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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "???"]
[Black "???"]
[Result "*"]
{ This is a game from Turkish championship 2015. It is my first reasonabletournament. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3
{ Here, I wanted to play Nc3 first. I hadf4 in mind but wanted to delay it. }
2... Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5
{ Here, I couldexchange on d5 first and then play Bb5 having e4 square for my Knight afterd4 but i wanted center to be closed and didnt see any problem about Ne2.Thus I played the next move 5-Bb5 }
5. Bb5 d4
{ i would love it if my opponentexchanged on e4, but as i said earlier, i expected this and it was ok. }
6. Ne2 Bd7 7. O-O a6
{ My Bishop is there to exchange the Knight for a Bishop.I waited till this move in order not to lose a tempo. }
8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d3 Nf6 10. Qe1
{ Ne5 would be even better. But Qe1 is also a good move,I am aiming for g3 or h4 square for my Queen. }
10... Be7 11. Ne5
{ Now Ne4 isa good move it is hard to get rid of Knight from that square and it islike an octopus there. }
11... Qc7
{ Obviously my opponent did not want me to ruinhis pawn structure after the exchange on c6. }
12. Nxc6
{ A very bad move.Just as I said earlier Knight was too strong and the Bishop was not aseffective cause of my e4 pawn. I thought I could play h3 followed by e5and kick the Knight to bad position and later use e4 my other Knight. theproblem is that I did not think the fact that when i play e5 I leave thed5 square for his knight. Thus i regretted this move already in a second. }
12... Qxc6 13. h3 h5
{ My opponent does not want to allow me to play g4 but itwas not my thought. Apart from that this move weakens his kingside. Butstill, his king is in the center and can go both sides. }
14. c3
{ I playedthis move to open up the c file. In case his king decides to go queenside,this might be a problem. }
14... Rd8
{ Here I think my opponent did an inaccuracy.I could simply exchange on d4 and maybe later play b3 and somehow Bb2followed by Rc1. That would be devastating. Bishop would be too strongon diagonal and Rook on c1 would be extremely well placed. But i didntbother thinking about that strategy, it is the bad side of playing 5 minchess on the net. So i followed the previous strategy: play c4 followedby e5, then his knight has no good squares and my knight has e4. }
15. c4 b5 16. b3 b4 17. e5 Nd7
{ Here I paused a bit, realizing my previousplan does not work that easy. in case of Ng3 he would play f5 and e4 wouldbe mere a dream for me and the position is very unclear. So i played Qg3somehow forcing my opponent to play g6 and weakening dark squares there... }
18. Qg3 g6 { this weakens dark squares. } 19. Kh2
{ I wanted to play my Knightg1,f3,g5 and e4 if i can so i moved my king out. Kh1 would be a betterchoice, i could not decide in the game. }
19... a5 20. Ng1 Nb6 { My opponent obviouslywants exchanges on a4. } 21. Nf3 a4
22. Ng5 O-O
{ Here my opponent, realizedthe danger and castled kingside which is even more dangerious. }
23. Ne4
{ I achieved my aim in the end. My opponent cannot play f6 or f5 cause ofmy queen on g3, threatening Qxg6+. }
23... Kg7 { Now he can play f5 but it is whiteto play. } 24. f5
{ 24 - f5. I dont allow him to play f5. besides that thismove opens the diagonal for Bishop on c1. whites attack is already toostrong. }
24... exf5 25. Rxf5 h4
{ Here Qf4 would finish the game. Cause aftergxf5 white has Nf6 followed by Qh6 black cannot avoid mate. I played anautomatic move despite having around 1 hour on the clock. }
26. Qg4 Qe6
{ Still, white has a strong attack after Bh6+ followed by Qf4. In this momenti saw the previous move would finish the game and i regretted it. HereI calculated Bh6 but had a funny lil mistake on calculation and playeda bad move. }
27. Rf3 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Nd7 29. Bf4 Ra8 30. Rb1 { another bad(passive) move... }
30... axb3 31. axb3 Ra6 32. Nd2 { and last bad move. whichloses after g5 }
32... g5
{ 0-1 I tried hard but paid the bill caused by playingextremely fast. This was a good lesson for me. Hope I will learn to playin a tournament. }
*
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "pika25"]
[Black "pooryorick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1314"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1106"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
{ Want a perfectly symmetrical game here? I expectedNc6 first. } 3. Nc3
{ I expect 3 ... Nc6, the four knights defense. } 3... Bc5
{ Bishop over four knights I can deal with too. } 4. Bc4
{ Similar to theGiuoco Piano. } 4... Qe7
{ I expected Nc6, the four knights variation of GiuocoPiano. } 5. O-O Ng4 6. h3
{ Catches the knight, with no safe retreat exceptthe 6th rank. } 6... Nh6 7. d4
{ I believe this is an exchange combination thatcould have been handled by Nc6... }
7... exd4 8. Nxd4 b6 { Not Bxd4 Qxd4 takingout the DSB. } 9. Nd5
{ Good move here, threatening to capture the queen. } 9... Qxe4
{ And black considers this retreat square, picking off the e pawn that'snow helpless. }
10. Re1 { ! Traps the queen. } 10... f5
{ Defending with f5 onlyleads to Nxf5 Nxf5. } 11. Nxf5 Qe6
{ Or this, this time defended by d7. } 12. Nf4 { The best choice. } 12... Qxe1+
{ Trades the queen for the rook, } 13. Qxe1+
{ and I still get control of the e file! } 13... Kf8 14. Ng6+
{ If it were not forthat h pawn... } 14... hxg6 15. Be3 gxf5 16. Bg5
{ Violates principle by movingthe DSB along the same dark diagonal in two moves without capture. Betteris 15 Bg5 right away. }
16... Bb7 17. b4
{ Trying to get that DSB out of the a3-f6diagonal needed to prevent mate. If Bxb4 Qxb4+ threatens Qe7#. }
17... Bd4 { Outof that critical diagonal, so... } 18. Qe7# { mate. } 1-0
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[Event "League division F3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.04.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "milly64"]
[Black "des2723"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1131"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1086"]
1. d4
{ I did not appreciated the danger of an opposing pawn at h4 whichassisted my opponent in the endgame. }
1... d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
{ We mirrored each othersmoves at the start with d4 and d5 and then I moved Nf3 and black went withNf6. }
3. c4 Nbd7
{ I moved pawn to c4 attacking black's pawn at d5 and blackdeveloped his knight to Nd7. }
4. Nc3 b6
{ I now moved knight to c3 and blackmoved pawn to b6 allowing his bishop to fianchetto. }
5. Bf4 Bb7
{ I movedmy DB to f4 in anticipation of moving my pawn to e4 and then e5 so thisbishop was there to protect the e5 square. Black moved his LB to b7. }
6. Ne5 Nh5
{ i now moved my f3 knight to the e5 square as I wanted to surprisemy opponent with an early attack on his 7th row. Black moved his f6 knightto h5 attacking my DB at f4. He could have captured my knight with hisknight at d7 but he would have been recaptured by my pawn at d4 and myDB at f4. }
7. e3 Nxf4
{ I knew my DB was at risk from the h5 knight andI decided to push my e pawn to e3 and black took my DB with his h5 knight. }
8. exf4 dxc4
{ I retook the knight and black took my c4 pawn. This leftme with doubled pawns on the f file which can be useful protection oncethe king is castled. }
9. f3 Nxe5
{ I pushed my pawn at f2 to f3 and blackmoved his knight down to e5 supporting the c4 pawn. }
10. dxe5 e6
{ I tookthe e5 knight with my pawn at d4 and black moved his pawn to e6 allowinghis DB access to the diagonal to a3. I now have my pawn at e5. Yesss }
11. Be2 Be7
{ Now I moved my LB out to e2 to protect my king as there areno pawns to protect the king now and d file is open. Black moved his DBto e7 in front of his king and he now has access to 2 diagonals one toa3 and one to h3. }
12. a3 O-O { I push my pawn to a3 and black castles. } 13. O-O f5
{ I castle and black pushes his f pawn to f5. I think the attackis on. Black has the DB at e7 and the queen at d8 so they are both pointingto h4. }
14. h3 h5 { I decide to move my pawn to h3 and black moves his pawnto h5. } 15.
g4 fxg4
{ Now I move my g pawn up to g4 and black captures withhis pawn at f5. } 16.
fxg4 h4
{ Now I recapture with my doubled pawn at f3and this undoubles them. Black moves his pawn down to h4 but this cango no further and I think that I am safe from any further pawn storms andblack only has one pawn now at g7. }
17. Qc2 Qd4+
{ So that attack has stoppedon the g file. Now I move my queen out of the black queen's reach to c2and black moves his queen down to d4 and checks the king. }
18. Kh2 Rxf4
{ My queen is protecting my bishop at e2 and my knight at c3 and the rooksare protecting the 1st row. I move my king over to h2 and out of check. Black moves rook down to f4 and this file is protected by my rook at f1. However the black queen is also on the 4th row at d4. }
19. Rf3 Rxf3
{ SoI decide to move my rook to f3 and this means that the black rook willhave to come down to the 3rd row to capture my rook. The f3 square isprotected by my LB at e2. }
20. Bxf3 Qf4+
{ So I capture the rook at f3 andthe queen moves across to f4 to check my king. }
21. Kg2 Qxf3+
{ I movedthe king out of check to g2 (wrong!!) as I knew the queen was on the samerow so would intervene if the black queen moved down onto 2nd row. Nowblack queen captures my LB at f3 checking me again. I think I must haveforgotten that the LB is way up at b7 and now the queen is protected bythis piece. }
22. Kh2 Qg3#
{ This is where I did not foresee the use ofthe pawn at h4. As if I had moved my king to g1 on the last move thenmy queen would have been able to defend and there is the rook at a1. Soblack queen moved to g3 and its checkmate. }
0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "aspiemikey"]
[Black "cayenne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1269"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1358"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 { The first exchanges, unleashing my queen... }
3... Qe7 4. Qd5 { ...which I push on the attack. } 4... Nf6 5. Bg5
{ I bring up thebishop in case the knight takes my queen... } 5... Nc6
{ ...but the other knightcomes out... } 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
{ ...so I remove the first knight in exchangefor my bishop. } 7. c3 Bd6 8. Qf5
{ I attack the queen... } 8... Qe7 { ...but myopponent moves her away. } 9. Nf3
h6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Be5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
{ This time I remove a bishop, in exchange for a knight. } 13. Nd2 d5
{ Myqueen and bishop are in trouble here... } 14. Qf4
{ ...so I decide to savethe queen... } 14... Nxc4
{ ...at the expense of the bishop... } 15. Nxc4
{ ...butI do remove my opponent's knight... } 15... dxc4
{ ...at the expense of mine. } 16. e5 { Time to push the pawn forward. } 16...
b5 17. Rae1 { Now my pawn has cover. } 17... a6 18. Re3 Kh8 19. h4 Qe6 20. Qe4
Rb8 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. Qd4 { Time to movethe queen away } 22... Qg6 23. Rg3
{ I attack the queen and line up a potentialcheckmate here... } 23... Qf5
{ ...and the queen moves out of the way... } 24. e6
{ ...and the pawn is a good diversion... } 24... f6
{ ...but my opponent is wiseto my move... } 25. e7
{ ...so I advance the pawn further... } 25... Rfe8 26. Qd8
{ ...and bring my queen forward to wreak havoc... } 26... Bc6 27. Qxb8
{ ...andremove a rook... } 27... Qe6 28. Qxc7 { ...and a pawn... } 28... Rxe7
29. Rd8+ { ...andline up another potential checkmate... } 29... Kh7 30. Re3
{ ...and attack thequeen. } 30... Rxc7 { Was this the easy way out? } 31. Rxe6
{ Anyway, I got rid ofthe queen. } 31... a5 32. h5
{ Now I prevent the king from moving forwards } 32... b4 33. cxb4
{ I stop this pawn to prevent a promotion attempt... } 33... axb4
{ ...atthe expense of mine. } 34. Rb8 Bd5 35. Ree8 { Double trouble! } 35... g6
{ This movewas to give the king room to manoeuvre... } 36. hxg6+
{ ...so I remove anotherpawn... } 36... Kxg6
{ ...at the expense of another of mine... } 37. Rxb4
{ ...butI do remove another to empty the board even further. } 37... h5 38. Rd8
Be6 39. a4 c3 40. bxc3 { I stop another pawn... } 40... Rxc3
{ ...but lose another myself. } 41. a5 Bc8 42. Ra4 f5 43. a6 Bxa6 44. Rxa6+
{ Now with the bishop gone,I have a better chance to trap the king... } 44...
Kg5 45. Rg8+ { Now I've blockedoff more escape routes. } 45... Kf4 46. Ra4+
{ And again. } 46... Ke5 47. f4+ { This drovethe king back. } 47... Kf6
{ This allowed me to box the king in even further... } 48. Ra6+ { ...here. }
48... Kf7 49. Rb8 { Now there's no escape. } 49... Ke7 50. Rb7+ Kd8 51. Ra8+
Rc8 52. Rxc8+ { Now with the rook gone, the game is mine. } 52... Kxc8 53. Rf7
1-0
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[Event "Three Sacrifices"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "blake84120"]
[Black "lemon_twist"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1460"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<7d"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
1. e4 { A Mini-tournament game, I'm playing white and open with the OpenGame. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { Ruy Lopez } 3... Nf6 4. d3
{ The e5 pawn is safe,but not for long, so white defends it against future attacks. }
4... Bc5 5. c3 h6 6. Bxc6
{ Black has decided to leave his pawn at e5 hanging, so whitegoes in for the grab. }
6... dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qe7 8. Nf3
{ Back home like it neverhappened. Acting all innocent while he wipes the blood off of his lance. }
8... Bg4 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qe2
{ 9. ... 0-0-0 put the black rook on d8, pinningthe d3 pawn to the white queen, which effectively left the e4 pawn unprotected.This move unpins the defending pawn. }
10... Rd7 11. Nbd2 Rhd8 12. d4
{ d3 wasgetting a little hot, so d4, defended by a pawn, seems safer. This wasthe reason behind 11. Nbd2, defending e4 so the d-pawn would be free toadvance. }
12... Bb6 13. a4 a6 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 { Driving off the unwanted blackLSB. }
15... Nxg4 16. hxg4
{ Except black didn't want to be driven off. 15. ...Nxg4? probably deserves a question mark since black didn't have anythingterribly threatening to follow it up with. The white knight on f3 shutsblack's queen out of h4 and g5, and Bxf3 won't work because white wouldreply Nxf3 and the other knight, now at f3, would still shut out the blackqueen. With another piece or two ready to pounce, this kind of sacrificein front of white's king can be very effective. The first sacrifice isa dubious one at best. }
16... Bxg4 17. Nc4
{ White is ahead a piece for a pawn,time to consider liquidating material. }
17... Bxd4 18. cxd4
{ More sacrificingfrom black, but this time it's very dangerous. If white handles the nextcouple of moves badly, black will obtain a winning advantage. }
18... Rxd4 19. Nxd4
{ White's turn to sacrifice, recapturing with the pinned knight. Thethird sacrifice is pretty much forced. If white had tried to hold everything,for example, with 19. Ncd2 which rescues the knight from c4, defends thepawn at e4, and defends the knight at f3, black's follow up 19. ... Qf6puts winning pressure on the white knight at f3. It cannot move becauseit is pinned. If the knight at d2 moves, the knight at f3 falls. At thispoint, black would be threatening 20. ... Rxd2 21. Bxd2 Bxf3 and now withthe threat of mate, white might very well be forced to sacrifice the queenwith 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 and black will go on to win with a crushing materialsuperiority. Since white can't find a way to hold it all together, relievingthe pressure by giving back some of his material edge seemed called for. }
19... Bxe2 20. Nxe2
{ OK, the theory now is that black can't checkmate white'sexposed king with only a queen and a rook, not with all the white piecesaround. I hope. }
20... Qxe4 21. Ne3 { Consolidating and defending the king. } 21... Rd6 22. Ng3
{ A shield against 22. Rg6+ and an attack on black's queen. } 22... Qf3 23. Ra3
{ An indirect attack against black's rook threatening 24. Nc4 discoveringthe attack from the white rook on a3 against the black queen on f3. }
23... Rd7 24. Nef5 { The knights defend each other. } 24... Qg4 25. Kg2
{ Must protect h3.Black's queen can be allowed no access, so even the king must do his part. }
25... Kb8 26. Re1
{ A rook on the 8th would be very dangerous, and a rook on the7th would force an exchange of material. Both good. }
26... Qg6 27. Re8+ { 26.Qg6? was a mistake. It lets white win the exchange. }
27... Ka7 28. Ne7
{ Now black'squeen must move, or black's rook can exchange for the knight. Either way,that knight is getting the black rook. }
28... Qc2 29. Rc3
{ Now simply play 29.Nf8+ K-any, 30. Nb6+ (or ++) Ka7 31. Nxd7 Qxc1 and white wins the exchange.But instead, white wanted to save the bishop on c1. Black's queen can goanywhere she likes, and white will still get that black rook. If blackdefends the rook, white will only win the exchange, but will have keptthe potentially strong bishop. }
29... Qxa4 30. Nc8+
{ Oops. Black went for theundefended pawn. 29. Qxa4?? is a serious blunder, because now white playsthe same combination but wins black's queen instead of the rook. 30. ...K-any, 31. Nb6+ Ka7 32. Nxa4 leaves white ahead with two rooks+two knights+bishopvs. black's rook+5 pawns. All those pieces can easily stop black's pawns,so black resigns. }
1-0
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[Event "Entangling myself"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "easy19"]
[Black "damalfi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[TimeControl "5d+5d<10d"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
1. d4
{ Playing against easy19 has a kind of psychological effect on me...I play worse than ever, as you will see. This is a lesson about how NOTto play. Still, there is a somewhat interesting countergame I couldn'tmanage well. }
1... Nf6 2. Bg5
{ A mini tournament on this is currently beingplayed. I never faced it, so I was looking into the database. }
2... Ne4 { Thisseems logical and naive, but I couldn't see any damage. } 3. Bf4
f5
{ Theidea is to get the knight back to f6 taking advantage of a kind of Dutchset for black. }
4. Nd2 b6
{ ...but this was a blunder. I thought afterNxN, my extra central pawn would have somewhat cramped white, but I wasplainly wrong. }
5. Nxe4 fxe4 6. e3
{ My kingside is wide open now, andI am behind in developement. I can see I'm doomed right now. }
6... g6
{ Thequeen's check in h5, followed by Qe5, is already very annoying. Now, thebishop can go to e5 and makes me lose my castling on the queenside, butI have to think about a queenside castling - if ever. }
7. h4 { Very easyto spot: an exchange on h5 is lethal, so... } 7... h5
{ Another tempo wasted fordevelopement. But h4 was lethal. } 8. Nh3
{ I expected g4 at once... butwhite can play as he wants. } 8... e6
{ Hard choice. d6 prevents the bishop togo e5, but does little for my developement. This at least opens the wayfor my dsb to exchange some white pieces. Another option was d6. But thiswould have meant to admit b3 was just a wasted tempo. }
9. Ng5 d5 { Bb7is impossible since e6 would be taken. } 10. f3
{ Again, I thought thatwith g4 the game was over. } 10... Be7
{ I have to exchange this nasty knightsoon. } 11. fxe4 Bxg5 12. Bxg5
{ The bishop, there, is less dangeroud thanthe knight, and allows my queen to get into the game. }
12... Qd6 { Now, if e5,Qb4+ and I can think about some countergame. } 13. Bd3
{ Well, I thoughtthat o-o would have been fine. I have to protect myself against Bxg6+. }
13... Qg3+ { ...or Qb4+... I wasn't sure which would have been better. } 14.
Kd2
{ Qxg2+, Kf1, dxe5... maybe it was the best chance. But if white defendsthe check with Qe2, I cannot solve the e4 problem. }
14... Ba6
{ I thought itwas clever to exchange the bishop, but it was just a bad idea. }
15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qf1
{ ...because of this. Now, if I defend the knight, Qf6 wasjust deadly. I didn't see it. }
16... Rf8 17. Qxa6 { Now black has some countergame,but... } 17... Rf2+
{ Or Qxg2+, but then? After dxe5 or Qxe5, Qb7 and I lose morematerial. } 18.
Kc3
{ This is a good position for teaching how to analyze.White has a lot of treats. If Qb7, my rook is lost (Rd8, BxR the least).But it is not mate. I have two precious tempoes to make a counterattack.On the other side, my best defence is Kd7, that also protects c6 if Qb4+.But... is defence a good strategy in such a position? I spent a lot oftime analyzing if Qxg2 was enough to stop white from playing Qb7. I caneven let white take the a8 rook, if it gives me a tempo for a perpetualor something... but I missed the simple one. }
18... Qxg2 19. Qa4+ { This oneprotects f2 and gives me check. Game over. }
19... Kf8 { Well, at least my rookis saved but... what for? } 20. Qd7
{ White calculated Bh6 and mate was unstoppable.I had to move the K to d7 earlier. A shame of a game. If Rxc2+, Kb3, Rxb2+,Ka3, and the only way I have to proceed is Qd7, threatening mate, but whitecomes first. }
20... Rf7 21. Raf1 Qxf1 22. Rxf1 Rxf1 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Qg7# 1-0
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[Event "Correspondence Tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "June 2007"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bakerbaker"]
[Black "footyhead"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[TimeControl "1 day, plus 7 days timebank"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
1. e4
{ Playing White is my friend Baker, who came up with a brilliant matingcombination that I probably wouldn't have seen. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
{ Thiscontinuation (Scotch) usally leads to an open game. Other moves like Bb5or Bc4 can lead to closed positions that are more positional. }
3... exd4 4. Bc4
{ Here, White was hoping for Bb4 c3 dxc3 O-O cxb2 Bxb2 where Whitehas some compensation for his material deficit. Baker usually does wellplaying gambit openings, but Black did not play into the gambit. }
4... Nf6 5. O-O
{ White doesn't take the pawn immediately and instead wants to finishdevelopment. Black could play Nxe4, leading to Re1 d5 Bxd5 Qxd5 Nc3 whereWhite regains the material with a slight lead in development. Most peopleplay Bc5 here, which holds the pawn and White's compensation usually isn'tworth a pawn. }
5... d6
{ Black doesn't want to hold the pawn and get an advantage.This continuation leads to a form of the Scotch that is probably equal. }
6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nxc6
{ I'm not sure if this was the best move,even though it disrupts Black's pawn structure (leaving him with 3 pawnislands against 2), but Black also gets a stronger center. }
8... bxc6 9. Qe2
{ White doesn't want Black to take over with d5, so now Black can't becauseof d5 exd5 cxd5 Nxd5 Nxd5 Bxd5 Qxd5 Qxe7 and White has won a pawn }
9... Nd7
{ Black has been playing the opening pretty defensively, so it's time forWhite to start an attack. bakerbaker has a lot of brilliant attacks inhis annotated games }
10. f4 Nb6
{ The c4-bishop isn't very important sinceit has low mobility, so White just ignores the threat. }
11. Be3 Nxc4
{ Blackuses 4 knight moves to capture a bishop that has only moved once, so nowWhite has a big lead in development and superior control of the center. }
12. Qxc4 Bb7 13. Rad1
{ White has completed development because he hasn'twasted any moves. Black's development is defensive and his bishop pairisn't doing him any good because the bishops have limited mobility. Allof White's pieces are very mobile }
13... Qc8 { Black has a sneaky threat of Ba6 } 14. Rf3
{ White defends against the threat while also preparing an attackwith the rook }
14... Re8
{ All Black can do is try to get his jumbled pieces toactive squares, } 15. Rh3
c5 { This frees up some space, but now Black hasa weakness on d5. } 16. Qe2 Bf6
{ Here, Black is beginning his own threats.Black is hitting the e-pawn with 2 attacker, and it is only defended by1 piece, which is being attacked. Black can do serious damage with thesethreats, so this was where White began his do or die attack. Black is startingto regain activity, and White wants to capitalize on his advantage now. }
17. e5
{ This is the best way to give up the pawn, because Black has nomore threats after that, and White has more time to set up an attack }
17... dxe5 18. Qh5
{ Despite being down a pawn, White has a nice attack and potentialmating chances, plus he can probably win the pawn back since c5 is veryweak }
18... h6 19. f5
{ This great move doesn't let Black further open the center,which would make the black bishops very powerful. }
19... Re7
{ Black can onlydefend in this position, so here he wanted to get the queen to f8 so thath6 is extra defended against any sacrificial attacks. }
20. Rf1
{ White could'veregained his pawn with Bxc5, but Rf1 threatens to sac on h6 with Bxh6 gxh6Qxh6 Bg7 Qh7 Kf8 f6 forking the rook and bishop. }
20... Qf8
{ Without Re7, Black'squeen couldn't have found this defensive square to defend against the sacrifice,but now Bxc5 wins the exchange. }
21. Qg4
{ If Bxc5, then the position becomesunclear where Black's bishop pair advantage interferes with White's materialadvantage. Instead, White threatens the h-pawn to continue with the attack. }
21... Ree8
{ Black is too concerned about losing the exchange, and maybe should'veplayed Kh7 to stop White's attack. White will still probably be winningafter taking the exchange, but White won faster with the kingside attack. }
22. Rxh6
{ Threatening Rxf6, and if the bishop moves, then f6 could be dangerousbecause now the f1-rook has the f5 square }
22... Qd6 { Qe7 may be better, becausenow White gets a tempo for his attack }
23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Rd7
{ Here Whitehas an immediate threat of playing Qh5, which threatens Qxf7# and Rh8#,and if gxh6, then Qxf7 Kh8 Qh7# is still mate. }
24... Rf8
{ Black defends againstthe immediate threat, but White's attack is still pressuring and Blackwill run out of defensive resources. }
25. Rh3
{ White wants to play Qh5for a mate on the h-file, but first he must get the rook off h6 since Qh5would unpin the g-pawn. }
25... g6 { Defends against Qh5 } 26. fxg6
{ White has themate in 1 threat gxf7#, and also if Black takes the pawn, then Qxg6 Bg7Rxg7# }
26... Bg7
{ Here it seems like Black has defended against everything. Blackis down a pawn, and has a lot of weak pawns, so White is winning. Blackis hitting the g-pawn, and h8 is well defended, so White has no matingopportunities on the h-file. It seems like White would have to go intoa complicated position with only a small advantage, and win later on, buthe found this brilliant way to finish the attack, and win the game quickly. }
27. Rh8+
{ Sometimes is just requires some out of the box thinking to completemating attacks. It doesn't matter how much material is sacrificed, as longas the attack leads to mate in the end. Black cannot take with the king,because of Qh5 and White will play Qh7#. }
27... Bxh8 28. gxf7+
{ Double checksare very strong, because against any double checks, only the king can move. }
28... Kh7 29. Qg8+
{ This stunning move forces the rook to take the queen, sonow the pawn's promotion square is clear. }
29... Rxg8 30. f8=N#
{ Like I saidbefore, double checks are very powerful. If White had promoted to a queen,then it wouldn't be double-check, so Black could simply block and Whiteis lost since he sacrificed too much material. Black played too passivelyin the opening, so White got a quick attack, and finished it brilliantly.Remember to consider all options when you have a potential mating attack,even if there doesn't seem to be a forced mate. Also check out bakerbaker'sother brilliant attacks by going to his profile. Baker is the master. }
1-0
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[Event "Bishop Pair in the Corner"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "theancientbeast"]
[Black "melrose689"]
[Result "1-0"]
{ I played this game (and annotated it) while listening to a video on DUI.M }
1. e4 { e4. Standard. } 1... e5 2. f4 { I enjoy a KG in blitz. } 2... exf4
{ KGA. Fun. } 3. Nf3 { To stop Qh4+. } 3... d5 4. d3
{ Covers e4 and attacks f4. } 4... dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ { Stops my Castling. } 6.
Kxd1 g5 { Okay. } 7. Nxg5 f6 8. Nf3 Bh6 { Protectsf4. } 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nc6
11. Nd5 O-O-O { I didn't see the pin coming. } 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Nxf4 Bxf3+ 14.
gxf3 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf3 16. Ke2 Ne5 { Inthe aftermath, material is even. } 17.
Rad1 Ne7 18. Be3 { Eyeing a7. } 18... Ng4 19. Bxa7 b6
{ Ah! He signs his death warrant! His King's escape route ond7 is cut off by the Rook on d1. }
20. Ba6# { A bishop pair aligned in thecorner. } 1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "lolkicsek"]
[Black "e4newman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1667"]
1. e4
{ Gabor rom Budapest 42. I enjoyed a material advantage for over50% of the game but his crafty manoeuvers brought things to a stale B endingwhere neither side could improve on their positions. }
1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bg4
{ Game note 'Open Sicilian as black6...Bg4'. } 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bf4 Be7
{ Game note 'Missed the old 8...Nxe4 9.Nxe4d5 trick'. By move 12 I clued in. }
9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qe2 Nxe4
{ Game note '12...Nxe4!? see if this works'. } 13. Nxe4 d5 14. O-O-O Bxe4 15.
h4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Na5 { Game note '16...Bxh4 so tempting'. } 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. h5
Nc4 19. Rdg1
{ h6 would have been annoying. I've gota good advantage here just gotta survive his pawn advance. }
19... Bf6 20. g5 Bxb2+ 21. Kd1 Qa5
{ Game note '21...Qa5 similar move in a similar game excepthere I'm facing K-side pressure ...e5 would also threaten ...e4 fork ofhis Q and LSB'. Computer prefers 21...e5 by quite a bit (-5.83 vs -2.98). }
22. g6 h6 { ...e5 still better here. } 23. Bxh6
{ Computer says OK but Ishould have played ...Ne5 fork. Let my advantage slip a bit so I retreatedwith 25...Qd2+. }
23... gxh6 24. gxf7+ Kh8 25. Qf4 Qd2+ 26. Qxd2 Nxd2 27. Kxd2 Rxf7
{ Game note '27...Rxf7 he's gonna try to get his R down to my 2nd or3rd rank. I gotta try to block out his LSB or trade R or use the ...Rxf2+. Also looking at ...Bxa3' }
28. Rg6 Rxf2+ 29. Ke1 Rf6 30. Rhg1 Rxg6
{ Tooquick. Should have strengthened my position with ...Re8 or ...e5. } 31.
Rxg6 Bxa3 32. Rxe6 Rg8 33. Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Rxb7
{ I let him runwild. I'm lucky to get a draw. } 35... Rh8 36. Rxa7 Bb4+ 37.
Kd1 d4 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Rxh8 Kxh8 40. Ke2 { He offered a draw and I accepted. }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "Sicilian Miniature"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "30-Apr-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "belacqua17"]
[Black "cak7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1032"]
[TimeControl "4 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
1. e4
{ This is a nice quick game, where i believe the sicilian developsa bit too slowly for black }
1... c5 2. Nf3 f6 3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e5
{ thefirst non-database move attempting to open his kingside } 5... Nc6 6. exf6
gxf6
{ Nxf6 is better here, because it develops the knight and attempts to closedown the kingside }
7. Bf4 Nge7
{ now he has to waste an extra move developingthe knight that should have gone to f6 }
8. dxc5
{ grabbing the pawn thatthe knight move freed up, again move 6 returns to haunt him }
8... Nd5 { attackingc5 and f4 } 9. Nxd5
{ clearing out defenders from the kingside and winninga pawn } 9... exd5 10.
Qxd5 Nb4 { do you see the force mate? try not to look atthe notation first }
11. Qh5+ { 1 } 11... Ke7 12. Bd6+ { 2 } 12... Ke6 13. Nd4#
{ bam! gameover! notice how white has three active pieces and an advanced pawn whileblack only has an oddly positioned knight in the game }
1-0
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[Event "Super Cup 1- 2006"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "9/17/06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Victor K."]
[Black "Grant N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[TimeControl "G- 30"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
{ This game starts out as a center game where black refuses to 'win' a pawn.The game transposes back into normal italian game lines(c3) and black claimsearly equality. This game shows how knowing opening transpostions can bevery helpful with earning equality as black. }
1. e4 e5 2. d4 { The centergame. exd4 is pratically forced. } 2... exd4 3. Nf3
{ An interesting idea, asafter 3.c5 4.c3 4.dxc3 5.Nxc3 white has now sacrificed a pawn in a linesimilar to the Marshall Gambit in the center game with an extra tempo,which is very useful. }
3... Nc6 { Black decides to transpose back into normalKing Pawn openings. } 4.
Bc4
{ The Scotch Gambit. From here italian gamesand 2 knight defenses can be reached depending on black's move. }
4... Nf6
{ Now the game has become a line in the 2 knights where white sacrificesa pawn after 0-0. }
5. c3
{ Though white tries to mix things up in the center.Black can win a pawn in many ways here but black decides to get into theitalian game where black equalizes instead of having to get barraged byan attack, even if it might not be sound. }
5... Bc5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
{ Knownto be the safer choice as after Nc3 Nxe4 white is struggling for equality. }
7... Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5
{ A crucial move as it destroys the strong white center. } 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3
{ Pressuring d5 and b7. } 10... Nce7
{ All of the movesup to now have been theory and black has obtained an equal game. }
11. O-O-O
{ ?! A bold move as the white king will definiltly come under firein the near future. One very basic idea for black is kingside castlingand a queenside pawnstorm, when white's half open c- file and misplacedqueenside pieces should cause the attack to accelerate. }
11... c6 { Cementingthe d5 square and preparing b5. } 12. Ne4
{ Placing the knight on an activesquare and threatening to go to c5. } 12...
O-O 13. Ne5
{ Now white's knightslook powerful so black decides to slowly drive them back. }
13... f6 14. Nd3 Kh8
{ Taking the king off of the annoying pin on the a2 g8 diagonal. } 15. h3
{ Preparing a kingside pawn storm with g4 and f4. G4 also locks out mylight squared bishop. }
15... Nc7
{ ?! A tricky move and I'm unsure if it's agood one. The logic is that b5 wins the bishop so the d3 knight has tomove again and then after b5 and a5 black will win tons of tempo on themisplaced queenside pieces. }
16. Nf4 b5 17. Be2 a5
{ But black still hasto figure out what to do with the light squared bishop . }
18. Nc5 { Jumpingon the tasty c5 square. } 18... Ncd5
{ ?! An intersting exchange sacrifice basedon the idea that white has been moving his knights almost every move forthe last 8 moves. Black thinks that by getting rid of white's only twoactive pieces, the black knights on d5 and c4 will be more powerful thanthe enemy rook and bishop. }
19. Nfe6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qd6 21. Nxf8 { Acceptingthe challenge. } 21... Rxf8
{ White has won the exchange but already black's queensideattack is looking menacing. }
22. Bf3 { Trying to trade the much strongerknight for the lowly bishop. } 22...
Nb6
{ Not allowing the exchange as it woulddiminish black's attacking chances. }
23. Qc2
{ White already feels uneasyabout the pawn front and retreats his queen. }
23... Nc4 { Placing the knighton the excellant c4 square. } 24. Rhe1
{ Trying desperatly to drum up somecounterplay along the e file. } 24... a4
{ Advancing the pawn front. Now a3 ,after b4 is a serious consideration as it rips apart the white queenside. }
25. Qe4
{ White still tries to attack , but this allows the knight tocome to d5, something that white should have prevented. }
25... Nd5
{ Now it'sclear that the knights are extremely powerful and white should try to dislodgethem immediatly. }
26. Qh4 Nxb2
{ ! A good move as after Kxb2 black has perpetural check with Qb4 . After Bxd5 Nxd1 white would return the exchangewith black being better. }
27. Be4 { White tries for mate on h7. } 27... f5
{ AfterBxf5 Rxf5 Re8 Rf8 Rxf8 Qxf8 Kxb2 black still has the perpetural by Qb4. }
28. Bxd5 Nxd1 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 cxd5
{ Pratically forced as aftera knight move white eats up all the queenside pawns. }
31. Kxd1 b4 { Blacktries to create a passer. } 32. Rd7
{ Black can't avoid losing a pawn. } 32... b3 33. axb3 axb3
{ One interesting try would have been a3 when Ra7 Rb8 Rxa3g6 and black sells the pawn for a better price. }
34. Rxd5 Rb8 35. Kc1 g6 36. Rc5 Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kg8
{ Now white is winning due to his plan of roundingup the b3 pawn with Kb2 and Rc3. }
38. Kb2
{ White, being short of time,and not seeing the idea of rounding up the b pawn agreed to a draw! Thisgame was very exciting with the exchange sacrifice and I was surprisedit even almost worked. }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "28-Dec-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "angelbear_oh"]
[Black "bignoodle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1241"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d3 b5
{ Note to self: if yousee an a6 at this stage of the game, it can only mean that a pawn wantsyour bishop. Act immediately to forestall it. Don't waste your one andonly chance. }
6. Bd5 Bc5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Ng4
{ The way toguard against that is to keep a knight controlling h4. } 10. Re1
O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Rb8 13. Qd3
{ Not good. It invites the following move,which makes me hustle and waste two moves saving a queen and a knight. }
13... Nb4 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Qe2 c6 16. Ne5
{ Looking at this move from several weeksdown the road, I don't think I should have done this. }
16... Nxe5 17. Rf1 { Couldhave had the knight at e5. } 17... cxd5 18. dxe5
{ Now I take the knight. I wasprobably thinking backing up my pawn when it captures into the f file. }
18... d4
{ Good move on Bignoodle's part. Forces me to retreat my knight and winsa pawn. }
19. Nd1 Rc8 20. c3 d3 21. Qf2 Bxe4
{ This move puts heaping pressureon my g-pawn, and his queen can double-attack it with 22. ... Qd4. }
22. cxb4 { But like the Material Girl that I am, I do this instead. } 22... Rc2
{ Thismove definitely earns two exclamation points (!!). Bignoodle skewers theg-pawn needed for his mating attack. }
23. Qd4 Qg5 { The pawn is triple-attacked.I go down for the count. } 0-1
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "???"]
[Black "???"]
[Result "*"]
{ This game is basically a game I put into notation to study and learn strategiesstep by step. Feel free to analyze at your leisure. It is my own recentgame. }
1. c4 { English opening to start off. } 1... e5
{ a proper response takingcontrol of f4 and d4. An effective move in response to the English opening. If the opponent does not do anything to stop the pawn from moving forward,a good offense will be more difficult. }
2. Nc3
{ bringing out the knightstops the pawn from moving and also adds extra support to d5. notice thepawns at c4 may be used as an assist for the knight later on in the game. }
2... f5
{ Kings gambit in response. Black really wants that e pawn to reache4. } 3.
Nf3
{ A basic rule in chess is that you develope pieces before movinginto an attack. You'll find out that if you don't and your opponent knowswhat he is doing, you'll run out of pieces before you can checkmate. Typicallyyou want to develope your knights before bishops. Here the knight at f3can attack the pawn at e5 but respectfully the pawn can attack the knight. But the knight can move to d4 and attack f pawn. Black would have toscramble another pawn out there and by turn 4 have no power pieces developed.Black only has two pawns out and we dont want to lose tempo to empty threats. So we develope pieces. }
3... Nc6 { Knight to c6 to protect e pawn. } 4. d4
{ d4looks risky by losing a center pawn, but in truth it will end well forwhite. There will be an even trade but white's queen will be developed. }
4... exd4 { The trade begins } 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4
{ Now white has two power piecesdeveloped and a pawn while black only has one unprotected pawn. }
6... d6
{ lettingthe bishop out while keeping white from getting a central pawn. } 7.
Bf4
{ Dark bishop developed. Black pawn is stuck and also limiting black'slight bishop movement. }
7... Nf6
{ black finaly begins to develope but whiteis already ahead in tempo. } 8. e3
{ freeing up the bishop. One thing Ihave recently learned is that you don't want to waist your pawns in movement. Only move forward two spaces if you have to or if it is an obvious move. }
8... Be6 { bishop comes out as far as he can to play. } 9. Be2
{ Notice no mirrormove this time. Mirror moves dont work when your not the last one to move. }
9... Be7 { Bishop stack and out into play as best it can. } 10. O-O
{ Wellwe're done developing. It's time to king-side castle and enter into mid-game. }
10... c5
{ He apparently doesn't want my Queen there. Where's the best placeto move it? }
11. Qd2
{ d2 is the best option. The queen takes influenceover the e1-a5 file. The rooks control the back row and the move is mindfulnot to block the bishops. }
11... Qd7
{ The queen was the last power piece forblack to develope. He does not want to give up the queen's influence onthe d file because White's queen has great counter influence. Black hasn'tcastled yet either which is not good for black. But it is still uncertainwhether he should castle king or queen side. Both options looks riskybecause black has moved both c and f pawn into play. See now why it'sa better idea to use your pawns wisely and not to try to devoure the board? It is better to trade power piece for power piece instead of have an opponenttake a pawn and then trade power pieces. In chess, every little pawn counts(even if it's used as a diversion) }
12. Rad1
{ the move puts pressure onthe d file but what black doesn't know is that it is more of a replacementfor the queen's influence on the d file so she can move freely. }
12... Rd8 { blacksees the heightened influence and counters it respectfully. }
13. Nd5
{ Now this move doesn't look like a good idea at first glance (for someit might be overlooked ) but the knight is wonderfully gaurded there andfulfils what the English opening was meant for. any trade here would endup in white having control of the center and up a power piece. }
13... Ne4
{ Blacksees white's move and thinks, 'Hey I can do the same thing. But what hedoesn't realize is that he is only making empty threats and asking thequeen to move when we have been planning to move here all along. }
14. Qa5 { from this position we can take a nice little pawn. } 14... g5
{ Wow, looks atall those pawns out there. Things are getting messy. ....I wonder...whatwas the bishop going to do anyway? }
15. Nc7+
{ with c7 gaurded by the queenand the knight deep in the homeland of black, the threat to the bishoplooks measly. Plus the move forces the black king to move and say goodbyeto castling. }
15... Kf8 { King moves } 16. Be5
{ now this move is nice. Becauseblack thought his pawn was protecting squares. But now we realize thatif it is moved, white's queen will be captured. So bishop e5 to threatena rook into an awkward position is the best option. }
16... Rg8 { and he movesinto awkwardness. } 17. f3
{ it's time to show black that his knight is notwelcome. Trouble is...there is little he can go }
17... Bf7
{ Now...you may askwhy black moved the bishop to f7 square instead of preserving his knight. Truth is, he saw a fork which would bring white up a rook. See? takea look. Instead of the bishop move envision BK knight to f6. White knighttakes e6+ black must take it with his queen or move the king. The bestionoption is to move the queen and take the knight now at e6, which leavesthe rook unprotected. The queen takes the rook and checks. So this movethat black has done instead gaurds e6 and prevents all of that from happening. }
18. fxe4 { fair trade don't you think? } 18... Qc6
{ black sees a weak h1-a8 fileand takes advantage of it. } 19. Bc3
{ the bishop moves because it was introuble. Moving the blk queen activated the d pawn. c3 is the only long-term safeplace. }
19... Qxe4 { Who didn't see that comming? } 20. Bd3
{ pressure on the queen. Get it out of the center. } 20... Qxe3+
{ oh no!? The queen has driven deeperin and taken a pawn! and has checked white! }
21. Kh1
{ Just move out ofthe way...Blk is just grabbing for whatever he can...ummm what's protectingthe queen? }
21... b6
{ gah we've been blocked off from the knight and the queenis in trouble.. but wait...remember that time we treatened the a pawnand forgot about it for a while? time to take it. }
22. Qxa7 { ouch } 22... g4
{ now his power pieces are trapped and not helping his pawns. Looks likeblk wants a pass pawn. }
23. Rxf5 { mm we didn't need two rooks back thereanyway. } 23... Rd7
{ Hm is he planning to trap the knight? } 24. Rxf7+
{ The onlypiece that can develope here and take the rook is the king. Better takethe rook king but you're not quite sure you want to. (Man...why is whitegiving me a rook??) }
24... Kxf7 { ok he'll take it } 25. Rf1+
{ oh, in check..andtrapped...there's only one way out of it without loosing many pieces needlessly...tradequeen for rook? }
25... Qf3 26. gxf3 { shockingly he forgot about the pawn.. } 26... g3
{ well I guess it's time to try to get the queen back } 27. Re1
{ wait...didn'twe just say that there is a pass pawn comming at us and its gaurded bya rook? we can start moving to put pressure on the pawns along 6. }
27... g2+ { as expected } 28. Kg1 { just ram it } 28... Rc8
{ well black gave up on the pawnide and decided he wants a kinght instead....should have kept the rookthere though.. }
29. Qxb6 { grab a pawn and let him have it } 29... Rdxc7 30. Bxh7
{ All the black pieces are on queen-side. white pieces are on King side. Time to move in for the kill. }
30... Rc6 { yeah we were getting her out thisturn anyway. } 31. Qb3 Bh4
{ black wants a rook we're not using. But moreso...a queen } 32. Qc2
{ bringing back the queen to the other side of theboard. } 32... Bf2+
{ seriosly... } 33. Kxg2 { just take unwanted rook, balck.. } 33... Bxe1 34.
Qg6+ { Time to finish this. } 34... Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. Bf6+ Ke8 37. Bg6#
{ and that's game. } *
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "everette21"]
[Black "hambleto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1140"]
1. e4 { Apertura de peón de Rey } 1... e6 { Planteando Defensa Francesa } 2.
d4 d5 3. e5 { Cerrando el centro } 3... c5
{ Defensa francesa, variante del avance } 4. dxc5
{ Un error, las blancas debieron mantener la estructura centralde peones }
4... Nc6 { The isolated pawn was punished immediately. } 5. Bb5
{ Las blancasbuscan contrajuego } 5... Bxc5
{ Finalmente decido comer para atormentar al peónde e5 } 6. Bxc6+
{ Otro error, me cambia su única pieza activa. } 6... bxc6
{ Central pawns are now stronger than ever. } 7. c3 Qc7
{ Atacando e5 de inmediatoy retomando la iniciativa. } 8. f4 { La única } 8...
Qb6 { Las blancas me entreganla diagonal de b7-g1 } 9. Qe2 { Forzada } 9...
Bxg1 { Ganando pieza menor } 10. Rxg1
{ Another error, I have not won a minor piece, but a major one. } 10... Qxg1+
11. Kd2 a5 { To send the knight to the attack. } 12. Kc2 Ba6 13. Qd2 Ne7
{ I am continuing my development. } 14. Na3 O-O 15. b3 Qc5
{ I want to continue the attack. } 16. Kb2
{ The King covers his own pieces to escape. } 16... Rab8
{ The opponent's lack of experience is punished once again. } 17. Qe1
{ The only move of white that is worthwhile, after any black move, is Ae3, winning a piece or seeking some counterplay. }
17... d4 { Retaking the initiative and attacking. } 18. c4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4
20. Bd2 Nd5 { Las blancas están perdidas, luego de a4 } 21. Ka3 Qc5+ 22. Kb2
a4 23. b4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4+ { Y las blancas se rinden. } 0-1
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.07.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "grey_panda"]
[Black "mburns83"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1396"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1382"]
1. e4
{ The One I Didn't Deserve. Really didn't deserve to win this one,ended up with a bit of a trick and was grateful! }
1... e6 2. d4 Qh4 3. Qf3 Nc6 4. Ne2 Nh6 5. Bxh6 gxh6
{ Black already has the tempo, forcing me to respondto him rather than vica versa. }
6. c3 d5 7. e5 Qe4 8. Qxe4 dxe4
{ Pleasedto exchange queens. With such an aggressive opponent I figure the lessmaterial the better. }
9. Ng3 e3 10. fxe3 Rg8 11. Nd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Bg5 13. Re1 Bh4 14. Nde4 Na5
{ I keep looking at the fork on f6, but I couldn'tfigure out how to negate the bishop. }
15. b4 Nc6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6
{ At this point I'm fairly satisfied, two lots of doubles for black anda safish position for me }
18. Ref1 Bb7 19. a4 a5 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Nge4
{ Tryingto be more attacking this move leads to an almost fatal weakness. }
21... axb4 22. cxb4 Rxg2 { And thats the one I didn't see! } 23. Rfg1 Re2
{ I can't defende3 and I can see that pawn defense getting rolled up from both sides. }
24. Rg4 Be1 25. Nf6+ { When in doubt, attack. } 25... Ke7 26. b5
{ A bad move, Ididn't think it through. Trying to protect the pawn from the bishop. }
26... cxb5 { Now if pxp, r-a1 mate.... } 27. Ng8+ Kf8 28. Nf6 bxa4
{ Now without therather fortunate positioning I'd be in trouble. If I'd had to take anothertempo I think I've had had it from this position. }
29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Re8#
{ But its a forced move and I sat happily imagining blacks fury after hishard work ;-) }
1-0
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[Event "High School State Individuals Championship"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "1/29/10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Micah Losee"]
[Black "Kerry Xing"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[TimeControl "90 Minutes 5 second delay"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
{ Round 1 and I have to face the State Champion! Talk about nerve-racking! } 1.
e4 { The only move I play as White. } 1... e6
{ I silently prayed that myopponent wouldn't play The Sicilian and to my pleasant surprise he playedThe French! Which gave me confidence because at the time I was very obsessedwith The French. }
2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
{ Amusingly enough, at the time I onlyknew the Advance Variation well. But I had been recently told that it wasan inferior opening, so I opted for the Tarrasch variation for the firsttime ever. }
3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bb5 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Qa4
{ 'Anodd attack' as my brother described it. I liked it though! } 8... Be7 9.
Nb3 c4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Na5 Nb8
{ Something about this position makes me feellike Kerry Xing made a mistake. Perhaps it was 9...c4? }
12. b4 cxb3 13. axb3
{ 13 Rb1 is definitely better since it allows me to control the b-file. } 13...
O-O 14. O-O c5
{ Now Black has serious counterplay, pushing me out of histerritory and developing his tangled up pieces swiftly. }
15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qa2 Nc6 17. Rfb1 Rfc8 18. Nxc6
{ My knight wasn't doing anything. His wasputting pressure on my pawns. So I liked this exchange. }
18... Bxc6 19. Qa5
{ Ijust wanted to trade down pieces and ease all pressure off my pawns. } 19...
Bd7 20. h3 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 cxd4 22. Bxd4
{ I decided to do this, rather than 22cxd4 because I didn't want to open up the c-file. Although it wasn't prettyhow my bishop was stuck there defending my C and E-pawns, I was confidentin being able to defend the position. }
22... a6 23. b4
{ If I could somehow trademy knight for the dark-squared bishop, my bishop would have a beautifulfort at c5. }
23... Bb5 24. Rc1
{ ? Horrible rookie mistake. But this is not theworst of it. } 24... f6
{ ? He misses my error! Now I have a chance to fix it with25 Re1. } 25. g4
{ ? But no, I realize the silliness of my position immediatelyafter making this move. I was mostly shocked that the State Champion hadn'tnoticed it! }
25... Bxb4
{ Sadly, when one player notices something obvious onthe board, so does the other player. }
26. Rxb5
{ ?! At this point my positionis horribly destroyed and Black would have eventually won. So I decidedto do a Hail Mary play, and hope for some sort of draw. }
26... axb5 27. Rb1 Bxc3 28. exf6
{ Not the hottest move. I should have just taken the b-pawn immediately.It may have continued 28 Rxb5 Bxd4 29 Nxd4 fxe5 30 Nxe6 and then I wouldonly have to worry about two advancing pawns, not three! }
28... gxf6 29. Rxb5 Ra4
{ I wanted Black to trade bishops with me. But he refused..... } 30. Be3
{ So I preserved my bishop, hoping to sack it to get rid of these troublesomepawns. }
30... Rb4
{ Kerry Xing shows his marvelous endgame skills. This move forcesme to trade rooks, which is a crushing blow to White. }
31. Rxb4 Bxb4 32. Bd4 e5 33. Nxe5 fxe5 34. Bxe5
{ Only one pawn left to worry about! If onlyit were on the e-file. } 34... Bc3
35. Bf4 d4 36. Kg2 d3 37. Kg3
{ ?? I was planninga hopeless pawn storm, when I made this blunder. } 37... Be5
{ And Kerry Xing denysme the ability to sacrifice my bishop for his pawn with this beautifulmove. Kerry Xing went on to gather two draws, gaining the title of 'FormerState Champion' }
0-1
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[Event "Swithchin sides"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "damalfi"]
[Black "1by1"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. c3 Nd7 7. Qa4 a6 8. c4
{ An antinatural move that seeks to control b5 for the queen, if needed. } 8...
e6 { Black doesn't want to close the bishop's action after the d5 pawnmoves. }
9. Rb1 { Now I disrupt all my planned game, revert my attack onthe queenside. }
9... Ne7 { No hope to avoid him to catle far from the danger... } 10. d5
{ ...so let's try something. } 10... e5 11. Be3
{ Now, tell me how is goingblack to move his knights... } 11... O-O 12. g3
{ My lsb will find a nice placeon h3, while it has no way out the main diagonal. }
12... h6 { Just waiting. } 13. h4
{ ...so let's be more aggressive. The plan is Ke2, to join the rookson the kinside... so I switch back to the kingside attack plan... withoutthe queen. But all the black pieces are completely blinded, and his onlyway out is f5. }
13... f5 14. Bh3
{ Choosing the 'weird' one, always. If4, I canopen the g column for my attack. }
14... Nf6 { Threatening e4. } 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Bxf5
{ Opening the g column. It's not all, but it's something. } 16... gxf5 17. Qc2
{ Covering e4, threatening f5 and making the queen participate inthe attack. }
17... Ng4 18. Ke2
{ I'll lose the dsb, but this helps me connectingthe rooks, while 0-0 was out of question. }
18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 { Now my kingis weak... I know. } 19... Qf6 20. Rbf1
{ Well, this actually favours me. I'mlooking where to move the knight... }
20... Rae8 { My opponent didn't. } 21. g4 { Necessary to open the way to h7. }
21... fxg4 { He takes the bite. } 22. Ng5 { The threat of Qh7# is decisive. }
22... Qxf1+
{ Only way out. Now, with NxQ,hxN, hxg5, white's attack goes on. But white blunders... }
23. Rxf1 { ?? } 23... hxg5 24. hxg5 { ? Better was Rh1. } 24... Rxf1 25. Nxf1
{ Now I have to care forthe g pawn... } 25... Bc8
{ And now, white is just +1, the black's lsb is startingto breath again... but the dsb is completely trapped and useless. }
26. Qg6 { Let's buzz him a little... not leaving tempo to organize. } 26... Rf8
27. Ng3 { No threat from the unsupported rook on the f file. } 27... Bd7 28.
Nh5 { Forcedsequence black couldn't stop. } 28... Rf7 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nxd7+
Rxd7 31. e4 { Blocking the black bisop for the rest of the game. } 31... Rf7
32. Qe6 { The queenis slippery... } 32... g3 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qxc7+ Kf8
{ ?? ...anyway, after Ke8,white can go on taking pawns and still stop the g pawn, with a little care... }
35. Qd8# { Only +2... thank you for reading! :-) } 1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "23-Oct-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "combatiente"]
[Black "pibuchan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
1. e4 { Analysis by sf115 } 1... d5 { scnadinavien } 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+
4. Be2 Qg6 5. Nf3 Qxg2 { a risky move which loses } 6. Rg1 Qh3 7. d4
{ grabsthe centre } 7... Qd7 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Qd2 Qd8 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. d5 a6 12.
