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Been a while since I had a game to post here, but just won via timeout.

Location: Cool Games
White: MaddSmokerz (1000)
Black: WhiteEagle (me)
Time/move: 3 days
Result: 0-1 via timeout

1. h3 e5 2. c4 d6
 
First win against a 2200 player.

[Event "Marshall G-30"]
[Site "Marshall Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sena, Juan"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "1980"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. c3 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O
d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bb3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Na3
Qa5 14. d4 c4 15. Bc2 O-O 16. d5 Nce5 17. Nd4 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. f4 Qxb2 20.
Qa1 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Nd3 22. Nxc4 Nxf4 23. Ra7 Bxd4 24. Rxd7 Rc8 25. Bxd4 Ne2+ 26.
Kf2 Nxd4 27. Bd3 Kf8 28. Nb6 Rb8 29. Rxd6?? Ke8! 30. Nxa8 exd6 31. Ke3 {
white offers draw, lol} Nb3 32. Nc7+ Kd7 33. Nb5 {went on 10 or 15 more moves but the result was not in doubt} 0-1
 
Not the most beautiful game in the world but consider it was played on a 1 minute (for all moves) time control. :crazyeye:

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=123635609

I mated with .7 seconds left on the clock! :whew:

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2011.04.27"]
[White "spliffster"]
[Black "Narz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[TimeControl "1|0"]
[Termination "Narz won by checkmate"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.f4 Nge7 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf3 dxe4
11.dxe4 Nd4 12.Bd3 a6 13.Nh2 b5 14.Ne2 c4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Kh1 cxd3 17.cxd3 Bb7 18.Qf3 Rad8 19.Rd1 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxe4
21.dxe4 Rxd1+ 22.Nf1 Rxf1+ 23.Kh2 Bd4 24.g4 Rf2+ 25.Kg3 Rc8 26.f5 Rcc2 27.Bxh6 Rg2+ 28.Kh4 Bf2+ 29.Kg5 gxf5 30.exf5 Nxf5
31.Kf6 Nxh6 32.g5 Bd4+ 33.Ke7 Rc7+ 34.Kd8 Rgc2 35.Rd1 Rc8+ 36.Kd7 R2c7+ 37.Kd6 Nf5# 0-1
 
It's not important enough for me to try and pgn it or remove the words. I was black in my second to last game that I'm more proud of.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 By the book, captain. 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nd4 Nxb3 12. N2xb3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nc2 Be7 15. f4 O-O 16. h3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 + - 18. Qe2 Rg6 19. Kh2 Bd6 20. Be3 Bf5 21. Qf2 Be4 22. Rg1 Rf8 23. Raf1 Rgf6 Why only win a pawn with BXN? 24. g3 Rh6 25. h4 Qg4 26...Rf5 27...Rh5 or worse? 26. Rg2 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Rf5 You're here. :) I had to use the classic bishop pair for pressure. 28. Ne1 Re6 29. Qf2 d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Qc2 Rxe3 32. Qc8+ Bf8Clearchesser: Thanks for putting up with all my comments. ;) 33. Rg1 Rxf4 34. Qxg4 Rxg4 35. Kh3 Rgxg3+ 36. Rxg3 Rxe1 37. Rd3 Re3+ 38. Rxe3 dxe3 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Kf3 Bc5 41. b3 Ke6 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 Ke5 44. h5 Kd4 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. h6 gxh6 47. Ke1 Kd3 48. Kd1 e2+ 49. Ke1 Ke3

Clearchesser win.
 
My first draw!

