 Okay, Eric you play you played and beat the team captain of the women's team today Pretty good day for you. Tell us something about it. Yeah, um, I felt like I played a relatively clean game I had a really tough loss yesterday and coming into this game I was feeling tired and a little bit lethargic. So But once the game got going I was Got the swing of things and got a good position from the opening and got a pretty substantial advantage from Pretty early on in the game. So it's happy to convert for a win. Yeah, they look pretty smooth this game today Yeah, yeah, it's it's not easy to play smooth games This field has been really really tough and I've realized from playing against such strong players Is if you make one mistake, they'll just pounce on you So really had to try and minimize mistakes and was able to do that today some tough games out there today All the game that seemed to be going the distance. What do you think of the match? Yeah, I was so focused on my own game that I really didn't have so much time to look at everyone else's games But I did glance at some of the positions and saw some really exciting fighting chess So I do look forward to going back and looking what happened in other games. Okay. Let's have a look at the game. Okay Okay, Eric, so I'm looking at your game. Yeah, so I played Pia crowning and This is one of the openings. I was expecting this kind of Queen's gambit declined Bishop g5 is kind of a trendy move order and Most of the time at least in my past games, I played Bishop to e7 But this morning I prepared a bit more confrontational move DTXE4 just kind of a delayed Queen's gambit accepted And it leads to some interesting lines. She played very solidly Queen a4 and a d7 and Then e3 Bishop e7 one back the pawn castling I had this position on my computer screen this morning. Okay, I knew it was very playable for both sides I was more prepared for Bishop to e2, but Queen's e2 of course is a move as well and Yeah, usually the the plan for black in these positions is to Expand on the Queen's side and solve the problem of light square Bishop. So I started with c5. Yep Good old Fred Ryan fell move from way back. Yeah, very very thematic She took yeah, and then I have a decision to make because I could take with Knight which looks very natural But I figured if I play Queen a5 After Knight c3 Queen takes c5. I get some initiative Against the Bishop and then I'm also pressuring the Bishop on g5 So there's ideas of b6 Bishop e7 and start start making threats before white and castle so she played Bishop e3 yep, I played b6 and Then she played a3 which I was not not even considering but it's interesting because she wants to play b4 and And kick away my Queen. Yeah. Yeah, which where's the Queen going? Yeah, so I still have some squares, but Okay. Yeah, so Bishop e7. Yeah before you go back to c7 and then she played rook to c1 And then this allowed me this kind of positional transformation after take on f3 take on f3 and then 95 and All of a sudden like even though I gave up the Bishop pair White is under a lot of pressure here. I think just with the Bishop on d3 undefended pawn on f3 and The King's still in the center as well. Yes. So kind of an easy game, haven't you really? Yeah, I was feeling very comfortable here and it's white that has to answer the questions And she decided to take on f6. Yeah, so this kind of simplifies a lot Idea being I have to throw in this in-between move to take so I lose h7 Intermezzo move and Bishop takes f6 and Yeah, visually it looks very nice for black Bishop versus Knight's better pawn structure for for black and And white probably wants to castle here, but if she castles I believe I have the move Rook, what was it? Tight with Queen. There is a question which rook to move to F8 because if I played this rook to d8, then she has 95 And I want to take but after takes my rook is hit. So we just back up a few moves. It's better to move the other rook And then 95 doesn't work because after takes takes I take on c1 And there's no loose rook in on the 8. Everything's covered and I'll be up a piece So that's basically why she can't castle and she played King e2 Which during the game I thought to myself this is a delayed pawn cloud You've heard of this opening. I have So I think it probably The position calls for King e2, but it's not the most attractive move to play. No, it looks safe enough though Doesn't that I mean you could argue maybe the other way Getting your King nearer the center for the end game and it's not a target. Yeah, maybe it maybe is a target I don't know. Well if Queen's got traded then the King is very well placed But the problem for white is we keep Queen's on the board. Heavy piece is still on the board Yeah, I play rook to c8 and then there's pressure on e file and after the game. She told me she probably should have played 94 here Which goes into this end game where I get two rooks for Queen Yes, and I think black was only one with winning chances here because white's not even getting a pawn for it Yeah, so yeah instead of 94 she played 98-2 And Basically for the rest of the game black was in control Because I have Queen e5 here and the knight is really misplaced on e2 because it can't really come back to c3 Suddenly the King is looking a bit rocky there, isn't it on e2? Yeah, yeah, there is Queen b2 ideas and the kind of the whole Queen side for white is Vulnerable here. So this is nice for you, isn't it? Okay, so a4 A4 trying to save the Queen side pawn because I was threatening Queen b2 and eventually win the pawn Yeah, problem for white is I still have Queen b2 after Queen d2 Queen b3 and Pretty sure one of the pawns is falling. That's a very good move to meet, isn't it? Yeah, right. Okay, so she tried to take the rooks off But it was still impressive how much resistance she put up because I Yeah, we trade down What's happened tonight take c1 and you take your pawn? Yep, so I'm up a pawn but the rest of the game was a matter of any game technique and Striges, yeah, we could zoom through because I think a lot of these moves were just kind of consolidating I can do it too. Yeah, it's Queen side. I got my ideal setup on the King side Yeah, and we were in a situation where she couldn't take the a7 pawn because I have Queen c2 So white was a bit tied down oh Yeah, and then after King d2 this allowed me to play a5 because After she takes I have the in between move Queen c3 and then I finally achieve the past a pawn and Yeah, yeah, then if we go for it some more moves We were approaching move 40 Getting them Slowly but surely I repeated the position once I played Bishop e1 hitting f2 this forced the knight back to d3 and And then I just moved back Just trying to get to move 40 because I had a couple of minutes left She played like c5 and then yeah, then rather than repeating again I played Bishop to b4 and after knight d3. I found the better skirt for my bishop on d6 and I Think in this position white is very close to being in Zidane. It's very difficult to find a move for whites Yeah, because the Queen is tied down to the knight King is tied down to e pawn the knight is restricted by my bishop and Also, I'm threatening a4 so it's just really difficult for white to to find an acceptable move She decided to trade Queens But then this walks into pretty simply winning end game after takes takes and Decided to put my bishop on d4 to just dominate the knight and And oh wait, did this not happen? Oh, sorry. No, I don't King you to yeah She played King you to first Bishop d4 then night a4 but same situation right and Yeah, the rest of the game Fairly straightforward. I guess once the knight is stuck. I can make my progress on the King side King enters the game I can't really stop the Yeah, so King d3 Put the Bishop far away and then after Was it? Oh, she played e5 check e5 check. Yep. E5 King a5 takes takes and Knight c3 is he free. She's hoping for King a4. Oh, but I think King a4 is still winning I was wondering about it during the game. Okay, that would be fun. I didn't want to make things too exciting. Okay It's an interesting calculation exercise. Okay, so the King a4 I played King h4 and then she she resigned. Okay. Thanks very much. Thank you