Analyse my tournament with GM Julen Arizmendi

[Kallia]

Originally published at: https://killerchesstraining.com/2023/05/08/analyse-my-tournament/

Dear friends,

Lim Zhou Ren won the Malaysian Championship for the second time. Congratulations!

Peter Roberson made his 2nd GM-norm in the 4NCL. We are up to three GM norms, a few IM titles, and many norms this year, and very proud of our students!

On Thursday Julen will take on the ANALYSE MY TOURNAMENT challenge.
Before each session, you will be able to download a small collection of positions to work on in advance, should you choose to do so, of moments Julen found especially interesting, which he will go through in the class. They are not strict exercises and it is not a homework class, but if you want to have a look, you can find the PDF here. For future classes, you will be able to find it on the class page only.

And of course, don’t forget to sign up for the 1st Killer Chess Training Open in October! The entry fee is €200/1500 dkr and you will receive payment details after you complete your registration here.

Your friends at Killer Chess Training,

Julen, Kallia, Sam and Jacob

[adam.kuten]

Hi Julen, These are 3 games of mine from a tournament in February for possible consideration in your class. Thank you!

[Event “Waukesha tournament February 25, 2023: Sam vs Robert Wiedenhoes (1800) 1/2-1/2”]
[Site “Waukesha tournament February 25, 2023 • lichess.org”]
[Result “*”]
[UTCDate “2023.02.28”]
[UTCTime “02:07:05”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “B90”]
[Opening “Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack”]
[Annotator “Sam-K : Activity • lichess.org”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 h5 7. g3 e5 8. Nde2 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O b5 13. a3 Nb6 14. b3 d5 15. exd5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rad1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc7 19. c4 Bxa3 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Qd3 O-O 22. Qxb5 Rb8 23. Qa4 Rxb3 24. Ra1 Bb2 25. Rab1 Rfb8 26. Qh4 Bf5 27. Rbd1 Bg6 28. Nc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc3 30. Rcd1 Rc4 31. Qg5 Qc5 32. Rd5 Qa7 33. Qxe5 Rc2 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rbb2 36. Be4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 g5 38. h4 gxh4 39. Rxh4 Rb5 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Rfh1 Kg6 42. Rf4 Rbb2 43. Re1 Rd2 44. Ree4 Re2 45. Rxe2 Rxe2 46. Kf3 Ra2 47. Re4 f6 48. Re2 Ra3+ 49. Re3 Ra4 50. Re4 Ra5 51. Re8 Kf5 52. Rg8 Ra3+ 53. Kg2 Ra4 54. Rh8 Kg5 55. Kh3 Ra2 56. f4+ Kg6 57. Rg8+ $10 *

[Event “Waukesha tournament February 25, 2023: Mike La Budde (1910) vs Sam 0-1”]
[Site “Waukesha tournament February 25, 2023 • lichess.org”]
[Result “*”]
[UTCDate “2023.02.28”]
[UTCTime “02:31:11”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “E00”]
[Opening “Catalan Opening”]
[Annotator “Sam-K : Activity • lichess.org”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8. O-O b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Rc8 13. Qd1 h6 14. Bc1 Bc5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. f3 O-O 18. Na3 Qb7 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Na5 Qa8 21. Nb1 Rfd8 22. Qe1 Na4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. b3 Nc5 25. Qc1 Qd7 26. e4 Rc8 27. Qd1 Rd8 28. Qe2 Nb7 29. Rc1 Nxa5 30. Bxa5 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Bc3 Nd7 33. Qd2 Qd8 34. Ba5 Qc8 35. Nc3 Nb8 36. Ne2 Nc6 37. Bb6 Qb8 38. Be3 Qd6 39. Kf1 Qxd2 40. Bxd2 Bb4 41. Ke1 Kf8 42. Nf4 Ke7 43. Nd3 Bxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Kd6 45. f4 f6 46. Kc3 a5 47. a3 e5 48. a4 Nd4 49. fxe5+ fxe5 50. axb5 Nxb5+ 51. Kc4 Nd4 52. Nc5 Kc6 53. Na4 g6 54. Nc3 Nf3 55. Nd5 Nd2+ 56. Kd3 Nxb3 57. Ne7+ Kd6 58. Nxg6 Nc5+ 59. Ke3 a4 60. Kd2 Nxe4+ 61. Kd3 Nc5+ 62. Kc2 Ke6 63. Nh4 Kf6 64. Kc3 e4 65. Kc2 Kg5 66. h3 e3 67. Ng2 e2 68. Kd2 a3 69. Ne3 Nd3 70. Kxe2 Nb4 *

