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Very nice. :). It's always satisfying to get a mate like that way down in material. Happens quite a bit in lightning, not as often in longer games.
 
Sweet finish. Must have been very satisfying to kill with a quiet king move.
 
Cool game, obviously 10...Bxd3 is better, sure you spotted that after, but a very cool finish, it looks like you played better throughout.

I should really share more of my games - I enjoy playing through everyone else's - but most of them are awful at the moment. Here's a classic rook-sac, quite a nice attack I thought.

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=41048437
 
Nice one, he really screwed himself by pulling all his pieces away from the kingside like that but you had to find the nice finish. Sometimes it seems people get off guard regarding kingside attacks when you fianchetto, imaging you will also castle kingside.
 
Odd - in that line white usually attacks queenside and black has the king side attack but he never got round to it.
 
Got a draw against a master OTB. Really should have won it as I ended up a pawn up in the endgame but was in severe time trouble & my rook & pawn endgames (at least with multiple pawns) are... well, not Master strength.

The game went on another 20 or so moves beyond what I was able to record but I couldn't manage to breakthrough so I took a offered a draw with 50 seconds left on my clock (he had four minutes) and he accepted (with some relief).

I was in the top Quad. I lost to another Master & lost to a 2100 expert (who won the quad).

Game :

[Event "W-field Quad"]
[Site "YMCA"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "West, Jamies"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[TimeControl "G-45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 Bf5 12. O-O a4 13. Nxa4 Nfxd5 14. Bf2 b5 15. Nac3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Na3 20. Bc5 Rfe8 21. Bxa3 Rxa3 22. Rd5 Rb8 23. Rcd1 Kg7 24. Rd8 Raa8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. Rb4 Bd3 28. Kf2 Rxc3 29. Ke3 Bf1+
30. Kf2 Bc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. a4 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 c3 34. Rc4 Kf6 35. a5 Ra2 36. Rxc3 Rxa5 37. h4 h5 38. Rc4 1/2-1/2
 
Is it your real Elo, Narz? From the posts I thought you could have been Fide master or National master. You seem an expert in chess. i have played that damng thing for 18 years, but I'm in a woman league. it's different.
 
Thanks dusters but no I have a long way to go. I'll be happy just to attain & maintain a solid expert rating. Yeah, it's my real USCF (1942 now).
 
Nice lil' tactic on move 18 after which black crumbled.

[Event "W-field Quad"]
[Site "YMCA"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Norris, Tony"]
[Black "Wang, Xioming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1853"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. Ne4 Nb6 {fairly standard mainline stuff up until this point, my next move h3 was perhaps overly cautious} 14. h3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Be6 {black has no totally equalized} 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. Nc5
Bc8 18. Na6! {blasting black's pawn structure} bxa6 19. Rxe7 Rb8 {I was expecting Qf4, threatening the h-pawn indirectly} 20. Rxc7 Rxb4 21. b3 Re8 22. Rxc6 Bb7 23. Rc4 Bxf3?? {just a blunder, trading rooks still favors white but my task is much longer} 24. Rxb4 1-0

Rare to get such an easy win against a 1800 player, my next game was much, much tougher (will post it shortly, either tonight or tomorrow).
 
From the same Quad. I won a pawn in a way I've never quite done before & acquired a winning position only to become overly cautious about potential passed pawn counterplay & then blunder a pawn in time pressure, leading to a draw. :undecide:

[Event "W-field Quad"]
[Site "YMCA"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fleysher, Leonid"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1934"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e3 e6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {looks like black's pawn structure is totally wrecked but Fritz says black has achieved equality, without queens & with all the other pieces still on the board the pawn structure is not so important yet & black has two open files} 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. a3 Bd6 13. g3 Ke7 14. Ke2? Rh3! {you could consider the pawn on h2 a trapped "piece"} 15. Kf3 Rah8 16. Kg2 Ng4 17. Nd1 Rxh2+ 18. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 19. Kf3 f5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bd2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5+ 23. Ke2 Nc4 24. Bc3 Bxg3 25. Bxg7 Be5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. a4 Kd6 28. b4 Rh8? {overly cautious, just pushing the kingside pawns would've been stronger} 29. Nc3 g5 30. b5 c5?? {played within more than 15 seconds thought, as seen for the terrible move it was by me 5 seconds after that & then 5 seconds later by my opponent} 31. Rd1 Kc7 32. Rxd5 Re8 33. Kf1 f4 34. Kg2 fxe3 35. fxe3 Nc4 36. Rxg5 Nxe3+ 37. Kf3 Nc4 38. Rg7+ Kd6 39. Kf4 Rf8+ 40. Ke4 Re8+ 41. Kf4 Rf8+ 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2
 
Mondusmongo 1783 vs. Clearchess(millman) 2133 Correspondence.

