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[Event "Slow but unstoppable, http://gameknot.com/"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "acrobaticskater"]
[Black "damalfi"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ This games may show some dangers of a fianchetto when the other B is onhis fourth step from home. Don't worry, I'll explain. }
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bc4
{ It went like a 'normal' Scandinavian, but this move is seldomfaced. This bishop will run for a while. }
3... Bg4
{ I've seen this idea recently(Portuguese Gambit?) played and commented here on GK, and I gave it a try. }
4. Nf3 { The N is pinned, so I could have gone for Nd7, threatening Ne5. } 4...
Nxd5
{ The problem with Bc4 is that it prevents white to play c4 instead,so this N take is just fine! }
5. h3
{ OH, well, of course... backwards?Never! :-) (just joking, don't play chess like that, please! :-D }
5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 { It looks dreadful, because if Nf6, Qxb7. } 6... e6
{ But this simplemove saves it all. Because white can't play c4 now. } 7. d3
{ Here I couldhave gone for the complications of Nb4 (allowing Qxb7 for Nxc2+, cashingthe R after saving my own... oh, I already played this one, and it's verycomplicated!) }
7... c6
{ This saves it all, because now even if white managesto play c4, my N can safely leave this square, since b7 is defended. }
8. O-O Bd6
{ Very important: I have to use my dark squares to create pressure. } 9. Bg5
{ ?? I don't think that QxB gave some compensation to white. Itwas just a blunder and I... }
9... Qb6
{ ?? I played authomaticly this move, withouteven realizing that the WB was 'free of charge', so concerned I was aboutb2's AND c2's weaknesses.. }
10. b3
{ ? This stops forever the c4 optionfor white, and allows for a future b5 threat... }
10... Nb4
{ ? The threat on c2must control white, because he has very dangerous sacs like Bxc6. On theother side, I will spend a tempo castling ONLY if absolutely needed. Ineed my tempoes for my own attack. BUT much more important was Be5, forcingc3, and only then Nb4, where if cxN, BxR. }
11. Qe2
{ ! Now white's threatis even worse! And, besides, Be5 is not possible anymore!!! Time to castle? }
11... Nd5 { NO! This is many times more efficient to stop white's threats. }
12. a3
{ ? White has to go on, and Kh1, allowing f4 - f5 would have been black'snext challenge. But this move goes for a slower plan. }
12... Nd7
{ If I am notforced to castle, why to concede a tempo? Better is to develop. }
13. b4
{ white is going for a pawn storm on the Qside! Wow! Very interesting, butnot for a blitz. The correct procedure for black (IMO!) is a5. b5 by whiteis just ok, bxc6, bxc6 goes in black's favour and doesn't concede anything. }
13... Be5 { This is now very strong, but it comes too late. } 14. Ra2 O-O
{ Now.White can't develop the N or Nc3 will fork his Q and R. He has to finda way to attack my kingside, but this will force him to abandon his pawn'sstorm ideas. }
15. Kh1 { ! Now! Ok, he plans f4. Time to do something. } 15... Nc3 16. Nxc3
{ 'forced' } 16... Bxc3
{ ...and this B has a very nice view from there,controlling white's pawns, and preventing Re1. Now white has... }
17. Bxe6 { !! Very nice! But I saw the defence - or so I believe! } 17... fxe6
18. Qxe6+ Rf7
{ Despite all his power, white has no clear way in! This was what Ispotted. }
19. f4 { !? Well, does this allow h6? I didn't think so, } 19... Nf8
{ This N had better perspectives controlling the central black squares withthe B, but I thought that the won tempo whorted the investment. My N willrelocate on g3. }
20. Qg4 { ! The strongest, but g7 is covered!. } 20... Re8
{ If Bh6, it doesn't matter because g7 has one extra protection. } 21. f5
{ !Now this can be a problem, since after f6 white does have Bh6, no matterwhat I do, so I went for counterattack. }
21... Re1
{ ?? MUCH stronger was Ne6!,where fxN was impossible due to RxR+, Kh2, and lines similar to the game's. }
22. Rxe1 Bxe1 { ...and where is the point? } 23. f6
{ Oh, My, so I am supposedto parry this with g6, etc.??? Very boring! I have to exploit my own attack. }
23... Ng6
{ Well, this was to stop Bh6's threat, you know, the downside of playingf6. }
24. fxg7
{ ? h4 was the most pressing move, but even so, white missedthe threats on his own king! I just love to leave this pawn there, protectingmy K... So, Rf1+ was obviously the best move, but I was just wonderingsome line, when my fingers... }
24... Qb5
{ SLIPPED! Oh, no! My Q far from theblack squares! (on the other side, on Qe5 it will be unstoppable! Let'ssee if I can make a cake from dry bread...) }
25. c4
{ ? I loved the difficultiesthat this opponent created to me, but the game was far too complicatedfor a blitz. d4! instead, controlling e5, could have been the idea. }
25... Rf1+ { At last! } 26. Kh2 { . } 26... Qe5+
{ ...and wthe BQ has control of the black diagonal.The following sequence is forced. }
27. g3
{ Again, I am not only the attacker,but I NEED to attack and avoid Re2 at all costs! }
27... h5
{ The only reasonablethreat comparable to Re2. White has to escape via Qc8+, hoping for a perpetual. }
28. Bf4 { ...or this. Now, black controls the exchanges. } 28... Nxf4
{ Mindthat Rf2+, RxR won't return anything for black... } 29. Qc8+
{ Finally,the perpetual way. Unfortunately, if I want to keep my attack, I can'tstop it so easily! }
29... Kxg7 30. Qxb7+ Kg8 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qd7+ Kf6
{ I decidedthat the N will be my shield. a flanked N is an excellent bodyguard againsta Q. }
33. Qxc6+ Ne6
{ ! NO more CHECKS, and the N is saved. And Qxg3# isthreatened... } 34. Rg2
{ I like the way white finds the last resource overand over... } 34... h4
{ ...and this simple 'excercise-like' move cash the point!White resigned. } 35.
Qe4 hxg3+ 0-1
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[Event "Nice ride for a squeezed queen. "]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "fabbrim6"]
[Black "damalfi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[TimeControl "3/10"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
{ A very good game from my opponent, who beated me nicely in a game I couldn'tsave on time. This time I get almost lost, too, but managed to save witha tactic. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. h3 e6 { I played this out of my schemes. } 3. Nd2
{ Well, white makes me think. } 3... c5 { Let's go with the classical... } 4.
dxc5 { Normally, white doesn't take. } 4... Bxc5 { Developed and confortable. }
5. e3 O-O { Just to wait for white to show its cards. } 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. a3
{ Whiteis playing passively. } 7... a5
{ I tempt him to Bb5, considering Qb6, but theb5 weakness will be a spine in my stomach for the rest of the game. }
8. Be2 { White goes on quietely. } 8... b6
{ ? I forgotten about g5's weakness, andplanned to start to pressure on white's kingside with the two bishops. }
9. O-O Bb7 10. c3
{ Now, Nb3 shouldn't worry me. By delaying d5, I hopeto take advantage of the open diagonals. }
10... Qc7 11. Nb3 { At last. } 11... Bd6
{ It seems a good set for an attack, isn't it? } 12. Qc2 Ne5
{ This seemedso natural I overlooked that after... } 13. Nfd4
{ ... the b5 square wasreacheable by the WN. } 13... Be4
{ This seems good, too... } 14. Qd2 Nc4
{ ...andthis, if it induces white to exchange BxN, provides my queen with a goodsquare to escape and stops Nb5. }
15. Qd1
{ ...but white doesn't fall forit, and prefer to squeeze... but he is very solid, and Ng5 is still threatened. }
15... Bh2+ { Very doubious, but... } 16. Kh1
{ ...g3 cannot be played. White cango f3, Bb7, but then my bishop would have had squares to go. But now Ididn't know just what to do! }
16... Qe5
{ ?? This was a bad blunder. I just triedto make my queen more active with Qg5, but it was not a solid plan. }
17. Bxc4 d5
{ ?? Allowing Nc6, if not now, in a near future. But what else?Qg5 is useless against f3. }
18. Be2 { I just lost a piece for nothing. } 18... Qb8
{ Weird, but how to save the dsb otherwise? } 19. Nf3 Bc7
{ The more Ikeep my pieces, the more chances I have. } 20. Nbd4
{ Now Nc6 and Nb5 loomover me. } 20... h5
{ Last desperate attempt to provoke white and open the h columnfor a rook, if ever one can get to h8. }
21. Nd2
{ White threats an exchangeI can't lose tempo to avoid. After Bg6, I have no plan. }
21... g5 { Giving myking a semi-safe square to go, and inviting white to... }
22. Bxh5
{ Yes,thank you. Now, I will play the same as you did. I won't exchange, no way,but... }
22... Kg7 { Now, if f3, Bd3 or Bg6 just stop my attack, but white wentinto... }
23. Bf3 { Just a tempo more for me. } 23... Rh8
{ Hurry, hurry, whitehas Nc6... } 24. Bxe4 dxe4
{ Very important. If Nxe4, NxN, dxN, Qg4 returnsthe attack to white! } 25. Nc6
{ Here it comes. It's now or never! } 25... Rxh3+
{ A surprising non-inmediate sacrifice. If gxh3, Qh8, Kg2, g5, Rh1, Qh4,with a hard to stop attack with Rg8 and Kf8 to come. }
26. Kg1
{ ?? A losingblunder, for a hard-to-get-in mating combination. This time, passive defencedoesn't help. }
26... Rh1+ 27. Kxh1 Qh8+ 28. Kg1 Qh2# { A nice ride for a squeezedqueen. } 0-1
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[Event "London, London ENG"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Howard Staunton"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 g6
{ This will create dark square weaknesses that black willlater regret. } 3. Bd3
Bg7 4. Be3 { The natural developing move Nf3 is slightlybetter. } 4... c5
{ Alternative variation: 4... d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nf3 [is onlyminuscule better for white.] }
5. c3
{ Alternative variation: 5. dxc5 [Amazingly is stronger.] Bxb2 6. Nd2 Bxa1 [A mistake.] 7. Qxa1 f6 8. Nc4[ with a better game.] }
5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 { Premature. } 7. Ne2
{ Alternativevariation: 7. Nc3 [ is slightly better. Obviously not Qxb2?? 8. Nb5] Qxb28. Nb5 Na6 9. a3 }
7... Qxb2
{ White's counterplay is too great. Alternativevariation: 7... d5 8. Nbc3 Ne7 9. Qd2 [ with a slight edge for white.] }
8. Nbc3 Qb6 9. Rc1 Na6 10. Nb5 Bf8
{ Alternative variation: 10... Ne7[ is a little better.] 11. d5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Qa4 exd5 14. Qa3 [ Andblack has a lot of problems.] }
11. O-O d6
{ Black's position is fallingapart. Alternative variation: 11... Qd8 [And black survives longer.] 12.Qa4 f6 13. Bf4 Kf7 14. Bc7 [and black is constrained.] Qe8 15. Nd6+ }
12. d5 Qa5 13. Bd4
{ Alternative variation: 13. dxe6 [Is stronger.] Bxe6 (13...fxe6 14. Nf4) 14. Bd4 f6 15. Nf4 }
13... e5 14. Bc3 Qd8 15. f4 f6 16. fxe5 fxe5
{ The open file for the rook will be ruinous. Alternative variation: 16...dxe5 17. d6 Bh6 [ Is not as bad.] 18. Bd2 }
17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Bb4
{ Alternativevariation: 18. Qa3 [Is stronger.] Nh6 (18... Nc5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxc5Bxc5+ 21. Qxc5) 19. Bxe5 Qb6+ (19... dxe5 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22.Nxb7+) 20. Bd4 }
18... Nh6 { Alternative variation: 18... Nf6 [Is a little safer.] } 19. Kh1
{ White misses the winning move. Alternative variation: 19. Rxf8+Kxf8 20. Bxd6+ Kg8 21. Bxe5 Nf7 22. Bb2 Rc8 23. Qd4 [Leads to complicatedtactical threats] }
19... Nf7 20. Qa3
{ Alternative variation: 20. Qb3 Be7 21.Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Nxd6+ Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Qf6 24. Qa3 Rae8 25. Ng3 Kg7 26. Rf1Qg5 27. Qb2 Nb8 28. Qxb7 }
20... Nc5
{ Alternative variation: 20... Be7 [Is muchsafer.] 21. Nxd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxa6 Qe7 24. Bd3 }
21. Nxd6+
{ Alternativevariation: 21. Bxc5 [ Is apparently crushing.] dxc5 22. d6 Nxd6 23. Qxc5Nxb5 (23... Bxb5 24. Bxb5+ Nxb5 25. Qxb5+ Qd7 26. Qxe5+) 24. Qxe5+ [iscrushing.] }
21... Bxd6 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qe7
{ Alternative variation: 23...b6 [ first is a little better because it makes it harder for white to playd6.] }
24. Qc7
{ Alternative variation: 24. d6 [is slightly stronger.] Qxd6(24... Nxd6 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 a6 28. Rc7 Qxc7 29. Qxe5+Kd7 30. Qg7+) 25. Bc4 }
24... Nd6 25. Qa5 h5
{ Suddenly black's game is worse.Alternative variation: 25... a6 [ allows black to defend Rc7 with Rc8.] }
26. Rc7 Rf8 27. Rfc1 a6 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Ne6 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rf7 31. Qb6 Rf6
{ Everything goes bad after this. Alternative variation: 31... Qf6 32.Rc1 [takes some of the pressure off.] }
32. h3 g5
{ Alternative variation:32... Rxe6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 [allows black to live longer.] }
33. Qb2
{ Alternativevariation: 33. Qe3 g4 34. Nc5 Qg7 35. Rxd7 [ is a little stronger.] }
33... Nb5
{ Alternative variation: 33... Rxe6 34. dxe6 Qxe6 35. Rc5 Nf7 36. Qxb7 [isless disastrous.] }
34. Bxb5
{ Alternative variation: 34. Rxb7 [ Wins faster,but this leads to many complicated lines.] }
34... axb5 35. Qxe5 h4
{ Alternativevariation: 35... Rf1+ [Is a little better.] 36. Kh2 Rf6 37. Rxb7 }
36. Rxb7
{ If black take s with either piece on e6 it will prevent forced mate,but at great cost. }
36... Rf1+ 37. Kh2 { Now Bxe6 delays mate, not that it matters. } 37... Qf6
{ Alternative variation: 37... Rf6 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Nxg5+ } 38. Rb8+ Ke7
{ Alternative variation: 38... Bc8 39. Qc7 } 39. d6+ Kf7 40. Rf8+ Kg6 41. Rxf6+
Rxf6 42. Qxg5+ Kf7 43. Qg7+ Kxe6 44. Qe7# 1-0
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[Event "Challenge from andy94"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "13-Jan-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "andy94"]
[Black "ionadowman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
{ This is the second game between me and Ionadown. In this one, I playwhite and my opponent is black. Enjoy! }
1. d4 { 1.d4 is my 'new' openingmove as white. } 1... Nf6 2. c4
{ And 2.c4 is my answer to 1....Nf6. } 2... c5
{ 'Tillnow I never faced this move } 3. d5
{ and I thought d5 could be a good answer. } 3... e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6.
e4 { White tries to push pawns as more as hecan. } 6... g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. h3 Bg7
9. a4 Nbd7
{ At move 9, Black has developed3 pieces and he's ready to castle, while White has developed only 2 piecesand he's still not ready to castle..... }
10. Bd3 Nh5
{ Nh5.....I didn'tunderstand this move......Maybe to free his bishop, but with g4 knightreturns to f6 square. }
11. g4 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 Ne5 { Good move by Ion. } 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. Be3 h5 17. f3 Bd7
{ Maybe black decidedto attack my Queenside, instead of Kingside. } 18. b3 Qa5
19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Qc2 b5 21. Ra1 c4
{ Well, black play with solid attacks and he can'tbe attacked.....Great! } 22.
bxc4 bxc4 23. Be2 Rab8 24. Rfc1 hxg4 25. fxg4
{ fxg4? Maybe hxg4 was better, even if it's not a crucial move. } 25... Rb3
26. Bxc4
{ Maybe black didn't calculate this move.....or he just thought :-Ican quietly recovery the disadvantage-. }
26... Rb4 27. Bd3 Nxd5
{ Nxd5! I wasprepared for this move, in fact I set up some conditional moves after it. }
28. exd5 e4 29. Ra3 exd3 30. Qxd3 Rbc4 31. Ne2 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Qe1+
{ Andwith these move black can recovery the disadvantage with 33. Kg2/h2 Rxc134.Nxc1 Qxc1. }
33. Kg2 Rxc1 34. Nxc1 Qxc1 35. Ra2 Bb2 36. Qe2 Bd4 37. Rc2 Qg1+ 38. Kf3 Bxa4
{ And now the disaster begins... } 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Kf4 Bb5 41. Qd2 g5+ 42. Ke4
{ Of course I couldn't take the pawn! 42.Kxg5??Be3 ! } 42... Bf6 43. Rc1 Qg3
44. d6
{ Before I said 'the disaster begins'.....Nowi can explain. I decided to bet all for white's promoting and let blacktake white pawns........Happens. }
44... Qxh3 45. Kd5 Qb3+ 46. Ke4 Bd7 47. Qd5 Qg3 48. Rf1
{ I could decide to move Rc5 too. Maybe someone can help me... } 48... Qxg4+
49. Ke3 Qg3+ 50. Qf3
{ In chess the player who is down has to avoidexchanges, but the alternative was Kd2....(Not king's other moves, causeto me they seem useless) }
50... Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3 g4+ 52. Ke4 g3 53. Kd5 { Kd5?! Kf3! } 53... Bh3 54. Rg1 g2
55. d7 Bd8 56. Kc6
{ Now the situation is very criticalfor me. Black can decide to wait for other promotions (a6 pawn and f7 pawn) }
56... f5 57. Kd5 Kf6 58. Rd1 Bg4 59. Re1 { Re1 or Rc1... } 59... Be2
{ Easy sac, but I... } 60. Rxe2
{ decided to take the bishop because the game was lost anyway. I need some help, cause I really want to understand when I 'started tolose' the game. To me it seems from move 38. Let me know what you think. Bye. }
0-1
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[Event "League division D1"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "27-Jan-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mblasco256"]
[Black "cornishman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
{ Speculative rook sacrifice with 23.Rxg7 I use to perform quite well withlines like this of the Ruy Lopez. I used to play this variant 25 yearsago, when I started to play in the club (Pe�a Rey Ardid de Bilbao and laterGetxo de Fadura). Fischer liked to play this opening and also Karpov wasa great spaciallist. Those years I was seriously learning chess with alot of books about openings, strategy, tactics, finals, etc }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 d6 8. d3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. h3 Bc8 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nd5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Re3 d5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rg3
Kh7 22. Qh5 { sac? } 22... d4 { I like 23.Rxg7 , if 22. ... Bxg7 23 f6 } 23.
Rxg7+ { I believe that my adversary did not suspect this possibility. } 23...
Bxg7 24. f6 Rh8 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. Qg4 Rh7 27. Bxh6 Qd7 28. Qg5 Qe6 29. Bxg7 Nc6
30. Re1 Re8 31. Re4 dxc3 32. Rh4 1-0
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[Event "fiercequeen, 1000 points apart..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "21-sep-18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "shaneer3288"]
[Black "fiercequeen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[TimeControl "3+10 blitz"]
[WhiteElo "1058"]
{ I never look down on weaker players: some of them, served me some uglysurprises; y'all know, what I mean... }
1. d4 d5 2. h3 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4
{ basically, my standard play against the QP opening... } 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Ne4
{ of course... } 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Bd2
{ you tell me: White mightalready lose a piece... } 8... O-O
{ a free tempo: never spoil a good threat... } 9. Ne5 f6
{ resistance is futile... } 10. Nb1 { a very bad idea... } 10... Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2
fxe5 { where were we? } 12. Qc3 exd4 13. exd4 Nc6 { not mocking around... } 14.
Nd2 Qxd4 15. Qg3 { huh? I feel neglected... } 15... Qxb2 16. Ke2
{ sigh: deepsigh... } 16... Nd4+ { boink... } 17. Ke3 { incorrigible... } 17...
Qc3+ 18. Kf4 Ne2+ 19. Kg5 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kh5
{ you have to hand this player this much:not afraid to lose... } 21... g6+ 22.
Kh6 Qh4# { the Coup de Grace... } 0-1
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[Event "Through the eyes of a serial sacker"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "09-Apr-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "lamacuk"]
[Black "oinegue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
1. e4
{ This game is by no means perfect with mistakes from both sides.If you like sacks then there's plenty of them here. This has to go downas one of the most enjoyable games i've played just because of the wayit was won. It just shows that some sacks are sound and others are justplain lucky. I know nothing of the Silician and don't like playing againstit either but that's not what this is about. My comments are from my perspectiveso feel free to add further comments if you wish. hope you enjoy thegame, however scrappy it gets :) }
1... c5 2. Nf3 h6
{ I'm not a fan of the Sicilian,but i know h6 is not very common. Not on move 2 anyway. Normally i'd expectNc6 or e6, so h6 left me pretty optimistic. I suppose it stops me playingthe knight to g5 or the bishop once it's developed but that does not concernme. Altho maybe it's just a waiting move to see what i'm going to do. }
3. d4 { I just play the Sicilian as normal. } 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
{ Ihave to protect the pawn. } 5... e5 { Chases off my knight } 6. Nf3 Bb4 7.
Bd3
{ I feel its more important to protect the pawn rather than block the pinby playing Bd2, so i play Bd3 instead. }
7... O-O { Black castles leaving thee pawn unprotected..... } 8. Nxe5
{ I could have and probably should haveplayed Bd2 this time, with blacks next move most likely to be d5 afterthis. To complete the line 9. Nxd5 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qxd5 andit's even. But i always like to be on the attack as you'll see, and i'lltake risks to keep it that way. So i took the e pawn with my knight, withthe intention that when it's chased off by the rook, i'll sack it on f7. }
8... Re8
{ Sure enough it is chased off. I could back it off and play Ng4!? butblack just plays Nxe4 and gets the pawn back and also has the better position.... }
9. Nxf7 { So i decided that i would continue my attack anyway. } 9... Kxf7
{ Kingtakes, although perphaps black could have played Bxc3 first, but it makesno real difference. }
10. O-O { Castled to get my king to safety while istill could. } 10... Bxc3
{ Exchange of pieces doubling up my whites pawns in theprocess. } 11. bxc3
{ I have to retake. One advantage is that there are plentyof open files and diagonals for me to exploit and blacks king looks prettyvunerable. }
11... Nxe4
{ Nxe4?? This is a very bad move. It gives white the pieceback. After 12.Bxe4 Qf6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Bd5 Ke7 15.Qxh6 white is clearlywinning. If black took the Bishop after Bxe4 then Qf3 wins the rook. }
12. Bc4+
{ Fortunately for black and for the game in the end, i missed itand played Bc4 ?? throwing away the advantage. I was too busy concentratingon how to expose blacks king. }
12... Kf8 13. Qd5 { Threatening mate. } 13... Re6 { Blacksonly real move. } 14.
Ba3+ { Both my bishops on strong diagonals. } 14... d6 15. Rae1
{ Bringing my rook across focusing on the strong e file which i intendopening at some point. }
15... Nf6
{ Blacks only move really, and as a result isway behind in development. } 16.
Qxe6
{ Although i'll be material down, thegame is actually egded in my favour. With my queen under attack and whilestill wanting to exploit the black kings vunerability i decide to tradethe queen for the rook and bishop to gain complete control of the e file. }
16... Bxe6 17. Rxe6
{ I have to take with the rook and allows me to double upat some point too. }
17... Nc6
{ Another option was Ne8 protecting the d pawn,but it's not much better than Nf6. }
18. Bxd6+
{ Here i had the option ofRxd6 or Bxd6 . If i took with the rook i would be attacking the queen withthe threat of a discovered check. I took with the bishop instead. }
18... Kf7 19. Rfe1
{ I missed the oppertunity yet again to solidfy my advantage. Ishould have played 19.Re7 Kg6 20.Bd3 Ne4 21.Rxe4 and the position isalot better for white. I was too quick in moving though to spot this anddoubled up the rooks instead. In effect this should have left the gamein a stone cold draw after.... }
19... Kg6 { Kg6. } 20. Bd3+
{ Nothing else i cando unless i want to give black the advantage. } 20... Kf7
21. Bc4 Kg6 22. Bd3+ Kh5
{ Kh5?? This changes everything. I guess with the material advantageblack didn't want to settle for the draw. But it's back in whites favourafter 23.R1e3 Qb6 24.Rh3 Kg4 25.Rg3 Kh4 26.Rxg7 Qb1 27. Bf1..... }
23. Be2+
{ But i did not see this and continued checking to see where blackwas intending to put their king. (It has also been pointed out sincepublication that ''Instead of this, 23. Be7!? now, although not the bestmove, is actually still winning for white. White's other Bishop is betterplaced on d3 than e2. If after 23. Be7 Qb6 (not 23...Nxe7?? 24. R1e5 g525. Rxf6 when Black must give up his Queen to avoid mate.) 24. Bxf6 gxf625. Rxf6 Rg8 26. g3 Qd8 27. Ree6! and Black, again, has to give back hisQueen.'' Thanks for agmac for pointing this out. With Blacks knightcovering e5 and my White squared bishop blocking the kings escape it wouldmake sense and give the sack a purpose. however i was always thinkingabout black playing g5 and would have preferred blacks king on the g filerather than the h file, meaning that g5 isn't an option.) }
23... Kg5 24. Be7
{ Running out of ideas i decided to try something crazy, which if you everplay me regulary you will learn to expect. Also you'll notice that i tendto be pretty ignorant towards defence. I'm all about attack, attack, attack,and as one last throw of the dice, i played Be7?? 'A good sacrifice isone that is not nesscessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed andconfused' - Rudolph Splelmann. The main aim of this move was to divertthe attention away from my attack and i didn't really need my bishop anyway. }
24... Nxe7 25. Bd3 { Blocks blacks king's escape route around the back. } 25...
Nc6
{ Nf5is the move here giving black excellent chances to hold on for the winbut.... perphaps underestimating the strength of whites current attack,black maybe thinks that Nc6?? is sufficient. }
26. R6e5+ { But after Nc6mate is forced with another sack. } 26... Nxe5 27.
Rxe5+ Kg4 { Black will get matedwhich ever square the king moves to. } 28. h3+
Kh4 29. g3+ Kxh3 30. Rh5+ { One final sack to finish the game. } 30... Nxh5 31.
Bf5#
{ Checkmate! I appreciatethat this game is not the best for tactical awareness and probably couldhave been won easier, but it is worth mentioning that when sacrificingpieces, if you take too long thinking over whether the sack is sound ornot your oppontent is going to catch on that you want them to take it whichis why i didn't especially take the time over my moves and didn't nesscessarilyplay what was best. However i hope the final outcome makes up for all this, after all not every game is won when you're the equivalent of 13 pawnsdown :) Thanks to Oinegue for playing and thanks to everybody who looksat my game. comments are much appreciated, even if it's just about howbad my spelling is, lol }
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[Event "Resisting honorablily against 2286 elos !"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.01.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brandtsamuel"]
[Black "31415"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[TimeControl "blitz 3mn"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
{ so i have been resisting whith Samuel Brandt, 2286 elos. My firt blitzagainst a higher rated oponent. I quite appy to have been staying aliveuntil the end of the match ! }
1. d4 e6
{ i new experience for me : e6...c6...d5!?i give a strong and secure centre occupation }
2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3
{ normaly, my oponents take d5....but this is not a 'normal' oponent ! } 4...
Nf6 { so let's develop and then we see what happens } 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O a6
{ preparing b5 } 7. b3 { preparing response... } 7... b5 8. Ba3
{ maybe i coulddo something else than take this offered bishop, something like Qc2 ? }
8... Bxa3 9. Nxa3
{ but this knight there in the corner looks useless and itwill stay there for a long witch is not so good for white }
9... O-O 10. Ne5
{ this is a terrible grap, it will stay there quite until the end of thegame, making me loosing, }
10... Ne4 { preparing f6 } 11. Qc2 f6 12. Nd3
{ so thebloody knight is out. But my mistake is what follows, because i gave himthe opportunity to replace the knight there. It s a very dangerous grapbecause of f7 threat }
12... e5 { that was not very good } 13. f3 Ng5 14. dxe5 dxc4 15. bxc4 fxe5 16.
Nxe5
{ here we are, from now, i will never be ableto put out this e5 knight, what would you do for it ? }
16... Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rad1 Re8
{ and now i thought it was a goodmove, because there is 2 threats on 2 opponent knights. i had a dream...a dream that i would win this game ! }
21. f4 { but not ! } 21... Ne4 22. Nc2 c5 { would it been better Nc3 first ? }
23. Rd3 Nc3 { it seems to late... } 24. a3 a5
{ i wont give him my knight so easily ! } 25. Ra1 Ra6 { neither my rook! } 26.
Kf1 h6 27. h4
{ he is advancing his pawn in order to put it on h5and then to put his knight in g6, preparing a kind of mate with a rookin h8 for example, i can feel it .... }
27... Kh7 28. h5 { you see ?! } 28... Ne4
{ soi have absolutely to take this pawn, and i will get it see what follows... }
29. axb4 Ng3+ 30. Kf2 Nxh5 { YES ! but it will cost me a pawn in queenside }
31. b5 Rae6 { and a very bad situation with a dangerous past pawnin b colon }
32. Rxa5 { ...and one more pawn lost...the end of the game iscoming } 32... Rf8
{ this was a very nice tentative ! so i could take the knightwith my e6 rook because the protection (pawn f4) is pined }
33. Kg1 { butof course, i'm challenging a good one, isnt it ? } 33... Ng3
{ so from now to theend, it's a slow death .... } 34. Ne1 Nf5 35. g4 Nd6 36.
N1f3 Nb7 { couldi have a chance to fork his rooks ? } 37. Ra7 Nd8
{ for the moment I'm beingclosed } 38. Kg2 Rfe8 39. g5
{ i did saw the fork coming...so i fall intothe trap } 39... hxg5 40. Nxg5+ Kh6
41. Nxe6 Nxe6 { i'm -4 now, } 42. Rd6 Kh7 43. Rb7 Nf8
{ searching a way to break this jail } 44. Kf3 Kg8 45. Rc7 Nh7 46. Rxc5
{ one more pawn ... } 46... Nf6 47. Rc7 Rf8
{ so here is a good move, I'm goingto fork him, unfortunately, it wont be enough, I'm to late in the game }
48. c5 Ne8 { YES ! but it's nice anyway even if it is not enough ! } 49. Rc8
Nxd6 50. Rxf8+ Kxf8 51. cxd6
{ i will never be able to win against thoseadvanced pawns, } 51... Ke8 52. Kg4
Nd7 53. Nxd7 Kxd7 54. Kf5 Kxd6 { one } 55. Kg6 Kc5 56. Kxg7 Kxb5 { two } 57. f5
{ so it's a nice end, he is just 2 pawnsmore than me, that's not so bad isnt it ? }
57... Kc6 { last chance } 58. f6 Kd7 59. f7 { too late any way } 59... Kd6
{ i resign } 1-0
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[Event "Request: Never Give Up"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chicoboy"]
[Black "bwaa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1284"]
1. e4
{ Hi all, I've got a very fun game between chicoboy and I to showoff from early this month. This is the closest he's come to beating meyet, and let me tell you, it was close indeed! }
1... e5 2. Nf3 f5
{ I've beenplaying the Latvian Gambit exclusively in these games. Gerhard has beengetting much better at thwarting it. I'm not going to give the openingitself a lot of detail; I have a whole series of annotations on it if youwant that. }
3. d3 { I do still think this is too passive, though (better3.Nxe5 or 3.d4!) }
3... Nc6 { Getting the Knight out and defending e5. } 4. Be3
{ This isn't necessarily the best place for this Bishop, since it couldbe easy to chase with f5-f4. }
4... Nf6 5. exf5 d5 6. d4
{ This is essentiallywhy I think 3.d3 is not ideal for White--his best chances lie in an all-outtotal war against the Black kingdom. Kudos to White for recognizing thatand making the second pawn move. }
6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bb5
{ White repels theinvading forces with ease and continues his development. }
8... Bd7
{ ?? Tacticalopportunities abound in this opening, and I missed the one that this allows.8...e4 was far better. }
9. Bxc6 { My opponent does not miss the tacticalopportunity. } 9... Bxc6 10.
dxe5 { Winning a piece. } 10... Be7
{ Trying to keep theBishop pair, but probably 10...O-O was better, gaining a little in termsof time. }
11. exf6
{ Black should be pretty much lost at this point, butI'm going to make White prove it. It's still very early in the game--plentyof time for tactics and mistakes! }
11... Bxf6 12. O-O { White gets his King tosafety. } 12... Qd7 13. Nd4 Bxd4
{ Black trades, since his light-squared Bishopis better-placed than his dark-squared one--though neither is looking greatat the moment. }
14. Bxd4 O-O 15. Nd2 Qxf5 16. Bc5
{ Probably not what Iwould have played, since it just forces Black into the Rook lift he wantsto play anyway. As White is a full piece ahead, I probably would have simplyfocused on finishing development and then trading down into a won endgame. }
16... Rf6 17. Nf3 b6
{ Trying to drive this Bishop off the a3-f8 diagonal in preparationfor ...Raf8. }
18. Bd4 Rh6 19. Be3 Rg6
{ !? This looks like it fails to atactic, but it's actually a stronger threat that I will explain in a moment... }
20. Nh4
{ Forking the Q and R, but it's really important to notice: **thisis a bluff!!** White cannot actually take the Queen, for if he does, Blackgets back in the game with a nasty windmill attack: 20.Nh4 d4!! 21.Nxf5??Rxg2+ 22.Kh1 Rxf2+! 23.Kg1 Rg2+ 24.Kh1 Rg3+ 25.Rf3 Bxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 andBlack has a fine position, though he's still a little behind. }
20... Qf6
{ ??????Black set up the windmill combination perfectly, but entirely failed toexecute it! I really don't know what came over me. As I mentioned above,correct here was 20...d4! }
21. Nxg6 Qxg6 22. Qd4
{ The situation looks verygrim for Black, a full Rook in the hole. He needs to activate his piecesand play energetically--or else resign, but Black committed to Total Warwith his second move, so he's not going to back down now! }
22... Bb7 23. f3 { Blockingthe Bishop's diagonal. } 23... Rf8 24. f4
{ ?! I don't like this at all. This pawnwas well-placed on f3; now it just looks vulnerable. White would probablybe having more luck with a queenside attack here. }
24... c5
{ Black forces theQueen out of the way, to allow ...d5-d4, opening the line for the Bishoponce again and threatening immediate mate on g2. }
25. Qe5
{ ? Better was25.Qd2, where the Queen defends g2 against the imminent mate threat. }
25... d4 { Winning back a little material at the very least! } 26. g3
{ ? Letting theenemy Bishop see straight through your castle is never wise. 26.Qg5 wascalled for. Now Black can actually gain huge advantage with 26...Qc6! threateningmate once more and forcing the White pieces to scramble to save the King. }
26... dxe3
{ ? This seems obvious, but 26...Qc6 was better. As long as Black isthreatening mate on g2, he could take the Bishop any time! }
27. Qxe3
{ Betterwas the more combative 27.f5! promising a forced Queen exchange (becauseof 28.Qe6) and a won game for White as a result. }
27... Re8 28. Qf2 Qh5
{ ? Forsome reason I just wasn't paying enough attention to the long diagonalthis game. 28...Qc6 or 28...Qe4 were *still* better, threatening mate nowon h1. The text... basically doesn't do anything. }
29. Rae1 Rd8 30. Re2 Ba6
{ ? Not as strong as it seems, because White can simply play... } 31. Re5
{ Of course. } 31... Qf7 32. Rfe1 Qxa2
{ ?? Oh God no. 32...Qxa2?? 33.Re8+ Rxe834.Rxe8+ Kf7 35.Qe1 is now virtually unstoppable. }
33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kf7 35. Re5
{ Not super strong, but White obviously still has a huge lead.It would have been better to get the QW into play. }
35... Qb1+ 36. Re1 Qd3 37. h4
{ ?! This doesn't seem to have a clear purpose. White needs to activatehis pieces, not push pawns. }
37... Bb7 38. Qe2
{ ? Simply gives up the g-pawn--andthe all-important initiative. } 38... Qxg3+
39. Kf1 Qxf4+
{ Probably 39...Qh3+40.Kf2 Qxh4+ was better, leaving the f-pawn in play to prevent nasty counterattacksdown the f-file against the Black King. Now White can force the Queensoff the board with 40.Qf2, leaving the game pretty much drawn as Whiteprobably doesn't have any way to break the Black defenses with a Rook fora Bishop+two pawns. }
40. Kg1 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qf3+
{ Again, 41...Qh3+ followedby ...Qxh4+ would have been better. Black actually stands a chance of winningin that line due to his passed pawns, but frankly I was relieved that I'dmanaged a draw and essentially played this move as a tacit draw offer (asafter the exchange of Queens, the're no good way for anyone to progress). }
42. Kg1 Qxe2 { Forcing the drawn position anyway. } 43. Rxe2 Bd5 44. Rf2+
{ Now we can maneuver all we want; nothing can be accomplished by forceanymore. }
44... Ke7 45. Kh2 a5 46. Rf5 Kd6 47. Kg3 b5
{ Initiating an 'attack',but White can stop it without much trouble, e.g. 48.Rf8. }
48. Kg4
{ ?? Noooooooo.With this misstep, the game is suddenly lost for White. Black has majoritieson both wings, and with no pieces left on the board, he will promote eventually. }
48... Be6 { Pinning the Rook and winning the exchange. } 49. Kg5 Bxf5 50. Kxf5
Kd5
{ All Black must do is keep enough pawns alive to queen one, withoutletting the White h-pawn through. On d5, the BK protects e6, and as longas neither of Black's other kingside pawns move, White has no way to getthrough. }
51. Kg5 b4 52. cxb4 axb4 53. Kf4 Kd4
{ Not letting the WK getin front of the queenside pawns. } 54. h5 c4
{ 0-1. It's over, and Whiteresigns after a great, hard-fought game against a player rated 500 pointsabove him. Thanks for reading; comments are appreciated! }
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[Event "Horatius at the Bridge: a R+P vs B+N game."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "25 May 2009"]
[Round "-"]
[White "karelploeger"]
[Black "ionadowman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[TimeControl "3 days"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
{ A recent forum thread has opened the debate between Rook plus the oddpawn or two versus a pair of minor pieces. In general, one might tendto favour Rook and two pawns against the minor pieces (see, e.g. my annotatedgame id=sago vs id=ionadowman under the title 'Great Snakes, Batman'). However, even with a pawn to make up the difference, the rook tends tofind the two minor pieces too much of a handful. This game, however, hadone, very unusual and rather strange feature that came to the aid of therook. }
1. c4 { English Opening... } 1... e5 { Bremen System... } 2. g3
{ Acceleratedfianchetto. } 2... d6 3. Bg2 f5
{ This is my favorite response to the English,a kind of 'Dutch Defence' system that has in mind a K-side attack. }
4. d4 Nf6
{ Black could instead play 4...e4, but 5.f3! inducing 5...exf3 6.Nxf3is very good for White. }
5. Nc3
{ Also playable is 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8,though the displacement of the King is of only minor inconvenience to Black. }
5... Be7 { Also to be considered were 5...c6 and 5...e4. } 6. dxe5
{ (!?) Ratheran odd decision, I find, given that Black doesn't have to retake on d8with the King. }
6... dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8
{ Retaking with the King might not beso very inconvenient, but the bishop recapture seemed preferable, all thesame! }
8. Nf3 Nc6
{ Preferable to the immediate 8...e4, which cedes Whitethe d4-square. } 9. O-O
e4 { Now that d4 is covered, this pawn advance seemsto be indicated. } 10. Ng5
{ Possibly preferable was 10...Nd2, as on g5,this piece becomes a target. }
10... O-O 11. Rd1
{ In no position right now tochallenge White's possession of the open file, Black elects to gain spaceon the K-side. }
11... h6 12. Nh3 Be6 { The attack on c4 gains Black a bit of time... } 13. b3
g5
{ Placing a considerable constraint upon White's K-side, especiallythe h3-Knight. A good deal of Black's play in this game involves the motifof 'constraint'. }
14. f4
{ (!?) To prevent ...f4, or to induce the e.p.capture at f3? Black ignores it and places a bit of a clamp on White'sK-side. }
14... g4
{ Playable indeed was 14...exf3 e.p. 15.exf3 Be7 with an OKgame for Black. But I preferred to place White's K-side under constraint. }
15. Nf2 Be7
{ It has taken Black a while to get this bishop off d8, butthat time has been put to good use. The game seems about even. }
16. Bb2 Rfd8
{ Development complete, now is the time to challenge White's tenureof the d-file. }
17. Nb5 Ne8
{ This odd defence for c7 came to mind owingto my reluctance, having brought the bishop of the d8-square, to have itreturn there (17...Rc8 18.Rxd8 Bxd8). Although White's b2-bishop can seeclear to h8, it has no useful targets or squares on that diagonal. }
18. Nd4
{ Inducing a string of exchanges more protracted than White might haveanticipated... }
18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 { (!) What? Has Black gone berserk? } 20. Rxd4 Bf6
{ (!) ...No. It's hard to know whether this is a skewer ora pin. At any rate, Black gets his Exchange back at once. }
21. Rad1 { Whitetreats it as a pin... } 21... Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Kf7
{ To challenge the d-file again,d8 needs to be covered. But already Black was more interested merely incovering the potential invasion points on the d-file before embarking ona Q-side counter-action. }
23. Nd1 c5 24. Rd2 Ke7 25. Kf1 Nd6
{ Black decidedhe had a better future for the rook than simply to exchange it on d8. }
26. Ke1
{ Centralising the K for the endgame. Many would regard this positionas an endgame: Queens gone, and there are just 3 pieces a side as wellas several pawns. In my view, the position retains a 'middle game' feel,and 11 men remaining per side out of 16 is scarcely endgame country... }
26... a5
{ (!) Planning to break into the Q-side. But it transpired that Whitehad nefarious schemes of his own. The battle flares up between Black'sQ-side action and White's central counter. }
27. Nc3 a4
{ (!) With the idea28.bxa4? Nxc4 with advantage to Black. Nor does 28.Nxa4 Nxc4 look healthyfor White. }
28. e3
{ (!?) Locking up the K-side, but in the hope that theg2-bishop will eventually find freedom via f1. }
28... axb3 29. axb3 Ra3
{ Allper spec and according to plan. But now comes White's spectacular counter-attack... }
30. Rxd6
{ (!!) Wham! Black can not take the rook on account of the knightfork at b5. Black has to follow through with his own attack. }
30... Rxb3
{ NowWhite's knight and rook are both under attack, and 31.Nb5 is met, not by31...Rxb5?? 32.Rxe6+, but by 31....Bxc4! 32.Rxh6 Bxb5 and advantage toBlack. }
31. Rxe6+
{ (!) The best chance. Now the game enters an endgamein which Black has R and P; White, B and N. Which, if either, will prevail? }
31... Kxe6 32. Nd1
{ A sensible choice, but 32.Nd5 certainly came into consideration. A possible continuation might have been 32.Nd5 Kd6 33.h3 h5 34.hxg4 hxg435.Bf1 b5 and Black has the initiative. From here on, White might havefound it hard to keep both minor pieces, e.g. 36.Be2 (what else?) bxc437.Bxc4 Rb1+ 38.Ke2 (can't afford to lose touch with his g-pawn!) ...Rb2+39.Kf1 Rc2 and [a] 40.Nb6 Kc6 or [b] 40.Bb3 Rc1+ 41.Ke2 c4 etc. }
32... Rb1
{ Nowis the time to assess this asymmetrical ending. Black has rook and pawnfor bishop and knight: nominal equality. But for the moment, White's mobilecorps of K, B and N is penned up behind his own infantry trench line. Black wants to maintain that constraint whilst his own King gradually makeshis way by a long, circuitous route into the scene of the action. Howthe lone rook - Horatius at the Bridge - keeps White bottled up for solong was for me the most exciting and intriguing part of the game. Checkit out... }
33. Bf1 Ra1 { Maintaining 'checking distance'. } 34. h4
{ Whitehas time for this. For some time I considered locking up the K-side by34...h4, but then decided it would keep until a more opportune moment. I really needed the King up at the sharp end. }
34... Kd6 { (!) The beginningof the long march... } 35. Be2
{ Maybe there was something to be said for35.h5, here. Unless the rook managed to fight its way through to h1, thepawn would be no more vulnerable on h5 than h4. }
35... Kc6 36. Kf2
{ Unpinningthe knight. Now the King has to interrupt his march as the rook manouevresto keep White bottled up. }
36... Ra3
{ A knight move to b2 was much less inconvenientto Black than the alternative, to c3. So the latter had to be stopped. }
37. Ke1
{ If instead 37.Nb2, then 37...Ra2 38.Nd1 Rc2 39.Ke1 Kb6 40.Nf2h5! very like the game continuation rather later on, but with the BlackKing still uncommitted on the Q-side. }
37... Kb6 38. Kd2 { The White King pokeshis nose out to check the weather... }
38... Ra2+ 39. Ke1 { ... Still raining...White has to protect his bishop. }
39... Rc2 { Deprives the White knight of bothb2 and c3. } 40. Nf2 { (!) } 40...
h5
{ (!) Now is the time! White was threateninga mass jail break, thus: 40...Ka5? 41.Bxg4!! fxg4 42.Nxg4! Kb4 43.Ne5 andWhite's counterplay might well be good enough to save the game. }
41. Kd1
{ Now the piece sac on g4 is much less likely to yield drawing chances... }
41... Ra2
{ ... And White remains just as imprisoned as ever, much like GeneralButler's army at Bermuda Hundred - in a 'bottle strongly corked', or thearmy of Lars Porsena, surging back and forth on the brink of the Tiber. }
42. Ke1 Ka5 43. Kf1 Kb4
{ As Black's King closes in, it looks all up forWhite, but now he turns at bay once more, and shows his teeth. }
44. Nd3+
{ (!) Bold and beautiful - this represents White's best chance to free uphis game! Was he just waiting, all this while, just to spring this surprise? But it came as no real surprise to Black, as something like this was alwayson the cards if White couldn't break out by other means. Nor are White's'schances as dismal as might first appear, as events were to show. }
44... exd3 45. Bxd3 Rd2
{ Admittedly, this might have been too committal by Black. 45...Ra6, adopting a defensive stance until the situation could be stabilised(46.Bxf5 Kxc4), might have been a better policy. But the move retainsthe edge for Black all the same. }
46. Bxf5 Kxc4 47. Bg6 b5
{ The bishop,free from constraint and running amok on the K-side is a cause for concern. But once Black's Q-side pawns get up some momentum, it must be all upfor White, surely? }
48. e4 Kd4 49. e5 Ke3
{ (!) Looks risky, but the threatof mate reins in White's e-pawn: If now 50.e6? Kf3 51.Ke1 Re2+ etc. TheKing dare not retreat to g1: 51.Kg1? Kxg3 52.Kf1 Kf3 53.Kg1?? Re1+ 54.Kh2g3+ 55.Kh3 Rh1#. }
50. Bxh5
{ (!) Nor did this interesting line help White:50.e6 Kf3 51.Be4+(?!!) Kxe4! 52.e7 (how is the pawn to be stopped? Simple.)52...Kf3 53.e8=Q Rd1+ 54.Qe1 Rxe1+ 55.Kxe1 Ke4 and wins. Black will shovehis Q-side pawns as far forward as he can until the White King stops them,and then bring his own King across, confident that he can queen first andstop the White f-pawn betimes. }
50... Kf3
{ The sheer low cunning of White's aggressivedefence would have been seen had Black prematurely tried for promotion:[a] 50...c4? 51.e6 c3 (for 51...Kf3, see the [b] line) 52.e7 Rd1+ 53.Kg2Rd2+ and a repetition; or [b] 50...b4? 51.e6 Kf3 52.Bxg4+ Kxg4 53.e7 Kf354.e8=Q Rd1+ 55.Qe1 Rxe1+ 56.Kxe1 Kg4 and it might well be White who hasthe winning chances! E.g. 57.Kd2 c4 58.Kc2 b3+ 59.Kc3 Kf4 60.h5! So closehas White come to saving the game. }
51. Ke1 Rd7
{ (!?) I admit to worryingabout this move after I played it. It seemed counter-intuitive to inducethe e-pawn forward in the circumstances. 51...Ra2 followed by ...Ra6 or...Ra7 might have been better, but this move suffices, as it turns out. }
52. e6 Rd3
{ Preventing 53.e7. The plan 52...Re7 53.Bf7 proved, on reflection,to be not so enticing. }
53. f5 c4
{ Having waited patiently for so longto advance, The Q-side pawns resume their tentative steps towards theirgoal. White has just about exhausted his resources... }
54. f6 Re3+ 55. Kd2 Rxe6 56. f7 { Almost! But not quite. } 56... Rd6+
{ More precise, I think, than56.Rf6, which would have allowed White some chances based on the rapidadvance of the h-pawn. I had worked out a defence against that line, butthen realised that the text move was much simpler. }
57. Kc3 Rd8 58. Bg6 Kxg3 59. Bf5
{ I expected 59.h5, here, but White realises that the rooknow prevents all chances of his pawn breaking through. Black at last hasa winning game. }
59... Kxh4 60. Be4
{ ... and here I thought he would try 60.Bd7,but of course after 60...Rf8 61.Be8 Black's pawns run home easily. }
60... Kg3 61. Bc6 Rf8
{ 0-1 - White resigned. A real thriller, only this time Horatiusdidn't have to cast himself into the Tiber ... }
0-1
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[Event "Didcot 1 v Cowley 3 FWS Bd5"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013/11/27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Sara Sengenberger"]
[Black "Bob Jacobs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[TimeControl "All moves in 90 minutes each"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
1. e4
{ Last night's game in the Oxford & Didtrict League's knockout competition,the Frank Wood Shield. We got a strange position out of the opening, afterwhich White applied some pressure for a while but eventually cracked undertime pressure. There's a rather comical ending too ... }
1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 b5
{ !? Normally, when faced with a later d4 thanusual, I try to transpose into a normal open Sicilian but this time I decidedto embarrass her bishop first, offering the opportunity to swap a piecefor two pawns, creating remote passed pawns as compensation. }
6. Nxb5
{ ?!She took the bait. I'm not sure she gets sufficient compensation. Ifshe does, she didn't exploit it effectively ... }
6... axb5 7. Bxb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7
{ Now Black's position looks very odd: wide open spaces on the Q-sideand a completely undeveloped kingside. I had to think hard over the nextfew moves to manage my development while avoiding threats and traps. }
9. O-O cxd4
{ Although I wanted to get my minor pieces out quickly, I couldn'tfind a safe way to do so immediately. I was worried about 9...Ngf6 10.e5 dxe5 11. dxe5, when I'd have to move the attacked N again. Swappingnow on d4 reduced that risk but gave my opponent a second remote passedpawn and allowed her N to take up a threatening position, with c6 undefendedallowing further disruption. }
10. Nxd4 Ngf6 11. Qe2
{ This surprised meas I'd been concentrating on how I would respond to 11. Qf3 or 11. f4 or11. Bg5. It seemed solid enough but didn't seem to threaten to disruptmy development. }
11... g6
{ However, on further consideration, I decided thatI couldn't proceed as originally planned by playing ...Be7 because ofthe unpleasant fork from c6. Once my Q moved, he could just swap N forB and leave my K stuck on e7. }
12. Bg5 Bg7 13. c3
{ Another surprise: rathera timid looking move when I'd been expecting aggression, though it looksmore logical from White's viewpoint than it did from where I sat. }
13... O-O
{ Development completed without too much disruption. Now I expected tobe preoccupied with stalling a queenside pawn storm ... }
14. Qe3
{ Apparentlypreparing to swap her active B for my inactive, fianchettoed B, somethingI wouldn't have minded as I couldn't see a convincing follow-up for her. }
14... Rc8
{ Played mainly to prevent her N from coming to c6. A quick look atthe scoresheet and clocks enabled me to work out at this stage that I hadmoved faster than a move a minute, whereas she had been averaging 3 minutesa move. It was comforting to know that I would have plenty of time to planmy defence and counter-attack. }
15. Nb5 { Attacking the pawn on d6. } 15... Ne5
{ A triple purpose move, enabling my Q to defend d6, preparing to harrassher Q from c4 or g4, and blockading White's e-pawn. }
16. b3
{ Preventingthe more annoying option and perhaps commencing the pawn storm? }
16... Qd7 { Attackingher N and unpinning the Nf6 } 17. c4
{ Establishing a late form of the MaroczyBind, which pegs my pawns back for the rest of the middle game. }
17... Nfg4
{ Attacking her Q and preparing to open up the long diagonal, possibly combinedwith a check with ...Ne5-f3 at some point. }
18. Qa7
{ Not entirely unexpected. Swapping Qs at this point would have removed the lynchpin of my defenceand prepared the ground for the pawn advance. }
18... Qc6
{ So I side-stepped theswap, improving my Q's position and threatening her pawn on e4. }
19. f3 Nf6 20. Rfd1
{ Now my initial thought was to defend the pawn with 20 ...Ne8but then 21. Be7 wins the exchange. }
20... Ra8
{ Now I hoped White would proceedwith the capture on d6, apparently winning a pawn but 21. Rxd6 Rxa7 22.Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Nxa7 Nxa7 woul have lost a piece for the pawn. }
21. Qe3 Rfd8
{ Activating the KR and starting to prepare either further defence of d6or an eventual advance to d5. }
22. a4 { Here it comes ... } 22... Rd7
{ Before Ican further reinforce d6, I have to unpin that N again. This also preparesdoubling of rooks somewhere. }
23. Ra2
{ I'd expected Rd2 followed by Rad1but this looks like it will achieve the same end while also getting theR off the long diagonal earlier. Or perhaps White was planning doublingon the a-file? }
23... Ne8
{ Nimzowitzchian over-defence of d6 with a view to freeingup the Q or Rd7 for other duties and also intending to push that peskyB away. }
24. h3
{ A mysterious waiting move ... Or perhaps she was planningf4 and didn't want my N jumping to g4 }
24... f6 25. Bh4 g5
{ Inviting anotherswap of B for 2 pawns but this time she declined ... } 26.
