chess practice: 2009

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

totally outplayed last game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[White "beercan"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1282"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defense, Berger variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. exf5 d5
6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Qd6 10. Re1 Be7
11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qf3 c5 13. Ng4 Bd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6
16. Qxd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Rf7 18. dxc5 Bxf5 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Nxf5 Rxf5
21. b3 Rxc5 22. c4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Rd5 Rc6
26. f4 Rf6 27. g3 Ke7 28. Kf2 c6 29. Ra5 Rd6 30. Rxa6 Rd2+
31. Kf3 Rxh2 32. Ra7+ Kf6 33. Ra6 Ke7 34. Rxc6 Rxa2 35. b4 Ra3+
36. Kg4 Ra4 37. b5 Rb4 38. Kf5 Rb3 39. g4 Rd3 40. b6 Rb3
41. c5 Rb5 42. Ke5 Ke8 43. Ke6 Rb4 44. Rc8#
1-0

couldn't save 4th game either

couldn't quite save third game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "bobdaniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1454"]
[BlackElo "1306"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. Qxd4 dxe4 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8
6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3
11. axb3 Bd7 12. Ng3 Bc6 13. Re1 Kc7 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. Rxe4 Be7 17. Bf4+ Bd6 18. Bxd6+ Kxd6 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Rc4 Rac8
21. Rdd4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Rd8 23. g3 Kd7 24. Rd4+ Kc7 25. Rxd8 Kxd8
26. Kg2 Kd7 27. Kf3 Kd6 28. Ke4 f5+ 29. Kd4 e5+ 30. Kd3 Kd5
31. c4+ Kc5 32. Kc3 b5 33. b4+ Kc6 34. c5 g5 35. Kd3 a5
36. Kc3 axb4+ 37. Kxb4 h5 38. f3 e4 39. fxe4 fxe4 40. h3 e3
41. Kc3 Kxc5 42. Kd3 Kb4 43. Kxe3 Kb3 44. Kd4 Kxb2 45. Kc5 Kc3
46. Kxb5 Kd3 47. Kc5 Ke3 48. Kd5 Kf3 49. Ke5 Kxg3 50. Kf5 Kxh3
51. Kxg5 h4 52. Kf4 Kg2
0-1

barely saved second game

Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[White "jpoblano"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1305"]
[BlackElo "1477"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6
6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. Bd3 d6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxb4 Ng4
11. Nf3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qg4 13. O-O h5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qd1 h4
16. h3 Qg3 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Raxe1 O-O-O 19. b4 Ne7 20. a4 f6
21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 Kb8 23. Bb5 Bc8 24. Rb1 g5 25. a5 g4
26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. Nh2 Bc8 28. Rxf6 Rdg8 29. Rb2 h3 30. d6 cxd6
31. cxd6 Ng6 32. d7 Nh4 33. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 34. g4 Rxc3 35. Bd7 Rd8
36. Rd2 Rxe3 37. Kf2 Rxe4 38. Kg3 Ng6 39. Kf3 Rd4 40. Rxd4 Nh4+
41. Ke3 exd4+ 42. Kxd4 Rxd7+ 43. Ke4 Re7+ 44. Kf4 Ng2+ 45. Kg3 Re3+
46. Rf3 Rxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Nh4+ 48. Kg3 Ng6 49. Kxh3 b6 50. axb6 axb6
51. Nf3 b5 52. Nd4 b4 53. Kg3 Kb7 54. Kf3 Kb6 55. Ke4 Kc5
56. Kd3 Ne5+ 57. Ke4 Nxg4 58. Nb3+ Kc4 59. Na5+ Kc3 60. Kd5 Ne3+
61. Kc5 Nc2 62. Kb5 Na1 63. Ka4 Nc2 64. Nb3 Kb2 65. Na5 Nd4
66. Nc4+ Kc3 67. Na5 Nc6 68. Nb3 Ne5 69. Na5 Nc4 70. Kb5 Nxa5
71. Kxa5 b3
0-1

First game not a disaster

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "BeastsofTarzan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1272"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 a6 5. Bc4 e6
6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qe2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bg5 f6
11. Be3 Ne7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Nd4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Bxf5 Bxd4
16. Bxd4 Rxf5 17. g4 Rf8 18. Qe5 Rf6 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxf6 Kf7
21. Be5 d5 22. a4 Nc6 23. Bg3 b4 24. Ne2 a5 25. Nd4 Nxd4
26. Rxd4 Rc8 27. Rd2 Rc4 28. h3 Kf6 29. Re1 d4 30. Be5+ Kg5
31. f4+ Kh4 32. Kh2 b3 33. Bf6+ g5 34. Bxg5#
1-0

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Won last game: your opening advice

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[White "tec9"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1206"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[Variation "S\o rensen defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nxd4 Bxe2 8. Qxe2+ Qe4 9. O-O Qxe2 10. Nxe2 Bd6
11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. c4 Ng4 15. Bf4 Bxf4
16. Nxf4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Rad8 18. Nf3 Rd7 19. h3 Nge5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5
21. Rfe1 Nxc4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rac1 Nxb2 24. Rc2 Nd3 25. Rd1 Rxe7
26. Rxd3 h6 27. g3 Rfe8 28. Rb3 b6 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. Rbc3 Rdd7
31. Rc2 Kg8 32. a4 Kf8 33. a5 Ke8 34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra2 Rd1+
36. Kg2 Kd7 37. Rac2 Kc8 38. Ra2 Kb7 39. Rcc2 Rd8 40. Ra3 Ra8
41. Rac3 Rc8
0-1

too blind

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "KENatCOV"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1360"]
[BlackElo "1179"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Rasa-Studier gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4
6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Bb4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Ne4 h6 10. Ng3 Bg6
11. Ne5 Bh7 12. Nxf7 Qc7 13. Nxh8 Qxg3 14. Bxe6 Bd6 15. Rf3 Qh2+
16. Kf2 Nf6 17. Qe2 Be4 18. Bf5 Nbd7 19. Bxe4 O-O-O 20. Nf7 Re8
21. Nxd6+ Qxd6 22. Bf4 Qxd4+ 23. Be3 Nxe4+ 24. Kf1 Qxb2 25. Re1 Qe5
26. Bd2 Ng3+ 27. Kf2 Ne4+ 28. Kg1 Ndf6 29. Bf4 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Ng3+
31. Bxg3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 a6 33. Bf2 Qc4 34. g4 Ne4 35. Rf8+ Kd7
36. Rf7+ Kc8 37. Re7 Qxe2 38. Bg3 Nxg3+
0-1

I lost the game

It didn't help that a two year old came to scream at me in the middle of it:

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[White "DaBills"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1396"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. exd6 Bxd6
6. Be2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. Bd2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bf4 10. Nd5 Bxd2+
11. Qxd2 Qd6 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Qc3 c6 14. Nb6+ axb6 15. Rxd6 Rxd6
16. Qxe5 Kc7 17. Qxg7
1-0

somehow survived second game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Neatknight"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "1277"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nxe4
6. Bxe4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Nb4 10. c4 exd5
11. cxd5 Bg4 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bc6 Rb6
16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Be3 Rb4 18. Bc5 Rf4 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rh4
21. Bg5 Rxh2 22. g3 h6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Kxh2 Qxf3 25. Qd2 Re8
26. Re1 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Rd8 28. Qe3 Bf8 29. Rad1 Rb8 30. b3 Rb6
31. Rc1 Re6 32. Qd2 Rd6 33. Qc3 Qd5+ 34. Qf3 Qd2 35. Rcd1 Qxa2
36. Rxd6 cxd6 37. Re8 Qa3 38. Qa8 d5 39. Qb8 Qc5 40. Rd8 d4
41. Qa8 Kh7 42. Rxf8 d3 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rd8 Qc2 45. Qe4+ Kf6
46. Rd6+ Kg5 47. Rd5+ Kf6 48. Rf5+ Kg6 49. Rf3+
1-0

Easy first game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[White "Packerland"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1170"]
[BlackElo "1385"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Ng1 Nf6 5. d3 d5
6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 O-O
11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Re1 c4 13. Bc2 Bc5 14. Nf1 Ng4 15. Ne3 d4
16. Nxg4 d3 17. Bb1 Bxf5 18. Nge5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd6 20. Re1 Bg4
21. g3 Bxf3
0-1

Monday, December 21, 2009

Last game won on time

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[White "JohnKav"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1274"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "London system"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c6 4. h3 Qb6 5. b3 e6
6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. c3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be5 Ne4
11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nfd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 f5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Qe2 b5
16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. b4 e5 20. Nd2 Rd8
21. Nb3 Be6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nc5 Bc4 24. Qe1 Qg5 25. a3 Rd6
26. Rd1 Qg6 27. Rd2 f4 28. exf4 exf4 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxe4 Qd1+
31. Kh2 Qe2 32. Qxf4 Bd5 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34. Qc7+ Kg6 35. Qg3+ Kf7
36. Qf4+ Kg6 37. Qg3+ Kf7 38. Nd3 g6 39. Ne5+ Kg7
0-1

game 4 tactical disaster

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ausstrider"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1280"]
[BlackElo "1409"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. exd5 Qxd5
6. Qxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 g6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Be2 Be6
11. O-O O-O 12. c5 Nd7 13. Nc4 Nxc5 14. Be3 Ne4 15. a3 Nc2
16. Rac1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a6 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bh6 20. Rfe1 Nc5
21. Bd5 Nd3 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Red1 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxe3+
0-1

game 3 easy endgame

Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Sirian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1291"]
[BlackElo "1158"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Bc4 O-O 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c6 9. h4 b5 10. Bd3 e5
11. fxe5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Bxe5 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Re8
16. Rde1 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Ref1 Qe7 19. h5 Na6 20. hxg6 fxg6
21. Kb2 Rf8 22. Qh3 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Rh5 24. Qc8+ Kg7 25. Qxa6 Rg5
26. Qxc6 Rxg2 27. Bxb5 h5 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Bxd7 g5 30. e5 Re2
31. e6 g4 32. Rf7+ Kg6 33. Rf8 Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kg6 35. Re7 Kf6
36. Re8 g3 37. Bc6 h4 38. e7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. Bg2 Kf6
41. c4 Kg5 42. c5 Kf6 43. c6 Ke7 44. Kc3 Kd6 45. Kd3 h3
46. Bxh3 Kxc6 47. Ke3 Kc5 48. Kf3 Kc4 49. Be6+ Kc3 50. Bb3 a5
51. Kxg3 Kb4 52. Kf3 a4 53. Ke3 axb3 54. axb3 Kc3 55. Ke2 Kb4
56. Kd2 Kc5 57. c3 Kb5 58. Kc2 Kc5 59. b4+ Kc4 60. Kb2 Kb5
61. Kb3 Kc6 62. c4 Kb6 63. c5+ Kb5 64. Kc3 Kc6 65. Kc4 Kb7
66. b5 Kc7 67. b6+ Kc6 68. Kb4 Kb7 69. Kb5 Kb8 70. Kc6 Kc8
71. Kd6 Kd8 72. b7
1-0

2nd game went blind

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[White "ssudhan"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1403"]
[BlackElo "1280"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 d5
6. Bb3 c5 7. Ne2 Bxf5 8. d3 Be7 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. O-O Qxd1
11. Rxd1 Nc6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Ba4+ Kf7 15. Be3 Rad8
16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nce2 d3 18. cxd3 exd3 19. Nf4 Bb4 20. Nxg6 Kxg6
21. Rac1 d2 22. Rc2 a6 23. a3 Ba5 24. b4 Bb6 25. Rcxd2 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Rc8 27. Rc2 Rd8 28. h3 Nd5 29. Rd2 Nc3 30. Rxd8 Bxd8
31. Bc2+ Kf6 32. Bxh7 Nb1 33. Bxb1
1-0

nice first game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[White "moonriver"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1291"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Old Indian attack"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Bf5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. e3 Bxf4
6. exf4 Nf6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. g3 Ne7 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. h4 c5
11. h5 Bxd3 12. Bxd3 cxd4 13. g4 Nd7 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Qe2 a6
16. O-O-O Nb4 17. a3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qb6 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 O-O
21. Re1 Rac8 22. Kd2 Rfe8 23. f5 e5 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Rdxe5 Nc4+
26. Kc1 Rxe5 27. Rd1 Rce8 28. Kb1 Re1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Ka2 Re2
31. Nc5 Rxc2 32. Kb1 Rxb2+ 33. Kc1 Rxf2 34. Nxb7 Nxa3 35. Nc5 Rc2+
36. Kd1 Rxc5
0-1

