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May-20-06
 | | tpstar: PIN 3 = BACK RANK:
1) Kudrin vs Waitzkin, 1995 
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click for larger view3) H Evans vs Bisguier, 1959 
click for larger view4) Radjabov vs Anand, 2002 
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May-21-06
| | tpstar: P) French with 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6, consider 4. Nbd2 over 4. Nc3, 6. Bg5 was good to trade Bad Bishop for Black's Good Bishop, Black dropped Ra8, reviewed different ways to retrieve the Bishop, eventual RR vs RN endgame where Black lost the R, then White traded R for N and advanced a Pawn to win. M) 1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6, discussed importance of Bg7 in KID set-up, interesting sequence 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Na4 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Nxb2 17. Nxb2 Qd7, relocated Q & B in worse positions, should have retreated 30 ... Qg7 to hold dark squares, White missed 34. Rxd8 winning a full Rook, also 35. R1d5 winning the Qh5, Black was down Q vs QN and found perpetual check to draw. P) Scotch with 4 ... Nf6, consider 4 ... Bc5 and if 5. Nxc6 Qf6 trick move, recaptured 5 ... dxc6 and Queens off, White missed 12 ... Nxc2+ & 13 ... Nxa1, Black nicely won B with Discovered Check (28 ... Bd1+ 29. Kd2 Bxf3) for RB vs K and 0-1. M) Philidor, reminded 3. d4 best for White and 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 helps Black, missed 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Nxe5, instead 11. Nh2 g4 and Queen trade on g4, nice play to obtain Nd5 + Rc3 attacking Pc7, won 2 Pawns but low on time so couldn't convert RN vs RB endgame or final R vs KPP ending, gave up R for PP and drew. P) Center Game with 3 ... Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6, good development (5 ... Bb4 & 6 ... 0-0), missed 8 ... Nxe4! winning a Pawn, then missed 9 ... d4 forking Q & B, but White blundered 11. Qh3?? Bxh3 0-1. M) Giuoco Piano with 3 ... Na5?, missed 4. Nxe5 Nxc4 5. Nxc4, retreated 4. Bb3, missed 10. Rxa7, misplayed even RR vs RR endgame which could have been held but Black won. |
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May-26-06
| | tpstar: Tony-Peter (SJC 5/26/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ed 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Bg5 Re8 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Rb8 (10 ... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd2) 11. Re1 d5!? (11 ... d6; 11 ... h6) 12. e5 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 Rxe5 15. Qxh6 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 f5 17. Qxc6 Rb6?! (17 ... Be6)
click for larger view18. Qe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8+ Kg7 20. Rxc8 Rb1+ 21. Bf1 Rc1 22. Rxc7 Rxc2 23. a4 d4 24. c4 Rc1 25. Rd7 d3 26. Rxd3 Rxc4 27. Rg3+ Rg4 28. Be2 Rxg3 29. fxg3 and White won (1-0). Tony-Michael (SJC 5/26/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ed 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. c3 0-0 8. Be2 Re8 9. Qd3 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2? (11. ed) de 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. 0-0-0 e3 14. fe Rxe3 15. Nc4! Re8 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Na5 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 Bc8!? 19. Bxc6 Bf5+ 20. Ka1 Rab8 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 
click for larger view22. Rd5 g6 23. g4 Be4 24. Re1 Bd2?? (24 ... Bf6) 25. Rxd2 f5 26. gf gf 27. Nb3 Kf7 28. Nc5 Bc6 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Na6 and White won (1-0). |
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May-26-06
| | tpstar: Scotch Game, Transpose/Transposition, Caveman Attack. Peter very facile with KQ vs K and KR vs K. P) Sicilian with 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Nb6, Black answered 9. Bb5+ with 9 ... Kf8!?, traded QB for KB, had 11. 0-0 de 12. Nxe5! since 12 ... Qxe5? 13. Re1 wins the Q, Black traded Queens and avoided trap 12 ... Qxd6? 13. Qe8#, dropped Pg2, Black missed 17. Ng5 hitting Bh3, White advanced Nc7 & Nxa8, good Knight Fork to win material using pin on Pf7 with Rb7. M) Italian Game with 4. d3 Nf6 5. Ng5!? 0-0, then 6. Qf3 and should have played 6 ... h6 forcing 7. Nh3 first, transposed to that line later, White won Ph6 due to Qg3 and mate threat, missed 14 ... Bg6 and 14 ... Ne8 defending, answered 16. b4 with 16 ... Be3!? and then missed 17. f4 Discovery on Be3 (17 ... c5?? 18. Qxe3), then after 21. 0-0 had 21 ... Nd5! winning material due to Discovery on Ra1, instead 21 ... Re8?? 22. Qxf6 and 2 pieces down, quickly 1-0. |
