#9916 by Mythrill
19:53, August 19, 2013 by Mythrill
[Event "New York blindfold"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Lichtenhein, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Mythrill"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1857.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 (2... d6 3. fxe5 Qh4+ 4. g3 Qxe4+ 5. Qe2 Qxh1 6. Qf2 Qc6 {
For how long have I not fallen for this trap?}) 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Be7 (4... Nf6
{(M) The book claims this is better.}) (4... Qxd5 {(M) Houdini's line.} 5. d4
Bd6 6. Nc3 Qe6+) 5. Bb5+ c6 (5... Bd7 6. Bc4) 6. dxc6 bxc6 (6... Nxc6 {(M) Why
not this? Black's pawn structure seems much better, and if white wants to
wreck it, he must concede the bishop pair.} 7. d4 {(M) Houdini's line.} (7.
Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. c3 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Qe7 {(M) Houdini's evaluation: Black
is better.}) 7... Bd7 $6 8. Bxf4 $1 (8. d5 Nb4)) 7. Bc4 Bh4+ 8. g3 fxg3 9. O-O
(9. Qe2+ Kf8 {(M) Best follow-up.} (9... Qe7 10. Nxh4 $1 {(M) Queens are
pinned.} g2 11. Nxg2) 10. O-O) (9. Bxf7+ $5 Kf8 10. Rf1 g2+ {(M) This wins for
black.}) 9... gxh2+ 10. Kh1 Bf6 {(M) Indeed Black's best move, and Black does
have a slight edge!} (10... Bg4 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 (11... Kxf7 $2 12. Ne5+ $1 Ke8
13. Qxg4 {(M) Black cannot castle, queens on the board, White's pieces are
active... White looks much, much better.} Qd5+ 14. Nf3 $1 Bf6 {(M) Black
doesn't seem to have a better move, but this FORCES White to develop!} 15. Nc3
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7) 12. d4 $5 (12. Bb3 Nf6)) (10... Bb7 11. Nxh4 (11. c3 g5 $5 (
11... c5 12. Qb3) 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. d4 c5 14. d5 Nc6 15. Bb5 Nge7 16. Nxh4 Nxd5
17. Bxg5) 11... Qxh4 12. Qe1+ Qxe1 13. Rxe1+) 11. Ne5 $4 {(M) Actually an
empty threat; what does White have after Bxe5 Bxf7+?} Nh6 $2 {(M) A natural
move, but one that allows White to fight back.} (11... Bxe5 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 $5 {
(M) Even better?!} (12... Kd7 13. d4 Bd6 $1 (13... Kc7 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {
(M) White does look better. What did I miss?})) 13. d3 Nf6 $1 14. Bb3 Qd4 15.
c3 Qg4 16. Qe1 Nbd7 17. Bd1 (17. d4 c5 (17... c5 18. dxe5 Bb7+ $3 {(M)
Surprise!} 19. Bd5 Bxd5+ 20. Rf3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxh2 Qg2#) 18. Qd1 Bb7+ 19. d5 Qxd1
20. Rxd1)) 12. d4 Bxe5 13. Qh5 Qxd4 {(M) Black's play so far is outstanding...
despite the complications.} (13... O-O {(M) Even here, White's attack does NOT
hold water!} 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Rxf7 Kh8 16. Nc3 Rxf7 17. Qxf7 Nxe5 18. Qf4) (
13... Bf6 $6 {(M) Black has much better (as in the main line.)} 14. Bxh6 O-O $3
15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Qh4 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxh4 Bxh4 19. Bb3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1
Nd7 21. Be3 Ba6 22. Rf7 Ne5 {(M) With even play.}) 14. Bxf7+ Nxf7 15. Qxf7+ Kd8
16. Bg5+ Bf6 17. Nc3 {(M) Critical position for black!} Bd7 $4 {(M) Losing the
game, but given the complications, who can blame poor Theodore Lichtenhein?} (
17... c5 $4 {(M) Trying to develop the bishop, but failing.} 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 $2
19. Rad1 {(M) White is winning.}) (17... Bxg5 $3 {(M) The best line, ALLOWING
Black's queen to be pinned!} 18. Rad1 Bd2 19. Rf2 Be6 $1 {(M) Deflection.} 20.