Ne5 Bf5 13. Bc4 { building presure } 13... Nbd7 14. Qe2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
{ there are lotsof tactics to watch out for, particually pins } 15... Bg6 16.
d6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Rc8 18. Rge1 Bf5 19. Bb3 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4
b5 23. Re3 e6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 { now white uses his positional advantage to win }
25. Red3 Rc7 26. Qf4 Ke8 27. Qe5 Rg8 28. Kb1 Qc8 29. f4 g6 30. Rd6 h6 31. a4
Ke7 32. a5 Bc6 33. h4 Bd7 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Rh8 36. Qh4+ Ke8 37. Qf6 Rg8 38.
Qxh6 Ke7 39. Qh4+ Ke8 40. f5 Rb7 41. fxe6 fxe6 42. Bxe6 Bxe6 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44.
Rf1+ Bf5 45. Rxc8 Rxc8 46. Rxf5+ Kg8 47. Rg5+ Rg7 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. Qg4+ 1-0
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[Event "great wallstone against 1965 elo's player !"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "31415"]
[Black "jagun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[TimeControl "blitz 5mn"]
[WhiteElo "1442"]
{ should i tell u before than i've been loosing twice before against SirJagun ? ....So this was my revenge ! }
1. d4 { let's use my prefered wallstone.... } 1... d5 2. e3 Nc6
{ becarefull of e5...e4!. I have to stop it with f4 } 3. f4
{ now Bf5 is coming } 3... Bf5 4. c3 { f5xb1 whouldnt be so good, } 4... Bxb1
5. Rxb1 { exchanging good bishop against my knight is not a good idea. } 5...
e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O
{ ready for fight. the goal is easy for me Ne5is a nice place to stand } 9. Ne5
Bxe5 10. fxe5
{ whould be good there togo on e4, forcing me to exchange wiht the bishop, then i whould miss mea lot to attack plans }
10... Nd7
{ but not ! i'm lucky. sure he want t o playf5, but i wont let him ! } 11. Qh5
g6 { now f5 is dead. and i'm fellingquite free to attack on king side } 12. Qh6
Ne7
{ Nf5 is coming, but i willplay e4 to prevent it, then i will exchange knight againt LSB. }
13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5
{ here we are, then the mate is coming soon....withBg5! } 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Bf6
{ will exchange d7xf5 ...e5xf6...Qg7# } 17... Nxf6 18. exf6
{ there is nothing to do, Qe3+ is a blunder, is met by h6xe3 } 18... Qe3+
{ then he reseing !!! nice revenge isnt it ? } 1-0
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[Event "request from chicoboy"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chicoboy"]
[Black "catos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1235"]
{ hi! this game was requested from chicoboy and i was happy to annotate.(but please dont ask why this game was annotated 3 times?) }
1. e4 { standardmove } 1... e5 { same here. } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3
{ ?! i dont know what this moveis called, but its not the best, it blocks the LSB, i would go Bb5. }
3... d6 4. d4 { ? why move it twice? better was Nc3 } 4... Bg4 5. h3
{ ? this just lossesa pawn as you will see. } 5... Bxf3 { ! the best move! } 6.
Qxf3 { ! better thantaking with the pawn. } 6... Nxd4
{ attacking the white queen. } 7. Qd3 Nf6
{ nowthis is the time were both sides need a get developed. } 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bg5
Be7 10. Be2 { developing. } 10... d5 { !? this opens up the board. } 11. Bxf6
{ best. } 11... dxe4 { ?? this just losses a piece. } 12. Qxd8+
{ ! thats how white got apiece up. } 12... Rxd8 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nd2 O-O
{ ? this just loses another pawn.f5 was best. } 15. Nxe4
{ black should just resign. } 15... b6 16. O-O f5 17. Bc4+ Kh8
{ ? this just allows a fork do you see it?? } 18. Ng5
{ ! winning!! thisthreatens Nf7+ and Ne6. } 18... Nd5 19. Ne6 Nf6
{ a waste of time. } 20. Nxd8 { ?better was Nxf8 so white gets the d-file. }
20... Rxd8 21. Rad1 Rf8 { well, i guesswhite still got the d-file. } 22. Rd2 e4
23. Rfd1 { doubling hogs!! } 23... Ne8 24. Rd8 g5
{ ? this just allows Bb5 winning yet another piece. } 25. Bf7
{ ?! well, this still wins, but Bb5 was better. } 25... Rxf7 26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27.
Rdd8 Kh6 28. g4 fxg4 29. Re6+
{ ? now black can go Kh5 and wins back theg4 pawn. } 29... Kg7 { ? no good. }
30. hxg4 h6 31. Ree8 Kf6 32. Rd5 { threateningRf5. } 32... Kg7 33. Rdd8
{ ? is white going for a draw?? } 33... Rf4 34. Rd7+ Rf7 35. Ree7 Rxe7 36.
Rxe7+ { white is going to win easily now. } 36... Kf6 37. Rxc7 Ke5 38. Kg2 Kf4
39. Re7 Kxg4 40. Rxe4+ Kf5 41. Re8 { better was Re7. } 41... h5 42. Rf8+ Kg4
43. Kh2 h4 44. f3+ Kh5 45. Kh3 Kg6 46. Kg4 a5 47. Rb8
{ going tokill the mean old pawn!! } 47... a4 48. Rxb6+ Kf7 49. Rh6 Kg7 50.
Kxg5 h3 51. Rxh3 Kg8 52. Kg6 { ? better was Kf6! mating in 2. } 52... a3 53.
bxa3 Kf8 54. Rh7 { ! best. } 54... Kg8 55. c4 Kf8 56. c5 Ke8 57. c6 Kd8 58. Kf6
Kc8 59. Ke6 Kd8 60. Kd6 Ke8 61. c7 Kf8 62. c8=Q#
{ MATE!!! i hope that you enjoyed it??please leave a comment or 2 and rate on the star system. thanks. }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "vhugomujica"]
[Black "thehellion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1375"]
{ I played an evenly matched opponent and in an exciting game, we foughtto a draw. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6
{ The Four Knights' Game, a placidopening. But the surface calmness proved to be covering a barrel of dynamite! }
4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 { The fireworks begin. } 5... Qe7 6. f4 Nxb5
{ I expected myopponent to reply with 7 NxN. Instead... } 7. d4
{ ...he sacrifices the piecein return for central dominance and a strong attack. }
7... Nxc3
{ I naturallydecide to try and simplify the game. If I can whittle down the wood, hisattack will become less forceful. }
8. bxc3 d6 { I want to get the Knightaway from its dominating position. } 9.
Ba3 { A spectacular response. } 9... Bg4 10. Qd3 Be6 11. f5
{ He puts the squeeze on my position. } 11... Bc8 12. O-O b6
{ I prepare to break the pin on the QP, thus activating the threat to hisKnight. }
13. c4 c5 14. Nc6 { No retreat! He presses the attack onwards. } 14... Qc7 15.
d5 Bb7 { I'm determined to get rid of the Knight. } 16. Rae1 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6
{ I even won a Pawn in the exchange. But my King is stilldangerously exposed. }
18. e5 dxe5
{ A tough choice, but the center filesare going to open up. I may as well open them on my terms. }
19. Rxe5+ Be7 { Forced. } 20. Rfe1
{ Up a full piece, I'm willing to give it back to breakthe force of the attack. A draw is better than getting mated. My opponent'sadavatage in position has been worth the sacrificed material throughoutthe game. }
20... Qc7 21. Rxe7+
{ My opponent, by this move, decides a bird inthe hand is worth two in the bush. He settles for winning back the materialand taking a draw. }
21... Qxe7 { Forcing the recapture that breaks the attack. } 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7
{ With a lot of the wood gone, an even endgame has emerged. } 23. Bb2 Rad8
{ Draw agreed. My advantage of two Rooks against a Queen iscompensated by my opponent's superior minor piece. A short, exciting game. }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "Challenge from xrapture"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "30-Jun-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "xrapture"]
[Black "brutalberserk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1317"]
{ Ok this is a game between me and the best player I've played so far. Also, since I tried my best in this game I would like for others to tellme how I can improve. }
1. e4 { (I'm white) } 1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { Sicilian } 3. h3
{ This may have been a mistake on my part. I think I should have attackedthe middle, maybe with 3. d3, but I'm very unsure }
3... d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Qe2 Qd6 7. Ne4 Qc7 8. Nxc5
{ I clearly have the advantagehere and gained significant tempo. } 8... e5 9.
d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxc5 11. Nb5
{ That could have been nasty, but I kept my cool. } 11... Qe7 12. Bg5
{ Tryingto bait him into 12.. Qg5 12. Nc7 } 12... f6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb4+
{ In allhonesty I did not see this move. } 15. Nc3
{ So I have to minimize the damage. } 15... Qxb2 16. Bb5+ Kf8
{ Took away Black's castle opportuniy and cramed himon kingside. } 17. Qc5+
{ Trying to force him into making a mistake. } 17... Ne7 18. Nd5 Qxa1+ 19. Ke2
Bg4+ 20. hxg4 Qd4 { He clearly won the exchange soI salvage a draw. } 21. Qxe7+
Kg8 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. Qe7+ { Tell me what youguys think. gg } 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Cambridge City Chess Club Friendly"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "30.9.96"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Adam Eckersley-Waites"]
[Black "Joanne Stevens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1240"]
[WhiteElo "1432"]
1. e4
{ Hi everyone! This game was played against a nine-year old boy calledAdam. Incredibly I was 20 years older than him when this was played. This was to be my only game out of quite a few games against him that Iwould get anything other than The Blob, so I was really chuffed by thisone victory. }
1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6
{ 5. ...................Qxf6 - this started off as a Winawer French. I now eschew that exchangeon f6 with the queen by playing Nbd7 to prepare Nf6 but this was how Iused to play twelve years ago. }
6. Bd3 c5 { 6. ................. c5 - anessential pawn break I feel. } 7. c3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Bd7
{ 11. ..................... Bd7 - now both sides havecleared wood off the back rank and have the option of where to castle andwe both choose the kingside. }
12. Bb5 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5
{ 15. Kte5?? - bad move - drops piece as the d pawn is pinned! } 15... Qxe5 16.
dxe5 Rxd2
{ 16. .............. Rxd2 - not only has white lost a piecebut just look where my rook is. The squeeze is on! }
17. b4 Rfd8 18. a4 a6
{ 18. ................ a6. After this move my opponent threw in thesponge. Good win. }
0-1
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[Event "Challenge from huntercat"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.09.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "otakumadness"]
[Black "huntercat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1024"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1052"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bd6 4. e5 Be7 5. Nc3 g5 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bb5 c6 8. Bc4
d5 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 { Exchange of pawns } 12. Bg6+ Kd8 13.
Ne5 Rf8 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Na4 { Threatening the queen } 15... Qa3 16. Nc5 Ne4
17. Nf7+ Kc7 18. Nxe4 Nd7
{ Trying to force an exchange of knights,but Black doesn't take my knight. }
19. Nc5 b6 20. Nxe6+ { Taking the pawnand pinning the rook. } 20... Kb8 21.
Nxf8 { Taking the rook. } 21... Bxf8 22. Bc1 { Threateningthe queen. } 22...
Qc3 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4
{ Exchange of knights.This exchange also gave me an extra bishop. } 26. Qxg4
Kb7 { I think thatBlack was trying to get the rook out into the action. } 27.
Qd7+ { This movebegins my forced checkmate. } 27... Ka6 28. Bd3+ b5 29. a4 Ba3
{ Black is tryingto block my rook's path to the king. } 30. axb5+
{ Checking the king withmy pawn supported by my bishop. } 30... Ka5
{ Perhaps a better move for Black wouldhave been Kb6, which would have helped him to avoid mate. If Black haddone Kb6 here instead, I would have done Qxc6+, which would have basicallyforced Black to take my queen with his own, and then I would have takenthe queen with my pawn. Black would probably have then either taken mypawn with the king, in which case I would have captured the bishop withmy rook, or moved the bishop out of harm's way, in which case I would havemoved my rook to a6 to check the king again,. Even so, I have played throughthat outcome and although I am still able to checkmate, it takes an additionalfew moves, and since I'm not sure how Black would have responded to someof them, the game might not have ended so quickly. }
31. Qc7+ Kb4
{ Perhapsit would have been better for black to move to a4 instead, as that helpshim to avoid checkmate. My next move, checking the king with my f-columnrook, is kind of essential to block the king's escape square on b4, andif the king hadn't already been on b4, it wouldn't have been a check andBlack would have been able to force an exchange of queens in order to escapemate. }
32. Rfb1+ Bb2
{ Perhaps a better move for Black here would have beenKa4. That way, I wouldn't have been able to move my queen to a5 and mate,because he could have taken the queen and it wouldn't have had supportfrom my rook, due to the bishop blocking it. }
33. Qa5# 1-0
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[Event "oogiegork's mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "19-Apr-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "oogiegork"]
[Black "goose0202"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1363"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d, 5d max"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 { King's Gambit } 2... exf4 { Accepted } 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4
5. Nxe4 { Knights in the centre } 5... Bg4 { Bishop Out } 6. h3 { Attack } 6...
Bh5 { Retreat } 7. Bc4 { Lining up } 7... Nc6 8. Qe2 { Watch out! } 8... Nf6
{ What a bad move! } 9. Nxf6# { Double Checkmate! } 1-0
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[Event "Challenge from felius"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "14-Feb-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "felius"]
[Black "kiev53"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. d4 { I said I'd try the queens pawn one day! You beat me to it! } 1... d5
{ there'sonly one answer to d4, isn't there? } 2. Nf3 g6
{ now this is not standardqueens opening, but I do like to prepare the fianchetto for castling kingside... Even if I don't end up using it. }
3. h3
{ knight out at f3 and cannotnow be threatened by the bishop. (though this is really a wasted movegiving me time to take the advantage) }
3... Bf5 { ok I'll develop to f5 - seeif you'll bring king side pawns forward }
4. g4
{ yes, you do? could alwaysretreat to d7 - no shame in that.. after all you've now committed yourpawns on the king side }
4... Be4
{ ... but this could be better ? can't reallybudge the bishop except with the queens knight. and Its stopping you castlingon the kings side... You'll have to start developing your queens side...(come to think of it - need to develop some major pieces meself) }
5. Bg2
{ ok thats logical but you still can't move the knight 'cept to go backwardsh4 Nxg2 though Nc3 will still budge me and you can now recapture withbishop nicely. }
5... Bg7
{ ok time to develop and apply some pressure in thecenter. knight currently pinned on f3 so can leave that situation tillNc3 lets apply pressure to the easily defendable d4. And build that Fianchettoat the same time.... }
6. g5
{ ok totally open on kings side now.. may switchmy castling plans to the queens side.. f5 can now be met with en-passant(might be a good option?) exf6 stops the knight progressing forwards...if it ever could... (another wasted move? whats your plan John?) }
6... Nc6
{ lets apply some more pressure to the pawn. Hmmmmm how did I get soaggressive here - I'm black should be taking things easy! }
7. Be3
{ okyou're forced to the defence of the poor solitary pawn. If I could attackwith remaining knight? e7 f5 two moves to get there (threatening bishpon e3) -- hmm there is also, of course Nb4 attacking c2 and rook in corner!! }
7... f5
{ ok, did some thinking around Nb4 ... but it's too easily defendableby Na3 ... looks like it leads to attacking possibilities but nothingtoo promising. Like the idea of offering John en-passant, and if he takesI'll shift e pawn -> f6 looking also to open up the d file ... castleon the Queens side... and have queen, rook, bishop and knight bearing downon poor d4. }
8. gxf6
{ ok took e.p I'll recapture with pawn - and lookto d4. could end up with a pawn on e4 if John decides to take the bishop }
8... exf6 { still looking strong! } 9. Nh4
{ ok. So you got fed up waiting onthat knight and bishop trapped in the corner! This may not be the way toshift things.? I'm sure Nc3 is a much better move ... Looks like I'llhave something to exploit here... }
9... f5
{ ok, its still on to open up thed file and put godawful pressure on the easily defendable d4 ... but inthe meantime I also threaten the knight with queen which will have to retreat... losing some time ... wheres he gonna castle?? }
10. Bxe4 { frustrationover. } 10... dxe4
{ Now to continue with the plans of a few days ago .. I belivethis is sound.. and looking at it now John cannot now defend the pawn asthat ill advised knight move to h4 now causes problems! gotta retreat andthe pawn is lost. Just what is the correct order to take? }
11. Ng2
{ Youdid what you had to do! Now I have looked at the order in which to winthe pawn only to find that things are a little tricky in the pawn takingdepartment ... especially with c3.... }
11... Qd7
{ Need more ammunition - soto proceed... - with correct placement of Queen so as to not come underthreat from bishops or knights. and ... - look to castle on Queens side..bringing more pressure on d4 or ?d5? remember!!! be patient wait for acrack to appear.... }
12. c3
{ now I said it was easily defendable didn'tI? You knew that all along didn't you? and that long bishop of mine intob2 is looking less threatening also :-( }
12... b6
{ oh well, we'll be needingto stop your bishop taking on a7 'before' casteling. May create a savehaven for knight on a5. Settling for easy option after wild sacrificingfantacies !! }
13. Qa4
{ wow! very sexy indeed :-) didn't see that one ...I play a quiet move and you get all haughty. hmmm have to think ... doubtsetting in. If I move the knight to a5 Im asking for trouble (either queenswap and kiss castleing goodbye) or b4!? though might be forced to, ifyou are looking to progress d5..? }
13... Bh6
{ ok - there's alot going on andyou are just too dangerous as you are currently setup - especially worriedabout your two knights attaining b5 (Qn) and d5 (Kn) and then c7 havinga very dangerous set of linked knights right in my castled den... supportedby queen and bishop is disaterous for me ... So I'm gonna weaken your bishopand not give you incentive for progressing the knight on b1 to a3 and b5... Gotta keep my kings options open here! might need to go back to theopen kings side? }
14. Nf4
{ well you don't have to take my bishop of course And as mentioned earlier your advance of both this knight and other knightto d5 and b5 is worrisome ... }
14... Nf6
{ so .. protection of d5 is paramount- may well castle on the kings side soon to connect the rooks. your bestmoves here? - what I'm really worried about? na3 and 0-0-0 the pressurecould become unbearable. }
15. c4
{ Now, I know things have shifted and youare in the driving seat! Now, I know that your itching to push d4-d5 Now, I know that this enables you to progress your kinght to c3- enablingyou to 0-0-0 Think I'm atall worried? }
15... Bxf4
{ not atall.... 'cos I'm sureyour impatience may have cost you a pawn! just for a *moment* you don'thave enough to protect d4 ... and your easily defendable pawn becomes mine?? - I've also thrown some conditional moves in here to disconcert you:-) though you really *must* take with bishop and then decide on whetherto keep the queen or not? }
16. Bxf4 Nxd4
{ d4 !! didn't think I'd get itbut .... the pressure is off! c4 was a serious mistake ok, wheres the Queengoin? }
17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 { take with knight to protect against dangerous bishopto e5 }
18. Na3
{ ok you had to protect your rook somehow! this also opensup knight to b5 ... but I have enough to protect my pawns now and consilodatesurely? }
18... O-O-O
{ protecting pawn on c7 and connecting rooks... one of myconditional moves ... not analysed too deeply but need to protect the pawnsomehow. I need to leave it where it is as it stops your knight travellingto f7 !! }
19. Rd1 { freeing up your knight to move... } 19... Ne6
{ Now this moveis truely awsome! and may win more material. not being fooled into leavingthe knight there and protecting with the pawn to c5 ... this gives youtoo many attacking opportunities... from this 'white' square I'm protectedfrom your bishop and control many important sqaures within my own boundaries,including c7... You may end up with your bishop back on h2 and fully blockedin too.. }
20. e3
{ ok, you didn't like the idea of being forced into thecorner with your bishop - with my pawn to f4? supported by knight? Youmay well then lose both bishop and protecting pawn before too long then.. }
20... Ndc5
{ ok, this knight now becomes attacking to d3... Whats the term forattacking two pieces at once with a knight? there's a term for it ... gonecompletely out of my head! I'll quite happily swap off rooks here too;but either rook -or- knight to d3 is strong. of course if you allow meto take your rook on d1 then when your king retakes ; both king and rookwill be just in the right place for me to threaten knight to d3 and f2... }
21. O-O
{ but this is the best reply ! this stops most of the troublemy knight to d3 could create... and you want to retain the d file understandably. you will not retain the d file !! }
21... Nxf4
{ ok, you didn't retreat the dangerousbishop when you had the chance ... so I will take and target your defendingpawn ... hopefully I'll be 2 pawns to the good and game over! conditionalmoves thrown in to scare you!? but the knight *is* coming in to d3 attackingpawns on b2 and undefendable f4. }
22. exf4 Nd3 23. Rd2
{ ok J, now yourin damage limitation! I'm not worried yet concerning d file. Even if youdo manage to double up your rooks - I can retreat the knight to the awesomee6. and begin to think where to apply pawn pressure. }
23... Nxf4
{ but you don'thave time to double up the rooks in any case! before going further behindon h3. }
24. Rfd1
{ At this juncture we played 24-36 in quick succession'live' during google chat ... but this doubling of rooks definitly givesme that 3 pawn advantage I was talking about - and I'll hopefully consolodateduring the rapid play. }
24... Nxh3+ { 3 } 25. Kg2
{ allowing me to check againdring retreat and getting you king into the game of course :-) }
25... Nf4+ 26. Kg3 Rxd2
{ now you wren't expecting that ... but as I'm now 3 ahead thequicker I can swap off the material the better. I've still got the awesomeNe6 to come. }
27. Rxd2 Ne6 { Awesome :-) } 28. f3
{ now this is good splittingup my pawns and leaving one isolated on e4. of course I could take butdon't like the thought of your rook dominating the e file, phile }
28... Rd8
{ soI don't take the pawn - simply ask you what your gonna do with that rook? }
29. Rxd8+ { ok - that'll do nicely } 29... Kxd8
{ recapture with king ... may needthe knight to defend isolated pawn } 30. fxe4
fxe4 31. Nb5
{ c3 looks goodfor you here and I may well lose the pawn in the center. but then againI have both flanks ... If only I can get rid of your troublesome knightyour king wouldn't know wich way to turn... }
31... Nc5
{ now this is a *mistake*defending my pawn too early and giving the pawn on a7 away too. you mayhave won 2 pawns back during this rapid play.? }
32. b4
{ but you didn'ttake (phew!) but this is a nice move too - didn't see it!? maybe my knightshould have been protecting on the other side? }
32... a6 33. Na7
{ now this isa strange move - your under as much time pressure as me here :-) if onlyI could trap you now! but c6 is your escape route. }
33... Nd3 34. a3 { ok youdefend with pawn instead of Nc6 } 34... Kd7
{ So I'll try and build a jail therefor you! } 35. b5
{ not a very secure one obviously. } 35... axb5 36. Nxb5 h5
{ ok,nows the time to make these 3 pawns count... force the knight off theboard in defence of rampaging pawns. This move also stops you approachingsolitary pawn on e4 ... - wow is that still there ??? hopefull back to3 days per move now - that was frantic - nearly lost it in the corner.. }
37. c5
{ ok back after a little time off and I'm really not atall sure whatyour idea is here?! }
37... Nxc5 { thankyou } 38. Kf4
{ ok, if it was a scrificeto allow your king into the center and the g pawn, you are forgiven. Butit's not gonna do you any good! }
38... c6 39. Nc3 Kd6
{ ok my king can enter thefray too - needs to to help pawns reach thier destination. }
40. Kg5 Ke5 { take the g pawn and watch the h-pawn fly :-) } 41. a4
{ ok - I've stillgo to win it apparently. } 41... Kd4 42. Ne2+ Ke3 43. Nf4 Kf3
{ Now I'm totallyprepared to march the e pawn home.!! This was a very good game on yourpart - one mistake at c4 was the downfall! otherwise you were way on trackto apply horrible pressure after my early dominance. Solid till that mistake,and from there your opportunities were limited as you know? }
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[Event "Petrov, Italian variation - training match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "madscan"]
[Black "evilgm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1375"]
1. e4
{ This game is a training match against a teammate. Welcome any andall comments. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { Petrov defense, one of my favorite lines. } 3. Bc4
{ Good opening position for White... a lot of attack power, clearingway for a castle, and the potential for a lot of pressure on Black withoutgood counterplay. }
3... Nxe4
{ Another option (and more common) is Nc6, but intraining matches I like to get aggressive early to test people's mettle. }
4. Nc3
{ Personally I like Nxe5 or Qe2 more, but this line is playable. Another good option is castling. }
4... Nc6 { Developing the second knight andoffering some defense for e5 } 5. d3
{ Not the top response. I stronglyprefer 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3. Another option worth consideringis 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Neg5+ }
5... Nf6 { I also considered Nxc3 } 6. Bg5
{ Another strong consideration should have been 0-0, allowing the rookto get into the game. }
6... Be7 { Preparing for the castle. } 7. Qe2
{ Unless Whiteis considering 0-0-0, I would go ahead and castle 0-0 and then think aboutattacking. }
7... d6 { Defending e5 and opening a path for the LSB. } 8. h3
{ 0-0is a better play } 8... O-O 9. O-O
{ And now White's development is complete. Although down a pawn, still in fairly good position overall. }
9... Be6
{ Completingthe development of Black. A common perception is that doubling pawns isbad. However, doubled pawns in the center with supporting side pawns canprovide some attack options and opening a file for a rook is never a badthing, IF White takes. }
10. Bxe6
{ And he takes. I'm not immediately opposedto this play, but White should also consider b3 or b5, if just to preventme from getting an open file for my rooks to getting greater reach. }
10... fxe6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7
{ Order of capture is important. If Black had takenNe4 first, Black gains a piece. }
12... Qxe7
{ An unfortunate side effect for Whiteis that my rooks are now connected and I get a free positional developmentfor my queen. It's not a big advantage, but little advantages add up overtime. }
13. Qxe4
{ In general I like taking with the queen more than thed pawn, to get a more centralized location from which to assault the boardand keep some attack options on the e5 pawn. However, I can harass Whiteand gain some tempo by moving my rook, all because White let me get a half-openfile on turn 10. Because of the free tempo move I probably would havetaken dxe4. }
13... Rf4
{ Allowing me to move White's queen and also giving tempoto connect my rooks in a battery on the half-open f-file. }
14. Qe2 Raf8
{ Note that White can't easily dislodge my rook on f4, as g3 loses the knight. If White can't force me to move my rook, it's a strong projection of powerinto his half of the board. White's priority should be leveraging hisknight to dislodge my rook. That is complicated because of the positionof White's queen. }
15. Rae1
{ I might have moved Nd2 or c3. Another strongmove to consider is Rad1. When in doubt put your two rooks on the d ande files. Generally speaking if you are going to pen in a piece, like arook, it should be temporary or if you are going to pawn push behind therook. }
15... Qf6 { threatening the b2 pawn with e4. } 16. c3
{ easily seen by White,but is that Black's only ploy? } 16... Qg6
{ Setting up the pawn pin, forcing Whiteto move his knight and beginning to lay the foundation for a central pawnpush. Any moves that can accomplish more than one thing at a time aremust do's. }
17. a3 { Mistake! White failed to see the threat of the pin. } 17... Rxf3 18.
Kh2 { Relieving the pin. } 18... R3f5
{ Rxd3 would have momentarily netteda pawn, but f3 might have made the rook difficult to extract and was notseen as worth the risk. }
19. Qe3 { centralizing is always a good thing. } 19... Qg5
{ Offering the queen trade. } 20. Qxg5
{ Accepted. When you're down morethan a piece, trade pawns, not pieces. The queen trade is ill advisedunless forced. }
20... Rxg5 21. f3
{ A good positional play to restrict Black'soptions. Being down a pawn and a piece late is not the end of the world. If we trade down to just a piece advantage (assuming White can retakethe pawn), that can net a draw. }
21... Rgf5 { reconnecting the rooks. } 22. Re4
{ Looking to project his own power via rook battery. } 22... Rf4 23. Rxf4
{ Wherepossible, trade pawns, not pieces when you're down. } 23... exf4
{ I thought alot about which piece to use to retake and ultimately decided to undoublemy pawns and use it as an excuse to get my rook to the middle. }
24. Re1 { Rooks love open (or half-open) files. } 24... Rf6 25. g3
{ I almost traded pawnsreflexively, but after some more thought, I saw the opportunity to neta free pawn. The intent behind the move is good, to remove the threatof the f pawn, but d4 is needed first. Also, breaking up the connectedpawns on the kingside is not worth it yet. }
25... Ne5
{ no matter what Whitedoes, they lose a pawn, and black threatens a King/rook fork. }
26. Kg2 Nxd3 27. Re2
{ Forced rook move. If not for that, g4 would have been nice. Rf1 might have been better, but with this move the half-open file is maintained. }
27... fxg3 28. Kxg3 Rg6+ { Seriously restricting White's position. } 29. Kh2
Nf4 30. Re4 e5
{ Now Black has a dangerous post for a knight to complement therook. } 31. b4
{ Protecting against Rg2+ } 31... Rh6
{ No matter what White does,except Rxf4, White loses the h pawn. } 32. Kg3
{ Possibly eyeing Rxf4 tonet a knight and a pawn for free, significantly rebalancing the board. }
32... Rxh3+ 33. Kg4
{ Trying to keep the promise of Rxf4 on the table. That said,I think Kf2 is a better play. }
33... h5+
{ Keeping the pressure on. I lookedhard at Rh2 to try and mate White's king, but if White moves the rook,there is an escape route. As a result charge forward. }
34. Kf5 Rxf3 { Allowinga discovered check } 35. Rc4
{ Looking to keep fighting and hopefully scarfsome pawns. However, it turns out not to be very helpful. }
35... Ne2+ 36. Ke4
{ Blunder! Kg5 or Ke6 are both much better. This move locks in White'srook and eliminates his final power piece. }
36... Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Nxc3+ 38. Kf5 e4
{ The pawn march that will ultimately doom White. With proper play Whitecannot stop both. }
39. Kf4 h4 40. Kg4 e3 { And that, as they say, is that. } 41. Kxh4 e2
{ Giving up the pawn early wasn't the end of the world, butmissing the pin on move 17 proved to be too costly for White to overcome. When you're down, try to trade up or, if forced, trade pawns, not pieces. You need your pieces to make plays as pawns normally don't have the punchingpower. A few mistakes by White later on opened more holes for Black topunch through. Thank you for reading! }
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[Event "doubling pawns is not always good"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "hooman241"]
[Black "vavavi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1352"]
1. e4
{ Here is a relatively quick win whit black againts nearly 200 pointslower player }
1... c5 2. Nc3 { Not sure what this line is called } 2... Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5
Bd7 5. O-O { Nothing special so far } 5... Nf6 6. Nd5
{ Nd5?? This justloses a pawn } 6... Nxe4 7. d3 Nf6
{ Here is the point where ivstarted to feelgood about the game } 8. Nxf6+
{ White doubles blacks pawns, but it willsoon backfire } 8... gxf6 9. c4 Rg8
{ Black has dynamic play along the g file } 10. h3 Bg7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6
{ White gave up his lsb for a knight } 13. Nd2
{ I got no idea what this move does } 13... Qd7 14. b3 f5
{ Black discoversan attack on the rook } 15. Qh5 { And white misses it } 15...
Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Rxg2+ { Anoyher pawn gained } 17. Kf1
{ If kh1 rg5+ winning the queen } 17... O-O-O 18. a4
{ Really a pointless move, white should be defending now } 18... Rdg8 19. Nf3
Qe6 { Threatens bxf3 and after qxf3 rg1# } 20. Re1 { Re1?? This loses thegame }
20... Rg1+ 21. Nxg1 { Only move } 21... Rxg1+ { Again forced } 22. Kxg1 Qxe1+
{ Andwhite resigns. After kh2 qxf2# } 0-1
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[Event "One of the fastest Chess games ever"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "9:55 a.m"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mla96"]
[Black "I will not name"]
[Result "1-0"]
{ One of the fastest games of chess ever played (The game lasted under 10seconds!) I later played another game against him/her, I won again, butthe game was much longer and harder to win. (I will not show the game dueto too incredible amounts of obvious mistakes) }
1. e4 Nh6
{ A very strangeopening. It's the beginning of the Hippopotamus Defence. } 2.
d4 { Attacksthe knight. } 2... f5 { Now the knight is lost. } 3. Bxh6
{ gxh6 loses the game. } 3... gxh6 { But of course, that's what was played. }
4. Qh5# { Ta-Da! Try someof my puzzles. } 1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.11.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jamesaitchy1967"]
[Black "alex388"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1527"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
1. Nf3
{ I hope you find these comments entertaining and informative Dino53/BarryDavis. }
1... d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. e4 e5
{ My introduction I would like to remind ourplayers that pawns have 4 job functions; a. Protect the king b. Protectother pieces c. Fight for territory & space d. The threat of promotion. }
4. d5
{ This is a decision based on taste or preference white last move'releases the pawn tension' in the center and therefore clarifies someissues about what is going in the center. }
4... Ngf6 5. Bd3 Be7
{ With blackslast move he choose a well know variation of the Old Indian Defense, itis solid & a little passive. But I have used this option against playerswho are very aggressive! }
6. c4 c6
{ Black used his last move to place 'pawntension' on the spearhead of whites center formation, which in-effect keepshim busy! }
7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 a5
{ Black is very alert! 8. ...a5 'restrictswhites option to gain more space on the queen-side and slows whites plansdown. }
9. Bd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Qb6
{ This move is very ambitious, remember ifyou go into another mans house you had better have a way to get out! Remembera battery is any two pieces placed along a file, rank or diagonal thatwhen you move one it release the power of the other! }
11. b3
{ OK a passiveresponse, that does not take advantage of all of the possibilities available. }
11... cxd5 12. cxd5 Qa6
{ Black is attempting to 'dictate the direction & flowof the game', by challenging white and presenting him with problems! Theweakens of the a6-f1 diagonal is glaring now white try to stop the Nd3+with interrupts his plans! }
13. Qb1 Bg4
{ Notice the energy and strenghtof black plan and the execution of his ideas! First he did the three thingswe should always strive for in the opening, 1. Fight for control of thecenter 2. Develop our pieces toward the center & 3. Castle our king andnow by presenting white with problems to solve he has strategical won game,white inability to castle will haunt for the rest of the game. With blacklast move he }
14. Be3
{ he connects his rooks, and his the option to ruinhis opponents pawn structure! }
14... Rfc8 15. Bxc5
{ Black is playing this gamewith great enegry, he 'increases the activity of the Rf8 and will makethe decision about the destruction of whites pawn structure later! Oftenit is said that the 'threat to do something is greater than the execution'! }
15... Rxc5 16. Bd3 Qa7 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. a4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Rg1
{ Notice thatwhite struggles but he has given up the dark square bishop, what would'control the dark squares' and now black is in-effect a piece to the goodsince white cannot compete on this color complex! }
20... Nf4
{ Good stuff theoccupation of the outpost continues to 'increase the activity of blackspieces and create new problems for whites pieces. }
21. Bc4 Bh4
{ A verystrong move, creating a 'threat against the f2 square, & yes the Qb6 &Rc5 make up a battery along the a7-g1 diagonal! Always look for unprotectedpieces now white will try to protect the f2 square. }
22. Ra2 Rxb5 23. Bxb5 Qe3+
{ Invasions...alertly exploiting the pin & the lack of cooperationwithin whites positions! }
24. Kf1
{ 2 to protect the f2 square and withwhite light square bishop mis-placed black is able to take advantage ofthe weakness on the light squares on the king-side! }
24... Qxf3
{ Pac-man noticethe oblagation of Qb1 to protect the pawn of e4, the Ra } 25.
Rd2 Rc8 { Goodplayers use all of their pieces! } 26. Qe1 Qh3+
{ A well played game thatany player on our team would be proud to have played keep up the good work! }
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[Event "Challenge from sophistos"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "03-Dec-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "fernandoburguete"]
[Black "sophistos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. c4 { a particular English with d3 } 1... Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bd2 Bg7
5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6
{ problems to whites with the castling andthe development of the white bishop }
8. b3 Bd7 9. Rc1 Rb8 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Na7 12. Ra1 Qc7 13. O-O b5 14. axb5 axb5
15. Qc1 Rfc8 16. e5 { this isthe move } 16... b4 17. exf6 bxc3 18. Bxc3 exf6
19. Qb2 Nc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rxb3 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Bd5 Bxd3
25. Rfe1 Rf8 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Ra8 { i like this move } 27... Rb7 28. Nxf7 1-0
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[Event "2nd alex_champ's mini-tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "10-Jul-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "munis"]
[Black "blake78613"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d, 7d max"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Qb3
{ I am not sure of the purpose of this move. I don't likeit because it blocks White's b-pawn, which he should be pushing. }
9... Nd7 10. Qc2 { This is where the Queen should have gone last move. } 10...
f5 11. exf5 gxf5 { Typical KID capture giving Black a nice mobile center } 12.
Ng5
{ The WhiteKnight eyes e6. It is a standard White Tactic to play Ne6 forcing thec1 Bishop (who was born to sacrifice itself on h3) to take the Knight. after exd6 the White pawn on d6 is probably lost, but it takes time forBlack to win it; and meanwhile White is attacking on the queenside. }
12... Nf6 13. Rd1
{ White is in no hurry to go to e6 and hopes to provoke h6 fromBlack. } 13...
Qe8
{ The Queen heads for the Kingside. Fritz doesn't like thismove and thinks Black should play f4. I never considered f4, I wantedto keep my e5, f5 pawn dual abreast until I have a specific reason to moveone or the other. A point in ...f4's favor is that it would prevent Whitefrom playing f4. }
14. Ne6
{ Fritz likes f4 here and it may have a point. Of course Fritz is very materialistic and doesn't approve of White sacrificingthe pawn. }
14... Bxe6 15. dxe6 Rc8
{ This may be a too passive. Again Fritz likes...f4. I wanted to get my pieces in position before putting my pawns inmotion. }
16. Qb3 { Once again White shuffles his Queen. } 16... Kh8
{ Clearing theg-file for the heavy pieces. Also gets the king off the a2-g8 diagonalNaturally Fritz doesn't like this and thinks I should have taken timeoutto play ...b6. I think Fritz may have a point. }
17. Qxb7
{ Fritz now thinksWhite has a winning advantage. I disagree, but must admit that I was overestimatingBlack's attack. }
17... Ng6 18. Nb5 Qxe6 19. Nxa7 Rcd8 { I am finally ready tostart my attack }
20. Qxc7 f4
{ ...d5 was the alternative and I spent a lotof time looking at it. } 21. Nc6
Rd7 22. Qb6 e4 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Nf5
{ Fritzlikes 24 Qb3 for White and I tend to agree. ...f3 25 Nxd6 Nh4 26 f4 Nd527 cxd5 Bxd4 28 Kf1 }
24... f3 25. gxf3 exf3 26. Bxf3
{ Fritz likes 26 Bf1 Ne527 Ng3 (27 Nxd6? Qg6 28 Kh1 Nxc4- ; 27 Rxd6? Rxd6 28 Nxd6 Qg6 29 Kh1Ne4- ; 27 Nxg7? Qg6 28 Kh1 Rxg7 29 Bg5 Qxg5 30 Bh3 Qg2 31 Bxg2 fxg2 32 Kg1 Nf3#) }
26... Ne5 { Fritz considers this position as equal } 27. Bg2
{ 27Qb3 was better and probably draws. } 27... Qh5 28. Ne3 Nfg4 29. Nxg4 Qxg4
{ 29...Nxg4is probably better } 30. Qb3 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Nxh2 32. Bh3
{ This should be thelosing move. Correct was 32 Rd3 Re7 33 Bd2 } 32... Qh5
{ 32 ...Qe4 is better33 Bg2 Nf3- } 33. Rd5
{ 33 Rg1 is better but Black should win with ...Nf3 } 33... Be5 34. Rxe5 dxe5
35. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rdf7 { Here Fritz suggests 36...Re237 Qb8 Kg7- } 37.
Bg2
{ 37 Bh6 Qg6 38 Kh1 Qxh6 39 Qb8 Qf8 40 Qxf8 Rxf841 b4 and White might survive. }
37... Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Rf3+ 40. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 41. Kh2
{ Fritz says 42 ...h5 is winning for Black for example:43 a5 h4 44 Ra3 Qf1 45 Kxh5 Qxc4 46 Kh5 Qxc1 Notice that in the diagram,the Black Queen has the bishop dominated, any move by the bishop and thequeen will be able to fork it by checking the king. }
41... Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf3+ 43. Kh2
{ Here White offered a draw and I agreed. Next, I turned on Fritz'sengine and found that I had a winning advantage. }
1/2-1/2
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[Event "Power of the Bishops"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "8888"]
[Black "kaggy_44"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1576"]
1. e4
{ This game illustrates the power of the double bishops x-raying theopponent king's position. This is a sicilian opening game. }
1... c5 { book } 2. Bc4 { book } 2... d6 { book } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bg5
Be7 6. a3 a6 7. Nge2 b5 8. Bb3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6
{ This knight move seeks to eliminate the white bishopafter 10...Nd4. I was anticipating White will not take Knight with Knightbecause after 11...cxd4, his Knight on c3 will be attacked and has to move,making him lose tempo. }
10. Ng3 Nd4 11. Ba2 Bb7
{ This bishop is well-placedas will be shown later on in the game. } 12. f4
{ White weakened the positionof his king. Maybe he was thinking of a pawn storm on Black's castled positionbut he does not realize that the attack on his king is very imminent. }
12... h6 { This move was make the with DSB decide to take or to retreat. } 13.
Bxf6 { White opts to lose the bishop pair. } 13... Bxf6
{ Black has the advantageof the bishop pair which will be very strong later on. }
14. f5
{ White hasweakened his hold of the dark squares making Black's DSB more ominous. }
14... Rc8
{ ...to support the c-pawn advance and to firmly place the LSB on a8 } 15. Rb1
{ i was thinking this was to support a b-pawn advance and to attackedblacks LSB indirectly }
15... Ba8
{ this leaves the a6 pawn hanging, fortunately,it has no attackers. more importantly this move protects the LSB very well }
16. Nce2 { White is preparing a pawn advance on the queen side. } 16... Qb6
{ supportingthe queen side with the Queen. } 17. Nxd4
{ White took the Knight as it hada very powerful outpost position, at the expense of losing time after 17...Bxd4+ }
17... Bxd4+ 18. Kh1
{ ..the only logical escape. and the Black LSB comes intoserious play } 18...
c4 { the purpose here is to connect the Queen and the DSB } 19. c3 Be5 20. Nh5
{ Perhaps White was concerned with exchanging his Knightfor the DSB and having double pawns on the g-file. and he might have beenplanning to put his Queen on g4 threatening mate in 1. or he might havebeen thinking of moving his pawn to d4 which will greatly weaken black'sposition and/or eliminate Black's DSB at the expense of White's LSB bitingon bricks. }
20... Qe3
{ ..to protect against the threat of 21 Qg4 with 21...Qg5.This is also to support the DSB on 21...Bf4 if White goes 21 d4. }
21. dxc4 { opening up the game. } 21... Qxe4
{ this threatens mate in 1 buying time before...bxc4 } 22. Qf3
{ White wants to exchange Queens perhaps after realizingthat his king is in great danger, i.e., black's two bishops are eyeingon the last two pawns protecting his castled position and Black's Queendoing the direct attack with only the Black king protecting the two pawns. }
22... Qh4
{ Black does not have to exchange Queens. This again threatens a matein 1 and attacks White's Queen. }
23. Qf4 { This move is just to avoid themate. } 23... Qxh5
{ but Black does not have to take the Queen immediately. } 24. cxb5
{ White is still concerned with his queenside pawn attack.. atany rate, there is not much he can do to protect his king. mate is imminentif he moves his Queen or any of the pawns protecting his king }
24... Qh3 { goingfor the jugular. } 25. Rf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bxf4 27. Kg1 Be3+ 28.
Kh1 Qxf3#
{ I hope you liked the game. This gave me a new appreciation for the powerof the bishop pair. }
0-1
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rainbow6"]
[Black "sunraj45"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1246"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Qe7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qf3 Nc6
{ White is forced to retreat,losing development. } 5. d3 Nd4
{ Threatens the queen and a knight fork atthe same time. } 6. Qd1 c6 7. Be3 d5
8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3
{ Thebishop is stopped, but the pawn structure is off. } 10... Nb5 11. Nxb5 d4
12. Bxd4 { Strange move. I made it, and I don't know why. } 12... exd4 13. Nxd4
Qd7 14. c3 Bd6 15. Nf5 { The idea is Nxg7. } 15... O-O 16. h4 Bf4 17. Bh3 g6
18. Nh6+ { Nh6!+ Check, and the discovered threat to the queen. } 18... Bxh6
19. Bxd7 Rad8 20. Bh3 g5 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Rg1 h6 23. Qa4 a6 24. Qb3 Rxd3
{ This willbecome a race to see who can destroy the most pawns. } 25. Qxb7 Rxf3
26. Bg2 Rd3 27. Qxc6 Rd2 28. Qxa6 Rfd8 29. Rd1
{ Truly a bad move. Qa4 is better. } 29... h5 30. Qb5 Rxd1+ 31. Ke2 Rxg1 32.
Qxg5+ { Since the pawn has moved up, thequeen is free to eat material. } 32...
Kf8 33. Qxf6 Re8 34. Qf3 h4 35. Bh3 Rb8 36. b3 Rd8 37. Be6
{ Threatening mate at Qxf7# } 37... Rg7 38. Bc4 Rd6 39. e5 Rh6 40. Qa8+ Ke7 41.
Qb7+ Kd8 42. Bxf7 { Black resigns. } 1-0
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[Event "Millfield International 2009 Round 2"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Galliano"]
[Black "Pearson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "55 mins"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
{ The Petroff, one of the more counterattacking responsesto e4 and Nf3. } 3.
Nxe5 Nc6
{ This variation is weak if white plays correctly,but contains various traps. }
4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Be2
{ Here whitehas a seemingly solid position, but I had a winning bishop sacrifice -or so I thought... }
6... Bxf2+
{ If white had played 6.Bc4?, then this wouldbe winning after 7...Qd4+; here it epicly fails. Unfortunately, I had mixedup my opening lines! }
7. Kxf2 Qd4+ 8. Ke1 h5
{ I decided that I had bettermake the most of a bad job, and go for all out attack. }
9. d3 h4 10. Rf1 h3 11. g3 { There goes attempt no.#1. } 11... g6 12. Bf3 Nh5
{ Planning ...Nxg3!,with a completely revitalised position. } 13. Bxh5
{ Damn. } 13... gxh5 14. Qf3
{ Threatening f7. Since I wanted to open lines, there was really only onepossible response. }
14... f5 15. exf5 Bd7
{ ...Kf7 was far stronger. Instead thisallows a forced queen exchange. } 16.
Qe3+ Qxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Kf7 { Blockingthe pawn. } 18. Kd2 Rae8
{ If the a7 pawn is taken, then ...b6 traps thebishop. } 19. Rae1 Rhg8 20. Bd4
b6 21. Be5 c5
{ Since I had lost anotherpawn, I decided to give my bishop a good square while at it. }
22. Bxc7 Bc6 23. Ne4
{ Threatening Nd6+. Perhaps exchanging was the wrong response,but by this point I don't think it makes a massive difference. }
23... Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rc8 25. Bd6 Rc6 26. Be5 Rg5 27. f6
{ This advances the pawn, but createsvulnerabilities that allow me to delay the end. }
27... b5 { Planning ...c4. } 28. b3 c4 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Bb2 c3+
{ This opens up the c file. } 31. Bxc3 Rgc5 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Re3
{ The best resonse, avoiding retreat and loss of material. } 33... Kf7
{ Attempting to bring the position back to where it was and delay white'sprogress. }
34. Rfe1
{ Threatening to place rooks on e7 and e8, at whichpoint the pawn is unstoppable. }
34... Rc8 { Covering the 8th rank - the seventhis lost already. } 35. Re7+ Kf8
36. R1e3 { Protecting the bishop. } 36... Rd8+ 37. Kc1 Rdc8 38. Kb2 Rf5
{ Now, black can try ...Rxc3 which creates furtherdelay. } 39. Rxa7 Rf2
{ Trying to promote the h-pawn in retaliation. Unfortunately,this is too slow. }
40. Ree7 Rxh2 41. Rh7
{ And quick mate is inevitable. Congratulations to my opponent, who played a good consolidation and expansiongame and deserved the full point, and a rather embarrassing loss for me,which I was unfortunately denied the chance to gain revenge for by ourschools' teams being placed in different groups for the rest of the tournament. }
1-0
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[Event "Rook Sacked for sweet Mate!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "05-Feb-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "fuzi"]
[Black "cyko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d, 7d max"]
[WhiteElo "1244"]
1. e4
{ I play black on this one, and white seems to be pre-occupied byhis passed pawn to notice my infiltration of his kingside. Leaving himin too bad a shape after I end up with 2 passed pawns. }
1... c5 { my standarddefense against e4 } 2. d4 cxd4
{ I figure why not, if she takes then I'llchase'er a bit! } 3. Qxd4 Nc6
{ my N attacks with his swfit feet... } 4. Qd1
{ she retreats...apparently had enough and didn't want to be chased anyfurther. I've already gained the initiative. }
4... Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3
{ my p-a6 proved to be more useful than just blocking theN advancement. } 8...
h6 { more blocking, and also my kings possible escape routeafter castling. } 9.
O-O Bc5 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4
{ afterthe sacrificed pawn I end with a nice powerful position in the middle. }
13. Re1 { ?? why not bring out the bishop? } 13... O-O 14. Ne2 Bxf2+
{ ! Thismove takes a pawn that would retreat my N, forces king exposure, and promotesmy upcoming attack! }
15. Kxf2 Ne4+ 16. Kg1 Qf6 { getting her settled in... } 17. Rf1 Qg6
{ now she's ready... } 18. Rf3 f5 19. d6+
{ Now he's thinkingthat pawn my run for the endzone! w/ } 19... Kh8 20. Qe1 f4
{ must move thispawn to keep his rook still, stop the bishop that he still hasn't moved,and make room for my rook to advance. }
21. c3 Rf5 22. Bc2 { he is sensinga problem } 22... Rh5
{ Now we're cook'n up the plot! } 23. Bxe4 Qxe4
{ He side linedme for a second with that take. } 24. Qf2 Qg6
{ but I quickly get back tomy post } 25. Qc5
{ now he's concerned with that passed pawn again } 25... Bxh3
{ ok, now the big bad white king is in trouble } 26. Qf2
{ there's not a lotgood that can come from this situation, especially with my pawn on f4 causingproblems for any piece that could occupy the g3 square. }
26... Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Rg5
{ as I said earlier, he's not wanting to drop a rook to a pawn...andhe certainly doesn't want to lose his queen and have nothign to show forit. }
28. Ng3 { the obvious move } 28... Rg4
{ I did this move to keep pressure onthe same position, but more importantly to be able to pxg3 without havingmy rook take by his bishop on c1. Which, I would guess, he was hopingthat I overlooked. }
29. Qh3
{ I'm assuming he did this to simply removehis queen from the G file held up by my rook. }
29... Rxg3+ 30. Rxg3 fxg3 31. Bf4
{ ?? In my opinion this move was the only real blunder he made. Therecould've been some better positional play, but this was a blunder. }
31... exf4 32. d7
{ he continues with his pawn advancement, which isn't a bad ideain most cases. }
32... Rd8
{ I block, not too concerned about the only open E filein which he'll move his rook soon....thanks to my Q also guarding the diagonalto e8 in case of an exchange. }
33. Re1
{ he makes the move I assumed. Itwas here that I noticed my plot to end the game with a nice rook sac }
33... f3 34. Kh1
{ He obviously moved his king to keep from the f2 fork with a pawnand/or a variety of other problems if he just moved the rook and allowedme to check him with the pawns... }
34... f2 35. Rf1 Rxd7 { He leaps at the opportunityto take my rook!! } 36. Qxd7
{ but.... } 36... Qe4#
{ He failed to see the mate one4. Pretty mate if you ask me, haven't seen one like this in a while. }
0-1
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[Event "Watch.!! Chess open challenge"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.02.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rakshic"]
[Black "FM of Lithuania, 'Tautvydas vedrickas'"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
{ The game played against FIDE MASTER of Lithuania. Game reference= http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=84797892 }
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 { Modern Defense } 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4
{ alternative movecan be playable 4. Nf3 } 4... a6 5. Nf3 Nd7
{ 5...b5 followed by Bb7 } 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e5 d5 10. b3
{ a little idea to play a2-a4 } 10... c5 { ...Ne7 followed by O-O } 11. a4 b4
12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Qe1 c4
{ a Blunderplan pushing the c' pawn to c4, have to get threaten by both Bishop& b3'pawn. he have to played 13...Qa5 here. }
14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Qxb4 Nc6 17. Qb2 Nxc4 18. Qxb7 N4a5 19. Qb2 Bf8
{ don't know what he thinkingon the game but making O-O was good or may try Rb8 here }
20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Qa2 Be7 22. Rab1 O-O 23. c4 Bb4 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Qd2
{ Black Resigned } 1-0
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[Event "83rd GK tournament - Game again with mobtrio"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.07.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ms82"]
[Black "mobtrio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1507"]
1. e4
{ Hai everyone. This is my past game in 83rd GK tournament. I am annotatingthis game since it has some interesting moves and its kinda quick game. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 { My usual move... } 2... Nc6 3. c3
{ Playing in a defense is alwaysmy favorite. } 3... Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. d4 Nxe4
{ My opponent is very aggressive itsseems.. Its OK. } 6. dxe5
{ I wanna open d rank to execute my attack. } 6... g6 7. Qd5
{ My QUEEN came out for an attack.. } 7... Bf5
{ My opp. also prepares hispieces for an attack.. } 8. g4 { Forced... } 8...
