Posted on June 5th, 2010 by Richard
Yesterday I changed my chess blog theme to this GoNatty WPress theme and I am still adjusting it.
Today I made & uploaded my first ever Youtube video and it is on my favourite chess opening the Scotch game.
This was a very interesting exercise especially limiting my video to just 10 minutes! I had many takes to make it under 10 minutes!
It features on the sidebar here and in this post! Hope you like it!…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDl7jfNA2LA[/youtube]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2010 by Richard
1. e4 {RPD-This game is famous and known as ‘The Immortal Chess Game’
-Opening is C33: King’s Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 and 3 Bc4} 1… e5 2. f4 {White offers a pawn
to gain better development and control of the center.} 2… exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5?!
{Bryan’s Counter Gambit. A dubious gambit in modern times, but typical of the attacking style
of that time. Here black lures the Bishop from it attacking diagonal against the sensitive
f7-pawn, and provides a diagonal for development of his own Bishop to b7 where it will bear
down on white’s King side. All this value for the price of a pawn.} 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7.
d3 Nh5 {The immediate, cheap, and shallow threat of … Ng3+ is easily defended.} 8. Nh4 {The
position is sharp and getting sharper.} 8… Qg5 {Again, playing for cheap threats. In this
case, black attacks two pieces at once.} 9. Nf5 c6 {9… g6 10. h4 Qf6 is another complicated
position for another day.} 10. g4 {A brilliant move made with a steady hand. Note that white
cares little for defensive moves, and is always alert for attack. Now black plays to win the
g4-pawn.} 10… Nf6 {Black should have played 10… cxb5 11. gxh5 with a better game.} 11.
Rg1 {Now Anderssen sacrifices his Bishop, the first of many sacrifices in this game. White
cares little for defensive moves, and plays always for the initiative.} 11… cxb5 12. h4 Qg6
13. h5 {White gets more space.} 13… Qg5 14. Qf3 {White now has the ghastly threat of Bxf4
winning black’s Queen next.} 14… Ng8 {Black is forces to clear a path of retreat for his
Queen by also retreating one of his only developed pieces.} 15. Bxf4 Qf6 {Black should
quickly develop his pieces.} 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Nd5 {Inviting black to indulge his greed. Also
good is 17. d4 Bf8 (17… Bxd4? 18. Nd5 when the Knights savage the board.) 18. Be5.} 17…
Qxb2 18. Bd6 Qxa1+ {And why not capture with check!} 19. Ke2 {Now who can resist the tender
morsel on g1, but resist he must.} 19… Bxg1 {Black is just too greedy. He has too few
pieces developed, and what is developed is sent to the far corners of the board. Now it is
white’s turn to play. Black may have won after 19… Qb2 (to guard against Nxg7+) 20. Rc1 g6
21. Bxc5 gxf5 (not 21… Qxc1 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Nxf7+ Ke8 24. Nc7#).} 20. e5 {Slipping the
noose around the neck of the black King.} 20… Na6 {Perhaps 20… Ba6 would have put up more
resistance by giving black’s King more room to run.} 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+! {A final pretty
sacrifice that ends the game.} 22… Nxf6 {A deflection.} 23. Be7# 1-0 [/pgn]
I came across another WordPress chess plugin called ‘chess-by-blog’ and thought I would try it out! It doesn’t want to work for some reason on any of my other blog pages on site here but it does have tags in the admin posts editor on this home page. I am trying to contact the author, Julian Fong to see if I can fix this.
Meanwhile I am going to try it with a great chess game- ‘The Immortal Game’
between Anderrsen & Kieritsky.
The game was a King’s Gambit opening and features some interesting sacrifices leading to a minor piece mate. Amazing play really! Enjoy…
{EDIT: I could not get chess by blog plugin to handle this. Probably my fault but I think this plugin is more for playing chess between blogs and I need to test that out. Meanwhile I have put the above game back in ‘Embed Chessboard’ game viewer}
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Posted on June 1st, 2010 by Richard
As I usually open with 1.e4 as white I quite often face the Philidor defence. I do not mind this at all! It seems quite a passive defence for Black and does not seem to trouble me too much. Of course some people who play the defence as Black really know it inside out and in their hands it can be a dangerous opening against White. Thankfully most people who play the Philidor opening against me do not know it in much depth!
I prefer playing the 4.Qxd4 line. Here is a recent game of mine showing a win with Qxh7#:
The Philidor defence:
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Free Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2010.06.01”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “AN”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1045”]
[BlackElo “1115”]
[ECO “C41”]
[TimeControl “300”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. Bf4 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qc8
14. Qxh5 Bb4 15. Nd5 Bd6 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Qxh7# {AN
checkmated} 1-0
[/pgn]
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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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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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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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