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sherlockholmes(1859) vs. nisebin(2072) 1/2-1/2

1.e4 (0:00) e5 (0:00) 2.Bc4 (0:45) Nf6 (0:14) 3.Nf3 (0:03)
offtherook(2290) whispers: interesting transposition from white here, I'd usually switch to two knights defense as black 3...Nxe4 (1:33) 4.Nc3 (0:06)
offtherook(2290) whispers: either Nxc3 or Nd6 now are strong for black, unsure why white chose to lose a pawn right out of the gate 4...Nxc3 (0:41) 5.dxc3 (0:05)
offtherook(2290) whispers: small trick that d6 doesn't work here
offtherook(2290) whispers: d6 Ng5! and suddenly black is losing, so the unintuitive f6 is necessary here to secure the winning position
iwulu(2188) whispers: Yes, no thanks to that stupid pawn on c3 ;-)
offtherook(2290) whispers: but that's sort of the one cheapo to worry about, once nisebin doesn't blunder on move 5 this position is simply bad for white 5...c6 (5:26)
offtherook(2290) whispers: c6 also prevents shenanigans against f7 at the cost of returning the free pawn, ends up looking like a nimzowitsch attack vs petroff defense 6.Nxe5 (2:12) d5 (0:18) 7.O-O (0:46) Bd6 (1:25) 8.Re1 (3:41) O-O (1:56) 9.Bd3 (0:08) Nd7 (3:58) 10.Nxd7 (1:00) Bxd7 (0:21) 11.c4 (0:05) dxc4 (2:57) 12.Bxc4 (0:06) Qc7 (0:55) 13.g3 (0:09) Rae8 (2:18) 14.Be3 (1:12) h6 (3:13) 15.Qd3 (1:16) b6 (2:18) 16.Rad1 (1:27) Be6 (0:54) 17.Qxd6 (0:05) Qxd6 (0:22) 18.Rxd6 (0:07) Bxc4 (0:07) 19.Rxc6 (0:03) Rc8 (2:10) 20.Rxc8 (1:04) Rxc8 (0:08) 21.a4 (0:04) Bd5 (2:51) 22.c3 (3:09) Bb3 (1:37) 23.Ra1 (1:15) Rc7 (0:05) 24.a5 (0:44)
Koff(2279) whispers: white looks better 24...b5 (0:42)
Koff(2279) whispers: re1 re7 f4 and he could even think play for a winallo 107 25.a6 (2:20) g5 (1:16)
offtherook(2290) whispers: yeah this position has gone off the rails quite badly
offtherook(2290) whispers: g5 seems suspect - doesn't f4 immediately look strong here? 26.Ra5 (1:40) Bc4 (1:01)
Koff(2279) whispers: dunno. white's always better. but was the a-pawn better on a5 or a6? 27.h4 (1:03)
offtherook(2290) whispers: if black could've played a6 first the opposite color bishop ending starts to look almost tenable 27...f6 (0:56)
offtherook(2290) whispers: as it is all but one black pawn is on the wrong color 28.f3 (1:32)
Koff(2279) whispers: maybe true. white has also here problems getting the R to play without trading it 28...Re7 (1:16) 29.Kf2 (0:15) Kf7 (1:21) 30.b3 (0:17) Bxb3 (1:15) 31.Rxb5 (0:05)
Koff(2279) whispers: really?
offtherook(2290) whispers: ohh, no, that was wrong
Koff(2279) whispers: i thought bxb3 was a no-no
offtherook(2290) whispers: you are correct 31...Bc4 (1:14)
offtherook(2290) whispers: ok Bc4 Rb7 Bxa6 RxR+ KxR Bxa7 gxh4 I guess?
offtherook(2290) whispers: there are some chances for black still to trade off enough kingside pawns and then sac bishop against c pawn
Koff(2279) whispers: yes, now Re7 is supported and least rb7 doesn't achieve so mucho
offtherook(2290) whispers: maybe 32.Ra5 (1:34)
Koff(2279) whispers: there was h5 intermediate, because a7 didn't run?
offtherook(2290) whispers: Re6 Bxa7 Rxa6 etc looks similar to the Rb7 line 32...Kg6 (1:23) SherlockHolmes has lagged for 30 seconds. 33.g4 (1:35)
Koff(2279) whispers: an inspired move 33...gxh4 (0:40)
offtherook(2290) whispers: Rh5 right?
Koff(2279) whispers: rh5 rh7 34.Rh5 (0:48) Rh7 (0:28) 35.Rxh4 (0:09) Bxa6 (0:36)
offtherook(2290) whispers: and it looks ok again 36.Rh5 (0:37)
Koff(2279) whispers: stopped ..f5 36...Bd3 (1:21)
Koff(2279) whispers: very complicated ending
Koff(2279) whispers: rd5 and think after that
Koff(2279) whispers: oh, maybe bd4 is the move 37.Rd5 (3:29)
Koff(2279) whispers: the Bd3 has very short diagonal 37...Bc4 (0:25) nisebin offers a draw. SherlockHolmes declines the draw request. 38.Rd6 (0:54) h5 (0:45) 39.g5 (0:27) Rf7 (0:53) 40.f4 (0:47)
Koff(2279) whispers: black's next is ..kf5 40...Kf5 (0:38) 41.Rc6 (0:10) Be6 (1:42) 42.Rc5+ (1:55) Kg4 (0:27) 43.gxf6 (0:38)
Koff(2279) whispers: a mate thret after rxf6 rg5? hehe
Jammes(1669) whispers: is it mate? it wins at least the h pawn if not mate
Koff(2279) whispers: ..rxf6 rg5 kh4?! kg2 looks vey scary for black
Jammes(1669) whispers: ah no bd5
Koff(2279) whispers: but ..kh3
Jammes(1669) whispers: u mean bh3 but after kh2 im not sure if this improves blacks chances 43...Bf5 (3:58)
Jammes(1669) whispers: perhaps just bf5 yes 44.Bd4 (0:09) h4 (0:22)
Jammes(1669) whispers: suprise why not kxf4 45.Ra5 (0:19)
Jammes(1669) whispers: i think black will hold here
Koff(2279) whispers: coz of be3+ and rc4+?
Jammes(1669) whispers: if rx rx its opp colored
Jammes(1669) whispers: if bx black has rxf6 45...Kxf4 (1:30)
Koff(2279) whispers: blac's h-passer is now very dangerous too. it has rh7 to support it 46.Rxa7 (3:32) Rxa7 (0:24) 47.Bxa7 (0:07) Be6 (0:02)
Koff(2279) whispers: good game 48.Kg2 (1:14) Kg5 (2:00) 49.Bd4 (0:10) Kg6 (0:32) nisebin offers a draw. Game drawn by mutual agreement 1/2-1/2

