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#71
07-27-2011, 01:59 PM
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With 33 .. Nd5, R6b2, and Rd3, I once again have Bxd5 with the check and taking on d3. But I do understand theme that you were trying to play, hence why I thought 32 .. g6 first, and then follow it up with h5 (avoiding the cheap tactic) My plan would've been to reorganize my bishop to maybe b3 in order to support the pawn movement to queening (and avoid the knight trade) and play something like g3 to prevent Nf4 stuff in the future. I wouldn't even mind sacrifcing my d4 pawn to avoid the trade now that I have the passed a-pawn. However, I agree that if the bishop and knight are traded, the rook endgame is very drawish which is what I saw before when I said it was very balanced. Sorry to hear about the rest of your games  . Hopefully we'll play again in the future! 
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#72
07-28-2011, 09:04 AM
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Lost with black against BucketHead. Missed a small 2-move tactic that won a piece, nicely played!
Spoiler: I think I should have gone 10 .. Ndxe5 which was my first instinct, but i under estimated the strength of 12. f4 and 13. Ndb3 which I thought I was fine when I played Ncxe5. 13 .. h5 was obviously the key mistake, but im not a big fan of my position after 13 .. Bb6 either. Thanks for the game! Thanks to everyone in Group A for the games as well, its been a pleasure  . To RSF, thanks again for hosting it, and put me down as "tentative" for the next round, as the timing of when it starts will probably impact my choice.
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#74
07-29-2011, 12:29 AM
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Game began with the french and I decided to use the Tarrasch Variation with 3.Nd2. I try to avoid the main lines of the french, especially the exchange variation if I'm white at all costs. After 3.Nd2 h6?! I was totally confused. I looked up some games with GM Morozevich which proved it wasn't totally crazy. I kept it simple with 4.Nf3 and after ... Nf6 5.e5 we transposed into what I believed was a favorable transposition of the advance variation. Rybka suggests 6.c4 to break at the top which I found interesting and didn't consider. We were pretty equal and black even had a small advantage after I moved 9.dxc5 which I still like for a number of reasons. But then 9...g4 was the beginning of strategy that ultimately led to the end for black. As this pawn would become extremely hard to back up. Quote:
I ran the game through Rybka and it agrees with you that 10..Ndxe5 was the better move, but only by .1 pawn. +.25/21 10. ... Ndxe5 11.N2b3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 e5 13.Re1 Bg7 14.Nb5 0-0 15.Nd6 Ne7 16.f4 e4 17.Qe2 b6 18.Be3 Be6 19.Qf2 f5 20.a4 Rb8 After taking the e-pawn I'd be forced to give up the bishop pair and center control. However, in this line, white has access to the d and e semi open files and a strong knight presence on d6. Slow progressing and tight maneuvering game lied ahead. +0.35/21 11.Bc2 Bxc5 12.f4 Bxd4+ 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.f5 e5 15.Nb3 h5 16.dxe5 Ndxe5 17.Bf4 f6 18.Rc1 Kf7 19.Nc5 Kg7 20.Bb3 Nc4 21.Bxc4 This line, short term, captures the c pawn as well. Rybka suggests trading a good dark squared bishop for my knight which I wouldn't do. However, I'm also not rated 3000+. This line actually demonstrates that the center opens up and my light bishop is actually ineffective as it is left defending the far advanced f pawn. Still white's bishop pair can become very powerful beyond the 21 half move search horizon, even down a pawn. 12. f4 I believe is an unexpected move here and I'm delighted to see that rybka agrees. I probably analyzed about a dozen moves before I looked at this. My position was especially cramped and my center presence was gone. If I hadn't seen this move and moved 12.N2b3, which was my alternate, I believe black would have certainly had an advantage. after 12..gxf3ep 13. Nxf3 14. Nxf3+ Qxf3 I am clearly better. With 14. N? retreating, I feel much better. and with 12...Nc6 retreating I had some breathing room. 13. Nb3 h5?? This is the move that lost the piece, but I didn't yet realize it. First off, I simply moved Nb3 to threaten your bishop pair which you mentioned that you value highly. I fully expected you to retreat back here. Instead you defend the advanced g pawn which is going to be very difficult to hold on to either way. Second, like I mentioned before, the dark squared bishop is extremely powerful here. It's in the center of the board and pinning my knight. retreating certainly weakens it, I felt like it was only temporary since it is still mobile. 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 as expected and happy to continue the trading with the bishop pair I moved 15. Nxc6 trading knights. It wasn't until after I made this move that I saw 15...bxc6 16.Qd4 winning the knight. It simply fell into my lap, but I'll take it anyhow. By the way, I wouldn't have given me the benefit of the doubt and resigned before 16.Qd4. I very easily could have missed this--especially over the board. I always prefer to let the other player prove to me that they know what I know before resigning. Even in a king and pawn end game where I know I'm lost, I want to see that the other player knows how to beat me before I resign. Either way, good game. Looking forward to the next. PGN w/ Rybka Analsys: Spoiler:
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#75
08-01-2011, 08:42 PM
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Paul Brand resigned.
