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[Event "Analysis of an Endgame Decision (Opening: KGA, Abbazia Defence)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "20-Dec-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jmfpeaceable"]
[Black "eforsyth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1302"]
[TimeControl "4 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1284"]
1. e4
{ I opened this game with a fairly standard King's Gambit, which myopponent accepted. I was unable to win back the pawn at any point in thegame, which is unusual in my games, but I took as a mark of superior playon my opponent's part. The game itself was somewhat unusual, but I donot intend to analyze the greater portion of it. On move 33 I missed apossibility and was forced either to exchange Rooks - which I had beenavoiding - or lose a tempo, which could have been crucial. }
1... e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Bg4 5. d4 g5 6. Nbd2 Nh6 7. c4 Bb4 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. a3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nf5 13. Bc3 Ne3 14. Bd3
Nc6 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Bb5 f6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bc3
Nd5 21. Rhg1 Nxc3 22. bxc3 h6 23. h4 Rhg8 24. h5 Rde8 25. Kb2 Re3 26. Rdf1 Re2+
27. Kb3 Rh2 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Rd8 30. Kc4 Rd6 31. Re1 Kb7 32. Rd1
{ I was here considering advancing the Queen's pawn, establishing myselfon Black's half of the board, which seemed critical as I was playing apawn down. In this position, it is crucial to remove mobility in Black'sQueen-side, as his King-side pawns will win the game if the White Kingwanders too far. }
32... Rd5 { Black blocks the advance of the pawn. } 33. Rb1+
{ I am looking to drive Black's king to the side of the board, and thenadvance the d-pawn. It was not a particularly well-thought-out idea, asthe Rook block is in plain view. }
33... Rb5
{ Black, as I thought, looks to forcethe exchange. With the Rooks off the board, the extra King-side pawn bringsthe game to a quick finish. Although there are weaknesses to this move,I missed them. }
34. Rxb5+
{ Better, on reflection, is Rb4, pinning the Rook. White's king is free to move, and Black has to spend moves extricatinghis Queen's side. }
34... cxb5+
{ What should be the clinching move. The Kingcannot capture, as on 34. Kxb5, g4 gains Black a Queen! }
35. Kd3
{ Betteris Kd5, briefly containing the Black King. But in the meantime, White'sisolated a-pawn is weak, and in combination with Black's King-side majoritywill probably lose the game. White cannot keep at least one from Queening,and is forced to play for his own Queen. Play might proceed: 35. ... Kb636. e4 Ka5 37. f5 Ka4 38. Kg6 g4! 39. Kxh6 gxf3 40. Kg7 f2 41. h6 f1=Q42. h7 Qg2 . Even if White can Queen the h-pawn, he will be forced tointerpose and exchange, and Black can Queen his a-pawn with relative ease. If instead 39. fxg4 f3, White is another move behind in Queening his pawnand there is no doubt whatsoever. }
35... a5
{ Threatens 36. b4, at which pointeither the a-pawn or the g- or f- pawns will Queen. }
36. c4
{ I essentiallyconcede the game here. I am hoping to be able to swindle-push one of mypawns down to Queen on d8 fast enough to stall the game. }
36... Kb6
{ Coming tothe rescue. Probably an attempt to protect the c-pawn, although 36. ...c6 would do that more effectively. Still, insufficient to make a difference,if played properly. }
37. c5+
{ Although this should result in the disastrous37. ... Kc6, at which point the Black King prevents a further push, Whiteis running out of time - and I'm not thinking clearly. On the other hand,37. d5 invites 37. ...Kc5, which is even worse, as White has no decentmoves left. (38. Kc3? and the Black King and new b-pawn walk down theboard. 38. Ke4? and Black's position to push on the a-file is even strongerthan it was. 38. d6??? loses another pawn.) }
37... Kc6
{ Black makes his move,and then analyzing the position decides that White has won. As explainedin the notes, I see no chance for White (my own) position. What am I missing? }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ineffablez"]
[Black "gigabyte64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1502"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1218"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { Spanish Opening. } 3... a6
{ Spanish Opening Continuedto the Morphy Defense. } 4. Ba4 Bc5 { ? } 5. Nxe5
{ Free pawn because of 6.d4 } 5... Nxe5 6. d4 { Fork } 6... Bxd4
{ He chooses to lose the bishop. } 7. Qxd4
{ Niceposition for the queen in an undeveloped center. } 7... Nc6 8. Qxg7 Qf6
{ Competentresponse, In his shoes I would've done the same. } 9. Bh6
{ !! This is wherewhite gains the edge (the rook) needed to win. } 9... Qxh6
10. Qxh8 Qg6 11. Bxc6
{ Thinking back I would've rather kept my bishop for a more powerfulendgame. }
11... dxc6 12. O-O Bh3 13. Qe5+ Ne7 14. Qg3
{ This pretty much forcesa trade which I want to happen. } 14... Qxg3 15. fxg3
Be6 { Saves his bishop. } 16. Nc3 { I begin to connect the team of rooks. }
16... O-O-O { Late Queenside castle.Decent move. } 17. Rad1 f5 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8
{ Now it's a Rook/Knight vs Bishop/Knight. } 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Rd2
b5 22. Re2 Ng6 23. Re8+ Kb7 24. Ne4 Kb6 25. c3 Bd7 26. Rd8 Bf5 27. Nf6 c5 28.
Nxh7 Bb1 29. a3 Ne5 30. Nf6 Kc6 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4
{ The main trick for white is making sure he cannotrun any of his pawns. I should've also started running my own pawns too. }
32... Nc4 33. Ra8 Kb7 34. Rd8 Nxa3 35. Nd7 Nc2 36. Nc5+ Kb6 37. Nd3 a5 38.
bxa5+ Kxa5 39. h4 b4 40. h5 b3 41. h6 Nb4 42. h7 Bxd3 43. h8=Q Ka4 44. Ra8+ Ba6
45. Qa1+ Kb5 46. Rb8+ Kc4 47. Rxb4+
{ Rook Sacrifice so I can nail bothof his minor pieces. } 47... Kxb4 48. Qxa6
{ The rest is history. } 48... b2 49. Qf1 Kb3 50. Qb1 c5 51. Kf2 c4 52. Ke2 c3
53. Kd1 c2+ 54. Qxc2+ Ka2 55. g4 Ka1 56. g5 b1=Q+ { Too late. } 57. Qxb1+ Kxb1
58. g6 Kb2 59. g7 Kc3 60. g8=Q Kb2 61. Qc4 Ka3 62. Qb5 Ka2 63. Kc2 Ka3 64. Qb3#
{ Annotated by The King ofSpades. } 1-0
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[Event "Walking the Walk 2 - A blunder in the middlegame"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "l-d-j"]
[Black "ionadowman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
{ This is my second annotation for the Walking the walk project, initiatedby easy19. In this project, players below 2000 level play against mastersto gain experience against a strong opponent. To really learn something,players are encouraged to annotate their games. So here we go. }
1. e4 c5
{ The Sicilian is often seen at master level. It can lead to very sharpplay, as explained in some other annotations of mine. I normally see 1...e5in my games. }
2. Nf3 e6
{ A somewhat non-committal move, as Black can stillchoose from many Sicilian systems, such as the Scheveningen, the Taimanovand the Kan variation. Nevertheless, 2...d6 is more often seen, which canlead to the hyper-sharp Najdorf and dragon variations. Another possibilityis 2...Nc6, which can lead to the accelerated dragon and the Sveshnikov.(Other transpositions are also possible) Another advantage of this moveis that it discourages 3.Bb5, as after 3...a6! the bishop has to retreatbecause 4.Ba4?? b5 5.Bb3 c4 loses it. This move (3.Bb5) is a good possibilityagainst 2...d6 and 2...Nc6 though. }
3. d4 { I stick with what I know - theopen Sicilians. } 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6
{ The Kan variation - a rock solid approach,but it can have quite some 'bite' if either player is not careful. }
5. Nc3 b5
{ Black chooses to expand early on the queenside, without even developinga piece. This is the so-called minority attack: Black has a 3 vs. 2 minorityon the queenside, so if two pairs of pawns are exchanged white is leftwith an isolated pawn on that side of the board, which can be attackedeasily by the open lines that are created. }
6. Bd3 d6
{ Black also wantsto control a small share of the centre, though White hasmore control onthat part of the board for now. }
7. O-O
{ I keep making solid developingmoves. In many variations of the Sicilian I like to castle queenside, butas Black already has an attack going at that side (and, to be honest, anotherreason was that I was playing a master) I chose the safer approach. }
7... Nd7 { This move is rarely seen. Far more common are 7...Nf6 and 7...Bb7. }
8. a4
{ Trying to induce Black's pawns forward, to be able to attack them andbreak them up. The immediate threat is 9.axb5, on which Black can't respond9...axb5?? on account of the hanging rook on a8. I was aware of the factthat I followed a game in the database, which ended in a win for Blackand I knew that I would probably have to deviate to hope for a better resultthan in that game. }
8... b4
{ But to my delight, the master deviates first. Themove played in the game we followed, 8...bxa4, looks somewhat illogical,as it isolates the a pawn, which can be attacked easily as it is on anopen file after White retakes. }
9. Na2
{ Attacking the pawn. Other squaresare even worse: 9.Nde2 blocks a good developing square for the queen, andon b1 the knight is nothing but a spectator as a3 and c3 are both controlledby the pawn on b4, and there doesn't seem to be a nice spot which the knightcan go to in the near future. Also, it blocks the rook from developing,so it has to move again soon (after the bishop and queen are out). That,combined with what I saw in games in the opening DB and with earlier experiencein this variation (not this particular position), were the reasons whyI preferred this move. }
9... e5
{ ? Normally I would hesitate to give a movemade by a master a ?, but, as the master admitted, this move was a plainoversight. Ion had written the notation down wrongly, so he had the wrongposition on the board. As he didn't look at the board on the GK site properly,he made this blunder... Fortunately for him, it was only a pawn that Icould win. }
10. Nc6
{ ! This simple knight fork (with double attack on b4)wins me a pawn. I was really hesitating to make this move, as I was afraidthe master had set a trap which I was not aware of, but I couldn't finda reason not to play it, so I decided I would try and see what would happen. }
10... Qb6 11. Ncxb4
{ At first I wanted to play 11.Naxb4??, until I discoveredthat that would be a horrible blunder as 11...a5 wins a piece (the knightscan't defend each other anymore). The computer gives me a decisive edge(+1.91) at this point, while Ion felt that he had some compensation inan active game and open lines for his pieces now. I'm not sure who is rightor wrong, as I felt I also had active piece play and especially a stronggrip on the centre, so I thought my advantage was at least a clear pawn. }
11... Ngf6 12. Be3
{ Developing with tempo, but my advantage drops slightly, to+1.51. I'm not sure what is wrong with this though... }
12... Qb7
{ I would expectthe bishop to develop to this spot, but if the queen would go to a5/d8or c7 there could be some tactics involving knight forks on c6 or d5 respectively,and on b8 she blocks the natural square for the rook. }
13. f4
{ !? Gainingspace in the centre and preparing a kingside assault, as is often the planin the Sicilian for White. However, Black's position has no weaknessesat that side of the board (which is often the case in the Kan) and maybeI should have switched my attention to the queenside, in particular theweak a6 pawn (but 13.Qe2 would be strongly met with 13...Nc5, when I haveto concede the bishop pair because 14.Bc4 loses the a pawn). }
13... Be7 14. Kh1
{ There are many options here, but I decided to make a waiting move to seewhat Black would do. Another move I considered was 14.Qe2, but I didn'tlike to concede the bishop pair after 14...Nc5. Still, it could be a goodmove as after (14.Qe2 Nc5) 15.Bxc5 dxc5, Black has many weaknesses on thequeenside. }
14... O-O 15. fxe5
{ Opening lines on the kingside. Though the computerdoesn't spot an inaccuracy, my advantage decreases by 0.3 or 0.4 pointswith every move I make and has now fallen to only +0.45 (while I stillhad the feeling that I was far better, if not winning, though I knew whoI was playing against). }
15... dxe5 16. Bc4
{ ?? And here I make a horrible blunder.I had probably forgotten that the exchange on e5 had also opened a linefor Black... My idea, of course, was an attack on the f file and f7 inpartiicular, but that didn't quite happen. }
16... Bxb4 17. c3
{ ? The mistakeskeep coming. Here I simply forgot about the e pawn. In an OTB game it isquite normal to make two mistakes in a row due to the psychological effect,but it's not necessary in a correspondence game. My idea was to place arook on e1, of course. }
17... Qxe4 18. Bg5
{ Dreaming about exchange sacs on f6(why not? I'm way behind in material, so might as well throw in some extrawood). }
18... Bb7 19. Rf2
{ ? Planning to double on the f file, but this is anotherblunder. } 19... Bc5
{ The game is totally over now. } 20. Rd2
{ I could have tried20.Bd3, but I had the idea to win back some material on d7... }
20... Qxc4 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qxd7
{ However, by neglecting my defence, I allow Ion to mateme with a nice piece sac. }
22... Bxg2+ { ! It's mate in 6. } 23. Kxg2 Qe2+ 24. Kh3
{ It's mate in 2 now. 24.Kg3 would last a little bit longer, but I missedthat after 24...Bf2+ I could return to g2: 25.Kg2 Be1+! (necessary to blockthe 8th row) 26.Kg1 Qf2+ 27.Kh1 Qf1#. }
24... Qf3+ 25. Kh4 Bf2#
{ A convincingwin for the master, but I had a good game until my blunder at move 16.Thanks for reading, I'd like to receive some comments. Ion, thanks forthis lesson, I hope we can play another game soon. }
0-1
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[Event "The big bad Wolf"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "14-Jan-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rjacobs"]
[Black "easy19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
1. d4
{ Here's a short sharp lesson from Freddy! I adopt my usual policyof avoiding 1. e4 against stronger opponents... }
1... Nc6
{ Freddy did tell mewhat opening this was but I was none the wiser... } 2. Nf3
{ so I decideto play 'sensible' opening moves, first developing the KN and opposingBlack's N }
2... d6 3. h3 { to deter the B from coming to g4 } 3... Nf6
{ Black calmlydevelops his KN } 4. Bg5
{ provoking me to play the move I'd prevented himfrom playing. This is like the Torre Attack }
4... Ne4
{ and this is a commonresponse to the Trompowski, which I'm used to encountering as Black, soI felt I was on slightly more familiar ground now, though I don't playthe Tromp myself. }
5. Nbd2
{ One of my favourite chess writers, Yelena Dembo,advises never to retreat! Somewhat extreme but there is sense in thereif you like an attacking style. Rather than retreat or bolster up my Bmore, I develop another piece, while leaving my c-pawn freedom to move. }
5... Nxg5
{ Freddy whips off my B, giving himself the only B pair on the board. } 6. Nxg5
{ Naturally I recapture but this N is somewhat exposed and unsupported } 6...
e5
{ so Black counter-attacks in the centre. The pawn can't be defendedeffectively with a pawn or N, so I counter-attack Black's N }
7. d5
{ andBlack seizes the opportunity to win the pawn, tying up my K-side at thesame time }
7... Qxg5 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Nf3 Qf6 10. e4
{ I need to resume my developmentbut I didn't have to play this pawn two squares. I could have allowedhim to push my N around with 10...e4 but I didn't fancy that much. }
10... Be7 11. Be2 { Perhaps 11. Bc4 would have restrained Black's pawn centre }
11... O-O
{ Black gets castling in first, so his opening play has gained him at leastone tempo }
12. Qd2
{ Not fancying running into a brutal kingside attackvia ...Qg6 and ... Bxh3, I contemplate castling queenside, though thislooks no better with Black having that open file to b2 }
12... Rb8 13. Qc3
{ Forthe time being, I can defend the b-pawn, and pretend to threaten the doubledpawns }
13... c5 14. Bc4
{ belatedly trying to control the a2-g8 diagonal and potentiallyblock Black's attack on b2 }
14... Qg6
{ but now Black attacks g2 and castlingkingside looks too risky. On the other hand, if I connect my rooks andhe takes on g2 I can chase the Q and draw a bead on his castled king'sposition. There's a terrible problem with my next move though. I reallyshould have studied the position more carefully. }
15. O-O-O { ?? } 15... Qxe4
{ Oh dear. Freddy snaps up this central pawn immediately. I'm two pawnsdown with nothing to show for it. The Big Bad Wolf has just had to letme make mistakes. }
16. Rhe1 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Bf6
{ Now b2 is the target in earnest. My Q cannot defend from c3. 18. Qd2 might defend, followed by c3, butthe B would be hanging. Perhaps I should attack the Q with 18. g3. Afterthe Q moves I can play 19. Qd2 }
18. Bb3
{ ? missing the immediate threatwhile concentrating on the longer term threat. }
18... e4 { ! Horrible double attack } 19. Qe3 { as good as resigning really }
19... Qxe3 20. Rxe3 exf3
{ A whole pieceand two pawns down, there's no point carrying on. Perhaps, rather thancriticise others' efforts, I should concentrate on removing errors frommy own game. }
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[Event "Break on through to the other side"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.03.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "drchopper"]
[Black "w14415"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "5 min + 20"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
{ Here playing white on a french defense, advancevariation. The winnawer (Nf3) is generally used but I don't like that muchthis line because of bad experiences. It's a blitz game by the way. }
3... c5 { Black try to pierce my middle pawns and enter the bishop. } 4. c3
{ It blockthe queen side but I don't care because I want to play on the king side.I want to keep a strong middle. }
4... Nc6 5. Nf3 { It block my queen to g4 butit's a natural defensive move. }
5... cxd4 { There was no hurry to exchange butit's fine. } 6. cxd4 Nge7 7. Nc3
Qb6 8. Rb1
{ ! The idea is to be able toprotect b2 if I have to move my bishop and maybe to advance it later. }
8... Nf5 9. Be3
{ Most of the time it's better to keep the bishop vs a knightbut I though it could give me the opportunity to attack on the king sidelater. }
9... Bb4 10. Be2 Qa5
{ ?! Well I think it's a waste of tempo, but stillplayable. The king make pressure on both c3 and a2. }
11. Qb3
{ The bestway to protect both. I like the idea that my queen or my rook to pierceinto b7 later if black move both his bishops. }
11... O-O 12. O-O Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxc3
{ ?! I think Be7 would have been better in this situation. } 14. bxc3
{ I really like my position. Strong middle and great opportunities to attackon the king side. }
14... a6
{ Well I prefer Nf7. Black think about to continuewith b5 but underestimate an attack on the king side. }
15. Qc2 h6 { To preventNg5 and Qxh7. } 16. Bd3
{ ?! Not very sure about this move. The idea wasto do Bh7+ so the king don't hide on the queen side. Maybe a direct g4would have been better. }
16... Ne7 17. g4
{ ! Prevent an immediate Nf5 and helpto contribute to the attack on the king side. There is no immediate threatfrom black on the king side. His rook and and bishop is still undevelopedand there is a blockade in the middle. }
17... Qd8 18. Bh7+
{ ?! Really not sureabout this sacrifice. It was purely instinctive but I think a direct g5would have been more precise. }
18... Kh8 19. g5 g6 20. gxh6 Nf5 { ! } 21. Bxg6
{ This bishop was lost anyway. This way, I break his defense and get a pawn. }
21... fxg6 22. Rbe1
{ I took some minutes to think about the right way to go.Black is winning with perfect defense but there is still a lot of tricksto play. }
22... Kh7
{ ? Well I don't like this move. Waste of tempo and now theking can be directly threaten by Ng5. I prefer Bd7 to be able to do Be8and protecting the g pawn. }
23. Qg2 Rg8 { ?? Worst possible move. } 24. Ng5+
{ Black must lose the queen now. If Kxh6 or Kh8 then Nf7 doing a royalfork. }
24... Qxg5 25. Qxg5 Bd7 { Now I have a great advantage. } 26. Kh1
{ Thinkingabout to do Rxf5 gxf5 Qe7+ to take the bishop. The king must move so myqueen don't get pinned by the rook. }
26... Rae8 { Black see it and defend. } 27. Rb1
{ The time on my clock is getting very low, less than 1 minute to play. } 27...
Bb5 28. Rf3 { Ready to do Rh3 if Nxh6 and protecting the e pawn. } 28... Bc6
29. Rg1 Ref8 30. h4 { ! If Nxh6 then Rxf8 Rxf8 and Qxg6+. } 30... Rf7
{ ? After Be8,black seems almost in zugzwang. } 31. h5 { The end is near. }
31... Be8 32. hxg6+ Kh8 33. g7+
{ gxf7 would have been fine too. 33.gxf7 Rxg5 fxe8+(queen promotion)or 33.gxf7 Bxf7 34.Qf6+ Kh7 Qxf7+ }
33... Nxg7 { Rfxg7 34.hxg7+ Rxg7 35.Rh3+ } 34. Rxf7 Bxf7 35. hxg7+ { Kh7 Qh4+ }
35... Rxg7 36. Qxg7# { Great game even if I havealmost lost! } 1-0
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[Event "Initiative lost to Material this time."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "timothymonk"]
[Black "chuckbo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1061"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4
{ This defense to the ScotchGame has had a better reputation in the past. These days, it's considerednot so good for Black. But I'm thinking of using it in a tournament againsta Scotch player who's unprepared for it and wanted to test it out. }
5. Nf3
{ The common moves are Nc3, where White tries to hold on to the pawn,and Nb5, where White gets the pawn but Black gives up the right to castle. I felt that this was a mistake because Black gets the pawn and still getsto castle. But it turns out not so easy to castle, even here. }
5... Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3
{ I was in a hurry to develop and get my king out of thecenter. You've got to castle rapidly in an open game. I think I was moreworried that he would play c3 here, and I'd have to move the bishop againinstead of developing the knight next or Nbd2 -- probably the best move-- and make me take a move with the queen. Though, I know the queen can'tstay out in the middle of the board like this. }
7... Nf6 8. O-O
{ Hard decisionfor me. Do I trade on c6 so I can castle or move the queen? }
8... Qe7 9. Bg5
{ White continues to make it hard for me. I'm worried about White playingNe4. }
9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rb1
{ I think that's a wonderful move for White.I still want to play d6 or d5, but it just got harder to develop the lightbishop. It also lets the rook develop quickly to the kingside. }
11... h6 12. Bh4
{ Yeah, I was hoping for the trade, but he didn't go for it. That meansI have to keep going. }
12... g5
{ I'm already up a pawn, but I still had a nervousfeeling that White might sac a piece for two pawns and then swing the rookover to the kingside and the queen via d3 perhaps. I've ahead in materialbut still far behind in initiative. }
13. Bg3 Ne4
{ I want to get rid ofhis bishop pair and reduce the number of pieces he has attacking me. }
14. Bxc7
{ That's a shock. The first thing I was worried about was Bd6. Butthen I see that I'll be okay. I can play Nxc3. He can play Bd6, but I'llmove my queen to f6. He can move his queen, but I don't have to settlefor a rook trade. I can play Nxe2+ and then Qxd6 after he plays Qxe2. }
14... Nxc3 15. Qd2
{ Instead of winning the exchange on b1, I decided it's betterto get a bishop or more. }
15... Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 d5 17. Rbe1
{ Not a good move. Rescuingthe bishop would be better. And if you want to pin the knight, I thinkusing the other rook is better. The rook on b1 was one of the few goodthings left for White. }
17... Qxc7 { Now Black's up a piece and a pawn, and therest should be easy. }
18. Qxe2
{ Rxe2 is probably better to double the rooksand not have the knight pinned on the next move. }
18... Bg4 19. Qe5
{ That'sjust a plain blunder, but the game is already over for White. } 19...
Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxf3 21. Rf5 { This move traps the rook. } 21... Be4 22. Rf3 Bxf3
23. gxf3 Rae8 24. Rg1 Re2 25. Rg2 Qf4 26. a3 Qxf3 27. Kg1 Re1# 0-1
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[Event "A shocking win!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "feisty_pawn"]
[Black "lake-bay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
{ I have previously lost a game to this player. His rating doesn't portrayhim accurately. But in this game... }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5
{ My usual followup is b5. I decided to try something different. } 5. c3 Nf6
{ ? This is a mistake. } 6. O-O { Bxc6! and black has problems. } 6... Nxe4 7.
d4 { ? Not the best. } 7... exd4 { I trade off my doomed pawn. } 8. Re1
{ Thisappears good... } 8... d5 { I am safely up a pawn. } 9. cxd4 Bb4
{ ! Hitting therook. } 10. Nc3
{ ? This piece was needed later to attack the knight. Bd2 } 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3
O-O { Freeing the knight(s). } 12. Bc2 { ? } 12... Nxc3
{ I whip offa second pawn. } 13. Qd3 Ne4 { I centralize my knight. } 14. Nd2
{ Clever. } 14... Nb4 { The only move. } 15. Qb3 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Bf5 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 { The threatof mate on h7 is gone. } 18. Qb3 b6
{ ? An inaccuracy on my part. My ideawas to prepare c5. } 19. Bb2 Qg5
{ The queen mobilizes with a vengeance! } 20. f3 { Naturally... } 20... Bg6 21.
Re5 { 'sigh' } 21... Qd2 { I try to counter attack. } 22. Rae1
{ ?? What made him do that? Now I win without a problem! } 22... Be4
{ !!Mate is inevitable sooner or later! } 23. fxe4
{ ?? A bad error. He resignedas soon as he played it. Mate next move... } 23...
Qxe1#
{ White still would havedied after Rxe4 dxe4, Rxe4 R(f or a)e8! and white is in big trouble! }
0-1
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[Event "akaspooky's mini-tournament VI"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "benfliza"]
[Black "jokeslayer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1217"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
{ The Ruy Lopez. An opening I often choose asWhite, with normally plenty of tactical goings-on. }
3... a6
{ Not my usual choiceof reply as I prefer to push my own development first with something likeNf6 (Berlin Defence) or Bc6 (Cordel or Classical Defence). But 3. ...a6 is a popular choice, and while it seems a little slow and often-seencontinuation Ba4 b5 Bb3 isn't very good for Black in my experience, a6on its own is fine. }
4. Bxc6 dxc6
{ Ordinarily I'd capture towards thecentre with bxc6. This option gives Black the opportunity to more quicklydevelop, at the expense of a decent pawn centre. Perhaps not worth it. }
5. d3 f6 6. a3
{ ? White is making some slow pawn moves that aren't doingmuch. } 6... Bg4
{ A sort of reverse Ruy Lopez (I don't know if this has a realname). Black can easily be chased away into obscurity by h3, but for nowthe knight is pinned. }
7. Be3 g6
{ Prepares f5 to supposrt the bishop, whichwould force the exchange if White plays h3. Perhaps this whole idea isweak. }
8. Nc3
{ A fairly limited square for the knight, who is dominatedby the c6 pawn. I think Nfd2 might have been better, with castling, centralpawn pushes and support from the Queen to follow. }
8... Bc5 { ?? } 9. Bxc5 f5
{ I don't think I like this too much either. I suppose after Bxf3 Qxf3f4 the White queen is a little trapped, but the king's castle will be veryexposed (assuming he gets rid of that dsb long enough to make one). }
10. O-O Nf6 { I don't really know where he thinks he's going. } 11. exf5 gxf5
12. Qe2 b6
{ An empty threat: Qxe5+ buys enough time for the bishop to moveaway. } 13. Be3
Rg8
{ Black eyes a sneaky checkmate should the queen leaveher defence of the knight. Seems a vain hope now, though. Might havebeen better to get the Queen out in preparation for castling long. }
14. h3 { Drops the pawn. } 14... Bxh3 15. Bg5 Bg4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
{ Black survives a shorttactical storm with a one-pawn advantage, but how long can he hold it? }
17. Rae1
{ Qxe5 probably recovers the pawn (continuing Qxe5 18. Nxe5. 18. ... Bh3 appears to win it back until 19. Kh2 Bxg2 20. Rg1 and Blackis in trouble). }
17... Bh3
{ I don't know, really. It looks like Black hopesto win something back by exploiting pins and discovered attacks, but hehasn't enough material or power in the attack to really make it stick andWhite has many defenders around. }
18. Qxe5+ Qxe5 19. Rxe5+
{ White tradesQueens and picks up a pawn into the bargain. His position looks good ifhe can turn his minor piece advantage into a workable pawn majority. }
19... Kd7 20. Nh4 Rg4
{ ?! Doesn't really improve Black's position, but it doesn'tappear to drop a pawn either (which I thought it might). Might work outwell if Black gets the time to bring his other rook over, or if White playsNxf5 }
21. Re3 Rxh4 { Anything else for Black is worse. } 22. Rxh3 Rxh3 23. gxh3
{ Black is hanging on but isn't improving his position and isn't likelyto be happy if pieces keep getting traded down. }
23... Rg8+ 24. Kh2 Re8
{ Lookingto dominate an open file and sneak onto the seventh, from where he shouldwin a pawn, but only if the knight shifts first, which he probably willhave to given the lack of other options. }
25. Kg3 Rg8+
{ Black must movehis rook before he can move his king across the e-file. Perhaps he shouldabandon that pawn to distract White while he works on moving over to theQueenside? }
26. Kf4 Ke6 27. Ne2 { Heading for a fork on d4 } 27... c5 28. c4 c6 29. b4 cxb4
30. axb4
{ White now cannot prevent Black from making an outsidepassed pawn, but will Black be able to turn it into something useful? It seems likely White's defenders will be equal to the task of containingit. }
30... a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Nc3 Rb8
{ Black hopes to pick up other pawns whilethe Knight goes after the passed pawn, using the open file to penetrateWhite's position. }
33. Ra1 Rb2 34. Rxa5 Rxf2+
{ Black has traded his passedpawn for a pawn of White's. Not a great position for Black, but he doesnow have a passed pawn he might be able to support with his king. }
35. Kg3 Rd2
{ The d-pawn must fall as well - the h-pawn would have fallen hadthe king tried to protect the d-pawn. }
36. Na4 Rxd3+ 37. Kg2
{ The Whiteking chooses to move backwards rather than be pushed to the edge of theboard. Instead Kf4 would have kept him in the central fight. He is nowentombed behind the third rank and will need his other pieces to get activeto hold off the advancing e-pawn. }
37... Ra3 38. h4 { As mentioned, Nc5+ andWhite has won. } 38... Kf6 39. Ra6
{ ? White's rook's control of the sixth rankwas vital. This is a potentially huge mistake. On the other hand, itmay allow White to pull a win out of a drawn position. }
39... Ke5 40. Ra7 h5
{ Robs the White rook, if it does go after the pawn, of valuable checkingdistance. If White wants that pawn, he has to give up tempi that allowBlack to further threaten promotion. }
41. Re7+ Kd4
{ Black opts not to blockhis pawn. He can protect it from where he is, and can potentially snapup the c-pawn and make another passed pawn for himself. Black isn't tooworried about facing a flurry of White checks and should eventually penetratethe White position. }
42. Nb6
{ White saves his knight and protects his c-pawn,but gives Black the chance to push his f-pawn a little harder. The positionstill looks quite drawn, but the major winning chances are with Black. }
42... f4 43. Rh7 f3+ 44. Kf2 Ke4
{ The White king gets himself in front of thepawn, which is good, but the pawn is now protected by its king, which willallow Black to use his rook to push the king back. 43. Rh7 was not a particularlygood move as it gave too much freedom to the Black king. White has slippeda little out of the drawn position, and must accept that the game is verylocked down (unless he can trade rooks and win the advanced pawn, whenhis knight might allow him to free one of the remaining pawns). }
45. Rxh5
{ ? Not good. Checking distance is gone and the White rook has wasted amove. The position really does still look very drawn to me, but Whiteis making problems for himself rather than playing simply and containingthe threat. }
45... Ra2+
{ Perhaps not. White still has good defences here ifhe plays well, and good chances to perhaps sneak a win if he can traderooks and then use his knight. Black should perhaps play for the drawwith Ra3-Rb3-Ra3 and so on. 46 }
46. Kf1
{ Kg3 instead kept the king activeand competitive. Here he is massively trapped. }
46... Ke3
{ Black creates amate in one, but in this position the king is exposed to checks from therook which can easily keep him immobile or drive him from the mating squares. After Re5+, Black will have to give up his advanced pawn to keep the Whitehoards at bay, and the game should probably still be a draw, but with thechances now mostly with White. }
47. Rf5
{ ?? Concedes mate in one. Theintention isn't obvious either since the rook can't win the pawn withoutgiving itself up }
47... Ra1# 0-1
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[Event "Stadmeisterschaft 2009, Würselen"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.09.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ralf Hackmann"]
[Black "Marius Drescher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[WhiteElo "1005"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bd3
{ Alternative variation: 5.Nh4[ besser laut Fritz ] } 5... Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7.
O-O c5 8. c3 { like French Alternative variation: 8.Be3 [ Besser laut Fritz ] }
8... Nc6 9. Be3 Qc7 { Alternativevariation: 9...Qb6 [ I had expected ] } 10. a3
{ I kind of know from theFrench, is not so good, according to Fritz Alternative variation: 10.dxc5[ I have not seen, win a pawn? ] }
10... c4 11. Qc2 { Dd2 is not designed toprevent Sbd2 to } 11... a5 12. Nbd2
{ Alternative variation: 12.a4 [ Besser lautFritz ] } 12... a4 13. Rfe1 Nge7
14. h3
{ I did´t know what to move Alternativevariation: 14.Nf1 [ Besser laut Fritz ] }
14... g5 15. Nf1 { with the Plan Sg3-Sh5-Sf6 } 15... Nf5 16. N3h2
{ new Plan Ng4-nf6, But the Knghts a standing away } 16... Bg7
{ developed the the bishop and covers the weak field f6 } 17. Bd2
{ I wantedto keep the bishop, if he has intentions of exchange } 17... b5 18.
Ne3 { theKnight in the middle and force f5 } 18... Nfxd4
{ Victims combination } 19. cxd4 Nxd4 { now 2 pawn against one piece } 20. Qc1
{ rough Patzer } 20... Nb3 21. Qc2
{ Alternativevariation: 21.Qd1 [ Besser laut Fritz ] } 21... Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Qxe5
{ the qualityand one pown more away } 23. Rb1 d4 24. Nef1 f5 25. Re1
{ on the e-linefigures are important, and when the Queen has moved away, is tied f5 }
25... Qf6 { Alternative variation: 25...Qc7 26.Qxf5 } 26. Bb4
{ blocks b5 andatacks fields in the black area } 26... d3 27. Qd2 Kf7
{ Raise the shacklingon } 28. Rb1 e5 29. Ne3 Qe6 30. Re1 e4 31. g3 h5 32. Kg2
{ Alternativevariation: 32.Bc3 [ Besser laut Fritz ] } 32... f4 33. Nef1 f3+
34. Kg1 Qxh3
{ According to Fritz poor white problem, because Ne4 was not seen. As Weisshas too early abandoned? }
35. Nxf3 exf3 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxg5+ Kh7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qg5+
{ usw. usw. => draw } 0-1
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[Event "Blitz win against an opponent with 1965 Elo. Opening used: Scotts game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.08.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "tinker101"]
[Black "jagun"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[TimeControl "5min + 10sec"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 { Playing the Scotts Game } 3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6
{ Ifound this move interesting. I was hoping for 4...Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. b4. I played c3 hoping that would still happen }
5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 { Now for Nge7... } 6... Bxd4 { No, black takes } 7. Bxd4
{ I take } 7... Nxd4 { Black takes } 8. Qxd4 { I take, hoping to trade queens }
8... Qxd4 { Black takes } 9. cxd4 { And I take } 9... d6
{ Black frees their bishop but I think d5 might'vebeen better } 10. d5
{ Next move is going to be Bb5+ to try and get a smalladvantage } 10... Nf6 11.
Bb5+ { I choose to go ahead with my original plan insteadof defending e4 }
11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nc3 { Now, I defend my pawn } 13... Rhe8
{ Black attacks } 14. f3
{ My only move to defend. I don't really like thismove because it looks to me like it weakens my king-side but I have todefend my e4 pawn or else I'll lose my d5 pawn soon after and then shortlyafter, the game }
14... c6 15. Rd1
{ Also possible is dxc6 but I didn't like thelook of it. I liked this move much better. I didn't like the look of castlingeither because then he could try organize a queen-side attack }
15... cxd5 { Hetakes } 16. Nxd5 { I take } 16... Nxd5 { He takes } 17. Rxd5
{ I take and we've hadanother trade-off } 17... Rac8 18. O-O Rc2 19. Rfd1 Re6
20. e5 Rg6 { Trying forthe draw } 21. Rxd6+ { I refuse } 21... Rxd6 22. Rxd6+
Ke7 { I thought quite a bitwhat I should do now and decided on } 23. Rd3
{ My calculations were thatif 23... Rxb2 then 24. Rb3 24... Rxa2 25. Rxb7+ 25... Ke6 26. f4 and althougha pawn down, I still had a fighting chance. }
23... Rxb2 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. axb3
{ Black didn't follow my plan but I think I might have chances here. Isit a tied position, a win for black or a win for white? I'm not sure }
25... Ke6 26. f4 Kd5
{ This is when I had to be careful. My pawn on b3 is lost buthis f pawn is weak so I deduced I still had some fighting chance. }
27. Kf2 Kd4 28. g4 b5 29. Ke2 Kc3 { This proved to be blacks downfall. } 30. f5
a5 31. e6 fxe6 32. fxe6 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. e7
{ And black resigned.Thank you for reading and please comment and criticize. Also please ratemy annotation so I know how I'm doing with them. }
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rookie879"]
[Black "cocomarla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
{ Hello all!here is a game I played not to long ago.I played this game verywell,and my opponent had bad sportsmanship at the end of the game.The detailswill come at the last move. }
1. d4 { My standard opening move. } 1... d5 { A goodreply. } 2. c4
{ Queen's gambit } 2... e6 { Queen's gambit declined. } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
{ 4.Nf3 is also good. } 4... Be7
{ The orthodox defense.4...Nbd7 5.e3 c66.Nf3 Qa5,the cambridge springs variation, is a sharper alternative }
5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2
{ The Rubenstein attack.I played this from theBlack side against a 1750,so I tried this as White }
7... h6 { 7...c5! is better,notgoing for passivity. } 8. Bh4 b6
{ Black is playing a variation similar tothe Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) variation. }
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 { forming a battery on the b1-h7 diagonal. } 10... Re8 11.
O-O { Black has a passiveposition. } 11... a5
{ !? A novelty!Black's idea is to contest the f1-a6 diagonal. } 12. Rad1
{ A bit dubious 12.Rac1 might be better. } 12... Ba6
{ Following throughwith his plan. } 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Rc1
{ Admitting his twelth move was amistake.This is a prophylaxis against c5. }
14... c5 15. Rfd1 { building up hisposition. } 15... Ra8
{ ?A mistake.1:it loses a pawn. 2:it does nothing to helphis position } 16.
dxc5 { !I think my opponent overlooked this. } 16... bxc5 17. Bg3
{ !! A subtle move!White moves his undefended bishop and exposes Black'sdark square weaknesses on the Queenside. }
17... Nb6 { Black thinks his pawn issafe. } 18. Nb5
{ ! this move takes advantage of Black's dark square weaknessesthreatening 19.Nc7 using an outpost on a light-square!This is weak squarestrategy at it's finest! }
18... Rc8 19. Na7 { Now the knight aims for c6. } 19... Ra8 20. Nc6 Qd7 21.
Nxe7+ { The breaking point.Black loses a pawn thanks toweak squares! } 21...
Qxe7 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5
{ Now white has an advantage,hejust needs to convert it. } 23... Ne4
{ ? this removes the defender of d5. } 24. Rb5
{ Removing the other defender of d5. } 24... Na4 25. Rdxd5 Nac3 26. bxc3 Nxc3
27. Rxa5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxa2
{ After the flourish of exchanges White is nowup two pawns.It is still hard to convert it in a two minor piece vs. Rookending. }
29. h3 { Creating room for White's king } 29... f6 30. Rd2
{ Trying totrade rooks to make things clearer on the board } 30... Ra1+ 31. Kh2
Rc8 32. Nd4 { Aiming for f5. } 32... Rcc1 33. Bd6
{ Avoiding 33...Rh1# if the Bishop doesn'tmove. } 33... Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Rhb1 35.
Nf5 { the knight now has a good post } 35... Kf7 36. Bf4 Rb7
{ ?? loses the rook.Although Black is objectively lost } 37. Nd6+
{ Black resigns. in the resignation note my opponent said was not a pleasure.Ireplied back and I asked why?He said that the game was too dry.I askedwhy,then he replied becuase of my age (13) that he made mistakes.He wasmaking excuses for losing the game!I hate when people do this.He thinksit is a valid excuse for losing a game! }
1-0
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[Event "Didcot 1 v Cowley 2 Bd 4 Oxford & District League Div 1"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011/01/31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bob Jacobs"]
[Black "Geoff Rasell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "All in 90 minutes"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4
{ The Winawer or Rubenstein Variation of theFrench Defence. } 4. e5
{ White prevents immediate loss of a central pawnbefore asking the question of the bishop. The advance claims extra territoryand reduces the options for Black's kingside knight but doesn't help White'sdevelopment and exacerbates the vulnerability of White's pawn on d4. thegame is already double-edged. }
4... c5
{ Black immediately creates pressure ond4, to be followed by ...Nc6 and Qb6 or Qa5 or Qc7 at some stage soon,depending on the situation and Black's preferences. }
5. a3 Ba5
{ A relativelyunusual continuation that's become quite popular in recent years. I'mused to playing against the commoner 5...Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 or Ne7 7. Qg4with very sharp play. }
6. Be3
{ Already forced to think for myself, I choseto bolster d4 and threaten c5 before developing my kingside or moving myQ. }
6... cxd4
{ Black continues to release tension by swapping on d4, which putsmy B slightly out of position. }
7. Bxd4 { I wasn't comfortable with theprospect of 7. Qxd4 Nc6. } 7... Nc6 8.
Bb5 { Pinning the N seems a satisfactoryalternative to Qg4. } 8... Ne7 9. f4
{ With Black about to castle, releasingthe pinned N, I felt the need to bolster e5 with a pawn, before developingmy KN. }
9... O-O 10. Nf3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bxd7
{ I felt it was better toswap than retreat, even though it seemed to be a good B for a bad B andseemed to be what Black wanted. }
12... Qxd7 13. O-O
{ I was aware that this couldbe risky if Black continued to pile pressure on d4 with a pin (...Bb6)but worked out that I could cope. }
13... Rac8 14. Ncb5 { d6 looked a very attractivesquare for this N. } 14... Nc6
15. Kh1
{ Time to get out of line, as planned. Later in the game the consequence is that I have to worry about back rowmates. }
15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4
{ Now the N won't reach Nirvana on d6 but my positionremains sound, I feel. }
16... Bb6 { Surprisingly late. } 17. c3 Rc4
{ Black continuesto pile pressure on d4, the theme of most versions of the Winawer. }
18. Qd3
{ If White is to hold d4, the rooks need to be brought onto the d-filewithout weakening the current defence of the N. I also considered N movesand Rf3 but the move played seemed best. }
18... Bxd4 19. cxd4
{ White's centrenow seems solid ut the c-file is already occupied by one black rook. Surelythe other will double there soon? }
19... f5
{ ?! This surprised me as I was surethat Black's rooks both belonged on the c-file. Now I could divert Black'sKR on the f-file. I thought quite long and hard about my response. }
20. exf6
{ The proud but static pawn structure is disrupted for the sake ofdiverting Black's rook. }
20... Rxf6 21. Rad1
{ This was played primarily to releasethe Q from defending d4. At this stage I was still nurturing unrealisticdreams of launching a kingside attack. }
21... a6
{ A mysterious waiting move. Black played hesitantly throughout this game, I felt, though there wereusually good reasons for some of his slower moves. }
22. b3
{ I felt thatbudging the rook was worth the price of weakening the queenside pawns,which seemed under no obvious threat ... }
22... Rc8 23. Rf3
{ ?? failing to noticethe coming double threat see my hints of faulty thinking in earlier notes. }
23... Qd6
{ ! This wins a pawn, if Black can afford the time - and he has shownlittle respect for tempi so far! }
24. g3
{ Taken by surprise and forcedto decide between my f-pawn and my a-pawn, I eventually decided to forgothe opportunity to set up a frontal attack on Black's kingside from thethird rank and defend f4. }
24... Qxa3
{ I realised that the Q on a3 gave Blackattacking chances on c1 but I was still slightly surprised that Black tookthe pawn with such alacrity. I now set up a prolonged and tenacious defenceof the back three rows. What may seem like aimless manoeuvring of Q andRs usually meets specific threats or creates some threats of my own. }
25. Rf2 g6 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. Re1 Rc6 28. Rfe2 Kf7 29. Kg2 Qc7 30. Rb2 Ke7 31. Qf3
Kf7 32. Ree2 Rc3 33. Qf2 Ke7 34. Re3 Kd7 35. Qd2 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 Rf8 37. Re2 Qd6
38. h4 b5 39. Qd3 Rf5 40. Rc2 Rf8 41. Qc3 b4 42. Qa1 Rc8 43. Ra2 Rc6
{ With only a few minutes left on our clocks, Black decided he couldn'tmake progress. }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "King Takes a Long Walk"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "qr19kaash"]
[Black "jutterback"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1502"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<10d"]
[WhiteElo "1654"]
{ I am playing black against a much better player on the slow ladder. Iam very proud that I was able to be victorious. I mated him in 14 moves,and the white king ends up taking a very long walk across the board. Itsvery unusual where the white king ends up. I don't think I have ever seensuch a thing before. Let us analyze this game and find out what the heckhappened. }
1. e4 { The white king sends out a foot soldier. } 1... e5
{ Monkeysee, monkey do. } 2. f4 { White plays the Kings Gambit. } 2... exf4
{ Black acceptsthe offer and takes a pawn. } 3. Bc4
{ White continues to develop. } 3... Nf6
{ Blackcontinues to develop and threatens the white pawn on e4. } 4. d3
{ Whiteprotects his pawn and now threatens the black pawn on f4. } 4... d5
{ Black ignoresthe threat on his pawn and threatens the white bishop. } 5. exd5
{ Whiteneutralizes the threat on his bishop and we are now back to even on points. }
5... Nxd5
{ Black notices that the white pawn is vulnerable and he executes thecapture. As a side effect, this move also protects the black pawn on f4. Perhaps this is one of the key moves in the game. Perhaps this is thestart of the downfall for white. }
6. Nf3
{ White develops a horse. Thiskeeps the black pawn on f4 from advancing any further just in case thatpawn takes a notion to do so. }
6... Qe7+
{ The black queen decides that it istime to enter the fray. She puts the white king in check. }
7. Kf2
{ Thewhite King begins taking a long walk in the park. You are not going tobelieve where this guy eventually ends up when the game is done. Stay tunedfor that. }
7... Ne3
{ The black horse is chomping at the bit. He charges forwardto threaten the white queen. }
8. Qd2
{ White could have taken the horsewith the bishop but decides against it. Instead the white queen stepsout of danger. This might be one of the moves that leads to the downfallfor white. It is not a horrendous blunder, but I think there were probablybetter moves that white could have made. }
8... Bg4
{ Black is starting to tasteblood in the water. The black bishop joins the fight. }
9. Nc3
{ Whitedecides there is no reason to panic, and so he simply develops anotherhorse. }
9... Bxf3
{ Black thinks it is time to start clearing the forest. Blacktrades bishop for horse. }
10. Kxf3
{ Rather than making the trade with apawn, the white king continues his walk in the park. }
10... Qg5
{ The black queenwould love to check the vulnerable white king, but there is no convenientway to do so. The black queen advances to a square that may be a goodlaunching pad for an attack. }
11. Re1
{ The white rook makes a move andthis pins the black horse down. At this point the black horse can notmove even if it wants to. However, the black horse does not really mindat all. It is not likely that the white queen nor the white rook wouldtake the black horse. }
11... Qg4+
{ As expected, the black queen attacks the whiteking. It is starting to look bad for white. }
12. Ke4
{ The white king continueshis walk in the park. Step by step he is walking away from all of hisprotectors. }
12... f5+
{ This little black pawn feels that he can be of service,so he joins the fight and checks the white king once again. }
13. Ke5
{ Thewhite king continues his walk. I truly don't think I have ever seen aking in a position like that. It is very unusual. There is danger inevery direction for the white king. He has no protection at all. He mustbe the stupidest king in the world. }
13... Bd6+
{ Black brings out more firepowerand checks the white king mercilessly. } 14.
