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tpstar
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   May-20-13 Kenneth Rogoff

tpstar: <Jim Bartle> Let me interrupt your feckless liberalism long enough to wish you a Happy Birthday! Now that you are a year older and wiser, you should be nicer to <diceman>. Please repost that picture of you and your friend on the river. I have never seen a man so happy to ...

   May-20-13 Kibitzer's Café

tpstar: <rogl> I see your one Mouldy Old Dough and raise you two Cheeky Girls: http://youtu.be/35UUsMnwquo Then there's always the Crazy Frog franchise. Good luck getting through a minute of this: http://youtu.be/k85mRPqvMbE Ah yes, European music. Nothing like it. :P

   May-17-13 Carlsen vs Wang Hao, 2013

tpstar: <chessgames.com> Thanks for the live broadcast. =) Hao impressive!

   May-17-13 OhioChessFan chessforum

tpstar: Round 8 games have started. :P <the second or third most infuriating poster> I missed that contest. ;>D

   May-15-13 YouRang chessforum

tpstar: Round 7 games have started. =)

   May-14-13 Odd Lie

tpstar: chesshere.com is for sale because they just couldn't keep up with chessherethereandeverywhere.com. At ChessHare.com you play a lot of rabbits. At Cheshire.com they love to see you smile.

   May-14-13 Karjakin vs Nakamura, 2013

tpstar: Sergey and Hikaru both have six letters in their first names. Should be a doozy!

   May-14-13 Anand vs Karjakin, 2013

tpstar: <chessgames.com> Thanks for the live broadcast. =) I wonder how far in advance Anand visualized this major piece endgame. He went down a Pawn some time ago.

   May-12-13 Topalov vs J L Hammer, 2013

tpstar: Great job by Hammer holding the draw. Major piece endgames are hard!

   May-12-13 Wang Hao vs Radjabov, 2013

tpstar: <chessgames.com> Thanks for the second broadcast. =) Happy Mother's Day! Great fighting games today.

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Jan-29-11		SirChrislov: #1 The game that brought a smile to the grave of LaBourdonnais. 1) V Malakhov vs V Zvjaginsev, 2004

Jan-31-11		Chnebelgrind: 1 Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004 2 Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 3 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 4 Shirov vs Radjabov, 2007 5 Kramnik vs Leko, 2004 6 Anand vs Bologan, 2003 7 Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004 8 Svidler vs Topalov, 2005 9 V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2010 10 Morozevich vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2009

Jan-31-11		percyblakeney: I made a list with dramatic and memorable games with some sort of symbolic significance rather than going for “best”, and after picking only black wins first I decided to go all black, ending up with this list: 1. Kasparov’s last win, and not a bad one either. A stable top ten player like Adams, with white, is crushed in 26 moves in Linares when Kasparov wins the tournament for the ninth time: Adams vs Kasparov, 2005 2. Kasparov loses in Linares for the first time in many years and for the first time with white in even more years, against 15-year-old Radjabov: Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003 3. Carlsen, just turned 17, beats Kramnik with black in Wijk and shares first place: Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008 4. Radjabov shared first in Wijk 2007 after several brilliant wins with the KID, this one probably being the prettiest: Shirov vs Radjabov, 2007 5. Anand scores his second black win in a row in the title match against Kramnik after a cute finish: Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 6. Radjabov becomes the first and last player to beat both Kasparov and Anand with black the same year after a nice queen sacrifice: Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 7. Not the best but the most intense game of Topalov-Anand and the one that decided the match: Topalov vs Anand, 2010 8. Game 2 in the title match between Kramnik and Topalov, filled with excitement: Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006 9. Two of the most entertaining players of the decade in a wild game: Morozevich vs Ivanchuk, 2004 10. Topalov scores 8-0 in the eight latest decisive games against Leko: Leko vs Topalov, 2009

Jan-31-11		Ragh: Games of the Decade: #1) Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 #2) Anand vs Topalov, 2010 #3) Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 #4) Topalov vs Anand, 2010 #5) Anand vs Topalov, 2005

