Review: Saturday Hive Chess S1R12

I strongly believe my chess skills have improved significantly over the past three weeks. Three weeks ago, I finished above a few higher-rated players in the Saturday Hive Tournament. I doubted myself and called it luck. I mean, if you were in my shoes, you would probably have thought the same too. I thought it was just a good chess day for me, but the next tournament was just as surprising. Like I did the last time, I gathered enough points, even more than higher-rated players. Yesterday I confirmed it. It wasn't luck or anything. I have actually improved. Yesterday, we played round 12 of the Hive Chess tournament hosted by @sam.chess and @samostically. I finished 6th with 27 points. Unfortunately, my last game didn't count. If it did, I would have finished 3rd or 4th. Regardless, it was a good game.

Justfavour Vs @Jaki01

My first good game of the tourney was with Jaki. He is a very strong player and I knew I had to be really careful or else I’d get whooped. We both berserked our games, which means we had equal time to do whatever we wanted. We started the game well with good openings. But along the line, I played better. In the end, I blundered my most important piece, but luckily, my opponent did not notice.

PGN:

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 Nf6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. e4 Bd7 9. Bc4 a6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Qxb7 Nc6 12. Qb3 Nxd4 13. Qd1 Ne6 14. Nge2 Bc6 15. O-O Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rad8 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ng5 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bc4 Ra7 22. a3 Ne4 23. f3 Nd6 24. Ba2 Rb8 25. Rc2 Rab7 26. b4 Ra8 27. Rc3 f5 28. Rcd3 Rba7 29. Nd4 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. Bb1 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rb3 33. Bc2 Rb2 34. Ba4 Kg7 35. h4 e6 36. dxe6 fxe6 37. Kh2 Kf6 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. h5 Re2 40. b5 e5 41. Rd5 f4+ 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. Kh3 Re1 44. Kh2 Ra1 45. Bb3 Rb1 46. Ba4 Rb2 47. Rc5 Nxb5 48. Rxc7 Nxc7 49. Bc6 Rb6 50. Be4 Rd6 51. g3 Nd5 52. Kh3 fxg3 53. Kxg3 Ne3 54. Kf2 Nf5 55. Ke2 Rb6 56. Kd3 Rb2 0-1

The link to the game is here

Justfavour VS Madchess

My next win was against Madchess, another higher-rated player. Madchess lost on time. I think if she had enough time, it would have been really difficult to pull off a win.

PGN:

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 h6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 a6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. h3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Ne4 Ndb4 15. Be2 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nd5 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. a4 a5 21. Rac1 Rb8 22. Kf1 Ne7 23. f4 Nbd5 24. Ke2 Nf5 25. Bf2 Nfe7 26. Be1 b6 27. Ne4 c6 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. g3 Ba6+ 30. Kf3 Bb7 31. e4 Nb4 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Nxb7 Rxd1 34. Bxd1 Rxb7 35. Be2 c5 36. Bb5 Nc8 37. f5 exf5 38. exf5 Na7 39. Bc4 Rb8 40. Rd1 Nc6 41. Kf4 Kf8 42. Rd7 Ne7 43. f6 gxf6 0-1

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Justfavour VS Iamchessguy

I have played against chessguy many times and yesterday was the first time I won against him. For the second time that night, I berserked a higher-rated player and won. Shockingly, Chesguy missed the chance to capture my queen. I was so happy when he didn't see it.

PGN:

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. h3 a6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bg5 Bd6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Ne5 Rab8 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. c3 Qc7 20. Ne2 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rab1 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rfc8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Ra1 h6 27. Ra6 Be7 28. Ra1 Bf6 29. Rc1 Be7 30. Qf3 Qa7 31. Qd3 Qa3 32. Rc2 Qb3 33. g3 Qb1+ 34. Rc1 Qb3 35. Kg2 Ba3 36. Rc2 Qb1 37. Rd2 Qe1 38. Rd1 1-0

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I enjoyed yesterday’s game. I also won against good and higher-rated players like @justola1. See you next week, bro. Good games.