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Over the board - Talking online chess[pgn]1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nb8c6 3. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 4. cxd5 Nf6xd5 5. e4 Nd5b6 6. Bc1e3 e6
7. Ng1f3 Bf8e7 8. Bf1b5 Bc8d7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. Nc3xd5 Be7d6
12. Ra1c1 Nb6xd5 13. exd5 Nc6e5 14. Bb5e2 Qd8f6 15. Qd1b3 Bd7g4 16. Nf3d4 Qf6h4
17. Be3f4 Bg4xe2 18. Nd4xe2 Qh4g4 19. f3 Qg4g6 20. Rf1d1 b6 21. Ne2g3 Rf8e8
22. Kg1h1 Qg6f6 23. Bf4e3 Ne5d7 24. Ng3e4 Qf6e5 25. Ne4xd6 Qe5xd6
26. Be3f2 Nd7c5 27. Qb3c4 Re8e7 28. Bf2g3 Qd6d7 29. b4 Nc5a4 30. Qc4xc7 Qd7e8
31. Qc7c6 b5 32. d6 Re7d7 33. Qc6xb5 Na4b6 34. Rd1e1 Qe8d8 35. Rc1c7 Ra8c8
36. Rc7xd7 Nb6xd7 37. h3 Nd7f6 38. a3 h6 39. Qb5b7 Nf6d7 40. Re1e7 1-0[/pgn]
I think it all started going wrong as early as move 2 for me, Nc6. Any other boners?Just a quick straw poll for everyone cast their ballet in:
Which do you enjoy more; tournament or match play.
As for this little black duck; I prefer match play. There is nothing like two great players in heated debate.
Feel free to cast your ballet.Hi all
From GMT 14:15 this webcam link will have board 4 on it:
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The games are shown in 2d in real time on:
http://www.britishchess2010.com/live_games.htm
Best wishes
Tryfon[fen]r1bqkb1r/5ppp/p1np1B2/1p2p3/4P3/N1N5/PPP2PPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 9[/fen]
In this well known position I read 9.... Qxf6 is a mistake on account of:
10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Bxb5!
[fen]r1bqkb1r/5ppp/p1np4/1B1Np3/4P3/N7/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 11[/fen]
Now I very much like a piece for pawns sac but here I'm not seeing it.
Is 11.Bxb5 really considered the best move?
toet.Being new to this, I wanted to asked what constitutes "Fair Play" or "Unfair Play". Obviously, having Fritz play all your moves is cheating. However, I had a couple things I thought about doing, but wasn't sure if it was within the spirit of RHP. I looked in the FAQ's but I didn't see anything.
1.) Using MCO to help you with an opening or some other opening book/software.
2.) Looking at the mentor lines in Chessmaster to see where you stand without looking at the upcoming moves. Just seeing if the position is still close or winning/losing.
3.) Playing out the upcoming moves against a computer to see what happens.
I think 1 and 2 are okay, but 3 is not. I'd like to hear feedback on this or if you could direct me to the answer. Thanks.Before I get to the game, here is my inspiration for 2.c4 vs the Caro-Kann.
[pgn][Event "Manila"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 g6
7.Qb3 Nb6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Ne5 e6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.d4 Bxb5 12.Qxb5+
N8d7 13.Bh6 a6 14.Qe2 Bb4+ 15.Kf1 Nd5 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Ng5+ Ke8
18.Qxe6+ Qe7 19.Qxd5 Kd8 20.Ne6+ Kc8 21.Rc1+ Bc5 22.Bg5 Qf7
23.Qd6 Nb8 24.Rxc5+ Nc6 25.Be7 1-0 [/pgn]
And to a lesser extent this ...
[pgn][Event "III Chess Masters Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Nf3
a6 7. d4 Nb6 8. Ne5 Nbxd5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 1-0 [/pgn]
.......
Back to my game ...
It's only unrated, but it gets pretty wild toward the end.
[pgn][Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "ommane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 a6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Qb3 Bg7
8.d4 O-O 9.a4 e6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Qxb7 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Qxb6 Nxb6
14.Bd6 Rfe8 15.Ne5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Kd2 Bb3 18.Ra3 Be6 19.b4 Nd5
20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.f3 Rac8 22.Rc3 Bh6+ 23.Kc2 f6 24.Ng4 Re2+ 25.Kd1 Rd2+
26.Ke1 Re8+ 27.Be5 Bf4 28.Nxf6+ Kf7 29.Rc7+ Re7 30.Rxe7+ Kxe7 31.Nxd5+ Kd7 32.Nxf4 Ra2 33.Rf1
{ommane resigns} 1-0 [/pgn]
On move 24, my c3 rook looks in desperate trouble. Fortunately for me, my position has quite a few resources.
27.Be5! is the true lifesaver.
Towards the end, we were both in desperate time trouble (under a minute each).
This was quite an exciting game for me though.
I hope you enjoyed it.Why isn't it allowed?There are in my opinion a couple of oddities with the rules that make no sense:
1) A piece pinned to the king cannot move. Surely if it is protecting a piece checking the enemy king, it would still not be able to move if the enemy king captures the checking piece - how about said situation resulting in a draw due to the ensuing mutal check?
2) If it took 99 half-moves to checkmate somebody, surely they'd move away, triggering a draw by the 50 move rule (the present board situation always taking preference to future moves).Honest!
[pgn]1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 d3 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. Qf3 Qc8 6. Bxd3 Bxd3 7. Qxf7 Kd8 8. Qxf8[/pgn]I was wondering what was happening after white speeds up things, and play Bxf7 Kxf7 Nxe5+
[fen][r1bq1bnr/pppp1kpp/8/4N3/3nP3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQ][/fen]
the spontaneous way for me would be Ke8 followed by Qh5+ g6 Nxb6
[fen]r1bqkbnr/pppp3p/6N1/7Q/3nP3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K2R w KQkq][/fen]
and white doesn't look bad, does he?
But I am very ignorant on e4 matters, so if someone could enlighten me...I just finished a game where I was well ahead and just playing it out with no complications. Until I set myself up for a knight fork which would win my Rook and he would win the game. My opponent didn't see it and I went on to win. When this happens I feel like the game is filth and it should just be cancelled or something. Of course my games are full of blunders and missed tactics but I don't see those. I don't think I am explaining this right but but maybe someone else can. :SWould the modern greats have an edge over the old masters? Could a guy like Svidler crush Morphy?At several points in his life; Bobby Fischer was asked who are the best 10 chess players. I now pose that question to members of RHP. If I may opine first; my list isn't in any type of order just 10 players who I think are great.
Karpov
Kasparov
Fischer
Petrosian
Korchnoi
Tal
Kramnik
Aronian
Anand
Carlson
You may now opine my dear chess friends.White to move and win. Published in Glarean. Enjoy!
[fen]5B1q/3N3p/p3p2p/7k/B7/5PP1/K6P/8 w[/fen]I had been playing this game for a while, i'd already lost the first encounter (it's a duel tournament). Didn't fancy my chances against the rest of the competition, and with the thought of cutting down some games in my head i thought i'd offer a draw. Move 40. My opponent declined.
Then a distant thought flashed across my mind, i remembered a wise old sage proclaiming - 'Check all checks!!!'
7 moves later i'd won.
[pgn][Event "October 2007 Banded Duel I 1600-1750"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.02.22"]
[EndDate "2010.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Proper Knob"]
[Black "cfv78"]
[WhiteRating "1747"]
[BlackRating "1665"]
[WhiteELO "1747"]
[BlackELO "1665"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7198023"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nb1c3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. e3 Ng8f6 5. g3 Bf8e7 6. Bf1g2 c6
7. Ng1e2 O-O 8. O-O Bc8g4 9. Qd1c2 Bg4xe2 10. Nc3xe2 Nb8d7 11. b3 Ra8c8
12. Bc1b2 Rf8e8 13. Qc2c3 Be7f8 14. Bg2h3 c5 15. Ne2f4 Rc8c7 16. Bh3g2 Nf6e4
17. Qc3c2 Nd7f6 18. d3 Ne4g5 19. Ra1c1 Rc7d7 20. Bb2xf6 gxf6 21. Nf4h5 b6
22. Qc2c3 d4 23. exd4 Rd7xd4 24. Rc1d1 Ng5e6 25. Bg2c6 Re8e7 26. Nh5xf6 Kg8h8
27. Bc6e4 Ne6g5 28. f3 Re7e6 29. Nf6g4 Bf8g7 30. Qc3d2 Re6d6 31. Qd2g2 Ng5xe4
32. fxe4 Rd4xd3 33. Rd1xd3 Rd6xd3 34. Rf1xf7 Bg7d4 35. Kg1h1 Qd8g5
36. Qg2e2 Rd3xg3 37. hxg3 Qg5h5 38. Kh1g2 Qh5xf7 39. e5 Qf7e6 40. Qe2e4 h5
41. Ng4f6 Qe6e7 42. Qe4a8 Kh8g7 43. Qa8g8 Kg7h6 44. Qg8h8 Kh6g6 45. Qh8xh5 Kg6g7
46. Qh5h7 Kg7f8 47. Qh7g8 1-0[/pgn]Been messing about with my hand made 1400 DB again.
(let me know when you are bored).
