offtherook(2354) vs. xandor(2505) 0-1
Login to get PGN standard 45+45, 2021-07-06
1.d4 (0:00) Nf6 (0:00) 2.c4 (0:12) c5 (0:30)
offtherook(2354) whispers: I've had two games (one from each side) in the same line of Scotch Gambit already this tournament, so switching back to d4 for a round
offtherook(2354) whispers: is Xandor a Benko player? Our last game with 1 d4 was a Slav 3.d5 (0:31) d6 (0:39) 4.Nc3 (0:15) g6 (1:06) 5.e4 (0:16) Bg7 (0:14) 6.Bd3 (0:19)
offtherook(2354) whispers: no Benko then, just a regular Benoni, but slightly odd move order 6...e6 (1:09) 7.h3 (0:23) O-O (1:01) 8.Nf3 (1:12) Na6 (2:26) 9.O-O (0:30) Nc7 (0:41) 10.Re1 (0:28) e5 (2:05) 11.a3 (2:53) b6 (3:18) 12.b4 (1:10)
offtherook(2354) whispers: position is pretty locked up, but figure the standard benoni plan of grabbing all the space has to be reasonable 12...Na6 (1:53) 13.Rb1 (1:41) Qe7 (1:25) 14.Bg5 (1:10) h6 (0:10) 15.Be3 (0:08) Nh7 (0:13)
LJMon(1848) whispers: so f4 looks like the break 16.Qd2 (0:13)
LJMon(1848) whispers: f5 counter break
LJMon(1848) whispers: f5 Bxh6 f4 Bxg7 Kxg7 is ok cause most of black pawns on dard sqs
LJMon(1848) whispers: k 16...f5 (3:44) 17.Bxh6 (0:29) f4 (0:41)
LJMon(1848) whispers: got a lot for a pawn 18.Bxg7 (0:22) Kxg7 (0:11) 19.Be2 (1:17)
LJMon(1848) whispers: Kside attack 19...Rh8 (1:14)
LJMon(1848) whispers: white gotta watch h3 20.Qd3 (2:04) g5 (0:44) 21.Nh2 (3:14) Nf6 (0:21) 22.f3 (1:30)
LJMon(1848) whispers: g3 really weak 22...Bd7 (2:17)
LJMon(1848) whispers: f4 walls off 5 pieces of white from the kside defense 23.Nd1 (1:25) Nh5 (1:16) 24.Nf1 (1:02) Rh7 (0:40) 25.Nf2 (0:24) Rah8 (3:14) 26.Ng4 (1:45) Kg6 (1:41) 27.Qb3 (2:19) Ng3 (2:12) 28.Nxg3 (2:01) fxg3 (0:04)
LJMon(1848) whispers: R sac on h3 29.Qe3 (0:30) Qf8 (1:47) 30.Bd3 (2:40) Qf4 (0:41)
LJMon(1848) whispers: N--> c7--e8----f6-----NxN fx Bx hx Rh1 mate
offtherook(2354) whispers: so annoying that a queen trade while up material would actually end all of my winning chances
offtherook(2354) whispers: and also that we kinda need a win on this board 31.Qe2 (1:34)
LJMon(1848) whispers: Bxh6 may have been wrong 31...Rf8 (0:57)
LJMon(1848) whispers: h3 is still a target 32.Rf1 (0:46) Rhf7 (0:33) 33.Ne3 (2:33) Rh8 (1:04) 34.Nf5 (0:21) Rfh7 (0:55) 35.Qe1 (0:22) Bxf5 (0:37) 36.exf5+ (0:00) Kf6 (0:09) 37.Be4 (1:41) Rc7 (0:57)
offtherook(2354) whispers: thankfully Rxh3 does not quite work, so I don't see how black can break through 38.b5 (0:37) Nb8 (0:07) 39.a4 (0:17) Nd7 (0:13)
