rd8 17.Qa3 Rh8 18.Nf6 ) ( 15.g4 Ke8
16.Bh3 Kd8 17.Bg5 Kc7 18.f4 Raf8 19.O-O { +0.39 Stockfish } ) 15...Ke8 16.Rh3
Kd8 17.Rf3 Kc7 18.g3 Raf8 19.Bh3 Be8 20.Nf4 Bd7 21.Kf1 Kb7 22.Kg1 Nf5 23.Rb1
Nce7 24.Rb4 Qc6 25.Ng2 h5 26.Nf4 f6 27.Qe1 g5 28.Nxh5 g4 29.Rxf5 Nxf5 30.Bg2
fxe5 31.dxe5 a5 32.Rb1 Qc5 33.Nf6 Rg7 34.Be3 Nxe3 35.Qxe3 Qxe3 36.fxe3 Ba4
37.Rc1 b5 $6 { +0.49/26 } ( 37...Be8 { -0.30/23 } 38.Rf1
{ 38. e4 dxe4 39. Kf2 Bg6 40. Ke3 Rd8 41. h5 Bf5 42. h6 Rg6 43. h7 Rh8 44.
Bxe4+ Bxe4 45. Kxe4 +0.43 Stockfish } 38...Ka6 39.e4 dxe4 40.Bxe4 Bg6 41.Bxg6
Rxg6 42.Rd1 Kb5 43.Rd6 Ka4 44.Rxb6 Kxa3 45.Rxe6 Kb2 46.Ra6 Kxc2 47.Kg2 Rg7
48.h5 Kxc3 ) ( 37...Kc6 38.Bf1 Kc5 39.Be2 Be8 40.Kg2 Bc6 41.Kf1 Be8
{ = Stockfish } ) 38.e4 d4 $6 { +1.33/23 } ( 38...Ka6 { +0.72/23 } 39.Kf2
{ 39. exd5 exd5 40. Nxd5 Re8 41. Re1 Bxc2 42. e6 Bf5 43. Nf4 Rge7 44. Bd5
Rf8 45. h5 Bh7 46. Bg2 +1.25 Stockfish } 39...b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.exd5 exd5
42.Ke3 b3 43.cxb3 cxb3 44.Rb1 Rc8 45.Nxd5 Kb5 46.c4+ Ka5 47.Kd4 Rb7 48.e6 b2
49.Be4 Bc6 50.e7 Rh8 51.Bg6 Rhb8 52.h5 Bxd5 53.e8=Q Rxe8 54.Bxe8 Bf3 55.h6 )
( 38...Re7 39.Kf2 b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.Ke3 d4+ 42.cxd4 b3 43.Rb1 Ka6 44.cxb3
cxb3 45.Bf1+ Ka5 46.h5 { +1.00 Stockfish } ) 39.cxd4 b4 40.axb4 $6
{ +0.83/25 } ( 40.c3 { +1.17/22 } 40...Rc7
{ 40...bxa3 41. Ra1 Bc2 42. Rxa3 Ka6 43. Ra2 Bb1 44. Ra1 Bd3 45. d5 Kb5 46.
dxe6 +1.83 Stockfish } 41.Bf1 Rd8 42.axb4 axb4 43.d5 b3 44.Rb1 Bb5 45.Kf2
exd5 ) 40...axb4 41.Bf1 Rc8 $6 { +1.46/23 } ( 41...Rc7 { +0.84/23 } 42.c3
{ 42. Rb1 b3 43. Kf2 Ra8 44. h5 c3 45. cxb3 c2 46. Rc1 Bxb3 47. Bd3 Rc3 48.
Be2 Rh8 49. Bxg4 +0.09 Stockfish } 42...b3 43.Be2 Bb5 44.Kf2 Ra8 45.Ke3 Kb6 )
42.Rb1 b3 43.c3 $6
{ +0.28/25 } ( 43.d5 Kb8 44.dxe6 Rb7 45.c3 b2 46.e7 Bc2 47.e8=Q Rxe8 48.Rxb2
Rxb2 49.Nxe8 Bd3 50.Bg2 Rb1+ 51.Kh2 Rb2 { = Stockfish } ) ( 43.Kf2 Kb6 44.Be2
c3 45.cxb3 c2 46.Rc1 Bxb3 47.h5 Ra7 48.Ke3 Rca8 49.Bd3 Ra1 50.Rxa1 Rxa1
51.Bxc2 Bxc2 52.Kf4 { +0.09 Stockfish } ) 43...Kb6 44.h5 Bb5 ( 44...Ra7 45.h6 Bb5 46.h7 Rh8
47.d5 Raxh7 48.Nxh7 Rxh7 49.Rd1 Kc5 50.dxe6 Re7 51.Rd5+ Kb6 52.Rd6+ Kc7
