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Threefold repetition • Draw
FEN
[Event "Rated classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/5BHA5baM"]
[Date "2024.09.23"]
[White "Tranzoo"]
[Black "ztraynor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "5BHA5baM"]
[UTCDate "2024.09.23"]
[UTCTime "18:01:01"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+4"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-5"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "2700+45"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense } 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O a5 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Bd2 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Bc5 12. Rc1?! { (0.89 → 0.27) Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } (12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Rac1 Ba7 14. Ne2 Ne7 15. Qa4 h6 16. d4 Qb6 17. Bxa5 Qa6) 12... Bd4?! { (0.27 → 1.27) Inaccuracy. Ne7 was best. } (12... Ne7 13. Qg4) 13. Ne2?? { (1.27 → -0.77) Blunder. Qa4 was best. } (13. Qa4 Bxe5) 13... Bxe5 14. Rxc6 Ne7 15. Rc2 Nf5 16. Qc1?! { (-0.21 → -0.76) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (16. Re1 O-O 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qf6 19. b3 h6 20. Qf3 Rfb8 21. Qxf6 Bxf6) 16... O-O 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Rc7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Qb5 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Qc3 h6 24. Rc5 Rb8 25. b3 a4 26. Nc1?! { (-0.15 → -0.79) Inaccuracy. Rc8+ was best. } (26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Kh7 28. Qc3 d4 29. Qc4 axb3 30. axb3 Qa5 31. b4 Qa1+) 26... axb3?! { (-0.79 → -0.16) Inaccuracy. Qb4 was best. } (26... Qb4 27. Qxb4) 27. Nxb3 Ra8 28. Qc2?! { (-0.21 → -0.82) Inaccuracy. Rc8+ was best. } (28. Rc8+ Rxc8) 28... Qb4 29. Kf1? { (-0.69 → -2.06) Mistake. g3 was best. } (29. g3 Kh7) 29... Qf4 30. Rc8+ Rxc8?? { (-2.54 → -0.18) Blunder. Kh7 was best. } (30... Kh7 31. Kg1 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. g3 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Rxa2 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3) 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. h3? { (-0.25 → -1.70) Mistake. Kg1 was best. } (32. Kg1 Nd4 33. h3 Nxb3 34. axb3 Qd2 35. Qc7 Kg6 36. Qg3+ Kf6 37. Qh4+ Ke5) 32... Ng3+?? { (-1.70 → 0.00) Blunder. Qh2 was best. } (32... Qh2 33. Qc5 Nh4 34. g3 Qxh3+ 35. Ke2 Qg4+ 36. Kd2 Nf5 37. Ke1 g5 38. Qf8) 33. Kg1 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Qe5 35. Qc2 Nd4 36. Qb2 Nc6 37. d4 Qe4 38. Qd2?! { (0.08 → -0.67) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (38. a4 e5 39. Nc5 Qf4 40. Qc2+ Kg8 41. dxe5 Nxe5 42. g3 Qb4 43. Qb3 Qxc5) 38... Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qe4+ 40. Kf1 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Qe4+?! { (-0.76 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Kg8 was best. } (41... Kg8 42. Nc5 Qh1 43. Kf3 Qf1 44. Kg3 Qa1 45. a4 Nxd4 46. Kh2 Nc6 47. Qe2) 42. Kd1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
Spectator room
- ztraynor
I expect advance variation - robertjackson
good luck Zach - ztraynor
oh hey we're the first game of the round. That's nice - ztraynor
hello spectators! Hoping to keep some good momentum up after a 4/5 OTB performance (albeit a shaky one, lol) - ztraynor
I thiiiink(?) this is what I just prepped less than 20 minutes ago... - ztraynor
oh okay yes this is it. Ba6 incoming to trade White's best piece. But NOT before Ne7 if Nd2 - ztraynor
Well, if White will allow it that way, okay - ztraynor
Hm c5 or Bc5? - ztraynor
Bc5 Na4 Bd4...? With Qc7 to follow, possibly Ne7-g6 and castles? - ztraynor
Ah or is d4 pushable here? - robertjackson
(11)...Bc5 seems better to me! - ztraynor
d4 Ne4 Qd5? I would like to retain the option of using the a7-g1 diagonal though - ztraynor
Ah is Qb8 a fork? d5 Qxb2 Rb1 Qa3 Rc3 Qe7 escapes but man that feels bold - ztraynor
Yeah don't think that pawn's worth it - ztraynor
okay, can't freeze here. Candidate moves: d4, c5, Bc5, Qc7 - robertjackson
loving the commentary Zach! (11) - glbert
go Tranzoo! - Tranzoo
thats quite a think. I wonder what they are looking at - ztraynor
Re1 might allow a sac, meanwhile Bd4 is coming, e5 looks nontrivial to defend - ztraynor
Qg4 is an idea in many of these positions but I think if White had that idea, it would have been played already - Tranzoo
Qa4 Qb6 and I dont have Na4 there - Tranzoo
do I care though? - ztraynor
Ne2 preparing d4 perhaps, though I'd be sorely tempted by Qc7 d4 Bxd4 Nxd4 Qxe5, would love to have Ne7 and 0-0 on the board first though - ztraynor
Though I suppose Nf6 after the sack is possible, and may be more useful - ztraynor
ah now Ne7 covers the weak c6 pawn - ztraynor
wait lol Ne2 then, oops - ztraynor
