tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38250399406374320312024-03-14T15:43:05.720+13:00Boris Chessky--- Playing the chess online, over the board, and reading the books!Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-26796528479714459592024-01-04T12:07:00.006+13:002024-01-17T21:14:57.560+13:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 7 of the Seventh Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF_BHcM9aATM779AwjEk795vWVH-kALui85ifmvqQUBvVOsfUJUmyWB5XNgIVvdo12YJlVIwOXO6cCYsdSLIdbekVCJqy3ldCcw-P2Hgj4kADsk7QbfNixW6q0bC31NZdb8X-XfjPHTnd-0xVbmGzqr_oSrXYxGt0EFGZ1gfkuvFtKaskslBqhmiL/s484/chesskyVIIg7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF_BHcM9aATM779AwjEk795vWVH-kALui85ifmvqQUBvVOsfUJUmyWB5XNgIVvdo12YJlVIwOXO6cCYsdSLIdbekVCJqy3ldCcw-P2Hgj4kADsk7QbfNixW6q0bC31NZdb8X-XfjPHTnd-0xVbmGzqr_oSrXYxGt0EFGZ1gfkuvFtKaskslBqhmiL/w391-h400/chesskyVIIg7.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 5</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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<br /><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 d4 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. a4 (10. Nfxe5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bxf4 (13... Bd6 14. e5 ) 14. Rxf4 ) 10... h6 11. b3 g5 12. g4 Be7 13. Bd2 h5 14. gxh5 g4 15. Ng5 gxh3 16. Nxh3 Rxh5 17. f3 Bxh3 18. Rf2 O-O-O 19. Bxh3+ Rxh3 20. Kf1 Rh1+ * 0-1</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Notes to self:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXYRmmNYiHdzFVCbD9YdM5vUUUR0oxl3pH9zCaDUPW8P81j1SkSQFZnUSZMNKJpCh7RPc0BPN9i3QHmFAWgPq-ZMJakomh4Tkn-Kmp9EY_OTFswYjczR-n7zduB4JVOoV8L4CE20wf2iOzLUrZrR3IY603WMShzQQaws_m_FuHNlnxHjRnt2DRujl/s640/Game7SeventhBorisChesskyCupHead-To-Head-a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXYRmmNYiHdzFVCbD9YdM5vUUUR0oxl3pH9zCaDUPW8P81j1SkSQFZnUSZMNKJpCh7RPc0BPN9i3QHmFAWgPq-ZMJakomh4Tkn-Kmp9EY_OTFswYjczR-n7zduB4JVOoV8L4CE20wf2iOzLUrZrR3IY603WMShzQQaws_m_FuHNlnxHjRnt2DRujl/s320/Game7SeventhBorisChesskyCupHead-To-Head-a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bKpUhGo5i_i-GXQf6q1f0ybUv16swQvbpwd64PgYz_tyQpJiqAySNyiDXkmeDJ9WskpXIgU6dSPIe81E1CB5Mn6Aa8LWxEqmyOBJnywb75wY93AerTP32U2xirZbpOjypjwnAUnFJzAXQa9Zq7uHpcyL3p0jLbV8SWVP6RtyRRyF2sSRhfAQQd1K/s640/Game7SeventhBorisChesskyCupHead-To-Head-b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bKpUhGo5i_i-GXQf6q1f0ybUv16swQvbpwd64PgYz_tyQpJiqAySNyiDXkmeDJ9WskpXIgU6dSPIe81E1CB5Mn6Aa8LWxEqmyOBJnywb75wY93AerTP32U2xirZbpOjypjwnAUnFJzAXQa9Zq7uHpcyL3p0jLbV8SWVP6RtyRRyF2sSRhfAQQd1K/s320/Game7SeventhBorisChesskyCupHead-To-Head-b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-16704650579572243182023-07-04T12:41:00.004+12:002023-07-27T04:57:29.232+12:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 6 of the Seventh Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lbxAZABlfVAlEGCvz8mHoefPfttVIYGCpqp1i7PqXJ8_4jZtUQnSzftLHTrHN_1i3HYqcI1ZIl8nhkPiJELibAkMV4wniTE7gp41nJLyvvlux9cWmKEfw_YNQT8v-IAJq8tu0lke3zXlht_-DXYy4FwrHihnxx7f-PUPL01boqeoMnG95IE9H0sS/s483/chesskyVIIg6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="478" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lbxAZABlfVAlEGCvz8mHoefPfttVIYGCpqp1i7PqXJ8_4jZtUQnSzftLHTrHN_1i3HYqcI1ZIl8nhkPiJELibAkMV4wniTE7gp41nJLyvvlux9cWmKEfw_YNQT8v-IAJq8tu0lke3zXlht_-DXYy4FwrHihnxx7f-PUPL01boqeoMnG95IE9H0sS/w396-h400/chesskyVIIg6.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 4</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 a6 7. h3 d6 8. Re1 h6
9. b4 Ba7 10. d3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Ba2 Nexd5 14. Bd2 c6 15. c4
Nc7 16. Nh4 Kh8 17. Nf5 Ng8 18. Bc3 Qf6 19. Ne3 Bd4 20. Ng4 Qh4 21. Bxd4 exd4
22. Nh2 b5 23. Re4 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. Rxd4 Rad8 26. c5 d5 27. Ne5 Qf6 28. Nf3
Ne6 29. Rg4 h5 30. Rh4 g6 31. g4 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Qxh4 33. Qf3 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rc8 35.
