Pawn rescues the queen

This is a game I observed.

I love the way black used his pawn to rescue the queen

1. d4 d5 2. c3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Ne5 Nd7 5. Qa4 Bd6 6. Bf4 Bxe5 7. Bxe5 f6 8. Bd6 Qb6 9. dxc5 Qxb2 10. e3 Qxa1 11. Qb3 a5 12. Bb5 a4 13. Qc2 a3 14. O-O Qb2 15. Qd3 Qxa2 16. c6 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Ba6 18. Qd4 Bxf1 19. Bxa8 Qxb1 20. h3 a2 {White forfeits by disconnection} 0-1

Got to remember about knight double strike

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. Nf3 h6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. c5 Nbd7 10. h3 b6 11. b4 bxc5 12. bxc5 Rb8 13. a4 Qa5 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Bxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxc5 19. Rac1 Bb4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Rxc6 Rxa4 22. Rc7 Ra2 23. Bb5 Rb8 24. Ba6 Rxa6 25. Rfc1 Kh7 26. f3 Bd3 27. R7c3 Bc4 28. g4 Ra2 29. h4 Re2 30. f4 Rbb2 31. g5 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rbg2# {White checkmated} 0-1

14..Ne4 was a mistake. Offering my opponent chance to play 16 Nxd2. I was lucky that my opponent didn't know that.
24. Ba6 was a mistake
29. I could ave played Rbb2. Doubling up rooks in 2nd file. That was faster way to win.

Good example for french advanced variation

This is a good example for playing french advanced variation as white.

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 h5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Bd2 Qxb2 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Ke7 18. Bb4+ Kd8 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Kxc8 21. Rc1+ Kd8 22. Bd6 Re8 23. Rc7 f6 24. f4 fxe5 25. fxe5 {Black resigns} 1-0

My opponent was too good for me

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qa4+ b5 11. Bxb5+ c6 12. Qxb4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 cxb5 14. Bf4 a6 15. Bxd6 Bh3 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. e5 Nh7 18. a4 Ng5 19. Rg3 Bd7 20. f4 a5 21. Qd4 b4 22. fxg5 bxc3 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. dxe6 Bc6 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27. Rxc3 Bd5 28. Qf7 Qxd6 29. Qxg8+ Ke7 30. Qf7+ Kd8 31. O-O-O Qe7 32. Rxd5+
Qd6 33. Rxd6# {Black checkmated} 1-0

Guess next move - win two rooks

White to move and win two rooks for free.



Solution:
1. Qe6+ Kf8 2. Rf3+ Qf6 3. Qxc8+ Ke7 4. Re3+ Kf7 5. Qxh8

Good example of a game to play against newbie

This is a game I observed. A good example to handle newbie player who just learnt to move only queen and plays scandinavian.

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 Qg6 5. Nf3 Qxg2 6. Rg1 Qh3 7. Rg3 Qf5 8. Rg5 Qh3 9. Bf1 Qe6+ 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Bc4 Qh3 13. Bf7+ Kd8 14. Rg3 Qxh2 15. Rd3+ Bd7 16. Rxd7+ Kc8 17. Rxc7+ Nxc7 18. Qg4+ Kb8 19. Nd7+ Kc8 20. Nb6+ Kb8 21. Qc8# {Black checkmated} 1-0

My shortest ever online game

This is my shortest ever online game. Ended in just 6 moves. After the game, I realised that I could have ended the game in just 5 moves.



1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Qh4# {White checkmated} 0-1

5 ..Bg3+ could have ended the game earlier

Won a simple game

I was playing black.



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nd5 Be6 9. b3 a6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba3 Ba7 12. b4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. b5 axb5 16. a5 Qc8 17. Qd3 b6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 bxa5 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Qxc8 Rfxc8 22. Rxa5 Bxf2+ {white forfeits by disconnection} 0-1

White's move 20. Bxd6 was a blunder

I won against Fritz playing @ 1650

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Ke8 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Bd4 12. c3 Be5 13. Qf5 d5 14. Qg6+ Ke7 15. exd5 Na5 16. Qg7+ Kd6 17. d4 Nxc4 18. dxe5+ Kxe5 19. Bf4+ Ke4 20. Qg6+ Bf5 21. Re1+ Kxf4 22. Rf1+ Ke5 23. Qxf5+ Kd6 24. Qe6+ Kc5 25. b4+ Kb5 26. a4# 0-1


Finally, I won a match against fritz playing in friend mode. Rating 1650.

Puzzle - Black to move and checkmate in 4

Black to move and checkmate in four

Puzzle - White to move and mate in five

White to move and mate in five.

