Came across this when I transferred over my Chessbase11 program to my newer laptop. Why black doesn't castle is a question I have. Was castling done back then? How amazing to be remembered in a database 540 years later!
[Event "Valencia"]
[Site "Valencia"]
[Date "1475.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Castellvi, Francisco"]
[Black "Vinoles, Narcisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1475.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Qxb7 Nbd7 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nxa7 Nb6 11. Nxc8 Nxc8 12. d4 Nd6 13. Bb5+ Nxb5 14.
Qxb5+ Nd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. Rxd5 Qg6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20.
Qxd7+ Kf8 21. Qd8# 1-0
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Correspondence Chess the Olde Fashioned Way
I just started a correspondence game with an old over the board chess friend in Western MA. If you have one of the Chessbase database programs like Chessbase11, you can easily print correspondence cards. Just mail and...............wait. :-)
Monday, July 27, 2015
Chess Tuesday Night at The Grindstone, Lyndonville
Hope to discuss the September move to either Wednesday or Thursday evening and having a non-rated, just for fun, quick Dog Daze of August Tournament.See you all tomorrow tonight.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
G-60 Tournament Keene, NH Saturday August 29, 2015
Keene SuperAmateur
4SS, G/60 d5. Congregation Ahavas Achim, 84 Hastings Ave., Keene, NH 03431. Open to U2300/Unr. Two sections. Under 2300, $$G: 200-120, U2050 100, U1850 110-70. Under 1650, $$G: 120-80, U1450 100, U1250 60-40. Both, Total $$G 1,000. $$ may be increased in one or more categories; total $$ will exceed $32 per entrant. EF: $32 in advance or $37 at door; both $10 less to U1050/Unr. in U1650 section. No unrated player may win more than $50. Reg.: 8:35-9:35 a.m., Rds.: 10-1-3:45-6:30. Half-point bye okay for any one of first 3 rounds. Ent:Vincent Bradley, PO Box 374, Gilsum, NH 03448; bradley.chess@gmail.com
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
New Faces at Lyndonville Chess Club Tonight
And some very good games, too. Stay tuned for pgn files with analysis.
From left to right--Mike, John, Georgia and Robert
And a selfie proving that I'm real and do in fact lose chess games.
And a selfie proving that I'm real and do in fact lose chess games.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
A Philidor and French Defense From Bastille Day
Two games follow in pgn that Mike Chadburn and I played last night. The Philidor opens like a Pirc before it goes into a Hanham type variation where an early exchange of Queens is prevented. The second is a French Advance that was even until yours truly blundered into a mate in one........oh, well. Good fun and friends!
[Event "Grindstone Fun"]
[Site "<Unknown>"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[Round "<Unknown>"]
[White "Mike Chadburn"]
[Black "Brian Lafferty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Site "<Unknown>"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[Round "<Unknown>"]
[White "Mike Chadburn"]
[Black "Brian Lafferty"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Bc4 e5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be3 0-0 7.h3 c6 8.Qd2 Qb6 9.Na4 Qc7 10.Nc3 b5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Ne2 Ba6 14.0-0 Nxe4 15.Qc1 exd4 16.Bxd4 Bxe2 17.Re1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Bh4 20.Kf1 Bxe1 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg5 Kh8 23.Rxe1 Rg8 24.Qf4 Qb6 25.Qxd6 Qg1 26.Ke2 Rae8 27.Kd3 Rxe1
[Event "Grindstone Fun"]
[Site "<Unknown>"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[Round "<Unknown>"]
[White "Brian, Lafferty"]
[Black "Mike Chadburn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Site "<Unknown>"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[Round "<Unknown>"]
[White "Brian, Lafferty"]
[Black "Mike Chadburn"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Nbd2 Nf5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nfxd4 9.0-0 Bd7 10.a3 Be7 11.b4 Bg5 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Nf3 Nxf3 14.Qxf3 0-0 15.Bxg5 Qxg5 16.Rfe1 Bc6 17.Qh3 g6 18.Qe3 Qxe3 19.Rxe3 a6 20.a4 Rfc8 21.Ree1 b5 22.axb5 Bxb5 23.Bxb5 axb5 24.Ra5 Rab8 25.Rea1 Rc4 26.Rb1 d4 27.h3 d3 28.Rb2 Rc2 29.Rba2 Re2 30.Ra8 Rxa8 31.Rxa8 Kg7 32.Kf1 Rb2 33.Rd8
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
A Good Bastille Day!!
