Yearly Archives: 2019
#21624 by Three Rooks
14:43, May 22, 2019 by Three Rooks
[Site "Lichess"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[White "Three Rooks"]
[Black "Anonymous"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "5|0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3{ C02 French Defense: Advance Variation } Bd7 5. Qb3 {Targeting the b7 pawn} b6 6. Bb5 {I regretted this right after playing it, offering to exchange my good bishop for the opponent's bad bishop } c4 7. Bxd7+ {I exchanged anyways since I didn't have much time to think and didn't want to retreat} Nxd7 8. Qa4 Nh6 {here I was happy to trade my bad bishop for the knight, both because the knight should be good in closed positions and because it would ruin his king's side, leaving him with nowhere good to castle} 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Nf3 a5 11. Na3 {Looking to hop to the outpost on b5} Bxa3 12. bxa3 {opening a file for my rook} O-O 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. O-O Kh8 15. Qc2 {It seemed logical to launch an attack on the king's side} Rg8 16. Qd2 Rg6 17. Nh4 {I hung a knight!} Rg4 {we both missed it!} 18. Qxh6 Qg8 19. g3 Nf8 20. f3 Rg7 21. f4 Ng6 22. f5 {go c pawn, go} Nxh4 23. Qxh4 Rg4 24. Qh6 Qg5 25. Qxg5 {I decided to trade queens, figuring I'd have a winning endgame} Rxg5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rf7 h5 28. Rbf1 h4 29. Kg2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rg6 31. R1f6 Rbg8 32. Rxg6 Rxg6 33. Rb7{ Black left the game. } 1-0
#21625 by Three_Rooks
15:19, May 22, 2019 by Three_Rooks
[Event "Casual Classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/s8Gf2kUm"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Anonymous"]
[Black "Three_Rooks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2019.04.21"]
[UTCTime "21:26:34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+15"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. h3 d5 {I'm ready to castle, but my opponent is not, so I decided to open up the center} 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qf3 c6 {defending the knight} 7. Nc3 Be6 {I considered taking the knight and opening up the queen's side, but decided white wouldn't castle there anyways and decided to develop another piece} 8. Qe4 f6 {defending the pawn} 9. Nf3 Qd6 {defending again} 10. Qe2 Nxc3 {I noticed here that I could potentially give my opponent tripled pawns} 11. bxc3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 {success!} O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Bb2 Bb6 {moving out of the way so I can advance the c pawn and then develop my knight to c6} 15. Nh4 Qe6 {preventing Nf5} 16. Ba3 c5 17. Bc1 Nc6 18. Nf3 Bc7 {improving the bishop} 19. Ba3 Qd6 {protecting my c pawn} 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Nh4 e4 {this time if the knight goes to f5, I can play Qc5, forking the knight and checkmate and c3} 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qe3 Qe5 {threatening mate} 24. g3 b6 {protecting c5} 25. Re1 g5 {hoping to advance pawns on the king's side} 26. Ng2 Re8 27. Bb2 Na5 {going for a fork} 28. Qe2 f5 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. h4 gxh4 {Opening up the king's side} 32. g4 Bc7 33. Kf1 h3 34. f4 hxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Qxf4+ 36. Kg1 Qxg4 {forcing a queen trade. I should be winning this endgame easily. White resigned.}
#21626 by Noname
15:27, May 22, 2019 by Noname
[Event "Computer"]
[Site " Chess.com"]
[Date "May 22, 2019"]
[White "Comp"]
[Black "user345434"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "user345434 wins by Checkmate"]
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Qh5 Qe7 7. b4 Bb6 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Qxe4 11. f3 d3+ 12. Kh1 Qe2 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Qe3+ Bxe3 15. Rf2 Qd1+ 16. Rf1 Qxf1# 0-1
#21627 by Noname
15:29, May 22, 2019 by Noname
