Monthly Archives: August 2013
#9911 by Bill Wall
23:02, August 17, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "LERA"]
[Site "Sunnyvale, CA"]
[Date "1986.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hampton, John"]
[Black "Wall, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[Annotator "Wall,Bill"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 c5 5. c3 {5.Nf3} Qc7 6. Be3 $146 (6. Nf3)
6... f5 $2 {6...Nf6} 7. f3 (7. exf5) 7... fxe4 (7... f4) 8. fxe4 Nf6 9. Nd2 Nc6
10. e5 Nd5 11. Qh5+ $2 (11. Bg5) 11... g6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 (13. Qxg6+
Kd8) 13... Nxe3 14. Ke2 $2 (14. Ngf3) 14... Nxg2 (14... cxd4) 15. Rf1 $2 (15.
Qf6) 15... O-O-O (15... Ba6+ $1) 16. Qh3 $2 (16. Rxf8) 16... cxd4 17. Qxg2 Nxe5
(17... dxc3 18. bxc3 Nd4+) 18. Ngf3 Ba6+ (18... dxc3) 19. Kd1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1
Nxf3 (20... dxc3) 21. Qxf3 $2 (21. Rxf3) 21... Qc6 (21... dxc3) 22. cxd4 (22.
Qxc6+) 22... Bg7 (22... Qa4+) 23. Nb3 (23. Rg1) 23... a5 24. Qd3 Rh8 25. Qxg6 (
25. h3) 25... Rxh2 0-1
#9912 by me
22:17, August 18, 2013 by me
[Site "Chess By Post"]
[Date "2013.7.18"]
[White "him"]
[Black "me"]
[FinishedDate "113.7.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e2e4 e7e5 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 3. d2d3 a7a5 4. Ng1f3 d7d6 5. Nf3g5 Bc8e6 6. Bc4xe6 f7xe6 7. Ng5xe6 Qd8d7 8. Ne6xf8 Rh8xf8 9. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 10. Bc1g5 Nc6d4 11. Bg5xf6 Rf8xf6 12. Nc3d5 Rf6f7 13. c2c3 Nd4e6 14. Qd1h5 O-O-O 15. Qh5xh7 Rd8f8 16. O-O g7g5 17. Qh7h3 Rf7h7 18. Qh3e3 Rf8h8 19. h2h3 g5g4 20. Nd5f6 g4xh3 21. Nf6xd7 h3xg2 22. Qe3a7 Rh7h1+ 23. Kg1xg2 Ne6f4+ 24. Kg2f3 Rh1h3+ 25. Kf3g4 Rh8g8+ 26. Kg4f5 Rh3h5+ 27. Kf5f6 Rg8g6+ 28. Kf6f7 Rh5h7+ 29. Kf7e8 Rg6e6+ 30. Ke8f8 Nf4g6+ 31. Kf8g8 Re6e7 32. Nd7b6+ c7xb6 33. Qa7a8+ Kc8c7 34. Qa8f8 Rh7h8# 0-1
#9913 by Noname
22:25, August 18, 2013 by Noname
1. e2e4 e7e5 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 3. d2d3 a7a5 4. Ng1f3 d7d6 5. Nf3g5 Bc8e6 6. Bc4xe6 f7xe6 7. Ng5xe6 Qd8d7 8. Ne6xf8 Rh8xf8 9. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 10. Bc1g5 Nc6d4 11. Bg5xf6 Rf8xf6 12. Nc3d5 Rf6f7 13. c2c3 Nd4e6 14. Qd1h5 O-O-O 15. Qh5xh7 Rd8f8 16. O-O g7g5 17. Qh7h3 Rf7h7 18. Qh3e3 Rf8h8 19. h2h3 g5g4 20. Nd5f6 g4xh3 21. Nf6xd7 h3xg2 22. Qe3a7 Rh7h1+ 23. Kg1xg2 Ne6f4+ 24. Kg2f3 Rh1h3+ 25. Kf3g4 Rh8g8+ 26. Kg4f5 Rh3h5+ 27. Kf5f6 Rg8g6+ 28. Kf6f7 Rh5h7+ 29. Kf7e8 Rg6e6+ 30. Ke8f8 Nf4g6+ 31. Kf8g8 Re6e7 32. Nd7b6+ c7xb6 33. Qa7a8+ Kc8c7 34. Qa8f8 Rh7h8# 0-1
#9914 by Ant
22:26, August 18, 2013 by Ant
