Monthly Archives: July 2014
#12635 by YourMove
09:51, July 01, 2014 by YourMove
[White "YourMoveAHLV"] [Black "chessmbjbjk"] [Date "2014.07.01"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5
#12636 by YourMove
09:51, July 01, 2014 by YourMove
[White "YourMoveAHLV"] [Black "chessmbjbjk"] [Date "2014.07.01"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5
#12637 by YourMove
09:51, July 01, 2014 by YourMove
[White "YourMoveAHLV"] [Black "chessmbjbjk"] [Date "2014.07.01"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5
#12638 by Noname
17:38, July 01, 2014 by Noname
[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2014.07.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "IM Ivan Markovic"]
[Black "Nyo Tun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch variation"]
[ECO "E25"]
[NIC "NI.30"]
[Time "17:10:42"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5
8. e3 c4 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Rb1 Nb3 14. Bb2
Rxe3 15. Rf2 Bd7 16. Bf1 Ba4 17. Nf5 Re6 18. Re2 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qc6 20. Nf5
Rae8 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. Ng3 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 h5 24. Bc1 Qe6 25. Bg5 Nh7 26. Bf4
h4 27. Ne2 Nc5 28. Qe1 Nd3 29. Qxh4 Bc6 30. Be5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Nd4
Qe7 33. Qg3 Qg5 34. Qf2 Nf6 35. g3 Qe5 36. Bh3 Qe3 37. Kg2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2
Re7 39. Nf5 Rc7 40. Nd6 g6 41. Rb2 Kg7 42. g4 b6 43. g5 Nh5
{White forfeits on time}
0-1
#12639 by Chris Holloway
19:52, July 01, 2014 by Chris Holloway
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qe2 exf4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. g3 fxg3 8. hxg3 Ne5 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. d4 Nc6 11. Bf4 0-0-0 12. d5 Nb8 13. Na3 f5 14. Nb5 fxe4 15. Nxa7#
#12640 by Bhavik
23:48, July 01, 2014 by Bhavik
[Event "London, England"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1912.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Edward Lasker"]
[Black "George Alan Thomas"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4
fxe4 7. Nxe4 b6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qxh7+
Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3
16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0
#12641 by Nagle
03:02, July 02, 2014 by Nagle
[Event "Tuesday Night Marathon"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2014.7.1"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Peter Sherwood"]
[Black "Nagle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "1797"]
[BlackELO "1402"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 {prepping
d4} 7... b5 8. Bc2 {unusual move? maybe good for White since this gives me no
shortage of trouble as the game evolves. better than the f8-a2 diagonal?}
8... Bb7 9. d4 d6 10. Nbd2 exd4 {right idea? i didn't know. i just wanted more
space for my pieces.} 11. cxd4 Re8 {allowing Bf8 later? I saw this in a few
high-level Ruy games I'd gone over. Maybe a bizarre idea development wise.}
12. Nf1 {Had also seen this before in those games. Prepping Ng3} 12... d5
{Good lord. I thought I might get somewhere with a plan of Nb4, c5, break open
the center. Instead I just lock up my poor b7 bishop for most of the game. I
don't know what the right idea was here, and that really interests me. I don't
think this was it.} 13. e5 {Played without a thought. } 13... Nd7 14. Ng3 Nb6
{Where is the piece going? c4? Having trouble finding a good ideal square for
my this piece. At this point I wished I'd done more opening prep., since I
knew it'd be a Ruy game. I can't figure out Black's plan.} 15. Nf5 Bf8 {Crazy?
Dunno. Alternatives I saw were Bb4, but this accelerates Re3 and doesn't seem
a stable post, or just letting him take. I thought fairly open board, try to
keep the bishops.} 16. Ng5 {I really didn't see where this was going.} 16...
f6 {Good move? Bad move? I don't know. I completely missed White's next move.