Sunday, December 20, 2009

5th game also kind of fun. Amazing what 1 knight can do

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Joecreek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1253"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Opening "two knights defense"]
[Variation "Fegatello attack"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5
6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Qf6 8. Qxd5+ Ke8 9. O-O Bd6 10. d4 Nxd4
11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 gxf6 14. Nc3 c6 15. Bb3 Nxb3
16. axb3 Bb4 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nd4 Rf8
21. Rad1 c5 22. Ne6 Rf6 23. Nc7+ Kf7 24. Nxa8 Rc6 25. Rd7+ Ke6
26. Rh7 Rc8 27. Nc7+ Kd6 28. Nb5+ Ke5 29. Rxh6 a6 30. Nd6 Rd8
31. Nf7+ Kf4 32. Nxd8
1-0

Well ok the 4th game was kind of fun

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[White "hjorth"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1146"]
[BlackElo "1230"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian"]
[Variation "Corkscrew counter-gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nxe5 fxe4 5. Nf7 Qe7
6. Nxh8 d5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4 exd3+ 10. Kf1 dxc2
11. Qxc2 Ba6+ 12. Kg1 Qe1#
0-1

I really can't play chess

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[White "Packerland"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1193"]
[BlackElo "1217"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. c3 exd4 5. cxd4 Nf6
6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. e5 Nd7
11. Nxd5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Rxc6 Nd5 17. Qc1 Nb4 18. Rxc7 Qe6 19. Rxa7 Rc8 20. Rc7 Ra8
21. a3 Nd5 22. Rc6 Qd7 23. Qc4 Rfb8 24. Rd6 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qg4
26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. e6 Rxb2 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Rc8 30. h4 Rb3
31. e7 Rxa3 32. Rf8+
1-0

I can't play chess

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Chessnt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1235"]
[BlackElo "1256"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6
6. Bg5 O-O 7. Be2 Bf5 8. O-O Be7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6
11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. c3 Re8 15. Nf5 Bf8
16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bf4 Nh5
21. Bd2 Qf6 22. g4 Qg6 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+
26. Bxe1 h5 27. Qe2 hxg4 28. fxg4 Nxg4 29. Ne7+ Bxe7 30. Qxe7 Ne3+
31. Kf2 Ng4+ 32. Ke2 Nxh2 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe3 Qg4+ 35. Kd3 Qf5+
36. Ke2 Ng4 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Kd2 Qf4+ 39. Kd1 Qe4 40. Qg3 Ne3+
41. Kc1 Qc2#
0-1

first game disaster

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[White "LittleGopher"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1450"]
[BlackElo "1310"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Be2 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O
6. O-O Be6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1 d5 9. a3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5
11. Rf1 Ng4 12. b4 Bb6 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. c4 Bxf2+
16. Rxf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Ng6 18. Rf1 Qf4 19. g3 Qf6 20. Kg1 Qe7
21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bh3 23. Ndf3 Bxf1 24. Bxf1 Rad8 25. c5 f6
26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. Ng4 Rfe8 28. Nf2 b6 29. Bb5 Rf8 30. Bc6 bxc5
31. b5 Qd6 32. Kg2 a6 33. a4 axb5 34. axb5 Rb8 35. Qc4 f5
36. e5 Qe7 37. Nd3 g5 38. Nxc5 f4 39. g4 Qf7 40. e6 Qf6
41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. Nxd4 Rbd8 43. Bd7 Rb8 44. Nf5 Rxf5 45. gxf5 Rf8
46. e7
1-0

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[White "LittleGopher"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1437"]
[BlackElo "1251"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6
6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7
11. Nf4 O-O 12. Qd1 Re8 13. Nd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Ned7
16. a3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qh4 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nf5 Qg4 20. Nh6+ Kg7
21. Nxg4 gxf4 22. f3 Ng5 23. exf4 Ne6 24. Qf5 Rf8 25. Qh5 Ndxc5
26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Nf6+
1-0

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Last game OK: 3rd place

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ilmari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Be7
6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Be2 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6
11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. c5 Ne8
16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. e5 Be7 18. e6 Bd6 19. exf7+ Qxf7 20. Bxd6 Qxf3
21. gxf3 Rxd6 22. Ne4 Rg6+ 23. Kh1 Nc7 24. Rd7 Nd5 25. Rxb7 Rf8
26. Rxa7 Rxf3 27. Rg1 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Rf4 29. Ng3 Nf6 30. Rc7 Rc4
31. Nf5 Rg4+ 32. Kf1 Ne4 33. Rxc6 Nd2+ 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Kf3 Rh4
36. Nxh4
1-0

4th round went OK

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "BeccaL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1353"]
[BlackElo "1441"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. Qxd4 dxe4 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8
6. Na3 Nc6 7. Bf4 e6 8. O-O-O+ Ke8 9. Nb5 e5 10. Nc7+ Ke7
11. Bg5+ f6 12. Bxf6+ Nxf6 13. Nxa8 Be6 14. Nc7 Bxa2 15. Nb5 a6
16. Nd6 b5 17. Nf5+ Ke6 18. Ne3 Bc5 19. Kc2 a5 20. b3 a4
21. bxa4 bxa4 22. Bc4+ Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxf2 24. Rd6+ Ke7 25. Rxc6 e3
26. Nxe5 e2 27. Nxe2 Rd8 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nc6+ Kd7 30. Nxd8 Kxd8
1-0

third round some compensation

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[White "breakITdown"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1199"]
[BlackElo "1332"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 h6
6. Nf3 e4 7. Nd4 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg1 Qf6
11. Qf1 Qe5 12. d6 O-O 13. dxc7 Qxc7 14. Nc3 Qb6+ 15. d4 exd3+
0-1

hopeless game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "TheShovel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1321"]
[BlackElo "1497"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bf4 Nc6
6. Nb5 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qe7 10. Qc7 Nf6
11. Bd3 O-O 12. Rc1 Qb4+ 13. Ke2 Ne8 14. Bc5 Qxb2+ 15. Rc2 Qxc2+
16. Bxc2 Nxc7 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Nf3 d6 19. Rc1 Nb5 20. Ba4 Ncd4+
21. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 22. Kd3 b5 23. Bd1 Bb7 24. Rc7 Rb8 25. f4 f6
26. Bg4 b4 27. Bh5 g6 28. Rxh7 Kg8 29. Bxg6 Ne6 30. Bf5 Nxf4+
31. Kd2 d5 32. Rd7 dxe4 33. g3 Nd5 34. Be6+ Kf8 35. Bxd5 Bxd5
36. Rxd5 Kf7 37. h4 Kg6 38. Rd6 a5 39. Ke3 Kf5 40. Ra6 Rb5
41. Ra8 b3 42. axb3 Rxb3+ 43. Kf2 Kg4 44. Rg8+ Kh3 45. h5 Rb7
46. h6 Rh7 47. Rg6 f5 48. Ra6 f4 49. gxf4 exf4 50. Rxa5 Rxh6
51. Ra4 Re6 52. Ra3+ Kg4 53. Ra4 e3+ 54. Ke2 Kg3 55. Ra3 f3+
56. Kf1 e2+ 57. Ke1 Kg2 58. Re3 Rxe3
0-1

barely saved first round

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[White "ChariotsOfFire"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1105"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. c3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3
6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Ne5 Nd7
11. Kh1 f6 12. Nef3 e5 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Qf5 Rf8 15. Qe6+ Kh8
16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qb3 Ng4 18. Nc4 exd4 19. exd4 Bxh2 20. Bg5 Qd5
21. Nxh2 Qxg5 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Ne3 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 h6
26. Qxb7 Re8 27. Nf5 Qf6 28. Qxc7 Rf8 29. g4 g6 30. Qd6 gxf5
31. Qxf6+ Rxf6 32. gxf5 Ne7 33. Re1 Nd5 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Re5 Nf4
36. Kf2 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nxe5 38. dxe5 Rxf5 39. Ke4 Rf8 40. c4 h5
41. e6 h4 42. Ke5 h3 43. e7 Re8 44. Ke6 h2 45. Kd7 Rxe7+
46. Kxe7 h1=Q
0-1

Friday, December 18, 2009

5th game total blindness

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[White "ssudhan"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1354"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. d3 Nf6
6. dxe4 dxe4 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxe6 10. Bxe6 Nc6
11. Nc3 Rd8+ 12. Ke2 Nd4+ 13. Kf1 Nxc2 14. Rb1 Nd4 15. Bg5 Nxe6
16. fxe6 Ke7 17. Nxe4 Kxe6 18. Re1 Kf5 19. f3 Be7 20. g4+ Kg6
21. Ng3 Kxg5 22. Rxe7 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 Kg6 25. Rxb7 Re8
26. Rxa7 Re3 27. Kg2 Nd5 28. Nf5 Nf4+ 29. Kg3 Ne6 30. Nxe3
1-0

4th game rook ending

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "blackjack721"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1353"]
[BlackElo "1327"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 c5 4. cxd4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qh5 9. Be2 Qg6 10. O-O Be7
11. Bd3 d6 12. e5 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. exd6 Bf6 15. Re1+ Kd7
16. Qa4+ b5 17. Qa6 Qd5 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Qc6 20. Qxb5 Qxb5
21. Nxb5 a6 22. Nc3 Kxd6 23. Red1+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Kf8 25. Re1 Nf6
26. Nc7 Rb8 27. b3 a5 28. Rac1 g6 29. Na6 Ra8 30. Nc5 Kg7
31. Re7 Rhe8 32. Rxe8 Nxe8 33. Ne4 f5 34. Ng3 a4 35. b4 a3
36. h3 Rb8 37. Rb1 Nd6 38. Ne2 Nc4 39. b5 Nb2 40. Nc3 Kf6
41. Re1 h5 42. Nd5+ Kg5 43. f4+ Kh4 44. b6 Nd3 45. Re6 g5
46. fxg5 Kxg5 47. Re7 Nf4 48. Nxf4 Kxf4 49. b7 h4 50. Kf2 Kg5
51. Ke3 Kf6 52. Rh7 Ke5 53. Rxh4 Rxb7 54. Ra4 Kd5 55. Rxa3 Re7+
56. Kf4 Re2 57. Kf3 Re4 58. Ra5+ Ke6 59. g4 Re1 60. gxf5+ Kf6
61. Kg4 Rg1+ 62. Kh4 Rh1 63. Kg4 Rg1+ 64. Kh5 Rg5+ 65. Kh4 Rg1
66. Kh5 Rg5+ 67. Kh6 Rg3 68. h4 Rg4 69. h5 Rg5 70. Ra6+ Kxf5
71. Ra5+ Ke4 72. Rxg5 Kd4 73. Kg6 Kc4 74. h6 Kb4 75. h7 Ka3
76. h8=Q Kxa2 77. Rg3 Kb1 78. Qh2 Kc1 79. Rg1#
1-0

third game remarkably easy

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.18"]
[White "Lyko"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
[BlackElo "1353"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6
6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. exf5 d6 10. Nd2 Qxf5
11. Qf3 Qg6 12. Qd5+ Be6 13. Qe4 Qf7 14. f3 Bd5 15. Qe3 Rae8
16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 d5 18. Be2 d4 19. Qd2 Qf2+ 20. Kd1 Qxg2
21. Bh5 Qxh1+ 22. Ke2 Qxh2+ 23. Ke1 Qxh5 24. Qe2 Qh1+
0-1

won 2nd game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.18"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "JohnKav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1342"]
[BlackElo "1136"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (center counter) defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Bc4 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. O-O Qxd4 9. Bd3 h6 10. Be3 Qf6
11. Nb5 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Na6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Rad1 Be7
16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Kh1 Nd5 19. Bc1 c5 20. Nb3 Nb4
21. Rg1 Kh7 22. c3 Nd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. a3 Nc2 25. Rd7 Bf6
26. Rxa7 Rc6 27. Na5 Rd6 28. Nb7 Rb6 29. Nxc5 Bxb2 30. Nd7 Rfb8
31. Nxb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. Rxf7 Nxa3 34. Rfxg7+ Kh8 35. Rg8+ Kh7
36. R1g7#
1-0