Ke6
{ If you thought the lastlocation for the white king was unusual, just have a look at this. Itis the strangest thing I have ever seen in my life. It looks like thewhite king wants to say hello to the black king. }
14... Qg6#
{ The black queenputs the white king out of his misery. It was a short game and a veryunusual one. I was able to beat a player who was rated 150 points higherthan me. It is a proud day. }
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[Event "Challenge from acudata"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "grege79"]
[Black "acudata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[TimeControl "10 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3
{ Nc3 developing a piece or e3 developingthe Bishop would be better. } 4... d6
5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 Ne4
12. Qd3
{ Not a good move. Openingthe Queen to attack with no compelling reason. Bf5 discovered attack. Enemy Bishop with a line down the center. two knights around the center. Asking for trouble. I would have preferred Ne5. }
12... g5
{ The attack onthe Bishop. Safest bet would have been Be3 or Bc1. Bd2 allows the Knightto trade. }
13. Be5 { Now the Bishop is lost. } 13... f6
{ No place left to go thatis safe. } 14. Bxc7
{ Best move. At least you gained some material. } 14... Qd7
{ No need to take the Bishop right away. } 15. Be5
{ Better to develop yourKnights. For instance, the Knight at f3 has no place to move that canbegin a threat. Better to move it to d2 so it can back in the fight. The Knight at c3 could break up Black's position somewhat with the tradeNxe4(NxN). }
15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qe7 17. Bxf6 { Good idea, take another pawn } 17... Qxf6
18. Ne5
{ Not a bad move in itself. But, it does set up a trade and whenyou are down a piece you don't want trades if you can avoid them. }
18... Nxe5 19. Bxd5+ { ?? Now that Knight was free. } 19... Nf7 20. e3 h5 21.
Bb3 Bh3 22. Bd5 Rac8 23. Qa5 Rc2 24. f4 Bxf1 25. Bb3
{ Bad move, now the Bishop andthe pawn are lost also. } 25... Rxb2 26. Rxf1
Rxb3 27. Qd5 Rxe3 28. Rf2 Qxd4
{ Again,when you are behind in material, don't trade unless you have too. } 29.
Qxd4 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Bxd4 31. Rd2 Rg1+ 32. Kf3 Ne5+ 33. Ke4 Re1+
{ Here I canannounce a mate in 7. See what squares the King can move to. only d4(B)or d5. So K takes B. }
34. Kxd4 Nf3+ { Now the King only has d3,d5 or thec column at c3,c4 and c5 }
35. Kc3 { King moves to c3 to try to protectand hide behind the Rook. } 35...
Re3+ { mate in 5. King can move to c2,c4 ofthe b column 2 or 4 } 36. Kc4
{ King tries to stay in the center of the board. } 36... Rc8+
{ Now the only moves for the King are b4 and b5. Mate in 4. } 37. Kd5
{ Now trapped in the d column. } 37... Rd8+
{ Move him to the C column Mate in3 The only squares open are c4 and c5. } 38.
Kc5 Nxd2 { Mate in 2. } 39. h3 Rc3+ 40. Kb5 Rd5+ 41. Kb4 Rc4# 0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "aljabry"]
[Black "boogalou1963"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1254"]
1. e4 { I tried a typical king opening } 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
{ I can not explain this move either?!? } 4... Bc5 5. Nd5
{ Early attack...bigmistake. I am only learning } 5... Nxd5 6. exd5 Nd4 7. Bc4
O-O 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Ng4 Bxg4 10. Qxg4
{ big mistake with the knight waiting for that move } 10... Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1
{ Now my army is falling apart } 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Bb2
{ I mightbe able to get the queen and bishop on the same line for a checkmate }
13... g6 { Far too easy to spot, but I still get the knight } 14. Bxa1 Re8 15.
Be2
{ It looked like it was a cover for e2 but I was really after b4 hopinghe will not see me }
15... c6 16. Qxb4 { I was right!?! } 16... cxd5 17. Qd4 Re5 18. f4 Qf6
{ Now,his army is falling apart } 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5
{ I am willingto give up the queen as I have point and piece advantage } 20...
dxe5 21. Bxe5 Kf8 { I am not sure why he did that as it will help me } 22. Bd6+
Ke8 { Heshould have gone back in } 23. Bb5+ Kd8
{ checkmate from here in 2 moves,the next is the first } 24. Re1
{ I think I won this with pure luck } 1-0
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[Event "Faithfulltrav Challenges Ananyapathak"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "faithfulltrav"]
[Black "ananyapathak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
1. d4
{ This was a non rated game for tutoring purposes, between myself,Scott Miller (faithfulltrav) and my new friend Ananya (ananyapathak). So,Ananya, I want to start by letting you know a little about where I am comingfrom when I tutor chess, my favorite game. First I want to say, there arevarying ideologies and styles of play. I for one am a fairly aggressive,very calculating player. I am a much stronger tactical player than I amstrategic. For the difference, imagine a general in a war. He may say tohis men 'OK, there are 10,000 of us. I want 9,000 men to lay in wait atthe top of this hill. The other 1,000 of you go make like you are attackingthe enemy town down below. When they come out after you, flee to the caveat the bottom of the hill. Then the 9,000 at the top attack them. Thatis strategy. It is an overall plan. Then the general may say, 'When youengage in hand to hand combat, use the long swords, as you can strike froma greater distance. Keep your daggers ready though.' That is a tactic,not a strategy. Strategies give general direction, tactics are more specific.So in our game, for example, part of my strategy in the middle game wasto force you to trade off your DSB, then infiltrate the h6 square and attackyour g6 square, to open your king to attack. That's strategy, my basicgame plan. Tactics were putting my bishop on h6 to trade bishops, pushmy h pawn to make space for my knight to go to h2, then g4, to bring myqueen to h6, to push my pawn to trade on g6, ect. So tactics are the processesused to apply the strategy. A more strategic player may look at one ofmy comments and say, 'Ananya, this guys is leading you wrong.' It's notthat I'm leading you wrong, but that I can only lead based on my own style.A strategic player will lead differently than a tactical player. A passiveplayer will give different advise from an aggressive player. That's notto say anything bad about passive chess players, as I've met passive playerswho I could not beat. I had a friend in college named Pablo. He'd sit back,making very passive moves. He'd set up a very solid position you can'tbreak through and if you slip up, then all of a sudden he'd get aggressive!So when taking advise, (from me or anyone else) take it all in from asmany sources as possible, then make a rational decision for yourself, basedon your own style and abilities, what is for you. }
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6
{ So, atthis stage in the game I thought we were going into the KID. I was lookingforward to a intense battle, as this defense gives a lot of tactical opportunitiesfor both sides. }
3. Nc3 d5
{ So on your 2nd move I was wrong. Your playingthe Grunfeld Defense. According to MCO, the vast majority of lines in thisdefense give White at least a slight advantage. Some lines give Black equality,and a rare few give Black a slight advantage. I found this very encouraging,because I know that a very slight advantage, if played accurately, becomesa great advantage, which in turn, if worked correctly, becomes a won game. }
4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5
{ So I chose to play the Grunfeld Defense, Exchange Variation.In this variation, Black willingly allows White to establish an imposingpawn center, with intention of attacking and destroying that center! Soit's an intense debate between the 2 sides, a debate won not with words,but in tactical chess moves. White says, 'My solid pawn center will restrictyour pieces, giving me a superior position!' Black says, 'Your pawns areweak! I'll use my pawns to destroy your weak pawn center! I will underminethose overly advanced pawns, and trade them off and gain a free open position!'What I find is interesting is, if White succeeds in keeping this 'strong'pawn center, he will definitely have the better game. Yet, if black accomplisheshis goal of undermining and trading off White's pawns, in my opinion, hewill probably gain equality, but he still has a major fight to gain superiority!This is why I love to play White against the Grunfeld. }
5... Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
{ So, now I have my solid pawn center! It's your job to prove mypawns are not as strong as I think they are. Your tactics should includec5, which you did on move 8, and c5xd4, which you never did. To attackmy LSB, you played c4 (move 16). Since pawns can't move backwards, youwould never again get the chance to play c5xd4! Thus my pawns on c3 & d4were pretty secure. As my attack developed, I saw opportunity to use myLSB to attack g6, were it not for the e4 pawn. So I had to push this pawn& trade it off to open the line. Once I did this, you had no more pawnsto use in your attack against my center. The c-pawn was overly advanced,and can't attack the center. The d & f pawns were traded off. The e-pawnwas blocked behind my knight on e5, and can't attack the center. So theonly remaining pawn that could attack my center was the b pawn, by advancingto b4 and capturing c3. My move Rb1 (which I made more for attacking purposesthan to stop the pawn) permanently kept him at bay, though. To see thedetails of the position I just described, look at 27. Ne5. ****************************************************************So I won the debate I spoke of. The only pawn that was eliminated was theone I chose to trade off to open lines for my attack. }
7... O-O 8. Be2 c5 { Soyou begin your attack on my pawns. } 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd3
Qc7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Bg5 Re8
{ The bishop move was only a superficial threat on your e pawn.If 13. Bxe7 Ne5, attacking my queen. 14. PxN or NxN then you play QxB.So I've won a pawn but my own pawn structure is pretty bad. Given the chance,I would not have played Bxe7, as it violates my strategy in this opening:to maintain a solid, overbearing pawn center. Instead I would have played13. Qe3 (as I actually played) and followed my expected plan. }
13. Qe3
{ 13. Qe3 has the triple purpose of 1: Making space for 14. Bd3, since Ifigured you would play 13. Bb7, 2: To get my queen on the c1-h6 diagonalto prepare for Bh6 and 3. To possibly chase your queen from the b8-h2 diagonal,which I never chose to do. It's good to give yourself options though. }
13... Bb7 14. Bd3 e6
{ I did not understand the purpose for this move. I was expectingcxd4, followed by e5. Hit at my pawns! }
15. Rfe1 f6
{ This move weakensyour g6 square. As you saw later in the game, you could not defend thatsquare enough, so I won a pawn. I can't say you should never advance pawnsin front of your king, but when you do, proceed with caution. When youmade this move, with my bishop on d3, I immediately started looking forways to hit g6. }
16. Bh6
{ If you trade here with BxB, it would be verybad for you, as I get my queen easily in your house, an uninvited guestsitting in your favorite reclining chair in your living room. It is betterto wait as you did, making me trade on g7. }
16... c4
{ (???) This move helps meto keep my pawn center intact. I'd say cxd4 is good. I'd still have thed & e pawns, but without the c pawn supporting the d pawn, my pawn centeris somewhat weaker. On the kingside though, since you did not take, ourDSB's actually block my queen from getting in, I decided to trade bishopsand devise another way in to g6. }
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bc2 a6 19. a4
{ WhileI maintain my pawn center and prepare to attack your king-side, I needto prevent any counters on your queen-side. I don't want you to play b5. }
19... Bc6 20. Qd2 Nf8
{ (???) Deserting the center. The knight is needed to controle5 and especially to defend c6. As you saw later as I pursued my attack,the knight was needed back on d7. You moved him back on move 24. }
21. h4
{ Now I start my plan to get my queen on h6 and hit g6. The pawn push hasthe twofold purpose: 1. opening h2, so the knight can go to a2, then g4,to support the queen move to h6; 2. Preparing for h5, to attack g6. I mentionedon your move 15, that you need to be careful when pushing pawns in frontof your king. Here, my pawn push does not give me any concerns as the pawnson f2 & g2 support the squares e3,f3,g3 & h3. I see no way in for you toattack my king. }
21... b5
{ I'm sure you had no idea of the attack I was aboutlaunch, or you would not push queenside pawns. }
22. Nh2 Rad8 23. Ng4 Qe7 24. e5
{ So this begins a combination to get the knight on to the e5 square.Once there, with no pawns to attack it, he would be a stronghold for therest of the game. You had no DSB to try to trade off, and your knight hasno easy way to attack e5. Your knight is forced back to d7 to defend f6.If instead, you play f5, then Nf6 wins the exchange. After 24.e5 Nd7 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Ne5, the knight has entered your private space,and he'll refuse to leave. }
24... Nd7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Ne5
{ Now my knight is ideally placed. Unfortunately for you the LSB has noaccess to defend g6. }
27... Bd7 28. h5 Qg7 { Again view GK's analysis. 28. ...NxP is better. } 29.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Bxg6 { Winning a pawn... } 31... Rf8 32. Re3 bxa4
33. Rg3 a3 34. Ra1 Rb8
{ Unprotecting the bishop is disastrous!Always be careful when there are potential discovered checks. The movingpiece can go any where and start taking things! With the 2 rooks wherethey can be forked on d7, you know the bishop on that square is target. }
35. Be8+ { (!) } 35... Kh7 36. Bxd7 Ne4 37. Rh3+ Kg7 38. Bxe6 Nxf2
{ So you tooka pawn when my knight is threatening to fork your rooks. Your knight isalso threatening my rook, but I can check your king to get away, then forkyou. }
39. Rg3+ Kh7 40. Nd7 Ne4 41. Nxf8+ { With check so you can't get myrook. }
41... Rxf8 42. Re3 Ng5 43. Bxc4 Kg6
{ Thanks for the game Ananya! I hopeyou got something out of the annotations. God Bless! Scott }
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[Event "walking the walk"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.11.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "hogfysshe"]
[Black "stalhandske"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
1. Nf3
{ My third loss out of three 'walking the walk' club games. My assessmentis that bad moves at 12, 16, and 19 cost me the game. Sixteen I can livewith, though hopefully will not repeat. But 12 and 19 were careless. Hopefully I will learn from these mistakes and use these lessons to strengthenmy game. }
1... Nf6 2. c4 { Reti opening transposes in to English. } 2... b6 3. g3 e6 4.
Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3
{ I am reasonablyhappy with the opening so far. } 9... c5 10. Bf4
{ ...but, because of what comesafter, this move turns out to be problematic. I did want to free up myqueen's rook. But I should not have put the bishop on f4, the problembeing that once black's knight goes to c6 I have poor options for protectingmy d-pawn and e5 can become a forking square for black. Or perhaps I'moverthinking things and pxp would have been good enough. }
10... d6 11. Rad1
{ Istill have not recognized the problem I mentioned earlier. } 11... Nc6
{ and Istill think I am in good shape here. But, despite considering my nextmove for some time... }
12. e3
{ ...I make this poor move. Game losing mistake. I had considered moving the bishop back but stubbornly thought of howthat would represent a wasted move (given that I could have gone to d2or e3 at move 10). It did not occur to me that black would play g5 here. }
12... g5
{ But of course he did. Certainly a loss of more than 1 point valuefor black to let go of that particular pawn. Regardless, I am very annoyedwith myself, having just played poorly during the opening in my previouswtw game vs ionadowman. }
13. d5
{ Of quite a few options, this seemedok, ...no worse than an immediate capture of the attacking pawn. And itgave me a bit more time to search for a solution. }
13... exd5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Bxd5
{ now to see if I can quickly take advantage of black's king's reducedprotection. Dark square bishop will likely be captured next move. I'mlooking at g1 and g3 as potentially good places to put my rooks (thoughthe rook on the d-file is happy enough for now). For the moment, despitebeing down in material, I believe I have a slight mobility advantage. To free up his N & lsb, I expect black's rook will move to c8 (or possQ to c7 or d7). So any mobility advantage will vanish very soon. }
15... Bxf4
{ I considered capture with g-pawn here. but 16. ...Re8 would have givenblack a good escape route. What I fail to appreciate is that capturingwith the e-pawn removes important protection from d4, which black's N willcome to comfortably occupy. Too much ambition and not enough caution. }
16. exf4
{ Will white be able to make good use of the open e-file? Or willthere be a trade-off where black comes out ahead? Can I put a rook ong before black can defend? In retrospect, I should have captured withthe g-pawn, primarily to keep protection on the d4 square. I'll countthis as Major Mistake #2. }
16... Nd4
{ A nice move by black. Knight threatensK-Q fork and can sit on d4 a long as it likes. The momentary mobilityadvantage I thought I had was a phantom. As mentioned, I wish I stillhad a pawn on e3. Plus, the open file that would have come with 16. gxf4might have been useful, though it may also have been trouble. Comments? }
17. Rd2
{ Protects against fork and may help with eventual rook attack onthe black king. }
17... Bxd5 18. cxd5 { Bishops now off the board. } 18... Qd7
{ limitswhite's pawn moves. and, I see later, sets up Q to h3, ...which I couldeasily defend against, 'could' being the operative word! }
19. f3
{ Shouldhave moved 19. Kg2! Major Mistake #3. Too focused on trying to rallyan offense, ...neglectful of limiting black's attacking options. Whateverchance white had of exploiting black's king's 'weakened' position is nowgone. White will now be on the defensive. }
19... Qh3 { black takes advantageof white's poor choice. } 20. g4 Rae8
{ White has to be very careful as blacknow has a number tactical possibities. }
21. Qd3 { Puts 2x protection one2. } 21... h5 22. Rg2
{ White intends to reduce black's many tactical possibilitiesby pushing his queen back. }
22... hxg4
{ most moves here lose for white. a temptingmove, Rxg4 really only leads to a trade-off of rooks or worse. attackingthe queen loses the attacking rook (by 23. ...Ne2+). }
23. Kh1
{ allowsR to go to g3. still, black's 4 pieces to my 3 doesn't look good. toobad b4 won't do a thing to knock that horse off his comfortable outpost. }
23... Re2
{ RxR = QxR#. Threatening Q = QxR+. Capturing pawn w/check leads toloss of rook. PxP = QxQ. stalhandske's screen name suits him well. }
24. Rff2
{ ok for a second. but once black releases pin, white's f-pawn willbe attacked 3 times. }
24... Re1+ 25. Rf1 Rfe8
{ all roads lead to disaster. black'spieces are extremely well arrayed, either defending or attacking. Perthe club 'Rules' (play the game out), I'll see if I can do something toimprove my situation. }
26. Rxg4+
{ that pawn was almost as menacing as black's4 pieces. it figured in to several mating or capturing scenarios. still4 to 3, though. }
26... Kf8 27. Rgg1
{ no way out. white will have no defensefor 27. ...R8e2. resigns. Thank you to stalhandske for the game. commenterswill please advise if there was a way out after 19. f3. }
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[Event "PCC Winter Open"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "freeman8201"]
[Black "J. G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[TimeControl "40/2hr 30 SD R.4"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5
{ This by transpositionbecame a QGD Vienna variation } 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1
{ Mikhail Botvinik would usually place a rook behindthe Queen's pawn } 11... a6
12. e5 Qe7 13. O-O b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Bd5 16. Bb1 Nc6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Nh2
Qg5 19. Ng4 h5 20. Ne3 { For the longest timeI was looking at Qd3 } 20... Ne7
21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qe4 g6 23. Rd3 cxd4 24. Rg3 Nxc3 { ? } 25. Rxg5 Nxe4 26. Bxe4
{ I'm up the exchange! I believe he miscalculatedthe combination. } 26... Rfd8
27. Rg3 Rc5 28. Bd3
{ whether the bishop move inhibitsthe g3-Rook remains unanalyzed. I actually like the Bishop on d3 for reasonsto follow. Yes I analyzed Rook-d3 but didn't like it. }
28... a5 29. f4 b4 30. Ba6 Rc2 31. a4 Rc3 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 Rc8 34. Kf2 Rc3
35. Rd1 b3 36. Ke2 b2 37. Rb1 Ra3 38. Bb5 d3+ 39. Kd2 Kg7 40. Rxb2 f6 41. Bc6
g5 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. exf6 gxf4
{ Ok so reassessing the board this game turned into anendgame to casting the net for checkmate. }
44. Bf3 { !! } 44... Ra2+ 45. Kxd3 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Rxa4+ 47. Ke5 Rc4 48. Rb8+ Rc8
49. Rxc8+ Kf7 50. Bxh5# { Checkmate } 1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "18-Dec-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "just_some_guy"]
[Black "appendix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1354"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1378"]
1. e4 { the standard best opening. } 1... e5
{ i was actually hoping for cr soi could play against a silciain. } 2. Nf3
{ develope like usaul } 2... d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 c5
{ well now it may transpose into a silcian. } 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qd7 7. Nc3 a6
{ unpinning the knight } 8. Ba4 { or so he thought } 8... Nf6 9. Nd5
{ starting an attack plus grabbing a nice square } 9... Qg4 10. O-O
{ getthe rook into this. } 10... Ra7 11. Re1 b5
{ forceing the bishop sac which i wasready for. } 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Bg5
{ attacking hoping he'll take the bait. } 13... Nxd5 { hooked me a whopper. }
14. exd5+ Ne7 { he may have saved it for themoment. } 15. h3 Qc4
{ move the queen around a lil } 16. b3 Qb4 17. Nh4 { continuemy attack } 17...
g6 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. Nxf5
{ the knight is pinned so i can offerda lil sac to open this up more. } 19...
h6 20. Bxe7 { he has to take with the bshopto stop the check. } 20... Bxe7
{ he did but there is still a check, cause itspinned } 21. Nxd6+ Kd7 22. Nxf7
Rf8 23. Rad1 Ke8 24. d6 { passed pawn isavalueable as a rook here. } 24... Rxf7
25. Rxe7+ Raxe7 { i almost took the rookbut i thought better. } 26. Qa8+ Kd7
{ almost took it again. } 27. Qb7+ Ke6
{ i sat for 2 days trying to decide if i coule take the rook or force amate. i opted for the mate attempt. }
28. Qc8+ Rd7
{ he is fighting thisall the way this i the only chance to back out or go for the mate and hopeit works. }
29. Qe8+ Rfe7 30. Qxg6+
{ gotta keep checking and marching himto where i can mate him } 30... Ke5 31.
Qh5+ { hen might have a repeated checkhere but am not sure } 31... Ke4 32. f3+
Ke3 { i almost took the pawn and walkedinto a mate of my own. } 33. Rd3+ Ke2
{ ah now he is in mate territory. } 34. f4+
{ only 1 move he has and thats E1. } 34... Ke1 35. Qd1# { Whoo!! it worked. }
1-0
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[Event "Ns vs Pawns"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dmaestro"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
{ A game with an interesting ending. } 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1
Nc6 5. Nf3 Qf6 6. Nc3 Bd6
{ So far, known book moves. But here, ...Bd6?gives White a valuable tempo. } 7.
d4 Qh6 8. e5 Be7 9. Nd5 { Threatens thefork on c7 and the f pawn. } 9... Bd8
10. Bxf4 Qg6 11. Bd3 Qh5 12. h3 f6 { ...f6??Another, more serious error. } 13.
exf6 { Of course, since the N can't betaken due to fxg! } 13... Nxf6 14. Nxc7+
Bxc7 15. Bxc7 O-O 16. Kg1
{ White wantsto unpin the N and prevent a piece moving to g4. } 16... Ne8 17.
Bh2 { ? A slightinaccuracy, blocking the K } 17... d5 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Bd3 Qf6
20. c3 Bxh3 { A nicemove, exploiting the move Bh2. } 21. Be2 Bg4 22. Bg3 Nd6
23. Ne5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Ne4 { A strong move. } 25. Qh5
{ White decides an active attack is betterthan passive defense. } 25... h6
{ Prevents the mate. } 26. Nd7
{ !? White decidesto go for an interesting ending. } 26... Qf7 27. Nxf8 Qxh5
28. Rxh5 Nxg3 29. Rxd5 { Now } 29... Rxf8
{ Now the game is technically even material wise, 2 Nsfor R+P, but White plans on exploiting the more active rook position andless coordinated Ns to gain an advantage. }
30. Rd7 Nd8 31. Re1 Nh5 32. Ree7
{ With 2 rooks on the 7th Rank, White now has an advantage since theNs are not as effective against advanced pawns. }
32... g6 33. Rc7 g5 34. d5 { Whitebegins the advance. } 34... Nf6 35. d6 Nc6
{ Black's defensive approach has notworked. } 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxb7 Nd8 38.
Rxa7 Ne6 { Black is desperate now. } 39. Rge7 Nd8 40. Ra8
{ This pin is now fatal. Whites 4 pawns are more thana match for the N. } 40...
Kg8 41. c4 h5 42. c5 Nd5 { Seeking activity. } 43. Rd7
{ Technically the R was immune since ...NxR PxN forked the N and R. ButWhite is looking to trade off the remaining R. }
43... Nc6 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. a3 { Starting a pawn steamroller. } 45... Nf6 46.
Rc7 Nd8 { Trying to block thepawn, but... } 47. Rc8 { This pin proves fatal. }
47... Ke8 48. c6
{ And Black resigns,since White will win the N and still queen later. } 1-0
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[Event "ICC tourney 1588 (12 3), Internet Chess Club"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2019.02.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Analysis of john2001plus"]
[Black "SunKing007"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1290"]
[TimeControl "12+3"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6
{ I'm not fond of this move for Black. I am proudof the way I played this game because my moves were mostly accurate accordingto Stockfish 10. Black does make a couple of blunders early on, but thefollow up is interesting. }
3. c4 { Black's best continuation is 3... Bg44. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3. }
3... e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5
{ I happen to likethis move. Stockfish 10 on a deep search prefers 5. a3. }
5... h6 6. Bxf6 { Slightly better than 6. cxd5. } 6... Qxf6
{ A mistake. Black should play 6...gxf6. } 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qd6 9. Nc3 Bg4
10. e3 O-O-O 11. Be2 { A simplemove breaking the pin. } 11... a6 12. O-O f6
{ White to play. } 13. d5
{ For reasonsthat are not yet clear, Stockfish 10 thinks that White has a much strongeradvantage by playing 13. a3 intending b4 and Qc2. I may add additionalanalysis later. }
13... Nb4 14. e4 { With a simple threat that Black misses. } 14... g5 15. a3
Nxd5 16. exd5 h5 { What is the strongest move for White? } 17. Nd4
{ A little stronger than other choices. } 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bg7
{ White has avariety of good moves here, including 19. Qc2, 19. Ne6, and 19. Rfe1. Also good is ... }
19. Qe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Rd7 21. Nxg7 Rxg7 22. Rfe1 f5
{ What is the strongest continuation for White? } 23. Re5
{ Gains a tempo. There are a variety of other moves that are almost as good. 23. Re6,23. Kf1, 23. Rac1, 23. Re2, 23. b4, 23. Rac1, and 23. Rad1. }
23... f4 24. Rae1 Kd7 25. Ne4 { This knight move is strong. } 25... g4 26. Nf6+
Kd6
{ Or else he getsmated in on the back rank. What is the strongest continuation for White? }
27. b4
{ With a mate in 1 threat. If 27... c6 28. Re8 is crushing. Thenif 28... Rxe8 29. Ne8+ forks the king and rook or if 28... Rh6 29. R1e6+Kc7 30. d6+ Kb6 31. d7. }
27... c5 28. Re6+ Kc7
{ Here White played 29. Ne8+ andwon easily, but he has a stronger continuation. White to play. }
29. d6+
{ If 29... Kd8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8# If 29... Kc8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8#If 29... Kb6 30. d7+ Kb5 31. Re8 Rxd7 32. Rxh8 . }
29... Kb8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Ka7 32. bxc5 { Or 32. Re7. } 32... a5 33. d7
Rxd7 34. Nxd7 Ka6 { Matein 6. } 35. a4 { If 35... Ka7 36. Nb6. } 35... b5
{ Mate in 5. } 36. c6 bxa4 { Matein 4. } 37. Rb8 a3 { Mate in 3. } 38. Rb6+ Ka7
{ Mate in 2. } 39. Rb7+ { If 39...Ka8 40. Nb6# } 39... Ka6 { Mate in 1. } 40.
Nc5# { Or 40. Nb8#. } 1-0
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[Event "Training Game #2"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.05.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "theancientbeast"]
[Black "nikosbo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1300"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
{ Hey, all! This is my second in a series of training annotations. Checkout my first, and stay tuned for more! }
1. e4 { 1.e4, one of the most popularopenings. } 1... c5
{ 1...c5. The Sicilian. I am not secure in the Sicilian,but I decided to play along with what I knew and throw some curves. }
2. Nf3 d6 { 2...d6. Standard book, I believe. Is this a Closed Sicilian? } 3.
d4
{ I try to open. This is actually a gambit, as you will soon see. I willsacrifice this pawn for a development and doubled d-pawns. }
3... cxd4 4. Bc4 Nc6 { Protecting and developing. } 5. c3
{ Attacking. Building pressure. } 5... e5
{ Now Black has three pawns and a minor in the center versus my one pawnand two minors. Black is cramped and underdeveloped. White can castle andcontinue developing. Perhaps get the Dark Squared Bishop to a3, where itcan peek into Black's base. }
6. O-O Nf6
{ Attacking the vulnerable e4 pawn.Nbd2 solves this problem, and develops. It can be argued that it wouldbe a bad move, since it blocks in the Dark Bishop, and that may very wellbe why I played Ng5, but if White wants to put the Bishop on a3, then Nbd2is best. }
7. Ng5
{ 7.Ng5. Defends the e4-pawn, and puts more pressure onthe f7 pawn, getting ready to fork on f7. }
7... d5
{ 7....d5! This move undoublesBlack's pawns, opens the center, attacks the Bishop and the e4-pawn, andopens the a3-f8 diagonal for Black's Dark Bishop. }
8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5
{ 9.Bxd5!?. I think that here, the continuation 9.Qf3 f6 10.Qxd5 Qxd5 11.Bxd5fxg5 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.cxd4 exd4 14.Re1+ Be7 15. Bxg5 leaves White ahead,even though material is even. }
9... Qxd5
{ When the dust settles, White isdown by one, and Black dominates the center. White's only pro in this situationis that he is castled. }
10. Re1
{ Hitting/pinning the e5-pawn and puttingindirect pressure on the King. } 10...
h6
{ Booting the Knight to preferable f3,where he can add pressure to the center. }
11. Nf3 Bg4
{ Pinning and developing.Black can now castle. White needs to force Black's hand to keep his Kingin the middle. }
12. Nbd2
{ 12.Nbd3? This should have been done five movesago. This move is too passive. Even h3 is more useful, stopping Black fromcastling. }
12... Be7
{ Black is fully developed, almost, and White still has aminor and his Queen on the back rank. }
13. h3 Bh5 { 13....Bh5. Better thanthe other options. } 14. Qb3
{ 14.Qb3! While it may not be always wise totrade when down, this move removes a defender from the middle. Black'sbusy Queen is more useful than White's back rank squatter. }
14... Qd7 { And thefinal needed defender is removed. e5 will fall. } 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Rxe5
{ Now White has a ironfisted grip on the center, with a Rook in the center,and the Knight ready to move to e4. But White isn't dead quite yet. Notuntil he overlooks Rxh5. }
16... d3 17. Rxh5 O-O
{ 17....O-O. Nope. Too little,too late. The Queen and d3-pawn can be forked, and Black has castled intoa trap. }
18. Rd5 { Forking the Queen and pawn. } 18... Qc7 { Eyeing h2, it appears. }
19. Rxd3 a5 { 19....a5?? This is pathetic! What does it accomplish? } 20. Nf1
{ 20.Nf1. This move proves to be White's saving grace on move 24. } 20... Rab8
21. Rd4 b5 { 21....b5. More waste. } 22. Rg4
{ The King is feeling the heatnow. } 22... a4
{ 22.a4. Yes, let's push the Queen from her harmless post to somewherewhere she can hurt us. }
23. Qd5 Rbd8
{ If not for 20.Nf1, the White Queenwould be lost, for Rd1 would be mate. } 24.
Qh5
{ Three pieces --Rook, Queen,and Dark Bishop -- bear down on Black's King. }
24... Rd1 25. Qxh6 { This is betterthan taking with the Bishop. } 25... Bf6
{ Predicted, and 26.Bg5 stops it. } 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5
{ Mate in one, if Black doesn't watch it. } 27... Rxf1+ { Desperate. } 28. Kxf1
g6 { 28....g6 stops mate. } 29. h4 { 29.h4. Working his way to h5. } 29... Re8
{ 29....Re8? This doesn't accomplish much, except for delaying the inevitable. }
30. h5
{ 30.h5. Finally, he reaches h5. Now Black's King's safe haven isno longer safe. }
30... Re6 { 30....Re6 stares down my Queen. } 31. hxg6
{ 31.hxg6.This open up more attacks. } 31... f6
{ 31....f6?? Why? Surely even fxg is better. } 32. Rh5 Qg7
{ 32....Qg7 doesn't help much. Only takes out White Queen, andtraps the King in the corner. }
33. Qh7+
{ 32.Qh7+! This trades off Queensand puts Black's King in a tough spot. } 33...
Qxh7 34. gxh7+
{ 34.gxh7+ is betterthat Rxh7. Now the King must move to h8, or White will Promote. }
34... Kh8
{ 34....Kh8is the only viable option. It will now be stuck there until the Rook cancome to aid. }
35. Re1
{ 35.Re1!! is the final nail in the coffin. Blackcannot play the desired 35....Re7, because 36.Rxe7. If 35....Rxe1, then36.Kxe1, and White can calmly eat all of Black's remaining pawns, thenpromote. My opponent resigned here. Thank you for reading. Please leaveany and all critical comments, since this is a training annotation. }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mfcf"]
[Black "utopia65"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1137"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nh6
{ The F7 pawn defense is laborious but not very nice. 3... Bc5 is more conventional and dynamic. Yes, it avoids Ng5 so afraid, while continuing to develop his pieces harmoniously! }
4. Na3
{ Deuxième cavalier sur le bord ! Deuxièmecavalier mort ? -------------------------------------------------------- Second knight on the edge ! Second death knight ? }
4... a6 5. d4 d6 6. Ng5 Be7 7. h4 O-O 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. f4 Bg4 10. Bxf7+
{ We exchange a pawn for a Queen in order to weaken the opponent's king? This is what is called a speculative sacrifice, usually to avoid. }
10... Nexf7 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. e5
{ Menace de mat en h7 ! Beaucoup de défense possibles! ----------------------------------------------------------- Threatcheckmate in h7 ! Many possible defense! }
12... dxe5
{ Les noirs ne voient pasla menace de mat ! ------------------------------------- Blacks do notsee the threat to chechmate ! }
13. Qxh7#
{ The kiss of death in thirteen shots! Yet with a knight so close to their king should every time whether there is a threat of mate!
The moral of the game is to avoid letting the opponent post a knight so close to the king. }
1-0
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[Event "Fast Ladder - an uncomfortable lesson"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dawnjones"]
[Black "rjacobs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<3d"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
1. c4
{ I don't usually annotate my losses publicly but I feel I need topublish this one in order to sublimate the experience! My opponent reducedme to paralysis and then converted his positional advantage into materialsuperiority with inevitable mate to follow. He kicked off with the EnglishOpening. }
1... Nf6
{ I responded with this flexible reply, intending a King'sIndian formation. }
2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 { The Saemisch Variationof the KID. } 5...
O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7
{ This seems a sensible developing move, giventhat the QB has nowhere useful to go at present. }
7. Bd3
{ White developshis minor pieces behind his wall of pawns: a very flexible formation, slightlymore aggressively placed than Black's. This bishop development might havebeen less attractive had Black played 6...Nc6 because Black could thenhave harassed the B with ...Nb4. }
7... e5 { Black attacks White's centre: a typicalKID move. } 8. Nge2 a6
{ Discourages White from playing Nb5 but weakens b6. } 9. O-O c5
{ The reason why Black played 8... a6, since this move weakensd6. Black wanted to cement the centre and then attack it from the flanks. }
10. d5
{ This pawn proves to be a real thorn in Black's centre. Thisis a common pawn formation in the KID, so I doubt that Black has made hisdecisive error yet but his position deteriorates fast now, so look outfor errors over the next few moves. White applies a vice to the position. }
10... Ne8
{ Black plans to assault the centre with ...f5. The alternative wayof achieving this was 10...Nh5, which puts a dim knight on the rim butat least does not cramp Black's position. }
11. Ng3
{ White's natural response,already planned for when he played 8.Nge2. White might not have wantedto play this after 10... Nh5 }
11... Nb6 { Played to provide further support for...f5 from the QB } 12. a4
{ White threatens to push the N back again } 12... Rb8
{ Black finds a somewhat passive response, planning to retreat the attackedN to a8. Perhaps 12....Bd7 followed by ...Nc8 might have been better? However, I generally find that ...Bd7 is a mistake whenever I play itin the KID. Therefore I think 12....a5 would have been better. }
13. a5 Na8
{ Only one of Black's pieces is off the back rank. This cannot be goodat this stage of the game. }
14. Qa4
{ Nothing seems to be threatened bythis move but it helps to cramp Black. }
14... Nac7
{ a8 was such an awful squarefor the N, I felt it more important to redevelop it than to play the planned...f5 }
15. b4
{ This accentuates the weaknesses in Black's position. IfBlack allows White to exchange pawns on c5, White simply wins the pawnand then the exchange as the Rf8 cannot move. If Black exchanges on b4,White can play Bb6, pinning the Nc7 against Black's Q }
15... f5 { Belatedly, Blacktries something aggressive. } 16. exf5 gxf5
{ Black threatens a fork on f4 } 17. Nge2 { White preempts that threat. } 17...
Bd7
{ Now surely this move is OK? It tries to push White's Q away after all ... }
18. Qa3 { White reinforcespressure on c5 } 18... Nf6
{ The only way for Black to reinforce c5 was with 18...Qe7,so could this have been preferable? No: after 18...Qe7 19 bxc5 dxc5 20Bxc5 the Q and R are skewered. After 18...Nf6, superficially Black's positiondoesn't look too bad but it is about to get worse. }
19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Rf7 21. Ng3
{ Now the pawn on f5 is under double attack. Black defendsby 'developing' his Q to c8. Alternatives were 21...Nfe8, 21...f4 or 21...e4. Each had their disadvantages: 21....Nfe8 would have been just anothermeek retreat and would have deprive the other N and the Bd7 and Q of apotential square; 21...f4 would have ceded control of e4, allowing White'sminor pieces to swarm into Black's position via that square; 21...e4 wouldsimply have lost a pawn and also lost control of e4. }
21... Qc8 22. Rfe1
{ Nowe5 comes under attack and the same considerations apply once more! } 22...
Nfe8
{ The N retreat reveals the Bg7's defence of e5. Black seems to be holding...just. }
23. Rab1
{ Now what's this? White doesn't appear to be threateninganything but just examine Black's options. They all seemed to lead toloss of material until I found the move played. }
23... Kh8 24. Nh5
{ Now Whitethreatens to swap N for the key piece Bg7, defender of e5. } 24...
e4
{ So Blackdecides to advance the pawn, with the thought of possibly swapping on c3but I don't think anything worked here. }
25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Bg4 { Againan aggressive gesture but ineffective. } 27.
Nxg7 Nxg7
{ Too late, I realisedthat 27...Rxg7 was no good because of the riposte 28. Bd4. Black is stillonly two pawns down but getting worse fast now as I hadn't seen the corollaryof this move. Would 27...Kxg7 have been any better? }
28. Nd6 { ! Whiteforks the Rf7 and Qc8. } 28... Qd7 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Re7 Qf4
{ The only wayto evade attack with the Q and still defend the Nc7 } 31. Rf1
{ Now the Qcannot continue to defend c7 and has nothing else constructive to do. I gave up the ghost at this point. }
1-0
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[Event "Unusual balance"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gamerakm"]
[Black "damafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[TimeControl "300+5"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
{ I saved this game in order to show a case of win with unusually unbalancedmaterial. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. f4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3
{ Against the anti-Budapest,I play c5 asap. He answers with a Stonewall, taking me out of all my knownboundaries. }
4... cxd4 5. exd4 d5
{ This can't be bad. I close in my lsb, whichI don't like. Another idea was d6, hoping for the break in e5, but I preferreda clearer setup. I know I'll suffer on the f column unless I play a safef5. }
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Ne4
{ I want to keep in control of an unknown sopening.I dared to open the Qh5+ by playing f5. }
8. O-O h6 { He refuses, and Ishield g4 so to avoid a Ng5 attack on e6. } 9.
Nbd2 f5
{ If he exchanges,I'll have a closed center and I hope I will be able to develop. But I overlookeda threat. }
10. Ne5 Nxe5 { So, if Qh5+, Nf7. } 11. fxe5
{ ...but now, what?Qh4 was the option, but I was scared of having it trapped. So I played,foolishly... }
11... Be7 { ? ...but it is a fatal mistake? } 12. Qh5+ Kd7
{ EscapingQ side. Now, white can continue with c4, winning easily. } 13. Nxe4
{ Whynot? My pieces are closed-in! } 13... dxe4
{ Bb5+, Kc7, on his way to b8 or something...I threw away the game as a fool! }
14. Bc4 Kc7 15. Qg6 { ? Qf7 was probablystronger. } 15... Qg8
{ Only move to defend both pawns. e6 gets pinned... } 16. Be3
{ ? I'd have played d5 at once, but he wants to prevent Bc5+. } 16... Bd7
{ Activatingthe R and controlling b5. } 17. Bf4
{ Strange idea, since after the exchangesstill a piece gets on e6, but I see the plan with the pawn d5. I miss tempoesto unravel myself, and now, Be8 just leads to Qxe6, winning. }
17... Re8 { ...afterd5, Bc4+ will give an extra R support to e6. } 18. d5 Bg5
{ I changed mymind. The check doesn't give much to me, but if he falls for BxB, winninga panw but opening the h column for me... }
19. d6+ Kc8 { My K is safe, forthe moment! } 20. Bg3
{ He correctly thinks that the key for his penetrationis the lsb. } 20... Be3+
21. Bf2 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2
{ Now I have Rf8 and e3-f4. ButI exchanged the lsb's in order to play... }
22... h5 { Rh6. } 23. Rxf5 { Good? } 23... Rh6 { Now, what? } 24. Qg5
{ Now, I was distracted by a call, and played foolishly... } 24... exf5 { ?? }
25. Bxg8 Rxg8
{ ...getting into this unusually balanced position,where I am materially -2. But the problem is my pieces are all tied upand it is very difficut to find a move! I didn't see this, either. }
26. c4 Re6 { I have to take the e5 pawn, even sacrifying mine. If Qxf5, Re8. }
27. Qf4 { ? Allowing me to... } 27... g6 28. h4 Rge8
{ This makes me considerablystronger. True is that his Q on g5 can revenge on g6 if Rxe5, but stillI'll go for it. }
29. b4
{ As normal, he attacks because he sees there isnothing he can do about e5 (this was obvious from the beginnning of this'middlegame'. }
29... Rxe5 30. c5 e3 31. a3
{ ?? Why slow down? Can't he see Ihave attacking resources now? He had to play a4 (the least to say) in orderto push his pawns. }
31... Re4 32. Qg5 Rg4 { Now, Bc6 will me make me dangerousagain... } 33. Qf6
Bc6 34. d7+ Bxd7 35. c6 Bxc6 36. Rc1 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rc2+
{ ...and this was enough for him. White is lost. Thank you for reading,and please point out mistakes and omissions at will. }
0-1
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[Event "Fierce Queen Sicilian rundown..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jimtaylor"]
[Black "fiercequeen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4
{ Another rundown on the Hungarian variationin the Sicilian; this time we will try to follow the book... at this level,Kindergarten is over... }
4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6
{ we learned from earlier experience,that this is the best way to go after Nc3... my preferred e6, Ne7, 0-0,to prepare d5, will soon fail in the absence of a6... maybe, I should incorporatea6 somewhere in this variation... }
6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. a3
Rfd8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Bg5
{ prettyflawless game from both players up until now, in this closed Sicilian...White however, is giving Black an opportunity that cannot be missed...White had no better than Bxg4, Bxg4, h3, Be6, Bd4, with a slight edge;this Bishop will get very busy in the future, losing lots of tempo... }
14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 { after Qxc3, of course Qxg5... } 15... Nf6 16. f3
{ harsh as it is,this is Whites' best move, eg. Bxf6, exf6, Qd4 (Qxd6??, Bg4), f5, exf5,Bxf5, Bf3, d5; all other options are failing also... Black has taken theinitiative, and earned a dangerous advantage on the a-file... }
16... Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Qd4 Qe6 20. c4
{ a bad decision: White should haveplayed Rxa7 or Bc4... } 20... c5
{ with c4 locked against c5, both of Whites' bishopshave no real play left; for a very long time, as we will soon learn...this might well be the turning point in this game, favouring Black... }
21. Qc3 a6 { the start of a winning march... } 22. Rfb1 Bc8 23. Qa5 Re8 24. Qb6
Nd7 25. Qc6 Ra7 26. Qd5
{ not the best of choices... better was Rb8!,Nf6 (Nxb8??, Qxe8+ and White is winning), Qb6!, Rd7... }
26... Bb7
{ this settlesall; White has lost all advantages... after Rxb7?, Qxd5, cxd5/exd5, Rxb7,Black is winning... }
27. Qd2 Ne5 28. Qc3 Rea8 29. Rb6 Nd7 30. Rb3 a5
{ now,the free a-pawn will march... } 31. Rab1 Bc6 32. Ra3 a4
{ this closes upthe b-file for White; all squares from b3 to b8 are in Blacks' control,and both Whites' Bishops are out of play... }
33. Bg5 Rb7
{ another uselessmove from this Bishop, while Black is taking over the b-file... }
34. Rxb7 Bxb7 35. Ra1
{ it is hard for White to find a continuation; this is notone of the best... the only real attack Bh6 - threatens Qg7 mate - is happilycountered with Qf6, Qxf6, Nxf6... safest way to go is Qa1/e1, Bc6 - always,or else f6 - Qf1, Qe5, Be3, Rb8, and sit this one out.... }
35... Bc6
{ preparingNe5 and Rb8... c4 is getting into trouble, alongside e4, and also f6, g5,etcetera is in the air, countering an eventual f4... }
36. Bd3 { probablybest... } 36... Ne5 37. Be2
{ tougher was Rb1, to prevent an immediate Rb8... mightfollow f5, exf5, gxf5, Kf1, a3... }
37... Rb8 38. Bh6
{ there was nothing to gainin Qa5, Nd7... this move gives an opportunity to force trading Queens,and Black is happy to oblige... }
38... Qf6
{ forces Bd2, because of Nxf3+, Qxf3(forced, otherwise Qxc3), Qxa1+; next is Nd7... }
39. Bd2 { there are notmuch options left; Black is also treathening g5... }
39... Nd7 { or Qg7, Rd1 (torelease the pin over c3), Nd7... } 40. Qxf6
{ no choice left; trying to wina tempo with any other move will only help Black; options are Qxc3 or Qd4+... }
40... Nxf6 41. Bg5 { not the best; Black is gaining tempo... } 41... Kg7 42.
