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Aug-22-06
 | | tpstar: Tony-Peter (SH 8/22/06): 1. e4 e5 2. f4 ef 3. Nf3 d6 (yes) 4. d4 Nf6 (no) 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxf4 Bd7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Qe2 Re8 9. 0-0-0 a5 10. e5 de!? (10 ... Nh5) 11. de Nh5
click for larger view12. e6 fe 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Ne5 Bxe6 (14 ... Nxf4 15. Nf7+ Kg8 16. Nxd8+) 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Qxh5 g6? 17. Nxg6+ 1-0. Tony-Michael (SH 8/22/06): 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d6!? (4 ... e4) 5. d5 Nb4 6. a3 Na6 7. e4 Nc5 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. b4 Na6 10. Be2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. c5!? dc 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. g4 cb 17. ab Bg6 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Qxa6 Rxb4?? (19 ... 0-0) 20. Qc8+ Qd8 21. Qxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rxb4 1-0. |
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Aug-23-06
| | tpstar: Interesting Ruy Lopez Steinitz trap that Michael found in a book and played against Art = 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg4 6. d4!? b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4!? (7 ... ed wins a Pawn) 8. Nxe5!:
click for larger viewNow 8 ... Bxd1? 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5# (Legal's Mate) so Black should play 8 ... dxe5 9. Qxg4 Nf6 and material is even. Compare J N Berger vs Frohlich, 1888 & Werner vs Stuttard, 1976 but I don't find this line in the db. They eventually reached this position: 
click for larger view1. Qf6 (wins material) Bd4? (1 ... Qb7) 2. Qxh6+!? (2. Qxc6  ) Bg7?! (2 ... Rg7 3. Qh8+ Rg8) 3. Qxc6?? (3. Qd6+ Qe7 4. Qxe7#) Rh8+ 0-1. Mate in Two one way becomes Mate in Two the other way. ;>D |
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Aug-25-06
| | tpstar: Peter-Tony (SJC 8/25/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. Qb3 0-0 7. d3 d6 8. Nbd2 (8. Bg5 Bird vs Burn, 1886 - Bird vs Zukertort, 1878 ) Bd7 9. Ba3 a5 10. b5 Ne7 11. Ng5 (11. d4 ed 12. cd Bg4  ] Qe8 12. Nxf7!? Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Qxf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7
click for larger view15. c4 (15. Rb1) Ng6 16. Ke2? (16. g3 Ng4 17. 0-0) Nf4+ 17. Kf1 Nxd3 18. Ke2 Nf4+ (18 ... Nxf2?! 19. c5!) 19. Kf3 g5 20. h3 h5 21. Bc1 (20. Raf1) g4+ 22. hg hg+ 23. Kg3 Ne2+ 24. Kh4 Bxf2+ 25. Kg5 Rg8+ 26. Kh6 Be3# 0-1. Michael-Tony (SJC 8/25/06): 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 (7 ... Bb7 Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983 ) 8. dc (8. Qc2) Nxc3 9. bxc3 bc 10. e3 0-0 
click for larger view11. Ne5!? (11. Bd3) Qf6 12. Nd3 (12. f4 Nc6 13. Qd6!?) Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 Qxc4 14. Rc1 Qa2+ 15. Ke1 Qxa3 16. Nxc5 d6 17. Nd3 Bb7 18. Rc7?? (18. f3 & 19. Kf2) Qa5+ 19. Nb4 Qxc7 0-1. |
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Aug-25-06
| | tpstar: Ruy Lopez Steinitz - strongly encourage 4. d4 for both to gain the center and avoid Noah's Ark situations. P) French Tarrasch, 5. Bd3 over 5. Ngf3, avoid 7. Bb5!? trading off Good Bishop, 12. Rd1? lost a Pawn to 12 ... Be2 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4 and Black was better, Black won second Pawn and was clearly winning with 18 ... Nc4 but lost Queen for Bishop, White gave back Queen to remain a Rook up, easy RR vs R win yet several chances to improve technique. M) Ruy Lopez Steinitz, 4. d4 over 4. Nc3, 6 ... Na5 7. Bd5?! lost time (7. 0-0), should have been Noah's Arked after 9. d4?! but Black played 9 ... Qc7, even middlegame until Black could have won Pe4, instead White won Pe5 and then advanced e4-e5 to fork Rd6 & Nf6 to win a piece, traded Queens and passed Pc7 was decisive. |
