How to beat an 1800+

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Kaze Araki

Libertarian Communist
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* This thread will be merged with my other thread later.


The answer is; always play against someone that has a much higher rating than you. Even though you lost most of the time, you usually ends up with better understanding of nuances in chess if compared to playing someone your equal or lower.

The theme of the following game revolve around the idea of playing against Black's light square Bishop, compiled with a sudden attack at my opponent's King position. Notice how White's mounting pressure forced Black to makes more and more weakening moves.

deathrhapsody (Kaze Araki) 1614 vs real_ajay (1858)
[chess][Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "deathrhapsody@chesscube.com"]
[Black "real_ajay@chesscube.com"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Time "20:57:06"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. Be2 Nge7 6. O-O Ng6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Na5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Nc3 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. h3 a6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Ne4 Nb7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nfg5 h6 17. Nf3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ng3 Nh4 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Bf4 g5 22. Qg4 Qd8 23. Nh5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nf5 25. Rce1 Be8 26. Ng3 Bg6 27. h4 h5 28. Nxh5 Nh6 29. Qxe6+ Bf7 30. Qxh6 1-0[/chess]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. Be2 Nge7 6. O-O Ng6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Na5
Black's Knight will prove to be out of place here and become mostly irrelevant during the whole game.

9. Bd3 c6?
A very ugly move by Black. But now my plan is clear, to play against Black's light square Bishop by preventing it from breaking free. Compiled with the irrelevant Knight, Black has two ineffective pieces.

10. Nc3 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. h3 a6 13. Be3 O-O
The c5 and d6 squares are weak and my next series of moves aims to exploit them.

14. Ne4 Nb7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nfg5 h6
I intentionally provoke Black to move h6, weakening his King's position. At this moment, I'm already preparing for a sudden King side attack whenever the opportunity present itself.

17. Nf3 f5
Another bad move by Black. Feeling under pressure, Black lashes out with the aim of freeing his game (especially his light square Bishop) but my replies prevent the Bishop from ever coming out.

18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ng3 Nh4 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Bf4 g5
A mistake by Black that allows me to commence with my attack.

22. Qg4 Qd8 23. Nh5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nf5 25. Rce1 Be8 26. Ng3 Bg6 27. h4 h5
The blunder that seal the game.

28. Nxh5 Nh6 29. Qxe6+ Bf7 30. Qxh6
Black resign.
 

Kaze Araki

Libertarian Communist
#2
* This thread will be merged with my other thread later.


The answer is; always play against someone that has a much higher rating than you. Even though you lost most of the time, you usually ends up with better understanding of nuances in chess if compared to playing someone your equal or lower.

The theme of the following game revolve around the idea of outplaying your opponent in the opening with a not so popular defense. The Alekhine's defense is known for its passive outward appearance, but as the popular saying goes; "never judge a book by its cover". Here White is unprepared for Black's opening strategy.

deathrhapsody (Kaze Araki) 1646 vs aquilavox (1818)
[chess][Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "aquilavox@chesscube.com"]
[Black "deathrhapsody@chesscube.com"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Time "10:58:23"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Ne2 Nxc4 14. Bf2 Bh6 15. f4 g5 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Rg1 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxc4 Nxe5 20. Rc5 Nf3+ 0-1[/chess]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg4
White's overlooked this move by Black that turns the board into a hot bed for White's King.

9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. a3 O-O-O
White's King is inconveniently stuck in the center.

13. Ne2 Nxc4
White sacrifices two pawns in order to gain some counter play, but I didn't get overly materialistic here and only took on c4. The pawn in b2 is to dangerous to take as it will leave White's Rook with an open file against my King.

14. Bf2 Bh6 15. f4 g5 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Rg1 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxc4 Nxe5
The move that White overlook. Black is up two pawns now and White's King is still stuck in the center.

20. Rc5 Nf3+
And Black resign due to the inevitable lost of his Queen.
 

Kaze Araki

Libertarian Communist
#3
* This thread will be merged with my other thread later.


The answer is; always play against someone that has a much higher rating than you. Even though you lost most of the time, you usually ends up with better understanding of nuances in chess if compared to playing someone your equal or lower.

The Alekhine's defense has long been my pet defense against e4, and this game exemplify the reason why I love this defense a lot. It must be understood though that the Alekhine's is not an easy defense to play for newbies like us, but hey - I've played countless games using it as such that I'm quite confidence playing this defense against any tough opponents.

deathrhapsody (Kaze Araki) 1663 vs aki_51 (1887)
[chess][Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "aki_51@chesscube.com"]
[Black "deathrhapsody@chesscube.com"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Time "11:41:34"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Na5 16. c5 Nb3+ 0-1
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg4
The Bishop move once again!

9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. a3 ...
I intentionally provoke this weakening move by White for the reason that you'll see very soon.

13. ... Be7
I was contemplating for some time about sacrificial ideas (Ba5 provoking an exchanges of a piece with two pawns but leaving the White's King wide open) to bust open White's King position, but ultimately hesitate and just return my Bishop into a flexible position.

14. h3 Bxf3
Bad move by me, better would be; 14. h3 Bf5 15. g4 Na5
With the idea that White must commit 16. Bd3 Bxd3 to avoid multiple threats resulted from Black's Nb3+. Exchanging Bishops here would be better for me than exchanging my Bishop with Black's not so active Knight.

15. gxf3 Na5 16. c5 Nb3+
The LOL (Nb3+) come anyway - in order to save his tiny pawn, White overlooked the fork. And White resign due to the Blunder.
 
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