Bf2 { Now allher pieces are in position to support the Q-side pawn storm. }
26... Nc7
{ Offeringto exchange my inactive N for her active N on its lovely outpost. }
27. Nxc7
{ I think maybe she should have allowed me to take on b5, when, althoughshe would have had doubled b-pawns, one of them would already be advancinginto my territory and threatening my Q at the same time. }
27... Qxc7 28. Qb6 Bf8
{ The long diagonal no longer seemed as important as defending d6 andpreparing to prevent pawns from queening. I didn't see any point in avoidingswapping Qs now, as I felt that my extra piece could prevent the pawnsfrom going all the way. }
29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Rb2
{ My opponent offered a drawwith this move. I took a quick tour around the room to assess the stateof the other games. One had already been agreed drawn and the rest allappeared very unclear, so it was incumbent on me to push for a win if Icould. I felt that, with my extra material and time on the clock, I oughtto be able to push for a win, so played on. }
30... Rb8 { Pinning the backwardb-pawn, so threatening to win the c-pawn. } 31.
Rdb1 Rcb7 32. b4
{ ? Losesthe c-pawn for no compensation, but the pin was still theatening to winit anyway. However, White could have played 32. Bd4, providing extra defencefor the Rb2 and threatening to swap on e5, resulting in Black getting doubledpawns. }
32... Nxc4 33. Ra2
{ Now White totally loses control and it's merely amatter of time before Black wins. }
33... Rxb4 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Be1 Rb3
{ Beforechoosing this method of restraining the pawn (getting behind it and swappingrooks) I had to calculate that her pawn couldn't get to the line withoutbeing stopped by my N. }
36. a5 Ra3 37. Rxa3 Nxa3 38. a6 Nb5 39. Bf2 Nc7
{ As planned. The N will successfully prevent White from queening on thewhite square, which can't be supported by her black-squared B. }
40. Bb6
{ ?? Just gives the pawn away. Advancing it to a7 would at least have mademe work to capture it. }
40... Nxa6 41. Kf2 d5 42. exd5 Bc5+ 43. Bxc5 Nxc5 44. d6
{ Around about here, White passed the 5 minutes left barrier and stoppedrecording her moves. I had about 18 minutes left. }
44... Kf8 45. Ke3 Ke8 46. g3 Kd7 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 h5 49. f4 Kxd6 50. f5 Ke5
{ I felt that thiswas preferable to capturing immediately on f5, when my doubled pawns wouldhave been awkward. }
51. Kf3 Kxf5 52. Ke3
{ White makes no attempt to defendher last pawn but doesn't resign. Will I allow her to stalemate herself? }
52... Kg4 53. Kf2 Kxh4 54. Kf3 e5 55. Ke3 Kg3 56. Ke2 Kg2 57. Ke3 h4 58. Ke2 h3
59. Kd2 h2 60. Kc3 h1=Q 61. Kc4 Qg1 62. Kd5
{ Now the simplest methodwould have been to queen another pawn and deliver a straightforward matewith 2 queens but, with 12 minutes left on my clock, I decided to see ifI could do it more economically. I elicited several puzzled looks fromonlookers as I fiddled around with Q and N before bringing up my K to tightenthe noose. }
62... Qd4+ 63. Kc6 Ne6 64. Kb5 Qc5+ 65. Ka6 Nc7+ 66. Kb7 Kf3 67. Kb8 Na6+ 68.
Ka8 Ke4 69. Kb7 Kd5
{ ? An oversight as 70. Kxa6 Kc6 wouldhave been stalemate. I would have had to play 70...Qb4 and only then bringup the K. On the other had, you could argue that the N was more of a distractionand hindrance than an advantage at this stage. }
70. Ka8 { I don't know whethershe'd noticed that the N was en prise or not. }
70... Qa3 71. Kb7 Kd6 72. Ka7 Nc5+ 73. Kb6 Qa6#
{ In the end, quite a pretty mate... I still had 8 minutesleft, she about 3. }
0-1
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[Event "cope's mini-tournament CXCVIII"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bogota"]
[Black "thearrtofnoise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1485"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
1. e4 { My opponents name, theartofnoise amusing, not so noisy in both games. }
1... c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. c3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. d3 b6 8. h3 Na5 9.
Ba2 Bb7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 b5 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc6 14. Bb3 bxa4 15. Bxa4
Nxb4 16. Rb1 a5 17. Nc4 Ke7 18. Bg5+ f6 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Bc2 g6
22. Re1 Bg7 23. d4 cxd4 24. Ba4 d3 25. e5 f5 26. Nd6 Ba6 27. Qb3 Qb6 28. Ng5
Bc8
{ A this point, I'm struggling for idea's. His Kingis out in the open. That's something for me to consider. }
29. Qc4 { Thepawn on e6. Becomes a target ! } 29... d2 30. Re2
{ Pushing the pawn on will costmy opponent. } 30... Bh6
{ Bh6 ?? Opens the door ! } 31. Ngf7
{ Yes the pawn on d2is now protected, at what cost though. } 31... Bg7
{ Is that the right move ? } 32. Nxh8 Bxh8 33. Nxc8+
{ Royal fork !! Rxc1, takes care of that. } 33... Rxc8 34. Qxc8 Bxe5
{ Blunder !! } 35. Rxe5 Kf6 36. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Qxh7 Qd4 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Rxe6 Nd3
{ Now an an attack on f2 !! } 40. Qf8+ Kh5
{ Time for thebishop to join the party !! } 41. Bd1+ Kg5 42. h4+ Kf4 43. g3#
{ Nice winwhen for a moment is looked anything but !! } 1-0
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[Event "An Evans Gambit Man vs Computer M30"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ChessKnave"]
[Black "Computer - FA030"]
[Result "1-0"]
{ This game is an Evans Gambit played for the fun of it against the computer. }
1. e4 e5 { The game starts with a classical King pawns opening. } 2. Nf3 Nc6
{ Typically this position leads to a Spanish opening, and sometimesan Italian opening. }
3. Bc4 { Leading towards an Italian opening. } 3... Bc5
{ Now I am presented with the choice of standard Italian or for a more challengingversion, the Evans Gambit, a favorite of mine. }
4. b4
{ I want to improvemy skills by playing the Evans which offers a lot of positional and strategicchallenges. }
4... Bxb4 { The challenge is accepted. } 5. c3 Be7
{ There are afew typical responses (5...Ba5) maintains a pin on c3, but allows Qb3 withpressure on f7. (5...Bc5) loses tempo after d2-d4, but does allow ...Na5.And finally the text move, which is considered the strongest response andallows ...Na5 to prevent an early attack on f7. }
6. d4 Na5
{ !? More usualis ...exd4, but the text move has some benefits of creating an off balancesituation for white who now has to consider what to do about the attackon the bishop. }
7. Bxf7+
{ !? Not a guarantee of a win by any means, butthis certainly creates a disruption for black who is encouraged to recapturewith the king, a move which loses tempo by another check on the next move.This move was played in the adventurous spirit of the opening. }
7... Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Kf8 { This looks better than keeping the king in the open. }
9. Qh5
{ ?! I continue the attack, but with some reservations that this move maybe a little soon. I had considered Nd2 or 0-0 as good alternatives. }
9... Qe8 { Stops the threat of Qf7# } 10. Qf3+
{ I know the queen has to retreat fromfuture persecution, and do so with a parting check. }
10... Nf6
{ Sensible becauseit offers the king the g7 square to break the pin. } 11. O-O
{ Activatesthe rook. } 11... d6
{ This move was expected, and it does some good things likekick menacing knight and activates the bishop with a future threat of ...Bg4 }
12. Nd3 { The only healthy square for the knight. } 12... Bg4
{ ! The computercracks out a good move which forces the decision to lose the pin or keepa piece. }
13. Qf4
{ !? I decide to play on in a risky manner. Hiarcs9 callsmy move questionable and attaches a ?, but I have a plan and am not goingto let something minor like losing a piece to get in the way. }
13... Be2 { Choices,choices. Save a rook? Save a knight? } 14. e5
{ !? Neither! Playing formaximum attacking potential. Its high risk, but at this point I am comitted. }
14... dxe5
{ An immediate ...Bxf1 was also possible. The text move only enactsa sub plot that was going to be played anyways. }
15. dxe5 { Still maintaininga threat of attack (not just to the knight). }
15... Bxd3
{ ?! I consider thismove to be lesser than ...Bxf1 because the rook seems to be more of a threatin the ensuing moves. Hiarcs9 confirms my analysis. }
16. Re1 { !? Addingwhat could be another pin after exf6. } 16... Bd6
{ ! A nice move which stopsexf6. } 17. Bd2
{ A dual purpose move which strengthens the rook and clearsanother piece off the back rank, a much needed move. }
17... Qd7 { This breaksthe pin, but relinquishes the bishop in the process. }
18. Qf3
{ !? I havea fork, so decide to enable exf6 because it appears to be a better choice.The text move also attacks the loose bishop while maintaining the pin onf6. }
18... Bc5
{ Enabling protection for the bishop on d3 and setting up for...Bxb1! } 19.
exf6
{ !? The question is asked, what is better to attackor to make the d2 bishop safe? I choose a high risk alternative becauseI can achieve a nice attack on the king and because losing the d2 bishopis not as bad as it would look due to the positional gains that white achieves. }
19... Bxb1
{ Black asks the question, take a bishop or save a bishop? Hiarcs9considers this move a blunder, rates it ??. Considering the result, thismay be so, but on the short view the computer was likely thinking tacticalswindle to gain a bishop at d2. This move alone does not seem to lose thegame in my opinion, but when it is coupled with the later ...Qxa2, thenit becomes a disaster for black. }
20. Raxb1
{ I consider this choice thebetter as it ties the rooks, dispatches one of the most active pieces forblack, and enables a nice counter move after black takes the bishop atd2. Although the counter move is not seen immediately, it is saved forjust the right moment, then played. Hiarcs9 considers the position equal,but I feel it is more +/- due to a superior position for white. }
20... Qxd2
{ The text move does not even get a change in rating by Hiarcs9 seems toconfirm my previous analysis that white was better, and now is even moreso, even though it is not obvious. }
21. fxg7+
{ Shifting the action tothe other side of the board, puts the king into motion. Expecting ...Kxg7even though not forced. }
21... Kxg7 22. Qg4+ { Beginning a small king hunt. } 22... Kf8 23. Qf5+
{ A square selected because of the check and because it gainsthe active dangerous bishop and creates another threat against the knightafterwards, and because there is no blocking this check. }
23... Kg8
{ Hiarcs9considers ...Kg7 better. I evaluate it to give white just a slight edge,so it is certainly better than the text move. (23... Kg7 24. Qxc5 Rhf825. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Re2 Qd6 27. Qxa5) +/= }
24. Qxc5
{ It became obvious thatthe bishop needed to go because it was enabling the threat of ...Qxf2+and it was taking squares away from the attack I was generating. Hiarcs9sees the position as +/- and maybe I am overestimating, but it looks like++/- to me. }
24... Nc6
{ Considered a blunder and marked as ?? by Hiarcs9. Undoubtedlybecause of the next move. }
25. Rbd1
{ ! A very good move that forces thequeen off the powerful d file and enables some strategic ideas that achievea nice attack against the king, namely the move Rd7. }
25... Qxa2
{ ?! Gaininga pawn but losing control of the position. The move has one redeeming factorin that it prevents check on the a2-g8 diagonal. }
26. Qg5+
{ Taking advantageof the free square by a chasing check. And the rest is a matter of technique.Just had to say that for the fun of it. }
26... Kf8 27. Rd7
{ ! The follow upto the prior Rbd1 move. This move enables the mating complex. }
27... Qxf2+
{ ??The computer loses its mind. This alternative is bad (27...Qg8 28.Qf6+Qf7 29.Qxf7#), but (27...Qf7 28.Rxf7 Kxf7) gives black chances. }
28. Kxf2 Ne7 29. Rdxe7 c6 30. Qg7#
{ Win because black made some weak moves, didnot pick the best alternatives, and because of a reasonable applicationof strategy by white, taking advantage of inferior moves by black. }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.03.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "goldmedal10"]
[Black "snowlili"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "742"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "705"]
{ This was an interesting game between snowlili and Erika. Goldmedal10is an important student of mine. Like other students, I've worked withErika to help her improve. What's more is that she annotates games, andI mentor Erika by commenting on her annotations. In addition, I showedher a number of annotated games by charleshiggie. She asked me to annotatethis game, so I am going for it. With that being said, white played prettywell in the first few moves, but she made an error early on that led toother errors later on until she was behind by the equivalent of a Rookand two pawns, from which, white was lost. So, how did it go down? }
1. e4
{ I told Erika that this is the most common opening, and she remembersthat very well. }
1... e5
{ She does mention the same. I can see why since thesame pawn is being opening, but 1.e4 is the King's Pawn Opening, and thisis known as, the King's Pawn Game. }
2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6
{ I believe thatthis is called the Four Knights Defense which is also common. When I kepttrying different openings and defenses, on one or two occasions, I playedthe same defense. }
4. Bd3
{ ?! This was played to continue with developingsince Erika also remembers that, in general, you want to develop your piecesin the opening. As that's what I taught her, but this is not the bestmove for the same reason why after 1.d4 d5, you don't want to play Nc3or ...Nc6 before advancing the c pawn. As the d pawn is always a centerpawn which is critical. So, this move blocks the pawn. Better would'vebeen to develop elsewhere, so 4.Be2, 4.Bc4, or 4.Bb5. I would've played4.Bb5 as that a transposes into the Berlin Defense since the Berlin is1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6, and yes, sometimes white then answers with4.Nc3. This is important for you to know Erika, because it transposesmeans that it's a transposition. Now, transposition occurs when the samemoves are played but in a different order. For example, what I just mentioned,compared to, what you played are the same moves but in a different moveorder. }
4... a6
{ This was played to prevent 5.Nb5 or 5.Bb5. But, that wouldnot have been a problem here. Instead, better for black would've beento develop her Bf8 so that she could castle on the next move. }
5. b3
{ Sincethe center pawn is blocked, white fianchettos as this allows Erika to developher Bc1. It's an important for you to note that a fianchetto is a flankto develop your Bishop on the longest diagonal, Erika. So, advancing theb or g pawns is, by definition, a fianchetto even if it is not completed.I, however, would've castled here since you generally want to castle earlyin the game, but that's a matter of preference there. }
5... Qe7
{ ?! I am notsure why black played this. The Queen is out prior to having two piecesdeveloped. What's more is that black's Queen is blocking the center, andthereby, the same diagonal as her Bf8. Better would've been to developher DSB for the same reason that I mentioned earlier. }
6. Nd5
{ Since 6.Nb5??is unplayable, Erika threatens a Knight fork by attacking the Queen. }
6... Qd6
{ Black is threatening to win a pawn as this brings about two attackersagainst one defender. So, This is ok, but slightly better would've been6...Qd8 where black Bf8 would have a little more mobility. }
7. Nxc7+
{ ??I can understand why Erika played. It is certainly a fork between theRook and King since white I was giving examples of a fork upon being asked. From Erika's point of view since this is what I thought while learningthe game, it looks very good. But, this, however, is ineffective becausethat area was protected by the Queen. By playing this, white just lefther Knight en-prise, so it's the first blunder. But, this is a bad onebecause black is going to win a piece for a pawn. This early in the game(before the first 10 moves, as deeper_insight explains) that much of adifference is enough to win, in it of itself. This shows why it's alsonot a good idea to place the opponent in check just because the opportunityis there as cplusplus11 in a different annotation. Best was 7.Nc3 or 7.Ne3and everything is still even. Between those two moves, it would've beenvery difficult, but I probably would've played 7.Ne3 to keep the Knightcentralized. }
7... Qxc7 8. O-O
{ Erika now decides to get her King to safety. It still works. } 8... Be7
{ And, black is prepared to do the same thing. } 9. Ba3
{ ?? Erika played this to complete her development at once, but thisis a blunder that ought to win more material. Can you figure out why,Erika? }
9... O-O
{ And, the reason was 9...Bxa3 I'm not surprised that blackdecided to castle, but getting another free piece is worth more. Withthis move, Erika can and will exchange first. It's better then losingmore material without compensation, but Erika had a slightly better move,as I'll explain below. }
10. Bxe7
{ ?! As you would've been better off retreatingwith 10.Bb2, Erika. The idea being is that, in general, you don't wantto exchange when behind or liquidate. As that favors the one that's aheadsince you have less to defend with in the very end. }
10... Nxe7 11. c4
{ Erikadoes something that she mentioned in previous, though it is what I taught. She call's it a pawn wall, but it's called a pawn chain since the pawnsare connected right next to each other. I learned about this from deeper_insightand how effective they can be. GM Susan Polgar said something about thatin a lecture about the French Defense which I saw with TA when he forceda draw with his Queen against both of his opponents Rooks in the longestgame that I have annotated. }
11... a5
{ Trying to mobilize her Rook which is nota bad way to go about. But, I would've advanced the d pawn or fianchettoedby advancing the b pawn with the idea of completing of development on thenext move. }
12. a4
{ Meanwhile, Erika stops the a pawn from advancing anyfurther which is something that I also would've done. }
12... Ra6 { Getting herRook active. } 13. Ng5
{ I'm not sure why Erika played this. In my opinion,her idea might have been 13.Qf3 to put pressure on the f file since 14.Qg4??or 14...Qh5?? are unplayable for the obvious reason. }
13... h6 { But, this givesblack a tempo since the N is attacked. } 14. Nf3 Re8
{ And, she uses thattime to centralize her Rook. } 15. Rb1
{ Adding another defender to her b3pawn. I see why as 15...Qb6 or 15...Rb6, but I would've waited until blackthis. Instead, I would've played 15.Re1 to centralize the Rook. }
15... b6
{ But,this gives black a nice looking pawn chain. However, black has fianchettoedher Bd8, so this was played in order to allow black, at some point, tocomplete her development. }
16. Rc1
{ I'm not sure why Erika played, butit's difficult to suggest a good move. As noted, however, I would've played16.Re1. }
16... Ng6
{ It looks like black is preparing to do some damage. As 17...Nf4would threaten white's Bd3. However, if white were then to defend with18.Bc2, I'm not exactly what would follow. As black, I'd continue withsomething like 18...Ng4 in an attempt to put some pressure against theKing, as then I'd looking for ways and planning a variation or to do somethingwith the e5 pawn like exchange it and then come up with the Queen againstthe King side.. }
17. Nxe5
{ ?? But, this loses another piece for pawn andleaves another piece attacked which might not seem important now but willbecome critical very soon. White thought that this pawn was hanging, andthereby able, to be captured. But, you overlooked that it was defendedby her Ng6, Erika. Therefore, just about anything was better then thismove. }
17... Nxe5 18. c5
{ ?? Threatening the Rook and the b pawn. That is, giventhat 18...cxb6?? allows white to win the Queen with 19.Qxc7. I think itwas Hope Chess as it looks like white was hoping that black would overlookthis. But, this is where Hope Chess does not work, Erika, as in most cases. This only happens when one is lost and has no good moves yet. So, theonly way is to hope that the opponent messes up and allows the draw. When,however, there's still fight left, that's generally not the way to go. Instead, you should assume that your opponent will find the best move,as Grandmaster Susan Polgar emphasized. As noted, not only did 17.Nxe5win a piece for a pawn, but it left another piece hanging. And, I wastalking about the one on d3. So, this move allows black to just take. Best would've been to retreat with 18.Be2. }
18... Nxd3 19. Rb1
{ ? Althoughthis protects the Rook, better would've been 19.Rc2, 19.Rc3, or 19.Rc4. The idea being is that the Rook would've been better off on the same file,as this move allows black to win, yet, another pawn. }
19... bxc5 20. e5
{ Doingwhat she can for counterplay, Erika attacks the Knight. Not surprisingly,black defends. }
20... Nd5 21. e6
{ I'm not why Erika played this, but it's irrelevant. No matter what white did, black was going to win another pawn. Even after,for example, 21.Qe2 Nxe5 22.Qxe5?? is, obviously, unplayable. }
21... fxe6 22. Qf3
{ Doing what else there's left for a fighting chance, Erika attacksthe Knight. This time, however, it works because black is about to makea blunder. }
22... Rf8
{ ?? As black played this to gain tempo. Usually it workswhen the Queen is attacked but not this time. As this allows Erika towin back a piece. Best was 22...Ne5 which also attacks the Queen withthe same piece that was attacked. How I put this is counterattack, andI saw examples of this in some of charleshiggies annotated games. }
23. Qxd3 Nb4
{ At the same time, the Rook was attacked. Similar to what I notedbefore, black defends by counterattacking. }
24. Qb5
{ I'm not exactly surewhy Erika played this, but I believe that she did this to put pressureon the Rook so that if blacks Nb4 were to move, white would be ready foraction. }
24... Rb6 { But, black responds, first. } 25. Qe2 Rf6
{ Getting her Rookready. But, I would've played 25...Rf5 to threaten mate with 26...Rh5,and I'd have a ready answer if white were to meet with this threat. }
26. d3
{ I don't know why white played, but I can't think of anything better,this time around. }
26... Rf5
{ I'm not exactly sure why black moved the Rook again. I only would've understood, if she were to follow up with 26...Rh5 forthe reason noted earlier. }
27. d4
{ ? But, this is a mistake that oughtto lose an additional pawn. How should black proceed, Erika. }
27... h5
{ I'mnot exactly why black played this. But, I believe that she was tryingto get a passed pawn. However, the solution was 27...cxd4, Erika. Notonly would this have won a pawn, but black would've had a passed pawn. It's important to know because a passed pawn is a pawn that's free toadvance as it has nothing in front or to the side of that pawn to stopit's advancements. That's known to be very dangerous and often leads toa promotion. From that point, black would be very close to having an immediatewin. This move allows you, however, to exchange pawn, and thereby, preventsblack from getting a passed pawn. }
28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Qe1
{ ?? I'm not surewhy Erika pulled back, but this is a terrible blunder. As this now allowsblack to win the exchange being a Rook for Bishop on her next move as yourRf1 is now trapped. Much better would've been to your Rook away from thef file, Erika or find something. For example, I would've attacked with29.Rbc1, and after black retreats, I'd answer with 30.Rfe1 or 30.Rfd1 tocentralize the Rook. }
29... Ba6 30. Rd1 Bxf1 31. Qxf1 Rb8
{ ? I normally wouldn'tannotate more since white is lost, but I'll continue here since this isa mistake by black. With that being said, you've gotten better at this,but it's important to be aware of your opponents mistakes, Erika. And,this move allows you to win back a pawn. Better would've been 31...Rb7,31...Qc7, or 31...Rf7 to defend the d7 pawn. }
32. Rxd7 Rbf8 { But, blackdoubles up and is prepared to do damage here. } 33.
Rd2
{ ? But, this is,yet, another mistake from Erika. With 3 attackers against 2 defenders,black is going to win back another pawn. Up until now, I was annotatingmore, even with a won game from black due to mistakes that she made. However,she is not going to make any more mistakes and will force the win. Withthat being said, I'm not going to annotate anymore here until the veryend, as white is, officially, left with no good moves left. By that, what'salso being concluded is that white doesn't get anymore compensation ofany kind, even a pawn. }
33... Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Qd1 Rf5+ 36. Kh1 g5 37. Qxh5 Rf1#
{ It was an interesting game, but what's important to learn isnot to check just because you can since a piece might be hanging. Evenmore is not capture, if what you're about to take is protected by a piece. For example, you're threatening to win a pawn with your Knight, but thatpawn is protected by his or her Knight, you shouldn't capture it becausethat allows the opponent to win a piece for a pawn, Erika. So, with thefirst two mistakes, what's important is, 'To take is a mistake.' Before,you take it's important to think about and ask yourself how your opponentwill respond. Remembering is key to becoming a better chess player. }
0-1
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[Event "Walking the Walk and Learning to Run MT Part 4"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.01.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chrisforbes21"]
[Black "myevilluck"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[TimeControl "5d+5d<10d"]
[WhiteElo "1207"]
1. e4
{ This is my first annotation so excuse the errors, standard kingpawn opening }
1... e5 { standard king pawn reply } 2. Nf3 { attack king pawn } 2... Nc6
{ knight defends king pawn and attacks d4 } 3. Nc3
{ I am trying to open upa queen pawn attack here } 3... Nf6 { mirror move } 4.
Bb5 { I decide to mix itup, in hindsight a mistake } 4... Nd4
{ attacks the knight defended by the pawn } 5. Ba4
{ I should have taken the knight here but was unhappy with the pawnattacking my knight }
5... Bc5 { sensible knight attack for good position } 6. Nxe5
{ decided to take the pawn } 6... O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 { I should be castling here }
8. Nd5 { but I go on the attack } 8... Nxd5
{ good move as it opens up the attackon the king } 9. exd5 Re8+
{ not happy to give up the queen so try to getout of it } 10. Kf1 Qh4
{ attacking move by the queen } 11. f3
{ not sure whyI did this blind panic I think } 11... Nf5 { mate in sight } 12.
Nc5 { desperatedefence but I know I have lost } 12... Ng3+ 13. Kg1 Qd4#
{ short and brutal } 0-1
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[Event "One of my greatest triumphs!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "arandino"]
[Black "lake-bay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
{ His rating was quite intimidating from the start. One oversight broughtit to a close. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 { One of my favorite openings. } 3... Nf6
{ I usually play Bc5 but I decided to change things up. } 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O
6. d3 d6 7. h3 a6
{ I had sensed a boring middle game comingup so I decided to go and attack. }
8. a4 { A smart reply. } 8... Be6 9. Nd5 { Thingsget dicey here. } 9... Nd4
{ This is one of the only moves. } 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bd5 c6
{ Driving the bishop away and preparing d5. } 13. Ba2 d5 { Here it comes. } 14.
c3 Bb6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Be3 d4 { Forward! } 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 Qg6 19. Qf3
{ The only move. } 19... Rab8 20. Kh1
{ !? What washe doing? (Bf4! was winning.) } 20... Bc7 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 b5
{ Getting pawn-b7out of the way. } 23. a5 Bf5 { Going after d3. } 24. Rxe8+
{ (!?) This givesme the file. } 24... Rxe8 25. g4 { ? Not good. } 25... Bxd3
{ Why pass up a tasty pawn? } 26. Rc1 { ?? What was he thinking? } 26... Be4
{ Winning the queen. } 27. Bxf7+
{ Re1retained a slight hope that I might overlook a back-rank mate. } 27...
Qxf7 { Hesaw there was no way out and resigned. What a game! } 0-1
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[Event "London's at work!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "damafi"]
[Black "sliwka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1567"]
[TimeControl "300+5"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
{ A nice win showing how easy it is to slip on the London from the blackside. }
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nd7 3. Nf3 f6
{ Not recommended unless you knowit very well. It opens the BK to attacks by the Q on h5, if supported byNxg6. }
4. Nbd2 e6 5. e4 { Opening the diag for the Q. } 5... dxe4 6. Nxe4 Ne7
{ Shielding g6. } 7. Nh4 { Inviting to fork the two pieces. } 7... Nd5
{ Black thinkshe's smart, and plans to exchange the Rh8 for two pieces, with a greatrisk of having my Q trapped. }
8. Qh5+
{ Accepting the challenge, but ofcourse, I'm not going for the previous line. }
8... g6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 { If nowQxR, NxB, and white loses. } 10. Qxg6+
{ But this saves my piece (I sacrificeda N for two pawns and black has a lot of developement difficulties, speciallyafter... }
10... Ke7 11. Bd2
{ ...this move. Note that if I play c4, the blackN has to go to b6, allowing my B to check him in b4. After c5, dxc, thethreats is still on. }
11... f5
{ Qg4+ only helps him to exchange some piece andimprove his position. So... }
12. Ng5 { Threatening a nasty check on f7 ore6. } 12... Rh6
{ Defends from both, but I still have a haven for my Q. } 13. Qg8
{ Now, Nc6 just doesn't work because it allows Qxd6+. } 13... b6
{ ? Nf7, Nc6and we have the exchanges he needs to balance the game. } 14. c4
{ ...Nowthis N has no place to go to. } 14... Bb7 15. cxd5
{ It allows black to defendd6, thoug. But I recovered my piece and, IF I can save my Q from beingtrapped, the game is almost won. Bb4 is still a strong threat. }
15... Bxd5 16. Bb4+ c5 17. dxc5
{ Gives him another tempo, but it is also opening the dcolumn for my R. } 17...
bxc5 18. Bc3
{ If Ba3, keeping the pressure on c5, Qa5+would allow him to unravel his position. }
18... Nf6
{ Now he can play this, ofcourse, since d6 is defended, but I still have... }
19. Qf7+ Kd6 20. O-O-O
{ ...and now d6 is threatened again. Now, if something like Qe7, I can happilyexchange my Q and I'll be fine, though not winning. }
20... Ng4
{ ThreateningNxf2, forking my Rooks. I don't mind: it's time to attack. } 21.
Bc4 { Nxf2,Bxd5, NxRd1, BxRa8+, winning. But I overlooked my free N on g4. }
21... Qxg5+ 22. Bd2
{ Q and R are threatened. Qg6 seems the only way to save the dayfor black, but even so, it was a tough position for black, who went wrongby playing... }
22... f4 23. Bxf4+
{ Black can still save himself by playing Ne5,and after BxQ, NxB, BxR, NxR, black will have a great edge, but the gamewas still playable. My opponent resigned here. In case he wouldn't, thegame would have gone like this: }
23... Ne5 24. Bxg5 Nxf7 25. Bf4+ Kc6 26. Bxd5+ exd5 27. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 28. Kb1 Rb8
29. Rhe1 Bg7 30. b3 { ...it's still a playablegame. } 30... Nd6 1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "20-Jan-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "demonrath0"]
[Black "kiklop"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. e4 { Common opening } 1... e5 { Same } 2. Nf3 { Atack e5 expecting Nc6 }
2... Nf6 { Neverreally faced this actual opening.... hmm wat to do } 3. Bc4
{ I'll threatenthe f7 pawn } 3... Nxe4 { I figured he'd do that } 4. Nxe5
{ threatening Nf7 takingrook } 4... Qf6
{ threatening checkmate Qf3 also threatening to take Ne5. Lookslike im dead }
5. Qh5
{ Looks can be decieving. Queen now protects Knightattacks the f7 pawn and now the king has elbow room to move. Plus morepressure on the f pawn. }
5... Qxf2+ { Check. Nice effort. } 6. Kd1 { Run away! } 6... g6
{ Am I supposed to be scared of that? } 7. Bxf7+ { Check } 7... Ke7
{ Run away } 8. Bxg6
{ Now at first sight you would expect him to take it with the hpawn. But then you realize that then the rook will be completely exposed. Now that I look back I shouldve taken that pawn with the knight attackingthe rook. O well. }
8... d6 { He attacks the knight. } 9. Bxe4
{ His knight wasbeing problematic anyway. I might as well trade. } 9... dxe5
{ End of transaction } 10. Qxe5+ { Check and attack rook } 10... Kd8
{ I thought this move was genius untillater i realized my mistake. } 11. Qxh8
{ Take rook. } 11... Bg4+ { Almost a checkmate.But i still have my bishop. }
12. Bf3 { defending } 12... Bxf3+ { there goes my bishop } 13. gxf3
{ there goes his } 13... Qxf3+ { ... $#!% } 14. Ke1 { o well } 14... Qxh1+
{ drata free bishop too } 15. Ke2
{ then again if he takes i take his bishop sotats good } 15... Ke7
{ ... guess he doesnt like that deal } 16. Qe5+ { check } 16... Kd7
{ run away } 17. Qf5+ { check } 17... Ke8 { king runs to protect bishop } 18.
Nc3 { Knightgoes out to protect the bishop with rook } 18... Qxh2+ { Check }
19. Kd1 { run away } 19... Nc6 { developing pieces } 20. Qe4+ { check } 20...
Ne5 21. d4 { atacking with pawn } 21... Rd8 { pinning pawn... getting scary }
22. Nd5 { blocking with knight } 22... Kf7
{ Making it so that his knight isnt pinned } 23. dxe5
{ take free knight.But at the cost of pinning my own. } 23... Bb4
{ threatening checkmate... or somethingrather. He wants me to take it with my queen. So that my knight is undefended.so tat i lose the knight. }
24. c3 { no thanks } 24... c6 { i was afraid of that } 25. Qf5+
{ After much thought I realized even though it looks like im aboutto lose. I have a cool move just watch. Its called foresight }
25... Ke8
{ ok ifhe had gone to the right i couldve forced a free rook. O well. Watch this }
26. Qe6+ { Check } 26... Kf8 { running king } 27. Bh6+
{ nice isnt it. Bet someone'scursing } 27... Qxh6 { Queen takes } 28. Qxh6+
{ Queen takes. There goes that troublesomequeen. and i still check him. This is the life }
28... Ke8 { kingt protects therook. } 29. cxb4
{ I take bishop. Heck eventually my knight's dead. Mightas well get a good trade out of it }
29... Rxd5+ { right on cue } 30. Kc2
{ but youcant checkmate me with just that. Which he will soon find out } 30...
Rxe5
{ takesa pawn that had control of the center. But this far in the game thats notreally that important. }
31. Rd1 { develop rook } 31... Re2+
{ ? wat does he planto accomplish with that } 32. Kc1
{ Man hopefully ill be able to move Qh5but he wont fall for that } 32... Kf7
{ ... } 33. Qh5+ { I stand corrected } 33... Ke6
{ Wowit took him 3 days to think that move up? } 34. Qxe2+
{ thank you for thefree rook. } 34... Kf5 { finally 3 days passed } 35. Rf1+
{ But i got u in conditionalmove } *
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[Event "A piece sac, a mating attack and then what??"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jstevens1"]
[Black "2kneo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[TimeControl "9d+4d<15d"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
1. Nf3
{ Hi everyone! This is the game that I promised to show you whichstarts off as another Reti Opening. In the middlegame one player seesthe opportunity to attack, firstly by a pawn storm, then sacrificing apiece for two pawns and then a queen joins in the fun, but which queen,is it the black queen or is it Glenda? To find out you will just haveto read on. Here is the GA analysis. http://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=27160383&rnd=0.5152885048607565 }
1... Nc6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 b6 4. Be3 Bb7 5. c4
{ 5. c4 - over the past few movesI have been establishing a strong pawn centre. If I had a pawn on f4 thiswould transpose into the Pirc Defense/Austrian Attack. }
5... a6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 { 7. a3 - discouraging either Bb4 or Nb4. } 7... Nf6 8.
h3 { 8. h3 - I now preventNg4. } 8... Bg7 9. Qd2
{ 9. Qd2 - should the BK go kingside then I will exchangeFou Lenoir for black's dark square bishop leaving black vulnerable on theblack squares and Glenda taking full advantage of this. }
9... Qe7 10. Bd3
{ 10.Bd3 - for now though I continue to develop and watch where black puts hisking. }
10... h6 11. b4 { 11. b4 - goodness gracious, great wall of pawns! } 11... Na7
12. Qe2 d6 13. O-O
{ 13. 0-0 - I finally choose the kingside and black choosesthe queenside. Suddenly I unleash a pawn storm. }
13... O-O-O 14. c5 b5 15. a4 { 15. a4 - like this! } 15... c6 16. cxd6 Qd7
{ 16. ..... Qd7 - first blood to YoursTruly. If the BQ should recapture on d6 then the BQ and the knight onf6 will be caught in a pawn fork. As a result I go a pawn up and a passerat that! }
17. e5
{ 17. e5 - and I now back it up and put the question tothe knight on f6. }
17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Rfc1+
{ 20. Rfc1+- after a knight trade and a pawn trade the c file has been opened. Iseize on this immediately and use my king rook as I feel that the otherrook will be needed to rake down the a column. }
20... Nc6
{ 20. ..... Nc6 - blackdefends by interposition but now, here comes ........ wait for it ......... }
21. Bxb5 { 21. Bxb5 ...... wait for it ....... } 21... axb5 22. Qxb5
{ 22. Qxb5- NOW!! - that was the bishop sac! The BK has been denuded of pawn coverand just look at whose come to boogie! GLENDA!! }
22... Kb8
{ 22. .... Kb8 - pinbreakerand here comes a deathly quiet move just one square from Glenda - to b6. Black's light square bishop is now horribly pinned. }
23. Qb6 f6 24. b5
{ 24. b5 - attacking the knight. This knight is doomed because if it movesthen Qa7+ is mate due to the fact that the c file will be open to my rookon c1. }
24... Rc8
{ 24. ....Rc8 - stops the mate but black will now lose heavymaterial. } 25.
bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28. Rc1
{ 28. Rc1 -the BQ is pinned and lost. } 28... fxe5 29. Rxc6+ Bxc6
{ 29. ..... Bxc6 - tryingto get as much material back for his queen as possible. However, aftergatecrashing black's party and doing a lot of boogie boogie in black'sposition, Glenda is feeling HOT, HOT, HOT! }
30. Qc7#
{ 30. Qc7 MATE!! -Yup, the BK now feels the deadly white heat of Glenda and is given TheKiss of Death (this is what this type of support mate is sometimes knownas). This is Glenda's dream role, to be delivering checkmate at close range(I can think of nothing more empowering than that) and not defending pawns,vital though that role is, and getting bogged down by passivitis into thebargain. Sadly, Glenda will never now be able to do that to Freddy theMaster Mater (Easy 19) as he has now quit gameknot to pursue a walkingcareer. Still, there are lots of other big fish in Gameknot's sea thatGlenda may prevail against and I must hold on to that belief as I continuemy career of being Club Founder of Walking the Walk and Learning to Run. In every game, no matter how passive I may get, I will always be on thelookout for ways to go for the jugular and nail my opponent's king. Kindregards - Joanne }
1-0
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[Event "Queen or two rooks?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "29-May-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "marian_piticut"]
[Black "casmith_789"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
1. e4 { e4. General king's pawn opening. } 1... e6
{ e6. Leads into the FrenchDefence. } 2. d4
{ The most common moves follow, continuing with d4. } 2... d5 3. e5
{ e5. The advance variation, generally seen as better than exd5, asthis lets Black achieve equality and White is generally seen to have theadvantage. }
3... c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4
{ f4. This gains control on the kingside.This sets the game up for a White kingside and Black queenside game. }
5... a6 { a6. This is to prepare b5, gaining space on the Queenside. } 6. Nf3
b5 7. a4 { a4, trying to break up the pawn control of the Queenside. } 7... b4
{ b4,instead of bxa, as after Rxp the a6 pawn will be isolated and weak. } 8.
Be2 Qa5 { Qa5. This puts pressure on the diagonal. } 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. O-O c4 11.
b3 cxb3
{ Exchanges are needed from Black's point of view, as leavingthe c pawn leads to bxc dxc Bxc leaving White a pawn up. }
12. Qxb3 bxc3
{ This exchange is needed as well, as White still threatens to win a pawn.Now the Queenside is open but Black does not have good development on theKingside. }
13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Nge7 { Nge7 - tries to rectify the developmentproblem. }
15. Bd3 Ng6
{ Ng6, preventing Bxh7, maybe winning a pawn (afterg6 Bxg6 fxg6 Qxg6 the position is a Bishop for three pawns, and Black'sKing is exposed in the centre). }
16. f5 { f5. Pushing through the centreand kingside. } 16... exf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5
18. Qxf5 Bb4
{ Bb4. Development and threatof exchange - this is to equal white's development. }
19. Ng5 { Ng5. ThreateningN or Qxf7. } 19... O-O
{ O-O, cancelling the threats with safety for the king. } 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Nd2
{ Nd2. Even on the 21st move White is developing! } 21... Ra7
{ Ra7, protecting the f pawn so the f8 rook or queen can be moved. } 22. g3 Qc2
{ Qc2, trying to cancel some threats. } 23. Qf2
{ Qf2. After QxQNxQ, both White's pawn and Rook are attacked and they cannot both be defended. }
23... h6 { h6, removing the minor piece attack on the f pawn. } 24. Ngf3 Rc7
25. Rac1
{ Ra-c1?! This move swaps off two rooks for a queen, which is generallyseen as bad, but it is quite hard for Black to win. }
25... Qxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kg2 Rfc8 { Doubling the rooks. } 28. Qe3 R8c2 29.
e6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. h4 Rc6
{ Rc6. Black realises another approach must be tried. } 32. Qf5 Rf6 33. Qg4 Rc2
34. h5 Ne7 35. Qd7 Nec6 36. g4 Nxd4
{ Nxd4! Taking advantageof the pinned knight on d2, and if White takes he will lose both knights. }
37. Nxd4
{ Nxd4. Although he will lose both knights, Black could otherwiseplay Nxf3 and win both knights anyway. }
37... Rxd2+ 38. Kg3 Rxd4 39. Qe7 Rd3+ 40. Kh4 Rf1
{ Rf1! No need to defend the knight; after QxN Rh1 is mate. } 41. g5
{ g5. Preventing one mate... } 41... Rf4# { Rf4#. But leading to another! } 0-1
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[Event "Blitz: Charge!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.10.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mesledarya"]
[Black "bwaa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "3m + 10s"]
{ Hey all! Here's a short blitz with a simple lesson: don't waste time inthe opening! Enjoy! }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
{ ?! The Latvian Gambit. I havea whole bunch of annotated games in this opening, take a look at them forthe main lines. It is generally pretty unsound, but can be strong in blitzif White is not prepared! }
3. Nc3 { Too passive for my tastes. Better are3.Nxe5, 3.exf5, or 3.d4. } 3...
Nc6 4. h3
{ ? Put simply, this move accomplishesnothing. It doesn't make way for development; it doesn't prevent any threats,and it doesn't threaten anything. Much better was 4.d4. }
4... Bb4 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Nd5
{ !? Very aggressive. Black cannot win the e-pawn right off sincethe Bishop is hanging after 6...Nxe4? 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Nxb4. }
6... Bc5 { Now Blackthreatens ...Nxe4. } 7. Bxc6
{ I don't like this, even though there's nothingobviously wrong with it. White initiates a series of trades that leaveshim with only one developed piece and a hanging pawn, all while acceleratingBlack's development. Better was 7.d3, or even 7.d4. }
7... dxc6
{ Anticipating8.Nxf6+ Qxf6, Black is making ready to castle queenside, so this move ispreferable to 7...bxc6. }
8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. d3 f4
{ Black releases the tensionin the center in preparation for castling; he must close off the WhiteBishop's scope. This also foreshadows the massive kingside attack thatis Black's signature in this opening. }
10. c3 Be6
{ Developing while subtlypreventing 11.d4, since 11...O-O-O would pin, and subsequently win, thed-pawn. }
11. b4
{ White kicks the Bishop anyway, but he desperately needsto be thinking about finishing his development--Black is almost done andWhite still only has one piece off its home square. }
11... Bb6 12. Qa4
{ Thisseems to be intended to prevent 12...c5, but Black is obviously ready tocastle here. Developing the Bishop or simply castling were preferable;this just wastes a tempo. }
12... O-O-O
{ Forcing another Queen move for White,as he must now defend the backward d3 pawn. }
13. Qc2 g5
{ With his Kingsafely tucked away, Black begins to march on the White kingside. Blackis now completely developed, whereas White still hasn't castled and isat least a move away from being able to (unless he wants to go kingside,but that looks... risky). }
14. Bb2 h5 15. a4
{ White responds with an aggressiveposture, though I think Bd2 and O-O-O would have been safer. As it is,White is threatening to trap the DSB, but Black has a preemptive response... }
15... g4
{ Thanks to White's unconnected Rooks, Black is happy to blow the h-fileopen and kick the Knight back at the same time. Removing the Knight fromf3 also make h4 look particularly inviting for the BQ. }
16. hxg4
{ I thinkthe immediate 16.Nh2 would be better, to prevent giving Black the h-fileuncontested. }
16... hxg4 17. Rxh8 Rxh8
{ Now g1 is the only reasonable place forthe Knight (since 18.Nd2 runs into immediate problems after 18...Bxf2+!where if White captures, 19.Kxf2 Qh4 20.Ke2 Qg3 21.Rg1 Rh2 and there'sno way to stop the g-pawn from falling as well), which is why I think Nh2should have been played earlier. }
18. Ng1 Rh1 19. O-O-O
{ White finallycastles, now that it's literally the only way to save his Knight (thoughthat doesn't last long...). }
19... Qh4 { The Black Queen's time has come, andwhat an entrance she makes. }
20. Rf1
{ White would have been better servedby playing 20.d4, or maybe 20.c4 and trying to get his Bishop to somewhereuseful. The text just needlessly weakens his position by removing the defenseof the Rook--so now White's Knight is pinned, as well. }
20... g3 21. c4
{ ? Thiswould have been okay last move, but it's far too late here. 21.Qe2 wasworth a look, allowing 22.Nf3. }
21... gxf2
{ White has to lose a piece to eliminatethe advanced pawn now, and the f4-pawn is nearly as big a threat loomingon the horizon. The Ng1 can't even move out of the way, since it's stillpinned to the undefended Rook. }
22. Bxe5
{ 0-1. White eagerly snatches upthe e5 pawn, only to realize that he's terribly lost anyway; his Rook andKnight are both about to fall to Black's pawn (probably after 22...Be3+)and he has no counterplay opportunities whatsoever, so he throws in thetowel. Thanks to mesledarya for a fun game! Comments are much appreciated;thanks for reading! }
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[Event "No queens or knights... how will you do?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "tedhead"]
[Black "aspiemikey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
1. Nc3 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 Ne4 4. Nxc6 Nxc3 5. Nxd8 Nxd1 6. Kxd1 Kxd8 7. e4
e5 8. c3 Bc5 9. b4 Bxf2 { Thank you very much! } 10. a4 c5 11. g3 cxb4
{ And again! } 12. Ke2 Bc5 13. Rb1 bxc3 { And again! } 14. Rb5 cxd2
{ And again! } 15. Bxd2 d6 16. Kf3 a6 17. Rb3 Be6 18. Rd3 f5 19. Be2 fxe4+
{ Five pawnsalready! } 20. Kxe4 Rf8 21. Bg5+ { Time to move } 21... Ke8 22. Bf3
Bf5+ { Here wego... } 23. Kd5 Bxd3 { I'm really getting on top here } 24. Ke6
Rxf3 { Andagain } 25. Rc1 Bf5+ { It's time to give the king the runaround. }
26. Kd5 Rd3+ 27. Kc4 Ba3 28. Rc3 { He read this attempted checkmate... } 28...
Rc8+ 29. Kb3 Rcxc3+ 30. Ka2 Rc2+ 31. Kb1 Rb2+ 32. Kc1 Rxh2+ 33. Kb1 Rd1#
{ ...butcould do nothing else but delay the inevitable. } 0-1
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[Event "zigi's mini-tournament I"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.04.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dwardman"]
[Black "eric1965"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
{ Off we go } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6
{ Blackis preparing for E5, with E4 a possibility } 6. e4 Bg4 7. h3
{ Chase thebishop and create a space for my black squared bishop too } 7...