offtherook(2354) whispers: and in typical Benoni/KID style I will attempt to gain more q-side space 40.a5 (1:09) bxa5 (1:55)
offtherook(2354) whispers: can't capture back immediately because Qe3+! 41.Qe2 (1:16)
offtherook(2354) whispers: but also that pawn isn't really going anywhere, so there's no rush 41...Nb6 (1:11) 42.Rfc1 (5:08) a6 (4:54) 43.bxa6 (1:06) Ra7 (0:14) 44.Rc3 (3:58) Rxa6 (0:11) 45.Qc2 (4:22) a4 (1:07) 46.Ra3 (0:55) Rb8 (2:03) 47.Kh1 (2:28) Raa8 (1:55) 48.Rg1 (1:14) Ra7 (1:14) 49.Rd1 (2:26) Rab7 (1:43) 50.Rg1 (3:50) Rh8 (0:56) 51.Re1 (2:34) Rbh7 (2:12) 52.Kg1 (0:33) Ra7 (2:59) 53.Kh1 (1:47) Nc8 (5:00) 54.Ra2 (2:03) Rhh7 (0:46) 55.Bd3 (1:35) Qd4 (1:31) 56.Bf1 (0:44) Rh4 (1:14) 57.Qb1 (2:59) Qc3 (1:11) 58.Rc1 (1:43) Qa5 (1:09) 59.Qc2 (1:05) Rd4 (0:30) 60.Rca1 (0:36) a3 (1:20) 61.Qc1 (0:30) Qb4 (0:46) 62.Rb1 (0:12) Qa4 (0:52) 63.Be2 (1:02) Ne7 (1:21) 64.Rb8 (0:28) Ra8 (0:32) 65.Rxa8 (1:19) Qxa8 (0:06) 66.Rxa3 (0:03) Qb7 (0:34) 67.Ra1 (1:07) Nxf5 (0:15) 68.Rb1 (0:38) Qe7 (0:46) 69.Qb2 (0:50) Kg7 (1:21) 70.Qb8 (1:11) Rd2 (1:03) 71.Bf1 (0:53) Qf6 (0:18) 72.Qa8 (1:51) Nh6 (1:00) 73.Qa5 (1:53) Qf4 (0:53) 74.Qc7+ (0:49) Nf7 (0:14) 75.Qc8 (0:27) Rc2 (1:31) 76.Qg4 (0:17) Rc3 (1:08) 77.Ra1 (0:55) Qxg4 (0:55) 78.hxg4 (0:00)
offtherook(2354) whispers: my king really is trapped in that corner
xandor(2505) whispers: I need space for my Knight 78...e4 (2:55) 79.fxe4 (0:00) Ne5 (0:14) 80.Kg1 (0:20) Nxg4 (0:18) 81.Be2 (1:05) Ne3 (1:10) 82.e5 (0:35) dxe5 (0:36) 83.d6 (0:43) Kf7 (0:16) 84.Bf3 (0:40) Ke6 (0:55) 85.d7 (0:39) Kxd7 (0:11) 86.Ra7+ (1:01) Kd6 (0:23) 87.Ra6+ (0:05) Ke7 (0:34) 88.Ra7+ (0:30) Kf6 (0:11) 89.Ra6+ (0:11) Kf5 (0:09) 90.Ra1 (0:13) Rxc4 (0:20) 91.Re1 (1:00) Kf4 (0:19) 92.Be2 (0:32) Rd4 (0:20) 93.Rc1 (0:50) Rd2 (0:50) 94.Bf1 (0:10) Rd1 (0:12)
offtherook(2354) whispers: this has been pretty obviously over for a while 95.Rxd1 (0:34) Nxd1 (0:05) 96.Be2 (0:02) Ne3 (0:10)
offtherook(2354) whispers: well played by xandor 97.Bb5 (0:08) c4 (0:09) 98.Bxc4 (0:02) Nxc4 (0:04) 99.Kf1 (0:00) Ke3 (0:18) 100.Ke1 (0:02) e4 (0:21)
offtherook(2354) whispers: it'll be mate shortly, king (still) can't get out of the corner so nothing to do but wait for promotion mate 101.Kf1 (0:16) Kd2 (0:08) 102.Kg1 (0:01) e3 (0:07) 103.Kf1 (0:02) e2+ (0:04) 104.Kg1 (0:00) e1=Q# (0:07) offtherook checkmated 0-1
