Interesting Games

We should have an interesting games thread to look at when we are bored. Post here any especially interesting games you have played or are playing on RHP, comments on posted games are welcome!

Please make it clear if your posted game is still in play, so commentors can take care not to give anything away.

Alright......keep in mind this was only a 1min + 2s game...... I just played it and annotated it this morning before work! Great idea for a thread!

[Event "1m + 2s game"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "N-N"]
[Black "!~TONY~!."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]

1. Nc3 {The van Geet Opening, known for it's transpositional possibilities!} g6 {A move going for the modern defense. It's funny because by him playing 1.Nc3 he has lost the ability to go for an Averbakh Variation or a KID because his c-pawn is blocked, inhibiting him from playing c4 at any time.} 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 {Ok, so we are now in the modern, an opening I have been playing a lot lately.} d6 4. f4 {He goes for a variation popular against the Pirc called the Austrian
Attack. Similar to the line 1.e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 c5! with a lot of theory to follow!} Nf6 {I choose to transpose to the line above.} 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 {Other moves are 6. d5, or Bb5+. The bishop-check line puts both players in the middle of mass complications, where black is theoretically o.k. but the lines are insanely complicated. Black usually never gets to castle and has to deal with a weak kingside. To see more check out any book on the Pirc Defense!} Qa5 {Threatening Nxe4, destroying his center!} 7. Bd2 (7. cxd6 Nxe4 8. dxe7 Nc6 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf2 =+) 7... Qxc5 8.
Qe2 {I'm not quite sure why he didn't play something natural like Bd3 and then Qe2, which is more fluid in my opinion! But who knows!} Bg4 9. O-O-O {Opposite side castling is sure to follow, initiating a phase of the game where both players try to throw everything they have at the other player, in an attempt for mate!} O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 {...Be6 may be better aiming the bishop at the Kingside and keeping his kingside pieces tangled up for a while.} 11. Qxf3 Nc6 {With obvious intentions of Nd4, which plans to gang up on c2 also.} 12.Kb1 (12. Be3 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. g4 +=) 12... Nd4 13. Qf2? (13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. g4 +=) 13... Nxe4?? 14. Nxe4! {Mate follows.} (14. Qe3 d5 -/+) 14... Qxc2+ 15. Ka1 Nb3+! {Discovery of the monstrous g7-bishop!} 16. axb3 Qxb2# 0-1

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Originally posted by !~TONY~!
15. Ka1 Nb3+! {Discovery of the monstrous g7-bishop!} 16. axb3 Qxb2# 0-1

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Originally posted by TimmyToilet
Wouldn't 15. ...Qxd1+ have forced mate with the move 16. Bc1 to block the check and then ...Qxc1# ...just curious

Originally posted by !~TONY~!
Of course! But the question you have to ask yourself is which way is cooler. I like to sacrifice pieces and also, it shows how strong the fianchettoed bishop is, and shows how cool the modern is, being that the bishop was a mating piece along with a queen, you know? 😀

All that counts is that you found a mate! Any one works! 😀

Here is a fun game that I recently played vs. Bobla45 a good friend of mine here. I finished with a neat positional sacrifice that gave me a won game.

http://www.timeforchess.com/core/viewhistory.php?gameid=202374

I thought I'd share it to see if you guys had any thoughts on it.

Sorry Bob for posting this, but it was a fun one!

Bryan

Very cool! 18.a3 and 20.g4 look a 'lil goofy for obvious reasons. Nice play on the queenside! 😀

Here is another I just finished up with my good friend Kirk.

http://www.timeforchess.com/core/viewhistory.php?gameid=231383

Quite a fun finish when your Queen is en prise and cannot be captured!
I offered a rook sac that he refused (He had to.) and then things went downhill quickly from there.

Let me know if you guys find anything we may have missed.

Kirk: Hope you don't mind. 😉

Bryan

Here's one I already posted on the siscilian thread, plus some quiz questions. Sorry Cymro!

http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/viewhistory.php?gameid=227902

Can you see what white's plan is after black's 12 Ra8b8? (Black spotted it but didn't think it would work so well)

How quickly can you spot how black avoids mate after white's Re3xh3? (I didn't spot it untill he played it!)

Is black lost after 19 f6? (I think he should have played 19 f5)

Originally posted by iamatiger
Here's one I already posted on the siscilian thread, plus some quiz questions. Sorry Cymro!

http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/viewhistory.php?gameid=227902

Can you see what white's plan is after black's 12 Ra8b8? (Black spotted it but didn't think it would work so well)

How quickly can you spot how black avoids mate after white's Re3xh3? (I didn ...[text shortened]... it untill he played it!)

Is black lost after 19 f6? (I think he should have played 19 f5)

Originally posted by ReelEmInReid
Good game.

f5 certainly looks better (taking a square away from the knight).

What would you have done if black had played 13 .. e5?

This is one of my better Alekhine games.Played 'live' against a 2150.TC 60 minutes.Any comments are welcome.Check out the endgame,there might be a win for black,but I'm not sure.
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8.
b3 Bf6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be2 g6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd2
d5
15. c5 Nc8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rxe2 Na7 20. Rce1
Nb5
21. Nxb5 axb5 22. b4 Qd7 23. Bg5 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Re8 26.
Rxe8+
Qxe8 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Kg7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Kf3 Kf5 31. g4+ Kg5 32.
Kg3
f5 33. h4+ Kf6 34. g5+ Ke6 35. Kf4 Kf7 36. Ke5 Ke7 37. Kf4 Ke6 38. Kf3
Kf7
39. Ke2 Kg7 40. Kd2 h6 41. Ke2 hxg5 42. hxg5 Kf7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Kf4 Kf7
45.
Kg3 Ke6 46. Kf2 Kf7 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Kc3 Ke6 50. Kd3 Ke7 51.
Ke2
Kf7 52. Kd1 Ke7 53. Ke1 Kf7 54. Kf1 Ke7 55. Kf2 Kf7 56. Kf3 Ke7 57. Kg3
Kf7
58. Kh4 Ke6 59. Kh3 Kf7 60. Kg3 Ke6 61. Kf4 Kf7 drawn by mutual agreement.