[Event “Waukesha tournament February 25, 2023: Sam vs Bill Smythe (1800) 1-0”]
[Site “Waukesha tournament February 25, 2023 • lichess.org”]
[Result “*”]
[UTCDate “2023.02.28”]
[UTCTime “02:50:52”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “C05”]
[Opening “French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation”]
[Annotator “Sam-K : Activity • lichess.org”]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Bc1 Bd7 10. Bc2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Rc8 13. a3 Be7 14. g3 Na5 15. Kg2 f6 16. f4 Bb5 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Ba4 Qb6 20. Bc2 Rc4 21. b4 Nc6 22. Bb2 Nxd4 23. Bd3 Nc2 24. Bxc2 d4 25. Bxh7+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ g6 27. Qxg6# *

[julenarizmendi]

@adam.kuten

[Event “Waukesha tournament February 25, 2023: Sam vs Bill Smythe (1800) 1-0”]
[Site “Waukesha tournament February 25, 2023 • lichess.org”]
[Result “*”]
[UTCDate “2023.02.28”]
[UTCTime “02:50:52”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[ECO “C05”]
[Opening “French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation”]
[Annotator “Sam-K : Activity • lichess.org”]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Bc1 Bd7 10. Bc2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Rc8 13. a3 Be7 14. g3 Na5 15. Kg2 f6 16. f4 Bb5 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Ba4 Qb6 20. Bc2 Rc4 21. b4 Nc6 22. Bb2 Nxd4 23. Bd3 Nc2 24. Bxc2 d4 25. Bxh7+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ g6 27. Qxg6# *

Thank you, Sam!
Could you send me a few more games to [email protected]? That would help me get a better sense of your overall play.

[fernando.semprun]

I understand you must get a lot of games, but it would be nice to confirm you received mine from the Six days in Budapest. Thx…

[julenarizmendi]

Sorry about that, Fernando. I just sent you an email to confirm.

[fernando.semprun]

There is nothing to be sorry about, I just wanted to know everything was fine. My apologies if something of my message conferred the wrong impression, I was just enquiring… And thanks for the quick response and the fantastic lectures!

1. Good material
2. Interesting topic(s)
3. Excellent explanations
4. Good rhythm in allowing attendees to come up with suggestions (one of the very important features of KCT)
   In fact they compare well with individual lessons as a student could have a little rest while others are solving and so it is nice…

[jason.childress]

I agree with all of Fernando’s points!

[xavier.palathingal]

@julenarizmendi Here are 4 games I played in a strong tornado [Event “Scc November Tornado”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2023.11.12”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Aditi Sembium”]
[Black “Rafael Palathingal”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “693”]
[BlackElo “1331”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nf3
   a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Na4 Na5 12. Qd1 Bd8 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Rc1 O-O 15.
   Nc5 Bb6 16. Na4 Ba7 17. Bg5 b5 18. Nc3 h6 19. Bh4 Rfe8 20. f3 Qb7 21. e4 dxe4
2. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Bf3 f6 24. Nd3 Rad8 25. Re1 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Qa7
3. Rc2 Nc4 29. Qe2 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Bxb2 31. Qb3 Qd4 32. Re4 Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Rd1+
4. Be1 Rxe1# {[%c_effect
   g8;square;g8;type;Winner,h1;square;h1;type;CheckmateWhite]} 0-1