Kf2 h6 43. Bd2 { not good is Bxf6+, Kxf6, Ke3, Rb2!, Bd1, g5... } 43... Nd7 44.
Bc3+ { or Bd3,f6, Ke3, e6, Bc3... } 44... f6
{ lining all pawns up, for the final march... afterKf7, e6, all is ready; we seek to keep the Bishops out of play, unlesswe can trade one, and march against the White Kings' wing... somethinghas got to give... }
45. Ke3 Kf7 46. g3
{ better looks h3, e6, g3, Ke7, Bd3;this gives Black an early opportunity to break formation... }
46... f5 { swifterthan e6, f4, f5... } 47. exf5
{ better is h4, and wait things out; this willonly open up another line for Black... Whites' Ra1 is condemned to guardingthe a-pawn... }
47... gxf5 { after Bd3, e6... } 48. h3
{ better was g4, fxg4, fxg4,Nf6!, h3, e6... or Bd3, e6, h3... } 48... e5
{ no hesitation; Black is gainingtempo fast... } 49. Bd3 { or Kf2, Ke6... }
49... Kf6
{ another inspired tempo, postponingKe6... better than straightaway Rg8, Be1!... }
50. f4 { toughest defense,is g4, f4+, Ke2... this is only helping Black... }
50... Rg8 { of course... } 51. Kf2
{ gradually but surely White is losing control... a better defense isRg1, h5, Be2, Ke6 (or Nf8, Bxh5, Ne6, Bf3), Bxh5, Nf6, Bf3... }
51... Ke6 52. fxe5 { trying to simplify things, but only Black will profit... }
52... dxe5 53. Bb2 { trying to release Ra1... } 53... h5
{ creating a second front of attacks...also possible is e4, Re1, Ne5, Be2, a3! (Bxa3??, e3+, Kxe3, Rxg3+, Kf4,Rxa3), Bc1, h5... }
54. Rg1 { not much options left; the White King needsassistance... } 54... h4
{ the point of no return... } 55. gxh4
{ not better is g4,fxg4, hxg4, e4, and soon f3... } 55... Rxg1
{ one defender of a1 down... } 56. Kxg1 e4
{ no hesitation; we need to keep the White Bishops out of play... alsopreparing f4; the Black King is guarding Whites' h-pawns via Ke6-Kf7-Kg6...soon, White has to cope with another set of freepawns, and will lose material... }
57. Be2 { a bit better is Bf1, Ne5, h5, Nf3+, Kf2... } 57... f4 { no mercy... }
58. Bg4+ { to avoid f3, no doubt; a bit better was h5, f3, Bf1, e3, Bd3... }
58... Kd6
{ ready for e3 and an eventual Be4; Bb2 has to stay on guard againstBlacks' a-pawn... now, Blacks' new set of free pawns will decide... }
59. h5 e3 60. h6 Be4 61. Bxd7
{ practically forced... after Bf3!, Bxc2 (Bxf3??,h7), Kg2, Ne5, Bd5, Bh7, White is in even more trouble... }
61... Kxd7 62. Ba3
{ a bad mistake; White had to play Bc1, Kd6, Kf1, Bxc2, Ke2 (better thanh4, Bh7, Ke2), to keep the e-pawn under control while guarding a3... thisway, the White Bishop of the black squares will get more squares than hecan handle... }
62... Bxc2 63. Bxc5
{ too late for Bc1, after a3, Bxa3, f3, soonfollowed by f2... } 63... a3
{ all the same: Bxa3, f3... } 64. Bd4 { what else? } 64... a2
{ relentless... now after f3, the e-pawn becomes lethal after e2; butalso f2+ is losing, due to promotion on f1 after Bd3... and after Bxe3,of course promotion on a1... this game is not far from over for White... }
65. h7 Bxh7 66. c5 Kc6 67. Kf1 f3
{ in my opinion stronger than Bd3+, Kg2,Be4+, Kg1, f3, or even Kd5, Bc3, f3, etc., because Bxe3 is practicallyforced... Gameknot's computer analysis however, considered this a blunder:better is Kd5, Bc3, f3, Kg1, f2+, Kg2, Be4+, Kg3, f1Q, Kg4, e2, c6, Qf3+,Kg5, Qxc3, Kg4, a1Q, c7, e1Q; all forced... Black sports a staggering threeQueens, and mate follows on move 78; not very surprising... apart fromthe fact, the actual game variation reaches mate quicker, there is indeeda better way; after Kg4 (better Kh4, e2, Kg4, to win a - useless - tempo),Qf5+, Kh4, e2, Kg3, a1Q, Bxa1, e1B+ (why not a bishop?), Kh2, Qf2, mateis reached 1 move sooner, same as in the actual game... }
68. Bxe3 a1=Q+ 69. Kf2 Qh1
{ no fussing about, we need to be careful to avoid stalemate;this is the fastest way to mate, after h4, Qg2+, Ke1, Qe2#... }
70. Kg3 Qg2+ 71. Kh4 { or Kf4, with the same result... } 71... f2
{ no mercy... } 72. Bxf2
{ forced, or else f1Q, and sooner mate; unsportsmanlike as it may seem... }
72... Qxf2+
{ we now seek for a position with Kh5, Qg3... then mate will followon Qg6, after h4 or Kh6... }
73. Kg4
{ after Kh5, Qg3... after Kg5, Qf5+,Kh4 (Kh6, Qg6#), Qf4+, Kh5, Qg3... now Be4 keeps the White King contained;again after Kh5, Qg3, and after h4, Qf3+ (rules out Kh5, made possiblethanks to Be4), Kg5, Qf5+, Kh6, Qg6#... }
73... Be4 74. Kg5 Qf5+ 75. Kh4 Qf4+ 76. Kh5 Qg3 77. h4 Qg6#
{ brought in as predicted... c5 rests as a reminderof things gone terribly wrong... }
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[Event "berbatov's mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "06-Sep-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "slardifarst"]
[Black "brulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d, 7d max"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
1. d4
{ This is a game which I lost in 'berbatov's mini-tournament'. I addalso the Spanish comments by migchess20. }
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3
{ The S�misch variation. The f3-pawn supports the e4-pawn andthe square g4, so that the black king's knight cannot go there to kicka bishop on e3. The minus is that white's g1-knight cannot go to his favoritesquare f3 and the development of white's kingside is 'going to be ratherclumsy.' (J.Gallagher) }
5... O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5
{ migchess20: muy prematuromover 7..e5 en esta posici�n.[7...a6 8.Dd2 Tb8 9.Cc1 e5 10.Cb3 exd4 11.Cxd4Cxd4 12.Axd4 Ae6 13.Ae2 posici�n equilibrada] }
8. d5 Ne7 9. Ng3 Ne8 10. Bd3 f5 11. Bf2 fxe4
{ migchess20: 11...f4 12.Cge2 Cf6 13.Db3 c6 14.Da3Es mejor mantener una posici�n cerrada en la defensa india del rey }
12. fxe4 Nf6 13. O-O a6 14. Be3 h6
{ I consider this position to be weak, as 14...h6 weakens the protection of the king, many consider that the pawns that defend the king should not move immediately, but rather in the appropriate moment. [14...Cg4 15.De2 Cxe3 16.Dxe3 Txf1 17.Txf1] }
15. Be2 Bd7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. h3 Qe8
{ migchess20: 17...Tf7 Es importanteentrar la dama en juego y colaborar en la defensa del rey negro 18.Tf3Dh8 19.Taf1 Taf8 20.c5 Rg8 21.b4 }
18. Rf2 Rd8 19. Raf1 b5 20. b3 bxc4
{ The black pieces are exposed to attack; 20...c5 Necessary to break the center of white pawns and give movement to the black pieces 21.dxc6 Axc6 22.Ab6 Ta8 23.Ac7 Cc8 24.Aa5 }
21. bxc4 Rb8 { This forthand back looks a bit strange. } 22. c5 Bb5 23. Nxb5
axb5 24. c6 { 24...Qc8 } 24... Qc8 25. Qb4
{ Now it looks interesting to give a knight for two pawns andgetting at least two connected free pawns. The question is whether toplay a move like Qa6 before or not. It is better because it puts the queento a more active place and raises the opportunity to get 3 connected freepawns. }
25... Qa6 26. a3
{ Now, Nxc6 is also a possible sac, only it takes lessinitiative than the sac on d5. }
26... Nexd5
{ I preferred the e-knight to thef-knight in order to postpone the opening of the f-line. }
27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Qb3 Nxe3 29. Rxf8 Nxf1
{ migchess20: 29...Axf8 30.Dxe3 Dxc6 31.Ch5 } 30. Rxb8
{ ? Already here Qg8# was possible. } 30... Nxg3 { ?? } 31. Qg8#
{ There are moments in the game, that one may fall asleep in the previous position, (this has happened to me several times), so it is important to ask oneself afterwards what the opponent is up to. Observe that pieces are attacked, that pieces are in the air. Observe the chains of pawns. There is an direct attack to the king. 1%u20130 }
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[Event "An Agony of Options"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "02-Feb-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "wkand"]
[Black "blake84120"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1504"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
1. e4 c5 { This is a team match. I choose the Sicilian Defense. } 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 { 3. d4 makes this the Chekhover variation. } 4. Nxd4 Nf6
{ Nowthis is the Prins (Moscow) variation. } 5. Nc3 g6
{ And after recycling variationslike last week's aluminum, I end up at the Dragon variation, which I likeif for no other reason than because I like dragons. }
6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O { 7. f3 is known as the Yugoslav attack. } 8. Qd2 d5
{ 8. Qd2 is the Rauservariation of the Yugoslav attack. All by the book so far. }
9. exd5 Nxd5 { Exchanging in the center. } 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O-O Qxa2
{ White deviatesfrom the main line (11. c4). The move as played leaves the pawn hangingat a2. Everything in my home camp seems safe, so I pounce. I can't helpbut notice that now the white knight is pinned by the black bishop at g7- if white moves it, black checkmates on b2. }
12. c3 Bxd4
{ White foundthe move to stop the checkmate and unpin the knight. He was two moves awayfrom a knight on c7 winning the trapped black rook on a8. Besides, a pawnahead means it's time to think about liquidating the opponent's pieces.I regret the loss of my bishop with his strong pressure on the center andon b2, but there are no pawns in the center to threaten and white's queensidepawns seem safe from a bishop, so the tradeoff doesn't seem too unfavorable. }
13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bc5 Bf5
{ My king pawn, still on his home square after13 moves, is en prise. But I am far from wanting to save it; I want toattack instead. The move as played threatens Qb1 . }
15. Bd3 Na5
{ Leavingthe king pawn en prise again, now I threaten a 3-way fork on b3, threateningwhite's king, queen, and the bishop on c5. }
16. Kc2 Bxd3+
{ Too many attacksto choose from. I agonized over the options for a long time. 16. ... Qb3seems to be met safely by 17. Kb1 and I'm out of attacks. 16. ... Nc4 forksthe white queen and checkmate on b2, but 17. Qc1 seems to solve both problemsadequately. 16. ... Nb3 forks the queen and the bishop on c5, but whiteanswers with 17. Qe3 and again I seem to run out of steam. Maybe one ofthese lines has something decisive that I missed, but in-game I decidedto go a different way. Does anyone see anything better? }
17. Qxd3 Nc4
{ Threatenscheckmate on b2. I am expecting Rb1 to prevent the mate, after which onecontinuation might be 18. ... Rfd8 19. Qe4 Rd2 20. Kc1 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Qxb2 22. Kd1 Qd2# (not forced, but I don't think white has much in the wayof squirming out of it that doesn't cost him more material, or leave himwith multiple exchanges toward a losing endgame down by at least 2 pawns). }
18. Ba3 Nxa3+
{ White's move (18. Ba3?) wasn't the defense I had expected.The bishop is guarded by a pinned pawn, so it isn't really guarded at all.Now white loses his bishop and the b2 pawn is soon to follow. White hashad enough. }
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[Event "Dealing with the Budapest"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.10.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "hityerclock"]
[Black "damalfi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
{ Anyone who has read my annotations and comments will know that I havea poor view of early black gambits such as the Albin, Budapest, etc. Theseare great in blitz or fast time controls, but in a correspondence gameBlack shouldn't be able to justify the loss of material. White can getinto trouble by trying to hold on to the gambit pawn, which gives blackgreat counter-play. But white can simply give back the pawn and saddleblack with a static position. Here's an example from a recent game ... }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 { The Budapest! Black is looking for a knife-fight. } 3.
dxe5 Ng4
{ Black's other option is horrible: 3...Ne4 (known as the FajarowiczVariation) 4.a3! b6 (probably best: 4...Qh4?! 5.g3 Qh5 6.Bg2 Qxe5 7.Nf3gives white a decisive lead in development; 4...Nc6 is considered the mainline, but after 5.Nf3 d6 6.Qc2! and black soon finds himself in trouble,for example 6...d5 7.e3 Bg4 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Bc4 (the point behind Qc2) Qa5+10.Nbd2 black's got nothing) 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 a5 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bf4 Na69.g3 Nc5 10.Bg2 followed by 11.Rc1 and 12.O-O, black has no compensationfor the pawn, and a worse position as well. }
4. Nf3 Nc6
{ The immediate4...Bb4+ has no bite after 5.Nc3 Qe7 6.Bd2! Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxe5 9.a3 Bxc3(not 9...Bc5 10.Nd5 followed by 11.Bc3) 10.Bxc3 Qg5 11.h4! Qh6 12.Rh3!and black's K is in some trouble. In particular, 12...O-O is answered with13.Rg3. }
5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3
{ 7.a3 is also playable, but seemsto give black some play after 7...Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 (not 8.axb4?? Nd3 mate!)8...Nxe5 9.e3 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 d6 11.Be2 b6!, and the black bishop will becomean annoyance along the a8-h1 diagonal, which supports counter-play on theK-side }
7... Ncxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2
{ Black has some problems to solve here,the primary one being what to do with the dark-square bishop. }
9... g5
{ ?! Blackdoes not have enough development for this. Black's best try here is probably9...a5! looking to restrain white on the Q-side with 10...Bxd2 and 11...a4(white is threatening to gain space with a3 & b4). }
10. Bg3 h5 11. h4 { Andso ends black's 'initiative.' } 11... d6 12. a3
{ Gaining the bishop pair. } 12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2
{ Black has nothing, and is about to develop king safety issues } 13... Bg4 14.
c5 { !? trying to keep the black king in the center. } 14... Bxe2
{ Theimmediate 14...O-O-O 15 cxd6 is troublesome for black, for example 15...Rxd616.Qa5! or 15...cxd6 16.f3 Bd7 17.Rc1+ or 15...Qxd6 16.Qxd6 cxd6 17.f3Bd7 18.Rc1+ }
15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxe2 O-O-O
{ Losing the g-pawn, but otherwiseblack's king will be stuck in the center with no prospects. }
17. hxg5 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Qg6 19. Rh4
{ ! Now white returns the pawn to activate his rooks. } 19... Qxg5 20. Rd1 Qg6
21. b4 { Prevents the N from coming back to defend theblack K } 21... f6 22.
Kg1 { ! First things first - white needs to secure his ownking } 22... Ne5 23.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 { 23...Rxd8 loses the h-pawn. } 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qb5
{ Attacking both the b & e pawns } 25... Qf6
{ ? Black puts up more resistancewith 25...Kc8, though after 26.Qxe5 white's connected central passed pawnswill be enough to secure the win. }
26. Qxb7 { Black is lost. } 26... Rf8
{ 26...Qxh427.Qa8+ and 28.Qxh8 is an easily won Q+P endgame. Black's scattered pawnswill be impossible to defend. }
27. Rc4 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 { Black is out of checks } 28... Qf6
{ 28...Qf7 29.Qb8+ and 30.Rxc7+, or 28...Rf7 29.Qb8+ Ke7 30.Rxc7+ Kf6(30...Ke6 31.Qfe8+) 31.Qh8+ Kg6 31.Qg8+ also lose material. 28...Ke8 29.Qxc7is similar to the game continuation }
29. Qxc7+ Ke8 30. Qb7 { ThreateningRc8 mate. } 30... Qe7 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Rc7
{ Black resigns, as the Q is lost. } 1-0
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[Event "A good tactic?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.01.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "damafi"]
[Black "berf642000"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1366"]
[TimeControl "5|5"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. e3 Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. g4
Nd5 9. g5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nxd4 11. Bd3 a5 12. c3 Nc6
{ I have made amistake with g5, and I have paid the price under the form of the d4 pawn.If I allow major exchanges, I would be simply down. Can I do something?Here starts the combination. I'm sure you can see it, and it starts witha 'bad' move... }
13. Qh5 { The all-too-known 'naive' mate threat, easilyparried with... } 13...
g6 { ...so now the Q retires, and NxN, losing anotherpawn... or not? } 14. Nxg6
{ Black has to take it (Ne2+ would be deadly),and if hxN, Qxg6+. But black has fxN... }
14... fxg6 15. Bxg6
{ White goes on asa champion, even there is no mate (black can avoid the mate by defendingh2 with Qe7, but then the B just retires and g6 should be mate in few. }
15... hxg6 { ? a fatal mistake, but difficult to see. } 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Rg3
{ Thekey move in all previous lines. Black can't prevent in one move the matethreat. }
17... Rxf4 18. Rh3+ { A nice thing having seen all the line on a blitzgame! }
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[Event "How to lose at Chess pt 15 - a bit of a roller coaster"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2020.07.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "cetst11"]
[Black "elwoos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1632"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<7d"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
1. e3
{ When this tournament game started, my opponent was a good 100 pointsnorth of my rating. If I'd won he would be the highest ranked player Ihad beaten for some considerable time. The game started when my confidencewas high. I had just completed reading Sierawans Strategy book which forme consolidated and added to some of the ideas I had already and whichresulted in my rating skyrocketing by about 100 points to the highest itsever been, so I was optimistic. The tournament itself was meant to beKGA but very few games started like that. this is Van't Kruijs openingwhich I'm not familiar with }
1... g6 2. a3
{ Computer analysis calls this aninaccuracy but I can't really see how to take advantage of this. }
2... Nf6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2
{ As I'm not familiar with this opening at all I'm going forearly safety and aiming to castle soon. This should give me a little timeto see what my opponent is up to }
4... d6 5. c4 e5
{ This takes us out of theGameknot database. The aim is prohylaxis, it limits the white dsbs threatsinto my kingside. As it happens this is maintaned for much of the game. }
6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 h6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7
{ the double fianchettohas been successfully used against me in the past so I thought I wouldtry it here. This seems a good spot for my lsb }
11. d4 Re8 12. d5
{ I wasquite pleased by this as I don't want to damage my little pawn chain, theproblem of course is that my lsb is now not so well placed which I'm sureis whites intent. }
12... Ne7 13. b5 Bc8 { Trying to keep the lsb active. } 14. h3 Nf5 15. Na2 Ne4
16. Nb4 Bd7 17. Nc6 Qc8 18. a4 Ne7 19. a5 Bxh3
{ analysiscalls this a mistake. I was more generous and thought of it as a high riskmove that was intended to open up whites king and scare him a little, Ican get my queen and both knights into the attack and push my kingsidepawns, even though white has space he has little scope for manoeuvre justat the moment, though of course that can change quickly. }
20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Nh2 h5 22. Bf3 Ng5 23. Bg2 Qh4 24. Qe2
{ I'm unsure that I can see thepoint of this move. Interestingly the analysis calls it a mistake preferring24. axb6 cxb6 25. Ra4 Nf5 26. Qe2 }
24... Nh3+
{ Analysis also calls this a mistakebut my aim was to get rid of a defender and bring my other knight in . }
25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. e4 Bh6 { my dsb can now support a pawn push } 27. Qf3 Qxf3
28. Nxf3 g5
{ Analysis calls this a mistake preferring ... Kf8 29. Kg2Ng8 30. Bc1 Bxc1 31. Rfxc1 Nf6 but for me at the time it was part of myplan }
29. axb6 cxb6 30. Rxa7 Rxa7
{ I was hoping to avoid the rook exchangebut white has forced it. } 31. Nxa7 g4
{ The white knight has limited optionsand can then be threatened by my dsb }
32. Nh4 Bg5 33. Ng2 Ra8 34. Ra1 h4 35. Nc6
{ Analysis calls this a mistake. I would prefer to keep a rook } 35... Rc8
{ I'm unsure about this move, the idea was to reduce the risk that whitewould exchange knights as he would lose a pawn. Better may have been Rf8 }
36. Ra4 { not ideal for white but the only way he can protect his pawn onc4 }
36... f5 37. exf5 Nxf5 38. Ne3
{ This is a blunder due to 38. Ne3 Bxe3 39.fxe3 Rf8 40. Ra1 Nxe3 Unfortunately for me I didn't quite see that... }
38... Nxe3 { ... and I blundered too ( 38. Ne3 Bxe3 39. fxe3) } 39. fxe3
{ Luckilyfor me white didn't spot it and blundered too. This gave me some hopethat I may be able to push the white king into a corner and make life difficultfor him }
39... Bxe3+
{ Analysis puts black significantly ahead for the first timein the game } 40.
Kg2 Rf8
{ The white king is trapped into a corner and Ihave three passed pawns, things are looking up. At this point I was optimisticthat I might win or at worst draw. }
41. Bxe5 { this is obviously a gamblefor white } 41... Rf2+
{ I got hesitant as I didn't want to give white a passedpawn. Analysis here prefers ... dxe5 42. Nxe5 h3+ 43. Kg3 Bf4+ 44. Kxg4h2 45. Ra1 Bxe5 46. Rh1 Rf4+ 47. Kh3 Rxc4 }
42. Kh1 g3 43. Ra8+
{ Obviouslythis was coming, I just hoped I could hold my nerve long enough to rideit out }
43... Kf7 44. Ra7+ Kg6 45. Rg7+ Kf5 46. Bxg3 hxg3 47. Rxg3 Rf1+ 48. Kg2 Rg1+
{ At this point my slim chances of winning had all but evaporated.All of my checking suggested that the game could now be drawn, so I somewhatreluctanly aimed at a draw. }
49. Kf3 Rxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Ke4 51. Nb4 Bc5 52. Na6 Kd4 53. Kf4 Kxc4
{ By this point I had convinced myself that this wasa draw } 54. Nc7 Kd4 55.
Kf5 Kc4 56. Ke6 { I couldn't see here what was wasattempting } 56... Kb4
{ I didn't realise at the time but this was the single movethat meant I lost. Best is ... Ba3 57. Ne8 Kxb5 58. Nxd6+ Kc5 59. Ne4+ Kc460. d6 Bxd6 61. Nxd6+ Kc5 62. Nb7+ Kd4 63. Nd6 which I would have beenvery happy with. }
57. Kd7
{ I think it was about here when I finally realisedwhat white was doing but it was too late. }
57... Kc4 58. Kc6 Kb4 { This was myfinal blunder. analysis suggests ... } 59.
Na6+
{ Once again I have provedto myself that one move can lose a game, I just need to remember that lessonnow! }
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[Event "Mpower Team - Incestous Fun"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.07.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "maglicianer"]
[Black "themaverick51"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1389"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. c3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qf6 6. Qd3 Bc5 7. f3 d6 8.
b4 Bb6 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. d3 c6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. a4 Qg5 13. Nf1
{ Interestingchoice. White can't castle king's side (Bb6 puts the king in check), butmost folks would have gone with Pg4. Black is kind of compelled to movethe queen and cannot simply take the poisoned g pawn (now guarded by thewhite queen). }
13... Qg6 14. a5 Bc7 15. Ng3 d5 16. Ba2
{ Bb3 would have givenwhite's white bishop greater freedom of movement without constraining thea rook either. }
16... b6 17. O-O bxa5 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Ba3 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 Re8
{ Here I would trade black bishop for knight--BxNe7. Then Rf to B1. Thelong term goal is RxBb6 (after the white bishop is moved). Although protectedby the pawn, black can't take it because then RxR. }
21. Rae1 c5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bb7 24. c4 Rad8 25. Bc1 Ba5 26. Re3 f5 27.
Re2 h5 28. Rff2 h4 29. Nf1 Bc7 30. f4 a5 31. Qb2 Rb8 32. Qb5 Bc8 33. Qa4 Rb4
34. Qc2 exf4 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Bd2
{ How about BxPf4? Free pawn. Ra4 makes Bd2 a hollowthreat. } 36... Rb8 37.
Bc3 { I still liked BxPf4 better. BxB, RxB, white comesout a pawn ahead. }
37... Bd7 38. d4 cxd4 39. Bxd4 Qe4 40. Qd2 Rb1 { The game seemsfar from lost. }
0-1
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[Event "English Opening - Blitz Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Avocet"]
[Black "jarrod_lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[TimeControl "Blitz game"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3
{ Posing the question. This is the inaugural move of theNimzovich-Flohr variation. }
2... d6 3. Nc3 Bg4
{ Now the opening looks a bitlike a Trompowski Attack with colors reversed. The Tromp' has never impressedme as anything but a piece of brassy bragadoccio with lots of smoke andlittle fire. The Tromp' player boasts by his Bishop move, 'I can give youthe Bishop-pair right out of the gate, and still beat you!' That's quitean assertion, to which I always reply, 'Prove it to me.' }
4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c6 6. Bg2 h6
{ Not really in the spirit of the Tromp'. Black shouldthink about working to catch up in development with 6. ...Nf6-Be7-Nbd7or a6, especially now that he's surrendered the Bishop-pair. }
7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. d4
{ I just decided here that since Black already lags indevelopment, and has squandered a couple tempi, and has handed me the twoBishops on a silver platter, that a direct attack was the most sensiblecourse. }
9... Qc7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Ne4 Rh8
{ Black possessesa sense of danger, it seems. Still, he's just moved the Rook he developedby castling back to its original square so he can then move his King, latelycome from e8, back in the direction of its original square. ...'Uncastling'almost immediately you castle? Can that be a good thing?? It's alreadyhard to suggest tenable moves for Black, but either 13. ...Nbd7 or 13....Qd7 has to be more helpful than the text. }
14. Re2 Nbd7 15. Rae1 Bf8 16. Qd3 { To take on f6 with double check. } 16...
Nxe4 17. Bxe4+ Kg8 18. Bf5 Nf6 19. c5 b6 20. b4 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Bh3
{ Preparing the transfer to aneven better diagonal. } 22... bxc5 23. dxc5 dxc5
24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Rc2
{ Had Black played 25. ...Bc5 I would have played 26. Rb1. } 26... Qd5
{ Lookslike a game-saver, but only for a moment. } 27. Qa6 c5 { Meh? } 28. Bg2
Qf5 29. Qa4 Nh5
{ A stinker. Here Black pretty much has to play 29. ...Rc8,followed by 30. Re5 Qd7 31. Qc4, maintaining the killing bind. Black washoping, I assume, to conjure up a last-moment attack against White's Kingbeginning with a 'desperado' sacrifice. }
30. Bxa8 Nxf4 31. gxf4 { Obviouslynot 31. Qf4?? Qc2. } 31... Qg4+ 32. Bg2 h5
33. h3 Qh4 34. Qe4 Rh6 35. f5 g6 { ???Whoops!! } 36. Qxh4
{ And Black resigns. } 1-0
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[Event "greunfeld defence"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "i_ilyin"]
[Black "mtnmike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
{ Grunfelddefence, exchange variation. } 6... Bg7 7. Bc4
{ Classical continuation, usuallyfollowed by 8.Ne2. Unlike 7.Nf3, it avoids unpleasant pin after 8. ...Bg4. But in the latest decades 7.Nf3 is also often played. }
7... c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+
{ This move was introduced intoBig Chess by A.Karpov in his match against Kasparov in Sevilla, 1987. Whitewins pawn, but let black to develop the counterplay. The advantage of thismove is that it goes away from deeply investigated play after 12.Bb3 cxd413.cxd4 Be6, and creates position of another sort. }
12... Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd4
{ In the match Sevilla 1987 Kasparov played here 14. ... Qd6,which is now considered as the best. }
15. cxd4 e5 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. dxe5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc4 19. Bf4 Nxe5 20. h3 Nc4 21.
Rd7
{ White retained thepawn and started improving the position. White's advantage is steadilygrowing. }
21... b5 22. g3 a6 23. Kg2 b4 24. Nd4 a5 25. Ne6 Bc3 26. Ng5 h6 27. Nf7 h5 28.
gxh5 gxh5 29. Rc7 Nd2 30. e5 Re8 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 a4 33. g5 Re6 34. Nh6+
Kf8 35. Ng4 Ne4
{ Black's position is close to critical,white is going to play 36.Nf6 with mortal threat g5-g6-g7 (36. ... Bxe5?37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38.Nd7+). Black tries to prevent, but without success. Thebest move for black would be 35. ... b3 36.axb3 axb3 37.Rb7 (37.Rxc6? b2,and white has to give away the rook for the pawn b) }
36. Kf3 Nd2+ 37. Ke2 Ne4 38. Kd3 Nxg5
{ Black has to sacrifice the Knight for two pawns.Not a bad solution, because it is not easy for white to avoid the draw.If black finds a way to exchange their two pawns to one white pawn, itwill be draw, because endgame rook + bishot against rook almost alwaisgoes to draw. If blach looses both pawns, but finds a way to exchange rooks,it also will be draw, because destination field of white pawn (a8) is ofdifferent color than the white bishop. So it will be a tricky task forwhite to win... }
39. Bxg5 Bxe5 40. Nxe5 Rxe5 41. Bf4 Rb5
{ Excellent idea!It turns out that after 42.Kc4 black can play 42. ... b3!!, and after 43.Kxb5b2 white, having one rook and one bishop more, can't win! 44.Rc1 bxc1Q45.Bxc1 Kd7, and white cannot take the a4 pawn and prevent black king toget into a8. Great endgame! It looks that there is no way for white towin :-( }
42. Bd6+ Ke8 { This is a fatal mistake. Now white wins. } 43. Kc4 b3 44. Kxb5
b2 45. Re7+
{ There is the point. black pawns are stopped. It is very interesting question: what would be the result, if black played42. ... Kg8? Let's try to continue: 43.Rc8+ Kh7 (43. ... Kf7? 44.Kc4 b345.Kxb5 b2 45.Rf8+; 43. ... Kg7? 44.Kc4 b3 45.Kxb5 b2 46.Be5+) The blackpawn b4 looks unstoppable, and white could try tosacrifice a bishop forit: 44.Bxb4 Rxb4 45.Kc3 Rh3 46.Rc4 Rxc4 47.Kxc4, in the hope that blackking in h7 is to far. But analisis shows that it comes in time: 47. ...Kg7 48.Kb4 Kf7 49.Kxa4 Ke7 50.Kb5 Kd7 51.Kb6 Kc8 - a draw. }
1-0
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[Event "League division E2"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "thearrtofnoise"]
[Black "makj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1376"]
1. e4
{ ~ Always 1. e4 ... 2. f4 ... 3. Nf3 ... (gambits by nature are notfundamentally sound, but when I saw someone using it against me in AfghanistanI fell for the novelty of it! Lively play and it can be beaten.) }
1... e5 { 1. ... e5 (the most popular response) } 2. f4
{ ~ Will he accept? It's tootempting! Also available is the gambit declined and the gambit accepted. }
2... d6
{ ~ Be advised: Bishops before Knights is a no-no! The c8-g3 diagonalopen but easily dismissed. }
3. fxe5
{ ~ I've decided not concede his Bishoppin on my Knight. This could have been a disastrous decision if he wouldhave caught it (3. ... Qh4+ 4. g2 Qxe4 5. Be2 Qxh1 followed by more self-inlflictedwounds) }
3... dxe5 { ~ Advantage declined by Black! } 4. Nf3
{ ~ Breathing easiernow. An experienced player would not have lost to me. }
4... Bd6
{ ~ It wouldbe much better to guard the King's pawn with 4. ... Nc6 (Bishops shouldbe attacking!) }
5. Bc4 { ~ I'm cooking up some fried liver. The f7 pawnis on the grill! } 5...
Nf6 { ~ 'Stop kidding yourself. It's too late to CastleKingside!' } 6. Bxf7+
{ ~ Should the King capture? Or just get out of theway! } 6... Kxf7
{ ~ Again, the bait is taken! } 7. Ng5+
{ ~ Black is not in badshape. Not until a fatal decision in the next move. }
7... Kg6
{ ~ Heaps of troublein front of your own pawns. Don't play in the traffic if you're the King! }
8. h4 { ~ Hunting my Knight would be much easier for the pawns. } 8... Bg4
{ ~Threatening my Queen won't work. There is no safe place to hide for Black. }
9. h5+
{ ~ who would have thought the most important pawns on the Boardwere at d2, e4, and h5? 8. ... h5 would have prevented this Check! }
9... Kxg5 { ~ Does it look hopeless for the Queen? No! } 10. d4#
{ ~ With Black's Queenand Knight sitting on the Back Rank, the King learns a painful lesson indevelopment. Match Over, 1-0 ! }
1-0
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[Event "Team Ch Juniors TESSAS , Chalkida?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.11.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Soilemesis , Giorgio"]
[Black "Pischinas, Evangelos"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d3
{ Prototypes of White. Against the prepared black defense 2I... } 6... h6
{ Maybe better 6..., Ab4+ and in the 7th move, g3, Aeg7. } 7. Ne4
{ It appears that white has the advantage and is about to checkmate. However, after 8...Qf6! 9. Bxc6+ bxc6, the game is drawn. }
7... Be6 8. O-O f5 { There is not a good move. Better 8...Ad6, 8...Ae7. } 9.
Qh5+ { The knight moves to the fifth rank. } 9... Bf7
{ Stronger physically, the barian: 9... Ke7 10. Ng5 Nf6! 11. Nxe6 Nxh5 12. Nxd8 Kxd8 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Bb3 Bd6 with an open game! }
10. Qxf5 Nce7
{ Better: 10... Be7 11. Nbc3 O-O 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qg6+ cxd5 14. exd5 +/- } 11.
Qxe5
{ Anti for 11.Bc5 shows the power of Saah with the white pieces: 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Qxe5 cxb5 13. Nd6+ }
11... Nb6 12. Bxf7+ { And now it becomes clear that 12.Ab5+ } 12... Kxf7 13.
Qh5+ g6 14. Qe5
{ It is not bad, but it is better to play: 14. Qf3+ (for example, 14..., Kh7 because there is a mate in two) 15. Qf6+ (for example, 15..., Kg8) 16.Qe6+ (for example, 16..., Kh7) but not 16..., Kg7 (because there is a mate in two) 17. Bd2 (for example, 17..., Ned5) +- }
14... Qd5
{ Mauro doesn't have the advantage either:
14... Bg7
(15. Qf4+ Kg8
16. Nf6+ Bxf6
17. Qxf6 +-) }
15. Qxh8 { He took her pawn. (And he has his own pawn too!) } 15... Bg7
{ It appears that the Black pieces have captured the White Queen... } 16. Ng5+
{ The luck is with me! } 16... Kf6
{ However! The Black is countered by 16...hxg5 17. Qh3 Rh8 18. Qg3 Be5 19. f4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nf5 21. Qxg5 and now 21...Qd8! 22. Qg4! (22. Qxd8?? Ng3! #)
But we find ourselves in a difficult position with the White pieces and two counter-players. }
17. Nc3
{ With dark secrets, but also the ability to create: 17. Qh7
is from the position of advantage: e.g. 17...,hxg5 18. Nc3 Qe5 19. Ne4+ +- }
17... Qd4
{ Always: 17...PxhB+ 18.Ixd5+,Ibxd5 20.Ie4+ +/-, +- white pieces are slightly better.
17...PxhB+ 18.Ixd5+,Ibxd5 20.Ie4+ +/-, +- black pieces are slightly better. }
18. Be3
{ White is winning. He just played the move Qxg7+, which is followed by the checkmate-winning move Ne6+. }
18... Qxe3
{ If the Black King had not been checked by the Queen, it would have been more difficult for the White King to capture the Queen with the Bishop.
However, despite the two defenses, the Leaves are still winning. }
19. fxe3+ Kxg5
{ 19... Nf5
19... Nf5 20. Nce4+ Ke7 21.Qxg7+!+-
20. Nce4+ Ke7 21.Qxg7+!? Bxh8 22. Rxf5!? Bxb2
22. Ne6 Bxa1
23. Rh7 Bxb2
24. Ne6 Bxa1
25. Rh7 Bxb2
26. Nc7+ Kf8
27. Nxa8 +- }
20. Ne4+ Kh5 21. Qxg7
{ The lie has both a plan and the false belief: 21. Rf4!
For example, 21..., Bxh8
22. Ng3+
Kg5
23. h4# }
21... Nf5 22. Rxf5+ { Queen takes 5 steps forward! } 22... gxf5 { How; } 23.
Nf6+ Kh4 24. Qg3# 1-0
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[Event "Stranglehold in The Tarrasch French"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "dmaestro"]
[Black "Anonymous"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
{ In this game, Black falls behind in development and despite the Queenexchange, becomes tangled up quickly. Interesting example of how quicklythe subtle initiative White often gains from the Tarrasch French can provedecisive with imprecise play, even with the queens off the board. }
1. e4 { . } 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4
7. Nxd4
{ Black has exchanged queens, but is far behind in development and needsto play carefully. }
7... Bd7
{ Develops and protects against a check and pin.An alternative to consider was... a6 to prevent the N from going to b5. }
8. Bf4
{ Preparing for pressure on d6 and 0-0-0. The alternative 8 Nb5,Na6 9 Nbd6 was to be considered. }
8... Nc6 { ...Nc3?! overlooks the strengthof 10. Nb5! in this position. } 9.
Nb5 Bb4+
{ This check gives the blackking some room but does not solve Black's problems. }
10. c3 Ba5 11. Nbd6+ { Wins a pawn and forces the king to move. } 11... Kf8 12.
Nxb7 Bb6 13. Nbc5 { Threatensthe other bishop. } 13... Bc8 14. Bb5
{ Attacks the exposed knight. Whites piecesare swarming. } 14... Nce7 15. Bd6
{ Pins the Knight, threatening 16 Bc6. } 15... Bxc5 16. Nxc5
{ Black tries to exchange pieces to gain some freedom. } 16... a6 17. Ba4
{ Now 0-0-0 followed by Nd7 is threatened. Black tries to develop. } 17... Nf6
18. O-O-O Ne8 { Black wants to drive off the bishop. } 19. Bf4
{ ThreatensRd8. } 19... Ra7
{ 19...Ra7?? Necessary was 19...f6, 20 Rd8, Kf7, though blackremains cramped and a pawn down. }
20. Rd8
{ Finito! Black can only avoidmate by giving up a piece, and resigns. Interesting how quickly what areseemingly fairly normal defensive moves entangle the black position. }
1-0
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[Event "Campeonato Nacional Sub-20 2006"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Aviles Fernando"]
[Black "Sanchez Evgueni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "NCA"]
[WhiteElo "NCA"]
{ The 2006 Campeonato Nacional Sub-20 was held on July 30. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3 Rb8 9. Nge2 e5
{ (RR) 9. ...Nb4 10. Bb1 b5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Qc2 bxc4 14. Nf4cxd3 15. Nxd3 Nh5 16. 0-0 Nb3 17. Ne2 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 f5 19. Nb4 Bb7 20.d5 a5 21. Nd3 fxe4 22. fxe4 e5 23. b4 Qh4 24. Nf2 Shalaby,A - Ahmed,E /Cairo 1996 /EXT 98 / 0-1 }
10. d5 Nb4
{ From all strategic points of view, this move is a mistake, because?... the fundamental objective of this move should be to change a Knight (Good) for a Bishop (Bad), so that the Knight would be lost. }
11. c5
{ Making direct contact with the point d6, also expanding itself on the flank of dama...the black could make the move: 11.... a5..... but there is no way to escape this uncomfortable situation. }
11... Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3
{ El blanco se libera del 'fastidioso' alfil de casillas blancas. } 12... Nd7
13. cxd6
{ White played the move c6, followed by Black playing the move Nc5. White then played the move Qc2, and Black responded with the move bxc6, resulting in good play for Black. }
13... cxd6 14. O-O Nb6 15. b3 { Mejor era: 15.Rac1 } 15... f5 16. Rac1 f4
{ Eliminating any type of counterplay, since then this move black eliminates the possibility of creating columns and above all condemns PERMANENTLY the action of the knight on black squares. }
17. Bf2 Bd7 18. a4
{ The white is playing where it has the greatest chances: the kingside. } 18...
Na8 { The black piece is now one piece less. This move is not obligatory. } 19.
b4
{ Pressing even more in the queen's flank, very well, the white is playing where it has more chances. }
19... g5 20. b5 a5 21. Nd1 b6 22. Nb2 Rf6 23. Rc6
{ Juganda Brillante!! en el casode no capturar la Torre, los puntos b6 y d6 estarian siendo presionadosefectivamente y si a esto le agregamos la posibilidad de colocar la Tfc1,la presion que aplicaria el blanco seria practicamente incontenible. }
23... Bxc6
{ This capture is not very precise (but what else could he do?), as the knight was one of the most active pieces. White also acquires a strong pawn on c6, controlling important squares for Black. }
24. bxc6
{ White, by capturing with the pawn d5, gave the black the opportunity to sacrifice the pawn d6. }
24... Rg6
{ Now the black pieces are playing with almost three pieces less, the knight, bishop and tower on b8. }
25. Rc1
{ Incorporating pieces to the offensive, very well, the black does not get any respite. }
25... g4 26. fxg4 Rxg4 27. Qf3 Rg6 28. Nc3 Bf8 { pobre alfil } 29. Nb5 Nc7 30.
Nc4 Nxb5 31. axb5 Qc7 32. Bxb6
{ The perfect finish for a wonderful sacrifice. } 32... Rxb6 33. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 34.
