User Profile: Timothy Glenn Forney

Timothy Glenn Forney
Member since May-20-04 · Last seen Sep-18-09

I live in California, USA.I am working on my repertoire right now.I love this site and study the GM games here to improve my game.I learn from all the great kibitzers here,thanks for your input.I learned how to move the pieces from a schoolmate when I was 14.Then played my best friends mostly.When I was 29,a co-worker and friend introduced me to chess books,S.L.O. chess club and tournament playing,thanks Kevin.I have been a chess addict ever since. I play at http://www.chessmaniac.com/
My favorite players Hikaru Nakamura Fischer,Tal,Morphy,Nunn,Speilmann,Nezhmetdinov, and Kasparov.Favorite books- The Art of Attack in Chess,Logical Chess Move by Move, Understanding Chess Move by Move and The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings.Here's a link- http://www.amazon.com/Best-Chess-Bo...

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   Timothy Glenn Forney has kibitzed 757 times to chessgames [more...]

   Feb-21-09 Kamsky vs Topalov, 2009

Timothy Glenn Forney: The Qc1 line really is a thing of beauty.

   Feb-11-09 S Trofimov vs D Metlyakhin, 1994

Timothy Glenn Forney: The thrash metal song "Battery" comes to mind after review of this game.

   Feb-03-09 Hikaru Nakamura

Timothy Glenn Forney: Nakamura played one of his best games of all time today ,white side of the Lopez ,some amazing exchanges. A true brilliancy wait until its posted here, just outstanding.

   Feb-02-09 Nakamura vs B Bok, 2009

Timothy Glenn Forney: Yes I can't image Naka missing the queen sac

   Jan-30-09 Maczynski vs W Pratten, 1948

Timothy Glenn Forney: Back in 2005 I found the mate in some book I was reading and they called it a pure mate, which later I found out was wrong through wikipedia, anyway, it is a great game to analyze.

   Jan-11-09 Ganguly vs A Ismagambetov, 2006

Timothy Glenn Forney: 24...gxh5 25.Bf6 Qe1 26.Rxe1 Rd8 27.Bh7 Kf8 28.Re7 d5 29.Rxf7 Ke8 30.Re7 Kf8 31.Bg6 Kg8 32.Bf7 Kf8 33.Nh7# My first look at this maybe I missed something that an engine would find. (31. ...Be6)

   Dec-01-08 Lazarus vs A Dobrinine, 1982

Timothy Glenn Forney: Lazarus come forth!

   Nov-26-08 Rada vs Kostal, 1942

Timothy Glenn Forney: PTL brother and raise your hands and shout amen! great game of the day and pun.

   Nov-26-08 G Sargissian vs Grischuk, 2008

Timothy Glenn Forney: 8.Bg2 Is hereby named the Gabriel Gambit.

   Nov-24-08 Team White vs Team Black, 2008

Timothy Glenn Forney: It would be nice to have a common opening like the Lopez or Najdorf for a change.

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Aug-09-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: click for larger view Black to move from above game.

Aug-09-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: click for larger view This is an awesome puzzle,find white's six best moves in row.

Aug-09-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: click for larger view Black to move mate in 5.This one is hard.

Aug-17-06		syracrophy: Hey <Timothy Glenn Forney>, you haven't solved my problem: click for larger view White to play and mate in three

Aug-17-06		syracrophy: Here it is: click for larger view White to play and mate in TWO

Aug-18-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: click for larger view / White to move mate in 4.

Aug-19-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: click for larger view ] Wojtkiewicz - Kutsyn: Riga 1979- white to move and win.

Aug-21-06		syracrophy: Very well. You'll love this one: click for larger view Mate in three

Aug-25-06		syracrophy: Here goes another problem: click for larger view White to play and mate in THREE

Aug-25-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: Here's another made by me: click for larger view Mate in THREE.Have fun.

Aug-26-06		positionalgenius: <Timothy Glenn Forney>OK. click for larger view White to play and draw

Sep-13-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: here's the analysis:1.Kb5 Bd7+ 2.Kc4 Bc8 3.Kd5 Nd2 4.Kc6 Nc4 5.Kc5 Ne5 6.Kd5 Kf4 7.Kd6 Nc4+ 8.Kc5 Na5 9.Kd4 Kf5 10.Kc5 Nb7+ 11.Kc6 Ke5 12.Kb5 Kd5 13.Kb4 Kc6 14.Kc3 Kxb6 15.Kd4 Kxc7 16.Kd5 Nd6 17.Kd4 Be6 18.Ke5 Kd7 19.Kd4 Bf5 20.Kd5 Be4+ 21.Ke5 Ke7 22.Kf4 Ke6 23.Ke3 Ke5 24.Kd2 Kd4 25.Ke2 Nf5 26.Kd2 Ng3 27.Kc1 Ne2+ 28.Kd2 Bd3 29.Ke1 Ke3 30.Kd1 Be4 31.Ke1 Bd5 32.Kd1 Bb3+ 33.Ke1 Nf4 34.Kf1 Bd5 35.Ke1 Bf3 36.Kf1 Be2+ 37.Kg1 Kf3 38.Kh2 Kf2 39.Kh1 Kg3 40.Kg1 Nh3+ 41.Kh1 Bf3# Mate 0-1

Sep-19-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: TGF vs CM10-1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 Bb7 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.h5 b4 16.Ne2 Rac8 17.Bg2 e5 18.Be3 Nb6 19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.Ng3 Rfd8 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.g6 d5 23.h6 fxg6 24.hxg7 gxf5 25.gxf8=Q+ Rdxf8 26.Bh3 Rc7 27.Bxf5 b3 28.axb3 Rg7 29.Qh2 Rxf5 30.exf5 Qf6 31.Rdg1 Kf7 32.Rxg7+ Qxg7 33.Rg1 Qxg1+ 34.Qxg1 Bc8 35.Qg5 Bd7 36.f6 Ke6 37.Qg7 Be8 38.Qe7+ Kf5 39.f7 Bxf7 40.Qxf7+ Kg5 41.Qxd5 Kf4 42.c4 h5 43.c5 e4 44.Qxe4+ Kg3 45.c6 a5 46.c7 Kg2 47.c8=Q a4 48.Qcc2+ Kh3 49.Qf4 axb3 50.Qch2# Mate 1-0

Oct-02-06		syracrophy: <Timothy Glenn Forney> Hope that you're ready for another puzzle: click for larger view Mate in two

Dec-06-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: Here's one from a recent game of mine click for larger view mate in 8 black to move.

