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Won a decent sized tournament here in Massachusetts with 4.5 of 5.

I posted two new videos based on a couple of my games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpxl3UuYLgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-cFsqd-zrI

Here are PGN's of all the games (with commentary) :

Spoiler :
[Event "85th Annual Western Mass & Conneticut Valley Championship"]
[Site "Holyoke Community College"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Argetsinger, Sophie"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "Norris,Tony"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O {
all book so far, that I've played dozens of times} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O {
was expecting e5 straight away} Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bb3 {was expecting Bd3
with about equality according to Fritz (white has better pawn structure after
she recaptures the pawn on e4, I have more open lines)} dxe4 12. c3 a5 {
with the idea of hitting the b3 bishop & breaking open the queenside pawns,
allowing my dark squared bishop topenetrate} 13. a4 {
weakening the queenside pawns} Ba6 {debated between this move first (Ba6) or
Rb8, Fritz prefers Rb8 (discourages the early exchange of queens I guess &
leaves the light squared bishop more options)} 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Rb1 $2 {
uh-oh combination coming!} Qxd1 16. Bxd1 {
bishop recapture was forced otherwise bishop is lost} Bxc3 $1 {
the rook has nowhere to run} 17. Re2 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 Rxb2 {
taking with rook forces more pieces off the board} 19. Rxb2 Bxb2 20. Bc5 Re8
21. Ba6 e5 22. Bb7 {
here I missed a forcing line where I win a piece starting with Rb8} Kg7 (22...
Rb8 23. Ba6 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Rb1+ 25. Bf1 exd4 {it's all over}) 23. g3 f5 {
Rb8 instead was still a good move} (23... Rb8 24. Ba6 Bd4 25. Bd6 Rb2) 24. Be3
Re6 25. Bc8 Rd6 26. Bc5 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Bd4 {
white resigns, soon I will win the f-pawn & make a new queen} 0-1


[Event "85th Annual Western Mass & Conneticut Valley Championship"]
[Site "Holyoke Community College"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Norris, Tony"]
[Black "Harris, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Norris,Tony"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 {
I'd never seen this second move before (except maybe in blitz)} 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3
g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 e6 {
a bad move, Nb5 here would've made black's life very difficult} 7. Qd2 Ngf6 8.
O-O-O d5 {I should have played exd5 here & was kicking myself later in the
game for not doing so!} 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 {a cowardly retreat, the bishop is
terrible anyway, I should have let it go for the free pawn} c4 11. Nb5 Bf8 12.
h3 a6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. hxg4 {figured the open file might be useful} Be7 15.
Bf2 b5 16. Bh4 {my dark squared bishop is terrible so I force it off} Bb7 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c3 a5 19. b3 {Fritz no likely, :):):):) Fritz!} Bc6 20. Qc2 Nb6 21.
Kd2 b4 22. Be2 Kd7 23. Ke3 Bb5 24. Rh6 {
if I don't win that pawn & get some counterplay on the kingside I have nothing!
} Ba6 25. Rdh1 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Nc4+ 27. Kf2 bxc3 28. Qxc3 Rhc8 29. Qe1 {
Fritz thinks taking on h7 was ok here but better safe than sorry!!} Qa3 30.
Rxh7 Qe3+ {looks strong but I am fine here} 31. Kg3 Rf8 32. Bxc4 {
forces queen trade! :)} Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 dxc4 {Bxc4 would've been better,
attacking the a2 pawn, keeping the bishop more active} 34. Ng5 c3 35. Nxf7 c2 {
I am not worried about this pawn, the bishop cannot support the queening square
} 36. Nh8+ Kc8 37. Nxg6 {
here my time fell below 5-minutes, my opponent resigned about 10 moves later}
1-0


