sample games

[stellar converter]

ok. i just went to an ia tournament (inter-scholastic association) (the ind. championship). i did awesome. it was for high school. has anyone played high school chess? anyway, i played one game that really stood out to me as awesome. its only 18 moves.

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 pxp
4.c3 pxp
5.Bc4 Nf6
6.o-o d5
7.pxp Na5
8.Qa4+ c6
9.Re1+ Be7
10.d6 NxB
11.RxB+ Kf8
12.QxN Be6
13.Qd3 Rb8
14.Ng5 Qc8
15.NxB+ pxN
16.Nxp Ng8
17.Qf3+ Nf6
18.Bg5 Black resigns.

i was white needless to say. i won 2.5 out of 5. finished in top half. im only a sophmore, too. thats pretty good.

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[stellar converter]

anyone have any games taht are pretty cool? ill delve through my notation sheets to find more.

 

[stellar converter]

heres a game between me and a highland high school kid, he won first in his region, but didnt do to well at this tournament

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white=jeff perry(thats me)
black=Stephen King

1.e4 d6
2.d4 g6
3.c4 e5
4.Nf3 exd
5.Nxp Bg7
6.Bc4 Ne7
7.o-o o-o
8.f5 Nc6
9.NxN NxN
10.pxp hxg
11.Nc3 Ne5
12.Bb3 Qh4 (im scared at this point

)
13.Rf4 Bg4
14.Qf1 Qh5
15.Be3 Re8
16.Nd5 c6
17.Nf6+ BxN
18.RxN Be2
19.Qf4 g5
20.Qxp+ QxQ
21.BxQ Ng4
22.Rxp Rxp
23.Re1 Re5
24.Bf4 Rf5
25.RxB RxB
26.g3 Rf6
27.RxR NxR
28.Re7 Rb8
29.Rxp Nd5
30.Rf5 Rd8
31.Kf2 Kg7
32.BxN pxB
33.Ke3 Kg6
34.g4 Rc8
35.Rxp Rxp
36.Rd2 Rc5
37.h4 Rc6
38.Ke4 Re6+
39.Kf4 Rf6+
40.Ke5 Rf7
41.Rd6+ Kg7
42.g5 Kg8
43.Rg6+ Kh8
44.Ke6 Rf4
45.h5 Rf2
46.h6 Rxp
47.Kf7 Rf2+
48.Rf6 Rxp
49.g6 Rg2
50.Ke7 Re2
51.Kf8 Rg2
52.g7+ Kh7
53.Rf7 Kxp
54.g8=Q RxQ
55.KxR Black Resigns

not an interesting game, but a nice one all the same. anyone here play high school chess, or did play high school chess? anyone else have any neat games?

 

[stormerne]

How about this one. It's the only game of mine that's ever been published in a newspaper ("Gloucester Citizen" - 9 Apr 77). It's a game I played in the "Cheshire Shield" 1973 when I was still a university student. It looks rather naive now - still...

I suppose this simple game illustrates how psychology can be important in chess. It was an important event and my opponent, whom I'd never met before, obviously didn't want to lose, so he played cautiously. It became obvious that he was a positional player who didn't want to take risks (e.g. choice of French defence, choosing to waste tempi with the Queen instead of accepting an isolated Queen's pawn). That enabled me to do two things. First, I could develop easily without too much conflict. Secondly, when he placed a bishop on a good diagonal (15...Bc6) I knew that he wouldn't want to take it off it. He'd therefore expected 18 Nxc6 killing the bishop, and so when I surprised him by 18 Nxd7 instead, I knew he'd not move that bishop and that he'd fall into the simple trap. Mayhem followed!