Feb-01-11		SwitchingQuylthulg: 1) Akopian vs Leko, 2009 2) Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 3) Anand vs Topalov, 2005 4) Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 5) D Gurevich vs Seirawan, 2000 6) Kiril Georgiev vs Nisipeanu, 2006 7) Kramnik vs Leko, 2004 8) M Gurevich vs Leko, 2007 9) Shirov vs Karjakin, 2008 10) Ivanchuk vs Aronian, 2007 I suppose C Van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 2008 is disqualified on account of not being played? (I would definitely vote for it.)

Feb-02-11		K9Empress: A game of the decade? oh how neat! I really like the Shapalov-Aronian game and the Bologan sandwich is a nice flashback to Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 with the Qh8. ok ok, I will nominate 5 now and 5 later 1. Judit Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002 Iknow Iknow, more fit for a "historical importance" game prize than a brilliancy prize, but still, Go Judy! I like to believe this game was the reason for Kaspo's retirement. I can't help imagine him thinking something like "I lost to a computer, I played the most disappointing world championship match in the history of chess, and now I got beat by a girl? like, I'm done." 2. V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2010 3. Gelfand vs Judit Polgar, 2008 4. Zsuzsa Polgar vs Chiburdanidze, 2004 5. The World vs N Pogonina, 2010 2b continued...

Feb-03-11		Chnebelgrind: <the Shapalov-Aronian game> Must be this one: Shabalov vs Aronian, 2004 Fascinating indeed!

Feb-03-11		K9Empress: 6. Judit Polgar vs Gelfand, 2009 7. Judit Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003 8. Leko vs Kramnik, 2004 9. The World vs Kosteniuk, 2004 10. N Pogonina vs The World, 2009 I followed this game very closely on chess.com and even suggested a few moves in the late opening-early middlegame stage. some IMs and FMs and several NM and CMs in the world team. One of Natalias's favorite games. Her husband must b proud.

Feb-05-11		tpstar: GAME OF THE DECADE 1) Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 Topalov was the key principal bringing about Reunification, forcing Kramnik to play under FIDE against his will and forcing Kramnik to play in Mexico City 2007 too, and any other interpretations are revisionist history. Here he punishes Kramnik's highly suspicious behavior for the record. 2) Kramnik vs Leko, 2004 The highlight of Brissago 2004, affirming Humans over Machines. 25 ... Qd3!! is one for the ages by the perpetually underappreciated Leko. 3) Topalov vs Anand, 2005 Another Knight sacrifice on f7, with beautiful follow-up in the middlegame and endgame. 4) Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 Anand gets all the credit for this two piece sacrifice leading to a brilliant mating attack in an ultrasharp Sicilian line. 5) Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 Anand upends Kramnik again to take the lead early in Bonn 2008 featuring a piquant finish. I prefer this Game 5 over that Game 3 with the missed mate. 6) Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007 21 ... Qxf2+!! is a thunderbolt! Everybody knew Nakamura would be big someday ... 7) Carlsen vs H A Gretarsson, 2003 Those twelve year-olds are pretty sharp with the tactics, eh? Impressive. 8) Kiril Georgiev vs Nisipeanu, 2006 Sacrifices are even harder when there's no clear continuation. Great attack by Black. 9) V Malakhov vs V Zvjaginsev, 2004 This game has everything: exchange sacrifice, piece sacrifice, Queen sacrifice, and finally Pawn promotion. Stunning. 10) A Timofeev vs D Khismatullin, 2009 One of the most distinctive endgames ever. ***** I will let my friend <SirChrislov> tally the votes. =)

Feb-05-11		SirChrislov: <tpstar: I will let my friend SirChrislov tally the votes. =)> Sounds good. I'll add up the votes and post the list on monday. thanks for letting me serve as "co-host."

