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Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932 2.c3 sicilian trap line, described in my blog 🙂
http://korch.blogspot.com/2009/01/if-you-have-said-you-must-also-say-b.html
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.01.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Korch"] [Black "Agabuci"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2312"] [BlackElo "2211"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2009.01.10"] [TimeControl "180"] 1. e4 {1} c5 {1} 2. c3 {1} Nc6 {0} 3. d4 {1} cxd4 {1} 4. cxd4 {0} d5 {1} 5. exd5 {0} Qxd5 {1} 6. Nf3 {0} Bg4 {2} 7. Nc3 {0} Qa5 {1} 8. d5 {2} Nb8 {1} 9.Qb3 {24} Qc7 {15} 10. Nb5 {8} Qc8 {9} 11. Bf4 {3} Na6 {3} 12. Rc1 {2} Qd7 {8} 13. Nc7+ {9} Nxc7 {1} 14. Rxc7 {1} Qd8 {10} 15. Bb5+ {Agabuci resigns (Lag: Av=0.57s, max=1.8s) 3} 1-0
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.01.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Korch"] [Black "Dopex"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2290"] [BlackElo "2318"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2009.01.11"] [TimeControl "180"] 1. e4 {3} c5 {1} 2. c3 {1} d5 {1} 3. exd5 {0} Qxd5 {1} 4. d4 {0} Nc6 {2} 5. Nf3 {1} Bg4 {0} 6. Be2 {1} cxd4 {2} 7. cxd4 {2} e6 {0} 8. Nc3 {1} Qa5 {1} 9. O-O {1} Bd6 {2} 10. Ne4 {2} Bc7 {4} 11. Bd2 {6} Qf5 {7} 12. Ng3 {3} Qg6 {1} 13. Nh4 {4} Bxe2 {3} 14. Nxg6 {8} Bxd1 {1} 15. Nxh8 {1} Bc2 {4} 16. Rac1 {4} Bxg3 {5} 17. fxg3 {8} Nxd4 {9} 18. Rf2 {6} Rc8 {10} 19. Be3 {6} Nf5 {3} 20. Rfxc2 {2} Rxc2 {2} 21. Rxc2 {0} Nxe3 {1} 22. Rc8+ {0} Ke7 {2} 23. Rxg8 {Dopex gibt auf (Lag: Av=0.46s, max=2.9s) 1} 1-0
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932 I really like my 18th move - intuitive sacrifice which would give strong attack if my opponent would accept it. Unfortunately opponent scared and refused it, making decisive mistake.
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.01.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Korch"] [Black "Luk65"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2378"] [BlackElo "2273"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2009.01.30"] [TimeControl "180"] 1. e4 {1} e5 {1} 2. Bc4 {2} Nf6 {1} 3. d3 {1} Nc6 {1} 4. Nf3 {1} d6 {3} 5. Bb3 {6} Be7 {1} 6. c3 {1} O-O {1} 7. O-O {10} Be6 {1} 8. Nbd2 {2} h6 {1} 9. Re1 {2} Qd7 {1} 10. Nf1 {2} Rfe8 {1} 11. Ng3 {3} Rad8 {2} 12. d4 {4} Bxb3 {5} 13. Qxb3 {4} Qc8 {3} 14. d5 {5} Nb8 {1} 15. Nh4 {10} Bf8 {1} 16. Nhf5 {2} Kh7 {1} 17. c4 {11} g6 {7} 18. Qf3 {14} Bg7 {3} 19. Nxg7 {4} Kxg7 {2} 20. Bxh6+ {1} Kxh6 {1} 21. Qxf6 {1} Rg8 {5} 22. Nf5+ {3} Kh7 {1} 23. Qh4# {(Lag: Av=0.69s, max=3.0s) Luk65 abbandona 2} 1-0
e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 Nice game Korch - am going use this and one of mine
Game 5863092 for the Corner - wee feature on White Knights going to f5.
Cheers.
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932 Decisive Rook sacrifice 13.Rxh5! after which Black appeared in lost position.
