Monthly Archives: December 2016
#18504 by Qua
07:07, December 17, 2016 by Qua
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/pp6/2p3k1/3p2P1/2PP2r1/1P2B3/P4P2/3R1K2 b - - 0 1"]
#18505 by Athatey,Shyam
05:25, December 18, 2016 by Athatey,Shyam
[Event "Tournament 12-17-2016.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Athatey, Shyam"]
[Black "Wally"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "91"]
{D19: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line with 9 Qe2} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10.
e4 Bg6 {last book move. White has a very active position} 11. Bg5 (11. Bd3 $5
$11) 11... Bxc3 $15 12. bxc3 Bxe4 {White has the pair of bishops} 13. Ne5 Qa5
14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Be7 {White threatens to win material: Be7xf8} Qxc3 $4 {
forfeits the advantage} (15... Rfe8 $5 {is interesting} 16. Bb4 Qf5 $11) 16.
Bxf8 $4 {ruins a clearly superior position} (16. Rac1 Qa5 (16... Qxd4 $4 {A
poison bait which should not be taken} 17. Rcd1 Bd3 18. Bxd3 $18 (18. Qxd3 $6
Qxd3 19. Bxd3 h6 $18)) 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 $18) 16... Rxf8 $4 (16... Nxf8 $142 {was
necessary} 17. Rac1 Qxd4 $16) 17. Rac1 $18 (17. Qxe4 $6 {is no comparison} Qxc4
18. Rfc1 Qa6 $11) 17... Qxd4 (17... Qb4 {does not save the day} 18. Qxe4 Nf6
19. Qe5 $18) 18. Rfd1 (18. Rcd1 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qc3 19. Rxd7
Bd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rxb7 a5 $18) 18... Qxd1+ (18... Qf6 {is still a small
chance} 19. Qxe4 Nc5 $18) 19. Rxd1 (19. Qxd1 {makes it even easier for White}
Nf6 $18) 19... Nc5 20. Qe3 b6 21. a5 $1 {Deflection: c5} Bd5 (21... bxa5 22.
Qa3 {Decoy Double attack} (22. Qxc5 {Deflection})) 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. axb6 axb6
24. Rb1 Ra8 25. f3 Nd7 26. Qc3 Kf8 27. Qc6 Ra7 28. Qd6+ Ke8 29. Rc1 Ra8 (29...
Kd8 $18 {praying for a miracle}) 30. Rc7 Rd8 31. f4 g6 (31... h5 {does not
solve anything} 32. f5 $1 {Deflection: d5} exf5 33. Qxd5 $18) 32. g4 h6 (32...
d4 $18 {desperation}) 33. f5 $1 {Deflection: d5} gxf5 (33... exf5 34. Qxd5 {
Deflection}) (33... gxf5 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Qf4 {Decoy Double attack} (35. Qxh6
{Pinning}) (35. Qxd5 {Overloading Deflection})) (33... -- $140 34. f6 {Mate
threat}) 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Qxd5 f4 36. Kf2 (36. Qe4+ $142 {and the result of
the game is clear: White will win} Kf8 37. Qxf4 Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Ke8
40. Qxh6 Ke7 $18) 36... f3 37. Kxf3 b5 38. Qxb5 f6 39. Kf4 Ke7 (39... f5 {does
not win a prize} 40. Kxf5 Ke7 41. Qe5+ Kf8 42. Qe6 Kg7 43. Rxd7+ Rxd7 44. Qxd7+
Kg8 45. Kg6 Kf8 46. Qf7#) 40. Kf5 h5 41. Qc6 Ke8 (41... h4 {doesn't change the
outcome of the game} 42. Qxf6+ Ke8 43. Qg7 h3 44. Ra7 Ra8 45. Rxa8+ Nb8 46.
Rxb8#) 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Qxd7 Kg8 (44... h4 {a fruitless try to
alter the course of the game} 45. Kxf6 h3 46. Qf7#) 45. Kg6 f5 (45... Kh8 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 46. Qg7#) 46. Qe8# 1-0
#18506 by Noname
16:01, December 18, 2016 by Noname
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 {ambitieus} 6. Bf4 $1 Qa5 7. a4 Nxe4 8. Nge2
Nd6 9. axb5 Qb6 10. Na4 Qxb5 11. Nec3 Qa5 (11... Qb4 12. Qe2 Kd8 (12... Nb5 13.