[Date "????.??.??"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[White "WhiteEagle (me)"]
[WhiteElo "1000"]
[Black "MaddSmokerz"]
[BlackElo "1000"]
[Site "maddsmokerz.com"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 g6 3.Nc3 Ne7 4.Nf3 Nbc6 5.Be3 h6 6.Qd2 a6 7.O-O-O Bg7 8.h4 a5 9.a4 h5 10.g3 Ra7 11.b3 b6 12.Bh3 Nd5 13.exd5 f5 14.dxc6 dxc6 { forced him to double his pawns } 15.Rhe1 g5 16.Nxg5 e5 17.Kb1 Bh6 18.Nce4 Bxg5 { I don't understand why he did that. } 19.Nxg5 c5 20.c4 c6 21.Bg2 b5 22.Bxc6+ Ke7 { He can't castle now! } 23.axb5 f4 24.Qb2 Qe8 { restricts the Queen } 25.Bxc5+ { forks King and Rook } 25...Kf6 26.Bxa7 Rh7 27.Bxe8!! Kf5 28.Qe2 Bd7 29.Qxe5+ Kg4 30.gxf4 Bxe8 31.Qxe8 Rh6 32.Re3 a4 33.bxa4 Rg6 34.Qg8 Rf6 35.Ne4+ Kxf4 36.Nxf6 Kf5 37.Nxh5 { Stalemate }
1/2-1/2
 
Nice game WhiteEagle, you played much better than him - I didn't notice many instances, especially earlier in the game, where you hung any pieces, and you took advantage when your opponent hung his! (Although look back through the game and try and spot three occasions where you could have taken his queen rook, his queen, and his king rook respectively!) You deserved to win! Instead of Nxh5 on the last move - take it back and try and find a one move checkmate instead.

Couple of recent games on livechess - thought it might be interesting since I queen-sacced to mate him in the first and both games I managed to get a solid advantage as White and tighten the screws to win - so pleasing games (for me at least!)

-waller- vs. raviyard (10|0)

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 g6
5.Be3 Bg7
6.c3 Nc6
7.Nd2 Nf6
8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7
10.b4 a6
11.Nxc6
Going against the principles - bit of a careless move really.
11...Bxc6
12.f3 Nd7
13.Qb3 Ne5
14.Be2 Rc8
15.f4 Nd7
16.Rac1 Nf6
17.Bd3 Qd7
18.h3 Nh5
19.Kh2 d5
Not sure d5 is right here as allows me to push e5 no problem, shutting his bishop down.
20.e5 e6
21.Nf3
My game is suddenly looking a lot better than the shambles it was a minute ago. Definitely need to work on some openings.
21...Bh6
22.g3 Bb5
23.Qd1
The queen returns to its home square to eye the kingside.
23...Ng7
24.Bxb5 Qxb5
25.Nd4 Qd7
26.a4 Nf5
27.Nxf5 gxf5
Looks a bit of a risk to me, I would have gone with exf5.
28.a5 Kh8
29.Qh5 Bg7
30.Bc5 Rg8
31.Qh4 Bf8
32.Bd4 Be7
33.Qh5 Rg7
34.g4
Slowly but surely applying the pressure
34...fxg4
35.hxg4 Rcg8
36.Rg1 Qb5
There's no real weak point for the queen to counterattack.
37.Rg2 Qd3
38.f5 Bd8
Backing away here is a bit weak I think. Now I can play f6 at will with a devastating clamp on Black's king position.
39.Rcg1 Qe4
40.Rg3 Qe2+
41.R1g2 Qe4
42.f6 Rg6
43.Be3 Bc7
An error I was hoping for - now the denouement!
44.Qxh7+ Kxh7
45.Rh3+ Rh6
46.Rxh6#

-waller- vs. choloterkov (10|0)