Kg2 Qf6 36. Rh1+ Kg7 37. Qh3 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Kf6 39. Re1 * 1-0</span><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUs8Gz-JBJuG98bQ6HKGpc0TAXp-CMq8ExInVP93K0aMaGofgaYsaq_m9eIOUqOhWVcTnNa9-jXoHIbBcpHPQ_Q08oGa4rk23cJw3xT3rUIOGH_iykXTpQz6z2-AYYz8k6xnZX7Tsbz8o_WaUfGaoj_tV7TxJ-r4AGfaeo5rKMc_96WL4hBLQM99tv/s1080/IMG_20230702_125909.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1080" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUs8Gz-JBJuG98bQ6HKGpc0TAXp-CMq8ExInVP93K0aMaGofgaYsaq_m9eIOUqOhWVcTnNa9-jXoHIbBcpHPQ_Q08oGa4rk23cJw3xT3rUIOGH_iykXTpQz6z2-AYYz8k6xnZX7Tsbz8o_WaUfGaoj_tV7TxJ-r4AGfaeo5rKMc_96WL4hBLQM99tv/s320/IMG_20230702_125909.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A better 37th move for Black.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-25894762147368328552023-06-05T14:30:00.006+12:002023-06-05T14:35:08.770+12:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 5 of the Seventh Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7wTKhQm2ZZCpxijPzvbKEPTMMY6PZaXZsE--fQ13zheuU8kyizXk3Z-G33uQjCA7EeRViimQ2NEqW-Vc5YScx-_0tguJ4rH9zN6SH1p873muO7todQNm0EXKXcqufqDrm2INIqqLfHxQcc3CGdwapZBBdprFe7bSOQBJHpSZSxU2qRHSBCbcTQ/s487/ChesskyVII-G5.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7wTKhQm2ZZCpxijPzvbKEPTMMY6PZaXZsE--fQ13zheuU8kyizXk3Z-G33uQjCA7EeRViimQ2NEqW-Vc5YScx-_0tguJ4rH9zN6SH1p873muO7todQNm0EXKXcqufqDrm2INIqqLfHxQcc3CGdwapZBBdprFe7bSOQBJHpSZSxU2qRHSBCbcTQ/w394-h400/ChesskyVII-G5.gif" width="394" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 3</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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Be6 9. c3 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Qc2 fxe4 12. dxe4 Nf6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Bb5 O-O 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. f4 Nh5 18. h4 Nxg3 19. Rh2 exf4 20. Ndf3 Bg4 21. c4 h6
22. Qc3 Bf6 23. e5 hxg5 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. Qc3 Ra7 27. Rxd6 Ne4 * 0-1</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-39208250116401014462023-03-06T08:35:00.005+13:002023-03-06T08:45:06.657+13:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 4 of the Seventh Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hXT3dS6qbb9BWN4dy0Y-W0dPpn37sIH9muxUb9EQgkAXbNxvqSj4h-E2CPT5_uMTqyZAsfC_ZXgrg4DzGKUCGHQ2oxU4p09QqnYslPRpzJfPQiXqK78ASrzlmApT-23Qm1NpjA0s6MuPOF77YhZV_l1bAtP2dte1XRw50jeXUqw8mPwKasBDiQ/s499/game-review-Chessky-Cup-VII-R4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="478" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hXT3dS6qbb9BWN4dy0Y-W0dPpn37sIH9muxUb9EQgkAXbNxvqSj4h-E2CPT5_uMTqyZAsfC_ZXgrg4DzGKUCGHQ2oxU4p09QqnYslPRpzJfPQiXqK78ASrzlmApT-23Qm1NpjA0s6MuPOF77YhZV_l1bAtP2dte1XRw50jeXUqw8mPwKasBDiQ/w384-h400/game-review-Chessky-Cup-VII-R4.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 2</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Rg8 11. h4 Qe7 12. c3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Rg6
15. Qf5+ Qe6 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qxf5 18. exf5 Ne7 19. fxg6 * 1-0</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-9725622365618645682023-02-24T07:18:00.008+13:002023-02-24T09:13:15.738+13:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 3 of the Seventh Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<b style="text-align: left;">First to 5 points: </b><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 1</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><p><br /></p>
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O-O 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. c3 a6 14. Ng3 d5 15. Bc2 Qd7
16. Re1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxh3 19. Rh4 Bg4 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Rxg4 Qxg4
22. Qc2 f5 23. Bxc6 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 bxc6 25. Nxe5 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Rd6 27. Qb3+ Kh7
28. Nf3 Qg3 29. Be1 Qf4 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Bd2 Qe4 32. Qc1 Rg6 33. Qf1 Rd8 34. Re1
Qc2 35. Bc1 Rgd6 36. Nd4 Qa4 37. Qxf5+ Rg6 38. Bxh6 Rxd4 39. cxd4 Qxd4+ 40. Be3
Qh4 41. Bf2 Qc4 42. g3 Qd5 43. Re5 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qg4 45. Qxg4 Rxg4 46. Kf3 Rc4
47. Re4 Rc5 48. Bxc5</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-1159267085138551222022-10-21T20:16:00.001+13:002022-10-21T20:16:18.816+13:00Letelier vs Fischer, Leipzig, 1960<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQ2oU1AP9Frhe5peghgCtpsnsRruneNPE35p5I9x1OyJ8ZqkLUntui_CsQu9AZnjt9qFJ5ny9Sue2a0CX36KnNvdXl4RCUaEPmFR3yVrMZLgiK0ARkPiaoXfOCMVJfTPrgr4lR6MpTACoR0pPYLRTdj7Q8jCBYszWPrnhNQVntyxpWEbsKukr2w/s1305/your-first-move-sokolksy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQ2oU1AP9Frhe5peghgCtpsnsRruneNPE35p5I9x1OyJ8ZqkLUntui_CsQu9AZnjt9qFJ5ny9Sue2a0CX36KnNvdXl4RCUaEPmFR3yVrMZLgiK0ARkPiaoXfOCMVJfTPrgr4lR6MpTACoR0pPYLRTdj7Q8jCBYszWPrnhNQVntyxpWEbsKukr2w/w123-h200/your-first-move-sokolksy.jpg" width="123" /></a></div>Game from my 1984 copy of Your First Move - Chess For Beginners by Alexei Sokolsky (first English printing was translated from the revised Russian text 1981, first Russian printing was 1977).</div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. f4 d6 7. Be3 c5! 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Ne4 Bf5! 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb1 dxe5 14. f5 e4! 15. fxe6 exf3 16. gxf3 f5! 17. f4 Nf6 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Kf2 Rxe6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bf3 Rxe3! 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Qxf4+!! *</span><div><br /></div><div>
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<br /><br /></div><br />Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-37129723671433727752022-10-08T18:49:00.000+13:002022-10-08T18:49:21.359+13:00Jeroen Piket vs. Garry Kasparov, Tilburg: 1989<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWzoQglR82JMTTtN952HkfNckMF3i_-_99X-fSMICbHgn-5Ax8TJ7jmmcFUOUEkdoA31PGufpgQO3794elj2W_IKiftRWhYIDM4-5TQLcAAKQo_DGcN39CQ114co1_cDEPveHI78jLlgeOViIpFFQNmXC9yqYvFKW3Hd3Cn2ZVEwbJsKxbeXLbA/s1222/mammoth-book-of-worlds-greatest-chess-games.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWzoQglR82JMTTtN952HkfNckMF3i_-_99X-fSMICbHgn-5Ax8TJ7jmmcFUOUEkdoA31PGufpgQO3794elj2W_IKiftRWhYIDM4-5TQLcAAKQo_DGcN39CQ114co1_cDEPveHI78jLlgeOViIpFFQNmXC9yqYvFKW3Hd3Cn2ZVEwbJsKxbeXLbA/w131-h200/mammoth-book-of-worlds-greatest-chess-games.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>Game 83 in my 2010 edition of The Mammoth Book Of The World's Greatest Chess Games by Graham Burgess, Dr John Nunn, John Emms.</div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. a4 Bf8!? 18. a5 Bd7! 19. Nb5?! g4! 20. Nc7 g3! 21. Nxa8? Nh5! 22. Kh1 gxf2 23. Rxf2 Ng3+! 24. Kg1 Qxa8 25. Bc4 a6! 26. Qd3?! Qa7 27. b5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Nh1! *</span><div><br /></div><div>
