[Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Kobayashi, Atsuhiko"] [Black "Takata, Yoshio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2323"] [BlackElo "1628"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "109"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 Be7 8. d4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nh4 Ne5 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. f4 Nc4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxc4 Qxf5 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Rd7 19. Qc4 Rd4 20. Qe2 Be7 21. Be3 Rd3 22. Bf2 Rhd8 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf6 27. Bxc5 {Next couple of moves, not sure of the exact moves as hard-to-read} Rd2 28. Rae1 Kb8 29. R1e2 R2d7 {from move 30 the moves are correct again.} 30. a4 a6 31. Re6 a5 32. Kf2 Rc8 33. Rb6+ Kc7 34. Rb5 Rb8 35. Rxa5 Bxb2 36. Ra7+ Kc6 37. Re6+ Kxc5 38. Rxd7 Ra8 39. Re4 Bf6 40. g4 h6 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 Bb2 43. h4 Kc6 44. Rd2 Ba3 45. Rc4+ Kb6 46. Rd5 Re8 47. Rb5+ Ka6 48. Rc3 Be7 49. Rc6+ Ka7 50. Kg2 Bd8 51. Rd5 Bb6 52. Rd7+ Ka6 53. Rdd6 Re2+ 54. Kf3 Rb2 55. Rxb6+ 1-0 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Aoki, Yasuhiro"] [Black "Higashishiba, Teruomi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "1583"] [BlackElo "2062"] [PlyCount "114"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Re1 a6 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bd4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nf4 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. b3 Qa5 21. Na4 Bc6 22. e5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxe5 24. Qh3 g6 25. f4 Nc6 26. Be4 Rac8 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qf3 Rc7 29. g4 Qb4 30. Re2 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Kf3 Re8 35. Rde1 e5 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. Nb2 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nd1 Kf6 40. Ne3 e4+ 41. Kg2 Bxe3 42. Rxe3 Rd7 43. R1e2 Rd4 44. Rh3 f4 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Rh4 Rf8 47. Rg4+ Kf5 48. Rg7 h5 49. h4 f3 50. Re1 Kf4 51. Rg5 Rf5 52. Rxf5+ Kxf5 53. Rg1 Kf4 54. Rg8 e3+ 55. Kg1 Rd1+ 56. Kh2 f2 57. Rf8+ Kg4 0-1 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Sato, Kaname"] [Black "Tanaka, Satoshi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2022"] [BlackElo "1529"] [PlyCount "71"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 c6 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3 Bf6 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qg4 Qa5 18. Bc1 Qxa2 19. Nh5 Re6 20. c4 Nc3 21. Rde1 Rxe1 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 23. Rxe1 gxf6 24. Bh6 Rg8 25. Qf3 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Rg6 27. Rxe2 Qb1+ 28. Re1 Qxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Rxh6 30. h4 Kg7 31. h5 f5 32. Qxf5 Re6+ 33. Kd2 b6 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. h6 Rg6 36. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Mukai, Hiroyuki"] [Black "Hirao, Satoshi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "1972"] [BlackElo "1525"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "98"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 d6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. Nxe5 e6 10. Qf3 Qf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Ng4 Bg7 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Nxh6 f5 15. g4 exd5 16. cxd5 fxg4 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. O-O-O f5 19. h3 Rf8 20. hxg4 fxg4 21. Rde1+ (21. Rhe1+) 21... Kd6 22. Rh5 c6 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4+ Kc7 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. Nc5 Bc4 27. Nf5 Rf7 28. Nd4 Rg8 29. Rh6 Bd5 30. Na6+ Kb7 31. Nc5+ Kc8 32. Nxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6+ Rc7 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. Re7+ $2 Kd6 36. Rxa7 Kxc5 37. Rxh7 Nd5 38. Rh5 Kd4 39. Kd2 Rf8 40. Ke1 Ke4 41. Rg5 Nf6 42. Ke2 Kf4 43. Rg7 Re8+ 44. Kf1 Rb8 45. b4 Ra8 46. b5 Rxa3 47. b6 Rb3 48. b7 Kf3 49. Rf7 Rb1# 0-1 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Sakai, Enju"] [Black "Gondhalekar, Mayur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1860"] [BlackElo "1511"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "131"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 $6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e5 Nc6 