Yearly Archives: 2013
#9380 by Noname
12:49, June 17, 2013 by Noname
[Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "scubidu@chesscube.com"]
[Black "averykins@chesscube.com"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Time "11:05:22"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. dxc5 Qa6 14. Qxa6 bxa6 15. Ke2 Nxe5 16. Ra1 Ng4 17. c6 Rc8 18. Rxa6 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ne7 20. Rxa7 Nxc6 21. Rb7 Bd6 22. Nh5 O-O 23. c4 d4 24. exd4 Nxd4+ 25. Kd3 Rfd8 26. Rf1 Nf5 27. Ne4 Be5+ 28. Ke2 Rxc4 29. Nf2 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Rd3+ 31. Nxd3 Nd4+ 32. Ke4 Re2# 0-1
#9381 by Avery
13:02, June 17, 2013 by Avery
[Event "Blitz 297820"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2013.06.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "averykins@chesscube.com"]
[Black "granporra@chesscube.com"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Time "10:18:03"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 a6 10. h3 h6 11. O-O b5 12. b4 Qb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Nb6 15. Rxa6 O-O 16. Nd2 Rxa6 17. Qxa6 Nfd7 18. g3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Ra1 Nf6 21. Qf1 Qb7 22. Nb5 Rc8 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 0-1
#9382 by YourMove
15:33, June 17, 2013 by YourMove
[White "SwissNikola"] [Black "realf"] [Date "2013.06.17"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. a3 O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 a6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Nxe5 d6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Ne3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 c6 15. Nf4 Qh4 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qg3 Qg5 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6 Kg7 22. Nxd7
#9383 by zzz
18:43, June 17, 2013 by zzz
[Event "Newfoundland Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Berson, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[Annotator "MacKinnon,Keith"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2009.08.18"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The Grunfeld is one of the most fashionable openings of late. Theory has extended deep into the middlegame - and, in some cases, the endgame.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 {Aman steers away from the typical 5. e4. It is generally wise for the higher-rated player to avoid long theoretical battles.} (5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 {is the usual starting point for an opening being played frequently at all levels. Black will play ...c5 and contest the centre, and white will try to maintain his imposing pawns on e4 and d4}) 5... Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 (6... Nb6 7. Be3 {white looks good as his centre will hold. I am a strong believer in looking at the results from a given position, and they confirm that white scores well here.}) 7. Bxc3 {For me, someone only mildly familiar with the Grunfeld, this is an interesting concept. White denies black his usual idea and opposes the long diagonal.} O-O 8. Qd2 {It appears that white may have some designs on queenside castling, but this is rarely the case. } Nc6 (8... c5 $1 {as played in Dreev-Roiz 2009. Black scored an easy draw in that game} 9. d5 Bxc3 $11 {The position looks strong for black. White appears overextended in the centre} 10. bxc3 (10. Qxc3 e6) 10... Qd6) 9. Ne2 {A conservative approach. It delays any potential fireworks in the centre} (9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 c6 {White will be unable to keep his centre intact.} 13. f4 Nd7 14. dxc6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 {and black is at least equal}) 9... b6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. f4 Ng4 13. Be2 (13. Rd1 e6 $5 { Black needs to contest the centre or else white’s position will only improve.} 14. dxe6 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 fxe6 17. Bc4 Rae8 18. Bb5 $14) 13... Nf6 14. Bf3 {It is not often that you see the bishops on f3 and c3} e6 15. Nc6 { only move. He must have planned to enter the ensuing ending before playing 13. Be2} Bxc6 {While at first glance, it appears necessary to take the knight, black could perhaps have left it there a while longer. It’s possible that a desire to simplify drove this decision} (15... Qd7 {I am left wondering what white’s plan was after this move.