1. e2e4 e7e5 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 3. d2d3 a7a5 4. Ng1f3 d7d6 5. Nf3g5 Bc8e6 6. Bc4xe6 f7xe6 7. Ng5xe6 Qd8d7 8. Ne6xf8 Rh8xf8 9. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 10. Bc1g5 Nc6d4 11. Bg5xf6 Rf8xf6 12. Nc3d5 Rf6f7 13. c2c3 Nd4e6 14. Qd1h5 O-O-O 15. Qh5xh7 Rd8f8 16. O-O g7g5 17. Qh7h3 Rf7h7 18. Qh3e3 Rf8h8 19. h2h3 g5g4 20. Nd5f6 g4xh3 21. Nf6xd7 h3xg2 22. Qe3a7 Rh7h1+ 23. Kg1xg2 Ne6f4+ 24. Kg2f3 Rh1h3+ 25. Kf3g4 Rh8g8+ 26. Kg4f5 Rh3h5+ 27. Kf5f6 Rg8g6+ 28. Kf6f7 Rh5h7+ 29. Kf7e8 Rg6e6+ 30. Ke8f8 Nf4g6+ 31. Kf8g8 Re6e7 32. Nd7b6+ c7xb6 33. Qa7a8+ Kc8c7 34. Qa8f8 Rh7h8# 0-1
#9915 by Bill Wall
17:27, August 19, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "LERA"]
[Site "Sunnyvale, CA "]
[Date "1986.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wall, Bill"]
[Black "Raymond, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Wall,Bill"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. d3 (3. e3) (3. e4) 3... d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. g3 (5. Nbd2) (
5. e4) 5... Nf6 $146 (5... f5) 6. Bg2 (6. a3) 6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 (8.
Nbd2) 8... Bf5 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nb5 Bc5 11. Kh2 $6 (11. c3 a6 12. cxd4 exd4 13.
Rc1) 11... Qe7 12. a4 (12. c3) 12... a6 13. Na3 Rad8 14. Nc4 Rfe8 15. e4 (15.
Nh4 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. e4) 15... dxe3 16. Nxe3 {16.fxe3} Bc8 17. Re1 {17.Nd2
} e4 18. Ng5 exd3 19. Bxf6 $2 (19. cxd3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3) 19... Qxf6 20. Qh5 Qg6 (
20... h6) 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Bd5 {22.cxd3} Rf8 {22...d2} 23. cxd3 Bxe3 24. Bxf7+
Rxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Rxe3 Be6 27. Rae1 {27.Rb1} Nd4 {27...Bxb3} 28. Rc1 c6
29. b4 Bd5 30. g4 {30.a5} Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Re1+ {32.a5} Kd7 33. Kg3 a5 34.
bxa5 Bb3 35. Rb1 {35.Re4} Kc7 36. Kf4 Bxa4 37. Kg5 {37.Rb4} Bc2 38. Rb4 c5 39.
Rc4 Ne6+ 40. Kh4 Bxd3 41. Rc3 c4 42. Kg3 {42.Ra3} Kc6 43. Kf3 {43.f4; 43.h4}
Kc5 44. Ra3 $2 (44. Ke3) 44... Kb4 45. a6 {45.Ra1} Kxa3 46. axb7 Nd4+ 0-1
#9916 by Mythrill
19:53, August 19, 2013 by Mythrill
[Event "New York blindfold"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Mythrill"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1857.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 (2... d6 3. fxe5 Qh4+ 4. g3 Qxe4+ 5. Qe2 Qxh1 6. Qf2 Qc6 {
For how long have I not fallen for this trap?}) 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Be7 (4... Nf6
{(M) The book claims this is better.}) (4... Qxd5 {(M) Houdini's line.} 5. d4
Bd6 6. Nc3 Qe6+) 5. Bb5+ c6 (5... Bd7 6. Bc4) 6. dxc6 bxc6 (6... Nxc6 {(M) Why
not this? Black's pawn structure seems much better, and if white wants to
wreck it, he must concede the bishop pair.} 7. d4 {(M) Houdini's line.} (7.
Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. c3 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Qe7 {(M) Houdini's evaluation: Black
is better.}) 7... Bd7 $6 8. Bxf4 $1 (8. d5 Nb4)) 7. Bc4 Bh4+ 8. g3 fxg3 9. O-O
(9. Qe2+ Kf8 {(M) Best follow-up.} (9... Qe7 10. Nxh4 $1 {(M) Queens are
pinned.} g2 11. Nxg2) 10. O-O) (9. Bxf7+ $5 Kf8 10. Rf1 g2+ {(M) This wins for
black.}) 9... gxh2+ 10. Kh1 Bf6 {(M) Indeed Black's best move, and Black does
have a slight edge!} (10... Bg4 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 (11... Kxf7 $2 12. Ne5+ $1 Ke8
13. Qxg4 {(M) Black cannot castle, queens on the board, White's pieces are
active... White looks much, much better.} Qd5+ 14. Nf3 $1 Bf6 {(M) Black
doesn't seem to have a better move, but this FORCES White to develop!} 15. Nc3
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7) 12. d4 $5 (12. Bb3 Nf6)) (10... Bb7 11. Nxh4 (11. c3 g5 $5 (
11... c5 12. Qb3) 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. d4 c5 14. d5 Nc6 15. Bb5 Nge7 16. Nxh4 Nxd5
17. Bxg5) 11... Qxh4 12. Qe1+ Qxe1 13. Rxe1+) 11. Ne5 $4 {(M) Actually an
empty threat; what does White have after Bxe5 Bxf7+?} Nh6 $2 {(M) A natural
move, but one that allows White to fight back.} (11... Bxe5 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 $5 {
(M) Even better?!} (12... Kd7 13. d4 Bd6 $1 (13... Kc7 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {
(M) White does look better. What did I miss?})) 13. d3 Nf6 $1 14. Bb3 Qd4 15.
c3 Qg4 16. Qe1 Nbd7 17. Bd1 (17. d4 c5 (17... c5 18. dxe5 Bb7+ $3 {(M)
Surprise!} 19. Bd5 Bxd5+ 20. Rf3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxh2 Qg2#) 18. Qd1 Bb7+ 19. d5 Qxd1
20. Rxd1)) 12. d4 Bxe5 13. Qh5 Qxd4 {(M) Black's play so far is outstanding...
despite the complications.} (13... O-O {(M) Even here, White's attack does NOT
hold water!} 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Rxf7 Kh8 16. Nc3 Rxf7 17. Qxf7 Nxe5 18. Qf4) (
13... Bf6 $6 {(M) Black has much better (as in the main line.)} 14. Bxh6 O-O $3
15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Qh4 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxh4 Bxh4 19. Bb3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1
Nd7 21. Be3 Ba6 22. Rf7 Ne5 {(M) With even play.}) 14. Bxf7+ Nxf7 15. Qxf7+ Kd8
16. Bg5+ Bf6 17. Nc3 {(M) Critical position for black!} Bd7 $4 {(M) Losing the
game, but given the complications, who can blame poor Theodore Lichtenhein?} (
17... c5 $4 {(M) Trying to develop the bishop, but failing.} 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 $2
19. Rad1 {(M) White is winning.}) (17... Bxg5 $3 {(M) The best line, ALLOWING
Black's queen to be pinned!} 18. Rad1 Bd2 19. Rf2 Be6 $1 {(M) Deflection.} 20.
Rdxd2 (20. Qxe6 Qxf2) 20... Bxf7 $1 21. Rxd4+ Bd5+ 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rf7 Ke8
24. Rxg7 Nc6 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. c4 Rf8 27. Kxh2 {(M) Despite ALL this, black is
still better! How come?!}) 18. Rxf6 Kc7 (18... Kc8 {(M) Resisting a little
more...} 19. Qxg7) 19. Bf4+ Kb7 20. Rd6 {(M) Double attack: queen / bishop.}
Qc5 21. Ne4 Qxc2 22. Rxd7+ Nxd7 23. Qxd7+ Ka6 24. Nd6 Rhd8 25. Qb7+ {(M) All
is forced now.} Ka5 26. Bd2+ Qxd2 27. Nc4+ Ka4 28. b3# 1-0
#9917 by Bill Wall
20:52, August 19, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "LERA"]
[Site "Sunnyvale, CA"]
[Date "1986.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wall, Bill"]
[Black "Watt, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[Annotator "Wall,Bill"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Nc3 {7.
Nfg5; 7.Neg5+ Kg8 8.d4 h6 9.Nh3 Fischer-Ames, Lincoln 1955; 7.Ng3} e4 8. Ng1
Bf5 9. Nge2 {9.d3; 9.g4; 9.f3} d4 10. Ng3 $2 $146 (10. Nb5 Qg5 11. d3) 10...
dxc3 11. Nxf5 Qf6 12. Ng3 {12.Nh6+ Qxf6 13.dxc3; 12.Qh5+; 12.Nxg7} cxb2 13.