7. Qa4 Ng8 8. Bf4 e6 9. O-O-O Nge7 10. h4 h6 11. g4 a6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nf6+ Kh8 14. h5 g5 15. Qe4 {Qh7# threat} Bxf6 16. exf6 Ng8 {because Bd3 comes next} 17. Bd3 {Mate on h7} Nxf6 18. Be5 Nxe5 $1 {the Knight in Shining Armour} 19. Qxe5 d6 20. Qg3 Nd5 21. Rhe1 Nf4 22. Nd2 d5 23. Nf3 Bd7 24. Ne5 f6 25. Ng6+ Nxg6 {The Knight again! } 26. hxg6 Kg7 27. Rh1 Rh8 28. Rh3 Bb5 29. f4 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Qc7 $17 (30... Kxg6 $17) (30... gxf4 $19) 31. f5 Qxg3 32. Rhxg3 exf5 33. gxf5 Rad8 34. Rge3 Rd7 35. Kd2 h5 36. Ke2 g4 37. Rd4 Rc8 38. c3 b5 39. a3 Rh8 40. Kf2 Rc8 41. Re6 a5 42. Rb6 Rc5 43. Kg3 Re7 44. Rd6 Re5 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Kf4 Rc4 47. Rf7 Re4+ 48. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 49. Kg3 Re3+ 50. Kg2 Re2+ 51. Kg3 Re3+ {Draw offered here} 52. Kg2 h4 53. Rxf6 Re2+ 54. Kf1 h3 55. Kg1 g3 56. Re6 $19 Rxe6 $4 $18 {What a blunder! Should be Rxe6??? from -+ to +-} (56... Rxb2 $19) (56... h2+ 57. Kh1 Rf2 58. Re1 Rxb2 $19) (56... Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rf2 58. Kg1 h2+ 59. Kh1 Rf1+ 60. Kg2 h1=Q+ 61. Kxg3 Rf3+ 62. Kg4 Qh3+ 63. Kg5 Rxf5#) 57. fxe6 Kf8 58. b4 a4 59. Kf1 { Black is in zugzwang.} Kg7 60. e7 Kxg6 61. e8=Q+ Kg5 62. Qe5+ Kg4 63. Qxd5 g2+ 64. Kg1 Kg3 65. Qd3+ Kg4 66. Kh2 {Black resigns That blunder should have been avoided. It was painful.} 1-0 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Shimizu, Keisuke"] [Black "Kuroda, Yunosuke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "1498"] [BlackElo "1716"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "52"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O-O Rfd8 13. Kb1 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Qe3 dxe4 19. fxe4 b5 20. e5 Ne7 21. Nh6+ gxh6 22. exf6 Nf5 23. Qf4 Nd6 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nc4 { White flagged.} 0-1 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Hirao, Satoshi"] [Black "Kobayashi, Atsuhiko"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "1972"] [BlackElo "2323"] [PlyCount "76"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O d5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. f4 e5 12. exd5 O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 cxd5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qf5 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 g6 20. Nxd5 gxf5 21. Nxc7 Re3 22. Bxf5 Re2 23. Rf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rd8 25. Bd3 Rf2 26. Nxa6 Rxf3 27. Nb4 Rd6 28. Kg2 Rf2+ 29. Kg3 Rdf6 30. Nd5 R6f3+ 31. Kg4 f5+ 32. Kh4 Rh2 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nxf5 Rhxh3+ 35. Kg4 Kf6 36. Nh4 Rfg3+ 37. Kh5 Rg5+ 38. Kh6 Rxh4# 0-1 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Higashishiba, Teruomi"] [Black "Sakai, Enju"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2062"] [BlackElo "1860"] [PlyCount "115"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc3 e5 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 h6 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. a4 a5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Rab1 Be6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Ne2 O-O-O 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Qf2 Rhe8 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. b4 axb4 24. Rxb4 Kc7 25. Ng4 c5 26. Rb2 h5 27. Ne5 Rf8 28. Rfb1 Rb8 29. Rb5 Rfe8 30. a5 Ba2 31. axb6+ Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Bxb1 33. Rc6+ Kb7 34. Rxc5 Kb6 35. Nd7+ Ka6 36. Rc4 Re7 37. Nb8+ Kb5 38. Nc6 Rd7 39. Nxd4+ Kb6 40. Nf3 Ba2 41. Ra4 Be6 42. Kf2 Kc5 43. Ra8 Kb4 44. Ke3 Kc3 45. Rc8+ Kb2 46. Rc5 Ra7 47. Kd2 Rb7 48. Nd4 Bd7 49. Rc3 Ba4 50. Rc4 Bd7 51. Nc6 Rb5 52. Rb4+ Rxb4 53. Nxb4 Ka3 54. Kc3 Ka4 55. Nd5 Kb5 56. Kd4 f5 57. exf5 Bxf5 58. Ne7 1-0 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Kuroda, Yunosuke"] [Black "Sato, Kaname"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "1716"] [BlackElo "2022"] [PlyCount "103"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. h4 f5 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. h5 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Bc4+ Kf8 21. Qg5 c5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. c3 Rb8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Qd6+ 27. Qd2 Ke7 28. Kc2 e4 29. fxe4 Qxd2+ 30. Kxd2 fxe4 31. Ke3 Kd6 32. Kxe4 Bf6 33. Bf7 g5 34. Kf5 Bd8 35. Bc4 a5 36. a3 Be7 