"Baseball is a simple game. You throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball." Manager Joe "Skip" Riggins, from the movie Bull Durham
Chess is a simple game, you win a pawn, trade all the pieces, promote your extra pawn, and checkmate your opponent.
[Event "m1134130948"]
[Site "turn-based site"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "bvboucher"]
[Black "Wulebgr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "128"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. Na3 b6 5. Bg5 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. c3 Qd7 8. Bxe7
Bxe7 9. b4 Nxb4 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nc2 Na5 12. O-O c5 13. Ne3 O-O 14. a4 Rfc8 15.
h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Nf4 Rac8 19. Ne2 Bb4 20. h4 a5 21. h5 h6
22. Ra2 b5 23. g3 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rc2 25. Ra1 Qb5 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Qc4 28.
Ne2 Qc2 29. Nc1 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Rc2 31. Nd3 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Bxd2 33. Nb2 Kf8 34. Na4
Ke7 35. Kf1 f6 36. Ke2 Bb4 37. f4 Kf7 38. Kf3 g6 39. g4 g5 40. Nb6 fxe5 41.
fxe5 Ke7 42. Ke2 Kd8 43. Kd3 Kc7 44. Na4 Kc6 45. Kc2 Kb5 46. Kb3 Be7 47. Nb2
Bf8 48. Na4 Bb4 49. Nb2 Bd2 50. Kc2 Be3 51. Kd3 Bf2 52. Kc3 a4 53. Nd3 Bg3 54.
Nc5 Bxe5 55. dxe5 Kxc5 56. Kb2 Kc4 57. Ka3 d4 58. Kxa4 d3 59. Ka5 d2 60. Ka6
d1=Q 61. Ka7 Kc5 62. Kb7 Qd7+ 63. Ka6 Qg7 64. Ka5 Qa7# 0-1
Originally posted by TestriderWhat program are you using? Does it adhere to the PGN standard as described at http://www.saremba.de/chessgml/standards/pgn/pgn-complete.htm?
can't load it into program, maybe you should get rid of some extra spaces/linebreaks/whatever
I'm able to paste the game score, as presented, into ChessBase, ChessCaptor, Chessmaster (not as simple), and Chess Informant Expert.
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Originally posted by WulebgrWeird third move.
"Baseball is a simple game. You throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball." Manager Joe "Skip" Riggins, from the movie Bull Durham
Chess is a simple game, you win a pawn, trade all the pieces, promote your extra pawn, and checkmate your opponent.
[Event "m1134130948"]
[Site "turn-based site"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "bvbou Ka5 d2 60. Ka6
d1=Q 61. Ka7 Kc5 62. Kb7 Qd7+ 63. Ka6 Qg7 64. Ka5 Qa7# 0-1
EDIT: But a good win nonetheless. A remarkably clear example of how to get a rook to the seventh rank and winning an endgame a pawn up. Well done. Fancy a game when one of my slots has cleared?
Originally posted by WulebgrThat Ba6 idea. I haven't seen maybe french players play that. I had a 2000+ player pay that against me during a Univ team match online with 30 min timer. Of course he crushed me but i was rather suprised with that Ba6 idea. First time I saw it.
"Baseball is a simple game. You throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball." Manager Joe "Skip" Riggins, from the movie Bull Durham
Chess is a simple game, you win a pawn, trade all the pieces, promote your extra pawn, and checkmate your opponent.
[Event "m1134130948"]
[Site "turn-based site"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "bvbou ...[text shortened]... Ka5 d2 60. Ka6
d1=Q 61. Ka7 Kc5 62. Kb7 Qd7+ 63. Ka6 Qg7 64. Ka5 Qa7# 0-1
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Originally posted by Positional PlayerIt's an offbeat way to meet the Advance variation of the French, but very playable. The essential idea is to follow with b6 and Ba6 (as in the game) and trade off black's bad bishop. 3...c5 is more common, of course.
Weird third move.
My opponent's move 4 was the real novelty, and his move 9 gave me a pawn for nothing in exchange. The rest of the game was straightforward technical chess, although I must admit I spent a little time with my move 46 from the position below with black to move.
After the next few moves, we reached the same position, but with white to move. This change of tempo allowed my bishop to penetrate. Otherwise, I couldn't see how to break through, despite the extra pawn.
