Blindfold Checkmate on Lichess.org

1. e4 a6 { B00 St. George Defense } 2. Nf3 f6 3. d4 b5 4. e5 f5 5. Qe2 h6 6. Nh4 e6 7. Qh5+ Ke7 8. Ng6+ Kf7 9. Nxh8+ Ke7 10. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0 My second ever blindfold checkmate. They are both really short games in which I'm actually not that proud of as my opponents don't know what the Hell they're doing. My most proud blindfold game is the one from two posts ago where I made it to the endgame and drawed after 26 moves or so. More to come soon! - Lizzi

My First Blindfold Checkmate (Lichess.org)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Nc5 5. Nc6+ Be7 6. Nxd8 O-O 7. Nxf7 Rxf7 8. Qh5 Rf8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Bg6+ Kg8 12. Qh7# 1-0 I cannot be very proud of this game considering my opponent blundered his Queen very early in the opening. That being said, this is still the first time actually checkmated an opponent in a BLINDFOLD game - not just win through a resign, but an actual checkmate! Game played 6.13.2020 on Lichess.org

My First Blindfold Game To Go Into an Endgame (Lichess.org)

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. h4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bb5 c6 8. Bd3 Nc5 9. O-O Nxd3 10. Qxd3 b5 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 c5 13. cxb5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Be4 15. Qc4 h6 16. f3 hxg5 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. a4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21. bxc6 d5 22. c7 dxc4 23. cxd8=Q Rxd8 24. hxg5 Bxc3 25. Kf2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 1/2-1/2

Thoughts for May 30, 2020

I don't ever remember the Chicago Open being canceled.  It has been a long tradition of mine. Well, it was canceled this year (2020).  I had hopes of getting my rating into the next rank this year.  I'm currently in Class B.  I was hoping to make it to Class A.  That surely won't happen in 2020.  How sad :( 

I'm still practicing blindfold chess at lichess.  I had the thought today, "Why don't I just focus on getting better at regular chess instead of trying to play blindfold everyday?".  The truth is, solely focusing on blindfold chess can throw off your game.  It requires a totally different mode of thinking.  In blindfold chess, a large part of success is being sharp with your short-term memory and focusing on tactics rather than strategy. At least from my experience this is the case.  If I improve my non-blindfold game, then my blindfold game will improve.  Generally, the stronger the player, the stronger his blindfold game will be.  Most Grandmasters can play just as strong blindfolded as they do regularly.  I will still practice blindfold, just not so much.

Do you want to know what makes a great chessplayer a great chessplayer?  An unusual mind.  It doesn't take so much a brilliant mind, just unusual.  Something about great chessplayer's minds is a talent for remember chess patterns (moves) on a 64 square board.  This implies at least three talents:  pattern recognition ability, a powerful memory and spatial awareness.  But having a powerful memory is one thing - being able to remember pieces (and how they move) on a 8x8 square board is quite another.  I have the spatial ability and a powerful memory (actually photographic), but it's just not designed for remembering so many patterns on a 64-square board.  Can I get improve that time of memory?  Not really, but what I can improve is the literal memorizing of pieces on the board simply by studying my mistakes over and over until my mistakes are engrained into my mind.  Some people need to work hard at memorizing their mistakes, some don't.  It's mostly concerning natural talent.

I dedicate about 1 -3 hours of study and play per day towards chess.  If I really want to improve, I probably need to dedicate more hours than that, daily.  Here is where passion comes in!

- Lizzi

 

Instructive ICC Game with Instructive Checkmate on ICC (2.03.2020)

1. f4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 f5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. Qb5+ c6 7. Qb3 Nf6 8.
Bc4 Rf8 9. Nh3 h6 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 b5 12. Be6 Nc5 13. Qb4 Nxe6 14. O-O-O
Qb6 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rhe1 a5 18. Qxe4 Rf6 19. Bc3 Kf7 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. f5 gxf5 22. Qxf5 Nf8 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Rd3 Bxh3 25. Rxh3 Bg5+
26. Kb1 Ng6 27. Rg3 Qf2 28. Rd1 Rf8 29. Qg4 Rf4 30. Qe6 Qf1 31. Rd3 Qxg2 32.
Rd8 Rf7 33. Rg8+ {Black resigns} 1-0.

The game was sloppy overall but I find a brilliant mate-in-4 with my rooks and Queen.

