Showing posts with label game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label game. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

First Game in ~ 3 months (CHESScom)

 [Event "Live Chess - chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.05.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cal"]
[Black "masmas8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[WhiteElo "1521"]
[BlackElo "1463"]
[Termination "Cal" won by resignation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. c3 Bd6 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8.
f4 h6 9. fxe5 hxg5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. b3 g4 14. Qe2 c6
15. Nd2 d5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. O-O-O cxd5 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Kb2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 a5 21.
a4 Qd6 22. Rhd1 Rcb8 23. Bb5 Bd7 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Nb6 Qc6 27. Nxa8
Rxa8 28. Qxg4 Rb8 29. Qf4 Ra8 30. Rf1 b5 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Rf3 1-0

Never a better way to start the day than a victory at the board!

Lizzi

Thursday, November 25, 2021

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

Sunday, October 17, 2021

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

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Upcoming Tournament

 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!

Thursday, October 7, 2021

I Lost !!!

[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...

Sunday, May 16, 2021

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

Friday, March 12, 2021

I Played 1.c4? (Draw, played on FICS 3.12.21)

 [Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2021.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "cterlizzi"]
[Black "leanderlaruelle"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[ECO "A22"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd2 Be7
8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 f6 13. Kh2 Kh8 14. Bg2
f5 15. f4 g6 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 c6 20. d4 Nc4 21.
Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Bg2 Qf2 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Qxf2 Rxf2 26. Kg1 Rc2
27. Re1 Rxc3 28. Re6 Nf5 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 Nxd4 31. Rxb7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 h5
33. Rc7 Rc2 34. a4 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Nd4 36. Kg1 Rc4 37. a5 Ra4 38. Ra7 Ke5 39.
Ra6 Kd6 40. Kf2 Rc4 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kd3 Rc5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Nh4 45. Be4
g5 46. Ra8 Kc7 47. a6 Ra5 48. a7 Kb7 49. Rg8 Rxa7 50. Rxg5 Ra3+ 51. Kd4 Rg3
52. Ke5 Kb6 53. Kd6 Ng2 54. Bxc6 Ne3 55. Bd7 Nc4+ 56. Ke6 Ne3 57. Kf6 Nxg4+
58. Rxg4 Rxg4 59. Bxg4 {Neither player has mating material} 1/2-1/2

I have a chess tournament tomorrow, here in my hometown.  My last tournament was also here in my hometown and it was last August (2020).  I scored 1.5/3 and hope to do better this time.  Will post games from all 3 rounds here on the blog.  Thank you and have a nice day!

- Lizzi

Beautiful Victory with The Sicilian Defense (Played at FICS 2.21.21)

 [Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2021.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "gercole"]
[Black "cterlizzi"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[ECO "B23"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 Nd4 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. h4 Bd7 10. Ne2 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. c3 a4 14. Bc2 b4
15. cxb4 cxb4 16. d4 b3 17. axb3 axb3 18. Bxb3 Qa5 19. Qe3 Rfc8+ 20. Bc2 Ba4
21. Rd2 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qxh1 25. Ne1 Ra1 26. Kd2 d5
27. e5 Bb4+ 28. Kc2 Qxe1 29. Qxe1 Rxe1 30. exf6 Re2+ 31. Kb3 Bd6 32. Be3 gxf6
33. Kc3 e5 34. b4 exd4+ 35. Bxd4 Re4 36. g3 f5 37. f3 Bxb4+ 38. Kd3 Re1 39.
Be3 Kg7 40. h5 Kf6 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Kg5 44. Kd4 f5 45.
gxf5 Kxh5 46. Kxd5 Kg4 47. Ke6 h5 *

Sunday, December 20, 2020

I Finally Beat "SlowPlow (c)" (ICC)