Bd4 and if Ne2, Bxe5 Rxc6 Ne7? R doesn't have many squares and I get to castle with that tempo - ztraynor
plus b3 hangs - ztraynor
Bf4, either Ne7 or Qc7 may work - ztraynor
don't really want my Q on the c-file with the rook, however. Qb6 Na4 though, Qb8 feels wrong - ztraynor
ah White's idea is d4 now. Does the h7 sack work...? - ztraynor
oh hell Qa4 - ztraynor
I'm not convinced - robertjackson
(14) Ne7 best! - robertjackson
(15)...0-0 surely - ztraynor
wondering if I can skip castling and just rush the KS pawns - ztraynor
still looking for the sack but there's too much trouble looming if it doesn't work. Be solid - ztraynor
if there was a way to win that d-pawn, that would be great - ztraynor
Huh. Bx Nx Nd4 and White needs to be careful to play Rd2 instead of other options - ztraynor
I still think taking this to an endgame is a good option for me - ztraynor
there probably was never an h7 sack anyway - ztraynor
Oh, h2 lol have I been saying h7 this whole time? - ztraynor
Qg5 also an idea here, there may be tactics - ztraynor
HAH, right, queens can do that too - ztraynor
Yikes - ztraynor
c7 is a problem - ztraynor
wow significant dark square problems now - ztraynor
man this is really ugly all of a sudden - glbert
is it really? - ztraynor
how is my N getting back into the action... White's isn't exactly active now but definitely has options later - ztraynor
Qd2 is the only option I see to cover both pawns - ztraynor
is now the moment to burn a tempo to create luft? - robertjackson
back rank danger Zach (24) - ztraynor
I don't think White can (yet) safely take a5 - ztraynor
Also the opposing team is named "Gambits R Us" and Mr. Tranzoo has not played a gambit. This is false advertising XD - TimothyHa
(25) Mods live on a yacht and claim they can play gambits - TimothyHa
(25) White could probably make this a complicated queen endgame - TimothyHa
(25) but they don't have a luft yet - ztraynor
Not exactly clear how I make progress here and that's going to be an annoying pawn to deal with - TimothyHa
(27) Qb4 - TimothyHa
(27) but it's probably a draw - TimothyHa
(27) could be trickier for longer - ztraynor
when was the last time my horse moved... huh, M15 and it's been misplaced ever since - ztraynor
there may be a deflection here somewhere... - ztraynor
Q is tied to N in a lot of lines, as Qxb3 axb3 allows Ra1 possibly decisively - ztraynor
or not - ztraynor
"oh no, the h-pawn is hanging, I should play g3 or h3" please - TimothyHa
(29) I like these tricks :-) - TimothyHa
(29) like a Ne3+ - TimothyHa
(30) panic with Kh7? - Tranzoo
point is I now can go Qc5 and pray - Tranzoo
but thatt doesnt help does it - ztraynor
d4 with a discovered pin, I saw just in the nick of time, wanted Kh7 sacking the rook for the pin - ztraynor
that a-pawn looks concerningly mobile though - Tranzoo
smells like getting mated - chk12
33...Qh3 seemed quite dangerous to me - chk12
32* - ztraynor
perpetual was an option, admittedly - Tranzoo
a1 is covered, do they notice? - Tranzoo
well glad to get my queen back in semiuseful position - Tranzoo
Qb2, does that work? - Tranzoo
ah they can escape with Nf3 I believe, bummer - Tranzoo
ok but whom does that favour - ztraynor
...crap - Tranzoo
also Nc6, right - Tranzoo
yeah - Tranzoo
well that gives me an option of d4 though if I want it - Tranzoo
that was probably not so clever - TimothyHa
(37) a dramatic queen endgame in low time is what all spectators want - ztraynor
I hate queen endgames - glbert
but the spectators love it. - TimothyHa
(41) one should try to play e5 :-) - TimothyHa
(41) but Qd3 is a change - TimothyHa
(41) but e5 Qd3 exd4 - ztraynor
booooooo - TimothyHa
(42) Qxg2? - TimothyHa
(42) ah... Qc2+ - TimothyHa
(42) tricky - ztraynor
Qg7 gets forked on c2 - TimothyHa
(43) gg both - chk12
gg - chk12
Think the N ending should have won for White given the outside a-passer - chk12
The engine disagrees though :) - ztraynor
I think I'd have had an easier time defending that with knights than queens - ztraynor
Wait Kh7 would have worked?? How? - Tranzoo
draw feels fair - Tranzoo
Kh7 when? - ztraynor
Agreed, gg - ztraynor
Rc8+ - TimothyHa
tha'ts so cool, Kh7 :-) - Tranzoo
lulz Kh7 - chk12
Yes was thinking of this during the game, cool it works - TimothyHa
it had to be prepared and play as if panicking as I suggested earlier - ztraynor
I thought about it but thought d4 looked too strong - Tranzoo
I thought Qc5 there but of course that is hipeless - Tranzoo
hopeless - Tranzoo
I am just getting crushed - Tranzoo
yeah Kh7 is hot - TimothyHa
I guess White loses a2 - Tranzoo
and then everything else - Tranzoo
well good luck ztraynor for rest of the season - chk12
Indeed, long line, but a bit forced - ztraynor
You too Tranzoo! An interesting game - ztraynor
And also I always appreciate when someone has early week availability to get it out of the way :)