On September 5, 2020, I decided to participate in a long, four-round tournament that dragged on for two days. I first played in the K-12 youth section, then on the second day, U2000. Usually, I would expect at least 2 points, but this was a baseline. I was able to learn many new tactical motifs. These are my games.
K-12 Swiss (Sept 5, 2:00 PM) ROUND 1
Here I was able to make use of my opponent’s exposed king. My game with annotation is below
[Event "September Major Scholastic K12"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ChessMaster7200"]
[Black "wccchallenger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1714"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Seigi"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 (4... Nf6 5. Be3 Nc6 {transposes}) 5.
Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 O-O {up to here, this is sort of common, but after
whites next move} 8. Qd2 {the games are reduced by 100} ({More mainstream is}
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 {and the game could continue} Qc7 10. Bg5 d5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. exd5 exd5 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rac8
18. Qf5 Qxc2 19. Qxf6 Re2 20. Qg5+ Qg6 21. Qxg6+ hxg6 22. Rf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2
Rc2+ 24. Kg3 Rd2 25. Rb1 b6 26. Rb4 Kg7 27. h4 Kf6 28. Kh3 Rc2 29. Rb3 Rd2 30.
Rb4 Kf5 31. Kg3 Rc2 32. Rb5 Ke6 33. Rb3 Rd2 34. Rb4 Rc2 35. Kh3 Rc4 36. g4 Rxb4
37. axb4 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 a4 41. h6 Kf6 {0-1 (41) Divya,D
(2305)-Nandhidhaa,P (2365) chess.com INT 2020}) 8... d5 9. Bg5 {somewhat
weaker, as it simply neglects development, which proves to be a problem later
on.} (9. a3 $11) 9... dxe4 10. Bxf6 (10. Nxc6 {is the only move, as after} bxc6
11. a3 {black is only slightly better}) 10... Qxf6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qe3 $6 (
12. fxe4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qh4+ $19) 12... exf3 13. gxf3 Bb7 {with the idea c5} 14.
Rg1 Rfd8 15. a3 Bxc3+ (15... Qh4+ 16. Rg3 Ba5 $19) 16. bxc3 Rd5 17. Be2 Rad8
18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Qh4+ 20. Qf2 $2 (20. Rg3 Qf6 (20... Qxh2 $4 21. Qg5 $11)
) 20... Rxd1+ {Of course, White
resigns.If Kxd1, then there is Qxf2} 0-1
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The main mistake of white was that HE NEVER CASTLED! Of course, that’s outrageous. He also brought the Queen out early.
ROUND 2
Here was a hard-fought draw. I had some pretty good chances in which I failed to convert.
[Event "September Major Scholastic K12"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "wccchallenger"]
[Black "TerryLiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[Annotator "Seigi"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+5"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. Na4 Qd8 (9... Qa5+ {is more common} 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3) 10. O-O Be7 11.
Nc3 (11. a3 O-O 12. b4 a6 13. Bb2 f6 14. g4 Nh6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. h3 Nf7 17.
Rc1 Qd6 18. Qd2 h6 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Rfd1 Rb8 21. Nc5 e5 22. dxe5 Nfxe5 23. Bxe5
Nxe5 24. Qb3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qf4 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Rc4 Qg5 28. Qf7 Bf5 29. h4
Qg6 30. Qxg6 Bxg6 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Bxg5 33. Rg4 Bh5 34. Rd5 Bxg4 35. Bxg4
Bh6 36. Rd7 b6 37. Nxa6 Rbd8 38. Rb7 Rd6 39. Nc7 Red8 40. Kg2 Rg6 41. Kh3 Bf4
42. Ne6 Rd3+ {0-1 (42) Vasiukov,E (2455)-Uhlmann,W (2379) Suzdal 2011}) 11...
O-O 12. b3 $146 (12. a3 a5 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Rc1 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Be5 Be8 17.
Re1 Bh5 18. Nb5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qb6 21. a4 Nh4 22. Rc3 Rf5 23. g3
Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Raf8 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Qc2 Nxe5 27. Kg2 Nd3 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Re2
Rxf2+ 30. Rxf2+ Qxf2+ 31. Kh3 Qf5+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35.