offtherook(2354) whispers: I've had two games (one from each side) in the same line of Scotch Gambit already this tournament, so switching back to d4 for a round
offtherook(2354) whispers: is Xandor a Benko player? Our last game with 1 d4 was a Slav 3.d5 (0:31) d6 (0:39) 4.Nc3 (0:15) g6 (1:06) 5.e4 (0:16) Bg7 (0:14) 6.Bd3 (0:19)
offtherook(2354) whispers: no Benko then, just a regular Benoni, but slightly odd move order 6...e6 (1:09) 7.h3 (0:23) O-O (1:01) 8.Nf3 (1:12) Na6 (2:26) 9.O-O (0:30) Nc7 (0:41) 10.Re1 (0:28) e5 (2:05) 11.a3 (2:53) b6 (3:18) 12.b4 (1:10)
offtherook(2354) whispers: position is pretty locked up, but figure the standard benoni plan of grabbing all the space has to be reasonable 12...Na6 (1:53) 13.Rb1 (1:41) Qe7 (1:25) 14.Bg5 (1:10) h6 (0:10) 15.Be3 (0:08) Nh7 (0:13)
LJMon(1848) whispers: so f4 looks like the break 16.Qd2 (0:13)
LJMon(1848) whispers: f5 counter break
LJMon(1848) whispers: f5 Bxh6 f4 Bxg7 Kxg7 is ok cause most of black pawns on dard sqs
LJMon(1848) whispers: k 16...f5 (3:44) 17.Bxh6 (0:29) f4 (0:41)
LJMon(1848) whispers: got a lot for a pawn 18.Bxg7 (0:22) Kxg7 (0:11) 19.Be2 (1:17)
LJMon(1848) whispers: Kside attack 19...Rh8 (1:14)
LJMon(1848) whispers: white gotta watch h3 20.Qd3 (2:04) g5 (0:44) 21.Nh2 (3:14) Nf6 (0:21) 22.f3 (1:30)
LJMon(1848) whispers: g3 really weak 22...Bd7 (2:17)
LJMon(1848) whispers: f4 walls off 5 pieces of white from the kside defense 23.Nd1 (1:25) Nh5 (1:16) 24.Nf1 (1:02) Rh7 (0:40) 25.Nf2 (0:24) Rah8 (3:14) 26.Ng4 (1:45) Kg6 (1:41) 27.Qb3 (2:19) Ng3 (2:12) 28.Nxg3 (2:01) fxg3 (0:04)
LJMon(1848) whispers: R sac on h3 29.Qe3 (0:30) Qf8 (1:47) 30.Bd3 (2:40) Qf4 (0:41)
LJMon(1848) whispers: N--> c7--e8----f6-----NxN fx Bx hx Rh1 mate
offtherook(2354) whispers: so annoying that a queen trade while up material would actually end all of my winning chances
offtherook(2354) whispers: and also that we kinda need a win on this board 31.Qe2 (1:34)
LJMon(1848) whispers: Bxh6 may have been wrong 31...Rf8 (0:57)
LJMon(1848) whispers: h3 is still a target 32.Rf1 (0:46) Rhf7 (0:33) 33.Ne3 (2:33) Rh8 (1:04) 34.Nf5 (0:21) Rfh7 (0:55) 35.Qe1 (0:22) Bxf5 (0:37) 36.exf5+ (0:00) Kf6 (0:09) 37.Be4 (1:41) Rc7 (0:57)
offtherook(2354) whispers: thankfully Rxh3 does not quite work, so I don't see how black can break through 38.b5 (0:37) Nb8 (0:07) 39.a4 (0:17) Nd7 (0:13)
offtherook(2354) whispers: and in typical Benoni/KID style I will attempt to gain more q-side space 40.a5 (1:09) bxa5 (1:55)