Qf2 Qb8 35. c7 Qc8 36. b6 { 1-0 } 1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.05.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "e2toe4"]
[Black "sanjinp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
1. e4 b6 { Owen Defense. } 2. Bc4 Bb7 3. Qf3
{ White has no respect forblack's ability, shooting for the four move checkmate, and bringing thequeen into the fray so early in the game. }
3... e6 4. Nh3 Qf6
{ Ph6 is the morecommon response to this unusual move. White can establish dominance ofthe center by trading queens. On the other hand those who open with thequeen tend to be less versatile with the other pieces--a trade might benefitblack in the long run. Qf6 is not in the database. }
5. d3 Qxf3
{ A littlesurprising white declines the trade, given that black can double white'spawns. }
6. gxf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O-O 9. a3 Bc5 10. b4 Bd4 11. O-O-O f6 12. Nb5
g5 13. Be3 Bxe3+ 14. fxe3 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 h6 17. Nf2 d5 18. exd5 exd5
19. Bb3 Re8 20. Kd2 Ne7 21. Ng4 f5 22. Ne5 c6 23. Rhe1 f4 24. c4 h5
{ This leaves Pg5 undefended. The bigger problem here is thatwhite can get that knight to d6+, seizing the rook at e8 with a fork. I like Nf5. This way black threatens NxPd4, ending up with the bishopat b3 or possibly forking the king and e rook with NxPf3. }
25. Nf7 Ng6 { Ouch! 26. RxR+, RxR, Nd6+ leaves black rookless. } 26. Nd6+ Kd7
27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. a4 Nh4 32. Bd1 Bc6
33. Re5 Kd6 34. Rxg5 Bxa4
{ Although white has a bishop protecting that pawn,BxB leaves Pf3 undefended, so Nxf3+ nets black the white rook. My guessis that white does Rxh5 instead. }
35. Rxh5 Bxd1 { Black cannot afford trades. } 36. Rxh4
{ KxB is better, because white preserves the f pawn. } 36... Bxf3 37. Rxf4 Bh5
38. Rf6+ Kc7 39. Rf5 Be8 40. Rxd5 Kc6 41. Re5 Bf7 42. h4 Kd6 43. h5 Kc6 44. h6
Bg8 45. Rg5 Bh7 46. Rg7 1-0
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[Event "Independence Invitational Tournament, Oct 1995"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ali Kikoyo"]
[Black "Ivan Katamba"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4
{ Quite dubious. Ali chose tobe more ambitious in place of the normal continuation 5.Nf3. Equal wouldhave been 5...Bd7 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4 9.Nc3. }
5... Qb6
{ I quicklyequalise now; pressure on the d4, and the bishop on c1 should not havemuch to say. }
6. Nf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 { Quite strange. The move appearedsensible though. } 8.
Nc3 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 { Otherwise Black picksthe infant on e5. } 10...
Bxc6
{ One of the draw-backs of the French Defence isthat this bishop is always having a bad time; locked out of the game byits own pawns and having a little area to preach from. It was surprisingthat my opponent was helping to bring it out in the open. }
11. O-O
{ 11.g4Nh6 12.h3 Rd8 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 Nc8 would not improve Ali's game. }
11... Bb4 12. Kh1
{ 12.g4 Ne7 13.h3 Be7! would have resulted in an a slight advantagefor me. }
12... Rc8 13. Rf2
{ (!) Aimed against 13...Bxc3 and the death of theinfant on c3. Meanwhile, 13.Re1 Bd7 (also 13...O-O 14.a3 Qa3 15.Qb3 Be7)14.Qd3 O-O 15.a3 Wa5 16.Bd2 was not likely to dampen my spirits. It appearedthat we were in for along game. }
13... h5
{ There was no need to castle now asmy mornarch was safe, thanks to Ali for having no likely attack and forfreeing my queen's bishop. }
14. a3
{ I was smiling. The scope of Ali's queen'sbishop is further limited. However, both 14.Rc2 O-O 15.a3 Be7 (or 15...Wa516.Rd2 Be7=) 16.b4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 and 14.Qd3 f6 15.Rc2 fxe5 16.fxe5 Rf817.Bg5 f6 appears to be equal. My idea was to limit Ali's options as Isat there waiting for a revealation! Not that I had no sneaky ideas though. }
14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 { The game was equal now. } 15... h4 16. Rb2
{ 16.Qc2 Wa5 17.c4 h3was slightly better. } 16... Qa6
{ Interesting times indeed. } 17. Bd2
{ The followingvariations also maintain equality: 17.Qe1 Qd3 18.Ng5 O-O 19.Rab1 Rfd8 20.Nf3;17.Rab1 Ba4 18.Qe1 Bc6 19.Ng5 Rg8 20.Rb3 Qd3; and 17.Rb4 Bb5 18.Qb3 Bc619.Bb2 Ne3 20.Re1 Qd3. At this point it is worth noting that Ali was underconsiderable pressure to keep the balance. }
17... Qd3 { 17...O-O and 17...Rc7appear equal. } 18. Qf1
{ (??) Better was 18.Be1 or 18.Ng5 Rg8 19.Qh5 g620.Qf3 Wc4 (20...Qxf3 21.Nxf3 h3 22.Nh4 Rh4) with equality. Lines startingwith 18.Qb1, 18.Ng5, 18.Rc1 and 18.Rb4 would also lead to equality. Chesscontinues to be an obscure game though. }
18... Ng3+ 19. hxg3 hxg3+ 20. Kg1 Qh7
{ This miniature was published in The New Vision Newspaper of November 13,1995 under the heading, 'A Fine Mating Combination', with an additionalcomment, 'Here is the game, which is very instructive and worth playingover several times', by Niels Lauritsen. It was also published in the UgandaChess Federation Newsletter of April 1995 as the 'most brilliant game ofthe tournament'. The position after the 18th move appeared in The MonitorNewspaper of May 25, 1999 with the comment, 'A superb tactical ending...whichdemonstrates the need for strategy in chess', by Umar Kakumba. }
0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "hangatyr"]
[Black "dcolbourne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[TimeControl "1/604800"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
{ Black attacks White's castled position, but then gets a nasty suprise! } 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { The Spanish game } 3... a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4
{ I'mtrying to encourage black to try to play the Noah's Ark trap here. (A famousone - worth looking it up if you don't know it). If he tries that linethen I can get some good counterplay - white gets a good game with thatline as long as he doesn't fall into the trap! }
5... Bd7 6. O-O
{ But blackdidn't take the bait so I castle kingside and we both continue with ourdevelopment. }
6... Nf6 7. dxe5
{ Black hasn't castled, and I have, so I wantto open up the centre quickly before he gets a chance to finish developinghis pieces.. }
7... Nxe5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Kh1
{ Uh oh.Black has pinned my knight and probably plans to capture on f3, forcingme to play gxf3 and opening up my castled position. I shouldn't have letthis happen. No take backs on Gameknot though! So I play Kh1, this willallow me to bring my rook to g1 quickly and hopefully exert some controlover the g file. }
11... Nxf3 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Rg1 Be6 14. Bh6
{ Black has wastedtime moving his bishop twice - to h3 and then to e6. A spot of luck forme - it allows me to start taking advantage of the open g file. My openposition is starting to work in my favour, instead of black's. The g7 squareis very weak for Black now and needs to be defended somehow. 14. ...Ne8may be the best way to do this, but leads to a very cluttered positionfor Black. }
14... Nh5 15. f4 Re8
{ Black tries to get his rook out of the firingline - he wants to play g6 without losing the exchange. This leaves theknight on h5 hanging. However, it is difficult to see a safe way to defendthe knight, the rook and the g7 square.. }
16. Qxh5 g6 17. Bxe6
{ Blackis two pieces down and in real trouble now. An interesting position - Blackcan't recapture the Bishop with 17. ...fxe6 since then 18. Rxg6+ will win:[18. ...hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qg7#] or [18. ...Kf7 20. Rg7+ [...Kf8 21.Qf7#] or [...Kf6 21. Qg5#]] or [18. ...Kh8 20. Bg7+ Kg8 21. Bf6+ [...Kf722. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rg8#] or [...Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. Qh7+, Kf8 24. Rg8#]] }
17... Kh8 18. Bxf7
{ Black sees the problem and moves his king, unpinning thepawn on g6. But it's looking very bad indeed for black now! He is downtwo minor pieces and a pawn, his rook is trapped, and his king can't budgean inch either! It's difficult to find a good move for black here. I thinkbest may be Bf8 to try to exchange bishops and take some of the sting outof the attack. But with so much material down even that isn't really goingto help. You might have spotted that Black can't just capture the queenwith 18. ...gxh5 either. }
18... gxh5 19. Bg7#
{ Black doesn't notice the matethreat and grabs the queen. Checkmate. } 1-0
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[Event "1. e4 Nf6 The Four Pawns Attack/Alekhine Defence"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "liam1260"]
[Black "dpilot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1368"]
{ Book openings for The Four Pawns Attack and the Alekhine Defence. AlexanderAlekhine himself said that The Four Pawns Attack was the only way to defeathis defence. The idea is that Black attempts to draw out Whites pawnsso Black may get in behind them, but Black loses tempi in the process. }
1. e4 { 1.e4 White starts } 1... Nf6
{ 1....Nf6 Black starts to tempt his opponent } 2. e5 Nd5
{ 2.e5 Nd5 White pushes his lone pawn forward Black Knight movesout of the way. A weaker move by Black is (2...Ne4, 3 d3 Nc5, 3. d4 Na64. f4 giving White slight advantage) }
3. d4 { 3. d4 pawn moves forwardprotecting lone pawn } 3... d6
{ 3. ..... d6 Black can move pawns too } 4. c4
{ 4. c4 White again threatens Black Knight } 4... Nb6
{ 4...... Nb6 Knight movesaway } 5. f4
{ 5.f4.... fifth move by White. Four Pawns out, this time re-enforcinge5 pawn. And Whites options are very great. }
5... dxe5 6. fxe5
{ 5..... dxe5,6. fxe5 exchange of centre pawns and now Black has two options to attackthe White centre 6....c5 OR 6....Nc6 If first option, then best playand response is considered 6.....c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10.Nf3 Bg4 11. Qd4 bxf3 12 gxf3 Bb4 13 Bxc4 0-0 14 Bh6.... Black's alternative'sleave White in advantage (14....gxh6, 14..... Nxc4 14....N8d7) }
6... Nc6
{ Thesecond option was played during this game as it gives Black alot more options. 6..... Nc6 }
7. Be3 Bf5
{ 7. Be3 Bf5 White protects the vunerable d4pawn and Black responds with some development }
8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3
{ 8. Nc3e6 9. Nf3...... Now again Black has some options in front of him 9...Bb4,9...Bg4, 9....Qd7 9....Be7 and the one this game followed 9 ...Nb4 (9...Bb410 Be2 0-0 11 0-0 Bxc3 12 bxc3 Na5 13 Nd2 Qd7 14 Rf4 Bg6 15 Qf1 c5 Whitethen has (16 Nb3 Qa4 17. Nxc5 Or 16 h4) (9......Bg4 10 Be2 This simpledevelopment move is considered strong ... Bxf3 11 gxf3 Qh4+ 12Bf2 Qf4 13c5 Nd7 14 Bb5 Be7 15 0-0 Bh4) (9..... Qd7 10 Be2 rd8 11 Qd2 Nb4 12 0-0c5 13 d5 exd5 14 cxd5 N6xd5 15 Bb5 Nc6 ( 16 Rad1 Nxc3 17 Qxc3 Qxd1 Blackhas counter chances) (16 Bg5 tries to exploit the awkard placing of theblack pieces) (9.... Be7 10 d5 ... the sharpest continuation which Whitehopes to disrupt Black's position ... exd5 11 exd5 Nb4 12 Nd4 Bd7 12 e6fxe6 14 dxe6 Bc6 15 Qg4 Bh4+ ( 15 ...0-0 is considered weak as 16 0-0-0Qe8 17 Nf5) 16 g3 Bxh1 17 0-0-0 Qf6 18 gxh4 is considered better butwith a complicated game) there won't be many variations from now on. }
9... Nb4
{ 9.... Nb4 as promised this is the line the game illustrated took. Black wants to use his Knights to bear down on Whites defence. But itcan be countered. }
10. Rc1
{ 10. Rc1 giving protection to the c2 squarethreatened by Bishop and Knight. }
10... c5 11. Be2 Be7
{ 10....... c5 11. Be2 Be7 (if 11....cx d4 12 Nxd4 Nc6 (12 ... Bg6 13 a3...)13 0-0 Nd7 14 nxf5exf5 15 rxf5 g6 16 Rxf7! OR 11.... Bg4 12 Bg5!? all options favour White. }
12. O-O { 12. 0-0 White finally castling ........ } 12... cxd4
{ 12... cxd4 (if12....0-0 13 dxc5 Nd7 and White continues to drive back Knights 14 a3 Nc6) }
13. Nxd4 { 13. Nxd4 considered better option than the reflex Bxd4 } 13... O-O
{ 13... 0-0 Black castles } 14. a3 Nc6
{ White goes on the counter-attack 14 a3Nc6 } 15. Nxf5
{ 15. Nxf5 Black needed to capture Knight with 15.... exf5unfortunately..... }
15... Qxd1 { 15.....Qxd1 this allowed ...... } 16. Nxe7+ { 16.Nxe7+ ..... }
16... Nxe7 { 16. } 17. Rcxd1
{ 16...... Nxe7 17. Rcxd1 .... andWhite has a piece up } 17... Nf5 18. Rf3
Rac8 19. c5 Nd5
{ Damage limitation fromBlack and attacks pieces and pawns as he is behind 17..... Nf5 18 Rf3 Rac819 c5 Nd5 White continues the pawn progress annoying Black's position }
20. Nxd5 Nh4
{ 20. Nxd5 .... White happy to exchange and wittle down Black'sdefence but again Black is his own worst enemy and plays for a higher piece.....Nh4 }
21. Ne7+ { 21. Ne7+ forking King and Rook..... } 21... Kh8 22. Nxc8 Nxf3+
{ 21...Kh8 22. Nxc8 Nxf3+ } 23. Bxf3 Rxc8 { 23. Bxf3 Rxc8 } 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. c6
{ Appropriately, like Whites first five moves, is from a pawn and mayhave been the deal-breaker for conceding. 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25 c6..... Ihope this was of interest to enthusiasts of both disciplines }
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[Event "fantastic match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.11.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "counto"]
[Black "cdeburca"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O
{ i played theglish openeing andhe played the kings indian defence } 5. Nf3 d6
6. d3 { opening the bishopsdiagnol } 6... e5
{ e5 i think this was a bad move because it blocks the kingsbishop diagnol } 7.
O-O Nc6 8. Bd2 h6
{ h6 no need he could play that afteri get to g5 with my bishop } 9. Rc1 Be6
10. Re1 Qd7
{ qd7 is a popular movein this position because it helps the bishops diagnol }
11. Rc2 Bh3 12. Qc1 Kh7 { Kh7 helps defend the h6 pawn } 13. Nb5
{ nb5 plans to take h3 andthen play Nxc2 } 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a6
{ a6 forcing the knight away } 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. e4
{ e4 now that i dont have a bishop on g2 i can play this } 16... Nc6 17. a3 Na5
{ Na5 there is no way of getting him not to go on b3 } 18. Be3
{ Be3developing the knight furtherly } 18... Ng4 19. Nd5 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nc6 21.
Nh4
{ with knight h4 im trying to get him to play g5 which he wont play butits a better place than f3 for my knight because h4 reches more towardsthe king }
21... Ne7 22. Qf3 Nxd5 23. cxd5
{ i captured with this pawn to createthe open file for my rook } 23... Rac8 24.
Rec1 { making the c file mine showingi have control the power } 24... c5 25. b4
{ i didnt think en passent was gettingit done so i played b4 } 25... Qa4 26.
bxc5 dxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxa3 29. Rc7
{ attacking f2 there is no way to defend } 29... b5 30. Rxf7 Qd6 31. Rxf8 Qxf8
32. Qxf8 Bxf8
{ queen trade now its a tough endgame for me to defendsince they have two passed pawns i only have one which is excently covered }
33. Kf3 { Kf3 immediatly taking action on his passed pawn } 33... a5 34. Ke2 a4
35. Kd1 a3 36. Kc2 Kg7 37. Kb3 { attacking the pawn } 37... Kf6 38. Nf3
{ Nf3 tokeep their king covered from going tro my territory } 38... Bc5
{ Bc5 attackingthe pawn which he should do because then ill take one of the passed pawn }
39. Nd2 g5 40. f3 Be3
{ i didnt play Kxa3 because after Bxd2 i wont be ableto reach the other passed pawn }
41. Nb1 b4 42. g4 { i shouldve took a3 withmy knight } 42... Ke7
{ Ke7 bc5 was beter it wouldve covered a3 and b4 } 43. Nxa3 bxa3 44. Kxa3 Kd6
45. Kb4 { its basically a draw but he doesnt think so } 45... Kc7 46. Kb5 Kb7
47. h3 Bb6 48. Kc4 Be3 { draw } 1/2-1/2
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[Event "I SUB 2200 CARTAGENA"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "21-9-12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "FDEZ RGUEZ,RAMON"]
[Black "MACHIN ARBELO,ALEXIS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 { alapin panpunpanpan } 3... Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Be2 d5
6. e5 Nd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 { otra opcion era Cc3 } 9... Qb6 10.
Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qxb4
{ It was also possible to draw, since if White played 0-0, then if 1. d4 d5 2. Dxd2, then 3. Cbxd2 and everything is in order for the moment. }
13... Nxb4 14. Na3 Bd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Ne5 a6 17. Rfe1
{ me sentia comodo con mi caballo ene5 } 17... Nc2 18. Nxc2 Rxc2 19. Rab1 Ke7
20. Bd3 Rc7 21. f4 { mejor era f3 } 21... g6
{ Now he rushes me, so in this moment my opponent stands up from the table and instead of thinking and calculating well my response I rush and play g4 because with Axg6 I would have won a nice pawn, since if hxg6 Cxg6 followed by Cxh8 and checkmate white has the advantage. }
22. g4 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. f5
{ He threw me into the pool again, better to be prepared. } 24... gxf5 25. gxf5
Rg8+ 26. Kh1 Ne4 { ahora si que estoy mal de verdad } 27. Re2 { unica } 27...
exf5 28. Rg1 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Nf3 b4 32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Rc8 Ra1
34. Ne5 Rd1
{ me parece que si Txa2 amenazando Txb2 las negras ganan en pocasjugadas } 35.
Rd8+ Ke6 36. Re8+ Kf6 37. Nf3 Rb1 38. b3 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Rxa2 40. Re5 Rb2 41. Rxd5
Ng5+
{ Although it was better for the blacks, it was still better for the whites. }
42. Nxg5 Kxg5 43. Rb5 Rxb3+ 44. Kg2 Kf4 45. d5 Rb2+ { otra opcion era h5 } 46.
Kh3 Ke5 47. Rxb7 Kxd5 48. Rxh7 Ke4 49. Kg3 f4+ 50. Kg4 Rg2+ 51. Kh3 Kf3 52. Rd7
{ me parece que las jugadas de las blancas eran unicas } 52... Rg8 53. Rd3+ Ke2
54. Rb3 Rb8 55. Kg4 f3 56. Rb2+ Ke3 57. Rb3+
{ Here I saw that they could be tables, as that was how they were. } 57... Ke4
58. Kg3 Rg8+ 59. Kf2 Rb8 { si 59,Tg2+ 60 Rf1 Txh2 61 Txb4+ etc = } 60. h4 Kd4
61. Kxf3 Kc4 62. Rb1 Kc3 63. Kg4 Kc2 64. Rh1 Rd8 65. h5 b3 66. h6 b2 67. Rh2+
Kc3 68. Rxb2 Kxb2 69. Kg5 Kc3 70. Kg6 Kd4 71. Kg7 Ke5 72. h7 Rd7+ 73. Kg6
{ posicion final tablas } 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2012 Qld juniors U12 (Round 6)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "29/6/12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Callum Wilson"]
[Black "James Ranco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "886"]
[TimeControl "1 Hour+10 Seconds"]
[WhiteElo "646"]
{ At a chess tournament in Gold Coast, I played a strong player and managedto win. Throughout the tournament I cause 3 upsets, 4 including a gamewhen my phone rang and I lost because of that, I've annotated that gameas well if you want to see it. Hope you enjoy. }
1. e4
{ My favorite: KingPawn, although I played it differently to how I play it now. }
1... c5 { Siciliandefense. } 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3
{ Following the classical opening principle:Knights before bishops. } 3... Nc6
4. Be2 Nf6 { All four knights have been developedearly. } 5. O-O
{ I castle early. } 5... e6 6. h3 { ? A waste of a move. } 6... Be7
{ Wantingto castle. } 7. d3
{ Blocking in the bishop. See why I do King Pawn differentlynow? } 7... a6 8.
a4 b6
{ Unusual, I would've castled by now. This also weakensthe a6 pawn, unless the bishop doesn't develop. }
9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 { Iaccept the swap. } 10... exd5 11. Bd2
{ Or else: d4 forking knight and bishop. } 11... O-O 12. Re1 Nd4
{ Attacking, except doubles pawns. } 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Na2
{ My only safe square except for b1. } 14... a5 15. c3
{ Wanting my knight backwhere he wants to be. } 15... Bc5 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Bc3
Bc5 { Not swapping? } 18. b4 axb4 19. Nxb4
{ Now my knight is back in the action. } 19... Bb7 20. d4 Bd6 21. Bb5
{ Looking for any possibilities of an attack. } 21... Rc8
{ Threateningmy bishop. } 22. Qd3 Ne4 23. Bd2 { ? Bishop for knight? } 23...
Nxd2 24. Qxd2 h6 25. Rab1 Qg5
{ ? Why would he do this, I love swapping queens, and he'sdoubling pawns. } 26.
Qxg5 hxg5 27. Na2 { My knight wants his c3 square back. } 27... Bc6
{ Fine, I love swaps. } 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rec1
{ Wanting to swap, butI should be trying to exploit his missing h-pawn weakness, if I could getboth rooks there... }
29... Rcc8 { Wanting to still own the file, I guess. } 30. Rxc8
{ But I love swaps. } 30... Rxc8 31. Rc1 { See? } 31... Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33.
Kf1 { Nowbegins the race of the kings. } 33... Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Ke6 36.
Nc3 { Atfirst, I thought of Kc3, But I think this is better. } 36... Bb4 37.
Kc2 f5 38. g3 { I don't want black in my territory. } 38... Kd6 39. f4 gxf4 40.
gxf4 { Likingmy position. } 40... Kc6 41. h4 Bxc3 42. Kxc3
{ The knight for bishop swap wasbetter for me. } 42... b5
{ ? Now after axb5+ Kxb5 h5 Ka4 a5 a6 b6 or c6, I winthe c4 pawn. } 43. axb5+
Kxb5 44. h5 Kc6 45. Kxc4 { It worked. } 45... Kd6 46. d5 Ke7 47. Kc5
{ At this point I am going for the queen with only my pawn andking. } 47... Kd7
48. d6 Kd8 49. Kc6
{ Somewhere around this point, my opponentoffers a draw. NO WAY!! } 49... Kc8
50. Kd5 Kd7 51. Ke5
{ This is where I changemy mind and go for the f5 and g7 pawns, and then I want to queen. }
51... Kc6 52. Kxf5 Kxd6 53. Kg6 Ke7 54. Kxg7 Ke6
{ My opponent resigns, there is nothingto stop me from queening my h-pawn from queening. Thanks for reading, andthanks for the game James! }
1-0
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[Event "The Semi-Amazing Comeback"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "moistcomrade"]
[Black "marthy_jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1315"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
1. e4
{ The title is there for a reason; after a dubious opening from White,a queen exchange leaves Black in a far better position, and eventuallya rook up after some careless moves on White's behalf. Whilst most wouldhave given up, White graciously fought back his material and remained apawn down to the very end until Black himself made two costly carelesserrors at the end that cost him the win; White escapes with an entertainingdraw. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 a6 4. d4 b5 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bxb5
{ ? Incredibly strange sacrifice. Normally 7. Be2 is the better continuation.White will be behind until the end of the match. }
7... axb5 8. Qxd4 Ra4 9. Qd3 Ba6 10. Qf3 Qf6 11. Qxf6
{ Trying to take queens to get a better chancein the middlegame. 11. Qe3 is the better option here. }
11... Nxf6
{ Black missedhis 'in-between' move with 11...Rxe4+, winning a pawn and having a hugeclamp on the center, before recapturing. }
12. Nc3
{ White misses to holdhis pawns with 12. f3 which clamp down strongly. Then 12...Rc4 13. c3 Ra4gives Black a small edge, but White avoids some danger. }
12... Bb4
{ Trying towin the e4 pawn, but 12...Rc4! places the rook firmly in position as wellas attacking White's weakened queenside. }
13. O-O { White still misses 13.f3. Now Black takes control. } 13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Rxe4 15. Be3 Nxd5 16. Rab1 Nxc3 17. Rb3 b4 18. a3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1
{ Considering White is a whole rookdown, most would have resigned by now, but the next few moves turn thetables dramatically. }
19... Nd5 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. c3 Nc2
{ Ruh Roh! The doublewhammy 21...Nc6! both protects the knight and the threat of Rb8+. Now Whitegets a rook back. }
22. Rb8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rxe3
{ White hasnow limited the damage to two pawns, but you would still think Black hasenough resources to eventually win. }
25. Rxh7 Rxc3
{ A slight inaccuracy.There was no way White was going to defend that pawn, so 25...Kf6 stompsthe counter-capture of g7. }
26. Rxg7
{ Now White has worked his way backfrom a rook and pawn down to a pawn. Incredible! }
26... c5 27. Ke2 d5 28. Rg4 f5 29. Rf4 Ke6 30. h4 Ke5 31. Rf1 d4 32. h5
{ White hopes that the distractionof the h-pawn, combined with the protection of the h3 square nullifiesBlack's king. However, White's rook is tied down to that defense, and therook and two pawns will eventually overpower the white king. }
32... Re3+ 33. Kd2
{ After defending with utmost care, White intends on trying to holdthe pawns down, but better was 33. Kf2, when White will still have counterplay and better chances. }
33... c4 { Probably better here was 33...Rg3. } 34. h6 c3+ 35. Kc1 Kf6 36. h7
{ With this move White throws away his chances.36. Rh1 was probably better, but in the long run, Black should win in theend. }
36... Kg7 37. Rxf5 Kxh7
{ Probably not best; pushing the pawns with 37...d3easily give a clear-cut win. However, with sensible play, Black shouldstill win. }
38. Rf2
{ Another mistake. 38. Rc5 offers better hope, althoughBlack should eventually win. }
38... d3 39. Rf1
{ Another bad error; 39. Kd1 willhold out longer, but Black will eventually force a win with his passedpawns. }
39... c2
{ Phenomenal, after concise attack, Black makes a crucial mistake;39...Re2! wins eventually. }
40. Kd2 Rg3 41. Rc1 Kg6 42. Rf1 Rxg2+
{ Andso Black gives up the remaining of his advantage. 42...Kg7 would keep asmall advantage in the hope that White would blunder at some point. Whitewill now draw. }
43. Kxd3 Kg5 44. Rc1 Kf4 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. Kxc2
{ An amazingcomeback! White draws at level material. } 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Pudsey B vs. Limewood & Scarcroft B"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Shaw, Peter"]
[Black "Ibbitson, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "141"]
[WhiteElo "133"]
{ I was running a bit late to this game after work then going home to maketea etc. I power walked up to the venue, desperate not to be too late andmade it only a couple of mins after 7pm. Turned out I didn't need to rushas our opponents strolled in at 7:20pm. My opponent came to the board andwrote his name on my score sheet, Peter Shaw, no not that Peter Shaw, itwas another one. His YCA is 133 but I don't believe he had an ECF at thetime. }
1. d4 Nf6 { Expecting a KID or Tango here, nice and easy to getthings going. }
2. Bg5
{ Oh so now we are in a Trompowsky and I don't usuallylike systems however, if I can provoke e4 then we transpose into a French. }
2... e6 3. e4
{ One of the standard moves in this position where white is happyto transpose into a French. The main alternative is: Alternative variation:3. Nf3 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 [Which makes more sense for a d4 player andI would have been less comfortable in a position like this.] }
3... Be7
{ Thestandard reply, preparing d5 by removing the threat of pawn to e5. Alternativevariation: [I was still a little unsettled and possibly a bit agitatedat this point and I very nearly touched my d-pawn to play] 3... d5 [Whichwould have been okay but would have been a mistake on my part as it wouldn'thave been a position I was intending to enter.] 4. e5 [Although after]h6 5. Be3 ([There can be some complications such as the following line]5. exf6 [When after] hxg5 6. fxg7 Bxg7 [Black now appears to be ahead indevelopment and I would definitely say that he's better here. I would haveto be careful in a position like this however, its not as easy as it looks.])5... Nfd7 6. f4 c5 [We would still have a typical French position.] }
4. Bxf6
{ To me this was a huge commitment from white as he's immediately givingup his bishop pair before the pawn structure is even determined. He's clearlyhoping to close the centre where he will try and make his knights strongerthan my bishops. Alternative variation: [I think better would have beento just continue development as I'm not entirely sure the move played isbetter for white.] 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 [When we reach a more standardtype of Steinitz position and white can trade equally bishop for bishop.My good bishop for his bad bishop, in fact! White would be better hereso I was happy to not see this.] }
4... Bxf6 5. e5 Be7
{ The loss of tempo withthe bishop here isn't a bad thing as the centre is closed and I'm not evenbehind in development anyway! Even though the centre is about to becomefully closed, my bishop pair should be an advantage in the long run. Especiallyif I can reach an endgame. }
6. Nf3 d5 7. c3 c5
{ Happy to have now reacheda French like position. Who's have thought that would happen after 1.d4?! }
8. Be2 Nc6 { Taking advantage of my increased control of the dark squares. } 9.
O-O Qb6
{ Continuing with my dark square strategy whilst white continuesto develop his pieces. I was fairly happy here and I think black is better. }
10. Qd2
{ Seems like a strange square for the queen as it won't have muchof a life on the dark squares after the Bxf6 trade and it blocks the b1knight. The next few moves will become more clear, however. }
10... O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4
{ Trying to grab some dark squares back but these pawns willonly become more of a weakness later on as black has more power over thiscolour complex. Alternative variation: 12. Na3 [ With the idea of goingto c2 and fighting for some dark square control.] }
12... Be7
{ The only squareunfortunately. Alternative variation: [I looked at this] 12... Nxb4 13.cxb4 Bxb4 14. Qd3 [But it's just far too good for white.] }
13. Na3
{ Thepoint of why white wasn't bothered about blocking his Knight with Qd2. }
13... Bd7
{ As in many french positions, I am going to have my work cut outin trying to activate this light squared bishop. I looked at a couple ofoptions, which I will discuss later on. }
14. Nc2 { Heading for d4 whereit will be a very strong piece indeed! } 14...
Rfd8
{ I was a little worried aboutthe X-Ray attack of the Queen on my hanging light squared Bishop, thiswas the main reason for ...Rfe8. Alternative variation: [For instance,if I was to play something like] 14... Rac8 [I didn't want to encouragestuff like] 15. Rad1 ([I knew the immediate] 15. c4 [Wasn't anything toworry about due to] dxc4 16. Qxd7 Rfd8 [When the Queen is lost, but I didn'twant to leave the Bishop hanging just in case I wanted to use ideas involvingpawn to a5, when the Knight would be required to move and this trick nolonger works.]) 15... a5 16. b5 Na7 17. c4 [When the pawn is pinned tothe bishop.] }
15. Ncd4
{ My bishops are currently looking much worse thanwhite's Knights but my position is still fine here and holds more potentialthan white's, in the long run. }
15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4
{ After this move I spentabsolutely ages trying to figure out what to play. I looked at ...a5 fora long time and decided against it in the end and played a much safer move.I think after I played my next move, I was about 15 minutes down on theclock. }
16... a6
{ Alternative variation: 16... a5 [This is the move I reallywanted to play and to be honest, it was the reason why I played ...Rfe8in the first place. I found it very hard to concentrate in this game asmy oppooent kept making his move then standing up and looking down at mewith his arms crossed, as if he was some super GM or something. It wasvery distracting for me. I'm not making excuses, ...a5 was probably thebest response, I looked at it and decided against it. Let's have a lookat a line or two in this variation.] 17. b5 (17. a3 [Bit more passive butstill okay for white, black retains his slight edge.] Rdc8 [No longer requiredon e8 as the X-Ray attack is no longer there.] 18. Qe3 Rc7 [And black justslowly improves the position of his pieces.]) 17... Rac8 18. Rac1 f6 19.f4 a4 [When black has an edge, nothing more than that though but my piecesare starting to look a little more effective.] }
17. Kh1 { Blatantly wantingto play f4 next! } 17... f6
{ Preparing to exchange on e5 after white plays hisintended f4 move. } 18. f4
fxe5 19. fxe5 Rf8
{ Couldn't find anything betterhere than to just go for an endgame where black has the advantage of thebishop pair and the slightly stronger/ safer pawns. }
20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Rf1 Rxf1+
{ I was happpy to trade pieces off as I didn't want white havingtoo much of a possibility of being able to target e6. }
22. Bxf1 Qd8
{ Iwas planing on gaining some activity with ...Bg5 here but didn't likethe idea of my Queen being tied down to the dark squares so I soon changedmy mind on that one. }
23. Qe3 Qe8 24. Qf3 Qf7
{ Here I just offered a drawand after a little look at the other boards, white accepted. I probablyhave a slightly better position but maybe not enough to win, especiallyconsidering that I was behind on time yet again. A draw with black againstsomeone 8 pts lower than be isn't too bad I suppose. I wasn't settled duringthis game and found it very hard to concentrate so to extend my unbeatenLeeds run is decent. Very happy with my return to chess so far but there'sstill a lot of improving to be done. Onwards and upwards! }
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[Event "A Christmas Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.12.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mattcarr"]
[Black "thedoctor903"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1324"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1506"]
1. e4
{ Me and my opponent, Mattcarr, play each other regularly both onGameknot and with a proper board and pieces. Due to Mattcarr's greaterexperience playing, the games usually go his way (such as, out of the 10games we have played on Gameknot, he was won 8 of those), but recently,due to my own abilities improving and some teaching/training that he gaveme, some of those games have become harder for him to win and 2 have gonemy way. On the morning of December 25th, we decided upon a Christmas Game.This is the result of that game, and how I approached the game, which includesmany swap offs, and a little fierce battle for center control near theend. }
1... e5 2. Nf3
{ Here, I saw this layout and believed myself to be headingtowards a Scotch opening. Though I like the Scotch personally when I'mplaying as White, as Black I do not, as I believe it can give White anadvantage having their Queen on D5. So I chose to counter, and take myQueen onto D5 instead by offering White the D file pawn. }
2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3
{ The use of the knight of course forces my Queen to retreat or belost. At this stage of the game, I was not willing to lose my Queen fora Knight, so I of course chose to retreat, allowing White to control thecenter squares from afar. }
4... Qd6 5. d4
{ Here I believe White to be offeringhis pawn for a later Queen exchange (exd4, 6. Qxd4 Qxd4, 7. Nxd4), butsomething I've learnt from my regular games with Mattcarr is that he won'toffer a pawn without expecting to gain a greater reward a few moves in.So I chose not to take the bait, playing Nc6 instead to defend the e5 pawnand pose a faint attack on the d4 pawn. }
5... Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+
{ Here thefirst of only four checks in the game (including mate), a point piece swapoff. My normal retaliation to this attack by Mattcarr is to take back witha pawn, which results in me having doubled up pawns. Today I had the Queenavailable to ensure the pawns didn't become doubled up unless absolutelynecessary, which I did. }
7... Qxc6
{ This also allows for an attack on both Knightsif I want to get reckless. } 8.
Nxe5
{ I don't understand this move. TheKnight now poses a threat to the Black Queen, but the Queen has an obviousescape route to take the pawn back on G2, as well as further attackingWhites back ranks. }
8... Qxg2 9. Qf3
{ Black's attack of White's back ranks isstopped with offering Queen Ultimatum. Again, a common theme in the gamesbetween myself and Mattcarr is the offering of Queens early in the game.Here, I would rather like to keep my Queen in an attacking mode, however,any square my Queen goes on will result in its loss. G file is coveredby White's Queen, black squared bishop and the Knight on e5. Taking theRook results in a Queen loss for Black, as does taking either of the twopawns. Moving to h3 would only prolong the maneuver, as White is clearlyhappy to do a Queen exchange. So with retreat out of the option, I choseto take White's offer of Queen swap. }
9... Qxf3 { White loses his Queen, Blackgoes 9 points up... } 10. Nxf3
{ And back again with the immediate recapture. } 10... Nf6
{ I chose this move as I wished to begin developing my pieces, havinglost the only two pieces I had developed. I chose the Knight above theBishops because the Knight could be kept safer on the 6th rank. It gaveme a chance to see Whites next move and allow me to plan from there. }
11. Bf4
{ The bringing out of this Bishop made me consider a Bishop swap offwith (Bd6, 12. Bxd6 cxd6) but I decided against it as the endgame may requiremore piece than just pawns, so I opted for attacking Whites Knight insteadwith Bg4. }
11... Bg4 12. Ne5
{ The Knight moves from danger, and immediately threatensthe Bishop in return. A strong move, forcing me to either retreat the Bishopor do the swap off for a Knight that I hadn't wished to do. }
12... Bh5
{ I wantedto keep coverage of that diagonal, so chose to retreat the Bishop to safetyon h5. This also stops Whites King from moving onto the d1 or e2 squares. }
13. O-O
{ This castle would prove to be fatal to White due to the lack ofa King pawn defence due to my Queens earlier attack. However, White isnow in the strong position of having connected Rooks, ready to launch anattack if he so wished. }
13... O-O-O
{ In retaliation, I chose to castle Queenside, which put me one move away from connecting my own Rooks, in directretaliation to White's castling. }
14. Be3 Bd6
{ To finalise my moves ofconnecting my Rooks I moved my Bishop into an area attack Whites Knight.Luckily, my earlier choice of retreating the white squared Bishop to theH file provided defence to the f7 pawn. This helped as otherwise both myRooks could be forked by Nxf7. Thankfully, I was able to attack the Knightwithout worry of this happening, or safe in the knowledge that if Whitedid try it, I gained a free Knight out of it. }
15. Nc4 { The Knight retreats.... } 15... Bb4
{ The Bishop follows, adding continued pressure to White to make decisionsabout his Knights. }
16. Ne5
{ A swap appears to have been offered, howeverI wished to now remove the possibility of my Rooks being forked, so choseto move the h8 Rook to e8, allowing it to see further up the field towardsthe center of play. }
16... Rhe8
{ The e8 Rook can now easily attack, instead ofbeing hidden behind pawns. } 17.
a3 { White makes the message clear. Swappieces, retreat, or lose the Bishop. }
17... Bxc3 { The swap is taken. } 18. bxc3
{ Though the swap is now complete and both players are points equal, Whitemust now contend with doubled pawns, a weakness that Black could latertarget if they so chose. }
18... Ne4
{ I decided to move the Knight to attack thec3 pawn and place a little bit of pressure on White. }
19. c4 { The pawnmoves to safety, naturally. } 19... c5
{ Now, I was hungry for a bit of actionto occur on the board. I was preparing for the battle for center to beginby placing the attacking pawn on c5. }
20. Rfe1
{ I don't know why Whitechose to move his Rook here. I can only assume that they didn't wish todo (dxc5) and give Black the open file for their Rooks. Either way, thisto would prove costly very soon. }
20... f6
{ Upping the attack and pressure onWhite. I expected the response that followed. }
21. f3
{ Naturally, placeBlack's Knight under the same pressure as White's. Now, if Black takesthe Knight, White takes back and points and piece equal again. The advantagehowever would be Blacks, who would have access to the resultant open filefirst if they chose. }
21... cxd4
{ Time to begin the battle for the center. Blackgoes 1 up and White has no real option but to retreat the Bishop. If Whitetakes back the pawn, then Rxd4, White goes 3 points down and loses theirsecond Bishop. }
22. Bc1 { The Bishop sensible and dutifully retreats. } 22... fxe5
{ So Black takes advantage to go 4 points up and remove Whites last Knight. }
23. fxe4
{ White responds with the obvious move to take Black's Knight.However this now creates the open F file, which Black can access firstif they wish. }
23... Rd6
{ However, I saw an opportunity to place real pressureon White by checking the King, so chose to move a Rook up ready to go roundthe stationary pawns on g7 and h7. }
24. Rb1
{ Another questionable moveby White in my opinion. That Rook is at best joining the fight on the 6thrank, but the move to the B file itself does not assist White. }
24... Rg6+
{ Socomes the Second check of the game. White has only 4 moves available here,being: Kh1 - response = Bf3# Kf1 - response = Rf1+ Kf2 - response = Rf1+Bg5 - response = Rxg5+ White's days have suddenly become very short indeed. }
25. Kf2 Rf8+
{ Black checks again. This now leaves White with only one movebefore the game is over anyhow. }
26. Bf4
{ The only move available at thispoint, but White knows the game is over. }
26... Rxf4#
{ Checkmate is issued andWhite loses the Christmas game. How this came about, I am still to ascertain,as the moves I made leading up to this would normally have been pickedup and stopped long before by Mattcarr. This was definately one of mystronger games against Mattcarr, both on Gameknot and offline. Thanksfor reading my annotations, I hope you enjoyed them, they are my firstso any constructive critism is welcome. I tried to provide an insight intomy moves and decisions though rather than provide a teaching or instructiveinsight. Happy Christmas. }
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[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mr. Clark"]
[Black "Matt Boren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1504"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
{ This was a casual game between me and my Physics teacher, Mr. Bill Clark. }
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6
{ Blocking the bishop's diagonal and limiting its usefulness. } 3. Nc3 Nc6 4.
d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h4
{ This is probably tooaggressive. White has no guarantee of a winning attack on the flank whilemy center potential is threatening. }
7... h6 { Forcing a decision. } 8. Be3
{ Amistake, allowing me to force the loss of a piece. } 8... d5
{ The classic centralbreak, now enhanced because of the positions of his bishops and c3 knight. }
9. e5 { Not very useful. I will simply move away. } 9... Ng4 10. Bxd5 exd5 11.
d4 f6
{ If he take the f6 pawn, I intend to take with the bishop, enticinghim to take on c5. If he takes, I will triple his pawns with Bxc3. }
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. dxc5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
{ White's pawn structure is ruined, andhe's down in material. It SHOULD be a sinch to win this, but, being ateenager, I do something dumb and impulsive that allows Mr. Clark to getback into the game. }
14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bg4 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Qd4 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rxf3+
{ Bxf3 was probably better. } 19. Kg2 Kh8 { Totally missing his nextmove. } 20.
Qxg4 Qf6 { Now I'm losing in material, but white has tripledpawns. } 21. Rhf1
{ White could have taken on f3 without fear. Both meand my opponent are performing sub-par. }
21... Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxc3 23. Rf7
{ Whitehas a 'pig on the seventh'. He has better chances, despite his tripledpawns. }
23... Qxc2+ 24. Kh3 Qc3 { Keeping a wary eye on the possible mate on g7. } 25.
Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 b6 { Risky, but I like 26...Rb8 27.c6 even less. } 27. c6 Rc8
28. c7 Kg8 29. Rd7
{ Threatening Rd8+, when white gets a queen. My next move is forced. } 29...