I just thought, hey! It'll give me some space.} 17. Nxh7 {UH OH. I did not
see this coming. I am now aware that both of his bishops, both of his knights,
and his queen are pointing at my king, and meanwhile three of my pieces are
stuck queenside. This seems pretty bad.} 17... Ne7 {Try to reduce the number
of attacking pieces. Down to ... 4. sad face.} 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 {How to recapture? I
think this was wrong. Now he has Bg6 and I lose the exchange. } 19. e6 {This
is difficult for me, but was it White's best move? My intuition would be to
just shuttle all his pieces over to the open kingside and just start
squeezing. } 19... Bd6 {I think maybe one day I can use the open h file. Who
knows.} 20. Qh5 Qe7 {forced? I dunno. Qf7+ looked grim, as did say Qg6
followed by Bh6. I figured my plan was to trade queens as fast as I could and
hope I didn't lose too much or get mated on the way.} 21. Ng5 {Definitely
can't take it. after f x g5, White has B x g5 forcing the queen to f8 and
leaving mate on h7. Still, I was surprised white didn't go for the Qg6 / Bh6
plan, especially with my dark squared bishop off of f8. } 21... g6 {Also
forced? I need to cover h7 somehow.} 22. Qxg6+ {This feels merciful. After
Bxg6 I again felt like I was at least losing the exchange.} 22... Qg7 23. Nh7
Qxg6 {Thank god. I felt greatly relieved to have gotten the queens off the
board. I'm 2 pawns down, but somehow I feel like I made progress. Maybe
delusional, but a helpful delusion!} 24. Bxg6 Re7 {If Nxf6, then I can play
Kg7, which I think wins material? After the game my opponent said he missed
that. Also, I have 2 minutes here while he has 30+, which remains until we hit
move 30.} 25. f4 Rxh7 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. f5 {sigh. that looks bad.} 27... Kg7
{clearing the h file for the rook.} 28. Bd2 Re8 {...but first I wanted to play
Nc8 - Ne7, and just make sure I could stop that pawn from advancing any
further.} 29. g4 Nc8 30. Rad1 Rh8 31. Re2 Ne7 32. Rf1 {guarding the f pawn
while going for g5. Somehow I thought this threatened gxf6, with the rook
supporting f5, forking king and knight, but I missed that the rook was blocked
by f5.} 32... Rh4 {I thought I might have something clever here by prompting
him to play Rg2, and then after ...c5 and say, dxc5, ...Bxc5, Kh1, ...d4! and
I pin the g2 Rook to the King. So I get him to play Rg2.} 33. Rg2 c5 34. Be3
{So here I feel like I could take (...cxd4), but I just feel like with two
rooks on the board, there's no way I can hold the position down, and he's
going to get in and finally be able to release the e pawn. So, I commit a sin
towards my light square bishop and play c4.} 34... c4 35. Bf4 {I considered
Bb4, but after a3, where is the piece going? I guess b6 was a home I didn't
consider. Also, I've spent most of my 30 minutes from time control (its 47 to
12 minutes here) and I feel like my brain could benefit from just simplifying
(so I can actually calculate.)} 35... Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Kf8 {Wanted to get the
king off the g file. Also thought maybe Nxf5 had something, but then I
realized he can just take with the f4 rook. } 37. Rgf2 Rh3 {Threatening to get
into the position.} 38. R2f3 Rxf3 {I take it. The simplifying when down on
time instinct. It doesn't seem terrible for me. } 39. Rxf3 Kg7 {Who knows what
the king is doing. I guess making sure the incoming h / g pawns don't get too
far.} 40. h4 Bc6 {Trying to get this poor piece active, either via ...Be8 or
by moving pawns on the queenside.} 41. Kf2 a5 42. Ke3 b4 {This comes in handy
later. I was just trying to free my bishop and wasn't thinking about
queening.} 43. Kf4 Ba4 44. g5 {so many white pawns on the kingside...} 44...
Bc2 {Considered ...Nxf5 here. I saw that after KxN, I had Bc2, and thought I
could force the King to g4, and play ...Bd1 trapping the rook. But I wasn't
convinced I could keep it, after gxf6 and a possible rook check. Looking at it
now, White can just play Kf4 and is fine. Bc2 seemed simpler.} 45. Ke3 Nxf5+
{I can't tell if removing the e7 blockade is crazy, but I feel like I have to
get rid of some kingside pawns.} 46. Rxf5 {This seems like a mistake in
hindsight. He must have thought he could promote here.} 46... Bxf5 47. e7 {To
my astonishment, I find I'm up a piece and down one pawn here. It's just a
matter of stopping the promotion threats.} 47... Bd7 {I considered ...Kf7, but
I wasn't convinced it would hold, whereas ...Bd7 seemed safe.} 48. Kf4 fxg5+
{simplifying instinct. so many pawns. Also, if he can protect f6 and play
gxf6, that seems horrible.} 49. Kxg5 {here I am stunned to realize this looks
like a won endgame for black. I am surprised to find how helpful the queenside
pawn moves were, given that I had just been trying to free my light squared
bishop.} 49... c3 50. h5 cxb2 51. h6+ Kh7 52. Kf6 b1=Q 53. Kf7 Qf5# {the last
few moves I had 10 seconds on the clock, and was playing on increment, but
once I saw that I could promote the c pawn I felt like things looked pretty
good. so they did!} 0-1
#12642 by Nagle
03:10, July 02, 2014 by Nagle
[Event "Tuesday Night Marathon"]
[Site "Mechanics Institute"]
[Date "2014.7.1"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Peter Sherwood"]
