[Event "HBCU Chess Classic"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2025.04.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Acharya, Samir"] [Black "Perkins, Nicolas A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "1899"] [Annotator "Shabazz, D"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Howard-A"] [BlackTeam "NCAT-A"] {[%evp 0,125,29,25,51,0,46,46,44,10,24,-30,13,21,23,23,55,4,47,60,68,69,71,71, 71,52,94,92,96,83,88,-2,92,95,92,92,97,86,96,85,92,58,49,36,36,-3,-23,-23,-7, -18,2,-44,-42,-28,-9,-11,-3,-38,-16,-40,-40,-85,-86,-77,-55,-60,-51,-137,-127, -130,-7,-42,-8,-6,-11,-198,0,7,130,123,138,130,138,144,144,136,153,153,161,150, 197,191,191,186,179,169,164,150,151,59,60,48,47,41,78,59,123,180,189,186,178, 204,201,216,258,200,223,237,237,222,258,279,279,279,287,287,279,312]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. b3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Bd6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Re3 Ng4 15. Rd3 Qa5 16. a3 Bd6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bb2 Bd7 19. g4 Qc7 20. g5 Nh5 21. Ne5 Nf4 22. Rg3 Nxg2 23. Rxg2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 c5 25. h4 Bc6 {[#] Black is clearly better with a good bishop versus bad bishop, while white's king is not safe. Perkins also has control of the only open file.} 26. Rg3 Qe7 27. h5 Rad8 28. Qg4 g6 29. Rh3 Rd2 30. Bc1 Rd4 31. f4 {[#]} Red8 $17 32. Be3 Rd3 33. Bf2 Rxh3 (33... Qd7 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Be3 Rxb3 $19) 34. Qxh3 Be4 $2 {The beginning of a rash of errors. } 35. hxg6 fxg6 $2 {This move gifts a pawn and the advantage.} 36. Qe3 { [%csl Rc5]} Bc6 37. Qxc5 Qxc5 38. Bxc5 {[#] White is a pawn up, but black has compensation due to active pieces.} b6 (38... Rd3 39. b4 a6 $11) 39. Bd6 { Now white closes the file and can activate the rook.} Re8 $2 40. Rd1 Be4 41. Rd2 Rd8 42. Kf2 Rd7 43. Ke3 Bb7 44. b4 Kf7 45. a4 Ke8 46. Kd3 Kd8 47. Kc3 Kc8 { [#]} 48. c5 bxc5 49. bxc5 Bc6 50. Kb4 Rb7+ 51. Ka5 {With the white king cut off, it should be an easy draw.} Rb1 52. Rh2 Rh1 (52... Ra1 $142) 53. Rxh1 Bxh1 54. Ka6 Kd7 55. Kxa7 Kc6 56. a5 Kb5 57. a6 Bc6 58. Kb8 Kxa6 {[#]} 59. Kc7 Kb5 60. Bf8 Bg2 61. Kd6 Bd5 62. Kd7 Bf3 63. Kxe6 1-0