I now present the results from the first (and only) round of the chess blogger
Double My Egg Nog tourney, as Annotated Games 80 and 81. The tournament unfortunately was cut short due to real-life issues faced by some of the players. The first game against
Rocky Rook you can also
check out from his perspective. Early on, I could have obtained a better opening by switching to a Stonewall structure, but essentially I was doing OK against Rocky's Colle System until the miscalculation with 19...Ne4 which forcibly loses a pawn. (An eerily similar mistake was documented in
Annotated Game #78). A much more tactical game then results, as I try to gain compensation for the pawn; in fact, I miss a winning tactic with a deflection/back-rank theme on move 24. After some ups and downs, I could have in the end held the draw a pawn down, but was over-optimistic about trapping White's rook, which threatens to wreak devastation on Black's pawns instead and I resign.
In the second game,
Robert Pearson tries to avoid my known openings with 1. Nc3!? but nonetheless ends up in a structure very similar to a Caro-Kann, which I felt comfortable enough playing. Some of the opening problems posed were different, however, and I was able to identify some key improvements for my play during analysis. After both sides castle queenside, the fireworks start when Robert speculatively offers a pawn sacrifice on move 13, which I eventually end up taking on move 15. White then had a possible sequence to get to an equal but unbalanced material situation (queen vs. two rooks) but opted to play more conventionally. However, White's next moves essentially help Black shift his pieces into better positions and then launch his own attack on White's more exposed king. The threatened rook sacrifice by White on the a-file would have led to mate, but he never had the chance to carry out the threat, as Black crashed through and chased the king into a mating net. A fun and dynamic game.
Annotated Game #80
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1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 c6 6.b3 e6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.c4 Be7 8...Bd6 9.c5 Bc7 8...Ne4 9.Nfd2 f5 10.f3 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 Bd6 12.e4 Qh4 13.g3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Qxg3+ 15.Kh1 Qh3+ 16.Kg1 Qg3+ 9.c5 9.Nbd2 0-0= 9...0-0 10.Nc3 a5 11.a4 11.Na4 11...b6 12.cxb6 Qxb6 13.Ba3 Bxa3 14.Rxa3 Qb4 15.Rfa1 15.Raa1 Qxb3 16.Rfb1 Qc4 17.Qxc4 dxc4= 15...Rfc8 16.Ne2 Rab8 17.Nd2 Rc7 17...c5 18.R3a2 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 Ne5 18.R3a2= Rcb7 19.Rc2 Ne4 19...Rc8 20.Rac1= 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4 c5 21...Qxb3 22.Qxc6 Rb6 23.Qc3 22.Rc4 22.Rac1!?± Qxb3 23.dxc5 22...Qxb3= 23.dxc5 Qb2 24.Re1?? 24.Rcc1 Nxc5 25.Qc4= Rc7 24...Qd2?? 24...Qxe2! 25.Rcc1 25.Rxe2 Rb1+ 25...Qa6-+ 26.c6? Nf6 25.Kf1± Nf6 25...Rb4 26.c6 Nf6 27.Rxb4 Qxb4 28.Qd3± 26.Qc2 26.Qd4 Rd7 27.Qxd2 Rxd2± 26...Rb2 26...Qxc2 27.Rxc2 Rc8 28.c6± Rbc7 27.Qxd2 Rxd2 28.c6 Nd5? 28...Ne8± 29.Nd4 29.c7 Rc8 30.Rb1+- Nb4 30...Nxc7? 31.Rxc7 31.Nd4 Kf8 32.Nb5 Ke7 33.Rbc1 29...Rbb2 30.Ne2 Nc7 31.Rd4± Kf8 32.Rxd2 Rxd2 33.Rb1 Ke7 33...e5 34.Ke1 34.Nd4 e5 35.Nb5 Ne6± 34...Rc2 35.Nd4 Rc4 36.Nb5?! 36.Rb7 Kd8 36...Rxc6 37.Nxc7 Rxc7 38.Rb5 Kd6 38...Ra7 39.Rxa5 Kc6 40.Ke2 Kb6 41.Rb5+ Ka6 42.f4 Rc2+ 43.Kf3 Ra2? 44.Rb8+- Ka7 44...Rxa4 45.Rf8 f6 46.Rf7 e5 47.Rxg7 exf4 48.exf4 h5 49.Rg6 45.Rf8 1–0
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Annotated Game #81
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1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bg4 4...Bf5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 e6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Bxe4 Bxe4 9.Nxe4 Qb6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.0-0 Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qxa2 14.Rxb7 Qd5 15.Qd3 Bh6 16.c4 Qd6 17.Re1 0-0 18.Re4 Rfb8 19.Rxb8+ 5.Qd3N 5.Ne5!? 5...Nbd7 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 h6 7...e6 8.Bh4 8.Bxf6 exf6 9.Qe3 Qa5+ 10.Nc3+ Be7= 8...Qb6 8...g5 9.Nxf6+ Nxf6 10.Bg3 Bg7 8...e6 9.0-0-0 0-0-0 10.Nxf6 exf6 11.h3 11.Bg3 Be6= 11...Be6 12.c4 Qa6 12...Qa5 13.Qb3 g5 14.Bg3 f5 15.Kb1 f4 16.Bh2 Bg7 13.Qc3? 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.b3 Qa5= 13...Kb8?! 13...Qxa2 14.Bd3 Nb6 15.d5 15.Kc2 15...Na4 16.Bb1 16.Qc2 Nxb2 17.Qxb2 Ba3 16...Nxc3 17.Bxa2 Nxa2+ 14.Bg3+ Ka8 15.Bd3 15.d5 Bf5 16.dxc6 bxc6 16...Qxc6? 17.Nd4 Qc5 18.Nxf5 Qxf5 19.Be2+- 15...Qxa2= 16.Nd2 16.Kd2 Nb6 17.Ra1 Nxc4+ 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Rxa7+ Kxa7 20.Ra1+ Qa6 21.Rxa6+ bxa6 22.Qxc6 Bb4+ 23.Kd3= 16...Nb6 17.Bb1 17.Bc7!? Qa1+ 18.Kc2 Qa4+ 19.Qb3 Qxb3+ 20.Nxb3 Rd7 17...Qa4 18.c5 Nd5 19.Qf3? 19.Qb3 Qxb3 19...Qxd4? 20.Ne4 20.Nxb3 b6 19...Nb4?! 19...Qxd4!? 20.Nb3 Qc4+ 21.Qc3-+ 20.Ne4 20.Qa3 Qxa3 21.bxa3 Nd5 20...Na2+ 20...Bb3 21.Rd2 21.Nc3 Qa1-+ 21.Rde1 Bc2 22.Nc3 Qa1 21...Na2+ 22.Bxa2 Qxa2 21.Bxa2 Qxa2 22.Nc3 22.Qa3!? 22...Qc4 23.Qe3 23.Qe4 Be7 23...g5 23...Be7-+ 24.Kc2? 24.h4 Rg8 24...Bg7 24...Bf5+ 25.Kc1 Qa6 25.Ra1? 25.Kc1!? 25...Bf5+-+ 26.Kd2 26.Kc1 Rxd4 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1-+ 26...Rxd4+ 27.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 28.Ke2 Re8+ 28...Qd3+ 29.Ke1 Re8+ 30.Be5 Rxe5+ 31.Ne4 Rxe4# 29.Kf3 29.Kf1-+ 29...g4+ 29...g4+ 30.hxg4 Bxg4# 29...Qd3# 0–1
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20... Ba2! Looks devastating
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