Review: Saturday Hive Chess S1R8

Today, the chess brothers came together to play our usual Saturday Hive Chess. Every Saturday, more than 20 players come together to participate in a fun tournament hosted by @sam.chess, and today was no different. Beyond the rewards that top players receive; we also get to learn from other players. Today's tournament didn't go so well. I lost more games than I won. I managed to finish with 19 points. I started the games well, playing a draw with Rosmarly in my first game and winning my second game. However, the subsequent games didn't go too well because I got paired with tough (stronger) players. As usual, I'll review some of my games and those of others in this tournament.

JUSTFAVOUR VS @Rosmarly

My first game was against Rosmarly. Rosemarly is one of the strong players in the blockchain chess team. We have played a total of 24 games with 15 wins to her, 8 to me and 1 draw. One thing I have realized about Rosmarly is that you have to be extremely careful when playing with them. Although this game ended in a draw, I find it quite interesting. I think Rosmarky played better, but the endgame was quite tight. She had a black bishop while I had a white one and a few pawns. Luckily, my pawns were on white spots so my bishop was able to protect them. In the end, the game ended in a draw.

Link to the game

The PGN:

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 a6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bb4 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc5 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. f3 Rd8 19. Rd4 Rd7 20. Kf2 Ba8 21. b4 Nb7 22. Bxa6 Rxd4 23. exd4 Kd7 24. Ke3 c6 25. g3 b5 26. Bxb7 Bxb7 27. a3 Kc7 28. f4 Kd8 29. g4 Ke7 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Bc8 32. Kf4 Bd7 33. Bc3 Be8 34. Bd2 Kd7 35. Be3 Ke7 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. d5 cxd5+ 38. Kxd5 Kc7 39. Bc5 Bd7 40. Bd6+ Kd8 41. f6 gxf6 42. exf6 Be6+ 43. Kc5 Bc4 44. a4 Kd7 45. Be7 Be2 46. axb5 Kc7 47. b6+ Kb7 48. Bd8 h5 49. h4 Bg4 50. Kd6 Be6 51. Ke5 Bc4 52. Kf4 Bb3 53. Kg5 Bd1 54. Kh6 Bg4 55. Kg7 Be6 56. Bc7 Bd5 57. Kh6 Bf3 58. Kg5 Bg4 59. Kf4 Be6 60. Ke5 Bg4 61. Kd6 Be6 62. Bd8 Bb3 63. b5 Bc4 64. Ke7 Be6 65. Bc7 Bc4 66. Bd8 Be6 67. Bc7 Bc4 68. Bd8 1/2-1/2

@Rosmarly Vs Odnoobraz_bcm

Our best player didn't achieve a 100% win rate because Rosmarly managed to stop him. Rosmarly played exceedingly well in this game and forced Odnoob to resign. The game was going well until Rosmarly placed their bishop in a tight position. Odnoob captured their bishop and was a piece up. But at that moment, something interesting happened; Rosmarly sneakily started moving two pawns and soon enough, promoting to a queen was unstoppable. So this forced out number one to resign.

The PGN:

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. O-O Nh6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Be2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 f6 10. Nc3 Nf7 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nd6 Nxd6 15. Rxd6 Re8 16. Rad1 e4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Ng5 Ne5 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Re7 22. c4 Rae8 23. Bd7 Rd8 24. Be6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Nd3 26. f3 Nc5 27. Bc8 exf3 28. gxf3 a5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. h4 Re8 31. Bxb7 Nxb7 32. Rxc6 Re7 33. Rb6 Rc7 34. a3 Nc5 35. Ke2 Rb7 36. Rxb7+ Nxb7 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Ke6 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Kd4 Nd8 41. c5+ Kc7 42. b5 Ne6+ 43. Kd5 Kd7 44. c6+ Ke7 45. b6 f4 46. e4 1-0

@Iamchessguy01 Vs Themadman4rmdasouth

At the beginning of the game, iamchessguy lost a pawn. Themadmanfromsouth dominated the game until… he blundered his queen. One of the most terrible things that can happen is to blunder your queen. Chessguy took control of the game from there.

Link to the game

PGN:

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qf3 c5 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4+ 17. Bc3 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 b5 19. O-O bxc4 20. bxc4 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Ne4 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. h3 Qa5 24. Rf2 Rab8 25. f5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Rd8 27. d5 Qc5 28. Nc6 Rbc8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Qg5 Rd6 31. Re1 h6 32. Qf4 Ra6 33. Kh2 Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Qxc8 36. Rc2 Nxd5 37. Rce2 Qc7+ 38. g3 Nf6 39. Rc2 Ra3 40. Rg1 Qc5 41. Rgg2 Qe3 42. c5 Rc3 43. c6 Qc5 44. Rb2 Qxc6 45. g4 Qc7+ 46. Kg1 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Qc5+ 48. Ke2 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rxg2 50. Rxg2 Qd5+ 51. Kg3 Ne4+ 52. Kh2 Qe5+ 53. Kg1 Qd4+ 54. Kh2 Qe3 55. Rc2 Qg3+ 0-1

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

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