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Over the board - Talking online chessVinceNoir9 must hold the record for actually not playing chess on here. 98% of his games have been decided by timeout..!!! He tried to play a HardCore tournament using his holiday setting to give him extra time.US championship started yesterday. Nakamura played Evans gambit against Robert Hess and won.
Here is position after 28 moves:
[fen]4r1k1/5pp1/4n2p/p1rBP3/2P1Q3/3RR2P/q5PK/8 w - - 2 1 [/fen]
White to move.In contrast to our aggressive friend who likes to finish quick,I was happy to get this draw.
Playing an undesired position for some 10-15 moves with,as evidenced by the bishop shuffle,no plan,no ideas,no nothing at move 40 I find a way,using the a-pawn as bait,to get a drawn ending.
So the game may have some value after all
[pgn][Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.timeforchess.com"]
[Date "2012.04.24"]
[EndDate "2012.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilfriedva"]
[Black "Bobopoulos"]
[WhiteRating "1627"]
[BlackRating "1810"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "9237056"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1g2 Bf8c5 4. Nb1c3 f5 5. e3 Ng8f6 6. Ng1e2 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Bc5b6 9. O-O d6 10. Bc1e3 Bc8d7 11. Qd1c2 a6 12. Rf1e1 Nf6g4 13. Nc3d5 Bb6a7 14. Ra1d1 Rf8e8 15. h3 Ng4f6 16. Nd5xf6 Qd8xf6 17. a3 g5 18. c5 Kg8h8 19. d5 Nc6e5 20. c6 bxc6 21. Be3xa7 Ra8xa7 22. dxc6 Bd7e6 23. f4 gxf4 24. Ne2xf4 Ra7a8 25. b4 Be6f7 26. Kg1h1 Ne5c4 27. Qc2c1 Qf6g7 28. Kh1h2 Re8xe1 29. Rd1xe1 Ra8g8 30. Nf4e2 Nc4e5 31. Qc1e3 Bf7e8 32. Ne2f4 Be8f7 33. Bg2h1 Bf7c4 34. Bh1g2 Bc4f7 35. Bg2h1 Bf7e8 36. Bh1d5 Be8f7 37. Bd5g2 h5 38. Re1g1 h4 39. gxh4 Ne5c4 40. Qe3f2 Nc4xa3 41. Bg2d5 Qg7xg1 42. Qf2xg1 Rg8xg1 43. Kh2xg1 Kh8g7 44. Bd5xf7 Kg7xf7 45. Nf4d5 Na3c2 46. Kg1f2 Kf7g6 47. Kf2g3 Kg6h5 48. Kg3f4 Kh5xh4 49. Nd5xc7 Nc2xb4 50. Kf4xf5 a5 51. Nc7b5 Nb4xc6 52. Nb5xd6 Kh4xh3 53. Kf5e4 Kh3g3 54. Ke4d5 a4 55. Kd5xc6 Kg3f3 56. Nd6c4 Kf3e4 57. Kc6b5 Ke4d3 58. Kb5xa4 Kd3xc4 59. Ka4a5 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
I wonder who's going to look at this :PJust logged onto *ahem* another chess site, expecting to see a lost game. Instead, I have a message saying "Well done, you played well". My opponent had resigned. Here's the game:
http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=17609782
I very nearly resigned myself after 23...Qxf2+
So, anyone else had an opponent resign rather than deliver mate-in-one?I am very proud of this game and mate!
[pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[EndDate "2012.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "KINGofKINGS0834"]
[Black "parsonsproject"]
[WhiteRating "1151"]
[BlackRating "1295"]
[WhiteElo "1151"]
[BlackElo "1295"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "9267028"]
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. c3 Ng8f6 4. Nf3g5 h6 5. Ng5h3 Nf6xe4 6. f3 Qd8h4 7. Ke1e2 Bf8c5 8. b4 Ne4f2 9. Qd1e1 Qh4c4 10. d3 Qc4xd3 0-1 [/pgn]I told you I wanted a duck on the blog. Now I have one.
Also...
A picture of a coral Knight. (thank you Mikelom)
3 games on Legal's mate. some mised and some unsound.
Two mad cap games with 1.e4 e5 2.Nff3 Bd6.
Endgame Ernie with a good study.
Players missing mates and going onto to lose.
[blogid]4[/blogid]I have white, the game was a draw, but I would like to know if white could have won this game?
White to move:
[fen]6k1/8/1p3p1p/2p3p1/P3P3/1PqP3P/2P3P1/3Q3K w - - 1 34[/fen]I delivered mate using en passant today. Educational for the 6 year old I was playing. Are there more illustrious examples?They must be all close in strength. Would be interesting to see a round robin between those 4, eh.After 23rd move White could hold a draw by perpetual check, but (in blitz by the way, 6+0) he decided to pursue Black King.
And eventually White lost.
Between 29ht and 31st move - he could have played better all right, but was there a win?
[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Nh5 Nc4 16. Bc1 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 Qxb2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bc6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Rab1 Qa2 25. Ra1 Qb2 26. Rab1 Qa2 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Rb3 Rg8 30. Bc4 Qxc2 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Bb3 Qe2 34. Rd1 Rxg3 35. hxg3 Qxe4 36. Rg1 Qxf5 0-1[/pgn]....I can do better.
Blitz games.
Some nights you turn up and go through the moptions and win or lose.
Bog standard games littered with errors and missed calls.
Sometimes something unique happens.
This was played months ago and I just found it whilst looking for something else.
I'm White, Black to play. I have sacced a Rook.
[fen]r4k2/3qppbQ/3p4/p1r1nPN1/2P4N/1P5P/P5P1/5RK1 b - - 0 1[/fen]
My one idea, and at Blitz it's all about the first idea and trying to make it work,
is Ne6+
My notes in the coming game are wrong. I am not in as much trouble as I first
thought but I've written them to show how we both appeared to be thinking at the time.
I think that is fair notation in blitz.
Sitting relaxed with oodles of time one could find fault with any blitz game.
You have to try and capture the moment.
So my idea is Ne6+ I never saw his idea, overrated it and set a counter trap.
[pgn]
[FEN "r4k2/3qppbQ/3p4/p1r1nPN1/2P4N/1P5P/P5P1/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
1... Qa7 {A move of much craftiness. Here is me thinking he is giving d7 to his King who intends to flee to the Queenside.} 2. Ne6+ {Now after the expected 2...Kd8 3.Nxg7+ the game goes off in another direction and lands who knows where.} 2... fxe6 {But this just losses? The e6 pawn covers the d7 escape square.} 3. fxe6+ Nf3+ {Blooming Heck! Now I see it. 4.Rxf3+ Rf5+!! Answering a check with a discovered check and there is no mate after 5.Kh1 Rxf3 6.Ng6+ because Rooks can move backwards and he cover f8 twice and Now he threatens 4...Rh5+ winning my Queen.....Hang on....Wait a minute...} 4. Nxf3 Rh5+ {There is a Goddess of Chess and she loves me. Now I play what he has missed and I never saw till it appeared on the board.} 5. Nd4+ {My turn to answer a discovered check with a discovered check. 'Anything you can do....' Black is mated in two moves.} 5... Ke8 6. Qg8+ [/pgn]Anyone who has got "Larsen spiller Bird" for sale?My daughter played this game in a tournament (Oxfordshire Megafinal) earlier today. I thought I had seen every way Black could possibly lose after 4.Ng5, but this one was new to me!
[pgn]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Ne7 5. Bxf7#
[/pgn]I have a game at the moment where I have Queen, Rook, Bishop and four pawns against two pawns. I am going to win next move. Personally I would have resigned ages ago, but if my opponent chooses to play on it's his right and I'm not going to argue with it.
This has been the subject of many pointless threads in the past and the answer often given is that the losing player might have hopes of a draw by stalemate. Now, here is the question. I have NEVER had a game end in stalemate. Have you? What proportion of games do actually end that way (or would do by forced moves if a draw was not agreed earlier)? It must be a tiny fraction of 1%.I've just finished this game here on RHP.
[pgn][Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.chessatwork.com"] [Date "2012.04.28"] [EndDate "2012.05.04"] [Round "?"] [White "danilop"] [Black "pummi"] [WhiteRating "1682"] [BlackRating "1682"] [WhiteElo "1682"] [BlackElo "1682"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "9245466"] 1. d4 Ng8f6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nf6xd5 4. e4 Nd5f6 5. Nb1c3 e6 6. Ng1f3 Bf8b4 7. Bf1d3 c5 8. O-O Bb4xc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e5 Nf6d5 11. Bd3xh7 Kg8xh7 12. Nf3g5 Kh7g8 13. Qd1h5 Qd8xg5 14. Bc1xg5 1-0 [/pgn]
Nothing very interesting going on in the actual game: white won with a typical Bxh7 sacrifice. However, during my analysis I couldn't find any way to secure a decisive advantage against 12 ...Kg6.
13. h4 fails against 13 ... Rh8, I think. And, after 13. Qg4, I couldn't think of a good response against 13 ... f5. After 14. Qg3 f4, white seems to be in big trouble.
Was the sacrifice incorrect, after all, or is there anything I'm missing?only a week to go.
who is your favourite to win?
i root for anand9189117 games. 25863 accounts. 355.299 games/account 2247.827 games started/day[quote]"Attack always attack"- Adolf Anderssen
“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.”- Wilhelm Steinitz [/quote]
Baswed on these quotes what could one expect??
[Event "It London"]
[Site "It London"]
[Date "1866[/b.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[pgn]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.h3 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 c5 11.Rb1 Ne8 12.b4 cxb4 13.Rxb4
c5 14.Ra4 Bd7 15.Ra3 f5 16.Qb1 Kh8 17.Qb7 a5 18.Rb1 a4 19.Qd5
Qc8 20.Rb6 Ra7 21.Kh2 f4 22.Bd2 g5 23.Qc4 Qd8 24.Rb1 Nf6
25.Kg1 Nh7 26.Kf1 h5 27.Ng1 g4 28.hxg4 hxg4 29.f3 Qh4 30.Nd1
Ng5 31.Be1 Qh2 32.d4 gxf3 33.gxf3 Nh3 34.Bf2 Nxg1 35.dxc5 Qh3+
36.Ke1 Nxf3+ 37.Rxf3 Qxf3 38.Nc3 dxc5 39.Bxc5 Rc7 40.Nd5 Rxc5
41.Qxc5 Qxe4+ 42.Kf2 Rc8 43.Nc7 Qe3+ 0-1 [/pgn]Hello
Thinking of someway to save or organize my games, of course in RHP there is a great database that you can access anytime, but I was thinking about something more tangible.
Somebody here does something similar.Another Topalov game from the recent Edinburgh Simil + pics.
One lad who has been mated three times in the RHP Championship
with a Queen on b2 and twice with a Queen on b7.
Introducing Endgame Ernie and the usual mixture of blunders and
good play....