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Aug-28-06
| | tpstar: P) 1. e4 e5 2. d3, discussed 2 ... Bc5 over 2 ... Nf6, decent game out of opening except White had Bad Be2, allowed take-back to avoid White losing the exchange, soon Black dropped a Bc3 to Ne4 fork, won 2 Pawns, won B, traded Rooks into lost K&P endgame. M) 1. e3 d5 2. d4 Nc6!? 3. b3, he seems to like QN on c6 instead of ... Nbd7 or ... c5/... Nc6, good pressure on weak Kingside light squares, nice Knight outpost on c4, won material and mated on g2. P) Ruy Lopez Bird's, 4. Nxd4 exd4 was best, 5. 0-0 over 5. b3!?, unusual fork with Qc4 against Nd5 & Bc5, won Ra8, Black had good attack with QRN against Q on Kingside and should have won but misplayed it for 1-0. M) 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5!?, won a Pawn, then won exchange (Nxh8), weak back rank and 1-0. P) Polish, good opening by Black, even play until White lost a Pawn, 26 ... Nc5 over 26 ... Na5, 31 ... Ne5 over 31 ... Nb8, traded down into won endgame: 
click for larger viewHere 60 ... e2+ 61. Bxe2 Nxe2 62. Kxe2 Kc3 wins, instead 60 ... Kc3!? and drew. M) 1. d3 d5 2. f4 Nf6, great opening by Black with early ... e5, won Pf4 but gave it right back, good Kingside play and won Ph4, White trapped Queen against h7 so Q for R, White converted advantage nicely for 1-0. |
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Sep-08-06
| | tpstar: Tony-Peter (SJC 9/8/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. 0-0 Bg4 ( M Sharif vs Spassky, 1987 ) 8. h3 Bh5 9. a4 a6 10. Nbd2 d5!? (10 ... 0-0) 11. ed Nxd5 12. Qb3 Nf4 13. Re1 f6 14. d4 Ng6?! (14 ... Qe7!?) 15. g4 Nf4 16. gxh5 Nxh3+ (16 ... Qd7 17. Bf1 Nxh3+ 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Nh2) 17. Kf1 Rf8
click for larger view18. Ba3 Qd7? (18 ... Ne7) 19. Be6 Qd8 20. Bxh3 Rf7 21. Qe6+ Re7? 22. Qg8# 1-0. Tony-Michael (SJC 9/8/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 ef 4. Nf3 Bc5?! (4 ... Nf6 Spielmann vs H Wolf, 1907 ) 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bxf4 Qf6?! (6 ... Nf6; 6 ... Nge7) 7. Nd5 Qe6 (7 ... Qd8) 8. Bd3 Nf6? 9. Ng5 
click for larger view9 ... Ba5+ (9 ... Qg4 10. Be2 Qxg2 11. Bf3 Qxh1 12. Bxh1 ) 10. b4 Nxb4 11. Nxe6 Nxc2+ 12. Kf1 dxe6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qxc2 c6 15. d5 cd? (15 ... Bd7) 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxa5 de 18. Bb5 1-0. |
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Sep-08-06
| | tpstar: P) Petrov with 5. b3!?, E Cravens vs M Patrick, 1996 , look closer at ... Qf6 possibilities, equal out of opening with opposite castling, traded major pieces, won Bb2 due to Discovery (23 ... d3+!), BN vs BNN and converted lengthy endgame. M) Ruy Lopez with 3 ... a6 4. Ba4 Bc5, discussed 4 ... Nf6, Cordel Edward Lasker vs Alekhine, 1924 , lost Pb5, lost Pe5, should have lost Pf7 = busted, White didn't take right away and Black won exchange on a1, then Black won Bf7 after Removing Defender (18 ... d6 19. Nxc6+ Kxf7) so R for 3P, traded down to win. |
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Sep-11-06
