Yearly Archives: 2013
#9580 by Bobby Clarke
12:16, July 09, 2013 by Bob
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 d6
{
He chooses to play Philidor's defence
}
3.Nc3 f6
4.Bc4 Bg4
{I play Bc4 to offend f7, a weak square. He plays Bg4 to pin my knight}
5.d3 Bxf3
{I complete my pawn structure, also adding defence to my otherwise hanging Bishop(Is it still "hanging" if it's not under attack?).
He unprovokedly exchanges bishop for knight of f3. I suppose he wanted to double my pawns on the f file.}
6.Qxf3 Ne7
{I choose to take with my Queen to avoid doubling the pawns and to develop it.}
7.Bg5 fxg5
{I sacrifice my Bishop for the initiative. I'm still not sure whether this was sound, but I don't think anyone can deny that it worked here.}
8.Qf7+ Kd7
9.Qe6+ Kc6
{He goes to c6 instead of back to e8. I suppose he wanted to avoid threefold repetition, which he could have thought to be my aim given that I was 3 points down materially}
10.Nb5 b6
11.d4 Na6
{I play d4, hoping for 11. ... exd4 12. Nxd4+ Kc5. I would then have Qd5# waiting should I find a way to move his e7 Knight. He doesn't go for it. I feel he should have brought the Knight to d7 instead.}
12.d5+ Kb7
13.O-O-O Ng6
14.Qh3 Nf4
{I want to bring my Queen to the new centre of action on the Queen side.}
15.Qc3 Nxg2
16.Bf1 Nf4
17.Qc6+ Kb8
{I want to force his King to b8 in view of an upcoming move. If he opts instead to move to c8, I reply Qxa8+}
18.Nd4 Nb4
19.Qa4 c5
20.Nc6+ Kc7
{This is why I wanted his King on b8. The King and Queen are now forked. After taking the Queen my material disadvantage is repaired.}
21.Nxd8 Rxd8
22.c3 Nbd3+
{I want to move his Knight so that I can play Qc6+ with impunity}
23.Bxd3 Nxd3+
24.Rxd3 a5
25.Qc6+ Kb8
26.Qxb6+ Kc8
27.c4 Kd7
28.Rf3 Be7
{I play Rf3 to play Rf7+ next move, a position from which mating should be easy. He plays Be7, blocking the Rook check, but leaving him open to...}
29.Qc6#
#9581 by Ka
14:59, July 09, 2013 by Ka
[Event "M Open"]
[Site "M"]
[Date "09.07.2013"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dm Victor"]
[Black "Ka"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nb3 Qc8 10. Nd5 h6 (естественное O-O не нравилось из-за Bg5 вынуждая размен на d5 и позиционно стабильно чуть хуже из-за линии "с") 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c5 dxc5 13. Nxc5 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3
15. Nxb7 O-O ( Дм. быстро разыграл все это, и по-моему немножко недооценил мою инициативку за пешку) 16. Bf4 Rab8 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. e3 Ne6 19. Qf3 g5? (подумал что выигрываю качество и пошел на тактику, другие варианты даже не рассматривал. Форсированно уравнивало 19... Qf5! 20. Qc6 Nxf4 21. exf4 Bxb2 22. Rcd1 Qc8 и т.д.) 20. Bxc7 g4 21.
Qxf6 Ng5 22. f4 (только здесь увидел, что не проходит рассчитанное 22...Nf3 23. Rxf3 gxf3 24. Rc2 Rxb7 25. Be5 - тут считал Qg4, но пропустил что мат ставится и с поля h8. А Дм сказал что тоже просчитался - не видел вместо 24...Rxb7 - 24... Rbc8 и нельзя 25. Be5 f2 и мат в несколько ходов. Но 25. Qc6 все-равно решало, как оказалось) gxf3 23. Rc2 f2+ 24. Rcxf2 Ne4 25. Qc6 Nxf2 26. Rxf2 Rbe8 27.
Qf3 Rc8 28. Bd6 Rc1+ 29. Rf1 Rc2 30. g4
0-1
#9582 by Bill Wall
15:39, July 09, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "LERA"]
[Site "Sunnyvale, CA"]
[Date "1990.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blackmer, Roy"]
[Black "Wall, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[Annotator "Wall"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Ba6 {4...Bb7} 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bb7 {6...c5}
7. Qe2 Bxc3+ $146 (7... d6) 8. bxc3 d6 9. O-O h6 (9... Nbd7) 10. Nd2 O-O (10...
Nbd7) 11. f4 e5 12. Nf3 (12. fxe5) 12... Nbd7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 (14. Ba3)
14... Qe7 15. Bd2 Ng4 (15... c6) 16. Rae1 Ba6 (16... Qa3) 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Kh2
Nc5 19. Bc2 Qd6 (19... Nb7) 20. Nh4 Bc8 (20... Ncd7) 21. Rf2 Qe7 22. Nf5 Bxf5
23. Rxf5 Rad8 (23... Ne8) 24. Ref1 Rd6 25. Qf3 Nfd7 26. Be1 Rg6 (26... Rf6) 27.
Qe3 $2 (27. Qh5) 27... Nb7 28. Bd3 Nd6 (28... Qa3) 29. g4 $2 (29. Rh5) 29...
