Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match5 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Boger, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1374"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus really needed to win every single game against John, to be in with a
chance to catch Nitishdas in the Grand Prix, but that would be a difficult
task as John is a player who nearly always creates chances. He just needs to
cut out the errors that creep into his game too often, here in this game he
doesnt comply with 'if its complex, think!!!' rule I have developed.} 1. d4 f5
2. g4 fxg4 3. e4 (3. h3 {I thought Kronus knew the well known checkmate in
this line.} Nf6 4. hxg4 Nxg4 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. Rxh7 Rxh7 7. Qg6#) 3... d5 4. e5 c5
{this was played a few times in the nineties by candidate masters.} 5. h3 cxd4
6. Qxd4 (6. hxg4) 6... Nc6 7. Qf4 gxh3 8. Nf3 e6 9. Ng5 Nh6 10. Bd3 Qc7 $3 11.
Bxh7 Qxe5+ 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxh3 Be7 14. Bd3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 e5 16. Rh1 Bf5 17.
Nc3 Bb4 $6 (17... d4 18. Nd5 Bxg5 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 Bf6 21. Rh5 Bxd3 22.
Bg5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Rxa8 24. Rxg7+ $19) 18. Bd2 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Bxd3 20. Rxh6 $2
gxh6 21. Nf7 h5 $4 (21... d4 22. Nxh8 Rxh8 $19) 22. Nxh8 Bxc3 $4 {The losing
mistake in a good position.} (22... Rxh8 23. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 24. Rxd2 e4 $17) 23.
Bxc3 d4 $2 (23... Rxh8 24. Rxd3 h4 25. Bxe5 Rh5 26. Rxd5 h3 27. Rc5+ Kd8 $4 28.
Bf6+ Ke8 29. Rxh5 $18) 24. Nf7 dxc3 25. Nxd8 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 e4 27. Ne6 Kd7 28.
Nc5+ Kc6 29. Nxd3 exd3 30. Rxd3 h4 31. f4 Kc5 32. Re3 Kd4 33. Re2 Kd3 34. Rh2
Ke4 35. Rxh4 Kf5 36. Rh7 Kxf4 37. Rxb7 Ke5 38. Rxa7 Kd6 39. Kb3 Kc6 40. Kb4 Kb6
41. Ra3 Kb7 42. Kc5 Kb8 43. Rb3+ Kc8 44. a4 Kc7 45. a5 Kc8 46. a6 Kc7 47. a7
Kd7 48. a8=Q Ke6 49. Qd5+ Kf6 50. Rf3+ Ke7 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Qd7# 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match5 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boger, John"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{With the match position at 1 - 0 to Kronus, John comes out fighting and
nearly blows Kronus off the board with a wonderfull attack. So much so that
Kronus offers a draw at one point but John thinks he may still win with two
pieces versus a Rook but he rues the turn down of the offer and blunders a
piece by a clever trap by Kronus.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 {This is the Vienna game, 2.
..Nf6 is the usual reply but not always.} Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 $1 5. d4 d6
6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. O-O h6 9. e5 g4 $4 {an earlier g4 would have worked
but now a sacrifice is on.} 10. Bxf4 $3 gxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd5 $4 (12.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 $4 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Bg5+ hxg5 15. Qf7#) 12... Ne6 $5 (12... Nc6 $4
13. Qxf7#) 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Bxd6 $4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. Rxf6 $4 Bxf6 17. Rf1
O-O-O (17... Bxc3 $1 $19) 18. Rxf6 $1 Bc6 19. Qe5 Bxg2+ $3 20. Kxg2 Rhg8+ $5
21. Kh3 Ng5+ $4 (21... Rxd6 $5 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6+ 24. Qxe6+ fxe6 $19
) 22. Kg4 $4 Qg1+ $6 (22... Ne4+ 23. Kf3 Nxf6 24. Qc5+ Qxc5 25. Bxc5 $19) 23.
