Yeah, now to let them do their thing.

A little bit of redemption from my terrible game last week, with quick-impression annotations:

[Event "Team 45 45 League T43"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "FrostDragon"]
[Black "DaMaGor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Time "19:37:11"]
[TimeControl "2700+45"]

1. d4 {0:45:42} f5 {0:45:40} 2. c4 {0:46:25} Nf6 {0:46:22} 3. Nc3 {0:47:08}
d6 {0:46:44} 4. Nf3 {0:47:47} g6 {0:47:22} 5. g3 {0:48:21} Bg7 {0:48:04} 6.
Bg2 {0:49:05} O-O {0:48:38} 7. O-O {0:49:49} Qe8 {0:49:20} 8. d5 {0:50:32}
Na6 {0:50:01}

All book so far. 7...Qe8 is one of my favorite moves at the chessboard, so I like that I get to play it regularly, unlike most great moves. It adds support for play on the kingside and queenside as well as in the center.

9. Be3 {0:51:00}

I think this move is bad. It seems doubtful that attacking a7 will be a productive plan, and the bishop obstructs the advance of the e-pawn. White has plenty of other good options, including Rb1, Nd4, and Re1.

9...Bd7 {0:48:24}

Not seeing anything more effective, I decided to just continue development.

10. h3 {0:50:57}

Unnecessarily weakening; I was never planning on Ng4 because White would answer with Bd4.

10...h6 {0:46:56} 11. Nd4 {0:48:15} g5 {0:44:57} 12. Kh2 {0:44:30}

On 12. Ne6, I intended 12...Bxe6 13. dxe6 c6. 12. Kh2 is a bad idea, because it just makes it easier to attack the kingside, but White is already worse. I'm not sure what to suggest.

12...Qh5 {0:40:08} 13. f3 {0:41:43}

But this just totally weakens White's kingside and continues to do nothing productive.

13...f4 {0:31:28} 14. gxf4 {0:41:04}

If 14. g4, 14...Bxg4 wins at least a pawn while greatly weakening the kingside.

14...Bxh3 {0:31:08} 15. fxg5 {0:40:52} Bxg2+ {0:30:29} 16. Kxg2 {0:41:29} Ng4 {0:30:33}

A double clearance move (for the f8-rook and the g7-bishop) which also threatens mate on h2.

17. Bg1 {0:40:02}

17. fxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kh2 (18. Kh1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Qxe3+ and 20...Bxd4) Be5+ is winning for Black as well.

17...Be5 {0:26:51} 18. e3 {0:36:14}

Missing the threat, but White is lost anyway.

18...Nxe3+ {0:27:21}

Winning the queen or giving mate.

{White resigns} 0-1

Nice game, hopefully I can get at least a draw in spite of breaking out in a severe case of hives this weekend. Uuuuhhhhgggggg...

Nice 18 move Crunch!

All the best TimM and I hope you feel better!

Go 101 Man Onslaught!

ya the 18 look great

The streak continues!

[Event "Team 45 45 League T43"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "noHz"]
[Black "TimM"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfd8 18. Rxb7 Rxd4 19. Qc1 Qe6 20. Qxh6
Ne5 21. Rc1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. h4 a5 25. Kg2 Qb5 26. Rh1 a4
27. h5 Ra5 28. f4 Qe2 29. e5 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qxh5+ 31. Qxh5 gxh5 32. Kg3 Kg7 33.
Rxh5 a3 34. Rh1 a2 35. Ra1 Kg6 36. Kg4 e6 37. f3 Ra4 38. Kg3 Kf5 39. Kf2 Kxf4
40. Ke2 Kxe5 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. Ke2 e5 0-1



15. h3 is known to be weak because of the ...Bxd4 idea.

I wasn't sure if I should play 18...Nxd4 instead. I was worried about 19.Rxe7 but maybe it is safer than allowing Qxh6, which I saw was coming. Fritz likes 18...Nxd4 19.Rxe7 Qa3 20.Rb7 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 a5 etc., but white seems to be OK there with 23.Rc1 and Rcc7 next.

I thought he would (and should) play 21.Rfb1 instead of 21.Rc1.

His h4-Rh1-h5 plan seems too ambitious, but maybe because of the "must win" situation of his team, he decided to be aggressive.

28. hxg6 Qg5+ 29. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 30. Kf1 is much better for black, but probably what he should have tried.

After 28. f4 I missed 28... Qxh5! 29. Qxh5 (29. Rxh5 Rxh5 traps the queen) 29... gxh5 30. Ra1 a3 etc.

After 29. hxg6 I would probably have bailed out with a draw with 29...Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qd1+ etc., although there may be some scary ways to play on with 29...Qxe4+.

The game continuation with 29.e5 just loses since 29...Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Rd5 leads to mate, and the ending after 30.Kh2 is hopeless.

Great game, Tim! I was watching and really hoping you'd find 28 ... Qxh5! Such at tough move to find. Regardless, you played very well and quite accurately.

Bad, bad game by me. I was extremely distracted during the game and played like a ******ed walrus. On move 26 I used the standard Kotov method of discarding move A b/c of obv tactics, analyzing move B somewhat deeply then thinking 'Oh, how bout move A' and playing it instantly. Sorry, team.