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3
{ I am thinking of castling long and trying to smash my waythrough on the king side }
9... Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 { g pawn is not as strongnow } 11... e5 12. g4 Nhf6
13. O-O-O c6 14. h4 { Am on the attack } 14... b5 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nh5
{ Sacrifice time, I think I can really cause some problemsalong that open file }
17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 Re8 { Black needs to find anescape square for the king }
19. Rh1 Kf8 20. Nf3 { Black is quite passive } 20... Ke7 21. Nh4
{ There are a few traps here, } 21... Rh8 { Black has missed it } 22. Nf5+
{ The bishop is going to fall } 22... Kf8 { game over } 23. Qxh8+ 1-0
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[Event "Dos Hermanas 1994"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
{ This game demonstrates an exchange sacrifice, and a beautiful - if notsuccessful - counter exchange sacrifice! }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 { A Winawer variation of the French Defence. } 4.
e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6
{ White has settled for ananchored centre, but note the slightly tense nature on the queenside, whereBlack infiltrates with his a4-bishop. }
11. h5 Qc7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 Qc6 14. Rb1 a6 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5
{ (!) Gulko recognised the potencythat White could attack with using his bishops and queen. One variationis 16...0-0 17.Nb3 Rfc8 18.Qg4... Instead Black (in the face of a bishopswap off) can look forward to attacking the c-pawn after castling and mobilisinghis rooks. }
17. Rxb5
{ (!) Topalov said he considered a sacrifice with 17.a4...After which 17...Bxa4 18.Ba3... Stops Black from castling else he facecomplications. He also said that he wouldn't mind 17...Bxd3 18.cxd3...Since Black is then unable to target c2. However, Topalov said he didn'tsacrifice because after 17...Bxa4 18.Ba3 comes 18...Qc3! And threats of19...Qxd3! And 19...Qxa3 arise. }
17... axb5 18. Qe2
{ The options for White'spieces, the threat on b5 and the fact that Black's rooks appear to be threatenedfrom being able to mobilise compensate for the 'lost' material. However..... }
18... Ra4 { (!) Gulko said 19.Bxb5 Qxc2 20.Bxa4 Qxa4 was acceptable for him. }
19. Nb3 { (!) Topalov refuses to accept the counter-sacrifice. But..... } 19...
Rc4
{ (!) 'No, I MUST insist...!' Black recognises the favourable stanceafter 20.Bxc4? bxc4 }
20. Bd2
{ Topalov intends to continue with Bb4 andc3. He can also exchange his weak b3-knight with Nb3-d2-xc4. }
20... Nf5 21. Bb4 { (!) } 21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxb5 Qc8
{ White's bishops are the obviousasset of this position. However, Topalov pointed out that after 24.Bd6Re4 25.Qd2 Rxe1+ and 26...Qxc2, that Black can regain composure with Qe4or Kd8. }
24. Rd1
{ (!) White recognises his attack would be winning after24...Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1... And 26.c4... }
24... Rxb4 { (!?) Black makes one more exchangesacrifice. } 25. axb4 Qc3
{ This mini-combination intends to prevent thec-pawn from advancing. } 26. Qg4
{ (!) White picks out the other target inBlack's camp. } 26... Qxe5 27. c4
{ (!) The stretched nature of Black's stanceis proven with this move. (27...Ke7 28.cxd5 Nf6 29.Qxg7 Rg8 30.d6+!...) }
27... f5 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. cxd5 exd5
{ The Black pawns are isolated from one another,making the pawn structure fail. }
30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Qf7+ Kc8 32. Qa7
{ Nowthe pawns are liable to being picked off one by one... } 32... Re8 33.
Rc1+ Kd8 34. Qb7
{ 1-0 One exchange sacrifice and two counter exchange sacrificesmake this game one of my favourites. Hope you enjoyed! }
1-0
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[Event "Blitz annotations are back"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "Oct 21 2018"]
[Round "-"]
[White "eric2jin"]
[Black "leonisious"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "black"]
[TimeControl "5+10 blitz"]
[WhiteElo "white"]
{ New blitz annotation } 1. e4 c6 { Ooh, new opening! } 2. d4 { Grabs center }
2... d5 3. exd5 cxd5 { Exchange Variation } 4. Bb5+ { Early check } 4... Nc6 5.
Bxc6+ { Well } 5... bxc6 { Trade } 6. Nf3 Ba6 { Stupid bishop } 7. Bf4 Qb6 8.
Nc3 { Oh well } 8... Qxb2 9. Ne2 { Woohoo } 9... Bxe2 { Oh } 10. Kxe2
{ Of course not Qxe2?? } 10... Qb5+ { Check } 11. Qd3 { Queen trade? } 11...
Qb7 12. Rab1 Qc8 13. Qb3 f6 14. Qb8 { Queen tradeanyway } 14... Rxb8 15. Rxb8
{ Yup } 15... Qxb8 16. Bxb8 e6 17. Bxa7 { Yummy! } 17... Bd6 { Development }
18. Rb1 Ne7 19. Bc5 { Die } 19... Kd7 { Ooh } 20. Bxd6 Kxd6 21. Rb7
{ Trapped king } 21... Nf5 22. Kd3 Ra8 23. g4 Ne7 24. g5 { Please? } 24... Rxa2
{ Nope } 25. gxf6 gxf6 { Darn } 26. Nd2 { Other side! } 26... h6 27. Nb3 Ra3
{ Oof } 28. c3 { Breaks the pin } 28... Nf5 29. Nc5 { !! } 29... e5 { What }
30. Rd7# { Checkmate I win! } 1-0
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[Event "174th GK tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2019.02.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "tph1"]
[Black "sogtulakk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
1. d4
{ Hi, again. I annotate this game for opponent's request. I playedwith the black pieces and the opening was a KID, Mar del Plata variation.The first phase of the game, In the first phase of the game, I will commenton the strategic ideas that guided me and those that (I believe) guidedmy opponent. In the second part, it will be the variables that I have calculatedand, eventually, the errors that Stockfish pointed out to me in the post-mortemanalysis. }
1... Nf6
{ My favourite option against 1 d4 and 1 c4 . The answer1 ... d5 (if white plays 1 d4) makes me feel very uncomfortable. }
2. c4
{ The natural move. White wants controls the d5-square and gain space inthe queenside. Another main option is 2 Nf3. But it's so playable 2 Bg5(Tropowsky) and 2 Bf4 (London accelerated). }
2... g6
{ I am studying the KID,thus, this move is natural. But 2 ... e6 is so common and 2 ... c5 is avery good answer }
3. Nc3 { My opponent plays the most natural move, controlingd5 and e4. } 3...
Bg7 { Black can play 3 ... d5 and enter in the Grunfeld defence. } 4. e4
{ No more Grunfeld! } 4... O-O
{ I played this order of moves, allowing 5e5. I like when my opponent expand your center and me plays to counterstrike. }
5. Nf3
{ My opponent doesn't enter in 5 e5 lines. If you like find a gamewith this line, see Letelier-Fischer game. }
5... d6 { Ok, we arrived to a oftenlyposition. } 6. Be2
{ This is the classical variation of the KID. White hasseveral option against the KID, but the master oftenly play this variation.I chose the Averbach line with white pieces. }
6... e5
{ The traditional advanceagainst the white's pawn center. But 6 ... c5 is fine. }
7. O-O
{ White canadvance the d pawn (Petrosian variation) and take the e-pawn (exchangevariation). These moves leads to different pawn structure and black mustbe careful with the center driving. The castle is the usual move and its the most flexible! }
7... Nc6
{ Black invites White to close the center. Thisis the Mar del Plata variation. I live in Mar del Plata... No more words,I must play it or dead!! }
8. d5
{ Now, the pawn structure is defined. Blackwants push the f pawn and open lines in the kingside and white'll wanta queenside expansion and attack by the c-column. The next moves are theoricaland was played about these ideas and I don't comment it. The variationsare too much and I can't sum information, briefly. }
8... Ne7
{ The natural retreat.But I haven't bad opinion about the Nb8-a6-c5 idea. } 9.
Ne1
{ The mostcommon move, but 9 Nd2 is also fine. White frees your f-pawn to supportthe center (e4-pawn) and traslates the king knigth to the queenside, wherewhite has space advantage. Moreover, this move avoids the (natural) Nh5move for the black. }
9... Nd7
{ without 9 ... Nh5 to free f-pawn for black,we have another alternative. Moreover, in some variations this knight canreach c5. However, the knight in c5 makes no sense with the kingside expansion. }
10. Nd3
{ I played in this position (with white) 10 Be3 f5 11 f3 f4. It'sa well known position, but I guess the move in the game is more flexibleand consequent with the 9th move. }
10... f5 { Black put pressure in the center } 11. f3
{ And white support that. Nevertheless, that move isn't force. Whitecan wait to push f3 and play in the queenside (for example 11 b4 a5 12Ba3) where now the move f4 is an mistake, because white can play Bg4 (notallowed with the pawn in f3) and exchange your bad lsb with the d7-knightor c8 bishop. }
11... f4
{ With the pawn in f3, black moves the attack to thebase of the pawn's chain. }
12. Bd2
{ So natural, white must push in thequeenside and white must prepares b4-c5 pawn structure. }
12... g5 { And blackprepares the push in g4 } 13. Rc1
{ With the same idea of 12 Bd2. } 13... Ng6 { Regroupingthe pieces } 14. b4 Nf6
15. c5 { White attacks is coming! } 15... Rf7
{ The Gligoricidea. The rook can move to g7 or h7 to attack! Obviously, after move thebishop and the pawn. Amazing and original. I recommend see Najdorf-Gligoricand Taimanov-Najdorf games! Moreover, the rook is seing the c7-pawn, thetarget of white attack }
16. b5
{ After sixteen moves, I was faced with anew move for me. This move avoids the strength of the resource a5 to breakthe pawn structure. But I expected 16 cxd6, opening the c-column with ideaof Nb5 and Qc2. }
16... h5 { I continues with the kingside expansion } 17. c6
{ Iwas shocked by this advanced! Yes, my queenside is cramped, but now, whiteclose the c-column (why is the reason for that? he play Rc1 in the thirteenmove). Of course, my lsb hasn't square to move. I only think in the kingsideattack, but I need to be cared }
17... bxc6
{ With this move, I closed the c-column.If white can invades the queenside, this won't be by c-column. }
18. bxc6 g4
{ Meanwhile, the development of the attack on the kingside is fasterafter the blockade of the c-column }
19. Rb1
{ As I said, white hadn't thec-column to attack. Now they need to regroup, but they do not have whereto bite. The square b7 is custidiada by the bishop and the square b8 bythe rook. To be able to invade they need to spend a lot of moves! }
19... Bf8
{ Ok, this look like a loss of time. But this move liberates the g7 (orh7) square for the rook. The g3 push here is answered by 20 h3 Bxh3 21gxh3 and Re1 Bf1. A review of tactical variation leads to a only conclusion:black needs to coordinate the pieces }
20. Qe1
{ I don't understand the ideaof this move, but Stockfish says White is better (slighty) here. I expected20 Re1 with idea of Bf1 or 20 Kh1. }
20... Nh7
{ I was calculating 20 ... g3 andif white try to close the kingside 21 h3 Bxh3 22 gxh3 Dc8 and black hasa strong attack (23 Kg2 Nh4+). But 21 hxg3 fxg3 22 Qxg3 Rg7 (my idea) isanswered by 23 Bh6! and white wins material. Therefore, I decided notto rush and reorganize my pieces; given that White is cramped on the kingsideand have not attack on the queenside. My plan was occupy the dark squaresof the kingside with Ng5 and Nh4. For that, I need play Be7 and Rg7 (orRh7). Stockfish say 20 ... Bh6 is better. I never think in that move }
21. Qf2
{ White is looking the queenside, too. But I don't like the move, thequeen ahead of rook loses defensive value and White is passive }
21... Ng5 { Ifollowing my regroup } 22. Kh1 { A prophylactic move } 22... Rg7
23. Rg1
{ Shrinkingspaces to the king but, in some occasions, open the g column to attack!.Unexpectedly, my opponent gives me issues of mate in the column h. I thinkI should look for an active plan, even at the expense of quality in b7,with movements of 'cavalry' and blocking of the pawn in a7. Anyway, i fmy opponent plays 23 Rb7 I wasn't thinking in 23 ... Bxb7 24 bxc7 Rb8.I just want attack the kingside. A possible sequence is 23 Rb7 Be7 24 Nb5Nh4 with a messy position but I think favors to black }
23... Be7 24. Bd1
{ Myopponents is playing too passive. Surely, he was waiting for the tacticsand open the kingside with g3 move in good position }
24... Nh4
{ Ok, no more g3-threatfor white. Black is entering in the white position. Now, I had calculatethe line 25 Qxh4 Nxf3 26 Qf2 (Qxh5 Nxd2) Nxg1 27 Kxg1 (Qxg1 h4) h4. Myopponent comment about the excludes the queen with 25 ... g3. I saw thatmove, but I don't see how I can trap the queen. Either way, the game followsanother way. }
25. Qf1
{ I don't calculate this retreat in my previous move.But now, I can open the kingside in my favour, given the cramped positionof the king! }
25... g3
{ White can't play 26 h3 because Nxh3 27 gxh3 g2+. Theposition is very hard for white, now, in human point of view. Stockfishsays -0.21 }
26. hxg3
{ This move isn't forced. White can play 26 Ne1(Stockfish)and try to support the kingside. I don't see Ne1 }
26... fxg3 27. Be1
{ Anotherpassive move, attacking a easily defended pawn. The exchange Bxg5 Bxg5frees a piece of the queen's path towards h4, where it would be lethal! }
27... Nh3
{ I found this idea very usseful. The knight can't be take and removesa piece of the cited diagonal. I want the f4-square for the knight andplay Bh3 is strong }
28. Rb2 { My opponent defends the g2 pawn with the inactiverook } 28... Nf4
{ I'm sorry for the materialistic players, but I like the activepieces. I would not dream of taking the passive g1 rook. Now, if whitetakes 29 Nxf4 I calculates gxf4 30 Bd2 Bf8! 31 Bxf4 Nf5! 32 Bxg3 Nxg3+33 Kh2 Qh4++ It's beautiful but not forced. Equally, black is winning }
29. Bd2
{ I don't understand this move. My opponent plays Rb2 to defendg2, but, right now, interferes in the defence. Here, I smelled that theremust be a winning combination and I intuited Bg5, but I can't find thecrashing move. Stockfish gives me 29 ... Bg5 with evaluation -10. I playanother line, where black is winning but not with so much advantage(inStockfish evaluation, I like the move of the game) }
29... Nhxg2 { Destroying thepawn' shield } 30. Rxg2 Nxg2 31. Qxg2 h4
{ Now, I just advance the h pawnand I create multiple threats } 32. Kg1 h3
{ My opponents resigns here. Iam grateful, he congratulated me and showed me his surprise since I didnot move my pieces of the queenside (except for the knight). However, Ibelieve that the bishop on c8 had a lazy role of importance in the tactics.I think that the plan to set the c7 pawn of Black to invade the queensideis slower than the original pawn change on d6 and open the c column. Iawait your comments, corrections, criticisms. I played another game withthp1, where I had 'a bit of luck' and ended up in a draw. I will commenton it as soon as I have free time Sorry for my English. }
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[Event "Challenge from beorn_nl"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "21-Apr-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "montein"]
[Black "beorn_nl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1312"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { nice attacking opening } 3. d4 d5 { lets follow } 4. dxe5
Nxe4 { variation lol } 5. Qd3 c6 { lets open my pieces } 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Nxe4
{ horse under attack } 7... Bxe4 { lets take that horse its mine! } 8. Qe2 Bb4+
{ ok ok... i am pushing } 9. c3 Ba5 { espected that } 10. b4
{ nice ifa plan comes together } 10... Bb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Bxf3
{ lets open his pawndefence } 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Qe2 { lol must watch it } 14...
Qe7 15. Kd2 Nxd3 { okkeep pushing } 16. Qxd3 O-O
{ king in savety and queen free to move } 17. Re1 { yes lets try further }
17... Qg5+ { anoying i know... check! } 18. Kc2 Qg2 19. Re2 Rfe8
{ oh no u wont escape } 20. Be3 { good move } 20... Qxf3 { and i keeppressing }
21. Bxb6 { yes it worked a blooper and i win by check! tower takes tower e7 }
21... Rxe2+ 0-1
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[Event "This Taught Me Alot..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gray_wolf11"]
[Black "fltugboat1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1034"]
{ OK. So nobody really puts up annotations of themselves losing, but i wantedit to be a lesson to other beginning players. Me - White ** fltugboat1- Black }
1. e4 e5 { A standard opening. } 2. Qh5 { I went for a Queens RaidOpening. }
2... d6 3. Bc4 g6 { My queen is forced to move. } 4. Qf3
{ I decidedf3 was a good spot because it would still attack the f7 square. }
4... Nf6
{ Blackhas now blocked my access to the f7 square completely.* * Note: I couldhave moved Qb3 forming a battery to f7, but i found it to be a waste oftempo and the bishop would only check the king. }
5. d4 Nbd7 6. Ne2 Be7 { Black and White continue development. } 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qh3
{ I decided to get a Rook-Queen battery toward h7, after developing my rook. }
8... Nxe4 9. f4 exf4 10. Rxf4
{ I thought attacking the pawn would nicely placemy rook. } 10... Nef6
{ I feared Nh6 which would block my battery-to-be. } 11. Qh6
{ So i went ahead and moved my queen. } 11... Kh8 12. Bxf7
{ I did this to blockoff the king access to g8 but... } 12... Rxf7
{ ... my move let his rook onto the7th rank. } 13. Qh3
{ I moved back for another try at a battery. } 13... Ne5 14. Rh4
{ The battery was set.* * Note: I did not see the bishop at c8. } 14... Bxh3
{ Bxh3! I never saw it coming. } 15. Bg5 Ned7 16. Rxh3 Nd5 17. Nf4
{ Iwas flustered after Black took my queen and so i made this move. } 17...
Nxf4 18. Bxf4 { I retake. } 18... Rxf4 { Black deadly attack starts. } 19. g3
{ I try tochase the rook away. } 19... Rxd4 20. c3 { Again i try. } 20... Rd1+
21. Kg2 Qf8 { Fromhere on out it's unstoppable checkmate. } 22. Rxh7+
{ I hold off. } 22... Kxh7 23. Kh3 Qf5+ 24. g4 { I try to block. } 24... Qf3#
{ Checkmate. Now i want thisgame to be remembered, because it has a valuable lesson to be learned.' Think before you move, Take your time, and keep on playing!' Thanksfor reading my annotation feel free to comment. }
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "gandalf"]
[Black "sammy2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1252"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
1. e4 { inizial moves } 1... e5 { respons } 2. d4 d5
{ schierament ugual favoritefor white } 3. Bb5+
{ check at moves pawn respons and defense } 3... c6 4. Be2 { favorite black }
4... f5 { ??? } 5. f4 { response ugual (???) } 5... fxe4 { inizial scambie } 6.
dxe5 Bf5 7. Bh5+ { good check } 7... Bg6 { sfavorite response } 8. Bxg6+ hxg6
{ impedonatures } 9. Qg4 { !! } 9... Nd7 { error black } 10. Qxg6+
{ vantage meritatedfor white } 10... Ke7 11. Qd6+ { good moves } 11... Kf7 12.
e6+ { good moves } 12... Ke8 { iinserviblemoves } 13. exd7+ { take knight }
13... Qxd7 { take pawn } 14. Qg6+ { !!!! } 14... Ke7 15. f5 Qd8
{ error tempestal for black } 16. Qe6# { beauty checkmate } 1-0
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[Event "Tournament game, New York, 1927"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Aron Niemzowitsch"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ All notes by R. N. Coles. Enjoy this classic. } 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5
4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2
{ In preference to the older move N-B3, so thathe can recapture with the Knight on QB4 and so make a strong point of hisK5. }
5... O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Na6
{ Black, too, will recapture with the Knightand make a strong point of his own K5. Note that 7... QN-Q2 is less accuratebecause of 8 P-B6. }
8. O-O Nxc5 9. Be2 b6 10. cxd5
{ Giving up hope of workingthe Knight via QB4 to K5 with any effect. } 10...
Nxd5 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Qa4 Qf6
{ Delaying the development of White's Q side, and so gainingtime. } 14. Ba6
Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nb4 16. Qe2 Rfd8
{ Showing his gain of timein the occupation of the open file. } 17. a3 Nd3 18.
Ne1 Nxe1 19. Rxe1 Rac8 20. Rb1 Qe5
{ White is now ready to free his game by P-QN4, so Black mustinvade the White position at once. If, however, 20... Q-B4 to enter atQB7, White replies 21 P-K4. The text move is a finesse to gain time tobring the Queen to Q4. If White now replies 21 P-QN4, Black plays 21...B-Q3 22 P-N3 Q-K5 and the entry square QB7 is again under control. }
21. g3
{ Missing his last chance of keeping the black Queen off the white diagonals,which he could have achieved by 21 P-K4. Now Black breaks in. }
21... Qd5 22. b4 Bf8 23. Bb2 Qa2 24. Ra1 Qb3 25. Bd4
{ A last effort to keep Black outby 25 QR-B1 would fail owing to the weakness of the Q side after 25...P-QR4. }
25... Rc2 26. Qa6
{ Defence was better by 26 Q-Q1, so that if 26... P-K427 R-K2. } 26... e5
{ Control of the seventh rank is now worth a pawn. } 27. Bxe5 Rdd2 28. Qb7
{ If 28 R-KB1, Black has 28... QxKP 29 B-B4 (not 29 PxQ???R-N7 ch 30 K-R1 RxP ch 31 K-N1 R(B7)-N7 mate) RxP 30 BxQ R-N7 ch etc. Whileif 28 Q-B1, Black has 28... Q-Q4 29 B-B4 Q-B6 and the KBP is still vulnerable. }
28... Rxf2 29. g4 Qe6 30. Bg3 Rxh2
{ A most attractive forcing of the rank. Ifnow 31 BxR, Black has 31... QxNP ch 32 K-R1 Q-R6 forcing mate. }
31. Qf3 Rhg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxg4 34. Rad1 h5 35. Rd4 Qg5 36. Kh2 a5
37. Re2 axb4 38. axb4 Be7 39. Re4 Bf6 40. Rf2 Qd5
{ He is reduced to an utterlynegative position. One Rook must stay on the KB file to prevent ...P-KN4.The Bishop must stay on its present diagonal, otherwise ...B-K4 ch follows.And what of the remaining Rook? If 41 R/4-B4, Black has 41... B-K4 42 RxPBxB ch 43 KxB QxR 44 RxQ KxR with a won K and P ending. If White tries41 R-K8 ch, Black plays 41.. K-R2 42 R-QB8 Q-K5 and more White pawns fall.So White resigns. }
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[Event "The little things give your game away"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ruderooks"]
[Black "superlalulalu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1335"]
1. e4
{ Hi guys, I haven't being annotating any chess game recently, becauseI was preparing for my exams, and finally I got some free time today, soi decide to use the time and bring you guys a very unprofessional chessannotation. This was a game between me and ruderooks, it's definitely notmy best game, but I found it quite interesting, let's get started: Myopponent had white pieces, and he started with e4. }
1... e6
{ Just 2 weeks ago,I was studying French defense, so I decided to use it in this game, e6was played. }
2. d4 { d4, standard. } 2... d5 { standard!!! } 3. exd5
{ exd5! I wassoooooo disappointed, after I saw this move, obviously he was trying toavoid the mainline of french defense. }
3... exd5
{ what else but exd5, I wasthinking to offer him a draw, but then I found out, if I draw the gameI would lose 5 points, so I continued with exd5. Just kidding :D }
4. Bf4 { bf4, a natural developing move } 4... Nc6
{ Nc6 develops the knight, and addssome pressure on white's center. } 5. Bb5
{ Bb5, develops the lsb and pinsthe knight. } 5... Bd7 { Bd7 unpins. } 6. Bxc6
{ Bxc6 it seems that my opponenthated my knight and captured it straight away. Maybe he was just goingfor a draw. }
6... Bxc6 { what else, bxc6 } 7. Nd2
{ Nd2 I wasn't sure why thismove was played, I think Ne2 would be better, because white would be readyto castle, and take note if Nf3 was played, Bb5 could be a possible response,which stops white from castle, and also the bishop is not doing anythingon c6, apart from babysitting d5 pawn. }
7... Nf6
{ Nf6 develops the knight, andmaybe Nh5 at some point, just to kick away the dsb. }
8. Ngf3 { Ngf3, againif I were white I definitely play Ne2. } 8... Bb5
{ Bb5, stops white from castle,and also the bishop is now functioning on a much better diagonal. }
9. a3
{ a3 this is not a good move at all, white tries to stop black from playingBb4, but b2 should have being considered by white, and he can play c4 forthe next move, kicks away black' lsb, and then castle. }
9... Nh5
{ Knight onf3 is now blocking white queen from watching over h5 square , so blackcan now play Nh5, attacks white's dsb. }
10. Be3 { Be3 was played } 10... Bd6
{ Bd6,not only develops the dsb, but also gives support on f4 square for theknight to land. }
11. b3
{ Finally white realized my lsb was a giant pest,b3 prepares for c4, a little too late, white never had a chance to castlein the game, let's see what happened. }
11... Nf4 { Nf4, the threat is Nxg2# } 12. Bxf4
{ Bxf4 pretty much forced, white could not play c4, because black wouldplay Nxg2+, after Kf1 which is the only move, Nxe3+ forking the king andthe queen, thus fxe3 must be played, then dxc4, black would have time toretreat the lsb. However we don't have that. }
12... Bxf4 { Bxf4, now black hasa bishop pair against two knights. } 13. c4
{ c4, finally played. } 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Qe7+
{ after the pawns were exchanged, I played a in between move,Qe7+, the reason is simple, I was hoping for white to play Qe2, so i wouldexchange queens and keep the bishop pair advantage in the late middle gameor end game. }
15. Kf1 { but black didn't want to exchange queens, and playedKf1. } 15... Bd7
{ Bd7 then I realized it wasn't an accurate move, because it allowswhite to play Qb3. }
16. Qb3 { Qb3 As I expected } 16... O-O-O
{ I could not playsome random moves for example, like b6, that would be disaster, becauseRe1 wins the queen, however this move is very risky, if white plays carefully,he can use the half open b file and the pawns to crash my queen side. }
17. Re1
{ Re1! What? I just couldn't believe it! Rb1 would be a killer!I just couldn't believe what white played!! }
17... Qd6 { Qd6 } 18. Ne4 { Ne4 attacksthe queen } 18... Qa6
{ Qa6, bring my queen close to the king, so she can helpwith the defense, but Nc5 could be absolutely irritating, and also I wasthinking if white would play something like Ng5, threats the fork. }
19. Rb1
{ luckily none of those happened, Rb1 was played , but my queen is inposition to defend. }
19... b6 { b6 stops Nc5 } 20. Ke2
{ Ke2, my opponent wantedto bring out the h1 rook. } 20... Ba4
{ Ba4, does not give white anytime to breathe. } 21. Qc3
{ Qc3, so queen can still defend c4. } 21... Rhe8 { Rhe8, non stop attack. }
22. Kd3
{ Kd3, if white play queen d3, f5 would be played, and the knightwould be a goner. }
22... c5 { c5, tries to break down d4. } 23. d5 { Epic blunderby white, d5!! }
23... Rxd5+ { Rxd5+, c4 is pinned.... } 24. Ke2
{ Ke2, sadly thatis the only move. } 24... Rxe4+
{ Rxe4,suddenly white's position got crashed, andwhite king is now walking on a rope covered by olive oil. White could haveresigned in this position. }
25. Kf1
{ But he decided to play on a bit, maybewas hoping I would play something like Re1+, still kidding :D }
25... Rxc4
{ Rxc4,that's obvious, and black resigned. because to prolong the game, whitewould have to play Qxc4, but that is pointless to continue. If white playedsomething else, let's say Qa1, hides in the corner, avoids the discovercheck, then Rc1 discovered double check and mate(lol...). In conclusion:white had so many chances, but he missed too much, and d5 was the mainreason that he lost the game so quick. Still I think it's a very interestinggame, you may notice that white's king had a very bad day, he went frome1 to f1, f1 to e2, e2 to d3, d3 to e2 again, and then eventually backto f1. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, see you guys next time! :D }
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[Event "zigi's mini-tournament V"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.10.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "zwarwiz"]
[Black "zigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1563"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
{ Second match between Zigi and I. This time it is a slower game due toblacks use of the French Defense. I don't really like to play againstthe french because it is slower and black is very solid. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 { Tarrasch } 3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
{ Moves into the closed game. } 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Be7
{ Normal is Nc6 I had the idea of Nf3 Qb6 O-O sacrificing thed4 pawn for a powerful initiative. cxd4 cxd4 Nxd4 Nxd4 Qxd4 Nf3. }
7. Qg4 { Beginning piece development to the king side. } 7... O-O 8. Ne2
{ Adding supportto d4 and allowing the knight to come to f4. } 8... cxd4 9.
cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O f5
{ !? better might have been f6 however this isn't a bad move seeing aswhite takes e.p. exf6 is bad for white. }
11. Qh5 Qe8
{ I don't want to tradequeens since black is cramped and I have better attack chances. }
12. Qh3 Nb4 13. Bb1 { Maintaining the bishops pressure on the diagonal. } 13...
Nb6 14. a3 { Kicking the knight back and freeing up my ls bishop. } 14... Nc6
15. Kh1
{ Myplan is to play g4 at some point so I'm opening the g1 square for my rook. }
15... g6 { ?! weakens blacks dark squares significantly around his king. } 16.
Nf3 Qd8 17. Qh6
{ ?! This doesn't really do anything for white g4 I believeputs more pressure on blacks game. }
17... Rf7 18. Nf4
{ Creating the possibilityof a knight sac on g6 and putting pressure on e6. }
18... Bf8 19. Qh3 Qc7 { Tryingto create queen side play. } 20. g4 Na5 21. Ng5
{ ! pressures e6 and defendsagainst blacks threat of Nb3. } 21... Re7
{ Creates a target :). } 22. Bd2 { knightmust move } 22... Nac4
{ ? Nc6 was the move. Bb4 is devastating. } 23. Bb4 Rg7
{ ?? loses big material Bxe8 is devastating to bad I missed it :(. } 24. Nfxe6
{ I saw the fork but missed that Bxf8 would put the king in the fork:/. } 24...
Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Qd7 26. gxf5
{ I'm sure this was unexpected on my partbut starts to open up blacks king side. I'm not sure this is the bestmove but I felt Bxf8 Rxf8 Nxg7 Qxg7 and black is holding on. }
26... Re7 { I'lltake that :) } 27. Bxe7
{ Black resigns. fxg6 is going to be hard to dealwith. } 1-0
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[Event "Blitz game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "blackassboy"]
[Black "thedessertfox"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ A blitz game I saved for annotating } 1. d4 Nf6
{ I wanted to play Gruenfeld } 2. e3
{ I had seen this before he wanted to play a stonewall formation } 2... g6
{ I continue on as normal } 3. g3 Bg7 4. c3
{ It appears he wants a verybig stonewall } 4... d5
{ I gain some central control and I want e4 as a outpostfor my knight } 5. c4
{ Interesting loss of tempo } 5... O-O 6. c5
{ Increases hispawn chain. No developing moves so far } 6... b6
{ I look to break his chain } 7. b4 { Seven moves still no development } 7...
Bg4 8. Be2 { Finally some developmentbut it was forced } 8... Bxe2 9. Nxe2
{ He develops his first piece that won'tbe captured immediately } 9... Na6
{ I look to hit the base of his pawn chain } 10. a3 bxc5 11. bxc5
{ Now there is an open b-file to play with } 11... Re8
{ Iplan on hitting the d4 pawn with e5 and he can't take the b-file for awhile yet }
12. Qd3 e5 13. Qxa6 { I didn't see this } 13... exd4 14. exd4 Qe7
{ Imay be a whole minor piece down but his king is in a awkward position } 15.
Be3 Ng4 { I can win a pawn here } 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Rxe3
{ I know not to exchange when down but his Knight is pinned } 19. Nd2 Bxd4
{ Attacking the rook and now my deficit is 1 } 20. Rb1 Rae8
{ Threateningto win back my lost piece + gain a two point advantage } 21. Nf3
Rxe2+ 22. Kd1 Bxc5 { Now I have a three pawn advantage } 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1
{ Hemakes my game a lot simpler } 24... Bxa3 25. Rb7
{ He looks to attack my unmovedpawns. The rook is very powerful on the seventh rank }
25... c5 { Connected passedpawns are stronger than Isolated ones } 26. Rxa7
{ Natural } 26... Bb4 { If I cantrade pieces I will win } 27. Nd3 f5
{ I don't mind Splitting my passed pawnsIf it means the ending is simpler because I will still win due to my pawnmajority }
28. Nxb4 cxb4 29. Ra5
{ He looks to get rid of my d-pawn but Ipreferred Rb7 winning the b-pawn }
29... Re5 { Centralizing my rook can't be badalthough it does pin the d-pawn }
30. Kc2 h5 { I also have a K-Side pawnmajority to use } 31. Kb3 g5 32. Kxb4 h4
33. gxh4 gxh4
{ Now I have a passedf-pawn that after f4 and Rf5 I can protect my d-pawn and push my f-pawn }
34. Kc5 { ? He loses all chance of drawing } 34... d4+
{ Now he must play kb4 totrade rooks and I can Queen } 35. Kb4 Rxa5 36. Kxa5 d3
37. Kb4 d2 38. Kc3 d1=Q { I will now win comfortably } 39. Kc4 Qf1+ 40. Kd4
Qf2+ 41. Ke5 Qxh2+ { I free my H-pawn } 42. Kxf5 Qe2
{ I look to trap the King in a common Kand Q ending I don't mind about the pawn. It will make the ending easierif its not there }
43. Kg5 Qf3 44. Kxh4 Kf7 45. Kg5 Ke6 46. Kh4 Qg2 47. Kh5 Kf6
{ Better was Kf5 which checkmates a move earlier } 48. Kh4 Kf5 49. Kh5 Qg5#
{ And there we go. An interesting game where I managed to win backa piece and win with a pawn majority }
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "???"]
[Black "???"]
[Result "*"]
{ This game, is a game I played with one of my friends a short time ago.Of course this very rarely ever works, so don't use it to often. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
{ Moving the knight to f3 puts pressure on the e5 pawn. My opponentdoes this move every time we play. So I decided to make the game more interesting... }
2... Nf6
{ Instead of guarding the e5 pawn as usual...I attacked my opponentse4 pawn. }
3. Nxe5 { My opponent took the bait. } 3... Nxe4 4. Nf3 Qe7
{ Now I stronglysuggest that you don't move your queen forward like this very often, butthis next move is an exception. }
5. d3
{ Attacking my knight with his pawn,and this next move is the move you have been waiting for. }
5... Nc3+
{ This moveis a very rare gift, by moving my knight to c3, my queen is now attackingthe king and my knight will take my opponents queen next move. }
6. Be2 Nxd1
{ Naturally my opponent gave up after this. Thank you for watchingthis annotation. }
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "1873"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Blackburne"]
[Black "Fleissig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "???"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. d4 { Queen's Gambit. } 1... d5 2. c4
{ If Black Takes The Pawn White Will ControlThe Center. } 2... dxc4 3. Nf3
{ A Good Developing Move For The Knight. } 3... b5 { ? } 4. a4
{ Breaking The Pawn Chain. } 4... c6 { Protects The B PAWN. } 5. e3 Bd7 6. Ne5
{ A Good Post For The Knight. } 6... e6 7. axb5 { Pawn Trade. } 7... cxb5
{ Accepts. } 8. Qf3
{ Black Resigned.Why? White Has A Mate At f7 and Is Attacking TheRook. Bye Now. }
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[Event "Old Indian win"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "dmaestro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1456"]
{ White unsoundly sacrifices a piece, and then falls to a standard Indiantype attack. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3
{ This move is ok, but it is less aggressive and locks theDSB in. } 7... c6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Qa5
{ Black wants White to take the time todrive off the Q, hoping to gain time for a kingside attack. }
10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. h3
{ Hopes to retreat the Bishop. But Blackhas now prepared for ...f5 } 13... f5
14. Bh2
{ ?? Loses a piece, and the openedKingside is not sufficient compensation. }
14... e4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nfd4 Ng7 17. a3 Bf6 18. b4 Qd8 19. c5 Ne5 20. Bxe5
Bxe5
{ Black now has a strongattack with 2 bishops as well as material advantage. }
21. Ra2 Qf6 22. Rd2 h5 { Begining a plan to open up the Kingside by force. }
23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Nge2 h4 { Preparing for ...g4 } 25. Kh1 g4 26. Ng1 Qg5
{ !? The alternative,...gxh3, was perfectly playable. } 27. hxg4
{ Otherwise ...g3 can be played. } 27... Bxg4 28. f3 Qxe3
{ ! White loses more material by taking the bishop after...RxR. } 29. Re1 Qf4
{ Threatens mate at h2. } 30. g3 { Forced. } 30... hxg3 31. fxg4
{ Wins the bishop back, but mate follows } 31... Qh6+ { White resigns. } 0-1
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[Event "Petrov Three Knights Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2021.12.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "darren6464"]
[Black "evilgm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
1. e4
{ I am a huge fan of Petrov and you would know that if I've ever beenBlack playing against 1. e4. I hope that this annotation is helpful inunderstanding how I approach games and my thinking throughout. Pleaseadd your own comments so that we can learn together. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
{ Thestandard signal that we are going into a three knights game } 3. Nc3 Nc6
4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4
{ I like to apply pressure and develop pieces atthe same time. } 6. Nxc6
{ A solid (and book) choice by White. } 6... bxc6
{ I almostalways tend to take towards the middle when I can choose between two pawns. }
7. Bg5
{ Living up to my view of developing pieces while adding pressure,good move. }
7... h6 { Seeking to relieve some pressure or force an exchange. } 8. Bxf6
{ White obliges } 8... Qxf6
{ What I like about this setup is that I amnow doubly putting pressure on the knight on c3. If not dealt with, Iwill have a winning exchange very soon. }
9. Qd2
{ I could take with thebishop and give White an isolated, doubled c-pawn, but there is often moreadvantage to be gained in letting things build. Often you want to castlebefore you go aggressive to ensure that you king is safely ensconced behindsome pawn wall and that you can connect your rooks. }
9... O-O 10. a3 { lookingto alleviate some pressure. } 10... Ba5
{ Not willing to cede the position justyet. } 11. Bc4
{ Now we have our first bad move from White. The best moveoverall is 0-0-0 to alleviate the pressure on this king. Even b4 wouldbe okay. However, now I have some room in which to harass White. }
11... d5
{ Clearlythe top play, this move portends all sorts of badness for White. If Whitetakes exd5, now I have an open file against his king, and with existingpressure from deployed pieces it creates some trouble. Remember, to launchattacks you need pieces. Do not be so quick to trade, as getting yourpieces to work in harmony and applying layered threats and pressures iswhat chess is all about. }
12. Bd3
{ I think the best play under the circumstances. Perhaps even would have been a better play from the start back on move11. }
12... d4
{ Finally realizing the promise of the pin, I can now do some badthings to White. }
13. b4
{ A good try and perhaps the top move. If I movemy bishop away, it gives him the chance to move his knight. However, Ican still exact my pound of flesh. Another option would have been to castle0-0, and allow his b pawn to recapture, though that would have a pair ofdoubled pawns on the c file. I have a certain devilish pleasure in makingmy opponent have tripled pawns, so it is the move I would have made hadI been playing White. }
13... dxc3 14. Qe2 Bb6 15. O-O
{ Finally getting his kingto safety and connecting his rooks. Being down a piece early is not theend of the world. If we exchange everything else away, it's a draw. Ialso have tripled pawns on the c-file. However, I am up a good deal herepositionally. White should be seeking to pick off my c pawns when theycan, and harassing my DSB when possible. My DSB is on the long diagonalthreatening his king, so it's a great perch. }
15... Be6 { Completing my developing. } 16. Rae1
{ I am assuming that the intent is to eventually do a push of thef pawn, but White will have to move his king first. I would have consideredKh1 to alleviate the pin. White may also be thinking about e5, to allowhis queen to go to e4, to threaten mate. }
16... Qh4
{ To avoid dealing with atempo move by White (e5). I am also hoping to get White to open up hispawn structure to give more attack vectors for my bishops. }
17. e5
{ Iwas expecting g3 or kh1, but moving his pawn down solo, albeit doubly protected,loses something without the ability to push the f pawn also, so White shouldbe moving his king shortly. }
17... Bd5
{ a much more natural attack line for myLSB, I am pointing all of my pieces against his king. My next goal willbe to get my rooks into the game. }
18. Be4 { Offering the trade to alleviatethe pressure. } 18... g6
{ This move is designed to prevent any shenanigans fromhis LSB against my king. Also, I am fine if he wants to trade bishopsas it would unwind my tripled pawns. }
19. Qd3 Rad8 { to prevent losing apawn on bishop exchange. } 20. Bxd5 cxd5
{ Happy to oblige. I knew thatthere was nothing I could do to save the pawn on c3, but preserving thepawns on my half of the board is much more important. }
21. Qxc3
{ I nowhave to be careful of White pushing his a-b pawns, but otherwise my DSBis in a great spot. }
21... Qe7
{ I now need to deal with the pesky pawns fromWhite on both the queenside and the central set. I anticipate either apawn push from White after repositioning his rooks, or Kh1 to being a centralizedpawn push. His e pawn may present problems for me down the road. }
22. Qh3 { threatening Qxh6. } 22... Kg7
{ looking at the potential of bringing a rookto h8 } 23. Qc3
{ looking to provide discovered check. } 23... Kh7
{ Maybe I shouldhave just moved there initially? I would rather have White's queen onthat side of the board anyway. }
24. a4
{ Here we go. White could have consideredmoving his rooks behind first, which, yes, would signal his intentions,but adds to the power of the push. }
24... c5
{ hoping to induce an exchange toalleviate future pressure on my bishop. } 25.
b5
{ White is having none ofit. Now White can potentially have two connected pawns advanced on myside of the board if I am not proactive about it. That would constitutea real threat to me. }
25... c4
{ I need to create an escape valve for my bishopand still give it a chance to impact the a-b pawns. }
26. a5 { Right on cue! } 26... Bc5 27. Re2
{ Looking to avoid a bishop skewer. I would have moved therook to either a1 or b1 to provide extra support to the a-b pawns for theireventual push. Ra1 provides immediate protection, and Rb1 gives a spacefor the queen to go and still protect the a pawn. }
27... Bb4
{ Straight aggressionto threaten Black's a pawn. White will have to move their queen to a1to prevent the capture. }
28. Qa1 Qc7
{ Adding a secondary attack to thea pawn. White can still come out of this with a lot of power in tact. }
29. e6
{ A new challenger enters the stage. Interesting bit of misdirectionhere, perhaps designed to take my eye off of the a-b pawn prize. If Itake now, it would be less than ideal for me, giving White the chance tohave a rank deep into my territory along with those pawns would be bad,bad, bad for me. No thanks! }
29... Rde8
{ I want to keep my rook on f8 thereto stop a pawn march should exf7 happen. }
30. c3
{ Giving up the a pawn. Not a mistake per se, but I would have liked to have seen a little moreaggressive play, probably a6. He would have eventually brought over hisrooks, tried to trap my bishop against the queen, but having worked sohard to get that pair of pawns down there, do not give them away for free. Now imagine if, instead of what actually happened, White had repositionedhis rooks to safeguard the pawns in their march, it would have had somemore challenging responses for me to make. I would have likely attemptedcounter play on the kingside to draw off his defenses. A pair of connectedpawns is great. Those same pawns protected by pieces can be DEADLY. }
30... Bxa5 31. e7
{ An interesting move by White, seeking to trade a pawn fora bishop. Note that if I take 31. ... Rxe7, 32. RxR QxR, 33. Qxa5 winsmaterial back. I would have probably done Rfe1 first to make things alot spicier. }
31... Rg8
{ Notice that I can make that move because my king isno longer blocking the way. I did not foresee this situation specifically,but eventually you will want to move your king and having some space isnot a bad thing. Without bishops to harass me, opening up your king'spawn protection is often okay. It also prevents a backrow mate. }
32. Qa2
{ Not certain what White is going for with this move. Perhaps looking tofollow up with Ra1, but now the c pawn is left hanging. Qa3 would havebeen a much stronger move. If White can capture my pawn on a7, thingswill get very ugly. However, the e7 pawn is still way down there all alone. Such pawns are ripe for plucking. White needs to get the f pawn downthe board. }
32... Bxc3 33. Qa6
{ Probably looking to follow up with Ra2, but anotherpawn is left for the taking. }
33... Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qc6
{ Looking for positionaladvantage, White is hoping for magic to happen. } 35...
Rd8 { This move is theonly one that can protect the my pawns. } 36. Rd1
{ White still has the potentialfor a backrow mate, so I will aim to get a Queen/Rook battery, knowingthat my bishop controls the e1 square just makes it so much better. }
36... Rd6 { Looking to force a queen trade. } 37. Qc5 { White obliges. } 37...
Re6
{ Now I havemy battery, threatening make, with the only option to be to trade queens,noting that d pawn is safe, because White will get mated if he takes it. }
38. h3
{ I can only attribute this move to White thinking through many permutationsand forgetting that he has to move his Queen first. In truth, only hissecond blunder of the game. }
38... Qxc5
{ Looking back at White's play, I wouldencourage him to protect his pawns before he starts marching them downthe board. You are only give away winning potential if you send pawnsto their deaths with little to nothing to show for it afterwards. Also,when you can get your king to safety (move 11), it's worth a hard lookrather than deciding that you have to castle kingside or continue withyour development. }
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[Event "Portsmouth Minor Round 5"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009/02/22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Susan Chadwick"]
[Black "Bob Jacobs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[TimeControl "36 in 90 then 15 mins for the rest"]
[WhiteElo "1268"]
{ Here's this morning's easy win, making up for a tough loss last night,when I refused a draw because I thought I was winning... I'll annotatethat one later as it will take longer. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 { A flexible response } 2... g6
{ Heading for my usual King's Indian formation } 3. e3
{ A conservativeapproach. This is looking like Colle or London System territory, commonamong weaker players. }
3... Bg7 4. Bd3
{ ?! Consistent with the Colle and LondonSystems but I always think a Bd3 is misplaced against a Black Kingsidefianchetto, unless White plans a pawn assault on the f-file. }
4... O-O 5. c4
{ Slightly more agressive than the typical 5. c3. If I felt like it I couldtranspose to a Grunfeld with 5... d5 but for now I prefer to play the standardKI moves with ... d6 and e5, which is even more tempting if White hasn'tput a pawn on e4 adn can potentially be forked from e4 by my pawn. }
5... d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Rb1
{ ? obviously concerned about the B on the long diagonalbut castling was more urgent }
7... e5 8. dxe5
{ ?! looks harmless enough butWhite is sleepwalking into trouble } 8... dxe5 9.
e4
{ blocking the aforementionedfork (which is not actually threatened yet but would be if White's Nd2were to move) and potentially creating air for the dsb }
9... Nc5 { ! attackingthe undefended B } 10. Bc2 Nd3+
{ An unusual opportunity. I felt like Freddythe Big Bad Wolf here! } 11. Bxd3
Qxd3
{ White is suddenly very cramped andinconvenienced, with castling impossible. }
12. Ra1 { freeing the Nd2 fromits obligation to defend the R } 12... Bg4
{ Furthering my development and increasingthe pressure } 13. Qe2 Qxe2+
{ Perhaps early to swap Qs when my attack hashardly got going but White will have trouble finding safety for her K andher pieces remain in disarray }
14. Kxe2 Rad8 { ! This powerful rook dominatesthe rest of the game. } 15. h3
Be6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Ng5 Nf4+ 18. Kf1 Bc8 19. Ngf3 Nd3
{ ! the second N lands on the troublesome d3 square } 20. Ba3
{ I'doverlooked this possibility but it doesn't solve White's problems. } 20...
c5
{ The N on d3 supports this block, saving my R from having to move fromf8, where its dutry is to support the f-pawn in prosecuting the attack. }
21. g3 f5 22. Kg2 b6 23. Rhf1 Bb7 24. Ne1 fxe4 25. Nxd3 e3+
{ Seemed moreforcing than exd3. I'm not sure how good it really is. Though it wassufficient for this game. }
26. Kg1 exd2 27. Nb2 e4 28. Rad1 Rf3 29. b4
{ ?? the first outright blunder that I spotted anyway. } 29... Rxa3 30. f3 Bxb2
31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Rf2 Rxg3+ 33. Kh2 Be5
{ ! I like this move! White hasno escape now. } 34. Rfxd2 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rgxd2+
{ and White gave up the ghost. She had used 44 minutes, I'd used 15... Hence my opportunity to catchup on Gameknot :-) }
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[Event "Fast Ladder"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.01.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "tomlib"]
[Black "growthy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1375"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<3d"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. d4 { Queen's pawn is my favorite } 1... Nf6
{ Looks good for Queen's Pawn Gambit } 2. c4 { Standard } 2... e6 { Normal } 3.
Nc3 { Normal } 3... Bb4 { Developing with attack } 4. a3
{ I am wary of letting that Bishop stay there from past experiencewhen the Queen gets to a5 }
4... Bxc3+ { Doubles my pawns } 5. bxc3 { Retakes } 5... b6
{ I don't remember playing against this before but it seems strong } 6. Bg5
{ Continuing forward } 6... h6
{ In the past when retreating my Bishop I've gotteninto trouble with a cramped position and once again it happens here. }
7. Bh4 { I retreat } 7... g5 { Pushing me back } 8. Bg3 { Full retreat } 8...
Ne4 { Pushingforward with the attack } 9. Qd3
{ I thought I could keep my pawns undoubledwith this move } 9... Bb7
{ Here comes the fianchetto with a great diagonal } 10. d5
{ Trying to block things off. This fails. } 10... Nxg3
{ Now 11. Qxg3 exd5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 loses a pawn but I probably should have done it anyway as I endup losing the pawn and have the doubled pawns. }
11. hxg3 { Thinking perphapsthere will be king side attacks } 11... Na6
{ Peeking at Nc5 } 12. Nf3 { Trying toget my pieces into play } 12... Qf6
{ Here comes the big guns also setting up along side castle } 13. Qd4
{ Trying to straighten out my pawn structure } 13... Qxd4
{ Trades queens and nabs the pawn I tried to save with 11. hxg3 } 14. cxd4
{ Retake } 14... O-O-O
{ Getting the king to safety I've got no initiativeand nothing threatening }
15. e4 { Trying to gain some initiative } 15... d6
{ Guardingthe e5 square where I'd like to get my knight } 16. e5
{ Trying to straightenout my disastrous pawns } 16... g4
{ All hope of getting my knight to e5 is crushed } 17. Nd2
{ Retreat (a common theme in this game for me) } 17... dxe5 { Now takes } 18.
dxe5 { Not much else } 18... exd5 { Getting ready to pick up the pawn } 19. f4
{ This was one of my few inspired moves. 19. .. dxd4 allows me a fairlynice pawn chain although nets the pawn }
19... gxf3 { Even with this I get a betterpawn structure } 20. gxf3
{ Straightening out a bit } 20... Nc5
{ Moving the knightto a better position. 21. cxe5 Bxe5 or 21. cxe5 Rxe5 gains more initiative }
21. Rh4 { Trying to get my pieces in the game } 21... dxc4
{ Get the rook on anopen file. } 22. Rxc4
{ 22. Nxc4 leads to 22. Bxf3 and my pawns are scatteredislands } 22... Ba6
{ The pressure is relentless } 23. Rxc5
{ Hoping for 23. ...bxc5 24. Bxa6+ winning me the exchange } 23... Bxf1
{ No chance of that } 24. Rc6 { Trying to set up some active rook play } 24...