Feb-07-11		SirChrislov: The chessgames.com<<GAMES OF THE DECADE>> #1. WINNER (36 points) Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 #2. (27 pts.) Kramnik vs Leko, 2004 #3. (23 pts.) Anand vs Topalov, 2005 #4. (21 pts.) Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 #5. (19 pts.) Anand vs Topalov, 2010 #6. (18 pts.) Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 #7. (17 pts.) Judit Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002 #8. (17 pts.) Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003 #9. (16 pts.) Topalov vs Anand, 2010 #10.(14 pts.) Shirov vs Radjabov, 2007 #11.(14 pts.) Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 #12.(14 pts.) Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004

Feb-08-11		Chnebelgrind: Thanks <SirChrislov>. Interesting result: 3 Anand-Topalov games 3 Radjabov wins with the black pieces 3 Kramnik losses 3 masterpieces of Anand, Polgar and Moro. No games of Carlsen and Aronian! Their decade still to come?

Feb-08-11		tpstar: <SirChrislov> Great job with the Game of the Decade voting! Now they all need puns. ;>D Technically the last three are all #10. <3 Anand-Topalov games> Topalov was riding high in 2005 and came oh-so-close in WC matches against both Kramnik and Anand. He just might put it back together again before Aronian takes over. <3 Radjabov wins> Thanks to <percyblakeney> of course. :-) <2 Kasparov losses> Ranked highly due to his overall dominance. <No games of Carlsen and Aronian> A function of the voting cohort. 100 voters would surely nominate their games more. Or maybe they are being slighted for some overbearing fans around here. Just a hypothesis. =)

Feb-09-11		tpstar: Joshua-Tony (HCC 1/29/11): 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 (8. Bd3) Nc6 9. Bb5 cd 10. Nxd4 (10. cd?? Qa5+) 0-0 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. h3 a6 13. Be2 b5 14. 0-0 Bb7 15. Bd3?! (15. f3) click for larger view 15 ... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 17. Rad1 exd4 18. Bxd4 (18. cd) Re8 19. Rfe1 Qe7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Qb2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxe4 24. c4+ Kg8 25. cb? Qxg2# 0-1. Josh-Tony (SL 1/29/11): 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 (2. d4) d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Be3?! d4 7. Bd2 dxc3 8. Bxc3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qxb2 12. Rd1 0-0 13. Qe4 Ncb4 14. c3 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 click for larger view 15 ... Nd4+! 16. cxd4 (16. Ke1) Nc3+ 17. Ke1 Nxe4 18. dxe4 cd and Black won (0-1). Tony-Josh (SL 1/29/11): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bc5 8. 0-0 Bd6!? 9. Nf3 0-0?? 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Re1 and White won (1-0). Josh-Tony (SL 1/29/11): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+!? (3. d4) c6 4. Ba4 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Ne2 fe 9. de Nxe4 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Qd3 Nc5 12. Qc4 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 a5 14. a4 Na6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nc5 17. Qc4?! (17. Qa2) click for larger view 17 ... Ba6 18. Qg4 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3?? (20. gxf3 ) Bxg5 and Black won (0-1).

Feb-11-11		tpstar: Subhodh-Tony (CM 1/30/11): 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 c6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Ne8 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nb1 h6 13. h3 Kh7 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. e3 Nef6 16. Rfe1 e4 17. de Nxe4 18. Qd3 Ndc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qd2 (20. Qc2) a5 21. Red1 Rd8 22. Nc3 Be6 23. e4?! (23. Nd4) click for larger view 23 ... Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nxe4 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Qf4 Rad8 29. Re1? Nd3 30. Qe3 Nxe1 31. Rxe1 Bf7 32. Qd3 Rxe1+ 33. Bf1 Rde8 34. Nc2 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 d5 36. Ne3 dc 37. Nxc4 Bxc4 38. Qxc4 Qb5 0-1. Tony-Subhodh (CM 1/31/11): 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 c6 7. 0-0 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 c5?! (9 ... Bb7) 10. e5 Ne8 11. dc dc (11 ... Bb7 ) click for larger view 12. Be4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc7 14. Bxa8 Nxa8 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Ng3 Rc8 17. Ne4 c4 18. Nc5 Bh6 19. Nxa6 Nxa6 20. Rd7 e6 21. Rxa7 N8c7 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Kf2 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Rd4 c3 26. bc b3 27. cb Nxb3 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. Rcxc7 Rf8 30. Ng5 h6 31. Nxf7 Nd2 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 32. Rh7# 1-0.