[blogid]4[/blogid][gid]9242130[/gid] at move 14.Today Veselin Topalov gave a 20 board simul at the Edinburgh Chess Club.
Played 20. W.15 D 4 L1.
He faced some pretty tough opponents including IM Andrew Greet who got the win.
I could not play but managed to have a real good chat with him after the event.
He signed the Club visitors book and was surprised to see all the famous names
also in the book Capa, Alekhine, Karpov....
He said he did not know of any other club that had a visitors book.
He also asked loads of questions about the club and took a serious interest
in it's history. A genuine good lad.
Have a picture which should appear on the next blog.I've been randomly playing through games from the site again, and I've found one that's pretty entertaining.
The two players in the following game really brought everything to the table. They turn one of the dullest openings into a tactical slugfest from the getgo.
Note: I only used a computer for a few critical positions of the analysis, so there could be a mistake here and there. Computer analysis will be noted.
Enjoy!
[pgn][Event "Clan challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EndDate "2011.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "TheOldDog"]
[Black "theundertaker"]
[WhiteRating "1829"]
[BlackRating "1847"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7657698"]
1. e4 e6 {Not Another Positional French!} 2. d4 d5 {zzzzzzzzzzzz} 3. Nb1c3 dxe4 {It's even worse. All the tension in the postion is removed. Prepare for a dull tradefest.} 4. Nc3xe4 e5 {!!? ... ! for breathing life in the position/ ! for black's braveness/ ? for the moves soundness ... I remembered seeing this move in one of my old Blackmar Diemer Gambit World issues, so I dug it out. Issue 51 (May-June 1992) refers to e5 as the Kozomara Countergambit, based on an article by John Lutes. IM Vladimir Kozamara first used it in 1948 (draw-see suplemental game). The Soviet master Egiazarov also used it during the 1950's (see other suplemental game). Another interesting point is that 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nxe4 lead to the same position but with black to move. Black is playing very boldly.} 5. Ng1f3 {5.Nf3 is the book recommendation. 5. ... Bg4 is met by 6.Bc4. The threat is Bxf7+ and Ne5+, winning g4, like in a recent post by Greenpawn. 5.dxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 Nc6 gives black a lot of activity for the pawn and is just what black is fishing for. Again, see suplemental games.} Bc8f5 {A novelty ... at least in bookland ... I didn't consult any databases.} 6. Ne4g3 {6.Bd3 may also be playable. 6.Bd3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qxd4 8.Bb5+ wins the queen.} Bf5g4 {This reaches the theoretical postion but with white's e4 knight posted less aggresively on g3.} 7. h3 {7.Bc4 looks like a try again, but the computer prefers 7.h3, I believe. 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Nc6 again gives black speedy development (0-0-0) and pleny of counterchances for the pawn.} Bg4xf3 8. Qd1xf3 Qd8xd4 {This leads to a wild wide open game. The more peaceful inclined my try 8. ... c6 (9.dxe5 Qa5+) but 9.Bc4 has shades of the Opera Game. 9. ... Nf6 10.Qb3. 8. ... c6 doesn't quite seem to work. 8. ... Nc6 9.Bb5 also looks good for white.} 9. Qf3xb7 Bf8b4 {!?? ... This is really pushing it, but I still have to give an ! for the effort. The easiest way out is 9. ... Qb4+, taking off the queens, which is again a shade of the Opera Game. Black's 9th move insists on a take no prisoners drag out brawl.} 10. c3 {Challenge Accepted ... It's pistols at dawn. 10.Ke2 makes the king surprisingly safe aw sell. The only check is 10.Ke2 Qc4+ (Ne7-computer) 11.Kd1 Qd4+ (Qc6 12.Bb5) 12.Bd3, when white is really safe and a8 falls.} Bb4xc3 11. bxc3 Qd4xc3 {Now, TWO rooks are hanging!} 12. Bc1d2 {This doesn't look best, but I give it !! for it's boldness. White hangs a rook with check and almost forces black to take it! That's entertainment! I noted 12.Kd1 as looking safe and saving time. The computer comfirms this with a nice mating line. 12.Kd1 Qxa1?? 13.Qc8+ mates Ke7 14.Nf5+ Kf6 15.Qd8+ Ne7 (Kxf5 16.g4+ mate next) 16.Qxe7+ Kxf5 17.Bd3+ e4 18.Bxe4 mate} Qc3xa1 13. Ke1e2 {Now, the black rook falls, and black has no checks.} Qa1xa2 {?? ... Ne7 (comp) 14.Qxa8 0-0 is equal!! Now, white gets the advantage.} 14. Qb7xa8 {After a mere 14 moves, so much has happened. The smoke has cleared and black has 3 pawns for the piece. White has the initiative however, and better development. Now, black must tend to b8.} Qa2a6 15. Ke2d1 Qa6b6 {Black holds b8 and a7.} 16. Qa8e4 {A nice safety first move ... The queen will not be trapped in the corner and lashes out at e5.} Qb6b2 {It was time for Nc6.} 17. Qe4a4 {Wins a7} c6 18. Ng3e4 {White turns down the a pawn to bring the knight back into the game (with a vengeance Nd6). } Qb2b1 19. Bd2c1 Ng8e7 {Admittedly, black has been on the pure defensive for some time. The rest of the game isn't as interesting as the beginning was, but black does come up with a nice defensive idea here and there.} 20. Ne4d6 Ke8f8 21. Qa4c4 {It looks like f7 falls but ...} Ne7d5 {Access Denied} 22. Bf1d3 Qb1b4 {Black is still trying to frustrate white's attack, with a queen trade. Black does have 3 pawns for a piece, so he's not completely dead.} 23. Qc4xb4 Nd5xb4 24. Bd3c4 Nb4d5 {Denied Again} 25. Rh1e1 Nb8d7 26. Bc1b2 f6 27. Bb2a3 {White keeps coming up with new threats, and that is another enjoyable aspect of this game.} Kf8e7 28. Nd6e4 Ke7d8 29. Kd1d2 Nd5b6 30. Bc4a2 Nb6d5 {Black says "Show me your win, if it's there." }31. Re1c1 Nd7b8 32. g4 h5 {Black would like to use his rook in the game too.} 33. g5 {Denied} fxg5 {If f5, Nd6 (Nf7/Rf8 Nb7). Black's position is officially too loose now. he must be lost.} 34. Ne4xg5 Kd8d7 35. Ng5f7 Rh8e8 36. Rc1e1 Kd7e6 {This is going too far! The "trap" is Rxe5 Kxf7. 36. ...e4 was better, but white is won.} 37. Nf7xe5 Ke6f5 38. Ba2b1 {A very entertaining and well played game by both sides.} 1-0
[/pgn]
Supplemental Games
[pgn]
[Site "Yugolsavia "]
[Date "1948"]
[White "Radovic"]
[Black "Kozomara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 Nc6 7.Bb5
Bd7 8.Bf4 O-O-O 9.Bd3 Nge7 10.Bg3 Nf5 11.Nf3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bg4 13.Ke1
Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxe5 {draw} [/pgn]
[pgn]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1955"]
[White "Tscherny"]
[Black "Egiazarov"]
[Result "?"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 Nc6 7.f4 f6
8.exf6 Bg4+ 9.Be2 O-O-O+ 10.Bd2 Bxe2+ 11.Nxe2 Nxf6 12.Nxf6 gxf6 13.c3
Bc5 14.Kc2 Rhe8 15.Ng3 Bf2 16.Rad1 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Re2 {=+}
[/pgn][fen]2kr3r/ppp2ppp/3b4/3qn3/PP2p3/2P5/2NPQPPP/R1B2RK1[/fen]
Position After White's 13th Move
Black To Play (See Game)
The game starts with black (me) trying to offer a gambit and make it tactical. It then shifts to a postional game with an attempted positional bind on d3.
However, after white's 13th move, the fuse is lit and a nice firework display begins.
[pgn] [Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GuestPLXR"]
[Black "paulbuchman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.Nf3 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3
e5 8.O-O e4 9.Ne1 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 O-O-O 11.b4 Ne5 12.a4 Bd6 13.Nc2 Nf3+
14.Kh1 Qh5 15.h3 Qe5 16.g3 Qh5 17.Kg2 Nh4+
{GuestPLXR resigns} 0-1 [/pgn]
For some reason, I am having a devil of a time posting the annotations. The one line that is important is 14.gxf3 gets white mated by 14. ...Qg5+ 15.Kh1 Qf4, with mate on h2. Also if 17.h4 Qg4 leads to a similar finish to the game.
The thing I like about this game is how the queen persistently threatens to mate the white king, one move after another. It's not a great game, but it was an enjoyable one for me.http://tacticstime.com/?p=3219Anyone read these and care to share your experience?
I'd like to get peer opinions rather than the professional review.
Thanks in advance.Capablanca's "Chess Fundamentals" has been made available for download on Project Gutenberg. It's free, of course, as everything on Gutenberg. Its URL is http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33870 .
Of course, something like that is always nice to have and browse through, but what I'd like to know is, what is the forum's opinion on this book? Still good? Outdated? Outdated but still good anyway?
In any case, greenpawn34 should be interested [hidden](and disgusted that he used the same idea as that boring end-gamer Capa!)[/hidden]. I looked through the first couple of chapters, and when I read the latest GP blog, the ending of Swiss Toni - kingphish reminded me very much of a game Capablanca shows in chapter 4.
Richardhttp://www.chessvibes.com/reports/magnus-carlsen-in-the-colbert-report-the-new-grandmaster-of-rock-paper-scissorsHi all,
Greenpawn34 inspired me to share this with his Kramnik-Aronian game post.
This is another Polar Bear game I found while studying, and I thought it worth sharing, as it is an excellent thematic example of the "Benoni" Jump attack against a kingside fianchettoed position.
The player of the black pieces is not of the same calibre as the GM playing white, but I think that it just goes to show that thematic, "stock" attacking ideas are very much a part of the GM repertoire, and that they do not miss opportunities when they occur.
I culled the game from a database without notes, so all the notes are my own, along with any errors in them!
EDIT: I am having pgn issues- I'll try to resolve it as best I can. Sorry!
