Here was an interesting game by a somewhat mouthy opponent. I don't get why some people feel the need to talk trash, especially down here where we are all very bad at chess. It's funny.
The moves themselves were interesting and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I finally got that loss I've been due for.
[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.13"]
[White "cstucker1123"]
[Black "KyleMayhugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1194"]
[BlackElo "1307"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Advance variation"]
[TimeControl "1800+10"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. b4 e6
By this time I'm familiar with that advance variation and I know that my plan should be to ignore the annoying pawn on e6 and continue development.
5. a3 Nh6
6. h3 Be7 7. g4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. g5 Bxg5 10. f4 Bxf4
11. h4 Bg3+
He is apparently intent on making nothing but pawn moves? It certainly works in making things tricky for me. A better player would easily deflect such an attack, and I don't think I did an awful job of it.
12. Ke2 Bxh4 13. Nf3 Bh5 14. Kd3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O
16. Rg1 f6
His comment indicated he felt this move was rather brilliant my him. I thought a bit and found the counterplay.
17. Bxh6 fxe5 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Qg2 Rf3+ 20. Qxf3 e4+
21. Ke3 exf3
Okay, once the pawn falls, it will be a three-point material advantage for me, but an uncomfortable one because it is very assymetric and he has plenty of threats
22. Rf7 Bg5+ 23. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 24. Kf2 Na6 25. Rxf3 Qh4+
26. Ke3 Rg8 27. Nd2 Rg3 28. Be2 Qh6+ 29. Kd3 Qg6+ 30. Kc3 Rxf3+
31. Nxf3 Qg3 32. Rg1 Qd6 33. Ne5 Qb8 34. Nf7#
What are we supposed to be looking for? ALL the threats. I was so consumed by avoiding the knight-fork that loses the queen that I missed the mate threat. Amateurish, but then I am an amateur.
1-0
Still not seeing opponents' threats well enough, although the screaming baby I was trying to calm didn't help this one.
[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.13"]
[White "KyleMayhugh"]
[Black "beebeeking"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1294"]
[BlackElo "1364"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Exchange variation"]
[TimeControl "1800+10"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6
6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qa4 O-O
11. O-O b5 12. Qc2 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Rac1 Bg4
16. Ned4 Rac8 17. c6 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qd6 19. c7 Qb6 20. Nd4 Qb7
21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Bd6 23. Nxa7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Nc6 Ng4
26. Rc1 Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 f5 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nxd5 Kg6 30. Nxb4 Kg5
31. g3 h5 32. Be2 h4 33. Bxg4 fxg4 34. gxh4+ Kxh4 35. a4 g3
36. Rc4+ Kh3 37. Rf4 g2+
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Update: It's my day off, I'm giving myself permission to play a bunch of standard without annotating as a holiday. I played some very good games earlier, putting together some absolutely crumbling attacks that had several opponents in foul moods and showing poor sportsmanship. One in particular didn't seem to appreciate being pushed around the board by a player 300 points below him.
I had another opponent seriously on the ropes in the same way (actually, it was more positional than technical. After a long series of seemingly equal exchanges, I had him in a surprisingly compromised position). Then I hung my queen with a move that would have been brilliant two moves ago before he moved a key pawn and I failed to notice properly).
I'm in the middle of a game against a lower-rated but certainly capable opponent, and he missed a horrible mate in 1 opportunity I gave him. I'm getting a little carried away with my own clever attacks and need to reel it in.)
I established a new high rating of 1351 and have dropped back down to about 1325 for the moment. Going to try to play in a tourney or two if I can find a good standard tourney.
Update: Played a five-round swiss. Upset a 1780 in the first round, I'll post the game in a second. He walked his king way too far down into my side trying to get a pawn advantage, which he did, but then he walked it even further in trying to keep that advantage and walked right into a mate.
That put me at 1351, tying the new high from earlier in the day. I dropped another few points playing higher-rated players the rest of the tourney. I did come close-ish to a draw against an 1800, but I made a trade that freed his trapped bishop before securing my pawns on the opposite color, which ended up making the difference after a long and tough fight.
Here's the big upset:
[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.13"]
[White "KryptoKnight"]
[Black "KyleMayhugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1321"]
[TimeControl "960+6"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5
6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Bg5 Qxb3 8. axb3 e6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7
11. Kd2 f6 12. Bh4 Bb4 13. f3 O-O 14. g4 Bg6 15. Be1 a6
16. e3 e5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Kxd3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 exd4 20. Kxd4 Rac8
21. Kxd5 Nb6+ 22. Ke4 Rfe8+ 23. Kf4 g5+ 24. Kf5 Rc5+ 25. Kxf6 Nd7#
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