My wannabe 1800 idea

Originally posted by adam warlock
Ok Sorry.
In that case let me continue to post my progress and plan. I still have one game to annotate and post.

Take your time and when you subscribe don't enter too many tournaments at once. I did that and am now on a horrible game load.😞 At least horrible to me.

I was just kidding, bump this thread as you wish. But I won't until I will be sure I can control myself. The problem as non-subscriber is that, when you play quality slow games (six max.) my opponents move rather slow, as me. And at some point, when I have free slot, I become crazy because I want to play chess badly and I challenge weaker player and start to play fast.

Then I lose to 200 points weaker player and I lose 20 points. Then I start another fast game in desperate hope of getting back my rating and I open Pandora (read BLUNDER) box. And after that I catch my self blitzing against 1600+ players in 3 7 games.

Bad, really bad 🙂

Originally posted by ivan2908
I was just kidding, bump this thread as you wish. But I won't until I will be sure I can control myself. The problem as non-subscriber is that, when you play quality slow games (six max.) my opponents move rather slow, as me. And at some point, when I have free slot, I become crazy because I want to play chess badly and I challenge weaker player and start t ...[text shortened]... d after that I catch my self blitzing against 1600+ players in 3 7 games.

Bad, really bad 🙂

Here I am bumping the thread again! And this time with the annotations. Ahah! Boy those 15 moves were really hard to analyse. 😛 to myself.
Anyway here it is, so Ivan let us start our discussion. And please note 11. h4! straight out of the chapter of The King Side Attack.

Edit: link to the game. Game 4356991

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O {The Saemisch variation of
the King's Indian Defence. The f-pawn is used to support the e-pawn in order
to build a very strong pawn center. Its drawback is that now the development
of the King's knight can get awkward.} 6. Bg5 {In an experimental mood I went
for this move.} e5 $6 {I think that here the c-pawn push was more needed.
This move self pins his knight.} 7. d5 {The idea of this move is to guarantee
a pawn of mine on d5. This pawn would then get used to inhibit a potential
pawn storm on the queen side by black.} c6 {Attacking the pawn at d5, but
certainly I wouldn't be the one to start exchanging.} 8. Bd3 {The d5 pawn is
supported by two pawns and a knight so I thought that the d3 square would be
a decent place for my bishop and the fact that he was in the way of another
d-pawn supporter wasn't really bad.In this way the e2 square remains
available for my knight too.} h6 9. Bh4 g5 $2 {He is exposing his king and
since I haven't castled yet exposing his king in this way is just asking for
a kingside pawn storm and queenside castling for me.} 10. Bg3 Nbd7 {Here
maybe a few exchanges with the center pawns would help white. It'd open up a
file on the queenside were some counterplay could be produced.} (10. ... cxd5
11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. h4 {White is definitely better in this position but black
can still counter punch.} ) 11. h4 $1 {Taking advantage of black's
self-induced structural weaknesses} Nh7 12. hxg5 Nxg5 {Now white has a very
good position. A safe king, and four pieces -the king's rook, the dark
squared bishop,the king's knight, and the queen- that can be readily
mobilised for a kingside attack. In black's position good moves are hard to
find.} 13. Qd2 {Bringing another piece to the oncoming attack and preparing
queenside castling for bring yet another piece closer to the action and my
king into safety.} Nf6 $6 {This moves does bring a defencer into the king
side, but it blocks the queen's protection to the g5 knight and in case of
exchanging my dark-squared bishop for his knight the h-pawn will have to
recapture and the h-file will be completely opened up.} 14. Bh4 {Here 0-0-0
was certainly playable too.} (14. O-O-O cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Bh4 Rb8 {Seems
to be a very likely line and one with lots of lively play for both sides.} )
Kh7 $4 {I think that pawn pins are the hardest to spot. And that has to do
with the fact the pawn take in a different way than he moves. But this king
move just has pinned the pawn, gained me a piece, put the h6 under heavy fire
and it's pretty safe to say that my advantage at this point is overwhelming.
After my next moves blak resigns after facing what he had done.} 15. Bxg5 1-0

Interesting thread to revisit. Noticed you remarked that it was ih8sens rapid improvement that motivated your own effort; how ironic it would be if his "legacy" to RHP is if honest players he inspired, such as yourself, achieve or exceed his assisted heights the old fashioned way. 🙂

Originally posted by scandium
Interesting thread to revisit. Noticed you remarked that it was ih8sens rapid improvement that motivated your own effort; how ironic it would be if his "legacy" to RHP is if honest players he inspired, such as yourself, achieve or exceed his assisted heights the old fashioned way. 🙂

I am moving up to Canada asap...so I will try to meet Matt and play an OTB game with him..then we can know once and for all whether or not he really was a cheater 🙂

Originally posted by tomtom232
I am moving up to Canada asap...so I will try to meet Matt and play an OTB game with him..then we can know once and for all whether or not he really was a cheater 🙂

we already know, he got caught red-handed. what he does or does not in canada has no bearing on it.