[pgn][Event "Bansko op"]
[Site "Bansko"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Atanasova, Elitsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.12.28"]
1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3
Re8 9. Nh4 e5 10. f5 Qe7 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rad1 Rd6 14. Qc1 Rb8 15. e4
dxe4 16. dxe4 b5 17. Nc2 Bb7 18. Ne3{This moves begins an excellent example
of a "Benoni Jump", which is a well-known attacking motif against a kingside
fianchetto position. It involves a knight sacrifice or combination based on
the f5 square and opening lines around the black king.}Qc7{This move
irreparably weakens the f6 square, and the d5-square by association, since the
f6 knight protects it. Note that since white has a rook and bishop attacking
f6, another rook attacking d6, a knight ready to land on d5 forking c7 and f6,
the queen and bishop controlling the c1-h6 diagonal, and also a pair of
knights ready to execute the Benoni Jump, the entire position is ripe for a
game-ending combination.}19. fxg6{This is winning, but it may not even be
the best move! White can also exchange his bishop on f6 or his rook on d6 with play on the d5 and f6 squares. The position is ripe with possibilities.}hxg6
20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Nhf5 {Here is our Benoni Jump in action.}gxf5 22. Nxf5 Qf8 23. Nxg7 Qxg724. Bxf6 Six moves later, we see how the GM exploits the weakness of the f6 square caused by his opponent's 18th move.}Qg6 25. Rf5 Suddenly the threat of Rg5 appears, and the game is over.}Kf8 26. Qd2{The coming check on d6 is devastating, as white will capture e5 with his rook of the king goes to e8, or
slide the rook to g5 after the king goes to g8.} 1-0[/pgn]Hi Marinkatomb
I don't think these players ever lose their tactical flair they just never
get a chance to show it.
I blame these closed shop tournaments. To get in them (where the appearance
fee and the big bucks are) you have to maintain a high grade, hence no risks
and the very narrow openings these tournaments produce.
In all come Opens the strong players meet much weaker players in the first
few rounds and then they go full blast playing and meeting all kinds of different openings.
These days the only time you see this kind of miss matching is at the Olympiads.Is player URMated a chess bot created by the admin to play Blitz games and accept challenges?
I'm not suggesting this based on the style of their play, but often URMated accepts my games, and says strange, irrelavent things, and often disappears offline half way through a game.
It's like the behaviour is robotic, he suggested I should resign immediately simply for playing a Queen pawn opening!
I'm sure he's a droid, but his opening book isn't very good, it's almost like he's powered by the 1990 Battlechess engine.More on the Lewis Men.
The Titanic, there have been so many films about this now I fully
expect Hollywood to make one where the ship actually reaches New York.
And the RHP Championship update including some nifty Knight mates
and of course all the blunders.
[blogid]4[/blogid]hi I posted this in our clan forum a while back I dunno if i ever posted it here,
probably, anyhow I would like to ask if there is any improvements, additions,
subtractions that I could make to the text (other than remove it altogether), regards
Robbie.
free chess lesson, the opening.
[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. e4 {The goals of the opening are very simple, 1.we develop our pieces 2. we connect our rooks (this means posting the queen) 3.we make castling.} c5 2. Nf3 {Its generally better to develop the side first that we are planning on castling upon, so we develop our pieces towards the centre} d6 3. d4 {Look at this move, it helps us develop our pieces, the dark squared bishop is now free, in the opening this is generally the only reason that we make pawn moves, it helps us develop our pieces!} cxd4 4. Nxd4 {Notice that we take back with the knight, why, because its important to keep our ice maiden (the queen) safe where it cannot be attacked.} Nf6 {Now consider this position for a moment, how will you defend the e pawn, there are four possibilities, 1.we could move a pawn, f3, but that doesn't help us develop any pieces and we know that pawn moves are made in the opening simply to help us develop our pieces, so that cannot be correct, 2.we could play Bd3, but notice the bishop is already active, and this violates the principle of the least active piece, that is, we move the piece that is the least active! 3.We could defend it with the Queen, but we know that the queen can be prone to attack, so its best to keep her in bed for the moment 4.We could play the knight to c3, this would develop a piece, the least active piece, it defends the pawn, its moves towards the centre and its good, so we play, Nc3} 5. Nc3 a6 {Now where shall we put our bishops? this brings us to another principle, the principle of maximum activity, we want to put our pieces on the squares where they exert the greatest influence, so the white squared bishop, looks like its best square is Bc4 or Be2 and the dark squared bishops looks like it could be most active on g5, or e3} 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 {here is an interesting moment, what should we do, the pieces have come into contact, well its important to remember that when we take an opponents pieces, it usually increases their mobility, for example, if we take the Bishop, they will recapture and control more central squares because they will have a pawn on e6 and they will get a half open file for their rook, the f file, and we will have given them these advantages, all by ourself. so we dont want to help them in this way, we should defend the bishop instead by either Qe2 or Bb3} 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O {tada, we have completed all the goals in our opening, we have developed all our pieces, connected our rooks so that they can now see each other and we have made castling, now its time to start an attack!} *[/pgn]
in conclusion, the goals are really simple and easy peasy,
1.we develop our pieces
2.we connect our rooks (post the queen)
3. we make castling
to help us
1.we move pawns only to help us develop our pieces
2.we develop the least active pieces
3.we develop our pieces towards the centre and on squares of maximum activity
these things may seem simple but i can show you zillions of games where these
principles are violated to the detriment of the player who neglected them! Anyhow,
if you got anything out of this, or have any questions, no matter how trivial, let me
know, regards Robbie.kramnikaronian.com
6 game training match. should be interesting. starts today.Played this once a few years ago. Interesting variation of the game. Hexagons instead of squares, three colours for the hexagons (black, white and grey), three bishops etc. Would anyone be interested in having this as an extra option on RHP?playchess blitz 8 player simultan
7m + 15 sec
i was white against GM Dejan Bojkov
[pgn]
[Event "Simul Game, 7m + 15s"]
[Site "Simuls with titled players"]
[Date "2012.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "watchyourbackrank"]
[Black "Dbojkov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.04.19"]
[TimeControl "420+15"]
1. e4 {3} e5 {5} 2. Nf3 {3} Nc6 {14} 3. Bb5 {3} a6 {13} 4. Ba4 {3} Nf6 {12} 5. O-O {5} Be7 {14} 6. Re1 {4} b5 {19} 7. Bb3 {2} d6 {3} 8. h3 {3} Na5 {4} 9. c3 {18} Nxb3 {16} 10. Qxb3 {7} O-O {6} 11. d4 {6} Bb7 {7} 12. d5 {20} c6 {3} 13. Bg5 {12} cxd5 {25} 14. Bxf6 {3} Bxf6 {38} 15. exd5 {2} Qc7 {17} 16. Nbd2 {4} Be7 {12} 17. Rad1 {13} f5 {21} 18. Nxe5 {35} Bf6 {59} 19. Nef3 {12} g5 {40} 20. Nf1 {62} Kh8 {54} 21. Ng3 {47} g4 {30} 22. hxg4 {15} fxg4 {6} 23. Nd4 {1} Be5 {43} 24. Ne6 {59} Qb6 {9} 25. Nxf8 {31} Bxg3 {11} 26. Rd4 {15} Bxf2+ {29} 27. Kxf2 {9} Rxf8+ {0} 28. Kg3 {23} Qc7 {50} 29. Qd1 {17} Bc8 {30} 30. Rde4 {49} Qf7 {17} 31. Qd4+ {18} Kg8 {26} 32. Re7 {60} Qg6 {14} 33. Qe4 {72} Bf5 {18} 34. Qe3 {10} h5 {33} 35. Re8 {8} h4+ {32} 36. Kh2 {6} g3+ {39} 37. Kg1 {9} Qf6 {51} 38. Rxf8+ {11} Kxf8 {20} 39. Rf1 {10} Kg7 {20} 40. Rf4 {113} Kg6 {12} 41. Qd4 {30} Qe7 {15} 42. Qd2 {57} a5 {18} 43. a3 {7} Qg5 {12} 44. Qd4 {8} Qe7 {3} 45. Qd2 {2} Qg5 {13} 46. Qd4 {7} Qe7 {8} 47. Qd2 {3 (Lag: Av=0.41s, max=1.4s)}
1/2-1/2
[/pgn]
post mortem
Dejan Bojkov: Good game!
Me: thx, probably could have won, no?
Dejan Bojkov: yes you couldWith link to trailer: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/nyregion/at-brooklyns-is-318-the-cool-kids-are-the-chess-champs.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=generalSo who will win? Chessbase has been asking around.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8088
Karpov has a slight leaning towards Gelfand.
Kasparov thinks that neither of them are the strongest players in the world.
Svidler and Kramnik are sitting on the fence and Korchnoi reckons the
player who has the best computer will win.
So we start our own predictions thread.
I'll kick off with Gelfand for no other reason than I'd like to see a change.http://tacticstime.com/?p=3208This was a game played on the playchess server tonight.
surely one of my best blitz efforts ever.
I'm playing black
[pgn]
[Event "Rated game, 5m"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2012.04.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "anonymous"]
[Black "also anonymous"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "1524"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.04.17"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. d4 {0} d5 {2} 2. c4 {1} c6 {1} 3. e3 {2} Nf6 {2} 4. a3 {1} Bf5 {5} 5. c5 {2} Nbd7 {5} 6. Nc3 {1} e5 {2} 7. h3 {3} exd4 {5} 8. exd4 {2} Be7 {2} 9. Be3 {1}
O-O {1} 10. Nf3 {1} Ne4 {3} 11. Nxe4 {5} Bxe4 {1} 12. Be2 {3} f5 {2} 13. g3 {9} Qe8 {28} 14. O-O {3} Qh5 {8} 15. Kh2 {2} Nf6 {14} 16. Ng5 {13} Ng4+ {5} 17. Bxg4 {8} fxg4 {4} 18. h4 {2} Bf3 {4} 19. Qd3 {14} Bxg5 {4} 20. Bxg5 {2} h6 {1} 21. Bf4 {19} Rxf4 {2} 22. Rae1 {19} g5 {13} 23. Re5 {3} Be4 {10} 24. Qe3 {10} Rf3 {3} 25. Qd2 {9} Qxh4+ {5} 26. gxh4 {5} Rh3+ {1} 27. Kg1 {8} Rh1# {1 (Lag: Av=0.80s, max=9.6s)} 0-1
[/pgn]
A few diagrams of the highlights
[fen]r4rk1/pp1nb1pp/2p5/2Pp1p1q/3Pb3/P3BNPP/1P2BP2/R2Q1RK1 w - - [/fen]
This is the position after my 14...Qh5!?
perhaps looking a little dangerous to voluntarily exposing my queen to discovered attacks, but so far the h3 pawnis under attack, and i had plans...
White played 16.Ng5 with the awaited discovered attack on my queen
[fen]r4rk1/pp2b1pp/2p2n2/2Pp1pNq/3Pb3/P3B1PP/1P2BP1K/R2Q1R2 b - -[/fen]
16...Ng4+!
a few moves later white has just played 21.Bf4
[fen]r4rk1/pp4p1/2p4p/2Pp3q/3P1BpP/P2Q1bP1/1P3P1K/R4R2 b - -[/fen]
21...Rxf4!
white cannot take the rook without being mated on h1 in two moves.
it's all about the h-file and the lethal bishop on f3
and after 25.Qd2 it was time for me to finish off in style
[fen]r5k1/pp6/2p4p/2PpR1pq/3Pb1pP/P4rP1/1P1Q1P1K/5R2 b - -[/fen]
25...Qxh4+!
Instead of taking on h4 26.Kg1 Rxg3+! 27.fxg3 Qxg3+ is also mate on te next moveA link to download 6,2000 RHP Championship Games.
