1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Rfd1 Qb6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. a4 Qc5 15. Qe2 g5 16. Bg3 Rfd8 17. a5 a6 18. Nb3 Bb5 19. Qf3 Qc6 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Ncxb5 axb5 22. Qe2 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Qg4 Qb4 25. Ra2 Bc5 26. c3 Qc4 27. Raa1 b4 28. Ra4 Ra8 29. h4 b5 30. hxg5 h5 31. Qxh5 bxa4 32. g6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. e6 Nxg3 40. Qxg3+ Kh7 41. Qh4+ Kg6 42. Qg4+ Kf6 43. Qf5+ Ke7 44. Qf7+ Kd6 45. Qf4+ Ke7 46. Qc7+ Kf6 47. Qf7+ Kg5 48. Qg7+ Kh5 49. g4+ Kh4 50. Qh6+ Kxg4 51. f3+ Kg3 52. Qh2#

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Qd4 11. f4 e6 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. Ne2 Qb4+ 14. c3 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 16. f5 Be7 17. Ng2 Rf8 18. Bb2 exf5 19. gxf5 O-O-O 20. O-O Qa6 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qg4+ Kb8 23. c4 Nc7 24. Rf3 Ka8 25. Bc3 Ne6 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qxe6 Rdf8 28. Nef4 Qb6 29. Nxg6 Qd8 30. Re1 Qe8 31. Nxf8 Qxf8 32. Qg6 Rf3 33. e6 Rxh3 34. Re3 Rh8 35. Bxg7 Qe8 36. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Rated game, 25m + 5s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2008.02.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Mnz"] [Black "Thinkingshort"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C29"] [WhiteElo "1448"] [BlackElo "1630"] [Annotator "käärmann,jaanusq"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2008.02.04"] [TimeControl "1500+5"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 3. d3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxe2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:03]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. h4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne8 { [%emt 0:00:14]} 12. g4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. f5 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kxh7 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 15. g5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. h5 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. hxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Bxg5+ { [%emt 0:00:08]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 20. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kf6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 21. g7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Qh4# { (Lag: Av=0.59s, max=1.2s) [%emt 0:00:07]} 1-0

[Event "unrated standard match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2008.01.11"] [Round "?"] [White "GuestLNTL"] [Black "igavenetuli"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "-"] [BlackElo "1551"] [ECO "C60"] [TimeControl "900+5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 Bb7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. O-O Nxc2 10. Qxc2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qb2 Qf6 15. Re1 Nd3 16. e5 Bxe5 17. Qc2 Nxe1 18. Nxe1 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Bxe1 20. Bb2 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 22. Rf1 Rfe8 23. Qc3 f6 24. Bc1 Qd4 25. Qc2 Re1 26. Rxe1 Bxe1 27. Qe2 Qc3 28. h3 Qxc1 29. Kh2 Bxd5 30. Qe7 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 Qxg2# {GuestLNTL checkmated} 0-1

[Event "October 2007 Sprint Duel III"] [Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"] [Date "2008.01.12"] [EndDate "2008.01.25"] [Round "3"] [White "irfan21"] [Black "zebano"] [WhiteRating "2018"] [BlackRating "1766"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "4487444"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qd8b6 { I've been tinkering with moves orders in the advance. The point here is to avoid the line e4 e6 d4 d5 e5 c5 c3 Nf6 Be3 Qb6 Qd2. It also allows me to play to exchange my light squared bishop on b5 in certain situations.} 5. Ng1f3 Bc8d7 6. a3 a5 { Bb5 is technically possible here, but experience has shown me that black needs to not be cramped somewhere, and the queenside is the best bet (a timely f6 can help but I consider allowing b5 to be +- } 7. b3 Nb8c6 { of course not ... Bb5, Qb3 } 8. Bc1e3 Ng8h6 { I don't like cxd here as that allows white to play Nc3 when now he must develop via d2. Other options are Be7 (but after dxc, it just moves again and this forces my knight out via h6 eventually and 0-0-0 which I've never tried since the q-side looks so volatile (and it would need to be prepped with h6 to prevent Nf3-g6-f7)} 9. Bf1d3 Nh6f5 { I think delaying this for Be7 and 0-0 would be prudent -see not from move 11} 10. Bd3xf5 exf5 11. O-O Bf8e7 {At this point white has given up the bishop pair, but he has shattered blacks pawns, and black isn't even ready to castle short. instead of the text I think the key idea if for black to immediately play cxd and Be6 using his bishop as a pawn and keeping the center blocked until his king is safe. } 12. dxc5 Be7xc5 {Blacks ommision of cxd gives white the initiative } 13. Be3xc5 Qb6xc5 14. b4 Qc5b5 15. a4 Qb5c4 {...Qb6 giving up the d-pawn which will fall anyway would allow black to play on and bring his rooks into the fight.} 16. Nb1a3 Qc4g4 17. h3 Qg4g6 {game is over black is just dragging his feet about resigning} 18. Qd1xd5 Bd7e6 19. Qd5c5 axb4 20. Na3b5 1-0

