Earlier today, we played round 20 of the Saturday Hive Chess Tournament. Three words for the tourney: interesting, beautiful, and surprising. I won games that I didn’t think I could win. It’s been a while since I pulled off a good performance, and I’m glad I did that day. As usual, I’ll review some of my games.
Iamchessguy is quite a strong player. Before today, we played a total of 18 games, with 16 wins to him and 2 to me. This tells you that he is a strong opponent. However, I managed to grab one win for myself today. We both started the game well. I opened with my favourite opening and tried to laugh a quick attack, he was quick to defend it. Everything was going well until iamchessguy blundered his bishop.
The image above shows the blunder that made him resign. He moved his bishop from f4 to h2. He definitely did not notice the sneaky knight. Immediately he made this blunder, I sighted it and utilized it to my advantage. Surprisingly, Chessguy resigned after that. Maybe if he had played on we would have had a different outcome.
PGN:
- e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nf3 a6 7. a3 e6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rfe1 b5 14. Rab1 Rab8 15. Ne2 a5 16. c3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rec1 Qd8 19. Be1 Ne4 20. Nd2 Ndf6 21. f3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 h6 23. Nf4 Qc7 24. Nd3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nh5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qe2 Bf4 28. Rc2 Rb1 29. Ne5 f6 30. Ng4 Bh2+ 31. Nxh2 1-0
I got paired with Madchess three times. The first time, I played woefully, but the second time was different. As usual, she beserked. I blundered a pawn just within the first 30 seconds of the game. I didn’t let that weigh me down because it was just one pawn. Out of the blue, I pulled off a very brilliant move, but it wouldn’t have been possible if Madchess hadn’t blundered.
The image below shows my brilliant move. Madchess placed her Queen in a vulnerable position. I saw it and acted quickly. With her Queen gone, i relaxed and played calmly.
PGN:
- e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. h3 e6 6. a3 h6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Ng3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd2 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Be5 20. c3 Qb6 21. Be3 d4 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bh7+ Nxh7 26. Qxd4 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Ng5 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Re2 Ra1 30. Qf8 Bd5 31. Nf5 1-0
I enhoyed today’s games. The previous tournaments didn’t go well for me. It made me happy that I managed to turn the tides in today’s tourney.
As usual, thanks to our host @sam.chess . See you all next week.
Image used in this post is mine.
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