Ted part 2

My wife and I went to the chess club tonight. I played Ted twice, and finally got a win against him. I played something resembling a Pirc defence, managed to keep everything really tight at the back, and waited patiently for an opening. It was touch and go who would break through first, and I managed to setup a double check which led to checkmate.

BTAT

I had a very enjoyable, open game against BTAT. I think I'll enjoy even more analysing it to see where more tactics were.

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2007.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "deanmadden"]
[Black "BTAT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1345"]
[BlackElo "1459"]
[ECO "A08"]
[TimeControl "3600"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 b5 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Re1 d4 8. e4
dxe3 9. fxe3 Qc7 10. e4 Nbd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. b3 Qc6 13. Bb2 f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Qe2 e5 16. Nh4 Qe6 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bf3 Nh6 19. Bh5+ Kd8 20. c4 b4 21.
Ne4 Be7 22. Nf2 Rg8 23. Bc1 f5 24. Kf1 Ng4 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26. Bb2 Qc6 27. Bxe5
Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Rf8+ 29. Ke3 Bg5+ 30. Bf4 Qc6 31. Bxg5+ Kc7 32. Bf4+ Rxf4 33.
gxf4 Nf6 34. Bxg4 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Qd6 37. Ng2 Ne4+ 38. Kc2 Nc3
39. a3 Qc6 40. Ne3 Qf6 41. axb4 cxb4 42. Rxa7+ Kb8 43. Rea1 Nb5 44. Ra8+ Kb7
45. cxb5 Qc3+ 46. Kb1 Qxb3+ 47. Kc1 Qc3+ 48. Nc2 b3 49. R8a7+ Kb6 50. R1a6+
Kxb5 51. d4+ Qc4 52. Bxc4+ Kxc4 {BTAT resigns} 1-0

BCM shop

My wife and I went to London on Wednesday, and while there we went to the British Chess Magazine shop, it is chess heaven :). I could have bought loads and loads, but we decided on two books so wouldn't have loads to lug around. We got 'Chess Tactics for kids' by Murray Chandler. I initially thought it would suit the wife, but soon realised it would be very useful to me too. We also got Winning Chess Tactics by Yasser Seirawan. These should keep us occupied for a bit.

While I've been off work, I've been playing online quite often, and have enjoyed playing blitz a bit more than usual. I could never complete a game in the 5mins without making major blunders, but am handling it a bit better now. I'm not sure whether I'll be entering the Nottingham Chess Congress yet, I'd love to, but the date could be clashing with when we'll be moving into our new house. Will have to wait and see.

AHogDriver

I had a very unenjoyable game last night. I played a 90mins each game against someone called AHogDriver, I prefer the longer games because there is little time pressure and I can analyse the positions very carefully. Anyway we get to the position below where he has just blundered to leave his Bishop hanging:

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "deanmadden"]
[Black "AHogDriver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1359"]
[BlackElo "1373"]
[ECO "A04"]
[TimeControl "5400"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O e4 5. Ne1 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. d3 e3 8.
Bxe3 Ng4


He obviously forgot about the threat to the c5 bishop. He asked for a 'take-back' which I would never accept, and wouldn't dream of asking for even in an unrated match. So anyway I continue the match and get into a dominant position.

9. Bxc5 b6 10. Ba3 Be6 11. e4 Nf6 12. e5 Nxe5 13. d4 Nc4 14. Nd3
Nxa3 15. bxa3 O-O 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. f3 Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Qh6+ 20. Kg1
g5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qe2 Rae8 23. Nb5 c5 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6
cxd4 27. Nb5 Rd7 28. Nxd4 Rdf7 29. Rae1 Rc7 30. Re8 Rc4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.
Ne6+ Kf7 33. Nxg5+ Kg6 34. f4 Rxc2 35. Bxd5 Kg7 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. Be4+



I think it's pretty obvious that it's pointless in him continuing now as I've forked his rook and king. But no, he decides this is the point of the game to run down his clock, we've both still got about 45mins left on our clocks. I think this is very unsporting and bad etiquette. So anyway, after 15mins he makes a move, I respond immediately, then he runs his clock down more etc. He's obviously hoping I'll get bored of sitting there and will quit the game.

37...Kh5 38.
Bxc2 Kg4 39. Kg2 a5 40. Bd1+ Kf5 41. Nxh7 b5 42. Bc2+ Kg4 43. Rg7+ Kh5 44.
Rg5+ Kh6 45. Rxb5 Kg7 46. Rxa5 Kh6 47. Re5 Kg7 48. a4 Kf7 49. a5 Kg7 50. a6
Kh8 51. a7 Kg7 52. a8=Q Kh6 53. Qa6+ Kg7 54. Re7+ {AHogDriver resigns} 1-0

So anyway I eventually force the win in an hour of the most boring tedium. This has put me off playing another 90mins game, which I've always enjoyed in the past. I think I'll limit it to 60 or 75 mins in the future.

I've got no problem with people taking time to make a move, but this persons conduct was very unsporting and portrays a very bad loser. Also I don't mind playing till the bitter end, but taking 30mins to make a forced move is disgusting in my opinion.

I didn't go to the chess club last Tuesday because I got stuck in horrendous traffic on the A38 on the way home. Thankfully the tomtom found me an alternative route to the official stationary diversion.

beebeetwo

Got beat up by beebeetwo:

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2007.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "beebeetwo"]
[Black "deanmadden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1372"]
[ECO "B00"]
[TimeControl "3600"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. e5 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nh5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Be3 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Bxh5 Qxd1 14.
Bxd1 Nc4 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. Bc5 Rcd8 17. Nxc7 {deanmadden resigns} 1-0

Peter Kay

I didn't get to play any chess this weekend, I just did a bit of practice with Personal Chess Trainer. Still having difficulty spotting mate-in-2s, although some are starting to stick. My wife and I went to see Peter Kay in The Producers in Manchester on Saturday, brilliant show. We were also doing a lot of looking around furniture shops because we're hoping to move into a new house in the next month or so. We've been renting since getting married in 2001, have had an offer accepted on a house and just waiting for a date to exchange contracts. We're off work for a week next week, so might be able to get a bit more chess in.

Sacrificing

I had an interesting match last night, it was the first time I sacrificed a piece, hoping to somehow get a mating opportunity around the king.

I sacrificed a bishop to take a pawn on h6:


Unfortunately it fizzled out, but it was fun being in an attacking position for a change. The idea was to get here:


But I couldn't figure out a way of getting rid of his pesky light bishop.

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2007.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "deanmadden"]
[Black "BojtarLajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1381"]
[BlackElo "1507"]
[ECO "A07"]
[TimeControl "3600"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O h6 5. d3 b5 6. Nbd2 c6 7. Re1 e6 8. e4
Bg6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. Bf4 Bh5 12. N1d2 c5 13. Rb1 b4 14. b3 Be7 15.
c4 d4 16. Qc1 Ra7 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Bg6 20. Nfg5 Nxe5 21.
Bh3 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qf6 23. Re2 Nbd7 24. Rf1 Qg7 25. Qh4 Nxd3 26. Bxe6 N7e5 27.
Bg4 Nxg4 28. Qxg4 Raa8 29. Re7 Rfe8 30. Qe2 Rxe7 31. Qxe7 Qf8 32. Qf6 Ra7 33.
f4 Qe7 34. Qb6 Kg7 35. f5 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Qxg5 37. Qxa7 Bxf5 38. Qb7 Qd2+ 39.
Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Be4+ {deanmadden resigns} 0-1