I hate it when people drag extremely obvious endgames on and on. I get that they're probably hoping for a mistake/stalemate, but it still drives me crazy. I think this is probably why I only play 1 day per move. I'd end up resigning a completely won game because I was sick of waiting on my opponent.

Please join matches if you're available please guys!

+1
I keep getting matched up with 1700+ players because there are so few joiners to our matches.

Whoa, this is fun.

Those Romanians in match #8 are good. =(

In match #11 against the serbs, can i smoke him out of his rat-hole? Is it a dead draw or can I win ? Black to move?

sry guys, i have 3 round 2's in tournaments coming up...

justblaze: decide for yourself we'll comment afterwards

Well, he keeps offering me a draw. I calculated it that I cannot win..

..but I don't trust my own calculations so I'm going to experiment some more and if I cannot win then so be it.

sry guys couldn't join cause I was travelling while the matches where 1day/move, I would have proly forfeited.. Joined the one which had 3days/move but it hasn't started yet I don't think.

yeah generally I've tried to orgnaise 2/3 day matches

Yep 1 day matches are no-no for me as well, visiting countryside or some friday night festivities --> timeout (2 day matches are sometime pretty close as well )

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=45189099
does this seem familiar to anyone? couldn't resist

Definitely want to see how this one ends up!
A quick check of my BDG library and I can't find that position anywhere ...

I think I'm now like 300 points over rated because I crush at not running out of time.

Yeah the number of timeouts is a bit annoying at times

Cadaz, can you add me?

Swiitch96

You're in

Yeah I think I already invited him. I didnt trust quoting him in case he was targetting me in our POG assassin game but now I died in that so hai swiitch

Nothing special, but I'm happy with this win, as I was about 150 points lower rated going into it. I was actually a bit worried I'd throw all of my advantage away at some point later in the game but I managed not do anything too stupid.

Him not taking my bishop on move 21 might possibly be the most confused I've ever been during a chess game. Well, one that wasn't against a horrible player. I thought I was really missing something when he did that.

http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game...r.php?id=45602

[Event "2plus2 Match #13 - Board 3"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2011.05.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Opp"]
[Black "Chaos81"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. a5 Nxa5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4
O-O 15. Nbd2 c5 16. d5 a6 17. e5 Bb5 18. Qh4 Nxd5 19. Qg3 Bxf1 20. e6 f6 21.
Ne4 Be2 22. Nh4 Qe8 23. Nxd6 Bc7 24. Nhf5 Qg6 25. Qb3 c4 26. Qxb7 Bf3 27. g3
Bxd6 28. Nxd6 Qg4 0-1

Yea you generally outclassed him. For some constructive criticism: 15.-c5 looks pretty yucky to me, improving his b2-bishop and worsening your own on b6. Playing d5 to keep his only bishop passive would be nicer (I guess you could play 15.-d5 16.exd5 Bf5 right away). Admittedly c5 worked out very well though

"ooh q exchange"

I wasn't in PoG assassin though

you weren't? Ha oh well

Mwahah, I accidentally entered a 1 day/move match while under the influence. Now I noticed the games are gone and I assumed I timed out. Turns out my opponent did

Well played! Clearly it's diabolical stratagems like this that are why you're a master

Sorry for the late reply, I forgot I posted that game in here.

I'm pretty sure I knew shortly after I moved that 15...c5 wasn't good, but iirc I was at a point where I just couldn't figure out what to do next. I knew I probably had an advantage, but my mind was a blank. And now it's been long enough that I can't remember why I played that move in the first place.

I do see what you mean about making my bishop on b6 worse. That's the kind of thing that doesn't even cross my mind when I'm playing. I tend to get my mind going down one path, then my opponent makes a move, and I do something like and try to figure out how to respond. I have serious issues when it comes to predicting my opponents next move, and I normally don't have a serious plan, either. Attempting to move pieces to good squares is something I try to aim for, but I can never come up with a serious plan and end up spending much of the game just responding to my opponents moves.