Kh7
{ Now I have to get my king around the pawnsbefore his king blocks the way. }
30. Kg4 Kg6 { Just in time! } 31. h5+ Kf6 32. Kf4 a5 33. Ke3
{ Spotting the distant queenside pawnstorm and attemptingto preempt it. } 33...
g5 { Forcing him to take. This position is beginning tolook drawish. } 34.
hxg6 Kxg6 35. Rd6+ Kg7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Kg7 { Drawagreed. } 1/2-1/2
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[Event "dagurk's mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "30-Aug-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "osiris_007"]
[Black "karbone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d, 7d max"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
1. e4
{ I've decided to annotate this game because it shows a very commonmistake made by people in the Italian Opening. It also shows why you shouldnot play the two knights variation(shown in this game) of the Italian Opening,unless you know how to properly play it. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 { The ItalianOpening } 3... Nf6
{ The main line of the Ilalian opening is Bc5, where play continuesc3 Nf6 d4 exd4 etc. While the two knights variation is fine to play, ifyou don't know how to play it, you can lose very easily. }
4. Ng5 { attackingf7 } 4... d5 { the safest way to stave off the attack } 5.
exd5 Nxd5
{ ?! The firstmistake, much better would be Na5, forcing the bishop to move and onlylater recapturing the pawn. As shown in this game, capturing immediatelyleaves you in a bad position after a few moves. }
6. d4
{ the idea of thismove is to open up the Queen for a double attack on the d5 knight. }
6... Nxd4
{ The second mistake, much better is Bg4, if you must capture the pawn,even exd4 is better, as now White gets a decisive attack. }
7. c3 { If theKnight moves away, then Qxd5 wins the Knight } 7... f6
{ While this saves theknight, black will be left with doubled pawns on the g file and an isolatedpawn on e5, all of which white can attack. }
8. cxd4 fxg5 9. O-O
{ Stillhoping he will play exd4, then Qxd4 and the knight will eventually dropoff the board. }
9... Be6 10. Qb3
{ I don't want to capture his pawn yet, so thisis my only way to bring the Queen into the fight for the Knight. }
10... b6
{ Whileprotecting the pawn, this move makes it harder to protect the Knight. Nowc7-c6 leaves the pawn unguarded. }
11. Re1 { Getting ready to pin the Bishop. } 11... c6 12. Nc3
{ Increasing my attack on the knight, if Nxc3 then Bxe3, andthe king will be put under extreme pressure from the Bishop, Queen andRook. }
12... Bb4 13. Rxe5 Bxc3 14. Rxe6+ Kf7 15. Rxc6
{ Pawns begin to drop offthe board } 15... Re8 16. Bxd5+ Kf8 17. Qa3+ Qe7 18.
bxc3 Rad8 19. Rc7 { Winningthe Queen. } 19... Rxd5 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Bxg5
{ A fianal Combination the win thegame. If Rxg5, then Re1 wins the rook and aims for mate. }
21... Rxg5 22. Re1 Rb5 { Hoping I will play Rxe7 instead of Qxc7 , then Rb1# }
23. Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Qe8#
{ I see games go similar to this often, the lesson to be learnedis if you intend to play the two knights variation, read up on the propermoves first, or play the main line for the Italian Opening 3...Bc5, whichis much safer. }
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[Event "microfly's mini-tournament VI"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "schagger"]
[Black "worvis8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1497"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<7d"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
{ The game starts with arguably the most famous positionin chess. Let me note that I truly appreciate all questions, comments,and critiques, particularly in the endgame. My endgame is the weakestpart of my game and I'm trying to improve it, so all helpful tips are greatlyappreciated! }
3. Bd3
{ This is certainly not typical, and not a strongmove. It blocks the d pawn and gives the bishop no extra room. }
3... Bc5
{ Developing this bishop is usually delayed, but I figured grabbing d4 decisivelywas a good idea with my opponents d pawn blocked. d4 is a powerful potentiallaunching pad for my pieces. }
4. a3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6
{ All the pawn moves havegiven black an advantage in development, and superior control of the center. }
6. h3 { Another pawn move... } 6... O-O 7. Bb2 d6 8. Qe2
{ Another odd move here,the eventual object was to move the white bishop to a more appropriatesquare, but perhaps either simply moving it to c4 or playing pawn-c4 andthen putting the bishop on c2 would have been better. }
8... Re8
{ Later in thegame I regretted this, as I wanted to play f5 and the rook supporting itwould have been nice, but I don't know how I could have foreseen this. I never know what the best thing to do with the rook in these type ofpositions is. }
9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6
{ The trade is a mistake in this position,in my opinion. This causes him to fall behind more in development, andthe two bishops will exert a lot of pressure on the center. }
10... Bxc6 11. d3 a5
{ With my advantage in development I wanted to start an attack, but Ididn't see how to work one in the center, so I went for his flank hopingto open the center later. }
12. c3 Nh5
{ I didn't think that capturing b4gave me much of an advantage, so instead I threaten to come to f4 and forkthe queen and g2 pawn. I also give my self a powerful move in case of13. O-O, which my opponent missed. }
13. O-O Ng3
{ (!) The pawn is pinnedto the king and the queen and rook are forked. This gives me a materialedge to compliment my superior center. }
14. Qe1 Nxf1 15. Qxf1 f5
{ If 16.exf5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+, with Qxf3 to follow, undermining his king safetyand maintaining my material advantage. }
16. Nbd2 { This was probably thebest response. } 16... Rf8
{ This is why I wish I had left the rook on the f fileat the beginning of the game, because now I lose a turn bringing it back. }
17. exf5 { Not his best response, it opens up both my f rook and my LSB. }
17... Rxf5 18. bxa5
{ A good way to bring my DSB away from the center and relievea little pressure, although the light squares are a bigger problem forschagger right now. }
18... Bxa5 19. Nh2 Qg5
{ Activating my queen and trying toget a strong kingside attack going. This has the added bonus of keepinghis queen on f1, a remarkably passive square. }
20. Ne4 Bxe4
{ I debatedthis for a while. I hated losing my powerful bishop, but I have alwaysconsidered chess a game of small advantages, which are gradually translatedinto powerful, winning positions. Here I have a small material advantage,and as pieces come off the board that difference becomes larger proportionally,so I figured that any even material trade would benefit me. }
21. dxe4 Rf7 22. Bc1 Qg6 23. Qc4
{ He gets his queen out, unfortunately, and now a longand somewhat tedious fight begins surrounding the f2 pawn. }
23... Kh8 { This isto remove the pin on my rook. } 24. Bd2 Bb6
{ Pinning the f2 pawn to theking. } 25. Be1 Raf8 26. Ra2 Rf4
{ Trying to switch the attack, while makingroom for my queen on the f file. }
27. Re2 h5
{ Guarding against Ng4, whichprobably should have been played earlier, to activate a lame piece andguard f2. }
28. Kf1
{ This is a good move. It weakens my position by forcingme to deal with the potential f3, negating both my threats. }
28... Qf7
{ Qf6 looksbetter, but runs into 29. g3, and the rook has nowhere to run. The queentrade advantages me anyway, for the same reason as the bishop-for-knighttrade did. }
29. Qxf7 R4xf7
{ I chose to capture with this rook as it gotthe rook out of attacking range, and was a little more flexible as it keepsa rook on the back rank who can jump to any file quickly. }
30. Nf3 { Gettingthe knight out of the corner. Good thinking there. } 30...
Bc5 { Shifting my attackto the a file. } 31. a4 Ra8 32. Ng5 Re7
{ I decided that keeping the rookon the 2nd rank was more important than keeping him on the f file. Myhopes on the f file have been crushed, but doubling the rooks on the afile might still have potential. }
33. Ra2 b5 { The pawn clearly can't capture,so... } 34. a5 c6
{ Now I have another supported on the 5th rank, and I'mprepared to double my rooks. }
35. f3 Rea7 36. Ne6
{ c4 might have been preferable. Either way a pawn is lost, but in that case white still has a pawn onthe 5th rank, and black's rooks are kept behind that pawn. }
36... Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38. c4 Ra2
{ I considered Ra1 to pin the bishop, but the king simplymoves. With this move, the king cannot get off the back rank and willbe kept out of the endgame. }
39. cxb5 cxb5 40. f4
{ This is a good move,but I found that pushing my passed pawn ('Passed pawns must be pushed.')was unstoppable. }
40... b4 41. fxe5 b3 42. Bc3
{ This is the only way to stopthe pawn's advance. } 42... b2
{ My endgame is very weak (not specifically here,but generally). Perhaps 42. ...Rc2 was better, to try to save the pawnby pushing the bishop off the a1-h8 diagonal? I don't really know, butthis seemed like a safe win to me, so I took it. }
43. Bxb2 Rxb2 44. Nxc5
{ Here, white resigned. If I had been playing white I think I would haveplayed 44. exd6 Bxd6 and then white might be able to work a draw, but withgood play from black, black should still get a win. Thanks for reading,and I appreciate all comments! }
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[Event "Team match Masters of the game vs The White Knight"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "martenp"]
[Black "degfitzgibbon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
{ This game contained an interesting king side attack. While there weresome problematic defenses that might have won black the game, the defenseproved too difficult to find and black ended up getting crushed by white'sveryactive pieces. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5
{ Typical Frenchsetup. White has grabbed a bit more space, which constricts the movementof the black pieces, but the centre pawns of white are also easily contested,which is what black will try to exploit in order to get to a middle gamein which his e- and d-pawn will be free to march onward and create a lotof danger in the white position. I often struggle against this opening,so French experts may find my play rather inaccurate. }
5. a3 Ba5 6. Ne2
{ Already inaccurate? I noticed in de GK database, that b4 is the conventionalmove here, after which black takes either pawn and white can gain it backat some point after playing 7. Nb5. The played move quickly leads to sometrouble with my centre. }
6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bd2
{ Maybe f4 would have donea better job of maintaining the centre here, although the threat of Nc6,with d5 upon retreat and a monster of a centre after exchange. Maybe thebest solution would be b4, followed by f4? }
8... Nbc6 9. Nf3
{ Any exchange atc6 will lead to an extremely powerful centre for black, along with a halfopen b-file, which I feared would create too much play for black. After9. Bb5, a6 would follow and I would be forced into the unwanted exchange. }
9... a6 10. Bd3 d4 11. Ne4
{ This cuts off my influence over g6 and preventsmy queen from being capable of covering e5, pretty much dooming e5. However,the knight occupies a very active square on e4 and I decided I would muchrather position all my pieces nicely, rather than desperately hanging onto the pawn while awkwardly placing all my pieces }
11... Bc7 12. Nfg5
{ The pawnis lost anyways, since Bf4 would be answered with Ng6. Therefore, I investmy time into positioning my pieces more agressively. Black will most likelycastle short some time soon now and at that point I will have all of mypieces eagerly jumping the king side. This knight moce adds to that effectboth because the knight becomes more agressive ths way and opens up myposition to facilitate Qh5 and f4. }
12... Nxe5 13. f4 { grabs some space } 13... N5g6
{ Nxd3 may be better, since black might want to quickly move into an endgame, given that he has a pawn advantage at this point and after xd3, thepawn structure of white is suboptimal. Maybe black was not interested inoffering up the c-file? }
14. O-O { conveniently defends f4 } 14... O-O 15. Nxh7
{ Adventure time! I couldn't fully calculate everything from here, but Ifelt that if I wanted anything out of this game, it would have to be throughan attack, given that I am down material, but have my pieces exquisitelypositioned at his king. Holding out on this move would allow black to playh6, which would complicate my attacking options. }
15... Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bb4
{ This move is important, as it makes it harder for black to createan escape route for his king... At least that was my thinking during thegame. The GK computer analysis strongly disagrees and calls this move ablunder. The proper defense against this move will be outlined later inthis annotation. I myself considered the strong defense a sign that theinitial sacrifice of the knight was wrong, but the GK computer considersTHIS to be the blunder giving white an advantage of 0.41 after the followingline (I do not fully understand it myself, but it's posted here so it maybe discussed): 17. Ng5 Re8 18. g4 Ba5 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf7Bxd2 22. Nxd8 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Raxd8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qh5+ Bh6 }
17... Qd5
{ Not theright defense. As we will see, white's active pieces will make quick workof blacks position. While black's position was not particularly easy todefend, there seems to be a solution to it. Since the lines are not forced,there are a lot of options, so I guess we might first consider the lessreasonable ones before coming to the one that appears the strongest andwas suggested by the GK computer. The knight on g6 can not move, becauseof Nf6 xf6, Qh7#For this reason neither Bxf4 nor Nxf4 is an option. Removingthe pin on the knight by playing 17....Re8 seems to be too slow becauseof 18. f5 leading to for example A) 18....Nxf5 19. g4 Nh6 20. Rxf7 Nxf721. Qxg6 Bd6 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Qh7 Kf7 24. Rf1 Nf5 25. xf5 Qg5 26. Kh1with a very vulnerable king for black, B) 18....Nf4 19. Rxf4 Bxf4 20. Nf6xf6 21. xe6 xe6 22. Qh7 Kf8 23. Bg6, or C) 18....xf5 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Bxe6xe6 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. Qf7 Kh8 23. Rf3 Ng8 24. Qh5 Nh6 25. Nh7. While noneof these lines are forced and I may have missed something, it seems likeit is very hard to defend after 17....Re8. The correct defense is thereforeto immediately move the knight on e7 to a better defensive position. Fromthe GK computer: 17....Nd5 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qh3 Bd6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Bxd6Qxd6 and white basically simply stays a full piece behind. I may myselfhave opted for 17....Nd5 18. Bxf8, but at that point the attack will alsomostly have died down and two pieces for a rook is generally not a veryfavourable trade. }
18. Ng5 Re8 19. Bxg6
{ And black resigns, as he can'tdeal with both Bxf7 and Qh7-h8. I am sorry for the giant walls of textand (most likely) the need for a chess board to follow all the lines. Ihope you still enjoyed the annotation and found the game interesting. Ifsomeone could tell me if there is a way to better edit the text, so I canmake paragraphs, rather than big walls of text, I could maybe make thiseven a bit more readable. }
1-0
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[Event "Morphy's Immortal"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Paulsen"]
[Black "Morphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ Paul Morphy competed in only one tournament in his short career, the 1stAmerican Chess Congress in 1857. In the final round of this knock-out event,he defeated German master Louis Paulsen by a score of +5, =2, -1. In thisgame, he demonstrates both his better grasp of positional play -- Black'scontrol of the centre files makes a marked contrast to White's flailingon the flanks -- and his combinative ability, as he finishes the game witha startling and brilliant Queen sacrifice. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8
{ Rather than permit the 'fork trick'6...Nxe5 7.d4, Black sacrifices a pawn for rapid development. }
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Be2
{ The seemingly more logical 9.Bb3 fails to 9...Bg410.Qe1 [or 10.Ne2 Rxe4 winning the pinned Knight] 10...b4, and if 11.Na4Rxe4 traps the White Queen. }
9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Rxe4 11. Bf3 Re6 12. c3
{ IfWhite were able to follow up with 13.d4, this would be a good move, buthe can't. He should reconcile himself to 12.d3. }
12... Qd3 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Bd7 16. Ra2 Rae8
{ Threatens mate with 17...Qxf1+. White'sreply defends against this sacrifice but allows another, which Paulsencan hardly be blamed for missing. Relatively best was 17.Qd1 }
17. Qa6 Qxf3 18. gxf3
{ Morphy took 12 minutes to decide on 17...Qxf3, an unusually longtime for him. Paulsen, a notoriously slow player, thought for over an hourbefore capturing the queen. }
18... Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bh3 20. Rd1
{ Black threatened20...Bg2+ 21.Kg1 Bxf3++, and 20.Rg1 fails to 20...Rxg1+ 21.Kxg1 Re1+. Thekey line, which Paulsen probably missed at move 17, is 20.Qd3 [hoping toreturn the queen with 20...Qxg6] 20...f5! and White is helpless. }
20... Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bh3+ 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qf1 Bxf1
26. Rxf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6 28. d4 Be3 { White resigns. } 0-1
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[Event "Benko gambit training..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "lake-bay"]
[Black "xempt1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1442"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
{ I usually play the benko gambit in blitz. I am getting ready to play itin rated chess... }
1. e4 e5 2. d4 { Center game... } 2... exd4 3. c3 { This isthe benko gambit. }
3... dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 { I am dawn two pawns but amup in development. }
5... Bb4+ { Hmmm... } 6. Nd2 Ne7 { ? Now my attack starts. } 7. Bxg7 Rg8 8. Bh6
{ Is he going to take the pawn? } 8... Rxg2 { ?? } 9. Qf3 { Iam winning! } 9...
Bxd2+ 10. Kf1 { ! } 10... Bxh6 { It doesn't matter anymore. } 11. Qxf7#
{ What a game! } 1-0
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[Event "Against a crafty fox"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.02.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "wanred"]
[Black "craftyfox"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<7d"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
1. e4
{ This is a mini tournament game against a player about 200 pnts abovemyself, Please feel free to make any constructive comments on improvementsthat could be made. e4 , my most common opening. }
1... Nf6 { Alekhine's defence } 2. e5
{ I decide to push my pawn to attack his knight rather than defendthe pawn. }
2... Nd5 3. d4
{ d4, opening up my queens bishop and protecting theadvanced pawn. } 3... e6
{ I like this position, my e5 is already cramping thefox's style and I have a open game. }
4. c4
{ normally I would go Nf3 herebut I decided to keep that black horse on the run and try to get more controlof the centre. }
4... Nb6 5. Nc3 { time to start giving my brave pawns some support. } 5... Bb4
{ I thought the fox would reply with that move but it does leave g2very weak. Both his kingside knight and bishop have abandoned there sides.I need to exploit this. }
6. Qg4
{ So I decide to attack g7 knowing if hecastle's then I can bring my bishop to h6. }
6... h6
{ maybe Bf3 might have beenbetter, I know its a backward'sstep in development but it protects thepawn. Or g6 maybe. }
7. Qxg7 { Qxg7, 1 up. } 7... Rf8 { naturally protectinghis rook. } 8. Bxh6
{ Bxh6 threatening Qxf8#! } 8... Qe7
{ Only one possible movefor black to stop checkmate. } 9. Nf3
{ I pondered for a while. I was 2 upand queen and bishop in a good place . I did contemplate exchanging queenshere( 9.Qf6, Qxf6.10. exf6) He could of course wait until I exchanged andsimply moved Rg8 so I decided against that. I wanted more support outand my king tucked away too so I moved Nf3. }
9... Nc6
{ Black starts to developnow there is a sort of impasse on the king side. } 10.
Bd3
{ It was stillbugging me if I should move Qf6? Instead decide on bringing my other bishopinto play. }
10... d5
{ I thought this was a good move. , attacking c4 but at thesame time opening d7 for his knight to move into to protect his rook andcover f3. }
11. exd6 { Was this a mistake? That was a good pawn on e5. } 11... cxd6 12.
O-O { castling, freeing up my knight on c3. } 12... Bxc3
{ Black takesaction now that the knight is not pinned. He decides to exchange and inthe process double my pawns up. }
13. bxc3 Nd7 { Black makes that protectingmove. His King does look cramped. }
14. Bg5
{ Bg5?? should I have goned5? attacking his knight and pawn. Ready for one of my rooks to slide toe1 attacking his queen. }
14... f6 { I have to exchange now. I did think of movingBg3+ } 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7
{ The fox now has a good wall of pawns in front ofhis king, I'm still 2 up but i've lost alot of my advantage. }
16. Bh4 b6 17. Rfe1
{ Here I was pinning 2 of his pawns, e6 and f6. Could I exploitthis? } 17...
Bb7
{ Black unites his rooks and brings his bishop on the long diagonal.Things are starting to look better for black. }
18. d5 { Or was Bf5 better? } 18... Nce5 19. Nxe5 { exchange } 19... Nxe5 20.
Rad1
{ I needed to bring my other rookinto the game. To protect my bishop and pawn. }
20... Rac8 21. dxe6
{ my worryhere was that I was opening the h1-a8 line for his bishop and with theg and h file wide open the fox could mount a serious attack. Still I decidedto break into his wall of pawns. In the process if he went Kxe6 his knightwould be pinned. }
21... Kxe6 { The fox makes that move. } 22. f4 { So I attackhis knight. } 22...
Rh8 { and he in turn attacks my bishop. } 23. Bg3 Ba6 24. fxe5 fxe5
{ Slowly but surely the kings defenses are vanishing. } 25. Re4
{ c4was in danger ! so I protected it with my rook. In preparation for doublingthem on the e file. }
25... Rcg8 { Black swithes his play to the open files. } 26. a4
{ I wanted to advance c4 to attack d6 to take e5 protection away butfirst I needed b6 out of the way . }
26... Bb7
{ Black attacks my rook but alsoa worry to me was g2. Bishop and a potetial rook attack. }
27. Re2 { Ihad to withdraw and protect g2 at the same time. } 27... Bc6
{ Attacking my apawn and tring to create a passed pawn } 28. a5
{ I continue with my plan. } 28... bxa5
{ He now has a fox on the run but I can now look at his kings defenses. } 29.
c5 Rxg3
{ Black decides to take the presure off of e5 by sacrificinghis rook . } 30.
hxg3
{ However all my pawns are now doubled now and blackhas took the sting out of my attack. Still 5 up. }
30... d5 31. Rde1 { doubledmy rooks at last } 31... e4 { pawn storm. } 32. Bb1
Ke5 { Black gets ever closer } 33. Rf2
{ I need to try to get around the back some how. I needed to becareful which rook I moved. Move Rf1 and his bishop was lurking ...Bb5winning one of my rooks. }
33... a4 { There goes that fox. } 34. g4 { Looking tocheck him on f5. } 34...
Bd7
{ Black defends f5 and attacks g4. By moving the bishopthere though he does take a defender awy from d5. }
35. c4
{ So I decideagainst advancing g4 and opt for c4 instead attacking d5. I know I willbe a pawn down in the exchange but I want that king out from behind thosepesky pawns. }
35... Bxg4 36. cxd5 Kxd5 37. Bxe4+
{ Black king is now in the open.My dilema here was do I take e4 with my rook or bishop, I went with thelatter. A wrong choice I feel now. 37. Rxe4 would have been better attackingboth a4 and g4. }
37... Kxc5
{ He was 3 pawns to 2 up in that exchange. It shouldhave been better for me. }
38. Rb1
{ still 4 up. So not too bad. I did notwant that fox been aided by his king so blocked that route off. }
38... a3 { Thefox still runs. } 39. Ra2
{ That fox is now keeping busy 2 rooks. Not goodfor me. } 39... Re8
{ Black makes his move while my rooks are stuck. } 40. Rxa3
{ A risk. I would not have done this if I was not 4 up but my thoughtswere, better having 2 mobile rooks and no foxes to worry about in exchangefor my bishop. Was this a right play? }
40... Rxe4 41. Rxa7 { My advantage is dwindlinga little. } 41... Kc6 42. Rg7
{ Im thinking long and hard if I should exchangemy rook for his bishop. Maybe not a good exchange. }
42... Kc5 43. Rc1+ Kd6 44. Rg6+ Kd5 45. Ra1 Ke5 46. Rf1
{ Stopping blacks king or bishop attackingmy rook and keeping his king away from mine. }
46... Kd4 47. Rgf6 { Uniting myrooks. } 47... Ke5 48. g3
{ Gives my king some breathing space. } 48... Bh3 49. R1f2 Re1+
{ now i'm under attack. } 50. Kh2
{ My only move. An exchange would have meanta draw. } 50... Be6
{ Black retreats. } 51. Rf8
{ My idea here is to try and pinhis bishop with Re8. } 51... Ra1 52. Re8 Ra6
{ Blacksaw the attack. I was planningRe2 next and he would have lost his bishop but now he has it protected. }
53. g4
{ So I decide to advance my pawn knowing that my Rook on the f filestops the king attacking it. }
53... Kd6 54. g5 { I have to move the pawn as hehas unpinned his bishop. }
54... Kd7 55. Ref8
{ I reunite my rooks. Boy this istough and taking some time to work out. Cat and mouse at the moment. }
55... Ra4 { Black now attacks my pawn } 56. R8f4
{ I block the potential black rookmove of Rg4 or Rh4+ and offer my rook up for exchange. }
56... Ra3
{ Of courseblack does not want the exchange and trys another way through threateningRh3+ }
57. R2f3 { I block that. } 57... Ra2+ 58. Kg3 Ra1 59. Rf1
{ Blocking the attackagain. } 59... Ra3+
{ Now I need to be careful!!! Kh4 would result in disaster! Kh4?? Rh3#! My own pawn blocking the kings escape. }
60. Kh2 Ra2+ 61. R1f2 { and the blocking continues. } 61... Ra3 62. g6
{ I decide to advance my pawnahead of blocking again. } 62... Rh3+ 63. Kg2 Rh6
64. Rf6 { protecting the pawn } 64... Bd5+ 65. Kg3
{ again moving King to g1 would have resulted in a lost game. } 65... Rh1
{ Black looks to put his rook on g1 attacking King and pawn. } 66. Rf7+
{ I thought about this one for a while. I may loose a rook but I wouldqueen my pawn if he took it. Plus If he did not go for it I would havemy rook on the 7th rank. }
66... Ke8
{ I thought this was a poor move . His kingis now trapped on the back rank. }
67. Rh7
{ If he exchanges , I Queen. I spot a checkmate at last. Moving my f Rook to to b2. Will the fox seeit. }
67... Rg1+ { No. } 68. Kh4
{ I moved in here rather than to the middle ofthe board to stop being chased about. }
68... Rxg6 { The pawn falls but... } 69. Rb2 { The end is nigh. } 69... Bg8
{ Maybe R d6 would have prolonged it. } 70. Rb8#
{ The end at last. I nearly blew it a couple of times. Up to date my biggestscalp. A very nice game to play. }
1-0
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[Event "max-mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "06-Jan-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "legspin"]
[Black "andre25505"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d, 5d max"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
{ Annotated by legspin - enjoy (I hope) } 1. e4
{ Annotated by legspin. Thisis the first game I have annotated. I picked this one due to a rook sacrificelater in the game which I thought people may find interesting. I am nota grandmaster (or anywhere near), I have not memorised all openings. Ido refer to a book for openings and I am not as good over the board ason this site. However, I do think about what I am doing and try to understandwhy certain moves are the preferred one. This is my view of what happenedand why - better players may disagree but lets not worry about that! Myfavourite opening. Who knows whats coming back at you? }
1... c5
{ Sicilian -fairly standard amongst top players on this site. Which of the many thousandvariations is coming? }
2. Nf3 { Standard response } 2... d6
{ OK, I'm now thinkingprobably Nadjorf but I'll have to wait and see } 3. d4
{ Standard responsewhich should lead to the normal trade off } 3... cxd4
{ Yep } 4. Nxd4 { And again } 4... Nc6
{ Now this took me by surprise. Nearly all Sicilian openings wouldsee Nf6. Some use Nc6 as the second move instead of d6 but I cannot finda variation that would result in the above position in my sources. Thatsaid, I have looked on some game databases and this does happen fairlyregularly so I reserve judgement. Nf6 would force Nc3 to protect the pawn. I now have free reign to do what I want so I plumped for continuing development. }
5. Nc3 { Now I was expecting Nf6.............but } 5... a6
{ So now we have theNadjorf position but with a black knight at c6 rather than f6. Not quitesure whats going on here so continue development... }
6. Bg5 { Pin the pawnpreventing e5 and an attack on the knight } 6... Qa5
{ Pins my knight and attacksthe bishop. Personally I'm not keen on developing the queen so early whenthe whole kingside remains stationary. This comes back to cause problemslater. }
7. Nf3
{ Knight back to protect bishop and make the knight betterprotected whilst also maintaining control on the centre of the board }
7... Bg4
{ Black development continues pinning my knight. Time to chase off thequeen and prepare for a queenside castle which is under pressure at themoment with the queen at a5. }
8. Bd2 { Threatening Nd5 and a revealed threaton the queen } 8... Qd8
{ Black queen retreats in anticipation } 9. Qe2
{ Queensgone so no need to move the knight, get the queen out of the way and doubleit with the bishop. }
9... Nd4 { Threatening the queen and c2 with a fork onthe king and rook } 10.
Qd3
{ Avoiding the Nxd4 blunder which would havelet the bishop take my queen took the only move available to protect c2and move the queen other than going backwards and messing up my castlingas well as leaving it less well developed }
10... Nxf3+ { Check - no choice fora reponse } 11. gxf3
{ Doubled pawn - not ideal but at least threatens thebishop so I can take back the initiative }
11... Bd7 { Retreat - I have doubledpawns but much better development } 12.
O-O-O
{ Finally I castle which getsthe rook down the centre. I going to ramble a little here. My understandingof opening theory is to develop pieces, control the centre of the board,keep pieces protected and gain space. Apart from my doubled pawn I amin a better position on all fronts. I am expecting black to play Nf6 andmaybe g6 followed by Bg7 to free it up. I was again wrong... }
12... b5
{ Blackopts for a pawn charge on my castled position. No urgent problems forwhite so development continues }
13. Rg1 { Control the g file } 13... b4
{ It reallyis a pawn charge - time for some knight activity } 14. Nd5
{ Threateningthe b4 pawn } 14... e6 { threatening the knight } 15. Nxb4
{ remove the pawn - pawncharge neutralised and a6 pawn under threat } 15... a5
{ Sensible response - moreknight hopping required } 16. Na6
{ Only option available - this is wherehaving control of the board comes in as both the queen and the bishop areprotecting it and there was nowhere else to go }
16... Qb6
{ Still enough protectionfor the knight (and nowhere else for it to go so.....) }
17. Rg5
{ Bringout the rook to put further pressure on the queens side. I now have everymajor piece aimed into the queens side except the rook at d1 which is straightdown the middle. Conversely, black still has not moved a single pieceon the kingside }
17... e5 { To cut off the rook but black didn't see what wascoming } 18. Rxe5+
{ Rook sacrifice for a pawn - check! A killer blow althoughit may have appeared a blunder. I'm now looking at dxe5 and then Bxa5which means my queen supported by the rook have a clean run at the blackbishop on d7 and mate if it is not protected }
18... dxe5
{ The obvious responseand I don't think it would have made any difference if something else hadbeen played at this stage }
19. Bxa5 { Threatening Qxd7 mate if the queenremoves the bishop } 19... Qh6+
{ A short reprieve } 20. Kb1
{ a simple sidestepand then back to the action - note the black kingside is still in place }
20... Ra7 { Protects the bishop and therefore mate } 21. Qb5
{ Threatens Qb8 withthe bishops lined up to close in for mate or Qxd7 if the rook moves. Takingthe queen with the bishop is not appealing as Bxb5 Rd7 Rxd7 and thenQxa6 or the knight moves in for mate. A bit more play and blacks queenis taken leaving even on major pieces but a clear path for whites pawnsto advance down the king side }
21... Qxa6 { Black brings across his queen to joinin but too late } 22. Qxe5+
{ Check - only a couple of options left for black } 22... Qe6
{ Saves his queen from Bxa6 but still in desparate trouble } 23. Qb8+
{ Mate is now inevitable and unavoidable. } 23... Ke7
{ Bc8 would have prolongedit a few more moves but I suspect black knew what was coming and went forthe short version }
24. Qd8#
{ Mate - the moral of the story is............developyour pieces and look for those sacrifice opportunities. Hope you foundthat interesting. I now have a rematch to worry about! }
1-0
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[Event "does anybody nows this openng ?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "31415"]
[Black "tchol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[WhiteElo "1181"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Ne2 { in order to mowe f4 after castle } 3... Bxf2+
{ surprise! i didnt expect this risky sacrifice, i'll try to move the king in g1after eat this agresive bishop }
4. Kxf2 Nf6 5. Rf1 { preparing Kg1 } 5... Nxe4+ 6. Kg1
{ no matter loosing this pawn, castle was more important, now i candevelop }
6... O-O 7. d3 d5 8. Bb3 { i have to keep this treat on f7 } 8... Nc5
{ anoidingknight, i'll try to go on treatening f7 whith the queen after Kc5 x Bb3 }
9. c3 Bg4
{ surprise, it' becoming hard for white but it give me a oportunityto keep my white bishop whith Bc3 c2 }
10. Bc2 d4 11. Nd2
{ i dont take thed4 paw because i prefer he do it ... - d4 x c3 b2 x c3 - ... Bc3 ! }
11... dxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 { i have to eat it, to dangerous } 13. Bxd3 Qxd3
{ thatwas sure ! but i found a response whith Bf3, if he take it then i takeit back whith the rook a treat the black queen }
14. Nf3 Qg6 15. Nxe5 Qb6+ { this is not very interesting move ... } 16. Kh1
{ so what now ? } 16... Bxe2 17. Qxe2
{ this exchange was not very interesting also for black, itshows that they have no more plans so a good oportunity to regain theinitiative }
17... Re8
{ it seems to be a good move for blacks ... but did theysaw Qc4 ! treatening mate in f7 ? }
18. Qc4 { now they are in trouble } 18... Re6
{ it whould be preferable to move the rook back to f8 but most of the time,people dont like to move back, a bad question of ego }
19. Nxf7 Nd7 20. Ba3 { preparing Rf1 f8 maybe after ... } 20... Rae8
{ NO ! the danger for blacksis Kf7 g5 ! } 21. Ng5 Ne5
{ good, but not enought : 23. Qd5 - surely c6ignoring the treate of the f1 rook whith the a3 bishop ... }
22. Qd5 c6 { that was sure, this is the danger in blitz games } 23. Rf8+
{ now it's overfor blacks } 23... Rxf8 24. Qxe6+ Nf7 25. Bxf8 Qd8 26. Qxf7+ Kh8
27. Bxg7#
{ Itwas nive, but if somebody know about the opening, thanks in advance ! } 1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "porcho"]
[Black "hhipster35ca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "957"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1065"]
{ This game I lost a bishop early on due to oversight, but got a lucky matein the end. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 { Damanio's defense. I think it's prettyweak } 3. Bc4
{ I don't know how to play it so I just develop } 3... g5
{ He's weakeninghis kingside. } 4. d3 c6 5. Nc3 a5
{ He's just used pawns so far. } 6. Be3 g4 7. Nh4 Ne7
{ Finally he develops a piece. } 8. Qxg4 { It's a free pawn.Might as well. }
8... d5 9. Qg3 { This is the oversight. } 9... Rg8 10. Qf3 a4
{ Whywon't he take it? } 11. a3 { Why don't I move it? } 11... Bg4 12. Qg3 dxc4
{ Nowhe takes it. } 13. dxc4 Be2 { Nice move on his part. } 14. Qh3 Bxc4 15.
Ne2 Nd7 16. Qf3 Qa5+ 17. c3 b5 18. O-O Ng6 19. Nf5 h5 20. Rfd1
{ Grabbing theopen file. } 20... Nh4 21. Qxh5+ Kd8 22. Qh7 { Threatening mate }
22... Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxh2 { He doesn't notice it } 24. Qxd7# { MATE! } 1-0
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[Event "How not to Play the Sicilian"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "David Fei (pdfiadp)"]
[Black "Alex Danilov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[TimeControl "90 minutes + 30 seconds per move"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 { Against this move, I can't play my favourite Bb5 system. }
3. Nc3 { Now after ... Nc6, then I can play Bb5. } 3... d5
{ A horrible openingblunder that gives White a decisive development lead } 4.
exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Bd7 { Dropping a pawn - an important one too } 7.
Nxd5 Bd6 8. Re1+ Kf8 9. d3 h6 10. Bf4 { Getting rid of the dangerous bishop }
10... Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Nf6 12. Bxc6 { To get a powerful knight on e5 } 12... Bxc6
13. Ne5 Bb5 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Neg6+ fxg6 16. Ne6+
{ My opponent was so mad he knocked overall his pieces and left the room swearing. }
1-0
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[Event "Strepsil's Annotated Blitz Chess I"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mrsmiggens"]
[Black "strepsil999"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1283"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
1. e4 { A popular first move. } 1... e6
{ I was trying something new - I wouldusually reply by pushing the pawn up to e5, but I decided to try this... }
2. d4 { He pushes up his other pawn. I like that position. } 2... d5
{ I attackhis e-pawn with my d-pawn while being protected by my own e-pawn. }
3. exd5
{ I would've pushed the pawn up to e5, but I'm not a great player, so Idon't know what's best. He takes my pawn on d5. }
3... exd5 { I obviously takehis pawn. } 4. Nc3
{ My pawn is protected by my queen, but he still opensup his knight. } 4... Be6
{ I give the pawn double protection, as I don't likegetting my queen out early. }
5. Nf3 { He now has both his knights out. } 5... Nc6
{ I open up my own knight. } 6. Ng5
{ I see the threat of Nxe6, but Idon't really care... } 6... Nf6
{ I open up my other knight, giving the pawn TRIPLEprotection. } 7. Nxe6
{ He takes my bishop. } 7... fxe6
{ I obviously take his knight,but it gives me a disadvantage, as I don't like to castle in this position. }
8. Bd3 { He opens up his bishop, giving him the option to castle. } 8... Nb4
{ Ithreaten his bishop - quite like what he did to me, but on the other side. }
9. O-O { He castles. } 9... Nxd3 { I take his bishop. } 10. Qxd3
{ He uses his queento take my knight. } 10... Qd6
{ I open up my queen, preparing for: Ng4 - threateningmate. } 11. Nb5
{ He threats my queen, but also threats: Nc7 if I move thequeen to a wrong square. }
11... Qb6 { I move my queen out of the threat, alsoprotecting the c7 square. }
12. Bf4
{ Now he is free to move his knight toc7 again, because he is protected by the bishop on f4. }
12... Bd6
{ I protectthe c7 square by using my bishop to block the path of the enemy bishop. }
13. Bxd6 { He takes my bishop with his own. } 13... cxd6
{ I take his bishop withmy pawn, a position I don't like very much because it can't move anywhere. }
14. Rfe1 { He threatens my pawn with his rook. } 14... Ke7
{ I protect the pawnwith my king. } 15. a4
{ He double protects his knight with his a-pawn. } 15... a6
{ I threaten his knight with my pawn, forcing him to move, but seeingthis: Nc3+Qb2 (free pawn). }
16. a5 { He threatens my queen, but forgettinghis knight! } 16... Qxb5
{ I take with the queen, and receive a free knight! :D } 17. Qxb5
{ He takes my queen with his own. } 17... axb5
{ I obviously take his queenwith my pawn. } 18. b4
{ He double protects his pawn on a5. } 18... Rac8
{ I movemy rook threatening his pawn on c2. } 19. a6
{ He pushes his pawn up.. } 19... bxa6 { I except the swap } 20. Rxa6
{ He takes the pawn... } 20... Rxc2 { ...And I take his! } 21. Ra7+
{ He checks me with his rook. } 21... Kf8 { A bad move, I realize thissoon. }
22. Kf1
{ I though he should have check me, winning a rook, but Ididn't see my knight. }
22... Ne4
{ Not a very good move, he still has the choiceof checking my king with his rook and getting my rook. }
23. Rb7 { He threatensmy pawn. } 23... Rxf2+
{ I take his pawn, checking the king and being protectedby the knight on e4. }
24. Kg1 { His only option. } 24... Rd2 { I threaten his pawn. } 25. Rf1+
{ He checks my king down the g-file with his rook. } 25... Ke8
{ I shouldof blocked with the knight, but I move my king out of the way of the castle. }
26. h3 { Now he should have checked me!! } 26... Ng3
{ I threaten his rook withmy knight. } 27. Rb8+
{ Finally!!! He checks my king and my only option isto move out of the way, exposing my rook to capture. :(! }
27... Ke7 { Damn!!! } 28. Rxh8 { He takes the rook... } 28... Nxf1
{ ...And I take his with my knight! } 29. Kxf1
{ He takes the knight. I'm in a good position. +2 up, with nothingbut rook and pawns, but more pawns then my opponent. }
29... Rxd4 { I take hispawn, threatening another. } 30. Rxh7
{ And he takes mine. } 30... Kf6 { I protectthe pawn with my king. } 31. Rh8
{ He moves his rook on to my bank rank,preparing to threaten and capture my pawns one-by-one. }
31... Rxb4 { I take hisother pawn! } 32. Rb8
{ He threatens the-already-protected pawn. } 32... d4
{ I pushup my pawn... The race has started! } 33. Rb6
{ He threatens my pawn on d6. } 33... d5 { I move my pawn out of the way. } 34.
Ke2 { The king comes to meet thepawns... } 34... Rb3
{ ...But he can't! He has been cut off by my rook! } 35. Kd2
{ Hemoves his king in front of my pawn. My pawn can move one square but nomore! }
35... d3 { My pawn moves one square. :D } 36. Rd6
{ I don't know what he'sdoing here. } 36... Ke5
{ I threaten his rook and move my king up to protect thepawn for when I check the king with my rook. }
37. Rd7 { He threatens mypawn with his rook... } 37... Kd4
{ ...And I ignore it! Now if I move my castle tob2, the king must move to e, d, or c1, and then I will be able to pushmy pawn up one more square... One square from promoting! }
38. Rxg7 { He takesmy pawn. } 38... Rb2+
{ I check him with my... The plan is working. :) } 39. Kd1
{ Hemoves hi king straight back to d1. } 39... d2
{ I push my pawn up, and his kingis almost entirely trapped! } 40. Rg3
{ A smart move. He prevents my kingfrom completely trapping the king, then I would just need to push my rookup to b1, and unstoppable move (checkmate). }
40... e5
{ I push my pawn up, hopingto block his rook from preventing my king from going through the thirdrank. }
41. h4 { He's going for a queen! } 41... e4
{ But I ignore it, for I shallbeat him to it. } 42. h5
{ He pushes up again, he's three squares away! Heshould of just moved his king to e2. }
42... e3
{ But I ignore it again, and nowI'm one move away from completely trapping his king! }
43. Rxe3 { He suicideshis rook - fair enough. :D } 43... Kxe3
{ Now I am +6 up, with a rook and an extrapawn. } 44. h6
{ Two squares away... } 44... Kd3
{ Once again, I ignore it and traphis king, his only option is to move one of his pawns, which is then answeredby R#b1. Unstoppable checkmate (white resigned). Here's what would've happened. }
45. h7 { One square away... } 45... Rb1#
{ CHECKMATE!!! :D What a game! I couldn'tbelieve I had beaten a player rated 1543! I am very proud to have won thisgame. I hoped you enjoyed the annotated game, thank you! :>D Nah, thatnose looks bad. }
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[Event "WHSCA Ind. Championship: (U1300) sec. rd. 4/5"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "January 30, 2010"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Timmy Koglin"]
[Black "Travis Olson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "878"]
[TimeControl "90 min game w/5 sec. dly."]
[WhiteElo "1263"]
{ In the afternoon at about 1pm, after enjoying a five-item box at TacoBell, I began the fourth round. I was 2-1 at the time, and I contemplatedgoing home after this round if I lost. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6
{ This was not the usual move for the Sicilian. } 5... bxc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2
Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bc5
{ Bc5 gave me moreoptions than Ba5 after 11. b4. Nonetheless I ended up moving my bishopto b6 anyway. }
11. b4 Bb6 12. Ne2 d5 { I needed this push to open up theposition. } 13. exd5
cxd5
{ I now have two central pawns with White havingnone. They would've been quite vulnerable if it weren't for my queen androok supporting them. }
14. c3 h6 15. h3 Qd6 16. Be3 Bc7 17. Bc5 Qe6 18. Ng3
{ The position was gaining tension, and I had to be careful or I wouldlose something valuable. }
18... e4 19. Re1 Qc6 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Bd4
{ The boardwas still deadlocked. Playing became intense as it was difficult both tospot tactics and strategy and to avoid errors at the same time. }
21... Ne5 22. a4 Bd7 23. Qc2 a6 24. Reb1 Qg6
{ I think this move raised a yellow flagfor my opponent, which would be good for me. I was simply looking for playalong the kingside: If the knight moved then I could take on h3, and therewere possibilities for discovered attacks on the undefended white queen. }
25. b5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5
{ I had to be more careful now that theb file opened up and White had a passed pawn. }
27... Red8 28. a5 Qa6 29. Qb3
{ The position was still very tense, and quite a bit of time had gone by.Both sides had to be as accurate as possible, and it was driving us bothinsane! }
29... Nc4
{ This was a good move, controling the critical dark squaresaround my queen and his passed pawn. }
30. Bb6
{ My opponent's only blunderduring this game was this move. The pressure was very high, and someonehad to crack first. }
30... Bxb6
{ My opponent could have stopped here and sparedlosing more material, but the tension during the long game drove us mad,and in desparation, he captured. }
31. Rxb6 Nxb6 32. Qxb6
{ This was whereit all went downhill, with every piece battling it out for b6. }
32... Qxb6
{ Myopponent failed to notice the pin on the a6 pawn after the pieces all recaptured. }
33. axb6 Rxa1+
{ My opponent resigned, and I was finally relieved that thetension was gone. With that victory I was 3-1. A trophy was only a gameaway: Round five. }
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[Event "Wilkes-Barr smash (with opening analysis)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Vader"]
[Black "richard_pitts"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
{ One of my favourite games of chess: I sacrifice material and launch ablistering attack on the enemy king after a slip by my opponent. }
1. e4 e5
{ In my opinion this is the soundest answer to 1.e4 - Black can usuallymake a variety of choices at each turn, leading to quiet or sharp playand there's plenty of very sound set-ups on offer. Too much theory? Wellthere's lots of theory because it's a good opening and in any case youcan get by simply by playing decent chess and sensible moves. }
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5
{ 4. d3 Be7 (4... Bc5) 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 (6. Re1 d6 7.Bb3 Na5 8. Ba4 a6 =) 6... d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 = Black has Ruy Lopez-style counterplay 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 Is the MaxLange attack which has been analysed to death for several centuries withno firm conclusions. I prefer 5...Nxe4 as easier to play, although that'squite sharp too }
4... Bc5
{ The Wilkes-Barr variation. Unbelivably sharp andanalytically sound in my opinion. Computers usually get it wrong too whichmakes it all the more fun. 4... d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Qxa8 Bc5 12. Qc6 Qe7 13. Kd1 Bd714. Qb7 c6 15. f3 Ng4 is the kind of under-researched position that demonstratesthe creative scope available. }
5. Nxf7
{ I think 5.Bxf7 is objectivelybetter,: 5. Bxf7 Kf8 (5... Ke7 6. Bb3 (6. Bd5) 6... Qe8 7. O-O Rf8 8.Nc3 (8. d3) 8... d6 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. c3 h6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxf6 Rxf6 13.e5 Rf8 14. exd6 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Rf6 16. dxc7 Kxc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc1Qe5 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Re1 Qf4 21. Rc2 Bf5 22. Qd2 Be5 =) 6. Bb3 (6. Bd5)6... d5 7. exd5 Nd4 8. Ne6 Bxe6 9. dxe6 Nxb3 10. axb3 Qd5 (10... Bxf2 11. Kxf2 Ne4 12. Ke1 Qh4 13. g3 Nxg3 14. Qf3 Nf5 15. Kd1 g6 (15...Qf4 16. Qxf4 exf4 17. Rf1) 16. Ra4 Qe7 17. Qxb7 Kg7 18. Re1 Rhf8 19. Rxe5Nd6 20. Qg2 Rae8) 11. O-O Qxe6 $44 12. Nc3 Kf7 (12... e4 13. Re1 Qf5 14.Qe2 a5 15. Ra4 Re8 16. Nd1 Bd6 17. Ne3 Qe5 18. g3 Bb4 19. c3 b5 20. Ra1)13. d3 Rad8 14. Qf3 5. d4!? is little-analysed and worth a look. }
5... Bxf2+ 6. Kf1
{ 6. Kxf2 looks like suicide, but oddly I think this may be white'sbest move. 6...Nxe4 7. Kg1 Qh4 8. g3 Nxg3 9. Nxh8 d5 10. Qf3 Nf5 11.Qxd5 (11. Bxd5 Ncd4 12. Qe4 Qg5 13. Kf2 Nd6 14. Qxh7 Qf4 15. Ke1 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Qh4 17. Kf1 Bh3 18. Ke2 Bg4 19. Ke3 Qh6 20. Kf2 Qh4 21.Kg1 Qe1 22. Kg2 Qe2 23. Kg1 =) (11. Bb5 Be6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qf2 Qg4 14. Qg2 Qd4 15. Kf1 O-O-O 16. c3 Qh4 17. Qf2 Qc4 18. Kg1 Qg4 19. Qg2Qh5 20. Ng6 (20. h4 Nxh4 21. d4 Qd1 - ) 20... hxg6 21. h3 Nh4 - ) 11...Qe1 12. Bf1 Ncd4 13. Nc3 (13. Qf7 Kd8 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qg5 Ke8 16. Nxg6hxg6 17. Qxg6 Ke7 [ With a winning position for Black.]) 13... Nh4 14.Qf7 Kd8 15. Qd5 Ke7 16. Qf7 Kd8 With equality Alternative variation:6. Ke2 Nd4 7. Kf1 (7. Kd3 Qe7) 7... Qe7 8. Nxh8 d5 9. Be2 Qf8 10. exd5Bg4 11. Bf3 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Bd4 13. c3 Bh3 14. Ke1 Bb6 15. a4 a5 with atleast equality for black. }
6... Qe7 7. Nxh8 d5
{ Opening up lines for the bishopand preparing possible queen-side castling. }
8. exd5 Nd4
{ We can now seeone of the points of the variation. Black has almost completed his developmentwhile white is hardly out of the blocks. }
9. d6
{ 9. h3 Bg3 10. c3 (10.d6 Qd7 11. Kg1 Qf5 12. Qf1 Qxf1 (12... Nxc2 13. Nc3 Nxa1 14. Ne2 Ne4 15.Bf7 (15. Qxf5 Bxf5 16. dxc7 Bf2 17. Kh2 Bb6 18. Bd5 Bxc7 19. Bxb7 Rb820. Bc6 Ke7 [Unclear]) 15... Kf8 16. dxc7 Bf2 17. Kh2 Nc2 18. d3 Nf619. b3 Bb6 20. Qe1 Qd7 21. Qg3 Bxc7 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Nc3 e4 24. Bf4 Bxf4)13. Kxf1 Nxc2 14. Nc3 Nxa1 15. Nb5 Kf8 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. b3 Nc2 18. a4 Bf519. Nf7 Ne4 20. d3 Nf2 =) 10... Nf5 11. d4 ( 11. Na3 Bd7) 11... Bd7 12.Qe2 (12. d6 Nxd6 13. Qf3 exd4 (13... Nxc4 14. Qxg3 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 exd4 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Kg1 Rxh8 19. cxd4 Re8 20. Qd3 Bc6 $14 21.Bf4 Qf7 22. Qe3 Nd6 23. Be5) 14. Be2 d3 15. Qxd3 Nf5=) 12... Bh2 13. Ke1Ng3 14. Qxe5 Nxh1 unclear. Alternative variation: 9. c3 Bg4 10. Qa4 Nd711. Kxf2 Qh4 12. g3 Qf6 13. Ke1 Nf3 14. Kf1 Ng5 15. Ke1 Qf3 with awinning position for Black. }
9... cxd6 10. c3
{ 10. Kxf2! [I can't answer thismove, so I have to give it an exclamation mark. I may well be wrong though.]Bg4 11. Qf1 [ The only move not to put white in trouble in my opinion.](11. Bf7 Kd7 12. Qe1 (12. Qf1 Ne4 13. Ke3 Be2 $19) 12... Nxc2 13. Qf1Rxh8 14. Qb5 Kd8 15. Kg1 Qxf7 [With a winning advantage for Black, althoughthis kind of position takes nerves of steel over the board.]) (11. Bb5 Nxb5 12. Qf1 Ne4 13. Ke1 (13. Kg1 Nd4 14. Nc3 (14. h3 Be2 15. Qf7 Qxf716. Nxf7 Nxc2 17. Nc3 Nxa1 18. Nxe4 Kxf7 19. Nxd6 Ke6 20. Nxb7 Kd5 [Witha slight endgame plus to black - not exactly why people tend to play theWilkes Barr!]) (14. g3 Be2 15. Qf7 Qxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. d3 Nxc2 18.dxe4 Nxa1 [With a clear plus for black.]) (14. d3 Ne2 [ and white mustgive up his queen to stave off mate.]) 14... Nxc3 15. h3 Nce2 16. Kh2Nxc2 17. Rb1 Ncd4 18. Ng6) 13... Nd4 14. Na3 O-O-O $17 [ With a dream positionfor black.]) 11... O-O-O (11... Nxc2 12. h3 Ne4 13. Kg1 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe615. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Nf7 Rf8 17. Qxe4 Nxa1 18. Qc4 Kd7 and Black's busted)12. Nf7 d5 13. Nc3 (13. h3 Ne4 (13... Qxf7 14. Kg1 Nxc2 15. hxg4 Nxa116. Qf5 Kb8 17. Qxe5 Ka8 18. Bd3 Re8 -) 14. Kg1 Ng3 15. Qf2 Ne4 16.Qe3 Nxc2 17. Qd3 Qxf7 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qc4 Kb8 21. Nc3 Ne322. Qe2 -) 13... Qxf7 14. Bd3 Qe6 15. Kg1 e4 16. Bb5 Nxc2 17. Rb1 Qb6 18. Qf2 d4 19. a4 dxc3 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. bxc3 e3 22. d4 e2 23. Bd2 Ne424. Be1 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Nxc3 26. h3 Bh5 27. g4 Be8 28. Bxe2 Again with awinning position for white. This has scope for improvement for both sides,but I am not sure how to make the black game work. }
10... Bg4 11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. Bd3
{ ?? The losing blunder: Black simply gets too many tempi for whiteto withstand the souped-up attack that follows. 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Kxf2(13. Be6 Qxe6 $19) 13... Ne4 14. Kg1 Qh4 15. h3 Qf2 16. Kh2 Qg3 [ Isall theory and a forced draw.] }
12... e4
{ Dubious. Despite what Fritz says thisdoesn't spoil things completely although there was a killer move available.I didn't really calculate here - I instinctively kicked the bishop withoutlooking for sharper alternatives. Alternative variation: 12... Ne4 [Andwhite can resign immediately as his king is doomed.] 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14.Ng6 hxg6 15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. Bf3 Bxf3 [With mate to follow.] }
13. Kxf2
{ Alternative variation: 13. Bb5 Qe5 - Alternative variation: 13. Bc4 Qe514. Be6 Qf4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 - }
13... exd3 14. Rf1
{ Alternativevariation: 14. Re1 Ne2 [Is what I expected.] (14... Ne4 ?? 15. Rxe4! Qxe416. Qxd4 Qe2 17. Kg3 [And white wins]) 15. Rf1 Kg8 (15... Ne4 16. Ke3 Nf6 17. Kxd3 Nd4 18. Ng6 hxg6 19. Qxd4 Qe2 20. Kc2 Qxf1 21. Qxd6 Kg822. b3 Qxg2 -[ Is a crazy variation that only a computer could dream up.])16. Ng6 Ne4 17. Ke1 hxg6 and Black is winning }
14... Qe2+
{ 14... Be2 also works.14... Nc2 15. Na3 Nxa1 16. Re1 Be2 - Is what I had seen when playing12...e4?! However, I saw something flashier now. }
15. Kg1 Nf3+ { 15...Nc2 also wins. } 16. Rxf3
{ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Ng6 hxg6 18. Qe8 Kxe8 19.Rf2 Qe1 With mate to follow }
16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe1+ 18. Kg2 Re8 19. Qf4 Re2+ 20. Kh3 Qf1+ 21. Kh4 Qf2+ 22.