We had a nice turnout with good games using the French and Philidor Defenses. Good French wine was consumed and we had a lovely woman visitor, a Ukrainian physician visiting with one of our members for the Summer.
Here's a photo of Mike and Robert playing a French Advance won by Black.
Here's a photo of Mike and Robert playing a French Advance won by Black.
Happy Bastille Day!
The Quebec Chess Association has noted our fete this evening at chess club on their Facebook page. See you tonight for wine and french influenced chess.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
This Tuesday Celebrate Bastille Day With The Lyndonville Chess Club
In honor of the storming of the Bastille on this day in 1789, I will provide some French wine and urge everyone playing Black to play at least one game using the French or Philidor Defenses.
Drop in and if you know the Marseilles, perhaps you'll lead us a la Casablanca.
Drop in and if you know the Marseilles, perhaps you'll lead us a la Casablanca.
Monday, July 6, 2015
Brilliant So--Kramnik Game Won By So In Dortmond
So finishes second overall to Fabio Caruna, recent transferee to the USCF. Game and commentary from Chessbase.com
[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
{Wesley had been having a topsy turvy tournament in Dortmund. Wins against Caruana and Nepo were compensated by losses against Nisipeanu and Naiditsch. But his final round victory against Kramnik would have been especially sweet because he beat the former World Champion in his favourite Berlin Defence.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bd7 {Kramnik uses a line that has only been played ten times in the past and one in which Black players haven't scored a win. But it was never been tried by a 2700+ player.} (10... Ng6 {is the main move.}) (10... h6 {is the second most played move in the position.}) 11. Ng5 $146 {This is a new move in the position. A clear indication that this was not prepared by Wesley is the fact that he used seven and a half minutes for this move.} Ke8 12. e6 $5 {Played after 20 minutes of thought. Wesley definitely was trying to weigh the pros and cons of this sacrifice. On one hand he loses a pawn but on the other he get a very nice initiative and squares like e4 for his knight.} Bxe6 (12... fxe6 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Rxe6+ Kf7 16. Re5 $11 {was also a possible line.}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 Kf7 {The computer already likes Black's position but in a practical game things are not so simple. So would like to place his knight on e4 and create some problems for the king on f7.} 15. Ne4 h6 {Of course, preventing Ng5.} 16. Rd1 {Nine and a half minutes for this move. It would definitely not have been easy for Wesley to play this move. But he realises that the d-file is more important than the e-file.} e5 (16... Nd5 17. c4 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Kxf6 19. Bd2 (19. Rd7 Bd6 $15) 19... Bd6 20. Bc3+ e5 $11 {Black doesn't have too many problems here.}) 17. Rd7 Rc8 18. Bd2 b6 {After the c5 square is controlled, Black now threatens K to e6.} ( 18... Ke6 $2 19. Nc5+ $14) 19. Re1 Ke6 20. Rd3 c5 ({Maybe it's not such a huge inaccuracy to play c5, but it made more sense to play g5 followed by Bg7 to finish the development.