Nxf2 { Not taking my pawn andaiming for my ROOK.. } 9. gxf5
{ But, i didn't bother.. } 9... Nxh1 10. Bg5
{ Positioningmy pieces for an aggressive attack. Only some few moves makes a MASTERBLASTER checkmate. }
10... Be7 { Bishop Protecting the QUEEN } 11. f6
{ My simplemove but effective. } 11... Bf8 12. Bb5
{ White has good fighting position... Aimingthe enemy KING. } 12... Qd7
{ Here you can see how critical situation the Blackking is... } 13. Nd4
{ Bringing my Knight in the right spot. } 13... dxe5
{ Takingmy pawn.. Not a good idea in this moment.. } 14. Bxc6
{ The unexpected move... } 14... bxc6 15. Qxe5+ Kd8 16. Qe4
{ POSITIONING my QUEEN in the center, the rightspot aiming a fabulous CHECKMATE... }
16... h6 { No use my opp. } 17. Nxc6+ { unexpectedmove... } 17... Kc8
{ The only move without sacrificing his Queen.. } 18. Ne7+
{ Here,black has no option, but only to resign... if Kb8 Qb4+ followed by checkmateby taking his Queen or if Kd8 or Bxe7 Qa8+ followed by checkmate by takinghis Queen. An interesting game having some unexpected moves. }
1-0
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[Event "35th GK tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "25-Apr-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "e-motion"]
[Black "iamthundercat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1631"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
1. e4
{ This was one of the toughest game I've been involved in on thissite. In addition, it was the last game in our tourney group. It was todecide who goes to the next round. I was half a pt behind to iamthundercat,so the only way I advance is if I win. He wins or we draw, he moves on,and I am out. So we begin... }
1... b6 2. Nf3 Bb7
{ Fianchetto... strenghteningthe diagonal side attacks, and giving up the middle. }
3. e5
{ I take theopportunity. Playing aggressive is my style. Sometimes this backfires,but I was willing to take my chance here. I also like to jam the black'sKing side, with either Knight or Bishop often times risking to get stuckand undeveloped... }
3... c5 4. d4 e6 5. Be3
{ Typical attempts at development.I am hoping to mantain control of the middle, but it doesn't seem to workso well. He is pulling all the right moves so far. }
5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5
{ Thingsare starting to get hairy. My Nd4 is not pinned, but the pressure on thatdiagonal is put. I have a feeling he'll exploit this somehow.... }
7. Nc3
{ But I continue to develop care free. I feel the d4 is protected adequately. }
7... Ne7
{ He is itching to develop king side pieces... preparing for something? } 8.
Qg4
{ I am thinking pulling out Queen at this point is not too early.I don't see immediate threat that would at the same time develop black.So I shift the Queen on the side where I expect he will Castle. Also theQueen provides additional support to g2 pawn attacked by the black Bb7. }
8... Ng6
{ For some reason I failed to see this move as dangerous... so I intendto continue developing... }
9. Bd3
{ There it is, now I have Castling optionsas well, and I put pressure on his King side, attacking g6 as well. However,this was a weak move. It weakens protection to the g2 pawn, as well asit doesn't account for the following move by the black.... }
9... Qh4
{ Oops,I did not see that! Note that if I exchange Queens, his Knight assumesh4 position, which will cause either loss of pawn, or loss of Castlingoptions (g2 pawn is then under the attack by both Bb2 and Kg4... I can'tadvance the pawn as it is protecting a Rh1 from Bb2 attack, and I am nothot about playing Kf1). If I move Queen in any other way, my Nd4 is historyas it is attacked then by both Bc5 and Qh4. }
10. h3
{ I still have castlingoption on the other side, and maybe I can get my Rh1 involved early. Iam losing my g2 pawn, but at this point I am at peace with this. It couldbe worse... }
10... Bxd4
{ Not too excited over how things are going so far. Myhold on the center is not so important at this point, he is managing todevelop as planned, he is attacking me in the middle of all places, andmy development so far is fairly useless. My overagressive play seems tohave backfired this time. }
11. Bxd4 Qxg4
{ I thought he had better alternatives,but can't fault him for this move either. His management of the game isgood. }
12. hxg4 Nc6
{ However, after this move, I am thinking, I didn'tlose g2 pawn, my h-file is opened, and now I can get my Rook involved early.Hey, I came out of this exchange great! }
13. Bxg6 { Here I am hoping todisrupt his King side castling. } 13... fxg6 14.
O-O-O { I was itchin to castle. } 14... Nxd4
{ Ok, so I did give up my g2 pawn... after the many worse alternativesI considered through this set of moves, this is no biggie. }
15. Rxd4 Bxg2
{ There we go! Finally! This is where the 40 is spilled for the fallen homie. }
16. Rhd1
{ Attempting to put pressure on his other castling option, whilegetting the other rook into the action. }
16... Bc6
{ This is where that plan comesto a screeching halt, since bishop now protects d7 . }
17. b4 { Gotta continueto push my pawns and get that Bishop out of there. }
17... a6
{ He is counteractingmy plans very well. I do not like the prospect of his Ra8 getting intothe action on the side where I castled. }
18. a4 { So I press my a -pawn!LOL } 18... b5 19. a5
{ There, I plug that a-file Rook option. But I still havea problem of Bishop firmly protecting his d7 pawn. }
19... O-O
{ So tricked! Hisother rook is now thrown into action, his King protected, good move...although he didn't have many alternatives. }
20. f4 { Forced. } 20... Rf7 21. R1d3 Raf8 22. Ne2
{ Had to bring the Knight to protect the f-pawn. The f-fileif opened to his rooks will spell all sorts of trouble for my King }
22... Bd5
{ I started to get really annoyed at his Bishop. It became a very strongpiece. It singlehandedly neutralized both of my Rooks. Also, I didn't wanthim to attack me with Bc4. }
23. Kd2
{ At that point it felt like we arestuck, so i figured bringing King into action would push the advantageon my side }
23... Rc8 24. Nc3
{ The pressure was taken off my f-pawn with thatRc8, so I could afford to move my Knight once again. Here I am blockinghis rook attack as well as attacking his bishop. }
24... Bc6 25. g5
{ I felt thathad he moved his h-pawn earlier, I would have found myself in a lot oftrouble. So I kinda felt lucky I was able to pull this move and in a wayneutralized or slowed his h-pawn progress. }
25... Rcf8 26. Ne2 Rd8 { I gainedtempo in those few last moves. } 27. Rh3
{ So I am trying to attack something...anything, just to make me feel better. His rooks-bishop combo were dictatingmuch of my play, so I felt I finally got the chance to attack. }
27... d6
{ I likedthis move. In a way it almost felt as if he didn't have much choice butto push that pawn. He seemed stuck going back and forth with his rook andbishop. Something had to open up, and he was willing to sacrifice a pawnfor it. Can't blame him. }
28. exd6 Rfd7 29. Rhd3 Bd5
{ He was counting onthis move, hoping to regain the loss pawn he just recently gave away. }
30. Nc3 { But i was not gonna let that happen, attacking his bishop. } 30...
Rxd6
{ However, here I opt not to exchange with Bishop, since I feel that myKnight can become quite a force, if it ends up penetrating into higherranks. }
31. Ne4
{ I thought long and hard about this move (note that if:31....Bxe4 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 and I come out ahead a point. There arefew other exchange alternatives but every one of them in my favor) }
31... Rc6 { He correctly chooses not to exchange. } 32. c3 Rc4 33. Nc5
{ I wanted toput my Knight in action, and i felt if it gets up there, it will be ableto start penetrating his defensive ranks and cause trouble. Currently attackinghis a6 pawn, as well as e6 pawn (he can't take the Knight on e6 with theBishop, uncovering his Rd8) }
33... Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Ra8
{ Forced. It protects thea6 pawn, as well as it moves the Rook away from the troubled d-file. }
35. Nd7 { But it's too late, my Knight becomes very strong. } 35... h5 36. gxh6
gxh6 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Rxd5
{ With that Knight putting so much pressureon his ranks, it was just a matter of time I would equalize pt differential. }
39... h5
{ I knew that that h-pawn will cause trouble sooner or later. I stillthink had he pushed it earlier he would have been better off. At this pointI gotta get my King into action or it might be too late. }
40. Ke2 Re8+
{ His rook had many options of attack. He could have attacked c-file, orf-file. He decided to grace my King with his attack. Thank you very much:) }
41. Kf2 Re6 42. f5 { Bad Move. I didn't see his next move. } 42... Rf6
{ Nice.Maybe simple, but I did not see it coming. I was blinded by the expectedpawn exchange. }
43. Kf3 gxf5
{ I am down again! At this point I am startingto lose my hope. I am starting to consider giving up and offering a draw.I don't feel like I am in danger of losing, but I sure am not in advantageousposition. But I feel like I could pull a draw easy, as long as I don'tmake any blunders. I don't feel either like he will make any blunders,cause up to that point, he did not look like a player that makes blunders.The only reason I don't offer a draw is because it does me no good to mytourney aspirations. }
44. Kg3
{ I want to keep an option to defend againstany of his pawn pushes, so I get in the middle. }
44... f4+ 45. Kf3 Kg6 46. Rd4
{ I liked this move cause now I get the chance to involve my stale c-pawn }
46... h4
{ It did not look good for me. I can't take the f-pawn, cause after therook exchange his h-pawn is Queening. I wanted to offer a draw, and maybeI luck out and he accepts. But still a draw does me no good for the tourney.So I keep playing. I am hoping for a miracle. He will Queen one of hispawns. }
47. c4
{ Honestly, at this point, I am trying to distract him, andmaybe get his rook away from the f pawn. Little did I know that this turnedout to be a game turning move. }
47... h3
{ Ok, maybe it was that one, since hedidn't take my c-pawn, but can you blame him? He is few moves away fromQueening! I finally realize I can't stop him Queening one of his pawns.I am about 3 seconds from resigning, ... when all of sudden I see the followingsequence of moves!!! I did not believe it until they actually unfolded: }
48. cxb5 h2 49. Kg2 f3+ 50. Kxh2 f2 51. Rd1
{ I am sacrificing my rook!.... I actually foresaw all this, I felt pretty proud of that calculation.In other words I was tempo down, and a rook sacrifice away from restoringtempo balance in my favor.... although with a big piece disadvantage atthat point, I am so close to Queening my pawns I feel gaining tempo isall I needed. }
51... f1=Q 52. Rxf1
{ There goes my homie. He sacrificed for thebetterment of his nation. His deeds will be remembered for the generationsto come... }
52... Rxf1 53. bxa6 { At this point Queening cannot be stopped.... } 53... Rf7
54. b5 Ra7 55. b6 Rxa6 56. b7 Rxa5 57. b8=Q
{ I could not believe it...To this date the most significant win on this site, in so many ways. }
57... Rg5
{ But here I realize, even this is not straightforward. At one point I wasstruggling figuring out how to finish it. Also, one of my Master levelteam members sent me a message with finishing set of moves for this game.I naturally refused to look until I finished it on my own. After the gameI took a look at his suggestion and he said 'Your game can easily be wonwith:........... ' and then 30 moves later CHECKMATE!!!! LOL...... Inother words, this is not straightforward ending. One really has to workfor the win. This game me taught me the value of sticking with the gameeven when things look quite bleak. }
58. Qe8+ Kf5 59. Kh3 Rg7 60. Qf8+ Kg6 61. Qd6+ Kf7 62. Kh4 Rg1 63. Qd5+ Ke8
{ After Ke8, the rook is gonewith the following move: } 64. Qa8+
{ any move by King is followed by Qa7 Here he finally resigned, and I moved on to the next round. Unfortunatelyfor my stoic opponent he was half a point away from same. Hats off iamthundercat,great game, great battle, thanks for the wonderful chess experience. Wishyou Good chess in the future.... }
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[Event "Let's play chess, http://gameknot.com/"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2019.02.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sogtulakk"]
[Black "cegm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
{ Hello to all. My first annotation with white pieces. In this game, I had used of the possibility of database study (in difference of OTB game) while I played the game. Particularly, when mi rival chose the variation of the game, I follow the game Aronian-Topalov (2015) and analyzes the strategic ideas of that game. My opponent made a blunder in the early middlegame, in an interesting position. I call a computer engine analysis in this site, you can see the module evaluation. }
1. c4 { I am studyingthis opening, the English! } 1... c5
{ My opponent chose the symmetric English.The other main option is 1 ... e5. My favourite, when I play withblack pieces, is 1... Nf6 and I try to enter in the KID. }
2. Nc3 { 2Nf3 or 2 Nc3, question of tastes } 2... Nf6
{ The same for black. Another ideasare 2 ... g6 2 ... e6 2 ... d6 and 2 ... Nc6. The variety show theflexibility of the English Opening. }
3. Nf3
{ I want, everytime, the fourknight variation of symmetric English. Another main options are 3e3 and 3 g3, all are playable. }
3... d5
{ Ohh. Counterintituive, Black opensthe center but White leads the development. I know, this move is theory,nevertheless }
4. cxd5
{ The natural election. Exchanges a flank pawn fora central pawn. The black knight moves twice }
4... Nxd5 5. e4
{ This moveleads to unbalanced opening. The first time when I see this variation,I think chess in insane! See the next move and forgive me, please! }
5... Nb4
{ Three moves with the knight... But Blacks attack inmediately the d3-hole. Alternative is 5 ... Nxc3 6 dxc3 Qxd1+ 7 Kxd1. This endgame was study in a book of Mednis. Of course, 6 bxc3 is fine, too. }
6. Bc4
{ 6 d4 (natural move) doesn't work cxd4 7 Nxd4 Qxd4! 8 Qxd4 Nc2+ and black is winning. This move leads to a messy position. The 'correspondence'chess is ideal for this kind of position, I think. }
6... Nd3+ { Ohh.. Whiteloss the castle or the bishop. } 7. Ke2
{ I guess, this move was idea byNimzowich } 7... Nf4+
{ Four moves with the knight } 8. Kf1 { The king is in asafe place. } 8... Ne6
{ 5 moves with the knight and it's place in a non-convecionalsquare. White leads in development by the loss castle. The only wayto take advantage of that is attacking! Black can't play 8 ... Nc69 d4! }
9. b4
{ This move is theory. I find in the database a game of Candidates Match between Polugaiesvky vs Korchnoi. If I find a move like this, I'll be smiling for months! Now, White dominate the center and the development. Nevertheless, the d4-square is weak. }
9... cxb4 10. Nd5 g6
{ Black has an alternative move in 10 ... Nc6. Interestingly, that move has not been used frequently. I don't know why }
11. d4
{ The evaluationof the position is very hard. White has the center-pawn, but d pawnis weak. The game runs on the development of the attack on the kingsideand the counterplay on the pawn d4 }
11... Bg7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rc1
{ This positionis was played in the game Aronian-Topalov, London 2015, as said. Topalovplayed 13 ... Bd7. My rival takes another way and I must 'think' withmy own head. This thinking is to follow the Aronian idea of push theh-pawn and play Qd2, making a tandam Be3-Qd2 against the dsb. }
13... O-O
{ A new move. So natural, but I amn t sure if this move is better than Bd7. The king will be harassed by the maneuver cited in the previous commentary. A fast development is necessary. }
14. h4 h5 { Black stopsthe white expansion in the kingside. } 15. Qd2
{ I follow the Aronian strategy. } 15... Nexd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18.
Qxd4
{ Now, if 18 ... e6 19 Nf6+and, 20 Qxd8. White enters in an endgame with piece up }
18... Bg4
{ Now,with one piece up, I must find how to override my opponent's counterplaypossibilities. Looking at the position, we see that the tower on theside of the king is inactive, so I must open the way. Since h3 iscontrolled, the ideal move is f3, which limits the possibilities oflsb. But, on the other hand, leave all the dark squares near my king.However, their dark squares are too. Conclusion: I must keep my queenin dark squares and prevent her queen from activating. The only squerewhere you can activate are a5 and d6. I think the Qe5-Qg5 maneuveris suggested alone, after all this reasoning, because it attacks thee7 square twice, the pawn can not advance and, eventually, if Qa5Nf6 +Now, with piece up, I must. Clearly, if Qd6 Qxd6 }
19. Qe5 Re8 20. Qg5 Rc8 21. f3
{ Follows the idea. Stockfish suggest Kg1-Kh2 maneuver. } 21... Rxc4
{ I don't understand this move } 22. Rxc4 Bc8 23. Kf2
{ And my opponentresigns } 1-0
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[Event "Playing against the Maroczy bind, part 1"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bartpieters"]
[Black "hityerclock"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
{ I've recently added the accelerated dragon to my OTB repertoire. Thatmeans I need to have some way of dealing with the Maroczy bind. What I'veprepared is the system that I play in this game, and several others thatI have in progress here on GK. I'll annotate each of these games as theyfinish. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
{ This is theinfamous Maroczy bind. White makes sure that black will never be able toplay ...d5. The downside is potentially weak central dark squares, whichthe 'dragon bishop' on g7 may be able to exploit. }
5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4
{ This is the start of the variation I have prepared. The idea, believeit or not, is to transfer the N from c6 to e6 ... }
8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1
{ Not 9.Bxd4? Bxd4, and black is clearly better due to the bishop pair,and in particular the unrestricted DSB. If the white Q stays on g4, blackcan play ...d5! anyway due to the discovered attack. }
9... Ne6
{ On e6, theN keeps an eye on the critical central dark squares, c5, d4, and f4. }
10. Rc1
{ Black's immediate threat was ...Bxc3+, wrecking white's Q-side pawns. } 10...
Qa5 { Black must play actively to slow down white's development. } 11. Bd3 b6
12. O-O Bb7
{ This is the only suitable diagonal for black's LSB. Withthe B on b7, white has to be careful about pushing his K-side pawns. Also,the B keeps an eye on d5, and can be traded for white's N if necessary. }
13. f4
{ I don't think that white should move the f-pawn in this variation.With both e3 and d4 weak, black can get a lot of play on the dark squares.IMO, this pawn needs to stay on f2 to keep the a7-g1 diagonal sealed, atleast until the black DSB has been dealt with. }
13... d6 14. a4
{ The GK computerdoesn't like this move, preferring 14.Rf2. I think both 14.Qe2 and 14.Bb1give black a lot more problems than 14.Rf2, but that's a story for anotherannotation ;) }
14... Nc5 { White's a-pawn advance allows black to threaten ...Qb4and ...Nb3 }
15. Bxc5
{ Giving up the DSB is a big positional blunder, asnow black's own DSB can become a monster. Better is 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.cxd5O-O 17.Bb5 Qb4, with an equal position. }
15... bxc5
{ White might own d5, butnow black owns d4, and with it the a7-g1 diagonal. }
16. Qe2 O-O 17. e5 { Trying to seal in the bishop on g7. } 17... dxe5 18. fxe5
Qb6 19. Rf2 Rad8
{ Planningto sac the exchange in order to activate the bishops } 20. Qe3 Rxd3
21. Qxd3 Bxe5
{ Black is winning. The active bishops and dark-square controlare more than enough compensation for the exchange. }
22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Re2 e5 { Oh, I forgot to mention the passed e-pawn, too. } 24.
Nb5 e4 25. Qb3 Be5
{ Black has no desire to trade his best piece for a mere knight. } 26. Qe3 a6
{ Chasing away the N so that the B can return to his post on d4. } 27. Nc3 Bd4
28. Qd2 f5
{ Black now has a K-side attack brewing, with bothB's pointed at white's K. }
29. Qc2 Qe6 30. Qb3 Rb8 31. a5 Qe5 32. Qa4 Qf4
{ Threatening ...Be5, with mate to follow. } 33. Qd1
{ To meet ...Be5 withQg1. } 33... Bc6 { Activating the rook. } 34. Rb1 Rb4 35.
Rc2 Be5 36. Qg1 e3 37. b3 Qg5 { Threatening ...f4 and ...f3. } 38. Re1
{ GK computer claims thisis a mistake and that white should pay 38.h3, but that's also wrong asblack can just continue with 38...f4. White's best try here is probably18.Rd1, looking to get some play on the open d-file, for example 38.Rd1f4 39.Nd5! intending 40.Qf1, with some counter-play. }
38... Bd4 { Threateningto win white's Q with 39...e2. } 39. Qf1 Rxb3 40. Nd5
Kg7
{ Probably notnecessary, I was concerned about back-rank funny-business. Now the K canhide out on h6 if it needs to. }
41. Ra2 Be5 42. Rae2 Qh4 43. Qg1 f4
{ Itfelt like I was playing one of those 15-number sliding puzzles to get thepawn to f4. Now I have to figure out how get f3 in. fortunately for me,white is completely bottled up. }
44. Rd1 Qh5 45. Qf1 Ra3
{ ?! I need toget rid of the N of d5 (to open up the a1-h8 diagonal) so I can play ...f3. The plan is ...Ra4 and ...Rxc4, but after I made this move I realizedthat I could have just played 45.Rb4! right away, as 45...Nxb4 solves myproblem! }
46. Rde1 { This also solves black's Nd5 problem ... } 46... Rd3
{ Herecomes exchange sac number 2! } 47. h3 Rxd5 48. cxd5 Bxd5 49. Rd1 f3
{ Herewhite resigns. He has to return the the material he has gained with interest,for example, 50.Rxd5 fxe2 51.Qe1 Qf4! 52.Qxe2 Qf2 53.Qxf2 exf2 54.Rd1 Bg3,and the white rook is tied up defending against f1=Q, so black's can justmarch the c-pawn down to c2, and play ...Bf4 and ...c1. }
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[Event "Grand Slam Final Masters, Bilbao ESP"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.10.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
1. e4 { 040 } 1... e5 { 041 } 2. Nf3 { 044 } 2... Nc6 { 043 } 3. Bb5
{ Apertura Española. } 3... a6 { 044 } 4. Ba4 { 044 } 4... Nf6 { 046 } 5. O-O
{ 044 } 5... b5 { 043 Alternativevariation: 5... Be7 } 6. Bb3 { 044 } 6... Bc5
{ 042 Alternative variation: 6...Be7 Alternative variation: 6... Bb7 } 7. a4
{ 045 Alternative variation:7. c3 Alternative variation: 7. d3 } 7... Rb8
{ 042 } 8. axb5 { 044 Alternativevariation: 8. c3 } 8... axb5 { 044 } 9. c3
{ 044 Alternative variation: 9. Nxe5 } 9... d6 { 044 } 10. d4 { 045 } 10... Bb6
{ 044 } 11. h3
{ 044 Alternative variation:11. Na3 Alternative variation: 11. Qd3 } 11... O-O
{ 0460 } 12. Re1 { 045 Tanstaafl: highway } 12... h6
{ 041023 Alternative variation: 12... Bb7 } 13. Na3
{ 044trail : because you have orns trail : use your head Alternative variation:13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Qb1 b4 16. Qc2 Na5 17. Rxa5 Bxa5 18. dxe5dxe5 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. Ba4 b3 21. Qd1 Qb8 22. Nfd2 Be6 23. Qa1 Rc8 24. Ba7Qxa7 25. Bxb5 Bb6 26. Qxa7 Bxa7 27. Nxe5 Rd8 28. Ndf3 Bb6 29. Bc4 Re8 30.Nd2 Bc5 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Nec4 Bf8 33. e5 Nd5 34. Nxb3 Nf4 35. h4 Ra6 36.Ra1 Rc6 37. Ra4 Nd3 38. Nd4 Rc5 39. e6 Be7 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Re8 [1-0 Kamsky,G(2695)-Almasi,Z (2704)/Reggio Emilia 2010] }
13... exd4 { 04617 Alternative variation:13... Re8 } 14. cxd4 { 045 } 14... Na5
{ 046 } 15. Bc2 { 046 } 15... b4 { 049 } 16. Nb5
{ 043 junglebee : Nxd6 and e5 I guess after c6 jensk : This is an odd wayof playing the game of chess - but of course legal according to the rules:) junglebee : if Bd7 then just Bd3? junglebee : if Bd7 Na7 then Ra8 tnedev: Sb5 its Kasparov see last book Kasparov -Karpov tnedev : plan its d5-N---c6 Alternative variation: 16. Nb1 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bf4 Qxd1 (18...Rb7 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Nbd2 c4 22. Ba4 c3 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. bxc3bxc3 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Ra6 [ 1-0 Van Willigen,J (2404)-Belis,R(2195)/ICCF email 2006]) 19. Rxd1 [1/2-1/2 Istratescu,A (2602)-Sofronie,I(2436)/Niort 2004] }
16... Ba6 { 04474 } 17. Na7
{ 041 junglebee : Qd7 Ra5! junglebee: Ra8 Ra5! junglebee : Bb7 Qd3 maybe junglebee : Ra8 Ra5! Ba5 Nc6 winsthe bishop junglebee : white's knight is quite safe :) junglebee : afterBb7 the knight can go back to b5 if it has to Kingway : This is one ofthe first games where I've seen Magnus play a TN (as far as I know) ina main line opening. junglebee : for example he could play Bb7 d5 Ra8 Nb5and know the knight could come to d4 Kingway : Usually he follows theory(which he knows well) as opposed to demonstrating new theory. He just doesn'thave the big teams like Kramnik, Anand and Topalov have... tnedev : Shirovnot read the book?! Kingway : Magnus is wicked good in middlegames andendgames and solid in the opening. Last couple weeks excepted, of course! }
17... Bb7 { 04673 tnedev : d5 mauchess : c5 } 18. d5
{ 04135 jensk : White isof course clearly better - could be a hard blow to this line jensk : Iguess black must play something like 6 or c5 now jensk : c6 or c5 it isjensk : Qd7 Ba4! jensk : Its something about the centre - old wisdom }
18... Ra8 { 04874 } 19. Nb5 { 046 } 19... Nc4 { 049 } 20. Rxa8 { 04145 } 20...
Qxa8
{ 047 Brassman: maybe Bd3 Drahacik : that horse got some exercise Drahacik : Kramnikhas to lose two, not draw two, for Carlsen to tie him Adaptation : lookslike Carlsen finally has a real chance to win Adaptation : Qd3 or Bd3 bothlook very good Adaptation : what happens after Qd3 Ne5 Nxe5 dxe5 Qg3. lookspretty strong Adaptation : Nh4 looks strange Adaptation : maybe it's goodthough Adaptation : Nh4 Qa5 doesn't look so good Adaptation : Nd4 is forcedand then Bxd4 Qxd4 b3 Adaptation : MC Hammer obviously JonLudvig : theone and only Adaptation : Bd3 Ne5 Nxe5 dxe5 Qf3 also looks good Adaptation: Qe2 Ne5 Adaptation : yes, I noticed that jdmce, that's why I prefer Bd3Ne5 Nxe5 dxe5 Qf3 here Adaptation : don't worry, they didn't agree to adraw :) Drahacik : Kramnik drew, Magnus can't catch him now. Drahacik :Any other GM tournament in the world has such a fast time control, only90 minutes for 40 moves, no increment? }
21. Nbd4 { 041735 } 21... Qa7 { 044 } 22. b3 { 044 } 22... Ne5
{ 044 Drahacik : threat Nxf3. Drahacik : Bb2? Nxf3+ forcesgxf3 } 23. Bb2
{ 0489 Drahacik : ok, he wants gxf3 for attack on the g-fileDrahacik : well, I wasn't wrong that gxf3 is forced :) Drahacik : Re8 lookssolid Sweere : Black shouldn't take on f3 here Drahacik : maybe Bc8 totake the knight when it goes to f5 Sweere : g-file combined with Bb2 andNf5 Drahacik : Sweere, your GOTD lectures are great Sweere : Black is worse,but no sense in aggravating it Adaptation : position looks pretty difficultfor Black Adaptation : look at that great bishop on b7 junglebee : couldhe try c6? Adaptation : Qa2 Qc1. what's the point? Sweere : anybody canbe wrong Adaptation : c6 is possible. White will play bxc6 Nxc6 Qd2 andis still better Sweere : it's just a case of probalibities Drahacik : 'worse'and 'not level' seem consistent to me, Jekyll Adaptation : I'm usuallywrong about these things, but I'm pretty sure White is better here Adaptation: maybe John, but I wouldn't get comfortable if I was him :) macguber :White may have some pawn structure issues Sweere : good lesson to the restof us Adaptation : isn't Liv Tyler married? :) SealBall : lol liv tyleris 33 Drahacik : 20 minutes with no increment, Shirov in bad shape on theclock Adaptation : how is Carlsen getting 'smacked'? }
23... Nxf3+
{ 04557 jensk: Oh dear, I would really like to have a channel for adults only }
24. gxf3
{ 048 Adaptation : it looks like Shirov might get smacked today Sweere: nuts Adaptation : Kh1, Rg1 Nf5 the attack plays itsel Drahacik : thisattack looks easy, Rg1, Nf5 Sweere : Shirov probably agrees too, but hehas to play something SealBall : Absolutely Adaptation : well he needsto at least reach the time control, which isn't so simple jensk : Thisis imply horrible for black }
24... Qa2
{ 0469 Drahacik : e5 too to open the Bc2Adaptation : how about just Qc1 Adaptation : and then Nf5 next Sweere :Qc1 will be played once Carlsen recovers from the shock Nf3 gave him Drahacik: Kramnik would play Qa1 because he has a bad pawn structure :) Adaptation: Qc1 is the only move after all SealBall : that Qa2...weird Adaptation: (not really the only move, but nothing else makes sense) Adaptation :Qc1 Re8 Nf5 is just a disaster SealBall : Qc1 Bc8 maybe Drahacik : howabout Qc1 Bc8? Adaptation : Qc1 Bc8 Nc6 is also pretty ugly for Black }
25. Qc1
{ Diagram # 04161 Adaptation : maybe he should play Qc1 Nd7, butI doubt he can hold on Drahacik : Nd7 and f6 idea? weak light squares Adaptation: and then e6 drahacik.... Adaptation : anyway Nd7 Nf5 f6 Kh1 looks likean unstoppable attack Drahacik : Ne8 :) deep defense Adaptation : Bc8 nc6ozgur Adaptation : then Bxf6 and Ne7 are threats SealBall : Shirov is runningout of time Adaptation : Black should play bxd4 }
25... Bxd4 { 0413 Alternativevariation: 25... Nd7 $14 [Deep Rybka 4 w32.] } 26.
Bxd4 { 041 } 26... Nd7
{ 041Adaptation : at least he doesn't lose immediately here Sweere : we're morein a Kramnik territory now SealBall : that precious bishop.. Adaptation: he loses slowly, after Qd2 SealBall : Qd2 Ne5 Kg2 ? Adaptation : actually,isn't Qd2 the end immediately Adaptation : Ra1 is a huge threat, so howdoes he save b4 Adaptation : Qd2 Qa5 Ra1 Qb5 Bd3 also wins the queen Sweere: Qd2 Nc5 e5 Ra8 inviting ed6 cd6 Re8 Indiana-Jones : Ne5 after Qd2? Adaptation: then just Kg2 SealBall : is it that clear after Re8 Rxe8 Bh7+ Kh7 Qa2Bxd5? Adaptation : Qd2 Nc5 e5 Ra8 why not just the simple e6 Adaptation: with a huge attack Sweere : otr course White should avoid winning thequeen that way Drahacik : Carlsen is in danger of winning a game for thefirst time in 6 games? Sweere : I said inviting SealBall : sorry Sweere: but Carlsen won't take the bait Adaptation : Kh1 was played? }
27. Kh1 { 04218 } 27... f6
{ 042 SirJohn : maybe Re3 with ideas Bb1 and also f4-Rg3 Sweere: ugly describes it well Rahmaninov : black is just lost,b4 pawn weak,whitehas b pair,chances on both flanks,if there are no any tactical ideas forblack then its just 1-0 Adaptation : well it's really ugly, but Qd2 themove before would have finished things off easier }
28. Rg1
{ 0445 Adaptation: Kh1 was not very accurate SealBall : why not:(? SirJohn : I liked Re3instead of Kh1 Sweere : he wants mate Adaptation : yes maybe it wasn'ttoo inaccurate :) Kh8 Be3 is pretty much finished Drahacik : Kf7 Sweere: Rf7 now SirJohn : Rf7 defends Nakamura-STL : Surely this must still begood for White. Adaptation : Kh7 e5, or Kh8 Be3 and Kf7 pretty much speaksfor itself :) SealBall : Rf7 only move Sweere : Rf7 planning Kf8 get outtaDodge Adaptation : Rf7 there is again Qd2 Sweere : horrible for Black Adaptation: Rf7 Qd2 Nc5 e5 is winning, must be because of Bh7 Sweere : Shirov's playlook tired SealBall : i stiill trust in black's position :)) Sweere : hewasn't that sharp against Anand yesterday Adaptation : Shirov got two blacksin a row right? Drahacik : If the clock times were reversed, Shirov mighthave a chance. Sweere : they all do at one point or another jensk : Themost important aspect of this game seems to me that Magnus's play putsthe whole line in question jensk : Browsing through the game I find ithard to find improvements for black Sweere : yeah the whole line is suspectSweere : Shirov's been scrambling from one opening to another lately Sweere: he needs a break from top level chess SealBall : yeah, the French wouldhave been better }
28... Rf7
{ 04277 Sweere : Shirov's openings are not to parwith the others Brassman : Bxd4 was stange Indiana-Jones : yup, 2 gamesagainst Kramnik in a week, game against Anand yesterday, and game todayBrassman : strange jensk : Bd1 is interesting too jensk : ...followed byf4 and Bg4 etc. Indiana-Jones : impossible to play against those 2800 dudes,and be just easily worse by move 15 with black Sweere : I suspect Shirovhas to prepare for every game individually (here) Sweere : that is verytiring Sweere : he copuld use some time off that too Drahacik : Sweerewhat do you mean, that he doesn't have a second? Sweere : no idea, butwhat can a second do if the groundwork of opening repertoire wasn't completeSweere : Bd1 or Qd2? Sweere : he did? Sweere : it's no secret to Kramnikthat he's in his best when he plays solid }
29. Qd2
{ 04474 Sweere : lotsof help from Shirov today Sweere : bad play from the opponent is the bestcure to poor form }
29... Qa8 { 04158 Drahacik : h6 or b4? } 30. Qxh6
{ 04132 Drahacik: Shirov slams out Qxg1+! and Magnus has a heart attack : ) }
30... Ne5
{ 0460Drahacik : The only penalty for an illegal move is two minute extra forthe opponent right? Play Qxg1+ just for fun then. SealBall : illegal movehere, that's too unprofessional! SealBall : lol }
31. Bd1 { 04162 Phela: carlsen is back } 31... Qe8
{ 04187 SirJohn : Qe3 is simple and winning } 32. Qe3 { 04195 } 32... c5
{ 0453 } 33. Bb2 { 0434 } 33... Re7
{ 048 Drahacik : f4 Nd7 andd5 is hanging, and e4 is hanging } 34. f4 { 04131 }
34... Nd7 { 04107 Alternativevariation: 34... Ng6 35. f5 Rxe4 36. Qg3 $16 } 35.
Qg3 { 044 } 35... Qf7 { 0423SirJohn : Bf3 SirJohn : Bf3, Kh2 next then Bg4 }
36. Bf3
{ 0446 SirJohn: Bg4 allows Rxe4 SirJohn : Be6 Rxe6 caveman Drahacik : Caveman Rxe6 thanksfor the free bishop SirJohn : d5 is pinned SirJohn : but now simpl Kh2then Bg4 SirJohn : or e5 on Nf8 }
36... Ba6 { 0474 Drahacik : Bg4 Nf8 } 37. Bg4 { 0453 } 37... Nf8 { 043 } 38.
Bf5 { 0421 } 38... c4 { 0421 } 39. bxc4 { 049 } 39... Bxc4 { 042 } 40. Qh4
{ 0414 } 40... Bxd5
{ 0410 SirJohn : no defensse at all SirJohn : Bxf6SirJohn : f3 is good too SirJohn : f3 is the best yeah Exorcist : Bf6 Re4JonLudvig : f3 looks really good. Bf6 Re4 might be a problem Drahacik :'choose' rather than 'find', it's not like he doesn't see f3 :) GuessTheMove: Guess the Move! Tell me your predictions before each move. Exorcist :Kh2 Ng6 }
41. f3
{ 04276 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 41.f3: JFernandezGibhor Gambit101 HaagOne acirce (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
41... Be6
{ 0439GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 41...Be6: Gambit101 (Tell GuessTheMoveyour guess) JonLudvig : Rb7 JonLudvig : not a very good one, but all thereis :) }
42. Bxf6
{ 04131 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 42.Bxf6: bshribharathMorad-Magdy jonina HelgeStrand Gibhor BrotherJohn SorryWoodpusher (TellGuessTheMove your guess) JonLudvig : bf6 bf5 ef5 is kinda funny }
42... Bxf5
{ 046 Adaptation : Irish pawn center always wins SirJohn : all possiblecaptures win }
43. exf5
{ 0460 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 43.exf5:OfficeMan (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) Adaptation : IPC to the rescue! }
43... Rc7 { 0457 AGF : i carlsen not from russia? } 44. Rxg7+
{ 04112 GuessTheMove: Correctly predicting 44.Rxg7+: BrotherJohn jps7 (Tell GuessTheMove yourguess) AGF : is carlsen peter heine son??? Adaptation : yeah Qh6 Rc1 wouldbe a funny end to the game :) }
44... Qxg7 { 048 } 45. Bxg7 { 044 } 45... Rxg7
{ 04123GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 45...Rxg7: Vampire jps7 NeedsaBrain(Tell GuessTheMove your guess) Adaptation : not clear if White could winwithout the h-pawn Drahacik : good fighting by Shirov to survive this longold-soul : how to win if black Knight is on h7 and Rook on f6? Adaptation: somehow it must be winning Adaptation : 4 pawns and a queen Adaptation: sorry, there can't be a fortress }
46. f6
{ 04182 GuessTheMove : Correctlypredicting 46.f6: jps7 prolo FilthyGarbage (Tell GuessTheMove your guess)JonLudvig : we'll see nh7 and rf6 now .P }
46... Rd7
{ 0435 JonLudvig : or ofc...not Adaptation : f5 nice :) Adaptation : but f5 d5 Qxb4 d4 is not so clearAdaptation : yes after f5 d5 Qxb4 d4 it isn't all that easy to win Adaptation: f5d5 Qxb4 d4 Qb3 Kh7 Qd3 Kg8 and next Kf7-xf6 Adaptation : it's hardto call the f3 nd f4 pawns 'passed' }
47. Qe1
{ 04253 Lala : f4 is passedwhen black catches f6 Adaptation : still, the f3 pawn has a long way togo :) Drahacik : d5 Qxb4 d4 hard to do anything with that d-pawn coming }
47... d5
{ 0433 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 47...d5: Drahacik (TellGuessTheMove your guess) Adaptation : yes drahacik, it's not a clear endingat all Drahacik : got to block the d-pawn with the king, no? Adaptation: should be winning somehow }
48. Qxb4
{ 0464 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting48.Qxb4: Boye jps7 Bruster jonina HelgeStrand (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
48... d4
{ 046 Adaptation : Qb3 Kh7 Qd3 Kg8 Kg2 Kf7 Kf2 and the king goes tod2, then the queen is free }
49. Qc4+
{ 0434 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting49.Qc4+: ChessclubFriend Jonmeista jonina climber81 (Tell GuessTheMoveyour guess) }
49... Kh7
{ 044 Drahacik : even with the White king blocking thed-pawn, what are you going to do with the queen and those 4 pawns? Drahacik: some kind of zugzwang forcing the N or R to mvoe? }
50. Qd3+
{ 0482 GuessTheMove: Correctly predicting 50.Qd3+: Jonmeista jonina Boye HelgeStrand jps7bholu YesSir ChessclubFriend Jinder acepoint (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
50... Kg8
{ 043 Brassman : Qc5?? d3! Drahacik : Shirov's a genius to get tothis position from such a horrible middlegame JonLudvig : more than 200moves ;) magnus got so many pawns he can move Tvedas : solid observation }
51. f5
{ 04120 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 51.f5: Noknima (TellGuessTheMove your guess) Tvedas : I predict a draw around move 275 :) Drahacik: he should have made 49 moves, then played f5. Drahacik : I don't thinkShirov wants to take these pawns. use them as shelter old-soul : may beK F7 }
51... Kf7
{ 04111 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 51...Kf7: kich acepointjps7 Vilhaze Boye (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
52. Kg2 { 046 } 52... Kxf6 { 045 JonLudvig : kf7 qc4 kf6 qg8 ke7 is safe? } 53.
Kg3
{ 046 GuessTheMove: Correctly predicting 53.Kg3: Boye (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) JonLudvig: apparently :) }
53... Kg7
{ 0451 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 53...Kg7:Boye (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) Drahacik : What's the plan to win ifBlack just goes back Kg7-Kg8? Drahacik : maybe the king goes to c6 andsome kind of zugzwang :) Drahacik : Capinerio and then what? Drahacik :you going to queen one of the pawns/ Drahacik : where? }
54. h4
{ 04123GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 54.h4: mavaddat CrazyIvan Dbronstein06 (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
54... Nh7
{ 045 Drahacik : +3 means the computerdoesn't see anything at all for White. +3 is just the material count. }
55. Kf2
{ 0448 Drahacik : IronicForce, if the computer says anything lessthan +5 then it has no idea how to win. }
55... Nf6
{ 0471 GuessTheMove : Correctlypredicting 55.. .Nf6: jps7 Dbronstein06 (Tell GuessTheMove your guess)Brassman : Shirov have not give up'! atalik : Ke1 Sikandar : What doesMr. Atalik think about this position? Tvedas : Octopus Paul says it's adraw Drahacik : when you switch blockaders the pawn gets to d3 Tvedas :Octopus Paul is never wrong. atalik : Difficult to plot a winning plan }
56. Qd2
{ 0490 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 56.Qd2: Jekyll (TellGuessTheMove your guess) atalik : Nh7 Sikandar : Put the King on d2/d3and Qe6 }
56... Nh7
{ 0449 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 56...Nh7: atalikDbronstein06 (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) atalik : How to put the kingon d3? Drahacik : d3 giving away the knight didn't work? }
57. Ke1
{ 0425atalik : d3 Drahacik : d3 Qg5+ Kf7 Qg6+ Ke7 Qg7+ Ke8 Qxf6 d2 Sikandar :It should be easy it seems after all atalik : Here he should go Nf8 mostlikely Drahacik : gotta love it when 1600's say easy win atalik : Shouldbe winning then possible with Queen and double f pawns against Rook andKnight Adaptation : it's not an easy win }
57... d3
{ 04170 GuessTheMove : Correctlypredicting 57...d3: atalik FilthyGarbage Drahacik Kismate (Tell GuessTheMoveyour guess) }
58. Qg2+
{ 0411 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 58.Qg2+:Carlsberg (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
58... Kh8
{ 0444 GuessTheMove : Correctlypredicting 58...Kh8: jps7 (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) Drahacik : Kh8Qg6 threat Qe8+ atalik : Kd2 }
59. Kd2
{ 0424 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting59. Kd2: HelgeStrand Carlsberg atalik jonina YesSir fredrix jps7 (TellGuessTheMove your guess) atalik : Nf8 Drahacik : Nf8 stops Qg6 }
59... Nf8
{ 0456GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 59...Nf8: atalik Caveman Drahacik Carlsberg(Tell GuessTheMove your guess) atalik : Only Nf8 }
60. Qg5
{ 0418 GuessTheMove: Correctly predicting 60.Qg5: ruzomberok (Tell GuessTheMove your guess)Innocent : pawn to f6 and Queen to e7 atalik : Kh7 Drahacik : Kh7-Kh8-Kh7Drahacik : ah, f6-f7 give f-pawn for d-pawn joejan : pawns f6,f5, h6 andqg7 ! }
60... Kh7
{ 0471 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 60...Kh7: atalik (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) Innocent : f6 Qh5 Qe8 QQe7 Tvedas : innocenthas a point, getting a pawn on f6 and Q to e7 would be winning, no? Innocent: as it was already pointed out, Bogolubow-Alekhine :-) atalik : Yes resignablewhat Innocent says wins on the spot Drahacik : At move 30 nobody thoughtShirov would make it to move 60 atalik : h5 f4 f6 f7 is another plan Drahacik: price of raisins in Norway goes up today Smurfie : h5, any, Qf6, Kg8h6 zugzwang JonLudvig : what will black do ;) Smurfie : h5 Kh8 Qf6 Kg8h6 seems pretty easy IBorg : white puts queen on e8, pawn on f6 and threatis to play qe7 when rook is on d7 }
61. h5
{ 04417 GuessTheMove : Correctlypredicting 61. h5: jonina kich HelgeStrand CrazyIvan vardi sjakk atalikFilthyGarbage Smurfie Jekyll whiffy (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
61... Kh8
{ 0445 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 61...Kh8: jeopardy (Tell GuessTheMoveyour guess) IBorg : qh6 and f6 is another way : ) IBorg : yeah seems white'sgoing to win }
62. f6
{ 04132 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 62.f6:eranh CrazyIvan (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
62... Kh7 { 0441 } 63. f4
{ 0472GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting 63.f4: jeopardy cibrashers DJ-Maddoggvardi annicks (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
63... Kh8
{ 0425 GuessTheMove :Correctly predicting 63... Kh8: cibrashers jeopardy (Tell GuessTheMoveyour guess) joejan : qe5 }
64. h6
{ 0449 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting64.h6: cibrashers Dbronstein06 whiffy kilimanjaro annicks fredrix Kismate(Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
64... Kh7
{ 0470 GuessTheMove : Correctly predicting64...Kh7: cibrashers Schadenfreude Dbronstein06 ruzomberok YourJudge NETAOjps7 (Tell GuessTheMove your guess) }
65. f5
{ 044 salao : 1-0? MightyViking: Kh8 Dg7+ MightyViking : That variation is a draw, Caveman... MightyViking: Yes, fxg7. MightyViking : Black sacs his king so he can't be mated...junglebee : since black can't play Kh8 due to Qg7+ he has to keep his rookon the seventh. Meanwhile white will bring his king up to c6 or d6 andthen play Qg7+ Rxg7 fxg7 and black's knight will be trapped.' junglebee: Kxd3 Nf6? How can the knight get to f6? junglebee : it is zugzwang here.Black has to give up the pawn. White will take d3 and then bring his kingto d6 or c6. Then he will play Qg7+ junglebee : oh, stalemate }
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[Event "Traditional Vs Modern"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "uganda"]
[Black "biancacrowder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
{ Hi GKers, just thought I'd annotate a game I had that I found interesting.My opponent played his opening style and I responded more traditionally,the contrast making it fun to play. }
1. e3 e5 2. d3 d5
{ He's letting megain centre control maybe to launch a side attack later } 3.
Ne2 { He optsfor Ne2 rather than Nf3... } 3... Nf6 { I continue } 4. h3
{ Doesnt want me pinninghis Knight } 4... Nc6 5. a3 Bd6
{ Backing up the centre pawns } 6. g3
{ Unusualfiancetto coming up? I'd never encountered this type before except inour previous game (this was a rematch where I won the first). }
6... Be6 { I don'talways play like this but it seemed appropriate } 7. Bg2
{ There's the fiancetto...Hasanyone else seen this played? } 7... O-O
{ Castling early } 8. Nd2 { I was enjoyingthis game } 8... a5
{ Getting the pawns out } 9. b3 { Getting ready for Fiancetto2.0 .. ;) } 9...
Ne7
{ That moment where there's nowhere else to go cuz all thepieces have been developed.. }
10. Bb2 { He is all for symmetry.. } 10... c5
{ Thepurpose of me pulling back the Knight } 11. O-O { He chooses to castle }
11... Qc8 { Time to reinforce + launch an attack K-side } 12. Kh2
{ He notices... } 12... h5
{ I haven't finished yet! Compromising my own k- side for a good offense } 13.
f4 { He fights back but im not sure about this move being a good idea.. } 13...
Nc6 { Returns to defending position to protect e pawn } 14. e4
{ Nowhe wants my centre position! } 14... d4
{ His dark square bishop can't reallydo anything useful now and I conveniently get out of a pawn exchange }
15. f5 { Blocking k-side entry and attacking my bish } 15... Bd7
{ Only safe placefor the bishop } 16. Ng1
{ Hmmmm... I would have placed Knight at c4 attackingother bishop } 16... b5
{ I block that path } 17. Bf3 { Trying to attack the loneh pawn } 17... g6
{ Defending the lone h pawn } 18. Bc1 { Why..? } 18... Kg7 { New plan!! } 19.
Kg2 Rh8 { H file attack!! } 20. fxg6
{ This works for me as now his hpawn is vulnerable ... } 20... fxg6 21. Nb1
{ He is preparing to add the dsb tothe greenzone } 21... Be7
{ Im aware of this } 22. Bg5 Nd8 { Adding the Knightto the fire soon } 23. Qe2
Nf7 { To get rid of the dsb } 24. Bxf6+
{ He choosesto capture rather than retreat } 24... Bxf6 { I reciprocate } 25.
Qf2 { He intendsto make use of the f file } 25... Ra6
{ My rook is ready to come into play } 26. Bxh5 { ?? Bad idea... } 26... Rxh5
{ Its interesting that my attack on his k-sidehas left my own k-side quite skeletal }
27. g4 { He realised his h pawnwas again vulnerable } 27... Rh7
{ The best move as ...Rh6? would lead to g5 andthen he would get my Knight and get into my kings territory . Not goingto happen! }
28. Qg3 { Not good -what about strong f file? } 28... Bg5
{ Preventingg5. Safe as f file is not under pressure anymore } 29. Nf3
{ Another minorattack } 29... Bf4 { Touché! } 30. Qe1
{ He would have benefitted more from Qf2,IMO .. } 30... Qh8
{ At last!! My plan commences.. } 31. Rh1 { Defending } 31... g5
{ Noturning back for the bish! Opening up the 6th rank } 32. Nbd2
{ Doesnt seethe danger? } 32... Rah6
{ Despite my king being out in the open he has no realcounterattack and now I've got a heavily armed h file }
33. Qg1 { Don'tknow why he does this } 33... Rxh3 { Tearing down those walls! }
34. Rxh3 Rxh3 { Nice! } 35. Rf1 { Uh oh! } 35... Rg3+
{ The king must step aside from his lady! } 36. Kf2 Rxg1
{ If he takes with the Knight he loses the other Knight butit is better than taking with the rook... }
37. Rxg1 { Mistake because... } 37... Be3+
{ 37...Be3!! At this point he resigns as he will lose his rook andI will have the advantage to compose a quick win. Hope you enjoyed theannotation! :D }
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[Event "Analyzed Games"]
[Site "ChessDoctor.com"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W23"]
[Black "B23"]
[Result "?"]
[ECO "?"]
{00023.5.07 Analyzed by National Master John Graves}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2
12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8
17. Bd4
{Okay now the real game can begin! 17.Bc5 is given as the
main line leading to equality according to NCO. The text
is also given as equal after 17...Bg4.}
17... Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 c6 20. Ng3 Qh3 21. Bd3
{Be5 gives white a small advantage. The plan is to put the
pawn on f4 and to plug up both the open files. White will
put the queen on d3 and put the rook on e1 and prepare a
timely f5 with the attack.}
21... Kh8 22. Be2 a5 23. Be5 Bc8 24. f4 Qe6 25. Bh5
{I like 25. Qd4 alot better. Why declare your minor piece
configuration? What if the knight wants to go to f5? What
if the Bishop wants to eye the king on d3? Then the rook
will fufill its role and play to e1 to support the f5 pawn
break. Maybe white can play the rook to the "g" file with
an attack.}
25... Re7 26. Qd4 Kg8 27. Rf1 Bb7 28. Qc5
{The Queen is just fine on d4, it keeps the black bishop nice
and hemmed in.}
28... Rd7 29. Kg2 d4 30. Bxd4 Qxa2 31. Bg4 Rdf7 32. Rf2
{32.c4!! seems to give white a clear edge. 32... Rf4? 33. Be6 Kh8
34. Qf8! mating is one point. Any capture on c4 will lead to a
white Be6 with an easy win. Blacks best move seems to be 32...Re8
but 33. Bh5 g6 creates a nasty weakness on the dark squares.
White will play 34. Be2 with a clear advantage.}
32... Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Kh3 Rxg4 35. Kxg4 Qxb2 36. Qe5 h5+
37. Kxh5 Qxh2+ 38. Kg4 Bc8+ 39. Kf3 Qh8 40. Nh5
{Now black is just a piece down. White is clearly winning.}
40... Bd7 41. Qg5 Qh6 42. Qd8+ Be8 43. Qxe8+ Kh7 44. Qf7 Qg5
45. Nf6+ Kh6 46. Be3 gxf6 47. Bxg5+
{47. Qf6 is faster.}
47... Kxg5 48. Ke4 a4 49. Qh7 a3 50. Qf5+ Kh4 51. Kf4 c5 52. Qg4#
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[Event "A pretty tough game!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "superlalulalu"]
[Black "anonymous"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "15 minutes fixed "]
{ This was a very tough rapid game that I played online a few days ago,the time control was 15 minutes fixed time. I was down on time for theentire game and made a few mistakes. It wasnt amazing, but pretty interestingand I certainly used a lot of brain cells :) }
1. e4 { I had white piecesand started with e4 } 1... e5 2. Nf3 d6
{ after e5, nf3, d6 we have Philidor defense. } 3. Bc4 Be7
{ Bc4, be7, Steinitz variation. } 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4
{ I playedd4, sacrificing the e pawn for quick development } 5... exd4 6. Nxd4
c5 { Thisis not the most accurate move, Nxe4 or castling could be played } 7.
