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fmgaijin
05-Feb-10, 12:20

Both of You Came Close to Winning!

I agree, Carlos; when playing through your game after Qxb2, given the pressure you had on g2 as well, it surely looked like a win. Your opponent had to find some good moves to survive. Soren also gave himself nice chances to win. Keep it up, team!

Regards,
Loren

P.S. Carlos, you have it exactly right--what I try to do in those openings is to reach a middlegame where Wnite has fixed Ps and I can manuever my pieces around to attack them and undermine the defending Ps. When I can get such a position, I am a happy man!

cairo
06-Feb-10, 00:31

To heinzkat

I have actually trying to find out if chess programs are forbidden (like here at GK) to use on ICCF, but I haven't got a clear answer to that yet. However it is for me not an issue since programs like that after my opinion cannot win games for you anyway- in best cases they can prevent you from making blunders. In my intro comments on all new games I always ask my opponents if they are using any kinds of electronic aids, just so I know what I'm up against, although they can decide not to reply or give false feedback, my experience are after many years of play at ICCF, that people give a straight answer back. My preparation for games at ICCF as well as here at Gameknot goes mainly on opening and endgames, most games are won in those faces of the games!

Best wishes
Søren

cairo
18-Feb-10, 22:58

Update

of current results:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=0 0 points and 12 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=0 0 points and 12 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +0-0=1 0,5 point and 11 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=1 0,5 point and 11 games remaining.

Total: +0-0=1 1 point and 46 games remaining.

We are on the scoreboard!

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
01-Mar-10, 00:28

Another Draw with Black for Peace

Morokova-Schmidt 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O 9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.c5 N6d7 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.Bc4 h6 (I have put a lot of work into this position and am currently satisfied that, to quote GM Adorjan, "Black is OK!") 15.Ne4 (Soren and I have played in several games starting with Nh4 and demonstrated to my satisfaction that Black has equality and, if White gets too ambitious, maybe even more, as in Soren's win with Black against flight2000it.) Na5 16.Be2 f5 17.Nd6 Nc6 18.O-O (18.h4 Bf8 = leads to Zoltantor-Schmidt, played here on GK.) f4 19.Bd2 Nxc5 20.Nxc8 Ne4 21.Rxc6 bxc6 22.Ne7+ Kf7 23.Nxc6 Nxd2 24.Nxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 1/2:1/2 Even if White is foolish enough to let the BK reach a3, the opposite color B ending is still drawn.

carlosmart
01-Mar-10, 01:32

Well done Loren

... and nice comments of the game. (I am starting to learn and to understand this defence).

Carlos

cairo
01-Mar-10, 02:01

Excellent

and well done Loren, this is a very good result! I can wholehearted follow Carlos in his comments, I've learned so much from our games on the Aljechin as well as other games we have shared!

Keep up momentum "peace warriors" I'm figthing for my "chesslife" in one of my games against a very clever and tough Russian player.

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
01-Mar-10, 02:05

Update

of current results:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=0 0 points and 12 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.

Total: +0-0=3 1½ points and 45 games remaining.

We look ahead for our first win!!!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

fmgaijin
01-Mar-10, 12:29

Tough Russians!

I know what you mean, Soren. Another Russian surprised me with a new move in the Pterodactyl and now I have to find some very good moves or slide into quicksand. If I had seen that move coming, I would have played a different, safer move on my previous turn!

Good luck and good chess to all,
Loren

Win one, somebody!!

fmgaijin
11-Mar-10, 00:49

Crazy Day!

Watch out--mad chessplayer!! I sacrificed my Q in one game and a piece in another. I hope it was not just a day of chess-insanity *LOL*!

. . . and the game I'm most worried about at the moment is one where I'm UP a P *grin*.

Loren

cairo
23-Mar-10, 13:37

I have

a result on the second board were I have share a point with my Italian opponent, I was looking for more but could not get more out of the game, here is the moves me as black:

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.h3 O-O 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Bb3 a5 15.a4 Bd7 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Qe2 Rfd8 18.Rfd1 Be8 19.Rxd8 Qxd8 20.Ne1 Nd7 21.Nd3 Rb8 22.Ba2 Qb6 23.Rd1 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Bc4 Bf6 26.b3 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.Nb1 Kg7 29.Nd2 Bb6 30.Nf3 Bd7 31.Qd2 Bc8 32.Kf1 f6 33.Kg1 Qe7 34.Qd3 Bc5 35.Qd2 Bb4 36.Qe3 Qc5 37.Qe2 Qd6 38.Qe3 Bc5 39.Qe1 Qd8 40.Qe2 Qd7 41.Qe1 Qa7 42.Qd2 Bb6 43.Qe2 Qd7 44.Qe1 Qd6 1/2 - 1/2

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
23-Mar-10, 13:40

Update

of current results:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=0 0 points and 12 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.