Feb-12-11		tpstar: Joshua-Tony (HCC 2/11/11): 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1?! (8. Qc2 - 8. d5 g6 Opening Explorer ) e4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 f5?! (12 ... Be7) 13. e4 Be7 14. ef 0-0 15. Re3 (15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Qe6+) Rxf5 16. Rf3!? (avoid trades) Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Bf6 18. Re1 Kh8 (18 ... Bxd4?? 19. Qd5+) 19. Bc3 c5 20. Rd1 cd 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Qd5 Rc8 click for larger view 24. b3 Nc6 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. h3 (26. Qxd6? Rd8) h6 27. Qd2 Rd8 28. Re1 Qf6 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. Qc2 Ng6 31. Rd2 Nf4 32. Qb2 Qg5 33. f3 Nxh3+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh2) Nf4 35. Qc2 Qh4 36. Rd1 (36. Kg1 Re8 37. Re1 ) Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Qxg2+ 38. Ke3 Re8+! 39. Kd4 (39. Kxf4 Qg5#) Qxc2 0-1. Tony-Joshua (HCC 2/11/11): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 (12. Bg5 Opening Explorer ) Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Nb3 (14. g4 Opening Explorer ) a6 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Rhe1 Nc7!? (16 ... Bf6) 17. e5 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. ed Qxd6 20. Bxe7 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 click for larger view 21 ... Rcc8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 (22 ... Kxf8) 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. Nd4 Ba4 25. b3 Bd7 26. Re7 Bxd4 (26 ... Rd8 27. Ne6!) 27. Rxd7 Be5 28. Rxb7 Bxh2 29. Rdd7 Rf8 30. c4 Bf4 31. c5 h5 32. c6 Kg7 33. b4 g5 34. a4 Kg6 35. c7 Bxc7 36. Rdxc7 and White won (1-0).

Feb-12-11		tpstar: Josh-Tony (2/12/11): 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 de 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. d4!? (9. Qc1) Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qxb2 11. Bxf6 Qc3+! 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. d5 Rd8 14. Rb1 b6 15. Rb3 Qc4+ 16. Ke1 (16. Kg1) cd 17. Rd3 e6 18. Bh5!? Bb4+ 19. Kf1 Ke7 20. h4 Rc8 click for larger view 21. Rhh3 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. a3 Bc5 24. Rhf3 Rd8 25. Rf4 e5 26. Rf5 Ra2 27. a4 Rxa4 28. Bf3?! e4 29. Re3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 exf3 31. Rxf3 Rxh4 and Black won (0-1). Tony-Josh (SL 2/12/11): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Rg8? (4 ... d5 5. ed Na5) 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bxg8 Nxg8 7. Nxh7 Ke8 8. Qh5+ Ke7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nd5+ Ke6? 11. Qf5# 1-0.