Originally posted by wormwood
we already know, he got caught red-handed. what he does or does not in canada has no bearing on it.

You are right I guess...I was also thinking that by the time that I got to play him he might genuinely be that strength..so playing him OTB wouldn't really prove anything anyway 🙂

EDIT: unless of course he sucked..but that would only reinforce what was already proven.

Please guys, this is a thread on chess improvement. Let's leave ih8sens recent ban out of this.

Adam warlock recommended this thread to me as we're playing a game and I suggested annotating every single move to see afterwards what the other one thought and how predictalbe you are.
I haven't read the whole thread here through so maybe it's been on here, but for those who want a free chess book on tactis, I like Ward Farnsworth's "predator on the chessboard".
It's pretty basic but it's nice to read, with many drawings+it's online for free and doesn't have that annoying wikipedia-like style

http://www.chesstactics.org/

Discussions please! I'm also working on a loss of mine to post here and discuss.

[Event "Edited game"]
[Site "ACER-BB148F8C0B"]
[Date "2008.02.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[TimeControl "0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. d5 $6 {I was too eager to
place my pawn on d5. Better was the development of either the kingside minor
pieces or the queen side bishop.} c5 7. Be2 a6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nh3 {The plan
behind this knight move is to place the knight onf f2 to later help on a
kingside assault. Of course I couldn't do this earlier because of the open
h3-c8 diagonal. This is what would probabily happen if I had made the move
earlier. 1. ... Bh3 2. gxh3 and I would be left with a lousy pawn structure
on the kingside and with a somewhat weaker attack.} e5 10. Nf2 {The first
part of my plan has come to fruition. The knight is placed were I wanted and
the center is locked.} Bd7 11. Qd2 b5 $6 {This move opens up the queenside
for black's major pieces but also loses a pawn.} 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bxb5
14. Bxb5 Nbd7 15. h4 $1 {No time being wasted on the second part of the plan.
The kingside attack.} Rb8 16. Be2 Rb6 {Planning a double up on the b-file but
at the cost of two valuable tempi.} 17. g4 {Still pushing hard on the
kingside.} Qb8 18. b3 {Lookin at this position I think that it is fair to say
that white already has the advantage. A clear plan is available: The exchange
of darksquared bishops to weaken a little bit more the kingside of black, and
a pawn storm aided by rook, knight and both bishops. Notice too the two
bishops contorling at the same time important squares on the kingside and on
the queenside.} h5 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. f4 $6 Ng3 21. O-O-O {I think that
purpose of my 20th move becomes clear now. I'll lose the exchange but at the
same time black will lose a defender on the kingside and both my bishops will
have cleared lines to the kingside in notime.} Nxh1 22. Rxh1 f6 $2 {Intending
to exchange pawns on e5 and open the f-file for his rook.Maybe better here is
Qa8 intending to place the black queen on a3 and double the rooks on the
b-file. But one thing to notice is that black has very few defenders on the
kingside right now and my attack doesn't seem to be losing any gas.} 23. h5
{Intending to have either the h-file or the g-file completely open for my
rook.} Kh7 $6 24. hxg6+ Kxg6 $2 $16 {If untill now the position was uncertain
to me after the exchange sacrifice now I feel like I'm winning.} (24. ... Kg8
25. f5 Qa7 26. Bh6 {White seems to be comfortable here.} ) 25. Bh5+ {Cutting
off the h5-e8 diagonal from the king to escape.} Kh7 26. Bf7+ $1 {Taking off
the g-8 square for the king.} Bh6 27. fxe5 {Putting h-6 under heavy fire!}
Nxe5 28. Bxh6 Rxf7 29. Bf8+ {Another discovere check!} Kg8 30. Qh6 $18
{Materially speaking I'm down the exchange with one pawn to show for it at
this point, but unless I heavily blunder the game is won.} Ra7 $4 {Under
pressure black has just given me a forced mate.} (30. ... Ng6 {Thigs should
have gone this way for black.} 31. Qxg6+ Kxf8 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Rxb8 Rxb8
{Black isn't mated but is lost. I think that white still has some ground to
cover from here but certainly the material advantage is just too big at this
point.} ) 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Ke8 (32. ... Kg6 33. Qg8+ Rg7 34. Qxg7# ) 33.
Bxd6# {White mates with another discovered check.} 1-0

well, me and Adam Warlock finished our game and I annotated the game while playing. It might be a bit lenghty because of that, because the plan was to annotate everything, so even a novice could see the reason behind each move. I'll be happy with every reaction

Game 4536532

[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "The Immortal Game"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adam Warlock"]
[Black "Meneer Dries"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Meneer Dries"]
[WhiteElo "1348"]
[BlackElo "1279"]
[ECO "C00"]
[TimeControl "0"]

