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Flying Pig · Jun 29, 2009

1.e4 e5
2.Qh5 g6
3.Qxe5+ Be7
4.Qxh8 Bf6
5.Qxg8+ Ke7
6.Qxh7 Qh8
7.Qxh8 Bxh8
8.b3 Bxa1
9.Ba3+ Ke8
10.Nc3d6
11.Bb5+ Ke7
12.e5 Be6
13.f4 a6
14.exd6+ cxd6
15.Ne4 axb5
16.Ng5 Bf5
17.c3 Rxa3
18.Nh7 Rxa2
19.b4 Be4
20.h4 Bxg2
21.Rh2 Be4
22.Re2 d5
23.Nh3 Nc6
24.N3g5 f6
25.Nh3 Ra8
26.d4 Rh8
27.c4 Rxh7
28.cxd5 Nxd4
29.Rxe4+ Kd6
30.Nf2 Nc2+
31.Kd2 Nd4
32.Nd3 Nf3+
33.Ke3 Nxh4
34.Nf2 Ng2+
35.Kf3 Nh4+
36.Ke3 Ng2+
37.Kf3 Nh4+
38.Kg4 Ng2
39.Kg3 Nh4
40.Re1 Bc3
41.Rc1 Bxb4
42.Ne4+ Ke7
43.Rc7+ Kd8
44.Rxh7 Nf5+
45.Kg4 Ne3+
46.Kf3 Nxd5
47.Rxb7 Nc7
48.Nxf6 Kc8
49.Rb6 Bc3
50.Ng8 Kd7
51.Rxg6 b4
52.Nf6+ Ke7
53.Ng8+ Kf7
54.Rg5 Ke6
55.Rc5 Nd5
56.Rc6+ Kf5
57.Nh6#

A tournament game I finished today. Any comments?

WhiteEagle22 · Jun 29, 2009

I would not mind comments on the game I posted vs the Tournament Chess AI either.

DaveShack · Jun 30, 2009

I'd comment but have to start work at 5am tomorrow morning. Normal for me is 8am :eek:

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DaveShack · Jun 30, 2009

Flying Pig said:
1.e4 e5
2.Qh5

This can lead to a quick mates against an unwary opponent, but is not good opening practice because it is too easy for black to force the queen to move several more times.

g6

Nc6 should be played first to protect the e-pawn. Then the queen can be driven back.

3.Qxe5+ Be7
4.Qxh8 Bf6
5.Qxg8+ Ke7
6.Qxh7 Qh8
7.Qxh8 Bxh8
8.b3

Gives the rook back

Bxa1
9.Ba3+

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Misses an opportunity for c3 which traps the bishop

Ke8
10.Nc3 d6
11.Bb5+ Ke7
12.e5 Be6
13.f4 a6
14.exd6+ cxd6
15.Ne4

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Allows the bishop to be taken

axb5
16.Ng5

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The other bishop is under attack too

Bf5

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But black misses it for now?

17.c3

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And white misses it again

Rxa3
18.Nh7 Rxa2
19.b4 Be4
20.h4 Bxg2
21.Rh2 Be4
22.Re2 d5
23.Nh3 Nc6
24.N3g5 f6
25.Nh3 Ra8
26.d4 Rh8
27.c4 Rxh7
28.cxd5 Nxd4
29.Rxe4+ Kd6
30.Nf2 Nc2+
31.Kd2 Nd4
32.Nd3 Nf3+
33.Ke3 Nxh4
34.Nf2 Ng2+
35.Kf3 Nh4+
36.Ke3 Ng2+
37.Kf3 Nh4+
38.Kg4 Ng2

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f5+ would win the rook

39.Kg3 Nh4
40.Re1 Bc3

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White could win the bishop with Ne4+

41.Rc1 Bxb4

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White now has a way to win black's rook. The game followed one way, the other would be 42...Kd7 Nxf6+ with the fork.41...Bd4 would avoid this by protecting f6.

42.Ne4+ Ke7
43.Rc7+ Kd8
44.Rxh7 Nf5+
45.Kg4 Ne3+
46.Kf3 Nxd5
47.Rxb7 Nc7

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A pawn can be saved here by f5, forcing the knight to move, and then protecting the b pawn.

48.Nxf6 Kc8
49.Rb6 Bc3
50.Ng8 Kd7
51.Rxg6 b4
52.Nf6+ Ke7
53.Ng8+ Kf7
54.Rg5 Ke6
55.Rc5 Nd5
56.Rc6+ Kf5
57.Nh6#

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Lots of blunders on both sides. White started off with a big advantage, then black was ahead, and then white came back. Both players need to work on looking at how the move they're about to play changes the other player's opportunities, and on recognizing pieces that can be won with a simple capture (en prise).

BTW, which side were you?

DaveShack · Jun 30, 2009

WhiteEagle22 said:
Here's a game I lost against the Tournament Chess game AI (I'm black):

1. d4 e6
2. c4 Bc5

The most important thing for you to focus on is not hanging pieces (moving to or leaving them on squares they can be captured). I've noticed this in several games.

