1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nbd7 9. c3 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15.
Nd2 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 *
And I finally win a game. I requested a half-point-bye for the 4th and final round and left for home in not a very good mood. We shall go on.
All three of my opponents were very young kids rated at the beginner level. I'm a bit rusty to say the least.
- Lizzi
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 c6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Bf6 13. Qe3 c5 14. Bc4 Bd4
15. Qf3 Be5 16. Bh6 Qh4 17. g3 Qxh6 18. Qb3 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Bg4 *
I blundered my dark-squared Bishop on move 16. and it was all over from there.
- Lizzi
I'm going to play in the Megamind G/30 USCF rated chess tournament this weekend on Saturday, 10.16.2021. It will be my first chess tournament in well over a half a year. I did this strictly out of boredom. But, who knows what may come out of it? Maybe, I'll make some new friends or meet a girl. IDK. Or maybe I'll even win all three rounds and get first place (this has happened before).
This tournament is at the Saint Louis Chess Club. It is their first standard rated Over-The- Board tournament since all this Corona shit started. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. It's a 36-player tournament, I'll upload my games here at my blog.
I took lessons from the Iranian Chess Queen - Derakshani. She's younger than my step-sister and is already an International Master. She gave me some good general tips for guidance. One thing she told me that really hit me, "I don't think chess players ever really quit playing chess". Amen! We all go long periods of time without playing but almost always come back to the game!
Wish me luck!
[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2021.10.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "cterlizzi"]
[Black "kamenozrout"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1853E"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[ECO "C44"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8.
fxg7 Rg8 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Ng5 d3 11. Qe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxh7 O-O-O 14.
Nf6 Rxg7 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Bf4 Rxg2 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Nd2 f6 19. Rd1 Ng4 20.
Ne4 Rf5 21. Nxc5 Nxf2 22. Bxf2 Rfxf2 23. Rb1 Re2+ 24. Kd1 Rd2+ 25. Ke1 Rxb2
26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27. Rf1 b6 28. Na6 Re2+ 29. Kd1 Rxa2 30. Rxf6 Rxa6 31. h4 Ra1+
32. Kd2 Ra2+ 33. Kd1 Rh2 34. Rf4 b5 35. Rd4 Rc2 36. h5 Rxc3 37. h6 Ra3 38. h7
Ra1+ 39. Kd2 Rh1 {cterlizzi resigns} 0-1
I had several winning chances here...
[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "cterlizzi"]
[Black "foggydew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "D80"]
[TimeControl "1200+20"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 dxc4 (last book move) 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bxc4 (and I blunder a pawn right out of the opening - better was 6. Be3) Qxd4 7. Qxd4 Nxd4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Rb1 e5 11. Kf2 Nc2 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. Kxe3 Rd8 14. Nh3 (I had trouble deciding whether or not to put my Knight on h3 or e2) Bc5+ 15. Ke2 Ke7 16. Rbd1 Bd4 17. Rd3 g5 18. Rhd1 Rhg8 19. g4 (Fritz shows 19. Nb5 g4 20. Nf2 far better) c6 20. R1d2 h5 21. gxh5 Nxh5 22. Nd1 Nf4+ 23. Nxf4 gxf4 24. Nf2 Rg2 25. Kf1 Rxh2 26. Ng4 Rhh8 27. b3 (now my d3 Rook is trapped - Fritz prefers 27. Kg2 Ke6 28. Rb3) Ke6 28. a4 (28. Rh2 to relieve pressure by trading Rooks is stronger) f5 29. exf5+ Kxf5 30. Nf2 Rdg8 31. Ng4 c5 32. Nf2 Rh2 (32 ...Rg3 picks off the Knight - 33. Ke2 Bxf2 (if 34. Kxf2?, mate in 4!) 33. Re2?? (33. Rc2 and White lives a little longer) Rh1+ 34. Nxh1 Rg1# {cterlizzi checkmated} 0-1
I didn't win or even draw a single game in this 5 game online match! Game 3 was my best play as for a while I had a stronger position according to Fritz 15.
Original PGN:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 dxc4 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bxc4 Qxd4 7. Qxd4 Nxd4
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Rb1 e5 11. Kf2 Nc2 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. Kxe3 Rd8
14. Nh3 Bc5+ 15. Ke2 Ke7 16. Rbd1 Bd4 17. Rd3 g5 18. Rhd1 Rhg8 19. g4 c6 20.
R1d2 h5 21. gxh5 Nxh5 22. Nd1 Nf4+ 23. Nxf4 gxf4 24. Nf2 Rg2 25. Kf1 Rxh2 26.
