Everyone show off your latest win.

EinZweiDrei

Only Chess

28 Mar 11

ketchuplover

Isolated Pawn

Wisconsin USA

Joined: 09 Dec 01
Moves: 71666

29 Mar 11

Originally posted by Nowakowski
Not the latest - but one worth a look anyway.
[pgn][Event "Clan league"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[EndDate "2010.02.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nowakowski"]
[Black "KnightStalker47"]
[WhiteRating "1363"]
[BlackRating "1795"]
[WhiteELO "1363"]
[BlackELO "1795"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7047795"]

1. d4 Ng8f6 2. c4 e ...[text shortened]... 30. Bb2xg7 Kh8xg7 31. Rc7xd7 Kg7h8 32. Qe6f6 Kh8g8 33. Qf6g7 1-0[/pgn]

20...Rh6 seems ok imo

Iere man

Joined: 29 Sep 10
Moves: 36220

29 Mar 11

Originally posted by ketchuplover
27...Qa1+ may have been better

😲 you're absolutely right!
would have been curtains for me instead if opponent had played that...

tharkesh

Joined: 04 Sep 10
Moves: 5716

29 Mar 11

2 edits

Hallo,

here is also not the latest, but a game I wanted to make a thread out of, too: when suddenly a strong attack changes into a destructive counter-attack. I wrote some annotations in simple style, hope you like it. Have no time now, I will finish annotation later. Happy about your comments, of course!

T.

[Event "Challenge"][Site "http://www.timeforchess.com"][Date "2011.03.05"][EndDate "2011.03.08"][Round "?"][White "johnnyph12"][Black "tharkesh"][WhiteRating "1518"][BlackRating "1665"][WhiteELO "1518"][BlackELO "1665"][Result "0-1"][GameId "8242319"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 {basically i typed the first moves in google and tried something new -> Berlin defense} 3. Nb1c3 Nb8c6 4. d3 Nc6a5 {it looks dubious, i admit. i liked the idea of him getting doubled pawns and also loosing his white bishop. the normal line would be 3. .. Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7} 5. Bc4b3 Na5xb3 6. axb3 {well, now he gained an open file for the a1-rook. i think white is better here. but you will see, the rook never uses that file and will enter the game when it is almost too late...} Bf8b4 {the advantage of no a-pawn: bishop development with a secure knight-pin at the same time!} 7. Ng1f3 d6 8. Bc1g5 {! one of the most important moves. this knight-pin seriously hinders blacks development and i totally underestimated its consequences! more of it later...} c6 {hindering Nd5} 9. O-O O-O {it is always possible to castle in the wrong direction. maybe this is one of the cases, with two pieces already attacking and the queen waiting in the background. but on the other hand: look at the symmetry. both sides have very similar attacking power. you will see the little tempo white has more, how much that can change!} 10. h3 {preventing the total king-side symmetry} h6 {trying to chase away the bishop. the pin was seriously annoying me. the queen is bound, because otherwise BxN and then g7xBf6 opening the kings pawn defense so much, i didnt want it to happen.} 11. Bg5h4 g5 {?!? trying to get initiative. i calculated all the odds if the bishop now takes the pawn, including my opened pawns and liked it more then this stupid pin...} 12. Nf3xg5 {...but, alas, he can take with the knight. suddenly i was shocked! i forgot about the knight, because this means...} hxg5 13. Bh4xg5 {...the pin is still here! my poor queen, the poor knight...all worse, because look at the pawns!} Kg8g7 {this felt like desperation, but turned out to be strong enough. anyhow, the f-pawn and f-rook of white are now threatening to enter the killing of the king.} 14. f4 {!? it was too early. Kh1 would have served better.} Bb4c5 {! i was very close to exchange the bishop for knight before, but now it rescues the black position...} 15. Kg1h1 Bc5e3 {prevents f4xe5, because the bishop is without cover!} 16. Nc3e2 {trying to cover f4 to prevent .. e5xf4.} Bc8g4 {?! he can not answer by taking the pawn: the h-file would be open to a check by the rook! suddenly the attack of white is turning into an attack for black, both sides are on the edge now...} 17. Qd1e1 Bg4xe2 18. Qe1xe2 {a grateful exchange. black could develop a piece and get rid of the cover of f4. and also have a look now on the relative position of queen and king...} exf4 19. g3 Rf8h8 {threatening Rxh3+. the pawns have been loosened up and it took its start with the early 14. f4} 20. h4 Nf6h5 {finally! the bond breaks, the queen and the knight are free, threatening Nxg3+, winning the queen back!} 21. Rf1f3 {defending g3} f6 22. Bg5xf4 Be3xf4 23. gxf4 Qd8d7 24. Ra1g1 {here comes the a1 rook!} Kg7f7 25. f5 Ra8g8 26. Rg1xg8 Rh8xg8 27. Qe2e1 d5 28. Qe1e3 b6 29. Qe3h6 Nh5g3 30. Kh1h2 Qd7d6 31. Kh2h3 Ng3e2 32. Qh6h7 Rg8g7 33. Qh7h5 Kf7f8 34. Qh5h8 Kf8f7 35. Qh8h5 Kf7e7 36. Qh5g6 Rg7xg6 37. fxg6 Ne2g1 38. Kh3g4 Ng1xf3 0-1

