4NCL Online Season 2: Kicks-off

By Tarun

The biggest Online Chess League 4NCL Online Season 2 Round 1 started on 25th August. Season 2 is good as the previous season with over 229 teams across 6 Divisions playing on lichess.org.

4NCL Online League format is pretty simple. After 7 rounds of swiss play, top 4 teams from respective division play semi-final and then, Final. Thou, this is for Division 1-4. For more details refer to 4NCL Offical Site.

Chessable White Rose 1 vs Blackthorne Russia:

Quite a suprising yet exciting pairing. Top Favorite teams battle against each other in round 1. The reigning champions outweigh Blackthorne Russia by 100 average team rating points.

Chessable vs Blackthorne Russia | Scoreboard — Scoreboard

Blackthorne Russia scared Chessable White Rose 1 with Danny’s Big win against Gawain. See how Danny won against Gawain.

Before you see the game. Step into the foot steps of Danny

[Event "4ncl Online "] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.08.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Gawain Jones"] [Black "Gormally, Daniel W"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "1421"] [Annotator "Tarun"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 {B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation, Traditional} 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 d6 $6 ({more popular is} 5... Nc6) 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O Nf6 (8... d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qc6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Ng3 $16 { 1-0 (21) Bashirli,N (2367)-Kolbert,E (2096) Paracin 2019}) (8... Be6 9. c3 dxc3 10. dxc3 Ne7 11. c4 g6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 $14 {1-0 (64) Garde,G (1716)-Djidjeli,S (2074) Europe Chess INT 2020}) 9. f4 $6 {Hard to believe that this is a inaccuracy.} (9. Re1 {Engines prefer to open the block center} Be6 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. cxd4 Bd6 13. b3 exd4 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Nxd4 Bg4) 9... Be7 10. Ng3 $2 {(0.33 ? -0.83) Mistake. c3 was best.} (10. c3 dxc3) 10... g6 $2 {(-0.83 ? 0.33) Mistake. h5 was best.} ({Black could of pushed harry much earlier} 10... h5 $1) 11. Bc4 $6 {(0.33 ? -0.29) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best.} (11. Qf3 O-O (11... h5 12. h3) 12. f5 b5 13. Be2 d3 14. Qxd3 d5 15. exd5 Bb7 16. Bf3 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5) 11... b5 $6 {(-0.29 ? 0.33) Inaccuracy. exf4 was best.} ({it might seem ugly to play} 11... exf4 12. Rxf4 d5 {Black takes over the initiative by opening up the position} 13. exd5 b5 14. Bb3 d3 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Kh1 dxc2 17. Bxc2 Bb7 $15) 12. Bb3 d3 $6 {(0.01 ? 0.87) Inaccuracy. h5 was best.} (12... h5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. d3 a5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Ng4 17. Rf3 Rb8 18. h3 Ne3 19. Bxe3) 13. Qf3 $2 {(0.87 ? -0.58) Mistake. cxd3 was best.} ({I wonder what made Gawain not to play} 13. cxd3 Qb6+ (13... O-O 14. d4 Qb6 15. Kh1 Qxd4 16. d3 $16) 14. Kh1 exf4 15. Rxf4) 13... Qb6+ 14. Kh1 h5 {I think Gawain didn’t expect this} 15. cxd3 $6 {too late} (15. Qxd3 h4 16. Ne2 h3 17. g3 b4 {Preventing Nc3, preparing the deadly Bb7} 18. c3 Bb7 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ng4 21. Qf3 f5 $17) 15... h4 16. Ne2 h3 $6 {(-1.56 ? -0.52) Inaccuracy. Bg4 was best.} (16... Bg4 17. Qf2 Qxf2 18. Rxf2 Nh5 $1 {by not inserting …h4-h3 Black get this additional option of giving a check on g3} 19. Nc3 Nxf4 $17) 17. g3 Bg4 18. Qf2 Qxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxe2 $6 {(-0.93 ? -0.41) Inaccuracy. O-O was best.} (19... O-O 20. Nc3 Rac8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Bb3 Bd8 24. d4 Bb6 25. Rf1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Bxd4 27. Rxa6 Rc2) 20. Rxe2 exf4 21. gxf4 {recapturing the pawn was natural, but have black a target to play on} (21. Bd5) (21. d4 $1 {striving to open the c1-bishop is the key} fxg3 22. hxg3 Nh5 23. Kh2 $14 {d3 follows}) 21... Rh4 22. Re3 $2 {(-0.87 ? -2.27) Mistake. d4 was best.} ({White should have played} 22. d4 {followed by d3 and developing the bishop} Rxf4 23. Kg1 Ng4 24. d3 {still black is better, but this was better than what was played in the game}) 22... Rc8 23. Rf3 $6 {(-2.01 ? -2.96) Inaccuracy. d4 was best.} (23. d4 Rxf4 24. Kg1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxe4 26. d3 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Nxg5 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Kf2 Ne6) 23... Nh5 24. d4 { Now white is trying to play d3 followed by Bd2 which is too late now} Rxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxf4 26. d3 Nxd3 27. Be3 Nxb2 28. Rf1 Nc4 29. Bg1 Bg5 30. Rf3 Nd2 31. Rxh3 Nxb3 32. Rxb3 Rc1 33. a3 Ra1 34. Kg2 Bc1 35. Rc3 $6 {(-4.48 ? -5.90) Inaccuracy. a4 was best.} (35. a4 Rxa4) 35... Bxa3 36. Rc8+ Kd7 37. Ra8 $6 { (-5.33 ? -7.47) Inaccuracy. Rb8 was best.} (37. Rb8 b4) 37... Bb2 $6 {(-7.47 ? -4.50) Inaccuracy. b4 was best.} (37... b4 38. d5 b3 39. Bd4 b2 40. Ra7+ Kc8 41. Bxb2 Bxb2 42. Rxf7 a5 43. Kf2 a4 44. Ke2) 38. d5 $6 {(-4.50 ? -5.95) Inaccuracy. Ra7+ was best.} (38. Ra7+ Ke6) 38... Be5 39. Rb8 Re1 40. Rb7+ Ke8 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. Bb6 Rxe4 43. h4 b4 44. Kf3 Rf4+ 45. Ke3 Rg4 46. Kd3 b3 47. Bd8+ Kd7 48. Bg5 b2 49. Kc2 Rg2+ 50. Kb1 Kc7 51. Rb3 a5 52. Be3 a4 53. Bb6+ Kd7 54. Rb4 Re2 55. Bd4 a3 {Normal White resigns.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