1. Rd8+ Kf7 2. Be8+ Kg8 3. Bh5+ Rf8 4. Rxf8+ Kxf8 5. Re8#

Guess next move - white to move and win the queen

White to move and win queen

Solution: Nf7

puzzle - White to move and checkmate in 3 moves

White to move and checkmate in 3 moves

A queen sacrifice in a KGA game

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d3 Bc5+ 7. d4 Be7 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rxf4 Bf6 12. Rxe4 Bxe5 13. Rxe5 Nc6 14. Rd5 Qh4 15. Bg5 Qe4 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Re1 Qg6 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Rc5 Rfe8 20. d5 Bd7 21. dxc6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qxe8+ Bxe8 24. cxb7 Qd1+ 25. Kf2 Qg4 26. b8=Q Qd4+ 27. Kf1 Qxd3+ 28. cxd3 Kh8 29. Qxe8# {Black checkmated} 1-0

This is a game I observed. This has a queen sacrifice in move 23.

Sacrifice two knights to win a game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. a3 Nf6 5. Ng5 O-O 6. c3 h6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. d4 d5 9. Ba2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Qf6+ 13. Ke1 Re8+ 14. Ne2 Bf2+ 15. Kd2 Be3+ 16. Kc2 Bf5+ 17. Kb3 Qb6+ 18. Kc3 Qc5+ 19. Kb3 Qc4# {White checkmated} 0-1

This is a game I observed.

This game involvs two knight sacrifice to win.

Puzzle - white to move and mate in four

white to move and mate in four

Puzzle - white to move and win the queen

White to move and win the queen

Solution:
1. Nd6+ Kd8 2. Nb7+ Ke8 3. Nxa5 e6

Funny game that ended in just 8 moves

This game was funny. Ended so soon. I checkmated opponent in just 8 moves with the knights.

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Rh7 7. Nb5 a5 8. Nxc7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

Puzzle - White to move and mate in 3

White to move and mate in 3.

Solution : 1. Qxf7+ Rxf7 2. Re8+ Rf8 3. Rexf8#

Lost KGA game

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Be2 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bxf4 Nf6 10. c4 Qc6 11. d5 Bb6+ 12. Kh1 Qc5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Re1 Nh5 17. Qd4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. b3 Nc6 21. Nd4 Qe7 22. Bf3 Qc5 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc7 Qf2 25. Qxc6 Rad8 26. Rf1 Qe3 27. Rae1 Qc3 28. Qxb6 Qb2 29. Qf2 Qa3 30. Bc6 Rd6 31. Bb5 Rh6 32. Qf3 Qd6 33. Re8 Qxh2# {White checkmated} 0-1



18. ..Be6 was obvious mistake.
31. I missed mate in 3 moves.

Black to move and win material

Guess black's next move to win material.

Solution: Bb5xc4

My most horrible play so far

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 cxb2 8. Bxb2 Ne4 9. Qd5 O-O 10. Qxe4 Re8 11. Qg4 d6 12. e6 f6 13. e7+ Kh8 14. exd8=Q Rxd8 15. Qh5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Ne4 Bd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rad1 Be8 21. Qd5 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Bg6 23. Rxd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 h6 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Be4 g5 27. Rd7 Kg8 28. Rxc7 Kf8 29. Rxa7 Ke8 30. h3 Kd8 31. Ra6 Kc7 32. Rxf6 Rb6 33. Rxb6 Kxb6 34. f3 Kc5 35. Kf2 Kb4 36. Ke3 Kc3 37. Bd5 {Black resigns} 1-0



This is one of my most horrible play. I shouldn't have let go of the center pawn.

A fight against French

I was playing white against french. I made horrible mistakes. My opponent made bigger ones.

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 a5 4. Nf3 Bd7 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nf5 9. Nbd2 Nxg3 10. fxg3 g4 11. Nh4 h5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c3 Na7 14. a4 b5 15. b3 b4 16. c4 Nc6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nb1 Qg5 19. Ra2 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd4 21. Qd3 Qxe5 22. Re1 Be6 23. Rd2 Bg7 24. Bd1 Bc8 25. Rxe5+ Bxe5 26. Qe3 f6 27. Ng6 Rh7 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Qxe5+ Re7 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. h3 gxh3 32. gxh3 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Re7 34. Qxd4 Bb7 35. Bxh5 Rh8 36. Bg4+ {Black forfeits by disconnection} 1-0



21. I should have played Re1
24. My opponent missed mate in 2 moves. Qxe1+

An exciting game

I was playing white and lost. But I liked the game.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qf3 Be6 10. fxe5+ Kg8 11. Qe2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. c3 Rf8 14. d4 Bg4 15. Bxd5+ Kg7 16. Qd2 Rf5 17. Qh6+ Qxh6 18. Bxh6+ Kxh6 19. dxc5 Nxe5 20. Be6 Rf6 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Nd2 Re8+ 23. Kd1 Nf2+ 24. Kc2 Nxh1 25. Rxh1 Re2 26. h4 Rc6 27. Kd1 Rce6 28. Nb3 R6e3 29. Nd4 Rxb2 30. Nc2 Rxa2 31. Nxe3 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 {White resigns} 0-1



14. He should have played ..Be7 saving his dark bishop
17. I should have played Bg2.
19. I could have played h3.
19. He could have played Rxe5. Gives a check and attacks bishop.
28, 29 are all my mistakes.