1.e4 {(0:00)} e5 {(0:00)} 2.Bc4 {(0:45)} Nf6 {(0:14)} 3.Nf3 {(0:03)

offtherook(2290) whispers: interesting transposition from white here, I'd usually switch to two knights defense as black}
3...Nxe4 {(1:33)} 4.Nc3 {(0:06)

offtherook(2290) whispers: either Nxc3 or Nd6 now are strong for black, unsure why white chose to lose a pawn right out of the gate}
4...Nxc3 {(0:41)} 5.dxc3 {(0:05)

offtherook(2290) whispers: small trick that d6 doesn't work here

offtherook(2290) whispers: d6 Ng5! and suddenly black is losing, so the unintuitive f6 is necessary here to secure the winning position

iwulu(2188) whispers: Yes, no thanks to that stupid pawn on c3 ;-)

offtherook(2290) whispers: but that's sort of the one cheapo to worry about, once nisebin doesn't blunder on move 5 this position is simply bad for white}
5...c6 {(5:26)

offtherook(2290) whispers: c6 also prevents shenanigans against f7 at the cost of returning the free pawn, ends up looking like a nimzowitsch attack vs petroff defense}
6.Nxe5 {(2:12)} d5 {(0:18)} 7.O-O {(0:46)} Bd6 {(1:25)} 8.Re1 {(3:41)} O-O {(1:56)} 9.Bd3 {(0:08)} Nd7 {(3:58)} 10.Nxd7 {(1:00)} Bxd7 {(0:21)} 11.c4 {(0:05)} dxc4 {(2:57)} 12.Bxc4 {(0:06)} Qc7 {(0:55)} 13.g3 {(0:09)} Rae8 {(2:18)} 14.Be3 {(1:12)} h6 {(3:13)} 15.Qd3 {(1:16)} b6 {(2:18)} 16.Rad1 {(1:27)} Be6 {(0:54)} 17.Qxd6 {(0:05)} Qxd6 {(0:22)} 18.Rxd6 {(0:07)} Bxc4 {(0:07)} 19.Rxc6 {(0:03)} Rc8 {(2:10)} 20.Rxc8 {(1:04)} Rxc8 {(0:08)} 21.a4 {(0:04)} Bd5 {(2:51)} 22.c3 {(3:09)} Bb3 {(1:37)} 23.Ra1 {(1:15)} Rc7 {(0:05)} 24.a5 {(0:44)

Koff(2279) whispers: white looks better}
24...b5 {(0:42)

