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Over the board - Talking online chessI never really had a chess coach or anything. I just played and learn from my mistakes or try 2. I use the queen gambit alot. My rating right now is 1369 provisonal still. I think my actual rating is around 1500.
Anybody see any major flaws in my game? I do play with two friends on here from high school who are in the 1000s, so I am not sure if that helps me 2 much.Favorite chess sites, post them here. This comes up occasionally but I searched back 25 pages and couldn't find the last one. Keep them in order and if someone can be bothered tallying we might be able to give them a score and find the all time democratically elected second best chess site.In the Everyman book on the SK, there is a variation on page 127 involving the following position:
[fen]r1b1kb1r/5ppp/p2p4/1P1Ppn2/7q/N3B3/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq -[/fen]
(The position above is after 12. ...Nf5)
They give 11. ...Qh4? 12. ba6!!, so I thought I would try Qh4 to see if my opponent would play 12. Be3?, which he did. So I played 12. ...Nf5 and he replied with 13. Qc1, threatening Qc6. I then played 13. ...Ne3 and he took back with the queen, but what I'm wondering is what is the problem with 12. Be3?
Move list below:
e4 c5
Nf3 Nc6
d4 cd4
Nd4 e5
Nb5 d6
N1c3 a6
Na3 b5
Nd5 Nge7
c4 Nd4
cb5 Nd5
ed5 Qh4
Be3 Nf5
Qc1Street Fighting Chess by Andrew Burnett
I've been sent a copy of this book to review.
www.streetfightingchess.com
I like everything I've read so far.
A unique and honest approach written in a very enjoyable and instructive manner.
(....I'll use that).
Last time I reviewed a book this good was Rowson's Zebra's.
(...I'll use that).
What a joy it is to read a chess book written by a good chess player
who can actually write. (...and will use that as well).
Will have full review on the Corner by the weekend.First person to play a game as white, and manage 5. Ka5 or 6. Ka5 and go on to win gets a free metaphorical donut.Here is the first in an occasional series of games where a strong player plays a real stinker.
[gid]3429241[/gid]
[pgn][Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[EndDate "2007.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ChaosChild"]
[Black "sunshine100"]
[WhiteRating "2007"]
[BlackRating "941"]
[WhiteELO "2007"]
[BlackELO "941"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "3429241"]
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 c6 3. Bf1c4 Ng8e7 4. Nf3g5 h6 5. Ng5h3 Ne7g6 6. Qd1h5 Bf8e7
7. O-O d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bc4b5 Bc8d7 10. d4 Bd7xb5 11. Rf1d1 Qd8c8
12. c3 exd4 13. Rd1xd4 a5 14. Qh5xd5 f5 15. Nh3f4 Bb5c6 16. Qd5c4 Ng6xf4
17. g3 Nf4e2 18. Qc4xe2 Nb8d7 19. Bc1f4 Qc8d8 20. Bf4e5 Ra8c8 21. Qe2h5 g6
22. Be5xh8 gxh5 23. Nb1a3 Bc6f3 24. Ra1e1 Rc8c6 25. Bh8f6 Rc6xf6 26. Na3b5 Ke8f7
27. Re1e5 Be7c5 28. Rd4d5 Bf3xd5 29. Re5xd5 Bc5e7 30. b4 f4 31. Rd5xh5 fxg3
32. hxg3 Nd7b6 33. bxa5 Nb6a4 34. g4 Qd8d1 35. Kg1g2 Qd1xg4 36. Kg2f1 Qg4xh5
37. Nb5d4 Qh5h4 38. f3 Na4xc3 39. Kf1g2 Qh4xd4 40. Kg2g3 Rf6g6 41. Kg3h3 Qd4h4 0-1
[/pgn]
Perhaps ChaosChild was toying with sunshine100. They are both from South Africa, so maybe they know each other (it's a pretty small country, isn't it? Probably only a couple of streets).
ChaosChild missed a mate in one on move 5, a mate in three on move 22 and blundered a piece almost every move before and after that.
I have never seen such a shambolic performance on this site by a 2000+ player!I liked this one, it's like fireworks. Taken from Reinfeld's book.
[fen]1k1r1b1r/p1p1q3/2p1p3/4Ppp1/4nP2/P2BQ3/1PP3PB/2KR3R b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black to play.
I took about 20 minutes for this one (without the hint the thread title gives of course;)), take your time.I am looking for some books of tactics that focus on two move tactics and mates in two, preferably not by theme.I tried to download the Rival Chess engine from this site. But it wont let me, I get an error message. Has anyone successfully downloaded it? And will it play in Arena? Thanks.A revolutionary new method for black - resulting in such surprise by white that he will often lose track of the game completely.
[pgn]
[Event "The Transvestite"]
[Site "??"]
[Date "2008.7.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A. Player"]
[Black "T. Vestite"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Ke7 3.Nc3 Qe8 4.Nf3 Kd8 0-1
[/pgn]Please sign your name here if you are interested to play Knight King Gambit Accepted tournament. If it will be enough people interested I'll send a feedback today !I have two problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Recently on CT ART, whenever I input a move, the notation window displays some weird characters instead of the normal figurine algebraic notation. For example, instead displaying a figurine king in the notation window, it comes up with c/b1 - there's something wrong with the font I think, I'm not sure. Any idea how to correct this??
The second problem is that after solving exercise 461, it does not register it as 'correct', so everytime I click 'practice', it does not go to the next exercise, always exercise 460. Whenever I solve eercise 461, it doesn't come up with the smiley face to say the exercise has been solved.
Thanks for your time.
Skims :)What could I have done better in this game? (I was black)
[gid]5124959[/gid]Alright, so we all know that thorough analysis is in general a good thing if you want to play at your peak, but how long do you actually spend thinking about your moves for any particular game? Obviously it will vary widely depending on the type of game, but I reckon it's about 45 minutes or so as an average for me, though I have been known to take an hour to stare at an individual position. Any advance on that, or any mind boggling feats of blitzing out there?From http://www.qualitychessbooks.com/default.aspx
[i]"27 June 2008 - The King’s Gambit by John Shaw to be published in September 2008
We announced a long time ago that we would publish The King’s Gambit by Jan Pinski. Jan had other commitments so I, as a former King’s Gambiteer, am now writing this book. It is not a co-authorship: everything will be by me. I have been analysing since the start of the year, and we hope to publish in September in Europe with the book reaching the US perhaps six weeks later. The delay to the US is not by choice; it is unavoidable due to shipping, customs, etc.
John Shaw"[/i]
Quality Chess have a very good reputation (especially the Mihail Marin books) so let's see if this will be a valuable addition or not.
