Yearly Archives: 2016
#18466 by zkenyon
19:37, December 05, 2016 by zkenyon
[White "zkenyon"]
[Black "southasian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[CurrentPosition "r1bqkb1r/1ppp1ppp/p1n2n2/4p3/B3P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 2 5"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.Bc2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Re1 f6 10.Bb3 Kh8 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Nb6 14.Qxd8 Bxd8 15.Be3 Nd7 16.Nd2 Ne5 ( 16...Re8 ) 17.Bc5
#18467 by Steve Van Nguyen
05:10, December 06, 2016 by Steve Van Nguyen
[Event "ICC 15 0 r"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SteveVanNguyen"]
[Black "walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[ICCRating "15-minute"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[ExamineString ""]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5
5. Bb3 f6 6. O-O Be7
7. d3 Nc5 8. Nxe5 fxe5
9. Qxe5 Nxb3 10. Qxg7 Bf6
11. Re1+ 1-0
#18468 by Derek Cook
18:49, December 06, 2016 by Derek Cook
[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition with Grandmaster Tal Shaked"]
[Site "Google (MTV)"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[White "Tal Shaked"]
[Black "Derek Cook"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 a6
9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bf4 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bd7 18. b3 Re8 19. g4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Ne8 21.
Ne4 h6 22. Qe3 Kh7 23. Qg3 Bf8 24. h4 f5 25. Nd2 Ng7 26. f3 Bc8 27. Nf1 Qd8 28.
Ne3 Qf6 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Bxd6 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+
#18469 by Rags
19:41, December 06, 2016 by Rags
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bf4 dxe5 7. Bg3 Bc5 8. Be2
Qe7 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. O-O Bg6 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Bh4 f6 14. b4 Bb6 15.
a4 c6 16. a5 Bc7 17. Bc4 Bf7 18. Bg3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxg3 20. fxg3 O-O 21. Ne3 g6
22. g4 b6 23. Rfd1 bxa5 24. bxa5 Nc5 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. Nh4 Kh8 27. Nf3 Rxd1+ 28.
Nxd1 Ne6 29. Nf2 Rd8 30. Nd3 c5 31. Nf2 c4 32. Qe2 Qc5 33. Ra4 Nf4 34. Rxc4 Qb5
35. Qa2 Qxa5 36. Qxa5 Bxa5 37. g5 Bb6 38. Ng4
#18470 by Serb
15:11, December 07, 2016 by Serb
1. b4 b5
2. e4 f6
3. Bxb5 c6
4. Bc4 d5
5. exd5 cxd5
6. Qh5+ g6
7. Qxd5 Qxd5
8. Bxd5 e6
9. Bxa8 Bxb4
10. Ba3 Bxa3
11. Nxa3 Ne7
12. Ne2 O-O
13. Rb1 Bd7
14. Be4 f5
15. Bd3 Bc6
16. O-O g5
17. Nb5 a6
18. Nb5d4 Bd5
19. c4 Bc6
20. Nxe6 1-0
#18471 by fishyard
19:06, December 07, 2016 by fishyard
[White "fishyard"]
[Black "Martinlys"]
[ECO "C57"]
[CurrentPosition "1rbqkb1r/p1p4p/6p1/4Q3/8/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K2R b KQ - 0 12"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke7 8.Bxd5 g6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qxc6 Rb8 11.Qc5+ Ke8 12.Qxe5+
#18472 by yevlev
18:32, December 08, 2016 by yevlev
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yevgeny Levanzov"]
[Black "Viktor Zilbershtein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Yevgeny Levanzov"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.09"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 {to support c5. relatively quiet line
of the London system.} (4... c5 5. c3) 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 {due to Nh5.} O-O 7.
Be2 (7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 c4 9. Be2) 7... b6 (7... c5) 8. Ne5 {maybe too early.} (8.
O-O) 8... Bb7 9. Ndf3 Rc8 {equal.} (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Ne4 11. c3) 10. O-O c5
11. c3 Ne4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne5 (13. Nd2) 13... Qe8 {prevents Bb5.} (13... Qd8
14. Bb5 (14. a4)) 14. a4 $1 {with the idea of Bb5, with future ideas of a5 and
also prevents later Qb5.} c4 (14... f6) 15. Re1 (15. Qc2) 15... Bh4 {ofc I
missed it, which is a shame, but here it's not the best.} 16. Rf1 (16. g3 $6)
16... f6 $6 {wrong plan.} (16... Be7) 17. Nf3 e5 $6 (17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 (18.
