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10 Aug '13 19:16

hedonist
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10 Aug '13 19:161 edit
EVENT Open invite
SITE http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE 2013.07.11
ROUND ?
WHITE streetflash
BLACK hedonist
RESULT 0-1
WHITEELO 1543
BLACKELO 1608
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[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[EndDate "2013.08.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "streetflash"]
[Black "hedonist"]
[WhiteRating "1543"]
[BlackRating "1608"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "10121091"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bf1c4 Nb8c6 3. d3 f5 4. exf5 Ng8f6 5. h3 {Very slow. This allows black to gain the centre regain the pawn. I would off been tempted to play g4.} d5 6. Bc4b3 Bf8c5 7. a3 O-O {Black is now miles ahead in development.} 8. Nb1c3 Bc8xf5 9. Bc1g5 Bf5e6 10. Qd1d2 Qd8d7 11. O-O-O Nc6d4 {Moving the cavalry forward in preparation of an infantry advance.} 12. Ng1f3 b5 13. a4 {If Nxe5 then Qd6 puts a lot of pressure on a3} Qd7d6 14. Nf3xd4 exd4 {I prefer this to taking with the bishop as it denies the c3 square for white’s pieces.} 15. Nc3xb5 {This opens lines for black against white’s king} Qd6b6 16. h4 c6 17. Nb5a3 Bc5xa3 18. bxa3 c5 19. a5 Qb6b7 20. f3 Ra8b8 21. Qd2e2 Be6d7 22. Kc1d2 Nf6h5 {Threatening both Ng3 and h6.} 23. Qe2f2 Kg8h8 24. g4 {the f pawn is pinned against the queen so...} Bd7xg4 25. f4 {White is self destructing.} Bg4xd1 26. Kd2xd1 h6 27. Qf2f3 Nh5f6 {Qf7 would have netted the bishop.} 28. Bg5xf6 Rf8xf6 29. h5 c4 {Looking to force an exchange of queens.} 30. dxc4 dxc4 {31. Qxb7 Rxb7 and then taking the pawn will lose the rook to Rb1+.} 0-1

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10 Aug '13 20:022 edits
Originally posted by hedonist
[pgn] [Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[EndDate "2013.08.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "streetflash"]
[Black "hedonist"]
[WhiteRating "1543"]
[BlackRating "1608"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "10121091"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bf1c4 Nb8c6 3. d3 f5 4. exf5 Ng8f6 5. h3 {Very slow. This al ...[text shortened]... e to give me any help, advice or abuse.

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develop develop and develop! black is three one ahead by move six, vewy vewy good! those connected pawns were awesome 🙂
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10 Aug '13 20:51
Originally posted by robbie carrobie
develop develop and develop! black is three one ahead by move six, vewy vewy good! those connected pawns were awesome 🙂
I had a quick look and after 13. a4 I wondered if you considered

FEN r4rk1/p1pq2pp/4bn2/1pbpp1B1/P2n4/1BNP1N1P/1PPQ1PP1/2KR3R b--0 1
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[FEN "r4rk1/p1pq2pp/4bn2/1pbpp1B1/P2n4/1BNP1N1P/1PPQ1PP1/2KR3R b--0 1"]
1....Nxb3 {hitting the queen and forcing break up of White's King protection} 2. cxb3 d4 {Opening the line of the bishop} 3. Nxb5 {is one of the available knight moves} Bxb3 {hitting the rook and a4 pawn as well as homing in on the king. Now with getting the Q to the c file, and rook to the b file you must be doing quite well. Maybe better than the game? I don't know}
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11 Aug '13 00:46
Originally posted by hedonist
[pgn] [Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[EndDate "2013.08.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "streetflash"]
[Black "hedonist"]
[WhiteRating "1543"]
[BlackRating "1608"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1608"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "10121091"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bf1c4 Nb8c6 3. d3 f5 4. exf5 Ng8f6 5. h3 {Very slow. This al ...[text shortened]... e to give me any help, advice or abuse.

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Not sure about black's opening - 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.exf5 seems problematic.
RJHinds
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11 Aug '13 02:046 edits
Originally posted by Ragwort
I had a quick look and after 13. a4 I wondered if you considered

[pgn]
[FEN "r4rk1/p1pq2pp/4bn2/1pbpp1B1/P2n4/1BNP1N1P/1PPQ1PP1/2KR3R b--0 1"]
1....Nxb3 {hitting the queen and forcing break up of White's King protection} 2. cxb3 d4 {Opening the line of the bishop} 3. Nxb5 {is one of the available knight moves} Bxb3 {hitting the rook and a4 pawn as well ...[text shortened]... o the b file you must be doing quite well. Maybe better than the game? I don't know}
[/pgn]
But what happens after...