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<br /><br /></div><br />Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-71469380353874208152022-10-06T09:39:00.001+13:002022-10-06T09:39:08.880+13:00Korchnoi vs. Fischer, Yugoslavia, Herceg Novi: World Blitz Championship: 1970<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06ZZRqUDVCCZDok68CI-PS8WAUpHBJSb__2nV2vHkhAL5B8tHi3xnT8GD78E53mWOwvThFc3WRacBOgHZfDgYjLqV4TTNCRz3WjAH4vIpqCdwqbTkKq3u_lJXDL74DGEKt5z7A7Hqr0O89d-K_Fp6WD_mwmpMiOqvE4kDAzZvcNxr_pJ-HXlvvQ/s1195/The-Kings-Indian-Defence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06ZZRqUDVCCZDok68CI-PS8WAUpHBJSb__2nV2vHkhAL5B8tHi3xnT8GD78E53mWOwvThFc3WRacBOgHZfDgYjLqV4TTNCRz3WjAH4vIpqCdwqbTkKq3u_lJXDL74DGEKt5z7A7Hqr0O89d-K_Fp6WD_mwmpMiOqvE4kDAzZvcNxr_pJ-HXlvvQ/w134-h200/The-Kings-Indian-Defence.jpg" width="134" /></a></div>Game noted in the preface of my 1973 edition of The King's Indian Defence by Leonard Barden, William R. Harston, Raymond Keene.</div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 f5 13. f3 f4 14. a4 g5 15. a5 Rf6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Rg6 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Kh1 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. Rf3 Rh6 22. h3 Ng6 23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Be1 Nh8 25. Rd3 Nf7 26. Bf3 Ng5 27. Qe2 Rg6 28. Kf1 Nxh3 29. gxh3 Bxh3+ 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 *</span><div><br /></div><div>
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<br /><br /></div><br />Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-55863629322910401582022-09-11T17:28:00.031+12:002022-09-11T17:51:48.207+12:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 2 of the Seventh Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQQhsSzk5x9akajZBdS6Eq-jpSAdkPYAhPfug2ftolBNc9GqAFuCDSTzRFm3CIDMsfBkxe9JHKzPk7c9PKAM69IRnZLELVTLbasy9uyKcWiv2-MXRFuIky6dGRXadnKNnodjIn90a6iynQK9MTkPNbttB0rMqRJLNIwUAXL0Xral28WmWQdei1A/s1000/fairweathers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="1000" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQQhsSzk5x9akajZBdS6Eq-jpSAdkPYAhPfug2ftolBNc9GqAFuCDSTzRFm3CIDMsfBkxe9JHKzPk7c9PKAM69IRnZLELVTLbasy9uyKcWiv2-MXRFuIky6dGRXadnKNnodjIn90a6iynQK9MTkPNbttB0rMqRJLNIwUAXL0Xral28WmWQdei1A/w400-h110/fairweathers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 1</li><li>Nigel: 1</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. Kf1 Be7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bxf4 O-O 9. h3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Re8 13. c3 Bf6 14. Qc2 g6
15. g4 Be6 16. Rd1 Bc4+ 17. Ke1 Bd5 18. Nd2 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. c4 Bg3+ 22. Kf1 Qxe4 * 0-1</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-39132875850382798132022-07-20T12:33:00.004+12:002022-08-12T05:55:30.929+12:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 1 of the Seventh Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43PBghOaY53hgGD2sEhITPSaB4u7Cia_g5pcAXuKDxbvvwP1w3WNFuIMgNjxw_ixG8KMd8OaPWmOdLjGFMVRKaH6VCni9qPh-06a3DdXmbo3IYQ4gtddFsZ6V0meq8fLaHJ_P7MYGeMHO7-RmvElD_Y_gY-7q4j7PHmeDFtMImIVPRhA-28Bk6w/s1000/st-clair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43PBghOaY53hgGD2sEhITPSaB4u7Cia_g5pcAXuKDxbvvwP1w3WNFuIMgNjxw_ixG8KMd8OaPWmOdLjGFMVRKaH6VCni9qPh-06a3DdXmbo3IYQ4gtddFsZ6V0meq8fLaHJ_P7MYGeMHO7-RmvElD_Y_gY-7q4j7PHmeDFtMImIVPRhA-28Bk6w/w400-h213/st-clair.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 1</li><li>Nigel: 0</li></ul><p><br /></p>
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. h3
Be6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. a3 a6 13. Ba4 Be7 14. Bb3 O-O 15. Qd3
Bxb3 {INACCURACY (+0.92)} ({(-0.40) The best move was} 15... Na5 16. Ba2 Qc7 17.
Nh4 Nc4 18. Bc1 b5 19. O-O Qc6 20. Rd1 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxh4 23. Nxd6
Nxd6 24. Rxd6) 16. cxb3 b5 17. O-O Qd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qe6 $4
$16 {BLUNDER (+5.28)} ({(+0.27) The best move was} 20... Bf6 21. Qd3 Ne7 22. Nh2
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qe6 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 d5 26. b4 Rb8 27. Bc5 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Nd5)
21. Qd3 $4 $12 {BLUNDER (+0.22) Critical mistake.} ({(+5.28) The best move was} 21.
Rxc6 Qxd5 22. exd5 f5 23. Rfc1 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 a5 25. Rc7 Bf6 26. Ra7 a4 27. bxa4
bxa4 28. Rxa4 e4) 21... Na5 22. Nd2 f5 $2 $16 {MISTAKE (+3.59)} ({(+0.43) The best
move was} 22... Rc6 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Rxc6 Nxc6 25. axb5 Nb4 26. Qe2 axb5 27. Qxb5
d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Nc4 Nxe3 30. Nxe3 g6 31. Nc4 e4) 23. Bb6 $4 $17 {BLUNDER
(-1.56)} ({(+3.59) The best move was} 23. exf5 Qf7 24. f6 Qxf6 25. b4 Qe6 26.
bxa5 d5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qb3) 23... fxe4 {Critical move.} 24. Qxe4 $2 {MISTAKE
(-4.21)} ({(-2.19) The best move was} 24. Nxe4 Qxb3 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qc4
27. Qc2 Nb7 28. Rd1 d5 29. Ng3 Qc6 30. Be3 Nd6 31. Qd2 Nc4 32. Qxd5+ Qxd5 33.
Rxd5 Nxe3 34. fxe3) 24... Nxb3 $4 $12 {BLUNDER (0.00) Critical mistake.} ({(-4.21)
The best move was} 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 d5 26. Qd3 Qxb6 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Ne4 Qd4
29. Rd1 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. b4 Nc6 33. f4 Bb6+ 34. Kh1 exf4 35.
Nc5 Bxc5 36. bxc5) 25. Nxb3 Qxb3 26. Qe2 $2 $17 {MISTAKE (-2.32)} ({(0.00) The best
move was} 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb7 Qe6 28. Rd1 Bg5 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rc2 31.
Qxa6 Qf5 32. Rf1 Qg5 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Qg6 35. Qa8) 26... Rc4 {INACCURACY
(-1.39)} ({(-2.32) The best move was} 26... Qe6 27. Bd4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bf6 29.
