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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "efar"]
[Black "psycho422"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1038"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1072"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { Bishop's opening of the king's pawn game. } 2... Nf6
{ The oldfour move blocked--Berlin defense. } 3. Nf3 Bd6
{ Nc6 is the most commonresponse, but I like this. } 4. Nc3 Na6
{ The knight here is not so great. BxN doubles black's pawns. } 5. Ng5 O-O
{ This is wrong. Better would beNd5. While white has a pawn, bishop, and knight attacking that square,black needs to protect against Nxf7. Black stands to lose a pawn and bishopfor nothing here. While white could take the black knight (Nd5), Ng5 isundefended--Qxg5. On second thought, Nxf7, Rxf7, Bxf7. White trades abishop and knight (six points) for a rook (5 points). Black comes outahead in this exchange. I change my mind--this is a decent move. }
6. Qg4
{ ? Even without NxQ, this move does not appear to confer any tactical advantage. The response to Nxf7+ would be Qe7. NxB+, Kh8, Nf5. This does give whitea pawn and bishop, but these are not worth the queen. }
6... Nxg4 7. h3
{ Whilethis opens white's h file (attacking the black king's fortress), the attackworks best with a queen. Without her, white is trading a pawn and knightfor a knight. Now that white is down nine points, every trade benefitsblack. }
7... Qxg5 8. hxg4 Qxg4 9. g3 Nb4
{ Qf3 would also have been good. Nb4is probably better. If the white knight was not protecting Pe4, Qxe4+would yield Rh1. If white does not defend Pc2, Nxc2+ gives up Ra1. Whitealmost certainly recognizes the threat. 10. Bd3 Nxd3. 11. Pxd3 doubleswhite's pawns. White will probably opt for Bb3, which also exerts greatercontrol over the center. }
10. Bb3 b6 11. a3 Na6 12. Nb5
{ White withdrawsprotection from Pe4? This blunder results in the loss of Rh1 as previouslynoted. Six free points for black--a 16 point material advantage. }
12... Qxe4+ 13. Kd1 Qxh1+ 14. Ke2 Nc5
{ I think I like Ba6 better, which (temporarily)pins the white knight. White can counter with Pc4, though. Bb7 is alsopromising, as it permits Qf3+ followed by Bc5. The queen can mop up kingside pawns. }
15. Bd5
{ While this move threatens Ra8, it is a hollow threatsince QxBd5 for free. }
15... c6
{ OMG no! This results in BxQ. Black cannottouch the knight without BxR, undoing black's enormous advantage. ROYALBLUNDER! Plus black's black bishop is also undefended. }
16. Bxh1 Ba6 { Whilethis move pins the knight, white can counter with Pc4. }
17. c4 cxb5
{ Thisremoves the threat to the bishop, but opens up BxRa8. My bet is whitetrades the bishop for a black rook. }
18. Bxa8
{ Sure enough. I would havedone the same in a heartbeat. White's enormous material advantage is evaporating. }
18... Rxa8 19. d3 Nb3
{ Still up eight points, the knight/bishop trade is highlyadvised. } 20. Rb1 f5
21. Bg5 e4 22. Rd1 bxc4
{ Ill advised. Pxe4 and blackcannot defend Bd6, meaning the bishop must move which exposes Pd7 (Rxd7). White gains a pawn. }
23. dxc4
{ Pdxe4 means black can move c3+, followedby Pxb2. This prevents the Rx scenario described in the previous move,so... never mind. White down 8 points translates to few good options. }
23... Bc5
{ ? Bxc4+ is the obvious response. The bishop could move later. Onthe other hand, white cannot protect Pc4--it will perish soon enough. }
24. Rxd7 Bxc4+ 25. Kd1
{ Ke1 protects Pf2. Not sure why white chose Kd1instead. } 25... Bxf2
{ Black should win two pawns, unless white counter threats. } 26. Rc7
{ There is the counter threat. } 26... Rd8+
{ I like Bd3 better. The pawnand bishop pair become just about invincible. }
27. Kc2 Rd3
{ What? Whytoss Bc4? Black ignores white's counter threat against the white bishop. I like Bd5 MUCH better. It protects the knight, while the rook protectsthe bishop. White can have the a7 pawn--it is cheaper than black's whitebishop. }
28. Rxc4 b5 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31. Bf4 { Smart choice. } 31... a5 32.
Rb7 a4 { Yes--LET white take Pb5. Black dares. Black DOUBLE dares. } 33. Rxb5
{ Blunder. Nd4+ gives black the white rook for free. Five pointsno charge. }
33... e3
{ BLUNDER! That pawn was all black had protecting Rd3. Nd4+ and black gets white's rook for nothing. Now instead Kxd3 for nothing,followed by BxPe3. }
34. Rb6+
{ I guess Kxd3 can wait, though forcing theblack king closer to the battlefield is not wise. }
34... Kh5 35. Ra6
{ BLUNDER! KxRd3 for free! The rook is just standing there with its trousers drapedaround its ankles! Begging to be taken! }
35... Rd2+ 36. Kb1 Rd1+ 37. Kc2 e2 38. Rxa4 Nd4+ 39. Kc3 e1=Q+ 40. Kc4 Qe2+ 41.
Kc5
{ Now here black likesQb5+ which gives up the white rook. Qc2+ does the same, since the kingcannot move to b5 because the knight is covering that square. }
41... Ne6+
{ Nope. Though the king is checked by both knight and bishop, white retains therook. }
42. Kc6 Nd8+ 43. Kc7 Qc2+ { There you go. } 44. Kb8 Qxa4 45. Kc7 Qc6+
{ Excellent choice. } 46. Kb8 Qb7# 0-1
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[Event "2021 simul '2019 National Open Champion GM Illia Nyzhnyk'"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "6.17.2021"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GM Illia Nyzhnyk"]
[Black "freeman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[TimeControl "n/a"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 { The London! argh... } 3... c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3
{ Iwas unsure of this line or if it was theory or not. I was expecting c3/Be2. }
5... Nh5 { After playing this game 5...a6 is more prudent. } 6. Be5 Nxe5 7.
Nxe5 Nf6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Nxd5 e6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. d5
Be7 14. Qg4
{ !? White is playing on the e6 square and seeking to tradeASAP. I was in a simul with 25-30 other people and I can infer Illia wasseeking the shortest game possible. }
14... O-O 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 { ! } 17... Rad8 18. Ke2 Rf5 19.
Rad1 Rfd5 20. c4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1 22. Kxd1 Kf7
{ It was about here I felt really glad I managed to make it this farinto the simul. Already 20% of players had left. }
23. Ke2 h5 24. f4 h4 { ? } 25. Kf3 Kg6 26. Kg4 b5 27. b3 bxc4 28. bxc4 a5
{ fiddling around. } 29. a4 Kh6 30. Nd2
{ ! and it was here I didn't see some of White's movesmy pawns were fixed targets... I was glad I made it this far in the Simulas I was in the top 33% of the 25-30 players left still playing. }
30... g5 31. Nb3 gxf4 32. exf4 Kg6 33. Nxa5 Kf7 34. Nc6 { Black resigned. } 1-0
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[Event "In Old Matey's Shadow - Part II"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "02-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jstevens1"]
[Black "yakky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1504"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6
{ 5. ....... a6 (thefirst 5 moves are standard Sicilian. This is the Naijdorf although itdoes transpose into a position resembling a Yugoslav Attack) }
6. Be3 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. f3 e6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Kb1
{ 11. Kb1 (over thelast few moves we have been concentrating on development - although I amslightly ahead. If black castles kingside, maybe I could start a pawnstorm). I safeguard my castled position first. }
11... Nge7 12. a3
{ 12. a3 -stops the black knight moving to b4. Black now gets ideas of her own byplaying her queen to a5. }
12... Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O
{ 15........ O-O (black finally castles - her position has been weakened bythe exchange of dark squared bishops). I now zero in on it. }
16. Qf6 Re8 17. h4 { 17. h4 - I now start the pawn storm. } 17... Rb8 18. g4
Be6 19. h5
{ 19.h5 (storm clouds gather over both castled positions - who gets there first?) }
19... Qxa3
{ 19. ........ Qxa3 - the start of a lot of blood letting - I losea pawn. I concentrate on getting my king to comparative safety by movinghim to c1. }
20. Kc1 Qxb2+
{ 20. ....... Qxb2 (another pawn goes, and myking now has to run for the hills!) }
21. Kd2 d4 22. Ne4
{ 22. Ne4 (my knightwas en prise last move, I move it towards the kingside) }
22... Nd5 23. Qg5 Qb4+ 24. Ke2 Nc3+ 25. Nxc3 Qxc3
{ 25. Qxc3 - black's king hunt continues andknights have been exchanged. My queen has been driven from h6. I nowhave time to pick up the threads of my own mating attack before ......... }
26. hxg6 Bxg4+
{ ...... it begins again with a discovered check 26......Bxg4 , another pawn goes! }
27. Kf2
{ 27. Kf2 - my king tries to find a foxholeon the kingside, can he do it? }
27... Qxf3+
{ 27........... No the carnage continueswith Qxf3 , I lose a fourth pawn! } 28.
Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Bg2 fxg6 30. Rf1
{ 30.Rf1 - after further checks from the black queen I make my king's positionas safe as possible and also take some control of the f file - I stillhave hopes that I can do something. }
30... Re1 31. Qf6 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Re8
{ 32............ Re8 - take a look at white everyone, this position looks resignableand I was resigned to losing 7 rating points. It looks resignable becauseI have lost 4 pawns, my bishop is horribly pinned and it looks as thoughmy queen is going to be pinned too. I have one last throw of the dice,however. }
33. Qc4+
{ 33. Qc4 !! - I can hold black off for at least onemove, little did I know what black would walk into on his next move andthat this would be the turning point of the game. }
33... Kh8 34. Qxd4+
{ 34.Qxd4 - I get a pawn back - hurrah! Best of all my queen has some checkinglines. Dare I hope I will avoid the blob? }
34... Re5
{ 34. ...... Re5 - I nowdo some serious 'analyze the board' and I came up with 35. Qd8 being asound move. I am now optimistic that I can keep my opponent in check permanently. }
35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qc7+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ Kf5 38. Qf8+
{ 38. Qf8 - notice thatmy pinned bishop cuts off the e4 square from the black king, which decidedto go to g5 where my queen gets support from the rook on h1 }
38... Kg5 39. Qh6+ Kf6 40. Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kf6
{ 41. ........ Kf6 - if black had played herking to d6 I would have taken off the c pawn (another pawn back) with 42.Qxc6 . The king would have been forced back to the second rank where myrook would have got in on the act by winning back another pawn with check. All my moves have to be checks or the Sword of Damocles descends frome5. With the queen and rook working together in tandem it looks as ifit will be black who cops Old Matey instead - but black plays Kf6. }
42. Qf8+
{ 42. Qf8 - I now feel 100% sure my opponent cannot escape the checks. I therefore offer her a draw. I have an extremely anxious half an houror so of clicking on the refresh button! Finally the message comes in. Game drawn. Wheeew! }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "64th GK tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "stonefinger"]
[Black "expressocafe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1339"]
1. e4 { i like the Spanish opening so i played e4 } 1... e5 2. Nf3 d5
{ oO i don'tknow the name of this opening but i know that black wastes many tempi andwhite can develop ## edit: it's the Elephant Gambit }
3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3
{ see? 2 white knights came out while black just developed its queen, whichis now attacked }
4... Qc5 5. d4
{ to undo black's opening i thought a queen trademight be good to increase my development advantage }
5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4
{ black is undeveloped while white has opened the table } 7... Bc5 8. Be3
{ a trade on d4 is good for white because of the threat on g7/h8 from thewhite bishop }
8... Nf6 { undoing the threat } 9. Bc4 { next development } 9... O-O
{ blackcastles... } 10. O-O-O
{ white too but with a more active postion of therook } 10... Bxd4 11. Bxd4
{ if i trade on f6 the g-line would be open which isgood for white } 11... Ng4
{ i don't know what the intention is but maybe the forkon f2 if i move my bishop from d4 away }
12. Rd3
{ trying to threaten withRg3 followed by 14.Rxg7+ Kh8 15.Rg6+ f6 16.Bxf6+ Rxf6 17.Rxf6 with materialadvatage for white }
12... g6 13. Nd5
{ all my plans destroyed -.- but why nottry to play Nd5 and threaten a mate? }
13... Na6 { strange move... } 14. Ne7# { mate } 1-0
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[Event "Glenda on h6 - A Winning Decoy"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jstevens1"]
[Black "fatcat2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[TimeControl "5d+1d<7d"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
1. d4
{ Hi everyone! This is the Kings Indian Defense - 4 pawns attackmini-tournament and the third game in my Glenda on h6 theme and this isthe happiest outcome of the lot! Although I do not get to deliver mate,a trade off between Glenda and the Wicked Witch of the West results ina decisive gain of material in my favour. Wanna see how, well read on..... }
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3
{ 6. Nf3 - againmy favoured response after the forced moves. It adds support to the 4pawns and develops a piece. }
6... c5
{ 6. ..... c5 - this pawn move tries toundermine the formidable line up of the 4 white pawns on the fourth rank. To avoid a serious breach in the wall I play d5. }
7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6
{ 8. ....... Bxe6 - the wall has at last been breached by a pawn trade one6. Now I need to develop my back row and I start with Fou Leblanc whomoves to d3 to clear the way for kingside castling. }
9. Bd3 Nc6 10. f5
{ 10. f5 - but first I plan to create a breach in my opponent's castledposition and this is the start of it. }
10... Bd7 11. O-O
{ 11. 0-0 - althoughI do create a balance of king safety and attack on enemy king. }
11... Rb8 12. Bf4
{ 12. Bf4 - Fou Lenoir develops and suddenly threatens Bxd6 winningthe exchange + pawn as the d6 pawn is hanging. Fatcat2 parries the threatwith Ne8 - it does make the knight passive though but can I exploit this. Hmm, read on...... }
12... Ne8 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe5
{ 15. ......dxe5 - over the last few moves there has been a plethora of exchanges -now black's dark squared bishop is absent, Glenda has a sudden deep desireto leap on her broomstick and get there asap. }
16. Nd5
{ 16. Nd5 - firstthough I decided to create an outpost on d5 and threaten to play a movesuch as f6. Once Glenda gets onto h6 it could be curtains for the BK ifI can only prize that knight out of e8! }
16... Nc7
{ 16. ...... Nc7 - my opponentkindly offers me a trade off of that defending knight! I decided to letmy opponent trade first because Glenda sneaks onto d2 ready for destinationh6. Notice that after the trade I will take the opportunity to rid myselfof my backward pawn on e4 which will open up a line for Fou Leblanc throughto h7 to give me more attacking options. }
17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Re8
{ 18....... Re8 - as you can see, that rook is gonna make way for the WickedWitch to land on f8. Now Glenda lands on her desired square, h6. }
19. Qh6
{ 19. ...... Qh6 - I did wonder about f6 but then black could play h6followed by Kh7 and scupper Glenda's plans to land on h6. So Glenda toh6 it was! }
19... Qe7 20. Rce1
{ 20. Rce1! - I give this move an exclamation markbecause I was feeling sooo frustrated at another mating attempt being foiled. However, I suddenly analysed that I could win at least a pawn by a decoyby Qxf8+. Now, take a look at the position after 21. Qxf8+ ..... }
20... Qf8 21. Qxf8+
{ 21. Qxf8+ - Now if Rxf8 you will see that the pawn on e5 ishanging. Black thinks he can save this pawn however by playing Kxf8, buta trade of pawns on g6 is gonna unsave it! }
21... Kxf8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6
{ 23. Bxg6 - you wouldn't have thought this move possible a couple of movesbefore would you? Look though. The pawn on f7 is pinned to the BK bymy rook on f1. Therefore Fou Leblanc steals a pawn in broad daylight. This is the sort of thing that my two buddies, Coach Ion and Untateve(Steve) have been inflicting on me. Well, it seems that I may have learnedsomething out of those games because it is my opponent and not me on thereceiving end this time! }
23... Re7
{ 23. ..... Re7 - defends the f7 pawn butthere is a little pawn stab still to come..... }
24. d6
{ 24. d6! - anotherdecoy, this time to lure the black rook away from the defense of the f7pawn. If 25. ..... Re6 then 26. Bxf7, attacking the e6 rook and threateninga very nasty discovery on the f column. If black responds with Rxd6 then27. Bd5+ any then 28 Rxe5 sees me two clear pawns ahead. Black did notfancy this and waved the white flag! I wish I could do this more often! }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "idril"]
[Black "antukuyen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "966"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "947"]
1. e4 { I move my pawn out } 1... e5 { He moves his pawn out } 2. Nf3
{ I move myknight out } 2... Nc6 { He moves his knight out } 3. Nc3
{ I move my other knightout } 3... d6 { Protecting the outward pawn } 4. d3
{ I do the same } 4... Nf6 { Blackmoving out the other knight } 5. Bg5
{ I threaten the knight } 5... Be7 { Protectinghis queen and knight } 6. Be2
{ I do the same } 6... h6 { Black threatens my bishop } 7. Bxf6
{ I take the knight } 7... Bxf6 { Black responds. } 8. O-O { I castle } 8...
Bg4 { Black imitates the move I made a few turns ago } 9. Nd5
{ I don't know whatto do; at this point, I move my knight out to threaten the bishop. }
9... O-O { Black castling } 10. Nxf6+
{ I take the bishop (in previous games I've played,the bishops have always caused me the most grief and I have a grudge againstthem, LOL.) }
10... Qxf6 { Black takes my knight } 11. c3 { Planning to move up myd-pawn. }
11... Rad8 { Moving his rook } 12. d4 { I move out my other pawn } 12... exd4
{ Black takes my pawn } 13. Nxd4 { I respond } 13... Bxe2
{ Black takes my bishop } 14. Qxe2 { I respond } 14... Nxd4
{ Black takes my knight } 15. cxd4 { I respond } 15... Qxd4
{ Black takes the unprotected pawn } 16. Rad1 { Threatening the queen } 16...
Qe5 { Moving the queen out of the way } 17. Rd5 { Threatening the queen again }
17... Qf6 { Moving the queen out of the way } 18. Rf5
{ Threatening the queen again } 18... Qe6 { Moving the queen out of the way }
19. Re1 { Moving my rook out to providesome extra protection for the queen }
19... Qxa2 { Taking my unprotected pawn } 20. Rb5
{ Threatening the row of pawns } 20... b6 { Protecting the pawns } 21. Rd5
{ I move my rook; don't remember why I did this. } 21... Rde8
{ Moving the rookto threaten the pawn and queen } 22. b4
{ Opening a path for the queens todo direct battle } 22... Qxe2
{ Taking my queen } 23. Rxe2 { I respond } 23... Re7
{ Forsome reason, Black resigned after this move. I seriously have no clue why;if anyone does, please feel free to comment with an explanation.:) }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.04.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "steve777"]
[Black "stekilvington"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1085"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1100"]
1. Nf3 h5 2. e4 Rh6 { Never a good idea. Almost never. } 3. Bc4 e6 4. d4 c5
{ Ok, what have you got against your king's rook? } 5. Ne5
{ No. BxRh6! Rooks are worth more than bishops. Trade up, man! Fill your boots! }
5... Qc7 6. Bxh6 { Finally! } 6... gxh6
{ NxBh6 would have at least preserved thepawn structure. Doubled rook pawns are cannon fodder. }
7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Qf3 { Watch out for QxPf7. } 8... h4
{ ? That is going to cost a pawn, bishop, ANDknight. Slaughter of all the king's men. }
9. Qxf7+ Kd8 10. Qxf8+ Kc7 11. Qxg8 Qb4 12. Kd2 cxd4
{ Pd6 I think leads to a knight or bishop. Thoughyeah, looks like you got Nc3. Probably better. }
13. Rab1 dxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxb1 { No! Why? } 15. Rxb1 d6 16. Nf7 Kc6 17. Nxh6 Kc5
18. Qxc8+ Nc6 1-0
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[Event "a strong central control"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.10.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "simonv45"]
[Black "rock-onn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1606"]
1. d4 c5 { i tried gambit to conquer the centre } 2. d5
{ he declined thegambit } 2... d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3
{ i dont like his pawn at d5. i was thinkingof something to get rid of it. this pawn is now big headache for me. }
4... e6 5. e4 exd5 6. cxd5
{ now his 2 connected pawns in the centre. my opponentplays smart. } 6... Be7
{ preparing for castle } 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Bg4
{ thoughtof developing my bishop by attacking, not a threat at all. but this opensa weakness. my pawn at b7 is undefended now. }
9. O-O a6 10. h3 Bd7
{ verybad move. i was retreating. but Bd7 was bad because it blocks only blockfor my knight at b8 to develop. a big mistake. }
11. e5
{ good attack. see,if i capture dxe5 then he would advance his pawn at d5 to d6. smart opponent. }
11... Ne8 { so retreated my knight to safety. } 12. Re1
{ rook conquers the halfopen file. } 12... dxe5
{ now i could capture his pawn. } 13. Nxe5 Nd6
{ i movedthe knight to d6 to block the movement of pawn. } 14. Qc2
{ a good move.his queen moved to a better position aiming at castle pawn. i.e pawn ath7. see, he could make a battery by moving LSB to d3. }
14... Qc8
{ i made a batterybefore him. but computer analysis says it was not my best move. computersuggests LSB to f5 threatening his queen. }
15. Bf3
{ he makes support tomost advanced pawn at d5. very good tactics. prevention is better thancure. defend an non threatened piece beforehand. }
15... Bf6 16. Nxd7
{ he isexhanging my bishop with his knight. i have 2 option. capture his knightby my queen or with my knight at b8. which is better? }
16... Qxd7
{ i chose tocapture it with queen. a bad move. i should have captured it with knightat b8. so i could develop my undeveloped knight. just see the my opponentpawn at d5 is too strong threat for me. that is why all GMs say conquerthe centre. i never experienced such strong threat in my previous games.so i learned how just one pawn made to suffer occupying the centre. }
17. Bd2 { he developed his DSB } 17... b5
{ i started queen side attack. but this openeda potential discovered attack. when a pawn is moved what opportunity itgives to th opponent. my rook at a8 is at potential discovered attack byhis LSB at f3. so when he moves his central pawn it becomes a discoveredattack. i didnt notice this at all. i failed my game just because of 2factors. 1. his strong pawn at centre. 2 a potential discovered attackby moving his pawn when he could. }
18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4
{ knights wereexchanged also, a battery is formed. i have to defend it. }
19... g6 { i movedmy pawn to defend threat of his battery } 20. Be3
{ he simply threatens myundefended pawn at c5. } 20... c4
{ i moved to safety. } 21. Rad1
{ he moved hisrook to half open file supporting his pawn. a good tactics. }
21... Qd6 { icannot allow his pawn to move any further. } 22. b3
{ he attacked my pawnchain. a good tactics. } 22... c3
{ ofcourse,i didnt want to exchange my mostadvanced pawn. so i moved further one square. }
23. g3
{ i didnt think muchwhile playing why he moved this pawn. but he did that for a purpose. hisplan was to threaten my queen by his DSB at f4. such a good opponent iam playing with. my best move here is to defend it with DSB to e5. i didntsee his plan at all. so definitely i didnt defend it. }
23... Rc8 { i gave additionalsupport to my most advanced pawn. } 24. Bf4
{ he attacked my queen. } 24... Be5
{ very late to defend it. i didnt this to defend it but was a blunder ora mistake. }
25. Bxe5
{ he captured my DSB. i couldnt capture it back becauseif i did. i give much advatage. how? suppose i capture it back with myqueen. then my queen is under potential discovered attack. he could thenmove his LSB to capture my castle pawn at g6 and later h7. so he coulddestroy my castle. }
25... Qe7
{ only option is to move to safety. but i did abig blunder. can you see it? if he move his pawn it would threaten myqueen also it would threaten my rook at a8. double attack he could do.so my choice of square to move to safety was so poor. a big blunder. }
26. Bf4 { he moved his DSB to safety. also he didnt see my blunder. } 26... Qf6
{ justthought to give additional support to my most advanced pawn. } 27. Be3
{ he moved his DSB to e3 with a purpose. a good move. can u see it? } 27... Nd7
{ only now i could develop my knight } 28. d6 { a dicovered attack. } 28... b4
{ onlynow i see the discovered attack. poor me. i understood i cant save it.so i gave additional support to my most advanced pawn. }
29. Bxa8 { he exchangedhis bishop for my rook. } 29... Rxa8 30. h4 Rc8
{ giving more support to my mostadvanced pawn. } 31. Bg5
{ he threatened my queen } 31... Qf3
{ i moved my queento saftey also supporting my pawn. } 32. Re3 Qg4 33. Rde1 Qh3
34. Qe4 c2 35. Rd3 c1=Q 36. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Nf6 38. Qg2 Qf5 39. Qf3 Qe6 40.
Qe3 Qh3 41. Rd4 Ng4 42. Rxg4 Qxg4
{ managed to bring his material advantagejust to a bishop difference. } 43. Qd2
{ he gave support to his most advancedpawn. } 43... a5
{ a big blunder. i should have tried to block his pawn from advancing.so i lost the game. }
44. d7 1-0
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[Event "A long came abus"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "abus"]
[Black "wanred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
1. d4
{ This is an enjoyable game in a mini- tourament. An opening Idon't have much experince against-Queen's pawn game. }
1... d5 2. c4 { QueensGambit } 2... e5
{ I decided not to take it and do a counter gambit } 3. dxe5 d4
{ Do I take c4? I think not. 3. ... dxc4, 4.Qxd1,Kxd1 and my king can'tcastle so I decide to push to d4. }
4. e3 Bb4+ { I nearly went Nc6 here butdecided to attack his king instead. } 5.
Bd2 dxe3
{ 3 choices here, Nc6.Bxd2 or dxe3. I go with the latter. 3 pieces now attacking his bishop,Queen, bishop and pawn. }
6. Qa4+ { White counters. check and also attackingmy bishop. } 6... Nc6
{ Only move for me to save my bishop and blocking check. } 7. Bxb4
{ White decides to take the bishop. } 7... exf2+
{ white took the bishopin exchange for losing good king position. } 8. Kxf2
Qh4+
{ A couple ofwhite pawns are unprotected ( e5 and b2) so out comes my Queen. }
9. g3 Qd4+ { Black loses a pawn or 2 . } 10. Kg2
{ I feel this is a mistake by white.It gives me a free move with my Queen by delivering another check. }
10... Qxb2+ { In turn white losing a rook too. } 11. Ne2 Qxa1
{ Also attacking his knight.I do need to be careful, that Queen looks cramped. }
12. Nbc3
{ abus naturallymoves that knight in the process blocking my Queens way to e5. }
12... Bd7
{ MyQueen needs some support and my knight needs freeing up. also preparingto castle. Bd7 attacks his Queen too. }
13. Ba3
{ White retreats his bishopknowing my knight is now free to move. My concern now was the amount oflimited squares available to my Queen, 2. a1 where she was and e1. }
13... Qe1
{ I move her to e1. More scope there , not much though . Maybe a wastedmove as queens can be exchanged at eiher square if white moves Qd1. }
14. Qd1 { abus makes that move. } 14... Qxd1 15. Nxd1 { exchange } 15... O-O-O
{ Was Nxe5 better?O-O-O brings my rook to an open file when I move my bishop. I'm lookingat putting my bishop on the long diagonal c6-h1. }
16. Nf2 Nxe5 17. Nf4 Bc6+ { also releasing my rook up the d file. } 18. Nd5 Nf6
{ Pressure on hisknight and uniting my rooks. } 19. Rg1 Bxd5+ 20. cxd5 Rxd5
{ I win a pawnand prepare to double up my rooks. } 21. Bb2 Rhd8 22. Bc3
{ white protectsd2. } 22... Neg4
{ attacking his knight looking for an exchange and having a knightat g4. } 23.
Nxg4 Nxg4 { exchange made. } 24. Be2
{ bishop attacks knight inturn releasing his rook along the back. } 24... Ne3+
25. Kf3 Nf5 { the knight retreats. } 26. g4 { white attacks my knight. } 26...
Ne7
{ Nd4+ may have been better lookingto exchange either bishop for my knight. I lose a pawn now because of thatslip. }
27. Bxg7 Nc6 { I reposition my knight. } 28. Bc4
{ White attacksboth my rook and f pawn. } 28... Ne5+
{ So I look for a bishop - knight exchange knowing if white dare take the f pawn I can pin that bishop with Rf1. }
29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxf7 { I can't beleive he made that move. } 30... Rf8
{ pinned! } 31. Kf4 Re7
{ White resigns after unable to save his bishop and being 6down. An enjoyable game. }
0-1
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[Event "R6: walking kings and pushed pawns, http://gameknot.com/"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "29th July 2012"]
[Round "-"]
[White "l-d-j"]
[Black "Black Player"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[TimeControl "90 mins for 40 moves, then 30 mins extra + 30 secs per move from move 1 on"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
{ Finally the next annotation of my series about the 9-round tournamentI played in July and August of this year. Before the rest day I had scored2,5/5 and was reasonably content with my performance so far. The day afterthe rest day I got another strong opponent. However I was White and feltthat I was playing well, so I didn't worry about that. Watch how the gameunfolded into one of the strangest games I have ever played. }
1. e4 c5 { Another Sicilian, just as in rounds 1 and 3, so... } 2. Nc3
{ Another closedvariation. } 2... Nc6
{ The main line. In round 1, my opponent played 2...a6(resulting in a draw after a long fight) and in round 3 my opponent played2...d6 (I won in 26 moves). }
3. f4 { The Grand Prix Attack, my main weaponagainst the Sicilian. } 3... e6 4.
Nf3 d6 { The development scheme Black choosesis similar to the Scheveningen. }
5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O { Typical developmentfor White in the GPA. } 6... Be7 7. d3
a6
{ I was waiting for this move to beplayed before I would exchange my bishop for his knight. In the Grand Prixone should generally favour knights over bishops, because the positionis quite closed (at least I assume that's the reason why White almost alwaysexchanges his light-squared bishop for Black's knight after he's playedBb5). }
8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe1
{ Another normal Grand Prix move, the queenaims to assist in a kingside attack from f2, g3 or h4. }
9... Nf6 10. Kh1
{ Thiswas a waiting move to see if Black would already commit his king to thekingside, or how he would plan to attack. I admit, not one of the greatestmoves I've ever made. But I didn't see a clear way to attack, so I justdecided to consolidate my position. On 365chess.com I see that 10.Qg3 and10.e5 are common in this position, moves which I both considered but ofwhich I didn't see a clear merit. I also see that GM Epishin once had thisposition and played 10.b3, which is also the move suggested by the computer. }
10... h6
{ Apparently Black didn't quite know what to do either. Maybe he sawa dangerous kingside attack coming, but castling is simply better thanthis nothing-move. }
11. Qg3
{ I saw a way to create another weakness inBlack's kingside, so I went with it. }
11... g6
{ Now castling surely is dangerous,due to 12.f5 with the threat of 13.Bxh6. }
12. f5
{ A pawn sac which Blackprobably shouldn't accept. Actually I think it's not a great move... }
12... gxf5 13. exf5 e5
{ And this is why. Black's king is completely safe in thecentre of the board and Black's h-pawn is really not so weak, since I can'treally take it as we will see later. }
14. Qh4 { 'Attacking'... But whatis my target? } 14... Kd7
{ !? The king had been standing there on e8 with nothingto do, so he decides to take a little walk to the queenside. I guess theidea is to let the rooks participate in an attack on the kingside. Thecomputer suggests 14...Qd7. I was totally surprised by this move, of course. }
15. Qc4
{ ?! I feel there's nothing left to do on the kingside, so I switchmy focus to the queenside. Obviously 15.Bxh6?? just loses the bishop dueto the pin (15...Bf8). However, the queen is a bit misplaced here as welland does not have many squares. The computer suggests 15.Qe1, but it'sclear that something has gone wrong with White's attack already and thatBlack is doing well. I felt during the game that I was stuck without aplan, but I thought I couldn't be worse due to the many pawn moves Blackhas made so far. But in a strange game as this one, those kind of guidelinesdon't count. }
15... Qg8
{ Now Black is the one attacking on the kingside, whichshould have been White's domain. }
16. Rg1
{ A defensive move. I wanted toput my f3 knight on e4 (via d2) but I needed this rook move first to preventthe mate on g2. But better was 16.Ne4 which also unpins the knight. }
16... Kc7
{ I don't really understand this move, the king was totally safe ond7. The computer suggests 16...Qh7, probably with the plan of pushing theh-pawn and putting the a-rook on g8. I was down by almost half an houron the clock: 45 minutes vs. 1 hour and 13 minutes (plus increment) forthe next 24 moves. }
17. Nd2
{ Continuing with my plan of putting the knighton e4, but better was 17.b4 to try and get some play on the queenside (Iwas thinking of that, but first wanted to get my knight in a good position). }
17... Ng4 { Suddenly Black is threatening 18...Nf2#! } 18. Nde4 b5
{ ? Anotherpawn is pushed. However, the move is inferior to another pawn push: 18...f6.Then a queen exchange is forced (19.Qxg8 Raxg8, after which 20.Nd1 is forcedbecause I need to defend f2 a 2nd time before Black can chase my otherknight away with ...d5. }
19. Qb3
{ ? This was a good chance to free myposition with 19.Nd5+! Bxd5 20.Qxd5, but I was not sure if 19.Nd5+ wouldn'tlose a piece. After, say, 19...Kd8, my knight is only defended by the queen,which is in danger as well, but if I had looked more closely I could haveseen that there was no way for black to take advantage of that fact becauseI can move my queen to b3 after which Black has no tactics to win the knightor the queen. Probably I went with the 'safe' option, because I didn'twant to take too much time on this move as I already was foreseeing timetrouble. }
19... Bxe4
{ ? Black allows me to free my position on the queenside.Far better was 19...f6. }
20. Nxe4 Kc6
{ Black's king is tired of staringat his own pieces and decides to take another step to watch the White armyfrom a closer distance. Still he is completely safe at c6. However, Whiteis 'threatening' to free his position with 21.c4, but Black can do nothingto prevent that move. The computer suggests to sacrifice a pawn with 20...Qd8.Apparently the threat of 21.c4 is so strong that such a move is neededto stop it. Maybe the idea of the king move is to make ...d5 possible. }
21. Re1
{ ? Too slow. With 21.c4, all of White's queenside pieces wouldsuddenly spring to life and he would destroy Black's strong pawn falanxon that side of the board. I don't really understand why I didn't try toactivate my queen, which is doing next to nothing on b3. }
21... h5
{ ? I don'tunderstand this one either. Black should stop c4 with 21...d5. I don'tsee any coherent plan in Black's moves. }
22. Nc3
{ ? I was now thinkingof moving my queen or knight to d5, but still I didn't look at 22.c4 whichis still a great move. }
22... f6
{ Black decides on a queen exchange. I can'treally avoid it, not because 23.Qa3 loses a piece to 23...b4 (I can play24.Qa4+) but just because a3 is an even more horrible place for the queenthan b3. Note, by the way, that Black has pushed all of his 8 pawns atleast once in this game. He has now made 11 pawn moves and 3 king moves(White has only made 5 pawn moves. Still, Black is clearly better in thisposition, although I still couldn't believe that during the game. }
23. Qxg8 Raxg8 24. h3
{ Finally I chase that threatening knight away and givemy king some air to breathe. }
24... Nh6 25. Bxh6
{ I exchange, because my bishopcouldn't really do anything useful with such a closed pawn falanx. I alsothought my knight would be superior to his currently useless bishop inthe endgame. Was this the right thing to do? I think so. }
25... Rxh6 26. Ne4
{ ?! targeting the weak pawns at d6 and f6, but if I had looked for onesecond at Black's possible replies, I would not have made this move. Ieven offered a draw here, thinking the pawn structure was totally closedso no-one could do anything useful with it. The problem was that I wasalready running low on time (I had some 15 minutes) so I still didn't assessthe position correctly and I didn't take time to analyze possible replies,as mentioned earlier. }
26... d5
{ This is such an obvious move... I don't knowhow I could have missed this one. }
27. Nd2 Bd6
{ OK, but also very strongwas 27...h4, cramping White's kingside completely, as suggested by thecomputer. But this move doesn't give away much of Black's advantage. Clocktimes: 15 minutes for me, 35 for Black. }
28. Re2 c4 29. Rc1
{ Aligning myrook with the king on the c-file, but it's unrealistic to think Black isever going to open it up by trading pawns (probably I thought he wouldbecause it would weaken my d-pawn). }
29... Rh7 30. Nf3
{ Here I offered a drawagain, still wondering how my position could be worse. The problem is thatI just have so little space and Black can do whatever he wants becauseWhite can hardly break out. }
30... h4 31. Rd1 cxd3
{ Now that the rook has movedoff the c-file, this exchange is OK. } 32. Rxd3
{ ?! I could get back mypawn in a much better way: 32.Red2!. If 32...dxc2? I still win the pawnback with 33.Rxc2+ Kb6 (33...Bc5?? 34.Rdc1 and Black loses a bishop) 34.Rxd5.Now my rooks are misplaced. }
32... Rh5 33. Red2
{ ? An unnecessary mistake (Ihad seven minutes on the clock). It closes off the escape route for myrook. }
33... d4
{ Very good was 33...e4. It doesn't win any material (I can saveboth pieces with 34.Nd4+ Kb6 35.Rb3) but it's still a very strong movesince my position gets even more cramped and Black is in total controlof the game. I did see the move just after I had played my 33th move. }
34. c3 { ! Finally I make a pawn move to try and free my position a bit. }
34... Rxf5
{ ? A blunder. I had seen that 34...e4? wouldn't work anymore dueto 35.Nxd4+!, but this move is maybe even worse. }
35. cxd4
{ ?? But rightat the moment that I could really have freed my position and got an advantage,I make the decisive mistake. With the beautiful 35.Rxd4! I finally getout of the bind that I have been in for the last 20 moves. 35...exd4? failsto 36.Nxd4+ forking king and rook, but if Black doesn't take he has simplylost a pawn and let White free his position. }
35... e4
{ ? I had actually seenthis one coming before I played my move, but I thought I could get outof it. It was only now that I realized that Black has another trick uphis sleeve at the end of this line... }
36. Rc3+ Kb6 37. Nh2 Bb4
{ ... Andthis is it. White loses the exchange and with it the game. } 38. d5
{ Myonly trump is the passed d-pawn, but it's not going to do any damage toBlack. }
38... Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rg7
{ More precise was 39...Rg3, when the d-pawn willimmediately fall, for example 40.Rd1 Rd3 41.Re1 Rfxd5 etc. }
40. d6 Kc6 41. Ng4 Rd7 42. Ne3 Rc5
{ But here d6 is still going to fall and then c3is doomed as well, so I decided I had seen enough and resigned this game.I had had my chances, but overall Black was better in this game, assessedhis position better and deserved to win it. A disappointing start of thesecond half of this tournament... Still 3 games to go. Will I get overthis? }
0-1
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[Event "Slaughterhouse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "tonnerre"]
[Black "vanmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "???"]
[TimeControl "5 min +10 sec"]
[WhiteElo "1815"]
{ Lately, for a change of pace I've been going back to basics. The gritty,solid, heavily structured Classical King Pawn games. The style of playthat I (and maybe you too) got pummeled with in my formative years. Theall-or-nothing lines. Those games that make you curl in the foetal positionin dread and want to avoid at all cost. The style where you learned chessfundamentals the hard way and probably ditched the moment you met the Hypermoderns.This is one such time I went back to the Old School. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 { Welcome to Vienna - 'Willkommen bei Wien' } 2... Nf6 3. Bc4
Bc5 4. Nf3 { Italian Game- 'Benvenuti in Italia' } 4... Nc6
{ There's something to be said about the beautyof symmetry. } 5. O-O a6
{ Allowing the Bishop to retreat while holding thediagonal in the face of a d4-push. }
6. a4
{ I sacrifice influence on theb4 square for play on b5. Black should probably play Nxe4 or O-O sometimesoon. }
6... Nb4
{ I think Black should have played 6. ...Nxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 fora more comfortable middle-game. Edit: Ignore the above. Thanks l-d-j forreminding me about the Bishop on c5. Black should have just castled instead. }
7. Ng5 d5 { A very natural play but the timing seems wrong. } 8. exd5 Nfxd5
{ Black decides to keep a Knight posted on the untouchable b4 spot. Thisthreatens a possible Nxc2 and fork attacks in the future. This move alsoappears to leave my own Knight awkwardly en prise. A possible (read mundane)continuation is: 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Qf3 which retains materialequality but obliterates my centre. Edit: After further review I realizethis is a horrible position for Black. }
9. Nxf7
{ 9. Nxf7! In the heatof a blitz game calculations are rarely exact. I played this move in thehope of getting some tactical fun out of what seemed like a rigid position.At the time it seemed dodgy but I have not found a refutation to it. Aneven stronger play was 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. c3 }
9... Kxf7 10. Qh5+ { Note: 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qf3 or Qh5+ is equally playable }
10... Kf6
{ While thereare really no 'good' moves left for Black, this one is 'less good' thanmost others. }
11. Ne4+ { I reclaim some lost material. } 11... Ke6 12. Nxc5+ Kd6 13. d4 Re8
14. Rd1 { All guns to the fore now. } 14... Nxc2 15. dxe5+ Kxc5 16. Rxd5+ Qxd5
17. Bxd5 Kxd5
{ I was surprised that Black did not grab the Rook.Didn't matter really. It's all downhill from here anyway. }
18. e6+ { 18.Qxe8Nxa1 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Qxa8 wins both Rooks... } 18... Kxe6 19.
Qxe8+
{ ... but Idon't need to axe both Rooks and a strong pin like this incapacitates 2pieces for the price of a pawn. }
19... Kf6 20. Rb1 c6 21. b3 { Prepares the longdiagonal for the Bishop. } 21...
Nb4 22. Bb2+
{ Time to bring this puppy home.I had to keep an eye on the clock. } 22... Kg5
23. Qe7+ Kg6 24. Qxg7+ Kf5 25. g4+ Kf4 26. Be5+
{ This was a glaring error on my part. I knew that theinstant I moved. I should have played Qd4+ instead. The Bishop is awkwardlyplaced making the mate process longer than it had to be. }
26... Kf3 27. Qf6+ Kxg4
{ That's better. Mate is in sight. All forced moves now. } 28. f3+ Kh5 29. h4
h6 30. Bf4 Nd5 31. Qxh6#
{ This is definitely a learning game. Ihope it is an eye-opener to others interested in the sharp attacking possibilitiesof Classical lines. }
1-0
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[Event "I'm up and I can't feel it..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "zintan"]
[Black "damalfi"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ I managed to win this game due to an opponent's blunder. The interestingthing about it is that despite my +5 material advantage, I was really overwhelmedby my opponent pieces' activity, so I had to plan a counter sacrifice toloosen the tension, and then a trick got me the definitive victory. }
1. e4 d5 { My usual Scandinavian... } 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bc4
{ ...that in this case(the only one I know) can't be followed by the Icelandic gambit, sinceafter the exchanges black will have an isolani on the e column... not anygood! }
3... Nxd5
{ So this is the profilactic move. But I am on almost unexploredthreads. } 4.