I may get it if reviews are good and the book has plenty of new analysis but we shall see.I'm still a bit worried playing against the Sicilian Defence so if anyone could point out any good moves that i played in this game, or better moves i could've played, it would be appreciated.
once again, i'm not great at using modernday technology or this pgn viewer thing
[pgn]
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.06.23"]
[EndDate "2008.06.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "banx99"]
[Black "clandarkfire"]
[WhiteRating "1346"]
[BlackRating "1448"]
[WhiteELO "1346"]
[BlackELO "1448"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "5138819"]
1. e4 c5 2. Ng1f3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nf3xd4 Ng8f6 5. Nb1c3 g6 6. Bc1e3 Bf8g7 7. Bf1e2 O-O 8. Qd1d2 Qd8c7 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nd4b3 Bc8e6 12. Nc3d5 Be6xd5 13. exd5 Nb8d7 14. g4 Nd7b6 15. h4 Nf6xd5 16. Be3xb6 Nd5xb6 17. Qd2xd6 Qc7xd6 18. Rd1xd6 Nb6a4 19. g5 Ra8d8 20. Rd6xd8 Rf8xd8 21. h5 e4 22. c3 e3 23. f4 b5 24. Rh1h3 Rd8e8 25. Kc1c2 Bg7f8 26. Nb3d4 Bf8c5 27. b3 Na4b6 28. Kc2d3 Nb6d5 29. Rh3f3 Bc5xd4 30. Kd3xd4 Re8d8 31. c4 Nd5xf4 32. Kd4xe3 Nf4xe2 33. Ke3xe2 bxc4 34. bxc4 Rd8d4 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rf3c3 Rd4g4 37. c5 Rg4e4 38. Ke2f3 Re4e7 39. c6 Re7c7 40. Kf3e4 Kg8f8 41. Ke4d5 Kf8e7 42. Kd5c5 Ke7e6 43. Kc5b6 Ke6d6 44. Rc3d3 Kd6e6 45. Kb6xc7 Ke6f5 46. Kc7d7 Kf5xg5 47. c7 f5 48. c8=Q f4 49. Qc8xa6 Kg5g4 50. Qa6xg6 Kg4h4 51. Rd3d1 1-0
[/pgn]Trash talk is ok if you're both doing it for a bit of fun?What good chess tactic books would you recommend for my level?Recently I finally got around to taking a look at the Philidor. After
1.e4 e5
2.Nf6 d6
3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc6 Be7
6.Bf4 o-o
7.Qd2
I would like to play 7...d5 but I am a little worried about this line:
7.Qd2 d5
8.Ndb5
and here I don't like 8...c6 or 8...Bb4. I did find one game with
8.Ndb5 Na6
which looks okay, at chessbase.com -- Pritchard vs. Meetze (2003) from an IECC email knock-out tournament.
I am not an advanced player and do not trust my own analysis of such a position. Also, I do not have access to a strong chess engine. So, I am looking for analysis from strong players and also from strong chess engines (preferably more than one). I basically want to know if this is sound. Please note: I am currently NOT engaged in ANY correspondence chess games, so you will not be assisting with an ongoing game.
If you aren't rated at least 1900 then please don't reply unless you are offering engine analysis. Thanks.White: Me (2125)
Black: Opponent (1679)
1.f3 d5 2.Kf2
Activating the king.
2...c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Ne2 Be7 7.h3 0-0 8.Nd2 b5 9.b3 a5 10.a3 Qc7 11.g3
I like to call this the I-play-like-I'm-on-drugs variation. Black has no moves that can break through the great white wall...save for maybe a4, b4, c4, d4, e4, Nd7-f5-f4, g5-g4, or h5-h4. But other than that, the wall is completely impenetrable.
11...Bf5 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Be6 14.g4 Rad8 15.Ng3 Qb6 16.Kg2 g6 17.h4 c4
17...b4 was better, forcing white to give up their defence of the d4 outpost. However, 17...c4 gives black an excellent opportunity to make a dubious sacrifice which they otherwise would not have been able to do.
18.bxc4 Nxe4 19.fxe4 f5 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.exf5 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Nxc4
White is slightly better in this position due to a space advantage and a more active king.
24...Qc5 25.Bg5 Rd3 26.Rhd1 Rxc3 27.Rac1 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rd8 29.Qe4 Bxg5 30.hxg5 Rd4 31.Qf3
White is so confident in their position and chess skills that they feel they do not need the extra piece to win.
31...Rxc4 32.Rxc4 Qxc4 33.f6 Kg8 34.Qh5 Nd4
Here it was probably in black's best interest to not let white mate them.
35.Qe8# 1-0
If only black activated their king early on like white did, this would never have happened...hi, i have some pgn files in my chessbase light database that i would like to send via email, how is this possible - regards Robert.Vanquish mentioned the [b] The Phantom[/b] computer in another thread.
I ran a games/chess shop in Ednburgh during the 80's and
ordered one of these. Then it was not very strong but it was brilliant
to see in action.
I had it on display in my shop window playing itself at a high setting
so it moved once every 7/8 minutes.
My shop was by a bus stop and people would argue outside.
"I tell you I saw it move... I did...I did."
I had reports of the late night drunks ( I left it on all night).
waiting for the late bus home asking people if that chess board
was moving by itself or were they really drunk.
At the end of each game it would actually reset all the pieces.
I fantastci sight.
Then one day some guy came in and bought it.
One other minor fact from those days.
And this is 100% true.
I recall a student coming into my shop in the mid 80's and
telling me how he could store games inside his computer and
keep a record of them that way.
I said something like... "sound OK but I keep mine in score books.
why bother keying them all into a computer?"
Then the most common comp was a ZX Spectrum, Comm 64 and
I think Atari. PC's (286's) were out but few had them.
The guy who invented DATABASE was a student in Edinburgh at the time.
It must have been him.
What would things be like if I had convinced him he was wasting
his time? True story.if you were a las vegas oddsmaker, what would you set the starting odds at? im not sure whos favored even but i hope vishy will win :)Been playing on here for about 2 hours.
Suddenly have notched up a few disconnections whilst in easily
won positions. Is it something that just seems to happen from
time?
My computer seems OK. I've not been kicked off the net.
It's always when I accept a challenge - it never happens if
I set up the board - anybody else experience the same trouble?it is here in RHP for a stalemateSometimes backfires, especially if you don't recognize your opponent is on to it.
[gid]5134385[/gid]:DI have been reading the classical My System by Nimzovitsch. The book is interesting but I don't believe it added any playing strength to me, interestingly I started to play worse??I also read the old book how to win in the chess endings but...:(.