} 16. Bxf6 ({perhaps} 16. O-O-O exd5 17. exd5 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Qe6 $13) 16... Bxf6 17. e5 Bxc6 $1 18. dxc6 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bg7 { Which leads to a roughly equal ending with chances for both players. Black’s immediate idea is to play ...f6}) 16. dxc6 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 {Now, white is firmly in the driver’s seat. He has the two bishops and his king is active} Rfd8+ 18. Ke3 Ne8 $2 {A serious mistake. Black now entombs his knight} (18... Kf8 {Why ...Kf8 you may ask? Black needs to improve his knight’s position, and the route to take is via g8-e7!}) 19. e5 Bf8 20. Rhd1 Bc5+ 21. Ke2 h5 {The point being to prevent g4 which would make it impossible for black to activate his knight. But the thing is, without controlling d4, it doesn’t matter if his knight can get to f5} 22. b4 $1 Bf8 23. Rd7 $18 Bg7 24. Rad1 Nd6 (24... Rdc8 25. f5 $1 exf5 (25... gxf5 26. Bxh5) 26. Bd5) 25. exd6 Bxc3 26. Rxd8+ 1-0
#9384 by Noname
20:01, June 17, 2013 by Noname
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Na6 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.Nfd2 Bh6 7.a3 Bf5 8.Nc3 dxc4 9.e3 Rg8 10.Bxc4 Rxg2
11.Qh5 Rg5 12.Qxh6 Rg6 13.Qxh7 Kd7 14.Bxf7 Qc7 15.Bxg6 Bxg6 16.Qxg6 Re8 17.Rg1 Qxh2 18.Qf7 Qxg1+ 19.Ke2 Qg8 20.Qh5 Nc7
21.Nce4 Qh8 22.Rh1 Qxh5+ 23.Rxh5 Ne6 24.Rh7 Rf8 25.Nxf6+ Kc7 26.Nd5+ Kd6 27.Rxe7 Kxd5 28.Rd7#
#9385 by Noname
21:26, June 17, 2013 by Noname
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 b5 9. g4 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. g5 Be7
#9386 by zzz2
21:34, June 17, 2013 by zzz2
[Event "Arnprior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Upper, John"]
[Black "Langer, Herb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.05.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.05"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 {When I first started to play, I choose
the g3 lines against the King's Indian. Back then it seemed to me that the
mainline "Mar del Plata" lines, even if objectively favourable for White, were
too easy for Black to play. Strategically it seemed like a no-brainer: prep
your pawn storm and sac a piece on the White pawn chain. Tactically it also
seemed too easy: Black has so little space that there are really very few
choices about where to put the pieces, and so even a little familiarity with
it goes a long way for Black. I still think that's more-or-less right (perhaps
less right for those facing professional-quality opening preparation), but
last year I decided to change my White repertoire, and that meant no g3 here.}
d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c6 {Diagram
[#]} 11. h3 {White has fundamentally different ways to continue: exchange on
e5 and play for the d-file (especially the square d6), or d5 followed by
Queenside expansion. I spent some time trying to figure out which was best,
only to discover at home that they're equally playable. I decided to try d4-d5,
and played h3 because with a closed center Black might want to play ...h5 to
support the Kingside pawnstorm, and immediatley forcing ...Nh6 stops that.} (
11. Qc2 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Nf7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. c5 Re8 16. Nd2 Nf8 {1/
2-1/2 (60) Shishkin,V (2507)-Onischuk,V (2349) Kiev 2005}) (11. b4 Qe7 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. c5 Re8 14. Nd2 Nh6 15. Nc4 $14 {1-0 (26) Shirov,A (2705) -Pragua,C
(2126) Hamburg simul 2005}) (11. d5 Qe7 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 c5 14. Nb5 g5 15.
Bf2 f5 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Ne6 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 (17) Roiz,M (2200)-Petrosian,D Tallinn
1997}) 11... Nh6 12. d5 c5 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Nd3 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Bf2
Qd8 {Diagram [#] I think White has a much better version than the regular KID:
White has made all the usual prep moves on both sides of the board, and Black
is nowhere near to a Kingside attack: the Nh6 prevents ...h5 helping the pawn
storm, the Bf6 gets in the way of the Ns. If that's right, then it's no longer
the usual KID opposite side race, and White should probably go for a slower
Queenside build up -- including the a-pawn or doubling on the b-file -- so
that when the break comes, it's a knockout.} 18. b4 b6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Nc7 Rb8
21. Ne6 (21. Qa4 $142 cxb4 22. Ne6 $1 (22. Qxa7 $4 Rb7 $19) 22... Nc5 23. Ndxc5
dxc5 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 $16) 21... Re8 22. Qa4 Rb7 23. bxc5 $14 Nxc5 24. Nexc5 bxc5
({Here I noticed that I'd miscalculated; I thought I might have this line:}
24... dxc5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Bxc5 {overlooking that} Qxc5+ $1 {is check}) 25.