Plus a good game by TigerKing. Then I'm afraid more wonder blunders.
[blogid]4[/blogid]
And thanks again to Maitkenhead for supplying the link to download the games.a chess book buyers anonymous?
HELP!Hello,
I am after purchasing a black king for a Tasc R-30 version 2.5 Chess Computer. If anyone can help with this request I will be most appreciative.
Regards,
DarrenHi all,
I recently played 3 OTB as black for my team, in which a similar variation of the open Sicilian (Najdorf) was played.
This happens to be one of the openings I know best (unlike for instance 1.c4 when I'm basically out of 'book' on move 1), so for a change it was nice to have a little opening advantage OTB.
I think all 3 games have elements that are critical to the typical Najdorf, such as white wasting tempi in the opening giving black a great position, or black screwing up the attack in which case white wins.
(That was me in the second game, and almost in the third).
I've put in some short comments about my thoughts during the game.
They are only clublevel games but I had good fun, hope you enjoy ;)
Opponent (1755) - me (1817)
[pgn]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 {this game has a different move order but actually reaches the same position as the second game by move 11} e6 7. Be3 b5 8. a3 {rather slow, black can play natural developing moves} Qc7 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O {this setup with f3 and Be3 usually unleashes the English attack with white 0-0-0 and launching g4 and h4 - strangely enough white decided to go kingside} Nbd7 {gives a lot of flexibility to the knight} 11. Nb3
{not necessary} Rc8 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 d5 {always tricky to figure out if d5 in the Sicilian is correct; as a rule of thumb, if it is, black has equalised} 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxa6
{a small trap - this lets me split open the kingside} Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Qxa6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rd5 25. Bf2 h5 {played with double intentions - threatening to attack the pinned bishop after Rg5 and Bg3 and at the same time giving the King air so my other rook can join in} 26. b3 Rg5+ 27. Bg3 Rg4 28. Qe7 Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Qe3 {not exact enough - I missed that white's queen now can come back to defend} 30. Qb7 Rc3 {threatening Rxg3 with mate to follow} 31. Qf3 Qd4 32. Qa8+ {leaving the defending area again - dangerous} Kh7 33. Qa5 Qd2+
34. Kh1 h4 35. Rfd1 Qe3 36. Qe5 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 hxg3 {setting up a killing discovered double-check} 38. Rd2 gxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Rh4+ {Qh3 is mate in 1 but I saw the mate in two first and went for it - no direct time pressure} 40. Kg1 Rh1#
0-1[/pgn]
Opponent (1945) - me (1817)
[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 b5
8. a3 Bb7 9. f3 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe1 {a slightly more dangerous approach than in the previous game} d5 {I think black is equal again} 12. Qf2 Bd6
13. g3 dxe4 14. fxe4 Ne5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nb3 Neg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Qe2 Nxe3 {obtaining bishop pair against 2 knights} 19. Qxe3 O-O 20. h4 Rac8
21. Kh2 {a silly mistake} Qxh4+ {Rxc3 is even stronger, I hadn't seen it in this situation} 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Rf2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bxa3 25. Rfd2 f5 26. Rd7 Bxe4+
27. Kf2 {Qxe4 doesn't work} Qf6 28. Ra1 Bb2 29. Rxa6 Bxc3 30. Raa7 f4 {going headfirst into a typical Sicilian two-side attack} 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Qxe4 fxg3+
33. Kxg3 {here I was under some time pressure - I saw a winning move but thought there was mate and went for it...} Be5+ {NO... Qf2 check and taking rook on g7 wins. I was mad at myself because I had seen it and didn't play it}
34. Kg4 h5+ 35. Kxh5 {and no more checks - that's what I missed} Qxg7
36. Rxg7 Bxg7 {and resigned soon after} 0-1
[/pgn]
Opponent (1801) - me (1817)
[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {a different variation - one that obligates to play e6, a move I will play anyway} e6 7. f4 Qc7
8. Qf3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 {Nd5 seemed an option} Nbd7
12. Kb1 Be7 13. f5 {not very dangerous atm - white should probably have been trying to push g and h pawns} e5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Bd2 a5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nc1 d5 {again} 18. Rhe1 d4 {black has massive queenside control} 19. Nce2 O-O
20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Nh5 Rc3 {offering the exchange - bxc3 will be mated, of course, but I believe taking the rook isn't good anyway} 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxc3 bxc3
24. b3 Qb4 {too hasty - I thought I could put pressure on white and win, Ra8 was much better, then white has no time to organize defense} 25. Ka1 Ra8
26. Rb1 axb3 27. Rxb3 {not 27. cxb3?? Rxa2+ 28. Kxa2 Qa3#!} Qa4 28. Nc1 Ba3 29. Kb1 {unfortunately the defense fits exactly - I missed this move several moves earlier} Bc6 30. Qe2 Bxc1 31. Kxc1 Qxa2 32. Rb1 {a blunder - but I missed the beautiful winning move} Ba4 {now Qa3 followed by Qb2 wins the b1 rook or mates!} 33. Qd1 {under severe timepressure on both sides my opponent blunders away the game} Qa3+ {and mates. My opponent resigned}[/pgn]redhotpawn just allowed a king-side castle after the king was previously in check. Isn't it true that castling can not occur if (1) the king or rook has previously moved, (2) if the king has previously been in check or (3) if castling will make the king cross trough check?Hi everyone, [GameId "9204327"]
My opponent refuses to make a different move just so he can get a draw! It is clear the game is very much winnable for white here but he knows once he stops checking me, he would lose the game so he keeps on moving to the same spot hoping for a draw. Can someone look into this? I mean if what he is doing is ok then all the games that are about to lose can be claimed as draw can they not? I'm very much interested to know what the rules are here? Thank youTry getting a modern sports fan to watch a b/w 1950’s football game.
They can’t. They want all the action replays, the arty farty camera angles,
the colour, the glitz, the awful music, those silly haircuts….
Chess is not like that.
Though this was played in the b/w era it is just as colourful today
as it was when it was first played.
(How was that for a modern impersonation of a Fred Reinfeld intro?)
[b]Apscheneek - Amateur Riga 1934.[/b]
Franz Apscheneek won the Latvian Champion a few times in the 1920’s & 30’s.
He starts off a Queen down and then sacs….
No I won’t spoil it. Just enjoy.
[pgn]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNB1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. b3 {The idea behind this as the opening move soon shows.} 1... e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. O-O-O {White castle Queenside two tempi up. The advantage of playing without a Queen!. (Two tempi = One pawn move to free the Queen and one move to get the Queen off the back rank.)} 4... Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. e3 {This restrained approach by White is perfectly logical. He is making just enough pawn moves to get his pieces out.} 6... c6 7. g4 h6 8. Nge2 {The Knight has a nice home g3.} 8... Be6 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. h4 Nh7 {This is OK. I am not going to point out any alternative moves for Black. Quite a few are better than what he played in this game, He played how he saw it, he was obviously a weak player due to the agreed odds.} 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Bxg5 13. Bd3 Bh6 14. Rdg1 {The Queens odds player has by simple means worked up a lovely attacking position. Black reacts in the time honored fashion by action in the centre.} 14... d5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 {Black is now dropping a piece thanks to threat of 17.Rxh6. Black covers that threat but....} 16... Qf6 17. Bxd7 {….it drops the d7 Knight.} 17... d4 18. exd4 exd4 {Now you would expect 19.Ne4 but no. Apscheneek cooks up a lovely treat. First he invites the Queen fork.} 19. Ne2 {This wee beauty is the move that kicks the whole thing off.} 19... Qe7 20. Nxd4 Qxd7 21. Rxh6 Rad8 {If the d4 Knight now moves then Qxd2+. Now sit back and enjoy.} 22. Rxg7+ {There goes one Rook....} 22... Kxg7 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Rg6+ {....There goes the other Rook.} 24... fxg6 25. Nh6# {That is checkmate. Beautiful....Absolutely Beautiful.}[/pgn]http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/a-team-of-many-nations-competes-for-the-national-chess-title/Hoe do I remove a player who has run out of time bank and has not moved his first move?Hello All
I recently played a game against Lazza and I think it was an interesting game. After mutual inaccuracies the game entered a knight ending which I managed to win.
However I feel that the game should have ended in a draw. Could some one who is good at endgames or some one with a strong engine confirm whether the white had a draw?
I have annotated the game in the below link using a weak engine and also my own on the board analysis.
http://www.redhotpawn.com/annotation/annotationinteractive.php?annotationid=2257
Regards,
SkandaLook at this diagram. White to play.
[fen] r3r1k1/1b3p2/p2p2pp/2p1q3/PpP5/1P1Q2PP/2B3PK/2R2N2 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Come up with an idea, a plan, anything for White other than resignation.
Give it a minute or two. If you come up with the same idea as White then
I suggest you give up chess and go and see a shrink.
See what happened..... [blogid]4[/blogid]
Plus:
A couple of very good games, a couple of amazing blunders
and an elephant puzzle thingy for you to look at."With a player like Carlsen you can see that he is less influenced by computers than other players who are less successful. I think it is one of the advantages of our generation – one of the reasons our generation is still doing well – is that we learnt to play on a good basis, and then learnt how to use computers in our favour, while a lot of young players only know how to use computers and don't have a good basis. Instead of thinking they are used to press a button and see what the computer says. So like any invention it can be used in a good or a bad way. One of the secrets of success now-a-days it to use computers in your favour and not let computers rule your thinking ability."
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8065By Chris Chase
The Texas Tech coach, Susan Polgar, and her seven chessmasters who won their second straight national championship this month will all return next year to defend their title. But they'll be doing it at a different school.
In an unprecedented move in the world of college competition, Texas Tech's entire team will transfer to Webster University in the chess hotbed of St. Louis, home to the World Chess Hall of Fame. The private university promised more funding for the team and access to a new, 6,000-square-foot learning center in the city.Here's an interesting promotion that won the game. I very nearly promoted to queen but saw this at the last second: -
[gid]9116351[/gid]...games where you've resisted the urge to develop any pieces. Here's one of mine from the blitz room. Didn't intend it this way, but sometimes your opponents will send you down weird avenues...
[pgn][Event "RHP Blitz rated"] [Site "www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2012.4.9"] [Round "?"] [White "hunterknox"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] 1. g2-g4 Ng8-f6 2. g4-g5 Nf6-e4 3. d2-d3 Ne4-c5 4. d3-d4 Nc5-e4 5. f2-f3 Ne4-d6 6. e2-e4 Nb8-c6 7. c2-c3 e7-e5 8. d4-d5 Nc6-e7 9. h2-h4 c7-c6 10. c3-c4 c6xd5 11. c4xd5 h7-h6 12. g5xh6 g7xh6 13. Nb1-c3 Rh8-g8 14. Bc1-e3 f7-f6 15. Qd1-b3 Rg8-g3 16. Bf1-e2 Rg3-g2 17. O-O-O Ne7-g6 18. Be2-f1 Rg2-g3 19. Be3-f2 Nd6xe4 20. Nc3xe4 Rg3xg1 21. Rh1xg1 Ng6-h8 22. d5-d6 f6-f5 23. Rg1-g8 f5xe4 24. Rg8xh8 Qd8-f6 25. Bf1-c4 Qf6xh8 26. Bc4-f7 Ke8-d8 27. Bf2-b6 a7xb6 28. Qb3xb6 1-0[/pgn]
Has anyone got a link to that crazy Diemer pawn move game?Playing blitz yesterday night one opponent,while having the upperhand,was taunting me saying 'your name will be toby' 'toby!toby!toby!' etc...