Rdxd2 (20. Qxe6 Qxf2) 20... Bxf7 $1 21. Rxd4+ Bd5+ 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rf7 Ke8
24. Rxg7 Nc6 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. c4 Rf8 27. Kxh2 {(M) Despite ALL this, black is
still better! How come?!}) 18. Rxf6 Kc7 (18... Kc8 {(M) Resisting a little
more...} 19. Qxg7) 19. Bf4+ Kb7 20. Rd6 {(M) Double attack: queen / bishop.}
Qc5 21. Ne4 Qxc2 22. Rxd7+ Nxd7 23. Qxd7+ Ka6 24. Nd6 Rhd8 25. Qb7+ {(M) All
is forced now.} Ka5 26. Bd2+ Qxd2 27. Nc4+ Ka4 28. b3# 1-0
#9915 by Bill Wall
17:27, August 19, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "LERA"]
[Site "Sunnyvale, CA "]
[Date "1986.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wall, Bill"]
[Black "Raymond, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Wall,Bill"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. d3 (3. e3) (3. e4) 3... d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. g3 (5. Nbd2) (
5. e4) 5... Nf6 $146 (5... f5) 6. Bg2 (6. a3) 6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 (8.
Nbd2) 8... Bf5 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nb5 Bc5 11. Kh2 $6 (11. c3 a6 12. cxd4 exd4 13.
Rc1) 11... Qe7 12. a4 (12. c3) 12... a6 13. Na3 Rad8 14. Nc4 Rfe8 15. e4 (15.
Nh4 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. e4) 15... dxe3 16. Nxe3 {16.fxe3} Bc8 17. Re1 {17.Nd2
} e4 18. Ng5 exd3 19. Bxf6 $2 (19. cxd3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3) 19... Qxf6 20. Qh5 Qg6 (
20... h6) 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Bd5 {22.cxd3} Rf8 {22...d2} 23. cxd3 Bxe3 24. Bxf7+
Rxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Rxe3 Be6 27. Rae1 {27.Rb1} Nd4 {27...Bxb3} 28. Rc1 c6
29. b4 Bd5 30. g4 {30.a5} Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Re1+ {32.a5} Kd7 33. Kg3 a5 34.
bxa5 Bb3 35. Rb1 {35.Re4} Kc7 36. Kf4 Bxa4 37. Kg5 {37.Rb4} Bc2 38. Rb4 c5 39.
Rc4 Ne6+ 40. Kh4 Bxd3 41. Rc3 c4 42. Kg3 {42.Ra3} Kc6 43. Kf3 {43.f4; 43.h4}
Kc5 44. Ra3 $2 (44. Ke3) 44... Kb4 45. a6 {45.Ra1} Kxa3 46. axb7 Nd4+ 0-1
#9914 by Ant
22:26, August 18, 2013 by Ant
1. e2e4 e7e5 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 3. d2d3 a7a5 4. Ng1f3 d7d6 5. Nf3g5 Bc8e6 6. Bc4xe6 f7xe6 7. Ng5xe6 Qd8d7 8. Ne6xf8 Rh8xf8 9. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 10. Bc1g5 Nc6d4 11. Bg5xf6 Rf8xf6 12. Nc3d5 Rf6f7 13. c2c3 Nd4e6 14. Qd1h5 O-O-O 15. Qh5xh7 Rd8f8 16. O-O g7g5 17. Qh7h3 Rf7h7 18. Qh3e3 Rf8h8 19. h2h3 g5g4 20. Nd5f6 g4xh3 21. Nf6xd7 h3xg2 22. Qe3a7 Rh7h1+ 23. Kg1xg2 Ne6f4+ 24. Kg2f3 Rh1h3+ 25. Kf3g4 Rh8g8+ 26. Kg4f5 Rh3h5+ 27. Kf5f6 Rg8g6+ 28. Kf6f7 Rh5h7+ 29. Kf7e8 Rg6e6+ 30. Ke8f8 Nf4g6+ 31. Kf8g8 Re6e7 32. Nd7b6+ c7xb6 33. Qa7a8+ Kc8c7 34. Qa8f8 Rh7h8# 0-1