The brilliantly name Zorro the Fox [uid]193938[/uid] is
a in spot trouble. (nice trouble).
I searched to see how often a K,B & N v K ending...
[fen]8/3k4/8/8/8/2NKB3/8/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
....has popped up and if it has ever been screwed up.
Over 120 times a player has managed to find
the mating sequence. Good
Over 50 players left with B & N v a Bare King have not. :(
You chase the King to the corner square that is controlled by your Bishop.
So if you have a black sqaured Bishop then you force the King to a1 or h8.
Some abandon the game as a draw the moment it appears.
Most try to chase the King to the wrong corner and then give up.
I speculate that perhaps some players have read:
"You chase the King to same corner colour as your Bishop."
And some guy with a 'White' Bishop (but on a black square - The Queen's Bishop)
have been chasing the King to the 'White' corner.
In [gid]2527058[/gid] the lone King was trying to go to the right corner
to get mated but his opponent kept forcing him to the wrong corner.
(This game is one of the Walt v bridgemagoo2 match.
They have played each other over 90 times.)
Twice Zorro has been the lone King and twice his opponent
has failed to mate him. [gid]6511579[/gid] & [gid]4133038[/gid]
So this confused lad maybe wandering about thinking it's a draw.
I say confused because Zorro has infact had the B & N
and in [gid]4338968[/gid] he mated his opponent.
He may think he was lucky to mate in this game as his
opponents have both failed to do in the past.
The enigma of Zenic. [uid]408178[/uid]
Of course with so many games going on (792 at the moemnt),
Zenic was bound to supply a few examples.
He has won 5 times with the B & N v lone King.
This lad knows his B & N endings. [gid]4930810[/gid] played in 2008
is a near perfect example.
And yet in 2009 [gid]6410293[/gid] he failed miserably to mate with the B & N.
This despite the fact he under promoted to a Bishop to do it. :S
[fen]8/1p6/1K6/5n2/8/8/3pk3/8 b - - 0 64[/fen]
Zenic played 64...d1=B.
He then plodded on for 87 moves trying to do it, he even had
the King bottled up in the correct corner but let him out before giving
up or his opponent discovered the 'cliam draw' button.As white,
After 1. e4 e5, 2. Nf3 Nc6, 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6, 9. Nf3 e4
My knight is being attacked by black e pawn, where is the best place to put it?[pgn][Event "Hoogovens A Tournament"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "04"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "87"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7 Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2 35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8 Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0[/pgn]
Was looking through youtube and saw this game portrayed as the "greatest game ever played" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPm9k6ul9EIcan anyone reccommend a chess book which thoroughly explains the beauty of positional chess, Im looking for a good advanced chess book to match my talent.Fundamental Chess Openings by Van Starren. Anyone seen it, looked up the variations?
Worthwhile opening book?And who are these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXsfAeqimY&feature=relatedI played a 3/0 on FICS recently, and the following position came up:
[fen]6k1/6pp/3r2r1/pp3p1Q/3PpP2/PqP5/1P2RKRP/8 b - - 0 33[/fen]
Black to move.
This was extremely difficult to find the right move for me. Even after analysis with a computer, it's hard for me to see.I have no official rating and I know nothing of the chess world outside playing casual players OTB and playing online. My RHP rating is about 1500 and change, so I'm thinking my actual OTB rating would be in the 1300's (due to lack of experience).
I've heard of "FIDA" and "ELO" ratings, which I assume are chess organizations? Do I sign up with one of them?
The bottom line is I'd like to get a real world rating and start playing in tournaments. But I prefer to start at my level so I don't get completely spanked and shake my confidence.I walk into a used book store today, doing my usual "where is your chess section?"
..."Well we don't have one, but the games section is over there"
To my unbelieving eyes I see a copy of "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played" by Irving Chernev (1992 copy of the 1965 edition, Dover)
What would possess a man/woman to sell this book? I can understand why the other chess books were there...Pandolfini's "Beginning chess" and Lasker's "How to play chess"...those I can understand being at a used book store.
This book is a classic though, why would anyone sell it?
Infact this copy of "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played" is one of three that I own now, my first copy that I bought and now two copies that I rescued from the shame of a used book store.
I got home late but I had time to go over Game 22 "Systematic Strangulation" S. Tarrasch - J. Showalter, Vienna 1898, Hungarian Defense
A great lesson in preventing your opponent any good moves by "Prophylaxis" It reminded me to protect the base of my pawn chain to prevent my opponent from gaining counter-play when he chooses to use a cramped defense.
I don't really have a point to my story, I just can't see how someone would sell a chess book. Does anyone really quit chess? To do this book justice I will study it cover to cover, again and again. I have recently started studying chess strategy and understanding, so I know it will help.Looking for opponents under 1000Looking for opponents under 1000!Inspired by a thread on this very subject.
[blogid]4[/blogid]
[b]To Castle or not to Castle[/b]
Some statistics on castling. + sanzzy/jazzy avatars.
The Rusty and Gramps show + 4 games with lads on here castling into
mate in one move.
Due to popular demand I have left comments on.
This will mean I have to check it daily - that's pain in the neck.What do you think?
Is white better?Black?Equal?
Last move was Bxc4
[fen]2rq1r2/pp2ppbk/6pp/8/2bP1B2/2P4P/P2Q1PP1/R2BR1K1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
toet.It's something I think I need to focus more on. In this case I didn't deliberately force it. It just fell on my lap. My opponent is checked by my queen and knight, both of which are under attack and neither of which he can take.
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[EndDate "2010.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "USArmyParatrooper"]
[Black "vision1959"]
[WhiteRating "1510"]
[BlackRating "1417"]
[WhiteELO "1510"]
[BlackELO "1417"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7602461"]
[pgn]1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1c4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3xd4 Bf8c5 6. c3 Ng8f6
7. O-O O-O 8. Rf1e1 d6 9. Bc1e3 Rf8e8 10. Nb1d2 d5 11. exd5 Nf6xd5
12. Qd1b3 Nc6a5 13. Qb3a4 b6 14. b4 Na5xc4 15. Nd2xc4 Nd5xc3 16. Qa4b3 Bc5xd4
17. Be3xd4 Qd8xd4 18. Re1xe8 Kg8h7 19. Ra1e1 Bc8b7 20. Re8xa8 Bb7xa8
21. Qb3c2 g6 22. Nc4e5 Ba8d5 23. a3 Nc3b5 24. a4 Nb5d6 25. Qc2xc7 Qd4d2
26. Re1c1 Bd5e6 27. h3 Be6xh3 28. Ne5xf7 Nd6e8 29. Nf7g5 1-0[/pgn]I read that Steve Davis (former world snooker champ) is a keen internet chess player. I was wondering if there any famous players here on RHP? Anyone want to step forward or does anybody know of a celeb on here, im intrigued.
Many ThanksI've got a question concerning illegal chess move(s), I read a book where somebody castled after moving their king but was allowed to continue the game because his opponent didn't notice. So my question can this be legal in any circumstance (like if your opponent doesn't notice an illegal move, like moving into check) Is this considered legal or is it allowed?Well?Me vs. NN. Black to move.
I discover to my horror that after ...NxR, I can't recapture due to ...Qg3+. So, I played on a piece down and slimed him with...
[pgn]
[FEN "4r3/ppq3k1/4p2p/3p2p1/2pP2P1/P1Pn3P/1PQ5/4RRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
. . . . r . . .
p p q . . . k .