When I went up a piece he got quiet.When I walked into mate he said 'toby I say!'
Now,this kind of behavior is no surprise but what I'd like to know: Who the hell is toby??So I've had some personal ish happen in my life and my chess game has really suffered lately. It's very hard to calculate with a lot of stuff on your mind. I decided to take a two week break from chess and chess study and just goof around and play poker until I get my head clear. In the KG thread I said that I recently played one of the best games of my life as black against the gamibt, and here I submit it for your approval.
[pgn][Event "St. Paddy's Day Torunament"]
[Site "MCC"]
[Date "2012.3.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Elgin"]
[Black "Ellis"]
[Result "0-1"]1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. c3 h6 8. Qd3{Here I don't know what white's up to. He usually lines up the queen and bishop on a battery to attack the king} Qe7 9. b4 g4 10. Ne1 f3 11. gxf3 gxf3 12. Rxf3 Nf6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. d5{White thinks black's knight is trapped, but doesn't realize that the ensuing counter-attack gives the knight an escape} e4 17. Bc5 exf3{Sometimes you just have to be a gangsta, white's king is weak, and I have the bishop pair. I had just gotten killed in the last round, so I wanted to win one in style} 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxf3 Nfxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Rhg8 22. Kf2 Bc6 23. Qxf7 Rdf8 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 25. Ke2 Nxc3+[/pgn]
I had a 2200 performance in this tournament. Afterwards, my personal life went to hell and I lost a couple games to some 1300s! I have subsequently resigned all my games I've got going and hope to get my chess sanity back soon somehow.Below is a final position from one of my blitz games.
[fen]r3k3/pp4Q1/2b1N3/2p5/3p3P/3P2P1/PP3P2/4R1K1[/fen]
You can just stop now and try to find the mate in three or read on. (The solution is not given below.)
After the game was over, I took some time to look for the fastest mate possible.
There are (obviously) a lot of mates here, and I just kept trying to find the fastest one that I could.
Without an obvious guide (like the mate in 3 in the thread title), I was pretty sure I nailed it with mate in 4.
Here is what I thought to be best:
1.Nc7+
[fen]r3k3/ppN3Q1/2b5/2p5/3p3P/3P2P1/PP3P2/4R1K1[/fen]
1. ... Kd8
[fen]r2k4/ppN3Q1/2b5/2p5/3p3P/3P2P1/PP3P2/4R1K1[/fen]
2.Re8+!
[fen]r2kR3/ppN3Q1/2b5/2p5/3p3P/3P2P1/PP3P2/6K1[/fen]
The sacrifice denies the king e8.
2. ... Bxe8
[fen]r2kb3/ppN3Q1/8/2p5/3p3P/3P2P1/PP3P2/6K1[/fen]
3.Ne6+
[fen]r2kb3/pp4Q1/4N3/2p5/3p3P/3P2P1/PP3P2/6K1[/fen]
Now, the king wishes he had access to e8.
Kc8 4.Qc7 Mate
[fen]r1k1b3/ppQ5/4N3/2p5/3p3P/3P2P1/PP3P2/6K1[/fen]
I honestly thought this was the fastest mate. There is in fact a way to mate one move faster!
[fen]r3k3/pp4Q1/2b1N3/2p5/3p3P/3P2P1/PP3P2/4R1K1[/fen]
White To Move ... Mate In 3 ... There is only one correct first move to do it.
Have at it !!![pgn]1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. f3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne8 9. g4 a6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 Nc5 12. Bc2 b5 13. dxc6 bxc4 14. Bxc5 Qc7 15. Nd5 1-0[/pgn]
How do I get the pgn thingie to work?[fen]r3r1k1/ppp3bp/3p2p1/6P1/8/2P3BP/PP4P1/R3R1K1[/fen]
For a discussion, please see the last post (from me) on this thread.
[threadid]145949[/threadid][pgn][Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2012.04.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sawyert@chesscube.com"]
[Black "a_cherif@chesscube.com"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Time "14:54:58"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 b5 11. h4 Nbd7 12. h5 Ne5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Bxb5 {!! The sacrificial assault starts here and this move is very crafty IMO. Its all sound I believe... fairly straight forward} axb5 16. Bf8 {!! WTH is going on!} Rxf8 17. Rxh8+ {! more material into the fire!} Kxh8 18. Qh6+ Nh7 19. Rh1 {The point as Alekhine liked to say. The original sac was played with this move in mind} Nd3+ 20. cxd3 Bxg4 21. Qxh7# {I think the moral of this story goes thus. The dark square bishop is important but it isn't the be all end all and my opponent wasted too much time trying to keep it on the board instead of expending his efforts trying to utilise it in coordination with his other advantage, the half open c-file. In the end neither dark square bishop is on the board.} 1-0[/pgn]Not a place where I thought it could happen, but the more important question is how can the powers that be prevent this and other posers from doing it ad nauseum. How many of you got this:
"Hello dear
my name is philomina i am intrested in your profile plz reply to my email (philomina4jamesATyahoo.com so that i will send you my pic
urs
philomina"W.Hajenius - R.Braspenning,1998
Black to play and draw!
[fen]1r5k/5p1p/3qpNpQ/8/8/7P/r4P2/4R1K1 b - - 0 1[/fen]
In the actual game Braspenning (rated 2047) lost on time,but he had seen a way to save the game.As he showed during the post mortem.
It's rather brilliant.Too bad his hands weren't quick enough.Article: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8047
[quote]"Rajlich: Busting the King's Gambit, this time for sure
02.04.2012 – Fifty years ago Bobby Fischer published a famous article, "A Bust to the King's Gambit", in which he claimed to have refuted this formerly popular opening. Now chess programmer IM Vasik Rajlich has actually done it, with technical means. 3000 processor cores, running for over four months, exhaustively analysed all lines that follow after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 and came to some extraordinary conclusions."
...
"Will chess professionals, and chess amateurs for that matter, have access to the King’s Gambit “tablebases”, if I may call it that?
There is a problem of size that makes it simply impractical to keep it locally on your computer. However we will make it available online, in the near future, so that everyone can find out which moves win, lose or draw – in practical trial-and-error sessions."[/quote]
Anyone else worried that over time this will take the fun out of chess?Hi
I was watching some of the games at Edinburgh Chess Congress
at the weekend won by GM Daniel Gormally with 4.½ from 5.
In the lower sections a crowd had gathered around a board rubber
necking like one does at a traffic accident. I joined them. :)
It was one lad with K & R beating another lad with K & N.
The Knight was cut off from it's King and The K & R player rounded up the Knight.
It went something like this.
[pgn]
[FEN "8/1k6/8/4K3/4R3/6n1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
1. Re3 Nf1 {if 1...Nh5 2.Rh3 Ng7 3.Rh7 wins the Knight.} 2. Rd3 Nh2 3. Kf4 Nf1 4. Kf3 Nh2+ 5. Kg3 Nf1+ 6. Kg2[/pgn]
I'm not going to go into the how's and why's of when a Rook beats a Knight.
I am going to offer up this position from my bag of simple instructive positions
I use to teach students of the game.
Fellow coaches/teachers can use this as well.
It's easy to remember and quite a lot hides in this very simple 4 piece position
[fen]k1n5/1RK5/8/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White to play and mate in two moves.
White makes a move and no matter What Black does White will give
checkmate on his next move, There is only one solution.
First of there is an example of a common stalemate pattern.
1.Kxc8.
[fen]k1K5/1R6/8/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
A Rook Fork. 1.Rb8+
[fen]kRn5/2K5/8/8/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Then onto the postion and the problem.
[fen]k1n5/1RK5/8/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White to play and mate in two moves.
The solution is 1.Rb5
[fen]k1n5/2K5/8/1R6/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
The instructive point in this simple position are Zugzwang.
Finding and playing the exact move (1.Rb5)
It also highlights the limitations of the Knight due to the fact it is
the only piece on the board that never has a free choice of movement.
Once on a square you know where the Knight is going next,
at best it is one of 8 squares, at worst (A Knight on a1 for instance) 2 squares.
At the moment White is not threatening mate the Knight can block on a7.
[fen]k1n5/2K5/8/1R6/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
But it is Black's move.
The only King move is 1...Ka7 but that is the Knight's blocking square.
[fen]2n5/k1K5/8/R7/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 2[/fen]
1..Ka7 2.Ra5 mate.
If we put the Knight on the Blocking square right away.
[fen]kR6/n1K5/8/8/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 2[/fen]
1...Na7 2. Rb8 mate.
Every other Knight move 1...Nb6, 1...Nd7 or 1...Nd6 allow
White to mate next move. 2 Ra5 mate.
That is why 1.Rb5 is the only move that mates next move.
If the Rook goes to any other square bar b5 then the Knight (1..Nb6)
can prevent the Rook from mating next move.
Have fun.Check out what this Sheriff did.....
http://news.yahoo.com/illinois-sheriff-introduces-jail-chess-program-005937340.htmlEven if you are not a blog reader. You must see this wee work of joy
from a Barnes defence. (1.e4 f6)
[gid]9042936[/gid]
Infact play it out with no notes. Do you see what I see.....?
The Danish Gambit.
The misery of pushing the f-pawn.
Plus an assortment of blunders and good moves.
[blogid]4[/blogid]
Here is the game from the Barnes Defence with no notes.
stoffels - Azimut RHP Ch. 2012
[pgn]
[Event "2012 Championship"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[EndDate "2012.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "stoffels"]
[Black "Azimut"]
[WhiteRating "1376"]
[BlackRating "1730"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "9042936"]
1. d4 f6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 Nb8c6 4. exf6 Ng8xf6 5. Bf1d3 Bf8c5 6. Ng1f3 Qd8e7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bc1g5 d6 9. Nb1c3 Nc6b4 10. Bd3c4 Bc8e6 11. Bc4xe6 Qe7xe6 12. a3 Nb4a6 13. Qd1d3 Rf8f7 14. Bg5e3 Bc5xe3 15. Qd3xe3 Nf6g4 16. Qe3d2 Ra8f8 17. Nf3g5 Qe6e5 18. f4 Qe5c5 19. Kg1h1 Qc5xg5 20. h3 Rf7xf4 21. Rf1xf4 Rf8xf4 22. Qd2d5 Qg5xd5 23. Nc3xd5 Ng4f2 24. Kh1g1 Rf4f7 25. Nd5c3 Na6c5[/pgn]I just finished a blitz game, and this was the final position. I was black.