Bb5 { More pressure } 25. Rf6 { Tryingto attack } 25... Rd7
{ One of the few reactive moves my opponent has in the entiregame but also sets up doubled rooks }
26. Ne4 { Looking for a better position } 26... Bd3
{ The threats are coming from everywhere } 27. Rd1
{ Nowhere good to runthe knight. I'm trying to get a little counterplay here }
27... Bxe4 { Exchangewith better position and up a pawn } 28. fxe4
{ 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Rxf7 Ke6doesn't work for me } 28... Re7
{ Attacking my doubled pawns } 29. Rd5 { Trying tosave pawns } 29... Rg8
{ More attacks } 30. Kf2 { At least my king is moving in theright direction }
30... Rg6
{ Wanting to trade off and then smash me on the queenside with pawns } 31. Rf4
{ Hoping to keep my rooks } 31... Rge6
{ Here I decideto exchange the rooks for one tempo for the king } 32. Kf3
{ King into betterposition for end game } 32... Rxe5 { Forces the exchange }
33. Rxe5
{ Little hopeand I lose one of my doubled pawns for one of his good pawns }
33... Rxe5 { Takes } 34. Rxf7
{ Pick up the pawn and my king is in better position although theexchange leaves me with only one rook for defense }
34... Ra5 { Going after mypawns naturally } 35. Kf4
{ Now I attempt a desperate charge hoping my epawn can somehow queen before the queen side avalanche }
35... c5 { The a pawnis easily taken at any time. Move forward } 36. Ke5
{ Again getting my kingforward } 36... Rxa3 { Bye bye a pawn } 37. Kd6
{ 37. ... Rxg3 38. Kc7 Rc3 stillgives him time to prevent the and I thought might be better }
37... Rd3+
{ I want38. Kc6 threatening back rank mates anyway so this gave me a bit of hope,soon dashed }
38. Kc6 { My first real threat of the game } 38... c4
{ Now I snapup some pawns but it is fruitless } 39. Rxa7
{ Threatening mate again } 39... Kd8 { Preventing 40. Ra8# } 40. Kxb6
{ Snatching another pawn the game is evenin material but stopping the c pawn is not an easy task }
40... c3 { There shegoes } 41. g4
{ I analyzed a number of lines with 41. Rc3 and 41. Ra1 butlosing my g pawn ended up with black's h pawn queening everytime }
41... c2 { Onestep away } 42. Rc7
{ I actually thought this prolonged things but the hammeris ready to fall }
42... Rb3+
{ Kapow. 43. Ka5 (or Ka6 or Ka7) Kxc7 and 43. Kc6c1=Q game over. I Resigned rather than forcing a few more routine moves.I felt like I never was in this game at all. }
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[Event "dl_leonine's mini-tournament I"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rodasy"]
[Black "wausman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
1. e4
{ Just a simple opening, I'm playing Black in this game! Plz checkthe huge mistake the gameknot AnalysisEngine made at move 19 It's likea mistake a 1400 rating wouldn't even make. }
1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Ng6 9. Qe2 a6 10. b4 Nd4
{ Attacking the queen, knighttrade seems the only option for white. } 11. Nxd4
Bxd4 12. Bb2 Qf6 { Putting pressure on the knight and b2bishop. } 13. Qd2 Nh4
{ Trying to prevent kingsidecastle } 14. Kf1 Qg6 { Threatening Qxg2 } 15. f3
Qf6 { Queen and knight were almost trapped, Qf6 was the only movei think } 16.
Rb1 { Blunder from white, Knight will take f3 } 16... Nxf3
{ A sacrificeto win a rook. } 17. gxf3
{ A correct move white limiting damage, Qe2 lookswrong } 17... Qxf3+
{ Claiming the price. } 18. Ke1 Qxh1+ 19. Bf1
{ Now black isdefinitely ahead (5.89 points), but what does the gameknot analysisengine say? Be5 20. h3 Bg3+ 21. Ke2 f5 22. Qe3 Qh2+ 23. Kd3 Bf2 24. Qg5 a5 25.Bg2 axb4 26. axb4 Qd6+ 27. Nd5 fxe4+ 28. Bxe4 exd5 29. Qxg7# Mate forwhite? How could that be??? I know I played a blunder, by leaving my bishopunguarded playing Qf3, but the mate at Qxg7 seems weird. }
19... Qf3 20. Qxd4 f6 21. Ne2 b5 22. Bc1 Bb7 23. Ng3 d5 24. Rb3 Qg4 25. h3 Qh4
26. Qb6 Rab8 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qg4 { Trading off queens } 28... Qxg4 29. hxg4
dxe4 30. Be3 Rbc8 31. Kd1 Rfd8+ 32. Kc1 Bd5
{ Cornering the rook, taking it out of play fora while } 33. Rb2 Rc3
{ Preventing c2 to move } 34. Nf5 Rxa3 { Taking a pawn } 35. Bc5 g6 36. Nd6 Be6
37. Nxe4 Bxg4 38. Bd3 { A neccesary move to preventmate of Rd1++ } 38... f5
{ Advancing the pawns to promote eventually } 39. Ng5 Rd5
{ Taking the rook out of danger, because of Nf7+ } 40. Rb1 h5
{ Advancingmore pawns } 41. Kb2 { White corners my rook to a4 } 41... Ra4 42.
Kb3 h4 { Advancingmore pawns } 43. Bf1 Kg7
{ Taking the king out of the corner, it looks moresafe here at g7 } 44. c4
{ A mistake, I think BD1+ gives nice attackinglines } 44... Bd1+ 45. Kc3 Ra3+
{ Getting my rook back in play } 46. Kb2
{ With the rookhanging on d5, I decided to checkchase the king } 46... Rb3+ 47.
Kc1 { I have tocheck until my rook is saved } 47... Rc3+ 48. Kb2
{ Another check } 48... Rc2+ 49. Ka3 Rdd2
{ Finally the rook is free, and now threatening mate at a2 } 50. Bd4+
{ A check, trying to get out of trouble } 50... Kg8
{ This looks ok, according tokingsafety, Kf8 will result the knight to e6+ and adding a defender towhites exposed king. Gameknot analysis gives Kh6, a safer square perhaps }
51. Bb2 { Preventing the mate Ra2++ } 51... bxc4
{ Threatening c3 as a next move } 52. Ka4
{ A huge blunder, b5 should be played, to give white an escaperoute,all is over for white now. }
52... Rxb2+ { I take the bishop, since it's free.The king is in check aswell. }
53. Rxd1
{ A blunder, resulting in mate inone. Ka5 looks best, but all is lost. } 53...
Ra2# { Checkmate, Hope you enjoyedit. } 0-1
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[Event "Unexpected X-Ray"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.07.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "damalfi"]
[Black "Player"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1662"]
[TimeControl "3/5"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
{ After a midgame full of mistakes, I got advantage and won by an unusualx-ray+ tactics. }
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. c3
{ I see this move as necessary.Qb6 causes white to defend, and white can, in fact, but it leads the gameslightly on black's side. If now black goes Qb6, Qb3 is ok. White won'texchange queens if black doesn't go for it. }
3... Nd7 { Not bad but black musthave a good plan to develop his lsb. } 4. Nf3
{ Preventig e4, mandatory. } 4... Ngf6 5. e3
{ Inviting black to exchange my good dsb for the Nf6, at thecost of opening the h column for my rook. I'm planning to castle queenside.(Nh5, Bg3, NxB, hxN). }
5... g6 { ! It is always more difficult for me to playagainst the fianchetto. }
6. Nbd2
{ I wait for the bishop to develop untilit can do on a threatening square. Bd3 is not bad, but not the priority. }
6... Bg7 7. Bd3
{ ? h3 would have been profilactic, but I intended to use theh pawn to break the black kinside pawns. }
7... O-O
{ Falling into my game. Blackis well advised to unravel his pieces and castle queenside instead. }
8. Ne5
{ This is important to free the way for the queen and the other knightto support. }
8... Re8
{ Useless, now that e5 is impossible for black. This isthe key of white's game. }
9. g4
{ ? Gives the pawn for nothing, but openingthe g column. Again, h3 was necessary, but I hate slow moves. }
9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nxg4 11. Nf3
{ I have to defend e5 at all costs. And this is not bad,since my other knight gets into the fry. Even so, the entire sequence is? due to the fact that black has now half-solved the lsb's problem. }
11... Nh6
{ 'Threatening' Bf5, and I won't get anything from BxB, NxB. Now, whitehas not a good position. }
12. Bxh6 { ? Trying to avoid black's developementplan, but falling into... }
12... Bxh6 { Now, h3 seems necessary. But this willbe a defensive move. } 13.
h4 Bg4
{ ...I got what I deserved. Now, I haveto lose a tempo! And, far worse, black has developed his lsb to a verynice square (h5). }
14. Rg1 Bh5
{ ...and the bishop is in a very nice square,blocking my h pawn to cause some trouble to black's kingside. }
15. Be2
{ Only way to cope with the pin. Again, I could have saved a tempo by waitingto move it on d3. }
15... e6
{ Threatening BxN and Qxh5 (but it won't be necessarilygood for black). } 16.
Ng5
{ I have to 'use' the e5 pawn, and this is theway. If f6, BxB! I'm also threatening it just now. Now, BxN just don'tgive much to black, but it loosens my attack (provided black doesn't allowme to open his king accepting BxBh5, gxB). }
16... Bxe2 { Half-forced, avoidingBxB. } 17. Qxe2
{ Freeing the way for castling, while black has only thequeen to attack my queenside (for the moment). }
17... Qb6 18. O-O-O
{ Althoughruined by my bad moves, the general idea to go for the BK, even at thecost of accepting him losing time attacking my king, still holds. Thiscastling offers b2 a protection (freeing my queen), and joins the two rooks.Moreover, it gets a R's eye on d4. }
18... Rac8
{ ? Preparing his queenside attack,of course, but better would have been c5!, definitely, threatening to openthe columns against my king by pawn's exchanges, and preventing Rd4. Icould defend, but my attack would be compromised. }
19. Qf3
{ ? More interestingmaybe was h5 at once. This wins a tempo to have my queen well on the kingside.This move is possible because of o-o-o, otherwise the queen is dued tob2's defence. It threatens mate (Qxf7+), so black has to defend. }
19... Rf8
{ That kind of demostrates that Re1 by black was a loss of tempo. Now, Qf6is worthless because of Bg7. But the queen is not staying there forever. }
20. Rd4
{ !? h5 was needed, in order to go on with the attack. This aimsat f7. Qf6 was worthless due to Bg7. The great question you have to askyourself before making such a move is: 'Would I be able to save the rookin the future, if it has to move along the 4th row?'. With lots of pawnson the board, the answer is generally 'no', so you better don't. I tookthe risk, here, because I planned to get all my forces on f7, pressuringblack, and I had the 'escape square' b4, threatening the black queen andthus winning a tempo to save the rook againt future pawn's advances. Myother plan was to take away the queen so to play f4 (once e3 was well guarded).But again, this is a 'passive' plan, that gives black tempo to c5 and d4. }
20... Bg7 { ! Giving the B his best use. } 21. Rf4
{ I give black e5, a very dangerousconcession, but if Bxe5, Rxf7. Qg3 was another idea. But this was moreexciting (and in blitz I always go for the excitement! :-) }
21... Rc7
{ ! Defendingf7, and I can't add another piece. Does it means that the whole plan startedwith Rd4 was bad? Maybe. But my pieces are just threatening, aren't they?Note that if now black could move, Bxe5 will be answered by Nxe6 (fxN,QxR#), BxR, NxRf8. So I was not opposed to Bxe5, and... }
22. h5 { To startmining black's pawns. } 22... Bxe5
{ I just overlooked Nxe6 because of the hurry.It would be fun to go through it and see what happens. }
23. Rb4
{ ? The'escape square' I planned to use some moves ago. Alternative move Rh4 washard to calculate (f6...) }
23... Qa5
{ Ok now I can be passive and play Kb1, asa good boy... or Rb3 (Qxa2?, Ra3!)... or try to push for the win. Can youguess what I choosed? :-) }
24. hxg6 fxg6
{ ?? The losing move, no doubt.With hxg6 black could have survived longer. My queen kicked? No problem.Black thinks that he wins a tempo by threatening my queen, AND f2, but...hey, he is leaving e3 unguarded by a pawn, so it has a fork threat... andmuch more! }
25. Qh3
{ Threatening d6 for the second time, and making itimpossible to defend. }
25... Qxa2
{ ? Black doesn't sense the danger, or he thinksthat his threats are stronger than mines. As often in tactic chess, thecrossed-attacks theme is most interesting, but you have to be very realisticin tempo calculations. Note that black has Qa1+ followed by QxRg1. Butwhite's threat is worse that this. Black could simply play Re7. It devertedthe R from the attack, but now if white goes Nxe6, black has Rxf2, whilethe dsb guards some squares around the king. Bue even more than that: blackhas to prevent the white R to join the attack, so d4 was mandatory, evensacrifying it, in order to keep this rook apart from the attack (then,black can try to win it with Bd6... after the kingside storm). }
26. Qxe6+
{ ...but this is a heavy move. Note that the Be4 is hanging, and so is theRc7. My queen will take both, and then black's revenge on the Rg1 wouldbe not enough. It is fun to try to calculate if white can afford (afterthe previous moves) Rxb7, with unavoidable mate threat, but leaving blackthe check's round with Q AND the Rf8 (xf7+ at some point). Very thrilling,but I won't go for it. }
26... Rcf7
{ Black gets a knight after all, instead ofplainly losing B and R (for a R). }
27. Nxf7 Qa1+ { Winning my rook in themeantime. } 28. Kc2
{ Prepared to hide on b3... } 28... Qxg1
{ Now, the temptingdouble check Nh6 is just bad: Kg7, QxB+, KxN. So I went for another idea. }
29. Ng5+ { ...looking at Rh4. Note that f2 is under double attack. } 29... Kg7
{ Black is forced to lose the bishop this time. But it is well worse thanthat. }
30. Qxe5+ Rf6
{ Kh6, Rh4#. But I could have played Rxb7+, winningwithout question. But I saw another way. }
31. Qe7+ Kh6
{ Rh4+? KxN, butnow that f2 will be defended, there is no hope for black. He can just trythe last way: if I go Rxb7 now, he can start the check's round with Rxf2,and... this is unnecessarily risky (black's queen can go to d1, so my kingwon't be able to hide easily. }
32. Qxf6
{ It seems a mistake, since itloses the kinght, but... (can you see it, beg? :-) Note that it was justdangerous to let black take f2 with check. }
32... Qxg5 { Black will lose a rookdown, but there is still a quicker way. }
33. Rh4+
{ The 'coup de grace'.The R is 'x-ray' defended by my Q, and both QxR or Qh5 will leave me aQ up. Thank you for reading and forgive me for the bad moves :-). My opponent,sensibly, resigned here. }
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.08.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "radjaidjah"]
[Black "ash0ka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
1. Nf3
{ This game is annotated in an entertaining way, from white's pointof view. Some remarks could be interesting to beginners / intermediateplayers. Striking opening: 1. Nf3! Called the Reti opening in honor ofchess player Richard Reti. Usually the plan is that whatever your opponentdoes, you push the g pawn, fianchetto the light square bishop, then castle.In this way your king is well protected from the beginning. It is considereddefensive and not much used at top level. }
1... d5 { 1 ...d5 Classic reply tothe Reti opening. } 2. g3
{ Pushing the g pawn as scheduled. } 2... Nc6 { Standardreply too. } 3. Bg2
{ Fianchettoing the light square bishop as scheduled. } 3... e5
{ Oh, black is controlling the center now. } 4. d4
{ Time to get dirtyand go too! } 4... e4
{ Oh, he has a pawn on my side, and is threatening the knight. } 5. Ne5
{ Let's escape to e5! What do you think of this outpost? } 5... Bd6
{ What?Help, he's chasing my knight! I can protect him with the dark square bishop,or... }
6. Nxc6
{ That's it, let's take the knight. OK mine moved threetimes and his only one, but... }
6... bxc6
{ He has to alter his pawn structureto recapture. So, in terms of imbalances, so far I lost some tempos andhe has an altered pawn structure. }
7. c4
{ OK now let's advance the c pawnto go to c5, if he captures, he will have a very bad pawn structure (threepawns on the same file, that can be good in some situations but here I'mnot too sure), plus I can take the e pawn with the bishop. }
7... Be6 { OK hedoesn't take and develops his bishop, defending the d pawn. }
8. c5
{ Solet's advance inside his side too, and attack his other bishop at the sametime! }
8... Be7 { He has to retreat. } 9. Qa4
{ The c6 pawn is vulnerable, so let'sthreaten it. It's also interesting to have a diagonal targeting the adverseking. }
9... Qd7 { He choses to defend with the queen. } 10. f3
{ It would be goodto get rid of this e4 pawn, who has already well walked. If he takes Irecapture with the e pawn, creating a semi open e file for a future rook.Otherwise I just take with the f pawn, creating a semi open f file fora future rook. }
10... Nf6
{ Hmmm he choses to defend the e pawn by developingthe knight. The problem is now, if I take, he will have a powerful knighton e4, defended by the d pawn. }
11. Bg5
{ I think it's worth sacrificingthe bishop to kill the knight. He's defending d5 and e4, and he's wellpositioned if black decides to castle kingside. }
11... O-O { Well, black justcastles kingside. } 12. Bxf6
{ So... so long for keeping the bishop pair,bye bye Mr Knight. Say hello to Keat. }
12... Bxf6 { Wisely, he recaptures withhis bishop and not with the g pawn. }
13. fxe4 { Now I can go with the initialidea and take the e pawn. } 13... dxe4
{ He recaptures, and I will be able totake with the bishop. But wait! Now he has two attackers targeting my dpawn, who is only protected by my queen! If he takes the d pawn, he willfurthermore take the c pawn and destroy my center. }
14. e3
{ I prefer tobuild a solid diagonal spine of three pawns. The e pawn is not defended,but it's not threatened so far. }
14... Bd5
{ Of course he defends the e4 pawn,and now he also has a strong diagonal spine, with the bishop defendingboth extreme pawns. }
15. Nc3
{ His e pawn is still here, invading my side.My turn to develop a second piece threatening him. }
15... Qe6
{ He moves his queento defend e4. At this point my impression is that the game is a bit stuck.The opening is over, we're in the midgame. Someone has to take the initiative. }
16. h4
{ This move is probably not very good. The plan is to move on towardsthe black g and h pawns defending the king. On the other hand, my queenis a bit isolated on the a4 square, I should think of a way to put herback in the game... maybe Qd1? Trading my knight against his bishop istempting, but the drawback is that it would reorganize his pawn structure. }
16... Qg4
{ Damn, the black queen has taken advantage of the previous move. Shethreatens the g pawn now. Too late to bring back the white queen. }
17. Ne2
{ So far, I have no real plan to attack, and the only thing I see todefend the pawn is to bring the knight to e2. I have considered Kf2 too,but after something like Qf5 I wouldn't know what to do. }
17... a5
{ Now he playson the queen side. It's likely I won't castle kingside, and he has a semiopen file (b). On the other hand, I notice that his queen is a bit constrained,can we trap her somehow? If Bh3, her only free squares are h5 and g6. Howto control them? }
18. Kf2
{ Commiting move, as I cannot castle anymore.The idea is that now it is the king who will protect g3, so I can bringthe knight to f4 and control g6 and h5! }
18... Rfb8 { He attacks the b2 pawn,threatening to arrive on the second rank. }
19. Qc2
{ Opportunity to movethe queen towards the active side of the game, defending the b pawn. }
19... Rb4
{ He goes in. This is unpleasant, the rook is threatening to attack thequeen by going to c4, I have to do something. }
20. b3 { Defending a4 andc4. } 20... Rab8
{ He doubles the rooks, threatening the poor b3 even more. I decidenot to care and go on with the trapping plan. }
21. Nf4
{ OK knight movedto b4, good. But... the super plan doesn't work! If Bh3 then Qf3+. }
21... a4
{ So black has now 4 attackers targeting b3. One can see that if the b8rook ever leaves its rank, I may be able to backrank-checkmate him. }
22. Rhb1
{ So let's play Rhb1 with the strange idea: axb3 axb3 Bxb3 Rxb3 Qxb3.If Rxb3 then Ra8+ Qc8 Rxc8+ Bd8 Rxd8++! }
22... h6
{ Ooooooh he saw that and createdan escape square for his king. No way! But wait, something appears: hise4 square is not defended anymore by the queen because the knight is nowblocking the path. So... }
23. Bxe4
{ This move attacks the h7 square blockingthe king's exit... At the same time there is still a b-plan to trap thequeen with Bf5! It didn't work from the front, let's try from the back(sentence not to take out of context). }
23... axb3 { OK he takes the b3 pawn.He could have taken the bishop as well. }
24. axb3
{ I recapture, the a fileis now open! Ready to sacrifice the queen for a backrank mate. }
24... Bxb3
{ Hestill decides not to take the bishop and takes the pawn instead, threateningthe queen. But it is a free bishop for me since after Rxb3, if Rxb3 thenQxb3. }
25. Rxb3 { OK I capture the free bishop with the rook. } 25... Rxb3
{ Andhe recaptures. Here I have also considered Bf5 as mentioned earlier, butthe problem is: Rb2 Qxb2 Rxb2+ checks the white king, so no time to bringthe remaining white rook to a8... }
26. Qxb3
{ This leaves us with Qxb3,not so bad. If Rxb3 then Ra8+ leading to mate, and if he doesn't retreatthe queen Bf5 is still trapping her. And I'm up materialwise. }
26... Qc8
{ Thisis probably the best move he could have played, at the same time defendingthe rook and saving the queen from being trapped. }
27. Bf5 { Let's carryon attacking the queen. } 27... Qd8
{ He retreats. Now his rook is a threat tomy queen as my rook can't go to the 8th rank anymore. }
28. Qc4 { So let'smove away. } 28... Rb2+
{ The rook finally leaves the 8th rank, protected by thequeen, to check my king. Not a big issue. }
29. Kg1 { King is pretty safehere. } 29... g5
{ He attacks my knight with his g pawn. I think this is a mistake,as g7 is now empty. }
30. Bh7+
{ Let's go closer to the adverse king. IfKxh7 then Qxf7+ (taking advantage of the empty g7 pawn) which puts theking in a very uncomfortable situation. }
30... Kg7
{ He doesn't take and goesto g8. f8 was a better square, as I can now advance the knight and checkhim at the same time. }
31. Nh5+
{ Threats are too strong now, and I thinkthat he doesn't have any real plan. He resigns. }
1-0
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[Event "Game 913"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.03.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "cupido"]
[Black "eduard352"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
{ A game in which black gained an early lead n development, which gave hima decisive initiative even aftyer the exhnage of the Queens }
1. e4 { ... } 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3
{ Not good according to theory, because this gives blacka lead in development. }
3... dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 { Another play by thesame piece. } 5... c5
{ Attacking whites center, before playing Nc6 } 6. Ne2
{ Thisnight would have been better places on f3, but alas that field is occupied }
6... Nc6 7. dxc5
{ In the hope possibly of some relive after the exchange ofthe Queens, without which the offensive will be much less dangerous. Howeverblack is gaining a decisive lead in development. }
7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxc5 9. Bxc6+
{ White should have accepted the loss of the pawn or maybe playedRf1. After this move Blacks lead in development becomes way to strong. }
9... bxc6 10. f3 Ba6 { Pinning down whites king } 11. c3
{ An airhoe, but is ifof no use, because of the of the king must protect Ke2 }
11... O-O-O+ 12. Ke1 Rd7
{ White is in serious troubles, soon blacks rooks and bisshop will havehis king in a death trap. }
13. Bg5 Nd5 { Not allowing white some relieveby exchanging of another piece. }
14. Nd2 f6 15. Ne4
{ White problems becomeclear, Bh4 fails because of Ne3+ At this point white starts paying wellthough, often finding a way out where no rescoue seems possible anymore. }
15... Bb6
{ No way black is going to surrender such a storngly plaves bisshop. } 16. Bd2
Rhd8
{ Blacks bisshops and rooks have combined into a deadly force. Note how black manages to combine all his pieces and have them work togetherin harmony. Another problem for white is how he gets almost no chanceof putting his rooks into play. }
17. b3
{ Hoping to hemm in the bisshopon a6, but it does nothing to get his rooks into play. }
17... f5 18. Ng5 Nb4
{ The tactical trickery has started. After 19.cxb4, Rxd2; blacks has succesfullystormed the white castle. In fact that would win a piece because the whitekight cannot move the knight on e2, on penalty of checkmate with Bf2# Here the enormous strength of the combination of bisshops and rooks becomesapparent. }
19. Nd4 { The only move } 19... Nc2+ { But still they come! } 20. Nxc2 Rxd2 21.
Nd4 Rxg2
{ Black now has a rook on the 2nd row, combined with thosethe two nisshops this is still deadly. Taking control of the second rowsalso stop white from getting his rooks into play. However is would havebeen better to out the rook out of harms way with 21...Rb2; }
22. Ngxe6 Re8 23. Kd1 c5
{ With the expectation of winning a pice, but white has sometricks up his sleeve still. The two knight play well together. }
24. Nf4 Rf2
{ I was now hoping for 25.Nh3, cxd4?!; 26. Nxf2, dxc3; 27.Nh3, Re2; This creates a world of danger for white, and the dangerous pawn on c3compendsates for the loss of the exchange. }
25. Nde6 Bb7
{ A new trick,since there is nothing to be gained on the a6-f1 diagonal. } 26.
Rg1 Bxf3+ 27. Kc1
{ I think Ke1 would have been better. On c1 the King get caughtin a net wich will lead to checkmate }
27... c4
{ Reopens the diagonal. The lossof a pawn is of no importance. In fact the immediate threat is Be3+, Kb1,Be4 checkmate }
28. Re1 Rxh2
{ Freeing the field for the bisshop, puttingthe rook safwe, and preventing a future Nh3, threatening h6 and g5. Another thought here is that if the attack would stall, then at the pawnformation garantees victory. How would white stop them from marching south? But white has to face more immediate threats against his king first }
29. b4 { bxc4 was needed, to create room for the Night on d3 } 29... Bf2 30.
Re5 { The rook must keep protecting e3 on penalty of checkmate. } 30... Be4 31.
Rb5
{ The only solution was Rxe4, sacrificing the exchange. Now the rookis out of play, and the white king has lost his last protector }
31... Be3+ 32. Kd1 Bf3+
{ White surrendered as checkmate follows on the next move. } 0-1
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[Event "WILLYWONKZ WACKYWORLD #1A"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "14 dec 2010"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Lord Jabborg"]
[Black "Carsberg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1"]
[TimeControl "15 December 2010"]
1. Na3
{ This is a famous game between lord Jabborg (playing white) andhis elderly pet lobster 'Carlsberg' (playing black). The game took placeon the top floor of Willy Wonkz palace, submerged in the 'purple ocean'45 goblemetres Northwest of the historical sinking of the 'Flying Fangerblot'at minus 3 minutes to 37 o clock on the 91.5th of Krumpember year 208 (sinceWacky World was first discovered). The game contains moments of genius,melancholy, evil and madness and is one of the most celebrated games inwestern Wacky World (of course, only among the Squoppulant race). The1st Move is the most conventional opener since Wacky World was discovered. }
1... Nh6 { Carlsberg responds with the 'by the book' nh6 } 2. Rb1
{ This move suggeststhat Jabborg is thinking of the 'corner knight' opener here, a variationof the 'retreat to formation' style. }
2... Ng4 { Carsberg decides to capitaliseon the invaluable g4 square } 3. Nb5
{ as expected; Carsberg's best defencehere is ne5 } 3... Ne5
{ This move is practically forced, a move to e3 would viciouslythreaten the morale of the h7 pawn whilst inadvertently offering a 'habbajoop'duel }
4. Ra1
{ Bombshell! An ancient technique known as the 'rerooker',the move has had mysterious history, it was studied in great length bythe 'Moonlagoom' Race }
4... Nc4
{ This move suggests that Carlsberg may be invitingJabborg to a 'cross-knight-swap', a superstitious ritual which is usuallyplayed among lobsterian sages. The ritual is known to 'clean the game ofevil' and both players will live prosperously. }
5. Nd4 { Jabborg acceptsCarlsberg's invitation } 5... Na3 6. Nf5 Nb1 7. Nh6 Na6
{ with the extra moveto Carlsberg's advantage, he offers his knight to a6 so Jabborg may regainground }
8. Ng8 Nb4 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Nb5 Ng6 12. Nd4 Nf4 13. Nc6 Nh3 14. Nb8
Ng1
{ And so, the first part of the ritual is complete, it isnow up to Jabborg who will decide how to 'honour the soul' of Wackyworld'ssaviours 'the Jellamin Army' who fought to success in the Great TanatrogWar. }
15. Rxg1 { He chooses the most popular technique 'murder at 4 corners' } 15...
Rxb8 16. Rxb1 Rxg8
{ With the game now 'cleaned of evil', it is up to bothplayers to prove who is the most 'Grophworthy'. }
17. f3
{ Jabborg is knownto favour pawns over all other pieces. He once played 760 consecutive gamesusing only his pawns and remarkably won 2 of them. }
17... Ra8
{ This move suggeststhat carlsberg may be beginning a taunt technique known as the 'Wings ofWaffapoon' }
18. a3 Rh8 19. c3 Rb8
{ Sure enough, Carlsberg has commitedto taunting his opponents pawns and reserving energy within his pieces }
20. e3 Rg8 21. b3 Ra8 22. g3 Rh8 23. h3 Rb8 24. f4 Rg8 25. c4 Ra8 26. b4 Rh8
27. g4 Rb8 28. e4 Rg8 29. d3 Ra8 30. a4 Rh8 31. d4 Rb8 32. h4 Rg8
{ WithJabborg's pawns regrouping on the 4th Rank, it will be interesting howCarslberg will respond. If he decides to advance his front line, it wouldsurely be a merciless pawn battle similar to that of the famous pawn battlebetween Count Gok and Proffessor of Flimanin Science Peetabob Haphomski. }
33. d5 e6 34. dxe6 fxe6 35. e5 g6 36. b5 h6 37. c5 d6 38. b6 dxe5 39. c6 cxb6
40. g5 bxc6 41. f5 hxg5 42. a5 gxf5 43. axb6 gxh4 44. bxa7
{ With Carsberg'sflourid pawn agility easliy winning over his opponent's troops, Jabborg'sleft foot went a pale green colour and he felt a wave of anxiety as herealised that he was (as Bwophsquant types say) 'up Lobsterian Creek' }
44... c5 45. a8=N Rxa8 46. Ra1 e4 47. Rb1 c4 48. Ra1 e5 49. Rb1
{ With the gamegoing through somewhat of a sag in excitement, it was said to have havebeen remarked by Carsberg in his deep croaky voice 'now we ball-race'.Carlsberg was a fan of ball-racing around pawns, it was a tradition amongsome lobsterian types and he was said to always offer a ball-race if hewas playing as black. }
49... Bh6
{ And so, Carlsberg decides the ball-race willbe Chazakwise (named after Wackyworld's moon which rotates around the planet.This term's opposite is Chopawise which was a considerably smaller moonthat rotated in the opposite direction. It was destroyed in a head on collision109 years ago, the event was named 'the great moon reduction of 99') }
50. Ba3 Rg3 51. Qb3 Qg5 52. Bd3 Be6 53. Rg2 Ra7 54. Qb6 Rf3 55. Be7 Bf7 56. Ra2
Qg2 57. Rb5 Bc1 58. Bc2 Bh5 59. Rd5 Rfa3 60. Ba4+
{ Suddenly, Jabborgaccidently checked Carlberg's King. In a fit of rage, Carlsberg, clearlyunamused, began blowing out vast amounts of air making all of the pieces,1 by 1 lurch to Jabborg's side of the board completely untouched by theplayers. }
60... R7xa4 61. Qb1 Bd1 62. Bb4 c3 63. Rdd2 Kf7 64. Ra1 Ke6 65. Bxa3 f4 66. Bb2
Kf5 67. Bxc1
{ Before the game got out of hand, Jabborg stodup and insisted that the game be finished in a 'Phrappenite' manner (aterm derived from the mythical race of Phrappenians, who are said to havecompletely green skin, live in clouds and are known to be the purest ofbeings) and both players should agree to continue the game from the positionson the board. Carsberg recovered from his frustration, glanced at the boardand decided that Jabborg was right. }
67... Qg1#
{ The checkmating move was deliveredmercilessly. Following his final move, Carslberg was known to have stoodup from his bean bag and cried out to his wife 'Fneeba! Fneeba! I won again!'.It is known that Jabborg's family feasted on 2 roast lobsters that evening. }
0-1
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[Event "Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "12-Sep-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "acpro"]
[Black "drunken_rabbit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[TimeControl "9d+5d, 15d max"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
1. d4
{ I was searching drunken_rabbit's past game and I noticed this beatifulgame and decided to annotate it. }
1... d5 2. e4
{ D00 Blackmar Diemer Gambit.This might be called the true Queen's Gambit - the Blackmar-Diemer. Likewhat the name of the game says }
2... dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3
{ This is a typicalmove of attacking players but considered to be too risky sometime. }
4... exf3 5. Qxf3 { Bringing the queen to the battle. } 5... c6
{ Out of Opening Book. FreesBlack's pawn at b7 from the pin. Seems to be a very powerful move. }
6. Be3 { Protects the pawn at d4. } 6... g6
{ Bishop in fianchetto will be the nextmove. } 7. h3 Bg7
{ Bishop in fianchetto. clearing the way for castle. } 8. O-O-O Be6
{ Possible attack on a2. } 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5
{ Forks white'squeen and pawn at a2. } 11. Qf2 Bxa2
{ Bishop takes a2 black is ahead twopawns in material and the pressure on white's king is increased. }
12. b3
{ Traps black's bishop but black is able to defend that bishop. Accordingto what drunken_rabbit said this moment was the most difficult in the gamehe had to plan a lot to defend the bishop. }
12... a5 13. Kb2 { Attacks Black'sbishop at a2. } 13... a4 14. Ra1
{ It was time for white to plan for an attackon black's kingside by Rook f1 but he decided to defend using Ra1. }
14... axb3 15. cxb3
{ Not a very good move ends to 15...Qa5 16.Bc4 Bf6 17.Qc2 Qa3 which increases the pressure on white's king. }
15... Qa5 16. Bc4 O-O 17. Ne2
{ Both players taking their time improving their positions. } 17... c5 18. Rhf1
Nc6 19. Nc3
{ Uh-Oh... This is the key blunder which cost the game endsto 19...cxd4 20.Rxa2 Qxc3 21.Kb1 dxe3 22.Qxf7 Kh8. Kc2 was a much morebetter move. }
19... cxd4 { Mate thread. Qxc3 } 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxa2
{ Oops! Whitemoves into forced mate. Leads to 21...Qxc3 22.Kb1 dxe3 23.Rc1 Qd3 24.Qc2Rxa2 25.Qxd3 Rb2 26.Ka1 Ra8 27.Qa6 Rxa6# and checkmate. }
21... Qxc3+ { It seemsto be easy for black to see the mate in 6. } 22. Kb1
{ Forced. } 22... dxe3 23. Qe2
{ White makes it easier Mate in 3. 23...Qa1 24.Rxa1 Rxa1 25.Kc2 Nb4# } 23...
Qa1+ 24. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 25. Kc2 { Look how beatiful this game ends. } 25... Nb4#
0-1
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[Event "Fierce Queen sacrificed..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sogalegra2000"]
[Black "fiercequeen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1414"]
1. e4
{ This comes from my early games in the lower rating department. Itends in a hidden mate theme, with a nice Queen sac... }
1... c5
{ Like Fischer,I do believe in playing 1. e4; for white, that is... Like Fischer, I dobelieve in the Sicilian Defense, being the only possible counter attack... }
2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6
{ Fischer style... after Ne7 and 0-0, d5takes the initiative... but there are risks involved here, like Nb5/Nd6+...we hope for d4, cxd4... }
5. d3
{ these are the kind of breaks, black islooking for... already, black had the advantage of d5, exd5, exd5, Bb3,and Nc6 or whatever... black is gaining the initiative here; best for whitewas d4, cxd4, etcetera... now after Ne7 and d5, black is better... }
5... Ne7 6. Bf4 d5 7. Bb3 d4 8. Ne2 Nbc6 9. c3 e5
{ here is where the game tilts;white is losing control... } 10. Bd2 dxc3 11.
Bxc3 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. g3 b5
{ white had to make some tough decisions along the way; black has totalcontrol... }
14. a3 { in fact, the decisive blunder... Qc2 or h5 were best... } 14... b4 15.
axb4 cxb4 16. Bd2 Qxd3 17. Bc2
{ there was nothing wrong, with Nh2preventing Bg4 in the process... this player has a death wish, so blackcomplies... }
17... Qxf3 18. Rf1 Bh3 19. Rg1 Rfd8 20. Qc1
{ there is no point indenying, this is the final flaw after a couple of unfortunate choices...much needed here, was at least h5, Bg4, hxg6, to create some counterplay... }
20... Rac8 21. Bd1
{ better Qd1, Bg4, Rf1... apart from the fact, Ne2 has noplace to go - apart maybe from Nf4 - black now has always Qxe4+... }
21... Nd4 22. Qb1
{ there was not much to save here, for white anymore... even afterQxc8, Bxc8, Nxd4, Qxe4+, Ne2, things are looking very bad... but this movetakes too much out of whites' defenses... }
22... Qh1
{ hidden mate themes likethis, are once in a lifetime... by sacrificing the Queen, black makes wayfor Nf3 with checkmate... the only way to escape mate, is Qd3, Nf3+, Qxf3,Qxf3, and losing his own Queen... after Nxd4, Qxg1+, Ke2, Qf1+, Ke3 (Kf3,Bg2+, Ke3 or mate), exd4+... so white resigned... }
0-1
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[Event "Castle with Care."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "tosuraj"]
[Black "mj64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1504"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
1. e4
{ This is the first time I defeated a player rated about 200 pointsabove me. A very short game which shows how one mistake can lead to quickdefeat. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Bc5
{ The first mini-mistake if at all -- leaving thepawn at e5 unprotected. This might qualify more as an overlook unless myopponent had something more sinister planned ! }
3. Nxe5 { I take the freepawn. } 3... Qe7
{ Surely this move is more reactionary than something that iswell planned ? Or is it not ? }
4. d4
{ Simple counter to protect myKnight as well as threaten the black bishop. }
4... Bb6 { The bishop has no optionbut to retreat } 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nc6
{ Some more standard development.Both sides are developing their pieces. Both have developed the piecesalthough white might be slightly better co-ordinated. }
7. Nd5 { Threateningthe queen -- white tries to develop an attack ! } 7... Qe6
8. Bc4
{ White hasmany attacking pieces now - though the position might be balanced. }
8... O-O
{ And here is the big mistake --- Castling at the wrong time ! Black mightbe feeling pressure from the multiple white pieces and thought it wouldbe a 'safe' option to castle. This however turned out to be the biggestmistake in this game. }
9. Nxf6+
{ Checking the Black King and gaining aguaranteed advantage by taking the black queen. }
9... gxf6 10. Bxe6 { Here weget her. } 10... dxe6
{ And now the next big mistake -- I was hoping black wouldtake either the bishop at e6 or the knight at e5. I knew I need the bishopdangerously positioned on the open g file for a quick checkmate. Takingthe bishop g5 would have been a much better move. }
11. Bxf6
{ My bishopsurvives and takes a very dangerous position. This is where I realize thatthe game is won. }
11... Ne7 { Black tries to draw my bishop away from this dangeroussquare f6. }
12. Qh5 { I do not take the bait and work toward my checkmatechance. } 12...
Ng6 13. Qh6 { One step closer. } 13... Nf4 14. Qg7#
{ And there. A goodshort game which shows how something as simple as castling at the wrongtime can prove to be deadly. }
1-0
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[Event "OTB Tournament Game 4"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "4/12/19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Carl"]
[Black "Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "50/50"]
{ I annotated the first two tournament games I played for in the last tournament. The third tournament game was between Tom and Carl which Tom won, as hewas in second place. And, I had an OTB WTW Mentoring Game with Stanleyon that day which was on April 5th. Then came the more important weeksof American Idol and The Voice which ate up a lot of my time. And, that'snot to mention my work schedule changing, as well. Of course, I lost thefirst, but that was the only one. I won the rest of the games, so forthe first time in a long while, I was the champion of this tournament infirst place. Yep, I won it. It's hard to remember peoples time controlfrom a while back, but this was the one that I remembered best. I mentionedthat in the last game Carl lost by playing too fast since I went from beinga piece for pawn down to being up the equivalent to that much when he blunderedthe R. He moved even quicker in this game; and applying the yoga breathesalong with thinking when it was his turn, I used his own time controlsagainst him. In the end, I was down to only about 16 minutes, whereas,he had about 38. So, he lost this in, at most, 12 minutes. BTW, the positionbecame a little corrupt towards the very end, (last 2 or 3 moves) but itended in the same amount of moves and the same way. So, I checkmated himin 29 moves. Jack got very angry with him when all was said and done. }
1. Nf3
{ Of course, I didn't know what to expect from Carl. He likesto take me and others off guard by changing his opening constantly. Overtime,I came to realize that it's a good learning experience for me since Kenneth_fiore_3would change openings each time. And, he said that the idea is to getme into unfamiliar territory and learn different ones for learning. Thatwas, the same idea as Reversion's Open Fire. In general, I just stickto the same defense, but when he plays something else, I play a differentdefense. That's due to the fact that the best defense in one opening isdifferent in another opening. So, for example, after 1.e4, 1...e5 or1...c5 is best. But, after 1.d4, 1...d5 is best. Thus, I change my defensewith the next. }
1... Nc6
{ And, that's to safely allow my e pawn to come out,at some point. But, like what Ken mentioned in our first training gametogether, I'm interested in how Carl will handle this. }
2. d4 Nf6
{ And,I respond by developing my other N. Of course, we've transposed into the3 Knights Defense. But, what I was hoping for was 3.Nf3 which would turnit into a 4 Knights Opening. }
3. Bd2
{ Of course, I'm not surprised to seeCarl continue with his development. } 3...
d5
{ And, I stop his d pawn to prevent3...d5 as I don't feel like being attacked or losing a tempo. }
4. h3
{ Preventing4...Ng4 or 4...Bg4 In general, I like this move a lot, and I often playsomething like this. But, in this position, I find it to be a waste oftime as I wasn't going to play either of these moves. It wouldn't attack,pin, or threaten anything. As white, I would've continued with 4.Nc3. So, I look for a way to take advantage of white's lack of his development. }
4... Bf5
{ I start with this move due to how mobile my LSB now is since it covers8 squares here. How much it would cover was the very first thing thatI kept in mind since easy19 and GM Susan Polgar emphasized its importance. }
5. Nc3
{ Developing another piece. But, with a small advantage, I decideto target c7. I normally wouldn't since, in general, it's easy to driveoff. However, I felt that Carl's position was already compromised dueto my space advantage. Development is, of course, equal but I have morespace in the center since my pieces are more mobile. }
5... Nb4 6. e4
{ Puttinga stop to the threat, but it doesn't bother me, this time around. As mynext move is the first thing that I kept in mind. I normally wouldn'tsince I don't exchange just because it's possible. But, I did it heredue to the fact that, when all is said and done, I'm a pawn up. And, witha series of exchanges, it's going to become liquidation which is favorablefor black here. Of course, the first thing that I kept in mind was themasked battery which ION mentioned in my game against nuntar. }
6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxc2+ 8. Qxc2 Bxe4 9. Bd3
{ Trying to prevent further damage, Carlquick plays this. It's a good try, and I almost fell for it, as his goalis to have me exchange his B's. As then, I won't pick up a pawn. But,upon another masked battery, I realized that by taking his N 10...Qxd4is, indeed, available. }
9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qxd4 11. Be4
{ Trying to win backa pawn. But, I put a stop to it by liquidating again which then enablesto defend with my Ra8, as opposed to, playing 12...c6. }
11... Nxe4 12. fxe4 Rc8 13. O-O-O
{ ? And, Carl goes for it by castling long. Better for Carl wasto castle short, as now, I will pick up, yet, another pawn. }
13... Qxf2 14. Rdf1
{ I'm not surprised to see Carl get aggressive and go on the offense. Thisis generally the way to go when you're opponent has the advantage. Prettymuch, as what Ken also noted, the only thing you can do when at a disadvantageis play Hope Chess. As now, you can only hope that you're opponent willgo wrong somewhere and make a terrible mistake that will allow you to pulla swindle and win. But, I wasn't going to allow that as I still have plentyof time on the clock. Although I forgot time control difference, I hadabout, 25-30 minutes left which is certainly more then enough. I alsoknow that he's gonna continue to move real quick, since that's Carl. And,I'll continue to take my time and look for ways to exploit his weaknesses. }
14... Qd4 15. Bc3
{ Still hoping that I go wrong, Carl attacks again. But, Ihave a ready answer for that. }
15... Qe3+ 16. Kb1 e6
{ And, it's with this movesince it will allow me to complete my development. }
17. Re1 { Going aftermy Q. } 17... Qc5
{ And, I partially pin his Bc3. It's not pinned but by partial,I mean that he'll forced into more liquidation if it moves which I knowthat he doesn't want to do. Tom breaks with his next move, and I answerby trying to liquidate again. What it really is by trying to liquidateis me putting more pressure and tension against Carl. }
18. Qa4+ Qc6 19. Qb3 { Not surprisingly, Carl refuses liquidation. } 19... Bd6
{ ? I became a littlecareless and played this move to complete my development and prepare tocastle. However, Carl will stop that. Not only that, but this move handshim back a pawn which is something that I didn't want. Better, I believe,was 19...Rd1 since it centralizes one of my R's. }
20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Rhg1
{ Carl could've retreated his Bg7, but this was his best move. I'm stillthinking very hard of what to do now. }
21... Bc5
{ And, I decided to go back onthe offense here. I want to see how many tempii I could take away fromCarl. }
22. Rg4 Bf2 23. Rc1 { It was 2. But, I have something else up mysleeve. }
23... Qd7
{ ? As I plan to do something against his back rank. As witha previous game, and for the first time in a long while, I start to visualizehere which, indeed, turns into blindfolded chess. Unless you have enoughexperience, this isn't recommended because it's very easy to go wrong sinceone can forget look in between the lines. However, this is proof of myprogress which doesn't show on my GK rating since it's about the same asit was then. And, unlike before, I analyze through when it's his turnto move to see if his works. The reason for doing it when it's white tomove is that, at this point, I have a lot less time then Carl. As now,I have about 20 minutes against his 40. Now, that is, in general, morethen enough time. But, what's important to remember is that I have specialneeds, so as with exams, it takes me more time to do things then average. So, this, for me, is an accommodation since during his moves, I'm alsousing those Yoga breathes while calculating in between the lines to keepcalm and prevent the, 'Fight or Flight' syndrome from developing. Overtime,it's built up my confidence, and occasionally, too much, like my gamesagainst Ken. But, I'd rather be too happy about my position and lose fromoverconfidence then lose because I got nervous and start rushing, whichhas also happened before. Most of the time, this attitude has resultedin better play, and about 50% directly led to me winning games, such asthis. However, although I calculated through the lines during most ofthe visualization, I forgot one thing which is my b pawn en-prise, allowingCarl to win back a second pawn, out of 3. Better would've been 23...Qd6,but I also knew, however, that it was only a matter of time before Carlmade his final blunder. In fact, it happened even sooner then predictedand became, more or less, what I visualized occurring with this move whichwas a back rank mate. }
24. Qxb7 Be3
{ But, this is where I look in betweenthe lines. As I had considered 24...Rd1? which runs into 25.Rxc7 and if25...Qd1+ white is well protected and has the advantage with 26.Rc1 So,as with Michael, during the end of our game, where he hit my N, I decidedto do the same thing on Carl's R. As after it goes somewherelse, in thiscase, against my B, I can and will take Carl to a place where he won'tbe protected for long. Of course, he can still prevent mate, but not forlong. }
25. Re1 Qd3+
{ It starts with this move. The first thing I keptin mind was how to mate with both of your B's. And, it wasn't with a B+Bendgame checkmate either. Yes, a certain someone told me how, but whatI didn't realize is that you could with just your B's, well before theendgame. I learned this from GM Susan Polgar. And, although I don't haveboth, I converted the equation here since my Q acts in a similar form tothe LSB because it's covering the same diagonal since Carl's next moveis forced which will give him some trouble on the back rank and will leadto mate sooner then later. }
26. Ka1 Rd8
{ As now, I bring the R forwardwhich was also the plan behind 23...Qd7. However, right after this, theposition starts to become corrupt. }
27. Rg3
{ As I had notated 27.Re1,but the R was there. So, this was the only move where I was trying tofigure out what he played. As other things were recorded, but as I lookback, what I have on this board is, exactly, how it ended since I visualizedthis pattern. Afterall, what I have notated ends in mate and in the sameamount of moves. It was just with this move. But, I am almost certain(95% sure) that Carl played this because he was concerned about my Q, andthe idea is that if I move it my B falls. What I had notated then is thatthe B moves and with the Q there's mate, but that didn't happen since itwould not be possible to reach it in only 2 moves and he win my B rightaway and with the advantage. And, that's when I remembered that I gothim on the back rank. So, his idea was most likely pinning the B. Better,however, would've been to try and equalize with 27.Qxc7 I would've thenanswered with 27...Qd2 And, Carl would still be lost, as he'd be forcedto give up his Q in order to prevent mate. But, with this move, I keptin mind a chess puzzle from GM Judit Polgar where she gave up her Q forR in the same way to mate in the same way. I also saw an example of thisfrom brigadecommander, as she used the same technique against one of herstudents. In fact, that's why I was able to visualize this occurring my23rd move. And, it was, exactly, how I visualized it. }
27... Qd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1#
{ After this game, Jack of course, asked who won. And, he said that wemoved a little too quick. I told him how much time I had which was about16. But, I mentioned that Carl lost in only 10 minutes. That's when Jacklost it and, sort of yelled at Carl by saying, 'I'VE TOLD YOU MANY TIMESBEFORE AND I'LL TELL YOU AGAIN. SLOW DOWN AND TAKE YOUR TIME.' }
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[Event "mocirllos's mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "fred_kruger"]
[Black "darkrai123"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1452"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 { Danish Gambit. } 5... Bb4+
{ I find this gambit so rare in my games I don't know the next move of themain line here. I still knew I'd be better off trading pieces to neutralizethe attack. }
6. Nd2 Nf6 7. a3 Ba5
{ I was considering Bxd2+ and trade off,but his bishops were my main problem. }
8. Nf3 Nxe4
{ I felt like I couldsnatch a pawn. After Bxg2, I probably could play Rg8, trade off some pieces,and take on g2 and devastate the king side, the side he would be attackingon. }
9. O-O Nxd2 10. Re1+ Kf8
{ I don't see another sensible move. Ne4 servesno purpose. } 11. Nxd2 d5
{ Chasing the bishop off. } 12. Qa4
{ This hangsa knight on d2, but will later get me in a difficult position. }
12... Bxd2 13. Bxd5 Bxe1 { Taking the rook did not seem bad. } 14. Rxe1
{ Right now, blackhas the advantage, but I could lose instantly if I play incorrectly here.After Qxd5, I get checkmated on e1. That was the main problem; unable toget my queen out. Other major problems would include the bishops attackingmy king cover, the rook dominating my king's file, and constant threatsfrom the queen from any side. You can find the variations yourself. Alsotry to find the two best moves here. }
14... Nc6
{ The second best move. I losea pawn. Perhaps Na6 was the best move. } 15. Bxc6
bxc6 16. Qxc6 Be6 17. Qc5+ Qd6 { Attempting to trade. } 18. Qg5
{ Attacking g7. The bishop is stillon b2 and will later kill my space. } 18...
