Saturday Hive Chess S1R5 Review: Knighthammer 7, The Tenacious One

Hello, everyone. Today, we played round 5 of the Hive Chess weekly tournament. Compared to last week, I think I played better. I blundered a few games, but I still managed to win some. I got paired with higher-rated players. My first 5 games felt like a massacre. I felt like a sheep thrown into a den of wolves. One beautiful thing about chess is that the more you play, the stronger you become. I'd like to use this opportunity to encourage and applaud Knighthammer7. I don't know their username on Hive, so I would have tagged them if I did. Every tournament, this person shows up and never leaves until the end, despite facing massive defeats from left and right. In terms of chess Elo, they're the weakest player. Last week, their rating was about 700. Imagine a 700 Elo player going up against a +2000 rated player. Still, they keep playing every day and gradually getting better.

@JUSTOLA1 VS JUSTFAVOUR

I got paired with Olamide twice and I lost both games. I spent a lot of time calculating my moves and when I finally realized that I didn't have the luxury of time anymore, I started playing too fast. Unfortunately, I blundered an official. Justola and I were careful with our games. It felt like we didn't make any blunders, but when I requested a computer analysis, I made so many blunders. He made 3 while I made 5

Link to the game

PGN

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. d3 Nb6 5. Bg5 g6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. d4 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bc2 Qb5 16. Rb1 Bh6 17. Bb3 a5 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Bc2 Bb5 20. Qd1 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Bc4 Be4 24. Bd3 Bd5 25. b3 c5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. c4 Be6 28. Be4 Qb6 29. Bc2 Rd8 30. Qe2 g5 31. Rd1 Re8 32. Qf1 g4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34. Rd3 Bf5 35. Rc3 Bg4 36. Qb1 Bg7 37. Bxh7+ Kh8 38. Bd3 f5 39. Rc2 Bxf3 40. gxf3 Bd4 41. Bxf5 Rg8+ 42. Kf1 Qh6 43. Ke2 Re8+ 44. Kd3 Rd8 45. Rc1 Be3+ 46. Ke2 Bxc1 47. Qc2 Rd2+ 48. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 0-1

@Tangible_ay VS @Jaki01

Both players are strong (2000+). At the time they played their second game, Jaki was rated 2214 while Tangible_ay was rated 2219. No big difference, right? Both players played well, but Jaki lost because he beserked. They got paired twice, Jaki was close to winning but he blundered because he was short on time.

Game Link

PGN:

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Qxc5 5. Qxd5 Qxd5 6. Nxd5 Na6 7. e4 e6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Nge2 h6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. f3 Ke7 15. Rd3 Rhd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19. a3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. b4 Ncd7 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd6 Kc7 24. Nxf7 Nb6 25. Nd4 Kd7 26. Ne5+ Kd6 27. Nd3 e5 28. Nb3 Nc4 29. a4 b6 30. a5 bxa5 31. bxa5 Nd7 32. g3 Kc6 33. f4 Kb5 34. f5 Nxa5 35. Nxa5 Kxa5 36. g4 Kb5 37. h4 Kc4 38. g5 Kd4 39. f6 gxf6 40. g6 f5 41. exf5 Nf6 42. Nb4 Ke4 43. Nxa6 Kxf5 44. g7 Kg6 45. c4 Kxg7 46. c5 Kf7 47. c6 Ke6 48. c7 Kd7 49. Kd2 Ne8 50. Kd3 Nxc7 51. Nc5+ Kd6 52. Ne4+ Kd5 53. Nf6+ Ke6 54. Ng4 h5 55. Ne3 Nd5 56. Nc4 Kf5 57. Ke2 Nf4+ 58. Kf3 Ng6 59. Nd6+ Ke6 60. Ne4 Nxh4+ 61. Kg3 Ng6 62. Ng5+ Kf5 63. Nf7 h4+ 64. Kg2 e4 65. Kh3 e3 66. Nd6+ Kf4 67. Nc4 e2 0-1

STUFFINGS VS MANFROMSPAIN

This game impressed me. IM stuffings traded a bishop for a pawn (giving Magnus Carlsen vibe) and still managed to win the game. His opponent played well, but he played better.

Game Link

PGN:

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. h3 Bf5 12. Re1 h6 13. a4 a6 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Qc1 Ne4 16. c4 Qd7 17. Rd1 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Nh2 Rd6 20. Kh1 Rg6 21. Rg1 Nxf2+ 22. Bxf2 Rxe2 23. Qf1 Rxg1+ 24. Kxg1 Qh5 25. Re1 Qg6+ 26. Qg2 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nxd4 29. Bg3 c6 30. Bf2 Ne6 31. Ng4 f6 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Ne3 g6 34. Nc2 h5 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Kc3 g5 38. Kb4 f5 39. Ka5 Kc7 40. Bb6+ Kc8 41. Bf2 f4 42. Kb6 g4 43. Ne1 g3 44. Bg1 h4 45. Nf3 h3 46. c5 Nc7 47. Ka5 Nd5 0-1

As usual, we thank our host, @samostically for today’s tournament. I hope to play better next week. See you all in the next tournament.

🏅Odnoobraz_bcm– 45 points
🥈 Tangible-ay– 32 points
🥉 ManFromSpain– 30 points

Images from Lichess.

Thanks for reading.