Mini-TCEC Season 2: Analysis

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Here is the thread where I'll post some games analysis.

Here's a game 1 from QL. Uralochka loves maneuvering the knight where it make its pieces active and such that Ura converted it to a win.



[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Uralochka 3.37c"]
[Black "Olithink 5.10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Nf1 d6 8. Ne3 Nd7 9. a4 Nb6 10. O-O (10. Ba2 Bg5 11. O-O Kh8 12. Bd2 a5 13. Kh1 Be6 14. Ned5 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Nb4 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Qg5 21. Raf1 Ne5 22. b3 h6 23. Rf5 Qh4 24. Nc4 Nxc4 {Grigoriants,S (2558)-Moiseenko,A (2674) Chess.com INT 2017 ½-½ (47)}) (10. Bb3 Be6 11. Ncd5 Nd4 12. Ba2 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qd7 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qb3 Bg5 16. O-O Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qe6 19. f4 Qxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. c4 f6 22. a5 Rfb8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Bg5 Ng6 {Sankalp,G (2502)-Swiercz,D (2652) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (58)}) 10... Bg5 {White has an edge.} 11. Ned5 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 Nxc4 $146 (12... Kh8 13. f4 f5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bd5 Qe7 17. Qf4 g5 18. Qd2 f4 19. d4 Ng4 20. Nd1 Qg7 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nc3 h5 23. Rae1 f3 24. Rxf3 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Rf2 Nxd5 27. Rxf8+ {Villalba,M (2258)-Rodriguez,S (2252) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (45)}) 13. dxc4 f5 14. f4 Nd4 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nb5 {Excellent horsemanship.} Be6 20. Nbc7 ({But not} 20. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rf8+ 23. Kg1 Qf7 $11) 20... Bxd5 21. Nxd5 {Threatens to win with c3.} Qxa4 22. c3 ({Don't play} 22. b3 Qa2 $15) 22... Qxc4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 {...Rxf1+ would now be deadly.} 24. cxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 exd4 $16 {Endgame. KRN-KR} 27. Re5 b6 28. Ke2 h6 29. Kd3 Kh7 30. h4 {White is more active.} Rf8 {2.00/16 [#]} (30... g6 $16 {1.39/15} 31. Nd5 h5 32. Re7+ Kh6) 31. h5 $1 $18 a5 32. Rd5 Re8 33. Rd7 Rf8 34. g4 Rf3+ 35. Ke4 Rf8 36. Nf5 Kh8 {4.39/17} (36... Rg8 {2.97/19 might work better.} 37. Kd3 Kh8) 37. Nxg7 ({Weaker is} 37. Rxg7 Rxf5 38. Rg6 Rg5 39. Rxh6+ Kg7 40. Rxb6 Rxg4+ 41. Kd3 Kh7 $11) 37... Rg8 38. Nf5 Rxg4+ 39. Ke5 Rg1 40. Nxh6 b5 41. Nf7+ Kg7 42. Ng5+ Kh6 {26.14/18} (42... Kg8 $142 {4.37/21}) 43. Rh7+ Kxg5 44. Rg7+ {[#] Skewer} Kxh5 45. Rxg1 {KR-KP} b4 46. Kd5 {White mates.} a4 47. Kxc5 {KR-K3P} a3 48. b3 d3 49. Kxb4 {KR-KPP} a2 50. Kc3 Kh6 51. Kb2 d2 52. Kxa2 {KR-KP} Kh5 53. Ka3 Kh6 54. Kb4 d1=Q 55. Rxd1 {KR-K} Kg6 56. Kc5 Kf5 57. Rf1+ Ke4 58. b4 Ke5 59. b5 Ke4 60. b6 Kd3 61. b7 Ke2 62. Rf8 Kd2 63. b8=Q Kd1 64. Rf2 Ke1 65. Qb2 Kd1 66. Qb1# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.29 (precise) . Mistake: --- Black=3 Inaccurate: --- Black=3 OK: White=19 Black=11 Best: White=6 --- Strong: White=1 ---} 1-0
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A game 2 from QL with Ura plays black

Both engines play flawlessly in Nadorf which resulted in an interesting draw where everything could go in the middle game and endgame.