Rg8 19. Qc1 Rd8 20. Bc3 Ke8 { To escapeBb4 winning the queen. } 21. Bb4 Qd4
{ Losing a pawn. } 22. Qxc7
{ Major troublefor me. I luckily got out of it 2 moves later. } 22... Qd7 23.
Qe5 h6 24. f4 { Thebiggest blunder yet. } 24... Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. f5 a5
27. Bxa5 Rd5 28. Bb4 Rxf5 29. Re4 Kd7 30. a4 Rc8 31. a5 Rc1+
{ This is basically the end. ifRe1, I trade and Bc4 wins.. } 32. Be1 Bc4
{ White resigned seeing f1 wasa dead spot. The lessons here are to trade off when your winning, findany way to get out of a bad position with as good as a result you can,but plan out how many moves it will take. Finally, Cover any weak squaresyou have and attack weak squares of your opponent's and make advantageof it. }
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[Event "Walk The Walk"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "caveman1960"]
[Black "battlefleet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
1. d4 { Hopeing for a classical QGD. } 1... f5
{ Battlefleet is a fan of Alekhinewhereas I,m a follower of Capablanca.Like most positional orientated playersI consider the Dutch opening as semi correct whereas warriors of the ilkof Alekhine Botvinnik and Korchnoi revel in the challenges it provides. }
2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nh3
{ Under the old classical rules I learntas a youn boy 40 years ago a Knight on the edge of the board was frownedupon.With modern more concrete analysed chess many old rules of thumb havebeen over thrown.The position is semi closed so tempi isnt a factor sothe White Knights Duo plan of N-h3-f4-d3 and N-d2-f3 to try and lock downe5 is playable. }
5... c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 { Contesting the key square e5 } 7. Nf4
{ 7.Bf4may be preferable } 7... O-O 8. Nd3 { One knight in place as per plan. }
8... Nbd7 { Sendingmore troops to contest e5. } 9. O-O Qe8 { more troops } 10.
Nd2 { Heading forf3. } 10... e5
{ Novelty?Breaking out before white can lock down e5 with Nf3 } 11. dxe5
{ About here the Gameknot computer gives white his best plus score+0.26. }
11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5
{ On reflection I now prefer 12.b3 looking for a whiteplus rather than the text trying to play super solid against the master. }
12... Bxe5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
{ Black has equalised and is threatening to take overthe iniative. } 14. Nf3
Bf6 15. Bg5 { Looking to trade off the better ofthe Black Bishops. } 15... Be6
16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd4 g6 18. Nxe6
{ Tradeing offhopeing to prove that the white Bishop is the superior minor piece to BlacksKnight. }
18... Qxe6 19. b3
{ Inaccuracy.19.Rfd1 followed by 20.b4 was superiorI think.The plan would be to weaken and immobilise blacks Q side majority. }
19... Rad8
{ Sent with the Master's draw offer.I decided to take a bird in thehand rather than play on.Though against a lower rated player I would haveplayed on.Objectively speaking I think the final position is dynamicallyequal .......opinions? }
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[Event "League division E3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "joveyboy1"]
[Black "cwfreak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1142"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1052"]
{ (The ratings of the two players were their ratings when this game wasstarted) This game would prove to be a battle of epic proportions whereneither side would give up! Hope you enjoy this annotation and feel freeto rate and comment about it. }
1. e4 { My traditional opening. } 1... c5
{ I wasexpecting 1. e5. He played this instead. It's not usually a move I encounter,but doing things different can be advantageous. }
2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { Amove I almost always make. } 3... Nd4
{ Again, something I usually don't encounter,but he does put pressure on the bishop. }
4. Bd3 { I decide to get it outof there. } 4... d6 5. Nf3
{ Putting pressure on the knight. } 5... Bg4
{ He respondsby putting big pressure on my f3 knight, thus putting pressure on my queen,for moving the knight was no longer a good option. }
6. Be2
{ I give theknight more protection with this move. True, the g2 pawn already protectedthe knight, but it's best to be on the safe side here. Besides, I was gettingready to castle. If I instead played 6. h3 Bxf3 7.xf3, a door would beopened to my king if I castled king-side, so no matter what he played next,the outcome would not be negative for white. }
6... Nf6 { Black starts gettingthe other knight involved. } 7. O-O
{ I castle a planned. } 7... e5 8. d3 h6 9. h3
{ Now I attack black's bishop. Black's three options are Bxf3, Bh4, orBe6 (Bd7;Bc8). }
9... Bxf3 { Option #1. } 10. Bxf3 Be7
{ I was actually expectinghim to attack with his d4 knight, but he had other plans. }
11. Be3 { Myplan was to eradicate the knight in exchange for my bishop. } 11...
O-O { I knewhe was planning this when he moved his bishop. } 12. Bxd4 cxd4
{ My planwent accordingly, although now I needed to move my knight. } 13. Nd5
{ Thisactually wasn't planed, for I did not want to lose both knights. Nb5 mayhave been better. }
13... Nxd5 { I loose my knight anyway, for it was becominga danger for black. }
14. exd5 Bg5 { I don't see what he's planning at thistime. } 15. c3
{ I wanted to give d5 pawn more protection, although the bishopalready provided that, but I did not want en passant, so I let black decidethe next move. }
15... f5 { He left the pawn alone, which was actually not whatI expected. } 16.
c4 { I went on with my plan. } 16... g6 17. a3 f4 18. Bg4
{ Justtrying to do something. } 18... Re8 19. Qa4 Re7
{ He knows I wouldn't attack hisrook with that much protection, but he moved it like it was in danger,or either he's trying to get it in a certain position? }
20. Be6+
{ Not muchthis move accomplishes other than threatening the king a little. }
20... Kh8 21. Qc2 { I decide to pull the queen back. } 21... Bh4 22. Bg4
{ I do the same withthe bishop. } 22... h5
{ Now he forces me to pull it back further. } 23. Bf3 Re8
{ I don't think he was trying to get his rook in a certain position. } 24. b3
Rc8 25. a4 a5 26. Kh2
{ I want to attack the bishop, or at least driveit away. } 26... Rg8 27. g3 Bf6
{ I took care of that piece...for now. } 28. h4 Qf8 29. gxf4
{ I decide to do pawn wars. } 29... exf4 30. Be4
{ This move didn'treally accomplish anything. } 30... Bxh4
{ I overlooked that. The h4 pawn was completelyunprotected, thus the bishop was there to steal it. Only a slight disadvantagefor white now. }
31. f3 Bf6 32. Rg1 { I put extra pressure on the g6 pawn. } 32... g5
{ Black counters the attack. } 33. Kh1
{ When I'm not sure what other movesto make, I move my king into a corner. Maybe not the best thing to do. }
33... h4 34. Ra2 b6 35. Bf5
{ I open the door between the two sides, and I attackthe c8 rook, which he'll defend. }
35... Bg7
{ Or not!!! He moves his bishop tog7 so the queen can attack the bishop, overlooking the danger his rookwas in. This is hard to overlook really. On top of that, his g5 pawn isnow unprotected from white's g1 rook. }
36. Bxc8 { So the rook goes as expected. } 36... Qxc8 37. Rxg5
{ The pawn goes now as expected. White has a good advantagenow. True, only +2, but being up a powerful piece, like a rook, can bekey. }
37... Qh3+ { I did not see that coming. White's f3 pawn is gone. } 38. Qh2
{ Unless black wants to trade queens. } 38... Qxf3+
{ And he doesn't. White's advantageshrinks a little. } 39. Rgg2 h3
{ This is a big issue, or so I thought, butI didn't realize that it wasn't at the time... }
40. Rf2
{ What I didn'trealize though, was how all the pieces were lined up and how each wereplaying their part. I didn't realize at the time how white's queen waslined up to black's king. Thus, the only piece standing in between thetwo was the h3 pawn, therefore, it could not attack the g2 rook. If theblack king wasn't where it is now, like maybe f8, moving the other rookwould of done no good, for then, 40. xg2+ 41. Rxg2 Qxd3 likely would ofoccurred. Now though, black now has to save his queen due to the move justmade here. }
40... Qh5
{ 40. Qxd3? I was expecting that, but this move is probablymuch better. Now that black's queen protects his king, the h3 pawn canattack the g2 rook, but by now I had seen everything unfolding. }
41. Rg1 { I save the rook. } 41... f3
{ I would of attacked that pawn, but he moved it tof3, thus it was protected by his queen, so attacking it was currently notan option. }
42. Rg3 { Interesting scenario... } 42... Be5 { Even more interestingnow... }
43. Rxg8+
{ ...and I blew it! Yes this move will result in an eventrade and it saves white's queen, but instead I should of played this sequence:43. Rxh3 Bxh2 44. Rxh5+ Kg7 45. Kxh2. This sequence would of left whitewith a sizable advantage. I panicked though when I saw both my queen androok were in danger. I didn't really blow it, but I missed an opportunity. }
43... Kxg8 44. Qg1+
{ I may have missed that opportunity, but I have anotherto take the f3 and h3 pawns. }
44... Kf8 45. Qf1 { I go for the f3 pawn first. } 45... Ke8
{ There isn't anything black can do to save it. } 46. Rxf3
{ The h3 pawnis next. } 46... Qh6
{ Again there is nothing black can do to save it. } 47. Rxh3 Qf6
{ Obviously, black wants to trade queens. } 48. Qg2
{ I still felt thoughI can make good use out of my queen. } 48... Qg7
{ Again he goes for trade. } 49. Qf1 { Again I resist. } 49... Kd7
{ Black realizes I didn't feel like trading. } 50. Qf2
{ I'm not sure what moves to make now. } 50... Kc8 51. Qg1
{ It dawned onme! There was oppurtunity for the win, but I realized that for it to work,black's queen had to disappear, so after resisting, I would now give blackwhat he wanted. }
51... Qxg1+ 52. Kxg1
{ All according to plan. White's and back'spawns are at a standstill, Black's bishop cannot steal any of white's pawns,for the bishop only runs on black squares and all the white pawns are onwhite spaces, so now it's time to get the king and the rook involved. }
52... Kd8 53. Kg2 Ke8 54. Kf3
{ The bishop is a slight hurdle, but it can be passedaround easily. } 54... Kf7
{ Black is trying to evade the inevitable by gettinghis king out of the a-e spaces. He may be hoping I make a mistake or causehim to go into a dead position (draw). I planned, though, to find a wayto win one way or another. }
55. Kg4 Kg7 { A bit surprised he didn't playKg6 instead. } 56. Kf5
{ I'm doing my best to keep my king off of the blackspaces to avoid check from the bishop. }
56... Kf7 57. Rh7+ { Now I get the rookinvolved. } 57... Kg8 58. Kg6
{ I protect the rook and bring my king in closer. } 58... Bf4 59. Rb7
{ Checkmate was possible here, but I already knew that backsaw it coming. }
59... Kf8 { As expected, checkmate is no longer immediately imminent. } 60. Kf6
{ I keep trying, but I moved my king on a black space... } 60... Be5+
{ As a result, that happened. } 61. Kg6 Bg3 62. Rb8+
{ I made a new plan:Toforce the king into a corner. } 62... Ke7 63. Kf5
{ I wanted to drive the kingto a8 or a6, but black could head in the opposite direction here. }
63... Kd7 { Fortunately for white, he went white's way. } 64. Kf6
{ Now black is introuble. } 64... Be1
{ Black tries to evade the inevitable. I'm surprised blackdidn't play Bh4+. Getting the bishop involved was better than letting itrun away. }
65. Kf7 Kc7 66. Re8 { Of course I protect the rook. } 66... Bb4
{ ? Thisgives no help to black at all. } 67. Ke7
{ Checkmate is inevitable no matterwhat black does now. Mate in 3 } 67... Kb7
68. Kd7 { Mate in 2 } 68... Ka7 69. Kc7 { Matein 1. } 69... Ka6
{ Of course, I'm telling you when mate is gonna happen, but blackcould of moved the bishop around perhaps to delay the inevitable, but blackdecides to get it over with. }
70. Ra8#
{ Checkmate. cwfreak played a greatgame, but all good things must come to an end. This long, incredible gamewas now over. I hoped you enjoyed this annotation and feel free to rateand comment about it. }
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[Event "Parachutes one and two"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.03.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Zatiochi-Miike"]
[Black "damafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[TimeControl "5|5"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
{ For my standards, an interesting and unexpected win. } 1. c4
{ I never facethe English, so I had to go out from my beloved Scandinavian. Actually,1. d5 can be played, but I didn't know the theory behind it, so I wentfor the 'conventional'... }
1... e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. a3
{ Showing intentions, buteffectively depriving my dsb from outer action. } 3...
c6
{ !? I don't even knowif this line exists. The idea is to avoid any N jump to the 5th rank, andto challenge the cental squares asap. }
4. e3 { Preparing d4, but I already'have'... } 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Ne4
{ f5 is tempting, but I 'smell' some dangerassociated with the WQ's coming in, so better to be conservative... }
6... Bf5 { Thinking in Ng3, Bg6. But White had other plans in mind.... } 7. Qc2
{ TheN is checking, so my B is hanging. If I defend the B (say g6), after Nd6+QxN comes e4, forking my minor pieces... very nice! So... }
7... Bc5
{ !? Thisallows him to exchange pieces and to deprive me of my bishop pair. I sworeI could handle the outcoming position and get equality. Can you tell fromnow the outcome? }
8. Nd6+ { I have to take it... } 8... Qxd6 9. Qxf5 Nd7
{ I amhigly developed, and even if suboptimal, my position seems to hold... withsome care in further developement. }
10. b4
{ Ok, in order to prevent thatI would have lost a dev move (say a5), opening a confrontation field wihtso many problems to solve... no, I better stand this. }
10... Bb6 11. Bb2 Ne7
{ Relocating my Ns while playing with his Q. But I play with fire... } 12. Qg4
{ Hmmm... this I should have prevented. I don't want to move my pawnsand I dont' want to castle 'under opponent's fire', but I have to defend... }
12... Ng6 13. h4 Nf6 14. Qc4 h5
{ ...blocking white's advance. Now e4 frees mypieces and any e4 try just opens white's K. On the other side, I don'thave a real safe place to castle... }
15. Nf3 O-O
{ ...but I decided I hadto. The advantages deriving from the open d and (potentially) e columnshad to grabbed. }
16. Ng5 { Ok, now, provided I don't leave f7 unguarded,nothing happens... }
16... Rad8
{ I liked this move. Of course white can castlequeenside, but that will leave his K exposed... }
17. O-O-O
{ Ok, he didit. So now I have to provoke / restrict him. I'm still more developed! }
17... e4
{ ?Saccing a pawn for a more open game.. even unlocking Bb2xNf6's trheat...now parrished by my Q. After Nxe4, NxN, QxN, Rf-e8, black has such a centraldominance that must compensate for the pawn. If BxNf6 first, QxB threatsf2 (maybe Qa1+) }
18. f4
{ ? The good thing about a complex sac like thisis the opponent wants to become creative, and in this case, this just helpsme. I'l get rid of my sacced pawn for an exchange, when his R's are farfrom the f column for a couple of moves. What do you think, dear reader?:-) }
18... exf3 19. gxf3
{ Planning to play on the g column, but opening theway for my Q to g3. Should I take it? What do you think? }
19... Ne5
{ I optedfor this line instead. I see my N landing on d3+, BxN, QxB. } 20. Bxe5
{ 'threatening' Bb2 is gone. Well done! } 20... Qxe5
{ ...and my Q is out from thed column, threatening Qa1+ (if WQ goes away). }
21. d4
{ ?? Much better wasf4, winning a tempo from my Q, leaving it out from g3, etc. etc. This sealswhite's fate... }
21... Qxe3+ 22. Kb1
{ I can take the pawn and balance the game.I can play Nh7, theatening Qxd3 once the N is gone... But I opted for anotherline of attack. }
22... Nd5
{ Threatening Nf3+. I have to grab the advantage derivedfrom the W's dsb exchange. I thought this was the proper way to do it.I was wrong!!! }
23. Bd3
{ ! Of course! Now my N is only standing there.I can play Nf4, but white has Rh-e1 and I am going backwards. What shouldblack play? }
23... Bxd4
{ Supporting Nc3+ again. I just need a tempo to placemy Q on the second rank, and mythreats will be terrible! }
24. Rhe1 Qf2 { ...as said. Of course, this forces white to... } 25. Bh7+
{ ...ok, to throwa check in. I am in a very risky position. Can I hold? What do you think? }
25... Kh8 26. Re2
{ This is a critical moment. Did I stepped into it by chance?Not at all. I had my 'parachute' and an 'additional one' read to save mefrom falling to the earth. Let's see if I was right or wrong. }
26... Nc3+
{ Ifwhite moves the K, loses the R for free. I can't see any tactic... canyou? }
27. Qxc3 Bxc3 28. Rxf2 Rxd1+
{ This is NOT a free R, as you will see,but to cash it in, white has to leave me a move to open my other parachute... }
29. Kc2
{ I can save the R, but... would you do it? What for? To get complicatedendgames? Not at all! }
29... Rd2+ { I'd say ! This forces the winning simplification... } 30. Rxd2
Bxd2 31. Kxd2 g6
{ Now is very funny the way I have to try to cahsthe WB for a pawn. I'll have to work a little. Will I get it at last? Canyou say it from here? }
32. a4 { No prob move. } 32... Kg7
{ I have to move f6without danger. Another move is needed. } 33. Kc3 Re8
{ Covering e6. Now,apparently, f6 can be played, and the B won. Is it true? Can White savehis B? }
34. Kd2 f6
{ ... and the answer is NO, but white has another trickin his sleeve by playing Ne4, since if KxB inmediately, Nxf6+, winning.Of course, black just had to waste two more moves, with Rh8, RxB. But itwas white's last chance of countergame (N agains the black's a, b and cpawns). }
35. Bxg6 { ? I'd say. White should have tried more. } 35... Kxg6 36. Ne4 Re7
{ ? Worried abot Nd6, and wanting to be very cautios. N's are verynasty against Rs... }
37. Kd3 f5
{ ? I think better was to try to penetratewith the K. What do you think? } 38.
Nc5 Rf7
{ Just waiting for a plan! I'mlooking at b6 as my way to break white, but I wasn't sure, and just wandered. }
39. Kd4 Kf6
{ Say that the K is a better guardian of e5. My R can penetrateinto g, and I just have to make sure to be quicked than him grabbing pawns. }
40. f4 b6 { Where to go, dear reader? } 41. Nb3
{ ? The last mistake. Fromthere, his N has no countergame. From e3, yes (Ne5). My opponent resignedhere, sensibly.. a nice blitz higher rated op win. Thanks for reading. }
41... Rg7 0-1
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[Event "'Don't Shoot the Piano Player'"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "1948"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Saviely Tartakower"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[TimeControl "Venice"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
1. e4
{ I first saw this game on www.chessgames.com as it was game of theday sometime back and took a liking to it as I was studying the Guico Pianoat the time.1.e4 The most common opening move and in my opinion the bestas I have stated in most of the game that I have annotated.. However it'sstats are falling because the surge of the sicilian monster! }
1... e5 { Siezesspace in the centre like white has done. } 2. Nf3
{ Attacks the e5 pawn,a pretty standard move. } 2... Nc6
{ Defends it. Also standard! } 3. Bc4
{ The Italiangame. An old opening that is now thought to be rather dull and boring.Black now has two main options here 3....Bc5 the Giuoco Piano or 3... Nf6The Two Knight's Defence. The Italian game can evolve into the romanticEvans Gambit if 3...Bc5 then 4. b4!?(This is a very nice gambit which Ihave a few annotated games of 'Naval Intelligence' a very nice little game!.) }
3... Bc5
{ The Guicco Piano. This is less agressive than the Two Knight's defence.Tartakower now has the chance to play my fave as I have already mentioned,the Evan's Gambit 4.b4!? }
4. c3
{ THis prepares d4, however has the setbackof weakening the e4 pawn as the natural Nc3 to defend the e4 pawn is nowimpossible. The other main option is 4.b4?! the Evan's Gambit which youcan see in the game titled 'Naval Intelligence' }
4... Bb6
{ This is an old fashionedapproach to this opening. This move is an early retreat from the inevitabled4 advance attacking the bishop. The better and more modern approach wouldbe 4... Nf6 attacking the e4 pawn. }
5. d4
{ The d4 advance seizing spacein the centre aiming for the typical Italian centre. }
5... Qe7
{ This seems astrange move because most people would play 5... d6 here however the chosenmove is still adequate. }
6. O-O
{ Getting his king in a safe place beforeembarking on attacking the enemy king. }
6... d6 { This secures the e5 pawn. } 7. h3
{ This prevents Bg4 pinning the knight, these kind of moves are oftenunder rated but they can prove very effective for preventing pesky pins. }
7... Nf6 { Standard development, preparing for castling. } 8. Re1
{ Tartakowerdecides to centralize his rook which increases his massive grasp on thecentre. Note that while White's position looks formidable Black's positionis still solid and hard to break down. }
8... O-O
{ This is a typical positionfrom the Giuoco Piano well atleast it would have been in theory 50 yearsago. At this point whites position is more agressive in the centre but,but is hard to make progress as Black can retain his central strong pointat e4. }
9. Na3
{ ! I think this is a good move because it starts the knighton a long journey Nc2-e3-d5, where it proves to do a very effective job. }
9... Nd8
{ This move anticipates white moving his knight to d5, it allows ...c6if White's Knight moves to d5. }
10. Bf1
{ This looks like a backwards movealthough it has to move so the Knight can move to c4. it does have thepositive that it can prove as a useful defender of the Kingside! Howeveryou'll see that Tartakower didn't have the same opinion of the bishop defendingthe King-side. }
10... Ne8
{ ??This looks like a backwards move and it is inferioras you've probably guessed but its plan itself is not bad. The plan isto support e4 by ...f6. a better plan would have been 10... exd4 11.cxd4Nxe4. }
11. Nc4 f6 { Black has reinforced his e-pawn. } 12. a4
{ THis is atypical manoevre taking advantage of blacks dark square bishop's immobility.THe threat of a5 means forces black to move his a- pawn or c-pawn bothof which are currently defending the bishop. }
12... c6 { Black decides to choosethe latter option. } 13. Nxb6
{ This is an effective move it exchanges hisKnight which is ineffectively placed on the wing for a well placed Bishopthat puts pressure on the centre. }
13... axb6
{ Now black has a semi-open filefor the exchange, you'll see that this proves useful later on in the game. }
14. Qb3+ { A queen fork! It forks the King and the hanging pawn on b6. } 14...
Ne6 { Black parries the King with his little horsey! } 15. Qxb6
{ White takesthe hanging pawn. One thing to not though is if you just take all the piecesof the board and just leave the Black pawn structure you can see that itis very solid. }
15... g5
{ ! Black attacks Whites weakened kingside. Even thoughit weakens his own kingside he feels that he doesn't have anything to loseas he has already had a setback in material. }
16. Bc4
{ White ignores blacksthreat on the kingside. He should have left his bishop on f1 to help defendand play16.g3, preventing Blacks ...Nf4. However if he did that he wouldn'tof made this game this entertaining! }
16... h6
{ This is so if white takes thee5 pawn he can retake with the f-pawn with out the risk of having the g5Pawn taken by White's Knight on f3. }
17. h4
{ ? Whitebreaks the rule thatyou should not move the pawns on the side that is being attacked. Betterwould have been 17.d5 or 17.b3 }
17... Kh7
{ I am not sure what the point of thismove was. If you think you know please PM me. Maybe it was to support hisKingside advance. }
18. hxg5
{ ? Another childish move by Tartakower. Whyis he opening the h-filefor Euwe to exploit. It makes no sense. }
18... hxg5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Rh8 21. g3
{ ? THis move must have been so frustratingfor the people who watched this game. He again weakens his kingside. Ithink a better move would have would have been to evacuate the king viaf1 and e2. }
21... Kg6
{ Dr.Euwe decides to continue with his King sideadvanceby riskily advancing his King, but he's gone this far he might as way goall the way! }
22. Kg2 { This is so he can play Rh1. } 22... Nf4+
{ ! This is a terrificsacrifice re-arranging the pawns that defend the white king. }
23. gxf4 Bh3+ 24. Kg3 { 24. Kg1 gxf4 and white is in a lost position. } 24...
exf4+ 25. Bxf4 Qd7 { Now there is a mating threat on g4. } 26. Nh2 gxf4+ 27.
Kxf4 Rh4+
{ Black needs to keep the intiative as his king is threatend with Rg1 } 28. Ke3
Bg2 29. Nf3 Rxe4+
{ ! This is a great sac. White just thinks hehas made his kingsafe but white has opened new lines of attack. }
30. Kxe4 Nd6+ 31. Kd3 Qf5+ 32. Kd4 Qf4+ 33. Kd3 Qxc4+ 34. Kc2 Bxf3 35. b3 Be4+
36. Kb2 Qd3 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Rac1 Qd2+ 39. Ka3 Nc4+
{ ! With this sacrificeand the one one the next move finally destroys the white king's defenceon the Queenside once and for all! }
40. bxc4 Rxa4+ { ! } 41. Kxa4 Qa2+ 42. Kb4 Qb2+
{ 0-1 White resigned here. because after Ka5 black mates with 43...Qa3 , or after 43. Kc5 white loses his queen after Qxf2 . As you can seea very good game. White is in the better position out of the opening, buthe ignores blacks threat on the kingside early on in the middlegame anfrom there on in Whites position goes down hill with the help of a fewmasterful sacrifices by Max Euwe. I hope you enjoyed this instructive gameof chess as much as I have. I think this is one of my best annotationsso I hope you like it! If you have any comments, feedback or you spot anymistakes please PM me. Rate genorously! :-) Thanks Tom }
0-1
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[Event "Challenge from bookkeeper"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.04.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mistindantacles"]
[Black "bookkeeper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
{ So here it is, my first loss here on GameKnot... } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
Nf6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
{ pretty much standard faireup to this point... } 7. Ne1 d5
{ ...aggressive. expected d6 consideringthe conservatism displayed thus far. removes the threat of 8. f4 }
8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Qf3 Qe6 11. Nc2 f5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Bd6 14.
Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bc6 16. Qh3 Rf6 17. Nc4 e4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. dxe4 fxe4 20.
Be3 Raf8 21. a3 Qd5 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. Rc5 Bd7 24. Qh4 Rg6 25. g3
{ betteris 25.Rec1 due to 25....Rg4 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qe5 QxQ 28.QxQ c6 or 26.Rg5 RxR27.QxR }
25... Bg4 26. Rg5 Bf3 27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Bf4 Qxd4 30. Bxc7 Qd2 31.
Bf4 Qd7 32. Be3 Rd8 33. Rf1
{ 33.Re1 fails with 33....Qd1 34.Kf1QxR+ 35. KxQ Rd1++ or 33.... Qd1 34.Rf1 QxR+ 35.KxQ Rd1++ }
33... b6 34. Qg5 { White resigns. } 34... Rf8 0-1
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[Event "62nd GK tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "justnkase42"]
[Black "pianofred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1429"]
1. e4 e5 { Going to try the Scotch } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4
{ Thatis different from most Scotch games. Be interesting to see if he doesBc5 with an eye toward mate on f2. Have defend the pawn for now. }
5. Nc3 Bb4 { pins the knight - Bd2 will lose the knight } 6. Qd3
{ Queen is doingdouble duty and I dont like the queen being out this early }
6... Ne5 { got tomove the Queen again } 7. Qe3 Bxc3+
{ Qxc3 will lose the e pawn with a check. } 8. bxc3
{ so much for queen side castling } 8... Nf6 9. Bd3
{ to defend thepawn that attacked twice } 9... Neg4
{ This is ugly - 3rd time I have had to movethe Queen } 10. Qf3 Nxh2
{ ? If I was Black, I don't know if I would havedone Nxh2. I thinking of sacficing the Queen if it will take the steamout of his attack. }
11. Qh3 Qxh3 12. gxh3
{ Got rid of the queen and theknight is trapped. Nf3 won't work because of the N on d4. Ng4 wont workbecause of the h3 pawn. Nf1 obiviously wont work. Castling could now beproblematic because of holes in the pawn structure on both sides. }
12... O-O 13. Rxh2 Re8 14. f3 { got to defend the pawn. } 14... Nd5 15. Bb2
{ moving the bishopover will give me a strucure that could allow Queenside castling }
15... d6 16. O-O-O Nf4 { H pawn is attacked twice } 17. Bf1
{ one way to defend thepawn. } 17... c5 18. Nb5 Ne6
{ d6 pawn appears to be free } 19. Nxd6 Rd8
{ It wouldbe nice if I could do some kind of discovered attack by moving the knight }
20. c4 { for some reason I was worried about Black advancing the b pawn } 20...
Kf8 21. h4
{ Wanted to free up the bishop and the rook from guarding theh pawn } 21... Nc7
{ Not sure what Black is thinking } 22. Rg2 { Threatening theg pawn } 22... Bh3
{ still the pawn is open if I take with the Bishop checkingKing } 23. Bxg7+ Ke7
{ Nf5 will keep the checks going. If I can't check,the rook is endangered }
24. Nf5+ Ke6 { Want to stack the rooks - think Ican get a rook } 25. Rgd2 Bxf5
26. Rxd8 { The bishop will still be there } 26... Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Bg6 28. Bh3+ f5
{ I beginning to think even swaps will bebetter for me. Far enough ahead that clearing the board will help me. }
29. exf5+ Bxf5 30. Bxf5+ Kxf5 31. Rd7
{ Black resigns. He can move the knightbut I will get another pawn. Too much of a material advantage for Blackto overcome. }
1-0
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[Event "Rematch?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "09-Jul-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "almageccom"]
[Black "conqueroo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1399"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1496"]
{ This guy is rated below 1400 but plays well. Nearly got me! } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Ne2 c5
{ I now started looking for ways to exploit his doubled Pawns } 9. a3 Nf6 10.
d3 d5 11. Bg5 dxe4
{ He made the wrong move here. Lets me opena file where he needs to castle and double his Pawns again }
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxe4 Bg7 14. Nf4 O-O 15. Nh5 f5
{ A bishop is doing the job of a Pawn.That is easier to break down as I can just swap material and open the fileup. }
16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh5 Qb5 18. b3 fxe4 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Qxe4 Rae8 21. Qg4+ Kh8
22. a4 Qc6 23. Qd1 Rg8 24. f3 b6 25. Qd2
{ Now it is hard to seea way to get a win. } 25... Re5 26. Rae1 Rh5 27. Qf4 Rg6
28. Qb8+
{ He gave methe breadk I needed. Now I can try to disrupt his defense and pick up somematerial, but I have to be careful about letting him connect his two Rooksand Queen }
28... Rg8 29. Qxa7 Qd6
{ Here is a potentially lethal threat. all hispieces are getting coordinated. }
30. f4
{ This move blocked his threat.I nearly did not see it. It would take him several moves to tear down thePawn block without losing material and that gives me time to develp myown threats. }
30... Qd5 { This one is easy to defend against } 31. Rf2
{ However,my Rook is doing double duty. Defending two squares. Not a good long-termstrategy }
31... Qf5
{ All his threats here take two moves, so I have one moveto work with, then I will have to defend--unless I can mate him, of course. }
32. Qxb6 Qh3
{ He did the move I thought of first. It was obviously whathe was intending and he did it even though I had made a move changing the board. I have a threat that I did not have one move ago. That willcost him the game. }
33. Qxf6+
{ Bam! It is now mate in one. He is one moveaway from mate himself, but he will not get to make that one move. }
33... Rg7 34. Re8#
{ A two-move mate that he did not see coming. Very satisfying win!!! } 1-0
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[Event "Coaching Game 3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "kenneth_fiore_3"]
[Black "knightrider62"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "925"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
{ This was another training session between Sue and Ken. As you know, I'veintroduced Sue to Ken because I've worked with her, and Ken coached me. So, I knew that she could learn from him. Well, this was their most recent,which Sue asked me to annotate. And, I was, as usual, more then happyto do so. Overall, I believe that black played pretty well. But, a fewerrors in the opening led to her downfall. So, how did it all go down? }
1. d4 g6
{ This is the Grunfeld. Though not irregular, it is an unusualopening, but this is the mainline. }
2. c4 Bg7 { Sticking with the mainline. } 3. Nc3
{ So, Ken starts his development. } 3... d6
{ And, this is a very interestingmove by Sue as it opens up a line for her Bc8, even though, it is not inplay, yet. }
4. Nf3 { Continuing his development. } 4... Nd7
{ And, Sue developsin an interesting manner. It would normally be an inaccuracy since theN is cramped. But, in this case, it's a very solid move by black. First,no good was, obviously, 4...Na6 and for the obvious reason. But, moreimportantly, however, was 4...Nc6 which normally be, perhaps, the bestmove. That, however, isn't so here because white played 1.d4, as opposedto, 1.e4 And, in 1.d4 openings, the N should not block the c file untilthe pawn has advanced. Now, after the lesson with bhidragon on figuringout what the board was trying to tell me and not getting fixated on principles,I regarded it as irrelevant in one of charleshiggie's annotation. But,in that instance, I misinterpreted. As, the board was telling something,for that was the losing blunder, especially when black brought his N backto c6 without advancing the pawn. It was later on that I found out thatthe c pawn was needed, and in blocking it off, charleshiggie had an advantagewhich he exploited and forced the win. }
5. e3
{ Like with the Colle'sSystem, London System, or KID this is also common. In part, we have apawn chain, but more importantly, as with black, there are good placedfor his Bf1. }
5... c5
{ I'm not sure why, but Sue wants to exchange c pawns. As black, I would've played 5...Ngf6 with the idea of castling shortlyafter. }
6. Bd3
{ With that being said, that is Ken's intention. And, heis now ahead in development, but that doesn't mean anything for black'sposition, yet. }
6... Ndf6
{ ?! As she has brought her N to a better outpost. But, better was 6...Ngf6 as castling is now an option. Though, blackis allright, white now has a space advantage with the gain of tempo. That'sbecause she'll have to move it back to in order to bring her other N tothat square later, when she could've brought it there at once. }
7. dxc5
{ Afterwhich, Ken goes for it by exchanging here. I would've castled with7.0-0, but have no problem with this move because his center is now openedup which gives white a lead in center control. With that being said, whitewill castle, on his next move. }
7... dxc5 8. O-O Nd7
{ Her intention is to developher other N to that square with the idea of castling. But, as noted itshould've been left there, as 6...Ngf6 would've been possible right thenand there. }
9. Qe2
{ Not needing to worry about the DSB, Ken brings hisQueen out at once. I'm not sure what's happening now, but it is goingto become pretty dangerous, later on. That's especially because of themove that Sue will play at once with her next move. }
9... Ngf6 10. h3
{ I wouldn'thave even considered this move because it advances a pawn right near theK with no apparent reason. But, I can see why as it was to prevent 10...Ng4. However, there's more to this as meets the eye as white now has a dangerousplan against black. It wasn't obvious to me, but I'll see the plan lateron which is why this move plays an important role, as Sue must be verycareful here. Even slight inaccuracies can cost her the game here. }
10... O-O
{ Meanwhile, like with Ken, Sue, gets her monarch to safety, at once. } 11. e4
{ At first, I wondered why Ken played this. But, he has a dangerousplan not just against the N but against black's pawn. Now, even more thenbefore, caution is essential. }
11... b6
{ ? Which Sue doesn't see, and it's herfirst error. By that, I don't just mean inaccuracy, but it's a mistake. As now, Sue will have to misplace her Knight on the rim to save her piece. I'd normally just call it an inaccuracy, but a very similar position happenedwith tactical-abyss where he, once again, went out of book early and won. I even think it was a Q sac, but if not, it was one of the others thatI annotated where he moves his N out, and then, back to the original post,rather then following development. But, one of the big mistakes from hisopponent, however, was placing the N on the rim. From there, Joe justleft it there as it kept losing value until the opponent faced ruinousloss of material, which he resigned. And, now a similar pattern will happenwith Sue, if she defends accurately. Thus, best was 11...Ne5 to preventwhat Ken is about to do. Worth noting was that seeing this line, 10.h3was played keeping in mind that 11...Ng4?? is no longer an option. }
12. e5 Ne8
{ ?? So, she moved it back here. But, in doing so, Sue will losematerial with white's next move as 13...Rb8 is forced to prevent the immediateloss of a piece. However, she will still go down a piece in a couple ofmoves afterwards, which will give Ken a winning advantage, at this point. So, best, as noted above, was 12...Nh5. }
13. Be4 Rb8 14. Rd1
{ As thisdoes more then just centralize his Rook. That's because black's Nd7 isindirectly pinned with this move. And, in doing so, he will add anotherattacker which is how white is about to win a piece for a pawn. That'sbecause 14...Bxe5 is forced, which gives white the piece. But, if shedoesn't take on e5, 15.Bc6 gives white a free piece. }
14... Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Ng7
{ Redeploying her N, but Ken forces another exchanges, which will tie downblack's Bc8. }
16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bc6
{ That is because of this move. Asnow, not only is her Bd7 pinned, but there is another attacker to it whichleaves it trapped. Now, if black doesn't take, 18.Bxc6 is another freepiece. When she does take, however, black gets a Queen for a Rook andpawn. Therefore, she's in just as much trouble. Either way, white islost here. However, I think she does the right thing by not resigningyet, as there is still more to learn, similar to my first game againsthim. }
17... Bxc6 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Qxe7 Re8
{ Trying for counterplay, Sue attacksthe Queen. And, not to my surprise, not only does Ken protect, but hegoes after her B which she then is forced to protect. }
20. Qc7 Bb7 21. Bh6 { Going for further liquidation, by attacking the N. }
21... Kf8
{ I do notknow why she played this, as 22.Qxf7+?? would not work out for white. I believe that Sue was worried about which I was back then. But, Ken doesn'thave a Rook near it yet, leaving black with an attacker against a defender. }
22. Rd1
{ Not to my surprise, this was played, as Ken is about to bringanother attacker. }
22... Kg8
{ I can understand this move, as it appears to bemate after something 23.Rd7, followed by 24.Rxf7+, at the very least, winninganother piece since after 25.Rxg7, black cannot take back as it would bean illegal move. But, with this move, white further liquidates. Therefore,I would've 22...Rbd8 with idea of Hope Chess. I'd be hoping that whitewouldn't see the opportunity. With the idea that, maybe, you exchangeN's and then, mate with 23...Rxd8+, with the idea of 24.Rxd8, Qxd8# whichwould win a lost game. But, I'd come to the realization that this wouldn'twork since white would exchange with 23.Rxd8, first, and then exchangeN's with the same effects. But, in this position, I can't think of anythingbetter then Hope Chess since white is busted because I wouldn't be readyto resign yet, since there still appears to be more to learn. }
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd7 { Now only that, but Ken is trying to threaten mate. }
24... Rf8 { WhichSue Stops for now. } 25. Nb5
{ So, Ken adds another attacker. } 25... a6
{ Not surewhat Ken is trying to accomplish, Sue attacks which I can understand asthat's how I used to think. }
26. Nd6
{ But, with this move, however, Ken'sattack is overwhelming. At the very least, he is going to win more material. However, it's about to take a turn for the worst. }
26... Kf6
{ Not sure of what'sgoing on, Sue moves the K as it is attacked. But, 26.Nd6, was more damagingthen one could ever imagine, as we're about to see since he's going towin another pawn and piece. }
27. Rxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxf7+ Ke5 29. Nxb7 g5
{ Asblack, I would resign here, as now, I'd feel that there's nothing elseleft to learn since Sue is too far down. But, I can understand her intentionsto stay in since I used to believe, and thus, would not resign until matewas forced which will happen here. }
30. Qc7+ Kd4 31. Qxb8 Kxc4 32. Qe5 Kd3 33. Nd6 Kc2 34. Qc3+ Kb1 35. Nc4 Kxa2
36. b4 cxb4 37. Qb2#
{ The moralof this game is something that I learned from chesskingdom64 which I usedto annotate a couple of games. But, it applies here Sue, and rememberingthis will help you to become a better player since I have problems withthis myself. Well, first is to be prepared for common openings like this. What goes into it, however, as he said was, 'The openings must be usedwith the greatest care. What you do in the opening will affect you inthe midgame; what you do in the mid game will affect you in the endgame;what you do in the endgame will affect the final results.' With that mistakein the opening, Ken was able to tie down your pieces, and thus, win materialwhich is what enabled white this win. }
1-0
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[Event "Challenge from oogiegork ;)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "14-Nov-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "oogiegork"]
[Black "mathematics2"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1264"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
{ hello everybody. This is a game who i won against with a really good player. }
1. e4 e5 2. f4 { kings gambit. } 2... exf4 { accepted } 3. Nf3
{ to stop me gettingcheck on Qh4 } 3... d5 { attacking pawn on e4 } 4. e5
{ declined } 4... Bg4 { attacksthe knight and pins it from moving } 5. h3
{ attacked } 5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 { exchanged } 6... Qh4+
{ the knights out the way } 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 { exchange queens } 8... Bc5+
{ another check } 9. Kf3 g5 10. c3 Nc6 11. d4 { good pawn structure for white }
11... Bb6 12. h4 O-O-O { i dont know why i did that. i should have done h6 }
13. hxg5 Kb8 14. Bxf4 { now im losing and a bit cramped } 14... Nge7
{ try to get theknight out... } 15. g4 { my opponent wont let me :( } 15... Ng6
{ attacking the bishoppossibly another exchange } 16. Rh6 Nxf4 { i took } 17.
Kxf4 { he took } 17... Ne7 { try to get a check } 18. Rf6 { attacks f7 } 18...
Ng6+ 19. Kf5 Rd7 20. Bg2 { badmove } 20... Nh4+ 21. Kf4
{ the next few moves are the ones that turned the gamearound } 21... Nxg2+ 22.
Kf3 Ne1+ 23. Kf4 Nc2 24. Nd2 Nxa1 25. c4 { i have a plan... } 25... dxc4 26.
Nxc4 Rxd4+ { good isn't it? } 27. Kf5 Rxc4 28. Rxf7
{ only best thingwhite can do. } 28... Rc2
{ next move Rf2 pins soi can exchange rooks } 29. Ke6 a5 30. Ke7 Bc5+ 31. Kd7
Rd2+ 32. Ke6 Re8+ 33. Kf6 Rf2+ 34. Kg7 Bf8+
{ whydid i do that i should have took rook on f7 } 35. Kg8 Bh6+ 36. Rf8 Rfxf8+
{ i took anyway } 37. Kxh7 Rh8+ 38. Kg6 Rxe5 { he take my bishop now } 39. gxh6
{ see } 39... Rg8+ 40. Kh7 Rge8 41. b4 { another bad move } 41... axb4 42. a3
{ another } 42... bxa3 43. g5
{ at that point he had sprung a trap at me. if i took g5 thenit would be stalemate. }
43... a2 44. g6 Nc2 { ready for promotion } 45. g7 { onlymove he can do } 45...
a1=Q { promoted } 46. g8=N Rxg8 { i take } 47. Kxg8 Rf5 { readyfor checkmate }
48. Kh7 Qf6 49. Kg8 Qg6+ 50. Kh8 Rf8# { thanks for watching } *
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[Event "League division C3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "16-Apr-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ystar"]
[Black "mybookrunsdeep"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
1. d4
{ This game is a Bogo-Indian which features some key positional ideasfor the Black pieces. }
1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
{ Here White wishes to avoidthe Nimzo-Indian and is probably hoping for 3...b6 when the Queen's IndianDefense will lead him into lines where White has a good chance for a smallbut persistent advantage. }
3... Bb4+ { I, however, prefer Efim Bogolubov's defense. } 4. Bd2
{ Here White could transpose into the Nimzo-Kasparov Variation with4. Nc3, however, this move and 6. Nbd2 keep things in Bogo territory. }
4... Qe7
{ The purpose of this move is two-fold, as it prevents the exchangeof Bishops, after which White would lose a pawn, and it prepares an eventuale5, by playing Nc6, exchanging the Bishops and then playing d6 and finallye5, with active play on the kingside. }
5. g3 Nc6
{ Black has a few optionshere, however, I like the consistency and straight forwardness of playingfor a quick e5. }
6. Bg2 O-O
{ A slight inaccuracy on my part. 6...Bxd2allows White the opportunity to play 7. Qxd2?! where after 7...Ne4 8.Qc2Qb4 , White has to make some unpleasant choices; 1) 9. Kf1 d5 2) 9. Nc3Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3 11. bxc3 b6 where White's weak pawn structure will bean endgame disadvantage. 3) 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxc4 or 10. Nxd2 Nxd4and White doesnt have sufficient compensation for the pawn. }
7. O-O Bxd2
{ Why the exchange? Black gets the opportunity to exchange of Bishop forBishop, rather than Bishop for Knight, also the Queen's Knight will beless aggressively placed on d2. }
8. Nbxd2
{ 8. Qxd2 is parried with 8...Ne4and ...f5 when Black has strong play on the Kingside. }
8... d6 { Now we havetransposed back to the main line. } 9. e4 e5
{ The culmination of Black'sopening strategy, he stakes a claim in the center and invites a closingof the position where Black's chances are at least equal to White's. }
10. d5
{ After 10. de Nxe5, Black will follow up with ...b6 and ...Bb7 withan equal game. }
10... Nb8
{ Here is the Key position of the opening. 1) White'sknight on d2 is misplaced, 2) White's bishop is hemmed in by it's centerpawns; 3) Black is behind in development, however, the fact that the centeris closed makes this a minor drawback. Black indeed has a strategicallysound position. }
11. b4
{ White gains space on the Queenside and preparesthe c5 advance. 11. Ne1 is another possibility. }
11... a5
{ Black is fightingfor control of c5, which would make an ideal outpost for his Queens knight. }
12. a3 Na6 13. Qb3 { 13. bxa5 allows the immediate 13...Nc5. } 13... c6 14.
Rfc1
{ 14. Ne1 is the strongest continuation, now Black takes control on theQueenside, with this instructive series of moves. }
14... Bd7 15. Bf1
{ Not surewhat this move accomplishes. 15. dc bc 16. c5 is stronger, but Black isstill equal. }
15... axb4
{ The purpose of this move is to create an outpost forthe a6 knight on b4, where Nc2-d4 will be a constant threat. }
16. axb4 c5 17. b5
{ If 17. bc, then the outpost is on c5. Black has plenty of Queensidecounterplay and plenty of good squares for his pieces. }
17... Nb4 { White hasto be on guard for a Nc2-d4 maneuver in the endgame. } 18.
Ne1
{ Probablyplanning to exchange the knight on b4, however, Black decides to open asecond front on White's king, while the defenders are disorganized. }
18... Ng4 19. f3 Qg5
{ The knight on d2 is hanging, and after 20. fxg4 Qxd2 21. Rd1Qg5 22. h3 h5, Black's attack looks strong. }
20. Rxa8 Rxa8
{ Occupying anopen file with the Rook, however, Fritz informed me after the game, thatI missed 20...Qxd2 21. Rxf8 Kxf8 now white has to play 22. fxg4 and letthe rook hang, as mate on h2 is being threatened. Black will then pickup the pawn on g4 with a winning endgame. }
21. Qc3 Nf6
{ In retrospect,21...Nh6 might have been better, giving me the option of playing a quickf5. }
22. Rd1 Ra2 { That tasty, tasty 7th rank. } 23. Nd3
{ Attempting to exchangethe b4 knight, but he has overlooked a tactic. } 23...
Qe3+ { Crushing!!! } 24. Kg2
{ Why not 24. Kh1? Because of 24...Bg4 when 25. fxg4 leads to mateafter 25...Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Kg1 Qf3 and White can resign. }
24... Bg4
{ The same idea applies. Exploiting the pin on the d2 knight will provedecisive. Really not a difficult move to find, especially if you haveread David LeMoir's book 'How to Become a Deadly Chess Tactician,' whichis filled with examples of passive sacrifices. }
25. fxg4 Nxe4 26. Qc1 { Whiteis up a piece, but not for long. } 26... Nxd3 27.
Bxd3 Qxd3 { Now another piecedrops and with it the game. } 0-1
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "psycho422"]
[Black "nenem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "953"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1111"]
1. e4 g6 { Robatsch defense. } 2. d4 { Norwegian defense. } 2... b6
{ Bg7 or d6are the common responses. Pb6 is still in the top 5, though. Black hasdone well with Nf6, curiously. }
3. Bc4 e6 4. e5 Bb7 5. Nh3
{ Oh no, disaster! Now black receives not only Pg2 for free, but forks Rh1 and Nh3. Rg1or Rf1 ends with BxNh3, and black wins a knight and pawn for four points. Pf3 would have defended against this, or Nf3 (the queen covers the interposingknight). }
5... a6
{ The whole point behind Bb7 was to give black far reachingpower across the center of conflict. This pawn move does nothing. BxPg2was still black's best move. }
6. c3
{ Again white tempts black with BxPg2. Taunting black with the tasty pawn. }
6... Bxg2 { Finally. } 7. Rg1 Bxh3 8. Qf3
{ Turnabout is fair play. Black should play Nc6 to protect Ra8, and writeoff the bishop at h3. }
8... Bf5 { Instead black feels the bishop is more valuablethan the rook. } 9.