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.20"]
[White "nardz"]
[Black "Oops"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "2700+45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5
6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Nd2 a4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. b3 axb3 17. Qxb3 Ra6 18. a4 Qa8 19. a5 Nc8 20. Qxb7 Rxa5
21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rfc1 Ne7 23. Nb3 h6 24. Nc5 Nf5 25. Rb6 Rec8
26. g3 Nd6 27. Nxd5 Bd8 28. Nd3 Ra5 29. Rbxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxd5
31. Nf4 1-0

They really need time penalties for those who show up late, IMO.

Edit: Of course he shows 4 minutes away from forfeiting.

I got revenge:

http://team4545league.org/pgnplayer/...r.php?id=32994

Plus after sacrificing the exchange he offered a draw four times, which only makes me work a lot harder to find a win.

And I gave us the lead and at least a draw in the match:

http://team4545league.org/pgnplayer/...r.php?id=32996

Now it's up to Dire to at least draw with Black against a 2508.

It's really too bad that you can't just start their clocks and utilize the standard penalty of lost time.



That was a great game, Tim. A+ technique and the observer comments were hilarious. 'Wow! He turned down the draw offer!' 'Again!' lol.


Very nice game! That openings somehow went really badly for black

I am a novice but Tim you seem like the nuts, way to rep 2+2

Very nice game. Flipping through it I noticed a super sexy zugzwang win you had in the ending too. 63. Rf6!! would've looked quite pretty.

Another great looking game. Been distracted from chess a bit lately. Going through this thread in reverse order.

Yes, a very cool game by DaMaGor. I peeked in just as 13.Bxd7 was played, and things were pretty ugly for Black by then.

Yes, this is kind of what I had in mind. Oh well...

Thanks!

Thanks again. Of course I'm never fully happy with my own games...

I was kind of winging it with 7.a4, instead of the usual 7.Bg5, but I felt my opponent was super booked up. I searched his games beforehand, and saw he played the line 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7. I never did come up with something I like for White there, so I figured I would play 7.a4 and improvise, since I meet 4...e5 5.Nb5 d6 with 6.a4. But of course he played the odd looking 8...Bg4. I knew it was a nice finesse and I was out to sea for a few moves.

I could have played 10.O-O, but the idea of not getting to play Bg5 in a Sveshnikov was alien to me. My position felt really suspect until I got to trade queens, when I was happy again.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Nh6 8.
Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nc4 Qc7???????? 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qd4 Kf8 12. Qb6 1-0

9. .. Qc5 was necessary and fairly simple to find. An important reminder to not be so lazy when making 'natural' moves. Well played by my opponent.

Got my first draw, after a horrible opening I should have lost.

http://team4545league.org/pgnplayer/...r.php?id=33014

The replayer is awesome.

Go OnSlaught

Rough go for our random dude - another loss in the opening.

http://team4545league.org/pgnplayer/...r.php?id=33016

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd5 Qe5 14. e4
Bd6 15. f4 Qh5 16. Ng3 Qh4 17. e5 Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Nb4 20. Qc4 Nxd5
21. Qxd5 Bc7 22. Qxb7 Bb6 23. Bd3 Qe7 24. Qe4 g6 25. Rae1 f5 26. Qc6 Kg7 27.
Rf3 Rac8 28. Qa4 Qe6 29. Rg3 Kh7 30. b3 Re7 31. Kf1 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. Bc4
Kg7 34. Rd3 Rec7 35. Ke2 Re7 36. Kf3 h5 37. g3 Rc8 38. Re2 Rh8 39. h3 Rd8 40.
Rg2 Rh8 41. Rd1 Kf8 42. Rc2 Rc7 43. Rdc1 Ke7 44. Ba6 Rxc2 45. Rxc2 Rd8 46. Ke2
Rd5 47. b4 g5 48. Kd3 Rd8 49. fxg5 h4 50. gxh4 Rh8 51. g6 Rxh4 52. Rg2 Rxh3+
53. Kd2 d3 54. g7 Be3+ 55. Kc3 d2 56. g8=Q Bh6+ 57. Kc2 Rh1 58. Qh7+ Ke6 59.
Rxd2 1-0

I'm pretty happy with this game. My opponent definitely got the better of the opening, but fell apart pretty quick after that starting with 14. .. Bd6?! The ending was interesting and fun. I definitely gave him too much potential counterplay by allowing a dangerous .. h4 at numerous spots but I was worried about playing h4 myself since though I have a big edge I though the opposite bishops would make it very difficult to convert.

Too bad. A move I wanted to play but passed on would have worked.

30. Qd1 Qxa2?? 31. Rxg6! Kxg6 32. Qg4+ +-

And it wins in all variations.

30. Qd1 Re7 31. h4 h5 32. Rg5 Rg7 33. g4! hxg 34. h5 Rf8 35. Kg2! +- such as 35. .. Kg8 36. hxg6 Rxg6 37. Qc2 1-0

Well, that sucked. My game was scheduled for 18:00 ICC time and my opponent didn't show up until 18:40 so he was forfeited. I guess it's good that the team won and my opponent did agree to play a game with a time-control of 30min+30s.

http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game...r.php?id=20495

Sadly, that was the last game of this season for 101 Man Onslaught. Because our team was in the group with 6 teams (instead of the normal 4) we only get 5 rounds this season. We finished with 2.5 match points out of 5 for clear 3rd in our bracket. TimM was team MVP with 4.5/5 on board 2 (1 round on board 1). I hope everybody had a lot of fun, got to play some interesting games and maybe learned something.