Friday, February 2, 2024

BLACK WON IN THE TWO KNIGHTS DEFENCE

I had black pieces in the game on the platform ChessOK. Time control 15 minutes per game. The game


lasted only 17 moves:

vugar79 - Nanomaster, 2024




Some comments on this game

After the game move 9...Be6, the following theoretical position is on the board:


The game move 10 Neg5 grabs back the pawn, but it is a loss of time. 

Better is 10 Bg5, continuing the development and hindering Black from castling to the queenside. After 10...h6?, there is a tactical reply 11 Bf6!

After the game move 12...Bd6, the following position is on the board:


Black threatens with the combination 13...Bxh2+ 14. Nxh2 Qxd1

Unfortunately, White had to play 13 Qd3

After the game continuation 13 Bg5?, the following position is on the board:


White's bishop on g5 is hanging. The knight on f3 is overloaded. In the game Bohm - Reshevsky (Amsterdam 1977), Black used it to play 13...Bxh2+! 

However, when grabbing the pawn on e6, White managed to open the f-file for Black's rooks.

In the present game, and in the game De Abreu - Harshavardhan (Chess.com INT 2020), Black used the half-open f-file to attack with 13...Rdf8!



In the present post, the Apronus chess software was used.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

WHITE TO MOVE

On the ICC (Internet Chess Club), there was an interesting game Nanomaster - PaulMuadDib. 
I had the white pieces and managed to win with an impressive combination.

White to move

The full game can be seen here

Saturday, January 27, 2024

THE ATTACK

I had white pieces.


[Event "Match"]
[Site "www.chess-mail.com"]
[Date "2024.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nanomaster"]
[Black "Rettuc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2300"]
[BlackELO "2220"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[ECO "A46"]

     1.      d4           Nf6      
     2.     Nf3            e6      
     3.      e3           Nc6      
     4.     Be2           Be7      
     5.     O-O           O-O      
     6.      b3            b6      
     7.     Bb2           Bb7      
     8.      c4            d5      
     9.     Nc3            h6      
    10.      a3          dxc4      
    11.    bxc4           Bd6      
    12.     Qc2           Re8      
    13.    Rfd1            e5      
    14.      c5          exd4      
    15.    exd4           Bf8      
    16.      d5           Ne5      
    17.      c6           Bc8      
    18.      h3           Bc5      
    19.     Nb5          Nxf3+     
    20.    Bxf3            a6      
    21.      d6          axb5      
    22.      d7           Re6      
    23.    Bxf6          Rxf6      
    24.     Re1          Bxd7      
    25.    cxd7          Qxd7      
    26.    Bxa8          Bxf2+     
    27.    Qxf2          Rxf2      
    28.    Kxf2            c5      
    29.    Rad1           Qa7      
    30.     Bd5            c4      
    31.     Re8+          Kh7      
    32.     Rf8     

            1-0

Eintalu - Rettuc, Chess-Mail 2024