1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 Nf6
4.Nc3 a6
5.Ba4 b5
6.Bb3 d6
7.O-O Be7
8.h3 O-O
9.Re1
Looks like Ruy Lopez except I have a stupid Knight on c3 now after that bad 4th move.
9...Be6
10.d4 Bxb3
11.axb3 exd4
12.Nxd4 Ne5
13.f4 Ng6
14.Nc6
Here though, I figure I should be ok.
14...Qd7
15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.g3 Rad8
17.Qf3
Rather than Rxa6, to generally hold the kingside and discourage the d5 break.
17...Qd7
18.Kg2 Rfe8
19.Rxa6
This is fine to take now - my opponent should really have taken the trouble to defend it.
19...c6
20.Bd2 d5
21.e5 Ne4
22.Bc1
Not 22.Nxe4 dxe4 and now the Bishop is lost (or the queen).
22...Nxc3
23.bxc3 Qb7
24.Ra2
Meant to move to a1!
24...Ra8
25.Rxa8 Qxa8
26.Be3 Qa2
His queen is offside - its not causing any real problems for me to solve.
27.Re2 h6
28.Qg4 Qa8
29.h4 Qd8
30.Bc5 Ne7
31.e6
This is the correct time to push to gain advantage. If 31...fxe6 32.Qxe6+ Kf8 (to save the knight 33.Re5 causes problems for Black.
31...f6
32.Qh5 Rf8
33.f5 Kh7
34.Qf7!
34...Rxf7 leads to 35. exf7 where any knight move is strongly met by 36.Re8!, and 35...Qf8 ties Black up after 36.Rxe7.
34...Re8
35.g4 d4
A good move, and one that puts me in a spot of bother. Either Black's queen or knight on d5 is not pleasant for White.
36.cxd4 Nd5
37.Kf3 Qb8
38.Re4 Rg8?
Difficult to understand. The major options here were Nc3 or Qh2 causing problems.
39.e7 Qh2?
This move is now too slow and leads to mate.
40.Qxg8+
I can't really call this a queen sacrifice but its nice anyway.
40...Kxg8
41.e8=Q+ Kh7
42.Qg6+ Black resigns
43.Re8# would follow any 42nd Black move.
 
I guess it is good. 7...Be6 would be the move I suppose, only losing one pawn in the event of taking, which doesn't quite lead to a win out of hand, but still to an advantage.

Well... I usually consider any line that loses a pawn in the opening with no appreciable compensation to be "losing out-of-hand".

After 7. ... Be6, 8. Nxe6 fe, 9. Bxe6 it also fatally weakens the light squares in the center and K-side, while exchanging off the Bishop that is supposed to guard them.

... all this assumes that I'm not missing some sort of worthwhile compensation for the Pawn, of course... but I don't see much.
 
Actually I'm not sure. Following your line (which is what I had considered best for White also), what about something like 9...Nd4 10.Bb3 b4 winning back the pawn on e4 with a solid black position.
 
Actually I'm not sure. Following your line (which is what I had considered best for White also), what about something like 9...Nd4 10.Bb3 b4 winning back the pawn on e4 with a solid black position.

The situation is by no means so clear-cut as "a solid Black position".

In the first place, after 10. ... b4, Black's b-Pawn isn't guarded either (for instance after 11. Nd5).

In the second place, after 7. ... Be6, it might turn out that 8. Bxe6 is superior to the natural 8. Nxe6; with the idea of either simplifying (7. ... Be6, 8. Bxe6 fe, 9. Nxe6 Qe7, 10. Nxf8) or keeping the position complicated with 10. Nd5 instead of 10. Nxf8 (if 10. Qxe6 then 11. Nxc7+). Simplifying is probably best, with a clear pawn ahead plus the Bishop pair.
 
True its not clear cut, however I still like how Black's position has turned out even after 11.Nd5. Nor was my line even the definitive response of course - b4 kicking the Nc3 out is something White has to consider though.
In your second line White doesn't keep the bishop pair - simplification is probably best but then I think Black has a bit of compensation with more central control whilst White's position is undeveloped ... I don't think you can say White is winning out-of-hand here still.
 

How about 31. ... a2+

Here's another of mine... I played a sort of Pirc or Modern Defense against a classical system by White:

Doug Burgess (1885) vs Blue Emu

1. e4 g6
2. d4 Bg7
3. Nf3 d6
4. Nc3 Nf6
5. Be2 O-O
6. O-O c6
7. h3 b5
8. a3 ...

This sort of defensive move is often a poor idea in flank openings... especially since I'm really more interested in controlling c4 (to support a possible Nb8-d7-b6-c4) than in pushing on to b4.

8. ... a6

Insurance against a central break by d5 (after Nbd7) which would otherwise leave my b-Pawn hanging.

9. Be3 Nbd7
10. Qd2 Nb6

Now White finally realizes that I'm interested in the c4 square... but his cure is worse than the disease:

11. b3 Bb7
12. Bh6 ...

Another poor idea. The removal of Black's fianchettoed Bishop won't make much difference in the center since Black is preparing to play e5, and White really isn't well placed to attack on the K-side. On the other hand, White might end up missing his own dark-squared Bishop.

