Game 9 of 10
[Event "Battle of the Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Round "9"]
[White "TheKing Normal"]
[Black "TheKing Alabama"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bc4 O-O 6.Qe2 c5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Bxd4 Nc6
9.Bc3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nd5 11.Bxg7 Nf4 12.Qf1 Kxg7 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Kb2 f5 15.exf5 d5
16.Bb5 Rac8 17.Bxc6 Rxc6 18.c4 Bxf5 19.Nb1 dxc4 20.Qe1 Nd3+ 21.Rxd3 Qxe1
22.Rxe1 cxd3 23.Rxe7+ Kg8 24.Rxb7 Be4 25.Rxa7 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Rxf3 27.b4 Rxf2+
28.Kb3 Rc1 29.Nc3 Rxh2 30.Ra8+ Kg7 31.Ra7+ Kf8 32.Ra8+ Ke7 33.Ra7+ Kd8 34.Ra8+
Kc7 35.Ne4 Re2 36.Ra7+ Kc6 37.Ra6+ Kb7 38.Rd6 Rxe4 39.Rxd3 h5 40.a3 h4 41.Kb2
Rec4 42.Rd7+ Rc7 43.Rd8 h3 44.Rh8 R1c2+ 45.Kb3 R2c3+ 46.Kb2 Rg3 47.Rf8 Re7
48.Rf2 Rg2 49.Rc2 Rxc2+ 50.Kxc2 Rc7+ 51.Kd2 Rd7+ 52.Ke3 h2 53.Kf4 h1=Q 54.b5
Qc1+ 55.Ke4 Qc4+ 56.Kf3 Rd3+ 57.Kf2 Qc2+ 58.Ke1 Rd1# 0-1
The Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack was played and KingA shows what it can do!
HIARCS15 Analysis:
White: 1 mistake and 5 inaccuracies.
Black: 1 inaccuracy.
Up until move 10 in the opening it was fairly evenly matched. See diagram:
Here Black has a slightly better position. White’s Bishop on c3 is under attack from Black’s Knight and Bishop so he needs to handle this correctly. There are a few options here:
If 11.exd5 Bxc3 threatening the Rook 11.Rd1 Nd4 and White’s in difficulty. A better line goes:
11.Bxd5 Bxc3 12.Rd1 Ne5 13.h3 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 and White has a much better game.
However, KingN opts for 11.Bxg7?! Play continues with 11…Nf4 attacking the Queen. 12.Qf1 the safest as 12.Qd1 maintains Blacks skewer with his Bishop on g4. 12…Kxg7 13.O-O-O Qa5 and Black is in a healthy position. In fact, from here KingA stormed through to a win in the shortest game so far at 58 moves.
I think KingA’s extra selectivity helped secure this game, and from the opening it found the best moves. A good win!
Current Score 6 – 3 to KingN
So, even if KingA wins the next game it wont win this match, but seems to be catching up.