Friday, 12 June 2009
Pretty loss
My opponent had just started her GameKnot career and quickly climbed to around 2400, where she still is, so my being crushed was inevitable. A very nice finish where I'm up two rooks and a knight, but that doesn't help much.
To copy Toppy
A double exchange sacrifice (if that's what it was) and a cute checkmate in a three minute game.
Queen gone wrong
My first win against a 1900+ player on GameKnot, thanks to an ill-advised queen excursion.
28th better than 31st
My opponent here is FIDE rated 2266 at the moment so it is no surprise that it looks rather awkward for me during most of the game. I like my 28th move but spoil a decent position by not playing 31. Kh3. We blitzed this one out quickly from beginning to end.
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Less fun after 18.hxg3
Playing a quick series of games against the same opponent I eventually got the chance to play a not too advanced combination after some mutual mistakes.
Surviving endgame torture
My key pushing opponent in this game has played Kasparov, and still he has only won one of four against me... The remaining games were as unpleasant draws as this one.
SchemingMind
Of the handful of games I played on SchemingMind this was one of the more successful, even if 21. ... Nxe3 and 27. ... Rf8 are a couple of quicker wins.
Monday, 11 May 2009
That's not an opening
I manage to extricate myself after a horribly defensive opening and even go on to win in the end. I like the final position but the road to it shouldn't be analysed too deeply.
Saturday, 11 April 2009
Engines understand nothing
One of the few game scores I have left from my encounters with Chess Challenger 10 in the beginning of the 1980s. If I recall correctly the thing was claimed to pass Elo 2000 but 1200 was probably closer to the truth.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Queen endgame
The only tournament I arranged at GameKnot, and baptised Colonel Moreau Memorial, turned out to be a very even affair with many interesting games.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
QueenAlice
16. ... Rc4 is pretty inexplicable even by my standards, I recall blitzing out lots of games on various sites at this time and must have imagined some piece defending the rook. Instead of resigning I keep playing and with some assistance from my opponent eventually manage to win.
Thinking Machine
A game against Thinking Machine 4. Seeing a nice queen sacrifice I miss the mate in three beginning with 24. Rg7+ but things end well anyway.
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Shredder Elo 1700 level
The only way to make it exciting to play against as strong an engine as Shredder is to restrict the strength of it, here it is supposed to play 1700 level and that makes winning some games quite possible.
Chess Challenger 10 miniature
My games against Chess Challenger 10 were usually less onesided than this example. Even when playing on its highest level, as here, it had a tendency to now and then make really bad moves and this was my quickest win ever against it. I think it averaged approximately 15 minutes per move.
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