1 chess puzzle
The chess puzzle consists of endgame tactics which involved maneuvering the queen whereas a mate in one from the opponent was threatening.
2 live games at lichess
The first game finished rather quick since white blundered early on and chose to resign while still playing the Opening.
The second game was interesting whereas my opponent and I blundered in a critical position.
[Event "Rated game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/HpIIFDTZ"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[White "bitsignal"]
[Black "worzzz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Scandinavian Formation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
- e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 { B21 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Declined, Scandinavian Formation } 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Be3?! { (0.48 → -0.11) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bd2. } (8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nge7 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Be2 Qe4 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Qxe4 Bxe4 14. O-O Rad8) 8... Nf6?! { (-0.11 → 0.49) Inaccuracy. Best move was exd4. } (8... exd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Qe5+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3) 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Ng4 11. Bd2 Ngxe5 12. Be2?! { (0.79 → 0.11) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxe5. } (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Nd5 Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8) 12... O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nxe5 Bxe2?? { (0.35 → 3.76) Blunder. Best move was Nxe5. } (14... Nxe5 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bc3 f6 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Nc4 21. Rc2) 15. Nxe2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2?? { (3.64 → 0.17) Blunder. Best move was Nxc6. } (16. Nxc6 Bg5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Kf2 Be7 20. Kf3 Rac8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rc1 f6) 16... Nxe5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Rd3 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Rad8 20. b3 Nd6 21. Nf3 Re2?? { (0.03 → 3.08) Blunder. Best move was Ne4. } (21... Ne4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re1 f5 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Kf1 Kf6 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Ke3 Re7 28. Ne5) 22. Rfd1 Re6?! { (3.05 → 3.89) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rf8. } (22... Rf8 23. Rxd6 Rxa2 24. Rd7 b5 25. R1d2 Ra1+ 26. Kf2 a6 27. Ra7 h6 28. Rd6 Ra2+ 29. Kg3) 23. f5? { (3.89 → 2.68) Mistake. Best move was Ng5. } (23. Ng5) 23... Rf6 24. g4?! { (2.62 → 1.97) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne5. } (24. Ne5 Kf8 25. Ng4 Rxf5 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Ke7 28. Rd2 Rc5 29. Ne3 b5 30. Kf2 a5) 24... h6?! { (1.97 → 2.64) Inaccuracy. Best move was g6. } (24... g6 25. g5 Rxf5 26. Kg2 Ra5 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxa2+ 29. Kg3 Ra5 30. h4 Rb5 31. Nd4) 25. h4?! { (2.64 → 1.73) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ne5. } (25. Ne5) 25... Kh7? { (1.73 → 3.76) Mistake. Best move was g6. } (25... g6 26. Ne5 Kg7 27. fxg6 Re8 28. Nd7 Rxg6 29. Rxd6 Rxg4+ 30. Kf2 Ree4 31. R1d3 Rgf4+ 32. Rf3) 26. g5? { (3.76 → 1.63) Mistake. Best move was Ng5+. } (26. Ng5+ hxg5 27. hxg5 Rc8 28. gxf6 Ne4 29. Rd7 Nxf6 30. Rxb7 Nxg4 31. Rxf7 Kh6 32. Re1 Rc3) 26... hxg5?! { (1.63 → 2.35) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rxf5. } (26... Rxf5 27. Kg2 Ra5 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxa2+ 30. Kg3 Ra3 31. h5 Kg8 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd3) 27. hxg5?! { (2.35 → 1.63) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nxg5+. } (27. Nxg5+ Kg8) 27... Rxf5 28. Kg2 Ra5 29. Rxd6?! { (1.53 → 0.87) Inaccuracy. Best move was g6+. } (29. g6+ fxg6 30. a4 Ra6 31. Ng5+ Kg8 32. Ne4 b5 33. axb5 Ra2+ 34. Kg1 Nxe4 35. Rxd8+ Kf7) 29... Rxa2+ 30. Kg3 Re8? { (1.14 → 2.78) Mistake. Best move was Rxd6. } (30... Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Rb2 32. Rd3 a5 33. Ne5 b5 34. Nxf7 Kg6 35. Nd6 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Kf4) 31. Nd4? { (2.78 → 1.56) Mistake. Best move was Rd7. } (31. Rd7 Rb2 32. Rxb7 a5 33. Rdd7 a4 34. Rxf7 Rxb3 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rbg7+ Kf8) 31... Re3+?! { (1.56 → 2.33) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ra5. } (31... Ra5 32. Kg4 Rae5 33. Rf1 Kg8 34. Rd7 R5e7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Kf4 a6 37. Ra1 Rd7 38. Ke4) 32. Kf4 Rh3? { (2.27 → 3.52) Mistake. Best move was Re8. } (32... Re8 33. Rd7 b6 34. Rxf7 Kg8 35. Rd7 Rg2 36. Rd5 Rf8+ 37. Rf5 Rd8 38. Re5 Rf8+ 39. Rf5) 33. Nf5? { (3.52 → 1.89) Mistake. Best move was Nf3. } (33. Nf3) 33... Rf2+?! { (1.89 → 2.52) Inaccuracy. Best move was a5. } (33... a5 34. Rd7) 34. Kg4 Rxb3?? { (2.29 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Rhh2. } (34... Rhh2 35. Nh4) 35. Rh1+ Kg8 36. Rd8# { Black is checkmated } 1-0
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