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| May-13-09 | | just a kid: <Jess>That video link you sent me was the same link I sent you.Blink-182 songs are catchy... |
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| May-13-09 | | just a kid: I'm down 2-0 against Blacksburg... |
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May-14-09
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Tyler>- hints for beating <Blacksburg> in corrspondence- I beat him in the only game we played so far- so I think these tips are "live info"- 1. Try to convince him it's actually a Blitz game.
2. Frequently send him messages like
"Are you sure you want to do that?"
"You realize you are hanging the bishop, eh?"
"Oh is it my move already? I thought you'd resigned"
3. Wait for his computer to malfunction so that it takes so much time to repair that he times out on the game. I hope these will help!! |
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| May-14-09 | | just a kid: <JFQ>LOL!!!!! |
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| May-14-09 | | Travis Bickle: <jessicafischerqueen> Im making a playlist of my favorite Elton John songs now. ; ) |
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| May-14-09 | | benjinathan: Here is as playlist of my favorite elton john songs: 1) |
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| May-14-09 | | Travis Bickle: <jessicafischerqueen> Jess here's another early song by Elton you might not have heard before. Take Me To The Pilot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEX... |
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| May-15-09 | | CRISMELDRE: jessicafischerqueen: You have the greatest <avatar> I've ever seen. Thanks for visiting my forum..Your collection of the Great GM Bobby Fischer games is very interesting..Like Fischer against the Russians. |
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May-15-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: <CRISMELDRE>
You're very welcome!
And I agree-
This is in fact a most excellent games collection:
Game Collection: Fischer vs The Russians It was of course created by <wanabe2000>, and one of the great strengths of this collection is the list of very fine other <Fischer games collections> in the introduction. |
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May-15-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: FICS Game Day
<CHKURMATE v jessicafischerque> 90/0 I finally win against the cursed <Alapin> 1. e4 c5
2. c3 Nf6
3. d3 Nc6
4. Nf3 d6
5. Nbd2
click for larger viewOk all I remembered from my many recent study and training sessions against the <Alapin> is that if they play <2.c3> straight off you whip out your Knight to <f6>. After I managed to do this, I found myself not remembering the line he chose to play- but we accidentally followed a known variation to this position. Now I deviate (unknowingly) with
5...a6?
6.d4 cxd4
7.cxd4 e6
8.a3 b5?
click for larger viewWhite can play <9.a4> here and pose a problem, though I'm not sure how big- If <9.a4 Bb7 10.a5!> might cause problems. Sharper though, might be <9.a4 b4> with chaos to come... 9.Qc2 Bb7
10.g3 Rc8
11.Qd3 Be6
12.Ng5?
click for larger viewI think this is premature- unless he's got some really deep and specific calcultion "in hand" it seems like a free tempo for me- 12...0-0
13.Bg2 h6
14.d5??
click for larger viewWhich drops a whole piece of course to
14...Ne5
Which I find but then I make a couple of potentially serious errors that might have cost me the whole game... I find it extraordinarily difficult to bear down and find the best continuation after someone just gives away a piece like this. Doubtless, I will have to learn to do this better. |
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May-15-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Position after I've just played
14...Ne5
click for larger view15.Qb3 hxg5
16.dxe6 fxe6?
I played this virtually without thinking and look at the complications that arise from the Chess Gods to punish me for this insolent attitude-- Better was <16...d5>, because it gives me command of the <a2-g8> diagonal and pretty much snuffs out any immediate counterplay for White. 17.Qxe6+ Rf7?