Nf3 Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O { Both sides just developing pieces } 9. h3
{ H3, preventingbg4. } 9... a6
{ Black is obviously gonna play b5 and maybe then play b4. } 10. Nd5
{ Nd5, my knight is well placed, attacking the dsb and challenging theknight on f6. }
10... Nxd5 { Black wanted to preserve the bishop } 11. Bxd5
{ Bxd5,my bishop is in a really good position. } 11... Be6
{ This move makes sense, blacktries exchange his bad bishop for my good bishop }
12. c4
{ Bxe6 would bebad, black would have a strong pawn center, thats why c4 was played. Ifblack plays Bxd5, I would recapture with e pawn and play b3 next. }
12... Rc8 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bb2
{ So far everything is going according to plan, now Ihave the dsb aiming at his king. }
14... f5
{ Not sure why f5 was played, certainlyb5 would be better. F5 weakens his king side and pins his bishop. }
15. exf5 Bxd5
{ black made another inaccurate move, Rxf5 should be played. Thismove allows me to recapture with check, gaining initiative. }
16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Ne5
{ Not gonna lie, I did miss Qxf5... I saw the mating patternfor the smothered mate, but totally overlooked Qxf5. }
17... Qxf5 { Yep..... ithappened... } 18. g4
{ g4, this was a mistake, because black could respondwith Qc2, threatening my bishop, but I was already about 4 minutes downon time, so I rushed a little bit. }
18... Qf4 { Ironically black missed Qc2... } 19. Nd7
{ ...and allowed my to play nd7 attacking the rook on f8 } 19... Rfd8 20. Nb6
{ My knight is dancing around a little bit } 20... Rc7 21. Rae1
{ Getting myrook on the beautiful open file :D } 21... Bf6
{ My dsb is making black feelinguncomfortable... } 22. Re4
{ I ignored the bishop and played Re4 gaininginitiative on the queen } 22...
Qg5 { Hoping to exchange queens. } 23. Rfe1
{ Doublingrooks on e file, black has a very very very weak back rank. My dsb is almostinvincible at this point, black can't capture it, because his bishop isthe only piece defending the queen. }
23... Qxd5 { Blunder!!!! why? } 24. Nxd5
{ BecauseNxd5 forking black's rook and bishop, I'm also threatening Re8+ at thesame time. }
24... Ne5 { Ne5 preventing the check. } 25. Nxc7
{ I thought the rookwas for free, but totally overlooked Nf3+ } 25... Nf3+ 26.
Kf1 Nxe1
{ After thegame I had a good look at this position again and found out that Nd2+ wouldbe better for black, because Nd2+, Kg2 (for example), nxe4, bxf6 threateningbishop takes rook, black could recapture my bishop with his knight justin time, that would equalized the game, but he made another blunder byplaying Nxe1. }
27. Bxf6
{ Instead of recapturing the knight, I played thisin between move, bxf6, threatening the rook on d8. It was here that blackresigned. I hope you enjoyed the game! }
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[Event "37th GK tournament"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "10-Jul-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "fidelibus"]
[Black "monofy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
1. e4
{ I was playing as black ... In this short game, I put all my focuson moving my forces to attack whites king }
1... e5 { symmetric reply } 2. g3
{ Idon't like this move as if the goal is to fianchetto the bishop, the g2-b7diagonal is already blocked by the e4 pawn }
2... Nf6
{ attacking the e4 pawnthus gaining an early initiative and gaining more of the center }
3. Nc3 { defending the e4 pawn and developing a piece toward the center } 3...
Bc5
{ developingthe dark-squared bishop to an important diagonal ... especially if whitecastles king-side }
4. Qf3
{ moving the queen too early in the game ... butmaybe, white was afraid of Ng4 thus pressuring the f2 pawn and possiblyforking queen and rook }
4... d6 { opening lines to the light-squared bishop } 5. Bh3
{ trying to catch-up with the development race. } 5... Bxh3
{ first bloodshedin the battle ... I cannot afford to lose the initiative and play passively... I may have played Nb-d7 but this will give him the initiative }
6. Nxh3 { now he has a non-defended knight on edge ... which is not good } 6...
Nc6 { developing another piece } 7. O-O
{ castling king side ... which is finefor me as I placed the dark-squared bishop on c5 for that reason ... itis now when my plan became more clearer ... and the plan is simple ...1.castle queen-side 2. attack king-side toward whites king }
7... Nd4
{ temporarilyforking the queen and the c2 pawn ... but most importantly, this move putsmy knight on a very attacking place nearer whites king }
8. Qd3
{ defendingthe c2 pawn ... notice the queen moved twice till now, while I spent thesetwo moves on a better placement of my forces }
8... Qd7
{ this move helps me bothtactically and strategically Tactically: getting the queen off my firstrank while preserving the initiative by attacking the lone knight on h3 Strategically: getting nearer to achieve my plan (1. castle queen-side2. attack king-side toward whites king) }
9. Kg2 { defending knight at h3 } 9... O-O-O
{ mission 1 accomplished ... queen-side castle completed. movingto mission 2. attack king side toward whites king }
10. Ne2 { spending amove to challenge my well-placed knight on d4 } 10... Rdg8
{ sticking to my plan... moving the rook to g8 to support a pawn thrust toward whites king.note how all my pieces points out to whites king-side. here I realizedthat I am going to win this match :-) }
11. Nxd4 { removing an importantattacker ... but, who cares } 11... Bxd4
{ taking back with the bishop to keepthe dark diagonal open } 12. c3
{ harrasing the bishop } 12... Bb6
{ moving the bishopto a place far from small harrasements, while keeping the diagonal open }
13. f3
{ I am not sure of the intent of this move, but I think the aim isto add a defender to the e4 pawn and make some space to the knight on h3to breath }
13... g5 { starting the pawn thrust } 14. g4 { preventing a further g4 } 14...
h5
{ normal continuation of the pawn thrust ... I want to open lines formy rooks to attack the king }
15. b3 { irrelevant ... the battle is not here } 15... hxg4
{ opening lines and attacking the bad knight on h3 } 16. fxg4
{ removingthe attacker } 16... Qxg4+ { check } 17. Kh1
{ I think better was Qg3 } 17... Rxh3
{ takingthe kinght and attacking the queen } 18. Rg1 { now the game ends ... }
18... Qxg1# { checkmate ... I hope you enjoyed the game } 0-1
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[Event "Quwetwo game 1 (Blitz)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "quwetwo"]
[Black "thedessertfox"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1271"]
[TimeControl "5min + 10 sec"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
{ This is a blitz game I played. I am wondering what the opening he playedis }
1. d4
{ Not a move I have faced to often but the higher the player'srating d4 is played more often because it leads to more positional gameswhich suit higher rated players. }
1... Nf6 { I wanted to play Gruenfeld } 2. e3
{ !? I don't know why this was played or what opening it is } 2... g6 3. Bd3
Bg7 { Just setup like a king's Indian } 4. c3
{ !? traps the DSB unless b3 Ba3is played } 4... d5 { opens up the LSB } 5. Nd2
O-O { Complete my defence } 6. f4 Nc6
{ White has a stonewall formation and so I want to take advantage ofthe e4 square which is a perfect out post for my Knight }
7. Ngf3 Bg4
{ Pinthe Knight but also leads to one less defender of e4 via either Be2 orNxf3 however Qxf3 can also be played which adds another defender to thee4 square }
8. O-O a6
{ Stops an attack on my knight but also starts a pawnstorm which was my main idea }
9. h3 { Forces the capture } 9... Bxf3 10. Nxf3 b5 { Continues pawn storm } 11.
a3 { stops b4 } 11... Ne4
{ Gets the outpost for myknight but also means that if Bxe4 dxe4 removes the bishop and allows a5which means don't lose my b-pawn and also kicks the knight of f3 threateningNe5 }
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 { If dxe5 gains control of d-file } 14. fxe5
{ gets the half-open f-file } 14... f6 { wanting to undouble pawns } 15. e6
{ overextends the pawn and leaves it vulnerable to later attacks } 15... Qd5
{ attackingthe weak pawn } 16. Rf4 Qxe6 17. d5 Qe5 18. Qg4
{ Has to protect the rook } 18... f5 19. Qg5 Bf6 { Queen msut go back to g3 }
20. Rxf5
{ ?? Loses the rook althoughhe obviously wanted o play Bxg5 Rxg5 trading queens }
20... Qxf5 21. Qxf5
{ ? Furthercompounds the last mistake. DON'T EXCHANGE WHEN YOU DOWN ON POINTS }
21... gxf5 22. Bd2 Rad8
{ Controlling the half-open d-file and trying to win the d-pawn } 23. c4 bxc4
{ removes the defender of the d-pawn } 24. Bb4 Rxd5 25. Rf1
{ Tryingto get a pawn back } 25... c5
{ 0-1 White resigns because the material deficitis to large Remember Don't exchange when your down I believe white stillhad a chance to counter attack when he had a queen even though he was 5points down with a queen you still have a chance }
0-1
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[Event "Fast Ladder"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "tomlib"]
[Black "viejo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d<3d"]
[WhiteElo "1452"]
{ This starts out as the Chigorin Defense of the Queen's Gambit Declinedbut quickly moves into territory with which I'm unfamiliar. My opponentallowed me to make the Bxc4 move with Tempo and I also ended up with theBishop pair giving me a good position. I then managed to win an Exchangeand my opponent further blundered a Knight leaving me with a strong winningposition. The game could have gone on for some time but my opponent choseto resign. }
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 { This is the Chigorin Defense } 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3
{ My move here according to book is 4. cxe5 and it makes a great dealof sense to me but I was unaware of the standard continuation and the gameis into the unknown for me now. }
4... e5 { Seeking counterplay and control ofthe center } 5. h3 Bxf3
{ 5. ... Bf5 6. Nxe5 winning a pawn } 6. Qxf3 e4
{ I'mnot sure about this move. It does push my Queen back and locks up my pawnsbut I felt it weakened Black's middle. Perhaps I'm incorrect. }
7. Qd1
{ Blackhas a slight developmental advantage now but has lost the light squaredBishop }
7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3
{ I wanted to keep open the possibility of the Bishoppair and did not play 8. Bd2 offering an exchange. }
8... dxc4
{ Generally inthe Queen's Gambit Declined it is best not to take this pawn before Whitemoves the Bishop to d3. I gain back my Tempo lost by retreating the Queenand develop a piece into a strong position now that Black's only centralpawn is pushed forward }
9. Bxc4 Nf6 10. O-O Qe7
{ I'm again not sure aboutthis move. It does setup a longside castle but Black eventually makes akingside castle. The Queen does support the forward e-pawn in the caseof 11. Qc2 but 10. ... 0-0 11. Qc2 Re8 does as well }
11. a3 { The Bishopdoesn't have the e7 square anymore } 11... Bxc3
{ This gives me the Bishop pairand further fortifies the d-pawn. I thought 11. ... Bd6 was probably better }
12. bxc3 a6
{ Preventing my Bishop from getting to the b5 square and eventuallytaking the Knight and doubling Black's pawns. I wasn't particularly interestedin such a minor gain for the loss of my Bishop pair and think this wasa further waste of time. }
13. a4 O-O { Not seeing the trap and walking rightinto it. } 14. Ba3 Qd7 15.
Bxf8 Kxf8
{ I'm feeling pretty good at this pointwith good development and up an Exchange }
16. a5
{ I'm hoping to get myQueen to either a4 or b3 threatening to penetrate the Queenside }
16... Nd5
{ Thisforces me to protect the c-pawn as I do not want that Knight maraudingaround in my defense }
17. Qb3 Nxa5
{ A good looking move at face value attackingboth my Queen and Bishop but overlooking my Rook }
18. Rxa5 Nb6
{ Again attackingthe Bishop which is in a very strong position now } 19. Be2
Rd8 { Black doesn'treally have very many moves available } 20. Bg4
{ Getting my Bishop backinto play as quickly as possible. } 20... Qd6 21. c4
Na8
{ Anticipating 22. c5but putting the Knight into a miserable square. However, 21. ... Nc8 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 with Exchanges favoring the player with a material advantage.Probably best is a Queen move like 21. ... Qg6 but my Rook on the fifthrank reduces the Queen's escape routes. }
22. Qxb7 { Picking up a pawn } 22... Qb6
{ Offering the Queen trade as my Queen on the seventh rank is extremelydangerous. }
23. Qxa6
{ The Queen trade is fine by me but I'll take anotherpawn first thank you very much }
23... Qxa6
{ This far arrears in material I thinkBlack is better off avoiding the Queen trade with something like 23. ...Qb2 threatening some damage in the future although White has 24. Rb5 pushingthe Queen around }
24. Rxa6 Nb6 25. Rc1
{ Now the Knight is going to havean extremely difficult time penetrating into White's defensive area andwith my material advantage Black decided that it was time to resign. Thereare no immediate threats but it will be very difficult to prevent Whitefrom using the Rooks to force a trade losing Black's last effective piece.I was pleased with my play in this game particularly because I was comingoff of two games where I played relatively poorly. }
1-0
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[Event "GameKnot Blitz, http://gameknot.com/"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mrcky1"]
[Black "lake-bay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { I am currently trying to expand my opening diversity. }
3. Nxe5 Qe7 { Or Nxe4... } 4. d4 { This doesn't help anything. } 4... d6
{ Forcingthe issue... } 5. Ng4 { ?? } 5... Qxe4+ { A nice fork... } 6. Be3
{ Ne3 would preventmaterial loss. This at least prevents some trade-offs.. }
6... Bxg4 { Oh yeah! } 7. f3 { Takes protection off his bishop. } 7... Bxf3
{ Totally missed Qxe3+. Ugh. } 8. Qxf3 Qxc2 { ??? } 9. Qe2
{ ?? Qxb7 is the only move. } 9... Qxe2+ { Why not? } 10. Bxe2 Nc6
{ I start my way to a won endgame. } 11. O-O Nb4
{ Not very usefulthanks to white's next move. } 12. Rc1
{ Defends and attacks. } 12... O-O-O { Forced. } 13. a3 Nbd5
{ I start my knight raid... } 14. Bf2 Re8 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bg4+
{ Nc3 would have been better, developing a piece. } 16... Kd8
{ The only move. } 17. Rxe8+
{ White is forced to trade off to avoid material loss. } 17... Kxe8 18. Nc3
{ What for? } 18... Nxg4 { He resigned. } 0-1
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[Event "Challenge from gaelicbald58"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gaelicbald58"]
[Black "begginer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "14 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1548"]
1. d4 { Queens pawn opening } 1... d5 2. c4 { Queens gambit } 2... dxc4
{ Accepted } 3. e3 Nf6 { Development } 4. Nf3 { Development } 4... e6 5. Nc3
Bb4 { Knight pin } 6. Qa4+ { Check and threat } 6... Nc6
{ Only move that does not lose material } 7. Ne5 { Attacking pinned knight }
7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 { Exchange } 8... Bd7 { Unpins knight } 9. Qxc4
{ Now even in material } 9... Na5 { Attacks queen } 10. Qb4 b6
{ Backingup knight } 11. Ba3 { Might be handy later on } 11... Nd5
{ Attacks queen } 12. Qb2 { Drop back } 12... Qh4 { Hmmm interesting! } 13. Nf3
{ Attack queen } 13... Qg4 14. Ne5 { Again } 14... Qh4 15. Nf3
{ Danger of 3 move repetition here } 15... Qd8 { Well that solvesthat problem }
16. Ne5 { Knight back to e5 } 16... Qf6 17. e4 { Attack knight } 17... Nf4 18.
Qb4 { Now if queen moves off h2-d8 diagonal queen e7 mate } 18... Qh4
{ Blunderknight queen fork next move } 19. g3 { knight queen fork } 19... Qg5
20. gxf4 { knightup in material } 20... Qxf4 { Blunder mate in 1 } 21. Qe7# 1-0
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[Event "3. Kwetsbare dames en koningen"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "supasi"]
[Black "sophia33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "864"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1120"]
1. e4
{ Hi Sophia! As a preparation for the analysis of this game I looked back at my comments on two previous games and noticed that I sometimes wrote a lot. I will try to keep it short and clear. Furthermore, I want to point out that you have not played this game for almost a year. It is certainly not a mistake to make after such a long absence. This game shows how fragile a developed lady can be in the opening, but also how dangerous an equal lady sometimes can be. }
1... e5 2. d4
{ Since we have already discussed the previous move and agreed upon it once before, I will begin. In chess it is unwise to make a decision without having a goal in mind. The ultimate goal in chess is checkmate, but in the opening of a game it can seem abstract and unclear. For beginners it is handy to know the three golden rules: - develop your pieces - center pawns - protect the king White here follows the perfect combination of these rules. He moves two pawns to the center and opens up many lines for his pieces, allowing them to quickly develop. After white has brought his pieces outwards, he can quickly rook (preferably kingside) and has a great position to continue. Why is this move not the most popular one ever? }
2... exd4
{ The best move. White's direct attack on your center (the pawn on e5) puts pressure on you, while black cannot really enjoy it. If you decide to defend your pawn on e5 by moving your knight to c6, white can then move his pawn on d4, gaining a lot of space in the center and attacking your knight. }
3. Qxd4
{ The development proves to come at a price. The lady is just the one you usually don't want to develop too quickly, since she is so strong. Neither of the players can afford to lose her, so she can easily be hunted down. }
3... Be7
{ Black is developing a piece and is coming closer to checkmate. Unfortunately, it is a mistake, as the pawn (g7) is left unattended. After the knight takes the pawn, you could go to f6 and slightly pressure the knight. Black would have to move the knight and white would gain a small development advantage. Unfortunately, this is not enough compensation for the lost pawn. Additionally, after the loss of the pawn on g7, the black king will feel more at ease. Try not to look at the move alone, but also consider if the pawn is safe and if other pieces are left unattended after the move. Instead of the rook move, c6 would be a logical move and show the disadvantage of the white opening. Black is developing a piece and is coming closer to checkmate. Unfortunately, it is a mistake, as the pawn (g7) is left unattended. After the knight takes the pawn, you could go to f6 and slightly pressure the knight. Black would have to move the knight and white would gain a small development advantage. Unfortunately, this is not enough compensation for the lost pawn. Additionally, after the loss of the pawn on g7, the black king will feel more at ease. Try not to look at the move alone, but also consider if the pawn is safe and if other pieces are left unattended after the move. Instead of the rook move, c6 would be a logical move and show the disadvantage of the white opening. }
4. b3
{ A double question mark here, for white leaves a big chance lying: he gives you a big chance to take the advantage. After b2-b3 there are two heavy, unprotected pieces on the d-file and your rook is ready to make use of it. }
4... Nc6
{ Black develops a piece and attacks the knight. The early development of the knight has tactically complicated the game and thus it is difficult to explain without variations. After the knight's (e7-f6) pawn is pushed, white must play its bishop (e4-e5) in order to prevent the knight from queening. However, this move would have been the reason why you did not immediately play the rook's pawn (f6-f5). The bishop's move would have closed the e-file, while also capturing the knight. White's d-pawn would have been attacked, and after white's d-pawn is taken, you can take the knight with your own rook. The extra pawn in combination with the better development would have given white a huge advantage. After the move that you do, black still has a material advantage due to his better development, but white can prevent immediate material loss. }
5. Qxg7
{ White is about to lose his tower for a pawn. Better would be to retreat with the knight to e3 or d3 and if black is planning to attack his tower with Le7-f6, he could put his horse between the two (Pb8-c3). }
5... Bf6
{ Good seen. The knight falls now both the queen and the tower on a1. White must either of them lose. }
6. Qg4 Bxa1
{ The intruder is inside. This means that if you could exchange pieces to an endgame, you would have a winning advantage. This, however, requires many pieces on the board and your king is slightly weakened. More than once you have indicated difficulty in seeing checkmate. What is checkmate? As you know, a king can not be taken unless it is in an attack. Once a king is attacked, the owner of the king is obligated to ensure that the king is not attacked anymore at the end of his turn. Checkmate is the situation when a player can not move his king anymore. Defending against checkmate requires that you make sure that the king or one of your pieces can not be taken, or that the attacker can not take the defending piece. }
7. Bg5
{ With the development of his knight, he hopes to organize an attack against your king. This is likely his best move or, at least, his best hope. }
7... f6
{ The diagonal between h5 and e8 is extremely dangerous when it is open, as there are no pieces that can be placed there. If white attacks this diagonal, the king must flee, as there is no piece that can help. Another problem is that after this move, the black rook (a1) can no longer help with the defense. You should have pulled your rook back to f6. }
8. Qh5+ { Natuurlijk de juiste zet. } 8... Ke7
{ The black king would have fewer escape squares if he had moved!Op f8 and LopeNaar's c4 would have been likely fatal. }
9. Bc4
{ The knight gives white lady support in attacking the king. She threatens to enter on f7. The black king has only one flight square left and will be hunted until the mate follows. Since the king cannot defend itself, black must quickly ensure that his own piece can help with the defense. }
9... fxg5
{ It was necessary to take pieces that could help with the defense. Best and probably only move was to move the pawn from d7 to d5. This captured the pawn and interrupted the support of this pawn, preventing white from moving his queen to f7. After the pawn was taken, white's other pieces could get involved in the defense (Pawn c8 - e6), forcing black to have to parry the attack. }
10. Qxg5+
{ The queen to f7 was the greatest threat, but white can play it again soon. }
10... Ke8 11. Qh5+ Kf8
{ Here is checkmate, but also after King e8-e7, Queen h5-f7+, King e7-d6, it appears that the black king is difficult to defend. }
12. Qf7# 1-0
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[Event "Team match, Game 1"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "18-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "safin"]
[Black "adiadiadi999"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
1. e4
{ This is a game out of two in a team match (I annotated both). Blackmakes an opening inaccuracy in Sicilian defence, and then slips for a combinationthat combined two common Sicilian tricks. }
1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3
{ I play this move against the Najdorf Siciliansometimes simply to avoid all the theory behind more common moves suchas Bg5, Bc4 or Be3. }
6... b5
{ This move seems dubious to me: black may havesome problems with giving my g2 bishop targets to attack, and also withhis lag in development, as happened in the game. }
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 { Perhaps e5 was better. } 9. a3
{ Black was threatening to win a pawn afterb4. } 9... Nbd7
{ As black, I would prefer Qc7 here. Be7 is bad due to e5! Bxg210. exf6 Bxf1 11. fxe7 Qxe7 12. Kxf1 }
10. Bg5 Be7
{ ? Playing carelessly.Qc7, Qb6 or h6 were all better. What would you play here as white? }
11. e5
{ ! The start of a long combination which does not seem to win any materialagainst best defence, but gives me a good attack and keeps black too busyto castle. Black has two choices: Bxg2 as in the game, and 11 ... Nd512. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 (exd5 14. Nf5) 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Nf5! and blackis in trouble. }
11... Bxg2 12. exf6 gxf6
{ Now after 13. Kxg2 fxg5 14. Nc6 Qc715. Nxe7 Kxe7 black seems to have defended successfully. What would youplay here for white? }
13. Nxe6
{ The key move! Now 13 ... fxe6 14. Qh5 Kf8 15. Bh6 Kg8 16. Qg4 Kf7 17. Qg7 Ke8 18. Qxh8 B(N)f8 19. Kxg2 winsa piece for white. }
13... Qa5
{ ? Qb6 was obviously better, as the queen can givea check on b7/c6 when desired, and also stays safe from being trapped byNd5 - b4 - Nc3 sequence }
14. Ng7+ Kf8
{ Kd8 had the disadvantage of occupyingan important retreat square for the queen, and after 15. Kxg2 fxg5 16.Nd5! b4 17. axb4 Qb5 18. Ra5 Qb7 19. Kg1 white wins a pawn in a good position. (One last time and I'll quit bugging you:) What would you play here aswhite? (See next move annotation, I didn't play the winning move) }
15. Kxg2
{ The best variation was 15. Bh6! Bxf1 16. Nd5! with all sorts of crazythreats, including knight checkmates and queen traps. Ex: 15 ... Bc4??16. Ne6 ! Ke8 17. Ndc7 ! Qxc7 18. Nxc7 and Nxa8 Fritz gives black's best15 ... Rc8 16. Qg4 as 5.5 points up for white, even though temporarilyblack is up a rook! }
15... fxg5
{ Tough choice to make. Taking the bishop correctsblack's pawn structure, but I believe the knight is a more dangerous piece,and after Kxg7 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Nd5 black survives with his horrible pawnsuntil the endgame. }
16. Nf5 Qd8 17. Nd5
{ White attack is extremely easyto play, while black has to make a tough choice literally every move! }
17... Bf6 18. Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Nde7 Nc4
{ Seems like resignation to me.Black still could try to come up with some resilient defence, perhaps Ra7or even Qxe7. 20 ... Ng6 21. Rxd6 Qc7 also seems sensible. }
21. b3 Nxa3 22. Qxg5 Be5 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Rfe1 f6 25. Qg7 Kd7 26. Rxe5 fxe5 27.
Rxd6+ Kc7 28. Nd5+ Kc8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qc7#
{ I hope you enjoyed the game,please comment on the game as I probably have lost of mistakes in analysis. }
1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.01.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "skiu"]
[Black "ninjanicky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1287"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1265"]
1. e4 { Standard opening, freeing up diagonals for Queen and Bishop } 1... e6
{ Black goes for the french defense. I haven't played this opening before,so instead of checking out youtube videos or whatever, i decided to gowith my gut.... }
2. d4
{ ... by an obvious (at least to me) move. 2. d4seizes control of the center and opens up a diagonal for the Queen's bishop. }
2... d5
{ Black puts a stake at the center and attacks my e-pawn, simultaneouslyfreeing up a diagonal for his DSB. Actually looking back this openingis very nice, as Black's d-pawn is now protected twice. }
3. f3
{ Defendingmy e-pawn. Kinda not a big fan of this move, since that square is meantfor the g-knight. Nc3 would have been better, defending my e-pawn and developinga piece at the same time. }
3... a6
{ Preventing Bb5+ In retrospect i understandwhy Black would do that, but it's ultimately not a very good move, as hemoved a pawn instead of developing a piece. So i respond to this move.... }
4. a3
{ .. By doing the same! ahahah :) Lots of good, developing moves couldhave been done instead. }
4... Nc6 { Black starts developing, at the same timeattacking my d-pawn. } 5.
Be3 { I decide to develop my DSB, defending thed-pawn twice } 5... Be7
{ Black develops his DSB on the excellent square e7. Ilove this move! It protects the King, and takes control of two strong diagonals. }
6. Nc3 { More development, attacking e4 and d5 squares. } 6... h6
{ Again to preventa move like Bg5. Once again i understand the intention behind it as ialso do that a lot, but in my opinion this is a bit of a waste of a move,that will ultimately put Black in a bad position in this game. }
7. e5
{ Iseize the opportunity to take control of the e5 square! The e-pawn is protectedby the d-pawn, and is attacking two key squares, one of which (f6) preventsblack from moving his g-knight. }
7... b6
{ Gives Black's LSB space to develop,since he doesn't want to cramp up his Queen's path. My guess is that hewanted to advance his a-pawn eventually and get the LSB in the game. }
8. Bd3
{ Taking control of another very good diagonal, and especially preventingBlack's Rook from leaving its original post. At this point, White's developmentis almost complete, with a good control of the center squares. Black isa bit cramped up, most of his pieces still being in their home squares.His DSB on e7 is very nice, but his kingside is very weak at the moment,and will be the target of my attack. }
8... Bb7 { Getting the LSB off the backrank, and defending his knight. } 9. Nh3
{ I actually spent quite some timepondering this move. i stopped myself from moving 9.f4, 9.Qd2/9.Qe2 oreven 9.Ne2. it was important to me to finish developing and placing a pieceon the kingside where i wanted to attack. }
9... b5
{ ? Moving into the queenside.But why not 9. ... a5 ? Maybe was afraid of of Bxa6 ? It was probably abetter idea to Qd7 and allowing the king to castle.. }
10. f4 { Protectsthe e-pawn, and frees up an important diagonal for my queen. }
10... g5
{ Attackingf-pawn. If i will take, his h-rook will be set free. Cannot have that,so i will go with something else. }
11. Qh5
{ This move pins a pawn to thealready cramped up rook, and more importantly pins a pawn to Black's king! }
11... gxf4
{ Takes my f-pawn. He has now doubled pawns on the f-file, and i mustdeal with the f4 one. }
12. Bxf4
{ My DSB leaves its post to take the f4pawn. d-pawn is now unprotected. I could have probably taken with Nxf4,but what i didn't like about that was the position the knight would havebeen in afterwards. }
12... Bf8 { DSB now defends g7 in case i decide to placemy queen in there. }
13. Bd2
{ Looks like a bit of a mistake i made there.I meant to free the f-file, but it would probably been more effective tomove Be3, going back to defending the d-pawn, which is now hanging.... }
13... Nxd4
{ ... And black takes it, rightly so, freeing up c6 , and placing hisknight in a strong central position. From here he's attacking differentsquares and is potentially dangerous, but he needs backup! }
14. O-O
{ Castlingprotects my king, and seizes control of the f-file. the poor f7 pawn isnow attacked twice, and pinned to Black's king. He will be the target ofmy attack plan. }
14... Qd7
{ Gets the queen off the back rank. At this pointi was sure black was going to castle on the queenside next. }
15. Ng5
{ F7pawn is now attacked thrice. Black cannot take my knight with his h-pawnbecause it's pinned to the h-rook. With this move i was actually hopingto win material, namely the cramped up rook and knight on the kingside. }
15... Bc6
{ ?? Why not castling? This move defends two pawns that are alreadywell defended, and defends the queen. Perhaps Black was hoping to exchangequeens while keeping his castling option open. }
16. Rxf7
{ But it's nowtoo late, the decisive attack starts! my rook now attacks black's queen,and is hiding a discovered check on the King. Again, my greatest hopeat this stage was to win material, as there were several ways for blackto escape checkmate, although all of these involved him losing strong pieces.like so: 16. ... Qxf7 17.Nxf7 Bg7 18.Nxh8+ or 16. ... O-O-O 17. Rxd7+Kxd7 18. Qf7+ }
16... Qd8
{ It looks like a blunder. I understand not wantingto lose the queen, however this move blocks Black's king. Better wouldhave been 16. ... Qd8 giving space to the king, although it would havebeen followed up with 17 Rxc7+ Kd8 18.Rxc8 }
17. Rh7# { Checkmate! } 1-0
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[Event "the Mating Fork"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.07.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jkarp"]
[Black "bowdine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1145"]
[TimeControl "7 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1093"]
{ This was an interesting team game between Pauline and me. I am usuallyable to play a fork, against some of my opponents. Some of them are powerful,including but not limited to, three way forks, forks between a Rook andQueen, forks between a King and Rook, and forks between a King and Queen. However, none of these forks have led to a mate, until this game. Inthis particular game, I mated my opponent, with a fork. }
1. e4 { As usual,I like to begin with the King's Pawn Opening. } 1... h5
{ I am not sure why sheplayed this, but I have seen this a couple of times. Binblaster and Schakaterzie,like to open with 1.a4, or 1...a4. Although 1...a5 was not played, thisis very similar. }
2. g3
{ If she had responded with the King's Pawn Gameor Siclian Defense (played 1...c5, or 1...e5), I would have responded withthe King's Knight Opening, or Open Siclian. Therefore, I would have played2.Nf3, either way. However, she does something out of the ordinary, butunlike my first game against binblaster, I am not going to get overwhelmed,this time. As a result, I decide to advance my g pawn so that I will havemore options, when developing my LSB. In reality, I am trying to fianchettoit. }
2... e5
{ She responds with this move. Personally, I do not mind becauseit is very similar to the King's Pawn Game. }
3. Nf3
{ Before, that happens,I decide to develop my King's Knight, as it is very similar to the King'sKnight Opening. }
3... f6
{ At this point, I do not know what she is thinkingbecause this is not the Sicilian Defense. Her plans, however, might bevery dangerous and lead to a potential threat. }
4. Nh4
{ !! 4.d4 was anoption, but 3...d6 was not played. Otherwise, 3...d6, 4.d4. Then, if4...exd4, I sac that pawn, so it becomes a true gambit. Why? I give itup to develop my DSB. This move, however, is best, and a Knight on therim is dim, in this case. If, 4...f5, my knight is not in danger, shelooses a piece, if 4...f5?, 5.Ng6, forking her rook and DSB. That wouldwin a free bishop, at least. }
4... Ne7
{ !! She sees the threat and respondswith this move because it is the only way to prevent a bishop and rookfork. However, there is a drawback. In this position, she has blockedthree of her important pieces, the DSB, Queen, and King. }
5. Nc3
{ Atthis point, I decide to develop my other knight because I want to developall of them, ASAP. Afterall, that is an important strategy, in chess,and it is where the principle of not touching your same piece comes inhandy. Right now, I am trying to prevent her from stopping my development. }
5... g5
{ At this point, she is sick of my knight, so she decides to shoe itaway. I could take advantage with 6.Nf5, Nxf5 7.exf5?, but I am not goingto do this. Why not, and what makes it bad? One time, I witnessed this,in a similar position, and it weakened his position. In fact, it eventuallyled to his loosing blunder. I would have doubled pawns. Most importantly,it would lead to a king exposure, and that could become costly. }
6. Nf3 g4
{ ?! After the retreat, she decides to reattack the knight, but thisis a waste of time and development because I can easily defend my piece,in this position. }
7. Nh4 c6
{ ? In the meantime, she probably wants tobring her Queen out, but it is not a good move. Why? In this position,she has blocked her LSB, and she could only defend the b1 knight, by placingit on the rim. }
8. Bg2
{ Therefore, I take advantage by developing my LSB. As I had mentioned earlier, I am trying to develop all of my pieces. }
8... b5
{ ?! I originally thought that she was trying to develop her LSB, butI learned that she is not, later in the game. If she was, I would markwith a !. Instead, she just wants to attack my c3 knight, but this isanother, 'wasted move' because I will use a special tactic that is verydifficult and complicated. What am I trying to do, in this position? }
9. h3
{ At this point, I decide to play an aggressive move by attackingher g4 pawn. This position involves cognition. BTW, cognition=mind behavior,and it usually involves the thought process. In this case, I am specificallyimplying and alluding to thought process. This is a different Scare Tacticthat does not involve a check. Right now, I am attacking her pawn. Now,if 9...gxh3, 10.Rxh4, and I look for plans to outsmart her. However, shedoes not play that. }
9... b4
{ Instead, she attacks my knight with another pawnpush, but I will defend it. In my opinion, she is trying to outsmart me,but that attempt will not work, in this game. Note: as some Class B andClass A players know, I do not get fooled, easily. I usually know whatmy opponent is trying to do. Afterall, there are ways to determine youropponents attempts, plans, and strategies. }
10. Na4 d5
{ In the meantime,she decides to attack my e4 pawn. As I had alluded to earlier, she isprobably did this to scare and intimidate me, in this game. However, Iam not going to allow that. Therefore, I will not exchange my e4 pawn,with her d5 pawn. Instead, I exchange my h3 pawn, with her g4 pawn. Inmy opinion, that poses a bigger threat, but I could be wrong. If I amgoing correct, however, I am going to get rid of the threat, immediately. Note: I am not obsessed with or think about these types of threat, dueto my level of inexperience. It is because I was taught to analyze theposition and look out for the threats and disadvantages of each candidatemove. }
11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. f3
{ You might think that I placed myself in dangerby allowing her to attack my Queen. However, this was also part of myplan, and it worked, this time. That is because of this move. Somethingsimilar happened in a different game, where I attacked the Queen. However,the opponent defended it and attacked my bishop, in the same way and itsignificantly strengthened his position. Therefore, I decide to use thesame strategy. }
12... Be6 13. Nc5
{ If I cannot take her LSB, I have a differenttactic. What is it? } 13... Bf7
14. f4
{ I decide to push another pawn. Rightnow, my goal is to force another exchange, but that will not work. }
14... Qb6
{ That is because she attacks with her Queen. However, I will try to retreatit, in the same way. Now, I have another strategy, but what is it? Iam trying to annoy her by alluring her to keep attacking the knight sothat I can defend it, in the same way. If she gets annoyed enough, itwill anger her, and that is what I am trying to do. I want to make herangry because I know that getting angry is a way to loose a chess game. If my plan works, I will use it to my advantage. }
15. Na4
{ Therefore,I decide to attack her Queen because I know that she can reattack my piece,with her attacked piece. }
15... Qd4 { She sees my plan, and it does not work. Instead, she retreats it. }
16. d3
{ There is something that I had missedhere. I played this move because I thought that it was the only way toprotect my hanging e4. However, I did not realize that my e4 was not hanging,until a day later. Something similar happened in my game against l-d-j,during the end. How is my e4 pawn protected? In this position, 16...Bxe4+??is not feasible, due to my LSB. }
16... Bh6
{ Now, she decides to develop herDSB. In addition, she is also trying to develop her other pieces and castle,but I have other plans, before she can do that. What are those plans? }
17. c3
{ I decide to fork her Queen and b4 pawn to win a pawn, but itgets better. How? }
17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxa4
{ ?? She thinks that she has wona piece for her pawn, but that is what I wanted her to think. Afterall,that happened in my game against l-d-j, and I had to find another way tocorrect my mistake. However, I use this information to my advantage, andit is not a mistake. This time, it is a deflective sacrifice, insteadof an error. Now, I am going to win her Queen, due to this played move,so this is her loosing blunder. After I take the Queen, I am going toascertain, that she is not able to correct her mistakes by winning backthe Queen or the game. For those that are wondering, ascertain=to varify,make certain, or sure. Afterall, Jack Stockel illustrated and l-d-j haslearned that it is not a good idea to underestimate your opponent, evenif you are winning. }
19. Qxa4 d4
{ Right now, she wants to force a pawnexchange, and I do not mind because I am ahead. In fact, I would normallyexchange, but I have even better plans. What are they? }
20. Qb4
{ At thispoint, she must advance and sacrifice her knight, or I am going to winher rook. }
20... Na6 21. Qb7 Nc7 22. Qxc7 Rg8
{ She sees that my g3 pawn is hanging,so she tries to take advantage by attacking it. Once again, I am not goingto get anxious or be intimidated easily. Therefore, I am now planninga mating sequence against her, so the game is officially lost for black,at this point. }
23. Ba3 { This is why the game is lost. } 23... Ng6
{ She sees thatI am trying to mate her with my Q&LSB, so she plays this. In fact, thisis her only choice to avoid, what I had just mentioned. }
24. Qxc6+
{ Althoughher last move delayed me from mating her, mate cannot be prevented anylonger. Having said that, I take advantage by placing her in a very seriouscheck. First, this check wins a free pawn, in addition to what I havealready won. Second, it takes away her opportunity to castle. Note: Althoughshe could not castle Kingside, it was feasible to castle Queenside andconnect her rooks. That feasibility, however, is gone. Most importantly,it forks her King and Rook. Therefore, I am going to win her rook, aftershe gets out of check. This is just the beginning. }
24... Kd8 25. Qxa8+
{ Ifyou thought that was bad, it gets much worse. Now, I am going to takeanother pawn and place her back in chess. After that happens, the mostdramatic end comes, so stay tuned. }
25... Kd7 26. Qxa7+ Ke6
{ This is it. Atthis point, her LSB is now protected by the King, so it is no longer feasibleto take it. Therefore, I am trying to come up with other ways to placeher in check, and eventually mate. However, I now have a mate in one,that I almost missed. How can I mate in one? By forking her K&N, withmy P, and that is why this annotation is called the mating fork. Afterall,this is the fork that will mate her. }
27. f5#
{ Before this game, I knewthe power of forks. In other words, I realized that forks could do significantdamage, and indirectly win a game. However, I had no idea that they coulddirectly mate an opponent. Having said that, I learned the true valueof forks, from this game. }
1-0
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Beata"]
[Black "Me"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[WhiteElo "1206"]
1. e4 { This is a game in a tournament which I played in. Hope you enjoyit. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
{ The 2 knights. Usually black either playsthis or Be7. } 4. Nc3
{ An unexplained move. I was sure not expecting this.If she wanted to play 4 knights, then she should have played Nc3 beforeBc4. }
4... Bc5
{ Yes most people will argue to go Nx34 right now, but i prefergoing into a game where you have all the pieces so you can attack more. }
5. O-O O-O 6. h3 { A very bad move. D3 is so much better. } 6... d6 7. d3 h6
{ Ireally don't like the pin on g5 so i block it. } 8. a3 a5 { To prevent b4. }
9. a4 { A very bad move again. It does nothing and is just a lost tempo. } 9...
Nh7 { Getting ready for f5. } 10. Bd2 Kh8 11. Ne2 f5 12. c3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Bxh3
{ A move that she missed. It earns me a pawn. } 14. Bxh6
{ The worstmove i ever seen. She probably didn't know what I was doing, so she wentthe same move. }
14... gxh6 15. gxh3 Rxf3 { So now I got a free piece. } 16. Ng3
{ Another blunder. She doesn't see the pin by my bishop. } 16... Rxg3+ 17. Kh1
Rxh3+ 18. Kg2 Qh4 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20. Qxh1 Qxf2+ 21. Kh3 Ng5+ 22. Kg4 Qf4+ 23. Kh5
Nxe4 24. Rg1 Ng3+ 25. Rxg3 Qxg3 26. Qc1 Be3 { And she resigned. } 0-1
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[Event "Thematic Benoni 6 for FAST players only"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "11-Apr-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "altera"]
[Black "jakey101"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d, 5d max"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
{ First 6 movesof the good 'ol Benoni 6 (A65) } 7. Bf4
{ perhaps white should wait a littleto make this move, as the bishop could be harassed by Nh5 now. Bf4 is indeeda good move, though, and I didn't play Nh5. }
7... Qe7
{ Developing the queenand hitting e4. Looking back I think Nh5 is better. } 8.
Nb5
{ A surprisingmove, indeed, but not a bad one. I think however, better for white is Nf3,or maybe Qc2. Both moves save e4 and give white good position. (If 8)Nf3Nxe4 9)Qa5 wins a piece). Instead, the following moves leave black inan at least okay situation. I feel that white was better after my not sohot Qe7 move. }
8... Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 { ..forced. } 9... Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2
{ This is the situationI assume white saw when he played Nb5. He'll lose a pawn, but have nicepressure on the black king and invasive pieces in return. }
10... Nxd5
{ I couldhave tryed to hold the position with Kd7, and probably should have. Anothermini mistake for me. }
11. Bxd6 { I really think Nxd6 with the bishop pairfor white is stronger. }
11... Bxd6 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 14. Bf3 { Settingup an odd position. }
14... Nb4 { The only move that doesn't fail materialwise.. } 15. Bxb7 Nc2+ 16.
Ke2 Nxa1 17. Bxc8
{ Hard to believe this is a mistakeof a move, but it is. Nf3 is better, as the rooks remain forked, and theblack knight must scurry away. }
17... Nc6 18. Nf3 Nc2 19. Bh3 Rb8 20. Rb1 { Amistake, losing a pawn. } 20...
Na3 21. Rd1 Rxb2+ 22. Rd2 Rb7 23. Bc8
{ It lookslike a fine move, but white is getting his bishop in the line of fire. }
23... Rc7 24. Ba6 { Rd3 is much much stronger. } 24... Nb4
{ White's bishop is goingto either hang or be the stepladder to black promoting the c pawn. Thegame is over. }
25. Bd3 c4 { If the bishop doesn't fall now, it will soon. } 0-1
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[Event "Revenge for game #6!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "14-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paddl3s"]
[Black "gm_dursley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 { My preferred system versus the sicilian } 2... d5
{ the best response,despite it's very low popularity. I see Nf6 most with the occasional Nc6/d6 }
3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6
{ Nc6 is usually played here, but Nf6 has to be playedat some point, and jumbling your move order up in the opening is a veryuseful ploy when playing a weaker opponent. }
5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6
{ Qa5 is better in my opinion. But this is perfectlyplayable. } 9. Bd3 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Ne4
{ Maybe a bit early to play this,possibly should wait until after Re1,Rc1 but couldn't see a problem withit so played it. }
11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5
{ Very aggressive move. Got a bit worriedabout f4, g5 sort of thing here but I don't think black can get away withit.. }
13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1 Rb8 { Playing on his brand new shiny open file } 15. b3
Ba6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 { Applying pressure to the weak e6 pawn. } 17... Rbe8
18. Rc1 h6 19. Nf3 Re7
{ Black doesn't seem to really have a plan here,there's not much for him to do except sit and defend the two weak pawns(e6 and c6) }
20. Rc5 Rd8 21. b4
{ It's quite easy to play at this pointfor me, I have all the time in the world to cramp black into his own territoryand then launch an attack on whichever pawn I want to. }
21... Bc8 22. Qc2 Bd7
{ Black sets about getting the bishop round to the kingside. I'm not reallybothered but from his point of view it's better than doing nothing at thequeenside and what else is there to do? }
23. a4 Be8 24. Qc4 Qf4 25. Qc3 { 25 Rxe6 ... Bf7 } 25... Qd6 26. Rc4
{ The point of this move is to eventuallyleave c5 for the knight to go to. What's the rush anyway? ;) }
26... Rb7 27. Ne5 { My knight joins the party } 27... Rb6 28. h3
{ why not? Black has vague back-rankthreats and his last move proves he has no plan of action. }
28... Rdb8 29. Nd3
{ Knight was going here anyway, just conveniently it defends the b-pawnat the same time! }
29... Kh7 30. a5 R6b7 31. Nc5
{ Knight is finally where I wantit. Attacking that poor e6 pawn. } 31... Re7
32. Re5
{ Preparing Qe3 to attackthe e6 pawn further. There is still no time limit on white here, I cando whatever I like in this position as long as I keep black contained andtied to the defense of his pawns. }
32... Rb5 33. Qe3 Bf7 34. Qc1 Bh5 35. Qe1
{ I'm not quite sure what I'm doing here, just looking for an opening really. }
35... Kg8 36. a6
{ Eventually formed this plan of getting the Knight to b7 andpiling up on the c-pawn. }
36... Be8 37. Nb7 Qd7 38. Qc3
{ My inital plan herewas to play Rxb5,cxb5, Rc5. But I hadn't forseen it loses the d-pawn sowent with this. }
38... Rxe5
{ I was prepared for this. I thought if black playsthis it opens up a diagonal on the a7 pawn which is surely undefendable. }
39. dxe5 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qe2 41. Qd4 { Theres the diagonal. } 41... Rd7
{ A good move.I can't take the pawn because I drop my rook and the only other space formy queen is c5, which falls to Rd5. Leaving me with just one option. }
42. Nd6
{ I realised this isn't actually too bad-a move once I realised it wasmy only choice and looked into it. I'm now on blacks c-pawn and the knightis very strong and attacking the black bishop. Leaving black with justone option also. }
42... Rd8
{ the only move. Unfortunately I still can't takeon a7 because of Qxe5 . } 43.
Rc5
{ Played this to hold the e5-pawn. Althoughit does let the a7-pawn off I don't think it's an option for me any timesoon with all the threats of the black queen. I assumed black would takeon a6 here and had analyzed the following line 43 ... Qxa6 44. Qh4 ...Qb6 45 Qe7 ... Bh5 46 Qxe6 Surely this has to be winning for white? Ididn't spot blacks next move though }
43... Kh7
{ I didn't consider this move andso missed what a good move it actually was. Initially I thought hmm wellfine, I'll just play Qh4 and black has neither Qb6 nor a pawn to show forit but the cleverness of this move is in removing the check of Qxe6. Blackcan play Rb8 and pick up both the b and a-pawns for his e pawn. This ledme to a rethink until I eventually came up with this. }
44. Ra5
{ Now therook is defending both the a6 and e5 pawns and is no longer blocking thediagonal on the a7 pawn. Which means black must finally do something todefend the a7 pawn, hence also weakening his position. }
44... Rd7 { The onlymove. } 45. Qc5
{ Now I have both the a7 and the c6 pawns under attack andall my pawns are defended. Aswell as removing the pin on the knight toattack the bishop. Black cannot defend everything surely? }
45... Bh5
{ Unfortunatelyhe can. The bishop moves away, the rook holds the a pawn and after lookinginto it White cannot take the c-pawn because of 46 Qxc6 ... Qxf2 47 Qxd7... Bf3 0-1 }
46. b5
{ after a long long think I came up with this as anew plan. Surely black is forced to take the pawn, then I can recapturewith the rook (not the knight due to 47 ... Rd5 - advantage black) andpay Rb7 to surely finally kill that damn a7 pawn! }
46... cxb5 47. Rxb5 Rd8
{ Makingthis move now rather than after Rb7 (Rb7 forces Rd8) } 48. Rb7 Ra8
{ NowI didn't analyse this particular line any further when I worked this outearlier because I just assumed here that the a-pawn was doomed. But I cannottake it straight away because of Rxa7,Qxa7,Qxe5 0-1 }
49. Nb5 { Now itreally is finished though! } 49... Qe4
{ This is where things get complicated.After working it out I cannot simply take on a7 as planned because of 50 ... Rxa7 51 Nxa7 (Qxa7 ... Qxe5 ) ... Be2! Now there is no way forme to defend the a6 pawn this way as the only way is 52 Qa5 or Qd6. Bothof which fall to Bf1!! The best I can muster is 52 Qd6 ... Bf1 53 Qc6(53 f3 ... Qe2 0-1) Qxe5 Which is very nice for black. So this requiresa complete rethink yet AGAIN! }
50. Qd4
{ Came up with this quite simplemove in the end as it is very effective. Black cannot really move hisqueen without allowing Rxa7 and if he trades queens then the knight caneasily hop back to b5 and win the a7 pawn without any danger being posedby the white-sqaured bishop. }
50... Qc6 { The only spot for the queen withoutallowing Rxa7. } 51. Qd7
{ Forcing the queen swap and giving white a strongadvantage in the following endgame as there is no hope for the a7 pawn. }
51... Qxd7 52. Rxd7 Be2
{ An irritating move that stops a7 being taken immediately(Rxa7, Rxa7, Nxa7, Bxa6 = 0.5/0.5) }
53. Nc7 { Winning the e6 pawn and defendinga6. } 53... Rg8
{ Rb8 may look more attractive but loses to Nxe6,Bxa6,Rxg7 Thereason for this move being to protect the g-pawn and therefore allow 54Nxe6 ... Bxa6 }
54. Re7
{ Nxe6 is perfectly playable here but Bxa6,Rxa7,Bc4is still drawable for black. Besides, what's the wait? All blacks piecesare tied down again! }
54... Bc4 55. Nxe6 Bxa6 56. Rxa7 Bc4
{ Alright so this isidentical to the position I quoted before! But I was entitled to have atry. }
57. Nf4 { There should be a win here if I play correctly. } 57... Rf8
{ Blackhas little choice but to wait and set himself best he can for a 1pawn andknight vs bishop draw. }
58. e6
{ This pawn is the key though. If I can'tqueen it I need to at least gain a substantial reward for letting it go. }
58... Re8 59. Nh5
{ This will do! The beauty of it is g7 is undefendable due toRg8, Nf6 !! Black is forced to take the pawn and I win 2 pawns for it togo 2 pawns up. }
59... Rxe6 60. Nxg7 Re2
{ There is no way to defend f5 becauseBlack cannot stop Nxf5 delivering check and the knight attacking his rookall in one move. }
61. Nxf5+ { Munch. 2 pawns to the good. Getting closer! } 61... Kg6 62. Ne3
{ Attacking the bishop and therefore buying me a move to savemy f-pawn } 62...
Be6 63. Kg3 Rb2 64. f4 { Starts the pawns rolling } 64... Rb3
{ Blackhas very little play here but must make a choice here. To either stay behindthe pawns in the hope of thwarting white with annoying checks and pins,OR to deploy the rook in front of the pawns and try to get a deadlock inthem and draw. I think black chooses correctly. The rook cannot stopthe pawns from the front as my knight can always manouvre itself into aposition to attack the king bishop or rook on ANY sqaure and march thepawns on. }
65. Kf2 { 65 Kf3 ... Bd5 66 Kf2 ... Rb2 Is annoying. } 65... Rb2+
{ Same check as i mentioned before apart from now I have f3 to move to. } 66.
Kf3 Bc8
{ The only way to get a h1-a8 diagonal check in as Bd5 is unplayableand Bd7 cannot be played to set up Bc6 }
67. g4
{ The necessity to playBc8 before delivering a check is cruical here as it gives me time to pushthe g-pawn rather than being forced to play Kg3 and wedge my king in frontof the pawn halting its progress. }
67... Bb7+ 68. Kg3 Rb3
{ You may think thisis back to sqaure one of |Kf2, Rb2 but luckily I have a way out. }
69. Kh4
{ I can leave the knight completely undefended and escape the checksto h4 as blacks rook cannot leave the defence of B7. }
69... Kf6 70. Nf5
{ Nowmy knight can move on as it is no longer needed to protect my king backthere. }
70... Kg6 71. Nd4 { A better position for my knight as it is unthreatened. }
71... Rb4 72. f5+ { Provides a nice little outpost for my knight on e6. } 72...
Kf6 73. Ne6 Be4 74. Kh5 { Attacking the undefendable pawn. } 74... Bg2
{ I was expectingto have to meet Rb8 with Rh7 here. (kxh6 Rh8#) } 75. Ra3
{ Kxh6 isn't soundafter Bxh3. } 75... Bd5 76. Kxh6
{ Now it is. Although Rb8 looks like it forcesmate it does not. } 76... Rb8 77.
g5+
{ Due to this. I can now play this virtuallyforcing Kxf5 followed by Ng7 giving me 2 passed pawns and almost certainlya win. }
77... Kxf5 78. Ng7+ Kf4 79. Nh5+ { Making way for the g-pawn. } 79... Kf5 80.