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White Black
Stormerne P. Rathbone
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 c5
4. ed Qxd5
5. Ngf3 Nc6
6. Bc4 Qd8
7. Nb3 Nf6
8. Be3 cd
9. Nb3xd4 Bd7
10. O-O Be7
11. c3 O-O
12. Qc2 a6
13. Rad1 Qc7
14. Bd3 h6
15. Rfe1 Nxd4
16. Bxd4 Bc6
17. Ne5 Nd7
18. Nxd7 Qxd7?
19. Bh7+ Kh8
20. Bxg7+ Kxg7
21. Rxd7 Bxd7
22. Be4 Rab8
23. Qd3 Bb5
24. Qg3+ Kh8
25. Qe5+ f6
26. Qh5 f5
27. Qxh6+ Kg8
28. Qg6+ Kh8
29. Re3 1-0
</FONT f>
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[This message has been edited by stormerne (edited February 19, 2001).]

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

Here's a game I played at the Hastings chess club in 1973 or 1974. Arthur Winser by that time was quite elderly but still sported a grade of about 180 BCF (I think the conversion to elo is multiply by eight and add six hundred). He had once played in the Hastings international congress (I think before the war) where I believe he had a win against a grandmaster. This is one of my most memorable games despite never having had a chance from start to finish.

(25) Winser,A - Gibson,E [A42]
Hastings club championship, 1973
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Qd2 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.0–0–0 Ndf6?? oh dear! this is the moment I look to see if anyone is watching then I calm down and look at the score sheet. not so bad; moves will be in double figures before I have to resign. 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 [10...Qxe5 11.Qd8#] 11.Nxe4 Bxe5 now I get determined. Let's see if I can reach fifteen; that's almost respectable. 12.c5 Be6 13.Nd6+ Kf8 14.Bc4 Qe7 15.Rhe1 Bg7! I may be dead in the water but I still pretend to breathe. 16.Bg5 Nf6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Ne4 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qf4! Kg7 21.Nxf6 Rhf8 [21...Qxf6 22.Rd7+] 22.Nh5+ gxh5 23.Qe5+ Rf6 24.Rd6 Re8 25.Re3 Qf7 26.Rf3 Rf8 27.Kd2! when I eventually saw whatWinser was thinking I was in awe of him 27...Kh7 28.Rxf6 Qxf6 29.Rd7+ Kg6 30.Qxf6+ Rxf6 31.Ke3 Rf7 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Ke4! game over. he switched from ferocious attack to an endgame that wins by one tempo!! 33...Kf6 34.h4 b5 35.b4 a6 36.f4 Kg6 37.Ke5 Kf7 38.Kd6 resigns


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It is very dangerous to leap a chasm in two bounds

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

Just to show I can win as well

This game was played in division one of the Yorkshire league. The match was over ten boards and Harrogate were not the fovourites. Myself and a very talented lad of about ten, James Howell, had been roped in from the "B" team and placed at boards five and six as a bit of a sacrifice. If I remember rightly James won as well.

Like Stormerne's (is that Norse or Anglo-Saxon or I am up the wrong tree?) this is all about psychology. My opponent's fatal mistake can not be seen in the moves.

Gibson,ED (Harrogate CC)- Ross,RP (Hull CC) [A07]
Yorkshire league div 1, 19.03.1977

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.d3 Bxf3 5.Bxf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.d4 h6 8.0-0 g5 9.Be3 e6 10.Nd2 Bd6 11.c4 Qc7 12.Bg2 Ng4 13.c5 Be7 14.b4 f5
Somewhere around here Mr. Ross caught my eye with an expression that told me he considered me dead and buried and to tell the truth that's how I felt in this position......
15.Nf3 Nxe3 16.fxe3 g4 17.Ne1 h5 18.Nd3 h4
........but he got greedy
19.Nf4 Kf7 20.e4 dxe4 21.Bxe4
I might never have got to this but for that look
21...Nf6 22.Nxe6
No, I insist on giving up a piece
22...Kxe6 23.Bxf5+ Kf7 24.Qb3+ Kg7 25.Rf4
this whole game is about psychology. from now on, between moves I got up and paced around the other boards without looking at them. I kept saying to myself "you are still losing; keep concentrating!" I have a long track record of getting nervous and careless when I think I ought to win - and it costs!
25...hxg3 26.Qxg3 Kf7 27.Bxg4 Ke8 28.Be6 Kd8 29.Raf1 Nh5 30.Qh3 Rg8+ 31.Bxg8 Nxf4 32.Qg4 Nxe2+ 33.Qxe2 Qd7 34.Qe4 a5 35.Be6 Qe8 36.Rf3 axb4 37.Rg3 Bf8 38.Rg8 Qe7 39.Qf5 Kc7 40.Qf4+ black resigns.