[Event "85th Annual Western Mass & Conneticut Valley Championship"]
[Site "Holyoke Community College"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anderson, Jesse"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "Norris,Tony"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 {
my all purpose waiting move against 2. Nf3} 3. Bg5 {
the ol' Francis Brady move, one move delayed} h6 {free kick!} 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3
Nf6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O g5 9. Bxb8 {
surprising but not great, led to a more interesing game though :)} Qxb8 10. c4
Bd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qf5 Ne4 {had to think about this move for some time to
make sure there was no way white could trap the knight on this square (for
example by Ne5, BxN, pxN and maybe b4 & f6, hitting the knight, but this
wouldn't work)} 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qc8 15. Qxc8+ {
if white doesn't exchange he loses time & I play Qe6 with a nice position} Rxc8
16. f3 Nc5 17. Nc3 b5 {
was kicking myself for not playing Nd3 instead, winning a pawn} 18. Rad1 h5 19.
e4 {after this I missed the nice in-between move b4!} dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
fxe4 Ke7 22. Rf6 c5 23. Kf2 c4 24. Ke2 g4 25. Rd5 b4 26. Rb5 Rb8 27. Rc5 Rhc8
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ra6 Rc7 {was a bit dissapointed to get to this equal looking
endgame after what I considered was a superior opening} 30. Kd2 h4 31. h3 g3 {
definitely not best, accroding to Fritz} 32. a3 c3+ 33. bxc3 bxc3+ 34. Kc2 Rc4
35. Rxa7+ Ke6 36. Rb7 Kxe5 37. Rxf7 Kxe4 38. Rf3 {I thought for a long time
about this next move. I figured I could move my rook anywhere along the
c-file and draw but I worried about the a-pawn marching. I also saw that if I
played Kd4 I gave white a chance to go astray, I calculated 12-moves deep here
& am proud of myself for that} Kd4 39. Rf4+ Kc5 40. Rxc4+ Kxc4 41. a4 Kb4 42.
a5 Kxa5 43. Kxc3 {all going according to play, however the game is a dead draw
if white plays correctly, he can simply block me out & it's game over (1-2 /
1-2)} Ka4 44. Kd4 Kb3 45. Ke4 {with Ke4 the game went from dead-draw to 0-1
but white doesn't realize it for one more move} Kc2 46. Kf4 Kd2 {white pauses
for a deep think but it's already too late, he shrugs & goes ahead with the
plan} 47. Kg4 Ke2 48. Kxh4 Kf2 49. Kg4 Kxg2 50. h4 Kh2 51. h5 g2 52. h6 g1=Q+
53. Kf5 Qg8 {the h-pawn is dead, white resigns} 0-1


[Event "85th Annual Western Mass & Conneticut Valley Championship"]
[Site "Holyoke Community College"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Norris, Tony"]
[Black "Brancic, Alexsander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[Annotator "Norris,Tony"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7
5. Bc4 {I have a video on beating the Pirc that recommends a system with 5. h3
(preventing Ng4), Be3, Qd2 & maybe later Bc4 but I wanted to experiment.} O-O
6. Bg5 {again, an experimental move, I don't know the Pirc that well so I
wanted to get my opponent out of the book also} c6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Qd2 {wanted to
retain the possibility to castle either way but 0-0 would've been fine & maybe
a bit better here (retaining the possibility of Qe2)} Bg4 9. O-O {
go ahead, make my day!} Bxf3 10. gxf3 {my kingside pawns are messy but my king
is very safe. I love having a safe king!} e5 11. d5 {Fritz prefered I take the
pawn, locking in black's dark squared bishop & freeing my light squared one.}
c5 12. Kh1 {
a pretty transparent move, I'm going to attack on the kingside with the rooks}
Qc7 {not sure what the point of this was, coming back to the kingside I guess}
13. Rg1 Na6 {here Fritz likes f4, which I thought about for some time but
decided against because I didn't want black's bishop to get free, in
retrospect I'm not sure why I didn't just go with it though, I can trade off
black's bishop if need be} 14. Rg3 Nh5 15. Rh3 Qd7 16. Rh4 Nc7 17. Rg1 Kh8 18.
Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 f6 {the saving move (after which white retains just a small
edge) is Nf6, seems obvious now but in the heat of the moment my opponent
missed it & played the best of the remaining moves (the remaining terrible
moves) f6} 20. Rxg6 Nf4 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Qxf6+ Qg7 {
black threatens mate if I move my queen so I take, happy with a two-pawn lead}
23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Ne2 {trading material since I'm up material} Nxe2 25. Bxe2
Rf8 26. Kg2 Ne8 27. f4 {getting rid of poor doubled pawn} exf4 28. Kf3 Nf6 29.
Rxf4 Re8 30. Bf1 Nd7 31. Kg3 Nf6 32. Kf3 Nh5 33. Rf5 Nf6 34. Rf4 Nh5 {
according to Fritz this is a three move repetition of position, but my
opponent didn't call it & I played Rg4+ breaking out. To keep in perspective I
was down to just 7 or 8 minutes at this point.} 35. Rg4+ Kh6 36. Bh3 Rf8+ 37.
Ke3 Nf6 38. Rf4 Kg5 39. Rf3 Re8 40. Be6 {it felt good to play this move, I
felt confident now that I would almost certainly win} Kg6 41. Rg3+ Kh6 42. f4
b6 43. e5 dxe5 44. fxe5 Nxd5+ 45. Bxd5 Rxe5+ 46. Be4 Rh5 47. h3 Re5 48. Kd3 Re7
49. Bf5 Re5 {my last few moves weren't optimal, nor were my next dozen or so &
I ended up losing a pawn. I was a bit angry that my opponent was not writing
down his moves (since my time hit about 10 minutes) but foolishly I did not
pause the clock or get a TD. After this move I dropped below 5min & within
twenty more I was down below a minute. Finally, after below below 30 seconds
for what seemed like twenty more moves (thank heavens for the time dleay) I
managed to queen a pawn & my opponent finally resigned! This was the last
game finished in round-4 and my most pivitol one (me & my opponent were the
only two undefeated players @ 3-0 each), once I won I needed only a draw in
the final round.} 1-0