3. dxc5 Nf6
4. e4 Nxe4
5. Qg4 0-0
6. Qxe4 d5
7. cxd6 cxd6
8. Bd3

Having a bishop and queen on the same diagonal is a danger sign, especially this diagonal with the queen in front. And even more so if you don't have a knight on f6.

b6

There are at least 5 moves here which can prevent the mate, though only 3 prevent major additional material loss. See if you can find all of them.

9. Qxh7# 1-0

Narz · Jun 30, 2009

I haven't checked out your games yet Panzar but good work! :goodjob:

Flying Pig · Jun 30, 2009

DaveShack said:
[/B]This can lead to a quick mates against an unwary opponent, but is not good opening practice because it is too easy for black to force the queen to move several more times.

[/B]Nc6 should be played first to protect the e-pawn. Then the queen can be driven back.

[/B]Gives the rook backMisses an opportunity for c3 which traps the bishopAllows the bishop to be takenThe other bishop is under attack tooBut black misses it for now?

And white misses it againf5+ would win the rookWhite could win the bishop with Ne4+White now has a way to win black's rook. The game followed one way, the other would be 42...Kd7 Nxf6+ with the fork.41...Bd4 would avoid this by protecting f6.A pawn can be saved here by f5, forcing the knight to move, and then protecting the b pawn.

Lots of blunders on both sides. White started off with a big advantage, then black was ahead, and then white came back. Both players need to work on looking at how the move they're about to play changes the other player's opportunities, and on recognizing pieces that can be won with a simple capture (en prise).

BTW, which side were you?

White - I won

Narz · Jul 1, 2009

I dropped my 2nd game vs. ildottore.

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=19877211

Any commentary welcome & appreciated.

I wouldn't be surprised if this guy turns out to be using computer assistance but I can't be sure of that.

DaveShack · Jul 3, 2009

Narz said:
I dropped my 2nd game vs. ildottore.

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=19877211

Any commentary welcome & appreciated.

White's move 17 was the first move that wasn't "book". The database game continued 17. Qb5 and was won by black, but with only the one game it's hard to say whether that is accurate. It looks like the move 8 choice between ...Ng8 and ...Nd5 was the pivotal point for this variation.

Some alternatives that my engine kicked out, at 45 seconds per move:
18...Qe6
20...Rxb8
21...Rc8 (not much improvement)
22...Rc8 (1/2 pawn difference)

Panzar75 · Jul 4, 2009

In the the fourth game I was once again black, that's three times out of four so far. I decided to try the Dragon for the first time (ever). He played very defensively and offered a quick draw. I couldn't see that I had anything constructive to do so I agreed.

The once chance I had to mix it up was with 16...Ng4 17. Bd4 e5 I did see this during the game but it looked complicated and I wasn't sure it was better for me. It opens a hole on d5, makes the d-pawn backwards and later isolated and might open the f-file for his rook. I did not evaluate this as better for me but the computer seem to think it was somewhat better for white.

Game without comments.

Spoiler :

Panzar75 · Jul 4, 2009

The fifth game I met the highest rated player in our group. He was a young player that was rated over 1900 not long ago. He won every game convincingly including this one. I played unusually badly for some reason.

Game without comments.

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Panzar75 · Jul 4, 2009

Time for game 6. This was without a doubt the hottest day to date. In fact, it was so hot they had to go get fans to put up for the highest group. For us in the lower groups there were no fans and probably over 35 degrees centigrade. With the juggernaut I faced in the last round ending up with 7/7 and no way for me to reach 6 points (80%) I could no longer advance to class II and so this game was meaningless apart from rating and placement in the group.

My opponent however had only one loss to the juggernaut and could still reach 6 points and advancement if he won today. So I decided to take no chances trying to get a balanced position where he had to take risks to win perhaps giving me some chances. For this reason I decided to avoid the sharp dragon variation with a free kingside attack for white and go with something else. Also, being so terribly hot, I moved much more quickly than I normally do trying to get out of the heat as fast as possible.

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7

Needing to win I thought he would play the gambit h4 here. He thought about it but didn't know the variation very well.

6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 a6

I guess c5 is the normal move. I have been burned by Nb5-d6 before though and decided to rule that possibility out.

9. Bd3 f6

White was threatning Bxh7+ followed by Ng5+ and Qh5.

10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qe2 Nc6

Qe2 looked a bit unusual to me. This turned out to be the first game ever I played the French defence without ever playing c5. I could have played it here but I wanted to use the placement of his queen to quickly get his light squared bishop. Also, since I'm tactically challenged, I wasn't 100% sure there were no tricks involving Nxd5, Nxd5, Bxh7+. After Nc6 the queen is guarded which allow exd5.