53.Kf2 Rxe6 54.Rd2 { -0.17 Stockfish Of course not 54.Re6 b2 } ) 45.h6 Ra7
46.h7 Rh8 47.Be2 Ra2 48.Bxg4 Rc2 49.Bxe6 b2 50.Rxb2 Rxb2 51.Bg8 Rc2 52.Nd5+
Ka5 53.e6 Bc6 $2 { +1.78/26 } ( 53...Ka4 54.g4 Kb3 55.g5 Be8 56.e5 Kb2 57.Ne3
Rxc3 58.Nd1+ Kc2 59.Nxc3 Kxc3 60.d5 Kb4 61.d6 c3 62.d7 c2 63.dxe8=Q c1=Q+
64.Kg2 Qxg5+ 65.Kh3 Qf5+ 66.Kh4 Qxh7+ 67.Bxh7 Rxe8 68.Bf5
{ This position is an endgame database draw. } ) 54.e7 Ka4 55.Nb6+ Kb3 56.d5
$2 { +0.96/26 } ( 56.Nxc4 Kxc3 57.d5 Ba4
{ 57...Be8 58. Nd6 Bg6 59. Nf5 Kd3 60. d6 Be8 61. e5 Rc1+ 62. Kf2 Rc5 63.
Kf3 Rxe5 +7.88 Stockfish } 58.Nb6 Bb5 59.d6 Rd2 60.e5 Be8 61.g4 Kc2 62.Nd5
Rd4 63.Kf2 Kd1 64.Nf6 Bb5 65.g5 Rd2+ 66.Kg3 Rd3+ { +17.09 Stockfish } )
56...Bb5 $2 { +3.04/25 } ( 56...Be8 { +0.96/26 } 57.d6 Rd2 58.e5
{ 58. Nxc4 Rd1+ 59. Kg2 Kxc3 60. Kf3 Rd4 61. e5 Rxh7 62. Bxh7 Kxc4 +0.09
Stockfish } 58...Kxc3 59.g4 Rd4
{ 59...Kb4 60. Nxc4 Rd1+ 61. Kf2 Rxh7 62. Bxh7 Kxc4 63. g5 Kd5 64. g6 Rd4
65. g7 Rg4 66. g8=R Rxg8 67. Bxg8+ Kxe5 68. d7 Bxd7 69. Bf7 Kd6 70. e8=Q
Bxe8 71. Bxe8 +0.09 Stockfish } 60.Kf2 Kd3 61.Nxc4 Rxc4 62.Bxc4+ Kxc4 63.e6
Rxh7 64.d7 Rxe7 65.d8=Q Rxe6 66.Kf3 Kc5 67.g5 Kc6 68.Qa8+ Kc7 ) 57.d6 Rd2
58.Nxc4 $6 { +1.95/30 } ( 58.Bd5 { +2.50/24 } 58...Rxh7
{ 58...Rd3 59. Kg2 Rd2+ 60. Kf3 Rd1 61. Kf2 Rd2+ 62. Ke3 Rg2 63. Kf3 Rg1
64. Bxc4+ Bxc4 65. d7 Bf7 66. d8=Q Rxh7 67. e8=Q Bxe8 68. Qxe8 +11.88
Stockfish } 59.Bxc4+ Bxc4 60.Nxc4 Rd1+
{ 60... Kxc4 61. e8=Q Rhh2 62. Qc6+ Kd3 63. e5 Rhe2 64. Qf3+ Re3 65. Qd5+
Kxc3 66. Qa5+ Kc2 67. Qxd2+ Kxd2 68. d7 Rxg3+ +10.40 Stockfish } 61.Kf2 Kxc4
62.e8=Q Rh2+ 63.Ke3 Rd3+ 64.Kf4 Rxd6 65.e5 Rd3 66.Qc6+ Kb3 67.Qb6+ Kc2 68.e6
Re2 69.c4 Rd1 70.c5 Rf1+ 71.Kg5 Re5+ 72.Kg6 Rf3 73.Qd6 Rxg3+ 74.Kf6 Reg5
75.Qd4 ) 58...Rd1+ 59.Kf2 Kxc3 60.Na3 Be8 61.e5 Kd4 $2 { +8.11/28 } (
61...Kb4 { +1.96/26 } 62.Ke2 Bh5+ 63.g4
{ 63. Ke3 Kc5 64. Kf4 Be8 65. Nc4 Kc6 66. Kg5 Rd3 67. g4 Rd4 68. Na5+ Kb6
69. Nb3 Re4 70. e6 Rxe6 71. Bxe6 Rxh7 72. Kf6 Kc6 73. Ke5 Rg7 74. Bf5 Kb7
75. Nd4 Ka7 76. Ne6 Rg8 77. Kf6 Kb8 78. Nd4 Kb7 79. d7 Bxd7 80. Bxd7 +10.71 Stockfish }
63...Bxg4+ 64.Ke3 Bh5 65.Nc4 Kc5 66.Nd2 Kc6 67.Ne4 Rf1 68.Bc4 ) 62.e6 Ke5 $6
