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Josh Age 12 vs TASC R40

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[Event "40 Moves in 120 min"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CM Josh Waitzkin Age 12"]
[Black "Tasc R40 (Gideon 3.1)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 5.0 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nfd2 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3
Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:}
6... g5 7. Be5 f6 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Bg3 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. exd4 e5
13. dxe5 h5 {1-0 (25) Mann,W-Schumacher,K DESC email 2002}) 7. Be2 {-0.49/27} (
{Better is} 7. c4 $11 {0.30/26}) 7... c5 $1 $15 8. Nc3 {Black is slightly
better.} Nc6 9. Nb5 {[#] Hoping for Nc7+.} Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O e5 {
-0.41/29} ({Black should try} 11... O-O $17 {-0.82/29}) 12. Bg5 $1 a6 13. Nc3
Bb4 14. f4 Bxc3 {0.35/27} (14... exf4 $11 {-0.18/28} 15. Rxf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg6
) 15. bxc3 $14 e4 16. Nb3 {0.09/30} (16. g4 $14 {0.62/29}) 16... Ne7 {0.56/30}
(16... h6 $11 {0.09/30}) 17. Nd4 Rxc3 18. Qd2 {0.00/29} (18. Qe1 $14 {0.56/28}
Ra3 19. Qc1) 18... Rc5 {0.64/27} (18... Qc7 $11 {0.00/29}) 19. Rab1 {White has
compensation.} Bc8 20. a4 h6 21. Bh4 Qa5 {0.52/30} (21... O-O $11 {0.10/31
might be stronger.}) 22. Rb4 {-0.10/30} (22. Qc1 $1 $14 {0.52/30}) 22... Qc7
23. Rb2 Qd7 {1.09/29} (23... O-O $11 {0.00/27}) 24. Ra2 {0.05/30} (24. Rfb1 $16
{1.09/29}) 24... Qd6 {0.85/27} (24... Rc7 $11 {0.05/30}) 25. f5 $1 $16 O-O 26.
Bg3 Qd8 27. a5 b6 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Raa1 Nd7 30. f6 Nxf6 31. Rfb1 Qd8 32. Qb4
Nd7 33. Bd6 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Nc6 34. Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Bxf8 {A
strong pair of Bishops} Nxf8 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Rb8 {[#] And now Bxa6! would win.}
Qc7 38. Rb2 Rb6 {1.24/29} (38... Qe5 $11 {-0.05/31 remains equal.} 39. c3 Qxc3)
39. Rba2 {0.00/35} (39. Rxb6 $16 {1.24/29} Qxb6 40. Qc3) 39... Nc5 $11 40. Ra3
({Reject} 40. Qxd5 Be6 41. Qd1 Bxa2 42. Rxa2 Qc6 $17) 40... Bb7 {0.87/29} (
40... Qd6 $11 {0.00/30}) 41. Qa5 Qd6 42. Rc3 Ne6 43. Rb3 {0.04/26} ({White
should play} 43. Rd1 $16 {0.74/25}) 43... Rxb3 44. cxb3 d4 45. Bxa6 Bxa6 {
3.15/25} (45... Bd5 $11 {0.07/29 and Black is okay.}) 46. Qxa6 $18 Qxa6 {
6.89/21} (46... Qb4 {3.01/30} 47. Qa8+ Nf8) 47. Rxa6 dxe3 $11 {Endgame KR-KN}
48. Kf1 Nd4 49. Ra8+ $1 Kh7 50. Rd8 $2 {0.29/45} (50. Rb8 $18 {5.27/33
Strongly threatening b4.} e2+ 51. Ke1) 50... Nxb3 51. Ke2 f5 $2 {7.07/30 White
now steadily converts the win.} (51... Nc5 $11 {0.29/37}) 52. Kxe3 $18 h5 53.
Rb8 Nc1 54. Kf4 $1 g6 55. Kg5 {White mates.} Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Kxg6 Nd3 58.
Kxf5 e3 59. Kf6 Kg8 60. Re7 Nf4 61. Re5 h4 62. g3 Ng2 63. Re8+ Kh7 64. g4 Nf4
65. g5 e2 66. Kf7 e1=Q 67. Rxe1 Ng6 68. Re8 h3 69. Re3 Nh8+ 70. Kf6 Ng6 71.
