Game 6 of 10
[Event "Battle of the Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Round "6"]
[White "TheKing Alabama"]
[Black "TheKing Normal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 Bc5 6.d3 Nxd4 7.exd4 Bxd4 8.dxe4
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Ba3 d6 11.Bd3 Nc5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 g6 15.Re3
Re8 16.Qf3 Rxe3 17.Qxe3 Be6 18.Be4 c6 19.Qxc5 Qd2 20.Qb4 Re8 21.Qxb7 Qxc3
22.Rf1 Bxc4 23.Qxc6 Rxe4 24.Qa8+ Kg7 25.Qxe4 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Qa1+ 27.Qe1 Qxa2
28.Qe5+ f6 29.Qc7+ Qf7 30.Qc5 Qd7 31.g3 g5 32.Qa5 h5 33.Qc5 Qa4 34.Qe7+ Kg6
35.Qd8 Qb5+ 36.Ke1 a5 37.Kd2 Kf5 38.f3 a4 39.Qd4 Qc6 40.Qe3 Kg6 41.Qc3 Qxc3+
42.Kxc3 Kf5 43.h3 h4 44.gxh4 gxh4 45.Kb4 Kf4 46.Kxa4 Kxf3 47.Kb3 f5 48.Kc4 Ke3
49.Kd5 f4 50.Ke5 f3 51.Kf5 Kd4 52.Kg4 f2 53.Kf5 f1=Q+ 54.Ke6 Qf8 55.Kd7 Kd5
56.Kc7 Kc5 57.Kd7 Qf7+ 58.Kd8 Kd6 59.Kc8 Qc7# 0-1
The English, Nimzowitsch, Flohr variation was played again. This makes it interesting to compare with Game 5.
HIARCS15 Analysis:
White: 2 blunders and 5 inaccuracies.
Black: 2 inaccuracies.
This game was not good for KingA. He lost a Pawn early in the game and never recovered.
In the following position Black had just played 40…Kg6:
KingN(Black) is in a reasonably good position and White will have to fight hard. However, KingA blundered with the move 41.Qc3?? What!? An exchange of Queens leaves White with Pawns marching down from both sides of the board with his King caught in the middle.
Play continued 41…Qxc3 42.Kxc3 The expected Queen exchange. 42…Kf5 Black brings his King into position for the fight:
Here, KingN search depth is 16|17 whilst KingA’s is 09|18 but the extra selectivity does not help. Here he blunders again and moves 43.h3?? He obviously does not care about Black’s Pawn on a4. Surely 43.Kb4 would have been better? Now, White cannot prevent Black from Queening.
Current Score 5 – 1 to KingN