Qf3
{ Classic opening trick. It is either a naive attack ora nasty trick I should know. }
4... e6
{ Cautiosly, and blocking in my lsb (whichis the beginning of my disgrace... }
5. d3 Nc6
{ N looks as if to threatc7, but if fact he is aiming to e5, forking Q and B and resolving the tensionin the center. }
6. c3
{ White, as foreseen, must defend c7 against theknight's jumps, so I go... }
6... Ne5 7. Bxd5
{ White reacts, and it seems a blunder.Now, I can take with the queen and the game is even. Or I can... }
7... Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Qxd3 { I am +4, and it seems I am winning. } 9. Be3 Qc2
{ I wonderhow can white defend b7 and develop, but I was dead wrong. } 10. Nd2
Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qxc3
{ +6. A N pinned. Relatively safe Q. b2 is lost, but I wouldwelcome to exchange one of white's bishops. It is starting to look hardfor me to develop. }
12. Ne2 Qa5 13. O-O
{ I though about Bb4 here, butNc4 was awaiting me. Qxa7 would have been to insist on the classical 'toogreedy' mistake I was already in. }
13... c6
{ Guarding b2. I have to solidify,but in doing so, I wasn't answering the question 'where to develop my lsb?How to bring the rooks into the game? How bitter feel all those pawns. }
14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Rfc1
{ Can you believe it? I am under heavy fire! My opponentwell could have sacrified the Queen on purpose! I hunger for good moves. }
15... Be7 16. a3 O-O 17. Bd4 Bd7
{ +6 and I should think about f6-e5 to winsome manouver space. } 18. Ne5 Rfd8
{ Welcome, Bad Bishop's exchange! } 19. Be3 { White is too wise for that. }
19... Be8
{ f6 was coming into consideration,but I wasn't sure at all about opening the game. I needed control. }
20. h3
{ Ok, white will get me by hunger, with waiting moves until I lose mytemper. Which I am very willing to do, in spite of a counter unbalancedexchange that can rid off some of white's overwhelmigly well placed pieces. }
20... Bxa3 21. Ra1 { As foreseen. } 21... Bxc1 22. Rxa6 Rd1+
{ Just to win a tempofor doubling rooks. } 23. Kh2 bxa6
{ Sad necessity. I will lose a minorpiece, leaving him the bishop's pair. But at least I had some mobilitywith my two rooks. }
24. Nxc1 Re1
{ ? Blunder. Bd7 and I will have to workhard to even save the R from an exchange. }
25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Nd3
{ I am dangerouslydriving his pieces to open field, knowing that minor piece's weakness againstthe rooks it the 'two undefended sided pieces' situation. }
26... Ra1 27. Bxa7 Rbb1
{ Now is where, if white plays as I suppose, I'll get him in a sidedundefended situation. }
28. Bd4 Ra4 { That's it. Of course, white has theother knight, so... } 29. Ndb2
{ Now, I will lose a rook for two minor pieces.I am +4 now, I will be +6 then, but I will lose some of the lonely pawnson the kingside. I can hope just to be an exchange and a pawn up. And withthe feeling to have fooled a horrible death. }
29... Rxb2
{ Now, of course whiteshould have taken with the bishop, keeping the pair, but... }
30. Nxb2
{ Ablunder, since in such a position the bishop pair is most valuable. } 30...
Rxd4
{ Now the game, sadly, loses interest, but it is still an unbalanced game... }
31. Kg3 g5
{ I can play c4, of course, but I liked to speculate on the kingitself. } 32.
Bh5 Kg7 33. Nd1 Kh6 34. Bf3 f5 35. Kh2 e5 36. Ne3
{ Nastythreat, but all is under control. } 36... Kg6
{ Bh5+ doesn't work because thereis no check fork on Nxf5. } 37. g4 Rf4
{ ...wanting to play risky. All wentas predicted: } 38. gxf5+ Kf6 39. Bg4 Rxf2+
40. Kg1
{ ...and here my opponentabandoned the game. My queen pawns will cost white a piece each, and then,my rook will win. }
0-1
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[Event "My shortest ever win"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "piratesamurai45"]
[Black "gmflsh2008"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1430"]
[TimeControl "5 + 20secs"]
[WhiteElo "1668"]
{ I enjoyed this } 1. e4 { Kings pawn. } 1... e5 { My usual reply } 2. Nf3
{ Attacking } 2... Nc6 { Defending } 3. Nc3
{ Heading for the four knights opening } 3... Nf6 { Obliging } 4. Nxe5
{ ?! I have played this a few times myself actually in blitz games,and lost every single one }
4... Nxe5 { The idea being that my knights can bekicked around for a while } 5.
d4 { Logical continuation } 5... Ng6
{ ?! Not surewhat i should really be doing } 6. e5
{ The knight has only one square..g8.Too passive, so instead... } 6... Qe7
{ Pinning the pawn against the king } 7. Bg5
{ At first glance this looks good for white, but i figure out a nicetrick, and my opponent takes the bait. }
7... Nxe5 { !! Can you see the threat? } 8. Bxf6
{ ?? Losing the game instantly. [ 8. dxe5 Qxe5 9. Be3. ] } 8... Nf3#
{ Myfirst ever double check and mate. Sweet } 0-1
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[Event "Challenge from sergiu87"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "madamimadam2"]
[Black "sergiu87"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1393"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
{ This is an illustration of why the Damiano's defence almost never worksout for black. Those familiar with it know that a common sacrifice in thisparticular set of moves almost always leads to victory for white. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6
{ Damiano's defence (C40) This is a very poor defense becauseit exposes the king on the h5-e8 diagonal, weakens the king-side, and takesaway the best developing square for the g8 knight. }
3. Nxe5
{ A well knownsacrifice. The best move for black here is 3...Qe7. This is the only wayto regain the pawn, but at the cost of a serious positional disadvantage. }
3... fxe5
{ A fatal mistake. White can now counter with a deadly kingside attack. } 4.
Qh5+
{ Exploits the h5-e8 diagonal. Black has two choices. 4...g6 isone option and is not advised because of the obvious fork of the king andthe king-side rook (5. Qxe5+ Kf7 6. Qxh8...). }
4... Ke7
{ The better of the twooptions, but the king is now wide open for attack. } 5.
Qxe5+ Kf7 6. Bc4+ Kg6
{ Black should have played 6...d5. It loses a pawn, but it at leastkeeps the queen away from f5, driving the king to the edge of the board. }
7. Qf5+ Kh6 8. d3+ g5 9. h4
{ A decisive attack, and black must make theright move to survive. 9...d5 is the only way to prevent mate because itblocks the bishop from controlling f7, and it also threatens the queen.If black makes any other move, the following mate occurs. }
9... d6 10. hxg5+ { A decisive double check! } 10... Kg7 11. Qf7#
{ A very common mate at a lowerlevel of play. 9...d5 was necessary for black to take f7 away from white.A perfect illustration of the dangers of playing the Damiano's defense. }
1-0
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[Event "Challenge from theyank"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.09.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "theyank"]
[Black "tulsatallguy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "4 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6
{ Getting my Knight out and setting up a fianchetto quickly. } 3. Nf3 Bg7 4.
Bc4 d5 5. Bb5+ { theyank puts me in check quickly. } 5... c6
{ Thissolid block holds theyank back, connects a pawn island, and causes whiteto move the white bishop twice within 6 moves. }
6. Bd3 Qd6
{ At this point,moving the Queen was more for show than anything else. } 7. a3
b5 8. h3 Bf5 { I wanted to take out his white-squared bishop. } 9. g4 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 b4 11. Bd2 c5 12. axb4
{ With the choice of taking d4 or b4 I decided totake d4. } 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4
O-O 14. Na3 Na6 { The whole board is just oddlyconfigured at this point. } 15.
c3 Qb6
{ I moved my Queen a lot in this game. Some of the moves were more 'showy' than tactical. }
16. f4 Nc7 17. Nab5 Ne4 { I took a calculated risk with this move. } 18. Bc1 a5
{ This was tooffer a pawn and rook for theyank's rook an good positioning for my Queen. He didn't go for it. }
19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. b5 e5 { This is to open the e file. } 21. Nc6 exf4 22. exf4
{ With the e file open and the knight in a good outpost,the game takes an interesting turn. }
22... Rae8 23. Qf3
{ Not sure why theyankdid not take my d pawn? That would have put him up by 2 points and broughthim into a solid position. }
23... Qb6 24. Nd4 Nc5+ { This is the 1st time I puttheyank into check. } 25.
Kd1
{ Not sure why theyank did not block my rookon e8 with his bishop on e3 or his knight on e2? Either one of these movescould have helped him castle in the future. }
25... a4 26. Re1 Re4
{ The idea wasto protect my bishop when it takes white's knight on d4 so if white choosesto kill my bishop with the c pawn, I would take that pawn with my rookand place him into check for a second time. (He doesn't exactly play accordingly) }
27. f5 Bxd4 28. Rxe4
{ With 2 ways to capture theyank's rook I chose utilizingpawn so it immediately places pressure on white's Queen. }
28... dxe4 29. Qf4 Bg7 30. Be3 Rd8+
{ This starts a series of checks to protect my Queen andknight. This ultimately leads to capturing theyank's Queen. }
31. Ke2 Qxb5+ 32. Kf2 Nd3+ 33. Kg3 Nxf4 34. Kxf4
{ Taking my knight with his King placeshim in a vulnerable position. } 34...
Qd5 35. Rxa4 h6
{ Hoping this move quietlygoes unnoticed as it is needed to checkmate white if he doesn't move correctly. }
36. c4 { I was hoping for this move! } 36... Qe5# 0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mariodag"]
[Black "drporges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1204"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
1. e4
{ Hello everybody! This is a game that i won before few days and iquite liked it! Well i started with e4. }
1... e5 { He played e5. He would haveplayed the Sicilian also! } 2. Nf3
{ Open the knight. I don't prefer d4 orNc3. } 2... f6
{ That was a weak move i think as it affects king's defence andthe hole kingside anyway. }
3. d4
{ I choosed d4, though i had also somethingelse in my mind which i think it was stronger. 3.Ng5 fxg5 4.Qh5+ g6 5.Qxe5Ne7 6.Qxh8! What do you think of that? }
3... Bb4+ { Ok a check then! } 4. c3
{ Iplayed c3 to keep the bishop back instead Nc3. } 4... Bd6
{ He moved it back. } 5. dxe5
{ I took the pawn. I could have played Bc4 instead. What do youthink it'll be better? }
5... fxe5 { He took it. } 6. Bc4
{ Now i opened the bishop.I wanted to attack in the f7 square. } 6... Nf6
{ Logical i think. } 7. Ng5 { Imoved on with the knight. } 7... Rf8
{ Strange move and bad i think. He shouldhave played 0-0 i guess. } 8. Nxh7
{ And now the plan is simple. Exchangeat first the knight in order to have a clean and free road for my queento move on h5 square. }
8... Nxh7
{ He took it and that's what i wanted. Maybehe ignored the threat. But the threat was not ignored him at all! }
9. Qh5+ { Check with the queen. } 9... Ke7 { In order to a avoid checkmate. }
10. Qxh7 { Itook his knight of course to clean the road. } 10... Ke8
{ He played with the king. } 11. Qg6+ { He can't avoid my queen now. } 11...
Ke7 { Avoid checkmate. } 12. Bg5+
{ Now the other bishop back there was now really useful! } 12... Rf6
{ Last hopei think. } 13. Qxg7+
{ But the queen is still there and he finally resigned.I hope you like it. Feel free to write any comments or rate the game ifyou want! Bye and have luck in your games! }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "12-Dec-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "virgilhilts"]
[Black "elwoos"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[TimeControl "10 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
1. e4
{ This was a normal open challenge. I was a little suprised to seesomeone higher ranked accept. Perhaps he had noticed that I was only recentlyin the ranks of the 1600 . Ironically my rating was below 1600 at the endand my opponents was over 1700 }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4
{ Pins the knight meaning the e pawn is undefended and gives methe option to castle }
6. Nxc6 bxc6
{ I'm not too scared of the doubled pawnsjust yet, this also opens a small line for my lsb which could prove useful }
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5
{ Gives my lsb even more scope and opens the possibilityof undoubling my pawns }
9. exd5 Bxc3
{ and in fact doubling my opponents.At the end of the game the queens side pawn structure becomes very significant }
10. bxc3 cxd5 11. Bg5 Qd6
{ Although still in the Gameknot database! I thinkthis move is a mistake. The most popular Gameknot move is h6 which I don'tlike, though it is forced later. I find c5 tempting here }
12. Bxf6 Qxf6
{ Takes full advantage of my last move which now means I have lost a tempo }
13. Qh5 { Threatening Qxh7# } 13... h6
{ Now we finally move out of the Gameknotdatabase (which suggests g6). I may have made things harder for myselfthan they should be with this move as it opens the white squares aroundmy king while white still has his lsb }
14. Qxd5 { grabbing material andthreatening my rook } 14... Be6
{ Still broadly following the main line of theopening. This move finally completes my development and links my rooks.White has a material advantage but double pawns. To me the game looks prettyeven here. My queen is eying up the c3 pawn too which would equalise inmaterial though I doubt white will allow that }
15. Qd4 Qg5
{ Looking atBh3. I was reluctant to exchange as it would undouble whites pawns againstmy isolated c pawn }
16. f4 Qd5
{ Really this represent a change of heartbut I am not sure where better I could have put it either }
17. Be4 { whiteforces the exchange which as I said is to his advantage } 17...
Qxd4+ 18. cxd4 Rab8
{ grabbing the open file by my isolated and very sorry looking pawns,would Rad8 be a better move? }
19. d5 Bd7 20. Rab1
{ I think white is tryingto take advantage of his material advantage and exchanging where he can,particularly with his well advanced d pawn }
20... f5
{ Applying pressure of myown, there is no need for me to take his rook, if he wants mine he willhave to take it }
21. Bd3 { At least now his d pawn is (temporarily) undefended } 21... g6
{ This is probably a poor move as the f pawn is already well protected } 22. c4
{ I'm unsure about this move. I would be tempted with Bc4 insteadthreatening discovered check with d6 which could become nasty for me. Asit is the white lsb is now quite restricted }
22... c5 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Rb1 Rxb1+
{ I decided to go for the exchange as I felt the position wasn't too unevendespite whites material advantage as I could block his now passed pawnon d }
25. Bxb1 a5
{ Here I was wanting whites a pawn to stay on a whitesquare while I still had my lsb as it gave me a chance for promotion }
26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Kf3 g5
{ Trying to restrict whites king from getting too farforward, I (briefly) have a barrier most of the way across the board.If only I hadn't moved 21:... g6 }
28. g3 Kf6
{ Supoprting the pawns. Alsothinking about g4 but I need my a pawn on h5 to do that or my pawns couldbecome seperated }
29. h3 Ba4
{ Now that my f pawn is defended by my kingI can try to get behind his pawns and do some damage. My feeling is thatthis is where the game started to turn }
30. g4 Bd1+ 31. Kg3 { This is givesme a chance to undermine his passed pawn }
31... fxg4
{ First I need to do thisor I lose more material and probably the game. Unfortunately this opensmore space for the white lsb too which makes it harder for my king to defendmy pawns }
32. hxg4
{ I need to do something about the d and c pawns as elsewherewe are pretty much even though I think my bishop is now better placed particularlyas my king can hopefully prevent promotion }
32... Be2 33. Bc2 Bxc4
{ Finally materialequality, though not for long and I now have a passed pawn too }
34. Bb3 gxf4+
{ This was probably a mistake as it seems unneccessary. Bb5 seemsbetter threatening to advance the now passed c pawn but I didn't see thatmove at the time }
35. Kxf4
{ It's now too easy for him to bring his kingin to defend his d pawn, however I now have a plan for promotion }
35... Bxb3 36. axb3
{ Now he can't stop me promoting, the question is - can I stophim? } 36... c4
{ sacrifices the pawn to enable me to promote the a pawn that hisking can't reach in time }
37. bxc4
{ Unfortunately he gets connected pawnsin the process, though will they be enough? We will see. I figured thatif he pushed one pawn my king could get to it in time, if he didn't thenI had enough time to promote }
37... a4 { here goes } 38. c5 a3 { Piling on the pressure } 39. c6 Ke7
{ I need to get my king i the way of those pawns, his king istoo far away to defend them both }
40. Ke5 { Pretty much forced } 40... a2
{ andnow I am almost there, if his king doesn't move promotion will give mecheck which could be helpful too }
41. d6+ Kd8
{ Pretty much forced, anythingelse would likely mean he would promote, now he doesnt' have time to }
42. Ke6
{ Trapping my king on the back row- but I was prepared for this I hadsome conditional moves setup }
42... a1=Q 43. c7+ Kc8
{ Forced. He's going torun out of options to check me soon that will let me bring my queen in }
44. Kf7
{ I'm not entirely sure of the point of this move, is he going fora draw? }
44... Qe5
{ His pawns can't be saved now and white resigned. For methis was a tough, exciting battle that could have swung either way. Withhindsight I am still not sure when the game turned in my favour. Thanksfor reading, I look forward to your contructive feedback }
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[Event "Scandi in 18 (3.c4)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "fstander"]
[Black "mahamis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1632"]
[TimeControl "played in chess ac"]
[WhiteElo " -0-"]
1. e4 d5 { Scandinavian or Center Counter } 2. exd5 e5
{ Boehnke Gambit ofthe Scandi. Who the hell is Boehnke? Seems like a German last name to me. }
3. c4 { in order to protect the white d pawn on c5. } 3... e4
{ played primarilyto prevent white from playing Nf3 and secondarily to open up the e file. }
4. d3 exd3 { so there. e file opened. } 5. Bxd3
{ thus developing the fbishop. } 5... Bb4+
{ played with the aim of castling and also prevent the whiteb from blocking the efile at e3. }
6. Bd2 Bxd2+ { so there 2. no white bishopto block the e file. } 7. Nxd2 Nf6
{ preparing to castle..... } 8. Ngf3 { preparingto castle, too...... } 8... c6
{ in order to get the N in c8 out and put it ina nice square. } 9. Qa4
{ his mistake. castling is in order here. maybe hedecided to castle on the queenside. }
9... Bd7 10. Ne5
{ decided to attack insteadof castling. bet he did not see blacks' 12th move. }
10... O-O { so there 3. blackcastles. } 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Re8+
{ white did not foresee this move.13.Kf1 Qxd3+ and white is prevented from casling and black gains a tempo,too. }
13. Be2 { the only move for this white b. } 13... Nxc6
{ the black q wouldbe so much at home on e7 that removing the pressure on it is in order. }
14. Nf3
{ maybe played in order to put the rook on a1 to d1 thus attackingthe black q. 14. 0-0 Rxe2, winning the white b. }
14... Qe7 { so there 4. blackis threatening mate at e2. } 15. Qc2
{ whites move is forced from this pointon. } 15... Nb4 16. Qd2
{ any move other than in d1 or d2 mates the white k. } 16... Rad8
{ preserving the pressure on the white q. } 17. Nd4
{ the only move to preventthe mate or the loss of the queen. taking the black N, for instance, willlead to mate on e2. }
17... Rxd4 18. Qe3 { taking the rook will lead to the samemate. } 18... Nc2+
{ so there 5. white resigned. The black N is forking the whiteQ and the K. The lesson of this game is castle if the position warrantsit or, come to think of it, just castle to put the king to safety beforemaking plans to attack. }
0-1
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[Event "Eliminating Castle Defenders"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "10-Feb-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "blake84120"]
[Black "aauchter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1535"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
1. e4 { 54th GK Tournament, I'm playing white and open with the King's pawn. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
{ Black denied me my favorite Ruy Lopez, but I don'tmind taking on the Philidor. 20 years ago, when I played competitive chess,I almost never saw the Philidor. Today, on GK, I see it a lot. I'm guessingit has gained popularity in the last two decades? Or maybe only on GK -are the professionals choosing Philodor much? }
3... exd4 4. Qxd4
{ Black choseto exchange in the center (the 'Exchange Variation') and I decided to bringout the big gal early. Not sure it's a good decision, but it seems to beacceptible in the Philidor. }
4... Nc6 5. Bb5 { Saving the white queen with theroyal pin. } 5... Bd7 6. Bxc6
{ Black unpinned his knight, putting my queen indanger, so capturing seems well advised here. }
6... Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 { Pinafter pin. I guess I'm addicted. } 8... Be7 9.
O-O-O h6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3
{ Blackchased my bishop back, kind of a reverse Angel Fire theme. } 11... Qd7
12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5
{ Exposes an attack on the black queen, and maintains pressureon the pinned knight at f6. }
13... Qe6 14. Qxc7
{ Black evidently wants to exchangequeens, apparently enough that he overlooked danger in his own home camp. }
14... O-O 15. Nd4
{ Black castled into a dangerously exposed position, but atthis moment, I don't have good attacking prospects while black's queen,bishop, and knight are all clustered around his castle. I'm ahead by apawn, so I'm thinking about exchanging now. Black's bishop on c6 threatensmy pawn on g2, but I have a simple fix for that - exchanging him. }
15... Qc8 16. Qxe7
{ See my comment on my 14th move. Again black ignores danger inhis own home camp to chase the queen exchange. He voluntarily removed oneof his three castle defenders, and now I eliminate one, leaving black withonly a single, lone castle defender. He really needs to see to the defenseof his castle. }
16... Bxg2 17. Qxf6
{ Black once again ignores or overlooks imminentdanger. He sees the free pawn, ignoring the danger to his knight at f6.Perhaps he believes taking the white rook is threat enough to spare hisknight, or compensation enough if the knight falls. I feel inclined todisprove this belief by eliminating the last castle defender. }
17... Bxh1 18. Be5
{ Black took the defenseless rook, but he was nearly bait, luring blackinto dubious captures far from his endangered king. The noble rook tookone for the team, and now white has checkmate in 1, so black resigns. Onecannot help but notice that white had 5 developed pieces to black's 1 (though,admittedly, part of that is due to white gobbling two undefended blackpieces). }
1-0
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[Event "Man, that was easy, but hard at the same time!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "January 20 2018"]
[Round "-"]
[White "eric2jin"]
[Black "warmandfuzzy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "black"]
[TimeControl "5+10 blitz"]
[WhiteElo "white"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { Philldors defence, my least favourite opening as white. }
3. d4 f6 { Huh? New version I have not heard of. } 4. dxe5 dxe5
{ Interestingway to capture. } 5. Qxd8+ { Queens are out } 5... Kxd8 6. Bc4 c6
7. Nc3 b5 { Smallpawn chain, I guess. Attacking the bishop. } 8. Bb3
{ Escaping the threatand still having the LSB on th a2-g8 diagonal. } 8... a5
9. a3 a4 10. Ba2 { Escaping. } 10... g5 11. O-O h5 12. h3 h4 13. Be3 Kc7 14.
Rfd1 Ne7 15. Bc5 Ng6 { Bishop trade? } 16. Bxf8 { Sure. } 16... Rxf8 17. Rd3
{ Preparing doubled rooks } 17... Nf4 { Only to havelost tempo. } 18. Rd2 Na6
19. g3 { Whoops... } 19... Nxh3+ 20. Kh2 hxg3+
{ Aw man!I forgot about the bishop! } 21. fxg3 Rh8 22. Kg2 Bg4 23. Rad1 Bxf3+
24. Kxf3 g4+ { What } 25. Kxg4
{ I think g4 was ghost vision, eyeing Nf2, butthe rook is here... } 25... Ng5
26. Rd7+ Kb6 { ?! } 27. b4
{ Stopping the king froma5 or c5. I was expecting axb3 e.p. But I guess not. }
27... Rh2 { Threateningthe pawn } 28. R1d6
{ Which falls to a bigger threat of mate. } 28... Rxc2 { ??? } 29. Nd5#
{ Wow! BOOM CHECKMATE. I win. I thought about this for a while,then realized it was mate! }
1-0
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[Event "Challenge from bowdine"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "31-Dec-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bowdine"]
[Black "kodiakjack19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1121"]
1. d4 d5 2. h4
{ That move threw me for a loop, but didn't cause me to strayfrom my normal developmental steps. I don't know if your intention wasto distract me or not, but you did get my attention... lol }
2... Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. dxe5
{ That's a good move to make anytime you see your opponent is approachingthe game with a plan; plus, capturing towards the center of the board isone of the fundementals of Opening Move strategy (or so I've read). }
4... Nxe5 5. Qd4
{ Now you're dictating my defense which is a good strategy to have. } 5... f6
6. h5 h6 7. a4
{ Again, that move caught me off guard and made me thinkabout what you were up to. }
7... Ne7 8. Rh4 N7c6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. g3 Nc4 11. Qc3 N6e5 12. Qb3 c6 13. a5 a6
14. Nh3
{ Here I have an opportunity for a fork;if I move my Knight to F3, you are in check and I have the freedom to takeyour Rook.... }
14... Bd6 { But I didn't see it... } 15. Nf4 { Opportunity is stillthere.... }
15... Bf5 { And I miss it again because of tunnel vision... } 16. Ng6 Bxg6 17.
hxg6 Nf3+ { Finally I notice... lol } 18. Ke2 Nxh4 19. gxh4 Qe7 20. Nd2 Nxd2
21. Bxd2 Qe4 22. Qxb7 O-O 23. Qxc6
{ Great strategy in takingout those Pawns... Anytime you have a chance to take a piece without loosingone yourself, you're doing something right. }
23... Rfd8 24. Bh3 Qxg6 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Qxd5 Qxc2 27. Rg1 Bf8
{ Bad move on my part; I could have set upto capture your Bishop on D2 } 28.
Qg2 Qxd2+
{ I still think I should'vetaken that Bishop with my own Bishop... lol } 29.
Kf3 g5 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Qf5 Qc6+ 32. e4 Rd3+ 33. Kg4 Be7 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Qe5+
Kh7 36. Bf5+ Kg8 37. Qxe7 Re8 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. f4 Rxe4 40. Bxe4 Qc8+ 41. f5 Rd2
42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qxc8 Kf6 44. Qc3+ Kf7 45. Qxd2 Kg7 46. Qd4+ Kg8 47. Bd5+ Kf8
48. Qh8+ Ke7 49. f6+ Kd7 50. Qh7+ Kd6 51. Rd1 h5+ 52. Kxg5 h4 53. f7 h3 54.
f8=Q+ Ke5 55. Qhg7#
{ Well played on your part... After the game got going,I didn't have much to say. You over came that early Rook capture on mypart and played strong at the end to systematically take down my Queenand two Rooks... Good game! (: }
1-0
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[Event "Double-Check wins the Opening"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "30-Dec-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "thedudeman"]
[Black "blake84120"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1338"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1274"]
1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d3 g6
{ Sicilian Defense. Not really my favorite,but I played it for kicks. } 4. Be3
d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 { I spy a lonely littlepawn on b2. } 6. Qc2 Nb4 7. Qd2 Qa5
{ At this point I am thinking Nc2 ! isa double check that wins me a rook, or at least wins the exchange for therook. }
8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Nc2+
{ White ruined my fun with Nc3. I expectedhim to play 9. Pxc3 to save his rook. I guess he wanted to pressure myrook in h8. }
10. Kd2 Qxc3+ 11. Kxc3 Nxa1 { That was a lot of work just towin the exchange. }
12. Be2 Nf6
{ Can't save my knight, might as well develop- white's development is miles ahead of black's right now. }
13. Rxa1 O-O 14. e5 Nh5
{ 14. ... Pxe5?, 15. Bxc5 leaves white threatening two differentpawns. Black cannot save them both. }
15. Ng5 dxe5
{ Now black can take thepawn, since white's last knight move took the pressure off of e5. I wouldlike to break up the center a little bit, see if I can find a way to upgrademy material advantage - black cannot win the game by just staying up bya bishop for rook exchange alone. }
16. Bxc5 Re8 { Save the pawn. } 17. h3 Nf4
{ I was somewhat relieved that white didn't play Bxh5 at any time. Whileexchanging while black is ahead in material (knight for a rook) favorsblack, those doubled and isolated pawns on the H file would have been problematic. }
18. Bf3 h6
{ Time to drive away that pesky knight. Maybe even steamrollenough pawns to drive the bishop off of F3 so my knight can eat eat theg2 pawn. }
19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd2 Rd8
{ I've chased the knight almost all theway home, and at d2 he prevents his rook from defending the backward pawnat d3. Time to attack. }
21. Bd5+ e6
{ A sneaky trick by white, blockingwith check, but it avails him not. } 22. g3
exd5
{ 22. g3? was a dubiousmove - at best it allows black to exchange pieces while he enjoys a materiallead (with the side bonus of weakening white's kingside pawns), but italso looks like black comes out a pawn ahead no matter how you slice it. }
23. gxf4 dxc4 { double-threatening white's backward and indefensible d3pawn. }
24. Nxc4 exf4
{ Now black has what he needs to win. Up by a pawnand the exchange, and with a crushing 4-2 pawn adavantage on the King-side.Time to liquidate a little and start looking for that promotion. Blackmust also keep an eye on white's passed (but isolated) d pawn. }
25. Ne5 g5 26. Rg1 b6 27. Be7 Re8
{ 27. Be7? loses more material for white. Afterblack's move, if white plays 28. Bd6 Re6 and now both 29. Nc4 pb5 or 29Bc7 Bb7 followed by 30 Rc8 wins material for black. }
28. Bf6 Re6 29. Bxg5 hxg5
{ Not 29. ... Rxe5?? 30 Bxf4 loses black's rook to the discoveredcheck. } 30.
Rxg5+ Kh7 31. Rh5+ Rh6
{ I considered 31. ... Kg7 hoping for32 Rg5 Kh6! which leaves white with threated rook and knight and no wayto save both. But I didn't really think he would fall for it, and the moveI chose forces him to exchange rooks (otherwise he loses his pawn on h3). }
32. Rg5 Rxh3
{ I didn't expect to get the pawn, but I'll take it, eliminatingone of white's two passed pawns and extending black's material lead. }
33. Ng6 Rf3 34. Nf8+ Kh6 35. Rg6+ Kh5
{ I'm not sure what white is up to. Arook and a knight cannot force checkmate on an open board. I had expectedhim to bring in his king by now while my rook and bishop are too far awayto do me much good. It's interesting to note that we've played 35 movesand are transitioning into the endgame at this point, and black's bishopat c8 has not moved yet - I don't know if that's good or bad, since blackhas built a sizeable material lead by staying so busy pursuing multipleattacks that I haven't required the help of that bishop yet. }
36. Rg2 Bb7
{ Now I finally move that bishop, threatening white's knight but alsothreatening 37. ... Rxd3 followed by 38. ... Bxg2. }
37. Rh2+ Kg4 38. Ne6 Bd5 { It's a fork. Now black wins another pawn. } 39. Nc7
Rc8
{ I didn't expectthat move by white. Nd4 would have been much more annoying, and probablywould have saved his pawn on a2. This move, however, allows me to exchangepieces and win the d3 pawn. }
40. Kd4 Rxc7 41. Kxd5 Rd7+ 42. Ke6 Rdxd3
{ Andnow it's pretty much a lock. White has nothing. } 43. Kf6 Rh3 44. Rg2+ Kf3
45. Rg7 Rh6+
{ Setting up a couple different checkmates. I expect whiteto be reluctant to move co F7 and let me exchange rooks, and I don't expecte7 because I think he wants my a7 pawn badly enough to not block his lineof attack. But he cannot play 46. Kxf5 because of Rd5 . Maybe his bestmove would be to chase my rook with 46 Kg5, in which case I was seriouslyconsidering trading 2 rooks for 1 with 46. ... Rd1, 47 Kxh6 Rh1 48. Kmoves Rb1 , 49 Kf6 Rxg7 50. Kxg7 Kxf2 and now black promotes his advancedpawn. }
46. Ke5 Rhd6
{ White moved into a forced mate in 2 (really mate in3, since white can play the useless Rg3 if he wants to stall one move). }
47. Kxf5 R3d5# 0-1
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[Event "An Amazing Weekend Of Chess round 3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "4;15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "V.M"]
[Black "mla96"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1358"]
[TimeControl "1:15 for 30 moves, 0:40 to finish all with 30 second incraments"]
[WhiteElo "1273"]
{ Just to make things clear, rounds 1,2,4,5 are not out yet, so don't botherlooking. This game was extremely short so It won't take long to annotate.The first round will explain everything when I post it, so just be patient. -------------------- After 2 successful games, I had to play an evenharder game. I believe that I was the first game finished and that it tookonly 15 minutes to win. I was sure it would take much longer, but itdidn't. I had the black pieces. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 c5
{ Returning to an opening I really like. I have a hugefeeling that my opponent wasn't familiar with this opening consideringthe way he played this game }
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 a6
{ Now here's where thetwist comes in. So far this game has been very even. Only a strange stupidmove could change everything. But of course..... }
9. Nb1
{ (??) I understandhe was thinking of c3 and Nd2, but definitely wrong time. The game fellapart for him because of this move. }
9... Qb6 { Wins either the d4 pawn or theb2 pawn. } 10. Qc1
{ I guess it's going to be the d4 pawn. Now I want tocount how many times his pieces have to move back. }
10... cxd4 { Taking with theknight was definitely not as good. } 11. Bf2
{ Bd2 seems much better (moveback counter: 1) } 11... Nc5
{ Now I have a huge attack, and this is only the oppening. Taking the free pawn loses a piece after Nxd3. }
12. Nbd2 { Trying to developin this horrible situation. } 12... Nb4
{ Attacking d3 and keeping a huge offense. } 13. Be2
{ Moving away from the coming attack (move back counter: 2) } 13... d3
{ (!) An excellent move the pawn can't be taken or the queen will be lost.After the long combo, you may wonder if after Kd1 that both queens willbe gone after Bxb6. The correct move there is not to take the queen, butplay Nxf2, and black wins. }
14. Bd1
{ White has been playing horribly, noweverything is stuck. (move back counter: 3) }
14... dxc2
{ (!) Wins the queen nomatter what. At this point he resigned and now I had a score of 3/3. Later,2 other guys won and also had 3/3. One was a little kid rated 3rd in mysection, and the other an old man who I played when I was very little,who beat me by playing extremely slow knowing that I would fall asleepsince it was midnight. Ever since then, I've been dying to get my revenge(hint hint). }
0-1
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[Event "GAME 4: madmurdoch vs fatcat"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "03-Nov-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "madmurdoch"]
[Black "fatcat2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1032"]
{ This is the fourth game between fatcat2 and madmurdoch, and it is histurn to be White. }
1. d4 { Nothing too explosive to start with... } 1... Nf6 2. d5
{ This can't possibly be common. It looks extremely weakening. Has anyoneever seen this? }
2... d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 e5
{ I'm trying to work aroundthat pawn and if possible eliminate it. } 6. dxc6
bxc6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Ne4 Qd8
{ White is, I think, slightly ahead on development, and this forcedretreat is not welcome. }
9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bg7 12. Rd1 d5
{ Both sides are trying to take advantage of the wide open space in thecentre. }
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc5 Nc6 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5
{ The queens areboth gone and I am down by a pawn. } 16... Nb4 17. Rd2 Nxa2
{ I recapture the pawn! } 18. e4 Nb4 19. Bb5+ Kf8
{ I lose the right to castle...but the game hasby now progressed so far that this hardly matters. What White's move hasachieved is that his pieces can now harrass my king and make me lose tempiwhile he gains a foothold in my position. }
20. Nd7+ Ke7 21. O-O Rad8
{ Aha!This looks good, pinning White's knight and building up attacks on it. }
22. Rfd1 { The only move...I think... } 22... a6 23. Ba4 Bh6
{ At this point I offereda draw. Should White have accepted, given the position at THIS stage? Atany rate, he didn't, and his refusal of the draw makes his next move evenmore heinous. }
24. Nxe5 { I give about 6 ?s to this move, for obvious reasons. } 24... Rxd2
25. Rxd2 Bxd2 26. f4 Bxf4 { Snap! Another one bites the dust! } 27. Nc4 Rc8 28.
Nb6 Be3+ { This is the last straw for White, who resigned immediately. } 0-1
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[Event "as your wish..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "28-Apr-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ddestroyer"]
[Black "varsity"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1467"]
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. e4
{ I think moving the pawn on e4 arean error, he sacrifice a pawn for nothing }
4... Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 h6 7. Bh4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c6 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. O-O-O
{ castling on the Queens side,put the Queen under a bad diagonal } 10... g5
{ will try to work a way to pin hisQueen } 11. Bg3 e6 12. Be5
{ Loosing a move and permit to advanced my f-pawn } 12... f6 13. Bg3
{ go back home... } 13... h5 14. h4 gxh4 15. Rxh4 Bh6
{ Now, he haveto sacrifice his to exchange his tower for a weaker piece } 16.
Bf4 Nxf4
{ He have no other choice of taking my knight, if he move his Queen, nextmove, i'll put his King under check moving my Knight in a way to attackinghis Queen }
17. Rxf4 e5 18. g3 b6 { very weak move on my part, better exf4 } 19. Qe2
{ he reply with a error, better dxe5 } 19... exf4 20. Qxh5+ Kd7 21. Kb1 Kc7 22.
d5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 f3 24. Qf7+ Kb8 25. Re1 e3 { trick him, i losta pawn if Kxf3 }
26. fxe3 { and he felt on the trap... } 26... f2 { nice fork } 27. Rd1 fxg1=Q
28. Rxg1 Bxe3 29. Rd1 Qd7
{ best move for him are to exchangeQueen, he will gain my tower for a bishop }
30. a3 Qxf7 31. Bxf7 Bb7 { therest of the game are history.... } 32. Rd6 f5 33.
Rf6 Be4 34. Bg6 Rh6 0-1
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[Event "Analyzed Games"]
[Site "ChessDoctor.com"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W13"]
[Black "B13"]
[Result "?"]
[ECO "?"]
{00013.4.20 Analyzed by National Master John Graves}
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. d3
{d4 is also possible, but there is nothing wrong with d3.}
8... c6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 d5 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 g5
{g5 is a mistake, but with the center still fluid a wing
demonstration can be dangerous.12...g5 also gives white
time to develop an initiative. 12...e4 is tempting but
that allows white to put uncomfortable pressure on the
"d" line. 12...dc! followed by Qd3 gives black equality}
13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Rac1 Rd7 15. Bb4
{Why not cd right away?}
15... a5 16. Ba3
{cd5 is a possibility}
16... Bf7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb5 Na6 19. Rc6 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4
21. Qxb4 Rxa2
22. Nec3 Ra8 23. Nd6 Bf8 24. Nxf7 Rxf7
{Forced. Whit wins a pawn after 24...Bb4 25. Nd8 Bc3 26.Ne6
hitting g5 and c3.}
25. Qb3 Ra3 26. Qc2 e4 27. dxe4 dxe4 28. Rd1
{White has the advantage due to the more harmonious nature
of his pieces. He also has an advantage on the light squares.
Namely f5 e6 and f7.}
28... Qe8 29. Nb5 Ra2 30. Qc4 Ra4 31. Qc2 Ra2 32. Qxa2 Qxc6
33. Nd4 Qd5 34.
Qc2 Ng4
{This is incorrect. Qe5 is far superior. This gets black of
the the a2-g8 diagonal and protects the f pawn, this gives
black a chance to hold the game.}
35. h3 Ne5
{this loses at once, better was to admit the mistake and play
the knight back to f6.}
36. Nxf5 Nd3 37. g4 h5 38. Qc8 Qa2 39. Rf1 Kh7
{The light squares really hurt black in the final stages of
the game.}
40. Bxe4
1-0 |
[Event "Challenge from Spain"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.11.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "auuuu"]
[Black "woods123"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1392"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1438"]
1. e4 { Apertura española (Ruy-López). } 1... c5 { Defensa siciliana. } 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6
{ Las blancas pretender debilitar la estructura de peonesdel adversario. } 4...
bxc6 5. O-O { Due to the popularity of the game, the whites have castled. }
5... Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 { The blacks are gaining an advantage in development... }
7. e5
{ However, the whites continue their aim of gaining a advantage in the structure of the pieces. }
7... Nd5
{ Meanwhile, they cause a loss of time by making the king's horse dance. } 8.
c4 Nb6 9. d3 O-O
{ The blacks continue to enjoy a advantage in piece development and rook pawn promotion in the 9th move. }
10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Be3 d6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Rc1 d5 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. Qf3
Rd7 17. Qh3 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nc8 19. f4 Ne7 20. Ne2
{ Con este salto de caballo se inicia un plan de gran profundidad quelas negras no llegan a entrever. }
20... Nf5 21. Ng3 Nd4 22. Nh5 Nf5 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nxg7
{ The white queen's horse culminates its career by offering itself to the black king as a poisoned sacrifice... }
24... Qf8
{ But the blacks let themselves be tricked by the osadia of the white horse and do not capture it, suspecting that this movement hides a trap (at 24... K x Nseguiría 25. Qf6+...). A thorough analysis shows that the black king should have captured the horse, as it would have an escape route with... Qd8, leaving e8 free. }
25. Bh6 Qd8 26. f5 exf5 27. gxf5
{ The black king can try to escape through f8 since with Ne6 the black king would be checkmated by the knight and the black queen captured by the horse. Thus, the black king has been confined to a small enclosure, with his subjects tied at both feet and hands, in highly restrictive positions caused by the white's positional domination. }
27... Kh8 28. f6 Ng6
{ The whites are in a favorable positional claraventaja, but this move requires a deep analysis since it could be decisive. }
29. Ne6 Qe8 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Ng5
{ The black pieces can only delay the checkmate (moving the pawn) for one move, since Qh7 is inevitable. }
1-0
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "Oct 21 2018"]
[Round "-"]
[White "eric2jin"]
[Black "linusinsulins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "black"]
[TimeControl "None"]
[WhiteElo "white"]
{ Hey everybody! My annotated game against Linus(again). } 1. e4 { Whew! } 1...
e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { Ooh! } 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 { ?! } 4. Qe2 { Yee } 4... Qe7 5. Qxe4 d5
6. Qxd5 c6 7. Bb5 { Oops } 7... a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qa5 f6 10. O-O fxe5 11. Re1
g6 { Um } 12. Rxe5 { ! } 12... Qxe5 { ? } 13. Qxe5+ { Yay } 13... Be6 14. Qxh8
{ Bye bye rook } 14... Bf5 { Ohwell } 15. Nc3 Bxc2 { Oh } 16. d4 Be4 17. Qe5+
Be7 18. Qxe4 Nd7 19. Qxc6 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Rb6 21. Qc8+ Kf7 22. Nd5 { Well } 22...