After this game, scores were level 1-1. John Emms was the first one to score a point for the team and 4NCL Online season 2, pointed out by the reigning champions tweet

Renowned author deserves best game of the round prize.

[Event "4ncl online"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.08.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Emms, John M"] [Black "Webb, Laurence E"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1973"] [BlackElo "1254"] [Annotator "Tarun"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {B15 Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation} 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bf4 Nf8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. f4 Re7 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qf2 { Protecting the pawn and threatening f4-f5 followed by Qh4 with some attack on the kingside.} Rae8 $2 {(0.37 ? 1.53) Mistake. f5 was best.} (16... f5 { preventing white from playing f5 was better} 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Re2 $14) 17. f5 Nf8 18. Qh4 h6 $4 {(1.25 ? 4.56) Blunder. c5 was best.} ( 18... c5) 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qxh6 Re3 21. Rad1 Nh7 $2 {(4.00 ? 7.66) Mistake. Qd6 was best.} (21... Qd6 22. Rf4) 22. Rf4 Qd6 23. Rg4+ Ng5 24. Rxg5+ fxg5 25. Qxd6 {Normal Black resigns.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

GM John M Emms Photo — Authors of 40+ Chess Books! John Emms| Photo: John Upham

Christof relieved team pressure by winning against Adam Taylor. The game was uncertain till White’s 43rd move. Where White Blundered.