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May-28-06
| | tpstar: P) Ruy Lopez Steinitz Defense, 8 ... c5!? created hole at d5 plus backward Pawn, White helped out with 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5, even game until 19 ... Qa4?! (19 ... Re8) 20. Qxd6 Re8 but White erred with 21. Kf1? Qxc4+ mating. M) KGA = 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Qe7!? 5. Bc4 d5, moved 7 ... c6 to support Pd5 but then 9 ... c5? 10. Bxd5, after 11 ... Nb6 12. c4!? Nxd5?! 13. cxd5 White had a positionally won game, instead 12 ... dc 13. Nxc3 better continuation, White played nice attack against King in the center, won Q for R and created mate with Q & B. P) Sicilian with 3. Bc4, 5. Ng5!? waste of time, 5 ... Ne5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 helped Black, after 9 ... 0-0-0 tried to set Nb6+ trap winning Qd7, Black opened Kingside lines and won a Pawn, then had White's QB & QR stuck on the back rank, traded out of it into drawn RP endgame. M) QGA, discussed how clutching Pawn with ... b5 is bad, after 5. Bxc4 Bf5?! White had 6. Qb3 winning material, traded NB for RP, should have castled instead of 12 ... Ng4!? & 13 ... e5?!, White took on f7 and won the Queen, then quickly mated (1-0). P) Italian Game with 4. d3 Qf6 5. 0-0 (5. Nc3), 6. b4!? Bxb4 7. Bb2 and won Pe5, won Pb5 pinned against Qa5, traded down well to easily won K&P endgame. M) Italian Game with 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0, good development, Black's Queen chased Pb2 and got trapped, 21. Qc4 nice fork (Pf7 & Pa6), won more material with 29. Qd7 c6?? 30. Nxe7+ 1-0. |
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Jun-02-06
| | tpstar: Peter-Tony (SJC 6/2/06): 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 (3. c4) e6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Qd2!? h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6) g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qe3 c5 9. a3 Qa5!
click for larger view10. dc? (10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rd1) Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Nd2 Bxa1 13. Kd1 Nc6 14. Nb3 Qxa3 15. Nxa1 Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 d4 17. Qf3 Qa5+ 18. c3 Qxc5 19. e4 Qxc3+ 20. Qxc3 dxc3+ 21. Kxc3 Bd7 and Black won (0-1). Michael-Tony (SJC 6/2/06): 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ed ed 4. Bb5+!? c6 5. Ba4 (5. Bd3) Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Qg3 b5 14. Bh6?! (14. Bb3 a5 15. a4) Bg6 15. Bb3 gxh6 16. f4 Bh4 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qf3 f5 19. e6!? Nc5 20. Qe3?? (20. Qe2) Nxb3 (20 ... d4? 21. e7+) 21. axb3 d4 22. Qe5 dxc3 23. bc Qe7 24. Rfd1 Bf6 25. Qe3 Rfe8 26. Re1 b4 27. Rad1 Bxc3 28. Rd7 
click for larger view28 ... Qxd7! 29. exd7 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bd4 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Ke2 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 Rxd7 and Black won (0-1). |
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Jun-02-06
| | tpstar: QGD, French Exchange, French Advance, Tempo, Pawn Break, Exchanging Combination. P) Giuoco Piano, 6 ... Bb6?! should get crushed after e5 & d5, 6 ... Bb4+ is correct followed by 7. Nc3 or 7. Nbd2, then 9. Bd5 f5!? should have lost Queen to 10. ef Nxf6 11. Re1, both sides won exchange into BOOC, dropped Pg6, White lost Rd1 to Skewer, won endgame albeit somewhat inefficiently. M) Sicilian Alapin, even out of opening, White dropped Pd4 but established strong Nd6, Black lost piece to Pb5 fork, then White blundered Bd3 away, Black lost exchange to Nf7+ fork but didn't need to deal with Discovered Check since no good Discovery, interesting RB vs BN endgame with Black up 4 Pawns, White played better to pick off Pawns, eventually KRP vs KB and Black could have used the Bishop as Interference to win the Ph4 and draw. |
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Jun-04-06
| | tpstar: Opposition, Family Fork, Borg, Grob, Max Lange.
P) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 g5!?, good development, won Pe5, missed 16. Bxf7+! winning 2 Pawns, won Rook for 2 pieces after 23. Bxh4 since Pg4 pinned, up full piece but Black obtained passed g Pawn which won. M) Pirc with 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 e5, traded Queens off, 14. 0-0-0 so Pa2 undefended, Black had Pawn up endgame but couldn't convert due to RP. Long discussion about Opposition and K&P endgames. P) 2N, 4. Nc3?! allowed Fork Trick but Black played 4 ... h6!?, Black gambited e Pawn, traded Queens, should have challenged d file instead of allowing 19 ... Rd2, soon R4P vs R3P which Black should have held but gave up both Kingside Pawns while White's King held the a Pawn and 1-0. M) Sicilian with 2. d3 Nc6 3. Be3 b6!? (3 ... e6), slow Kingside development and weak back rank, gained open files nicely but dangerous trade (29 ... Rc5?! 30. Rxc5 bxc5) allowed passed b Pawn which was decisive. P) Max Lange with 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Qd3!?, consider 8 ... f5 to hold piece, instead 8 ... Bf5 9. Nbd2 Bb4 10. c3 Bc5 11. Nxe4 0-0, unsound sacrifice 12. Bh6?! hoping for 12 ... gxh6?? 13. Nf6+, Black played 12 ... Bxe4 13. Rxe4 gxh6 and won easily. M) Philidor, 3. d4 over 3. Bb5+, closed center, Black lost piece after 12 ... Nb4 13. c4 Bf6? and White missed 14. a3 but found 15. a3, Black got 2 Pawns for the piece, traded down well, need to blockade Pawns before winning them, decent technique in KB4P vs K4P endgame. |
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Jun-09-06
| | tpstar: Tony-Peter (SJC 6/9/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 ef 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bc4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Bxf7+!? Kxf7 8. Qd5+ Ke8 (8 ... Kf6!? 9. Bxf4) 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bxf4 d6 12. 0-0-0 Bg4 13. Rhe1+ Kd7?? (13 ... Kf6; 13 ... Kd8)
click for larger view14. Ne5+ Kc8 15. Nxg4 Nc6 16. Re2 h5 17. Nf2 Rf8 18. g3 h4 19. Rde1 hg 20. Bxg3 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Kd7 23. Nd3 Rae8? (23 ... Rf7) 24. Nc5+ Kd8 25. Nxb7+ Kd7 26. Nc5+ Kd8 27. Ne6+ Kd7 28. Nxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rd7+ Kd6 30. Rxg7 Rf2 31. Rh1 and White won (1-0). Tony-Michael (SJC 6/9/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6?! (5 ... d6) 6. b4 Bb6 (6 ... Bd6!?) 7. b5 Na5 8. Nxe5 Nxc4 9. Nxc4 c6? (9 ... 0-0) 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Ba3 Qc7?? (11 ... Kg8) 12. Nxc8+ c5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. 0-0 Qe5 
click for larger view15. f4 Qd6?? (15 ... Qe6) 16. e5 Qe6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. d4 d6 19. dc dc 20. Qd7 Kg8 21. Qxb7 Rxa3!? 22. Nxa3 Qxc3 23. Qa8+ Kh7 24. Qe4+ Kg8 25. Rad1 g6 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rxh8 Kxh8 28. Qe5+ Qxe5 29. fxe5 and White won (1-0). |
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Jun-10-06
