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Over the board - Talking online chessIt's playable for black but it leaves little room for error, and win or lose it always leads to exciting play. My opponent resigned early, although unless I'm missing something he was in a really bad position.
Although conventional wisdom says low level players shouldn't focus too much on openings, IMO all players at my level should learn the main lines to Evan's Gambit - to either learn what to do or to avoid the gambit all together.
In my opinion it's the most fun opening to play. A side discussion, which opening is the most fun for you (regardless of their technical merit)?
[pgn][Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.30"]
[EndDate "2010.08.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "USArmyParatrooper"]
[Black "fafikone"]
[WhiteRating "1586"]
[BlackRating "1568"]
[WhiteELO "1586"]
[BlackELO "1568"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7722909"]
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1c4 Bf8c5 4. b4 Bc5xb4 5. c3 Bb4a5 6. d4 Qd8e7 7. O-O d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qd1b3 Ng8f6 10. Bc1a3 1-0[/pgn]So I'm going to try and make the 2010 Class Championships in Houston, TX in Oct but I haven't played in a tournament since 2006! I actually haven't played except for a month here and there since then.
How do I use my time more wisely to analyze!? I noticed that when I get on FICS, when I try to play games that are say G/15, I'm still only using 5 minutes to make my moves. I need to learn to analyze deeper and use my time more wisely. Is there anyway to practice analyzing and learning when I should use my time and when not too?
here's a game I played on FICS earlier. I feel I should have won but after going down 2 pawns I was LUCKY to pull out a draw. I dont think my opponent had any endgame knowledge. at the end of the game I noticed he had used all but 2 minutes of the game and I had ONLY USED 5 MINUTES FOR ALL MY MOVES! 64 of em!
White: trstewart(1630)
Black: thegeometer(1688)
G/15
[pgn]1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Qd2 c6 13. b3 Kh7 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Be2 f5 19. b4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. c5 Bd5 22. Bc4 Qe6 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qf5 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Rd8 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Kg1 Qe6 29. Qc4 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. h3 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd5 33. Qc2 Qd4 34. Qa2 a6 35. Qa5 e3 36. fxe3 Qxe3 37. Qc7 Qd4 38. Qxb7 e4 39. Qxc6 Qxb4 40. Qc7 Qc3 41. Qb7 e3 42. Qxa6 Qxb3 43. Qe2 Qc3 44. Be1 Be5+ 45. g3 Qd4 46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Qf3 Qxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Bd4 49. Ke4 Bb6 50. Kf4 Kg8 51. h4 Kf7 52. Kg4 Ke6 53. Kf4 Kd5 54. g4 Kd4 55. g5 h5 56. Bg3 Kd3 57. Kf3 Kd2 58. Ke4 e2 59. Kd5 e1=Q 60. Bxe1+ Kxe1 61. Ke6 Bf2 62. Kf6 Bxh4 63. Kxg6 Bxg5 64. Kxh5 [/pgn]
EDIT: After reading the thread about attacking the Philidor Defense I was really hoping he would play 2. e5 RHP is helping out alotit says on blitz chess "Note : All blitz games are currently played unrated. Only your correspondence games will impact your rating." BUT when I try to abandon a game (like when the other guy hasn't moved in 5 mins) it says it will effect my rating if I abandon it, so I'm confused, anyone know why it does that?As either white or black this move confuses me because it opens no lanes for bishops and limits kingside knight to either a3 or a6. Can somebody explain this to me because I have seen it alot and I only play chess for fun at work and do not know any names of openings or a lot about notation.at least i think so...first time to beat a 1900+ player
im on my phone so i cant post the pgn..little help?
[gid]7718576[/gid]Who wants a quick lightning blitz game? Vroom Vroom!About 9 months ago, I was forced to abandon about 25 active games on RHP, due to employment issues, and a domestic situation that was not chess friendly. As a result, my rating fell off a cliff. Now that things have stablized, I'm ready to begin again. I've tried to keep records of my completed games, as well as a record of my favorite opening lines. These are kept in a card file box, and in a few notebooks. My chess library consists of the 5 ECO volumes, 8 informants, and a few tactics and openings books, as well as the database of Chessmaster 10000 Searching for an opening line that fits the position I'm playing is often cumbersom, and time consuming. I'm not a advocate of blindly following opening lines of books, but finding the opening imformation I'm looking for, as a guide is often difficult when plowing through several volumes, a card file box, a notebook, and a software database. I have a large amount of quality games as a guide, but it's disorganized, and in several different areas. Can anyone suggest a better system than this? |}Alright, I confess.
I ordered a new book on the London System. I don't know what got into me. Please don't hold a moment of weakness against me.
I think my penance should be actually to Play The London System, as the title states.
Your Thoughts ???White to move.
[fen]R7/8/8/1K6/1N6/1k6/4pp2/B7[/fen]1. e4Made these while bored at work. Unfortuately I only had one colour of Post-it notes...
Don't think there's any way of posting pictures on here, so here's a link:
http://flic.kr/p/8w9GxX
(Turns out I've had a Flickr account for the last 4 years and never used it, how did that happen?)Since I started using the Grand Prix against the Sicilian this is something that comes up from time to time as white.
I can't recite squares from memory, but the gist is the Queen moves up to form a battery in front of my rook. I then offer a pawn exchange that leads to their knight being attacked and pinned due to a mating threat. It's not much of a trap for higher rated players but it works on occasion and sometimes leads to strong threats.
Question for the skilled players, is it sound or is it actually weak? How about the rest of my choices in this game? I'm white.
[pgn][Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.8.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "USArmyParatrooper"]
[Black "NXX"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. Nb1-c3 d7-d6 3. f2-f4 e7-e6 4. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 5. Bf1-b5 Bc8-d7 6. Bb5xc6 Bd7xc6 7. d2-d4 c5xd4 8. Nf3xd4 Bc6-d7 9. O-O Ng8-f6 10. Qd1-f3 Bf8-e7 11. e4-e5 d6xe5 12. f4xe5 Nf6-d5 13. Qf3xf7 1-0[/pgn]This much maligned opening gets the bad rap. Sure enough in the RHP games explorer, white wins rather overwhelmingly from this position with black to move:
[fen]rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/3p4/4p3/3PP3/5N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq 0 3 [/fen]
What is the secret to white's success?No, it's not what you think. I'm not going to rip on descriptive notation...
I've come to the realization that I don't particularly care for [b]figurine[/b] algebraic notation. (I much prefer English algebraic, although if required, I'll use anything, be it figurine or descriptive.) As odd as it sounds, it just seems to take my brain a little longer to process the little piece figures compared to the letters for the pieces. You'd think that since figures are used in chess diagrams, then it would also be perfectly fine to use figures in chess notation. But that logic doesn't seem to work for me.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Edit - Of course, I realize why fan is used. It's a language-less notation and widens the potential audience for the material.[fen]rnb1k1nr/pppp1pQp/3bq3/8/3Pp3/2P1P1P1/PP3P1P/RNB1KB1R b KQkq 0 1[/fen]
Some time ago, in the beginner tips thread (132813) someone posted a tip never to take the B-pawn with your Queen.
I remembered this as I was playing an OTB game recently and my opponent took my G-pawn with his Queen. I tried to find a way to profit from this move, however I was not successful. I couldn't take his Queen nor could I threaten him any more than if he had not taken my pawn.
Was my opponent right to make that move or did I miss a perfect opportunity to take advantage of the situation?
I am black and black is to move next (white just took my G-pawn).One of the things I love about chess is all of the twists and turns and emotions involved. I always try to sell people on game they always tell me, "I don't have the patience for chess," and yet these are the people who can sit perfectly still and stare at a screen for 2 1/2 hours during a movie.
I try to tell that chess can be [i]action packed[/i], dramatic and even scary just like a movie. Only in chess you're not watch someone else fight in a war or get in a car chase - it's featuring [i]you[/i]!
Why is this concept so hard to impress upon people? A side note - can a game of chess also be funny?These are some of the toughest yet! After hearing inmates snicker amongst themselves that the problems at torture camp were getting too simple, the warden has responded with a killer set that is sure to tax the resolve of even the most hardened inmate [solver].
[blogid]5[/blogid]What would be her value, points wise?
What strategies would change?
What other weird things may happen? (For instance, she'd be able to checkmate a king against the side or back of the board with no other pieces).
Apologies, but this idea came to me while attempting to sleep last night and I had to see what others thought.Was thinking about this quote after struggling to solve a very basic mate on the train to work this morning.
“A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes
the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them
not only not difficult, but almost a matter of course”
(Siegbert Tarrasch)
[fen]r1bq1nkb/2p4p/p2p3Q/1p2pN1N/4P1p1/P2P4/1PP3PP/5R1K[/fen]
Simple, but it took me 2 stops to find the move. I think it is because the mate pattern wasn't ingrained in my head.Hi
A review of the Musical Chess.
My stab at making my very own chess set
An old trap that still catches 100's of player on here every year.
[blogid]4[/blogid]What chess magazines like newinchess you read? What do you like about them?Studying openings kinda takes the fun out of the game. Isn't it better to play a game and play a master piece with out getting your moves from a book?There was a reference to bishop triangulation in the endgame triangulation thread, and it made me think of this excellent game, but I didn't want to go on a tangent there, so here it is!
Botvinnik plays 1. g3, gets a King's Indian Attack position, trades off his bad pieces for black's good ones, and then ruthlessly exploits the light squares.
An anthology game worthy of repeated study.
[pgn][Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. Nd2 Ngf6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. O-O Qe7 11. c3 O-O 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Rac8
15. Be2 c5 16. b5 Ne8 17. Nc4 Nd6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4+ Kh8 21. a5 Bc7 22. Rfd1 Nf8 23. Qa2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. a6 b6 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Qe2 Ng6 29. Bb3 Ne7 30. Qc4 h6 31. Qf7 Kh7 32. Bc4 Qd6 33. h4 Qd1
34. Qe8 f5 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Bg8+ Kh8 1-0[/pgn]Got a very pretty game here by David Bronstein, enjoy :)
[pgn][Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "P Dubinin"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7
7. d4 Bh6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Bxf4 Bxf4
12. O-O Qxh4 13. Rxf4+ Kg7 14. Qd2 d6 15. Raf1 Nd8 16. Nd5 Bd7
17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Bc6 19. e6 Bxd5 20. Rf7+ Nxf7 21. Rxf7+
Kh8 22. Qc3+ Nf6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Kh6
26. Qxd5 Kg6 27. Qd7 1-0
[/pgn]Hi
I was PM'd this (by the lser!) stating I might be able to use it.
Replied no as it's over the bar of games I want to use. -1600.
Of course I did look at it. (refreshing to see a game to a game without
an obvious blunder).
Quiet opening then not sure what White expected from his middle game
pawn sac. Possibly to charge the other player with the responsibility
of winning the game.
A ploy myself and others use in OTB games either by accident or design.
A player is dragged out of his shell because you have presented him with a
winning game. Not a winning position, a winning game. Big diffference.
He has to play well now to win it.
And as we all know there is nothing easy about winning a won game.
If you want to try this at home then don't wait too long before passing
the advantage. And don't try it against very good players.
So Black a pawn up takes over and is looking safe and good.