| | tpstar: P) Vienna into KGA, 5. Nge2? Nxe4 and Black already up a Pawn, even middlegame, nice Discovery to trade Queens, White got Bh7 trapped, Black converted RB vs R endgame for 0-1. M) QGD Slav, 4. Bg5 dc 5. Bxf6!? exf6, consolidated Pc4 with 10 ... b5, erred with 11 ... c5? losing a Pawn, should have developed before chasing Pb2 with Queen, lost piece to Rook fork (Qa2 & Na6), down 2 pieces and 1-0. P) Borg, discussed 3. f4, 4. b3/5. Bb2 very slow plan, Black got decent game out of the opening, White should have lost exchange from extended Knight fork (18 ... Ne3 19. Rf2 Nc2), Black sacrificed exchange for attack, White missed best defense a few times and Black won. M) Irregular QP = 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5, gave up a Pawn to advance Kingside Pawns with tempo, good tactics to use Bishops & Queen and infiltrate, won Q for RB for 0-1. P) QGD Slav as White, even opening and middlegame, drawn Q6P vs Q6P endgame but White traded Queens and Black should have won, then Black dropped a key Pawn and White should have won, then White got King outside the Square so Black won. K&P endgame technique discussed at length. M) Ruy Lopez with 4 ... Bc5 5. Nc3, Fork Trick 7. Nxe5 but Black didn't racapture so White won a Pawn, should have castled but played 9. e5!? & 11. e6?!, Black had quick win with 13. 0-0? Rxf2!, instead 13 ... Nxf2 but attack too much and 0-1, 22. Sound opening play discussed at length. |
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Sep-15-06
| | tpstar: Peter-Tony (SJC 9/15/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nd5!? (7. a4 Yurtaev vs V Shinkevich, 2002 ; 7. d3 ; 7. 0-0) Nxe4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Nxf2!? (9 ... Nf6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Nxd5? 12. Qxd5 ) 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2!? (11. Qxf2) d6 12. d3 Bg4 13. Ne3 (13. Be3) Nd4 14. Qd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 (16. Kg2) Qh3 17. Bd5 c6 18. c3 cxd5 19. cxd4 Qe6 20. Qb3 (20. Bd2) ed 21. Nxd5 Qe1+ 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Nf4 g5
click for larger view24. Qd5 Re5 (24 ... gxf4? 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2) 25. Qxd4 gxf4 26. Qxf4 Re2+ 27. Kh3 Qf1+ 28. Kh4 Qf2+ 29. Kh3 Qf2+ 30. Kh4 Qxh2+ 31. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 32. Kg3 Rh1 33. b3 Rc8 34. Bb2 Rxa1 35. Bxa1 Rc2 36. a4 ba 37. ba Ra2 38. Bf6 Rxa4 39. f4 h6 40. Kg4 Kh7 41. Bh4 Rd4 0-1. Michael-Tony (SJC 9/15/06): 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. Bg5!? (7. e3 Tartakower vs P F Johner, 1929 ) h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. d5 (10. e3 & 11. Bd3) Bxc3 11. Qxc3 e5 
click for larger view12. g3? (12. e3; 12. g4!?) g5 13. Bxg5 (13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5) hxg5 14. Qe3 (14. Nxg5) Nh7 15. Bh3 f5 16. Rd4!? Qf6 17. Rd3 g4 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Nh4 Qg5 0-1. |
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Sep-15-06
| | tpstar: P) QGD Slav 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6, S Takacs vs Spielmann, 1922 , White traded 7. Bxf6 exf6 so Black had 2 sets of doubled Pawns, even middlegame, traded down evenly into N vs B endgame, White obtained passed Pd5, Black erred by trading B for N into lost K&P endgame for 1-0. M) Scandinavian 2. ed Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nxc3 5. Qf3!? e6 6. dxc3, consider 6. Qxc3 to keep Pawns intact Kholmov vs H Bohm, 1975 , 7. Bb5+ wasted time, White intended 0-0-0 anyway (12. b3 & 13. Bb2), even QRN vs QRB middlegame, 24. Nh4? should have lost a Pawn (24 ... ef), instead 24 ... Bf7? lost a Pawn, White missed Mate in One (32. Qe8#), traded down into won K&P endgame with just enough technique to win. Discussed 2 shorter methods at length. |
