Nothing spectacular in this game, just getting the job done.
I can't believe this opening is known as the Hillbilly attack. MCO has no book on this.
[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[White "vernors"]
[Black "KyleMayhugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "851"]
[BlackElo "1223"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Hillbilly attack"]
[TimeControl "1800+10"]
1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4
6. h3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 exf4 8. Bxf4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5
Sometimes when I don't know what I'm doing, I just start exchanging down to try to get to an endgame that is recognizable.
10. Bb5+ Nc6
11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. Nc3 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 O-O-O 14. O-O Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Rhe8
16. Rfe1 Bf2
Nifty combo wins a piece. Nothing spectacular, but it gets the job done.
17. Rf1 Rxe2 18. d4 Rxc2 19. Bd3 Rxb2 20. Bxh7 Nxd4
Crafty thinks I missed a good move here, where I could have taken the bishop on h7 instead.
21. Bf5+ Nxf5 22. Rac1+ Kd7 23. Rc5 Ng3+ 24. Kg2 Nxf1 25. Kxf1 Bxc5
0-1
This next game I liked quite a bit. I wasn't playing anything spectacular or anything, but I was able to use a few principles from the chess training program I use.
[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[White "KyleMayhugh"]
[Black "gilalva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1236"]
[BlackElo "1149"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defense"]
[TimeControl "1800+10"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3
6. Bxc3 O-O 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 Ne4
A mistake I definitely could have made just as easily. Forgetting to actually complete the exchange and moving on to the next move.
9. dxc6 Nxc3 10. cxb7! Nxd1
"When you see a good move, look for a better one."
Sure, I could just retake the knight and retain the four-point material advantage. But why not gobble an extra pawn while I can? There was a training program that played through a famous master game with a similar theme, except he forced the early promotion with some nice queen checks. I wish I could find it again.
11. bxa8=Q c6
He misses what's happening (easy to do), and I get a shiny new queen for my old one, plus a rook gobbled up. From here it is just a piece-gobblefest.
Not often you see a pawn promoted in 11 moves!
12. Qxa7 Qf6 13. Rxd1 g5 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 g4
16. Qxc6 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qg6 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. O-O h5
21. Rc1 Kh7 22. Rc7+ Kh6 23. Rfc1 Rb8 24. b3 Ra8 25. Ra1 Rb8
26. h4 Rb6 27. a4 g5 28. hxg5+ Kxg5 29. a5 Rb5 30. Rg7+ Kh4
D'oh! Crafty correctly points out that I missed Rc5 + to force the trade and remove his final threat.
31. a6 Rxb3
Once he takes this pawn he can no longer catch the a-pawn.
32. a7 Rd3
Mate in seven missed, but no sense in wasting time looking for that when there's a sure promotion and win.
33. a8=Q Rd2 34. Qe4#
1-0
New rating: 1236
[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[White "gilalva"]
[Black "KyleMayhugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1136"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defense"]
[TimeControl "1800+10"]
1. e4 c6 2. f4 e5 3. f5 Qh4+
Remembered this opening from the tactics trainer. This is why you have to be careful with king pawns. Don't feel bad if you are out there, gilalva, I've done the same thing many times.
Qh4+ guarantees a win of a pawn and a rook.
4. g3 Qxe4+ 5. Qe2 Qxh1
6. Qxe5+ Be7 7. d4 f6 8. Qc7 Na6 9. Qa5 Bb4+ 10. Qxb4 Nxb4
11. Bd2 Nxc2+
0-1
New rating: 1248
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