Unfortunately we lost today against Team Czech Republic, we probably need more players in the 2000-2400 rating range to compete and also help the lower boards. we lost 15-95
I was board #1 and while I was the underdog againt IM MartinCerveny rated 2536 in Blitz versus 2403 on my side, I tried to step up to the occasion.
First the key moments, then the games with annotations
Here I am white in Game1. Can you spot the move I played.
white to play - solution is my 29th move in the full game given below.
And here is the full game 1-0 for White as I converted the position in the diagram above.
and then the second game where I was Black there were 2 key moments
White to play : I just captured a pawn on a3 giving check. Do you with White move forward to g4, or backward to f2 ?
and now the second critical position 2 moves later, Black to play
Now can you guess the best move for Black ?
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Hint : would you play ..Rg6 or ..Rb3 in the diagram above, and why ?
Solution given in the entire game annotated below (40th move White and 41th move Black). the end result was a draw so I ended up scoring 1.5 versus 0.5 which is probably my best match result and probably the highest rated win.
Unfortunately we lost today against Team Czech Republic, we probably need more players in the 2000-2400 rating range to compete and also help the lower boards. we lost 15-95
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/team-usa-live/10985
I was board #1 and while I was the underdog againt IM MartinCerveny rated 2536 in Blitz versus 2403 on my side, I tried to step up to the occasion.
First the key moments, then the games with annotations
Here I am white in Game1. Can you spot the move I played.
white to play - solution is my 29th move in the full game given below.
And here is the full game 1-0 for White as I converted the position in the diagram above.
and then the second game where I was Black there were 2 key moments
White to play : I just captured a pawn on a3 giving check. Do you with White move forward to g4, or backward to f2 ?
and now the second critical position 2 moves later, Black to play
Now can you guess the best move for Black ?
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Hint : would you play ..Rg6 or ..Rb3 in the diagram above, and why ?
Solution given in the entire game annotated below (40th move White and 41th move Black). the end result was a draw so I ended up scoring 1.5 versus 0.5 which is probably my best match result and probably the highest rated win.
Full game 2 here