Absolute blindness round 1

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.18"]
[White "tec9"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1258"]
[BlackElo "1334"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Bc4 Qe7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Qxe7
11. Re1 O-O 12. a3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rac1 Na5
16. Qc2 c5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nb7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Qd6
21. b5 Nc5 22. Qa2 Nd5 23. Qc4 Rf5 24. Nf3 Raf8 25. Bh4 Rh5
26. Bg3 Qe7 27. Rcd1 Qf6 28. Re5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 Qg6 30. Qe2 Nf4
31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Qe5 Qb1+ 34. Ne1 Qxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Ne4
36. f3 Ng5 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Qa1+ e5 39. Rd6+ Kf5 40. Qb1+ e4
41. fxe4+ Nxe4 42. Rd7 Ke6 43. Rxa7 Kf6 44. Qb2+ Kg6 45. Qxg7+ Kh5
46. Qxh7+ Kg4 47. Rg7+
1-0

Thursday, December 17, 2009

miscalculated tactic last game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.18"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "DaBills"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1280"]
[BlackElo "1439"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd4 d5
6. e5 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. Bg5 Qd7
11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Qa3+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 a6 15. Ba4 b5
16. Bxb5 Bf8 17. Qa5 Nxa5 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O Nc4 20. b3 Nb6
21. Kb2 Bb4 22. Ne2 Rhc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Kxc8
26. a3 Be1 27. Ng3 Bxf2 28. f4 Bxd4+ 29. Kc2 Bf2 30. Kd3 Bxg3
31. hxg3 Kd7 32. Kd4 Kc6 33. b4 Na4 34. g4 Kb5 35. f5 gxf5
36. gxf5 Nb6 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Kc3 Ka4 39. Kb2 Nc4+
0-1

demolished rev in round 4

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.18"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "therev1957"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1290"]
[BlackElo "1371"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4
6. Bxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6 8. e5 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 d6
11. exd6 cxd6 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Rhe1+ Kd8 15. Rxd6 Re8
16. Red1 Re7 17. Rxb6 Kc7 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5+ Kd8 20. Nxe7 Kxe7
21. Rxd7+ Ke6 22. Rxb7 Ra5 23. Bc4+ Ke5 24. Rb5+ Rxb5 25. Bxb5
1-0

complex but silly third round win

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[White "Joecreek"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1457"]
[BlackElo "1269"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Opening "Center game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6
6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bh4 g5
11. Bg3 a6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Ne4 Bb6
16. Re1 f5 17. Nc3 f4 18. Nd4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Nf5 20. Nf3 Re8
21. Kh2 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qe8 23. Qd2 Qh5+ 24. Kg1 g4 25. Nh2 Rf8
26. Ne4 Qg6 27. Re1 Ne7 28. Re2 Qf5 29. Qxh6 Nxd5 30. Ng5 Bxf2+
31. Kf1 Bxg3+ 32. Kg1 Bf4 33. Rf2 Qxg5 34. Qxg5+ Bxg5 35. Rd2 Bxd2
0-1

Ridiculous win in round 2

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Rook1234"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1244"]
[BlackElo "1018"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. d5 Nce7
6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 h6 10. Qd2 Nf6
11. Ne2 Ng4 12. Ng3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O-O 14. c4 Kb8 15. b4 Nh4
16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Qf2 f6 18. Qf3 Rhg8 19. Nf5 Bg5 20. h4 g6
21. hxg5 gxf5 22. gxf6 Rg5 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Rxf5 Qe7 25. fxe7
1-0

Round 1: Draw in the Latvian

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[White "ssudhan"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1414"]
[BlackElo "1229"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d3 Nc6 4. exf5 d5 5. Be2 Bxf5
6. O-O Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O
11. Nc3 Bxc2 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c6 14. Rfe1 Qd6 15. Re2 Rae8
16. Rae1 Rf7 17. Re6 Qd7 18. Qe2 d4 19. Na4 d3 20. Qd2 b5
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nc5 Qd5 23. Nxd3 c5 24. Qe2 c4 25. Nf4 Qg5
26. g3 f5 27. Qd2 h6 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Qxa7 Bd6 30. Qe3 Bxf4
31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Rg7+ 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. Re7 Rd2 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7
36. Re2 Rd3 37. Re5 b4 38. Rc5 Rd4 39. Rxf5 c3 40. bxc3 bxc3
41. Rc5 Rd3 42. Ke2 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. Kd3 Rxf2 45. Rxc3 Rxf4
46. Rc2 Kf6 47. Ke3 Rh4 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Kg3 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Rf4+
51. Ke3 Rh4 52. Kf3 Rh3+ 53. Kg2 Ra3 54. Rf2+ Kg4 55. Rb2 h5
56. Kg1 h4 57. Kh1 h3 58. Kg1 Kf4 59. Rb3 Rxa2 60. Rxh3 Kg4
61. Rh8 Kf4 62. h4 Kg3 63. Kf1 Rf2+ 64. Ke1 Rh2 65. h5 Kg4
66. h6 Kg5 67. h7 Kg6 68. Kf1 Rxh7 69. Rg8+ Rg7 70. Ra8 Rf7+
71. Kg2 Kf6 72. Kf3 Ke6+ 73. Ke4 Rg7 74. Ra6+ Kf7 75. Kf5 Kf8
76. Kf6 Rf7+ 77. Ke6 Re7+ 78. Kd6 Rh7 79. Ra8+ Kf7 80. Ke5 Rh5+
81. Kf4 Ke6 82. Kg4 Rc5 83. Ra6+ Kd5 84. Rh6 Rc4+ 85. Kf5 Rc1
86. Rh8 Rf1+ 87. Kg4 Ke4 88. Re8+ Kd5 89. Rd8+ Ke6 90. Kg3 Rg1+
91. Kf2 Rg7 92. Ra8 Rf7+ 93. Ke3 Ke5 94. Ra5+ Kd6 95. Kd4 Rf4+
96. Ke3 Rb4 97. Ra6+ Kc5 98. Kd3 Rd4+ 99. Ke3 Rb4 100. Rh6 Rb3+
101. Kd2 Kd4 102. Rh4+ Kc5 103. Kc2 Rg3
1/2-1/2

Tactics practice: Don't move until you see it

73 1 ... Qxg2
2 Qxg2 Rxe2 queen pinned

74 1 ... d4
2 Qxd4 Qa1+
3 Qd1 Qxc3+ wins piece

75 1. ... Rxb3!

76 1. ... Bh6
2. Be3 Bxe3 wins queen or mate

77 1 ... Qh3
2 gxh3 Ng3++

78 1 ... Rxd3
2 Rxd3 Bb5

Got first four missed last two: 20 minutes

Will now play some blitz in prep for tourney.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

I can't play chess

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "KarltheKnight5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1307"]
[BlackElo "1315"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6
6. Qc2 g6 7. Nd5 Qc6 8. Qxc6 Nxc6 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Bg7
11. Bc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. f3 b6 14. Bc4 e6 15. O-O-O Bb7
16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Ne2 Ke7 18. Nd4 Na5 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Kc2 Rc5
21. a4 d6 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Kxb3 d5 24. e5 Nh5 25. Rd4 Ng7
26. Kb4 Nf5 27. Rd3 f6 28. exf6+ Kxf6 29. a5 Nd6 30. axb6 Rxb5+
31. Ka4 Bc6 32. Ka3 Rxb6 33. Re1 Bb5 34. Rde3 Nc4+ 35. Kb4 Nxe3
36. Rxe3 Bf1+ 37. Kc5 Rb3 38. Kd6 Bxg2 39. Rxe6+ Kg5 40. Re5+ Kh6
41. Rxd5 Rxc3 42. Rd4 Rxf3 43. Rh4+ Kg7 44. Ke5 Rh3 45. Rxh3 Bxh3
46. Kf4 Bf5 47. Kg3 Kh6
0-1

totally blind 4th game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[White "WillC"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6
6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5
11. Nxe5 Re8 12. Nef3 Ne4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd4 Qh4 15. N2f3 Qh6
16. Nxf5 Qh5 17. Nxd6
1-0

third round draw

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[White "moregua"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1407"]
[BlackElo "1334"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 c6 4. a4 Qa5 5. e3 e6
6. Nf3 Bb4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be2 O-O 9. d4 Bd7 10. bxc6 Nxc6
11. O-O Qb6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Na5 15. Bd3 Rfc8
16. Ne5 Be8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qf4 Qc7 20. Qh4 Nc4
21. Rb3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxa4 23. Rb4 Bc2 24. Na3 Qxc3 25. Nxc2 Qxc2
26. Rxb7 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qd4 a5 29. Ra1 a4 30. h3 a3
31. Qb4 a2 32. Qb3 Qxe5 33. Rxa2 Rb8 34. Qc2 Rb5 35. g3 Rc5
36. Qb2 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Kg2 h6 40. Kf3 g5
41. Rb4 h5 42. Rd4 Re5 43. Rd8 g4+ 44. hxg4 hxg4+ 45. Kg2 Rd5
46. Rxd5 exd5 47. Kf1 Ke5 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Kd2 Kf3 50. Ke1 Ke4
51. Ke2 d4 52. exd4 Kxd4 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Ke2
1/2-1/2

exciting 2nd game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "blackjack721"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1331"]
[BlackElo "1410"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Opening "two knights defense"]
[Variation "Wilkes Barre (Traxler) variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Qe7
6. Nxh8 d5 7. exd5 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Ng4+ 9. Ke1 Nd4 10. d3 Qh4+
11. g3 Qf6 12. Rf1 Qd6 13. Nf7 Qe7 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. d6 cxd6
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5 Kd7 18. Nc3 Nxc2+ 19. Kd2 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Kc7
21. Nd5+ Kd7 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Rf1 Be6 24. Bxe6 Kxe6 25. Qf5+ Kxf7
26. Qxf6+ Ke8 27. Qf8+ Kd7 28. Qxa8 Kc6 29. Qc8+ Kd5 30. Rf6 b6
31. Qd7 Kc5 32. Qxd6+ Kb5 33. Qxe5+ Ka6 34. Rf7 h5 35. Qc7 Kb5
36. Qxa7 h4 37. Rf5+ Kc6 38. Qa8+ Kd6 39. Qd5+ Kc7 40. Rf7+ Kc8
41. Qb7+ Kd8 42. Qd7#
1-0

first game: I dont understand why he resigned!?!