#9913 by Noname
22:25, August 18, 2013 by Noname
1. e2e4 e7e5 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 3. d2d3 a7a5 4. Ng1f3 d7d6 5. Nf3g5 Bc8e6 6. Bc4xe6 f7xe6 7. Ng5xe6 Qd8d7 8. Ne6xf8 Rh8xf8 9. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 10. Bc1g5 Nc6d4 11. Bg5xf6 Rf8xf6 12. Nc3d5 Rf6f7 13. c2c3 Nd4e6 14. Qd1h5 O-O-O 15. Qh5xh7 Rd8f8 16. O-O g7g5 17. Qh7h3 Rf7h7 18. Qh3e3 Rf8h8 19. h2h3 g5g4 20. Nd5f6 g4xh3 21. Nf6xd7 h3xg2 22. Qe3a7 Rh7h1+ 23. Kg1xg2 Ne6f4+ 24. Kg2f3 Rh1h3+ 25. Kf3g4 Rh8g8+ 26. Kg4f5 Rh3h5+ 27. Kf5f6 Rg8g6+ 28. Kf6f7 Rh5h7+ 29. Kf7e8 Rg6e6+ 30. Ke8f8 Nf4g6+ 31. Kf8g8 Re6e7 32. Nd7b6+ c7xb6 33. Qa7a8+ Kc8c7 34. Qa8f8 Rh7h8# 0-1
#9912 by me
22:17, August 18, 2013 by me
[Site "Chess By Post"]
[Date "2013.7.18"]
[White "him"]
[Black "me"]
[FinishedDate "113.7.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e2e4 e7e5 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 3. d2d3 a7a5 4. Ng1f3 d7d6 5. Nf3g5 Bc8e6 6. Bc4xe6 f7xe6 7. Ng5xe6 Qd8d7 8. Ne6xf8 Rh8xf8 9. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 10. Bc1g5 Nc6d4 11. Bg5xf6 Rf8xf6 12. Nc3d5 Rf6f7 13. c2c3 Nd4e6 14. Qd1h5 O-O-O 15. Qh5xh7 Rd8f8 16. O-O g7g5 17. Qh7h3 Rf7h7 18. Qh3e3 Rf8h8 19. h2h3 g5g4 20. Nd5f6 g4xh3 21. Nf6xd7 h3xg2 22. Qe3a7 Rh7h1+ 23. Kg1xg2 Ne6f4+ 24. Kg2f3 Rh1h3+ 25. Kf3g4 Rh8g8+ 26. Kg4f5 Rh3h5+ 27. Kf5f6 Rg8g6+ 28. Kf6f7 Rh5h7+ 29. Kf7e8 Rg6e6+ 30. Ke8f8 Nf4g6+ 31. Kf8g8 Re6e7 32. Nd7b6+ c7xb6 33. Qa7a8+ Kc8c7 34. Qa8f8 Rh7h8# 0-1
#9911 by Bill Wall
23:02, August 17, 2013 by Bill Wall
[Event "LERA"]
[Site "Sunnyvale, CA"]
[Date "1986.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hampton, John"]
[Black "Wall, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[Annotator "Wall,Bill"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 c5 5. c3 {5.Nf3} Qc7 6. Be3 $146 (6. Nf3)
6... f5 $2 {6...Nf6} 7. f3 (7. exf5) 7... fxe4 (7... f4) 8. fxe4 Nf6 9. Nd2 Nc6
10. e5 Nd5 11. Qh5+ $2 (11. Bg5) 11... g6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 (13. Qxg6+
Kd8) 13... Nxe3 14. Ke2 $2 (14. Ngf3) 14... Nxg2 (14... cxd4) 15. Rf1 $2 (15.