Kh3 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Ne4+ 37. Kh3 Qf1+ 38. Kh4 g5+ 39. Kg4 Qf5+ 40. Kh5 Qh3# {
0-1 (38) Wiedenkeller,M (2320)-Renman,N (2400) Gavle 1982}) 12... a6 13. Bb2 {
mainly development, but also indirectly protecting the d-pawn} b5 14. Rc1 Qb6 {
[#] ATTACK! ATTACK! HE CAN’T DEFEND THE PAWN!} 15. Nb1 {ohh} Bb7 16. Bd3 Bc8
17. Bxf5 exf5 {The bishop pair in this case is bad} 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Qd2 (19.
Ne2 a5 20. Qd2 (20. a4 bxa4 $17) (20. a3 b4 21. a4)) 19... Rac8 20. Ne2 Rc7 21.
Nf4 Rfc8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 {The e-pawn will remain bad} 23. Ng5 Nd8 24. Nf3 Nf7 25.
Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 h6 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bxc1 {After a great big
simplification, white has a slight advantage.} g5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke8 32.
g3 Kd7 33. h4 g4 34. Ne1 Kc6 35. Nd3 b4 36. Bd2 a5 37. Nf4 Kd7 38. Ng6 Ke8 39.
Nxe7 Kxe7 {after this, white is better} 40. Bc1 Kf8 41. a3 bxa3 42. Bxa3+ Kg7
43. Be7 Kg6 44. Kd3 h5 45. Kc3 Kh6 46. Kb2 {In an ideal world, white would
march his king to a5, push the pawn, and have his game published in a textbook
for an example of Bad Knight VS Good Bishop. Alas, the real world can be creul
sometimes.} Nh8 47. Bd8 Ng6 48. Bxa5 f4 49. b4 $4 (49. Bd2 $18) 49... Nxh4 50.
gxf4 (50. gxh4 $4 g3 51. fxg3 fxg3 $19) 50... Nf5 51. b5 Ne7 52. Bd8 Nc8 53.
Kb3 Kg6 54. Bh4 Kf5 55. Bg3 Ke4 $4 56. Kc3 $4 (56. Kb4 $18) 56... Nb6 57. Bh4
Kxf4 58. Kb4 Ke4 59. Kc5 Nc4 60. Bg3 Kd3 61. b6 Nxb6 62. Kxb6 {and the rest is
history.} Kxd4 63. Kc6 h4 64. Bxh4 Kxe5 65. Bg3+ Kd4 66. Kd6 Ke4 67. Be5 d4 68.
Kxe6 d3 69. Bc3 Kf3 70. Kf5 Kxf2 71. Kxg4 Ke2 72. Kf4 d2 73. Bxd2 {Normal}
1/2-1/2
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In endgames you should never stick to one idea.
Unless…
ROUND 3
Here I got very lucky. This is one reason why you should never, ever, ever resign!
[Event "September Major Scholastic K12"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loock5"]
[Black "wccchallenger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Annotator "Seigi"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+5"]
{This was a lucky game. Had the time control been 30+5 I would have been
destroyed…} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 {The Kramnik
variation?!} Bb4+ (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10.
cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Qf3 Rd8 16.
Rad1 Qc8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19. Be5 Bd6 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qf4 Bxe5 22. Rxe5
Bxa2 23. h4 Kh8 24. Re7 Rd7 25. Rde1 Qd8 26. Qg5 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qxd4 28. Rxb7
Bg8 29. h5 h6 30. Qe3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Qe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Bf7 34. Be2 Re8
35. Rxf7 {1/2 (35) Eljanov,P (2663)-Abasov,N (2632) Douglas 2019}) 6. Bd2 Bxd2+
{this move is self-commiting. Black definetly wants development} (6... Qb6) 7.
Qxd2 Nge7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be2 Qf6 11. O-O a6 {The bishop suuure
looks ugly!} 12. f4 Rd8 13. e5 Qe7 14. Ne4 b6 15. Nd6 {uh oh!} a5 16. b4 Nh4 {
Desperate measures} 17. b5 Na7 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. Qe3 Rb8 20. c5 Bb7 21. Nxb7 Rxb7
22. cxb6 Nc8 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Rxb6 25. Bc4 Rf8 26. Raf1 Nh8 27. a4 d6 28.
e6 f6 29. Nd4 {the idea Nc6 and e7} Re8 30. Nc6 Rxc6 31. bxc6 h6 32. Qg3 Kf8
33. Rxa5 Nb6 34. Bb3 Rc8 35. Qf3 Ng6 36. Rc1 Ne5 37. Qe3 Na8 38. c7 Nxc7 39.
Ra7 Qd8 40. Qb6 Ne8 41. e7+ Qxe7 {Time forfeit. How cruel the real world can
be. White even had 5-sec increment!} 0-1
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ROUND 4
The last round of the K-12 September was rather quick.