Bc3 d5 30. Re1 e4 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Bd4 Kh7 33. Qd2 Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Qf6 35. Qxf6
gxf6) 27. Rxc4 bxc4 28. Ba5 $2 {MISTAKE (-3.23)} ({(-1.61) The best move was} 28.
Be3 d5 29. Qg4 Rf7 30. Qc8+ Bf8 31. Qxa6 Rf6 32. Qa5 d4 33. Bc1 Bd6 34. Qd5+ Kh7
35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. Qa8+ Rf8 37. Qd5 Be7 38. Qxe5 Bf6 39. Qc5) 28... Qd3 29. Qg4
Qd5 $2 $12 {MISTAKE (-0.93)} ({(-3.13) The best move was} 29... Kh7 30. g3 d5 31.
Bc7 Bf6 32. Re1 e4 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Be5 a5 35. Kg2 Qd2 36. Re3 Qc2 37. Kg1 Qb1+
38. Kg2) 30. Bc3 $17 {INACCURACY (-1.98)} ({(-0.93) The best move was} 30. Bb4 Qf7
31. Qd7 Rd8 32. Qc7 Bf6 33. Bxd6 e4 34. Rb1 Qxc7 35. Bxc7 Rd5 36. Bg3 a5 37. Kf1
Bd4 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Bf4) 30... Qf7 {Critical move.} 31. Qd1 {INACCURACY (-2.40)}
({(-1.52) The best move was} 31. Qd7 e4 32. Qc6 e3 33. Bd4 Bg5 34. Qxd6 e2 35.
Re1 Rd8 36. Qb6 Qe8 37. Bc3 Rd1 38. Qxa6 Qe4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qc7 Rxe1+ 41. Bxe1
Bf6 42. Qb6) 31... Qe6 32. Re1 Bf6 33. Qc2 $2 {MISTAKE (-3.75)} ({(-1.87) The best
move was} 33. Qe2 d5 34. Bxe5 Re8 35. f4 Bxe5 36. fxe5 d4 37. Qe4 Rd8 38. Qh4
Rd7 39. Qe4 d3 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ g6 42. Rd1 Qb6+ 43. Kh1) 33... d5 34. f3
Qb6+ 35. Kh1 d4 36. Bxd4 {INACCURACY (-5.70)} ({(-4.14) The best move was} 36.
Bb4 Rc8 37. Qf5 Rb8 38. f4 a5 39. Bd2 Bh4 40. Rxe5 Qxb2 41. Be1 Bf6 42. Re6 Rf8
43. Qg6 Qb8 44. Re4 c3) 36... Qxd4 {INACCURACY (-4.43)} ({(-5.70) The best move
was} 36... exd4 37. Qxc4+ Kh8 38. f4 Rd8 39. Qd3 Qxb2 40. a4 Qc3 41. Rd1 Qc6 42.
Re1 Qxa4 43. Kh2 Qb5 44. Rd1 Re8 45. Qg6 Qe2 46. Qd3 Qxd3 47. Rxd3) 37. Re4 Qd6
38. Qxc4+ Kh8 39. Qc2 Rd8 40. Rc4 {INACCURACY (-5.30)} ({(-4.20) The best move
was} 40. h4 Qe7 41. Qc4 Qa7 42. Qe2 Rc8 43. Rc4 Rxc4 44. Qxc4 Qd4 45. Qc8+ Qd8
46. Qxd8+ Bxd8 47. a4 a5 48. Kg1 Bc7 49. f4 Bb6+ 50. Kf1 exf4 51. h5 Be3) 40...
Qd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 42. Kh2 □ Rd6 43. b4 Kg8 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. a4 Rd4 {INACCURACY
(-2.76)} ({(-3.86) The best move was} 45... Rd2 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47. b5 axb5 48.
axb5 e4 49. Rc8+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Ke6 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52. Kf4 exf3 53. Kxf3 Rb2 54. g3
Be5 55. Ke4 Rxb5) 46. Rc7+ {INACCURACY (-4.27)} ({(-2.76) The best move was} 46.
Rxd4 exd4 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. f4 Kc6 50. g4 Kb7 51. g5 hxg5 52. fxg5
Bxg5 53. Kd3 Bf6 54. b5) 46... Be7 47. Rc6 Rd6 48. Rc5 $2 {MISTAKE (-7.88)}
({(-3.56) The best move was} 48. Rxd6 Bxd6 49. b5 axb5 50. axb5 Bc5 51. Kg4 Ke6
52. h4 Bd4 53. h5 Bb6 54. g3 Bd4 55. Kh4 Kf5 56. Kh3 Kg5 57. Kg2 Kxh5 58. Kf1)
48... Rg6+ (48... Rg6+ 49. Kf2 Bxc5+ 50. bxc5 Rc6 51. f4 Rxc5 52. fxe5 Ke6 53.
Kf3 Rc4 54. a5 Ra4 55. g3 Rxa5 56. Kg4 Ra4+ 57. Kh5 Ra3 58. h4 Ra4 59. Kg6 Rg4+
60. Kh7 Rxg3 61. h5 Kxe5) *</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-65723626286364006592021-11-27T13:05:00.002+13:002021-11-27T13:06:40.927+13:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 7 of the Sixth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p>I'm normally quite defensive against Dane's King's Gambit, but thought I'd try to be a bit more assertive this time.</p><p>Was doing rather well, but blundering my knight on move 22 meant I went, as the computer analysis helpfully puts it, "From winning to losing."</p><p>Dane retains the cup.</p><p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 5</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ ∓ Kxf7 7. Ne5+ Kg8 8. Nxe4 d5 = 9. Nf2 Bf6? {MISTAKE (+0.56)} ({(-1.16) The best move was} 9... Nc6 10. d4 Qf8 11. Qf3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be6 13. Qxf4 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Kf7 15. Bd2 g5 16. Nd3 c5 17. h4 h6 18. b4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5) 10. Neg4? ∓ {MISTAKE (-2.96) Critical mistake.} ({(+0.56) The best move was} 10. d4 g5 11. h4 Nc6 12. hxg5 Nxe5 13. gxf6 Ng6 14. f7+ Kxf7 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. Bd2 Qf5 17. O-O-O Qxh5 18. Rxh5 Kf6 19. Rxd5 Bf5) 10... Qe7+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 □ Bxg4+? {MISTAKE (-1.62)} ({(-3.14) The best move was} 12... Bd4 13. h4 Nc6 14. d3 h5 15. Nh2 Rh6 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Nh3 Rf8 18. Nxf4 Be5 19. Nxd5 Rg6 20. c3 Bd6) 13. Nxg4 Nd7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Rf1? {MISTAKE (-3.30)} ({(-1.53) The best move was} 15. d3 Re8+ 16. Kf3 g5 17. g3 h5 18. Bd2 Kf7 19. gxf4 g4+ 20. Kf2 c5 21. h3 g3+ 22. Kf3 h4 23. Rab1 Rhg8 24. Rhe1 d4 25. Rxe8) 15... g5 16. b3 Kf7 17. Bb2 Rhe8+ 18. Kd1 {INACCURACY (-4.28)} ({(-3.16) The best move was} 18. Kd3 Nh5 19. a4 c5 20. Rae1 Rad8 21 Rxe8 Rxe8 22. c4 dxc4+ 23. bxc4 Kg6 24. Rb1 Rd8+ 25. Kc2 g4 26. Be5 Re8 27. Re1) 18... Re7? {MISTAKE (-2.27)} ({(-4.28) The best move was} 18... Re6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Rxc4 Nd5 22. Bd4 Kg6 23. g3 h5 24. a4 a6 25. gxf4 Nxf4 26. h4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxc7 Rxd4 29. hxg5) 19. g3 Nh5 20. d3 {INACCURACY (-4.00)} ({(-2.83) The best move was} 20. gxf4 Nxf4 21. h4 h6 22. Bd4 Kg6 23. c3 b6 24. b4 Re4 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Kc2 Rae8 27. Be3 Ng2 28. Bf2) 20... Rae8 21. gxf4 Nxf4 22. h4 gxh4?? ± {BLUNDER (+3.63) From winning to losing.} ({(-3.81) The best
move was} 22... h6 23. a4 Kg6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. b4 Rf7 26. Bd4 a6 27. Rg1 Rf5 28. b5 Re7 29. Bc5 Re2 30. Ra3 Rh2 31. Rc3 Ne2) 23. Rxf4+ Ke6 24. Kd2 Kd7 25. Rxh4 Re2+ 26. Kc3 c5 27. Rxh7+ Kc6 28. Rh6+ Kd7 29. b4 cxb4+ 30. Kb3 a5 31. a4 Rc8 {INACCURACY (+5.94)} ({(+4.55) The best move was} 31... bxa3 32. Rxa3 R2e6 33. Rh7+ R8e7 34. Rh5 a4+ 35. Rxa4 Rb6+ 36. Ka3 Re2 37. Bd4 Ra6 38. Rxa6 bxa6 39. Rxd5+ Kc6 40. Rc5+ Kb7 41. Kb3 Rg2 42. Rd5 Rg4) 32. Rg1 Rce8 33. Rg7+ R8e7 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Rb6 Kc8 36. Rb5 (36. Rb5 Kc7 37. Rxa5 Re1 38. Rxd5 b6 39. Rb5 Rb1 40. Rxb4 Rg1 41. Be5+ Kd7 42. Bd4 Rg2 43. Rb5 Kc6 44. Kc3 Kd7 45. Rxb6 Rg4
