[Event "National Chess Congress 2019"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2019-12-01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MichaelFavata"]
[Black "Lamar Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "1599"]
[BlackELO "1561"]
[Event "National Chess Congress 2019"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Michael Favata"]
[Black "Lamar Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "1599"]
[BlackELO "1561"]
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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 {The Two Knights defense} 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 {A
Mistake. 4...Bg4 is the main line} 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Ne5 {I forgot the trap I was
aiming for! 6 h4 h6 7 Ne5 Bh7 8 Qh5 Qe4 9 Bc4 is very dangerous for black. F7
is weak and the bishop is so close to getting trapped it can be of no help.}
6... Nd7 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bc4 e5 9. d3 Bc5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bd2 f5 12. Nc3 Bg5
13. g3 Nh6 14. h4 Nf7 {It looks like I'm winning a piece, but this only allows
for massive exchanges. 15 Bxf7+ Kxf7 16 Bxg5 Qxg5 17 hxg5 Rxh1+ 18 Ke2 Rxd1 19
Rxd1 and black looks better with white's messy Kside pawns. } 15. Qe2 {Finally
making the move I've been delaying. } 15... Bxd2+ {Making Qe2 a wasted tempo.
} 16. Qxd2 Qe7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Qe3 Nb6 {A mistake that loses a pawn. The
black queen is now overworked. } 19. Bxf7 Qxf7 20. Qxe5 Rhe8 21. Qa5 Kb8 22.
Rde1 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Re1 {Asking black to trade into an endgame in which he's
down a pawn} 25... Qf8 26. Qc3 f4 27. Qd2 fxg3 28. fxg3 Rf5 29. Qe2 a6
30. Qe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxe8+ Ka7 32. Re4 g5 33. Rg4 gxh4 34. gxh4 Rh5 {The rooks
are in a stalemate on the Qside, with each side eyeing the other's pawn.
Keeping these on improves white's winning chances. } 35. a4 a5 36. d4 Rh6 37.
Kd2 Ka6 38. Kc3 b5 39. axb5+ Kxb5 40. Kb3 {A Mistake. I should play 40 Rg5+
followed by 41 h5, gaining space} 40... Kb6 41. Ka4 Rh5 42. b4 axb4 43. Kxb4
Rb5+ 44. Kc3 Rh5 45. Kd3 g6 46. Ke4 Kc7 47. c4 c5 48. dxc5 Rxc5 49. Kd4 Rf5
{Hoping for 50 Rxg6 Rf4+ 51 Kc5 Rxh4 with a technical draw} 50. Kc3 Kc8 {?
Can't understand giving up the g6 pawn so easily. } 51. Rxg6 Rf3+ 52. Kb4 Rh3
53. Rh6 Rh1 54. Kc5 Ra1 55. h5 Ra5+ 56. Kb6 Ra1 57. Rh8+ Kd7 58. h6 Ra2 59.
h7 Rb2+ 60. Kc5 Rh2 61. Ra8 {Aiming for the well known trick 61...Rxh7 62 Ra7+
winning the rook. } 61... Rh5+ 62. Kb4 Kc6 63. h8=Q Rxh8 64. Rxh8 Kb7 65. Kc5
Kc7 66. Rh7+ Kb8 67. Kc6 Ka8 68. Kb6 Kb8 69. Rh8# 1-0
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