Sunday, April 1, 2012
Monday, December 26, 2011
ChessBase Problem 2 Spoiler
See the comments section of this post for the Solution to ChessBase 2011 Christmas Puzzle Challene no. 2.
chessbase christmas puzzles
http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/christmas2011/chr11-02.htm
compared to years past, this one is a very, very easy starting puzzle.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Closed Sicilian, game 3
[White "nmpdk"]
[Black "Storchnoi"]
[Opening "Sicilian: closed"]
ICC 5-min pool
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 Rb8 8.
Qd2 b6 9. O-O Nd4 10. Rac1 Ne7 11. Bh6 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Bxb2
Black won a pawn but cost himself a lot of tempo. 11. Bh6 was probably a mistake- for example 11. h3 0-0 and then 12. Bh6 does not allow the Nxe2 trick to win b2. Still, white's extra tempo and black's inability to castle should give some advantage.
13. Rb1 Bf6 14.c3
Extra tempo? Active moves in the center.
...Ng8 15. Be3 Bg7 16. d4 Ne7 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bxc5
The extra moves resulted in winning back the pawn with a better position.
...Ba6 20. Rfd1+ Ke8 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bb4 Bc4 23. a4 f6 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Kf7 26.
Rd7 Rhe8 27. Ra1 Rcd8 28. Raxa7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Bf8 30. h4 h6 31. Rb7 g5 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Bf3 Kg6 34. Rxb6 Nc8 35. Rb8 Bxb4 36. cxb4 e5 37. b6 Kf7 38.
Bh5+ {Black resigns} 1-0
Monday, December 5, 2011
Closed Sicilian, game 2
nmpdk [2059]
wanderingpawn2 [1932]
ICC 5-min pool
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 Bg4
an interesting move, but not strong.
6. f3 Bh5
so, how do we take advantage of this strange Bishop sortie? by exploiting the lack of squares the bishop has to use.
7. d3 e6 8. Nf4 Be7 9. h4
with the idea of g4 and h5, trapping the bishop.
...e5 10. Nfd5
of course we won't trade for the bad piece on h5.
...Bg6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. h5 Bxh5 13. Rxh5 g6 14. Rh1
h5 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. c3 Qa5 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxd4 b3+ 20. Bd2 Qb5
21. Nc7+
a final mistake.
{Black resigns} 1-0
wanderingpawn2 [1932]
ICC 5-min pool
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 Bg4
an interesting move, but not strong.
6. f3 Bh5
so, how do we take advantage of this strange Bishop sortie? by exploiting the lack of squares the bishop has to use.7. d3 e6 8. Nf4 Be7 9. h4
with the idea of g4 and h5, trapping the bishop.
...e5 10. Nfd5
of course we won't trade for the bad piece on h5.
...Bg6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. h5 Bxh5 13. Rxh5 g6 14. Rh1
h5 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. c3 Qa5 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxd4 b3+ 20. Bd2 Qb5
21. Nc7+
a final mistake.
{Black resigns} 1-0
I have decided to start playing my students' openings
...on ICC.
First up: closed Sicilian.
[White "nmpdk" (2064)]
[Black "Nicademus" (2002)]
[5-min pool]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 e6 8.
Be3 b6 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nf4 d4 13. Bxc6 dxe3 14.
Bxa8 exf2+ 15. Rxf2 Bxb2 16. Bg2 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Re8 18. Nd5 {Black resigns}
1-0
First up: closed Sicilian.
[White "nmpdk" (2064)]
[Black "Nicademus" (2002)]
[5-min pool]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 e6 8.
Be3 b6 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nf4 d4 13. Bxc6 dxe3 14.
Bxa8 exf2+ 15. Rxf2 Bxb2 16. Bg2 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Re8 18. Nd5 {Black resigns}
1-0
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