- Lizzi

My Anti-Computer Play Against a Long-Time Rival - SlowBo

[Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2017.06.03"] [Round "?"] [White "SlowBo"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "1641"] [BlackElo "1463"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [TimeControl "1500%2B10"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 Qa5 ({1.13 Fritz 15:} 5... Qxd1%2B 6. Kxd1 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 Nd7 9. Nf3 c3 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Nfd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 a5 14. Nc4 Bf5 15. cxb4 axb4 16. a5 Nh6 17. h3 Be6 18. a6 Nf5 19. Bb6 c5 {0.27/18}) 6. Qh5 ({-0.23 Fritz 15:} 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bxb5 Bb4 8. Ba4 Bxc3%2B 9. bxc3 Qxc3%2B 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bg5 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qc3 17. Rb1 Na6 {1.13/18}) 6... Be6 7. Bf4 b5 8. Qd1 Bb4 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 ({-1.72 Fritz 15:} 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bg3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Na2 c3 18. Nxe6 Rxd1%2B 19. Qxd1 fxe6 20. Qd4 {-0.73/17}) 10... Nc5 11. Qe3 ({-4.76 Fritz 15:} 11. Nd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxd2%2B 13. Bxd2 Qc7 14. Nd6%2B Kf8 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17. a4 f6 18. f4 Nd5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bf3 Qb6 21. Bc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rd8 23. Be4 b4 24. Rab1 {-1.72/18}) 11... Nd3%2B 12. Kd2 Bxc3%2B ({-3.88 Fritz 15:} 12... Bc5 13. Qg3 Qb4 14. Rb1 Nxf2 15. a3 Rd8%2B 16. Ke1 Qa5 17. Qxf2 Bxf2%2B 18. Kxf2 Ne7 19. g3 Ng6 20. Ng1 Qc7 21. Nf3 Bg4 22. a4 Bxf3 23. Kxf3 Nxe5%2B 24. Kg2 a6 25. Be2 O-O 26. Rbe1 b4 27. Nd1 {-5.12/17}) 13. Nxc3 Rd8 14. Kc2 Ne7 ({-2.33 Fritz 15:} 14... b4 15. Bxd3 cxd3%2B 16. Kd2 bxc3%2B 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. Rhb1 h6 19. Rb7 Ng6 20. Bg3 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. f4 Qh5 23. h3 O-O 24. a4 a5 25. Rab1 Bc4 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qc5 { -3.88/18}) 15. Bxd3 cxd3%2B 16. Kb1 ({-2.99 Fritz 15:} 16. Kc1 d2%2B 17. Kc2 b4 18. f3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qb5 20. Bxd2 c5 21. Rhe1 Nc6 22. Be3 Nd4%2B 23. Kb1 O-O 24. b3 a5 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. g4 {-2.21/16}) 16... b4 17. Nd1 c5 ({-1.80 Fritz 15:} 17... d2 18. Qe2 Qc5 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qd4 21. Qd1 Nxe5 22. b3 Qxe4%2B 23. Qc2 Qd4 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. Nf1 g6 27. Rxd2 Bf5 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 {-3.07/17}) 18. Qg3 ({-3.35 Fritz 15:} 18. b3 d2 19. Qe2 c4 20. bxc4 Rd4 21. Nb2 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Rxd2 O-O 26. h3 Nh4 27. Kc2 Nxg2 28. Bg3 Qc8 29. Kb3 Qxh3 30. Rad1 a5 31. Rd7 {-1.80/16}) 18... Rg8 ({-2.04 Fritz 15:} 18... c4 19. Bd2 c3 20. bxc3 Qa4 21. Ne3 bxc3 {-3.35/16}) 19. Qh4 ({-5.65 Fritz 15:} 19. b3 c4 20. Nb2 g5 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Bd2 Be6 