Friday, March 25, 2011

A Game with Rich









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boyderamblockchillt - rgautier
1-0, 3/25/2011.
[#] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h4 Nh5? +1.02
[11...h5 12.Kb1 +0.37]
12.g4? +0.29
[12.Nd5 b5 +1.02]
12...Ng3 13.Rh2 Nxf1 14.Rxf1 h6 15.g5 h5 16.Rg2? -0.33
[16.Nd5 Be6 +0.72]
16...g6? +0.64
[16...Bh3 17.Nd5 -0.33]
17.Nd5 Be6? +1.12
[17...Bh3 18.Bxb6 +0.37]
18.Nxe7? +0.22
[18.Bxb6 Qb8 +1.12]
18...Qxe7 19.f4? -0.44
[19.Rd1 Qb7 +0.22]
19...exf4? +0.18
[19...Bh3 20.f5 -0.44]
20.Bxf4 Bxb3? +0.68
[20...Rfd8 21.Qe3 +0.07]
21.axb3 Qxe4 22.Re2 Qd4 23.Bxd6 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Rfd8 25.Bc7 Rxd2 26.Kxd2 Ra7? +1.36
[26...b5 27.c3 +0.22]
27.Bxb6 Rd7 28.Kc1 Nb4 29.Bc5 Nd5 30.c4 Nc7 31.Kc2 Ne6 32.Bb4 Nd4 33.Kb1 Nxb3 34.Re1 Kg7 35.Bc3 Kg8? +156.50
[35...Kf8 36.Bb4 +1.07]
36.Re8 Kh7 37.Rh8# [1-0]

The interesting thing about Amateur chess is just how many inaccuracies there are - it's almost like the two players are playing a different game. Here is a 5 minute game I lost because I didn't stop and think - several times, but critically at move 35. It should have been automatic to move Kf8, but I choked and gave the game to my opponent. The other big kick in the pants belongs to move 16, where I miss Bh3 completely (and for the next two moves...)


The annotations are courtesy the Rybka 3 engine and the HTML generated board is courtesy of Aquarium 2010.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Chess Position Trainer version 4

Chess Position Trainer version 4 is currently in beta (well, kind of) and I can't wait to get back into this.  Stefan now has a Facebook page for the program at http://www.facebook.com/ChessPositionTrainer?ref=nf - you will definitely want to check this program out if you intend to get involved in chess.