Welcome! Chess fans, to the Games showcase post, where we will look at some interesting games from the thirteenth round of the Saturday Weekly Tournament.
The highlighted games feature either brilliant tactics, resilience, or good upsets. Game winners will share in the reward for their games being featured in this post. Rewards would be paid in Liquid.
Please don't forget that if you feel confident about any of your games during the Saturday weekly event, drop a link in the comment section of the report post next Sunday.
Game 1
@maestroask vs @madchess64
This previous round of the Saturday Hivechess Tournament had Madchess64 win her first game against our most frequent winner, Maestroask. If you noticed, I used the pronoun 'her' because Madchess64 is a female chess player and one of the strongest in Nigeria, as well as one of the few ladies who play our Saturday Hivechess Tournament.
As usual, expect Maestroask to play his unusual lines to throw his opponent off balance like he does in all his games. This setup from the above position is from the chess opening called the Hungarian Opening: other variation. In my opinion, not a popular opening at all.
18. Rc4??
Black has the advantage at this point. White plays Nc4 on move 18, placing the knight on a misplaced square. But black could not find the winning continuation, the move a3, to further enhance her pawn. Instead, she went for axb,3, which took the advantage for -2.07 to -0.8. An equalizing balance.
35. Qd2
The decisive advantage for black came in after white played the move Qd2. Now, black has a means to penetrate the position with the move Qh2, like she played, but Qg3 is stronger as Nf4 follows pursuit, putting it hard for white to defend properly against the attack that will be coming from the black queen and knight.
46. Rxd2
With this move, black simplifies the position with rook capture of the white king, and once white responds with the only best move, Kxd2, it becomes obviously clear that the position was winning for black at this point.
Here is the Game link: Game Link
And here is the PGN:
[Event "Saturday HiveChess S1R13 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/2N4QzxeS"]
[Date "2025.09.27"]
[White "Odnoobraz_bcm"]
[Black "MadChess64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "2N4QzxeS"]
[UTCDate "2025.09.27"]
[UTCTime "15:59:59"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-13"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+14"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Hungarian Opening"]
[Termination "Normal"]
1. g3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 d4 5. Nd2 Be7 6. f3 c5 7. Bh3 Nc6 8. Bxc8 Rxc8 9. a4 a6 10. Nh3 b5 11. O-O O-O 12. Kg2 Nb4 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nf2 Rfd8 15. Re1 Bf8 16. Ba3 bxa4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Nc4 axb3 19. cxb3 Ra8 20. Ra4 Nd7 21. Re2 a5 22. Rea2 Ra6 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Nc5 25. Qc2 h6 26. Qa2 Rb8 27. Kf1 Qd7 28. Ke2 h5 29. Nxe5 Qe6 30. Nc4 h4 31. g4 Qh6 32. Qb1 Qf4 33. h3 Be7 34. Qc2 Ne6 35. Qd2 Qh2 36. Rf5 g6 37. Re5 Bf6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qh6 Kf7 40. Qh7+ Bg7 41. Qxh4 Ra8 42. g5 Ra2+ 43. Nd2 Rb2 44. f4 Qg2 45. e5 Bf8 46. Qg4 Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 48. Kd1 Qf1+ 49. Kd2 Qb1 50. h4 Qxb3 51. h5 Qc3+ 52. Ke2 Qc2+ 53. Ke1 Qxd3 54. hxg6+ Qxg6 55. Qf3 Qf5 56. Qb7+ Be7 57. Qf3 Qb1+ 58. Kf2 b3 59. Qb7 b2 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kh4 b1=Q 0-1
Game 2
@tangibleay vs @southgamer
Southgamer performed excellently in the 13th round of the Saturday Hivechess tournament. He finished with a total of 39 points, all 10 wins and only a single draw, making it the first time he has won the Saturday Hivechess Tournament. He defeated strong tournament players like Maestroask, Jaki, and, in this game highlight, he defeated Tangible_ay.
Both players are principled players when it comes to playing their chess openings, which is why you can see they played the Pirc defense through the position setup on the board above. b6 is considered to be an inferior move by the computer engine, but the idea behind the move is not all bad. Simply to develop the bishop on c8 to the b7 square, and there it will control the longest diagonal on the chessboard.
13. Rhg1??
This is the blunder white made that led to his problems and defeat in this game. The move allows the white bishop on d3 to get trapped, and on black's next move, he takes out the bishop. Try to see if you can find the move.
c5!
At this point, the bishop on d3 is trapped and has no square to run, making it a dead piece.
22. Rxc3!
Black did not only stop there, he went on to launch an attack on the white king, who had castled to the queenside. Black got a decisive position, which allowed the rook sacrifice to become valid. Once white captures back with bxc3, the white king becomes exposed to attacks from the black pieces.
The sac led to this, and at this point, it was hard to defend against the attacks anymore.
Here is the Game link: Game Link
And here is the PGN:
[Event "Saturday HiveChess S1R13 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/Nr7mDIon"]
[Date "2025.09.27"]
[White "Tangible_ay"]
[Black "SouthGamer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "Nr7mDIon"]
[UTCDate "2025.09.27"]
[UTCTime "15:13:43"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-9"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+11"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Schlechter Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. g4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. a3 Na5 13. Rhg1 c4 14. h4 cxd3 15. cxd3 Nxg4 16. Bd4 Nb3+ 17. Kc2 Nxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Nxf2 19. Qxf2 Qc5 20. Qg3 Qxd4 21. h5 Rac8 22. Kb1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Qg2 Qb3+ 25. Kc1 Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Rc2+ 0-1
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