Qg3 Qc5 { White's King Queen perishes after23.Qg5 (forced) Rh2 } 0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mustafamohammed"]
[Black "dk_elite_army"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
1. e4
{ i do enjoy annotating the games that i won, there are many gamesthat i lost, but i don't like to remember them, i think this is a humanbehaver and i think majority of people do the same, so expect to see mesmiling with joy at the end of this game. disregard what i said and letus start : please note that i will use these abbreviations : N = knightB = bishop o-o or o-o-o = castling K = king Q = queen P = pawn R = rock i like this starting move because it control the center and open the wayto Q and B }
1... e5 { replay to my massage } 2. Nf3 { developing with attack,good move }
2... Nc6 { developing with protection, good move } 3. Bc4
{ developingwith attack to P in f7, good move } 3... Nf6
{ developing with attack to P ine4 } 4. d3 { advancing and opening a way to B }
4... Be7 5. a3
{ some players don'tlike it, they think it is wast of time, but i do it to prevent B or N fromgoing to b4 square }
5... O-O { o-o to protect K } 6. h3 { to prevent N from comingcloser to my K }
6... d6 { it opened a way to one B and close it to the other? ! } 7. c3
{ it opened a long way to my Q } 7... Be6 { ready to fight } 8. Bxe6
{ the only benefit is to break his pawn chain } 8... fxe6 9. Ng5
{ N attackingP in e6 } 9... Qd7 { protection } 10. Qb3
{ to reinforce the attack on the weaksquare e6 } 10... d5 { protection } 11.
O-O { o-o there was no better move in thistime than this one } 11... Rad8
{ to be ready to control the d file after exchangepawns in the center } 12. Re1
{ to enforce P in the center } 12... h6
{ to get redof N from this advancing position } 13. Nf3 { N run back } 13... d4
{ to openthe way to his heavy weapons (Q, R, N) } 14. Nbd2 { to develop the N }
14... Nh5 { opening the way to B and ready to jump to advanced square f4 } 15.
Nc4 { to attack P in e5 and then Q } 15... Bf6 16. Rd1 Nf4
{ to be in an advancing position } 17. Kh2
{ to be away from attack of N if it jump to e2 } 17... Qf7
{ to the wayto get check mate with help of N } 18. g3
{ to prevent this coming dangerbefore it happened } 18... Nxh3
{ after some calculations he sacrificed the Nto get good tempo ?? } 19. Kxh3
{ after some calculations i found it issafe to get the gift } 19... Qh5+
{ check with Q alone useless ?? } 20. Kg2
{ Krun back protecting it self and N } 20... Be7
{ to give the way to R ?? i thinkQ in g4 better } 21. Ncd2
{ N protecting N and attacking P in e6 by Q withcheck !! good move } 21... Rf6
{ protection to P in e6 and to give the way to duplethe rocks in the f file !! good move }
22. Rh1 { attacking Q } 22... Qg4 { Q in g4,but too late } 23. Rh4
{ after the Q again } 23... Qg6 { Q run back } 24. Qd1
{ Q leftattacking in e6 because now it is well protected with Q and R, and wentback for support and help !! good move }
24... Rdf8 { more power to f file !! goodmove } 25. c4 Nd8
{ back to support Q and rocks } 26. Qe2
{ position is critical,his full power will be towards my K, the big battle will be in f3 or inf2, so the Q should be closer to the mentioned squares }
26... Nf7 { to be inthe battle field } 27. Rh1 Ng5
{ attacking my N, i think big battle willstart soon } 28. Nxg5
{ to attack before being attacked } 28... Qxg5
{ forced, hedon't want to lose more material, he is already ( - 2 ) } 29. Rf1
{ nowthe real big battle in f2, so my R came to help } 29... Qg6 30. b3
{ to give passto my B } 30... R6f7
{ to give pass to B to be in the battle field } 31. Rh1
{ tostop B from coming to h4 ! ? } 31... Rxf2+ { got my P in f2 with check }
32. Qxf2 { forced } 32... Rxf2+ { to get the Q !! } 33. Kxf2
{ not to lose material } 33... h5
{ advancingmay be will help Q to attack my K } 34. Nf3
{ N will stop this P advance } 34... Qg4
{ Q is advancing this time to its coming trap ?????? big mistake } 35. Nxe5
{ Nxe5 !!!!!!! excellent move Q is completely trapped, no where togo unless exchange her self with a single pawn. at this position he resigned.conclusion : 1- my opponent is a good chess player, he made a mistake,but we all make mistakes. 2- annotation is a very hard job, i hope thatmy friend the reader will appreciate what i have done and may bethe beginners will learn some thing. 3- your advice, comments and evaluationwill be appreciated with my thanks. 4- i like you all. 5- thank you. 6-a lot of thanks to GameKnot. friend of all mustafa }
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "1-1-2016"]
[Round "-"]
[White "arnie2715"]
[Black "me"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "5 min + 10 sec"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. d3
{ This not an important game - but I leave you with a position whereyou have to find the next move - it is an interesting tactic! }
1... e5 { So Iseize the centre. } 2. Nf3 { He develops a knight. } 2... Nc6
{ I protect my e pawn. } 3. g3 { He opts for a Modern Defence Reversed. } 3...
d5 { And I seize the centre. } 4. Bg2 { He completes the fianchetto. } 4... f6
{ Preparing Be6, - I don't wantit hit with Ng5. } 5. b3
{ This is passive - he needs to castle and thenhit my centre. } 5... Be6
{ According to plan. } 6. Bb2 { He completes the queen-sidefianchetto. } 6...
Qd7 { Also according to plan. } 7. O-O
{ Natural - but ratherfalling in with my plans. } 7... Bc5
{ Part of the standard attacking formation- see comparisons with the Yugoslav Attack against the Sicilian Dragon.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation,_Yugoslav_Attack,_9.Bc4 }
8. Re1 { So that if I play Bh3 he can retreat his bishop. } 8... Nge7
{ Continuingwith my development. } 9. Nbd2 { And he with his. } 9... O-O-O
{ All part of theplan. } 10. c4 { Finally he hits my centre. } 10... g5
{ This is actually a mistake. } 11. cxd5 { He takes. } 11... Bxd5
{ As his Nb1 is committed to d2, I can play this- otherwise I would have taken back with the knight - although maybe thisis a mistake too, as he could now have play Ne4, attacking Bc5 and f6,forcing me to play Bd5xNe4. }
12. a3
{ White correctly starts queen-sideoperations - although maybe Ne4 was better. }
12... Ng6 { Now Ne4 can be met withBe7. } 13. b4 { So he hits my bishop. }
13... Bb6 { Bishop drops back. } 14. Nc4
{ Heattacks my bishop - I can't prevent the exchange, but so what, I am attackinghim on the king-side. }
14... h5 { So I continue. } 15. Nxb6+ { He takes with check. } 15... axb6
{ I take back. } 16. Qa4
{ Threatening a check on a8. It doesn't do thatmuch, but I decide on balance to prevent it with.... }
16... Kb8 { This move. } 17. e4
{ Perhaps stopping g5-g4 and the exchange of white squared bishops,but leaving his d pawn backwards on a semi-open file. }
17... Be6 { So the bishopdrops back. } 18. Red1
{ Hoping to get in d3-d4 presumably. } 18... Bh3
{ Threateningto exchange bishops. } 19. Bh1
{ OK find black's next move? Thank you forreading. Please rate this annotation on the star system and leave a commentor two to let me know how I am doing. until next time dear reader! }
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "pkonid"]
[Black "setilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3minutes"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
d5 { I seldom see this move from over the board against club players. } 8...
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxe4
{ My purpose in capturing this pawn is to make my opponentthink thus getting the edge over time. }
10. O-O Nxc3 11. Qd3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
{ White is a piece up but three pawns down and I think it will be a hardstruggle in the endgame when the heavy pieces are out of the board! }
12... d6 13. Ng5 g6 14. f4 Kg7 15. Bb2+ f6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Ne6+
Bxe6 { Exchanges makes the end a simpler affair! } 19. fxe6 c6 20. Bc4 Qxd3 21.
Bxd3 Rfe8 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bb3 a5 24. a4 Re7 25. Rac1 bxa4 26. Bxa4 Rxe6 27. Rxc6
Rxc6 28. Bxc6 Ra7 29. Rb1 a4 30. Rb7+ Rxb7 31. Bxb7
{ Now it'stime to bring the King into action! } 31... f5 32. Bd5 Kf6 33. Kf2 e4
34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Bg8
{ This seems an unnecessary move but considering the time Whitehas, there is nothing to argue about. }
35... h6 36. g3 g5 { f4 can never be prevented } 37. Ba2 a3 38. h3 f4+ 39.
gxf4+ gxf4+ 40. Ke2 Kd4 41. Kd2 f3 42. Bf7 e3+ 43. Ke1 Kc3
{ After this move my opponent's time expires while I still have1m24s left on my clock. White is lost anyway. He cannot stop the queeningpawns once and for all. Really a memorable game from a very strong opponent!Played over the internet last July 20, 2013. }
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[Event "80th GK tournament, http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?b"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.08.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jdgarv"]
[Black "sides688"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[TimeControl "1/172800:0"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
1. d4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5
{ Alternativevariation: 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O ~ (: unclear) } 6... Bxc5 7. a3 a5
8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 d5 10. c3 { And at move 10.c4, I will again play 0-0. } 10...
O-O 11. O-O e5 12. b4 Bd6 13. c4 e4
{ 13..., e5= Alternative variation: 13... axb4 14. axb4e4 15. Ng5 Nxb4 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. cxd5 Nbxd5=/+ 18. Qb1 (18. Ngxe4 Nxe419. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qxe4=/+) 18... Re8 19. Ngxe4?-/+(19. Bb5! Re7=/+) 19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe3!-+ }
14. Nd4
{ 14.Nd4?! Alternativevariation: 14. Ng5 Be5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nb3 Ra8 18. cxd5Bxd5 19. Nd4 unc. }
14... axb4 { 14...,axb4=/+ } 15. Nxc6
{ 15.Nxc6 Alternativevariation: 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. cxd5 Qxd5=/+ }
15... Bxc6 16. axb4 Rxa1
{ 16..., Rxa1?! Better is: 16... Bxb4 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 Bc5=/+,-/+ } 17.
Qxa1
{ 17.Qxa1! unc. Alternative variation: 17. Bxa1?! Bxb4 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rd1 Be6=/+, -/+ }
17... Bxb4 18. Nb3
{ 18. Nb3 =/+
Perimenata tēn barian:
18. cxd5 Qxd5
19. Bxf6?! Qxd2!
20. Bxg7 Qxe2
21. Bh8? (21. Bxf8 Bxf8-/+; 21.Bh6! unc.)
21... Qg4+-+
Kalyteregia tēs leis:
18. Rd1!
π.χ 18..., Be7
19. Bd4 Bc5
20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Qxf6 gxf6
με άρωμα ισοπαλίας }
18... dxc4 19. Bxc4 { 19.Bxc4 Inferior was:19. Nd4 Qc7 -/+ } 19... Bd6
{ 19..., Bd6=/+ Also sound: 19..., Be7 (as the 19...,Ne8) } 20. Nd4
{ However, and this is the end: 19. Bxf6! gxf6 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. h3 is a powerful move that is gaining a lot of attention. }
20... Bxh2+
{ 20...,Bxh2?! Better thealternative variation: 20... Bd7 21. h3 Ne8=/+, -/+ }
21. Kxh2
{ 21.Kxh2accepting the challenge! But even the alternative variation: 21. Kh1 Bd5 e.g. 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Kxh2 Qh5+ 24. Kg1 Ng4 25. Rc1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+27. Ke2 Qxg2 28. Rf1 = / unc. worths. }
21... Ng4+ 22. Kg3
{ 22.Kg3 The betterchoice! Good for Black the variation: 22. Kg1? Qh4 23. Re1 Qxf2+!-+ e.g.24. Kh1 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2+ 28. Kd1 Ra8 29. Qb1Ba4+ Alternative variation: 22. Kh3?! Bd7!-/+ }
22... Qg5 { 22..., Qg5?! Betterwas the : 22... Bd7! =/+, unc. } 23. Ne6
{ 23.Ne6!! Confuting the whiteline, spectacularly! } 23... fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8
25. Bxg4 { 25.Bxg4 +/- } 25... h5
{ 25...,h5 Desperate but not enough for ecqualize. } 26. Rh1
{ 26.Rh1?? The definitionof 'blunder'. The good strike was: 26. Bxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxh5+/-and now it is black turns to struggle for equalize. }
26... Qxg4+ { +- } 27. Kh2 Rxf2
{ White pieces resign. No way to avoid a mate. Pity... (And lucky me!!) } 0-1
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[Event "Year 1619 - The first recorded chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Gioachino"]
[Black "Unkown"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1"]
{ Chess notation is a wonderful invention -- a time machine that allowsus to enjoy chess games of all eras, even those played hundreds of yearsago. Here we see one of the first great chess masters, Gioachino Greco,in action. While Greco is credited with developing some gambits, his maincontribution to chess was to publish witty collections of games that illustratehis theories. Greco considered the following one of his best games. }
1. e4
{ Chess notation is a wonderful invention -- a time machine that allowsus to enjoy chess games of all eras, even those played hundreds of yearsago. Here we see one of the first great chess masters, Gioachino Greco,in action. While Greco is credited with developing some gambits, his maincontribution to chess was to publish witty collections of games that illustratehis theories. Greco considered the following one of his best games. }
1... b6
{ The Queen's Fianchetto opening. An early fianchetto by Black shows a willingnessto defend against a big pawn center, picking away at it from the wings.In ceding so much territory, Black must be on constant guard against directattacks on the King, as this game amply illustrates. }
2. d4 { The naturalmove. White is happy to build an advantage in space. } 2...
Bb7
{ Greco oftenpreferred developing his bishop to d3, rather than c4 or b5. As this gameprogresses, you will see that this piece is perfectly placed. }
3. Bd3
{ Grecooften preferred developing his bishop to d3, rather than c4 or b5. As thisgame progresses, you will see that this piece is perfectly placed. }
3... f5 { Black offers a pawn to break up the enemy center. } 4. exf5
{ White acceptsthe pawn, and the fireworks begin. } 4... Bxg2 5. Qh5+ g6
{ It is interestingthat hundreds of years after this game was played, all of the moves sofar are still considered 'book.' If you weren't aware of the date, youmight believe that this game was from the Hypermodern movement of the early20th century. }
6. fxg6 Nf6
{ Black gets greedy and loses immediately. Thetypical continuation is 6...Bg7 7.gxh7 Kf8 8.hxg8=Q Kxg8 9.Qg6 (or Qg4)Bxh1 and Black has a reasonable game. }
7. gxh7+ Nxh5 { Gleefully seizingthe enemy queen, but not seeing the danger. }
8. Bg6# { Even after four centuries,some games can still elicit a smile. } 1-0
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[Event "SAWS v Oswestry, Welsh League"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "28-1-2021"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Paul Edwin Littlewood"]
[Black "Charles L. Higgie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[TimeControl "45 minutes plus 15 seconds"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
1. e4
{ This was played in the new 'League Republic' https://cga.leaguerepublic.com/l/standingsForDate/342860268/2/-1/-1.html?fbclid=IwAR0yDq0jvhIcep-JXxufQA37GvKK3AB32T_JiaOTqHmC_ewYmKki2GO-2mQ }
1... c5 { It was played on lichess https://lichess.org/iTTfOeZHRXP6 } 2. d4
{ Paulplays the Morra Gambit, unfortunately for him, I am half way through atheme based tournament on Lichess with this opening, so I have plenty ofrecent experience playing it with both white and black. https://gameknot.com/mt.pl?id=86018 }
2... cxd4
{ I am also currently playing this game on chess.com featuring thisopening. https://www.chess.com/game/daily/294461302 }
3. c3 { So Paul offersthe pawn. } 3... dxc3 { I accept. } 4. Nxc3
{ He takes back. } 4... Nc6 { This is thenormal move. } 5. Nf3
{ And he develops this knight. } 5... e6
{ Blunting the Bf1,if it is developed to c4 } 6. Bc4
{ But it comes out anyway. } 6... a6 { So I prepareb7-b5 } 7. O-O
{ He castles. } 7... Nge7
{ This move has recently become more popularthan the traditional Ng8-f6 where it can be hit by e4-e5 }
8. Bg5 { He pinsthe bishop } 8... f6 { I attack the bishop. } 9. Be3
{ Bishop drops back. } 9... b5 { Iattack the other bishop. } 10. Bb3
{ Bishop drops back. } 10... Ng6
{ My knight moves,allowing my Bf8 to develop. I was already quite happy with my position.I was interested to find out while doing this annotation, and being ableto refer to an opening database, I see that on it, white has and interestingsacrificial continuation here - 11. Nd5!? The knight was accepted in Zakharov,Vladimir (2376) vs. Gusev, Aleksey (2383) and white won after 12.exd5Nce5 13.d6Bb7 14.Nxe5fxe5 15.f4exf4 16.Re1fxe3 17.Rxe3+Be7 18.Qd4Qb8 19.dxe7Qa7 20.Bf7+Kxf7 21.e8=Q+Rhxe8 22.Rf1+Kg8 23.Qxa7Rxe3 24.Qxe3Bd5 25.Rd1Be6 26.b3Ne7 27.Rd6h6 28.Qb6Kf7 29.Qb7Rc8 30.Qxa6Rc1+ 31.Kf2Rc2+ 32.Kf3Bd5+ 33.Rxd5Nxd5 34.Qxb5Rc3+35.Ke2Nf6 36.Kd1Ke6 37.a4Ne4 38.Qb6+d6 39.a5Rd3+ 40.Ke2Nc541.Qxc5dxc5 42.Kxd3Kd5 43.a6Kc6 44.Kc4 https://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=x949937&fb=1&mv=22&rnd=0.255858191579577Also of note is Marc Esserman vs Loek van Wely 2011 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1630005 }
11. Nd4
{ I was quite happy with this move, reasoning, 'if you are goingto move this knight to d4, why not play the main line of the Sicilian with2. Nf3, 3. d2-d4 and 3. Nf3xNd4' }
11... Bb7 { So I developed this bishop. } 12. Qh5
{ Paul now plays an aggressive set-up, which comes close to over-whelmingblack. }
12... Nxd4 { I try to reduce the attacking force with exchanges. } 13. Bxd4
{ He takes back. } 13... Bd6 { And this bishop finally comes out } 14. f4
{ Hisattack continues. The first threat is 15. f4-f5 winning the pinned knight. }
14... O-O { I castle to break the pin. } 15. f5
{ Paul subjects this position tointensive analysis on his Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/paul.e.littlewoodHe says 'I reached this position last night against my good friend CharlesHiggie. Can Black risk Nf4 now...or should he simply play Ne5 and allowWhite to regain his lost material ?' The post initiated an interestingdiscussion. }
15... Nf4 { This was my choice, attacking his queen and protectinge6. } 16. Qg4
{ Threatening to take three times on e6. } 16... Kh8
{ My idea withthis move was that now if he takes three times on e6, he doesn't finishup taking with check, so 17.fxe6dxe6 18.Bxe6Nxe6 19.Qxe6Bxh2+ 20.Kxh2Qxd4 and I am still a pawn up. Also 7.Rxf4Bxf4 18.Qxf4e5 is anasty fork winning material. }
17. Be3
{ But Paul doesn't fall for any ofthose! I decide that the best form of defence is attack, even if it doesmean giving back the extra pawn. }
17... b4 18. Rad1 { He attacks my Bishop. } 18... Qc7 { I defend. } 19. Bxf4
{ The mass exchanges begin. } 19... Bxf4 { I take back. } 20. Qxf4
{ He takes back. } 20... Qxf4 { I take his queen. } 21. Rxf4 { He takes back. }
21... bxc3 { I take his knight. } 22. bxc3 { He takes back. } 22... exf5
{ I take here. } 23. exf5 { He takes back. } 23... Bc6
{ I protect my threatened pawn. } 24. Bd5
{ And Paul offered a draw, which of course I was extremely glad to accept.Many thanks for reading. Please rate this annotation on the star systemand leave a comment to let me know how I am doing. Until next time dearreader! }
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[Event "Homeric nodding"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "penelope80"]
[Black "Really strong opponent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "22xx"]
[TimeControl "Blitz"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
{ Annotated 'on request' by the winner. She was justly proud of this: afine win against a very strong opponent. }
1. e4 c6 { Caro Kann: unpretentiousand solid. Beware. } 2. d4 d5
{ Challenging the centre. You will note thatthe French Defence has an analogous opening sequence: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5. }
3. Nc3
{ A popular third move (as it is in the French, as well). Almostequally popular are 3.e5 (the Advance Variation) and 3.exd5. The latterhas been something of a favourite of mine, leading to the Panov-BotvinnikAttack (3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4) with some similarities to a QP opening. }
3... dxe4
{ 'Surrendering the centre' the wiseacres used to sneer when they saw thismove. It does nothing of the kind, of course! }
4. Nxe4 Bf5
{ A very populardevelopment, forcing White to move the knight a third time. White COULDdefend the knight by 5.Bd3 or 5.Qf3, but there is no compelling need todo so... }
5. Ng3 { ... as this retreat attacks the bishop in turn. } 5... Bg6
{ Normal, by a large margin. The bishop standing on the h7-b1 diagonalleaves White wondering what to do with his own light-square bishop (LSB). There is little attraction in defending the bishop where it stands. Butthere is an interesting try in the strange-looking 5...Nf6?! 6.Nxf5 Qa5ch7.c3 (or Bd2) Qxf5 - unclear but maybe White gets more out of this linethan Black does. For one thing White would still have his LSB. }
6. h4
{ Marking the g6-bishop as a target. White hopes that this apparently crude thrust will lead later on to better things in the way of a K-side attack. Things don't quite go that way. }
6... h6
{ The usual response, though ...h5has been tried. Black wants to keep his bishop, even though it may beforced to make a third move. }
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
{ 'In your face!' Forcedthe bishop back to h7, but there the bishop is quite snug, its gaze firmlyfixed down the h7-b1 diagonal. }
8... Bh7 { Forced, but Black won't be unhappyabout that. } 9. Bd3
{ A very difficult decision, in my view. The BlackLSB having moved three times already, is being invited to make a fourthmove to exchange itself off for the White one, which has just made itsfirst move. In effect White is offering a trade, with (four minus oneequals) three tempi to sugar-coat the deal for herself. There isn't muchBlack can do about it, neither, but fall in with the trade. It turns out,though, that the absence of White's LSB subsequently tends to deprive Whiteof a valuable attacking resource. Black therefore has something to throwonto the bottom line to offset the 'lost' three tempi. }
9... Bxd3
{ There reallyis no sensible alternative, here. The bishop is going anyway - might aswell get that over and done with. There is nothing to be gained by 9...Ngf610.Bxh7 Nxh7 with even more loss of time for Black. }
10. Qxd3
{ Of course,nothing good can come of 10.cxd3(?), with doubled and isolated pawns stuckon a file half-open for Black's rooks. }
10... Ngf6
{ White has a very slight leadin development, but no real threats so far. Black is solidly placed -no real weaknesses - but perhaps feeling just a little constrained by White'sgreater control of the central regions. }
11. Bf4
{ A good square and diagonal(h2-b8) for the dark-square bishop (DSB). Could this make Black thinktwice about castling Q-side? }
11... Nd5
{ At once drives the bishop off the sensitivediagonal. Since the bishop was so easily thrown off f4, does that meanWhite was wrong to move it there? By no means. Black has been inducedto place his knight on d5, where it will become a target for the Whitec-pawn. So of course... }
12. Bd2
{ ...White keeps the bishop on the board. The insignificant loss of time will be recovered.... eventually. }
12... N7f6
{ Possibly a risky development in the light of the exposure of the otherknight to attack. More circumspect seems 12...e6. }
13. O-O-O
{ This seemslogical enough: place the king onto safety, and bring a rook onto a centralfile, leaving the other - the e-file - for the other rook. But I feelsure I would have played 13.c4, here, and after 13...Nb6, castled longwith the prospect of opening up the d-file for the activated rook. Themove order can not be reversed... }
13... e6
{ [!] Blunting the c2-c4 thrust as14.c4 Nb4! is now possible, disrupting White. }
14. Rhe1 Bd6
{ White isfully mobilised (developed); Black very nearly so. There doesn't seemto be much in it, eh? But White does have a move that might have occasionedBlack something of a headache... }
15. Ne5
{ [?!] This isn't it, though it'san OK move. Instead 15.Nf5! attacking the g-pawn and threatening thebishop would have placed Black in some difficulty. Could he contemplateundeveloping the bishop (...Bf8)? The line is extremely complicated andhard to see: 15.Nf5! Nh5! 16.g4! ... (16.Nxd6 would be OK if White wasprepared to settle for a game little more than equal) 16...Nf4! 17.Qb3! ... The string of fine, unexpected, moves leaves White attacking b7 andg7, and still with the c4 thrust to consider. However unclear and murkythe position arising from 15.Nf5, I reckon White must have had an edge. }
15... Qc7
{ Castling K-side came into consideration. Now that Black has establishedcommunications with both his rooks, White has to concern herself abouther willingness to commit to one sector at a time when Black can switchhis King to somewhere less exciting. }
16. Ne4
{ Talk about centralisation! You can not get pieces more centralised than White's right now. Evenso, I still like 16.c4 here: 16...Ne7 17.c5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rd8 19.Qa3,with a White knight likely very soon to come in at d6. }
16... Nxh5
{ Decentralisationin the face of White's plan looks like a misjudgement. Possibly Blackhoped to unbalance the game, pick up a pawn and trust in the vagaries ofblitz play to survive an attack. Maybe. At any rate, White obtains a smalledge. }
17. Nxd6+
{ [?!] More forcing would have been 17.c4. White's gameseems to be crying out for this move to be played. White's game is healthyenough that without it she can still keep Black under constraint. Yet17.c4 Ne7 (evidently Black loses the knight after ...Nf6 or ...Nb6) 18.c5 Bxe5 19.dxc5 0-0 20.Nd6 ... led to a fine game for White. }
17... Qxd6 18. a3
{ 'Preparing' c4? But that oft-mentioned thrust was playable immediately,as 18.c4 Nb4?? 19.Qb3 would be horrible for Black. Instead of 18.c4, alsopossible would have been 18.Qf3, with threats against the knight at h5and the pawn at f7. }
18... Qc7 19. g4 Nhf6
{ Also possible was ...Nhf4. The textseems the more circumspect, though. } 20.
Qf3
{ Also 20.c4 was still good. But White seems now poised to bash her way through the centre to comeat Black's King. In the light of that, Black's next is understandable. }
20... O-O-O
{ [??] A terrible misjudgement. Black has been keeping up, prettymuch, for the whole game so far, though 16...Nh5 did some self-inflicteddamage. With 20...b5! Black could finally have stymied White's delayedc2-c4 thrust, and been left with a reasonable game. }
21. c4 { [!] At last! And still strong. } 21... Nb6
{ The only retreat, as after 21...Ne7, 22.Nxf7 wouldhave been good enough to win. }
22. Bf4
{ Creating what I call a 'maskedbattery' against the Black Queen. The idea is that the masking piece -the e5-knight - moves aside to attack something else (Ng6 attacking theh1-rook), exposing the bishop's attack on the Queen. The unmasking ofa battery is usually so deadly, the defender has to do something aboutit before the unmasking. }
22... Qe7
{ On this occasion, there was in fact nothingto be done about it about White's threat ...Ng6. By saving the Queen inthis way, Black will lose his King! 22...g5 would not have helped much(23.Bg3! and the threat remains), but Black might have been able to containthe damage in this line: 22...h5! 23.g5 Ng4 24.Nxg4 hxg4 25.Bxc7 gxf326.Bxd8 Kxd8, leaving White the Exchange ahead in the end game. }
23. Nxc6
{ [!] One of those moves that 'leaps to the eye' of a tactician. Blackis busted. }
23... Qe8
{ Abandoning her consort. No good was 23...bxc6 24.Qxc6chand mate nest move. But it is mate in two, now, as well. }
24. Nxa7+ Kd7 25. Qxb7#
{ A sudden and drastic finish. During the course of the game,at no time was White under any real pressure or at a disadvantage. Possiblythat explains the strong opponent's lapses in tactical and strategic judgement. A fine win to White. }
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[Event "A shameful capture"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "K_State"]
[Black "eddiethetoad1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "932"]
[WhiteElo "1321"]
1. e4 { A lovely e4 } 1... e5 { A basic defense.... } 2. Nf3 { Knight opening }
2... Nf6 { Same with black's knight } 3. Nxe5 { Take down the pawns } 3... Nxe4
{ Blackcopies, again! } 4. Qe2 { Queen is ready } 4... Ng5
{ BIG MISTAKE!!!! This reallycosts him! } 5. Nc6+ { Oh, the shame of it all! }
5... Qe7 { He tries to makegood out of it } 6. Nxe7 { But no! } 6... Bxe7 7.
Qg4 { He resigns.... } 1-0
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[Event "OTB: Don't Permit the Pawn!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "CykO"]
[Black "Floyd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
1. e4
{ OTB: Floyd decides he wants another game, so I annotate it as well. I choose e4! }
1... Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 { This was probably not my best option. } 3... Ne4 4.
Nxe4 dxe4 5. d4 exd3 6. cxd3
{ I'm already struggling because ofmy stupid attack on his N, dumb dumb dumb. Oh well. }
6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bf4
{ I have lost the tempo having to guard my dang pawn. } 8... e6 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10.
Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd4 12. Qd1
{ At some point here I'm hoping for asneaky Q-a4 for + and grabbing one of his minor pieces. }
12... Qh4 13. Bg3 Qg5 14. f4 Qe7
{ I 'think' I did that the best I could, at least rid the queenfor a minute. }
15. O-O Bxd2 16. Qxd2 h5 17. Qd1
{ I got angry with myselfafter I made this bone headed move, it was a total waste of a move andI think I lost because of it. Hindsight shows me that h4 was better, evenif it blocks my Bishop. }
17... h4 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Rc1 f6 20. d4 c6 21. d5
{ Inotice salvation, perhaps he'll leave his queen in front of his king justa bit longer. }
21... exd5 22. exf6 { DON'T TAKE WITH THE QUEEN AND I WIN! LOL } 22... Qxf6
{ Dang. Plan foiled. } 23. Bc5 O-O-O 24. Bxa7 h3 25. Re1 hxg2 26. Bc5 Rxh2
{ I should have went ahead and went b-e7 forking the Q and R. Nah,truth be told I'm in a world of hurt no matter what I do...oh well. }
27. Qg4 { But no instead I do this move....*stupid smack } 27... Rdh8 28. Be7
{ Anotherbone head move by me...I really must slow down when playing OTB. }
28... Qd4+
{ That bishop was covering my kings flank...and by my order he moved andI lose. }
29. Re3 Qxe3#
{ Lost this one. I do believe letting his pawn infiltratemy position was a bad idea. }
0-1
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[Event "Challenge from crevetus"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "20-Aug-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crevetus"]
[Black "beginner78"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. e4 c5
{ I usually play Caro-Kann - c7-c6, but for this game, decidedto experiment... }
2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4
{ White normallyexchanges the bishop, the retreat allows black to expand on the queensidewith tempo... }
5... b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. d3 g6 8. Bf4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4
{ Interestingmove. Probably the only one that claims some sort of advantage, but withcareful play, black maintains equality. }
10... Bb7 11. Ng5 e5
{ Interestingly,e6 is bad because of 12. B:e6 fe 13. N:e6 and white gets two pawns anda rook for two light pieces. }
12. Bg3 h6 13. Bxf7+
{ Wrong. White givesup material. At the same time, I must admit that when picking up the bishop,I did not see, that white could get a pawn on b5 after the exchange ofpawns and a check from b3 with a queen... :) }
13... Rxf7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8
{ Here, I had a choice. If I took with a queen, I had ideasof penetrating the white queenside. However, this is where I saw the checkfrom b3 and decided to keep the queen close to the center. }
16... Bxa8 17. f4 { Good move, opening a line for the rook. } 17... exf4 18.
Bxf4
{ Here, c5-c4was an option, but with an open line for the rook, and no mood for calculations...:) I decided to hide the king and give up a pawn... }
18... Kg8 19. Qb3+ Kh7 20. Qe6
{ Wow! Totally unexpected. This is when I started taking the gameseriously. I was expecting Nd2 (which, as game shows later was necessary...)but with such a drastic centralisation of the white queen, I suddenly havefew squares to defend. After long (20 minutes or so) deliberations, I decidedto play Ne5. Interesting sequence would be 20...Ne5 21. B:e5 de 22. Q:e5and here N:e4, seemingly a nice move comes across simple 23. Rf7. Hmmm,interesting... }
20... Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qf7
{ Now this is interesting. Secondtime when I sat down and calculated different options after ambitious (andas it turned out after calculations - winning) 22. Q:d3. Decision taken. }
22... Qxd3 23. Rxf6 Qxe4
{ Boom and double threat of checkmate on g2 and hangingknight on b1 decides the game. C'est tout! }
24. Qxg6+ Qxg6 *
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[Event "Worrall Attack mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "last_archimedean"]
[Black "kevinatlarge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1256"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
{ Another themed mini. My favorite kind of tournament. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
{ The startingposition for all the games. } 8. c3 d5 9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4
11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 b4 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rd1 h6 15. a3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc8 17. Nd2
{ Ittook a while, but development is finally complete and the game starts takingshape. }
17... a4 18. Ba2 Bd6 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Nc4
{ After some maneuvering, I threatento exchange off Black's remaining Bishop, which would leave me with themuch better pair of minor pieces. }
20... Ng6 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Rxd6 { I gain aPawn in the mix-up } 22... Ra6 23.
Rxa6
{ Up a pawn and with 2 B's vs. 2 Knightson an open board, I'm definitely not averse to exchanging major pieces. }
23... Qxa6 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Bd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
{ I sacrifice a minor exchange withthe intent of winning a second Pawn [Black's KP]. }
26... Qf1+ 27. Kh2 Nf4 28. Bxe5 Nxd5 29. exd5
{ In the confusion, I overlook that Black can win theExchange. Now material is even, but my passed QP gives me an advantage. }
29... Qb5 30. Qg4 { Buying time by threatening mate. } 30... f6 31. Bd6
{ Keeping theinitiative by attacking the Rook. } 31... Rd8 32. Qe6+
{ Now I've finally guardedmy passed Pawn, and still maintain the initiative with a check. }
32... Kh8 33. Qf7 { Trying to set up a mate on the cornered King. } 33... Qxb2
34. Bf8
{ I willinglygive up the QNP to threaten mate in 1. Black's Q is now forced to defendhis KN2, restricting its movements severely. }
34... f5 35. d6
{ In the meantime,with the Q tied down, I press my passed Pawn menacingly forward. }
35... Qd4 36. Qe7
{ Black could rid himself of the menacing Pawn with 36... RxP 37 QxR,but I would have a technically easy win with my piece ahead. }
36... Ra8 37. d7 { Pressing forward. } 37... Kg8 38. Qe8
{ If Black tries 38... Q-Q4 guarding theR and keeping the Queening square doubly guarded, I force his hand with39 B-K7 dis ch. }
38... Rxe8 39. dxe8=Q
{ Not only do I win the Rook, I also threatento win at once with 40 B-B5 dis ch simultaneously attacking the Q. }
39... Qc4 40. Bb4+ { I secure my B and QRP while maintaining the initiative. }
40... Kh7 41. Qxa4 { Now I have yet another passed Pawn. } 41... Qf4+ 42. g3
{ Black is stillfighting... } 42... Qxf2+ 43. Kh1
{ With my King in the corner, I have to be careful.At a minimum Black is seeking a perpetual check for a draw, and with theQ's still on the board, it's certainly possible. }
43... Qxg3 44. Qd7 { I'm lookingto regenerate my mating threat on KN7. } 44...
Qxh3+ 45. Kg1 { Black has succeededin eradicating my K-side Pawns. } 45... h5
46. Bf8 { The mating threat again restrictsthe movement of the Black Q. } 46...
Qg4+ 47. Kh2 { As good a spot as any. } 47... h4 48. a4
{ I can advance the Pawn freely since Black's Q is tied to defendingKN2. }
48... Qg3+ 49. Kh1 { Forced. } 49... h3 50. Qb7
{ Now *Black* has a mating threatat *my* KN2. Dueling potential mates... }
50... f4 51. a5 { We both push on ourPawns. } 51... f3 52. Qxg7+
{ I'm forced to do this, since the Black KBP has cutmy Q's access to KN2 on the diagonal. }
52... Qxg7 53. Bxg7
{ Black misses a goldenopportunity. 53... P-B7!!! wins at once, as I cannot stop the P from Queening.But he is blinded by greed. }
53... Kxg7 54. Kg1
{ Now my K is in position to captureeither Black pawn if it advances, and Black's K is too far away to preventto promotion of my QRP. }
54... Kg6 55. a6
{ Black rushes his K forward to tryand force through a Pawn, but he's one tempo behind. }
55... Kg5 56. a7 { Onward! } 56... Kg4 57. a8=Q
{ If the Black K were already at KN6, he could check with aPawn and at least have an opportunity to force one through. But... }
57... Kg3 58. Qg8+
{ Now as long as I continually harass the K, the Black Pawns cannotmove. }
58... Kh4 59. Qh7+
{ I'm hoping to move the Q steadily forward and througha series of checks win the two Black Pawns. }
59... Kg3 60. Qg6+ { I suddenly seesomething... } 60... Kf4 61. Qf6+
{ Black has to move his K away from the Pawns.Instead, he plays a natural-looking move, trying to keep both Pawns protected... }
61... Kg3 62. Qg5# { ...and stumbles into this beautiful epaulette mate! } 1-0
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[Event "Complicated position"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "4-14-18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jmd1952"]
[Black "qxqxqxqxq"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[TimeControl "3 min + 10sec"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O
{ This is a 3 min + 10 sec game sothe quality at times is questionable but its fun. I probably lose as manygames as I win at this speed but I am addicted. I have seen this positionmany times. }
4... Nf6 5. d3
{ The move d3 prevents 5. ..., Ne4 followed by d5to fork any piece that would recapture. It also makes the pin Bg5 possible. }
5... d6 6. h3
{ Prevents Bg4 but white has no real advantage from the firstmove now. } 6...
O-O 7. Bg5 { This pin can be annoying. } 7... h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Bb3
{ White is unlikely to get anything from the pin now if he exchanges andkeeping the pawns in reasonable order is important so white retreats. }
9... a5 10. a3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Bb6 13. Nd2
{ White completes his development. The position is basically equal. } 13... g5
14. Bg3 Kg7
{ White feels secure withthe bishop and rook holding the pawn at f2 but this is an illusion in someways. }
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. h4
{ White thinks opening the kingside will benefithim. I was wrong! } 16... gxh4
17. Bxh4 Rg8 18. Nf3 Kh7 19. d4 { White wants tocut off the the black DSB. }
19... Qf8 20. dxe5
{ White changes his mind - badidea and black jumps on it quick. } 20... Qg7
{ There is only one way out ofmate! } 21. Ng5+ hxg5 22. exf6
{ This was forced since 21. ..., Kh1, 22.Nf7ch, would lead to a repetition or the Queen must capture on f7 and whitemay survive. }
22... Qg6
{ If Black plays 22. ..., Qxf6 then it is met with23. Qh5 ch and black must exchange Queens }
23. Bg3 g4 24. Qe2 Qxf6
{ Blackcut off any possibility of white playing Qh5 ch before he captures a pawn. If he had captured the pawn on e4 then Qh5 ch followed by Qxg5 ch wouldbe one chance for White. }
25. e5 { Capturing the pawn lets white use hisDSB to effectively. } 25... Qh6
26. Qe4+ Rg6 27. exd6
{ White is hoping for theautomatic recapture since Qxb7 wins material and the game ( Black is shorteron time than white ). }
27... c6 28. Rad1 Kg8
{ Black wants to use the h fileto checkmate. White may play Rd4 if necessary. }
29. d7 Qh5 30. Qe5
{ Blackruns out of time here. The variation I expected was 30. ..., Qh7 31. Rd3,Rh6, 32. Bh2 and I am not sure who is winning! If you have any continuationsplease comment. }
1-0
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[Event "League division F3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "milly64"]
[Black "mythosellipseal8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1300"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "916"]
1. c4 { English opening } 1... c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6.