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Tinflash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1311"]
[BlackElo "990"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxc3 Nf6
6. Nf3 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Qc2 b5
11. Bd3 g6 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfe1 Qg5 15. Be4 c6
16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Ne4
1-0

Monday, December 14, 2009

unsound sacrifice declined wins 5th game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "puma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Rasa-Studier gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Nf6
6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg5 b6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bd3 Bb7
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Be4 Qc7 13. Rxf6 g6
1-0

fourth game pretty easy

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[White "Mothballs"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1478"]
[BlackElo "1307"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O
6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 Be6 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Nxe3
11. fxe3 f5 12. Ned2 Bc5 13. Kh1 Bxe3 14. c4 e4 15. dxe4 fxe4
16. Nh2 Qxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxd2 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rd1 e3 20. a3 Ne5
21. Ng4 Nxc4
0-1

Won third game: enemy slip up

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "cryptomatic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1283"]
[BlackElo "1343"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Qe7 5. cxd4 d6
6. Qe2 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6
11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. Bh4 Bf5 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nd4 Bb4+
16. Kd1 Bg6 17. Ne6 Kf7 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Nxd5 Ba5 20. b4 Bb6
21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Kxc1 Rc8+ 23. Kb2 Rc2+ 24. Ka3 Bd4 25. Bb5 Ne5
26. Bxf6 Bxf2 27. Bxe5 a6 28. Ba4 Re2 29. Rf1 Ke6 30. Nf4+ Kxe5
31. Nxe2 Bh4 32. g3 Be7 33. Nf4 a5 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Rxe7 Kxe7
36. Nxg6+ hxg6 37. bxa5 Kd6 38. Kb4
1-0

won second game despite weak ending

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[White "rivits"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1194"]
[BlackElo "1263"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. Nc3 Ng6
6. h3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Nf3 O-O
11. Be2 f5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qf6 14. O-O f4 15. Nd2 Qg5
16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. exf4 Nxf4 20. Rfe1 Qg6
21. Nh4 Qg5 22. g3 Nxh3+ 23. Kg2 Nxf2 24. Qe3 Qg4 25. Rh1 Ne4
26. Rcf1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Nd2+
31. Ke3 Nxc4+ 32. Kd3 Nxb2+ 33. Kc3 Nd1+ 34. Kb4 Ne3 35. Nf3 Nxd5+
36. Kc4 c6 37. Ng5 h6 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Kf6 40. Nxb7 Kf5
41. Nd8 Kg4 42. Nxc6 Ne3+ 43. Kd3 Nf1 44. Ke2 Nxg3+ 45. Kf2 a6
46. Nb4 a5 47. Nc2 h5 48. Ne3+ Kf4 49. Ng2+ Kg4 50. Ne3+ Kh3
51. Nc4 Ne4+ 52. Ke3 Nc5 53. Nxd6 g5 54. Nf7 g4 55. Nxe5 g3
56. Nf3 g2 57. Ng1+ Kh2 58. Kf2 Kh1 59. Nf3 Nd3+ 60. Ke3 Nb2
61. Kf4 g1=Q 62. Nxg1 Kxg1 63. Kg5 Nc4 64. a4 Nb2 65. Kxh5 Nxa4
66. Kg5 Nc3 67. Kf5 a4 68. Ke5 a3 69. Kd4 a2 70. Kxc3 a1=Q+
0-1

lost first game in king and pawns ending

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "DaBills"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "1403"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxd4 d5
6. e5 Bg4 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nb5 O-O
11. Nd6 Nf5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Nh4 Rac8 15. Nxf5 exf5
16. Rc1 Na5 17. b3 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Rc1 Nd8
21. a4 Ne6 22. Bb5 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Bd7 Ne6
26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Ke2 Bb4 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Kxd2 Kf7
31. Kc3 Ke7 32. Kb4 Kd7 33. Kc5 Kc7 34. b4 a6 35. b5 a5
36. b6+ Kd7 37. Kb5 f4 38. Kxa5 Kc6 39. f3 g5 40. g3 fxg3
41. hxg3 h5 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 h4 44. f5 exf5 45. e6 h3
46. e7 Kd7 47. Kb5 h2 48. a5 h1=Q 49. a6 Qb1+ 50. Kc5 Qc2+
51. Kxd5 bxa6 52. b7 Qb3+ 53. Ke5 Qxb7
0-1

Sunday, December 13, 2009

just ugh

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "snake601"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "1234"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 e6 4. Bd3 Ne7 5. O-O O-O
6. e5 Nbc6 7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Nb3 b6 10. Bg5 f6
11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Re1 Qxg5
16. Rxe6 Bxe6
0-1

nice tactic round 4

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[White "The-Aesthet"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1178"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. exd6 Bxd6
6. c3 Qe7 7. Nbd2 O-O-O 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. Be2 Bf4 10. h3 Bxd2+
11. Nxd2 Bxe2 12. Kxe2 Qc5 13. Re1 Nd4+
0-1

it is unfortunate that I am the worst chess player in the world

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "JohnKav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1320"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (center counter) defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nf6
11. Rad1 O-O 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. c4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. a3 Qc7
16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Bf3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bd4 Qc1+ 23. Qd1 Qxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nd5 25. Bf3 Nf4
26. g3 Ne6 27. Be3 Bf6 28. b3 Bd4 29. b4 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Nd8
31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Kd4 f6 35. Kc4 Kc7
36. Kd5 Kd7 37. Bg4+ Ke7 38. e4 Nf7 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. Bc8 Kc7
41. Be6 Nd6 42. Bd5 Nb5+ 43. Kc4 Nxa3+ 44. Kb3 Nb5 45. Ka4 Nc3+
46. Kb3 Nxd5 47. exd5 b5 48. Kc3 Kd6 49. Kd4 g6 50. h3 h5
51. g4 h4 52. Ke4 b6 53. Kd4 f5 54. g5 f4 55. Ke4 f3
56. Kxf3 Kxd5 57. Kg4 Kc4 58. Kxh4 Kxb4 59. Kg4 Kc3 60. h4 b4
61. h5 gxh5+ 62. Kxh5 b3 63. g6 b2 64. g7 b1=Q 65. g8=Q Qh1+
66. Kg6 Qg2+ 67. Kf7 Qxg8+ 68. Kxg8 b5
0-1

naturally lost first real game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[White "BillySunday"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. Bb5 exd4 5. Bxc6 dxc6
6. exd4 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Ne2 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Qd6
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ng3 Qd5 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Nf3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5
16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bg4 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Qe2 Be5
21. Ng3 Re8 22. Nxf5 Bxh2+ 23. Nxh2 Rxe2 24. Nxg4 Rxb2 25. Rd8+ Kh7
26. Rc8 Rxa2 27. Rxc7 b5 28. Rb7 a6 29. Nge3 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Ra2
31. Kg3 Ra3 32. Ra7 Ra2 33. Nd6 f6 34. Nxb5 Re2 35. Rxa6 g6
36. c4 f5 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. c5 Rb2 39. Nd6 Rb4 40. Kf3 f4
41. Nd5 Rd4 42. c6 Rxd5 43. c7
1-0

round 1 win

A cheap blitz win but a win nonetheless.

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "jonkpoet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1355"]
[BlackElo "1029"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4
6. Be2 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Ne3 Nge7 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd2 O-O-O
11. Nb3 Nf5 12. Nc5 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxc5 14. dxc5 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4
16. Qe1 Nc2 17. Qc1 Nxa1 18. Bg5 Qf5 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Qxa1 e3
21. b4 exf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qg6 23. Qf1 Bxa2 24. Bd3 Rxd3 25. Rxa2 Rb3
26. Qf8+ Kd7 27. Rd2+ Kc6 28. Qf3+ Kb5 29. Qxb3 Qb1+ 30. Qxb1
1-0

didn't have time for tactics tonight

But at least am relatively awake for the tourney. Wish me luck.

ok

Have read to diagram 36. There seems to be a misprint in 37 so I'm going to call it quits. Am getting tired. Will rest before trying tactics and tourney.

Tonight: endgames first.

I have about two hours until the u1500 tournament: my current rating 1351.

My plan is to spend the first hour studying endgames. I'll read in the McKay chess
library edition of Fine, going through the section on king and two pawns against King
and starting the section on King and two pawns against King and pawn.

My hope is to go through diagrams 27 through 38.

alternate slow game

So I played a game of 15 10 by seek but it ended before much time came off the clock.

I used a variation of the slav recommended by Turzo.

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[White "Bee34"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1326"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Qxb2
6. Na4 Qa3 7. c3 b5 8. Qc1 Qxc1+ 9. Rxc1 bxa4 10. Rb1 e6
11. Rb2 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. O-O Ba6
16. Rfb1 Bd3 17. Rc1 Ba3
0-1

Rabren mouseslip at move 15 (slow game)

Crafty says I was actually winning in this simul against Rabren until
a mouseslip at move 15.

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[White "Rabren"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6
6. g3 Bc5 7. h4 h5 8. Bg5 d6 9. Bh3 Bxh3 10. Nxh3 Qd7
11. f3 Nh7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Rb1 f5 14. b4 Bd4 15. Nb5 Bc5
16. bxc5
1-0

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Last game no problem: 2nd place

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "tec9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1309"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7
6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ng5 O-O
11. f4 Qxd4+ 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7 14. Qxd4 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Nf6
16. Qh3 Nd5 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qh8#
1-0

Revenge against the rev,round 4

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[White "therev1957"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1393"]
[BlackElo "1299"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Ng1 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5
6. d3 Bxf5 7. dxe4 Bxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qe2 Be7 10. f3 Nf6
11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qe6+ Kh8 13. O-O-O c6 14. Ne2 Nbd7 15. Nd4 Nc5
16. Qe2 Re8 17. Qf2 Qb6 18. Nf5 Nb3+ 19. cxb3 Qxf2 20. Nxe7 Rxe7
0-1

Third game hopeless

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "TwoEqualsOne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1278"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6
6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 h6
11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. Qe3 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Bxf3
16. Rxf3 Bd4 17. Kf2 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Ne5 19. Rf2 Ng4+
0-1

Second game didn't go so badly either

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[White "moregua"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1328"]
[BlackElo "1286"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6
6. c3 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Rh4 Be7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. Rg4 e5 17. Rd1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qd7 19. Qg3 Rad8 20. Rd3 c5
21. Nf5 Qxd3 22. Nxh6+ Kh7 23. Qxd3+ Rxd3 24. g3 gxh6 25. Rf4 Bg5
26. Rf5 Rd2 27. Rxc5 Re8 28. Rc7 Rxb2 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rc7 Ree2
31. f4 Re1#
0-1

Good 1st game against 1400 (I'm now a 1200)

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "BillySunday"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1267"]
[BlackElo "1411"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Rasa-Studier gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 Nf6 5. fxe4 e6
6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. e5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nd5 10. Bd2 O-O
11. c4 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Qc2 g6 14. g4 Nh4 15. Kf2 Nxf3
16. Kxf3 f5 17. Bh6 fxg4+ 18. Kxg4 Rf7 19. Rhf1 Qe7 20. Rxf7 Qxf7
21. Rf1 Qe7 22. Bxg6 b6 23. Rf7 Qb4 24. Rg7+ Kf8 25. Qf2+ Nf6+
26. Qxf6#
1-0

Friday, December 11, 2009

last game time forfeit

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "myner49r"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1345"]
[BlackElo "1280"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d6 4. cxd4 Be7 5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf3
11. gxf3 Nfd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxe6 Bd6 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Bd5 Nbd7
16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Be6+ Kc7
21. Rac1 b6 22. b4 Rhe8 23. Bf5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 cxb4 25. Rc1+ Kd6
26. Rd1+ Ke5 27. Bh3
1-0

4th game dismal

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[White "rivits"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1226"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6
6. O-O Bd6 7. a3 c6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b4 e5
11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 d4
16. exd4 Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Re8 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Rd2 Bxc3 20. Qxe7+ Rxe7
21. Rd8+ Ne8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Bxc3 Kd6 25. Bxg7 Ke6
26. f4 f6 27. g3 Kf7 28. Bh6 Kg6 29. Bf8 b6 30. Kf2 Kf7
31. Bd6 Ke6 32. c5 b5 33. Ke3 f5 34. h3 Kd5 35. g4 fxg4
36. hxg4 Ke6 37. Ke4 h6 38. f5+ Kf6 39. Bf4 Kg7 40. Ke5 a5
41. bxa5
1-0

third game OK

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ElMarginal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1353"]
[BlackElo "1259"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (center counter) defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6
6. Ne4 Qd8 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. c3 e6 10. Be2 Nd7
11. O-O Be7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nb6 14. Bh6 f5 15. Bg7 Rg8
16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Nd5 18. Bh5+ Kd7 19. c4 f4 20. cxd5 fxg3
21. dxe6+ Kxe6 22. Bg4+ f5 23. Re1+ Kf6 24. Bf3 gxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Bd6
26. Kf1 Bg3 27. Re2 Qb6 28. Qd2 f4 29. Qc3 Rad8 30. d5+ Kf7
31. Bh5+ Kf8 32. Qf6#
1-0

2nd game no chance

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[White "KaMi62"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3
6. cxd3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ng4
11. Qxg4 f5 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Nc3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. d4 Qb4
16. a3 Qb3 17. Rac1 a6 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Rc2 Qb3
21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 fxe4 24. Qc3 Qa2 25. h3 Qb1+
26. Rc1 Qa2 27. Kh2 h6 28. Rc2 Qb1 29. b4 Qf1 30. Qd2 Qa1
31. Ra2 Qf1 32. a4 Rc8 33. Rc2 Rf8 34. Rc1
1-0

First game not too bad

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ChariotsOfFire"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[BlackElo "1162"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 exd5
6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 dxc4
11. Bxb7 Qh4 12. g3
1-0

Done

Will do a few trainingbot exercises before tourney.

