Just another chess game

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 e4 ... e6
2 Nf3 ... d5
3 Nc3 ... Nf6
4 d4 ... dxe4
5 Ne5 ... Bb4
6 Bc4 ... c5
7 O-O ... cxd4
8 Bb5+ ... Ke7
9 Bd2 ... dxc3
10 bxc3 ... Bd6
11 Bf4 ... a6
12 Bc4 ... Qc7
13 Qc1 ... Nbd7
14 g3 ... Nxe5
15 Bxe5 ... Bxe5
16 f4 ... Qc5+
17 Kg2 ... Bxc3
18 Rb1 ... Rd8
19 Rf2 ... Ng4
20 Re2 ... Qxc4
21 Qf1 ... Rd2
22 Rxd2 ... Ne3+
23 Kf2 ... Nxf1
24 Rxf1 ... Bxd2

[Julius Brenzaida]

Yes, I did enjoy France !
It was great !

[Jonny]

1. e4 ... e6
2. Nf3 ... d5
3. Nc3 ... Nf6
4. d4 ... dxe4
5. Ne5 ... Bb4
6. Bc4 ... c5
7. O-O ... cxd4
8. Bb5+ ... Ke7
9. Bd2 ... dxc3
10. bxc3 ... Bd6
11. Bf4 ... a6
12. Bc4 ... Qc7
13. Qc1 ... Nbd7
14. g3 ... Nxe5
15. Bxe5 ... Bxe5
16. f4 ... Qc5+
17. Kg2 ... Bxc3
18. Rb1 ... Rd8
19. Rf2 ... Ng4
20. Re2 ... Qxc4
21. Qf1 ... Rd2
22. Rxd2 ... Ne3+
23. Kf2 ... Nxf1
24. Rxf1 ... Bxd2
25. Kg2

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 e4 ... e6
2 Nf3 ... d5
3 Nc3 ... Nf6
4 d4 ... dxe4
5 Ne5 ... Bb4
6 Bc4 ... c5
7 O-O ... cxd4
8 Bb5+ ... Ke7
9 Bd2 ... dxc3
10 bxc3 ... Bd6
11 Bf4 ... a6
12 Bc4 ... Qc7
13 Qc1 ... Nbd7
14 g3 ... Nxe5
15 Bxe5 ... Bxe5
16 f4 ... Qc5+
17 Kg2 ... Bxc3
18 Rb1 ... Rd8
19 Rf2 ... Ng4
20 Re2 ... Qxc4
21 Qf1 ... Rd2
22 Rxd2 ... Ne3+
23 Kf2 ... Nxf1
24 Rxf1 ... Bxd2
25 Kg2 ... e3

[Jonny]

I'm outnumbered, cornered, my rook will soon be captured, and have no way to fight back.

I resign. (shake opponent's hand smiley goes here)

This game was a great learning experience for me.

[Julius Brenzaida]

Shake hands.
You played a good game, because you always put your pieces in good squares where they had something to do
But unfortunetaley, you were not careful enough in checking if they could be captured
That was your downfall

[Smash]

That was bizzarre!..I would give this game some kind of award if I was a tournament director.

[Julius Brenzaida]

Hmmm, I guess we have to guess who that person is

[Jonny]

Perhaps I should check the board a little more carefully before moving next time. I do tend do play a little too fast.

[Smash]

Tal

[Julius Brenzaida]

Well, yes you should be more careful. Look at every piece (you have time) and see wheter or not it is attacked or if some basic tactical trick might happen to it : pin, discovery check or double attack. Another good idea is to study well the last move of the opponent. If I move my queen to c7, what does she threaten ?
I hope it helps

[Jonny]

Thanks for the advice. By the way, who does Julius play next?

[Julius Brenzaida]

Smash : the wizard of Riga ! I didn't know he acted as a tournament director, though
Jonny : good question, it's probably Ken, can anyone confirm

[Smash]

LOL..oh ya he was man of many talents

Some Tal-ism
* Youngest World Champion until Kasparov.
* Played in 8 Olympiads, 5 Best board Results, 3 times absolute best score.
* 6 times USSR Champion.
* Lost only once to Kasparov & once to Karpov.
* A countback of ELO ratings revealed that Tal's rating during his peak around 1960 would be 7th in the all time rankings with 2700 behind Fischer, Kasparov, Capablanca, Botvinnik, Lasker, & Karpov. In fact in 1979 following his wins in Montreal & Riga he went up to 2710.
* 3rd in 1985 Interzonal thus qualifying for Candidates at 49
* Only 3 men played in both USSR-Rest of the World matches - Tal, Larsen, & Polugaevsky.

Quotes about Tal

* If Tal had really studied Chess in the late fifties and early sixties he would have been impossible to play against - Botvinnik
* How does Tal win? - He develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere - Bronstein
* If Tal has an open file it will be mate - an onlooker at a Tal post mortem analysis session.

Tal quotes

* "If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring."
* "There are two types of sacrifices - sound ones and mine."



>I don't know.Ken or Carolus....we're afraid of you,you big bully

[Ken Hinds]

I just had my chance to get back to this game. I start a new thread with my first move shortly.

Ken