Interesting/fun game, especially with that trade of two minor pieces for a rook and two pawns fairly early. I think 18. Ne2 is perhaps where you went wrong, and allowed me some time to attack on the kingside, and eventually get a nice outpost on e4 for my knight. Prior to that, I thought things were pretty equal. After that, the knight was menacing and tactics plentiful. Thanks for the game! 1 d2-d4 d7-d5 2 c2-c4 e7-e6 3 Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4 c4xd5 e6xd5 5 Bc1-g5 Nb8-d7 6 e2-e3 c7-c6 7 Bf1-d3 h7-h6 8 Bg5-f4 Bf8-e7 9 Ng1-f3 O-O 10 O-O Nf6-h5 11 Bf4-e5 Nd7xe5 12 Nf3xe5 Nh5-f6 13 h2-h3 Rf8-e8 14 Qd1-c2 Be7-d6 15 Ne5xf7 Kg8xf7 16 Bd3-g6+ Kf7-g8 17 Bg6xe8 Qd8xe8 18 Nc3-e2 Qe8-h5 19 Ne2-g3 Bd6xg3 20 f2xg3 Nf6-e4 21 g3-g4 Qh5-g5 22 Rf1-f3 Bc8-e6 23 Ra1-f1 Qg5-h4 24 Rf3-f4 Ra8-e8 25 Qc2-b3 Qh4-e7 26 Qb3-d1 Qe7-b4 27 Qd1-c2 Qb4-d2 28 Qc2xd2 Ne4xd2 29 Rf1-f2 Nd2-e4 30 Rf2-f1 g7-g5 31 Rf4-f5 Be6xf5 32 g4xf5 Kg8-f7 33 g2-g4 Kf7-f6 34 Rf1-e1 b7-b6 35 Kg1-f1 Ne4-d2+ 36 Kf1-f2 c6-c5 37 d4xc5 b6xc5 38 Re1-d1 Nd2-e4+ 39 Kf2-f3 Kf6-e5 40 Rd1-h1 Re8-b8 41 b2-b3 c5-c4 42 b3xc4 Rb8-b2
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#76
08-03-2011, 08:36 AM
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My game with Rho Rho dropped off the server. I was black:
Code:
1 e2-e4 e7-e5 2 Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3 Bf1-c4 Ng8-f6 4 Nb1-c3 Nf6xe4
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#78
08-04-2011, 12:49 AM
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I defeated The Arbitrary with white pieces.
Move White Black 1 e2-e4 e7-e5 2 Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3 Bf1-c4 Bf8-c5 4 d2-d3 d7-d6 5 Bc1-g5 Ng8-f6 6 O-O O-O 7 Nb1-c3 Nc6-a5 8 Nc3-d5 Na5xc4 9 d3xc4 Qd8-d7 10 Bg5xf6 g7xf6 11 Nd5xf6+ Kg8-h8 12 Nf6xd7 Bc8xd7 13 Nf3-g5 Bd7-c6 14 h2-h4 Bc5-d4 15 Qd1-h5 Bc6xe4 16 Ng5xe4 Ra8-e8 17 Ne4-f6 Re8-e6 18 Qh5xh7+ Thanks for the game.
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#80
08-07-2011, 08:44 PM
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CR (White) defeats Werewolf. A see-saw game, thought I was in control early, but lost control in the middle, and was barely hanging on. After trading off the Queen side Rooks, I got a little bit of counter play that turned it into a winner.
1 e2-e4 c7-c6 2 f2-f4 d7-d5 3 e4-e5 Bc8-f5 4 d2-d4 e7-e6 5 Ng1-f3 Bf8-b4+ 6 c2-c3 Bb4-a5 7 Bf1-d3 Ng8-e7 8 Qd1-c2 Nb8-d7 9 Bc1-e3 Qd8-c7 10 Nb1-d2 O-O-O 11 a2-a4 a7-a6 12 b2-b4 Ba5-b6 13 b4-b5 a6-a5 14 b5xc6 Qc7xc6 15 O-O f7-f6 16 e5xf6 g7xf6 17 Be3-f2 Rh8-g8 18 Nf3-h4 Bf5xd3 19 Qc2xd3 Ne7-g6 20 Nd2-f3 Ng6xf4 21 Qd3-d2 Bb6-c7 22 Bf2-g3 Nf4-g6 23 Bg3xc7 Qc6xc7 24 Ra1-c1 Nd7-b6 25 Rc1-c2 Nb6xa4 26 Rf1-a1 Na4-b6 27 Qd2-e2 Qc7-d6 28 Ra1xa5 Nb6-c4 29 Ra5-c5+ Kc8-d7 30 Rc2-a2 Rd8-a8 31 Nh4xg6 h7xg6 32 Qe2-c2 b7-b6 33 Rc5-b5 Ra8xa2 34 Qc2xa2 Kd7-c6 35 Qa2-a4 Rg8-h8 36 Rb5-a5+ (1-0)
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