[Event "85th Annual Western Mass & Conneticut Valley Championship"]
[Site "Holyoke Community College"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Campbell, Robert"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "Norris,Tony"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5.
d5 {with this move it's clear we're going to enter an early endgame, which is
fine with me.} exf3 6. dxc6 fxg2 7. cxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 O-O-O 10.
Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. e3 Bc6 {
I liked white's bishop better than mine so I decide to trade.} 13. Bxc6 Nxc6
14. Ke2 Ne5 {instead of Ne5 Fritz prefers f4 which is interesting.} (14... f4
15. exf4 {there are quite a few lines from here that are slightly winning for
black according to Fritz, I'll just select a variation I think would be most
likely for a human to play} Nd4+ 16. Kf1 {
all other moves are bad, check them out for yourself} Rhf8 17. Nd5 c6 18. Rd1
Ne6 19. f5 {pawn can't be taken yet} Nf4 {exploiting the pin} 20. Ne7+ Kc7 21.
Re1 Rd2 22. Rg1 Rf7 23. Rg4 Nd3 {black is better}) 15. b3 c6 16. Rhg1 {
another interesting Fritz recommendation is Rd3 with a slight advantage to
black (-0.2)} Rd7 17. Rad1 Rhd8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rg5 g6 20. Rg1 Kc7 21. h4
Rd2+ {Fritz doesn't disapprove of my line, neither does it dislike it, it
rated about 10 moves at almost exactly equal (all sort of drawish), I figured
this would be the best way to imbalcne the position in hope for an advantage.
True, a draw is all it takes for me to claim first, but better to get a
winning position, that way if I screw up it'll still be a draw :)} 22. Kxd2
Nf3+ 23. Kd1 {In the game I thought Kd3 was the best move & Fritz agrees. An
active king is important!} Nxg1 24. f4 Nf3 25. Ke2 {A surprising move, I
expected h4, saccing the pawn but giving me doubled h-pawns} Nxh4 26. Kf2 h6 {
seems forced, to protect the knight after Kg3 with g5} 27. Kg3 g5 28. fxg5 hxg5
29. e4 Kd6 30. exf5 Nxf5+ 31. Kg4 Ke5 32. Kxg5 {I went astray here, seems the
best chance for a win is Ng3! threatening to trade knights. This was the last
& most significant pivitol moments of the game. Ah well, this is why it pays
to study endgames!} Ne3 33. Kg6 Kd4 34. Ne2+ Kd3 35. Nf4+ Kc3 36. Ne6 Kb2 37.
Nd8 Kxa2 38. Nxb7 Kxb3 39. Na5+ Kb4 40. Nxc6+ Kc5 {Not sure now why I played
Kc5 instead of Kxc4, either way it doesn't matter, here my opponent offered a
draw & I accepted. Not the most exciting or glamorous way to culminate a
tournament win but I'll take it, for now. :)} 1/2-1/2
 
Interesting games. I don't see how you win a pawn in game 3 after 17...Nd3. Maybe I didn't check thoroughly enough but 18. f4 seems to hold the pawn count even as after 18...Nxb2 19. Rb1 wins the b7 pawn.
 
Well I'm attacking two pawns.

