I often find losses much more interesting than wins, even when not the most glorious. That game in particular I learned a ton from.

Even though my opponent didn't really punish me for it, my idea with the early d5 was simply bad. He could have really made me pay for it with 11. Nc5 Bc6 which I saw figuring: ok, he has some initiative but my position is rock solid and I'll be consolidating to easy victory in one or two moves. But then I did not see 12. Ng5!! with an irresistible attack. For example 12. .. Nd7? can be met with 13. Ncxe6 +-

Boom, now I feel better!

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Qa4 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Bf5 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. e3 Qxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Nd2 O-O 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Bh7 18. Be2 Nd5 19. Kf2 Nb4 20. Na5 Rd7 21. Ne4
b6 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Rhc1 Rdc8 25. Nd3 Nd5 26. Nc3 a5 27. Na4 Rb8
28. e4 Nb4 29. Ne5 f6 30. Nd3 Kf8 31. Nxb4 axb4 32. Bb5 cxb5 33. Rxc7 bxa4 34.
Rxa4 Bd8 35. Rd7 Bg6 36. Raa7 Be8 37. Rxg7 Rc8 38. Rh7 Kg8 39. Rag7+ Kf8 40.
Rb7 Kg8 41. Rbg7+ Kf8 42. Rb7 Kg8 43. Rbg7+ 1/2-1/2

I was white.

That was versus GM DrainYou who is pretty damn tough. He brutalized me in the opening but I moved my horsies like an 80lb spanish jockey!

beat: sick
beat2: playing like ****, even for when sick
beat3: in a tilted fury I desperately tried to dump rating points by start/resigning repeatedly
beat4: I couldn't even dump 12 games in before my ability to start rated games was revoked
beat5: fml

brag:
variance: it'll be fun to beat up on the grand prix and london system dorks now.

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Imagine if you were playing chess for money.

How tilted would you get?

hahaha, if it were for money I'd have the wit to know not to start playing in the first place when off my game!

lol

they added 100 points to my rating.

just took some more of my meds. was reading the label: side effects include mood swings, irritability....

Lol. How long did the ban you from playing rated games?

lmao @ adding 100 points.

I'm surprised you didnt get a bigger sanction.

wow (if you dont mind) WTF meds are you taking!?!? Reverse-Midol ?

Just until I promised to be good.

Nope, just plain ole amoxicillan - an antibiotic.

More side effects: agitation, confusion, unusual thoughts or behavior

lol

lol amoxicillan is harmless.


they have to list stuff like that which really shows up in such a small % in practice.

BOOM!

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Kh8 10. c5 Nfg8 11. a4 f5 12. b5 Nf6 13. Ng5 dxc5 14. a5 b6 15. d6
cxd6 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Qb3 h6 18. Na4 Qb8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Qxe6 Re8 21. Rd1
Nxe4 22. Bf3 Nc6 23. Qxg6 Nd4 24. Bxh6 Qc7 25. b6 axb6 26. Nxb6 Rad8 27. Nd5
Qd7 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Nf6 Bxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kh7 31. Bg5 Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.
Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Re1 d5 36. Re3 c4 37. Ra6+ Ke7 38. Rh3 Ne6 39. Rh7+
Kf6 40. Rh6+ Kg5 41. Raxe6 c3 42. Rhg6+ Kf5 43. g4+ Kf4 44. Kg2 e3 45. Ref6+
Ke4 46. f3+ Kd3 47. Re6 c2 48. Kg3 c1=Q 49. Kh4 Qe1+ 50. Kg5 Qe2 51. Kf5 Qxf3+
52. Kg5 e4 53. h4 d4 54. Rgf6 Qf4+ 55. Rxf4 e2 56. Ref6 e3 57. Rf3 e1=Q 58.
R3f4 1-0

Vs IM Otipap, IM with 2600 5-min at peak. 2400 at the time.