FEN r4rk1/p1pq2pp/4bn2/1pbpp1B1/P2n4/1BNP1N1P/1PPQ1PP1/2KR3R b--0 1
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[FEN "r4rk1/p1pq2pp/4bn2/1pbpp1B1/P2n4/1BNP1N1P/1PPQ1PP1/2KR3R b--0 1"]
1....Nxb3 2. cxb3 d4 3. Nxb5 Bxb3 4. Nxe5 {gaining a pawn and attacking the queen?}

Oh I see now. Black can play Qd5 with threats. Yeah, that looks good.
No, maybe not. White could play Nxe5 on move 3 instead of waiting for move 4. Looks like White would be better then. Like this:

FEN r4rk1/p1pq2pp/4bn2/1pbpp1B1/P2n4/1BNP1N1P/1PPQ1PP1/2KR3R b--0 1
Invert Board Headers

[FEN "r4rk1/p1pq2pp/4bn2/1pbpp1B1/P2n4/1BNP1N1P/1PPQ1PP1/2KR3R b--0 1"]
1....Nxb3 2. cxb3 d4 3. Nxe5

No. I guess that doesn't work either because Black can just continue with ...dxc3 capturing the knight and attacking White's queen.

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hedonist
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12 Aug '13 07:59
Originally posted by Ragwort
I had a quick look and after 13. a4 I wondered if you considered

[pgn]
[FEN "r4rk1/p1pq2pp/4bn2/1pbpp1B1/P2n4/1BNP1N1P/1PPQ1PP1/2KR3R b--0 1"]
1....Nxb3 {hitting the queen and forcing break up of White's King protection} 2. cxb3 d4 {Opening the line of the bishop} 3. Nxb5 {is one of the available knight moves} Bxb3 {hitting the rook and a4 pawn as well ...[text shortened]... o the b file you must be doing quite well. Maybe better than the game? I don't know}
[/pgn]
Nxb3 was one of the reasons for me putting the knight on d4 but I got fixated with allowing white to take my knight and retaking with my pawn. This is a common mistake I make when I see an idea I like. I ignore all the other options.
hedonist
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12 Aug '13 08:08
Originally posted by SwissGambit
Not sure about black's opening - 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.exf5 seems problematic.
Without the knight to cover the h5 square the opening does look a bit ropey.

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17 Aug '13 09:49

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I was wondering about the opening. Is Nxe5 and Bxf2+ theory, or is it all a load of nonsense?

SwissGambit
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18 Aug '13 15:40
Originally posted by hedonist
[pgn][Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2013.07.11"] [EndDate "2013.08.11"] [Round "?"] [White "skipstammy"] [Black "hedonist"] [WhiteRating "1456"] [BlackRating "1642"] [WhiteElo "1456"] [BlackElo "1642"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "10121073"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 3. Ng1f3 f5 {So I’m playing the Grand Prix Attack vs the Sicilian ...[text shortened]... he opening. Is Nxe5 and Bxf2+ theory, or is it all a load of nonsense?
5.exf5 looks wrong. It's not a very common line in databases either. And there are no games with 6.Nxe5.
hedonist
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18 Aug '13 20:20
EVENT Open invite
SITE http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE 2013.07.29
ROUND ?
WHITE hedonist
BLACK L Stock
RESULT 0-1
WHITEELO 1611
BLACKELO 1689
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[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[EndDate "2013.08.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "hedonist"]
[Black "L Stock"]
[WhiteRating "1611"]
[BlackRating "1689"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "10148715"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3{This must be the first opening trap I learned back in the day. 3... b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Qf3 wins a piece.} e6 4. Bf1xc4 a6 5. Ng1f3 Ng8f6 6. O-O Bf8d6{I don’t think this is the best place for the bishop. It leaves black vulnerable to a central pawn advance.} 7. Nb1c3 O-O 8. e4 Bd6e7 9. Bc1e3 b5 10. Bc4d3 Bc8b7 11. Qd1c2 h6{Guarding against e5 winning the h pawn.} 12. Nf3e5 Nb8d7 13. f4 Ra8c8 14. Rf1f3{Starting an assault on the kingside.} c5{Black must counter in the center.} 15. dxc5 Nd7xc5{I’m really regretting putting the queen on the c file now.} 16. Be3xc5 Be7xc5 17. Kg1h1 Bc5d4 18. Qc2e2 Bd4xc3 19. bxc3 Rc8xc3{At this point I feel I’m already lost. Not only am I a pawn down, but black can soon dominate the open files with his heavy pieces.} 20. f5{Trying to mix it up a bit.} Qd8d4{Oh dear. The knight is lost and my rook on a1 is a target.} 0-1