[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olithink 5.10.1"]
[Black "Uralochka 3.37c"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. a4 (14. Kh1 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. g4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Qf3 Qa8 19. g5 Nxe4 20. f6 gxf6 21. gxf6 Bf8 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Nd5 Nc5 24. c3 Ne6 25. b3 Rh4 26. Qg3 Nd4 27. Qg2 Nxb3 28. Bg5 Rc4 {Sakhawaty,S (1809)-Mohammed,Z (2232) Chennai 2022 0-1 (32)}) 14... Qa5 $146 (14... d5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxd5 18. Bf2 O-O 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. c3 Rfd8 21. a5 Qc4 22. Rad1 Qb5 23. b4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Qxb7 e4 27. Rd5 Qe2 28. b5 e3 29. Rfd1 {Doncevic,D (2224)-Boehm,M (2137) Rottach Egern 2021 0-1 (35)}) (14... O-O 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Rf3 Qc6 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rd3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qc8 25. Rf3 Bg5 26. h3 Ra2 27. Ne4 Rxc2 28. Nxd6 Rc1 29. Nxc8 {Izaba,R (2229)-Leyva,H (2409) Guatemala City 2000 0-1 (34)}) (14... Nb6 15. a5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. Kh1 Qc6 19. Bb6 Nxe4 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. Ne3 Rb4 22. Ra3 O-O 23. Rc3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Rc7 Bd8 26. Rxb7 d5 27. b3 Ne4 28. Kg1 Bg5 29. Ng4 {Korenova,M (2190)-Goehler,A (2170) Germany 1994 1-0 (50)}) 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Qf3 b6 17. Rfb1 O-O 18. Nd2 h6 19. Kh1 {[#]} d5 $1 20. exd5 (20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxc2 $17) 20... Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nf1 Rfd8 23. Ne3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra3 Qf4 {aiming for ...b4.} 26. Nxb5 Nce4 $1 27. Na7 Nd2 28. Qxf4 exf4 29. Rba1 ({Not} 29. Nxc8 $2 Nxb1 30. Ne7+ Kf8 $19) 29... Rc7 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Nf1 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 Nxd5 33. Nd4 Ne3 34. Rxf4 {[#]} Nxf5 $1 {Back Rank} 35. Nf3 {Prevents Re1+} Rxc2 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 36. Rxf5 {And now Ra1 would win.} Rc1+ 37. Ng1 Ree1 38. h3 Rxg1+ $11 {Endgame. KRR-KRR} 39. Kh2 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Rc7 41. Rff3 Rb1 42. Rab3 h5 43. Rf2 Kh7 44. Rb5 Kh6 45. Rb8 Rd1 46. b3 f6 47. Kh2 Rcc1 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 48. Rf4 Kh7 49. Rb7 Rh1+ 50. Kg3 Kh6 51. Rb5 Rc2 52. Rf2 {[#]} h4+ $1 53. Kf3 $1 Rxf2+ 54. Kxf2 {KR-KR} g6 55. Rb6 Kg5 56. Rb5+ f5 57. Rb6 Rb1 58. b4 Kh5 59. Rb8 Rb2+ 60. Kf3 Kg5 61. Rb6 Rb3+ 62. Kf2 Rb1 63. Ke2 Kh5 64. Rb8 Rb3 65. b5 Kg5 66. Kd2 Kf4 67. Kc2 Rb4 68. Kc3 Rb1 69. Kc2 Re1 70. Rc8 Kg3 71. b6 Re7 {...Rb7! would now be deadly.} 72. Rc7 {Prevents Rb7} Re2+ 73. Kc3 {Strongly threatening b7.} Re8 {Threatens to win with ...Rb8!} 74. b7 {Black must now prevent Rc8.} Rb8 $1 75. Kd4 Kxg2 76. Ke5 Kxh3 77. Kf4 Kh2 78. Rc2+ Kh1 79. Rc1+ Kg2 80. Rb1 Kf2 81. Rb6 Ke2 82. Re6+ (82. Rxg6 Rxb7 83. Ra6 Rg7 $15) 82... Kd3 83. Rd6+ Kc4 84. Rc6+ Kd5 85. Rxg6 Rxb7 86. Rh6 Rb4+ 87. Kxf5 h3 {Deflection} 88. Rxh3 Kc6 89. Rh6+ Kb7 90. Re6 Ra4 91. Kf6 Ka8 92. Rb6 Ka7 93. Rb1 Rh4 94. Kg5 Rc4 95. Kf6 Rc5 96. Kf7 Ra5 97. Ke6 Rh5 98. Kd6 Ka6 99. Rb2 Rh4 100. Kc5 Ka7 {An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=54 Black=41 Best: White=1 Black=2 Strong: White=1 Black=2} 1/2-1/2

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Game 3 from QL Rebel played white and Nawito played Black

After black move in Qc7, he's on the verge of losing. Rebel took it a chance and took control all over the dark squares.

[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rebel 15.1"]
[Black "Nawito 22.07"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{D04: Colle System} 1. e3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. c4 c6 6. O-O e6 7. Bxg6 $146 (7. Qc2 Nbd7 (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nbd7 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nbd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qd5 16. Rfd1 Bxd3 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd3 Ke7 19. Kf1 Rhd8 20. Ke2 Rd6 21. Rc1 a5 22. a3 {Ostrovskiy,A (2416)-Yoo,C (2466) Charlotte 2021 0-1 (43)}) 8. Nbd2 Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rae1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rfd8 16. Ng3 Qf8 17. Qc3 a5 18. Ne5 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. b5 cxb5 21. cxb5 Nd5 {Raeva,E (2254)-Nikolova,A (2275) Pleven 2018 0-1 (41)}) (7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Ne5 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. f4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Bxb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. a4 Kb8 18. a5 Qa6 19. Bc3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. b4 Rd5 {Phillips,W (1857)-Finn,T (1778) England 2018 1-0 (34)}) (7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. f4 Bd6 9. c5 Bc7 10. Nc3 Ba5 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. a3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 14. b4 Bc7 15. Nc3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. e4 O-O 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Bg3 Nf8 {Martin,J (1933)-Stermenszky,T (1886) Hungary 2017 ½-½}) 7... hxg6 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. Qc2 {Prevents Ne4.} Rh5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Qc7 {Black is on the road to losing.} 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Bd2 a6 16. b4 Qb6 {1.86/16} (16... Kd7 $16 {1.31/18}) 17. Rfb1 $18 Ng4 {2.79/14} (17... Rf5 {1.92/20 might work better.} 18. a4 Rxd4) 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. h4 Be7 20. c5 Qa7 21. a4 a5 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 Kd8 24. b6 {Black is weak on the dark squares} Qa8 25. Qb5 Bxg5 26. Rxa5 ({Much less strong is} 26. hxg5 Ke7 $18) 26... Qc8 27. Rba1 Bf4 28. gxf4 Ke7 29. Ra8 Qc6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. R1a7 Rhd5 32. b7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7+ Kf6 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. dxe5+ Kf5 36. Rxf7+ Ke4 37. Kg2 Kd3 38. Rxg7 Rxc5 39. Ra4 g5 40. Rxg5 Rd5 41. Rg3+ Kc2 42. Rc4+ Kb2 43. Rxc6 Rb5 44. Kh3 Rb4 45. Kg4 Rd4 46. Rxe6 Rd2 47. f5 {[#] White wants to mate with Rb6+.} Kb1 48. Rc6 {White mates.} Rd7 49. f6 Kb2 50. Kg5 Kb1 51. Rb3+ Ka2 52. Rb8 Ra7 {[#]} 53. f7 $1 Ra5 (53... Ka1 54. f8=Q) 54. f8=Q Ka1 55. Qd6 Ra4 56. Qd1+ Ka2 57. Qxa4# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.34. Mistake: --- Black=2 Inaccurate: --- Black=2 OK: White=21 Black=5 Best: --- Black=1} 1-0

