HiveChess Arena S9.R6 - My Chess Tournament Report Including Games Analysis

Another round of the weekend Hive chess continued yesterday with the Friday's tournament hosted by @stayoutoftherz. The tournament was the 6th round of the Ninth season.

The tournament was registered with 30 players with just two players not playing a single game. Unstoppable Hiver @tungphong known as Blackswan21 on Lichess won the tournament again, this time snatching it late from eventual 2nd place @Pamboy27 who was so close to winning his first Hivechess event. @deadleaf made his debut on #Hivechess with a fantastic 3rd place performance which is very impressive.

It was important to note that both @jaki01 and @samostically dropped in performances with a 8th and 10th place in the tournament. @eniolw and @tony1294 4th and 5th place ensures a very exciting and competitive future events.

Congratulations to The winners And everyone who played

I found some interesting games I enjoyed, some which i made some quick Analysis on below. I was unable to make a hivechess study last week but hopefully I will this week.

Missed the Last Hivechess study?

You can watch the full video here

GAME 1

Stayoutoftherz(2078) 0-1 Realdeadleaf(2128)

If there is one thing I know about the player with the white pieces,it is that he plays his 1.d4 opening well. This game wasn't an exception as it began with the very popular Semi-slav defense with black playing

5.Nd7
Both players played the opening phase and the game was equal for a long time. In the middle game,it was time to make choices,which piece are you going to keep or trade away?

Position After 12.Bxf6
The position above looks equal with everyone having a decent structure and equal pieces, but some computers my slightly favour black because of the pair of bishops,but nevertheless there was still lot to play for.

@Stayoutoftherz could have won the game early on after a blunder by @deadleaf on move 18!

Move 18 f6??

White To Play And Win? Explain the Idea behind White move?

The game continued with black dominating space and having a small edge,and was later rewarded with a pawn which he grabbed tactically after 35.Qg3

35.Qg3?? Black gained a pawn with 35.Rxd4 and ended up converting the game clinically.

This game explains that most times in chess,you get an opportunity, sometimes little and sometimes big. But the most important thing is spotting and taking it.

Here is the game in gif and pgn.

[Event "Hivechess Tournament S9 R6 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/v1CWhpML"]
[Date "2021.12.03"]
[White "stayoutoftherz"]
[Black "realdeadleaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2021.12.03"]
[UTCTime "20:55:29"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+11"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"]
[Termination "Normal"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. f4 Bf5 15. Rc1 Be4 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Be7 18. Rf3 f6 19. Ng4 Qd7 20. Rg3 g6 21. Re1 Kg7 22. Qf2 Bd6 23. h4 h5 24. Nh2 Qf5 25. Nf3 Re4 26. Nd2 Ree8 27. Kf1 Re7 28. b3 Rae8 29. Rf3 Bb4 30. Re2 Qd3 31. Kg1 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Re2 Re4 35. Qg3 Rxd4 36. exd4 Rxe2 37. a4 Re4 0-1

Another Example is The Game 6 Of the WCC match yesterday

In the position below, the title contender missed a winning idea after 35.Rc2?!

screenshot from chess24

What Did Nepo Miss Here?

You can find a beautiful written article by @lighteye on Game Six here

GAME 2

Pamboy27(2210) 1-0 Tz995(2112)

@pamboy27 was fighting so hard to win his first #hivechess event yesterday and this one of the games he played against a very strong Tz995, also know on hive as @franu.
The game began in a Mordern Scandinavian defense with Black playing 2.Nf6 instead of taking the pawn immediately with 2.Qxd5

2.Nf6

I also like this method of playing as it enable the black player to actively develop his pieces without an early queen move. Tha game was equal in the opening but some how black and couldn't stop white from establish the pair of bishop threats as shown below.

9.Ba3

The game proceeded with white putting pressure on black forcing him to play with alot of time(connections issues maybe). This yielded a piece blunder on move 23.Qb7 black played 23.Rb8?? Where the simple 24.Rxa6 wins the game. The game continued but the extra material was enou6for white to convert!.

Move 23.Qb7

Here is the gif and pgn of the game.

[Event "Hivechess Tournament S9 R6 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/3TKxP51V"]
[Date "2021.12.03"]
[White "pamboy27"]
[Black "Tz995"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2021.12.03"]
[UTCTime "20:53:57"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+4"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-5"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Ba3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Rd8 12. h3 e6 13. Rc1 b6 14. c4 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Qd7 17. Re1 Bxd5 18. Re7 Qb5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Re8+ Qxe8 21. Qxd5 Na6 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Qb7 Rb8 24. Qxa6 Bf6 25. Qxa7 b5 26. Be7 Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29. g3 Rf8 30. Kg2 Qd5 31. Rd7 Qe4 32. Re7 Qd5 33. Qe3 b4 34. Re8 Kg7 35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. Qb3 Qb7 37. Qb2 h5 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qe5+ Kf8 40. h4 Qa8 41. Qd6+ Kg7 42. Qxb4 Qe4 43. Qxe4 1-0

In Conclusion...

It was a very interesting tournament. Sadly, I couldn't play my best but that is okay, I'm happy we got new winners except for @tungphong who already feels lonely at the top!Thanks to @stayoutoftherz for promoting this event.

I did have a video coverage of the event and i have the video uploaded in my previous post but here is the direct link to the video on 3speak!

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