12. ... Qc7
13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Bd3 e5

Now Black has what appears to be an extremely favorable version of a Ruy Lopez, Closed Variation! At this point, White seems to overlook something...

15. Ne2? c5

... with a couple of different threats.

16. c3 Bxe4
17. Ng5 Bxd3
18. Qxd3 h6
19. Ne4 Nxe4
20. Qxe4 f5
21. Qb1 c4

Now Black is simply a Pawn ahead, with a wonderful square at d5 for his Knight. This advantage is enough for Black to shift over to a K-side attack over the course of the next few moves.

22. b4 Nd5
23. Qc2 Qf7
24. de de
25. Rad1 Rad8
26. Qc1 f4

It is now going to be very difficult to stop moves like 27. ... f3, opening the position around White`s King. His next move is equivalent to resignation.

27. g4? fg en-passent
28. fg Qa7+
29. Kh2 Rf2+
30. Kh1 Ne3
31. Nd4 Qa8+
32. Resigns.

... not before time. Mate is forced.
 
Yeah, a2+ is probably more forcing. I didn't have much time to calculate at that point though so I didn't want to risk losing the pawn (though white can't take immediately or he gets mated).

Do you have a link to your game Emu?
 
Oh cool, tournament game?

Correct. At 40-in-two time control.

I would have to dig up the score-sheet to find out which tournament, but my opponent Doug Burgess was the CFC (Canadian Chess Federation) President at the time of the tournament game. He also won the "most active tournament chess player in Canada" accolade seven years in a row.
 
Here's another tournament game, from round 3 of the Moncton (New Brunswick) Open.

I played a KIA (King's Indian Attack) against the French Defense, made a bad move in the opening, but my opponent then adopted an overly optimistic attacking plan and my tactical ripost won a piece and the game.

Blue Emu vs Gordon Giacomin (1817).

1. e4 e6
2. d3 ...

Heading into the King's Indian Attack, with Black already committed to an e6 defense.

2. ... d5
3. Nd2 c5
4. g3 Ne7
5. Bg2 Nd7

A rather unusual deployment of the Knights, but perfectly playable.

6. Ngf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7
8. Qe2 de
9. Nxe4?! ...

A poor idea in general. White should almost always retake with the d-Pawn in this sort of position. Not sure why I took with the Knight instead... whatever I thought I saw, it must have been a mirage.

9. ... Nd5
10. Re1 Be7
11. Bg5 N(5)f6
12. Bf4 ...

The Bc1-g5-f4 manoever might look odd, but there's method in my madness. I was willing to trade dark-squared Bishops, leaving Black's dark-squares weak; or to trade Knights in order to correct my earlier error by transferring the d-Pawn to e4... but I would rather not trade both pairs of minor pieces.

12. ... Nxe4
13. de g5?!

This idea seems a bit optimistic, especially since Black is planning to sacrifice this Pawn in order to open the K-side for attacking purposes.

14. Bc1 Qc7?!

Following through with his Pawn sacrifice. Unfortunately, he's overlooked a tactic.

15. Nxg5 h5
16. h4 Qe5
17. c3 Qg7
18. Bf3! ...

The move that my opponent overlooked. It appears to be aimed at his h-Pawn... but in fact, the sneaky Bishop is aimed at the opposite side of the board! By moving it to f3, I place the Bishop on a square guarded by my Queen instead of by my King; a critical difference. The threat to his h-Pawn pretty well forces castling long, in order to bring both Rooks to the open K-side.

18. ... O-O-O
19. e5! ...

The point.

19. ... Bxf3
20. Qxf3 Nxe5

More-or-less forced by the threat to f7. Now the game turns into a massacre.

21. Qa8+ Kd7
22. Rd1+ Ke8
23. Rxd8+ Bxd8
24. Bf4 ...

"Hi, I'm back!"... now Black faces several threats, including Rd1 and Qxa7. In time pressure, he overlooks the main threat completely.

24. ... a5?

Can you spot the critical weak point in Black's position? It's the triply-guarded square f7. Three defenders aren't enough.

25. Bxe5 Qxe5
26. Qxd8+! Resigns.

The family fork after 26. ... Kxd8, 27. Nxf7+ would be too painful.
 
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