I play much better when solving tactics intensely. Any advice? How to go about to improve steadily for someone with limited time for chess? Opening study, end games, chess books or tactics?is it possible to know the maximum amount of moves a single game can possibly have?
Also, anyone know the game with the most moves ever recorded?
XDHere is a joyful game to kick off a Sunday morning blitz session.
I've just played it on the uchess site (changed name in PGN as I
do not want anyone knowing me on that site - but as I know how
sceptical you guys are - PM me and I'll gladly send the details).
Kicked the Queen about moving my pieces closer to the King.
Then ignore the Queen and sac my Queen for the mate.
22 moves and not a piece developed on the Queenside.
The first piece I develop is my King.
[pgn]
[Event "uChess rated"]
[Site "www.uchess.com"]
[Date "2008.6.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White " graded 1450"]
[Black "aka greenpawn34"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 f7-f5 3. Bf1-c4 f5xe4 4. Nf3xe5 d7-d5 5. Qd1-h5 g7-g6 6. Ne5xg6 h7xg6 7. Qh5xh8 Ke8-f7 8. Bc4-b3 Bc8-e6 9. Qh8-d4 Nb8-c6 10. Qd4-e3 Bf8-h6 11. Qe3-g3 Ng8-e7 12. O-O Ne7-f5 13. Qg3-c3 Bh6-g7 14. Qc3-c5 Bg7-d4 15. Qc5-b5 Qd8-h4 16. Bb3xd5 Ra8-h8 17. h2-h3 Nc6-e5 18. Bd5xe6 Kf7xe6 19. c2-c3 Ne5-f3 20. Kg1-h1 Qh4xh3 21. g2xh3 Rh8xh3 22. Kh1-g2 Rh3-h2 0-1
[/pgn]1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6
Just wanted to get feedback from others who may play this defense as black. Strengths, weaknesses, general ideas, etc....
Thanks!I'm not complaining about the vacation system. It is legit: people have lives. What I want to know is how to find out when my oponents vacation will end. If my oponent did not say in his profile when he would return, is there a way I can find out?Grand Masters‘ Tournament in the Civic Theatre – Sparkassen Open A and B in the Town Hall
World Class Players Compete for the Dortmund Chess Crown
Sparkassen Chess Meeting from 28th June to 6th July
From 28th June to 6th July 2008 everything in Dortmund’s Civic Theatre will once again revolve around chess. Eight Grand Masters will compete for points and victories during this year’s Sparkassen Chess Meeting. The spectators at the classical chess tournament with the richest tradition in Germany can look forward to exciting games at this attractive venue. The festival mood of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting is heightened by the Sparkassen Open that will be played in Dortmund Town Hall.
For the 36th International Dortmund Chess Days the eight Grand Masters will come from six different countries, two of them will participate in the Sparkassen Chess Meeting for the first time. Four world class players count as tournament favourites: first and foremost the title defender and second in world ranking, VLADIMIR KRAMNIK. In the past two years the 32-year-old Russian dominated in the Civic Theatre – by now he can look back on no less than eight victories in Dortmund. At the Sparkassen Chess Meeting Kramnik can prove his form again before his world championship duel with Viswanathan Anand in Bonn in October. SHAKHRIYAR MAMEDJAROV will compete in Dortmund for the second year running. The 22-year-old world class player from Azerbaijan is number seven in the world ranking. Last year PETER LEKO gained third place at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting. The 28-year-old Hungarian won the tournament in 1999 and in 2002 and this year will fight for victory again. A further candidate for the title is the Ukrainian number one, VASSILY IVANCHUK. The 39-year-old has achieved impressive victories over the past year, currently he is number eleven in the world ranking. This year Germany will be represented by two players from the national team, ARKADIJ NAIDITSCH and JAN GUSTAFSSON. In 2005 Dortmund local hero Naiditsch (22) wrote chess history in the Civic Theatre when he became the first German, and at only 19 the youngest, winner of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting. Jan Gustafsson (28) is a native of Hamburg and will compete at the Chess Days for the first time. Also competing here for the first time is IAN NEPOMNIACHTCHI from Russia. The 17-year-old won his invitation to the Sparkassen Chess Meeting with his victory in the Aeroflot Open in Moscow. The Dutch top player LOEK VAN WELY (35) will return to Dortmund after playing here in 2005. At his debut in the Civic Theatre he then gained fourth place out of ten players.
The tournament rules: there will be a total of seven rounds so that each of the eight grand masters will play each opponent once. Once again the spectators in the Civic Theatre can follow the matches of the chess stars closely and in a pleasant environment: all games will be displayed live on big screens, and the German Grand Masters Dr Helmut Pfleger and Klaus Bischoff will provide live commentaries via headphones.
Sparkassen Open A and B in the Town Hall: 30th June to 6th July
Monday, 30th June, will see the start of the traditional Sparkassen Open with a total of about 200 places.
The Sparkassen Open A (open ELO Tournament) and Open B (Amateur Open) will be played in Dortmund
Town Hall, in close vicinity to the Civic Theatre. The invitation to the Open Tournaments can be found here.
http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/english/english.htmlDoes anyone know where I can get this program? I have used it for some years but it was lost after a harddisk crash. At chesscaptor.com it seems they don't have it any more, in spite of the site's name. It was very fine for creating nice chess diagrams to put in Word files - with colors if wanted. And rather inexpensive, about 20 $.I think the games are about to start now. Does anyone know how it will be broadcasted online? I guess playchess requires membership to watch, or I just couldn't figure it out as guest. I'd appreciate any info.
Edit: OK I guess there was something wrong with Playchess at the moment I wrote this post. It's being broadcasted right now.Nordpolen's stats say he has played 513 games and 516 were rated.
How can the first number be smaller than the second number?I tried a kinda knight sac in the beginning and was hoping for a kind of Damiano type thing but I kinda feel as if a better player might've been able to save themself, but maybe it was sound. Any help?