Nf6 { Making way for the h-pawn! } 80... Bc6 81. h4 Rh8+
{ Does not win the h-pawndue to } 82. Nh7 Rd8 83. h5
{ The pawns march on aswell as providing a usefulblock to Rd6 } 83... Rd6+ 84.
g6 Kf4 85. Nf8 { Making way for Kh7 to remove thepin on the g-pawn. } 85... Kg4
86. Ra5 { Protecting the h-pawn and allowing Kh7 } 86... Bd5
{ Cutting out my defence of the h-pawn. } 87. Ra4+
{ Forcing the kingaway and bringing blacks resignation. Kh7 is now playable and black cannotprevent at least one of the pawns from queening! }
1-0
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[Event "Jo's Welcome MT Part 3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.01.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "damalfi"]
[Black "easy19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[TimeControl "5d+5d<10d"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
1. d4
{ Another loss, but this time I played almost decently until the middlegame. }
1... Nc6
{ It is always so tempting to go d5, but experience tells that thereis no advantage in it. }
2. Bf4
{ Instead, against a London system, thefact that black cannot move easily his c pawn is an advantage for white,so I go for it, sticking to the opening I know better. }
2... d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3
{ To shield my dsb on h2 if ever Nh5, and supporting g4 at the propermoment. }
4... Bf5
{ This kind of symmetry is normal in this opening. Black isthreatening Nb4, causing me the need to defend c2. I can do it with Na3,but you know, it's another game. }
5. c3
{ This is the profilactyc moveI play in this opening. GK engine tells that this is a mistake, but c4,the standard place for this pawn, and very good-looking, transposes tovery well-known lines. Basicly, kind of 'helps' black attacking the queenside,while the whole London consists in 'freezing' the queenside, castle there,and proceed with an attack on the kingside - that was h3 for! Black cannotoccupy the center with e5, and having played d6, has no obvious way todevelop the dsb (he can fianchetto it, which normally works fine). Whatdoes the reader think about this? }
5... e6 { Ok, so Be7 in in sight. } 6. Nbd2
{ I still cannot play d4, but this is ok: my plan is d3, and then g4, g5etc. It worked fine. Of course, black is mastering the white diagonal,but the point is white can develop his game in spite of it. }
6... h6
{ Now,black tries to reach the 'kick the bishop' race. I can be the first: 7.g4, g5, etc. or 7.Nh4,Bh7 (if g5, NxB)... all very known. After g4 andg5, my attack can proceed with d3, and Nh2, etc. }
7. Qb3
{ Just switchingsides. Attacking on two sides is always exciting. No problem in takinga good square for the Nd2 - it stands ok where it is, ready to exchangeany black piece that can go to e4, and he can have a future on c4, later.My queen is threatening b7 now, since the Nc6 is unprotected after Qxb7.Of course I'm not counting on that, but black will have to defend. }
7... Qd7
{ Witch he does. Now, b7 is poisoned because of Rb8, Qxa7, Rxb2, Qa8+...I can go for that and see what happens, but with easy19... it's plain suicide. }
8. g4
{ The good thing is now black's queen is not x-raying h4 anymore.In playing this set, this is always a concern for white, but now black'squeen is kind of inactive on the black squares. }
8... Bh7 9. g5
{ No point inplaying g4 if I couldn't have played this afterward, because black wouldhave played g5 and that's it. Now, I expected Nh5, and I have Bh2, andmy attacker is still defended by the knight f3. }
9... hxg5 10. Nxg5
{ In myview, better than Bxg5 (I'm not pinning anything with it), while this knightallows me 1. a tempo (black would want to save his lsb), 2. the abilityto play d4 - a psychological victory. }
10... Bg6 11. e4
{ The fact that all mymanouver from Qb3 was aimed to contest the center, block the lsb's action,etc. etc. made me kind of happy, but maybe Bb5 or Bg2 were better plans.It is normal to delay the lsb's developement: I want to bring it out whenit attacks, not a plain Be2 just to put it somewhere. And Bb5 means toexchange it with the knight with no scope. }
11... O-O-O
{ This starts to lookcomplicated, and juicy. I had a hard time analyzing the 4 possible centralpawns advances... but the queen-rook battery is always a concern, aftere5 I had to look for dxe, or d5 (exB, dxN...). In addition, Nh5 and Na5are there to bother me, and I have two possible developement lines formy lsb (g2 was tempting, since after any exchange in the center, the blackknight has to be careful by moving because of b7, and I can play my knighton c4, contesting Na5... well, a hell of a position! I will appreciatesome help in a method to analyze it, because if I want to do it properly...it will take ages! :-) }
12. O-O-O { A rook in front of his queen doesn'tseem bad, anyway. } 12... d5
{ At last! black solves the problem for me. Now,the simple one (and probably best) was to go f3 and if dxe, fxe. Of course,this allows Nf6 to go to d5, my bishop retires to g3... and Na5 can easilytrap my queen! So, I had to consider more moves: 13. Qc2 (why not? Afterit, Bd3 shielded my queen). 13. Bd3 at once. It is not a problem becausethe Nd2 will exchange anything that takes e4, and the bishop will be defendedby the rook. 13. Bb5, and if ever a6, BxN. Finally, 13. e5, and if Ne4,Rh2 or something (f2 is threatened). AH! and don't forget that if evermy pawn h goes to 4, I can think seriously about a sac (Nxe6), taking advantageof the queen lined with the king (Ba3). My queen can help to it, in somelines. Finally, Rg1 has some good point: after central exchanges, if thef7 pawn retakes something on e6, the g6 bishop is threatened. I know thisis not the priority in this position, but still, when analyzing, you haveto look for everything. A hell of a position. }
13. Bg2
{ A complicatedposition has its 'residual advantages', and most times they are the reasonfor a win. A 'residual advantage' about any center exchange for me is nowthe control I will have on the c6 and b7 squares. I knew that it was dangerousto let the lsb have action on its diagonal, but... 'no risk, no gain'. }
13... dxe4
{ Good, so the possibility of Nxe6 is a step closer (specially, ifever f6, I can take Nxd6, that's good, since my knight on g5 is potentiallyin danger - in some lines he gets kicked and has no place to go!). }
14. Ndxe4
{ This makes room for my rook's action. And my lsb is getting a goodaction on the diagonal. }
14... Nd5
{ Expected. What I didn't see is that it blocksmy queen's action on d6! So, after Bg3, f6 will leave my knight with justf3 to go, and that block's my bishop's action so he will take my knightat e4 for free! But hey, I had a resource: I told about my rook's action. }
15. Nc5 Bxc5
{ I would have liked to use the knight when the bishop can'texchange it, but... }
16. dxc5 Na5
{ Now the answer I thought was Qa3. Butafter Qe7 or f7 I was doomed. So I saw a tiny possibility abut BxN, NxQ+,BxN. }
17. Bxd5 exd5 { Lovely sadistic... :-) } 18. Qb4 Qf5 19. Ne4
{ Onlyone to avoid mate. } 19... Nc6 20. Qa4 Qxf4+ 21. Rd2 dxe4 22. Rd1 Rxd2
23. Rxd2 Rxh3 24. Qd1 e3
{ The correct (?) move is Re2, but after dxf2+ there isno use. } 25. Qe2 exd2+
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.11.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "hiredgun112"]
[Black "mrweiss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1373"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "944"]
1. e3
{ HELLO followers.fans,friends and WATCHERS!!!(SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TOSMART DONKEY!!!!).Well fans brace yourself faithful few this is a gamei lost.Here we go i open with e3.Should have went e4 }
1... e5 { proper e5 response } 2. Bc4 { bring out kingside rev } 2... Qg5
{ he brings out queen } 3. Nf3 { I threatenQueen } 3... Qf6 { retreat } 4. O-O
{ I castle } 4... Bc5
{ His development is definatelybetter.Looking at mine it is awful } 5. Nc3
{ bring out last cowboy } 5... d6 { nicechain } 6. Nd5 { threaten his queen }
6... Qd8 { falls back with queen } 7. b3 { thisjust horrible } 7... c6 8. Nc3
{ more result of stunted development } 8... Qf6
{ bringsqueen back out in complete safety } 9. Qe2
{ almost impossible to move } 9... Qg6 { setting up for end } 10. d3
{ more clogging should have went to d4 } 10... Bh3
{ bring out rev for rev and queen combo kill } 11. Nh4 { useless } 11... Qg5
12. Nf3 { wasted repeat } 12... Qxg2#
{ Finally this awfully played game by me is over.Iknow my fans are dissapointed with my sorry play in this game.Iknow i am.GOODDAY GOOD CHESS }
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[Event "Solid, Solid as a Rock!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.03.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "battlefleet"]
[Black "jstevens1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[TimeControl "5d+5d<10d"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
1. d4
{ Hi everyone! I recently managed to add another Expert Draw to mygrowing collection. This time it was against Battlefleet (Stephen), Brigadecommander's(Janet's) brother. This match started as a Queen's Gambit Accepted. AlthoughStephen managed to win his pawn back, somehow, I managed to exchange theright pieces at the right time and create a solid position that convincedStephen to make me an offer that I was loathe to refuse. So, how did thishappen? Well, read on. }
1... d5 2. c4 dxc4
{ 3. ..... dxc4 - Although it isthought prudent to decline the gambit by either e6 or c6, the latter leadingto the Slav Defense, I decided to accept the gambit for more open play. }
3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6
{ 4. ..... e6 - prevents d5 and opens up Fou Lenoir'sdiagonal. } 5. Nf3 c5 6.
Qe2 a6 { 6. ..... a6 - preparing b5. } 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4
{ 9. exd4 - pawn trade. This now leaves white withan IQP. This could be a target later on but white manages to split upmy queenside pawns. }
9... Be7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Be3
{ 11. Be3 - after white temporarilysacs his a pawn, he follows up with a sensible developing move doubly protectinghis IQP. }
11... Bb7 12. Rxa4 O-O
{ 12. ...... 0-0 - after white recovers his pawn,I tuck Henry away safely on the kingside. }
13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Rd1 Nxe3 15. fxe3
{ 15. fxe3 - I did think carefully before this exchange because itdoes unite white's two centre pawns. However, white no longer has thebishop pair and I do! }
15... a5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4
{ 17. Nxe4 - this bishoptrade robs me of my bishop pair, but at least Fou Lenoir is a good bishop,having plenty of scope. }
17... Nd7
{ 17. ...... Nd7 - I now complete my developmentand it will be interesting to see how this middlegame pans out. }
18. Rc1 Bb4
{ 18. ...... Bb4 - before deciding to contest the c column, I decidedto back up my a4 pawn. I thought this move was good because there are nopawns on the a or c column to drive Fou Lenoir off that square. The drawoffer comes next move and I accept it. Gameknot analysis proved whiteto have a slight advantage. I am pretty chuffed by this much needed resultwhich put my rating back into the 1930s - just. I hope you all have agood read. Bye for now - Joanne }
19. Raa1 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Challenge from huffy1"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.10.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "huffy1"]
[Black "kaspanatola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1358"]
{ . } 1. e4
{ White lost two pieces to two consecutive blunders so he resignedwithout much more to it }
1... d5 { my usual reply to e4 } 2. e5 c5
{ transposesto a French defence advance variation if e6 is ever played } 3. d4
cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 { developing with tempo } 5. Qf4 g6
{ fianchetto the bishop tocontrol the centre, up until now all these moves were already played, Kuehn,Karsen - Sailer, Wolfgang, Germany, 1998 (1/2-1/2) }
6. Nf3
{ ? blundersa piece, needed was Qa4 to shift the action to the opposed wing or Qg3to keep the pawn overprotected }
6... Bh6
{ extended fianchetto wining a piece,the bishop or the knight after Ng5 f6 exf6 exf6 and the knight will fallas it is pinned }
7. Qg3 Bxc1
{ so it is the bishop, the threat now is Bxb2to win the rook, then Black will proceed to simplify the position by doingexchanges of pieces and convert in to an won technical endgame }
8. Bd3 { ?? another blunder the final one } 8... Bxb2
{ wins the rook for nothing Leavingthe queen exposed white allowed a skewer to the bishop and then lost arook also with immediate resignation }
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[Event "Team practice V"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mischo"]
[Black "mirkonitto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
1. e4 Nf6 { Alekhin defence } 2. d4 { well... let us see } 2... Nxe4
{ for sure } 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bb3 c6 { I think better than 4. ... e6 } 5. Nf3 Bg4
{ and weare in to the game ! } 6. O-O e6 { not bad position I guess } 7. Qd3
{ predictable } 7... Bxf3 { of course } 8. Qxf3 Nd7 { and black took the lead }
9. c4 { not bad ! } 9... Be7 { silently fortify blacks' position } 10. Nc3
{ yeah, my knight on e4is a thorn in whites' side } 10... Ndf6
{ some reinforcement ! } 11. cxd5
{ ups !here is interesting: if 11. ... cxd5 after knights exchange is painfulBa4+!! }
11... exd5 { 11. ... exd5! } 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Re1 Bb4 { 13. ... Bb4! } 14. a3
Qa5 { 14. ... Qa5 !! } 15. Bf4 { and here is the first big mistake: 15.Bf4 ?? }
15... Bxc3 { for sure !! } 16. bxc3 { and now... surprise ! } 16... Qxc3
{ 16. ...Qxc3 !! for sure (with 2 pawns in advance!) } 17. Bxe4 { 17. Bxe4 ?! }
17... Nxe4 { 17. ... Nxe4! } 18. Qxc3 Nxc3 19. Re7
{ another surprise is to follow } 19... Rfe8
{ 19. ... Rfe8 ! put off the scene } 20. Rxb7 { 20. Rxb7 ? into the trap:) }
20... Ne2+ { and it is all over } 21. Kf1 Nxf4 { still not resign ? } 22. Rc7
Ne6 23. Rxc6 Nxd4 24. Rc7 { ok, a little joke again :) } 24... Nb3
{ standing by:) } 25. Rb1 { upsss } 25... Nd2+ { game over } 0-1
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[Event "Herman's Revenge!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "x-machine"]
[Black "herman_m"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[TimeControl "4 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
{ 'The hardest game to win is a won game' - and this second game againstherman_m is a prime example of this! After challenging me to a rematchafter the first game, I looked to be winning the second one too! I gainan advantage in the opening, lose it, then gain it again with the win ofa pawn. However, as the endgame loomed, Black sought a counter-attack,and I defended inaccurately which allowed him to turn the game around! }
1. e4
{ http://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=15130039&rnd=0.9506428851640706<-- GK analysis on this game }
1... d6 { The Pirc Defence [thanks to nosferatufor the correction] } 2. d4 Nf6
{ I was expecting Black to play e5, but thisis perfectly playable as well! } 3.
Nc3 Bg4
{ A follow-up to the knightmove - it attacks the queen - but this threat is easily countered! }
4. Nf3
{ 4.f3 would have driven back the bishop, but I wanted that square forthe knight... in hindsight though, f3 would have probably been better asit supports the centre and the knight can reach e2 [after the bishop moves] }
4... Nbd7
{ Black may have been worried about d5 after Nc6... well, I wouldbe but whether it would be the best move, I don't know. At any rate, accordingto GK analysis White has come out of the opening with the advantage. [ofless than a pawn, but an advantage all the same!] }
5. Be2
{ this and Bc4are both playable - White decides to break the pin on the knight. }
5... e5
{ 5...e5 comes now, and White has the option of locking up the centre with6.d5. Black's reply... }
6. O-O
{ ...would have probably been the same ashis reply to White's castling. } 6...
c6
{ Perhaps the intention of 4...Nbd7;this will challenge White's d5 should he decided to play it. }
7. Bg5 { Whitedoesn't play it yet and continues development } 7... Be7 8. Qd2
b5
{ As the developmentof White comes to an end [Black has yet to castle and connect rooks, buthis position seems solid enough at this point], Black has ambitions ofqueenside pawn expansion... }
9. d5
{ ? which could have been put to gooduse with this mistake! If Black plays 9...b4! here then he'll have theopportunity to win a pawn next move with Nxd5; 9...d5 10.Nd1 Nxd5 11.exd5Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bxg5. Fortunately for me, Black misses this too and exchangespawns }
9... cxd5 10. exd5 b4 { Pushing back my knight... } 11. Nd1
{ And nowthe small advantage I had achieved in the opening has been neutralised- GK analysis judges this position to be equal }
11... a5 { Bolstering the b4pawn... } 12. Ne3
{ While I re-connect my rooks and activate my knight again } 12... Rb8
{ ? Puts the rook and queen in danger of being forked. It doesn'tseem that White can take advantage of that right now, but the tricks upchess players' sleeves are infinite; 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nxe5! wins a pawnsince if 14...dxe5, then simply 15.Bxg4, and if Black takes the bishopon e2 White has the zwischenzug Nc6. Though I do see a way to nab a pawnhere, it doesn't appeal to the GK analysis as much... though it is moreflashy! :P }
13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 { A couple of exchanges sets thestage for... } 15.
Nd4
{ ! The line I missed back at move 13 has the same'discovered attack' motif. My idea was that should Black choose to exchange(which he does) it will be pretty hard to hold on to the d4 pawn. However,Black can complicate; 15...Nxh2!? 16.Rfe1 and there are quite a few waysthat Black can proceed here, but I'll just show why 16...exd4 doesn't work;16...exf4 17.Bb5! [pinning the knight, preventing Ne5] Rxb5 18.Rxe7+ Kxe719.Qg5+ Ke8 20.Qxg7 Rf8 21.Kxh2 with advantage to White. If the sac isdeclined, then the line that Gameknot found plays out [analysis at beginningof this annotation] but sometimes, that analysis confuses me :) }
15... exd4 16. Bxg4 h5
{ After I capture on g4, my bishop is immediately chased away... } 17. Rfe1
{ ... but I can get this move in first! Unfortunately for White,it doesn't lead to the win of the Black queen }
17... Ne5 { Forced... } 18. Bh3 { ...and highly recommended! } 18... O-O
{ Black castles, not only for king safetybut also in an attempt to break the pin along the e-file... }
19. f4
{ ...butWhite still goes for it! I thought at first that I had managed to win theknight here, but then saw that Black's knight could simply jump to... }
19... Nc4 { ...this square with a fork on the d2 queen and the b2 pawn. } 20.
Qxd4
{ That threat is easily avoided, and White now also attacks the knight.Moreover, his queen is still hanging... }
20... Qc7 { ...making this move forced } 21. f5
{ White looks to ram this pawn down Black's throat, and plans toplay f6 next move. Black will have a hard time dealing with that threat.For example, if Black plays g6, then the White queen makes her was to h6to deliver mate. If Black exchanges, then Black has a severely weakenedkingside. If Black ignores the pawn, then PxP, followed by Qf6 follows- the queen is headed for h8 this time. }
21... Qb6
{ ! Forces the exchange ofqueens and neutralises that threat before White can execute it... }
22. Qxb6 { ...but being a pawn up, I don't mind the exchange! } 22... Nxb6
{ Blackhad two options here; Rxb6 and Nxb6. The former leaves the b3 pawn threatened,but that threat is easily parried. This option [the better one, I believe]attacks the d5 pawn. A rook can easily defend it... }
23. g3
{ ! but I choosea more indirect way of defending the pawn, that doesn't tie down my rookto defensive duties. Now, if Nxd5 then White can get a rook and bishopattacking d5, forcing it to move so that the d6 pawn can be captured. }
23... Nxd5
{ Nevertheless, Black nabs the pawn - 'when down material, exchangepawns, not pieces.' }
24. Rad1 Nf6 25. Rxd6 Rfc8
{ ! Black looks towardsgetting his pawn back - I can't advance my c2 pawn because of the advancedb4 pawn, so the only way I can defend it is by moving a rook back to thesecond rank. I don't really like that kind of inactivity. }
26. Rd2
{ Thiswas chosen over Re2 because the rook on the e-file can potentially penetratethe seventh rank. }
26... a4
{ Continuing the pawn advance, but allowing theseventh-rank intrusion } 27. Re7
Kf8 { Chasing the rook away, but Whiteis more than happy to move his rook... }
28. Ra7
{ ... though maybe thiswasn't the strongest move, even though it targets the a-pawn. Perhaps Rde2would have been better, solidifying my grip on the e-file. }
28... Ra8 { Defendingand threatening the rook... } 29. Rb7
{ Creating a fresh threat on the b-pawn... } 29... Ne4
{ ? Ouch! Black needed that knight to stop the second rook from intrudingthe seventh ramp, but now White gets to ramp up the pressure even more!I was expecting a rook move to b8, at which point I may have decided toexchange. }
30. Rdd7
{ ! Now the f-pawn is threatened with capture, makingBlack's next move forced... Oh, and notice the pretty position of the fourrooks! :) }
30... Ng5 31. Bg2
{ Since Black's last move threatened my bishop,I retreat it onto the long diagonal. It also threatens to dislodge theknight with h4. }
31... b3
{ Since Black's pawn was threatened with capture Blackadvances it, and I have to deal with the threat of bxa2. Though this willstill lose a pawn, it opens up lines for one of Black's rooks. I don'twant that, and plan to lock up the position a bit later on... }
32. cxb3
{ ? But this was the wrong pawn to recapture with! axb3 was much better,according to the GK database. Now that I have opened up a file for thec8 rook... }
32... Rc1+ { ... I get hit with this nasty check! } 33. Bf1
{ I didn'tlike the idea of exposing my king with Kf2, so this move was forced inmy view. }
33... Nf3+
{ ! The knight relocates with check, as Black has realisedthat it can't stay on g5. }
34. Kg2 Ne5 35. Re7
{ White's rook threatensthe knight. It can't move away, so it must be defended! f6 won't do sinceWhite then pounces at the g7 pawn, so only a rook can do that job... }
35... axb3
{ ...but first; zwischenzug! White cannot take the knight now becauseBlack can reclaim his queen after bxa2. }
36. a3
{ ! I didn't want to openthe a-file for Black's other rook, so I lock up the position like thisinstead. Furthermore, since the knight and the pawn are attacked now, Whitecan capture the pawn later, leaving a nice pair of passed pawns. Like Isaid before, Black needs a rook to defend the knight... }
36... Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Re8
{ ?? But this was the wrong way to do it! The colour of the square therook is on, coupled with Black's back rank weakness allows for the devastating38.Bb5!!. Black can't play Rxe7 because Rb8+ will mate, if he moves therook away he loses the knight and if he plays Rc8, he loses the exchange. }
38. Rxe8+
{ ? White misses it, seeing only the gain of the pawn - 'Whenyou find a good move, always look for a better one!' }
38... Kxe8
{ After missingthe winning move, my advantage starts to slip away, like trying to holdwater. I still have it here, but once Black starts counterattacking I missthe moves required to survive! }
39. Rxb3 Ng4
{ ! Black threatens the h2pawn; Though it's an easy threat to meet, suddenly Black has counter-play... }
40. Bg2 g5
{ ... as incredibly, the king finds himself caught in a matingnet, with the help of two pawns and Black's rook and knight! Though bishopsare supposed to be better than knights in the end game, mine actually becomesa problem instead! Nf2# is threatened and if the bishop moves, Black hasRxh2# }
41. fxg6 { Thank god for the en passant rule... } 41... fxg6
{ ... butnow g5 is threatened all over again! White can still fight off the attack... }
42. Rb5
{ ?? but not like this! Panicking, I began to hope for the draw,but chess blindness had prevented me from seeing the king could reach h6[where mate would follow after Nf2+ and Rc4+]. I only saw that after playingthis move, and after Black's reply I give up my bishop. The correct movewas Rc3, followed by Bc6+ }
42... Kf7 { ! } 43. Kh4 Rxg2 44. Kg5 Nxh2
{ Now, oncetwo points up, White is now two points down! And unlike Black, there seemsto be very little counterplay for White }
45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Kxg6
{ ? Whiteshould have checked with the rook again so Rxg6 could be played. I wasstill trying to hold on to my pair of passed pawns and only saw the continuation46...Rxg3+ 47.Kxh5. }
46... h4
{ ! An unpleasant surprise; Black uses the pinon the pawn to great effect! }
47. Kh5
{ White's king gives chase - as longas Black's last pawn goes, he'll have better hopes for a draw. }
47... hxg3 48. Kh4 Nf1
{ In preparation for another move which I miss completely in mydesperation to stop the g-pawn... }
49. Kh3 { ?? Rg7 was White's last hope! } 49... Rh2+
{ !! Now nothing can stop the g-pawn from becoming a queen, and Whiteresigns - well played by my opponent! Since our record is now 1/1/0 (W/L/D)We are currently playing through a third tiebreaker game - keep an eyeout for that one! :) }
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[Event "Shropshire 2 v Wood Green MM3"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "27-11-2016"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Robert Akeya-Price"]
[Black "Charles L Higgie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "ECF166"]
[TimeControl "40in1Hr 40+30secs/move"]
[WhiteElo "ECF147"]
{ Having drawn with a 14 year old the previous round, I had to face anotherpromising junior. This time my opponent was only 11 years old. He is inYear 6 - so he isn't even at High School yet. But the previous round hehad beaten Thomas Villiers who was down as an estimated 2222, and has anECF grade of 203. Even though my rating was above that of my opponent,I started this game in an extremely cautious frame of mind. I didn't wantthe same to happen to me! }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
{ So it starts outas a Grünfeld Defence, named after Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893– April 3, 1962). For more about this Defence visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnfeld_Defence }
4. cxd5 { My young opponent opts for the Exchange Variation. } 4... Nxd5 5. e4
{ Now White has an imposing looking centre } 5... Nxc3 6. bxc3
{ The exchange ofknights strengthens the white centre still further. Black generally attacksWhite's centre with ...c5 and ...Bg7, often followed by moves such as ...Qa5,...cxd4, ...Bg4, and ...Nc6. White often uses his big centre to launchan attack against Black's king. }
6... Bg7
{ Reuben Fine in 'The ideas behindthe chess openings' 1943 thought that black had to play an immediate 6.....c7-c5as otherwise white can play 7. Ba3. However it was later pointed out thatblack can play Nd7 to prepare c7-c5, if necessary sacrificing a pawn, andso black need not fear 7. Ba3, so I prefer to to play Bg7 and 0-0 firstand avoid variations where white may throw in Bb5+ - not that black needfear this move either, but I haven't learned about it! }
7. Be3
{ White candevelop his pieces in a number of ways in the Exchange Variation. For decades,theory held that the correct method of development was with Bc4 and Ne2,often followed by 0-0 and f4–f5, playing for a central breakthrough orkingside attack. It was generally thought that an early Nf3 was weak inthe Exchange Variation because it allowed Black too much pressure on thecentre with ...Bg4. In the late 1970s, however, Karpov, Kasparov and othersfound different methods to play the Exchange Variation with White, ofteninvolving an early Rb1 to remove the rook from the sensitive a1–h8 diagonal,as well as attempting to hinder the development of Black's queenside. Another,relatively recently developed system involves quickly playing Be3, Qd2,and Rc1 or Rd1 to fortify White's centre, remove White's rook from thediagonal, and possibly enable an early d5 push by White. Playing 7. Be3keeps white's options open. }
7... O-O { According to plan. } 8. Nf3
{ Ruling outthe old main line of Bc4 and Ne2. } 8... c5
{ So I do the thematic push. } 9. Rc1
{ Moving his rook off the a1-h8 diagonal, I was rather afraid of him playingd4-d5 followed by c3-c4 at some stage, which is why I did the followingexchange. }
9... cxd4
{ Now taking with knight or bishop leaves his pawn on c3very weak - it is isolated and exposed to attack along the diagonal andthe file. }
10. cxd4 { So this recapture is virtually forced. } 10... Bg4
{ Indirectlyattacking d4. If I were to take on f3 now, if he took back with the queenI could take on d4. }
11. Be2
{ So he prevents that. Now I decided that Ihad better check on a5 now, otherwise he will castle and then it is notcheck. }
11... Qa5+ { So I threw in the check. } 12. Qd2
{ Otherwise he loses thea2 pawn. } 12... Qxd2+ { So I take. } 13. Kxd2
{ He takes back. Because of his betterdevelopment and strong centre white has an edge in this position, but Icorrectly guessed that my young opponent had yet to master the grand-masterskills of grinding out a win in endings like this! }
13... Nc6 { So I develop. } 14. d5 { He attacks my knight. } 14... Rfd8
{ I pin the pawn. I found out afterwardsthat this position had been seen before! 15.Ke1 was played in Dziadyk,Pavel (2198) vs. Karnaukh, Anato... (2277) with white winning in 69 moves.15. Rhd1 e6 was played in Koen, Maja (2195) vs. Genova, Ruzka (2175) whichended in a draw in 24 moves after Ke1 and Grabliauskas Vi... (2433) vs. MakovskisGeorg... (2250) which ended in a win for white in 36 moves after 17. Ng5.My young opponent tries another move. }
15. h3 { He attacks my bishop. } 15... Bxf3 { So I take. } 16. Bxf3
{ He takes back. } 16... Rac8 { I contest the c file. } 17. Ke2
{ He unpins his pawn. } 17... Nd4+ { I throw in the check. } 18. Bxd4
{ Goinginto an opposite coloured bishop ending makes it even more drawish. }
18... Bxd4 { I take back. } 19. Bg4 { He hits my rook. } 19... Rc5
{ I advance it. } 20. Rxc5 { He takes. } 20... Bxc5 { I take back. } 21. Rc1
{ He attacks my bishop. } 21... b6 { I protectit. } 22. Bf3
{ And he offers a draw which I willingly accept. Many thanksfor reading. Please rate the annotation on the star system and leave acomment or two to let me know how I am doing. Until next time dear reader! }
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[Event "OTB Chess Game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "1/6/17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Terry"]
[Black "tactical-abyss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2400+ USCF"]
[TimeControl "60 min sudden death"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
{ This was an interesting game between TA and his opponent. It is importantto note that Joe is back with a vengeance. So, he is showing various gameswith important lessons to be learned from those games. In this case, though,Terry did not follow the General Opening Guidelines and paid the price. So, how did it all go down? }
1. e4 g5 { Not to my surprise, Joe plays theBasman Defense. } 2. g3
{ Terry also fianchettos. } 2... h6
{ Getting a pawn chain. But, this doesn't develop. However, Joe can get away with it. When teachingchess, he does go out of book and play moves that you wouldn't expect. The idea is giving the opponent a small edge but he wins. The moral isnot to get overly confident, and over the years, this has also helped meto improve because Jack said the same thing when I underestimated anitamand lost. }
3. Bc4 { Waisting no time, Terry develops. } 3... e6
{ And, Joe alsostarts his development by advancing the center pawn. } 4. d4
{ And, Terryalso develops his center pawn. } 4... d5
{ Joe continues with his developmentand prepares to exchange which is bound to happen. }
5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb3 Bg7 { Putting his Bishop on a comfortable diagonal. } 7.
Nc3 { Meanwhile,Terry continues with his development. } 7... Nc6
{ As does Joe. } 8. Be3
{ Developing,yet another piece. And, Joe is gonna do the same thing. } 8...
Nge7 9. Qf3
{ ??According to Joe, this is the losing blunder which is why I gave two quieries. In it, TA said, Moving your Q out way too early in the game!!!!You willeither get it pushed back with loss of tempo,lose points if it becomesforked or ex-rayed and in this case with a visitor to the club...Terry,hemanaged to get his Q trapped already by move #10...even before castlinghas been initiated on either side!Moving your Q out in this style of game,evenbefore castling? Huge mistake,especially against any strong player,letalone a monster like me!And he knew of my strength BEFORE the game began!Socaution to the wind,and more defensive play my friend!! }
9... g4 10. Qf4 Ng6 11. Qxf7+ Kxf7 12. Bxd5+
{ After having had lost the Queen for a pawn, Terrydoes what he can for counterplay with this move. }
12... Be6
{ I actually anticipatedJoe playing this. I'm not shocked that Joe wants to exchange as that wouldbenefit him since he is ahead. }
13. Bxc6
{ ?? But, Joe said what I knewwhich is not to liquidate. In it, he wrote, 'Notice anything else?Whenyou decide to continue a game after losing your Q in a trap(early on),itis extremely unwise for that player to play the 'exchange game'...likehe did on move #13.Bxc6!If your going to continue,being all those pointsdown,you must do as I do in blitz!!!!!Run ploys,fall back and gain anykind of defense you can!Just continuing to play offensively and exchangingpieces will only SIMPLIFY the game down more,and in the end,I will havea much easier endgame to send that 50 ton boulder down on YOU!!So avoidexchanges when down serious material UNLESS the exchanges will result ingaining point value(like capturing a Rook for your Knight)or having somerare positional advantage that causes me major trouble.' . }
13... bxc6 14. Nge2
{ Now, Terry continues with his development and prepares to castle, butas Joe implied after the 10th and 13th move, it's too little too late. }
14... Rb8 { With that Joe targets the pawn. And, when Terry protects... } 15.
b3 Re8 { Joe centralizes his other Rook. } 16. O-O
{ With little to go on,I guess you can say, Terry castles, at once. } 16... Qf6
{ So, Joe puts pressureon the f file and adds an attacking force against the King. Of course,the threat here is ...Bd5, followed by ...Qf3, threatening mate. White'sonly defense would be to further liquidate. }
17. Ne4 { So, Terry tries todelay by attacking the Queen. } 17... Qf5
{ But, when Joe reattacks, however, Terryresigns. That's because white must protect, and when he does another pawnwill fall since this is a nasty fork. So, he pointed out what went wrong. However, he made another in the aftermath. In it, Joe said, 'I can bedown a Q in blitz and a few times in corresp and OTB and still win,butthen i'm a seasoned pro at this game(and the Basman).Many players are not,and1842 is certainly not weak.But Terry came unprepared and went against openingtheory with his loose Q moves. This player resigned after only 17 moves.I'mglad he did,for he had no prayer when 'I'am up a Q(the reverse of my Qblitz sacs!)...unless the Marshall came under Marshall law! So,is theweaker Basman Defense primarily for blitz play and should be avoided inyour GK long corresp games?No!Why?Are you going to sit there after I justshowed you this OTB win and tell me that your opponent will never playlike Terry above?Hogwash!And opening books in this case would have donelittle.This game moved out of book very early on and would not have preventedTerry from throwing his Q around a bit recklessly!See now???? I justlove the 'illogic' in many players minds!You forget,I am a psychologistand know what I others think,even if they do not admit it!And chess isa game of psychology,indeed!' }
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[Event "I pity the fool!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "-"]
[White "superlalulalu"]
[Black "Anonymous "]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "3+2"]
{ Here I would like to show you a blitz game that I played a few days ago.My opponent was not careful enough during the opening and made a blunder,one blunder too many... Let's see what happened. }
1. Nc3 { I had whitepieces and started with Nc3, a very flexible move. } 1...
e5 { e5, probably thebest move in this position. } 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3
{ The game hastransposed to Italian opening. } 4... d6
{ d6, not the best move, instead of d6,Bb4, Bc5 or Be7 could be played, so that black could castle in the nextmove. Additionally, black can also try Nxe4, Nxe4 and d5, forking white'sknight and bishop, after Bd3, dxe4, and Bxe4, the game would be equalized. }
5. Ng5
{ Ng5, threatening Nxf7 or Bxf7. The best move in this positionwould be d5. Yes, black would move the same pawn again, but still, d5 isdefinitely better than the move he played. }
5... Ng4
{ Instead of d5, black foolishlyplayed Ng4. This move is a total blunder! See if you can find the bestcontinuation for white. }
6. Bxf7+
{ The correct move is Bxf7+. Yes Nxf7would still be winning for white, however, after Bxf7+ we have a forcedcheckmate. }
6... Ke7
{ Ke7. If Kd7 was played, we would have Qxg4+, Ke7 andNd5#. Therefore, black desperately tried Ke7. }
7. Nd5+ { Nd5+. Unfortunately,there is no escape for black king. } 7... Kd7 8.
Qxg4#
{ After Kd7 we have Qxg4#.I pity the fool! Well, that's all, I hope you enjoyed this annotation andplease leave your comments. I wish you good luck with your games and seeyou next time. }
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[Event "Ruy Lopez Coaching-Any comments/suggestion can be sent to kiaoi"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "11-Jul-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "kiaoi"]
[Black "evgraan"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[TimeControl "14 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
1. e4
{ This is an ongoing training game. A full discussion on each playersthoughts are given. If you have any suggestions or ideas on any of themoves or annotations, send me a msg!! }
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
{ (kiaoi)Whites next move is the first crossroads in RL. I have played5. 0-0 Nxe4 6.Bxc6 (sets up my knight to take e5 later) bxc6 7.Nxe5 followedby white playing Re1 and opening an attack on the black king. Or maybeI have the order wrong.. maybe 7.Re1 forces black to defend the N on e4then white can play Nxe5. -- The other move for white maybe 5.d3 (defendse4) or 5.c3 sets up attack with a d5 push later. -- This position hasgiven me heaps of thought and I've been inclined in many games to play5.0-0. What do you think? }
5. O-O Nxe4
{ (evgraan)Good analysis. You areon the right track. Let's look at the options you list: c3 is not as frequentlyplayed and seems to favour black at high levels of play. O-O is definitelythe most widely played, but black does not have to play 5. ... Nxe4. Ifhe does though, good move orders are: 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc68. d4 Ne6 9. Nxe5 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 with a good game for white orperhaps 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Ne6 9. Nxe5 Be7 10. c3O-O 11. Be3 with a good game for both players. 6. Bxc6 seems to work outOK for white, but I'm not sure if it gives white a lasting advantage. Itseems as though white has a tough time getting an advantage in the RL,but as I say I'm not an expert. Probably a good RL book is the way to go!! 5. d3 is quieter than 5. O-O and does not lead to such wild play as 5.O-O does : ) If you're playing a good positional player who is weak ontactics, 5. O-O could be the way to go. If you're playing a more tacticalplayer and you're comfortable with positional play, 5. d3 could give youan edge. A good, classical lines are: d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1O-O 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bc2 d5 11. O-O or 11 Qe2 with good games for white. Also consider 5. Qe2 and 5. d4! I'll leave these for you to read up on: ) In this game though, black is going to try and beat you on tactics,since you've opened the door for some interesting play with 5. O-O ; )Let's see how your 6. Bxc6 does? }
6. Bxc6
{ (kiaoi)ok lets go for it. 6.BxNbxB with an opening of the b-file for rook attack. I have read that whitedoesn't get much out of trading bishop for knight so early. I like theidea of d4, but I think it'd be better after BxN. so here we go... }
6... dxc6
{ (evgraan) Ahah, but here black throws you a curve ball, because afterbxc6, Nxe5 notice that black has 3 pawn islands... hmm, not so good, soblack decides to play with his pawns and make sure he only has 2 pawn islandsby playing the much more popular 6. ... dxc6! This also opens the diagonalfor the bishop on c8... where-as bxc6 would have left the bishop blockedon b7 by the c6 pawn... Also, now black's queen has got some scope downthe d-file. So it seems to make more sense to play dxc6... }
7. Re1
{ (kiaoi)I've seen both 6..bxc6 and 6..dxc6 play. I'm still unsure of which is betteras bxc6 opens the b file for the Rook to exploit and also gives two centrepawns, whilst dxc6 has the advantages u have spoken of. with dxc6, i reallycan't play 7.d4 anymore. I think 7.Re1 forces you to move the knight orprotect it. 7.Qe2 is also good I think whereafter I could double up onthe e file with Re1 and put real pressure on your pieces. Other moves couldbe 7.b3 to fianchetto bishop, but I think this is too slow. So I forseethis: 7.Re1 f5 8.Nxe5 Be7... and now where does my knight go?!?!?!?! Thisis where I get lost. Do I continue to develop and wait until the knightgets kicked off its square? and now I question grabbing the e-pawn. Wellmaybe 9.d3 forces your knight away and I keep developing as I do have myRook on the e-file }
7... Nc5
{ (evgraan) Okay, Re1 is a good move. 7. ... f5I don't like as it weakens black's king-side. The pawn on e5 is going tofall and with the white rook on e1 pushing f5 would place black in hotwater. The move most played here for black is 7. ... Nc5. This keeps theknight eyeing the centre, gets it to safety and under the protection ofthe f8 bishop. Also, it allows the knight to potentially hop back to e6in defence of the king since the e-file would be open with white's rooklining up for a shot at black's king. 7. ... Nf6 has also been played,but Nc5 seems more versatile. Nc5 does open up the d4 option for whiteagain and this should help answer your question re: where does white'sknight go. The answer in the short term is: no-where! The knight on f3can now pounce on the e5 pawn, after which d4! could follow, supportingthe knight. The knight will be well centralized on e5, and black wouldbe unwise to weaken his kingside with f6... so the knight could sit verywell on e5. }
8. d4
{ (kiaoi) Initially thought 8.Nxe5 forces black to coverthe open e-file with Ne6 or Be7, probably Be7 to develop another piece?But I like 8.d4 Ne3 9.Nxe4 Be7 10.d4 to support knight. This position lookslike black is cramped with the light bishop blocked until the king is outof the open e-file. }
8... Ne6
{ Indeed, the white knight looks nice on e5 :) Let's see how the position plays out! This is a vital time for white,as in the next few moves he sets the tone for the game. I syspect whitehas a brief opportunity for a lasting advantage here, and black threatensto equalize after O-O, so white must make the most of his position in thenext few moves! }
9. Nxe5
{ I will continue with the original plan. I canplan attacks on f7 by Qf3. If black pushes f6, then that might mess myplans. But does Black usually play this? as it weakens the kingside, maybeto get the knight out of the way. Black may play to develop so 9..Bd6 develpsand gets attacks the knight. 10.f4?? Weakens castled king but maybe itcan work to consolidate the centre with two pawns. I think this is wheremy problem is, trying to find a long term strategy or to develop one. Iwill try and play for control of the centre, so if black follows up with10...c5 11.c3. Is that good strat or do you think develop the pieces isbetter at this moment? }
9... Be7 10. c3 O-O
{ evgraan) Well played. A good, strongmove. Solidifying your center and supporting the strong knight on e5. Black'sposition is solid, but he needs space. and time to develop, so O-O triesto give some space. A primary concern for black is the strong knight one5... }
11. Nd2
{ (kiaoi) This is a critical position for me, as I neverknow what to do next. Games Databases show many players choosing Nd2-f3while black tries to break the centre with c6-c5. Eventually whites d-pawnwill be isolated after the exchange, so I guess the knight move to f3 isgood for the centre pawn protection. I also considered Be3, before theKnight's moves to f3 but can't see much difference in the order of movements. }
11... c5
{ Hmm, Nd2 has the draw-back of blocking white's bishop on c1 and reducingthe influence of white's queen on the center... This limits white's options.For example, as you rightly say, c5 followed by Ndf3 opens the bishop upagain, but this has allowed black counterplay in the center. The more immeditate11. Be3 prevents black from playing c5, thus solidifying white's controlof the center. White's had quite a bit of success with 11. Be3, where-as11 Nd2 seems drawish, giving away some of the momentary advantage thatwhite has built up in the center by allowing c5. Also note that allowingblack to play c5 has longer-term consequences. Black is heading for anend-game where he'd probably benefit from having two bishops (e.g. cxd4,Nxd4, NxN, cxN and black ends up with the two bishops). So, open diagonalshelp black. In allowing c5, white opens up the a5-e1 diagonal after exchangeson d4, giving black more space. Also, the pawn on d4 becomes an isolatedtarget, tying down some of white's minor pieces to keep an eye on protectingit... Perhaps a good way of looking at the position before 11. Nd2 or 11.Be3 is to ask the question, which of the central squares (d4, e4, d5 ande5) are in contention? White 'owns' e4 with his rook on e1, and black 'owns'd5 with his queen on d8, The white knight is sitting solidly on e5, butthe square in most contention is d4! (This is obvious after c5 has beenplayed, but the trick is to notice the possibility of c5 and the accompanyingcontention!) Moving the knight to d2 blocks white's queen support of thishotly contested square, while adding control to the already-solid e4 square.Thus, from my point of view it seems better to rather play Be3, focusingmore white muscle on d4. If you keep in mind that white's advantage inthis opening line is his central space and control, the moves should comemore natural at this point in the game : ) }
12. Ndf3 cxd4
{ (evgraan) Okay.This position is not bad for white by any means! White has lost his openingadvantage though, so black stands equal in my opinion. Black's first taskis to get rid of his double c-pawn and chip away at the strong white center,and then to arrange his minor pieces for activity, so black's goals areas follows: 1) weaken d4 2) strengthen the black center 3) develop minorpieces. How do you think black can accomplish this? The first move isclear- cxd4. }
13. cxd4
{ 13.cxd4 Bb4 drives away rook and weakening centredefence at e5 square. White can reply with 14.Bd2 where the exchange helpswhite?!? (I think) 14...BxBd2 15.QxBd2. Games DB sees black play 13.cxd4Qd5 which I can only see that it tries to develop out the light squarebishop and then join the rooks. The other move was 13.cxd4 Bf6 attackingthe Knight. I think that is ok for white as the other Knight can recaptureat e5 if the bishop takes it. Whites 14th move will depend on what blackplays here. }
13... c6
{ (evgraan) Well done, good analyses. There is somethingto note here though. White's pawn on d4 ia what is called an IQP, IsolatedQueen's Pawn. Now, in your analyses you mention in both cases exchangingsome pieces... this is not a good idea when you are the side playing withthe IQP. Why is this? Well, the IQP is a double-edged sword. In the middle-game,where we now find ourselves, the IQP is an advantage, as it provides supportpoints for launching an attack. So, for example, it you look at the knighton e5, he is very strong with the support of the pawn on d4. Also, c5 couldbe a potential launching point supported by d4. The second advantage ofthe IQP in the middle-game is it's potential advance. So here d4 - d5 wouldbe trouble-some for black. With each step the pawn comes closer to theback rank and potentially queening, but it also scatters enemy forces alongthe way. The third advantage of the IQP is that it limits the enemy's piecemovement. The opposing side might find it difficult to find good squaresfor his minor pieces, and may have trouble getting those pieces to thosesquares. I suspect especially with an IQP on the 4th and 5th rank thismay make life difficult for the opponent. Sounds great, doesn't it? Well,there is a disadvantage as well. In the long-term, if we were to take allthe minor pieces and the queens off the board, black would probably havethe better end-game, since the isolated pawn is weak... hence my earlierstatement that exchanging pieces is not a good idea for white here. Rather,white should try and extend the middle-game for as long as possible, tryingto mount an attack of some kind, using his IQP as support. The opponenton the other hand should try and exchange pieces to create more space andlessen the potency of an attack. Secondly, the opponent should try andblock the IQP from advancing. This is done primarily by placing a minorpiece in front of it and thirdly the opponent should try and attack theIQP, since it is st }
14. Be3
{ Well a lot to consider. Ideally I want theQ to be on b3, to attack b7 but also have ready the protection for a pawnpush if black plays c5. But if the black knight moves to c7 then there'sa problem in that. The long term goal maybe to develop the black bishopand it only looks good at e3 position which will then allow Qb3 and thenRook to d1. I don't like the look of black playing to B-b4 which will forceme to move the Rook on e1. Tempting is to push the a-pawn to a3, but ithink this is a 'slow' move. I've heard that somewhere, and i should focuson developing my pieces. With that in mind I think Be3 is the go to protectthe pawn. }
14... Nc7
{ (evgraan) Well done! Be3 is probably the best move here.Black continues with his plan. Be3 seems OK for the bishop for now, butnote that after Nc7 and the logical Nd5, the bishop on e3 is under attack.One move order you might consider is: Nc7 followed by Bf4, followed byNd5 and then Bg3, pro-actively getting your bishop to a good square (whyis g3 a good square for your black bishop? Please think of at least 3 reasonsif you could). }
15. Bf4
{ i would never have thought of playing Bishop there.I did think of exchangin but then i realise 3 pawn islands, and knightsv bishops. Why is it good to play Bto f4 then g3? Maintains one bishopand i don't want to exchange while I have the isolated pawn. It defendsthe central knight. It opens up the e-file for my rook. I guess this iswhere I stuff up. I usually play blindly and not analyse enough and I thinkwithout your comment I would play Qb3 which is bad of course as statedabove!! But what about a Bishop retreat to d2, that to me looks ok asit controls a lot of squares available to the Knight on d5. Actually Ithink in the long run the bishop would be out of place after I get theother rook to d1 for to protect and then I'd have to move the bishop againwith the only good square for it on c1. }
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[Event "a brutal attack!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "cooksey"]
[Black "x-machine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1203"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1339"]
1. e4
{ I like this game - a) my opponent was my highest rating victoryon GK b) It pushed my rating to over 1200 c) Well, it was a great game!:) I play as Black }
1... c5 { Silican defence } 2. d4
{ White immediately issuesa challenge to the center } 2... cxd4
{ I accept the exchange, reasoning thatI can gain tempo when White plays... }
3. Qxd4 { this! I immediately chaseit away with... } 3... Nc6
{ Nc6 - development with tempo } 4. Qe3
{ I prefer Qc3here, as it keeps both bishops open - Other moves include retreating theQueen back, but with Q d3, the light square bishop is blocked, with Qd2,the dark square bishop is blocked (well, it is here too, but at least there'sBd2) and with Qd1, it's just a complete waste of tempo! }
4... Nf6 { maybe 4...e5would have been better here... } 5. Bd3
{ ?! I can't see the purpose of thismove - it opens up some if White decides to play e5, but Bc4 or Bb5 seemsbetter here }
5... e5 { I make my claim to the centre } 6. Nc3
{ developing theknight and possibly eyeing that d5 square } 6... Bb4
{ so I pin the knight toits king } 7. Bd2
{ This is the usual response I get from White, and thiscan lead to a strong double attack from White if I'm not careful (a goodexample is my annotation, 'the f7 knight') }
7... O-O { castling - simple enough } 8. Nge2
{ Looking at this as I played this game, I saw White's defence asstrong, and with more active pieces it had the lead in development. I hadto do something.... }
8... d5 { so I do. White has to retake because of the pawnfork } 9. Nxd5
{ I was expecting exd5 here } 9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2
{ Logical; Whitehas free choice of where to castle, and wouldn't want to give that up }
10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Qxd5
{ and after that trade, the position looks a lot betterfor Black } 12. O-O
{ Castling queenside might have been better for White,but it was probably looking at the queenside knight when he made the decisionNow, both sides have castled, White has a bishop, queen and knight developed,while Black has a knight, queen and pawn. Since I'm on the offensive, Idecide to attack, but which one should I use? }
12... e4
{ I choose the pawn toattack with - I can push it forward and disrupt White's defence (thoughI don't see a chance to promote it, so I wasn't going to try) }
13. c4 { acounter-attack on my queen... } 13... Qe5
{ so I move it to protect the pawn, thoughI was planning to do that with Re8 anyway }
14. Bb1 { White moves his bishopaway from danger... } 14... Re8
{ and I put more pressure on the e-file - soonBlack's going to have good control of that e-file }
15. a3
{ planning forb4 next move, I'd suspect - a pawn advancement to threaten my knight }
15... e3
{ pawn-and-queen fork - White has the option of exchanging queens with 16.fxe3Qxe3+ 17.Qxe3 Rxe3, which slightly weakens the defence around the queen(though I'd have no piece to take advantage of the open diagonal to theking) }
16. Qc2
{ I thought initially that this was just to keep the protectionof the knight active, but there's another purpose which I don't see atthis point... }
16... exf2+
{ as I annotate this, I considered Bg4 as a possibility,but that would be a mistake due to 17.f3 }
17. Rxf2
{ ?! this move puts therook in a bad place, but then again, Kxf2 seems bad as well, exposing theking }
17... Nd4
{ I keep up my attack on White, but I don't notice the counter-attack... } 18.
Qxh7+ { nets a pawn for White, and gives White some of the initiative } 18...
Kf8 19. Nxd4
{ ? This would be White's losing move here - White needed todo something about that knight, because of 20...Nxe2+!, and White is goingto lose material no matter what it does - if White doesn't take the exchangestraight away, then 21. Kf1 Ng3+ 22.hxg3 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Qxf2 and it's a knight-for-rooktrade. If Kg1, then Qxb2 wins material as well (it's true you can do thatwith Kh1 as well, but the moves above also severely weaken the king's defence)best move here would have been Nc3, but accepting the exchange... (thoughit is customary to exchange when you're ahead in material) }
19... Qxd4
{ leadsto the White rook being pinned. Black now threatens mate with Re1 (it allgoes downhill for White here) }
20. Ba2
{ The White bishop's only safe squaresare a2 and c2 - everything else is an attacked square (though maybe Whiteshould have provoked an exchange with Bf5 - had Black chosen to acceptWhite's queen comes to the aid of the rook) Kf1 loses to 20...Qd3 21.Kg1Re1#. stops the mate in one but... }
20... Re2
{ ! threatens mate AGAIN (21...Qf2+22.Kf1 Re1+ 23.Rxe1 Qxe1#) and White is really struggling to stay in this }
21. Rf1 { a forced move... } 21... Rxb2
{ and the rook grabs the extra pawn -with both rooks pinned to their respective positions, White doesn't havea lot of options... }
22. Qh8+
{ !? except to counter-attack! I panickedwhen I saw the moves that followed.... }
22... Ke7
{ I'd thought that White hadmanaged to find a potentially genius counter-attack to an otherwise hopelesssituation... }
23. Re1+
{ all I saw at first was Kd7 and Kd6 at first, andthe dangerous situation it puts my queen in - the Queen pinning the rookwould be in danger of being pinned herself! ( 24. Bb3! would be very dangerousindeed) It took me a bit of panicking before I saw the other move... }
23... Be6 { and now pressure's back on White with another threat of mate! } 24.
