SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES For SATURDAY, June 17th of 2023: ROUND ONE SWISS OPEN CRUSH LESSONS Part 1

Swiss Open Chess Tournaments: Staple of American Chess events!

Here is a game from the current edition of the National Open… a sweet Grandmaster crush in round one! Every round one is an opportunity for a player with less experience to learn from those titled players who have so many lessons to offer. Of course even an upset can occur where the “student” teaches a master. That’s not the case in today’s game where the lower rated player gets a free chess lesson, and so do we my dear viewer! Enjoy!

Game given down below, enjoy ~ S.

[Event "Round 1: Mikhail Antipov - Arsal Gardezi"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/HvkHsA5n/aK5Zxy9g"]
[White "Mikhail Antipov"]
[Black "Arsal Gardezi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[UTCDate "2023.06.15"]
[UTCTime "09:23:31"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Arihol"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bc2 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Re1 exd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Bg4 16. Bxh6 Bh5 17. Bg5 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Qc4 1-0

LINKS:

https://www.vegaschessfestival.com/live/games/

https://lichess.org/broadcast/us-national-open-2023/round-1/HvkHsA5n