You are indeed attacking two pawns, the one on e5 and the one on b2. After white plays f4 however the e5 pawn is now protected, yes? If you grab the other pawn with Nxb2 white plays Rab1 and when you move the knight away takes a pawn back with Rxb7. You have now captured eachothers' b-pawns. You can threaten white's pawn on e3 sure but then your pawn on a7 will also go. I still don't see how you win a pawn.
 
Yeah, you're right, the a-pawn will also fall. Fritz doesn't like Nd3 but it still preferred it over b5.
 
I'll post this recent miniature of mine since its been quiet for a while. I have attempted to annotate but please correct me if they are inaccurate.
1.e4 e6
2.d4 d6

This is a weird setup, which delays any commitment in the centre. Flexible, probably fairly solid, but extremely passive.
3.Bd3 Be7
4.Nf3 g6

This I thought to be a pretty illogical move since the bishop is on e7 and weakens dark squares such as f6.
5.Nc3 b6
6.e5

Aiming to gain space in the centre whilst attacking the f6 square
6...Bb7
7.O-O d5

Not sure about this move as it seems to clash with Black's development scheme of putting the bishop on b7 by shutting it in straight away.
8.Ne2
In order to play c3
8...Nc6
9.c3 a6

This move prevents the bishop pin, although I was not going to play that, and prepares to push b5 and attack my weak square c4.
10.Bf4 b5
Consistent with Black's plan, although the c5 square becomes a gaping hole in Black's position.
11.a4
Challenging Black's queenside.
11...bxa4
12.Qxa4 f6
13.exf6 Bxf6

I probably would have preferred to recapture with the knight to develop it. It also further reduces protection on c5.
14.Nc1
I now play to maneuever the knight to occupy c5
14...Kf7
Perhaps Black doesn't like the pin on the knight although this move seems strange.
15.Nb3 Nce7
16.Nc5

An excellent post for the knight, it cannot be easily driven off and also pressures the weak e6 pawn.
16...Bc6
Black resolves the threat on the bishop by gaining a tempo on the queen, although perhaps Bc8 was an idea to protect e6.
17.Qc2 a5
Does nothing to help alleviate Black's problems.
18.Ne5+
If Black plays Bxe5 then after 19.Bxe5 I would have tremendous dark square control. Black's only other option is Ke8 which loses e6 for starters.
18...Kg7
Allows mate in one, although at the time I merely saw the fork on king and queen.
19.Nxe6#

Time controls were 10 minutes a side although I barely used a third.
 
Ok, so whilst I normally get some quick wins with the great King's Gambit, this one is somewhat atypical. Mate in 10 moves!

Me vs. Skand

chess.com, 1 move in 3 days

1.e4 e5
2.f4 exf4
3.Nf3 Nc6

Glad to see this as I enjoy the positions that stem from it as opposed to, say, 3...d5.
4.d4 Qe7
5.Nc3 g5
6.e5 d6
7.Bb5

Threatening the obvious 8.d5
7...Bd7
8.Nd5

Pretty much forces the queen back to d8 to prevent the fork Nxc7+
8...Qd8
9.0-0 Nge7??

After I made my ninth move I saw this possibility, and thought it would be quite funny if he did this to try and chase away my knight. My knight duly obliges and moves.
10.Nf6#
Smothered mate!
 
Nice miniature. Reminded me somewhat of a 10-move-victory of mine from an OTB G-10 tournament.

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Neg5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Nxf7?!

[not really a sound sacrifice but it's blitz & it's tricky so I thought I'd go for it]

Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kg8?? 10. Qxe6+

[I could have played Bxe6+ but saccing the queen is much classier :D]
 
Game has a bland feel to it yet it's still a win. I liked 9. Kxd2. Having the king almost leading the battle. There were even scenarios it could go to the queenside attacking. ;D

White = me.

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qh6 7. e3 e6 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Kxd2 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bg3 f6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ba4 e5 17. Ke2 Qh5+ 18. f3 Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rhd1 Bb4 21. Rac1 Ke7 22. 22... Ba5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Bxe3 27. Rc7+ Ke6 28. Rxg7 h5 29. Ke2 Bd4 30. Bf2 Bb6 31. Rb7 Rc8 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Rxb6+ Kf5 34. a4 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 h4 36. a5 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rxg2 39. h3 Rg3 40. a6 e4 41. Rb5+ Ke6 42. Kxe4
White Win
 
Played in three tournaments back to back to back during this past (long) weekend (Fri, Sat & Sun). Here are a couple :

First Game vs. a Senior Master (71 year old Leroy Dubeck)

