Monthly Archives: March 2012
#4899 by Bogdan
16:13, March 03, 2012 by Bogdan
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burlacu, Bogdan"]
[Black "Itzenhaler, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[Annotator "Burlacu,Bogdan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O dxe4 8.
dxe4 h5 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nc6 13. c3 Qc7 14. e5 Bd7
15. Ne4 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. f5 e5 18. Be3 b6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Rc8 21. Rac1
Qd8 22. a3 Kf8 23. Rcd1 Qe8 24. Qd2 Nb8 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Qa2+ Qf7 27. Nxf6+ 1-0
#4900 by filosofisto
10:14, March 04, 2012 by filosofisto
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[White "filosofisto"]
[Black "jameswvu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1310"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[TimeControl "3|0"]
[Termination "jameswvu won on time"]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe6+ 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 Qd7 8.Bb5 c6 9.Ne5 Qd8 10.Bc4 O-O
11.d4 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bb3 Bxe5 14.dxe5 e6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Qf3 Qh4 17.Be3 Nc6 18.g3 Nxe5 19.Qg2 Qg4 20.h3 Nf3+
21.Kf1 Qf5 22.c3 Ng5 23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.Rad1 Bd7 25.Bc2 Bb5+ 26.Bd3 Bxd3+ 27.Rxd3 Qf5 28.Rdd1 a5 29.c4 dxc4 30.Qxb7 Rab8
31.Qc6 Qb5 32.Qxb5 Rxb5 33.Rd2 c3 34.bxc3 Rf5 35.Re3 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Rb8 37.Red3 Rf8 38.Rd8 Kg7 39.Rxf8 Kxf8 40.Rd8+ Ke7
41.Ra8 Kd7 42.Rxa5 Kc6 43.Ra4 Kb5 44.Rb4+ Kc5 45.a4 Kc6 46.a5 f5 47.a6 e5 48.a7 Kd5 49.a8=Q+ Ke6 50.Rb6+ Kf7
51.Qc6 Kg7 52.Rb7+ Kh6 53.g4 fxg4 54.hxg4 Kg5 55.Kf3 e4+ 0-1
#4901 by YourMove
11:34, March 04, 2012 by YourMove
[White "YourMoveYYJD"] [Black "noland"] [Date "2012.03.04"] [Site "fics.org"]
#4902 by Noname
12:52, March 04, 2012 by Noname
[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2012.03.03"] [White "Laxed"] [Black "Nilaa"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "809"] [BlackElo "908"] [TimeControl "15|10"] [Termination "Game drawn by stalemate"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 {My first mistake of the game. I should have just gone with Kc3 to defend e4} e4 {forces knight to move, and effectively controls that square for the rest of the game} 4.Ne5 d5 5.Qh5+ {I would usually think twice before over extending to the side like this, but i knew my pawn would be able to ward off a threat pretty well} g6 6.fxg6 Qe7 7.gxh7+ Kd8 8.hxg8=Q {I feel pretty happy for a brief moment because i just knocked out two pawns and a knight and got a second queen out of the deal. In the next split second I sigh as I realize what must come next.} Rxg8 {Black takes the new queen in order to keep from losing any more pieces} 9.d3 {Puts pressure on center and clears a path for the queen's bishop} Rg5 {I didn't see the rook coming, but was glad I remembered the bishop I had just freed up.} 10.Bxg5 Nc6 11.Bxe7+ {If I had let the queen come to me, I wouldn't have been able to get revenge on a potential Nxe5.} Bxe7 12.Qh8+ {I thought I was sooo clever.} Bf8 13.Nc3 {I decided to keep the bishop pinned there for a bit and use it as an opportunity to FINALLY develop my pieces.} Nxe5 14.Qxf8+ {…or maybe that's what I SHOULD have done. I knew that if Bxd3, my pawn would just take it back, so I wasn't too worried about that black knight.} Kd7 15.Nxd5 {I knew better than to take that bishop. So I decided to get another pawn out of the way and bring my rook closer for a check-mate somewhere down the line. I SHOULD have been developing my bishop/castle/rook stuff.} Ke6 {Gotta prevent Kxd5…} 16.Nf4+ {First though during analysis: "oh, should have done Qg8." An even better move might have been Pxe4, which would give me a pawn at center AND defend d5.} Kd7 17.d4 {To threaten the knight.} Ng6 18.Qg8 {I should have noticed Nxg6, but I have no idea why I didn't even think about my own knight just sitting there.} Nxf4 19.Bb5+ {finally got that bishop out AND with the king in check, I didn't have to worry about Nxg2 for a check.} c6 {As usual, I over extended a bit too much with no way of fighting back. I'm starting to do it less and less often. At least I know I'm learning SOMETHING.