Hungarian Opening

1. g3 { Hungarian Opening, General } d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c3 e4 6. Ng5 h6 7. Nh3 Be6 8. Nf4 Bf5 9. d3 Bd6 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qf6 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4+ Be5 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Na3 Rxe2 20. Qxc7 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Ng5 22. Qb7 Ne4 23. Nc4 Rxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg2# { White is checkmated } 0-1

White offers draw after 48. Ra7

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { Sicilian Defence, Old Sicilian, General } 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. b3 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 9. Kf1 b6 10. d3 Qc6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Ke1 c4 13. bxc4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16. Qd2 Qb2 17. Ke2 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3 O-O 19. Rhb1 Qf6+ 20. Qf4 Qxf4+ 21. Kxf4 Rac8 22. g4 Rc5 23. Ke4 f5+ 24. Ke3 fxg4 25. hxg4 Re5+ 26. Kd4 d6 27. Re1 Rf4+ 28. Kc3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 e5 30. Re4 Rxf2 31. a4 a5 32. d4 Rf3+ 33. Kd2 exd4 34. Rxd4 Rg3 35. Rxd6 Rxg4 36. Rxb6 Rxc4 37. c3 Rxa4 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Rb5 Ra3 40. Kd4 Ke6 41. c4 Ra4 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. Rd5+ Kc6 44. Rf5 Ra1 45. Rf7 Rd1+ 46. Kc3 a4 47. Rxg7 a3 48. Ra7 Rg1 49. Rxa3 Rg3+ 50. Kb4 Rxa3 51. Kxa3 h5 { White resigns } 0-1

Brought down

SMOTD

Nice!

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 { Scandinavian Defence, Main Lines } 4. d4 c6 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. O-O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne4 Bf4+ 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 Qe7 17. Ne4 Rd5 18. Nc5 Bd6 19. c4 Rg5 20. Ne4 Rxg2 21. Nxd6+ Qxd6 22. c5 Qf4 23. b4 Rxf2 24. Qe5 Qf3 25. Qxh8+ Kc7 26. Qe5+ Kc8 27. Rhg1 Rg2 28. Rxg2 Qxg2 29. Qh8+ Kd7 30. Qf8 Qe4+ 31. Kc1 Qe3+ 32. Kc2 Qe4+ 33. Rd3 Qe2+ 34. Kc3 Qe1+ 35. Rd2 Qc1+ 36. Kd3 Qb1+ 37. Ke3 Qe1+ 38. Re2 Qc3+ 39. Ke4 Qxb4 40. Qd6+ Ke8 41. Ke5 Qb1 42. Re4 Qb2 43. Kf6 Qf2+ 44. Qf4 Qxa2 45. Qb8+ Kd7 46. Qxb7+ Ke8 47. Qe7# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

Nice!

Sicilian

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { Sicilian Defence, Old Sicilian, General } 3. c3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Be7 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. a3 Qb6 9. Qc2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bc3 Qf4 12. Be2 d4 13. Bd2 Qxe5 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. f3 a6 16. a4 b5 17. b3 O-O 18. O-O Bd6 19. f4 Qc5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Bf3 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. a5 Qc5 24. b4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Na3 Rc7 27. g3 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Kf1 Ne4 30. Ke2 Nxd2 31. Kxd2 Bxb4+ 32. Kd3 Bc3 33. Rc1 f5 34. Nb1 b4 35. Nd2 Rc5 36. Nb3 Rc6 37. Rc2 h5 38. Nxd4 Rd6 39. Rxc3 bxc3 40. Kxc3 Rd5 41. Nb3 Kf7 42. h4 Ke7 43. Kc4 Kd6 { White resigns } 0-1

Long

1. a4 { Ware Opening, General } d5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Qd6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bxe5 Qd7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne5 Qe6 11. d4 Ne4 12. Nd2 f6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nc4 Qd5 15. O-O Ba6 16. Re1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Ra3 Bxa3 19. Bxa3 Rfd8 20. Be7 Rd7 21. Bc5 Qxa4 22. c3 Qc4 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Rb1 f5 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Rxb3 Rdd8 27. Rb7 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Kf1 a5 30. Ba7 Rb3 31. c4 a4 32. d5 a3 33. Bd4 a2 34. dxc6 Rd3 35. Be5 a1=Q+ 36. Bxa1 Rd1+ 37. Ke2 Rxa1 38. f3 Ra4 39. fxe4 Rxc4 40. Kf3 fxe4+ 41. Kf4 Rxc6 42. Kxe4 Re6+ 43. Kd4 Kf7 44. g4 g5 45. h3 h6 46. e4 Rd6+ 47. Kc5 Ke6 48. Kc4 Ke5 49. Kc5 c6 50. Kc4 Kxe4 51. Kc5 Ke5 52. Kc4 Rd5 53. Kc3 c5 54. Kc4 Ke4 55. Kc3 Rd4 56. Kc2 Rd3 57. h4 gxh4 58. g5 hxg5 59. Kc1 Ke3 60. Kc2 h3 61. Kc1 g4 62. Kc2 g3 63. Kc1 Rd2 64. Kb1 g2 { White leaves the game } 0-1

