Again, the chess brothers came together to participate in a fun tournament hosted by @samostically. You know, I used to tell people that whenever I'm stressed, I play chess. But I don't think that's a very good idea anymore, particularly not in this hot season. Today's tournament was hot. Yes, I had fun, but I got paired with really strong players who destroyed me. Although I managed to win a few games, I played better last week. I'll be reviewing some games that caught my attention and that I found very interesting.
ODNOOBRAZ_BCM VS FCASTRO17
I was surprised when I saw that our best player wasn’t topping the leaderboard. I was even more surprised when I clicked on his name and saw that he lost a game. A big kudos to FCastro17. I watched the game and I must say he played really well. Odnoob joined the game a bit late, so I guess he probably wanted to get more points and so he berserked FCastro. Both players had good openings, although I was surprised when Odnoob exchanged his Rook for a Knight. His opponent had the upper hand from there. However, later on, FCastro also blundered his Rook. Maybe if Odnoob had more time he would have managed to win.
PGN:
- g3 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 d4 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. f3 h5 7. Bh3 h4 8. Bxc8 Qxc8 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nh3 Ne7 11. a4 Ng6 12. Nc4 Qd7 13. a5 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Nd2 c5 16. b3 a6 17. Kg2 Rfc8 18. Nb1 c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Nd2 cxd3 21. cxd3 Bb4 22. Nc4 Qe6 23. Ra4 Rab8 24. Rf2 Bc3 25. Rfa2 Nd7 26. Bd2 Nc5 27. Bxc3 Nxa4 28. Qxa4 dxc3 29. Rc2 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc3 Rb2+ 32. Kg1 Ra2 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Rb1 Rd8 35. Rb3 f6 36. g5 Ne7 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Nf2 Nc6 39. Ng4 Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Rb6 Rxd3 42. Nce3 Rc3 43. Rb1 Nd4 44. Rf1 Kg5 45. Kh1 Kf4 46. Nd5+ Kg5 47. Nxc3 Rxa5 48. Nd5 Ra2 49. Ngxf6 h3 50. Nd7 Nxf3 51. Rg1+ Kh4 0-1
@STAYOUTOFTHERZ VS @STUFFINGS
Another game I was surprised to see was IM stuffings VS Stay. The game didn’t last for long because Stay made a terrible blunder and resigned afterwards. These things happen in chess and when they do, we say it was a terrible day. Even though Stay wasn’t in form, he still managed to beat me.
PGN
- Nf3 c6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Nxb5 1-0
JUSTFAVOUR VS @MASTERSWATCH
It was nice to play with Masterswatch after a very long time. I needed more points, so I decided to berserk. He also berserked the game. Masterswatch would have won the game if he had not run out of time. He had more pieces and was close to being promoting one of his pawns.
The PGN of the game:
- e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. a3 Bg7 4. Nc3 b6 5. h3 Bb7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Bg5 Ngf6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 Ne5 13. O-O Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 O-O 15. Bg2 e5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 f5 22. c4 b5 23. Rab1 Rab8 24. Rec1 Rfe8 25. Rc2 e4 26. dxe4 fxe4 27. Re1 e3 28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Re5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Ree2 Ra8 32. g4 Rf8 33. Kh2 Bh6 34. e4 Bf4+ 35. Kg1 Bg3 36. Rc1 Re7 37. Rf1 Ra8 38. Rf3 Be5 39. Rc2 Ra4 40. Rf1 Rd4 41. Re2 Rd3 42. Rb1 Bd4+ 43. Kh1 Rf7 44. Rf1 Rxf1+ 45. Bxf1 Rd1 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Rc2 Kf6 48. Be2 Rb1 49. b3 Rxb3 50. Ra2 c4 51. Bd1 Rd3 52. Be2 Re3 53. Bf1 c3 54. Rc2 Bc5 55. Bxb5 Bxa3 56. Bc6 Bb2 57. Bb5 Rxe4 58. Bf1 Rd4 59. Kf2 Ke5 60. Bg2 Kf4 61. Ke2 h6 62. Kf2 h5 63. gxh5 gxh5 64. Bf3 h4 65. Bg4 Rxd5 66. Kg2 Re5 67. Rf2+ Ke4 68. Rc2 Kd5 69. Bh5 Kc4 70. Bf7+ Kb4 71. Bg6 Rc5 72. Kf3 d5 73. Ke2 d4 74. Kd3 Re5 75. Rh2 Re1 76. Rc2 1-0
Lest I forget, @justola1, I won’t mention your blunder.😂
Today, we had beast-mode winners:
🥇 Manfromspain– 41 points
🥈 stuffings– 35 points
🥉 Queen5layer– 34 points
Congratulations, guys! See you all next week!
Images are from Lichess.