Qxa8 Qc8 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. d5
{ This move deprives protectionof Pe5. Black may now fork white's queen and bishop, though the fork lacksmeat in that Qf4 protects the bishop. Still, black picks up yet anotherpawn in the exchange. }
11... Nce7
{ What was even better about NxPe5 (insteadof this move) is that Qf4 could be answered with Bh6 (the black knightcovers it). If white moves the queen where it is not protecting f3, anNf3+ fork lets black trade knight for Rg1 followed by BxBc1 for a freebishop. White gets rapidly eviscerated. }
12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Nd2 Qd7
{ Andblack withdraws support from Pa6, flinging this pawn to the wolves. Orbishop. }
14. Bxa6 Qa4
{ One dangerous thing about putting the queen andking on the same line is a pin or, in this case, a fork. White doesn'thave a way to pull off a fork here, but pushing the king out into the fieldmight open something up. }
15. Qa8+
{ Black should play Nc8. Yes, it meansthe knight is lost. But the alternative will cost black the queen. }
15... Kd7 { Bc8+ trades bishop for queen. } 16. Bc8+ Nxc8 17. Qxa4+ Kd8 18. Nf3
Nge7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bf6 Rg8 21. O-O-O+ Nd6 { Black's only move. } 22. Qa8+ Kd7
23. exd6 cxd6 { Ne5+ is valid because P6 cannot move. } 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25. Bxe7
{ Qa7+ instead forces the king back to the 8th rank, where RxP6 eliminatesthe threat to the knight. }
25... f6
{ I think I would have recommended PxNe5. Better yet, Ph5. If white takes the bishop black can still grab the knight. Not that it is much consolation. But if white doesn't move the queen,black could play Bh6+ and seize her with the rook. Black's best play remainsPxNe5 which prevents Qc6+ followed by more unhappiness. }
26. Rxd6 { Whitehas material to spare. BxBe7 would be followed by Rd7#. }
26... fxe5 27. Qc6+ Kb8 28. Rd8+ Ka7 29. Qa8# 1-0
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[Event "Another chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "arash1981"]
[Black "johnsmith95"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1270"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
{ I'm posting this annotation, mainly because I can't see where I went wrong.Any help on what I did wrong would be much appreciated. }
1. d4 { Arashstarts with the queen's pawn opening. } 1... d5
{ Queens pawn game. } 2. c4
{ Queenspawn gambit. A rather safe gambit, in my opinion. } 2... e6
{ I respond with theQueen's gambit declined. I'll also be honest with you here: I don't knowanything about openings beyond this move. From here out I'm going withmy best judgement. }
3. a3 { My guess is he played this to prevent Bb4. } 3... Nf6
{ 'Develop the least developed piece to the best possible square' } 4. Nc3
{ He develops his knight as well. } 4... Nc6 { I develop my second knight. } 5.
Nf3 { Knights royal! } 5... Be7
{ I do this to castle, as well as defend againstBg5. } 6. Bf4
{ I'm pretty sure this is a good move... } 6... Nh5 { Knight: Go awayor die. }
7. cxd5 { Or trade off first... } 7... exd5
{ I was very happy to do thismove because, until now, my LSB was completely trapped. I think the tradefavored me... }
8. Be5
{ He's trying to invade, but I think this is pointless,and a wast of time. After I press the f pawn, not only will white's DSBbe forced to die, but whites f6 knight won't be able to go to e5 or g5. }
8... f6 { Naturally, I push. } 9. Bg3 { He retreats... } 9... Nxg3
{ And I trade aninactive knight for an active bishop. } 10. hxg3
{ Gotta take back with something... } 10... O-O { King safety. } 11. e4
{ He attacks the center. } 11... dxe4
{ I'm not sure ifthis is the best move...there's alot of variations here. Reguardless, thisis what I went with. What do you think of it? }
12. Nxe4
{ Material is stillequal... but when I look at this, white seems to have a bit of an advantage. }
12... Bg4 { Trying to get the bishop involved. } 13. d5
{ Pressing the pawn, forcingme to move the knight. } 13... Ne5
{ I can't let it die, and this looks like agood square. } 14. Be2
{ A good move. } 14... Nxf3+
{ 'When pieces make contact,it is generally not a good idea to trade off, but instead, build pressureon the pieces' ...yeah, I didn't do that. Probably shouldn't have traded... }
15. gxf3 { He takes with the pawn, forcing me to move my bishop. } 15... Bf5
{ Idon't like this square, but I didn't like most of the other squares either. }
16. Qb3
{ Attacking the b7 square, while indirectly attacking my king (WhichI didn't see). }
16... Qc8 { I go to defend the b7 square. } 17. d6+
{ And thereit is. The move that killed me. } 17... Be6 { Trying to stay alive }
18. Bc4 { Andthe game ends here. Feel free to comment. } 1-0
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[Event "Two Less Queens, yet Victory"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.07.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "northcoaster"]
[Black "pawntakesqueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<3d"]
[WhiteElo "1372"]
1. d4
{ This is a very rare game that results in White having a two queenadvantage and 16 points in material, yet gets blindsided by a couple ofpawns and a rook. }
1... d5 2. c4 dxc4
{ I've noticed recently that many playersoffer this pawn. I have taken it each time without hesitation and am yetto regret it. I'm sure there is a by the book reason, but I try to stayaway from the book. I know it won't be long and a player will teach mewhy this move is not preferred. }
3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 b5
{ With the pawn advantage,and also having a pawn in the 5th row, this is a small sacrifice in developmentin hopes to protect position. }
5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O
{ White castlesfirst and has a strong defensive position early. } 7... g6 8. e3
Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O { Black is able to castle 3 moves later. } 10. b3 Be4
{ Black is offeringa B-Kn trade hoping to get a fork on the rook/queen one move later. }
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Ng5 Nc3
{ Perhaps playing too quickly, I jump at the opportunityfor the fork not realizing that I have also given up my own rook in thetransaction. There is also a much less chance of escape for my knightmeaning that this move that looked great at first, may result in beingdown material. }
13. Qc2 Nxb1 14. Bxa8 h6 15. Nf3 b4
{ I pondered this moveprobably longer than all of the rest. I knew I was going to lose my knight,so I wanted to work hard to trap white's bishop. After running throughmany scenarios in my mind, in the end I decided to give up the knight,let the bishop go, and gain a protected pawn in the 6th row with no pawnsif front. }
16. Qxb1 c3 17. Be4 f5 18. Bd3 Qd5
{ Of the 38 moves in the game,move 18 Qd5 is the one that should have ultimately cost black the game. }
19. e4
{ Perhaps white did not see the pin on the queen similar to black. Despite the very bad move by black previously, this is an opportunityto escape keeping the queen... }
19... fxe4
{ Black still does not see potentialpin on the queen, and jumps at the fork of the knight - bishop. }
20. Bc4 Qxc4
{ Having no way out now, black's queen is forced to take bishop andsacrifice herself. }
21. bxc4 { pawntakesqueen } 21... Rxf3
{ Fortunately for black,there is a free knight in the deal. } 22. Qxb4 Nc6 23.
Qc5 Nxd4 24. Qxe7 Ne2+
{ Black is trying hard to work the pawn in and get the queen back. } 25. Kg2
Rd3 26. Qxe4 { Pawns are going quick. } 26... Nxc1
{ With nowhere for theblack knight to go, he must sacrifice himself taking a bishop. }
27. Rxc1 Rd2 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qxa6 c2 30. Qa4
{ With this move by White, there isvirtually no hope left for black. } 30... c5
31. Rxc2 Rd4 32. Qb5 Bf8 33. a4
{ Down8 in material, and having nothing left for position, it is time for blackto resign. There is only one last extremely low percentage chance at asneak attack. }
33... h5 34. a5 g5 35. a6 h4 36. a7
{ Black is 3 moves from a checkmate,but white is one move from being up 2 queens. Black's only hope is thatwhite is only focused on getting the second queen and not paying attentionto any potential threat. }
36... Rd1
{ This is the move that should draw some attention. This rook should have no business being there without some sort of crazyplan. }
37. a8=Q g4
{ Two moves left. Can black stay under the radar fortwo more moves? } 38. Qac6
{ If white moves the king, any of the pawns aroundthe king, or puts black in check, the game would be resigned. }
38... h3# { Againstall odds, black wins. } 0-1
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[Event "WTW-- Who needs a Queen -"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.06.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "easy19"]
[Black "jkarp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1196"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
{ As some of you might remember, in early May, about a month before I wentaway, I annotated a game. The reason being was to confirm what the MasterMater was trying to tell me in our first game against each other, as Iannotated. And, it involved a game between monkeykungphu and tactical_abyss. In that particular game, he white sac'd his Q in an unusual variationof the Sicilian. He wanted to prove that in rare circumstances mastersand GM's will sac their Q to pull a win. But, I was able to pull a drawby repetition due to a lucky blunder by my opponent, so I didn't believehim, at the time. Well, in this game, the master mater wanted to showme the variation of the game between monkeykungphu and tactical_abyss. That way, I would be able to see how it all happens. Now, accordingto the opponent I went wrong in the beginning, and it is my responsibilityto figure out what happened. }
1. e4 { So, he starts out with my favoriteopening. } 1... c5
{ So, this is my standard defense. } 2. Qh5
{ ?! Now, this moveis unprecedented. I understand that this move is inaccurate and completelyout of book. Normally, I would refute this move with 2...g6 or 2...Nf6to punish black for not developing properly. However, I know what hisintentions are, in this position. And, I will allow it, in order to learnfrom what's about to come. }
2... d6
{ Therefore, I just respond with the normalcontinuation of my defense. In other words, I decided to treat this asthough it was a normal Sicilian. But, in reality, I know that it is anythingbut that. }
3. Qxf7+ { So, this is where things get interesting. } 3... Kxf7
{ And,this is what he expects me to do. That's because easy19 said, 'yup yougot the queen and are winning. Now show me' }
4. Nf3
{ Well, he starts bydeveloping. On the one hand, I expected him to try and get something back,in this position. But, on the other hand, I know that it is not feasibleto do that, yet. }
4... Nf6
{ Meanwhile, I am also going to start developing. The reason being is to avoid the same mistake that monkeykungphu madein his game against tactical-abyss. In one of the comments to that annotations,schakertjie said, 'Black hasn't moved any minor pieces at all. Black shouldtry to look at those obvious threats after black sacs his queen.' So,I kept that in mind before making any other move. }
5. Nc3 { In the meantime,he decides to continue with development. } 5... d5
{ ? Now, this is extremelyinteresting. While one can argue that this move does not develop anything,it can be said that in this position, my goal is to control the center. I start with this move because it advances a central pawn one step further. According to different commentators, they have previously implied centralpawns have to be advanced a little further to control center. Becausecentral pawns are the main aspects of central control, and I rememberedthat with this move. In addition, my main goal is to exchange, but thisis black's first mistake, according to my opponent. That's because he said,'well actually i wanted to tell you after your next move. that it tookyou about 5 moves to give away all the advantage i gave you. back to me.' The problem here is that I miscalculated. I told my opponent that asidefrom analyze the board, I often get the facts wrong by miscalculating. And, he said, ...'that is exactly where you are going wrong.' }
6. exd5 { So, he takes as I expected. } 6... Nxd5
{ And, as I had implied on my lastmove, I decide to recapture. However, according to Fred, '6...Nxd5 shouldhave been Nbd7 just development. so you adapt it slightly because yourking is out. ( first get in position before you press your advantage. )' }
7. Nxd5 { Now, as expected, he retakes. } 7... Qxd5
{ But, this was still partof my plan since move 5. But, easy19 said that, '7...Qxd5 should havebeen e6 or Nc6 so actually you can say to take is a mistake.' And, hisadvice was, 'Tip: try not to win in your upcoming new games, just try tolast as long as possible. And ignore most of the moves from your opponents( or in short play your own game )' }
8. Bc4
{ But, white has plans ofhis own. In this position, he decides to attack my Q by pinning it tothe K. }
8... Qxc4
{ ?? At first, I seemed nervous and asked my self what couldbe done, in this position. Then, I figured out the answer. It is feasibletake his LSB, since he left it vulnerable. Before making this move, Iasked myself if he had a good reason for doing this. The reason is thatsometimes, your opponent has a good reason for doing this. I learned itthe hard way in a couple of my past games. After looking the position,however, I figured out that this is just a blunder. He blundered it away,or so it seemed. So I decided to take it immediately. That's becauseit appears that there are no threats, in this position. However, he hassomething to hide, so this move is an outright blunder. The reason beingis that this move will allow white to win back his Q after 9.Ne5+. }
9. Ne5+ Ke8
{ I had different feasibility's. But, for several reasons, thisis the best move for black. As noted earlier, however, he is about toget something back. }
10. Nxc4 Bf5
{ At this point, my goal is to continuewith development. But, he is already far ahead in this process. }
11. d3
{ In this postion, he intends to develop his DSB. Also feasible was 11.b3,but I think that this move is better. }
11... Nc6
{ That, however, is not goingto delay me from developing. I decided that since I'm behind in the process,that I would start by getting as many pieces out as I can, at once. }
12. Bf4
{ This is how he develops his piece. He also had other places to putit, but for some reason, I like this move the best. }
12... e6
{ In this position,however, I am also determined to develop my B. So, I decide to followwhat white did on move 11. }
13. O-O-O
{ He also could have castled Kingside,and in my opinion, that would have been better. Of course, however, Iam the kind of person that often likes to castle short because that iswhat I was originally taught. The only problem with that is that myevilluck,the former mentor for the, 'Walking the Walk and Learning How to Run' clubtold me that you can't play a move just because that's how you were taught. On the one hand, I agree with his assessment because it's a bad idea tomake a move without having a good reason for doing so. On the other hand,some of what he told me is void and invalid because he is no longer mymentor for the club. It really depends on what therealjimfriar has tosay since he is the current for the same club. }
13... Be7
{ In the meantime, mydevelopment is pretty much complete. The only thing to figure out is whatway I plan to castle, and if it's feasible to do so. At this point, however,Fred said, 'to easy'. At first, I thought he was asking if I thought thatit was easy. I told him that it seems extremely easy, but the answer isno. That is because has repeatedly said, 'It's not so easy'. And, thatstatement was reiterated by GM Judit Polgar, in her commentary for theAlkehine tournament, and a different video where she defeats GrandmasterKarpov. However, he then clarified by stating, 'lol no this is easy forme'. }
14. f3 { I do not know why he moved here. } 14... Kf7
{ In this position,I wanted to bring the Rooks together with the King behind, so it is aboutKing safety. However, better was to do the thing that I'm obsessed, castle. I cannot believe that I forgot to do this. }
15. h4 { I still do not knowwhat he intends to do, in this position. } 15...
Rhf8
{ In the meantime, I startthe process of King safety, as mentioned earlier. }
16. g4 { But, he decidesto kick my bishop. } 16... e5
{ ? On the other hand, I decide to do the same thingto his B. Unfortunately, I get distracted and miss the threat. If I hadlooked more carefully, I would have seen the threat. As it turns, thisloses a pawn, after he places me in check. That's because after 17.Nxe5+,it will not be possible for me to retake because if then 17...Nxe5??, 18.Bxe5,losing a piece for a pawn. }
17. Nxe5+ Kg8
{ Despite the mistake, this isthe move that I had been planning to play 14...Kf7. Now that everythingis in tact, I am completely developed. However, the interesting factoris that we will be exchanging during the next couple of moves. The onlydisadvantage is that I am behind a pawn. }
18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Rde1
{ ? For some reason, he decides to attack my DSB, but I am notbothered by it. Instead, I view this move as a mistake because we areabout to exchange material. This time, however, after we exchange, I willwin a pawn back, so that everything is even again. Therefore, I believethat black is no longer at a disadvantage. Let's see how long this lasts. }
20... Rxf4 21. Rxe7 Rxf3 22. Rc7
{ However, I miscalculated something important. Since those pawns are doubled, he decides to attack one of them. Whichmeans that he is about to win a back, and there is nothing that I can doabout it. This is the disadvantage of having doubled, and now we all knowwhy I make a big deal out of these things. There might be more to chessthen this, but this type of situation can make a big difference in a game. And, this is the logic behind it. }
22... Raf8
{ Knowing that the pawn is lostanyway, I decide to double up my rooks. That's because doubled rooks canbe extremely dangerous, as I have repeatedly mentioned in other annotations. }
23. Rxa7 R3f7
{ So, at this point, my goal is to put pressure on the seventhrank. The other story is that I want to confine his position, but unfortunately,the plan is not going to work. }
24. Ra5
{ That's because the joke is nowon me. With this he is automatically going to win my c5 pawn, as mentionedon move 25. }
24... Rf1+
{ But, that does not stop me from placing him in check. In addition, this move forces a rook exchange. The goal is to delay hisplan for, as long as, possible. Not only that, but I want to get as manypieces off the board as possible. That's because I still have a fightin me and am willing to do battle, until the end. }
25. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kd2
{ Forced, and that is exactly what I wanted, so one of my goals worked. I really wanted to force into making a certain move, as it's psychological. If he is forced to do something, I generally hope that my opponents getoverworked and hand over the advantage. Usually, that's how it happens,and it has caused me to pull a swindle in a couple of past games. By this,I'm alluding to a victory in a lost position. Of course, the Master Materis not going to get stressed over a forced move, but it still proves thatI'm no where near ready to resign yet. That's because when I first joinedthe site and for the first few years, I used to resign in this kind ofposition. In fact, I gave up, as soon as, I gave up something like a pawn. That's when Jack Stockel has repeatedly said, 'Don't give up right away. Start thinking.' }
26... Rf5
{ At the last minute I found a different move, butit is the only move that protects my c pawn. However, things are aboutto take an interesting turn, as we will see shortly. }
27. Ra6
{ Becauseof this move, I have to think of a way to protect c6. As it turns out,27...Rf6 is the only way to do it. }
27... Rf6 28. a4
{ At first, I had no ideawhy he played, but as it turns out, his intentions are to promote. Aswe will see later on, this is the pawn that will become a Q. However,it makes perfect sense because in the past, Jack Stockel has repeatedlytold me that one of the best ways to promote a pawn is by bringing it directlybehind the R. By this, I am alluding to the same file, so directly verticalfrom one another. }
28... h6
{ In the meantime, I am also determined promoteand win his h pawn, at the same time. 28...Rh6 was also possible, butit certainly would not have been more useful then this move. If I hadbeen able to ...RxP, white would respond with RXP, so that move would nothave accomplished anything. This move, however, achieves very little. The only useful thing are that the pawns are connected which usually bringsyou a step closer to promotion. That's what I thought. In fact, I wronglyassumed that this was a passed pawn and that I could just move my way bysliding these pawns together (e.g ...h5, ...g6), and vica versa. However,the plan is not going to work. I quickly figured out that he would takeone of those pawns, and if I were to still attempt a promotion, White'sKing would stop me dead in my tracks. And, I kept that in mind beforecontinuing my attempts. }
29. a5 { Still attempting the promotion. } 29... g5
{ But,so am I, and in the same way that I had mentioned earlier. I was hopingfor an exchange. 30.hxg5, hxg5. However, I forgot to look at two things. First, I wouldn't get a promotion because of Fred's K. Second, I am notgoing to get the exchange that I had attempted. }
30. Rb6
{ Instead, he bringsmoves his R to the right. During the game, I had no idea why. However,I figured out the answers afterwards. This move almost guarantees thepromotion because his pawn now has room to make a Q, whereas, it didn'tbefore. BTW, this is part of the advantage to having your R directly infront of the P. The only thing that white has to look out for is thatI might play ...Rf8. But, a second look shows that it won't be much ofa help. That's because even if I could stop a promotion, he would be ableto win my f8 R, at best. The logic behind this is that he could simplyplay Rb8, before I even get the chance to place my Rook on the eighth rank. }
30... g4
{ I realize now that I could have taken with 30...gxf5, but that certainlywould not stop his plans. Of course, it wins a pawn back, but he wouldcertainly get that and then some once he plays a8 =Q. However, I am notquite ready to resign yet. }
31. Rb8+
{ This is part of his plan, as mentionedearlier. When I think about it, I could have exchanged with 31...Rf8,32.Rxf8, Kxf8. But, it's pointless due to his a pawn. As implied earlier,that's the pawn that will eventually result in my downfall. }
31... Kg7
{ So, Idecide to get out of check, with this move. What gives? No move is betterthen the other, at this point. }
32. a6 { He' still getting ready to do theinevitable. } 32... g3
{ But, I attempt a scheme of my own. At this point, I washoping and a little optimistic about turning a game into a draw. The reasonbeing is that when two pawns promote right after each other, the game usuallyends in a draw. However, that will not be the case with the master mater. At this point, I am just going to have a little more confidence becauseI can't go wrong by becoming overly confident. That only happens whenyou're in a winning position and allow your opponent to pull a swindleby underestimating him or her. However, in the scenario, I'm in a losingposition, so the more confident I am, the more I will learn. As it turnsout, I'm already learning more about the position then I expected }
33. a7 { And, this is his final step before the Q. } 33... g2
{ But, the same can nowbe said for black. And, we are both about to promote, on our next moves. The only thing is that white still has an overwhelming winning position,even after the promotion. So, I just go for brokes, but it was well worththe attempt. }
34. a8=Q g1=Q 35. Rg8+
{ That's because of this check. And,I can't get out of it by taking Fred's R, due to the promotion. Not onlythat, but to make matters worse, my Q is now pinned due to the R fork thathe has. Therefore, when all is said and done, white will end up with aQ ahead. In addition, it is the endgame, so there's no compensation forwhat I'm about to lose. So, I resigned on the grounds that any hopes fora swindle are gone. }
1-0
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[Event "#07"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.08.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Eu"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1300"]
[TimeControl "60'"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bb4
{ That bishop was interfering with my plans, so I chose to expel him with my own bishop. This disrupted the normal flow of the game for a few turns, but I'm glad I wasn't too mechanical, stopping to assess and decide if I could divert him from my original route. }
6. Bd2
{ No matter how many times a bishop is captured, it eventually becomes active again when the white horses make all the necessary moves. Participating in attacks with the King's side. }
6... Nc6 7. Bxb4
{ I exchanged without any regrets... it was a safe and recommended by Shredder. }
7... Nxb4 8. a3
{ O Shredder recomendoavançar o peão de c até o centro, ameaçando o peão de d5. Contudo, nãoavalia mal essa opção, de modo que a minha iniciativa de expulsar rapidamenteo cavalo não mereceu maiores críticas. }
8... Nc6 9. Nbd2 { Now the KIA will return to the original route... } 9... Qd6
10. Re1 { Segue o KIA... } 10... e5 { (lanceconsiderado fraco) } 11. e4
{ Aí está!!!! Meu aguardado avanço até e4 finalmenteaconteceu! } 11... dxe4
{ Ok... a recomendação do Shredder para as pretas é mesmotrocar. } 12. dxe4
{ Shredder preferred the move Ng5, but I was not creative enough to stick with it: I was content to retake the pawn. Shredder evaluated this move poorly, so a potential gain of almost +0.20 turned into a loss of -0.10. }
12... Bg4 13. h3 { Rapidamente expulsando o bispo... } 13... Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nc4
{ Shredder defended other ideas (c3), but that horse worked well, given that the blacks exchanged queens. }
15... Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bxe4
{ It appears that the pawn is unprotected and can be captured, but the truth is that the capture leaves the black pieces exposed to serious attacks. It was the first serious mistake committed by the blacks (the position would be +0.19 if the blacks had played 16.... Nd7, but the move realized leaves that value at +2.52). }
17. Ncxe5
{ A bold combination was with the OTHER horse... my respectful O-O, move that would leave the black position with some hope. }
17... Nxe5 { The error is very serious: +3.5 } 18. Nxe5 Bxc2
{ Error! Black should have played BxB. However, as if they thought "I lose one tower, but I gain another, so I neutralized the attack" - which is what the Shredder is trying to simulate, in theory, a 1300-level player would commit... }
19. Rd2
{ The best series of moves was Ng6+, but that counterattack by the knight did not change the fact that my position was clearly superior. }
19... Ba4
{ último erro grave: o certo seriaBe4, mas para salvar um bispo as pretas entregaram a partida. }
20. Ng6+ Ne4 21. Rxe4#
{ The pretas did not roar! It is still another example of the dangers of a centralized king - even more so, in an open position! }
1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.09.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "straumur"]
[Black "last_archimedean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1504"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1426"]
{ This long, hard-fought game ended in a draw after many complications. } 1. e4
c5
{ Normally I reply with 1... P-K4, but every now and again I playthe Sicilian. Variety is the spice of life, after all. }
2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 { All book so far. } 7.
Bxf6 Bxf6 { Thefirst exchange. } 8. Qd2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4
{ Two more minors vanish. } 10. O-O a6 11. h3 O-O 12. Rab1 Bd7
{ Development is now complete for both sides. } 13. Ne2 Be5 14. b4 cxb4 15.
Qxb4 Rb8 { A minor skirmish sees an exchangeof Pawns. } 16. d4 Bf6 17. Qxd6 Be7
{ I lose one Pawn. Oh well. } 18. Qe5 Bf6 19. Qg3 Kh8
{ Getting out of the line of fire. } 20. e5 Bh4 21. Qg4 Bc6 22. Nf4 Qg5
{ Offering the exchange... } 23. Qxg5 Bxg5 { ...and White accepts. } 24. Nd3 b5
25. Bb3 a5 26. c3 Bd2 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Be4
{ Another smallskirmish. I end up with a pin... } 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. axb3 Ra8
{ White swappedRooks to unpin the Knight. } 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Bxd5 exd5
{ More pieces vanish. } 33. Nd7 Bc3 34. Nb6 Rd8 35. Rd1 h6 36. Rd3 Bb4
{ Some quiet maneuvering. } 37. Rf3 Kg8 38. g4 Kf8 39. e6 f6
{ White creates a passer. } 40. Rf5 Rd6 { I attack it. } 41. Nxd5 Rxe6
{ White has a new passer. } 42. Nxb4 axb4
{ Apure Rook ending. These are notoriously difficult. } 43. Rb5 Re4
{ My Pawnis doomed. } 44. Rxb4 Ke7 45. Rb7+ Kf8
{ White appears to have a winningadvantage. } 46. d5 Rd4 47. Rb5 Rd3
{ A Mexican standoff. } 48. Kg2 Kf7 49. f3 Kg6 { A safe haven. } 50. h4 h5 51.
Kg3 hxg4 52. Kxg4 { Now all White'spawns are split. 52 PxP was better. } 52...
Rd4+ 53. f4 f5+ 54. Kf3 Kh5 { Lookingto pounce. } 55. Ke3 Rd1 56. b4 Kxh4
{ I gain one Pawn back. } 57. Kf3 g5 58. fxg5 Kxg5
{ Now I have a passed Pawn as well. } 59. Rc5 Rd4 60. b5 Rd3+ 61. Ke2 Rd4 62.
b6 Kg4 63. Ke3 Re4+ { Trying to keep White's King away fromhis Pawns. } 64. Kd3
Kg3 65. b7 Rb4 { Forced. } 66. d6 Rxb7 { I stop one Pawn. } 67. Rxf5 Rd7
{ I blockade the Pawn. } 68. Rf6 Kg4 69. Kd4 Kg5
{ I have totry and get my K to the scene. } 70. Ke5 Rd8 71. Rf7 Kg6 72. Re7
{ This couldbe trouble. } 72... Ra8 73. d7 Ra5+
{ My only hope is to check until I can getmy R behind the P. } 74. Kd6 Ra1
{ Now White can win with 75 P-Q8 (Q) R-Q8ch 76 K-B7. } 75. Re6+
{ I think he's just drawing things out. } 75... Kf7 76. Re5 { A mistake. }
76... Rd1+ { 77 K-B7 is still the move. } 77. Rd5 Rxd5+ { I pounce. } 78. Kxd5
Ke7 { Now my King can reach Q1. } 79. Kc6 Kd8 80. Kd6
{ White coulddraw this way or by letting me capture the P. } 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Real Time Chess Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Zakmo"]
[Black "Liberion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
{ AND SO THE BATTLE BEGINS! } 1. e4 { The road to victory begins here. } 1...
d6 { Queens Pawn... } 2. f4 { The right side of the board shall be mine! } 2...
Nf6 { Alas, his knight threatens my pawn! } 3. d3
{ YOU CAN NOT HAVE MY PAWN!!! } 3... e5 { Another threat to my pawn! } 4. f5
{ YOU CAN NOT HAVE MY PAWN! I claimthis side of the battlefield! } 4... Be7 5.
g4 { This side of the battlefieldshall be mine! } 5... h6
{ He finally sees my advances. Alas, it is too late!I lay claim to this side of the battlefield!! }
6. h3 c6 7. d4 { ADVANCEMY MINIONS!! FOR GLORY!!!!! } 7... Nbd7 8. Nc3
{ I see that i have left my kingspawn open for an assault! I quickly rectify my blunder on the battlefield.Such mistakes can be costly... }
8... b6
{ Feeling the threat on the right sideof the battlefield, Liberion advances slowly along the left flank. However,It is too little and far too late. HIS KING SHALL BE MINE! }
9. d5 { I SEEYOUR ADVANCES! CONTINUE THE ASSAULT! } 9... c5
{ His pawn is afraid to do battlewith mine! You may have the left flank, at this point it is unimportant! }
10. Be3
{ The Bishop moves to support the front lines and the king looksat the possibility of castling; However, this is only if danger is afoot! }
10... Nh7
{ Make your retreat! PUNY KNIGHT! But wait! I see he is clearing wayfor his Bishop... Alas i am on to your plans! }
11. Bf2
{ I protect my kingfrom the danger that looms and allow for the possibility of castling! }
11... Bg5 { I see your game, you devilish rogue! YOU WILL NOT JACK MY SWAG! }
12. Nf3 O-O
{ The opposing king retreats into his castle! WE HAVE THEM ON THERUN! } 13. Bg3
{ I lay my trap! The first trade shall commence soon!! } 13... a6
{ He creeps along the left flank. A lost cause! } 14. h4
{ MY PAWN COMMENCESHIS ASSAULT!! } 14... Bf4
{ His bishop dodges, and prepares to do battle with mine! } 15. Bxf4
{ The first trade commences! } 15... exf4 { HA! YOUR PAWN IS NOW ISOLATED! }
16. Qd2 { MY QUEEN! YOUR TIME IS NOW! ASSAULT HIS MEASLY PEON! } 16... b5
{ He continuesto crawl slowly along my left flank, under the false pretense that theleft side of the board is useful territory! ALAS, IT IS NOT! }
17. Qxf4 { MY QUEEN STRIKES! +1! } 17... b4 { His pawn threatens my knight! }
18. Na4 { Howevermy knight quickly evades the coming assault! } 18... Qf6
{ His queen moves intoplay! Alas, i see what she is up to! } 19. c3
{ YOUR PLANS ARE FOILED, YOUEVIL SUCCUBUS! } 19... Re8 20. g5
{ CONTINUE YOUR ADVANCE MY MINIONS! } 20... hxg5 { Thesecond trade commences! }
21. hxg5 { I continue my advance and threaten theirqueen! } 21... Qe7
{ RETREAT, EVIL SUCCUBUS! } 22. g6
{ My minions continue theiradvancement, blissfully unaware of the incredible transaction that awaits... }
22... Qxe4+
{ THE EVIL SUCCUBUS HAS SLAIN A MINION AND PREPARES TO DO BATTLE WITHMAH LADY! }
23. Qxe4 { YOU AIN'T GETTIN' MAH MAN, BIZNATCH! } 23... Rxe4+
{ ALAS!THE QUEEN IS SLAIN! } 24. Be2
{ The bishop will not allow any danger to hisking! } 24... fxg6 25. fxg6
{ Another battle, directly in front of their kingscastle! Back away knight! }
25... Nhf6 26. Ng5 { My knight threatens his Rook! } 26... Re8
{ And his rook slides away like a frightened, pre-pubescent girl! } 27. Nf7
{ My knight valiantly advances, laying the foundations for a gloriousvictory! }
27... Ne5 { His final blunder! YOUR FATE IS SEALED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! } 28.
Rh8#
{ ROOK! COMMENCE THE FINAL ATTACK! ALL HAIL ZAKMO! VICTORY IS MINE! alas... the battle was not without casualties, the mighty queen fell,doing battle with the evil succubus and ultimately falling at the handsof Liberion's rook. Her sacrifice was not in vain! As the day was ultimatelyseized by the Rook of H after the brilliantly planned assault of Zakmo'sminions and the Knight of G! }
1-0
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[Event "It's that Joblock ....... yet again!!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dynamic_dv"]
[Black "jstevens1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[TimeControl "5d+5d<10d"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
1. Nf3
{ Hi everyone! I see you all enjoyed my game against Expert X inwhich Henry got entombed on the kingside. That is really something! I'dmuch rather not be on the receiving end of such a mating attack but itwas certainly fascinating and awesome to watch. Anyhow, I do get a hugeslice of consolation for my loss - another Expert Draw, courtesy of OperationJoblock. Dave, my opponent is a very strong player and his rating wasonly 25 points shy of Masterdom when we agreed that draw, so I was really,really chuffed to keep him out! So how did this happen? Well, let's startwith Dave's first move - 1. Nf3 - the Reti Opening, named after a GM calledRichard Reti who just lurved sticking his knight on that square. Thisopening can transpose into a myriad of queen pawn openings, or the EnglishOpening. }
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6
{ 2. ..... g6 - this is more akin to the EnglishOpening. Sooner or later white is bound to fianchetto his bishop on g2. In this game, however, it doesn't happen. }
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4
{ 5.d4 - white is developing a very strong centre. After getting Henry tosafety(?) on the kingside, this time I do manage to puncture an Expert'sstrong pawn centre in a timely fashion! At least with the g7 pawn alreadymoved, white would be hard pushed to find a smothered mate here! }
5... O-O 6. h3 e5
{ 6. .... e5 - now comes the push. Dave pushes his pawn onwards ratherthan exchange. }
7. d5 a5 { 7. ..... a5 - holding back b4. } 8. a3 Na6
{ 8...... Na6 - preparing a possible Nc5. } 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Bxc5 dxc5
{ 11. ..... dxc5 - B for N trade. } 12. Bd3 Ne8
{ 12. .... Ne8 - hmm, Davemisses Nxe5. However, there is the possibility of regaining my pawn bytaking off his e4 pawn with my knight, discovering an attack on e5. So,after 12. Nxe5, Nxe4 13. Nxe4, Bxe5, material is even. However, I noticethat the pawn is hanging so I decided to open up the h8-e5 line for FouLenoir. I think my knight would be well placed on d6, hitting out at e4and c4. On the next turn that is just where my knight goes. }
13. Bc2 Nd6 14. Qe2 b6
{ 14. .... b6 - now I want to solidify my queenside pawn structure. } 15. Ba4
Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7
{ 16. ..... Qxd7 - after a trade of bishops, Glendacomes out to play and reinforces the b5 square. I don't think I wouldmind a white pawn on b5 though. The seed of the Joblock Plan is alreadybeginning to germinate. }
17. b3 Rad8 18. O-O Rfe8
{ 18. ...... Rfe8 - justa little bit of scratching around to see what Dave does. Although I amstumped for a plan here, at least I can put my rook on the same file asthe Wicked Witch of the West. Although I got into bother in my last gamedoing this, on a central file, I think it is OK here. }
19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Ra2 Ra8
{ 20. ..... Ra8 - Hmm, I think Dave is trying to double rooks onthe a column. I think my heavies ought to be in the near vicinity of itto prevent any ingress of white pieces into my pos! }
21. Ne1 Qc8 22. Nd3
{ 22. Nd3 - Dave mirrors my plan of putting pressure on e5 and c5. I thinkFou Lenoir and my f pawn could be up to the task of defending e5 though. c5 is already reinforced with a pawn on b6. All very solid. }
22... Qb7 23. Qg4 Qc8
{ 23. ..... Qc8 - Glenda my Good Witch of the North and the WickedWitch of the West glare at one another on the c1-h3 column. Will therebe a trade off? We shall see. }
24. Re2 Qxg4 25. hxg4
{ 25. hxg4 - I trade,and now Dave has to contend with a doubleton on the kingside. With mehaving a doubleton on the c column this appears to even up the game a little,although I may have to keep an eye on my h6 pawn because it is possiblefor Dave to double rooks on that column and try and provoke an ingresson it. This must be prevented. }
25... f6 26. g3 Kf7 27. Kg2 Rh8
{ 27. Rh8 - Ithink I will have one rook plus either Fou Lenoir or Henry guarding myh6 pawn. This will free my other rook to move wherever he likes on thefirst rank. My knight will hold firm on d6. I have confidence that Ican prevent an ingress and a zugzwang. This can only mean one thing forme and Dave. My mouse is already beginning to hover over that Offer Drawbutton! }
28. f4 Rhe8 29. a4 Kg8 30. Rh1
{ 30. Rh1 - before I hit the button,I must make doubly sure that Dave cannot make ingress. Here, he is tryingto pile up on the h column. }
30... Re7 31. f5 g5
{ 31. ...... g5 - Dave told mein a post-match pm that he thought that this was the move that threw awayhalf a point. Not sure there. According to Gameknot Analysis it was anerror-free game. Neither side had committed so much as an inaccuracy. Dave however thought that it had given me the chance to sew up the kingside. He is right on there, but can he do something on the queenside?! We shallsee. }
32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Nb5
{ 33. Nb5- Dave finally puts the question to myknight on d6. I have been wondering whether he will do this for many movesnow. I decided to trade. At least it does lock up b5 as I stated in oneof my previous notes in the early part of this game. }
33... Nxb5 34. cxb5 Rh8
{ 34. .... Rh8 - now my queen rook decides to move to h8 and it is my kingrook which will have a few moves at his disposal. }
35. Nb2
{ 35. Nb2 - aha,this knight is trying to make an ingress into d6 and support a possibleadvance of the d pawn. I must prevent this. I have a concrete plan andonce I execute it, I will then hit the offer draw button. }
35... Rd7 36. Rd2 Bf8 37. Nc4 Bd6
{ 37. ..... Bd6 - Fou Lenoir occupies the berth that myqueen knight had before I traded him off. Now, Dave can trade off FouLenoir with my good blessing. If he does then a black pawn will occupythe d6 square. If Dave does double rooks on the h file then Henry willhelp my KR defend my h6 pawn. This will free up my QR to move whereverhe likes. There seems to be no way of ingress. The only way Dave cantry to make progress is to sac his backward b3 pawn. However, this isvery risky and I didn't think that Dave would want to take such a risk. I had in fact worked out that I would have been able to defend againstthis sac with my queen rook which would in turn support a passed blackpawn. At this juncture I decided to offer a draw. I remembered somethingthat Coach Ion had said in my epic draw game against The Master Mater. 'Bad Bishops make excellent defenders!' I quoted that line to Dave inthe chat after putting in my draw offer and he agreed with me and toldme he would accept my offer and that I had given him a good game. Afteracknowledging his complements with 'Thanks' he then accepted my draw offer. So, after incurring losses against IM Albertwall and Expert X, it wasa great way to end my weekend! }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "Winning through Space Advantage"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dsfei"]
[Black "kenny529"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 a6 { This is a weak defense. } 4. d5 d6 5. c4 e5 6.
Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 { Prevents ... f5 } 7... Nd7 8. O-O Nf8 9. Ne1 h5 10. f4 f6 11.
f5 { Now Black is going to get strangled. } 11... Kd7 12. Qa4+ Kc7 13. Nb5+
{ Taking advantage of the pin } 13... Kb8 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Qa3 Be8 16. b4 g5
{ Theb-file now opens. } 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rb1 Kc8 20. Na4 b5
{ Blackshould have exchanged bishop for knight. Now he loses a pawn and eventuallythe game. }
21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Nd7 23. Bd6 Qb7 24. c5 Kd8
{ Here, Whiteshould play Kh1 first, before advancing the c-pawn. } 25. c6 Qb6+
26. Kh1 Nb8 27. Nc2 Bxc6
{ Black sacrifices a piece for two pawns to get some breathingspace. } 28. dxc6
Nxc6 29. Rfc1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 { A costly blunder } 31. Bc7+ Qxc7 32. Rxc7
Kxc7
{ Black should have resigned here, but decided tokeep playing until he got checkmated. }
33. Qc5+ Kb7 34. Qd5+ Ka7 35. Qd7+ Kb6 36. Rc1 Nh6 37. Qc7#
{ Are you happy now? } 1-0
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[Event "DEFLECTION!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "richardadams"]
[Black "jstevens1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[TimeControl "9d+4d<15d"]
[WhiteElo "1596"]
1. d4
{ Hi everyone! This game explores how the tactic deflection is usedto win material. In this game it wins heavy material as a result of oneplayer throwing pieces into the mix as a hopeful middlegame mating attackensues. Will it be King Henry or King Richard who will end up under thecosh here? You will have to read on. GA is below: - }
1... d5 2. Nf3 Nc6
{ 2....... Nc6 - after a double QP opening both sides develop a knight. } 3. c4
e6
{ 3. ..... e6 - transposes into Queens' Gambit Declined. I usually acceptthe gambit but today for some strange reason I decide to decline it. Ahwell, we will see what happens. }
4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 { 5. ...... exd5 -pawn trade. } 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8.
h3 { 8. h3 - preparing a possible g4. } 8... h6
{ 8. ...... h6 - prepares a hidey-hole for Fou Leblanc. } 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. Bd3
Bxd3 11. Qxd3 { 11. Qxd3 - bishop trade. } 11... Qd7 12. Nf5 Rg8 13. O-O O-O-O
{ 13. ...... 0-0-0 Both sides castle on the opposite side. This sometimes leadsto direct attacks on castled monarchs by pawn storms or other things. Does this happen here? We shall see. }
14. Nxe7+ Nxe7
{ 14. ....... Nxe7 - dueto my position looking like nothing special and my middlegame tendencyfor passivitis you may think it would be Henry under fire, wouldn't you? }
15. b4 g5 16. b5 h5 { 16....... h5 - the race is on! } 17. Ra2 h4 18. f3 Nh5
{ 18. ..... Nh5 - things are just starting to hot up. } 19. Ne2 f5
{ 19. ......f5 - that seemingly passive knight on e7 supports f5. I now intend toopen up the pawn position surrounding King Richard. }
20. Kh2 g4 21. f4 gxh3 22. Kxh3
{ 22. Kxh3 - pawn trade. Well, I have opened up King Richard,but how can I exploit it. There is one answer ........ }
22... Qe6 { 22. ...... Qe6 -Glenda! } 23. Rf3 Qg6
{ 23. ...... Qg6 now threatening # on g2. } 24. Ng1
{ 24.Ng1 - opens up a defensive line from the rook on a2 through to g2. I amnot discouraged and I offer up a poisoned pawn. }
24... Qh6 25. Qd1
{ 25. Qd1 -white wisely declines this offering due to a deadly discovered check onthe h column. }
25... Rg4 { 25. ..... Rg4 - prepare to double! } 26. Kh2 Rg3 27. Nh3 Rdg8
{ 27. ...... Rdg8 - and put white in trouble! } 28. Ng5 Rg7 29. Qf1 Nf6
{ 29. ..... Nf6 - clears a piece off the h column and prepares to move toe4. }
30. Kh1 Ne4 31. Nh3 Rxf3 32. Qxf3
{ 32. Qxf3 - rook trade, but nowanother rook lands on g3. } 32... Rg3 33. Qf1
{ 33. Qf1?? - loses large materialby a stunning sacrifice! } 33... Rxh3+
{ 33. ..... Rxh3+ - like this! Wait for it! } 34. Kg1 Rh1+
{ 34. ..... Rh1+!! Wait for it! } 35. Kxh1 Ng3+
{ 35. .... Rg3+ -NOW!! A deflection followed by a knight fork wins the WQ. }
36. Kg1 Nxf1 37. Kxf1
{ 37. Kxf1 - for now white plays on. Sooner or later, however,Glenda will demonstrate why a queen is much stronger than a rook. }
37... Qh5 38. Re2 Ng8 39. Bd2 Nf6 40. Be1 Ne4
{ 40. .....Ne4 - bringing up the cavalry- a threatened knight fork on g3 ensues. }
41. a4 Ng3+ 42. Bxg3 hxg3
{ 42...... hxg3 - forcing off the pieces and it is now a pure Q V R endgame. }
43. Ke1 Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Qa1
{ 44. ...... Qa1 - Glenda shows her strength by goingafter the a pawn which cannot be defended. }
45. Kd3 Qxa4 46. Rc2 Qxb5+ { 46. ..... Qxb5+ - another white pawn falls! } 47.
Kd2 a5 48. Rc5
{ 48. Rc5- overlooked that - white will win a pawn back. However, Glenda has eyeson f1 and g2! }
48... Qf1 49. Rxa5 Qxg2+
{ 49. ..... Qxg2+ and now Glenda zaps offthe g pawn and clears a line to Glendadom for my own g pawn. Time to setthe conditionals. }
50. Kd3 Qf1+ 51. Kd2 g2
{ 51. .....g2 - the white rookcan give a few spite checks but will then only be able to sacrifice itselffor my g pawn. This will then leave King Richard and his remaining sentriesat the mercy or otherwise of Henry and Glenda. The alternative is to havethe white rook up against Glenda and Glenda 2 - not a pleasant prospect! King Richard sees that any further attempt at continuing the battle willbe futile and lets his sword fall to the ground - just like the white kingin Harry Potter's Philosopher's stone movie. I hope you all have had agood read and there will be one more annotation to follow based on tacticsvery soon. Kind regards - Joanne }
0-1
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[Event "Hard decisions"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mzumbi"]
[Black "chuckbo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Be3
{ That does make it harder to play c5, which would be my normal breakoutmove. }
8... Bb4
{ It's either this move or Qb6. I liked Qb6 a lot, but my thinkingis that this is supposed to be a stronger move. I'm threatening to tradethat knight for a bishop, and in a closed game, knights are better thanbishops. But I hate to trade off this bishop, because my pawns are on whitesquares, and this bishop is used to protect the dark squares. So I reallywould prefer not to make that trade. What I really want to do is play Be4and trade off my white-squared bishop for his knight. But giving up thebishop pair is like giving up a half a pawn. Hard decisions. }
9. Ne1
{ Well,he took away one of those hard decisions. I can't play Bg4 to trade thatbad bishop. Instead, I've got to worry about him playing g4 and trappingmy bishop. I think I'll counterattack on the queenside with c5. }
9... c5 10. g4
{ I didn't expect g4 on the next move already. Talk about a complicatedposition. I can play Bxc3 or cxd4. Bxg4 doesn't look good to me. If Iplay Bxc3, I'm most worried about gxf5. If his bishop weren't on d3, Icould play Qg5+ and stir things up, which leads me back to cxd4 as my nextmove. }
10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3
{ How did I get into this position anyway. I remember: I played c5 instead of Ne7, and now my bishop's trapped. Evenafter Be4, he finished the trap with f3. It might be time to use the Desperadotactic and play Bxg4 to get two pawns for the bishop. And I'll look fora chance to pin his bishop with Qg5 after he plays Bxg4. }
12... Bxg4 13. Bxg4 Ndxe5 14. Qd4 Qg5 15. Qa4+ Kd8 16. h3
{ I can't play h5 because he playsf4. I think I have to trade pieces, and I'll stay down a pawn. That'sbad; I should be avoiding piece trades because I'm behind. }
16... Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 18. hxg4 f6 19. f4 Rc8
{ Running out of things to do. I'll send myrook up to c5 to bother his kingside pawns. My only chance is to createa passed pawn. }
20. g5 e5 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rd1 d4 23. Bb4 b6
{ Nothinglooks very good. Time to put the pawns on dark squares to slow down hisbishop. }
24. c3 a5 25. Ba3 Rc4 26. Nf3 Kc8 27. cxd4 exd4 28. b3
{ Why didn'the just take the pawn? This seems to give me some hope. Or, I keep expectingRc1 to force me to trade rooks and then play Nxd4. }
28... Rc2 29. Nxd4 Rxa2
{ He'sonly got two pawns left. I'm feeling like I can hope for a draw. I've gota rook on the 7th rank trapping his king. His bishop is under attack. IfI can trade the rooks and my two kingside pawns for his pawn there andmy two queenside pawns or his queenside pawn, then he won't be able tomate me. I don't know why he hasn't played Rf7 yet, unless he's waitingfor me to move my king out so he can go there with check. }
30. Nb5
{ Thisis bad. There's no square on the back row that I can move the rook to. }
30... Kb7 31. Rf7+ Kc6 32. Na7#
{ That's what I get for not paying close enoughattention! } 1-0
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[Event "Mixed Signals"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.08.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ubermensch43"]
[Black "jkarp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "885"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
{ There are times where Jack Stockel gives me advice, and I follow them. Then, someone else gives me advice, but I temporarily get mixed up. Insome cases, I play better when I follow advice from other people. However,I usually play better when I follow Mr. Stockel's advice. That was proven,in this particular game. This was a coaching game between ubermensch43and me. Before this game, there were times where I was skipping basicsand did not analyze the positions carefully because I was given differentadvice in a couple of threads. Therefore, I was obsessed with Jack Stockel'sdirections or advice that other people were giving me, so I did not payattention. This caused me to play terrible, and that is what happened,in this game. }
1. d4
{ ubermensch43 played this move, so that I could playand get used to the Benoni Defense. How do I know this? He told me duringthis game, in a game chat. Note: this was a coaching game, so there willbe more conversations with the game chat, before it is over. Of course,I confused the Benoni with the Kings-Indian Defense. According to JackStockel, the King's-Indian Defense starts with 1.d4, d5 2.Nf3, or 2.Nc3. Jack has also told me that you usually do not win with the King's Indian. Instead, it leads to a draw or loss, so it is not that strong. In addition,I recently learned that the Benoni Defense is weak for Class E Ranked Players. However, I will not continue with the King's Indian because Ubermenschintroduced me to the Game DB. Of course, I no longer use this databasebecause I have had bad luck with it, and International Master shamash discouragedme from using it, after I figured out the problem. }
1... Nh6
{ ? I madethis move because it is what the Game DB suggested, or so I thought. Ofcourse, I did not understand the Database, at the time, and this is thefirst game where it has caused problems. According to ubermensch43, thisis a mistake because it is usually a bad idea to place your knight on theh or a files as it becomes less valuable and gives you less room to escapefrom danger. This is, btw, why I was obsessed with the general fact thata knight on the rim is grim. Of course, I also know that there are exceptionsand times where a knight on the rim is dim. That basically means thatthere are occasions where it is a good idea to place your knight on therim. Afterall, 'There is always an exception to everything', as chesskingdom64would say. }
2. Nf3
{ He played this to illustrate that it is not a goodidea to place your knight on the rim. That is what he told me. }
2... d5
{ ?In this position, I am trying prevent him from advancing his d4 pawn. However, he said that this is a mistake because it is a bad idea to pushyour pawn. That is why I marked this with a question mark. On the otherhand, Jack Stockel would ask, 'Why is this bad?', or, 'What's wrong withthis move'? }
3. Bg5
{ Ubermensch said that he is trying to put pressureon my h6 knight, in this position. That is another reason why 1...Nh6was weak. }
3... Ng4
{ ! At this point, I am trying to get my knight out ofdanger, and he said that this was a good tactical choice, for that reason. }
4. h3 { However, he also pointed out that it could be chased, with thismove. }
4... Nf6
{ Therefore, I respond with this move because I thought thatI would loose my piece, either way. However, this would exchange my knightfor his DSB. Otherwise, he would win a free piece. On the other hand,he is not going to take. }
5. Nbd2
{ !? I understand his intentions,but I think that this was a little risky because it blocks his queen andprevents it from moving. Therefore, 5.Nc3! was best, in my opinion. Accordingto Jack Stockel, it is not a good idea to block your own pieces. }
5... Ne4
{ !?I figured that I would exchange knights, but this is dangerous. Why? After he plays 6.Nxe4, his queen is free to maneuver. Therefore, I donot think that this should have been played. }
6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Nd2
{ !In this position, he had to retreat his other knight, or I would take itwith 7...exf3, exchanging his other knight for my e pawn. }
7... f6
{ ? At thispoint, I decide to chase his DSB away. Of course, I was obsessed withchasing pieces, at the time. However, he pointed out that it is a badidea push pawns. }
8. Bf4 g5
{ I am still trying to shoe his bishop away,but he pointed out the same thing about pushing pawns. }
9. Bg3 Qxd4
{ ?I decide to take one of his pawns with my queen because it looks I likehave won something for free. However, this opponent pointed out that thisis another mistake because he told me and illustrated that it is a violationof General Opening Principles to bring out your Queen or major pieces (rooks),early in the game as it can be chased away. That is, btw, why I becameobsessed with rules, principles, and attacking pieces. If Mr. Stockelwere here, however, he would say that this move is solid. Why? It isbecause of what I had mentioned in my first sentence about free material. Jack has told me that it is a good idea to try and win free material. This, however, excludes deflective sacrifices and some gambits. }
10. c3
{ Of course, he is chasing my queen, but I think that 10.Nb3 was best. On the other hand, I am not sure. }
10... Qd7 11. e3
{ I do not know why he madethis move. Afterall, I would not have been able to play c5 due to hisf2 pawn. }
11... c5
{ ?? I do not know why I played this move, but it is a seriousblunder, according to my opponent. Why? It is because I will loose mychance to castle, so my king will become and remain exposed, throughoutthe rest of the game, after he places me in check. How will this takeaway my chance to castle? After he checks me, I will be forced to defendwith my king. Afterall, he noted that it is important to have the optionof castling, even if you do not castle. }
12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Rd1
{ His knightwas protected by the king, so I do not know why he moved the a1 rook. }
13... Nc6
{ ?? At this point, I do not know what I was thinking. However, heaccurately points out that this is my loosing blunder. Why does this moveloose? That will be answered shortly. }
14. Nc4
{ At this point, he is goingto my Queen for his Rook, at best, because my Queen is now pinned, so thegame is now lost. Therefore, I resign. There are times when I have troubleunderstanding the material, in chess. Then, Jack Stockel tells me something,but experts, master, and some class A ranked players, tell me somethingdifferent. That has affected my performance and caused me to loose a coupleof chess games. This was one of those games. In the Knights of HonorChess Club, I made a thread about mixed signals and IM shamash advisedme to base my moves on strategic plans, unless those plans weaken yourposition or endanger your king. }
1-0
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[Event "Poking the Bear"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jabbawock"]
[Black "blake84120"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
1. e4 c5
{ Game #3 against Mr. Jabbawock. The first two were in a mini-tournamentbut this one is a direct challenge from him - he poked the bear. I'm playingblack and we start off with the Sicilian. }
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6
{ This moveavoids the Chekhover variation. I've been having some fun with it, bringingout the queen early as white, and I don't want to play black against it. }
4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6
{ Hi ho. Hi ho. It's the Najdwarf. Or something likethat. } 6. Be3 e6
{ The English Attack against the Najdorf. Pretty mainlinestuff so far. } 7. f3
b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4
{ Six straight pawn moves. Infact, 8 of black's first 9 moves have been pawn moves. }
10. Na4 Nbd7 11. c4 bxc3
{ Eh, why not. I hardly ever get to say en passant... } 12. Qxc3 Bb7
{ Prevents white from castling. 13. 0-0-0?? is met by 13. ... Rc8 skeweringwhite's queen to his king. Castling kingside is, obviously, inadvisable. }
13. Bd3 d5
{ If for no other reason than lately I've moved too many pieces.I need to get back on track with pawn moves. }
14. Nc6 Qc8 15. Na5 dxe4
{ Time for a little exchange combo from which black should emerge quitenicely. }
16. Qxc8+ Rxc8 { The ladies were just getting in the way. } 17. fxe4 Bxe4
{ Gaining a pawn and forking white's bishop and rook. White'sreply isn't exactly forced. If 18. Bxe4 then 18. ... Nxe4 leaves blackahead by a pawn. But that little lonely black pawn over there on a6 looksalmost too tempting to leave it alone... }
18. Bxa6 Ra8
{ White regainedthe pawn deficit, creating two passed pawns for himself in the process.But black's rook responds by moving out of danger, with threats, and white'srook at h1 is still en prise. Further, white has no direct moves with knightsor bishops that threaten black in any way because black's knight and bishopcover all the good white moves. White must lose material. Instead, he resigns. }
0-1
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[Event "Pirc: Austrian attack, Case of the trapped Bishop"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "29-Dec-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dutchdabbler"]
[Black "freeman8201"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1711"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 { Pirc. That is pronounce (Perts or Peerts) not (Perk) } 3.