A short KGA game

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. d3 Bg4 6. Be2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nc6 9. Qc4 Nd4 10. Qxf7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

6..h6 . He left the knight at g5 that was treatening f7 alone. It was a mistake.
7. dxe4 was a mistake exposing my queen. He could have taken my queen with his.
9. he should have played ..Qe7

Finally I win with KGA against a moderate player

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 Qh4+ 6. Nf2 Bc5 7. d4 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Qe2+ Kd8 10. Qf3 Qe7+ 11. Be2 Re8 12. Bxf4 g5 13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. b4 Bxb4 16. cxb4 Qe5 17. Nc3 Nxb4 18. Ng4 Qd4 19. Nb5 Nc2+ 20. Kd1 Qxa1+ 21. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 22. Kd3 Qa6 23. Bxg5+ f6 24. Bxf6+ Re7 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qe4+ Kf7 27. Rf1+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kg6 29. Rf6+ Kh5 30. Qxh7+ Kg5 31. Qh6# {Black checkmated} 1-0

4.. Nxe4 was wrong move
19. Nb5 was blunder exposing rook for attack. It should have been Bg5+
22. ..Qa6 was another mistake from him. He could have given more checks.
23. ..f6 does nothing. his mistake
26. Crafty found a quicker way to win 26. Qe3+ Kd8 27. Qg5+ Ke8 28. Nf6+ Kf7 29. Bh5+ Ke7 30. Nxh7+ Ke6 31. Re1#
26. ..Kf7 was another blunder from him. Letting his king loose.

Unable to hold KGA

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. d4 h6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. Nxf7 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 Bg4 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Be2 Bxe2+ 12. Qxe2+ Kd7 13. Qb5+ Kc7 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Nd5+ Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qf3 g5 19. Ke2 Rhf8 20. g3 fxg3 21. Qxg3 Qxd4 22. Bc3 Qe4+ 23. Kd2 Qd5+ 24. Qd3 Qg2+ 25. Qe2 Rf2 26. Ke3 Rxe2+ {White resigns} 0-1

10. I could have played Qd3
19. I could have played Be1 winning his queen.
19 .. He could have played ..Rhe8 putting me in more trouble
21. I should have played hxg3
22. I could have played Qc3
22. He missed a mate in two 22. ... Rde8+ 23. Qe5 Rxe5#

Another falkbeer counter gambit game

Another counter gamit game. The last two moves cost me the game. I was holding off the attack well.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qe2 Qxd5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Bg4 9. Qe3 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. hxg4 exd3 12. Qxd3 Rfe8+ 13. Be2 Qxg2 14. Qf3 Rxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Qxf3 {White resigns} 0-1



14. I should have played Qh3
15. I should have played Qxe2 instead of Nxe2

A great positional play by my opponent

I didn't make any Major blunders. But, my opponent was able to place his pieces in such a way that he could wrestle a victory.

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. bxc3 exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Qe8+ 9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Qc6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. c4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Rfe1 Bd5 16. Nh4 Rfe8 17. f3 g6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc3 20. Red1 Re2 21. Qxf6 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Re8 23. Rg1 Bxa2 24. f4 Bd5 25. c4 Bxc4 26. Ra5 b5 27. Rxa7 Bd5 28. Raa1 b4 29. Rab1 b3 30. f5 g5 31. Rbf1 gxh4 32. Qxh4 b2 33. f6 Qxg1+ 34. Rxg1 Rxg2 35. Rxg2+ Kh8 {White resigns} 0-1

puzzle - Win a bishop

White to move and win a bishop or a rook (if opponent makes a mistake).

Solution: 1. Rh3+ Kg8 2. Bh7+ Kh8 3. Bc2+ Kg8 4. Rhd3

an exciting encounter with queen sacrifice

This is a game I happened to observe. Good one for the books.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 exf4 4. Qh5+ g6 5. fxg6 Nf6 6. g7+ Nxh5 7. gxh8=Q Qe7+ 8. Be2 Qh4+ 9. Kd1 Ng7 10. d4 d5 11. Nf3 Qh6 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Re1+ Ne6 14. Bxf5 Nc6 15. Rxe6+ Kd8 {Black resigns} 1-0

My first Faalkbeer counter gambit

This is my first Faalkbeer counter gambit game. I have read about this opening. Never played it.