. . . . p . . p
. . . p . . p .
. . p P . . P .
P . P n . . . P
. P Q . . . . .
. . . . R R K .
black to play
--------------}
1... Nxe1 2. Qf2 Nd3 3. Qf6+ Kg8 4. Qg6+ Qg7 5. Qxe8+ Kh7 6. Rf7
[/pgn]I'm playing a rather good new player who has good vision but knows little Chess theory. I can't convince him to Castle. He can't see any value in it and wants to know why? It's been years since I've read a Chess book and I'm just getting back into it myself, this site is amazing! Anyone have something I could pass on to him?Last move 26 june, is everyone being nice? Anyone know for sure what happened to him?I found this Ending in Silman's [i]How to Reassess Your Chess[/i] and found it quite instructive. Silman claim's that he calculated the final position before he ever played the first move, a feat which seems unthinkable at first. However, I thought it was instructive how easily he nullified any counterplay, and how this makes it easy to think 20+ moves ahead.
(Silman was black)
Before playing through the game, look at the board from black's perspective, and see if you can find a winning plan. (I've flipped the fen board so you see it from black's perspective)
[fen]8/P1KPR1P1/BP1P3P/3p4/p1p5/1p1b4/3k2pp/5r2[/fen]
Here you go!
[b]*Invert Board*[/b]
[pgn]
[FEN "2r5/pp2k3/4b1p1/5p1p/4p3/P3P1PB/1P1RPK1P/8 b - - 0 1"]
1. ... a5 2.Ke1 Bb3 3.Kf2 Rc1 4.Bg2 g5 5.h3 g4 6.h4 b5 7.Bf1 Ke6 8.Bg2 Rc2 9.Ke1 Rxd2 10.Kxd2 b4 11.axb4 axb4 12.Bh1 Kd5 13.Bg2 Kc4 14.Bf1 Ba4 15.Kc1 Kb3 16.Kb1 Bb5 17.Kc1 Ka2 18.Kc2 Ba4+ 19.Kc1 Bd1 20.Bg2 Bxe2 21.Kc2 Bd3+ 22.Kc1 b3 Bh1 Bf1
[/pgn]Hi folks,
I have been trying to learn the Sicilian Accelerated Dragon, and one of the tougher variations is the Maroczy Bind with Nc2. I've been using IM Andrew Greet's [i]Starting Out: The Accelerated Dragon[/i], and one of his "side" recommendations is the less-analyzed ...Be6 variation.
I have used that move in the "regular" Dragon, and I figured it was worth a try.
I haven't run the game through a computer or anything, but here's what I think happened: I think I came close to dynamic equality out of the opening. In the "teens" moves, we both were shuffling our pieces around a bit, feeling about for a plan (at least I was, and I need to go back to see if I had a better plan).
If you look at the pgn, you can tell how much shuffling was going on, as a good number of moves have to use the starting square notation to show which piece is moving!
I was fumbling around a bit, looking for a way to trade a piece and relieve the position a bit. My opponent (a pretty good player, I should add!) was wise to me, and stymied my efforts.
I think the change came when he retreated his light-squared bishop to f1, and I was able to plant a piece on the g4 square. After that, my pieces started to hover in the vicinity of his king, and the "combo alarms" started flashing- especially with the bishop on f1 and the rook on e1, as f2 was very weak.
I didn't see everything, but I saw that I would have a smothered mate shot after ...Nxb3, so I went for it.
My opponent is a good player, and I thought this was his time to win when he played the Nc2 variation, but I got lucky!
[pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
[Date "2010.07.14"]
[EndDate "2010.07.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White ""]
[Black "Paul Leggett"]
[WhiteRating "1669"]
[BlackRating "1807"]
[WhiteELO "1669"]
[BlackELO "1807"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId ""]
1. e4 c5 2. Ng1f3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nf3xd4 Nb8c6 5. c4 Ng8f6 6. Nb1c3 d6 7. Nd4c2 Bf8g7 8. Bf1e2 O-O 9. O-O Bc8e6 10. Bc1d2 Nc6e5 11. b3 Ra8c8 12. Nc2e3 Ne5c6 13. Ra1b1 Nc6d4 14. Be2d3 Nf6d7 15. Rf1e1 Nd7e5 16. Bd3f1 Be6d7 17. Ne3d5 Bd7g4 18. Qd1c1 e6 19. Nd5e3 Qd8h4 20. Ne3xg4 Ne5xg4 21. Bd2f4 Qh4xf2 22. Kg1h1 Nd4xb3 23. Rb1xb3 Bg7d4 24. Nc3e2 Qf2g1 0-1[/pgn]I love it.
A truly amazing coincidence.
Spot the link in the checkmates.
You could not make this up.
Both games played on here and both under 20 moves.
[b]DeepThought - acastano[/b] RHP April 2006
[pgn]
[Event "Siege"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[EndDate "2006.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeepThought"]
[Black "acastano"]
[WhiteRating "1299"]
[BlackRating "1361"]
[WhiteELO "1299"]
[BlackELO "1361"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "1897828"]
1. e4 c5 2. Ng1f3 e6 3. d4 Nb8c6 4. d5 Nc6b4 5. a3 Nb4a6 6. d6 Qd8b6 7. e5 f6 8. Bf1d3 fxe5 9. Nf3xe5 Bf8xd6 10. Qd1h5 g6 11. Bd3xg6 hxg6 12. Qh5xh8 Ke8f8 13. Bc1h6 Kf8e7 14. Qh8xg8 Ke7f6 15. Qg8g7 Kf6f5 16. g4 Kf5e4 17. Nb1c3 Ke4d4 18. 0-0-0[/pgn]
[b]Kasparov-Enasni[/b] RHP July 2006
[pgn]
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[EndDate "2006.07.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Enasni"]
[WhiteRating "1766"]
[BlackRating "1306"]
[WhiteELO "1766"]
[BlackELO "1306"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "2236007"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Qd1h5 g6 5. fxg6 Ng8f6 6. g7 Ke8e7
7. Qh5e5 Ke7f7 8. gxh8=Q d6 9. Qe5g5 h6 10. Qh8h7 Nf6xh7 11. Qg5xd8 Bc8d7
12. Bf1c4 Kf7g7 13. b3 Kg7g6 14. Bc1b2 Bf8g7 15. Qd8g8 Nh7f6 16. Qg8f7 Kg6f5
17. Qf7xg7 Nf6h5 18. g4 Kf5xf4 19. Ng1h3 Kf4f3 20. 0-0[/pgn][threadid]43757[/threadid].
[gid]6249998[/gid].[/b][threadid]43757[/threadid].
[gid]6249998[/gid].[blogid]5[/blogid]I have been voted by my peers [b]Scottish Chess Player of the Year.[/b]
The previous 5 winners have all been GM's.
(one of which I know for certain voted for me).
I'm totally shocked.
http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=402
It's for my support and writing about the Scottish game rather than
my OTB exploits, my golden days are now far behind me.
Also a thank you for the 400+ Corners, my column in
The Scottish Chess mag and Rampant Chess.
I am really chuffed to pieces.
Also I have just found out that I am being made an honourary
and life member of the Edinburgh Chess Club. (founded 1822).
This is too much, that is not a title they hand out lightly.
Previous owners of this award include Howard Staunton in the 1860's.
(Wonder what I'll get for doing 400 blogs on here. ;) )As the title says :.
Tried to search for similar threads but couldn't find any.
So, whats your opinion? Since technically white has an whole extra move, and logic tells me, if white keeps the initiative, he can make most with the extra move.Do RHP ratings approximately compare to USCF ratings, or not? I understand the methodology is the same, but how do our players compare?[blogid]4[/blogid]
Latest blog from the planet greenpawn.
Post of the week - RHP Chess Clock - 4 Brillaint wrap ups.
