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Hart House Reading Week Open - Blog
Saturday, Feb. 16 - Sunday, Feb. 18/19
My Blog of the U 1900 Section
I have been having to manage a multiple, consecutive week Hypo-manic phase of my Bi-Polar Disorder recently, and during this tournament. Managing and keeping control of it is somewhat exhausting...add to that 3 solid days of a chess tournament! I had to take Rds. 2 & 4 byes to rest, so I continued to have the energy to control my ridiculous flow of Adrenalin.
So I was unable to blog this tournament, as I have intended (And as stated in every one of my blogs in the Blog template part of the blog).
But I will, at least, make this very cursory blog, to present my very interesting game with my good friend, Undriadi Benggawan.
Rd. 6 Game (19/2/18)
My light annotation (No engine yet):
[Event "Hart House Reading Week (U 1900)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Armstrong, Robert J."]
[Black "Benggawan, Undriadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1527"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[Annotator "Armstrong, Robert J."]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 {Benoni Defence} 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nd7 6. f4 {I love playing this aggressive line against the Benoni - leads to fascinating play in the centre.} Nb6 7. Nf3 Nf6 {this move just invites me to play aggressively in the centre, which is the whole point of the f4 line!} 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 {Not only kicks the N, but has the advantage of never allowing Undriadi's light-squared B to pin my f3N from g4.} Nh6 12. Qd2 Nf5 13.g4 {gaining a K-side space advantage + setting up for a K-side attack.} Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne4 {recapturing the P is irrelevant if what I want is a mate!} f5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 {I am happy to have the doubled P's so long as I have the lead one on e6 - traps the K on the back rank.} g5 {GM's talk about a very few "critical" positions that arise in a game - here is the first one......to play solidly and classically OR to play totally what I call "messy" chess for the fun of it, and hoping for a perpetual if there is really no mate.} 19. Bxg5 {I go for messy! I was also tired from controlling my Bi-Polar Mania for the first 5 rounds, and just couldn't see playing a long game........this would shorten it and it would definitely be interesting and fun, though I'll likely lose because I can't actually calculate a mate, or even a perpetual.} hxg5 20. Qxg5 {Undriadi is up N vs 2 P's; but he is weak on the white squares around his K, and I have my light-squared B, and he no longer has it to defend. I have a potential K-hunt attack.} Qc7 21. O-O-O {At this point P's don't matter at all. I need fire-power and must mate or lose.} Qxe5 {Undriadi is up N vs P.} 22. Bd3 {I have to blockade Undriadi's potentially very aggressive dP} f4 23. Bf5 Nxc4 {Undriadi is now up a clear N.} 24. Qg6 {trying to use the white-square weakness of Undriadi} Rf6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rhe1 Ne3 {My R is fine for the moment since Undriadi's N is now pinned.} 27. Qh5 {to mate on f7, I must somehow get the f6R off the f-file.} Qc5+ 28.Kb1 Nxf5 {Undriadi is up B + N} 29. Re4 Rc8 {threatened Q-sac/mate} 30. Ree1 Qc2+ 31. Ka1 Rxe6 {My e1R is pinned to the back rank. Undriadi is up B + N + P} 32. Qxf5+ {Undriadi is up B + P} Qxf5 33. gxf5 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rc5 {I am now in a totally lost ending with no counter-play. The honourable thing to do is to resign. Undriadi is clearly better than me, at least in this game. It is an insult to Undriadi, a most worthy gladiator, to force him to play to mate, hoping he is an idiot and will either blunder many times and lose, or will stalemate me by accident. There should be mutual respect among gladiators. A gracious and respectful acceptance of defeat, when there are no more even distant chances of drawing, is the Gladiator's Rule.} 0-1
Bob A
Saturday, Feb. 16 - Sunday, Feb. 18/19
My Blog of the U 1900 Section
I have been having to manage a multiple, consecutive week Hypo-manic phase of my Bi-Polar Disorder recently, and during this tournament. Managing and keeping control of it is somewhat exhausting...add to that 3 solid days of a chess tournament! I had to take Rds. 2 & 4 byes to rest, so I continued to have the energy to control my ridiculous flow of Adrenalin.
So I was unable to blog this tournament, as I have intended (And as stated in every one of my blogs in the Blog template part of the blog).
But I will, at least, make this very cursory blog, to present my very interesting game with my good friend, Undriadi Benggawan.
Rd. 6 Game (19/2/18)
My light annotation (No engine yet):
[Event "Hart House Reading Week (U 1900)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Armstrong, Robert J."]
[Black "Benggawan, Undriadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1527"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[Annotator "Armstrong, Robert J."]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 {Benoni Defence} 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nd7 6. f4 {I love playing this aggressive line against the Benoni - leads to fascinating play in the centre.} Nb6 7. Nf3 Nf6 {this move just invites me to play aggressively in the centre, which is the whole point of the f4 line!} 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 {Not only kicks the N, but has the advantage of never allowing Undriadi's light-squared B to pin my f3N from g4.} Nh6 12. Qd2 Nf5 13.g4 {gaining a K-side space advantage + setting up for a K-side attack.} Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne4 {recapturing the P is irrelevant if what I want is a mate!} f5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 {I am happy to have the doubled P's so long as I have the lead one on e6 - traps the K on the back rank.} g5 {GM's talk about a very few "critical" positions that arise in a game - here is the first one......to play solidly and classically OR to play totally what I call "messy" chess for the fun of it, and hoping for a perpetual if there is really no mate.} 19. Bxg5 {I go for messy! I was also tired from controlling my Bi-Polar Mania for the first 5 rounds, and just couldn't see playing a long game........this would shorten it and it would definitely be interesting and fun, though I'll likely lose because I can't actually calculate a mate, or even a perpetual.} hxg5 20. Qxg5 {Undriadi is up N vs 2 P's; but he is weak on the white squares around his K, and I have my light-squared B, and he no longer has it to defend. I have a potential K-hunt attack.} Qc7 21. O-O-O {At this point P's don't matter at all. I need fire-power and must mate or lose.} Qxe5 {Undriadi is up N vs P.} 22. Bd3 {I have to blockade Undriadi's potentially very aggressive dP} f4 23. Bf5 Nxc4 {Undriadi is now up a clear N.} 24. Qg6 {trying to use the white-square weakness of Undriadi} Rf6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rhe1 Ne3 {My R is fine for the moment since Undriadi's N is now pinned.} 27. Qh5 {to mate on f7, I must somehow get the f6R off the f-file.} Qc5+ 28.Kb1 Nxf5 {Undriadi is up B + N} 29. Re4 Rc8 {threatened Q-sac/mate} 30. Ree1 Qc2+ 31. Ka1 Rxe6 {My e1R is pinned to the back rank. Undriadi is up B + N + P} 32. Qxf5+ {Undriadi is up B + P} Qxf5 33. gxf5 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rc5 {I am now in a totally lost ending with no counter-play. The honourable thing to do is to resign. Undriadi is clearly better than me, at least in this game. It is an insult to Undriadi, a most worthy gladiator, to force him to play to mate, hoping he is an idiot and will either blunder many times and lose, or will stalemate me by accident. There should be mutual respect among gladiators. A gracious and respectful acceptance of defeat, when there are no more even distant chances of drawing, is the Gladiator's Rule.} 0-1
Bob A
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