A FRC Game I Played
03-20-2009
, 11:15 AM
I know FRC is not "real" chess but I still think I learn a lot from playing.
Obv my opponent in this game is terrible but I think I played it pretty well. Crafty only yelled at me once on move 47 when I missed a mate in one, but I was on a major time crunch so I'll let myself slide.
The reason I posted this game besides to brag that I'm not the worst player on FICS is because of some of the ideas I incorporated from the book How to Reassess Your Chess.
When I bought this book I was afraid it would be over my head. A lot of the material is over my head, but I also think I've learned a good bit from it. I would recommend it to bad players like myself trying to get better.
My opponent in this game is bad enough I could probably have won with a basic understanding of how the pieces move however because I incorporated these ideas into the game I basically crushed him. As someone said in a previous thread though its easy to look like a chess genius if your opponent is an idiot.
I'm sure I made plenty of mistakes and I would like to have them pointed out to me if anyone feels so inclined. Hopefully someone gets something out of this besides me.
Any better players please feel free to comment.
Here is the starting position:
1. d4 d5 2. c3 Ne6 3. f3 g6 4. Bg3 Qg7 5. Qe3 c6
I played the opening to open up lines for my bishops and my queen. My original plan was to castle king side so I also playing towards that eventuality.
6. Nd2 Bxg3 7. hxg3
Idea one from the book: I do not mind trading bishops here. His pawns are on white so this is his good bishop. My pawns are going to end up on black so he just traded his good bishop for my bad bishop.
Idea Two: I also do not mind stacking my pawns here because it does not weaken them and it opens up a line for my rook. This exchange was very good for me, it just means I won't be castling king side.
7. .. f5 8. Qxe6 Bd7
It's really easy to leave pieces and pawns hanging in FRC. I just you just get used to having certain squares protected that you don't realize when they aren't.
I spent a lot of time on this next move. Obviously I have to move my queen but I wanted to find a plan for the rest of the game. I did find a plan that I think was pretty decent.
My plan is to offer up a queen trade on e5 for two reasons. I retake with my pawn and it opens up the D file for my rook after I castle king side. Also to incorporate another idea from the book: I have two knights and he only has one. If I can close up the center then my two knights should be a big advantage since knights are better than bishops in closed games.
9. Qe5 Qxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. f4 c5 12. b3 c4 13. b4 Ba4+ 14. Bc2 b5 15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. a3 Rb8
He accepted my queen trade and I continue with my plan to close up the center. I really like a bishop trade here because it gives me a passed pawn and allows me to completely close up the game so I can make monsters out of my knights.
17. e3 Nb6 18. Nf3 h5 19. Ng5 Kc7 20. Nxe6+ Kd7 21.
Nd4 Rb7
I have no idea what he is doing here, maybe just randomly moving pieces? He doesn't really have any counter play though.
22. O-O-O Rhb8 23. Nac2 Nc8 24. Nxf5
Here I plan to trade a knight for three pawns. My plan was Nxf5 gxf5, Rxd5 Ke6, e4 (?), Rx5. Instead my opponent plays:
22. .. Ne7? 25. Nxe7 Kxe7
He has no play whatsoever without his knight. I have all day to do whatever I want.
26. Rxd5 Ke6 27. Rd4 Ke7 28. Rxc4 Rd7 29. Rd4
Another idea from the book. My rook on d4 guarded by my pawns means I completely own this file. He could stack four rooks against me but cannot take the file.
The rest of the game plays its self out and isn't really worthy of much comment.
Obv my opponent in this game is terrible but I think I played it pretty well. Crafty only yelled at me once on move 47 when I missed a mate in one, but I was on a major time crunch so I'll let myself slide.
The reason I posted this game besides to brag that I'm not the worst player on FICS is because of some of the ideas I incorporated from the book How to Reassess Your Chess.
When I bought this book I was afraid it would be over my head. A lot of the material is over my head, but I also think I've learned a good bit from it. I would recommend it to bad players like myself trying to get better.
My opponent in this game is bad enough I could probably have won with a basic understanding of how the pieces move however because I incorporated these ideas into the game I basically crushed him. As someone said in a previous thread though its easy to look like a chess genius if your opponent is an idiot.
I'm sure I made plenty of mistakes and I would like to have them pointed out to me if anyone feels so inclined. Hopefully someone gets something out of this besides me.
Any better players please feel free to comment.
Here is the starting position:
Code:
[Event "unrated wild/fr match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ATrebek"]
[Black "Some_Random_Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "-"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[Variant "wild/fr"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrkbnqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKBNQR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c3 Ne6 3. f3 g6 4. Bg3 Qg7 5. Qe3 c6 6. Nd2 Bxg3 7. hxg3 f5 8.