Please post any comments in this thread.[pgn][Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[EndDate "2010.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "incajoe"]
[Black "amolv06"]
[WhiteRating "1287"]
[BlackRating "1349"]
[WhiteELO "1287"]
[BlackELO "1349"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7609414"]
1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nb8c6 3. Ng1f3 d6 4. d3 f5 5. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 6. Bf1e2 g6
7. Qd1a4 Bf8g7 8. Nc3d5 e6 9. Nd5f4 Bc8d7 10. Qa4b3 Ra8b8 11. O-O O-O
12. exf5 exf5 13. d4 Nc6a5 14. Qb3d1 b6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nf4d5 Bd7c6
17. Nd5xf6 Qd8xf6 18. Bc1g5 Qf6xb2 19. Be2d3 Qb2xa1 20. Qd1xa1 Bg7xa1
21. Rf1xa1 Na5b7 22. Nf3e5 Rb8c8 23. Ne5xc6 Rc8xc6 0-1
[/pgn]
Until now, I have been playing chess just for fun, but I have a little time off school right now, and I would like to improve my chess. My goal is 1800 on this site by
December.
To do this, I am beginning by analyzing my own games, going through Josh Waitzkin's academy on Chessmaster, practicing tactics on Chesstempo, and going through analyzed games of GMs. While my game lacks many things, one of thing I lack most I feel is a plan to my game. I am trying to play with more of a plan, though I do not know if I am doing a good job. I would like to analyze my most recent game here publicly in order to receive feedback from you guys as to how I could have played better. I will try to do this on a normal basis.
In the game above, I do not believe I missed any major tactics, however I'm sure many of my moves were suboptimal. I have tried to pick them out to the best of my abilities, but if you guys could point out others, I would appreciate it.
1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6
[fen]r1bqkbnr/pp1ppppp/2n5/2p5/2P1P3/8/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 3[/fen]
The game begins as a Sicilian, which is what I play as black. I am not used to seeing 2. c4 from my opponent, however unless I see 2. Nf3 or 2. Bc4 I usually play Nc6. This seems like a good response in almost all circumstances, as it seems natural to develop the queen-side knight to c6 in the Sicilian.
3. Nf3 d6 4. d3
[fen]r1bqkbnr/pp2pppp/2np4/2p5/2P1P3/3P1N2/PP3PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 4[/fen]
In this position white has some threatening looking central pawns, which makes me uncomfortable. At this point, fianchettoing my dark-bishop seems like a possibility for me, as it cuts straight through his pawn structure into his queen-side. This is what I am likely to do. However, first, I want to challenge his central pawns a little more directly. I do not know if the following move is suboptimal, however it is in my style as it is aggressive, gains space for me, and possibly breaks up his pawns. Therefore I played
4 ... f5.
[fen]r1bqkbnr/pp2p1pp/2np4/2p2p2/2P1P3/3P1N2/PP3PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq f6 0 5[/fen]
If he captures, I develop my light squared bishop to a good spot, if not, I accomplish gaining space, and challenging his central pawns.
5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. Qa4 Bg7 8. Nd5
[fen]r1bqk2r/pp2p1bp/2np1np1/2pN1p2/Q1P1P3/3P1N2/PP2BPPP/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 8[/fen]
Throughout the game, I never really considered capturing his e4 pawn with my f-pawn directly, though looking back at it, it may have taken apart his center a bit, making both e4 and c4 pawns potential targets. It looks like white is going to castle king-side. I do not have any immediate threats on the king-side, and it would have taken a lot of maneuvering for me to attack the king-side, so at this point my idea was to attack the queen-side, which seemed more natural in this position. If I could whittle away at his queen-side, I may be able to set up a favorable end-game, win material, or at least distract him on that side while rearranging my pieces to attack his king directly. That was my plan, anyway. More immediately, however, his knight on d5 seemed like it could be a thorn in my side. I decided to play
8 ... e6
[fen]r1bqk2r/pp4bp/2nppnp1/2pN1p2/Q1P1P3/3P1N2/PP2BPPP/R1B1K2R w KQkq - 0 9[/fen]
This at least forces the knight out. I do not mind exchanging knights, as it would allow my queen to capture his on c6, furthering my idea of attacking his queen-side. He declined the exchange, however:
9. Nf4 Bd7 10. Qb3 Rb8
[fen]1r1qk2r/pp1b2bp/2nppnp1/2p2p2/2P1PN2/1Q1P1N2/PP2BPPP/R1B1K2R w KQk - 0 11[/fen]
I moved the rook to b8 with the idea of eventually playing a6 and b5, pressuring his queen side. The e6 and d6 pawns seemed like weaknesses in my position, however I did not think the were likely to fall any time soon.
11. 0-0 0-0 12. exf5 exf5 13. d4
[fen]1r1q1rk1/pp1b2bp/2np1np1/2p2p2/2PP1N2/1Q3N2/PP2BPPP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 13[/fen]
I had never considered the possibility of d4. In this position, I was afraid of capturing his d4 pawn because of the following continuation: 13 ... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. c5+ Kh8 16. cxd6
[fen]1r1q1r1k/pp1b2bp/3P1np1/5p2/3p1N2/1Q6/PP2BPPP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 16[/fen]
The position scared me since he would have such a deep pawn which I felt it may be hard to take after that. Furthermore I was scared of him playing things like Nh3 followed by Ng5 and Qh3. So instead of capturing his d4 pawn, I decided to kick his queen out of her spot
13 ... Na5
[fen]1r1q1rk1/pp1b2bp/3p1np1/n1p2p2/2PP1N2/1Q3N2/PP2BPPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 14[/fen]
This may have been a bad idea. If he plays Qc2, I haven't accomplished too much, in retrospect, and my knight is on the edge of the board. His pawn's not going to be as far advanced here, but it may not have been as big of a problem as I had been worried about in the first place. He played
14. Qd1 b6
[fen]1r1q1rk1/p2b2bp/1p1p1np1/n1p2p2/2PP1N2/5N2/PP2BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 15[/fen]
Perhaps here I should have played cxd6. If my opponent played e5 it would have locked in my light bishop. The intent of b6 was that I expected white to capture my c-pawn (perhaps a bad expectation), and then I intended to put my bishop on c6, and my knight to b7 and then d6, continuing with the idea of attacking his queen-side, but mobilizing my light-squared bishop as well, and applying a little pressure to his king-side. Luckily for me he did play
15 dxc5 dxc5 16. Nd5 Bc6 17 Nxf6+
[fen]1r1q1rk1/p5bp/1pb2Np1/n1p2p2/2P5/5N2/PP2BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 17[/fen]
At this point, I'm quite happy with the way things have turned out. I can capture his knight with my queen, and have a pretty good-looking position I think.
17 ... Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qxb2 19. Bd3
[fen]1r3rk1/p5bp/1pb3p1/n1p2pB1/2P5/3B1N2/Pq3PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 19[/fen]
My opponent has missed a tactic for me, and I believe I have a distinctly winning position now, as we can swap queens, and I will win the exchange.
19 ... Qxa1 20. Qxa1 Bxa1 21. Rxa1
[fen]1r3rk1/p6p/1pb3p1/n1p2pB1/2P5/3B1N2/P4PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 21[/fen]
Here it might be a good idea to capture his knight and mess up his pawn-structure in front of his king. I am not very comfortable playing against two bishops in the end-game, however, so I decided against it, although it might have been the way to go. I played Nb7 to activate my knight, but I missed his Ne5 response, which captured my bishop anyway. So in retrospect, I should have just captured his knight, or moved one of my rooks over to the e-file.
21 ... Nb7 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Nxc6 Rxc6
And here my opponent resigned. If I had white I may have kept playing for a little while, but it was an enjoyable game for me.
Sorry if I over-analyzed here, but your critique of my game and analysis would be appreciated.[fen]3r1k2/p1r2p2/1ppqpNp1/5nP1/2PPQ3/1P1R4/5PK1/7R w - - 0 1[/fen]
I messed this up, but upon seeing the solution thought it was beautiful.
White to move.One for the trooper :)
The puzzle is meant for 1400-1500's and below.Maybe 1600's too,can't really judge it.
You're playing black.White,a 1900+ rated player,has just played Nf4 and offered a draw.
What do you do?Accept?Decline?And why?
[fen]1k6/8/8/8/5N1p/4n3/6P1/4K3 b - - 0 1[/fen]
toet.Chess is as exciting as Soccer, c'mon a 90 min. nil-nil tie, I am hardly on the edge of my seat. Ok pause the ad and review the game, GP, anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXsfAeqimY&feature=relatedHi there, I was just wondering if a Rock + King could force mate against a Knight + King ... thanks for any reply.Really frustrated,playing a game that myself and opponent are left with a rook and king each ,I have offered a draw several times but opponent refuses to accept.
