Matchup
Result
PGN if possible

NimzoCapa vs. SouthCoastKevin
1-0

[Event "ICS unrated standard match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2010.02.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "NimzoCapa"]
[Black "southcoastkevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[TimeControl "1800+15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bxc5 d6 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 Ne7 13. g4 Kh8 14.g5 Nfg8 15. Qh5 g6 16. Bd4+ e5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 dxe5 19. Qh4 exd4 20. Rf7 h6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxc7 Nxc7 23. e5 Bf5 24. Qxd4 Bxd3 25. e6+ Kh7 26. Qd7+ Kh8 27. cxd3 Ne8 28. e7 Rb8 29. Qd8 Rxd8 30. exd8=Q
{southcoastkevin resigns} 1-0

Crumhorn - Malackym
45m + 6s, unrated, 14.02.2010

1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Ne4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Ndf6 13.Be5 Bf5 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxf5 Nc4 16.Bg3 0-0 17.h3 Re8 18.0-0 Nd6 19.Bd3 Nde4 20.Be5 Nd7 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Nxe5 23.dxe5 f6 24.Qg6+ Kf8 25.Qxh6+ Kf7 26.Rad1 Qe7 27.Qh7+ Ke6 28.Qxe7+ Rxe7 29.exf6 Kxf6 30.Rd4 Ke5 31.Rfd1 Malackym resigns (Lag: Av=0.53s, max=1.5s) 1-0

Never felt like I had any idea what was going on during this game.

Lost it for good when I missed the queen check that took my pawns. I'll take a close look later.

Thanks for the game Crumhorn. I enjoyed it.

Good Luck with the rest of the tournament.

Mark.

Hey Mark. We reached a very common position in the Queen's Gambit Declined, and I think you handled it very well though ...g5 may have been a bit premature. In fact, I think you may have been slightly better when you missed the check. I tried too hard to keep the bishop pair, and then I completely missed that after 20. Be5 Nd7 you had the freeing move ...c5 if I retreated the bishop. So it seemed I was forced to take on e4, which wins a pawn, but my pawn structure is so damaged and your king is so much better that it's gotta be just about equal.

Those were my impressions, may be completely misguided. At any rate, thank you very much for the game, I enjoyed it, and best of luck in the rest of the tournament!

Thanks for the game, Yair. It quickly became a wild tactical game as it so often do in the Two-Knight.

In the end a bunder by Yair desided the game. After 15.gxh3 Rxh4 black wins a pawn but we still have a game. Instead Yair allowed a mate in two.

I also think 14.Re1 is fine for White.

But thanks for the game Yair, it was not easy calculating all the tactics, so even if the game lasted only 16 moves it was not an easy game for me. Better luck to you in the next game!

[Event "TONC 13, 45m + 30s"]
[Site "Meeting Point"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "yairjazz"]
[Black "Rimfaxe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Bxe7 Nxe7
8. Qxd4 d5 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qe5 Qd6 11. Qxd6 Nxd6 12. Bd3 Bh3 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14.
Kh1 Rg4 15. Nf3 Bxg2+ 16. Kg1 Bxf3# 0-1

OOOOh. What a blunder. I swear I told myself that I should take that Bishop, but when the moment of truth arrived - I just forgot about it. No excuse for that.
I guess that's why I'm such a lousy player....

Thanks for the game and the lesson, Rimfaxe.

RB vs. LF 1-0

This was a tough game. I tried to apply some pressure on black in the KID, and was making some progress (black's 23...Qc8 was a mistake, apparently), but I didn't find the best continuation 24. Bxf5, and that has given black decent chances. Later, as I was feeling time pressure, I kinda bailed out into a R+B vs R+N endgame a pawn down, which I thought offered me decent chances even for a win, as black either had to be very accurate or return material, and a bishop is probably a better piece in such endgames. Objectively, though, it was me who was in bigger trouble, there, but black was entering a time trouble too, and he chose to return the extra pawn over passive defense. However, from then on it was black who had to fight for a draw. In mutual time trouble, black gave up one pawn, and was then to give up another one when he blundered the knight. A rather lucky win for me in what was a very inconsistently-played game.

Thanks for the game LF, and good look in the tournament!

[Event "TONC 13, 60m + 10s"]
[Site "Playchess, Meeting Point"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Russianbear"]
[Black "Littlefish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]
[TimeControl "3600+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]
} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. b4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} axb4 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} 11. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:03:41]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 13. c5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:49]}
14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 15. Ndxe4 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:01:50]} 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 17. a4 {
[%emt 0:15:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:10:47]} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} dxc5 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} 19. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 20. Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Ned6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 21. Ne6 {[%emt 0:08:33]} Bxe6 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} 22. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 23. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:01:38]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 24. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 25. Bb1 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 26. Ba2 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 27. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qf6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 29. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 30. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Qxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 32. Bb1 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 33. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 35. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 36. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd4 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} 37. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Rxc7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:44]
} 40. h3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rc5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 42. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 43. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 44. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg8 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 46. Ba2 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne5+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 48. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 49. Bd5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 50. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 51. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 52. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 53. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re2 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} 54. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Rf8 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 56. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne1+ {
[%emt 0:00:49]} 57. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. Rb8 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 59. Bd3+ {
Littlefish gibt auf (Lag: Av=0.38s, max=1.3s) [%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

Wow, before I came here, I read what Russianbear and littlefish were talking about in the "Shout Box", and, *from what I read there*, I thought that littlefish won this game over Russianbear!

Indeed, I was *quite surprised*, (after what I had read of their conversation in the "Shout Box"), to come here and see that Russianbear actually won this game over littlefish!


Chess Fan

Wishful thinking, CF

LF played well, as he always seems to do against me - but then he got in trouble once he got low on time - again, just like in our earlier games. I didn't play the best way once I reached the time trouble, either and I think at one point LF was only a few good moves away from having me on the ropes. I guess that means I am making progress as in our previous TONC game I flagged LF in a dead lost position - also after I blew a considerable advantage - IIRC.

Ritch-PircAlert
0-1

Ritch started with 1.d4 but then turned into Pirc. Both played opening very fast, and Ritch seemed to have lost time with his Bd3-e2 moves. I opened up f-file for attack when Ritch hadn't castled yet. It was over soon. Though white hadn't had adequate play after losing the tempo, we saw some interesting lines for white after the game.

Good luck Ritch for the rest of the tournament.

[Event "unrated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "RitchMex"]
[Black "JackToKing"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1575P"]
[BlackElo "2082P"]
[ECO "A41"]
[TimeControl "2700+5"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. h3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 Nh5 8. g3
c5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 a6 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 f4 14. Bxh5 fxe3 15.
fxe3 Qg5 16. Qe2 Qxg3+ 17. Kd2 Qxh4 18. Rag1 Rf2 19. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 20. Ne2 Kh8
21. Rg3 Qf8 22. Rhg1 Bh6 23. Rg8+ Qxg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. h4 Bf5 26. Ng3 Bh3
27. Kd3 Nd7 28. e4 Bf4 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. exf5 Nf6 31. Bf3 Re8 {RitchMex
resigns} 0-1