[Event "Rated game, 1m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.01.31"] [Round "?"] [White "Korch"] [Black "Roaddy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "2282"] [Annotator "Kristaps,Kretainis"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2009.01.31"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. e4 {2} c5 {0} 2. c3 {2} d6 {1} 3. d4 {1} cxd4 {0} 4. cxd4 {0} g6 {0} 5. Nc3 {1} Bg7 {0} 6. Nf3 {1} e6 {0} 7. h4 {2} Ne7 {0} 8. h5 {1} O-O {0} 9. Bg5 {2} f6 {1} 10. h6 {0} fxg5 {2} 11. hxg7 {1} Kxg7 {0} 12. Nxg5 {1} h5 {1} 13. Rxh5 {7} gxh5 {4} 14. Qxh5 {0} Qe8 {9} 15. Qh7+ {2} Kf6 {0} 16. e5+ {2} dxe5 {1} 17. Nce4# {(Lag: Av=0.99s, max=3.1s) 1} 1-0
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932
[Event "Rated game, 16m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.02.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Korch"] [Black "P.O."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "1841"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2009.02.09"] [TimeControl "960"] 1. e4 {1} d5 {1} 2. exd5 {15} Qxd5 {1} 3. Nf3 {1} Nf6 {2} 4. d4 {5} Bg4 {2} 5. Be2 {2} Nc6 {1} 6. c4 {2} Qh5 {3} 7. Be3 {2} O-O-O {1} 8. Nbd2 {1} e6 {12} 9. a3 {42} h6 {39} 10. h3 {5} g5 {11} 11. Qa4 {3} a6 {6} 12. O-O-O {14} Bxf3 {18} 13. Bxf3 {0} Qg6 {7} 14. Bxc6 {4} bxc6 {1} 15. Qxa6+ {1} Kd7 {2} 16. Nf3 {1} Bd6 {8} 17. Ne5+ {6} Bxe5 {5} 18. dxe5+ {P.O. gibt auf (Lag: Av=0.21s, max=0.7s) 0} 1-0
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932
[Event "Rated game, 16m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.02.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Wally"] [Black "Korch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C21"] [WhiteElo "1812"] [BlackElo "2033"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2009.02.09"] [TimeControl "960"] 1. e4 {3} e5 {1} 2. d4 {2} exd4 {2} 3. c3 {2} d5 {9} 4. Qxd4 {11} Nf6 {4} 5. e5 {37} Ne4 {51} 6. Be3 {108} Nc6 {6} 7. Bb5 {8} Bc5 {10} 8. Qa4 {14} O-O {5} 9. Bxc6 {21} bxc6 {7} 10. Bxc5 {6} Nxc5 {13} 11. Qxc6 {4} Nd3+ {31} 12. Kd2 {38} Nxe5 {62} 13. Qxa8 {8} Qg5+ {2} 14. Kd1 {102} Bg4+ {4} 15. f3 {3} Rxa8 {5} 16. fxg4 {11} Qxg4+ {1} 17. Ne2 {22} Nd3 {48} 18. Rg1 {22} Nxb2+ {2} 19. Kd2 {19} Nc4+ {6} 20. Ke1 {12} Re8 {Wally gibt auf (Lag: Av=0.47s, max=1.6s) 3} 0-1
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932
[Event "Rated game, 16m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.02.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Korch"] [Black "Wally"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2040"] [BlackElo "1804"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2009.02.09"] [TimeControl "960"] 1. e4 {2} e5 {2} 2. Nf3 {5} Nc6 {5} 3. Bb5 {2} a6 {2} 4. Ba4 {3} Nf6 {11} 5. O-O {2} Bc5 {10} 6. c3 {49} b5 {5} 7. Bc2 {2} O-O {9} 8. d4 {10} exd4 {6} 9. cxd4 {0} Bb6 {7} 10. e5 {1} Nd5 {19} 11. Bxh7+ {3} Kh8 {7} 12. Be4 {4} Nde7 {11} 13. Ng5 {2} g6 {27} 14. Qf3 {3} Ng8 {14} 15. Qh3+ {Wally gibt auf (Lag: Av=0.51s, max=1.4s) 4} 1-0
Kalispell, MT
Joined 05 Jul '08 Moves 23554 Originally posted by Korch
[pgn]
[Event "Rated game, 16m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2009.02.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wally"]
[Black "Korch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.02.09"]
[TimeControl "960"]
1. e4 {3} e5 {1} 2. d4 {2} exd4 {2} 3. c3 {2} d5 {9} 4. Qxd4 {11} Nf6 {4} 5. e5 {37} Ne4 {51} ...[text shortened]... Ke1 {12} Re8 {Wally gibt auf (Lag: Av=0.47s, max=1.6s) 3} 0-1
[/pgn] That was a work of art Korch.