He gave the pawn back trying to make something of a pinned Bishop
on the Queen.
[fen]3rr1k1/1bq2ppp/p4n2/1pb1N3/3B4/2P2N2/P4PPP/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 19[/fen]
But went astray around here when he played 19...Bxd4 which seems
to release the pressure. I was thinking at the time this was the overture
to a draw offer.
Specualtion of course but I can only say what I see infront of me,
Then, with the position equal and interesting, came Black's 24th move.
As I mentioned in the last Blog ideas that burn bridges are all to often fatal.
It's best to wait and use counter-ideas.
The first player to find a plan often losses because the other player
sees a counter plan. Chess is cruel and lop-sided.
[b]elgallo(1954) - Jack Bertram(1814)[/b] RHP 2010
[pgn]
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 e5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8.O-O a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Bb7 15. Ndf3 c5 16. b4 Qc7 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxd4 Rad8 19. c3 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Qb6 21.Qd3 a5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rab1 Nd5 {Now it all goes odd for Black. The Knight has deserted it's post. He must have seen the coming Ng5 but perhaps figured his coming attack on g2 would distract White. Another plan is 24...Bxf3 but that is purely in hindsight because I know what is coming.} 25. Ng5 g6 26. Nexf7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nf4 28. Qe3 {Good. White walks in a Knight fork, this is probalbly the Idea Black missed.} 28... Nxg2 29. Qe5 Qxd4 30. Nh6+ {Black resigned. 1-0 here but we play on because we want to see the misery.} 30... Kf8 31. Nxh7[/pgn]I use Chessmaster, the Grandmaster Edition to analyze all my games. I've been hearing a lot about Fritz and how great it is for analyzing games. At the level that I am at, roughly in the mid 1400s, is it worth investing the money to buy Fritz, or is Chessmaster enough. What does fritz have that Chessmaster doesn't?Hi folks, i thought i'd test drive the new analysis function a little. I've done some small analysis of a recent game in the Spanish Team championship. White (P Negi) really strangles black (Moiseenko) with some superb positional play.
[pgn][Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao ESP"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Negi,P"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Chesscat "CHESSCAT 1.0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Eventdate "2010.08.23"]
[Plycount "66"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Bb5 { Covering the black bishop on g5 from the attack by the Queen and threatening an exchange on c6.} Bd7 8.Nb3 Qd8 9.Be2! { 9.Be2! This Prophylactic move prevents black from playing ..a6 and ..b5 followed by ..b4 (which would weaken e4 by messing with the knight on c3 and give black more space on the Queenside) but instead buys enough time for white to play a4 and a5 himself. Very useful little technique to remember. } a6 10.a4 e6 11.a5 {And there it is, white has achieved a significant positional advantage on the Queenside, claiming the b6 square deep in the black position. He has the choice of either manoeuvring a Bishop or a knight to b6 which will cause havoc in the black camp... } Be7 12.Be3 {White decides the black bishop will be better on b6, leaving the knight on c3 to defend the central squares rather than manoeuvring it Na3 and Nb6} O-O 13.O-O Ne5 14.f4 Ng6 15.Qd3 Re8 { Black sets to the task of defence while avoiding weakening pawn moves. White on the other hand uses the time to gain massive amounts of space for all his pieces. } 16.Kh1 { removing a weakness from the white position without revealing a plan. Black will soon have to choose a plan rather than simply strengthen his position and waiting} Bf8 17.Bf3 Bc6 { This looks wrong to me, it invites the Knight on d4 wastes two moves going back and forth. However, these two bishop moves do not weaken blacks position. I would have preferred 17..Qc7 allowing the Ra8 to come to the centre.. } 18.Nd4 Bd7 {again ..Qc7 looks good to me, leaving the d7 square available for a knight should it be needed. }19.Nde2 Nh4 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 Nxf3 22.Rxf3 { The knight has moved 4 times in order to be exchanged. White brings the rook to f3 with tempo, time is counted in moves, not minutes in chess. } Ng4 23.Bb6 Qc8 24.Rh3 {Whites efficiency is starting to tell, black is looking disjointed and is forced into making weakening moves} g6 25.Qg3 h5 26.Nf4 Bg7 27.Rxh5 f5 28.exf6 Nxf6 29.Rg5 Re7 30.Bd4 Ne8 31.Ne4 e5 32.Bxe5 Qc6 33.Nd6 { White is relentless in attack, black his hopelessly lost and will soon resign } Rxe5
1-0[/pgn]FIDE elections: Karpov suggests link between Ilyumzhinov and Yudina murder.
In the increasingly fierce election race between Anatoly Karpov and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the 12th World Champion has now for the first time suggested a link between the current FIDE President and the murder of activist Larissa Yudina, in 1998.
The article, The Truth About Kirsan, appeared on the Karpov 2010 Campaign website. In it, Karpov not only mentions Ilyumzhinov’s well-known statements about his alien abductions and his friendship with leaders such as Saddam Hussein, but also touches upon a subject that has been avoided until now in FIDE presidential elections: the murder of Kalmykian activist and journalist Larissa Yudina:
There are darker aspects of Kirsan’s reputation. Larissa Yudina, a prominent journalist and political leader with the political party Yabloko in Kalmykia opposed to Kirsan, was murdered in June, 1998. According to the Yabloko statement, “The question about Ilyumzhinov’s personal involvement in the crime is still open, as the organizer of the murder S.Vaskin (a person with repeated convictions) was Ilyumzhinov’s Legal Advisor.” This murder has not been forgotten in Russia, and references to it still appear when Kirsan makes appearances as FIDE President.
Larissa Yudina was murdered on June 8, 1998 in Elista, the captial of Kalmykia, of which Ilyumzhinov has been President since 1993. Prior to the murder, she had published several critical articles on the Kalmykian President in the newspaper Sovietskaya Kalmykia Sevodnya. In November 1999, Sergey Vaskin and Vladimir Shanukov, two former advisors of Ilyumzhinov, were convicted for the murder by the Kalmykian Court of Justice.
Because so many things are still unclear about the murder, the subject has never played a prominent role in FIDE election races so far. Now, Karpov explicitly makes the link between Ilyumzhinov and Yudina . He refers to the site of the Russian Yabloko party, which has extensively researched the murder and has been demanding Ilyumzhinov be removed from power. One of the key questions still unanswered is the possible motive of the killers. Nothing is said about it in the court verdict, despite the mention of a political link.
One of the few Western journalists who have written about the murder, Martin van den Heuvel, wrote a book in Dutch (Checkmate in Kalmykia, 2000) about Ilyumzhinov and the murder in Elista. He makes two observations that have rarely been mentioned in non-Russian publications. During the trial, an eye-witness report mentioning Ilyumzhinov’s brother Vyacheslav at the place and time of the killing – Yudina’s flat – was handed on tape to prosecutor Tkachiev, but for some reason it wasn’t used in the trial. Another mysterious aspect is the fact that Vaskin and Shamukov never appealed the decision of the court.
Karpov notes the murder hasn’t been forgotten yet. On May 26, 2010, members of Yabloko protested in Moscow outside the Echo Moskvi radio station, where Ilyumzhinov was present at the time. Ilyumzhinov himself has always denied any involvement in the affair. Chess journalist Sarah Hurst pointed out that “Ilyumzhinov has been quizzed about his involvement on television. His response was to amaze the interviewer by announcing his intention to stand for President of Russia in the year 2000.”
After the trial, in which his aides were sentenced to 21 years in prison, Ilyumzhinov stated in an interview that “the court had confirmed that this crime had been due to a common domestic dispute”, however this was in direct conctradiction to the court’s own statement which clearly speaks of political motives. Currently, his campaign focuses on visiting as many countries as possible, recently including Peru, Palestine and Syria.
Ilyumzhinov’s campaign team now claims the support of 87 countries and dismisses Karpov’s campaign as being solely focused on negative aspects of the FIDE President’s reputation. ChessVibes will soon publish an interview with one of the Karpov team members addressing this and other criticism.
Meanwhile, many experts believe that Karpov’s victory depends largely on the court case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. Karpov questions the validity of Ilyumzhinov’s claim to have been nominated by the Russian Chess Federation as their candidate for the FIDE presidential elections. Besides, the validity of Ilyumzhinov’s nomination by Argentina and Mexico is also questioned, as is Mrs. Beatriz Marinello’s nomination by Chile and Brazil (relevant because a team must include a female delegate).
According to the New York Times a CAS hearing will take place already in September, which would mean Karpov’s White & Case firm successfully convinced CAS of the importance of dealing with this case before the FIDE presidential elections in Khanty-Mansiysk. However, thus far the hearing isn’t mentioned on the CAS website, i.e. their list of hearings hasn’t been updated since August 10th.
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/fide-elections-karpov-suggests-link-between-ilyumzhinov-and-yudina-murder/#more-28762Having trouble facing the likes of the Veresov,Torre,London,Hodgson etc....
Anyone know of interesting games I can check to nick some ideas?
I like active pieceplay and don't mind giving up a pawn to achieve it,even if it results in an objectively slightly inferior position.
toet.any thoughts or comments on this game would be appreciated
[pgn]
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.17"]
[White "watchyourbackrank"]
[Black "newblackqueen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. f4 Ng6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. f5 Ne7
{8...Ne5 loses a pawn after 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Bxf7}
9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Qd2 a6
{waste of time, he probably should have castled to bring his rook into play and his king away from danger in the e-file}
11. Nd5
{applying pressure on the f6 knight, i could have played Nd5 on previous move as well}
h6 12. Bh4
{maintaining the pressure on f6} b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. O-O-O a5
{he wants to trap my bishop}
15. a4
{no way, josé!}
Nb4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. e5!
{the pin on the f6 pawn and the exposed king in the e-file allows the powerful e5! move}
Rg8
{17...dxe5 loses material after 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Bxf6+}
18. Bxf6 Qc8 19. e6! d5
{19...fxe6 20.Bxe6 would be equally hopeless for black}
20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxh6
{with 2 pawns in hand and a very exposed enemy king I have a clear advantage}Be3+
{obviously hoping for me to blunder my queen, in any case a clever way to exchange bishops since my bishop on f6 is very dangerous for black}
22. Qxe3 Kxf6 23. Rhe1 Qd8 24. Qe6+ Kg7 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kf7
{26...Rg7 28.f6! would not have helped my opponent}
27. Ne5+ Ke7 28. Qe6+
{my opponent didn't want to see the mate on the next move} 1-0
[/pgn]I decided to do some endgame practice today (for about the first time ever) and realized that I did not even understand basic triangulation. I'm sure some of you don't either, so here's an exercise for you:
http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-training/basic-king-triangulation-10.phpI lost a couple of 1 min lightning on RHP Blitz and thought I was becoming weaker. I played on Playchess and demolished 9 opponents before my last opponent beat me at lightning. Difference is RHP Blitz no premove.