Altough I was beaten, I think I played fairly well.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Bd2 Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O-O Qxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxf3 14. Re1 f5 15. Bb5+ c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Re5 Be4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Kd7 20. Rd4+ Kc7 21. Re4 Rhe8 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bxc6 Kxc6 {White resigns} 0-1



After the game my opponent pointed out that I could have played 19 Bb4 winning a bishop.

Looks like my opponent missed a mate in 4. 9. .. Qxg3+ 10. Ke2 Bg4+ 11. Nf3 Qxf3+ 12. Ke1 Qg3#
I should have played 16 d6 attacking the pinned bishop

Next attacking play of the day

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Qh4 3. Qe2 h5 4. Nf3 Qg4 5. h3 Qg6 6. e5 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. h4 b6 9. g3 Ba6 10. Qd1 Nh6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Bf4 Bb4 13. Qd2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Nb5 Ng4 17. Rhf1 a5 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Nb5 Qe8 20. a3 Ne7 21. axb4 Ng6 22. Nd6 Qe7 23. Bg5 Qd7 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Nd2 f4 26. Qxg6 fxg3 27. fxg3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 axb4 29. Rf7 Qf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxe6 Nh6 32. Be7+ Ke8 33. Bc5+ Kd8 34. Bxb6# {black checkmated} 1-0

Another game and another silly mistake

Another game and another silly mistake.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. d4 c5 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. dxc5 Bc7 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 a5 13. c3 b6 14. Nbd2 axb4 15. cxb4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bxf4 Nxb3+ 19. Kh1 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra4 21. Nd2 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Ne4+ 23. Kf1 Nxd2+ 24. Ke1 {White resigns} 0-1



I should have been more careful before 18 Bxf4

Playing against an abusive player

I met an abusive player online. He was sending me some intimidating messages privately. I was playing white against Sicilian.

Anyway I am happy that I had him resign. This is the game by the way.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.Nd1 Nc6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. g3 Bb4 11. c3 Bd6 12. O-O h5 13. Qg5 Be7 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 d6 18. Bc4 Nd8 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Nh7 Rg8 21.Nxf6+ {Black resigns} 1-0



He was on all out offence at the very go. I was able to hold off his attack and launch my own towards the end of the game. He realised he wouldn't be able to hold.

A tough King Pawn game

I was playing white. I was down on material. I was also not positionaly sound. So I resigned.

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. Be2 Nce7 6. O-O Nf5 7. c3 c5 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nb3 Ba4 13. Qd3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bf4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Ne7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Rc8 21. Qf3 Qb6 22. Bd3 Rc3 23. h3 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qxh4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 {White resigns} 0-1

Busted in a King's gambit game

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. d4 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Nbd2 Qg6 9. Rg1 d6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Na3 a6 12. Bxf4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. O-O-O b4 17. cxb4 Ncxb4 18. Be4 Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Nab4 20. Nc2 Nxc2 21. Kxc2 Nb4+ 22. Kb1 Be6 23. Bxa8 Ba2+ 24. Ka1 Qa5 25. Qe3 Bb3+ 26. Kb1 Bc2+ 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2 29. Rc1 Be4+ 30. Ke1 Bxa8 31. Nd2 Qxc1+ 32. Ke2 Qb2 33. Re1 Nc2 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. Nxb3 Nxe1 36. Bxe1 O-O {White resigns} 0-1

Won an easy king's gambit game

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb3 Ne4 8. Bxf4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Ba5 10. O-O g5 11. Be3 g4 12. Nfd2 g3 13. h3 f6 14. Nxe4 fxe5 15. Qh5+ Ke7 {Black resigns} 1-0



16 Qf7# would have ended the game in the next move
12.. g3 was black's first mistake
13.. f6 was his blunder exposing his king for attack.

A short game using king's gambit accepted

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bc4 h6 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ne5+ Kf6 7. Qh5 Qe7 8. Qf5# {black checkmated} 1-0

Loosing a King's gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qf6 4. d3 exf4 5. Bxf4 d6 6. Nf3 Qxb2 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Be5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ne3 13. Bd4 Bxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Qxe3+ Qxe3 18. Rxe3+ Bxe3 19. Re1 O-O 20. Rxe3 Nd4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bg2 Nxc2 23. Bd5 Nxe3 {White resigns} 0-1



I should have played this sequence starting 17.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qf6 4. d3 exf4 5. Bxf4 d6 6. Nf3 Qxb2 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Be5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ne3 13. Bd4 Bxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxe3+ Qxe3 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Rxe3+ Kd7 22. Rf1 Rhf8 23. Rfe1

Ousted in 12 moves

I was playing black. I do not know when I would stop being this silly.