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[bastiball]

Last Analysis for tonight. Game 4 from QL where Rebel played black.

At the move 15, Black gained advantage, where it started to collapse the queen side of White which Black has more pressure by pushing with the b pawn.



[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nawito 22.07"]
[Black "Rebel 15.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 1. e3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 (7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 Ne7 14. Qb3 Rc7 15. Ra2 Qc8 16. Nfd2 Ng6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Re8 19. Re2 Qe6 20. Nc3 Rec8 21. Nd1 f5 {Topel,Z (2173)-Malikentzos,S (2405) Chalkidiki 2015 0-1 (54)}) 7... Bd6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O (8... Nbd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 (11... Rc8 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Ne2 f5 14. g3 Qe7 15. Ne1 c5 16. Ng2 Qf7 17. Nef4 c4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Qxc4 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 g5 25. Nh3 h6 26. Bd2 {Taubenhaus,J-Von Bardeleben,C Frankfurt 1887 0-1 (35)}) 12. h3 h6 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Bb1 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Ndf6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qd3 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Ne5 c5 21. f3 Nf6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qh7+ {Zhang,X (2234)-Zhao,S (2135) Daqing 2019 ½-½ (50)}) 9. Bd2 $146 (9. Nb5 Be7 10. Ne5 a6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Bf3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. b3 a5 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Ba6 19. Ne2 Ba3 20. Bc1 Be7 21. Bb2 Bd3 22. a3 Bh4 23. g3 Bf6 {Bayerri Rosa,X (1996)-Santos Latasa,J (2542) Escaldes 2017 0-1 (56)}) 9... Re8 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. h3 c5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bf5 Rb8 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} 16. b3 a6 17. a4 {[#]} b5 $1 18. axb5 (18. bxc4 bxc4) 18... axb5 {Hoping for ...b4.} 19. Nxb5 cxb3 $1 20. Ra1 {Prevents Ba6.} Qb6 21. Nc3 {[#]} Ba6 {Against Bd3} 22. Na4 Qd8 {Black is more active.} 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 {[#]} Bc4 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Bc3 Qxc5 ({Worse is} 28... Bxc5 29. Qg4 Qh6 30. Bb2) 29. Bd4 Qd6 30. Bb2 Qb6 31. Bd4 Bc5 32. Bb2 g6 33. Qg4 Bf8 34. Bd7 Red8 {White must now prevent ...h5.} 35. Bf5 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Rad1 b2 38. Bb1 Rdc8 39. Rd2 Qf6 40. e4 dxe4 41. Qxe4 Bb3 42. Rd3 Bc2 {Skewer} 43. Bxc2 Rxc2 44. Rf3 Rc1 ({Stronger than} 44... b1=R 45. Rxf6 Rxe1+ 46. Qxe1 $11) 45. Rxf6 Rxe1+ (45... b1=B {is a self mate.} 46. Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Rg8+ Kxg8 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Rxc1) 46. Qxe1 b1=Q (46... b1=B $2 47. Qe5 Rf8 48. Qb2 $18) 47. Re6 fxe6 48. Qxb1 Rxb1+ $19 {Endgame. KR-K3P} 49. Kh2 Kf6 {...Kf5 is the strong threat.} 50. Kg3 Kf5 {Threatens to win with ...Rb3+.} 51. Kf3 Rb3+ 52. Ke2 Ke4 {( -> ...Rb2+)} 53. Kf1 Rb2 {Black mates.} 54. Ke1 Kd3 55. f3 Ke3 56. Kd1 Rxg2 {KR-KPP} 57. f4 Rf2 58. Kc1 Kd3 59. h4 h5 60. f5 exf5 61. Kb1 Kc3 62. Ka1 Kb3 63. Kb1 Rf1# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.01 (flawless) . Inaccurate: White=4 --- OK: White=12 Black=25 Best: --- Black=2 Strong: --- Black=1} 0-1

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Game 5 from QL: Smallbrain vs Myrddin

Smallbrain took control from the opening after it played actively where Myrddin didn't stop its tactics.