[fen]2b1k2r/5ppp/1Pp5/3p4/4p1P1/1P2P2P/r2Q1P2/q2BK2R[/fen]
I actually was forced to resign the game here, because my opponent was a guest and was lagging badly ( He had flagged plus a minute more negative time , and I couldn't abort or adjourn).
I had been planning to meet 1.Qb4 with a nice move, and it's a shame I didn't get to play it.
[fen]2b1k2r/5ppp/1Pp5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/r4P2/q2BK2R[/fen]
Here I planned the dynamic 1. ... Ba6!
[fen]4k2r/5ppp/bPp5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/r4P2/q2BK2R [/fen]
This being a blitz game, I only really analyzed one move for white-the promoting threat 2.b7. (It's not best.)
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/r4P2/q2BK2R[/fen]
White is in a forced mating net! (In 8 !!!)
Stop right here and try to find the mate before you scroll down!
I am (intentionally) inserting a blank diagram to give the solution a little space.
[fen]0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0[/fen]
Honestly, I hadn't worked all of this out from here, but I did see a fascinating variation for black (which follows).
2. ... Re2+!
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/4rP2/q2BK2R[/fen]
3.Kf1
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/4rP2/q2B1K1R[/fen]
3. ... Qxd1+
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/4rP2/3q1K1R[/fen]
4.Kg2
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/4rPK1/3q3R[/fen]
Here it looks like black is in a lot of trouble. The queen is under attack, and the threat of b8 is also very strong. Black, however, lands a nice shot.
Next is the last move that I saw in my calculations. I just assumed that black would have at least a draw or at best a beautiful mating combinations. It's a real shame that none of this actually got played.
4. ... Rxf2+!
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/5rK1/3q3R[/fen]
5.Kxf2 (*5.Kg3 see later)
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/5K2/3q3R[/fen]
Here, there are two paths to choose. In my post game analysis, my first choice was 5. ... Qe2+ 6.Kg3 (6.Kg1 Qf1+ 7.Kh2 Qf2 mate) 6. ... Qf3+ 7.Kh4 (7.Kh2 Qf2 mate again).
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1PK/1P2Pq1P/8/7R[/fen]
Unfortunately, here black does not have an immediate mate, but there are some fun variations.
7. ... Qf2+ 8.Kh5 (8.Kg5 Qf6+ 9.Kh5 Qh6 mate) 9. ... g6+
[fen]4k2r/1P3p1p/b1p3p1/3p3K/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/5q2/7R[/fen]
10.Kh6 (not 10.Kg5 h6 mate)
[fen]4k2r/1P3p1p/b1p3pK/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/5q2/7R[/fen]
Black is still won, but the mate has slipped away!
The correct response to 5.Kxf2 is much simpler.
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/5K2/3q3R[/fen]
5. ...Qf3+ !! is the way to go.
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2Pq1P/5K2/7R[/fen]
6.Kg1 (6.Ke1 Qe2 mate)
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2Pq1P/8/6KR[/fen]
6. ... Qg3 mate
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P1qP/8/6KR[/fen]
*
The rook sacrifice (and acceptance) was the fascinating part for me, but there is one more variation to be complete. I didn not even consider ...
5.Kg3
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P1KP/5r2/3q3R[/fen]
Black mates here too, but it takes longer.
5. ... Qf3+
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2PqKP/5r2/7R[/fen]
6.Kh4
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1PK/1P2Pq1P/5r2/7R[/fen]
And here 6. ... Qf6+ sets up another pretty variation.
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p2q2/3p4/1Q2p1PK/1P2P2P/5r2/7R[/fen]
7.g5 (7.Kh5 Qh6 mate) and 7.Kg3 are left.
First 7.g5
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p2q2/3p2P1/1Q2p2K/1P2P2P/5r2/7R[/fen]
7. ... Rf4+! ( another superb rook sac ! )
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p2q2/3p2P1/1Q2pr1K/1P2P2P/8/7R[/fen]
8.Kh5 Be2 mate / 8.exf4 Qxf4+ 9.Kh5 Be2 mate / 8.Kg3
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p2q2/3p2P1/1Q2pr2/1P2P1KP/8/7R[/fen]
8. ... Qxg5+ 9.Kh2 Rf2 mate
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p2q1/1Q2p3/1P2P2P/5r1K/7R[/fen]
Now, White's other 7th move ...
7.Kg3
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p2q2/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P1KP/5r2/7R[/fen]
What analysis would be complete without yet another rook sacrifice ?!!!
7. ... Rg2+!
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p2q2/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P1KP/6r1/7R[/fen]
8.Kxg2
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p2q2/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P2P/6K1/7R[/fen]
8. ... Qf3+
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2Pq1P/6K1/7R[/fen]
9.Kg1 (9.Kh2 Qf2 mate)
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2Pq1P/8/6KR[/fen]
9. ... Qg3 mate
[fen]4k2r/1P3ppp/b1p5/3p4/1Q2p1P1/1P2P1qP/8/6KR[/fen]
It is amazing to me that so many variations can all lead to the same or a very similar final mating position (with just two black pieces!). White's king is really just too loose and completely ripped open after 4. ...Rxf2+!! .
I hope you enjoy this fascinating tactical sequence as much as I did, when I discovered it.He started a chess improvement clan awhile back designed to help us in our studies. While I really don't care about RHP ratings too much, I was stunned when I topped 1500. I have some losses coming my way, but this is the best I have played since I joined the site. I thought it would be fitting to acknowledge him publicly for his efforts.Hello all,
I found this place(redhotpawn.com) few weeks ago and I think this is great place to learn and play this great game of chess! Thank you host !
I hope this thread-idea isin't already beat to dead, but as a new player I would like to hear good old players how to deal playing as a black. I usually play my games to the point: how Id like to say: "defending to freeze death" and that isin't so good way to play.
How you guys try to turn it around? Just waiting to other player to do first mistake or what? I know Im a lot more aggressive when I play white side and if Im black I just waiting my turn to be more aggressive?
Sorry about my lousy spelling. My domestic language isint english.
Im ready for all challenges and learning this game,
Ville - from FinlandIs it kosher to post on this forum a recommendation that people bookmark or otherwise follow a particular game that is in progress? There is one game I am watching that merits watching, IMO, starting about 10-15 moves ago, and it's not over yet. One player, whether purposely or not, gave away a piece and has been rather unpredictably (to me) working his way back into a win. But I am concerned that such attention might imply something to one of the players -- such as that the game has nuances they might not see, and they should look harder at it -- and I am also worried that someone might inadvertently reply to the post, stating a move they think is best.
Just indicating that a game in progress is worth watching, may be too intrusive. Opinions, please?Hi everyone, this is my first post in the forums! I only joined this site recently finding it great fun at the moment, was just wondering what kind of rating i should be aiming to hit.
I generally play at about 150Ecf strength OTB, yet I am finding it hard to work out just where I should be on here! I am beating a 1780 atm yet maybe shouldnt be, and have comfortably beaten players below 1500. Any ideas would be appreciated, I am merely curious :)Yesterday I joined my local chess club, first time I have joined a club. Even though I got an ass whooping, I would like to know if the experience of OTB chess increases your ability as a player long term? Or is 2 dimensional chess and 3 dimensional chess two completely different propositions in general?I am planning to play in the Southern Class Championship in Orlando FL USA this coming weekend, and I found the following game while going through my usual pre-tournament prep. I was amazed by the brashly poetic violence of his approach right out of the gate- and both players were Fide ELO 2500+.
(I found this game in the notes of a Polar Bear article by IM James Vigus, but it strikes me as almost a Bird/Grob hybrid. Chess names are a funny business.)
This game led me to look for more of Jakubiec's games, and I found 78 1. f4 games in the database.
This is one of those games where his intentions are extremely clear right from the beginning, and it is clear that Mr. J treats rapid games like knife fights. Enjoy!
[pgn][Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 7th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2007.12.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakubiec, Artur"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. h3 Bb7 8. Qe1
Nbd7 9. g4 e6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Qh4 Rfe8 12. Bd2 a6 13. Rae1 b5 14. a3 c5 15. Nd1
Qd6 16. Nf2 d4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 e5 20. f5 c4 21. Nh2 c3
22. bxc3 Qc5 23. Ng4 Nb6 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Bb4 Qxc2 26. e5 Ra7 27. e6 fxe6
28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Be4 d3 30. Bxg6 Bd4+ 31. e3 1-0[/pgn]Last move...01 Feb '12 23:34
?why do players make one move and leave?Which world championship contests are your favorites, and which do you not find interesting? Which books about these contests do you like? My old favorite is 1972, although the 1969 match was very exciting. The 1963 match is underappreciated. Lasker's crushes before 1910 did not interest me. I did not care for the knockout events at all. Tal's book about the 1960 match may the greatest chess book ever, or is at least one of the best.I use 2 traps:
against CK 4.h4 e6?? 5.g4! like here [gid]9168704[/gid]
against RL [gid]1485245[/gid]Here is mine-it was an early Christmas present to a good friend. :)
[gid]9015401[/gid] I play as black.
[pgn][Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2012.01.23"] [EndDate "2012.03.24"] [Round "?"] [White "kingaroo"] [Black "Kings and Pawns"] [WhiteRating "2290"] [BlackRating "2407"] [WhiteElo "2290"] [BlackElo "2407"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "9015401"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Ng1f3 exd4 5. Bf1xc4 Bf8b4 6. Nb1d2 Nb8c6 7. O-O Ng8f6 8. e5 Nf6d5 9. Nd2b3 Nd5b6 10. Bc4b5 Qd8d5 11. Bb5xc6 Qd5xc6 12. Bc1g5 Qc6d7 13. e6 Qd7d5 14. exf7 Ke8xf7 15. Bg5f4 Rh8e8 16. Bf4xc7 Bc8g4 17. Nb3xd4 Kf7g8 18. h3 Bg4h5 19. a3 Bb4c5 20. Nd4b3 Bc5e7 21. g4 Bh5g6 22. Bc7xb6 axb6 23. Qd1xd5 1-0[/pgn]this guy PhySiQ is not easy to beat!