Jan-14-07		m1ch4lek: mate in 8: 1. ... Qb2+ [(2. Ke3 Qxf3#) (2. Kf1 Rh1#) (2. Ke1 Rh1+ 3. Qf1+ Qxf2+ 4. Kd1 Rxf1#) (2. Kd1 Wh1+ 3. Qf1 Rxf1#)] 2. Qd2 Rxf2+! [(3. Ke1 Qxd2#) (3. Kd1 Qxd2) (3. Ke3 Qxd2+ 4. Ke4 Qd4#) (3. Kd3 Qxd2+ 4. Ke4 Qd4#)] 3. Kxf2 Qd2+ [(4. Kg1 Qe1#) (4. Kf1 Rh1#) (4. Kg3 Qe3#)] 4. Kf3 Qd3+ [(5. Kf4 Rf5#)] 5. Kf2 Rf5+ [(6. Ke1 Rf1#) (6. Kg1 Qe3+ 7. Kh(1/2) Rh5+ 8. Rh4 Rxh4#)] 6. Rf4 Rxf4+ [(7. Ke1 Rf1#)] 7. Kg1 Qe3+ [(8. Kh1 Rh4#)] 8. Kh2 Rh4# Nice :D Can You send me the whole PGN of this game? My e-mail address is dr4g0n(at)gazeta.pl Can I use it as an example for kids in chess school in my town?

Jan-14-07		Timothy Glenn Forney: Here's two games I played just recently at Yahoo,I think kid's would find them entertaining and instructive. 1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Ne2 e5 7.c4 Ndb4 8.O-O Bf5 9.a3 Bc2 10.Qe1 Nd3 11.Nbc3 Nxe1 12.Rxe1 Be7 13.f4 f6 14.fxe5 fxe5 15.Bxc6+ bxc6 16.b4 O-O 17.bxc5 Qd3 18.a4 Bxc5+ 19.Kh1 Qf3# Mate 0-1

Jan-14-07		Timothy Glenn Forney: 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 e6 3.e4 Bb4+ 4.c3 Be7 5.e5 Nd5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Qc2 d6 8.Bxh7 dxe5 9.dxe5 g6 10.Bxg6 fxg6 11.Qxg6+ Kd7 12.Qe4 Qg8 13.g4 Qh7 14.Qe2 b6 15.f4 Ba6 16.Qd1 Bh4+ 17.Kd2 Qd3# Mate 0-1

Jan-14-07		Timothy Glenn Forney: This one's funny too,with a queen sac backrow mate. 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd1 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.a3 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Nf3 Qe7+ 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Na2 Be6 13.Bg5 h6 14.b4 hxg5 15.bxc5 Bxa2 16.Rxa2 Ne4 17.Nxd4 Nc3 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qd3 Nxa2 20.Bf3 Qxc5 21.c4 Rab8 22.h3 Rfd8 23.Qc2 Qxa3 24.Bxc6 Nc3 25.Qf5 Qb3 26.Qxg5 Qxc4 27.Bf3 Qxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Rb1+ (b8b1+ g5c1 b1xc1+ f3d1 d8xd1+) +M3/5 29.Qc1 Rxc1+ (b1xc1+ f3d1 d8xd1+) +M2/3 30.Bd1 Rdxd1# (d8xd1+) +M1/1 Mate 0-1

Jan-14-07		Timothy Glenn Forney: This game has the classic sac sac mate,kingside attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Be2 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 O-O 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.g4 b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.h4 Rc8 16.g5 Nd7 17.gxh6 Bf6 18.hxg7 Bxg7 19.Rhg1 Kf8 20.Rxg7 Kxg7 21.Nxe6+ fxe6 22.Rg1+ Kf7 23.Bh5+ Ke7 24.Rg7+ Kf8 25.Qh6 Nf6 26.Qxf6+ Qf7 27.Qxf7# Mate 1-0

Jan-14-07		Timothy Glenn Forney: This one has the same sac theme as above very brutal 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qd2 Qxc5 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bd3 b5 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Ng5+ Kg8 15.Qd3 Rd8 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8+ Ke7 18.Qxg7 Rf8 19.Nxe6 Kxe6 20.Rxd5 Qc4 21.Rd6+ Ke7 22.Nd5+ Ke8 23.e6 Ncb8 24.exd7+ Nxd7 25.Re1+ Ne5 26.Rxe5+ Be6 27.Nf6+ Ke7 28.Rd7# Mate 1-0

Jan-14-07		m1ch4lek: Mate in 2 white to move. click for larger view

Jan-22-07		Timothy Glenn Forney: This one has 5 answers with 13 solutions good luck.White to move mate in 2. click for larger view

Jan-22-07		Timothy Glenn Forney: Here's another white to move mate in 2-Baird click for larger view

Oct-08-09		LIFE Master AJ: Congrats! Your Game Collection: Best Chess Games of All Time is number one, (in its category); according to Google.

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