[Event "September Major Scholastic K12"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marcus"]
[Black "Sai-kummari26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "Seigi"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+5"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8. dxc5
(8. g4 Nh6 9. h3 {was better}) 8... Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bf4 Nfe7 (
11... f6 12. a4 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. a5 Bxa5 15. Bb5+ $16) 12. Nbd4 Ng6 13.
Nxc6 $6 (13. Nb5 $16 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Bg3 Bc7 16. c4 (16. Nb5) 16... dxc4 (
16... Bxd6 17. exd6) 17. Bxc4) (13. Bg3 O-O 14. Bd3) 13... bxc6 (13... Nxf4)
14. Bg3 Qb7 $2 15. Bd3 Bc7 16. Bxg6 $2 (16. Qc2 O-O 17. h4) (16. Qd2 Ne7) 16...
hxg6 (16... fxg6) 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Rfe1 (18. c4 Ba6 19. b3 dxc4) (18. Rfc1 O-O)
18... Bb7 19. Rad1 (19. b4) (19. Bf4) 19... Qd8 20. h3 Bb6 21. b4 a5 22. a3
axb4 23. axb4 Ba6 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Nd4 $2 (25. Bf4 O-O 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Bxb6 Qxb6
28. Ng5) 25... Bxd4 26. cxd4 O-O 27. Qc3 Qg5 {after a somewhat even opening, I
decide to trade} 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Ra1 Rxa1+ 30. Qxa1 Bb5 31. Qc3 Qf5 32. Kh2
Qd3 33. Qxd3 Bxd3 34. f4 {Had I known that white is slightly, just slightly
better, I would have kept playing} (34. Bh4 Kf8 35. Bd8 Ke8 36. Bb6 g5 37. Kg3
Bc4 38. Bc7 f6 39. exf6 gxf6 40. f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Kf7 42. g4) 1/2-1/2
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THE END OF THE K-12 TOURNAMENT! I went to bed that day feeling exhausted. I slept for a long time. You can wait with me, too.
OK, time to wake up!
U2000 ACTION Swiss (Sept 5, 2:00 PM)
Round 1
I started the day with a Not-so-easy draw. This gave me a feeling about how good these guys were.
[Event "September Action Swiss Open"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.09.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "wccchallenger"]
[Black "magmamaster"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:30"]
[BlackClock "0:00:26"]
{I have included the computer evaluation for this game, in order to check
whether my moves were best or not.} 1. e4 {0.00/0 5} c6 {0.17/0 5} 2. d4 {
0.13/0 7} d5 {0.13/0 3} 3. e5 {0.00/0 4} c5 {0.25/0 2 B12 Caro-Kann Defense:
Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense. Not my best opening, and definetly
not in my repertoire. Nils, Nepo, and Wei Yi play this often. I see it is very
common upon GM levels.} 4. c3 {0.00/0 6} Nc6 {0.00/0 3} 5. Nf3 {0.00/0 9} Bg4
$6 {0.58/0 5 (0.00 → 0.58) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best.} (5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4
7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 Bb4 10. O-O) 6. Be2 $6 {0.13/0 15 (0.58 → -0.13)
Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best.} (6. dxc5 a6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Qxd5 Rd8 9. Qe4 Nxe5 10.
Bf4 Nxf3+) 6... e6 {0.00/0 6} 7. h3 $2 {-0.84/0 8 (0.00 → -1.16) Mistake.
Nbd2 was best.} ({better is} 7. Nbd2 cxd4 (7... Bxf3 8. Nxf3 {and protecting})
({A bit better for black is} 7... Rc8 8. O-O a6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Bg6 11. Nf1
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Be3
Nf5 18. Bf4 Bc5 19. Rad1 Rhd8 20. g4 Ne7 21. Be3 Ke8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Ne3 Bh7
24. f4 g5 25. Ng2 Be4 26. Bd3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 gxf4 28. Kf3 d4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30.