[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smallbrain 6.0dev_08082022"]
[Black "Myrddin 0.89"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. O-O b5 (7... Nbd7 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 (9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Rfe1 b5 11. a3 a6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. b4 Rfe8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bh6 c5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bf1 cxb4 18. axb4 Rac8 19. Re3 Nb6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rd2 Rxb4 {Soucek,A (1308)-Dixit,N (2027) Piestany 2022 0-1}) 9... dxe5 10. a4 a5 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bf1 Qf6 14. Nc4 Rd8 15. Qc1 Bf8 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Kh1 Ne6 18. Nd6 Nd4 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Nb1 Nc5 21. Nd2 Rd7 22. Re1 {Cabarkapa,N (2402)-Sekulic,D (2298) Stari Banovci 2013 1-0 (59)}) 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 {[#] White is better.} 10. e6 $146 {White is more active.} (10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Ne4 Ne6 12. Bg3 Nd7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Ned2 Ndc5 15. b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 a5 17. a3 c5 18. c3 Bb7 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Ne1 c4 22. f3 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Nc2 Na4 {Bisignano,G (1958)-Castaldo,F (2318) Cortina d'Ampezzo 2004 0-1}) 10... fxe6 11. Be3 {Prevents Nc5} Nb6 {1.26/16} ({Better is} 11... Na6 $14 {0.68/15}) 12. Ng5 $16 {And now Nxh7! would win.} b4 13. Nce4 {Black must now prevent Nxh7!} h6 14. Qg4 (14. Nf3 $6 Nd5 $14) 14... hxg5 {2.68/15} (14... e5 $16 {1.44/17 was necessary.} 15. Ne6 Qd5) 15. Nxg5 $18 Qe8 (15... Bxb2 $2 16. Bxg6 (16. Nxe6 Rf6 $11) (16. Qh4 Rf7 $18) 16... N8d7 17. Nxe6 $18 (17. Qxe6+ Kg7 $16)) 16. Qh4 {Repels Rf5} (16. Nxe6 $2 Qf7 17. Ng5 Bxg4 $19) 16... Rf5 {[#]} 17. Qh7+ $1 (17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qh7+ (18. Qxb4 Nd5 $15) 18... Kf8 $16) 17... Kf8 18. g4 Rf6 19. Rae1 {White has strong compensation.} Nd5 20. Bd4 {Skewer} c5 {[#]} 21. Be5 {Skewer} (21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxg6 Qxg6 23. Bxg6 Nd5 $11) (21. Bxc5 Nc6 $14) 21... Nc6 {...Nxe5 would now be deadly.} 22. f4 (22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qxg6 (23. Nxe6+ $2 Bxe6 24. Bxg6 Bf7 $19) (23. Bxg6 Qf7 $11) 23... Qxg6 24. Bxg6 Nd8 $11) 22... Nd4 (22... Nxe5 $2 23. fxe5 b3 24. Bxg6 $18) 23. h4 c4 {4.61/14} (23... b3 $142 {3.20/16}) 24. Be4 ({Weaker is} 24. Bxd4 cxd3 25. cxd3 Rf7 $14) (24. Bxc4 Nxc2 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bxf6 Nxf6) 24... Nf5 25. h5 Nh6 26. Bxd5 ({Inferior is} 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Qxg6 Qxg6 28. hxg6 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxb2 30. Nxe6+ Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Nxg4 $17) ({Less strong is} 26. hxg6 Qb5 $16) (26. Bxg6 Qb5 $14) 26... exd5 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qxh6+ Bg7 29. Qh7 {aiming for f5.} Qc6 30. Rf2 {h6 is the strong threat.} Qf6 31. h6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 {[#]} 33. f5 $1 Bxf5 (33... Qd6 34. f6) 34. gxf5 Kd7 35. fxg6 Qh8 36. Qxh8 Rxh8 37. g7 Rg8 38. Rf7 Kc6 39. Rexe7 {Threatening mate with Re6+.} b3 40. axb3 {White wants to mate with Re6+.} cxb3 41. cxb3 {White mates.} Kc5 42. Rf8 Rxg7 43. Rxg7 Kd6 44. Kf2 Kc5 45. Rf6 Kd4 46. Nf3+ Kc5 47. Ke3 a5 48. Rb7 d4+ 49. Nxd4 Kd5 50. Rb5# {White took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.53. Mistake: --- Black=3 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=13 Black=6 Best: White=3 --- Strong: White=1 ---} 1-0

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[bastiball]

I'll only post all the win games, and interesting draw

This game is form QL Game 6 where Smallbrain played black and Myrddin white.

The activeness of Smallbrain makes it unique game play as Myrddin having hard time to deal it which Smallbrain finished it in endgame.