A little endgame theory

I have 45 minutes and hope to do 15-25.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

last game ok

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[White "tec9"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "1318"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6
6. Bc4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 Qd7
11. Qxb7 Nc6 12. Qb3 Nxe4 13. Be3 d5 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5
16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qe2 Rbe8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 Rf5 22. Qg3 Ref8 23. b4 Bb6 24. Nb1 Rxf2 25. Nd2 R2f3+
0-1

cant keep losing rooks

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[White "kingngnabber"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1389"]
[BlackElo "1305"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Bf4 Ng6 5. Bg3 e6
6. Nc3 Bb4 7. d6 cxd6 8. Qb3 a5 9. e3 Ne4 10. Ne2 Nxg3
11. hxg3 Qf6 12. f4 e5 13. O-O-O exf4 14. Nd5 Qe5 15. gxf4 Qe4
16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Qc6 18. Nd4 Qe4 19. Nb6 Ne7 20. Nd5 Nxd5
21. cxd5 b6 22. Rg1 Bb7 23. Nf3 Ke7 24. Rd4 Rc8+ 25. Bc4 Qf5
26. g4 Qf6 27. Kb1 Kf8 28. Rc1 Re8 29. e4 Qxf4 30. e5 Qg3
31. Rg1 Qf2 32. Rf1 Qg3 33. e6 dxe6 34. dxe6 Bxf3 35. Rxf3 Qg1+
36. Rd1 Qxg4 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. e7 Qe4+ 39. Ka1 Kh8 40. Rf8+
1-0

amazing save

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "mrhackcomic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1318"]
[BlackElo "1106"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Opening "Evans gambit declined"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. c3 d6
6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. b5 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nxe4
11. Bd3 Bxd4 12. Bxe4 Bxa1 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Nd2 c6
16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Bd5 Ba6 20. Ng5 h6
21. Nf7+ Kh7 22. Qxf5+ g6 23. Qd7 Rxf7 24. Qxf7+ Bg7 25. Re1 Qd4
26. Be3 Qxd5 27. Qxd5
1-0

aargh

Round 1 revenge

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Neatknight"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1320"]
[BlackElo "1249"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7
6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6
11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Rab8 13. b3 Rfd8 14. c3 c5 15. Ne5 cxd4
16. Nc6 dxc3 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Qc2 Rd2 19. Qe4 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Rd5
21. Qf3 Qd2 22. Rad1 Qg5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Re8#
1-0

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

last game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[White "aries31"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1045"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O
6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bg4
11. Be2 f5 12. O-O f4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 fxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+
16. Kh1 Nxd4 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Bxb7 Nf5 20. Bf3 Ng3+
21. Kh2 Qf4 22. Kg1 Nf5 23. Qd3 Nh4 24. Rf1 Qg3 25. Be4 Rxf1+
26. Kxf1 Qf4+ 27. Kg1 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qc1+ 30. Qf1 Qe3+
31. Kh1 Qc5 32. Qd3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qxb2+
36. Kg3 Qf6 37. Qb1 g5 38. Bxh7 Qd6+ 39. Kf2 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+
41. Kh1 Qf2 42. Be4 Qf4 43. Qc2 Kg7 44. Qc3+ Kh6 45. Bf3 Nxf3
46. Qxf3 Qxf3 47. gxf3 Kh5 48. Kg1 Kh4 49. Kg2 c5 50. Kf2 Kxh3
51. Ke3 Kg3 52. Ke2 c4 53. Ke3 c3 54. Kd3 Kxf3 55. Kxc3 g4
56. Kd2 g3 57. Ke1 g2
0-1

uggh

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "JohnKav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1347"]
[BlackElo "1216"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (center counter) defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. Bf4 Bf5
6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 h6
11. d5 cxd5 12. Qxg7 Qf6 13. Be5 Qxg7 14. Bxg7 Rh7 15. Be5 Nd7
16. Rac1 Ne7 17. c4 Rc8 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 exd5 20. Rc7 b6
21. Rxa7 Nc6 22. Ra8+ Ke7 23. Bc3 f6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rf7
26. Ra7 Ke6 27. f4 f5 28. g3 Kd6 29. a4 Kc6 30. a5 bxa5
31. Rxa5 Nb8 32. Ra8 Rb7 33. Be5 Nd7 34. Ra6+ Kc5 35. Rxh6 Nxe5
36. fxe5 Rxb2 37. Rh4 Re2 38. g4 fxg4 39. Rxg4 Rxe5 40. Kf2 d4
41. h4 Kc4 42. Rg5 Re4 43. h5 d3 44. h6 d2 45. Rg1 Rh4
46. Rd1 Kc3 47. Ke3 Rh3+ 48. Ke2 Rh2+ 49. Ke3 Kc2 50. Rxd2+ Rxd2
51. h7 Rh2
0-1

no comment

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[White "ssudhan"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1253"]
[BlackElo "1370"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Exchange variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. h3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5
6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. c4 Nb4
11. Qb3 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Qc3 Nc6 14. c5 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Qd3 O-O 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 f6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Rab1 Ra7
21. Rb6 Re8 22. Reb1 e5 23. Qb5 Rb8 24. Rxc6 Qd7 25. Rb6 Qf5
26. Qe2 e4 27. Nh2 Qg6 28. Qg4 Qf7 29. Qe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf8
31. Re7 f5 32. Rexb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 f4 34. Ng4 h5 35. Ne5 e3
36. Kf1 g5 37. Ke2 exf2 38. Kxf2 Re8 39. Rb6 Kg7 40. Rg6+ Kh7
41. Rxg5 Kh6 42. Rf5
1-0

A little better

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ilmari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1392"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Qd3 h6
6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nc3 c6
11. Be3 b6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. f4 exf4
16. Bxf4 O-O 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Bg4 20. h3 Be6
21. c4 Kh7 22. b3 Kg6 23. Be4+ Bf5 24. Bxf5+ Kxf5 25. g4+ Kg6
26. Rd1 Bg5 27. Rd6+ Kh7 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Rd7 Re8 30. Rxf7 Rxe5
31. Rf5 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Ra1 33. Rxg5 Rxa2+ 34. Kg3 Ra3 35. Rb5 g6
36. Kf4 Kg7 37. h4 Kf6 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 Kg7 40. Kg5 Kh7
41. h6 Ra1 42. Rd5 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Kxh6 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. Rd7+ Kf8
46. Rxa7 Rf1+ 47. Ke5 Re1+ 48. Kd6 Rd1+ 49. Kc6 Rb1 50. Ra3 Re1
51. Kxb6 Re6+ 52. Kb5 Re7 53. c5 Rb7+ 54. Kc6 Rf7 55. b4 Rf6+
56. Kb5
1-0

playing while asleep

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[White "Neatknight"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "1385"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Opening "KGD"]
[Variation "Classical, Soldatenkov variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Bc4 Nf6
6. d4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nxe4
11. Qf3 Nd6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nxd3 14. Bh6 g6 15. Bxf8 Qxf8
16. Qxd3 Bf5 17. Qxd4 Rd8 18. Qf2 Ne4 19. Qxa7 Qd6 20. Qe3 Re8
21. Qd4 Qe6 22. Rae1 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Nd4 Bxc2 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8
26. Nxc2
1-0

endgames

Spent 25 minutes studying endgames, principally diagrams 11-16.

Will go over last nights games, then play tourney.

Monday, December 7, 2009

won last round 5th place.

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ssudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1379"]
[BlackElo "1303"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bc5
6. Bc4 d6 7. Ng5 Nh6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qh5 Bg4 10. Qh4 Ne5
11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. Qg3 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nf4 Nxf4
16. Bxf4 O-O-O 17. Qh3 Rde8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Kb8 20. Rad1 e5
21. Qc1 h5 22. Qxc5 Qg4 23. Qe3 h4 24. h3 Qd7 25. Qf3 Ref8
26. Qg4 Qe7 27. Qe6 Qg5 28. Qg4 Qe7 29. f4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Re8
31. Re1 Qe5 32. Rf5 Qxb2 33. Qe2 Qc3 34. Kh1 Qg3 35. Ref1 a6
36. Qf3 Qg6 37. Bf7 Qg7 38. Bxe8 Rxe8 39. Rf8 Rxf8 40. Qxf8+ Qxf8
41. Rxf8+ Ka7 42. Rh8 c5 43. Rxh4 c4 44. e5 dxe5 45. Rxc4 b5
46. Re4 Kb6 47. Rxe5 a5 48. g4 b4 49. Re4 Kb5 50. Kg2 a4
51. Re3 Kc4 52. Kf3 b3 53. axb3+ axb3 54. Rxb3 Kxb3 55. g5 Kc2
56. g6 Kd1 57. g7 Ke1 58. g8=Q Kf1 59. Qg2+ Ke1 60. Qe2#
1-0

unfortunate draw round 4

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[White "islanderpfeifer"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1212"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 e6
6. Nbd2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 Qc7
11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Ng6
16. e5 Bb4 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Rc1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Nxf4
21. Qf3 Nd3 22. Nc4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Qd4 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Qxb7+ Rd7
26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Qa3 Rxd6 28. exd6+ Qxd6 29. Qxa7+ Kf6 30. Qf2+ Ke7
31. Qa7+ Kf6 32. Rf1+ Kg6 33. Qe3 Rd8 34. Qe4+ f5 35. Qe3 Qa6
36. Re1 Re8 37. a3 Qb7 38. Qg3+ Kf6 39. Qc3+ e5 40. b4 Qe7
41. a4 Kf7 42. Qc4+ Kf8 43. Qc5 Qxc5 44. bxc5 Rc8 45. Rxe5 g6
46. a5 Kf7 47. Rd5 Ke6 48. Rd6+ Ke5 49. Rd7 Rxc5 50. a6 Ra5
51. a7 h5 52. Rg7 Kf6 53. Rb7 g5 54. g3 Ke5 55. Kg2 Ke4
56. Re7+ Kd5 57. Rf7 Ke4 58. Re7+ Kd5 59. Rf7 Ke6 60. Rb7 Ra2+
61. Kf3 g4+ 62. hxg4 hxg4+ 63. Kf4 Ra4+ 64. Kg5 f4 65. Kxg4 fxg3+
66. Kxg3 Kd6 67. Rh7 Kc6 68. Rh6+ Kb7 69. Rh7+ Kb6 70. Rh6+ Kxa7
1/2-1/2

Don't know how I survived that one

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "NeedsBoon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1266"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 a6 5. Nf3 h6
6. Bc4 d6 7. e5 Nc6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Bf4 e5
11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Be3 Qb4+ 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O f5
16. Qc1 f4 17. Nb3 fxe3 18. fxe3 Kb8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Be7
21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Qf1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qxb3 24. Bxa6 Rc8 25. Bc4 Qxb2
26. Bxf7 Rf8 27. Rb1 Qc3 28. Qb5 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 b6 30. Qxc6 Bc5
31. Bd5
1-0

I'm so blind

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[White "freepawn"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1293"]
[BlackElo "1375"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening/Petrov"]
[Variation "Urusov gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O
6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. c3 Qg6 10. Bd5 Rd8
11. Bxe4 Qxe4 12. Re1 Qg6 13. Qf3 h6 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 Bg4
16. Be3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxe3 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. fxe3 Rd2 20. Nxd2
1-0

awful 1st game: clearly should have lost

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "rivits"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "1165"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Nc6 4. cxd4 h6 5. Nf3 d5
6. e5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Be6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O
11. Nb3 a6 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nc5 b5 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Nh4 Qe8 18. f4 Qh5 19. Nf3 Qg4 20. h3 Qg3
21. Qd2 Nf5 22. Rc6 Rfe8 23. Qd3 Qxf4 24. Nd2 Qxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Nxd4
26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 a5 28. Rg3 Kf7 29. Rcc3 g5 30. Rcf3+ Kg6
31. Rf6+ Kg7 32. Rgf3 Re7 33. Rg3 c5 34. h4 Rf7 35. hxg5 hxg5
36. Rxg5+ Kf8 37. Rh6 Rg7 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Rxg7#
1-0

Fun with Reinfeld 3

Last 6

67 Nxf5
68 Rxf5 e x f5 e6!
69 Rg3!
70 Rxd3 penetrate to 7th rank with other rook
71 Nd5
72 Ng6 traps queen

67 completely missed mate threat 71 right knight moves - should take pawn instead
Neglected capture threat. Other 4 ok.