click for larger viewI'm playing far too hastily and <17...Rf7> is just awful IMO- My idea here is arrange things so as to evict his Queen by playing <...Qd7>, but my text move was clumsy I think and led to problems in a few moves. Or, at least, they <seemed> like problems at the time. 18.h4 gxh4
19.Rxh4 Qd7
20.Bh3
click for larger viewNow here I got an unpleasant psychological shock- Once I realized that I couldn't profitably trade Queens= Ie- <20...Qxe6 Bxe6> and I lose the exchange- So I spent over 20 minutes calculating here- mainly seeing ghosts. I had an exaggerated "fear response" at this moment in the game- Totally without justification, it turns out. Even if I give up the exchange I'm a full piece up and winning in all variations unless I make an outright blunder. But in "reality" I had to take a long break here- a long think- and I settled down enough to find a crushing continuation- although now that I'm analyzing, I can see that almost any move wins for Black- But I <didn't> see that while playing- and this may be the most instructive point for me regarding this game. 20...Nd3+
click for larger viewAnd he played on for four moves before resigning this position- 21.Ke2 Nxc1+
22.Rxc1 Rxc1
23.Qxf7+ Kxf7
24.Bxd7 Nxd7
click for larger viewSo to sum this up=
1. I played against the dreaded <Alapin> and didn't make any real mistakes in the Opening- I'm very happy about this because on <Yahoo> I used to get routinely creamed by <Alapin> players. 2. He gave me a piece for free and my job was then to win a won game. 3. I was relieved to have a won game so early, and played too quickly 4. He tried for active counterplay, which I overestimated and this caused me to start seeing ghosts and to seriously underevaluate my advantage. 5. I took a long, long think on move <20> and calmed down enough to pursue a winning continuation. 6. In analysis, only then did I realize that on move <20> ALL moves are winning continuations. heh
LIVE AND LEARN I guess... |
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| May-16-09 | | Eyal: <Jess> I think you're being a little too harsh on yourself with all those question marks you attach to your moves, especially in the later part of the game. Maybe you felt nervous and like you were missing things, but the actual moves played on the board, once you won the piece, were all basically ok (even if you could have been slightly more accurate here and there) and you never allowed your opponent real counterplay at any point. In the opening, a6-b5 may have been a somewhat dubious conception - though I'm not sure at all about how things stand after 9.a4 b4 (and psychologically it's not easy to play a move like a4 immediately after playing a3 - but why did he play 8.a3 anyway, in the first place?). At any rate, your opponent's opening play was completely atrocious, so this time you weren't seriously "tested" in the Alapin. In fact, it was so bad - especially the awkward way he handled his queen - that even before he blundered the piece you had a tactical opportunity to gain a near-decisive advantage, after 11.Qd3: 
click for larger viewHere 11...Be7 is perfectly good as a normal developing move, but even stronger is 11...Qa5! with the threat of ...Nb4! E.g. 12.Qc3 Qxc3 13.bxc3 Na5/e7 (or almost any other square, as long as it clears the diagonal for the bishop) and either c3 or e4 have to fall; or 12.Rb1 Ne5! 13.dxe5 Bxe4 winning material. But of course the tactics are not easy to see, especially when you're still thinking in opening - rather than middlegame - mode, so to speak. Also, as Bronstein once said, when your opponent blunders there's often no need to refute his move immediately, since it's only the prelude to an even worse blunder... |
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| May-16-09 | | Woody Wood Pusher: Hey <JFQ>
Nice game!
I agree with <Eyal> (great analysis btw <Eyal>!) please don't feel the need to put question marks next to your moves after analyzing with a computer just because it doesn't think they are 'best'. Chess is a human struggle, ultimately what wins, wins! Plus I think you converted the win nicely.
It really is difficult to keep hold of the position once your opponent has blundered and mixed everything up. Anybody who pretends winning every won game is easy is fooling themselves, you did just fine! P.S.
How is the hustling tourists at blitz in Seoul coming along? |
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| May-16-09 | | Woody Wood Pusher: <JFQ> I just read something in a forum you might be interested in. Next time you are on FICS type
<finger surveybot>
and
<tell surveybot ratings fide estimate> |
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| May-16-09 | | just a kid: Here's a joke.What do you call a dog with no legs? |
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| May-16-09 | | just a kid: I think this game perfectly shows my style of play.Comments are welcome. [White "just a kid"]
[Black "french47"]
[Event "InstantChess"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCause "0"]