Nxf5 30. exf5 Rd6 31. Bg3 Qg5 (31... f6) 32. Qe1 Qe7 (32... Qd8) 33. Bh4 (33.
Qe3) 33... f6 (33... Nf6) 34. Be4 Nc5 35. Bc2 c6 (35... Nb7) 36. Bf2 cxd5 (
36... Rdd8) (36... Nb7) 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. cxd5 Kh8 (38... c4) 39. c4 Ra6 (39...
Rb6) 40. Bb3 e4 (40... Rb8) 41. Rf4 $2 (41. Qe3) 41... Re8 (41... e3 $1 42. Qe2
Qe5) 42. Qe3 Qe5 43. Kg2 Qb2+ (43... Ra3) 44. Kg3 Qe5 (44... Qb1) 45. Kf2 Qd4
$6 (45... Ra3) 46. Ke2 $2 (46. Qxd4 cxd4 47. c5) 46... Rb6 $2 (46... Qb2+ 47.
Qd2 Qe5 48. Qe3 Rb6) 47. Qxd4 cxd4 48. c5 Rb5 (48... Rbb8) 49. c6 Rc5 $2 (49...
d3+ 50. Ke3 d2 51. Kxd2 Rc5) 50. d6 d3+ 51. Ke3 Rxc6 52. d7 Rd8 {52...Rf8} 53.
Rxe4 Rxd7 54. Re8+ Kh7 55. Bg8+ Kh8 56. Bf7+ Kh7 57. Bg6# 1-0
#9583 by Noname
16:04, July 09, 2013 by Noname
[Event "World Open 2013 U1800"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lee, Jack J."]
[Black "Zhou, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.23"]
{115m/40moves + 60m + d5} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Bb3 Nxe4 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nf6 12. Nxc6
dxc6 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Bf2 Rd7 18. Rad1
Rcd8 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. Rd2 Bh6 21. Rde2 Kg8 22. Bd4 c5 23. Re8+ Bf8 24. Be5 Rxe8
25. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Rf1+ 27. Kg3 (27. Ke2 Rg1) 27... Nxc7 28. Qe2 Rh1 29.
Qe4 b5 30. Qc6 Bd6+ 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. h3 Rb1 33. c4 Rxb2+ 34. Ke3 bxc4 35. Bxc4
Rb6 36. Qa4 Rb4 37. Qc2 Re8+ 38. Kd3 (38. Kf2 Be5) 38... Bf4 39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40.
Qxc5 Re3+ 41. Kc2 Re2+ 42. Kc3 Nb5+ 43. Kd3 Rd2# 0-1
#9584 by Bill Wall
16:41, July 09, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "LERA"]
[Site "Sunnyvale, CA"]
[Date "1990.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wall, Bill"]
[Black "Schabacker, Glen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[Annotator "Wall"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
1. b3 f5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 $146 (7. d4)
7... e5 {7...Nc6} 8. d3 {8.O-O} Qe8 9. O-O h6 10. Nc3 g5 {10...Nc6} 11. Nd2 {
11.Nb5} f4 12. Nd5 {12.Nb5} (12. gxf4) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ Kh8 14. exf4 (14.
gxf4) 14... gxf4 15. Kh1 c6 (15... Nc6) 16. Be4 (16. Bf3) 16... Bh3 $6 (16...