Rxe6+
{ ?? I guess White must have been pretty damn desperate at this point -my guess would be that White wanted to keep up its attack on the King,but White needed the rook for defence around the king! }
24... Kxe6 25. c5+ { Adiscovered attack... } 25... Ke7
{ and I return my king to its original square.The only move left to stop immediate mate now... }
26. Qh4+ { loses the queen! } 26... Qxh4
{ I was expecting g3 here (again, the only way to stop mate...) } 27. Rxb2
{ But White doesn't do it! Maybe this was a way of resigning - a laststrike... }
27... Qe1# { before the inevitable mate! A very enjoyable game forme :) } 0-1
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[Event "WtW Modern Benoni mini-tournament VIII"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ptitroque"]
[Black "last_archimedean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1377"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
1. d4 { Thematic benoni game } 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5
d6 6. e4 g6 { main line } 7. h3
{ i do not like to advance the f pawn andh3 is the only other way to prevent 7. ... Bg4 or 7. ... Ng4 }
7... Bg7 { mainline } 8. Bd3
{ White chooses a quiet line (I often play 8. Bb5) } 8... O-O 9. Nf3
{ The same quiet line for black, preparing a central attack. } 9... b5
{ Thecentral line chosen by white let black with open space on the queensideand Last Archimedean tries to exploit it. }
10. Nxb5
{ Double edged move.It opens the b file for the black rook and the white knight can be easilyfired. Another candidate move was 10. Bb5 to prevent 10. Re8 but white'splan is still the central attack and I want to menace black's d pawn with11. Bf6 }
10... Re8 { Solid move } 11. O-O { Castling when it's time } 11... Nxe4
{ Logicalmove. } 12. Re1 { If 12. ... Nf6 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 13. Nxd6 } 12... a6
{ Attack fromthe knight } 13. Na3
{ Even Lancelot the brave has to retreat sometimes. } 13... Nf6
{ Attacking d5 } 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8
{ That was part of white's idea but after13. a3, white cannot take the d pawn. Black is doing well and plays solidly. }
15. Nc4 { But I want this pawn and send Lancelot to the battle again } 15...
Bb7
{ At first I thought this move was a blunder for : 16. Nxd6 Qd7 17. Nxb7Qxb7 and white is one pawn up but if 18. Bc4 to protect the d5 pawn. 18.... Rd8 and the pawn it dead for I cannot bring any other piece to protectit so that I think this is a very good move. }
16. Nb6
{ So that I have toelect another move. I thought a lot about it because the knight is unprotectedand has only two squares to retreat. But it seemed the only way to savemy d pawn. }
16... Ra7 { No choice } 17. Bc4
{ Now the d pawn is secured but I donot like the position at all for black controls the open file, the longblack diagonal and the center (not directly but with his f knight, queenand c and d pawns). Luckily for white his other pieces are blocked. }
17... Nbd7 { Good move to get rid of the b knight. } 18. Nxd7
{ No other choice (If 18.Na4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 and white is in trouble for black controls the centerand the white king feels lonesome in his castle. }
18... Qxd7
{ 18. ... Nxd7 mighthave been better, preparing 19. ... Nb6 and the black queen would havestaid on the e file. }
19. Rb1
{ First organising the queen side to resistan eventual attack of the DSB. }
19... Ra8 { To liberate the rook. } 20. Qd3 { Preventing20. ... Ne4 } 20... h5
{ ? It weakens the black king and achieves little. Re8 wouldhave been better. }
21. b3 { Everybody is in safety on the queenside. } 21... Nh7
{ ? Blunder. For the knight is less efficient on the far side and it letwhite the control of the e4 square. }
22. Bb2
{ To get rid of the ennoyingpowerfull black bishop and liberate the b rook which has to come on thee file that black doesn't occupate. }
22... Bxb2 { Black had little choice (if22. ... Bf8 23. Qc3 menacing mate.) }
23. Rxb2
{ So, this diagonal can bemine when I want, by Qc3. White has now a clear positionnal advantage beingmore mobile and controling the center. }
23... Qd8 { Black cannot play 23. ...Re8 any longer for 24. Bxa6 } 24. Re2
{ Now it's time to attack. First takecontrol of the open file. White position also improves because all hispieces are connected (black's one are dispersed). }
24... Ng5
{ Probably to forcethe knight exchange. Black might look for a draw. } 25. Nh4
{ Menaces 26.Nxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qxg5 with two pawns advantage and a very weakblack king. }
25... Kg7 { To prevent 26. Nxg6 } 26. Qg3
{ Menacing the knight andafter 26. ... Nh7 preparing 27. Nf5+ Kg8 28. Nxd6 }
26... Nh7 { Forced move. } 27. Nf5+
{ Fork attack between the king and the d pawn. } 27... Kh8
{ 27. ... Kg8 wasthe other candidate move but it wouldn't have changed a lot the situation. }
28. Nxd6 { Fork attack between the bishop in b7 and the f pawn. } 28... Qd7
{ Toprotect both b7 and f7 } 29. Qe5+ { queen and rook on the same file. }
29... Kg8
{ 29. f6 would have been better but white's position is far better and itwould not have saved black. }
30. Nxf7
{ If 30. ... Qxf7 31. d6 and the blackqueen is lost. If 30. ... Kxf7 31. d6+ Kf8 (forced move) 32. Qh8+ mate. }
30... Rf8 { Mate in one } 31. Nh6# 1-0
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[Event "Complications!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.06.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bwaa"]
[Black "lochess-monster"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
{ Hi all! This is the second game in this team match (the first can be foundhere: http://gameknot.com/annotation.pl/kings-gambit-i-accept?gm=45099). I open with the English, and after a lot of quiet posturing early on,some convoluted action starts happening in the center, eventually culminatingin a frenzy of activity ranging all across the board. I come out of itahead in material, but my opponent has surprising resources left to himand my pieces are scattered all over. }
1. c4
{ Hi all! This is the secondgame in this team match (the first can be found here: http://gameknot.com/annotation.pl/kings-gambit-i-accept?gm=45099). I open with the English, and after a lot of quiet posturing early on,some convoluted action starts happening in the center, eventually culminatingin a frenzy of activity ranging all across the board. I come out of itahead in material, but my opponent has surprising resources left to himand my pieces are scattered all over. }
1... Nf6 2. g3 g6
{ This is the Anglo-Indian:Black intends to fianchetto his King's Bishop and attack the White centerfrom the flanks. Of course, as yet, White doesn't have a center to attack. }
3. b3
{ White proclaims his intention to compete with the Black Bishop forthe a1-h8 diagonal. }
3... Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bg2
{ No one has set foot in the centeryet, but the squares are already hotly contested. White's King's Bishophas a strong diagonal supported by the pawn at c4, but he's going to needto move his Knights sometime. }
5... e5
{ Black makes the first claim to own acenter square, snubbing White's DSB's reach somewhat and giving Black somespace on the kingside. }
6. e3
{ White puts some more holes in his pawns--aslong as he doesn't lose his LSB, they'll be okay. The point is that hecan now develop his King's Knight without blocking the Bishop's reach. }
6... Nbd7
{ Black's QB can't move out yet, as it must guard b7, and ...Nc6 wouldallow White to exchange on that square, inflicting doubled pawns on Black'sformation (though again, White must not give up his KB lightly with allthe holes on his kingside light squares. }
7. Nc3 c6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. d4
{ Bothplayers are continuing their development logically. Black's position isa little more reserved than White's, but by no means is it significantlyinferior. With this move, White places a piece of his own in the centerof the board, and challenges Black to do something about it. }
9... Re8
{ Significantlyincreasing the threat posed by opening the board while the WK is stillon his home square. }
10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5
{ Now each player has a Knighton a good center square. Black still has a little development to complete,but after some preparation again e3-e4 and driving the White Knight awaywith ...c5, he may be able to bring his Bishop out with tempo to f5. }
12. O-O c5
{ Kicking the Knight, but this does make the d-pawn backwards, andtherefore weak. }
13. Nde2
{ 13.Nf3 would also be okay, but it invites 13...Bg4,developing Black's QB and forcing the Knight to move again. }
13... Rb8 { Gettingoff the long diagonal and preparing ...b5. } 14. Rad1
{ Black's d-pawn isbackward, so White begins to direct his fire at it. } 14...
Bg4
{ Pinning the Knight,but this Bishop has no future this far across the board. }
15. f3
{ Playedwith the intention of supporting e3-e4, but as self-adjoint pointed out,15.h3 might have been better, allowing the Bishop to maintain a line throughthe center. }
15... Bc8
{ ? This seems awfully underwhelming for the Bishop's secondmove--surely 15...Be6 would have been better. }
16. Nf4
{ White brings uphis Knight, aiming to entrench a Knight in the hole at d5 and blockadeBlack's backward pawn. }
16... Bf5
{ ? The Bishop moves a third time along thesame diagonal, with a paltry threat, easily parried with yet another gainof tempo. }
17. e4 Be6
{ This Bishop has now spent four moves to arrive ata square it only needed one move to reach. }
18. Nb5 Nfd7
{ Black wants toopen a diagonal for his DSB, and he doesn't actually have any way to defendd6 anyway, so this move prevents White from playing Rxd6 with tempo againstthe BQ. }
19. Nxd6
{ Instead, tempo is gained harassing the Rook. This movemarks the beginning of the bloodiest phase of the game--pieces of bothcolors, waiting on the flanks, fly to the center to kill and be killed. }
19... Re7 20. Nd5
{ This is a very strong square for a Knight; however it isn'tmeant to last. This move forces Black to trade off his Bishop, but moreimportantly for White, it allows a free Rook lift to the fifth rank. }
20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc7
{ The d-file is becoming a dangerous place to be. Black alsohas the problem of dealing with the threats to his Ne5 and pawn at c5.This answers both, for the moment. }
22. Bh3
{ White's King's Bishop is nolonger useful on the long diagonal, so it moves to become dangerous again. }
22... Nf6
{ ? Black denies his Ne5 two crucial defenders, thinking it safe whilethe WR is responsible for the defense of White's Nd6, but he overlooksthis intermezzo: }
23. Nb5
{ ! The White Knight is out of harm's way andthe BQ cannot stay to defend her own loyal Knight. }
23... Qa5
{ Thinking to play...Qxa2 and pin the DSB, but there's no time to actually get it done. }
24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Ng4
{ ??! Black throws several pieces to the wolvesat once, striving for counterplay with the threat to White's Bishop andthe fork at e3, but it is not enough. }
26. Bxb8
{ White is having none ofBlack's shenanigans; now the back rank is cleared out, though White isabout to lose his other Rook as well, to this marauding Knight. }
26... Ne3 27. Qe2 { Keeping control of d2 and a2. } 27... Nxf1 28. Kxf1 a6
{ Black kicks the Knightto try to get his Queen back into play. } 29. Bc7
{ But White is going toensure that she's as trapped as possible before he leaves. }
29... b6 30. Nd6 Qc3
{ White is now in a curious situation. He is vastly ahead in material,but his King and Queen are relatively trapped behind a wall of pawns, withthe BQ glaring angrily at them. Slipping the WQ out should ensure a speedymate on the Black King, but only if White can avoid the BQ's nasty checks. }
31. Bxb6
{ ? These queenside pawns were not doing anything for anyone, andnow White's DSB is at least two moves from doing anything productive. Whiteunderestimates Black's chances for counterplay with only a Bishop and Queen,and this move wastes valueable time. Better is 31.e5! Bxe5 32.f4 Bd4 (or32...Qa1+ 33.Kg2 Bd4) 33.Qe8+ Kg7 34.Nf5+ gxf5 35.Be5+, simplifying toa winning endgame for White and keeping a firm hold on the initiative.The text move allows Black to claw his way into the driver's seat. }
31... Bd4
{ ! This seemingly-simple move is the first in a series of tricks that Blackhas up his sleeve. The d-file is now closed off, so nothing can get acrossto attack the Black King, and nothing can get home to defend the WhiteKing. }
32. Bc8
{ ?! I think it was more accurate to play 32.f4. White needsan escape route for his King through this forest of 'friendly' pawns, orthe BQ will start rampaging through the White queenside. The text givesthe King some luft, but 32.f4 would prevent ...g5! after 32...Qa1+ 33.Kg2Qg1+ Kf3, whereas the text offers no defense against the Black pawns. }
32... Qa1+ 33. Kg2
{ If 33.Qe1, Black can start chewing through White pawns ashe pleases. } 33...
g5
{ !? This pawn thrust is surprisingly dangerous, cuttingoff the escape square h4, and threatening ...h5 to lock the WK away inhis corner. }
34. Nf5 { White hopes in vain to trade off the cruel Bishop. } 34... Qg1+ 35.
Kh3 Be5
{ Somehow, black's important pawns are still defended,and the WQ is no closer to her Black-crowned target across the board. White'stwo Bishops each wish they could be nearly as useful as Black's singleone. }
36. Qd2
{ ? 36.f4 would be much stronger here, but again White's inaccuraciesgive Black just enough breathing room to fight on and keep setting up traps.White still hasn't really comprehended how many ways Black can almost matehim--one more misstep, and he'll be done for despite the material lead. }
36... Qf1+ 37. Kg4
{ White is still reluctant to attempt to trade off the Queenswith 37.Qg2, even though it would give him a clearly won endgame. }
37... h5+
{ ! Black maintains his hold on the initiative and pulls the WK away fromhis pawns and away from his Queen. }
38. Kxg5
{ 38.Kxh5 Qxf3+ 39.Kxg5 Qxe4leaves White *still* unable to catch the BK. }
38... Qxf3 39. Nh6+
{ White hasto be extremely careful now. For instance, 39...Kg7 40.Qd8?? Bf6+ 41.Qxf6+Qxf6+ 42.Kxh5 Qxh6+ 43.Kg4 Qxb6 and Black has an easy win, or 39.Kg7 40.Bf5??(to defend e4 and cut off the BQ from the BK) 40...Bf6#! }
39... Kh7
{ ? This allowsthe White Bishop to interpose on f5 with check, preventing mate on f6.Better was an immediate 39...Kg7. }
40. Bf5+ Kg7
{ The Kings glare at eachother, surrounded by their most trusted soldiers. The position is extremelysharp; each one knows that a single misstep will mean their demise. }
41. Bd8
{ This is actually one of very few ways for White to avoid significantmaterial loss or checkmate (eg. 41.Qd7?? Bf6#). }
41... f6+ 42. Kh4
{ Of courseWhite cannot recapture with the Bishop, or he loses immediately. }
42... Bxg3+
{ The last hurrah, but there are no more serious mate threats left--nowit's just a question of how much material he can force White to give upbefore the BQ finally runs out of steam. }
43. hxg3 Qh1+ 44. Bh3 Qxe4+ 45. Qf4
{ White finally figures out that he should have traded Queens long ago. } 45...
Qxf4+ 46. gxf4 Kxh6 47. Bxf6 Kg6
{ 1-0. Black put up a terrific fight ata significant material disadvantage, and graciously resigns when he runsout of complications. Many thanks to lochess-monster for the excellentgames! Comments on the analysis or the game itself are greatly appreciated.If you leave a star rating, please give me a comment as well telling mewhat you liked or what I should improve. Thanks for reading! }
1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.01.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "foulway"]
[Black "kerenraveh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1221"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1202"]
1. c4 { era meglio e4 o d4 } 1... e5 { perchè apriva i pezzi } 2. Nc3
{ è una stranaapertura } 2... Bc5 { mm.. come previsto } 3. g3
{ dpo l' alfiere } 3... Qf6 { uh... ...matto del barbiere } 4. e3 { ...parato }
4... Nc6 { cavallo } 5. Bg2 { mossa giàprevista } 5... Nb4
{ ATTENZIONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! } 6. Nge2 { errore(??) } 6... Nd3+
{ e dopo avresti perso,foulway } 0-1
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[Event "sebfraysse's mini-tournament VII Gambit"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.12.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "milly64"]
[Black "alanmp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1313"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "1030"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 { and from now players make their moves in thegame. }
3... dxc3 { Black captured the pawn at c3 with his d4 pawn. } 4. Nxc3
{ Whitecaptured back with his knight. So now white is in control of the centre. But I am sure it won't be for long. }
4... Bb4
{ Black develops his DB to b4and is attacking white's knight at c3. White is still going to have afight to maintain his monopoly on the centre. }
5. Bd2
{ White moves hisDB to d2 to avoid using his pawn if the knight is captured. }
5... Qf6 { Now blackmoves his queen to f6 and attacks the knight again. } 6.
Qf3
{ White decidesto get right to it and also brings out his queen to avoid the queen hittingthe square f2 which could also have been a target if black was interestedin sacrificing his queen. }
6... Qd6
{ Black moves his queen to d6 and is nowattacking the DB at c2 which is protecting the knight. }
7. Bd3 { White bringsout his LB to d3 with the queen protecting it. } 7... a6
{ Black moves his pawnto a6 which protects the square b5 in case white's knight tries to extricateitself from c3. }
8. Bf4
{ White decides the pawn can be used in the caseof the capture of the knight at c3 and now moves his DB to f4 and is attackingthe queen at d6. }
8... Qd4
{ Black moves his queen to d4. Black does not seemto be developing many pieces just moving his queen around. White has 4pieces developed and black has developed only 2 pieces. }
9. Ne2
{ Whitenow develops his final piece to e2 and the king can now castle short orlong but I think short may be preferable with the threat of the queen andbishop on the queenside. }
9... Bxc3+ { Now black decides to capture the knightat c3 with the DB. } 10.
bxc3
{ White recaptures with the pawn as the knightgives this pawn protection and it leaves the knight covering the DB atf4 too. Now the pawn is attacking the queen at d4. }
10... Qb6 { Black moves thequeen to b6. } 11. Be3
{ White moves his DB to e3 to provide protection tof2. } 11... Qb2
{ Black's queen now comes to b2. } 12. O-O
{ White castles and therooks are brought together so the black queen cannot capture anything onthe squares adjacent as they are all protected. The only piece that wasunprotected before was the rook at a1 but this is also now protected. }
12... Qa3
{ Black queen now moves to a3 and is purely an object for white to attackshould the opportunity arise. I would think black would perhaps now tryto develop and make his plan of attack on the white king. However I thinkwhite's king is pretty well protected at present. Whilst the black kingis left in the middle with a weak square in front of him which perhapsblack would like white to attack but white is no rush. }
13. Bc1
{ Whitewants to remove the black queen so moves the DB to c1 attacking the queenat a3. }
13... Qe7
{ Finally the black queen gets the message and retreats to e7but not sure for how long. }
14. a4
{ White pushes a pawn to a4 which doesnot allow the queen to return to the a file as all the squares are protected. }
14... Nf6 { Black develops his knight to f6. } 15. Nf4
{ White moves his knightto f4 attacking squares e6 and g6 which may be more relevant to creatingan attack than other squares. }
15... d6 { Black pushes a pawn to d6. } 16. Re1
{ White moves his rook to e1 to protect the pawn at e4 which is also protectedby LB at d3 and queen at f3. }
16... O-O { Black now castles short. } 17. Ba3
{ Whitemoves his DB to a3 onto the diagonal to f8 with the black queen at e7. }
17... Qe5 { Black's wandering queen is on the prowl again as now comes to e5. }
18. Bb2 { White moves his DB to b2 to protect the pawn at c3. } 18... Bg4
{ Blackbrings his LB to g4 and is attacking white's queen at f3. } 19. Qe3
{ White'squeen moves to e3. } 19... Nbd7
{ Black now develops his final piece with knightto d7 protecting his other knight at f6. }
20. g3 { White pushes his pawnto g3. } 20... g5
{ Black pushes his pawn at g7 to g5 and is attacking white'sknight at f4. Black is leaving his king wide open now and g7 could beused by white as it is a weak square. }
21. Ng2
{ White moves his knightto g2 hoping to give cover to squares around the king while sheltered withinthe pawns protecting the king. }
21... Nc5 { Black moves his d knight to c5 andis attacking the LB at d3. } 22.
Qd2
{ White moves his queen to d2 as thepawn at e4 is under attack by the 2 knights. Now the rook at e1 is protectingthe pawn and the LB at d3. }
22... Rae8
{ Black brings his 'a' rook to e8 makinga battery on the e file with the queen at e5. }
23. f3
{ White provides moreprotection to the pawn at e4 with pawn to f3. This is also attacking theLB at g4. }
23... Bxf3
{ Black captures the pawn at f3 with the LB as it did nothave any protection and now the knight at g2 is under attack. }
24. Bf1 { White moves his LB to f1 protecting the knight at g2. } 24... g4
{ Black pusheshis pawn to g4 giving protection to the LB at f3. } 25. Nf4
{ White moveshis knight to f4 creating a barrier between the queen and the g3 pawn,the pawn is protecting the knight so cannot be taken without loss. }
25... Ne6
{ Black now attacks the knight at f4 with knight to e6. It could also bea redirection of his knight. }
26. c4 { White pushes a pawn to c4 allowingthe DB to attack the queen on e5. }
26... Ng5 { Black moves his 'e' knight to g5. } 27. Bxe5
{ So white captures the queen with the DB as it was left en priseand the DB may now be recaptured. }
27... Rxe5 { Black recaptures the DB with therook at e8. } 28. Nd3
{ White moves his knight to d3 and is attacking therook at e5. } 28... Ngxe4
{ Black moves his knight to e4 and is now attacking thewhite queen at d2. This will mean that white will have to leave the rookfor now as the queen will need to be removed from the knight's clutches. }
29. Qb4
{ White moves the queen to b4 where the queen can still supportthe rook at e1 and the pawns at a4 and c4. The queen is in position totake the pawn at b7 if it is not moved. }
29... b6 { Black moves pawn to b6. } 30. Nxe5
{ Black left the rook at e5 en prise in order to move the pawn so whitequickly captured this. }
30... dxe5
{ Black's knight was recaptured by the pawnat d6. Black has opened the d file with this capture. }
31. Ra3
{ With theLB at f3 and the knight at e4 it was difficult to move the a1 rook to theopen file from the 1st or 2nd rows so white moved the rook to a3 with theintention of moving it to d3 without any hindrance from the black pieces. }
31... Kg7
{ Black moved his king to g7 perhaps to give his rook a chance tomove across and come down the 'h' file. }
32. Qb2
{ White sees there is apawn which could be captured at e5 and moved his queen to b2. }
32... Nc5
{ Blackmoved his knight over to c5 looking to attack the pawn at a4. Since thewhite queen was on b2 diagonal to h8 and the black king was now at g7. The knight at f6 would be pinned once the pawn was captured. }
33. Be2
{ White wanted to remove the LB from the square f3 and decided to offeran exchange protected by the queen and the rook at e1. }
33... Bc6
{ Black didnot want to exchange and moved his LB to c6 to join the knight at c5. }
34. Qxe5
{ White captured the pawn at e5 with the queen and now the knightwas pinned to the king. }
34... Nd7
{ Now black brought his knight to d7 and wasattacking the queen at e5. } 35.
Qf4
{ White moved the queen down to f4 aswhite was not ready to check the king as there was not much support onhand to assist. }
35... Nc5 { Black returned his knight to c5. } 36. Re3
{ Whitemoved his rook to e3 taking over the 'e' file but black's plan may be toblock the e4 square with the 'c' knight which would join the knights upand it would be hard to remove the e4 knight without loss of material. }
36... Bxa4
{ White's move allowed the capture of the pawn at a4 by black's LB. } 37. Bxg4
{ White was not to be outdone and also captured a pawn at g4 withthe LB. }
37... Nxg4
{ Black recaptured the LB with his knight at f6 but whitecan check the king with the capture of this knight. }
38. Qg5+
{ White didnot capture the knight but did still check the king on g5 and once theking has moved can capture the knight quite safely. }
38... Kh8
{ Black's kingmoves to h8 and any plans of the rook moving over to the 'h' file are ended. }
39. Qxg4 { White captures the knight at g4 with the queen. } 39... a5
{ Black pusheshis pawn to a5 and he has a pawn chain from c7 to a5. In total black has5 pawns but the king's pawns are useless as they are not joined since theg pawn has now been captured. White only has 3 pawns and one of theseis an isolated pawn at c4. The other 2 pawns are in front of the kingstill. }
40. Re7
{ White now moves his rook up to e7 and has a pawn at c7he could capture whilst the pawn at f7 is protected by the rook at f8. }
40... Bc6 { Black moves his LB to c6 and is on the diagonal to the h1 square. }
41. Qd4+
{ White moves the queen to d4 and is taking control of 2 files,d and e. With this move it also checks the king at h8. }
41... Kg8 { Black moveshis king over to g8. } 42. Rxc7
{ White now captures the pawn at c7 and ifthe LB is left at c6 this may be captured. }
42... Be8 { Black moves his LB toe8 with white's rook at e1. } 43. Qf6
{ White moves his queen to f6 keepingthe f7 pawn on its square. With the LB at d8 this also keeps the rook atf8. }
43... Ne6
{ Black moves his knight to d6 and I expect this will be a sacfor white here. }
44. Rxe6 { White sacs the d1 rook and captures the knightat e6. } 44... a4
{ Black now pushes his a pawn to a4. } 45. Rxe8
{ White continueswith the move Rxe8 which will mean the rook needs to recapture as the kingis unable to move with the queen at f6. }
45... Rxe8 { Black recaptures white'srook. } 46. Qxf7+
{ Now the queen captures the pawn at f7 and is checkingthe king. } 46... Kh8
{ The king moves out of check to h8. } 47. Qxe8#
{ With thelast move which is white's queen capturing the rook it is checkmate. }
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[Event "The Blitz Series Pt. 4 - The Bitter End"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "05.26.2015"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rickdaily12"]
[Black "cilkovski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "5 min +15 sec"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
{ Meet cilkovski, a devout Blitz Chess warrior. He and I played severalmatches of Blitz Chess upon meeting each other. We generally found ouropponent much stronger when they played with the White pieces, though ourrespective Black games were not to be overlooked, because whenever oneof us would relax, the other would suddenly clamp down, and although we'dultimately win the game as White (except for my first match with him),Black always had a fight looming over the entire match. This was our fifthgame, my third White battle, and the crowning highlight of our fun. Whiteenters a material disadvantage almost immediately, and it's maintainedfor most of the match. However, my position was able to find my own counterstrikeshere and there, and the overall battle was crucial as the clock wore moreand more thin. I find myself really appreciating Blitz games again, andI hope you enjoy what this one had to offer... }
1. e4
{ I've always playedat my best with e4. In serious play, I've yet to deviate from this. Hispreferred opening with White was a variation normally seen in Queen's GambitDeclined, where White plays d4, supports with e3, and then after playingc4, would push for c5 and immediately support with b4. I rarely encounterthese games when Black, and I found it a bit difficult to play accuratelywith my camp so cramped up from the Queenside. I would pull through fromthe opening frequently, I'd even take an advantage for a good bit of time,but I got blindsided enough for him to come back and win the overall gameboth times. }
1... e5
{ As Black, he's an e5 player, something I've seen far toooften and always enjoy fighting against. }
2. Nf3
{ I play this, hoping heplays Nc6. Actually, I think he even did, our first match, where I wasable to launch into a Ruy Lopez, but perhaps it was a different player,as his next move this match was what I remembered as his most astonishingcharacteristic... }
2... d6
{ d6. So we have ourselves a fan of the Philidor'sDefense. I openly herald this opening as a passive opening for Black, asit immediately does White the favor of trapping the bishop on f8. It'srather easy, I find as White, to grab hold of the center almost right awayand launch early attacks, as Bb4 is not a problem to worry about most ofthe match. However, he handles this defense well when in a Blitz match,and I'll show you how this happens. }
3. d4
{ Main line for White. Philidorhimself, when he invented this opening, believes that the opening is bestplayed for Black to now attempt f5, with a counter-threat on e4 and a nicediagonal on the light bishop. Opening theorists have ultimately decidedthat should White play carefully, however, none of these lines result inequal positions, but rather an advantage for White as the color ultimatelygets the first attack. }
3... f6
{ But, this is my opponent's twist on the opening.f6, blocking the knight. Black welcomes White to try to seize the lightsquares, while Black tries to capitalize on his own patience and the darksquares. }
4. Be3
{ Black normally exchanges the pawn on d4, but I know thatthere will be a bishop on g4 eventually, and I'd rather my position beready for the inevitable exchange about to head my way. Also, Nbd2 is amuch stronger move now, a move we tried in one of our earlier games, butdidn't quite get to this time around. }
4... Ne7
{ This was new for him, eyeingthe f5 square, and bringing some fight to d5 as well. }
5. d5
{ White couldexchange, but with all of Black's developed pieces on dark squares, theweakness on e6 is something that he will have to deal with for much ofthe match. With such a strong outpost, Black must defend very carefully. }
5... c6
{ Black plays this, a surprisingly strong pawn while never quite makingthe overall intention of the move clear. If White takes the pawn, it'ssimply replaced by the b7 pawn, or either knight could grab it as well.I'd rather keep the outposts my pawn offers me, so... }
6. c4
{ ...I respondwith this, forfeiting whatever power a minor piece on b5 could grant me,in exchange for my control of e6. White's plan here is immediately clearand obvious, though. }
6... c5
{ Black's, on the other hand, was not. If Blackplayed c5 at once, then the outposting done against my dark bishop wouldhave been much more obvious, and the idea to then capture en passant couldhave been far more justified on my end. Even so, with an extra pawn movespent, Black sacrifices tempo for discrepancy, forcing me to respond ina way that makes me question the tactical or strategic motivations behindhis movements. The idea here still is not quite yet done, either... }
7. a4
{ I don't want to give up my control of b5, so this was a plan to detera6-b5 by Black. A preemptive move... possibly premature, given what Blackdoes next. }
7... Qa5+
{ So, ultimately, the move 5 ...c6 provokes White intoplaying c4, strengthening this check, where I have to carefully considerwhere I want my pieces to go while he starts to exploit the dark squareshe can pin on my queenside. Overall, I still like my position here, butthe amount of counterplay Black has here is not to be taken lightly either. }
8. Bd2
{ I had a bit of a think here, the choice of two developed or twonon-developed pieces to pick to block the check. In the end, I decidedI wanted him to spend more time moving his queen than making other decentdeveloping moves. }
8... Qb6
{ Still, the greatest solution to this move herewould probably involve me moving my bishop again to c3, which I reallydidn't want to waste time by doing. Black's moves seem rather predictablefor now, but I'm not fully sure if I was playing the best way for Whiteto have dealt with this line. }
9. b3
{ Move the pawn, move the Queen, ormove the Bishop. This move caused me the least amount of grief in my ownmind, though it does become a weakness as the Queen is its only defender. }
9... Bg4
{ This move finally appears, developing a virtually useless bishop givenmy pieces occupy mostly the light squares. Black hardly has much otheruse for it at this time. }
10. Be2
{ I play this, though I'm still not overlytoo sure about how I want my kingside to look once I've castled. I couldn'tmake up my mind between me wanting the knight on h4, or to just force theexchange by pushing h3. I was searching for the exact combination of moves,but... }
10... Ng6
{ ...this threw a wrench into my thinking. I see Black gainingpower with a knight on f4, while stopping my own Nh4. I didn't want tosacrifice my dark bishop should Black play ...Nf4 either, because I figuredI had a better space advantage. Therefore, my dark bishop was strongerthan his light bishop, which he was likely going to exchange in a moment. }
11. g3
{ So I decide to weaken my light squares, daring Black to play ...Bh3,while preventing the Knight from grabbing those dark squares. }
11... Be7
{ Instead,he develops, enabling castling. Either he's fine with the position as isor he's waiting for more of an idea of what I'm planning. }
12. Bd3
{ Lookingback, I think I told myself that e4 was potentially in danger of an f5push, and I wanted my pieces in place to defend such an idea after Blackcastles. A sound idea, but perhaps too soon... }
12... Bxf3
{ Black captures theknight, something I knew was going to happen eventually, and somethingI didn't mind having to retaliate using the queen. }
13. Qxf3 { Which I do,and this is practically forced. } 13... Qxb3
{ I did forget about how my Queenwas busy defending two squares at once, and the unfortunate placement ofmy light bishop costed me a pawn. }
14. Ra3
{ But even though I'm down formaterial, White has four very active pieces, whereas Black really onlyhas his queen and knight. Dropping that pawn wasn't going to be the endof the world, because I was pretty sure I was ahead in development. I wasworking my way toward having about 7 and a half minutes at this point,so I was pretty comfortable with where I was. }
14... Qb6
{ The queen must retreatagain, allowing me more tempo at the cost of my pawn. }
15. O-O
{ I finallytake the chance to castle. I still wasn't too sure how I wanted to attackyet. }
15... O-O
{ Whereas Black has a very clear target in mind: f5. It's a bitbizarre, because even though Philidor's defense isn't exactly among thelist of Black's most successful defenses, here my opponent found himselfhaving a very clear reach of the key square the former GM prided himselfin regard to this opening. I may be ahead in development, but for me touse that development to form some sort of attack, I needed an idea on howto clear the air on Black's side of the board. And right now, that meantgoing on the defensive. }
16. a5
{ Right here I decided that grabbing theextra pawn movement was probably going to help me out. It also preventsBlack's a5, creating an outpost on b4 for a Queen or Rook to invade upon. }
16... Qd8
{ This was probably best for Black. Qc7 has a lot of blockage beforeh2 is reached on my side, but at least the Queen over here gives the bishopmore power. However, Black has now moved the Queen five times, just toreturn her to her original position. }
17. Nc3 { I continue to develop, stilllooking for a way to push ahead. } 17...
Qd7
{ Her sixth move, but the threatsalong this diagonal are serious and need to be addressed at once. }
18. g4
{ This move made me cringe a little, putting the pawn directly in thepath where the Black Queen could stare down my king. Even still, my positionto me looked rather safe, for now, because the pawn is secure with allmy efforts to control f5, but the player treading dangerously is definitelyWhite at this point. }
18... Nh4
{ Black took a few moments before playing thismove. I imagine he also was wondering where h5 would have brought him,but decided against it. Interestingly enough, looking at the line, I'mquite worried about ...h5, gxh5 Nh4, Qg3 f5. The e4 pawn is immediatelythreatened, and my Queen cannot defend f5 from h3 prior to that move becauseBlack's Queen controlled that square. Nor can I take the knight, becauseafter f5, the bishop guards h4, so I'd now need to debate how to deal withthe rook on f8 coming into combat. It's a bit unclear (perhaps Bg5 wouldhelp me, trading off the bishops by then?), and while I think this moveis okay, I'm left wondering where that alternative line could have takenus. }
19. Qg3
{ A few moves prior to this one, I did tell myself that thequeen would have been stronger on h3, attacking the knight while defendingfrom f5, but at this point I just reacted after seeing the knight go here,knowing the Queen would need to come off of f3. I was a bit upset at justblundering away some tempo like that. }
19... g5
{ But here, Black chooses to defendthe knight, and maybe with the added idea that my bishop can't reach h6anymore? I'm not too sure if the only purpose of this move was to protectthe knight or not. }
20. Qh3
{ Either way, I was happy to get the chanceto place my queen on the correct square again. Now Black can't push hisway into my camp once more. }
20... Na6
{ I think he took some moments to thinkhere as well. If I were Black, I think I'd consider asserting control overthe f-file even more by playing Rf7, stacking the rooks down the columnbefore White can do so himself, but I guess he decided he wanted to bringhis queenside pieces into the game a bit more, eyeing Nb4 to kick the bishop,or even Nc7 to work the knight into the kingside via c7-e8-g7. I kindafeel like Black has a bit of an edge here now, but he wasn't too sure howto begin chiseling away at my development yet either. }
21. Bb1
{ I can'tlet my bishop lose sights on e4-f5, so I retreat it while I can. }
21... b6
{ Next,he plays this. I think he was hoping to bait me. If I capture, then afteraxb6 axb6, his rook is protected, but mine is exposed after he moves theknight somewhere else. I'm forced to either move it and lose more tempo,or exchange, and Black's other rook recaptures onto an open file. }
22. Ne2
{ I'm not going to waste time and accelerate Black's attack. Instead,I see that my knight can help drive into the fray via e2-g3-f5, potentiallykicking the bishop or disrupting the King's defences on h6. Plus, I neednot worry about the bishop on b1 needing a defender, as long as my otherrook stays on the first rank. }
22... Rab8
{ I think here he decides that if I'mnot going to capture, that he might as well take advantage of bxa5 witha rook on the mostly open b file. However, in doing so... }
23. axb6
{ ...inmoving the Rook, the threats in capturing vanish completely. Without therook on a8, the Knight doesn't allow any kind of discovered attack thatcould cause me too much discomfort. }
23... Rxb6 { Meanwhile, this is forced, orelse the knight on a6 is dropped. }
24. Ng3
{ Black isn't threatening anythingon the Queenside anymore, so I resume my plan to put my knight on the outposton f5. }
24... Rb2
{ Black tries this, his timer was thinning down to about 3:00left on the clock at this point, I believe. Still, I think I find thismove inferior, as all it does is kick a bishop that isn't really doinganything. Better for Black could have been Rfb8, I think, as it forcesme to reconsider the place of the far more important b1 Bishop. This justwastes Black's time. }
25. Bc3
{ Now the Rook must retreat. I did also have25. Bxg5, equalizing material after ...fxg5, Rxa6. At the time, I didn'tsee it, but even if I did, I'm not all that convinced that opening thef-file would be in my best interests. An alternative line I can see continuingthis is ...Rb4, Bd3 Rb3, Rd1 Rb2, Nf5. But the thing is, White's Knightis now stuck being a defensive, though rather well guarded piece. But nowmy f2 pawn becomes horridly weak, and even though it's not immediatelyclear to me how Black could have exploited this (perhaps by stacking therooks?) I think I'm right in not wanting to give the Black rook pair anew possible way of entering the game, and that the closing of the f-fileis worth being down a pawn. }
25... Rb6
{ Anyway, I kicked the rook, and it goeshere. Forced, or else the knight is dropped for nothing. }
26. Nf5
{ Finally,my plan completes and my Knight assumes a completely offensive positionfrom this square. I have several options, and I'm starting to like my positionagain. }
26... Nxf5
{ Black's knight, on the other hand, wasn't really doing anythingon there anymore, and decides to trade off his bad knight for my good knight.I'm not sure if this was necessarily a thing to have to beat me to doing-say Black plays Rfb8 now, and White plays Nxh4, next comes gxh4, Qxh4 f5!Qh5 fxg4, and again I'm a pawn down, only now the only blockage on thekingside is Black's protected g4 pawn and my Queen is stranded withoutmuch way of getting her the help she needs. }
27. exf5
{ But now, I dominatecontrol over f5, and now Black's light squares around the King are dismal,without virtually any chance of fighting out of this now. My g4 pawn alsostrengthens as a result, no longer needing my queen confined to reach ofit with the f5 pawn in the way. Having realized this, I started seeingways of being able to move my pieces around to start focusing on workingmy way around Black's structure to make my way toward the king. My realonly weakness here is f2 and c4, but if I'm careful, there are ways ofbringing about a hopeful attack. Starting with the obvious- kicking myrook from a3 to h3 somehow. }
27... Bd8
{ My opponent began rapidly realizing heneeded a new way to crash through my defenses, but at too much a cost tohis clock. Hanging steadily around 2 minutes left, he begins maneuveringthis bishop, and while it's not immediately clear his intentions, I wasrelieved by the passivity of this move. It was a sign that he needed togive me breathing room, for once. }
28. Qg3
{ I remember being a bit unhappyabout this being the second time the Queen came here, but regardless, theQueen needs to move off so that the h pawn can move forward. }
28... Nb4
{ Meanwhile,Black moves the knight here, either hoping I'd exchange, hoping that there'sa place for his pawn, or the rook, or he's waiting to see what I'm up tonext. }
29. h4
{ Meanwhile, the h pawn comes out. My Queen can now take h2,controlling the h file while being able to spearhead an attack after arook joins her on h3. My clock here is about 9:30 right now. Time lookedrather well for me, it was certainly on my side, but the battle to piercethrough against Black is still far from over. }
29... Rf7
{ My opponent had about2:15 when he started here. Once he finally came up with this move, hisclock fell down to about 0:40. He really needed to think about what otherground Black could advance upon to prevent White from coming in, and rightnow, I could tell he was really grasping at the best way to maintain hisdefenses while winning the overall game. Here, it looked like he was tryingto figure out how to counterthreat me if I took the pawn on g5. Black'sQueen could come around on b7 and help the Rook on b6, while the otherRook could find a home on g7, reaching g4, and wholly guarding h7. Black'sdefenses are rather solid- unfortunately, his clock was certainly againsthim more than anything else! }
30. Qh2
{ I don't think my Queen has any businessbeing on the 3rd rank anymore, so I move her where a Rook can come in frontof her. I'm not in any hurry to resolve the pawn situation just yet. }
30... gxh4
{ But Black is. He eagerly grabs the pawn and wonders what I'm going todo about it. }
31. Bd2
{ The bishop had to move off so that the Rook couldcome over to h3, but from there, what to do about the bishops? Originallymy thought was to pair them between a1-b1, but I noticed that this wouldbe potentially dangerous due to b1 being weak if Black were to stack rooksdown the b file. So I move the bishop here, a new diagonal where it couldmove a bit more easily, but more importantly- a diagonal that could strikeh6. }
31... Rg7
{ Meanwhile, Black hits the pawn here, forcing me to defend g4once again. } 32.
Qxh4
{ So I'm forced to capture the pawn I was happy toignore. I'm desperately grasping at how to go about getting my rook toh3 without my Queen having to be in front of it, wasting moves just toprotect the g4 pawn. }
32... Na6
{ The knight retreats. I'm worrying at first,because I see Nc7-Ne8 again, but with the strong Black Rook occupying g7,I'm not entirely sure how hazardous this piece was actually going to be. }
33. Be4
{ Meanwhile, I don't want to tie my other rook down on the backrank, so I move my other bishop to here, removing any chance of pushinge4 by Black, and defending b1 directly. }
33... Nb8
{ The knight continues itsjourney and I anxiously watch what Black is trying to get out of it. }
34. Re1
{ I continue trying to move my other Rook somewhere it can help in thegame. Kg2-Rh1 doesn't work because the g4 pawn is still pinned to the kingand my Queen still leads the charge. }
34... Rb2 { Meanwhile, Black kicks the bishopagain for no real reason. } 35.
Bc1
{ I move the bishop here. I guess I toldmyself I wasn't too concerned if Black tried making a makeshift pin withRb1 at the time, but looking at this again, I can see how such a move wouldhave caused me grief, even if I were to try a move like f3 right afterwards. }
35... Rb4 { Eyeing the c4 pawn. } 36. Ree3
{ But I'm shortsighted, and I completelymiss the other rook move. Whoops. In hindsight, this blunder actually droveme to lose a lot of my other pieces and to a pin, so I really wish I sawthe other rook move when I had the chance to. }
36... Rxc4
{ So I drop anotherpawn again, and the Bishop on c1 comes under fire anyway. }
37. Rac3 { Idefend, but at least my rooks are coordinated this time. } 37...
Rxe4
{ Or, theywere. Black is able to exploit the pin on g4 now, even at the cost of hisrook. }
38. Rxe4 { Practically forced. } 38... Qxf5
{ White can't capture the Queen,the Rook is threatened to move, h5 is viable, and my pawn structure isfalling apart. My next choices are going to be difficult ones. Black, meanwhile,has been able to take advantage of these mistakes. His clock has improvedto about 2:00 now, and mine here was about 6:30 and falling. }
39. f3
{ Afterquite a bit of time, I finally decide to give up the Rook-Queen team onthe h file. }
39... Ba5
{ He hits the rook, hoping I entirely forget which pieceit's guarding. } 40.
Rc2
{ Which I unfortunately do. The f3 pawn is lefthanging, and my position is only worsening under my hasty command by thesecond. }
40... Qxf3
{ So the Queen eagerly grabs the pawn, and my rook is attackedonce again. } 41.
Rcc4 { I can't move the other rook, or else I'll lose g4to Black, with check. }
41... Qd1+
{ Throwing in a check, hoping I miscalculatemy movements a bit more. } 42. Kh2
{ I break the pin, and if Black takes,I have the opportunity to reverse back onto the Black King, should Blackplay a bit carelessly. I'm not seeing any better alternative lines forWhite here. }
42... Bd8 { Black retreats the bishop, preventing Qxf6. } 43. Re1
{ Meanwhile, I thought Black had a discovered check with ...f5, threateningcapturing the rook while hitting the Queen with the bishop. So I move theRook down to here, hitting the queen. Naturally, because it's Blitz, Icompletely overlooked the fact that if Black had done this, Queen takesBishop is check, and the Bishop had no defenders. Gosh, do I ever hateBlitz sometimes :D }
43... Qxd5
{ My four back pieces might be stronger than Black's,but I am down FIVE PAWNS against him. I have almost half the number ofhis pieces, and my situation is growing more increasingly desperate. }
44. Rc3
{ I move my rook here, wanting to to find another way to coordinatemy pieces, but I completely overlooked Black's next... and rather obvious...next move. }
44... Ba5
{ Horrid. No other word for this. Two skewered rooks, andneither piece is really defensible by this. Just, horrid. I had to takethree minutes to see any kind of hopeful counter-attack, because I knewthat any decision I make after this next one was only going to be difficultchoices from here. }
45. Qxf6
{ It was a tough choice, but I decide to tryto counter-threat the only reason the Bishop was sitting on d8 in the firstplace. I brace to lose a major piece, but Black has a different idea inmind. }
45... Qa2+
{ I suppose, like when I hesitated in taking back the pawn,Black wanted to use this edge on the board to start moving his pieces towardmy king, because even with the rather staggering advantage, there was agap he still had to close. }
46. Kh3 { I'm still bracing to lose that Rookon c3 at this point. } 46... Nc6
{ Instead, he plays this, a staggering blunder.Again, to be fair, he has a rather short clock to deal with. I've takenprobably most of my excess time, down to about 3 minutes at this point,and he was alive only due to the bonus 15 seconds per move. But in playingthis move to close the gap on my king, he allowed me just about the onlychance I was going to get to counter-attack on the Black King, to go allout on one final stand to rescue myself from this game. }
47. Rf1
{ Bh6,Rf3, Rf1. Between all three of them, I felt this one gave me the greatestchances of escaping the most positions resulting in check. With Rf3, Iwas worried that a rook capture would be check, and with Bh6, I wasn'ttoo entirely confident that the resulting checks after ...Rf7, Qg5+ Kh8with the bishop on h6 would rescue me from the Queen and Bishop screamingdown my King and Rooks. Looking at the Bh6 line now, it looks a littlemore promising, but I didn't have much time to entertain what would bemy final big think for my only chance to turn the game around. }
47... Rf7
{ Anyway,his clock declined to under a minute again, and sees he's forced to movethe rook here. }
48. Qg5+ { The queen steps off again, with check. } 48... Rg7
{ Andthe Rook blocks, and I see that Black's King is extremely confined to thecorner now... which was fantastic, but my queen is on such a terrible diagonalthat trying to fix her position basically means I lose the momentum toattack! }
49. Rcf3
{ So after another 30 seconds to think over my counterplay,I decide to put all my eggs into one basket in one final push toward theking... even if it means losing the queen! }
49... Rxg5
{ Even though I knew itwas temporary, seeing (-11) on that scoreboard was also cringe-inducingfor me to have to look at while this game wore on. }
50. Rf8+
{ Finally,some gleaming hope that a Queen sacrifice could save me...! } 50...
Kg7 { Forced. } 51. Bxg5
{ So I win back some material for my Queen, but my accuracy mustbe spot on at this point. }
51... Qb3+
{ Black tries to exploit the position further,but his queen cannot lose control of f7. }
52. R1f3
{ I'm still able to forcethe Queen to move to a square where she either can't check the King veryeasily, or where she can no longer defend the Black King from a rook onf7. }
52... Qc4
{ So he plays this. Probably the better idea, but Qd5 would havebeen stronger (if I blunder by moving the wrong Rook, Black has a matingattack with Qh1). }
53. R8f6
{ But I'm not falling for that! I move here,confining the Black King still, and allowing my bishop to help with theattack. I was pretty sure that this was mating by this point. }
53... Bd8 { TheBishop comes here. I liked ...Ne7 a bit more than this. } 54.
Bh6+ { Thebishop invades, and Black is finished. } 54... Kh8
{ Forced; Kg8, Rf8#. } 55. Rf8+
{ Even though the move is strong enough to lead to a mate anyway. } 55... Qg8
{ Forced,but White must fight off the urge to capture...!!! } 56. R3f7
{ The finalmove that traps the King, and the Queen can't capture either Rook, either. }
56... Be7 { Alternative line: ...Bf6, Rxg8+ Kxg8, Rf8#. } 57. Bg7#
{ And here itis, a smothered Mate, with White being down the equal of two minor pieces!I really barely managed to pull the win out of this one, and I was sureI was had after that skewer on c3 and e1. This truly was a fight to thebitter end, a game I should not have won after some of the mistakes I hadmade. It was an interesting set of games none the less, and it should remindall players that no matter how down you are in material, the chance tocome back and save the game could appear at any moment! I had made a greatfriend for blitzing, at least, and I had loads of fun with these games.Thanks for reading this annotation! }
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[Event "Exploiting the 'Home Base'"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chesskingdom64"]
[Black "mikemolloy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1160"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
{ With a crammed position, Black willingly decides to rely on it (the Queenside)to protect his King. This allowed me to exploit his reliable, crammed position. }
1. e4 e5 { Most common moves as far as I'm concerned. } 2. d4
{ This is theCenter Game, an opening that was another opening said to have been lostin the shadows of the Ruy Lopez. I will make sure that it comes back alivein this game if I can win (not that it matters if I win). }
2... Qf6
{ Throw thismove into the waste-bucket! 2...exd4 is significantly better. } 3.
Be3 { Notthe best effort, but still sufficient enough to solid development. }
3... Nh6
{ Here's a poem: If a Knight's on the rim, it's future is grim; it's chancesof survival are very slim. My advice: don't develop the Knight on the edgewhen the Queen is out; wait for the Queen to move away from the Knight'ssquare, then move the Knight. Right now, I can win a point, but I thinkthat it is too risky at this moment. }
4. Nf3 { I continue my development,therefore. } 4... Bb4+
{ No problem because of 5.Nc3. The problem is that I mightnot want to unpin the Kinght until my King is castled. }
5. c3
{ Certainlynot the best. However, this doesn't mean that the Knight cannot develop.How I wish that I found d5 now? }
5... Ba5 6. dxe5 { Well, I guess I could dothat. } 6... Qg6
{ I believe that Black thinks that if I can win a pawn, he canwin one when he wants. }
7. Nbd2 { Now would be a good time to create spacefor my pieces. } 7... O-O
{ ?! This move makes Black's Queen look absolutely ridiculouson it's spot. Perhaps Qe6 before castling could make things look betterfor Black. }
8. g3 { Unreasonable. 8.Bc4 is preferred. } 8... Nc6
{ This move canbe bothersome. If I played Bc4 then he played this move, it will be anabsolute blunder! Better was 8...Qe6. }
9. Nh4 Qe6 { So far, so good...temporary. } 10. f4
{ I knew Black was going for 10...Nxe5. Therefore, I played thismove. I am influenced to watch out for LS weaknesses. }
10... f6 { A disasterousblunder! Better was the simple 10...d6. } 11. Bc4
{ Black should just play11...Kh8. } 11... Ng4
{ This move is a careless move that says,'I already playedd6, and now I'll wait for that puny Queen to come after me.' Of course,that was off the hook compared to Kh8, losing less points. }
12. Bxe6+ { Good-byeKnight. } 12... dxe6 { Only best move. } 13. Qxg4
{ This event actually tested tosee if, in this position, Black can Castle without taking risks? As I evaluated,'Forevery move, there are advantages and disadvantages. If they are equal,then it is an okay move. If a move is a bit more of a disadvantage, thenit is an inaccurate move. If there are more diadvantages, then it is amistake. If there is only one advantage (which applies only if the opponentmakes the one ridiculous move), then it is a blunder. However, if thereare more advantages than disadvantages, then it'll likely be a definitegood move. In that case, think about your moves and their purposes andthink of them as your advantages. Then, look at your opponents' piecesand decide if he has moves to play against you and put those as the disadvantages.Analyze, then find out for yourself if what you want to move will be agood move or not. }
13... fxe5 { I might want to Castle now to counterattack thismove. } 14. f5
{ Well, maybe I should have Castled before playing this move,but I think it works. }
14... exf5
{ I think Black is experimenting with my position(not a good idea at all). }
15. exf5 { Looks like Queenside Castling is abit safer. } 15... b5
{ 15...Rf7 looks better due to my next move. } 16. Bh6
{ !This move pins the pawn to 2 targets and makes 16...Rf7 Black's only move! }
16... Rf7 { What else could Black play? Absolutely nothing! } 17. O-O
{ 18.Rae1looks good for White. Unfortunately for Black, the pawn is still pinnedindirectly to his Rook. Developing his LSB is probably his only chance... }
17... Bb6+ { ...It looks like my King is better off in the corner. } 18. Kh1
{ Blackwill want to do the same too. } 18... Kf8
{ I don't know why Black wants to hinderhis Queenside development, but this move makes 19.Ne4 seem winning forWhite. }
19. Ng6+
{ ? What does this accomplish? Better was 19.Nf3, Ne4,and a variety of other moves. }
19... hxg6 20. Bxg7+ { I don't really like thismove either. } 20... Kxg7
{ ? What was Black thinking, sitting in the open unsafeletting my Quenn mercilessly destroy four more points? I don't know whatother move Black had to get away from what is coming up, but this is definitelynot his best move. }
21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Qxc6 Rb8
{ Let the King chase commence.Of course, I have to think it out, but I think I play some unthoughtfulmoves. }
23. Qh6+
{ There's one place Black is eyeing at to take shelterin: the Queenside. }
23... Ke7
{ 24.f6+ looks fine with the exception of makingBlack's Queenside seem like a great home for Black's King. }
24. f6+ Ke6
{ Don't worry about your Rook, Black. I'll make sure I won't capture it(maybe; it depends on what I need to do which depends on where Black moves). }
25. Ne4 { Threatening 26.Ng5+ } 25... Bb7 { Change of plans... } 26. Qh3+
{ Black'sQueenside, after his most recent move, is used uselessly by the LSB, tryingto gain something out of this lost game. This means that Black has no otherchances of being safe again, forever. }
26... Kd5 { Now, I'll make sure that Blackhas no chance of turning the tides. }
27. Rfe1 Kc4 { These next moves areforced, I think. } 28. b3+ Kd5
{ This move wasn't forced, but moving to myQueenside is equally dangerous. }
29. Rad1+ { Only move gets Black checkmated. } 29... Kc6
{ There's the 'only move'. Here comes the checkmate. } 30. Qe6#
{ Insteadof the losing move 25...Bb7, how about if Black played 25...Bd7 to leavean escape square for his King and make that 'escape square' a home forthen? Well, even if he did, this same position is likely to occur exceptthat I get to take the Rook after Black's move. This is a great exampleof how to lose an escape square in King chases. Make sure to keep an eyeout for possible escape squares and make sure that if you can make oneand use it in time, you use it wisely. However, every lesson we learn aboutchess is based on the question, 'Are you thinking about where you moveand use your time wisely, or are you making a bunch of moves that are saying,'I hope you do this'?' If you're admitting that you made a bunch of randommoves (referring to the question above), you are playing a chess coach'smost disliked game of Hope Chess. I have to admit, it is the most miserable,excruciatingly painful and hopeless game anyone ever plays. To close thisup, please avoid playing Hope Chess. }
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[Event "Do you see the winning moves?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jdslacker"]
[Black "mla96"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
{ It's been about a month since I annotated a game (well at least it feelslike a month), and I've finally found an interesting game that's worthshowing. At the end, there is a little puzzle. I suggest that you watchthe game from my side, as the black pieces. In case you don't know how,press 'the view as color' and put black. }
1. e3
{ The game starts with astrange opening. Black usually responds with e5, but having not seen thismove before, I went with my gut (and apparently it was saying e6). Fromwhat I heard, white normally will go for a fianchetto with b3 and thenattack the center with f4, much like the bird opening only in a differentseries of moves. }
1... e6
{ This would also have been my response to e4. The'correct' response would have been e5 to attack the center, but that wasn'twhat I wanted to do this game. }
2. b3
{ As I mentioned earlier, the fianchettois usually the key to this opening. }
2... d5 { One of many playable moves. } 3. Bb2
{ White now controls the diagonal. At the moment the bishop can't bestopped, but it isn't a threat yet. }
3... Nf6 { Continues development. c5 wasalso playable. } 4. Bxf6
{ It may seem like an even trade, but this tradeis anything but even. White is trading a very strong bishop for the knightwhich wasn't as strong. Not only that, black now can develop his queenwhile attacking the rook. As said multiple times, f4 was much better. }
4... Qxf6 { gxf6 was also good, but I prefer Qxf6. } 5. Nc3
{ The best move. Allother moves were weaker. } 5... Bb4
{ Places more pressure on the knight. Theonly move is to move the knight away or... }
6. Nge2
{ ...To defend it withthe other knight. I find this move weak since both the bishop and queenwill be stuck since the knight is blocking them. }
6... c5 { Attacking the centerand after a3, the bishop can stay on a5. } 7. d4
{ A good counter attackthat keeps the game even. Whites position is very good now, except forthe pawn at b3 which weakens the knight. }
7... Nc6 { developing } 8. Qd3
{ Herethe queen is developed and the knight is protected. } 8... O-O
{ development } 9. dxc5
{ I could have let the pawn go and continue developing, but I didn't. } 9...