[pgn]1. c4 c5 2. e3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. exd4 e6 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 Ne5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. Be3 d6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Qg3 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bc4 17. Rad1 Bxd5 18. Bg5 Bc6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bxf6 g6 21. Qh4 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxd6 Bc6 24. f3 h5 25. Kf2 Kh7 26. c4 Re8 27. c5 a6 28. h4 Re6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ke3 Kg8 31. Kf4 Kf7 32. Kg5 Bd5 33. Be5 Bc6 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Bf3 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Be4 38. h6 Bh7 39. Kf4 Bd3 40. Ke3 Bh7 41. Kd4 Bf5 42. Bg7 1-0[/pgn]Game # 7694937 has a long time format, I didn't realize it at the time but no moves have been made and I want to cancel it but don't have the game delete symbol in the my games list. How can I delete this game? If I had looked at the time format first I would have rejected the game but now it appears I can't.[pgn][Event "Clan challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EndDate "2010.08.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "sonhouse"]
[Black "dk0009"]
[WhiteRating "1731"]
[BlackRating "1777"]
[WhiteELO "1731"]
[BlackELO "1777"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7643312"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bf8b4 5. Nb1c3 Ng8e7 6. Ng1f3 Bc8g4 7. Bf1e2 dxc4 8. Be2xc4 O-O 9. Bc1e3 Ne7d5 10. Bc4xd5 Qd8xd5 11. Qd1b3 Bb4xc3 12. Qb3xc3 Bg4xf3 13. gxf3 Nb8c6 14. O-O-O Ra8d8 15. Rh1g1 g6 16. f4 Rd8d6 17. Rg1g5 Qd5xa2 18. Qc3a3 Qa2xa3 19. bxa3 Nc6e7 20. Rd1g1 Ne7f5 21. h4 Nf5xd4 22. Rg1d1 Rf8d8 23. Kc1b2 b6 24. Rd1c1 c5 25. a4 Nd4f3 26. Rg5g3 Nf3xh4 27. Rg3h3 Nh4f5 28. Rc1h1 h5 29. Rh1g1 Kg8h7 30. Be3c1 Rd6d1 31. Rg1xd1 Rd8xd1 32. Kb2c2 Rd1d7 33. Kc2c3 Rd7d4 34. a5 b5 35. Rh3h1 Kh7g7 36. Rh1e1 Kg7f8 37. Re1e5 h4 38. Re5e1 Rd4a4 39. Kc3d3 Ra4xa5 0-1[/pgn]I quite like this for black...
1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 d6 3 exd6 Bxd6
I hate d4 d5 games, so hard to get even, this seems to gives black quite a few tactical chances especially when i get 2 rooks to the centre. Plus gives a cheap attack on the queen in blitz. Will post a few games when I have some worth it.
Any of you have some examples?
S[pgn]
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "watchyourbackrank"]
[Black "vaiddyanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1343"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 0-0
{until now developing moves from both sides} 7.h3
{taking control of the g4 square thus preventing both their knight and bishop from going there} Be6 8.Be3 Qd7 {i was a litle worried about Bxh3 and a possible draw so I decided to play Ng5} 9.Ng5 a6 10. Nxe6 {exchanging their good bishop should be ok for me and give better control of d5} Qxe6 11.Bc4 Qd7 12.a3 {to give my bishop a flight square on a2 in case of Na5 or b5 followed by Na5} b5 13.Ba2 Nd4 14.f4 {now that my bishop is safe on a2 it's time to start a kingside attack} c5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 {very strong bishop} Rab8
{felt I had a tough decision here: should I open up the f-file or play f5 to prevent their knight from taking part of the defence from e6?} 17.f5 Bf6 18.g4 g5
{h6 was surely better. now he loses a piece} 19.fxg6
{now the importance of the bishop is very clear: the f7 pawn is pinned so black has to recapture with the h7 pawn} hxg6 20.Rxf6 Kg7 21.Rf2 Kh7 22.Qf1 {harrassing f7} Kg7 23.Bg5 Ne6 24.Bf6+ Kh7
{with a piece in hand the game is easily won already, yet the following move is still very nice i think} 25.Rf5
{double exclamation marks!! - planning gxf5 26.Qxf5+ Kg8 27.Qh5 Ng7 28.Qg5! with mate If he doesn't take the rook then Rh5+ is a threat} Ng7
{best defence i think} 26.Qf2
{planning Qh4+} gxf5
{this time black could not resist the temptation of taking a whole rook}
27.Qh4+ Kg6
{Kg8 would have lead to mate as well after Qh6}
28.Qg5+ Kh7 29.Qxg7# 1-0
[/pgn][fen]rnbqkbnr/pppp2pp/4pp2/8/8/3P4/PPP1PPPP/RNB1KBNR w KQkq - 0 5[/fen]
Proof Game in 4.0 moves
a) diagram b) -Qd8
Solution to a):
[pgn]
1. d3
{Pretty obvious start}
1... e6 2. Qd2 Ba3
{!! Brilliant clearance move to allow the wQ to use the Bishop's diagonal}
3. Qb4 f6
{waiting}
4. Qf8+
{an ingenious choice of sacrifice square}
4... Bxf8
[/pgn]
Solution to b):
[pgn]
1. d3 e6 2. Bh6
{there's that same brilliant clearance idea - except that white does it in this twin!}
2... Qg5 3. Qc1
{white finds a convenient way to dispose of his Q}
3... Qxc1+ 4. Bxc1
{Bishop switchback, just like twin a)!}
4... f6
[/pgn]
Nice feature!d4,c5,d5,g7 then? quite a complex position already arises, I know that e4 or c4 are the main lines but what about bd2 with the intention of trading the dark squared bishops? any ideas chess enthusiasts.It fell apart pretty quickly near the beginning. Where did I go wrong?
[gid]7597348[/gid]
EDIT: Aside from the clear blunder 14. ..Rd8 allowing for the following double attack.Nominated as one of the worst jokes:
Emo Phillips "I like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them."I have bobbed up and down from the mid 16's to the early 17's for months now, I don't want that to be my peak. I took someones advice and pretty much stopped playing the 13 and 14 set and now have more games in the 17's. I seem so far to be holding my own but I can't seem to get to the point where I am mainstream 17 yet, that is to say, where I am still 17 even after losing a few games to other 17's. I get up to say 1740 or something then find myself in deep doo doo and bang, I'm 1650 again.
So how do get from the 16's to at least the 18's, not just with that rating but to be playing on that level? My buddy Leboeuf plays here at the 2100 level and I am having trouble figuring out how he got there. I beat him maybe 60% OTB and we are both rated about the 17's in USCF.
What is he doing that I am not? One thing, he spends a lot more time making moves but is that all? I know he is not using engines, he would never stoop to that but how can I be so far behind him here but ahead of him OTB?Inspired by GPs Scotch Game post-
How many openings/defences/variations are named after countries?
Here are a few;
Austrian Attack
Danish Gambit
Dutch Defence
English
French Defence
Icelandic Gambit
Italian Game (Giuoco Piano)
Latvian Gambit
Spanish Game (Ruy Lopez)
Others?
does anyone patriotically follow a particular opening?Greenpawn, I think you are the logical person for me to ask this question. I am sick of the Ruy Lopez opening and sending my bishop up to b5 only to get chased back a bit. And Guoco piano is a bit closed up for me, so what do you (Greenpawn or any of you mates) think about learning the scotch opening? I saw a video on it and it spoke to me.
I don't know if I am allowed to post this here since I am still in the bates motel....
GritHi.
Thabtos asked me about this as I am now a life member of the
club that invented this opening.
Or am I?
Please read this:
http://www.edinburghchessclub.co.uk/ecchist2.htm
It is interesting to note that it was John Cochrane (a Scot playing for
London who suggested 3.d4).
Also in them days the rule about White going first was not yet in place.
So when Edinburgh had the Black piece and 'the move'. they actually
saw this.
[fen]RNBKQB1R/PPP1PPPP/5N2/3P4/3pp3/2n5/ppp2ppp/r1bkqbnr w - - 0 1[/fen]
That link does mention the move that London tried to take back:
(the English Postmaster refused to give them the letter back so they could
change they chosen move)
This was game in question. London wanted to retract their Rook sac.
27.Rxg5+ Edinburgh refused.
London then actually then refused a perptual (29,Qc5+ - 30 Qg5+ etc).
[pgn]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Qe7 6. O-O dxc3 7. Nxc3 d6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. b4 Nxb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Bb2 Kf8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14.Nxf7 Nxf7 15. Qxb4 Ne5 16. f4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qf7 18. Qc3 Be6 19. f5 Bc4 20.Rf4 b5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 h6 23. Re1 Rh7 24. f6 g5 25. Rf5 a5 26. Qc5+ Kg8 27. Rxg5+ hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Bd4 Be6 30. Qc5+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32.Bc5+ Ke8 33. Qd5 Ra6 34. Qb7 Qh5 35. f7+ Kxf7 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. Qe4+ Bf5 38.Qe8+ Rf7 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. g4 Ra8 41. Qxa8 Qxg4+ 42. Kh1 Rd7 43. Ba3 Kf7 44.Qc6 Rd1 45. Qxb5 Qe4+ 46. Kg1 Kg6 47. Qb2 Qg4+ 48. Qg2 Qxg2+ 49. Kxg2 Bh3+ 50. Kxh3 Rxf1 51. Be7 a4 52. a3 Rf5[/pgn]
The link fails to mention that in the critical game that Edinburgh won,
Edinburgh too made a blunder so went to the Scottish Postmaster
and asked for their letter back.
The Scottish lad handed back the letter right away. :)
This is the game.
Edinburgh are White (although they were Black in the acual game and went
first. All this is confusing, thank heavens they made the rule about white going first).
Good game this one.
Nobody is quite sure where Edinburgh blundered and got their move back
because officially it never happened. When it came to light years later
Edinburgh said they had sent a clerical error, an illegal move but could then
have been bound by the touch move rule.
[pgn]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Ne7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7.
Qd5 Qf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qc4 Bc5 12. O-O O-O 13.
Qd3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 c6 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. b3 f6 19.
Bc1 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bd4 21. bxc4 Bxc3 22. Rb1 b6 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. Rb3 Ba5
25. f3 f5 26. exf5 Re2 27. g4 Rxc2 28. Bf4 Rxc4 29. Bxd6 Re8 30. Ra3 h6
31. Bc7 Re7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rc8 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Ree1 35. Kh3 Rh1+ 36. Bh2
Bc3 37. f4 Bd2 38. g3 Ba5 39. Re3 Rc2 40. g5 Rhxh2+ 41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kf3
Rhf2+ 43. Ke4 g6 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Ke5 Rc5+ 46. Kf6 Rxf5+ 47. Kxg6 Rf8
48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Kh6 Bb4 50. Re6 Rf5 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rg6+ Kf8 53. Rxc6
Rc5 54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. g6 Rc3 56. g4 Bf8+ 57. Rxf8+ Kxf8 58. g7+ Kf7 59.
Rh8 Rc6+ 60. Kh7[/pgn]
[b]White going first.[/b]
One theory has it that at the London Chess Club the pieces were White and Red.
The club sec was fed up with all the arguing about players wanting the Red
pieces. (I've no idea why. perhaps white was seen as a a cowards colour).
So he posted a rule on the notice board.
"The player who wishes to take Red forfiets the first move."
So White moves first in Chess to maintain the peace.