Rxb7 Bxb7 {Diagram [#]} 26. Qxa7 $2 {Ironically, now Black gets the active
major piece invasion on the Queenside.} (26. Rb1 $142 Bc8 {I didn't see a way
to make progress here, but Houdini rates White as better after} 27. Rb8 $1 {
when White still has a Queenside initiative.}) 26... Ra8 27. Qb6 Rxa2 $11 {
Black had spend a total of 8 minutes up to here.} 28. Nc1 (28. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 29.
Bxc5 $44) (28. Rb1 Rxe2 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Rxb7 Rc2 $11) 28... Ra6 29. Qb5 Bc8
30. Nb3 Qd7 31. Rb1 (31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Nxc5 Ra7 34. Rb1 Nf7 $15)
31... Bd8 {After this I had 16 minutes (plus increment) for the rest of the
game; Black had an hour and 16 minutes.} 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 {Diagram [#]} 33. Nxc5
$5 (33. Bxc5 $142 dxc5 34. Nxc5 Rb6 $1 {I didn't see a good continuation here,
which is why I played 33.Nxc5. Houdini rates it equal after several precise
moves from Black:} (34... Rd6 $143 35. Rb8 Nf7 36. Ra8 $1 $36) (34... Bb6 35.
Rxb6 $8 Rxb6 36. Nxd7 $16) (34... Ra7) 35. Ra1 Be8 36. Ra8 Nf7 $13 37. Ne6 Rxe6
$22 38. dxe6 Bb6+ 39. Kf1 Nd6 $8 $11 {White might try c5 and Bb5/c4, but it's
probably unwinnable.}) 33... dxc5 34. Rb8 Nf7 35. Bxc5 $6 (35. Bh4 $142 Ra1+ (
35... g5 $2 36. Bxg5 $16) 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. Ra8 Ra1 $1 $14 {Is an amusing
deflection, which (of course) I didn't see.}) 35... Kg7 36. Bf2 Ra2 37. Bf1 Kf6
38. c5 Rc2 39. Rb7 (39. c6 {is fine, but gives no winning chances after:} Bxc6
40. dxc6 Rxc6 $11) 39... Ba4 40. Ra7 Be8 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Re6+ $138 Kf8 $8 43.
Ra6 Rc1 44. c6 $8 {Preventing ...Bb5. now Black's R keeps White's K and one of
the Bs out of the game, while White's R and pawns neutralize Black's minors.
During the game I didn't see a way for either side to play for a win, though
that didn't stop me from trying.} Bc7 45. g3 g5 46. Kg2 $6 Rc2 $1 47. Bd3 Rd2
48. Bf1 Ke7 49. Kg1 Rd1 $6 {pins the wrong B.} (49... Kd6 $142 $15) 50. Bc5+
Nd6 51. Ra7 Kd8 $8 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. Ra8+ Ke7 {Diagram [#]} 54. Rc8 $6 ({More
practical, given the time situation, and objectively no worse, is:} 54. Ra7 Kd8
55. Ra8+ Nc8 56. Bf2 {threatens Bh4#} Bd6 $8 57. Bb6+ Bc7 58. Bf2 $11) 54...
Bb6 $1 55. Rxe8+ Kxe8 56. Bxb6 Nc4 {Diagram [#]Playing on increment and
surprised at how uncoordinated my pieces are, I couldn't find the only saving
line.} 57. Bf2 $4 (57. Bc7 $8 $13 Ne3 58. d6 {Black has to play a perpetual.
The mainline here assumes both sides play the most uncompromising moves, which
leads to quite a pretty finish.} Nxf1 ({the simplest way for Black to force
the draw is:} 58... Rxf1+ 59. Kh2 Rf2+ $11) 59. d7+ Ke7 60. Bxe5 ({The
simplest way for White to force the draw is:} 60. d8=Q+ Rxd8 61. Bxd8+ Kxd8 $11
) 60... Ne3+ 61. Kh2 (61. Kf2 Rd2+ 62. Ke1 Rd1+ 63. Ke2 Rd2+ $8 64. Ke1 $8 $11)
61... Rd2+ 62. Kh1 Rc2 63. Bf6+ Kf7 64. d8=Q Rc1+ 65. Kh2 Rc2+ 66. Kg1 Rc1+ 67.