[Black "Nagle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "1797"]
[BlackELO "1402"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 {prepping
d4} 7... b5 8. Bc2 {unusual move? maybe good for White since this gives me no
shortage of trouble as the game evolves. better than the f8-a2 diagonal?}
8... Bb7 9. d4 d6 10. Nbd2 exd4 {right idea? i didn't know. i just wanted more
space for my pieces.} 11. cxd4 Re8 {allowing Bf8 later? I saw this in a few
high-level Ruy games I'd gone over. Maybe a bizarre idea development wise.}
12. Nf1 {Had also seen this before in those games. Prepping Ng3} 12... d5
{Good lord. I thought I might get somewhere with a plan of Nb4, c5, break open
the center. Instead I just lock up my poor b7 bishop for most of the game. I
don't know what the right idea was here, and that really interests me. I don't
think this was it.} 13. e5 {Played without a thought. } 13... Nd7 14. Ng3 Nb6
{Where is the piece going? c4? Having trouble finding a good ideal square for
my this piece. At this point I wished I'd done more opening prep., since I
knew it'd be a Ruy game. I can't figure out Black's plan.} 15. Nf5 Bf8 {Crazy?
Dunno. Alternatives I saw were Bb4, but this accelerates Re3 and doesn't seem
a stable post, or just letting him take. I thought fairly open board, try to
keep the bishops.} 16. Ng5 {I really didn't see where this was going.} 16...
f6 {Good move? Bad move? I don't know. I completely missed White's next move.
I just thought, hey! It'll give me some space.} 17. Nxh7 {UH OH. I did not
see this coming. I am now aware that both of his bishops, both of his knights,
and his queen are pointing at my king, and meanwhile three of my pieces are
stuck queenside. This seems pretty bad.} 17... Ne7 {Try to reduce the number
of attacking pieces. Down to ... 4. sad face.} 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 {How to recapture? I
think this was wrong. Now he has Bg6 and I lose the exchange. } 19. e6 {This
is difficult for me, but was it White's best move? My intuition would be to
just shuttle all his pieces over to the open kingside and just start
squeezing. } 19... Bd6 {I think maybe one day I can use the open h file. Who
knows.} 20. Qh5 Qe7 {forced? I dunno. Qf7+ looked grim, as did say Qg6
followed by Bh6. I figured my plan was to trade queens as fast as I could and
hope I didn't lose too much or get mated on the way.} 21. Ng5 {Definitely
can't take it. after f x g5, White has B x g5 forcing the queen to f8 and
leaving mate on h7. Still, I was surprised white didn't go for the Qg6 / Bh6
plan, especially with my dark squared bishop off of f8. } 21... g6 {Also
forced? I need to cover h7 somehow.} 22. Qxg6+ {This feels merciful. After
Bxg6 I again felt like I was at least losing the exchange.} 22... Qg7 23. Nh7
Qxg6 {Thank god. I felt greatly relieved to have gotten the queens off the
board. I'm 2 pawns down, but somehow I feel like I made progress. Maybe
delusional, but a helpful delusion!} 24. Bxg6 Re7 {If Nxf6, then I can play
Kg7, which I think wins material? After the game my opponent said he missed
that. Also, I have 2 minutes here while he has 30+, which remains until we hit
move 30.} 25. f4 Rxh7 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. f5 {sigh. that looks bad.} 27... Kg7
{clearing the h file for the rook.} 28. Bd2 Re8 {...but first I wanted to play
Nc8 - Ne7, and just make sure I could stop that pawn from advancing any
further.} 29. g4 Nc8 30. Rad1 Rh8 31. Re2 Ne7 32. Rf1 {guarding the f pawn
while going for g5. Somehow I thought this foreshadowed g5 with the threat of gxf6, with the rook
supporting f5, forking king and knight, but I missed that the rook was blocked
by f5.} 32... Rh4 {I thought I might have something clever here by prompting
him to play Rg2, and then after ...c5 and say, dxc5, ...Bxc5, Kh1, ...d4! and
I pin the g2 Rook to the King. So I get him to play Rg2.} 33. Rg2 c5 34. Be3
{So here I feel like I could take (...cxd4), but I just feel like with two
rooks on the board, there's no way I can hold the position down, and he's
going to get in and finally be able to release the e pawn. So, I commit a sin
towards my light square bishop and play c4.} 34... c4 35. Bf4 {I considered
Bb4, but after a3, where is the piece going? I guess b6 was a home I didn't
consider. Also, I've spent most of my 30 minutes from time control (its 47 to
12 minutes here) and I feel like my brain could benefit from just simplifying
(so I can actually calculate.)} 35... Bxf4 36. Rxf4 Kf8 {Wanted to get the
king off the g file. Also thought maybe Nxf5 had something, but then I
realized he can just take with the f4 rook. } 37. Rgf2 Rh3 {Threatening to get
into the position.} 38. R2f3 Rxf3 {I take it. The simplifying when down on
time instinct. It doesn't seem terrible for me. } 39. Rxf3 Kg7 {Who knows what
the king is doing. I guess making sure the incoming h / g pawns don't get too
far.} 40. h4 Bc6 {Trying to get this poor piece active, either via ...Be8 or
by moving pawns on the queenside.} 41. Kf2 a5 42. Ke3 b4 {This comes in handy
later. I was just trying to free my bishop and wasn't thinking about
queening.} 43. Kf4 Ba4 44. g5 {so many white pawns on the kingside...} 44...