} 20... g5 {and with this move Black also prevents the move f4.}) 21. f4 Nc6 22. Rg3 Re8 (22... Nd4 23. c3 Nf5 24. Rg4 $13) 23. fxe5 g5 (23... Nxe5 24. Bc3 Kd5 {The king looks pretty cool in the center of the board. Unlike Bruzon's king against Wei Yi, this one is way safer!} 25. Nd2 c4 $13) 24. h4 Bg7 25. hxg5 Bxe5 26. Rf3 hxg5 27. Bxg5 $6 {The game had reached the pinnacle of excitement with both players making excellent moves. Here Bxg5 is not the most accurate. Better would have been} (27. Nf6 $5 Ref8 28. Bxg5 Nd4 $2 (28... Rf7 $142) 29. Rxe5+ Kxe5 30. Nd7+ Kd6 31. Rxf8 Rh5 $1 32. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 (32... Rxg5 $2 33. Ne4+ $16) 33. Bf6 Nxc2 34. g4 $14) 27... Bd4+ $1 28. Nf2+ Kd5 29. Rd1 Rhg8 (29... Ne5 $5) 30. Bf4 Re2 $5 {Kramnik might have assessed the piece sacrifice in his favour. Objectively White should be better but practically it's easier to play as Black as the pawns on the queenside just have to be pushed whereas So has to find the accurate setup of pieces.} ( 30... Kc4 $1 31. c3 Be5 $11 {Black has absolutely no problems here.}) 31. c3 Rxb2 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Be3 (33. Ra3 $5 {would have been definitely preferable to retain the a2 pawn.}) 33... Rxa2 34. Rf4 Ra4 35. Ne4 Kc6 36. Nc3 Ra3 37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Ne2 d3 39. Rf3 Ra2 (39... dxe2 40. Rc1+ $18) 40. Nf4 d2 41. Kf2 b5 42. Rc3+ Kb7 43. Nd5 Rg7 44. Rb3 a6 45. Nb4 Ra4 46. Rxd2 {White has won an important pawn but now the c-pawn moves ahead with a few tempi.} c5 47. Nd5 Rd7 {The game is still nicely balanced. It is interesting to see how top two players in the world are actually playing this weird material balance to the best of their abilities.} 48. Rf3 Re4 49. Rf6 Ka7 50. Rd3 c4 51. Rh3 Rd4 52. Nb4 R4d6 53. Rhh6 Rxf6+ 54. Rxf6 Rd2+ 55. Kf3 a5 (55... Kb7 56. Nxa6 (56. Rxa6 $2 Rb2 $15) 56... c3 57. Nc5+ Kc7 58. Ke3 Rxg2 $11) 56. Ra6+ Kb7 57. Rxa5 Kb6 58. Ra2 Rd7 (58... Rd8 {maybe it was better to prevent the rook infiltration to a8.}) 59. Ra8 Kc5 60. Nc2 $16 {The knight and the rook have now started to co-ordinate really well. The knight prevents, the black king from entering the position and the White rook will start checking from behind. A deadly combo.} Rc7 61. Rf8 $1 c3 62. Rf5+ Kb6 63. g4 $18 {The queenside pawns have been blockaded and the g-pawn marches ahead!} Ka5 64. g5 Ka4 65. Ke3 Rd7 66. g6 b4 67. Rf4 Kb3 68. Nxb4 Re7+ 69. Re4 Rg7 70. Rg4 Re7+ 71. Kf3 Rg7 72. Nc6 Rg8 73. g7 c2 74. Nd4+ Kc4 75. Nxc2+ Kd5 76. Rg6 {A beautiful game by both sides. Firstly So for finding this brilliant idea with Ng5 and e6 to sacrifice a pawn for initiative in the opening. Then Kramnik who sacrificed a pieces for this mass of queenside pawns. And in the end, So for using his knight and rooks so well to keep things under control. An absolute world class contest.} 1-0
[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