[ pgn ]
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[EndDate "2008.06.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "banx99"]
[Black "danjou"]
[WhiteRating "1320"]
[BlackRating "1197"]
[WhiteELO "1320"]
[BlackELO "1197"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "5110089"]
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 d6 3. d4 f6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. Nf3xe5 dxe5 6. Qd1h5 Ke8d7 7. Qh5xe5 Nb8c6 8. Bf1b5 a6 9. Bb5xc6 bxc6 10. Ke1e2 Ng8f6 11. Nb1a3 Bf8d6 12. Qe5g5 Rh8g8 13. e5 Nf6e4 14. Qg5f5 Kd7e8 15. Qf5xe4 Bc8b7 16. exd6 Ke8d7 17. Rh1d1 cxd6 18. Bc1f4 Rg8e8 19. Rd1xd6 Kd7c8 20. Rd6xd8 Kc8xd8 21. Ra1d1 Kd8c8 22. Bf4e5 c5 23. Qe4f5 Re8e6 24. Qf5xe6 1-0
[ /pgn ]
P.S. this is first time using this browser thing so it probably won't work
EDIT: anyone feel like teaching me how to use it?
anyways link to game is [gid]5110089[/gid]Hey folks, first time poster here.
I'm enjoying the heck out of this site and i'm thoroughly addicted.
I've logged 20 games against 10 different opponents.
I've managed to find 4 great opponents that i've played multiple games against. But i've had 6 Ops disappear with no explanation at various stages of our game.
Is this normal or am i just unlucky?Do you go through any kind of process before every move you make? Like "what is my opponents threat?" etc? I realize this probably becomes a natural process for seasoned players, but I think it would help solidify my game if I asked myself a list of questions after every move my opponent makes.
thanks for any suggestions.hi all,.i,m new at this site and can,t find the conditional moves trigger,please help this obviously not so smart bloke out,the site i,m used to is plain to see,but i can,t find it here,,,helpme5 Minute Game
I nick a piece in the opening and then enjoy myself
kicking the White Queen around the board.
I eventually lose the piece back.
I set a trap (19...Rxg2) that my opponent falls into it and I win.
I've been playing games like this all night.
Winning from the opening - losing it - resorting to traps and winning.
(In one game I forgot to play Nf6 and got hammered.)
[pgn]
[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.6.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "sami vuori"]
[Black "greenpawn34"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 f7-f5 3.Nf3xe5 Nb8-c6 4.Qd1-h5 g7-g6 5.Ne5xg6 Ng8-f6 6.Qh5xf5 d7-d5 7.Qf5-g5 Rh8-g8 8. e4-e5 Rg8xg6 9.Qg5-f4 Bf8-h6 10.Qf4-a4 Nf6-e4 11.Nb1-c3 Ne4-c5 12.Qa4-b5 Qd8-e7 13.d2-d4 Bh6xc1 14.Ra1xc1 Nc5-e4 15.Nc3xe4 d5xe4 16.d4-d5 Bc8-d7 17.d5xc6 Bd7xc6 18.Qb5-b3 O-O-O 19.Bf1-e2 Rg6xg2 20.Qb3-h3 Qe7-d7 21.Qh3xg2 Qd7-d2 0-1[/pgn]I used to castle queenside liberally, particularly when playing against a black kingside fianchetto to attack by advancing my kingside pawns. But as I've improved and run into better players I've landed my king into hot water and wondered how the hell it happened. I've become a little gun shy about it, though I do enjoy those games where you're attacking the king side and your opponent's attacking queenside and it's a race to see who breaks through first. Sometimes the board almost looks like a yin-yang Tao symbol.
I've become aware of the weakness of the a-pawn and having to spend a move to bring the king to the b square. But what are some of the general rules of thumb as to deciding whether to castle queen side? What steps should you take for protection?
And when is it appropriate for black to castle queenside? I can't think of any opening variations in which it's routinely done.Black fractures whites pawn structure, gaining compensation for being down the exchange, rook for knight.
The remaining knight becomes very powerful in the later middle and endgame.
Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[pgn][Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.c4 d6 6.d5 O-O 7.Nc3 c6
8.Nf4 Bd7 9.h4 Bh8 10.e4 Na6 11.h5 g5 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.dxe6 Nxe4
14.Bxe4 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 fxe4 16.Bxg5 Nc5 17.Be3 Nd3+ 18.Kf1 Rf3
19.Rh4 Rxe3 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.h6 Qf8 22.Qg7+ Qxg7 23.hxg7 Kxg7
24.fxe3 Rf8+ 25.Kg1 Rf3 26.Rf1 Rxg3+ 27.Kh2 Rf3 28.Rg1+ Kf6
29.Rh6+ Kf5 30.Rxh7 Kxe6 31.Rgg7 Ne5 32.Rxe7+ Kf6 33.Rxb7 Rxe3
34.Rh6+ Kg5 35.Rxd6 Rxc3 36.Rb3 Rc2+ 37.Kg3 Rxa2 38.Rd4 Kf5
39.Re3 Ng4 40.Rexe4 Ra3+ 41.Kh4 Nf2+ 42.Rf4+ Ke5 43.c5 Rh3+
44.Kg5 Re3 45.Ra4 Nh3+ 46.Kg4 Nxf4 47.Rxa7 Ne6 0-1[/pgn]
With great commentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWgtaqLhA34Do most of you use the analysis board to play through a move before submitting it? I try and limit use of this feature as it becomes a crutch that effects me when I play OTB and can not check out a variation. I do find myself bringing it up when I can't convince myself that I'm not throwing away the game. Then I feel guilty about it. Just curious about how others use this feature.
BrianI dont see why I should. I can get every feature here and more at chesshere.com, I dont think Id wanna play more than 6 games anyway, I have no desire to play in a siege or in a tournament forced to play some engine user for a worthless title. Or join some clan that wants me to play 50 games to bring it up to the top of the worthless clan standings.
Explain to me the rationale for subscribing for someone who usually plays active games. The way I see it subs play far too many games and they're atleast 100 pts overrated.Anyone fancy a game 1 0 ? 1300+ pls :PHow is your rating calculated?This came up as one of the side variations while I was studying tactics. It's a long sequence, and I liked it. There's not many defensive problems, so I thought I might share it.
[fen]R6R/1r3pp1/4p1kp/3pP3/5PPK/3r1q1P/1PQ5/8 w - - 0 3[/fen]
[b] White to move and draw.[/b]I was playing OTB against someone and we reach this position:
[fen]r1bqk2r/pp1nbppp/2p1pn2/3p2B1/2PP4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq -[/fen]
He played 7. c5 and I wasn't sure how to continue. What do I do against that?Where can I find clasical chess games with annotation explaining the idea behind each move? Often when I look at games I don't understand the reason behind them...[uid]414759[/uid]I just played a very interesting blitz game (for me, anyway). I sacced a bishop on F7 to create what I thought would be a winning attack. Somehow, it just didn't work out, though I did manage to salvage a draw. I was hoping someone who's a bit better than I am would look at it and maybe suggest where I could have won (or whether the attack was unsound to begin with).