| | tpstar: P) Giuoco Piano with 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6, White sacrificed N for 2 P (10. Nxf6+!?), then helped by trading 12. Bxe7!? Qxe7, Black had nice battery on the f file, could have won Nf3 (14 ... Nd4!), won Pb2 yet half opened b file toward 0-0-0, won Pf2, missed fork between Kd2 & Rh2, still won exchange and traded off Queens, 2 Rook up endgame so 0-1. M) Ruy Lopez as White, 3 ... d6 4. Nc3 Bd7 5. Nd5!?, discussed 3 ... a6 vs 3 ... d6, advised 4. d4 and avoid moving QN twice, even game until 14. Qb4!? c5 15. Qa3 b6 helped Black, key error with 18 ... f5?! 19. Qc4 Qd6 20. Nxe5 (20. Rxe5 wins 2 Pawns) Nf6 21. Ng6 Re8? (21 ... Rf7): 
click for larger viewHere 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Qxd5+! Qxd5 24. Ne7+ & 25. Nxd5 wins a Rook, instead Black gave up exchange on f4, White's King strolled to Queenside, good play by both sides until Black blundered Ng4, White should have kept Queens around to pick off Pawns but traded into lost R vs P endgame as Black soon had 2 connected passed Pawns on the 6th rank. |
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Jun-11-06
| | tpstar: PIN 4 = PILE ON:
1) A Summerscale vs S Buckley, 2001 
click for larger view2) V Green vs Steinitz, 1864 
click for larger view3) Sutovsky vs Kramnik, 2005 
click for larger view4) Charousek vs Maroczy, 1895 
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Jun-11-06
| | tpstar: PIN 5 = MATING NET:
1) Van Geet vs Guyt, 1967 
click for larger view2) Azmaiparashvili vs Shirov, 1990 
click for larger view3) Sokolsky vs Kotov, 1949 
click for larger view4) S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 
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Jun-12-06
| | tpstar: PIN 6 = RELATIVE:
1) De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750 
click for larger view2) Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848 
click for larger view3) Pavlov vs Dragos, 1987 
click for larger view4) Pulvermacher vs Capablanca, 1907 
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Jun-12-06
| | tpstar: PIN 7 = UNPINNING:
1) Stahlberg vs A Becker, 1944 
click for larger view2) B Suhle vs Anderssen, 1859 
click for larger view3) Jansa vs Ermenkov, 1978 
click for larger view4) L Baze vs T Palmer, 2004 
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Jun-12-06
| | tpstar: P) Giuoco Piano, 4. Ng5?? Qxg5 5. d4 Qxg2, could have won Be3 with 7 ... ed over 7 ... Nxd4, traded down well, saw potential to block f file if White doubles, White missed Discovery on Rg7 and 0-1. M) Philidor with 3. d4, 7. Bb5+ traded off KB for QB, even game out of opening, nice hole at d5, missed QR battery against f2, Black won 2 Pawns and got Rook to the 7th, White set trap to win piece but Black avoided it and won the Ne2 for 0-1. P) QGD Exchange as White, 7. Ne5!? Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. f4, could have trapped Bg6 with 12. f5, nice fork (21. Qe6+) to win a piece so 1-0. M) Philidor with 3. d4 (same opponent), 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bb5+ Nd7, traded Ng5 for Be6, then Black missed 14. Nc7+ winning the Queen = 1-0. P) Ruy Lopez Steinitz Defense, 4. 0-0 Bg4, piled on Nf3 (9 ... Nd4) so 10. g4 Nxb5 11. Nxb5 Bg6, recaptured 13 ... fxg6!? to half open f file but closed it with 19 ... gxf6, White had nice Nf5 while Black got nice Nf4, White blundered into Family Fork (Kg1 & Qd4) = 25 ... Ne2+ 0-1. M) Ruy Lopez as White, Cordel, Exchange, 7. d4 ed 8. Nxd4, 12. Qf3 over 12. Qxd7, Black dropped Bc5, trading Bf4 for Nd6 would have led to easier endgame, Black used R&N well, eventually piece up endgame converted by Queening. |
