This year on ICC there was a tournament held for teams of colleges, and my college was invited to play. It's a five round tourney, games are played with the time control 90 + 30/move. I had two forfeit wins in rounds 2 and 4, but would be very happy if people wanted to analyze my games on here.
[Event "ICCL Round 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.10.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rotella, Tony"]
[Black "Cikurel, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1667"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Na5 15. Re1 Ke7 16. Ba2 Rg8 17. Qd3 c6 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Rd1 Nb7 20. Nxe5 Rg7 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. e5 Qg8 23. g3 Rg6 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. exd6+ Nxd6 26. Qe5+ Kd7 27. Bb1 Qg7 28. Bf5+ {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "ICCL Round 3"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lopez II, Nelson]
[Black "Rotella, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne2 b6 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nfxd4 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. f4 Qb8 17. Rcd1 Rfd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Nf3 Nf8 21. Bd4 Ba8 22. Ne4 h6 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Rxd6 25. Be5 Rxd1 26. Bxb8 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Rxb8 28. Qd3 f6 29. Qd6 Rb7 30. Qd8 Ra7 31. Qxb6 Rd7 32. Qxa6 Be4 33. c5 Rd5 34. b4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. a4 {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "ICCL Round 5"]
[Site "Tony's Dormroom"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bakker, Josh"]
[Black "Rotella, Tony"]
[Result ".5 - .5"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[TimeControl "90' + 30""]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe7 Nxc3 9. Bxd8 Nxd1 10. Bc7 Nxb2 11. Bb3 d5 12. Bd6 c4 13. Bxf8 cxd3 14. cxd3 Kxf8 15. d4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Rfc1 Na5 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Rd8 21. Nc3 Bf5 22. Rd1 Bd3 23. Re1 a6 24. a4 Nb3 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. Re5 f6 27. Rd5 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rxd5 29. Nxd5 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nb4 Nf4 32. f3 Bg6 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rb8 Be8 35. Kg1 Bd7 36. g3 Ne6 37. Rb6 Nc7 38. Kf2 Be6 {Draw Agreed}
My round 1 opponent was probably around 1600, and Round 3 and 5 were both around 2200 USCF. I think Nelson Lopez won the whole shabang. The most frustrating part was not being able to win Round 5. My endgame technique sucks. Enjoy, I think some all around interesting games.
Originally posted by !~TONY~!I'm looking through them now, but...you play the Ruy?
This year on ICC there was a tournament held for teams of colleges, and my college was invited to play. It's a five round tourney, games are played with the time control 90 + 30/move. I had two forfeit wins in rounds 2 and 4, but would be very happy if people wanted to analyze my games on here.
[Event "ICCL Round 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date ...[text shortened]... around interesting games.
I give it a shot every once in a while. You can tell that my knowledge is very limited, since I decided I, in fact, didn't want the pawn he offered with ..a6??. I just figured Ba4 had to be the right move. I knew a little about the systems that he was going to be playing, so I was kind of just playing moves that would result into me being back into my knowledge, instead of trying to think about what was wrong with his move order. Just dumb on my part. I also missed Rxd6+! in that game after ...Qg7?? But hell, what did I play Bb1 for if not to play Bf5+ ?
Originally posted by !~TONY~!Well, in game two the blunders seem to occur with moves 24 and 28. On move 24 I'm not really sure what I'd play, Turn 1.2 says f6 is the move though. However, your choice seems to give you chances to fight still. On 28 Bxf3 is the move. I think the plan here is if Qxf3 then you reply Rd8 and gain control of that open file, giving you a pretty nice position. and If gxf3 white's pawns are kind of messed up, but white's still got the edge.
This year on ICC there was a tournament held for teams of colleges, and my college was invited to play. It's a five round tourney, games are played with the time control 90 + 30/move. I had two forfeit wins in rounds 2 and 4, but would be very happy if people wanted to analyze my games on here.
[Event "ICCL Round 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date ...[text shortened]... around interesting games.
Haven't seen game three yet, but the site is funny. 😀