[pgn]1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3. Nb1-c3 Bc8-g4 4. Bf1-c4 Bg4xf3 5. Qd1xf3 Qd8-f6 6. Qf3-g3 a7-a6 7. d2-d3 b7-b5 8. Nc3-d5 Qf6-d8 9. Bc4-b3 c7-c6 10. Nd5-e3 a6-a5 11. a2-a3 a5-a4 12. Bb3-a2 h7-h5 13. Ne3-f5 g7-g6 14. Nf5-h4 Ng8-f6 15. Ba2xf7 Ke8xf7 16. Qg3xg6 Kf7-e7 17. Bc1-g5 Nb8-d7 18. f2-f4 Qd8-e8 19. Qg6-f5 Rh8-g8 20. f4xe5 d6xe5 21. O-O Qe8-f7 22. d3-d4 Qf7-g7 23. Bg5xf6 Qg7xf6 24. Qf5xd7 Ke7xd7 25. Rf1xf6 Bf8-e7 26. Rf6-f7 Kd7-e6 27. Ra1-f1 Be7xh4 28. d4xe5 Ke6xe5 29. Rf1-f5 Ke5-e6 30. Rf7-h7 Ra8-d8 31. Rh7-h6 Ke6-e7 32. Rh6-h7 Ke7-e8 33. Rf5-e5 Ke8-f8 34. Re5-f5 Kf8-e8 35. Rf5-e5 1/2-1/2[/pgn]A friend of mine and I were playing several OTB games last night and we started playing games with alternative rules. All standard rules of piece movement applied. Here is a list of what we played:
Losing Chess: If you have a capture, you must take it. First one to force his/her opponent to take all his/her pieces wins.
Counting Chess: White starts by playing one move. Black responds with two consecutive moves. White then plays three consecutive moves. Black four, etc.
Instant middle-game: A divider is placed across the middle of the board. Both players set up pieces in random places. The divider is lifted. Hilarity ensues.
Games we have played in the past:
Knightmare Chess: A card game to be accompanied by a chess set. At the end of each turn a player has an option of playing a card which allows certain moves to be made. For instance, a card may allow the user to move a knight twice, or switch positions of knights and bishops, or allow a pawn to capture backwards. This game is a bit more random and is suggested to be played by people who can play to just have fun.
Four-player chess: Played on a cross-shaped board (a regular board with three rows attached to each side). Play like normal chess.
Knightmare Four-Player Chess: Combine the last two variations. If you are one to get mad easily, don't even bother.
So, what variations can you come up with?
npWe all play for various reasons. Most of us play just because it's fun
and we like chess. There's no money in it, there's no glory in it.
Even if someone is the top player, no one really knows who they are.
So what is the point in logging on and having an engine play for you?
These guys are really sick.I recently joined the Red Hot Pawn community and started playing a few games (including accepting some challenges). Since that time 3 of 5 games have been deleted by the opponent.
I receive an email with the message:
"Any standard game that has not started, or has only just begun, may be deleted in this way."
This seems to be a bad practice. I would like the opinion of others on this subject as I am considering leaving the site and playing elsewhere. Thanks.
BrianI got a few:
First:
A chess master died - after a few days, a friend of his heard a voice; it was him!
"What's it like, where you are now," he asked.
"What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news."
"Tell me the good news first."
"Well, it's really heaven here. There are tournaments and blitz sessions going on all the time and Morphy, Alekhine, Lasker, Tal, Capablanca, Botvinnik, they're all here, and you can play them."
"Fantastic!" the friend said, "and what is the bad news?"
"You have Black against Capablanca on Saturday."[Event "Rated game, 90m + 5s"]
[Site "Room 1"]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korch"]
[Black "Materialist"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[TimeControl "5400+5"]
1. e4 {7} e5 {17} 2. Bc4 {5} Nc6 {142} 3. Nf3 {8} Bc5 {6} 4. d3 {7} Nf6 {21} 5.
Bb3 {4} a6 {103} 6. c3 {62} Ba7 {7} 7. O-O {3} d6 {125} 8. h3 {3} h6 {108} 9.
Re1 {77} O-O {112} 10. Nbd2 {5} Ne7 {76} 11. Nf1 {68} Ng6 {118} 12. Ng3 {2} c5
{554} 13. d4 {135} b5 {1043} 14. Be3 {55} Re8 {381} 15. Bc2 {105} Bb7 {699} 16.
d5 {28} Bc8 {16} 17. Qd2 {279} Bd7 {94} 18. Bxh6 {280} gxh6 {7} 19. Qxh6 {0}
Qe7 {121} 20. Nf5 {365} Qf8 {258} 21. Qg5 {21} Nh7 {24} 22. Qg3 {4} Kh8 {36}
23. Ng5 {308} Nxg5 {217} 24. Qxg5 {0} Bb6 {14} 25. Re3 {409} Bd8 {146} 26. Qh5+
{4} Kg8 {3} 27. Rg3 {1} Bf6 {45} 28. f4 {. 1208} exf4 {279} 29. Rxg6+ {5} fxg6
{11} 30. Qxg6+ {0} Kh8 {48} 31. Qh5+ {2} Kg8 {8} 32. Nh6+ {1} Qxh6 {292} 33.
Qxh6 {25} Be5 {15} 34. Qg6+ {161} Kh8 {23} 35. Qf7 {3} Rad8 {33} 36. Bd1 {84}
Rg8 {56} 37. Qh5+ {40} Kg7 {1} 38. Qg5+ {2} Kh7 {1} 39. Qh4+ {9} Kg7 {11} 40.
Bg4 {2} Bf6 {40} 41. Qf2 {41} Bxg4 {1} 42. hxg4 {1} Bg5 {13} 43. Kf1 {6} Rde8 {
8} 44. Qf3 {9} Rh8 {21} 45. Ke2 {3} Rh2 {17} 46. Kd3 {11} Kf6 {16} 47. a4 {15}
Ke5 {10} 48. axb5 {2} axb5 {0} 49. b3 {6} Reh8 {34} 50. Ra7 {6} Rh1 {18} 51.
Rf7 {5} Bf6 {12} 52. g5 {Materialist resigns (Lag: Av=0.44s, max=2.6s) 5} 1-0
P.S. Unfortunately could not put this game in PGN formatDoes anyone have a portable chess computer that allows the uploading of PGN files, or even better already has a database of historical games? I spend a lot of time traveling and would like to be able to review some games while in the air.post yer comeback games.