46. Rb5 Rg2 47. a5) *</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-79621058165974055442021-11-06T15:54:00.003+13:002021-11-21T08:45:42.025+13:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 6 of the Sixth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 4</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8. Bd2 d6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd5 Bc5 12. O-O a6 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 Ba7 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. Bxa7 Bxe4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxe4 Nxa7 19. Bd5 Nc6 20. c3 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. f4 Re7 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qxe4 26. Rcf1 Ne5 * 0-1</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-27080498493940981542021-08-08T12:35:00.004+12:002021-11-21T08:45:27.128+13:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 5 of the Sixth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 3</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d6 5. Bxf4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. a3 Qd7 9. O-O a6 10. b4 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Qg4 14. Raf1 Kh8 15. Rh3 g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qd7 18. Bh6 Rfd8 19. Rxf7 Rf8 20. Rxh7+ * 1-0</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-53728847189458464252021-06-27T20:02:00.001+12:002021-06-27T20:03:22.543+12:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 4 of the Sixth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 2</li><li>Nigel: 2</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. h3 Bd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Be3 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Be7 14. O-O b4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bb5 17. Qd2 (17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (17... gxf6 18. Qd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1) 18. Qxb5+ axb5 19. Rxa8+ Kd7 20. Rxh8) 17... Bxf1 18. Rxf1 a5 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 O-O 21. c4 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Rc1 h6 24. Qd1 Bg5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxa4 f3 28. Rc2 Rb8 29. Rf2 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. g3 Qxe4?? 32. Qa8+!! 1-0</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-54738895773685317882021-06-13T19:56:00.016+12:002021-06-18T09:57:38.072+12:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 3 of the Sixth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 2</li><li>Nigel: 1</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d6 5. Bxf4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 Qd7 8. a3 h6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. g4 Nh7 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Ba2 c6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qd3 b5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Qxb5 Nb7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxe4 22. g5 Rfc8 23. Qd3 Qf4+ 24. Qd2 Qxf3 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Rdf1 Qe6 27. Kb1 Rab8 28. Rf3 Rd8 29. Qf4 Rb7 30. Rg1 Qb6 31. Qc1 Rdb8 32. b4 a5 33. c3 axb4 34. cxb4 Rc7 35. Qe3 Qc6 36. Rc1 Qg6+ 37. Kb2 Rxc1 38. Qxc1 Qg2+ 39. Rf2 Qxf2+ 40. Qc2 Qxc2+ 41. Kxc2 * 0-1</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-28846004140119183582021-06-12T11:23:00.000+12:002021-06-12T11:23:01.396+12:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 2 of the Sixth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 2</li><li>Nigel: 0</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nd5 Nxe4 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. O-O Rc8 17. c3 Nd3 18. Bc2 e4 19. Nd4 Nxb2 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Bb3 Nd3 22. Bxa7 Be7 23. g4 Qf3 24. Ba4+ Kf8 25. Kh2 Nf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Kg2 Rxc3 28. Be3 Qf3+ 29. Kh2 Bf6 30. Rac1 Be5+ 31. Kg1 Qxh3 32. f4 exf3 33. Rf2 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Bd4 0-1</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-69112922255286609392021-05-07T21:02:00.004+12:002021-05-07T22:17:34.879+12:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 1 of the Sixth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p>We played this game back in December. It's taken me this long to be able to look at it again.</p><p>The game didn't start too badly for me, but the unsound sacrifice of my Knight on move 10, followed by the even less sound sacrifice of my other Knight on move 15 didn't help my game.</p><p>Funnily enough, Dane made a bit of a blunder on move 21, allowing me to take his Rook for free and it was potentially game on again, but he had things under control within a few moves and ended up with a nice checkmate - I knew I should just resign near the end, but sometimes one must hold on to the hope that the opponent will make some bizarre move that lets you escape. Foolish.</p><p><b>First to 5 points: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dane: 1</li><li>Nigel: 0</li></ul><div><br /></div><p></p>
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxf4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rae1 Bh3 14. Rf2 Qg4+ 15. Kh2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bh4 17. g1 Qd7 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 c6 21. e5 Qxf5 22. exd6 Rad8 23. Bd3 Qh5+ 24. Kg2 Bxd6 25. Rh1 Qc5 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Bf2 Qa5 28. Bd4 Be5 29. Qg5 Rxd4 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qh7# 1-0</span>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-72128582710826672212020-10-13T14:09:00.010+13:002020-10-16T07:38:12.479+13:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 7 of the Fifth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-Head<p>It's been over a year since our last cup match. Dane only needed a draw to win the cup again. </p><p>Dane retains the cup and the waitress spilt my coffee over the board and pieces.</p><b>First to 5 points: </b><br /><ul><li>Dane: 5.5</li><li>Nigel: 1.5</li></ul><div><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" id="7101682" src="//www.chess.com/emboard?id=7101682" style="border: none; width: 100%;"></iframe><script>window.addEventListener("message",e=>{e['data']&&"7101682"===e['data']['id']&&document.getElementById(`${e['data']['id']}`)&&(document.getElementById(`${e['data']['id']}`).style.height=`${e['data']['frameHeight']+30}px`)});</script><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. c3 Nd7 12. g4 Nb6 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. gxf5 Bd6 15. b3 Nd5 16. c4 Ne7 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Bb2 Bb4+ 19. Kd1 Bd6 20. Rf1 Kh8 21. Kc2 Ng8 22. Kd3 Rfe7 23. Bc1 c5 24. d5 Be5 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Bf4 Be5 27. Bd2 Bd6 28. Rbe1 Be5 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Bxf4 1-0 * 1-0</div></div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-30263911481078003682020-01-05T10:46:00.000+13:002020-01-05T10:54:15.977+13:00Aaron vs Nigel<div style="text-align: right;">
