Hi Dennis,
Here's a recent correspondence game. It's a King's Indian Attack where white's kingside play seems to get there first, but there's a question of when to press on with the attack or when to consolidate.

[Event "Chess by Message Casual Game"]
[Site "http://www.chessbymessage.com"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Cameron McKinney"]
[Black "Matt"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Rfe8 13.
h4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nh2 a5 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Nf8 19. h5 Qd8 20. g4 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bxh6 e5 23. g5 Kh7 {This was my longest think of the game. I think I got ancy and wanted to force things on the kingside and open some lines due to a fear of the bishops/
central pawns, but I'd be interested to know a better continuation.} 24. gxf6 Qxf6 (24... Kxh6 25. Qd2+ Kh7 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. f7+) 25. Bg5 Qf5 26. Bf3 Bb4 27. Bg4 Qf7 28. Bd2 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Qg7 30. Ng5+ Kh8 31. Kh2 Nh7 {Missed this move, maybe because I'd spent time looking at positions with the king on h7.} 32.Nxh7 Kxh7 (32... Qxg4) 33. Bf5+ Kh8 34. Rg1 Qe7 35. Qh6+ Qh7 36. Qxh7# 1-0

How would we send a game to you and when does it came out?

Salam,

I was wondering if it's still possible to submit a game for analysis... if it's then here's my game,

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8
15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Rad1 Nh7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Rd1 Nf8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Bg4 Bxb3 24. axb3 f6 25. g3 Kf7 26. h4 Ke7 27.
Na4 Ba5 28. c3 Bb6 29. Qc4 Qd2 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Qb4+ Ke8 32. Qxb6 Qxb2 33.
Qxb7 Qxc3 34. Qxg7 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qxe4+ 36. Bf3 Qg6 37. Bxc6+ 1-0


This game was played on a 60 minutes + 60 seconds time control, I was Black.
I thought I had a good position up till the last couple of moves, before 27... Ba5. I have to admit, at that stage in the game I was thinking a bit one-dimensional before that move; I wanted to reach an endgame with a knight against his light-squared bishop... primitive thinking I guess.

By the way, my opponent is a very strong player. Just because I blundered in the game doesn't take away from my opponent's good play.


Thank you in advance, if nothing else... for reading this far.

Regards.

[Event "USATE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Russell, H@non"]
[Black "Cridl@nd, Gr@h@m"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[Annotator "cridland,graham"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{I didn't know it at the time, but my opponent is an
important figure in American chess. In retrospect, it would have been nice to
say something, but I didn't know when the game was played. From Wikipedia:
"Hanon Russell is a lawyer, chess expert, chess book author, translator,
online chess magazine publisher and chess book store operator. He maintains
his office in Milford, Connecticut. Mr. Russell has been translating
Russian chess literature for four decades, has had in the past a master's
rating, collects chess memorabilia, and practiced law in Connecticut. Russell
first became known during the Soviet era for translating Russian-language
documents into English. He enjoyed exceptional access to Soviet materials."} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 {Solely for the
purpose of varying; as I am familiar with the Sicilian Defense and its
"closed" relatives, it made sense to begin the Queenside advance.} 7. e4 Nc6 8.
a4 Rb8 {Preparing ...b7-b5.} 9. Re1 {
Nc4 is more common, but not meaningfully better.} a6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Rxe5 {At which point I had a good think and hallucinated that the
following "attack" would be helped by the tempo on White's Re5.} Ng4 $6 (12...
Be6 $11) 13. Re1 (13. Rd5 $1) 13... Bd4 14. Ne4 {The line I had calculated,
but not correct. 14. Re2 pretty much ends Black's play.} f5 $1 15. c3 $1 fxe4
16. cxd4 (16. Qb3+) 16... Nxf2 $2 (16... Qxd4 17. Rxe4 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Qf5 $17)
17. Qb3+ Kg7 (17... Rf7 18. dxe4 Qxd4 (18... Nh3+ 19. Bxh3 Bxh3 20. d5) 19. Be3
Qd3 20. Qb6 $11 {Fritz.}) 18. dxe4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qd3 20. Qb6 Nh3+ 21. Bxh3 $2 (
21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc5 Nf2+ {White has to be better.}) 21... Bxh3
22. Qxc5 Rbe8 23. Rad1 Qb3 24. Qg5 Kg8 25. Qd5+ Be6 {Neither of us wanted a
draw; my opponent presumably didn't feel like aquiescing to a draw when rated
300 points higher without playing out the position (absolutely the correct
thing to do of course!), and in this team event, my team was 100% lost on
boards one and three already...} 26. Qe5 Bg4 27. Bd4 Rf6 28. Rc1 (28. Rd2)
28... Bh3 29. Re3 Qc2 $6 {Played as if it was a good move, since neither I nor
my opponent saw the spectacular 30 Qe6+!! After that forced move, found
instantly by Fritz after the game, White equalizes and a balanced rooks +
opposite color bishops ending arises.} (29... Qxa4) 30. Qd5+ (30. Qe6+ $8 Rxe6
31. Rxc2 Rf8 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Bc3 $11 {Fritz.}) (30. Rxc2 Rf1#) (30. Ree1 Qg2#)
30... Kf8 {Following the game, of course, I entered the moves into my computer
database of my own games, and immediately the computer showed me 30 Qe6; a bit
of a cold shower about what I had thought was the most spectacular move of my
career to date.} 0-1

