STL $5 Satellite (Round 3)

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Qd5 d6 8.
Qxf7+ * 1 - 0

A Recent Victory on FICS

 [Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2021.05.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "balovzky"]
[Black "cterlizzi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1767E"]
[ECO "A45"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 (The London System) g6 3. Nc3 (Now white can play e4.  I wasn't sure how to handle this) Bg7 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bc4 e6 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 O-O (always castle ASAP!) 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 (I was expecting Bxb5) 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 a5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Qh4 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Bb3 Na6 19. e6 Nc5 20. exf7+ Kh7 21. Rc4 (Bd6 looks winning for White) Nxb3 22. cxb3 Rad8 23. Qe2 Ba6 24. Bc7 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rd7 26. Bxa5 Rdxf7 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. b4  (White's fatal mistake) Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qa1+ and after Ng1, Bd4 wins for Black{balovzky resigns} 0-1

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

 

Smith-Morra Gambit (FICS 11.18.2020)

 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bh4 b5 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. d5 Bb4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rxe6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20.
Rxa6 Nc5 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Kf1 Rc2 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Rc8 b4 26.
Nd4 Rc3 27. Ke2 Ne4 28. Rb8 Rc4 29. Rb7+ Kg6 30. Nf3 Nc5 31. Rb6 Rc2+ 32. Ke3
Rxa2 33. Rxb4 Ra3+ 34. Ke2 Nd3 35. Re4 Nc5 36. Re3 Ra2+ 37. Nd2 Nd7 38. Rg3+
Kf7 39. Rh3 Kg7 40. Rg3+ Kh7 41. Ke3 Nc5 42. Ne4 Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Ra4 44. Re3 Kg6
45. Kf3 Ne6 46. h4 h5 47. g3 Nd4+ 48. Kg2 Nf5 49. Re2 Nh6 50. Kh3 Ra1 51. Kg2
Ng4 52. Nc5 Ra5 53. Nd3 Rf5 54. Nf4+ Kf7 55. Ra2 Ne5 56. Ra7+ Ke8 57. Rh7 Nf7
58. Rxh5 Re5 59. Rxe5+ fxe5 60. Ng6 e4 61. h5 Nh6 62. Ne5 Ke7 63. g4 Kf6 64.
Nc4 Nxg4 65. Kg3 Kg5 66. Nd2 e3 67. fxe3 Nxe3 68. Nf3+ Kxh5 {Neither player
has mating material} 1/2-1/2

Cochrane Gambit Miniature (Played on FICS 11.05.2020)

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 g6 6. Nc3 Kg7 7. Bc4 d5 8.
Nxd5 Nxe4 9. Qf3 Nd6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. O-O c6 12. Nf4 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qb6 14. Qe6
Na6 15. Nh5+ *

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

Round 3 Victory 8.16.14

I finished the tournament 2.5/3 and tied for second place. This game (Round 3) was definitely one of my better games. Enjoy :)

[Event "Southern Illinois Summer Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.08.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "Colvin, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1705"] [PlyCount "47"] [SourceDate "2014.08.16"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 Ne7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. c3 h6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Ne5 Kh7 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Rf3 Bd7 18. Rg3 Nf5 19. Rh3 Be8 20. g4 Ne7 21. g5 Nf5 22. gxh6 Bxh6 23. Ng4 Rg8 24. Nxh6 1-0 '/>