offtherook(2354) whispers: can't capture back immediately because Qe3+! 41.Qe2 (1:16)
offtherook(2354) whispers: but also that pawn isn't really going anywhere, so there's no rush 41...Nb6 (1:11) 42.Rfc1 (5:08) a6 (4:54) 43.bxa6 (1:06) Ra7 (0:14) 44.Rc3 (3:58) Rxa6 (0:11) 45.Qc2 (4:22) a4 (1:07) 46.Ra3 (0:55) Rb8 (2:03) 47.Kh1 (2:28) Raa8 (1:55) 48.Rg1 (1:14) Ra7 (1:14) 49.Rd1 (2:26) Rab7 (1:43) 50.Rg1 (3:50) Rh8 (0:56) 51.Re1 (2:34) Rbh7 (2:12) 52.Kg1 (0:33) Ra7 (2:59) 53.Kh1 (1:47) Nc8 (5:00) 54.Ra2 (2:03) Rhh7 (0:46) 55.Bd3 (1:35) Qd4 (1:31) 56.Bf1 (0:44) Rh4 (1:14) 57.Qb1 (2:59) Qc3 (1:11) 58.Rc1 (1:43) Qa5 (1:09) 59.Qc2 (1:05) Rd4 (0:30) 60.Rca1 (0:36) a3 (1:20) 61.Qc1 (0:30) Qb4 (0:46) 62.Rb1 (0:12) Qa4 (0:52) 63.Be2 (1:02) Ne7 (1:21) 64.Rb8 (0:28) Ra8 (0:32) 65.Rxa8 (1:19) Qxa8 (0:06) 66.Rxa3 (0:03) Qb7 (0:34) 67.Ra1 (1:07) Nxf5 (0:15) 68.Rb1 (0:38) Qe7 (0:46) 69.Qb2 (0:50) Kg7 (1:21) 70.Qb8 (1:11) Rd2 (1:03) 71.Bf1 (0:53) Qf6 (0:18) 72.Qa8 (1:51) Nh6 (1:00) 73.Qa5 (1:53) Qf4 (0:53) 74.Qc7+ (0:49) Nf7 (0:14) 75.Qc8 (0:27) Rc2 (1:31) 76.Qg4 (0:17) Rc3 (1:08) 77.Ra1 (0:55) Qxg4 (0:55) 78.hxg4 (0:00)
offtherook(2354) whispers: my king really is trapped in that corner
xandor(2505) whispers: I need space for my Knight 78...e4 (2:55) 79.fxe4 (0:00) Ne5 (0:14) 80.Kg1 (0:20) Nxg4 (0:18) 81.Be2 (1:05) Ne3 (1:10) 82.e5 (0:35) dxe5 (0:36) 83.d6 (0:43) Kf7 (0:16) 84.Bf3 (0:40) Ke6 (0:55) 85.d7 (0:39) Kxd7 (0:11) 86.Ra7+ (1:01) Kd6 (0:23) 87.Ra6+ (0:05) Ke7 (0:34) 88.Ra7+ (0:30) Kf6 (0:11) 89.Ra6+ (0:11) Kf5 (0:09) 90.Ra1 (0:13) Rxc4 (0:20) 91.Re1 (1:00) Kf4 (0:19) 92.Be2 (0:32) Rd4 (0:20) 93.Rc1 (0:50) Rd2 (0:50) 94.Bf1 (0:10) Rd1 (0:12)
offtherook(2354) whispers: this has been pretty obviously over for a while 95.Rxd1 (0:34) Nxd1 (0:05) 96.Be2 (0:02) Ne3 (0:10)
offtherook(2354) whispers: well played by xandor 97.Bb5 (0:08) c4 (0:09) 98.Bxc4 (0:02) Nxc4 (0:04) 99.Kf1 (0:00) Ke3 (0:18) 100.Ke1 (0:02) e4 (0:21)
offtherook(2354) whispers: it'll be mate shortly, king (still) can't get out of the corner so nothing to do but wait for promotion mate 101.Kf1 (0:16) Kd2 (0:08) 102.Kg1 (0:01) e3 (0:07) 103.Kf1 (0:02) e2+ (0:04) 104.Kg1 (0:00) e1=Q# (0:07) offtherook checkmated 0-1
Comments
Login to add commentsSee also:
- instruction how to publish this game on your website
- information what is Watchbot and how to use it
- more games played by offtherook
- more games played by xandor
- general game search
No comments so far.