First off, I thought that the position before Qc2 is a neat "teaching moment" - lots of mating patterns, and I certainly learned a lesson from the experience. Also the position after 12 Rxe5 bothered me - part of the reason I went in for the bad tactics was that I didn't really have another plan; b5-b4 looked like it helped White as much as Black, c5-c4 can always be met by d3-d4 if it's any good anyway...etc. I frequently get lost in this sort of position and I need to not get lost because I get them frequently.

[The next day, before the round, we met in the hotel lobby and Mr. Russell said "I guess you found the same thing I found?" Very nice gentleman.]

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.6.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "Zykeal"]
[Black "Only Great"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO " "]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Qa4 Bd7 6.Qb3 Na5 7.Qa3 Bc6 8.Bxc6+ Nxc6 9.Qa4 g6 10.Qb5 Qc8 11.e3 Bg7 12.Nge2 O-O 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.cxd5 a6 15.Qd3 Ne5 16.Qe4 b5 17.d4 cxd4 18.exd4 Nc4 19.O-O Qb7 20.b3 Nb6 21.Bb2 e6 22.Nf4 exd5 23.Qf3
Rfe8 24.Nh3 Rac8 25.Rae1 Qd7 26.Ng5 Bh6 27.Bc1 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Bxg5 30.Re1 Bh6 31.h4 Bg7 32.g4 Bxd4 33.h5 Be5 34.hxg6
fxg6 35.Qg2 Qf7 36.Rf1 Qf4 37.g5 Kg7 38.f3 Bd4+ 39.Kh1 Qh4+ 40.Qh2 Qxg5 41.Qxd6 Be5 42.Qxb6 Qh4+ 0-1

I played black in this game. The game was played online and the time controls were 30 minutes for each player for the entire game, although both of us only spent 10-15 minutes. I generally have trouble with the English and after just his second move I had no idea what to do.

7. ... Bc6 * I could have won a pawn here with tempo but decided to try to trade off his fianchetto bishop. (probably a bad decision)

22. ... exd5 * I was disappointed at this point I won a pawn but it didn't matter much I felt like I could have done better.

26. ... Bh6 * h6 would have been much better but my variation was nice as well

28. ... Rxc1 * I liked this little tactic to get a favorable exchange

41. ... Be5 * This was the move that sealed the game. He has no queen checks and no way to stop Qh4+ leading to mate without losing his queen

42. ... Qh4+ * I had hoped my opponent would play Kg2 to cap off the game with Qh2# but he did not. At this point he actually just left his computer and I had to wait about 15 minutes for his clock to run out to get the win and record this game.

I'd like to see what you think of this game and find where I could have improved my game.

Anyway, I'm reposting this from the site crash.
Overall I think this is a great game, although I'd appreciate improvements/suggestions, thanks!
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS"]
[FICSGamesDBGameNo "249853710"]
[White "IMgooeyjim"]
[Black "Diboss"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[WhiteClock "0:15:00.000"]
[BlackClock "0:15:00.000"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Nc4 Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 b5 11. Ne3 Rb8 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Bb1 Ng4 14. Nd5 h6 15. Bf4 Kh7 16. Rfe1 Nce5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Bg3 a6 20. Nb4 Qb6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Bh4 Re8 23. Rd3 Nge5 24. Rg3 h5 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Nxd6 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bg4 29. Rxg4 Qxd6 30. Rg5 Ng4 31. Rxh5 Nh6 32. Bg3 Qf6 1-0 {Black resigns}

Were some of the games posted here deleted? Mine seems to have disappeared. If it's been erased, do you have a copy already or should I repost?