[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Myrddin 0.89"]
[Black "Smallbrain 6.0dev_08082022"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Ng5 {[#] Discovered Attack} (13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. O-O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nf5 16. Kb1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 f5 18. Rhe1 Qd6 19. Nb5 Qxh2 20. Qe7 Bf6 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Nxc7 Rac8 23. Ne6 Rfe8 24. Bb5 Re7 25. c3 Ng7 26. Nc5 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 b6 {Alekseenko,K (2639)-Chigaev,M (2599) Sochi 2018 1-0 (43)}) (13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd7 15. O-O-O Nf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Rhf1 Rad8 18. Kb1 Rfe8 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 f5 23. a4 c5 24. Nb5 a6 25. Na3 cxd4 26. Rfd1 Be5 27. h3 Kg7 {Tazbir,M (2506)-Chatalbashev,B (2539) Zagnansk 2022 ½-½ (44)}) 13... Qd7 (13... Bxe2 $5 14. Ne6 $8 Qd6 15. Nxg7 (15. Nxf8 Bg4 $17) 15... Nxg7 16. Nxe2 Ngf5 $15) 14. Nge4 {Nc5 would now be deadly. Black is slightly better.} Bxe2 $1 15. Qxe2 Nf5 $146 (15... Rae8 16. O-O-O Nd5 17. Qc4 c6 18. Rhe1 f5 19. Nc5 Qf7 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qb3 f4 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Nxb7 Ne4 25. Bg1 Bh6 26. Rd3 f3+ 27. Be3 Nf2 {0-1 (27) Timmermans,I (2183)-Ten Hertog,H (2383) Vlissingen 2015}) (15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qc6 18. d5 Qd7 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Qf3 f5 21. Bxa7 b6 22. d6 Ra8 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Nb5 Qf7 25. Qa3 Nf6 26. Rd3 Ne4 27. Rhd1 Nc5 28. Rd5 Rfe8 29. c3 h5 30. b4 {Hector,J (2520)-Hansen,C (2615) Malmo 1996 CBM 054 [Stohl,Igor] ½-½ (52)}) 16. O-O-O $1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rae8 18. Qe2 Kh8 (18... f5 $5 19. Nc5 Qf7 $15) 19. d5 b6 {Dodges Nc5. And now ...f5 would win.} 20. Qd2 Re5 21. Rhg1 f5 22. Ng5 Rfe8 23. Ne6 Bf6 24. Nd4 a6 25. Kb1 Bg7 26. Ne6 Nf6 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. h3 {Prevents Ng4} Qe7 {Black is more active.} 29. Rgf1 b5 30. a3 h5 31. Rf3 Re1 32. Rd3 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qe1 34. d6 cxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd1+ 36. Rxd1 $17 {Endgame. KRN-KRN} g5 37. Rd6 {-1.55/20} ({White should play} 37. a4 {-0.72/18}) 37... Re1+ 38. Ka2 Rg1 39. Rxa6 {-3.22/13} (39. Rd2 $142 {-1.80/19}) 39... Rxg2 $19 40. Ra7+ Kg6 41. Ra6 {Hoping for Nd5.} Rd2 {Wards off Nd5} (41... Rxc2 42. Nd5 (42. Nxb5 $2 g4 $19) 42... g4 43. h4 $16 (43. Rxf6+ Kg5 $11)) 42. Kb1 g4 43. hxg4 ({Weaker is} 43. Kc1 gxh3 44. Kxd2 h2 $19) 43... fxg4 (43... hxg4 44. Kc1 Rf2 45. Nd5 $19) 44. Ka2 Rf2 ({Worse is} 44... Rxc2 45. Ne4 $17) 45. Ne4 Rf4 ({Less strong is} 45... Rxc2 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Rf5 $14) 46. Nxf6 Rxf6 {KR-KR} 47. Ra8 Kg5 48. Rd8 g3 49. a4 bxa4 50. Rg8+ Rg6 51. Rd8 g2 52. Rd1 h4 53. Rd5+ Kg4 54. Rd4+ Kh5 55. Rd5+ Rg5 56. Rd8 g1=Q {Black mates.} 57. Rh8+ Kg4 58. Rb8 Qc1 59. c3 Kg3 60. Rb6 Qc2 61. Ka3 h3 62. Ka2 h2 63. Rh6 {[#]} a3 $1 64. Rxh2 (64. Rb6 axb2) 64... Kxh2 65. Kxa3 Ra5+ 66. Kb4 Qa4# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.04 (flawless) . Mistake: White=2 --- Inaccurate: White=3 --- OK: White=10 Black=24 Best: --- Black=2 Strong: White=1 Black=1} 0-1

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Game 10 from QL: LGE vs Expositor

A unique opening which LGE took advantage of it Against Expositor.




