Liga Chess Team Battle: Everything Went wrong!

_{Image designed by @schamangerbert}

Yesterday was a Liga battle to forget. We got relegated from Division 3 back to division 4.

Everything seemed to have gone bad. I wasn’t able to play much games and even the little I played. I couldn’t bring a lot of points. I brought just 15 points. About 10 points away from the average points I bring every time I play.

Obviously my worse!

I don’t have much strength to do deep analysis like I used to do, but I’d drop two ohms of games I found interesting. You can play them move by move or check the link and enjoy good chess.

Game 1

I found this game the Woman Grandmaster won very interesting and instructive. She shows how to create a winning plan in a very difficult white choice against the Sicilian. No rush, just good moves till the end!

Lichess link: https://lichess.org/muIw121p/black#69

Pgn

[Event "Lichess Liga 3C Team Battle"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/muIw121p"]
[Date "2025.07.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "vazhenin33"]
[Black "S-Papp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 Nf6
8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nd1 O-O 11. f4 c5 12. b3 Bb7 13. Nf2 g6 14. Bd2 Re8
15. Rae1 a5 16. a4 Rc8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qf3 c4 20. bxc4 Bxa4
21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Bc6 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qh3 Bb4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rxe8+
Rxe8 27. Bg5 a4 28. g4 Ng7 29. Bf6 Bf8 30. Qh6 Bg2 31. Kxg2 Qxf6 32. Ne4 Qc6
33. Kg1 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Ne6 37. Rf1 a3 38. Ra1 Bb4
39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. h4 Kc5 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Nf4+
45. Ke4 Nxh5 46. Rf1 Ng3+ 0-1

Second game I found interesting is this game played by @poseout87! He berserked and won this game against the runner up of the team that finished first place!

Link: https://lichess.org/l7RX1d82/black#34

Watch with the time movements to enjoy the game more!

[Event "Lichess Liga 3C Team Battle"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/l7RX1d82"]
[Date "2025.07.24"]
[White "ManFromSpain"]
[Black "QuirkyNur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "l7RX1d82"]
[UTCDate "2025.07.24"]
[UTCTime "19:12:56"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+8"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-8"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Classical Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 { [%clk 0:01:30] } 1... d5 { [%clk 0:03:00] } 2. exd5 { [%clk 0:01:29] } 2... Nf6 { [%clk 0:02:59] } 3. d4 { [%clk 0:01:29] } 3... Bg4 { [%clk 0:02:58] } 4. Nf3 { [%clk 0:01:29] } { B01 Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit, Classical Variation } 4... Qxd5 { [%clk 0:02:57] } 5. Be2 { [%clk 0:01:29] } 5... Nc6 { [%clk 0:02:56] } 6. c4 { [%clk 0:01:28] } 6... Qh5 { [%clk 0:02:55] } 7. h3 { [%clk 0:01:28] } 7... O-O-O { [%clk 0:02:55] } 8. Be3 { [%clk 0:01:27] } 8... e5 { [%clk 0:02:54] } 9. d5 { [%clk 0:01:26] } 9... Bb4+ { [%clk 0:02:52] } 10. Nc3 { [%clk 0:01:25] } 10... Ne4 { [%clk 0:02:43] } 11. Qb3 { [%clk 0:01:23] } 11... Bxc3+ { [%clk 0:02:14] } 12. bxc3 { [%clk 0:01:23] } 12... Na5 { [%clk 0:02:14] } 13. Qb5 { [%clk 0:01:19] } 13... b6 { [%clk 0:02:11] } 14. Rc1 { [%clk 0:01:15] } 14... Kb7 { [%clk 0:01:53] } 15. c5 { [%clk 0:01:11] } 15... Ka8 { [%clk 0:01:42] } 16. cxb6 { [%clk 0:01:06] } 16... cxb6 { [%clk 0:01:42] } 17. Bxb6 { [%clk 0:01:04] } 17... axb6 { Black offers draw } { [%clk 0:01:18] } 18. Rb1 { [%clk 0:00:49] } 18... Nd6 { [%clk 0:01:00] } 19. Qxb6 { [%clk 0:00:44] } 19... Nab7 { [%clk 0:00:58] } 20. Rb4 { [%clk 0:00:37] } 20... Bxf3 { [%clk 0:00:47] } 21. Bxf3 { [%clk 0:00:36] } 21... Qh6 { [%clk 0:00:46] } 22. O-O { [%clk 0:00:35] } 22... Rd7 { [%clk 0:00:39] } 23. Rfb1 { [%clk 0:00:33] } 23... e4 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 24. Be2 { [%clk 0:00:31] } 24... Rc8 { [%clk 0:00:22] } 25. c4 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 25... Rc5 { [%clk 0:00:21] } 26. Ra4+ { [%clk 0:00:23] } 26... Kb8 { [%clk 0:00:21] } 27. Qa7+ { [%clk 0:00:19] } 27... Kc8 { [%clk 0:00:18] } 28. Ra6 { [%clk 0:00:18] } 28... Qd2 { [%clk 0:00:16] } 29. Rc6+ { [%clk 0:00:17] } 29... Rxc6 { [%clk 0:00:15] } 30. dxc6 { [%clk 0:00:17] } 30... Rc7 { [%clk 0:00:14] } 31. cxb7+ { [%clk 0:00:16] } 31... Nxb7 { [%clk 0:00:14] } 32. Bg4+ { [%clk 0:00:15] } 32... Kd8 { [%clk 0:00:13] } 33. Qb8+ { [%clk 0:00:14] } 33... Ke7 { [%clk 0:00:11] } 34. Qxc7+ { [%clk 0:00:13] } 34... Kf6 { [%clk 0:00:11] } 35. Rxb7 { [%clk 0:00:10] } 35... Qc1+ { [%clk 0:00:10] } 36. Kh2 { [%clk 0:00:10] } 36... Qg5 { [%clk 0:00:10] } 37. Qd6# { [%clk 0:00:09] } { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

I didn’t remove the time stamp on game 2 so if you’re playing on a board, you’d appreciate the game more.

Conclusion

I have written in a while or played chess because I’ve been too busy and a bit sick. When I start analysing games , my headaches. Hope to get better soon.

I hope we keep playing this team battle for a longer time, I believe we can get as high as liga2 . I’m definitely sure we qualify on Sunday!

But before then, let’s battle ourselves in the fourth round of the Saturday Hivchess tournament tomorrow

Link is here https://lichess.org/tournament/8LAZrGsH

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Thanks For Reading!