[gid]5019150[/gid]
[gid]4164678[/gid] (some moves are missing)
[gid]5007724[/gid]I've only played a few dozen games in yere yet, but this happenned to me twice: when losing, they have just left the game to result in a time-out loss. (they were making moves in their other games, only not mine.)
probably they suppose it's just good for their profile (not particularly the profile on the site), not losing by resignation but by a time-out. it's like saying hey, I didn't admit it, it just happened.
here's one of my games which I would be proud to post in my profile, but just don't want to because of that timeout situation: [gid]4584481[/gid] (the last move by white wasn't a blunder by the way. the game was lost already).I am just curious to know, excluding the open invites, how people choose who to challenge to a game of chess?.
I generally choose by searching through the threads trying to find somebody who has made a comment that I particularly like and then see if I can challenge him/her to a game - no particular rational to that.
Am I unique in this respect or does anyone else do it that way?
I would like to know any unusual strategies any of you use to choose your challenger.I must admit I am at a loss. This is my second game against someone a good bit better than me I'll admit. I lost the first game, but put up a good fight, some mistakes here and there but nothing to terrible. We have just played our second match, I am one move from mate, and I received a message from him saying it is obviously a draw and thanks. But its not. I would accept a draw with any player, be they better than me or not, if it were in fact a draw. But I won this game fair and square. How can I graciously tell him to make his one last move or resign without sounding like a whiner? Maybe I am just missing how it might be a draw, but i doubt that.[gid]5015274[/gid]
Any help on resolving this would be appreciated,
AutumnsDadNow that we have pgn viewer, it will be much easier to look on the games, from this or other sites. Do not hesitate to post one short eye candy of yours !! Let's build a nice collection. It would be nice if you write the name of the opening, just for practical reasons so anyone can find the games of their interest and remember nasty tactical shots or opening traps.
Nothing special but only a start;
Two knights defense, traxler counterattack
[pgn]
[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2008.06.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "x"]
[Black "Pasagul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1161"]
[BlackElo "1170"]
[ECO "C57"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7. Ke3
Qh4 8. Nxh8 Qf4+ 9. Kd3 Nb4+ 10. Ke2 Qf2# {BenjaminJD checkmated} 0-1
[/pgn]If you know some nice puzzle to share put it here !
Black to move ;
[fen]6k1/2q2r1p/2n5/pp1p4/b2P4/P1Q2NP1/2N2PK1/7R b - - 0 0[/fen]Just finished a game in which I gave up an exchange + another rook, hoping I could get mate. Turned out in my favor. But, was it sound? I'm too lazy to take a look at it right now. :P
[gid]4550271[/gid]When the skull appears beside one of my games, what is the proper etiquette to claim the timeout win?
Should you message the opponent first and offer them one last chance to move or just go ahead and claim the win?
Thoughts/comments??Can someone please post an article about the Traxler and it's ins and outs?When I have too many games going at the same time I have problems to make moves. Often I blunder in games I should win. And I'm constantly late in games.
I tend to delay boring games (the ones I'm under) and move only those games I enjoy (the ones I'm about to win). And moreover I move the games I have to move in order not to lose in time.
What criteria do you use when selecting games to move and what games you skip for later?
Do you prioritize certain games? If so, under what criteria?
Do you try to make moves in all games or only them you must, in order not to lose in time?
A good remedy of having not too many games going is of course not to enter tournaments. But when you only have games left with 20 moves or more, then you want to start new fresh games. (I try to have games of all stages.) And suddenly you have too many games going - again.
Some have 600+ games going at the same time. They always tend to move as late as possible. The often lose on time. Is chess at RHP only a hard labour for them, or do they really feel pleasure in their many games?
Well, I would like to have a less number of games, games that I can put better effort to, to play better chess, think a little deeper in those.
Thoughts, anyone?chess expert from boston MA beat alexander shabolov in a great game...thats a differnce of 450 rating points... at fox woods.. shabolov should retire ...chris is awsome...Attacking with pieces other than your queen is sensible sometimes, but don't use other pieces just for the sake of it.
Take advantage of your queen!.
Use your queen because:
a) Its the strongest piece, therefore she can cause the most damage
b) other than the rook, the queen is the only piece that can singlehandedly checkmate the king
Now honestly, lets think about this. For everyone following the Euro championships this should strike home. Now imagine your chess pieces as a futbol team, and your opponents as the same. Like high level futbol teams, you two are evenly matched in power, its about intelligence.
Would anyone ever play to win with their weakest players? The answer, we have seen is yes with 8-10 changes in the starting lineups for the Portuguese and the Dutch. These teams essentially played with their knights. They took their queens out of practice, and then when the game mattered and they started attacking with their queen's again, Ruud Van Nistelroy couldn't protect King Van der Saar and his lead.
The queen, in competition can dominate any other piece on the board, but if you hold it back you cannot utilize her power.
Bottom line; Be mean, attack with your queen!As this is the silly season.
No Castling, Ignore the Centre, Play the Caro (spit) Khan etc etc.
Rick Kennedy calls 1.e4 Nf6 e5 d5 3.exf6 The Trojan Gambit.
(don't try and email this opening to a friend , Hotmail has a
fit when it 'reads' the word Trojan).
I've played it a couple of times in some blitz games.
Some nice wins - a few terrible defeats.
I've also played the sister idea:
1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 e5 3.dxc6
Had a good perpetual with this 3 pieces down.
But it has no name?
Over to you guys - the guy that comes up with the best name
has to play it twice on this site.
(I bet you some nutcase, apart from me, has already played it)Attacking the center is sensible sometime, but don't attack the center just for the sake of it.
Avoid the center because
a) It lets me know where your pieces are so I can attack them
b) As the game progresses the king won't be in the center, so attacking him is impossible in the center
c) As the game progresses you trade pieces so having pieces placed in the center isn't preferable to off the board, with one of your opponents pieces.