[Event "4ncl online "] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.08.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Taylor, Adam A"] [Black "Sielecki, Christof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "1886"] [BlackElo "2250"] [Annotator "Tarun"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] 1. Nf3 c5 {A04 Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation} 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg4 8. c3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bf4 Nf5 $6 {(0.48 ? 1.01) Inaccuracy. g5 was best.} ( 13... g5 14. Be3 b5 15. Nb3 b4 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Qh5 Nc4 19. Bc1 Rc8 20. f4) 14. Qd3 $6 {(1.01 ? 0.43) Inaccuracy. Nb3 was best.} (14. Nb3) 14... g5 15. Be3 Nd6 16. Nf3 f5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nc4 19. Bd4 Nxb2 20. Qb5 Nc4 21. Qxb7 Qc8 22. Rab1 Rf7 23. Qb4 Qc6 24. Qb5 Rc8 25. h4 g4 26. h5 Bf8 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rb8 Rfc7 29. f3 gxf3 30. Bxf3 Kf7 31. g4 f4 32. Be2 Be7 $2 { (0.00 ? 1.10) Mistake. Bc5 was best.} (32... Bc5 33. Bd3 Bxd4+ 34. cxd4 Nd2 35. Kf2 Rc3 36. Rh8 Rxd3 37. Rh7+ Ke8 38. Rxc7 Ne4+ 39. Kg1) 33. Bd3 $2 {(1.10 ? 0. 00) Mistake. Bxc4 was best.} (33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Reb1 Bc5 35. R8b7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7+ Kg8 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxa7 Rxc3 39. Re7 Rc6) 33... Nd2 34. Bg6+ Kg7 35. Kg2 Bh4 36. Rh1 $6 {(-0.10 ? -0.63) Inaccuracy. Rd1 was best.} (36. Rd1) 36... Bg5 37. Rd1 Ne4 38. Re8 Rb7 $6 {(-0.82 ? 0.00) Inaccuracy. Ra6 was best.} ( 38... Ra6 39. Kf3 Nxc3 40. Rc1 Ra3 41. Bxc3 Raxc3+ 42. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 43. Kg2 Bh4 44. g5 Rg3+ 45. Kf1) 39. Kf3 Nxc3 40. Rc1 $6 {(0.00 ? -0.66) Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best.} (40. Rd2 Ne4 41. Bxe4 dxe4+ 42. Kxe4 f3 43. Be3 Rc4+ 44. Kd3 Rxg4 45. Rxe6 Rd7+ 46. Rd6 Re7) 40... Nb5 $4 {(-0.66 ? 1.24) Blunder. Rbc7 was best. } (40... Rbc7) 41. Bb2 $4 {(1.24 ? -6.30) Blunder. Bc5 was best.} (41. Bc5) 41... Rxc1 $4 {(-6.30 ? 0.00) Blunder. Nd4+ was best.} (41... Nd4+) 42. Bxc1 Nd4+ 43. Kg2 $4 {(0.33 ? -8.33) Blunder. Kf2 was best.} (43. Kf2 Bh4+ 44. Kf1 Re7 45. Bxf4 Rxe8 46. Bxe8 Nf3 47. Bd7 Bg5 48. Kf2 Bxf4 49. Kxf3 Bxe5 $11) 43... f3+ {Normal White resigns.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

The ball was on Blackthorne Russia’s Court. Having 2-1 Chessable White Rose were guaranteed a draw at least. The remaining game was Board 2. From the start, Richard had an upper hand. In the late middle-game, he was a whole knight up. So it was expected that the match scores would be 2-2, but in a tense-time scramble, Richard missed many winning opportunities. Finally, the game ended in a draw