[ICEcause "2"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.O-O Be7 12.Re1 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Ncxe7 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5 16.Re5 Qd6 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.Rc5 Bd7 19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Qa4 a6 22.Qe8+ Qf8 23.Qxf8+ Kxf8 24.Rc7 b5 25.Ne5 Kg8 26.Nxf7 Rb7 27.Rxb7 Bxb7 28.Nd6 Bd5 29.b3 Kf8 30.f3 Ke7 31.Ne4 a5 32.Nc3 Bc6 33.Kf2 Kd6 34.Ke3 b4 35.Ne4+ Kd5 36.f4 a4 37.bxa4 Bxa4 38.Nc5 Bb5 39.g3 Bc4 40.Nb3 Bb5 41.h4 Kc4 42.Nc5 Kc3 43.Nxe6 Kb2 44.Nc7 Bd7 45.Nd5 Ka3 46.Nxb4 Kxb4 47.Ke4 g6 48.Ke5 Kc4 49.d5 Kc5 50.d6 Kc6 51.Kf6 Bf5 52.Ke7 h5 53.a4 Bc8 54.a5 Kb5 55.d7 Bxd7 56.Kxd7 Kxa5 57.Ke6 1-0 |
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| May-16-09 | | Boomie: <just a kid>
Nice game. I like the way you traded down to get your rook on the 7th rank. And the piece sac in the endgame is a great concept whether it's best or not. Following the Opening Explorer (OE) or some opening database may show some improvements. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5
As you can see from the OE, Opening Explorer, 4...c5 is unusual but playable for black. In fact black seems to have better winning chances than the usual Be7. (4... Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qd6=) 5. e3
This is maybe too passive but it isn't a bad move. The more common 5. cxd5 has had more success. (5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7
(6...Nc6 7. Qd2 exd5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nxd5 Qd6 10. e4  )
click for larger view7. e4 Nc6 8. Qe3 Nxd5 9. exd5 Bxg5 10. f4 Nb4 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Nb5 Qc5+ 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. Nxa8 Be3+ 17. Kb1 exd5 18. a3 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Nc2+ 20. Ka2 Rxa8 21. Bd3 Be4 22. Ne2 Bxg2 23. Bxc2 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Rc8 25. Kb1  )
click for larger viewI included so many moves in this variation because a lot of it is forced and it's just great fun. 5...cxd4 6. exd4=
click for larger viewNotice this position can be reached from the Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack. (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4) Opening Explorer I hope this helps you a little bit. You are getting stronger and I'm sure your great love of the game will carry you to greater heights. |
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| May-16-09 | | just a kid: <Boomie>Very good comment! |
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| May-16-09 | | just a kid: Finally!I get to show off the Bh7+ sac!!
[White "just a kid"]
[Black "Cousin Checkmate"]
[Event "InstantChess"]
[BlackElo "1415"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCause "2"]
[ICEcause "4"]
[Annotator "just a kid"]
1.e4 c5 2.b4 e6 3.bxc5 Bxc5 4.d4 Bb6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.c3 O-O 7.Bd3 Ng6 ( 7...d5 8.e5 Nbc6? 9.Bxh7+! Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg8 ( 10...Kg6 11.h4 with12.h5+ ♔h6 13.♘xf7+ ) 11.Qh5 Re8 12.Qh7+ Kf8 13.Ba3 Marshall-stodie 1920 ) 8.e5 Nh8? 8...♘c6 is better,but White still has a slight edge according to Crafty. 9.Bxh7+! Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg8 11.Qh5 The game is pretty much over. Qxg5 12.Bxg5 f5 13.Be7 g6 14.Qh6 Rf7 15.Bf6 Rh7 16.Qg5 Rh5 17.Qg3 Kf7 18.Bxh8 Rxh8 19.Qg5 Bd8 20.Qe3 b6 21.Nd2 Ba6 22.Nf3 Nc6 23.Ng5+ Bxg5 24.Qxg5 ♗lack is really weak on the dark squares Kg7 25.Qf6+ Kh7 26.h4 Raf8 27.Qg5 f4 28.h5 The final dagger in the heart Bd3 29.hxg6+ Kg8 30.Rxh8+ Kxh8 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Qh7# 1-0 |
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| May-17-09 | | ForeverYoung: re: the Bobby Fischer movie.
Instead of that nobody they cast in the title role how about that leading man from "Twilight" to play Bobby. I thinking today about that and thought that they should have chose him to play The Man. |
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| May-17-09 | | blacksburg: <Instead of that nobody they cast in the title role> that <nobody> is the director. he cast himself. i wonder if he even bothered to hold auditions. |
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| May-17-09 | | blacksburg: nice game, <kid>. 8...Nh8 was just asking for it. |
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May-18-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Anyone who doesn't love studying chess is crazy.
AROOOOOOOOOOO |
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| May-18-09 | | sneaky pete: <JFQ> That's just what the world champion, Dr. Siegfried Fischer, said in 1935. "Da kann einer vier Meter lang sein, Schach muß er spielen, sonst ist er ein Tepp." The full quote is on my profile. |
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| May-18-09 | | notyetagm: Do you know if Wesley So is going to be playing at the 2009 Youth Vs Experience tournament? Fantasy picks:
So Hou
Giri
Nyzhnyk |
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