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Jun-14-06
| | tpstar: CROSS-PIN 1:
1) W Schelfhout vs NN, 1910 
click for larger view2) Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 
click for larger view3) Keene vs Robatsch, 1971 
click for larger view4) Cherepkov vs Petrosian, 1961 
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Jun-14-06
| | tpstar: CROSS-PIN 2:
1) Dreev vs E Gleizerov, 1992 
click for larger view2) V Mikenas vs Aronin, 1957 
click for larger view3) Pachman vs G Gunnarsson, 1967 
click for larger view4) Bannik vs Cherepkov, 1961 
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Jun-14-06
| | tpstar: CROSS-PIN 3:
1) I Farago vs K Bjerring, 1989 
click for larger view2) Kotov vs Kholmov, 1971 
click for larger view3) Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857 
click for larger view4) Tal vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1966 
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Jun-16-06
| | tpstar: Peter-Tony (SJC 6/16/06): 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. ed ed 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 Re8+ 8. Ne2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Bg4 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Rhe1 (14. Rdg1) Ne4 15. Qe3 Nb4 16. a3
click for larger view16 ... Na2+!? 17. Kb1 Nec3+ 18. Qxc3!? (18. bxc3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 traps the Na2; 19 ... Qf6 20. Ne5 Qf2) Nxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qf6 21. Re3 c6 22. Kc1 b5 23. b4 a5 24. g5 (24. h4) Qd6 25. ba Qxa3+ 26. Kd2 Qxa5 27. Ne5 b4 28. Nd1 b3+ 29. Ke2 bc 30. Nb2 Qb5+ 31. Nbd3 c1=Q 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Kf4!? Ra4 34. Rg3 Qe4# 0-1. Michael-Tony (SJC 6/16/06): 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ed ed 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Re1 0-0 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Rxe2 Qc8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qe1 h6 14. Bh4 Bb4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Be7 Bxe7 17. Rxe7 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rd1 (20. Kf1) Nf6 21. Rd2 Re1+ 22. Kh2 Kf8 23. Re2 (23. Re1) Rc1 24. g4 g6 25. f3 Nd7 26. Kg3 Nb6 
click for larger view27. Rh2? (27. b3) Nc4 28. b3 Na3 29. Ne2 Rxc2 30. Nf4 Rxh2 31. Kxh2 Ke7 32. Kg2 Kd6 33. Kf2 Nc2 34. Ne2 c5 35. dc+ Kxc5 36. Nf4 Nb4 37. a3 Nc2 38. b4+ Kd6 39. a4 Nxb4 (  ) 40. Ke2 Kc5 41. Kd2 Nc6 42. Kc3 d4+ 43. Kd2 Kb4 44. Nd3+ Ka5! (44 ... Kxa4 45. Nc5+ & 46. Nxb7) 45. Nb2 b6 46. Kd3 Kb4 47. Kc2 Ne5 48. f4 Nc4 49. Nxc4?! Kxc4 and Black won (0-1). |
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Jun-16-06
| | tpstar: French Winawer, French Exchange, French Tarrasch, Vienna Game, Center Game. P) Philidor Defense with 3 ... Be7? 4. de de 5. Nxe5, Black traded Queens so consider 5. Qxd8+ & 6. Nxe5 instead, might try f3 to protect won Pawn, good development, continued trading into B vs N endgame, knew how to corral Nh2 (set nice trap), Black erred by allowing White King to d5 while losing second Pawn, 33. Bxd7 trading down was easier win but White closed it out. M) Vienna into Center Game (3. d4 ed 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3), then 5 ... Nb4!? 6. Qd2 Nxe4?! and White should have won a piece with 7. Nxe4 Qe7 8. Qe2 d5 9. c3, instead 8. Bd3!? d5 9. a3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 dxe4 and Black was a Pawn up, traded down and castled on opposite wings, then BOOC endgame where Black should have lost Bishop (57 ... c5?? 58. Rd6+ & 59. Rxd5), then White blundered Bishop with same Fork motif (63. Be3?? Re2+ 64. Kd1 Rxe3) and 0-1. |
