#10285 by Noname
14:19, October 12, 2013 by Noname
[Event "Magnus Carlsen / Arctic Securities Simul - 20 Games"]
[Site "Aquavit, NYC"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Jason Lustig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "21:56:17"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra, 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 Be7"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[WhiteType "human"]
[BlackType "human"]
{The goal was to play a tight, passive game... and try and last as long as
possible} 1. e4 {He opened with e4, which I had hoped for. Most comfortable
playing the Sicilian Defense} c5 2. d4 {He plays d4 right away rather than
the more traditional Nf3... This is called the Smith Morra gambit} cxd4 3.
c3 dxc3 {Basically, in the Smith Morra Gambit, he offers me the c3 pawn,
but in exchange for rapid development of his knight with Nc3.} 4. Nxc3 Nc6
5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 {Up through move 9, I have
actually played (guessed, mostly) a theoretically sound game. I castled too
early, leaving my center vulnerable} O-O (9. .. Bd7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 Bg4)
10. e5 {He plays e5, and I immediately feel sick to my stomach. I think
I've made a mistake. It turns out if I didn't panic I'd have been fine. I
play Ne8, which I believe is the best response.} Ne8 11. exd6 {Made a
game-ruining mistake here by not taking with the Bishop. By taking with the
Knight, he starts a combination of moves that ends up with him up a piece
after move 16. Basically, he overloads the d6 square, which I can't move
because his rook on d1 is pinning it to my Queen. Eventually, that piece
falls and the game is lost. Unfortunately, I saw this coming but had no
idea what to do about it. I ran out of time for this move and thought
taking with the Knight would be better... nope} Nxd6 (11. .. Bxd6 12. Bg5
Qa5 13. Nb5 Be7) 12. Bf4 {If 11... Nxd6 was bad, 12... f6 was the worst
move ever. Again, feeling pressure, I panicked. I actually wrote down Na5
on the my scoresheet right after, and think that was the best reply.} f6
(12. .. Na5 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Nb5 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qe7 {But even though it
may have been the best move, I'm still losing after having my Bishop pinned
to my Queen}) 13. Bxe6+ Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 {He
completes the combination; I'm down a full piece and have no compensation.}
Qb6 17. Qb3 Qc5 (17. .. Qxb3 18. axb3 Kg8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rae8 21. g3
a6) 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Qb5 {I'm already as good as lost but he forces a queen
exchange making it vastly easier on his part.} Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Nc4 {Thought I
made an okay move here, forking his Rook and Pawn. He can't defend by
moving Rd2... So I thought I was set.} 21. R6d4 {I was wrong. Now, if I
take Nb2, he can trap my knight.} Rfc8 {Move to defend.} (21. .. Nxb2 22.
Rb1 {Knight trapped}) 22. Nc7 {Clever move for him. If I take his knight,
Rxc7, he will mate me with in 2 with Rd8, Rxd8, Rxd8#} Nxb2 {He is
attacking my Rook and my Knight. I can't defend both. So I take the pawn,
he will then move to attack it, I will move my rook to safety, he will take
my Knight and then I will take his.} (22. .. Rxc7 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8#)
23. R1d2 Rab8 24. g3 b5 (24. .. Kg8 25. Ne6 Nc4 26. Rc2 Nb6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8
28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxd8 Nd5 30. Nxb7) 25. Rxb2 Rxc7 26. Rxb5 {If Rxc5, Rd8#,