23. Rc1 Rg6 24. Qe3 Qxe5 25. Bxb4 Qd4 26. Bd2 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 f5 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Bxa7 Bd5 30. Re1%2B {-2.04/14 }) 19... c4 20. Qxh7 ({-34.27 Fritz 15:} 20. Bd2 c3 21. a4 c2%2B 22. Kc1 cxd1=Q%2B 23. Kxd1 Qxe5 24. Qf4 Qxb2 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qe3 Rxc1%2B 27. Bxc1 Qc2%2B 28. Ke1 Bb3 29. Qd2 Bxa4 30. h4 a5 31. Rh3 Bb5 32. Rf3 Kf8 {-5.15/13}) 20... c3 21. Ne3 ({ -#8 Fritz 15:} 21. Qh3 Bxh3 22. a4 Bxg2 23. b3 Bxh1 24. Ne3 d2 25. Ka2 Bxe4 26. Nc4 Qc5 27. Be3 c2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Rc1 Qxf2 30. Nd6%2B Rxd6 31. exd6 Qf4 32. Kb2 Qe5%2B 33. Ka2 Qxd6 34. h3 {-19.93/14}) 21... cxb2 22. Kxb2 Qa3%2B 23. Kb1 b3 24. Nd5 b2 25. Bd2 Bxd5 26. exd5 bxa1=Q%2B 27. Kxa1 Rxd5 ({-5.11 Fritz 15:} 27... Rc8 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Rb8%2B Kd7 30. e6%2B fxe6 31. dxe6%2B Kc7 32. Bf4%2B Kc6 33. Qe4%2B Nd5 34. Qc4%2B Rxc4 35. Rb2 Nxf4 36. Kb1 Rb8 37. Rb6%2B axb6 38. g3 Qc1# {-#12/17}) 28. Rb1 Rd8 ({-4.41 Fritz 15:} 28... Qa4 29. Rb8%2B Kd7 30. Qh3%2B Kc7 31. Rb3 Qd4%2B 32. Rc3%2B Kb8 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rc8 35. Rb3%2B Kc7 36. e4 Rd4 37. e6 fxe6 38. Kb2 Kd6 39. Bb4%2B {-5.62/13}) 29. Rb3 Qa6 30. g4 ({-6.17 Fritz 15:} 30. Qh4 Rc8 31. Qh3 Rc2 32. a3 f6 33. Qxd3 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 fxe5 35. Kb1 Rc4 36. Rb3 Kd7 37. Rb7%2B Ke6 38. h3 Rd8 39. Bg5 Rd7 40. Rb5 Nf5 41. Rb8 Nd4 42. Bd2 {-4.44/15}) 30... Rf8 ({-4.79 Fritz 15:} 30... Qc4 31. Qh4 Qd4%2B 32. Kb1 Qxe5 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34. fxg3 g5 35. Rb2 Nc6 36. a4 Rb8 37. Rxb8%2B Nxb8 38. Kb2 Rh8 39. Bxg5 Rxh2%2B 40. Kc3 Nd7 41. Kxd3 Ra2 42. Bf4 Rxa4 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. g5 a5 45. Kf3 Ra3%2B { -6.17/17}) 31. Qxg7 Qg6 32. Qxg6 Nxg6 33. Rb7 ({-7.35 Fritz 15:} 33. Rb1 Rh8 34. h4 Rxh4 35. Bg5 Rxg4 36. Bxd8 Kxd8 37. Kb2 Nxe5 38. Rf1 Ke7 39. f4 Ng6 40. f5 Ne5 41. Kc3 Rc4%2B 42. Kb2 Rc2%2B 43. Kb3 Kf6 44. a3 Nc4 45. Rf4 Nd2%2B {-5.73/18} ) 33... Rh8 34. e6 fxe6 35. h3 ({-8.82 Fritz 15:} 35. Rb1 Rxh2 36. Rf1 Ne5 37. Bf4 d2 38. Bxh2 Nxg4 39. Kb2 Nxf2 40. Kc3 d1=Q 41. Rxd1 Rxd1 42. Bb8 a5 43. Bf4 Kd7 44. Kc4 Ne4 45. Be5 Rd5 46. Bf4 Nd6%2B 47. Kc3 e5 48. Be3 e4 49. Bd4 a4 50. Bf2 {-7.11/19}) 35... Rxh3 36. Rxa7 ({-10.66 Fritz 15:} 36. Rg7 Ne7 37. Kb2 Kf8 38. Rg5 Rf3 39. Kc1 Rxf2 40. Rc5 Rc8 41. Rxc8%2B Nxc8 42. a3 Rg2 43. Bb4%2B Kf7 44. Kd1 Kg6 45. Bc5 e5 46. a4 Ra2 47. Be3 e4 48. a5 Rxa5 {-8.49/17}) 36... Rf3 37. Rg7 Ne7 38. Bg5 ({-#18 Fritz 15:} 38. Kb2 Rxf2 39. Kc3 Nd5%2B 40. Kxd3 Nf6%2B 41. Kc2 Rdxd2%2B 42. Kc3 Kf8 43. Ra7 Rxa2 44. Rb7 Nxg4 45. Rb8%2B Ke7 46. Rb1 Kd6 47. Kc4 Ne5%2B 48. Kb4 Rfb2%2B 49. Rxb2 Rxb2%2B 50. Kc3 Ra2 51. Kb3 Rh2 {-10.66/17}) 38... Rd7 39. a4 d2 40. Rxe7%2B Rxe7 41. Bxd2 Rxf2 42. Bc3 Rd7 43. Bb2 Rd1%2B 44. Ka2 Rdd2 45. g5 Rxb2%2B 46. Ka3 Rbe2 47. Kb4 Rg2 48. g6 Rxg6 49. Kc5 Ra2 50. Kc6 e5%2B 51. Kd5 e4 52. Kxe4 Rxa4%2B 53. Kf5 Rb6 54. Ke5 Ra5%2B 55. Ke4 Rb4%2B 56. Kd3 Ra3%2B 57. Kc2 Rh4 58. Kb2 Rg3 59. Kb1 Rh2 60. Kc1 Rg1# {White checkmated} 0-1 '/>