Bb5+ Rxb5 31. Rxd4 Ng6 32. b4 a5 33. a4 Rxb4 34. Rxb4 axb4 35. Re4 b3 36. Rb4
Nxe5+ {0-1 (36) Yuffa,D (2534)-Romanov,E (2619) Sochi 2016}) 8. Nxd4 Bxe2 9.
Qxe2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Nf3 Qd7) 7... Bxf3 {0.96/0 6} 8. Bxf3 {0.84/0 6}
cxd4 {0.34/0 14} 9. cxd4 {0.25/0 20} Qb6 {0.56/0 11} 10. Qa4 $4 {-1.71/0 23
(-0.56 → -2.29) Blunder. Be3 was best.} (10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Qa4+
Nc6 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Qb5 Nge7 15. O-O Rb8 16. Rfc1 g6 {even though white has
sacrificed two pawns, he has the bishop pair and a strong attack.}) 10... Qxd4
$6 {-0.24/0 24} (10... Nge7) 11. Qxd4 {-0.18/0 14} Nxd4 {-0.19/0 5} 12. Bd1 {
-0.03/0 13 The only move that doesn’t allow Nc2 or Nxf3+. The knights will
stay for a long time, until the last move or so.} Bb4+ {-0.18/0 9} 13. Nc3 {
-0.08/0 19} Rc8 {-0.28/0 16} 14. Bd2 {-0.23/0 11} Ne7 {-0.18/0 77} 15. a3 {
-2.00/0 31} Bxc3 {-0.49/0 18} 16. Bxc3 {-0.33/0 45} Ndc6 {-0.95/0 10} 17. Ba4 {
-0.42/0 18} O-O {-0.53/0 8} 18. f4 {-0.43/0 33} Ng6 $6 {-0.98/0 106 (-1.57 →
-1.02) Inaccuracy. g5 was best.} (18... g5 19. fxg5 d4 20. Bd2 Nxe5 21. Bb4
Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Nxb4 23. axb4 Rc4 24. b5 Nf5 25. Rhc1) 19. g3 {-0.95/0 21} f6 $6 {
0.22/0 60 (-1.05 → -0.22) Inaccuracy. Nce7 was best.} (19... Nce7 20. Kf2)
20. exf6 {0.18/0 19} gxf6 {0.27/0 10} 21. Bb3 {0.59/0 33} Kg7 {0.56/0 149} 22.
Rd1 {0.95/0 57} Rfd8 $6 {0.33/0 51 (-0.95 → -0.33) Inaccuracy. Rcd8 was best.
} (22... Rcd8 23. Kf2) {My plan was} 23. Rh2 $6 {-0.96/0 47 To see whether he
would fall into a little trap (-0.33 → -1.04) Inaccuracy. Kf2 was best.} (23.
Kf2 Rc7 24. Rhe1 d4 25. Bd2 e5 26. Be6 Nh8 27. Bf5 Nf7 28. Be4 Nd6 29. Bxc6
Rxc6) 23... d4 {0.85/0 68} 24. Bxe6 {-0.97/0 36} dxc3 $2 {0.00/0 52 (-1.03 →
0.00) Mistake. Re8 was best.} (24... Re8) 25. Bxc8 {0.00/0 9 good! HE FELL FOR
IT!!!} Rxc8 {0.00/0 18} 26. bxc3 $2 {-0.89/0 5 (0.00 → -1.11) Mistake. Rd7+
was best.} (26. Rd7+ Kh6) 26... Rc7 {-0.95/0 17} 27. Rhd2 {-0.82/0 14} Re7+ {
-0.99/0 20} 28. Kf2 {-0.87/0 11} h5 $2 {0.02/0 42 (-1.13 → 0.20) Mistake.
