[Event "Ons Genoegen Rapidtoernooi"] [Site "Amersfoort"] [Date "2012.01.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Losekoot, Pascal"] [Black "Legemaat, Gert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [Annotator "Losekoot,Pascal"] [PlyCount "39"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 h6 11. Be3 a6 12. Bb3 (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Ng4 15. Bd4 Rd8 16. Ne4) 12... Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. b3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7 (15... Ba3 16. Rb1 Bb4 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Qd3 f5 19. Ng6) 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Ons Genoegen Rapidtoernooi"] [Site "Amersfoort"] [Date "2012.01.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Losekoot, Pascal"] [Black "Legemaat, Gert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [Annotator "Losekoot,Pascal"] [PlyCount "39"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 h6 {Verzwakt de koningsstelling. Nu is ...g6 eigenlijk nooit meer een mogelijkheid om te verdedigen tegen de Lc2/Dd3 opstelling.} 11. Be3 a6 12. Bb3 Na5 {Zwart speelt te langzaam, waardoor wit een sterke aanval kan krijgen.} 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. b3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7 (15... Ba3 {is beter.}) 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Qd3 {Wit dreigt nu Txf6.} g6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Rxf6 {opgegeven, mat op de volgende zet.} 1-0

[White "Bviktor"] [Black "JoshuaBey"] [Date "2012.01.17"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 a6 6. Nc3 Na5 7. Qd2 Nxc4 8. dxc4 c6 9. Nxe5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd3 Bd4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. f4 d6 16. f5 Re8 17. Rde1 f6 18. g4 g5 19. h4 Kg7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rh5 Rh8 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. Rh1 Kg7

1. e4 d5 2. f3 d4 3. f4 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 Qd5 6. Qf3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg2 e6 9. d3 Nc5 10. f5 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 exf5 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. g5 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nc5 16. c3 dxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. d4 Ne4+ 19. Ke3 Nxg5 20. d5 Nxe5 21. Nf3 Nexf3 22. Rg1 f6 23. Rg3 f4+ 24. Kxf4 Nxh2 25. Rxg5 fxg5+ 26. Kxg5 O-O 27. Nd2 Rf5+ 28. Kh4 Raf8 29. Rh1 Rf2 30. Nc4 R8f3 31. Ne5 Rf4+ 32. Kg3 Be4 33. Rxh2 Rxh2 34. Kxf4 Bxd5 35. c4 Bb7 36. Kg3 Rxa2 37. c5 Ra5 38. Nd3 Ra3 39. c6 Bxc6 0-1

[White "(null)"] [Black "(null)"] [Date "2012.01.16"] [Site "fics.org"]

[White "(null)"] [Black "(null)"] [Date "2012.01.16"] [Site "fics.org"]

[White "(null)"] [Black "(null)"] [Date "2012.01.16"] [Site "fics.org"]

[Event "Deizisau Intl Fall A Open"] [Date "2011.10.29"] [Round "1"] [White "goltrpoat"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d6 {Inviting White to play 2.e4, transposing into either a Pirc or a Philidor. I do play 2.e4 occasionally, but I didn't feel sufficiently prepared.} 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 {A spur of the moment decision. I've almost never exchanged on e5 in the KID, but one of my goals for this tournament was to work on converting small advantages, and the ensuing queenless middlegame appealed to me for some reason.} 5... dxe5 6. Be3 (6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Be3 {is similar to the game. The immediate capture is played almost exclusively by strong players, but I don't see how Black's king is any worse on c7 than it is on g8.}) 6... Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 c6 {Nb5 was never a threat, and a simple 7...Nf6 would have come close to equalizing. The text move will prove to be the source of Black's problems for the remainder of the game: it denies the c6 square to the knight, meaning that Nf6 can't be played without hanging the e5 pawn, so now Black has to somehow thread three pieces through the two available squares e7 and d7.} 8. Nf3 Be6 {One possible plan here was to put a piece on c4 via c4-c5, Nd2, and Bc4, but I felt that this was too slow. Another plan is to wait for Ne7 and put a bishop on d6, where it would be incredibly strong. My opponent decides to respond prophylactically to the first one, which was perhaps a mistake. Two other options were available:} (8. .. Nf6 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe5 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. c5 {and White is better .}) ({Instead, Black could have achieved near equality with a standard exchange operation:} 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bh6) 9. Ng5 {Conventional wisdom dictates that the side with more space shouldn't exchange, but Be6 is Black's only active piece, and I felt that exchanging light-squared bishops on e2 would benefit White more than it would benefit Black. Provoking ...h6 also seemed like a potentially good idea.} 9... Bg4 10. Be2 Bd7 {I don't understand this move. I had mostly just considered the obvious Bxe2:} (10. .. Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Nf6 12.Rd2 Nbd7 13. Rhd1 {at which point Black should have trouble getting his bishop into play (via e.g. Bg7-f8-c5) without hanging a pawn on e5.}) 11.Rd2 {White wants to castle and play Rd2 followed by Rfd1. I decided that the order didn't matter, and figured I'd overprotect e2 just in case.} 11... h6 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. O-O Be6 14. Bc5 {Improving my pieces while making it difficult for Black to develop. The bishop is headed for d6, targeting e5 while being generally annoying.} 14... Nd7 15. Bd6 Bf6 {Here and earlier, I was mostly worried about Black transferring his bishop to the a3-f8 diagonal and forcing exchanges. To do this, the knight must go on g6, so 15...g5 had to be the best move. After the text, the bishop is both passive and vulnerable.} (15. .. g5 16. h4 g4 17. Ne1 h5 18. Nc2 Ng6) 16.Rfd1 O-O-O {My heart rate about doubled here.} (16. .. g5 {was still the correct move}) 17. Nd5 {I was rather proud of this move, since I had been eyeing it as a possible deterrent to o-o-o ever since I saw the Be3-c5-d6 idea almost ten moves ago. The knight can be taken one of three ways, and all of them are bad for Black.} 17... Ng8 (17. .. cxd5 18. cxd5 Nb6 19. dxe6 fxe6) (17. .. Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bg4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ba6#) (17. .. Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nb6 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Nxe5) 18. b4 {A small innacuracy. Houdini prefers the solid 18.h3, preventing 18...Bg4.} 18... Bg4 {White now wins a pawn by force, but this is literally the only non-self-harming move that Black has.} (18. .. cxd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rc1+ Bc6 21. Rxc6+ bxc6 22. Ba6#) 19. Rc2 Nb6 (19. .. b6 20.c5 b5 21. Ne3 {An interesting alternative is} (21. a4 cxd5 22. axb5) 21... Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Kb7 23. a4 {is completely won for White}) 20. Nxf6 (20. Ne3 Be6 21. c5 {is also good, although I was worried about Bxf3.}) 20... Nxf6 21. Nxe5 Be6 22. c5 Nbd7 {This loses immediately, although the best alternative is unpleasant as well:} (22. .. Nxe4 23. b5 Nxd6 24. cxd6) 23.Nxc6 Rde8 24. Nxa7+ Kd8 25. c6 {and Black resigned here, as he is losing decisive material.} 1-0

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2012.01.17"] [White "neuroplastique"] [Black "gerardo_c_"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1409"] [BlackElo "1168"] [TimeControl "1 in 7 days"] [Termination "neuroplastique won by checkmate"] 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 d6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 b6 5.Qxf7# 1-0

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