I'm always open to a game with someone that can teach me something (except when I have more than 30 games going).
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Originally posted by RahimKI became acquainted with this idea because one of the high school players on a team that I coach played it, and sought analysis from an expert who was at a scholastic event going through games with players that requested it. The expert is devoted apostle of the French Defense, and after seeing his analysis of the student's game, I started playing it from time to time. It often catches players by surprise.
That Ba6 idea. I haven't seen maybe french players play that. I had a 2000+ player pay that against me during a Univ team match online with 30 min timer. Of course he crushed me but i was rather suprised with that Ba6 idea. First time I saw it.
Here are two games for further study that employ the idea.
[Event "Hastings 7778"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (5s)"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1977.12.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 e6 {Fritz 5.00 (5s): 'Opening = C02 - Französische Vert-Vorstoßvariante /
French Def-Advance Variat'} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. Nf3 b6 5. c3 Qd7 6. a4 a5 7.
b3 {Fritz 5.00 (5s): 'out of book'} Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O c5 10. Na3 Nc6 11.
Nb5 Be7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 cxd4 (14... Bxg5 $143 15. Bxg5 cxd4 16.
cxd4 $16) 15. cxd4 Nc7 (15... Bxg5 $143 16. Bxg5 Nc7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Bxh6+ Kg8
19. Rfd1 $16) 16. Nxc7+ Qxc7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1985.04.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ne7 4. Nf3 b6 5. c3 Qd7 6. a4 a5 7. Na3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O c6 10. Qd3 Nc7 11. Nc2 c5 12. h4 c4 13. Qe2 h5 14. Bg5 Ng6 15. Rfb1
Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. b3 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Nf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Ng5
Rh6 22. Nh3 Qc6 23. Qf3 Qc4 24. Rba3 g6 25. Nf4 Kd7 26. Rb1 Kc6 27. Rab3 b5 28.
Qg3 Rh7 29. Qg5 Kd7 30. Qf6 Qc6 31. e6+ Nxe6 32. Nd3 Kc8 33. Ne5 Qc7 34. Nxg6
Rb7 35. Qxf5 Rg7 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Rxb5 Qd7 38. Qxd5 1-0
Originally posted by WulebgrI hope you don't mind if I post a French game of my own. It further illustrates the strategy in the French Defence of rook penetration down the c-file. I had the game in the bag until I miffed it with KtxP.
I became acquainted with this idea because one of the high school players on a team that I coach played it, and sought analysis from an expert who was at a scholastic event going through games with players that requested it. The expert is devoted apostle of the French Defense, and after seeing his analysis of the student's game, I started playing it from tim ...[text shortened]... . Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Rxb5 Qd7 38. Qxd5 1-0
Enjoy.
Here it is:
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. e5 c5
4. c3 Nc6
5. Be3 Qb6
6. Qd2 Bd7
7. Na3 Rc8
8. Nb5 a6
9. Nd6+ Bxd6
10. exd6 cxd4
11. Bxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Qxb2
13. Rd1 Nf6
14. Nf3 O-O
15. Bd3 Qxc3+
16. Qxc3 Rxc3
17. O-O Rfc8
18. Ne5 Ba4
19. Rb1 b5
20. d7 Rd8
21. Rfc1 Rxc1+
22. Rxc1 Nxd7
23. Nxd7 Sweet. I realise I am screwed. It is time to put my newly gained endgame skills to the test in a blitz finish.
23. ...... f6
24. Nb6 e5
25. Nxa4 bxa4
26. Bxa6 Kf7
27. f3 Rb8
28. Rd1 Ke6
29. h4 Rb2
30. a3 g6
31. Rc1 Kd6
32. Rc8 Rb3
33. Rf8 f5
34. Rf7 Rxa3
35. Rxh7 Kc5
36. Rh6 Ra1+
37. Kh2 a3
38. Rxg6 a2
39. Be2 Rh1+ Inspiration!
40. Kxh1 a1=Q+
41. Kh2 Qe1
42. h5 Qxe2
43. h6 Qe1
44. g3 Qf2+
45. Kh3 Qxf3
46. Kh4 d4
47. h7 Qh1+ Bwahahaha
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