37. b3 Bd8 38. g4 Be7 39. Bf7 Bd8 40. Ke4 Bf6 41. Kd3 Be5 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. Be8+ Kb6 44. Bd7 Bf6 45. Kd3 Kc7 46. Be8 Kb6 47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 cxb4 49. cxb4 Be7 50. Kc4 Bf6 51. Kd5 Bc3 52. Kc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Takata, Yoshio"] [Black "Mukai, Hiroyuki"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "1628"] [BlackElo "1525"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "52"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 Qb6+ 13. Kh2 Rc8 14. Ng1 Ng4+ 15. hxg4 hxg4+ 16. Bh4 exf4 17. gxf4 $4 Rxh4+ 18. Kg3 Qe3+ 19. Nf3 g5 20. fxg5 $2 Bxg5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qf4+ 23. Kf2 gxf3 24. Re1+ Ne5 25. Bxf3 Rh2+ 26. Kf1 Rcxc2 {White resigns} 0-1 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Gondhalekar, Mayur"] [Black "Aoki, Yasuhiro"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "1511"] [BlackElo "1583"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "86"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] {[%evp 0,86,36,37,30,-23,41,16,28,3,4,13,21,24,33,34,24,31,52,32,88,32,101,32, 52,40,43,-18,-7,-7,-1,-24,44,9,14,-47,-20,-56,-40,-44,28,-23,2,-10,-50,-66,-63, -74,-7,-74,-30,-30,-11,-34,-32,-47,-21,-42,-6,-24,-13,-22,-36,-52,-31,-135, -135,-454,-454,-470,-481,-507,-521,-547,-493,-510,-514,-531,-547,-548,-488, -518,-508,-532,-495,-522,-532,-532,-647]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 c6 10. b3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Bc8 18. b4 Nd3 19. Bc3 Ng4 20. c5 Be6 21. h3 Ndxf2 22. hxg4 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxg4 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qc2 Qd7 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Nc1 Bh6 30. Nd3 f6 31. a3 Qc4 32. Ne1 Bd2 33. Bxd2 $2 (33. Ba1 $1 Qxc2 34. Nxc2 Bc1 35. Bc3 Rd3) 33... Qxc2 34. Nxc2 Rxd2+ 35. Kh3 Rxc2 36. Bg4 Rc3 37. Bc8 b6 38. Bd7 bxc5 39. Bxc6 cxb4 40. Bd5+ Kf8 41. axb4 Rd3 42. b5 Rxd5 43. exd5 Ke7 {White Resigns Lacking enough focus, I sort of coasted through this game.} 0-1 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Tanaka, Satoshi"] [Black "Shimizu, Keisuke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1529"] [BlackElo "1498"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "41"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bd6 9. c4 Nge7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Rd2 Bb8 17. Re1 Qd6 18. g3 Ng6 19. Rde2 f6 20. Bf5 Rc7 21. Nxd5 {most probably Black flagged} 1-0 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kobayashi, Atsuhiko"] [Black "Higashishiba, Teruomi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2323"] [BlackElo "2062"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "77"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qh4 Na6 10. Bh6 Nc5 11. Rad1 d6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Qd7 14. Nd4 Qg4 15. Qxg4 Nxg4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 Na6 18. Nc6 Rfe8 19. a3 Nb8 20. Rd4 Nxc6 21. dxc6 Ne5 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. c7 b5 24. Bb7 Nc4 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rcxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Kf6 30. b5 Ke6 31. b6 Kd7 32. Rb4 Re8 33. Kg2 Kc6 34. Kf3 h6 35. g4 e5 36. Rc4+ Kb7 37. Ke4 Rc8 38. Kd5 Kxb6 39. Kxd6 {Black resigns} 1-0 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Sato, Kaname"] [Black "Hirao, Satoshi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2022"] [BlackElo "1972"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "99"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. h3 Rb4 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ne2 c5 18. c3 Re8 19. Ng3 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 g6 21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Bf4 Rb6 23. Qe3 Re6 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Re1 Qb6 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. b3 a5 28. Be3 Qc6 29. Qc2 Bd6 30. Qd2 Bf8 31. Qc2 Bg7 32. Qc1 c4 33. Be2 Nd7 34. bxc4 dxc4 35. Bf3 Qa4 36. Qd2 Ne5 37. Be4 f5 38. Bb1 Qb5 39. Qd1 Nd3 40. Bd4 Bxd4 41. cxd4 Bd5 42. Bxd3 cxd3 43. Qe1 Qb7 44. f3 a4 45. a3 f4 46. Ne4 Qb6 47. Qc3 Bxe4 48. fxe4 Qb1+ 49. Kh2 Qc2 50. Qb4 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Sakai, Enju"] [Black "Kuroda, Yunosuke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1860"] [BlackElo "1716"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "60"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Ne2 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. d3 Bd6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qe1 f5 11. e5 Bc7 12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Be3 b6 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. d4 c4 17. Ng5 Qd7 $19 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qh4 h6 21. Rf3 hxg5 22. fxg5 g6 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Bd4 Ra7 26. e6 Be5 27. Bxb6 Re7 28. Bc5 Rxe6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Qe1 Bd4+ 0-1 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Aoki, Yasuhiro"] [Black "Tanaka, Satoshi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1583"] [BlackElo "1529"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "82"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Be6 8. a3 h6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Bc3 Bh3 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. e4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qg4 16. h3 Qd7 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxf4 Kg7 21. Raf1 Ng8 22. Nf5+ Kh7 23. Qd1 Ne7 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxf6 Rg8 26. Qh5 Rg6 27. Qd5 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Kg7 29. Rf5 c5 30. d4 f6 31. Rf4 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. d5 Re8 34. b3 Ra8 35. a4 Re8 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Rf5 Re7 38. Kf4 Re8 39. g4 Re7 40. h4 Rh7 41. Kg3 Rh8 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Mukai, Hiroyuki"] [Black "Gondhalekar, Mayur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B99"] [WhiteElo "1525"] [BlackElo "1511"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "48"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] {[%evp 0,48,36,36,53,57,86,57,57,26,31,33,74,59,54,31,19,9,49,58,29,8,12,16,69, 151,177,23,142,32,77,133,122,43,140,22,-24,13,115,30,186,179,199,186,191,191, 219,-169,-465,-656,-656]} {The last round, after messing up the first and being outplayed in the second. My opponent and I have played once before, and are on quite friendly terms, yet we decided to play and let the board decide the fates.} 1. e4 c5 {My opponent mentioned that e4 will lead to Sicilian, so I had a chance to play something else, but ... c5 it is!} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 { Apparently, till here, both sides were following Anish Giri's chessable course} O-O {with apologies to Mr. Giri} (10... b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8 15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 $11 Nc5 $11 {goes the line}) 11. Rhe1 b5 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qg3 Nh5 $2 (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh5 15. Qg4 Bxg5+ 16. Qxg5 g6 $16) 14. Qg4 (14. Qh3 Bxg5 15. Qxh5 Bxf4+ 16. Kb1 g6 $19) 14... Bxg5 15. Qxg5 g6 16. g4 Ng7 $18 17. h4 (17. exd6) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Qd8 (18... Rad8) 19. Qh6 Nxe5 $2 {completely missed Bxg6 in the calculations} 20. Rxe5 {ah, now I realize Bxg6 exists, and hence a mate on h7.} Qxd4 21. Bxg6 Qxd1+ $18 {so, Tal mode} 22. Nxd1 fxg6 23. g5 $4 $19 {sweet.} Rf1 $1 ({I was also considering this move.} 23... Rf5 24. Rxf5 Nxf5) 24. Re2 $4 Nf5 $3 {Traps the queen. with this, White resigns. and I get my first (and only) point of the day.} 0-1 [Event "Tokyo Chess Festival 2022"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.09"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Shimizu, Keisuke"] [Black "Takata, Yoshio"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "1498"] [BlackElo "1628"] [Annotator "PC,Mayur"] [PlyCount "48"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.10.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Dragon} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. g4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. h4 d5 $2 $18 (11... h5) (11... Qa5) 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. exd5 Bf5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bd3 Qa5 17. h5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 (18. h6 Nf5 19. Qxd3 $18 {maintains advantage}) 18... Nxh5 19. Rh4 e6 ( 19... Rfd8) 20. Rdh1 (20. Ra4) (20. Kb1) 20... Rxc3 (20... exd5) 21. Qxc3 Qxd5 22. b3 Qxg5+ 23. Qd2 Qf6 {nice trap set by black.} 24. R4h3 $4 {white walks into it.} (24. Kb1) 24... Qa1# 0-1