NicklasPersson

Joined: 07 Mar 05
Moves: 2255

29 Mar 11

[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.12.01"]
[EndDate "2011.03.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NicklasPersson"]
[Black "dikankan"]
[WhiteRating "1663"]
[BlackRating "2050"]
[WhiteELO "1663"]
[BlackELO "2050"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "7975134"]

1. e4 Ng8f6 2. e5 Nf6d5 3. d4 d6 4. Ng1f3 Bc8g4 5. Bf1e2 e6 6. O-O c6 7. c4 Nd5c7 8. Nb1c3 d5 9. c5 Bf8e7 10. h3 Bg4h5 11. Nf3h2 Bh5xe2 12. Nc3xe2 Nb8d7 13. Qd1d3 b6 14. Qd3g3 g6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Nh2g4 h5 17. Ng4h2 c5 18. Nh2f3 Nc7b5 19. a4 Nb5xd4 20. Ne2xd4 cxd4 21. Nf3xd4 Ra8c8 22. Nd4xe6 fxe6 23. Qg3xg6 Ke8f8 24. Bc1h6 Rh8xh6 25. Qg6xh6 Kf8g8 26. Qh6xe6 Kg8g7 27. Qe6xd5 Rc8c5 28. Qd5d4 Nd7xe5 29. Rf1d1 Qd8xd4 30. Rd1xd4 Rc5c2 31. Rd4d5 Be7f6 32. a5 bxa5 33. Ra1xa5 Ne5c6 34. Ra5c5 Rc2xc5 35. Rd5xc5 Nc6e5 36. b4 Ne5d3 37. Rc5c7 Kg7g6 38. b5 Kg6f5 39. b6 Bf6e5 40. Rc7c4 Kf5e6 41. b7 Ke6d7 42. Rc4c8 1-0

Shallow Blue

Joined: 18 Jan 07
Moves: 12477

31 Mar 11

Originally posted by ketchuplover
58.Rf7+ is quicker imo

As I would then have been able to get the rooks off and promote that pawn straightaway, you are undoubtedly correct. In fact, there are several more spots where I could have won much more easily, apart from the one halfway through where I should've lost it. But hey, I won in the end... (Yeah, I know, that attitude is part of why I don't win more.)

Richard

morgski

In attack

Joined: 02 Mar 06
Moves: 30240

01 Apr 11

Not my latest (about 4 years old in fact), but still my favourite for pawn-mate and speed

RWBob

Kronoberg

Joined: 04 Aug 07
Moves: 5068

01 Apr 11

I finished this one about a week ago. I don't have that many Slav games under my belt yet, and I failed to sence the danger of 8 a4. I lost the rook and the right to castle defending. After 14 Rxa8 I had planned to capture the queen bishop and play on with two pieces for a rook, but then I noticed the uncastled king. The game finally ended after my opponent had failed to notice that his king was on the same diagonal as my "unprotected" queen bishop pawn.

This one is a week older, against the same opponent. A Scandinavian defense, and again an uncastled king offered me some opportunities. 8...e6 seems natural enough, but gave me the opportunity to lunge forward with d5. He resigned after 13 Bb5+ when 13...Kd8 14 Re8++.

Don't forget to castle, amigos.

davaniel

1.Nf3

The Hague

Joined: 13 Feb 05
Moves: 82376

02 Apr 11

Recently finished game, Sicilian Najdorf game gone bad.

Always be wary of opening the h-file. It can be dangerous 🙂

I'm white

chessicle

The Chessicle

Scotland?

Joined: 19 Feb 05
Moves: 180250

06 Apr 11

An interesting finish, but I'm sure the light squares in the centre were weak and I should have lost material to a knight fork somewhere. Perhaps I could have used the e3 square sooner, but the ending is quite pleasing.

Gatusso

Joined: 13 Aug 07
Moves: 49837

06 Apr 11

Here a game I finshed recently and was very proud of.

I got nothing out of the opening but thought it would be a good idea to open the game since his knight is on a5 and my pieces are nicely coordinated. Going for a kingside attack was my only option.

I saw 25. Nd7 and went for the sacs, he played the best defense after Rdxe6 but I was already winning.

EVENT	Challenge
SITE	http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE	2010.12.01
ROUND	?
WHITE	NicklasPersson
BLACK	dikankan
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	1663
BLACKELO	2050

EVENT	June 2010 Mini Banded Duel 1450-1475
SITE	http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE	2011.01.15
ROUND	3
WHITE	najaja
BLACK	RWBob
RESULT	0-1
WHITEELO	1611
BLACKELO	1582

EVENT	June 2010 Mini Banded Duel 1450-1475
SITE	http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE	2011.01.15
ROUND	3
WHITE	RWBob
BLACK	najaja
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	1582
BLACKELO	1624

EVENT	June 2010 Threesomes IV
SITE	http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE	2011.03.24
ROUND	3
WHITE	markobo
BLACK	chessicle
RESULT	0-1
WHITEELO	1439
BLACKELO	1693

EVENT	October 2010 Duel III
SITE	http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE	2011.03.18
ROUND	4
WHITE	Gatusso
BLACK	junnujannu
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	1695
BLACKELO	1740