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jotheblackqueen
13-Jan-13, 13:44
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 Now the Myevilluck draw is in annotated form!
Hope you all have a good read.
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Kind regards
Joanne
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Forcing a draw
Here is a game just completed by bwaa and i. White has advantage. His best move is 8.Qb3. But the move chosen turns out sets up a forced draw..
....1. d4 f5
2. g3 Nf6
3. Bg2 d5
4. c4 e6
5. Nh3 Be7
6. O-O O-O
7. Bf4 c6
8. Nd2
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second diagram.
Now thinking all his troubles are over Black, because of Whites move 8.Nd2? plays 8.Qb6. This equalizes the position instantly. I would play this same move in this position every time, even if Kasporov were White!!
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now here's the rub....
Black when playing 8....Qb6 attacked 2- separate pawns.Now white can only defend one pawn. So white plays 9.Qb3..Now if black withdraws her Queen white has an even bigger advantage then before. If she swaps Queens same thing. So black plans Qxd4. The instant Black made this move she saw that White had a forced draw. But any other move black made led to growing white advantage.
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this is how bwaa did it.
Black plays 9....Qxd4. And now White forces the draw by playing 10.Be3!!!. If Black plays 10,,,Qg4 White moves Nf4 and wins!!. So Black is forced to play 10...Qe5. Then White would play 11.Bf4 and so on till a draw by threefold repetition.Which is what happened. Well done bwaa!!!!
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Against Mr. Stockel
Believe it or not, I was actually able to pull a win against Jack Stockel, less then a year ago. Why is this significant. It's the first, and so far the only time, that I have ever won against my coach.
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So, here's what happened
We were playing an interesting game, and it appeared to be a drawing position. Note: I was only able to pull two or three draws, against this player. However, in the game, he was trying to show me could happen in a particular position, but inadvertenely gave away a free Rook. We continued playing, but he overlooked a move, which blundered another R. Because I was now two rooks ahead, he resigned. What is significant about Jack Stockel. Although his USFC is about 1800, he was, at one point, an expert for one year with a rating of 2000. Believe it or not, he plays more like a 2000 rated player then that of 1800. I know because I have played against several 1800 rated players. This makes him almost, as tough as, the Master Mater. In fact, a lot of his moves are similar to easy19. Therefore, you have to be almost as careful with Jack Stockel, as that of Master Fred. If you make a mistake against Jack, he will pick up on it very quickly, and it is extremely tough to stay in the game. As a result, the fact that I was able to pull this win, is significant.
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Draw
Thanks for posting this, Janet! A GM (I do not remember who) once said something to the effect of "playing for a draw with the White pieces is a crime against chess" (or something equally dramatic), but under the circumstances I'm very happy with it. =D
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jotheblackqueen
05-Feb-13, 13:01
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Another Game against Jack Stockel
Ok, I mentioned that I pulled a lucky win against Jack Stockel. Last Friday, I had an active game against him. I won his Queen but lost the game, by failing to an exchange. So, what are the chances of winning his Queen? It is almost, as small as, a Royal Straight Flush in a poker game. There was only one other occasion where I actually won his Queen, and that happened about 2-3 years ago.
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In Fact
Because of this accomplishment, I feel that I am officially, "Learning How to Run", as I gave him a run for his money and almost won that particular. I might annotate the game, but the positions would not be completely accurate as I cannot remember all of them. However, the exact positions are not the most important aspect. So, what is? What actually happened in the game, and where I went wrong, as this is part of "Walking the Walk", itself. Note: It virtually impossible to remember all of the positions, in my games against. That's because this OTB takes place at a small table with a large chess board. And, there is usually at least one big twist and turn in my games against him.
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Believe it or not
I am actually starting to work on that annotation. When it's done, I am planning to post in this club, under the OTB Annotation thread. It, should, however, take about a week to finish, given that this annotation is 50 moves.
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One More Thing
Some of the positions, in the annotation, are not going to be completely accurate. However, that's not the important aspect, so what is? It's about what actually happened and where I went, given that it is another OTB WTW Coaching Game.
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elyhim
13-Feb-13, 07:41
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It can be done
For what it is worth, I know that most don't even bother reading or commenting on my annotated games. I just want to prove that even at 2300+ it is still quite an achievement to beat or draw someone most like 300 points north of you. Here is the game.
