Your favorite rivalry
14 Nov '13 23:421 editWhat's your best rivalry on this site? My best one is probably User 705938. We're fairly evenly matched; I have won 5 of the 9 games with none drawn.
Here's a win and a loss from the collection.
[White "DaTribe"]
[Black "SwissGambit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. e4 e5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. d5 h6 13. Rac1 Nh7 14. Bg2 f5 15. Qd1 f4 16. Bd2 g5 {The usual KID pawnstorm. However, white could have tried locking it up with g4, f3 and h3.} 17. Bh3 {But he prefers to grab a better diagonal for the B.} Rf6 18. gxf4 {A little surprising that he'd help me out like this. But he has decided that he, too, is going to play on the Kside.} gxf4 19. Kh1 Ng5 20. Bf5 Nc5 {He can't kick me out with b4 because I have ... Nd3.} 21. Rc2 {Weird square - but it's going over to g2 at some point, once stuff clears out.} a5 22. Qg4 Qe7 {Too soon. The way the game turned out, she needed to be on f7 and I could have saved this tempo.} 23. f3 Kh8 24. Be1 Rg8 25. Rg2 {There he goes.} Qf7 26. h4 Nh7 27. Rfg1 {An unusual feeling when your g7 B is <i>pinned</i> in a classical KID setup.} Nf8 28. h5 {Back to g5 it is, to clog up the works, even at the cost of a pawn.} Nh7 29. Bh4 Ng5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5 Rh6 32. Bg6 Qf6 {Psychologically, this worked. The reality is that after ...QxQ I don't have enough for the pawn, but white feels 'in control' and decides that he is above spending time on trading.} 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Rd1 Qxg5 35. Rxg5 Bf8 36. Kg2 Ne6 {MVP Knight right there.} 37. Rg4 Be7 38. Kf2 Nd4 39. Rdg1 Nc2 40. Bf7 Rxg4 41. Rxg4 Rf6 42. Be8 {This turns out badly. Besides hitting c6, what else is he doing there? Redeploying to f5? But then Bg6 was better.} Nd4 43. a3 {Finally, a mistake from white. My Nd4 is already a thorn in the side and this lets the Rook in to help.} Rf8 44. Bd7 Rb8 45. Nd1 Rb3 46. Kg2 {"Not so fast!" says white as I try to get the P back. My N needs to watch c6, so I can't take the f-pawn yet.} a4 {Fine, let's clamp that backward pawn down. The wR just can't get back to help.} 47. Rg6 Rd3 48. Nc3 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 Nxf3 50. Bxc6 {I was jonesing for ...Bh4 but he can just Ne2 to shut off my Rook.} Rxb2 51. Nd5 {He leaves?!} Bh4 {Woohoo!} 52. Rg2 Rb1+ 53. Ke2 Nd4+ 54. Kd3 Rb3+ {Rook's gonna get skewered. 0-1.}
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame"]
[Date "2013.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SwissGambit"]
[Black "DaTribe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 a6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O {Just what bloodthirsty players love. An opposite-side castling duel.} b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. g4 Bc6 14. h4 a5 15. Bd5 {It wouldn't have hurt to let black play ...a4 first.} Qc7 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nf4 {? Going for e6, but it was time to block with Kb1 before punching.} b3 {! This is what I missed. A highly energetic move that shifts the black attack up a gear.} 21. axb3 a4 22. b4 a3 23. b3 {A risky decision, but so was opening the a-file for the Rooks.} Ne4 {! Another incisive blow. I'm stuck watching the mate on c2, and that damned a-pawn. Something must give.} 24. fxe4 Bxd4 25. Ne6 {I got nothin'.} a2 {0-1}
Here's a win and a loss from the collection.
| WHITE | DaTribe |
| BLACK | SwissGambit |
| RESULT | 0-1 |
| WHITEELO | 1836 |
| BLACKELO | 1739 |
[White "DaTribe"]
[Black "SwissGambit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. e4 e5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. d5 h6 13. Rac1 Nh7 14. Bg2 f5 15. Qd1 f4 16. Bd2 g5 {The usual KID pawnstorm. However, white could have tried locking it up with g4, f3 and h3.} 17. Bh3 {But he prefers to grab a better diagonal for the B.} Rf6 18. gxf4 {A little surprising that he'd help me out like this. But he has decided that he, too, is going to play on the Kside.} gxf4 19. Kh1 Ng5 20. Bf5 Nc5 {He can't kick me out with b4 because I have ... Nd3.} 21. Rc2 {Weird square - but it's going over to g2 at some point, once stuff clears out.} a5 22. Qg4 Qe7 {Too soon. The way the game turned out, she needed to be on f7 and I could have saved this tempo.} 23. f3 Kh8 24. Be1 Rg8 25. Rg2 {There he goes.} Qf7 26. h4 Nh7 27. Rfg1 {An unusual feeling when your g7 B is <i>pinned</i> in a classical KID setup.} Nf8 28. h5 {Back to g5 it is, to clog up the works, even at the cost of a pawn.} Nh7 29. Bh4 Ng5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5 Rh6 32. Bg6 Qf6 {Psychologically, this worked. The reality is that after ...QxQ I don't have enough for the pawn, but white feels 'in control' and decides that he is above spending time on trading.} 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Rd1 Qxg5 35. Rxg5 Bf8 36. Kg2 Ne6 {MVP Knight right there.} 37. Rg4 Be7 38. Kf2 Nd4 39. Rdg1 Nc2 40. Bf7 Rxg4 41. Rxg4 Rf6 42. Be8 {This turns out badly. Besides hitting c6, what else is he doing there? Redeploying to f5? But then Bg6 was better.} Nd4 43. a3 {Finally, a mistake from white. My Nd4 is already a thorn in the side and this lets the Rook in to help.} Rf8 44. Bd7 Rb8 45. Nd1 Rb3 46. Kg2 {"Not so fast!" says white as I try to get the P back. My N needs to watch c6, so I can't take the f-pawn yet.} a4 {Fine, let's clamp that backward pawn down. The wR just can't get back to help.} 47. Rg6 Rd3 48. Nc3 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 Nxf3 50. Bxc6 {I was jonesing for ...Bh4 but he can just Ne2 to shut off my Rook.} Rxb2 51. Nd5 {He leaves?!} Bh4 {Woohoo!} 52. Rg2 Rb1+ 53. Ke2 Nd4+ 54. Kd3 Rb3+ {Rook's gonna get skewered. 0-1.}
| EVENT | Open invite |
| SITE | http://www.playtheimmortalgame |
| DATE | 2013.08.06 |
| ROUND | ? |
| WHITE | SwissGambit |
| BLACK | DaTribe |
| RESULT | 0-1 |
| WHITEELO | 1739 |
| BLACKELO | 1836 |
| EVENTDATE | 2013.??.?? |
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame"]
[Date "2013.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SwissGambit"]
[Black "DaTribe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 a6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O {Just what bloodthirsty players love. An opposite-side castling duel.} b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. g4 Bc6 14. h4 a5 15. Bd5 {It wouldn't have hurt to let black play ...a4 first.} Qc7 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nf4 {? Going for e6, but it was time to block with Kb1 before punching.} b3 {! This is what I missed. A highly energetic move that shifts the black attack up a gear.} 21. axb3 a4 22. b4 a3 23. b3 {A risky decision, but so was opening the a-file for the Rooks.} Ne4 {! Another incisive blow. I'm stuck watching the mate on c2, and that damned a-pawn. Something must give.} 24. fxe4 Bxd4 25. Ne6 {I got nothin'.} a2 {0-1}
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