Rd6 23. Qc4 g5 24. Nb6+ { Check } 24... Ke8 { Back } 25. Qg8+ Nf8 26. Nc8 Rxd4
{ Oof } 27. Bxg5 { Well. One of the waysto stop back rank mate } 27... Bxg5
{ Cool } 28. Re1+ { Check. Qxg5 was also an option. } 28... Be7
{ What. I would’ve done Kd7. } 29. Rxe7+
{ White has to be careful aboutback rank, but } 29... Kd8 { Only move. } 30.
Qxf8# { Checkmate! } 1-0
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[Event "Team match - Pretty Sveshnikov"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "N.N."]
[Black "tisamon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
1. e4 c5
{ The Sicilian Defense is probably the best example to illustratethe advances and progress in chess opening theory over the years. By advancingthe c-pawn two squares, Black asserts control over the d4 square and fightsfor the center. Once thought to be passive, it has grown to become oneof the most combative options for Black. The queenside pawn advance providesa local spatial advantage - breaking symmetry early which will influencedevelopment for both sides providing both flexibility and a latent power. }
2. Nf3
{ With 2.Nf3, White intends to play d4, opening the d-file and takingcharge in the center, not with two pawns on e4/d4, but with a pawn anda knight with open lines and natural squares for piece development. }
2... Nc6
{ Perhaps the most natural developing move preparing Nf6 without committingto a particular pawn structure, although this is hardly a neutral move. }
3. d4 { White thrusts forward to initiate the exchange. } 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
{ Black begins to fight back with this developing move, aiming at the unprotectede-pawn, which in turn leads to the natural Nc3 to develop and protect. }
5. Nc3 e5
{ The Sveshnikov (Lasker-Pelikan) variation. Black immediatelyfixes the pawn formation in the center with the seemingly anti-positional...e5 which leaves Black with a backwards d-pawn and weakness on d5. Atone point, this move was regarded as a clumsy minor variation, but theefforts of Evgeny Sveshnikov, confident in the correctness of the strongpawn center, have propelled this to one of the most influential variationsof the Sicilian Defense. It has become popular due to the sheer inexhaustibleresilience of Black's position which suggests that the harder White hits,the harder Black hits back, yet White cannot afford to play passively. }
6. Ndb5
{ The theoretically critical move which threatens Nd6+. All othermoves are considered to allow Black easy equality, if not the advantage.6.Nb3/Nf3 are met by 6...Bb4 threatening to win the e-pawn. 6.Nf5 allowsthe powerful 6...d5. And 6.Nxc6 is met with 6...bxc6 where the extra pawnin the center gives good play. }
6... d6
{ By moving the pawn forward, protectedby the Queen, Black does not allow 7.Nd6+ Bxd6 8.Qxd6. }
7. Nd5
{ The classicalvariation is to play the aggressive Bg5 to strengthen the grip on d5 andintroduce the possibility of taking the knight forcing Black to take backwith the g-pawn (where the doubled f-pawns have been demonstrated to bea dangerous weapon by Black). 7.Nd5 is the main alternative, where Whiteuses his control over d5 to bring about a change in the pawn formationwhere he is banking on the queenside pawn majority to be of more importancethat Black's central advantage. }
7... Nxd5
{ As both of White's Knights werecontrolling the forking square of c7, Black must accept the exchange. }
8. exd5 Nb8
{ Another seemingly unnatural move - Black's knight has beenkicked from c6 and retreats to redeploy at d7. }
9. c4
{ White here has anumber of options (c4, a4, c3, and Qf3), with c4 remaining as the mostpopular to work the queenside pawn mass and consolidate the position. }
9... Be7
{ Both Black and White's next few moves are quite natural - Black willplay Be7/Nd7/O-O, while White develops his King's bishop to castle as well. }
10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7
{ Bringing the Knight back into the game to thebest available square with the ability to jump to the important f6/e5/c5/b6squares as required. }
12. b3
{ With this move, White develops a strong queensidepawn chain, giving his Queen's bishop extra options for development. }
12... a6
{ Black intends to fight back through the Kingside, but first kicks backthe aggressively posted knight. }
13. Nc3 f5
{ Black begins to work the Kingside,using the f-pawn either for direct attack or securing the space advantage. }
14. f4
{ White seeks to undermine Black's maneuvers. To immediately takeis a mistake that allows White to further develop resulting in the d-pawnisolani, and to immediately advance leaves Black with a somewhat crampedand awkward position. }
14... Bf6
{ The best move I felt, allowing White to initiatethe exchange, but improving the development of Black's pieces, givingthe bishop more scope. }
15. fxe5
{ An innaccuracy, I suspect, as it mayhave been stronger to develop White's Queen or Bishop first as this providessome counterplay for Black. }
15... Nxe5
{ Bxe5 was probably just as strong (wheredxe5 concedes an advanced central passed pawn), but with Knight takes,there is the discovered attack of Nxc4 on the hanging knight by the bishoppotentially winning a pawn. }
16. Ba3
{ White looks to load up on the weakd-pawn, but misses the threat of Nxc4. Better would have been perhaps thesimple Qc2. Once the a1-h8 diagonal is cleared out, with Black's bishopremaining, White's dark squared bishop will be quite limited. }
16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4
{ 17.bxc4 Bxc3 18.Rc1 Be5 was perhaps a stronger alternative for White. } 17...
Bxc3 18. Rc1
{ A natural move for White - kicking back the bishop and takingcommand over the open c-file, but damping options for the a3 bishop. }
18... Be5 19. Rf3
{ Lifting the rook, although I'm not certain what the purpose ofthis was. Stronger and simpler in my opinion would have been Re1 to takethe other file (perhaps allowing his dark squared bishop to be free dueto it's pin on the rook through the d-pawn which could be decoyed throughRxe5) }
19... b5
{ b5 not only gains space on the queenside, but threatens thedark-squared bishop which has no retreat (not the tall pawn bishop) withb4 threatening a queenfork if White accepts the pawn. }
20. Bf1 b4 21. Bxb4 { 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Bc1 was another option. } 21... Qb6+
{ Winning the Bishop. } 22. Kh1 Qxb4 23. Rc4
{ Black is now up the bishop pair on an open board. Whitelooks to threaten and displace the queen, perhaps forming a battery onthe c-file. }
23... Qa3
{ Attacking the undefended a-pawn, but looking to drawWhite's Queen to the second rank in order to play Qb2 on the diagonal commandedby the dark squared bishop to trade down the Queens. }
24. Qd2 Qb2 25. Rc2 { White initially declines the trade... } 25... Qd4
{ But the trade is pretty muchforced due to threats of Qh4 } 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27.
Bd3 { White looks to loadup on and win the f-pawn } 27... Bb7
{ And Black is willing to lose it for White'sd-pawn, centralising the bishops. }
28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxf5 Bxd5 30. Rd2
{ Black looks to attack both undefended bishops, but a back-rank matingthreat exists, nullifying this effort. }
30... Re8 { Threatening Re8# } 31. h3
{ Whitecreates a luft to give his King some breathing room, but mate is now forced.31.Rd1 Re2 would have held on for longer, but the game was still lost. }
31... Re1+ 32. Kh2 Be5+ 33. g3 Rh1# 0-1
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[Event "A Nice Miniature"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.02.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "fkohn"]
[Black "reilhan21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
1. d4
{ In my younger days I never opened with this move. It has the reputationof being less aggressive than 1. e4, probably undeservedly. }
1... Nf6
{ The mostcommon reply. It is my usual reply as well, although I am tossing aroundthe idea of switching to the Slav, as I have been having trouble againstit recently. }
2. c4
{ I've also played 2. Bg5, although my results withit have been less than wonderful, to say the least. }
2... c5 3. d5 b5
{ I usedto find this scary, but my recent results against it have been encouraging. }
4. cxb5 a6 5. e3
{ Personally I think accepting the gambit here is too dangerous.In this line White is willing to give back the pawn, but wants to makeBlack work for it. }
5... e6
{ Much to my surprise, the Gameknot analyzer considersthis to be not merely an inaccuracy, but a mistake. The machine prefers5. ... ab5 and calls it even. }
6. dxe6 fxe6
{ I don't think Black's positionis that terrible here. He has eliminated White's central pawn and has amajority of pawns in the center, although at the cost of weakening theKing side. IF Black is careful, this shouldn't be a big problem. But asthis game demonstrates, that's a big if. }
7. Nc3 d5
{ This is a naturalenough move, although other moves, such as 7. ... Bb7 and 7. ... Be7 have beentried with success. }
8. Nf3 Bd6
{ In view of White's next move, 8. ... Be7probably would have been a better try. }
9. e4
{ Not a move I would haveconsidered except for when I stumbled across the games Tatai vs. BellonLopez and Solonzhenkin vs Bistrikova, both of which led to victories forWhite. }
9... Nxe4
{ The point of White's last move is that capturing the e pawnis too dangerous. Best is probably 9. ... Bc7 as in Tatai vs. Bellon Lopezor the ignominious retreat 9. ... as recommended by the Gameknot analyzer.9. ... Nbd7 was tried in Solozhenkin vs. Bistrikova, but this simply dropsa pawn without much compensation. }
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Qh5
{ Ithought this move was natural enough, but 12. Bc4 was stronger. My Smallfishanalyzer evaluates the position as +1.1 after that, as opposed to +0.5after 12. Qh5. }
12... h6 { Forced. } 13. Nxe4 Be7
{ Finally the Bishop retreatsto where it should have been all along. } 14. Be3
{ It would have been niceto be able to play 14. Nxc5, but White is embarrassed after 14. ... Rf5.At any rate, White's knight already has designs on Black's King and isnot to be distracted by the pickin's on the Queen side. Smallfish prefershere 14. Qg6 Qe8 15. Qxe8 Rxe8 16. Be3. }
14... Qa5+
{ The Gameknot analyzer passedthis over without comment, but Smallfish says it is much worse than 14.... ab5. After Black's move in the game, Smallfish puts White at +1.5 asopposed to +0.2 after 14. ... ab5. }
15. Bd2 Qb6
{ The problem with this moveis that now White has d3 for his Bishop. Best was the ignominious retreat15. ... Qd8 }
16. Qg6
{ Strong enough, one would think, but Smallfish found16. Bxh6! The point is that on 16. ... gh6, then 17. Qg6+ Kh8, 18. Qxh6+Kg8, 19. Qg6+ Kh8, 20. O-O-O and Black is helpless against the dual threatsof Rd5! and Rd3 }
16... Kh8
{ A bad blunder which loses immediately. Black hasto give up a pawn with 16. ... Nd7 }
17. Bd3
{ Strong enough, one would think,but again I missed a stronger move: 17. ... Bc3! I was fixated on the possibleBishop sac on h6. }
17... c4 18. Nf6
{ I gotta say, it felt pretty good to playthis move. I haven't played anything so pretty in a long time! }
1-0
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[Event "Oxford Uni 1 v Didcot 1 Bd3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009/10/26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bob Jacobs"]
[Black "Yangshi Ya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[TimeControl "All in 90 each"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
{ As I've notedbefore, I've taken a shine again to this all out assault on the Najdorf,however well-trodden it is. }
6... e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bd3
{ All standardmoves so far. I suspected this one was slightly old-fashioned as it'snot strictly necessary yet, given that White plans castling Queenside,but White needs to protect c2 and e4 against potential attacks in the myriadvariations possible from this sort of position. Looking it up in JohnNunn's 1996 book 'The Complete Najdorf: 6. Bg5', I find that it's not evenin his book, so it's either so bad it's not worth a mention or hadn't yetbeen invented yet. According to Nunn, 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. Bd3 used to bethe main line before 10. g4 took over, so we may just be messing with moveorder or we may go off on an unknown path... }
9... Nbd7 10. O-O-O { duly transposed. } 10... b5 11. a3
{ ? According to Nunn: 11. Rhe1, 11. g4 and 11. Bxf6 are the onlymoves worth considering here. White doesn't have time for 11. a3 (thoughit's often played). 'This is a position in which only rapid developmentcan offset Black's queenside initiative based on ...Bb7 and ...b4. OnceWhite starts to go backwards he will find himself hamstrung by the pressureon e4 and unable to take any aggressive action himself.' }
11... Bb7 12. Rhe1 O-O
{ I was expecting 12. 0-0-0 but Black wanted to set up an immediatebattery on the c-file. }
13. g4
{ I don't recollect ever getting into thisexact position before but the sort of moves that work in such positionsare familiar enough. White launches his attack before Black can launchhis. It's a classic castled-on-opposite-sides-of-the-board race. Strategically,this suits both players in the Najdorf: Black hopes to withstand White'sattack, which will probably waste pieces and pawns in unsuccessful sacrifices,and then finish White off with a surgical strike at his King. White hopesto win his Kingside attack, never allowing Black to strike. }
13... Rfc8
{ Blackputs his money where his mouth is! Both rooks are attacking. } 14. Rd2
{ Another prophylactic move. White is planning to sac the lsb at h7 orswap it on e4 or c4 as necessary. White also wants to use the Nc3 in attack. So White needs to defend c2 with something else that doesn't need to goanywhere fast. There are also doubling possibilities on either d or e-file. }
14... Nb6
{ I'd been expecting ..Nc5 but this more patient move threatens to occupyc4, attacking that defensive rook and the pawn on a3 (if White recaptureson a3, the Nc3 is left hanging). }
15. Qh3
{ Sets up an attack on h7 andunpins e4, thus allowing e4-e5, which would attack the Nf6 and threatencheck on h7. }
15... Nc4 16. Bxc4
{ Played reluctantly but, I felt, necessarily.This gives up the plan mentioned last move but deals with the threats mentionedin relation to 14... Nb6. }
16... Qxc4
{ This Queen is an imposing presence thatties White's pieces to the defence of his King but as long as they stickto their tasks it doesnt threaten anything new... yet. }
17. f5
{ With thelsb gone, e4-e5 had lost its attraction. This move was designed to makeBlack think and provoke 17...e5. It succeeded. Hereafter, I was abouthalf an hour ahead on the clock. }
17... e5 18. Bxf6
{ Hoping either for 18...exd419. Bxd4 or 19. Rxd4 (I hadn't yet made up my mind whether I could riskthis). Originally, I'd analysed 18. Bxf6 exd4 19. Bxe7 dxc3 but that didn'tlook nice for White. Capturing on d6 with either B or R wouldn't help(mate in 1 if the R took!; cxd2 if the B took) }
18... Bxf6 19. Nf3
{ Now the Nsupports the planned attack on the g-file and Black's B is prevented fromsupporting Black's attack on c3 by his own pawn on e5. }
19... Be7
{ The earlyretreat with the B increases Black's choice when White next advances apawn. }
20. g5 Bf8
{ I thought this was a good move but after the game myopponent suggested it was a poor one. }
21. g6
{ Fully expecting Black toprevent mate with ...h6 but then planning to play gxf7+ followed by Rg1,when there would be some obvious avenues of attack. }
21... h6 22. Ng5
{ ?! Butthen I saw this opportunity to get the N deep into enemy territory. Unfortunately,it allowed Black to close the kingside, so I think it was an error. }
22... f6
{ Now the kingside is locked tight unless White can find a suitable sacrifice. }
23. Ne6
{ !? I wanted to swap the N for Black's B because I was worriedabout ...d5 followed by Bxa3 but my opponent suggested 23. Nf7 was better(without expanding on it). I guess the threat would have been Nxh6 followedby Rxd6 but I was already thinking in terms of abandoning the all-out assaulton Black's king in favour of defence and heading for an endgame with atleast even resources. }
23... a5
{ !? This threatens to crack White right openbut also allows White to swap on f8. }
24. Nxf8 Kxf8
{ Played very quickly,as indeed were most of Black's remaining moves. } 25. Qd3
{ Edit: Just re-readingmy analysis and the comment here was nonsense, so I've withdrawn it. I'dseen a threat by Black that was impossible. This is what happens in atense situation! }
25... Qxd3 26. Rxd3 b4 27. Nb5
{ With the Queens gone, the Ncan move with a free conscience and furthermore defends a3. }
27... bxa3 28. Nxa3
{ White has dealt with the threat of Black's pawns breaking up hisdefences and opening up the a-file for now. }
28... Ke7
{ ! Of course. Black centraliseshis K and defends the backward d6 pawn. } 29.
Nb5
{ ?! This seems a naturalresponse, renewing the attack on d6, but it gets White in trouble. }
29... Ba6 { ! Skewering N and R. } 30. Rb3 Rab8
{ Now the N is pinned by a rook. Withthe c2 pawn pinned as well, things suddenly looked drastic. For a while,I thought I'd blown it and even considered resignation. Fortunately, Iused some of my extra time to think and coolly retreat the N. }
31. Nc3 Rxb3 { and got saddled with doubled pawns } 32. cxb3 Bb7
{ = With about 10minutes left to my 40, Black offered a draw. I felt that this was indeedmy most likely result with normal play but also felt that I ought to beable to exploit my time advantage, so I played on. }
33. Kd2 Bc6 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Na4
{ Threatening the fork on b6 and also inviting Blackto sort my pawns out for me }
36... Bb5+
{ Black refuses that invitation for now,seeing the opportunity to activate his rook. }
37. Kc3 Rc8+ 38. Kd2
{ TheKing has to retreat and now I felt that Black stood better. } 38... Bxa4
{ !? Surprisingbut I think it helps White as much as Black. } 39. Rxa4
{ Taking with thepawn would have allowed 39...Rc4. I didn't want that and wanted to attackthe a-pawn. }
39... Rc5 40. b4 { White still undoubles his pawns. } 40... axb4 41. Rxb4 Kc6
{ Now I have to decide whether to go after Black's kingside pawns, allowingBlack to sweep up my second rank pawns, or play a tighter game. }
42. Rb8 { I start to eye the g7 pawn... } 42... Rb5
{ Now I had to put my money where mymouth was... I thought 10 minutes... and opted for the quieter option,hoping that I could do something with my passed b-pawn }
43. Rxb5 Kxb5 44. Kc3 d5
{ ! I hadn't seen this. It creates a dangerous protected passedpawn, whatever White does. It looks like a sacrifice but isn't. }
45. exd5 Kc5
{ White can't defend the d-pawn and, hereafter, he is torn between tryingto promote his b-pawn and preventing Black's e-pawn from promoting. }
46. d6 { To force Black's King back. } 46... Kxd6 47. Kc4 Kc6
{ With 7 minutes left,Black offered a draw again. With nearly 35, I felt duty bound to try alittle longer by seeking to impose zugzwang. }
48. h4 Kb6 49. h5 Kc6 50. b3 Kb6
{ and here I offered my hand to accept the draw. Theoretically hecould have made me move first as I'd refused his offers already, but hewas happy to shake hands. Could White have tried for a win? Could Black? I don't think White can win unless Black loses patience and moves hise-pawn too soon, losing it and then allowing White to go after the g7 pawn. As long as Black shuffles between b6 and c6 or b5 (if White goes to d5or backwards), he holds back White's b-pawn. White's K can't abandon proximityto the e-pawn, else it queens. }
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[Event "Danish Gambit, Soerensen Defense Training Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "marvgiff"]
[Black "evilgm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1467"]
1. e4
{ This is a training game for a teammate in Kingslayers. Please addyour comments so we can all learn together. }
1... e5 2. d4 { a center game. } 2... exd4 3. c3
{ c3 is offering the Danish gambit. } 3... d5
{ I prefer not to giveup the center to two attacking bishops and no development, so I like theSoerensen defense. d5 allows both of my bishops to get into the mix andprovides a counterpunch in the center. }
4. Qxd4
{ A fairly common response,White wastes no time regaining pawn parity and has a strong presence withthe queen. }
4... Nf6 { Standard development. Aids the d pawn. } 5. Bg5
{ Applyingpressure to the knight to pin against the queen. } 5... Nbd7
{ protecting thef knight but also offering a queen trade if White really wants it. }
6. Qxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd8 Nxc3
{ I knew that my options to castle would die, butI opted to try something different. Perhaps keeping the knight and immediatelyretaking with 7.... kxd8 would have been better, planning to retake thepawn with Bxf2 down the road, but I just wanted to see what would happenhere... If White takes Bxc7, I can retake Nxe4. }
8. Nxc3
{ Best responsefrom White. Any time you can regain parity and develop a piece, it's awin. }
8... Kxd8 9. Nf3 Bb4
{ We're pretty even at this point. White needs totry and get his castle on to link up his rooks if possible. }
10. Bc4 Bxc3+
{ breaking up his pawns that would eventually threaten my queenside. Myhope is that the 3-2 pawn advantage will turn into a promotion. }
11. bxc3 f6 { protecting the pawn from the bishop } 12. O-O c6
{ Giving my king a spacefor a manual castle. } 13. Rad1
{ Adding pressure to my knight, perhaps withan eye towards Be6 down the road. }
13... Kc7 14. a4
{ I'm not certain of the utilityof this move. The lone pawn can only do so much. Odds are bringing theknight closer (Nd4) to the Black king would provide more options for mountingan attack. The other downside is that this move allows Black to go upa pawn. }
14... Nc5 15. e5
{ I think ultimately White would be better served tokeep the pawn on a4, as two passed pawns down the line can spell trouble. }
15... fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxa4
{ Despite being up a pawn, I need to get my rooks intothe game. } 17. Rd4
{ I'm not interested in taking the c pawn as that wouldgive his rooks and two pieces direct lines of attack on my king. }
17... b5
{ Hopeto chase away that pesky bishop into a less desirable location. } 18. Bd3
{ Good spot. } 18... Be6 { finishing my development } 19. Nf3
{ I thought White mightconsider c4 here instead. This move seems to telegraph a later Ng5 option. Generally speaking, center positions are stronger for knights, so thisseems like a retreat to me. }
19... h6 { Taking away the Ng5 option. } 20. Re1 { rookslike open files! }
20... Nc5
{ Allowing me to get my own knight back into the gameand protecting the bishop at the same time. Side benefit is that thismove also prevents an immediate formation of a rook battery. }
21. Be4
{ Givingup a knight for that bishop is very tempting, but I'd rather trade rooksfirst to give me more of an advantage. }
21... Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bc2
{ A bishopis worth far more than a knight right now with this very open board, sowise play on White's part. }
23... a5 { Looking to take advantage of that pairof passed pawns. } 24. h3
{ Not quite a wasted move... preventing a back-doormate is an okay plan, but with no immediate threat, perhaps a better positionfor your power pieces would be more valuable. Moving the knight to d4perhaps. This move seems more like a waiting move than forward progress. }
24... a4
{ White is probably getting nervous about the a-b pawns, as well he should. They are about to be trouble. }
25. Nd4
{ Better late than never! As BlackI now have to deal with the double attack on the LSB. }
25... Kd6
{ I like thismove better than Rd6 or Re8 because I will eventually need to get my Kingdown to help secure promotion of the pawns. Also, I want to keep my bishopon this diagonal to help protect my pawn march. Note that if I move thebishop instead, I give up a pawn from Re7+. }
26. Be4
{ Not certain whatWhite is thinking here, but I will absolutely trade my knight for his bishop. }
26... Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Bd5
{ This move should be expected. Centralization and protectionof the bishop. Note I now also can attack g2 }
28. Nf5+
{ White is now justhelping me go where I want to anyway. If he takes the g7 pawn, it's badnews. }
28... Kc5 29. Rd4
{ Decent move, thanks to the protecting c3 pawn, restrictingWhite's King's movements. }
29... a3
{ The LSB will allow me to march my pawn toa2 with no resistance. White is about to be in big trouble because hewill have to dedicate a piece to prevent promotion or trade piece for pawn. Note that my king is way closer than his to the action, which should beable to provide a decisive difference. }
30. Ne3
{ Wise play. He is goingto need both pieces to effectively block my promotion. }
30... a2 { Decision timefor White... } 31. Nc2
{ White makes a blunder here and I didn't see it. } 31... Ra8
{ A much better play is Bb3. Note that White needs to pieces tostop the promotion since my King is right there. }
32. Na1
{ It is betterfor White to trade knight for pawn here rather than block. }
32... Ra3
{ This moveis the clincher, as it will allow my king to get into the game and forcean unfavorable trade on White. All in all, not too bad a game for a newplayer. Thank you for your comments and suggestions. }
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[Event "KID mistakes"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bigbird1"]
[Black "drchopper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "5min+"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
{ Here playing black with the King'sIndian Defense. It's another blitz game of mine timed on 5 mins. }
5. Nf3
{ Here white had a lot of choice of variation, f3 (Saemich), Be2 (Petrosian).Looklike he's going for the main line. }
5... O-O 6. Bd3
{ ?! Well not the mostfrequent move. Be2 is probably the best continuation, but it's still fine. }
6... e5
{ ?! Well I've played it pretty fast and not thought that the Bd3 movewould have so much an impact. Generally, the 6.e5 move is quite usual whenplaying the KID, because if white exchange the pawns, then you can exchangequeens and get a pretty descent game with black. But now, that the bishopblocks the d line, I think a move like Nbd7 would have been really better. }
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
{ ! Well done. It doesn't look to have an immediateway to get back that pawn. The bishop and the knight protect the e pawn. }
8... Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6
{ White is now up a pawn and is winning the center. Blackhave now more space to play and a better development. }
10. O-O Bg4 { Pinningthe knight. } 11. Bg5 Bxf3 { ! White must do gxf3. } 12.
Qxf3 { ? Well he havenot seen what is coming! } 12... Ne5
{ ! White must now lose a piece. } 13. Qg3 Nxd3
{ ?! Qxd3 would have been much better. } 14. Rfd1
{ Really not thoughtabout the pin. :S } 14... Nh5
{ ! The only way to try to keep my pieces. } 15. Bxd8
{ Rxd3 was also possible. } 15... Nxg3
{ Now there's a lot of possible variations.But like have said Tal before, 'the opponent can only take one at once!'.I think whatever white do, black can keep his advantage. If 16.Rxd3 Bxc3(ifRxg3 then Be5) 17.bxc3 Nxe2+ 18.Kf1 Nf4! This way my knight threat hisrook while my rooks threat his bishop. }
16. Bxc7
{ ? Chose to moving out.16.Rxd3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 was the only way to equalize. }
16... Nxb2
{ ! Now I keepthe advantage more easily! if hxg3 then Nxd1 then the bishop can get theknight or the rook. If Rc1 then Bxc3, Rxc3, Ne2+, Kf1, Nxc3. Finally, whiteresigns. I think there's a lot of things to study with this game. }
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[Event "1st Acapulco Chess Tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Arturo Pastor"]
[Black "Luis Hernández"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1212"]
[TimeControl "1 hour"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
1. d4
{ Se trata de la segunda ronda. Mi rival es un competidor de ajedrezavanzado, rico en teoría, experto en partidas de larga duración. Planteoun gambito de dama }
1... Nf6
{ Developing a piece, preparing a short rook move, and maybe followed by g6, then Ag7. Indian Defence. }
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 c6
{ I think it is better, 6...Cxc3, followed by a pressure on d5, and then c5, and the knight on g7, and of course, dxc. }
7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nf6
{ A mistake or at least the loss of time, it is better to 6...Cxc3 or Cd6. } 9.
Qc2 Na6
{ A strange move that speculates with Cb4, I think it is better to play Cd7 or Ag4. }
10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Be6
{ This chess move is very difficult to see, but I think it is the best, Fritz also recommends it. }
12. h4
{ Para esconder el Alfil en g2, especular con g4y la pérdida eventual del caballo. Una popular maniobra de Aronian haceun año. }
12... Nh5 13. Bh2 f6
{ The mistake leaves the rook weakened, without protection for the knight on e6, isolated for the horse on a6 and traps the horse on h5, so it is better to continue developing, for example with Db6. }
14. Nxg6 { Sacrificio paradestruir el débil enroque del negro } 14... hxg6 15.
Bxg6 Bf7 16. g4
{ La premeditadag4. Prolongando lo más posible la presión del caballo en h5, de todas manerasestá condenado y mantener la presión busca dos objetivos, una, quebraral rival provocando su segundo craso error y dos que pierda tiempos valiososintentando salvar a un caballo que está condenado }
16... Qa5
{ Another difficult move to see, the best by blacks for obvious reasons, selects d5 to continue the move Ca6, to pressure with c5 and threatens to open the a-file, in case of a long rook lift. }
17. O-O-O
{ A tactical mistake was made, but it is notorious that it gives counterplay to the blacks and a possibility of stalemate by the perpetual check, so I noticed that and did it before. It was better to sacrifice a pawn. }
17... b5
{ Good move, this time the black counterattacks. Although I think it is more effective and more lethal with b5, with b4 the black aspires to checkmate by perpetual check. }
18. gxh5 { Era mejor jugar Tg1 } 18... dxc4
{ A mistake, it is better to pass directly to b4 with strong possibilities of draw. }
19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qg6 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. h6
{ La mejor es Rb1, h6 es un error } 22... Qa1+ 23. Nb1 Nd3+
{ Fortunately for me, the black opted for Cd3+ instead of Ca2+, which is much better, and if he had done so, there would have been a possibility of a draw. }
24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Rg1 Qa6 26. h7+
{ Y las negrasrinden ante las amenazas de mate inevitables } 1-0
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[Event "Corus, 0:00:33-0:15:33"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Tiviakov,Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov,Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
1. e4
{ With Sergey you always get some kind of critical position that youhave never seen and he has very well prepared.' - From Corus 2010 site,annotated by Shirov. this is attached in my blog http://red-white-chess.blogspot.com }
1... c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5
{ 'White shouldn't get an opening advantage like this;with Nf3 it is a little better.' }
3... Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10.
f4
{ 'We were following Tiviakov-Kotronias,where Kotronias played the very strong 10.Ng3 d6 11.f4 h5! and went onto win.' }
10... d5 11. e5 d4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. bxc3 Rg8 15. Rf2 Bxc3
{ 'Sergey played very quickly, so I realized I was in his preparation.I believe Black has enough compensation with the pair of bishops. But whenI saw 15...Qd5 16.Qf1 Bf6 17.f5 Bh4 18.Ng3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Rxg3 20.Bf4 I couldn'tbelieve my eyes, because Black is actually worse because of his development.In the end I decided to get my pawn back anyway. }
16. Nxc3 Qd4 17. Kf1 Qxc3 18. Ra2
{ 'We were still in his preparation and maybe I was too optimistic.If my attack doesn't succeed, I will have problems with my pawn structure;so I'm still fighting for equality.' }
18... Qd4 19. Qh5 c4
{ 'At first I thoughtabout 19...O-O-O . After 20.Bb2! Qd5 21.Qxd5 Rxd5 22.Be5 it is a drawnposition, but White is slightly better. Then I remembered I had the samekind of endgame with White yesterday and I did not like the idea of sufferinglike Caruana did.' }
20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Ra4 Bd5 22. f5 e5 23. Qxh7
{ 'Sergeyplayed this very quickly and falls for the trap that I had set with 19...c4.He should have gone 23.Qh6 and Black should consolidate with Kd7 ' }
23... Kd7
{ 'Now Sergey thought for a long time; he had probably missed the ideaof Bxg2.' }
24. Qh6 Bxg2+ 25. Ke1
{ '25.Rxg2 could be a good quiz for amateurs!Black wins with 25.Rxg2 Rxg2 26.Kxg2 Rg8+ 27.Kf3 e4+ 28.dxe4 Qd1+ 29.Kf2Qg1+ 30.Kf3 Qf1+ 31.Ke3 Qxc1+ ' }
25... Bd5 26. Ba3
{ 'The best defense is 26.Rf1, but Black should be winning after Rg1 ' } 26...
Rg1+ 27. Ke2 Qg4+ 28. Ke3 Re1+ 29. Kd2 Qd1+ 30. Kc3 Qa1+ 31. Kb4 Rb1+
{ Shirov was aked if he couldexplain his variance in results at super tournaments: 'Sometimes I am wellprepared and sometimes I am not.' Asked if that meant he is well preparedfor Corus Chess 2010: 'I didn't say that! It is too early to tell.' Shirovwas awarded the IJmond Veelzijdig prize of 500 euro for his victory. }
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[Event "Semifinal USSR Championship - Omsk 1944"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "1944"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Ufimtsev"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ C10: French, Rubinstein variation } 1. e4
{ Don't you just love those beautifulcombinations we see in an attack against the enemy king? In this game wesee Isaac Boleslavsky go down with the white pieces against Anatoly Ufimtsev,where some good attacking play and even a nice queen sacrifice lead tosome pretty fireworks! }
1... e6 2. d4 d5 { French defence. } 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6
{ The Rubinstein variation. } 5. Nxf6+ gxf6
{ Doubled pawns are usuallya weakness, but in this case black hopes to benefit from the open g-fileby eventually playing a rook to g8, especially if white castles kingside. }
6. Nf3 b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bc4 Ba6 9. Bb3
{ A key move. Is this isa mistake? Well, 9.Bd3 or even 9.Bxa6 would certainly have been betterhere. }
9... Qc7 10. c4 Nd7 { Preparing a queenside castle. } 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Qe2 Bd6
{ The dark-squared bishop keeps a fixed eye on the h2-pawn. Still,you might say 12... c5 is worth considering here and perhaps even givesblack a slightly better position. }
13. a4 { Now the position is about equal. } 13... Rdg8 { As expected. } 14. a5
c5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Be3
{ White has active playhere. 16.dxc5 [Worth some further analysis] Bxc5 17.Ba4 looks better forwhite. }
16... Bb7 17. dxc5 Nxc5
{ 17... Bxc5 [ Seems like a good alternative]18.Ba4 and now 18...Rxg2 ! 19.Kxg2 Ne5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 looks very interesting. }
18. Bd1 Rg4 19. Qd2 { This is where the real fun starts. } 19... Ne4
{ ! The firstsurprise! } 20. Qa5
{ Ofcourse not 20.Bxb6? Nxd2 21.Nxd2 Rxg2 22.Kh1 Rxh2 5.Kg1 Rh1#. But what's black going to do now? }
20... Rhg8
{ !The second surprise!If white takes the queen it's mate in three: 21.Bxb6? Rxg2 22.Kh1 Rxh2 23.Nxh2 Nxf2#! And if he tries to defend with 21.g3, black can playa crushing 21...Nxg3 sacrifice: 22.hxg3 (22.Bxa6 Ne2 23.Kh1 Bxf3 mate.)22...Rxg3 23.fxg3 Qxe3 24.Kh1 Qh6 25.Kg2 Rxg3 26.Kf2 Rg2 ! also leadsto mate! }
21. Ne1 { .. } 21... Rxg2+ { !! } 22. Nxg2 Nd2
{ !! Fantastic! Though there'sbasically only one threat, there's nothing white can do about it. Again,taking the queen: 23.Bxa6 Rxg2 and 24...Rxh2 leads to mate while 23.f3Qxe3 24.Kh1 Qh6 also leads to mate. }
23. Qd5 { White gives up his queen,only to avoid mate. } 23... Bxd5 24. cxd5
Qxb2 { The rest is simple.. } 25. Bxd2 Qxa1 26. Bf3 Bxh2+
{ ! Finally the bishop gets it's turn and whiteresigned. A magnificent performance by Anatoly Ufimtsev. (Dedicated toReuben Fine: 'Thanks for all the 'lessons'.') }
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2/4/2012"]
[Round "-"]
[White "N. N."]
[Black "fkohn"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ While visiting the local library today I noticed a man doing some chessanalysis. Naturally I approached him and asked if I could look on. I guessI didn't expect he would ask for a game. I'm rather glad that he did, becauseI thought the game turned out to be pretty interesting! I hope you do,too. }
1. e4 e5
{ Most of my chess playing was done in my younger years.I started playing with my dad at a very young age and played my first ratedtournament when I was about 12. I peaked my senior year in high school,and then started to lose interest until when I was in my early twentiesI hardly played at all. A few years ago I started playing again, and foundthat my temperament has changed quite a bit. I'm not sure I ever answered1. e4 with e5 in my whole tournament career! }
2. Nf3 Nf6
{ And I'm quitesure I never played this. It has become quite a staple for me recently,though. }
3. Nc3
{ Surprisingly, I get this response quite often. It is themost passive of white's common responses, and nothing to be afraid of inmy opinion. }
3... Bb4
{ Of course, black can continue with ... Nc6 which leadsto a four knight's, but this response is more aggressive as well as morekeeping with the spirit of the Petroff's. }
4. d3
{ Very passive, althoughsurprisingly I also see this quite often as well. Better alternatives areNxe5 or Bc4 }
4... d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6
{ Black is alreadyat least equal. } 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Re1
Be6
{ Bb7 wasprobably better, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to hit white's apawn. }
12. a4 h6 { To prevent Ng5 } 13. h3
{ As opposed to black's last pawnpush, this one simply wastes time and is weakening. }
13... f5 14. Nh2
{ It isalready difficult to suggest moves for white. This ugly move may actuallybe white's best bet. }
14... Qf6 15. c4
{ A terrible move. Of course, an immediateBf3 would have been much better. }
15... Rae8 16. Bf3 Ne7 17. Qc1 { Bc3 looks betterto me. } 17... e4
{ Mixing it up right away. I suppose I could have played an immediateg5 but I was still worried about Bc3 }
18. Bd1
{ This doesn't work out verywell. On 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 I had planned ... Bxh3, but I think eventhis is better for white than what actually happened }
18... g5 19. Bh5 { Forcingme to play what I intended to play anyway. } 19...
Ng6 20. Bxg6 { White didn'thave to play this immediately. } 20... Qxg6 21. f4
{ White is desperate for somefreedom, but this just opens things up for black }
21... gxf4 22. Bxf4 Kh7 23. Kh1
{ The final blunder. Re2 would have held for a while. } 23... Rg8 24. Re2 exd3
25. cxd3 Bd5 { Exclam! White missed this move when he played Kh1 } 26. cxd5
Rxe2 27. g3 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxg3 29. Qxf5+ Rg6 30. Qd7+ Rg7 31. Qf5+ Qg6 32.
Qxg6+ Rxg6 { And black managed to win the endgame :-) } 0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gatorwarrior"]
[Black "randykasack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1075"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
1. e4
{ standard opening for me, quick attack strike against a lower ratedplayer whom leapt on my seek }
1... Nc6 { KP. I don't play this ,much, could getinteresting } 2. d4
{ take control of the center physically } 2... Nf6
{ aha,hai'm playing a 2 knight versus pawn game!???????/ } 3. e5
{ attack! Charge! } 3... Nxe5
{ irk............ok sacrifice your knight for my pawn } 4. dxe5
{ andI'm up and off to see the king, the wonderful king of Oz } 4... b6
{ I'm goingto fianchetto and forget all about my other knight, ok. one thing my opponentcould improve upon is there material vision. }
5. exf6 { Air Strike and assault } 5... gxf6 { Taking out the f 16 } 6. Bc4
{ nasty tricks, up my sleeve } 6... c5 { Pawnstotmers!Robots in disguise! } 7.