Bxb2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qe5 (14... Qxa2) 15. Rxb7 $2 (15. O-O) 15... Bd6 (15... Bc5)
16. O-O {16.Qb1} Rhe8 17. Kh1 $2 (17. Re1 Nd4) 17... Kg8 18. Qg4 {18.Qb1} Qf4
19. Qd7 (19. Qe2) 19... Ne5 20. Qa4 $2 (20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nh5+ Kh8 22. Nxf4)
20... Ng4 21. Rxa7 Rad8 22. Kg1 Qxd2 23. c4 Bxg3 24. hxg3 e3 0-1
#9918 by test
21:59, August 19, 2013 by test
[Event "ChessTempo Play vs Computer"]
[Site "ChessTempo.com"]
[Date "2013.8.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Computer 42"]
[Black "chris lloyd"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1418"]
[Result "*"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qf6 4.b3 a6 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bd5 Qd6 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Ng5+ Ke8 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qg4 Be7 11.Bb2 h6 12.Nf3 h5 13.Qg3 Nf6 14.Qxg6+ Kf8 15.Bxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Nc3 Rg8 18.Qh6+ Rg7 19.f4 Qd4 20.e5 Ng4 21.Qxg7+ Kxg7 22.O-O-O Qxf4 23.Rhf1 Nf2 24.Ne2 Qxe5 25.Nc3 Bc5 26.Rde1 Qxh2 27.b4 Bxb4 28.Rxf2 d6 29.Re7+ Kh6 30.Rf6+ Kg5 31.Ne4+ Kg4 32.Rg6+ Kh4 33.g3+ Kh3 34.Rh6 Ba3+ 35.Kd1 Bg4+ 36.Ke1 Qe2# *
#9919 by SoFernandes
00:37, August 20, 2013 by SoFernandes
[Event "Challenge 3869754"]
[Site "online arena"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "SoFernandes"]
[Black "shawab1ceh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:19"]
[BlackClock "0:02:39"]
1. c4 {0} c6 {4} 2. Nc3 {3} d5 {2} 3. e3 {4} Nf6 {4} 4. d4 {2} e6 {2} 5. cxd5 {
6} exd5 {3} 6. Nge2 {2} Bf5 {3} 7. g3 {6} Qa5 {7} 8. Bg2 {6} Bb4 {5} 9. O-O {1}
O-O {3} 10. a3 {7} Bd6 {7} 11. b4 {4} Qc7 {3} 12. f4 {15} Nbd7 {3} 13. Nb1 {17}
Rfe8 {3} 14. Ra2 {7} Be4 {2} 15. Nd2 {20} Nb6 {2} 16. Nxe4 {22} Nxe4 {2} 17.
Bxe4 {32} Rxe4 {2} 18. Kh1 {4} Nc4 {2} 19. Ng1 {8} Rae8 {5} 20. Re1 {4} R8e6 {
15} 21. Rae2 {3} f5 {6} 22. Nf3 {1} Qe7 {2} 23. Ng5 {2} Nxe3 {7} 24. Bxe3 {9}
Rxe3 {1} 25. Nxe6 {6} Rxa3 {27} 26. Nc5 {12} Qc7 {7} 27. Re8+ {2} Kf7 {2} 28.
Qh5+ {3} Kf6 {6} 29. Qg5+ {8} Kf7 {4} 30. Qxf5# {5} 1-0
#9920 by SoFernandes
00:43, August 20, 2013 by SoFernandes
[Event "Challenge 3869754"]
[Site "online arena"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "SoFernandes"]
[Black "shawab1ceh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:19"]
[BlackClock "0:02:39"]
1. c4 {0} c6 {4} 2. Nc3 {3} d5 {2} 3. e3 {4} Nf6 {4} 4. d4 {2} e6 {2} 5. cxd5 {
6} exd5 {3} 6. Nge2 {2} Bf5 {3} 7. g3 {6} Qa5 {7} 8. Bg2 {6} Bb4 {5} 9. O-O {1}
O-O {3} 10. a3 {7} Bd6 {7} 11. b4 {4} Qc7 {3} 12. f4 {15} Nbd7 {3} 13. Nb1 {17}
Rfe8 {3} 14. Ra2 {7} Be4 {2} 15. Nd2 {20} Nb6 {2} 16. Nxe4 {22} Nxe4 {2} 17.
Bxe4 {32} Rxe4 {2} 18. Kh1 {4} Nc4 {2} 19. Ng1 {8} Rae8 {5} 20. Re1 {4} R8e6 {
15} 21. Rae2 {3} f5 {6} 22. Nf3 {1} Qe7 {2} 23. Ng5 {2} Nxe3 {7} 24. Bxe3 {9}
Rxe3 {1} 25. Nxe6 {6} Rxa3 {27} 26. Nc5 {12} Qc7 {7} 27. Re8+ {2} Kf7 {2} 28.
Qh5+ {3} Kf6 {6} 29. Qg5+ {8} Kf7 {4} 30. Qxf5# {5} 1-0