[Event "October 2007 Sprint Duel III"] [Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"] [Date "2008.01.12"] [EndDate "2008.01.25"] [Round "3"] [White "irfan21"] [Black "zebano"] [WhiteRating "2018"] [BlackRating "1766"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "4487444"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qd8b6 { I've been tinkering with moves orders in the advance. The point here is to avoid the line e4 e6 d4 d5 e5 c5 c3 Nf6 Be3 Qb6 Qd2. It also allows me to play to exchange my light squared bishop on b5 in certain situations.} 5. Ng1f3 Bc8d7 6. a3 a5 { Bb5 is technically possible here, but experience has shown me that black needs to not be cramped somewhere, and the queenside is the best bet a timely f6 can help but I consider allowing b5 to be +- } 7. b3 Nb8c6 { of course not ... Bb5, Qb3 } 8. Bc1e3 Ng8h6 { I don't like cxd here as that allows white to play Nc3 when now he must develop via d2. Other options are Be7 but after dxc, it just moves again and this forces my knight out via h6 eventually and 0-0-0 which I've never tried since the q-side looks so volatile and it would need to be prepped with h6 to prevent Nf3-g6-f7} 9. Bf1d3 Nh6f5 { I think delaying this for Be7 and 0-0 would be prudent -see not from move 11} 10. Bd3xf5 exf5 11. O-O Bf8e7 {At this point white has given up the bishop pair, but he has shattered blacks pawns, and black isn't even ready to castle short. instead of the text I think the key idea if for black to immediately play cxd and Be6 using his bishop as a pawn and keeping the center blocked until his king is safe. } 12. dxc5 Be7xc5 {Blacks ommision of cxd gives white the initiative } 13. Be3xc5 Qb6xc5 14. b4 Qc5b5 15. a4 Qb5c4 {...Qb6 giving up the d-pawn which will fall anyway would allow black to play on and bring his rooks into the fight.} 16. Nb1a3 Qc4g4 17. h3 Qg4g6 {game is over black is just dragging his feet about resigning} 18. Qd1xd5 Bd7e6 19. Qd5c5 axb4 20. Na3b5 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 {Graz Defense} 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 {Safe, as 6. ...Nxe5 leads to 7. d4} Qh4?! {Black's going on the offensive} 7. Nd3 {Protects Qxe4 fork and scholar's mate variation} Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ {Prevents white from castling} 9. Kxe2 Nd4+ {Keeping the pressure on} 10. Kf1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bd6 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. f3 Bb7 16. Kf2 g5 {Black continues playing very aggressively} 17. c3 a5 18. h4 g4 19. Nf4 gxf3 20. gxf3 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 f5 22. d4 Nf6 23. Bd2 Kf7 24. Rhe1 Rg8+ 25. Kf2 Ng4+?! {Knight for pawn trade leads to open attack against king} 26. fxg4 Rxg4 27. Rh1? Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Rag8 29. c4 h5 30. Nxh5 Rg2+ 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kd3 Ree2 33. Bc3 Ref2 34. d5?? Rf3+ 35. Kd4 Rg4+ 36. Nf4 Rgxf4#

1. e4 { Standard play by white } 1... d5 { Offers white a pawn } 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 { White gains tempo by threatening the queen. } 3... Qa5 { This is a good square for the queen, out of harm's way but still in a somewhat attacking position. } 4. d4 { Opens up for white's pieces to develop. } 4... Nf6 { Black makes a claim to center squares. }

1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ChessCat "CHESSCAT 1.0"] [PlyCount "6"] 1. g3 d5 2. f4 d4 3. e4 dxe3 *