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The English Defence

Posted on May 30th, 2010 by Richard

Last week I had a coaching session with my chess coach on the English Defence. Coincidentally this is a black opening defence my coach plays and he had a game a few days later which featured this opening. Here is that game. It ended as a draw and I checked this through Rybka who agreed with best play from both sides only a draw would occur.

The English defence:
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove 16 autoplayerMode=none]

[Event “Club Championship Final”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “????.??.25”]
[Round “?”]
[White “AN”]
[Black “My Chess Coach”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A10”]
[WhiteElo “176”]
[BlackElo “139”]
[Annotator “My Chess Coach”]
[PlyCount “84”]
[EventDate “2010.05.26”]
1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. f3  fxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O c5
10. d3 d6 11. Nf4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. g4 e5 14. Nh3 Nbd7 15. g5 Ne8
16. Nf2 Nc7 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. Qg4 g6 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Qh4 Ne6 21. Ng4 Nf4 22.
Nh6+ Kh8 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Rf8 26. Qe3 Ne5 27.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 28… Nf7 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7+ 30. Ke2 Qe7 31. Qf4 Kg7
32. Ke3 Ba4 33. d4 Bc2 34. e5 dxe5 35. dxe5 Bb1 36. a3 Qf7 37. e6 37… Qxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Kf8 39. Ke5 Ke7
40. Bg2  Bf5
41. Bd5 Bh3 42. Kf4 a5 {Draw}[/pgn]

Amazingly this draw secured the Club Championship win overall for my coach-CONGRATULATIONS Coach!

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More weekend blitz chess…

Posted on May 29th, 2010 by Richard

I am on my own this weekend (family away!) and am playing my customary internet weekend blitz games. I am also trying to load a chessboard.bmp into some c gui code for a chess gui I want to build. So far I am having mixed results both chess playing & chess coding!

Here are one or two games:

1. Opening French Steinitz variation:
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Free Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2010.05.29”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “AN”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1046”]
[BlackElo “1311”]
[ECO “C00”]
[TimeControl “300”]

1. e4 e6 2. e5 c5 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 Ne7 6. d5 exd5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne4
O-O 9. Nxc5 Nbc6 10. Nd3 Nf5 11. Be2 Ne3 12. Bxe3 dxe3 13. O-O d6 14. Ng5
dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. c3 Bf5 19. Nf3 Bc7 20.
Nd4 Be4 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. Nb5 Bb6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bc6
26. Nd4 Be4 27. g3 Bb1 28. a3 Bd3 29. Kg2 Be4+ 30. Kf1 Bd3+ 31. Kg2 Be4+ 32.
Kf1 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Kf8 34. Ke2 Bc6 35. Kxe3 Ke7 36. Bf3 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Kd6 38.
Ke4 f6 39. g4 a6 40. h4 b6 41. b4 a5 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. a4 h6 44. Ke3 Kd5 45.
Kd3 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. Ke3 h5 48. Kf4 Kxd4 49. Kxf5 Kc4 50. Kg5 Kb4 51.
Kxh5 Kxa4 52. Kg5 Kb3 53. h5 a4 54. h6 a3 55. h7 a2 56. h8=Q Ka3 57. Qa1 Kb3
58. Kg4 Ka3 59. Kf3 Kb3 60. Ke2 Ka3 61. Kd1 Kb3 62. Kc1 Ka3 63. Qb2+
{AN resigns} 1-0[/pgn]

Game 2:
Opening Modern defence
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Free Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2010.05.29”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “NN”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1034”]
[BlackElo “1131”]
[ECO “B06”]
[TimeControl “300”]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e6 8.
c4 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Qh6 Ne5 17. Ng5 f5 18. Qxh7# {NN checkmated} 1-0[/pgn]

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More from Numpty (chess engine)…

Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Richard

Here are 2 more games against Numpty (my favourite chess engine-see my earlier post). I quite like playing engines as I tend to experiment somewhat when I play them and I find Numpty is especially good for me.(Special thanks here to Chris Tatham-the creator/programmer of Numpty who is a fine fellow!).

These 2 games show the Bayonet Advance CaroKann opening variation. The first (G1) is a Numpty win and the second is a win for me.Enjoy!?….