-GIN
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932 Despite of my opening blunder I managed to overplay my opponent. The final position is really nice 🙂
[Event "Rated game, 1m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.02.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Gunalp"] [Black "Korch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2319"] [BlackElo "2314"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2009.02.12"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. e4 {0} d5 {1} 2. exd5 {1} Qxd5 {1} 3. Nc3 {0} Qd6 {0} 4. Bc4 {1} Nf6 {1} 5. Nf3 {1} a6 {0} 6. O-O {1} Bg4 {1} 7. Bb3 {2} Qc6 {2} 8. Bxf7+ {2} Kd8 {4} 9. Bb3 {2} Bxf3 {1} 10. Qxf3 {1} Qxf3 {1} 11. gxf3 {0} e5 {1} 12. Re1 {1} Bd6 {1} 13. d3 {1} Nc6 {1} 14. Bg5 {1} Nd4 {1} 15. Kg2 {3} Rf8 {2} 16. Nd5 {3} Kd7 {6} 17. Ne3 {3} h6 {3} 18. Bh4 {1} Nh5 {4} 19. c3 {3} Nf4+ {1} 20. Kg3 {4} Nde2+ {1} 21. Kg4 {5} h5+ {1} 22. Kg5 {1} Be7# {(Lag: Av=0.61s, max=2.0s) 1} 0-1
I pity the fool!
Joined 22 Jan '05 Moves 22874 That is one of your better efforts, I quite enjoyed it.
Sidmouth, Uk
Joined 13 Nov '06 Moves 45871
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932 This opening trap worked for me even in some OTB games 🙂
[Event "Rated game, 16m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.02.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Pinguin007"] [Black "Korch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C40"] [WhiteElo "1895"] [BlackElo "2120"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2009.02.13"] [TimeControl "960"] 1. e4 {0} e5 {15} 2. Nf3 {2} f5 {2} 3. Nxe5 {4} Qf6 {4} 4. d4 {3} d6 {0} 5. Nf3 {7} fxe4 {1} 6. Qe2 {2} Qe7 {1} 7. Bg5 {12} exf3 {1} 8. Bxe7 {10} fxe2 {3} 9. Bxe2 {1} Bxe7 {3} 10. Nc3 {1} Nf6 {Pinguin007 gibt auf (Lag: Av=1.12s, max=2.3s) 3} 0-1
On yer tail ...
Joined 28 Feb '05 Moves 16686 Originally posted by Korch
[pgn]
[Event "Rated game, 16m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2009.02.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korch"]
[Black "Wally"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2009.02.09"]
[TimeControl "960"]
1. e4 {2} e5 {2} 2. Nf3 {5} Nc6 {5} 3. Bb5 {2} a6 {2} 4. Ba4 {3} Nf6 {11} 5. O-O {2} Bc5 {10} ...[text shortened]... 14} 15. Qh3+ {Wally gibt auf (Lag: Av=0.51s, max=1.4s) 4} 1-0
[/pgn] And far too many players here decry the Ruy Lopez! Play it wrong and you're toast.
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932 Originally posted by buffalobill
And far too many players here decry the Ruy Lopez! Play it wrong and you're toast. "Play it wrong and you're toast" can be said about many openings 😛
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