What are my options do we just keep moving around the board forever?Here's a King's Gambit game I just finished, I think I had a pretty nice attack and I'm pretty sure this is the highest rated player I have beat on RHP.
[pgn][Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"] [Date "2010.07.09"] [EndDate "2010.07.18"] [Round "?"] [White "cmsMaster"] [Black "junnujannu"] [WhiteRating "1410"] [BlackRating "1772"] [WhiteELO "1410"] [BlackELO "1772"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "7581332"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Ng1f3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. Nb1c3 d6 6. g3 fxg3 7. hxg3 Bc8g4 8. Bf1c4 Qd8f6 9. Rh1f1 c6 10. Qd1d3 Qf6e7 11. Bc1d2 Ng8f6 12. O-O-O Bf8g7 13. Rd1e1 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nf3xe5 Qe7c7 16. Ne5xg4 Nf6xg4 17. Qd3e4 Ng4f6 18. Rf1xf6 Bg7xf6 19. Bc4d3 Rf8d8 20. Qe4h7 Kg8f8 21. Nc3e4 Rd8e8 22. Bd2b4 Re8e7 23. Ne4xf6 1-0[/pgn]yesterday, when i was reading The Land of Elyon: The Dark Hills Divide, one of the characters won a chess game in seven moves with a maneuver called the Grob. it is actually a real chess maneuver. i tried it on my dad and it works! how awesome is that?I have checked out a few of the chess sites and Red Hot Pawn is the best I have seen. I have not played chess regularly for years. So I am getting aquainted with the game again. I have had to turn down a couple games so far because two games at a time is all I want to try to handle at this time. The people on this site seem great. Happy that I found this group.[b]Clandarkfire – The Forum[/b]
Hello all, this is my first attempt at annotating one of my games.
[b]Background[/b]
The game was played in the forum of the Provisional Club, [clubid]171[/clubid]. It was set up to function in the same way as the PAWNRIOT vs. The Forum Game, in which the forum votes on every move, and the most popular choice is moved in the game. A separate thread was set up in the forum of the club for analysis; I agreed not to look into the thread while the game was running.
To make sure that the game ran smoothly and was not forgotten, an actual game was set up between Fergalish [uid]500656[/uid] and myself. Once a week, Fergalish would play The Forum’s most popular choice in the game. I’ll show the full game at the end, but to get there, I’ll show a few sample positions and my ideas.
Now that the game is done, I’ve had a quick look in the thread, hoping to see the player’s thoughts, and anything I missed. As it turns out, running such a game in a club forum is probably not a great idea, as it is very difficult to get enough people to participate. Everything went well for the first 15 moves or so, but at that point, a number of the players who were participating began to lose interest. I believe this was caused in part by the banning of [uid]488042[/uid], who was leading a good bit of the discussion.
Anyway, for whatever reason, after move 17, which is really still book, only two valiant players continued the discussion: [b]Fergalish[/b] and [b]Crissxcross[/b].
[uid]500656[/uid]
[uid]563952[/uid]
Before I go into any analysis, I’d like to congratulate both of these brave players for playing on. You might say that this game isn’t worth looking at; it’s just a 2000 player versus a couple of 1500s, but don’t say it too loudly. The entire game was played very well from their point of view, and looking back, I cannot find any place in the game where I felt that a significantly inferior move was played. So keep watching; I hope it makes for an interesting show.
[b]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4[/b]
[fen]r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/8/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R[/fen]
Here black is faced with an important choice. Black’s two major options are 4…Bc5 and 4…Nf6. Also playable are 4…Nxd4 and 4…Qh4, but practice has shown that in general white has all the fun.
Here black opts for the sharpest and most theoretical approach:
[b]4…Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6[/b]
[fen]r3kb1r/p1ppqppp/b1p5/3nP3/2P5/8/PP2QPPP/RNB1KB1R[/fen]
This brings us into the Mieses Variation with 8…Ba6, almost certainly the most theoretical variation of the Scotch. Since this is CC play, both sides have access to DBs, so no early mistakes are to be expected. I play the Scotch almost exclusively as white when given the opportunity, but I generally end up in the less theoretical world of the Mainline Scotch with 4…Bc5, so I don’t have a huge amount of experience with this line.
Back to the position:
[fen]r3kb1r/p1ppqppp/b1p5/3nP3/2P5/8/PP2QPPP/RNB1KB1R[/fen]
Black’s other option was 8…Nb6, a less aggressive approach. Personally, I would prefer that line with black – simply because he must not yet commit himself to any particular line. However, 8…Ba6 is the most popular choice- after all, instead of simply retreating the knight, black develops a piece an gives himself the opportunity for queenside castling.
The problem with 8…Ba6 is that black must has now committed himself to a certain plan, and there is no going back. For now, the bishop is active enough in that it is pinning the c4 pawn and allowing the knight to keep its central position. However, the knight will probably be forced to move anyway once the queen leaves the f1-a6 diagonal. The other problem for black is that after 9.b3, the bishop will often become poorly placed on a6, as it can make no progress biting into the b3/c4 pawn structure. Black’s best chance is generally to take advantage of the weakness of the e5 pawn, possibly by fianchettoing (is that a word?) the king bishop.
[b]9.b3[/b]
[fen]r3kb1r/p1ppqppp/b1p5/3nP3/2P5/1P6/P3QPPP/RNB1KB1R[/fen]
Cementing the pawn on c4, and preparing Bb2. The a6 bishop is beginning to look silly, though it still plays an important role in pinning the c4 pawn.
Take a moment to look at the typical Mieses pawn structure here:
[fen]8/p1pp1ppp/2p5/4P3/2P5/1P6/P4PPP/8[/fen]
Both sides have weaknesses on the queenside, but white has more practical chances in exploiting them. Keep that in mind for later. In order get some counterplay, black would like to pull off a timely d7-d5 push in many variations.
Black’s most popular replies here are 9…g6, 9…g5 and 9…O-O-O. All these variations have a good amount of theory behind them, so I won’t even attempt to explain them.
In this game however, black chooses a different approach:
[b]9…Qh4?![/b]
[fen]r3kb1r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/3nP3/2P4q/1P6/P3QPPP/RNB1KB1R[/fen]
The first and most obvious purpose of this move is that it pins the pawn at f2. In a number of lines in the Mieses Variation, the f2-f4 pawn push is needed to help support white’s pawn spearhead on e5. After Qh4, this is no longer possible. However, the logic behind such thinking may be flawed, because after g3, (a natural move in this line anyway), the queen gets kicked with an extra tempo and the f2 pawn gets to go to f4 anyway. The other, probably most useful purpose of this move is that it frees up the f8 bishop – which would love to come to b4 or c5 in the future. It also opens the d4 square for the queen. How is this useful? Well, take the natural looking reply of 10.g3:
10…Qd4 11.Bb2 Bb4+ 12.Nd2:
[fen]r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/3nP3/1bPq4/1P4P1/PB1NQP1P/R3KB1R[/fen]
And white is loosing a piece and the game after Qxb2. Remember what I said about this being a sharp line?
So what options does white have? 10.Bb2 looks OK in that it prevents Qd4, but even so white’s position is in shambles after 10…Bb4+ 11.Nd2 Nc3 12.Bxc3 Bxc3 13.O-O-O
[fen]r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/4P3/2P4q/1Pb5/P2NQPPP/2KR1B1R[/fen]
See the weakness on the dark squares? White may be able to hold on after 13.Rd1, but it isn’t going to be pretty.
This leaves white with one option: [b]10.a3[/b]
[fen]r3kb1r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/3nP3/2P4q/PP6/4QPPP/RNB1KB1R[/fen]
This insignificant move takes care of all of black’s immediate threats as explained above. Qd4 is no longer a threat because Bb4+ isn’t possible after Bb2.
Here, black really has no choice but to go through with his attacking plan with 10…Bc5. 10…Nf4 is possible, but the position after 11.Qe4! Ng6 12.Qxh4 Nxh4 gives black no winning chances:
[fen] r3kb1r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/4P3/2P4n/PP6/5PPP/RNB1KB1R[/fen]
Not wanting to commit to such a line, black goes with the obvious move:
[b]10…Bc5 11.g3[/b]
[fen] r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/2bnP3/2P4q/PP4P1/4QP1P/RNB1KB1R[/fen]
Giving the queen a kick, but opening a myriad of tactical possibilities. There’s no going back from here.