Feb-23-11		tpstar: Josh-Tony (SL 2/19/11): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 d6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. d4?! Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qh5 0-0 13. Rd1? (13. c3) Bxb2 14. Ne3 Bc3+ 15. Kf1 c6 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qg3 Bd4 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Ng4 Qf4 click for larger view 21. Re2 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rf7 23. f3 Re8 24. Rd2 d5 25. Rh4 de 26. Re2 ef 27. Re4 fg+ 28. Kxg2 Rf5 29. c4 Ref8 30. a4 Rf1 31. Nxe5 R8f2+ 32. Kh3 Rh1+ 33. Kg4 Rxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Kf7 36. c5 Kf6 37. Re4 g5+ 38. Kh5 Rh2+ 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. g4+ hg+ 42. Rxg4 Rh3+ 43. Kg2?? (43. Rg3 ) Kxg4 44. a5 Re3 45. Kf1 Kf3 46. Kg1 Rd3 47. Kh1 Kg3 48. Kg1 Rd1# 0-1. Tony-Josh (SL 2/19/11): 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 (3 ... d5) 4. Nf3 Bd6?! 5. fe Nxe5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. d4 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 Qe7 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nd5 Qe6? 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxe6+ Bxe6 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Qxd6+ Ke8 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kd8 17. Be6+ Ke8 18. Qd7+ Kf8 19. Qxf7# 1-0. Joshua-Tony (HCC 2/19/11): 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 dc 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Qc7 (9 ... Bb7 Opening Explorer ) 10. Bd2 e5!? 11. Rc1 b4 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Bxh7 ed 16. ed Qd6 17. Rfe1 c5 18. h3!? (18. Be4) Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxd4 20. Kg2 Qh4 click for larger view 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 a5 23. Bf4! Rg8+ 24. Kh2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Bf5 Rc6 27. Rxe5 Kf8 28. Rae1? Bd6 29. Kh1 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 f6 31. Re1 Rg5 & 1/2-1/2 (time). Tony-Joshua (HCC 2/19/11): 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 (3 ... d6) 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 d6 6. ed ed 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 d5 10. c5 c6 (10 ... b6) 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. b4 Re8 13. b5 Nf8 (13 ... Ne4!? 14. Qc2? Ndxc5!) 14. a4 Ne6 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Ne2 Kg8 19. Rae1 Ndf8 20. bc bc click for larger view 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. f4 f6 24. Ng4 Qd8 25. f5! g5?! (25 ... gf 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Nxf5+ ) 26. fxe6 Bxe6 27. Nxf6+ 1-0.

Feb-26-11		tpstar: Joshua-Tony (HCC 2/26/11): 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. a3 (6. 0-0) 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 (8 ... Nxc3?! 9. Ng5) 9. 0-0 (9. Nd2 d5) Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Bf6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 d6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Qd2 g4 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rae8 18. Nf4 Rf7 19. Rac1 (19. d5 e5 20. Ne6 Nf8) c6 20. Rc3 Qh6 click for larger view 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. f3 Kh8 (22 ... Kf8?? 23. Nxe6+ ) 23. Ng2 Qg7 24. a4 e5 25. de de 26. Nh4 Nh5 27. Qc2 gf 28. Rxf3 f4 29. Nf5!? Qg6 30. Rd6?! (30. e4 fe 31. Rdf1) Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. g4 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Nxf6 & 1/2-1/2 (time). Tony-Joshua (HCC 2/26/11): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Bg5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Nb3 (14. e5 Opening Explorer ) Kh8!? 15. e5 Ne8 16. Rhe1 Bxe5!? (16 ... f6) 17. Rxe5! dxe5 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 f6 20. Be3 Rc7 click for larger view 21. Rd8 (21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. Bxa7) b6 22. Nd5 Rb7 23. Nd2 Kg8 24. Ne4 Ng7 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bd2 Kf7!? (26 ... a5) 27. Ndxf6! exf6 28. Nd6+ Ke6 29. Nxb7 Kd7 30. c4 Kc7 31. Na5 bxa5 32. Bxa5+ Kb7 (33. Kc6) 33. Bd8 Ne8 34. b4 f5 35. Kd2 Nd6 36. Kc3 e4 37. Be7 Nc8 (37 ... ef 38. gf; 38. Bxd6?? f2 ) 38. Bc5 ( ) ef 39. gf g5 40. Kd4 g4 41. fg fg 42. Ke5 h5 43. Kf4 Nb6 44. Bxb6 Kxb6 45. Kg5 a5 46. a3 1-0. Josh-Tony (SL 2/26/11): 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 0-0 6. e5!? de 7. de Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Ng4 9. Be2!? (9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e6) Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nbxd7 11. Bxe5!? Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bf3 c6 14. 0-0 Bf5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. b3? (16. c3) Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Rad8 18. c4 Rd2 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 f5 click for larger view 22. a4 f4 23. Bg4! Kf7 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Ng4 Rd3 (25 ... h5) 26. b4 Rd4 27. c5 Rxb4 28. a5 h5 29. Nh6?! (29. Nh2 Rb1+ 30. Nf1 ) Kf6 30. Ng8+ Kf7 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ gxf5 33. h4 Kf6 34. f3 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Ke5 36. g3 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 fg 38. f4+ Kxf4 39. a6 Kf3 40. Kf1 Rb1# 0-1. Tony-Josh (SL 2/26/11): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. de Qe7 7. ed Qxe4+ 8. Be3 cd 9. 0-0 d5 (9 ... Be7) 10. Bxa7! Qb4 (10 ... Rxa7 11. Re1) 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Bd4 f6 13. a3 Qb5 14. Nc3 Qxb2 15. Nxd5 Qb5?? (15 ... Qb7) 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxb5 c5 18. Rxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxc5 Ke8 20. Qe2 Kd8 21. Qxe7+ Kc8 22. Nfd4 Ra5 23. Nd6+ Kc7 24. Rb1 Rxc5 25. Rb7# 1-0. Happy Birthday. =)