Nxg5 Nxg5) 18... fxg5 (18... Nxg5 19. Nxg5 fxg5) 19. Ne5 {great outpost. not
clear with which piece to take, as the 2 bishops aren't so strong here.}) 18.
Nxh4 (18. Bh2 {better.}) (18. dxe5 $2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 fxe5) (18.
Bxe5 $4 Bxf2+) 18... exf4 19. exf4 {black has compensation due to the strong
knight.} Kh8 $2 {the king is much safer on g8. here I will have Ng6+ and Bxh7,
Qh5 ideas. probably he was afraid of some check on e6.} 20. Bg4 (20. Re1) 20...
Rc7 {better than Rd8, to protect g7.} 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Bf5 {with the idea of
Qh5.} (22. a5) (22. g3) 22... g5 $1 {the only move that saves. very stong. no
tactic works here.} (22... g6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Nxg6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Qh5
{white is almost winning.}) 23. Nf3 (23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nf5 gxf4 25. Qg4 f3 {no
so easy to give the bishop.}) 23... gxf4 24. Nh4 (24. Qc1) 24... Bc8 $2 25.
Bxe4 (25. Qg4 {stronger.}) (25. Qf3) 25... dxe4 26. Rxe4 f5 $2 {I saw all this.
} 27. Rxf4 Qg5 {in time touble, still not easy to play with white.} 28. Qf3 (
28. Qd2 {not a human move.} Re8 29. Nf3) 28... Rg7 29. Qg3 (29. Rg4 $2 fxg4 30.
Qxf8+ Rg8 31. Qd6 Qxh4 32. Qe5+ {only a draw.}) 29... Qf6 (29... Qxg3 30. fxg3
Rxg3 31. Re1 (31. Rf3 $6 f4)) 30. Qe3 (30. Qf3) 30... Re7 31. Qf3 Bb7 32. Qh5 (
32. d5) 32... Bc8 (32... Be4) 33. Kf1 Rg7 34. Qf3 Bb7 35. d5 Qe5 36. Rxf5 (36.
Re1) 36... Rxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxd5 (37... Qh2 $4 {I was hoping for this.} 38. Qf8+
Rg8 39. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 40. Qh6# {very cute.}) 38. Qxd5 (38. Qf8+ {was better
from the psychological point of view, as he doesn't want to go Qg8.} Rg8 $4 {
same mate.}) 38... Bxd5 39. Rd1 {still work to be done.} (39. a5) (39. Re1)
39... Be4 $6 {allowing the exchange of rooks.} 40. Rd8+ Rg8 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42.
Ke2 (42. a5 {better.}) 42... a5 43. Kd2 Bc6 {missed it.} 44. Nf3 Bxa4 45. Ne5
Bb5 (45... Bb3) 46. Ke3 Be8 47. Kd4 b5 48. Kc5 Kg7 49. Nf3 (49. Nc6 {
miscalculated. thought it's losing.}) 49... Kf6 50. Nd4 Ke5 51. Nxb5 Bf7 52.
Na3 {Be5 doesn't help as I take on c4 with check.} 1-0
#18473 by fsdf
00:39, December 09, 2016 by fsdf
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {This opening is called the Ruy Lopez.}
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7
11. c4 c6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Bg5 b4 15. Nb1 h6 16. Bh4 c5 17. dxe5
Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. exd6 Qf6 20. Nbd2 Nxd6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Nb6
23. Ne5 Rae8 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Kxf7 27. Qe3 Qg5 28. Qxg5
hxg5 29. b3 Ke6 30. a3 Kd6 31. axb4 cxb4 32. Ra5 Nd5 33. f3 Bc8 34. Kf2 Bf5
35. Ra7 g6 36. Ra6+ Kc5 37. Ke1 Nf4 38. g3 Nxh3 39. Kd2 Kb5 40. Rd6 Kc5 41. Ra6
Nf2 42. g4 Bd3 43. Re6 1/2-1/2
#18475 by Noname
01:33, December 09, 2016 by Noname
1. e4 c6 2. d4 b5 3. c4 a6 4. b4 d6 5. c5 a5 6. Bd2 axb4 7. Bxb4 dxc5 8. Bxc5 Nd7 9. Be2 e6 10. Bxf8 Nxf8 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Ne4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Qg4 Qf8 17. Nf3 h6 18. Qh4+ f6 19. Qe4 Bd7 20. Nh4 f5 21. Ng6+ Kd8 22. Qh4+ Ne7 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. O-O Ra7 25. Rfb1 Rc7 26. Rb8+ Bc8 27. Rab1 (27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Rb7 Rc7 29. Rab1 Kd7 30. Rxc7+ Kxc7 31. Qxe7+))