Review: Saturday Hive Chess S1R11

Earlier today, the chess brothers came together to have fun and do what we know how to do best; play chess. It’s been eleven weeks since we started the Saturday Hive Chess tournament and so far, things have been going well. Today’s tournament didn't go so bad. Of course, we now have many strong players compared to previous seasons. Months ago, I used to be scared to get paired with higher-rated players. Sometimes I would even give up before the end of the game. But now? Now, things have gotten better. I'm now managing to play well against higher rated players. In today’s tourney, I finished 9th with 24 points. I managed a draw against @stayoutoftherz and surprisingly, I won against Jaki. As usual, I'll review some of my games in this post.

Justfavour Vs Fiona

I checked my games with Fiona. We have played a total of 23 games with 20 wins to me and 3 to him. I had already decided that I would berserk lower-rated players. I knew I would get paired with high-rated players soon enough so I decided to utilize the golden opportunities well. In the beginning of the game, I blundered my queen. I was this close to pressing the resign button, but I just thought to play it till the end. RDcast’s queen was on the move and ready to devour my pieces. Luckily, I baited them and they swallowed it. I managed to get back in the game by capturing their queen. I enjoyed this game because I didn't give up.

Link to the game

PGN:

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Qf6 3. a3 Bc5 4. Qf3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Na4 Qc6 7. Nxc5 Qxc5 8. Qe2 d6 9. Bg5 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. c3 Nc6 13. Bd2 f6 14. Ne2 Qb5 15. b4 Qxd3 16. Nd4 exd4 17. Bxd3 dxc3 18. Bxc3 O-O 19. Bb5 Ne7 20. Kf2 a6 21. Be2 b5 22. Rhc1 Rac8 23. Bd2 c5 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Ke3 c4 26. Bb4 Kf7 27. Rc3 Rfd8 28. Rd1 Ng6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. f4 Nh4 31. g3 Ng2+ 32. Kf2 Nxf4 33. gxf4 Rd2 34. Ke3 Rd8 35. Rc2 g5 36. f5 Bd7 37. Rd2 h5 38. Bxh5+ Kg8 39. Bg4 Kg7 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Rd2 Ke8 42. Bf3 Bc6 43. Rxd8+ Kxd8 44. Kd4 Kd7 45. Kc3 1-0

Justfavour Vs Justola

Last week, I got paired against Justola. Not once but twice and interestingly, I won both games. Today, I managed to land another defeat. We both beserked our games, but I played better and I think I deserved the win.

PGN:

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 h6 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. Be2 a6 6. d3 Nc6 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 Nd4 9. Bd2 Nxe2 10. Ngxe2 Bg4 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qd7 13. Nd5 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Rab1 f6 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. c4 Rde8 20. Qf5+ Qd7 21. Qg6 Rhg8 22. Qg3 Re5 23. Qf3 Ree8 24. e5 Qc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 Kd7 28. Rbf1 Re7 29. Rf7 Rg7 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rf6 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rc1 33. Rxh6 Rxc2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. g4 Rd2 36. Ke4 a5 37. g5 a4 38. g6 Rg2 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. h4 a3 41. Rxc7 Rxg6 42. Ra7 Rh6 43. Rxa3 Rxh4+ 44. Ke3 Rh3+ 45. Kd2 c5 46. Ra8 Rh2+ 47. Kc3 Ke5 48. Re8+ Kf6 49. Rd8 Ke7 50. Rg8 Rh1 51. Rg7+ Ke6 52. Rg6+ Kd7 53. Rg7+ Kc6 54. Rg8 Rc1+ 55. Kd2 Ra1 56. Rc8+ Kd7 57. Rb8 Ra2+ 58. Kc3 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Rxd3 60. Rb7+ Kc6 61. Rh7 d5 62. Rh6+ Kd7 63. Rh7+ Ke6 64. Rh6+ Kf5 65. cxd5 Rxd5 66. Rh5+ Ke4 67. Rh4+ Kd3 68. Rh3+ Kc4 69. Rh4+ Rd4 70. Rh8 Kd3 71. Rh3+ Kc4 72. Rc3+ Kd5 73. Rh3 c4 74. Rh5+ Ke4 75. Rh4+ Kd3 76. Rh3+ Kd2 77. Rh2+ Kd3 78. Rh3+ Ke4 79. Rh4+ Kd5 80. Rh5+ Kc6 81. Rh6+ Rd6 82. Rh5 Rd5 83. Kc3 Kc5 84. Rh8 Rd3+ 85. Kc2 Rd7 86. Rc8+ Kd4 87. Rb8 Rd5 88. Rb5 Rxb5 89. Kd2 Ra5 90. Ke2 c3 91. Kd1 Kd3 92. Kc1 Ra1# 0-1

Link to the game

Justfavour VS Jaki01

Before today, I had never won against Jaki. He had defeated me 8 times in the previous game, but today I pulled a number back. He would have won the game, but he missed a chance to promote to a queen in the end. There's not much to say about this game, you need to watch it to see how brilliant I played.

PGN:

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 h6 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. Be2 a6 6. d3 Nc6 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 Nd4 9. Bd2 Nxe2 10. Ngxe2 Bg4 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qd7 13. Nd5 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Rab1 f6 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. c4 Rde8 20. Qf5+ Qd7 21. Qg6 Rhg8 22. Qg3 Re5 23. Qf3 Ree8 24. e5 Qc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 Kd7 28. Rbf1 Re7 29. Rf7 Rg7 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rf6 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rc1 33. Rxh6 Rxc2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. g4 Rd2 36. Ke4 a5 37. g5 a4 38. g6 Rg2 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. h4 a3 41. Rxc7 Rxg6 42. Ra7 Rh6 43. Rxa3 Rxh4+ 44. Ke3 Rh3+ 45. Kd2 c5 46. Ra8 Rh2+ 47. Kc3 Ke5 48. Re8+ Kf6 49. Rd8 Ke7 50. Rg8 Rh1 51. Rg7+ Ke6 52. Rg6+ Kd7 53. Rg7+ Kc6 54. Rg8 Rc1+ 55. Kd2 Ra1 56. Rc8+ Kd7 57. Rb8 Ra2+ 58. Kc3 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Rxd3 60. Rb7+ Kc6 61. Rh7 d5 62. Rh6+ Kd7 63. Rh7+ Ke6 64. Rh6+ Kf5 65. cxd5 Rxd5 66. Rh5+ Ke4 67. Rh4+ Kd3 68. Rh3+ Kc4 69. Rh4+ Rd4 70. Rh8 Kd3 71. Rh3+ Kc4 72. Rc3+ Kd5 73. Rh3 c4 74. Rh5+ Ke4 75. Rh4+ Kd3 76. Rh3+ Kd2 77. Rh2+ Kd3 78. Rh3+ Ke4 79. Rh4+ Kd5 80. Rh5+ Kc6 81. Rh6+ Rd6 82. Rh5 Rd5 83. Kc3 Kc5 84. Rh8 Rd3+ 85. Kc2 Rd7 86. Rc8+ Kd4 87. Rb8 Rd5 88. Rb5 Rxb5 89. Kd2 Ra5 90. Ke2 c3 91. Kd1 Kd3 92. Kc1 Ra1# 0-1

Link to the game.

As usual, thanks to our host, @sam.chess and @samostically. See you next week.