STL $5 Satellite (Round 1)

 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. O-O g6 9. Ng5 Qf5 10. c4 Nb6 11. Na3 Qd7 12. Qf3 Nd8 13. c5 Nc8 14. Nc4 Bg7
15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. Ne5 Qf5 17. Qb3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd2 Qf5 20. Rac1 Ne4
21. Qa4+ Nc6 22. Nxe4 O-O 23. Ng3 Qd5 24. Bc3 Qg5 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. h4 Qd5 27.
Qf4 e5 28. Qh6 Ne7 29. Rxe5 Qd6 30. Rd5 *1-0

MegaMind Championship 10.16.2021 (Round 3, Win as Black)

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

MegaMind Championship 10.16.2021 (Round 2, Loss as White)

 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

MegaMind Championship 10.16.2021 (Round 1, Loss as Black)

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 g5 6. Bg3 h5 7. h3 Nxg3 8. fxg3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 c5 11. Nc3 a6 12. g4 h4 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nxe5 15.
Qf2 b5 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. e4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Nd7 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nc3 O-O-O 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Qxf7 d4 23. Bd3 Rhe8 24. Bf5 Qc7 25. Rhe1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 c4 27. Re8 Rxe8
28. Qxe8+ Qd8 29. Bxd7+ Kc7 30. Qxd8+ Kxd8 *

I forgot how to play the Trompowsky and immediately overlooked the standard reply of 3.Bf4 with ...c5 instead of ...d5 !!  

I let my opponent get after my King.  I blundered a piece.  I lost.  The kid was rated around 1000 ELO

This is what happens when you go long periods of time without playing, my friends!

- Lizzi

Thanks Giving Open 2016 STL Chess Club (Round 6)

On move 30 my opponent played the bizarre Rc8. He saw that it meant I was no longer threatening his Queen as my Rook was pinned to my King. But this move had a simple response: Just take his rook with my rook and I'm up a piece. I guess it was just an outright blunder. I don't know what he was thinking! This is something you would see between two beginners!

[Event "STL Thanks Giving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Ernst, Eddie"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "90"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Qf3 Nxe3 8. Qxe3 e6 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. a3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Na5 16. Qd4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Rad8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. h3 e5 20. Qe3 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Qd3 Rdf8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Kh8 25. Re2 Qe8 26. Qe4 Rf4 27. Qd5 Qg6 28. Rc3 Bf6 29. Qxd6 Rd8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Rff8 33. Qd4 h6 34. Re3 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Re2 g5 37. Kh2 Rfc6 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. Re6 R8c6 40. Re8 Kg7 41. Re7 Kg6 42. Re3 Rxb2 43. b4 Rbc2 44. f3 R2c3 45. Re4 Rxa3 0-1 '/>

Thanks Giving Open 2016 STL Chess Club (Round 4)

[Event "ThanksGiving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "Millsap, Zachary"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1610"] [BlackElo "1513"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O 7. h3 Bd7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Rb8 11. b5 axb5 12. cxb5 Na5 13. Rc1 c6 14. a4 cxb5 15. axb5 Rc8 16. O-O b6 17. Nd2 Rc7 18. Na4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qb8 20. d5 Rc8 21. Qb1 e6 22. Nxb6 Rc7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Qa2 Nb7 26. Qxe6 Rf7 27. Rc1 Qf8 28. Rc8 Nd8 29. Qb3 Qe8 30. Bb6 Bf8 31. Rxd8 Qe7 32. Bc4 d5 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Kg7 35. Bd4 Kh6 36. b6 1-0 '/>

Thanks Giving Open 2016 STL Chess Club (Round 3)

[Event "STL ThanksGiving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Lazo, Orlando"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Kh1 h5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ng4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qb6 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxf7 Kxf7 18. Be3 Ke6 19. Bxb6 Rac8 20. c3 g5 21. Bd4 Rh7 22. g3 Kd7 23. Rf5 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Rxb5 a4 26. Rf1 Kc6 27. Ra5 1-0 '/>

Thanks Giving Open 2016 STL Chess Club (Round 1)

[Event "STL Thanksgiving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.25"] [Round "1"] [White "ZhongXu He, Martin"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1135"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Bf5 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qa5 13. c3 Nf6 14. Qe5 Qa6 15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Kxe2 Ne4 17. Rhe1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 O-O-O 19. Kf1 e6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rhe8 22. Rae1 Rd5 23. f4 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rg8 25. fxg5 Rxg5 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Kf3 Kd6 28. Kf4 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Kd5 30. b3 a5 31. a3 b5 32. g4 c5 33. g3 b4 34. cxb4 axb4 35. axb4 cxb4 36. Ke3 Kxe5 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Ke3 e5 39. g5 hxg5 40. g4 e4 41. Kd2 Kd4 42. Ke2 Kc3 0-1 '/>