At the end of the season this game was awarded the best game prize at the Harrogate club, perhaps partly because it contributed to an unexpected win for the team. The early part was singularly inauspicious, but I am pleased with it anyway.

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It is very dangerous to leap a chasm in two bounds

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Here is the first game, in the very first turnament final I have played. What do you think of it? Maby it's a littel hard to read. Anyway I am white.

[Event "District Cup"]
[Site "Göteborg"]
[Date "10-10-1993"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Håkan Eriksson"]
[Black "Jhonan Versius"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5
2. c3 Nf6
3. e5 Nd5
4. d4 cxd4
5. cxd4 d6
6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Nc3 dxe5
8. dxe5 Ndb4
9. a3 Qxd1+
10. Kxd1 Na6
11. b4 Nc7
12. Nb5 Nxb5
13. Bxb5 Bd7
14. Re1 a6
15. Bd3 g6
16. Bd2 Bg7
17. Rc1 O-O
18. Be4 Rac8
19. Bf4 Rfd8
20. Nd2 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 Nxe5
22. Rxc8 Bxc8
23. Bxb7 Nc4
24. Bxc8 Rxd2+
25. Kc1 Rxf2
26. Bxa6 Nxa3
27. Rxe7 Rxg2
28. Re2 Rxe2
29. Bxe2 f5
30. Kb2 f4
31. Kxa3 Kf7
32. Kb3 g5
33. Kc4 Ke6
34. b5 Kd6
35. Bf3 Kc7
36. Kc5 h6
37. b6+ Kb8
38. Kd4 Kc8
39. Ke5 Kb8
40. h3 Kc8
41. Kd4 Kb8
42. Kc5 Kc8
43. Kc4 Kd7
44. Kd4 Kd6
45. Bg2 Kd7
46. Ke5 Kc8
47. b7+ Kb8
48. Bf3 Kc7
49. Kd4 Kb8
50. Bg2 Kc7
51. Bd5 h5
52. Ke4 Kb8
53. Kf5 g4
54. hxg4 h4
55. Kxf4 Kc7
56. g5 h3
57. Kg3 h2
58. Kxh2 Kb8
59. g6 Kc7
60. g7 Kd7
61. b8=Q Ke7
62. Qe5+ Kd7
63. Qe6+ Kc7
64. Qc6+ Kd8
65. g8=Q+ Ke7
66. Qce6# 1-0

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[This message has been edited by Håkan Eriksson (edited February 18, 2001).]

 

[stormerne]

Originally posted by Algernon Pondlife:
Like Stormerne's (is that Norse or Anglo-Saxon or I am up the wrong tree?) this is all about psychology.

No you're close to the right tree! It's actually two words from modern(ish) English: Storm and erne. Erne is the rather old-fashioned word for eagle, in particular either the golden eagle (aquila chrysaetos) or the sea eagle (haliäetus albicilla). The two words are chosen specifically because they sound almost identical in all modern north European Germanic languages, though with variations of spelling (and some old ones like Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon).

These two eagles have a reputation for being the surest flyers in storm winds. This was appropriate not only because of my temperament, but also because of my Pilot's License!

I took the name for religious reasons nearly 10 years ago, but now my wife, friends and nearly all my relatives use it. Only my mother and work colleagues use my given name.

And hence also the quote that I sometimes use as my signature, taken from the Old Icelandic Eddic Poem "The Seeress's Prophecy".

