Games
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match2 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.12.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Chen, Brian"] [Black "Boger, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "1460"] [BlackElo "1404"] [Annotator "cap78red"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {The match between the two American Adults started on my Christmas day, they're Christmas Eve and it was fighting chess all the way as you would expect from them. In this first game Brian plays his prepared incredible sacrifice of the Knight for an attack but John seemed aware that Brian did this and came up with an extremely solid defence which refuted the sacrifice.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 {This is an unusual Four Knights Game Opening Knight Sacrifice, it is played at the top level (by international masters).} Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 $1 {This has a good reputation.} 7. f4 f5 $1 {This is a novelty} 8. g3 d6 9. Bd3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Bd2 Qd4 12. Qe2 Be6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Nb1 Bxa2 15. Bc3 Qe3+ 16. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 17. Nd2 N6e7 18. Rhe1 Bc5 $4 (18... Bxd2+) 19. e6 $2 (19. b3 $15 {trapping the Bishop wins back the piece.}) 19... Nf6 20. Be5 $4 $19 {Its all over now.} (20. b3 $17) 20... Nc6 $1 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rhe8 24. Bb5 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26. Kc1 Ne7 27. Bc4 c6 28. b4 Bxb4 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 b5 31. Ba2 Kc7 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Kf3 Nd5 34. g4 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Kxe6 36. f5+ Kd6 37. Bb1 a5 38. Kh5 { So John goes into a lead straight away at 1 - 0.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match2 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.12.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Boger, John"] [Black "Chen, Brian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C29"] [WhiteElo "1423"] [BlackElo "1441"] [Annotator "cap78red"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {Brian is winning here but falls into a trap rather disasterously.} 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. f4 d6 4. f5 $6 {a rather dubious novelty in the Philidor Defence but for a while it is surpridingly effective.} g6 $6 5. Bc4 $6 Bg7 $6 6. d3 $1 gxf5 $5 7. Bg5 $1 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qh5 $3 (9. exf5 $2 Bxf5 10. Qh5 Bg6 $17) 9... Rf8 $5 10. exf5 $5 b5 $6 11. Nxb5 c6 12. Na3 $6 {the knight is a little out of the game there.} (12. Nc3 $16) 12... d5 13. Bb3 e4 $2 {a speculative attack which actually pays off. b2 is the target.} 14. dxe4 $4 (14. O-O-O $16) 14... Bxb2 $1 15. exd5 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Bxa3 $4 $13 (16... Bxa1 $18) 17. Re1+ $2 Kd8 18. f6 $2 Ba6+ $1 19. Ne2 Qd2 $3 20. c4 (20. h3 $6 Qf4+ 21. Qf3 (21. Kg1 $4 Bc5+ 22. Nd4 Bxd4+ 23. Re3 Bxe3#) 21... Qxf3+ 22. gxf3 $19) 20... Bb7 $4 { a bit unfortunate...} 21. dxc6 $3 {now both cxb7 and Rd1 pinning Brians Queen to his King is threatened, it has extremely quickly gone from a good position for Brian to an atrocious one. So John takes an early lead. 2 - 0.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match2 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.12.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Chen, Brian"] [Black "Boger, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "1456"] [BlackElo "1408"] [Annotator "cap78red"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {Brian finally gets his game on track as John tires from playing what became 4 games on Christmas Eve.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 Qf6 5. Nf3 c6 {this is an unusual position in the Petroff Defence.} 6. Nc3 d5 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qe2 Be6 9. Bxe6 $4 (9. Qxe4 $16) 9... fxe6 $4 (9... exf3 $1 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 fxe6 $19) 10. Ng1 Bc5 11. Qh5+ $3 (11. Qxe4 $4 Qxf2+ 12. Kd1 Qf1+ 13. Qe1 Qxg2 $19) 11... g6 $4 (11... Qg6 $3 12. Qxc5 Nd7 13. Qc4 Qxg2 14. d3 Qxh1 $2 15. Qxe6+ Kd8 16. Bg5+ Kc8 17. O-O-O $15) 12. Qxc5 Nd7 13. Qa3 Rf8 14. Nh3 O-O-O 15. O-O Nb6 16. b3 $3 {a really good move here and John misses the threat to the Queen.} Qxa1 17. Bb2 $5 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Rxd2 $4 {the final straw.} 19. Qxf8+ {Its hopeless from here so John resigned and Brian has got one back but still trails John by 2 - 1.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 match2 60 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.12.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Boger, John"] [Black "Chen, Brian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "1394"] [BlackElo "1470"] [Annotator "cap78red"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {John shows real tiredness here and gets totally blown away by a mixture of careless mistakes and good play from Brian.} 1. Nc3 c6 2. e4 e5 3. f4 {It is an unusual Vienna Opening.} exf4 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 Bh4+ 6. g3 $6 $15 (6. Ke2 $5 $11) 6... fxg3 7. hxg3 Bxg3+ 8. Ke2 b6 $2 9. Ne5 $4 d6 $1 10. Nd3 $4 {posibly one of the most disasterous moves I have seen.} (10. Nf3) 10... Bg4+ {and the Queen is skewerd to the King. So its 2 -2 and all to play for.} 0-1