[Event "Computer"] [Site " Chess.com"] [Date "May 7, 2019"] [White "user345434"] [Black "Comp"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] 1. d4 h6 2. Nf3 g5 3. g4 f6 4. c3 d5 5. e3 e6 6. h4 c6 7. Na3 Rh7 8. hxg5 Rg7 9. gxh6 Nxh6 10. Rxh6 Rf7 11. Nh4 Bxh6 12. Qb3 Bf8 *
#21628 by C
22:25, May 22, 2019 by C
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
#21629 by zqd
23:24, May 24, 2019 by zqd
[Site "https://chess.org/play/bd7ab008-d6f0-45a7-8dc6-348b144b2e6d"]
[Event "Chess"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[Round "1"]
[Date "2019.05.24"]
[TimeControl "15m +5s"]
[White "Cintron Maximina (guest)"]
[Black "Margert Lennie (guest)"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 e6 2. e3 c5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Qe2 a6 11. a3 Nc6 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Rfd1 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. d4 c4 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 b5 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. d5 Na5 20. Ne1 Nc4 21. a4 Qb4 22. Rb1 Bd6 23. Ba1 Qa5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Na3 26. Nxa3 Ba6 27. Nd3 Qxa3 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Ra1 Qc3 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Nf4 Bxf4 32. Qxf4 Be2 33. Rdc1 Rxa1 0-1
#21630 by Michael
03:25, May 25, 2019 by Michael
[Event "Composer: M.Pasman"] [Site ""] [Date "2019.05.18"] [Round ""] [White "White to Play"] [Black "Draw"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5k2/8/4p3/2P1P1p1/8/2r3P1/p5P1/4K2R w K - 0 1"] [PlyCount "30"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.05.18"]
1. O-O+ $1 Ke7 2. Ra1 Ra3 3. g4 $1 (3. Kh2 $2 g4 $1 $19) (3. c6 g4 $1 $19) (3. Kf2 Kd7 4. Ke1 Kc6 5. Kd1 g4 6. Kc1 Kxc5 7. Kb2 Rxg3 $19) 3... Kd7 4. Kh2 $1 Kc6 5. g3 $1 Ra8 $1 (5... Kxc5 6. Kh3 Kb4 7. Rxa2 Rxa2 {Stalemate}) 6. Kg2 (6. Kh3) {The only move in all the variation that white can choose if to play Kg2 or Kh3 - both with same continuation. All other moves in the main line are forced for white and the only moves leading to draw.} Kb5 7. c6 Kc4 8. c7 Kb3 {[#]} 9. Re1 $1 {Again - the only move } (9.Rd1 Rc8 $1 $19) (9. Rf1 Rc8 10. Rf3+ Kb4 11. Rf1 Rxc7 12. Ra1 Kb3 $19) Rc8 (9... Kb2 10. Re2+ Kb1 11. Re1+ Kc2 12. Re2+) 10. Re3+ Kb2 11. Re2+ Kb3 12. Re3+ Kb4 13. Re4+ Kb5 14. Re1 Rxc7 15. Ra1 Ra7 (15... Rc2+ 16. Kh3 Kb4 17. Rxa2) 16. Kh3 $1 Kc4 17. Rxa2 $1 {Just in time!} Rxa2 {[#]} {Stalemate} 1/2-1/2
#21631 by Roland Marquis
15:38, May 25, 2019 by Roland Marquis
[Event "SMM"]
[Site "SSB"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicolas, Küng"]
[Black "Roland, Marquis"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c5 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.e4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Bh6 Nxd4 15.Bxf8 Qxf8 16.Qxd4 Bc7 17.Rad1 Be5 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Qe2 Qc5 20.b4 Qe7 21.f4 Bc7 22.f5 e5 23.Bd5 h6 24.Rd4 Qh7 25.Rg4 h5 26.Rff4 d6 27.Rg6 1-0
#21632 by Moore-Strazzabasco
23:06, May 25, 2019 by Moore-Strazzabasco
1. e4 c5
2. Nc3 Nc6
3. d3 Nf6
4. Qe2 d6
5. Be3 Bg4
6. f3 Bh5
7. g4 Bg6
8. O-O-O e6
9. g5 Nd7
10. d4 cxd4
11. Bxd4 Nxd4
12. Rxd4 Qxg5+
13. Qd2 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 a6
15. Ne2 Be7
16. Rd3 Ne5
17. Re3 Nc4+
18. Kd3 Nxe3
19. Kxe3 O-O
20. Rg1 Rc8
21. Bh3 d5
22. Nxd5 Bc5+
23. Kd2 Rd8
24. Rg5 exd5
25. Rxd5 Rxd5+
26. exd5 Rd8
27. Nf4 Bd6
28. Ke3 Re8+
29. Kf2 Bxf4
30. Kg2 Bxc2
31. d6 Bxd6
#21633 by PyChess
18:10, May 26, 2019 by PyChess
[Event "Local Event"]
[Site "Local Site"]
[Date "2019.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paul"]
[Black "Guest"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[Termination "unterminated"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Anti-Borg (Desprez) Opening"]
1. h4 g5 2. hxg5 h6 3. Rh4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. f3 d4 6. a4 b5 7. a5 b4 *