Bxc5 { Regaining the pawn. } 10. Nf4
{ It's a great place for the knight,but it gets easily chased away after a few moves. Right now, e5 loses apawn and g5 leaves the king defenceless later. }
10... Bd7
{ Develops the bishopand opens the c-file for the rooks. I understand that Bb4 was probablybetter. }
11. O-O-O
{ This was the losing move of the game. The best possibleresult for white is to let the knight go, and pray for a draw. Of courseif black doesn't see the winning move, the game would be much different.Do you see the winning move? }
11... Nb4
{ This is the only move that gives blacka huge advantage. Like I said earlier, the best move is to let the knightgo (with Qe2). }
12. Qd2
{ Yes it protects the knight, but this move onlymakes things worse. With one move, white will lose everything. Do you seethe winning move? }
12... Nxa2+
{ With a simple sacrifice, white will have tolet go of the knight and now the rook, unless white makes another mistake. }
13. Kb2 { The other two lines are much worse than this move. } 13... Nxc3
{ Theobvious move, unless black wants to give away a huge advantage. } 14. Qxc3
{ The final mistake from white before waving the white flag. Once again,one move will win the game. Do you see it? (I bet higher rated playerswill see the correct move before reading any of this.) }
14... Ba3+
{ The movethat wins the queen. There is absolutely no way to prevent losing the queen.Taking the bishop is the 'best' move. All other moves are deadly as well.White resigned here, since there is no way to recover. }
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[Event "Closed sicilian, Kain gambit"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "27-May-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "kain-"]
[Black "beerheit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1599"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 { Closed sicilian, my favourite. } 2... d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6
5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Rb8 { Kasparov's favourite response to closed sicilian. } 7.
Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O e6 10. b4
{ a3 more safe line . I figured thefollowing sacrifice would be more interesting actually. The sacrifice doesnthave anything immediate threats but they will slowly arise in pretty forcingmeasures. Black bishop is also pretty strong in this kind of opening soI didnt think it was that bad after all. }
10... Nxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Bxa1 12. Rxa1 cxb4
{ Correctly played by taking pawn. Other , less effective would be12...Qc7 I checked the both outcomes before making my sacrifice. Probablydoing some research of its possibility in closed sicilian later with helpof stronger players. (12...Qc7 13.cxd 13...dxc 14.Qc3 14...e5 15.Bxc5 andhere Bg4 with 16.Nf4 , Bd7 and most others with calm d4) }
13. Bxa7 Ra8 14. Be3 Ra4 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. e5
{ Im not so sure about this move.But if declinedby 16..d5 I would 17.Bc5 and pressure more with knight. But d4 and Nc1seem to be other good choises. Dont see anything wrong with this though.16.Bc6 and trade doesnt tempt since i cant send anything to attack. }
16... dxe5 17. Bc5 b3
{ Material exchanges would do good for black. Excellent move. } 18. Qxa5 Rxa5
19. axb3 Ra2 20. Rc1 b4
{ What is this? :D I sure was planningto go in Nc3 so black wanted to stop it forgetting my bishop... }
21. Bxb4 Kd7 22. Nc3 Ra6 23. Ne4 Ra2 24. Bf8 h5
{ Rook is getting trapped as yousoon will see. At any case, Nd7 develops the Knight, and lets rook out. }
25. Bg7 Rh7 26. Bxe5 h4 27. b4 hxg3 28. hxg3 Rh5 29. f4 Ke7 30. Bf3 Rh7
{ Rh6 would have saved the rook since it doesnt let my knight on g5 } 31. Ng5
Rh6 32. Bg7 f6 33. Bxh6 Nxh6 34. Ne4 Nf5 35. Kf2
{ I regret pinningmy own king and it results to tough endgame where draw is possibility. }
35... Rb2 36. g4 Nd4
{ He would anyway have my b4 pawn so I'd rather give thec pawn and activate king while locking his up there. }
37. Rh1 Nxc2 38. Rh7+ Kd8 39. Nxf6 Nxb4+ 40. Ke3 Nc2+ 41. Kd2
{ 41.Ke4 with 41...Bb7 of course... } 41... Na3+ 42. Kc3 Rf2 43. Be4 Rxf4 44.
g5 Nb5+ 45. Kc4 Ba6 46. Kc5 Nc3 47. Kd6 Nb5+ 48. Kxe6 Bc8+ 49. Kd5 Bf5
{ Now its important to know the right momentof exchange. } 50. Rb7 Na3 51. Ke5
{ regreful move, 51.Rb8! (51...Kc7 52.Rb3!)forces Bc8 which allows me to grab the pawn on g6. }
51... Rf2 52. Kd6 Kc8 53. Rc7+ Kd8 54. Rg7 Nb5+ 55. Kc6 Nd4+ 56. Kd5 Nb5 57.
Rb7 Na3 58. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 59. Kd6 Nb5+ 60. Kc6 Nd4+ 61. Kd6 Kc8 62. Rb4 Nb5+ 63.
Kc6 Na7+ 64. Kb6 Kb8 65. Ka6+ Kc7 66. Rb7+ Kc6 67. Kxa7 Rxg5 68. Rb6+ Kc7 69.
Ka6
{ I originallycalculated that it would get to draw after rook trade. But doesnt seemto after calculating more. However, this move serves also the checkingthread Ra5 followed by Rc5 which is annoying. }
69... Rg3 70. Nd5+ { Black resings. } 1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "22-Jan-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gmdl"]
[Black "lukiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
{ the phillidor defence. in my opinion it is a forgottenopening that should be stay that way. }
3. h3 { why h3? what is wrong withgood old Bc4 or d4? } 3... a6
{ what is black afraid of? why not Nf6? } 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 h6
{ ?? a wait of time. Nf6 is needed with Be7 and 0-0 following. } 6. Nc3 Nf6 7.
Bd3 { maybe c4 is a better spot for that bishop. } 7... Be7 8. Nf5
{ I prefer 0-0 with f4, Qe2 and e5. } 8... Bxf5 9. exf5 d5
{ I think that 0-0 withNd7-Ne5 is better than d5. } 10. O-O b5 11. a3 c5
{ gets lots of space toplay in the queen side but black did not castle yet and has got two piecesin the queen side that are not in the game yet... }
12. Re1 c4 13. Be2
{ theBishop will stand proudly on f3 and will press hard on d5... } 13... O-O
14. Bf3 { apperantly black loses a pawn... } 14... Ra7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rd7 18. Bf3 { with a pawn up, white's life should be easier. }
18... Bf6 19. c3
{ 'locks' the queen side and prepering to move with the c1 bishop anthe a1 rook. }
19... Re7 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Bd6
{ ! forces black to exchange rooks.white should notice that the pawn chain that black has in the queen sideis in the color of his bishop and the bishop that black has is in the oppositecolor so he cannot defend them. }
21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Be7 Bxe7 24. Rxe7 Nf6 25. Kf1 Rd2 26. Re2
{ ? giving black the chance for a draw: 26... Rd1 27. Re1 Rd2 28. Re2 Rd1 and so on... }
26... Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Kf8 28. Bb7 { takingall black's pawns. } 28... a5 29. Bc6
b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. cxb4 g6 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Kd4 Kd6 35. b5
{ with that great advantage black shouldresign... } 35... Kc7 36. Kxc4 Kb6 37.
Kd4 Ng8 38. Ke5 Ne7 39. Kf6 { the end... } 1-0
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[Event "Slow Ladder"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "flysco"]
[Black "henrycrun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<10d"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
1. e4
{ 1.e4 Bobby Fischers favourite opening move 'best by test' in hisview. Maybe the favourite opening move in chess and certainly one of thebest. }
1... c5
{ The Sicilian is personally my favoured answer to 1.e4. It unbalancesthe position and creates dynamic, positional, and tactical opportunitiesfor both sides. }
2. Nf3 d6
{ The first step to creating the strong compactSicilian Najdorf pawn structure }
3. d4
{ Challenging the strong c5 pawnwhich will be exchanged off to create the typical open Sicilian pawn structure. }
3... cxd4 { The pawns are exchanged as planned... } 4. Nxd4 Nf6
{ Black developsking side knight with tempo against e4... } 5. Nc3
{ ...and white defendswhile developing the queen side knight } 5... a6
{ This move creates the SicilianNajdorf which is possibly the most analysed position in chess and in myopinion Blacks best chances for a win against 1.e4. The alternative 6..g6leads to the famously sharp Sicilian Dragon which has many adherents. ButI prefer the Najdorf From here there are many continuations for Whiteincluding 6.Bg5 and 6.Be3 which are probably the strongest continautionsfor White. }
6. Bc4
{ This is a respectable continuation favoured by many.6.Bc4 attacks the weakest most vulnerable f7 pawn... }
6... e6
{ ...but e6 bluntsthe bishop attack and typically the bishop will have to move again costingtime and it remains vulnerable. This is why I personally do not rate 6.Bc4very highly. But it is a respected move with many adherents and white hashad many good wins from here. }
7. Bb3 b5
{ A thematic move taking some additionalspace on Queenside and restricting white light squared bishop. This pawncan (and in this game will) move forward to b4 to disrupt Nc3 }
8. O-O { Castlingto put the King safe.... } 8... Be7
{ Preparing in turn to castle... } 9. Qf3
{ Acommon move in this position. The Queen develops and looks intimidating,but it can also (and in this game does) become a target. }
9... Qc7
{ Developingthe queen to a useful secure square and waiting to see how white continues... }
10. Be3
{ Developing the dark squared bishop to a useful square. But thishas the slight disadvantage of restricting the queens movement. Black willplan to harry the queen with future developing moves. }
10... O-O
{ Castling tobring the black King to safety. It might look like black is castling intodanger but in fact the position is secure and safe for black. }
11. Qg3
{ The queen moves again with a mating threat of Bh6 next move. But unfortunatelyfor white it is now blacks move... }
11... b4 { ...disrupting the c3 knight whichis the only defender of e4.... }
12. Nce2
{ ...the knight moves but takesanother retreat square away from the white queen.... }
12... Nxe4
{ ...taking thefree undefended pawn and hitting the white queen which must move again.There are not many safe squares for the queen and increasing threats ofdiscovered attacks from blacks two dangerous bishops. This enables blackto develop quickly with each move bringing a new threat. }
13. Qg4 { ...thequeen attacks the knight.... } 13... Nc5
{ ...which moves to a safer square andhits the light squared bishop. Notice that the queen now stands on thediagonal of blacks light squared bishop. }
14. c3
{ ...creating space forBc2 and attacking black kingside with another piece... }
14... f5
{ ...black plansto exchange on b3 but first hits the white queen which has to move yetagain. The black pawns on f5 e6 and d6 are now becoming a mobile, strong,and threatening unit.... }
15. Qh3
{ ....the queen retreats but has few safesquares. She remains on the diagonal of blacks light squared bishop whichcreates future tactical opportunities for black. }
15... Nxb3
{ ...black exchangesthe bishop before it can move to c2 and threaten black king side. }
16. axb3
{ ...recapturing with the knight was much better. The doubled pawnon b3 is weak and... }
16... e5
{ ...the knight will now be hit with e5. Movingthe d pawn forward creates an additional new threat. Notice the queen isstill on the c8 h3 diagonal and threatened by the c8 bishop with a xray... }
17. Qf3 { ...so the queen moves to threaten the undefended rook on a8. But... }
17... Bb7
{ ...this is easily covered. The queen is hit yet again so must move... } 18.
Ne6 { ...a cute try but unfortunately... } 18... Qc8
{ ...black queen easilymoves to safety attacking the knight. Now with two pieces en prise whiteis in serious danger... }
19. Qg3 { ...yet again the queen moves and... } 19... Qxe6
{ ....the loose knight drops. The Qxb3 pawn capture and pawn f5 forkingqueen and bishop are now both threatened... }
20. Qh3
{ ...yet another queenmove to avoid the fork. The white queen continues to have very few safesquares.. }
20... g5
{ ...so I decline the free b3 pawn and restrict the whitequeen still further. Going for a mating attack now... }
21. g3
{ ...maybegiving the queen a retreat square but it opens the a8 h1 diagonal... }
21... Qd5
{ ...black queen immediately exploits this to create a battery with thelight squared bishop and threaten mate on h1 so... }
22. f3 { ....the matingthreat is blocked but... } 22... Qd3
{ ...black queen forks knight and bishop... } 23. Kf2
{ ...forcing the king to defend but... } 23... g4
{ ... the g pawn movesforward disrupting the queen yet again and starting to create a matingnet. Black must of course be careful because his king side is open. Butwhite is busy dealing with all the threats so cannot yet exploit this vulnerability. Capturing f pawn does not help. After 24.fxg4 fxg4+ creates a discoveredcheck from the f8 rook and attacks the queen which falls next move. }
24. Qh5
{ The queen moves to one of the few safe squares available. She looksmenacing but has very little backup. Blacks dark square bishop covers themost important dark squares around my king and the h7 pawn covers g6. Soblack's King is still safe despite being in the open. }
24... gxf3
{ Capturingthe f pawn is creating a mating net. f3 pawn is attacked twice but welldefended by the b7 bishop so... }
25. Nc1 { ...the knight retreats coveringthee2 mating square. But now... }
25... Qc2+ { ....queen checks... } 26. Ke1
{ ...blackis now down material and in serious trouble. The white queen has been kickedaround to an ineffective square and is cut off from defending the kingby the well defended f3 pawn... }
26... bxc3 { ...bxc3 creates new threats.. } 27. bxc3
{ ...the recapture bxc3 results in Qxc3+ forking the loose rook... } 27...
Qxc3+ 28. Kf2 { The a1 rook is undefended but... } 28... Qb2+
{ ...first I try anothercheck. The king has just two moves. Kg2 and Qg2# so... }
29. Ke1 { ...nowthe rook can be taken... } 29... Qxa1
{ ...with the added benefit of pinning thec1 knight } 30. Bg5
{ White tries to get a counter attack going but... } 30... f4
{ ...f pawn moves forward cutting of the defence of the pinned knight. Mypowerful mobile pawn chain d6 e5 f4 cut the board in half and the f3 pawnis a monster. Its does not matter that my e7 bishop is undefended because... }
31. Bxe7 { ....the loose c1 knight falls with check... } 31... Qxc1+ 32. Kf2
{ ...drivingthe king to the mating square... } 32... Qe3#
{ ...my doubled f pawns co-ordinatebeautifully with my queen to finish the game. }
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[Event "charleshiggie's Christmas/New Year Tournament 2016"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "charleshiggie"]
[Black "jkarp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1304"]
[TimeControl "3d+2d<5d"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
{ As noted before, charleshiggie is my favorite, of all time. Over theyears, I and others have learned a lot from his annotated. This is whyI have annotated some of his games in the tournament he started which iswhat you see on top. It's also based on what reversion mentioned aboutannotating games by stronger players which was also a reason for annotating2 of GM Susan Polgar's games, as she's my favorite GM of all time, aftergetting online lessons from her. But, with me also learning a lot fromCharles, I also annotated my the game before this. This was very interesting,but I made a few mistakes that lost, 3 pawns. Then, I went for some trickyplay where I sacked the Q, being that the back rank was weakened. Unfortunately,I miscalculated and actually wound up losing the Q. For a while afterwards,I still had a threat against Charleshiggie's back rank. But, when thatended, I resigned shortly there after as there was just no hope left. So, how did it all go down? }
1. e4
{ I wasn't sure how Charles was goingto open. As I've also seen him play the Queens Pawn Opening (1.d4), aswell as, the English which is just like the Sicilian Defense but in reverse(so 1.c5). But, once he played this, I was ready to answer with the SicilianDefense. }
1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
{ This isall standard and what I'm most used to. } 6... e5
{ Trying to take Charles offguard a little, I play this. The entire idea behind this move is tempogain. }
7. Nf5 Bxf5
{ Better was 7...Be7 to continue developing and breakingthe pin that he has against my Nf6. The entire idea behind tempo gainwas to develop my DSB and castle. I thought that exchanging gained moresince Charles is forced to take back. But, this didn't gain anything. In addition, this happened before the lesson with GM Susan Polgar aboutnot exchanging unless there is a definite advantage. So, I misunderstooda part of that message where Susan said that, in general, exchange N forB. In a later lesson, she said that you sometimes also need the B, andthus, don't exchange so quickly. And, that was when I had that chess dreamas training from the lord. He went over the same thing that Kenneth_fiore_3told me. So, what Ken said in our first lesson was spot on as that was,in reality, how I was thinking until those important lessons. With thatbeing said, I believe that this exchange is going to benefit Charles, asmy B stronger then Charles N. }
8. exf5 Be7 { This is where I break the pinand prepare to castle, at once. } 9.
Bc4
{ Charles also has development andcastling on his mind. With that being said, we both castle, at once. }
9... O-O 10. O-O Nc6
{ I was thinking very hard about what to do to avoid exchanging. There was no way around it here, so I decided to complete my development. But, better would've been to develop with 10...Nbd7 And, when he plays11.Bxf6, I can recapture with the other N, ultimately, making it stronger. By playing this, however, the exchange weakens my position. As now, I'mlosing some control of my center. }
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5
{ I first, I thoughtthat Charles was trying to exchanging. But, then I asked myself why he'ddo that being his N is stronger then his Bc4, in this position. I also,at first, didn't see the point, being that 13.Nb6?? is unplayable becauseof my Q. However, the real reason behind this move is because of whatI play next. After which, the N is not attacked, so he doesn't have toworry about me taking off his stronger N. }
12... e4
{ It might look I'm tryingto get a passed pawn. But, the real behind playing this move is due tothe N moving since I'm now threatening to win a pawn. }
13. c3 { Not surprisingly,Charles puts a stop to that. } 13... Ne7
{ ?? I go after his f5 pawn, as a result. But, this is a terrible move. As it is going to expose my K, and I'mgoing to lose a pawn. That's because when Charles exchanges, I'll haveto recapture with the pawn supporting the K. Had I refrained from playingthis, he would not have captured being that I would take back with theQ. But, with this interference, I can't use the Q any longer. So, despitematerial being even, this gives Charles an advantage. }
14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qg4+
{ As, not surprisingly, this move follows. But, what's worse is thatI'm going to lose a pawn. As I can't recapture since Charles takes withthe Q. }
15... Kh8 16. Qxe4 Nc6
{ Knowing what I've done, I try to fix some ofthe damage by moving the N back out to where I placed it 6 moves earlier. In addition, I'm preparing to attack Charle's Q, sooner or later. }
17. Rad1 { Centralizing his R. } 17... b5
{ ? I considered attacking his Q with 17...Re8. However, that would've been the only reason for playing that. But, Iwould not know what to do afterwards. What I overlooked was the exchange. As the idea was to attack Charles B, and force his retreat. But, withoutit's protection, I overlooked that he'll take my N. I then thought thatthis was just inconvenient, as I've allowed something that I did not desirewhich was an exchange here. Shortly after, I thought that it was justthe worst being a burden. But, it's not. As this is a mistake, beingthat Charles will win another pawn after exchanging. So, much better would'vebeen 17...Re8, afterall. }
18. Qxc6 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qe7
{ Being that 19...Rc8?is unplayable due to my a pawn, I come up with a new plan being to mobilizemy Q. The reason being is to allow an attack against his Q. Even thoughhe attacks my Q first, this was very well worth it to me because of whatunfolds. }
20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Rd5 Rfc8
{ And, that's being this move whichis what I noted. And, what's important to note is that my a pawn is stillprotected. }
22. Qd4
{ What I overlooked is that the attack allows Charlesto threaten another pawn. }
22... Re8
{ ? As now, I threaten to exchange whichis significant as I threaten mate, afterwards. I knew that Charles wasn'tgoing to allow that. But, rather then attack the Q, this would've beenbetter on the last move, as now, it would be very difficult to drive offwhat unfolds. The only way to prevent me from winning back material wouldbe 23.Rxe8+ and after 23...Rxe8, Charles must advance his h, g, or f pawnto prevent mate. In return, that would compromise his position a little,and I would not have lost material. But, this move gives him another pawn,as he will take on f6 with check. }
23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Re3
{ Right now, itlooks like Charles had prevented the threat that I noted earlier. }
24... Rab8
{ ? But, I go right after his b pawn with the idea of threatening mate afterwards. What I did not know is that Charles does not have a problem. And, whatI'm thinking is what's about to unfold which will prove disaster. Forstarters, if I'm to prevent that, I'm gonna have to give up another pawn. Much better would've been 24...Rxe3 which also threatens mate. But, after35.fxe3, all I could hope for is that white blunders and allows a stalemate. }
25. Rxd6 Rxb2
{ ?? I, deliberately, left my Q en-prise and took his bpawn, immediately. This is because I did some studies with GM's Juditand Susan Polgar. They involved back ranks that were weak in a similarway. And, the HW question involved giving up the Q with the idea thatif the opponent takes, it's mate, similar to this. In the aftermath, Ilooked at reversion's game against dipole_moment. There was a very similarthreat but not including a Q sac. Instead, reversion played 26...Qxe5,but had he recaptured with the R (26...Rxe5), dipole_moment would've hada mate in 4, involving the back rank, as well. So, I thought that it wouldwork here being that if he takes here, it's mate in 3. However, I knewthat Charles would see this threat. However, I thought it would be verydifficult for him drive it off without losing his Q, but I was wrong. As it turns out, I overlooked the intermediate checks that are about tofollow. Instead, much better would've still been threatening mate andtrying for a stalemate with 25...Rxe3. Surely, Charles wouldn't have allowedit, but it would've been difficult for white to be able to avoid the draw. In other words, it would've been difficult for him to win. However, thismove makes it easy. The reason being is that I'm going to lose my Q withthe intermediate checks, afterall. }
26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Re3+ Kd8 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Rd3+ Kc7 31. Qd6+ Kb7
32. Qd7+ Kb6 33. Rd6+ Ka5
{ I would have resigned after 29.Rxd7! But, I still had the back rank threat. }
34. g4 { Not surprisingly, Charles, stopped it here. } 34... Ree2
{ So, I come outwith one last threat. } 35. Qxf7
{ This is one of the moves that I had anticipated. } 35... Rxf2
{ So, I continue with Hope Chess in my last attempt. But, it's in2 phases. The first plan was moving the f rook to c2. In other words 36...Rfc2.The idea behind this would be to allow 37...Rc1+ which is a forced mateas 38.Rd1 is forced, and then comes 38...Rxd1# I knew that this wasn'tgoing to work. So, I analyzed a second variation which would result ina draw by repetition. This would involve preventing 36...Rfc2 with 36.Rd1After which, I'd play 36...Rxh2 As then, I thought 37.Kf1 to prevent thechecks. But, I would, however, answer with 37...Rbe2 followed by 38...Ref2After that, though, I'd check starting with 39...Rhg2+, forcing 40.Kh1and then 40...Rgh2+, 41.Kg1 And, that position would repeat itself untilCharles and I have reached a draw by repetition. Unlike the other plan,I thought that this one was going. In other words, I thought that I'dbe able to force a draw. }
36. Qd5+
{ That was, until this move. Afterwhich,I realized that all of my hopes, that I mentioned earlier are gone. Atfirst, I thought that I could get out of this mess with 36...Ka4, but then37.Rxa6# is checkmate. Therefore, interposing with 36...Rb5 is forced. And, after 37.Qxb5+, I'm forced to recapture. No matter which way I takeback, Charles would answer with 38.Kxf7. The end result is that I'm leftwith only my K and 2 bad pawns (isolated pawns) against 5 pawns (2 of whichare passed pawns) against his R. So, I resigned here. }
1-0
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[Event "Symmetrical English transposition"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "21-Aug-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dmaestro"]
[Black "mokru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1492"]
{ This game begins as a Sicilian defense. White tranposes to the Englishopening. }
1. e4
{ This move is logical and strong. Either with sense ofhumor or a profound respect for the quirky Fischer, many commentators feelcompelled to add 'recommended by Fischer!' OK. OK. Recommended by Fischer. }
1... c5
{ Frequently black's c pawn is exchanged for the white d pawn. Consequently,black often seeks to place a rook on the half open c file. The Siciliandefense discourages an immediate d4. White can play d4. 1. e4 c5 2. d4cxd4 3. Nf3 (Qxd4) Nc6. You'll probably like the line if you study andplay the center-counter defense. It's 'a book line that's generally consideredinferior to the 'main' line' as pointed out by GK player nuntar, but asis often the case, proving an inferiority is probably difficult even forexpert players. At any rate, d4 would probably discourage black from implementinga king-side fianchetto. }
2. Nf3
{ White's normal response prepares d4 andavoids such committing moves as f4 or d3 or Nc3, which have their own rationale. }
2... g6
{ A later analysis by Chessmaster says: Steamroller tactics may helpWhite here. 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bb5 Nc66.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qxd8 Kxd8 8.Nc3Bg79.Bf4 favors White by 12%. For this reason, Black may elect, after 3.d4to play 3...Bg7 allowing the cramping 4.d5 which also turns out to White'sfavor in the long run. }
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
{ Black breathes a sigh of relief. While, I had no computer analysis during the game, my own experienceswith the English opening have shown that the Queen capture is quite playable. 4.Qxd4 is also a forcing move that pressures black to play Nf3 beforehe may wish to. }
4... Bg7
{ This gives no clues to black's possible developmentplans. It also allows black to see how white will proceed. }
5. c4
{ StandardSicilian lines would play Nc3 here. White arrives at a position identicalto games where play proceeds 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg75. e4, which could be described as transposing to the English opening. White chooses to play a Maroczy bind position. This position is frequentlyenough used that there is a Wikipedia page devoted to it. (This page lacksany analysis though.) After some disappointing tests of Chess Openingsfor White explained, I would take Alburt and Dzindzischavili's claim inthe CO for White counterpart book that black need no longer fear the binda little skeptically. See John Watson's review of their book for whiteon Jeremy Silman's site. }
5... e6
{ I didn't like the idea of Nf6 being challengedby e5. While it's true that the knight can escape the advance by the simpleQa5 followed by Qxd5 , I am more familiar with the placement on e7 whichescapes the pawn's harrassment at the cost of the bishop pin. Arrakis08feels that this is a bad move creating serious problems. But could wetruly say serious? 6.Nb5 threatens Nd6 and Nc7 if he can manage to coverc7 to prevent Qxc7. Yes, black doesn't seem to have a preferable way todeal with both threats created by Nb5, but is 6... d6 so bad? If whitefollows with Bf4, then e5. Black suddenly becomes vulnerable to Bc4, butwhite has to move the c pawn first. I think black has sufficient resourcesto deal with the threats. If 6...e6 might not be a great move, but it'snot a blunder, and I have to ask what would the preferred move be? Perhaps5.Nf6 which allows castling immediately removing one of the two threats(Nd6 ) behind Nb5? }
6. Nc3
{ I imagine that many players like this positionbecause they have positional elements of the Sicilian mainline with a pawnat c4 restraining d5. Since the claims are 5...e6 is bad, I edited commentaryinto the analysis of 5...e6. }
6... Ne7 7. Bg5
{ This is a common motif. I'veplayed it and won with it, but I have my doubts about its soundness especiallybecause the knight is placed on e7 instead of f6. It's clearly a commongoal to induce h6 here, and yet h6 can be part of a kingside attack. Blackcan respond with f6, h6, or ignore the pin. I've played f6 before, but,to me, it seems awkward. One of the reasons to play Ne7 is to leave thef pawn free to advance if appropriate, but if black proceeds with an eventualf5, the bishop is free to return to pin the knight. Ignoring the pin canbe dangerous, and h6 is frequently played in such situations. As such,I chose it. }
7... h6 8. Bh4
{ White invites the charging g5, but the games I'veplayed it have imploded back upon me. None of the materials I have onthis position are written from the black perspective, and none of the oneswritten for white suggest it, but the move can have a real rationale forit: Inducing g5 and playing Bg3 to control c7. If black plays g5, whitegets to play Bg3 with tempo. Because of this, I'm still willing to playit, but I figure moves preparing it are necessary. The pin is still there,but for the moment it seems safe to ignore. }
8... O-O 9. Ndb5
{ I have alwaysthought this a strange move. If I had played g5 and he had responded Bg3,this move could be particularly annoying. With c7 guarded well, attemptsto control the square amount to Na6 or e5. }
9... Nbc6 10. Qd2
{ Interesting. Quite often the idea of Qd2 is to exchange the DS-bishop, but that isimprobable here, and one of his strongest tactical ideas is Bg3. Thisallows castling queenside, but this position isn't near enough to the Yugoslavattack lines favorable to white that it cannot be clearly good yet. }
10... a6 11. Nd6
{ He had too many defenders on d5 for me to play it, and the knightis problematic exerting influence all over the black camp. }
11... Kh7
{ Centralcounterplay is out. I've decided to prepare to a kingside assault. Oddlyenough after this move, Chessmaster expected white to castle queen-side. }
12. Be2 e5
{ I actually controlled d4, and he controls d5. Both are loosegoals of these openings, but I can't see how he can exploit d5 yet becauseof the e pawn. And yet I move it? He gains access to d5. I fully gainaccess to d4. And suddenly the contemplation of f5 is interesting. CMlater recommends f4, but I must ask, 'Why not play it now?' I originallythought it should wait until after f6, but now thanks in part to analysisby dmaestro it's clear it should wait until white has prepared for theexf4 capture because of the subsequent piece-forking pawn advance. I thinkcastling kingside accomplishes this preparation. }
13. Nd5 f6 { I had hopedto play f5 in one move, but he's played well. } 14. Rd1
{ Taking his advancedknight looks like he will get central authority out of it. Perhaps I cankill two birds with one stone? }
14... Nd4
{ His knight is now only supported bypawns. His queen is too valuable to exchange for my knight. His DS-bishopis out of place to challenge my knight. His knight on d5 suddenly feelslifeless though I didn't recognize it yet. I don't quite believe he dideither. The only problem with this move is that the knight on e7 is placedwell for a Kingside expansion and this move allows the e7 knight to beexchanged. I feel though that the move is necessary. I had to keep thecenter closed to play on the flank. }
15. Bg4
{ I really had no intentionof exchanging my central knight for his scopeless bishop. His positionis creaking, but I still feel his pressure. The subsequent CM analysissays: Slightly better is Bd3. Though CM cannot elaborate on why, I can: flank attacks are going to be the order of the day. One of the littlechess rules of thumb about flank attacks is the center must hold. Bd3reinforces the center and should the white e pawn get exchanged, it willpin the g pawn. }
15... Nxd5 { I exchange my knight for his stronger central knight. } 16. cxd5
b5
{ I didn't want to play this move, but the c8 bishop is in theway. I felt it a mistake because black can play the subsequent idea, whichCM did not like either, a move earlier. In the CM analysis: Leads to 17.f4Qc7 18.Nxc8 Nc2 19.Kf1 exf4 20.d6 Qxc8 21.Kg1 Ne3 22.Rc1, which wins aknight and a pawn for a bishop. Better is h5, leading to 17.Be2 g5 18.Bg3h4 19.Rc1 hxg3 20.hxg3 Kg8 21.Bg4 Qb6 22.Nf5 Nxf5 23.Bxf5, which winsa bishop and a knight for a knight and a pawn. This was black's only significanterror, but the game remained within reach of either player. }
17. O-O
{ Isuspected that f4 was called for by white, but CM suggests it here. Ibelieve it was called for after black was forced to play f6. }
17... Qe7
{ Hisknight cannot run away, but worthy of consideration is h5 which CM likesbetter probably because the pin on the f pawn precludes f5. }
18. Nxc8 Raxc8
{ I didn't want to have to move the bishop anyway. He loses a lifelesspiece for a lifeless piece of mine. I gain time. }
19. Rc1
{ A mistake. This was white's only meaningful error, but the game is still playable. }
19... h5 20. Bd1 Bh6
{ It would have been better for him to lose the bishop. After hxg4, Black's attack has a doubled pawn. If white manages to gaincontrol of the h file, it wouldn't be pretty for black. White resigns. }
0-1
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[Event "MAN V. MONKEY GAME I"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Man (Herc)"]
[Black "Monkey (CM lowest lvl.)"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "3.5?"]
[WhiteElo "1250-ish"]
{ An embarrassingly long game against my chess program called Chessmasteron my cellphone on the lowest rating: 'monkey'. The computer makes everymove in exactly 1 second, and no more. Seems to make completely random,and pointless moves. (Too bad the chess program has no blitz games or thismight even prove challenging.) Watch on my faithful viewers as I fearlesslydefend the human race from perhaps our greatest threat...the monkey. (Iplayed this game to see if this chessmaster level has any value. I'll tellyou my findings at the end.) }
1. e4 d6 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 Nh6 4. Nc3 Be6 5. Be3 Bh3
{ This is where I realized we were a little unmatched... } 6. gxh3 f6 7. Bd3 g6
8. Qd2 Rg8 9. Bxh6 a5
{ 6 points up, and then my momentum startsto slow. There is never any danger of losing the game for white, but forsome reason finding holes is harder than I feel it should be...consideringmy opponent seems to be moving without rhyme or reason... }
10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rg1 Rb8 12. h4 Rh8 13. Bb5 h5 14. d5 g5 15. hxg5 a4 16. Nxa4 f5
17. exf5 b6 18. g6 Ra8 19. Ng5 Ra5 20. f6
{ This is actually a bad move, butI make it with the knowledge that my opponent will make a move at random,and not just take my completely undefended pawn. This is a very attractivecheckmate in 1 for me. I've never checkmated anybody with just a pawn...Idon't think. }
20... Qb8
{ The queen seems to randomly slide to the side. Or maybeit saw the checkmate coming, and made a slightly comprehensible move...notelling. }
21. g7 Rh6 22. Ne6
{ If it were a real game I would snatch therook, but this game is taking too long, and I'm starting to feel embarrassed,so I go for the mate. None of this would ever work against a real opponent.By playing against the monkey program I am anti-learning. }
22... c5 23. g8=Q Rh8
{ Another seemingly comprehensible move. Chasing my queen. I think it'sjust a coincidence, though. }
24. Qg6#
{ I win. I can't even say gg. However,I don't think this 'monkey' level program is completely useless. I thinkit would make for a satisfying game for a complete beginner who is justlearning how the pieces move. In my opinion it would be exactly the rightlevel of non-frustration level. The kids have a guaranteed win, prettymuch. I'm going to try it with my students later. }
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[Event "Opening mistakes"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "davorstan"]
[Black "luni4av"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1625"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
1. e4 e5 2. c4 { ? } 2... Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 O-O 7.
b3
{ ? Better is to try to castle taking out the white pole bishop. Otheropportunity is to open c1-h6 diagonal with d3 }
7... d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2
{ ?Unnecessary. The development of this bishop isn't so importantat this moment. Pawn structure is very weak, Black are well developed wellready to take decisive advantage }
10... Nc6 11. Bc4 { At last } 11... Nf4 12. Qf3 { ?Muchbetter is to castling }
12... Nd4 13. Qe4 Bf5
{ Here I saw a beautiful continuationthat at the end was unfold } 14. Qxb7
{ If Qxe5 ...Re8 } 14... Rb8 15. Qxa7 Rxb3
{ If Bxb3 then Nfd3+ and following windmills or pins leading to a Blackvictory }
16. g3
{ ?This move is even better for Black than Bxb3. Black announcedmate in two }
16... Nf3+ { And White resigns. Thanks for watching } 0-1
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[Event "My first visiting card"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "azirul061"]
[Black "andrei111"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[TimeControl "2 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
1. b4
{ I am not familiar with my opponent,,,so i decide to make a surpriseopening,,,, }
1... e5 { common reply,,,i ussualy hope for another variation,,,, } 2. a3
{ try to not to use the exchange variation futhermore,,,it willgive an advantage for black in development }
2... a6
{ surprised a good reply try to free it knight for development,,,,stop me to futher to b5 variation,,, }
3. e3
{ preparing to free my bishop and make my bishop freely in f1 to a6diagonal }
3... d5
{ black try to control the center with its 2 connncted pawnin the center.. } 4.
Bb2
{ not an effective move but still playable..in caseif the opponent use bd3 move it got advantage in the center for a periodof time. }
4... e4 { i slightly got an advantage here,,,,due to his pawn advance,, } 5.
Nc3
{ not an effective move but still playable,,,if the opponent tryto advance his pawn,,,d5,,nxe4,,,but if so the continuation still goodfor both sides }
5... Nf6 { as expected trying to covering his conneccted pawnin the center } 6.
d3 { freeing the tension on the center } 6... exd3 7. Bxd3 { logicalreply }
7... c6 { try to play from side,,,but i was hoping a c5 moves } 8. Nf3
{ fasten my development,,, } 8... h6
{ i was thinking for this moves why ge shoulddelay his development with a waste moves ,,, }
9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O
{ bothside use a logical moves to fasten their development } 11. Ne2
{ try togive a more protection to my king side } 11... Nbd7
{ i think he do so,,,hahhaha } 12. c4 Bc7 13. c5
{ i take a time to make this movess,,,wheteher to takesthe d5 pawn or not,,,i advance this pawn to make his bishop diagonal narrow,,andinactive }
13... Re8 { a good moves from my opponent,,, } 14. Ng3
{ a full protectionfor my king,,hahha god save the king } 14... a5
{ a good movess try to free itsrook,,and make it active } 15. Qc2
{ make my queen play a major role here } 15... axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1
{ im not sure of its continuation,,,whetherit best moves or not,,,but someething for sure,,,the board give a picturestill level on both sides }
17... Nb8
{ i was thinking of this movess,,,what themoves intend,,maybe to take my pawns on b4,,,yap,,his queenside pawns seemstrong }
18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nh5 Qg5
{ a big blunder from my opponent,,,i winthis game onwards,,,i think you all know the continiation,,,after wards }
20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. f4
{ try to weaken his king side,,and obstacles on kiingside } 21... gxf4 22. Bh7+
Kf8 23. Kf2 fxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Rd8
{ not a very good reply,,,blackshould cover with his bishop } 25. Bd3 Bxh2
{ opps seem i miss my pawns } 26. Bf5
{ try to exchange coz im seeing an opportunity to check mate } 26... Na6
{ not a good reply coz that thread i could refute easily ,, } 27. Bxc8 Rxc8
{ black should make his king to g8 to save its king,,, } 28. Qh7
{ finally,,,,matein 2,,that alll for today,,,i hope you all enjoy and get a benefits frommy games,,, }
1-0
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[Event "sseh cyal ps'teL"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "17-Aug-06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jokeslayer"]
[Black "hawklord"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1210"]
{ I've never annotated a game before or given that much thought to post-matchanalysis. If anyone thinks my analysis is wrong or lacking (especiallyexperienced annotators and players), feel free to message me. }
1. Nf3
{ I'mlooking to play defensively. This allows some threat to be made on thecentre (at e5), but without exposing the king. }
1... e6 { A cautious, defensivereply } 2. g3
{ Preparation for Bg2 followed by king-side castling, continuingthe defensive theme. }
2... Nh6
{ The database lists no other games followingthis line. The move looks to be bringing the fight on to the kingsidewhile avoiding pressing the centre. }
3. Bg2 Bd6
{ Allows black to castle,but it's not a great square for the bishop. c5 might have been better,threatening Ng4 then Nf2!, forking queen and rook (assuming white remaineduncastled). Either way, black's dark bishop can do little from d6 }
4. O-O Na6
{ ? I don't see what this acheives. It only seems to be a wasteof tempo } 5.
d4
{ With the king safely tucked away in his fortress, whitebegins to develop the centre }
5... Qf6 6. c4
{ Frees the queen onto the lightsquares without moving the e2 pawn. Also threatens the d6 bishop }
6... Nf5 { Both sides now have force coming together around d4 } 7. Ng5
{ Holds thebishop on c8 in place since moving the b7 pawn would cost black the rook. }
7... c6
{ Counters the threat, and would allow the d6 bishop to maintain itsdiagonal even if attacked from c5 }
8. Ne4
{ Forks queen and bishop, althoughthe bishop is already defended by the knight on e5 }
8... Qe7 9. Bg5 { Harassingthe queen } 9... f6
{ Although this seals the queen in, so would Qf8. Qf8 wouldalso prevent castling and therefore the easy introduction of a rook }
10. c5 Bc7
{ More or less forced by white's previous move. Bb8 was also available,but would have completely trapped the bishop }
11. Bf4 { !? } 11... Ba5
{ Had blacktaken the exchange (Bxf4, gxf4), white would have doubled pawns and a weakenedkingside defence. The text move, although attacking some of white's space,doesn't offer much else }
12. Bh3
{ Brings the bishop back into play. Itsprevious role of threatening the rook has long been defunct thanks to black'spawn structure }
12... g6 { Black seems to be preparing an advance with pawns } 13. Nd6+ Kd8
{ Black had the option of a knight exchange ending in doubledd pawns for white but opted to move the king instead. Kf8 would have resultedonly in Bh6 }
14. e4
{ Ups the pressure on the f5 knight and frees the queen. White is relinquishing the strong defence in order to meet the massingblack pawns }
14... Ng7 { The only move that doesn't cost black the knight } 15. Qa4
{ Threatening Qxa5 . Perhaps Qb3 would have been better, threateningNxb7 Bxb7, Qxb7 to fork the knight and rook }
15... Bc7 { Moves the fight backtowards the d6 white knight } 16. Nc3
{ ? A waste of time. Although itis development, the knight is several moves from anywhere. }
16... b5 17. Qc2
{ Nc3xb5 (leading to cxb5, Qxb5 and rethreatening Nb7 ) may have been better,but I do not remember observing the possibility of the b7 check at thetime }
17... g5 { Pushing at the bishop } 18. Nxc8
{ Any move that takes the f4 bishopaway from the diagonal (i.e. moving the bishop to save it) would cost whitethe knight on d6 and the c5 pawn in exchange for black's dark bishop. At least this way, equal vlaue pieces are traded (although in what looksa very closed position, perhaps the bishop is less valuable than the knight). }
18... Kxc8 19. Bxc7
{ Taking the exchange as the best means of obtaining valuefor the piece, and forcing the game to move away from the slow opening }
19... Kxc7 20. d5
{ This keeps up the pressure. Also, if black blindly takesthe pawn trades (cxd5, 21. exd5 exd5) white can unleash a royal fork Nxd5! }
20... Qxc5
{ Black spots the danger and averts it, or perhaps his queen simplysaw the free lunch. Either way, black is up a pawn }
21. dxc6
{ Possiblymakes the black king a little more exposed, although a simple dxc6 wouldnullify }
21... Nb4 { Fork } 22. Nd5+
{ Exposes the black queen to attack from thewhite. Black must defend with the king. }
22... Kd6 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 { Levellingthe material } 24. Rfd1+
{ Things are about to get ugly for black. The kingcan go to one of two places, and neither will save his material }
24... Ke7 { Forced Kc7 was also available } 25. Rxd7+ Ke8
{ Threatens the rook, but Kf8 wouldhave saved the knight } 26. Rxg7 Qf8 27. c7
{ Preserves the material advantage,since Qxg7 will be met by c8=Q and the subsequent loss of the a8 rook }
27... Qxg7 28. c8=Q+ Rxc8 { To move the king would have had the same result }
29. Qxc8+ Kf7 30. Qxe6+ Kf8 31. e5
{ Threatens to take black's queen and createa passed pawn with Qxf6 } 31... Qe7
32. Qxf6+
{ White offers an exchange of queensto amplify the material advantage. } 32...
Qxf6 { Black accepts } 33. exf6 Kf7
{ Thepawn can't be defended by white, but it represents a threat if it can advance }
34. a4 b4
{ An exchange of pawns would be unfavourable to black as it wouldopen up the queenside to white's pawns }
35. Rd1
{ Allows the rook to comeinto the game, but c1 would have been better. Black needs to take thef6 pawn soon. Rc1 kxf6, 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Bxc8 would've been very damaging }
35... Kxf6 36. Rd7
{ Black resigns at this point, in the face of white's advantage. The a file will soon be opened up creating a passed pawn for white. }
1-0
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[Event "Another Queen Sac-'For Real this Time'"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "tactical_abyss"]
[Black "monkeykungphu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1305"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
{ In a different annotation, I argued that sacrificing your queen automatically=aloss, with best play. And, people have pointed out that it sometimes win. Then, the Master Mater played against me to prove me wrong. AlthoughI was able to trick him into a draw by repetition, the other commentatorswere correct. In this particular game, Joe won by giving up his Q. }
1. e4
{ So, Joe decides to kick things off with the well known King's PawnOpening. }
1... c5
{ And, Ben responds by starting with the Sicilian Defense. As we will see later on, however, this defense is not going to continue. }
2. Qh5
{ On the one hand, as everyone has said repeatedly in previous annotations,it's important to stick with the principles. In that, I would have played2.Nf3, if I were white as it often leads to an Open Sicilian, especiallyafter 2...d6, 3.d4. On the other hand, as easy19 told me, when you'rerating is super high, like 2000+, you can deviate from the basics and stillplay just as well. That is happening here. }
2... a6
{ I understand that blackwanted to prevent white from playing 3.Bc5. However, if I were black,I would have played 2...Nf6 to kick the Q while continuing to develop normallybecause it normally loses important tempii for the opponent. On the otherhand, that would not have made a difference, this time, because of whatwhite plays next. }
3. Qxf7+
{ !! Normally, I would mark this with two questionmarks because giving up your Q like this, is often the losing blunder. This time, however, I view it as extraordinarily brilliant. As we willsee later on, this is a winning move. }
3... Kxf7 4. Nf3 { After the sac, however,Joe decides to develop. } 4... h6
{ I don't understand why black moved here. Better was to either develop or bring the K back to safety, given thathe can't castle. If you had to ask me, however, my vote would be to retreatthe King, where it is no longer exposed. }
5. Ne5+
{ So, after Ben's lastmove, white decides to place black in check. Now, Joe's opponent has nochoice but to move the K. }
5... Ke8
{ ! Good choice. Ben also could have played5...Ke6!?, but that would have excaberated the exposure. This, however,takes it away. }
6. Be2
{ I don't completely understand this move. I mean,that mate will be threatned soon, which is why white played this. But,in this position, Joe also could have threatened mate with 6.Bc4. And,Ben would be forced to give up his d pawn, in order to avoid that. }
6... d6
{ ?? On the other hand, I understand this move. Black played it in orderto kick Joe's N. The problem is that it gives white the opportunity thathe's been waiting for, the threat of mate after 7.Bh5+, so this move losesimmediately. I mean, I would have thought about this move but would haveplayed 6...Nf6 to prevent what is about to unfold. }
7. Bh5+ g6 { Forced. } 8. Bxg6#
{ After this game, I learned a very important fact about Queensac's. It might take a while, but very skilled players can sometimes pulla win, by sacrificing their Queen. With that in mind, I would like tothank Joe for teaching me this concept. }
1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sergling"]
[Black "gotschall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4
{ I chose not to take the gambit but I am not sure thisis book. (I will have to wait to see what the computer says after thegame is analyzed.) }
3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 h6 6. O-O Nf6 7. b4 { Mistake? Probably not. } 7...
Bxb4 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qa4+
{ Nope! Not a mistake. I thinkhe has tried this before. } 9... Ned7 10. Qxb4
c5
{ Now I have to wait and seeif the b2 pawn gets caught in the crossfire between the Bishop and theQueen! }
11. Qb3 O-O 12. Bf4
{ Great move giving two angles on the Rook.Thought about Nh5 but Bd6 attacks the Rook and threatens c5. }
12... Qb6 { Timeto trade Queens. } 13. Nd2 Re8
{ Preparing Ne5 blocking the Bishop diagonal. } 14. Rfe1 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Re6
{ Eliminates Bd6 as a possibility. } 16. Na5 g5 17. Bd2
{ If he tried Bc7, Ne8 would seal his fate! } 17... Rb8 18. Rab1 Nb6 19. e3 Re5
20. exd4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 cxd4 22. Rb1 Bf5 23. Rb3 Nfd7 24. Nxb7 Ne5 25. Nd6 Bxd3
26. f4 Nexc4 27. Rxd3 Nxd6 28. Rxd4 Ndc4 29. Bc3 Rc8 30. Bb4 Ne3 31. Be4 gxf4
32. gxf4 Nc2 33. Bxc2 Rxc2 34. f5 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Rxa2 37. Rd8+ Kg7
38. Be7 Ra4 39. f6+ Kh7 40. Rf8 Nd7 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Bd8 Rd4 44.
Kh3 Rd6 45. Be7 Nxf6 46. Bxf6 Rxf6 47. Rxa7 Rf4 48. Ra5 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Death of a variation"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Charles Partos"]
[Black "Sejer Holm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "Denmark"]
[WhiteElo "Rumania"]
{ This game took place as part of a team match between the two countries.Holm smashed a variation thought to be good for White before the game toflinders. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 { Book so far. } 4... exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4
g6 7. f4 Bg7 { So far, so good. } 8. e5
{ This constitutes the MikenasPawn Storm. Until this game, it was *thought* to be a promising line forWhite. }
8... Nfd7 { Avoiding PxP, which gives White a powerful attack. } 9. Nb5 dxe5
10. Nd6+
{ White presses forward in this variation, trying to keepBlack's game disorganized. But Holm has a riposte up his sleeve. }
10... Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Qxc8 12. d6+ Kf8 13. Nf3
{ All standard for the Mikenas Pawn Storm,so far. But... } 13... e4
{ Holm's brilliant counter. Partos will find it veryhard after this to find a safe haven for his King. This is the move thatbreaks the variation's back. }
14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe4 Qe8
{ Pinning the Knightand forcing Partos to block the development of his KB. }
16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Kf2 { Partos must unpin. Otherwise he loses a piece. } 17...
Bd4+ 18. Kg3 Kg7
{ Holmplaces his own King in relative safety, while Partos' monarch is exposed. }
19. Nc3 Qf8 20. h3 a6 21. Qf3 Qxd6
{ Another pin by Holm. Partos is in avery perilous position. } 22. Kh2 Nf6 23.
Bd3 Rhe8 { Holm's attack is gatheringforce. } 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Kh1
{ Partos has no good moves. Now Holm securesa decisive material advantage. }
25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 c4 27. Bc2 Qxd1+ { The decisiveblow. } 28. Bxd1 Re1+ 29.