Hearsay? a Myth? I don't know but I have read a few accounts of this.White to play and draw
[pgn][FEN "8/1p1p3b/2k5/P1p1K3/8/8/8/3B4 w - - 0 1"]
1.Ba4+ Kc7 2.Bxd7 Kxd7 3.a6 bxa6 4.Kd5 a5 5.Kxc5 a4 6.Kb4 Bc2 7.Ka3
{ the white king takes position in the a1 corner and black,having the wrong
bishop,must concede the draw}[/pgn]
White to play and draw
[pgn][FEN "8/8/8/8/1p2k3/8/b1PK4/8 w - - 0 1"]
1. c3 b3 2. Kc1 Kd3 3. Kb2 Kc4 4. Ka1 Kxc3
[/pgn]
White to play and draw
[pgn]
[FEN "8/2bk4/8/8/7p/8/4K1P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
1. Kf2 Bh2 2. g4 h3 3. Kf3 Ke6 4. g5 Kf5 5. g6 Kxg6 6. Kg4
[/pgn]
White to play and draw
[pgn][FEN "7k/5Ppp/3b4/4N3/8/8/8/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
1. f8=Q+ Bxf8 2. Nf7+ Kg8 3. Nh6+ gxh6 4. Kc2 {
I guess you've spotted the theme by now?The white king walks to the h1 corner and the game is drawn}[/pgn]So I'm a full time slab building potter and I've decided to make myself a chess set out of clay. If it turns out, I might like to make more for sale. Having played 99% of my games on RHP and living in a small rural town I don't see too many physical chess sets.
I'm wondering if there is some fairly hard and fast rule about the dimensions of the chess pieces. After looking around online there seems to be a consensus that the size order goes K,Q,B, N, R, P. Would having a rook thats the same size as the knight or even bishop break some rule I'm unaware of (an actual standard, the aesthetic of tallest to shortest from the centre out, etc.?)?I got bored so I decided to do another annotation. I didn't get much feedback from the last annotation but I think it helps improve and the feedback I did get was positive so here we go...
[pgn][Event "ICC"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.08.21"] [White "Me"] [Black "Fargo96"] [Result "*"] [TimeControl "900+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g5 Nh5 10. Be3 g6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. f5 Bg7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Nde2 Be5 18. Bd4 Ng7 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nf4 Bxe4 21. O-O-O Rb8 22. Rge1 d5 23. Nfxd5 Rxh2 24. Nf6+ exf6 25. Qd7+ Kf8 26. Rxe4 Qxg5+ 27. Kb1 Kg8 28. Qd6 Qg2 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Re2 *[/pgn]
Black is rated somewhere in the mid-1500s here and I am rated in the mid to upper 1600s
[b]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1[/b]
Ok, so like my last annotation this is a Sicilian Najdorf with my move 6.Rg1. Black chooses a more direct move against me in this game which is more common and, I think, more accurate as well.
[b]6...b5[/b]
[fen]rnbqkb1r/4pppp/p2p1n2/1p6/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKBR1 w Qkq b6 0 7[/fen]
The idea here is pretty obvious, white has already committed to attacking kingside with the move 6.Rg1 so black is free to counter with immediate queenside play. I think 6...b5 is a strong response here very likely to give white more troubles than the 6...Ng4 move that was played in the first game I annotated.
[b]7. g4 Bb7 8. f3[/b]
These are all technically book moves, although in my database the move 8.Bg2 is more common than 8.f3. I am not sure I could decide which move I prefer right now. 8.Bg2 has the bonus of being more flexible which 8.f3 keeps those kingside files open for my rooks.
[b]8...Nbd7[/b]
[fen]r2qkb1r/1b1npppp/p2p1n2/1p6/3NP1P1/2N2P2/PPP4P/R1BQKBR1 w Qkq - 0 9[/fen]
Novelty - This move is certainly playable as are many other moves such as 8...Nc6 or 8...e6
[b]9. g5 Nh5 10. Be3 g6[/b]
[fen]r2qkb1r/1b1npp1p/p2p2p1/1p4Pn/3NP3/2N1BP2/PPP4P/R2QKBR1 w Qkq - 0 11[/fen]
These are all very standard moves, white expands on the kingside, develops and supports the knight on d4 and black continues development looking to adopt a sort of dragon setup.
[b]11.Be2 Qa5 12.Qd2[/b]
Still continuing along these same lines, both sides are achieving their respective goals so far and there is plenty of activity on the board
[b]12...Ne5?![/b]
[fen]r3kb1r/1b2pp1p/p2p2p1/qp2n1Pn/3NP3/2N1BP2/PPPQB2P/R3K1R1 w Qkq - 0 13[/fen]
Not the most accurate, black sets himself up to lose a tempo here and there is clearly nothing wrong with the very natural move 12...Bg7
[b]13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. f5 Bg7[/b]
[fen]r3k2r/1b2ppbp/p2p2p1/q4PPn/2pNP3/2N1B3/PPPQ3P/R3K1R1 w Qkq - 0 16[/fen]
Ok, so both sides have played a pretty accurate game through fifteen moves. Really no obvious advantage for either player here and I think it is fair to say that most players would be happy with either side.
[b]16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Nde2?![/b]
[fen]r3k2r/1b2ppb1/p2p2p1/q5Pn/2p1P3/2N1B3/PPPQN2P/R3K1R1 b Qkq - 0 17[/fen]
Instead of both moves 16 and 17 it was probably more prudent for white to simply castle queenside. These moves allow black to free his position and gain some initiative
[b]17...Be5 18. Bd4 Ng7 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nf4 Bxe4 21. O-O-O[/b]
[fen]r3k2r/4ppn1/p2p2p1/4q1P1/2p1bN2/2N5/PPPQ3P/2KR2R1 b kq - 0 21[/fen]
Indeed black has managed to get a good position with a small material plus. By castling too late and giving black the initiate I managed to get myself into some trouble here. Black should certainly have a good game after the move 21...Rh4. However, he instead played
[b]21...Rb8??[/b]
A very bad move, there is no too much pressure along black's e-file
[b]22. Rge1 d5 23. Nfxd5 Rxh2[/b]
[fen]1r2k3/4ppn1/p5p1/3Nq1P1/2p1b3/2N5/PPPQ3r/2KRR3 w - - 0 24[/fen]
And now black is the one who is in horrible trouble. White could have managed to simplify into an easily won game by playing 24.Rxe4 Rxd2 25.Rxe5 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1, but I was playing white so I went for the more complicated and less accurate move
[b]24.Nf6+[/b]
White is certainly still winning in this position but it is much more difficult than the alternative listed earlier. I simply got mixed up in the tactics though so played this inferior move.
[b]24...exf6 25.Qd7+ Kf8 26.Rxe4 Qg5+[/b]
[fen]1r3k2/3Q1pn1/p4pp1/6q1/2p1R3/2N5/PPP4r/2KR4 w - - 0 27[/fen]
When analyzing my twenty fourth move I had failed to notice this check, but it is not enough to give black an advantage
[b]27.Kb1 Kg8??[/b]
This ends it for black, his only chance for survival is the hard to see 27...Nf5! when after 28.Qa7 Qg3 29.Ne2 Rxe2 30.Rxe2 Kg7 31.Rd7 Nh6 white will have perhaps just a slight edge over black despite the material deficit. In my opinion this will be a very difficult game for both sides.
[b]28. Qd6 Qg2 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Re2 1-0[/b]
[fen]1Q6/5pnk/p4pp1/8/2p5/2N5/PPP1R1qr/1K1R4 b - - 0 30[/fen]
These moves were very basic, at this point black saw that playing on was completely hopeless and resigned.
I chose this game despite the inaccuracies because it has some very interesting tactics which I think a lot of players could benefit from seeing. Unfortunately, there is no endgame play here but I think that many people will find this game interesting because of the mistakes made by both sides. Clearly, a very back and forth game through to the end.chessmasterschool.com[fen]r3r1k1/1p1b1pp1/1p5p/3Pq3/1R6/P2Q1B2/1P4PP/R6K b[/fen]
Black to play and win
Would love to have seen the look on white's face when he got hit with this one.i played chess for about 3 months before i entered my first tournament. months later i played in a couple more so ive reached a p1525 rating but until now, have played very little.
this tournament is where i plan to make my return to tournament play.
is anyone else going to be there and if so would you like to help each other prepare?
or even if youre not would you help me prepare?
and also, since im provisional would i have to play in the unrated section or could i play in the 1400-1599 bracketHi everyone
I recently finished Seirawan's Winning Chess Combinations and like all his other books it was a great read. However, unlike his other books I haven't been able to put his combinations principles into practice. I'm increasingly coming to the realization that I'm not a swashbuckler but a grinder, and I'd love to be a swashbuckler. I'd love to attack with a rapier flashing in each hand but the truth is I attack with a big, soft blanket.
In 300+ games on rhp I've won less than ten by sacrificing a piece and I've probably lost less than five to sacrifices. My approach is to get a small advantage and increase it gradually by reducing the number of good moves my opponent can make. It's quite effective, quite gratifying, but not dazzling.
So, I'm wondering, is the lack of combos I see in rhp due to (a) combinations being the sole preserve of master level players (b) the fact that correspondence chess doesn't lend itself to combinations because players can analyze more possibilities more accurately, or (c) I'm the guy with his back to the nudist beach and everyone else is producing fancy game winning combos.
So let me know if you've produced great combos and if you do so regularly how do you do it - I'm guessing you know your tactics really well and can recognize mating patterns.
Thanks everyone
Graham:|Anyone who is 1600 OTB or higher, and is willing to help, please post your thoughts on a study plan to reach 1600 OTB.
The focus should be on books and not software programs.
I am almost 1400 OTB now.
I am 31 years old. Been playing for almost 5 years with no studying.
I have plenty of time for study. Nothing getting in the way.
I can't afford a coach so I am hoping for some help from you. ;)I have only played a few games, but they made me wonder:
Does the variable starting position sometimes create positions where the first move isn't an advantage, or may even be a disadvantage?
I'm just curious if anyone has any experience or an opinion on the subject.The joke that is causing mayhem.
Last week's competition result.
Post of the Week.
We look at an ending
A typical RHP game
[blogid]4[/blogid]Does anyone here play blitz on UChess?
I think my blitz ability (or lack of) is about the same at blitz as here
BUT
my grade on RHP fluctuates around 1650
while my UChess grade has never got higher than 1300 (currently 1200)
Am I rubbish at blitz or are the gradings different?
I would love to know what your grade is on UChess.
Please post here.his newest book. has anyone purchased it or have thoughts about it. after the great success of his other books im sure it would be worth it. what are your thoughts?Simple, but instructive. White to play and win
[fen]2K5/p7/k1B5/p7/p7/8/8/8 w - - 0 0[/fen]
Author: G. Zakhodjakin ,1932Recently had to go through a lot of trouble to castle.