O-O O-O 7. a3 a6 8. Be2 Be7 9. d4 { All even to here and then I push d pawn }
9... cxd4 10. Nd5
{ Following the capture of my d4 pawn I move my c knight tod5 } 10... Nxd5 11.
Bd2
{ As usual instead of retaking the knight following myknight's capture I move my bishop to d2. Aaargh I infuriate myself. }
11... Nf6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bf3 hxg5
{ Same again, I move my knight over to g5 andignore the threat to my knight by pawn at h6 and move LB to f3 !!!?? }
14. Bxg5 Nh7 15. Bd2 b5 16. Rc1 bxc4
{ I now see a threat to my pawn at c4 andmove my rook across to c1 in time to capture pawn taking my pawn }
17. Rxc4 Bb7 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Bd1 Nf6
{ Black is preparing his forces on the queenside following my rook's move up to c4 and I follow suit. }
20. Qc2 Qb6 21. Bg5 Qd8 22. Qd3 Ne8 23. f4
{ I now decide to pursue a king side attackas I had intended. Protecting my pieces before battle commences. }
23... f6 24. Rf3 fxg5 25. fxg5 Rxf3 26. Qxf3
{ I have a reduced force but lots of spaceto attack on king side } 26... Nd6
27. Rc5 Rc8 28. Bb3+
{ I now bring my LB upto check the king at b3. White queen is in support at f3 }
28... Nf7 29. Bxf7+ Kh7 30. Qh3#
{ White's LB takes knight at f7 and king moves out of checkto h7 and queen moves across to checkmate at h3 }
1-0
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[Event "quick blitz chess game (My first win on Gameknot=))"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "26-Nov-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "divineknight"]
[Black "sloopy2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1163"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. e4
{ e4 which is my favorite opening move...I prefer it more than d4because I like playing fast tempo games. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 { Developing my knightas usual... } 2... Nc6 3. Bc4
{ This is my favorite opening since I like to dothe fried liver. } 3... Nf6
{ This is what I like the most when my opponent doesnot play bishop to c5 but instead knight to f6 which allows my knight tocharge in for the fried liver. }
4. Ng5 { Fried liver time... } 4... d5 5. exd5
{ Pawn to b5 would be better for black } 5... Nxd5 6. Nxf7
{ Knight sacrafice forpositional play... Likewise my username the divine knight }
6... Kxf7 7. Qf3+ { This allows my queen to check and also attack the knight. }
7... Ke8
{ Many peoplewould play king to e6 for black. But I would take the king to e8 move! }
8. Bxd5 Nd4
{ Black blunders by this move...Black does not see the threatto the king with my bishop and queen. }
9. Qf7# { There's my first win onGameknot=) } 1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "07-Oct-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "darare"]
[Black "blindrabbit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
1. e4 { rooks and knight vs. queen: wins } 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
{ The fastattempt threatening a poor check on f7. I tried this once. But that wasnot funny. }
3... h6
{ That basicly covers g6, the spot for the white knight.Although not yet necessary at this point - g6 is still covered by the queen }
4. d3 { Now h6 is necessary if I'm counting right. } 4... a6
{ Avoiding white topin the queenside knight against the king with his bishop on c4. This endedup in a bad trade too often. Also this is preparing b5, attacking the bishopon c4. }
5. a4 { White avoids b5. Now this would end up in my rook to becaptured. } 5...
Bc5
{ Now I am threatening a poor check, trying to catch upa bit with my castle :) }
6. Be3
{ Well, at least I am trying. But I amstill behind as white has figured correctly. Actually, that seems tobe an interesting trade. I think I will try this one day. }
6... d6 { but nottoday. I am not ignoring the bishop on c4, by the way. } 7.
Bxc5 { Thatsan interesting trade, Mr. White. } 7... dxc5
{ Nice view for the black queen:) } 8. Nc3
{ Thats ok, now d5 is clearly in whites hands. As is b5 buythe way. But there is no attack yet. }
8... Nf6 { Ketchup. } 9. b3
{ looks a bitlike the white bishop is pushed into an attack :). Probably white expects9. ... be6 and does not really want let the queens face each other if Idecided to play tit for tat. }
9... Bg4
{ But I am going to be mean today. Iwill take the knight!! Also I am happy that I have catched up with thecastling options. }
10. h3
{ This will not scare me away, sorry. OtherwiseI would have gone to e6 before. Usually. }
10... Bxf3
{ This time I will takethe knight because it is covering d4. Sorry, was covering... the viewfor my queen improved dramatically }
11. Qxf3
{ what I had expected. Whitenow has two castling positions. Thats why a bishop/knight trade on thekingside does not hurt too much. Usually. }
11... Qd4
{ This really is a beautifulposition for the black queen. She is scaring whites remaining knight todeath. All ways to safe it, are bad or dangerous. All 4 of them are killingtwo rooks. 12. Nb5 or Ne5 would allow a fork on c7, but what is one lostblack rook against two white rooks? }
12. Kd2
{ There is a fifth option thatI did not really expect. This is weakening the white king. I had expecteda kingside castle, abandoning the knight and rescuing the rooks. Thatsa noble king, I am impressed. }
12... O-O
{ Well, this is basicly defining whichside I will attack later.... also i dont want to leave my king in the Efile. }
13. Nd5
{ I don't see an attack. The black king has left the stage.The white rooks are covering each other now and the white knight can feelpretty comfortable on d5. }
13... Nxe4+
{ This is dangerous. But I dont think thatwhite will take knight, he would have to use the queen. In return I couldconsider a queen exchange, because I am in a good position, I also coulddecide 14. Qe4 Qf2 annoying the white king... }
14. Ke2 { ... I am lucky. } 14... Nc3+ { I can proceed. } 15. Nxc3 Qxc3 16. Qd5
{ This is avoiding the fork17. ?? Nd4 and also opening the white kings long way home. Moving the kingback to baseline, would still sacrifice two rooks. I feel comfortable. }
16... Qxc2+
{ Check. 16. Qd5 Nd4 also looks tempting, but I was looking notto deactivate the black queen on c3. That was stupid, because of 16.... Nd4 17. Ke3 (forced!) Nc4 (fork on Ke3 and Ra1) would definitly wina Rook without risking the knight!!! }
17. Kf3 { Step two of the long wayback } 17... Nd4+ 18. Kg3 { Step 3 } 18... c6
{ Scaring the queen away. I am not sure whetherI really planned this already but its also preparing to win the white bishop... }
19. Qxe5 { Preparing to win my knight by removing the covering pawn #1 } 19...
b5 { Now the attack on the bishop } 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Qxc5
{ removing thecover #2 of my knight as expected } 21... Ne2+
{ solved by a little bit of check } 22. Kh2 bxc4 { and the bishop is won } 23.
bxc4 { again, not looking forqueen exchange } 23... Qxd3
{ not the best move... } 24. Rhd1 Qg6 { ok, I do leave... } 25. Ra2 Nc3
{ Isn't this a beatyful fork? Nf6 would have been a nice ideatoo, treatening mate on g2. but white could easily defend it. }
26. Rd6 { White seems to be angry. I cant blame him... } 26... Rac8
{ want to exchangequeens now? This would loose matarial for white in any variant, becausethe black knight is still aiming at a white rook. Thats why I did notdecide 26. .. e4 for another fork. I am holding this back for 27. Rxa6 }
27. Qe5 Nxa2
{ Now I really want to figure out, whether two rooks and aknight are stronger than a queen. }
28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. f3 Rfe8 { baring myteeth } 30. Qd5+
{ forced, more or less. I did not want to wait for whiteto consider this option. }
30... Kh7 { not a castle, but a hut :) } 31. c5
{ fromnow on its hard work for both of us. white will try to advance his pawsand attack my tiny castle - sorry, my hut. g6 is the weak point }
31... Nc3 { hefelt lost down there } 32. Qc4 Nb5
{ now he feels quite comfortable } 33. c6 Rc7
{ first of three moves to win this pawn } 34. f4 { going for my hut } 34...
Rec8 { #2 going for the pawn } 35. g4 { cover for the advancing f-pawn } 35...
Rxc6 { #3 taking the pawn and attacking the queen } 36. Qd5 { covering f5. }
36... Rc2+ { extra time, ignoring the danger on f5 } 37. Kg3 Rf8
{ altough this is notequaling forces on f5, at least this avoids 38. f5 gxf5, 39. Qf5 }
38. h4
{ ???? I think 38. f5 still would have been the better choice. thismove gives me a great chance. }
38... Rc3+ { removing the noble king. } 39. Kh2
{ obviously, Qf3 was not an option. } 39... Rxf4
{ this removes the worst dangerfor my hut. now i feel pretty safe } 40. Qe5
{ attacking the rook } 40... Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Rd2 { threatening checkmate } 42. Qe1
{ avoiding checkmate and attackingthe rook } 42... Rd4 { taking cover } 43. Qa1
{ attacking the covering pawn for myknight } 43... Rc2
{ again threatening checkmate, in case white takes the pawn } 44. Kf1
{ getting the king involved } 44... Nc3
{ no need to work any more. letssimplify. } 45. Ke1 Rd1+ 46. Qxd1 { forced }
46... Nxd1 47. Kxd1 Rc4 48. g5 a5
{ thisis it, I have no trouble emancipating a queen. white risignes, the rookswin. }
0-1
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[Event "bunrattcy chess tournament, ?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GM Simon Williams"]
[Black "GM Peter Wells"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
{ From this position, I have seen the Stockfishand Houdini chess engines alternately recommend 4. a3 and 4. Nc3. Oddlyenough, the computer programs don't always recommend the same move here,maybe because they consider both moves to be about the same. However, Stockfishon a really deep 31 ply search evaluates a3 as the best with a score of0.14 pawns, g3 second with a score of 0.11 pawns, and Nc3 (and Bf4) thirdwith just a score of 0.05 pawns. }
4. g3 Bb4+ { 4... Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 isonly barely favorable to white. } 5. Nbd2
{ According to Grandmaster Williams,this move is becoming popular, and I admire how positional it is, but thecomputers don't like it because they think that the game is equal. Instead.the computers think Bd2 gives White a tiny advantage. Alternative variation:5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 and now if Ne4? chases the queen where it wants togo. 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 with a slight advantage for white. }
5... Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O { Now 7... a5 8. b3 is equal. } 7... Be7 8. d5
{ According to the computer,this gambit favors black slightly, but it does give white some interestingcounter play. According to a video by Williams, this type of gambit ismore common with the knight on c3. Alternative variation: 8. b3 d5 9.Bb2 iis only miniscule better for white. }
8... exd5 9. Nh4 g6 10. cxd5
{ Now10... Bxd5 11. e4 Bc6 12. e5 Nd5 (12... Ne8! slightly favors black.) 13.Nc4 Nb4 14. Bh6 is miniscule better for white. }
10... Nxd5 11. Ne4
{ Preparesto meet Bxh4 12. gxh4 Qxh4 with 13. Bg5. Alternative variation: 11. Nc4 lets white equalize despite being a pawn down. c6 (11... Bxh4 is losing.12. gxh4 Qxh4 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qd3) 12. e4 b5 13. exd5 bxc414. Bh6 Re8 15. Nf3 cxd5 16. Ne5 }
11... Re8
{ If instead 11... Bxh4 12. gxh4Qxh4 13. Bg5 Qh5?! ( 13... Qg4 is better.) 14. Qxd5 (14. Qd2 is slightlybetter.) 14... Bxd5 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxh5 Bxg2 17. Bf6+ Kg8 18. Kxg2 gxh519. Rac1 which is barely favorable to white. Alternative variation: 11...Na6 and black is clearly better. After 12. b3 Bxh4? lets white back intothe game. 13. gxh4 Qxh4 14. Bg5 Qg4 [Equal.] ( 14... Qh5? 15. Qxd5 andwhite is winning.) }
12. b4
{ This is an unsound gambit. Alternative variation:12. f4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Qxh4 14. Qd4 c5 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Na6 17. Nd6Bc6 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 and the endgame favors black. }
12... Bxh4
{ Now best is 12...Nxb4 GM Williams said that he wasn't afraid of this move, but it appearsthat after this white is losing. 13. Bb2 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 N8c6 }
13. gxh4 Qxh4
{ Here 14. Bg5 is not the best. Qg4. Then 15. Qxd5?? fails tacticallyQxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Bxd5 17. f3 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 }
14. Qd4 Rxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Bxe4 Na6
{ Inaccurate. The strangely tactical 16... Bc6 17. b5Nc3 18. bxc6 Nxe4 is closer to equality. }
17. a3 Re8 18. Bf3 c6 19. Bxd5
{ The idea is to leave black with a weakness in the center, that could workwell in the endgame. The prefered computer line is 19. Rd1 f5 20. Bb2 }
19... cxd5 20. Bf4
{ White is intent on stopping that knight from getting backinto the game. He thinks incorrectly that Rxe2 21. Rfe1 will favor him. 20. Re1 Nc7 21. Bb2 and white maintains a small edge. }
20... f6 { Instead 20...Rxe2 21. Rfe1 Re6 is equal. } 21. Rac1
{ White can do slightly better withRfe1. Now the game is technically equal. }
21... g5
{ Best is 21... Rxe2 22. Rfe1and now Re4 is just a little favorable for white. Otherwise 22. ... Rxe1+23. Rxe1 Kf7 24. Bd6 is better for white. Bc6 25. Re7+ Kg8 26. Kg2 d4+?27. Kf1 Bb5+ 28. Ke1 and white is winning. }
22. Be3 { The bishop has doneits job on f4, so now it can save the e pawn. }
22... Bc6 23. Bd4 Kf7 24. e3 Nc7
{ Trying to activate the knight. Walks into a pin. } 25. a4 b5 26. a5
{ The only good choice here. } 26... a6 27. f4 g4 28. f5 Re4
{ It makes no senseto bury the rook here. Rc8 is better. } 29. Rf2
{ White's plan is to breakthroughwith Rfc2 and Rxc6. } 29... h5
{ Re8 is a little better. } 30. Rfc2 Ne8 { Ke7 isa little better. } 31. Rxc6
dxc6 32. Rxc6 Re7 33. Rxa6 Rc7 34. Bc5
{ Byall means prevent black from getting counter play. } 34... Ng7
{ The knight triesto get back into the game. } 35. Rb6 Nxf5 36. a6 Ne7 37. Rxb5
{ You knowthat white is winning with those two connected passed paws on the kingside. }
37... Nc6 38. Rb6
{ Now best is 38... h4 39. Rb7 Rxb7 40. axb7 Nb8 41. Ba7 Nd7 42. b8=Q [ b5 is a good alternative.] Nxb8 43. Bxb8 which takes a littlelonger to die. }
38... Ke8 39. b5 Ne5
{ Instead 39... Nd8 40. Bd4 Kd7 41. Rxf6puts up minuscule more resistance. }
40. a7 { Now Rxa7 41. Rb8+ (Of coursenot 41. Re6+ Kf7) } 1-0
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[Event "Challenge from thechair"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "thechair"]
[Black "dylam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1453"]
1. e4
{ so rarely happens in chess. a real underdog result. the last thingi expected when i was playing a 2200 rating was a victory. anyhoo..a kings pawn opening.. }
1... e5 { gauntlet laid down. } 2. Nf3 { huzzah! the knight. } 2... Nc6
{ getting worried here... } 3. Nc3 { nice. have some of that. } 3... Nf6
{ hmmm....ok then. } 4. Bb5 { i like this as it's all about the lines. } 4...
Bb4
{ i'veseen this move somewhere before... in fact i was wondering if he was justtoying with me here setting me up for a humiliating defeat. }
5. Bxc6
{ soi thought i'd better draw first blood and get some points on the board. and it also gives him the problem of doubled up pawns.. }
5... dxc6 { whichis of course what happened. } 6. Nxe5
{ and a lack of concentration leftme his pawn. i wonder if he is giving this game his full concentrationyet? }
6... Qe7 { queen out. } 7. f4
{ i think this is bold and leaves my knightin an attacking space and none of this running away lark he might havebeen hoping for. }
7... Bxc3 { now i think he is getting desperate.. } 8. dxc3
{ i think i'm in a much better position after this exchange. } 8... Nxe4
{ bham! } 9. O-O { time to castle. i still like the way it's turning out. }
9... O-O { gothim scared. he wastes a move to defend himself. } 10. Re1
{ this is lookingnice for me. a long way to go yet though... } 10... f5
{ i still don't think heis giving this game proper attention... } 11. Be3
{ bit of development } 11... Be6 { hmmm... } 12. Qe2
{ i need some queen action } 12... Rad8
{ this takes a turn forthe worse. i don't know where to go from here and i think i'm in an elaboratetrap i've never seen before... }
13. Red1 { so time to make a stand.. } 13... Rd5 { hmm.. ok then... } 14. a4
{ it's getting complicated. note i can't takethe pawn on a7 with my bishop as it would be trapped with a b7 to b6 pawnmove. }
14... Rfd8 { Rooks that have been doubled always spell trouble. } 15. Bxa7
{ but i've seensomething. have you spotted it? } 15... b6 { he hasn't! } 16.
Nxc6 { niiiiice!! } 16... Qc5+ { but nice comeback } 17. Nd4
{ but i'm still 2 pawns up and think i'mlooking good. } 17... Bd7
{ moves to protact his bishop.. } 18. a5 { and i need todo likewise for mine }
18... Ra8 { the attack starts. } 19. axb6
{ a brilliant move.now he is in a world of pain. } 19... cxb6
{ take back that irritatingly advancedpawn. } 20. Bxb6
{ and this has opened up multiple attacks. } 20... Qxb6
{ decidesto take the bishop.. } 21. Rxa8+
{ and i get his rook and check to boot. } 21... Kf7
{ now i'm five points up. i'm starting to think 2200 rating or not,i've got a chance here. }
22. Qh5+ { all about the lines. and it's the startof the end for black. } 22...
Ke7 23. Qxh7
{ another free pawn. i'm right in behindnow. what has black got left in the locker? }
23... Qf6
{ a bit of fight. he wason a 20 match winning streak and did not want to give it up without a fight.this is real backs to the wall for black. there is zero threat being posedto the white king here. }
24. Qg8
{ all i need it to pressure a mistake butthere are multiple check mate options open now. }
24... Bb5
{ and there is themistake. no need to push home a victory from here... } 25.
Qxd5
{ as thisis where the towel was thrown in. so any 1300-1500 players out there. you can do it if i did it! good luck! }
1-0
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[Event "isrelie league division B"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "22:00"]
[Round "-"]
[White " matsany"]
[Black "nahum bruch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1150"]
[TimeControl "2h+30sec per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 a5
{ bad move , the main idea is tofight for the center and develop pieces . popular moves in this positionsare 4...Nf6, Bb6,d6. now white have great Chance to control the centertotally . }
5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3
{ the idea is to avoidBg4 and preparing o-o } 8... Nf6 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3
{ black must to exchangethe bishop on c3 because of his weak position on b4 , white threats Nd5Nxd5 a3 and bishop is lost }
10... h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba3
{ there is no alternativefor the bishop to stay on c1-h6 diagonal , on a3 it have better optionof development }
12... Na7
{ preparing b5 but , leaving the center and the movementof the pawn b5 and Bb7 its to slow and helps the white go forward and makebigger advantage by 13. e5! it was better to move 12....Re8 }
13. e5 Nh7 { look how poor the black position collapse, } 14. Bd3 Ng5
{ now black isloosing matirial } 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Re8
{ the blackbishop can'not take the pawn on f3 because (17...Bxh3?? .18.f4!-Qg3.19.Rf3and the blck bishop is traped ) }
18. Be5 { closing the E-line for the Rookethere is no contarplay for black }
18... Be6
{ 18...Bd7 was more effective somehow but still the white is much better . }
19. f4 Qd8 20. f5 f6 21. fxe6 fxe5 22. Bc4
{ good move , take another pawn on e5 is to soon because thedobele pawns e5,e6 are weak , anyway blacks move .22....Qb6+23.Kh1 -Qxe6.now by Bc4 white threting to cpture the Queene on d8 by e7+ }
22... Re7 23. Qg6 { its very hard to defend the black king now } 23... exd4 24.
Rf7 { no!!! 24.cxd-Qxd4+.25.Kh1-Qxc4 } 24... Rxf7 25. exf7+ Kf8 26. Re1
{ black resigns , because he cant avoid loosinghis queen ,if 26....Qd7 or c8 it really doesn't matter because of .27.Qh7 and mate on the next move }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "thehellion"]
[Black "tamasmarton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1222"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1302"]
{ My opponent plays an unusual opening that puts his Queen out early. Itry to exploit this by harassing the Quuen, but in the end a tactical burstwins me the game. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5
{ Highly unusual play. The Queen willbe forced out on the next move if material equality is to be maintained. }
3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 { Making the Queen move again. } 4... Qe6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Ba4
{ Inducing him to weaken his Q-side again. Since K-side castling is outof the question for the moment, any Q-side weaknesses will make themselvesfelt against the King. }
6... b5 7. Bb3 { Making the Quuen move yet again. } 7... Qf6 8. Ne4
{ And again. } 8... Qe7 9. d3 h6
{ Trying to prevent the B from moving toKN5, with yet another attack on the Queen. }
10. Be3 Bf5 { His first developedpiece other than the Queen. } 11. O-O Nf6 12.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 { The first tacticalskirmish goes nowhere. } 13. Bd2 e4 14. Bc3
{ Shielding the QNP and makingthe wandering Q move again. } 14... Qe7 15. dxe4
Bxe4 16. Re1
{ Pinning... andif the Queen moves away it won't help as the Bishop will still be pinnedto the King. }
16... f5 17. Ne5 { Threatening N-N6, forking Q and R. } 17... Qg5 18. f3
{ The Bishop is in trouble. If it moves, I have N-N6 dis ch winning theKR. }
18... Bc5+ 19. Kh1 b4
{ An attempt to complicate. However, my threats aresuperior. } 20. Nf7 Qh5 21.
Nxh8 { Pouncing on the material. } 21... bxc3
{ A badmistake. My opponent overlooked... } 22. Bf7+
{ this shot! The wanderingQueen is felled. } 22... Qxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. fxe4
{ The smoke has cleared, andmy huge material advantage is decisive. } 24...
cxb2 25. Rb1 Bb4 26. Re2 Kf6 27. Rxb2
{ Black gives in to the inevitable and resigns. } 1-0
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[Event "bodejax's mini-tournament I"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.02.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "imacasio"]
[Black "chizzo83"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3
{ The whites want a pair of bishops and don't mind that their pawns on the c-file can be doubled. }
4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5
{ Colocando mis peones encasillas oscuras. Putting my pawn in dark squares, }
6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 d5
{ Un error, claramente convenía d6 y De7, para jugar e5. A mistake, betteris d6-Qe7 with idea e5. }
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Qe7 10. a4 b6 11. Ba3
{ White has an advantage, putting pressure on black's position with both a bishop and threat of opening the center with Qc2-Nd2-e4, where they could launch a strong attack. }
11... Bb7 12. Qc2 Rfc8
{ Atacando el debilitado flancodama blanco, y por rayos X a la dama. Ataccking the weak queenside andthe queen. }
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rfe1
{ No es necesario, la torre podría apoyarun futuro avance del peón f. Not necessary, the rook may be support f-pawnadvance }
14... Ne4 { Block e4. } 15. Nd2
{ Although I felt lost, I eventually found the next move, taking the initiative. With less time, this move isn't as effective. }
15... Nb4 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Qb1 bxa3 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qb3 Rc7
{ White needs moves to gain the pawn, and the rook will be in a3, a bad position. This time is an opportunity to double rooks in c-column and put in d5 the bishop, blocking the past pawn. Whites have coordination problems. }
20. Qxa3 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 Rc2 { Un nuevo tiempo ganado. A new time } 22. Nf1 Rac8
23. Raa1 Bd5 24. Ng3 g6
{ Nueva fase del plan, movilizar el flanco rey, a finde reducir el contrajuego blanco. New phase, to movilize the kingside,to reduce the counterstrike. }
25. h4 R8c6 26. h5 Kg7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Ne2 g5 29. Ng3 Kg6 30. Nf1 f5 31. Reb1
a6 { White must pressure the weak pawn on b6 now. } 32. Rb4 f4 33. Rab1 Kh5
{ Complementario, no hay jauqes enla 6 fila. Complementary, no checks in 6-rank. }
34. Rxb6 Rxb6 35. Rxb6 Rc1 { Now, white has lost a piece. } 36. Rb4 a5 37. Rb2
Bc4 38. exf4 gxf4 39. Kh2 Rxf1 40. d5 e3
{ this pawn will bepromotionated or changed for the rook. White resign } 0-1
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "otakumadness"]
[Black "rio1962"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1093"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1016"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bd3 h5 7. Bd2 h4 8. g3
hxg3 9. fxg3 g6 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Nh5
{ Up until thispoint, it's a pretty standard 'exchanging pieces/trying to gain territory'sort of situation. My best guess is that Black is going to do Nxg3 so thatI will do hxg3 and he can do Rxh1+, but his next move isn't what I hadoriginally thought. }
13. e4 f5
{ Not sure why he didn't just do dxe4 hereand exchange pawns. Maybe he's got something up his sleeve. }
14. exf5 exf5 { Exchange of pawns. } 15. Nxg6
{ I take the unprotected pawn. This is whereit started to go south for Black. }
15... Rg8 { Moving the rook out of danger. } 16. Ne5
{ Moving the knight out of danger } 16... Bd6
{ Trying to force an exchangeof pieces, I guess. Maybe would have been better to do Nf6, but he didn'tseem to predict the checkmate. }
17. Qxh5+
{ I take the unprotected knightand check the king. Checkmate is inevitable at this point. }
17... Ke7 { Movingthe king out of danger. } 18. Qf7#
{ Mate. This was a really fun game toplay; I haven't played a full game with anyone in quite some time. I almostactually did not see this checkmate at first; on move seventeen, I wasgoing to do Nxd5 and take the unprotected pawn, but then played arounda little bit and found the mate. It's been a while since I've played afull game of chess and I'm a bit rusty. Guess I should brush up on strategyand tactics a bit! :) }
1-0
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[Event "Victory or Death!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.10.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bwaa"]
[Black "white_noise"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
1. b3
{ Hi all! This was the final, deciding game in a recent team match.An early miscalculation puts White a piece down, and the rest of the gamesees him trying to compensate for it with sheer aggression. Enjoy! }
1... e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Ngf3
{ White beginswith Larsen's opening (sometimes also called the Nimzovitch-Larsen Attack);Black chooses the very popular Modern variation. This is all pretty muchby the book so far; excepting that generally ...Bf5 is played before ...Bc5.The position on the board is a classic display of the hypermodern style--Whitemakes no attempt at all to challenge the center directly, choosing to allowBlack complete occupation in preparation for breaking up that center massfrom the wings. }
7... Re8 8. O-O Qe7 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3
{ Still very conservativeplay from White. There's pressure building on the Black center, but Blackis also preparing to play ...e4 while White's Knight is pinned. }
10... Bh5 11. c4
{ ? White miscalculates the upcoming combination, thinking to maintainequality and even pick up a pawn on d5 with 11...e4 12.g4 and the resultingbloodbath. Unfortunately, after 12...exf3, Black's pawn has a beautifulline of pieces to demolish, whereas White's will have no such luxury, andWhite will be forced to drop a piece in exchange for two pawns. }
11... e4 12. g4 exf3 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxf3 Bg6
{ Let's take stock of the situation again.White is about to take on d5. He gave up the powerful DSB in order to mitigatehis material losses by removing the d-pawn's defender. In some respect,White has actually accomplished a major goal--Black's center is completelywiped out, whereas the White central presence is now pretty strong. Blackhas a material edge, but lags just a bit in activity. }
15. cxd5 Nd8
{ Ithink 15...Ne5 was better here. Black is slightly ahead, and could standto trade off this Knight rather than stuffing it back into the barracks. }
16. Rc1 Bb6
{ Also possible was 16...Bd6, blockading the d-pawn, but Blackwants to keep this Bishop lined up on the WK to discourage White from pushinghis center pawns too strongly. }
17. d4 Be4 { The natural move, preparingto eliminate the nuisance at d5. } 18.
g5
{ White cannot defend d5 withoutgiving up his LSB, but he can force Black to delay its capture. 18.Ne5Bxg2 19.Kxg2 might have been more solid. }
18... Qg6 19. h4 Bxd5 { The miserableNd8 is free to move again! } 20. Ne5
{ ...or not. White continues to constructdelays and multiple-threats. To borrow a term from Fred Reinfeld, White'snext several 'forcing, violent moves' are all played with the purpose ofcramming the Black forces on the queenside and preventing them from participatingin the game for a while. }
20... Qe6 { It was either this or 20...Qd6; Black mustdefend the Bishop. } 21.
e4 Bc6
{ Forced, but not as dangerous as it appears:22.d5? is an extremely ineffective fork that in fact would lose materialfor White after 22...Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Qxe5. }
22. Nxc6
{ Strong, and the maingoal of this sequence: Black is forced to put a pawn on c6, blocking hisKnight and therefore his QR as well. (If 22...Nxc6? 23.d5 wins the pieceback for White now that there's no hanging Knight on e5). }
22... bxc6 23. e5
{ Pinning the weak c-pawn so it can't trade itself off, and tying down theBlack Q and N to its defense. }
23... Rb8 24. Kh2
{ White's kingside dominionis preposterous, and now that Black is suitably cramped, it's finally timeto get the King out of the sights of the Bb6. }
24... Qf5 25. f4 { Blocking theBQ's imminent invasion at f4. } 25... Qd7
{ Keeping c6 under guard while puttingpressure on d4. } 26. Rc4
{ The only defense, but this awkward placementwill haunt White for some time to come. Despite the material deficit, White'sactive forces still give him significant fighting chances. The computerplaces White just about a pawn's-worth behind. }
26... Qf5
{ Moving back to thesquare the BQ just vacated, Black is practically begging White to win apawn on c6 and free up Black's game. This is actually a mistake, I believe:it was better to play 26...a5 and make play on the fragile queenside. Thetext, unless I am mistaken, allows White to cash in on his huge spatialdominance by claiming a forced draw with 27.Bh3 Qe4 28.Bg2 Qe3 29.Rf3 etc. }
27. Kg3
{ ?! White chooses not to take the draw, instead playing fora win despite his serious setbacks. He is going to need to use every pieceto its fullest effect to make anything out of this attack, so he bringsup his King so it can keep the BQ out of g4 and support Bishop advances.This is the deciding move of the game: White declares that a draw is notgood enough: victory or death are the only possible outcomes! }
27... Qe6 { Retractingthe unintentional draw offer. } 28. f5 Qd7 29. h5 Kh8
{ Making room fora ...Rg8 shift. The computer gives White less than a pawn's disadvantagenow--but where can White go from here? }
30. Kh4
{ Staying off the criticallines and out of view of the BQ, but wherever the monarch goes, he's goingto be blocking a potential line of attack. It may have been better to play30.g6 immediately. }
30... a5
{ Faced with all this kingside pressure, Black strikesback at White's weakest point--his queenside, specifically the Rc4 andpawns at b3 and d4. }
31. Qg4 Ba7
{ Preparing ...Rb4! Both sides have deadlyforce and are ready to rumble--the question now is who can bring the hammerdown hardest. }
32. g6
{ I still don't know how I feel about this move.There are a huge number of possibilities with complex lines arising fromeach possible advance. This particular pawn move is the only one that canguarantee White the ability to open a file if he chooses, but it also opensa line to his King. }
32... fxg6 33. hxg6 { Not willing to force the Queen tradejust yet. } 33... h6
{ This is inaccurate, I think. 33...Rb4 looks strong; theg-pawn doesn't really pose a huge threat right this moment. }
34. e6
{ ?!With the pawns marched about as far as they can go with so much materialstill on the board, White now seeks to trade off his Bishop, which hasoutlived its usefulness to some extent, for the Black Knight, which isthreatening to come into play any moment. However, I think this may havebeen the wrong pawn push--allowing the Queen trade with 34.f6 Qxg4+ 35.Kxg4may yet allow White to push his kingside advantage without trying to switchflanks. }
34... Qe7+ 35. Kh5
{ ??! This is so very, very dangerous. Probably 35.Kh3was called for, but White is just completely going for broke here and wantshis King threatening h6. }
35... Rf8 { Black halts the f-pawn's advance in preparationfor ...Qa3. } 36.
Bxc6
{ ? Initiating the exchange, with a look to advancingd4-d5 as well as opening space for the Rook. I think this is White's firstsignificant mistake in the latter part of this game, though--by leavingthe Rf1 undefended, he allows Black to reactivate his Knight with an overlookedtactic. Of course, the real mistake may have been nine moves ago, whenWhite didn't take the draw when he had the chance! }
36... Nxe6 { ! White cannotrecapture, or he loses his Rook. } 37. Re1
{ Questionable at best, thoughI'm not entirely certain how to improve on it. This still loses an exchange,but the BQ is not nearly as devastating on White's first rank as a BlackRook would have been. Since further material loss is now inevitable forWhite, perhaps 37.Qh4 Qxh4+ 38.Kxh4 Nxd4 would have been the lesser ofthe available evils. }
37... Nf4+ { Ouch! } 38. Qxf4 Qxe1 39. Bf3
{ Seeking toprevent checks along the d1-h5 diagonal, but White's game is pretty welllost now. }
39... Qb1 40. Be4 Qxa2 41. Rxc7
{ Hoping desperately for play alongthe seventh rank. } 41... Qxb3 42. Rxa7
{ ?? White could have held out for a bitlonger, though the situation was pretty well lost by now. The text, though,fails to prevent a very slick mate in four. Do you see it? Black does. }
42... Qh3+ 43. Qh4 Rxf5+ { ! Very nice. } 44. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 45. Qg5 Qxg5#
{ Congratulationsare due to Black for a very excellent game. White had one brief chanceto equalize thanks to his massive pawn front and active play, but demonstratedquite clearly the dangers of pushing too hard for a win in a losing situation,whereas Black defended carefully and patiently, and it paid off in spades. Many thanks to white_noise for a great game! Comments and ratings on theannotation are appreciated, and thank you all for reading! }
0-1
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[Event "Beware the Skewer"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "blake84120"]
[Black "wwgia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
1. e4 { Team match, I'm playing white and go with the Open Game. } 1... c5 2.
Nf3 { Sicilian Defense. Book moves. } 2... Nc6 3. Bb5
{ I recently made this moveby mistake in a different game, but this time it was deliberate, sincethe other game worked out quite well. The Rossolimo Attack, also calledthe Hispano-Sicilian for it's similarity to the Ruy Lopez. }
3... g6 4. Bxc6
{ Black played main line, and now the book says castle for white, but Itry something different. Probably just found it in the DB and liked thewin % for white... }
4... dxc6 5. d3
{ 5. d3 feels weak, but with no LSB to blockin, why not? 5. d4 would just let black undouble his pawns then put pressureon white's knight at d4 when he fianchettoes on g7. }
5... Bg7 6. h3 { Preventingthe ubiquitous pin. } 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 h6
9. O-O { Developing moves. } 9... e5 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Nh2
{ Making room for 12. f4. } 11... Nf8 12. f4
{ Black's playwith his knight seems erratic. First it blocks the fianchettoed bishop,then quickly moves to d7 where it blocks the black queen's file to thecenter. And now to f1 where it hems in black's king. Clearly it is on theway to e6 though with quite a loss of tempo it seems. }
12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Bg3 Nd4 15. Rae1
{ The file is half-open, even if it's the wrong half. } 15... Be6 16. e5 O-O-O
17. Ne4 { Jockeying, but with an eye on d6. } 17... Nf5 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf5
gxf5 20. Nf3
{ 19. ... gxe5 may not quite be a blunder, butit sure plays havoc with black's kingside pawn solidarity. Is the half-openg-file worth it? 20. Nf3 is a quiet little move, getting the knight outof the corner, but with a definite threat. }
20... Rhg8 21. Bh4
{ Black seizeshis half-open file, but this allows white's reply 21. Bh4. Beware the Skewer! }
21... Qd7 22. Bxd8
{ Black was probably a little better off with 21. ... f6 22.exf6 Bxf6 23. Qxh6. At least the pawn he would lose was an isolated pawn,and he would undouble his f-pawns. As played, his material disadvantageis more significant and his kingside pawns are just as ugly as they werebefore. }
22... Qxd8 23. b3
{ Preventing 23. Bxa2, though that was probably justa death sentence for the bishop. }
23... Qd5 24. Re2 f4 25. Qxf4
{ 24. f4? lookslike a bit of a blunder to me, losing a pawn. It was doubled and isolated,so essentially worthless. Black now has a potential attack against h3,and if he moves his bishop off of g7, maybe with Bxe5, the rook on g8 willpin the white pawn on g2, allowing black to play Bxh3. But, working outthe combinations, black seems to be one move short of pulling any of thatoff, so it looks safe to capture on f4. }
25... a6 26. Qc4
{ There I was, expectingthreat after threat on the kingside, justifying 24. ... f4?! and blackplays 25. ... a6 instead. Now I don't even know what to do. I had expectedto have to defend, but it looks like I can attack instead. How about tradingqueens? Black has no move that doesn't lose the pawn on c4, and he's alreadydown a pawn and the exchange, so both options are no good. Lose more material,or exchange the big guns. Sounds win-win to me. }
26... Qxc4 27. bxc4 Bf8 28. Nd2
{ En route to d6. NOte that 27. ... Bf8 opened up the rook to pin thewhite pawn on g2. Black can now play Bxh3 any time he wants, but it willbe met immediately by white playing Rxf7 and only one of us will gain apassed pawn. }
28... Be7 29. Ne4 b5 30. Nd6
{ The threat is to the f7 pawn. Blackmust defend it. 30. ... f6 or 30. ... f5 is met with 31. exf6 Bxd6, 32.Rxe6 and white wins a pawn. So black moves his rook off of the half-openg-file }
30... Rg7 31. Nf5 { Forcing another material exchange. } 31... Bxf5 32. Rxf5
{ At this point, black did the math and decided he didn't have enough materialto pull this off, especially with Ref2 coming soon, so he resigned. }
1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "27-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "robertshildrick"]
[Black "sheinale"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1631"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3
{ like games before. I dont think that this lineis giving anything for white. better stick with main lines... }
3... e6 4. O-O h6 { why? d5! now! } 5. e5 d6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. b3
{ making pressure on g7. } 7... Nf6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. Re1
{ a4 first. avoid black next move. } 10... b5 11. Bf1 Re8
{ black got a nice position. } 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb8 { why? why not Bb7? }
14. c4 b4 15. d4 cxd4
{ Bb7 earlier would have had preventthis line which gives white a chance. } 16.
Nxd4 Qc7 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. g3 { must. } 18... Rd8 19. Qe2 Ne7 20. Rd4
{ Rg4 is worth looking. } 20... Ba7 21. Rdd1 Qc6 22. Bg2 Bb6 23. Nh4 Qc7 24.
Qg4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 g5 26. Nf3 Rd8 27. Re1 Nf5 28. h4 Qc5 29. Rf1 Rd1
{ ! nice move. } 30. Bd4
{ not Rxd1 because of 30...Qxf2 31. Kh2 Ne3 32. Qh3 Bxf3 -. } 30... Rxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxd4
{ from all the mess black is left with a piece up. } 34. Qxd4 Bxd4 35. h5
{ basically, nothing more to see here... } 35... g4 36. Kf1 e5 37. Ke2 Kg7 38.
f3 f5 39. fxg4 fxg4 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Bf2 42. Kd5 Bxg3 43. c5 e4 44. Kxe4 Kg5
45. Kd4 Bf2+ 46. Kc4 Bxc5 { nothing can stop the g pawn... } 47. Kxc5 g3 48.
Kxb4 g2 49. Ka5 g1=Q 50. Kxa6 Qc5 51. a4 Kxh5 52. a5 Kg5 { the end... } 0-1
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[Event "gamerman003's mini-tournament I"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "stojanc"]
[Black "demadone"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1271"]
1. e4
{ In this game I used some skill in judging the concentration levelof my opponent to win a game I was surely supposed to lose. The last movewas an interesting bait. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 d5
{ Usually I would castle at this point but this move takes me into the attackwith king attacking white knight. }
6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 Qxg5
{ My bishopsare in good positions now. My eyes are on the g pawn but then I realisethat the white bishop is attacking it. }
8. d3 Qg6 { f5 was probably a bettermove. Eyes still on g pawn. } 9. Qe2 O-O
10. Ne4 Qxg2
{ This is obviouslya mistake as the white bishop is hidden behind the white knight which isa checking position. }
11. Nf6+ gxf6 12. Bxg2
{ Now I'm in big problems.The queen is gone and my king is quite exposed. }
12... Nd4 { Just chasing whitearound to see what mistakes he can make. } 13.
