I can't play chess

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "arpeggione"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1348"]
[BlackElo "1271"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Nf6
6. e5 Bb4+ 7. Kf1 Ne4 8. Qd5 Ng5 9. h4 c6 10. Qd3 Ne6
11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Rd8 14. Ne4 d5 15. Nd6 Bxd6
16. Qxb6 axb6 17. exd6 dxc4 18. Rd1 c5 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. Nxc4 Rxa2
21. Bc3 Ncd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxb6 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. d7 Bxd7
26. Nd5 Ba4 27. Re1 Rxd5 28. Rh3 Nc2 29. Rb1 Ne3+ 30. Kg1 Rxg2+
31. Kh1 b5 32. Re1 Rd3 33. f4 g6 34. Rhxe3 Rdd2 35. Re8+ Kg7
36. f5 gxf5 37. R8e7 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 b4 39. Rc7 Bb5
0-1

Blown second game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[White "NeedsBoon"]
[Black "nhkatz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. h3 Bh5
6. Bd3 Ne7 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bxg6 Nxg6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qd2 Nh4
11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Nc3 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Rdf1 b6
16. f4 c5 17. Bf2 Bxf2 18. Rxf2 Nc6 19. Nb5 Nb4 20. a3 Na6
21. Nd6 c4 22. c3 Nc5 23. Kc2 Qd7 24. Rhf1 Qa4+ 25. Kb1 Nd3
26. Rf3 Qb3 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 Qa4 29. Qe3 b5 30. Nb7 Qe4+
31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. Nd6 e3 33. Re1 Rxf4 34. Rxe3 Raf8 35. Nxb5 Rf3
36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Nxa7 Rxh3 38. Nc6 Rg3 39. Nd4 Kf7 40. a4 Rxg4
41. a5 Rg5 42. a6 Rxe5 43. b4 Rd5 44. b5 e5 45. b6 exd4
46. b7 Rb5+ 47. Kc2 h5 48. a7 Rxb7 49. a8=Q Re7 50. Qd5+ Kf8
51. Qxd4 g5 52. Qf6+ Rf7 53. Qxg5 Rf2+ 54. Kb3 Rh2 55. Qf4+
1-0

easy 1st game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ChariotsOfFire"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1186"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French defense"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 exd5
6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6
11. Qg4 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Bf5 Qe8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Rxe8 Rxe8
16. Bf6 Bf8 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Na6 20. f5 Re3
21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Qd7+ Kh6 23. Qxb7 Rae8 24. Bxa6 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+
26. Kf2 Rc1 27. Bd3
1-0

3rd page of Reinfeld.

Took ten minute break. 1 hour 20 minutes before tournament. Hope to do 3 more
pages.

55 Nc5

56 f6!

57 N xf7

58 c5

59 Nxe5

60 Qf6#


Got all but 57. This will have to do for tactics practice today. spent in total about 50 minutes. Will relax before tourney.

49 Rxd7 pile on pinned rook wwith kings rook

50 g4

51 Bc5

52 Qf4

53 Rxe7

54 Qe3

Got all but 53. missed bishop sacrifice to free Queen's rook. About 15 minutes.

intensive fun with Reinfeld.

I have two hours until the u1500. I have the insane ambition of using this time
to do 30 problems from Reinfeld:

43 Nxe7

44 N x e5

45 1. Nxe7 Bxg4
2. Rxe1

46 1. c6 Rh8
2 h7 Rmoves away
3 c7

47 Nxc6

48 Qg3


43 wrong but close

44 correct

45 given as slow win. completely missed pin of queen and mate threat.

46 correct

47 missed d5 and play against king's rook

48 missed rook advance. Need to look more carefully for more violent
attacks. 24 problems to go. About 15 minutes expended.

Easy last game

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[White "nhkatz"]
[Black "ilmari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1370"]
[BlackElo "1274"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 h6 5. dxe5 dxe5
6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bxf7 Bg4 8. Nh4 Nge7 9. Nc3 g5 10. Ng6 Nxg6
11. Bxg6 Rg8 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Kd2 Nxf5 15. Rd1 Bd6
16. Ke1 Ke7 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bb4+ 20. c3 Ba5
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nc5 Bb6 23. Nxb7 Rd3 24. Ke2 Rxe3+ 25. Kd2 Re4
26. b4 Rf4 27. Re1 Kf6 28. Re2 Rf2 29. Rxf2+ Bxf2 30. Nd8 Bg1
31. h3 c5 32. b5 c4 33. a4 e4 34. Nc6 Kf5 35. Nd4+ Bxd4
36. cxd4 Kf4 37. a5 e3+ 38. Ke2 c3 39. b6 axb6 40. axb6 c2
41. b7 c1=Q 42. b8=Q+ Kf5 43. Qe5+ Kg6 44. Qxe3 Qc4+ 45. Qd3+ Qxd3+
46. Kxd3 Kf6 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Kc5 Kd7 49. d5 h5 50. d6 g4
51. h4 Kc8 52. g3 Kd8 53. Kd5 Kd7 54. Ke5 Ke8 55. Ke6 Kd8
56. d7
1-0

Rating down to 1382