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'/>

The 2016 STL Chess Club Thanks Giving Open

I was satisfied with my results in last weekend's tournament. I got really discouraged after a heart-breaking loss in round 2 to a player rated 300 points higher than me. I call it "heart-breaking" because for a while I was up a pawn and had the advantage. I got too exhausted by the time we reached the endgame, and I lost my ability to focus. I caughed up a couple of pawns and resigned. I imagine if I could have won that game I would have had much better results for this tournament. But, I was still satisfied with myself because I came out of this tournament with a positive score (more wins than losses).

I think I may have over-done it by going to two major tournaments within a couple weeks of each other when I haven't been very active in tournament chess over the past few years. Oh well, I learned a lot.

I must also add that I defeated two children (rounds 1 & 6). Why do I mention this? Because when I play kids in the 7 - 11 age range I usually do really bad. The problem is that they are usually overconfident and they move very fast... it throws me off psychologically! But, I relaxed and took my time this time. It made all the difference.

I'm not sure when my next tournament will be. Maybe the one in my hometown in March. We'll see.

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 2)

[Event "ThanksGiving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "French, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1610"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 a6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. f3 Bd7 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. f4 Neg4 13. Bg1 f5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bxg4 Ng3 16. hxg3 Bxg4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Bh2 O-O-O 19. Qd5 Qe8 20. Nd4 h5 21. f5 h4 22. Kg1 hxg3 23. Bxg3 Qh5 24. Qe6 Kb8 25. Qg6 Qxg6 26. fxg6 Rh6 27. Bf4 Rxg6 28. g3 Re8 29. Rae1 Rge6 30. Kg2 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. b4 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. Be3 Rxb4 0-1 '/>

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 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 (Round 5)

This loss really got me thinking as to whether or not I should still play the Sicilian Defense. I always have bad results with it in tournament play.

[Event "King’s Island Ohio"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Byrd, Johnny"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B88"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. g4 Nxb3%2B 13. Nxb3 Rc8 14. h4 Ne8 15. h5 b5 16. g5 Nc7 17. g6 f5 ({3.37 Fritz 15:} 17... hxg6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qh2 Kf7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bb6 Qe8 22. Qxe5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nxb6 24. Rh7 {0.86/15}) 18. h6 hxg6 19. hxg7 Kxg7 20. Bh6%2B Kg8 21. Bxf8 ({1.91 Fritz 15:} 21. Rdg1 Be8 22. Qh2 Bf6 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Bxd6 Qg7 25. e5 Bd8 26. Ne2 Bf7 27. Nf4 g5 28. Kb1 a5 29. Nxa5 Na6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Nb7 Bb6 32. Qh8%2B Qxh8 33. Rxh8%2B Ke7 34. Rxc8 Bxg1 35. Nd3 {2.87/16}) 21... Qxf8 22. Qh2 Qg7 23. Rdg1 Be8 24. exf5 exf5 25. Ne2 Nd5 ({2.73 Fritz 15:} 25... Bf6 26. c3 b4 27. Qxd6 bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rd8 29. Qc5 Ne6 30. Qc4 Bf7 31. Qc6 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Nf4 33. Kb2 Bd5 34. Qb6 Re8 35. Rg3 Bf7 36. Qd4 Re2%2B {1.00/17}) 26. Nbd4 Bd7 ({7.86 Fritz 15:} 26... Bf6 27. Nxf5 Be5 28. Nxg7 Bxh2 29. Rxh2 Kxg7 30. Ng3 Rc6 31. Kd2 Bf7 32. a3 Nb6 33. b3 Nd7 34. Ne4 Be6 35. Ke3 a5 36. Rhg2 d5 37. Rxg6%2B Kf7 38. Rg7%2B {2.34/17}) 27. Qh6 ({ 1.00 Fritz 15:} 27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28. Qh8%2B Kf7 29. Rh7%2B Qxh7 30. Qxh7%2B Ke8 31. Qg8%2B Bf8 32. Qxd5 Rc5 33. Qa8%2B Bc8 34. Nxf5 Kf7 35. b4 Rc7 36. Ned4 Bxf5 37. Qd5%2B Kg7 38. Nxf5%2B Kh7 39. Nxd6 Rg7 40. Qf5%2B Kg8 41. Ne4 Be7 42. Qc8%2B {7.86/16}) 27... Qxh6%2B 28. Rxh6 1-0 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 (Round 4)

[Event "King’s Island Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Huang, Stella"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rd3 e5 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Qxe4 Bg5 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qf5 22. Qh3 Qxh3 23. Rxh3 Rad8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Rdd3 f4 26. Rh4 g5 27. Rh6 Kg7 28. Rdh3 Rh8 29. Nc7 1-0 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 (Round 3)