Qd2 Bh3 { This move shouldlead to Nf3 in case white does not see it. } 14. Bxb7
{ This is a good capturebut white's attack is quite disbanded. The white bishop is not in the attack,the black bishop and a rook are inactive. }
14... c6
{ I'm still trying to makea folk with Nf3 to regain my queen and this time white's white bishop iseven more isolated from the attack. }
15. Bxc6
{ Well read. But white hasmakes a sacrifice. Qh6 would have been a better move. }
15... Nxc6 16. Qh6
{ Abit late but a good enough attacking move. Now I have only one sensibleoption....Bf5. }
16... Bf5 17. Rg1+ Bg6
{ In this position black's white bishopplays the same role as a pawn but better as it can attack faster when possible. }
18. c3 Rad8 19. Rg3 Rfe8
{ Trying to use as many pieces as possible to tryto match up to the queen lose. }
20. Bd2 e4 { An effort to have 2 open flangesoccupied by rooks. } 21. d4
{ Good move by white but it turns out bad lateras the white bishop is brought into the attack. }
21... Bd6 22. Rg2 Na5 23. O-O-O Nc4 24. Bf4 Bf8 25. Qh4 f5 26. Bg5 Rb8
{ At this point black has a goodattack but an inexperienced player may not be able to see it. My next movewould have been Ba3 if allowed to make it. }
27. b3 f4
{ This was to produce28. bxc4 e3. I somehow suspected that white would not see the mate. }
28. Bxf4 e3
{ Now white seems to have 2 big pieces that black can lose but thesesacks' being captured would lead to a mate. }
29. Bxb8 Ba3#
{ So having sensedmy opponent's strength and seen that he was an intermediate player I managedto trick him. And I just had to win this game in this tourney. }
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[Event "Blunder of blunders"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "johnpbro"]
[Black "N.N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[WhiteElo "1052"]
{ This game was not noteworthy at all until move 10. Enjoy. } 1. e4
{ I generallygo with 1.e4, it's just a personal preference. Lately my game's been undergoinga transition and this allows me to build a nice pawn chain or stonewall,which I find works well for me. All sorts of possibilities with this one,a simple book move. }
1... e5 { Nothing strange here. } 2. Nf3
{ I often like toplay Scotch Game, as it leads to some sort of a brawl, and this is settingup for that. This can also lead to a Philidor Defense, which I like playingas both White or Black. (This may explain my firm patzer status.) Anyway,simple enough here. }
2... f6
{ This one seems to be an effort by Black to keepplay out of the center, and it's not a particularly good move. I had notseen Damiano played for a long time, and no wonder - I hesitate to callit bad, but it gives White advantage. }
3. Bc4
{ This is a common and strongresponse, Horowitz suggests a line with 3. Bc4 that leads to strong Whiteadvantage. 3. Nxe5! is considered a better move, but I figured here thatif Black wanted a quiet, defensive game, I'd give it to him and developmy defense while I was at it. }
3... Ne7
{ This seems to be a move for the sakeof movement. I cannot find much defense for it. True, it does take theknight out of the bishop's line of attack, but there is no reason to takethe knight at that point. It also protects the king, but the king is stillin a relatively secure position and this doesn't bolster kingside defenseterribly well. In addition, it stifles the queen and black-square bishop. Not terribly good. }
4. d3
{ The beginning of a pawn formation. In addition,it opens up movement for White's black-squared bishop. It also offerssome defense for the bishop and asserts some control over the center. Perhaps a little stifling but not bad. }
4... d6
{ Not the worst move here. Allowsthe white-squared bishop to get out and gives the queen a bit of breathingroom. Probably better than 4...d5, which could lead to white control ofthe center or the queen being exposed early. }
5. Be3
{ Developing. It putsthe bishop in the center of the board and begins to set up for queensidecastling, if so desired. }
5... Bg4
{ This is aggressive move. It pins the knightto the queen and (finally) develops a piece past the second rank. Thiscan be easily countered, but not intrinsically bad. }
6. Nc3
{ This is moredevelopment, entrenching White's defense of the center and giving it astrong claim the the d5 square. This move could have been used to threatenthe bishop of g4, but not bad here. }
6... a6 { This one is purely to set up for7...b5, attacking the bishop. } 7. h3
{ Here, possibly a move late but thereat any rate, is the attack on the bishop, forcing it to retreat and leavingWhite's center intact (or to trade the bishop for the knight). }
7... Nbc6
{ Nota bad development. This begins to set up for an attack on the center orthe queenside, although any attack is rather far off. }
8. Nd5
{ This oneis a threatening move more than anything. White is inviting Black to tradeknights, which would put White's bishop at d5 and, given that no threatsare forthcoming, give it domination over the board. If such a trade isrejected, this cramps Black's style (not to mention his position) in themiddle of the board, with the c7, e7 and f6 squares all attacked. }
8... Bxf3
{ Black comes back to his threatened bishop and decides to exchange it. I might give this move as 'Bxf3?' because, with White's pawn at e4 andbishop at c4 (and possibly moving to d5 soon), White controls many of thewhite squares and the loss of his white-square bishop gives Black a disadvantage,particularly as the scope of the knight he captured was limited by Black'sdecent pawn wedge and it was not defending any major square or piece. }
9. Qxf3
{ This is basically forced, though the queen capture is rather betterthan capturing with the g-pawn. A capture with the g-pawn is rather questionable,as it doubles pawns on the f-file, leaves the g-file quite vulnerable,and accomplishes little (g4 is already defended by the h-pawn and couldbe bolstered much better by moving the g-pawn there). This move does movethe queen out, but to a relatively safe spot devoid of much serious threatfrom Black. }
9... h6
{ Setting up for an attack on the queen and generally kingside. Black is probably preparing for 10...g5, though this pawn formation issomewhat problematic as it traps Black's remaining bishop away from theaction. In addition, the move allows a direct checkmate, which Black,if he is committed to the g5 move, should defend against first. }
10. g4
{ Perhaps not the best move, as it does limit the scope of the Queen, butnot bad. It counter's Black's impending stonewall and constructs one ofWhite's own. }
10... g5
{ Of course Black has a one-track mind here. He presseson with his stonewall formation, which is actually not terrible in andof itself. However, Black has neglected to move his bishop out, whichbasically traps it. In addition, the placement of the knight on e7 andthe previous placement of the pawn on g7 has kept the bishop and queenin their original positions and blocks them in, which leaves the f6 pawnundefended and opens up to the next move. Disaster. A terrible blunder,literally the worst possible move on the board, since it leads to... }
11. Nxf6#
{ Nxf6#. I did not believe I was actually watching this when I saw10...g5?? played. Had this been over an actual board, I think it likelythat 'nicendnaughty' (the actual username of the player I had been playingblitz with on a different site) would have let his naughty side out andflipped the board over. I had not played badly up to this point, and feltI had a decent position, but of course here was a chance to checkmate. Much as I like a good game of chess, the object is winning, and I am notone to pass up a mate-in-one opportunity should I see. (Often I don'tsee it until later - this is blitz, after all, but I don't have a 1052rating on that site for nothing.) Have a good laugh at this one. }
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[Event "Round 3 of San Diego Championships"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "20-May-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bad Player"]
[Black "bakerbaker"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[TimeControl "G/30"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
1. d4
{ I prefer e4 since it develops faster and pieces have more mobility,but d4 is just as playable, even though it's slower and more cramped. }
1... c5
{ I don't play this opening anymore, because it isn't sharp, and I thinkNf6 is a more accurate move. }
2. Nf3 { A sharper move is d5. But Nf3 issolid and safer. } 2... Nf6
{ The strongest developing move. } 3. Nc3
{ White usuallydoesn't obstruct his c-pawn in this variation, but whatever. And he shouldn'ttake on c5 and try to hold the pawn, because I will eventually get it backwith a better position. }
3... cxd4
{ I force White to move a knight twice inthe opening, because if he recaptures with his queen, then Nc6 gains atempo. }
4. Nxd4 d5
{ After 4...e5 5.Ndb5 d5, White wins a pawn after 6.Nxd5Nxd5 7.Qxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc7 recovering the queen. So if I wanted to play e5,then I'd have to play d6 after Ndb5 since White's threatening Nd6 , andthen e4 would transpose into the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian,an opening I played for three years but now consider to be good for White. }
5. Bg5
{ Isn't much of a threat, since taking my knight will only improvemy position. }
5... Nc6
{ I thought about e5, but I played this first becauseI wanted White to play f4 trying to stop e5, which would leave him witha backward e-pawn. }
6. e3
{ White doesn't want to recapture his knight withhis queen if I trade it. }
6... e5 { Tempo. } 7. Bxf6
{ Not good, because like Isaid earlier, it will strengthen my position. } 7...
gxf6
{ Now White has strengthenedmy centre, given me an open g-file, and an extra open line for my bishopif I need it. }
8. Nxc6 { White is only strengthing my centre more. } 8... bxc6 9. a3
{ White stops the unpleasant Bb4, while giving him the option of expandingwith b4. }
9... f5
{ I stop White from playing e4, because it disrupts my strongcentre. And I also strengthen my centre slightly more. }
10. Qh5
{ Whiteplaces his queen on an advanced square where it cannot be chased away.But other than the pressure on my h-pawn, White's queen isn't a threat. }
10... Rb8 { I place my rook on an open file while attacking White's pawn. } 11.
b4 { Rb1 is more passive, and Na4 allows Qa5 } 11... Qf6
{ Now there isn't anymore pressure on my h-pawn, because if I move my defending rook, then Qxh7would lose to Rh8. }
12. Rb1
{ Maybe White should be developing, but thereisn't much else he can do here. Because of my rock-hard centre, I planto slowly grind White down. }
12... e4 { The central advance begins with tempo. } 13. Nd1
{ Rb3 defends the knight, but I have tactical threats after Be6. } 13... a5
{ Now that White's knight is no longer defending the rook, I can takeadvantage of the b-file pressure. }
14. c3 axb4 15. axb4 c5 16. b5 d4
{ IfI can succeed in opening up the centre, my newly centralized queen anddark bishop will tactically crush White. }
17. c4 { White doesn't let thathappen. } 17... d3
{ Now that my central advance is complete, I have ended up witha passed d-pawn. }
18. g3 { White wants to play Bh3, putting pressure onmy backward f5 pawn. }
18... Be6 { Now I attack his pawn. } 19. Bh3 Rg8
{ I preparefor an attack on the g-file if White castles kingside. .........Bxc4 lookslike a good move since it severely weakens White's b-pawn, but after Bxf5,White has a lot of annoying threats, mostly his attack on my pawn chain. }
20. Kd2
{ White knows that castling is dangerous, and obligates his kingto stop my passed pawn. }
20... Ra8 { My rook will be very strong if it reachesa2. } 21. Nc3
{ stops Ra2 } 21... Ra3 22. Rhc1 Bg7
{ I sneakily add pressure to White'sknight. } 23. Qh4
{ This was White's losing move that gives me a clear win.He was probably desperate to get queens off the board to stop my attackon his queenside, but this is totally winning for Black. }
23... Qxh4 24. gxh4 Bxc3+ 25. Rxc3 Ra2+ 26. Ke1
{ White needs his king guarding f1 so that Bf1will stop mate...........for now. }
26... Rg1+ 27. Bf1
{ Now there are so manywinning lines for Black, like d2 or f4-Bh3. I had calculated the d2 winwhen I played Qxh4, but didn't realize until now that I had a simple matein 2. }
27... Re2+ { White resigned. My rooks are crushing. } 0-1
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[Event "Challenge from ashim13"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "10-Dec-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ashim13"]
[Black "wouter357"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1410"]
1. e4 { Classic opening } 1... e5 { My Normal response } 2. Nf3
{ He is developinga knight and attacking my black pawn } 2... Nc6
{ I defend my pawn and developa knight as well } 3. Bc4
{ Never bad this one, develops another piece andcould be of use for an attack on f7 later on }
3... Nf6 { I choose to developanother knight and attack whites pawn at e4 } 4.
Ng5
{ I have played thismove a lot and want some comment on it plz???I never had an opponent playingit but here ashim does. This move defends the white pawn on e4 and createsdanger on f7 if combined with the bishop }
4... d5 { Blocking the bishops wayand attacking him. Good move I think } 5.
exd5 { capturing the pawn he clearlywants to maintain the pressure on f7 } 5...
Nxd5
{ Capturing his pawn at d5. thisblock the way of his bishop and attacks his knight at g5 with my queen }
6. Nxf7 { He will win eventually a pawn thanks to this move } 6... Kxf7
{ I haveto capture or loose my queen or rook } 7. Qf3+
{ He is Giving check and buildingpressure on my knight on d5 which I cannot move thanks to his bishop atc4 }
7... Qf6
{ I decide to move my queen between. Is he willing to exchange them?? } 8.
Qxd5+ { No he isn't he chooses to capture my knight instead I don't careas.. }
8... Be6 { I now can attack his queen and bishop with this move } 9. Qd3
{ He moves his queen away but defends his bishop } 9... Nb4
{ I decide to attack the queen to try to undo the defence of the bishop } 10.
Bxe6+
{ Exchangingthe bishops sounds best now because he can't defend him proper so }
10... Qxe6
{ I recapture with my queen notice the danger from 11...N*c2 So he cantdo much with his queen }
11. Qe4
{ Blocking the pawn move e4 which wouldforce his queen to move now he attacks my knight Which still can't takethe pawn at c2. Notice that his queen is the only piece which is developed.While I have two pieces developed but my king is exposed }
11... Bc5 { attackingthe pawn at f2 and developing another piece } 12. Nc3
{ He eventually thinksit is time to develop some pieces .he starts with developing his knightNo real danger from him but he is developed }
12... Rad8
{ so I decide to moveone of my rooks to the center this can become dangerous. I want to movethis rook to d4 so he can no longer defend c2 and I can play 14...N*c2and gain a pawn. }
13. a3 { He wants my knight gone but this move is incorrectto achieve this }
13... Rd4
{ Know this is a good move I think I force his queento go away and he can no longer defend c2. Now this will eventually resultin mate as I saw right now. }
14. Qf3+
{ he has to remove his queen but givescheck so I cant yet take his pawn at c2 }
14... Rf4
{ I expected this move so Imove my rook in front of his queen. Now he is forced to move his queenand I still threaten to take his pawn at c2 }
15. Qh5+ { Giving again checkthen so I still cant take c2 } 15... g6
{ knew that he was going to give checkthere so had time to prepare my move I choose to Move a pawn in front sohe has to move again with his queen }
16. Qd1
{ YEees he Moves his queenback to its starting position as this defends c2 and his queen is no longerthreatened. notice that his knight is his only developed piece while Ihave got 4 developed pieces }
16... Bxf2+
{ So I decide to use them by taking mypawn at f2 with my bishop and giving check. }
17. Ke2
{ He Moves his kingto e2 it is obvious that he shouldn't move Him to f1 } 17...
Qg4+
{ Now I use myqueen to give check.and build up pressure Looks rahter good now }
18. Kf1 { he has to go to f1 } 18... Be3+ { So I decide to give again check }
19. Ke1 { Hehas to go back to e1 } 19... Qxg2
{ Threatening mate with the capture of whitesrook at h1 and after 21e2 playing 21..Qg2 check and 22..Rf1 mate }
20. dxe3 { He hasn't seen it and captures my bishop } 20... Qxh1+
{ Giving check togive mate in 3 } 21. Ke2 { only possible move } 21... Qg2+
{ giving check again henow clearly sees he has to go to e1 which will be followed by Rf2 mate.So he resigns. thanks for the nice game ashim. The funny thing about thisgame is that I play against a guy who uses my usual starting moves withwhite and i defeat him. So this gives me some stuff to think about. Butit was clearly that I developed much more pieces and this granted me victory. }
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[Event "ahoymiharties vs. harryn123"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "ahoymiharties"]
[Black "harryn123"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1270"]
[WhiteElo "1232"]
1. c4
{ The game starts with c2-c4, the English opening, a threatening moveto black. }
1... c6
{ I countered this with the c7-c6 as if d2-d3 happened I couldsupport d7-d5 keep my share of the centre. }
2. d4
{ Unless black goes d7-d5it is a sticky situation, as white has control of the centre. }
2... d5 { d4-d5 } 3. c5 e6 { Reinforcing d5. } 4. Nc3 { Nc3. } 4... Nf6
{ Starting to develop the board. } 5. Nf3 { Nf3. } 5... b5
{ Starting to advance my pawns } 6. a3 { a3. } 6... Be7 { Reinforcingf6. } 7.
b4 { b4, blocking the pawn on b5 to advance and threaten knight. } 7... a5
{ a5 challenging the pawn on a5. } 8. Bf4
{ Bishop is brought out to attackthe knight on b8 making my rook take in leaving the pawn on b5 open toattack. }
8... Ne4
{ Knight is creating a threat, Nc3 can take it or move. Then d5-e4 would happen attacking the knight on f3 giving black an move todevelop. }
9. Nxe4 dxe4 { The pawn takes e4 endangering the knight. } 10. Nd2
{ The knight retreats, leaving a isolated pawn on e4. } 10... Qxd4
{ Queen takesthe free pawn. Securing the pawn on e4 therefore next move would be e4-e3if bxb8 then rxb8, happened. }
11. Bxb8 { White trades bishop for knight. } 11... Rxb8
{ a1-b1 leaving the pawn on c5 unprotected. } 12. bxa5 e3
{ Pawn on e3now poses threat to knight on d2. } 13. fxe3 Qxe3
{ An exchange of pawns. } 14. Nf3
{ Knight moved out opening up the queen on d1. } 14... Qc3+
{ Checking theking hoping for a move to e2, so then bishop on e7 can take the pawn onc5. }
15. Kf2 { What I had hoped for! (forced move) } 15... Bxc5+ 16. Kg3
{ The kingis now out in the open with the bishop on c8 presenting a threat if pawnon e6 is advanced. }
16... Qe3 { Queen to e3 to attack the king for g2. } 17. Qd3
{ A queen for queen trade is offered. } 17... Qf2+
{ The offer is declined and Istuck with the original plan. } 18. Kh3
{ The king is corned now. } 18... e5+
{ e6to e5 now put the king in check with the only reasonably possibility ofthe pawn on g4 advancing. }
19. g4 h5
{ This is a key move in the game, asthe pawn on h5 is now attacking the pawn on g4 with the bishop on c8 backingit up. Creating a forced checkmate unless white moves queen to f5. }
20. Qf5 Bxf5
{ The queen is exchanged for a bishop and I plan the move up thepawns on f7 and g7 to continue the checkmate and the king is still unableto move anywhere. }
21. gxf5 f6
{ Pawn to f6 to back up when I move the pawnto g5 because of the knight. } 22.
Rc1
{ Castle creating a false threat tomy bishop but if white decides to take my bishop the queen will take itback but this allows the king to move itself out. }
22... g5 23. fxg6 { An unexpecteden passene. } 23... e4
{ The pawn now endangers the knight on f3. } 24. Nh4 Qe3+
{ Check! and the castle on c1 is lost. } 25. Kg2 Qxc1 26. Nf5
{ Knight ismoved to try and stop the advance of the pawn on h5. } 26... Qg5+
{ Another forkmove! } 27. Ng3 { White moves to block the check. } 27... h4
{ Now whites knightis pinned. With the pawn on h4 attacking it as well but is unable to move. }
28. e3 { Pawn is moved up to stop the advance of e4. } 28... hxg3
{ Knight down. } 29. hxg3
{ The pawn is taken back now the rook is open to attack. } 29... Rxh1 30. Kxh1
{ Rooks are traded. } 30... Qxg6
{ Pawn is taken to prevent it movingup and creating any further annoyances. }
31. Kg2 Bxe3 { Another pawn down. } 32. Be2
{ Bishop now guarding a few spaces. } 32... Kd7
{ The rook now is open togo to h8 and advance up, white resigns here as it would be a eventual checkmate,this is probably one of my best played games in a while. Thanks! }
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[Event "Mutual missed opportunities"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "26-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "friction009"]
[Black "major"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { Is Bc4 stronger for White? } 3... d6 4. Bxc6+
{ Thepiece trade here seem premature. Why not more development, or perhaps castling? }
4... bxc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4
{ White, still not castled,now weakens his king side pawns for no apparent advantage. }
9... Bg6 10. g5
{ White's aggression seems aimless while his development still lags. } 10...
Nh5 { Black, rather than retreat, looks towards posting the N at f4. } 11. h4
{ What was accomplished here? The g5 pawn is already doubly protected. Whiteuses a tempo to further extend his King side pawns... }
11... Be7 { Black usesthe tempo to prepare a safe harbor for his King. } 12.
O-O
{ ? White choosesto castle to the weakened King side. Better perhaps was Be3. }
12... O-O
{ Securinga well defended spot for the King. Black seems somewhat cramped but betterpositioned perhaps than his opponent. }
13. Nh2 { Opening an attack on theN at h5 and seeking to tie down the B. }
13... Qc8 { PLacing the Q on a long diagonalleading to White's exposed King. }
14. Kg2
{ The King himself defends againsQ h3. Still, a shaky position for White... }
14... f5
{ Black attacks the passagefor his B to the h3-c8 diagonal, seeking tto clear the way for an eventualB 3 , winning the f1 R. }
15. f4
{ White doens't bite. 15... Pxe4 is uselessfor Black, since he will still end with a pesky pawn on e4 after the exchange. }
15... fxe4
{ Now black presses on, focusing on a different route by opening thef file to his R. }
16. Nxe4 { 16. Pxe4 may be better as it maintains a guardagainst 16... Bf5. }
16... Bf5
{ Black abandons the N to focus on attacking White'sexposed King. But after 17. Qxh5 Bh3 18. Kg1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 White comesout a point ahead. 19... Qh3 is no help to Black as the then unsupportedQ is only a small threat. }
17. Kg1
{ White eschews, or overlooks the advantagesof Qxh5 and seeks to save the f1 R. }
17... Bh3 18. Rf2 d5 { Black seeks to tradeNs rather than defend h5. } 19. Qxh5
g6
{ 20. Nf6 is no real threat, asafter 20...Bxf6, White still has to use a move to get the Q to safety andcannot end by trading one piece for 2. }
20. Qf3 { Retreating and attackingthe B at h3. } 20... dxe4
{ Completing teh N exchange started 2 moves earlier. } 21. dxe4
{ White leads by a point and has equal space, yet his King seemsexposed. }
21... exf4
{ Regaining equality in material but blocking his own R onthe f file... } 22.
Bd2
{ A weak move, wasting another tempo. Why not 22.Bxf4, clearing more space for the B and gaining a pawn? }
22... c4
{ A move thatrequires scrutiny. Why a flank move by a doubled pawn at this time? Clearlyto open the path to c4 for the e7 B... }
23. Bc3
{ Better was 23. Bb3, challengingthe c4 square, or even 23. Kh1, saving the R from the coming pin. }
23... Bc5 { The white R at f2 is now lost, as it has no defender... } 24. Rd1
{ Betterhere may have been 24. Rf1 or 24. Be1. The only piece to recapture theblack B after BxR is now the Q, which will pull her away from bolsteringthe square g4... }
24... Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 f3
{ Preparing for 26...Bg2, after whichthe white K is immobilized. } 26. Nxf3
{ ?? A fatal error. White has nowabandoned the square of g4 and allowed a full assault by Black's Q. }
26... Qg4+
{ !! White now has no escape. 27. Qg2 results in immediate mate after 27...QxQ#, and any move by the King results in 27. Rxf3 and the rapid suffocationof White's King. }
27. Kh2 Rxf3
{ As expected. White cannot now recover.28. QxF3 Qxf3 leaves him with a R and B vs. a Q, R and B for Black as wellas a King nearly cornered. 28. Rg1 Qf4 , 29. Kh1 Rxf2 with mate soon tofollow. White underestimated the importance of maintaing the defense ofg4 in a situation where his protective pawns had been sent too far aheadto be of value to the castled King. }
28. Qxf3 { With QxQ and a losing gameto follow, White resigns } 0-1
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[Event "- - The Annotation Project III - -"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.08.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dmaestro"]
[Black "jstevens1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1498"]
{ White did well in the game until a surprising blunder. } 1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3.
Nf3 dxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Qxg4 Nxg4 7. Bxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6+ Kc7 9. Bxg4
Kb6 { The GK computer prefers Qe8 } 10. Ne6 { The GK computerprefers a4. }
10... Qd6 11. Nc3 a5 { To provide a safe place for the King. } 12. Nxe4 Qb4 13.
Nc3
{ The idea here is to prepare to advance the pawnsand restrict the Black K. }
13... Na6 14. O-O Re8 15. d4 Nc7 { Black wants to exchangewhere possible. } 16.
a3 { The idea is to support a pawn storm on the K. } 16... Qd6 17. Ne4
{ Driving the Q back. } 17... Qd7 18. N4c5 Qc8
{ Black is not worriedabout the N moving yet because the LSB is unprotected. }
19. Be3 Ka7 20. Bh3 { Now the discovered attack is a threat. } 20... Nxe6 21.
Nxe6 Qb8 22. d5+ { This opens up lines against the K. } 22... b6
{ Black tries to protect the K. } 23. dxc6 Rc8 24. c7 Rxc7
{ Black gives back the exchange to eliminate thedangerous pawn and N. } 25.
Nxc7 Qxc7
{ Technically, material is now equal.But White retains an initiative. } 26. Be6
{ The idea was to impede Black'sdevelopment. While material is technically even, White's activity (2 Bishopsand 2 Rooks vs the Black Q should suffice to win easily. }
26... Qd6 27. Rfe1 { ?? Hallucinating that the Bishop can't be taken. } 27...
Qxe6 { Now White islost, White resigns. } 0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "elwoos"]
[Black "zednik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1372"]
[TimeControl "14 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
1. c4
{ I've started experimenting a little with the English opening withsome success }
1... Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 h6 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 { Develops withtempo } 5... Qf5
{ This takes us out of the gameknot database and my next movemay be why. } 6.
e4 { harrasses the queen and strengthens the centre } 6... Qg4
{ Attacking g2, preventing my lsb from moving which delays whites castling } 7.
d5
{ Putting the question to one of the few pieces that black has beenable to develop, the knight has few reasonable options }
7... Nb4 { This is amistake as it gives the knight away } 8. Qa4+ Bd7
{ takes away the defenceof the b7 pawn which my queen will be attacking after taking the knight }
9. Qxb4 { I'm still not sure if Bb5 would have been better } 9... b6 10. Ne5 e6
{ Loses material } 11. Qxf8+ Kxf8 12. Nxg4 exd5 13. Nxd5
{ Mistake from whitefrom this time } 13... Bxg4 14. Bb5
{ The black king is hemmed in but I don't thinkwhite is in a position to take full advantage }
14... Rc8 { threatening a forkwith b6, Rd6 looks better to me } 15. Ba4 c6 16.
Ne3 Bd7 17. O-O Re8 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. f3 g6 20. b3
{ Looking to get the dsb on the A3-f8 diagonal,though the potential pin from Bb2 is tempting too }
20... Rh7 21. Bb2 Nh5
{ Notan ideal place for a knight but were else could it go? Perhaps g8 thene7 would have been better }
22. Rad1 Be6 23. f4 { Trying to keep some sortof attack going } 23... f5
{ loses a pawn } 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rhe7 27. Bg6
{ The fork was too tempting to resist, there is however anadded benefit that the black king is held onto the 8th rank }
27... Rc8 28. Bxh5 { I'm not sure this was neccesary } 28... c5 29. Be5
{ blocking out blacks rookfrom the e file, though again this move is probably not neccessary }
29... c4 { loses another pawn } 30. bxc4 { The c pawn is immune due to Rd8# }
30... Kg8
{ Ithink black had seen the threat but didn't realise that this was not anescape route }
31. a4 { waiting move } 31... Rxc4 { loses immediately } 32. Rd8+
{ Kh7,Rh8# to follow Thanks for reading please comment } 1-0
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[Event "Glenda on the Rampage!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "21-Feb-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jstevens1"]
[Black "e4addict"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d, 7d max"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
1. e4
{ Hi everyone! After the disappointment of missing out on my firstever Master Draw I did receive some consolation in a white flag from afellow 1700 player in my 1700-1800 mini-tournament. It all started asa standard Sicilian Defence but unlike many Sicilians that I have playedin on gameknot I reverted to exchanging on c6, something I used to do inmy OTB tourneys with mixed results. Here it worked out OK and you areabout to see something unusual in my games - Glenda going on the rampage! }
1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 { 4. Nxd4 - all sooo standard. } 4... Nf6
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5
{ 7. e5 - a line recommended in the db. The gameis about to get a little wild! }
7... Nd5 8. Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 f5 10. exf6
{ 10.exf6 e.p - getting rid of my advanced e pawn and now one pair of knightsis exchanged. }
10... Nxf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Be2 { 12. Be2 - development. } 12... Ba6 13. O-O
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 { 14. Qxe2 - now the lsbs are swapped off and Glendastirs. }
14... e5
{ 14. ........ e5 - after that little wild skirmish it seemslike a quiet looking position. Suddenly ........... }
15. Qh5+
{ 15. Qh5 - ................ Glenda moves out of her comfort zone of my first tworanks and glares at the black king. Check! }
15... Ke7 16. Qf5 d5 17. Bg5
{ 17.Bg5 - Fou Lenoir now joins Glenda in the act and like Bonnie & Clyde thisdouble act end up stealing a couple of pawns. Note that Fou Lenoir cannotbe taken because this will allow Qxe5 picking up the black rook on h8. }
17... Bg7 18. Qxe5+
{ 18. Qxe5 - the e5 pawn is a free pawn because the f6 pawnis pinned to the enemy king by Fou Lenoir. }
18... Kd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6
{ 20. Qxf6 - the dsbs are now exchanged but another black pawn drops off. Glenda ain't finished yet. }
20... Raf8 21. Qg7+ Kd6 22. Qg3+ Kd7 23. Rfe1
{ 23.Rfe1 - after extricating Glenda out of the enemy camp I now decide to controlthe e file. Glenda is pursued by the black rooks but she manages a coupleof useful checks. }
23... Rhg8 24. Qh3+ Kd8 25. Qh4+ Kc8 26. Re7
{ 26. Re7 - bonein the throat, though I must keep an eye on my back rank, that can be afavourite haunting ground for Old Matey. }
26... Qd8
{ 26. ........ Qd8 - theWicked Witch of the West comes back to defend the back rank. Another blackpawn is about to drop off, and as it turns out so do the queens, yippee! }
27. Rxh7 Qxh4 28. Rxh4 Kb7 29. Rh7+ Kb6 30. Re1
{ 30. Re1 - time for myother rook to come to e1. Black brings his rook to e8 and I decide tomove my rook on h7 to e7. An exchange of rooks now follows. }
30... Re8 31. Rhe7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 a6 33. Re3
{ 33. Re3 - bit worried though about the possibilityof pawn exchanges on d4 leaving black with a passer and some worrying counterplay. Thankfully this does not quite materialise. }
33... Kb5 34. b3
{ 34. b3 - to stopthe black king in his tracks for as long as possible. } 34...
a5 35. h4
{ 34. h4- passed pawns must be pushed. Next move I put my rook on d3 hoping toavoid the exchange of pawns in my note of move 33. }
35... c5 36. Rd3 Rh8 37. Rxd5 Rxh4
{ 37. .......... Rxd5 - my lovely passer on h4 has gone but thankfullythere is no possibility of that exchange on d5 and I retain my 3 pawn advantagewhich will prove decisive in this endgame. Now before I think of pushingmy remaining passers I start Operation Joblock with 38. f3. }
38. f3 Rh6 39. g4 { 39. g4 - let's start again! } 39... Kc6 40. c4
{ 40. c4 - my rook is enprise, I decide to protect with my c4 pawn - Stage 2 of Operation Joblock! }
40... Re6
{ 40. ....... Re6 - the black rook tries to penetrate by controllingthe e file, but Henry locks him out with 41. Kf2! }
41. Kf2 Re8
{ 41. .........Re8 - trying to penetrate via the h file is he? Well, let's stitch upthe queenside - I have time to do this and I play 42. a4. Stage 3 of OperationJoblock. }
42. a4 Rb8 43. Rd3
{ 43. Rd3 - Here is Stage 4, the final stageof Operation Joblock. Now the black rook cannot take the b3 pawn withoutsacrificing himself, the black king cannot penetrate via b5 as the squareis guarded by the white a and c pawns and the black king cannot come aroundthe side because my rook on the d file is the Berlin Wall! Now Henry'sjob is to shepherd his kingside infantrymen towards Glendadom. On move44 I push my pawn to g5 for the start of this plan. Black sees he cannotstop this and waves the white flag. I am second in the table and have6 points out of 7 games and achieved my highest rating to date - 1775. }
43... Rb7 44. g5 1-0
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[Event "ASCUN 2016-1, ECSAN, ECSAN"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Montiel, Oscar"]
[Black "Obando, Soren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "45+15"]
{ B90: Defensa Siciliana (variante Najdorf, desviaciones) } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10.
O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Na5 Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5
Bd7 17. Qb4
{ That was the personal move. It was better 17.Bd3 and white is perfect. The queen on b4 is unnecessary. }
17... Rfc8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Nc6 { It appears that white is doing well. } 19...
Bf8 20. Be4 { It was wise to move the white queen to b3, pointing it at f7. }
20... Ng7 21. h4
{ Here again it was wise to move the queen (towards b3 or d2), since she is being attacked indirectly by the knight on f8. }
21... Nf5 { Aquí todavía hay chance de recuperación. } 22. Bf2 Bxc6
{ This is the critical moment. He thought that 23.dxc6 followed by...d5! intermedia, losing the knight, but he did not calculate that after 24.Qb3! if...dxe4 it continues 25.Rd7! and the black queen must sacrifice itself to not let the white queen enter f7. }
23. Bxf5 { Unfortunately, the whites make all possible mistakes from here. }
23... gxf5 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb3 a5 26. g6 hxg6 27. Rhg1 Qc4 28. h5 Qxb3 29.
axb3 Kh7 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Rh1+ Kg7 32. f4 Be7 33. Rd5 Kf6 34. Rxb5 Rcb8 35.
Rd5 Ke6 36. Rd3 Rh8 37. Rg1 Rh6 38. Rc3 Rah8 39. Ka2 exf4 40. Re1+ Kd7 41. Bb6
Bd8 42. Bd4 Re8 43. Rd1 g5 44. Bc5 g4 45. Rcd3 Ree6 46. Rd5 Kc6 47. Rxf5 Rhf6
48. Rg5 dxc5 49. Rxd8 f3 50. Rc8+ Kd7 0-1
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[Event "Challenge from nyingje"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "reachforgoals"]
[Black "nyingje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "854"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "730"]
1. e4 { normal } 1... e5 { same } 2. Nf3 { trying to get minor pieces out. }
2... Qf6 { queenout too ealry } 3. Bc4 { bishop } 3... Bc5 { same } 4. O-O
{ castle } 4... d6 { is therea name for the wall of pawns } 5. d3 { pawn } 5...
Bg4 { bishop } 6. Qe1 { queen } 6... Nc6 { knight } 7. Nc3 { same } 7... Bxf3
{ -3 } 8. Nd5 { knight } 8... Qg6 { I think I mustof lost track of the queen. }
9. Nxc7+ { check } 9... Kd8 { i am doomed } 10. Nxa8 { +3 } 10... Qxg2#
{ I lost . how can i keep better track of the queen. } 0-1
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[Event "3 pawns for a dangerous attack"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "notfromearth"]
[Black "khajeh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
{ Hi all, This is an interesting game I played here on gameknot. Feelfree to comment it. I'm not an expert in chess, so some of my commentsmay be innacurate. In this game, 3 pawns are sacrified for a very dangerousattack where black probably has to play extremely accurate to not lose. I also annotate it because the gameknot analyzer sees quite a disadvantagefor white until a certain point, but this variation has been played quitea few times by players who are rated far higher than I am and probablyunderstand this all better. I followed a few moves by the game database,but tried to do as few times as possible (I still need to learn a lot aboutopenings) }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
{ The Najdorfopening... very common on gameknot it seems, I've had quite a few gameswith this opening already. Very difficult to understand everything though,so I'm following the main line as long as possible. }
6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 { Stillmain line } 7... Qb6 8. Qd2
{ The poisoned pawn variation... still had this positionin a few games. White sacrifies the pawn on b2 to have a strong attack.White's pieces are better developped for this pawn }
8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5
{ quite aggressive move... I knew the move f5 already, but by lookingat the database, I saw that this move shows quite good results for white.And since I prefer to have a very active and tactical play, I decided totry it out. }
10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7
{ That's how far the book line goes accordingto gameknot analyzer. } 12. Ne4
{ !? Another pawn (in fact, 2) is sacrifiedfor more pressure against the black king. Gameknot analyzer jumps to -1.50;-). (I think this position might really be too complicated, even for acomputer analyzer). }
12... h6 { Chasing the Bishop away } 13. Bh4
{ keeping it inthe d8-h4 diagonal, keeps up the pressure. } 13... Qxa2
{ 2 pawns behind now } 14. Rd1
{ I think here you can see again how much more active the white piecesare. the pawn on e5 is also sacrified, but black has a very hard time defendingnow. }
14... Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 { 3rd pawn ;-) } 16. Be2
{ preparing to bring the otherrook into play } 16... Bc5
{ black prepares too castle and also attacks the strongNd4 } 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18.
Rxd4
{ pieces exchanged. White still has both bishopswhich is definitely an advantage in open positions like this. }
18... Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O
{ castling... but the white pieces still look very dangerous. } 20. Bd6
{ attacks the rook and makes the bishop control more squares } 20... Re8
{ Rd8seems more common. } 21. O-O
{ the other rook comes into play too ;-). whites6 pieces are all developped and have a lot of possibilities to act, whileblack only has his queen and 1 knight developed. gameknot analyzer stillsees black having a better position (-1.74). I think white has to provehis tactical abilities now ;-). }
21... Nc6 { Develops the knight } 22. Qg3
{ Tobe honest, I played this move by looking at the database (it's the lastmove that can be found there). But it seems to give a lot of future threatsto black }
22... Nd8
{ ? I think my opponent wanted to protect the weak f7 pawn.But in my opinion for that he should rather have put his knight to e5,where it would have been more active. b6 would have been another moveto consider, trying to bring the Bc8 into play later }
23. Bc7
{ Not sureif this move was good, but it just attacks this knight (and the queen)and puts some pressure on the other side of the board. Also, I had in mindthat the knight can be move to d6 later Blacks Ra8 and Bc8 are completelyout of play and even the other pieces (except the queen) have very limitedspace to move. At this point of the game one of my aims also was not tolet black activate those pieces. Beside of finding a good attack, of course;-) }
23... Qa4
{ ?! I think Qb4 was better here, as the queen would still havebeen aiming at the Rook at d2, which would have sort of 'pinned' my knight(as it's the only piece that protected the rook). Since the gameknot analyzerdidn't critisize this move, it was maybe no mistake, but this move hadgiven me the possibility to follow my plan }
24. Nd6
{ That's the point,now I could bring my knight to d6, attacking the rook and also aiming atf7 }
24... Rf8 { forced } 25. Bxd8
{ !? The plan was simple... if the rook takesthe bishop, f7 is lost and the black king is in trouble. }
25... Rxd8
{ ? Ithink this was the losing move. however, the 'correct' way to capture thisbishop isn't easy to find, I think. Gameknot analyzer suggests: ...Qb4!26. Rd3 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qe5 28. Qf3 Rxd8 29. Nxf7 Qa5 30. Nxd8 Qxd8. Thiswould give both sides quite equal material (1 rook for 1 bishop + 2 pawns).White should still have an advantage though, because of the active pieces. }
26. Nxf7
{ 26. Rxf7? would have looked dangerous, but have slowed down theattack a lot after ...g5 I couldn't see any possibility for a good attack. The capture with the knight though kills blacks defenses. }
26... Re8
{ ?! Thismove makes it easy for white, Rf8 was a tougher defense. Now white hasa mate in 8. I didn't see it at this point though, but the next move waseasy to find anyway. }
27. Nxh6+ { Another defending pawn gone } 27... Kh8
{ Kh7wouldn't have been better... } 28. Qh3
{ !? A bit amusing, I still didn'tsee the mate at this point, and 28. Nf7+ would probably have been easierto achieve it ;-). }
28... Nf6
{ looks good, but doesn't help. (note that after...gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxe8+ (beside of a mate in 3 moremoves ;-) ). }
29. Nf7+ { here I finally spotted the mate } 29... Kg8 { forced } 30. Qh8+
{ ! } 30... Kxf7 { forced } 31. Bh5+
{ and Black resigned. The bishop can'tbe taken because the knight is pinned. (31. ...g6 32. Rxf6+ Ke7 33.Qg7#) I hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to comment it, especially ifyou know more about this interesting najdorf variation. (And I apologizefor any inaccurate or even wrong comments, as well as for my bad English.Such game situations are probably too complex for me to analyze them better). }
1-0
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[Event "Blitz Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "interneo"]
[Black "ramzy78"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[WhiteElo "1284"]
1. e4
{ This is a blitz game I played that ended quickly. My opponent startsoff with the king pawn. }
1... e5 2. Qh5 { Starts with his queen. } 2... Nf6
{ Threateningthe queen while developing my pieces. } 3. Qxe5+
{ Didn't notice that! } 3... Be7 { I develop further and protect my king. } 4.
d3 O-O
{ I castle for protectionand to prepare my rook. I feel like I have more developed pieces than whitebecause he was busy moving his queen. }
5. Qc3
{ This is the mistake. IfI can safely get my bishop to b4, his queen is gone! }
5... Nc6 6. a3 { He sawthat coming! } 6... Re8
{ Taking the e file and directing my rook at his king. } 7. Qd2 d5 { Bait } 8.
Nc3 { Didn't take it and protected his queen. } 8... Nd4
{ Gettingmy knight in a good position } 9. Nxd5 { Mistake } 9... Nxd5 10. exd5
{ Yes! } 10... Bb4+
{ My opponent resigned. I concluded that developing your pieces and protectingyour king are the most important things. And moving your queen around atthe beginning of the game only causes problems }
0-1
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[Event "Gem City Open, Dayton, OH"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "MWebber"]
[Black "WilliamFranklin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
1. e4
{ Round three from the recent Gem City Open in Dayton, OH. If youenjoy the game please rate or comment! :) }
1... c6
{ I've never played againstthe Caro-Kann OTB in a classical time control (that being said I'm notsure I've EVER played against it OTB), but I have some experience onlineagainst it. In this game I play the line I usually go with, an 'Anti-Caro-Kann'system. }
2. c4 { Contesting control of d5 early. } 2... d5
{ This is dubbedthe 'Anti-anti-Caro-Kann' in my database. Certainly the most straightforwardmove, especially for the 1...c6 player. Alternative variation: 2. ... e5[Possibly another try for Black, but gives up the fight for d5.] 3. Nf3(3. Nc3 [This is not as popular due to] Bb4 ) d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 [And it seems that White is a bit happierout of the opening.] }
3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4
{ The point of taking firstwith the e-pawn is that you can now choose between 4.cd5 (in which case3. cd5 cd5 4.ed5 would be a transposition) or this move. Both are perfectlyplayable. }
4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5
{ A lesser played variation, but I waslooking for the a2-g8 diagonal to develop my LSB. Alternative variation:6. Nf3 Be6 7. c5 Alternative variation: 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 [The two mainoptions for White typically.] }
6... Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nxc3
{ I don't think this can be the best response from black. Helps White hold the d4-pawn and giveshim the half open b-file, whereas Black has to develop his DSB beforehe can take advantage of the half-open c-file. Alternative variation:7. ... e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 [Maybe a better try for Black] }
8. bxc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Re1
{ Just completingdevelopment from both sides. Alternative variation: 12. a4 [This gets played much later in the game, but is probably beneficial now to stop the b5-pawn advance, at least for the time being.] }
12... b5
{ I wasn't too worried about this during the game, since it seemed like it was time to repositionmy bishop anyway, but perhaps the variation with 12. a4 is better to atleast put a hamper in Black's plans for a moment. }
13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Be4
{ His bishop it too dangerous on this diagonal and mine is very inactiveso I wanted to see if I could force a trade. }
14... Bf6
{ Alternative variation:14. ... f5 [Doesn't work since it drops the e-pawn, but maybe an interestinggambit for initiative for the adventerous player.] 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxe6Be4 [The rook seems a bit misplaced now but it seems like white can holdwith a well timed a4.] 17. a4 [Free the queenside and allow the rook spaceto come off e6.] (17. d5 Bxd5 18. Rd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxd6 [Theengine likes this line but not one I would probably play.] ) }
15. Qd2 Qc8 16. Rac1
{ Perhaps the other rook is better, since it gives opportunitiesto play a4 still. But I was worried about the bishop eying a1 and thoughtthis was the time to move it anyway, }
16... Na5
{ A nice move I hadn't seen,the c4 post is just screaming for a knight. } 17.
Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne5 { Tryingto keep that knight out of c4 } 18... Rac8 19. Nd3
{ Now looking for my own poston c5 } 19... Nc4 20. Nc5
{ Played right away, but this is a huge blunder. Isaw it just as I released the knight, but somehow my opponent overlookedit! }
20... Qc6
{ Misses the killer! Alternative variation: 20. ... Rxc5 [A free knight for Black!] 21. Qc2 (21. dxc5 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Qd5 23. Be3 Qxa2 [White doesn't have nearly enough] ) Rf5 }
21. Qc2 { Lucky for me, I don't think twice about moving my queen. } 21... g6
22. Qe4
{ My position is starting tofeel a little cramped, and my c5 post is not quite as nice as black'sc4. I try to relieve some pressure by trading queens. }
22... Rfd8 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Nd2
{ Hoping to trade the knights off, but I missedBlack's nice manuever. Alternative variation: 25. Bg5 [A move I thoughtabout, but White's knight ends up away from the real fight and Black'sknight is just too strong.] Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Nb2 27. Rc2 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nb429. Rb2 Nd5 [The knight has found and even better post.] Alternative variation:25. Rc2 [Probably better to keep the knight out of b2] }
25... Nb2 26. Nf3 { Praticallyforced because of what comes next } 26... Nd3 27.
Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5
{ Loses apawn it seems... Alternative variation: 28. Bxe5 Ba3 29. Rc2 Rdc8 30. Re3Bb4 [Ends up losing a pawn as well, so possibly 28. Rxe5 is better afterall, since only one rook is left on the board.] }
28... Bd6 29. Bg5 Bxe5 30. Bxd8 Bxd4 31. Ba5
{ Now my task is to draw. There is not too much roomfor Black's rook, so if I can try to keep it that way I may have a shot }
31... Bf6 32. Kf1 { Bring the King to the fight! } 32... Rc4 33. Bb4 h5 34.
Ke2 Kg7 35. Kd3 Bd8 36. a4
{ The right move for White here, get rid of those peskypawns together over there, and can possibly win one back if Black misplays }
36... Bb6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rc2
{ The right way it seems for Black, but nowI feel more confident that I can draw, especially if I can get the rooksoff the board }
38... Bc5 39. Ba5
{ I want to keep my Bishop, and ideally endwith just the bishops on the board }
39... Rf4 40. f3 Rf5
{ Keeping the Rook withnot too many open ranks and files, diminishing it's power }
41. Rb2 Rd5+ 42. Ke2
{ King can't stray too far from these pawns. My idea already isthat once the rooks come off, I Blockade one pawn with my bishop, putmy pawns on light squares, and then use my king to keep his king out ofthe position. }
42... Be7 43. Rd2 Re5+ 44. Kd3 Rf5 45. Re2 g5 46. Bb6 Rd5+ 47. Kc2 Bc5 48. Bc7
Kf6 49. h3 Kf5 { Suddenly I can force the rooks off! } 50. Rd2
{ ! I deceide to just get the rooks off first and then worry about the kingside later Alternative variation: 50. g4+ [I thought about this movefirst, possibly it's better to push the king back and then trade, gainingsome space] hxg4 51. hxg4+ Kf6 52. Rd2 Rxd2+ 53. Kxd2 Kg6 54. Kd3 b4 55.cxb4 Bxb4 56. Ke4 Bc3 [Now it certainly seems easy enough.] }
50... g4 51. Rxd5+ exd5 52. Kd3 gxf3 53. gxf3 Kg5 54. Bg3
{ Keep that pesky king out } 54... Kf5 55. h4
{ Now the king can't get in the kingside :) } 55... Ke6 56. Ke2
{ Now my plan is to basically shuffle my pieces around and keep the kingout until black gives up. I offered two draws during the game, one I believeshortly after the rooks came off and one a few moves down the line fromhere, both of which Black turned down. He finally offered on the 68thmove and I accepted (even though he was down to 5 minutes at that pointand I did feel like seeing if he would make a mistake in time pressure,I did the sporting thing) }
56... b4
{ Can only imagine this helps my task, nowonly one pawn to worry about on the queenside. IF you're going to try this, it seems that d4 must be better. Alternative variation: 56. ... d4[This pawn may win, as now the b-pawn is much farther away from the kingsidepawns.] 57. Kd3 (57. cxd4 Bxd4 58. Kd3 Be5 59. Be1 Kf5 60. Ke3 Bd6 61.Kd4 Kf4 62. Kd5 Be7 ) dxc3 58. Kxc3 Bd6 59. Be1 Kf5 [And White seems toostretched] }
57. cxb4 Bxb4 58. Kd3
{ Now the king can stop the d-pawn whilealso helping to stop the Black king entering into the camp. }
58... Bc5 59. Ke2 f5 60. Bf4 Bd6 61. Bg5
{ Another misplay Alternative variation: 61.Be3 [Should play back so I have access to both f2 if he attacks via e7or g5 if he tries g3.] Bg3 62. Bg5 d4 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Bd8 Ke5 65. Ke2 [Similar the the game line.] }
61... d4
{ But again Black misses it so I fighton Alternative variation: 61. ... Be7 62. Bxe7 Kxe7 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Kd4Ke6 65. Ke3 [The longer try, but Black still gets in] (65. f4 Kd6 66.Kc3 Kc5 67. Kd3 d4 ) Ke5 66. f4+ Ke6 67. Kd3 Kd7 68. Kc3 Kc6 69. Kb4 (69.Kd4 Kd6 ) Kb6 70. Kc3 Kc5 71. Kd3 d4 }
62. Kd3 Kd5 63. Bd2
{ Now I canalways guard the pawn from the opposite side he attacks on, and d4 hasbecome a weakness his king needs to defend! It helps that h1 is a lightsquare if need be. }
63... Bg3 64. Bg5 Ke5 65. Ke2 Bf4 66. Bd8 Be3 67. Be7
{ Onenice little trap in the endgame if he is thinking about trying to bringhis king over the the h-pawn via f4. }
67... Kd5
{ Alternative variation: 67.... Kf4 68. Bd6# [Would have been quite the shock for my opponent I'msure, but he spotted it.] }
68. Kd3
{ And he offered a draw which I accepted,even though I had 41 minutes to his 5. }
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