Feels great to have a nice hack n slash like that with a very good player and come out on top. Obv we were both running crazy low on time at the end. 43. Ref6# would have been a proper ending to the game. As would have 44. Ref6#

I quite liked 25. b6. I love moves that like that that just barely work. If [almost] any piece on the board was moved even a single square away, it wouldn't work. The entire board works together to make that move possible so I think that has some sort of inherent beauty even if it isn't the most complex move.

Absolutely disgusted that I somehow missed 29. Ra3! +- when black can happily resign. 29. Nf6?? is pretty terrible.

Just had a tough slow game against an opponent I did not expect much challenge from.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Nge2 Bg6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Nf4 Ne4 15.
fxe4 Bxg5 16. e5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf8 18. Nh3 Bh6 19. Rf3 Ne6 20. Rcf1 Rf8 21. Nd1
c5 22. Ndf2 cxd4 23. Ng4 Bxe3 24. Rf5 Qh4 25. Nxe3 dxe3 26. Qxe3 Rac8 27. Qf3
Nd8 28. Qxd5 Qc4 29. Qf3 Qc2 30. Ng5 Qxb2 31. Nxh7 Re8 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. exf6
Kf8 34. Qh5 1-0

I thought it was an interesting game. I was in alot of trouble after 23. Ng4 as I had overestimated my pressure even though it ended up working out. He played well.

LOL

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qc4 Ne5 {White resigns} 0-1

MotoPsycho says: good garbage play ***

garbage opening or legit?!

Lol. I've won that exact same game several times. It's amazing how many people want to play 9. Bd3??

lol

++++

I guess I should study it more in case I get a chance to play it tomorrow night in my local club championship. I've been playing there for over 25 years and have played all the top players literally dozens of times, so this will be a good surprise for those who would have been expecting another main line Najdorf from me.

Definitely do this. Jay Bonin might not fall into it, but I imagine a lot of people who are playing in it might!


and lmao @ that donkfish playing 9. Bd3 and then berating you.

Not fall into it? What do you mean? I think the opening is 100% sound.

As in, I'm not hoping for any particular variation when I play it, although I'm perfectly content for people to hang themselves quickly. But it's not like I'm just hoping he doesn't play "xxxx".

Not sure why but I really like this picture:

I think he meant not playing Bd3 and dropping the knight.

LOL

Fortunately for me (Black) my opponent is an idiot. This had to put him on tilt. Oh yeah, I am teh suck and gave him like 4 turns to fork my knights.

1. c3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Qb3 Nxe4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Qf6 6. d3 Nc5 7. Qd1 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. d4 Ne4 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc2 b5 15. Re1 d6 16. Na3 Rb8 17. b4 Na6 18. bxa5 b4 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Rb1 Bb7 21. Rxb4 Nxb4 22. Nb5 a6 23. Na7 Nxa2 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Nc3 26. Qd2 Nb5 27. Qd3 f5 28. Qd2 e4 29. Bb3+ Kh8 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Rb8 32. Qd5 h6 33. Bc4 Ra8 34. Qxf5 Rf8 35. Qd7 Qf6 36. Re2 Qa1+ 37. Re1 Qxe1+ 38. Bf1 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxf1# 0-1

context is my enemy!

Still playing way way too passive in slow games.



I saw the tactic, but it's incredibly complex so I decided to go with something more simple. I don't think this is a good mentality. But I still can't decide whether I should have played the tactic though, even after some help from the silicon monster. It's just so crazy. Here's one line:

1. Nxc6 Qxc6 2. bxc axb 3. Bxb5 Qc8 4. Rxa8 Qxa8 5. c7+ Nfd7 6. Qc5 e5 7. Qxb6 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 exf4 9. Bc6 O-O! 10. Bxd7 Rc8! 11. g4! f3!! =

Super complex positions with forced variations going near twenty moves is kind of scary. On the other hand black has to defend super accurately to even stand a chance of drawing and I think I would have handled the position much better than my opponent and probably won quite quickly. On the other other hand O-O ensures a constant small edge where white maintains winning chances but black's defensive task is more 'simple' in the quality of moves he needs to play.

I guess O-O is the choice against a good opponent and Nxc6 against a weaker opponent.