Another Hivechess Arena, Another Lesson, No Top 3

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to another Hivechess tournament report of mine. This Friday's Hivechess was a good one. Almost felt like the event is becoming similar in results. @maestroask winning the event with a 100% win rate - Every other player battles every friday for the second and third spots in the podium. Congratulations to Castro and @Sirtetris for finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.

My Story

I lost just two games in the tournament, but just like last friday, I had to pull out due to my coaching schedule. I planned to make my games count before then however, my internet made matters worse. I'd look at a game from the tournament and later in the week, I'd do a hive chess study on another game.

@Stayoutoftherz (2072) Vs @Samostically (2121)

1.d4 e5

Yeah, I hate d4 positions especially when I'm trying to win quickly, so I went with 1.e5 - the Euglund Gambit. The aim is to go down a pawn and develop quickly. But my opponent played very nicely with Bf4 and made it a bit tricky.

After Qe7, black is down a pawn but plans to castle long and play quickly on the d file

As tricky as this position looks, white is better, and my opponent player the best move here Qe2!

White was clearly winning but blundered in the next move with Bc4! - making black straight up better

As black I played that move and was better for most part. But white held the position and even with my clock running out, it was a bit difficult for me to find an easier way to win.

Later my internet started lagging and eventually I flagged. Was a good game and I enjoyed the opening phase. You can follow the game with the full pgn here.

[Event "Hivechess S20 Round 8 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/JHcrM1ED"]
[Date "2025.03.21"]
[White "stayoutoftherz"]
[Black "ZGM_Samostically"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+6"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-6"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Englund Gambit: Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]

1. d4 e5  
2. dxe5 d6  
3. Bf4 Nc6  
4. Nf3 Bg4  
5. Nbd2 dxe5  
6. Nxe5 Nxe5  
7. Bxe5 Qe7  
8. Bc3 O-O-O  
9. f3 Bh5  
10. e4 f5  
11. Bd3 fxe4  
12. Nxe4 Nf6  
13. Qe2 Nd5  
14. Bd2 Nb4  
15. Bc4 Nxc2+  
16. Kf2 Nxa1  
17. Rxa1 Bg6  
18. Re1 Bxe4  
19. fxe4 Qc5+  
20. Be3 Qb4  
21. Kg1 Bc5  
22. Be6+ Kb8  
23. a3 Qb6  
24. Bxc5 Qxc5+  
25. Kh1 Rhf8  
26. b4 Qe5  
27. Qg4 a6  
28. h4 Rd3  
29. Bc4 Rg3  
30. Qd1 Qe7  
31. Qh5 Rf2  
32. Rg1 Qxe4  
33. Bd5 Qf5  
34. Qe8+ Ka7  
35. Qe4 Qxe4  
36. Bxe4 Rxa3  
37. Bf3 Rb3  
38. b5 Rxb5  
39. Kh2 Rbb2  
40. Kg3 a5  
41. Rc1 c6  
42. Rc5 a4  
43. Ra5+ Kb6  
44. Rxa4 Rxf3+  
45. Kxf3 c5  
46. Rc4 Kb5  
47. Rg4 c4  
48. Rxg7 Kb4  
49. Rxb7+ Kc3  
50. Rc7 Kd3  
51. g4 c3  
52. Rd7+ Kc2  
53. g5 { White wins on time. }  
1-0

Conclusion

Finished 9th position and most of my games were pretty much okay but I was unable to play enough games and my performance wasn't so great. Till next Friday.

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