HiveChess Study (3) : Analysis Of Chess Games Played Over The Weekend

Hello everyone, I hope you all are having a great week? As usual, I did another #Hivechess Study contribution on https://lichess.org Adding some games played over the last Hivechess weekend. Analysis was carried out without computer assistance but players are free to check what the computer thinks instead. Also, I did my best in explaining some ideas and I hope they help in improving your game. I chose two games, one in the thematic tournament on Saturday organised by @schamangerbert and the second in round 2 of the @chessbrotherspro league.

Game 1

As suggested by @vjap55 I did alot of analysis of my games and in Game 1 of this study, I looked at one of my many losses in Saturday's event. The loss came against the brilliant @rosmarly who played the London system so well and won the game very convincingly.
"The Queen pawn game is my favourite", so she said before the tournament began and she proved it by creating space advantage, building holes and exploiting weaknesses of the position.
Below is the Pgn/Gif of Game 1.

[Event "Hive Thematic Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/XRM3HDOa"]
[Date "2021.10.23"]
[White "rosmarly"]
[Black "ZGM_Samostically"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2021.10.23"]
[UTCTime "19:42:40"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[FEN "rnbqkb1r/ppp1pppp/5n2/3p4/3P1B2/8/PPP1PPPP/RN1QKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e3 Be7 3. Bd3 O-O 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. a3 Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. c5 Qd8 10. O-O Nh5 11. Rc1 Bf6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. e4 g6 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qd8 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Nd6 Bf8 21. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Kg7 23. Re1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nd4 25. Kg2 a5 26. Rxe5 axb4 27. axb4 Ra3 28. Ng5 h6 29. Ne6+ Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Rc3 31. Bd5 Rd3 32. Be4 Rb3 33. Rxg6+ Kf7 34. Rb6 Ke7 35. Rxb7+ Kf6 36. Rb6+ Ke5 37. Rb8 Bxc5 38. Re8+ { Black resigns. } 1-0

Game 2

I noticed in the Chessbrothers event, @eniolw lost only to @tungphong in a game he shouldn't have as he was up a pawn and had more time on the clock. however, he won the tournament and the loss didn't matter but the game was an interesting one which I looked at. One because it explained the ideas in the opening phase and also Pawn structure.

Here is the Pgn/Gif of Game 2.

[Event "CBL T2S2 ARENA 4+2 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/6oKCRWf2"]
[Date "2021.10.24"]
[White "eniolw"]
[Black "blackswan21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2021.10.24"]
[UTCTime "19:22:36"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-6"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+7"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Benoni Defense: Old Benoni"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 { A43 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 e5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. a4 a6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Na5 Bd7 15. Be3 Nb5 16. Ne2 Nd4 17. c3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bg5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Bxa6 Kg8 24. Bd3 Bg4 25. Qe1 Nd7 26. Nc4 Qh6 27. Qg3 Nf6 28. h3 Bh5 29. Ra7 Bg6 30. Kh2 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Qg4 Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Rd7 g5 35. Nxd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxb2 37. Rc6 f3 38. Rxc5 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rd2 40. c4 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 f2 { White resigns. } 0-1

In Conclusion

It gets tough every weekend and there are more games to analyse and am glad that CM @eniolw sometimes helps also with his top-class ideas. A link to his posts are also included in my references.

Other HiveChess studies you might love

HiveChess Study 2 by @samostically

HiveChess Study 1 by @Samostically

HiveChess coaching by @eniolw

Chess Game Analysis of Herby vs RodRook by @eniolw

Thanks For your Attention!