Most interesting game of mine I could find quickly of positional play. It expliflies how much I like it.

Nf3 hello. 1... d5 Hi. 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c4 d4 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 Nf6 12. e3 Qc7 13. exd4 exd4 14. Nb3 b6 15. a4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Qg5 h6 18. Qh4 Nb4 19. Red1 Re2 20. Rab1 Rfe8 21. Nc1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Re1 25. Be2 Qc6+ 26. f3 Qxa4 27. Kf2 Rxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Qc2 - Clearchess win.

Ok, I traded a bishop for a knight. Shame on me but it's what the position demanded.
 
From the same Quad. I won a pawn in a way I've never quite done before...
Interesting pile-up on the h-file.

Here's the opening to one of my tournament games in the Canadian Maritimes, with an odd opening combo... my Queen wins a pawn by "quantum tunneling" out to b5.

Blue Emu vs Roland Basque (both of us then at expert rating)

1. Nc3 e5
2. e4 Nc6
3. Bc4 d6
4. Nf3 Bg4
5. h3 Bh5?

Oooops. Now White wins a pawn by checking with the Queen at b5. Look impossible?

6. Nxe5! Nxe5

No better is 6. ... Nf6; 7. Qxh5!, or 6. ... Bxd1; 7. Bxf7+ and mate follows.

7. Qxh5 Nxc4
8. Qb5+ ...

Recovering the piece and keeping the extra pawn. White won before the first adjournment.
 
Nice. 5...Bh5 is shocking, although 3...d6 seemed pretty bad to me. Then it all just plays itself. Well taken advantage of!:goodjob:
 
Cute one Emu. Millman, I'd like to check out your game if you can post it in PGN format.

It is in pgn format, all you have to do is remove the text and rewrite the first move. Or you can copy below.

Spoiler :
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c4 d4 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 Nf6 12. e3 Qc7 13. exd4 exd4 14. Nb3 b6 15. a4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Qg5 h6 18. Qh4 Nb4 19. Red1 Re2 20. Rab1 Rfe8 21. Nc1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Re1 25. Be2 Qc6+ 26. f3 Qxa4 27. Kf2 Rxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Qc2
 
Cool, I always thought PGN's wouldn't work without a header but certain places they will.

I have never found that it would not work without a header but should you find differently just copy any random header from anywhere and paste it on top. I'm sure there are at least 100 in this thread alone...
 
We've recently been playing some games on the Paradox wargames Forum, via PM. Here's a game of mine against one of the better players.

I am playing Black in a Sicilian Defense, Prins variation... a version of the Maroczy Bind. I made a rather dubious pawn sacrifice to break the bind... and then the game went completely nuts.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 ...

The Prins variation. More popular, but also much better known, is 5. Nc3. After White's text move, the most common reply for Black is 5. ... e5 in order to avoid the Maroczy Bind (6. c4)... but I decided to just allow the Maroczy instead, since I'm not afraid of it, and I actually enjoy playing Scheveningen-type formations as Black, with Pawns on d6 and e6.

5. ... e6 6. c4 ...

White decides to try the Maroczy Bind. It's a tactically safe but positionally double-edged formation. White gets a large advantage in controlled space and an easy development but suffers from weak dark squares and his minor pieces are of very unequal value... his dark-squared Bishop is now his most important minor piece, while his light-squared Bishop is badly confined by his own Pawns.

If Black can arrange to play either ... d5 or ... b5 then he will get an excellent game, but if White succeeds in keeping Black confined inside his own Pawns, Black's prospects are dim.

6. ... Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 ...