Rxh3+ Kg8 72. Kxg6 Kf8 73. Re3 Kg8 74. Re8# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/
Black=0.55} 1-0

[Event "40 Moves in 120 min"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tasc R40 (Gideon 3.1)"]
[Black "CM Josh Waitzkin Age 12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 5.0 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 e4 {1.40/30} (5... Nbd7 $14 {
0.69/28}) 6. Nd2 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} d5 $146 {1.92/27} (
6... e3 $16 {1.17/26 keeps fighting.}) ({Predecessor:} 6... Bf5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
h3 h5 9. Nb3 c6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qe6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. d5 Qe5 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ndxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 (17) Sgorlon,F-Splendiani,
F San Benedetto 1987}) 7. cxd5 $18 c6 {2.33/27} (7... e3 $142 {1.72/28}) 8.
dxc6 {White is clearly better.} (8. Ndxe4 $6 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 cxd5 $16) (8. Ncxe4
$6 cxd5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $16) 8... Nxc6 9. e3 (9. Ndxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2
Qxd4 $14) 9... Bb4 10. Bg2 Bf5 11. h3 Qa5 {3.18/26} (11... h5 {2.00/26 is a
better defense.} 12. a3 Bxc3) 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. g4 ({Worse is} 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rxc3 $15) 13... Be6 14. Ncxe4 $2 {0.48/33} ({
Better is} 14. O-O $18 {2.56/25}) 14... Nxe4 $14 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. a3 (16. O-O
$5) 16... Rfe8 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bc4.} 17. Bf3 $2 {-4.37/28
This move loses the game for White.} (17. d5 $14 {0.37/30 keeps the upper hand.
} Rcd8 18. Qb1 (18. dxc6 Bxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kf1 bxc6 $15) (18. axb4 $2
Qxa1 19. Qb1 Qxb1 $17) (18. dxe6 Bxd2+ 19. Kf1 Rxe6 $15) 18... Bxd5 19. axb4)
17... Bc4 $19 18. Qb1 {-10.47/30} (18. axb4 $142 {-4.24/27} Qxa1 19. Qb1 Qxb1
20. Nxb1) 18... Nxd4 {( -> ...Bxd2+)} 19. axb4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qd5 21. b3 Bb5
22. Rh2 Qxf3 {Black mates.} 23. Ra2 Red8 24. Ba3 Rc3 25. Qxg6+ fxg6 26. Rd2
Rxe3+ $1 27. fxe3 Qf1# {Weighted Error Value: White=1.15/Black=0.15} 0-1

[Event "40 Moves in 120 min"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tasc R40 (The King 2.50)"]
[Black "CM Josh Waitzkin Age 12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 5.0 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bf4 Bb4+ {A90: Dutch
Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6).} 7. Nbd2 dxc4 8. O-O
$146 ({Predecessor:} 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O c3 10. Nc4 O-O 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rb1 Nd5
13. Bd6 Rf6 14. e4 fxe4 {1-0 (39) Hackenberg,T (1924) -Llagaria Vidal,E (2018)
ICCF email 2017}) 8... b5 {White is better.} 9. e3 {0.54/27} (9. a3 $16 {
1.37/27} Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. b3) 9... Nd5 {0.97/27} (9... O-O $1 $14 {0.54/27
}) 10. Bxb8 {0.11/26} (10. Bg5 $16 {0.97/27} Qc7 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 (12. Qxd2
O-O $11)) 10... Rxb8 $11 11. Ne5 {And now Qh5+ would win.} Qc7 12. a3 Bd6 13.
Qh5+ g6 14. Nxg6 Qf7 15. Nf4 Qxh5 16. Nxh5 O-O {0.31/32} (16... a5 $15 {
-0.37/29}) 17. a4 {-0.33/28} (17. b3 $14 {0.31/32}) 17... Bb4 18. Nf3 c3 19. b3
bxa4 20. Rxa4 a6 {0.72/30} (20... Rf7 $15 {-0.33/27 keeps the upper hand.}) 21.