Kf5 Qf2+ $4 24. Qf4 Qxc2+ 25. Ke5 Rge8+ 26. Kd5 $4 (26. Kd4 $16) 26... Qg2+ (
26... Re6 $3 27. Nb5 Qg2+ 28. Kd4 Qxb2+ 29. Kc5 Rxf6 30. Nxa7+ Kd7 31. Bb5+
Qxb5+ 32. Nxb5 Rxf4 33. Bxf4 $19) 27. Kd4 Qg1+ $4 28. Kd3 Qc5 29. Kc2 $6 Qc6
30. Qf5+ Ne6 31. Bxe6+ fxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 (32... Qd7 33. Nb5 Qxe6 34. Qc5+ Kd7
35. Qc7#) 33. Qxe6+ Qd7 34. Qc4+ Qc6 35. Qxc6+ bxc6 36. Bf4 Rf8 37. Bg3 Kb7 38.
Kd3 Rd8+ 39. Kc4 Rd2 {around about here Kronus offers a draw to John, maybe it
is just about winning for White but I would have accepted the kind offer if it
were me.} 40. b4 Rg2 41. a4 h5 42. Kd4 h4 43. Bxh4 $4 {the tables are turned
somewhat, it is now Kronus going for a win in a probably drawn position.} Rg4+
44. Kc5 Rxh4 45. b5 cxb5 46. axb5 Rxh2 47. Nd5 Rh5 48. Kd6 a6 49. bxa6+ Kxa6
50. Ne7 Kb5 51. Nd5 Kc4 52. Ne3+ Kd4 53. Nc2+ Kc3 54. Ne3 Kd3 55. Ng2 Kd4 56.
Nf4 Rf5 57. Ne2+ Kc4 58. Ke6 Ra5 59. Nf4 Kd4 60. Kf6 Ke4 61. Ne6 Rf5+ 62. Ke7
Ke5 63. Ng7 Rf1 64. Ne8 Ra1 65. Nd6 $4 {a terrible oversight. Now it is won
for Kronus, when it shouldn't have been.} (65. Nc7) 65... Ra7+ 66. Kf8 Kxd6 67.
Ke8 Ke6 68. Kf8 Re7 69. Kg8 Kf6 70. Kf8 Rh7 71. Kg8 Kg6 72. Kf8 Rf7+ 73. Ke8
Kf6 74. Kd8 Ke6 75. Ke8 Kf6 76. Kd8 Ra7 77. Ke8 Ke5 78. Kd8 Kd5 79. Kc8 Kc6 80.
Kb8 Rc7 81. Ka8 Rh7 82. Kb8 Rd7 83. Kc8 Kd6 (83... Rd6 84. Kb8 Kb6 85. Kc8 Rd5
86. Kb8 Rd8#) 84. Kb8 Rd8+ 85. Kb7 Kc5 86. Kc7 Ra8 87. Kb7 Ra5 88. Kc7 Ra7+ 89.
Kb8 Rd7 90. Kc8 Kc6 91. Kb8 Rd8+ 92. Ka7 Rc8 93. Ka6 Ra8# {To lose in 93 moves
must hurt. Poor John should think about his own mental toughness, with
Americans it tends to be more that they try to win too hard during friendlies
and don't allow leeway for opportunities during games that mater. Ie they use
up all their energy and luck in friendlies. So its 2 - 0 to Kronus(Andrew).}
0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match5 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Boger, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "1384"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 {Its a vienna game opening...} Nxe4 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.
Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 Bc5 7. Nf3 Qf6 8. d3 Bg4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 $4 {its over
from here. John said he didnt learn anything from going over his mistakes but
you do learn a lot if you want to. You learn not to make the same mistakes
again, you shouldn't wrap chess in so much ego you can't look at your mistakes
-we all make mistakes in life its what makes us human.} (10... Qxg5 $3 $15) 11.
Qxg4 Rf8 12. Nxh7 Bxf2+ 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Nxf8 Nxf8 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qxe5+ Kd7 {
now its 3 - 0 to Kronus. Personally chess can resemble emotional torture in
some intances as John is getting the rough end but this tournament is not
about humuliation. So I think John should tke a long nap and only play when he
is ready.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match5 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boger, John"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{In a roundabout way they play a traditional Kings Indian but with a neat
sacrifice Kronus breaks through.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5
Nce7 6. Be3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 f5 9. f3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc1 $11 {
A novelty two moves which have been played before in this exact position are:-}
(11. Kh1 $11 {a move played before}) (11. b4 $11 {another move played before})
(11. Qd2 $14 {the computer sugestion}) 11... f4 $6 12. Bf2 g5 $1 13. c5 Qe8 $1
$11 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nd1 $2 $17 (15. Bb6 g4 16. Bc7 gxf3 17. Rxf3 $15) 15...
Qh5 $2 $14 16. Qc7 Ng6 $6 17. Qxd6 $6 g4 18. Be1 Nh4 19. Bxh4 Qxh4 {can White
try and get Ng1 in and defend against the h3 sacrifice of the Bishop, the
answer is no.} 20. Kh1 $4 {the point is White can no longer get in the Qe6+
swapping off Queens when the pawn on h3 is taken after the Bishop sacrifice.
Its difficult anyway to find a defence for White if the rook intercedes the
check preemptively with the subtle move Rf7 before sacrificing the Bishop on
h3.} (20. Qxe5 Nh5 21. Qd6 g3 22. h3 Bxh3 $4 (22... Rf7 $19) 23. gxh3 Qxh3 24.