Qf3
{ Our rook's in jeopardy........jeopardy baby.......whoawhoa.......our love's in jeopardy, baby }
7... Rb8 { only reasonable response } 8. Ne2 { Introducing Luke KnightWalker }
8... Rb7 { lets get my rook out and blockmy bishop shall we? } 9. Qh5
{ ok, going for the quick cheap ending hereto put him out of pain } 9... Rc7
{ hi, me wooky like to move! } 10. Qxf7#
{ Check....check,CHECKMATE....................! Good game, randykasack. And until next time this is GatorWarrior and thisis Not Sparta! Good Night! }
1-0
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[Event "Sicilan Keres at it's best!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.06.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "high"]
[Black "trickyknight"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
{ This is a fantastic game between two elite Gameknot players. It featuresa classic king side battle and brilliant middle game tactics. I was askedby a friend to annotate this game and I did my best. I hope you learn asmuch as I did. Your feedback is welcome. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3
{ one of the most dangerous setups againstthe Sicilian. White is very clear about his intent to over run black onthe king side with a quick g2-g4-g5. }
6... e6 7. Be2
{ developing the bishopand supporting the g2-g4 push. This also prevents black from playing Nh5-Nf4which you see occurring in many Sicilian games. }
7... Be7
{ The a solid butsemi passive approach that develops the bishop and prepares to castle kingside. Which in my opinion is risky because white's whole game is on theking side so often if black does not play accurate can get crushed veryquickly. If I were playing this game I would have opted for the alternative7. ...Qc7 with the plan of mobilizing the queen side as quickly as possibleand planting a knight on c5. For example, 7...Qc7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6is relatively unexplored territory. Which is kinda weird for the Sicilian. }
8. f4
{ a very active move that takes advantage of the fact that blackis playing somewhat passive. Furthermore, there is some major dangers forblack in ignoring his queen side development. Especially since the mostcommon way for black to handle white's king side attack is to create astrong attack on the queen side. When playing the Sicilian one must takeon the attitude of the boxer. When your opponent punches right you punchleft. So sitting back and playing 'sound positional' chess usually landsyou in hot water. For me the warning signals are already going off forblack here because g4 is coming and black has virtually no counter playagainst it. }
8... O-O
{ Standard move but castles into the up coming storm.However, the alternatives are slightly less successful in practice. Theyare ...Qc7 and ...Nc6. Perhaps this speaks volumes about this whole 7...Be7line for black. }
9. g4
{ White is almost completely developed comparedto black whose whole queen side is still on the bench. }
9... d5
{ The bestway to deal with a wing attack is to counter in the center. The only issueI have about this move for black is that it deflects a key defender awayfrom the king and gives almost no hope for a win. Black is essentiallyplaying for a draw. }
10. e5 Nfd7 11. g5
{ white keeps up with the pressureand methodically continues with his plan. Still unless white can manageto create a chink in black's armor there is no winning formula. }
11... Qc7
{ developingthe queen but I think the more active 11...b5 is preferable. At very leastblack has a chance to create some much needed activity on the queen sidewith for example, 11. ...b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. 0-0 Nb6+= }
12. Bd3 { This setsup brilliant tactic on h7 in combination with Qh5. } 12...
Nc5
{ Hum, at firstglance this looks like a good move. But White's follow up refutes thisas it exploits black's king safety issue. I have to admit that it is veryhard to provide an improvement to this move. However, based upon the resultsof this game and my over the board analysis perhaps black can hope for12. ...Rd8 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qg4 Bb4 15. h4 Bxc3 16. bxf3 Qxf3+ 17. Ke2 beingunclear. But the main point of 12...Rd8 is that it allows the d7-knightto go to f8 defending the king side. In such situations the knight is amuch better defender than the rook. }
13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+
{ White givesup the bishop for a very powerful initiative and advantage on the kingside. }
14... Kg8
{ It looks like black will walk away with 2 pawns in his pocket.But in Sicilian initiative counts for a lot. }
15. O-O-O Ne4
{ The oh nomoment for black as I am sure he realized that 15...g6 fails to the 16.Qg4 and 17. h4 combination. This move leads to a clear advantage for white.Best in my opinion is to allow white to try his luck on the king side via.15...Rd8( takes real ball to play this) 16. g6 fxg6 17. Qxg6 Bf8 aimingfor the queen exchange later on. As exchanging the queens would reducewhite's chances of a win. }
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rhg1
{ now black is forcedto play ...g6 with major holes on the king side and no real defenders arein sight. }
17... g6 18. Qh4 { planning the Rg3-h3 to threaten mate on h8 } 18... Rd8
{ black has to move his rook to give the king an escape route } 19. Rg3 Bf8
{ meeting the direct threat with ...Bg7 next move. But the bishop is ina tomb }
20. Rh3 Bg7 21. Bf2
{ Bf2 is to give white the option of playingRc3 after Qh7+ } 21... Nc6 22. Qh7+
{ it is all over, white has a decisive advantageon both sides of the board. }
22... Kf8 23. Rc3
{ In summary, black played a nearperfect game. White just simply was able to take advantage of a coupleslight oversights that lesser mortals would have gotten away with. Themost telling feature of this game was the issue of king safety as blackthrough out the game did very little to slow the white advance on the kingside. While at the same time doing little to create counter chances onthe queen side. This necessarily does not mean black should loss but itdoes mean that his life is made much harder if he ignores whites' kingside overtures. It is telling that for most of the game black's queen sideforces remained undeveloped. Finally, it is difficult to pin point theexact point where black went astray but maybe the line 7. ...Be7 needsto be reexamined in favor of 7...Qc7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6. Another possibleimprovement may come on move 12 where black played 12. Nc5 going for activitybut ultimately taking a key king side defender away from where it is neededthe most. This is why I suggest 12...Rd8 allowing the d7-knight to comeback to the defense of the king quickly via f8. }
1-0
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[Event "Playing too Fast"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "10-Jan-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "blake84120"]
[Black "1978vp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1274"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
1. e4
{ Before we begin, I should note that both players were playing quitequickly. Not blitz quick, but close to it, often with less than a minuteper move. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
{ Ahhh, my beloved Ruy Lopez. Thank you,black! (I don't really know why I like the Ruy so much, but it's been afavorite of mine since I was a kid). }
3... Bc5 4. c3
{ Black chose the Classical(Cordel) Defense. I continue normally, supporting d4. }
4... Nf6 5. Bxc6
{ NowI win a pawn. Edit: I did not mean to imply that it was forced. } 5...
dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. d4 { Black was threatening f7, so I need to protect it. }
7... Qf6 8. Qe2
{ He is still threatening f7, so I protect it another way, whilethreatening his knight. }
8... O-O 9. Qxe4
{ 8. ... 0-0 was an odd choice I thought.Black could have saved the knight, and my discovered check would have onlynetted me a pawn. Maybe it was an oversight since we were playing so fast.There seems to be no reprisal, so I eat the knight. }
9... Bd6 10. Nf3
{ Thinkingthat if black exchanges, he can pin and win my e5 pawn by playing a rookto e8. I was afraid of him skewering my queen to my king with Re8, bute8 is not guarded so right now, I would reply with Qxe8 and win the rook.But I have to alleviate this danger very quickly. }
10... Bh3 11. O-O
{ Of course,11. Pxh3 loses my queen (I could save her by 12. Ne5 and maybe only losethe knight but even that sets up scary discovered attacks). So I ignorethe bishop and castle to protect my queen and my g2 pawn. Black has twobishops and queen in striking range of my castled position, which worriedme, but I didn't see any attacks that could overcome the defense offeredby my queen and knight. }
11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2
{ Black sacrifices to open up thecastled formation, but again, I don't see an attack that can justify thesacrifice so I take the free bishop. }
12... Rae8 13. Qh4
{ The rook move was expected,though I thought it would be the rook on f8 that would attack my queen.My reply offers to trade his most dangerous piece and liquidate towardan easy endgame. }
13... Qxh4 14. Nxh4
{ He accepted my offer and now my King issafe and and white is ahead by two pieces for a pawn. }
14... Re6 15. Be3
{ Shuttingdown the open e-file that black is more likely to dominate with his betterdevelopment and also defending my f2 pawn since I am expecting to movemy rook out from behind the pawn and don't want it to become a target forblack. }
15... h6 16. Nd2
{ Not my best move. I'm still playing quite fast here,and I wanted to catch up in development. Better was 16. Nf5! which exchangesmy weak knight for black's strong bishop. I am also looking at Rg8 andBxh6 (I have to clear away black's rook from the 6th rank first). }
16... Be7 17. Rg1
{ Bad move. I wanted to get my king back into some shelter withKf1, and I wanted to take the half-open file aimed at black's king. Playingfast, I completely overlooked my hanging knight, allowing black to almostequalize. }
17... Bxh4 18. Rae1
{ Well, on the plus side, after my blunder I'mstill slightly ahead, thanks to black's questionable sacrifice on his 11thmove. We have both given away a free knight this game. Time to be morecareful. However, we're both still playing rapidly. With this move I chllengeblack on the open e file. }
18... Rg6+ 19. Kh3
{ By attacking the bishop, I forcean exchange of rooks or an exchange of bishops. I'm hoping my tiny materialadvantage can be exploited to produce a bigger advantage, and liquidiatingpieces seems the best approach here. }
19... Rxg1 20. Rxg1 g5 21. Nf3
{ An oddchoice by black, trapping his bishop on h4 with nowhere to run. His pawnon g5 cannot recapture because it is pinned. Now black must lose a pawn. }
21... Kh7 22. Nxh4 gxh4 23. Kxh4
{ OK, now I'm back to a suitable lead, especiallysince there is no way for black to save his c7 pawn from my bishop androok. }
23... Re8 24. Re1 Rg8 25. Re2
{ To protect the f2 pawn while remainingon the open e-file. Black has no good attacks from the g-file. }
25... b6 26. Bf4
{ Black seems to be preparing to advance to c5, but isolating his doubledpawns on the c-file won't help him, and capturing with Pxd4 just leaveswhite with a passed pawn after white recaptures with Pxd4 (this assumeswhite is able to play Bxc7 which black cannot really prevent). }
26... f5 27. Re7+
{ Black wanted to play Rg4 and win white's bishop. I'm not too keenon letting that happen. I see my chance to get a rook on the 7th so I takeit. Black only has one response to 27. Re7 . }
27... Kh8 28. Be5+
{ Well, OK, blackhad two responses, but I never thought he would willing walk into checkmate(even not seeing the mate, cornering the king and immediately losing therook should have been two warning signs). Black's kh8 move gives whitea checkmate in 5: 28. Be5 Rb7 (forced) 29. Rxg7 (any), 30. Kh5 (any),31. Kxh6 (any), 32. Rf6 . }
1-0
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[Event "C00: French Unute's 2nd move"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mic1960"]
[Black "dmitrym"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1427"]
1. e4 e6 2. f4 { If not many people play it, it may be because it is notgood }
2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Bxd7+
{ It'sknown that in French Defence Black white squared bishop is not good sochanging is good for black even in such non-french position }
7... Qxd7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Re8 10. Nc3 c5 11. Qb5 cxd4 12. Qxd7 Nbxd7 13. Nxd4
Bc5 14. Nb5 { Loosing Knight but I'm sleeping } 14... Re4
{ Surely 14... a6 is much better } 15. c3 a6 16. Na3 Bxd4+ 17. cxd4 Rxd4 18.
Nc2 Re4 19. Rd1 Rae8 20. Bd2 Nb6 21. Bc3 { Loosing one more pawn... } 21...
Rxf4 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nd4 Rd8 24. Rf1
{ Less pieces on the board - more powerful extra pawns } 24... Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1
g6 { The Knight can't even move } 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. b3 Kg7 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Kf3
Ke5 30. Ke3 Re7 { Loosing attention and a Knight. Rook takes c6 withno check }
31. Nc6+ bxc6 32. Rxc6 d4+ 33. Kd3 Nd5 34. g3 { That's all } 34... Nb4+ 35. Kc4
Nxc6 0-1
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[Event "OTB 11: OTB tournament II game II - Ruy Lopez Exchange"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "March 10, 2019"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Eric"]
[Black "Terry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "black"]
[TimeControl "25 mins"]
[WhiteElo "white"]
{ This is the second game I played in a tournament. I forgot to record thefirst game, so I can’t annotate it. Enjoy this game with the Ruy LopezExchange! }
1. e4 { I start out with the King Pawn Opening. } 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Bxc6 dxc6 { The black knight is traded for my bishop. } 5. O-O
{ Castling - and threatening the d-pawn. Note that 6. Nxe5 is not stoppedby 6. ... Qd4 7. Nf3 Qxe4 Re1 and the queen is dead. }
5... Bg4 { Pinned. Thishaunts me over time. } 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 c5 9.
Nc3
{ I think Nbd2was better, so I can move my queen out of the pin without having a ruinedkingside }
9... Nf6 10. Na4 b6 11. c3 a5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. Nc3 b4
16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qa4+ { !! } 18... c6 19. Qxc6+ Qd7 20. Qxa8+ Qd8
21. Qxd8+ Kxd8 22. Ne5 Be2 23. Nxf7+ Ke8 24. Nxh8 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Kd7 26. Ng6 Bc5
27. Rc1 Bd4 28. Rd1 { Black resigns! } 1-0
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[Event "Uchicago 4/2012"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "4/6/2012"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ryan Murphy"]
[Black "Mark Jungo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "12xx"]
[TimeControl "G/60"]
[WhiteElo "1392"]
1. e4
{ Final round of the April Uchicago Tournament TD'd by Mike Mei ofthe chess team. I am playing white. An aweful game lost by flagging. }
1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 a6
{ ?! If this is a line in the winnawer,I am unaware of it. One of the main continuations is ...c5 a3 Bxc3 bxc3,but I prefer on ...c5 to go Bd2 cd Nb5 }
5. Qg4 Bf8
{ Certainly an option,but black has lost some time with his a6 maneauver and now this retreat. Combined with Ne7 this Bf8 idea after Qg4 is not so bad, but here it seemsdifferent. }
6. Bg5
{ Developing quickly with a tempo. White prepares forO-O-O with a lead in development that should decide the day. }
6... Qd7
{ ?! Ne7perhaps was better. All black's pieces are on the back row except the queen. }
7. O-O-O c5 { striking at the center } 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Ne4 { ! } 9... Bf8 10.
Nd6+
{ ?! Premature, this tosses a pawn to weaken the dark squares in black'sposition, but it is unnecesary and losing some of the edge white holdsin time. Nf3 was called for, in line with simple principles of development. One of my greatest weaknesses psychologically as a chess player is thatwhen I sense I have an advantage I overpress it recklessly. This is aclassic example. I feel I have enough knowledge and tactical strength toget to class A and beyond within a year if only I can get rid of thesebad mental habits in otb games. This should come with experience. }
10... Bxd6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Bf4
{ Hitting g7 and the queen. This was my idea behindthe pawn sac. } 12... Qb4
{ Pretty much the only move to counterpin the bishopwhich will be hit with check, stopping any Qg7. I didn't see this in mycalculations when I played Nd6. Good chess blindess on my part. }
13. Rxd5
{ ?? Loses instantly to Nf6, forking the rook and queen. Reckless chessis bad chess. Obviously I'm playing for tricks, but concretely this doesfail. }
13... exd5 14. Qxc8+ Ke7 15. Qc7+
{ ?! The computer says that after Bd2white has a winning attack. I missed the move order and went on to an inferiorposition }
15... Nd7
{ My move order allows black to develop his pieces and guardmy threats. } 16.
Nf3 Nf6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qf4
{ Trading queens would leadto simply being down the exchange for no compensation (granted the d pawnis weak). Now I need to attack to stay in the game, but there simply isno attack because I don't have the necesssary coordination. }
18... Rhc8
{ My opponentoffered a draw, which I declined, thinking that as a stronger rated opponentI should be able to use the bishop pair to attack aggressively still. }
19. Bd3 Kf8 20. Ng5 Kg8 { ?! } 21. Bxh7+ Nxh7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nxh7
{ IfQh5 then Ndf6 and white is lost } 23... Kxh7 24. Qxd7 Qg6
{ Another missed movein my calculations. I had thought I could pull an advantage with the KSmajority. Double attacks mate and g2 }
25. Bc3 Qxg2 26. Rd1 Qg5+ 27. Kb1 Rd8 28. Qxb7 d4 29. Bd2
{ And I played on in time trouble, losing on timein another ten moves or so. A simply wretched game from my part, highlightingmy greatest weaknesses as a chess player. I learned I need to work ontime management as well as on simple principles and keeping a level headin a better position. Rushing an edge simply will not work against anylevel of opponent. }
0-1
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[Event "acpro's mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "11-Jul-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "zoltantor"]
[Black "carlosmart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d, 5d max"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
{ Until this point, everything is usual in a Sicilian - Najdorf variation chosen by almost everyone and awaiting the sixth white move where it has numerous options to play. }
6. Be2
{ John chose to play Be2 for the first time in our encounters. I suppose he wants to change Bg5 because it hasn't given him good results against me. }
6... e5
{ After I had seen the new move Be2 (unusual in the sense of rarely used by JR), I could opt for e6 - e5. Studying some games of Remco (Nestorix), I decided to go for e5. I think the center is blocked enough and I must not forget that I am playing against a good strategist. }
7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1
{ Jose Ramon enjoys each game independently of where it is placed. Looking at the ACPRO'S MINIT ranking, JR has (had) chances of winning the tournament, especially observing his magnificent game in progress with Nestorix and based on this he thought he could risk to win but not... Simply he enjoys his idea and the tournament does not matter a lot. I say all this because playing with whites he is very conservative because he was expecting Be3. }
11... O-O 12. Be3
{ Now? Why not move even g4? It's not a battle we're going to have. } 12...
Rac8
{ Now the criticism must be returned against me... I am a 'cagueta' against the Sicilians. It is not my medium, I am not comfortable, I do not master their structure and I often lose in losing ends. Those who read this will understand why I did not dare 12.- Bc4, b6 or even exf4. }
13. a5 exf4
{ I decided to take this, ignoring the bishop's move for the second time because the white tower's position on the column felt unnatural and uncomfortable. }
14. Rxf4 Rfe8 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Nf5 Bxf5
{ Until this friend and I have contributed nothing but our fears, save our games... All of this has been played. Now I must remain faithful to the idea of 13. If the Tower does not feel comfortable on f4, it should not be better on f5. }
17. Rxf5 Qc6 18. Bd3 g6
{ Prepare d5, free the center, disrupt the Tower and leave space for the knight that one day may arrive at f6-g7. }
19. Rf4 d5 20. Bd4 Qd6 21. Be2
{ Jr is good... and if he lets me Nd3, I will lose quality of my play. I guess he calculated the following move sequence: Qxd3 - Qxf4 - e5 - Ng4 - Bxg4 - Qxg4 - Nxd5 - Qf5... and the quality is compensated by attack and the black center is made weak. However, I insist that the Sicilian is not my best performance. }
21... Ned7 22. Qf1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4
{ This should become the bulk of the comment. The game appears to be heading towards a massacre, as I demonstrated further below... or perhaps the whites can still find some opportunities? }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "The Stones Crumble"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "23-Jan-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "djcp99"]
[Black "blake84120"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1504"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1181"]
1. d4 Nf6
{ It's been a while since I've annotated a game; this is the firstgame I have finished in nearly two weeks. Tired of the old d5, I play somethinga little different. The Indian Defense. }
2. e3 g6
{ 2. e6 indicates thatwhite might want to set up a Stonewall Attack. So I begin choosing movesthat don't bang my head against that stone wall. }
3. Bd3 Bg7 4. f4 O-O { More Stonewallish moves from White. } 5. Nf3 c5
{ I'm offering white anopportunity to break up his own Stonewall with 6. pxc5 Qa5 and 7. ...Qxc5 and now his stone wall has a big hole in it. }
6. c3 d6
{ White wasn'thaving it - he completes the 'classic' Stonewall formation. } 7.
O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bg4 { Pinning the knight, thinking along lines of Qc7 and e5. }
9. Qe1 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd5
{ Aha! The stones crumble! And now I threaten moreof the wall. } 11. Nb3 Qc7
{ White saved what's left of his stones, so nowI get back on my e5 plan. } 12.
Qg3 Bd7 13. a4 e5
{ I'm not sure what 13.a4 was doing but it seems harmless enough, and now I can't help but noticethat the knight on b3 is undefended. Unfortunately, I don't see a convenientway to remove the pawn on c3. }
14. fxe5 dxe5 { Exchanges abound. } 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5
{ Not much left of that wall now. } 17. Qh4 Qb6+
{ White's17. Qh4 and that c3 pawn takes all the fun out of the fork. } 18. Nd4
Nb4
{ If 19. Pxb4 then 19. ... Bxd4 and 20. ... Qxb4 and black has gained apawn. Meanwhile, I threaten the undefended bishop at d3 and a nice littlefork at c2 (puts three pieces on White's pinned knight on d4). }
19. Be4 Nc6
{ White's 19. Be4 put the kabosh on all of my knight's threats, so Iplay a simple move, attacking the knight on d4. In retrospect, I thinknow that 19. ... Bxd4 might have been more aggressive, and would havewon a pawn as well as creating opportunities to liquidate some pieces toexploit that material advantage. }
20. Bxc6 Bxc6
{ Black has gained the bishoppair advantage, though that's hardly decisive. }
21. Kh1 Qa6
{ White unpinnedthe knight on d4 and black seizes an opportunity to fork the rook on f1and the pawn on a4. Note that I don't plan on playing Bxa4 any time soonsince that bishop would be pinned and easily won by white with b3. }
22. Bh6 Rfe8
{ 22. Bh6 was a strong move by white. He linked his rooks, defendingthe en prise rook on f1 and at the same time threatens to win the exchangeby capturing Black's rook on f8. I didn't really see this coming, and itbecame a thorn in my side for a several moves - but I vow that eventuallywhite will pay the price for stationing his bishop so far from home. }
23. Nxc6 Qxc6
{ Well, there goes the bishop pair, and now things look prettymuch dead even. I don't know if white is playing for a draw, but I certainlywould not be satisfied with drawing. }
24. Qf2 Qe6
{ White threatened thepawn at f7 with certain mate to follow. Black's queen rushes to the defense. }
25. Rae1 f6
{ White played as expected, pinning Black's bishop on e5. f6saves the bishop from any future embarrassment and at the same time, thebishop protects the pawn, too. }
26. a5 Qa6
{ White has a strong attack going,4 pieces bearing down on a broken castle with only 3 defenders. I was surprisedhe played 26. a5. My response threatens the pawn. I have to play carefullyhere though, with White's strong attack. }
27. b4 Bxc3
{ White seems to havemade his first mistake of the game. Black can safely take the pawn, forkingWhite's rook on e1 and the pawn on b4. It's important here that both thebishop and the queen remain on defensive duty to save the f6 pawn and thesubsequent mate threats. }
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8
{ A welcome trade since black nowhas a winning material advantage. This also evened the number of attackersand defenders by exchanging white's strong rook, part of his attack, forblack's weak rook that was far removed from defending. }
29. Qf4 Bxb4
{ White's29. Qf4 seems to defend the pawn at b4, but the defense is an illusion,for black takes the pawn anyway and now if 30. Qxb4??? then black winsinstantly with 30. ... Qxf1 . 29. ... Bxb4 does allow white to play 30.Qxf6, but black's queen is still on defense so after 30. ... Qxf6 31. Rxf6???Rf1 wins immediately for black. }
30. h3 Bd2
{ And now my piece de resistance.My favorite move of the game. If White's queen moves away, black wins thebishop on h6. If white captures Black's bishop he loses less material after31. ... Qxf1 . }
31. Qf2 Bxh6 { Remember that vow I made on my 22nd move? } 32. Qa2+ Kg7
{ The long range check is only a minor inconvenience now thatthe white bishop is gone from a6, and White's rook is still en prise onf1. }
33. Rf2 Re1+
{ Rf2 insures that White's two remaining pieces defendeach other and defend their remaining pawns, too. But black has a combinationthat cracks White's defense open like an egg. With careful play, whitecan squirm out of immediate loss (at least I didn't find a forced matingcombination here) but even those lines allow black to exchange White'squeen and rook and win easily with a bishop and two pawns advantage. }
34. Kh2 Be3 35. Rc2 Bf4+
{ 35. Rf3 saves White's game for now, but after 35.Bg2 white is in serious trouble. As played, white is now doomed. }
36. g3 Qf1
{ Not a check, white is not forced. But he has nothing. Black threatensmate on g1 and h1. The rook cannot protect both squares. 37. h4 loses to37. ...Qh1 . White could try 37. Rc7 Bxc7 38. Qg2 to stop all the immediatecheckmates, but 38. ... Re2 wins White's queen and black mates in a fewmoves with his bishop and queen. }
37. gxf4 Qg1# { Final position. } 0-1
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[Event "Queenside Attack via the Carokann"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.03.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "vikert"]
[Black "wellhairedbeast"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1309"]
1. e4 c6 2. b3 d5
{ b3 is an unusual move from White. It is either to supportc4 or prepare for a fiancetto. I follow the usual plan of the Carokannand attack e4 with d5. }
3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6
{ After the exchange usualdevelopment occurs, white places a central pawn, but this blocks theirBishop if they procede to place it at b2. Nf6 strikes at the centre, defendsd4 against the c4 threat, and helps prepare the Kingside for castling. }
5. Bb2 Bf5
{ In my opinion the fiancetto is wasted and accomplishes nothingwith d4 blocked. I further build the pressure on e5. }
6. Bd3 Bxd3
{ Whiteoffers an exchange, I accept. A key strategy behind the Carokann is workingtowards a favourable endgame for Black, so simplifying the board with theexchange suits my goals. }
7. Qxd3 Nc6
{ The only option for White, doubledpawns would only consolidate their Bishop's problem. Nc6 is standard development. }
8. Nd2 e6
{ White enables Queenside castling but the Knight contributeslittle, it does attack e5 but does not help defend the King. Nc3 is better,White could retreat their Bishop to c8 and look for Kingside play or lookto move to a3 once it is safe. }
9. O-O-O Qc7
{ White castles their King,but Black's position enables them to quickly mount an attack on the Queenside.a3 is better and defends against Nb4. Black brings the Queen in to play,this is a bit passive and is waiting for Rc8, Qa5 would have been moreto the point. }
10. Ngf3 Bd6
{ White develops to the Kingside – but the threatis on the Queenside, Ne3 (with the aim of Nc3) is better. Bd6 does createa strong threat on the Kingside, but again this was too passive, Nb4 wouldhave been better. }
11. g3 O-O
{ g3 blocks my Bishop, but the real threatis all Queenside. Black loses momentum with castling, there is a tenetof ensuring the King is safe before attacking – but there was no currentthreat to the black King! Again Nb4 would have been the best option. }
12. h4 Nb4
{ h4 is a blunder from White. h4 provides no benefit to White's positionand the Queenside threat needs to be addressed.. Black finally starts theattack with Nb4 which threatens the Queen and Qxc2#. }
13. Qc3 Nxa2+
{ Anotherblunder, and the Queen is lost with a fork from Black's Knight. } 14.
Kb1 Nxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Qxc3
{ The combination has won Black the Queen and a pawnto further weaken White's position. Black Queen's is in a perfect positionto continue the attack. }
16. Ne1 Ba3
{ Ne1 is probably the best move forWhite, their Knight becomes active and defends against the threat of Rac8followed by Qxc2#. Ba3 prevents the King from escaping and threatens Qb2#after removing the Knight on d3. }
17. Nd3 Rac8
{ White sees the threat anddefends with their Knight. Black has plenty of options, if Qb2# is preventedthen Rac8 followed by Qxc2# is a solid plan to fall back on. }
18. Nc4 dxc4
{ A final blunder from White, Rdc1 would have defend against this threatbut at the cost of their Rook ( Rdc1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1). White resigns. }
0-1
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[Event "The Counter Attack"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.06.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gcah2006"]
[Black "sidsidsid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
1. e4
{ I decided to annotate this game because I thought it was interestingto be my first annotation. I hope that you'll enjoy an insight into howI play chess - while I know some chess theory, I play a large amount ofmy chess on instinct. This was my sixth meeting with sidsidsid in a smallamount of time. I started with 1. e4, as I do every game as white. I knowmore lines and tend to find more positions that I find comfortable duringit. }
1... e6
{ Of the three games I played with sidsidsid as white, he startedwith a different opening move each time (1. ... a6, 1. ... b6 and finally1. e6) and it definitely made my knowledge of the lines limited. I continuedto attack the centre from here... }
2. d4 { ... with 2. d4. A rather standardmove to reply with. } 2... b6
{ Readying to fianchetto the bishop on the queenside for the third game running - I must admit, I was expecting it - evenafter 1. ... e6. }
3. Nf3
{ Developing the knight to attack and defend thecentre. I could probably have attacked more with c4 or f4, but I feel morecomfortable developing my knights and bishops earlier on. }
3... Bb7 { Expected,attacking the light-squared diagonal. } 4. Bd3
{ Defending the pawn whiledeveloping another minor piece. } 4... Nf6
{ Developing the knight into a squarethat I'm prepared to attack with... } 5.
e5
{ I thought about playing Bg5also, but it really had very little purpose other than developing the bishop.He'll either force it away with h6 or bring his bishop out to e7. So Iwent with attacking, not letting black settle his pieces! }
5... Nd5
{ One ofthe better spots for the knight to sit, but it also blocks the bishopshold on the diagonal momentarily. }
6. O-O { Taking the opportunity to getthe king safe. } 6... h6 7. c4
{ After 6. ... h6, I wanted to increase the pressureon black some more so I force him to remove his knight for a second time. }
7... Nb4 8. a3
{ The knight wasn't doing much here - I could have taken the opportunityto play Nc3 and get more pieces into play. Instead, I played a3, happyto trade off his knight for my bishop. Doing so, I remove one of his twoactive pieces and get my queen into the ball game. }
8... Nxd3 9. Qxd3 d6
{ We'dbeen playing the game reasonably fast to this point... at this move, Itook a fair amount of time to think about the next move I played. I triedto cover as many moves as I can, thinking about what sort of responseshe would play... it didn't matter what I looked at, nothing looked suitably. So in the end I went for a rather typical... }
10. Rd1
{ ...Rd1. I've donethis to relieve some pressure that is being applied to the knight and pawns,as well as protect my Queen from any unsuspecting attacks later on. }
10... Nd7 11. Nc3 g5
{ This took me by surprise a bit. However, I was fairly surehe wasn't going to castle on the king side anymore and decided to startbring my troops together for a queen side attack. }
12. Ne1 g4
{ At firstglance, I was worried by this. Once I looked it at again, I thought thisonly weakened his position. I didn't have much intention of putting myknight back on f3 as I was looking towards c2-b4... }
13. f4
{ ... I wantedto open up some space for my king first, providing support to e5 too. Leavingthe pawn on g5 would have put a halt to this. If 13.... gxf3 14. Nxc3 Bxc315. Qxc3 ..., this leaves my g-file open for Rg1 yet I'm happy that myking has a spot to be defended in. }
13... dxe5 14. fxe5
{ 14. dxe5 ... would openup my d-file and I wasn't happy for that with the knight ready to discoverwith one simple hop. }
14... Qe7 { Opening up to castle on the queen side. } 15. Nc2
{ Readying my knights to jump down the queen side. It is worth notingthat I'm already disappointed with the position I have got myself intoso far. }
15... O-O-O
{ Castled long and put the rook in line with my queen, makingmy e5 pawn very weak now. I should really be moving the queen off the d-filenow (Qe2, maybe?). Instead, I've absolutely forgotten about the threat. }
16. Be3 Nxe5
{ A poor mistake for me to make - got to move the queen noweither to e2 or f1. I chose e2 to leave my back rank open to my rooks,if necessary, and to attack the pawn on g4. }
17. Qe2 Bf3
{ A very interestingmove and I saw it but didn't expect white to play it. I thought, if anything,17. ... Nf3+ would have been a better option - it provides cover for hisweak pawn, while moving the white king... If 18. gxf3??, then 18. ...gxf3 19. Qf1 Rg1+ 20. Kh1 (20. Kf2 Qh4#) f2+! If 17.... Nf3+ 18. Kf2, thenblack responds with Qh4+, or 18. Kf1 Nxh2. The final response to that linecould have been 17. ... Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qh4! All lines result in heavy materialloss, opening up the white king and/or checkmate. }
18. gxf3
{ Honestly,this is probably not the best move available. I decide to take the bishopin an attempt to try and defend a black attack and hold an advantage. I'mdisgusted with myself for getting into this position, but I've checkedthe lines and I'm happy that I can get my king away from immediate danger. }
18... gxf3
{ Attacking the queen with a now passed pawn, and my king is terriblyopen. }
19. Qf1
{ I'm defending my pawn as I don't want to give black a reasonto move his knight that is still en prise. I suspect he has forgotten aboutit in the melee of trades... }
19... Rg8+
{ 20. Kf2 results in checkmate from 20....Qh4. So the only reply is... } 20.
Kh1
{ My king is trapped in a corner,and I'm in a terrible position. Given all of that, my king is relativelysafe for a few moves. I start to think about creating a better defenceand trade some pieces... }
20... Rg2 21. dxe5
{ I could have played Ne1 here, asmy opponent later pointed out, but I didn't even consider it. I was happyto trade off knights to reduce his attacking threat now I'm a minor pieceahead. }
21... Qh4
{ Providing a direct threat of checkmate on h2. This can onlybe seriously defended with Bg1, but first.... }
22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd1+
{ ...trading rooks and bringing my rook to activity with a check. } 23... Kc8
24. Bg1 { Forced. } 24... Rxc2
{ I expected him to finally compensate himself with theknight that I took back on move 21. }
25. Qxf3
{ Relieves a lot of pressureon my position and I'm starting to look much better off now. My queen isthreatening with a sneaky checkmate on a8 and requires defense... and I'mnow convinced that I've turned this game around. }
25... Kb8
{ ... this protectsthe checkmate but now the initiative is now with me! } 26.
Qd3
{ 26. Qd3!provides me with a plethora of threats. The rook must move to be safe,and it's only safe haven is 26.... Rxb2 but leaves white to reply with27. Qd8+ Qxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kb7 29. Rxf8.... White has forced an exchange ofqueens and wins another piece to go into an end game with two minor pieceadvantage. I hope you enjoy this game and let me know if you find anythingI've missed. }
1-0
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[Event "Fast Ladder"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.11.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dougcosine"]
[Black "nmdavidb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<3d"]
[WhiteElo "1362"]
1. e4
{ Pe4. Ok, first off--holy crap! 2184? 2184?! Did they challengeyou, or did you challenge him? Oh, let's see, I guess I'll just jab thisgiant in the ribs with my sharp stick here, ho ho! Looks like the giantwas asleep after all. Looks like he has +21 armor and +84 dexterity... }
1... e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Nxf7
{ A pawnand a rook for a bishop and a knight? I guess that's fair. } 7... Rxf7
8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. O-O Kg8 10. Qf3 exd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf6 13. Bf4 Qe8 14.
Rad1 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Qg6
{ Well, you know what is coming next, since you alreadyplayed this game. The black queen is guarding g4, so pinning the whitequeen against the d1 rook with black's white bishop is a bigger threat. To remove the threat against Pc2, Rd2 makes more sense. Trouble is, blackwould respond with Nc4. How about Qe2? Bg4 could then be met with Pf3. Bh3, Pg3 (to avoid QxPg2#--always embarrassing). Mm, Qe2, of course,sacrifices Pd5. }
16. c3 Bg4 17. Qd3 Bxd1 18. Qxd1 Qf5 19. Bg3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Re3
{ What, threatening the bishop? Black's knight is ina really good position. }
21... Nxd5 22. Rf3 Qe4 23. Qd3
{ Proposing power tradeswhen you're 5 points down is not optimal. } 23... Qe1+
24. Qf1 Re8 25. h3 Qxf1+
{ What's the loss of a queen? Checkmate isn't inevitable. Yet. You'replaying 2184--might as well see what he does next. A stalemate is highlyunlikely, but... oh, of course. KxQ, Re1#. Kh2 isn't much respite. }
0-1
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[Event "Internet blitz"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "carlos123"]
[Black "WestcoastLove"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "G/10"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
{ Philidor's Defense. This move isn't exactly bad, butI don't recommend it unless you know exactly what you're doing. Black wouldbe better off defending the pawn while developing a piece (...Nc6, ...Nf6). }
3. h3 { ? Way too slow. White also should be developing his pieces. } 3... c5
{ !? Interesting. This grabs a big share of the center, but again I thinkBlack would be better off developing pieces. }
4. c3 { ! A good plan: preparingto blow the center open. } 4... Bd7
{ ?! Black now develops a piece, but not theright one or to the right square. ...Nf6 would be more to the point: it getsBlack one step closer to castling and attacks the e-pawn. Also, the LSB(Light-Squared Bishop) is better placed on e6, not d7. Development is good,but should be planned out and not done randomly. }
5. d4
{ ! Again, Whitehas exactly the right idea: to open the center and then punish Black'sslow development. White's pieces will be able to develop rapidly once theBlack pawns are weakened. }
5... Nc6
{ Good, now Black is catching up. ...Nf6 isstill better for the reasons stated in Black's last move. }
6. Ng5
{ ? Toomuch! White cannot attack with just one Knight. Bc4 was just crying outto be played. }
6... Nf6
{ ? This developing move is too late. ...Be7 is better,attacking the Knight and leaving the defensive move ...Nh6 open. }
7. Nxf7
{ ?? This is the logical follow-up to White's play, but it just loses apiece. Again, you can't attack with just one piece! Bc4 was again obvious,natural and good. Black would have no good way to defend the f-pawn. }
7... Kxf7 8. Bc4+ { Now this move comes... two moves too late. } 8... Ke8 9.
Qb3
{ Whereis White's attack? Black has the extra material AND the lead in development. }
9... exd4
{ ! Good, clearing some tension in the center to reduce complications. } 10.
Bf7+ { ?! Pointless checks are pointless. } 10... Ke7 11. Bg5
{ Finally gettingsome more pieces involved. } 11... h6 12. Bxf6+ gxf6 13. Bg8
{ With a cheapo threat. } 13... Ne5
{ !? A very tricky way to defend, giving back a single pawn to exchangeoff White's last aggressive piece. Good eye! }
14. cxd4 c4 { ! Forcing exchanges. } 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qe2
{ Now it is Black who attacks. I likehow you didn't get stuck in defensive mode and seized your chance to endit quickly. }
17... Rc1+ { ! Things don't look good for White... } 18. Kd2 Rxh1 19. e5
{ ! White seizes on every chance for counterplay, but it's not enough. } 19...
Qa5+
{ ! Rather than defending, Black wraps things up with a nice attackbefore anything strange can happen on the e-file. }
20. Kd3 { The worst ofa set of bad options. } 20... Bb5+
{ ! No way Black was letting that one go. Excellentcounterattacking. } 0-1
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[Event "A fun checkmate?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "14-Aug-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "palaisipan_23"]
[Black "another_ken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
{ This game is remarkable for its checkmate. See if you can figure outmate (win for Black) in 7 from White's 22. Kh2 without looking! This gamegave both players a lot of joy. }
1. d4
{ This game is remarkable for itscheckmate. See if you can figure out mate (win for Black) in 7 from White's22. Kh2 without looking! This game gave both players a lot of joy. }
1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3
{ (Given 6. h3is this in keeping?) } 7... Be4
{ (This ensures that any exchange of minor piecesleaves Black with the favourable position -- a black pawn on e4 suits Blackvery well.) }
8. O-O Be7 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nxe4
{ (A shameless pawn grab! The pawn on e4 was fairly poisonous. The knightis in no man's land...) }
12... f5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. b3 { (I wouldn't recommend dxeeither.) } 14... f4 15.
Qg4 { (Perhaps Qf3 is better, stopping f4-f3 for the timebeing.) } 15... Rf6
16. Bb2 Rg6 17. Qf5 { (Qf3 is definitely better here.) } 17... Qc7 18. d5
{ Not sound. This frees c5 for Black's knight. } 18... Rf8 19. Qd3
{ (Againnot sound. With ..Knc5 to come, White concedes a tempo. As it happens,White cannot prevent his demise -- there is a clear mating plan for Blacknow.) }
19... Nc5 { (This is not so much to develop as to free d7 for Black's queen.) }
20. Qd2 f3 { (Displacing the pawn on g2, and weakening the pawn on h3) } 21. g3
Qd7 22. Kh2 { [PUZZLE: Without looking, can you figure out mate in7 moves?] }
22... Qxh3+ { ! } 23. Kxh3 Rh6+ 24. Kg4 Rh2
{ White resigns here, forit is checkmate upon ..h7-h5# } 0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "shortysusu"]
[Black "reachforgoals"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "766"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "800"]
1. c3 { what kind of open is this } 1... e5 { normal opening I am black } 2. e4
{ same } 2... Nf6 { kinght } 3. f3
{ moves pawn not sure what is white is doing.have not seen this style of play before. }
3... Nc6 { I decided to stick withthe baisc. feeling total lost. } 4. b4
{ likes to move pawns } 4... Bd6 { keepson bulding minor pieces } 5. a3
{ other pawn } 5... O-O { castle } 6. g4 { other pawn } 6... b5 { pawn } 7. g5
{ feeling bit overwheamed } 7... Qe7 { queen } 8. Qb3 { moves queen } 8... Ba6
{ minor pieces out } 9. h4 { is type of playing is new to me. } 9... Rab8
{ Iseriously do not know what I am doing in this game. } 10. gxf6
{ queen indanger } 10... Qxf6 { tkaes pawn } 11. d3
{ white did not delvop the minor pieces } 11... Nxb4 { knight } 12. cxb4
{ out of knights } 12... Bxb4+ { check } 13. Qxb4 { takesbishop } 13... c6
{ moves pawn } 14. Ke2 { king } 14... d6 { pawn } 15. Bh3 { bishop } 15... c5
{ pawn } 16. Qa5 { queen } 16... b4 { pawn } 17. Qxa6 { queen } 17... bxa3
{ pawn } 18. Nxa3 { knight } 18... c4 { pawn } 19. dxc4 { pawn } 19... Rb3
{ rook } 20. Qxa7 { queen } 20... d5 { pawn } 21. exd5 { pawn } 21... Qxh4
{ queen } 22. Qa4 { queen } 22... Rc3 { rook } 23. Bg2 { bishop } 23... Rc2+
{ check } 24. Qxc2 { queen } 24... Qd4 { queen } 25. Ra2 { rook } 25... Qb6
{ queen } 26. Nb5 { knight } 26... e4 { pawn } 27. fxe4 { pawn } 27... Qg6
{ queen } 28. Bf3 { bishop } 28... Qg5 { queen } 29. Bxg5 { bishop } 29... h6
{ Iresigned } 1-0
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "???"]
[Black "???"]
[Result "*"]
{ This is the fourth game of the chess tournament. Disaster struck whenI lost in the third round and I lost the lead. I was playing black hereand I desperately need to win to have a chance of getting a prize. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 { The Scotch game. } 3... exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6
6. Re1 Nf6 7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3
{ The Scotch gambit. I had never seen white(a person who I know) play this. I believe that white has very little compensationfor his sacrificed pawn at the moment. }
8... O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nd5 { White will double my pawns. } 11...
Nd4 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bd4 { Here I'm just a solid pawn up. }
15. Rad1 { He sacrifices yet anotherpawn for no reason. } 15... Bxb2 16. Qg3
{ The immediate threat is Bh6 winningthe exchange at least and damaging blacks pawn structure if I lose my DSB.This also prepare f4? }
16... Re8 17. Bh6 Nh5
{ Simulataneous attacks the queenand there are now two additional protectors of g7. }
18. Qg4 g6 { MY darksquares are extremely weak now. } 19. f4 c6
{ The knight would've been annoyingon f6. This forces the knight to move and white will lose a pawn or theexchange. }
20. Ne3 Rxe4
{ Nb4 would've been met by Bc3 winning the knightor the exchange. White is going nowhere right now. }
21. Nf5 { I see whatwhite is trying to do here. } 21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qb6+ 23.
Kh1 Rd8 24. Qg5 Qf2 25. Rb1 Bf6 { Attacks the queen. } 26. Qg4 Kh8
{ Capturign the knight on f5is no threat. White would actually benefit if I did. He would probablygrab a pawn on f5. }
27. Rb4 { Protecting f4. } 27... gxf5
{ I risk a bad positionto get rid of a key defender of d4. } 28. Qxh5 Bd4 29.