[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Little Goliath Evolution NN 3."]
[Black "Expositor 2WN29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. b4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Bb2 Bxb4 (3... d6 4. e3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 Nf6 7. Ne2 a5 8. b5 c5 9. a4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. g3 Nbd7 12. Bg2 Ne5 13. f3 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Nxb2 15. Qc2 Nd3 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Nf4 Nb4 18. Qb2 {Ye,R (2461)-Lou,Y (2484) Tianjin 2018 0-1}) 4. Bxe5 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 $146 (6. Nf3 Re8 (6... d5 7. Qb3 Ba5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bc3 Bc7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 Nce4 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. g3 dxc4 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 b5 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. a4 a6 18. Rd1 Be5 19. Nf3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qf5 21. Kg2 {Starr,A (1621)-Russell,J (1831) San Francisco 2009 0-1 (49)}) 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bb2 Nc5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. dxc6 Qd6 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Na4 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Bxa3 Ne4 19. d4 Rac8 20. Rac1 b5 {Weigel,H (2003)-Thielemann,J (2060) Rheda Wiedenbrueck 2001 1-0 (49)}) 6... Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} Bxf6 ({Much less strong is} 8... gxf6 9. Nf3 $14) 9. Nf3 Na6 10. d4 Be6 11. Be2 b5 12. Qa3 b4 13. Qxa6 bxc3 14. Qxc6 Qa5 {0.87/19 Against Qa4} (14... Rb8 $11 {0.28/18}) 15. Qb5 $1 $16 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} Qa3 16. Qb3 {Prevents Rab8} Qa5 17. Rc1 Rfb8 18. Qxc3 Qxa2 {[#]} 19. Rc2 {Wards off Rb2} Qb1+ 20. Bd1 Qb4 21. Nd2 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 {Strongly threatening Bf3.} Rb2 23. Bf3 Rab8 24. Ra3 {Repels Ra2} Kf8 25. Rxa7 Rc2 {[#]} 26. Bd1 $1 Rcb2 27. Ra1 g6 28. Bf3 Rc8 29. Be2 Re8 30. Bf3 h5 31. Be4 h4 32. h3 Bg7 33. Kd1 f5 34. Bd3 Bf7 35. Kc1 Reb8 36. Ra8 {Deflection} Rxa8 37. Kxb2 f4 38. Re1 ({Inferior is} 38. exf4 Bxd4+ 39. Kb3 Rb8+ 40. Kc2 Rb2+ 41. Kc1 Ra2 $14) 38... g5 39. Be4 Ra5 40. Bf3 fxe3 41. fxe3 Bf6 42. Kb3 Bd8 43. Bc6 Kg7 44. Rc1 Be7 45. Nf3 Be6 46. Rf1 Bf7 47. Re1 Be6 48. e4 g4 49. hxg4 Bxg4 50. e5 dxe5 51. Nxe5 Ra3+ 52. Kb2 Bf5 53. Bd5 Rg3 54. Rf1 Bg6 55. c5 Be8 56. Ra1 Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kf5 58. c6 Bd6 59. Nc4 Bf4 60. Ra8 Bxc6 61. Bxc6 Rd3 62. Rf8+ Kg5 63. Rd8 h3 64. gxh3 Rxh3 65. Rg8+ Kh5 $2 {7.73/16} (65... Kh4 {3.53/20} 66. Kc2 Rh2+ 67. Kd3 Rh3+ 68. Ke4 Rg3) 66. Rh8+ $18 Bh6 67. Ne5 {aiming for Nf7.} Kg5 68. Nf7+ Kg6 69. Nxh6 {Be4+ would now be deadly.} Re3 70. Ba4 Kg5 71. Bc2 Re6 72. d5 Rb6+ 73. Kc3 Kf6 74. Nf5 Rb5 75. d6 Rb7 76. Be4 Rd7 77. Kd4 {White threatens Bc6 and mate.} Rxd6+ 78. Nxd6 {White mates.} Ke6 79. Nc4 Kf6 80. Ne5 Kg5 81. Rg8+ Kf6 82. Rg6+ Ke7 83. Rg7+ Kf8 84. Rf7+ Ke8 85. Bc6+ Kd8 86. Rd7+ Ke8 87. Ra7+ Kd8 88. Nf7+ Kc8 89. Nd6+ Kb8 90. Rb7+ Ka8 91. Rb6+ Ka7 92. Nc8# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise) . Mistake: --- Black=2 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=41 Black=23 Best: White=1 Black=1 Strong: White=2 ---} 1-0

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Game 12 From QL: Odonata vs Nalwald

Nalwald played actively which it outplays Odonata in the beautiful endgame.



[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Odonata 0.6.13"]
[Black "Nalwald 16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. b4 d5 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nxe5 Bxb4 4. Bb2 (4. c4 Be7 5. e3 Bf6 6. d4 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ba3 c6 9. Qb3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Qb4 Re8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Bxd6 Nd7 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Be4 Nf5 {Karadag,E (1751)-Gani,R (1370) Adapazari 2022 1-0 (55)}) 4... Nf6 5. c4 $146 (5. e3 O-O (5... Nbd7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qb3 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. d4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qc6 14. d5 Qc5 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. O-O Qd6 17. Bb3 Rac8 18. e4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Re5 20. f4 {Kincel,F (1840)-Puobis,J (1857) Slovakia 2014 ½-½}) 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. c4 Rb8 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Qxc5 Rxb2 13. Qxa7 Ne4 14. Qd4 Rb6 15. d3 c5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qa7 Bb5 18. a4 Ba6 19. Ra2 Nd6 {Iyti,B (2259)-Khader,S (2405) Batumi 2018 1-0 (47)}) (5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nf3 Na6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Re1 b5 13. e4 d4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bc7 16. Bc1 Ba5 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Nh4 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nb4 {Peng,Z (2410)-Comp Diep The Hague 1996 0-1 (42)}) 5... O-O 6. e3 Be6 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Re8 10. Nd3 Bc4 11. Qc2 Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Qb2 {Hoping for Qxf6.} Qd6 15. Qc3 c6 16. Qb4 Qd8 17. Nf4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 b6 19. d4 {[#]} c5 $1 20. dxc5 Na6 21. Qb2 Nxc5 22. h3 Qc7 23. Kg1 Rad8 24. Qc2 {-1.10/16} (24. h4 $15 {-0.57/20}) 24... Qe5 $17 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. Nd4 Rd5 27. Nf3 Qb8 28. Qe2 {-1.35/17} (28. Qc7 $142 {-0.81/22}) 28... Rf5 {Black has more active pieces.} 29. Qd3 Rc5 {Dodges h4} 30. Rxc5 bxc5 ({Don't play} 30... Nxc5 $6 31. Qe2 $11) 31. Nd2 {Repels c4} Nxd2 32. Qxd2 {Endgame. KQR-KQR} Rc8 33. Qc2 c4 {Dodges Qb3} 34. g3 c3 35. Kh2 h5 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Kg2 g6 38. e4 Qc5 39. Rd1 {-1.76/19 [#] Repels Rd8} (39. Rc1 $17 {-1.02/16}) 39... Rb8 $1 $19 {...Rb2 would now be deadly.} 40. Rd5 Qc6 41. Rd3 $2 {-4.46/21 This move loses the game for White.} (41. a3 $17 {-1.57/19 was necessary.}) 41... Qxe4+ 42. Kh2 Qe1 ({Don't take} 42... Rc8 43. Rd8+ Rxd8 44. Qxe4 $18) 43. Rd1 Qe5 44. Rd3 Rb2 {Skewer} 45. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 46. Kg1 Qxc3 47. Rxc3 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 48. h4 a5 49. Kf1 a4 50. Ke1 Kg7 {aiming for ...Rb2.} 51. Rf3 Rb2 {Threatens to win with ...Rb3.} 52. Ra3 Rb3 53. Rxa4 Rxg3 54. Ra2 Rg1+ 55. Kf2 Rg4 56. Ra5 Rxh4 57. Kg3 Rb4 58. Kh3 f5 59. Rc5 Kh6 60. Rc6 h4 61. Kh2 Kh5 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 62. Kh3 g5 {And now ...g4+ would win.} 63. Kg2 g4 64. Kf2 g3+ 65. Kg2 Kg4 {Black mates.} 66. Rg6+ Kf4 67. Rd6 Rb2+ 68. Kh1 Kg4 69. Rd4+ f4 70. Rd1 f3 71. Rc1 Kh3 72. Rf1 g2+ 73. Kg1 {[#]} f2+ $1 74. Rxf2 Rb1+ 75. Rf1 gxf1=Q# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.04 (flawless) . Loses game: White=1 --- Mistake: White=3 --- Inaccurate: White=4 Black=1 OK: White=13 Black=25 Best: White=3 Black=4 Strong: --- Black=1} 0-1