 [Event "ICC 25 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2020.12.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Terlizzi"]
[Black "SlowPlow"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1488"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "B58"]
[NIC "SI.25"]
[Time "16:15:40"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Ndb5 (more common is 7. Nb3 or 7. Nf3) a6 8.Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Bf3 f5 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nc2 Bf5? (Black needs to bring his Queen back to d8) 15. Bg5? (Bb6! and White wins the Queen) Rb7 16. Nce3 Be6 17. O-O Rf7 18. Qd2 Nb8? (Allow his Queen to be trapped on the next move, better is 18 ...b4) 19. b4 Qa4 20. Nb6 Qa3 21. Nc2 Qxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Ne3 (a bit passive, better is 23. Nd4) Be6 24. Nbd5 h6 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 h5 27.h3 h4 (better is 27 ...Rg8 28. Ra1 g4) 28. Bh2 Kd8 29. Ng4 Rg7 30. Ndf6 Bc4 31. Re1 Kc8 32. Nxe4 Rg6 33. Nef6 Be6 34. Rd1 Bb3 35. Ra1 Be6 36. f3 Bxg4 37. Nxg4 Rg7 38. Kh1 Kb7 39. Bg1 Nc6 40. Qe3 Nb8 41. Nf6 Kc8 42. Qd3 Be7 43. Nd5 Kb7?? (A blunder, Black needed to play 43 ...Bd8 preventing 44. Rxa6!) 44. Nxe7? (trading down minor pieces is still winning for Black but 44. Rxa6 and Black is completely lost, 44 ...Kxa6 [Nxa6 leads to mate in 7 after 45. Qxb5+ Kc8 46. Qc6+ Kb8 47. Ba7+ Kxa7 48. Qb6+ Ka8 49. Qxa6+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Ka8 51. Nc7#] 45. Nxe7 Rxe7 46. Qxd6+ Kb7 47. Qxe7+ and White will pick off Black's Rook and Knight)  Rxe7 45. Qxd6 Rhe8 46. Qb6+ Kc8 47. Rd1 Rg7 48. Bh2 Rc7 49. Qf6 Kb7 50. Bxe5 (I overlooked Black's next move) Nd7 51. Rxd7 Rxd7 52. Bd4 Re1+ 53. Kh2 Ree7 54. Qb6+ Kc8 55. Qxa6+ Rb7 56. Qc6+ (more decisive is 56. Bf6!) Rbc7 57. Qxb5 g4 58. Qf5+ Kb7 59. Qxg4 Re2 60. Qxh4 Rc6 61. Qh7+ Rc7 62. Qd3 Rce7 63. Qb5+ Kc8 64. c4 (better is 64. Qc6+! Kb8 65. Bc5 R2e6 66. Bd6+ Rxd6 67. Qxd6+) R7e6 65. c5 Rc2 66. Qd3 Ree2 67. Qg6 Rcd2 68. Bf6 Kd7 69. c6+ (coughing up a pawn, looks like I'm having  a little trouble finishing off the computer!) Kxc6 70. Bg5+ Rd6 71. b5+ Kc5 72. Qf5+? (Here I miss the finalizing 72. Be7! Rxe7 73. Qg5+ and picking off Black's Rook on e7 on the next move) Rd5 73. Qc8+ Kb4 74. Qg4+ Kxb5 75. h4 Ree5 76. f4 Re1 77. h5 Re8 78. h6 Rb8 79. Bf6 Rb7 80. Qg6 Rdd7 81. Bg7 Ra7 82. Qf5+ Kc4 83. h7 Rd8 84. h8=Q Rxh8+ 85. Bxh8 Re7 86. Be5 Kd5 87. Bf6+ Kd6 88. Bxe7+ Kxe7 89. g4 Ke8 90. g5 Ke7 91. g6 Kd6 92. g7 Kc7 93. g8=Q Kc6 94.Qgg6+ Kb7 95. Qff7+ Kb8 96. Qgg8# {Black checkmated} 1-0

I am now 1 win, 1 draw and 30 Losses against "SlowPlow (c)" 

Original PGN:  