} 20.Bc4 b5 21.Be6+ {realized my beloved queen was protecting me} Kc7 {I spent some time wondering what I should do next. Then I saw the bishop confronting mine and didn't really think things through. "I'll take his bishop. He'll take mine. I'll take his rook. Good."} 22.Bxc8 {Oh wait.} Rxc8 {Shoot.} 23.Qg7+ {"Get out of the way of the rook. Put the king in check. Oh, and I should probably castle."} Kb6 24.O-O Nh5 25.Qe5 {Feeling pressure from the knight, I decide to bite back with a very simple fork on both the pawn and the meanie-head knight.} Rh8 {Completely forgot about that rook.} 26.Qxh8 {Huge blunder for black, but I'm as happy as a queen.} Nf4 27.Qb8+ {Put king in check and take that pawn as he flees.} Ka6 {King stays close to pawn, so I can't capture. Here's where everything starts going haywire.} 28.Rae1 {Wanted to get the rook(s) into the action.} Nd3 29.cxd3 {I don't think it would have been better to dodge the knight and take e4 because I would just lose another pawn to Nxb2, AND the rook on e4 would have been restricted by the pawn right next to it.} exd3 {To be expected, but I start to think about the potential P=Q coming up.} 30.Re6 {Setting up for Rxc6 to check.} d2 31.Rxc6+ Ka5 32.Rd1 {I should NOT have worried about the pawn, because I could have delt with him on the next turn. Qxa7 would have been much much better.} Kb4 33.Rxd2 Ka5 34.Rd3 {Wanting to close in that gap.} Ka4 35.d5 {I felt like that pawn was in my way.} b4 {Good move by black, keeping the pawn with him like that.} 36.b3+ {I knew this would threaten the king, but I didn't take the time to fully evaluate my options. Ra6 would have been a check-mate.} Ka3 {Now the king wants to sneak through.} 37.Rc5 {That was kinda a mouse slip. I was putting the rook back after seeing what it would look like else where, and couldn't remember exactly where it was supposed to go. I should have brought the other rook to d2 to prevent the king from coming out.} Kxa2 38.Qxa7+ {Finally taking that pawn, but king can move too many different places now. I should have brought the c-file rook to one of the bottom two rank} Kb2 39.Rd1 {Keep him out of rank one, at least.} Kxb3 40.d6 {My pawn was in the way of me fully utilizing my rook.} Kb2 41.d7 {might as well get another power piece in there too, right?} b3 42.d8=Q {I'm not entirely sure how this ended in a draw…}1/2-1/2
#4903 by Riebeckite
15:43, March 04, 2012 by Riebeckite
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Riebeckite"]
[Black "richyosso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Opening "Spanish"]
[Variation "Closed, Averbakh (Russian) Variation"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[TimeControl "600"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[WhiteType "human"]
[BlackType "human"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Na5 10. Nd5 Nxb3 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. axb3 O-O 13. Re1 Bg4
14. c4 b6 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. g5 Be7 18. h4 Bh5 19. Kg2 Qd7 20. Nxe5
Qe8 21. Ng4 Qf7 22. Be3 Kh8 23. f4 h6 24. Kg3 hxg5 25. hxg5 Qe6 26. Rh1 g6
27. Bd4+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh7 29. Rxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Qg6 31. Qh4 Qxe4 32. Nf5+
Kg6 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Ke8 35. Nxd6+ 1-0
#4904 by rh
16:05, March 04, 2012 by rh
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "me"]
[Black "him"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 Be6 5. O-O Nd7 6. d4 {Hard to see why but
d4 really lessons white pressure on the center. Keep the tension as they say.}
(6. Bb3 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Nc5 8. d4 Nxb3 9. axb3 exd4 10. Qxd4) 6... f6 $2 7. d5 cxd5
8. exd5 Bf7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 Nh8 $4 14. Nh4
Qe8 $4 {At this point my opponent and I exchange a series of inaccuracies.} 15.
g4 (15. Nf5 Bxh5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxh5) 15... a6 (15... Bxh5 16. gxh5 f5) 16.
Nf5 {And here, with equal material whites advantage is so strong that even
second rate play brings home the point.} g6 17. Nfxd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Qe7 19.
