Voltorn's Chess Matches

[Voltorn]

7. ... Nxd5?

I would opt for Na5 instead, threatening to take away his light-square Bishop.

Oh shoot, yes xD

I didn't think of using my knight to take that bishop. Thanks xD

11. ... Ne5?

Kc8 and later Kb8 is a better move, King's safety come first. After this, Black is technically lost. The Black King is wide open in the middle of the board and White is just literally lunging forward, otherwise you still have chances.

I was thinking about Kb8. And I thought that would be a bad move because I would block the rock, reducing the defense on the 8th line. But yeah, you're right. King's safety comes first... I'll remember that. lol I don't know. But in RL, I always sacrifice myself for my team's gain. lol I guess it doesn't apply with chess. losing the leader means losing the game. lol xD



Nice solutions, thank you. I'll use it next time ^^

 

[Voltorn]

yay

I won against someone with 16xx rank xD



[chess][Event "ChessCube Game"]

[Site "www.chesscube.com"]

[Date "2011.06.07"]

[Round "-"]

[White "voltorn@chesscube.com"]

[Black "sk_shah@chesscube.com"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "1512"]

[BlackElo "1619"]

[ECO "C40"]

[Time "14:42:27"]

[TimeControl "900"]



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Nbc6 7. Be3 Nd4 8. Bxd4 Bxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5+ Kd8 12. O-O Re8 13. Qh5 Bf5 14. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Kd7 16. Bb3 a6 17. h3 b5 18. Rd1 Re8 19. f3 h6 20. a4 Re5 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 Bxd3 23. Qg4+ Bf5 24. Qxd4 Qg5 25. cxb5 Bxh3 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 h5 29. Rc1 hxg4 30. Ba4 Rxd5 31. b6+ Kc8 32. fxg4 Bxg4 33. bxc7 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Bd7 35. Bxd7+ Kxd7 36. c8=Q+ Ke7 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Qf3+ Ke7 39. Qe3+ Kf8 40. Qxd2 d5 41. Qxd5 g5 42. Qxg5 f6 43. Qxf6+ Kg8 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46. Qd8# 1-0

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I was at disadvantage when my white bishop was trapped by my own pieces, but somehow I pulled it out xD

Any advice will be appreciated xD

 

[Kaze Araki]

Ow, I like this game.



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Nbc6

Black is late in development, thanks to his early pointless Queen movement.



8. Bxd4 Bxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5

White misses the opportunity to maximize the presence of his developed pieces.

Nb5! instead of Nd5? would have been better, because it will force the Black King to be stranded in the middle of the board.



11. exd5 Kd8

Black throw away his chance to equalize the game and get a better position.

Qe7 would guaranty Black with a good game, and White will instead struggle with his bad Bishop.

Without the Ladies on the board, the Kings are quite safe to stay in the middle.



12. O-O Re8 13. Qh5 Bf5 14. Rfe1 Rxe1 15. Rxe1 Kd7 16. Bb3 a6 17. h3 b5 18. Rd1 Re8

White makes a mistake with Rd1 and Black quickly seize the open file with Re8.

Now, if the Queens are off, Black would be better here.

Qf3 would have been a better alternative for White.



19. f3 h6 20. a4 Re5 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 Bxd3 23. Qg4 Bf5 24. Qxd4 Qg5 25. cxb5 Bxh3 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qf2 Qxf2 28. Kxf2 h5 29. Rc1 hxg4 30. Ba4 Rxd5

Overly materialistic, the simple Kd8 instead by Black would be winning.



31. b6 Kc8 32. fxg4 Bxg4 33. bxc7 Rd2 34. Kg3 Bd7

An ugly blunder by Black that sealed the game, enough said.



35. Bxd7 Kxd7 36. c8=Q Ke7 37. Qb7 Kf6 38. Qf3 Ke7 39. Qe3 Kf8 40. Qxd2 d5 41. Qxd5 g5 42. Qxg5 f6 43. Qxf6 Kg8 44. Rc8 Kh7 45. Rc7 Kg8 46. Qd8

Lesson to be learn; miracle do exist, at least in Chess.

 

[Voltorn]

8. Bxd4 Bxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5

White misses the opportunity to maximize the presence of his developed pieces.

Nb5! instead of Nd5? would have been better, because it will force the Black King to be stranded in the middle of the board.

Oh yeah, I always missed that. lol I need to work better with the knights >__<

Thank you for pointing that out ^^

11. exd5 Kd8

Black throw away his chance to equalize the game and get a better position.

Qe7 would guaranty Black with a good game, and White will instead struggle with his bad Bishop.