[pgn]1. d4 Ng8f6 2. Nb1c3 d5 3. Bc1f4 Nb8c6 4. Nc3b5 Ke8d7 5. Bf4xc7 Qd8e8 6. g3 a6 7. Bf1h3 e6 8. Nb5d6 Bf8xd6 9. Bc7xd6 Kd7xd6 10. a3 Qe8d8 11. Ng1f3 Rh8e8 12. Qd1d3 Kd6e7 13. O-O-O Ke7f8 14. Nf3g5 g6 15. f4 Kf8g8 16. e4 Nf6xe4 17. Ng5xe4 dxe4 18. Qd3xe4 Bc8d7 19. Bh3g2 Qd8c7 20. h4 Ra8c8 21. Qe4d3 e5 22. fxe5 Bd7f5 23. Qd3c3 Re8d8 24. Bg2xc6 Qc7xc6 25. Qc3xc6 Rc8xc6 26. c3 Rd8d5 27. a4 Rd5a5 28. d5 Rc6c5 29. d6 Bf5d7 30. Kc1d2 Rc5d5 31. Kd2e3 Rd5xd1 32. Rh1xd1 Ra5xa4 33. Ke3d3 Ra4a5 34. Kd3d4 Kg8g7 35. Kd4c4 Ra5xe5 36. b4 Kg7f6 37. Kc4d4 b6 38. Rd1g1 Kf6e6 39. g4 Ke6xd6 40. g5 Bd7f5 41. c4 Re5e4 42. Kd4c3 Re4xh4 43. Rg1d1 Kd6c6 44. Rd1d5 Bf5e6 45. Rd5d8 Rh4xc4 46. Kc3d3 Rc4xb4 47. Rd8h8 Be6f5 48. Kd3c3 Kc6c5 49. Rh8xh7 Rb4g4 50. Rh7xf7 Rg4g3 51. Kc3b2 Kc5b4 52. Rf7f6 Rg3g2 53. Kb2a1 Kb4a3 54. Rf6xg6 Rg2g1 [/pgn]http://www.chessintranslation.com/2010/08/khalifman-anands-a-genius-he-emanates-light/Annotation of a game I just played on ICC, I thought it was pretty interesting so I decided to share with all of you.
[pgn][Event "ICC"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.08.19"] [White "Me"] [Black "nodoyuna"] [White Rating "1703"] [Black Rating "1935"] [Result "*"] [TimeControl "900+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 Ng4 7. f3 Ne5 8. Be3 Nbc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd5 Qc7 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Rc8 19. Nb6 Rc6 20. Nd5 Be7 21. g4 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 O-O 23. Rh1 Rfc8 24. h4 Bd8 25. Nb4 Rb6 26. Nd5 Rb7 27. Nb4 a5 28. Nd5 Kf8 29. Ne3 Be7 30. Nf5 Rb6 31. h5 Rbc6 32. Rd2 Bg5 33. Re2 b4 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Red2 g6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Nxd6 Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Rxc2 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Rd5 a4 42. Rxe5 Kf6 43. Rb5 Rc4 44. b3 axb3 45. axb3 Rd4 46. Kc2 Ke6 47. Rc5 Rd8 48. Rc4 Rb8 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Ke3 g5 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. f4 gxf4+ 53. Kxf4 Rb6 54. g5+ Kg6 55. Rc4 f6 56. gxf6 Kxf6 57. e5+ Ke6 58. Ke4 Rb5 *[/pgn]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
As white I always play the Open Sicilian against 1.e4, here black opted to play the popular Najdorf Variation.
6. Rg1
I've only ever heard this move referred to as the "Freak Attack." Against the Najdorf I always opt for this line, I like the positions that generally result and I also like that I almost always know the lines better than my opponent who likely has never even seen or considered this move as an option for white. Objectively it's probably less sound than 6.Be3, 6.Be2, 6.Bg5, and 6.Bc4 but in practice it has worked well for me.
6...Ng4
[fen]rnbqkb1r/1p2pppp/p2p4/8/3NP1n1/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKBR1 w Qkq - 0 7[/fen]
Black counters here with something that I have never seen, I spent a lot of time thinking about my next move (Relatively speaking of course, the game is a 15-0)
7.f3
I played this with the idea that black would play 7...Nxh2 with 8.Be2 e5 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 to follow where white now has an open h-file and black has a misplaced and potentially trapped knight on h2.
7...Ne5
Instead of pawn grabbing and following my expected variation black instead chooses to retreat the knight to what may be a strong center square
8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qd2
Both sides develop pieces, it is clear that my aim is to castle queenside and attack on the kingside and down the half open d-file.
9...Nxd4 10.Bxd4
I can't say why black chose to make this trade, in his position I think it would be better off to try 9...e6 to continue development before making trades in the center, from what I can see the move 9...Nxd4 does little to help black's position
10...Nc6 11.O-O-O
[fen]r1bqkb1r/1p2pppp/p1np4/8/3BP3/2N2P2/PPPQ2PP/2KR1BR1 b kq - 0 11[/fen]
11...Nxd4 12.Qxd4
This trade makes more sense to me, it seems to neutralize any immediate attacks that white may have. However, black currently has no developed pieces and it seems fair to say that white has at least a small advantage at the moment.
12...e5 13.Qd5
This move seemed natural to me but Crafty much prefers 13.Qa4+, although I'm not sure why...
13...Qc7 14.Qc4 Qxc4 15.Bxc4
[fen]r1b1kb1r/1p3ppp/p2p4/4p3/2B1P3/2N2P2/PPP3PP/2KR2R1 b kq - 0 15[/fen]
Black still has no developed pieces, however, this is not altogether a major problem because the queens have been traded and there are no immediate threats that white can create.
15...b5 16.Bb3 Bb7 17.Bd5 Bxd5 18.Nxd5
[fen]r3kb1r/5ppp/p2p4/1p1Np3/4P3/5P2/PPP3PP/2KR2R1 b kq - 0 18[/fen]
Funny enough, after move 18 black technically still has no developed pieces. In this position I felt quite comfortable because of the strong knight outpost on e5.
18...Rc8 19.Nb6
I could have improved here with the move 19.Rd3 when the rook will be able to slide over and attack the a pawn as in the line 19.Rd3 Rc6 20.Ra3 Be7 21.Rxa6 Rxa6 22.Nc7+
19...Rc6 20.Nd5 Be7 21.g4 Bg5+ 22.Kb1
[fen]4k2r/5ppp/p1rp4/1p1Np1b1/4P1P1/5P2/PPP4P/1K1R2R1 b k - 0 22[/fen]
And the game has come to a roughly equal position. It seemed to me at this point of the game that both sides still had chances to win.
22...O-O 23.Rh1 Rfc8 24.h4 Bd8 25.Nb4 Rb6 26.Nd5
[fen]2rb2k1/5ppp/pr1p4/1p1Np3/4P1PP/5P2/PPP5/1K1R3R b - - 0 26[/fen]
At this point it crossed my mind that black could try to end the game by repetition, however, this thought did not bother me too much because black had over 200 rating points on me.
26...Rb7
Obviously black felt the same way about this
27.Nb4 a5 28.Nd5 Kf8 29.Ne3 Be7 30.Nf5 Rb6
[fen]2r2k2/4bppp/1r1p4/pp2pN2/4P1PP/5P2/PPP5/1K1R3R w - - 0 31[/fen]
So over about the last ten moves there had been a lot of piece shuffling. Both sides trying to arrange their pieces best to prepare for the endgame. I felt now that I could create a lot of pressure on the d6 pawn and began looking to steal a pawn.
31.h5
In order to prepare doubling of the rooks and remove it from the threat of black's bishop
31...Rbc6
Black now begins to counter attack, focusing on my c2 pawn
32.Rd2
A simple way to prevent this, although in hindsight I preferred 32.Rh2 instead simply to avoid losing a tempo to the following bishop attack
32...Bg5 33.Re2?!
Not my best attempt apparently because it takes the pressure off of blacks pawn on d5. Black simply expands on the queenside, tightening the pressure on my king.
33...b4 34.Rd1 Be7?!
34...g6 to remove the knight is definitely stronger for black here, now white can again put pressure on the d5 pawn.
35.Red2 35...g6?
[fen]2r2k2/4bp1p/2rp2p1/p3pN1P/1p2P1P1/5P2/PPPR4/1K1R4 w - - 0 36[/fen]
A move too late, 35...Rd8 to protect the pawn is much better for black.
36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Nxd6 Bxd6 38.Rxd6 Rxc2 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Rxc8 Rxc8 41.Rd5
[fen]2r5/5pk1/6p1/p2Rp3/1p2P1P1/5P2/PP6/1K6 b - - 0 41[/fen]
So I will soon be a pawn up entering a rook and pawn endgame. These types of endgames are very often draws but in this situation I felt I had enough resources to play for the win
41...a4 42.Rxe5 Kf6?
This is apparently a bad mistake for black, 42...Rh8 is much stronger. Endgames are currently by far my weakest area but I believe this is extremely bad for black because Rooks need to be behind past pawns and this move allows me to get behind blacks past pawns and puts black's rook in a passive defensive role.
43.Rb5
43.Ra5 also works
43...Rc4 44.b3?
Like I said, my endgames are not very good. 44.Ra5 is much better for white
44...axb3 45.axb3
[fen]8/5p2/5kp1/1R6/1pr1P1P1/1P3P2/8/1K6 b - - 0 45[/fen]
45...Rd4?
Here 45...Rc3 is stronger for black
46.Kc2 Ke6 47.Rc5 Rd8 48.Rc4?
[fen]3r4/5p2/4k1p1/8/1pR1P1P1/1P3P2/2K5/8 b - - 0 48[/fen]
f4 is stronger, and I saw this after I made my move but at this point I was beginning to feel some time pressure
48...Rb8?
Black needs to centralize his king with 48...Ke5 to have a chance to hold this game, this move once again gives white the initiative. Note that after 48...Ke5 white cannot take the b pawn because of the move Kf4
49.Kd3 Ke5 50.Ke3 g5 51.Rc5+ Kf6 52.f4 gxf4+ 53.Kxf4 Rb6 54.g5+ Kg6
[fen]8/5p2/1r4k1/2R3P1/1p2PK2/1P6/8/8 w - - 0 55[/fen]
55.Rc4 f6 56.gxf6 Kxf6 57.e5+ Ke6 58.Ke4 Rb5
[fen]8/8/4k3/1r2P3/1pR1K3/1P6/8/8 w - - 0 59[/fen]
1/2-1/2
And here, with just under two minutes on my clock, I offered a draw which black accepted. This position seems winning to white for me after 58.Rc6+ but I couldn't find it in time and decided that I might not have enough time to convert this game into a win, unfortunately for me. In any case I was happy to get a draw against a 1900+ player and especially happy to do it in one of my favorite opening variations. Any comments, particularly on the endgame, would be greatly appreciated.Found a fascinating article about Chigorin here if anyone is interested. :)
http://www.chessintranslation.com/2010/08/the-forgotten-recollections-of-chigorins-daughter/This was posted in the 'Puzzles & Posers' think it should get an airing here.
White to play and mate in 12 moves.
Just click play and enoy it. It's all forced.
Composed by O.T. Bláthy.
Don't you just wish you could produce something like this
[pgn]
[FEN "8/1nq5/bppp4/1p1k1K1N/1rrp3b/2pp2p1/8/n7 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
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b p p p . . . .