Nxf7 Nxf7 20. d6 Qd8 {the last 4 moves have been quite good, but for some
reason I transpose the obvious order of moves into something more obscure.} 21.
Qd5 (21. Bh6 Re8 22. Qd5) 21... Qb6 22. Bh6 gxh5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. gxh5 Kh8 25.
Qe6 Qxd6 $4 {Clarifying how he should lose.} 26. Qxd6 Nxd6 27. Rad1 Nc5 28.
Rxd6 Nxb3 29. axb3 {Black disconnected and forfeits} 1-0
#4905 by Noname
17:33, March 04, 2012 by Noname
[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2012.03.03"] [White "Laxed"] [Black "Nilaa"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "809"] [BlackElo "908"] [TimeControl "15|10"] [Termination "Game drawn by stalemate"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 {My first mistake of the game. I should have just gone with Kc3 to defend e4} e4 {forces knight to move, and effectively controls that square for the rest of the game} 4.Ne5 d5 5.Qh5+ {I would usually think twice before over extending to the side like this, but i knew my pawn would be able to ward off a threat pretty well} g6 6.fxg6 Qe7 7.gxh7+ Kd8 8.hxg8=Q {I feel pretty happy for a brief moment because i just knocked out two pawns and a knight and got a second queen out of the deal. In the next split second I sigh as I realize what must come next.} Rxg8 {Black takes the new queen in order to keep from losing any more pieces} 9.d3 {Puts pressure on center and clears a path for the queen's bishop} Rg5 {I didn't see the rook coming, but was glad I remembered the bishop I had just freed up.} 10.Bxg5 Nc6 11.Bxe7+ {If I had let the queen come to me, I wouldn't have been able to get revenge on a potential Nxe5.} Bxe7 12.Qh8+ {I thought I was sooo clever.} Bf8 13.Nc3 {I decided to keep the bishop pinned there for a bit and use it as an opportunity to FINALLY develop my pieces.} Nxe5 14.Qxf8+ {…or maybe that's what I SHOULD have done. I knew that if Bxd3, my pawn would just take it back, so I wasn't too worried about that black knight.} Kd7 15.Nxd5 {I knew better than to take that bishop. So I decided to get another pawn out of the way and bring my rook closer for a check-mate somewhere down the line. I SHOULD have been developing my bishop/castle/rook stuff.} Ke6 {Gotta prevent Kxd5…} 16.Nf4+ {First though during analysis: "oh, should have done Qg8." An even better move might have been Pxe4, which would give me a pawn at center AND defend d5.} Kd7 17.d4 {To threaten the knight.} Ng6 18.Qg8 {I should have noticed Nxg6, but I have no idea why I didn't even think about my own knight just sitting there.} Nxf4 19.Bb5+ {finally got that bishop out AND with the king in check, I didn't have to worry about Nxg2 for a check.} c6 {As usual, I over extended a bit too much with no way of fighting back. I'm starting to do it less and less often. At least I know I'm learning SOMETHING.} 20.Bc4 b5 21.Be6+ {realized my beloved queen was protecting me} Kc7 {I spent some time wondering what I should do next. Then I saw the bishop confronting mine and didn't really think things through. "I'll take his bishop. He'll take mine. I'll take his rook. Good."} 22.Bxc8 {Oh wait.} Rxc8 {Shoot.} 23.Qg7+ {"Get out of the way of the rook. Put the king in check. Oh, and I should probably castle."} Kb6 24.O-O Nh5 25.Qe5 {Feeling pressure from the knight, I decide to bite back with a very simple fork on both the pawn and the meanie-head knight.} Rh8 {Completely forgot about that rook.} 26.Qxh8 {Huge blunder for black, but I'm as happy as a queen.} Nf4 27.Qb8+ {Put king in check and take that pawn as he flees.} Ka6 {King stays close to pawn, so I can't capture. Here's where everything starts going haywire.} 28.Rae1 {Wanted to get the rook(s) into the action.} Nd3 29.cxd3 {I don't think it would have been better to dodge the knight and take e4 because I would just lose another pawn to Nxb2, AND the rook on e4 would have been restricted by the pawn right next to it.} exd3 {To be expected, but I start to think about the potential P=Q coming up.} 30.Re6 {Setting up for Rxc6 to check.} d2 31.Rxc6+ Ka5 32.Rd1 {I should NOT have worried about the pawn, because I could have delt with him on the next turn. Qxa7 would have been much much better.} Kb4 33.Rxd2 Ka5 34.Rd3 {Wanting to close in that gap.} Ka4 35.d5 {I felt like that pawn was in my way.} b4 {Good move by black, keeping the pawn with him like that.} 36.b3+ {I knew this would threaten the king, but I didn't take the time to fully evaluate my options. Ra6 would have been a check-mate.} Ka3 {Now the king wants to sneak through.} 37.Rc5 {That was kinda a mouse slip. I was putting the rook back after seeing what it would look like else where, and couldn't remember exactly where it was supposed to go. I should have brought the other rook to d2 to prevent the king from coming out.} Kxa2 38.Qxa7+ {Finally taking that pawn, but king can move too many different places now. I should have brought the c-file rook to one of the bottom two rank} Kb2 39.Rd1 {Keep him out of rank one, at least.} Kxb3 40.d6 {My pawn was in the way of me fully utilizing my rook.} Kb2 41.d7 {might as well get another power piece in there too, right?} b3 42.d8=Q {I'm not entirely sure how this ended in a draw…}
#4906 by Noname
17:35, March 04, 2012 by Noname
[Event "London m1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "De la Bourdonnais, Louis Mahé"]
[Black "McDonnell, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1834.??.??"]
