Viewing a Chess Game of TRCC member Michael Favata
About this game
Event name:National Chess Congress 2019
Location/website:Philadelphia
Date:Nov 29, 2019
Round #:1
The opening was:Giuoco Pianissimo
The result:white won
Michael Favata played as:black
Michael Favata was rated at:1599
The opponent was:Arev Patel
The opponent`s rating was:1463
Game Overview:A back and forth game in which white gained a promising attack, but black held up and entered a much better endgame up two rooks and a pawn for the queen. In the end black made the final blunder.
[Event "National Chess Congress 2019"]
[Site "Philadelphia "]
[Date "2019-11-29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arev Patel"]
[Black "MichaelFavata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "1463"]
[BlackELO "1599"]
[Event "National Chess Congress 2019"]
[Site "Philadelphia "]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arev Patel"]
[Black "Michael Favata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "1463"]
[BlackELO "1599"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Kh2 Nd7 10. Nd5 Na5 11. Bb3 c6 12. Bxc5 {Creating a flight square on
e3 for the d5 knight. 12...cxd5 allows 13 Bxd6. } 12... Nxc5 13. Ne3 Qf6 14.
Nf5 d5 15. Ng3 Bg6 {Should perhaps play 15...Bxf3 16 Qxf3 Qxf3 17 gxf3 with a
better endgame for black. } 16. exd5 Naxb3 17. axb3 cxd5 18. d4 e4 19. Ne5 {
} 19... Bf5 {A strange situation where white cannot take on c5 without losing
his own knight on e5. But white threatens Nxg6, winning a piece. } 20. Qh5 g6
21. Qh6 a6 {too slow. 21 Nd7 is better. } 22. Nh5 Qh8 {only move. } 23. g4 {22
f3 threatens to open up the f file and win the game. } 23... Be6 24. Nf4 Rad8
25. Ra5 Nd7 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxd4 29. Re7 {black is
hanging on in a slightly worse position. } 29... Rb4 30. Qd2 a5 31. Qd5 Qxb2
32. Qxa5 Rd4 {32...Qc6 is better. I missed 33 Rxe4 Rxb3!} 33. Qe5 e3 34. Rd7
e2 {I have to make a counter-threat} 35. Rg1 {A critical blunder. 35 Re1
completely wins for white. } 35... Rxg4 36. Qxb2 Rxg1 37. Re7 e1=Q 38. Rxe1
Rxe1 39. Qc3 {two rooks and a pawn for the queen. Should probably win for
black with best play. } 39... Rfe8 40. Kg2 b5 41. Qb4 R1e5 42. h4 Rc8 43. c3
Rec5 44. Qa5 Rxc3 {I should slow play this and improve my position as much as
possible. white is stuck and I don't need to give up the b pawn easily. } 45.
Qxb5 Rd8 46. Qb6 Rcc8 47. b4 Rb8 48. Qf6 Rd5 49. Kg3 Rxb4 50. Qc6 Rd8 {I'm
blind to the threat of h5. This allows white counterplay. } 51. Qf6 Re8 52.
h5 Re6 {The losing move. I saw the queen check but not the followup. } 53.
Qd8+ Kg7 54. h6+ Kxh6 55. Qf8+ Kg5 56. Qxb4 h5 {played hastily and allowing
white to finish up quickly...} 57. Qf4# 1-0
Steve D`Agostino is awesome
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Promote to which piece?
1.
e4c5
2.
Nf3Nc6
3.
d4cxd4
4.
Nxd4e5
5.
Nxc6bxc6
6.
Bc4Nf6
7.
Bg5Be7
8.
Qe2d5
9.
Bxf6Bxf6
10.
Bb3O-O
11.
O-Oa5
12.
exd5cxd5
13.
Rd1d4
14.
c4Qb6
15.
Bc2Bb7
16.
Nd2Rae8
17.
Ne4Bd8
18.
c5Qc6
19.
f3Be7
20.
Rac1f5
21.
Qc4+Kh8
22.
Ba4Qh6
23.
Bxe8fxe4
24.
c6exf3
25.
Rc2Bc8
26.
Bd7Qe3+
27.
Kh1f2
28.
Rf1d3
29.
Rc3Bxd7
30.
cxd7e4
31.
Qc8Bd8
32.
Qc4Qe1
33.
Rc1d2
34.
Qc5Rg8
35.
Rd1e3
36.
Qc3Qxd1
37.
Rxd1e2
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