{ +9.64/32 } ( 62...Kc5 { +8.11/27 } 63.d7 Rxd7 64.exd7 Bxd7 65.Nc4 Be8 66.g4
Kc6 67.g5 Rxh7
{ 67...Kd7 68. g6 Kxe7 69. g7 Rxh7 70. Bxh7 Bf7 71. g8=Q Bxg8 72. Bxg8
+49.42 Stockfish } 68.Bxh7 Kd7 69.g6
{ 69. Bg6 Bxg6 70. Ne5+ Kxe7 71. Nxg6+ Ke6 72. Nf4+ Kf5 73. g6 Kf6 74. Kg3
Ke7 75. Kh4 Kf8 76. Kg5 Ke7 77. Kf5 Kf8 78. Ne6+ Ke7 79. g7 Kf7 80. Ke5 Ke8
81. g8=Q+ Ke7 82. Qg7+ Ke8 83. Nc5 Kd8 84. Qd7# } 69...Kxe7 70.g7 Bf7 71.g8=Q
Bxg8 72.Bxg8 Kf6 73.Kf3 Kg5 74.Bd5 Kf5 75.Kg3 Kg5 76.Be4 Kf6 77.Kf4 Kf7 ) (
62...Rd2+ 63.Kf3 Kc5 64.d7 Rxd7 65.exd7 Bxd7 66.Nc4 Be8 67.g4 Kc6 68.g5 Kd7
69.g6 Kxe7 70.g7 Bc6+ 71.Kf4 Rxh7 72.Bxh7 Bd5 73.Nb2
{ The endgame datbase says it's mate on move 100. Most human players can't
do the B+N mate that fast. } ) 63.Nc4+ $4 { +0.05/32 } ( 63.d7 { +9.64/32 }
63...Rxd7 64.exd7 Bxd7 65.Nc4+ Kf6 66.Nb6 Bc6 67.Nd5+ ) 63...Kf6 64.g4 Rd5
65.d7 Rxd7 $4 { +8.81/36 } ( 65...Kxe7 { +0.05/27 } 66.dxe8=N
{ 65... Kxe7 66. Nb6 Rxd7 67. exd7 Bg6 68. Kg3 Bxh7 69. Bxh7 Rxh7 70. Nd5+
Kd8 71. Nf6 Rh1 72. Kf4 Rf1+ 73. Ke5 Ke7 74. g5 Re1+ 75. Kf5 Rf1+ =
Stockfish } 66...Kxe8 67.Ne3
{ 67. Kf3 Rg5 68. Nd6+ Ke7 69. Nf5+ Kf6 70. Kf4 Rgxg8 71. hxg8=N+ Rxg8 72.
e7 Rb8 73. g5+ Kf7 74. Kg3 Rb3+ 75. Kg4 Rb4+ 76. Kh3 Rb8 77. Kh4 Rb4+ 78.
Kh3 = Stockfish } 67...Rg5 68.Kg3 Ke7 69.Nf5+ Kf6 70.e7 Rgxg8 71.hxg8=Q
Rxg8 { This position is an endgame database draw. } 72.Kf4 Ra8 73.g5+ Kf7
74.Kg4 Ra4+ 75.Kh5 Ra6 76.Kh4 Rc6 77.Kg3 Ke8 78.Kg4 Rc4+ 79.Kf3 Rc3+ 80.Ke4
Rc6 ) 66.exd7 Bxd7 67.Nb6 Kxe7 $4 { #27/34 } ( 67...Bc6
{ The endgame database says this also leads to mate . } 68.Nd5+ Ke5 69.Nc7
{ 69. Kg3 Kd6 70. g5 Be8 71. Nf6 Kxe7 72. Nxe8 Kxe8 73. Kf4 Kf8 74. Ke5 Kg7
75. Kf5 Rxh7 76. Bxh7 Kxh7 77. Kf6 Kg8 78. Kg6 Kf8 79. Kh7 Ke7 80. g6 Ke6
81. g7 Ke5 82. g8=Q Kd4 83. Kg6 Kc5 84. Kf5 Kb4 85. Ke5 Kc3 86. Ke4 Kc2
87. Qc4+ Kb2 88. Kd3 Ka3 89. Qb5 Ka2 90. Kc3 Ka3 91. Qb3# }
69...Kf4 70.e8=Q Bxe8 71.Nxe8 Kxg4 72.Nd6 Rxh7 73.Bxh7 Kg5 74.Ke3 Kf6 75.Kd4
Ke6 76.Nc4 Kf6 77.Ke4 Ke6 78.Bf5+ Kf7 79.Ke5 Kf8 80.Ke6 Ke8 81.Ne5 Kd8 82.Kd6
Ke8 83.Bd7+ Kf8 84.Be6 Kg7 85.Ke7 Kh6 86.Kf6 Kh5 87.Nf3 Kh6 88.Bg4 Kh7
89.Bf5+ ) 68.Nxd7 Kxd7 69.Kg3 Ke7 70.Kh4 Kf6 71.Kh5 1-0