our 5th game once again lead to a promising position for me
but once again, my opp put up an immaculate defence
[pgn]
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "watchyourbackrank"]
[Black "PhySiQ"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 {i prefer a queen's indian to a nimzo-indian (3.Nc3 Bb4)} b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2 {not the most popular choice but very flexible and not allowing black to compromise the white pawn structure early on..} f5 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 {considerably stronger than 10.Nxd2 allowing black to exchange bishops and relieve all tension} Bf6 {there's a lot of dynanism in the center. i'm planning e4 sooner or later and black should probably play for e5 pawn break} 11. Rad1 {logical to put the rooks on the central files} d6 12. Rfe1 {pawn e4 is in the air.} Nd7 {black continues his piece development. the anti positional d5 to prevent white's e4 looks very ugly} 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 {i believe white has a comfortable position. in any case, i liked it! good central control, more space and good pressure in the central files of the board} h6 {probably designed to prevent Ng5 because then the black e6 pawn would be under severe pressure} 15. Re2 {with the very simple plan of doubling in the e-file. the silicon monsters suggest Nfg5 - wow!} Qe7 16. Rde1 Rae8 {black defends his weak e6 pawn. 16...e5 was not possible. it loses a pawn after 17.Nxf6!} 17. d5 {adding pressure on e6 but allowing black to play e5. i was not too proud of this d5 move until i saw he reply from my opp} Be5 {?! i'm sure 17...e5 was better} 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 {black cannot play e5 - it's blockaded by his own piece lol} 19. b3 {simply defending c4 and now dxe6 is a threat} exd5 {risky business. difficult to see any better moves, though} 20. Nc3 {very unpleasant for black. he has to unpin his knight and does so with} Qf7 21. f4 d4 {tricky and bad. the expected Ng6 is objectively better} 22. Nd5 {inaccurate. i thought the critical line was 22.Bxb7 c6 23.fxe5 dxc3 24.Qxc3 Qxb7 25.exd6 - it is indeed critical - for black!} d3 23. Re3 Ng6 {23...c6!} 24. Qxd3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 {very dominant position for white. and there might even be some tactics involving black's unprotected piece on b7. also note that black cannot exchange on d5 now because the queen would be pinned to the king. perhaps that's why black played} Qd7 26. Qd3 Bxd5 27. Bxd5+ Kh7 {now the point of 26.Qd3! becomes clearer. the knight is pinned to the king!} 28. Re6 {? clearly better was the computer move 28.h4!} Rf6 29. Re2 {i considered the rook exchange. however, i was unsure of the prospects in the endgame even though i no doubt would have the winning chances} Kh8 30. Qe4 {preventing c6 and conserving my excellent light square control} a6 31. h4 Qg4 32. Kh2 {in retrospect i would have prefered to exchange queens on move 31. (Qe8+) Now black's queen is more active and limiting my movement on the kingside} Nf8 {black is struggling to find good squares for his pieces. I'm still in the driving seat, but it's not so easy to find the road to victory. and I didn't notice that black actually sets a trap with this innocent looking knight move} 33. a4 c6 {a clever move. Now 34.Bxc6 fails to Re6! - that was the point of Nf8 from black on the previous move - defending e6 and also d7!} 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. Bxf3 {is this a winning endgame for white? against a GM the answer is surely no. unless you're a GM yourself, no?} g5 36. Bxc6 gxf4 37. gxf4 Rxf4 38. Kg3 Rd4 {this is a critical point in the game. white has bishop vs knight which is an advantage with pawns on both flanks because of the bishops longer range. it's also a question of piece activity. black's knight is struggling to reach an active square and that should perhaps have lead to me the right move in this position which is 39.h5! The point is (which I over looked in the game) that black cannot grab the pawn on b3: 39...Rd3+ 40.Kg4 Rxb3 41.Kf5! piece activity!} 39. Re3 {too passive!} Ng6 40. Bb7 a5 41. h5 {too late. now the black knight has the nice (and dark!) square e5} Ne5 42. Be4 Kg7 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Rg3 {around here PhySiQ offered a draw. i rejected. not because i was confident of winning. I guess all chess players have played a game they felt they were winning and after making some mistakes it's not easy to accept that the game is no longer won. most players
play on even if the game is now level. so did I.} Rd2 45. Rg8 {i'm playing at full risk now.} Rh2 46. Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rb8 {trying to create imbalances and setting a small trap} Rh4+ {i was hoping for 47...Rxh5? 48.Rxb6 which i believe gives me remote winning chances. my opp made no mistakes in this ending!} 48. Ke3 Rh3+ 49. Kd4 Rxb3 {my only hope now lies in the h-file} 50. Rh8 Ra3 51. Rxh6 Rxa4 {i'm down a pawn and now i sac a second pawn!} 52. Kd5 {setting another trap} Rxc4 {52...Nxc4? 53.Re6+ Kd7 54.Bf5 is strong because of the threat of a discovered check} 53. Re6+ Kf7 54. Rxd6 Rc6 {again, PhySiQ finds the only defence. This time including a piece sac! i offered a draw because my bishop is of the wrong colour. Even if i managed to pick up his queenside pawns i could not win because h8 (queening square) is dark.} 55. Rxc6 {my opp naturally accepted the draw offer} [/pgn]I was on youtube just now and could not believe the amount of chess related stuff on it. Not been on it for a few years as my internet connection has been ropey at best.
So where do I start? So much to look at.
I've clocked the old master games series(which I remember from when I was a ween), but what else? More interested in documentaries and professional instructional videos rather than amauter bits. Can anyone point me in the right direction?Anyone following this event? I have been following Fabiano Caruana, who has played
some uncompromising chess. Eventually he will be challenging Magnus I reckon, its
only a matter of time. Anish Giri not doing so well. Étienne Bacrot, French numero
uno doing pretty well, as is that cad and bounder Ivan Cheparinov of the handshake
infamy. Movsesian also doing pretty good. Check it out,
http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/Here is the end to a blitz game that I just finished. It ends with me sheepishly setting a trap, that my opponent falls right into. I am black, and white is rated over 1900.
[fen]4r1k1/p4pp1/2p3qp/3p4/8/1P3B1P/P1bQ1PP1/2R4K[/fen]
I played 1. ... Be4 just to save the piece and trade off my bad bishop.
[fen]4r1k1/p4pp1/2p3qp/3p4/4b3/1P3B1P/P2Q1PP1/2R4K[/fen]
Then came 2.Bxe4 Rxe4 3.Qc2 attacking the c6 pawn.
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2p3qp/3p4/4r3/1P5P/P1Q2PP1/2R4K[/fen]
Here my original intention was just 3. ...Re6, but a saw a tactic and just kept on calculating. I should note the times, White: 1:08 (1 minute 8 seconds) Black: 1:28 ... This move took 6 seconds to find.
This is not a forced win or anything just a devious little trap using the tactics in the position.
There is one tactic in the position. Let's give white a move and play Qxc6 (his obvious intention).
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q3qp/3p4/4r3/1P5P/P4PP1/2R4K[/fen]
Here black could play Re1+, trying to remove the defender of c6 (Rxe1 Qxc6).
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q3qp/3p4/8/1P5P/P4PP1/2R1r2K[/fen]
But after Kh2, what has black gained?
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q3qp/3p4/8/1P5P/P4PPK/2R1r3[/fen]
Back to the original position:
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2p3qp/3p4/4r3/1P5P/P1Q2PP1/2R4K[/fen]
With this in mind, and sort of having a free move before reaching this position, I came up with 3. ... Qf6. There is also a slight (very slight) postional justification for this move (if white played f3 and took on g6 after the rook moves, the rook ending would be harder to win).
3. ... Qf6
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2p2q1p/3p4/4r3/1P5P/P1Q2PP1/2R4K[/fen]
The trap is set, and white fell in hook, line, and sinker. Here is the conclusion to the game:
4.Qxc6
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q2q1p/3p4/4r3/1P5P/P4PP1/2R4K[/fen]
4. ... Re1+
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q2q1p/3p4/8/1P5P/P4PP1/2R1r2K[/fen]
5.Kh2
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q2q1p/3p4/8/1P5P/P4PPK/2R1r3[/fen]
5. ... Qf4+ This is the extremely useful extra move I needed!
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q4p/3p4/5q2/1P5P/P4PPK/2R1r3[/fen]
And White Resigned Before
6.g3
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q4p/3p4/5q2/1P4PP/P4P1K/2R1r3[/fen]
6. ... Qxf2 Mate
[fen]6k1/p4pp1/2Q4p/3p4/8/1P4PP/P4q1K/2R1r3[/fen]
Are there any lessons here? Let me think of something ...
1. When you see a tactical sequence (the Re1 deflection idea after Qxc6) try to look a little further (farther? "Drop it" - Groucho). There may be a way to make it work.
2. Never assume that a strong player just drops a pawn. Always be suspicious, especially in seemingly innocent positions. The material is usually hanging for a reason! White actually did himself in.
3. Always play for traps. :) For more info, see Greenpawn.
I may post some more interesting recent blitz positions if this goes over well. I have a few nice ones lately (and some real lemons too).due to another thread I checked youtube for a vid on the najdorf opocensky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MNB0WZHfY&list=UUP8PZRsbk0ifhOrPqI4EONQ&index=22&feature=plpp_video
Terrible!The way he talks,I don't know,he doesn't sound human.
I gave up when (I think) he mentioned Antonio KarpovI'm doing this tomorrow for a bit of fun - it's not CC I know but any tips appreciated!the current 40th ranked player equals Karpov of the 1970s.Hi Guys.
A lad on the ECF forum has posted this question and it has lay unanswered.
Most likely because it is populated by some good players who learned most
of their trade before the net became a big deal.
I was wondering if any of the lads have had net lessons.
Just answer in this thread. I'll point the lad here.
Cheers.
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Hi everyone. I’m thinking of taking chess lessons (one-to-one) online and I was
just wondering about other people’s experiences of online tuition. To be more precise:
1. Does the fact that it’s online reduce the effectiveness much compared to face-to-face tuition?
2. Regarding the tuition itself, do you (or did you) actually make any progress as a
chess player, and if so, how did you achieve this (looking through your games,
working on openings, working on middle game positions…)? If it didn’t work, why
not? Did you have to guide your teacher as to your needs or did they have a
better idea of your needs than you did?
I'm just looking to hear about your experiences of chess tuition in general.[quote]The European Women’s Individual Chess Championship being held in Turkey has new rules that include banning cleavage from the competition.
According to MarySue.com, the organizers are calling a halt to low necklines because of crude comments from the audience.
According to the new rules, women chess players in the tournament may only leave two buttons open on their blouse.
“I heard many comments from spectators and coaches,” Sava Stoisavljevic, the European Chess Union General Secretary, told Chessbase News. “There is dress code in many different sports, and we decided to establish our rules as well.”
… Players who are in violation of the new rules will receive several verbal and written warnings before being forced to leave the competition if they still refuse to comply. Stoisavljevis said they had noticed a lot of improper clothing during tournaments and decided something needed to be done.
The New York Times elaborates:
Headgear, except for religious reasons, is not allowed. Players must be “free of body odor.” Clothing should be free of holes and have “a pulled-together, harmonious, complete look.” And only jewelry “coordinated to the outfit may be worn.”
One would assume lipstick is encouraged given their banner [which depicts a rook lipstick dispenser].[/quote]
http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2012/03/chess-players-told-to-cover-their-cleavage/Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. A RHP Nov 2010 game against who I think is a strong opponent. I am black.
