Posted on August 24th, 2010 by Richard
Earlier today I found my 15 yr old son on my computer playing chess 3 minute internet blitz. My son is a good player who has more or less given up regular time control chess but he plays a few 3 minute blitz games for fun.
I watched him win 3 games in a row before I asked to use my computer!
Here is the last game he played and won-very entertaining as both players were low on time:
CaroKann Opening
[pgn height=500 initialHalfmove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Some Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2010.08.24”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Chris”]
[Black “AN”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1424”]
[BlackElo “1436”]
[ECO “B18”]
[TimeControl “180”]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 e6 8.
h5 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. c3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nef6 12. Bg5 Nb6 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. O-O-O
Qc7 15. h6 Bf8 16. hxg7 Bxg7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxh7 Rxh7 19. Bxh7 O-O-O 20.
g3 Kb8 21. Bd3 Ka8 22. Rh1 Qd6 23. Nd2 Qd5 24. Rh6 Qxa2 25. Rxf6 Rh8 26. Be4
Qa6 27. Qd3 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Na4 29. Nc4 Rd8 30. Qd1 Qa2 31. Qd3 c5 32. Rxf7 cxd4
33. Rxb7 Nc5 34. Rb5+ Nxe4 35. Qxe4+ Rd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Qxd5+ Kb8 38. Qxd4
Qa4+ 39. Kd3 Qc6 40. Qf4+ Ka8 41. Qf8+ Kb7 42. Qe7+ Ka6 43. f4 Qd5+ 44. Kc2
Qxc4 45. Qf6+ Kb7 46. g4 Qe2+ 47. Kb3 Qxg4 48. f5 a5 49. Qe7+ Ka6 50. f6 Kb5
51. f7 Qc4+ 52. Kc2 Qa4+ 53. Kd2 Qf4+ 54. Kc2 Qa4+ 55. Kd2 Qf4+ 56. Ke2 Qc4+
57. Kf2 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Qf6 59. Qxf6 {AN forfeits on time} 1-0
[/pgn]
In contrast to that last week I had a bad time at chessclub in a decreasing time control tournament. I lost 4/5 games and forgot there was a final round 5 game & left the club!
I shall try and get some practice in against Numpty chess engine.
In regard to Numpty it is written in Basic (.bas) and about a week ago I tried to convert this to C code using BCX converter.
It didn’t work! I got an error message (I have forgotten now exactly what). The only trouble I have running Numpty is that it seems very memory hungry and I can have no other programs open & running when I use Numpty. This is inconvenient as I like to play after research/computer work and I like to keep my browser tabs and programs open mainly.
One day I hope to fix this in Numpty-then I can do more practice against Numpty chess engine!
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Posted on August 13th, 2010 by Richard
How good is your end game play? Have a look at this game. This is a part of a round 11 game from the recent British Championships.
White to play and white needs to win the game to get second place in the Championship:
[pgn height=400 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “97th ch-GBR”]
[Site “Canterbury ENG”]
[Date “2010.08.06”]
[Round “11”]
[White “Pert, N.”]
[Black “Gordon, S.”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A05”]
[WhiteElo “2551”]
[BlackElo “2534”]
[PlyCount “171”]
[EventDate “2010.07.26”]
[FEN “4k3/4B3/4KP2/4N3/8/8/5r2/8 w – – 0 80”]
80. Bb4 Rf1 81. Bd2 Kf8 82. Bh6+ Ke8 83. Be3 Kf8 84. Bf4 Kg8
85. f7+ Kg7 86. Ng6 1-0[/pgn]
Nice play by White to allow the potential to Queen the pawn (and also avoid the dreaded stalemate!)
so securing an overwhelming winning position and black cannot do anything now to stop White winning.
Now two important Rook and Pawn endgames-Philidor & Lucena positions
introduced by Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philidor_position:
The Philidor position (or Philidor’s position) usually refers to an important chess endgame which illustrates a drawing technique when the defender has a king and rook versus a king, rook, and pawn. It is also known as the third rank defense, because of the importance of the rook on the third rank cutting off the opposing king. It was analyzed by François-André Danican Philidor in 1777. Most rook and pawn versus rook endgames reach either the Philidor Position or the Lucena Position if played accurately
The Lucena position is one of the most famous and important positions in chess endgame theory, where one side has a rook and a pawn and the defender has a rook. It is fundamental in the rook and pawn versus rook endgame. If the side with the pawn can reach this type of position, he can forcibly win the game. Most rook and pawn versus rook endgames reach either the Lucena Position or the Philidor Position if played accurately.