Kf2 Rc2+ 68. Ke1 Ng2+ 69. Kd1 Ne3+ $11) 57... Nd2 (57... Ne3 {sets up a
promotion net similar to Kramnik-Anand (WCh).} 58. Bxe3 fxe3 59. Kg2 Rd2+ $19)
58. d6 Rxf1+ 59. Kg2 Rxf2+ $8 $19 60. Kxf2 Nc4 61. d7+ Kd8 62. Ke2 Na5 63. Kd3
Nxc6 64. Kc4 Kxd7 65. Kd5 h6 (65... h6 66. h4 h5 $22) 0-1
#9387 by Bill Wall
02:07, June 18, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "Southwest Open"]
[Site "San Antonio, TX"]
[Date "1992.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wall, Bill"]
[Black "Gallagher, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "Wall,Bill"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 (3. e3) (3. Nf3) 3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O $6 (7. Nc3) 7... e4 $146 (7... d5) 8. Bxg7 exf3 9. Bxf8 fxg2 10.
Kxg2 Qxf8 11. d3 {11.d4; 11.Nc3} d5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Qf4 Qg7 15.
Rfc1 $2 (15. Nb5) 15... g5 16. Qd2 Qg6 {16...dxc4 17.bxc4 Bxc4} 17. cxd5 (17.
f4) 17... Nxd5 18. Ne4 {18.Kg1} Nf4+ 19. gxf4 gxf4+ 20. Kh1 $2 (20. Ng3 fxg3
21. hxg3) 20... Qxe4+ 21. f3 Qd4 (21... Qe5) 22. Rg1+ Kf8 23. Rac1 Rd7 (23...
Qe5) 24. Qe1 $2 (24. Rg2) 24... Qf6 (24... Qb2) 25. Rxc6 $2 (25. Rc5) 25...
bxc6 26. Qb4+ Rd6 27. Qb8+ Qd8 28. Qxa7 Rd5 29. Qa3+ {29.Rc1} c5 30. Qb2 Qh4
31. Qh8+ {31.Rg2} Ke7 32. Qb8 Rh5 33. Qxc7+ Bd7 34. Rg2 Qe1+ 35. Rg1 Qxe2 36.
Qxf4 Qe5 (36... Rf5) 37. Qd2 $2 (37. Qxe5+ Rxe5 38. Rc1 Re2) 37... Bc6 38. Re1
{38.Rf1} Rxh2+ 0-1
#9388 by Alkis
06:52, June 18, 2013 by Alkis
[Event "GR Lunch Warzone"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "-1"]
[White "artalex2@chesscube.com"]
[Black "alkis75@chesscube.com"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Time "13:29:50"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. exd5 a6 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. Nge2 e6 11. Ng3 Nf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Rad1 Qd6 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Re7 20. Bd4 Rd8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. b3 Red7 24. Rfe1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Re2 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Ra1 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. g3 Ra1 34. Rd2 a5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Ra8 a4 37. c4 a3 38. c5 a2 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. c6 Ke6 41. c7 Rc1 42. Rxa2 Rxc7 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. h4 Rd7 45. Kh3 Rd6 46. Ra7+ Rd7 47. h5 Rxa7 48. Kh4 gxh5 49. Kxh5 Ra3 50. Kg5 Rxg3+ 51. Kxf5 Rf3 52. Ke4 Rxf4+ 53. Kxf4 Kf8 54. Kf5 Kg8 55. Kf6 h5 56. Kg5 Kg7 57. Kxh5 Kf6 58. Kg4 Ke5 59. Kf3 Kf5 60. Ke3 Kg4 61. Kf2 Kf4 62. Kg2 Ke3 63. Kf1 Kf3 64. Ke1 Kg2 65. Ke2 Kg3 66. Ke3 f5 67. Ke2 f4 68. Kf1 Kf3 69. Kg1 Ke2 0-1
#9389 by Noname
08:09, June 18, 2013 by Noname
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[White "sasha59"]
[Black "faurora"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[TimeControl "5|0"]
[Termination "Game drawn by repetition"]
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Bg4 6.Qxb7 Nbd7 7.Nb5 Qc8 8.Nxc7+ Kd8 9.Qxa8 Qxa8 10.Nxa8 e6
11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 Bb4+ 13.c3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bxc3+ 15.Kf2 Bxd4+ 16.Ke1 Bc3+ 17.Kf2 Bd4+ 18.Ke1 Bc3+ 19.Kf2 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2