They had it, then they blew it.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 { King's Knight Opening, General } Bd6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 Bxe5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Qd4 Nxf4 8. Qxg7 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. Nc3 c6 11. O-O-O b5 12. g3 Ne6 13. f4 Nc5 14. e5 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Re1 Nf2 17. Rg1 Ng4 18. Be2 Nh6 19. h3 Ba6 20. g4 O-O-O 21. Rg3 f5 22. exf6 Nf7 23. g5 Rhg8 24. h4 h6 25. a4 hxg5 26. fxg5 Nh6 27. axb5 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 cxb5 29. Rc3+ Kb8 30. gxh6 Rg6 31. f7 Rxh6 32. Re8 Rh8 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. fxe8=Q+ { Black leaves the game } 1-0

Escaped from a sticky situation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 { King's Knight Opening, General } Bd6 3. d4 f6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 d6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Nxe5 Qe7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rd3 O-O 14. h4 Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Re8 17. Bg2 Nc6 18. c3 Ne5 19. Re3 Rad8 20. Rh3 b5 21. a3 Nc4 22. Rd3 d5 23. h5 dxe4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. fxe4 Nd2+ 26. Ka2 Nc4 27. Rf3 Qd2 28. Qxd2 Nxd2 29. Re3 Nc4 30. Re2 c5 31. e5 b4 32. axb4 cxb4 33. e6 bxc3 34. bxc3 Nd6 35. Bd5 Rc8 36. e7+ Nf7 37. e8=Q+ Rxe8 38. Rxe8# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

Lunch win

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 { Philidor Defence, Exchange Variation } h6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nf3 a6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O-O Kh8 15. h4 Bxh4 16. Bxh6 Kg8 17. g3 Bf6 18. d6 b5 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. Be4 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rh2 g5 23. Qd3 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Rh6# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

Win

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 { Philidor Defence, Exchange Variation } c5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bxb7 O-O 12. Bxa8 Ba5+ 13. c3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 { Black resigns } 1-0

They offered me take backs and a draw... I refused them all

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { Queen Pawn Game, Chigorin Variation } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bb5 Bxf4 7. exf4 Bd7 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qd3 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Rae1 Raf8 16. c4 Qf7 17. cxd5 Rxf2 18. dxe6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Qxe6 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Qf3+ Ke7 22. Qxb7 Qe1# { White is checkmated } 0-1

Modern Defence

1. e4 g6 { Modern Defence, King Pawn Fianchetto } 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Qe7 9. dxc6 Bxc6 10. Bg5 O-O-O 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 e4 14. Nxe7+ Kb8 15. Nd4 Ng4 16. Nec6+ Kc8 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxd8 Kxd8 19. Ne6+ Kc8 20. Qd8# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

Surprise!

1. g3 { Hungarian Opening, General } d5 2. Bh3 Bxh3 3. Nxh3 e5 4. b3 Qd7 5. Ba3 Bxa3 6. Nxa3 Qxh3 7. f4 Qg2 8. Rf1 c6 9. h4 Qxg3+ 10. Rf2 Qxh4 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. d4 Ne7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Qf4 g6 15. Rd1 Qxf4 16. Rxf4 Ng3 17. Rd3 Ne4 18. Rdf3 O-O 19. c4 Rae8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Nxd5 Rc1# { White is checkmated } 0-1

Friggin Xenos

Nov 7

Was offered a draw at move 53...