 

SAT. JAN. 18   2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com Dir: One Section. Accel.Pairings. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com W.

 

GOING BACK IN TIME with Bob Cyr

Here are Bob's latest writings...

 

 

Early History of the New Britain Chess Club

Remembering David Lees

New Britain Chess Club Hall of Fame

Chess Biography of David Lees

Chess Biography of Will Torres

Highlights of 2019  by Bob Cyr

Biography of Bob Cyr, Chess Historian

Fun Facts of the New Britain Chess Club

An Inspirational Chess Story

"What are the Odds" annual NBCC tournament, 19th year

Remembering Arkadijs and Andris Strazdins

NBCC Highlights from January 2019 thru August 2019

 

 

 

SAT. FEB. 22  2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com Dir: One Section. Accel.Pairings. https://ConnecticutChess.blogspot.com W.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS CLUB

Most Frequent Players (after tnmt #44)

32 Joe Bihlmeyer

18 Art Nagel

18 Rob Roy

15 Derek Meredith

14 Mark Bourque

13 Hayes Goodman

12 Dan Smith

10 Dan Zhou

10 Joshua Berkun

10 Larry Lafosse

Recently Active Players

Ben Amar

Mike Smith

Lisa Smith

Punya Upadhyay

Zach Reggio

Dmytro Tsydybraza   New to USCF

Alyssa Rosario   New to USCF

Michael S. Smith

Sam Lumelsky

Jake Lumelsky

 

 

USCF History of the Coventry Chess Club

 

 

COVENTRY CHESS CLUB 2020 CALENDAR

Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31)

JAN 18  2020 GREATER HARTFORD OPEN

FEB 22  2020 EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN

MAR 21  2020 CONSTITUTION STATE OPEN

APR 18  2020 MILL BROOK PARK OPEN

May thru August  -  No Tournaments

SEP 26  2020 CONNECTICUT HARVEST OPEN

OCT 17  2020 CHARTER OAK OPEN

NOV 14  2020 CONNECTICUT YANKEE OPEN

DEC 12  2020 NUTMEG STATE OPEN

 

CHESS COLUMNS FROM THE PAST   by Rob Roy

Rob Roy did 1300 columnsWaterbury Sunday Republican 1977-2000.  Enabling Waterbury Chess Club to be successful.

Here are two columns from 1978;

 

 

HISTORY OF NEW BRITAIN CHESS CLUB BY BOB CYR

 

GOING BACK IN TIME with Bob Cyr

Judge Kirkham, who was also a prominent chess master and Connecticut chess champion, worked closely with other newly formed chess organizations in our state, such as Waterbury, Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport, to hold inter-club matches. These events drew a respectable amount of interest and ultimately helped promote our organization and Connecticut chess. In addition to these matches, the NBCC held smaller and more informal tournaments during its regular meetings. Membership levels remained fairly constant during the 1900s and early 1910s, but most chess activities came to a crashing halt as the nation entered WWI. Based on a lack of records, it appears that WWI caused the disbandment of many Connecticut chess clubs.
The NBCC began to re-emerge sometime in the late 1920s. Two of our club’s presidents over the next two decades worked zealously to re-energize our organization: Boleslaw Gryboski in the 1930s and Edmund Roman in the 1940s. These leaders were instrumental in rebuilding a membership base and creating a more structured schedule of activities, including organizing annual club and city championship events to boost membership. Our club also continued to hold joint events with the Hartford Chess Club to attract interest throughout our chess community. However, our leaders’ efforts to keep our club active proved to be quite challenging during these times. First, tragedy struck our club in the mid-1930s when a fire occurred at our meeting place at the United Building on Main Street, destroying many club records and forcing us to relocate. We soon moved to Nathan Hale Junior High School and then to Falcon Crest Hall in New Britain. Then, in 1941, the NBCC lost some of its members because of the draft during WWII. If there was any silver lining for our club during this war, it was that meetings were still held despite a decline in membership. After 1945, membership slowly rose, and it was the task of President Roman and others to ensure that our club would sustain in the second half of the twentieth century.