Bc2 {Considered ...Nxf5 here. I saw that after KxN, I had Bc2, and thought I
could force the King to g4, and play ...Bd1 trapping the rook. But I wasn't
convinced I could keep it, after gxf6 and a possible rook check. Looking at it
now, White can just play Kf4 and is fine. Bc2 seemed simpler.} 45. Ke3 Nxf5+
{I can't tell if removing the e7 blockade is crazy, but I feel like I have to
get rid of some kingside pawns.} 46. Rxf5 {This seems like a mistake in
hindsight. He must have thought he could promote here.} 46... Bxf5 47. e7 {To
my astonishment, I find I'm up a piece and down one pawn here. It's just a
matter of stopping the promotion threats.} 47... Bd7 {I considered ...Kf7, but
I wasn't convinced it would hold, whereas ...Bd7 seemed safe.} 48. Kf4 fxg5+
{simplifying instinct. so many pawns. Also, if he can protect f6 and play
gxf6, that seems horrible.} 49. Kxg5 {here I am stunned to realize this looks
like a won endgame for black. I am surprised to find how helpful the queenside
pawn moves were, given that I had just been trying to free my light squared
bishop.} 49... c3 50. h5 cxb2 51. h6+ Kh7 52. Kf6 b1=Q 53. Kf7 Qf5# {the last
few moves I had 10 seconds on the clock, and was playing on increment, but
once I saw that I could promote the c pawn I felt like things looked pretty
good. so they did!} 0-1
#12643 by Aicochea
09:16, July 02, 2014 by Aicochea
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2014-07-02 13:15:16 +0000"]
[White "aicochea"]
[Black "Hamperding"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Ng5 f6 5. Nh3 d6 6. Nf4 Nh6 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 Rg8 9. Nf4+ Nf7 10. Bc4 Rg7 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Qe7 13. Qd5 Rd8 14. Bh6 Nb4 15. Qb3 Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Rxg2 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Nd2 Qh5 20. f3 Qh4+ 21. Kd1 Qf2 22. Rf1 Qe3 23. Re1 Qf2 24. Rf1 Qe2+ 25. Kc1 c5 26. Qa4+ Rd7 27. Qc2 d3 28. Qc3 b5 29. b4 cxb4 30. Qxb4 Rc7+ 31. Kb2 Rc2+ 32. Ka3 Rxd2 33. Qxb5+ Ke7 34. Qb7+ Ke6 35. Qb3+ Ke5 36. Qd5+ Kf4 37. Qxd6+ Ke3 38. Qc5+ Kf4 39. Qd6+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kh5 41. Qd5+ Kh6 42. Qf5 Rxa2+ 43. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 44. Kb4 Rb2+ 45. Kc3 Qa3+ 46. Kd4 d2 47. Qxf6+ Kh5 48. Qg5#
#12644 by Max
18:39, July 02, 2014 by Max
1. e4 e6 2. d4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 d5 6. e5 b6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. a3 Nge7 9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. b4 a5 12. c3 axb4 13. cxb4 Ba4 14. Qc1 Nf5 15. Nb1 Qc8 16. Nc3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Nxa4 Qxc1 21. Rfxc1 Rxa4 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 d3 24. Kf1 d2 25. Ke2 Rd4 26. Rxh7 f5 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Rg6 f4 29. Rxe6 Re4+ 30. Kxd2 d4 31. b6 f3 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33. Rxf3