After a few losses, finally a close win

1. e4 c5 2. c3 { Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation, General } e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Ne4 Bb5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qf5 Qa5 22. Qxf6 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qxd6 Qxa2 25. h3 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qxb2 27. Qxh6 Qg7 28. Qd6 Bb5 29. Qb8+ Qf8 30. Qxb7 Qd6+ 31. g3 Be2 32. Ng5 Qf6 33. Ne4 Qf5 34. d6 Bf3 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Nd2 Bc6 37. Nc4 Qxf2# { White is checkmated } 0-1

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Nice Checkmate

1. e4 { King's Pawn Opening, General } d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Bxg5 10. f4 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. fxg5 O-O 13. O-O-O g6 14. h4 Bf5 15. h5 f6 16. gxf6 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Bg6 18. Rg5 Kf7 19. Rxd5 Ke6 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Rd6# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

Almost flubbed this one at the end

1. e4 b6 { Owen Defence, General } 2. d4 Na6 3. Bxa6 Bxa6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be3 e6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Bh6 Be7 8. Bg7 Rg8 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e5 Bg7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. a4 Bh6 14. h4 Bb7 15. f4 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rf1 Qe7 18. O-O-O Ba6 19. Rfe1 Qb4 20. Nge4 d5 21. Nf6 Rg7 22. Rxe6 Rf7 23. Nfxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxa4 25. Qc3 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qa4 27. g3 Bg7 28. Ke1 Qb5 29. Rd3 Qxd5 30. Qc6 Qh1+ 31. Kd2 Qh2+ 32. Kc3 Bxd3 33. Qa8+ Kd7 34. Qc6+ Kc8 35. Re8# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

Win, despite a blunder

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 { Philidor Defence, General } Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Nc6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. Bb5 Qf6 8. Qe2 Qg6 9. Nc3 Qg2 10. Rf1 Bxh2 11. Be3 Bg1 12. O-O-O Bh2 13. Nd5 Bd6 14. Qc4 a6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qxc6+ Kd8 17. Qxa8+ Kd7 18. Nf4 Qxf3 19. e5 Qxa8 20. exd6 c6 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rfe1 Nh6 23. Bb6 Nf5 24. Ne6 h5 25. Nc5+ Kc8 26. d7+ Kb8 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. dxe8=Q# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

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Good morning

1. g3 { Hungarian Opening, General } d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. e3 Bc5 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 Bd6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O Be5 11. Bb2 b5 12. Rb1 a6 13. Ne2 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 Ng4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. h3 h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. f4 Qf6 19. Kf2 Rh2 20. Rg1 O-O-O 21. c3 Qd6 22. Qb3 c6 23. Rbb1 Rdh8 24. a4 g5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Rh1 gxf4 27. Rxh2 Rxh2 28. Rh1 fxg3+ 29. Ke2 Kc7 30. Kf1 Qf6+ 31. Kg1 Qf2# { White is checkmated } 0-1

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Lunch

1. e4 c5 { Sicilian Defence, General } 2. h3 Nc6 3. a3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Qxc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d3 Bd6 10. O-O h5 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nxf7 Ng4 15. Bf6 Bxf6 16. f4 Rde8 17. Nxh8 Rxh8 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 e5 20. f5 e4 21. g3 Bd4+ 22. Kg2 Qc6 23. Qxe4 Qh6 24. Rh1 Qd2+ 25. Qe2 Bc6+ { White resigns } 0-1

Endgame

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 { Sicilian Defence, Bowlder Attack } e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. d4 c4 10. b3 b5 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 a6 14. Nf3 Ngf6 15. O-O O-O 16. Nc2 Rfe8 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Rab1 Na4 19. Rfc1 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. h3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Naxc3 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Rb1+ 25. Kh2 Rb5 26. f3 f5 27. g3 g6 28. Rc2 Na4 29. f4 Kf7 30. g4 Ke6 31. Kg3 c3 32. gxf5+ gxf5 33. Kf3 Rb4 34. Nd1 Rxd4 35. Ke3 Rc4 36. Kd3 Rxf4 37. Nxc3 Rf3+ 38. Kd4 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Kxc3 Ke5 41. Kd3 f4 42. a3 d4 43. a4 a5 44. h4 h5 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Kd2 d3 47. Ke1 Ke3 { White leaves the game } 0-1

Nice

1. c4 Nc6 { English Opening, Anglo-Lithuanian Variation } 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd5 15. f3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. e4 Qg5 18. Bb4 O-O-O 19. Qe2 Rxd4 20. Rac1 Rhd8 21. Be7 Rd2 22. f4 Qg6 23. f5 Qg5 24. Qf3 R8d7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bb1 Rxb2 27. Rxc6 Rdd2 28. Rxc7+ Kxc7 29. Qc3+ Kb7 { White resigns } 0-1

