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#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

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