1. e4 e6 {Wanting to play the French defense} 2. d3 Nc6 {don't really
remember, guess it was too soon for other pieces and this knight would
prevent e5} 3. Nf3 d5 {you wouldn't take d5 so controlling this square made
sure your white bishop if fianchettoed, would be worth less because of an
obstructing pawn} 4. Nbd2 Qf6 {just developing the queen on the side that
would get most action I thought} 5. g3 Nd4 {I don't really remember the
motive, maybe I was hoping for you to take it} 6. Bg2 Nxf3+ {Realising a
mistake I thought I might as well exchange immediately and get you out of
comfort zone} 7. Bxf3 Bc5 {creating mate threat on Qxf2, pinning your bishop,
which looks pretty cramped, you shouldn't be able to get rid of my e-pawn,
most probably you'll castle or scare my bishop away. I'm not thinking too
far ahead but I have a feeling that knight you lost has damaged your kingside
defense} 8. O-O Ne7 {hoping to enforce control over d4, my assumption is you
will try to remove my bishop by playing c3 and d4, this way I can move e6-e5,
because the pawn is now extra protected Plus I can castle now, which is
urgent because you can exd5, exd5,Q(or R)e-file+} 9. Re1 b6 {I think you will
exd5. then if I recapture with the knight, you'll fork my queen and
unprotected bishop. If I recapture with pawn, you'll be able to attack my
knight if I have castled by then. To make sure you have the knight, I think
you'll play Qe2. With this move I protect the bishop against the knight fork.
one danger for me now is 10.e5 but I'm not willing to overthink that move}
10. Bg2 $4 {hmm, why are you retreating? To make room for the knight or the
queen or to test my mating threat? the only thing I can take for now is your
pawn} Bxf2+ {taking the pawn and the rook... With this move I've weakened my
queenside maybe... Don't really see the reason for g2 I'm thinking of
castling queenside, because you have a rook and a queen on the kingside} 11.
Kh1 {best running option} Bxe1 12. Qxe1 {both logical moves. e4 is still
triple protected. It's clear I should be attacking you on the kingside now}
Bb7 {hoping to be able to move the knight in a future move. Not sure what
side to castle to} 13. e5 {so it has happened, the dreaded e5} Qg6
{retreating to a white square seems safest here. I presume you'll move d4
sooner or later, with this move I attack c2, your sole liability} 14. Nf3
{you're securing e5 but I think moving the pawn is a better way of securing
it. now I will advance to free up my bishop. Probably there will be an
exchange, but I'm still up a rook against a bishop} d4 {only threat is Nh4,
but because of the mate, you won't take the queen. Still I have to get that
queen to another square quickly or start developing my knight} 15. Kg1
{preserving the Nh4 threat} O-O-O {protects e4 and the bishop} (15. ... Qh5
{attacking the knight but leaving d4 hanging} 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {results
in less favorable position for me} ) (15. ... Nf5 {protecting d4 and
preparing Qh5 or Ne3} 16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. Bxb7 {loss of either rook or knight} )
16. Nh4 {very tricky attack here} Qh5 {quick knight movement is necessary now
to avoid loss of the queen} (16. ... Qg4 {will lose the queen} 17. h3 Qh5 18.
g4 {and the fun is over} ) 17. Bxb7+ {you're planning on something...} Kxb7
18. Qe4+ {still nbot able to figure out your plan} Rd5 {e5 can only be saved
by bishop or knight now, but my rook is pinned which isn't that handy. My
queen has become a weakness🙁} (18. ... Kb8 {loses the queen} 19. g4 ) 19.
Nf3 {defending e5} Qf5 {one of the few choices, hoping to trade off queens or
else taking the knight} (19. ... Ng6 20. g4 Qh3 {again loses the queen} ) 20.
Qe2 {still protecting the kngiht} f6 {forcing the pawn exchange I think. This
will create an open file for my rook so I can really start to pound on that
kingside. the only thing you can do no is threaten any of my pieces, but I
tihnk they're safe. Probably you'll play Bf4, but then I'll reply with Ng6}
21. exf6 $6 {surprising me, maybe it is good, but I thought you would try to
maintain files closed.} Qxf6 {this file has to be open, so pawn capture is
bad, if I double the queen now, white looks defenseless... prognosis: Bf5}
22. Bf4 {again a surprise, maybe you're trying to stop my d-rook? on the
other hand, all of your pieces are well-coordinated. I ahev to play Ng6 and
Rf8, but in what order?} Ng6 {immediately scares the bishop away, what Rf8
doesn't, only threat you can make is Bf5} (22. ... Rf8 23. Be5 {and the pawn
there has become weak} ) 23. Bd2 {haha, retreat!!} Ne5 {intending Nf3-fork,
and white resigns because of material loss (I think)} 0-1

I do not have modus to look at it since i am not at home for 2 weeks already and I do not have fritz or any pgn viewer on this PC.. 🙁

nodbody likes my annotation?:'(