Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boger, John"]
[Black "DarshuKarpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1242"]
[BlackElo "1382"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{So the final match of the Grand Prix gets under way. Psymar does well but
gets under pressure and that leads to a final collapse and loss of Queen by
Psymar and a quick resignation.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {A closed Sicilian} g6 3. f4
Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. e5 $6 $15 (6. O-O $11 {This has been played by
Adams, Petrosian and Gawain Jones and is undoubtedily the best move here.})
6... a6 7. Bc4 b5 $1 8. Nxd4 $3 {I am not sure Psymar thought this through but
it just works out.} (8. Bd5 Rb8 9. Ne4 $11) 8... cxd4 9. Bd5 $1 Rb8 10. Ne2 $6
$17 (10. Ne4 $15) 10... e6 $2 (10... d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Bf3 Nh6 13. d3 $17 {
and White is a bit cramped.}) 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. d3 Bb7 13. c3 $2 {this leaves a
weakened pawn structure on the Kingside.} Bxf3 $5 14. gxf3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Ne7
16. Rb1 Nf5 17. Ng3 Ne3 $2 18. Qe2 $2 (18. Qd2 Nd5 19. c4 Ne7 $13) 18... Nd5
19. Bd2 d6 $6 20. c4 Ne7 21. Be3 $6 (21. a4 $15) 21... Qa5+ $6 (21... Qc6 $17)
22. Bd2 Qxa2 23. O-O dxe5 24. fxe5 O-O 25. Ne4 $4 (25. Bb4 $17) 25... Bxe5 26.
cxb5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 axb5 28. Rbc1 Nf5 29. Nc3 $2 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 $4 (30. Rxc3)
30... Qxe2 {so having pushed Darshan, Psymar gets no reward for his efforts
but it is still early days in his match yet, 1 - 0 to a vastly improving
Darshan.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "DarshuKarpov"]
[Black "Boger, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1240"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{John goes in for a specalutive Knight sacrifice which fails to 10.Qe2. I
think he was probably a move ahead of himself, Darshan takes his time getting
the win because John plays well after his early mistake, but its too much for
John to ask for that someone as good as Darshan messes up.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 {This is the Two Knights Opening...} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng4
(6... d5 $11) 7. Bf4 O-O 8. h3 Ne3 $4 {Too much to ask.} 9. fxe3 dxe3 10. Qe2
$1 (10. Kh1 {this was actually played by two amateurs in 2009.}) (10. Nc3 $4
e2+ 11. Kh1 exd1=Q 12. Raxd1 $19) 10... d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxe6
fxe6 14. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 d5 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Qxd5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nb4 19. Qb3
a5 20. Na4 Qg6 21. c3 Nd3 22. Nb6 Rae8 23. Nd7 Re2 24. Nh4 $3 Rxf1+ $1 25. Rxf1
Nf2+ $1 26. Rxf2 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Rxf2 28. Qb6 Rxg2+ $2 29. Nxg2 h5 30. Qxb7 Qxa2
31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Nf8+ Kh6 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34. Nxe6 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Nxh4 Kh7
37. Kg3 Kg8 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. c4 Kd7 41. c5 Kc6 42. b3 Kb5 43. Kd6 a4
44. c6 axb3 45. c7 b2 46. c8=Q $1 Kb4 (46... b1=Q 47. Qb7+ Kc4 48. Qxb1 $18)
47. Qc2 Ka3 48. Qb1 Kb3 49. Nc5+ Kc3 50. Nd3 Kb3 51. Qxb2+ Kc4 52. Ne5# {
So its 2 - 0 to Darshan.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boger, John"]
[Black "darshuKarpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1237"]
[BlackElo "1394"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{In this game John has all the attack but he runs out of ideas and Darshus
counterattack is fierce.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 {Its the Sicilian Marcozy Bind.} d6 8. Be2 Ng4 9. Nxc6 $6 (9.
Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Qd2 $11 {this is still a very common position.}) 9... Nxe3 $3 (
9... bxc6 $4 10. Bxg4 $18) 10. Nxd8 $5 (10. fxe3 $2 bxc6 $17 {with an awfully
weak centre}) 10... Nxd1 $5 11. Rxd1 $5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Kxd8 13. O-O $15 Bd7 14.
Rb1 Bc6 15. f3 Kc7 16. Rb2 Rac8 17. Rfb1 Kb8 18. Kf2 h5 19. Ke3 Rhd8 20. Rb4
Rd7 21. a4 a5 22. Rb6 e5 $3 (22... Bxa4 23. Ra1 Bc6 24. Rxa5 $11) 23. c5 d5 24.
Ba6 dxe4 25. fxe4 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. g3 Be4 28. R1b2 $4 {its lost from here}
(28. R1b5 Bd3 $4 29. Rxb7+ Rxb7 30. Rxb7+ Ka8 31. Kxd3) 28... Rxc5 $1 29. Re6
Rxc3+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Rxc2 Bxc2 32. Bb5 Rd5 33. Re8+ Kc7 34. Re7+ Kd6 35. Rxb7
Kc5 36. Rc7+ Kb4 37. Rxc2 Rd4 38. Ke3 h4 39. Rc4+ Rxc4 40. Bxc4 hxg3 41. hxg3
Kxc4 42. Kf3 Kb4 43. g4 fxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Kxa4 45. Kf5 Kb3 46. Kxe5 a4 47. Kd4 a3
48. Kd3 a2 49. Kd2 a1=Q {so its 3 - 0 to Darshu} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "DarshuKarpov"]
[Black "Boger, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1234"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{With the match at 3 - 0 and John playing fast this game was quite short.} 1.
e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Bf4 Nxd4 8.