{Wesley had been having a topsy turvy tournament in Dortmund. Wins against Caruana and Nepo were compensated by losses against Nisipeanu and Naiditsch. But his final round victory against Kramnik would have been especially sweet because he beat the former World Champion in his favourite Berlin Defence.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bd7 {Kramnik uses a line that has only been played ten times in the past and one in which Black players haven't scored a win. But it was never been tried by a 2700+ player.} (10... Ng6 {is the main move.}) (10... h6 {is the second most played move in the position.}) 11. Ng5 $146 {This is a new move in the position. A clear indication that this was not prepared by Wesley is the fact that he used seven and a half minutes for this move.} Ke8 12. e6 $5 {Played after 20 minutes of thought. Wesley definitely was trying to weigh the pros and cons of this sacrifice. On one hand he loses a pawn but on the other he get a very nice initiative and squares like e4 for his knight.} Bxe6 (12... fxe6 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Rxe6+ Kf7 16. Re5 $11 {was also a possible line.}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 Kf7 {The computer already likes Black's position but in a practical game things are not so simple. So would like to place his knight on e4 and create some problems for the king on f7.} 15. Ne4 h6 {Of course, preventing Ng5.} 16. Rd1 {Nine and a half minutes for this move. It would definitely not have been easy for Wesley to play this move. But he realises that the d-file is more important than the e-file.} e5 (16... Nd5 17. c4 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Kxf6 19. Bd2 (19. Rd7 Bd6 $15) 19... Bd6 20. Bc3+ e5 $11 {Black doesn't have too many problems here.}) 17. Rd7 Rc8 18. Bd2 b6 {After the c5 square is controlled, Black now threatens K to e6.} ( 18... Ke6 $2 19. Nc5+ $14) 19. Re1 Ke6 20. Rd3 c5 ({Maybe it's not such a huge inaccuracy to play c5, but it made more sense to play g5 followed by Bg7 to finish the development.} 20... g5 {and with this move Black also prevents the move f4.}) 21. f4 Nc6 22. Rg3 Re8 (22... Nd4 23. c3 Nf5 24. Rg4 $13) 23. fxe5 g5 (23... Nxe5 24. Bc3 Kd5 {The king looks pretty cool in the center of the board. Unlike Bruzon's king against Wei Yi, this one is way safer!} 25. Nd2 c4 $13) 24. h4 Bg7 25. hxg5 Bxe5 26. Rf3 hxg5 27. Bxg5 $6 {The game had reached the pinnacle of excitement with both players making excellent moves. Here Bxg5 is not the most accurate. Better would have been} (27. Nf6 $5 Ref8 28. Bxg5 Nd4 $2 (28... Rf7 $142) 29. Rxe5+ Kxe5 30. Nd7+ Kd6 31. Rxf8 Rh5 $1 32. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 (32... Rxg5 $2 33. Ne4+ $16) 33. Bf6 Nxc2 34. g4 $14) 27... Bd4+ $1 28. Nf2+ Kd5 29. Rd1 Rhg8 (29... Ne5 $5) 30. Bf4 Re2 $5 {Kramnik might have assessed the piece sacrifice in his favour. Objectively White should be better but practically it's easier to play as Black as the pawns on the queenside just have to be pushed whereas So has to find the accurate setup of pieces.} ( 30... Kc4 $1 31. c3 Be5 $11 {Black has absolutely no problems here.}) 31. c3 Rxb2 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Be3 (33. Ra3 $5 {would have been definitely preferable to retain the a2 pawn.}) 33... Rxa2 34. Rf4 Ra4 35. Ne4 Kc6 36. Nc3 Ra3 37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Ne2 d3 39. Rf3 Ra2 (39... dxe2 40. Rc1+ $18) 40. Nf4 d2 41. Kf2 b5 42. Rc3+ Kb7 43. Nd5 Rg7 44. Rb3 a6 45. Nb4 Ra4 46. Rxd2 {White has won an important pawn but now the c-pawn moves ahead with a few tempi.