Without the Ladies on the board, the Kings are quite safe to stay in the middle.

lol yeah, I was surprised when he moved that. xD

12. O-O Re8 13. Qh5 Bf5 14. Rfe1 Rxe1 15. Rxe1 Kd7 16. Bb3 a6 17. h3 b5 18. Rd1 Re8

White makes a mistake with Rd1 and Black quickly seize the open file with Re8.

Now, if the Queens are off, Black would be better here.

Qf3 would have been a better alternative for White.

I gave up the line because it was quite impossible to do much damage while controlling that line... >__<

I thought that Qf3 isn't a very useful move because I couldn't see any further for that move, so I thought that would be a waste of move. >_<

19. f3 h6 20. a4 Re5 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 Bxd3 23. Qg4 Bf5 24. Qxd4 Qg5 25. cxb5 Bxh3 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qf2 Qxf2 28. Kxf2 h5 29. Rc1 hxg4 30. Ba4 Rxd5

Overly materialistic, the simple Kd8 instead by Black would be winning.

lol yeah, when I moved 24. Qxd4.

I was like, "oh no, I hope he wouldn't go 24. ... Re1

31. b6 Kc8 32. fxg4 Bxg4 33. bxc7 Rd2 34. Kg3 Bd7

An ugly blunder by Black that sealed the game, enough said.

XD

35. Bxd7 Kxd7 36. c8=Q Ke7 37. Qb7 Kf6 38. Qf3 Ke7 39. Qe3 Kf8 40. Qxd2 d5 41. Qxd5 g5 42. Qxg5 f6 43. Qxf6 Kg8 44. Rc8 Kh7 45. Rc7 Kg8 46. Qd8

Lesson to be learn; miracle do exist, at least in Chess.

lol

Thank you very much for the review. ^^

 

[Kaze Araki]

I gave up the line because it was quite impossible to do much damage while controlling that line... >__<

I thought that Qf3 isn't a very useful move because I couldn't see any further for that move, so I thought that would be a waste of move. >_<



After Qf3, you have double threats; g4 (doubling up Black's pawn) and c4! (breaking free your Bishop's confinement.

The point being for c4!, after Black's dxc4 en passant, White can simply takes back with bxc3 due to the hanging Black Bishop.





lol yeah, when I moved 24. Qxd4.

I was like, "oh no, I hope he wouldn't go 24. ... Re1



It's still defensible, White's Kf2 holds everything together.

 

[Voltorn]

Hmm, it seems I always lose many good chances by being too defensive.

Thank you for the lesson xD

 

[Voltorn]

I played on the white side just now.

I was trying to be aggressive that time, but that took me almost the whole game to think about the next moves... >__>

In short, I forfeited because my time was up lol (I instantly moved my pawn on the last move because there was only .8 second, so I couldn't think much).

[chess]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qe2 Qb6 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. c3 a4 14. Bc2 b6 15. d4 Ba6 16. e5 Be7 17. dxc5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxb5 19. c4 Qxb2 20. Nc6 Qf6 21. cxd6 Bd8 22. Qe4 g6 23. Nb4 Ra7 24. Bxa4 Bb7 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Rxa2 27. d7 Bc7 28. d8=Q Bxd8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Qb1 Rdd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxb6 Rb2 33. Qa6 h5 34. c5 Kg7 35. c6 e5 36. c7 Qxa6 0-1

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On 17. dxc5, I was like, "okay, I've never seen this before. How did my pawns get there? o.0"

After 22, I spent lots of time to think about the next move. I couldn't find any good one, so I decided to go with the knight because I was running out of time >__>

On 28., I only had around 1 minute left, so I couldn't think much >__>

 

[Kaze Araki]

This is a very interesting game indeed!

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qe2 Qb6 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. c3 a4 14. Bc2 b6 15. d4 Ba6
The pin on the Knight is rather troublesome.

16. e5 Be7 17. dxc5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxb5 19. c4 Qxb2 20. Nc6 Qf6 21. cxd6 Bd8 22. Qe4 g6
Interesting reply, I think White is better here.

23. Nb4 Ra7 24. Bxa4 Bb7 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Rxa2 27. d7 Bc7 28. d8=Q Bxd8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Qb1 Rdd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxb6 Rb2
Amazing! White continue with the pressure!

33. Qa6 h5 34. c5 Kg7 35. c6 e5 36. c7 Qxa6
Time control blunder. White is winning with the simple 36. Rc1 ...

Overall, a very good game.
This is the best game I've seen from you so far.

 

[Voltorn]

I'm still trying to improvise my playing by giving pressure to my opponent, but I need to think faster xD
Thank you for the review ^^

 

[Kaze Araki]

I demand more game!