12. g4 Nb4

We were both of the opinion that Nxg4, Bxh7+, Kxh7, Ng5+, Kg8, Qxg4 was okay for him. This turned out not to be the case since if you are good at calculating (which I am not, that's pretty much the limit of my visualisation ability) you see that e5 reveal an attack on the queen and after Qh5, exd4+ black can then play Bf5 to avoid the mate.

13. Ne5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. Qg3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5

During the game and during our analysis we considered this to be a small mistake since it doesn't seem to accomplish much and loses a tempo to Bd7 right away. Interestingly the computer has Qg5 as the best move up to about 11/12 depth and then it sinks slightly but remain an okay move.

17. Ne2 Qe7 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. g5 Rf5 20. h4 Raf8

Taking control of the c-file. I still have my sub-optimal bishop but felt I wasn't in too bad shape here.

21. Qb3 b6 22. c3 Be8 23. Rdg1 Rf2

During the analysis he said he had simply missed this move.

24. Qd1 Bh5 25. Re1 Rg2 26. Rhg1 Rh2 27. Rh1

This is the first game where I really physically felt the heat affect my game. The entire time I had been playing very fast hoping to get out of there. Here I missed a very simple win with Rxh4 simply picking up both pawns. After Qd2, Rxh1, Rxh1, Bxe2, Qxe2, Qxg5+ it's a trivial win.

27...Rg2 28. Rhg1 {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

I was happy to get the draw and get out of there. Since the win hadn't ment too much I wasn't too disappointed that I missed it.

Game without comments.

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Riffraff · Jul 4, 2009

Good job Panzar, shame you missed the win but nice game anyhow

Commentary really helped follow the game, would have been oblivious to the whole bxh7 threat - very instructive, thank you!

Panzar75 · Jul 4, 2009

We had some rain in the moring so it wasn't as hot the last round. The temperature did climb during the day back to some 30 degrees but it wasn't near as hot as the previous few days. I played the lowest rated player in the group with white so I was determined not to get another draw but to play all out for the win.

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O b6 8. f4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5

Protecting the a-pawn isn't strictly neccessary since Bxa2, b3 wins the bishop but I figured I wanted the king on b1 anyway.

11. Kb1 a6 12. Bd3 c5 13. c3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. Rh2

Gets out of the pin and also might help defend the kingside along the second rank at some point.

15...a5 16. f5

On gxf5 I had planned exd6, e6, g4 which looks like it opens black up a bit but the computer think is no big deal.

16...g5 17. exd6 exd6 18. Re1 O-O 19. h4 f6 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Nh3

I am not really getting anywhere. In fact, I'm now even slightly worse. Fortunately my 1200-rated opponent now played a howler of a move.

21...Bf6 22. Nf2 Kg7 23. Ng4 Rh8 24. Reh1

Finally I have something to work with. But I was still worried about his counterplay with b4.

24...a4

Another really terrible move allowing me to close the queenside.

25. a3 b4 26. cxb4 Qc7 27. Rxh6 c3

If he was this desperate to open the queenside he should have played 24. b4 instead. A few paws up I won the endgame easily.

28. Qxc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Bxg2 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Bxa4 Be4+ 33. Bc2 Bxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Bd8 35. Kd3 Kg7 36. d5 Be7 37. a4 Nb8 38. Bb6 Kf7 39. b5 Nd7 40. Bd4 Ke8 41. f6 Bd8 42. Ke4 Nf8 43. Kf5 Nh7 44. Kg6 Nf8+ 45. Kxg5 Kf7 46. Kf5 Nd7 47. Nh6+ Kf8 48. Ke6 Nc5+ 49. Bxc5 dxc5 50. Ng4 c4 51. Ne5 Ba5 52. Nd7+ Kg8 53. f7+ {black resigns} 1-0

So the end result was 4,5/7 which gave me third place in the group. Not that great but also not as disasterous as last year. I'm playing both weeks this time so I'll get a new chance starting tomorrow.

Game without comments.

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Narz · Jul 4, 2009

Congrats on the respectable score Jan!

Tomoyo · Jul 8, 2009

Hey hey guys! Look at this! I swear it wasn't set up or anything!

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=23453176

I played a bunch of moves in that game on a whim just on the off chance that "it" would happen. Never thought that it would. (I'd play 3. d4 over 3. Bc4 and 4. O-O over 4. Nc3)

bathsheba666 · Jul 8, 2009

Tomoyo said:
Hey hey guys! Look at this! I swear it wasn't set up or anything!

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=23453176

I played a bunch of moves in that game on a whim just on the off chance that "it" would happen. Never thought that it would. (I'd play 3. d4 over 3. Bc4 and 4. O-O over 4. Nc3)

how cool is that.....

Riffraff · Jul 8, 2009

Awesome Tomoyo!!

Definately gotta remember that move...

Riffraff · Jul 8, 2009

Game from me in the team match vs the Supreme Pawns. Quick attack with a double pin to his king

In a hopeless endgame he then blundered so I could set him mate without the tedious pawn push

link

Narz · Jul 8, 2009

Great game Riffraff! Fun to go thru!

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