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My ol' buddy Aaron visited last year. We played some chess and had a few drinks. Was all most enjoyable.</div>
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Here's the first game we played. He played well, gaining the advantage and not letting up. Wish I'd seen the checkmate on move 33, though - either my Queen or Bishop taking the pawn on B2 would've been checkmate.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1. e4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Qd5 7. d3 Bf5 8. f3 Nd7 9. Qe2 e6 10. Bd2 h6 11. g4 Bh7 12. Nh3 g5 13. c4 Qe5 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. Bxh8 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Bg6 17. Bc3 Be7 18. Qe3 b6 19. f4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 Bxe4 21. dxe4 Bg5 22. e5 f6 23. Rhf1 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Kb1 Qh7+ 27. Ka1 Qc2 28. Qxe5 Qxc4 29. Re1 Kb7 30. Nxe6 Bh4 31. Rd1 Qc2 32. Qd4 Bf6 33. Qd3 Qa4 34. Qd7+ Ka8 35. Qc8# 1-0</span><br />
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<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" id="6436348" src="//www.chess.com/emboard?id=6436348" style="border: none; width: 100%;"></iframe><script>window.addEventListener("message",e=>{e.data&&"6436348"===e.data.id&&document.getElementById(`${e.data.id}`)&&(document.getElementById(`${e.data.id}`).style.height=`${e.data.frameHeight+30}px`)});</script>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-23478008495777846172019-08-28T19:40:00.002+12:002019-08-28T19:41:17.357+12:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 6 of the Fifth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-HeadI did better with my time this round, but... ah well...<br />
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<b>First to 5 points: </b><br />
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<li>Dane: 4.5</li>
<li>Nigel: 1.5</li>
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be3 (6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+
Kxd8 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Ng4) 6... O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Be2
Ne8 10. O-O f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Ne4 Rf7 15. Qc1 g5 16.
g4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bd3 c5 (19... Rf3 20. Be4 Rxh3 21. f3 Be5
22. Rf2 Qf6 23. Qf1 Rg3+ 24. Rg2) 20. f3 Be5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Qh4 23. Rf3
Bxf4 24. Qf1 Be3+ 25. Kg2 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Bd7 27. Rf1 Qe7 28. Bf5 Rf8 29. Qe2 Bxf5
30. gxf5 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Qxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Kg7 33. Rg3+ Kf6 34. Kf1 Ke5 35. Ke2 Rxf5
36. Kd3 Rf2 37. b3 Rd2# 0-1
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<b>First to 5 points: </b><br />
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<li>Dane: 3.5</li>
<li>Nigel: 1.5</li>
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 {INACCURACY (+0.34)}
({(+1.05) The best move was} 5. d4 Nf6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O-O 9.
O-O-O e6 10. g3 a6 11. h4 Kb8 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. c3 Be7
16. Bd3) 5... Nc6 6. d4 a6 ± {INACCURACY (+1.57)} ({(+0.49) The best move was}
6... O-O-O 7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qe5+ 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 exd5 12. Bxa7
Qd6 13. Bd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb4 15. Qe5 Bc5 16. Qg3 Qxb2 17. Na4 Qxc2 18. Nxc5
Qxc5 19. Qxg7 Qd6 20. Qxf7) 7. Be3 = {INACCURACY (+0.57)} ({(+1.57) The best
move was} 7. d5 Ne5 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O-O 10. Bf4 Qf6 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1
Qf4 13. Ne4 e6 14. c4 f5 15. Ng3 Bc5 16. Rxe6 Nf6 17. Qb3 Rhe8) 7... e6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 {INACCURACY (+0.06)} ({(+0.58) The best move was} 10. Qd2
Bf5 11. Rad1 h6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 Be4
17. Rd2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nd4 Ke7 20. c3 d5 21. Rfd1) 10... O-O 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Rad8 13. Ne2 Nd5 {INACCURACY (+0.57)} ({(-0.14) The best move was}
13... e5 14. Qd3 Qe6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. f3 Nc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Nxc3
exd4 20. Bd2 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Bh4 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. f4) 14. Bd2
{INACCURACY (+0.06)} ({(+0.57) The best move was} 14. c4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bg5 16.
Qb3 Qe7 17. Ng3 f5 18. Rad1 g6 19. c5 Kh8 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. a4 Kg7 22. Kg1 Bg5 23.
a5 f4 24. exf4 Rxf4 25. Ne2 Nxd4) 14... Bf6 15. c3 Rfe8 {INACCURACY (+1.10)}
({(0.00) The best move was} 15... e5 16. c4 Nf4 17. d5 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 e4 19. Rb1
Rfe8 20. a4 Nd4 21. Bg4 Be5 22. Be3 Qf6 23. Qd2 c6 24. Bg5 Qg6 25. Be3 Qf6) 16.
Ng3 g6 ± {INACCURACY (+1.92)} ({(+1.17) The best move was} 16... Qd7 17. Re1 Bh4
18. Ne4 b6 19. g3 Be7 20. Bg2 b5 21. f4 Nb6 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Qf3 Bd6 24. Bf2 Nce7
25. Nc5 Qc8 26. a4 Nf5 27. g4 Bxc5 28. dxc5) 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxf6+ {INACCURACY
(+1.44)} ({(+2.07) The best move was} 18. Re1 Rb8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. a4 Bg7 21. Bg5
Nce7 22. c4 Nb6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Nd7 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bf4 g5 27. Bd2 Nf5 28.
