Topic: Lets play a game of Chess - page 23. (Read 160701 times)

My identity will remain secret for now but I am a professional chess player, ranked amongst the best in the world:
http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men

I am here to play a game of chess against the bitcointalk community.

Chess consumes my public life, but in private I have been fascinated with bitcoin for several years. I have plans to come out of my cryptocurrency closet when the time is right.

You all can work together. Let community consensus determine which move you make. You may play the white pieces and move first. After you have reached consensus I will make my move at a frequency of roughly 24-48 hours (depending on my schedule).  Please do not attempt to use timing as a basis for determining my identity. I may write a basic script to log in and post my move (or have a trusted friend do so for me) while I am asleep or am known to be at a public event.  I registered this account with an email address which I have never used and will never log on from an IP address that can be connected to me. When the time is right I will reveal more.

To make things easier for the community, I suggest all your moves are discussed in algebraic notation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_chess_notation

Your move bitcointalk. You have the black pieces

The current position is updated below

Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1 Bxe5 30.Qxe5 Qg6 31.Rc6



Game 1 (bitcointalk vs letsplayagame):
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.d3 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rfd1 Qb6 13.a4 Rfd8 14.a5 Qa7 15.e4 Rac8 16.h3 Nb8 17.Be3 Nc6 18.Qb3 h6 19.Ne2 Qb8 20.Rd2 Nb4 21.Bf4 Qa8 22.Ne5 Nd7 23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Qd1 Rcd8 25.Nc1 c4 26.dxc4 Rxd2 27.Bxd2 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Qxe4 29.cxb5 Nc2 30.Nb3 Nxa1 31.Nxa1 Qd3 32.Nb3 Qxb5 33.Qc2 Qe2 34.h4 Bf8 0-1

Rc8

Qg6: 6 votes (ING Bank, galdur, LucyLovesCrypto, languagehasmeaning, jjacob, XMRpromotions)
Re8: 1 vote (Rolf Uhlhorn)

I vote for Qg6

Qg6: 5 votes (ING Bank, galdur, LucyLovesCrypto, languagehasmeaning, jjacob)
Re8: 1 vote (Rolf Uhlhorn)

Qg6: 4 votes (ING Bank, galdur, LucyLovesCrypto, languagehasmeaning)

34.Qd4 Bxa4 he´ll get the b and d pawns resulting in even material but it takes two tempos which should give us time for some counterplay. The position is becoming rather simplified at that point.

Thank you, but we won't play Rxd2, but Be6 for example. But I am just trying to make suggestions, I decide during daytime.

I like that for us too. However I think white may play 34.Qd4 instead of 34.b3 so that g4 can be met with Bxd3. I will think about this some more before we need to make a decision.

Thank you, but that is what I thought I said: "Bg2+ has some funny effects, but won't work out." 30. ... - Bg2+ is funny, but not ok.

After 30. .. - Re8 31. Qxf6 - Re2, not Bg2+. If Qd8+ - Kg7 / Qxd3 we win his queen with Rxh2+ etc. But I look at it during daytime, after 4 am here, my eyes are closed and my brain not working properly.

Well, we´re a pawn up as it is so losing one may not be so horrible.

Here´s a line: 30. Qxe5 Qg6 31. Rc6 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Bc4 Bd7 34. b3 g4 35. f4 Bf5 and if 36. Bxa6 Ne4 with excellent prospects for black.

I don´t like that endgame after g4. We have weak pawns and his king will soon be in the center. Not saying it´s lost, just think keeping the queen is safer.

Oh please, if I may: the move I decide to do, has nothing to do with the strenght of my opponent. I just try the best move I can find.

There is the most logical move, the most difficult move and the best move. I always prefer the best move. Some people go for the difficult move, underestemating their opponent. This only is an option when the position is lost.

Your 31..Rc8 idea is indeed another clever option taking advantage of the same back rank threats at  31..Re8.

Since 31..Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 would also win a pawn for white I feel like we might be better off trading queens but maybe things are not so clear. I feel like our king is more vulnerable than his since we have a pawn on g5 with the queen on the board.  I should look at the position with the queens on the board more carefully. It sounds like we agree on our current move. If White plays 31.Rc6 as we suspect we can discuss this again.

30. ... - Re8 seems to be ok, do I miss something? I look at it during daytime. Bg2+ has some funny effects, but won't work out.