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. r r p . . . b
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white to play
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1. Nf4+ Kc5 2. Ne6+ Kd5 3. Nxc7+ Kc5 4. Nxa6+ Kd5 5. Nc7+ Kc5 6. Ne6+ Kd5
7. Nf4+ Kc5 8. Ke4 d5+ 9. Ke5 Bf6+ 10. Ke6 Nd8+ 11. Kd7 Rb1 12. Nxd3[/pgn][pgn]1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Na5 8.f4 Bc5+ 9.Kh1 Nxc4 10.dxc4 Ng4 11.Qe1 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Bxe3 13.Qg3 exf4 14.Nxf4 Bd4 15.Rad1 Be5 16.Rd5 c6 17.Rxe5 { !?I have many times heard having a bad plan is better than no plan at all. am sick of you attacking me david and it is time for me to put my favorite plan into use...ATTACK THE KING } 17...dxe5 18.Nh5 { look I am attacking } 18...g6 19.Nf6+ { checky wecky } 19...Kg7 20.Qh4 { Look I am going to mate on h7 } 20...h6 { darn a brilliant defensive move. } 21.Ne2 Be6 22.Ng3 Bxc4 23.Rf5 { !? B-e6 was obviously critical..I probably miscalculated something but thought I was winning even in that case...When I have a board handy I will do some more analysis on that one. } 23...Qd4 24.Ng4 { with threats of qxh6 followed by n-f6# among other things } 24...Rh8 25.Qf6+ Kh7 26.Nh5 { with forced mate to come unless you are a putz like me.... } 26...Rhg8 27.Nxh6 { ??
First move I looked at was qxf7 but for some reason I visualized it wrong and saw after the interpolation of the rookand rook taking on g7 I saw the rook as on f7. So then I started looking for mate with 2 knights my brain started hurting and I just played a move...
So what should have been played was.... } ( 27.Qxf7+ Bxf7 28.Rxf7+ Kh8 29.Ngf6 Rg7 30.Rxg7 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qxh5 32.Rh7# { Why have you failed me tactics trainer(or did I fail you) or was it that I shouldn't play 10 min games against the comp at 4 am? } ) 27...gxf5 28.Nxf5 Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Qxh5 30.g4 Rxg4
*[/pgn]
playing against 2000 rated dasher character david at 4 am.I bought this book in a second hand book store (just as an aside, this place was great. It wasn't geared toward chess -indeed, the selection of chess books was quite small- but any book you wanted to buy was 10% of the cover price, with a minimum of $1. Pretty cool.) This book, and some other chess book which I can't remember made up the entire chess section. I had never thought that reading a behind the scenes account of a chess match would be interesting and I bought it mainly out of curiosity (plus the fact that it was only $1), but as it turned out, I loved it.
Are there any other books that the RHP collective can recommend, similar to Fischer/Spassky?
Here is the book on Amazon, in case anyone is interested: http://www.amazon.com/Fischer-Spassky-Times-Report-Century/dp/0812903021http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/08/18/129273914/after-exhumation-dna-test-bobby-fischer-paternity-case-closed
I guess he can turn back over in his grave now:) RIP.Anyone make a spreadsheet of ratings, say, from = to +/- 400 points in maybe ten point increments? The minimum you can win is 1 point I think, the max 32? Not sure. So if someone is 100 points higher and wins, how many points does he win? If = the winner gets 16 points?JedStuart - airborne143rd
[pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.17"]
[EndDate "2010.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "JedStuart"]
[Black "airborne143rd"]
[WhiteRating "1593"]
[BlackRating "1575"]
[WhiteELO "1593"]
[BlackELO "1575"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7685307"]
1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 5. c3 f6 6. Bf1d3 Qd8b6
7. exf6 Ng8xf6 8. O-O c4 9. Kg1h1 cxd3 10. Nf3e5 Nc6xe5 11. fxe5 Nf6e4
12. Qd1f3 Qb6c7 13. Nb1a3 Bc8d7 14. Qf3f7 Ke8d8 15. b3 Qc7xe5 16. Bc1b2 Bf8d6 17. g3 Ne4xg3 18. hxg3 Qe5xg3 19. Qf7f2 Qg3h3 20. Kh1g1 Bd7c6 21. Ra1e1 d4 0-1[/pgn]
Here is a game I recently played against airborne143rd, I'll go over what I was thinking and then hopefully players who are way better than me can tell me where I went wrong. Here goes.
1.e4 e6 2. f4
Here I wanted to play something aggressive, and this seemed like a playable opening
... d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 5. c3 f6
I think he blundered here and weakened his f file
6. Bf1d3
I don't know why I did this, seemed like it was a good idea at the time... I block in my pawn, but I felt like I should eventually move him to c2 (I saw this in an opening theory book so I just went with it)
...Qd8b6 7. exf6 Ng8xf6
Again I chumped it up I was trying to remove his pawn from the f file, but got so excited that I completely overlooked that it developed his knight... whoops!
8. O-O c4 9. Kg1h1 cxd3
Mega blunder. I was so focused on my own plan that I didn't realize what my opponent was setting up. All I could think about was smashing the f file relentlessly, then making a beautiful sacrafice and winning... unfortunately this game didn't turn out that way, most don't.
10. Nf3e5
Puts him at a good outpost, and if taken, nothing is blocking the f file any longer and I can attack
...Nc6xe5 11. fxe5 Nf6e4 12. Qd1f3 Qb6c7
I don't think he has to defend against my threat. I was looking at Bc5 and my head started to hurt.
13. Nb1a3 Bc8d7 14. Qf3f7 Ke8d8
Here I'm just trying to get my pieces developed as the stupid pawn at d3 is choking the crap out of me. His queen no longer protects f7, so I take a stab.
15. b3 Qc7xe5
This capture surprises me... again I get so caught up in developing my pieces that I forget what my opponent is doing.
16. Bc1b2 Bf8d6 17. g3 Ne4xg3 18. hxg3 Qe5xg3 19. Qf7f2 Qg3h3 20. Kh1g1 Bd7c6 21. Ra1e1 d4
He centralizes his queen and then attacks quite strongly, I crumbled under the attack.
Besides my big blunder I felt like this game could've lasted a lot longer than 22 moves. I think that instead of the queen stab at f7 I should've taken the pawn on d3 and tried to unclog the middle. Does anyone else have any insightful analysis? Airborne is playing from his phone so he can't post, but if you have better moves for him feel free to post those too.
Regards,
ColinAnd don't take the queen
[pgn][Event "August 2010 Grouped Random I"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[EndDate "2010.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "jmdanish"]
[Black "Exuma"]
[WhiteRating "790"]
[BlackRating "1777"]
[WhiteELO "790"]
[BlackELO "1777"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7668268"]
1. e4 e5 2. f3 Ng8f6 3. Bf1d3 Bf8c5 4. c3 d5 5. c4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Qd8xd3
7. Qd1a4 Nb8c6 8. Nb1c3 O-O 9. Qa4b3 Nc6d4 10. Ng1h3 Nf6xe4 11. Nh3f2 Ne4xf2
12. Ke1xf2 Nd4c2 0-1
[/pgn]I was wasting time. Why was it even interesting? But here is Dukey!
[uid]248474[/uid]
And here is his last game in a while, a crazy variation of the fools mate!
[gid]7543530[/gid]
[pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.06.23"]
[EndDate "2010.07.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "dukey"]
[Black "Jobo"]
[WhiteRating "1329"]
[BlackRating "1071"]
[WhiteELO "1329"]
[BlackELO "1071"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7543530"]
1. e3 f6 2. Qd1h5 g6 3. Qh5h4 Ng8h6 4. Bf1d3 Nh6f5 5. Bd3xf5 gxf5
6. Qh4h5 1-0
[/pgn][pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[EndDate "2010.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "dhanupu"]
[Black "erikido"]
[WhiteRating "1789"]
[BlackRating "1598"]
[WhiteELO "1789"]
[BlackELO "1598"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "7458012"]
1. e4 c5 2. Ng1f3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qd1xd4 Ng8f6 5. Bc1g5 Bf8g7 6. Nb1c3 Nb8c6
7. Qd4a4 O-O 8. Bf1d3 d6 9. h3 Bc8d7 10. Qa4a3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Nc3d5 b4
13. Nd5xb4 Nc6xb4 14. Qa3xb4 Ra8b8 15. Qb4a3 Nf6e8 16. c3 Ne8c7 17. Ra1b1 Nc7e6
18. Bg5e3 Ne6c7 19. Rf1d1 Qd8c8 20. Nf3d4 Rf8d8 21. f4 e5 22. Nd4f3 Nc7b5
23. Bd3xb5 Bd7xb5 24. Rd1xd6 Bg7f8 25. Rd6xd8 Qc8xd8 26. b4 Qd8d3
27. Rb1e1 Rb8c8 28. Nf3xe5 Qd3xe4 29. Be3d2 Qe4c2 30. Ne5f3 Rc8d8
31. Re1c1 Qc2d3 32. Qa3b2 Bf8g7 33. Rc1e1 Rd8c8 34. Re1e3 Qd3f1 35. Kg1h2 h5
36. Kh2g3 Bb5e2 37. h4 Qf1d1 38. Nf3e5 Rc8d8 39. Bd2c1 Qd1e1 40. Kg3h3 Qe1h1
41. Kh3g3 Qh1e1 42. Kg3h3 Qe1h1 43. Kh3g3 Qh1e1 44. Kg3h3 Qe1h1 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]
Was it possible to take advantage of the sidelined queen. I obviously sacked a pawn for activity. But, it didn't turn out into anything but a draw. What are your thoughts/ideas on the game?Ok, airborn143rd and I would like some minor analysis if you could. Sure this game is woodpushing at it's best, but we were wondering how BAD it really was. Who missed what when.
For example I thought moving my King to b8 for my 23rd move would get me mated. Only after moving I realized I'd be perfectly safe (I think) moving the King to a8. This is where I feel it all fell apart for me.
Airborn wants to talk about his opening, he was down a couple pawns rather quick. Also he feels he could have mated me quicker at the end.
Also, after my blunder (I think) move 23 did I have any chance to survive? I really feel that was the turning point.
[gid]7651667[/gid](From Marovic-Tsagan)
[fen]r4rk1/pp3ppp/2pq1nb1/6N1/2BP4/7R/PPQ2PPP/4R1K1[/fen]
Feel free to post one of your own too!Just curious what stronger players use. There are some strange options to choose from.
I use "Book/High contrast/Large
You?
[Lame Thread]We go A-Z naming only players from this website!
Be sure to include one of their nice wins!
A is for adramforall
[pgn][Event "Vali Grouped Random"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[EndDate "2005.03.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "GalaxyShield"]
[Black "adramforall"]
[WhiteRating "1555"]
[BlackRating "1401"]
[WhiteELO "1555"]
[BlackELO "1401"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "971127"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qd8xd5 3. Ng1f3 Bc8g4 4. Bf1e2 Nb8c6 5. Nb1c3 Qd5e6
6. O-O Ng8h6 7. d3 Nh6f5 8. Bc1f4 h5 9. Qd1d2 Ra8d8 10. Bf4xc7 Rd8d7
11. Bc7f4 h4 12. Nf3g5 Qe6g6 13. Be2xg4 Rd7d4 14. Nc3b5 Rd4d7 15. Qd2e2 e6
16. Bg4xf5 Qg6xf5 17. Qe2e4 Qf5xb5 18. Ra1b1 Rd7d4 19. Qe4e3 Bf8e7
20. Ng5f3 h3 21. Nf3xd4 Nc6xd4 22. g3 Be7c5 23. Qe3e4 f5 24. Qe4h1 Nd4e2 0-1
[/pgn]What is it? I'm too lazy to find out for myself.My opponents' blunders not withstanding, were these "sacs" sound? In both games I gave up material (but not big material) for active play against my opponents' king. Both games were won on blunders, which makes it difficult for me to decide if they were sound moves.