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5.d3 line
that's a a nice game elyhim!!
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I always read elyhim's games
Your annotations are pretty dense, but always very insightful.
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baddeeds
14-Feb-13, 20:51
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Deleted by baddeeds on 17-Feb-13, 11:14.
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jotheblackqueen
02-Mar-13, 06:18
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chinablue (2154) 0.5 vs. last_archimedean (1424) 0.5
Fast Ladder
last_archimedean:
My best result to date:
I've never before scored a non-loss against a player rated 2000 or above.
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Comments welcome.
Jo Stevens: Hi Sean - what a great moral victory for you. The King's Gambit is a very wild and woolly game, so you did well to play against it and live to tell the tale and get a Master Draw! Congratulations - Joanne
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stalhandske
02-Mar-13, 06:22
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...and I join in
warm & sincere congratulations to the last_archimedean for this achievement, which - of course - is the result of him being in my mentoring group ( )
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GM draw #4
gameknot.com. Same tried and true Opening.
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jotheblackqueen
08-Mar-13, 07:37
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Congratulations again, Janet!
Hi Janet!
You are certainly holding your own amongst the big boys with another GM Draw against Merlino in your pocket!
Keep it up!
Joanne
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GM draw #5
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this time though against a Sicilian!!.
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GM draw #6
this time a rated draw. ;game
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I have one
But, this one is my second against my main runner, Jack Stockel. Not only that, but this was the shortest and my best game against him. However, he played far south of his rating. However, I learned from the mistakes of only thinking move by move and not looking at the board to achieve this victory. The annotation is shown below. gameknot.com
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Yes, it can be done...
... but more likely if your mighty opponent makes a fatal blunder.
Ptitroque vs Stalhandske :
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By the way
If someone wants to play a Marshall gambit (rated or not)... challenge me please.it seems to be a very sharp and interesting opening.
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jotheblackqueen
13-Oct-13, 13:50
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mantidereligiosa 0.5 v skorpio47 0.5
Hi everyone!
An annotated version of this game will appear by close of play this week.
Watch this space.
Kind regards
Joanne
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Guess What
As you already know, I've beaten my coach before. And, there were rare occasions where I won a completely lost and near hopeless positions. But, that's not been the case with Class A Players before, until today. This proves that it can be done, and it's about doing the impossible. Pulling a swindle in a hopeless and desperate situation. In my game against Mr. Stockel, the opening was great, but the midgame was quite bad. And, I wound up blundering away two pawns and a Rook. Normally, you wouldn't stand a chance, especially given that my coach was near a pawn promotion. However, Jack made one mistake that sealed his fate. It was a position similar to this, but with a few descripencies, so it wasn't completely accurate. . The position looked something like this. One of the main differences is that both of the K's were on the first ranks, I believe. Or, they might have been on the eighth rank. And, and none of white's pawns were on the third rank. The one closest to promoting was the h pawn which was on the fourth rank, I believe. But, that does not matter. The mistake was exactly the same, and with the same consequence and the same pieces which meant an end to this game. So, what happened, my opponent took another pawn with Bxg7??. The idea being was to take advantage of my weakness so that he could advance and promote the h pawn. What he didn't realize is that, in this case, "To take is a mistake". By taking, he enabled an inevitable mating sequence by black. Consequently, he resigned a move later. The point is as Jack used to tell me, "Don't give up right away" because you don't know if your opponent will also make a mistake. This is the perfect example. So, as the saying goes, "It's not over, until it's over."
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And
I created a puzzle based on that. I got this idea from GM Judit Polgar. That's because she takes positions from various games and quizzes people to see why a certain move was bad or what a winning move. In fact, I previously created two puzzles based on her quizzes. But, this is the first time, however, where I used her ideas and was inspired by JP to quiz people by making a puzzle. Having said that, once you solve this puzzle, you'll why Bxg7?? was the losing blunder. The puzzle is shown below. puzzle #113199
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darknite13
21-Mar-14, 04:26
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One of my best games since I started coaching...
Not sure if this belongs here but I was rather excited to post a recent over the board victory in a mini tournament between the coaches in my state. While this was unrated, and only bragging rights are on the line, I did achieve a bit of a confidence boost after playing one of the strongest coaches in the state and managing to win.
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