Player A – Player B [C24]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Qf3 Nbd7 6.Nh3 c6 7.0-0 b5 8.Bb3 Qb6 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Qf5 0-0-0 11.Bxf7 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Be6 Qc7 14.Qxf6 Rdf8 15.Qg7 b4 16.Na4 Bd4 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Bb6 19.Rab1 Bxd3 20.Rfd1 Bxb1 21.Rxb1 Qd8 22.Bxd7+ Qxd7 23.Nxb6+ axb6 24.Qg3 b5 25.Qe3 c5 26.Qe2 Rh7 27.a4 bxa4 28.Qa6+ Kd8 29.Rb8+ Ke7 30.Rb7 Rd8 31.Qc6 Kf6 32.Rxd7 Rdxd7 33.Qxa4 Ra7 34.Qd1 Ra6 35.Qf3+ Ke7 36.g3 Ra3 37.Qf5 Rf7 38.Qc8 Rxc3 39.Qc7+ Kf8 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qxd6 Rc4 42.Qxe5+ Kg8 43.Qe8+ Kg7 44.Nf4 Rc1+ 45.Kg2 Ra1 46.Qe6 Raa7 47.Qg6+ Kf8 48.Qxh6+ Rg7 49.Qh8+ Kf7 1-0
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How would you assess this game? What rating level do you think Player A belong to?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Player 1 must be low rated. Perhaps a junior with not too much experience.
Player A must be around 1800. Player B must be around 1400.
White 2000 Black 1600/1700
White player: 1400-1500, black player: 1300-1400?
A:1450
B:1650
Banjanx
Is the white player Tom Polgar?
I’d say both players were not from complete beginners and I’d be surprised if either of them had been playing for more than a year.
Both sides made several blunders which I would expect the kids in my under 9 team to see, though White did do a pretty good job of hoovering up the pawns at the end.
Some of the comments seem harsh. We’ve got a lot of worse players at our club (possible me included).
White overlooked some tactics, but found plenty of others. As others suggests white lacks experience, but has plenty of fire.
Reduce chess skill to a single number – bah.
Blacks play was rather uninspired, but hey someone loses in most games of chess.
Looks like a question by a proud mom 🙂
wow, jon, you must be a horribly unencouraging chess coach. or, at the very least, an asshole.
A: 1050 DWZ
B: 950 DWZ
the blunders on move FIVE – by BOTH players (5.Qf3? (instead of 5.Nf3) and even worse 5…Nbd7? (instead of 5…Bg4! winning) reveal serious deficiencies in opening knowledge.
Another thing (independent from some hair-raising middlegame blunders by both players) is the obvious problem of player B to finish a won game (e.g. 27… bxa4 ?? instead of 27… Rg7!). That’s why i think, black’s rating is worse than white’s is.
just my two pence …
greetings
so, what are the two players rated???
My guess: Player A is an 800 who played mostly like a 1100 in this game.
uhm… how come nobody has asked about the time control?? how can you asses the game in the same way not knowing if this is 1+ hr or 1 minute 0 inc.?
i have seen strong players blunder away a rook or miss a win in 1minute bullet on the internet…
My guess would be:
Player A – 1000-1200 (1125?)
Player B – 800-1000 (900?)
As pointed out before, opening knowledge is lacking and both players missed many tactics in the middlegame (for one that hasn’t been mentioned: 45….Ra1?? 46. Qe6?, instead of 46. Qe5+ forking K & R).
I would be surprised if Player A was rated any higher than 1200 after missing several elementary tactics. I would also be shocked to find Player A was rated under 900.
I would guess Player B is rated at least 200 points below Player A.
However, there were some very nice ideas that were, occasionally, nicely executed. I would guess these are two promising young players, with plenty yet to learn.
If there is a Polgar in the bunch (as some have speculated), my money is on Leeam. I think Tommy is much more advanced than this.