 

 

In 1951, Arkadijs Strazdins, who would eventually become the NBCC’s greatest advocate and contributor and the most influential member in our club’s history, joined our organization. Our club saw many changes in leadership in the mid-to-late 1950s, and membership was still low. However, by the early 1960s, our club started exploring ways to get more involved in the state-wide scene in hopes of sparking more interest in our chess community. Mr. Strazdins, who began his life-long service to the NBCC, often worked with its officers throughout the 1950s and 1960s to arrange and host a variety of matches, simultaneous chess exhibitions, and tournaments, including the annual New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship, which started in 1966 and which would eventually become Connecticut’s grandest summer chess event.
As our club continued to fulfill its most important mission of providing a facility and a social environment for chess, the level of membership rebounded. When the Bobby Fischer boom occurred in the early 1970s, membership soared to unprecedented levels. By 1973, the NBCC had 119 members - a record that would not be challenged until 2010, 2019, and 2017, when membership reached 101, 101, and 104, respectively. Mr. Strazdins, who took the helm as president in 1970, led our club during one of its most prosperous periods.

 

 

For nearly twenty years, between the mid-1950s and the mid-1970s, our club held its meetings at the General Holler Post in New Britain. Our club was grateful to Jan Cendrowski, a commander of the post and our club president in the 1960s, for securing that venue for so long. Unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances, our club was forced to relocate from that site in 1975. The move came at a time when our club attained peak membership. Thankfully, Mr. Strazdins was able to find and secure a hall at the New Britain Quartette Club, where our club would stay for the next thirty-five years.
With the relocation behind us, our club focused on playing a more pivotal role in the development of Connecticut chess. By 1980, the NBCC was the third-largest chess club in Connecticut behind Hartford and New Haven. Mr. Strazdins, who had won over fifty major club tournaments by then, worked tirelessly to promote our organization in his many capacities as an officer, tournament director, and team captain. He worked countless hours to ensure that our club would remain vibrant in the coming decades. Due to Mr. Strazdins’ steadfast efforts, our club emerged as Connecticut’s largest chess organization by the mid-to-late 1980s.

 

 

Mr. Strazdins continued pursuing his passion for and devotion to our club well into the 1990s by keeping its image alive and well. Around the turn of the century, Mr. Strazdins regrettably had to take a step back from club operations because of declining health. His son, Andris, who was our club’s treasurer since 1973, worked passionately with the other officers and tournament directors to ensure that his father’s vision for our club was fulfilled.
The early years of the twenty-first century saw significant changes in leadership in our club, with the stepping down of Mr. Strazdins as president after serving thirty-one years. The new officers then and today were and have been inspired by Mr. Strazdins’ work for our club, and they have kept alive the traditions that he established during his five decades of service to our organization. Moreover, our administrators from 2001 to the present have created their own interesting and unique ideas to benefit our club’s growth, many of which have resulted in the biggest expansion of our club’s social network and have attracted many scholastic chess players.

 

In 2010, our club left the New Britain Quartette Club and relocated to the New Britain Assyrian Community Center, where we stayed for four years. In 2014, our club moved to our current venue at the Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection in New Britain. During both relocations, our organization lost some members but remained a leading voice for chess in Connecticut.

The NBCC is extremely proud of its heritage and its positive impact on our chess community. Despite the challenges that our club has faced (membership declines, relocations, and the stepping down of a leader of thirty-plus years), we endured every time. Because of this and because of our rich and diverse history, “The Heart of Connecticut Chess” will no doubt continue to thrive and flourish in the coming decades. The NBCC is very excited about its future, and we anticipate that future generations of chess players will continue to play an integral role in the advancement of our wonderful institution and Connecticut chess.
If your travels ever bring you to Connecticut, please pay a visit to the NBCC. Meetings are held every Tuesday at the Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection. For directions to and more information about our club, please visit www.newbritainchessclub.com.

Yours in chess,
Bob Cyr
NBCC and CT Chess Historian
December 31, 2019

Photo caption

1) 1935 - William Burling wins New Britain City Chess Championship - Photo courtesy of the Hartford Courant
2) 1968 - Jan Cendrowski presents Andris Strazdins with a chess book for his prize in the New Britain City Chess Championship
3) 1979 - Arkadijs Strazdins plays Kurt Holyst in the NBCC Action Quads - Photo courtesy of the New Britain Herald
4) 1996 - Edward McHugh hosts simultaneous chess exhibition at the NBCC - Photo courtesy of the Hartford Courant
5) 2015 - NBCC family photo at the 50th New Britain Summer Open at Wickham Park in Manchester, CT

Here are Bob's latest writings...