Ng4 Rhh8 27. b3 Ke6 28. a4 f5 29. exf5+ Kxf5 30. Nf2 Rdg8 31. Ng4 c5 32. Nf2
Rh2 33. Re2 Rh1+ 34. Nxh1 Rg1#
[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "foggydew"]
[Black "cterlizzi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[ECO "B05"]
[TimeControl "1200+20"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3 Qe7+? (Now my dark-squared bishop is trapped - better is just to develop with 8 ...Be7) 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb8 12. Rc1 Bxf3? (Now with White recapturing with his Queen, the c6 pawn-break is impossible!) 13. Qxf3 g6 14. Bb5+ Kd8 (with my King stuck in the center files, my position is hopeless) 15. O-O a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Rfe1 bxa4? (Bg7 instead to protect the weak f6 square) 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Qf6+ Be7 20. Qxh8+ Qe8 21. Qxe8+ Kxe8 22. Bg5 and White wins the bishop getting a full rook ahead! {cterlizzi resigns} 1-0
Not doing too good in this 5 game match against the computer. My score is now +0 =0 -4.
Original PGN:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nc3 Qe7+ 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb8 12. Rc1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 g6 14.
Bb5+ Kd8 15. O-O a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Rfe1 bxa4 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Qf6+ Be7 20.
Qxh8+ Qe8 21. Qxe8+ Kxe8 22. Bg5
[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "cterlizzi"]
[Black "foggydew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "E80"]
[TimeControl "1200+20"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 (last book move) 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 (keeping the position closed) O-O 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. b4 Qb6 10. a3 a5 11. b5 Nc5 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qc7
15. b6 Qd8 16. Nb5 Nh5 17. g3 (weakening my Kingside - better was 17. Ne2 followed by 18. 0-0) f5 18. Rc1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qe7 20. Rc7 Qf6 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. Qf2 Qd8 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Bg5 Ra8 (Here Fritz gives White a 2/3 pawn advantage - better was 24 ...h6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6) 25. Qd3 Rb8 (Black is repeating moves because he doesn't know what else to do) 26. Nf3 Bh3 27. a4 (a blunder, I need to move my rook to g1 to prevent Black's next move) Bg2 28. Rg1 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxg5 31. Nxd6?? Qf6 and Black wins the Knight as I have to protect the f2 square with my Queen {cterlizzi resigns}
0-1
Well I had the better position for a while. Looks like my only hope to beat this computer is with the White pieces - draw at best with Black!
Original PGN:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 O-O 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. b4 Qb6 10. a3 a5 11. b5 Nc5 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qc7
15. b6 Qd8 16. Nb5 Nh5 17. g3 f5 18. Rc1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qe7 20. Rc7 Qf6 21.
Qe2 Rb8 22. Qf2 Qd8 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Bg5 Ra8 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. Nf3 Bh3 27. a4
Bg2 28. Rg1 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxg5 31. Nxd6 Qf6
[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "foggydew"]
[Black "cterlizzi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[ECO "A48"]
[TimeControl "1200+20"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 (last book move) 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 (was this move pointless? White's next move seals in the light-squared bishop!) 10. d5 Nh5 (I want to put my d7 Night on e5 so that when I push e6 the d-pawn is protected by the Queen) 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. e4 e6 15. Rfe1 exd5 16. cxd5 Rac8 17. Bb5 (for a second here, I thought I lost my Queen!) Qc7 18. Rad1 a6 19. Be2 b5 20. Qe3 Ng7 21. Bg4 Ra8 (The first mistake of the game, Fritz suggests 21 ...f5 22. exf5 Nxf5) 22. Qd2 b4 23. Ne2 a5 24. f4 Bd4+ (Fritz shows there 24 ...f5 would still keep me in the game) 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Ba6 27. f5 Rfe8 28. Rc1 (Much stronger is 28. Bf6!) Qb7 29. Bh6 Re5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Bf4 and white will win the d6 pawn after the rook retreats to e8 giving white a clearly winning position{cterlizzi resigns} 1-0
Original PGN:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. d5 Nh5 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. e4 e6 15.
Rfe1 exd5 16. cxd5 Rac8 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Rad1 a6 19. Be2 b5 20. Qe3 Ng7 21.
Bg4 Ra8 22. Qd2 b4 23. Ne2 a5 24. f4 Bd4+ 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Ba6 27. f5
Rfe8 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Bh6 Re5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Bf4
[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "foggydew"]
[Black "cterlizzi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[ECO "B05"]
[TimeControl "1200+20"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. h3 Bh5 (last book move) 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Bf6 12. Bb2 Bxd4 (I saw 13.Bxh7+ but was not afraid of it. Fritz however shows that this was an error giving white a 1.81 point advantage. Fritz suggests 12 ...d5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Re1 Na6) 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg8+ 18. Kh2 Rg6? (Now my position has collapsed, Fritz shows I possibly could still hang on with 18 ...N8d7 19. Nxd6 Ne5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Nxb7 Rg6 22. Rad1 Rf6 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. Nxd6 Kg6 25. Rg1+ Kf6 26. Ne4+ Ke6 27. Rg7 Rh8 28. Kg3 Nc8 29. h4) 19. Nxf6+ Kh6 20. Bc1+ Kg7 21. Ne8+ and white wins the a8 Rook after Nc7 {cterlizzi resigns} 1-0
Original PGN:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Bf6 12. Bb2 Bxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4
Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg8+ 18. Kh2 Rg6 19. Nxf6+ Kh6 20.
Bc1+ Kg7 21. Ne8+