As proof [gid]5125787[/gid] shows the St. George's defense which doesn't attack the center, and it led to a win.any of you dudes face or play the Caro Khan, whats with c6, whats wrong with c5, is c6 not a little passive, how can white take advantage of this, any ideas most appreciated and finaly is this sound - regards Robbie
1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nf3 !? dxe4
4.Ne5VIII World chess championship Michail Tal cup
(Riga OPEN 2008)
19.08.-24.08.2008
Latvia, Riga Classical gymnasium, Purvciema iela 38
Tournament A(Main)- : 19. – 24.08., 9 rounds, 1 hours 30 min for the whole game + 30 sec. increase for each move played, FIDE rated
19.08. registration 12:00 – 14:30
pairings drawn, opening 14:45
1st round 15:00 – 19:00
20.08. 2nd round 10:00 – 14:00
3rd round 15:00 – 19:00
21.08. 4th round 10:00 – 14:00
5th round 15:00 – 19:00
22.08. 6th round 10:00 – 14:00
7th round 15:00 – 19:00
23.08. C tournament 12:00 – 17:00
24.08. 8th round 10.00 – 14.00
9th round 14:00 – 19:00
closing ceremony 16:00
Tournament B(children tournament 1992 birthday year and younger):
20. – 22.08., 7 rounds, 50 for the whole game + 5 sec increase for each move played
20.08. registration 12:00 – 14:30
pairings drawn, opening 14:45
1st round 15:00 – 17:00
2nd round 18:00 – 20:00
21.08. 3rd round 10:00 – 12:00
4th round 13:00 – 15:00
5th round 16:00 – 18:00
22.08. 6th round 10:00 – 12:00
7th round 13:00 – 15:00
closing ceremony 15:45
Tournament C Kemeru city chess tournament (Jurmala)
Time of control 10 min. + 3 sec. for each move
Maximum participants – 50
Starts on 23.08. at 12.00
Organizers will guarantee transportation from Riga-Kemeri-Riga (for free)
Entry fees
Tournament A:
GM, IM, FM with FIDE rating of 2400 or better - FREE,
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Prizes:
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Prizes are not split.
Players can receive one prize only. In the case of tiebreaks, following systems are used
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Entries: Tournament A until 12.08. 18:00,
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Please, use entry form for the Tournaments A and B
Entries should be sent to: Riga Chess Federation, Braslas street 7, Riga, LV-1035.
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0.70 LVL ~ 1 EURDoes anybody else here find that most subscribers are easy wins? I think its because most of them have so many games in progress. Most of the ones I have played against have 35 games in progress but I have played a 70 and a 191. With that many games how do you keep your blunder checking up to par? I find that when I have just one game in progress I play very well in it because I'm able to concentrate my efforts. What do you all think?
Here is a game against an anonymous subscriber that I played to show my point. He has 70 games in progress.
[pgn]
[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[EndDate "2008.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "timmydoza"]
[WhiteRating "1417"]
[BlackRating "1607"]
[WhiteELO "1417"]
[BlackELO "1607"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Ng8f6 2. g3 g6 3. Bf1g2 Bf8g7 4. c4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ng1e2 e5
7. d5 Nb8d7 8. Nb1c3 Nd7b6 9. b3 Bc8g4 10. Qd1c2 Rf8e8 11. h3 Bg4xe2
12. Nc3xe2 c6 13. Bc1b2 cxd5 14. exd5 Ra8c8 15. Ne2c3 Nb6d7 16. O-O Nd7c5
17. b4 Nc5d7 18. Nc3e2 Nd7b6 19. Qc2a4 Nb6xa4 0-1[/pgn]After years of playing Chess, I have finally had the oportunity to play the Morphy v. Duke of Brunswick game move for move!
5110933
Has anyone else played this game on RHP?I have a question that's been bothering me for years... GM Kotov of Russia, and Tim Harding, a correspondence master from Ireland, both advocate compiling a database of games using one's favorite openings. My question is: If a chessplayer has access to thousands of games containing ones favorite openings, what do keep in your database?? Some of them? All of Them? A Few of them? How does an average player know what to keep? You can send me a message, or e mail me at: williamportor@hotmail.com Thanks - bill718I actually beat someone like this the other day.
1. g4 e5
2. f4 Qd8-h4##
[fen]rnb1kbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/5PPq/8/PPPPP2P/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1[/fen]
It wasn't online, it was over a table.One I think for the [i]'when not to castle school.'[/i]
Actually I just wanted to test the piece moving thingy and
show you this (cough!) masterpiece.
I simply could not resist putting the 3rd piece en prise.
White spent ages looking at 0-0 in the end he did not
like what he saw, shrugged his shoulders and 0-0-0.
This was a serious OTB rated game in a club minor championship.
[pgn]
[Event "Club Minor"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "G. Morrison"]
[Black "G. Chandler"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
1.b3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Bc5 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.Qxe5+ Be6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 O-O 8.Bxc6 Ng4 9.Qe4 Qf6 10.Be3 Bf5 11.Qf3 bxc6 12.c3 Bd6 13. dxc6 Rfe8 14.Ne2 Re7 15.Nd2 Rae8 16.O-O-O Ba3[/pgn]
Finally got it - space between 15. Nd2 (should be 15.Nd2)There used to be a forum for this but oh well.
Looking for a set of games, any takers?I played bughouse chess variant for the first time yesterday (4 players, two boards).
I played it for the first time and I suspect that me and my friend who was in pair with me was victims of cheating.
My opponent was far less skilled and I would always open with KG, rip open the f file, add some extra pieces on the board and when was mate in one his pair would tell to him "stop to play the game" so the game would continue only on one board until they would win on other table or on time because the pair of my opponent is best of all of us at chess (1900 chess at least)
Is it possible that at bughouse chess variant you can stop to play when your board is losing ? I mean, then my friend just have to stop to play right away so I smash my opponent in normal game of chess ???how long can you take vacayion? and can you find out how long a player put in for?Castling is sensible a sometimes but dont castle just for the sake of it
Avoid castling because;
a) it sets a come and get me target in the corner
b) as the game progresses and pieces are traded the kings is better placed nearer the centre.Why did black resign?Hi Korch, greetings from Athens, Greece;
Sharp game! I like the way Black handles it, however I think 7.h4 is a premature; the White should try 7. Rg1 and 8.Be3 in order to drive more carefully and prepare to castle queenside waiting a bit for his kingside development (i.e. Matulovic-Buckic 1-0, Yugoslav Ch. 1967/ Belyavsky-Ghinda 1-0, Bucharest 1980/ Liberzon-Formanek 1-0, Beersheva 1972). But anyway your game is a Scheveningen original and your evaluations look to me pretty correct (I play 100% Scheveningen when Black on 1.e4).
Best regards!Strong player, average player, total patzers, if you have a moment to spare can you please chime in your feedback on this game?
I thought I had a nice position out of the opening... but then I suddenly didn't! And then I thought I had a won endgame... but then I suddenly didn't! Here is the game in pgn, and my comments to follow.