Kh2 Rg8 { I know hitwhite with everything I've got. } 30. Bg5 Qg1+ 31. Kg3 Qe1+
32. Kh2 { Theonly available square unless white wants to get mated. } 32...
Qxb4 { I just grabthe rook for free. White's attacks are running dry. } 33. h4
d5 { Makinguse of the dark square diagonal. } 34. Qh6 Bg7
{ I had calculated somethingalong the lines of this where white tries to force a perpetual if I exchangeDSB's. }
35. Bf6 Qc4 { A 'High class' waiting move. } 36. h5 d4 37. Qg5 h6
{ h6 was a serious threat. I'm not sure how I even got into this position. }
38. Bxg7+ Rxg7 39. Qxh6+ Kg8
{ White is out of checks and just resigns here.1st place has 4/7 points. I have 3/7 }
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[Event "Quick n' Brutal"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "25-Apr-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ethansiegel"]
[Black "theinnergame"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
{ I've never been one to get good positions against the scandinavian (1.e4 d5), but I think I wound up understanding this position pretty well. The result is quicker than Tyson vs. Spinks. }
1. e4 { ...good enough forFischer, good enough for me. } 1... d5 2. exd5 Qxd5
{ This is what black typicallygoes for in the opening, getting his queen out early. I like 2. ...Nf6better for black, though. }
3. Nc3
{ Now, white has the tempo here, and blacktypically moves the queen to a5, pinning the knight in the event of d4,and daring white to overextend by chasing her. }
3... Qd6
{ A little more unusualthan Qa5, but offers a lot of possibilities. In fact, there's a wholebook about it: http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_jd/jd_scandinavian_defense.html }
4. Nf3
{ d4 is more common, but I'd rather get some pieces out and decidewhether d4 or d3 is a better square for the pawn. Just a personal thing,but I'd rather make the non-committal move and allow my opponent the optionto make a bad move. In hindsight, black could play e5 here, which d4 wouldprevent. }
4... Nf6 { Standard development. } 5. Bc4
{ Again, waiting on what todo with the d-pawn. c4 is a good square for the bishop, and eyes a possibleassault on the always-weak f7 square. }
5... a6
{ ?! Really? This is the mostcommon move in the gk database, with good success for black, but wouldn'tit be better to develop something rather than chase the bishop (which clearlyisn't going to b5)? }
6. d4
{ Time to give the queen's bishop an out (it'sclear that a fianchetto would be a bad move), and to step up my presencein the center. White's looking pretty good so far. }
6... b5
{ Consistent witha6, and forces the bishop to choose between b3 and d3 (or e2). }
7. Bb3
{ Again, eschewing the success rates in the game DB. Why? To maintainpressure along the a2-g8 diagonal. With his queenside a mess like that,I owe it to myself to put as much pressure on the center/kingside as possible,since that's where his king will be. This also keeps the d- and e-filesclear for heavy pieces after 0-0. }
7... e6 { Alright, so this makes f7 harderto get to. } 8. O-O
{ Good! The rook belongs on e1, and I'm one move awayfrom having a considerable amount of pressure built up on e6, too. }
8... Bb7
{ Again, the most common move in the game DB, but I'm not sure it's best. Notice how black has no good place to put his bishop on f8, because theQd6 blocks it in. He clearly can't castle queenside, and so it looks likeif I hurry, I can get him with his king trapped in the center. }
9. Re1
{ Obvious but good. Black is going to have to scramble to catch up in development. I would say Be7 is relatively best here, but black suprises me, and goesfor... }
9... Nbd7
{ Nbd7?! I don't like this move at all. There's enough firepowerin place that I see that Ng5 allows me a strong in on the kingside, withthe possibility of Nge4, d5, and moving the Queen along the d1-h5 diagonal. }
10. Ng5 { Going for it! } 10... Nd5
{ ?! A dubious move in a tough position, clearlytrying to exchange pieces and block the bishop's access to the e6 square. Notice that the e6 pawn is pinned, though, and that the f7 square is stillweak. I decide that now's the time to make a play for f7. }
11. Qh5 { Theother major option was Qf3, but this provokes g6 first. } 11... g6
{ I saw thatone coming. } 12. Qf3
{ Although really, I could've played this last move. I was a little bit afraid that black could play f6, complicating matters,on the move before. However, if he did (or does now), I have Rxe6 , winningthe queen. }
12... N7f6
{ A very reasonable move. In addition to the threat onf7, I'm also attacking the Nd5 3 times, and it was only defended twicedue to the pin on e6. But this isn't adequate, because... }
13. Bxd5 { Thismove forces a recapture, otherwise black just loses the Bb7. }
13... Nxd5
{ Bxd5was better. Yes, it loses the Nf6, but what follows is much worse. Thisopens up the f7 square... }
14. Qxf7+
{ Obvious but strong. In fact, I madethis move so quickly that I didn't realize just how strong it was. }
14... Kd8 { Forced. Now, Rxe6 looks tempting, but there is a better move... }
15. Nxe6+
{ !! This ends the game. Black has only two legal moves. If Kc8,16. Qe8 Qd8 17. Qxd8#, and if Qxe6, white not only wins the queen, butcan force the wipeout of all of black's pieces by move 22. A good gameby theinnergame, as I continue to claw my way out of a negative team score. (I'll get there one day, thomas!) }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bobtucker"]
[Black "thehellion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1338"]
1. h3
{ This game was a slow, positional affair. The Pawn position got lockedin place and made for few opportunities to attack, but some sharp tacticsenabled me to get a small advantage and eventually exploit it for a difficultwin. }
1... e5 { I respond to White's unusual opening by trying to seize the center. }
2. e4 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2
{ This move surprised me. White's developmentwill be slowed a little. } 4... d4
5. c3 c5
{ I'm thinking I might be able toget a positional advantage by controlling more space. }
6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Be6 8. Qc2
{ I thought White would play Nb2 here and prepare to castle,but he prefers a slower style of development. Wilhelm Steinitz used sucha style to great success, so it can work -- but only in a relatively closedposition. }
8... Be7 9. g3 O-O
{ My own development is now complete. I have aslight edge in space, so my objective will be to try and keep White cramped. }
10. Bg2 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Nf3 h6
{ In keeping with the cramping principle.White's Knight cannot now venture to g5. }
13. Nbd2 Bd6 14. O-O { white completeshis own development. } 14... b4 15. c4
Qd7 16. g4 Nh7
{ When one has an advantagein space, one should try and deny the opponent threats. Retreating piecesto prevent the opponent from freeing his game is acceptable, per Znosko-Borovsky. }
17. a4 f6 18. Nh2 g6
{ Now all of White's pieces are on his 1st or 2nd rank.I have 3 pieces past my 2nd rank and 2 advanced Pawns helping to keep Whitecramped. It's time to start squeezing the life out of White's position. }
19. f3 f5
{ If a file opens, it'll be to my advantage, as I am in more ofa position to attack. }
20. Rf2 fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Rf8+
{ Now Ihave control of the only open file, augmenting my positional advantage. }
23. Ndf3
{ A self-pin. If I were in White's position, I would have preferred23 Ke2 to be followed by 24 Rf1, disputing Black's control of the file. }
23... Ng5 { I pile on. White should move his King to unpin his Knight. } 24.
Qe2 Nxf3 25. Bxf3 h5
{ The pin will cause White to lose material if he letsit stand. 26 Kg1! is called for. }
26. Kg2
{ Unpinning, but now the Bishopcan't move. If White had played Kg1, his Bishop would now be mobile. }
26... Be7 27. Rg1 Bg5 28. Bc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 hxg4 30. hxg4 g5
{ White's g-pawn is nowfixed as a target. } 31. Rh1 Ne7 32. Qd2 Rf4
{ Black's own g-pawn is shieldedfrom attack. } 33. Qe2 Ng6 34. Kf1 Nh4
{ The threat is ...Nxf3 Nxf3 Bxg4,creating a passed Pawn for Black. } 35. Ke1
Nxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Bxg4
{ Not onlyis Black up a Pawn, White's Knight is now pinned as well. Too many pinsto overcome -- the danger of a cramped, immobile position. }
37. Rf1 Qf7 38. Rf2 Bxf3 39. Qf1
{ Now I'm up a piece and a Pawn. If I can exchangeoff the heavy artillery, the endgame should be an easy win. }
39... Bxe4
{ If Whiteplays 40 dxe4??? the follow-up is 40...Rxe2 41 Qxe2 Qxe2 42 Kxe2 Ke7 andWhite can resign, as the King-and-Pawn ending is hopeless. White must keepat least 1 major piece on the board to have any chance of drawing. }
40. Rxf4 Qxf4
{ White's only chance is to move his Queen. 41 Qh3 is probablythe best move. }
41. Qxf4 gxf4 { Game over. The King-and-Pawn ending is easyto win. } 42. dxe4
Kf7 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kf2 Kg5 45. Kf3 Kh4 46. Kg2 Kg4 47. Kf2 Kh3 48. Kf1 Kg3 49.
Kg1 Kf3 50. Kf1 Kxe4 51. Ke2 d3+ 52. Kf2 Kd4 53. Kf3 Kc3 54. Kf2 Kc2
{ White resigns, as Black's d-pawn Queens in 2 moves. } 0-1
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "26-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "danmino2000"]
[Black "tsodikovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
{ English- symmetrical... boring... } 7. d3 d6 8. e4 Bd7
{ at last, black makes adifferent move from white. } 9. Be3 Rb8
{ black wants a6 and b5 to breakthrough in the queen side. } 10. Ne1
{ whitewill want to play f4 and to breakthrough the center an king side. }
10... a6 11. f4 b5 12. b3 b4
{ I don't knowif I would play b4. maybe I would have kept the tension... } 13.
Nd5 Ng4 14. Qxg4 { ??a blunder that finishes the game... } 14... Bxg4 0-1
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[Event "League division D2"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "17-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "daddyk"]
[Black "bunicu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1399"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
1. d4 { London opening } 1... d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 e6
{ i like to see as feel blackslight bishop is now blocked } 4. e3 h6 5. c3 f6
6. Be2 { didnt go to d3 aspotentail forks } 6... Bd7 7. O-O Na5
{ knight looking at c4 with a view to capturingb2 } 8. b3
{ taking away the out posts } 8... b5 9. b4 Nb7
{ maybe c4 would havegiven better long term attacking opotunities for black }
10. Nh4 { aimingfor the gap on g6 } 10... Kf7
{ crazy move by black trying to defend g6 } 11. Bh5+ g6 12. Bxg6+
{ a swift bishop attack } 12... Ke7 13. Bh5 { now to make room forthe knight }
13... e5 { will not detere me } 14. Ng6+ { cant resist a free rook } 14... Kd6
15. Nxh8 Be6 { looking to stop following fork on f7 } 16. Bg3
{ i getbishop out of the way } 16... Kd7 17. Bg4
{ look to force exchanges now } 17... Be7 18. Ng6 { more exchanges } 18... e4
19. Bxe6+ { initiate it myself } 19... Kxe6 20. Qg4+
{ queensfinally in the game } 20... Kf7 21. Nh8+
{ did consider exchange with bishop butwanted to force mate } 21... Kf8 22. Qg6
{ mate on f7 unless } 22... Qe8 23. Qh7
{ nowlooking to win queen with knight to g6 } 23... Qh5 { black sees it } 24.
Ng6+ { sowhite settles for 8 points not 9 } 24... Ke8 25. Qxg8+ Kd7 26. Qxa8
{ exchangeknights } 26... Qxg6 27. Qxb7 Bd6
{ black wants to force pressure on g3 } 28. Qxb5+ { white bides time } 28... c6
29. Qb7+ Ke6 { and monuvers blacks king } 30. Qxc6
{ whilst winning an extra pawn & a bishop - black resigned } 1-0
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[Event "1st Sixth Sense practise mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.01.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "poelie"]
[Black "elenapetrova"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1399"]
1. e4
{ My dear friend Elena has asked me to annotate this game for her.So I do so! }
1... c5 { Black decides on the Sicilian Defence! } 2. d3
{ White optsfor a closed version of it. I think this move rather lacks bite. }
2... Nc6 { Black develops sensibly } 3. Be3 { As does white } 3... e6
{ This is quite soundtoo } 4. Nf3
{ Sound development, but again rather lacking bite. What isWhite's plan exactly here? }
4... d6
{ After White's rather unambitious opening,I would have been tempted to try d7-d5 instead here. }
5. Nc3 { White continuesto develop. } 5... Nf6 { As does Black. } 6. Be2
{ Sensible development again! } 6... d5
{ This rather wastes a move. If Black wanted to play this, she couldhave played d7-d5 in one move rather than two. Still it threatens d5-d4,so White has to do something about this threat. }
7. exd5 { So White takes. } 7... exd5 { Black takes back. } 8. Bd2
{ This again is very passive. Bg5 was farmore active. Maybe d3-d4 could have been played too. This leaves Blackwith a comfortable space advantage. }
8... Be7 { So Black develops } 9. O-O { Whitecastles } 9... O-O
{ As does Black } 10. Re1
{ Another sensible move, moving therook to the open file. } 10... a6
{ Is she preparing b7-b5 taking space on thequeen side? } 11. Nb1
{ I fins this slightly odd too. White is planning c3and d3-d4 after all. But the point is, she could have played d3-d4 earlier,under more favourable circumstances. }
11... Qd6 { Moves the queen forward. } 12. c3
{ White carries on with the plan. } 12... d4
{ But Black prevents the plan frombeing carried out. This is a fine move by the Italian player! }
13. cxd4 { White takes. } 13... Nxd4
{ Black correctly takes back with the knight. Takingback with the pawn was possible and gives a slight edge to Black, in termsof more space controlled. This is better though, it makes it a lot easierto attack the weak White pawn on d3, along the semi-open d file. }
14. Nc3
{ This is a mistake, allowing Black to get two bishops in an open position.Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bc3 Qh4 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Be5 Nf4 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kf1 Qg5 20.f4 Qg6 21. Nc4 Bf5 22. Rc1 was better. }
14... Nxe2+ { So Black takes the bishop } 15. Rxe2 { White recaptures. } 15...
Re8
{ Black mobilises her rook. Now that theBishop on e7 is protected by the rook, Black is threatening the pawn ond3 with the queen. Qxd3 immediately loses to Rxe7! }
16. Re3 { As does White,protecting d3 at the same time. } 16... Bd8
{ This is a mistake. I can't see whyBlack can't just win a pawn here with Ng4. Post match computer analysis(PMCA) gives b5 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. h3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. b3Bd6 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Bc3 as the best for both sides. }
17. Qe1
{ PMCA givesthis as a blunder too. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Re1 Bb6 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Re5 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qd7 24. Re3 Nf6 25. Ne5 is given as better. }
17... Bd7
{ Black at last develops the Bc8 and also protects the Re8 which isdoubly attacked. }
18. Re2
{ PMCA gives this as a blunder and suggests 18.Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Qe5 Qxd3 20. Qxc5 Bc6 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Bc7 23. Nd4Bd7 24. Bg5 Ng4 25. h3 Be5. I can't see why Black can't just take on d3now, however... }
18... Bc6 { This looks good too, putting the bishop on a finediagonal. } 19.
Bg5
{ 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Qe5 Qxd3 21. Qxc5 Bc6 22. Qe3 Qxe323. Bxe3 Bc7 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bg5 Ng4 26. h3 Be5 is given as better by PMCA }
19... Bc7
{ Black connects her rooks and is now threatening to take on f3 followedby Qxh2. Black has a great advantage. }
20. Bxf6 { White takes. } 20... Qxf6
{ Butthis is a blunder by Black. PMCA gives ... Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Bxf3 22. Be5 Qxe523. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. gxf3 Re8 25. Kg2 Bd4 26. Rh1 h6 27. a4 Rd8 28. Rc1 Be5as best, but as Black I would have been tempted to play 20....B(c6) x N(f3)immediately }
21. Nd5
{ This is a very clever move. If Black plays B(c6)xN(d5)then White can mate in two starting with R(e2)xR(e8) }
21... Qd6 { Black alsohas to protect Bc7 } 22. Nxc7 { White takes now } 22...
Qxc7 { Black takes back } 23. Rc1 { White mobilises her other rook. } 23...
Rxe2 { Black takes } 24. Qxe2 { White takes back } 24... Re8
{ Black hits the queen } 25. Qd1
{ Queen drops back,keeping a protection on Nf3 } 25... Qf4
{ Black advances her queen } 26. Rxc5 { Whitetakes. } 26... Bxf3
{ This seems to me o be the obvious move, but PMCA gives itas a mistake and suggests Qb4 27. Re5 Qxb2 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qd2 Qb1+30. Qe1 Qxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Kf8 32. d4 Ke7 33. Nd3 Bc6 34. Nf4 Kd6 35. Nh5 g636. Nf6 h6 as the best continuation for Black. }
27. gxf3
{ White's kingside pawns are now split, but Black has to be careful as her own back rankis weak, for example if Re8-e6?? Rc5-c8 mating! }
27... Qb4
{ With a double attackon the Rc5 and also threatening Re1 forking king and queen. }
28. Rc1
{ Sothe rook drops back, and White's pawns start to drop. PMCA gives 28. Qc2h6 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe5 Qa4 33. Kg2 Qxa2 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ g6 36. Qxb7 Kg7 37. d4 as a better alternative, but notmany players would allow checks on e1. }
28... Qxb2 { So one pawn goes } 29. Kg2
{ This doesn't seem to achieve much. PMCA gives 29. Rb1 Qxa2 30. Rxb7 Qd531. Ra7 Qg5+ 32. Kf1 Qh6 33. Kg2 Qg6+ 34. Kf1 Qh5 as better. At least White'sdeficit is held to just one pawn in this line! Another way to save thesecond pawn would have been Rc1-c2 }
29... Qxa2 { Losing a second pawn makes thingshard for White } 30. Rc2
{ White hits the queen, but only to drive it toa better square } 30... Qd5
{ It is nicely centralised here, ready for action oneither side of the board. }
31. Qc1
{ White just gives up a third pawn withouta fight. PMCA gives 31. d4 b5 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Kf8 34. Qc2 Qd6 35.Qxh7 Qxd4 36. Qc2 Qf6 37. Qc8+ Ke7 38. Qg4 Kd8 as better. }
31... Qxd3 { So whitetakes. } 32. Rc8
{ This is the best counter-attacking hope. } 32... Rd8
{ Now Blackblunders, and gives up the advantage she has carefully secured. Qg6+ 33.Kh1 Qe6 34. Rc4 Qh3 35. Qd1 b5 36. Re4 Ra8 37. Re5 Qh4 38. Qd7 Rf8 39.Kg2 b4 40. Qc6 Qd4 41. Re7 is given as better by PMCA }
33. Qc7 { White cleverlyattacks the rook again. } 33... Rf8
{ The rook seeks sanctuary. } 34. Qb8
{ And Whitemisses her big chance. She could have drawn with 34. Qc5 Rd8 35. Qc7 Qg6+36. Kh1 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qg6+ }
34... Qa3
{ Qg6+ 35. Kh1 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qb4 37. Rxf8+Qxf8 38. Qxb7 a5 39. Qc6 g6 40. Kg3 Qb8+ 41. Kg2 Qb4 is given as even betterfor White in the PMCA }
35. Qxb7 { White now starts to get the pawns back. } 35... Rxc8
{ Black takes. } 36. Qxc8+ { White takes back } 36... Qf8
{ Queen has to block } 37. Qxa6
{ Now the second pawn goes, White has re-established material equality,and Black's advantage is minimal and based on the split pawns on the kingside.White should be able to draw this. }
37... Qd8 { The queen improves her position } 38. f4
{ White advances a pawn. As White I would be tempted to just siton the position, play something like Q-c4-g4 maybe h2-h3 and just waitfor Black to come at me. I think the White queen belongs on the kingside,protecting the king and pawns there. }
38... g6 { So Black avoids unpleasant backrank threats. } 39. Kg3
{ King advances } 39... Kg7 { Black advances her king } 40. h4
{ I am not sure what this achieves. Qe2 seems better to me. } 40... Kh6
{ Blackwants to attack with the king supporting the queen. } 41. f3
{ This is avery poor move. PMCA gives 41. Qb7 f6 42. Qe4 Qd7 43. Qf3 Qd6 44. Qe3 Qd145. Qe7 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kg3 Qd3+ 48. Qe3 Qd6 49. Qe8 as better, butI like simply 41. Qe2 preventing the Black king from advancing. I don'tsee how Black can then make any more progress. }
41... Kh5 { Now Black starts towin pawns again. } 42. Qb5+
{ White throws in a check, no doubt hoping forKh6?? allowing Qg5!! and a draw. However Black has better. }
42... f5 { Now theh pawn is doomed, and so is White. } 43. Qe5
{ Probably best, otherwise thef4 pawn goes too. } 43... Qxh4+
{ So one pawn goes. } 44. Kg2 { Forced! } 44... Qd8
{ Queengoes back, ready to strike down the d file, or return to the kingside,as required }
45. Qg7 { White hits the h7 pawn. } 45... h6 { Black protects. } 46. Kh3
{ Another blunder, another pawn goes. PMCA gives 41. Qb7 f6 42. Qe4Qd7 43. Qf3 Qd6 44. Qe3 Qd1 45. Qe7 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kg3 Qd3+ 48.Qe3 Qd6 49. Qe8, although I would have probably played Qe5 }
46... Qh4+ { So queenchecks } 47. Kg2 { Forced again } 47... Qxf4
{ Another pawn goes. } 48. Qa1 { Queenretreats } 48... Qd2+ { Queen check } 49.
Kh3 { King up } 49... Qe2 { Black attacks the pawn. } 50. Qh1
{ This is given as another mistake, and PMCA suggests 50. Kg3 g551. Qh1+ Kg6 52. Qb1 Qe6 53. Qb7 h5 54. Qb1 h4+ 55. Kf2 Qd5 56. Qb8 Qe657. Qb1 }
50... f4
{ White has no sensible moves, and has the unenviable choicebetween losing a third pawn or allowing a queen exchange into a hopelessending. }
51. Qg2 { White allows the queen exchange. } 51... Qxg2+
{ Black takesand White finally gives up. Many thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyedit. Don't forget to rate it on the star system and leave a comment or twoto let me know how I am getting on. Until next time dear reader! }
0-1
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[Event "Dallas Chess Club"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "3/20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Me"]
[Black "A guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "about 1300"]
[TimeControl "30 min"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
{ I am white. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
{ Go ATTACK KNIGHT AND BISHOP@@@@@@@@@@@ } 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5
{ supposedto do Na5 } 5... Nxd5 { Owned } 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ { pathetic... }
7... Ke6 8. Nc3 { What the heck is this supposed to do? } 8... Bb4 9. Bxd5+ Kd6
10. Nb5+ Kc5 { surprised he didnt resign... } 11. c4 { ??? } 11... Rf8 12. Qe3+
Nd4 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4+ Kb6 15. c5+ Ka6
{ this is really stupidfor him to keepplaying } 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qd3+ b5 18.
a4 Qd7 19. axb5+ Qxb5 { I like this... pin... } 20. Rxa5# 1-0
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[Event "friendly match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.02.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "obee_ton"]
[Black "cleanswide"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1371"]
[TimeControl "14 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
1. e4
{ HI guys, this is my fourth annotation. This will be the match betweenme and obee_ton, which I have no knowledge of. }
1... e6 { My standard opening } 2. d4 { d4 to open up his black bishop } 2...
b6
{ This is a very dangerous move,but it may turn the tide your way if used correctly, for if diagonal squaresremain open and white's bishop is out, you pretty much get free rook. }
3. e5 { He just did a favor to me by moving that out of the way. } 3... Bb7
{ Inhere, if he takes out his white bishop as I mentioned, I can attack g2and take the free rook. }
4. Nf3 { This will protect his rook from horribledeath. } 4... Bb4+
{ In order to activate a piece and open up for castling } 5. c3 { Natural }
5... Be7
{ I donpt want to put it in the f8, because that just undoeswhat I tried to do. }
6. h4 { Limites the movement of my bishop } 6... Nh6
{ Morein order to get a castling } 7. Bxh6 { Attack at my knight. } 7... O-O
{ Maybe Ishould have took it, but I decided to castle, and that gave me extra turn(notthat good, but better than nothing. }
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 { Bishop hasbeen traded off. } 10. g3
{ He surprisingly opens up the diagonal, thereforelocking in his kinght, because I wouldn't want to lose my rook. }
10... d6 { forbetter position of knight and to connect the rooks afterwards. }
11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Qd3 Nd7
{ This is the latest of what is going on. I will keep youupdated. } *
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[Event "Chester E v Malpas, Wirral league"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "18-2-2014"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ray Williams"]
[Black "Charles Higgie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "ECF166"]
[TimeControl "35 in 1hour15"]
[WhiteElo "ECF142"]
{ My dear friend elenapetrova said she wanted to see one of my wins. OK,anything to please a lady..... }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
{ So far a very standard opening - the Open Sicilian } 6. h3
{ But this move is very unusual, and for good reason. In an open positionlike this, white can't afford to waste moves like this. }
6... e5
{ So I strikeout in the centre. My d pawn is backward on a semi-open file, and can potentiallybe attacked by his rooks and queen along the d semi-open d file. But inreturn black gains a measure of central control. }
7. Nde2 { I don't thinkthis is the best square to put the knight. } 7... Be7
{ So I carry on with mydevelopment } 8. Ng3
{ So this is his plan. The e pawn is protected by hisNg3 so he can play Nc3-d5 and he can also play Bc1-e3 without fear of meplaying Nf6-g4 in reply. The downside is that he has wasted so many moveswith his knight now at g3. Black is ahead in development. }
8... O-O { So I continueto develop } 9. Bc4
{ He takes control of the d5 square. } 9... a6
{ So I prepareto hit his bishop } 10. a3 { He prepares a retreat square } 10...
b5 { I ht the bishop } 11. Ba2 { He retreats } 11... Be6
{ I contest the a2-g8 diagonal } 12. Nd5
{ He throwsthe knight in. Now I have to be careful. I want to play Nc6-a5-c4, butNa5 immediately loses to Be6-b6, which is one reason for my next move,to cover the b6 square again }
12... Rc8 13. Be3
{ Now I have to be careful. Iwant to play Nc6-a5-c4, but Na5 immediately loses to Be6-b6, which is onereason for my next move, to cover the b6 square again }
13... Nd7 14. c3 Na5 15. O-O Nc4 16. Qe2
{ Now he can't recapture on d5 with a piece, so I can exchangeon d5 and my weakness on d6 is shielded by a pawn on d5. }
16... Bxd5 { So I take } 17. exd5 { He takes back } 17... f5
{ And this is another benefit of exchangingon d5, my f5 pawn is free to advance, and I am threatening f5-f4 }
18. f4
{ He blocks that move. Now after the game I was thinking I should play 18....g7-g5immediately. What do you think dear reader? }
18... Bh4 { This is the move I actuallyplayed, which is also very strong } 19.
Nh1 { This is a dreadful square forthat wandering knight! } 19... g5
{ So I continue } 20. fxe5 { He takes } 20... Nxe3 { Itake } 21. Qxe3
{ He takes back } 21... f4 { I hit the queen again } 22. Qd4
{ Hisqueen has to move } 22... dxe5 { I hit the queen again } 23. Qe4
{ Queen moves } 23... Qb6+ { I throw in a check } 24. Nf2 { Knight blocks }
24... Rce8
{ And now I am all readyto hit his queen with my knight and start my pawns rolling }
25. Qe2 { Buthe moves his queen first } 25... e4 { So I just advance } 26. Kh1
{ He breaks thepin on his knight } 26... f3
{ I advance again. If he takes on f3, I take backwith the pawn and the knight on f2 is dropping, for instance, if he thenplays Qe2-d2 or Qe2-c2 I have Re8-e2. He has to keep his queen protectingf2, and Qd2 or Qe1 runs into e4-e3, so his only move is..... }
27. Qc2 { This...and now I open up his king a little } 27... fxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qe3
{ With a horriblethreat of Qe3-g3 which drives his king back to h1, and then I can takehis knight on f2, so he has only one defence to this }
29. Nh1 { The knightreturns to this dreaful square } 29... Rf3
{ With a threat to his h pawn. Whiteis lost } 30. Rxf3 { He takes } 30... exf3+
{ I take back } 31. Kf1
{ King moves. Nowat first I was going to play Qe2+ 32.Qxe2fxe2+ 33.Kg2e1=Q 34.Rxe1Rxe1 with an easily won ending, but then I stopped something even better... }
31... Qe1+
{ White resigns, because if Rxe1, Rxe1 mate! Many thanks for reading,please rate this game on the star system and leave a comment or two, letme know how I going on... }
0-1
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[Event "Challenge from phiona"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2019.04.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "phiona"]
[Black "goldmedal10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "676"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "702"]
1. e4 { normal opening } 1... e5 { i responded like normal would } 2. Nf3
{ knight } 2... Nf6 { knight } 3. Nc3 { knight } 3... Nc6 { knight } 4. Bc4
{ bishop } 4... d5 { pawn } 5. exd5 { same } 5... Ne7 { knight back } 6. d6
{ pawn } 6... cxd6 { pawn } 7. Bb5+ { check thatdoes not do anything } 7... Bd7
{ worth going up a bishop here } 8. O-O { castle } 8... Bxb5 { bishop } 9. Nxb5
{ even } 9... a6 { pawn } 10. d3 { pawn } 10... axb5 { pawn } 11. b3 { same }
11... b4 { blocks pawn } 12. Be3 { bishop } 12... Nh5 { knight } 13. g4
{ pawn } 13... Nf6 { knight } 14. g5 { pawn } 14... h6 { same } 15. gxh6
{ pawn } 15... gxh6 { pawn } 16. Rc1 { rook } 16... h5 { pawn } 17. h4
{ blocks pawn } 17... Ng4 { knight } 18. Bd2 { bishop } 18... Rxa2 { rook } 19.
Be3 { bishop } 19... Nxe3 { knight } 20. Nxe5 { knight } 20... dxe5 { pawn }
21. c4 { pawn } 21... Nxd1 { next moved the rook } 22. Rcxd1 { rook } 22... Ra3
{ have my rook where iwant it to be } 23. Ra1 { rook } 23... Rg8+ { check } 24.
Kh1 { safe for now } 24... Rxb3 { rook } 25. Rab1
{ game of cat and mouse with the rooks } 25... Rxd3 { rook } 26. c5
{ move that cost white the game } 26... Rh3# { I win } 0-1
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "19-Sep-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "calojay"]
[Black "elyhim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1613"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
{ This is the modern way of handling the Caro-kann.White retains flexibility in how to proceed. For example, He can immediatelytranspose into the Botvinnik-panov attack with C4, or maine line classicalwith Nxe4 if black plays dxe4. }
3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7
{ 4. ...Nd7 is arguablyBlack's strongest defense. Although, it does not offer much in the wayof counter chances, until the later stages of the middle game. Black playsthis move so that he can develop his other Knight to F6 without fear ofseriously weakening is king side pawn structure. This move also preparesfor blacks major pawn breaks on e5 and c5. }
5. Ng5
{ The idea of this moveis to regroup the forces with the aim of occupying e5 with a knight, thebishop being developed at d3, and without lose of tempo. The point is thatblack can not tolerate the knight on g5 for long and is force to assistthe manoeuvre Ng5-f3-e5. where it will be supported by the other Knight. }
5... Ngf6
{ Black can not play the immediate 5. ...h6 because of the possiblesacrifice 6. Ne6! Qa5 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Bd3 and now 8. ...fxe6 fails to 9.Qh5 Kd8 10. Ba5 winning the queen. }
6. Bd3 e6
{ without completely hisdevelopment it is practically impossible for black to drive the knightaway }
7. N1f3 h6
{ Hind-sight being 20\20 I will not play this move again.Ne6 is still to dangerous. }
8. Nxe6 { The correct response that gives whitea clear edge in the game. } 8...
Qe7
{ This is blacks most opportunistic defense.8. ...fxe6 leads black into a seriously cramped game. Although 8. ...fxe6is defensible as well. }
9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Ne5
{ Although thismove look dangerous it actually give black the advantage. By playing Ne5white gives up control of e5 and allows black to free his position. Betteris 11. C4, or 11. Bf4 to keep up the attack and keep black cramped. Ifit is clear that you have a permanent space advantage then avoiding tradesis what you need to do. Eventually your opponent will be forced to createa weakness to exploit. }
11... Nxe5 12. dxe5+ Nd7 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Bf7 { Bd4 ismore accurate. } 14... Ke7
15. Bg6 Nxe5
{ The point of the inaccuracy of Bf7 isthat it allows black to grab the initiative via 15. ...Nxe5 }
16. Bh5 Qxb2 17. Bd4
{ Qxb7?? Oops black got too greedy. White missed a golden opportunityto grab the win. 17. Bc5 wins by force. 17. ...Kf6 18. Qd8 Kf5 19.g4 Nxg4 20. Qd3 Kf6 21. Qf3 Ke5 22. Rae1 Ne3 23. Rxe3 }
17... Qb5
{ phewI avoided mate. If Calojay reads this he will be kicking himself for sure! }
18. Be2 Qd5 19. a4 Kf7
{ I do not know why I made this move. It is a wasteof time I should have played c5 or Nd7. }
20. c4 { Calojay drops a pawn. } 20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4
{ when you are behind in material it is not wise to give more.you should avoid exchanges if possible. This just increases Black's advantage. }
21... Qxc4 22. Rc1 Qd5 23. Rc3 c5 24. Qf3+
{ What is a guy to do! you are alreadyso far behind in material you might as well give it all way! }
24... Qxf3 25. Rxf3+ Kg8 26. Be5 Bd7 27. Rb1 Bc6 28. Rg3 b6
{ I had a bit of time so Iplayed it safe. Now white has nothing in the way of counterattacks. }
29. a5
{ a further concession by white. This allows black to create two connectedpast pawns. }
29... b5 30. Rc1 b4 31. Rd1 Ba4 32. Rdd3 c4 33. Rd4 c3 34. Bxg7 Bxg7 35. Rxb4
Rc8 { White Resigned, there is no stopping the past pawn. } 0-1
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[Event "Tournament Game, London 1866"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Henry Bird"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Result "1-0"]
{ Bird was known for his off-beat opening style -- the Bird Defence to theRuy Lopez is a fascinating variation -- but he could excel along Classicallines as well. This game is a fine example of his playing skill. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
{ The Ruy Lopez in a much more standard defensiveconfiguration than Bird's Defence. But Bird handles things with aplomb. }
4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxd4
{ The game has become very open. Bird is nowpreparing to Castle, after which he will attempt to mount an attack. }
6... Be7 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Qxd4
{ With only 2 pieces in play, Bird now mounts a spectacularattack with the aid of a couple of Pawns. You'd think it would be defensible,but he makes it work! }
8... Nc5 9. f4 b6 10. f5 Nb3 11. Qe4
{ Bird is too alertto fall into 11 P(either one)xN??? B-B4! winning the Q. }
11... Nxa1
{ Steinitzpounces on the Rook, but he leaves his King defenseless and his positionundeveloped. }
12. f6 { Forcing the Bishop to move away from the King file. } 12... Bc5+
{ Delaying Bird one move. } 13. Kh1
{ A very safe haven. Steinitz's King,by contrast, is in grave danger. } 13...
Rb8
{ A useless move. Steinitz shouldhave at least taken the chance to Castle. It probably wouldn't have helpedmuch but he could drag out his resistance some. }
14. e6
{ Forcing the action.If Steinitz tries 14... BPxP, Bird has 15 QxKP ch K-B1 16 PxP ch KxP 17B-R6 mate! }
14... Rg8
{ 14... O-O may have been marginally better, but the positionis hopeless in any case. }
15. Qxh7
{ Bird misses the spectacular finishingline 15 PxQP dbl ch K-B1 16 Q-K8 ch QxQ 17 PxQ (Q) mate! However, he huntsdown Steinitz's King quickly enough. }
15... Rf8 { Forced, else 16 QxR is decisive. } 16. exf7+
{ Opening the King file to deadly effect. } 16... Rxf7
{ 16... KxP isequally bad [17 PxP dis ch.] } 17. Re1+
{ Aiming down the mighty open file. } 17... Be7 { Delays mate by one move. }
18. Qg8+ { The final blow. } 18... Rf8 { Forced. } 19. f7#
{ Finis. Bird tied Steinitz's position into knots. } 1-0
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[Event "Just an Old Fashioned King Hunt"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.08.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "fkohn"]
[Black "anonymous"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1839"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
1. d4
{ Like so many, I was an avid chess player in high school and college,but gave it up entirely until later in life. In my younger days, I played1. e4 exclusively. Back then I had time to keep track of the myriad defensesthat Black can use. At this stage of life, its just not worth the effort.It is true that there are a lot of defenses to 1. d4 but the positionstend to be more similar and morph into one another more easily than the1. e4 games. }
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
{ I have had more trouble with 3.... d5, which usually leads to a more unbalanced position than the King'sIndian. I have not faced the Grunfeld enough to feel confident yet thatI know how to deal with it. In the handful of Grunfelds I have played asWhite, my most smashing success was with the wild and crazy 4. g4, butthis was only because my shocked opponent blundered almost immediately. }
4. e4 d6 5. f3
{ My first attempt with the Saemisch. This move never mademuch sense to me; White neglects development to make yet another pawn moveand takes away the most logical square for his King's Knight. InitiallyI tried the seemingly more natural 5. Nf3 against the K's Indian, but Iwas not satisfied with the resultant positions. Black seems able to completehis development unproblematically and eventually play ... e5 or ...c5,chipping away at White's pawn center and thus achieve the main goal ofthe K's Indian. So for a while I switched to 5. f4 which got better results,but only through luck in my opinion. 5. f3 supports the center better than5. f4 and while it is not a developing move, it aims at hindering Black'snatural development by taking away the g4 square from the King's Knight(should White decide to play Be3) or the Queen's Bishop (should White decideto play Nf3). }
5... O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
{ This is not the only option, of course.The database I use gives ... e5 as the most played move here, followedby the text, ... Nbd7, and ... c5. I like either ... e5 or ... c5 here,as I think Black has to hit White's strong center right away. At leastin this game, Black did not have the luxury of leisurely development! ...c5 of course can involve a pawn sacrifice, but Black's results seem tobe good. }
7. Nge2
{ The other main possibility is 7. Qd2, but I figured:why commit the Queen just yet? There is only one reasonable square forthe Knight, so let's move it first and see what Black does. }
7... a6
{ Accordingto the DB, the most played move, but it seems dreadfully slow to me. Iprefer an immediate hit on the center with ... e5. If White responds 8.d5, then after ... Na5, 9. Ng3 (or Nc1), c5, Black has achieved his openinggoals. }
8. Qd2 Re8
{ This is an attempt to preserve the KB (If White shouldplay Bh6 Black can retreat to h8 without losing his KR). Yet surely itis way too slow? Black can still play ...e5 here and answer d5 with Na5,as on the previous move. Even ... Rb8 seems preferable. True, in this caseWhite can force the exchange of Black squared Bishops, but one wondersif this is worth facing the possibility of ... b5. }
9. O-O-O Rb8 10. h4 b5 11. h5 Na5
{ Probably ... Nxh5 was preferable, because after the pawnexchange hxg6 fxg6, the e6 square becomes dreadfully weak. After 11 ...Nxh5; 12. g4 Nf6; I was planning 13. Ng3, to be followed with Qh2 and g5.However Kanko vs. Graeffe (Finland 1991) continued 13. Nd5 bxc4; 14. Nxf6+exf6; 15.Nc3 Na5 16.Qh2 and Black was crushed. }
12. Nf4
{ With an eye notonly on h5, but also e6 which is about to become weak. } 12...
Nxc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. g4 c6
{ This is better than 15 ... Nd7?? 16. Ne6! 1-0as actually occurred in Stake Larsen vs. Sorseth (Gausdal 1999). Nevertheless,... g5 is much better. Black does not seem to understand what trouble heis in. }
16. Qh2 Qb6
{ In view of what happens, perhaps it would have beenbetter for Black to accept the loss of a piece with 16 ... g5; 17 e5, h6;18. exf6, exf6; 18 Ng2 }
17. g5 Nh5 18. Nxh5 gxh5 19. Rd2 e5 { Finally! Ofcourse, it's way too late. }
20. Qxh5 Be6 { 20... Re7 would have held outa bit longer. } 21. d5 Qxe3 22.
dxe6 Re7
{ Of course, Black would love totake the pawn, but that runs into 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Rh7 Qe1+26. Rd1 Qe3+ 27. Kb1 with the dual threat of Rxg7 and Nd5+ }
23. Nd1 Qf4 24. Rh4 Qg3 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qf5+ Kg8
{ This runs into a quick mate. Amazingly,my computer tells me that Black can survive to an endgame, albeit a piecedown via this route: ... Ke8 27. Qg6+ Kd8 28. Rh7 Bf8 29. Rxd6+ Kc7 30. Rxe7+Kxd6 31. Rd7+ Kc5 32. e7 Bxe7 33. Rxe7 Qf4+ 34. Kb1 Rd8 35. Nc3 Rd2 36.Na4+ Kd4 (not ... Kb4 as Black gets mated). I find it hard to believe thatthere isn't an improvement for White in this line. }
27. Rdh2 c3 28. Qg6 { The idea is to pin the Black KB, threatening Rh8++ }
28... cxb2+ 29. Kb1
{ Blackresigns. He can stave off immediate mate by giving up his Queen for a rook,but then he cannot stop Rh7 followed by N-e3-f5. }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "inasfour"]
[Black "chizzo83"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1619"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 { Advance Variation. French Defence. } 3... c5 4. c3
Nc6 5. f4
{ A new move for me. I knew 5. Nf3 and 5. Bd3. The 5 a3 variationand 5 Ca3 transpossed, generally, to 5 Nf3. }
5... Qb6 { Attacking d-pawn. Typpicalfor this variation. } 6. Nf3 Nh6
{ I was thinking about 6... h5 and 7 Nh6.But this it ́s too slow and weaking the kingside. }
7. Bd3
{ Prevents Nf5and allow the castle. The d-pawn is poissoned.7... cxd4 8 cxd4 Nxd4 9 Nxd4Qxd4 10 Bb5+. }
7... Bd7 { Now, I can take the d-pawn } 8. Bc2 Rc8 9. a3
{ The whiteshows your plan, a3-b4 to controlling c5 square. I can play Nc6-a5 to c4,but I do not like decentralising the knigth }
9... Be7
{ Simple, but important,development. Controlling g5 and allowed the short castle. }
10. b4 { Following. } 10... cxb4
{ cxd4 it`s an alternative, but don`t like me. Now, the white mustchoice about retake with the a or c pawn. If take with c, opening the column-cbut can play the knigth to c3 (not now, clearly). }
11. axb4
{ Here, I analized11...Bxb4 with 12 cxb4 Qxb4+ and if 13 Bd2 Qb2. If 13 Nbd2 Nxd4 14 Nxd4Qxd4 and attacking Ra1 and f4, deffending a7 and white cannot castle Blackshad three pawns for piece and threating Ng4. But if white plays 13 Kf2,the black`s attack it`s over. 13... Ng4+ 14 Kg3 and here it`s safe. }
11... O-O 12. O-O { If White plays 12 Qd3 g6 with threat in Bxb4. } 12... f6
{ Common movein the French. Opening the f column } 13. h3
{ This move weak the g3 square.White threats g4 but it`s inferior in development. }
13... fxe5 14. fxe5 Nf5 15. Qd3
{ Now, Fritz gives me the continuation 15... Nxb4 with Bb5. I analizedonly 15... Bxb4 but falls 16 g4. }
15... g6 { Protects h7. } 16. g4 Nfxd4
{ Conceptualand tactics sacrifice. Blacks have a superior development (See Bc1-Nb1-Ra1)and the threats with Bb5 or Nb4. Rook in c sees the bishop in c2, too. }
17. cxd4
{ If 17 Nxd4 Rxf1+ 18 Kxf1 Nxd4 19 Qxd4 Qxd4 20 cxd4 Rxc2 and blackit`s a tempo more for Rxc1. If 18 Qxf1 Nxd4 19 cxd4 Qxd4+ and Qxa1. }
17... Nxb4 18. Qb3 { May be, the queen is best in d2 } 18... Nxc2 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Ra2
{ Imisscalculated for 20 Ra7 Rxf3 21 Rxf3 Nxd4 22 Rf1 Rxc1 23 Rxc1 Ne2+ 24Kf1 Nxc1 25 Rxa7 Bb5+ and Bc5. But, 22 Rf1??, if 22 Kg2 white it`s better. }
20... Nxd4 { Specullating for Rxc1, winning a piece. } 21. Bh6 Rxf3 22. Rxf3
Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxe5 24. Nd2 g5 0-1
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[Event "Birmingham February Tornado (rd 1)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2-27-10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Caesar L."]
