Originally posted by chessicleFix'd
Typical Alekhine stategic game - hypnotize white into giving away pawn on e5, convert the ending.
Seriously, 16.Ng5?? is so bad. What was white thinking? He traded a defender of e5 for a piece that wasn't attacking e5.
16.0-0 and 17.Re1 is simple and to the point - overprotect that pawn.
Originally posted by chessiclevery nice... it seems you transposed to a Caro-Kann Advanced Variation and executed the big theme I remember from when I played the Kann: simplify, simplify, simplify, win endgame.
Typical Alekhine stategic game - weak pawn on e5, win the weak pawn on e5, convert the ending.
[pgn][Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
[Date "2010.3.4"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Globetrekker"]
[Black "chessicle"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e2-e4 Ng8-f6 2. e4-e5 Nf6-d5 3. Ng1-f3 d7-d6 4. d2-d4 Bc8-g4 5. h2-h3 Bg4xf3 6. Qd1xf3 d6xe5 ...[text shortened]... . Ke1-f2 Rd8-a8 37. Kf2-e1 Ke4-e3 38. Ke1-d1 Ra8-a1 39. Rb2-b1 Ra1xb1 0-1
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longest game of my life, and it's all because i am terrible at endgames. we probably broke the 50 move rule at one point, or the three move repetition rule. when he had 3 pawns and a rook still on the board, i was putting no thought into the moves whatsoever. i was just trying to give check enough consecutive times that he would realize the game was drawn by perpetual check if nothing else. but then i picked up a pawn. and then i picked up 2 pawns. and when the last one fell... i was stuck. K+Q vs. K+R is not an endgame i have committed to memory. fortunately for me, by logically closing the space he could move in to a small square of the board, i finally nabbed the rook (I'm sure he didn't put up the best defense). Anyhow, my longest game ever. Enjoy.
Originally posted by Big Orange Countryand it turns out i missed a mate in one long before the end of the game...
longest game of my life, and it's all because i am terrible at endgames. we probably broke the 50 move rule at one point, or the three move repetition rule. when he had 3 pawns and a rook still on the board, i was putting no thought into the moves whatsoever. i was just trying to give check enough consecutive times that he would realize the game ...[text shortened]... 6. Qf2-f3 Kh2-g1 147. Qf3-e3 Rg2-f2 148. Kf4-g3 Kg1-h1 149. Kg3xf2 1-0
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this is what i get for not trying lol. anyway, can you guys find it? higher rated players don't spill the beans, let the newer guys have a try.
ok here's one of actual quality.
never been good at endgames,
luckily this one was a pretty simple one with the bishop pair working better than bishop and knight. note how my light-squared bishop hinders the opposing dark-squared bishop by blockading his pawn on a dark square. all with enough time to march my passed pawns so that one could promote before the king could make his way over to the queenside.
a good under 20 moves with the London System. going with the Dutch pawn on f5 and castling into the weakened kingside proves to be a bad idea for black. pawn to c4 just releases any possible tension in the center and white is perfectly happy to retreat the bishop to c2, since the b1-h7 diagonal is all white is concerned with for that bishop. the semi-open g-file makes a great place for the rook. I think black had some last chances towards the end with maybe 14. ... Bg7. 14. ... Kh8 loses to Bxg6. It probably doesn't matter what blak does at that point. black's development is so botched it's pretty hopeless.