[Event "King’s Island Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Stapel, Scott"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1461"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nh4 Ne8 10. f4 Nxd5 11. Nxg6 ({-3.22 Fritz 15:} 11. Nxd5 c6 12. Nf3 cxd5 13. cxd5 f5 14. exf5 Qb6%2B 15. Kh1 Bxf5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Ng5 Rc8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxf8%2B Bxf8 20. dxe6 Ng7 21. e7 Bxe7 22. Qd5%2B Kh8 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qxe5 Bf6 25. Qe3 Re8 {-0.13/17}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 fxg6 13. Qd5%2B Kh8 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Qh3 Nc5 18. Bh5 Bf6 19. Bh6 Bd7 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Bg6 Qe7 22. Rf3 Ne4 23. Qh5 Rg8 24. Re1 Nc5 25. Rh3 Rg7 26. Ree3 Kg8 ({-1.17 Fritz 15:} 26... Bc6 27. Qg4 Bg5 28. Reg3 Ne4 29. f6 Qxf6 30. Qc8%2B Qd8 31. Qxd8%2B Bxd8 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. c5 d5 34. Rh5 Rxg3 35. hxg3 Bf6 36. Kf2 Bg6 37. Rh1 Be7 38. Rd1 Bxc5%2B {-3.41/16}) 27. Bxh7%2B Rxh7 ({0.00 Fritz 15:} 27... Kf8 28. Bg6 e4 29. Qg4 Rg8 30. Qd1 Qe5 31. Rh7 Rg7 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Qh5 Kf8 34. Qh6%2B Bg7 35. Qg5 Qe7 36. h4 Bf6 37. Qh6%2B Qg7 38. Qxg7%2B Kxg7 39. g3 Bc6 40. a3 Nd3 {-1.17/19}) 28. Reg3%2B Rg7 29. Rxg7%2B ({-5.92 Fritz 15:} 29. Qh8%2B Kf7 30. Qh5%2B Kf8 31. Qh8%2B Kf7 32. Qh5%2B Kf8 33. Qh8%2B Kf7 34. Qh5%2B Kf8 35. Qh8%2B Kf7 36. Qh5%2B Kf8 37. Qh8%2B Kf7 38. Qh5%2B Kf8 39. Qh8%2B Kf7 40. Qh5%2B Kf8 41. Qh8%2B Kf7 42. Qh5%2B Kf8 43. Qh8%2B Kf7 44. Qh5%2B {0.00/25}) 29... Bxg7 30. Qh7%2B Kf8 31. Rg3 Qf6 32. Rg6 Qf7 33. f6 ({-8.97 Fritz 15:} 33. g4 e4 34. Qh3 Be8 35. Qf1 e3 36. a3 Qg8 37. Rg5 Ne4 38. Rxg7 Qxg7 39. Qf4 Bc6 40. f6 Qxf6 41. Qxe3 Qxc3 42. Qxc3 Nxc3 43. Kf2 Nd1%2B 44. Kg3 Ne3 45. Kf4 Nxc4 46. h4 Nxa3 47. h5 Kg7 48. g5 {-7.46/15}) 33... Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Qxf6 0-1 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 (Round 2)