[Black "Thomas G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1439"]
[TimeControl "G/75"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
{ Ok, ok......here are my games from today with very light annotation. Seeyou next weekend. }
1. e4
{ Caesar is one of my best chess friends, and Ihave a pretty dismal record against him (1-6-1). My lone win was the lasttime we played, so I'm pretty sure he will be coming at me hard. }
1... d5 2. e5 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. f4 { !? } 4... d4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O
Nge7 8. d3 Qb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 { ?! } 10. a3 Nf5 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 { Correct. }
12... Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. Bd2 b5 15. Na5 { White's White Knight } 15... Nh4
16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Qc2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bf5 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxd3 21. Rfc1 Be7
22. Rc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bd8 24. Nb7 Ke7
{ (24...Kd7 25. Nc5+ winning a piece.) } 25. Rb8 Rf8 26. Nc5 Be2 27. Rb7+ Ke8
28. Kg2 Bb6 29. Nd7 { ! Brutally strong. } 29... Rg8 30. Nxb6
{ Black resigns. } 1-0
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[Event "Casual game, New York 1859"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "M. Daniel Conway"]
[Result "1-0"]
{ The master of the open game uses a King's Gambit, which Conway rashlyaccepts... only to be swept away by Morphy's quick, powerful attack. }
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
{ Conway's first mistake. Morphy absolutely thrives onopen positions. } 3. Nf3
{ Preventing ...Q-R5 ch and developing the Knightto its natural square. } 3...
g5 { Opening the K-side further. } 4. Bc4
{ Alreadybearing down on the weakened K-position. } 4... g4
{ Swiping at the Knight. } 5. d4 { Opening more lines and seizing the center. }
5... gxf3
{ Greedily snatchingthe material instead of developing his pieces. Tsk, tsk, tsk... }
6. Qxf3 { Bringing out a big gun. } 6... Bh6 { Finally developing a piece! } 7.
O-O { Liningup a battery on the KB file. } 7... Ne7
{ Normally this would allow the K to reachsafety by castling. But with the KN file as an avenue of attack... }
8. Bxf4 { Blasting open the KB file a Pawn at at time. } 8... Bxf4
{ Practically forced. } 9. Bxf7+ { Removing the King's last bit of cover. }
9... Kxf7 { There is nothingbetter. } 10. Qxf4+ { The King hunt begins. } 10...
Kg7 { The King is now an orphanin a rapidly intensifying storm. } 11. Qf6+
{ Closing in. } 11... Kg8 { The onlysquare. } 12. Qf7# { The end. } 1-0
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[Event "Apertura 2010, Trebejos"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Uria, Guillermo"]
[Black "Introini, Luis Fredy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[TimeControl "1h 15 con 30 s de incremento"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. b3 bxc4
{ The recommended move here is cxb5, which leads to a sequence of moves like the one shown in the first variation. You can also play b3 instead, which leads to a structure of pawns that closes the flank of the Knight - the plan of the Black in the Volga Gambit is to attack from there - which has a positive but slightly inferior score than cxb5, following the second variation which is shown. But playing b3 now does not produce the same effects, as seen at the end. }
5. bxc4 g6 6. Nf3 d6
{ For the whites, the calculation motor prefers Cc3. For the blacks, the preferred move is Ag7. }
7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O
{ The black pieces are better.
However, the chess engine finds them doubtful and proposes the following moves:
e3, Nbd7, Rb8, Bd7, O-O, Qe8, Rc1, Bd7, Bc3, Nb6, O-O, Qe8, Rc1, Bd7, Bf5, Nh4, Bc8, Qc2, e6, dxe6, Bxe6, Ne4, Qe7. }
9. Rb1 Bf5
{ Jugué la Torre allí para proteger mi Alfilen caso de cambio con el Alfil negro de Introini. El Motor de cálculo recomiendaen su lugar ir con e3, según se ve en la precedente variación. También incluyo la variación que en el análisis post mortem hicimos conIntroini y con Juan Babío, que estaba presente. Junto supusimos que e4ahora hubiese evitado la entrada del Alfil y los sucesos posteriores. Sinembargo, e4 es claramente inferior, ya que pierdo un peón y también quedosin pareja de Alfiles. Alternative variation: [ 20:-0.58] 9.Nd2 Na6 10.Rb1Rb8 11.e4 Qa5 12.Qc1 Bd7 13.f3 Bh6 14.a3 Nc7 15.Qc2 Bf4 16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Bc1Bxc1 18.Nxc1 Qa5 19.Rb3 Ba4 Alternative variation: 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxb211.Rb1 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Nfxd2 Bh8 14.Be2 Nd7 15.h4 h6 16.h5 f5 17.Ng3g5 18.O-O Rb8 19.Rxb8 Nxb8 20.Rb1 Nd7 21.Ngf1 Kf7 22.Bd3 Nb6 23.Ne3 Bc324.Nb3 Kg7 Ante la acertada jugada de mi rival, Robbolito propone Tc1.Cosa que yo ni por asomo ví. Peor aún que lo que jugué... fuéel análisis que hice aquí, ya que creía inevitable quedar con una piezade menos,... y frente a un rival tan poderoso, me desmoralicé. Intenté'aguantar' un poco más, pero en realidad ya daba todo por perdido. Y si bien estaba inferior, aun no estaba todo liquidado. }
10. e4 Nxe4
{ He should have played it before, but now his rival's strength is increasing exponentially. Alternative variation: [21:-0.86]10.Rc1 Na6 11.Ba1 Qa5 12.Nd2 Rab8 13.h3 Ne4 14.Ndxe4 Bxe4 15.Qd2 Nb4 16.h4Bf5 17.h5 a6 18.e4 Bg4 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Be2 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Bd4 }
11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bd3 Qa5+
{ Although the previous variation was better, it was not enough to gain control of the actions. }
14. Nd2 Bxd3
{ I was almost lost due to an atrocious analysis, which is only explainable by the suggestion that I had been surprised in an opening I do not know. Therefore, I hung up my King's Bishop.
In reality, I should have abandoned, but I was simply playing out of inertia, committing other mistakes even worse. }
15. Rb2 Nd7
{ In place of bringing the Queen close to the fire, he begins to move his Knight and connects the Towers. The advantage is overwhelming, but he is unlucky to lose a good part of the advantage... }
16. f4 Rab8 { Era mejor Dc1 } 17. Rxb8 Rxb8
{ Era mejorllevar la Dama a c1 cómo planteaba la variación anterior. Alternative variation:[ 19:-7.68] 17.Qc1 Bxc4 18.h4 Rxb2 19.Qxb2+ Nf6 20.Rh3 Bxd5 21.Re3 Re822.h5 Qxa2 23.Qxa2 Bxa2 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Ra3 Bd5 26.g3 e5 27.fxe5 Rxe5+28.Kd1 Nh5 29.Kc2 Re2 30.Rxa7 Nxg3 31.Kd3 g5 32.Rd7 Re6 33.Nc4 Nf5 }
18. Qf3 Rb1+
{ Alternative variation: [ 17:-11.06] 18.Qa1+ Nf6 19.Kd1 Qa4+ 20.Ke1Qa3 21.h4 Rb1+ 22.Nxb1 Qc1+ 23.Kf2 Qxh1 24.a3 Qxh4+ 25.Ke3 Bxc4 26.Qc3Bxd5 27.Ke2 Qxf4 28.Nd2 Bxg2 29.Qa5 c4 30.Qc3 d5 31.a4 e5 32.Kd1 Ng4 33.Qa5Ne3+ 34.Kc1 Qf2 Alternative variation: [ 23:-327.00] Y después del movimientode negras 18...Rb1+ 19.Kf2 Qxd2+ 20.Kg3 Rxh1 21.Qf2 Be2 22.Kh4 Rxh2+ 23.Kg3Rh5 24.Qf3 Qe1+ 25.Qf2 Nf6 26.f5 g5 27.Qxe1 Ne4# }
19. Kf2 Qxd2+
{ y deseguir se llegaba al mate mediante la variación precedente } 0-1
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[Event "Challenge from youthanasia666"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "creatoronline"]
[Black "youthanasia666"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1039"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 { going for ruy lopez. } 2... Qf6 { ? } 3. Nc3
{ threatening Nd5. } 3... Bc5
{ black wants to march up the G pawn and then do Qxf2# } 4. Nd5
{ threateningboth Nxf6 and also Nxc7+. } 4... Qd6
{ stopping both treats but trapping the d7pawn. } 5. Bc4 { development. } 5...
Nf6 { trying to take off the pressure. } 6. Ng5 { more attack! } 6... O-O
{ black has no choice but to get his king to saftey. } 7. Qf3
{ MORE pressure! at this point black has already lost } 7... Nc6
{ gettingthe knight into the action. } 8. Qh3 { threatening Nxf6+ Qxf6 Qxh7# }
8... Nd4 { which } 9. Nxf6+ { is } 9... Qxf6 { just } 10. Qxh7#
{ what happened. } 1-0
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[Event "Fierce Queen mates hidden..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rogermorin"]
[Black "fiercequeen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
d5
{ the usual setup, in the Hungarian Variation of the Sicilian;for black that is... white is lacking the possibility for a swift f4... }
9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbc6 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Qa4
{ too ambitious; white hasno better than Qd2... } 12... Qb6 13. Rfd1 e5 14. d5
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Re1 Qh6 19. d6
{ it is hard for white, to find thebest moves here; of course in the end, the d-pawn is no real threat...but black has not much so far either... Nd6 or Nc5 might be better here... }
19... Bh3
{ black completes development by connecting the rooks, whilst tradingthat nasty white bishop in the process; at least, that was the plan...Rad1, Bxg2+, Kxg2, is probably best for now, or Bxh3, Qxh3, Rac1... }
20. Bf3 { this move will soon prove to be very inaccurate... } 20... Rac8
{ the startof weaving an intricate trap... } 21. Qxa7
{ greed before the fall... whitehad no better than Rad1, Bf5, Rf1... } 21...
Rc2 { the trap is set... } 22. Qxb7 { takes the bait... } 22... Bc8 { SNAP!!! }
23. Qb5
{ there are many ways, to preventthe upcoming mate on h2; Re2, Rxe2, Bxe2, to name the best - but losing- one; even h4, Bxb7 is better... but white is totally oblivious... }
23... Qxh2# { hook, line and sinker... } 0-1
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[Event "Never give up"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Jamil777"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4
{ This game was not played on Gameknot. A few blunders of my opponentand I became victorious without a queen. }
1... c5 { Alternative variation: 1...e5 } 2. Nf3 d6
{ Alternative variation: 2...Nc6 } 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qa4 Qb6
7. O-O a6 8. Bc4 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxa4
{ Alternative variation:9...Qxd4 10.Be3 Qxb2 } 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Nd2 e5 12. Rab1
Qa3 13. Rxb7 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15. Re1 Rd8 16. e5 Be7 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bc3 Nf6
19. Ba5 Rb8 20. Bc7 Qxd2 21. Rxb8+ Bc8 22. Rxc8+ Kd7 23. Rxe7+ Kxc8 24. Bxa6#
1-0
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "???"]
[Black "???"]
[Result "*"]
1. e4
{ Rapid chess time control 5 min+10 seconds per move as black. Pleasekeep in mind as rapid games don't often yield themselves to perfection. Move 1- Book opening pawn E4 }
1... c5 { c5. I opened Book Sicilian defensec5 } 2. Nf3 { Book NF3 } 2... d6
{ Book d6 } 3. Bc4
{ Book Bc4 it appears white isplaying the Italian game opening putting pressure on the weak f6 square. }
3... e6
{ e6. I chose to play e6 to prevent kf6-combination attack and to alsoopen diagonal for future bishop development. }
4. Nc3
{ kc3. White playsbook Nc6 development threatening the d5 and b5 squares respectively. }
4... a6
{ book a6. This move is in preparation to develop Nc6 without havingto worry about being the king being pinned by Bb5 should white choose.Also preparing to force the white bishop to retreat off the positionallyvaluable long diagonal facing my weak f7 pawn. }
5. d4
{ d4. White playsbook d4- thrust to the center in attempt to take the center of the board. }
5... b5
{ I played b5 to attack the white bishop and force him off the valuablelong diagonal. This also prepares me to develop bishop b7 to attack whitesquare g2 expecting white to castle king side. }
6. Be2
{ White retreatsbishop to e2 fearing being kicked again if my response would be c4 as opposedto cxd4. Other options lead the white bishop to a trap if b3 and nullsall previous development and prohibits king side castling if f1 }
6... cxd4
{ cxd4.I chose cxd4 to disrupt whites strong central position and to potentiallyopen new future attack lanes specifically placing the black queen on eitherb6 or c7 if the opportunity presents itself. }
7. Qxd4
{ Qxd4.This moveI feel was a mistake and set the president for the failures of white inthis game. I believe that white wanted to start out on an aggressive footing.Taking d4 with the queen technically stymies the development of the blackbishop ex: if Be7 then QxG7 - BF6. I may be one pawn down material butI would have no viable place to castle and it would be a loosing game .Other reasons for this move I believe is to add pressure to the weak pawnon d6 by future castling and preparing to move rd1. This would become aliability to me and would make development difficult. }
7... Nc6
{ Nc6. Simpledevelopment move that fulfills multiple purposes e6 d4 b4 and a5 are nowcontrolled by black and now while is forced to retreat the queen back toa square that is not a grave threat to the future of blacks king side safetyg7. Most importantly this simple move has shifted the initiative fromwhite to black which is especially not good when white is trying to aggressivelytake position. }
8. Qd2
{ Qd2. Queen moves back to d2 still hoping to overpowerthe weak pawn on the d file in the future. This square also allows thewhite queen to get into action with my king side if an opportunity presentsitself. All in all probably the best possible response to the threat ofmy knight. }
8... Nf6
{ Nf6. Simple development move kf6 attempting to preparefor castling and wanting to take further control of the wavering whitecenter. }
9. O-O
{ O-O While castles king side The obvious choice for whitewho wants to get king side safety along with the ability to move rd6 inthe future should it prove viable. }
9... Be7
{ Be7. Simple development moveenabling king side castling and preventing a potential pin that may hamperfuture development. }
10. Qg5
{ Qg5. Knowing that I will not play kxe4 whiteplays aggressive move Qg5 threatening blacks weak spot square g7. Thisalso puts the queen in a prime place to attack once castling happens bycontrolling the g file whilst hoping in the future to play Bh6 for an extremethreat to black. }
10... O-O
{ O-O. the only good move on the board. Playing g6would protect this vulnerable pawn but the response would be Qh6. Thiswould cut off the king on the diagonal and prevent castling whilst makinga much weaker position overall. }
11. Qe3
{ Qe3. In over his head whitepulls his queen back to a square that is against the strategy I believewhite wanted to use. While Qg3 may have been a good way to maintain thestrategy it would be a grave error. If Qg3- e4 (Bh6 threatening mate inone) Black then plays sneaky move Kh5 filling a multipurpose of attackingthe while queen and protecting the square g5 that the white queen is threateningmate on. The white queen would be trapped and it would be a certain winfor black. Moving anywhere else diminishes the move already made and willresult in a positional loss. }
11... Ng4
{ Ng4. coining the phrase bullying thequeen black attacks this strong yet ironically extremely weak piece inorder to gain initiative and to dissuade her from pursuing her potentiallydangerous attack. Black hopes and believes given the aggressive play styleof white that the response will be Qf4 as this will result in a net positiongain for black. }
12. Qf4
{ Qf4. Unwilling to give up the relentless attackThe white queen returns to a safe square on the kings side threateningd6 and f7 and the knight on g4. }
12... e5
{ e5. Black's response is a multifacetedone.The queen is attacked by a defended pawn while the knight is benefitedby a discovered defense from the blacks white bishop on c8 }
13. Qd2
{ Qd2.Deciding to finally give up on the futile attack and to focus yet againon the recently weakened d6 square the white queen wisely retreats backto d2. }
13... h6
{ h6. this move is a in between move designed to facilitatean attack on the queen bishop pair and to prevent Nf5. }
14. Qd5
{ Qd5.seeing opportunity to attack white yet again brings the queen forward toattack unsupported. he is pinning an undefended rook and threatening anundefended knight on C6. Nd5 would have been better threatening captureof the bishop on e7 and thus making the pawn on d6 even weaker. This isone of the more costly mistakes of the game. }
14... Bb7
{ Bb7. move to protectthe knight and break the pin off the rook Bb7 also x-rays onto weak whitepawn on e4. }
15. h3 { h3. Wishing the black knight gone white kicks himback. } 15... Nf6
{ Nf6 obvious move kicking the queen out of her place yet againand preventing future powerful Nd5. }
16. Qb3
{ Qb3. unwilling to abandonthe attack again queen pulls back to b3 to maintain attack on f7 square. }
16... Na5
{ Na5. following the game theme black harasses the queen further openingattack lanes on e4 and hoping to trap the queen. }
17. Qa3
{ Qa3. The onlysafe move, any other move would result in the loss in of the queen. }
17... d5
{ d4. discovered attack on the queen by the black bishop causing a verynice *almost foolproof queen trap* }
18. b4
{ b3. a non ideal situation whiteis forced to move his pawn forward to block the discovered attack by theblack bishop. This move also has the virtue of attacking the black knight. }
18... Nc4 { Nc4. Following suit yet again black attacks queen on a3. } 19. Bxc4
{ Bxc4. Not wanting to yield a valuable square for blacks knight to siton and not wanting to loose any material white trades his bishop for theblack knight. }
19... dxc4
{ dxc4. Pawn retakes opening up attack on e4. Thisends the queen attack. She is isolated and essentially useless the restof the game. A huge disadvantage for white. }
20. Nxe5
{ Nxe5. choosingaggression over defense white captures the free pawn on e5. }
20... Nxe4
{ Nxe4.not wanting to loose the powerful white squared bishop attacking the increasinglyvulnerable white king black responds with Nxe4 }
21. Nxe4
{ Nxe4. Notingthe powerful central position of the black knight white opts to exchange. }
21... Bxe4 { Bxe4. Exchange completed attack on g2 maintained. } 22. c3
{ c3.sensing a future discovery against the rook on a1 white plays this in betweenmove to protect the rook from future Bf6. This however is not a good moveas it puts the queen in a position that is even more useless and hard toget out of. }
22... Bf6 { Bf6. Wishing to remove the black knight bishop challenges. } 23.
Bf4 { Bf4. White wisely protects knight. while finishing his own development. }
23... Qc7
{ Qc7. This non intuitive move at first glance appears to be a gravemistake. it leaves a rook hanging from white response kg6. In looking atthe end of the game this plays out to be the best move in the game thatopens a truly brutal attack that either ends in checkmate or a cripplingmaterial deficit for white. }
24. Ng6
{ Nf6. Seeing the opportunity forfree material white plays move Nf6 opening the black queen to discoveredattack from the bishop and threatening the rook. }
24... Qb7
{ Qb7. This moveprepares to attack the vulnerable king side square g2 for the killing blow. }
25. Nxf8
{ Nxf8. Shrugging off the attack on g5 the knight decides tocapture the rook. A mistake e3 f3 would have disrupted the attack and wouldhave ended in a one pawn loss for white only. }
25... Bxg2
{ Bxg2. This move attacksthe rook on f1 but also threatens a pull through for the queen later on.At this point white can still bow out for a one point material disadvantagebut the damage to the position is irreparable. }
26. Nh7
{ Nh7. assumingthe knight to be lost white plays Nh7 forcing a response in order to givewhite an opportunity to withdraw from his position. playing Nd6 lookslike a favorable square except that the response Bh4 which would put additionalpressure on whites position where any attempt to save the rook would leadto checkmate. }
26... Kxh7
{ Kxh7. This knight is a freebee piece. Knowing thatif he isn't taken Kxf6+ would be the result. The knight is taken becauseany attempt to early force a checkmate can be thwarted by f3 and this wouldresult in a material loss. }
27. Rfe1
{ Re1. Not wishing to loose the rookand maintain a material advantage white deigns to move his rook to saferground. This unfortunately turns out to be a serious error and will costhim the game. }
27... Bh1 { Bh1. Move in preparation for Qg2++. } 28. Kf1
{ Kf1.King retreating to avoid checkmate. } 28... Qg2+
{ Qg2+. This getting the queeninto the action forcing the king from safety to danger. }
29. Ke2 { Ke2.The only safe square for the White king to move. } 29... Qf3+
{ Qf2+. Queen followsup attack. } 30. Kd2
{ Ke2. King moving hoping to get cover in the relativesafe queen side of the board. }
30... Qxf4+
{ Qxf4+. Queen spots free piece whilemaintaining check initiative obtaining positional advantage now matchedby material advantage. }
31. Kc2
{ Kc2. King continues his retreat hopingto be left along long enough to seek safety. }
31... Qxf2+
{ Qxf2. A full minorpeace material advantage and no relief for the white king }
32. Kd1
{ Kd2Mate (3). White moves back to D2 in order to stop the rook on e1 from beingcaptured and mate being forced. at this point the game is resigned by white.The mistakes in this game on whites part were made mostly in over aggressivenessand failure to support the white queen. She was pushed to a part of theboard where she was not utilized for a full 15 moves while with each pushmore and more of the board is ceded to black. The few chances for legitimateattack for white were forfeited by misusing the strongest parts of thequeens power and having the weakness of the queen thoroughly exploitedby black. It is important to note that while the queen is incredibly powerfulshe is also incredibly weak while all pieces (opposing queens exceptedcan if supported force a queen from her position. It is for this reasonit is unwise to bring her out unless fully supported. For curiosity's sakeI included the mate sequence. }
32... Rd8+ { rd8= } 33. Kc1 { Kc1 } 33... Qxe1+ { Qxe1+ } 34. Kc2 { Kc2 } 34...
Rd2# { rd2# } *
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[Event "Challenge from almageccom"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "20-Feb-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "almageccom"]
[Black "demurrer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
{ The annotations in this game are to help me (White) understand how I wentwrong. A better analyst may find more insightful observations, but I mightimprove myself by looking this game over occasionally. Soem comments wereadded by RD. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6
{ comment from RD: 3...Nc6 isweak. White should reply 4 d5. } 4. Bb5 Qa5+ 5.
Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Bd3
{ comments from RD: 8 Bd3 is bad! It allowed his ...e5 onthe next move. White should play 8 Bd2, intending 9 Nd5, and if 9...Qxb510 Nc7 . }
8... e5 9. Qe3 Bc5 10. Qg5 Bf8 11. Bd2 h6 12. Nd5
{ comments form RD:At move 12, the trade of Q's is a big mistake. White has the lead in development,and it will be very hard for Black to develop his Bf8 if you just play12 Qg3, intending to continue 13 Nd5. After this, White's game goes downhill.White had a big edge before the trade of Q's. }
12... hxg5
{ I have a choice oftaking his Knight with a check, or taking his Queen. } 13.
Bxa5
{ I thinkI should have taken the Knight first so as to disrupt his Pawns, then Icould have taken the Queen. A small thing, but little things can mean alot. }
13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Bc5 15. Bc7 O-O
{ White can't take the Pawn on e nowas the Bishop would get pinned by Black's Rook next move. }
16. O-O d6 17. Ba5 a6 18. Rac1 b5 19. b4 Ba7 20. Bc7 Bb8 21. Bb6 f5 22. c4 Bd7
23. c5 e4 24. Be2 g6 25. c6 Bc8
{ At this point I (White) think I have a prettygood position if I don't do something to screw it up. His King is ratherin the open and mine looks safe, in spite of all those Pawns marching towardhim. }
26. c7
{ This was exactly what I did not need to do. It looked likea deadly attack, but actually was a big mistake. }
26... Ba7 27. Bxa7
{ This wasprobably another mistake. I could have used that Biship I traded off tohelp defend the Pawn, but now I don't have him any longer. I coul havemoved the Bishop to a5 to maintain the defense of the Pawn, but chose otherwise. }
27... Rxa7
{ Not only have I lost a defender, I have gained an attacker on thatpawn. } 28.
Rc6 Rf6 29. Rfc1 Kf7
{ Now, failing to count the moves, I tryan attack on the Bishop that can not succeed. I guess I hoped to drivethe Bishop away so I could promote the Pawn, but that ain't gonna happen. }
30. Rb6 Ke7 31. Rb8 Kd7 32. a4 Rxc7 33. Rc6 bxa4 34. Ra8 Bb7
{ It just getsworse and worse. I have mentally alrady lost, so I am just making movesnow, waiting for the axe to fall. }
35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Rh8 Bxd5 37. Rh3 Kb6 38. Ra3 Bb3 39. g3 a5 40. bxa5+ Kxa5
{ No hope left now. I resign. } 0-1
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[Event "Barmy Army Mini Tournament - Glenda Strikes! "]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "05-Sep-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "jstevens1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[TimeControl "9d+1d, 10d max"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
1. e4
{ Hi everyone, I have only just recently got back from my holidayin Devon and have been religiously catching up on my moves - finally Ihave something to annotate. In this game I incur a material deficit but,with some imprecise kingside pawn moves, hoping for a kingside pawn stormshould I decide to castle short I turned the tables on him. I double-crossedhim by leaving Henry in the centre! Later on an exchange of bishops bringsGlenda to the g file with disastrous consequences for white. Have a niceread - Joanne! }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7
{ 4. .......Nge7 - thisis the Cozio Defence - if white plays BxN then the knight on e2 can goto c3 defending the e pawn. }
5. O-O d6 { 5. .......... d6 - opens up thec8-h3 diagonal for Frere Leblanc. }
6. c3 Ng6 { 6. .......... Ng6 - freesup d7 for Frere Lenoir. } 7. d4 Be7
{ 7. ......... Be7?! - this move wasrecommended in the World Database and in fact two strong experts playedthis move and won. It loses a pawn, however. The excalmation mark partof the move is that at least black will have the bishop pair, but is itenough? I am now ready to castle, but as you will see, I never got roundto it! }
8. d5 b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. Qxa4
{ 10. Qxa4 - sure enough the a pawndrops, worse it brings out the Wicked Witch of the West to a pretty goodsquare - my a pawn is pinned - white has such a clear advantage that itseems inconceivable that he will cop Old Matey just ten moves from thisdiagram, especially as the mating piece, Glenda is just sitting passivelyon her home square. }
10... Be6 { 10. .......... Be6 - developing a piece and unpinningmy a pawn. }
11. h3 { 11. h3 - not fatal, but a step in the wrong direction. } 11... Nh4 12.
Nxh4 Bxh4
{ 12. ......... Bxh4 - after this exchange of bishopsI really do have the bishop pair and have opened white up a little - Inow have a slight lead in development. }
13. g4
{ 13. g4?! - in a pm to meafter the game my buddy dmaestro condemned this move as weakening, andthis invites my next move ......... h5 to begin a pawn storm of my ownas I have not yet castled and the centre is firmly fixed, Henry is as snugas a bug in the proverbial rug! }
13... h5 14. Qd1
{ 14. Qd1 - the Wicked Witchretreats to transfer herself over to the kingside but my opponent sendshis development into reverse! }
14... hxg4 15. f4 gxh3
{ 15. .............. gxh3- what a transformation there has been in the space of just one move -I am now ahead on material and have got a strong passed h pawn, the g fileis open and I just need something to break through. }
16. f5 Bc4 17. Rf3 Bg5
{ 17. ...... Bg5 - unmasks a protective battery on that strong h pawnand threatens to exchange bishops to make way for a landing spot for Glendaon h5. }
18. Bxg5
{ 18. Bxg5?? - this move loses by force, I think whitejust had to try Rg3 to take control of that g file. }
18... Qxg5+
{ 18. ...........and here comes Glenda! White can avoid instant death by playing Kf2, butthen the h pawn crowns. }
19. Kh2
{ 19. Kh2 - this move does invite instantdeath and Glenda deals it on g2 leaving me 5 rating points better off. }
19... Qg2# 0-1
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[Event "fiercequeen, handling the Italian (part 2)..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "23-sep-19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "fiercequeen"]
[Black "hockeydadkew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "UR"]
[TimeControl "3+10 blitz"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
{ also this Italian party, was nice enough to annotate... } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6
{ unusual: let'ts keep it at that... } 3. Bc4
{ same shit, different smell:we keep on developing... } 3... h6
{ against Ng5... } 4. O-O Qf6 { for some reason,a very popular move... } 5. c3
{ after Nc3, c6... } 5... c6 6. d4 { time to setthings straight... } 6... Ne7
7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. f4 { after Qxe4, Qe2... } 9... Qc5+ 10. Qd4 Qxd4+
11. cxd4 { problem solved... } 11... d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Be6
15. Be3 { a small battle, for control in the center... } 15... Nf5 16. Bf2 Rd8
17. g4 Nd6 18. f5 { which is definitely won by White... } 18... Bc8 19. Nxd5
Na6 { against Nc7... } 20. a3 Ne4 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Bh4
{ a bitdaring: after g5, fxg6ep... } 22... Rxd4 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 f6 25.
Ng6+ Ke8 26. Re1 { putting Ne4 in a lethal pin... } 26... Nc5
{ this will come too late... } 27. Bd5 Kd7 28. Bxe4
{ White is winning a piece... } 28... Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Kd6 30. Bg3+ Kd5 31. Re8 b6
32. Ne7+ Kc5 33. Rxc8+ { forcing the issue... } 33... Rxc8 34. Nxc8 a5 35. Kf2
Kc6 36. Ke3 Kb7 37. Nd6+ Kc6 38. Ne8 { Black resigned... } 1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.03.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "frankili"]
[Black "benrous1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1399"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1303"]
1. e4
{ A seemingly logical pawn push by my opponent gave me a decisiveadvantage. I have the black pieces. }
1... e5 2. a3 { With this unusual move,I had to wonder what I was up against. }
2... Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. h3
{ The pawn pusheson both edges look like blitz moves; black is allowed a major lead in development. }
4... Nc6 5. c3 a6
{ Prepares an escape square for the DSB, when the d4 thrustcomes. } 6. Nf3 d6
{ DSB is established and safe outside the pawn chain. White can, and does, push the d pawn and constrict black's position, butI think I will still be OK after this. }
7. d4 { The promised push. Looksgood for white. } 7... Ba7 8. d5 Ne7
{ The resultant constricted position. However,I think I can transfer the N to g6 and have a setup I've sometimes seenmy favorite speed player in Harvard Square, Raoul, play countless times,with two adjacent knights. }
9. Nbd2
{ Protects the e4 pawn, but constrictshis DSB, which flaw is about to lose him the game. Were Bd4 or a queenmove better? White, however, seems to be moving toward a swift Kingsideattack, and this N move fits that general idea I guess. }
9... O-O
{ Unsure whetherit was safe, I decide to castle into what might become a storm. I believeWhite has good attacking possibilities, but... }
10. g4
{ ...this isn't oneof them. I can get three pawns for my undeveloped LSB, and disrupt theWhite King's safety as part of the bargain. I think this may be consideredthe losing move. }
10... Bxg4 { The fortuitous exchange sequence begins } 11. hxg4
{ Capturing is probably not the best move available to White, given whatfollows. }
11... Nxg4
{ And there it is! The f2 pawn is attacked twice, and canonly be protected with the queen and King. At this point, perhaps Rh2,accepting the trade of R for N, was white's best option. Alternatively,he can move the queen to avoid the threatened Q-R fork. }
12. Qe2
{ But thisisn't the right square. If 10. g4 isn't immediately losing, this is. The queen now must be given up to avoid mate. }
12... Bxf2+ { Forcing a nasty choice. } 13. Kd1 { Wrong choice, it turns out: }
13... Ne3+
{ The K cannot move. The Queenis forced to capture. If instead 13. Qxf2, at least white would have boththe N and B as collateral for the lost Q; this way, the B stays on theboard. Either way, White is lost. }
14. Qxe3 Bxe3 15. Nc4 { Ahead 6 points,I trade whenever possible. } 15... Bxc1
16. Rxc1 Ng6
{ Now I have plenty of timeand material, but am far behind in development. It is still a chess game,and I must still win the won game. }
17. Rc2 Qd7
{ I suppose I wanted topush the c pawn and open the board, but this move seems less than aggressive. }
18. Rch2 { Seems simple enough to parry with... } 18... h6
{ ...this, but laterthis setup will be a liability for me. } 19. Ne3
{ Eyeing a nice post onf5, but I have a sequence to stop that. } 19... Qa4+
{ Forks K and P. } 20. Nc2 Qxe4 21. Nd2 Qxd5
{ I am now +8, and begin playing rather sloppily as aresult. } 22. Bg2 Qb5
{ Solves the skewer, but perhaps allowing the b7 pawnto fall was a quicker way to open up lines to the white king. }
23. b4 a5 { Poor choice on my part, as the following moves prove. } 24. c4 Qd7
25. b5 c6 26. bxc6 bxc6
{ OK, but Q is pinned to covering the c pawn for thetime being. } 27. Ne4
{ Now the Q is forced to protect two weak pawns. Iam taking forever to translate my material advantage into an attack. Inthe meantime, I am missing a tactical combination that White is threatening. }
27... Rab8 { Threatening Rb1 and forcing one set of rooks off the board. } 28.
Kd2 { Avoiding the forced trade. } 28... Rb2
{ ?? Pinning the N, planning to doublethe rooks on the b file. Seemed good at the time, but here comes the startof the aforementioned combination: }
29. Rxh6
{ ! gxh6?? allows 30. Nf6!and a Royal fork. Luckily I wake up in time to avoid the trap. }
29... Qf5
{ Severaloptions work to avoid the fork; this one threatens Qf4+ and the start ofan attack. In the meantime, the R on h6 is now under threat. }
30. Kc3
{ ? White offers to trade rooks, not in his best interest. Meanwhile, theK has walked into a tight spot. }
30... Rfb8 { Refusing the trade, maintainingtension. } 31. Ne3
{ ?? Oops. Threatens the Q and advances on the BlackKing, but allows mate in 1. }
31... R8b3# { Cheers, thanks for a good game! } 0-1
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[Event "unfaithfservant's mini-tournament VI"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jhfit"]
[Black "parsahabibi"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Na4 Bb6 5. Nxb6 axb6
{ The beginning ofproblems--poor compensation for a king bishop. } 6. d4 exd4
7. Qxd4 Qf6 8. Bg5 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 f6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bc4
{ f6 was very weakening and nowcastling is not an option. } 11... Nbc6 12. Nb5
Kd8 13. O-O Na5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. c3 Nac6 17. a3 Nxd4 18. cxd4
{ Now with control of the centerand proper piece placement, white looks good. }
18... c6 19. d5 c5 20. b4 Kc7 21. Rfc1 Ng6 22. Rc3 Rhe8 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Be2 g5
25. f3 h6 26. g3 Ra7 27. f4 Nf7 28. Bh5 Rf8 29. Bd4 Nd8
{ Black is overlooking the diagonal the darksquared bishop is on. } 30. bxc5
bxc5 31. Rxc5+ dxc5 32. Bxc5 Rxa3 33. Bxa3 Rh8 34. Rc1+ Kb8 35. f5 Be8 36. Bd6+
Ka7 37. Bg6 Rg8 38. Bxe8 Rxe8 39. Rc8 Rh8 40. Be7
{ The position is resignable for black right here. The problemgoes back to the central pawn formation he allowed at move 17...Nxd4. }
40... Nf7 41. Rxh8 Nxh8 42. Bxf6 Nf7 43. e5 b5 44. e6
{ If Black ever gets backto this game, I should expect ...Nd6, when Be5 wins. }
*
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[Event "Let's play chess (Queen's Pawn, A46)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "nobita2c"]
[Black "jmfpeaceable"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1447"]
[TimeControl "4 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. d4
{ I want to make a note for nobita2c if he ever reads this; especiallyafter my game with muginz I was planning to offer a draw once this hadplayed itself out. It worked to a really interesting position so I'm sorrywe couldn't finish it. }
1... Nf6 2. Nf3 c6
{ This move was a part of my experimentwith bishop's pawn openings. } 3. Nc3 d5
4. Ne5
{ This move caught me bysurprise. I'm still unclear what the immediate objective was and I wouldrecommend further development next time before moving in but Black is clearlynot set up to remove the threat. Even the fact that Black's Queen's knightcan be picked off if it moves out may make this worthwhile. }
4... Bf5 5. f3 h6 6. g4
{ Black's slow development leaves him open to pawn pressure whichwill be the theme of the game. The black bishop especially exerts no powerin the game until far too late. }
6... Bh7 7. e4 e6 8. exd5 exd5 9. f4 Bb4 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13.
b5 O-O 14. gxh6 Qh4+
{ Rather than recapturingwith the pawn and leaving the g column open. } 15. Kd2
Qxh6 16. Ke1 Qh4+ 17. Ke2 Re8 18. Ke3
{ An interesting choice to play the King forward. } 18... Nf6 19. Qf3 Nbd7 20.
Qh3 Qxh3+
{ White's aggressive pawn play feels unadvised,as his King-side pawns are a shambles and his bishops remain undeveloped. Probable continuation is 21. Bxh3 Nb6 or Nxe5 and then who knows? A realshame the game wasn't finished. }
0-1
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[Event "Danis kick in the Zipper"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "sabeelmk"]
[Black "nieh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1366"]
[TimeControl "Blitz game"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
{ My opponent was very sure nobody could beat his danish gambit..... Goes to show openings does not win games..... wel not always. He alsotold me it was a paper win because he lost interest.... good to know }
1. e4 e5 { Looked standard } 2. d4 { Queens gambit } 2... exd4 { accepted } 3.
c3 { ?? } 3... dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2
{ thought i could handle the threat here, was alsothinking of a game I once saw where by bringing the queen out it is aneasy win, then i realized i had to be white to do that... }
5. Bxb2 Bb4+ { 2nd best after queen } 6. Nc3 Bxc3+
{ this was a mistake, i might trieda fianchetto with black bishop } 7. Bxc3 Nc6
{ trying to develop, see thepawn moves put my development back } 8. Qb3 Nh6
{ only defence } 9. Bxg7 { missedthis on } 9... Rg8 { only move } 10. Bxh6 d6
{ missed the next one as well, shouldhave played Qd7 } 11. Bxf7+
{ Here i am feeling like the beginner I am, shouldsay i like the longer games, i miss a lot of stuff on blitz }
11... Kd7 { i amin deep doodoo } 12. Bxg8
{ My cocky friend got a bit carried away heree,he missed the mate on Qe6 }
12... Qf6
{ glad he did not convert, stil fighting,getting my queen out and attacking 2 pieces }
13. Bd2 Qxa1+ { he missed the2nd one, only a piece down } 14. Qd1 Qe5
{ thanks but no thanks, could nottrade out because he had the advantage } 15.
Qg4+ Kd8 { here he comes allover again } 16. Bg5+ Ne7
{ had to get pieces into action } 17. Bxe7+ Qxe7 { still trying } 18. Qe2 Be6
{ he lets up again } 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 { trading abad piece } 20. Nf3 a5
{ thinking of getting the rook out somehow, shouldhave played c7 here.... } 21.
O-O c6 { so i did } 22. Rd1 Kc7 { defend andopening the rook } 23. Ng5 Qe7
{ just hanging in there waiting for my move } 24. Qh5 Re8 { battery } 25. f3
Kb8 { getting rex to some safety } 26. Qh6 d5
{ He could trade queens on h7 and win another pawn } 27. exd5
{ this is whati hoped for, going for the backrank mate } 27... Qe2 { puching }
28. Qd6+ Ka8 { gettingout with tempo } 29. dxc6 Qe3+
{ trying to push the king back } 30. Kh1 Qe1+
{ Here my friend quit forced mate rxe1, rxe1= } 31. Rxe1 Rxe1#
{ I believewe both missed a lot, but danish my arse, openings dont win games on thereown... you need to work for it }
0-1
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[Event "Blitz 3m, Murphy"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Fernandez, Diego"]
[Black "Monill, Favio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "180"]
{ 600MB, Rybka4Gen.ctg, SERVIDOR } 1. e4 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 1... c6
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 2. d3 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 2... d5
{ [%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00] } 3. Nd2 { [%emt0:00:04] } 3... e5
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 4. Ngf3 { [%eval 6,14] [%emt 0:00:09] } 4... Bg4
{ [%emt 0:02:07] (Ad6) } 5. g3 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 5... Nd7
{ [%eval -6,12][%emt 0:00:04] } 6. Bg2 { [%emt 0:00:05] } 6... Ngf6
{ [%eval 4,15] [%emt 0:00:00] } 7. h3 { [%emt 0:00:04] } 7... Bxf3
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 8. Bxf3 { [%eval 15,14][%emt 0:00:06] } 8... Bc5
{ [%emt 0:00:03] } 9. O-O { [%eval 12,14] [%emt 0:00:01] } 9... Qc7
{ [%emt 0:00:03] (0-0) } 10. Nb3 { [%emt 0: 00:00] } 10... dxe4
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 11. dxe4 { [%eval 15,15] [%emt 0:00:06] } 11... O-O-O
{ [%emt 0:00:06] (0-0) } 12. Qe2 { [%eval 38,14] [%emt 0:00:08] } 12... Bb6
{ [%emt 0:00: 00] } 13. Rd1 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 13... Nc5
{ [%eval 35,13] [%emt 0:00:02] } 14. Nxc5 { [%emt 0:00:41](Ad2) } 14... Rxd1+
{ [%eval 22,13] [%emt 0:00:02] } 15. Qxd1 { [%emt 0: 00:13] } 15... Bxc5
{ [%eval 26,16] [%emt 0:00:00] } 16. Qe2 { [%emt 0:00:13] (De1) } 16... Qb6
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 17. b3 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 17... Rd8
{ [%eval 17,12] [%emt0:00:02] } 18. Be3 { [%emt 0:00:08] (Tb1) } 18... Bxe3
{ [%eval -70,13] [%emt 0:00:03] } 19. Qxe3 { [%emt 0:00:05] (fxe3) } 19... Qxe3
{ [%eval -138,15] [%emt 0:00:02] } 20. fxe3 { [%emt 0: 00:02] } 20... Rd2
{ [%eval -137,18] [%emt 0:00:00] } 21. Rc1 { [%emt 0:00:08] } 21... Ne8
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 22. Kf1 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 22... Nd6 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 23.