In this game I am black and I gave up my knight for two pawns.
[pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[EndDate "2010.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "myhugearm"]
[Black "USArmyParatrooper"]
[WhiteRating "1460"]
[BlackRating "1587"]
[WhiteELO "1460"]
[BlackELO "1587"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7656982"]
1. e4 e6 2. Ng1f3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf1b5 c6 5. Qd1e2 Bf8e7 6. Bb5a4 Ng8f6
7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Bc8g4 9. h3 Bg4h5 10. Nb1d2 Nb8d7 11. g4 Nf6xg4 12. hxg4 Bh5xg4
13. Qe2e1 Rf8e8 14. Qe1d1 Be7d6 15. Kg1g2 Qd8f6 16. Rf1h1 Qf6g6 17. Kg2f1 Nd7e5
18. Nf3h4 Bg4xd1 19. Nh4xg6 fxg6 20. Kf1g2 Bd1g4 21. Nd2f1 Bg4f3 22. Kg2h3 Bf3xh1 0-1[/pgn]
In this game I am white and I let my a-pawn fall and gave up my knight for two pawns.
[pgn][Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[EndDate "2010.08.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "USArmyParatrooper"]
[Black "tarnownew"]
[WhiteRating "1587"]
[BlackRating "1490"]
[WhiteELO "1587"]
[BlackELO "1490"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7656596"]
1. e4 c5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Nb1c3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3xd4 Ng8f6 6. Bc1g5 Qd8a5
7. Bg5xf6 gxf6 8. Bf1c4 Bf8g7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd4xc6 bxc6 11. f4 d5
12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bc4d3 f5 14. Qd1d2 Kg8h8 15. Ra1b1 d4 16. Nc3e4 Qa5xa2
17. Ne4g5 Bc8b7 18. Qd2e2 Qa2d5 19. Rf1f2 h6 20. Qe2h5 Qd5d7 21. Rb1e1 Kh8g8
22. Ng5f3 f6 23. Nf3h4 Bb7d5 24. Qh5g6 Qd7f7 25. Nh4xf5 exf5 26. Qg6xf5 Ra8d8
27. Qf5h7 1-0[/pgn]Did anyone watch "How to Win at Chess" on BBC last night?
http://bbc.co.uk/i/p8lhp/
Intriguingly he first piece of advice given was:
"Rule 1: Open with a center pawn."At the first website below is an instructive and very enjoyable analysis by young GM Fabiano Caruana of his win with the white pieces against super-GM Peter Svidler in the current NH Chess Tournament, Rising Stars versus Experience.
http://www.nhchess.com/index.html
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6607So two people have 3 1/2
and 4 people have 3
and me and one other guy has 2 1/2
There are two rounds left. Do the 3 1/2's play each other and the 3's play each other and I play the guy with 2 1/2 like me?
And if I win my last two games will I come in 4th place?
(Everyone else has fewer points, some 20 + people)I'm playing white and I'm down a piece and a pawn. But is it a legitimate swindle if you simply catch your opponent sleeping?
[pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nb1c3 d6 3. f4 Nb8c6 4. Bf1b5 Bc8d7 5. Bb5xc6 Bd7xc6 6. Ng1f3 g6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nf3xd4 Qd8c7 9. Nd4xc6 Qc7xc6 10. O-O Bf8g7 11. f5 Bg7xc3
12. bxc3 Qc6xe4 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Rf1f4 Qe4c6 15. Bc1b2 e5 16. Qd1e2 Qc6b6
17. Kg1h1 Qb6xb2 18. Ra1f1 f5 19. Rf4b4 Qb2xa2 20. Rb4xb7 Qa2d5 21. Rf1b1 Qd5a5
22. Qe2c4 Qa5d8 23. Qc4f7 1-0[/pgn]Rumor has it the next World Championship will be in London in 2012
Who do you think Anand will have to play?
I would like to see Topalov come back and win. ;)In Fritz, when it runs analysis I get a symbol that looks like the letter "U" but with a little tail coming straight down on the left side. Anyone know what this means?
Thanks
PHi there,
I really hate the red and blue 'chess set' here for analysis. The pieces are not as clear as the playing chess set we have and it is useless. (King and queen are indistinguishable, and it is not clear what is 'white').
Can you change that in preferences in anyway ?All on the latest blog thing-gummy-jig.
[blogid]4[/blogid]
Also added a cartoon to previous blog thing I forgot to put on .:S
Painting is superb. Book is Ok I guess.
Sonhouse did make post of the week. But I added an extra link to
Amolov's post on a Glossary of chess terms.
Beano is my favourite comic. Dandy readers are milksops..
But the game played by a lad on here is really good. Perfect.
I stumbled upon by pure chance.I am curious to know how others approach the subject, and perhaps I can explain better with myself as an example.
As white in over-the-board tournament play, I exclusively play 1. Nf3 or 1. g3, steering for the King's Indian Attack/Pirc-Modern in reverse, although I transpose to the Reti or Closed Sicilian with certain move orders. I am very careful and particular about my move order and approach-logging some 400+ OTB games in a 20 +year span. I have become comfortable with a huge number of positions and plans within that scheme, and opening play as white is a strong point for me there.
Here as a CC player, I have (as white) played 1. c4, 1.d4, 1. f4, occasionally 1. e4 or 1. b3, and only rarely will I roll out 1. Nf3 or 1. g3- and that's usually because I really want to win or I am in a theoretical discussion with my friend on the other side of the board.
My goal in CC has been to broaden my horizons and experience by exploring strange new positions, to seek out new ideas and new positions- to boldly go where I haven't gone before!
I always try to win, of course (especially in clan games), but my attitude is far more experimental here, and my favorite and most interesting games aren't necessarily wins here.
I'm just curious to know how others view the various forms of play, and how they approach them.http://www.edcollins.com/chess/glossary.htm
Adjournment: an interruption in play to enable both players to obtain analytical help from their chessmaster-friends, chess libraries, or chess computers.
Adjudication: a binding decision about the outcome of an unfinished game, made by someone who is rated 200 points below you and who renders his judgment after spending a total time to only 5% of the the time that you devoted to the game.
Algebraic Chess Notation: a system of recording chess moves which is so logical and mathematically neat that it's amazing that it actually became popular here in the U.S.A.
Amateur: in chess, someone who plays only for money (cf. Professional).
Analysis: irrefutable proof that you could have won a game you lost.
Annotator: 1. a "friendly guide" to the complexities of master play, who first cites the MCO column for the game under review, then remains silent until White is a rook ahead, and finally, points out how Black could have held out longer; alternately, someone whose grasp of chess books doesn't extend beyond his library on the opening. 2. a GrandMaster of clichés.
Attacking Moves: moves that my opponent seems to make much more frequently than I do.
Bad Bishop: the one that you still have left on the board.
Bird's Opening: 1. f4. Opening named after a strong but nearsighted English master who frequently reached for the wrong pawn.
Black-square Weakness: a term usually given to describe the state of the dark colored squares surrounding ones own king (cf. White-square Weakness).
Blindfold Chess: a skill, through which minor masters can gain a world-wide reputation; outlawed in Russia because Morphy and Pillsbury died crazy.
Blitz: a an extreme form of rapid transit chess, where the players move faster than they can think -- thus ensuing the game a rare profundity.
Blunder: Sacrificing for a tactical disadvantage.
Bobby Fischer: A player who makes an appearance every twenty years to defeat Boris Spassky in a match.
Book-Player: a chess slave, who fills a relatively empty head with information that makes it even emptier.
Botvinnik: a Russian king, revered by communist society.
Brilliancy: a combinative sequence which is understandable to anyone once the solution is revealed.
Bughouse Chess: a game gaining in popularity since you can always blame all of your losses on your partner's play.
Bye: in Swiss System tourneys, a full point given to an odd player.
Castling: a defensive move played by a cowardly opponent.; a special move solely done for king's safety only to be dismantled by your opponent later.
Center: according to the hypermoderns, the squares a1, a8, h1, h8.
Challenger's Tourney: a tournament to decide which Russian will play another Russian for the world championship.
Champion: someone who has attained success in chess only because he has had more time to devote to the game than you have.
Cheapo: a phrase coined by U.S. Master Dr. Karl Burger, who has won a large percentage of his games by such a maneuver; a move which threatens something so obvious that only an idiot would fall for it, and he does.
Checkmate: a self-inflicted torture by novices who don't know the word "resigns."
Chess: a most intriguing intellectual challenge, played in a cultured manner according to strict rules and regulations. The object of the game is to crush your opponent.
Chess Fever: a disease common among adolescent members of the Manhattan Chess Club; characterized by jagged fingernails, bulging eyes, and an unsteady hand.
Chess Life: a magazine that comes out late once a month.
Clock, Chess: a mechanical device used to time tournament games which no one ever pays attention to until that little red marker is about to fall.
Club, Chess: a group of devotees of the Royal Game, whose meetings are characterized by brotherhood and good sportsmanship and where never is heard an encouraging word.
Combination: any long series of moves that the average player cannot understand.
Compensation: something that I tell myself that I have for being down that pawn.
Connoisseur, Openings: an understanding authority, who thinks one opening is better than another.
Correspondence Chess: a system of play which in gaining in popularity because you cannot lose USCF rating points in this sort of competition; a method of play to determine who owns the strongest chess computer.
Cramped Position: that which you must obtain as a necessary preliminary to freeing your game.
Duffer: anybody who can beat you three times in a row.
Egotist, Chess: someone who is more interested in describing his own victories than in listening to yours.
Endgame: your last opportunity to miss a win or a draw.
Ethics, Chess: undefined (we could find no examples of this).
En Prise, To Leave: a method of relieving oneself of extraneous material.
Euwe, Max: that Dutch master whose name I can't pronounce.
Fianchetto: an Italian method of developing bishops; popularized by Russians.
Fischer, Robert: an American chess veteran who had been U.S. Champion eight times. His victims accused him of bad manners; his conquerors thought of him a fine sport.
Fish: a player who falls for all your traps and still wins.
Fool's Mate: the logical conclusion to any game of chess; a chessplayer's spouse.
Foresight: the ability to play in only those tournaments you are sure of winning.
Fork: "an instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals in one's mouth" (A. Bierce).
Gambit: any unsound sacrifice in the opening.
Good Bishop: your opponent's bishop.
Grandmaster: anyone who has reached the point in chess where he is acclaimed for drawing all his games.
Grandmaster Draw: a friendly conclusion due to mutual fear.
Giuoco Piano: playable, but not quite so good as a Steinway.
Hypermodern Play: any opening system where an early checkmate is impossible.
If-move: a method of shortening a typical correspondence game from nine months to just eight months and three weeks.