[Event "King’s Island Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Davidson, Larry"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "100"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4%2B Nc6 4. Qxc4 e6 5. a3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. b4 Be6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bb2 Nd7 ({0.49 Fritz 15:} 11... e4 12. Ne1 a5 13. b5 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. d3 Rae8 17. Qd2 Bc5 18. Nc2 Qd7 19. d4 Ra8 20. Na4 Be7 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Nc3 Rfd8 {-0.41/17}) 12. d3 f6 13. Nbd2 Nb6 ({ 1.22 Fritz 15:} 13... a5 14. b5 Na7 15. Nh4 Nxb5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bc6 Rf7 18. Ng6 Bd6 19. e3 Na7 20. Bf3 Nf8 21. Nxf8 Bxf8 22. Nc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. e4 Qc5 {0.38/18}) 14. Nc4 ({0.39 Fritz 15:} 14. b5 Nb8 15. d4 a6 16. a4 c5 17. dxe5 f5 18. Nh4 Bxh4 19. gxh4 Qe7 20. Rfd1 axb5 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Rd8 23. h5 c4 24. Bc3 N8d7 25. Bxb7 Nxe5 {1.22/18}) 14... Nxc4 15. dxc4 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. e3 Qf7 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Bg4 ({1.07 Fritz 15:} 19... Rd7 20. Be4 a6 21. Qc2 Rcd8 22. c5 Kh8 23. Bc3 Bh3 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. f3 Qh5 26. Nb3 Qf7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nc1 Rd8 29. Rd1 {0.09/19}) 20. Rc1 ({0.13 Fritz 15:} 20. b5 Nb8 21. Bxb7 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 c6 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qa5 Bc5 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. a4 cxb5 28. axb5 Bb6 29. Qc3 Bc5 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Ba3 Ne4 32. Qc2 Qg4 33. Rd1 Kf7 34. c5 {1.07/19}) 20... Bf5 ({0.95 Fritz 15:} 20... Rd7 21. Nb3 a6 22. Bd5 Be6 23. e4 Rcd8 24. Rcd1 Na7 25. Rfe1 c6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qc2 Rd8 29. f3 Kh7 {0.13/18}) 21. Ne4 ({0.11 Fritz 15:} 21. b5 Rd3 22. Bd5 Rxc3 23. Bxf7%2B Kxf7 24. Bxc3 Nb8 25. Bb4 c5 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. f4 Bh3 28. Rf2 Nd7 29. Nb3 b6 30. e4 g6 31. Bxe7 Kxe7 32. Rfc2 Be6 33. Rc3 g5 34. f5 Bf7 {0.95/19}) 21... Qg6 22. f3 Be6 23. b5 Nb8 24. a4 f5 25. Nf2 Bf6 26. e4 f4 27. g4 Nd7 28. c5 c6 29. b6 Qe8 30. Nd3 ({-1.14 Fritz 15:} 30. bxa7 Ra8 31. Qa5 Rdc8 32. Rfd1 Bd8 33. Qb4 Rxa7 34. Bf1 Ba5 35. Qa3 Bc7 36. Qb4 Rb8 37. Bc4 b6 38. Nd3 bxc5 39. Bxe6%2B Qxe6 40. Qc4 Qxc4 41. Rxc4 Bd6 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Rd2 Kf7 44. Nc1 Nb6 45. Rcc2 {-0.21/21}) 30... Bf7 ({0.04 Fritz 15:} 30... axb6 31. Ra1 bxc5 32. Nxc5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Be7 34. Qc2 Bd6 35. a5 Bf7 36. Rfd1 Qe7 37. Bf1 Bb4 38. Bd3 Ra8 39. a6 bxa6 40. Qxc6 Rab8 {-1.14/18}) 31. Rfd1 ({-1.14 Fritz 15:} 31. bxa7 Ra8 32. Qa5 Rdc8 33. Bh3 Bd8 34. Qb4 Rxa7 35. g5 Ba5 36. Qa3 hxg5 37. Bxd7 Qxd7 38. Nxe5 Qe8 39. Nxf7 Qxf7 40. Rfd1 Rca8 