Ne5 $16 {Black is now going downhill.} Rb5 $2 {2.64/31 [#]} (21... c5 $16 {
0.90/29}) 22. Rc1 (22. Nxc6 Bd6 $14) 22... Bd6 {3.22/29} (22... Ne7 {2.22/28
was called for.} 23. Bf1 (23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxc6 Rb6 $16) 23... Rxe5) 23. Bxd5
$18 ({Not} 23. Nxc6 Rxb3 24. Bxd5 exd5 $16) 23... exd5 24. Rxc3 c5 25. Nf3 $2 {
1.08/29} (25. Ra1 $18 {3.00/28 has better winning chances.}) 25... Bb7 $2 {
3.48/30} (25... c4 $16 {1.08/29}) 26. dxc5 $1 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Bxc5 28. Nf4 Bd6
29. Rd4 Bc5 30. Rd2 d4 31. Nxd4 Bb6 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. b4 Kf6 35. h3
Rd7 36. f3 Bc7 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Bxf4 39. exf4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 40. g5
Bd5 41. Kf2 Bc4 42. f5 Rd5 43. Ke3 Re5+ 44. Kf4 Rd5 45. Ke4 Rd7 46. Rc2 Bd5+
47. Ke5 Bb7 48. Rc5 Kg7 49. Ne6+ Kf7 50. g6+ Kg8 51. f4 a5 52. bxa5 {White
mates.} Ba6 53. gxh7+ Rxh7 54. Rd5 Rh5 55. Rd8+ Kf7 56. Rd7+ Kg8 57. Ng5 Kf8
58. f6 {[#]} Ke8 59. Kd6 Bc4 60. Kc7 Rxg5 61. fxg5 Bd3 62. Rxd3 {KR-K} Kf7 63.
Rd7+ Kg6 64. f7 Kh5 65. f8=Q Kg4 66. Rd3 Kh5 67. Qf5 Kh4 68. Rh3# {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.56} 1-0

[Event "40 Moves in 120 min"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CM Josh Waitzkin Age 12"]
[Black "Tasc R40 (The King 2.50)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 5.0 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bg2 $1 Nd4 {B20:
Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves.} 7. Nbd2 Qe6+ 8. Kf1 $1 Nxf3 {0.96/29} (8...
Qd7 $14 {0.45/31}) 9. Nxf3 $16 Qb6 $146 {1.30/25} ({Black should play} 9... Bh3
{0.81/26}) ({Predecessor:} 9... Bh3 10. Be3 Bxg2+ 11. Kxg2 Qc6 12. b4 e6 13. b5
Qc7 14. d4 Nf6 15. Re1 Rd8 {1-0 (51) Bernard,I (2210)-Rago,S (2197) Villa
Martelli 2018}) 10. h3 Be6 11. c4 O-O-O $2 {3.24/24} (11... Rd8 $16 {1.28/24})
12. Ng5 {1.79/31} (12. Kg1 $142 {3.24/24}) 12... Bxc4 13. Qg4+ Be6 14. Nxe6 {
[#] Discovered Attack} Nf6 $2 {3.53/27} (14... Qxe6 {1.75/28 was worth a try.}
15. Qxe6+ fxe6) 15. Qc4 $18 ({Inferior is} 15. Nxd8+ Nxg4 16. Nxf7 Nxf2 $1 17.
Kxf2 (17. Nxh8 $2 {perishes.} Nxh1 18. Bxh1 Qf6+ 19. Ke2 g6 $19) 17... Qf6+ 18.
Kg1 Qxf7 $17) ({Not} 15. Bxb7+ Qxb7 16. Nxc5+ (16. Nxd8+ $2 Kxd8 17. Qf4 Qxh1+
$19) 16... Nxg4 $14) 15... fxe6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. d4 Qxb2 {8.10/26} (
18... Qb4 $142 {4.53/28} 19. dxc5 Qxc4+ 20. Rxc4 g6) 19. Be4 Qb4 20. Qxe6 Qa4
21. Bf4+ Ka8 22. dxc5 {[#] White wants to mate with Bxb7+!} Qb5+ 23. Kg2 {
White mates.} a6 24. c6 Ka7 25. Be3+ {A strong pair of Bishops} b6 26. cxd7 Qc5
27. Rxc5 Rb8 28. Rc7+ Rb7 29. Bxb6+ Kb8 30. d8=Q# {White took control after
the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.89} 1-0
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