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L. Hofman (elo 1400) - Novag Sapphire (elo 2147) Level at 7, 2 min. / move, extensions "off". januari 2022 (Sapphire was very fast in making moves, about 20 sec..}
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bd2 e6 4.a3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.Qe2 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.h3 Ne4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.g4 h5 14.O-O-O f5 15.gxf5 Bxf5 16.Rdg1 O-O-O 17.Qc4 Rd7 18.Rd1 Rhd8 { beginning of trouble for white} 19.Qe2 h4? {Qd6} 20.Be1 Bxc3? {Rxd1+ and advantage for black}} 21.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23.Qxd1 {equal game again} Qh2 24.Bxg7 Qxf2 25.Bh6 Qg3? {why not Bxh3} 26.Bf4 Qxh3? {the queen is far away from home} 27.Qd6 Qf1+ 28.Kd2 Qg2+ 29.Kc1 {Kc3 gives slight advantage for white} Qg1+ 30.Kd2 Qg2+ 31.Kc1 Qh1+ 32.Kd2 Qg2+ 33.Kc1{½–½}
L. Hofman (1400) - Novag Sapphire (2147) Level TR 4, 40 moven in 60 min. januari 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bb5 Bg4 6.h3 Bd7 7.d3 Nd4 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Be3 c5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Ne2 Bh4 15.g3 Bg5 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.h4 Bh6 18.O-O Rc8 19.Nb3 {white’s position becomes slowly worse…} Qc7 {no defend possible for the pawn on c2} 20.Qg4 Rf6 21.Rac1? {offering the quality is not a good idea, better; Qd1} Bxc1 22.Rxc1 Qf7 23.Qe2 Rf8 24.Rf1 h6 25.Nd2 Qc7 26.Nb3 Rf3 27.Kg2 Qc6 28.Na5 Qc5 29.Nb3 Qc7 30.Qd2 {all the pawns are still in the game, but the position is not locked} Kh8? {what is the plan? Better g5 to open the game} 31.Qe2 Qc6 32.Na5 Qc5 33.Nb3 Qc7 34.Qd2 {white decides to do nothing…} R8f6 35.Qe2 Kg8? 36.Qd2 Kh7? 37.Qe2 Kh8? 38.Qd2 Kg8? {still no plan, d5 was possible} 39.Qe2 Rf7 40.Qd2 Kh8 41.Qe2 a5 {an attempt to open the chess position} 42.Na1 a4 43.Qd2 {engine suggests Qxf3} Qc5 44.Qc1 Qa5 45.Qd1 Rf8 46.Qc1 b5 {second attempt to open} 47.Qd1 Kg8? {d5 or b4} 48.Qc1 Qc7 49.Qd2 {in fact, white’s position is hopeless} Qc6 50.Qe2 Qc5 51.Qd2 Kh8? 52.Qe2 Qc7 53.Qd2 Qc6 54.Qe2 Qc5 55.Qd2 Kh7 56.Qe2 R8f7 57.Qd2 R7f6 58.Qe2 Kh8 59.Qd2 Rf7 60.Qe2 Kg8 {and informal arbitrated on ½-½}