Originally posted by 64squaresofpain Thanks tv 🙂
Looking at your profile, you seem to be doing just fine lol,
a gradual increase over time is what i am aiming to achieve
Well, there is a difference between playing ability and understanding what you do.
I use opening database to avoid blunders in the opening and afterwards I try to calculate as accurately as possible. But to be honest, I have no clue about the plan one should follow in specific opening lines. And strategy is not my cup of tea. That's the kind of understanding I was congratulating you for.
One more interesting game I finished fairly recently. The aim here was to see how many pieces I could put on white's first rank 😉 (also shows the danger of white taking my QNP with his queen)
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Ng8f6 3. Nb1c3 e5 {My nonsensical twist on the Scandinavian, best response is probably dxe6 ep} 4. Qd1e2 Bf8d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bf1g2 Bc8g4 7. Qe2b5 {Attacking my queen knight's pawn - ok, let him have it} Nb8a6 {Now it's safe to say this pawn should not be taken} 8. Qb5xb7 Na6b4 {Suddenly his queen's out of the picture and my minor pieces are threatening to run riot} 9. h3 Nb4xc2 10. Ke1f1 Bg4c8 {Possibly too clever here (obvious threat is Qxa8 Ba6+ picking up the white queen), Bf5 might be wiser} 11. Qb7b3 Nc2xa1 {One of my pieces on white's first rank} 12. Qb3d1 Rf8e8 {With white unable to castle I plan an attack straight down the middle} 13. d3 Ra8b8 14. Bc1g5 Bc8a6 {Now if white takes my knight Bxd3+ gives me a stranglehold on the centre which white really doesn't want} 15. Nc3e4 Rb8xb2 {Now white can't take the knight as Qxa1 Bxd3+ Ne2 and Rb1+ picks up the white queen} 16. Ne4xd6 Qd8xd6 17. Bg5xf6 Qd6xf6 {Dubious for white to suddenly swap off his two active pieces for two of my inactive pieces} 18. Bg2f3 e4 19. Bf3e2 exd3 20. Be2f3 d2 21. Kf1g2 Re8e1 {Two pieces on white's first rank} 22. Qd1a4 d1=Q {Three pieces on white's first rank} 23. Qa4d7 Ba6f1 {Four pieces on white's first rank and a forced mate - white resigned} 0-1
Originally posted by VelvetEars One more interesting game I finished fairly recently. The aim here was to see how many pieces I could put on white's first rank 😉 (also shows the danger of white taking my QNP with his queen)
[pgn]
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.timeforchess.com"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EndDate "2012.08.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "boriskrol"]
[Black "VelvetEa first rank and a forced mate - white resigned} 0-1
[/pgn]
Nice game! That was a cool finish. Too bad White didn't let you play Rxf2 and Rxg2 mate, which would've really rubbed in your first and second rank domination.
I'm trying to dig up on of my old tournament games from four years ago... my opponent and I played over 20 moves and not a single piece had been captured. Neither of us knew what was going on (we were both rated around USCF 1400 at the time) so we just agreed to a draw.
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.f4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.e5 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 a6 {? it looks like my opponent wants me to have the dark squares? maybe its some ingenious color complex sacrifice!} 11.Bc5 Re8 12.Bd6 Nf5 {this should have been played before I played Be3} 13.Ne4 {exchange sac! I want to keep a piece on d6 besides I don't think my a1 rook is ever going to make a meaningful contribution until maybe the endgame so I feel like I'm up a piece after he accepts.} Ne3 14.Qb3 Nxf1 15.Rxf1 b5 16.Bd3 Bb7 17.h4 {and now I'm searching for some concessions from black he can't just let me waltz in} Na5 {moving away from the action forcing my queen to move to a better square} 18.Qd1 {if you watch the rest of the game its clear I'm already looking at f7 with this move... basically if f7 falls then I take on g6 and my queen is coming to h5} h5 19.Neg5 Nc4 20.Nxf7 {first knight sac} Kxf7 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Bxg6 Ne3 23.Qxh5 Re7 24.Bh7+ {this is why the knight sac isn't that spectacular... Bf7+ Kf8 Nh7 is mate} Kh8 {24...Kf8 and 25.Qf7 is mate} 25.Nf7+ {second knight sac} Rxf7 26.Bg6+ Kg8 {he could play Bh6 when things aren't so clear after 27.Bxf7 Nf5 28.Qg6 and g4 is coming but he can probably survive to a lost ending} 27.Qh7# 1-0
There's something about a kingside vs queenside battle, especially when you're on the winning end. I like this one because it's the knight and pawns that are involved in the major threats, whilst the big guns only come in to tie it up...