Qxc4) 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Ne4 c3 15. Nexc3) 12. Qe2 {Juiste idee, verkeerde
stelling} (12. Bxd6 exd6 13. Bxc4 $14) 12... Nb5 13. Qe4 $2 Nd4 $1 (13... Nxc3
$2 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Bxc4 (15. d6 Bc6)) 14. d6 Nbc6 15. Bxc4 Bf5 16. Qd5 Be6 17.
d7+ Kd8 18. Nxc5 Qxa1+ *
#18507 by Vahid Alimohamadi
17:42, December 18, 2016 by Vahid Alimohamadi
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[White "FallahAlipour, Yoosef (1726)"]
[Black "Alimohamadi, Vahid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Ng3 Be7 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd5 12. O-O N7f6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bc1
c5 15. Nh5 cxd4 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd4 Rad8 18. Rg4 g6 19. Bh6 f5 20. Rg3 Bh4
21. Bxf8 Bxg3 22. Bh6 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 gxh5 24. g3 h4 25. Kxh2 hxg3+ 26. Qxg3+
Qxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Kf7 28. Rd1 Rg8+ 29. Kf3 Rc8 30. Rd4 Kg6 31. Bd2 b5 32. Rh4 h5
33. Rd4 Rd8 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 Nb6 36. Rc2 Nc4 37. Bc3 Rd3+ 38. Kg2 f4 39.
Bh8 Nd6 40. Be5 Kf5 41. Rc5 f3+ 42. Kh2 Ne4 43. Ra5 Rd5 44. Rxd5 exd5 45. Bd4
a6 1/2-1/2
#18508 by W M Chesnut
14:59, December 19, 2016 by W M Chesnut
[Event "Chittenden County Chess Club Thursday Night Swiss"]
[Site "Faith United"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chesnut,W M"]
[Black "Johnson,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Qd3 7. Re1 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. Na3 b5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Be3 O-O
15. Kg2 Rfe8 16. a4 Nf4+ 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Rxa6 Bb6 20. Rea1 Rxa6
21. Rxa6 Rb8 22. Na3 h6 23. Nxb5 c5 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Nc7 Be7 26. Nd5 Bh4 27.
Ra2 Kf8 28. c4 Rc8 29. c5 g6 30. Nb6 Rc6 31. d5 Rc7 32. c6 Be7 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34.
Nc4 Bc5 35. Ra6 Kf6 36. d6 Rc8 37. d7 Rb8 38. c7+ 1-0
#18509 by Steffen
08:48, December 20, 2016 by Steffen
[Event "The Problemist 2015"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "?"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "?"]
[FEN "1K6/8/8/3P4/8/1B1pR3/2p2N1n/k1b5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "?"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Re1 (1. Re4 {?} 1... Bf4+ 2. Rxf4 c1=Q 3. Ra4+ Kb1 (3... Kb2 {?} 4. Nxd3+
Kxb3 5. Rb4+ (5. Nxc1+ Kxa4 6. d6 Ng4 {=})5... Kc3 6. Nxc1 Kxb4 7. d6 Nf3
(7... Ng4)8. d7 {[%t Shrt] eg } 8... Ne5 9. Nd3+ {+?-})4. Ba2+ Ka1 5. Bc4+
Kb1 6. Bxd3+ Kb2 {=}) 1... d2 2. Re4 (2. Rh1 d1=Q {=}) 2... d1=Q 3. Nxd1 Bf4+
4. Rxf4 c1=Q 5. Ra4+ Kb1 6. Ba2+ Kc2 (6... Ka1 7. Bc4+ Kb1 8. Bd3+ {+?-}) 7.
Rc4+ Kxd1 8. Bb3+ (8. Rxc1+ {?} 8... Kxc1 9. d6 Nf3 (9... Ng4)10. d7 Ne5 {=})
8... Kd2 9. Rxc1 Kxc1 10. Bd1 {!} (10. d6 Nf3 (10... Ng4)11. d7 Ne5 {=}) 10...