Total: +0-0=4 2 points and 44 games remaining.

Keep up the good spirit!!!

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
23-Mar-10, 15:40

Good game.

I think the game was absolutely draw.

Carlos

fmgaijin
23-Mar-10, 23:52

Very Solid

I liked the way you "traded" the isolated P for the 2 B's. Unfortunately, he did not give you any help after that; like Carlos, said, he switched to "Draw" mode.

Loren

cairo
05-Apr-10, 13:37

Another

draw on board 2 and perhaps not very impressive, but at least not a defeat, me as black:

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.g3 Re8 14.a3 h6 15.b4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Bb7 17.Be3 Bf8 18.a4 Rac8 19.Rac1 Qd8 20.Nf5 Bxb4 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Nxh6+ Kg7 23.Nf5+ 1/2 - 1/2

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
05-Apr-10, 13:41

Update

of current results:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=0 0 points and 12 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +0-0=2 1,5 points and 9 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.

Total: +0-0=5 2,5 points and 43 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
05-Apr-10, 14:31

Well done Soren.

I hope we'll have white wins soon.

Carlos

fmgaijin
06-Apr-10, 14:56

White Did Not Try for Much, Eh?

Seems as if White was playing for a draw. Unfortunate! It is hard to win with Black in QGD if White does not overextend. One of my opponents in a similar line (opponent Black) accelerated Black's Qside play by omitting a6 for a quick Bb7 and Rc8. We'll see how that one comes out. My "sac" games (piece sacrifice and Q sacrifice) are both going well, but my Pterodactyl with Black vs. the top-rated Russian looks very bleak now--my extra material will melt away soon and will probably be followed by more *sigh*!

Again, good job, Soren, and like Carlos said, it's time for us to win one!!

Loren

carlosmart
06-Apr-10, 16:45

Review

Dear teammates:

In my games, I have to say that in the board # 1 seems to be quite afraid to innovate and in general all the games are balanced. Fortunately, if I am not mistaken in my analysis should not lose any game but there is one that is still in the early movements.

On the positive side, I think I have a game won with white against my fellow Gutierrez Dopino and good prospects against Italian opponent used Dutch Stonewall.

Therefore, I have enough time to analyze your games and effectively Pterodactyl Loren does not look good but to analyze games with the delay of 5 movements can lead to errors

Hans on the other hand moves slowly and all items are matched, while Soren has good prospects in 3 or 4 of their games, although there is also a problem in another.

In any case, we must try our best and sure Loren finds a solution and its super-bright half game

Greetings

Carlos

cairo
20-Apr-10, 10:51

Results on board 2

I have some good news and bad news and all comes here. I lost this game against this strong Russian player:

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Be7 9.Qf3 O-O 10.g4 a5 11.O-O-O Nfd7 12.a3 a4 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.h4 N8d7 15.g5 Qc7 16.Bh3 Qc6 17.g6 d5 18.gxh7+ Kh8 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qg3 d4 21.Rhg1 Rf7 22.Bh6 Bf6 23.Na2 Nc5 24.Nb4 Qc7 25.Kb1 Nbd7 26.Bg5 Rc8 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Qg6 Ne8 29.h5 Rf6 30.Qg3 b5 31.Qh2 Kxh7 32.f3 d3 33.cxd3 Nxd3 34.Nxd3 Qc2+ 35.Ka1 Qxd3 36.Qxe5 b4 37.Nb1 Qxf3 38.axb4 Qf4 39.Qd4 Rf7 40.b5 Qf2 41.Ka2 Qe2 42.Na3 Nf6 43.Rde1 Qf3 44.Qxa4 Qf4 45.Qa6 Re8 46.h6 gxh6 47.b6 Qb8 48.Rgf1 Ref8 49.Nc4 Nd7 50.Rxf7+ Rxf7 51.Qb5 Nxb6 52.Qxb6 Qxb6 53.Nxb6 Ra7+ 54.Kb1 h5 55.Nc4 Kh6 56.Kc2 h4 57.b4 Rb7 58.Kb3 Kg5 59.Nd6 Rb8 60.b5 h3 61.Kb4 Kf4 62.Kc5 Kf3 63.b6 h2 64.b7 Kg2 65.Kd4 Kf3 66.Ke5 1-0

And I won this game against the Italian player:

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.d5 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Qb3 b5 11.Nd4 Bxc4 12.Qc2 b4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxc4+ d5 15.Qd3 Qd7 16.Nb3 a5 17.a4 Qf7 18.Qc2 c5 19.f3 c4 20.fxe4 cxb3 21.Qc5 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Na6 23.Qb6 Qc4 24.Bd3 Bd4+ 25.Be3 Bxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Qc5 27.Rf3 Rfe8 28.Qf2 Re5 29.Bxa6 Rxa6 30.Qxc5 Rxc5 31.Rxb3 Rc2 32.Kf2 Re6 33.Re1 Kf7 34.h3 h5 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.e3 Rd6 37.e4 Rdd2 38.exf5 gxf5 39.h4 Rxb2 40.Rxb2 Rxb2 41.Rc1 Rb3+ 42.Kf4 Rc3 43.Rd1 Rc4+ 44.Ke3 b3 45.Rb1 Rc3+ 46.Kf4 Ke6 47.Rb2 Kd5 48.Rf2 Kc4 49.Kg5 Kb4 50.Kxh5 Rxg3 51.Rxf5 Kxa4 52.Kh6 b2 53.Rf1 Kb3 54.h5 a4 0-1

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
20-Apr-10, 10:54

Update

of current results:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=0 0 points and 12 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +1-1=3 2,5 points and 7 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.

Total: +1-1=5 3,5 points and 41 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

carlosmart
20-Apr-10, 13:54

Dvojnoj Shakh

is the team to beat. Currently has 87% of the total points in games finished and rating seems the strongest team. Hans, Loren and myself must put every effort in deducting points to that team in our head to head. In my case, playing white, I have some advantage in order to a disjointed black pieces of my opponent.. I hope it ends well.

Fortunately, in my current game I have a couple of games close to victory and no risk of defeat even though I have two games in the opening.

Carlos

fmgaijin
21-Apr-10, 17:58

Fortunately . . .

. . . the Russian I'm losing to isn't from Dvojnoj Shakh, though I still have plenty of chances to lose to THEIR player, too! That game is still in the opening. BTW, the opponent that I sacrificed my Q against bailed out into a just-a-little-worse ending by returning the Q. I probably cannot win, but I will definitely try!

Congratulations to Soren for scoring the first win, and of course condolences for the first loss. And keep up the good play, Carlos--you are proving that you can take on those Board One killers!

Loren

fmgaijin
21-Apr-10, 18:00

P.S. on Board Order

It looks as if some of the other teams were being tricky (like us) in choosing their board order--for example, the Italian player that Soren beat easily is rated more than 200 points below their 4th board!

Loren

carlosmart
23-Apr-10, 03:58

Another draw (me as black)

Second draw in the first board, also with black. Really i am quite happy because this was my worse game in the middle game.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Re8 10.Qb3 b6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Qxc3 Bg4 14.Bd2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qd8 16.Kg2 h6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qb3 Nc6 19.Qxd5 Nb4 20.Bxb4 Bxb4 21.Qe4 g6 22.f4 Rc8 23.Rd1 Kg7 24.Qe5+ Kg8 25.f5 Bd6 26.Qe3 g5 27.h3 Be7 28.b3 Bf6 (draw)

I think this game is good for keep it in the database in order to 18th white move. Is really good because black could have to start a wrong attack whick finished in a lost endgame.

I preferred to assure draw with 18.- ... Nc6. This endgame had one less pawn but with bishops of differents colours.........

Greetings and wins from here.

Carlos

harpov
13-May-10, 09:26

Draw with black

i have a draw with black

carlosmart
13-May-10, 09:57

Hans

Well done. Good luck in your games ongoing.

Carlos

fmgaijin
14-May-10, 09:58

Good job, Hans!

Though of course I'm looking at them with delay, it seems that you are doing just fine in your other games. As for me, I'm still losing the game to that Russian player that I've been losing for a while but I may be close to winning in two others.

Let's get that plus score going!!

Loren

cairo
14-May-10, 15:01

Well

done Hans and a good start for you!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
14-May-10, 15:15

I have

another draw against the Argentinian player from Rey Gris, me as withe:

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 f5 8.Nc3 Qd6 9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.d5 e5 12.Re1 e4 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.f3 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.fxe4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Qxe4 18.Rxe4 Bf5 19.Re5 Bg6 20.g3 Kf8 21.Bg2 Bf6 1/2 1/2

I'm afraid I'm nothing getting more out of my withe games that I had hoped for in this tournament here ( So these draws are more "damage control" in order not to loose points on behalf of the Team by loosing foolish games! I have another draw coming up shortly against the Spanish player from Torres Quevedo. I hope I soon will provide another win for the team!

Best wishes
Cairo

cairo
14-May-10, 15:21

Update

of current results:

Board 4 Fmgaijin +0-0=1 ½ point and 11 games remaining.
Board 3 Harpov +0-0=1 ½ points and 11 games remaining.
Board 2 Cairo +1-1=4 3 points and 6 games remaining.
Board 1 Carlosmart +0-0=2 1 point and 10 games remaining.

Total: +1-1=8 5 points and 38 games remaining.

Best wishes
Cairo

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