This looked premature to me. Of course White should play for King's-side pressure... but not this abruptly. The Maroczy is a slow opening system, and White should first complete his development by Castling and bringing at least one Rook to the center before he embarks on any flank adventures. Retreating his centralized Knight to c2 would also be wise, to prevent Black from exchanging it off (and thus clearing c6 for the Bishop on d7).

I decided to meet this King's-side sally by playing for ... d5 in order to open the center against White's weak dark squares. If the center comes open, that will automatically paralyze any hostile flank attack. If necessary, I intended to play ... d5 as a Pawn sacrifice.

11. ... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4 d5

Here it comes... as a (probably unsound) Pawn sacrifice, since 15. cxd5 exd5 16. exd5 Bxd5? is met by 17. Bxg7! discovering an attack on my Bishop. I wasn't too concerned about giving away my Queen's Pawn, though... White's attack is instantly halted, after which his advanced King-side Pawns are left looking rather silly; I gain access to the weak dark squares in his position and he has no really safe place to put his King. Also, for a long time to come, Black's moves are going to be much easier to find than White's replies are. In theory, Black might not be getting full compensation for his sacrificed Pawn, but in practice his position is much easier to play than White's.

15. cxd5 exd5 16. exd5 Bb5 17. Nxb5 ...

After 17. Bxb5 axb5 it will be very difficult for White to stop ... b4. He cannot protect the square with 18. a3 because of the pin on the a-file.

17. ... axb5 18. Bf2 Ra4

I felt when I made this move that I might be over-pressing, and that perhaps just 18. ... Nd6 was stronger, but I was curious as to what White intended to do with his King. Also, I hoped to tempt White into eventually playing b3 (after dealing with my immediate threat of ... Bb4, of course) which would further weaken his dark squares.

19. Kf1 Nd6 20. Kg2 f6

When I made this move, I was under the impression that White could not afford to allow the exchange of my f-Pawn, since that would increase my dark-squared pressure to a critical level. I was expecting him to return the sacrificed Pawn instead by playing 21. g6 hxg6 22. h5 in order to keep my f-file and d8-h4 diagonal closed, while simultaneously trying to breathe some new life back into his King's-side attack.

21. b3 Ra8 22. gxf6 ...

This move startled me... I had the fixed idea that it was completely unplayable.

22. ... Bxf6 23. Rac1 Nf5 24. h5 ...

Again, White might have been better off just letting me take this Pawn, in order to develop counter-pressure along the open file against my h7 square. I had the definite impression that he had either overlooked or badly underestimated my 26th move (26. ... Be7).

24. ... Nh4+ 25. Bxh4 Bxh4 26. f4 Be7!

Switching diagonals! Now White is in serious trouble, despite his two-Pawn advantage.

27. Bxb5 Bd6 28. Rhf1 Bxf4

I had also considered 28. ... Qh4, but the text move seemed clearer. I felt that the coming Queen-for-bits ending should be won for Black.

29. Rxf4 Qg5+ 30. Kf3 Rxf4+ 31. Qxf4 Rf8 32. Qxf8 Kxf8 33. Rc8+ ...

The only other reasonable drawing attempt was 33. Rf1, conceding the d-Pawn immediately.

33. ... Ke7 34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. Rxb7 ...

Ooops. Naturally, 35. Rd7+ instead was forced, after which 35. ... Kc8 36. a4 Qxh5+ 37. Ke4 and then possibly ... g6 would follow. In that position, White can't move anything except his King, since moving the Bishop loses the Rook, moving the Rook loses it to a check-check-fork sequence, and playing 38. d6 just enters a lost King-and-Pawn ending after 38. ... Qf5+ followed by returning the Queen with 39. ... Qxd7. White's Queen-side Pawns can waste a few moves, but cannot advance as a unit without cutting communication between the Bishop and Rook (a5, b4, Ba4, b5 allows ... Qg4+ and ... Qxd7). White seems to have no way to resist the advance of Black's King-side Pawns, escorted by the Queen.

EDIT: Whups... I omitted the obvious final moves...

35. ... Qxd5+ 36. White Resigns

... he loses his Rook.
 
Nice to see this thread coming back to life. :)

Have a big backlog of tournament games I need to put into the computer, if I have some time this week I may make some YouTube videos.
 
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