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Bf3 f5 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nc2
Bf5 15. Bg5 Rb7 16. Nce3 Be6 17. O-O Rf7 18. Qd2 Nb8 19. b4 Qa4 20. Nb6 Qa3
21. Nc2 Qxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Nbd5 h6 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 h5 27.
h3 h4 28. Bh2 Kd8 29. Ng4 Rg7 30. Ndf6 Bc4 31. Re1 Kc8 32. Nxe4 Rg6 33. Nef6
Be6 34. Rd1 Bb3 35. Ra1 Be6 36. f3 Bxg4 37. Nxg4 Rg7 38. Kh1 Kb7 39. Bg1 Nc6
40. Qe3 Nb8 41. Nf6 Kc8 42. Qd3 Be7 43. Nd5 Kb7 44. Nxe7 Rxe7 45. Qxd6 Rhe8
46. Qb6+ Kc8 47. Rd1 Rg7 48. Bh2 Rc7 49. Qf6 Kb7 50. Bxe5 Nd7 51. Rxd7 Rxd7
52. Bd4 Re1+ 53. Kh2 Ree7 54. Qb6+ Kc8 55. Qxa6+ Rb7 56. Qc6+ Rbc7 57. Qxb5
g4 58. Qf5+ Kb7 59. Qxg4 Re2 60. Qxh4 Rc6 61. Qh7+ Rc7 62. Qd3 Rce7 63. Qb5+
Kc8 64. c4 R7e6 65. c5 Rc2 66. Qd3 Ree2 67. Qg6 Rcd2 68. Bf6 Kd7 69. c6+
Kxc6 70. Bg5+ Rd6 71. b5+ Kc5 72. Qf5+ Rd5 73. Qc8+ Kb4 74. Qg4+ Kxb5 75. h4
Ree5 76. f4 Re1 77. h5 Re8 78. h6 Rb8 79. Bf6 Rb7 80. Qg6 Rdd7 81. Bg7 Ra7
82. Qf5+ Kc4 83. h7 Rd8 84. h8=Q Rxh8+ 85. Bxh8 Re7 86. Be5 Kd5 87. Bf6+ Kd6
88. Bxe7+ Kxe7 89. g4 Ke8 90. g5 Ke7 91. g6 Kd6 92. g7 Kc7 93. g8=Q Kc6 94.
Qgg6+ Kb7 95. Qff7+ Kb8 96. Qgg8#

Monday, December 7, 2020

"Foggydew (c)" Online Match, Game 5 of 5 (FICS)

 [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#

"Foggydew (c)" Game 4 of 5 (FICS)

 [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

Sunday, December 6, 2020

"Foggydew (c)" Game 3 of 5 (FICS)

 [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

"Foggydew (c)" Game 2 of 5 (FICS)

[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

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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

 

Thursday, November 12, 2020

I Played 1.d4 ??? (ICC 11.11.2020)

 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nh4 Kf7 12. d5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. dxe6+
Kxe6 15. Ng6 Rg8 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. f3 Kd7 18. f4 g5 19. Bg4+ Kd8 20. f5 Rf8
21. Qc3 Rf6 22. Rad1 c6 23. c5 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Kc7 25. Qa5+ Kd7 26. Qb4 Kc7
27. Be2 Raf8 28. Qa5+ Kb8 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. Qa3 d5 31. Ra4 Ba8 32. Ba6 c5 33.
b4 c4 34. b5 Qb6 35. Qc3 Qc7 36. Rb4 Rb6 37. a4 Qf7 38. a5 Rf6 39. b6 axb6
40. Rxb6+ Rxb6 41. axb6 Qf6 42. Qa3 Rd8 43. Qc5 Qd6 44. Qd4 Bb7 45. Bb5 Rf8
46. Bxc4 Rf6 47. Bb3 Qxb6 48. Qe5+ Qd6 49. Qe8+ Kc7 50. Rc1+ Bc6 51. Ba4 Kb7
52. Bxc6+ Qxc6 53. Rxc6 Rxc6 54. Qe7+ {Black resigns} 1-0

Thursday, November 5, 2020

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+ *

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

A Simple Sicilian Loss (Played on FICS 11.02.2020)

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. O-O Bxb5 10. Nxb5 a6 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. c3 Bd6 13. g3 Nf6 14. Re1
Ne4 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. f3 Nc5 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Rc8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5
Nd3 21. Re2 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Ke7 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. f4 Kf6 25. Kf2 a5 26. g4 g6
27. Kf3 Rc4 28. g5+ Kg7 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Rc8 31. Ke3 a4 32. Kd3 Rb8 33.
Kc3 h6 34. h4 hxg5 35. hxg5 Rb6 36. b3 axb3 37. axb3 f6 38. b4 fxg5 39. fxg5
Kf7 40. Rf2+ Kg7 41. Rf6 Rc6+ 42. Kb3 Rb6 43. Ka4 Rc6 44. b5 Rc4+ 45. Ka5
Rxd4 46. Rxe6 Kf7 47. Rd6 Rd1 48. b6 Ra1+ 49. Kb5 Rb1+ 50. Kc6 Rc1+ 51. Kxd5
Rb1 52. Kc6 Rc1+ 53. Kd7 Rb1 54. Rc6 *