 

 

Remembering David Lees

New Britain Chess Club Hall of Fame

Chess Biography of David Lees

Chess Biography of Will Torres

Highlights of 2019  by Bob Cyr

Biography of Bob Cyr, Chess Historian

Fun Facts of the New Britain Chess Club

An Inspirational Chess Story

"What are the Odds" annual NBCC tournament, 19th year

Remembering Arkadijs and Andris Strazdins

NBCC Highlights from January 2019 thru August 2019

 

 

2020 CONSTITUTION STATE OPEN  MARCH 21

3SS, G/60 d5. Mill Brook Place, 1267 Main St. (Rt 31), Coventry, CT 06238. EF: $35 Cash Only Onsite Only. $$GTD: $160-80. Reg.: 9:45 am - 10:10 am. Rds.: 10:30, 1:30, 3:45. One Section. Accel.Pairings. W. INFO: ConnecticutChess@Gmail.com

 

 

GAME OF THE WEEK   by Alan Lasser

It was Y versus Z at the UMass Chess Club the other night when two of the best players sat down without a clock.  I was unable to start recording the game until many moves had been played, but the moves I was able to record were tension-filled. 

If you are not using the pgn portion of this email, the beginning position has the White King on g1, the queen on e2, the rooks on a1 and f1, the knights on c3 and f3, a bishop on h4 and pawns on a2, b2, c2, d5, e4, f2, g2, and h2.  The Black king is on e8, the queen on d8, the rooks on a8 and h8, a knight on f6, bishops on e7 and g4, and the pawns are on a6, b7, c7, d6, e5, f7, g7, and h6.  It is Black to move.

Yixin Li(2461)-Zubin Baliga(2055)

10/28/19

UMass Chess Club

skittles

 

1...Nxd5

2.Nxd5 Bxh4 

3.Qc4?! -1.18/25

3.a4 -0.33/24 3...Bg5 3... Be7 4. Rfd1 a5 5. Ra3 Bd7 6. Rc3 Bc6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nc4 Bg5 9. Na3 Qd7 10. Nb5 Rfc8 -1.06 Stockfish 4.a5 Qd7 5.Qd3 Bd8 6.h3 Be6 7.c4 f5 8.Ne3 f4 9.Nd5 Bf6 10.Rfd1 O-O-O 11.Kh2

3.h3 Bxf3 4.Qxf3 g6 5.Rad1 c6 6.Ne3 Qc7 7.Rd3 O-O 8.Qe2 Be7 9.c4 Qc8 10.Rfd1 Qe6 11.Qc2 h5 -0.87 Stockfish

 

3…c6 

4.Nxh4 cxd5 

5.exd5 Qxh4 

6.f3 Rc8 

7.Qb4

7.Qa4+ b5 8.Qxg4 Qxg4 9.fxg4 Rxc2 10.a4 b4 11.Rac1 Rxc1 12.Rxc1 Kd7 -1.49 Stockfish

7...O-O

7...a5 8.Qe4 f5 9.Qa4+ Ke7 10.g3 Qg5 11.fxg4 Qxg4 12.Qxg4 fxg4 13.c3 Rhf8 14.a4 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Rc5 16.Rd1 -2.51 Stockfish

8.c3 b5

8...a5 9.Qxg4 Qxg4 10.fxg4 Rc5 11.a4 Rb8 12.h3 f6 13.b4 Rxd5 14.Rfb1 axb4 15.Rxb4 Ra5 16.c4 Rc8 17.Kf2 Rc7 -1.31 Stockfish

9.fxg4 Rc5

9...Qe7 10.a4 Rc4 11.Qa5 Qb7 12.axb5 axb5 13.h3 Qxd5 14.Kh2 Re4 15.Rfd1 Qc4 16.Rxd6 Re2 17.Qb4 Qxb4 18.cxb4 Rxb2 -1.15 Stockfish

10.Rad1

10.h3 Qe7 11.Qe4 a5 12.a3 Qb7 13.Kh2 Rfc8 14.Rad1 b4 15.cxb4 axb4 16.axb4 Rc4 17.Qf5 Rf8 18.b5 Rb4 -0.82 Stockfish

10...Ra8

10...a5 11.Qxa5 Qxg4 12.Qa7 f5 13.Qd7 Qg6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Qxa4 f4 16.Rf2 Rb8 17.Qa7 Rb3 18.Qd7 Kh7 19.Qe6 Rcb5 20.Rdd2 -1.56 Stockfish

11.Rd3

11.h3 Qd8 12.Qe4 a5 13.Kh2 Rc4 14.Qf5 Ra7 15.a3 Re7 16.Qd3 Qc7 -0.72 Stockfish

11...Qe7

11...Qg5 12.h3 Qg6 13.Rd2 a5 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.a3 Qe4 16.Rff2 Qc4 17.Qd1 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Qf3 Rf8 20.cxb4 Qxb4 -0.91 Stockfish

12.Qe4 Rc4 

13.Qf5

13.Qe2 Rac8 14.h3 a5 15.a3 b4 16.cxb4 axb4 17.Rdf3 f6 18.Rb3 bxa3 19.bxa3 e4 -0.97 Stockfish

13...g6

13...Qa7+ 14.Kh1 e4 15.Rd2 Re8 16.Re2 Re5 17.Qf4 e3 18.Qg3 Rce4 19.Rf5 Rxf5 20.gxf5 Qc5 21.h3 Qxd5 -1.40 Stockfish

