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09-23-2010 , 04:41 PM
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Hackdeath 4-0 Ortho.

A total mismatch. He is very good.
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09-23-2010 , 10:42 PM
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rbelous 0-4 HipHopRTR, although some games were close
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09-23-2010 , 10:51 PM
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^^^
Rbelous found himself in time trouble in some of the games & this helped sway the results in my favour.
Thanks also for the suggestions to use Babaschess. Looks like a pretty decent interface!
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09-23-2010 , 10:52 PM
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rbelous 0-4 HipHopRTR, although some games were close
Hey, could you guys also give your FICS names? We can't see the games if we don't know who you are
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09-23-2010 , 11:01 PM
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How about a link to game 4 ...
http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...69;action=show
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09-24-2010 , 12:56 PM
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Tomukas - DON CASTI 2:2

It's a bit pity when you blunder checkmate... Need to go regain my form somehow... But thanks to my homework, at least I didn't lost the match

http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...68;action=show
http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...08;action=show
http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...11;action=show
http://ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cg...47;action=show
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09-24-2010 , 12:58 PM
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confirm ^^ 2-2

yeah, i got lucky in that one (G3)
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09-24-2010 , 07:36 PM
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Those are some decent games!

I think Rf8 was the big blunder of the 1st game.

2nd game looks really fun, I'm sure white had a winning move somewhere, but I can't see it.

3rd game unlucky to white

4th game I think white has a decent advnatage, maybe with Kc2 (with g4 and blast the queenside), but that will require some calculation, so fair enough for a draw
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09-25-2010 , 03:06 AM
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2nd game looks really fun, I'm sure white had a winning move somewhere, but I can't see it.
I was really afraid of 23. Rxd7 there, but after Nf6 it became much easier to defend.
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09-25-2010 , 08:11 AM
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Yeah after Rxd7 I thought maybe he'd have Rd2 with g2 stuff on, but I think Rg1 stops all that.

I've checked with fritz and amazingly enough, after Rxd7 Rxd7 Nf6+ Kf8 (Kh8 loses obv) Nxh7+! Kg7 Nf6 Red8!, black is equal, and in some lines, comes out stronger into the endgame with ideas of soon playing b5! and Kg8! and magical stuff that makes little sense to me. For example, we now have

Nxd7 Rxd7 b5! Rd6?! Kg8! with a drawish endgame in all lines
Crazy stuff from the computer
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09-25-2010 , 10:18 AM
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Yeah after Rxd7 I thought maybe he'd have Rd2 with g2 stuff on, but I think Rg1 stops all that.

I've checked with fritz and amazingly enough, after Rxd7 Rxd7 Nf6+ Kf8 (Kh8 loses obv) Nxh7+! Kg7 Nf6 Red8!, black is equal, and in some lines, comes out stronger into the endgame with ideas of soon playing b5! and Kg8! and magical stuff that makes little sense to me. For example, we now have

Nxd7 Rxd7 b5! Rd6?! Kg8! with a drawish endgame in all lines
Crazy stuff from the computer
Is there a need to rush the Nf6 idea? What does black do if you simply play Qg5, with the threat of Rxd7 & Nf6 with the queen in a superior position?

I suspect the 'crazy stuff' from the computer has a lot to do with the somewhat shaky position of the white king with the bishops on b7 & c5 creating threats (particularly if the rook/s get active on the d-file).
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09-25-2010 , 10:33 AM
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Over-matched in mine (like I'm sure I will be in all of mine). 4-0 for loveinvain.
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09-25-2010 , 10:38 AM
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Over-matched in mine (like I'm sure I will be in all of mine). 4-0 for loveinvain.
As you said in your PM, blitz is not your thing, I suspect you are much better in slow chess.

Good example is our first game where I gave a pawn for nothing in 10 moves or so and still won somehow.

GG and GL.
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09-25-2010 , 11:27 AM
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Those are some decent games!

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I think Rf8 was the big blunder of the 1st game.