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e6 4. e5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Nxe5 11. Qf4 Ng6 12. Qxf7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

A good example of retaining initiative

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Qe2 e5 13. h3 b5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Bxb4 Be6 16. a3 Bc4 17. Qe1 Qc6 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bxa5 Rd4 22. b3 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rd1 g6 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Qb4 Re2 28. Qf8+ {Black resigns} 1-0



15 --> ..Be6. I didn't expect the following move ..Bc4 that. Fortunately I escaped.
17 --> ..Qc6 .. it was a mistake. He left the queen hanging.
19 --> ..a5. I could have done Bxa5 first. But that would have made me loose the initiative and let Bishop c4 escape.

Good example for a end game where you may convert pawn to knight

I was playing black against a good opponent.

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxc4 13. b3 Qb5 14. Rc1 Qh5 15. Rc5 f5 16. O-O Qg6 17. Bd3 Na6 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Nxc6 Bb7 21. Rfc1 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 e5 23. d5 Rd8 24. d6 Rf6 25. Qd5+ Qe6 26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rd1 a5 28. Kf1 Rd7 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Ra6 Rf6 31. f3 g5 32. Rd5 Ke6 33. Raxa5 Rxd6 34. Rxe5+ Kf7 35. Rxa7+ Kg6 36. Raa5 Rc6 37. Kd3 Rc1 38. e4 fxe4+ 39. fxe4 Rg1 40. Rf5 Rxg2 41. Rxf6+ Kxf6 42. e5+ Kf5 43. b4 Rxh2 44. a4 g4 45. Ke3 Rb2 46. Ra6 g3 47. Kf3 g2 48. Rf6+ Kg5 49. Rf8 g1=Q 50. Rg8+ {black resigns} 1-0

In the end game you can see that had I converted to Knight instead of queen, I could have prolonged and hoped for a better result.

I finished a guy in 14 moves

I was playing black. I finished this guy in 14 moves. He was keen on attack and didn't bother about defence.



1. g3 e5 2. f4 e4 3. d4 exd3 4. exd3 d5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Qe2+ Ne4 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Qb5+ Nc6 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Qxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxe2# {White checkmated} 0-1

My best game every - english opening

This is my best game ever. I've never played against English opening. I just followed my instincts.

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. h4 e5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. g3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. e4 O-O 9. Rg1 b6 10. g4 d6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ng4 13. Bh3 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Bxh3 15. Rh1 Bg4 16. Qf1 Bxf3 17. Kxf3 Bxg5 18. Qh3 Qf6+ 19. Kg3 Bh6 20. Nd5 Qg6+ 21. Kh2 Kh7 22. Be3 Rh8 23. Rag1 Qe6 24. Rg4 Kg8 25. Rhg1 Bf4+ 26. Nxf4 Rxh3+ 27. Nxh3 g6 28. Ng5 Qd7 29. Rh4 Nd4 30. Rg3 Qxa4 31. Rgh3 Qc2+ 32. Kg3 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Qg2# {White checkmated} 0-1



9 --> After 9 ..b6 I realised I would come under king's castle. Just like I expected. I should have gone for d6.
13 --> ..Nxf2, was a master move.
25 --> ..Rhg1 was another master stroke. I sacrificed bishop to retain initiative.

Gave away rook playing sicilian

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Ne5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Ng6 6. e5 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd5 d6 9. Bxa8 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 e6 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Nbd2 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bb7 19. Nc3 Rd8+ 20. Kc2 Rc8 21. Kb1 Bf6 22. Ne2 Be4+ 23. Ka1 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Re8 25. Nc3 Bb7 26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Rd6 Bb7 28. Rcd1 Ne7 29. Rd8 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rd8# {Black checkmated} 1-0

Two major blunders.

9. Bxa8 I do not know why I didn't look at it. Careless perhaps
29. Instead of Rd8 I could have gone for Kf8. I could have prolonged the game.

Left the b2 pawn unprotected in a sicilian

I was playing white against sicilian.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 O-O 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Rfb1 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxc3 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Rd1 Bc3 19. Rab1 Nf4 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rb3 Be5 23. h3 Nc5 24. Rbb1 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. g4 Nxe4 27. Kg2 Rb2 28. Re1 Rxc2+ 29. Kf3 Ng5+ 30. Ke3 Nxh3 31. Kd3 Rc3+ 32. Ke4 Ng5# {White checkmated} 0-1

12 Bf4 was the place I commited the mistake. My opponent made me pay for it.
I could have got away with just a pawn had I done 13 Bd2 instead of 13 Qd2
15 Rfb1 was another mistake. I could have gone for 15 e5

easy queen's pawn game

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Ba3 Bxa3 5. Nxa3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8.h3 Nb4 9. Qd2 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 a6 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 e5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Rg1 Nxg5 16. h4 Ne4 17. f3 Qxh4+ 18. Kd1 Nf2+ {Black forfeits by disconnection} 0-1



