Chess 4 February 2020

The chess match this morning ends up with White winning on Move # 20.

Black has three Blunder-Moves compared to White’s none.

White has seven Excellent Moves compared to Black’s 2.

Both players have six Good Moves each.

Let us analyze the moves together with the help of chess.com

1	e4	e5
2	Nc3	Nf6
3	d4	exd4	White: d4 Inaccurate	Bc4
4	Qxd4	Nc6
5	Qc4	d6	Black: d5 Inaccurate	Bb4

The Chessboard after Move # 3. The opening moves are traditional with the e4 e5 and the Nc3 and Nf6 start.

Note that the Move by White at Move # 3, d4 has been described as Inaccurate. However, the intention of White is to have the Queen moving out into the center of the Board as quickly as possible.

There are opinions in experts’ quarters that putting out the Queen early is good as the main idea is to have Black pinned by capturing the f7 location.

6	Bg5	Be6	White: Bg5 Inaccurate	Nf3
7	Qd3	…	White: Qd3 Inaccurate	Nd5
7	…	Nb4	Black: Nb4 Mistake	Be7	7: … Be7  8: O-O-O  O-0  9:  Qd2 h6  10. Be3 Ng4 11.  Kb1 Re8 12. Nd5 Bf6  13:
8	Qd2	…	White: Qd2 Mistake	Qb5+	8: Qb5+ Nc6  9: Qxb7
8	…	d5	Black: d5 Inaccurate	Be7
9	e5	…	White: e5 Inaccurate	a3
9	…	d4	Black: d4 Mistake	h6	9: … h6  10: Bxf6 gxf6  11: O-O-O fxe5  12: a3 Nc6  13: Nxd5  Nd4  14: Nc3 Ng7  15:

At Move # 9, both White and Black are about equal in terms of inaccurate moved made. But, for Mistakes, Black has crept up to two compared to White’s one. The difference is starting to show.

Two Blunders in a row for Black at Move # 9 and Move # 10 spell disaster for Black. Then another Blunder t Move #12 is a slide to a Loss six more moves down the time-scale.

10	Na4	…	White: Na4 Mistake	Nb5	10: Nb5 Ne4  11: Bxd8
10	…	Be7	Black: Be7 BLUNDER	Ne4	10: … Ne4  11: Bxd8 Nxd2
11	exf6	Bxf6	Black: Bxf6 BLUNDER	gxf6	11: … gxf6  12: Bxf6
12	Bxf6	Qxf6	Black: Qxf6 Mistake	Nxc2+	12 … Nxc2+ 13: Qxc2
13	Qxb4	O-O-O
14	O-O-O	Qh6+	Black: Qh6+ Inaccurate	Qxf2
15	Kb1	Bg4

Black’s Blunder Moves at Moves # 10 and # 11 start the slide towards a loss in this game.

16	Nc5	…	White: Nc5 Inaccurate	Be2
16	…	b6	Black: b6 Inaccurate	Qb6
17	Ba6+	Kb8
18	Re1	Ka8
19	Qb5	bxc5	Black: bxc5 BLUNDER	Kb8	19: … Kb8  20: h3 d3  21: cxd3 Bf5  22: Nf3 c6  23: Qb3 Rd5  24: Re5 Rhd8  25:
20	Qb7#

The third and last Blunder by Black at Move # 19 puts the nail of Black’s coffin.

And that is it, Friends.

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