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Falla forsar, flygr orn yfir, sa er a fjalli fiska veiðir
Erne flies over stormy falls, hunting fish upon the fells
- Voluspa

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

I have said:

"the Pirc is wild"

Johan said:

"Well this whole opening comes down to white being the
attacker, and Black lurking in the shadows waiting for the right
time to unleash his pieces."

Here is what we mean:

Carpenter,S - Gibson,E [B09]
British-Staunton Edinburgh (round 4), 01.08.1985
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3 Qxc5 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Be3 Qa5 10.0–0 0–0 11.Kh1 a6 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Rae1 b5 14.Rg1 e6 15.g4 there is nothig quite like g4 as a declaration of war 15...Bb7 the counter-attack will have to go through e4; but it has got four defenses 16.Rg3 Nd7 17.h4 Nd4 18.Qh2 Nxf3 19.Rxf3 f5 20.Rg3 the rook is making too many moves 20...Nc5 21.gxf5 exf5 22.h5 Re8 e4 will fall 23.hxg6 but what about the black king? 23...fxe4 after nearly three hours lurking, I finally break out 24.gxh7+ Kh8 "any port in a storm" 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Bxe4+ 28.Kg1 Bd4+ 29.Kf1 Qd7 30.Rg8+ Rxg8 31.hxg8Q+ Kxg8 32.Qg3+ Qg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.c3 Bf6 35.Ke2 Kg6 36.Ke3 Kf5 37.Be1 d5 38.b3 Bg7 39.Bh4 Bxc3 40.Bg5 Bb2 41.a4 d4+ 42.Kd2 Bc3+ white resigns

nothing perfect about the chess but nail-biting at the time. Hope you enjoy this one.


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That's not the electric light my friend, it is your vision growing dim

 

[stellar converter]

ill put another one up soon, but the other kid sucked,, so its not that good. for me it was ok

 

[stellar converter]

ok, this game is from a state individual qualifier. the other kid(white) was from Brophy college prep(some catholic school). i have beaten every kid from a catholic school ive come up against

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im black. hes white.

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. BxN dxB (that is such a dumb move, i think)
5. Nc3 Bd6
6. o-o Nf6
7. Qe1 Bg4
8. Qe2 o-o (whites move was so dumb itll cost him too.
9. h3 Bh5
10. g4 Nxp (it took me a few minutes to get enough guts to take the pawn! as you can tell, i was very much a beginner back then(i still am

))
11. pxN Bxp
12. Qd3 f5
13. pxp Rxp
14. Nh2 Rg5
15. Qg3 Bh3
16. Ne4 RxQ+
17. pxR Bc5+
18. Kh1 BxR
19. NxR Qd4
20. Ne3 QxN+
21. Kh2 Rf8

and thats not check mate, i think, since i do not have game in front of me, so you guys can just use your imagination.

 

[anand]

OK, time for me to post one of my less-than-masterpieces.

This one was played two years ago. I'm white; my opponent (rated about 2100) is black.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 exd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Rb1 b6
12. Rb5 Qd7 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Rbg5 g6 15. h4 Rae8 16. h5 Nf5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bb2 Nce7 20. Be6 Qb5 21. Qc2 h6 22. d5+ Kh7 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Nxf5 25. Qxc7+ Re7 26. Qc3 Qa5 27. Qxa5 bxa5 28. e4 Nd6 29. Ke2 Nc4 30. Bf6 Rb7 31. e5 g5 32. f4 gxf4 33. d6 Rf7 34. Rg7+ Rxg7 35. Bxg7 f3+ 36. Kd1 Nb6 37. e6 Kxg7 38. d7 Kf6 39. d8=Q+ Kxe6 40. Qh4 Kd5 41. Qxh6 Kc5 42. Kc2 Kb5 43. Qh5+ Ka4 44. Qxf3 Kb5 45. Qd3+ Kc5 46. f4 a4 47. f5 Nd5 48. f6 1-0

That was a good tournament for me. I had plenty of energy and was very satisfied with my play overall.