Ke1 { [%eval 0,18] [%emt 0:00:02] } 23... Rh2 { [%emt 0:00:02] } 24. h4
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 24... Nb5 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 25. Rd1
{ [%eval -48,16][%emt 0:00:02] } 25... Kc7 { [%emt 0:00:33] } 26. Rd2
{ [%eval -47,23] [%emt 0:00:00] } 26... Rxd2 { [%emt 0:00:06] } 27. Kxd2
{ [%eval -47,23] [%emt 0:00:00] } 27... Kd6 { [%emt 0:00:06] } 28. a4
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 28... Nc7 { [%eval -47, 22] [%emt 0:00:30] } 29. b4
{ [%emt 0:00:04] } 29... b6 { [%eval -47,22] [%emt 0:00:00] } 30. Kc3
{ [%emt 0:00:07] (Rd3) } 30... c5 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 31. b5
{ [%eval -45,16] [%emt0:00:02] } 31... Ne6 { [%emt 0:00:06] (Ce8) } 32. Kd3
{ [%emt 0:00:00] } 32... Nd8 { [%emt0:00:00] } 33. Bg4 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 33...
f6 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 34. Bf5 { [%emt0:00:00] } 34... g6
{ [%eval -34,22] [%emt 0:00:06] } 35. Bg4 { [%emt 0:00:04](Ac8) } 35... Nf7
{ [%emt 0: 00:00] } 36. Bf3 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 36... f5 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 37.
exf5 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 37... gxf5 { [%eval -45,19] [%emt 0:00:03] } 38. e4
{ [%emt 0:00:13] (Rc3) } 38... f4 { [%eval -20,21] [%emt 0:00:03] } 39. g4
{ [%emt0:00:23] } 39... h6 { [%eval -20,24] [%emt 0:00: 00] } 40. Kc4
{ [%emt 0:00:08](c3) } 40... Ke6 { [%eval -48,23] [%emt 0:00:07] } 41. c3
{ [%emt 0:00:07] } 41... Nd6+ { [%eval -48,25] [%emt 0:00:00] } 42. Kd3
{ [%emt 0:00:03] } 42... Kf6 { [%eval-48,24] [%emt 0:00:00] } 43. Bg2
{ [%emt 0:00:08] (Re2) } 43... Ke6 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 44. c4 { [%emt 0:00:00] }
44... Nf7 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 45. Bh3 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 45... Kf6
{ [%eval -194,23] [%emt 0:00:03] } 46. Bg2 { [%emt 0:00:03] (Re2) } 46... Nh8
{ [%eval -261,16] [%emt 0:00:03] } 47. h5 { [%emt 0:00:05] (Ah3) } 47... Kg5
{ [%emt 0:00: 00] } 48. Bf3 { [%eval -407,17] [%emt 0:00:26] } 48... Nf7
{ [%eval -519,18] [%emt 0:00: 03] } 49. Ke2 { [%emt 0:00:06] } 49... Nd8
{ [%emt0:00:00] } 50. Kd2 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 50... Ne6 { [%emt 0:00:00] } 51.
Bd1 { [%emt0:00:00] } 51... Nd4 { [%eval -878,16] [%emt 0:00:03] } 0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "06-Oct-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jeffegg2"]
[Black "paul888"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1206"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1429"]
1. e4 { 1.e4 'Best by Test. Bobby Fischer' } 1... e5 2. Nf3 d6
{ Ah Philidore.Creates an early strong point at e5. This is not exceptable to me. I wishto open the game and complicate with tactics! White will counter attackthis without delay! }
3. d4
{ Bam! Paul morphy played against this, one ofmy favorite games. black played Bg4 here, but the pin doesn't help black.3...Bg4 4. de Bxf3 5. Qxf3 de 6. Bc4! Nf6 7. Qb3! hitting the f7 pawn andb7 pawn. Morphy plays a knight sac and wins the game!! }
3... d5 { this seemsdubius. and a wasted tempo to move it twice. } 4. Nc3
{ Now my developmentis two ahead. } 4... Nc6 5. Nxd5 Bg4 { those pesky pins!! }
6. h3
{ ? Bla!!!! ablunder! perhaps Be2. you are giving me real problems here. } 6...
Bxf3 7. gxf3
{ this exposes my queen. but what else? if Qxf3 then Nxd4 with tempo. } 7...
exd4 8. Bc4
{ eyeing f7. I could play Bb5 here also pinning and take back thepawn, but I am always looking for better. }
8... Nge7 9. Bf4 { the threat is Nxc7.Nxd5 is forced. } 9... Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bd6
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2
{ prepare queensidecastel and watch f4 and d4. f4 is an ugly hole. } 12... Qc5
{ protecting the pawn. } 13. O-O-O Rd8
{ indirectly hitting d4 and the queen on d2. } 14. Rhg1
{ Rookto the half open gfile. } 14... Na5
{ ?! I thought Nb4 was strong here. hittinga2 and forcing a pawn move. perhaps he is hoping for Qxd4 c7! and the bishopis lost due to the pin. or else feared Bxb7. yes Nb4 would hit the bishopon d5 winning a pawn as well as causing my king protection to move. I wouldnot have time to take b7. }
15. b4 { forking queen and knight. } 15... Qc3
{ thetrick! if bxa5?? then Qa1 is mate. but no worries, White must capture thequeen. }
16. Qxc3 dxc3 17. bxa5
{ now I am up material. I will plan to justexchange to a won endgame. } 17...
c6 18. Bc4 b5 { I counted on this. Best wasRxd1 to hold on. } 19. Rxd8+
{ check is always a tempo winner. } 19... Kxd8
{ andI deflect the king from f7. } 20. Bxf7 g6 21. Bb3 Rf8 22. Rd1+ Kc7
{ anotherfree move. } 23. Rd3 b4 24. e5
{ the passed pawn wants to promote! the kingcan threaten, but I am just looking to trade anyway. If material was equal,I would wait until the pieces are traded and then escort the pawn withthe king, or use its threat to create an advantage elsewhere. }
24... Rf4 { I thinkRe1 and then Re2 would hold on the longest. } 25. e6 Re4
{ ?? yes the rookis well placed behind a passed pawn, but it hangs here. if 24.Rd4 thenjust Re6 protecting from the rear. }
26. fxe4 { the last one to make a mistakeloses! } 26... Kb7 27. e7 Ka6 28. e8=Q
Kxa5 29. Qd8+ Kb5 30. Qb8+ Ka6 31. Bc4+ Ka5 32. Rxc3 bxc3 33. Qc7+ Kb4 34. Bb3
a5 35. Qxc6 g5 36. Qc4+ Ka3 37. Qa4#
{ the opening was not bad. just watch for those tactics of forks andpins. } *
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[Event "'Magic on the Chess Board'"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "GM Susan Polgar"]
[Black "GM Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
{ It's been a while since I saw a GM annotations. As I have said before,I absolutely enjoy analyzing and studying GM annotations. In addition,I also mentioned that I became a student of Susan Polgar shortly afterblocking GAC. It actually started by analyzing 2 GM, and 2 expert annotationsthat Susan showed to her viewers which I forwarded (copied and pasted.) Well, I am doing that here, and this is first out of 3 GM games. But,what's more is that Susan annotated this game herself. Therefore, I havenothing to do with this annotation. Instead, I am forwarding this annotationhere. In addition, the title of this annotation is what the game is calledwhich is why I put it in quotation marks. With that being said, her annotationstarts here. As it starts off with, 'Maia and I first met back in thesummer of 1978 in Budapest, just a few month before she became world champion,at 17. I was just 9 years old at the time, and was quite impressed at Maia'sdominance it that tournament which was played in my home town. Six yearslater in July 1984 for the first time I lead the Women's World Rating list.With that our professional rivalry began. There was a lot of guessing whois better the World Champion (Maia) or the world's #1 ranked player. Atthe time, my focus was to improve my game and to become a GM. Therefore,I have delayed entering in the women's World Championship cycle until later.Over the years Maia and I met over the board numerous times at variousevents (like Olympiads, Candidates tournaments etc.), fortunately I usuallyhad good results against her, in fact I only lost one game from all theones we ever played. In 1995 on my way to challenge the then reigning worldchampion Xie Jun, I had to pass Maia first. I succeeded, by winning 5 1⁄2- 1 1⁄2 . After I won the classical world title in 1996, I have practicallyretired and has not played a serious tournament until the Olympiad in Calviain 2004.The following game is from that event, and is perhaps my all-timefavorite.' }
1. Nf3
{ I have prepared an interesting idea (see my 9th move)especially for this game, primarily to surprise my opponent. }
1... Nf6 2. c4
{ As a child, I used to be an 1.e4 player, then at the age of 10, I basicallyswitched to 1.d4. In this game I chose the English, which is opening Ionly rarely employed in my career. }
2... e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
{ I found a good number of games of Maia's in the database withthis position, so far everything was going according to my plans. }
6... c5 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 d6
{ A smart move to prepare e6–e5, which effectively neutralizesthe battery of Bishop and Queen along the a1–h8 diagonal. If 8...Bb7 9.g4works well. }
9. g4
{ ! This new idea was the whole reason, why I chose thisopening setup. This concept is certainly an exception from the rules, whichis: castle early and keep your King safe. After my last move it will beclear that it would not be safe to castle to either side of the board,as both b4 and g4 has already been played. The standard move is 9.g3 instead. }
9... Bb7
{ Black could not play immediately 9...e5?!, as then White has 10.Nxe5!dxe5? 11.Bg2 trapping the Rook in the corner. }
10. g5
{ Now that the Knightis attacked, it has move, and it can only move to squares that hold onto the g7 Pawn to avoid the checkmate. }
10... Nh5 { The best move. Also after10...Ne8 I planned also 11.Rg1. } 11. Rg1
{ The natural follow up of my lasttwo moves. It was important to move my Rook out of the pin and to liberatemy Knight. }
11... e5
{ ! Again the best defense. At this point I started havingsome doubts about my game plan. But as Maia was spending considerable amountof time so far, I was hoping that eventually she will make some inaccuracies/mistakes. }
12. Bh3
{ With this move, I pretty much completed development, except formy King being stuck in the middle and my Rooks not connected. }
12... Nf4 { I wasa lot more worried about 12...f5!? 13.gxf6 Qxf6. } 13. Bf5
{ The tactic with13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qxe5 did not work here because of the tricky 14...Nd3+! 15.exd3Re8 counterpunch. The key moment of the game. Maia spent a lot of timehere, but fell into my trap, due to a miscalculation. }
13... g6
{ ? Maia did notmiss my upcoming combination, just misevaluated the position at the endof a key variation. 13...Nc6 was the best alternative. If 13...Nd7 I wasgoing to play 14.Rg4 threatening 15.Rxf4. }
14. Nxe5
{ !! At first it seemslike a typical combination the open up the long diagonal. However, it ismuch trickier than it looks. }
14... Nxe2
{ This is what Maia was hoping for, shemade this response rather quickly. Some other interesting variations were:14...gxf5 15.Nc6 and White is winning. 14...dxe5 15.Qxe5 f6 (if 15...Ng2+16.Rxg2) 16.Qxf4 gxf5 17.gxf6+ Kf7 (17...Kh8 18.f7+) 18.Rg7+ Ke8 19.Qe5.14...Re8 15.Nxf7 and Black is lost. 14...Qe8 When I first noticed thisdefensive idea, I almost gave up on the Knight sacrifice altogether, asI could not move my Knight from e5 due to the checkmate on e2. LuckilyI found an elegant counter blow with 15.Be4!!. and after15...Bxe4 16.Ng4!is most accurate and if 16...Nd3+ 17.Qxd3! Bxd3 18.Nh6 checkmate. Actually,the relatively best defense was 14...Qe7! and after 15.Be4!! dxe5 (If 15...Bxe4White wins after 16.Nc6! Nd3+ 17.Kf1!) 16.Bxb7 Nxe2! (After 16...Qxb7 17.Qxe5f6 18.Qxf4+ White has a winning advantage.) 17.Kxe2 Qxb7 18.Qxe5 f6 19.Qe6+Rf7 20.gxf6. White is two Pawns up, but Black still has some hope to savethe game. The idea behind Black's 'counter-sacrifice' (with 14...Nxe2) is,that if now 15.Kxe2 dxe5 and I could not take 16.Qxe5?? due to the pinwith 16...Re8. }
15. Nxf7
{ !! Not enough that my Queen, Rook and Bishopwas already hanging, this move just puts the Knight also under attack. }
15... Nxc3
{ If 15...Kxf7 White wins quickly with 16.Qg7+ Ke8 17.Bf6 Rf7 18.Qg8+Rf8 19.Qe6+. }
16. Nh6+
{ ! The key point of the entire combination! Butnot 16.Nxd8?? Rxd8 17.Be6+ Kf8 18.Bxc3 Re8 and Black wins! }
16... Kg7 17. Bxc3+ Rf6 18. Bxf6+ Qxf6 19. gxf6+ Kxh6
{ My opponent calculated this far, onlythinking that her Rook is still on the board on f8 and that she is up apiece. Here White has a clearly winning position (being up an exchangeand a Pawn). Unfortunately, I forgot the famous advice: when you see agood move, look for a better one! Instead I played the natural }
20. Be6
{ and missing the appropriate finish to this otherwise elegant game I wasshort on time so I was not able to spot the best move 20.Rb1! and Blackhelpless against the Rook swinging over to h3 via the third rank. 20...gxf5(20...Bf3 21.Rb3 Bh5 22.Be4) 21.Rb3 and checkmating with Rh3 next. }
20... Nc6 21. Bd5 Rf8 22. f7 Nd8 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Rg3 Rxf7 25. Re3 Nd8 26. b5
Rf4 27. d3 d5 28. Re7 dxc4 29. dxc4 Nf7
{ If 29...Rxc4? White can force theexchange of Rooks with 30.Rd1 Rd4 31.Rxd4 cxd4 32.Rxa7 with an easy win. }
30. Rd1 Ng5 31. Rxa7 Rxc4 32. Ra6 Rc2 33. Rxb6 c4 34. a4 Ra2 35. Ra6 Nf3+ 36.
Kf1 Nd2+ { If 36...Nxh2+ 37.Kg2 Ng4 38.Rd4 } 37. Rxd2
{ ! Of course movingthe King out of the check to the g file is fine two, but this simplifyingcombination seemed simpler to me. }
37... Rxd2 38. Rc6 Rc2 39. b6
{ and Black resignedas the connected passed Pawns on the a and b files are unstoppable. }
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[Event "Casual Game, http://www.itsyourturn.com"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.07.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "Madrigal"]
[Result "*"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6
{ This move is just as goodas 5. bxa6. Psychologically, I always found it difficult to be on theblack side of this. }
5... Qxb6 6. Nc3 { Prepares e4. } 6... d6 7. Nf3
{ This willtranspose to the same line as e4. } 7... Nbd7 8. Rb1
{ e4 and Qc2 were also playablehere. } 8... Bb7
{ Computer analysis prefered g6 on the last couple of moves. } 9. e4 g6 10. Bc4
{ Slightly better than Be2 or Bf4 as white prepares fora possible e5. } 10...
Bg7 11. O-O a5 { Castling would have been slightly better. } 12. b3
{ Qe2, Qc2, Bd2 and Re1 were also good. } 12... Ba6
{ Black ignores castling,but it is not going to hurt him yet. } 13. Na4
{ There are a lot of othergood moves here like Bb2, Qc2, Qe2, and Nd2. White has a slight edge. }
13... Qb7 { Or Qa7. } 14. Bb2 { Prepares e5. } 14... Bxc4 { Helps White. } 15.
bxc4 Qc7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Nb5
{ White has a strong advantage with a lot of choiceshere. Re1 is just as good. }
17... Qc8
{ It would be easier to defend e5 withQb8, although Black has to then be aware of any potential attack on thefile. }
18. Qe2
{ White actually lost here by overstepping the time control. What follows is computer analysis on how the game could have continued. }
18... Nh5 19. g3 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Rb8 21. Rfb1 a4 22. Nd2 Rb6 23. Na7 Qc7 24. Rxb6
Nxb6 25. Nb5 Qb8 26. f4 Ng7 27. Nf3 Qb7 28. e5 Nd7
{ 28... dxe5 29.Nxe5 [Is winning for white.] } 29. exd6 exd6 30. Nd2 Re8 31.
Qd3 Qb8 32. Ne4 { White is clearly winning. } *
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[Event "GK Match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "onoa"]
[Black "cescheckmates"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O
{ Most Grandmasters will play 4....c5.I prefer to castle and leave the options to my opponent as to how he willcontinue. }
5. g3 d5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bg5
{ So White wishes to play the LeningradVariation. But Black responds on the opposite wing, a normal practice inmodern day chess. }
7... a5 8. a3 a4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Na5 11. c5
{ Whiteshould try 11. cxd. This locking of the position allows Black to buildup a strong counter-attack. }
11... Ne4 12. Qe3
{ There were better ways to maintainthe pressure. 12. Bxd8 seems the best way to save the position. }
12... f6 13. Bh4 Nc4 14. Qc1 c6 15. g4 Qa5+ { White is now positionally lost. }
16. Kd1 e5 { A discovered attack on the g pawn which White overlooks. } 17. e3
{ Whitecrumbles in the face of a dire situation: (17. h3...g5; 18. Bgf3...exd;19. e3...Nxg3; 20. fxg...Nxe3+; 21. Ke2 etc. }
17... Bxg4 18. Be2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ned2 20. Ke2 exd4 21. Qc2 Qxc5
{ 21....Rae8 wins as well. } 22. Bh5 dxe3 23. Rag1
{ White attempts a counter-attack. I had to count the movesbefore realizing that White will threaten mate-in-one but will be one movebehind. }
23... d4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Bg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6 d3+ 28. Ke1 Nf3+
{ If now 29. Kd1...e2+; 30. Kc1...Ncd2 Mate; or 29. Kf1...e2+; 30.Kg2...Nxh4+ }
29. Kd1 e2+ 30. Kc1 Ncd2# 0-1
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[Event "Everything for the dark squares"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "nyctalop"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ This was a blitz game so please excuse the slight mistakes. If anything,I could argue that they made the game more entertaining and more fun toplay. I don't know about most players, but in blitz games I don't likeplaying my main defences, especially here on the game site. I might justgive myself away against a strong player that I might play later on. Asblack, I play almost exclusively the Alekhine against 1. e4 and the Benkoagainst 1. d4. I chose these particular defences because they're ratherunknown and underestimated, but they generate a lot of activity for thesecond player and a lot of targets to cling on. Also they are rather tacticalwithout being positionally unsound and since the White player is most ofthe times unprepared for them, they have a high surprise factor. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5
{ One of the most annoying replies for any Benko player is3. Nf3 here. Probably the best reply would be to capture on d4 and transposeto an English or Sicilian, but if you make the mistake of playing 3...e6,White has conned you into playing the Benoni, which is far less fun forBlack. }
3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6
{ Some players advocate 5. b6 here,giving back the pawn to reduce Black's activity. It kills the fun for theBenko player but it really doesn't promise much for White. }
5... g6
{ Playingthis before Bxa6 is rather important and if you ever give the Benko a try,or you play it as White and Black neglects to play the precise move order,you should know that after 5...Bxa6 White can play 6. b3! and solve a lotof problems early on. }
6. Nc3 Bxa6
{ This is the main tabya of the gambit.Personally, I'm not a fan of gambits, but someone would make a list ofthe most respectable and sound gambits, the Benko would be pretty up onthe list. Before I carry on with the rest of the game, let me summarizewhat has Black gained for his invested material. A lead in developmentand more than that, a better pawn structure, in fact Black's only weaknessis e7, which is pretty hard for White to attack. The main benefits of abetter pawn structure pretty evident here. White has no useful pawn breaks,pushing e4-e5 doesn't do much, while pushing the Q-side pawns only createsweaknesses. Black's pawn break/advance is c4, clearing c5 for a Knightwhich can come to d3 or even b3 in some cases. The open files on the Q-sidegive Black a lot of pressure and make it difficult for White to develophis pieces, his Bc1 is particularly hard to find a role in the game. Thereis another side benefit for Benko when it comes to blitz games. The playis very smooth, so you save time on moves, you don't have to memorize alot of lines, in fact, I know almost no theory and in spite of that, havevery good results with it. }
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e3
{ A waste of time. How manytimes have you read that in an opening book or a GM commentary? It's rathereasy to write that and absolve yourself from explaining more about a certainmove. The other plan for White here is to fianchetto the Bf1 and keep thepawn on e2 for a while. Granted, the Bishop isn't very active on g2 butunlike other gambits where the goal is to exchange pieces in order to makethe extra pawn count, it's very hard next to impossible to do that in thisgambit, simply because of Black's pressure on the Q-side. So why is thismove a waste of time? The pawn belongs on either e2 or e4. On e3 it justhems the Bc1 and doesn't do much to defend the d5 pawn. }
8... Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. e4 { Otherwise how is White to develop? } 10... Nbd7
11. Kg1 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5
{ Playing the Benko has its drawbacks though. You tend to play moves withoutthinking or looking at what your opponent has done. Here 12...Qb6 was slightlybetter, highlighting the weakness on b2. }
13. Qc2
{ White players that don'tface the Benko very often can get easily confused and stumble in theirown pieces. }
13... Ng4
{ Again, perhaps 13...Rfb8 was more accurate, but I usuallyplay this to exchange a pair of Knights and force White to weaken his K-side.Just because you've gambited a pawn for play on the Q-side doesn't meanyou shouldn't switch over to a K-side attack if the opportunity presentsitself. }
14. a4
{ A hasty move that is the mark of an inadequate plan. Whitethinks that by putting a Knight on b5, supported by a pawn on a4, he'llbe able to neutralize the pressure. If only it were that easy... }
14... Rfb8 15. Bd2
{ Showing that White's 12th was another waste of time. This Bishopis White's bad piece. This game will be a good argument for that. }
15... Qb4
{ Better was 15...Nge5 and after 16. Nxe5 Nxe5, there is no obvious wayto prevent the Knight from coming to c4 with devastating effects, since17. b3 gives Black excellent play after 17...c4!, exposing all the weakpoints in White's camp. }
16. Ra2
{ Another awkward move. The best replywas another awkward move, 16. Nd1, but Black still keeps the initiativeafter Qb7. }
16... Nge5
{ Again a rather automatic move. 16...Qc4 was much stronger.But this has its points as well. The Knight is headed to c4, putting evenmore pressure on b2. }
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nb5
{ A discovered attack but thisonly helps me. The Knight isn't very stable on b5 and now the Ra2 is undefended. }
18... Qc4
{ The only place to put the Queen but it's rather strong. I thoughtabout Rxb5 for a second but decided that this was stronger. }
19. b3 { Forced,exchanging the Queens leaves White with two pieces en-prise. }
19... Qe2
{ A mistakeon my part. Qxc2 was stronger and would have led to an almost won endingby force, after 19...Qxc2 20. Rxc2 c4! 21. Rc3 cxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxa4 23. g3Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Rxb5 25. Re3 Bd4 26. Rf3 Ra2 27. Rd3 Ra1+ 28. Kg2 Rxh1 29.Kxh1 Bxf2 30. Bh6 f6 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Bxd2, and Black has all the chancesto make his extra pawn count. }
20. Bc3
{ It's never good news for Blackif White swaps off the dark-square Bishops. White is only slightly worsenow. }
20... Qg4
{ I was still going for tricks. They usually work fine in blitzand this games proves it. }
21. h3 { Making a luft for the King. } 21... Qg5 22. Kf1
{ After this move I decided to sacrifice the exchange and try to takeadvantage of White's strangely placed pieces. }
22... Rxb5 23. axb5 Rxa2 24. Qxa2 Qc1+ 25. Be1
{ So there will be no Bishop swap now, at least I achievedthat. Now to try and make the White King as uncomfortable as possible. }
25... Nd3 26. Ke2
{ White should have played Qa8+, not allowing me to get my Bishopinto the game for a while. }
26... Nf4+ { Now to take the King for a walk. } 27. Kf3
{ If Kf1 then Bc3 wins a piece and keeps the attack. } 27... Qd1+
{ With thismove I set a nasty trap. } 28. Kg3
{ If 28. Kxf4 then 28...Be5+ 29. Ke3 Bd4+30. Kf4 Qd3! and White is in serious danger of getting mated. }
28... Be5 { A nicebattery of Black pieces is aimed at the White King. } 29.
Qa8+
{ The temptationto give check in a difficult position should be curbed, since it mightjust worsen the position of your pieces. Such is the case here. The cool29. Kh2 would have kept White in the game. }
29... Kg7 30. Kh2
{ Now the WhiteQueen is stranded on the Q-side and the White King is terrible danger. }
30... Qxb3
{ Not the best, but in Blitz you tend to grab material if you can.The forceful 30...Nd3+ wins much faster since White is forced to either31. f4, which after 31...Bxf4+ 32. Bg3 Bxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Qxh1, Blacks winsmaterial and keeps the initiative, or 31. g3 Qe2 32. Kg2 Bd4 and again,Black wins material and keeps the attack. }
31. g3 { Getting rid of the discoveredcheck. } 31... Ne2 32. f4
{ And now trying to push the Black pieces back. } 32... Nxf4 { Not likely! }
33. gxf4 Bxf4+
{ Again a hasty move. 33...Qc2+ was the bestmove. Now White could have saved himself. }
34. Kg2 Qxb5
{ Taking one toomany pawns. I just wanted to get rid of any queening ideas White mighthave had and reckoned that even with only three pawns for a Rook, I shouldn'tbe in any danger because White's King is horribly weak. }
35. Bc3+
{ Whitetakes his chance to activate his Bishop with check. Again another activelooking move that is a mistake. 35. Qa2! was best, taking defensive measuresand keeping an edge. }
35... f6 { At least my King is safe. } 36. Re1
{ Defendingthe e4 pawn and against Qe2+. But this slow defensive moves loses now. }
36... Qd3
{ Now the King is going to come under a strong attack on the dark squares.See why it's a good idea to keep this Bishop in the Benko? }
37. Ba5 { Arather clueless move but nothing else works. } 37... Qg3+ 38. Kf1
Qxh3+ 39. Ke2 Qe3+ 40. Kf1 { If 40. Kd1 then Qd3+ and mate on the next move. }
40... Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Be3+
{ 41...Bg3 would have lead to a forced mate but this is good enough. } 42. Kh2
{ The only way to prolong things was 42. Rxe3 but White wasn't lookingat such moves. }
42... Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Bf4 44. Re3
{ Now White has to give up theRook for nothing to stave off mate. } 44... Qxe3+
{ 44...h5 would have mated sooner,but again, in blitz you tend to make forceful moves, like grabbing materialand giving check, to save time. I guess it was just my luck that I gotto give more checks and capture more material than my opponent. }
45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Be3+ 47. Kh1 Qf2
{ 47...Qf1+ would have been mate in two. Butthis looks more aesthetic. Plus it gives White a chance to go kamikazewith his Queen. }
48. Qh8+
{ Which he does. Sometimes, you get so frustratedin blitz when you lose a game like this, that you just won't give up andplay till the very last move. }
48... Kxh8 49. Bb6 Qg1#
{ Hope you enjoyed thegame and I hope you won't be playing the Benko against me in blitz, sinceI might play as bad as my opponent did here. It's very annoying playingagainst the Benko at blitz. In almost all the games I played with it, witheither colour, Black scored heavily. }
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[Event "Recent GM Blitz Heartbreaker"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "GM A. Ramierz"]
[Black "Myself"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1986 USCF"]
[TimeControl "G/5"]
[WhiteElo "2670 USCF"]
{ The title says it all. GM Ramierz and I played a 5-min blitz match. Iheld my own and fell to an unfortunate blunder at the end. A friend ofmine did the notation for me. }
1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5
{ Transposing from anEnglish game to a QGD game. Normally I accept gambits, but I kinda hadno choice but to play on from here. }
3. Nc3
{ White chooses to let Blackcapture the c4 square. In exchange, he develops a piece and weakens thed5 square. Plus if I choose to take, my pawn is isolated. }
3... dxc4
{ In blitzI usually prefer to take an aggressive approach. So why not start it early? }
4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 { White recaptures the pawn and develops another piece. }
5... Bb4
{ An aggressive play. In a real game c5 or Nc6 would be consideredhere. I pin the knight and open the line to castle. }
6. Ne2 O-O
{ My queenside is under developed at this point, but at least I can safely move toc6 without worrying about a pin. }
7. O-O b6
{ !? - Planning to enter a flankwar for white's kingside. No knight on f3 strengthens this play. a6 mayhave been better, but note that this is not an easy move to outright defend. }
8. a3
{ Delays my plan for one turn. But forces me to think quick on myfeet. To trade or no trade? }
8... Be7 { I decide it is best not to trade. } 9. Qc2
{ White flanks my kingside with his queen. This file will become moreimportant as the game proceeds. }
9... Bb7
{ May the war of the flanks commence!In hindsight, c5 is also a playable option here. }
10. Bd2 Nbd7
{ At thispoint, I say I am holding my own. So far so good. Not to mention I am alsoholding a 1 minute lead. }
11. Rfe1
{ This move I did not understand. Perhapssomeone with a broader understanding can help me out? }
11... c5
{ Remember whatI said about the c-file! Patience is a virtue. I asked later why whitedid not advance b4 to which he responded: 'Why did you not push c5 earlier?It's all about preparation.' }
12. Rad1 { Whatever he is preparing, I cannot see. But I'm not the GM. } 12...
cxd4
{ This was a bit premature and foolishon my end. Qc7 is clearly the better play. My aggressiveness gets to mehere. }
13. Nxd4 Qc7
{ This move does not have the same potency as before,but I did still want to connect my rooks as well. Also taking aim at white'sking, who has nothing on that side. }
14. Bd3 h6 { Decided not to give upa pawn should I decide to move the knight. }
15. Ndb5 { Retreating is aviable option here... } 15... Qe5
{ But I decide to press on with my queen andkeep my rooks connected. } 16. f4
Qc5 17. b4 Qc6
{ In hindsight, I shouldhave just swallowed my pride and moved the queen back to the 8th rank after16. f4. }
18. Re2
{ Stops a rather nasty and embarrassing mate. Finally adefender to the white king arises. Time at this point: White: ~2 min; Black:~3:30 }
18... a6 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Ne4
{ Here, in my head I saw oneset of moves, but did another. I originally saw this sequence: Qxc2 22.Nxf6+Nxf6 23.Rxc2 Rxc2 24.Bxc2 Rc8. Now let's see what I actually did... }
21... Nxe4 22. Qxc7 { Ouch that stings! } 22... Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Bd5
25. Rxd7 Bf6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. h3 Rc1+
{ Can you believe we've gone the entire game withouta single check yet? It does not matter now though, the game is almost done,though white has all but 30 seconds left. So I now was playing to surviveand steal. }
28. Kh2 Ra1 29. Rxb6 Rxa3 30. Rb8+
{ And with white having 5seconds left, I resign here. Mate in one is unavoidable now but was preventable2X. }
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[Event "4th Round Wrexham Rapid Play"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "24.10.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mike A Lee"]
[Black "Charles Higgie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "30 mins each on the clock"]
{ This was my 4th round game, as you will see, I was slightly lucky } 1. e4 c5
{ My favourite Sicilian } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3
{ I had expected d4, themain line- the Open Sicilian. White instead opts for the Closed Sicilian }
3... g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6
{ Both sides continue with their development. I wasthinking of maybe playing N(g)-e7 and d5 }
6. O-O Qc7
{ I wanted to playd5 without allowing white to play e4-e5. I later found out that this moveis not in either of the Gameknot opening databases. }
7. Bf4 e5 { Weakeningmy d5 square, but gaining time } 8. Bc1
{ I'm not convinced that this retreatis best. I would have thought Be3 was best. }
8... d6 9. Nbd2
{ I would have beentempted to play Nc3 and maybe later to d5 at some point. }
9... Nge7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 f5
{ I think he was rather wasted time with N(b)-d2-f1, so Idecide to attack! }
12. c3 f4
{ I was dreaming of a sort of King's Indianattack with g5, h5, Ng6 etc. Slightly ironic, as white normally tries toplay that sort of attack against black in the closed sicilian. I ratherexpected him to exchange on f4 and play d4. I thought that c3 was playedpreparing d4. However he had another plan. }
13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Ng5
{ Now Iwent in for an interesting pawn sac that worked out well. Probably justNg8 to prevent the knight check on f7 is best, or maybe Na5 hitting thequeen. After 15. Nf7check, Kg8, 16. Nh6 check, Kh8, White HASN'T got 17.Qg8 mating, as instead of taking the queen with rook - which does allowNf7 mate, black can capture the queen with N(e7) }
14... f3
{ Now probably bestfor white is to take with the knight. Black can continue with h6 and g5try and muster up an attack down the f file. Black probably hasn't enoughcompensation for the pawn, but in a Rapid Play tournament like this, probablyhas reasonable chances. If white takes the pawn with the Bishop, after15. Bxf3, h6 16. Nf7check Kh7 white is in serious danger of getting hisknight trapped on f7. White didn't take the pawn though. }
15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxf7 fxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7
{ White has gone into this line, but black'sbishop and knight are better than white's rook and pawn. Qd7 is an interestingmove, normally the bishop is in front of the queen on the diagonal, butin this case there is nothing to stop the black queen from invading thewhite position. As we shall see, this move also contains a threat to thewhite queen. }
18. f4
{ White makes a fatal mistake. Retreating the queenwas necessary, although white would have been very much on the defensive. }
18... Qh3+ 19. Kh1 Be6
{ Oops! Checkmate to the white queen! White resigns. Don'tforget to rate this game and leave some comments! }
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[Event "League division D3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.12.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sacul219"]
[Black "cairngorm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1217"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1183"]
{ Hey everyone, another annotation. Just looking for advice, this is thelongest game I played on Gameknot, and I ended up losing because of a stupidmistake, I dont know what I was thinking, but anyway, I know looking throughthe game I could have played better. Comments and ratings appreciated asalways! }
1. Nf3 Nf6
{ Developing King-side Knight, looking to attack f7,g7 and h7, and really put early pressure on the Black King }
2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxf6
{ A mistake I make all too often in the game, I've sincelearnt taking pieces simply for 'reducing their' pieces is useless. However,White was planning on using the white squared bishop and Queen to launchhis attack, and the Knight on f6, would have been more in the way thanthe Black bishop, or so i decided. }
4... Bxf6 5. e3 O-O
{ Black castles first,this is what I wanted, to help launch my attack, and send the Black Kingfurther to the corner of the board }
6. h4
{ Saw the doubled threat of Bf6and Qd1 so decide to make sure that doesnt progress }
6... d5 7. c4 dxc4
{ dxc4i find is a common move in that position, but only means positional advantage,and more developing for White }
8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 10. d5 Ne5
{ Was awareof the dangers of that Knight, 15 moves on when it has an outpost on anyone of g4, f3, d3, even f2 was possible later on, so hence i removed it.. }
11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4
{ Pretty much assumed that Bf6 wouldnt be played byBlack, it loses tempo for Black and allows White to play Ne4, and reallytake control of the centre }
12... Bxc3+ { Not surprisingly.. } 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. g4
{ This move was to set up 15.g5 or to stop the Black Queen advancing,aka Qf6, then g5, but that wouldnt stop Qc3 and forking the Rook }
14... Qf6 15. Qd4
{ That was really probably the best defense I could find, Rc3 couldhave been played, but then that was allowing the Queen to comfortably siton f6, and if Qc3 was played, exd5 opens up a threat on the White Bishopwhose sensible move is to recapture, then Black plays Bxg4, and down goesanother pawn. }
15... e5
{ This plan to attack, well h7, now the pawn has beenmoved to h6, is starting to go not as planned, once I move my Queen toe4, with hope of playing Bd3 and Qh7 as my consecutive moves, it allowsexf4 opening the fork but also Qb6, a dangerous threat to the rook if Idont castle, so I decide to continue my attack on the Queen, nullifyingthe threat on the g4 pawn and, with better development in the centre (ithought) have hopefully an advantage }
16. Qxe5 Qxe5
{ Black decides to makethe Queen exchange and now for a new gameplan } 17. fxe5
Bxg4
{ I didnt realisein my analysis that I would lose g4, a mistake I made, and bothered me,material was even, but I had planned my moves to save that pawn, becauseg5, hxg5 hxg5 opens up my Rooks h-file, if Black played h5, instead ofhxf4, the pawn would still be out of reach of Blacks White-Squared Bishop }
18. Rb1 { I try to consolidate } 18... b6 { He isnt having that! } 19. Be2
{ I figuremy pawns are better placed so time to remove the bishops, (ideally notwanting to be left with the oppenents white-squared bishop in the endgame) }
19... Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Rfe8
{ Also not in my analysis, i end up losing yet anotherpawn because of this.. }
21. e6 fxe6 22. dxe6 Rxe6
{ And now continues along battle with Black, using both rooks on the double file, attemptingto secure more of my pawns going into the endgame }
23. Rbd1 Rae8 24. Rd3
{ Could have been in trouble if my rook wasnt on the d or f file... } 24... Re4
{ Threatens h4, some people might say I didnt need to play h5, covered bythe Rook, but the R on h1, isnt going to stay there forever, and the lineRe4 is on, played a major part in most of the anaylsis i did }
25. h5 Ra4 { Threathens a2 } 26. Rd2 { But I cant let him have it } 26... Ra3
{ tries c3 } 27. Rc1 { Sorry.. } 27... Kf7 28. Rd7+
{ Kf7 wasnt a smart move, giving away a pawn(i was too) but at least I'm gaining tempo, ever since he was threateningall my pawns, and I was defending, the Rooks are useless to me as weaponswhilst they are defending all my pawns, so this i saw as a worthwhile check }
28... Re7
{ Another mistake by me, in not seeing this in my analyis, had I haveseen this i probably wouldnt have chosen it. Other than Rd2 (which putsme in the defensive again) I have no choise but to go down another pawn.. }
29. Rcd1 Rxa2+ 30. Kf3
{ At least i protected e3, right? Well, now my Rookswerent solely defending pieces, I was thinking of playing a more attackingrole with them, and took my eyes off the R on e2 for awhle, and henceforth,gave up a 6th pawn }
30... Rh2 { As follows } 31. R1d5
{ Not sure as to the thinkingbehind this, Rf5+ was probably the idea, but still horribly wrong moveto make.. }
31... Rh3+ { Oops! } 32. Kf4 Rxe3
{ There we have it. Now down 3 pointsin material, and although i maintained both rooks, 3 pawns down doesntlook convincing.. }
33. Rxe7+
{ Two rooks, especially when on the same file,are very dangerous, and he cant be as danerous with one, so i decided tomake the exchange.. }
33... Rxe7 34. Rf5+
{ That was the move I planned earlier,which maybe should have waited till before Rxe7+ }
34... Ke6 35. Kg4 Rf7
{ Blackknows for sure now if he can remove my remaining rook from the game hehas won, there is no way back for White trying to defend a 5-2 pawn advantagewith just a King }
36. Rb5 { As such, I cant give that Rook up } 36... Rf6 37. Rb4 g6 38. Rc4
{ In my position as black, I would have played firstly gxh4,to which I was white, would have played, Kxh4, or secondly, c5. I can seeBlacks idea, that g5, plays to Blacks advantage in Rf4+ and White willlose without his Rook, so he isnt going to stick around to see Rf4+ happen,and therefore take himself off the line and out of the game almost (thisis where i said having the pawn on h5 instead of h4 would be better) butif the pawn was on h4, then 38...g5 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Kxg4, and maybe itwas better after all, but oh well }
38... g5 39. Rxc7 a5
{ Dont see why Black didntchoose to play Rf4+ here instead of 40...Rf4+, Black could have checkedthe King, forced him to move then played a5 if he wanted to. Anyway }
40. c4 { White has almost given up hope.. } 40... Rf4+ { Now he comes.. } 41.
Kh3 Kd6
{ Not a smart move by black, forcing the Rook to move yes, but wouldnt movingto f5, be more of a threat?? }
42. Rh7 { Black cant defend that pawn now,so into check goes the White King }
42... Rh4+ 43. Kg3
{ Fortunately Rooks areleft, not Queens, or this would be even worse for White, as it stands Whiteisnt looking too great }
43... Rxh5
{ Black captures h5, and also protects h6,a job well done by the Rook, so what is White to do? }
44. Kg4 { Threatenthe Rook, does he really have any other choice? } 44... Rh4+
45. Kf5 { White attemptsto send his King to help the Rook } 45... Rf4+ 46. Kg6
Rf8
{ Cannot say why Rf8was played, in my opinion, Rh4 would have worked just as well, the h pawnis covering the g pawn from being captured, and that would leave the BlackKing alone, with two pawns, against the lone c pawn }
47. Rxh6
{ Rook capturesback a pawn, and Black isnt playing fantastic here, could have close thegame out a long time ago. Kc5, should have been played long before, asit stands though, the Rook now cant defend it, so now is a good a timeas any for Black }
47... Kc5 48. Kxg5
{ And now the margin is just one point inmaterial, Rf8, completely removed the Rook from any defense it had, andgave away the two pawns, and the game is in the balance. Here Rc8 is played,but I think b5, would have been better played first.. }
48... Rc8 49. Kf4 b5 50. cxb5
{ Might as well take it, doesnt look like having a bright future anyway } 50...