[pgn]
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[EndDate "2008.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "anibal100"]
[Black "Joan34"]
[WhiteRating "1706"]
[BlackRating "1601"]
[WhiteELO "1706"]
[BlackELO "1601"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "5095720"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Ng8f6 3. Nb1c3 Nf6xd5 4. Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 5. Ng1f3 Nb8c6
6. d4 Bc8f5 7. Bf1e2 Nc6b4 8. Be2d3 Bf5xd3 9. cxd3 O-O-O 10. O-O e6
11. a3 Nb4c6 12. Bc1e3 Bf8d6 13. Ra1c1 Kc8b8 14. Qd1a4 Qd5a5 15. Qa4b3 Qa5a6
16. Rc1c3 Rd8d7 17. Rf1c1 Nc6e7 18. Nf3e5 Bd6xe5 19. dxe5 Rh8d8 20. d4 c6
21. h3 Kb8a8 22. Rc3c4 b5 23. Rc4c2 Rd8c8 24. Qb3d3 g6 25. Qd3e4 Rd7d5
26. Qe4f3 Ne7f5 27. Rc2c5 Qa6b7 28. Rc5xd5 cxd5 29. Rc1xc8 Qb7xc8
30. Qf3e2 Qc8c4 31. Qe2xc4 bxc4 32. Kg1f1 Ka8b7 33. Kf1e2 Kb7c6 34. Ke2d2 Kc6b5
35. Kd2c3 Kb5a4 36. Be3g5 Nf5xd4 37. Kc3xd4 Ka4b3 38. Bg5e7 Kb3xb2
39. Be7b4 a5 40. Bb4xa5 Kb2xa3 41. Kd4c3 Ka3a2 42. Ba5b6 Ka2b1 43. Bb6e3 h5
44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Kb1a2 46. f4 Ka2b1 47. Be3d2 Kb1a2 48. Bd2c1 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]Hello everyone!
For my entire chess life, besides experimenting, I've played 1.e4 and 1.c4 entirely. Recently, I've decided to switch to 1.d4 for a while.
I find that this opening, although slower and more positional, is really the best way to win a game against a tough opponent. Mostly all opponents have studied their responses to 1.e4
I find that simplifying many d-pawn openings into a drawing position is less likely to occur.
What are your thoughts? Who prefers 1.d4 over 1.e4 or 1.c4 and why? I'm looking for some insight.
Thanks.Started to play on FICS yesterday. So far I've played about fifteen 10/0 games. My rating here on RHP hovers around 1400s, and there it is 900s!?
It is very frustrating. Has anyone else experienced the same?
Here on RHP I don't spend a lot of time on my moves. Usually I move within 20-40 sec.
Is there anyone here with rating 1300 - 1500 who play on FICS? What are your ratings there?Please, post only games that were actually played and rated, online or OTB.
I found this game a while ago, it's quoted in http://www.chessville.com/reviews/HippopotamusRises.htm, so my guess is that the game was indeed actually played and rated. Thought I'll try the new pgn feature with it. Enjoy!
[pgn]
[Event "Portugese Junior Championship"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Silva, J"]
[Black "Rafael, J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.a3 h6 2.b3 g6 3.c3 f6 4.d3 e6 5.e3 d6 6.f3 c6 7.g3 b6 8.h3 a6 9.a4 b5 10.a5 b4 11.c4 d5 12.c5 d4 13.e4 f5 14.e5 f4 15.g4 h5 16.g5 h4 17.Nc3 dxc3 18.Ra3 bxa3 19.b4 Nf6 20.exf6 Rh6 21.gxh6 g5 22.b5 g4 23.b6 g3 24.d4 e5 25.Bb5 axb5 26.d5 Bg4 27.hxg4 e4 28.d6 e3 29.Qd5 cxd5 30.Ne2 d4 31.Nxd4 Be7 32.dxe7 Qxe7 33.Bb2 Qe4 34.fxe4 cxb2 35.a6 b4 36.Nc2 b3 37.Ke2 bxc2 38.Rd1 Nd7 39.g5 Rc8 40.g6 Rc7 41.bxc7 Nb6 42.cxb6 a2 43.Rd7 Kxd7 44.Kd3 Ke6 45.e5 Kf5 46.Kc4 Ke4 47.Kc5 Kd3 48.Kd6 Kd2 49.Kd7 Kd1 50.Kd8 f3 51.b7 g2 52.a7 h3 53.f7 h2 54.g7 f2 55.h7 e2 56.e6 Kd2 57.e7 Kd1 58.a8=R h1=R 59.b8=N g1=N 60.c8=B f1=B 61.e8=Q e1=Q 62.f8=B c1=B 63.g8=N b1=N 64.h8=R a1=R 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]Do I use it as a coaster, or do I set up a board and do the moves? How do you use it?Can anybody tell me that why my last day created thread is deleted? It was just a question with no harm to anyone?[ pgn ] [/ pgn ]
Details here:
[threadid]95594[/threadid]
-Russhow accurate are the ratings here on RHP? compared to uscf? id imagine it's a little inflated since there arent as many members...
what the consensus?This morning somebody posted a thread drawing
attention to a player's amazing stats.
It had one reply saying perhaps he was a good player.
Now it's gone.
I looked at some games of the player in question.
If the post was meant to hint at engine use then I could
not smell any silicon.
I saw one very good game that had all the hallmarks of a
very good player. It displayed the artistry and humour that
engines lack. It was a very good game of chess. It was not
a box game.
Why was it removed?
Did the player in question object?
(I cannot recall his name - pity he had some good games).
[b]Engine Paranoia.[/b]
Even I was worried that I may be suspect because I can
(very rarely) play a sound combination and am capable of putting
together one or two good moves.
Infact I was so wound up about it I posted another player
my intentions before playing the moves of a two piece sac.
Adding don't tell me if my combo is wrong I'm just letting
you know so my opponent does not scream cheat.
After the game I Fritz't it. It sneered at my pretty idea and
rated another move higher . Philistine.
I've played over at least 100 other players games.
Mostly from posters. I cannot see any engine at work.
Mind you I've not been looking for engines.
I'm looking for combo's, blunders, opening ideas that I can steal, Missed tricks, (I've seen a few of those). good games and
really for my own enjoyment. I do enjoy skipping through other
players games.
(if some of you are using engines then get rid of them -
they are terrible - joke).
On a final note about engine use.
Why do it?
You are never going to win any money on this site.
You are certainly not doing yourself any favours at all.
Infact your opponent is the one who is actually learning
something about the game. You are simply wasting electicity.
You can only really learn from your losses. So play your own game
and loss a few. Then you will win some.
It must feel very hollow to win a game where a computer has
made all the moves for you.
I'd say there can be no pleasure at all in winning a game that way.
Infact anybody who subscribes to this site and then uses a
computer to make their moves for them is a MUG.
Did anybody else see that thread or have I finally flipped my lid?How much would you say doubled and tripled pawns really "worth"?AGAIN!
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