[White "ParkerPyne"] [Black "Rdyrvik"] [Date "2014.07.05"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. h3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nb3 Bc8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qd7 15. Kh2 c5 16. d5 Nfxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. Nbd2 c4 21. Qe3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bxd5

[White "ParkerPyne"] [Black "Rdyrvik"] [Date "2014.07.05"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. h3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nb3 Bc8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qd7 15. Kh2 c5 16. d5 Nfxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. Nbd2 c4 21. Qe3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bxd5

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ {Bogo-Indian Defense, a very solid alternative to the Queen's Indian.} 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 (5. g3 {gives White a better chance for an advantage.}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. e3 d6 8. e4? {White offends the chess goddess Caisa by using two moves to get his king's pawn from e2 to e4!} (8. Be2) 8... e5 9. d5 a5 10. h3 a4 11. g4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Qc2 (13. Bc2) 13... Bd7 14. Nf1 b5! {A very effective break that utilizes the rock-solid Nc5 to create a strong initiative for Black on the queenside.} 15. Ne3 (15. cxb5 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Rfb8) 15... bxc4 16. Nxc4 (SEE DIAGRAM) 16... Nxd5!! {Winning a key central pawn.} 17. exd5 e4 18. Bxe4 f5! {Rather than settle for a material advantage, Black breaks open the kingside with dramatic effect.} 19. O-O-O fxe4 20. Ne1 Bb5 21. Rh2 Qf6 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Rd2 (SEE DIAGRAM) 23... Qf4 {The double threat of BxN and QxR forces...} 24. f3 exf3 25. Na5 Rbe8 26. Qd1 Be2 27. Rhxe2 fxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 {Black has played a magnificent game so far, but he now misses a chance to end it with Qf1!!} 29. Qxe2 Qe4+ (29... Qf2) 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Nc2 Rf1+ 32. Ka2 Nf2 33. b3! {White now starts to stage a comeback by creating a very dangerous passed a-pawn.} 33... axb3+ (33... Nxh3) 34. Nxb3 Ne4 (34... Nxh3 35. a4) 35. Kb2 Nc5 (35... Nf6 36. Nb4 Rh1 37. a4 Rh2+ 38. Ka3 Rxh3 39. a5 Nxg4 40. a6 Re3 41. a7 Re8 42. Nc6 Ra8 43. Nbd4 Ne3) 36. Nxc5 dxc5 37. a4 Rf6 38. Kb3 Ra6 39. Na3 Rb6+ 40. Kc3 (40. Kc4 Rb4+ 41. Kxc5 Rxa4 42. Nb5) 40... Rb4 41. a5 Kf7 42. Nc4 Ke7 (SEE DIAGRAM. With no defense to the long-range threat of Kd8-c8-b7-a6-b5!, White throws in the towel.} 43. d6+ (43. h4 Kd8 44. h5 h6 45. Ne3 Kc8 46. Nc4 Kb7 47. Ne3 Ka6 48. Nc4 Kb5) 43... cxd6 44. Ne3 Kd7 45. Nd5 Rb5 46. Nb6+ (46. a6 Ra5) 46... Kc6 47. Nc8 Rxa5 48. Ne7+ Kd7 49. Nd5 Ra3+ 50. Kc4 Rxh3 51. Nb6+ Kc6 52. Nd5 h5 53. Nf4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "World Open"] [Date "2014.7.4"] [Round "5"] [White "Alex Jiang"] [Black "Michael Giordano"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f3 a6 10. Bb3 d6 11. Qd2 Na5 12. O-O-O Nxb3+ 13. Nxb3 O-O 14. g4 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. g5 b5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxc5 Bb7 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Bd6 Ba5 23. Re3 Rc4 24. Be5 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 Bxe4 27. Bb4 f6 28. a4 Kf7 29. h4 Bd5 30. a5 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Kd2 e4 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Kd4 Ba8 35. Kc5 h6 36. Kb6 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kf5 38. Bd2 Kg4 39. Kxa6 Kf3 40. Kxb5 e3 41. Bb4 g6 42. c4 Kf2 43. c5 e2 44. c6 e1=Q 45. Bxe1+ Kxe1 46. Kb6 Ke2 47. c7 Be4 48. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "World Open"] [Date "2014.7.4"] [Round "4"] [White "Isaac Daniel Partee"] [Black "Alex Jiang"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Qd2 f5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Qd2 Ncd4 16. g4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Be2 O-O 19. g5 b5 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. O-O-O Bf5 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 bxc4 24. Qh3 h5 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qxd4 Rxf6 28. Re1 Rc7 29. Re6 Rcf7 30. gxf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxc4 Rxe6 32. Qxe6 Qg5+ 33. Kc2 Qc5+ 34. Kb3 Qb5+ 35. Kc3 Qc5+ 36. Kb3 Qb5+ 37. Kc3 Qc5+ 38. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.07.04"] [White "Kingjoshua7147"] [Black "dnep7777"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1176"] [BlackElo "1241"] [TimeControl "15|10"] [Termination "Kingjoshua7147 won by checkmate"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 f6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 h6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Nd7 7.Nb5 Bd6 8.Bxd6 cxd6 9.Nxd6+ Ke7 10.Nxf5+ exf5 11.Nh4 Nf8 12.Nxf5+ Kf7 13.c4 Ke6 14.Nxg7+ Kf7 15.Nh5 Ne7 16.Qb3 Kg6 17.Nf4+ Kg7 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rb8 20.O-O b6 21.e4 Ng6 22.e5 fxe5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Qc3 Re8 25.f4 Kh7 26.fxe5 Rc8 27.Rf7+ Kg6 28.Qd3+ Kh5 29.Qf5+ Qg5 30.Bf3# 1-0