Nf8 was best.} (28... Nf8) 29. Rd7 {0.01/0 36} Kf7 {0.01/0 10} 30. Rxe7+ {
0.00/0 29} Kxe7 {0.00/0 26} 31. Kf3 {0.00/0 14} f5 {0.00/0 170} 32. g4 {
0.00/0 75} hxg4+ {0.00/0 77} 33. hxg4 {0.00/0 7} fxg4+ {0.00/0 17} 34. Kxg4 {
0.00/0 8} Na5 {0.00/0 230} 35. Kg5 {0.00/0 26} Nf8 {0.00/0 35} 36. f5 {0.00/0
20} Nc6 {0.00/0 120} 37. Rd5 {0.00/0 127} Nh7+ {0.00/0 30} 38. Kg6 {0.00/0 12}
Nf6 {0.00/0 46} 39. Rd1 {0.00/0 23} Ne5+ {0.00/0 33} 40. Kg5 {0.00/0 81} Nfd7 {
0.00/0 297} 41. Rh1 {0.00/0 110} Nf7+ {0.00/0 27} 42. Kf4 {0.00/0 27} Kf6 {
0.00/0 5} 43. Rg1 {0.00/0 42} Nde5 {0.00/0 13} 44. Rh1 {0.13/0 65} Nc4 {
0.00/0 13} 45. a4 {0.29/0 14} Nb6 {0.00/0 32} 46. a5 $2 {0.00/0 20} (46. Rd1
Nxa4 47. Ra1 Nxc3 48. Rxa7 {it’s hard to say who’s better.}) 46... Nd5+ {
0.00/0 3} 47. Ke4 {0.00/0 12} Nxc3+ {0.00/0 2} 48. Kf4 $6 {0.66/0 13 (0.00 →
-0.66) Inaccuracy. Kd4 was best.} (48. Kd4 Nb5+ 49. Kc5 Nbd6 50. Re1 Nxf5 51.
a6 b6+ 52. Kc6 N7d6 53. Kc7 Nb5+ 54. Kc6) 48... Nd5+ $6 {0.00/0 3 (-0.66 → 0.
00) Inaccuracy. Ne2+ was best.} (48... Ne2+ 49. Ke3) 49. Ke4 {0.16/0 11} Ne7 {
0.19/0 4} 50. Rf1 $2 {-0.71/0 46 (-0.19 → -1.29) Mistake. Rb1 was best.} (50.
Rb1 Nd6+) 50... Nd6+ {-0.96/0 4} 51. Kd3 $6 {-1.53/0 11 (-1.40 → -2.47)
Inaccuracy. Kd4 was best.} (51. Kd4 Nexf5+ 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Rc1 Kd7 54. Kc5 Nc8
55. Rd1+ Kc7 56. Rh1 Nce7 57. Rh5 Nd6) 51... Nexf5 $2 {-0.85/0 4 (-2.47 → -1.
15) Mistake. Nc6 was best.} (51... Nc6 52. a6 Nb4+ 53. Kd4 Nxa6 54. Kd5 Nc8 55.
Rh1 Nc7+ 56. Kc5 Ne7 57. Rb1 Na6+ 58. Kc4) 52. Rb1 $2 {-1.93/0 29 (-1.15 →
-2.70) Mistake. Rc1 was best.} (52. Rc1 Ne7) 52... Ke6 {-1.93/0 13} 53. Kc3 $2
{-3.56/0 19 (-2.70 → -4.44) Mistake. Rh1 was best.} (53. Rh1 Kd5 54. a6 bxa6
55. Rh7 Nb5 56. Rh5 Nbd4 57. Rh7 Nc6 58. Rh5 Ne5+ 59. Kc3 Nd4) 53... Kd5 {
-3.75/0 19} 54. Rb4 {-3.56/0 27} Kc6 {-3.96/0 5} 55. Kb3 {-3.56/0 11} Ne3 {
-3.56/0 6} 56. Ka4 {-3.56/0 19} Nec4 {-3.56/0 7} 57. Rb3 {-3.56/0 26} a6 $6 {
-2.46/0 4 (-4.44 → -3.54) Inaccuracy. Kc5 was best.} (57... Kc5 58. Rh3 a6
59. Rh5+ Kd4 60. Rh4+ Kd5 61. Rh5+ Ne5 62. Kb4 Kd4 63. Rh4+ Ne4 64. Kb3) 58.
Rc3 $6 {-3.56/0 25 (-3.54 → -4.44) Inaccuracy. Kb4 was best.} (58. Kb4) 58...
Kc5 {-3.67/0 2} 59. Rb3 {-4.54/0 10} Nb5 {-3.67/0 7} 60. Rg3 {-3.77/0 40} Nd4 {
-3.77/0 10} 61. Rg5+ {-3.77/0 16} Kd6 {-3.98/0 2} 62. Rg4 {-3.87/0 20} Kd5 {
-2.05/0 6} 63. Rg5+ {-2.16/0 9} Ke4 $4 {0.62/0 3 (-3.84 → -0.62) Blunder.
