Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match4 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
{Darshu comes up trumps by surprising a rusty Nitish almost immediately into
the middlegame in what is a miniature (ie a short game).} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3.
g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nh3 $5 (6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Qd7 9. e5 dxe5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 h6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. Qe2 g5
16. Bd2 Nxe5 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. Nxc5 Qd5 19. Nb3 g4 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. c3 h5 22. d4
Bc7 23. c4 Qc6 24. Rxf7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Plaskett,J-Chandler,C Brighton 1977})
6... Be7 7. O-O d6 $1 $13 8. f4 (8. e5 Bxg2 9. exf6 Bxh3 10. fxe7 Qd7 (10...
Qxe7 11. Qf3 d5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Qh5 Bf5 14. Nxd5 Qd8 15. Qxf5 O-O $3 16. Nf6+
Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 $13) 11. Re1 $13) 8... Nbd7 9. Qe2 $1 O-O 10. e5 Bxg2 11.
Kxg2 Nd5 $2 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. e6 $3 Nf6 $4 (13... Nb8 14. f5 Nc6 15. c3 Qc8 16.
Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 f6 18. Nh3 Rb8 19. Nf4 $16 {with a long term advantage of
the strong e6 pawn.}) 14. exf7+ $1 Rxf7 15. Ng5 $5 Rf8 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. Nf7+
Rxf7 18. Qxf7 $1 Qd7 $1 {seemingly the Queen is trapped but it does have an
escape route.} 19. Re1 $3 Rf8 $4 20. Qxe7 {there is no point going on a full
Rook down and so Nitish resigns here. So first honours go to Darshu. Darshu
leads Nitish 1 - 0.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match4 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "nitishdas"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
{Nitish is back on form in this game in which he totally outplays Darshu, but
maybe Darshu was a little distracted by the connection issues he had with the
internet.} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 $1 {Nitish has obviously found out Darshu plays the
Sicilian Accelerated Dragon System and is out to catch Darshu out of book.} Nc6
3. Bb2 d6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. d3 Rb8 $146 (
9... Nd4 10. Nd5 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nxd5 12. exd5 f5 $15 {as a game between two
strong club players went in 2007.}) 10. Nd2 b5 11. Nd5 b4 $2 {this strengthens
the c4 square as a posible outpost for the d2 White Knight.} 12. f4 exf4 13.
Nxf4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 a5 $2 17. Bxf6 $3 {there is a
little clever combination on, which of course Nitish spotted in his sleep lol.}
Bxf6 18. Nd5 $1 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qh5 Kh8 21. Rf4 Rg8 $1 (21... f5 22. Rh4
Kg8 23. Qxh7#) 22. Qxf7 Rg7 $2 (22... Rg6 23. Rh4 Rg7 24. Qh5 Qe7 $18) 23. Qh5
$2 (23. Qxf6 $5 $18) 23... Rg5 24. Qf3 $6 Qe7 $2 25. Rf1 f5 26. exf5 Bb7 27. f6
Bxf3 $4 28. fxe7 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rgg8 30. Rf8 Re8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rf8+ {
after 32...Rxf8 it is checkmate with 33.exf8=Q#. and 32...Kg7 loses too much
material after 33.Rxe8, and so Nitish claims his first point in the match and
ties the match 1 - 1.} 1-0