[Event "Tuesday Night Marathon"] [Site "Mechanics Institute"] [Date "2014.7.4"] [Round "4"] [White "Nagle"] [Black "Robert Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteELO "1402"] [BlackELO "1340"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {I knew from looking at my opponent's past games that he plays the Petroff. I saw he lost a game to an expert against a particular line, so I decided to play that one.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {While the other Petroff lines focused on having a pawn at d4, which seemed nice for center control, the plan here seemed so clear to me -- make use of the two open files in the middle! I liked that I could understand where this line was going and that helped me pick it. The line prep stops roughly here.} 6... Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 Qf6 {This queen move felt maybe premature to me. I'm not sure, but it definitely got me looking for combination / attacking ideas, because it seemed premature.} 9. Bg5 {Maybe too aggressive. Perhaps this wastes my advantage, moving this piece twice, and I should've just castled. But I was really trying to figure out why felt ...Qf6 felt off to me.} 9... Qe6 {Lining up the queen and king begins a first tactical impulse to get a rook on that file...} 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 {I could've just played Re1 straightaway here! It takes me another move to realize it. } 11... g5 12. Re1 O-O-O {A friend of mine pointed out I had Nxg5! here, which I totally didn't look at over the board. Complicated line but it looks like White can win the exchange and a pawn here (Nxg5 ...Bxe2, NxQ, BxQ, NxR, Bf3, NxN, BxN.) Anyhow, that didn't cross my mind OTB. I think it takes me a little bit to realize that the light squares tactical theme of the king and queen being on the same diagonal. } 13. Bd3 Bxf3 {I feel like this just helps me with my development / putting rooks on the d and e files plan, and helps get my queen to a square that's tactically important now (since after ...O-O-O, the light squared bishops wants to go to f5.) I think this was not the move he wanted here.} 14. Qxf3 Qd7 {That's trouble for Black. Now it's just a matter of getting to Bf5.} 15. Bxg5 {!} 15... hxg5 16. Bf5 Bh6 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 {And it's straightforward from here...} 18. Qf6 Rh7 19. Re8+ Nd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qf5+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "SocialChess"] [Site "Internet"] [Date "2014.07.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Patrick123 (1417)"] [Black "alex5555 (1410)"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 Nh5 11. g4 Bxg5+ 12. Nxg5 Nf4 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 Ng2 15. g5 h5 16. Ne2 Nxh4 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. Rdg1 Re8 19. Nhf4 d5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nf4 Be6 22. Nxh5 Qe7 23. e5 Bxa2 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. gxf6 Qxe5 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg7# 1-0

[White "benjacek"] [Black "GuestLVGR"] [Date "2014.07.04"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 dxe5 9. Rd1 Qf6 10. Qc3 Bd6 11. Qxc6 Ke7 12. Qxa8 g6 13. Qd5 Nh6 14. Rd3 Ng4 15. Rf3 Qe6 16. Bg5 Kd7 17. Rxf7

[White "benjacek"] [Black "GuestLVGR"] [Date "2014.07.04"] [Site "fics.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 dxe5 9. Rd1 Qf6 10. Qc3 Bd6 11. Qxc6 Ke7 12. Qxa8 g6 13. Qd5 Nh6 14. Rd3 Ng4 15. Rf3 Qe6 16. Bg5 Kd7 17. Rxf7