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1e4+0.2e5+0.42Nf3+0.2Nc6+0.33Bc4+0.2Bc5+0.34b4?!−0.5...Inaccuracy. c3 was best.4.c3Nf65.d3[...]4...Bb6?!+0.4Inaccuracy. Bxb4 was best.4...Bxb45.c3Ba5[...]5a4+0.5a6+0.56a5+0.3Ba7+0.37c3+0.4Nf6+0.28d3+0.5h6+0.59O-O+0.5O-O+0.410Qb30.0d60.011h30.0Ne7−0.112Be3−0.2Ng6−0.113Nbd2+0.1Qe7+0.514Rfe10.0Bxe3+0.415fxe3?!−0.1...Inaccuracy. Rxe3 was best.15.Rxe3b515...Be6?!+0.5Inaccuracy. b5 was best.15...b516.axb6cxb6[...]
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[Event "Rated classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/KuIN6XTZ"] [Date "2020.05.08"] [White "toddletales"] [Black "aln276"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [GameId "KuIN6XTZ"] [UTCDate "2020.05.08"] [UTCTime "22:00:26"] [WhiteElo "2142"] [BlackElo "2123"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "2700+45"] [ECO "C51"] [Opening "Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4?! { (0.27 → -0.52) Inaccuracy. c3 was best. } (4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 h6) 4... Bb6?! { (-0.52 → 0.43) Inaccuracy. Bxb4 was best. } (4... Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. O-O Bb6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+) 5. a4 { C51 Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined } a6 6. a5 Ba7 7. c3 Nf6 8. d3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 d6 11. h3 Ne7 12. Be3 Ng6 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bxe3 15. fxe3?! { (0.42 → -0.13) Inaccuracy. Rxe3 was best. } (15. Rxe3 b5) 15... Be6?! { (-0.13 → 0.49) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { The game is a draw. } (15... b5 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. c4 Rfc8 20. Qc3 f5 21. Ra2 e4 22. dxe4) 1/2-1/2
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Italian Game: Evans Gambit Declined
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  1. aln276 strangely (4) on move 4 there was a long thought. and yet he goes with Evan's gambit.
  2. timothyha I thought theory allows Nxe5 and fork on d4
  3. timothyha Evan’s gambit is playing to Alex’s hands
  4. timothyha (7) so many pawn moves
  5. rselwyn holy dark squares
  6. timothyha That queenside pawn chain can’t be stable enough
  7. rselwyn white better hope to keep that LSB
  8. aln276 (7) the move 6.a5 was not played before. gaining the spare but wasting tempi.
  9. aln276 now the standard attack may come. like (7) Nge7 Ng5 0-0 Qh5 and both h7 and f7 are attacked. So the best way is just to develop naturally
  10. timothyha I believe many patzers play moves that GMs never played before
  11. aln276 I remember doing the preps there was a move (7) h6 suggested. But that's too slow.
  12. aln276 so the main candidate is Nf6
  13. timothyha Yep
  14. Scarff h6 is not needed until he opens his DSB, I think?
  15. toddletales i'm so mad he didn't take the pawn!
  16. timothyha He’s a Russian trained player
  17. aln276 d3 with the idea Bg5. the pin will be annoying. so little prophylaxis.
  18. Scarff Russians don't like pawns?
  19. timothyha Russians play against gambits by developing naturally
  20. timothyha To win in later phases :)
  21. aln276 basically we reached the standard modern Italian game position
  22. timothyha Too bad the bishop on c4 fixes the f pawn
  23. timothyha So maybe 0-0 and d5 to follow?
  24. aln276 one more detail here (9) if 9...o-o then d4 is possible. d6 d5 leading to closed position.
  25. toddletales i have no idea what i'm doing
  26. timothyha I know you don’t retreat Nb8-Nd7 but I would
  27. Scarff If he plays the evans gambit, he might not play for a closed position anyway?
  28. aln276 I was tempted to play d6 first. But let's put the king to safety first
  29. timothyha yes he might be not familiar with this stuff
  30. rselwyn Nbd2 is pretty normal here i think
  31. rselwyn or maybe qb3
  32. toddletales 10. I feel like Be3 is sorta theory here; but i love playing Qb3 especially when Na5 is off the table for thetime being? maybe ba3?
  33. toddletales feel like i have to play h3 now despite truly not wanting to
  34. toddletales i was hoping to be down a pawn at this point!
  35. aln276 White will have active play related to b4-b5 here. I need to think of some activity plan here too
  36. aln276 one option is Qe7 followed by Be6 changing the bishops. Another is Nh5 but that's too long
  37. toddletales --- 11. there's some fun stuff me next turn with Nh4 and then Nxe4
  38. aln276 I thing Qe7 is better. Just saw Ne7 and b5 plan is not sound. My knight may go to the k-side via g6-f4.
  39. timothyha This chat will get long soon thanks to both players - we better copy it out to Notepad for Alex and us later
  40. toddletales not anymore!
  41. aln276 white is not developed yet to start any activities yet to be frank
  42. aln276 (12) he might try Rd1 actually then Ng6 d4 Qe7
  43. aln276 i will not take on e3. after fxe3 White has solit centre and f4 is unavailable for my knight
  44. timothyha (13) I'd like to play c6 and maybe d5 sometime later, if possible. Black is ok, but doesn't have many moves to make
  45. toddletales do i ever want play d4? time will tell. the fun part of this is trying to think about end game positions vs attack
  46. timothyha oh, we have someone who thinks about endgame from here - that's a good sign
  47. timothyha that the game won't be rushed :-)
  48. aln276 (13) ok and where does this knight go? Rfd1 Nf1-g3?