} c5 47. Nd5 Rd7 {The game is still nicely balanced. It is interesting to see how top two players in the world are actually playing this weird material balance to the best of their abilities.} 48. Rf3 Re4 49. Rf6 Ka7 50. Rd3 c4 51. Rh3 Rd4 52. Nb4 R4d6 53. Rhh6 Rxf6+ 54. Rxf6 Rd2+ 55. Kf3 a5 (55... Kb7 56. Nxa6 (56. Rxa6 $2 Rb2 $15) 56... c3 57. Nc5+ Kc7 58. Ke3 Rxg2 $11) 56. Ra6+ Kb7 57. Rxa5 Kb6 58. Ra2 Rd7 (58... Rd8 {maybe it was better to prevent the rook infiltration to a8.}) 59. Ra8 Kc5 60. Nc2 $16 {The knight and the rook have now started to co-ordinate really well. The knight prevents, the black king from entering the position and the White rook will start checking from behind. A deadly combo.} Rc7 61. Rf8 $1 c3 62. Rf5+ Kb6 63. g4 $18 {The queenside pawns have been blockaded and the g-pawn marches ahead!} Ka5 64. g5 Ka4 65. Ke3 Rd7 66. g6 b4 67. Rf4 Kb3 68. Nxb4 Re7+ 69. Re4 Rg7 70. Rg4 Re7+ 71. Kf3 Rg7 72. Nc6 Rg8 73. g7 c2 74. Nd4+ Kc4 75. Nxc2+ Kd5 76. Rg6 {A beautiful game by both sides. Firstly So for finding this brilliant idea with Ng5 and e6 to sacrifice a pawn for initiative in the opening. Then Kramnik who sacrificed a pieces for this mass of queenside pawns. And in the end, So for using his knight and rooks so well to keep things under control. An absolute world class contest.} 1-0
Friday, July 3, 2015
A Simul In Honor of Philidor
Done in period clothing in Versailles. Fun.
And here is a game that the great Paul Morphy lost to Daniel Harrwitz in 1858.
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Paris (France)"]
[Date "1858"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morphy Paul"]
[Black "Harrwitz Daniel (GER)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C62"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Bg5
Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Rhe1 h6 11.Bh4 Ne8 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.e5 {?!} ( 13.Qd2 {'with the idea' Nd4} ) Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qg5+
15.Kb1 ( 15.f4 {!?} ) dxe5 16.Rxe5 Qg2 17.Nd5 Qxh2 18.Ree1 Qd6
19.Rg1 Kh7 20.Qe3 f5 21.Nf4 Qb6 22.Qe2 Rf7 23.Qc4 Qf6 24.Nh5
Qe7 25.Rde1 Qd7 26.a3 Nd6 27.Qd4 Rg8 28.Rg2 Ne8 29.Qc3 f4 30.Rh1
g6 31.Rhg1 Qd5 32.Qe1 Qxh5 33.Rg5 Qxf3 34.Qe6 Rf6 35.Qe7+ Rg7
36.Qxe8 hxg5 37.Qe1 Qc6 0-1
And here is a game that the great Paul Morphy lost to Daniel Harrwitz in 1858.
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Paris (France)"]
[Date "1858"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morphy Paul"]
[Black "Harrwitz Daniel (GER)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C62"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Bg5
Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Rhe1 h6 11.Bh4 Ne8 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.e5 {?!} ( 13.Qd2 {'with the idea' Nd4} ) Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qg5+
15.Kb1 ( 15.f4 {!?} ) dxe5 16.Rxe5 Qg2 17.Nd5 Qxh2 18.Ree1 Qd6
19.Rg1 Kh7 20.Qe3 f5 21.Nf4 Qb6 22.Qe2 Rf7 23.Qc4 Qf6 24.Nh5
Qe7 25.Rde1 Qd7 26.a3 Nd6 27.Qd4 Rg8 28.Rg2 Ne8 29.Qc3 f4 30.Rh1
g6 31.Rhg1 Qd5 32.Qe1 Qxh5 33.Rg5 Qxf3 34.Qe6 Rf6 35.Qe7+ Rg7
36.Qxe8 hxg5 37.Qe1 Qc6 0-1
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