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Jun-23-06
| | tpstar: Damiano Defense - Main Line, Mate Line
M) QGD Slav, 4. Nf3 Be6!?, discussed inferior placement of QB on e6, won Pc4, won Pd5 with Discovered Check, won Pf2, then White blundered Be2 and 0-1. P) QGD with Nf6/Nc6 & Be7/Bd7, traded 9 ... dc 10. Bxc4 then kicked Bc4 with ... a6 & ... b5, Black erred with 20 ... b4? losing Pawn to 21. Qa4, White lost Pawn with 24. Ne5?! then lost piece with 26. Qa7?? Nd7, Black traded down into won endgame. M) 4N with 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qd4!? (6 ... Bxf2+!) 7. Nd3 Nxe4?! 8. Qe2 and White won a piece, then Black dropped Qc5 to pin Qe4 but lost Rook in process so 2 pieces down and 1-0. P) Dutch, good development but missed Pawn fork on e4 and lost piece, advanced 13. d5 leading to sharp position after 17. Bh6!?: 
click for larger viewBlack erred with 17 ... Qd7? 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qc3+ Rf6 21. Bxd5 and 1-0. M) 4N with 4. Bb5 a6?! 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qb6, White dropped Pb2 & Nc3, good defense and 0-1. M) Sicilian with 2. Bc4 & 3. Nf3 & 4. Ng5!?, discussed waste of time, traded Knights on d4 then White won Pd4, traded down and White won Pd6, good tactics to win 2 pieces for a Rook and easy endgame win. M) Ruy Lopez as White, won Pe5, then Black lost Queen on e file, good Queenside attack to win more material and 1-0. M) Philidor with 3. d4 f6!?, Black lost piece with 8 ... Be6?? 9. d5, then interesting sacrifice to create Family Fork: 
click for larger view15. Bxb6!? cxb6 16. Nxb6 Qb7 17. Nxa8! Qxb5 18. Nc7+ Kf7 19. Nxb5 1-0. |
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Jul-07-06
| | tpstar: Tony-Peter (SJC 7/7/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 ed 4. e5 Qe7 (4 ... Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5) 5. Be2 Ng4 6. Qxd4 Qb4+ 7. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. h3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nbd2 Rg8 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. f4 d5!? 14. ed cd 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. 0-0-0 Bb6 17. g3 Bc7 18. Rhe1!? Bxh3 19. Nxd6! Rxg3!? (19 ... Bxd6 20. Bg4+)
click for larger view20. Ndf5+ Bxf5 21. Nxf5+ Kf6 22. Nxg3 Bxf4+ 23. Kc2 Bxg3 24. Rh1! Bf4?! 25. Rdf1 Kg5? (25 ... Ke5!?) 26. Rh5+ Kg6 27. Rxf4 Re8 28. Rh2 and White won (1-0). Tony-Michael (SJC 7/7/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 (5 ... Ba5) 6. d4 ed 7. cd Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Bc3!? 9. Bxf7+! Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Qxc3 de 12. Nxe4 Qe7 13. 0-0 Qxe4?? (13 ... Nf6) 
click for larger view14. Ng5+ Ke8 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Re1 Bxe4 17. Rxe4+ Kd8 (17 ... Nge7) 18. Bg5+ Kd7? 19. Qh3+ Kd6 20. Qe6# 1-0. |
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Jul-07-06
