Welcome! Chess fans, to the Games showcase post, where we will look at some interesting games from the third round of the Saturday Weekly Tournament.
The selected games feature brilliant tactics, resilience, or good upsets. Game winners will share in the reward for their games being featured in this post. Rewards would be paid in Liquid.
In the last game feature post, I paid @maestroask and @sammy00 1.2 HBD each which is 20% of the previous post reward. 20% of the game features post will be shared among the featured players and it will be paid out in liquid.
Please don't forget, if you feel confident of any of your games during the Saturday weekly event, drop a link in the comment section in the report post next Sunday
Game 1
@maestroask vs @poseout87
In this tactical position, white went for a rook sacrifice but with a beautiful move on the way after sacrificing his rook for a knight on a7.
c6!
Forking the Queen and Knight which gains another piece. @maestroask is a mastermind at playing unorthodox chess and bringing something out of it. This was even spoken about in the chat box for spectators watching the game.
Here is the game link to view the game
Game Link
And the Game PGN:
[Event "Saturday Hivchess S1R3 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/dCZhRiEc"]
[Date "2025.07.19"]
[White "Odnoobraz_bcm"]
[Black "ManFromSpain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "dCZhRiEc"]
[UTCDate "2025.07.19"]
[UTCTime "16:00:44"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+2"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-2"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Hungarian Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
1. g3 d6 2. d3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. f3 Nc6 7. Nh3 e5 8. Nf2 Re8 9. O-O Be6 10. Bh3 Qd7 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Kg2 Rad8 13. Qe2 d5 14. Nd2 d4 15. c4 Nb4 16. Nb3 a5 17. Nxa5 Qa6 18. Nb3 b6 19. a3 Nc6 20. Bd2 Qa4 21. Qd1 Ra8 22. Nc1 Qa6 23. b4 b5 24. a4 Na7 25. Qc2 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Qb7 27. Nb3 Qb6 28. Rfa1 Nd7 29. c5 Qb7 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. c6 Qa8 32. Rxa7 Qxa7 33. cxd7 Rd8 34. Qc6 Qb6 35. b5 Bf8 36. Ba5 Qxc6 37. bxc6 Ra8 38. Bxc7 Be7 39. Na5 Kf8 40. Bb6 Ra6 41. c7 Rxb6 42. c8=Q+ Kg7 43. Nc6 1-0
Game 2
@jaki01 vs @tenny-trigah
The power of two bishops eyeing the position of the opposite king shouldn't be underestimated and this game is an example of such. Speaking of which the black queen is under attack a couple of white pieces are still facing the king's position. Even if black tries, it might not be long before he blunders in defending.
Here is the game link
Game Link
And the Game PGN:
[Event "Saturday Hivchess S1R3 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/F2ryoZeQ"]
[Date "2025.07.19"]
[White "jaki01"]
[Black "Tenny-trigah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "F2ryoZeQ"]
[UTCDate "2025.07.19"]
[UTCTime "15:12:45"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+6"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-7"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompowsky Attack"]
[Termination "Normal"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nc3 exf3 8. Nxf3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. a3 a6 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. g4 Nxg4 15. Rhg1 f5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bxh6 Nh5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Kh7 20. Bc1 Na7 21. Ne5 Nb5 22. Ng6 Nxc3+ 23. bxc3 Bd6 24. Nxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rdf1 g6 26. Qg2 Qf6 27. Bb2 Bd7 28. c4 1-0
These are the featured games until the next round.
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