Chessable White Rose 4NCL: Tweet — A much-needed win for the reigning champions

A great save by IM Adair James | Photo: ECF Chess

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/Z822wjt6"] [Date "2020.08.25"] [White "Richard_Bates"] [Black "Frankly_Mr_Shankly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2020.08.25"] [UTCTime "18:30:42"] [WhiteElo "1942"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-41"] [BlackRatingDiff "+198"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] [ECO "E15"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 { E15 Queen’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line } 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Bc1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5? { (-0.66 → 0.61) Mistake. Bxc5 was best. } (16... Bxc5) 17. Qd3?? { (0.61 → -1.11) Blunder. f4 was best. } (17. f4 Rb8 18. e3 Bf8 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Nf3 d4 22. Rfe1 Qd6 23. Bb2 Qb6) 17... Qc7 18. f4 c4 19. Qc2? { (-0.43 → -1.89) Mistake. bxc4 was best. } (19. bxc4 dxc4) 19... cxb3 20. Qxb3 Nc5? { (-2.03 → -0.49) Mistake. Rab8 was best. } (20... Rab8 21. e3) 21. Qb1 Rab8 22. Nb5 Qa5 23. Bd2 Qa4 24. Nc3?! { (-0.97 → -2.03) Inaccuracy. Qb4 was best. } (24. Qb4 Qxb4) 24... Qa6 25. Qb5 Qe6 26. Qa5? { (-2.13 → -3.75) Mistake. Nf3 was best. } (26. Nf3) 26... d4 27. Nb5?! { (-3.15 → -4.33) Inaccuracy. Na4 was best. } (27. Na4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nce4 29. a3 Bxa3 30. Rf3 Bd6 31. Qa6 Rbc8 32. Be1 Rc2 33. Rxd4 Bxe5) 27... Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Bd8 29. Nc7 Qe7 30. Rc1 Nb7 31. Nd5 Bxa5 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. Bxa5 Nxa5 34. Rc5 Nb7 35. Rb1 Nxc5 36. Rxb8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 38. Nc6 d3 39. exd3 Nxd3?! { (-3.70 → -2.91) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (39... a6 40. Nb4 Nc7 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. d4 Nd7 43. Nc6 Nb6 44. g4 Nbd5 45. h4 Nc3 46. g5) 40. Nxa7 Nd6 41. Nc6 f6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ke3 Nc1? { (-2.85 → -1.63) Mistake. Nb2 was best. } (43... Nb2 44. Kd4) 44. Nb4 Nc4+ 45. Kd4 Nd2 46. Kc3 Nf1 47. a4 Ke6 48. a5 Kd6 49. a6 Kc7 50. g4? { (-1.86 → -3.86) Mistake. Nd5+ was best. } (50. Nd5+) 50... Nxh2 51. Nd5+ Kc6 52. g5 fxg5 53. fxg5 Nf3 54. g6?! { (-2.37 → -3.23) Inaccuracy. Nf4 was best. } (54. Nf4 Nxg5 55. Kb2 Kb6 56. Kxc1 Kxa6 57. Kd2 Kb6 58. Ke3 Kc6 59. Ng2 Kd5 60. Kf4 Ne6+) 54... h5? { (-3.23 → -1.79) Mistake. hxg6 was best. } (54... hxg6) 55. Ne7+ Kb6 56. Nf5 h4 57. Nxg7 h3 58. Ne6?? { (-1.72 → Mate in 33) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Nf5 was best. } (58. Nf5 h2 59. g7 Ne2+ 60. Kd3 Nf4+ 61. Kc2 h1=Q 62. g8=Q Ne1+ 63. Kb3 Qf3+ 64. Ka2 Qe2+) 58... h2 59. g7?! { (-59.47 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. a7 was best. } (59. a7 h1=Q 60. a8=N+ Kc6 61. Nd4+ Nxd4 62. Kxd4 Qe1 63. g7 Qg1+ 64. Kc3 Qxg7+ 65. Kc2 Qa7) 59... h1=Q 60. g8=Q Qe1+ 61. Kc2 Qd2+ 62. Kb1 Nd3?? { (Mate in 6 → -0.13) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Qb4+ was best. } (62... Qb4+ 63. Kc2 Qb3+ 64. Kxc1 Qc3+ 65. Kb1 Nd2+ 66. Ka2 Qc2+ 67. Ka1 Nb3#) 63. Qd8+ Kb5 64. Qd5+ Kb4 65. Qd6+ Kb3 66. Nc5+ Nxc5 67. Qxd2 Nxd2+ 68. Kc1 Nc4 69. a7 Nb6 70. a8=Q Nxa8 71. Kd2 Nc7 72. Ke3 Kc3 73. Kf4 Kd4 74. Kf3 Nd5 75. Ke2 Ne4 76. Kf3 Kd3 77. Kg4 Nd6 78. Kf3 Kd4 79. Ke2 Ke4 80. Kd2 Nb5 81. Ke2 Nb4 82. Kd2 Kd4 83. Ke2 Nd6 84. Kf3 Nc2 85. Kf4 Ne1 86. Kg5 Ke5 87. Kg4 Ne4 88. Kh5 Kf5 89. Kh4 Nf3+ 90. Kh5 Nf6+ 91. Kh6 Ne8 92. Kh5 Ng7+ 93. Kh6 Kf6 94. Kh7 Nf5 95. Kg8 Ke7 96. Kh7 Kf7 97. Kh8 Ne5 98. Kh7 Ng4 99. Kh8 Ne7 100. Kh7 Ng8 101. Kh8 Ne5 102. Kh7 Nd7 103. Kh8 Nb6 104. Kh7 Nd5 105. Kh8 Nf4 106. Kh7 Nf6+ 107. Kh6 Ne4 108. Kh7 Kf6 109. Kh6 Nd6 110. Kh7 Nf5 111. Kg8 Ke7 112. Kh7 Kf8 113. Kh8 Kf7 114. Kh7 Nh5 115. Kh8 Kg6 116. Kg8 Nf6+ 117. Kf8 Nd7+ 118. Ke8 Ne5 119. Kd8 Kf7 120. Kc7 Ke7 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Guilford Young Guns vs Broadland Kestrels:

Guildford won without much of a hassle. Scoring 3-1. The team is led my GM Romain Edouard – 2nd highest rated player in division 2, if not at least round 1. So you can say the team’s biggest asset.

Romain had a smooth victory against Michael Harris. Early in the game white got the bishop pair and lion’s share in the center all under 8 moves.

[Event "4NCL Online S2 Div1 "] [Date "2020.08.25"] [White "Edouard, Romain"] [Black "Harris, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.08.25"] [UTCTime "18:55:19"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+167"] [BlackRatingDiff "-163"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] [ECO "E21"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 { E21 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation } Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 Qe7? { (0.05 → 1.56) Mistake. e5 was best. } (7... e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. Bd3 b6 10. h3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. d5) 8. e5?! { (1.56 → 0.89) Inaccuracy. Ba3 was best. } (8. Ba3) 8... Nfd7?! { (0.89 → 1.46) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } (8... dxe5 9. Nxe5) 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4? { (1.51 → 0.09) Mistake. Ba3 was best. } (10. Ba3) 10... f5?? { (0.09 → 1.94) Blunder. dxe5 was best. } (10... dxe5) 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg3 Nc6 13. O-O e5 14. Rad1 Re8? { (1.89 → 3.62) Mistake. exd4 was best. } (14... exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qb1 Nc6 18. Be4 Ne7 19. c5 Nf5 20. Qb3 Re8 21. Rfe1) 15. Bg6 Rf8 16. Bh7+?? { (4.55 → 2.22) Blunder. Bh4 was best. } (16. Bh4 Qe6 17. d5 Qg4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bg3 Qxc4 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Nh4 Nc5 22. f4 e4) 16... Kh8 17. Nh4 Ne7?! { (1.74 → 2.38) Inaccuracy. exd4 was best. } (17... exd4 18. cxd4 Rd8 19. Be4 Nf8 20. d5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Re8 22. f3 Na6 23. Bf2 Nc5 24. Bc2) 18. c5 Re8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rde1?! { (2.33 → 1.67) Inaccuracy. Rfe1 was best. } (20. Rfe1 Nf8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Nf3 Nfg6 24. Qa4 b5 25. Qa3 Rb6 26. Qxa7 Bf5) 20... Nf8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Be4 Nc6? { (1.84 → 3.39) Mistake. Be6 was best. } (22... Be6) 23. f4 Be6 24. fxe5 Qg5 25. c4 Rad8 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh7 Ke7 32. Rf1 Rd8?? { (3.00 → 9.39) Blunder. Nd4 was best. } (32... Nd4 33. Qe4) 33. Qe4? { (9.39 → 4.66) Mistake. Bf4 was best. } (33. Bf4) 33... Rd4 34. Qf3 Qg6? { (4.50 → 8.45) Mistake. Kd7 was best. } (34... Kd7 35. Qf8) 35. Qf8+ Ke6 36. Qc8+ Rd7 37. Qg8+ Rf7 38. Rf6+ { Black resigns. } 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Wood Green vs Sussex Social Isolaters:

Wood Green were too strong for Sussex Social Isolater. This was the only match in Division 1, where 100% was the winning rate. Wood Green had 3 IM’s and 1 FM with 2300+ rating playing this round.

[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.08.25"] [Round "?"] [White "BillyBigMan"] [Black "ItsjustBORIS"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "2188"] [BlackElo "1806"] [Annotator "Tarun"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 $6 {(-0.01 ? 0.83) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. B05 Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line} (4... dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Nf5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. g4) 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. b3 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {is a more popular way to develop the pieces}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nbd2 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. a3 a5 14. Bc3 Nf6 $146 (14... b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. dxc5 e5 17. b5 d4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Bryzgalin,K (2480) -Sorokin,M (2567) Kazan 2005} 18. Bb2 $13) (14... Bf6 15. b4 Re8 {0-1 (44) Zaleski,L (2207)-Kopylov,M (2411) Krakow 2019} 16. b5 Ne7 17. Rc1 $16) (14... f6 15. h3 Bh5 16. b4 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Nxc6 Bxd1 20. Nxd8 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Ba4 23. Ne6 $18 {1/2-1/2 (159) Novkovic,J (2131) -Bejatovic,B (1980) Tromsoe 2014}) 15. h3 Bh5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 $6 { (1.08 ? 1.75) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best.} (17... Ne4) 18. Qxa1 Ne4 19. b5 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Nb8 21. Rc1 (21. Ra1 {would have been much better as white seizes the a-file rook.}) 21... Qc7 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. b6 Qb8 24. Bb5 Nf6 $2 {(2.19 ? 4.01) Mistake. Bxf3 was best.} (24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nf6 26. Ra1 e5 27. Qe2 Ne4 28. Bd3 exd4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Bf6 31. Ra7) 25. Ne5 Ne4 26. Qb2 $6 {(3.84 ? 2. 75) Inaccuracy. Qe1 was best.} (26. Qe1) 26... Bg5 $4 {(2.75 ? 6.06) Blunder. Bh4 was best.} (26... Bh4 27. Rf1) 27. Ra1 $4 {(6.06 ? 1.76) Blunder. Nd7 was best.} (27. Nd7) 27... f6 $4 {(1.76 ? 8.65) Blunder. Qd8 was best.} (27... Qd8 28. Nd7) 28. Nd7 Qf4 29. Nxf8 Bh4 30. Rf1 Kxf8 31. c6 bxc6 32. Bd3 Ng5 33. Qd2 Qb8 34. Nc5 Kf7 35. b7 Bf3 36. Qe3 f5 $6 {(5.65 ? 18.19) Inaccuracy. Be4 was best.} (36... Be4 37. Ra1) 37. Nd7 Qxb7 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Bg5 41. Qe2 {Normal Black resigns.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

There were many interesting games, but it is hard to cover them all in one article. Contact me at tarun@chessatc.com, if you want to share your game or some interesting game played in the 4NCL Online.