Game 1
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “Computer chess game”]
[Site “PC”]
[Date “2010.05.27”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “Numpty_0.6pr”]
[Result “0-1”]
[BlackElo “2200”]
[ECO “B12”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann”]
[Time “09:21:17”]
[Variation “Advance Variation, 3…c5 4.dxc5”]
[WhiteElo “2400”]
[TimeControl “300”]
[Termination “normal”]
[PlyCount “74”]
[WhiteType “human”]
[BlackType “program”]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. e6 fxe6 {(f7e6)
+0.25/6 8} 8. Qe2 Nf6 {(d8d6) +0.55/6 8} 9. Qxe6 Bxc2 {(g6c2) +1.10/5 7}
10. g5 Bxb1 {(c2b1) +1.13/5 7} 11. gxf6 Bg6 {(b1g6) +0.75/5 4} 12. fxe7
Qxe7 {(d8e7) +1.30/5 8} 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 {(f8e7) +1.10/6 8} 14. Bg5 Bxg5
{(e7g5) +1.70/5 5} 15. hxg5 O-O {(b8d7) +1.00/6 7} 16. Bg2 Re8+ {(f8e8)
+1.26/6 7} 17. Kf2 Na6 {(b8a6) +1.00/6 7} 18. a3 c5 {(a6c7) +1.31/6 6} 19.
dxc5 Nxc5 {(a6c5) +1.91/6 6} 20. Nh3 Nd3+ {(c5d3) +1.96/6 5} 21. Kg3 h4+
{(h5h4) +2.45/5 3} 22. Kxh4 Re2 {(e8e2) +1.78/6 6} 23. Rhg1 Rxb2 {(e2b2)
+2.25/5 3} 24. f4 Be4 {(g6e4) +2.33/5 3} 25. Bxe4 dxe4 {(d5e4) +2.26/5 5}
26. Rad1 Rf8 {(a8f8) +2.05/6 5} 27. Kg4 Nf2+ {(d3f2) +2.54/6 5} 28. Nxf2
Rxf2 {(b2f2) +2.37/5 3} 29. Rdf1 R8xf4+ {(f8f4) +7.15/6 4} 30. Kh5 Rxf1
{(f2f1) +7.80/6 4} 31. Rxf1 Rxf1 {(f4f1) +15.70/6 2} 32. Kg4 e3 {(b7b5)
+16.45/7 3} 33. Kg3 Kf7 {(e3e2) +16.45/7 4} 34. Kg2 e2 {(e3e2) +16.60/7 4}
35. a4 e1=Q {(e2e1) +22.35/7 4} 36. Kh3 Rg1 {(f1g1) +M3/6 1} 37. a5 Qg3#
{(e1g3) +M1/2 0} 0-1[/pgn]

Game 2
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “Computer chess game”]
[Site “PC”]
[Date “2010.05.27”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “Numpty_0.6pr”]
[Result “1-0”]
[BlackElo “2200”]
[ECO “B12”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann”]
[Time “09:09:12”]
[Variation “Advance, Bayonet Variation”]
[WhiteElo “2400”]
[TimeControl “300”]
[Termination “normal”]
[PlyCount “55”]
[WhiteType “human”]
[BlackType “program”]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 {(g6h7)
-0.85/6 8} 8. Bd3 Bxd3 {(b8d7) -0.78/6 9} 9. Qxd3 Na6 {(b8d7) -0.73/6 8}
10. Ne2 Nb4 {(e7e6) -0.98/6 8} 11. Qc3 e6 {(e7e6) -1.23/6 7} 12. a3 Na6
{(b4a6) -0.98/6 8} 13. Be3 Nc7 {(a6c7) -1.03/6 8} 14. Nd2 Nb5 {(c7b5)
-0.78/5 6} 15. Qb3 Be7 {(f8e7) -0.78/5 7} 16. O-O-O Qb6 {(a8b8) -0.81/5 6}
17. f4 c5 {(c6c5) -0.63/5 6} 18. f5 cxd4 {(c5d4) +0.77/5 5} 19. Bxd4 Nxd4
{(b5d4) +2.62/5 6} 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 {(b6d4) +1.85/5 6} 21. Qxb7 Rd8 {(a8d8)
+1.90/5 6} 22. Nb3 Qxe5 {(d4e5) +3.00/5 5} 23. Nc5 Qf4+ {(e5e3) +5.85/5 6}
24. Kb1 exf5 {(e6f5) +3.25/5 5} 25. Rxd5 fxg4 {(d8d5) +3.25/5 5} 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 {(e7d8) -M3/5 0} 27. Qd7+ Kf8 {(e8f8) +3.20/1 0} 28. Qxd8# 1-0

[/pgn]

(Ignore the ELO ratings -I play these games in Arena GUI and have not properly set the ratings!!)

