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L. Hofman (elo 1400) - Mephisto Manhattan (elo 1722) Level A7-3 min/move
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.dxc5 Qa5 4.Be3 e5 5.a3 Ng4 6.Qd2 Nxe3 7.Qxe3 Qxc5 8.Qxc5 Bxc5 9.e3 O-O 10.O-O-O {So an opposite castling gives possibilities for an attack} Nc6 11.Rd5 d6 12.b4 Nxb4 13.axb4 Bxb4 {A knight for 2 pawns is not that bad} 14.Kb2 Be6 15.Rb5 Bxc3+ 16.Kxc3 Rac8+ 17.Kd2 Rc7 {The position is closed but the best chances are for white} 18.Nf3 f5 19.Be2 Rfc8 20.Rc1 h6 21.Ne1 Kf7 22.Rcb1 b6 23.R5b4 Bd5 24.Bd3 Ke6 25.Ba6 {White is planning to exchange the rook(s) to create more space} Re8 26.Ra4 Bc6 27.Ra3 Be4 28.Rc3 Rxc3 {Not very wise to exchange a rook} 29.Kxc3 Re7 30.Kd2 Rc7 31.Rb3 Bd5 32.Rc3 Rxc3 33.Kxc3 {This is the situation white wanted} g5 34.g3 g4 35.Nd3 Be4 36.Nb4 d5 37.Kb3 Kd6 38.c3 Bf3 39.Bc8 Be4 40.Na6 Bd3 41.Nb4 Be4 42.Ba6 Bf3 43.Bd3 a5 44.Nc2 Be4 45.Bxe4 dxe4? {fxe4 gives more resistance} 46.Kc4 Kc6 47.Na3 h5 48.Nb5 {And black has to much to carry} a4 49.Kb4 Kd5 50.c4+ Kc6 51.Kxa4 Kc5 52.Kb3 Kc6 53.Kb4 Kd7 54.Nc3 Kc6 55.Nd5 b5 56.Ne7+ Kd7 57.Kxb5 Kxe7 58.Kb6 Ke6 59.c5 f4 60.Kc7 fxe3 61.fxe3 Ke7 62.c6 Ke8 63.Kb8 Ke7 64.c7 Kd7 65.c8Q+ {1–0}
Mephisto Manhattan (elo 1722) - L. Hofman (elo 1400) level A7 3 min./move
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 h6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bc4 Bd7 8.O-O Nc6 9.Re1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qe7? {No good defense because of a lot of threads such as 11. Nd5 or Bf4. Much better 10….c5} 11.Rad1? {But still advantage for white} Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5? {Qd7} 13.exd5 O-O-O? {Necessairy Kd8 or Kd7. For instance 13...Kd8 14.Bg5 hxg5 15.Rxe7 Bxe7 but still a lost game} 14.Bxh6? {14.Qa7 Ng4 15.Qa8+ Kd7 16.Qxb7 Ke8 17.Qc6+ Rd7 18.Bd4 Ne5 19.Qxa6 And hopeless for black} 14...Qxe1+ {Perhaps better Qd7} 15.Rxe1 Rxh6 16.c3 Kb8 {Black’s plan is to do nothing} 17.Qd2? {b4 and so on} Ng4 18.Qg5 Nf6 19.Re2 Kc8 20.Qf5+ Kb8 21.Qc2? {See move 17} Nd7 22.f4 Kc8 23.Qf5 Rf6 24.Qe4 Kb8 25.Qd4 Nb6 26.Bb3 Nd7 27.Ba4 Nb6 28.Bc2 Nd7 29.Qd2? {Why not playing the b or c pawn?} Kc8 30.Ba4 Nb6 31.Bb3 Nd7 32.Bc2 Kb8 33.Ba4 Nb6 34.Bb3 {Arbitrated on ½–½}