*** Chess BBV ***
06-13-2011
, 04:54 PM
Well, I played the weekend Congress in Cumbria and started off well; win over a younger kid rated about 1900, then a forfeit win over a master who didn't show up. Somehow, I was paired with the same master again in round 3, and I held a draw, leaving me with 2.5/3 going into the last day.
I was paired with a weird player; very old guy who plays extremely unconventional openings but obviously studies them (I watched him give a 30 minute postmortem of his round 2 game vs an IM, which started 1.e4 e5 2.a3, where he showed all the lines he'd prepared). I'd seen several of his games and he had a notable tendency to make a lot of pawn moves and dare you to exploit it; we were rated very similar, about 2150 FIDE each. So, off we start:
1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 Qb6 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Bf2+ 7. Ke2 Nc6 8. c3 Bc5 9. d4 Be7 10. Kf2 Nh6 11. h3 O-O 12. g4 f6 13. Kg3 Nf7 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Kg2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. Rh2 Bh4 19. Kg1
As you can see, he has pursued his weird random style of chess, and I have played relatively normal. When taunted enough, I went for the sac of knight for two pawns, figuring my lead in development and his unsafe king would provide sufficient compensation. However, after long thought here, I couldn't find the winning continuation and he slowly consolidated and I lost. This is the first game in a long time that I can recall just flat out missing a clear (and beautiful) tactical win (by 19...Nxg4 20.hxg4 Qg3+ 21. Qg2 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qe1#, with other alternatives also losing for him) and when I found it in the computer after the game, it absolutely took the air out of my enthusiasm for the tourney.
I then collapsed in the last round and was beaten like a child by the other IM in the tourney
I was paired with a weird player; very old guy who plays extremely unconventional openings but obviously studies them (I watched him give a 30 minute postmortem of his round 2 game vs an IM, which started 1.e4 e5 2.a3, where he showed all the lines he'd prepared). I'd seen several of his games and he had a notable tendency to make a lot of pawn moves and dare you to exploit it; we were rated very similar, about 2150 FIDE each. So, off we start:
1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 Qb6 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Bf2+ 7. Ke2 Nc6 8. c3 Bc5 9. d4 Be7 10. Kf2 Nh6 11. h3 O-O 12. g4 f6 13. Kg3 Nf7 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Kg2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe5 18. Rh2 Bh4 19. Kg1
As you can see, he has pursued his weird random style of chess, and I have played relatively normal. When taunted enough, I went for the sac of knight for two pawns, figuring my lead in development and his unsafe king would provide sufficient compensation. However, after long thought here, I couldn't find the winning continuation and he slowly consolidated and I lost. This is the first game in a long time that I can recall just flat out missing a clear (and beautiful) tactical win (by 19...Nxg4 20.hxg4 Qg3+ 21. Qg2 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qe1#, with other alternatives also losing for him) and when I found it in the computer after the game, it absolutely took the air out of my enthusiasm for the tourney.
I then collapsed in the last round and was beaten like a child by the other IM in the tourney
06-14-2011
, 12:47 AM
such a heartbreak CW. Maybe the old dude was channeling Diemer, I saw a couple of of his games in a book on the history of the Rilton Cup (he played there one year) and they were refreshingly insane 
06-14-2011
, 06:00 AM
06-14-2011
, 07:03 AM
06-14-2011
, 08:42 AM
06-15-2011
, 02:16 AM
I just played this 15min game on FICS. I was white:
http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game...r.php?id=45871
We reached this position, with white to play, after 19. exd4:
Beat: I forgot the 5th rank was just opened up, so I played 20. Bxh7 and lost.
Brag: Just after I did that, I realized that I probably could have won with
Variance: It was an unrated game.
Code:
[White "ganstaman"]
[Black "someone else"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Qd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. O-O-O O-O 7. Bh6 Qa5
8. h4 Nbd7 9. f3 e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. h5 Nxh5 12. Rxh5 gxh5 13. Qg5+ Kh8
14. Nh3 f6 15. Qxh5 Nb6 16. g3 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Rg8 18. Bf5 Rg7 19. Rh1 exd4
20. Bxh7 Qxh5 21. Rxh5 Rxh7 {White resigns} 0-1
We reached this position, with white to play, after 19. exd4:
Beat: I forgot the 5th rank was just opened up, so I played 20. Bxh7 and lost.
Brag: Just after I did that, I realized that I probably could have won with
Spoiler:
Variance: It was an unrated game.
06-15-2011
, 02:51 AM
06-17-2011
, 06:37 AM
06-17-2011
, 07:40 AM
Hi and welcome. See the FAQ for posting instructions. Here is your game in a viewable format http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game...r.php?id=45964
Your first 12 moves were somewhat of a beat but after that lost the thread really badly while you played well
7.e4 just gave away material obviously and on move 12 he could have played 12.-Nxd4 (can you work out why?). Only one really glaring error in a game so not too bad.
Your first 12 moves were somewhat of a beat but after that lost the thread really badly while you played well
7.e4 just gave away material obviously and on move 12 he could have played 12.-Nxd4 (can you work out why?). Only one really glaring error in a game so not too bad.