I made a blunder by 13..e5, White let me off the hook.
He made another blunder by not capturing my knight with his in 15. Rg1

Left the king and queen in line for bishop to attack

Lost against sicilian playing white.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b6 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Rd1 Rb8 15. f3 a6 16. a4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bf2 d5 19. b3 d4 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Nd6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bd3 Rb8 24. Bh4 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Bf6 26. Bg3 Rc8 27. Bd3 Qe8 28. Qf2 Bg5 29. Rf1 Be3 {White resigns} 0-1

My failed attempt to torcher black - king's gambit accepted

I played white and attempted a king's gambit accepted trap and failed.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 d6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. Qxg4+ Kf7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qf5 Bh6 12. d3 Nc6 13. Bxf4 Nd4 14. Qh3 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Ne2+ 16. Kf2 Nxf4 {White resigns} 0-1

Reviewing it, I should have played 11. Rxf4

Got checkmated

I played black. I guess I did everything right except for the last part which cost me the game.

1. e3 e5 2. g3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bg4 9. Bh3 Bxh5 10. Nc3 e4 11. g4 Bxg4 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxf2 14. Qe2 exf3 15. Qxf2 Bh4 16. Rg3 Bxg3 17. Qxg3 Qd7 18. Ne4 dxe4 19. Qxg7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

Easy game against Benko's Opening

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. e3 e4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. d3 Bf5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nd4 Bg6 8. f3 exd3 9. cxd3 O-O 10. Nd2 Bxd3 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Bc5 15. Be3 Qf6+ 16. Ke2 Rd8 17. e5 Qxe5 18. Bxb7 Bxd4 19. Bxa8 Qxe3+ 20. Kf1 Qf2# {white checkmated} 0-1

Lost the game in last moment

I was having upper hand during most of the game. Lost it in the final moment.

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O Rc8 9. Nbd2 c4 10. Qe2 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. b3 b4 14. bxc4 b3 15. Rb1 a4 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qa6 Na5 18. Bb2 Ne7 19. Qe2 Nc8 20. Nh4 Nb6 21. Ndf3 Nbc4 22. Bc1 Nxa3 23. Ra1 N5c4 24. Bxa3 Nxa3 25. Qb2 Qb5 26. Rxa3 Bxa3 27. Qxa3 h6 28. Nd2 Rb6 29. Ne4 Kd7 30. Nc5+ Kc7 31. Nxa4 Ra8 32. Qe7+ Kb8 33. Nxb6 Qxb6 34. Qf8+ Kc7 35. Qxf7+ Kc6 36. Qxe6+ Kb5 37. Qxb3+ Kc6 38. Qe6+ Kc7 39. Qf7+ Kc6 40. Qe6+ Kc7 41. Qf7+ Kc6 42. Qf3+ Kb5 43. Rb1+ Kc4 44. Rxb6 Ra1+ {White resigns} 0-1

Won my first blitz game

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. e3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nd4 Bg6 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Bd6 13. Kh2 Qc7 14. Qe1 Nh5 15. Kg1 Bxg3 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Rf2 Bg3 18. Rff1 Bxc2 19. Rac1 Bg6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Rae8 22. Qc4 Bxe4 23. d3 Bg6 24. Ng5 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Nd4 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Be5 29. Bd5 cxd5 30. Qxc7 Bxc7 31. Rxc7 {white resigns} 0-1

Capitalised on black's mistakes

At one point I thought I lost the game.

But my opponent made serious blunders letting me in back into the game.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. b4 Ncxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bb6 Nxf2 16. Bxd8 Nxd1 17. Raxd1 Rfxd8 18. Be4 d5 19. Bf5 e4 20. Nd4 Rac8 21. Bxc8 Bxc8 22. Nc6 Bg4 23. Nxd8 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxd8 25. Rxd5 Be7 26. Re5 a5 27. Rxe7 f5 28. bxa5 {black resigns} 1-0



12 --> ..Nc3 was a nice move by him.
20 --> ..Rac8 is where is blunder starts.

Lost in 12 moves

I played black. Lost in just 12 moves.

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxh7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

Comprehensively won a game

I was playing white. In the first move my hand slipped moved to e3 instead of e4. Even this openeing has a name 'Van't Kruijs'

1. e3 e5 2. d4 e4 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qc6 6. Bb5 Qxb5 7. Nxb5 Na6 8. a3 Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Ng3 Nh6 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. O-O Ne4 15. Qc2 Nfd6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 g6 18. Ba5 b6 19. Rfc1 Nb5 20. Bb4 Bh6 21. a4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 c5 23. dxc5 Kb7 24. axb5 bxc5 25. Qxc5 Rc8 26. Qd5+ Kb6 27. Rc6+ Rxc6 28. Qxc6# {Black checkmated} 1-0



14 --> Instead of castling had I moved Qc2, I would have gained a knight.