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Advanced pawns help seal the deal

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 { Sicilian Defence, Franco-Sicilian Variation } 4. d5 exd5 5. exd5 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Qxe5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Qd2 b6 12. g3 Ba6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bf4 Qd4 15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd6 dxc3 17. Bxf8 cxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxf8 19. d6 Bc8 20. Rhe1 a5 21. g4 h6 22. h4 Ba6 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25. Rg1 f6 26. g6 Ng5 27. Bd5+ Ne6 28. Rde1 Re8 29. f4 Kf8 30. f5 Nd4 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Rh1 Nxf5 33. Rh8# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

Toe 4

Toe 3

Toe 2

Toe 1

Penetrated

1. e4 c6 { Caro-Kann Defence, General } 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 Bb4 9. h5 Be4 10. Bg2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. c4 Nb4 14. a3 Bxc2 15. Bxb4 Bxd1 16. Bxa5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 b6 18. Bb4 Nf6 19. g5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ke2 a5 22. Bd6 Rd8 23. Be5 O-O 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. Rac1 Rc6 26. Kxe4 Rfc8 27. Kd3 Kf8 28. Rc2 Ke7 29. Bxg7 R8c7 30. Be5 Rd7 31. Bf6+ Kf8 32. Be5 a4 33. Rb1 Rc5 34. Ke4 Rc6 35. Rb4 Ra7 36. Rb5 Ke8 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Rcb2 Ra6 39. f3 Kc8 40. f4 Kd7 41. c5 bxc5 42. Rb7+ Kc8 43. Rb8+ Kd7 44. R2b7+ { Black resigns } 1-0

Leaving work

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R.I.P Sweet half-blood prince

Morning win

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { Sicilian Defence, Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack } Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7 7. g3 b5 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 b4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bc4 Na5 15. axb4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 cxb4 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nb5 Ba6 19. Nbd4 Bxc4 20. b3 Bb5 21. c4 Bc6 22. Nxc6+ dxc6 23. Ne5 Qxe5 24. bxa4 Qc3+ 25. Kf1 Qxc4+ 26. Kg1 Nf6 27. e5 Nd5 28. Rc1 Nc3 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qxh1# { White is checkmated } 0-1

Dollar down

Quick

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 { Queen's Pawn Game, Sarratt Attack } Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nf3 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nc3 Ng4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh2# { White is checkmated } 0-1

Close game

1. e4 c6 { Caro-Kann Defence, General } 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Na6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. h4 Bd7 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qe4 Bc6 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Be4 Rae8 19. O-O-O Rc8 20. Nh7 Rfe8 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. c3 Nd5 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qf3 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Qxa2+ 29. Ke1 Qb2 30. Qh5 Qxc3+ 31. Kf1 Re7 32. Qg6 hxg5 33. hxg5 Rec7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. g6 Qc2 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qxg7+ Kd8 38. Rh8# { Black is checkmated } 1-0

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What a struggle

1. d4 d5 2. e4 { Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, General } dxe4 3. c4 c6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 Bf5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qb3 b6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Nf4 Nbd7 12. Be2 c5 13. h4 h6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. g5 Nh7 16. Nxe4 h5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Kb1 Qc6 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. c5 Nd5 22. Bb5 Qc8 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. cxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Bc5 Rdd8 27. Bxf8 Nxf8 28. Qa4 Nc3+ 29. Rxc3 Qxh1+ 30. Rc1 Qd5 31. Qa6 Qf5+ 32. Ka1 Qxf2 33. Qa4 Rd2 34. Qb3 Qd4 35. a3 Kh7 36. Rc4 Rd1+ 37. Ka2 Qd2 38. Rc2 Qe1 39. Qc4 Ra1+ 40. Kb3 Qe3+ 41. Rc3 Qe1 42. Bc6 Qd1+ 43. Rc2 Rc1 44. Be4 Rxc2 45. Bxc2 Qf3+ 46. Ka2 Qg4 47. Qxg4 hxg4 48. Be4 g3 49. b4 e5 50. a4 Nd7 51. a5 Kg8 52. Ka3 Kf8 53. Ka4 Ke7 54. Kb5 Kd6 55. Ka6 Kc7 56. Kxa7 Nb8 57. b5 Nd7 58. b6+ Kd6 59. b7 Kc7 60. a6 Nb8 61. Bd5 Nd7 62. Bg2 Nb8 63. Bh3 e4 64. Bg2 e3 65. Bf3 e2 66. Bxe2 g2 67. h5 g1=Q+ 68. Ka8 Nc6 69. hxg6 Qa7# { White is checkmated } 0-1