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chessic eric
Member since Jun-21-05 · Last seen Jan-31-10

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   Jan-27-10 Anand vs Shirov, 2010

chessic eric: <Eyal> that old time trouble... I had missed ...hxg5 because somehow the move #s got mixed in my head and I thought white was on move from the diagram and could play Ne6.

   Jan-26-10 Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2010

chessic eric: I would find it exceedingly hard to believe that Kramnik hadn't considered & been prepared for 18.Rfd1 should Carlsen have played it, given the aforementioned fact that Kramnik has played the Catalan so often as white. I'm not saying it isn't a better move than the odd-looking ...

   Jan-26-10 Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2010

chessic eric: if things simplify materially as quickly as in that game, opportunities for improvement might include not sending pawns away from the king w/ ...h5 and ...f5, only to be gobbled w/ check (as did Caruana). Ivanchuk may have his own improvement to complicate matters, but hard to ...

   Jan-23-10 Short vs Kramnik, 2010

chessic eric: a minor point is that <Sneaky's> stalemate wasn't forced in the fullest sense, since after 61...Qxf4 Short doesn't have to play 62.Kxf4, but none of that changes the result.

   Jan-23-10 Nakamura vs Shirov, 2010

chessic eric: after 41...Kb8 42.Qa8+,Kc7 43.Rd3! (threat being Qd8#) is neat.

   Jan-22-10 Kramnik vs Van Wely, 2010

chessic eric: thanks <Cat>

   Jan-21-10 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2010

chessic eric: Food for thought: Rybka suggested <19. axb5 {} axb5 20. Rxa8 Nxa8 21. Ra1 g6 22. Ne3 Nc7 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Ra2 Qd8 ybka Aquarium (0:00.21) +0.75|d13> in place of 19.f4, which looks like a real improvement, since

   Jan-21-10 Van Wely vs Shirov, 2010

chessic eric: <Domdaniel: Even more Shirov himself now.> argh...

   Jan-19-10 Anand vs Nakamura, 2010

chessic eric: <Hesam7: I guess 16. c5 Na7 (going for b5?) 17. Bf1 and White should have a good plus.> One option from this continuation is to arrange Nf3-e1-d3, Nd2-f3, and then Nde5 to cement a knight on e5 for as long as white wants.

   Jan-18-10 Corus (2010)

chessic eric: <CG.com> I realize this vote comes after the polls have closed, but I think Anand-Nakamura would be most entertaining. I'm curious to know if metrics other than top board have been used in the past? What about one that took the total points of both players, so that in the

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monkey business

Oct-28-08		chessic eric: click for larger view

Oct-28-08		Open Defence: 1.b4!!

Oct-28-08		whiteshark: evolution: http://www.comicartfans.com/Images/...

Dec-19-08		jessicafischerqueen: <Eric>!! I just voted you for <Best Avatar> again... Let's get the "Gorilla vote" out this year..

Dec-19-08		Katu: Nice position Eric. But try this: click for larger view White to play and win.:)

Feb-18-09		chessic eric: <whiteshark> fantastic!

Feb-18-09		chessic eric: <Katu> i think Qaxf7 gets style points.

Feb-18-09		chessic eric: I intend to finally follow Dvoretsky�s advice to play over my own games via this chessforum here. Given the generally inconsistent level of my play, this may become a tribute to the swindle. Comments, related to the games or not, are welcome.

Feb-18-09		chessic eric: In [2,1] blitz, after an awful opening, I arrived here: click for larger view whereupon I played 16.f4? and deserved to lose. But after 16...xc3 17.d5,xa1 18.xa1 my opponent returned the favor with �xf5?: click for larger view The path to the swindle opened! 19.h5,g6 20.xf6,gxf6 21.xf6,b5? - where �h4 was the last chance to stop the threat of Bh6!, after which mate on g7 cannot be prevented: click for larger view Of course, being [2,1] blitz, it took another move to find it: 22.a2,c4 23.h6!,xd5 24.xg6+,fxg6 25.g7#. Glad to say it finished like this, not proud of the earlier play...