Qe6+) 20... g3 $3 21. h3 Bxh3 $3 22. Nxg3 fxg3 $3 23. gxh3 Qxh3+ {This was a
textbook King's Indian Defence, opening attack. Where white gets in c5 and
black makes a Queen and pawn attack supported by his Knights, on the White
King position. So Kronus wins yet another, now its 4 - 0 to Kronus.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match5 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Boger, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "1353"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{It takes a long time for Kronus to break through here, but with the help of a
'nifty' Knight manouvre, that gives John a Knightmare position, pardon the pun.
Kronus eventually has too much for John' play.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. a3 g6 (2... d5 3.
b4 $2 (3. c4 $6 $15 {this dubious move actually works well in practice}) 3...
a5 4. c3 axb4 5. cxb4 Bf5 6. Nc3 $17) 3. b4 {The computer tells my this is an
irregular opening as if I didn't know.} Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nd2 d6 6. e4 e5 7. d5
$17 Ne8 $2 $11 {Too early for this move-there is a desperate need to find a
way to develop the Queenside for Black, you see Na6 is a posibility meting b5
push with Nc5.} 8. c4 b6 9. Qb3 f5 $6 {Black is attacking before he has
developed most of his pieces. Its understandable because of the onslaught.} 10.
Bd3 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Nf3 Bxe4 $2 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 Nbd7 15. O-O-O $4
Bh6+ $1 16. Kb1 Ng4 17. Rhf1 Qe7 $6 (17... a5 $15) 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Rde1 Rae8 $4
20. Nd4 $3 Nb8 $2 $18 (20... a5 $18) 21. Ne6 $5 Rf7 22. g4 $3 Bf8 23. f4 $1
Nfd7 24. f5 $5 gxf5 25. gxf5 Qh4 $5 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Re4 Qh5 28. Reg4 $5 Nf6
29. Rg5 Qh4 30. Qf3 $4 (30. Bc3 Qxh3 31. Rg8+ Nxg8 32. Bxe5+ dxe5 33. Qxh3 $18)
30... Bh6 $1 31. R5g2 Nbd7 $6 32. Bc3 $4 Qxc4 33. Qg3 $2 Qxd5 $4 (33... a5 $14)
34. Nxc7 $1 Qxg2 $1 35. Rxg2 Rg8 36. Qh2 Bf4 37. Rxg8+ Nxg8 38. Qg2 $6 (38.
Qxf4 $18 {the e5 pawn is pinned.}) 38... Nb8 39. Ne6 Bh6 40. Qg4 Nf6 41. Qh4
Bg7 42. Ng5 Kg8 $6 (42... Rb7) 43. Bb3 $5 d5 44. Nxf7 Kxf7 45. Bxe5 Nbd7 46.
Qd4 $1 Nxe5 47. Qxe5 Ne4 48. Bxd5+ Kf8 49. Qb8+ Ke7 50. Bxe4 {well John put up
a fight he is improving again, after the short break he had to recoup. But it
looks increasingly like he will be whitewashed in this particular match. So
its 5 - 0 to Kronus.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match5 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boger, John"]
[Black "Kronus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This game is rather shorter and John falls for a trick in the opening...} 1.
e4 d6 2. d4 e5 {this is a pirc/philidor defence type position.} 3. Bc4 Nc6 4.
dxe5 Nxe5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Nh3 $4 {the losing mistake- its called
undermining the defence where the piece defending an attacked piece is
ceremonially targetted.} Bxh3 8. gxh3 Nxf4 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+
Rxd8 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {so its 6 - 0 to Kronus.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match5 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kronus"]
[Black "Boger, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1339"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Kronus just needs one point to win the match. A draw will be enough.} 1. e4 e5
2. d4 {This is the Danish Gambit} exd4 3. c3 d5 4. Qxd4 Be6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+
Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 $4 (7... Qc7) 8. exd5 a6 (8... Nb8 9. O-O Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11.
Re1+ Ne7 12. Qc4 Na6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Qb5+ Kd8 15. Nxf7+ Kc7 16. Nxd6 $18) 9.
dxc6 axb5 10. cxd7+ Kxd7 $1 (10... Qxd7 $4 11. Qxa8+ $18) 11. Qxb5+ Kc8 12. O-O
Ra5 13. Qc4 Nh6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Na3 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bxh6 gxh6
19. Nb5 Rg8 $2 20. Qxg8 {So John gets whitewashed by Kronus its 7 - 0 so
Kronus gets 5 default points for a whitewash and he actually gets 8 points in
one day including this win and two other wins against me in my match with
Kronus.} 1-0