Nc3 g6 4. f4 { Austrian Attack } 4... Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 { Standard book moves } 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7
{ I believethis is a book move as well. } 12. a4 { book:? } 12... a6 13. Qd3
Rb8 { ?! bad moveon my part. Better was b6! } 14. Be3 Qc8 15. a5 { ? } 15...
b5 { ?! I don't knowif this was good or bad but it worked out well for me. }
16. Ba2 { ? } 16... Qb7 17. f5 { ? } 17... Ne5 { ! } 18. Qe2 Rbe8
{ some what of a useless move } 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Rae1 Nf6 22. e5
Nfxd5 { ! } 23. Qe4 c4 { ! } 24. exd6 { ? } 24... exd6 25. Qf3 { ! } 25... Bxc3
{ !! } 26. bxc3 { Now the light square bishopis stuck! } 26... Qa7+
{ getting out of the pin! } 27. Kh2 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qc5 30. Re3
{ ?? } 30... Nd5 { white resigned } 0-1
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.05.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "maxkanbier"]
[Black "hildan45"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1287"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { Here you can see that black is going to play defensive }
3. Bc4 Be7 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Be3 b5 { a bit agressive } 7. Bb3 c5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bc2 Qd7 11. a4 b4 12. a5 { a5!! you get the linea4-e8 }
12... Qb5
{ Db5?? you just kill your own queen, the only posible move isto go back } 13.
Nc4 { defend a5 and d3 and makes sure that i can play Ba4 } 13... Ng4
{ lets the danger of the queen } 14. Ba4 { capture the queen } 14... Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Qxc4 16. dxc4 Bxe4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Qxb4 Nc6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6
21. b3 Bf6 22. Qxd6 e4 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6 Re8 26. Nf5 Re6 27.
Qg7# 1-0
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[Event "Clean Up!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jstevens1"]
[Black "-genius-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<7d"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
1. e4
{ Hi everyone! A great start to my weekend with a victory. Thisvictory nicely rounds off my inter-continental mini-tournament in whichI finished with 6 points out of 8 games with 4 wins and 4 draws so niceto come out unbeaten in a mini-tournament! In this game an early tacticalshot wins me the exchange, then up an rook for pawn and then more, in otherwords my advantage snowballs until I am more than 10 points up in material,but my opponent does not wave the white flag. This means I have to workout a way to checkmate him. Well, I think the Master Mater's lessons andencouragement to do some puzzles has come in very handy here and therewill be a nice puzzle for you to solve at the end. We start with a doubleking pawn opening, e4 e5. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
{ 3. Bb5 - I play the RuyLopez against him - I seem to have scored quite well with it in my personaldb so if I get a double king pawn opening and Nc6 in a rated game I willplay this. }
3... Qf6 { 3. ...... Qf6 - unusual. } 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5
{ 5. Nd5 -recommended in the db - strong move, hits out at the Wicked Witch of theWest and threatens Nc7+. The Witch moves to d6. }
5... Qd6 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4
{ 7.d4 - hits at the black dsb and opens up the diagonal for Fou Lenoir. } 7...
exd4 8. Bf4
{ 8. Bf4 - develops and attacks the Wicked Witch. Notice how FouLenoir is defended by the knight on d5! }
8... Qg6 9. Nxc7+
{ 9. Nxc7+ - black'slast move threatened my g and e pawns. As it is check I can ignore thethreat for just one move and grab the c7 pawn. Pretty violent stuff here,eh? }
9... Kd8 10. Bg3
{ 10. Bg3! - screens off the g2 pawn from the Wicked Witch. My e4 pawn is hanging but I anticipate the Witch picking that one off. Note that the rook on a8 is still vulnerable to a Nd6+ exchange winningdiscovery should he choose to move to b8. }
10... Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 { 12. Kxe2 - queen trade. } 12... d6 13.
Nxa8 { 13. Nxa8 - the a8 rook is now toast. } 13... Bg4 14. Bxc6
{ 14. Bxc6 - I have a little plan for maintaining a huge materialadvantage here. Firstly I exchange Fou Leblanc for the horsie on c6. }
14... bxc6 15. b4
{ 15. b4! - Secondly, the black dsb is trapped, well, not exactly,he can move to b6 but I will then trade my knight on a8 for it and be awhole rook up. }
15... Bxb4 16. cxb4 { 16. cxb4 - pawn trade. } 16... Kd7 17. Kd3
{ 17.Kd3 - breaks pin and attacks passer on d4. } 17... Nf6 18. Nxd4 Rxa8
{ 18. .......Rxa8 - the knight on a8 falls but I am still nearly a whole rook up. }
19. f3 Bh5 20. Rac1 { 20. Rac1 - attacks pawn on c6. } 20... Nd5 21. Nxc6 Bg6+
22. Kd2
{ 22. Kd2 - I choose this square for Henry in order to avoid annoyingchecks from the black horsie. }
22... f6 23. Rhe1 Bf7 24. a3
{ 24. a3 - consolidation- supports b5 pawn and avoids an attack from black's lsb. }
24... Nb6
{ 24. .....Nb6?? - this move really opens up the Hoover Dam to my e1 rook here. Hesteems off down the e file onto e7 for a really nasty check which willpick up the hapless lsb on f7. }
25. Re7+ Kc8 26. Rxf7 { 26. Rxf7 - and thisis just for starters! } 26... Nd7
27. Ne5+ { 27. Ne5+ - this move will ensure moreblack wood is shed! } 27... Nc5
28. bxc5 dxe5 { 28. ...... dxe5 - knight trade. } 29. Rf8+ Kb7 30. Rb1+
{ 30. Rb1+ - this move really sticks the knife in,now the rook on a8 is toast. }
30... Kc6 31. Rxa8 Kxc5
{ 31. ...... Kxc5 - theBK gobbles up my c5 pawn. He ain't gonna wave that white flag, is he now?! I must therefore work out how to checkmate him. Ah, first things first,I must ensure that the BK does not sequester himself behind his pawn shield. Ah, very easy that, simply move my a8 rook to the d column. The BK isall alone. Ah! }
32. Rd8 a5 33. a4 { 33. a4 - ending hopes of getting apasser here. } 33... Kc4
34. Rc1+
{ 34. Rc1+ - I have just worked out how to nailhim now. A lawnmower mate perhaps? }
34... Kb3 35. Rb8+ Ka2
{ 35. Ka2 - the BKis now restricted to the a column. Now how do I find a mate here. I know...... }
36. Kd1 { 36. Kd1 - ....... space clearance! } 36... h5 37. Be1
{ 37. Be1- black now finally resigns after I announced mate in 3. Now, I leaveit to you to send me your answers in a pm. Spot the checkmate! }
1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "29-Nov-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "djort"]
[Black "zquba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1511"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
1. f4
{ I am totally fan of the Bird opening. 1.f4 try to control e5, okit is a weak for the king but it is good for the king rook too after castle. }
1... d5 { standard reply } 2. Nf3 { help the f4 pawn and control h4 } 2... e6
3. e3
{ differentpossibility here, e3 is a good one (stonewall, iljin-genevsky, b3-Bb2) }
3... f5 { a stonewall f5-e6-d5 } 4. Ne5
{ the square e5 is weak (no black pawnscan control it), so an early good place for the white knight. The blackking lost freedom. }
4... Nh6 { prevent Qh5 g7 Kxg } 5. Be2
{ probably not a goodmove, just I want to have the line h4-e8 and castle. }
5... g6 6. O-O { and nowthe rook is ok to go on the game } 6... Bd6 7. d4
{ like a stonewall, but theidea is to have the choice with d or f if the bishop take and continuedevelopment. }
7... g5
{ risky, open h5-e8, open the column f for the white rook,help bishop-queen development. }
8. fxg5 Qxg5 9. e4 { attack queen and knight,take control of the king side. }
9... Qh4 { here, the queen can be trap. } 10. Bh5+
{ cut the link between the black knight and the black quenn } 10... Ke7 11.
Bxh6 Nc6 12. Nxc6+ { open e5 for the pawn to trap the queen } 12... bxc6 13. e5
{ more than attack the bishop, close f6 for the queen } 13... Bb4 14. c3
{ the ideais close the e1 square for the black queen, if the bishop b4 move againthe black queen will be trap }
14... Ba5 15. Rf4 { the end of the trap } 15... Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Ba6
{ oups, two pieces alone } 17. Qa4 Bb5 18. Qxa5 Kd7 19. Nd2
{ withthe idea to reach the black king } 19... Bd3 20. Nb3
{ a possibility to a forkking bishop } 20... Ke7 21. Qxc7+ Kf8 22. Qf7# 1-0
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[Event "31st GK tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "19-Jul-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "keitho"]
[Black "poder_yaqui"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1280"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1618"]
1. e4
{ This games stand as a prove that mistakes are the product of relaxingour mind in a simple position. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
{ 3.-Nc3 its not verypopular anymore beacause white rarely gets a solid advantage out of theopening. }
3... Nf6 4. Bc4
{ 4.-Bb5 was better, entering into a delayed 'Knightsatack' variation of the Spanish. }
4... Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 { Be3 was better. } 6... h6 { A mistake. } 7. Bh4
{ 7.-Bxf6 gxf6 8.-Nh4 and white its winning the battleon the blockade of the double pawns. 7.-Bxf6 Qxf5 8.-Nd5 Qd8 9.-c3 andwhite its better. }
7... Bg4 { Mistake. g5 was the indicated move. } 8. a3
{ Bxf6was still posible. } 8... g5 { Black finally reacts. } 9. Bg3
{ The main point ofit, its that with the Bg3, white may move h3, but he can not move g4 gettingrid of the pin. }
9... Nd4 { Not to use the pin as to play c6 and control thekey square d5. } 10.
h4 { apparently a dinmamic reaction but the move 10.-Nb5!seems the best. }
10... Rg8
{ The timmid 10.-...Nh7 was also possible, as to inhabilitate11.-hxg5 beacause of 11.-...Nxg5 or also, answer any move with 11.-....Qf6 }
11. Qd2 { Loses a piece, Nb5 was indicated. } 11... Bxf3
{ CLear its that 12.-gxh3Nxh3 13.-Kd1 Nxd2 its a resignable positon. } 12. O-O
{ 12.-gxf3 Nxf3 itsa laughable matter. Altough the textual, castilng into it.... }
12... gxh4 13. gxf3
{ Loses the queen but the bishop was already lost. 13.-Bxh4 Rxg2 14.-Kh1Rxf2 15.-Kg1 Rg2 16.-Kh1 Rxd2 17.-Kg1 Rg2 its a long and FORCED windmillcombination that wins the quen, three pawns and the bishop. }
13... Nxf3+ { Therest require no comments. } 14. Kh1 Nxd2 15. Rg1 hxg3 16. Rxg3
Rxg3 { Blackhas no objection in exchanging. } 17. fxg3 Nxc4 18. Kh2
{ White's move wasby all means inaccurate. } 18... Ne3 19. Rc1 Nfg4+ 20. Kh3
Qg5 21. Nd5 Qh5# { Mate. } 0-1
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[Event "League division D1"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "26-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mrwardley"]
[Black "itsmedicineman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1495"]
1. e4 { My typical opening. } 1... c5 2. Bc4 { developing my bishop early. }
2... e6 3. Nc3 { contesting d5. } 3... Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7.
Re1 a6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Nf3 b5 13. Bb3
{ I try tokeep my bishop pointing towards the king. Who knows? It might come in handysometime. }
13... b4 14. Nb1 a5 15. c3 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nb4 17. a3 Na6 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Bc6
20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bb7 22. Rad1
{ Moving my rook here threatenshis queen while controlling the middle } 22...
Qb6 23. Ba2 h6 24. Ng6
{ I'm notsure what I was thinking here. I thought I could get my queen up closeand even out points with exchanges. }
24... fxg6 25. Qxg6 hxg5
{ Not what I hadin mind obviously. I'm now down 5 points. } 26. Na4 Qc6
{ Good move. He threatensmy knight and a checkmate. } 27. f3 Qxa4 28. Rxe6
{ This is the climax ofthe game. If he takes the bait (Qxd1) I have his queen. I'm down 7 points. }
28... Qxd1+
{ He takes it! I have his queen now moving my rook to e1 both checkinghis king with the bishop (the one that came in handy) and threatening hisqueen with my rook. }
29. Re1+ Qb3 30. Bxb3+ Nxb3 31. Rxe7
{ I gaining materialback, but I'm still behind. I now pose a checkmate which can easily bethwarted. }
31... Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Ne8
{ I can take the knight and gain even more material,but I feel I need to keep my rook. I ignore the knight and go for the bishopinstead. }
33. Rxb7 Nd2 { Here's where I get into trouble. I didn't see itcoming. } 34.
Qxg5
{ Thinking I have his rook if he moves his knight, hedoes something I never expected. }
34... Nf1+
{ I have his rook! But I'm in check.D'OH! Looks like this might be a stalemate. }
35. Kg1 Nd2+
{ If I move myking to f2, he can take my queen by forking on e4. I can't defend againstthat 'cause of the rook. }
36. Kh2 Rxf3
{ Lucky me. He tries going for acheckmate somehow, but it's my move. } 37. Qxd2
{ I guess he forgot aboutmy queen. } 37... Rff1 38. Rb8 { I pin his knight. }
38... Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kf6 40. Rxe8 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Rhf1 42. Rf8+ Kg6
{ I now check with my queen on d3 and take bothrooks, thus ending the game! }
43. Qd3+ Kh6 44. Rxf1 Rxf1 45. Qxf1 1-0
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[Event "1.e4 e5 - fetischists"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "08-Jan-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "geezerbloke"]
[Black "mybookrunsdeep"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d, 5d max"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
1. e4
{ This game features the Evans Gambit of the Giuoco Piano. I haveto say, that defending against these attacks from White is not really mystyle of play. I prefer more imbalanced positions like the Sicilian. However, this game does have a very instructive motif, don't go pawn grabbingif your position is going to suffer. In fact here, my strong opponentgrabs the c-pawn and soon sees his position under such pressure, that allof his pieces are confined to the first rank! }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
{ The key move of the Evans. White sacrifices a pawn for center controland a kingside initiative with a quick attack on the Black king. As istypical of these gambits, if Black can defend accurately, he stands betterin the ensuing endgame, with plenty of chances for a win. }
4... Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5
{ ...Bc5 sees the Black bishop lose another tempo with 6. d4. The Bishopis exposed on a5, as we shall see in a few moves, but the move is the strongest. }
6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7
{ ...Nf6 would be horrible on account of the immediatee5! Here the Knight can swing to g6 if necessary. }
8. Ng5
{ A thematicattack. White will capture on f7 regaining his pawn and unseating theking. The queen fork of the bishop and king from h5 will recover the piece. 8. Qb3 is also possible, since the bishop on a5 stops the queens-knightfrom forking the queen and bishop. }
8... Ne5
{ The best move. 8...0-0? losesa pawn and gives White a killer attack after 9. Qh5! h6 10. Bxf7 Kh8. Note that the knight on e7 guards against Greco's Mate, but White hasseveral strong attacking continuations which leave Black busted. }
9. Nxf7 { Also possible is 9. Bb3 maintaining the pressure. } 9... Nxf7 10.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+ { Recovering the pawn and the piece. } 11... g6 12. Qxa5 d5
{ Strongerthan 12...dc, which would just help White develop. This counter-attackin the center is the best contintuation to fight for the initiative, asWhite's queen is the only developed piece! }
13. exd5 b6
{ Force the queento move and prepare to occupy the h1-a8 diagonal. } 14. Qa4
Qxd5 15. cxd4
{ If 15. Qxd4 Bb7 16. Qxd5 Bxd5, Black is better due to his more activepieces, better pawn structure and 3-to-1 majority on the queenside. }
15... Bb7 16. f3 b5 { Getting the majority rolling with tempo. } 17. Qb3 Nf5
{ Movingthe knight to a more active square where it targets the weak d4-pawn. }
18. Qxd5+ Bxd5 19. Rd1 { Perhaps 19. Bb2 was a better way to defend thepawn. }
19... b4
{ Continuing to advance the majority while depriving the Whiteknight of its most natural square. }
20. Bf4 Rhe8
{ The c7-pawn is off limitsdue to the opening of the c-file for Black which White will not be ableto contest due to his backwards development. }
21. Bxc7 { Greed never pays!!! Now its time to punish! } 21... Rac8 22. Bf4
{ Black is down a pawn, but Black'sposition is almost active to the fullest extent. Even the King is betterplaced than it's counter part. There is only one way for me to improvethis position. }
22... Rc2 { Occupation of the 7th rank. } 23. Kh1
{ Preparing toplay Rg1 in case of ...Nh4. Not a very fun position to be in for White. }
23... Ne3
{ Forcing the exchange of White's only active piece, as 24. Rg1 Nxg2!wins for Black. }
24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Nd2 Re2 26. Nf1
{ Forced as the blindpigs were set to gobble up the kingside pawns. } 26...
Bxa2
{ Regaining the pawnand clearing the way for my queenside passers to advance while White ishelpless. }
27. d5 b3 28. g4 g5
{ Preventing any counterplay. White is sotied up, there's no hurry. This is a good psychological tool also. Thelonger an opponent sits in a cramped position the more likely they areto try extremely risky maneuvers to break out and the higher the likelyhoodof a mistake. }
29. Kg1 a5 30. d6 Ke8 { Stopping the pawn. } 31. Re1 Kd7 32. Red1 a4 33. Kh1 a3
{ Here White resigns as there is no way to stop the pawnswithout losing material. Thanks to my opponent. }
0-1
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[Event "Oswestry 1 v Newport B"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "20-2-2020"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Stuart Ross"]
[Black "Charles L Higgie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "ECF168"]
[TimeControl "1hr25+10 secs"]
[WhiteElo "ECF140"]
1. e4
{ Stuart Ross (140) from Newport beat me earlier in the season. Lastnight, I was very lucky, managed to catch him out of form }
1... c5 { I play theSicilian Defence } 2. Nf3 { He plays the main line. } 2...
d6 { Often leading tothe Dragon or to the Najdorf variations. } 3. d4
{ He opts for the open variation. } 3... cxd4 { I take. } 4. Nxd4
{ He takes back. } 4... Nf6 { I attack his e pawn. } 5. Nc3 { He defends it }
5... Nc6
{ This is the main line - as opposed to The Dragon variationwith 5...g6 or the Najdorf with 5....a6 }
6. Bg5 { This is the Richter-RauzerAttack (B63) against the Sicilian. } 6... e6
{ The recommended move, althoughothers are possible. } 7. Qd2
{ Preparing to castle. } 7... a6
{ Preventing a knightfrom coming in on b5 and also preparing ....b7-b5 myself. }
8. O-O-O { Castles } 8... Bd7
{ Of course I have to protect my Nc6 before playing b7-b5 } 9. f4
{ Whiteis adopting quite an aggressive set-up. } 9... Be7
{ continue to develop. } 10. Bc4
{ But this is highly unusual. Nf3, Be2 or Kb1 are more usual. The drawbackwith 10.Bc4 is that it means I can play b7-b5 with tempo. }
10... b5
{ So I attackhis bishop. Now there are two Gameknot games from this position, both blackwins. 11. Ndxb5 was tried in josefmartin (1518) vs. banora (1972) and Nxc6in ancientart5 (1708) vs. menchy (2519). My opponent tries something else. }
11. Nxc6
{ This was actually the first choice of Fritz. Fritz finallysettles on 11. Bb3 with slight advantage to black. }
11... Bxc6 { I take back. } 12. Bxf6
{ Fritz thinks this is now best for White. } 12... gxf6
{ Fritz preferscapturing with the bishop. I thought it better to keep the bishop on e7.I am planning to play b5-b4 and d6-d4 and from e7 the bishop will protectmy pawn on b4. so there is logic to my move, even if Fritz doesn't agreewith it! }
13. Bd3 { Fritz gives this as best. } 13... b4 { So I hit the knight. } 14. Ne2
{ Again, Fritz likes this move. } 14... d5 { And this one. } 15. Nd4
{ Fritzprefers Ng3, protecting e4 and keeping the central tension. I hadn't reallyseen this move - I wrongly thought that white had to do something aboutthe threat of d5xe4 }
15... Bb7 { So my bishop retreats. } 16. e5
{ This naturalattacking move is a tactical mistake. Fritz likes 16. Qe2 instead, withequality. }
16... fxe5
{ I played this very quickly - perhaps my opponent now sawthe mistake - if 17. fxe5 Bg5! wins the white queen. Unable to recapture,he treats the knight. }
17. Ne2
{ But to the wrong square! 17. Nb3 was needed.I would guess the rationale for Ne2 was to protect the pawn on f4, butthe move contains a fatal flaw. }
17... e4
{ Now he is going to lose his bishop.He will not even have a pawn for it, in fact my two bishops are far strongerthan the knight. Fritz puts black at 3.5 ahead. Black threw in the towel.Many thanks for reading, please rate the annotation on the star systemand leave a comment or two to let me know how I am doing. Until next timedear reader! }
0-1
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[Event "IC DOGS Team 1 Mini Tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "21-Sep-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mhendeavour"]
[Black "yellowlab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d, 7d max"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6
{ The hyper-accelerated dragon Sicilian defense. Themain idea of these lines versus the usual dragon is that black wants toplay d5 in one move. In the regular dragon, black plays d6, and then sometimesa later d5 costing an important tempo. }
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
{ 4. Qxd4 isplayed often enough, but I think it isn't as challenging. } 4...
Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6
{ The most challenging line in this variation of theSicilian is 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3. I don't think 7. Be2 or 7. f3 are too challengingeither. I think some people play this line thinking that they're winninga tempo after 8. e5, but check out the position in just a few moves. }
7... bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 { Now, the e-pawn is hanging. } 9. f4
{ White has to spend timedefending the pawn on e5. } 9... f6
{ Which black attacks again. } 10. exf6
{ If10. Bd4 Qa5 attacks the e5 pawn yet again. } 10... Nxf6
{ Now the knight is backon f6, and it isn't clear what the pawn on f4 is doing. white hasn't wona tempo after all. }
11. Bc4 d5
{ This leave a backwards e-pawn, but it givesblack a chance to get castled. }
12. Bb3 O-O 13. Bd4 { White wants to dominatethe dark squares in the center. }
13... Nh5
{ I decided to offer to exchange thedark square bishops. Notice also that the f4 pawn has come under attack. }
14. g3 { Creating additional white square weaknesses around white's kingside. }
14... Bh3 { Preventing White from castling kingside. } 15. Bxg7 Nxg7
{ 15. ... Kxg7was OK, but I wanted to reroute the knight. It did it's job, provoking14. g3. }
16. Nxd5 { I dind't consider this sound during the game. } 16... cxd5 17. Bxd5+
Kh8 18. Bxa8 Qxa8
{ Here's why: White temporarily wins a rookand 2 pawns for two pieces. Normally that's considered fair compensation. However, White's king is going to get stuck in the center, and black isgoing to win a pawn back. Two pieces are usually better than a rook andpawn. }
19. Rg1 { The only move. } 19... Qe4+ 20. Qe2 Qd4
{ A double attack on theg1 rook and on b2. The try 21. Qxe7 fails to 21. ...Re8 pinning the queen. }
21. c3 { Oops. Overlooking that the rook on g1 is hanging. } 21... Qxg1+
{ 0-1 } 0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "05-Feb-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mickov"]
[Black "hercules_isadore"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1176"]
1. e4 e5
{ Oh boy! King's pawn! My favorite opening! .........................................................................................ruachessnut2: Do not comment. This game is in progress! .........................................................................................Are you a mod or something? Because if not...I don't care. }
2. Qh5 Nh6
{ Oh right...yer one of these guys. Make a note of this. Whenever you areforced with this brutish opening, always bring yer queen to e7. I did not,and look what happened! .........................................................................................dmaestro wrote: Qh5?! followed by Nh6?...when simply Nc6 leave Blackwith an excellent game. 2...Qe7 is ok, but doesn't really do much to explainwhy white's second move isn't taken seriously. ......................................................................................... Thanks for the suggestion I will use Nc6 in the future I like that.The reason this move cannot be taken seriously is that he brought queenout early, and he lost it. There is a reason masters are masters, and areason why they choose not to immediately pull out the bazooka, and startblasting before a single pawn has been dropped. }
3. Qxe5+ Qe7 { I'm flucked. } 4. Qxc7 Nc6
{ This hurt. I did not see this one coming. This opening isnot supposed to get me anymore. }
5. Qg3 Qxe4+
{ But now he's the one whoscrewed up. Should have protected the pawn. Now I get to copy the thingthat he did to me, and send it back at him. }
6. Be2 Qxc2 { How do you likeit, when it happens to you!? } 7. Na3 Qc5
{ He doesn't like it, so I backoff a little. } 8. Nh3 Nf5
{ When you bring your queen out early, she getschased. That is all there is to it. }
9. Qb3 Nfd4 { More chase. } 10. Qe3+ Be7
{ Look at that beautiful queen/rook/king fork waiting to happen. Stupidknight on a3! Go away! Since he is not going away...I may as well castle. }
11. Nb5 Nc2+
{ And the sucker moves his stupid knight on a3! Now his queenis forked and the game is over. This is WHY you DON'T bring YOUR LADYout EARLY. }
12. Kf1 Nxe3+
{ I take his queen, and all the life tricklesout of him. I think he will drag this game out as long as possible...whichis fine by me. I like winning. ... I sure hope he didn't hang himself............................................................................................gmflash2008: This was stupid. .........................................................................................Like I said before, you just need to learn more chess notation for thisto make sense to you. Please don't call it stupid just because you can'tunderstand it. }
13. dxe3 Qb6 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Nf4 d6 17. Ncd5 Qa5 18. h4 Be6 19. Nxe7+
Nxe7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 *
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "last_archimedean"]
[Black "anyyoyo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1326"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
{ No matter how good your strategical plan is, a tactical oversight canend a game in a heartbeat, as this game proves. }
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 Bf5 5. d4 exd4 { Standard play so far. } 6.
exd4
{ I could haverecaptured with the Knight, but I thought having powerful, united centralPawns was more important than centralizing my horseman. }
6... Bb6
{ Black couldhave been aggressive with the pinning move 6... B-QN5, but instead choosesto retreat. I could have responded with 7 P-QR3 forcing the exchange ofminor pieces if Black doesn't want his Bishop trapped. }
7. Bd3 { I offeran exchange of B's and clear the way for castling. } 7... Bg6
{ Black choosesto retreat to a square where I can still exchange B's. Apparently he wantsme to initiate it... }
8. Bxg6 { ...which I do... } 8... hxg6 { ...and he completesit. } 9. O-O
{ Now, on to castling. } 9... Nf6
{ Black clears the way for castling.However, he never completes the job by actually moving his King into safety... }
10. b4
{ I aim to seize Q-side space. There's also the possiblity of trappingthe B... }
10... a6 { ...which Black negates by creating a cubbyhole. } 11. Re1+
{ Having failed to castle when he had the chance, Black now has to forfeitthe privilege. }
11... Kf8 { Now my Rook controls the open file. } 12. Bg5
{ WithBlack unable to play ...P-KR3, I take advantage with an aggressive pin. }
12... Rh5
{ This move is pointless, as the Bishop is guarded. Black certainlyisn't going to trade his Rook for it... }
13. c5 { I merely aim to forceBlack's B backwards. } 13... dxc5
{ This move contains a hidden danger. } 14. dxc5
{ Black's best line is 14... QxQ 15 QRxQ B-R2. His position would be verycramped but he'd at least maintain immediate survival. Instead... }
14... Ba7
{ ..he commits a disastrous blunder. Black has forgotten that his QN isblocking the Rook from guarding his first rank... }
15. Qxd8+ { ...and thismove wraps it up. } 1-0
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[Event "A lost miniature"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chessincredulo"]
[Black "damafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1629"]
[TimeControl "300+5"]
[WhiteElo "1648"]
{ This time I can really call this a miniature. Only ten moves... } 1. e4 d5 2.
exd5 Nf6 3. c4
{ Take advice: whoever invented this opening, consideredfirst of all this very move, and if the Scandinavian has survived (evenat lower ratings) this can't be the best move. }
3... e6
{ Icelandic. Black threatensagain to recover the pawn. But now, white can play 'the good one', whichis Bb5+. Black has a worse game against this move. }
4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. d4
{ ...thank you. White can survive this, of course, but with accurate play.Only. }
5... Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 { I love this pin. } 7. Ne2 Qf6
{ Just developing...with a mate threat. White should play Be3, and black has almost nothing. }
8. Qa4+ { Threatening my B. } 8... Nc6
{ ...he must lose a move by defendingf2. f3 is his best try. I'll lose a piece. }
9. d5 { But white seems greedy. } 9... O-O-O
{ If now Be3, I'm forced to play a series of exchanges, and I'll probablywill end under a minor piece. But white went too greedy again. }
10. dxc6 Qxf2# { ...but I know chess is not all that easy! } 0-1
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[Event "A pawns worth of play"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "thereaper1"]
[Black "ionadowman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
{ Initially I had no reason to annotate this game, it's not full of mindboggling tactics, nor does it show some kind of inspired positional ordefensive prowess, instead it shows good solid but far from utterly boringchess. The reason I'm suddenly choosing to make the annotation is becauseof a sudden desire to make one, which I haven't done for some time. Sowhy not chose a game in which I achieved a good result. }
1. c4
{ I kickoff with the always flexible English opening, obviously at this point thegame could progress in many different directions, and this is one of thereasons I'm finding myself play this first move in a decent portion ofmy games these days. }
1... c5
{ Black responds by mirroring my first move, someconsider this line to be rather boring however I feel this to be far fromthe truth, symmetrical English games can easily be full of excitement.Besides at this point the game can still progress down many different routes.The key idea behind both sides not yet committing to the centre is thatoften the openings can be something of a guessing game as both sides lookto make several transpositions }
2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e6
{ Breaking the symmetry,these types of pawn formations can lead to dynamic interesting play sinceblack is signalling that he intends to at some point play in the centre }
4. Nf3
{ I personally think this is more accurate than fianchettoing thebishop right away, this knight immediately adds control to the centraldark squares and allows me to meet 4...d5 with 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4instead of having to recapture with the queen and potentially lose a tempo }
4... a6
{ !? very interesting, according to the database, more common is ...b6or Nc6 but at this point there really isn't any correct move, I think comparedto other more mainline openings this is position is comparatively unexploredand allows each player a lot of play. the gameKnot engine marks this forthe moment as the first non book move }
5. d4
{ !? more common is apparentlyBg2 which is perfectly alright, it leads back to positions that have stillbeen seen a fair bit although not as much as something like a ruy lopezor sicillian. I chose this move because on principle blacks just made aplay on the wing so it makes sense to strike in the centre, the other reasonI chose this over Bg2 is because this move puts blacks idea to the testby striking earlier than white normally would it attempts to refute blacksidea. }
5... cxd4
{ 5...b5!? was another way to go and immediately leads to acomplex position I did look into it a bit but with so much to analyse Ithink I'll leave it to the reader to come up with their own opinions ofthat line }
6. Nxd4 Qc7
{ ! by far the best move in my opinion. I feel likeanything else allows white to keep playing for an advantage whereas withthis, black signals his intention to play to win. This move is the onlyone that applies pressure on white by immediately threatening to win materialblack makes it so white needs to react }
7. Bg2
{ Not willing to hand blackthe initiative I elect to sacrifice the pawn. In any case I dint reallyfeel like there was a satisfactory way to protect the pawn. e3 would beterrible, e4 would maybe be alright, however white wishes to fianchettoso making that harder to achieve doesn't seem to wise Qd3 is probably thebest way to defend however I didn't really think my queen belonged on d3.interestingly this move brings us back into the gameKnots opening bookaccording to the engine, I was aware that the position has still seen plentyof games in the database, however I don't have access beyond the firstseven moves so I was more or less making moves based off of my personalopinion and ideas. }
7... Qxc4 { white offered the pawn, black has no reason notto take it. } 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nxc6
{ Supposedly this takes us back out of book.It is a bit of a concession I admit, having sacrificed a pawn I don't wontto be trading pieces so willingly especially my centralised developed knight.Yet on the other hand moving it else ware seems like a concession in timeand there isn't a good way to defend it, plus I feel as though the pawnformation black will be left with will make it hard to coordinate and activatehis pieces, in particular by closing the c file I can probably gain sometime making the black queen a little uncomfortable. Not that moving theknight would be bad, both Nc2 and Nf3 were also worth considering }
9... bxc6 10. Bf4
{ ! Simple but strong. I immediately place plenty of pressure onthe dark squared f4-b8 diagonal this does a number of things, it stopsthe rook making use of b8 and more importantly I'm looking at the d6 squareas I would love to stick a bishop there thus creating a bind over blackand preventing him from castling. Another key point of this move is thatit clears away the c1 square which is where my rook belongs so it can bemore active and making life uncomfortable for the black queen. }
10... d5 { Blackwisely prevents any nonsense on d6 } 11. Rc1
{ strong square for the rook,I get to apply pressure against the queen and down the important c filewhere I'm targeting the weak c6 pawn and just as importantly the weak c5square }
11... Qb4 12. a3
{ Also possible is Qc2, however I felt it prudent tocontinue to harass the black queen. If now 12...Qxb2? 13.Na4! Qb7 (13..Qxa3?!14.Nb6) 14.Rb1 Qa7 15.Nb6 and I'm definitely liking white }
12... Qb7 13. Qc2 Be7 { Preparing to castle } 14. Na4
{ for a while it seems as though thisknight is somewhat out of play, however the reality is a very differentmatter. The truth is that this knight does an excellent job applying pressureto the dark squares b6 and c5 whilst also performing a good role of defendingb2. Plus it unmasks my queen and rook on the undefended c6 square (thoughI'm not actually threatening to take it just yet. }
14... O-O 15. e4
{ ?! Thisis the only move in the game that I think is really suspect, from a theoreticalpoint of view it makes sense that I being the better developed side (whosalso sacd material) should want to open up the position. However this causesme to give up my LSB which starts to make my position feel somewhat airy.Had I had this position again I think I would have gone with Rfd1 instead }
15... Nxe4 { likely best } 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4
{ And now visually we can seewhat losing our LSB is like, it doesn't seem pretty. It's true that c6is weak and c5 is an excellent square to make use of, however I did concernmyself just a little that black may find a way to give back a pawn (eitherthe c or e pawn) inorder to activate his LSB which could prove very strongif the position was to open up in that manner. I made sure to keep thisin mind for the next part of the game as I played with the intention ofkeeping blacks pieces in particular the LSB from getting activated }
17... Qb5
{ Black vacates the b7 square evidently planning to make use of it withhis LSB whilst at the same time the queen puts pressure on my Knight makingit so I cant play b4 to clamp down on c5 }
18. Rfd1
{ a very important move,I take the file while I can and get ready to meet Bb7 }
18... Bb7 19. Rd7
{ ! anessential move in my view this prevents c5 and continues to keep hold ofthe initiative. }
19... Rfe8 20. Qc4
{ !? this is the only move throughout thegame that the gameKNot engine marks as an inaccuracy The line it does providestarting with b4 does seem to be more complicated and although I certainlyhad considered 20.b4 I had seen that this move lead to a lot of lines thatare nearly guaranteed to be drawn and as a draw would be a good resultI felt this was the best course of action. }
20... Bc8
{ looking to get rid ofthe pesky rook on the seventh, however white now implements a combinationthat essentially guarantees a drawn endgame }
21. Qxb5
{ or alternatively21.Rxe3 first, I liked this better though because it closes the b file }
21... axb5 { cxb5 would be suicide since it opens the c file } 22. Rxe7 Rxe7
23. Nb6 Bb7 24. Nxa8 Bxa8
{ and now with the presences of opposite colouredbishops the ending is a clear draw. I chose to play on for a while morethough simply because my opponent is stronger and has the extra materialso I wait until I have 'proven the draw' before I offer one }
25. Rd1
{ !not only are the bishops of opposite colour around, but I have the muchmore active pieces meaning I can't really go wrong. }
25... Re8 { forced } 26. Be3
{ looking to clamp down on c5 thus shutting the black LSB out of the game }
26... h6 27. h4
{ ?! Okay this move doesn't change anything about the result orthe drawishness of the position, I was thinking I'd first prevent g5 beforeI clamp down with Bc5 but if I got to thi position again I think I wouldplay Bc5 just because in that case it is actually harder for black to play.Ofcourse the position is still a draw no matter what the only moves thatchange that would be if I lost a piece with Rd5?? Rd8?? Bg5?? or Bxh6?? }
27... c5 28. Bxc5 Bd5 29. Rc1
{ I offer the draw now since I feel I've proventhat I'm not going to blunder, overall a solid game which allowed me toattain a good result. }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "brandonkelley08's mini-tournament II"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.03.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "servantmk1042"]
[Black "_jack_russell_"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1100"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 { Queen's gambit. } 2... dxc4 { ...accepted. } 3. e4 e5 4. Bxc4
Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 O-O 9. a3 Bc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. h3
{ Ng4 was already protected against, this pawn seems like a weak move. } 11...
h6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Qc1
{ BxN, PxB, QxP leaves white up one point. Qc1puts white at risk of Nb3 queen rook fork. Black must first drive thewhite bishop off that diagonal, of course. }
13... b5 { ...just like that. } 14. Ba2
{ White's best response, absent any credible counter attack. } 14... Nh5
{ Blackprepares a king rook fork. } 15. Bf2
{ Ne2 would also parry, and get theknight out. } 15... Nf4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17.
Nd1 Qg5 18. g4 Qh4 19. Nf2 Bb7 20. Qd2 Be5 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rac8 23. Ne2
c6 24. f4 Bd6 25. e5 Be7 26. d6
{ Three pawns moves drive the black bishop inexorably back. } 26... Bd8 27.
Nxd4 c5
{ If white moves the knight, black takes the rook with Bxh1. White counterthreats. }
28. d7 Rc7 29. e6
{ I love this move. If black takes the pawnwhite forks the black rooks. The drawback is Rh1 remains lost, whereasthe fork is a rook/knight trade. }
29... fxe6 30. Nxe6 Bxh1 31. Nxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qf5+ Qf6 33. Qh7 Qxa1+
{ Now it looks like white is in serious trouble. } 34. Bb1 Qxa3 35. Qf5+ Kg8
{ Oops. Black did not think this through, andwhite snatches victory from the jaws of defeat with a forced mate. }
36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qe8# 1-0
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[Event "Chester 4 v Malpas & Whitchurch"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "30/9/2014"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Charles Lowick Higgie"]
[Black "David I Hulme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "ECF 157"]
[TimeControl "35 in 1 hour 15 mins"]
[WhiteElo "ECF172"]
{ In this game, I think black makes so slightly inaccurate opening moves.In a difficult position, black makes a gross blunder, losing queen fortwo pieces. It is soon over after that. }
1. d4 { I start conventionally } 1... Nf6
{ This is also very commonly played. } 2. c4 { Planning Nc3 and e4 } 2... e6
{ Another commonly played move in this position. } 3. Nc3 { Planning e2-e4 }
3... Bb4 { This pin prevents e2-e4. This is the Nimzo-Indian Defence. } 4. e3
{ And I play the main line. } 4... c5
{ A usual way of striking back in the centre. } 5. Bd3
{ I continue my development. } 5... d5
{ Although this has been played inthis position, I think that by playing this move this early, black revealshis hand too early. White need now not be afraid of Bb4xNc3 doubling hispawns, as the pawns can always be undoubled by c4xd5 now. I tend to thinkNc6 or 0-0 is better - they are certainly more commonly played - but theresults are not massively better. }
6. Nf3
{ So now I can develop this knighthere, rather than to e2, which is where I would have been tempted to playit if he had played a different 5th move. }
6... cxd4
{ Again, slightly unusual- Nc6 or 0-0 are more common - but perfectly playable. }
7. exd4 { I didconsider Qa4check instead, but nothing comes of it. } 7... Qa5
{ Again, slightlyunusual. This move is not on the Gameknot opening database of world games,but is on the database of Gameknot games. My opponent said afterwards thathe had successfully played this move in the past. }
8. Bd2
{ I found outafterwards that in jcweibel (1749) vs. georgiaflag (1922) white just castled,black snatched the pawn with BxNc3, bxBc3, Qxc3 and white went on to win.I am not convinced white really has enough compensation though. }
8... Bd7
{ NowBd7 is not in my opening databases. I thought the idea was to exchangepawns on c4 and then put is Bishop on c6 where it has a lovely diagonal.I decide to exchange it off. }
9. Ne5 { With this move. } 9... Nc6 { He challengesmy knight. } 10. Nxd7
{ I take his bishop. } 10... Kxd7
{ He decides to keep hisKnight on f6 active by recapturing this way. It is fine, as long as blackcan keep the centre closed. }
11. O-O { So I get safely castled, hopingto open up the centre. } 11... dxc4
{ I think this is a poor follow up to hisprevious move. With his king in the centre he needs to try and keep thecentre closed, not opening it up further. }
12. Bxc4 { So I take back. } 12... Rhd8
{ This move is useful in some variations, but does have the drawback ofpreventing the retreat of his queen, as we shall see. }
13. a3
{ I was nowstudying this position, and thinking, well, he must exchange on c3, whenhe surprised me with }
13... Be7 { As David said afterwards 'Not one of my bestmoves!' } 14. Nd5
{ Discovering an attack on his queen, which now has nosquares. } 14... exd5
{ So he takes my knight. } 15. Bxa5 { I take his queen. } 15... Nxa5
{ He takes my bishop. } 16. Qa4+ { I throw in a check. } 16... Nc6
{ He decides tokeep his knight - for now. } 17. Bb5 { I am going to target c6 }
17... a6 { He hitsmy bishop. } 18. Bxc6+ { So I take. } 18... bxc6
{ He takes back. } 19. Rac1 { Hittingc6 } 19... Rdc8 { He protects. } 20. Rc2
{ I get ready double rooks on the file.There is no adequate defence. For instance if a5 21. Rfc1 Ra6 22. b4 andwhite wins easily. }
20... Ne4 { This is as good as anything. } 21. Rfc1
{ Andhe resigns. For example, Bg5 22. Rxc6 Bxc1 23. Rxa6+ Ke7 24. Rxa8 and white'squeen side pawns will be hard to stop. Many thanks for reading, pleaseleave a comment and rate this annotation on the star system. Until nexttime dear reader! }
21... Bg5 22. Rxc6 Bxc1 23. Rxa6+ Ke7 24. Rxa8 1-0
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[Event "Israelie Chess leage division B"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "22:20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "matsany"]
[Black "Dora"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "2:00:00-2:00:00"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 d6
{ this position reminedsa littele bit of Alekhne's defense , when white have space and center controllwhile black makes presure on the center , but the only difrense of thisidea is , the black didnt play Bg4 . }
6. exd6 exd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d4
{ goodmove , white opens his DBS diagonal , and build good center and activityfor his pieces . }
8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7
{ good move , black developme his DSBcorectly , the idea of 9...g6 and bishop g7 is less effective because ofthe weakness of d6 pawn . }
10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2
{ white peices are placedwell , and doesnt interupt each other , now all i need is 0-0 and i allmost dont have problems . }
11... d5
{ good move , black wishes to get reed ofhis d6 weakness and attacks whites center . }
12. Nxc6
{ i don't know ifits mistake but ,surely was unnecessary move , i am helping black to openshis B file for his rook , better move was 12.cxd5-Nxd5.13.0-0 and i amfine . }
12... bxc6 13. Bxb6
{ another strange move , i thught that after 13.Bxb6and cxd i win a free pawn ,however i missed blacks next move . }
13... Qxb6 14. cxd5 Qxb2
{ good move , now i cant 15.dxc because of 15...Qxc3+, i simpleyhad a feeling that i am loseing my game . }
15. Rc1 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg5 17. Rc2 Qe5 { blacks pieces very active here. } 18.
O-O Bb7 19. Bf3 Rad8
{ goodmove , the black rooks now joining to the game ,Rook(a)pined the whitesknight on d5 while R(f)will move to e8. }
20. Re1
{ good move , as i wasall most hopeless, i found a nice defense, 20.Re1 attacks to retreat fromE file , and takes very effective position , and another idea is , thatthe black queen take a powerful spot on e5 and i had to some how to divorceit from there. }
20... Qb8
{ 20...Qd6 was better , however it losing the eeffectof the pine on the white knight on d5 (20...Qb6.21.Nc3-Qxd1.22.Rxd1),thequeen still can move to another active spots ,like g6. now i am take overon the game again . }
21. Rb2 { threating Rxb7 and Nf6+, } 21... Kh8 22. Qb1
{ maybethe winning move , the threat is winning the black DSB on b7 , now moveslike 22....Rd7 wont help black because of .23.Qf5! and afork on the rookon d7 and the DSB on g5 . therefor black giving his queen for a knigh anda rook . }
22... Bxd5 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qf5
{ even if white have small materialadvantage , the active queen is makes the deference . this shows how queencan be so dangerous when it have power full position . }
24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Bf6 26. h3 h6 27. a4 Rfd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Kg8 30.
Qd7 Be5 { white stillhave to be careful here , if 31.Qxa7??-Rb1#. } 31. g3 a5
32. Qa7 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Bc3 34. Qa8+
{ and black resigns , after 34...Kh7 (forced).35.Qe4+-g6.36.Qxb1and black loses his Rook and the game thank you i hope you enjoy the game. }
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[Event "Newport A v Oswestry A"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "1-12-2015"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Charles L.Higgie"]
[Black "Chris Lewis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "ECF155"]
[TimeControl "All moves in 95 mins"]
[WhiteElo "ECF177"]
{ This was another painful loss for me in the Shropshire League. My opponentcame out of the opening with an edge, which he never let up! }
1. d4 d5 2. c4
{ So it starts with a Queen's Gambit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit }
2... c6
{ He plays the Slav variation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slav_Defense } 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 { This is all very conventional and usual. } 4... Bf5
{ But thisis a bit unusual. According to the Gameknot World Database, 4....e6 ismost common followed by dxc4, a6 and g6, with this coming in next. To behonest it threw me a bit. }
5. Bg5
{ I'm trying to play it like a normalQueen's Gambit. I later found out that this too, is the 5th most popularmove, after 5. e3, cxd5, Qb3 or g3. It doesn't score very well, and willnot repeat it. }
5... e6 { This seems logical. } 6. e3 { And from me too. } 6... Be7
{ Thisis sensible development. } 7. Ne5
{ This may be a mistake. It is not on theworld database, but it is on the database of games played on Gameknot.There it does score 4 wins out of 4 for white! }
7... Nbd7 { So he continues todevelop. } 8. f4
{ This is probably over-optimistic too, although it hasbeen successfully played in the Gameknot game, anyhumanheart (1649) vs.zorakblaster (1658), which continued with Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe711. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. cxd5 Bxd5?? which lost the bishop after 12. cxd5 Bxd513. Qc2 O-O 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. O-O h6 16. e4. Any other pawn capture on move12 leads to similar positions to the game, and presumably, an edge forblack. }
8... h6
{ This is another good move by black. I probably should havestarted exchanging minor pieces now. }
9. Bh4 { But I stubbornly played this. } 9... Ne4 { And he starts exchanging. }
10. Bxe7 { So I take his bishop. } 10... Qxe7 { He takes back. } 11. Nxe4
{ I take his knight on e4. } 11... Bxe4
{ And he takesback. This bishop is a monster. I am probably best exchanging knights again,but instead I played... }
12. Qd2 Nxe5 { So he takes, and messes up my pawns. } 13. fxe5
{ It may have been better to take back the other way. } 13... O-O
{ Hecastles. Now I want to play Bd3, but I thought that if I did, he couldexchange on d3 and then check with the queen on b4 and he seems to be winninga pawn. Maybe 14. 0-0-0 was best now? But instead I played... }
14. cxd5 { To prepare Bd3. } 14... exd5
{ But the problem now is I am going to be weak alongthe e file. } 15. Bd3
{ So I continue with my plan. } 15... Bxd3 { He takes. } 16. Qxd3
{ I take back. } 16... f6
{ Virtually forcing a very favourable exchange ofpawns. } 17. exf6
{ So I take. } 17... Rxf6 { He takes back. } 18. O-O-O { I finallycastle. }
18... Rf2 { But now I have this rook to deal with. } 19. Rd2
{ So I seekto exchange it. Round about here I offered a draw, which he correctly turneddown. }
19... Raf8 { He backed up the rook. } 20. h4
{ I wanted to stop his queencoming in to h4 } 20... Rxd2 { He exchanges. } 21.