[Event “SCC NOVEMBER TORNADO (WA)”]
[Site "SEATTLE, WA 98115 "]
[Date “2023.11.12”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Peter C Yu”]
[Black "Rafael Palathingal “]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2128”]
[BlackElo “1331”]
[TimeControl " G/50;+10”]
[Termination “Black Won By Resignation”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. a3 Rb8
2. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 c5 11. Nd2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Qc2 b4 14. Nce4 Nxd5 15. Nc4
   Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qc2 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Bf5 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Ra5 Qe6 21. Rd2 Nc4
3. Ng5 Bxc2 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxc5 Nxd2 25. Rxc2 Nb3 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Bh6 Rfc8
4. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Bh3 Kf7 30. e3 Bxb2 31. Bf4 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2 33. Kf3 Bg7 34.
   g4 Nd2+ 35. Ke2 Rb2 36. Kd3 e5 37. Bg3 e4+ 38. Ke2 Nf3+ 39. Kd1 g5 40. Kc1 Ke6
5. Bg2 Kd5 42. h3 Ra2 43. Bxf3 exf3 44. h4 h6 45. h5 Ke4 46. Kb1 Rb2+ 47. Kc1
   Kd3 48. e4 Bd4 49. e5 dxe5 50. Bh4 gxh4 51. g5 Ra2 {[%c_effect
   d3;square;d3;type;Winner]} 0-1

[Event “SCC November Tornado”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2023.11.12”]
[Round “3”]
[White "Rafael Palathingal "]
[Black “Saahil Gupta”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1331”]
[BlackElo “1796”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
   Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Rb1 $2 {[%c_effect
   b1;square;b1;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 12… b6 $9 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Bxe2
2. Qxe2 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Qd7 $6 {[%c_effect
   d7;square;d7;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 17. h3 $6 {[%c_effect
   h3;square;h3;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 17… Qb7 $6 {[%c_effect
   b7;square;b7;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Bf4 a6 20. Nc7
   b5 21. Qd2 e5 22. Qxa5 exf4 23. Rc6 Be5 24. Nxa6 Rxc6 25. Qxd8+ Kg7 26. dxc6
   Qxa6 27. Qd5 Bc7 28. Rxb5 Qa3 29. Rb7 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 f3+ 31. Rxc7 Qf4+ 32. g3 Qxc7
3. e5 Qe7 34. Qd6 Qa7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qxf3 Qxa2 37. Kg2 Qc4 38. Qf6 Qd5+ 39.
   Kh2 Qc5 40. Kg1 Qb6 41. Qf3 Qc7 42. Qd5 Kg7 43. e6 fxe6 44. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event “SCC NOVEMBER TORNADO”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2023.11.12”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Haituka Anandkumar”]
[Black “Rafael palathingal”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “1412”]
[BlackElo “1331”]
[Termination “Draw by agreement”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bb5 Ne7 8. Nd5
   O-O 9. Bxc6 $6 {[%c_effect c6;square;c6;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 9…
   Nxc6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Bc5 13. b4 Bb6 $6 {[%c_effect
   b6;square;b6;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 14. Qe2 c6 15. Ne3 $6 {[%c_effect
   e3;square;e3;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 15… a5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf5 $6
   {[%c_effect f5;square;f5;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 17… axb4 18. cxb4
   c5 19. h4 $2 {[%c_effect h4;square;h4;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 19… cxb4
2. h5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 b3 $6 {[%c_effect
   b3;square;b3;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 22. Rg1 $4 {[%c_effect
   g1;square;g1;type;Blunder;keyPressed;undefined;persistent;true] Missed Ba5+ ,Bc3
   the winning line.} 22… Rxa2 $9 23. Rxa2 bxa2 24. Qxa2 Qf6 $6 {[%c_effect
   f6;square;f6;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} 25. Qb3 Ba5+ 26. Ke2 b6 27. Rh1
   Qh6 28. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[julenarizmendi]

Thank you for the games, Rafael!