Feb-20-09		chessic eric: (black's last chance should be ...h5 below, not ...h4)

Feb-22-09		chessic eric: <Game #2:> After an English opening - 1.c4,c5 2.g3,c6 3.g2,f6 4.e4,g6 5.f4,d6 6.e2,g7 7.bc3,0-0 8.0-0,b8 9.h3,a6 10.h2,c7 11.d3,b5 click for larger view I dropped the exchange and a pawn with 12.b3?,b4 13.d5,xd5 14.cxd5,xa1 15.dxc6, after which 15...e5! should have been played (16...e5 too). But the swindle emerged via 15...,g7 16.d4!?,xc6? 17.e5,d5? 18.dxc5,e6 19.c2 click for larger view My opponent didn't play ...f6, but rather 19...,a5 20.d4,a6 21.e3,b7 22.c1,fc8 23.f1!,a8 and I don't miss the exchange. click for larger view

Feb-22-09		chessic eric: <Game#2-cont'd> From the 3rd diagram I played 24.b5!?,c7 25.a4!?,a6 26.c6 - I don't know if these were white's best, but once black replied 26...bc8? allowing 27.c5, i felt winning. If 26...Bf8, then probably only ). It continued 27...,d3 28.b6!,a6 29.xa6,xa6 30.f3!,f8 31.b6!,e7 32.xa5!,f8 click for larger view Once I found the a3 idea, it was fun converting the advantage, and my opponent helped too: 33.a3!!,bxa3 34.b4,c4 35.b5,a2 (35...a8! , white must play xc7 before b5) 36.xc7,a3?? 37.d6+,xd6 38.exd6 click for larger view Phillidor would be proud with the finish... 38...,a8 39.c7!,xa4 40.d7!,a1 41.d8+,g7 42.xa1,xa1 43.c8,a2+ 44.g1,a1+ 45.f2,a2+ 46.e3,a3+ 47.d4,d3+ 48.e5,e3+ 49.d6,xf3 50.h8+!,h6 51.cf8+,h5 52.xh7#

Mar-05-09		chessic eric: <Game#3> <<<The first non-swindle>>> <1.e4,c5 2.c3,d6 3.f4,a6 4.a4,f6 5.f3,e6 6.d3,c6 7.g3,c6 8.g2,0-0 9.0-0,c7 10.h1,b6 11.d4,cxd4 12.xd4,b7 13.e3,fd8 14.d2,ac8 15.ad1,a5> - the last few moves applying thematic c-file pressure. click for larger view White played <16.f2>; a poor choice to avoid black's impending ...Nc4, which soon gets played anyway. <16...g4 17.e2,xe3 18.xe3,c4 19.c1>. With <{19...Nxb2!?)> black gets additional c-file play, but at the expense of the b-file. The game continued <20.xb2,xc3 21.xb6,c7! 22.b1> click for larger view Here it seemed like concern over a6 was unnecessary, so I tried to further pressure the c-file indirectly via <22...f6!>, and white took the bait with <23.xb7,xd4>. My opponent then played <24.b4?!>, which I suppose isn't a blunder, but isn't good either, as it allows black to fix the center to his advantage with <24...e5> click for larger view

