Thank you to all who were concerned about me being ill but I'm almost 100% better now so thank you. Also, I would like to add that anyone would be lucky to spend an hour with me so keep plugging away at John's puzzle lol! I found it amusing when we met up with bob and people in the merchant and bob was asking seriously if I was ok about the amount of comments being made against myself. Of course I had to reply that I was losing sleep over it and that I had been psycologically damaged!!!
On all 3 games the names are the wrong way round. To repeat, I was Black in all games.
Anyway, 3 games to go through including the sacrificial double piece win and a rather cunning queen trap. All 3 games are Dutch Defences where I am black. Enjoy...
[Event "RugbyA vs CovA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E.Goodwin"]
[Black "Nalin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "156"]
[BlackELO "152"]
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%Orient=B
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b4!?
{An interesting move which aims to gain queenside space before committing
white's queenside pieces.} 7... a5?! {The right idea but not in the most
accurate order. First should come 7....Ne4,to stop Nc3, then a5.} 8. b5 Ne4
9. Qc2?! {9:a4 was better here as now black can play 9:....a4 himself (even
though he doesn't)} 9... c6 10. a4 Bf6 11. Bb2 Nd7? {First mistake of the game
committed my me (what a surprise lol). The knight gets in the way of
everything and leaves c6 vunerable.} 12. Nbd2 d5 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd5 cxd5
{This is the point of white's play. Black would have loved to play 14:....exd5
but cannot because his c6 pawn would drop.} 15. Ne5? {Not a great move as the
pawn on e5 cannot do much.} 15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ba6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bh3 Re8
19. Bd4 {White's dark squared bishop has found a good square BUT it cannot do
anything useful from this square.} 19... Bc4 {Here I offered a draw but my
opponent carried on playing without saying anything to me. I thought he took
it as an insult!!} 20. Qd2 Qc7 {I offered a draw again here and he happy shook
hands with me. (yes in a gay way before I get flooded with comments lol) My
guess was that he simply did not here me the first time around.} 1/2-1/2
The position at this point is very equal. Black's play is probably easier to play but that's about it. On to the exciting games now...
[Event "RugbyA vs NuneatonA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M.Probert"]
[Black "Nalin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "163"]
[BlackELO "152"]
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%Orient=B
1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8
{Swinging the queen over to the kingside} 8. Qc2 Qg6 {8....Qh5 was a
bit better. But the idea behing the move played was to control e4.} 9. b3 Ne4
10. Bb2 Bf6 11. e3 Nc6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Nd2 d5 {The only way to defend e4.}
14. a3! {Stopping any ...Nb4 ideas for good.} 14... Bg5 {Putting pressure on
e3 in case white wants to play f3.} 15. b4 {White is clearly better here as
Black's queenside is getting overrun. However I saw at this point that my c
pawn would be weak and I saw a cunning queen trap here...} 15... Rf7
{Protecting my c pawn. } 16. b5 {Kicking my knight to expose Black's c pawn.}
16... Ne7 {Purposefully blocking my rook's protection of c7 to lure the trap.
The point is given time Black would like to play c6 himself and hold
thequeenside together but White does not give him time to do so, so black has
to defend tactically.} 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qxc7?? {A natural enough move but
loses to... } 18... Nc6!! {This is the position that Black saw in advance from
playing ....Rf7! I had to make sure that ther was no eascape for the queen in
my head.} 19. Qxf7+ Qxf7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rac1 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Bb5 23. f4?
{A mistake. White should try to open up the position for his pieces. Not
close it.} 23... Bd8 24. Nb3 Bb6 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Ra1 Bc4 27. Bc1 Qh5 {The game
is not over though until Black finds a good way to get into White's
position. This move is trying to invade to e2.} 28. Bd2 Bxb3 29. Rxb3 Qe2 {The
queen gets there but cannot do anything useful here.} 30. Bb4 Bd8 31. Bf1 {The
queen gets kicked back.} 31... Qg4 32. Rb2 a5 33. Be2?? {This does not look a
bad move but as you will see the rest of the moves a forced leading to a Black
win meaning this has to be the wrong move.} 33... Qc8 {The queen has decided
to invade on the queeenside afterall!} 34. Bc3 {Forced.} 34... Rxb2 35. Bxb2
{Forced.} 35... Qb7 36. Bc1 {Forced again as 36.Rb1 loses to
36....Qb3 followed my 37....Qc2 with too many double attacks.} 36... Qb3
{White is paralysed.} 37. Kf2? {37.a4 woul dhave put a little fight but the
games now ends very quickly because White cannot move and Black gets his final
bishop into the attack.} 37... a4 38. Kg1 Ba5 {The bishop comes and so
White resigns.} 0-1
That was the queen trap and to finish is the ridiculously stupid double piece sac which shouldn't work, BUT DOES!!!!
[Event "CovB vs RugbyA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.Filer"]
[Black "Nalin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "133"]
[BlackELO "152"]
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%Orient=B
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O {After watching the other
games this must totally normal by now but...} 6. e4?! {...is the right idea
but White is not well deveoped enough to open up the position yet.} 6... fxe4
7. Nxe4 d5 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne2 c6?! {Not a bad move but
10....Bg4 stright away was better taking advantage of the exposed White
king.} 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd3? {An awful move which drops the d pawn.} 12...
Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bxd4 14. Bf4 Qf6 15. Rae1! {A good move trying to create threats
and ignoring his own b pawn.} 15... Nd7 16. Qe7 Rae8?? {This is where the
fireworks start. Black wrongly thinks that the coming combination will lead to
a win. } 17. Qxd7 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2! {This is the move a I thought White couldn't
make.} 18... Qd4+ 19. Kf3 {Notice that 19.Re3?? Would lose to 19....Qxe3
mate!} 19... Re4 {Piling the pressure on the center and kingside. White cannot
take it owing to 20.dxe4+ discovering an attack on White's queen.} 20. Kg4!
{White again makes the best defensive move bringing the f1 rook into play.}
20... h5+ {Why not give away another pawn I thought.} 21. Kxh5 g6+ {And i
offer another. } 22. Kg4!? {Taking the pawn would win. White had 20 mins left
on his clock compared to my 5 so he should have taken the time to calculate
the pawn capture.} 22... Qe5! {This is probably my only good move in the whole
game as it forces White to find the only move to take the win. This is a good
time stop and try and find Whites only move. } 23. Kf3?? {Fortunately for me
Dave didn't find it. Blacks last threat was 23...Qh5 mate and the only defense
was 23.h4!! which stops all of Blacks attack. The move played leads to a mate
in two.} 23... Rfxf4+ 24. gxf4 {Forced.} 24... Qxf4# {A harsh mate as Black
has pretty much sacrificed everything!! } 0-1
Even if I lost this game, it was without doubt the most enjoyable high intensity match that I've played with a lot of people watching the game.
Feel free to post comments on any of the games and tell me how good I am LOL!!