Kxd1 11. d6 Nf3 (11... Ng4) 12. d7 Ne5 (12... Nd4 13. d8=Q {+?-}) 13. d8=Q+ 1-0
#18510 by Thomas Strand
12:28, December 20, 2016 by Thomas Strand
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 d6
3. c4 Bg4
4. Qa4+ Nc6
5. d4 Bxf3
6. gxf3 a6
7. d5 b5
8. Qc2 Ng8e7
9. dxc6 Nxc6
10. cxb5 Ne7
11. Bg5 f6
12. Bh4 Ng6
13. Qc6+ Kf7
14. Qd5+ Ke7
15. Bh3 Nf4
16. Qb3 Nxh3
17. f4 Nxf4
18. Rg1 g5
19. Rxg5 Ne6
20. Rg3 Nd4
21. Qd1 Bh6
22. Nc3 Bf4
23. Nd5+ Kf8
24. Bxf6 Qb8
25. Be7+ Ke8
26. Qh5+ Kd7
27. Bf6 Rf8
28. Qg4+ Ne6
29. Rc3 Rg8
30. Rxc7+ Qxc7
31. Nxc7 Rxg4
32. Nxa8 Rg1+
33. Ke2 Rxa1
34. bxa6 Rxa2
35. Nb6+ Kc6
36. Nd5 Rxb2+
37. Kf3 Ng5+
38. Kg2 Nxe4
39. Nxf4 Rxf2+
40. Kh3 Rxf4
41. Bd8 Rf8
42. Bh4 Ra8
43. a7 Rxa7 0-1
#18511 by Noname
16:57, December 20, 2016 by Noname
1.b3 d5
2.Bb2 c6
3.e3 Bf5
4.Nf3 e6
5.Be2 h6
6.0-0 Nf6
7.c4 Be7
8.Nc3 0-0
9.d4 Nbd7
10.Rc1 Ne4
11.Nxe4 Bxe4
12.Nd2 Bh7
13.a3 a5
14.Re1 Bd6
15.Bf1 Qe7
16.c5 Bc7
17.e4 dxe4
18.Nxe4 Bxh2+
19.Kxh2 Qh4+
20.Kg1 Bxe4
21.Rc3 Bd5
22.Rh3 Qd8
23.Bd3 f5
24.Bc1 Qf6
25.Bc2 Rae8
26.Bf4 g5
27.Bd6 Rf7
28.Qd2 Rg7
29.Qxa5 Qxd4
30.Bxf5 Rf7
31.g4 Kg7
32.Qc3 Qxc3
33.Rxc3 Nf6
34.Be5 exf5
35.Bxf6+ Kf8
36.Be5 Kg8
37.gxf5 Rxf5
38.Rce3 Kf7
39.b4 Rf3
40.a4 Rxe3
41.Rxe3 Ra8
42.Bd6 Re8
43.Rxe8 Kxe8
44.b5 cxb5
45.axb5 Kd7
46.Bf8 h5
47.Bh6 g4
48.Kh2 Bc4
49.b6 Kc6
#18512 by Stockfish 8 57 ply search
17:32, December 20, 2016 by Stockfish 8 57 ply search
[Event "57/86 ply search, 0.15, 3.200903529754Tn, tbhits:33163, 44 days"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT"]
[Black "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT"]
[Result "*"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d3 c5 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Rb1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qd2 h5 18. b3 h4 19. Qd1 exd5 20. Nxd5 Rb8 21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 hxg3 23. fxg3 Qd6 24. Qd2 Kh8 25. Bh6 Rbc8 26. Ra4 Ra8 27. Rf1 Bc6 28. Rb4 Rac8 29. Kh1 f5 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. exf5 Rxf5 *
#18513 by Stockfish 8 58 ply search
17:50, December 20, 2016 by Stockfish 8 58 ply search
[Event "58/86 ply search, 0.08, 3.568833224601Tn, tbhits:38944, 48 days"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT"]
[Black "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT"]
[Result "*"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Qd8 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bb5 Rc7 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxc1 21. Nxc1 exd5 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxd5 Qg4 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rc8 26. Nd3 Rc2 27. a4 g6 28. b4 Be3 29. Re1 Bd4 30. Re4 Ba1 31. h4 Ra2 32. a5 Rd2 33. Nc5 b6 34. axb6 axb6 *