So I've had some personal ish happen in my life and my chess game has really suffered lately. It's very hard to calculate with a lot of stuff on your mind. I decided to take a two week break from chess and chess study and just goof around and play poker until I get my head clear. In the KG thread I said that I recently played one of the best games of my life as black against the gamibt, and here I submit it for your approval.
[Event "St. Paddy's Day Torunament"] [Site "MCC"] [Date "2012.3.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Elgin"] [Black "Ellis"] [Result "0-1"]1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. c3 h6 8. Qd3{Here I don't know what white's up to. He usually lines up the queen and bishop on a battery to attack the king} Qe7 9. b4 g4 10. Ne1 f3 11. gxf3 gxf3 12. Rxf3 Nf6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. d5{White thinks black's knight is trapped, but doesn't realize that the ensuing counter-attack gives the knight an escape} e4 17. Bc5 exf3{Sometimes you just have to be a gangsta, white's king is weak, and I have the bishop pair. I had just gotten killed in the last round, so I wanted to win one in style} 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxf3 Nfxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Rhg8 22. Kf2 Bc6 23. Qxf7 Rdf8 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 25. Ke2 Nxc3+
I had a 2200 performance in this tournament. Afterwards, my personal life went to hell and I lost a couple games to some 1300s! I have subsequently resigned all my games I've got going and hope to get my chess sanity back soon somehow.
Originally posted by Thabtos So I've had some personal ish happen in my life and my chess game has really suffered lately. It's very hard to calculate with a lot of stuff on your mind. I decided to take a two week break from chess and chess study and just goof around and play poker until I get my head clear. In the KG thread I said that I recently played one of the best games of my life ...[text shortened]... y games I've got going and hope to get my chess sanity back soon somehow.
Yeah, white properly used the queen in this one. I don't play the KG as white, but I freely admit when properly administered, it makes black sweat bullets.
My KG game I'm proud of
07 Apr '12 16:505 edits
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