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 { Sicilian Defence, Modern Variations } Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Nf6 9. Bg5 e5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd2 Be7 14. O-O-O Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. Kb1 a5 18. h4 b4 19. Ba4 h6 20. g4 Rc8 21. h5 Rc4 22. Bb3 Rd4 23. Qe2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Kg8 25. Qd5 Kh7 26. Qxf7 Rf8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Rf1 Rf4 29. f3 Qf8 30. Qe6 Rf6 31. Qd7 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Qxf3 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Bxf8 35. c3 bxc3 36. bxc3 Be7 37. Kc2 Bd8 38. Kd3 Bb6 39. Kc4 Kh7 40. Kd5 Bc5 41. a4 g6 42. Ke6 gxh5 43. gxh5 Kg7 44. Kf5 Be3 45. Ke6 Bd2 46. c4 Bb4 47. Kd5 Kf6 48. Bd1 Kg5 49. Ke6 Kf4 50. Kd5 Ke3 51. Bb3 Kd3 52. Bd1 Kd2 53. Bb3 Kc3 54. Bd1 Kd2 55. Bg4 Ke3 56. Bf5 Kf4 57. Ke6 Kg5 58. Bg6 Kf4 59. Kf6 Ke3 60. Kg7 Kd3 61. Kxh6 Bd2+ 62. Kg7 Kxc4 63. h6 Bxh6+ 64. Kxh6 Kb4 65. Be8 Kc5 66. Kg6 d5 67. Kf5 d4 68. Kxe5 d3 69. Bh5 d2 70. Bd1 Kc6 71. Kf6 Kd6 72. e5+ Kd7 73. Kf7 Kd8 74. e6 { Black resigns } 1-0

Back door

1. e4 f5 { Duras Gambit, General } 2. e5 e6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 h5 5. d4 d5 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne5 a6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Be3 Qb8 14. Rb1 Bb4 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa7 17. Rf3 Ke7 18. Rg3 Kf7 19. Rg5 h4 20. Bf2 h3 21. Qf3 hxg2 22. Rxg2 Nh6 23. Qg3 Rc8 24. Qxg6+ Ke7 25. Qg7+ Nf7 26. Bh4+ Kd6 27. Qxf7 Re8 28. Qg7 e5 29. Rg6+ Kc7 30. fxe5 Kc8 31. e6 Qc7 32. Bg3 Qd8 33. Rb8# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

A bridge no more

Daryl

Long game

Knight Variation } d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Ne4 Qd8 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. Ng3 f6 13. Ng4 c5 14. dxc5 Qa5+ 15. c3 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. O-O Nc6 18. Re1 Nf4 19. Ng3 e5 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Nfe3 b5 23. Bd5 Rd8 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. Rad1 Na5 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Nd6 30. Nde3 h6 31. Qa8+ Nc8 32. Qxa6 Nd6 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Qd7 35. g3 Nd3 36. Qd1 Nxb2 37. Qd2 Nbc4 38. Nxc4 bxc4 39. Ne3 Qe6 40. Qc2+ g6 41. Qd2 h5 42. Qd5 Qxd5 43. Nxd5 Kg7 44. a4 Ne4 45. a5 Nc5 46. Nb6 f5 47. Nxc4 e4 48. Ne5 Kf6 49. Nc6 g5 50. Nb8 Ke5 51. a6 Nxa6 52. Nxa6 Kd5 53. Nb4+ Kc4 54. Nc6 Kxc3 55. Ne5 Kd4 56. Ng6 Kd3 57. Kf1 e3 58. fxe3 Kxe3 59. Ne5 Ke4 60. Ng6 Kf3 61. Ne5+ Ke4 62. Ng6 Kf3 63. Ne5+ Ke4 64. Nc4 f4 65. Nd2+ Ke3 66. gxf4 gxf4 67. Nc4+ Ke4 68. Nd6+ Kf3 69. Nf5 Kg4 70. Nd4 h4 71. Kf2 Kh3 72. Nf3 Kg4 73. Kg2 h3+ 74. Kf2 Kf5 75. Nd4+ Ke4 76. Nc2 Kd3 77. Ne1+ Ke4 78. Nf3 Kd3 79. Ng5 Kd4 80. Kf3 Ke5 81. Nxh3 Kf5 82. Nxf4 Kg5 83. Kg3 Kh6 84. Ne6 Kh7 85. h4 Kh6 86. Nf4 Kh7 87. Kg4 Kh6 88. Ne6 Kh7 89. h5 Kh6 90. Nf4 Kh7 91. Kg5 Kh8 92. Kg6 Kg8 93. h6 Kh8 94. Nh5 Kg8 95. Nf4 Kh8 96. Ne6 Kg8 97. Ng5 Kh8 98. Nf7+ Kg8 99. h7+ Kf8 100. h8=Q+ Ke7 101. Qf6+ Kf8 102. Nd6+ Kg8 103. Qg7# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

Sharks

Where's Walda?