mate.} Rbc8 (26. .. Rxb5 27. Rd8#) 27. h4 h6 28. h5 Kh7 29. Nh4 Rc5 {By
now, the game is lost and I'm trying to relieve pressure by trading pieces
so I can last longer. Not the best strategy. I also think I can pick off an
extra pawn in a few moves.} 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. g4 Rg5 32. Nf5 {This was an
awesome move, allowing him to trap my rook. If I tried hard enough, I'd be
able to free it, but only at the expense of trading a few pawns. At this
point, most games had ended and it was just time for me to be done. I
resigned.} (32. Nf5 g6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Kg2 h5 35. f3 Kf7 36. Kg3 hxg4
37. fxg4 Ke8) 1-0
#10284 by Antonio Rodriguez
10:47, October 12, 2013 by Antonio Rodriguez
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[Event "22nd Chess.com Quick Knockouts (1401-1600) - Round 1"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2013.10.01"]
[White "gmmalikhaseeb"]
[Black "Loklan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1507"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[TimeControl "1 in 1 day"]
[Termination "Loklan won by resignation"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f6 4.h3 Qe7 5.d4 Be6 6.d5 Bd7 7.Nc3 f5 8.Nd2 f4 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nf3 h6
11.Nh4 Qf7 12.Bd2 g5 13.Nf3 Bg7 14.a4 c6 15.Bc1 a6 16.dxc6 Qxc4 17.cxd7+ Nbxd7 18.Qxd6 Nxe4 19.Qg6+ Kf8 20.Qxe4 Qxe4
21.Nxe4 Ke7 22.b3 Ke6 23.Re1 Rac8 24.Ra2 Kf5 25.Ned2 g4 26.hxg4+ Kxg4 27.Nh2+ Kf5 28.Ne4 Rc6 29.f3 h5 30.Ba3 h4
31.Rd1 Nf6 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.Nxd6+ Ke6 34.Nxb7 h3 35.Nc5+ Kf5 36.Nxa6 Nd5 37.Ra1 Ne3 38.g4+ fxg3 39.Ng4 h2+ 40.Nxh2 Rxh2
41.Bc5 Kf4 42.Bxe3+ Kxe3 43.c3 Kxf3 44.Rf1+ Rf2 45.Rxf2+ gxf2+ 46.Kf1 e4 47.Nc5 e3 0-1
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#10283 by Heinrich
06:54, October 12, 2013 by Heinrich
[Event "Amsterdam 1972"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Padewski"]
[Black "Uhlmann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.08"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Ne8 11. Nc1 f5 12. Nb3 Nef6 13. Be2 a6 14. O-O b5 15. a3
Bb7 16. g4 Rc8 17. h3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Rxc3 $1 {Ein sehr berechtigtes
Qualitätsopfer. Schwarz erhält in Folge als Kompensation zwei Zentrumsbauern
und das bessere Figurenspiel} 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $1 {
Die Pointe dieses Zuges zeigt sich in der Nebenvariante des nächsten Zuges} 21.
Qd3 (21. Qc7 $2 Bh6 $3 22. Ba7 Qf4 {mit entscheidendem Vorteil}) 21... Ng3 22.
Bg5 (22. Rd1 e4 $1 23. Qd2 Ne5 $1 {mit klarem Vorteil}) 22... Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2
Bxd5 {nun sind es schon zwei Zentrumsbauern als Kompensation} 24. Nd2 Nc5 {
und auch die schwarzen Figuren kommen nun richtig gut ins Spiel} 25. Rf1 Qe8
26. b4 Ne6 27. Be3 Bb7 $1 {jetzt droht Dc6 und der Vormarsch der Zentrumsbauern
} 28. Rc1 d5 $1 {Das Vorrücken der Zentrumsbauern entscheidet den Tag!} 29. Nb3
d4 30. Bxd4 {Schon Verzweiflung!?} (30. Bd2 e4 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 e3 $1 {
mit der verheerenden Drohung De4}) 30... exd4 31. Nc5 Bh6 $1 {Hier verzichtete
Weiß darauf, sich die Folgen von Td1 Sxc5, bxc5 Dc6 zeigen zu lassen} 0-1
#10282 by Bill Wall
05:11, October 12, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "Ohio Chess Congress"]
[Site "Columbus, OH"]
[Date "1981.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dardinger, Dave"]
[Black "Wall, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[Annotator "Wall,Bill"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 {4.Nc3} O-O 5. Bd3 d5 $146 (5... d6) 6. b3