18 problems took 40 minutes. Completed Pins: white moves first.

Have a feww minutes to study yesterdays games (which I neglected to post.)

Then play u-1500 tourney

Fun with Reinfeld 2

61 Bd4 e5 Bxe5 Qxe5 Qh6 mate otherwise black loses queen
62 Rxe7 pile on knight
63 Re1 if Rxf6 Q h7
64 Easy! Bc4
65 Bxc6+
66 Bxg6

Got first 5 right,

missed queen capture 66

Fun with Reinfeld 1

Today I plan to spend 40 minutes doing (hopefully) 18 exercises from Reinfeld.

55 NC5 exploiting pins of knight, rook, and d pawn
56 Nxf7 followed by f6
57 Nxf7 followed by Rxf6 B xf6 eventually exposing rook on c8
58 d xe5 exposing knight on c6
59 N x e5 followed by Bb5+ if the black bishop takes the queen.
60 Bg5 can't save knight because of pin on g7

Got 55 and 59

Missed mate in one 60, embarassing
56 and 57move order error

58 pawn play error but saw the right pin

Friday, December 4, 2009

somehow survived last game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[White "azduke"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1314"]
[BlackElo "1410"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Ponziani gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Ne5
6. Qb3 Nxc4 7. Qxc4 Qe7 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 c6
11. Qd3 Be6 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Qe3 Qd7 14. O-O b6 15. Ne5 Qd6
16. f4 Qc7 17. b3 Bc5
0-1

somehow survived fourth game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "hjorth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1113"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Marshall variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4
6. Nce2 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4
11. Nd3 Qc8 12. Nxc5 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxc5
16. Qxb7 Qxc2 17. Bg5 Rfb8 18. Qf3 Ne4 19. Bf4 Nd2 20. Qg3 Rd8
21. Rfd1 Ne4 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Be5 Qxb2 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6 Rab8
26. Rac1 Qb6 27. Qg5+ Qg6 28. Qe5 Qe6 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Qh4 Qe7
31. Qxh7 f6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Kf7 35. Re1 Qd7
36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Red1 d3 39. Qf4 Rbc8 40. Rxc8 Qxc8
41. Qe3 Rd7 42. h3 Qd8 43. Qc5 Qc7 44. Qxc7 Rxc7 45. Rxd3
1-0

completely hopeless third game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[White "maurog"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1301"]
[BlackElo "1393"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Three knights"]
[Variation "Winawer defense (Gothic defense)"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4
6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Qe3 Be7 9. e5 Ng4 10. Qf4 g6
11. h3 O-O 12. hxg4 fxg4 13. Qxg4 d6 14. Qc4+ d5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5
16. Nxd5 Bd8 17. Be3 b6 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Be4 Re8 20. f4 g5
21. g3 gxf4 22. gxf4 Kf8 23. Rxh7 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rc8 25. Rxa7 b5
26. Rh1 Bb6 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Rf6+
1-0

hopeless second game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[White "Tracksupr"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1265"]
[BlackElo "1438"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Nf6
6. h3 Bd6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. c5 Bc7 9. b4 a5 10. b5 O-O
11. b6 Bb8 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. f4 Nh5 15. Qg4 Qe7
16. g3 Ndf6 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Bb2 Nhxg3 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. O-O-O g5
21. Bd3 gxf4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 fxe3 24. Rdf1 Bg3 25. Qxe3 Bh4
26. Kb1 Bg5 27. Qg3 Rad8 28. Rfg1 h6 29. h4 Bf6 30. Qg4 Qf7
31. Re1 Rde8 32. Rhg1 Kh8 33. Ka1 Rg8 34. Ref1 Qd7 35. Rd1 Qd5
36. h5 Rd8
0-1

first game:tough- opponent forfeits on time

ok got tired

read positions 6-10 did two trainingbot exercises. Must take nap.

Will read Fine tonight

I have 3.5 hours until the u1500 tourney. My conference is over and I don't fly home until tomorrow. I will use this time to read in Fine on King and Pawn endings, playing out the positions on ICC. When my concentration runs out intermittently,I will play trainingbot.

Let's see how far I get.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

didn't really understand last game either

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[White "freepawn"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1259"]
[BlackElo "1343"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening/Petrov"]
[Variation "Urusov gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O
6. e5 Ng4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Bb3 d6 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Be3 Ng4
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qf3 Qd6 14. Rad1 Qxh2#
0-1

I didn't understand the fourth game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "bajerk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1343"]
[BlackElo "1219"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. Nxc3 Bb4
6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Nd5 Qxb2 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Bxd2+
11. Nxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Qxd2
1-0

next two games unspeakable disasters

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "chessjuggler"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "1317"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (center counter) defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bf4 Nxc6
6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Bc8 10. Nc3 a6
11. d5 Na7 12. d6 e6 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf3 Qxb2
16. Ne4 Qxa1 17. Qxa1 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Kg7 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rad8
21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Nxb7 Rd7 24. Nc5 Rdd8 25. d7 Ne5
26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. Bc8 Rxa2 28. h3 Nc6 29. Nb7 Rxc2 30. d8=Q Nxd8
31. Nxd8 Rxc8 32. Nb7 Rb8 33. Nc5 Rfc8 34. Nd7 Rb5 35. Ra1 Rd8
36. Ra7 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2 38. Ne5 Rxf2 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Nc6 Rd3+
41. Kh2 Rd2 42. Nd8 Rff2 43. Nxe6+ Kf6 44. Nc5 Rxg2+ 45. Kh1 Rh2+
46. Kg1 Rdg2+ 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. Ne4+ Kg7 49. Kg1 Rhg2+ 50. Kf1 Rge2
51. Ng5 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 Rce2+ 53. Kd1 Rb2 54. Ke1 Rf5 55. Ne4 Re5
0-1

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[White "Griffon"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1161"]
[BlackElo "1332"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Opening "Center game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6
6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bd2 Ng4
11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg5 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nf4 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh6
16. O-O-O Nf6 17. h3 Qg5 18. Qf3 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. h4 Nxe5
21. hxg5 Nxf3 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4+ Kg8 24. Bxf3 Re8 25. Rh2 Kf8
26. Rdh1 Ke7 27. e4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Kd6 29. Bd3 Bg4 30. Ng2 Kc7
31. Bc4 Re7 32. Rh8 Rxh8 33. Rxh8 Rd7 34. Bd3 c5 35. b3 b5
36. Rh7 c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Bxc4 Rd1+ 39. Kb2 Rd2 40. Ne3 Bf3
41. Rxg7 Rd7 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Bxf7 Kd7 44. g6
1-0

good 1st game today

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[White "ElMarginal"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1239"]
[BlackElo "1375"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6
6. h3 Nbd7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. c5 Qe7 10. Bd6 Qd8
11. Bh2 b6 12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 axb4 14. Qxb4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5
16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Bxb6 18. e3 Ke7 19. Bd3 Ba5 20. Kd2 c5
21. Rhc1 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Bb5 dxc3+ 24. Ke2 Rhc8 25. a4 Nc5
26. Rab1 Nce4 27. f3 Nd6 28. Bxd6+ Kxd6 29. Rd1+ Ke5 30. Bd3 Nd5
31. Rdc1 Nf4+ 32. Ke3 Nxd3 33. Kxd3 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rc8
36. Rb5+ Kf6 37. Rxa5 Rxg2 38. Rb5 c2 39. a5 Rd8 40. a6 Rd1
41. a7 Rxc1 42. a8=Q Re1+ 43. Kd3 Rd1+ 44. Ke3 c1=Q+ 45. Ke4 Qc4+
0-1

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Last game: another time forfeit 3rd place rating: 1439

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "myner49r"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "1370"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Goring gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exd4 4. c3 Qe7 5. Bd3 d5
6. Qe2 Bg4 7. O-O Ne5 8. Re1 O-O-O 9. exd5 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qxe2
11. Bxe2 Bh5 12. Bf4 d3 13. Bxd3 Bxf3 14. c4 h6 15. Nc3 Nf6
16. Nb5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Nb5 g5 20. Re7 Nh5
21. Rxf7 Nf4 22. Bf5
1-0

4th round: fun mexican

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[White "ilmari"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1253"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O
6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be2 Bf5
11. O-O Ne4 12. Qb3 Nc5 13. Qd1 Qe7 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Qc1 Ne4
16. Rd1 g5 17. a3 g4 18. Ne1 Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. Bf1 Qh5
21. Bb4 Nxb4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. axb4 Nd2 24. Bg2 Nb3 25. Qc3 Nxa1
26. b3 Rd1 27. Kf1 Bd3+ 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Nxd3 Nxb3 30. Nxe5 Qxe5
0-1

third game: opponent forfeits on time

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Packerland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1417"]
[BlackElo "1242"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 a6 5. c4 d6
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6
16. Nh4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 f6 20. Qg4 Rad8
21. Nd5 Qc8 22. b4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rc1
1-0

2nd game better: Latvian

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[White "ElMarginal"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1260"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Nxg6 Nf6
6. Qh4 Rg8 7. Nxf8 Kxf8 8. d3 fxe4 9. Bh6+ Ke8 10. dxe4 Rg4
11. Qh3 Rxe4+ 12. Be2 Nd4 13. Nc3 Rxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Nxc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1
16. Bg5 Ne4+ 17. Kd3 Nxg5 18. Qe3+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rxa1 d6
21. Re1 Bf5+ 22. Kc4 Be6+ 23. Kd3 Rf8 24. f3 Kd7 25. b3 Rf5
26. Nd4 Rd5 27. Kc3 Rc5+ 28. Kb2 Bf7 29. b4 Rc4 30. Nc2 Bg6
31. Re2 Bxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxb4+ 33. Kc1 Ne6 34. Rd2 Nc5 35. Kc2 Ra4
36. Kb2 Ne6 37. g3 Ng5 38. f4 Nf3 39. Rf2 Ne1 40. Re2 Nd3+
41. Kb3 Ra5 42. Rc2 Rf5 43. Rc3 Nxf4 44. gxf4 Rxf4 45. Rg3 Rh4
46. h3 Ke6 47. Kb2 Ke5 48. Rg7 Rxh3 49. Rxc7 Rh2+ 50. Kb3 h5
51. Rxb7 h4 52. Rxa7 h3 53. Ra5+ d5 54. Ra3 Rh1 55. Ka4 h2
56. Re3+ Kf4 57. Ra3 Rf1 58. Ka5 h1=Q 59. Ra4+ Ke5
0-1

blind first game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Neatknight"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1255"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7
6. Nf3 Qd5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Bg5 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bxg5
11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Qe7 14. f5 exf5 15. Rxf5 Bxf5
0-1

Monday, November 30, 2009

I beat a 2000 at 3 0 blitz

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[White "WizardOZ"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1390"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. d5 Nb4 4. c4 Na6 5. e3 e6
6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nc5 8. Be2 Nce4 9. Rc1 c6 10. d6 Qa5
11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxc3 13. Qd2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 O-O 15. e4 b5
16. c5 Ba6 17. Qb2 b4 18. Bd2 Bxf1 19. Bxb4 Qb5 20. Rxf1 a5
21. Ba3 Qxb2 22. Bxb2 Rfb8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. Ne1 Rab8
26. Kf1 Rb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb1 28. g4 Ra1 29. Ke2 Rxa2+ 30. Ke3 a4
31. Nd3 a3 32. Kd4 Ra1 33. Nb4 a2 34. Nxa2 Rxa2 35. f4 Rxh2
36. e5 fxe5+ 37. Kxe5 Rg2 38. g5 Kg7 39. Ke4 h6 40. gxh6+ Kxh6
41. Ke5 Kh5 42. Kf6 Rf2 43. Kxf7 Rxf4+ 44. Ke7 Rc4 45. Kxd7 Rxc5
46. Kc7 Rd5 47. Kxc6 Kg5 48. d7 Kf5 49. Kc7 Rxd7+ 50. Kxd7 e5
51. Kd6 e4 52. Kd5 e3 53. Kd4 e2 54. Kd3 e1=Q 55. Kd4 Qe4+
56. Kc5 Qd3 57. Kc6 Ke6 58. Kc5 Qd5+ 59. Kb4 Qc6 60. Kb3 Kd5
61. Kb4 Kd4 62. Kb3 Qc3+ 63. Ka4 Qb2 64. Ka5 Kc5 65. Ka6 Qb6#
0-1