Lost against Caro-Kann defense

I was playing white.

Looked like I played a nearly prefect game. I didn't make any blunders. But still my opponent was able to apply pressure and win. I guess I need to learn to play against caro-kann.

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Re1 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nh2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bb4 13. Qd3 Ne4 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Na5 16. a3 Nc4 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. Ra2 Rxc3 21. Qd2 Qa5 22. Rb1 b6 23. Rb3 Ne4 24. Qe1 Rfc8 25. a4 Rxb3 26. cxb3 Qxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Rc1 28. Kf1 Rb1 29. Rc2 g6 30. Rc7 a5 31. f3 Nd2+ 32. Ke2 Nxb3 33. Nc2 Rc1 34. Kd3 Na1 35. f4 Nxc2 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. Kxc2 {White resigns} 0-1

Won a king's pawn game as white

I played black and won.

I guess this is one of my better games.

I could see white's mistakes and intentions.

1. e4 e5 2. h3 Bc5 3. a3 Nf6 4. b4 Bb6 5. Qf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. Bb2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 f6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. c4 Bd4 12. Nbc3 c6 13. Rd1 Be6 14. c5 Na6 15. O-O Nc7 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Qg4 Re4 19. Nf4 Ne6 20. g3 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Be6 22. Qf3 Bf5 23. d3 Re8 24. Qh5 Bg6 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qg3 Qd5 27. h4 Qf7 28. Bxd4 Bh5 29. Kh2 Re6 30. Rg1 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Rg6 32. Qf3 Re8 33. h5 Rh6 34. Rg1 Rxh5+ 35. Kg2 Qg6+ 36. Kf1 Re1+ 37. Kxe1 Qxg1+ 38. Ke2 Rh1 39. Kd2 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 Re1# {White checkmated} 0-1



11 -> c4 was an attempt to encircle my bishop
12 -> Nc3 was his mistake. He should have gone ahead and taken the bishop. He would have won an additional pawn.
17 -> I realised that my pawn was in danger. So, I started attacking his queen which was exposed.
19 -> ..Ne6 was a mistake. He could have captured my knight and attacked my queen. He missed it.
20 -> g3 was clearly a mistake. I used it to break his castle.

Gave away the queen in a three knights game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bd2 d6 8. Qc1 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qxh6 Be7 13. c4 Qd6 14. Qe3 Qg6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Be6 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. Be4 Bd6 19. Qc3 b6 20. Bxg6 {Black resigns} 1-0

I gave away my queen like an idiot and resigned. I played black.

Attack on king side castle - giuoco piano

I was playing black. This guy was able to attack my king side castle with a great effect. My king was almost naked.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5 O-O 7. Bxf7+ Kh8 8. Nxh7 Rxf7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qxf7 Qe7 11. Qxe7 Bxe7 12. g4 Kxh7 13. h4 d5 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5+ Kg6 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Na3 Nxd5 18. Rg1 Bf5 19. O-O-O Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 c5 21. Rdf1 Kf6 22. Nc4 Nb4 23. f4 Bxc2+ 24. Ka1 Bh6 25. f5 Bg5 26. Nd2 Bxd2 27. Rg6+ Ke5 28. f6 Bxg6 {Jekajeka resigns} 0-1




I could have avoided the whole attack had I gone on with 6. ..Qe7

Paid the price for not castling

Another game today. Paid the price for not castling.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qe2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. d4 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. Qf3 dxe5 13. Qxf7# {I got checkmated} 1-0

Attack on King side castle using Queen and Bishop

This is a standard Giuoco Piano style game.

Black staged a very good attack on king's castle using his queen and bishop. I need to learn to fight against that.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 a6 4. d3 b5 5. Bd5 h6 $2 {Crafty (score 3.56 at depth 8) thinks this is not a good move} ({Crafty suggests:} 5. ... Bd6 6. a4 bxa4 7. Ng5 Nh6 8. Rxa4 O-O 9. O-O $14 {(score 0.74 at depth 8)} ) 6. Bxc6 $2 {Crafty (score 1.13 at depth 8) thinks a good move has been missed} ({Crafty suggests:} 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Bxa8 Qh4 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bd5 Bc5 $18 {(score 3.56 at depth 8)} ) dxc6 7. O-O Qf6 8. h3 Bd6 9. Be3 Qg6 10. Nh4 Qf6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Kh2 g5 13. Rg1 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Nbd2 Qg6 16. Nh4 $4 {Crafty (score -6.05 at depth 9) thinks this is a blunder} ({Crafty suggests:} 16. Re1 Nf6 17. a4 Rg8 18. Kg1 Qg7 19. Qe2 Nh5 $15 {(score -0.39 at depth 8)} ) {I resigned} 0-1



