Saitek Kasparov Travel Champion 2100 vs Novag Obsidian - 10 Game Match

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Another match Started with new travel computer the Saitek Kasparov Travel Champion 2100 vs Novag Obsidian 10 games..


Game 1 is a Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation with Travel Champion 2100 as white...

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Bb4

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Travel Champion 2100 already has a good position after 25 moves...nice pawn centre with those sweeping bishops...

12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bg6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 c6 16. c4 cxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qb3 Qa5 19. Rad1 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21. a3 Kh8 22. Bg3 Nc5 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 Ncd7 25. Bf3

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Obsidian is already in trouble... C pawn is ready to promote and the E8 rook is under attack, too many threats..strong play by the Travel Champion.

Re8 26. c5 Rbc8 27. Nc4 e4 28. Be2 e3 29. Nd6 exf2+ 30. Bxf2 Bc2 31. Rd4 Rb8 32. c6 bxc6 33. dxc6 Nb6 34. c7

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Lovely play from Kasparov Travel Champion 2100 to get the first win of the match...Obsidian will need to do better..

Ra8 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 36. Rd8 Nc8 37. Ba6 Nd6 38. Rexe8+ Nfxe8 39. Rxe8+ Nxe8 40. c8=Q 1-0

Kasparov Travel Champion Leads the Match: 1-0

Game Replay: https://lichess.org/u6xOzzXC#0

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Game 2 was another nice win by Kasparov Travel Champion 2100 with the black pieces, was not able to replay the game correctly so only have the final position...

Travel Champion Leads the Match: 2-0

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Game 3 had issues again following the game, Kasparov travel champion wins again..

Travel Champion Leads the Match: 3-0

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Game 4 is a Ruy Lopez: Closed - Chigorin Defense with Obsidian as white..

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Na7 14. a4 Bb7

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Obsidian with a nice positional advantage, building up the pressure on the a and b files....

15. b3 Rfb8 16. Bd3 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nb5 18. Qc2 Bd8 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Bd2 Nc7 21. Na5 Ra7 22. Be2 Qd7 23. Rea1 Nce8 24. Be3 Bxa5 25. Rxa5 Qe7 26. b4 Nd7 27. Bb5

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Novag Obsidian with a big advantage, it just needs to keep pushing the b pawn forward and not allow black any counterplay, Travel Champion is all tied up defending...

Nef6 28. Qb1 Rba8 29. Nd2 Rb8 30. Bxa6 Bxa6 31. Rxa6 Rc7 32. Ra8 cxb4 33. cxb4 Qd8 34. R8a7 Rcb7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Ra6 Qb8 37. Qa2 Nf8 38. Ra8 Qc7 39. Qa5 Qe7

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Travel Champion plays the brilliant 47.Qf4 giving up its knight but securing a perpetual, Obsidian doesn't play accurately and lets Travel Champ off the hook...

40. Rc8 Rd7 41. Bb6 Rb7 42. Bc7 g6 43. Nc4 Nxe4 44. Bd8 Qd7 45. Rc7 Rxc7 46. Bxc7 Qf5 47. f3 Qf4

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The game ends in a draw with a perpetual, Travel Champion finding a way out of a bad position, nicely done...missed chance for Obsidian to score its first win of the match.

48. fxe4 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qxc4 50. Bxd6 Qd4+ 51. Ke2 Qxe4+ 52. Kf1 Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Qc1+ 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Kh1 Qc1+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kg1 1/2-1/2

Travel Champion 2100 Leads the match: 3.5-0.5

Game Replay: https://lichess.org/QEZrUBxK

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Game 5 is a Ruy Lopez Open, Dilworth Variation with Travel Champion 2100 as white...with the 11. Kxf2 from black!

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6

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The position looks dangerous for white but Travel Champion has everything under control, it just needs to get the rest of its pieces into play..

15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Nc5 Nxf3 17. gxf3 c6 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Nxe6 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Rf6 21. Nd4 Re8 22. Qd2 Re5 23. b4 Rg5+

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Lovely play from Travel Champion! Re Routing its pieces to the best squares and getting ready for a kingside attack..Obsidian will find it hard to defend this...

4. Kh1 Re5 25. Rg1 Qh3 26. a4 Kh8 27. a5 Re7 28. Qg5 Qd7 29. Qh5 Rh6 30. Qf5 Qe8 31. Qg5 Rh5 32. Qg3 Rh6 33. f4 Rf6 34. Qh4 Re4 35. Qh3 Rh6 36. Qg2 Re7 37. Qg5 Rf7 38. Nf3 Qf8 39. Re1 Kg8 40. f5 Rd7 41. Re3 Rf6 42. Ne5

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48.Bxg6! Smashing open blacks defenses, the position is totally lost...

Rdd6 43. Rg3 Kh8 44. Qh5 Kg8 45. Ng4 Rfe6 46. Rg1 Kh8 47. f6 g6 48. Bxg6