Qf6) 15... O-O-O (15... Ba6+ $1) 16. Qh3 $2 (16. Rxf8) 16... cxd4 17. Qxg2 Nxe5
(17... dxc3 18. bxc3 Nd4+) 18. Ngf3 Ba6+ (18... dxc3) 19. Kd1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1
Nxf3 (20... dxc3) 21. Qxf3 $2 (21. Rxf3) 21... Qc6 (21... dxc3) 22. cxd4 (22.
Qxc6+) 22... Bg7 (22... Qa4+) 23. Nb3 (23. Rg1) 23... a5 24. Qd3 Rh8 25. Qxg6 (
25. h3) 25... Rxh2 0-1
#9910 by Rasmus
16:25, August 17, 2013 by Rasmus
[Event "Põlva summer tournament 2013"]
[Site "Põlva, Estonia"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komlev"]
[Black "Hansen, Rasmus"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qc7 6. O-O
a6 7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. Re1 d6 9. d4 Be7 10. d5 Qd7 11. dxe6
Qxe6 12. Ng5 Qg4 $2 {Too aggresive too early. Should just
have moved the queen back.} 13. f3 Qh5 14. e5 $1 {A very
strong move. With the king still in the center the bishop
cannot recapture on d6.} O-O 15. exf6 Bxf6 {I felt that
this line at least gave black some activity.} 16. Ne4 Be5
17. f4 $1 {Another strong pawn push by black.} Bg4 18. Qf2
d5 $4 {The knight can move to g3 with tempo, so black will
loose a second piece.} 19. Ng3 Qg6 20. Rxe5 Rfe8 21. Be3
Qd3 {Desperation time} 22. Qd2 Qc4 23. b3 Qb5 24. h3 Be6
25. f5 {No counterplay left and down two pieces - time to
resign} 1-0
#9909 by Rasmus
16:24, August 17, 2013 by Rasmus
[Event "Põlva summer tournament"]
[Site "Põlva"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Rasmus"]
[Black "Siidirätsep, Endel"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d6 4. Bd3 {Opted to avoid any book
confrontations with a really strong Sicilian player.
According to Houdini white is stil +0.25.} Nc6 5. Bc2 Nf6
6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. Be3 {Should have remembered
knights before bishops - Nc3 was better.} Qc7 9. Nc3 a6
10. h3 b5 11. a3 {Two passive moves by white, but at least
the limit blacks mobility. Castles would have been more
ambitius.} Bb7 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 {This was very pleasent
for white. Blacks bishops have no squares and the d5 pawn
is not easy to get rid of.} Ne5 14. Bb3 $2 {Easily
countered by Nc4.} Nc4 15. Qe2 {Had no clue what to do and
thought for 10 minutes. Didn't do any good...} Nxe3
16. Qxe3 O-O 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Nd4 Bf8 20. Qd3
Re5 21. Nde2 {Trying to reloacte the knight, but it has
trouble finding a good spot.} Rae8 22. Nf4 g5 23. Qg3 Qf5
24. Nd3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rce1 {Wanted to clean up the
file, but the price ended up being a pawn.} Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Bxd5 29. Bc2 Qe5 30. Qxe5 dxe5 31. Nf3 f6
{Black is up a pawn, but it is very hard to convert.}
32. b4 h6 33. Nd2 Kf7 34. g4 Ke8 35. Ne4 {If white can
convert to an opposite color bishop ending it should be a
draw.} Be7 36. Kf1 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kc6 38. Kd2 Kb6 39. Kc3 a5