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Scandinavian B01 2.Nc3 variation

Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Richard

Here is a recent game of mine against the Scandinavian defence using the 2.Nc3 variation. This is not the mainline against the Scandinavian defence 1.e4 d5 but although it seems antipositional to me, it seems to give me fun games and I can win with it as seen here:
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Free Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2010.05.16”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “AN”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1062”]
[BlackElo “1118”]
[ECO “B01”]
[TimeControl “300”]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d3 c5 6. Ng3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Bd7 12. f5 b5 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Bh5 Kh7
15. Qg4 Rg8 16. Qf3 Rg5 17. Bg6+ fxg6 18. fxg6+ Kg7 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Qh7#
{Black checkmated} 1-0
[/pgn]

Update on World Chess Championships:
Congratulations to Vishy Anand! He is the winner (see my page covering the WCC)

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Nimzowitsch Petrov variation C42

Posted on May 9th, 2010 by Richard

As I play 1.e4 I occasionally face the Petrov defence. I find this a real challenge most times. I am trying to play the Nimzowitsch variation and this game shows a good win here with a bishop sac:
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Free Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2010.05.09”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “AN”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1026”]
[BlackElo “1220”]
[ECO “C42”]
[TimeControl “300”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Bh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Kh8 17. Qxh7# {Black checkmated} 1-0
[/pgn]

I do not usually do this well in this opening and in general I need to learn the opening better but at least here when I saw an opportunity develop I took it!
There is a Petrov variation called the Cochrane gambit (Nxf7) which can be quite exciting too but I need to learn this Nimzowitsch opening better, knowing I won’t often win with a sac & mate!
Coincidentally Vishy Anand early in his career had a bad experience losing quickly against the Petrov (if I find the pgn for that game I will post it here!).

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Wackiness vs CaroKann and my favourite chess engine Numpty0.6

Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Richard

As I play 1.e4 as my favourite white opening I often play against the CaroKann (1.e4 c6) and I have 2 favourite lines either 4.g4 or 4.h4.

Either of these can lead to unbalanced positions and I find them fun to play! Here is an example of 4.g4 vs my favourite chess engine Numpty0.6:
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]

[Event “Computer chess game”]
[Site “PC”]
[Date “2010.05.05”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “Numpty_0.6pr”]
[Result “1-0”]
[BlackElo “2200”]
[ECO “B12”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann”]
[Time “10:06:55”]
[Variation “Advance, Bayonet Variation”]
[WhiteElo “2400”]
[TimeControl “300”]
[Termination “normal”]
[PlyCount “41”]
[WhiteType “human”]
[BlackType “program”]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 fxe6 {(f7e6) +0.80/5
5} 7. h4 Nf6 {(b8d7) +0.70/6 9} 8. Bg5 Qb6 {(d8b6) +1.15/6 8} 9. c3 Qxb2
{(b6b2) +2.60/5 5} 10. Nd2 Bc2 {(g6c2) +2.55/5 5} 11. Qe2 Qxa1+ {(b2a1)
+6.95/6 8} 12. Kf2 Qxc3 {(a1c3) +7.80/5 5} 13. Qxe6 Qxd4+ {(c3d4) +7.68/5
6} 14. Be3 Qb2 {(d4b2) +7.75/5 7} 15. h5 Nfd7 {(b8d7) +8.10/5 6} 16. Nh3
Qxa2 {(b2a2) +7.95/5 7} 17. Ng5 Na6 {(b8a6) +7.95/5 7} 18. Bxa6 Qxa6
{(a2a6) +8.15/5 6} 19. Qf7+ Kd8 {(e8d8) +8.30/1 0} 20. Ne6+ Kc8 {(d8c8)
+8.30/1 0} 21. Qe8# 1-0
[/pgn]

There are many ways in general to play as White vs the CaroKann including the advance or exchange variation and in general as White I enjoy playing against the CaroKann as I seem to get to dictate the pattern of the game from the outset. However beware CaroKann players seem by their nature to be tenacious and good at defense and can be tough nuts to crack!

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