41. Ra1 Rd8 42. Rd6 Bc7 43. Rd3 b5 44. cxb6 Bxb6%2B 45. Kg2 Rxd3 {0.04/21}) 31... Qe6 ({0.19 Fritz 15:} 31... axb6 32. cxb6 c5 33. a5 c4 34. Nf2 Nc5 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Bf1 Na4 37. Qc2 Qb5 38. Ba3 Rd4 39. Rd1 Bh4 40. Rxd4 exd4 41. Bc1 Bxf2%2B 42. Qxf2 d3 43. Qd2 Qc5%2B 44. Kg2 g5 { -1.14/19}) 32. a5 Re8 33. Bf1 Rcd8 34. Ba3 h5 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qe7 37. Bb2 Bh4 ({1.04 Fritz 15:} 37... a6 38. Nb4 Nb8 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. g5 Bxg5 41. Qxe5 Bh5 42. Be2 Nd7 43. Qxe7 Bxe7 44. Bd4 Nxb6 45. Nxc6 bxc6 46. cxb6 Rxd4 47. Rxc6 Rb4 48. Bxa6 Bf6 49. Kf2 Rb2%2B 50. Be2 Bd4%2B 51. Ke1 Kf8 52. Rc7 Bxb6 {0.31/17}) 38. Rc2 Bg3 39. Nc1 ({0.36 Fritz 15:} 39. bxa7 Ra8 40. Nb4 Rxa7 41. Rd6 Bh4 42. Bc4 Bf6 43. Rh2 Rf8 44. a6 Bxc4 45. Qxc4%2B Qf7 46. Qxf7%2B Rxf7 47. axb7 Rxb7 48. Nxc6 Rb5 49. Rg2 Nxc5 50. g5 Be7 51. Rd5 Bf8 52. Rgd2 Rc7 53. Nxe5 Rcb7 54. Bc3 {1.34/19}) 39... Nf6 ({1.96 Fritz 15:} 39... a6 40. Rd6 Qf8 41. Nd3 Bh4 42. g5 Re6 43. Rg2 Rxd6 44. cxd6 Qxd6 45. Nxf4 Qc5%2B 46. Qxc5 Nxc5 47. g6 Bb3 48. Bxe5 Rd1 49. Rh2 Bg3 50. Rh5 Bxf4 51. Bxf4 Ne6 52. Be3 Bc4 {0.36/18}) 40. Nd3 ({ 0.00 Fritz 15:} 40. Rxd8 Rxd8 41. Qxe5 Qxe5 42. Bxe5 a6 43. Nd3 Nd7 44. Bc7 Re8 45. g5 Bb3 46. Rc3 Bf7 47. Bh3 Be6 48. Bxe6%2B Rxe6 49. Nxf4 Re8 50. Nd3 Bxc7 51. bxc7 Rc8 52. Kf2 Rxc7 53. Ke3 {1.96/17}) 40... Nd7 41. Rg2 ({0.06 Fritz 15:} 41. bxa7 Ra8 42. Nb4 Rxa7 43. Rd6 Bh4 44. Bc4 Bf6 45. Rg2 g5 46. Rh2 Nf8 47. a6 Bxc4 48. Qxc4%2B Qf7 49. Qxf7%2B Kxf7 50. axb7 Rxb7 51. Nxc6 Rb3 52. Rf2 Re6 53. Nd8%2B Bxd8 54. Rxd8 Ng6 55. Rd5 Nh4 56. Rd7%2B {1.33/18}) 41... Nxc5 42. Ba3 ({ -0.18 Fritz 15:} 42. bxa7 Nxd3 43. Ba3 Qh4 44. Rxd3 Be1 45. Qc5 Rxd3 46. Bxd3 Bd2 47. Rxd2 Qe1%2B 48. Bf1 Qxd2 49. Bb4 Qe3%2B 50. Qxe3 fxe3 51. Bd3 Bb3 52. Kf1 Ra8 53. Bc5 Kf7 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Kxe3 Kd7 56. f4 exf4%2B 57. Kxf4 {0.59/17}) 42... Nxe4 ({0.64 Fritz 15:} 42... axb6 43. Rc1 Rd7 44. axb6 Na4 45. Bxe7 Nxc3 46. Nxe5 Rdxe7 47. Nxf7 Kxf7 48. Rxc3 Rd8 49. Ra2 Ke6 50. Rc5 Rd1 51. Kg2 g6 52. Be2 Rb1 53. Bc4%2B Kf6 54. Rd2 Rxb6 {-0.18/18}) 43. fxe4 Qh4 44. Be2 Re6 45. Bf3 Rh6 46. Kf1 Be6 ({2.87 Fritz 15:} 46... axb6 47. axb6 Be6 48. Ke2 Bxg4 49. Nxe5 Rxd1 50. Kxd1 Bh3 51. Rb2 Bf2 52. Bc5 Bxc5 53. Qxc5 Be6 54. Rg2 Qd8%2B 55. Ke2 Bb3 56. Kf1 Kh7 57. Qg1 Qe7 {1.03/18}) 47. Qxe5 ({-4.56 Fritz 15:} 47. bxa7 Bxg4 48. Nf2 Bxf3 49. Rxd8%2B Qxd8 50. Rxg3 fxg3 51. Qxf3 c5 52. Qxg3 Qxa5 53. Bxc5 Qa1%2B 54. Kg2 Ra6 55. Qb3%2B Kh7 56. Qh3%2B Kg8 57. Qc8%2B Kh7 58. Qd7 Rxa7 59. Bxa7 Qxa7 60. Qf5%2B Kh8 61. Qxe5 b6 62. Nd3 {2.87/16}) 47... Bxg4 48. Bb2 ({ -#3 Fritz 15:} 48. Nf2 Bxf3 49. Rxd8%2B Qxd8 50. Rxg3 fxg3 51. Qxg3 Qf6 52. Bc1 Qa1 53. Qb8%2B Kh7 54. Qf4 Rf6 55. Qe3 axb6 56. e5 Rf5 57. axb6 Qxe5 58. Ke1 Rg5 59. Kf1 Qb5%2B 60. Qd3%2B Qxd3%2B 61. Nxd3 Rd5 62. Ne1 Be4 63. Kf2 {-4.45/16}) 48... Qh1%2B 49. Ke2 Bxf3%2B 50. Kxf3 Qxd1%2B 0-1 '/>