But lost the final of course

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ssudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Opening "Evans gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5
6. Qb3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8. O-O d6 9. cxd4 Rb8 10. e5 dxe5
11. dxe5 Be6 12. Ba3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qe6 14. Qc5 Nge7 15. Nbd2 Bxd2
16. Nxd2 O-O 17. Nc4 Rfe8 18. f4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rae1 Nb6
21. Ne3 Rbd8 22. Nf5 Rd2 23. Ra1 Red8 24. Ne3 Re2 25. Rfe1 Rdd2
26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. Ng4 h6 28. h3 Nc4 29. Bc5 b6 30. Bd4 Nxd4
31. Rd1 c5 32. Nf2 Rxa2 33. Nd3 Ne3 34. Re1 Nxg2 35. e6 fxe6
36. Ne5 Nh4 37. Nd7 Nhf3+
0-1

somehow survived into the finals

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ElMarginal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6
6. O-O Bg4 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Qc2 Ne5
11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 c6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Be2 h6 15. Bh4 Rad8
16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Rd2 f6 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Nh4 Kh7 20. Nf5 Bxf5
21. exf5 Nb6 22. Bh5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. Bg6+ Kh8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. f3 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 Nc4 28. Bf2 Bxf2 29. Kxf2 Qb6+ 30. Kg3 Qxb2
31. Qd3 Qb6 32. Qxc4 Qd8 33. Qe6 a5 34. Qe8+ Qxe8 35. Bxe8 Kg8
36. Bd7 Kf8 37. Bc8 b6 38. Bb7 c5 39. f4 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Ke7
41. Ke4 Kd6 42. c4 Kc7 43. Ba8 Kd6 44. Bb7 Kc7 45. Ba6 Kd6
46. Bb5 h5 47. h4 Kc7 48. Kd5 Kd8 49. Ke6 Kc7 50. Kf7 Kd6
51. Kxg7 Ke5 52. Bd7 Kd6 53. Be6 Ke5 54. Kh6 Kf4 55. Kxh5 Kg3
56. Kg6 Kxh4 57. Kxf6 Kg3 58. Kg7
1-0

third round: cry me a moonriver

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[White "moonriver"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1384"]
[BlackElo "1391"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Be7 5. Bb5+ c6
6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. d3 Nb6 8. Bb3 d5 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Bf4 O-O
11. Qd2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. O-O Bxb3 15. axb3 Qc7
16. Nd3 Rad8 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. e5 Nd5 20. exd6 Nxf4
21. dxe7 Ne2+ 22. Kh2 Re8 23. Rfe1 Nd4 24. Nc5 Nxc2 25. Nxb7 Nxa1
26. Rxa1 Rxe7 27. Rxa7 Kf8 28. Nd6 Rxa7 29. Kg3 Rd7 30. Nc4 Rd3+
31. Kf4 Rxb3 32. Ke5 Rb4 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. Kc5 Rb3 35. Kxc6 Rd3
36. b4 Rc3 37. Kc5 Kd8 38. b5 Kc7 39. Kd4 Rb3 40. b6+ Kc8
41. Kc5 Rc3 42. Kb5 Rc2 43. Nd6+ Kd7 44. Nxf7 Rxf2 45. g4 Rxf7
46. Ka6 Kc8 47. g5 Kb8 48. h4 Rf4 49. h5 Rf5 50. g6 hxg6
51. hxg6 Rf6 52. Kb5 Rxg6
0-1

today: first game draw; second win

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "freepawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1366"]
[BlackElo "1247"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6
6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Be3 Na6 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5
11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxd3
16. cxd3 Bc6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rac1 Qf5 19. d4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxd4
21. Qe3 Rf4 22. Rc5 Rxf3 23. Rxf5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 exf5 25. Rxf5 Re8
26. Rd5 g6 27. Rd7 Rb8 28. Kf2 a6 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Kf4 Kf6
31. e4 Ke6 32. Rc7 f6 33. Rxh7 g5+ 34. Kf3 b5 35. Rc7 Rb6
36. Rh7 Rd6 37. b3 Ke5 38. Re7+ Kd4 39. Rc7 Ke5 40. Rc5+ Ke6
41. Rc7 Rd2 42. Rc6+ Rd6 43. Rxd6+ Kxd6 44. a3 a5 45. Ke3 Ke5
46. h3 f5 47. exf5 Kxf5 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. Kf3 Kf5
51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[White "babydoc"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1191"]
[BlackElo "1375"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. h3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. c3 Bd6
6. Ne5 Bxe5 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Qh4 9. Nxe4 Qxf4 10. Ng3 Qxe5
11. Nxf5 Qxf5 12. e3 Nc6 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bd3 Qg5 15. Rg1 e5
16. Be2 Rad8 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb5 Na5 19. Qc2 c6 20. Be2 f5
21. O-O-O f4 22. exf4 Qxf4+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Rxf2 25. Bg4 Rxd2
26. Kxd2 Nc4+ 27. Kc1 Rf8 28. b3 Ne3 29. Be2 Rf2 30. Kd2 Nxg2
31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Bxf1 Nf4 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. a4 Kf6 35. h4 Kf5
36. c4 d4+ 37. Kd2 Kg4 38. b4 Kxh4 39. b5 c5 40. Ke1 g5
41. Kf2 g4 42. Kg1 g3
0-1

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Another blown game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[White "ausstrider"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1309"]
[BlackElo "1380"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6
6. Nge2 Bc5 7. Ng3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. a4 c6
11. Kh1 Qd7 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Qe1 f6 14. Nf5 Nxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Bxf2
16. Qxf2 fxg5 17. Rf1 Nf4 18. Bg4 Qf7 19. Nxd6 Qc7 20. Nxc8 Raxc8
21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. g3 Ng6 24. Qg2 Qxc4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Qf3+ Kg8 27. Nd5 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qd2+ 29. Kh3 Qxb2 30. Qf5 Qd4
31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qd6+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qc7+ Ke6 35. Qc8+ Kd6
36. Qd8+ Kc5 37. Qxa5+ Kc4 38. Qb5#
1-0

4th game: lost in opening

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ssudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1403"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d6
6. Qb3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 c6 10. Bxf7+ Qxf7
11. Qe3 Nf6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qe6
16. Rfe1 Bd6 17. Qc3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf7 19. Rae1 Nbd7 20. Re7 Qg6
21. h3 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rd1 Qf7 24. Qg3 Nb6 25. Kh2 Nbd5
26. Rd4 Qc7 27. Qxc7 Nxc7 28. Rd7 Nxd7
0-1

and you say I dont practice my king and ;pawn endings

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "MontanaSky"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1302"]
[BlackElo "1417"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6
6. g3 Bc5 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nh3 Bg4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O Bb4
11. Re1 Qd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 c6 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bb6
16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Bc7 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Na4 Ne7
21. Bb2 Rab8 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rbc8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nc5 Ng6
26. f4 Rce8 27. h3 Bc8 28. Rad1 Ne7 29. e5 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Ng6
31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Bxc6 Re2 33. Bg2 Bf5 34. g4 Nxf4 35. Rd8+ Kg7
36. gxf5 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Rh2 38. Rd4 Nxh3 39. Ne4 Nf4 40. f6+ Kg6
41. Rd2 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Rxd2 44. Kxd2 Nd5 45. Kd3 h5
46. Kd4 Nxf6 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. b5 h4 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. a4 Kd5
51. a5 Kc5 52. b6 axb6 53. axb6 Kxb6 54. Kf3 Kc5 55. Kg4 Kd5
56. Kxh4 Ke5 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Kf3 f6 59. Kg3 Ke4 60. Kf2 Kf4
61. Ke2 Kg3 62. Kf1 f5 63. Kg1 f4 64. Kf1 Kf3
0-1

oddly easy second game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "NightsTour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1406"]
[BlackElo "1283"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Be7 4. cxd4 d6 5. h3 Nd7
6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Bf8 10. Re1 g6
11. Bg5 Bg7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 h6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8
16. Be3 Be6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Ne5 Qb6
1-0

odd first game today

he didnt see my queen blunder

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "blackjack721"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1263"]
[BlackElo "1395"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Clemenz (Mead's, Basman's or de Klerk's) opening"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. h3 d5 2. g4 e5 3. Bg2 Be6 4. c3 h6 5. d3 Nf6
6. Nd2 Bc5 7. Qb3 b6 8. c4 c6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 b5
11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qb6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxf6 Bxb3 15. axb3 gxf6
16. Nf3 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 Nd7 18. Rac1 O-O-O 19. Rc2 Nc5 20. Rd1 Rhg8
21. Bh1 Nxb3 22. Nh4 Nd4+ 23. Kf1 Nxc2 24. Nf5 Nd4 25. Ne7+ Kd7
26. Nxg8 Rxg8 27. Bg2 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 f5 29. f3 fxe4 30. dxe4 Qc5
31. Kg3 Qc2 32. Rg1 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Nxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Ke6 35. h4 Kf6
36. h5 Kg5 37. h6 Kxh6 38. f4 exf4 39. b3 Kh5 40. e5 Kg4
41. e6 fxe6 42. Kf1 Kf3 43. Kg1 Qg2#
0-1

Saturday, November 28, 2009

An awesome game of 3 0

I'm playing some 3 0 before my flight. I won't record it all but look at this!

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ttttt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1395"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defense"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Bf4 Nc6
6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nf3 g6 8. c5 dxc5 9. Be5 f6 10. dxc5 Qxd1+
11. Kxd1 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Bb5 O-O-O+
16. Ke1 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. b4 e5 20. b5 Bxc5
21. bxc6 Kc7 22. Ne4 Bb4+ 23. Ke2 Be7 24. Rac1 f5 25. Nd2 Rd4
26. Nb3 Ra4 27. Rc2 Rd8 28. Rb1 Rd6 29. Na5 Rxa5 30. Rb7+ Kd8
31. c7+ Kc8 32. Rb8+
1-0

A sacrificial upset against a 1900!

blown last game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "hectorlamadrid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1362"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bc5
6. O-O Nge7 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6 9. Ba3 O-O 10. c4 Bd4
11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bb2 Ndc6 13. Qg4 Ng6 14. f4 d6 15. f5 Nge5
16. Qg3 Nxb4 17. f6 g6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Be2 h6 20. Qh4 Kh7
21. Rf3 Qd4+ 22. Kf1 Qxa1 23. Rh3 Bxh3
0-1

Nice fourth game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "myner49r"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "1310"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Benima defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6
6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 d6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Bb3 a6 10. f4 Ng6
11. e5 dxe5 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. fxe5 Bxf3 15. exf6 Bxf6
16. Rxf3 Rfe8 17. Bf2 b6 18. g4 Ne5 19. Rf4 Re7 20. h4 Red7
21. g5 Be7 22. Bg3 Bc5+ 23. Kh2 Ng6 24. Rff1 Rd2+ 25. Kh3 Bd6
26. Ne4 Re2 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Rxf7 Kh8 29. Raf1 Re3 30. h5
1-0

fairly easy third game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "bergy"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1253"]
[BlackElo "1359"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Opening "KGD"]
[Variation "Classical variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6
6. d3 Ng4 7. Rf1 Nd4 8. h3 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Nh2
11. d4 Bxd4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Kxe3 exf4+ 14. Kd2 Nxf1+ 15. Qxf1 O-O
16. Re1 Be6 17. Kc1 Rad8 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Qxg4 20. Nd5 c6
21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. Rh1 d5
26. Qc3 Kg8 27. Nf3 Qxg2 28. Rg1 Qf2 29. e5 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Qxc3
31. bxc3 Kg7 32. Kb2 f6 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. Nd4 g5 35. Rh1 Rh8
36. Re1 Rde8 37. Rf1 h5 38. Nb3 h4 39. Nc5 b6 40. Nd3 h3
41. Nf2 Kf5 42. Rg1 h2 43. Rh1 g4 44. Nd3 g3 45. Kc1 g2
46. Rxh2 Rxh2
0-1