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Sep-18-06
| | tpstar: K&P 5:
1) Geometry = Reti, 1921
click for larger view2) Geometry = Grigoriev, 1931
click for larger view3) Queen with Check = Najdorf vs J Vinuesa, 1941 
click for larger view4) Queen with Check = Ljubojevic vs Browne, 1972 
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Sep-18-06
| | tpstar: K&P 6:
1) Breakthrough Stock Position
click for larger view2) Breakthrough = A Pomar-Salamanca vs J Cuadras, 1974 
click for larger view3) Breakthrough = Capablanca vs A G Conde, 1919 
click for larger view4) Breakthrough = Wade vs Korchnoi, 1960 
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Sep-18-06
| | tpstar: K&P 7:
1) Backward Pawn = Philidor, 1747
click for larger view2) Backward Pawn = H Suechting vs Janowski, 1897 
click for larger view3) Backward Pawn = J N Berger vs Marshall, 1905 
click for larger view4) Backward Pawn = Khalifman vs L Zsinka, 1989 
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Sep-18-06
| | tpstar: K&P 8:
1) PPP = Gligoric vs Udovcic, 1970 
click for larger view2) PPP = Illescas-Cordoba vs Shirov, 2003 
click for larger view3) PPP = Albin vs Charousek, 1897 
click for larger view4) PPP = Staunton vs E Williams, 1851 
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Sep-22-06
| | tpstar: Tony-Peter (SJC 9/22/06): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 Qa5+ 6. N1c3 Bb4 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Nf6 (8 ... Nge7!?) 9. Bd2 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. 0-0-0 0-0 (11 ... Ke7!?) 12. a3 Nc6 13. f3 d6 (13 ... a6) 14. Nb5 Rd8 15. Bg5 d5!? 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nxd5 Rd6?!
click for larger view18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne7+ Nxe7 20. Rxd6 Be6 21. Be2 Rc8 22. Rhd1 f5 (22 ... Kg7) 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Rb8 fe 26. fe Bc8?! (26 ... b6 27. Rb7 Nc8) 27. Kd2 Kf8?? 28. Bg4 Ke8 29. Bxc8 Nxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kd7 31. Rh8 1-0. Tony-Michael (SJC 9/22/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 ed 4. e5 Ng4!? (4 ... Ne4) 5. Qxd4 (5. h3 Nh6 6. Bxh6 gxh6 7. Qxd4) d6 6. h3 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qxe5+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 (=) 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. Ne3 Bg6 13. Bc4 Bc5!? (13 ... Nc6; 13 ... 0-0) 14. Nd5 Kd7!? 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. 0-0-0 Nc6? (16 ... Bxf4+ 17. Nxf4) 17. Nxc7! Kxc7 18. Rxd6 Kc8 (18 ... Kb6) 19. Rhd1 Bf5 (19 ... a6 20. Re7 ) 
click for larger view20. Rxc6+! bxc6 1-0 (21. Ba6#). |
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Sep-22-06
| | tpstar: P) NID 4. Bd2 d5 5. e3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4, 5 ... 0-0 Sajtar vs Szabo, 1953 instead, Black played early 9 ... b5!? hitting the Qc4 but leaving big holes, consider 9 ... 0-0 and hold off on Queenside Pawn storm until castling, White dropped a Pawn, then Black dropped a Pawn, missed opportunity to win exchange (22 ... d3! 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Bf5 25. Qc4 Bd3), White won exchange but Black had 2 connected passed Pawns, had quicker win with 34 ... Bd3! which forces Queening but soon 0-1. M) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 as White, discussed 2. c4 at length, moved KN twice (6. Ne5!?) followed by Kingside Pawn advance, reviewed importance of early castling, White moved Queen 3 times looking for repetition, Black won exchange (16 ... Nd4 17. Qg3 Nxc2+), White later won Pawn back (28. Rxc5! Bxc5 29. Bxe6) and game ended with Black up exchange. |