Kxb5 51. Rh5+
{ A smart move for White, but I expected Black to play Rc5.Although has managed to somehow redice the 3 pawn deficit to just one,removing the Rooks, would still leave the advantage to Black, and withthe Black king blocking the White King from the a pawns path, all wouldbe lost for White.. }
51... Kb4 52. Ke3 a4 53. Kd3 Kb3 54. Rb5+
{ White finallybreaks through after bringing his King down as close as Black will lethim, and I thought here I had a chance? }
54... Ka2 55. Ra5
{ Not sure if thiswas the right move, at the time. I now see Rb4 followed by Rc4, could haveforced Rxc4 Kxc4, but then the White King is still blocked, and that ofcourse would only play out if Rb3 didnt result in Black playing a3, andleaving the situation still hopeless for white with 55. Rb4 Ka3 56. Rc3Kb3, which gives the pawn right of passage there...so Ra5 probably wasthe best move.. }
55... a3 56. Ra4 Kb3 57. Ra6
{ I dont think White can win, butmaybe he might make a mistake.. } 57... Rc3+
58. Kd2 Kb2 59. Rb6+ { White looksfor something, anything.. } 59... Rb3
{ I deliberated here for a long time...ifRc6 was played, there may be a chance (depending on black) of White makingRc2, in which case if Black didnt play Rc3 after white plays Rc6, thenmaybe he'd have a chance. For a long time now though, White has been waitingfor Black to give him an oppertunity, and doesnt give him one. Going throughthe lines after the game, Black could obviously still have won, even ifWhite gets his rook to Rc2 by something like 60. Rc6 Rb4 61. Rc2 Kb3 62.Kc1, and the Black King to open his rook up can only move to a4. This allowsthe White Rook to move to a2, and perhaps force a draw, but that is allonly by playing Blacks moves for him. As it was, I was overthinking andI played probably the worst move i could }
60. Rxb3+ { Which was this one...Rxb3 } 60... Kxb3 { Exchange } 61. Kc1 a2
{ Pawn advance...I resigned here because afterhe earns a Queen, or rather, well and truly before this point, I had lost.. Please comment and give me advice, I didnt play to play, I got caughtup in captures and the like, and tried to fight my way back, but was perhapsnot wary enough of how important pawns can be in the endgame. Thanks everyone (I apologise for lack of spelling or grammar, I will correct it at a laterdate if any is incorrect, its currently 2:09 am here) }
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[Event "Sungard, ?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bacem"]
[Black "Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ 308MB, Fritz12.ctg, BACEM } 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4
Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Ne4 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne1 Be6 14. f3 f5 15. Qa4 f4 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Bd2
Nxd4 19. fxe4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Bc5
{ Alternative variation: 20...Qb6 21. Kh1 Rcd8 22. Rxf4 (22. Bxf4 Ne6 23. Qg3 Nxf4) (22. Rd1 Nf5 23.Qe2 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Qxe3 25. Qc2) 22... Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Ne6 24. Qg3 Nxf4 25.Qxf4 Rf8 }
21. Kh1 f3 { Alternative variation: 21... Ne6 22. Qxd8 Rcxd823. Nf3 } 22. gxf3
Qh4 { Alternative variation: 22... Qb6 23. b4 Be7 24.Be3 Rfd8 } 23. Ng2 Qh5 24.
Nf4 Qf7 25. e5 Nf5 26. e6 Qe8 27. Qe4 Rd8 28. Bc3 Kh7 29. Nd5
{ Alternative variation: 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31.Qxc5 } 29... Rxd5 30.
Qxd5 Qh5 31. Qe4 Kh8 32. Qg4 Qe8 33. Rae1 Qe7 34. Qh5 Kh7 35. Re5 g6 36. Qh3
Rd8 37. Rxf5 gxf5 38. Qxf5+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qxh6+ Ke8 41. Bf6
{ Alternative variation: 41. Qh5+ Kf8 42. Qh8# } 41... Qxe6 42. Qh5+ Kd7 43.
Rd1+ Bd6 44. Bxd8 Kxd8 45. Qh8+ Kc7 46. Qg7+ Kb6 47. Qd4+ Bc5 48. Qd8+ Kc6 49.
a3 Qe2 50. Qd3 Qxb2 51. a4 Qb4 52. Qb5+ Qxb5 53. axb5+ Kxb5 54. Rb1+ Kc6 55. h4
a5 56. h5 a4 57. h6 a3 58. Ra1 b5 59. Kg2 b4 60. h7 Bd4 61. Ra2 Kb5 62. Rd2 Bc3
63. Rd3 a2 64. Rxc3 a1=Q 65. h8=Q Qb2+ 66. Kf1 bxc3 0-1
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[Event "Open Season: Queen edition"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "harrisburgpa"]
[Black "martin_nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1224"]
[WhiteElo "1232"]
{ This was one of my first matches in the 151 Gameknot tournament, Casualdivision. I was up against quite a good opponent. In this match, harrisburgpais playing white, and I am black. The reason for the title shall be explained,don't worry. }
1. d4
{ Queen pawn opening. A bit interesting, I suppose.Normally I see e4, but this is equally good. }
1... Nf6 { To stop e4. } 2. d5 e6
{ Feeling a bit under pressure. I've never had a game where the queenpawn went so far forward. }
3. c4 d6
{ Constrained. White is able to movehis pieces around quite easily, but I am now unable to develop my bishopsand knights where I want them. Would there have been a better move thand6 to allow that? }
4. Nc3 a6
{ I don't want that knight coming down to b5.I'm constrained enough as it is. }
5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7
{ Getting ready tocastle kingside. Too much pawn movement on the queenside to justify a castlethere. }
7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Be3 Ng4 { Asking for a trade. } 9. Bd2
{ But he declines.Well, at least my knight is pressuring him. } 9... c6
{ Not exactly sure why Imade this move, but I certainly am glad I did. It will be revealed whylater. }
10. a4 O-O 11. Qb3 Qe8
{ Blunder on my end. Failed to notice thatb7 was unguarded, and that White's queen was sitting pretty on b3, readyto take both a pawn and a rook. }
12. Qxb7 { And my rook is gone on the nextmove. } 12... Qc8
{ I think I did this hoping he'd go for a trade. However, thismove is incredibly important because of what it does to White's queen ifit happens to take the rook: its escape route will be cut off (a6 willbe guarded by the queen). }
13. Qxa8 c5 { Traps the queen in! } 14. Qa7
{ Still, the queen can't escape. My pawns block her way. It's hunting time! }
14... Bd8 { Just some support here if I need it. } 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ng5
{ Seems topressure me here. I want to be very cautious here, however. Any other piecesthat break through could help the queen. So I decide to drive the knightaway with a conservative pawn push on h6. }
16... h6 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. g3 Be8
{ Inotice that I can use my knight only if d7 is open. If I can get him there,I'll be able to threaten Bb6, which would gain me a queen. }
19. Rb1 Nd7 20. a5 { Curses! He saw it, forcing me to... } 20... Bxa5
{ delay my capture ofthe queen. But hey, a free pawn nonetheless. } 21. Na4
{ Just what I wasworried about! The knight is coming to help out the queen! I have to bevery careful with my moves now, I don't want to let the queen escape frommy trap. }
21... Bc7 { I'm being very conservative. } 22. Bd1 Ndf6
{ I need thatknight to get out of here, so I threaten to trade with my bishop. }
23. Bc2 Bxa4 24. b3
{ ?? I was confused. Why didn't White take my bishop? Thisseems like a huge blunder to me. He just lost a knight for nothing! }
24... Be8
{ I retreat, although perhaps the better move would have been Nd7 to threatenthe queen trap. What do you think? }
25. b4 Nd7 26. Be3
{ Hoping to breakthrough c5, I suppose, but it is too late. } 26... Bb6
{ And the queen is toast!Nothing White can do will save her queen. } 27. Qxb6
Nxb6
{ Up by 4 pointsin material, but if it weren't for that blunder on move 24, it would onlybe one. }
28. bxc5 Nxc4 29. cxd6
{ What is more valuable, the pawn on d6or the bishop trade on e3? } 29... Nxe3
{ I decide for the bishop trade. I needto press my advantage, and this opens up a threat for Qxc2. }
30. fxe3 Qxc2
{ Up by 6 now. With White's queen gone, the maneuverability of White'sforces has dropped significantly. }
31. Rd1 Qxe4 { Threaten the knight capture. } 32. Ke2 Nxg3+
{ Basic knight fork here. } 33. Kf2 Nxh1+ 34. Rxh1
{ Now, thelead is by 10 points in material. White simply cannot catch up at thispoint, barring a pawn promotion that I allow to happen, which would bea huge blunder on my side. }
34... Qxd5 35. Ra1 Qxd6 { Grinding down White's forces,little by little. } 36.
Nxe5 Qxe5 37. Rxa6
{ At this point, White resigns.With a bonus queen, bishop, and a pawn, there simply is nothing White cando. Ultimately, the way I saw it, is that this game was lost on move 24.If White had taken my bishop rather than pushed a pawn, he would have beenable to stop Kd6 to support Bb6. His queen would have remained alive awhile longer while he may have figured out a way to save it. But in theend, the queen trap worked, and White was whittled down piece by pieceby piece. If you enjoyed this annotation, comment down below! If I missedsomething, tell me. I am not that good at the game, and I can always usehelpful advice to up my game. Thank you for reading and God Bless! }
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[Event "The queen's demise"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2008"]
[Round "-"]
[White ""]
[Black "Chessking48"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0-1"]
[TimeControl "None"]
[WhiteElo "Ttmk"]
{ game played: 2008 site played on: tylted.com } 1. e4 c5
{ The Sicilian defense.This is probably the most defying and exciting response to white's openinge4 }
2. Bc4
{ Decides to deviate from common Nf3 however, this is quite goodas well } 2...
d6 3. d3 e6
{ Even from here it is noticeable that this will bea more positional Sicilian than the sharp battles we're used to seeing. }
4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 { preparation for castling } 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
{ Not a bad trade. a bad bishop is traded for a bad bishop and black remainsslightly ahead in development }
8. O-O O-O
{ Both kings are safe! The openingis coming to an end! Time for each player to assert their ideas. }
9. Ne2 { shifting attention to the kingside } 9... Rc8
{ Black figures he's most likelyto strike gold on the queenside } 10. Ng3 h6
{ simply a case of prophylaxis } 11. c4
{ This is done to prevent d5 however it does leave a hole on d4 anda potential problem, the backward pawn on d3. The backward pawn is notweak right now because the d file is closed. }
11... Ne5
{ interesting move. Ifwhite plays Nxe5 then dxe5 and the d3 pawn would then be exposed to attack.If that doesn't happen black can also consider capturing the knight onf3 (best placed minor piece). Or move to c6 to put more control on thehole on d4. }
12. Nxe5 dxe5
{ a fresh target is created on d3. keep in mindthe double pawns are not bad in this position. }
13. Be3 Qd7 { Preparingto bring the rook as an attacking reinforcement } 14.
Qc2 { preparing todefend the next move with a rook } 14... Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rc6
16. Rd2 b6 { b6 is playedto solidify the c5 pawn } 17. Qc3 Ng4
{ adequate defense. f3 fails to Nxe3.h3 follows Nxe3 fxe3 Bg5. } 18. Nf1
{ White decides a more defensive approachis needed } 18... Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qd4
{ here if white plays Qxd4, black respondsRxd4 and not exd4 } 20. Qa3 Bg5
{ a tactical threat. if Qxa7 Bxe3 fxe3+ Re2Qxd3. This leaves black in command of the d file. A trade of 1 pawnfor 2 and white's pawns on c4 and e4 would become new targets. }
21. Re1 { defends the tactic } 21... Qd7 { defends a7 } 22. Qc3
{ A similar position aroseon move 17 } 22... f6
{ This move looks bad because it places the pawn on a darksquare and blocks the bishop out. However it is better than Bf6 and believeit or not the bishop is in no immediate danger. The pawn is defended andthe bad bishop is actively pinning the knight outside the pawn chain! }
23. b3 h5 { Finally the bishop gets some room } 24. a3 Rd6
{ I call this theimperfect battery because the queen is second in line and not last }
25. Red1 Qc7 26. Re2 { the pin is removed } 26... R8d7 27. Nc2 Qd8
{ Now the perfectbattery } 28. Ne1 { adding reinforcement to d3 } 28... Rd4
{ this pins the e2 rookto the e4 pawn. If it moves on one of its safe squares i.e (c2, b2,a2)then black's rook will capture on e4 winning a pawn. }
29. a4 g6 30. Rb2 { white leaves his guard } 30... Rxe4 { black wins a pawn }
31. Nf3 Bh6 32. Qc2 Rf4 { giving way so e4 is possible } 33. Qe2 e4
{ white can't play dxe4?? or elseRxd1+ Ne1 winning a rook } 34. Ne1
{ adds defense to d3 } 34... exd3 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. Qh3 Re4 37. Nf3 d2
{ this puts pressure on the defense, limits the movementof the b2 rook and pins the d1 rook to its square }
38. Kf1 Rd3 { yet anotherpin. the knight is pinned to the queen } 39. Qg3 Qd7
{ This is to preventQc7+ } 40. h3 Bf4
{ the queen was looking to run to h2 then h1 or g1. I couldnot allow that to happen. }
41. Qh4 Qe6 { protects the rook on e4 to enablea discovered attack. } 42. Rbb1
Bc7 { discovered attack! } 43. Ng5 fxg5 44. Qxg5 Bd8
{ BAAM!! The final punch, a queen trap. White resigns! This gamewas played between me and my very good friend on another site. I hope thatyou enjoyed watching this game as much as I enjoyed playing it. }
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[Event "Palio delle Regioni - 10. turno"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "skorpio47"]
[Black "andreabax"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[TimeControl "4 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6
{ One of the most used continuations of the Scottish Game: the Black triple attacks the White Horse, at the expense of the speed in the development of its pieces. }
6. Nb5
{ In this case, the most commonly played move is 6. c3, which defends the Knight. The move 6. Cb5 is sneaky because it attacks the unguarded point c7, leaving the Knight in check. }
6... Bxe3 { Quasi obbligata } 7. fxe3 Qh4+
{ This check has more than just the goal of opening the files of the White, forcing him to defend on the side of the Queen. Of course, you cannot, later, take the pawn on e4 with the attack of the Cavalry in c7 with check and attack the Black's tower. }
8. g3 Qd8 { The Queen must return home to defend the pawn. } 9. Qg4 g5
{ It is clear that Dg4 of the White attacks the Pg7: in the database of GK there are, as continuation for the Black, both g6 and Rf8, which g5. I chose this last one because it provides the Black with greater victory percentage. }
10. Qe2 d6
{ The Black continues to pursue the Database, which at this point gives him 100% of victories (but will it be reliable?). }
11. N1c3 { The White Horse developed its moves (also in the DB). } 11... Nf6
{ Marina Brunello was playing against Pepino Enrico when she chose to continue the game with this move. I said to myself: if she plays it, it must be good. }
12. Bg2
{ Here is the surprise: to say the truth, Marina Brunello did not castle, preferring to keep her King centrally, but moving the pieces to the side of King to defend it. I, instead, concerned about the possible developments of the White's plan thought it better (?) to castle, putting my King in big trouble. Erasically it is better to try to castle on the side of Queen, developing soon the Bishop c8 ( maybe in g4 ) and the Queen, for example in e7, naturally after having expelled the bothersome Knight in b5. }
12... O-O { My King is starting to feel a bit cold, don't you think? } 13. h3
Ne5
{ The Horse has a good position, with the other Horse ready to move to g4, if possible. }
14. O-O-O { Cosìsi mette al sicuro il Re! } 14... Be6
{ I had thought to put the king in the corner, perhaps, move the Towers to the g-column, but, since I could not do it later, I did not have time. }
15. Qf2
{ The horse in f6 is under attack and is blocking the black queen for its defense. It was essential to checkmate the horse immediately in b5 and develop the queen... }
15... Nfd7
{ I played a very weak and passive move, taking away a piece from the King's defense zone. }
16. h4 { White begins to push his pawns against the opponent's king. } 16...
Ng4
{ Lasciando, però, un importantecasa al Cavallo Nero che conquista spazio e attacca la Donna Bianca }
17. Qe2 Nde5
{ Here are the two black knights in position. At this point, I thought I could defend the King and my position with h6 and the capture of d7 with hxg5. Then, I moved the King to h8, approached, even doubling the number of knights on the f-file. I thought I was doing well. }
18. Kb1 Bc4
{ Instead, here is a useless move, with a loss of two tempi for consecutive Alfiere attacks, with the sole purpose of attacking the opponent's Queen, for which it does not even slightly worry her. }
19. Qe1 Be6 { Torna a casa,Lessie! } 20. Nd4
{ I can't make time to move my Knight, which the White Bishop attacks. Here I have chosen the strategically less valuable option: by exchanging the Knight for the Bishop, in fact, the Pf6 abandons the zone of operations of the defense and the Black King is always more naked. }
20... a5
{ This attempt to create a diversion on the Queen's side is ridiculous: it is much more important to be concerned about the exposed position of the King. }
21. Bh3
{ The Black pieces are really delicate: the Black King threatens to break through with a series of exchanges of pieces and pawns and to open up the way in front of the Black King. }
21... a4
{ This is a sign of the mental confusion in which I found myself (and not the flu!); withdraw the Bishop in d7, push the pawn to f6, double the Rooks and bring the Queen to defense, for example in g7 would be a logical strategic move. }
22. a3 h5
{ The horse is defended, but the King is now freezing... he is completely frozen! }
23. Ncb5 { Tornala spada di Damocle sul pedone c7 } 23... gxh4 24. Nxe6 fxe6
{ And there you have it! Let's move on to the attack on the Black King. } 25.
Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Rxh4 Qf6
{ Alla buon'ora:La Donna Nera si è degnata di portarsi in difesa del proprio Re }
27. Rxh5 { E la colonna h è aperta } 27... Nf2
{ Qui, forse, si poteva approfittare dellatemporanea impossibilità di accedere alla casa h8 per alzare la Torre f8e dare una via di fuga al Re }
28. Rh4
{ Clearly, it is not possible to capture the pawn on d1 with the Knight because it follows a powerful attack with Queen in g4 and to follow the entry of the White Queen on the h-file. }
28... Qe5
{ Why would you attack the Horse in b5 (awake the can.. pardon, the Horse that is sleeping? ) when there is still a threat on c7 and, especially, an imminent mass attack against the King? }
29. Rd2
{ You could still try to escape with the King: Tf7, Rf8, Re7 and Taf8. } 29...
Nxe4
{ This move causes the Black pieces to commit suicide: the doubling of the White pieces on h-file is devastating. }
30. Rdh2 Nf6 { Evita almenoTg4+, ma ormai è la fine. } 31. Nd4 Kf7
{ Il Re Nero Tenta la fuga! } 32. Rf4 Kg7
{ Ah, no! Perhaps, with hindsight, they could have escaped in e7, even though the following was still difficult. }
33. Rhh4 Rae8
{ This is a move that is not very clear: the computer analysis defines it as an error, suggesting:... Dd5 34. g4 Tae8 35. g5 Dxg5 36. Cf3 Dg6 37. Txa4 Te7 38. Dc3 e5 39. Cd2 }
34. Nf3 Qc5 35. e4 b5
{ If White can play e5 to block the advance of the black pawn 'e', the computer analysis even suggests Rd8 as the best move:... Ttd8 36. e5 dxe5 37. Cxe5 b5 38. Cd3 De7 39. Tf5 Td5 40. Txd5 Cxd5 41. De5+ Df6 42. Tg4+ Rh7 43. Dh5+Dh6 }
36. e5
{ It appears to be good: according to the computer's analysis, it is an error: he would have been better off with Dh1. In fact, doubling the column h does not bring anything good to the Black, instead... }
36... dxe5 37. Nxe5 Rd8 38. Qe2 Qg1+ 39. Rf1 Qxg3 40. Rhh1 Ne4 41. Rfg1
{ E la frittata è fatta!Ora con Donna inchiodata sul Re non ci sono più speranze. }
41... Rf1+
{ Uno scaccodettato dalla disperazione: l'analisi del computer lo bolla come errore,suggerendo: Th8 42. Txg3+ Cxg3 43. Dg4+ Rf6 44. Te1 Thg8 45. Th4+ Rf5 46.Cf7 Td1+ 47. Txd1 Tg6 48. Ch6+ Txh6 49. Dxh6 e5 50. Df8+ Rg4 51. Dg7+ Rf4 }
42. Rxf1 Nd2+ 43. Ka2 Nxf1
{ He told me, "Do you want to see that I have managed to straighten things out a bit?" But Donna and Torre's chess attack completely refuted him. }
44. Qh5 Kf6 45. Ng4+ Ke7 46. Qc5+ Kd7 47. Rh7+ Kc8 48. Qa7
{ There is nothing left but to give up: the Black cannot defend simultaneously the pawn on c7 and the mate in a8 of the Woman. }
1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "goshabg"]
[Black "9422m"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
1. e4
{ The e4 open by White, in my mind, is the strongest open. D4 is okaytoo. Anything else tells me my opponent needs a lesson in chess. }
1... c5
{ I never respond to e4 Ruy Lopez and so I have the French or the Sicilianor the Caro-Kann in my mind as a response. Rule out the French Defensebecause the barricades there limit Black to do anything except defend. Rule in Sicilian or Caro-Kann and then an attack is possible and imminentby Black--and isn't the best defense an Attack? Sometimes I do Sicilianand in this case I do it. }
2. Nf3 e6
{ I like the Sicilian Scheveningenvariation above the rest. My records in the past when I use Sicilian willshow this. }
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 f6
10. a3 Bxc3
{ I think I made a mistake here in retrospect. I thought, later, about not trading away the bishop and felt I had betteropportunities. However, hindsight is easier than foresight. }
11. Bxc3 Ne7
{ And this is now my problem. I am essentially behind in developmentwhile White has traded with a front I can't attack. I lost the attack here. 'In the fog of war' sort of thing. }
12. f4
{ I'd have done the same ifI was White. That King Bishop Pawn in the King's Gambit is crucial to quellBlack into absolute submission. }
12... d6 { I gather my Infantry together... } 13. g4
{ White sends MORE INFANTRY. Well, I believe in what White is feeling.Advance an Infantry Formation to fix and kill! }
13... e5 { I need to make anadvance in the common Infantry Point formation. }
14. f5
{ White is lockingup Infantry with my Infantry. As well as trying to contain Black. }
14... O-O { Time to castle. } 15. h4
{ More infantry from White. He has no problemtrying to protect his own King with Castling either side. }
15... d5 { So I advancemore infantry... } 16. O-O-O
{ Now he castles Queen side. I almost thinkhe'd of been better off 0-0 instead. }
16... d4 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g5 Bd7 20. Rdg1 b5 21. h5 fxg5 22. Rxg5
h6 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Rhg1 Rf7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bc4
{ I see the weakness again on castling Queen side. It usuallyturns out to be a more vulnerable position for the White or Black Kingto do the Q side castle. The a1 and b1 squares are open for a prying moveto break the box the King is in. }
26... a3
{ If White takes my rook with hisbishop then there is nothing to stop the a3 pawn now. What will Whitedo now? }
27. Bxf7 { Go for material. } 27... axb2+
{ By this time I am feelingpretty good at the sacrifice of a rook. I have an opening attacking theKing that I feel I can sustain. }
28. Kb1 Qxf7 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. f6+ Kxf6 32. Qxh6+ Ke7 33. Qg7+
Kd6 34. h6 Rb8 35. h7 Be6 36. Qf6 Kd7 37. Qg7+ Kd6 38. Qg1 a4 39. h8=Q Rxh8 40.
Kxb2 Rh3 41. Qe1 a3+ 42. Ka1 Kc6 43. Qf1 Kb6 44. Kb1 Ka5 45. Qe1+
{ We are still at this point even inthe material world but working against a Queen with multiple pieces isalways a touchy endeavor. The Queen needs space to maneuver and my piecesneed to be where the Queen is limited in movement. I can also use my Kingto ensure this... }
45... Kb5 46. Qf1+ Ka5 47. Kc1 a2
{ The Queen is very limitedand it takes work to use multiple pieces to contain her while trying toget ahead of her getting loose... }
48. Kb2 Rh7 49. Ka3 Rb7 50. Qe1+ Ka6 51. Ka4 Rb1
{ Risking Qa5+ of course. I would just back away and Queeneventually however. White resigns seeing ahead. }
0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "12-Feb-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "howler68"]
[Black "serfork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1452"]
{ And interesting game for the mistake I made (black), yet still managedto squeeze a victory out. Many thanks to my opponent for the challenginggame. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. b5 Ne7 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. h3 d6 10. Nf3 a6 11. c4 axb5 12. Be2 bxc4 13. dxc4 Nxe4 14. O-O Nf5 15.
Bd3 Nfg3 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Ng3 18. Re1 Ra5
{ Thismove was a blunder, i'm still not quite sure what i was thinking here.I probably shouldn't have moved the knight back a few moves earlier. itmade for an interesting mid/end game anyway }
19. Bd4 Re8 20. Rxe8+ { whoops. } 20... Qxe8 21. fxg3 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qe3+ 23.
Kh2 Rg5 24. g4 h5 25. a4 hxg4 26. Ra3 Qe5+ 27. g3 gxh3 28. Qd3 c5 29. Nb5 Qb2+
30. Nd2 Bf5 31. Qxd6 Rg4 32. Rf3 g6 33. Nc7 Rd4 34. Nd5 Qxd2+ 35. Kh1 Qg2#
{ I think I was a bit luckyto get away with this one. } 0-1
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[Event "Wild west"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.01.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "perrenial"]
[Black "damalfi"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. f4
{ One of the most aggresive responses. The onlymove to save my bishop is... }
3... h5 4. d3 e6 5. Nf3 { Now black has a somewhatcramped game. } 5... c5
{ Maybe better is Bc5 instead, but I wanted a good centercontrol. } 6. Be2 Nc6
7. c3 { Good. This contests my center, and set d4 asa resource. } 7... Qb6
{ Inmediately pressing the diagonal. If Be3, Qxb2 is playable. } 8. O-O
{ Just into the fire! But confident because c4+, d4 closes thechances for black. }
8... Nh6 { I want to keep the black diagonal free for mybishop. } 9. Ng5 Ng4
{ Just to tempt him to BxN, opening the white king. } 10. h3 f6
{ Very risky, but I was playing for fun. } 11. hxg4 hxg4
{ Whereis he going to retire the knight? Nxe6, g3, to close the king's movements,no matter the material loss. I lose a pawn, true. }
12. Bxg4 { Smarter. } 12... fxg5
{ Recovering my piece, but leaving my own king wide open. } 13. fxg5
{ BxB, QxB, Nxe5, Qe2 was not good for black. If white goes BxB, I'm introuble. }
13... Nxe5 { ...but I couldn't resist. } 14. Bxf5 exf5
{ Rxf5 and thegame is over for black, but for some 'maybe' tricks: Rxf5, c4+, d4, Nd3...maybe something can come out of it. }
15. d4 Ng4
{ Risking again, knowingthat f5 is going to fall, but looking for some way out. }
16. Rxf5 Qe6
{ Otherwise, Qe1+. only apparent sac, since I recover the piece soon. } 17.
Qxg4 Qe1+ 18. Rf1 Rh1+ 19. Kxh1 Qxf1+ 20. Kh2 Qxc1
{ Recovering the piece,but in an inferior position, but for Qxb2, winning the rook. Now, whitewon't be standing still in the meanwhile. }
21. Qe6+ Be7 22. Qg8+ Bf8 23. Qe6+ Kd8
{ Only way to escape pepetual or losing material. Probably, the'exchange' would have favoured me, but it seemed to lead to drawn. }
24. Qxd5+ { Losing another pawn for the sake of a nice game. } 24... Kc7 25.
Na3
{ Bd6+is not possible because of QxB+, KxB, RxQ. Now I have chance to check.The game stopped here because of connection error. A pity. }
25... Qxa1
{ or Qf4+,looking helplessly for a perpetual that doesn't exist. Kg1. Or: Qxb2,defending from the knight check, R moves, Rd8... }
26. Nb5+ Kb6 27. Nd6 Bxd6+ 28. Qxd6+ Kb5 29. Qxc5+ Ka6 30. b4 Qxa2 31. b5+ Ka5
32. b6+ Ka6 33. c4 axb6 34. Qb5+ Ka7 35. c5 Qa6 36. cxb6+ Qxb6
{ And the game is over forwhite. Just exploring. } 37. Qa4+ 1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "isanchezgil"]
[Black "psycho422"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1302"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1355"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
{ Philidor's Defense is the third most common 'world'response to the King's knight opening. I used to play this most of thetime as black, though that pawn gets in the way of developing the blackbishop. }
3. Bc4 { Steinitz variation. } 3... Nf6 4. Ng5
{ Here black (world)generally plays d5, 5. exd5, h6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Qe2 or Ne5... While blackis down a pawn he makes up for it in momentum. }
4... Be6 { Be6 is off book. The reason is that white trades up a pawn. } 5.
Nxe6 fxe6 6. Bxe6 Nxe4 7. Qf3
{ Black must defend against Qf7#. Qe7 sacrifices the knight. } 7... Nf6
{ Pretty much the only choice. Unfortunately, black now loses Pb7. } 8. Nc3
{ Well, I would have played 8. Qxb7. Black would then have had to movethe knight, bNd7 or fNd7. No, bNd7, otherwise QxRa8. I know some regardthe knight pawn as 'poison,' but if it is I'm not sure how to take advantageof that. }
8... c6 { Black wisely defends Pb7. } 9. Ne4 d5
{ White WANTS to moveNg5, and this kind of forces that. In addition, Pe5 is hung out to dry. }
10. Ng5 { White should be eyeing Nf7, forking black's queen and rook. } 10...
Qe7 11. O-O
{ When I first started documenting this I marked it as a mistake. But I erased it when white defended the knight. Black is ultimately ableto ward off the queen and take the knight, while the bishop ends up exchangedfor the other knight. In post game discussion black says he still feltat a disadvantage despite the extra piece. }
11... h6 12. Nf7 Rg8 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qxe5 Nbd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qc7 Qxf7 17.
Qxb7 Rb8 { Time to molest pawns. Black's queen side crumbles. } 18. Qxc6 Rb6
19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Qa8+ Rb8 21. Qxa7
{ That pawn will prove pricey. Once black drives the white queen offthe black diagonal, nothing is left to defend Pf2 from being taken to forkthe king and rook. White chose to take pawns over developing pieces. While white needed to make up for the lost knight, position can be moreimportant than material. }
21... Bc5 22. Qa5+ Bb6 23. Re7
{ The proposed rook sacrificemay have been intended to distract black. While black could trade queens,QxPf2! lets black play BxQa5 at his leisure. }
23... Qxf2+ 24. Kh1
{ Black's focusremains on what is most important. #1. Can I force mate? #2. Can I preventforce mate against me? #3. Can I acquire a high value piece? #4. CanI prevent the loss of a high value piece? #5. Development, control ofcenter, pawn promotion... #6. When in doubt, push a pawn. }
24... Qg1# 0-1
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[Event "111th GK tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.11.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "vavavi"]
[Black "airiali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1297"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1333"]
1. d4 { So here's an interesting game i played. My first ever tournamentgame. }
1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bd6
{ This wasa odd move. perhaps the bishop should have gone to e7 } 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
h3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. e3 c5 13. Be2 cxd4 14. exd4
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc5 16. Qd6 Qa5+
{ Here i think black made well to not toexchange queens, because d6 pawn could be dangerous. }
17. b4 Qd8 18. c5 { I'm now gaining a lot of space, and dangerous past pawns. }
18... a5 19. O-O Qd7 { i didn't really understand this move. } 20. Rfd1 Qxd6
{ and now he takes? } 21. exd6 Bd7 { again a odd move IMO } 22. Rdb1 axb4 23.
Rxb4 Bc6 { Blackhas been moving the bishop quite a bit here } 24. Bb5 Rfb8 25.
Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. a4 Ra8 28. d7
{ Now this pawn is dangerous, obvious movefor black is rd8. } 28... Rd8 29. Rb1
{ This move defends against rxd7 } 29... f5
{ Thiswas a blunder in my opinion black should have played h3 instead. Becausenow a surprise is about to appear. }
30. a5
{ 30. a5?! giving up the pawnon d7? There must be something wrong here.... }
30... Rxd7 { black took the bait.now this allows a6. } 31. a6
{ Here black still should have played h3. } 31... Ra7 32. Rb8+
{ This forces my pawns queening } 32... Kf7 33. Rb7+
{ And here black resigned.There's nothing he could do to stop my pawn from queening }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "19-Feb-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "just_some_guy"]
[Black "glennmonty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1165"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1249"]
{ this is short and its just a slaughter but i want to annotate cause iam bored. }
1. e4 { standard } 1... e5
{ hmm, i like it when my opponent gives king'sgambit option. } 2. f4
{ ill take it. } 2... Nc6 { refuses the gambit } 3. Nf3
{ continueingon anyway } 3... d6 { still syas no. } 4. d4
{ no problem but now we must decidebetween king's gambit or a hypervented center. }
4... exf4 { the lesser f 2 evils } 5. Bxf4 Bg4
{ pins the knight hoping for the check. } 6. Be2 Qf6
{ attackingthe unguarded piece } 7. g3 h6
{ not sure hwy but i had no intention on goingto g5 } 8. d5 Nb4 9. Bb5+
{ hoping for c6 } 9... c6 10. dxc6 { nice. } 10... O-O-O
{ ashe castles into it?? } 11. cxb7+ Kxb7 { pulling the king off his throne }
12. c3 Na6 13. Qd5+ { here she comes. } 13... Kb6 14. Qc6+
{ he should have nevercastled into it. } 14... Ka5 15. Qxa6# 1-0
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[Event "Speculate to accumulate"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "13 Jan 09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "easy19"]
[Black "jstevens1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[TimeControl "3 days"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
{ Speculative sacrifices in the opening - gambits - often lead to excitinggames. The gambiteer risks material for the sake of less tangible advantages,but the tension mounts as he tries to realise those advantages. When itis the queen that is being invested, then the tension is at fever pitch. How can the gambiteer so much as break even on his investment? Such examplesare uncommon, but here's one such. }
1. e4 c5 2. f4
{ Beginning the so-calledGrand Prix Attack, popular for its inaugurating a K-side attack. }
2... d5
{ ...Possibly this is the response that means that the Grand Prix will neversupersede White's main lines of the Sicilian! }
3. Nf3
{ An unusual responsethat gambits White's e-pawn. But White has something more spectacularalready in mind... }
3... dxe4 { Why not? } 4. Ng5 { According to plan. Also possiblewas 4.Ne5. }
4... Nf6 5. Bc4
{ A straightforward attack on f7. Black could simplyblock this with 5...e6, but there's nothing wrong with developing a pieceto drive back the c4-bishop, is there? }
5... Bg4
{ Apparently White must play6.Be2 if he doesn't want to give up more material... }
6. Qxg4
{ (!!?) Givingup the queen for the sake of keeping his attack on f7!? White's developmenthas hardly begun. too! Incidentally, 6.Bxf7+ would have transposed intothe game continuation. Either way, White is speculating very heavily! }
6... Nxg4 { There's no real choice. Black has to test White's idea. } 7. Bxf7+
Kd7 8. Be6+
{ Forking K and N, which will ensure White at least gets a secondminor piece for his queen. Still, he needs a third to restore the materialbalance! }
8... Kc7
{ (!?) One has to ask, what would White have played had theking returned to e8? Would White have settled for a perpetual (9.Bxf7) or taken the fork (9.Nf7?! Qd4!, say)? It seems the latter course wouldhave been very risky - too risky perhaps? The game might have ended ina draw right here! However, Black was not wrong at this point in fancyingher chances of surviving to win. }
9. Bxg4
{ Time to assess the position. White has N B for the Q. Although a long way from completing his development,White has two pieces in action, with forking threats at e6 and f7. Black,meanwhile, pretty much has to begin all over again, just to activate hergame. White has gained a great deal in time for his large material investment. }
9... Qe8
{ (!?) Dodging both forks at once - a sensible plan. But anotheridea was to allow one of the forks to happen: 9...Qd6!? 10.Nf7!? Qxf4 11.Nxh8Qxg4 12.0-0 Nc6. Since much of White's temporal and spatial advantagewould disappear with the win of the exchange, it would seem he might havehad to come up with a different plan, 10.Ne6 , say. }
10. Ne6+ Kb6
{ Probablysafest. Had she played 10...Kd6, this might have happened: 11.Nc3 Qg6 12.h3 Nd7 13.f5 ... 14.Nxe4 with a strong-looking attack. }
11. Na3 { Aimingfor c4 and check. } 11... a6
{ Creating a hidey-hole for himself... } 12. b4
{ (!?) Trying to open a file directed at the Black King. Maybe White felt that12.Nc4 Ka7 13.Nc7 Qg6 14.Bh3 offered insufficient return. }
12... Ka7
{ Again,playing safe. But taking on b4 was worth a look: 12...cxb4 13.Nc4 Ka714.d3 Nc6 15.Be3 Kb8 16.Bb6 (threatens Bc7 ) ...a5 (an attempt to createroom for the BK) 17.Bc7 Ka7 (17...Kc8 18.Nb6#) 18.Bb6 Kb8 (18...Ka6 19.Nc7#)and what seems to be a perpetual. Had White more than this if Black tookthe pawn? I haven't found anything so far! }
13. b5
{ Charging onward! See how Black is being given no time to bring out her pieces. But White'sgame is developing almost as slowly: yet to castle, and still to bringout the Q-side pieces. Meanwhile, what might have been the consequencesof opening the b-file? 13.bxc5 Qc6 (say) 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.Nc4 Qa4 and Blackhas some threats of her own. }
13... Qg6
{ This queen is just about Black's onlyactive piece, and it looks difficult to bring the others into play. Whatis intriguing about all this is that it's hard to see how White can makegood the loss of his queen; and equally difficult to fathom how Black cansurvive the bind on her game. Are both losing?? }
14. Bh3
{ The most logicalconsolidation. But can White accelerate his attack on the other flankby offering more material? 14.b6 Kxb6 15.Nc4 (15.Rb1 might be wortha look) 15...Ka7 (no choice) 16.Ne5 Qe8 (...Qh4 seems to lead nowhere)17.Rb1 Nc6 (17...Nd7!? 18.Nxd7!? Qxd7 19.Nxc5 Qc7 20.Rxb7 Qxb7 21.Nxb7Kxb7 22.Bf5 with an ending difficult to assess) 18.Nxc5 Nd8 19.Bd7 Qh520.Nxe4... and White looks to have a fine game. }
14... Nd7
{ Developing a pieceat last. Black's problem has been that White has given her little chanceto bring out her pieces... }
15. O-O
{ ...but in saying that, one has toadmit that White has had to employ pieces already developed. Now comesa lull in the battle as reserves are called up. }
15... Qh5
{ (!?) So far, Blackhas done nothing wrong that I can see, but one feels a bit uncomfortablewith this move. However, Black had to do something about her K-side, andthis move frees the g-pawn, should she get the chance to advance it andbring out her bishop. But maybe ...h6 was worth a look, keeping the knightout of g5, and thereby making it harder for White to bring the h3-bishopinto e6. Such a regrouping by White does happen later on. }
16. Bb2 { Pinningthe g7-pawn and tying down Black's K-flank. } 16... Rg8
{ (?!) Now, had White chosen,he could have carried out at once the regrouping earlier mentioned: 17.Ng5Nf6 18.Be6. }
17. Rad1
{ (!?) A 'mysterious' rook move. Did White envisagebreaking out with his d-pawn, or was this played against a possible 17...Qd5,attacking d2? A difficult move to understand, I find. }
17... Nb6 18. Kh1 { Playingalmost as if he hadn't a care in the world... ;-) }
18... Rc8
{ (!?) Possibly Blackought to have been seeking ways to unravel her K-side. 18...g6 or maybe18...h6 offered some prospects of breaking out of the bind. }
19. Rde1 { Isuspect a rethink has taken place since White's 17th... } 19... Qd5
{ Good: centralisation- but also eyeing a couple of loose White pawns... } 20.
Ng5
{ Discoveringan attack against Black's c8-rook, and threatening a fork against her othermajor pieces - this looks devastating. Does that mean Black's previouswas a mistake after all? I'm not sure it does. It was looking likelythat to free up her game, Black would have to give back something. Nowwith 20....Qxd2 21.Bxc8 Nxc8 22.Bc1 Qd5 Black might have gained time enoughto complete her development. }
20... Qxa2 { (?) Wrong pawn, methinks... } 21. Rb1
{ (!) Now Black must shed material. How best to do this? } 21... Qxb1
{ (?) Quiteunderstandable attempt to cut her losses, but it might have been betterto have kept her most active piece, and let a rook go instead. After 21...Qd522.Be6 Qxd2 23.Bxg8 e3, Black at least has some counterplay. After thiscapture, it is hard to see how Black can survive. }
22. Rxb1 Ra8 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Be6 Rh8
{ Although material parity has been approximately restored,White has retained his spatial and temporal advantages. Black's K-sideis so tied up that White is effectively playing with a rook and bishopextra. }
25. Nf7 Rg8 26. Be5
{ (!) Centralisation! Also good was 26.Ne5,but the move played is more effective, and the more visually pleasing. }
26... h6 27. Bc7
{ Closing in for the kill. Black is busted. I gather Joanneconsidered resigning hereabouts, but agreed to play out the mate. }
27... Na4 28. Bd5 { Heralding a mate in 5... } 28... Re8 29. Rb7+
{ According to the matingsequence already envisaged. It turns out that Black's previous move alloweda different, slightly quicker one. Can you find it? [Answer: 27.Nb5 mates in three.] }
29... Ka8 30. Rb8+ Ka7 31. Rxe8 { A non-check, but mate can'tbe stopped. }
31... g6 32. Ra8#
{ A very difficult and tense game, for both playersI suspect. White had to make good a large material investment; Black tofind ways to free up her game. Maybe White has the most fun in this kindof game? I think Black was doing fine up until her 20th move (...Qxa2?). It shows how double-edged games like this can suddenly capsize into adisaster for one side. }
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[Event "IFC Coaching Game # 6 with Dylam"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "12-Oct-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jonny1988"]
[Black "dylam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1196"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 { the boring Italian... } 5. O-O d6
6. d3 Na5 7. b3
{ Better was 7. Bb3. now there is a great weakness onthe black squares. } 7...
Nxc4 { of course... } 8. bxc4 O-O 9. Rb1
{ 9. Nd5 is worthlooking. also 9. Na4. } 9... c6 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Nxb6
{ opens black a file. whitesa pawn is lost... } 11... axb6 12. a3 Bg4 13. h3
Bh5 14. Bb2
{ there is no goodplace for white's bishop. i think Be3 was better. } 14...
Nd7 { wants Qf6 or f5. } 15. Ra1
{ holding to the a pawn. it is better to give it and start movethe forces to the king side. }
15... Qf6 16. d4 Ra4 17. dxe5
{ white is left withtwo 'stupid' pawns on the c file. it is unplayable... }
17... Nxe5 { more presureon f3. } 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qd7
{ white falls apart. leaving his king withno defense against black's queen and rook, white is in a poor position. }
19... Bxf3 20. g3 Rxc4 21. Qd3 Bxe4 { nothing to annotate from now forth... }
22. Qe3 Bxc2 23. Rac1 b5 24. Qe2 Qf5 25. a4 Bd3 26. Qe1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Bxf1 28.
Qxf1 bxa4 29. Kh2 a3 30. Qa1 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qb2 32. Qxb2 axb2 33. Kh2 b1=Q 34.
h4 Qf1 35. g4 Rd8 36. h5 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Qf2+ 38. Kh3 Rd3# 0-1
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