Kh2 Rdxd1 { The attack is brilliantly conducted. } 30. g4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1
{ The smoke of battle has cleared, and Holm'smaterial advantage is decisive. 'Resigns' would probably be Partos's bestalternative, but he drags the game out for a bit longer. }
32. Qe2 Rxc3 33. Qb2 Nd5 34. Qxb7 Nce7 35. Qxa6 Nxf4 36. Qd6 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Ned5
38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qd6 Re3 40. a4 c3 41. Qc5 Re1+ 42. Kh2 c2
{ Partos finally throwsin the towel. If 43 QxP, 43... R-K7ch wins the Queen. The Mikenas PawnStorm lies dead and buried. }
0-1
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[Event "Berlin's Queen Goes Astray"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "27-Feb-09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "remohgramps"]
[Black "glenngilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1211"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1115"]
1. e4
{ Annotating on behalf of my friend, for instructional purposes. He'splaying white and opens with the Open Game. }
1... e5 2. Nc3 { Vienna Game. } 2... Nf6 3. d3
{ Black replied with the Falkbeer variation (aka Berlin Defense).White has four main lines here. 3. f4 (Vienna Gambit), 3. Bc4 (often transposesinto lines form Bishop's Opening or King's Gambit), 3. g3 (to fianchettothe bishop) or Nf3 (usually transposes to Four Knight's Game). White chosenone of the above and played the passive 3. d3. This move gains no realadvantage, blocking the king's bishop while opening the queen's bishop,defending an adequately defended pawn at e4, and not really gaining anyground in the center. }
3... Nc6 4. Nd5
{ White jumped out, violating a couplegeneric opening principles, like not moving the same piece twice (important),not crossing the center line of the board while still developing (generallyuseful but not mandatory, like with Ruy Lopez), and not attacking untilyou have several developed pieces to bring to bear (useful but not mandatory). }
4... Nxd5 5. exd5
{ White has doubled his pawns on the d-file. The farthest doubledpawn is usually the hardest to protect and often will be lost. Doublingpawns should be avoided if possible. The pawn on d5 does threaten black'sknight, but that isn't much compensation for the weakness a doubled pawnbrings. }
5... Ne7 6. d4
{ Black retreated the knight as expected and now threatensthe advanced doubled pawn. White breaks a couple more opening principlesby moving a pawn that already moved and by not developing more pieces.He also leaves his d5 pawn hanging unprotected. }
6... Nxd5 7. Bc4
{ Black gobbledthe free pawn, and now white is attacking the undefended knight on d5.This move is a good one, it develops a piece to a good central square anddoes so with a threat. Although, it does violate one general opening principle:it's usually better to develop a knight before devolping the bishop nextto that knight. However, this may be a case where breaking this rule isOK. }
7... c6 8. Qg4
{ Rather than retreat, black defended the knight. This mightbe a good time to capture that knight. That would leave black with doubledpawns on the d-file. Then after white plays dxe5, those doubled pawns willhave no support of adjacent pawns (they will be isolated without pawn support)and further, they would be on a half-open file, vulnerable to white's rooks.But, it's not wise to exchange when behind in material. Still, doublingand isolating those pawns is an almost certain guarantee that white cancapture one, and maybe both, sometime soon, regaining his lost material.Instead, white takes a gamble bringing out the queen early, and withoutmaking any overt threats. }
8... d6 9. Qh5
{ Black's move strengthened his center,defending the pawn at e5, and discovering an attack against the white queenby the black bishop at c8. White is forced to move his queen again (violatingthe principle to not move the same piece twice - this violation is forced,white cannot lose the queen, but it calls into question the wisdom of theoriginal 8. Qg4 move that allowed black to force this violation). Whitechooses h5 for this queen. Not a strong location. The queen is the mostmobile piece on the board, but from the edge, her mobility is seriouslydecreased. She wants to live in the center. From h5, she has 7 moves thatwill get her killed, 3 captures (pawns) that will all get her killed, andonly 3 safe moves to f3, e2, or back home to d1, none of which threatenblack in any way. Which means the white queen is highly ineffective ath5 - though she does put pressure on e5, combined with the white pawn ond4, black will need to do something to avoid losing that e5 pawn. }
9... g6 10. Qe2
{ Black chases the white queen back to her own camp where she belongs.White's three last moves could have been summed up with 8. Qe2, leavinghim free to make other, developing moves on his 9th and 10th move. }
10... Be6 11. dxe5
{ I have to admit, I'm a little surprised that the d4/e5 standoffremained on the board for so many moves when at times, either side couldhave made a capture and gained a pawn there. I think black would have beenbetter served taking advantage of his 9th move, 9. ... g6, by playing 10.... Bg7, developing a piece and defending his pawn at e5. Or, he simplycould have played 10. ... exd4 and solved the whole problem, gaining apawn but doubling his pawns on the d-file and likely losing that d4 pawnin the future. }
11... Qg5 12. Bxg5
{ Wow. 11. ... Qg5?? deserves the double questionmark. Black sends his queen into the slaughter, probably thinking he wasforking two pawns, e5 and g2, but obviously overlooking white's bishopon c1. }
12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
{ Black has succeeded in driving the whitebishop to right where it wants to be, on the strong diagonal defendinge5 and threatening bad things to come if black allows white to play exd6.Now it is time for white to start thinking about exchanging pieces offthe board. He has a huge material advantage that needs to be exploited. }
14... Kd7 15. O-O-O
{ Black saw the threat and prevented the loss of his d6 pawn.White castles and brings his rook to bear on a half-open file aimed rightat the pressure point in the center. }
15... Bg7 16. Bxd5
{ Black's fianchettoadds more pressure to the center and white follows through with the ideaof liquidating pieces to leverage his material advantage. However, he missedthe fact that he could play 16. exd6 and gain a pawn since the black bishopno longer defends the pawn at d6. }
16... Bxd5 17. exd6
{ Now white plays 17. exd6but it is a move too late. First he needed to see to the safey of his pawnon g2 and consequently, his rook on h1. I originally gave white's 17thmove a ? since it seems to lose the exchange, but then after further analysis(see my note to move 18) I retracted the ?. }
17... Bxg2 18. Qg4+
{ This beginsa neat little combo that has the potential to save white's rook on h1.18. ... Kd8, 19. Be5 threatens black's bishop on g7. If black plays 19.... Bxf5, white replies 20. Qxg2. If black plays 19. Bxh1, white plays20. Bxg7 and now black saves his rook (20. ... Rg8, 21. Bf6 ), giving whitetime to play f3 to trap the black bishop on h1, then Ne2 and Rxh1, gainingtwo bishops for a rook and pawn - roughly even trade. }
18... Kd8 19. Ne2
{ Butwhite missed the combination in my previous note and settled for losingthe exchange. Not a big loss, considering his material advantage. }
19... Bxh1 20. Rxh1 Ke8 21. Rd1
{ Good move by white, retaking the open file behindhis advanced past pawn. }
21... Rd8 22. d7+ Ke7 23. Nd4
{ White missed Bc7, threateningchasing the rook off of the promotion square. From here, he sets up a nicelittle fork on f5, forking the black king and the bishop on g7. Note thatthe white knight now obstructs the rook's defense of the pawn. }
23... Rxd7 24. Nf5+
{ Now black is in trouble again. The knight forks the king and thebishop. The king has to move, but he is the only defender of his rook -if he moves to defend the bishop the rook will fall, and if he remainsnear the rook, the bishop will fall. Black's king cannot save them both. }
24... Kf6 25. Rxd7
{ Black chooses to lose the rook, a questionable choice. Whitepounces while he can. }
25... Rb8 26. Nxg7
{ Black defended a pawn, not a bad choicesince he cannot afford to lose any more material. White does the smartthing, well, a smart thing, and exchanges pieces, ridding black of oneof his last two defenders - the other defender is off on the queensidebabysitting pawns, so black's king is exposed and defenseless now. It'sworth noting that black's move, 25. ... Rb8?? puts his rook directly enprise from white's bishop on g3. White would have been just fine playing26. Bxb8. There is a quick checkmate here too: 26. Be5 Kxe5 27. Nxg7 any28. Qf5# or 26. ... Ke6 27. Nxg7 Kxe5 28. Qf5# or 26. ... Kg6 27. Nxg7Kh7 28. Qf5 Kg8 29. Qxf7 K-moves 30. Ne8# }
26... Kxg7 27. Qf5
{ Now white shouldget rid of that rook on b8, but evidently, he missed the long range attack.Not to worry much, queen rook bishop against black's lone king whilehis rook is too far away is still a winning attack, although that rookmight foil some back-rank checkmates. The move as played threatens thepinned pawn on f7. Black has to lose it or defend it with his rook - whichmay be an argument for 27. Bxb8 and 28. Qf5 as a stronger attack. Truthis, black is cornered and cannot escape white's mating web. }
27... Rf8 28. Be5+
{ The perfectly logical continuation. Black is cornered and doomed, and27. Rf8 saved the quick checkmate but also sealed black's only escape route. }
28... Kg8 29. Qf6 { And now there is no escape. } 29... Re8 30. Qg7#
{ Final position. } 1-0
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[Event "Yahoo Chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White " a4d4et2008"]
[Black "ax2kool"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "6 mins"]
1. e4
{ This game was played on Yahoo Chess; Ax2kool being me and a4det2008being white. }
1... e5 { I choose to play a open game. } 2. Nc3
{ Okay, I wasn'tso familiar with this line. I had no clue what to do. I know...I have beenplaying against Nf3 a lot :$. }
2... Nf6 { I chose to do what looked logicalto me } 3. h3
{ Seems like white wants to restrict black knights movementsbut this move i think i premature. }
3... d5 { Idea of centralizing my knight } 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5
{ ? I did not understand this. Now, I have a tempoto bring my Queen out and develop faster than white. }
5... Qxd5 6. c4
{ Tryingto attack my queen, I did not know this opening, so i chose to play whatlooked logical. }
6... Qe4+ 7. Ne2
{ Not Be7 because Qxg2. But Qe2 would havebeen the best and given white the tempo. }
7... Nc6 8. f3
{ hmm after this move,i directly looked at g3 square. I hoped to utilize it somehow after i displacethe knight somehow. }
8... Qg6
{ This move was done because after Nb4, thereis no defence against Nc2 } 9. a3
{ Naturally he saw that, but did he seethe threat on g3? } 9... Bf5
{ I continue to threathen the c2 square } 10. d3
{ Thismove allows me to amplify my attacks all the more } 10... O-O-O
{ ! Now I havethree pieces aiming d3 pawn } 11. Nc3
{ ? This move leaves g3 square unguarded.Thank you very much. } 11... Qg3+
{ I use the square. } 12. Kd2 { Forced. } 12... Qf2+
{ ! Not taking the pawn right away because the bishop is guarding it. } 13. Ne2
{ Qe2 helps white live a little bit longer } 13... Rxd3+
{ obvious continuation } 14. Kc2 Re3+
{ Rxd1 would give white a definite advantage but I thoughtof finishing the game instead. }
15. Kd2 { Forced } 15... Bb4+
{ ! Sacrifice ofthe bishop, white must take, there is no alternative } 16. axb4
Rd8#
{ !!There are 7 squares between the rook and the stranded king! I had 3 secondsleft on the clock when i made this move. }
0-1
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[Event "Slow Ladder"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2015.03.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "howling_canine"]
[Black "jutterback"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[TimeControl "5d+2d<10d"]
[WhiteElo "1441"]
{ I am playing black and my opponent is playing white. We both have similarratings in the 1400s. }
1. e4 { White opens with king pawn. } 1... e5 { standardstuff } 2. Nf3
{ white threatens the black pawn. } 2... Nf6
{ Lately I have beenplaying this when I have black. It is called Petrov's defense. If youtake me then I take you. }
3. Nc3
{ White says no thanks and develops anotherhorse while protecting the king pawn. Now its called the Petrov threeknights game (C42) }
3... Nc6
{ Black does likewise and we have achieved perfectsymmetry. Seems like it should now be called the Petrov 4 knights gamebut GameKnot database does not make a distinction. }
4. Bb5 { White threatensto take blacks pawn protector. } 4... Nd4
{ Black threatens the white bishop.This really goes against my training. because if white trades horses thenthe black pawns will be doubled and thus weaker. }
5. Nxd4 { As expected,white trades horses. } 5... exd4
{ Black now has a doubled pawn which the expertssay is a really bad thing but the white horse is threatened and black hashopes of getting that white king pawn. }
6. Ne2
{ The white horse saves himselfand that leaves the white pawn in trouble but it also puts the black pawnin trouble. }
6... c6
{ Rather than taking his point, black decides to play chasethe bishop. This also goes against my grain. It seems to me that blackshould do the pawn trade in order to get rid of that hated doubled pawn. }
7. Bd3
{ Now the white pawn is protected again. Black has lost his chanceto go one point up and the black pawn is still in trouble. }
7... d5
{ Black pushesthe queen pawn. Now the white pawn has two threats, but the leading blackpawn is still in trouble. }
8. e5 { White smartly pushes his pawn threateningthe black horse. } 8... Nd7
{ Black horse saves himself while threatening thewhite pawn. This seems familiar. }
9. Nxd4 { White takes his booty but allowsblack to do likewise. } 9... Nxe5
{ As expected the pawn trade is executed. Soblack ultimately gets his wish. The black doubled pawn is now gone. Wejust took the long road to get there. White is mildly threatened with apossible doubled pawn if black takes the white bishop. }
10. Qe2
{ Whiteis playing very well. The threat on the white bishop is squelched and atthe same time, the black horse is pinned. Can not move. }
10... Bd6
{ Black protectshis horse but it looks bad for black if white pushes the f pawn. }
11. f4
{ As expected, white threatens the black horse which can not move. Looksreally bad for black. }
11... Bg4 { Black grasps at a straw and threatens the whitequeen. } 12. Nf3
{ White block the threat. } 12... Bxf3
{ Black decides to trade. Its a good idea. If white uses the queen then the horse is no longer pinned. If white uses the pawn, then white has a weaker pawn structure. }
13. gxf3 { White maintains the pin but now has a doubled pawn. } 13... Qh4+
{ Black Queengive check and at the same time threatens a pawn. The only way to solvethe check is for white to move his queen thus ending the pin. Or the Kingcould move, but then it is no longer possible for black to castle. }
14. Qf2
{ As expected white solves the check with his queen. I can't believethat the black horse was able to get out of that jam. }
14... Nxf3+
{ This mightbe the key move in the game. Its very smart and a little surprising. Black moves his horse which does a bunch of good things. It gets the blackhorse out of trouble. It puts the white king in check, and it takes a pawnso that black is now one pawn up. White Queen can not take the black horse. The White king must move. Thus removing the ability for white to evercastle. Also, notice that the white king side pawns are destroyed leavinga gaping hole on that side. Another sweet thing is that another whitepawn is threatened and black could go up by 2 points. }
15. Ke2
{ As expectedthe white King has to move. He picks a good place to move. }
15... Qxf2+ { Blackdecides to swap queens. } 16. Kxf2
{ White king is out in the open now.Black horse is in trouble. } 16... Nd4
{ Black horse saves himself. } 17. c3 { Letsplay chase the horse. } 17... Ne6
{ Now white pawn has two threats and no protectors. } 18. f5
{ White pawn gets himself out of trouble and threatens a horse. } 18... Bc5+
{ Never a bad idea to make a check. } 19. Kg3
{ White King goes fora walk. Black horse still in trouble. } 19... Ng5
{ Black horse out of trouble.That white pawn could become pesky. } 20. Re1+
{ White gives check. } 20... Kd7
{ I thought about blocking the check with my bishop but that white pawncould give me grief. Sometimes I think castling is over rated. I move theKing so that both of my rooks now have freedom of movement. }
21. h4 { Whiteplays chase the horse. } 21... Bd6+
{ Black ignores the horse trouble and givesanother check. } 22. Kg4
{ That white King is way out in no mans land now. } 22... Ne4
{ Horse saves himself. } 23. Bxe4
{ White decides to trade. Its a goodidea because black will win a pawn. }
23... h5+
{ Black ignores the chance to capturethe white bishop and gives the King some trouble. }
24. Kf3 { King continueshis walk in the park. } 24... dxe4+
{ Black takes white bishop. This will losea pawn for black. } 25. Rxe4
{ Score is now even, but the position for whitelooks bad. King is out in the open and vulnerable to pot shots. Whitebishop is hemmed in. }
25... Rae8 { Black does not mind trading. } 26. Rxe8
{ Whiteaccepts the trade. } 26... Rxe8 { Trade executed. } 27. d4
{ White unblocks his bishop. } 27... Re1
{ Black has essentially prevented the white bishop from moving and alsoprevented the white rook from moving. }
28. b4 { White tries another avenueto get the bishop out. } 28... Rh1
{ Black lines up to grab a pawn. } 29. Bb2
{ Whitefinds a way to get that bishop out but the bishop is still quite uselesson that square. }
29... Rxh4 { Black takes a pawn and goes one point up. } 30. Rg1
{ White threatens a black pawn. White finally has some pieces moving. } 30...
Rf4+ { Black gives check and threatens a white bishop. } 31. Ke3
{ White kingwalks. } 31... Rxf5
{ Black is now two pawns up but white threatens to take onepoint back. } 32.
Rxg7 { Black is now only one point up. } 32... Be7
{ Bishop providessome protection to king but also will be protecting the h pawn if he decidesto go up a square. }
33. a4 { White wastes a move. Could not think of anythingbetter to do. } 33...
h4
{ Black has a pawn in the clear. It will be a long roadto get there, but all journeys begin with a single step. }
34. Rh7 { Whitemust stop that pawn if possible. } 34... Bg5+
{ Black hounds the king. } 35. Ke4 { King now threatens the black rook. } 35...
Ke6 { Black protects his rook. Theblack King comes in handy. } 36. c4
{ White pawns are becoming worrisome.Also the white bishop is finally coming into play. }
36... Rf4+ { Black houndsthe King. } 37. Kd3 { King retreats. } 37... f5
{ Black pushes another pawn and thisone is also completely in the clear so if we lose one, we might be ableto get the other one to the goal line. }
38. Ke3 { Don't know what whitewas thinking here. } 38... Rg4+
{ Black executes what is known as a 'discoveredcheck.' This also provides a path for the black f pawn to advance. }
39. Kd3 { White King goes back to where he was before. } 39... Rg3+
{ Black gives anothercheck, white King must go back a row. } 40. Kc2
{ White King wisely goesbeside the bishop to provide some protection to bishop. }
40... f4 { Black takesone more step toward the goal. } 41. Bc1
{ White bishop prevents that pawnfrom going any further although it might be worth it for black to sacrificethe bishop to advance the pawn. }
41... h3
{ Black cautiously makes another pawnadvance. It is still a long road fraught with danger. }
42. Rh5 { Whitethreatens black bishop. } 42... Rg2+
{ Black ignores the threat and gives checkand leaves his pawn unprotected. There is another reason for this. Itwill allow the black pawn to advance another row after the white King getsout of check. }
43. Kd3 { White King bops around. } 43... h2
{ As expected, the blackpawn advances to the penultimate row. } 44. Rh3
{ Not sure what white wasthinking here. } 44... Rg3+
{ Black gives check and gives white the chance to traderooks in return for creating a Queen. I will take that trade all day long. }
45. Rxg3 { White takes the bate. } 45... fxg3
{ Black executes the trade. Blacknow has two pawns in the clear. White sees his hopeless plight and resigns. Black is thinking, I really like that Petrov defense. I better annotatethis thing and remember it for the future. }
0-1
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[Event "Open game with commentary?"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rooiphil"]
[Black "jayestom"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7
{ I'm playing it like a KID withthe key difference of nc3 instead of c4. That means white's bishop hasmore flexibility, so I'm waiting to see whether it goes to e2, d3, c4 orb5 to decide on my set up...I could go c6, Bg4 nd7 etc or 0-0 c5 and playit like a benoni. }
5. Bc4 O-O
{ I considered b4 to mix it up. Nxb4 thennxe4 and black is better, so Bxb5+ c6 Be2 and black can get developed inpeace with some open files. Probably not enough compensation though, soI'm playing safe with 0-0. Nxe4 didn't look good at all due to Bxf7+ kxf7nxe4. Now if white goes for e5 before castling I should be safe enoughand be able to threaten his uncastled king in some lines. }
6. Be3 Ng4
{ Going for the bishop pair. If Bf4 e5 works out ok, and Bg5 h6 is ok tooI think. With the bishop pair I'll be looking to open up the game and exhangea knight. }
7. Qd2 Nxe3 8. Qxe3 Bg4
{ Not wanting to lose the bishop pair,but I want to threaten Bxf3 qxf3 Bxd4 or Bxf3 gxf3 nc6, which creates sometangible weaknesses for white, or maybe after gxf3 c5 opening up the centre }
9. O-O-O c6
{ Opens up channels for the queen, and stops e5 due to e5 d5.This makes things more difficult for the knight on b8, but I'm going tohave to expand on the queenside, so maybe it'll be ok. }
10. h3 Bxf3
{ Idecided to give up the bishop pair for a few reasons: There aren't manygood squares for the light-squared bishop...Be6 Bxe6 fxe6 e5 looks awfulfor me. Bd7 blocks the knight and doesn't have a clear future, and Bc8would waste time and encourage f4 or g4 with an attack for white. Also,afterBxf3 I can gain development time with b5. If Qxf3 then I have ideaswith qb6 attacking d4. I think gxf3 should be considered for white, openingthe g file and looking to play f4, f5. }
11. Qxf3 b5
{ Gaining space fordevelopment with tempo. I'm looking to attack the queenside before he canget things going on the kingside. }
12. Bd3 Bxd4
{ Bd3 appears to be a mistake.It leaves d4 hanging and I don't think white can protect it tacticallybecause things like Bxb5 lose to the intermediate move Bxc3, winning apiece. It may have been an oversight by white. I was expecting Bb3 keepingthe bishop in the attacking and defensive position, after which I wouldhave played a5 either before or after qb6 attacking d4. }
13. Be2 Bg7
{ Gettingthe bishop back to safety. I prefer this to e5, which cuts the bishop offfrom the kingside and potentially leaving a hole on the dark squares there.Qb6 was an option instead, threatening f2, but I don't want to open upthe game before I get my knight out. I have ideas of playing b4 then ifna4 qa5, forcing b3, leaving the dark squares completely vulnerable. }
14. g4 b4
{ g4 was overly ambitious I think. White needs several moves to loosenup the kingside and b4, qa5 is a real threat. White might have looked atnxb5 cxb5 e5, opening an attack on the rook while black is undeveloped.I don't think it would work though, as after nd7 exd6 rxd6 black can unpinand should be fine. }
15. Na4 Qa5
{ Nb1 was probably better, to meet qa5with Bc4. Now the dark squares need desperate protection. }
16. b3 Nd7
{ Keepingit simple. If instead qe5 h4 qa1+ doesn't get anywhere, and I can't seeany result from the Bh6+ check. Now there are lots of threats, includingnb6 where nxb6 axb6 looks unstoppable and there'll still be an attack afterkb1 nxa4 bxa4 qxa4. Very hard to defend now for white. }
17. Kb1 Nb6
{ Ifnxb6 axb6 opens the a-file with strong attack. If the knight doesn't move,then nxa4 bxa4 qxa4 is coming. I'm threatening qe5 in a lot of lines. }
18. Nb2 Qe5
{ Now any knight move is met by qa1++. kc1 leads to severe lossof material. It looks like c3 is the only move. After c3 bxc3 nd3 c2+ itlooks like I have a strong attack. Kxc2 loses to qb2++ and kc1 qa1+ kd2cxd1=q is winning. }
19. c3 bxc3 20. Kc2 cxb2 21. Rb1 a5
{ white gave upa piece to stop the attack. Best plan must be to open files and increasepressure. Qc5 was also possible...but may as well bring the other piecesin. }
22. a4 Qc5+
{ Thought it best to play the check, as I noticed thatif Kd3 Qc3 is mate, and if kd2 Bh6 Kd3 Bc1 looks very good. If Kd1 immediatelythen Bh6 looks winning too. }
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ozreaper"]
[Black "psycho422"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1060"]
[TimeControl "5 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "918"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 { Pe4 was undefended. } 5. Ng5 O-O 6.
d4
{ I'm unsure as to the point of this move. Black has a choiceof knight, bishop, or pawn to pick off Pd4. I am partial to the bishophere. }
6... Bxd4 { Just like that. } 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7
{ While I would have moved theking, a bishop and knight ARE worth a pawn and rook. This was not a badmove. }
8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Be3
{ Oops. Black picks up a pawn and rook for abishop with this blunder. } 9...
Bxb2 10. Nd2 d6
{ Ok what? BxR! BxR! The rookis worth five (5) points, the bishop a mere three. The reason is thatthe rook can cover the entire board, while black's black bishop is blindto the white squares. In that respect a bishop is worth about half a rook. We give it 3/5ths the value. }
11. c4
{ ? Black WANTS the white rook. So bad he can taste white rook sizzling on the campfire spit. }
11... Bxa1 { Ah,finally! } 12. Qxa1 Ng4
{ This is the first move I saw too. On closer examinationthe white bishop is trapped. While a knight/bishop exchange usually confersno advantage, black is four points ahead. EVERY trade improves white'sultimate power. And this one doubles up white's pawns, even though theblack king ends up in discovered check, unless white responds with Qe1or (probably better) Qc3. }
13. f3 { That move forces black to defile thenow unprotected bishop. } 13...
Nxe3 14. Rc1 Qg5
{ Black aims for a 15 move game. White must defend against QxPg2#. Pg3 is about all there is. }
15. Kf2 { Or that, which is MUCH better yet. Good move for black! } 15... Bd7
{ I thinkI like Be6 better. Puts pressure on Pc4. NxPg2 is another. } 16. c5
dxc5 17. f4 { ? This does nothing for white. I prefer RxPc5. } 17... Qxf4+
{ Right. } 18. Ke2
{ Or white could interpose the knight. This is probably better. } 18... Nd4+
19. Kd3 Bb5+
{ Looks like white should interpose the knight (protectedby king and rook). Kc3 allows Ne2+, letting black's knight fork white'srook. }
20. Kc3 Bc6
{ ? Ne2+ forks the rook. Oh, I am SO disappointed. Black wants Pe4? Seems like a waste of time with so much power in thefield. }
21. Nc4
{ Ne4+ still looks good. I could see a case for QxPe4,though. But take the rook. It WANTS to be taken. }
21... Ne2+ { :) } 22. Kd2 Nxc1 23. Nxe3
{ Smart move for black. Nc1 looks beyond rescue, though Qf2+,KxN, QxN makes an exchange. }
23... Rd8+ 24. Kxc1
{ Another way to trade--evenbetter because it puts the rook in play. } 24...
Qxe3+ 0-1
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[Event "World Championship Candidates, Mosca 11-28 Marzo 2016"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
1. e4 { . } 1... c5 { . } 2. Nf3 { . } 2... Nc6 { . } 3. d4 { . } 3... cxd4
{ . } 4. Nxd4 { . } 4... Nf6 { . } 5. Nc3 { . } 5... d6
{ In this Sicilian Defence (B67) variation, Fabiano opted for the complicated Rauser variation, which he tried out last year without much success. }
6. Bg5 { . } 6... e6 { . } 7. Qd2 { . } 7... a6 { . } 8. O-O-O { . } 8... Bd7
{ . } 9. f4 { . } 9... h6
{ In this position Black has several possibilities. Fabiano's choice is dictated by his plans for the next move. Li Chao's specialty has been studied and reworked (interview with Caruana after the game) }
10. Bh4 { . } 10... b5
{ It would be best to move 10.... Cxe4 11. d1 Cf6 in anticipation of 12. c5. For such an important game, these moves would need to be taken into consideration. }
11. Bxf6 { . } 11... gxf6
{ The idea is to weaken the enemy king's position and to create weak squares for the white pieces. A smart idea. It would have been more useful for black to move the pawn to h7 instead of h6. }
12. f5 { . } 12... Qb6 { . } 13. fxe6 { . } 13... fxe6
{ Forcing 13. cxd6 followed by 3. Ad3 would have given the white pieces more flexibility in the game. }
14. Nxc6 { . } 14... Qxc6
{ Dxc6! Unusual response with this chess structure, but I believe it is stronger than capturing the knight on e6 with the Alfiere. Fabiano is protecting the house d7 to reinforce the weakness on e6. The reasoning is too long, but interesting. If it were played 14.... Axc6 15. Ad3 h5 16. Rb1 b4 17. Ce2 Dc5 18. Thf1 Ah6 19. Te1 a5 20. b3, white would be able to plan Ad3-c4 and Cce2-d4 while black would have to waste valuable time to cover Pe6. }
15. Bd3 { . } 15... h5 { . } 16. Kb1 { . } 16... b4
{ 16.... Ah6?!
17. Df2 would have helped the white to amalgamate the formation more. }
17. Ne2 { . } 17... Qc5 { . } 18. Rhf1
{ Fabiano realizes the consequences of his opening move in this instance and had hoped for better results. Indeed, playing 18. e5! White sacrifices a pawn to dismantle the wall in front of the Black King. }
18... Bh6 { . } 19. Qe1 { . } 19... a5 { . } 20. b3
{ The knight should ensure a strong position on the diagonal a2-g8, not to attack but to protect against the possible a5-a4. }
20... Rg8
{ The black king is in danger after 20.... a4, 21. Ac4 axb3, 22. Axb3. The white king is safe thanks to Ab3. }
21. g3 { . } 21... Ke7 { . } 22. Bc4 { . } 22... Be3
{ In hockey, this move could be defined as a smart passage to another zone. With 22.... Tg4, 23. Cd4 a4, 24. Tf3, the white player would have had everything under control. }
23. Rf3 { Forse Cf4 avrebbereso la partita più interessante. } 23... Rg4 { . }
24. Qf1 { . } 24... Rf8 { . } 25. Nf4 { . } 25... Bxf4
{ Searching for a way to keep the Knight, would lead to: 25.... Ad4, 26. Tfd3 Ae5, 27. Cxh5, creating only problems. }
26. Rxf4 { . } 26... a4
{ After the game, Caruana was recognized for his strong performance. 26.... Ac6 would have alleviated the tension for his pieces. If white had responded with 27. Dd3, black would have countered with Tf7?! making the sacrifice of the pawn more useful and limiting the initiative of white. }
27. bxa4 { . } 27... Bxa4 { . } 28. Qd3
{ The white is planning to play e4-e5. } 28... Bc6 { . } 29. Bb3 { . } 29...
Rg5 { . } 30. e5
{ There is no possibility for the white to stop this offensive. But probably Fabrizio thought that the attack is the best defense :-) }
30... Rxe5 { . } 31. Rc4 { If she could play also 31. Dh7+ Tf7, 32. Dh8. }
31... Rd5 { . } 32. Qe2 { . } 32... Qb6 { . } 33. Rh4 { . } 33... Re5 { . } 34.
Qd3 { . } 34... Bg2
{ White would have had some difficulty in balancing the structure of his formation. }
35. Rd4 { Il bianco si è accentrato. } 35... d5 { . } 36. Qd2 { . } 36... Re4
{ It would have been better to play; 36....Ae4, 37. Txb4 Dc6, 38. Rb2, leading the game towards a draw. }
37. Rxd5
{ The reason for this move is clear, as it is the only one that can be played in this final combination. }
37... exd5 { . } 38. Qxd5
{ The disruption in the black formation, despite the material advantage, is a great disadvantage. }
38... Qc7
{ If Td4 could have been played, but instead 39. Dxd4 Dxd4, 40. Txd4 Tb8, for the black it would have been difficult to lose. }
39. Qf5 { . } 39... Rf7
{ At this point, Fabiano Caruana asked for a draw, which, logically, was refused. }
40. Bxf7 { . } 40... Qe5 { . } 41. Rd7+ { . } 41... Kf8 { . } 42. Rd8+
{ Se 42. ... Rf7, 43. Dh7+ Re6 44. Dd7# matto. } 1-0
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[Event "Nemesis saves his Queen (Tourney #9)"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "27-Aug-08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sergeidave"]
[Black "nemesis1010"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1430"]
[TimeControl "3d+1d, 5d max"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
{ Sometimes there are cool moves or combinations that we overlook. Thisone is an example of how black realized 'almost on time' that his queenwould be lost. This was not of my best games, but it's still an interestingone. }
1. e4
{ I always wonder if there will be a day when I have the courageto play 1.d4. }
1... e6 { French. } 2. d4 { Go for the center whenever possible... } 2... d5 3.
Nc3 { Defends and develops at the same time. } 3... Bb4
{ Nice pin, tryingto win a pawn. } 4. e5
{ Closing the position and saving the pawn temporarily. } 4... c5 5. Nf3 h6
{ Preventing the knight to go to g5. } 6. Bd2
{ Not avoidingan exchange but unpinning the knight on c3. } 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a6
{ Now that the dark-squared bishop is gone for black, it's very importantto stop the knight from going to b5 and then a nasty Nd6 . }
9. Bd3 Ne7
{ f6 is not available for the black knight, so this would be plan B fordeveloping that knight. }
10. O-O O-O 11. Qg4
{ I was not sure about thismove. I probably made it as a waiting move. } 11...
Nbc6 { Forcing white's knightto make a decision or the e pawn will be gone. }
12. Nxc6 Nxc6 { White hasnow to anticipate the threat ...d4 } 13. f4
{ Defends the e pawn and preparesfor an eventual opening of the f file. } 13...
a5 14. Bd2
{ This might look likea mistake from white, but this will turn into a tricky position soon. }
14... Qb6+ { Winning the pawn on b2. } 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. Rab1
{ I'm not sure whyI'm giving away those pawns... } 16... Qxa2 17. Rbd1
{ The plan here was to movethat rook from danger, since I was planning to bring my other rook to f3and eventually to g3 or h3. }
17... f5 { I wasn't expecting this move (not sureif it's good or bad). } 18.
Qh4
{ If I go with 18.Qg6, then 18...Ne7 it'sannoying and loses a tempo for white. }
18... Nd4
{ ?? The queen can now be trappedand white can win the exchange, a rook for the black queen! }
19. Ra1 { Theblack queen will be gone! ...right? } 19... Nf3
{ !? Black realizes that his queenis about to be trapped! So black decides that it's better to lose the knightrather than losing the queen. }
20. gxf3 { Not with the rook! As that wouldlose the exchange with 20...Qxa1 }
20... Qb2 21. Rg1 { Threatening with 22.Qxh6. } 21... Qd4
{ Black totally ignores it. } 22. Qxh6 { Threatening with mate in one. } 22...
Rf7 23. Raf1 Kf8 { ?? This move sealed black's fate. } 24. Qh8+ Ke7
{ There'sno other choice. This loses the g pawn for black and keeps the attack forwhite. }
25. Rxg7 b6 { A futile attempt to bring the other rook to defendwith a Bb7. }
26. Rxf7+ { Attack continues mercilessly... } 26... Kxf7 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Bb5+
Bd7 29. Qxe6+ { Exploiting every weakness to finish the job. } 29... Kf8 30.
Bxd7
{ This will be the only non-check move from white. Black'sfate is still imminent. }
30... Qc4 31. Qf6+ { Mate in 3... I mean... mate in 2and a half... } 31... Kg8
32. Rg1+ Kh7 33. Bxf5#
{ So may options to checkmate:33.Qg7#, 33.Qh4#... This was a nice game, which secured me at least a fourthplace on this mini-tourney. }
1-0
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[Event "Team match"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.10.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "michael333"]
[Black "qprgeezer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1222"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1277"]
1. e4 { I have been asked to annotate this game } 1... d5
{ The centre counterdefence, a respected, if slightly unambitious defence. } 2.
exd5 { Whitetakes. } 2... Qxd5 { Black takes back } 3. Nc3
{ White hits the queen. } 3... Qe5+
{ Blackthrows in a check. I remember reading an article in the magazine 'Chess'promoting this move, although post-match computer (hereafter referred toas 'computer') gives it as an error. The downside is that White can continuewith Be2 and Nf3 hitting the queen again. The article suggested continuing4. Be2 c6 5. Nf3 Qc7 and justified this on the grounds that c6 and Qc7is often playing in this opening anyway. I am not convinced! }
4. Qe2
{ Whitedoesn't go in for the lines mentioned above. I think white should } 4...
Qxe2+ { So black takes } 5. Ngxe2 { white takes back } 5... Bf5
{ Black hits c2 } 6. d3
{ White defends. Computer gives Nd4 as better, but I don't agree! } 6... Nc6
{ Blackdevelops } 7. Bf4 { white hits c7 } 7... e5
{ Black develops and defends againstthe threat. } 8. Ng3
{ White counter attacks. I wonder if black consideredBxd3 here? It seems to win a pawn. Computer prefers Be6. }
8... g6 { But blackplays this } 9. Be3 { White now retreats } 9... Bb4
{ Black develops } 10. Bd2
{ Whiteprevents the doubling of his pawns. Computer gives this as a mistake, andI tend to agree. }
10... Nd4
{ Computer prefers Be6, but I like this move, attackingc2 and protecting Bf5 }
11. O-O-O { White protects c2 and develops. } 11... a5
{ Thisis given as a mistake and I agree. } 12. Nd5
{ White copies black's idea.This is also given as a mistake. } 12... O-O-O
{ As is this. Computer prefers Bxd2+first. I tend to agree. Computer also prefers 13. Nxb4 to white's next. }
13. Nxf5 { But white takes here. } 13... gxf5
{ Black takes back. Computer prefersBxd7 first. I agree. In an open position like like bishops are better thanknights. Also I think 13.....Nxf5 is better than gxf5, as it avoids pawnweaknesses. }
14. Nxb4 { So white makes it two knights v two bishops. } 14... axb4
{ Black takes back. } 15. Bxb4
{ And white wins a pawn. Computer puts white+2.21 here. } 15... b6
{ b6 is a reasonable move, if followed up with c5, blockingthe bishops lovely diagonal. }
16. c3 { white attacks the knight } 16... Nf6
{ whichblack seems to completely miss. } 17. cxd4 { So white takes the knight }
17... Rxd4 { Black takes the pawn. } 18. Bc3
{ White retreats the attacked bishop. } 18... Ra4
{ Black continues to attack with the rook. Computer gives this as a mistake,black has to retreat his rook to d5 to protect e5. }
19. Kb1 { But Whitefails to exploit this. 19. Bxe5 was better. } 19... Nd5
{ 19.....Nd5 is not givenas a mistake, but I can't see why black just gives up another pawn. Can'tblack play Ne7 or Re8 or maybe Ng4, what do you think dear reader? }
20. Bxe5 { So white just takes } 20... Re8 { Black moves the attacked rook. }
21. d4
{ A good move, protecting the bishop and opening a line for his other bishop. }
21... Rd8
{ Rd8 is not given as a mistake by the computer, but I can't see thepoint of it. 21....f6 seems better to me, although really black position,a pawn and bishop down, is completely lost. }
22. Rd3
{ White comes up witha reasonable plan - it is usually a good idea to exchange pieces not pawnif you are materially ahead. }
22... f6 { Better late than never! } 23. Ra3
{ Whitethrows away material. Black could have exchanged on a3 and then on e5 andwould still have fighting chances. }
23... Rb4 { But black is a beginner too! } 24. Bg3
{ And here I don't understand why black can't just take on d4. } 24... Re8
{ This move is not given as a mistake by the computer however. } 25. Bd3
{ And neither is this, although I would prefer Rd3 hanging on the pd4. } 25...
Rxd4 { Which goes at last. } 26. f3 { White makes room for his bishop. } 26...
f4 { Black attacks the bishop. } 27. Bf2 { Bishop attacks rook. } 27... Rb4
{ Black naturallymoves the rook, but white could very easily win here with Rb4 28. Ra8+Kd7 29. Bf5+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Ne3 31. Bxe3 Rxa8 32. Bc5+ Kf7 33. Bxb4 c5 34.Bd2 Rd8 35. Bxf4 b5 36. Be6+ Kg6 37. g4 Kg7, so Rxd3 is maybe better, althoughblack is lost in any case. }
28. Be1 { White misses that chance. } 28... Rd4 { Blackis forced to repeat. }
29. Kc2
{ White misses a quicker win with 29. Ra8+Kb7 30. Rxe8 Rxd3 31. Bh4 Re3 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Ne3 34. g3 Nf5 35.gxf4 Nd4 36. Bc3 Nxf3 37. Rh8 Nxh2 38. Rxh7 }
29... Nb4+
{ This looks clever,but hastens the end. Kb8 30. g3 Ne3+ 31. Kc3 c5 32. Bxh7 Nd1+ 33. Kc2 Re2+34. Kc1 Nxb2 35. Bc3 fxg3 36. hxg3 Rc4 37. Bg8 Nd3+ 38. Kb1 is better,but still bad for black. }
30. Bxb4 { White plays the right move. } 30... Rxb4 { Black takes back. } 31.
Kc3
{ There is only one way to protect the rookon b4 now, but it loses the other rook. Black could resign here. }
31... c5 32. Ra8+ Kd7 33. Bf5+ Ke7
{ Computer gives Ke7 as a blunder, as it is mate in10 now, but is Kc7, as suggested by the computer really better? }
34. Re1+ Kf7 35. Rexe8 Rd4 36. Be6+ Kg6 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. Bf5
{ Bf5 is given as ablunder, as 38. Raf8 Kh5 39. Rxf6 Rd3+ 40. Kxd3 c4+ 41. Bxc4 b5 42. Bf7+Kh4 43. Rxf4# mates quicker, but it doesn't really make any difference. }
38... b5 39. Ra7 b4+ 40. Kb3 c4+ 41. Ka4 c3 42. Rxh7#
{ Many thanks for readingmy annotation. Please leave a comment or two and rate my annotation! Manythanks. }
1-0
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[Event "Tournament game. Antwerp 1932"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Sir George Thomas"]
[Black "Emanuel Sapira"]
[Result "1-0"]
{ Sapira makes just one mistake -- and Thomas pounces, crushing Sapira'sposition under his jackboot in an eyeblink. A startling example of howfast a game can go lost. }
1. e4 { Best by test. } 1... c5
{ An asymmetrical defense.Sapira elects not to fight on Classical lines with 1... P-K4. }
2. Nf3 { Thefight for White's Q4 begins at once. } 2... Nf6
{ Challenging the KP... } 3. Nc3 { ...and defending it. } 3... d5
{ Practically forcing the exchange, as 4 P-K5overextends White. } 4. exd5
{ White chooses to be the exchanger. With 4P-Q3 he could have made Black initiate the exchange, but it would haveshut in his KB. }
4... Nxd5 { The logical follow-up. } 5. Bb5+ { Developing withtempo. } 5... Bd7
{ 5... N-Q2 was the alternative, but this way Black doesn'tblock in his QB and can unpin with ...N-QB3. }
6. Ne5 { Pressuring the pinnedBishop. } 6... Nxc3
{ Sapira's one mistake. The correct move was 6... N-KB3! } 7. Qf3
{ Thomas pounces at once. The threat is 8 QxP mate! } 7... f6
{ 7... Q-B2is equally bad [8 BxB ch NxB 9 QxP ch K-Q1 10 NxN and Black can resign.] }
8. Qh5+ { Closing in for the kill. } 8... g6 { Forced. } 9. Nxg6
{ If 9... PxN??10 QxP mate. So Black instead plays... } 9... Kf7
{ ...this move, his only otherchoice. } 10. Ne5+
{ This deadly double check forces Black's hand. Sapiraresigns at once. His two alternatives are 10... K-N2 11 Q-B7 ch K-R3 12QPxN mate, or 10... K-K3 11 B-B4 ch with the choice of 11... K-Q3 12 N-B7ch winning Black's Queen or 11... N-Q4 12 BxN ch KxB 13 N-B7 ch winningBlack's Queen. }
1-0
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[Event "Jugada en Internet, 20 minutos"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ferreira, Patricio"]
[Black "desconocido"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4
{ This game was sent to me by email. It is an interesting experience being able to discuss games. On one hand, the search for the truth on the board, but on the other hand, the understanding of the various moves made by the chess players. }
1... e5 2. Nf3 d6
{ La defensa Philidor, aparenta tranquilidad,pero su estructura de peones la transforma muchas veces en una dinámicaIndia de rey, una de las más activas defensas. }
3. h3 { En general, unapérdida de tiempo. Más clásico parece 3 d4 y 3 Ac4. }
3... c5
{ This does not help much. The blacks could take advantage of the slide of the whites playing 3..,Cf6 and quickly rooking with promptitude. Now, however, the favor is returned, the white squares are touched especially 'd5'. }
4. Bc4 h6 { Otravez... } 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. a3
{ Dándole un aire al alfil en caso deser expulsado de su bastión en 'c4' }
7... Bd7 8. Be3 Bc6
{ Las negras confíanen que lo cerrada de la posición les brinda tranquilidad... }
9. b4
{ ¡Ajá! Ahí está, las blancas están buscando un juego en el flanco de la dama. }
9... b5 10. Ba2 { En b3 parece más preciso } 10... cxb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. Bb3
Be7
{ The waters have calmed down a bit and the whites are still advancing their diagonal with a2-g8, thus threatening the pawn on a6, the square a5 and, in a somewhat weaker tone, the d5 blacks would like to post on the c-file; meanwhile, the chances of attacking on the king's side appear to be scarce. }
13. O-O O-O 14. Nh4 { buscandolas casillas blancas. El alfil a toda máquina! }
14... Nh7 15. Ng6 { Aquí se apreciauna de las consecuencias de 'h6' } 15...
Re8 16. Qf3
{ The whites are pressing on f7 and are giving d5 a second glance, the retreat of the black horse to h7 only worsens the situation. }
16... Ndf6 17. Nh4 { Reagrupando } 17... Nf8 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qf3 Nf4 20. Nf5
N8e6 { Las negras recuperan terreno } 21. Nd5 Bf6 22. Qg4 Kh7 23. Bb6 h5
{ A grave error, although it hurt, it was necessary to allow the doubling of pawns on f6. }
24. Qf3
{ Axd8 is simpler. The double threat of Axf6 or Axd5, exd5 topping the knight on e6 takes a piece or material. }
24... Qb8 25. Be3 Be7 26. Ndxe7 { apuros de tiempo en posición perdida } 26...
g6 27. Nxc6 Qc7 28. Bd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Nf4 30. Nh4 Nxd5 31. Na5 Nxb4 32. c3 Nxd3
33. Bg5 Nc5 34. Bf6 Qd7 35. Rad1 Qe6 36. Nb7 Nxb7 37. Bg5 Rab8 38. Be3 Rec8 39.
Ba7 1-0
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[Event "Chess game"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date ""]
[Round "-"]
[White "Hou,Yifan"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 { Najdorf defense } 6. f4
{ It is not popular variation. } 6... e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10.
a4 Nc6 11. Be3 { White have got strong centre } 11... Re8 12. Bf3 { idea [e4] }
12... Na5 13. Bf2 { [Be1] } 13... Nd7 14. Qe1
{ Rook is very good in the line f. } 14... b6 15. e5
{ !!! white atack low black center. } 15... Bb7 { ? d5 closed center } 16. Bg3
dxe5 17. fxe5 Rac8 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Qf2 { ! [R:c3? R:b7 V:b7 V:f7] whitewin. }
19... Rf8 20. Ne4 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4
{ White have got very strongsbishops. } 22... Bd6 23. Nf3 f5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25.
Bd3 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Ng5 { !? } 27... Qe7 28. Qe3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30.
Rxb6 Bd4 31. Qd3 Rxa4 32. Rxe6 Qa3 33. Qe2 h6
{ ??????????????????????????????????????????? } 34. Rxh6
{ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. } 34... gxh6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kg6 37.
Ne6 { ! } 37... Bc5 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Nxf8 Bxf8 40. Qf7+
{ black resign. [ Kh4 g3 ] } 1-0
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[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "24-May-07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "bahnareanuvasile"]
[Black "markb56"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[TimeControl "3 days per move"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
1. e4 { Nothing noteworthy in the opening... } 1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4.
Bc4 a6 5. a4 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. c3 e5 10. Be3 d6 11. h3 h6
12. Ng3 Na5 13. Ba2 c4 14. d4 b5
{ The a6,b5,c4 pawn-chain provesto be durable enough to determine outcome of the game. }
15. Nf5 Nxe4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qd5 Bb7 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Nxe5
Nf6 { d5 isa better square for the Black Knight. } 21. axb5
{ White hopes to break thea6,b5,c4 chain chain formed in move 14, but the chain proves to be moredurable than he thinks. }
21... axb5 22. Bb1 Nd5 23. Be4
{ With this move whiteis forced to trade-off both his Bishops! } 23... Nxe3 24.
Bxb7 Nxb7 25. fxe3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Re8
{ 27...Re8?! gives the white knight an opportunity to moveto d4 via f3 which is a much better square, and suddenly the pawn on e3looks poisoned as Black's rook will be in the wrong place for defendingthe back rank. }
27. Nf3
{ One possibility here is 27. Ra7, but Black mightbe able to remain up a pawn after some tricky moves, e.g.: 27.Ra7 Nd6 28.Ra6Rxe5 29.Rxd6 Rxe3 30.Rd5 b4! 31.cxb4 Rb3 }
27... Rb8
{ Black was planning 27...Rxe3,but after 28.Ra7 Nd6 29.d4 Black needs to reconsider his greed. }
28. Ra7 Nc5 29. Ne5 { I expected White to play 29.Nd4 } 29... f6 30. Nc6 Rb6
31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nf5 { Also good was 32.Nc8 Rb8 or Rb7 followed by 33.Nd6 }
32... Kg6
{ Brainfreeze: Black didn't see 33.Nxg7. Black thought Kg6 was safe and thensuddenly he is faced with mate after ...34.g4! h5?? }
33. Nxg7 Nd3 34. g4
{ 34.g4! A very subtle move. 34...Kg5 35. Nf5 is mate in 1. 34....h5is also mate in 1. }
34... f5 { 34...f5 sacrifice is Black's only chance. } 35. Nxf5 Nxb2 36. Rg7+
Kf6 37. h4 { 37.h4?! Better was 37.Rh7 Kg6 Rh8 to befollowed by Rg8 } 37...
Nd1
{ 37...Nd1 is slightly better than Na4 because ithelps keep White's King on his back rank. }
38. h5 Rb8 39. Rg6+ Ke5
{ Bigdecision: centralize the King or try to guard g8. 39...Ke5 gives Whiteless counter play so the brave King advances. }
40. Rxh6
{ 40.Nxh6 is slightlybetter because after Rxh6 White cannot move g5 without preparation. However,Nxh6 leaves the Knight less active. }
40... Nxc3 41. Rc6
{ 41.Rc6 was a triggeredmove. White seems concerned about Black's pawns and has put his own pawn-planson hold. Although a pawn down, Black is almost winning. }
41... b4
{ 41...b4!! 42.Rxc4 or Nd4 doesn't prevent the b pawn from advancing. } 42.
Rxc4 b3 43. Rxc3 b2 44. Rc5+ Ke6
{ 44...Ke6! is best. Every other King move allowsthe Rook-sacrifice for the b pawn which is White's last hope. Black musttake care to avoid any Rook checks on the d-file to prevent White fromgetting his Rook to d1 with tempo, e.g. 44...Ke6! 45.Rc6 [Kd7? or Kd5?46.Rd6 ] Kf7 46.Rc7 Kf8. Worse is 44...Ke4 which allows White to forcethe King to e2 allowing the Rook to fork the King and pawn. And deadliestis 44...Kf6 45.Rc6 Kg5 46.Rg6# }
45. Nd4+ Kd6 46. Rc6+ Kd5 47. Rc7 b1=Q+ 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Qg1+ 50. Kh4 Qh2+
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[Event "torrefish's mini-tournament I - A deadly double up"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rgold52"]
[Black "jstevens1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[TimeControl "9d+2d<15d"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
1. d4 d5
{ Hi everyone! At last I have a game of my own to annotate. It looked as though my game was going nowhere until after a queen trademy rooks somehow ended up on my opponent's second rank. To have just onerook there can be a bone in the throat to my opponent, but two .......well read on. Gameknot Analysis is provided for this game as follows:-http://gameknot.com/analyze-board.pl?bd=15155377&fb=1&rnd=0.7747064337826831 }
2. Bf4
{ 2. Bf4 - this is the Mason Variation of the QP Opening and it ispart of this themed MT. }
2... Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 Nf6
{ 4. ...... Nf6 - bothsides concentrate on their development. } 5. Be2 e6 6.
O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O { 7. ..... 0-0 both sides now castle on the kingside. } 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Ne5
{ 9. Ne5 - this knight move brings about a trade off of minor pieces. } 9...
Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5
{ 11. Bxe5 - I got rid of white's knight on e5. Although it is replaced by white's dsb I am more than happy to trade offFou Lenoir for it. }
11... Bd6 12. Qd3 Bxe5 13. dxe5
{ 13. dxe5 - and I do. Althougha white pawn now occupies e5 it is doubled. At least white does not havehis lsb so it may not be quite so easy for white to mount an attack onh7. }
13... Nd7 14. f4 c5 { 14. ...... c5 - I decided to expand on the queenside. }
15. Qb5 Qc7 16. c4 a6
{ 16. ...... a6 - a Witch Ejection Plan is in place. I call the enemy Queen the Wicked Witch of the West because she can bevery wicked if allowed to be. }
17. Qa4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Rfb8
{ 19....... Rfb8 - although I am temporarily a pawn down the Witch is skeweredin front of her b2 pawn and she cannot retreat to defend it, so I get thepawn back and give my opponent that bone in the throat. }
20. Qd3 Rxb2 21. a4 { 21. a4 - natcht. } 21... Rab8 22. Nc3 R8b3
{ 22. ....Rb8b3 - pin. } 23. Nb5 Rxd3 24. Nxc7 Rdd2
{ 24. ..... Rdd2 - now here is the double-up. Alreadyg2 is under fire and the white knight is too far away to help. }
25. Rfe1 Rxg2+
{ 25. ...... Rxg2+ - a pawn is a pawn. I now decide to drive theWK to the edge of the board and nail him there. }
26. Kh1 Rh2+ 27. Kg1 Rbg2+ 28. Kf1 c4
{ 28. ....... c4 - I trick white into believing that the c pawnis bound for Glendadom. My queen is known as Glenda. Ah, but this isa space clearance for my knight. White should start feeling very coldsoon and you will soon see why. }
29. a5
{ 29. a5 - white is tempted to pushthat passer along. You would never believe that that innocuous lookingsteed on d7 is the Chessic Grim Reaper, Old Matey in disguise, would you? }
29... Nc5 30. a6
{ 30. a6 - he still pushes on that pawn but the square e4 isundefended and my steed now lands on it. White should have played Nb5here. He will now cop Old Matey. }
30... Ne4 31. Red1
{ 31. Red1 - white can onlydelay the mate with the self-immolating Re2. He decided not to do thisand my knight comes to g6. White decided to resign on the grounds of UnavoidableMate here and I pick up 10 useful rating points. }
31... Ng3+ 0-1
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