14.Qf6 Qa7+?! +0.14/30

14...Qxf6 -0.75/30 15.Rxf6 Rd8 16.h3 Kg7 17.Rf1 17. Rf2 a5 18. a3 Rc5 19. Kf1 Rb8 20. Rdf3 Rb7 21. Rd2 b4 22. cxb4 axb4 23. axb4 Rc4 24. Ra3 Rcxb4 -1.30

Stockfish 17...Rd7 18.a3 a5 19.Re1 Rdc7 20.Ra1 Re4 21.Rd2 Ra4 22.Re1 b4 23.cxb4 axb4 24.Re4 Rb7 25.Kf1 Ra5 26.axb4 Rab5
15.Kh1 Re8?! +0.74/25
15...Rf4 +0.21/27 16.Rxf4 exf4 17.Rd4 Re8 18.h4 f3 19.gxf3 Qd7 20.h5 20. Kg2 Re2+ 21. Kh3 h5 22. Rf4 Qe8 23. gxh5 Rh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qe2+ 25. Kg1 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qd2+ 27. Kf1 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 = Stockfish 20...gxh5 21.Rd2 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Kg3 hxg4 24. Kxg4 Re5 25. a4 Kg7 26. f4 h5+ 27. Kh4 Re2 28. axb5 axb5 = Stockfish 21...Qe7 22.Qxe7 Rxe7 23.gxh5 Re5 24.f4 Re4
16.Qxd6 e4
16...Rf4 17.Rdd1 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 e4 19.Qc6 Re7 20.d6 Qd7 21.Qxa6 Re6 22.h3 e3 23.Re1 Rxd6 24.Qa8+ Kg7 25.Qf3 Rd2 26.b4 Rxa2 27.Qxe3 +0.95 Stockfish
17.Rh3 e3 
18.Rxh6?! 0.00/29
18.Qf6 +0.77/29 18...Qe7 19.Qxe7 Rxe7 20.d6 Re6 21.d7 Rd6 22.Rxe3 Rxd7 23.h3 Kg7 24.Rfe1 24. Re5 b4 25. Rf3 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rc7 28. Ra5 Rc6 29. c4 +1.03 Stockfish 24...a5 25.Kh2 b4 26.Re4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 bxc3 28.bxc3 Rd2 29.Ra4 Rd5 30.Rc4
18…e2 
19.Rxg6+ Kh7 
20.Rh6+ Kg8 
½-½

Cut and paste the text below for input to a PGN viewer.

 

 

[Event "skittles"]

[Site "UMass Chess Club"]

[Date "2019.10.28"]

[White "Yixin Li"]

[Black "Zubin Baliga"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[BlackElo "2055"]

[FEN "r2qk2r/1pp1bpp1/p2p1n1p/3Pp3/4P1bB/2N2N2/PPP1QPPP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1"]

[SetUp "1"]

[WhiteElo "2461"]

 

1...Nxd5 2.Nxd5 Bxh4 3.Qc4 $6 { -1.18/25 } ( 3.a4 { -0.33/24 } 3...Bg5

{ 3... Be7 4. Rfd1 a5 5. Ra3 Bd7 6. Rc3 Bc6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nc4 Bg5 9. Na3

Qd7 10. Nb5 Rfc8   -1.06   Stockfish } 4.a5 Qd7 5.Qd3 Bd8 6.h3 Be6 7.c4 f5

8.Ne3 f4 9.Nd5 Bf6 10.Rfd1 O-O-O 11.Kh2 ) ( 3.h3 Bxf3 4.Qxf3 g6 5.Rad1 c6

6.Ne3 Qc7 7.Rd3 O-O 8.Qe2 Be7 9.c4 Qc8 10.Rfd1 Qe6 11.Qc2 h5

{ -0.87   Stockfish } ) 3...c6 4.Nxh4 cxd5 5.exd5 Qxh4 6.f3 Rc8 7.Qb4 ( 

7.Qa4+ b5 8.Qxg4 Qxg4 9.fxg4 Rxc2 10.a4 b4 11.Rac1 Rxc1 12.Rxc1 Kd7

{ -1.49   Stockfish } ) 7...O-O ( 7...a5 8.Qe4 f5 9.Qa4+ Ke7 10.g3 Qg5

11.fxg4 Qxg4 12.Qxg4 fxg4 13.c3 Rhf8 14.a4 Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Rc5 16.Rd1