Actually it comes from before (13. ... f5?!). Should've taken the pawn on f4 first. After that the defense became very difficult.

2nd game looks really fun, I'm sure white had a winning move somewhere, but I can't see it.

I thought that too, but i didnt, except from Rxd7 which gave a very nice advantage.
But Black was winning with 27. QxB!! instead of Qd8.

3rd game unlucky to white



4th game I think white has a decent advnatage, maybe with Kc2 (with g4 and blast the queenside), but that will require some calculation, so fair enough for a draw

yeah, of course white is better but
1.i was running out of time
2.i was happy to draw the match, considering the game before
3.i was very tired
4.position was not THAT better and im not a great ending player, so for all that reasons: very easy instant draw offer.
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I was really afraid of 23. Rxd7 there, but after Nf6 it became much easier to defend.
yes, i just missed it.

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Yeah after Rxd7 I thought maybe he'd have Rd2 with g2 stuff on, but I think Rg1 stops all that.

I've checked with fritz and amazingly enough, after Rxd7 Rxd7 Nf6+ Kf8 (Kh8 loses obv) Nxh7+! Kg7 Nf6 Red8!, black is equal, and in some lines, comes out stronger into the endgame with ideas of soon playing b5! and Kg8! and magical stuff that makes little sense to me. For example, we now have

Nxd7 Rxd7 b5! Rd6?! Kg8! with a drawish endgame in all lines
Crazy stuff from the computer
i think u missed a move in last line...

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Is there a need to rush the Nf6 idea? What does black do if you simply play Qg5, with the threat of Rxd7 & Nf6 with the queen in a superior position?

Be7. Only move to improve would be Qg3 and black has now f5. But its an interesting idea too, not easy for black.

I suspect the 'crazy stuff' from the computer has a lot to do with the somewhat shaky position of the white king with the bishops on b7 & c5 creating threats (particularly if the rook/s get active on the d-file).
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09-25-2010 , 11:46 AM
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i think u missed a move in last line...
What? Bxg6 is a draw according to the computer if that's what u mean
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09-25-2010 , 11:49 AM
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27...Qxe5 is nice. I think it's because

28. Rxe5 Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Rd1+! with mate on g1.

My calculation skills aren't amazing, but amirite here?
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09-25-2010 , 11:54 AM
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And in the Rxd7 lines, I remember Qf8 or Qe7 stuff popping up as forms of defence to any attempts of hack-attacks. Obviously Be7 and Bf8 are also resources.


A key thing here is that in most lines there isn't much time for white to build up an attack simply due to the power of Rd2.

Red8 is the most crucial move in the line I gave earlier, as all other moves give white a decent advantage
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09-25-2010 , 01:53 PM
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It's been a while since I've played blitz, and it showed. I went down in the first two games without much resistance, won the third game, and had good chances in the fourth until I made some...odd choices.

BobJoeJim -- should participants PM you results?
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09-25-2010 , 01:59 PM
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Me and RolldUp Trips are trying to schedule a game but we are having trouble finding a time good for both of us. What happens if we don't play, is it 2-2?
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09-25-2010 , 02:09 PM
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i just beat jewbinson 4-0. gg... next round?
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09-25-2010 , 02:11 PM
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wipewash confirmed
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09-25-2010 , 02:14 PM
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It's been a while since I've played blitz, and it showed. I went down in the first two games without much resistance, won the third game, and had good chances in the fourth until I made some...odd choices...snip
QFT.
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09-25-2010 , 07:43 PM
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If anyone knows how to display games better let me know. Was fun, Person was by far a better player but I was playing the clock a lot as it was probably my biggest edge. I made bajillions of errors

Gullanian 1 : 0 Person

Interesting ending, I nearly had him in mate from moving my pawn up to check, ran the clock down in the end