6. Bxc6 -> As crafty suggests, I should have gone for Nxe5

Update: Looks like I could have simply avoided most of the mess using 10. Kh2

Fell for Scholar's mate

This was an interesting opening. White followed with 2. d4 something that looks like a Scotch game but without the knights. When 5 Bc4 happened, I realised I was in deep trouble. But couldn't recover from there.

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd5 Be7 5. Bc4 Nh6 6. Bxh6 {I resigned} 1-0



Update: Later I realised that I could simply have done a king side castle. I would be down a knight tough. But not as bad as I visualised it to be.

Lost as white

This time I played white against a stronger player.

He played a new opening that I was not familiar with.
Update: I've learnt that this is called 'Pirc defence'.

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd2 c6 5. Bc3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Be2 b5 8. O-O a5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b4 a4 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 bxc4 15. Be2 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rc1 e6 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Ne1 Ng5 23. Qd2 Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Kh7 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Nf3 $2 {Crafty (score -4.31 at depth 9) thinks this is not a good move} ({Crafty suggests:} 26. Rb1 Bh6 27. Qc3 Kg8 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Bc1 Bg7 $19 {(score -2.26 at depth 8)} ) Bh6 27. Ng5+ $2 {Crafty (score -6.84 at depth 10) thinks this is not a good move} ({Crafty suggests:} 27. Qc3 Bxc1 28. Bxc1 Qf6 29. Bg5 Qf5 30. Be7 Rfe8 31. Nh4 $19 {(score -4.30 at depth 9)} ) {GuestMVLB resigns} 0-1



Interesting steps.

13. c4 was a blunder. I did see my Bishop would go out of action if my opponent takes my knight. Still I choose to do it because I couldn't come up with any other moves.
26. Nf3 was another blunder. I didn't see the possibility of ..Bh6. It was obvious.
27. I just gave up and made another blunder. Resigned.

An easy game - Nepolean opening

This opponent was clearly weaker than me. I was playing black.


1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. b3 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bb2 Bd4 6. O-O-O Nc6 7. Nge2 Bxc3 8. Nxc3 Nd4 9. Qe3 Ng4 10. Qg3 d6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nb5 c5 13. Bc4 Nxe4 14. Qe3 Nf6 15. Bc3 a6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qd3 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. Qf4 Nd5 22. Qc4 Be6 23. g3 Ne3 24. fxe3 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qa5 26. Rhf1 f6 27. Rf4 Qxa2 28. Be4 $4 {This offers a mate in 1 to the opponent} ({Crafty suggests:} 28. c3 a5 29. Rh4 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Qa4+ 31. Kc1 Qa3+ 32. Kc2 g6 33.Rf1 Kg7 $19 {(score -7.80 at depth 9)} ) Rab8 $4 {Mate in 1 missed} (28. ...Qa1# {(score -327.66 at depth 2)} ) 29. c3 b6 30. Bb1 Qa3+ 31. Kc2 Qa4+ 32.Kc1 b5 33. cxb5 $2 {Crafty (score -12.14 at depth 8) thinks this move loses more quickly} ({Crafty suggests:} 33. Be4 bxc4 34. d4 Qa3+ 35. Kd2 Rxe4 36.Rxe4 Rb2+ 37. Ke1 Qxc3+ 38. Kf1 cxd4 39. Rdxd4 $19 {(score -10.01 at depth 8)} ) Qxb5 {GuestQXQS forfeits by disconnection} 0-1



Interesting plays.

16. Nxd4 was a blunder offering me a fork.

22. ..Be6 was obvious move for discovered attack on queen which my opponent missed. I was hoping for rook in next move. But my opponent offered me his queen.

28. As crafty pointed out, I missed a chance to checkmate

Got checkmated in a Ruy lopez game

This is my first game for the blog. I was playing black.

I was playing in FICS. I got checkmated in a standard Ruy Lopez opening.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nh2 O-O 9. Ne2 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. d4 Bg5 15. c3 b5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Qf3 c6 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bd6 f6 20. Nh5 fxe5 21. Qf7+ Kh7 22. Qxg7# 1-0



Interesting plays.

8. Nh2 -> This guy choose to limit his knight to to a corner.
11. f4 -> He choose to attack the e pawn using his f pawn. I've seen attacks only from d pawn.
20. ..fxe5 -> I was stupid to invite the queen in for an attack which resulted in a check mate.