Feb-27-11		tpstar: Subhodh-Tony (CM 2/27/11): 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. e4 e5 8. b3 Na6 9. a3 fe 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 12. Nd2 a5 13. Bb2 b6 14. b4 Na4 15. Nc4?! (15. Rb1) Be6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Nxa5 Nxb2 18. Qxb5 c5 19. Nc6 Bc4 click for larger view 20. Qxc4+ Nxc4 21. Nxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bh3 (22. bc) Nxa3 23. Rfd1!? cb 24. Be6+ Kf8 (24 ... Kh8) 25. Bd5 Rac8 26. c4 Nxc4 27. Ra7 Nb6 28. Rf7+ Kg8 29. Rb7+ Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rb8 31. Rbb5 b3 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rd1 b2 34. Rb1 Bh6 35. f4 ef 36. gf Bxf4 0-1. Tony-Subhodh (CM 2/27/11): 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. e5 Ne8 (10 ... Nd5) 11. Ng5 de 12. fe f6?! 13. Ne6 Qa5 14. Nxf8 Nxf8 15. ef Nxf6 16. Bf4 Ra8 17. Qe1 Be6 18. Be5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. c4 Qd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Rae1 Rd8?! (23 ... Bf7) click for larger view 24. Rxf8+! Kxf8 (24 ... Rxf8 25. Qxe6+ ) 25. Qh8+ Kf7 (25 ... Bg8 26. Rf1+) 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qxg6+ 1-0.

Mar-06-11		cormier: you like the dutch def ... that make 2 of us .... \\ // /, tks

Mar-06-11		tpstar: <cormier> I mix up my defenses against students so our games are less predictable each time. One student always plays 1. d4, and another likes the King's Indian attack with Nf3/g3/Bg2, so I use an occasional 1 ... f5 in practice but not in rated games. I do like an early ... f5 against the English, like 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5, as giving Black good play. I tell students that the Dutch is enterprising, yet Black must mind the weaknesses on f7 and e6 all day.

Mar-06-11		cormier: <<tpstar>> hi you can have fun at <<playgroundplayer>> forum, where i play a tcheck-defence against his polish and then completely missed(overlook) some easy moves while working at the same time .... lol ..... tks

Mar-13-11		Benzol: Tony thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize that <hayton3> had so many other guises. :)

Mar-15-11		OhioChessFan: Dr. Tony, a question about a cliched movie scene. The platoon is under attack. Jones, the newbie that looks like Opie, is hit. It's bad. "Hang on buddy!" his best friend cries. "Stay with us Jones!" the sergeant yells. Besides the dramatics, does yelling encouragement to hang on at a person who might be dying really accomplish anything?

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