Nbd2 e5 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 Nf6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Qd5 Qa5+ 14. c3
a6 $4 15. Bxd7+ $1 {wins the queen. So its 4 - 0 to Darshu.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boger, John"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "1259"]
[BlackElo "1438"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{John plays really well here but his fast play nearly costs him the game and I
thought some helpfull play by Darshu gives the game to John but when i
analysed it 24...Rxc7 doesnt work for black..} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Nxc6 Nxe3 9. Nxd8 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3
Nxd1 11. Rxd1 Kxd8 12. c5 e6 13. Bb5 Ke7 14. O-O a6 15. Ba4 Rd8 16. f4 Rb8 17.
c4 $1 (17. Rd6 $6 b5 $1 $15) 17... b6 18. Rb1 Bb7 19. cxb6 Bxe4 20. Rb2 d5 $4
21. c5 $1 Bd3 22. Rd1 Bc4 23. c6 Rdc8 24. c7 $3 Rb7 (24... Rxc7 25. bxc7 Rxb2
26. c8=Q) 25. Bc6 Rbxc7 26. bxc7 Rxc7 {from here it is an easy win.} 27. Rb7
Rxb7 28. Bxb7 Bxa2 29. Bxa6 Kf6 30. Bd3 Bb3 31. Rb1 Ba2 32. Rb2 Bc4 33. Bxc4
dxc4 34. Rb4 Kf5 35. g3 e5 36. fxe5 Kxe5 37. Rxc4 f5 38. Rc7 h5 39. Rg7 Kf6 40.
Rg8 Kg5 41. h4+ Kf6 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Ra8 Kf6 44. Ra6+ Ke5 45. Kf3 Kd4 46. Kf4
Kc5 47. Rxg6 {So John has pulled one back but I guess he was just playing for
pride as a 4 - 1 lead is too big to come back from surely.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Boger, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1446"]
[BlackElo "1251"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Darshu plays superbly in this game, maybe shocked by the previous defeat.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 O-O 8. h3
Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Nbd2 (10. c3 {A master played this against British
Grandmaster Glen Flear.}) 10... Kh8 (10... d5 $11 {Theory sugests this move})
11. Ne4 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Qd3 (13. Bd3 {was played previously}) 13... d5 $6
$14 14. Nxc5 dxc4 15. Qxc4 b6 $2 16. Ne4 Be6 $4 17. Qxc6 Rg8 18. Rad1 Bxh3 19.
Ng3 Bg4 20. Rxd4 Qe7 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Ne4 $4 {a bad mistake letting Black back
into the game.} Bxf3 $5 23. Qf6+ Qg7 24. Qxf3 $2 $11 Qxd4 25. Nf6 Rg6 $4 {
allowing a spectacular mate in three} 26. Qxa8+ $1 Kg7 27. Nh5# $3 {so its 5 -
1 and its looking like John will have not made it toa match victory in this
grand prix, but still he is up against some strong players.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boger, John"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1243"]
[BlackElo "1454"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{tiredness and fast play lead to this game from John. Darshu plays ok but is
given the game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qd2 a6 13. Bh6
Qb6+ 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Kh1 Rfd8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h4 Nh5 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qf4 $4 Nxf4
{so its 6 - 1 but there is a surprise yet.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2017 event4 match9 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "Boger, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1429"]
[BlackElo "1268"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{This time it is Darshu who plays poorly but as they are making a move every 2
seconds theyre play is to a high standard 'relatively'.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3.
d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. b3
Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Bg5 13. Bb2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Qh4 15. Rae1 Bg4 16. Bxd4 h6
17. h3 Bxh3 $4 18. g3 $4 $11 (18. gxh3 $1 Qxh3 19. Re3 Qg4+ 20. Rg3 Qh5 21.
Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rh7+ Kg8 23. Rh8#) 18... Qg4 19. Be4 $2 Bxf1 $5 20. Rxf1 f5 21.
Bg2 Rae8 $6 $15 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Bxg7 $4 Qxg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {now it is a more
accurate reflection of their abilities. its 6 - 2. and if only John could have
slowed down he would have competed.} 0-1
[Event "ICC 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boger, John"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1259"]
[BlackElo "1438"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{a blunder earliesh in the game costs John the match and Darshu gets 3 default
points. John finishes his grand prix having completed all the games its a
shame his fast play cost him too many blunders. Darshu could still finish
anywhere in the top 4, including first.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Be7 7. Nxd4 Ngxe5 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Qg3 d5 11.
Bd3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. Rfe1 Ng6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17.
Qh4 $4 Qxh4 {the match finished at 7 - 2 to Darshu, he is a really strong
player to be able to beat these days.} 0-1