Qxe6 Bd7 9. Qe5 Qxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. f4 c5 12. b3 c4 13. b4 Ba4+ 14. Bc2 b5
15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. a3 Rb8 17. e3 Nb6 18. Nf3 h5 19. Ng5 Kc7 20. Nxe6+ Kd7 21.
Nd4 Rb7 22. O-O-O Rhb8 23. Nac2 Nc8 24. Nxf5 Ne7 $2 {Crafty (score 8.92 at
depth 10) thinks this move loses more quickly} ({Crafty suggests:} 24. ...
gxf5 25. Rxd5+ Ke6 26. Rdd1 a5 27. Nd4+ Kf7 28. Nc6 axb4 29. axb4 Kg6 30.
Nxb8 Rxb8 $18 {(score 6.49 at depth 10)} ) 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Rxd5 Ke6 27. Rd4
Ke7 28. Rxc4 Rd7 29. Rd4 Rbd8 30. Ne1 Rd5 31. Nf3 a6 32. Kb2 Rxd4 33. exd4
Kd7 34. Nh4 Rg8 35. Rf1 g5 36. fxg5 Rxg5 37. Rf5 Rxg3 38. Rxh5 Re3 39. Nf3
Re2+ 40. Kc1 Rxg2 41. Rh7+ Kc6 42. e6 Re2 $4 {Crafty (score 17.32 at depth
10) thinks this move loses more quickly} ({Crafty suggests:} 42. ... Kd5 43.
e7 Rg8 44. Nh4 Re8 45. Nf5 Rc8 46. Rh6 Rxc3+ 47. Kd2 Rc8 48. Rxa6 $18 {(score
10.14 at depth 10)} ) 43. Ne5+ Kd5 44. e7 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Re4 $4 {This offers a
mate in 4 to the opponent} ({Crafty suggests:} 45. ... Rxe5 46. dxe5 Kc4 47.
e8=Q Kb3 48. Ra7 Kxa3 49. Rxa6 Kb3 50. Qxa4+ $18 {(score 26.62 at depth 9)} )
46. e8=Q Rf4 47. Qd7+ ({Mate in 1 missed} 47. Qc6# ) Ke4 48. Qc6+ Kf5 49.
Rh5# {GuestZKYD checkmated} 1-0
I played the opening to open up lines for my bishops and my queen. My original plan was to castle king side so I also playing towards that eventuality.
6. Nd2 Bxg3 7. hxg3
Idea one from the book: I do not mind trading bishops here. His pawns are on white so this is his good bishop. My pawns are going to end up on black so he just traded his good bishop for my bad bishop.
Idea Two: I also do not mind stacking my pawns here because it does not weaken them and it opens up a line for my rook. This exchange was very good for me, it just means I won't be castling king side.
7. .. f5 8. Qxe6 Bd7
It's really easy to leave pieces and pawns hanging in FRC. I just you just get used to having certain squares protected that you don't realize when they aren't.
I spent a lot of time on this next move. Obviously I have to move my queen but I wanted to find a plan for the rest of the game. I did find a plan that I think was pretty decent.
My plan is to offer up a queen trade on e5 for two reasons. I retake with my pawn and it opens up the D file for my rook after I castle king side. Also to incorporate another idea from the book: I have two knights and he only has one. If I can close up the center then my two knights should be a big advantage since knights are better than bishops in closed games.
9. Qe5 Qxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. f4 c5 12. b3 c4 13. b4 Ba4+ 14. Bc2 b5 15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. a3 Rb8
He accepted my queen trade and I continue with my plan to close up the center. I really like a bishop trade here because it gives me a passed pawn and allows me to completely close up the game so I can make monsters out of my knights.
17. e3 Nb6 18. Nf3 h5 19. Ng5 Kc7 20. Nxe6+ Kd7 21.
Nd4 Rb7
I have no idea what he is doing here, maybe just randomly moving pieces? He doesn't really have any counter play though.
22. O-O-O Rhb8 23. Nac2 Nc8 24. Nxf5
Here I plan to trade a knight for three pawns. My plan was Nxf5 gxf5, Rxd5 Ke6, e4 (?), Rx5. Instead my opponent plays:
22. .. Ne7? 25. Nxe7 Kxe7
He has no play whatsoever without his knight. I have all day to do whatever I want.
26. Rxd5 Ke6 27. Rd4 Ke7 28. Rxc4 Rd7 29. Rd4
Another idea from the book. My rook on d4 guarded by my pawns means I completely own this file. He could stack four rooks against me but cannot take the file.
The rest of the game plays its self out and isn't really worthy of much comment.