Qxd2 { I take back. } 21... Qe4
{ Andhis queen takes up a very powerful position. } 22. b3
{ I think this wasplayed with the idea of making my king safer on b2. } 22...
Rf6 { Rook comes up- it is very hard for white. } 23. Rh2
{ I play this to make g2-g3 possible. } 23... Rg6 { He prevents that move. }
24. Qf2 { I am 'threatening' g-g3 again. } 24... Rf6 { He hits my queen. } 25.
Qe1 { In a hard position, I go wrong again. Qe2or d2 was better. } 25... Qd3
{ With the horrible threat of Rf1 } 26. Rh1
{ I thinkthis is the only way to defend against it. } 26... Re6
{ And now there is no waywhite can defend against all the threats. } 27. Rh3
{ I try to protect thee pawn. I was hoping he wouldn't see the next move. }
27... Qxd4 { But is did.I could almost resign here. } 28. Kb1
{ As good or bad as anything. } 28... Qd3+ { He throws in a check. } 29. Kb2
{ King up. } 29... d4 { Again, using the pin onthe e file. } 30. e4
{ Hoping to confuse him. } 30... Qxe4 { But he continues toplay well. } 31. Qg3
{ Hoping for some sort of counter-attack. } 31... Qe2+ { Hechecks again. } 32.
Kb1 { King drops back. } 32... Rf6 { Threatening Rf1 again. } 33. Qb8+
{ I throw in a spite check. I was preparing to reign if he playedRf8. } 33...
Kh7 { But for once he missed the best move, but it doesn't changethe outcome. }
34. Rf3 { I stop the mate in one! } 34... Rxf3 { He takes. } 35. gxf3
{ I take back. } 35... d3 { There is no stopping this pawn. } 36. Qf4
{ I hope fora perpetual. } 36... Qc2+ { He throws in a check. } 37. Ka1
{ King scurries to thecorner. } 37... d2
{ And I resigned. Many thanks for reading this. Please rateit on the star system, and leave a comment or two. Until next time dearreader! }
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[Event "Games of the Ashaman - Blockading"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "20-Feb-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "the_ashaman"]
[Black "corneliusblisand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
{ A very tactical interesting game, with a running them of blockading thepassed pawn. First I win material due to my opponent's oversight, thenplay on both sides goes downhill a bit. But then I finish with a nice combination,and also my only really good bit of tactical analysis. }
1. e4 { 'Best bytest' - Bobby Fischer. } 1... e6
{ The French Defence, delaying immediate centralexpansion in order to obtain a solid pawn on d5 and queenside counterplay.The major qualm I have with this opening is that it blocks in the QueensideBishop. 'I have never in my life played the French Defence, which isthe dullest of all openings.' - Wilhem Steinitz }
2. d4 { Claiming the centerwith both pawns. } 2... d5 3. Nc3
{ The Paulsen Variation (named after Louis Paulsen) } 3... Bb4
{ The Winawer Variation, attempting to break up White's Queenside pawns. } 4.
e5
{ The main line of the Winawer Variation. Until recently I normallyplayed Bd2, the wonderful Fingerslip Variation, or Ne2, the Alekhine Gambit.But also until recently, I was a really bad player. }
4... c5
{ The Advance Variation(I don't know why they give it a new name after every move). It attemptsto attack White's pawn center at the base, but also blocks in the dark-squaredBishop. }
5. a3 Bxc3+
{ Black opts for the most common response. This givesup a Bishop for a Knight in a closable position, and doublers the Whitepawns. It also opens the b-file for White. }
6. bxc3 Qc7
{ Classical Variation.Brings another piece to bear against the center, developes the Queen tothe 7th rank and defends the c-pawn. 6. Ne7 is more common. }
7. Qg4
{ Attacksthe g pawn. Still in book, surprisingly, as it seems to defy the acceptedopening principle of not developing your Queen early. }
7... f5
{ Defends theg pawn with the Queen. Much sharper (read: more fun) is cxd4. } 8.
Qg3
{ 8.exf6 Nxf6 9. Qf4 Qa5 (this targets the weak pawns, better than Qxf4 10.Bxf4) And White has given up a pawn to help Black with his developement. }
8... cxd4
{ Finally leaving book, 8. Ne7 is better. I don't really like thismove, as it undoubles Whites pawns for little compensation. Black can'teven take the pawn because after 9...Qxc2 10. Bd2 Qc7 ( 10...g6, 10...Kf1or 10...Kf2 11. Rc1 Qe4 12. Ne2, and Black is under developed with anoverextended Queen. White's easy developement should compensate for thepawn.) 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. Ne2 and Black has difficulty developing becauseof the pin and the pressured g pawn. }
9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2
{ Not 10. Qxg7?Qc3 11. Ke2 Rg8 (not Qxa1?? Qxh8 ) 12. Qxh7 Qxa1. 10. Bd2 defends thec3 square and threatens Qxg7. }
10... O-O
{ !? Probably the best way to defendthe pawn. 10... Rg8 is bad because it stops Black from castling Kingside.And 10...Ng6 looks bad after both 11. h4 which starts the ball rollingfor a Kingside attack, and 11. Be2 which threatens a particularily painfulpin. }
11. Bd3
{ Defends the pawn and developes. The White Bishops a seemrather akwardly placed, but it is well placed for an attack after the bayonet...g4. }
11... b6
{ Prepares to fianchetto the Bishop, or use the a6-f1 diagonal,which is not closed off like the long diagonal. }
12. Ne2 { Gets ready tocastle, or to attack the e pawn with Nf4. } 12... Ba6
{ Tries to trade off Whitesgood Bishop for Black's bad one. } 13. Nf4
{ Puts pressure on the e pawn.Also threatens to fork Queen and Rook with Nxe6. }
13... Nec6
{ ? Attacks thed pawn but loses the exchange. 13... Qd7 to defend the pawn seems best.13... Bxe6? 14. Nxe6 Qe7 15. Nxf8 Qxf8 16. Qxd3 is even worse. }
14. Nxe6
{ Forks Queen and Rook and threatens mate on g7. Also wins a pawn, sucha wonderfully loaded move. }
14... Qf7 15. Nxf8 Qxf8 16. O-O
{ Black here cannotwin a pawn by Nxd4 because of 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Qxd5 whichis good for White. So I chose to get my King to safety. But probably betterwas Bxa6 which puts an enemy Knight on the rim, makes room for my Queento move along the rank, removes and important defensive piece of the enemy,and trades down while I'm ahead in material. }
16... Bb7
{ I think the counter-intuitiveBc1 followed by Be6 here would have been better, in order to blockade thepast pawn and defend Black's center pawns. Though after this the Bishoplooks like an over-grown pawn with a funny hat. }
17. c3
{ Now that the Blackd pawn is defended (By the Bishop) I must defend my own. }
17... a6
{ ?! This defendsagainst Bb5, which is not much of a threat as the Bishop is best on theb1-h7 diagonal, and prepares to expand on the Queenside with b5, whichis not much of a plan for counterplay. It also blocks in the light squaredBishop. Instead Black should have played Nd8 to blockade the pawn. Notethat Nd7 is bad because it lets white advance the passed pawn with tempo. }
18. Rfe1
{ ?! Preparing to push a pawn that can and should be pushed immediately,this gives Black a bit more time to try and blockade. 18. e6 now was better. }
18... Ne7
{ Finally blockading with something, and also protecting the f pawn.Unfortunately this takes pressure off the c4 square. Better was Bc8, notonly because it attacks e6, which is unimportant because Black missed hisonly chance to blockade there, but because it allows Ra7 and Re7. }
19. c4
{ Aiming for a better Bishop and two connected passed pawns, well worththe price of giving Black a good Bishop. }
19... b5
{ ? Allows White to get a secondpassed pawn in two ways, cxd5 and c5 and also giving up a pawn if Whiteso chooses with cxb5. Better was Nd7, and if 20. e6 Nf6 where both passedpawns are stopped for now. }
20. c5
{ ?! Closing the game when you have noKnights is rarely good, here 20. cxd5 Bxd5 (better than takingwith the Knight, because the knight will be needed for the defence of f5)21. Bb2 Nd7 22. Ba2 Rd8 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qf3 Nb6 25. Rc1 looks betterfor White. }
20... Nbc6 { Finally developing the Knight, and blockading. } 21. Bc3
{ Played to protect d4, the Bishop's defence of d4 was meant to be onlytemporary. A military epigram about plans might be appropriate here, unfortunatelyI can't remember one. }
21... f4
{ Overextending the pawn I think. Now I should,key word being should, be able to surround and destroy it. }
22. Qh4 { Threatensmate at h7. } 22... g6 23. Rad1
{ Preparing to relieve my Bishop of the defenceof the d pawn. I planned, in a Petrosianesque way, to bring both my Bishopsback to c2 and c1, where they are ont hey're most agressive diagonals withoutobstructing the other pieces. }
23... f3
{ According to Korchnoi, end-game playerextraordinaire, pawn weaknesses should be pushed, until they become pawnstrengths. I'm not so sure it applies here. }
24. g3
{ I didn't really likethe idea of exposing my King after Re3 fxg2 or bringing the Queen closeAND exposing my king with gxf3 Qxf3, so I tried to follow the great Nimzovich'sadvice on dealing with rogue pawns; Restrain, Blockade, and Destroy. }
24... Bc8 { Trying to get activity for the Bishop. } 25. Re3
{ Also possible is continuingwith my afore-mentioned Bishop Manuevres and saving the pawn for later,or playing Qf6 where Black has to decide between his pawn, or bringingmy passed pawn forward. 25. Qf6 Qxf6 26. exf6 Nf5 27. g4 (or penetratingdown the newly opened file with Re8 ) Nfxd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. g5 looksvery good. }
25... Be6 { More defensive blockading. } 26. Qf6
{ This is just as strongnow as it would have been last turn. } 26... Qxf6
{ ?! This allows me to both wina piece and gives me a more powerful passed pawn. }
27. exf6
{ Of courseI take back the Queen. It is also important that all the pieces that wereblockading this pawn are now exposed on the file, and that both the knightand Bishop are being attacked. From this point on, I play mostly bad moves,my laziness spurred on by what was a dominant position (An attitude whichI learned to avoid at a later OTB Tournament). }
27... Nf5 { Saves the good Knight,not the bad Bishop. } 28. Bxf5
{ ?? So stupid... } 28... Bxf5
{ The Bishop is probablythe strongest piece on the board, as my rook cannot really penetrate downthe open file. }
29. Rxf3
{ ? Grabbing another pawn but losing the exchangeto Bg4. Better was Rde1 to either trade rooks or try to Queen the pawn. }
29... Kf7 { ? Missing his chance to regain the exchange. } 30. Re1
{ Taking overthe file. } 30... a5
{ ! Of course not Kxf6? 31. g4 which wins the Bishop. } 31. Bb2
{ Now b4 can be met by a4, and the passed pawn, while not absolutelyharmless, is blockaded. }
31... a4 { 31...b4 was better. } 32. Rf4
{ ? Bc3 to stopall Queenside threats once and for all was better. I'm not sure why I playedthis. I think it had something to do with attacking the enemy h pawn. }
32... Kxf6
{ ? I thought that now that the Rook was advanced 33. g4 would be metby Kg5, but in fact this is a mistake because of 33. g4 Kg5 34. Bc1! andWhite wins the Bishop. }
33. f3
{ ?? Trying to move my pawn majority. Butmissing 33. g4 and also not seeing the threat of g5, which traps the Rook. }
33... Kg7 { ?? Missing 34. g5 } 34. Bc3 { Stopping Queenside play. } 34... Rb8
{ Preparingto push the pawn. } 35. Bb4
{ ?! This isn't bad because it gives up Bishopfor knight, its bad because now my Bishop is such a bad piece, and becauseit remains such for most of the game. Though in truth this strategic oversightpays off, as you shall soon see. }
35... Ra8
{ I don't really understand this movebut it seems to me that he was going to capture my Bishop then push thepawn along the a file. }
36. h4 { Moving the pawn majority, slowly but surely. } 36... h6
{ h5 would have been better. } 37. h5
{ Trying to undermine the Bishop'sdefence. } 37... Bd3
{ ?! 37...Nxb4 38. axb4 in order to get some counter-play,and a passer, was probably better. }
38. Re6
{ ?! Forking pawn and knight.This seems to give up a pawn for two very good rooks, but the pawn is immediatelyregained. 38. hxg6 was simpler and probably better, but I liked this more. }
38... g5 39. Rff6 { 39. Rg4? Bf5. } 39... Nxd4 40. Rd6
{ Wins a pawn, as both d and hpawns are attacked. } 40... Bc4
{ ? The only way to defend the pawn but it givesup control of g6, which turns out to be a fatal weakness. }
41. Kf2
{ ?!Trying to bring the king in, but it's not necessary. Rxh6 was better here. }
41... Re8
{ ? This loses because it takes one of the King's flight squares away. But Black was lost anyway. }
42. Rg6+ { Wins the game. } 42... Kf7
{ ?? 42...Kh7(Kh8 leads to pretty much the same thing) Rxh6 43. Rdg6 Ke7 44. Rh7 Kf8 45. c6 Re7 46. Bxe7 Ke8 47. Rg8# Best was 42...Kf8 (the only oneI can see where white can't force mate) though after43. Rdf6 Ke7 44. c6 Kd8 45. Rg7 looks very bad for Black. }
43. Rd7+ { Forcing the King to theedge. } 43... Kf8
{ Re7 holds out a bit longer. 43...Re7 44.Rxe7 Kxe7 45.c6 Kd846.Ba5 Ke7 47.c7 Kd7 48.Rg7 Kc8 49.Rg8 Kd7 50.c8=Q Kd6 51.Qc7 . }
44. c6+
{ And Black resigns. After this the game would go 44...Re7 45.c7 Ne646.c8=Q Nd8 47.Rxd8 Kf7 48.Rf8# }
1-0
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[Event "Challenge from ppr3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "22-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "orangutan"]
[Black "ppr3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
1. e4
{ This was a close tactical game involving the Advance Variation ofthe Caro Kann. Although it was decided by a mistake, it is of some interestfor me to analyse some of the departures from theory in the late openingand the complicated position that arose in the middle game. }
1... c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 { The Caro Advance. } 3... Bf5
{ Black gets his bishop outside his pawn skeleton- the main point in playing the Caro Kann. }
4. Nc3
{ Preparing to go intoto the aggressive Bayonnet Variation after 4 ...e6, 5. g4!? A quieter alternative,quite popular nowadays, is Short's 4. Nf3. }
4... Qb6
{ The main alternative to4. ...e6. Black opts to steer the game into other channels. }
5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nge2
{ The usual deployment for the KN, though it has itspros and cons. } 7... Ne7
8. O-O Nd7 9. a4
{ Aiming to gain a little space onthe queenside at the expense of the black queen. }
9... a6
{ An important move,given that black plans ...c5. A white knight landing on b5 would be veryproblematic. }
10. Qh3
{ Again a thematic move in this variation. The queenexerts pressure on the kingside and especially e6. }
10... Nf5
{ The optimal postingfor the knight - the question is whether it is premature. }
11. a5 Qc7
{ Thisseems to be a popular move, though the theory I know says ...Qd8. The presentmove gives good support to the centre, but excludes the option of challengingthe white queen on h4. }
12. g4
{ Theory, as far as I know, has Nd1 at thispoint, preparing to break open the centre with c4. I won with that in anotherannotated game (vs caimig), but was a bit unconvinced by it, and optedfor this aggressive lunge instead. Strategically the idea is similar, totake advantage of black's slow and slightly cramped development. }
12... Ne7 13. Be3
{ Preparing to meet black's counter-attack in the centre. I am relyingon this bishop to hold things together while I prepare to advance the f-pawn. }
13... c5 { The thematic counter-attack. } 14. f4 cxd4 15. Nxd4
{ Putting pressureon f5 and e6. } 15... Nc6
{ Preparing to exchange off the white knight as wellas threatening the a-pawn. }
16. f5 Nxd4 { Black decides that the knighthas to go. } 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Ne2
{ Now the other knight will come to d4,where it in turn holds the white position together. }
18... Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Qxe5
{ My plan here was to attack the e-file. First however I have to protectthe knight. }
20. Rad1 O-O
{ Getting the king out of the way, though surprisinglyit is not as safe there as it looks. }
21. Rfe1 Qf6
{ Black takes the f-fileas compensation, anticipating the exchange of f-pawns. }
22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Qf2+
{ This turns out to be not as dangerous as it looks. } 24. Kh1 Rf3 25. Qh5 Nf6
26. Qg5 { A naive-looking attempt which proves surprisinglydifficult to stop. }
26... g6 27. Qh6 Ne8 28. Ng5 Re3
{ Black miscalculates here.On the other hand ...Rf7 is impossible, and ...Nf6 lets the rook throughto e7. }
29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rf1 { And 0-1. } 1-0
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[Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.04.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "[email protected]"]
[Black "[email protected]"]
[Result "0-1"]
{ A game played at Chesscube at home. I got a new job, so I can no longerplay at work. }
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3
{ The time control on this gamewas 20 minutes to each player. I have seen this move in several blitzgames, but I really do not know what the 'proper' response is. He is offeringfree pawns for easy development and attacking chances. My own experiencesuggests that taking the second and third pawn offered is dangerous. }
3... d5
{ This was probably unwise, but I wanted to take him out of his known system. }
4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd5 { Perhaps he feared the isolated queenpawn. }
6... Nxd5 7. h3 Bf5 8. Na3 e6 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2
O-O-O 13. cxd5 Rxd5+ 14. Ke3
{ Better was Ke8 when continued harrassmentby the rook is met by white development. }
14... Re5+ 15. Kd2 Rd8+
{ And whiteresigns with plenty of clock time left. I spent a little time with thepuzzle composer and it is difficult to see if Black is in a forced losingposition. By most standards even if White steps out of the attack, thenext 5-10 moves will not be fun for him. }
0-1
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[Event "King's Indian April 2007"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "17-Jul-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brulla"]
[Black "remete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1492"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d, 7d max"]
[WhiteElo "1617"]
1. d4
{ This is an interesting game from the big mini-tournament 'King'sIndian Defense, Four-pawn-variant'. White starts a strong attack on theblack king, gets somewhat stuck in the process and eventually wins theendgame. }
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4
{ This is the Four-Pawn-Variant.White builds an impressive center which black aims to attack in the following.White aims to use his center majority to put pressure on the black positionand eventually attack the black king. }
5... O-O 6. Nf3 Na6
{ Alternatives: 6...c5(makes the position somewhat 'Benoni-ish'), 6...Bg4, 6...Nbd7, 6...c6 }
7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 { Allows the center advance of the d-pawn. } 8... dxe5 9. d5
Nc5 { Aims at the e4-pawn. } 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2
{ Covers the pawn e4 andopens the f-file. } 11... c6
{ Attacks the white center. } 12. O-O a6
{ This is amistake. Although white's position is already quite offensive, the nextmove gives the start to an avalanche. 12...a5 would have prevented thisand claimed more territory on the queen side. }
13. b4 Ncxe4
{ Maybe thebest of the possible moves in this difficult situation. Black gives a piecefor two pawns. But the white attack is still about to start. Alternativeis 13...Ncd7 which blocks the c8-bishop and gives way to the pawn attackc5-d6 which would constrict black's position considerably. }
14. Ncxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxb4 16. Nf6+
{ What to happen next? 16...Bxf6 17.Bxf6 looks badand 16...Kh8 is the only move! }
16... Kh8 { What is the best way to rip open theking's castle?? } 17. d6
{ This establishes another threat to the black camp:the advancing pawn aims at the square d8 which is controlled by the queenon d1 and the bishop on g5. }
17... Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Be6
{ The bishop has to get outbefore being suffocated by the pawn on d7. } 19. Ne4
Qd4 20. Qxd4
{ ?! Takesan attacking piece away. Maybe 20.Qd2 was more precise. } 20... exd4
21. Bf6
{ Thiseliminates the black bishop on g7 but also relieves black from the pressureon d8. }
21... Bxf6 22. Nxf6 Rfd8
{ At once, the rook goes to the square that wascovered by the bishop before. }
23. c5
{ Strengthens the pawn on d6 but canbe attacked from the side by pawn b6. }
23... Kg7 { ! The king fixes the f1-rookto the knight. } 24. Bg4 Bc4 25. Rf2
Rab8 26. a4 b6
{ Attacks the white 'support-pawn'but white's next move is strong. } 27. Nd7
{ ! The only move. } 27... bxc5
{ ?! Givingup the rook might be the beginning of the end. } 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 29.
Rc2 { Theaim of white is now to convert this postion into a won endgame. }
29... Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. Rxc6 e5
{ The two free black pawns have to beobserved. } 33. Re1 Kf6 34. d7+ Kf5 35.
Rc5 Rxd7 36. Rexe5+ Kf4 37. Rcd5 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Ke3 39. Kg1 d3 40. Kf1 d2 41. g4
g5 42. h3 a5 43. Rd7
{ Andnow the white rook moves back and forth on the d-file and creates the winningtempo for white. }
43... h6 { ...and black resigned. } 1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "thearrtofnoise"]
[Black "francisbaron08"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1349"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 h6
{ a bit of a lapse here. 4 ... g5of course is the move. } 5. Bxf4 g5
{ nothing to do now but play some chessand see if I can hold on. } 6. Bg3 Bg7
7. Bc4 Ne7 8. e5 { this strikes meas a little premature. 8 0-0 looks good. }
8... d5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. h4 Nf5 { blackhad better be aggressive. } 11. Bf2 g4 12.
Nh2
{ this really strikes oneas an oversight. but is it? 12 Nfd2 g3 13 Bg1 Nxh4 may not be appealingfor white. }
12... g3 { better grab that piece } 13. Bg1 gxh2 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Nd2 c5
{ the main thinking here was to eliminate that pawn on e5. } 16. Rxh2 cxd4 17.
g4 Ne3
{ in playing this move black had to be willing to have thequeens come off the board and gradually try to realize his material advantage. }
18. Bxe3 dxe3 19. Nf3 Bxg4 20. Qe2 { 20 Bxd5 Nc6 should win for black. } 20...
Nc6 { bringing up a key reserve. } 21. O-O-O Nxe5 22. Bxd5 Qf6
{ a strongshot deciding the game } 23. Rf1 Nxf3 24. Rhh1 Qxb2+ 25. Kd1 Qb1# 0-1
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[Event "Just, what the doctor ordered..."]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.11.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "vonbonkisback"]
[Black "kaspanatola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
1. e4
{ My opponent bring some great input to the game, as I hope to havedone also, I've kept my ideas about the Keres system is a nice draw weaponagainst the Sicilian but not much more at this 'correspondence' slow pace,but what would have happened had I've played 8.bxc6, could things gonewrong for black? or white would have trouble to cope with the asymmetricalpawn structure, and couldn't have managed to hold the draw? After that,several exchanges, made me believe the game was going to became a boringdraw... but then I was wrong, white kept one of the rooks and started pushingsome pawns soon putting my position under severe pressure, I was neverable to remove my bishop from the front of the e pawn to push it forewordto e5, and white kept gaining space, I needed a break on the other wing,so I've opened a column for my rook and profited from some lack of mobilityfrom white's rook for some moments I thought I was going to win easilyattacking white's pawns from behind but then 31.e5! increased the tensionon the king's wing and 34.Bd1! forcing another of my pawn to a light squaremade me step down to reality, this was going to be a draw, but an hardfought one! Congrats vobonk for a nice game }
1... c5 2. Ne2 { Sicilian Keressystem } 2... g6 3. Nbc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Nc6 { and now we will transposeto a more common dragon Sicilian } 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Qd2 Ng4
{ to defend againstBh6 and avoid the exchange of the dragon bishop, if white intends to castlelong he needs to deal with my bishop on the long a1-h8 diagonal }
8. Nxc6 dxc6
{ bxc6 would allow me more fighting chances, but for now I'll preferto keep a symmetrical pawn structure, before trying any offensive... }
9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
{ the exchange of queens allowed me to keep my king in thecentre without almost any danger, Kc7 is a possible future move to controld6,d7,d8 with it, for now white's dark square bishop refrains me from playingKc7 so if white plays rook to d1 either directly or by castling, I thinkKe8 is better for now... queens off the board and the symmetrical structureit starts to look a bit drawish... much like my game against Simoman http://gameknot.com/annotation.pl/lets-play-chess?gm=41316,but in that one, I was able to turn the events to my advantage }
10. Bd2
{ surprised me, now f2 is somewhat weak, I'll try Bd4 with the idea Nxf2 }
10... Bd4 { I have nothing better, white should find the one and only Nd1 } 11.
Nd1 Be6
{ again nothing better, white has as easier game I don't have anyplan so I'll keep developing my last pieces... }
12. f3
{ white divergedfrom Gajadin D (SUR) - Mukabi John (KEN), Bled (Slovenia), 2002 but nowhas a closed in light squared bishop... let's see what can be done hereNe5 with the idea Ne5 inviting f4 Ng4 back to g4 again to invite some pawnpush h3 Nf6 and if e5 then Nh5 and white's overextended pawn offer me aplan to exchange a couple more pieces and undermine those pawns. 12.h3as played in the referred game might be slightly better as avoids Ng4 andprepares the immediate f4 (if black plays Ne5) without losing a tempo }
12... Ne5
{ now f4 by white is a possibility... I hope he does play it to trysome ideas }
13. Be3 { another exchange and the game again looks drawish } 13... Bxe3 14.
Nxe3 f6
{ improving my pawn structure with an eye on the endgame,my bishop has more freedom to move around, Kc7 now possible and Nd7 mightbe possible also }
15. a3
{ also white improves his pawn structure with justthe light squared bishops on board pawns on dark squares are harder toattack }
15... Kc7
{ now my king will help to secure the defence of the d column,so I'll let with occupy it with his rooks and try to exchange one of therooks to make it harder for him to infiltrate my position }
16. O-O-O { expected } 16... Nd7
{ h5 was also considered here to gain some space, Nd7-c5 is the plannow to keep an eye on e4 in the future Bc8 to get the chance to play e5 }
17. Be2 { expected white is connecting rooks to occupy the d column } 17...
Rhd8 18. h4 Nc5 { as planed } 19. Rxd8 Rxd8
{ now the open column is mine... fora while I expect Rd1 } 20. h5 g5
{ only move, avoiding opening more columnsand placing another pawn in a dark square now h5 can be attacked but I'llnot play h6, as white's Nf5 or g4 would be devastating, white can probablytry b4 at some point in the future to remove my knight from c5 and tryf4 }
21. b4
{ expected, now g3 to support f4, but I have a5 and the knightback to c5 if white captures a5, plus after it Ra8 aimed a a3 }
21... Nd7 { forced } 22. g3 a5 23. f4 axb4
{ black followed his plan blindly (his last threemove were all predictable, but precipitated) now faces another open columnand my rook can infiltrate his field }
24. axb4 { forced } 24... Ra8
{ occupyingthe open column and threatening Ra1+ wining the rook } 25. Kd2 Ra4
{ hittingb4 and forcing white to defend it } 26. Rb1
{ now white has committed hisrook to the defence of b4 } 26... c5
{ forcing white to chose between Kc3 and c3 } 27. c3 Ra2+ { the natural move }
28. Ke1 Nb6 { threatens Na4 } 29. Rc1 Na4 30. h6 Kd8
{ now I threat to move my king on to the opposite wing settinga trap for white, if he tries to stop my king with Bb5 I will protect myknight with Bb3 with the idea Rh2 aimed a the h6 knight and h1+ to winthe rook, several threats then for white to cope with }
31. e5
{ ! stillwhite has another way of putting me under pressure and create another tensionpoint to localize my attention on other part of the board }
31... gxf4 32. gxf4 fxe5 33. fxe5 Kc7
{ so I've solved the immediate tensions and opened upthe position for now white's rook is occupied with the c pawn defence I'lopt to again close the d column }
34. Bd1 { ! forced me to place yet anotherpawn on a light square } 34... b5
{ light squares might give white some counterplay against them, but still I'm better placed to attack white's pawns,just have to find a hole (and opportunity) to pass my rook on to the otherwing }
35. Be2 c4
{ I'm starting to dislike my position all my pawns (butone) on light squares, I'll now try to exchange the bishops, and move myrook to the d column }
36. Kf2 Bf7
{ played with tempo the idea is that threatensthe e2 bishop so white must do something about it }
37. Nf5 Bh5
{ now forcingthe exchange of bishops Nd4 Bxe2 Nxe2 Rd2, and the draw seams closer now }
38. Nd4 Bxe2 39. Nxe2 Rd2 40. e6
{ Rd5 and I can start writing this gameepitaph... } 40... Rd5
{ my opponent commented Rd6 but I prefer to N get a distantpassed pawn, as it gives me more leverage the b and c pawns are controlledby the king, and with a distant passed pawn only black has a chance toplay for a win, but even then only with white playing inferior moves...with correct play white should hold the draw perhaps simplifying in toa rook's endgame with one pawn deficit }
41. Kf3 Rh5 42. Rd1 Nb6
{ denyingwhite's the access to d7, but allows Nd4, I'm thinking now Nd4 Rd5 pinningthe knight and the knight back to a4 maybe }
43. Nd4 Nd5 44. Nxb5+ Kb6 45. Na3 Rh3+ 46. Kg2 Rxc3 47. Nxc4+ Rxc4 48. Rxd5 Re4
{ I've had some ideasabout: 48...Rh4 49.Rf5 Rxh6 50.Kf3 Rf6+ 51.Rxf6 exf6... but then the whitehas the outside passed pawn and I don't have enough tempi to defend allwhite's pawns, as white also is more advanced }
49. Rg5
{ all forced... nowthe idea 49...Rxe6 50.Rg7 Rg6+ 51.Rxg6 is even worst for black than thatafter 48...Rh4 49.Rf5 Rxh6 50.Kf3 Rf6+ 51.Rxf6 exf6 }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "Challenge from mrallen238"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mrallen238"]
[Black "reachforgoals"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "770"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1037"]
1. e3 { not sure what opening this is } 1... Nc6 { doing something } 2. Qf3
{ otherplayer you likes to get the queen out before getting the minor pieces out }
2... Nd4 { bad move on my part moving the same peice } 3. Qe4
{ got the quuenout my knight way } 3... Nxc2+ { check } 4. Qxc2
{ bad start to the game } 4... Nf6 { why I am only moving knights. } 5. Nf3
{ knight } 5... b5 { what am i doing } 6. Qb3 { queen } 6... Bb7
{ need to get back on track } 7. Ng5
{ likes to move thesame piece more than once } 7... Nd5 { knight } 8. Bxb5
{ -3 } 8... c6 { got the bishoptrapped } 9. Bd3
{ must of realized that the bishop was not safe. } 9... h6 { pawn } 10. Qc3
{ what is white doing with that queen. yes I can take the knightnow. } 10...
Nxc3 { bad move } 11. bxc3 { at least we will both lose a knight. } 11... hxg5
{ how did I get to +6 } 12. Ba3 { bishop } 12... g6
{ is it ok to have a doublepawn here. } 13. Bc4 { bishop } 13... Qb6 { queen }
14. O-O { castle king side. } 14... Bh6 { got all minor pieces out } 15. Re1
{ rook } 15... O-O { casle king side } 16. Bxe7
{ opps i lost track of that bishop } 16... Rfe8 { rook safe } 17. e4
{ not safeto move my rook } 17... Rxe7 { takez bishop } 18. e5 { pawn } 18...
Re6 { rook } 19. Bd3 { bishop } 19... Rxe5 { bad move } 20. Rxe5 { rook } 20...
d6 { pawn } 21. Re7 Qd8 { quueen } 22. Rxb7 { pawn } 22... Qc8
{ rook trapped } 23. Re7 { a wild goose chase } 23... Qd8
{ whaT IS THE BEST MOVE THE WHITE ROOK COULD DO? } 24. Re3 { got a way } 24...
Qf6 { queen } 25. Na3 { knight } 25... a5 { pawn } 26. Be4 { bishop } 26... d5
{ pawn } 27. Bc2 { wentback } 27... Rb8 { rook } 28. Rb1 { rook } 28... Rxb1+
{ getting ready to checkamte } 29. Nxb1
{ i did not see the knight sitting there. } 29... a4 { pawn } 30. Bxa4
{ backto 0 } 30... d4 { pawnpawn } 31. Re8+ { check } 31... Kg7 { king } 32. c4
{ pawn } 32... d3 { pawn } 33. Re3 { rook } 33... Qa1 { queen } 34. Re1
{ rook } 34... g4 { pawn } 35. Bxc6 { bishop } 35... Bxd2 { bishop } 36. Rd1
{ rook } 36... Qxa2 { queen } 37. Bd5 { bishop } 37... Qb3 { queen } 38. Rxd2
{ rook } 38... Qxb1+ { ccheckmate in one } 39. Rd1 { rook } 39... Qxd1#
{ checkamte. } 0-1
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[Event "Tough Draw! -- Slav Defense (Blitz game)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Avocet"]
[Black "naka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
{ One of the more interesting major-piece endgames I've had in a while,with both sides trying hard to win before agreeing to split the point asthe game settles at last into a perpetual check. }
1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5
{ Actually,I'm not sure what to call this. English? Queen pawn game? I call it a Slavbecause that's the pawn formation Black has chosen. }
3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bd2 Ba6 10.
Qc2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Ne5
{ Now if (a) 12. ...Ne5 13. de5 Nd7 14. f4 with play;or (b) 13. ...Ne4 14. Ne4 de4 15. Qd8 Rfd8 16. Bc3= }
12... Bd6 13. f4 a6 14. Qe2 b5 15. a3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. g4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4
19. g5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5
{ Most of the smoke clears. White has more space and an attackon the K-side; Black has more space and a counter-attack brewing on theQueenside. }
21. Qg2 Be7 22. Bb4
{ !? -- This move weakens White's Q-sideconsiderably, but that's not where his King lives. White's speculatingthat his attack will make good before Black's counterattack, and he's willingnot only to weaken his position on the Q-side to make it happen but topart with material too. }
22... Bxb4 23. axb4 Qd6 24. f5 Rcd8 25. Rf4
{ !? -- Lookslike the start of a pretty good plan: Rf4-h4, followed by Qh3, with Blackunable to push his h-pawn. Too bad I didn't do it. }
25... Qxb4 26. h4
{ ?! --Stymies the aforementioned attack down the h-file. But White has a pawnstormrolling now, and Black's King has few places to hide. }
26... f6 27. h5 { ! - Everyopen line helps White. } 27... fxg5 28. Qxg5
{ Giving up even more material tokeep the attack alive. } 28... Qxb2
{ Black has a crushing endgame advantage withthose connected Q-side triplets. All he has to do now is live long enoughto push them ... }
29. Rcf1 Qe2 30. Rg4 Rd7 31. Rf2
{ A split-second pauseto create a haven for the King, with tempo. } 31... Qe1+
32. Kg2 { Now Black hasno checks. } 32... h6 33. Qxh6 Rf6 34. Qf4 Re7 35. h6
Qxe3
{ ! - Gah! Only at thismoment do I notice that if 35. Rg7+?? Black's Rook recaptures with check!Suddenly I think I'm losing, and I need to find a saving continuation NOW! }
36. Qb8+ Kh7 { ! -- If 36. ...Rf8 37. h7!! is a killer! } 37. Rxg7+
{ Despairing.At this moment I'm just wondering how much longer to play without embarrassingmyself, before resigning. }
37... Rxg7+ 38. hxg7 Kxg7
{ What? What? WHAT? Is hejust toying with me now? 38. ...Qg5 39. Kf1 Rf5 mops up easily. This hastyKing move lets White climb more than halfway out of the hole he had dugfor himself. }
39. Qb7+ Rf7 40. Qxd5 Qg5+
{ Played after a long think. Black'sstill winning but a lot of his advantage evaporated with that d-pawn. Noweverybody's got passed pawns, but it's still White who can make best useof the open lines.! }
41. Kf1
{ Threatening the very nasty 42. Rg2. Black'sKing is exposed to more danger than White's. Both of us were getting alittle short on time at this point. }
41... Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kf1
{ Hey, I'ma pawn down in what should be a dead-lost endgame for me: me, take a drawby repetition under these circumstances? Not just 'Yes,' but 'Hell, yes!' }
43... Qf6 44. Qg2+ Kf8 45. Qa8+ Kg7 46. Rg2+ Kh6
{ Black is trying to trap me:on 47. Rg6?? Qg6! wins. I'll have none of that silliness, however. }
47. Rh2+ Kg5
{ ! -- I just hate players who keep making the correct moves! >:-( ...Just kidding. Of course now my desired Queen check on g2 is nogood because Black can just take the f-pawn with his King, because White'sRook can't go to f2. So ... }
48. Rg2+ Kh6 49. Rh2+ Kg5 50. Rg2+ Kf4 51. Rf2+ Kg5 52. Rg2+
{ And here White offered a draw, which Black accepted.It's perpetual check. }
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[Event "the grand wazoo!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "earlthepianoplay"]
[Black "aspiemikey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1211"]
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. d3 d5 { This attacks a pawn... } 4. exd5 Qxd5
{ ...whichwe exchange, bringing my queen into play. } 5. Nc3 Bb4
{ This pins the knightdown... } 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3
{ ...which I remove, in exchange for my bishop,therefore removing that threat to the queen. }
7... Nf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O
{ Castlingexposed my opponent's far left-hand pawn... } 9... Qxa2
{ ...so I snaffle it withmy queen, opening up that far side, and my queen is in a position to potentiallycause panic. }
10. Kd2 Rd8
{ Moving my rook keeps the pawn in front of theking to its file, to line up and assault of the king, with my f6 knight... }
11. g3 Bf5
{ ...and I bring out the bishop to cover the e4 square, in orderto protect the knight from the queen... }
12. Bg2 Ne4+ { ... so now my knightis protected by the rook and the bishop... }
13. Ke1 Nxc3 14. bxc3
{ ...andI can remove the bishop in exchange for my knight... } 14... Qb2 15.
Nh4 Qxc3+ { ...and I snaffle another pawn... } 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2
{ ...and we exchangequeens. } 17... g6
{ This was to make sure that if I did lose my bishop, the knightwould follow... }
18. Nxf5 gxf5 { ...which is exactly what happened... } 19. Bxc6 bxc6
{ ...and the reverse happened here. It's now seven pawns againstfive, with two rooks apiece. }
20. f3 Rab8 21. Kf2 Rb2 { I decide to usethis rook as an attacker... } 22. Re1
Rd5 { ...and this in the middle ofthe board. } 23. g4 fxg4 24. fxg4
{ It's now 6-4 in my favour. } 24... a5 25. Re4 f6
{ This covers the e-pawn... } 26. h4 Rd4
{ ...this is to pressurise therook... } 27. Rxd4 exd4 { ...so we exchange. }
28. Re2 a4 { I go for a promotionattempt... } 29. Re8+ Kf7
{ ...but I get given a wake-up call. } 30. Ra8 Rxc2+ { It's now 6-3... } 31.
Ke1 Rh2 32. Rxa4 { ...then 5-3... } 32... Rxh4 { ...then 5-2... } 33. Rxd4
{ ...then 4-2... } 33... Ke6 34. Re4+ Kd7 35. Rd4+ Kc8 36. Rf4 Rh6 37. Rc4 Rg6
38. Rxc6 { ...now 3-2... } 38... f5 39. Rc4 fxg4 { ...now 3-1... } 40. Kf2 g3+
41. Kg2 { ...and he stops my pawn. } 41... h5 42. Rh4 Rg5 43. Rh3 Kd7
{ Timeto bring my king into play... } 44. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 45. Kxg3
{ ...as the rooksare now gone, and it's two pawns against one. } 45... c5
{ Thought I'd get my c-pawnmoving to the fourth rank, in order to 'confuse' the king. }
46. Kh4 Kd6 47. Kxh5 Kd5 48. Kg4 Kd4 49. Kf4 Kxd3
{ Now the game's mine to lose... } 50. Kf3 Kd2
{ ...as my pawn has a clear run. } 51. Ke4 c4 52. Kd4 c3 53. Kc4 c2 0-1
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "???"]
[Black "???"]
[Result "*"]
1. e4 c5
{ No ano passado eu enfrentei tarcísio,se nao me engano tambémna quarta rodada,de pretas.Na ocasião eu refleti um bocado pra jogar 1-Cf6e convidá-lo a entrar numa Alekhine.O convite foi prontamente recusadocom um 2-Cc6,e entramos numa empatosa abertura dos 4 cavalos,onde errode cá e erro de lá,dividimos o ponto. Agora,minha preparação psicológicamandava eu jogar uma variante Nimzovich,com 2-Cf6. Num torneio em abril em comemoração ao aniversário da PM,salve engano,sob o tempo de reflexãode 15 minutos nocaute,empreguei com suceso essa variante contra ele, emboraeu tenha penado um pouco.A primeira partida pensada que jogamos foi numCimax de 2007,eu,de pretas,joguei uma Pirc e entreguei uma peça de graça.Aprimeira partida decisiva de torneio entre nós foi jogada em 2005,nosjogos estudantís da serra(JES) e foi ele quem empregou a dragão!A partirdaí e de umas partidas com Adenílton que hoje está em alguma cidade satélitedo DF,comecei tentar domar esse animal mitológico que segundo a históriadeu nome à abertura por causa do Mestre Russo Fiodor Dus chotimirski queera astronomo e se encantara com a constelação a ponto de homenageá-lacom uma abertura de xadrez,e vice-versa.Tarrasch Também já jogou issoe venceu;só não sei se ela já tinha sido batizada . Foi esse torneio poracaso, o primeiro torneio que eu vencí, vencí invicto e nem ví o troféu.opessoal da escola não me falou da data da cerimônia de entrega da premiaçãoquando fiquei sabendo já tinha passado.Fui lá na secretaria municipalde educação buscar a premiação mas parece que já tinham dado pra outrapessoa!!!que sacanagem! Eu pensei em jogar um gambito Marshall,mas fiqueiem dúvida se ele aceitaria.Uma petrov provavelmente levaria a uma outraabertura dosquatro cavalos e eu não estava muito a fim de empatar.Há algumtempo levei minha francesa pra oficina e ainda não fui buscar.Só me restoua velha carcamana. }
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
{ A chess-related sentence. Don't translate the chess move symbol and keep it the same. Don't repeatedly output the same sentences.
The following English and Non-English sentence should be translated into pure English sentence.
It is a characteristic of the 'Escola Serrana'. Whether you know it or not, Benigno or Bianchi, because when they appeared, they had already started to play this way, either with the Indian King's move or with the modern or with the Pirc. Since my departure in the final of the municipal of 2005 where I initiated it with 1.a3 and Hudson responded with 1.g6, he also became a cara indio. This system is played both by whites and blacks. Interesting that this must be contagious, because Paulo Cesar Vieira, your companion of the dawn and Humberto of Vila Velha also adhered to this system of whites. I thought my dragon was too weak, and I did not know if he played a6, e6 or Cc6 to escape the routine. I succumbed to the temptation. }
6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7
{ Aquieu costumo jogar 9...d5! vide a partida contra Carlos Alberto em postagemanterior.Não o fiz por causa de uma sequenciazinha chata que tarcísiojoga e que eu tive preguiça de estudar com 10-Cxc6,seguido de e e5.Deixa pra próxima... }
10. g4 Qa5 11. h4
{ Our last meeting before this game was a Serrana Cup of 21 minutes. I responded with 11...h5 and won. }
11... Rac8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. h5 Rxc3 { My hair helps me to be cool. } 14. Qxc3
Qxc3 15. bxc3 Nxf3
{ She did not expect that to happen. Interestate and I played that game with sevandro in a Copa Serrana that Tarcisio was not present. Josielton, at the end of the game, made a graceful comment about the two only remaining white pieces, and that they were bent in c2 and c3. }
16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nxf3 Bxg4 18. Bg2 Nxe4 19. Rd3 Nxc3+ 20. Rxc3
{ Everything is the same here. The only way the whites can gain an advantage and preserve the quality; but the shadow that this horse was making was doing harm to itself. }
20... Bxc3 21. Bxa7 e5
{ Aqui,o GM inglês Christopher Ward que naépoca tinha um Elo de 2490 jogou 21...b6 e empatou em 54 lances com oGm chinês Wang Zili,de 2530,no ENG-CHN,disputado em londres,no ano de 1997. }
22. Ng5 Ra8 23. Bb6 Ra4 24. Bd8 Rb4+ 25. Kc1 Bb2+ 26. Kd2 Rd4+ 27. Ke3 Bh5
{ Bh5? I am crazy to play f5, and I could do this. Here Fritz is saying that it is a grave error, giving a advantage to the whites. In that moment my head was already hot. }
28. Bf6
{ Bf6?!-Aqui ele trava tentaliteralmente cercar o meu rei;eu fiquei tão preocupado que não vi que Tf4,segundo o fritz,iguala pra = (0.06) }
28... Bc3 { (0.91) de vantagem pras brancas } 29. Ne4 Ba5 30. Bf3
{ vantagem de (-0.78) pras pretas. } 30... Bb6
{ Now it's a game of chess and the black pieces are turning white. } 31. Ke2
{ He made a mistake with the Bh5, otherwise I wouldn't have won now. } 31...
Rxe4+
{ Brancas abandoned me once again to confirm Karpov's theory,
when he said that in chess,
who commits the last error,
since the only one is usually decisive.
Welington, who circled the table and watched the game,
had thought that Tarcisio had won until then.
Torrezani, who also attended the game,
asked who had won.
After that game,
Everyone Thought that the tournament had been decided there. }
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[Event "Chester League Cup Knock-out"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "12/1/11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Charles Higgie"]
[Black "Kevin Short"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "35 in 1hr15 then 15 mins each"]
1. d4 Nf6 { So I start with my usual } 2. c4 g6
{ He indicates a King's IndianDefence or Grunfeld. } 3. Nc3 Bg7
{ Ah a King's Indian. } 4. e4 d6 { The usualmoves } 5. f3 O-O
{ And I play my favourite Samisch system } 6. Be3 Nbd7
{ Soliddevelopment by Black, but c5, e5 and Nc6 are more common } 7. Bd3 c5
{ Iput my trust in devlopment. I saw on the Gameknot World Database that Qd2,Nh3 and Nge2 are actually more common }
8. Nge2 a6
{ I indicate a willingnessto transpose into the Maroczy Bind, if he exchanges on d4. }
9. Qd2 Re8
{ 9. Qd2, and I think he was afraid I would play Bh6 and exchange off hislovely dark squared bishop, so he moved his rook so that he can drop hisbishop back to h8 if necessary. However in some variations of the King'sIndian, the rook is better on f8, to support f7-f5. }
10. g4 e5
{ So I decideto advance on the King side. His a6 rather put me off queen's side castling- he can sacrifice a pawn with b5 and get some open files against my king.I was thinking of putting my king on f2 - especially as he had moved hisrook from f8. }
11. d5 Nb6
{ His e5 took us out of the Opening Databases(not that either of us were using them at the time of course. With my kingstill in the centre I felt best to close the centre, although I did considerexchanging pawns too. Nb6 looks a dreadful move. It blocks the advanceof his b pawn. I think he wanted to give another square to his Nf6 (anotherdownside of Re8 was that he now has less squares for that Knight. }
12. Ng3 Kh8
{ Kh8 looks like a mistake too. Why put your king opposite my rook? } 13. h4
Nxg4 { So, rather than go on the defence he sacrifices a Knight fortwo pawns. }
14. fxg4 Bxg4 { And this bishop is finally developed. } 15. h5 Bf8
{ I decide to play h5 before he gets in with h5. I am not sure why heplays Bf8 }
16. hxg6 fxg6 { I exchange rather than let his block up the position. } 17. Be2
Qd7
{ My Bd3 is not a good bishop, blocked by my own pawns. I decideto exchange it. He correctly protects it with his queen. Maybe I shouldplay Rh4 here, but instead I decided to complete my development with.... }
18. O-O-O Bxe2 { and he exchanges } 19. Qxe2 Rac8
{ I retake with the queen,to protect the c pawn. I am not sure why he played Rac8 }
20. Rdf1 Rc7
{ SoI grab an open file and prepare to move my Nc3 over to the king side. } 21.
Nd1 Na4 { A little sally with his knight.... } 22. b3 Nb6
{ and it issoon sent back. I think he wasted 2 moves here. b3 was a move I wantedto play anyway, to free my queen up }
23. Nf2 Rb8 { Preparing at last b5 } 24. Ng4 Qd8
{ and here it comes, although maybe N-h3-g5-e6 was even stronger } 25. Nh6 Bxh6
{ He removes the knight, which was threatening Nf7 winningmore material } 26.
Rxh6 Nd7
{ Now I spent a long time here looking on sacrificingmy rook on g6 and h7, but they don't quite work, so instead I played... }
27. Qg4 b5
{ and he finally starts his counter play. Again I looked at thesacrifices on g6 and h7. At the time I didn't think they worked, and thena move or two later, when it was too late, I realised they did! See http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=33318 }
28. Qxg6 Qg8 { But I am winning easily anyway } 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7
{ So I takeoff his queen and pawn for 2 rooks } 30. Rh1 Qxh1+
{ He could resign herewith a clean conscience } 31. Nxh1 Nf8 32. Qxd6 Rcb7 33.
Qxe5+ Kg8 34. cxb5 Rxb5 35. Qg3+ Kf7 36. e5 c4 37. bxc4 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 R8b2+ 39.
Kc3 Rxa2 40. e6+ Ke8 41. Qf4 Rb7 42. Bc5 Ng6 43. Qf6 Rg2 44. d6 Nf8
{ and another littlepuzzle has arisen. White to play and mate in 2! } 1-0
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