40. f3 Bc4 41. Nf2 {White has to watch out for the f and h
pawns} axb4+ 42. axb4 Bd5 43. Ne4 Be6 44. Bd3 {White is
just waiting for black here.} f5 45. Ng3 f4 46. Nf5 Bf8
47. Be4 Bc4 48. Bd3 Bd5 49. Be4 Bxe4 50. fxe4 Kc6 51. Kb3
Kd7 52. Kc3 Ke6 53. Kb3 Kf6 54. Kc3 Kg6 55. Kb3 {White
manages to keep up the blockade and gets a draw.} 1/2-1/2
#9908 by Rasmus
16:23, August 17, 2013 by Rasmus
[Event "Põlva summer tournament 2013"]
[Site "Põlva"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popman, Genadi"]
[Black "Hansen, Rasmus"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 {So far so good -
white is slightly better but black is solid} 5. d4 cxd4
6. Nxd4 e5 $2 {Allows the white knight to find a solid
square at d6, better is simply Nc6 developing the knight}
7. Ndb5 O-O 8. Nd6 Nc6 9. Be3 b6 {Trying to provoke the
exchange of the knight} 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Qd5+ Kh8
13. h3 Nh6 $2 $142 {Black would win a pawn with Nxf2. }
14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxf7 {White wins the
exchange but the attack is gone. Is the queen trapped?
Unfortunatly no.} Nd4 17. Bd3 {Not falling for the
easy-to-spot fork} Ne6 $2 {The queen trapping idea is still
not working} 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. Qxf6+ Qxf6 20. Nxf6 Bb4+
{Eliminating castling rights} 21. Kf1 Nf4 22. Rd1 d6
23. Nd5 Nxd3 {I might be down the exchange and a pawn, but
at least I have the bishop pair.} 24. Rxd3 Bc5 25. b4 Bd4
26. a4 a5 27. b5 Be6 {Nc7 will not work due to Bxc4 and the
pin on the rook} 28. Rf3 $2 {Hangs the c pawn and allows
back rank threads} Rc8 29. g4 Rxc4 30. Rf6 Bxd5 31. exd5
Bc5 {Creates a nice blokade from the a to e file} 32. Kg2
Rxa4 33. g5 Rb4 {Not the best position for the rook, since
it will block the bishop protecting the a pawn later on.
Rd4 would have given black a slight edge} 34. h4 a4 35. Rh3
Rc4 36. Rhf3 {Watch out for the mate threads} Rf4 37. Rf8+
Rxf8 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 a3 40. Ra7+ Kg8 41. Kf3 Kh8 {My
plan at this point is to just wait while protecting the h7
pawn} 42. Ke2 Kg8 43. f3 Kh8 44. Kf1 Kg8 45. Kg2 Kh8
46. Kg3 Kg8 47. Kg4 Kh8 48. h5 Kg8 49. h6 {Have to watch
out for Ra8#} Bb4 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra8+ {White
misses Rg7+ according to Houdini, but I am not sure if it
will lead to anything.} 1/2-1/2
#9907 by Kevin Gaynor (BenkoKev)
11:43, August 17, 2013 by Kevin Gaynor (BenkoKev)
[Site "Chess By Post"]
[Date "2013.8.12"]
[White "sseppa"]
[Black "benkokev"]
[FinishedDate "2013.8.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e2e4 c7c5 2. Qd1h5 Ng8f6 3. Qh5xc5 Nf6xe4 4. Qc5f5 d7d5 5. Qf5h5 Ne4f6 6. Qh5e5 Nb8c6 7. Qe5c3 e7e5 8. Bf1b5 Bf8d6 9. Ng1f3 O-O 10. Bb5d3 e5e4 11. Nf3g5 e4xd3 12. Qc3xd3 Rf8e8+ 13. Ke1f1 g7g6 14. c2c4 Bc8f5 15. Qd3b3 Nc6a5 16. Qb3c3 Na5xc4 17. d2d4 Ra8c8 18. b2b3 Nc4b6 19. Qc3a5 Rc8xc1+ 20. Qa5e1 Rc1xe1# 0-1