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Sep-24-06
| | tpstar: P) Ruy Lopez with 5. Nc3, later 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 ed 10. Nxd4, Black kicked Bg5 with 12 ... h6 & 13 ... g5!?, 17. Nb3 over 17. Rb1, nice fork on Pa5 & Pc6, Black erred with 23 ... c6? 24. Bxd6 losing a piece so 1-0. M) Giuoco Piano with 3 ... h6!?, discussed Bxf7+ traps, good development and 0-0, Black played 12 ... Qg6 & 13 ... Bh3 winning exchange (14. Qf3 Bg4), trade Pawns but not pieces when down material, won Pd5 for RB5P vs RR4P ending and eventual K&P draw against Rook Pawn. P) Sicilian Pelikan, 5. Nb5 over 5. Nf3, Black sacrificed a piece for 2 Pawns (18 ... Nxg4!? 19. hxg4 Bxg4), later lost exchange so NNR vs RR, Knight fork on c7 & 1-0. M) Pirc, Black played early 6 ... c6 & 7 ... b5, faulty to capture on b2, Black up 2 Pawns until dropping piece, RN vs R ending, Black advanced center Pawns well and had tactic to regain material (27 ... e4+  ), then won Knight by Removing the Guard, R3P vs R3P which should have been drawn but incorrect technique and White won. P) KID with 4 ... Ne7, White won Pc7, later won Rf8, defended against attack well and won more material for 1-0. M) Ruy Lopez Archangel, reviewed Noah's Ark themes, 7. Ng5?! bad idea, Black set trap to win Queen and White fell for it (16 ... Ne5 17. Qxd4?? Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxd4), White played well to win exchange so RR vs Q but dropped Ra7 to Queen fork. Discussed doubling Rooks on 7th as draw in hand, also keeping Rooks connected against Queen. |
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Sep-29-06
| | tpstar: Peter-Tony (SJC 9/29/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 ed 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 (9. Bd3 A Schwarz vs Mackenzie, 1882 ) h6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bf4 (11. Be3) Re8 12. Qd3 Ng4 13. Bg3 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rad1?! (17. Re2) Rf6 18. Qe2 Rxf2 19. Qc4 (19. Qxf2!? Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2) Qg5
click for larger view20. g3 Rxc2+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 22. Re2 Qf3+ 0-1.
Michael-Tony (SJC 9/29/06): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 a6 4. a4 (4. d3 Degraeve vs I Efimov, 2001 ) Nf6 5. e5 de 6. Nxe5 e6 7. b3!? Bd6 8. Bb2 0-0 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxh2+! 12. Kh1 Bxd7 13. Bxf6!? (13. g3?! Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qxg3) gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kg8 15. Bd3 (15. Qh4 Be5) f5 16. Qg5 Be5 17. c3 (17. Nc3) Rg8 18. Qh4 Bc6 19. Bf1 Rg4 20. Qh6 Rag8 21. Qh3 Bf6 
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Sep-29-06
| | tpstar: P) Giuoco Piano with 3 ... g6, Mednis vs Korchnoi, 1986 , good development, Black dropped a piece (9. Qxf6 Nxf6?? 10. f4) for 2 Pawns, consider 14. Bg5 (threat 15. Bf6) over 14. Re1, lost time repositioning KR, won Pawn due to fork on f file, could have traded pair of Rooks earlier, RN vs R for 1-0. M) Sicilian Richter-Rauzer, 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5!?, Unzicker vs W Fleischmann, 1946 , good development, equal middlegame until Black got 18 ... d5 in, White won Pawn nicely with 20. Nxd4! Zwischenzug, lost exchange to Skewer (Bg5/Qe3/Rc1), Black won another Pawn and traded down well to win. |
