MTA vs. DRS Board 1 Round 1

[Event- DRS @ MTA Chess]

[Date- 2/11/16]

[Round- 1]

[Board- 1]

[Time Control- 30|0]

[White- Yair, DRS Board 1 (Chess.com member notthatgood1)]

[Black- Akiva Poppers, MTA Board 1 (Chess.com member vipchesschamp)

Credits to Dov Tuchman for notation.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Bc4 Rc8 9. Bb3 e5 10. Ne2 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. f3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. f4 Nbd7 16. f5 h6 17. Ng3 Nh7 18. Ne4 Ndf6 19. Qf3 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. c3 Ng8 23. Bc2 Bf6 24. Qh5 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rf3 f6 28. Rh3+ Nh6 29. Ba4 Rc7 30. Rc1 b5 31. Bb3 Kg8 32. Rf3 Rfc8 33. h3 g4 34. hxg4 Nxg4 35. Rg3 Nh6 36. Re1 Nxf5 37. Rf3 Nh6 38. a4 Rb8 39. axb5 Rxb5 40. c4 Rb8 41. Ra1 Rcb7 42. Ra3 Kf7 43. Kf1 Rb6 44. Ke2 a5 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Rg3 Nf5 47. Rf3 Nd4 48. Rg3 Nxb3 49. Rxg7+ Kf8 50. Rh7 Nd2+ 51. Ke1 Nxc4 52. Rf3 Kg8 53. Rh6 Rf8 54. ......, 0-1.

*At end of game, white had under one minute and black had 8 seconds. In the final position White's King was on e1, Black's King on e3 and Ra1# (black also had 3 pawns). Notes stopped being taken at around the 4:00 mark.

**After the trade of queens, I felt that I had good winning chances due to the better minor piece, and that white had no winning chances, as black's position was secure.