This was the critical postition, but I can't remember who I played against so I'll have to have a look to find out. I was white

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Rxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 *



Basically I wondered whether this exchange sac in the Marshall Attack is any good or not. I checked the database and it's only been played twice, but I like the idea of it somehow. Black can keep some initiative, but it seems to be much more tame and positional than the normal Marashall, which must be annoying for them if they're choosing sharp attacking lines like this. It also seems to take people out of book a little bit, which I think is often a good thing - especially in blitz - even if it's not as theoretically sound. What was it Curtains said in one video...if you can get the same slight disadvantage over and over again, then you'll get to know it better than your opponent...

The idea is that gives white two pawns to push up the board play with. I played it twice and got a drawish position both times, as black sacs the exchange right back in return for the pawns at a later date, but the games - one of which I posted here - were full of mutual errors, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter. Do you think it's a line worth playing, or can you see any immediate problems? I guess there must be a reason that it's not been played at top level.

Cheers

Edit:

Okay, I found the game. There were errors on both sides. He missed the chanced for maintaining an advantage when he missed 33...Rd1, after which I'm pretty happy. However, I made the biggest mistake, in time trouble with 3 seconds left, when I allowed stalemate at the very end. My own analysis of the position is that white's two pawns can provide good counterplay, providing he can maintain them, which I failed to.

[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FlintEastwood"]
[Black "Golodion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1222"]
[BlackElo "1597"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Rxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5
Rb8 15. d4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Nd2 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Be6 20. Bg2 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 Bxf5 22. b3 Re2 23. Nf3 Rc8 24. Bf1 Rc2 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Be6 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. Ne5 Rd2 29. Nc4 Rxd4 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Kg2 Rcd8 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Nc6
R8d6 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rd2 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Kxe2
Ke5 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. Kc3 Kc5 42. a3 a5 43. b4+ axb4+ 44. axb4+ Kb5 45. Kd4 Kxb4
46. Ke5 Kc4 47. Kxe6 Kd4 48. Kf7 Ke4 49. Kxg7 h5 50. Kh6 Kf3 51. Kxh5 Kxf2 52.
g4 Kg2 53. g5 Kxh2 54. g6 Kh3 55. g7 Kh2 56. g8=Q Kh3 57. Qg1 1/2-1/2



There is another game arising from the same position, played the next day (strange, I don't face the Marshall for months and then I get it twice in two days...and not again since

I will post that game here as well. I don't expect you to analyse both, but you can decide which is more interesting for you.

[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FlintEastwood"]
[Black "vonBayerisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1247"]
[BlackElo "1354"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Rxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5
Qe7 15. Qe4 Qxe4 (15... Re8 16. Bxa8 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Kf1 Bxh2 19. d3)
16. Bxe4 Re8 17. f3 Ra7 18. d4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nd2 Re1+ 21. Kf2 Rh1 22.
h3 Re7 23. Ne4 Bc7 24. Bg5 Rxa1 25. Bxe7 Rxa2 26. Ba3 a5 27. d5 b4 28. cxb4
axb4 29. Bxb4 Rxb2+ 30. Bd2 Ba5 31. Ke3 Bxd2+ 32. Nxd2 Rb5 33. Ke4 Kf8 34. Nc4
Ke7 35. d6+ Kd7 36. g4 Rb4 37. Kd5 Rxc4 38. Kxc4 Kxd6 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. Ke4 g6
41. Kf4 f5 42. gxf5+ gxf5 43. Kg5 Ke5 44. f4+ Ke6 45. h4 h5 46. Kxh5 Kf6 47.
Kh6 1-0

I didn't deserve to win this game, but he made an awful move in a drawn endgame. Again, I failed to maintain the second pawn, but I think this line shows the more interesting try for black with more activity, playing for back rank tricks along the e file. I give a couple of lines where he goes for a more active try than the early queen exchange, but whether my assesment of the position as roughly equal is accurate or not, I'm not so sure. In the first variation I have a passed pawn and a piece against a rook, but he has the bishop pair and better activity. Probably he's better here, but maybe there's a better option for white too? At the end of the variation I give, at move 19, trapping the bishop with g3 fails to a beautiful Bh3#
The second variation is a little more balanced.

Anyway, thanks

Hello Dennis. This is a game I played recently. Time limit 30-30 minutes. My main question is, was 26. Rxb7 a good move, sacrificing my knight for position? Also, did I do any devastating moves in the opening, which my opponent could have taken advantage of?

I estimate my ranking to be between 1400 and 1500 but I really have no idea.