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Oct-01-06
| | tpstar: P) Ruy Lopez Steinitz, Black lost a Pawn with 4 ... a6? 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. de, good development, Black traded with 18 ... Ng5 19. Nxg5 but erred with 19 ... Bxd1? 20. Qh7#. M) Petrov with 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6? losing a Pawn, White developed quickly and won exchange (14. Nxc7+), won another piece but had quick mate with 17. Rxd7+! Kxd7 18. Bb5+ etc. P) Irregular KP (2 ... Qf6!?), good position out of the opening, won Pawn with Zwischenzug (11. ba Nxc4 12. ab Rb8 13. dxc4), won piece due to a Pawn promoting, Black had counterplay with battery down f file, eventually RNB vs R endgame and won R with Discovery for 1-0. M) Ruy Lopez Steinitz, 4. d4 Bg4 5. d5 a6 6. Bxc6+, discussed 6. Ba4 b5 7. dxc6 bxa4 8. c4 instead, missed Skewer (Bb4/Qc3/Re1) and Black won material, Black dropped piece (20 ... Nxc2?? 21. Qa4+) so BN for R, sacrificed f & g Pawns to open lines but nothing there, 26. fe fe 27. Qe6+ would have been strong, eventually Black had 3 Pawns and was about to win a minor piece so 0-1. P) Scotch Gambit, White regained Pawn with even position, RRN vs RRB, even RP endgame but Black could have won 1 Pawn and possibly converted, instead BSQ and 1/2-1/2. M) Businessman's Opening, 2 ... Bf5 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 Nb4?! 5. c3? Nc2+, suspect opponent was letting him win due to age, soon lost 2 pieces for Rook, White consolidated and 1-0. |
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Oct-06-06
| | tpstar: Tony-Peter (SJC 10/6/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 a6? (4 ... d6; 4 ... Nge7 Larry Evans vs Fischer, 1960 ) 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qd4!? (6 ... Nf6) 7. Nf3 Qd8 8. c3 Qe7 9. d4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. e5 Nd7 (11 ... Nd5 12. c4 Nf4) 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ne3 0-0 14. Qd3 c5!? (14 ... Nb6 to cover f5) 15. Nf5 Qe6
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Tony-Michael (SJC 10/6/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 ed 6. cd Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4!? (7 ... Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 V Green vs Steinitz, 1862 ) 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ Ke8 (11 ... Kf8) 12. Qxb4 c5!? 13. Qb5+ Kf8 (13 ... Bd7?! 14. Qxd5) 14. 0-0 cd 15. f3 Nd6 16. Qxd5 Bf5 
click for larger view17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxf5+ Kg8?? (18 ... Qf6 19. Qc5+ Nd6 =) 19. Qe6+ 1-0. |
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Oct-06-06
| | tpstar: P) Ruy Lopez Exchange, 5. 0-0 Bd6 Radjabov vs Aronian, 2006 , even position out of the opening, White got a Rook on the 7th and doubled on the d file, Black held well and might have traded down to equal QR vs QR endgame, instead erred and White won 3 Pawns, game ended by Family Fork for 1-0. M) Stonewall without f4, Black equalized (2 ... Nc6 & 3 ... e5), discussed 4 ... Nf6 over 4 ... e4 to set trap (5. Nf3?? e4), 10. 0-0? should have lost to 10 ... Bxh2+! 11. Kxh2 (11. Kh1 Qh4) Ng4+ & 12 ... Nxe3 & 13 ... Nxc2 winning the exchange (Extended Fork), instead 10 ... Ng4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Qh4 (12 ... Bxh2+) 13. h3 0-0!? 14. hxg4? Bh2+ Mate in Three for 0-1. |
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Oct-08-06