[b]11…Bxf2 12.Qxf2 Qe4+ 13.Kd1![/b]
[fen]r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/3nP3/2P1q3/PP4P1/5Q1P/RNBK1B1R[/fen]
After the more natural looking 13.Kd2 Qxh1 14.Bg2 Qxh2 15.cxd5 cxd5, black is doing fine, though the position is by no means clear:
[fen]r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b7/3pP3/8/PP4P1/3K1QBq/RNB5[/fen]
Back to the game: [b]13..Qxh1 14.Nd2[/b]
[fen]r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/3nP3/2P5/PP4P1/3N1Q1P/R1BK1B1q[/fen]
Quite an exciting position! White is down an exchange and a pawn, but black’s queen is very exposed and cannot find shelter. The a6 bishop is now doing nothing, and the knight is forced to move. Remember what I said about white having all the fun in this line?
[b]14…Nc3?[/b]
I was a little hesitant in giving this move a question mark, but I believe black can do better. It’s an uphill battle for black from here. This is by no means forced. Another possible line, which is probably better for black:
[pgn]
[FEN "r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/3nP3/2P5/PP4P1/5Q1P/RNBK1B1q w kq - 0 1"]
1.Nd2 f5 2.cxd5 Bxf1 3.Qxf1 Qxd5 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Kc2 d6 6.Re1[/pgn]
This is what was played in Macieja – Kaminski 2000. While I still prefer white, his advantage is by no means decisive. After 14.Nc3, black goes through a long line of forcing moves;
[b]15.Kc2 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.Bd3[/b]
[fen]r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/4P3/2P1q3/PP1B2P1/2K2Q1P/R1B5 b kq[/fen]
All the white pieces are actively placed, black’s king still stuck in the center, and the bishop is an eyesore on a6. While the queen is centrally placed, she is becoming more of a liability than an asset.
[b]17…Qxe5[/b]
Probably too greedy, though the alternative is not to desirable. However, it seems that black can survive after 17…Qg4 with careful play. In fact, he can gain an advantage with any slip up on white’s part, as white’s king isn’t completely safe either. For example:
[pgn]
[FEN "r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/4P3/2P1q3/PP4P1/2K2Q1P/R1B2B2 w kq"]
1.Bd3 Qg4 2.Bf5 Qh5 3.h4 f6 4.exf6 gxf6 5.Bb2 O-O 6.g4 Qf7 7.Rg1 Rab8 8.g5 Rxb3 9.h5 Rfb8[/pgn]
When black is simply winning.
Here is the position again after [b]17…Qxe5 18.Bb2[/b]
[fen]r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/4q3/2P5/PP1B2P1/1BK2Q1P/R7 b kq[/fen]
Again, black’s reply is forced: [b]18…Qg5[/b]
Anything else and white wins without contest:
[pgn]
[FEN "r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/4q3/2P5/PP1B2P1/2K2Q1P/R1B5 w kq"]
1.Bb2 Qh5 2.Re1+ Kf8 3.Qe3 Qxh2+ 4.Kb1 f6 5.Qe7+ Kg8 6.Qxd7[/pgn]
Black cannot stop the threat of Rd8+, winning.
So, Qg5 and [b]19.h5[/b]
[fen]r3k2r/p1pp1ppp/b1p5/6q1/2P4P/PP1B2P1/1BK2Q2/R7 b kq[/fen]
An attempt to get the queen to leave the defense of the g7 pawn, a crucial defender. It also leaves the queen with even less flight squares.
For what it's worth, my engine evaluates this position as -0.62, or an edge for black. I'm sure this is flawed though; once you force it down some of the lines it begins to change it's evaluation.
[b]19…Qh6 20.Re1+ Kf8 21.Rf1[/b]
[fen]r4k1r/p1pp1ppp/b1p4q/8/2P4P/PP1B2P1/1BK2Q2/5R2 b - -[/fen]\
Black can defend against mate wit...you can change the board and chess pieces.Hey People
I'm curious if anyone here plays on FICS? if so is there any correlation between your FICS ranking and your RHP ranking. I find I play much better across the board than RHP games since I tend to lose track of my tactics. My FICS ranking is currently at 1720 and my RHP tends to fluctuate between 1400 to 1600.
Anyone else care to share their ratings on FICS or thoughts on the matter?
Thanks
SyllogismI'm going through Josh Waitzkin's Chess academy in Chessmaster grandmaster edition. In the art of learning section in Waitzkin vs Michael Granne, the narrator (Josh) seems to confuse the skewer with a pin a couple of times, for instance on page 22 of that game. Now I find it hard to believe that an IM would confuse the two twice in the same game, in both instances when the queen is pinned (I believe this is the proper term) to the king. If anyone has the software, could someone go through that part and let me know if I've always known the terminology incorrectly, or is it Waitzkin that is incorrect?Hello all. Can someone tell me why this happened?My two little girls and I just watched Nick Swisher hit a home run to tie the Rays-Yankees game (we're Rays fans), and I promptly fall into a bishop fork between my rook and king.
I should have stopped earlier today -my posthumous biography will be entitled "A Move Too Far".
I just like playing too much to quit.Usually when people post a tactical puzzle in here it's over my level and I have little chance of solving it. We have a lot of members rated in the low-mid teens, and I think I'd like to start posting interesting ones for us to solve.
So how do I go about posting the FEN and the PGN for the solution? For posting my games I use the 'copy pgn' feature, but that won't work for posting external positions.Hi folks,
The "I have tactics but no plan" thread started by grit had some responses that made me think. I started this because I did not want to hijack the other thread.
I think this game may go a long way towards illustrating some of the concepts presented in the other thread.
I wonder, by seeing the first 21 moves, can anyone tell from the play which player was higher rated or at least stronger? I'll post the complete game later.
[pgn][]
[Site ]
[Date ]
[Round ]
[White ]
[Black ]
[Result ]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount ]
[EventDate ]
[EventType ]
[EventRounds ]
[EventCountry ]
[Source ]
[SourceDate ]
[WhiteTeam]
[BlackTeam ]
1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. a4 Rad8 13. Nb3 b6 14. Be3 c5
15. a5 e5 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nb1 Qb7 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Nb5 Qc6
21. Nxc7 Qxc7[/pgn][fen]4rb2/1p1q1ppk/p1n1p2p/2p1Pn2/3PNR2/2P2K2/P2QB3/6R1 w - - 0 1[/fen][gid]7567272[/gid]
I think black's best move was 12b - bf5d3.
But I could be very wrong.
Comments?Don't worry, through repetition you'll learn to hold on to your pieces. Burn your fingers enough times and you'll realize that it hurts. If you learn to hold on to your pieces, you'll see your rating rise.
When you rating rises, it means that it will take a a higher rated player to beat you. There are plenty of them at this site, so no worries.
Eventually you'll learn to have a reason to move a piece other than just to move the piece.Cash Cab is on and this question was just asked.
Keep in mind this is a $100 question, which is supposed to be the hardest questions they have. So don't feel bad if you don't know the answer.
Q. Once called a 'prime minister', what powerful chess piece has the mobility of both a bishop and a rook.
THAT was a $100 question.Recently I downloaded a World Championship database and was wondering if anyone could recommend a few matches for study. In the past I've gone through Fischer/Spassky, Tal/Botvinnik, the "unofficial" Morphy/Andersson, and Anand/Topalov. Fischer's probably my favorite player, but his match with Spassky was too one sided. I enjoyed playing through Tal/Botvinnik the most, I didn't look at a game table before playing it through, so there were definitely some games that raised my heart rate.I can't imagine this discussion hasn't happened before but I am new to internet chess and this site. So, I am starting a frequently asked question. How does an OTB rating compare to an internet rating like what you get on this site? A second question (should it be a new thread?) is can playing on this site make me a better OTB player? If so, how and if not, why?
Thanks.It finally happened.
Now what do I moan about?
The Old Wazza-Matuzzi (stoping a check giving mate)
An old blitz of game of mine.(note his cunning 11.Qd2 to pin and win my Queen -
he needs to get up earleir than that to catch me).
I never planned the end I was simply looking to win back the Queen.
But to celebrate [b]Black finally going first in the PGN thing[/b]
I show the game with colours reversed.