Na6) 17. Rg1 Nd7 $2 (17... Na6) (17... Bc8) 18. Qf3 Be6 (18... h5) 19. gxf4
Rxf4 $4 (19... Rf6) 20. Qxf4 $1 exf4 21. Bxg7+ Kg8 22. Bxh6+ Kh8 23. Bg7+ Kg8
24. Be5+ Kf7 25. Bg6+ 1-0
#9585 by YourMove
00:15, July 10, 2013 by YourMove
[White "calicali"] [Black "Thelassso"] [Date "2013.07.10"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. Nh3 d5 2. b4 Bxh3 3. gxh3 e6 4. a3 Bd6 5. h4 Qf6 6. Ra2 Ne7 7. Bb2
#9586 by Alkis
04:18, July 10, 2013 by Alkis
[Event "Club 150 - 1"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "-1"]
[White "lowac@chesscube.com"]
[Black "alkis75@chesscube.com"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Time "11:13:43"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Be6 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. d4 a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Bf4 g6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nb3 h5 14. Nc5 Qc6 15. b4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qd2 f6 18. a4 e5 19. b5 Qb6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Qa2 exf4 22. O-O Bf8 23. Rab1 Bxc5 24. Rxb6 Bxb6 25. a5 Bc7 26. Qa4 Bd3 27. Re1 Bb5 28. Qb3 Kb7 29. h3 Kc6 30. Re6+ Rd6 31. Rxd6+ Bxd6 32. Qc2 f5 33. Qd2 Re8 34. f3 Re2 35. Qd1 Ba3 36. Qb3 Bc1 37. Kh2 Be3 38. Qb4 Re1 39. g4 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 f4+ 41. Kh4 Rg1 42. Qb2 Bc4 43. Qh2 g5+ 44. Kxh5 Be2 45. Kg6 Bxf3 46. Kf6 Be4 47. Qb2 f3 48. Qb8 Bf4 49. Qc8+ Kb5 50. Qc5+ Ka4 51. Qb4# 1-0
#9587 by Ka
13:32, July 10, 2013 by Ka
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "10.07.2013"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ka"]
[Black "Mir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 O-O 7. Qe2 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. a4 Bb7 12. Rd1 b4 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15.
Bxb3 d5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. a5 (стандартный испанский прием - начинаются проблемы с пешкой b4) Rc8 18. Bd2 Rc5 19. Ba4 (можно было и сразу Сb4, но я рассматривал только Лb5 20. Фе1 Кс6 21. Ла4? , пропустив все то же 21. Са4) Bc6 (сильнее Кс6) 20. Bxb4 Bxa4 21. Bxc5
Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Nc6 23. Qa4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Nd4 25. Ne1 Qc8 26. Bb6 Re6 27. Nd3 Rc6
28. Qd1
1/2-1/2
#9588 by Bill Wall
15:50, July 10, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "LERA"]
[Site "Sunnyvale, CA"]
[Date "1990.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davis, William"]
[Black "Wall, Bill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[Annotator "Wall"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 d5 {4...e6} 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 dxc4 {6...Bd6}
7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. b3 $146 (11. Nd2) 11...
O-O 12. Bb2 Bf6 (12... Bd6) (12... a5) 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Rac1 Qb8 (14... Qe7) (
14... h6) 15. Ne1 (15. Nd2) 15... c5 $2 (15... a5) (15... Rd8) 16. Bb5 (16.
dxc5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rd8 18. f3) 16... Rd8 17. Bxd7 (17. f3 Bb7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19.
dxc5) 17... Rxd7 18. dxc5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 bxc5 21. f3 Bg6 22. Qc3
Qb6 (22... Qb4) 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 g6 (25... Rd8) 26. Qe2 Rd8
27. Rd1 Rxd1+ (27... Rd5) 28. Qxd1 c4 29. bxc4 (29. Qd2) 29... Qxe3+ 30. Kf1
Qc3 (30... Qf4) 31. Qa4 Qd3+ 32. Kf2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2
#9589 by Hausas
18:09, July 10, 2013 by Hausas
[Event "Hull Chess Association Summer League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reiss, Stefan"]
[Black "Macijauskis, Tadas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1586"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[WhiteTeam "St Andrews X"]
[BlackTeam "Willows A"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. d5 Nce7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. h4
Bg4 9. Be2 h6 10. Be3 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Nh2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. Ng4 Kh7 15.
Qd2 h5 16. Nh2 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Ne4 Qf8 21.
Rdf1 Rd8 22. Ng5+ Bxg5 23. hxg5 c6 24. g4 hxg4 25. Nxg4+ Kg8 26. Qe3 Rf4 27.
Qh3 Rxc4+ 28. Kd1 Rxd5+ 29. Ke1 Re4+ 30. Ne3 Qd6 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33.
Qxe4 Rd4 34. Qf5 c4 35. Qc8+ Nf8 36. Qh3 Qb4+ 37. Ke2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 c3 39. g6
Qf4+ 40. Kg2 Nxg6 41. Qh7+ Kf7 42. Qh5 cxb2 43. Qf5+ Qxf5 44. Nxf5 Nf4+ 45. Kf3
Re2 46. Nd6+ Ke6 47. Nxb7 g5 48. Nc5+ Kf5 49. Kg3 e4 50. Re1 g4 51. Na4 e3 52.
fxe3 Rg2+ 53. Kh4 Nd3 1-0