| | tpstar: P) English 3. g3 d5, good development but White got big center, Black missed pin on d Pawn and lost piece for 2 Pawns (20. d6 Bxd6. Qf5 should have been decisive, pin on Nf6, White traded down to piece up endgame. M) QP Chigorin Defense, seems to like QN on c6, discourage ... Bf5 + ... g6!?, White had nice Queenside Pawn advance but Black held until hanging Rd8 for 1-0. P) English 3. g3 d5, White lost a Pawn early, Black traded down into RR5P vs RR3P & 0-1. M) Giuoco Pianissimo as White, Strong Point Variation, closed center, good pin on Nf6 and won 2 Pawns (19. Nxg5! hxg5?! 20. Qxg5+ Kf8 21. Qh6+!) and mated shortly. P) QGD/Bogo-Indian, awkward Queenside development for Black, series of trades into even K&P endgame for 1/2. M) Sicilian Dragon, 6. Be3 a6 7. Bc4!? (Sozin), discussed 7. f3 at length, White lost Pb2, won piece with fork on Qc8/Bc6, quicker win with 25. Rxe6! Rxe6 26. Bd5 regaining the Rook, up 2 pieces and Black mated for 1-0. |
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Oct-14-06
| | tpstar: Peter-Tony (SJC 10/13/06) [Fritz 7]: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. de Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bc5 6. e3 Qe7 [last book move] 7. Bg5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Qc5 (8 ... Qe6?! 9. Nd4) 9. Bd3 [9. Bf4!?  ] Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 d6 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Qb3 0-0 16. Rhd1 Re8 [16 ... Nb4 17. Bb1  ] 17. Qb1 h6 [17 ... Nb4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Kf1 Nxa2 20. Rd5 ] 18. Kf1 Ne5 [18 ... Nb4 19. Be2  ] 19. Be2 Rb8 [19 ... Nd7!? ]
click for larger view20. Qb5 [ ] Qxb5 21. cxb5 Be6 22. Rxc7 Bxa2 23. Rxd6 Ng6 24. Rc2 Nxf4 25. Rxa2 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Ra8 27. Rd7 Reb8 28. Rc2 a6 [28 ... a5 ] 29. ba (29. Rcc7 takeback) Rxa6 [29 ... ba!? 30. Rcc7 Rc8 ] 30. Rcc7 b5 31. Rxf7 Ra2+ 32. Kf3 (32. Kd3) Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rb7 Rb2 35. e4 b4 36. e5 b3 37. e6 Rb1 38. Ke4 b2 [38 ... Re1+] 39. Kf5 [ ] Rd1 40. Rxb2 Rd5+ 41. Ke4 Rg5 42. f4 Rg4 43. g3 Ke7 44. Kf5 h5 45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. e7 1-0. Michael-Tony (SJC 10/13/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. d4!? ed 7. cd Bb4+ 8. Nbd2!? (8. Bd2) Nxe4 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Bd3 (10. Qxe4 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 ) Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Re8 12. Be4 d5 13. 0-0 Rxe4 14. Be3 Bg4 15. h3 Nxd4!? 
click for larger view16. Qd1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rxe3 18. hxg4 (18. fxe3 Bxh3) Re6 19. Qb3 Rb6 20. Rfd1 c6 21. a3 Bd6 22. Qe3 Qh4 23. f4 Qxg4+ 24. Qg3 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Bxf4 26. b4 a5 27. ba Rxa5 28. Rd4 Be5 29. Re1 f6 30. Rd3 Rba6 31. Ree3 Bd6 0-1. |
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| | tpstar: P) Evans Gambit, discussed Lasker Defense I Panagopoulos vs Stefansson, 1993 , 5 ... Ba5 over 5 ... Bc5, both sides castled so Black safe, White has nice Pawn center after f2-f4, both Black Knights on the rim, eventually e4-e5 so Black blockaded central Pawns with 20 ... Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5, White missed check and 0-1. M) 4N 4. Bb5, Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886 , 4 ... d6 5. b3!? Bd7, even out of opening, 8 ... Nd4!? transposed into Bird's Defense set-up, lost Pawn but got play for it, good attack against 0-0-0, advanced P to a2, 34 ... Rb1! nice Queening combination and won Rook up endgame for 0-1. |
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