My Win Against International Master Attila Turzo (Simul by Turzo in July 2016)

I cannot be that proud of this victory because 1) it was online and 2) IM Turzo was hosting a simultaneous exhibition. He was probably playing about 15 - 20 people. But, a win is a win, nonetheless. I think my endgame play was flawless, but you can be the judge.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.04"] [White "TERLIZZI"] [Black "attilaturzo"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1200"] [BlackElo "1938"] [TimeControl "30|15"] [Termination "TERLIZZI won by resignation"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 Nd7 8.e6 Nf6 9.exf7 Kxf7 10.O-O e5 11.c4 Bd6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bg5 Rf8 14.Bxh7 Rh8 15.Bc2 e4 16.h4 Be6 17.Nc3 Be5 18.Bb3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rc8 20.Qd4 Qb6 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Rac1 Rc7 23.Rfd1 Rhc8 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Bxd5 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 Rxc3 27.Bxe6 Kxe6 28.Rb1 Rc6 29.g4 Ke5 30.h5 Kf4 31.h6 Kxg4 32.h7 Rc8 33.Rxb6 Kg5 34.a4 f5 35.a5 f4 36.Re6 Rh8 37.Rxe4 Rxh7 38.a6 Kg4 39.Ra4 Ra7 40.Kg2 Kg5 41.Kf3 Kf5 42.Ra5 Ke6 43.Kxf4 Kd6 44.Kg5 Kc6 45.f4 Kb6 46.Ra2 Rg7 47.Kh6 Rf7 48.a7 Rxa7 49.Rxa7 Kxa7 50.f5 Kb7 51.f6 Kc7 52.f7 1-0'/>

One of My Better Games on ICC (played 06.24.2016)

This is one of my better victories on The Internet Chess Club (ICC). I have kept this game in mind for a while and finally decided to share it here on my blog. I played purely positional. Usually I played for dynamic games that involve a lot of tactics, but this win was a little different and I am very proud of it! Enjoy!

[Event "ICC 15 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2016.06.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "TwoEqualsOne"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1591"] [BlackElo "1645"] [Opening "English opening"] [ECO "A10"] [NIC "EO.64"] [Time "16:42:52"] [TimeControl "900%2B0"] 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Rac1 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. b3 Rc8 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bg4 h6 17. Bh4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Bb7 23. Rfe1 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rg7 25. Re6 Qf8 26. Rc3 c6 27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. hxg3 cxd5 29. Bxe7 {Black resigns} 1-0'/>

Southern Illinois Summer Open 2016 (Round 3)

[Event "SoIL Summer Open 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.08.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Bumpas, Stan"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "1333"] [BlackElo "1611"] [PlyCount "46"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d5 ({0.25 Fritz 15:} 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 8. Nxe5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe5 10. Bg5%2B Ke8 11. Nf6%2B Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Rg8 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bc3 Nb8 16. Be2 Be6 17. b3 Nc6 18. Bf6 a5 19. Bf3 a4 20. Rd6 Rf8 {1.02/19}) 6... O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O f4 10. b4 g5 11. c5 g4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Be2 h5 ({1.37 Fritz 15:} 13... a5 14. cxd6 Nxd6 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. a4 Na6 17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rf6 19. Ba3 Nc4 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 Nd6 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Rxb5 Rxb5 24. axb5 Rg6 25. Bh5 Rg5 26. Bg4 Bf8 27. Be6%2B Kg7 28. Qb3 {0.41/18}) 14. Nh2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nf6 16. f3 ({ 0.20 Fritz 15:} 16. a4 Kh7 17. Nf3 Bh6 18. Rb1 Rg8 19. Nh4 Na6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nf5 Nc7 22. b5 Rc8 23. Ba3 Nce8 24. Bb4 Qc7 25. Rbc1 {1.09/17}) 16... Kh8 17. Qf2 Nh7 18. Bd2 Rg8 19. Rac1 Na6 20. a3 ({-0.11 Fritz 15:} 20. Na4 Qe8 21. c6 bxc6 22. dxc6 Bf6 23. Kh1 Ng5 24. b5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Ne6 27. Qc4 Rd8 28. Bc3 Qg6 29. Rg1 Nd4 30. Ba5 {0.66/17}) 20... Bf6 21. Kh1 ({-0.66 Fritz 15:} 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Qe2 Bh4 23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. Be1 Bxe1 25. Qxe1 Nb8 26. Qf2 a6 27. Nf1 Nd7 28. Nd2 Ng5 29. Qh4 Nf6 30. Kh1 b5 31. Qf2 Nf7 {0.30/19}) 21... Bh4 22. Qe2 ({-3.21 Fritz 15:} 22. Qg1 Ng5 {-0.24/17}) 22... Bg3 23. Be1 ({ -#3 Fritz 15:} 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qf2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 dxc5 26. bxc5 Rg6 27. Nb5 Qf6 28. Nf1 c6 29. dxc6 Rag8 30. Ne3 bxc6 31. Nd6 Nxc5 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Ndf5 Rd8 34. Rb1 Qf7 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. g3 {-3.21/19}) 23... Qh4 0-1 '/>