Mar-05-09		chessic eric: <Game#3: cont'd> Here white has a permanent positional disadvantage since e4 restricts his own bishop. Black's bishop, however, controls important squares on the queenside and keeps the position semi-closed, making the c-file play more effective. Although white tries to open the position and pressure f7, black easily keeps things closed with <25.fxe5,dxe5 26.b7,f6>. Here white grabbed material with <27.xa6>: click for larger view It would have been easy enough from here to play ...Ra8 and get the pawn back, and that is probably best, since I'm sure white could improve on the play below. But, via the c-file pressure, I saw the opportunity for a rooks vs. queen ending where my activity might clean up the queenside, and played <27...xc2!?>. My opponent obliged me with <28.bc1,xc1 29.xc1,xc1+ 30.f1,dc8> click for larger view Instead of having to corral the a-pawn, most likely on a7, and play out the ending, white played a few dubious moves, black�s king arrived safely on g6, and with �Bg1 a mating net developed: <31.g2?!,1c2+ 32.h3,f7! 33.b7+?!,g6 34.b5?!,g1 35.g4?!,h5+ 36.f3,8c3+ 37.d3,xd3# 0-1>

Jun-25-09		jessicafischerqueen: User: 600POUNDGORILLA heh

Jul-07-09		chessic eric: <jfq> I could take him.

Jul-10-09		wordfunph: hello <chessic eric>, just dropping by to my fellow bookie player..

Jul-10-09		chessic eric: hi <wordfunph>, too bad for your wager about that D Jakovenko vs Bacrot, 2009 endgame...and good on me ;-) <<<Dortmund: Rd 8: Pick Three : White-Draw-White [cash in ticket] 30 YOU WIN! COLLECT 663 21:1 22.10 663>>>

Jul-10-09		chessic eric: just finished a game with what is now my favorite zugzwang from my play. After getting a piece for two pawns somewhat early, arrived here: click for larger view Play continued Kc4,Nc7 b4,Kf8 b5,Ke7 b6,Na6 Kb5,Nb8 b7,Kd7 Kb6,Kd8! g3,Kd7 f4,gxf4 gxf4,Kd8 f5,Nd7+ Ka7,Kc7 e6,fxe6 fxe6,Nb8! e7,Nc6+ Ka8,Kd7 - zugzwang! click for larger view This was [5,2] internet blitz and i was down to almost no time, so white tried for a time swindle but soon gave up: b8Q,Nxb8 Kxb8,Kxe7 Kc7,Kf6 0-1

Jul-11-09		chessic eric: <Game#4> - a [5,2] internet game. 1.c4,c6 2.c3,d5 3.d4,f6 4.f3,e6 5.a3,e7 6.f4,0-0 7.e3,e4 8.d3,f5 9.c5!?,d7 10.0-0,g5! 11.e5,g4 . (If ...Nd7 switches for 7...Ne4, the position at move 7 has been played 20 times in this DB, with h3(12),Qc2(7), and Nd2(1) being played.) Trying to complicate, played 12.xe4!? and was rewarded with 12...dxe4?!} opening up c4: 13.d2,xe5 14.dxe5,xc5 15.b4,b6 16.c4!,c7 (12...gxf3 was better imo) click for larger view Ahead in development, seize d-file and then secure d6 outpost: 17.xd8+,xd8 18.ad1,d7 19.d6,xd6 20.xd6!,f7 21.fd1,e7 22.a4 figuring ...b6 was coming and intending the maneuver Nb2-c4-d6. click for larger view

Jul-11-09		chessic eric: <Game#4-cont'd> But 22...e8? was played, and there was no looking back: 23.c5!,xd6 24.xd6,d8 25.xe6+,f7 26.f6+,e7 27.h3,h5 28.xf5,b6 29.xe4,d1+ 30.h2,g6 click for larger view I'm quite proud of my idea to force the win quickly: 31.hxg4!!,Bxf5 32.gxf5 click for larger view Black could have resisted more strongly, but it wins by force: 32...d5 33.f4,d3 34.f6+,e6? 35.g5+,f5 36.f7,d8 37.h7,c5 (38.f8??,xf8 xf8,c4 ) 38.bxc5,bxc5 39.g3!,h4+ 40.f2!,e4 41.f8,xf8 42.xf8,d3 43.e6,c4 44.e7,c3 45.e8,c2 46.c6,d2 47.e4, 1-0

Jul-13-09		chessic eric: How does white win? click for larger view

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