Typical hopeless game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Tysquad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1347"]
[BlackElo "1491"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. dxe6 Bxe6
6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Nf3 Qd7 8. Ne5 Qe7 9. Be2 Bxa2 10. Rxa2 Qxe5
11. O-O O-O 12. Nb5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 a6 14. Nd4 Rd8 15. Rd1 c5
16. Nf3 Rxd2 17. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Nbd7 19. Nd3 Re8 20. Kf1 Ne4
21. f3 Nd6 22. Be2 f6 23. Ra5 Nc4 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxb2
26. Nxb7 Rc8 27. Bxa6 Rxc2 28. Nd8 Rd2 29. Ne6 Rd6 30. Nc5 Rc6
31. Nd3 Rxa6 32. Nxb2 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Ra2
0-1

u1500: Easy game 1st round: Mexican

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "KENatCOV"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1105"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. Bg5 Ng6
6. Ne4 Be7 7. e3 Nxe4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qb3 d6 10. O-O-O Nxf2
11. c5 Nxd1 12. Qxd1 Qxe3+ 13. Kb1 Bf5+ 14. Ka1 O-O 15. cxd6 cxd6
16. Bc4 Rac8 17. Qa4 Qc1#
0-1

Friday, November 27, 2009

Why no one should ever play sleepless 3

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Nightlife"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[BlackElo "1688"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nd7
6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 b6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. Be4 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 c5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8
16. Rad1 Rd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. c3 d3 20. Kf1 f5
21. Bc6 g5 22. f3 f4 23. Kf2 h5 24. g3 d2 25. gxf4 gxf4
26. Be4 Kf8 27. Kg2 Ke7 28. Kf2 Bb5 29. b3 Bd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3
31. c4 Kf7 32. Ke2 Re3+ 33. Kf2 Kg6 34. Rxd2 Rxe5 35. Rd7 a5
36. Rd6 b5 37. cxb5 Rxb5 38. Rxe6+ Kf5 39. Re4 Rc5 40. a3 Rc3
41. b4 Rxa3 42. b5 Rb3 43. b6 Rxb6 44. Ra4 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 Rb5
0-1

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "valdol"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. Bb5 dxe5
6. Qxd8+ Rxd8 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Rxd7 10. Nc3 a6
11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Rad1 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 O-O 15. Bxc7 Bb4
16. Bd6 Bxc3 17. Bxf8 Bxb2 18. Be7 h6 19. Rd8+ Kh7 20. Rc8 Nxe4
21. Rxc6 Bd4 22. Rxa6 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Bd4 24. Ke2 Nc3+ 25. Kd3 Be5
26. Ra5 Bc7 27. Rc5 Nxa2 28. Rxc7 Nc1+ 29. Kd2 Na2 30. Ra7
1-0

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Ficus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4
6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Qg2 Nf6 15. Rae1 O-O-O
16. Ne5 Rxd4 17. Nxg4 Rxg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Rf4 Qh4 20. Re2 Qg3+
0-1

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "BillietheKid"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1374"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O
6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. Qxe3 Nc6 9. c3 a6 10. a4 Na5
11. Ba2 exf4 12. Qxf4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe3 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nb3
16. Ra3 Nc5 17. O-O Qd7 18. Nd4 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rf8 20. Qe2 e5
21. Nf5 Nf6 22. b4 Nxa4 23. Nd2 b5 24. d4 exd4 25. cxd4 Re8
26. Rg3 g6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Qe3 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Kxh6
31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Rh3 Kg8 33. Re3 Nb2 34. Re7 Qxe7 35. Qxe7 Nd3
36. Qxc7 Nxb4 37. Qxd6 Nc2 38. d5 Nd4 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. d6 Kh6
41. d7 Kh5
0-1

Why I shouldn't play Sleepless II

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "Kibs"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1366"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Classical"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. e5 Bc5
6. c3 Ne7 7. d4 Bb6 8. Bc4 Nd5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh6 Qe7
11. Bg5 Qf7 12. O-O Be6 13. b3 Ne7 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Bf6 Rf8
16. Qxh7 O-O-O 17. Qxe7 Qxf6 18. exf6 Rde8 19. Qh7 Rh8 20. Qxg6 c5
21. Qxf5+ Kb8 22. dxc5 Ba5 23. b4 Bxb4 24. cxb4
1-0

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Xxuuv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1363"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 d6 3. dxc5 Nf6 4. cxd6 Nxe4 5. dxe7 Qxe7
6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nf3 Nc3+ 9. Kd2 Nxd1 10. Re1 Qxe1+
11. Kxe1 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Bc5+ 13. Be3 Bxe3+ 14. Kxe3 O-O 15. Nc3 f6
16. Rd1 Rfe8+ 17. Kf2 Rad8 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Nf5 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Kf8
21. Nc3 a6 22. Nd5 Rd8 23. Nc7 Kf7 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. Na8 Ke6
26. Ne3 Re7 27. Nb6 Kd6 28. Nf5+ Ke6 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Ke3 Kd6
31. b3 Kc5 32. Nc8 Kb4 33. Nd6 b5 34. Ne8 Kc3 35. Nc7 Kxc2
36. Nxa6 Kb2 37. Nc7 b4 38. Na6 Kxa2 39. Nxb4+ Kxb3 40. Nd5 Kc4
41. Ne7 g6 42. Ke4 Kc5 43. g3 Kd6 44. Ng8 Ke6 45. Nh6 f5+
0-1

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "stephenaschaak"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1286"]
[BlackElo "1354"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. exd6 Bxd6
6. Be2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxe4
11. Re1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qh4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bg4+ Nxg4 15. Qxg4+ Qxg4
16. hxg4 Bc5 17. Bc3 f6 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Re8 20. Rd2 Bd6
21. g3 Re4 22. Rd4 Re2 23. Rd2 Re1+ 24. Kg2 Re6 25. Kf3 g6
26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Be5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Ke3 Kd7 30. Ke4 Ke6
31. c4 c5 32. a3 b6 33. b4 cxb4 34. axb4 a6 35. f3 a5
36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Kd3 a4 38. Kc3 Kd6 39. Kb4 a3 40. Kb3 Kc5
41. Kxa3 Kxc4 42. Kb2 Kd4 43. Kc2 Ke3 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 Kxf4
46. Kd2 Kxg4 47. Ke2 h5 48. Kf2 g5 49. Kg2 h4 50. Kh2 Kf4
51. Kh3 g4+ 52. Kxh4 Kf3 53. Kg5 g3 54. Kf5 g2 55. Ke5 g1=Q
56. Kd5 Qg4 57. Kc5 Ke3 58. Kd6 Kd3 59. Kd5 Qd4+ 60. Ke6 Qc5
61. Kf6 Ke4 62. Ke6 Qf5+ 63. Kd6 Qd5+ 64. Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "kenjh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7
6. Bf4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Nb5 O-O
11. Nd6 Bc7 12. Nb5 Bb6 13. Bc4 a6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. O-O Nc6
16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc7 18. Nxc6 Bxf4 19. Rd8+
1-0

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "BillietheKid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1370"]
[BlackElo "1493"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. exd5 Nxd5
6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O b6 10. Ne5 Bb7
11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qh5 Ng6 13. Rad1 Qc6 14. d5 exd5 15. f4 Qc5+
16. Kh1 d4 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rab8 20. f5 Ne5
21. f6 Rxb2 22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Rf5 Ng6 24. Rxc5 Rd8 25. Rxc7 Rxa2
26. c4 a5 27. Bd5 Ne5 28. Re7 Ng4 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. h3 Nf2+
31. Rxf2
1-0

Why I shouldn't play Sleepless I

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "BillietheKid"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6
6. Qe2 Ng4 7. Rf1 O-O 8. h3 Nf6 9. d3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Qe8
11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Be6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2 Qd7
16. Ng5 Rae8 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Bb3 d5 19. Nd2 a5 20. O-O-O a4
21. Bc2 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qe7 24. g4 Ne5 25. Qc5 Qxc5
0-1

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "Jasonma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxc3 Nc6
6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nxc4
11. Qxc4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qf5 Qc8
16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Bb4 20. Re4 Bc5
21. b4 Bb6 22. Rg4 g6 23. Bf6 Rd6 24. Be7 Rd2 25. Rf4 Re8
26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Rc2 28. Rd1 Re7 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 a6
31. a4 Rxc5 32. Rd4 Ra5 33. Rdd8 Rxa4 34. Rg8+ Kh6 35. g4 f6
36. Kg2 Ra3 37. f3 Ra2+ 38. Kg3 Ree2 39. f4 Re3+ 40. Kh4 g5+
41. fxg5+ fxg5+ 42. Rxg5 Rh2
0-1

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "dogster"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1385"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nc3 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxe5 Qf6 9. Nd3 Bd4 10. Qf3 Qh4+
11. g3 Qh3 12. Nf2 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Nf6 14. d3 O-O 15. Bg5 Ng4
16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 f5 18. Kg2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 20. dxe4 Rf2+
21. Kh3 Nf6 22. e5 Ne4 23. Be3 Rxc2 24. Bd4 Nf2+ 25. Kh4 Nxh1
26. Rxh1 Rd8 27. Bc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rd3 29. Re1 Rxc3 30. e6 Kf8
31. Re2 Ke7 32. Kg5 Rc6 33. Kf5 g6+ 34. Kg5 Rxe6 35. Rb2 b6
36. Rc2 c5 37. Kh6 g5+ 38. Kxh7 g4 39. Kg7 Rc6 40. Re2+ Kd7
41. Kf7 Kc7 42. Re7+ Kb8 43. Ke8 Rc8+ 44. Kf7 Rc7 45. Kf6 Rxe7
46. Kxe7 c4 47. Ke6 c3 48. Kf5 c2 49. Kxg4 c1=Q 50. h4 Qc2
51. h5 Qxa2 52. Kg5 Qc4 53. g4 Qd5+ 54. Kg6
1-0

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "chessjuggler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1378"]
[BlackElo "1225"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bf4 Nxc6
6. d5 Ne5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bxe5 O-O 9. Nb5 Ng4 10. Bg3 Bxb2
11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Qxa2 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Bc4 Qa5
16. O-O e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxc8 Rbxc8 20. Ne6 Nxh2
21. Bxh2 Bc3 22. Nb3 Qf5 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf3 Qc8 25. Qd3 Bf6
26. Rbe1 Bh4 27. Bg3 Qg4 28. Bxh4 Qxh4 29. Qd4+
1-0

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "stephenaschaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1275"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Bf4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. e5 dxe5
11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nd5
16. Rxd5 exd5 17. Nd7 Rfe8 18. Rc1 Bg5 19. Qc2 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxb5
21. Nc5 Rac8
0-1

somehow won last game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "jdfchess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d6 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. d5 Ne5
11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bxe6 Qe7 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Qxe2+
16. Kxe2 Be7 17. Be3 O-O 18. Rac1 b4 19. Ne4 Nxd5 20. Bd4 Nf4+
21. Kd2 d5 22. Nc5 Bg5 23. Kd1 Nh3 24. Ne6 Rxf3 25. Nxg5 Nxg5
26. Be3 Ne4 27. Ke2 Raf8 28. Rc7 Nxf2 29. Rg1 g6 30. Bd4 R8f7
31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Kxf3 Ne4 33. Rc1 Nd2+ 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Rc7+ Kg8
36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7
1-0

barely saved fourth game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[White "hjorth"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1136"]
[BlackElo "1355"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian gambit, 3.Bc4"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nxe5 d5 5. exd5 Qe7
6. d4 Ng4 7. f4 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qc5 9. Qd3 Nd7 10. Be3 Qb4+
11. Nc3 Bc5 12. O-O Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Qxc4 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. e6 Ne4
16. Qf3 Nd2 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Nxf1 19. Kg1 Ne3 20. Qg7 Rf8
21. Qxh7 Nxd5 22. Qxg6+ Kd8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qg7 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxe6
26. Rd1+ Kc8 27. Qg3 b6 28. c3 Kb7 29. Qf3+ c6 30. Qe2 Rad8
31. Re1 Rfe8 32. a4 Bd5 33. Qf1 Rxe1 34. Qxe1 Be4
0-1