c5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O {8.Nc3} Nh5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. dxc6 {10.e4} dxe3 11. cxb7
Bxb7 12. Nbc3 $2 (12. Bxe3) 12... Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Bxc3 14. Rc1 exf2+ (14... Bd2)
15. Kxf2 Qd4+ 16. Kg3 Qe3+ 17. Kg4 Bc8+ 0-1
#10281 by Noname
02:55, October 12, 2013 by Noname
[White "Jaryd"]
[Black "Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Qa5+ 4. c3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nd7 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nb3 Qd8
8. O-O Nc5 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qf6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Bxc5+ Ke6 13. Qd5# 1-0
#10280 by Bill Wall
23:53, October 11, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "Ohio Chess Congress"]
[Site "Columbus, OH"]
[Date "1981.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wall, Bill"]
[Black "Nearon, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[Annotator "Wall,Bill"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 {6...Bc5} 7. O-O
d6 8. c3 {8.Nc3} O-O 9. d3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Nbd2 $146 (11. Bc2) 11... Nxb3
12. Nxb3 (12. axb3) 12... c5 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ng3 (15. Bg5) 15...
g6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Qd2 (17. h3) 17... d5 18. Qc2 (18. h4) 18... Qb6 19. Re1 (
19. b3) 19... dxe4 20. dxe4 Rad8 21. h4 (21. c4) 21... h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. h5
g5 24. Rad1 1/2-1/2
#10279 by Noname
22:48, October 11, 2013 by Noname
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. b3 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
Re8 9. Nbd2 e4 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 e3 12. fxe3 Rxe3 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bc7 15. Qd4 Be5 16. Qxe3 Bxb2 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nd6 Nf8 19. Rxf7 Qd8 20. Qe7 Be6
21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qxe6+ 1-0
#10278 by gfggg
21:44, October 11, 2013 by gfggg
1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. h3 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. Qg4+ Kd5 9. c4+ dxc3 10. Be3 e5 11. Rd1+ Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qf5+ Kc6 14. Qxe4+ d5 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. Rc1 Bb4 17. Nf3 Re8+ 18. Ne5+ Rxe5+ 19. Qxe5 Kb6 20. O-O cxb2 21. Qxb2 Qxa3 22. Qd4+ Ka6 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Qxd5 Qc5 25. Qd3+ b5 26. Rfc1 Qf5 27. Rc6+ Ka5 28. Qd8+ Ka4 29. Qd1+ Ka5 30. a4 Bd7 31. Rxb5+ Qxb5 32. axb5 Bxc6 33. bxc6 1-0
#10277 by adsai
20:56, October 11, 2013 by adsai
1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. h3 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. Qg4+ Kd5 9. c4+ dxc3 10. Be3 Ne511. O-O-O+ Nd2 12. Qe2 d6 13. Bxd2 cxd2+ 14. Rxd2+ Kc6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Rc2+ Nc5 17. b4 e6 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Ne5+ Kc7 21. Qe3 a6 22. Rd1 Kb8 23. Nac4 Ka7 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Qxc5+ Ka8 26. Nec4 Qxf4+ 27. Kb1 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 1-0
#10276 by dddd
20:52, October 11, 2013 by dddd
1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. h3 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. Qg4+ Kd5 9. c4+ dxc3 10. Be3 Ne5 11. O-O-O+ Nd2 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bxd2 cxd2+ 14. Rxd2+ Ke6 15. f4 Kf6 16. fxe5+ Qxe5 17. Qf2+ Kg6 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Nb5 Qf4 20. g3 Qc4+ 21. Rc2 Qxb5 22. Nh4+ Kh6 23. Rc5 Qxc5+ 24. Qxc5 e6 25. Qe3+ g5 26. Rf1 Bg7 27. Nf5+ Kg6 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 1-0