| | tpstar: P) QGD Slav, good development, White played 10. a3 & 11. b4, Black broke with 14 ... a5 and then locked with 15 ... a4, White missed Discovery on Nh4, Black maneuvered QB to strong square on c4, nice Remove the Guard tactic to win Ne2 and converted 2 piece up endgame. M) KGA, White played passively with 7. c3!? 0-0 and  , unsound sacrifice on c6 because 11 ... dxc6 covered Bd6, Black missed Battery against f7 and lost Pf7, walked King over to Queenside for safety, then full Rook up and had Mate in 3 (45 ... Rfxg2+ instead of 45 ... Rgxg2+) but won anyway. |
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Jul-09-06
| | tpstar: P) Petrov with 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7, good development and opposite castling, White advanced g Pawn to g5 & later won by Black, White took Nxa7?! which trapped Knight after 33 ... Ra8, won RN vs R endgame but back rank mate was quicker. M) Danish Gambit, took both Pawns & 5 ... Nf6!? 6. e5 Bb4+, White could have regained 1 Pawn with 8. Bxf7+!, instead White dropped Bc4 & Nd2 for no compensation, Black ... 0-0-0 and mated on f2 for 0-1. P) Ruy Lopez Steinitz, should have been Noah's Arked (discussed trap at length), then 15. e5 Ng4?: 
click for larger view16. ed won a Pawn but 16. e6! wins a piece (Interference), Black sacrificed a piece for open lines on the Kingside, then White gained passed Pd7 and promoted with nice sacrifice (27. Qxf8+! Kxf8 28. d8=Q+) and mated soon. M) QGD Slav, 6. Bxf6 exf6, White blundered with 10. Bxc4?? b5 11. Bxb5 axb5, then erred with 12. a3?? Qxa4 13. Qxa4 bxa4 and 0-1. P) Budapest, won a Pawn in the opening, then quickly RRN vs RRN, Black regained Pawn into equal K&P endgame but White won. M) Sicilian Closed with 3. d3 & 5. b3!?, even middlegame, White won Ph7 but missed 23 ... Nxc2 winning exchange (so did Black), lost piece due to 26 ... f6 fork, eventually 3 Pawns for a piece and won RB vs R endgame on time. |
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Jul-11-06
| | tpstar: Peter-Tony (SH 7/11/06): 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cd cd 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. Qb3 b6 10. 0-0 Ne4
click for larger view11. Rac1?? (11. Rfd1) Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxd2 13. Qd1 Nxf1 14. Kxf1 0-0 and Black won (0-1). Michael-Tony (SH 7/11/06): 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. ed cd 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 a6 9. h3 e6 10. 0-0 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qe3 Qb6 14. Qd3 f6 15. Rfe1 Kf7 16. b4 g5 17. Bh2 h5 18. h4!? g4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxd4 21. Qe2 Rae8 22. Red1 Qc3 23. Ra2 Nd4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nf5 (25 ... Ne2+ & 26 ... Nc3 ) 26. e4!? de 27. g3 Rd8 28. Re1 e3 29. c4 Rd3 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rd8 
click for larger view33. Kf1 Rd2 34. Rxd2 exd2 35. Ke2 Ne3! 36. Kxd2 Nf1+ 0-1. Tony-Peter (SH 7/11/06): 1. e4 e5 2. f4 ef 3. Nf3 Bc5!? 4. d4 Bb6 5. Bxf4 Ne7 6. Bc4 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Kg2 c5!? 12. dc dc 13. Qe2 Nbc6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. Bg3 Nc8 
click for larger view18. Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Ng5! Qxc4 20. Qxc4+ 1-0. |
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