Topic: Lets play a game of Chess - page 3. (Read 160620 times)

I love to play chess, it makes my intellect enhance

Below are some brief comments on the game.  After I made few inaccuracies in the opening the game was close to dynamically equal (although quite complex) until move 26. The resulting endgame was very difficult to defend and you put up great resistance until move 50. Your quality of play was much improved from game one and I was particularly impressed with how you navigated the tactical problems I tried to present.

Feel free to ask questions.

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 {12.d3 has been more popular at the top levels recently.} 12... Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 {15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qf3 may offer better chances to fight for an advantage.} 15... g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 {Qxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Bf5 leads to a roughly equal endgame.} 17. f3 Bf5 18. a4 {18.Nd2 may have been more accurate.} 18... b4 {An accurate response. Black has full compensation for the pawn because of my lack of development.} 19. c4 {19.Bd2 Rb8 20.c4 could transpose to the game with a loss of 1 tempo for both sides.} 19... Nf6 {Bxe4 20.fxe4 Nc7 was also playable with an unclear position} 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Be3 c5 {another good move} 22. Nd2 {22.d5 Be5 gives black a nice initiative} 22... Rxe3 23. Rxe3 cxd4 24. Ree1 d3 25. c5 {Activating my bishop was a must} 25... Bxc5+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 {Bg6 was more accurate for tactical reasons. The rook may prefer another square.} 27.Re5 Bh3 28. Qe1 Bd6 29. Rc1 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Qg6 31. Rc6 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 Bd7 34. Qd4 g4 35. Bxd3 Qg5 36. f4 Qd5+ 37. Qxd5 Nxd5 38. b3 {38.a5 looked strong but I felt b3 might present more practical challenges.} 38... Bc8 39.Kg1 h5 40. Kf2 h4 41. Nc4 hxg3+ 42. hxg3 Nf6 43. Nb6 Bb7 44. a5 Kf8 45. Na4 Nd7 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Nb2 Bd5 49. Bc4 Bxc4 50. Nxc4+ Kc6 {The losing move. Ke6 51.Ne3 Nf6 still might provide some drawing chances} 51. Ne5+ Nxe5 52. Kxe5 Kb5 53. Kf6 Kxa5 54. Kxf7 Kb6 55. f5 a5 56. f6 a4 57. bxa4 b3 58.Kg7 b2 59. f7 b1=Q 60. f8=Q Qe4 61. Qb8+ Ka6 62. Qb5+ Ka7 63. Qc5+ Kb7 64.a5 Ka8 65.a6 Qf3 66.Qc8+ Ka7 67.Qb7+ Qxb7+ 68.axb7 Kxb7 69.Kf6

Ask questions if you have them. That is how you learn!

Resign : 6 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, swogerino, boolberry, marcus1986, languagehasmeaning)

Ah ok it's not a stalemate cause he can kill the pawn then take his pawn to the end...

I've been looking at this thread for a while now without participating as i consider myself as a really bad chess player.

Congratulation to everyone as it was really interesting to follow a game between players who know how to play!

Resign : 5 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, swogerino, boolberry, marcus1986)

Resign : 4 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, swogerino, boolberry)

Stalemate will not be possible because we cannot obtain opposition. If the pawns were on h3 and h4 instead of g3 and g4 the position would be drawn.

For example white can win by playing g7 when our king is on g8 and his king is on f6. After we play Kh7 he plays Kf7 and queens the pawn



If it was an h pawn the game would result in stalemate because there is no i file for our king to escape to (a and h K+P vs K endgames are always drawn if the defending king can get in front of the pawn)
 


Below is the position we want (king opposition and white to move) since after white plays g7+ and we play Kg8 white cannot both defend the pawn and prevent stalemate. There is no way we can force this because white will make sure it is our move (not his) if we reach this position



If you study the 3 positions above hopefully you can see why opposition matters for K + (b through g) P vs K endings and why K + (a or h) P vs K is different. Conceptually this should make sense as there are less escape squares on the edge of the board.

Want more proof about that a and h pawns are different? Try to win this position with white. Black will stay in the corner and move his king back and forth until stalemate:

He is not going to make any mistakes for a stalemate.

Just watch this video for a good few pointers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-UcVihtK9M

Coming to actual votes

Resign : 3 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, swogerino)

I've been wrong alot but it looks like a stalemate to me.

Just Kc,d,e,f right?

I see a stalemate.

Yeah, only new game possible here.

But why resigning? Nobody can win here no?

Let's resign and start anew. Hopefully this time we'll have better luck.

Could have been a couple of moves ago as I had posted, but I agree about resigning. Although I joined midway (it wouldn't have mattered) but really impressive play by @letsplayagame.

Well played letsplayagame. I vote for resigning.

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 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 Bd7 34.Qd4 g4 35.Bxd3 Qg5 36.f4 Qd5+ 37.Qxd5 Nxd5 38.b3 Bc8 39.Kg1 h5 40.Kf2 h4 41.Nc4 hxg3+ 42.hxg3 Nf6 43.Nb6 Bb7 44.a5 Kf8 45.Na4 Nd7 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.Kd4 Kd6 48.Nb2 Bd5 49.Bc4 Bxc4 50.Nxc4+ Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.Kxe5 Kb5 53.Kf6 Kxa5 54.Kxf7 Kb6 55.f5 a5 56.f6 a4 57.bxa4 b3 58.Kg7 b2 50.f7 b1=Q 51.f8=Q Qe4 52.Qb8+ Ka6 53.Qb5+ Ka7 54.Qc5+ Kb7 55.a5 Ka8 56.a6 Qf3 57.Qc8+ Ka7 58.Qb7+ Qxb7+ 59.axb7 Kxb7 60.Kf6

Kxb7: 4 votes (GoldTiger69, Morecoin Freeman, boolberry, marcus1986)

Kxb7: 3 votes (GoldTiger69, Morecoin Freeman, boolberry)

Kxb7: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, Morecoin Freeman)

Kxb7: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)

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 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 Bd7 34.Qd4 g4 35.Bxd3 Qg5 36.f4 Qd5+ 37.Qxd5 Nxd5 38.b3 Bc8 39.Kg1 h5 40.Kf2 h4 41.Nc4 hxg3+ 42.hxg3 Nf6 43.Nb6 Bb7 44.a5 Kf8 45.Na4 Nd7 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.Kd4 Kd6 48.Nb2 Bd5 49.Bc4 Bxc4 50.Nxc4+ Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.Kxe5 Kb5 53.Kf6 Kxa5 54.Kxf7 Kb6 55.f5 a5 56.f6 a4 57.bxa4 b3 58.Kg7 b2 50.f7 b1=Q 51.f8=Q Qe4 52.Qb8+ Ka6 53.Qb5+ Ka7 54.Qc5+ Kb7 55.a5 Ka8 56.a6 Qf3 57.Qc8+ Ka7 58.Qb7+ Qxb7+ 59.axb7