A new slant on forum war cry: "Cheack ALL Checks"
[pgn]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
r n b q k b n r
p p p p p p p p
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
P P P P P P P P
R N B Q K B N R
black to play
--------------}
1... e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. d3 Nxf2 5. Kxf2 d5 6. Nxe5 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qd4+
8. Kg2 Qxe5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Qe6 11. Qd2 Qh3+ 12. Kg1 Bc5+ 13. d4 Nxd4
14. Bxh3 Bxh3 15. Re1+ Ne2[/pgn]...Well now you can :D
http://www.chessintranslation.com/Sometimes,after I've blundered real bad,I like to look at a game such as this one
[pgn][Event "Leipzig ol prel Rd: 1"]
[Site "Leipzig ol prel Rd: 1"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Theodor Ghitescu"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bb5 e5 10. Bxc6 exd4 11. exd4 bxc6
12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxh2+ 0-1
[/pgn]
Nice miniature!
Now,Ghitescu was no slouch.
Pre-ELO era but I found a Corus rating of him of 2384.
toet[blogid]5[/blogid]
Yes, I realize the black background does not fully hide the solution text. For those who wish to solve the first two problems, don't stare at the black blocks too hard. :PI should be tarred and feathered. But I can't help but notice how stunningly HOT Natalia Pogonina is! We're talking smoking hot... "who the hell is [i]that[/i]" walking down the street hot. And the fact that she's extremely intelligent and an amazing chess player makes her even hotter.
Wow.
http://www.redhotpawn.com/blog/blogread.php?blogpostid=2Not the greatest publicity for Susan Polgar, but at least they spelled her name correctly.
http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/government-filing-connects-polgar-to-criminal-case/[pgn]
[FEN "B1N5/Prpp4/QbkPP3/ppNRp1P1/3p4/KP4B1/RrP4p/qb6 w - - 0 1"]
[/pgn]
What was the last move?I read the comments submitted here and they bore a suspicious commonality to the same questions posed on her website. A lot of cut and paste, indicating she doesn't have the time to really delve into our site.[blogid]4[/blogid]
Just need feedback on this the first real one.
Good, bad, yes, no, ideas... wrong direction, better class of game.
(you may need a better chess player for that):)
I have left the comments off because they attract cranks with odd questions.
They can post odd questions in the forum and odd people can answer them.
(or should I leave comments on?).Anyone else watching this? The grudge match b/w Krush and Zatonskih is looking interesting right now. Just wanted to get your thoughts and opinions on who you think will win.Darn, I missed it. :(
White To Move
[fen]1r1r2qk/4Q1p1/1p2p2p/p2pPb2/8/7R/PP1B1PPP/2R3K1[/fen][blogid]5[/blogid]
Future inmates, welcome to prison.....For my iPad I just bought a $4. App called (I think) Ohm chess .
Nice looking. But I started playing against the computer and the computer's responses were strange.
Not normal moves like Shredder or IChess Pro which I have on my iPad.
So what is this Faile chess engine?
GritHere we have a titanic struggle -
England vs Scotland, Atheist vs Christian, Reason vs Faith, Logic vs Superstition, Evolution vs Creation etc etc. i think you get the picture.
In the end logic and reason triumphed over faith and superstition.
[pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[EndDate "2010.07.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "robbie carrobie"]
[Black "Proper Knob"]
[WhiteRating "1695"]
[BlackRating "1760"]
[WhiteELO "1695"]
[BlackELO "1760"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "6874133"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Ng8f6 3. Nb1c3 g6 4. f4 Bf8g7 5. Ng1f3 O-O 6. Bf1d3 Nb8a6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Ra8b8 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nf6xd5 11. Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5
12. Bc1f4 e6 13. c4 Qd5d8 14. a3 b6 15. Qd1d2 Bc8b7 16. Ra1d1 Qd8c7
17. Qd2e3 Rb8d8 18. Nf3g5 Qc7e7 19. Qe3h3 h6 20. Ng5e4 Kg8h7 21. Ne4d6 Na6b8
22. Nd6xb7 Qe7xb7 23. Qh3e3 Nb8c6 24. Bd3e4 Qb7c7 25. Be4xc6 Qc7xc6
26. Rd1d2 Rd8xd2 27. Qe3xd2 Qc6e4 28. Qd2d7 Qe4d4 29. Qd7xd4 cxd4
30. Rf1d1 g5 31. Bf4g3 Rf8d8 32. Rd1d3 Kh7g6 33. b4 Kg6f5 34. c5 bxc5
35. bxc5 Bg7xe5 36. Bg3xe5 Kf5xe5 37. Kg1f2 Rd8c8 38. Rd3h3 Rc8xc5
39. Rh3xh6 Ke5e4 40. Rh6h7 Rc5f5 41. Kf2e2 d3 42. Ke2d1 g4 43. Rh7h4 Ke4e3 0-1[/pgn]
Carrobie is white, Knob is Black.I like being here, playing games, and being on the forum.
How can I support this site in some way. I don't see anywhere to go to find out. Mind you, I am not wealthy, but I do love chess.
Grit[uid]147514[/uid] might have done.
I didn't.[blogid]4[/blogid]
read the Welcome To My World bit first.
I know it's a bit conry flakes for a title but look at the time of the post.
5.00 am in the morning.
First was a wee tester just getting used to some of the new features....I'll warm up.
This is great. Now anyone who so much as dares to disagree with me
in the forum gets BLOGGED. ;)
I've left the comments on for the first one - after that I'm not too sure
why I need to. We can chat in the Chess Forums.
(It's easier to post in the forums, there is technical stuff I have to do
when doing the bloggy thing, lots of { and { and /// and things.)Tony Miles would definitely aprove of this effort from English GM Mathew Sadler, with Black no less! For the full story, have a peak here...
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/victorious-comeback-for-matthew-sadler/
[b]IM Van Oosterman vs GM Mathew Sadler[/b]
[pgn]1. e4 a6 2. d4 h6 3. Bd3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. b4 Nc6 7. c3 d6 8. cxd6 Bxd6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. h3 g5 11. a3 g4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxe4 14. hxg4 Bd7 15. g5 O-O-O 16. gxh6 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb3 Bc7 19. a4 Ng3 20. fxg3 Qxg2 21. Rf1 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 0-1[/pgn]
What a GAME!! #):O%)#):O%)More details this way >>> [threadid]131912[/threadid]What is up with this setup, and why are they rated games? Additionally, I can't delete this game. I protest this enormously. I've never heard of this type of chess, and there is no point in playing it as a rated game. How can I delete the game without an effect on my rating?Hi folks,
My opponent waxed me in our other game of the thematic tournament we were in, and he had outplayed me in this game, but I used an advanced passed pawn as an "ace in the hole" for a draw.
I think this game has some learning value in that some players will look at the final position and say "No way that's a draw!"
The essence of the position is to know ahead of time that two connected passed pawns cannot advance against a king without the help of their own king, and if their own king can't leave an enemy passed pawn, then no progress can be made.
I am a little proud of this game because my opponent is a much stronger player.
[pgn][Event "Colle-Zukertort Thematic II 1800+"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
[Date "2010.06.22"]
[EndDate "2010.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paul Leggett"]
[Black ""]
[WhiteRating "1935"]
[BlackRating "2238"]
[WhiteELO "1935"]
[BlackELO "2238"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "7541375"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqk2r/pp3ppp/2nbpn2/2pp4/3P4/1P1BPN2/P1P2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w qk - 0 1"]
1. Bc1b2 O-O 2. Nb1d2 cxd4 3. exd4 b6 4. a3 Bc8b7 5. Qd1e2 Ra8c8 6. Nf3e5 Rf8e8 7. Ra1e1 g6 8. f4 Re8e7 9. Nd2f3 Nf6e4 10. Nf3g5 f5 11. Qe2e3 Ne4xg5
12. fxg5 Nc6xe5 13. dxe5 Bd6c5 14. Bb2d4 Bc5xd4 15. Qe3xd4 Re7c7 16. h4 Rc7c3 17. Rf1f4 Qd8e7 18. a4 Qe7c5 19. g4 Rc8f8 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Qd4xc5 bxc5
22. Kg1f2 Rf8c8 23. Re1e3 Kg8g7 24. h5 d4 25. Re3g3 Rc8d8 26. g6 h6 27. Kf2e1 Rd8d5 28. Ke1d2 a5 29. Rg3g1 Rd5xe5 30. Rg1e1 Re5xe1 31. Kd2xe1 Bb7e4 32. Bd3xe4 Rc3e3 33. Ke1d2 Re3xe4 34. Rf4xe4 fxe4 35. Kd2e2 e5 36. Ke2d2 1/2-1/2[/pgn]What's the best chess program out there for a macbook user?I've started storing my games into a database in Fritz 12 and i want to be able to classify them by opening. There are header tabs in the open database with games, openings, themes strategy and tactics written on them. Anybody know how to make use of them. I can't find anything in the manual.If you're like me, you need another chess book like you need a hole in your head. But Yasser has a new book out, Chess Duels. I knew it might be a hit when I noticed that online chess stores seemed to have a hard time keeping the thing in stock.