Internet Chess: a method of playing chess in which you can pay a monthly fee, tie up your phone line, all to play your neighbor across the street.
Isolated Pawn: a pawn that will queen in the endgame (cf. Passed Pawn).
J'adoube: 1. a phrase customarily emitted when you are caught starting your opponent's clock on your move. 2. French for "What am I doing?" If I move that piece I'm lost!"
Kibitzer: someone who gives good advice to your opponent and bad advice to you.
King's Indian Reversed: naidni sgnik.
Lost Game: something your opponent had before he won.
Marshall Counterattack: an aggressive defense to the Ruy Lopez, devised by Frank. J. Counterattack.
M.C.O.: Modern Chess Oblivion.
Median System: a way of breaking Swiss System ties which requires a knowledge of mathematical statistics and algebra, but which is much simpler than any other system.
Middlegame: in postal chess, the first move after published analysis is exhausted.
Modesty: 1. a virtue that grandmasters rarely cultivate. 2. "When I am White I win because I am White; when I am Black, I win because I am Bogoljubov."
Moral Victory: Any victory less than a total victory. The term is usually used to make a loser feel better.
Odds: chessplayers.
Opening: that phase of the game in which intelligence plays no part.
Open File: a file cleared of pawns - a worthy objective since it is then easy to exchange a pair of rooks and obtain an easy draw.
Opponent: a slimy individual with an ugly face.
Open Tournament: a tournament open to all; a weak tournament.
Overprotection: first emphasized by the well-known theorist Nimzovich, this positional theme symbolizes Nimzo's relationship with his mother.
Passed Pawn: a pawn that never queens. (cf. Isolated Pawn).
Patzer: a good-natured term with which you describe anyone you can beat; but an insulting epithet when used by certain wise guys to describe you.
Pawn-Snatcher: a defensive genius.
Perfect Game: a way of describing all of one's victories.
Petrosian: See Grandmaster draw.
Pin: a sharp move.
Planning: The period of time where in the beginning you are hoping for a mate, by the middlegame you are hoping to have an advantage, by the endgame you are hoping not to get killed, and by the next morning you are hoping that they will not laugh at you.
Positional Sacrifice: a move so profound that if the annotator isn't your friend he calls it a blunder.
Principles of Chess: an archaic term; shown to be useless by Mikhail Tal.
Problem, Chess: any chess position that could never occur in an actual game.
Professional Chessplayer: anybody who cannot make a living at chess (cf. amateur).
Rating System: an objective method of ranking chess players which does not take into consideration the inherent beauty of a rose.
Reshevsky, Sammy: an eighty-year-old chess prodigy.
Resigns: a way of terminating a game, unknown to weak players.
Round-Robin Tournament: a competition in which you cannot talk the tournament director out of pairing you with someone you are afraid of.
Ruy Lopez: a Spanish bishop, usually placed on b5.
Sacrifice: any piece left en prise.
Seventh Rank: discovered by Nimzovich.
Sicilian Defense: a defense originated by members of the Mafia, embodying their highest principles.
Simultaneous Exhibition: a demonstration of ego, where one individual seeks to display his chess prowess by beating 40 beginners simultaneously.
Sportsmanship, Good: concealed hatred for a victorious opponent.
Strategy: any idea longer than one move deep (cf. Tactics).
Swindle: the only way anyone can be defeated.
Swiss-System: a pairing system full of holes, like some other Swiss products.
Tactics: a one-move threat (cf. Strategy).
"The board is set up wrong": quote invariably heard mentioned by any c...Hi all,
I'm just wondering if there is a great *pdf or website to introduce a beginner to the game. I'm thinking of something like "The Way to Go" except pertaining to chess, not to go.
Any thoughts?Hey everyone! I remember reading a while back about a player who said he achieved a 2000 rating in a year by using a system of studying tactics and doing endgame drills. Does anyone remember the name of the author or his book? I believe he was an average Joe, no one famous in the chess world and that the book was simply his outline of how he achieved his incredible jump in ratings. Thanks.Hi folks. I'm on the hunt for some new ideas and I was wondering if any of you had any suggestions on what you would consider to be the "proper" way for black to decline the evans gambit in the guioco piano. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.Good for those times when your ego needs a boost :)
http://www.happygames.be/spellen.php/Schaken.html
toet.Hi folks,
I blundered a rook in the center of the board thinking I was playing a cute tactic on my opponent's queen- I moved too fast and immediately realized I screwed up.
There was still lots of stuff on the board, so I pretended like it really was a sac, and played harrassing moves, looking for a draw by repetition.
I thought we were going to draw, but my opponent wanted to play on, and it ended with me having a pretty mate.
There is no justice in chess sometimes.
Paul
[pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EndDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Leggett"]
[Black ""]
[WhiteRating "1854"]
[BlackRating "1595"]
[WhiteELO "1854"]
[BlackELO "1595"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7659645"]
1. d4 d5 2. Bc1f4 e6 3. e3 Bf8d6 4. Bf4xd6 Qd8xd6 5. Qd1g4 g6 6. Nb1d2 h5
7. Qg4d1 Bc8d7 8. Bf1d3 Nb8c6 9. c3 Nc6e7 10. Ng1f3 Ne7f5 11. O-O h4
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nd2xe4 Qd6e7 14. h3 Ng8f6 15. Ne4c5 b6 16. Nc5xd7 Nf6xd7
17. Bd3e4 Ra8d8 18. Qd1a4 a5 19. Nf3e5 Qe7d6 20. Be4c6 Ke8e7 21. Ne5c4 Qd6f4 22. Ra1e1 Nf5d6 23. Nc4e5 Nd7xe5 24. Re1xe5 f6 25. Re5xe6 Ke7xe6
26. d5 Ke6f5 27. Qa4c2 Qf4e4 28. Qc2c1 Qe4f4 29. Qc1c2 Kf5g5 30. Rf1e1 Rh8h7 31. b3 Nd6f5 32. Re1e4 Qf4d6 33. Re4e6 Qd6f4 34. Re6e4 Qf4d6 35. Re4e6 Qd6f8 36. Qc2c1 Kg5h5 37. Qc1f4 Rh7e7 38. d6 g5 39. Qf4xf5 Rd8xd6 40. Re6xe7 Qf8xe7 41. Bc6e8 Qe7xe8 42. Qf5h7 1-0[/pgn]I reached this positon in a recent game
[fen]rnb2r1k/2qp1Npp/p4p2/2p2N2/4Pp2/1B1P4/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 2 15[/fen]
having just given the check on f7 I was waiting in anticipation for Kg8 allowing me a beautiful and rare smothered mate Ne7#
Unfortunately my opponent resigned instead of moving Kg8 (or the rather boring Rxf7)Hello fellow posters:
I would like to hear how you were introduced to chess. I'm sure there are some great stories.
My Cousin intorduced me to the game when we were around 10 or 11 years old. My aunt purchased him a set and he needed someone to play so he taught me how to how the pieces moved. From there we played many a game; not knowing any tatics. We only knew we had to get the king in check or check mate.
I played on and off for years! More off than on. But got serious about it when I introduced my son (now 23) to the game. He was nine at the time I showed him how the game is played. I became a memeber of USCF and played CC (snail mail) games.
I can't wait to hear you stories.Regardless of result, lets see your titanic struggles. Here is mine (my opponent did miss a draw) but it was a good ding dong.
[gid]6174697[/gid]This will either be very short lived or take off quite nicely.
The object is to name a chessplayer with the last name of the next letter and include one of his nice games.
If this takes off, we can go through the entire alphabet multiple times without overlapping.
A is for Alekhine
Here is perhaps a lesser known gem
[pgn][Event "Paris m (02)"]
[Site "Paris m (02)"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Edward Lasker"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 d6 6. Na4 Bb6
7. Nxb6 axb6 8. Ne2 Be6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. f3 O-O-O
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 g5 14. Bf2 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. c4 f5
17. O-O h5 18. a4 Rdg8 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Na6 21. b4 Kd8
22. c5 Ke8 23. d4 Kf7 24. b5 dxc5 25. bxa6 b6 26. d6 Qxd6
27. Qb3+ Qe6 28. d5 Qd6 29. Ra2 Ra8 30. Re1 Rhd8 31. Qd3 Qf6
32. g4 c6 33. gxf5 Rxd5 34. Qe4 h4 35. Qg4 Qh6 36. Be3 Kf6
37. Rg2 Rg8 38. f4 exf4 39. Bxc5 1-0
[/pgn]
Note the high level waiting move 11.f3.
B is for ...Hi,
Are there any tactics book set-up in a similar way to Polgar's Chess book?
I'm looking for a book that gives lots of problems by category: as in one move pin, two move pin, three move pin etc one move fork, two move fork etc etc.
Thanks in advance, JR.The position of Torture Camp guard has been filled.
[blogid]5[/blogid][pgn][Event "Clan challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[EndDate "2010.08.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ed Bernheim"]
[Black "sonhouse"]
[WhiteRating "1742"]
[BlackRating "1684"]
[WhiteELO "1742"]
[BlackELO "1684"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7633962"]
1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Bc8f5 4. Nb1c3 e6 5. Ng1f3 Nb8d7 6. Qd1b3 Qd8b6
7. Qb3xb6 Nd7xb6 8. c5 Nb6d7 9. Bc1d2 Ng8f6 10. Bf1e2 Bf8e7 11. O-O O-O
12. a3 h6 13. b4 a6 14. Nf3e1 e5 15. dxe5 Nd7xe5 16. Ne1f3 Ne5g6 17. Nf3d4 Bf5d7
18. f3 Be7d8 19. Be2d3 Bd8c7 20. Ra1e1 Ng6e5 21. Bd3e2 b5 22. cxb6 Bc7xb6
23. Re1c1 Nf6e8 24. Nc3a4 Bb6a7 25. f4 Ne5g6 26. Na4c5 Ba7xc5 27. Rc1xc5 Ne8d6
28. Nd4xc6 Nd6e4 29. Rc5xd5 Bd7xc6 30. Rd5d4 Ne4xd2 31. Rd4xd2 Ng6h4
32. g3 Nh4f5 33. Be2f3 Bc6xf3 34. Rf1xf3 Ra8d8 35. Rd2c2 Rd8d3 36. Kg1f2 Rf8e8
37. Rc2e2 Rd3xa3 38. g4 Nf5d6 39. Re2c2 Nd6e4 40. Kf2e2 Re8d8 41. Rf3f1 Rd8d3
42. Rf1f3 Rd3c3 43. Rc2b2 Rc3b3 44. Rb2xb3 Ra3xb3 45. f5 Rb3xb4 46. h3 a5
47. Ke2d3 a4 48. Kd3c2 a3 49. Rf3f1 Rb4b2 50. Kc2d3 Ne4c5 51. Kd3c3 Nc5e4
52. Kc3d4 a2 53. Rf1a1 Ne4f2 54. Kd4c3 Rb2e2 55. Kc3b3 Nf2xh3 56. Ra1xa2 Re2xa2
57. Kb3xa2 Nh3f2 58. Ka2b3 Nf2xg4 59. e4 h5 60. Kb3c3 h4 61. Kc3d3 h3 0-1[/pgn] 1 23456789101112131415161718192021
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