S1R21: My Favourite Game

I remember the first week when this tournament started like it was yesterday. Saturday Hivechess tournament round one was such a blast that I vowed not to ever miss a tournament. I was so certain I would keep the vow and I did for more than 13 rounds. Life has an interesting way of making things happen. For the very first time, I missed the Saturday Hive Chess. Of course, I wanted to be there. I wanted to actively participate, but considering my situation, I couldn’t even if I wanted to. Currently, I am in a place where I can’t do whatever I want. I am a caged bird and I only get to do whatever my parents want. The most painful part is that I will be here for the next 16 days. Which means I will probably miss the next 2 rounds of the Saturday Hive Chess tournament. Well, unless a miracle happens.

It is great to see that the Saturday Hive chess is still going smoothly and I thank our Host for that. A big congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated in today’s tournament. About 30 minutes ago, I reviewed some games that really impressed and shocked me. In this post, I will share my favourite game of the night. There might be other better games, but for good reasons, this particular one stands out best for me.

@justola1 VS Odnoobraz_bcm

Biggest upset! Biggest shocker! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that Justola won against the night Odnoobraz. Don’t quote me wrong, Justola is a very strong and good player, but Odnoobraz is on another level. He is a beast. Justola and I used to talk about how brutal and ruthless he is in chess.

I don’t know if it was luck or grace or whatever, but Justola played well and he won.

After analyzing the game, I realized that maybe Odnoobraz would have won if he hadn’t beserked, but he did (which is very normal of him), whatever the reason may be, we cannot overlook the fact that Justola gave him a hard time.

PGN: 1. g3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. e4 Nb6 5. c3 e6 6. f3 Be7 7. Nh3 Nfd7 8. Nf2 Bc5 9. d4 Be7 10. e5 c5 11. f4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc4 13. O-O Qb6 14. b3 Na5 15. Ba3 Nc6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nf3 Ba6 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Re3 Na5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Bc3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Nc6 24. f5 Bb4 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Rd2 Nf8 27. g4 h5 28. h3 Qd7 29. a3 Nc6 30. fxe6 Nxe6 31. b4 Nf4 32. Qb1 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 hxg4 34. Nxg4 Ne7 35. Rc3 Bc4 36. Rxc4 dxc4 37. Qe4 Rd8 38. Nf2 c3 39. Rc2 Rh6 40. Rxc3 Rg6+ 41. Kf1 Nd5 42. Rd3 Ne7 43. Ke2 Nf5 44. d5 Kf8 45. Qf4 Nh6 46. Ne4 Qa4 47. e6 Qc2+ 48. Rd2 Qc4+ 49. Ke3 f6 50. Ne5 Qb3+ 51. Rd3 Qb1 52. Nxg6+ Kg8 53. Nxf6+ gxf6 54. Qxh6 Qc1+ 55. Rd2 Qe1+ 56. Kd3 Qb1+ 57. Kc4 Qc1+ 58. Kb5 Rxd5+ 59. Rxd5 Qxh6 60. Rd8+ Kh7 61. e7 Qg5+ 62. Ka6 Qxg6 63. Kb7 Qe4+ 0-1

Link to the game

Again, thanks to our host @sam.chess. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated.

Thanks for reading.

The image used is mine.