The final position shows me how vulnerable unprotected pieces are. Putting my queen on a file which is likely to be opened with a rook behind it is a very bad idea. The rook lift 14. Rf3 was far too slow.
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12 Sep '13 14:10
1st game(round 2) Inverness minor 2013

Game notes are out of sync here for some reason I can't work out. It's ok at www.chesshed.blogspot.co.uk

EVENT Inverness Minor 2013
DATE 2013.09.07
ROUND 2
WHITE McDade, James
BLACK Simpson, Gordon
RESULT 1-0
ECO C22
OPENING Center game: Berger variation
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[Event "Inverness Minor 2013"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McDade, James"]
[Black "Simpson, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Opening "Center game: Berger variation"]
[ECO "C22"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Ng4{this wastes time as the knight can't stay there and the move just forces the queen onto a better square.} 6. Qg3{putting pressure on the g7 pawn.} d6 7. h3 Nge5
8. Bd2 Be6 9. O-O-O g6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. f5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bd7 14.Nf3 Bg7 15. Nd5 b5{i like this move.black's best chance is to counterattack.} 16. Bg5{played to restrict black's most active piece.} f6 17. Qc3 O-O 18. Bd2 a5 19. g4 Nb4 20. Nxb4
axb4 21. Qxb4 Ra4 22. Qb3+ Rc4 23. Nd4 c6 24. Bf4 Qc7 25. Nxb5 cxb5 26. Bxd6 Qa7 27. Bxf8 Bxf8{so i've netted a rook and 3 pawns for my 2 minor pieces. but my opponant has 2 bishops and a lot of open lines pointing towards my king.} 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Rhd1 Bc6 30. a3 Qa5{not Bxe4 yet as Rd7+ wins the queen.} 31. Kb1{31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Qe1 mate or 31. Rd2(any) Rb4 32.axb4 qa1 mate.} Bxe4 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. R1d2 h6 34. R7d4 Kh8 35. Rxc4 Qxd2 36. Rxe4 1-0
RJHinds
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13 Sep '13 04:054 edits
Originally posted by hedonist
[pgn][Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2013.07.11"] [EndDate "2013.08.11"] [Round "?"] [White "skipstammy"] [Black "hedonist"] [WhiteRating "1456"] [BlackRating "1642"] [WhiteElo "1456"] [BlackElo "1642"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "10121073"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 3. Ng1f3 f5 {So I’m playing the Grand Prix Attack vs the Sicilian ...[text shortened]... he opening. Is Nxe5 and Bxf2+ theory, or is it all a load of nonsense?
I don't know if that is theory or not. However, I remembered a game that I played in which my opponent did the same idea in a Bishop's Opening. I knew it was one of my early games on here before I learned to use the analyze board feature so I was able to find it quickly since it was the 11th game that I finished on RHP. This game only lasted a couple of days and I made some very bad moves that caused me to lose, but this is it.

[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[EndDate "2011.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "cristian971"]
[Black "RJHinds"]
[WhiteRating "1597"]
[BlackRating "2126"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "8179299"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 3. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 4. a3 Nf6xe4 {Here is the same type of position as that first game and he did the same thing} 5. Bc4xf7 Ke8xf7 6. Nc3xe4 d5 7. Ne4c3 Kf7g8 {This was my first dumb move but it gets worse so it is really not worth loooking at the rest of the game} 8. d3 Bf8e7 9. Ng1f3 Bc8g4 10. h3 Bg4h5 11. g4 Bh5f7 12. Bc1d2 a6 13. Qd1e2 Qd8d6 14. Bd2g5 Be7f8 15. Bg5h4 g6 16. Bh4g3 Bf8g7 17. d4 Ra8e8 18. O-O-O Bg7h6 19. g5 Bh6xg5 20. Nf3xg5 Qd6f6 21. Ng5xf7 Kg8xf7 22. Nc3xd5 Qf6g5 23. Kc1b1 exd4 24. Qe2f3 Kf7g7 25. Nd5xc7 Re8e7 26. Rh1e1 Rh8f8 27. Re1xe7 Qg5xe7 28. Qf3d5 Rf8xf2 29. Bg3xf2 1-0

His name was cristian. Perhaps I had something psychological about beating a christian.