Ne5 was best.} (63... Ne5) 64. Rg7 $4 {-2.83/0 13 (-0.62 → -3.17) Blunder.
Kb4 was best.} (64. Kb4) 64... Nd6 {-1.04/0 12} 65. Kb4 {-1.51/0 17} Nc6+ $4 {
0.00/0 4 (-2.49 → 0.00) Blunder. Kd5 was best.} (65... Kd5) 66. Kc5 {0.00/0
19} Nc8 {0.39/0 7} 67. Rxb7 {0.39/0 19} Nxa5 {0.39/0 4} 68. Rc7 {0.39/0 10}
Nb3+ {0.39/0 3} 69. Kc6 {0.00/0 12} Nd4+ {0.00/0 2} 70. Kb7 {0.00/0 14} Nd6+ {
0.00/0 2} 71. Kxa6 {0.00/0 6} N4b5 {0.00/0 2} 72. Re7+ {0.00/0 15} Kd5 {
0.00/0 3} 73. Re1 {0.00/0 20} Kc5 {0.00/0 4} 74. Rc1+ {0.00/0 5} Kd5 {0.00/0 2}
75. Kb6 {0.00/0 5} Ke5 {0.00/0 6} 76. Rc5+ {0.00/0 6} Ke6 {0.00/0 2} 77. Rxb5 {
0.00/0 15} Nxb5 {0.00/0 6 Normal The game is a draw. The knight pair remained
on the board longer than the pawns! 🙂} 1/2-1/2
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ROUND 2
This is all I’m gonna say. “Piece imbalances are THE BEST!”
[Event "September Action Swiss Open"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.09.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "landonpchess"]
[Black "wccchallenger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[Annotator "Seigi"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 {Sicilian: Four Knights
defence. This is what I play often VS 1.e4} 6. Be2 Bb4 7. f3 $6 (7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 {much more common}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Bc5 $1 9. Be3 {The only move!} Qb6 10.
Na4 Bxd4 $3 {all others lose almost instantly} 11. Nxb6 Bxe3+ 12. Kh1 Bxb6 {
I love material imbalances!} 13. Qd2 $2 (13. Qd6 {crippling the c8 bishop})
13... d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Be6 {easy developing} 16. Rfe1 Ba5 17. c3 d4 $5
18. Qc2 (18. b4 $4 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxb4 $19) 18... dxc3 19. bxc3 Rac8 20. Rec1 ({
if he does NOTHING and plays} 20. h3 {, then} Nb4 {wins after} 21. Qa4 Nxd3 22.
Qxa5 Nxe1) 20... Rfd8 21. Qe2 Nd5 22. c4 $2 (22. Qe1 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxd3) 22...
Nf4 $1 $19 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qe4+ Ng6 25. f4 Rd4 26. Qf3 Rxf4 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28.
Qe2 Bc7 29. g3 Rd4 30. Rab1 b6 31. Qf3 Nge5 32. Qg2 Bf5 $1 33. Re1 (33. Rb3 Be4
$19) 33... Bxb1 34. Rxb1 Rcd8 35. Qe2 Rd2 36. Qe3 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kg2
Rd4 39. Qf2 Rxc4 40. Qf5 g6 41. Qc8+ Bd8 42. Qb7 Rc2+ {He resigned here. I was
very happy to have beaten this opponent!} 0-1
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ROUND 3
Round 3 game
I would nickname this game “Picking the Lock.” I beat @TheLoock5 for the second time!
[Event "September Action Swiss Open"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.09.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "wccchallenger"]
[Black "Loock5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "Seigi"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O {Pirc
Defence: Classical System} Ng4 ({More common is} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5
10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Re8 13. Bd4 c6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. a4 a6 16.