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QL Game 13: Frozenight vs StockNemo

Frozenight out maneuver Stocknemo which Froze took the advantage of it to win the game.



[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frozenight 5dev_31072022"]
[Black "StockNemo 4.0.0.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. Bxd6 (7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd3 Qa5+ 9. b4 Bxb4+ 10. c3 Be7 11. Qxf5 Nbd7 12. O-O g6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Nbd2 Nxg3 17. fxg3 O-O 18. Qf5 Rae8 {1-0 (18) Sedlak,N (2503)-Sanal,V (2561) Neum 2021}) 7... cxd6 (7... Qxd6 8. Qd3 f4 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O fxe3 11. fxe3 Re8 12. Ng5 Nbd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ncxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qg6 16. Rf4 Re7 17. Raf1 Rae8 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qd5 c6 20. Qd6 Nf8 21. Ng3 Rd7 22. Qc5 {Nabaty,T (2639)-Rapport,R (2752) Germany 2020 0-1 (37)}) 8. Qd3 $146 {White is slightly better.} (8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. b3 Rc7 15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Rec8 18. Rfc1 f5 19. Kf1 Nd7 20. Ke1 b5 21. Kd1 Nb6 22. Nf1 g6 {Marx,P (1374)-Schwarz,N (1341) Arendsee 2009 ½-½ (41)}) 8... Qd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rfc1 a6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Qd1 Rad8 14. a5 Nc6 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qa3 h6 18. b3 Rfe8 19. c4 g5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 {Strongly threatening d5.} Qe7 23. d5 Na7 {...Nb5 would now be deadly.} 24. Qb4 Nb5 25. Rc4 g4 26. Ne1 {White is more active.} h5 27. Nd3 {Prevents Qe5.} Qg5 28. Rac1 h4 29. e4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Kh8 {0.93/20} (31... Kf8 $11 {0.22/19}) 32. Rc4 $16 Rg8 33. Kf1 Qd2 34. Ne1 {And now Qf5 would win.} Rg6 {1.97/16} (34... Qxa5 $2 35. Qf4 $18) (34... Rg5 $14 {0.59/21}) 35. Qe8+ $1 $18 Kg7 (35... Rg8 $2 36. Qxf7 Qg5 37. Qxb7 $18) 36. Rc8 Rh6 {2.24/18 [#] Wards off Qh8+} (36... Kf6 $142 {1.68/20}) 37. Qf8+ $1 Kg6 {[#]} 38. Rc4 $1 (38. Qg8+ $6 Kf6 $16) 38... Qxd5 $2 {4.22/17 This costs Black the game.} (38... g3 39. Rg4+ (39. fxg3 Nd4 $11) 39... Kf6 40. Qg7+ Ke7 41. Re4+ (41. fxg3 $2 Nc3 $19) (41. fxg3 $2 Nc3 $19)) (38... Nd4 $16 {1.35/21 is a better defense.} 39. Qxd6+ (39. Qg8+ Kf5 $18) 39... f6) 39. Rxg4+ Kf5 40. Rg7 f6 {5.19/20} (40... Kf6 $142 {3.52/20} 41. Rg4 Rh5) 41. g4+ hxg3 42. Rxg3 {Qc8+ is the strong threat.} ({Less strong is} 42. Qc8+ Qe6 43. Qc2+ (43. Qxb7 $2 {loses.} Nd4 $19) 43... Qe4 44. Qc8+ (44. fxg3 Qxc2 {Remove Defender} 45. Nxc2 Rxh2 $17) 44... Qe6 45. Qc2+ (45. Qxb7 $2 Nd4 $19) 45... Qe4 46. Qxe4+ (46. fxg3 Qxc2 47. Nxc2 Rxh2 $17) (46. Qc8+ Qe6 $14) 46... Kxe4 47. hxg3 Kd5 $14) 42... Nd4 (42... Rxh2 43. Qc8+ Ke5 44. Nf3+) 43. Qxh6 {Qh3+ would kill now.} Ke6 44. Re3+ Kd7 45. Qh7+ (45. Qxf6 $2 Qh1#) 45... Kc6 46. Rc3+ Kb5 47. Qd3+ Kxa5 {[#]} 48. b4+ $1 Kxb4 (48... Kb6 49. Nf3) 49. Nc2+ Nxc2 50. Qxd5 {Threatening mate with Rc4+.} Kxc3 51. Qxb7 Na3 52. Qxa6 Nc4 53. h4 Nd2+ {White mates.} 54. Ke2 Nb3 55. Qc6+ Kd4 56. h5 Ke5 57. Qc3+ Nd4+ 58. Ke3 f5 59. Qxd4+ Ke6 60. Qb4 f4+ 61. Kxf4 Kd7 62. Ke4 Kc6 63. Qb3 Kd7 64. Qb7+ Ke6 65. Kf4 Kf6 66. Qd7 d5 67. Qxd5 Kg7 68. Qf5 Kh8 69. h6 Kg8 70. Ke3 Kh8 71. Qe5+ Kg8 72. Qg7# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.36. Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: --- Black=4 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=2 OK: White=15 Black=17 Best: White=3 Black=1 Strong: White=3 ---} 1-0