In your game 6...Qe7 attacking and pinning the knight looks best.

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13 Sep '13 18:411 edit
Minor round 3.

I was pleased with this game as I really hate playing against d4 'system' openings.

EVENT Inverness Minor 2013
DATE 2013.09.07
ROUND 3
ECO D00
OPENING Queen's pawn game
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[Event "Inverness Minor 2013"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Qe2 Nbd7 7. Bxf5 exf5
8. Ne5 O-O 9. b3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Qf3 c5 12. O-O Qb6 13. a4 Rac8 14. Rd1 d4 15. Nd2 Nc3 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Rd3 Ne4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Qd1 b5 20. Nd6 Nxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Rxd4 Qb6 24. a5 Qf6 25. Rd5 Qc3 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 Rc8 29. Ra2 Qf2 30. g3 Re8 31. Ra1 h6 32. Qf1 Qxc2 33. b4 Re2 34. Rc1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rf2 0-1

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13 Sep '13 21:533 edits
Originally posted by hedonist
Minor round 3.

I was pleased with this game as I really hate playing against d4 'system' openings.

[pgn][Event "Inverness Minor 2013"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Qe2 Nbd7 7. Bxf5 exf5
8. Ne5 O-O 9. b3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Qf3 c5 12. O-O Qb6 1 ...[text shortened]... 34. Rc1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rf2 0-1

[/pgn]

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I am far from an expert myself but after 7.Bxf5 its essentially a positional and strategic blunder by white to my mind, looking at the pawn structure, it opens the e file against a hopelessly backward pawn, if i was black i would have piled up on that pawn, along the e file, with rooks and queen, maybe Nf4, pawn break ...c5. I don't understand ...Bxe5 by black, was it really necessary, to allow white to block such a juicy open file after the recapture, i dunno! Nice to see you play a reversed London system, especially after all the nonsense that has been spoken of it on these very forums!
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15 Sep '13 23:08
Black in round 4
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Qd6 5. b3 e5 6. d3 Be7 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. c4 d4 11. Qc2 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Ne8 13. e3 f5 14. exd4 exd4 15. a3 Nef6 16. b4 b6 17. Nb3 f4 18. Qe2 Rde8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nbd2 fxg3 21. fxg3 Bd8 22. Qf2 Bf5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ng5 Bg6 25. Nde4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxg5 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Rf1 Be3 0-1

In the final round my opponent Ian Hope was in the lead with 4/4. I was 2nd with 3.5/4 with a big group right behind me on 3/4. This meant that if I won the final game I would be 1st. If I drew I would be 2nd= and if I lost I would be nothing. So I go for the win.

Around move 18 I went to the toilet. I bumped into an amiable Glaswegian I had spoken to the day before who was playing in the same section. The usual pleasantries ensued, how's your game going etc.

him: How are you getting on?
me: I'm a piece down but I may still have some tricks.
him: Ian hope is winning so he's going to come 1st.
me: 🙁
him: Who are you playing?
me: Ian Hope.

I also walked past the organisers table and noticed a laptop with a familiar chess position displayed on it. It was the game I was playing. Only then did i remember that the game was live on the internet with a possible 6 billion viewers. But more likely 6.

White in the last round
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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. f4 e5 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 O-O 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. g4 Re8 15. O-O-O e4 16. Qd2 exf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Bd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc6 20. Qb3 Nf3 21. Bf4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne5 23. Rhe1 Bd7 24. Qb4 Qa4 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qd6 Qf4+ 27. Kb2 Bc6 28. f6 Qc4 29. Qd2 Qf4 30. Qd6 Qc4 31. Rf1 Be4 32. Qd2 Bg6 33. Rfe1 Rac8 34. Re3 b5 35. Qd7 b4 36. Ka1 Bxc2 37. Rc1 b3 38. a3 Qc5 0-1

EVENT	Open invite
SITE	http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE	2013.07.11
ROUND	?
WHITE	streetflash
BLACK	hedonist
RESULT	0-1
WHITEELO	1543
BLACKELO	1608

EVENT	Inverness Minor 2013
DATE	2013.09.07
ROUND	2
WHITE	McDade, James
BLACK	Simpson, Gordon
RESULT	1-0
ECO	C22
OPENING	Center game: Berger variation

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