Chess

[Gustaran]

I put our game under some analysis by crafty - its so ugly. I know its a good thing to do, but it always ruins my victories. well ruins the losses too

For example, i stumbled into forced mate twice in that endgame despite being up 2 pawns. I thought I had avoided the "TONS" of traps i mentioned earlier, but apparently i just avoided the obvious ones.

Well, since it was a mate in ~11 moves you missed I wouldn't worry too much. I personally didn't have the slightest idea when looking over the game.

[Azza]

I've really got to stop getting my rooks forked.

[Gustaran]

I liked waterbats win as black against uberfish. Nice transition into a won pawn endgame, with the precise finishing touch 37...b3!

[uberfish]

there were a lot of hidden tactics in that game, we both missed the queen exchange idea until that move. I think 23 Nf4! would have kept my initiative

[Gustaran]

there were a lot of hidden tactics in that game, we both missed the queen exchange idea until that move. I think 23 Nf4! would have kept my initiative

Yes, and it seem 28.Nd3 was a bad move as well. Why did you discard the idea of 28. Rxc6?
It's a little ironic: On move 23 you grab a pawn you shouldn't have taken and on move 28 you don't take the pawn when you should have.

[waterbat]

a quick run in Deep Fritz (blunder check) confirms what we thought as the turning points for white: 23. Rxa6 and 28. Nd3

position after 22...Rfc8



Fritz shows that arrow as a threat, but i only found bad lines if i took on b3 for example, 23. Ng6 Bxb3 24. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Nf6#

As played - 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 ..... i realized Qe6 was really strong - at least gave me some chances for a draw - with the only extra pawn a doubled b pawn and white's isolated pawn in the center - i really liked Qe6 right away due to the ability to simplify everything on e1. Verifying it - Fritz was showing -0.3 or so after this move.

PGN with blundercheck analysis:

Code:

[Event "Realms Beyond #2"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2013.01.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "uberfish1"]
[Black "waterbat"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1486"]
[BlackElo "1518"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Qd2 Na5 15.
Bxh6 Nxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Ne2 Bxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nh2 Bd5 20. Ng4 Nf5 ({1.
15 Deep Fritz 13:} 20... Rh8 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Ne3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Nf4
Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Rxh3 26. d5 Rah8 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Kf1 Rxb3 29. Ne3 Qb5+ 30. Kg2
Rh5 31. Rac1 Rd3 {0.34/21}) 21. Ra5 c6 22. Rfa1 Rfe8 23. Rxa6 ({-0.28 Deep
Fritz 13:} 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe6 26. Rda5 Rac8 27. Kh2 Qe4 28.
Qg5 Re6 29. Rxa6 Qxd4 30. R1a5 Qd3 31. Ra8 Rce8 32. R8a7 {0.64/20}) 23... Rxa6
24. Rxa6 Qe6 25. Nf4 Qe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2 Bxb3 28. Nd3 ({-2.24 Deep
Fritz 13:} 28. Rxc6 Re4 29. g3 Rxd4 30. Rb6 g5 31. Nh5+ Kg6 32. Nhf6 Ba4 33.
Rb8 Nh6 34. Nxh6 Kxf6 35. Ng4+ Ke6 36. Ne3 f5 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Bc6 39. Kg1
Kf7 40. Kf1 Bf3 41. Rb5 d5 {-0.30/25}) 28... Bc4 29. Nxe1 Bxa6 30. Nf3 Be2 31.
Ne3 ({-6.75 Deep Fritz 13:} 31. Nd2 Nxd4 32. Kg3 d5 33. Ne3 Kf6 34. f4 Ke6 35.
Kf2 Bd3 36. Ng4 c5 37. Ne5 Bc2 38. g4 f6 39. Nef3 Nxf3 40. Kxf3 d4 41. Ke2 Kd6
{-2.17/26}) 31... Bxf3 32. Nxf5+ gxf5 33. gxf3 c5 34. dxc5 dxc5 35. Kg3 c4 36.
Kf4 c3 37. bxc3 b3 38. Kxf5 b2 *

just a note - fritz is so great - i havent run it since back in the days of my single core box. Now i can put 4 hyperthreaded cores on it - its insane.

[waterbat]

i came back to my game with azza this morning and i was like "i dont recognize this position at all", then realized i had gone a little crazy with the conditional moves.

THEN regoarrarr 's game popped up just now and i must have went batshit crazy on the conditional moves in that one - either that or i have been playing in my sleep.

[waterbat]

great game Jkaen! i thought for sure after you won that bishop that i was toast - got lucky enough to weasel out of it.

[spellman]

i realized Qe6 was really strong - at least gave me some chances for a draw - with the only extra pawn a doubled b pawn and white's isolated pawn in the center - i really liked Qe6 right away due to the ability to simplify everything on e1. Verifying it - Fritz was showing -0.3 or so after this move.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_%28chess%29

They hurt when they can't be countered. Which is exactly what arose due to 24. Rxa6. Youch.

Hindsight is so glorious. If I was playing I'd be doing much, much worse than all of you I'd assume.

[Jkaen]

Even after pulling off 2 forks, my game v azza game very close. played the last 15 moves with mate in 1 hanging over me if I lost momentum