My first serious otb in almost ten years went far beyond expectations.
As I've been replaying the game, I'm not that happy with the way I played.
I take it that his opening went to hell, giving me some room to make my own stupid mistakes. Still, I'm not really sure about my playing strength and I'm quite convinced that I will be soundly defeated in the next game.
So, besides my stupid 19.Ra8, was this game even good enough to qualify as a guide to my current strength?
(White) 1
Christoffer Johansson 1450
(Black) 0
Kjell-Åke Andersson 2000
(2h+30)
1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.e4 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.0-0 h6 11.Re1(?) Nd7 12.Nh4 a4 13.Bd2 Re8 14.b3 a*b3 15.a*b3 R*a1 16.R*a1 Nf8 17.b4 Nd7 18.Qc1 Kh7 19.Ra8? (serious stupidity) Nb6 20.Ra7 N*c4 21.Nb5 N*d2 22.Q*d2 Bd7 23.Bf1 Qb7 24.Qa2 Bf6 25.Ng2 Kg7 26.Qa5 Rc8 27.Ne3 Bd8 28.Qa1(?) (Qa2 gddmnit) B*b5? 29.B*b5 c6 30.d*c6 b*c6 31.Bc4 Bc7 32.Qa2 d5 33.e*d5 Bb6 34.Re7 B*e3 35.f*e3 Q*b4 36.d6 Q*d6 37.R*f7+ Kh8 38.Qa7 Qd2 39.Qc5 Nd7 40.Qe7 Q*e3+ 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kh3 1-0
(Well waddya know, miracles do happen.)
Originally posted by infernalgnuWell played, especially at such a long time control!
My first serious otb in almost ten years went far beyond expectations.
As I've been replaying the game, I'm not that happy with the way I played.
I take it that his opening went to hell, giving me some room to make my own stupid mistakes. Still, I'm not really sure about my playing strength and I'm quite convinced that I will be soundly defeated in ...[text shortened]... 9.Qc5 Nd7 40.Qe7 Q*e3+ 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kh3 1-0
(Well waddya know, miracles do happen.)
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugSame here, i mated a guy rated 2389 on yahoo. I just figured he wasn't bothering to use his engine in that particular game. He instantly booted me from the table, which annoyed me at first but over time i have taken pleasure from the obvious irritation i must have caused him. 🙂
thats nothing, i beat a 2755(ICC rating not FIDE) GM on ICC a couple of months back, 😀 Was in a scheveningen game where even though a rook for knight down i suddenla found all my pieces were in a perfect position for a series of devastating combos., Freak occurences can happen in the odd game here and there.. but well done anyway
Originally posted by marinakatombHahah, The funniest is when they are crushing you and then they turn off the engine to practise the endgame since they are up so much and then you beat them cus they suck!
Same here, i mated a guy rated 2389 on yahoo. I just figured he wasn't bothering to use his engine in that particular game. He instantly booted me from the table, which annoyed me at first but over time i have taken pleasure from the obvious irritation i must have caused him. 🙂
Or half way their engine crashes or goes into a long think and they got to shut it off and they lose!
Dumb people.
Originally posted by JusuhI have a few games in my ICC Library, with wins against FM's & IM's.
thats nothing, some of us beat titled players weekly on internet...
No wins yet against GM's
Heres a 5 min games against an IM
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GrandMouster"]
[Black "WOWAN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[NIC "SI.01"]
[Time "20:11:56"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Be3 a6
8.
a3 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Ne2 Rac8
14. Ng3
Qb8 15. Qe2 Qa8 16. Bb1 Ne5 17. Ba2 Nfg4 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nc6 20.
f5 Bf6
21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Nh5 Bxb2 23. Qg4 Re7 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26.
Qg3
Qb8 27. Rf1 Be6 28. Bxc5 Be5 29. Qf2 dxc5 30. Qf8+ Bg8 31. Qxb8 Nxb8
32. Rf8
g6 33. Ng3 Kg7 34. Rc8 Be6 35. Rd8 Nc6 36. Ra8 Nd4 37. c3 Bxg3 38. cxd4
Bd6
39. Rxa6 Rd7 40. e5 Bg4 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. exd6 c4 43. dxc4 bxc4 44. Rc1
Be6
45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Ke4 Kd7 48. Ke5 {Black forfeits on time}
1-0
Cheap win on time...but what the heck..😀
Originally posted by RahimKWhat's an engine? (sorry for this stupid question everybody seems to know, but chess n00b here)
Hahah, The funniest is when they are crushing you and then they turn off the engine to practise the endgame since they are up so much and then you beat them cus they suck!
Or half way their engine crashes or goes into a long think and they got to shut it off and they lose!
Dumb people.
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugI'm playing (or have put my name down and awaiting confirmation) in a simul against a grandmaster in a couple of months so your story gives me some sort of hope (of playing a reasonable game, my ambition is to to get to an endgame)
I will in this thread when i get back from holiday. I dont hav the print out listing the moves here or have access to ICC, but il post it at the weekend. My proudest chess moment by a long way 🙂
Originally posted by stevetoddI played Kasparov years ago in a simul. Got killed in 20 moves.
I'm playing (or have put my name down and awaiting confirmation) in a simul against a grandmaster in a couple of months so your story gives me some sort of hope (of playing a reasonable game, my ambition is to to get to an endgame)
This was right after he lost to Kramnick. I was only 1266 at the time.
No one else got a win, but my fellow CC aquaintence almost got a draw, and he was 1800+