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[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gullanian"]
[Black "McdWitt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1111P"]
[BlackElo "0P"]
[ECO "B01"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. h3 g6 4. g4 h6 5. f3 Bg7 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
c4 Qe5+ 9. Ne2 O-O 10. d4 Qd6 11. c5 Qd5 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. O-O e5
15. f4 e4 16. Nc3 Qc4 17. Nxe4 Nxd4 18. Bf3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Qxe4 21. Rd8+ Kh7 22. Kf2 Qc2+ 23. Kg3 Bxg4 24. Rxa8 Bxf3 25. Kxf3 g5 26.
fxg5 f5 27. h4 Qe4+ 28. Ke2 Qc4+ 29. Kf3 Qg4+ 30. Kf2 f4 31. h5 fxe3+ 32. Ke1
Qg3+ 33. Ke2 Qg4+ 34. Kd3 Qf5+ 35. Ke2 Qg4+ 36. Kd3 Qd4+ 37. Ke2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3
Qf2+ 39. Ke4 {McdWitt forfeits on time} 1-0
Gullanian 1 : 1 Person

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[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.09.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McdWitt"]
[Black "Gullanian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1202P"]
[BlackElo "1218P"]
[ECO "A04"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 f4 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 e5 5. Bd3 g5 6. g3 g4 7. Ng1 f3 8. h3 Bg7
9. Nc3 e4 10. Bxe4 c6 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Rh4 d5 13. Rxg4 dxe4 14. Rxe4+ Ne7
15. Qxf3 b5 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. Nf3 b4 18. Rf4+ Kg8 19. Qf7# {Gullanian
checkmated} 1-0
Gullanian 2 : 1 Person
Lol I thought that Queen move was checkmate and my clock was running down for like 30 seconds before I realised I could take the queen looool
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[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.09.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gullanian"]
[Black "McdWitt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1162P"]
[BlackElo "1370P"]
[ECO "B00"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. Nxf7 Rg8 7. Ng5 b6 8.
Qh5+ g6 9. Qxh7 Nxh7 10. Bf7+ Qxf7 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. O-O Bb7 13. f4 Ke8 14.
f5 Nhf6 15. h3 gxf5 16. Rxf5 d5 17. Nc3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Bxe4 20.
Rf2 Bc5 21. Bh6 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 Rxf2+ 23. Ke1 Bxc2 24. b4 Bd4 25. a4 Ke7 26.
Ra2 Bd3 27. Rxf2 Bc3+ 28. Kd1 e4 29. Bg5+ Ke8 30. Rg2 Ne5 31. Bd2 Bxd2 32.
Rg8+ Kd7 33. Rxa8 Bxb4 34. h4 Nf3 35. h5 e3 36. h6 e2+ 37. Kc1 Bd2+ 38. Kb2
e1=Q 39. Kb3 Qb1+ 40. Ka3 Qb3+ 41. Kxb3 {McdWitt forfeits on time} 1-0
Gullanian 3 : 1 Person

The only game I played well?

Quote:
[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.09.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McdWitt"]
[Black "Gullanian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1186P"]
[BlackElo "1241P"]
[ECO "A04"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]

1. Nf3 f6 2. b3 e5 3. d3 d5 4. Bb2 d4 5. Qd2 c5 6. e3 b6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Qe2
Bb4+ 9. c3 dxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Qc7 12. g3 Qxc3+ 13. Kd1 Qxa1+ 14.
Kd2 Qxa2+ 15. Ke3 Qxb3 {McdWitt resigns} 0-1
Last edited by Gullanian; 09-25-2010 at 07:50 PM.
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Yep. Blitz is a one way ticket to Blunder City.
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BobJoeJim -- should participants PM you results?
No need, just post in this thread.

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Me and RolldUp Trips are trying to schedule a game but we are having trouble finding a time good for both of us. What happens if we don't play, is it 2-2?
It's scored 1/2-1/2 if you both PM me to say that you made an effort but couldn't make it work. It would be scored as a 1-0 forfeit if only one person PMs me, or if one person is clearly at fault for the games not being played. If noone PMs me to explain the situation, it will be scored 0-0 as a dual forfeit.
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