{The names of all players in this file have been made identical to the
spelling of ChessBase at the advice of Geurt Gijssen. More information about
the players can be looked up this way. A match of 85 games in six matches was
one of the longest fights in chess history. Games started in the afternoon,
except for sundays. There was no time limitation and the adjournment was after
six hours. Sometimes the Irishman McDonnell thought for 11/2 hour about one
move, because he did not have to worry about a time control. It made a
profound impression on the public. His opponent the Frenchman De la
Bourdonnais was a fine attacking player. The moves were recorded by the old
Greenwood Walker. The audience behaved pleasantly, but once a newcomer started
a polite' conversation with the players before he sat down. The first
match was set on twenty-one games. Draws did not count and had to be replayed
with the same colours. La Bourdonnais won by +16, =4, -5. The scores of the
following matches were (+4, -5), (+6, =1, -5), (+8, =7, -3), (+7, =1, -4) and
(+4, -5). The last match stayed unfinished because the players had other
obligations. Popular openings were Scotch, Evans Gambit, Bishop's Game,
French Defence, Sicilian Defence, Queen's Gambit Accepted and King's Gambit.
Both players were great attackers, but the defence and technics were weak.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3
c6 ({The opening looks modern. Theory in the Queen's Gambit Accepted has become
} 8... Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6) 9. Be3 Bf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. h4 $5 {White starts an attack on the king, although he has not
finished his development yet.} Nb6 14. Bb3 Nfd5 $6 {A defender is removed.} (
14... Qd7 15. h5 g5 $1 16. Bxg5 Nxg4) 15. h5 $1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bh4+ 17. Kd2 gxh5
18. Qf3 $1 Bg5 19. Raf1 $1 Qxd4+ 20. Kc2 Qf6 21. Rxh5 Qg6+ $2 (21... Qxf3 22.
Rxf3 Bf6 23. Ne4 Nd7 24. g5 g6 25. Rh6 Bg7 26. Rxg6 {is favourable for White.})
22. e4 $1 Nd5 23. Rfh1 Bh6 24. g5 {The attack on the h-file decides the game.}
f5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kh7 27. Rxh6+ gxh6 28. Rxh6+ Qxh6 29. gxh6 {
The queen's Gambit is played well, until the h-file opens.} 1-0
#4907 by Noname
02:56, March 05, 2012 by Noname
1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. d4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be2 Rc8 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Nd2 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Ba4 15. Qe1 Rc2 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Rxa6 Ne7 20. Ra8+ Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Qa5 O-O 23. Qc7 Qb6 24. Rc1 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Re8 26. b4 d4 27. Rd7 Ne7 28. Rxd4 Nd5 29. b5 Rb8 30. f5 Rxb5 31. g4 g6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Kg3 Rb3+ 35. Kh4 h6 36. h3 g5+ 37. Kh5 Rxh3# 0-1
#4908 by Bret
05:14, March 05, 2012 by Bret
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e3 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nd2 d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Rc1 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Be4 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Nhf6 16.N2g3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 b5 18.a3 Rb8 19.Qh5 a5 20.Re3 d5 21.Nd2 Nf6 22.Qh4 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.f4 bxc3 25.bxc3 Rb2 26.Nf3 Qa3 27.Rce1 Qa2 28.Qh3 Ne4 29.Ne5 Rb1 30.Qh4 Rfb8 31.h3 Qd2 32.Nf3 Qxe3+