So here is JRobi on youtube on the Philidor endgame:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUb-nCJ4mI[/youtube]
and here is JRobi on the Lucena position on youtube video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXtT0StMqKQ&feature=channel_page[/youtube]
Well this all seems clear except that I have known about these positions since I started playing chess but I still do not know them fully enough to be totally confident with the correct moves. I do not know why I cannot get this to be automatic for me but I will try & study it and get it done!
These are common endgames and if you want to improve your rating you need to know how to play these positions….
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Posted on August 13th, 2010 by Richard
Congratulations to GM Michael Adams on his win in the British Chess Championship.
Also congratulations to IM Jovanka Houska who won the womens title.
Mickey Adams won with a score of 9½/11 and a 2757 performance. Nick Pert finished second on 8 with a 2612 performance whilst Stuart Conquest, Andrew Greet, Jonathan Hawkins, Adam Hunt, Richard Pert & Alexei Slavin all finished equal third on 7½. Congratulations to Adam Hunt who secured his 2nd GM norm with a 2624 performance over eleven rounds
Here is the round 9 game between Adams and Hunt that ended in a draw:
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “97th ch-GBR”]
[Site “Canterbury ENG”]
[Date “2010.08.04”]
[Round “9.1”]
[White “Hunt, Adam C”]
[Black “Adams, Michael”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C65”]
[WhiteElo “2408”]
[BlackElo “2706”]
[PlyCount “64”]
[EventDate “2010.??.??”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Ba6
15. c4 f6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ne1 Ng7 18. Nc2 Ne6 19. Nf1 Qh7 20. b3 Rad8 21. Kh1
h5 22. h4 g4 23. f3 gxf3 24. gxf3 Kh8 25. Nfe3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rac1 Rg8
28. Bf2 c5 29. Rg1 Bc8 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8 31. Rg1 Be6 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
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Written by: Richard
Posted on August 1st, 2010 by Richard
The British Chess Championships are in play at the moment at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
British GM Michael Adams is in the lead after round 6 with 5/6.
Local Woodbridge School teacher International Master Adam Hunt is on 4/6. Both Richard and Nick Pert are playing there.
Here is a round 6 match between GM S Williams vs IM T Rendle :
[pgn parameter=value height=500 autoplayMode=none]
[Event “British Championship”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2010.07.31”]
[Round “6.6”]
[White “Williams, Simon K”]
[Black “Rendle, Thomas E”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A04”]
[WhiteElo “2511”]
[BlackElo “2391”]
[PlyCount “119”]
[EventDate “2010.??.??”]
1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nc6 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 e5 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Nge4 O-O 9. Be2 Nd4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qh4 14.
f3 b6 15. c5 Bb7 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. a4 Qe7 19. a5 Rab8 20. axb6
axb6 21. Qf2 Qe6 22. Qd2 b5 23. Bc5 Rf6 24. Bd6 Re8 25. Qe3 h6 26. Rd2 Kh7 27.
Rad1 Qc4 28. Bb4 Ra8 29. Bd6 Re6 30. Qc5 Qxc5+ 31. Bxc5 Ra4 32. Rd6 Re8 33. h4
h5 34. R6d2 Rea8 35. Bd6 Re8 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Bb4 Ra7 39. Rg1 Kf7
40. g4 hxg4 41. Rxg4 d5 42. exd5 Bd7 43. Rg5 Kf6 44. d6 g6 45. Rdg2 Bf5 46. h5
e4 47. f4 Rh7 48. hxg6 Rh3+ 49. R5g3 Rxg3+ 50. Rxg3 Rg8 51. Kd4 Rxg6 52. Re3
Rg8 53. Ba5 Rg1 54. Kc5 Rd1 55. Bb4 Ke6 56. Kxb5 Kd5 57. c4+ Ke6 58. c5 Rd3 59.
Rxd3 exd3 60. Kc6 1-0[/pgn]
Here is a link to the webpage for the championships:
BritishChess2010
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