Bc3 c6 29. Qb3) 18... Qxf6 19. Qc1 Nce7 {INACCURACY (+2.04)} ({(+1.44) The best
move was} 19... Qf5 20. Re1 e5 21. Be4 Qd7 22. Bg5 exd4 23. Bxd8 Rxe4 24. Rxe4
Nxc3 25. Re1 Nxd8 26. Qd2 Ne6 27. Rac1 Qa4 28. Rxc3 dxc3 29. Qxc3 b6 30. Rc1 Qb5
31. Qc6 Qe2) 20. Re1 h5 {INACCURACY (+3.05)} ({(+1.58) The best move was} 20...
c6 21. a4 Rd7 22. c4 Nc7 23. Bc3 Nf5 24. d5 e5 25. Qb2 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Rd1 cxd5 29. Qxd4 Kf8 30. Bxd5 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Nf6 32. Kf1 b5 33.
axb5) 21. c4 Nb6 22. Bxb7 Qxd4 23. Be3? {MISTAKE (+1.58)} ({(+3.31) The best
move was} 23. Bc3 Qd3 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Bb7 Nxe5 27. Bxa8 Qd4 28. Re4
Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Nd3+ 30. Kf3 Nxc1 31. Bb7 Rb8 32. Rxc1 Rxb7 33. Re5 Kg7 34. Rc5
Ra7) 23... Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Bxa6 = {INACCURACY (+0.50)} ({(+1.60) The best
move was} 25. Bc5 Nd6 26. Bxa6 Nd5 27. a4 Ra8 28. Bf1 Nb7 29. a5 Nxc5 30. bxc5
Nb4 31. Reb1 Na6 32. c6 Red8 33. Rb7 Rd5 34. Bxa6 Rxa6 35. Rxc7 Raxa5 36. Rxa5
Rxa5 37. Rd7 Rc5 38. c7 Kg7 39. Kh2) 25... Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd6 27. Bc4 Rd4 28. Bb3
{INACCURACY (-0.19)} ({(+0.34) The best move was} 28. Be2 Ra8 29. Rb3 Ra4 30.
Ra2 Rd8 31. Bb5 Ra7 32. a4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd4 34. a5 Nd5 35. a6 c6 36. Be2 Nxb4
37. Ra4 c5 38. Ra5 Kf8 39. Rc3) 28... c6 29. Rc1 Red8 30. Rcc3 Nd5 {INACCURACY
(+0.52)} ({(-0.28) The best move was} 30... Rd2 31. Bc4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Kg7 33.
Red3 R8xd3 34. Rxd3 Ra1 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Rc3 Ng6 38. Bd3 Ne5 39. Kg2
Nxg4 40. Be4 Ne5 41. Bxc6 Nxc6 42. Rxc6 Rxa3) 31. Bxd5 cxd5 {INACCURACY (+0.60)}
({(0.00) The best move was} 31... Rd1+ 32. Kh2 cxd5 33. Red3 Rb1 34. Kg3 d4 35.
Rc4 e5 36. a4 f6 37. a5 Rd6 38. f4 Rb2 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Kf3 Kg7 41. Ke4 Re2+
42. Kf3 Rb2) 32. Red3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rb8 {INACCURACY (+1.39)} ({(+0.67) The best
move was} 33... Kf8 34. b5 Ra8 35. b6 Ke7 36. Rb3 Kd6 37. a4 Kc6 38. a5 Kb7 39.
Ra3 h4 40. Kf1 g5 41. Ke2 Rc8 42. Kd2 Ka6 43. Rc3 Rxc3 44. Kxc3 e5 45. Kb4 d4
46. Kc4 Kxa5) 34. f4 {INACCURACY (+0.48) Critical mistake.} ({(+1.39) The best
move was} 34. Rb3 Kf8 35. b5 e5 36. a4 Ke7 37. a5 Kd6 38. Kf1 e4 39. Ke2 d4 40.
a6 Kc7 41. Rb4 Kb6 42. Rxd4 Kxb5 43. Rd7 Ra8 44. Rxf7 Rxa6 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Rd7
Ra8 47. Kxe4) 34... f6 ± {INACCURACY (+1.57)} ({(+0.48) The best move was} 34...
Kf8 35. Rb3 Ke7 36. a4 Kd6 37. Kf2 f6 38. Ke3 e5 39. b5 Kc5 40. Rc3+ Kb4 41. Rc6
exf4+ 42. Kd4 Kxa4 43. b6 Kb5 44. Rxf6 Rxb6 45. Rxb6+ Kxb6 46. Kxd5 Ka7 47. Ke5
g5 48. Kf5) 35. Kf2? = {MISTAKE (+0.36)} ({(+1.57) The best move was} 35. Rb3
Kf7 36. b5 Ke7 37. a4 Kd6 38. a5 e5 39. fxe5+ fxe5 40. b6 Kc6 41. Kf2 h4 42. Ke2
Kb7 43. Rc3 Ka6 44. Rc5 Rd8 45. Kd3 Kb7 46. Rb5 Kc6 47. Rb1) 35... e5?? ±
{BLUNDER (+3.21)} ({(+0.36) The best move was} 35... Kf7 36. Rb3 Ke7 37. a4 Kd6
38. Ke3 e5 39. Rb1 h4 40. b5 Kc5 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Rd1 g5 43. Rd2 Kc4 44. Rb2
Kc5 45. Rb1 Kb6 46. Rf1 Ka5 47. Rf5 d4+ 48. Ke4 Kxa4 49. Rxe5 Rxb5) 36. fxe5
fxe5 37. Rxd5 Rf8+ 38. Ke3 Ra8 39. Ra5 Rc8 40. Ke4 Rc2 41. g4? {MISTAKE (+2.57)}
({(+4.13) The best move was} 41. b5 Rb2 42. a4 g5 43. Kxe5 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45.
g3 Kf8 46. Ra6 Ke7 47. Kf4 Kd8 48. Kxg4 Kc7 49. Kf4 Rb4+ 50. Kg5 Kb7) 41... Re2+
42. Kf3 Re1 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Ra7 {INACCURACY (+1.60)} ({(+2.87) The best move
was} 44. a4 Rh1 45. Kg2 Rb1 46. Rb5 Rb2+ 47. Kf1 Ra2 48. a5 Ra4 49. Ke2 Kg7 50.
Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Kc4 Kf6 52. h4 Rh3 53. Rb6+ Kf5 54. a6 Rxh4+ 55. Kc5) 44... e4+
{INACCURACY (+2.23)} ({(+1.60) The best move was} 44... Rh1 45. Kg3 Rb1 46. h4
Rb3+ 47. Kf2 Kf8 48. Ke2 Ke8 49. Kd2 Kd8 50. Kc2 Rh3 51. a4 Rxh4 52. b5 Kc8 53.
Kc3 Rh1 54. a5 h4 55. Rh7 h3 56. a6 h2 57. Kd3 Rb1 58. Rxh2) 45. Kf2 Rb1 46. Ke3
Re1+ {INACCURACY (+2.85)} ({(+1.63) The best move was} 46... Rb3+ 47. Kxe4 Rxh3
48. Kf4 Kf8 49. Kg5 h4 50. Kg4 Rh1 51. a4 h3 52. Kg3 h2 53. b5 Ke8 54. Kg2 Rb1
55. Kxh2 Rb3 56. Kg2 Kd8 57. Kf2 Kc8 58. Kf1 Kb8 59. Ra6 Kb7 60. Ke2) 47. Kd4
{INACCURACY (+1.69)} ({(+2.85) The best move was} 47. Kd2 Rh1 48. b5 Rb1 49. a4
Kf8 50. h4 Rb4 51. Kc3 e3 52. Kd3 Ke8 53. Kxe3 Rxh4 54. b6 Rb4 55. a5 Kd8 56.