Koff(2279) whispers: re1 re7 f4 and he could even think play for a winallo 107}
25.a6 {(2:20)} g5 {(1:16)

offtherook(2290) whispers: yeah this position has gone off the rails quite badly

offtherook(2290) whispers: g5 seems suspect - doesn't f4 immediately look strong here?}
26.Ra5 {(1:40)} Bc4 {(1:01)

Koff(2279) whispers: dunno. white's always better. but was the a-pawn better on a5 or a6?}
27.h4 {(1:03)

offtherook(2290) whispers: if black could've played a6 first the opposite color bishop ending starts to look almost tenable}
27...f6 {(0:56)

offtherook(2290) whispers: as it is all but one black pawn is on the wrong color}
28.f3 {(1:32)

Koff(2279) whispers: maybe true. white has also here problems getting the R to play without trading it}
28...Re7 {(1:16)} 29.Kf2 {(0:15)} Kf7 {(1:21)} 30.b3 {(0:17)} Bxb3 {(1:15)} 31.Rxb5 {(0:05)

Koff(2279) whispers: really?

offtherook(2290) whispers: ohh, no, that was wrong

Koff(2279) whispers: i thought bxb3 was a no-no

offtherook(2290) whispers: you are correct}
31...Bc4 {(1:14)

offtherook(2290) whispers: ok Bc4 Rb7 Bxa6 RxR+ KxR Bxa7 gxh4 I guess?

offtherook(2290) whispers: there are some chances for black still to trade off enough kingside pawns and then sac bishop against c pawn

Koff(2279) whispers: yes, now Re7 is supported and least rb7 doesn't achieve so mucho

offtherook(2290) whispers: maybe}
32.Ra5 {(1:34)

Koff(2279) whispers: there was h5 intermediate, because a7 didn't run?

offtherook(2290) whispers: Re6 Bxa7 Rxa6 etc looks similar to the Rb7 line}
32...Kg6 {(1:23)
SherlockHolmes has lagged for 30 seconds.}
33.g4 {(1:35)

Koff(2279) whispers: an inspired move}
33...gxh4 {(0:40)

offtherook(2290) whispers: Rh5 right?

Koff(2279) whispers: rh5 rh7}
34.Rh5 {(0:48)} Rh7 {(0:28)} 35.Rxh4 {(0:09)} Bxa6 {(0:36)

offtherook(2290) whispers: and it looks ok again}
36.Rh5 {(0:37)

Koff(2279) whispers: stopped ..f5}
36...Bd3 {(1:21)

Koff(2279) whispers: very complicated ending

Koff(2279) whispers: rd5 and think after that

Koff(2279) whispers: oh, maybe bd4 is the move}
37.Rd5 {(3:29)

Koff(2279) whispers: the Bd3 has very short diagonal}
37...Bc4 {(0:25)
nisebin offers a draw.
SherlockHolmes declines the draw request.}
38.Rd6 {(0:54)} h5 {(0:45)} 39.g5 {(0:27)} Rf7 {(0:53)} 40.f4 {(0:47)

Koff(2279) whispers: black's next is ..kf5}
40...Kf5 {(0:38)} 41.Rc6 {(0:10)} Be6 {(1:42)} 42.Rc5+ {(1:55)} Kg4 {(0:27)} 43.gxf6 {(0:38)

Koff(2279) whispers: a mate thret after rxf6 rg5? hehe

Jammes(1669) whispers: is it mate? it wins at least the h pawn if not mate

Koff(2279) whispers: ..rxf6 rg5 kh4?! kg2 looks vey scary for black

Jammes(1669) whispers: ah no bd5

Koff(2279) whispers: but ..kh3

Jammes(1669) whispers: u mean bh3 but after kh2 im not sure if this improves blacks chances}
43...Bf5 {(3:58)

Jammes(1669) whispers: perhaps just bf5 yes}
44.Bd4 {(0:09)} h4 {(0:22)

Jammes(1669) whispers: suprise why not kxf4}
45.Ra5 {(0:19)

Jammes(1669) whispers: i think black will hold here

Koff(2279) whispers: coz of be3+ and rc4+?

Jammes(1669) whispers: if rx rx its opp colored

Jammes(1669) whispers: if bx black has rxf6}
45...Kxf4 {(1:30)

Koff(2279) whispers: blac's h-passer is now very dangerous too. it has rh7 to support it}
46.Rxa7 {(3:32)} Rxa7 {(0:24)} 47.Bxa7 {(0:07)} Be6 {(0:02)

Koff(2279) whispers: good game}
48.Kg2 {(1:14)} Kg5 {(2:00)} 49.Bd4 {(0:10)} Kg6 {(0:32)
nisebin offers a draw.}
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

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