Review: Saturday Hive Chess S1R13

Earlier today, we played the 13th round of the Saturday Hive Chess tournament. I had hoped to get paired with Hive account@justola1, but that didn’t happen. The games today were tougher. For a while, it felt like there were no lower-rated players, and I was in the midst of hungry tigers. The games were intense and challenging. I managed to grab 11 points, the same points as Justola. I finished 10th, while he finished 9th. Today, I lost more games than I won, but I guess it's all part of the journey - you lose some, you win some. As usual, I'll be reviewing some of my games in this post."

My first game was against Chessguy. We have played a total of 15 games, 13 wins to him and 2 to me. Today, I guess I played well and the game ended in a draw. We both played well without making obvious blunders. I guess he also wanted a draw because he kept repeating the same moves.

Link to the game

PGN: 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nf3 a6 7. a3 e6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 b5 13. Rab1 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Ne2 a5 16. c3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bf4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rb1 h6 23. Rxb8+ Qxb8 24. Ng3 Qc7 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Ne2 Ne8 27. Ng3 Nd6 28. Ngf1 Ndc4 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Ne3 Nb2 31. Qd2 Na4 32. Nd1 f6 33. Qe3 Kf7 34. Kf1 Qc4+ 35. Kg1 Qb3 36. Qd2 Nb6 37. g3 Nc4 38. Qd3 Nb6 39. h4 Na4 40. h5 Nb6 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qd3 Na4 43. Kg2 Nb6 44. Kg1 Nc4 45. Kg2 Qb8 46. Ne3 Nb2 47. Qh7 Qb5 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qh7 Qb3 50. Qc2 Qb5 51. Qd2 Qb3 52. Qc2 Qb5 53. Qd2 Qb3 54. Qc2 1/2-1/2

My first ever game against this player went well, I won. At first, I was skeptical about beserking them because I had not played with them before, but I decided to take the risk because I needed more points. This player is rated 1300+, but they play like they are higher, maybe 1500? I won the first game, but the next game we played, I lost.

Link to the game

PGN:

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. e4 Bb4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Rb8 18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. Qc5 Nc6 20. Bxa6 Nxe5 21. Bb5+ c6 22. Be2 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Kf8 26. b4 g6 27. a5 Kg7 28. Rfe1 Rhe8 29. Rab1 Bd7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. h3 Bf5 32. Ra1 Re7 33. a6 bxa6 34. Rxa6 Rc7 35. Kf1 Be6 36. g4 Kf6 37. Be2 Ke5 38. Rb6 Kd6 39. b5 Kc5 40. Rb8 cxb5 41. Rxb5+ Kd4 42. Rb4+ Ke5 43. Kg2 Rc2 44. Bf3 Rc3 45. Rb5 Kd6 46. Rb6+ Rc6 47. Rb4 Rc5 48. Kg3 Rc4 49. Rb6+ Ke5 50. Be2 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 d4 52. Rb5+ Kd6 53. f3 d3 54. Bd1 Rc1 55. Rb6+ Kc5 56. Rxe6 0-1

Finally, this game caught my attention…

This particular game caught my attention. Of course, Madchess is a very strong player, but I was just surprised to see her beat Odnoobraz. So, I decided to watch the game. I think this game is the biggest upset today. I was surprised when Odnoob sacrificed his room for the opponent’s night, and I guess that’s where things started to go wrong. It still was a calculated move, but Madchess played better. She was strong till the end. Kudos!

Link to the game

PGN:

1. g3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 d4 5. Nd2 Be7 6. f3 c5 7. Bh3 Nc6 8. Bxc8 Rxc8 9. a4 a6 10. Nh3 b5 11. O-O O-O 12. Kg2 Nb4 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nf2 Rfd8 15. Re1 Bf8 16. Ba3 bxa4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Nc4 axb3 19. cxb3 Ra8 20. Ra4 Nd7 21. Re2 a5 22. Rea2 Ra6 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Nc5 25. Qc2 h6 26. Qa2 Rb8 27. Kf1 Qd7 28. Ke2 h5 29. Nxe5 Qe6 30. Nc4 h4 31. g4 Qh6 32. Qb1 Qf4 33. h3 Be7 34. Qc2 Ne6 35. Qd2 Qh2 36. Rf5 g6 37. Re5 Bf6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qh6 Kf7 40. Qh7+ Bg7 41. Qxh4 Ra8 42. g5 Ra2+ 43. Nd2 Rb2 44. f4 Qg2 45. e5 Bf8 46. Qg4 Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 48. Kd1 Qf1+ 49. Kd2 Qb1 50. h4 Qxb3 51. h5 Qc3+ 52. Ke2 Qc2+ 53. Ke1 Qxd3 54. hxg6+ Qxg6 55. Qf3 Qf5 56. Qb7+ Be7 57. Qf3 Qb1+ 58. Kf2 b3 59. Qb7 b2 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kh4 b1=Q 0-1

Thanks to our host, Hive account@samostically and Hive account@sam.chess. See you all next Saturday.