Qd3 b5 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Nb1 a5 19. Nd2 d5 20. e5 Nh5 21. Nb3 Nf4 22. Qg3 Ne6 23.
f4 f6 24. Bf2 fxe5 25. fxe5 Qc7 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Bg3 Rbd8 28. Re2 c5 29. Qf3 Ng5
30. Qg4 Ne4 31. Bh4 Bxe5 32. Rxe4 Bh2+ 33. Kh1 Rxe4 34. Bxd8 Qf7 35. Qf3 Bf4
36. Nxc5 Re3 37. Qf2 g5 38. Re1 d4 39. Nd3 Qd5 40. Nxf4 gxf4 41. Bc7 Rxh3+ 42.
Kg1 Re3 {1-0 (42) Garagulya,K (2416)-Newerovski,G (2375) Smolensk 2000}) 8. Bf4
e5 9. dxe5 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bg7 14. Bxe6 $6
(14. Qd3 $16) 14... fxe6 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 a6 17. b3 e5 $2 (17... Qf6 18.
Ne2 Qh4 $11) (17... d5 $6 18. e5 (18. exd5 $4 Qc5+)) 18. Nd5 $1 Qd7 $2 (18...
Qd8) 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qg5 $6 (20. Ne3 $11) 20... Kg7 21. Nb4 Rae8 22. Rxf8
Rxf8 $4 23. Qxe5+ $1 $18 dxe5 24. Rxd7+ Rf7 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Kf2 Ke6 27. Ke3
c6 28. Nd3 b6 29. c4 c5 30. b4 Kd6 31. bxc5+ bxc5 32. Kf3 h5 33. h4 a5 34. a4 {
Normal} 1-0
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ROUND 4
This game I’m…um…
[Event "September Action Swiss Open"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2020.09.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "taupuri1"]
[Black "wccchallenger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 {D02 Queen’s Pawn Game: London System} Bf5 4. c4 e6
5. Qb3 b6 $6 {(0.09 ? 0.88) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best.} (5... Nc6 6. c5 Rb8 7.
h3 Ne4 8. Nc3 h5 9. e3 g5 10. Be5) 6. e3 $6 {(0.88 ? 0.37) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was
best.} (6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nd5) 6... c5 $2 {
(0.37 ? 1.75) Mistake. Bd6 was best.} (6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O
h6 10. Nc3 c6 11. h3) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. O-O $2 {(2.02 ? 0.68)
Mistake. Bxb8 was best.} (9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Ne5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nc6 c4 13.
Qc2 Qg5 14. f4 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qg4) 9... Bxb5 $6 {(0.68 ? 1.51) Inaccuracy. c4 was
best.} (9... c4 10. Bxd7+) 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Be7 $6 {(2.29 ?
3.41) Inaccuracy. cxd4 was best.} (12... cxd4 13. exd4) 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nh5 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nxd5 Nxf4 17. exf4 Rad8 18. Nxb6+ Kc6 19. Nc4 Rhe8 20.
g3 h6 21. Kg2 g5 22. Kf3 Bf8 $6 {(3.81 ? 5.13) Inaccuracy. f6 was best.} (22...
f6 23. e6 gxf4 24. gxf4 Rd4 25. Ne3 Bd6 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Nf5 d3 28. Rd1 Bc5
29. Rxd3) 23. Ke4 Bg7 $6 {(4.86 ? 7.21) Inaccuracy. gxf4 was best.} (23... gxf4
) 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Nf5 Ree8 26. Nxg7 Rg8 27. Nf5 Rge8 28. Nxh6 gxf4 29. gxf4 Rb8
30. Rd6+ Kc7 31. b3 Rb4+ 32. Kf5 Rh8 33. Rad1 Rb6 34. Rxb6 axb6 35. Nxf7 Rxh2
$6 {(13.80 ? Mate in 11) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re8 was best.} (35...
Re8 36. e6) 36. e6 Rh7 37. e7 Rxf7+ 38. Ke6 Rxe7+ $6 {(62.25 ? Mate in 11)
Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rxf4 was best.} (38... Rxf4 39. Re1) 39. Kxe7 Kc6
40. f5 b5 41. f6 c4 42. f7 cxb3 43. axb3 b4 44. f8=Q Kb5 45. Qe8+ Kc5 46. Qc8+
Kb5 47. Rd5+ Kb6 48. Qc5+ Kb7 49. Rd7+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. Qd8# {Normal White
wins by checkmate.} 1-0
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So…THAT’S IT!
THE END OF THE U2000 ACTION SWISS!
K-12 Swiss
Action Swiss U2000
That’s all! No, wait, one more thing!
MORAL:
Play tournaments more often!
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