In the first day, I played 3 rounds of chess. We woke up at 5:00 in the morning and left from Holland, MI to Lansing at shortly after 6:00. : ( We arrived shortly after 8:00, and checked in.
In the first round, I (1517) was playing a man named Dan Holt (1405) as white. I had played Dan before at the Saint Joseph chess club. This game was very tough, and I questioned whether I could pull out even a draw. In the engame I messed up, and offered a draw, and of course he declined. Unbelievably, I was able to take advantage of a big mistake later, and ended up winning by 1 tempo. : ). Here is the game below:
Joshua Posthuma (1517) vs. Dan Holt (1405)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 This is a common queen's gambit line called the Orthodox. 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Qc2 b6 8.a3 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd2 Rc8 11.0-0 Bd6? 12.Nb5! This is a good move attacking both d6 and a7. 12. ...a6 13.Nxd6 cxd6 The good thing about this trade for white is that it gives black two doubled isolated pawns, and white has a bishop vs. knight. 14.Qb3 Ne4 15.Rac1 b5 16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Ba5 Qc6 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Rc1 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Nb8 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.Kf1 Nc6 23.Be1 Bg4 24.Nd2 Bf5 25.Ke2 g6 26.f3 Nxd2 27.Kxd2 Be6 (27.Bxf5? Nxf3! 28.gxf3 gxf5) 28.Kc2 Kf8 29.a4 bxa4 30.Bxa6 Bd7 31.b4 axb3 32.Kxb3 Ke7 33.Bg3 Na5+ 34.Kb4 Nc6+ 35.Kc3 f5 36.Bh4+ Ke6 37.Bb5 Na5 38.Bxd7 Kxd7 39.Kb4 Ne4 40.Bg5 Ke6 41.Kb5 Kd7 42.e4 Na3+ 43.Ka4 Nc2 44.exd5 Ne1 45.b4 Nxg2 46.f4 Nh4 47.Be3 Nf3 48.h3 h6 49.Kb4 g5 50.fxg5 hxg5 51.Kc3 f4 52.Bf2 Nh4 This was a very big mistake by my opponent, probably a blunder. This allows me to trade and win the f4 pawn, bringing me into a winning game. 53.Bxh4 gxh4 54.Kd3 Ke7 55.Ke4 Kf6 56.Kxf4 Kg6 57.Kg4 Kf6 58.Kxh4 And now I'm in a won game. The funny thing is, just about 20 moves earlier, I had offered a draw which he declined. Little did I know I would go on to win the game. 58. ...Kf5 59.Kh5 Ke4 60.Kg5 Kxd5 61.h4 Kxd4 62.h5 Ke5 63.h6 d5 64.h7 d4 65.h8=Q Ke4 66.Qh1+ Ke3 67.Qd1 d3 68.Kg4 Kd4 69.Kf3 Kc3 70.Ke3 And black resigned.
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In the second round, I was playing my friend Bill Ignasiak on the white side of A king's indian. The game ended in a draw by three move repetition.
Joshua Posthuma (1517) vs. Bill Ignasiak (1556)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.h3 c6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.Be3 h6 An interesting move my opponent commonly plays to keep white's bishop out of h6. 9.Qc1 Kh7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Re1 e5 12.d5 a6 13.Qd2 c5 14.Rac1 Nb6 15.Red1 Bd7 16.Nc1 Nc8 17.f4 I was trying for a breakthrough of some sort. 17. ...exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne7 19.Nf3 Ne8 20.Re1 f6 21.Kh1 Nc8 22.Re3 Kh8 23.Rf7 g5 24.Bh2 Qd8 25.Ree1 Qe7 26.Qc2 Rd8 27.Na4 Bc8 28.Nb6 Qc7 29.Nxc8 Qxc8 30.a3 Qd7 31.Qd1 Rf7 32.Nd2 Bf8 33.Be2 Rg7 34.Bg4 Qe7 35.b3 a5 36.Nb1 Nc7 37.Nc3 b6 38.a4 Now for the three move repetition. 38. ...Qe8 39.Bh5 Qe7 40.Bg4 Qe8 41.Bh5 Draw agreed.
In the third round, I was playing a man named Daniel harper. This game was very good, and even all the way through, but my opponent got into severe time pressure when I still had about 45 minutes! With that time advantage, I was able to pull out a win.
Daniel Harper (1555) vs. Joshua Posthuma (1517)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 Making the game a Nimzo-Indian. 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 Transforming into a queen's gambit declined orthodox. The only difference is the Bb4. 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bd7 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qb1 b6 14.Rc1 Re8 15.a4 h6 Allowing my knight to move away. 16.Re1?! Ne4 17.Ra2 Nxd2 18.Nxd2 Qf6 19.Rc2 g6!? 20.Rec1 Na5 21.Rc7 Rxc7 22.Rxc7 Bxa4 23.Rxa7 Qd6 24.h3 Rc8 25.g3 Bd7 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Nf3 Rc7 28.Rxc7 Qxc7 29.Ne5 Be8 30.f4 Nc4 31.Qe1 Nxe5 32.fxe5 Bc6 33.Qf1 Qe7 34.h4 Qe6. Right now my opponent has 9 minutes and I have 47. 35.Qf3 Bb7 36.h5 Bc8 I have just been wasting my opponent's time while thinking of a plan by making waste moves. 37.hxg6 fxg6 38.Kg1 Bd7 39.Qf4 Bc8 40.Qf3 Bd7 41.Qf4 b5 Starting my plan. This will make him think even longer. 42.Qf1 Qb6 43.Qf4 b4 44.Qh4 Qe6 45.Qd8 Be8 46.Qc7+ Bf7 47.Qc5 Qh3 Storming in white's position. 48.Kf2 Qh2+ 49.Kf3 This is possibly dangerous... locking the king in the center. It is a way to save the pawn, though. 49. ...Qh1+ 50.Kf4? A big blunder. Black to move and mate in 3.
50. ...g5+ 51.Kg4 Qh5+ 52.Kf5 Qf3#
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And so, that wraps up the first day of the tournament. I started off 2.5/3.0.... Not to bad! Look forward to the last 2 games tomorrow.
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