[pgn][Event "November 2010 Mini Banded Octet I 1850-1900"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.12.03"]
[EndDate "2011.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richard Laura"]
[Black "moon1969"]
[WhiteRating "1941"]
[BlackRating "2135"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7980779"]
1. d4 d5 2. e4 {I think this is the Blackmar Gambit, which I read was refutable with careful play, and I thought as Black I could careful play and follow book in CC.} dxe4 3. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 4. f3 exf3 5. Ng1xf3 Bc8g4 6. h3 Bg4xf3 7. Qd1xf3 c6 8. Bc1e3 e6 9. Bf1d3 Nb8d7 10. O-O Bf8e7 11. Rf1f2 O-O 12. Ra1f1 Qd8a5 {I wasn't sure how I got to this point with him White having such an ominous f-file presence and the well-positioned bishop pair. I guess that is the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.} 13. Qf3g3 {White apparently setting up for his king-side attack.} Nf6h5 14. Qg3g4 Nd7f6 {I think out of book now. As Black, just trying to get my pieces into play on the king side, and also noting that my Q has some scope to the king-side.} 15. Qg4f3 g6 16. g4 Nh5g7 17. Qf3g3 Nf6d5 18. Nc3xd5 Qa5xd5 19. Qg3c7 {I think that Qc7 was a mistake for White and diffused the pressure he had on my Black K. Not sure what he should have done.} Qd5d6 20. Qc7xd6 Be7xd6 21. Rf2f3 Bd6c7 22. h4 Ra8d8 {My Black rook at f8 is stuck there. His White presence on the f-file with the double rooks is annoying. Yet, I am a pawn up. I like to refute a gambit and win with the pawn. Gratifying.} 23. c3 Rd8d7 24. Bd3c2 f5 {I think trying to relieve the pressure on the f7 square.} 25. gxf5 exf5 {Nice} 26. Bc2b3 Kg8h8 27. Be3h6 Rf8e8 28. Bh6xg7 Kh8xg7 29. h5 Re8e2 30. hxg6 hxg6 {Still a pawn up, and position improving. Though there is the drawish opposite color bishops. Yet my connected passed pawns on the king-side is nice.} 31. Rf3f2 Rd7e7 32. Rf2xe2 Re7xe2 33. Rf1f2 Re2xf2 34. Kg1xf2 {I am willing to trade because a pawn up, and even with the opposite color bishops on the board because I have the connected passed pawns,} Kg7f6 35. d5 cxd5 36. Bb3xd5 b6 37. Kf2f3 g5 38. a4 a5 39. b4 axb4 40. cxb4 Kf6e5 41. Bd5b7 Ke5f6 {As Black, playing it by feel here.} 42. Kf3g2 g4 43. Bb7c8 Kf6g5 44. Bc8b7 f4 45. Bb7e4 f3 46. Be4xf3 gxf3 47. Kg2xf3 Kg5f5 {I can get the K over in time, and with the opposition, and also just make sure to keep my b-pawn to avoid the draw.} 48. Kf3e3 Kf5e5 49. Ke3d3 Bc7d6 50. a5 b5 {Keeping the b-pawn. And my black K has position.} 51. a6 Bd6b8 {White resigns. Black can get the opposition and drive away the white K and get White's b-pawn, and do more.} 0-1[/pgn]..tournament books,preferably pre-1930,in good condition,any language. Will pay REASONABLE prices for same. Also looking for a copy of the Bled 1961 GM Tournament book.watching one of his games on chessbomb at the moment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigran_L._Petrosian
http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/The top 20 players from the RHP 2012 Championship.
Then all the usual Championship disasters including one happy lad who
missed a mate in one and was mated themselves a move later.
Also another lad missing a potential Double Rook Sacrifice.
The Dive Bomber is the term given to a discovered check by Rueben Fine.
A Tank is a Rook on the 7th Rank.
If you overhear some chess player saying: "I had tanks on the rank."
It means they had both Rooks on the 7th Rank.
Tanks on the Rank rarely lose. (the exceptions of course are on RHP).
Blind Swine is when Tanks on the Rank cannot mate.
So if you hear a chess player say:
"I had tanks on the rank but blind swine."
You will know he cocked up a win. ;)
A Pin is....a pin.
"The Pin is mightier than the sword" - Fred Reinfeld said that.
"A pin on a King is a win. A pin on a Queen is a dream." - I said that.
It's illegal to move a piece pinned to a King. It is dead wood.
A piece pinned to a Queen can move. It's a Queen sacrifice waiting to happen.
[blogid]4[/blogid]9. ... Nxe4 should be wrong, but I couldn't resist (it wasn't [b]that[/b] Poisoned Pawn, but it was more poisoned than usual).
samo vuori played excellent, although it was just a blitz 5+0
I was under impression that White had more than just a compensation for a Pawn.
/I hadn't learned yet how to post a comments/
[pgn][Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2012.3.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "sami vuori"]
[Black "vandervelde"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3. d2-d4 c5xd4 4. Nf3xd4 Ng8-f6 5. Nb1-c3 a7-a6 6. Bf1-e2 e7-e5 7. Nd4-b3 Bf8-e7 8. Bc1-e3 Bc8-e6 9. Nc3-d5 Nf6xe4 10. Nd5-b6 Ra8-a7 11. c2-c4 Nb8-c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd1-c2 Ne4-c5 14. Nb6-d5 Be6xd5 15. c4xd5 Nc5xb3 16. Qc2xb3 Nc6-d4 17. Be3xd4 e5xd4 18. Ra1-c1 Be7-f6 19. Rf1-d1 Qd8-a5 20. Be2-d3 g7-g6 21. Qb3-c4 b7-b5 22. Qc4-b3 Qa5-a4 23. Qb3xa4 b5xa4 24. Rc1-c6 Rf8-b8 25. Rc6xd6 Bf6-e5 26. Rd6xa6 Ra7xa6 27. Bd3xa6 Rb8xb2 28. Ba6-c4 Rb2-b4 29. Bc4-f1 Rb4-b2 30. Bf1-c4 Rb2-b4 31. Bc4-f1 Rb4-b2 1/2-1/2
[/pgn][pgn][Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sawyert@chesscube.com"]
[Black "notna99@chesscube.com"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Time "15:30:02"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 {my favorite opening as white, especially playing blitz, the King's Gambit} Nc6 3. Bc4 {3.Nf3 invites ...f5 which isn't so great after the move played due to 4.exf5 with the threat of 5.Qh5+} exf4 4. Nf3 {now we've transposed to a KGA except blacks knight is on c6 which has the drawback of being a target for my d pawn} Bc5 {? This really just helps white} 5. d4 Be7 {maybe this is where the bishop should have been put in the first place} 6. O-O {putting off Bxf4 because I don't want to allow him to weaken my kingside any further with something like ...Bh4+} d6 7. Bxf4 Be6 {?? blundering a piece to a pawn fork or allowing a trade of light square bishops which, in the KGA, is akin to chess suicide} 8. Bxe6 {taking the piece has its drawbacks for me... it basically means the end of my attack where all I get is a piece for a pawn when what I really want is the king} fxe6 9. d5 {! see the knight is a target!} exd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. Nd4 {the whole point of move 9 was to get my knight out of the way of my queen but the mighty knight doesn't want to be on just any old square} Qd7 12. Ne6 Nf6 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14. Ne6 {? I think Bh6 first would have been better but I didn't think it could be prevented} h6 {this was a nice defensive move as my plan was to put my bishop on h6} 15. Be3 {next best diagonal I guess... I could have once again won a piece with 15. Be2 because of the mate threat on the king but then my attack would be over. I would waste two tempi for a piece that has to move twice just to get back in the game... chess players need to keep in mind that there is more to material in chess and sometimes refusing to take material is just as grand as giving it up in a daring sacrifice} Rag8 16. Qh5+ {the beginning of the end for black... the rest really needs no comment} Rg6 17. Nc3 Nc4 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Ne4 c5 20. Rxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rf1 cxd4 22. Rxf6+ Ke7 23. Rxg6 Nxg6 24. Qxg6 Qe8 25. Qg7+ Qf7 26. Qxh8 Qh5 27. Qd8+ Kf7 28. Nxd6+ Kg6 29. Qg8 Kf6 30.Qg7#[/pgn]http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8014
I like the swear on a Bible method myself. (see the RJ thread.)
Squelch (I've forgotten your new name, zigzagzog?).
Did I not mention years ago you should develop your ideas (including blunder checking).
Other sites, OTB tournaments and now FIDE are looking for an expert.
Get in there.
Cheating at the top level may be rife. You will be offered millions in bribes.hi here is a game i played on Fics where i think there must be a technique to winning,
but i dont know what it is, anyone help, regards Robbie.
[fen]8/8/8/8/6K1/4kR2/6P1/7r b - - 0 63[/fen]
it appeared to me that the black king cannot get in front of the pawn because of said
white rook, is there not some technique for advancing the knight pawn?Schedule
Date Saturday 21 April - Saturday 28 April 2012
Venue Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville, Festsaal
Rounds 6 (classical chess)
Rate of play – 40 moves in 120 minutes
– 20 moves in 60 minutes
– Rest of game in 15 minutes
– followed by 30 seconds per move
If a game ends within 3 hours in a draw,
an additional Rapid Game will be played
(which does not count for the overall result)
Schedule Fri. April 20: 19:00 Briefing
Sat. April 21: 15:00 Round 1
Sun. April 22: 15:00 Round 2
Mon. April 23: Rest Day
Tue. April 24: 15:00 Round 3
Wed. April 25: 15:00 Round 4
Thu. April 26: Rest Day
Fri. April 27: 15:00 Round 5
Sat. April 28: 13:00 Round 6
All games start at 15:00 local time (13:00 UTC) except the final game which is 2 hours earlier.
Levon Aronian is currently ranked #2 in the world with a rating of 2820 Elo, and Vladimir Kramnik is ranked #3 in the world with 2801 Elo.
Although it's just a 'training' match, both men will hopefully make the most of the opportunity for some match practice with hard fought games.
http://www.kramnikaronian.com/index.php
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Who will win this training match ?
My vote goes to Levon Aronian. He's the coming man.Not for the first time at blitz I've just been thrashed.
How do you deal with it?
1. e4 e5
2. Qf3That's the name my nine year old grandaughter gave to the set-up we play to study checkmates.
It's simply all the white pieces against a lone black King. I'm able to give her a pretty good fight while she tries to checkmate me, but in the end, she always wins. She really enjoys beating me, and learns quickly about using different pieces to limit the King's moves and to force checkmate.
My chess buddy and I decided to make a contest out of the position, where we play two boards simultaneously, each of us with a white army against a lone King....first player to checkmate wins.
I'm posting this to see what others think of it as a teaching approach, and also because I'm wondering what is the quickest possible checkmate against accurate play.
By the way, if you're lucky enough to find yourself in a position to teach a young person the game of Chess, do it! It's big fun. :) 1 23456789101112131415161718192021
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