[Event "Cherry Hill Super Swiss, Open Section""]
[Site "Cherry Hill Library"]
[Date "2010.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Norris, Tony"]
[Black "Dubeck, Leroy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2228"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8.
b4 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Nbd2 exf3 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Re1+
Be7 15. Nc4 Kf8 16. Bf4 Nf6 17. Kc2 h5 18. a4 h4 19. Nd6 b6 20. c6 h3 21. Nf5
Nd5 22. Bh2 Bxb4 23. Kb3 Bc5 24. Kc4 0-1

At this point my clock dropped below five minutes & I ceased writing down moves. I was already lost at this point though I held on for 10-15 more moves before resigning. I was very pleased with how I came out of the opening but I was unable to turn the pressure I had on my opponent into a win & missed 22. ... Bxb4 destroying any further counterplay. :(

Third Round of a Quad the next day

[Event "ATKM Sun G-60 Quad"]
[Site "All the King's Men, Pitman, NJ"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Norris, Tony"]
[Black "Leverich, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1929"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 c5 12. f3
c4 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Qc1 Qe7 15. Nd1 Rad8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3
Rd4 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Rd1 c5 22. c3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Nd7 24. f4 f6
25. Kf2 Nb6 26. Kf3 a5 27. e5 fxe5 28. fxe5 a4 29. a3 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. axb4
c3 32. bxc3 Bb3 33. Bc2 Kf8 34. Ke4 g6 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. c4 Ke6 37. c5 Nd7 38.
Bxb3+ axb3 39. Kc3 b2 40. Kxb2 Nxe5 41. Kb3 h5 42. Ka4 g5 43. Kb5 Kd7 44. Kb6
Kc8 45. b5 Nd7+ 46. Kc6 g4 47. Kd6 Nf6 48. Ke6 Ne4 49. c6 1-0

[party]

Stopped writing down moves after move 43 or 44 (my clock dropped below five) & got the rest from my opponent. I finally queened a pawn & won the game with four seconds left on my clock for the last 15 moves or so (thank goodness for time delay!).

I was very pleased with my endgame technique (overall that is, once I got really short of time I didn't play so accurately, my main aim was not to mess up & I eventually queened) & for liquidating out of a slightly inferior opening into a slightly superior endgame (though I missed a couple of moves in the process that probably would have been even better for me). Eventually my opponent crumbled under the pressure & made an unsound pawn sac.

I was 3-0 in the quad netting me $40, about 30 rating points & some points on the club ladder to boot. :)
 
One more from Sunday's quads :

[Event "ATKM G-60 Quad"]
[Site "All the King's Men : Pitman, NJ"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abbott, Joe"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1905"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6
5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d4 e4 8. Nge2 Nd3+ 9. Kf1 Ng4 10. f3 Ngf2 11. Qa4+ Bd7
12. Qb3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Nxh1 14. Bxh1 exf3 15. Bxf3 Bd6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5+
Qd7 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Qe7 21. Rc3 g5 22. Qa6 Qf6 23. Qd3 Re7 24.
Qd2 Rae8 25. Qc1 Qh6 26. Qg1 g4 27. Bg2 Rxe3 28. Bf1 Rxc3 29. Nf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4
Qxf4+ 0-1

Despite being up the exchange Fritz judged the game as being fairly equal once the smoke settled. However very few players would rather play the white side of such a position. White's pieces were not very well coordinated & eventually he cracked under the pressure (26. Qg1?) and I won quite quickly after that.
 
Nice game, Narz.

Edit:

I just finished a game on Facebook's Chess application against the Easy computer, and ended up having to resign. I was white:

1. e4 g6
2. Bd3 Ne6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3 e5
5. 0-0 - looked like the best move at the time
.. Bc5
6. b2 0-0 - copycat!
7. Bc4 d6
8. d3 Bg4
9. h3 Bh6
10. Qd2 Re8
11. Ba3 Bxa3 - ouch!
12. Nb1 Bc5
13. Qc1 a5
14. Qb2 b6
15. Nd2 Nd4 - At this point, I see I probably can't crack the computer's defense and resign the game.
 
I was hoping for a pin, and forgot I wasn't covered there.
 
Very quiet recently again.
Here's a game I won recently for Narz's people if anyone wants to take a look (although the match is lost). This took me to 1979 on correspondence ratings, I reckon I'm not going to get much better now without actually studying chess a bit. Still, I can try.
 
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