{ -2.51   Stockfish } ) 8.c3 b5 ( 8...a5 9.Qxg4 Qxg4 10.fxg4 Rc5 11.a4 Rb8

12.h3 f6 13.b4 Rxd5 14.Rfb1 axb4 15.Rxb4 Ra5 16.c4 Rc8 17.Kf2 Rc7

{ -1.31   Stockfish } ) 9.fxg4 Rc5 ( 9...Qe7 10.a4 Rc4 11.Qa5 Qb7 12.axb5

axb5 13.h3 Qxd5 14.Kh2 Re4 15.Rfd1 Qc4 16.Rxd6 Re2 17.Qb4 Qxb4 18.cxb4 Rxb2

{ -1.15   Stockfish } ) 10.Rad1 ( 10.h3 Qe7 11.Qe4 a5 12.a3 Qb7 13.Kh2 Rfc8

14.Rad1 b4 15.cxb4 axb4 16.axb4 Rc4 17.Qf5 Rf8 18.b5 Rb4

{ -0.82   Stockfish } ) 10...Ra8 ( 10...a5 11.Qxa5 Qxg4 12.Qa7 f5 13.Qd7 Qg6

14.a4 bxa4 15.Qxa4 f4 16.Rf2 Rb8 17.Qa7 Rb3 18.Qd7 Kh7 19.Qe6 Rcb5 20.Rdd2

{ -1.56   Stockfish } ) 11.Rd3 ( 11.h3 Qd8 12.Qe4 a5 13.Kh2 Rc4 14.Qf5 Ra7

15.a3 Re7 16.Qd3 Qc7 { -0.72   Stockfish } ) 11...Qe7 ( 11...Qg5 12.h3 Qg6

13.Rd2 a5 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.a3 Qe4 16.Rff2 Qc4 17.Qd1 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Qf3 Rf8

20.cxb4 Qxb4 { -0.91   Stockfish } ) 12.Qe4 Rc4 13.Qf5 ( 13.Qe2 Rac8 14.h3 a5

15.a3 b4 16.cxb4 axb4 17.Rdf3 f6 18.Rb3 bxa3 19.bxa3 e4 { -0.97   Stockfish }

) 13...g6 ( 13...Qa7+ 14.Kh1 e4 15.Rd2 Re8 16.Re2 Re5 17.Qf4 e3 18.Qg3 Rce4

19.Rf5 Rxf5 20.gxf5 Qc5 21.h3 Qxd5 { -1.40   Stockfish } ) 14.Qf6 Qa7+ $6

{ +0.14/30 } ( 14...Qxf6 { -0.75/30 } 15.Rxf6 Rd8 16.h3 Kg7 17.Rf1

{ 17. Rf2 a5 18. a3 Rc5 19. Kf1 Rb8 20. Rdf3 Rb7 21. Rd2 b4 22. cxb4 axb4

23. axb4 Rc4 24. Ra3 Rcxb4  -1.30   Stockfish } 17...Rd7 18.a3 a5 19.Re1 Rdc7

20.Ra1 Re4 21.Rd2 Ra4 22.Re1 b4 23.cxb4 axb4 24.Re4 Rb7 25.Kf1 Ra5 26.axb4

Rab5 ) 15.Kh1 Re8 $6 { +0.74/25 } ( 15...Rf4 { +0.21/27 } 16.Rxf4 exf4 17.Rd4

Re8 18.h4 f3 19.gxf3 Qd7 20.h5

{ 20. Kg2 Re2+ 21. Kh3 h5 22. Rf4 Qe8 23. gxh5 Rh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qe2+ 25. Kg1

Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qd2+ 27. Kf1 Qd1+ 28. Kf2  =   Stockfish } 20...gxh5 21.Rd2

{ 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Kg3 hxg4 24. Kxg4 Re5 25. a4 Kg7 26. f4 h5+

27. Kh4 Re2 28. axb5 axb5   =   Stockfish } 21...Qe7 22.Qxe7 Rxe7 23.gxh5 Re5

24.f4 Re4 ) 16.Qxd6 e4 ( 16...Rf4 17.Rdd1 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 e4 19.Qc6 Re7 20.d6

Qd7 21.Qxa6 Re6 22.h3 e3 23.Re1 Rxd6 24.Qa8+ Kg7 25.Qf3 Rd2 26.b4 Rxa2

27.Qxe3 { +0.95   Stockfish } ) 17.Rh3 e3 18.Rxh6 $6 { 0.00/29 } ( 18.Qf6

{ +0.77/29 } 18...Qe7 19.Qxe7 Rxe7 20.d6 Re6 21.d7 Rd6 22.Rxe3 Rxd7 23.h3 Kg7

24.Rfe1

{ 24. Re5 b4 25. Rf3 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rc7 28. Ra5 Rc6 29. c4 

+1.03   Stockfish } 24...a5 25.Kh2 b4 26.Re4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 bxc3 28.bxc3 Rd2

29.Ra4 Rd5 30.Rc4 ) 18...e2 19.Rxg6+ Kh7 20.Rh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

 

Alan Lasser
blacklightmazes@icloud.com
website: blacklightmazes.com