Kd2 Kc8 57. Kc3 Ra4 58. a6) 47... e3 48. b5? = {MISTAKE (+0.88)} ({(+2.40) The
best move was} 48. Kd3 e2 49. h4 Rh1 50. Kxe2 Rh2+ 51. Kd3 Rh3+ 52. Kc2 Rh2+ 53.
Kb3 Rh3+ 54. Ka4 Rxh4 55. Ka5 Rh3 56. a4 h4 57. b5 Rb3 58. Re7 h3 59. Re2 Kg7
60. b6 Kg6) 48... e2 {Critical move.} 49. Kd3 Rb1 50. Kxe2 Rxb5 {Critical move.}
51. h4 {INACCURACY (+0.13)} ({(+1.05) The best move was} 51. Re7 Rb1 52. Re3 Ra1
53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Kd4 Kg5 56. Kc4 Kh4 57. Rc3 Rb1 58. a4 Rh1 59. Kb4
Rxh3) 51... Kf8 {INACCURACY (+1.02)} ({(+0.13) The best move was} 51... Rb3 52.
Kf2 Rh3 53. Ra4 Kg7 54. Kg2 Rd3 55. Ra8 Rd4 56. Kg3 Rd3+ 57. Kf4 Rd4+ 58. Kf5
Rxh4 59. Kg5 Rh1 60. a4 h4 61. a5 h3 62. Kh4 h2 63. Kg3 Kf6 64. a6 Ra1 65. Kxh2
Ra3 66. Ra7 Kg6 67. Rb7) * 1-0
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<iframe allowtransparency="true" border="0" frameborder="0" height="572" src="https://www.chess.com/emboard?id=6210470" width="574"></iframe>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-36767052610572935872019-07-06T18:48:00.000+12:002019-07-06T18:50:18.779+12:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 4 of the Fifth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-HeadI managed to steal a lucky win with 14 seconds left on the clock.<br />
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<b>First to 5 points: </b><br />
<ul>
<li>Dane: 2.5</li>
<li>Nigel: 1.5</li>
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1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. e4 b6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4 Bb7 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Bb2 d5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rad8 17. Qc1 Ne5 18. h3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 e5 21. Nf2 Rfe8 22. c4 f6 23. Qc3 Bf8 24. Rbc1 Bh6 25. Rc2 Rd7 26. Ng4 Bf4 27. c5 Red8 28. Qc4+ Kf8 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rd4 32. Qe2 bxc5 33. Rexc5 Qd6 34. Rc7 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Kg3 g5 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qxh7+ Kf8 39. Qf7# 1-0
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<b>First to 5 points: </b><br />
<ul>
<li>Dane: 2.5</li>
<li>Nigel: 0.5</li>
</ul>
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Ne2? Qb4+! 8. c3 Qxc4 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 Qd5 11. c4 Qh5 12. h3 O-O 13. Nf4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Re8 15. g3 g5 16. Nh5 Bxh3? 17. Nxf6+! Kf8 18. Nxe8 Kxe8 19. Bxg5 Kd7 20. Re1 Na6 21. a3 Re8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. c5 Bc7 24. f4 Bb8?? 25. Re1+ Kf8?? 26. Bh6+ Black Resigns
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<iframe allowtransparency="true" border="0" frameborder="0" height="572" src="https://www.chess.com/emboard?id=5801990" width="574"></iframe>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-21273731183447435872018-12-02T09:40:00.001+13:002018-12-02T09:41:31.855+13:00Nigel vs Dane, Game 2 of the Fifth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-HeadI was doing better in the game, but only had about 10 minutes left on the clock to Dane's 40, so ended up drawing the game.<br />
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<b>First to 5 points: </b><br />
<ul>
<li>Dane: 1.5</li>
<li>Nigel: 0.5</li>
</ul>
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1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Bxf6(+1.30 → +0.44) Inaccuracy. A better move was 9. e5.
(9. e5)
9... Bxf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qe2(+1.16 → -0.38) Mistake. The best move was 11. Nxe5.
(11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qh5+)
11... Nd7(-0.27 → +0.73) Inaccuracy. A better move was 11... Nc6.
(11... Nc6 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bb5+ Kf7 15. Bc4 Bd5 16. O-O)
12. O-O-O a6(+0.90 → +1.84) Inaccuracy. A better move was 12... O-O.
(12... O-O)
13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Qb8(+1.88 → +5.44) Mistake. The best move was 14... O-O.
(14... O-O 15. Qc6 Ra7 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rhe1 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. Rd6)
15. Rd2(+4.65 → +3.34) Inaccuracy. A better move was 15. Qc6.
(15. Qc6 O-O 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Rxd7 Qe8 18. Qd5 Qxd7 19. Qxa8+ Rf8)
15... Ra7 16. Rhd1 Ke7 17. h4 h6 18. Qg4(+5.10 → +2.80) Mistake. The best move was 18. g4.
(18. g4)
18... Qe8 19. Ne4 Qf8 20. Rd6 Qf7 21. Rc6 Rd8 22. Nd6 Qg8 23. Ne4 Qf7 24. Nd6 Qg8 25. Ne4(+3.04 → 0.00) Blunder. The best move was 25. h5.
(25. h5 b5 26. Ne4 Qf7 27. Rcd6 Re8 28. R6d2 Rb8 29. Nd6 Qg8)
25... Qf7 Draw
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<iframe allowtransparency="true" border="0" frameborder="0" height="572" src="https://www.chess.com/emboard?id=4783098" width="574"></iframe>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-89941822801689305162018-09-15T10:26:00.000+12:002018-09-15T10:42:41.813+12:00Dane vs Nigel, Game 1 of the Fifth Boris Chessky Cup Head-To-HeadThe first time we've had a game with a time-out. I spent way too long trying to make sure I didn't make a mistake with the Queens/Rooks lining up the centre and left myself with no time to complete the game properly.<br />
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<b>First to 5 points: </b><br />
<ul>
<li>Dane: 1</li>
<li>Nigel: 0</li>
</ul>
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Re7 16. c4 Rbe8 17. a4 Qc7 18. b3 Rd8 19. Rd3 Rde8 20. g3 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rdxe3 e5 24. Nd2 Bh6 25. R3e2 Rd8 26. Ne4 Kf7 27. Nc3 Bd2 28. Rd1 Red7 29. Nd5 Bh6 30. Kg2 Bf8 31. h3 Bc5 32. g4 Rd6 33. Rf1 Bd4 34. f4 exf4 35. Rxf4 Be5 36. Rxe5 Kg7 37. Re7+ Kh6 38. Rxa7 Re8 39. Rxf6 Rdd8 40. Rff7 Rh8 41. h4 Black loses on time
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