  49. timothyha oh, we have a Russian player @staskamaev watching our own Russian playing Black
  50. aln276 (13) may be c6 stopping the b5 right there? But I think that b5 is not that scary for Black.
  51. toddletales if he doesn't take my bishop i think i have to take his? 13. i'm expecting bxe3 or c6? pretty much anything else i'm d4?
  52. toddletales does my position stink?
  53. aln276 I think I will just develop
  54. Scarff It's nice that both send a lot of messages. Makes the game more exciting to follow
  55. aln276 btw that was tempting to go Nh5 with idea Nf4 occupying the square. but nice Ideas shouldn't prevent the normal development.
  56. timothyha and that's why I'm copying notes out of chat, as it will be shorter by the end of the game, without first messages
  57. toddletales pardon me?
  58. toddletales now i have to think?
  59. Scarff Yeah, chess has that annoying habit of forcing you to think ;)
  60. aln276 (14) Rfe1, Nf1, Bxa7, Ne3 is the standard plan here.
  61. timothyha "The worst thing in chess is that you have to think" (c) Sasha Grischuk
  62. Scarff Grischuk is the most lovable person in chess. The entire chess hobby is worth it to get into just to get to understand that Grischuk exists
  63. timothyha yes
  64. timothyha Grischuk and Ivanchuk
  65. timothyha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiKkkpv03eo - he actually said "The most difficult in (playing) chess is there you have to think"
  66. timothyha but he said that in Russian, sorry
  67. Scarff Ivanchuk too yes! And personally I really like Aronian too :)
  68. timothyha yes, Aronian is doing well in FIDE Online Nations - after his big personal loss in life
  69. Scarff That's nice to hear! I haven't followed it much, but knew he was playing and hoping he'd do well
  70. Scarff Ivanchuk also had this medal ceremony while he was playing draughts I think. And he had to interupt his game to receive the medal
  71. Scarff Not sure if I'm remembering it exactly correct. But that's such a good moment too
  72. timothyha yes
  73. timothyha he was playing draughts with Jobava I think
  74. timothyha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexW6W0e2Sc
  75. timothyha and he was 1st, with Grischuk 2nd and Carlsen 3rd in World Rapid 2016 - the guys were smiling when Ivanchuk ran to the stage
  76. Black offers draw
  77. timothyha Alex is doing the captain thing now
  78. toddletales i love draws
  79. timothyha nobody loses any rating from this game, I think
  80. toddletales i kinda want to drink a beer
  81. aln276 I don't see any way to have an advantage here. So a draw is offered
  82. toddletales i kinda want to play
  83. timothyha well, you managed to get the LSB exchanged and you get the better centre
  84. timothyha Black gets a better centre
  85. timothyha ah, I missed the moment when DSBs were also exchanged :-)
  86. Draw offer accepted
  87. timothyha gg!
  88. Scarff I was just watching Ivanchuk, didn't expect the match to be over already!
  89. timothyha :-)
  90. timothyha I will prepare a list of Youtube links for "whispers" in next game
  91. timothyha to entertain spectators while playing boring chess
  92. Scarff Almost all of the pieces on the board and it's a draw agreed. Board 1 players are lazy ;)
  93. Scarff Playing exciting chess is always an option Timothy.
  94. timothyha Black had b5 break available! Intersesting
  95. timothyha @Scarff - I can play dangerous chess - that wins if opponents make mistakes, but I usually want them to also play well, so I get to 50%
  96. timothyha again and again
  97. toddletales ugh idk maybe i shouldn't have taken the draw, this position is interesting i just don't see continuations that are not reallly sketchy for
  98. timothyha At least White could try and reduce a+b pawns?
  99. timothyha then you have the flank to get some play with rooks?
  100. timothyha it's still very equal, but more chances to err
  101. toddletales which is sorta what i was thinking and stockfish wants g4
  102. timothyha yeah, g4 with only knights left could also be ok
  103. timothyha I'd like to see what Leela thinks here, not Stockfish. S's too materialistic
  104. Scarff And also just wrong. I prepped today and it gave a line +3 or 4. Then I play it out, turns out it thinks it's -1 after 5 moves...
  105. timothyha :-)
  106. Scarff Stockfish isn't always right it seems, even on my level
  107. timothyha To see Nepo losing to Anand quickly due to computer error... find that game from FIDE Nations, btw
  108. timothyha the computer thinks it's 0.0 and two moves later Anand was completely winning
  109. Scarff I only saw the tactic on the chess reddit I think? Not the entire game and story behind it
  110. Scarff Oh, that's interesting
  111. timothyha I'll give you a link to the video - actually it's in our team Slack, but I'll resend
  112. toddletales @aln276 i wasn't super prepped because apparently you play every opening for black
  113. timothyha yeah, that's Alex for you
  114. toddletales he's really solid -- seems your whole team is! you're crushing us!
  115. timothyha Anand v Nepo- https://youtu.be/mwspV5NZSUo?t=2355 (and Anand joins on 50th minute)
  116. timothyha thanks, @toddletales, we've been both lucky and prepping ourselves all week
  117. toddletales impressive stuff
  118. timothyha not me, I still need to prep for my game! But the team is cool, yes
  119. timothyha good luck in the League!
  120. toddletales you as well! i'm going to go figure out how to get rid of my middle game phobia
  121. timothyha you won't if you keep playing Italian - I guess Carlsen-Karjakin worked for months here to no avail
  122. timothyha :-)