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QL Game 14: Frozenight vs StockNemo (reverse)

A typical Queen's gambit which at move 13 which is a new game. Black pieces became active and deadly which Frozenight forced to trade pieces to win the game.



[pgn][Event "Mini-TCEC Season 2"]
[Site "BASTI-DANGCA"]
[Date "2022.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "StockNemo 4.0.0.1"]
[Black "Frozenight 5dev_31072022"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (1s)"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]

{D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Qc2 h6 (11... g6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 a5 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rab1 Be6 16. Ng5 Kg7 17. Nxe6+ Rxe6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bc4 Re7 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Bxe7 24. d5 Rd8 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Kf1 {Bu,X (2719)-Mamedyarov,S (2750) China 2016 ½-½ (31)}) (11... Qe7 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 g6 14. Qh3 h5 15. a3 Kf8 16. O-O Kg7 17. Qh4 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Bc7 19. b4 a6 20. Na4 Ne4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc5 Nd6 23. Nd2 a5 24. Kf1 Ra8 25. Ke2 Ra7 26. Kd3 {Moiseenko,V (2541)-Demchenko,A (2600) Novorossiysk 2021 1-0 (65)}) 12. O-O-O {-0.69/16} (12. O-O $11 {-0.11/21}) 12... O-O $146 (12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Nd2 (14. Ng5 O-O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e4 Bb4 17. e5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Ng4 20. Rd2 Rhf8 21. Rf1 Rd7 22. Re2 h5 23. Bg6 c5 24. Bxh5 Nh6 25. Bg6 Rc7 26. f4 Kd7 27. Rf3 Ke7 28. Bd3 cxd4 {Cruz,R-Schweber,S Buenos Aires 1962 ½-½ (42)}) 14... O-O 15. f3 Rfc8 16. g4 Qd8 17. Bf5 Qd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. g5 Qd5 23. Nc3 Qxg5 24. Rde1 Rd8 25. Re5 Qf4 26. Ne2 Qf6 27. Bd3 {Johansson,J (2371)-Forsberg,V (2379) Uppsala 2016 0-1 (39)}) (12... Be6 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. Nf4 Kb8 16. Ka1 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rhe8 18. b4 Rc8 19. Qb2 Ne4 20. Bf1 Ka8 21. Nd3 f6 22. Be2 Bc7 23. Rhd1 Bd6 24. Bf1 Bc7 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Rb8 27. Rd3 {Kovalenko,I (2652)-Varacalli,F (2287) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0 (115)}) 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. a3 Rad8 {Black is more active.} 19. Re3 Re7 20. Ne5 {[#] Deflection. Black converts the advantage convincingly.} Bxe5 21. b4 {-1.88/18} (21. dxe5 $17 {-0.86/19 might work better.} Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1) 21... Qb6 $19 22. dxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rd7 24. Qe1 a5 25. Kc1 {-3.28/17} (25. Kc2 $142 {-2.21/20}) 25... Qd4 26. Bb1 axb4 27. axb4 Rd5 28. f4 g6 29. Bd3 {-4.71/16} (29. Ra3 $142 {-3.13/17}) 29... c5 30. b5 Bg4 31. e6 fxe6 32. Bb1 Qa1 33. Rf3 Kf7 34. f5 exf5 35. Rb3 Rd1+ 36. Qxd1 Bxd1 37. Kxd1 {Endgame. KQ-KRB} c4 38. Rb4 Qd4+ 39. Ke2 Qc3 40. Rxc4 Qxc4+ {Black mates.} 41. Bd3 Qd5 42. Ke3 Qxg2 43. Bc4+ Kf6 44. Kd4 Qxg3 45. Bd5 Qa3 46. b6 Qb4+ 47. Kd3 Qb5+ 48. Bc4 Qxb6 49. Bd5 Qd6 50. Kc4 {[#]} b5+ $1 51. Kd4 h5 52. Kc3 Qxd5 53. Kb4 Qc6 54. Kb3 Qc5 55. Ka2 Qd4 56. Kb3 Qd2 57. Ka3 Qc3+ 58. Ka2 b4 59. Kb1 Qd2 60. Ka1 b3 61. Kb1 Qa2+ 62. Kc1 Qc2# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.02 (flawless) . Mistake: White=4 --- Inaccurate: White=2 Black=1 OK: White=7 Black=18 Best: White=1 Black=1} 0-1

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