Now Silman's come out with the first major review of the book that I've seen:
http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_js/Chess_Duels.html
Let the feeding frenzy begin!
P.S. I noticed that the signed and unsigned copies are the same price. Yaz is saying his signature isn't worth anything? ;)King & Queen = Royalty.
Two bishops = Clergy
Two knights = Chivalry
Two rooks = ???
Rookery?
Realty?Yep, you heard right, never resign. See people, resigning is quitting. It is throwing in the towel when faced with a potential loss. It is LAZY chess behavior and disrespectful to your opponent. I CAME to play, not watch you give up on move 7 because you dropped a rook, you LAZY buffoon.
There is NOTHING to be learned by giving up. Only by playing it out, discovering the CONSEQUENCES of your moves, will you improve.
I have had COUNTLESS games in my 30 year where I have won or drawn games where my OPPONENT had a mate in 5, and likewise lost games where I practically had the win in my hands.
Look at when happened when KRAMNIK played Fritz. For those too lazy to CLICK the link, here's what happened:
Vladimir Kramnik played another wonderfully profound game, piling the pressure on Deep Fritz on the black side of a Queen's Gambit Accepted, and taking the computer to the edge of DEFEAT. As usual the computer defended tenaciously and by move 34 Fritz had equalised and the game was clearly DRAWN. And then Kramnik overlooked mate in one!
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3509
Bottom line, ANY game can be won, lost or drawn within the SPAN of 1 move.Well.....30.Qb3 (no check) does lose,but it is white who loses.
[fen]8/p2q2kp/6p1/1p3p2/8/1Q5P/PP3PP1/3rR1K1 b - - 0 30[/fen]
See how careful white needs to be too? ;)
You were thinking 27.... Rd1
[fen]6k1/pp1q3p/6p1/5p2/8/2Q4P/PP3PP1/3rR1K1 w - - 0 28[/fen]
But yes,white has more options for tricks.So I guess we can conclude white has,as they say so nicely,practical chances.
toet.Elamef37 v beatlemania RHP 2010
[pgn][Event "May 2010 Long Haul Split II"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[EndDate "2010.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Elamef37"]
[Black ""]
[WhiteRating "1154"]
[BlackRating "1568"]
[WhiteELO "1154"]
[BlackELO "1568"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7471954"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Bf8b4 5. e5 Qd8e7 6. Bc1xf4 d6 7. Ng1f3 dxe5 8. dxe5 Bc8g4 9. Bf1e2 Nf6d7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3e4 Bg4xf3 12. Rf1xf3 Nd7xe5 13. Rf3g3 Rf8e8 14. a3 Bb4a5 15. Bf4g5 Qe7e6 16. Ne4c5 Qe6c6 17. Nc5b3 Ba5b6 18. Kg1h1 Nb8d7 19. Rg3c3 Qc6g6 20. Rc3g3 Qg6c6 21. c4 Ne5g6 22. Nb3d4 Bb6xd4 23. Be2f3 Qc6b6 24. Ra1b1 h6 25. Bg5xh6 gxh6 26. Bf3h5 Kg8h7 27. h3 Bd4f2 28. Bh5xg6 fxg6 29. Qd1xd7 Kh7h8 30. Rg3f3 Ra8d8 31. Qd7g4 Re8e1 32. Rb1xe1 Bf2xe1 33. Kh1h2 Qb6d6 34. Kh2h1 Be1a5 35. Qg4h4 h5 36. Qh4g5 Rd8g8
37. Qg5h6 1-0[/pgn]
sometimes you just gotta laugh, thanks Elamef37, for making me smile :DApologies if this has come up previously
Is there a known error where it looks like your opponent doesn't move and his clock counts down only you don't a timeout win?
When you then exit the game you get a message telling you you lose.
If so, what does your opponent have the same experience?What is a "green pawn"?Is there a fairly easy book on pawns (not Soltis yet - I'm only rated
1350). Or is there a good book with several chapters on pawn structure? I'm working on tactics but when I play, my pieces can not attack or go where they need to because of my opponent's pawns.
I've been playing nearly two years now , and things seem to get harder not easier.
GritI took some lad's advice in Site Ideas and am playing
some non-rated fun games.
Won 3 already am getting thrashed in another.
That Englubd gambit is muff if they don't fall for it.
Here is a win that just finished.
Everything happens on the a8 square.
[b]alfeliz v greenpawn[/b] Latvian Gambit
First of all I drop the exchange.
OK I don't have to worry about developing my a8 Rook.
Then I cook up a wonderful trap if he plays h3 to my Ng4.
I'm Black, White to play - what would you do here.
[fen]q4rk1/p1pb2pp/3b4/6B1/8/2N1p2P/PPP1QnP1/R4RK1 w - - 0 17[/fen]
Take e-pawn with the Bishop. Yes no danger there.
Look at my out of play Queen on a8.
Here is the trap.
I'll show you the mate variation - it's wonderful.
(if he plays Rxf2 I get some play with Bc5)
[pgn]
[FEN "q4rk1/p1pb2pp/3b4/6B1/4p1n1/2N5/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
q . . . . r k .
p . p b . . p p
. . . b . . . .
. . . . . . B .
. . . . p . n .
. . N . . . . .
P P P . . P P P
R . . Q . R K .
white to play
--------------}
1. h3 Nxf2 2. Qe2 e3 3. Bxe3 Qxg2+ 4. Kxg2 Bc6+ 5. Qf3 Rxf3 6. Bxf2 Rg3+ 7. Kh2 Rg2+ 8. Kh1 Rh2+ 9. Kg1 Rh1[/pgn]
He never fell for it - if he had you have seen this trap posted
in every forum.
He took off the Queens and I feared getting ground down.
But he reacted to my threats.
He should have sacced back the exchange.
I lose one of my Bishops and the a1 Rook gets to play.
You will see it in the full game. I drive his active Rook to a passivve square.
This arose me to play.
[fen]5rk1/B1p3pp/8/3N4/4p1n1/2Pb2b1/PP4P1/R1R4K b - - 0 24[/fen]
I cannot get my Rook to the h-file to give the check.
That bloody Knight. Rf5 then Ne7+.
But thank God he took the a-pawn.
I have no idea what I would have done if he never.
So Rook a8 (this was a key square, a lot happened on here).
then Ra6-h6+ and surely all the pieces around the King win.
He moved the Bishop I go Ra6 he sees the fork but not the threat.
He moved too quick.
[fen]6k1/2p3pp/r7/2BN4/4p1n1/2Pb2b1/PP4P1/R1R4K w - - 0 26[/fen]
I was happy here, then I saw Ne7+ and Nf5 and still my Rook cannot
reach the h-file and the g3 Bishopis is being hit.
But he saw the fork. 26.Nb4 Rh6+ it was all over. (Lucky).
Here is the full game. (I wish he had fallen for my wee trap).
[pgn]
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.06.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "alfeliz"]
[Black "greenpawn34"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[EndDate "2010.07.01"]
[WhiteRating "1603"]
[BlackRating "1979"]
[GameId "7560759"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 e4 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10. Bxa8 Qxa8 11. O-O Bd6 12. d3 O-O 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Qd5+ Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5 18. c3 Bb5 19.Rfe1 Bd3 20. Be3 Nxf2+ 21. Kg1 Ng4 22. Bxa7 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bg3 24. Rec1 Ra8 25. Bc5 Ra6 26. Nb4 Rh6+ 27. Kg1 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Bd6+[/pgn] 1 23456789101112131415161718192021
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