Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Sunday, February 26, 2017

My 600th game of 2017

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/zJMlhTOS"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[White "Anonymous"]
[Black "Anonymous"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+8"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "King's Knight Opening"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 { C40 King's Knight Opening } Bd6 3. d4 f6 4. dxe5 Bxe5 5. Nxe5 fxe5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qxe5+ Ne7 8. Qxh8+ Kf7 9. Qxh7+ Ke6 10. Qh3+ Nf5 11. exf5+ gxf5 12. Bc4+ d5 13. Qe3+ Kd6 14. Qd4 Be6 15. Bf4+ Kd7 16. Qg7+ Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bg5+ Kd6 19. Bb3 Nc6 20. Nc3 Rg8 21. Bf4+ Kd7 22. g3 Kc8 23. O-O-O Nb4 24. a3 c6 25. axb4 { Black left the game. } 1-0

Can't believe I missed taking the queen. I am truly a patzer.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

First time I've seen the "Amazon Attack"

1. d4 d5 2. Qd3 { D00 Amazon Attack } Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 Ne4 6. Rg1 Be7 7. g4 Bh4+ 8. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 9. Kd1 Nf2+ 10. Kd2 Nxd3 11. Kxd3 Nb4+ 12. Kc3 Qf2 13. Rg2 Qxf1 14. Rg3 Qe1+ 15. Nd2 Qxg3+ 16. Kxb4 Qe3 { White left the game. } 0-1

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Obey Kitty

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Nimzo-Larsen Attack

1. b3 c5 { A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: English Variation } 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe4 Nf6 5. Qf5 d5 6. Qg5 h6 7. Qg3 Ne4 8. Qe3 e5 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. f3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qxh1 13. c3 Bd6 14. c4 d4 15. Qf2 Nb4 16. Kd1 Bf5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 19. Bg2 Qc2+ 20. Ke1 Qc3+ 21. Bd2 Qxa1+ { White left the game. } 0-1

Friday, February 10, 2017

White wasn't careful when messing with a Sicilian

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B30 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian } 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 a6 5. Be2 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bf4 d6 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 h6 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. b4 Nd4 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. O-O g5 15. c3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 g4 17. Nh4 gxh3 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 hxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kh3 Rg8 22. f3 Qd7 23. Bxc5 Qxf5+ 24. Kh2 Qh5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Tuesday, February 07, 2017

July 15

They walked into that one

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 { C45 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation } 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 a6 11. Qd2 c5 12. Bc4 c6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. f3 e5 17. Bg3 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qg5 Ne4 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 d4 23. Ba5 Rd7 24. c3 d3 25. Rd2 Bd8 26. Bxd8 Raxd8 27. Rfd1 Kf7 28. c4 Kf6 29. Kf2 g5 30. g4 Ke5 31. Re1+ Kf4 32. Re4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

Monday, February 06, 2017

Sicilian Defence turns into Sicilian Offence

1. e4 c5 { B20 Sicilian Defense } 2. e5 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 e6 7. d3 a6 8. Bf4 b5 9. Bb3 Rb8 10. c4 Bb7 11. Qe3 Ne7 12. Bh6 Nf5 13. Qf4 Nxh6 14. O-O Nf5 15. g4 Qh4 16. Nd2 Bh6 17. Qg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1

LI

Friday, February 03, 2017