Game 8 of 10
In the following game the advantage swings from one side to the other for about half the game then one side takes over. You can probably guess which.
[Event "30/30 Rest 30 mins"]
[Round "8"]
[White "ChessGenius Android on Galaxy Tab A8"]
[Black "TheKing Normal"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Be6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ne5 b5 7.Be2 g6 8.a4 b4 9.Na2 a5 10.Nxc4 Bg7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.Nd2 Rac8 15.O-O Rfd8 16.Bc4 Ng4 17.Nf3 Nc5 18.h3 Nf6 19.Qe2 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 Ncd7 21.Rfc1 Qd6 22.Ne5 c5 23.Nd3 Qa6 24.Qc2 Ne4 25.dxc5 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Qc6 27.Qc2 f5 28.f3 Ng5 29.Qb2 Re8 30.h4 Nf7 31.e4 fxe4 32.Rxe4 e5 33.Rcc4 Rcd8 34.Re1 Nf6 35.Nf2 Rd5 36.Qc2 Red8 37.Ne4 Nxe4 38.Qxe4 Rc8 39.h5 gxh5 40.Kh1 Rxc5 41.Rxc5 Qxc5 42.Rc1 Qf8 43.Kh2 Qd8 44.Rc4 Rxc4 45.Qxc4 Qd2 46.Nc1 Qc3 47.Nd3 Qxc4 48.bxc4 Kf8 49.Kg3 e4 50.fxe4 Nd6 51.Kf4 Nxc4 52.Nc5 h4 53.e5 Ke7 54.Ke4 Nb6 55.Kd4 Kf7 56.Nb3 Nxa4 57.Nxa5 Ke6 58.Nb3 h6 59.Nd2 Nb6 60.Ke4 Nd5 61.Nb3 Nc3+ 62.Kd4 Kf5 63.Nc5 Ne2+ 64.Kd5 Nf4+ 65.Kd6 Kg4 66.Nd3 b3 67.Nb2 Kg3 68.e6 Nxe6 69.Kxe6 Kxg2 70.Kd5 h3 71.Kc4 h2 72.Kxb3 h1=Q 73.Nd3 Qb1+ 74.Kc4 Qxd3+ 75.Kxd3 h5 76.Ke3 h4 77.Kf4 h3 78.Ke3 Kg3 79.Kd4 Kf4 80.Kd3 h2 81.Kd4 h1=Q 82.Kc4 Qc6+ 83.Kb3 Ke4 84.Kb4 Kd3 85.Ka5 Qb7 86.Ka4 Kc4 87.Ka5 Qb5# 0-1
They played the Queen’s Gambit Declined with TheKing deviating at move 5 from the following position:
Here, the preferred move is 5…b5! But TheKing played 5…Nf6!? In keeping with it’s style, speculative and exciting.
There were two blunders in this game one from each side. The first blunder was made by TheKing in the following position:
CG had just made the questionable move 49.Kg3?! Possibly after the pawn on h5. Better would have been 49.Nc1 preventing the advance of Black’s passed pawn on b4. But to benefit from this move does require looking further ahead then CG could probably manage. However, TheKing responded with 49…e4?? Giving up a pawn bringing the position level again.
The second blunder was by CG in the following position:
Black had just played 62…Kf5 and CG responded with 63.Nc5?? Probably to support advance if the e5 pawn. The better move is 63.Nc1 to eventually reach and protect the pawn on g2, but it’s academic with Black in such a strong position. From the blunder onward TheKing pretty much played the best moves to victory.
So not perfect play with CG making 1 blunder and 12 inaccuracies and TheKing making 1 blunder and 9 inaccuracies. But a win is a win with the score now 7 – 1 in favour of TheKing.