I traded Queens and Won??? (K.I.D. with Black, Played on FICS 12.2.2020)

 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8.
Nge2 Ne8 9. g4 exd4 10. Bxd4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. h4 Be6 13. f4 Bg7 14. g5
Bg4 15. Bh3 Bh5 16. Ng3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ng7 18. f5 f6 19. Nxh5 Nxh5 20. O-O-O
Qe8 21. Rhe1 Rb8 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Qa4 25. a3 Rbd8 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. Qc2 Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Rd4 29. fxg6 Rxc4+ 30. Kd3 Rxh4 31. gxh7+ Rxh7
32. Be6+ Kf8 33. Bf5 Rh5 34. Kd4 b6 35. b4 Rh4+ 36. Ke3 Ng4+ 37. Bxg4 Rxg4
38. Kf3 Rc4 39. Re3 c5 40. bxc5 Rxc5 41. Rd3 Ke7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Rb3 Kd6 44.
Kd4 Kc6 45. Rb4 Ra5 46. Rc4+ Kb7 47. Rc3 a6 48. Rb3 Ra4+ 49. Kd5 Ra5+ 50. Kd6
Rg5 51. Re3 a5 52. Re7+ Ka6 53. Kc6 Rg6+ 54. Kd5 Kb5 55. Re4 Rg5+ 56. Ke6 Rc5
57. a4+ Ka6 58. Kd7 b5 59. Re6+ Kb7 60. Kd6 Rc6+ {dormantPatzer resigns} 0-1

I usually don't like traded queen's.. something I need to learn to get over!  I got up a pawn and that was all I needed.  

More common is 7 ...c5 and 8 ...Ne8 is less common than 8 ...c6.  I played Ne8 to push the f-pawn but my opponent simply replied with 9. g4!?  on 14 ...Bg4 I felt I had to defend the h5 square.  21 ..Rb8 was a bit of a wasted move.  I wanted to push the b-pawn but going ahead with Qa4 is better.  Trading Queens on move 27 wins a pawn and that was all I needed!

There will be another day!

- Lizzi

 

In all seriousness (played on FICS 10.16.20)

 [Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "gorom"]
[Black "cterlizzi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[ECO "A05"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+
8. Nbxd2 Nc6 9. e3 Nb4 10. Kd1 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ke2 b6 13. h3 Nf6 14. a3
Na6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. b4 d6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f3 Nxb4 19. g4 e5 20. Nb5 Rfd8
21. Bg2 Nc6 22. Rhd1 Rac8 23. f4 exf4 24. exf4 Nd4+ 25. Kf2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Nxb5 27. cxb5 Rc2 28. Kf3 Rdc8 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Kxe4 R2c3 31. Rxd6 Rxh3 32.
Rxb6 Rc4+ 33. Kd5 Rxf4 34. a4 Rxg4 35. a5 Rh5+ 36. Kc6 Rc4+ 37. Kb7 Rd5 38.
Ka7 h5 39. Rb7 h4 40. b6 h3 41. Rc7 h2 42. Rxc4 Rxa5+ 43. Rxa5 h1=Q 44. Rc7
Qg1 45. Kb7 Qe1 46. Ra7 Qe4+ 47. Kb8 Qe8+ 48. Rc8 Qe5+ 49. Rac7 g5 50. Ka8 g4
51. Ra7 Qd5+ 52. Kb8 g3 53. Rcc7 Qd8+ 54. Kb7 g2 55. Ra1 Qd5+ 56. Kb8 Qb5 57.
b7 Qf1 58. Rcc1 Qf4+ 59. Ka8 Qe4 60. Rg1 f5 61. Rae1 Qa4+ 62. Kb8 Qc6 63. Re2
Qd6+ 64. Ka7 Qc5+ 65. Ka8 Qa5+ 66. Kb8 Qd8+ 67. Ka7 Qa5+ 68. Kb8 Qd8+ 69. Ka7
Qa5+ 70. Kb8 Qd8+ 71. Ka7 Qa5+ 72. Kb8 Qd8+ 73. Ka7 Qa5+ {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

In all seriousness..  I got serious in this match, turned off my music and disabled the chat.  I really wanted to win and get some points (this guy was rated 200 points higher than me).  This is really how I need to play EVERY online match.  The game ended in a draw... I missed a move in the endgame which probably would have won me the game.  The move was 56 ...Qd4 !! instead of  ...Qb5.  The opening was a bit unusual to say the least... I'm not very familiar with Reti-type Openings.  On move 41 I found the only move I could make to stay alive (possibly even a winning move) ...h2!!  I need to analyze the game with Fritz... I might write more posts about this game.

There will be another day!

- Lizzi

Instructive End-game Tactic (Played at Chess.com)

I felt like I played a pretty good game, but I blundered at the end. My opponent played the sharp 26.Nc8. I resigned after this move because either I lose my rook on b6, or I get checkmated.

[Event "Let’s Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.11.29"] [White "gary5daniels"] [Black "TERLIZZI"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "1709"] [BlackElo "1507"] [TimeControl "1 in 2 days"] [Termination "gary5daniels won by resignation"] [CurrentPosition "2N3k1/5ppp/1r6/1p6/8/1b6/3R1PPP/6K1 b - - 0 27"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Qxe5 Qe7 9.Qxe7 Bxe7 10.Bf4 c6 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O O-O 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Nxd6 Rab8 16.Bc4 a5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.c4 Be6 19.b3 b5 20.cxb5 cxb5 21.Rab1 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 a4 23.Rb2 axb3 24.axb3 Rb6 25.Rbd2 Bxb3 26.Nc8 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 1-0'/>