Originally posted by hunterknox There's something about a kingside vs queenside battle, especially when you're on the winning end. I like this one because it's the knight and pawns that are involved in the major threats, whilst the big guns only come in to tie it up...[pgn][Event "2009 Championship"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2009.01.02"] [EndDate "2009.02.02"] [Round "1 ...[text shortened]... wed by g7++.} 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Rh1xh7 Kh8xh7 30. Qe1h4 1-0[/pgn]
Brilliant.. as a nod towards vivify's thread, "If a win is on the cards, material loss is irrelevant"
Had a couple games like that myself, usually losing rooks whilst lining up mate in 2/3/4 🙂
Live standard game played on chess.com, i have black pieces. Not very high
standard as i haven't played live chess for ages, two games prior to this i hung my
queen in a superior position and i hung it again and my opponent didn't take it and
lost, justice?
Pinning the pinning piece!
EVENT
Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2012.12.08"] [Round "-"] [White "danha"] [Black "robbie_1969"] [Result "0-1"] [Termination "robbie_1969 won by checkmate
[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2012.12.08"] [Round "-"] [White "danha"] [Black "robbie_1969"] [Result "0-1"] [Termination "robbie_1969 won by checkmate"] 1.e4 e6 {this is a live standard game played on chess.com, quality is not very high but its interesting} 2.c3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 {here i always hope for Nf3, where i can win a pawn after ...Nxe5, but not today} 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nf3 Bb5 {attempting to prevent white from castling} 8.a4 Ba6 9.Na3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Ne7 11.Nb5 Nf5 12.Qg4 h5 13.Qf4 Qa5 {of course the threat is ...Bxb5 as rook a4 pawn is pinned} 14.Nbd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Rc8 16.Bd2 Rc4 {and this is the interesting part, it sets a cunning trap! for if b3 then. . . .} 17.b3 Rxc3 18.Rc1 {tragic} Rxc1# 0-1
[Event "Open invite"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2012.12.15"] [EndDate "2012.12.17"] [Round "?"] [White "64squaresofpain"] [Black "thomasnast"] [WhiteRating "1459"] [BlackRating "1492"] [WhiteElo "1459"] [BlackElo "1492"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "9719143"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ng1f3 d6 {Sicilian opening... Google search tells me that White wins 37% of times here to Blacks 32%} 3. Bf1c4 e6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bc4b3 Bf8e7 7. Qd1e2 {By pinning Black's bishop in front of the King, I was hoping for 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 which would lead to a completely weakened king-side pawn structure for black if decided to recapture with g7xf6} Ng8f6 8. Bc1g5 O-O {Castles was what I should have expected, instead of h6} 9. O-O h6 10. Bg5h4 Rf8e8 11. Nb1d2 Nf6g4 {This was a position that made me think, as I was expecting a regular developing move like Nc6 or maybe even Bishop moving to g4 instead of Knight.... after some consideration, I decided} 12. Rf1e1 {A silent but deadly move... with the hope that Black takes the discovered bishop on h4} Be7xh4 {Which Black does, allowing} 13. Qe2xe8 {I found that I was better in all variations here} 1-0
Could Black have carried on?
Say for example if we saw:
13... Kh7 14. Qxd8 Bxd8
would there still be any chances for Black? Or are the pieces simply too under-developed
May I violate the letter of the law of this thread by putting up a game that I was not involved in? I have been randomly selecting public games by others to look at. The ending of Game 9573569 is spiffy. Black’s king move at 55 is evidence he already had up his sleeve a way to avoid the loss even though he is down by a bishop and three pawns. At 58 black appears to be sacrificing his queen for the white bishop. In fact, black is almost checkmating white, in the sense that white has only a single move that will get him out of check: king takes queen. Surely white didn’t linger long over the board when his move 59 was absolutely forced. I imagine he got the shock of his chess life when he saw what the website reported back to him upon the submittal of his move 59!
Originally posted by Paul Dirac II May I violate the letter of the law of this thread by putting up a game that I was not involved in? I have been randomly selecting public games by others to look at. The ending of Game 9573569 is spiffy. Black’s king move at 55 is evidence he already had up his sleeve a way to avoid the loss even though he is down by a bishop and three pawns. At 7 56. c7 Qe4xe3 57. c8=Q g5 58. Qf6xg5 Qe3xh3 59. Kh4xh3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
It is common for the player that has a winning position to overlook the stalemate possibility due to his psychology of mind at the time.
Trading when ahead is definitely great advice. A techincality just slipped in. It's funny how even the simplest looking positions can still slip in a few surprises (like g5).
Share an interesting game you played
05 Dec '12 10:57
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