/Ronnie

1. e4 c5
2. d4 cxd4
3. c3 dxc3
4. Nxc3 Nc6
5. Bc4 d6
6. Nf3 e6
7. Bf4 e5
8. Bg3 Nge7
9. b4 Nxb4
10. Bxe5 Nec6
11. Bd4 Be6
12. Bb5 Qe7
13. a3 Na6
14. Qa4 Bd7
15. Rb1 Nac5
16. Bxc5 dxc5
17. O-O a6
18. Rfd1 Rd8
19. Bxc6 Bxc6
20. Qc2 Qe6
21. Ng5 Qc4
22. Rxd8+ Kxd8
23. Qd2+ Ke8
24. Nd5 Bxd5
25. exd5 f6
26. Rxb7 fxg5
27. Qe3+ Kd8
28. Qxg5+ Kc8
29. Ra7 Qd3
30. g3 Qxa3
31. Qg4+ Kb8
32. Qd7 Qc1+
33. Kg2 Qf1+
34. Kxf1 Be7
35. Qb7#

Censeo, I'm sure Dennis' analysis will be much better than mine but to me it looks like 30...Qxa3 is really greedy. Black has enough material to win already. It's time to defend to maintain that advantage through to the end game! 30...Qg6 looks like a pretty good move, to me, getting ready to try and exchange. Black has problems developing his bishop because of the threat of Ra8+ skewering the king, but my bet is that black can hold on and probably win, or at the very least sac the bishop to bring the rook into the game and try to go for a draw.

Hmm... a quick glance at the opening tells me that Nge7?? Ng5 is +-

You might find this interesting for two reasons. First the opponents may be of interest, and the line in the KID that was played was featured on a very recent video of yours. As for the game, I unfortunately had to "find" the Re8, Bd8 repulsion of the threat on c7 OTB, which was terrifying considering what my position looked like. I felt that while Black had control of the D file, he was not able to make use of it and I was able to slowly uncramp and manage to develop my pieces and consolidate into an opposite-colored bishop drawn ending.Thanks! Nick Baumgartner



Kapke,Bryan (1565) - Baumgartner,Nicholas (1500)
ISCA Class CH. Class C (3), 19.06.2010
King's Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Bd8 12.0-0 c6 13.Ne3 Nd7 14.Bd3 Nc5 15.Bc2 a5 16.Rfd1 Bf6 17.Rd2 Bg7 18.Rad1 Ne6 19.a3 Nd4 20.c5 Rd8 21.Nxd4 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 exd4 23.Nc4 Be6 24.Nd6 Rb8 25.Bd3 Be5 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.Bxc4 b5 28.cxb6 Rxb6 29.b3 c5 30.a4 g5 31.Rd3 Kg7 32.Rf3 Rf6 33.Rxf6 Kxf6 34.h3 Bf4 35.Kf1 Bd2 36.Ke2 Bb4 ½-½

Oh, cool move! Didn't spot it

No, he can't win at all with 30...Qg6. I'll win his rook or mate with that move. Here is what will happen with your move suggestion.

(1)
31 Ra8+ Kd7
32 Qd8#

(2)
31 Ra8+ Kc7
32 Qd8+ Kb7
33 Qb8#

(3)
31 Ra8+ Kb7
32 Qd8 (same mate threat as in example two) ... Kb6
33 Rb8+ Ka7
34 Qc7#

4)
31 Ra8+ Kb7
32 Qd8 Bd6
33 Qxh8

I think white has two good moves to defend himself and that he has to do them from move 30. It is the Qb1+ initially followed by Bd6

Okay, my bad, sorry I didn't really look at the position for very long, it was just a kind of automatic thought...I missed the mate with Qd8#

I'll keep my mouth shut next time, unless I actually analyse the position properly

I was white in the following game. I know the general idea in the Sveshnikov is for white to push his queenside pawns while black attacks with his central pawns and on the kingside. With my opponent rated higher than me (I am 151 and black is 166 in the BCF rating scheme), I was constantly worried that I might have missed some tactics leading to a quick mate and so hesitated with my plan. Eventually, I did blunder with my resignation, imagining that 35. Kg2 h3+ 36. Kxh3 Rxh5 was mate!

How could I have improved my play during the game so as to tie up my opponent a bit more on his queenside?

[Event "MKC v Leighton Buzzard B"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[White "Ramesh, Raghav"]
[Black "Matthews, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8
12. Nc2 O-O 13. Bd3 Bg5 14. Nce3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qg5 16. O-O Ne7 17. Qc2 Ng6 18.
Rfd1 Bb7 19. a4 f5 20. exf5 Nf4 21. Bf1 Be4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. g3 Bxf5 24. Nxf5
Rxf5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Rbf8 27. Qb6 d5 28. b4 h5 29. Qe3 Qg4 30. Rd2 h4
31. Ra7 Nh3+ 32. Bxh3 Qxh3 33. Rda2 Qg4 34. Ra8 Qd1+ 0-1