CP6033 vs. solskytz

That tends to happen when players are focused on the positional implications of a variation. I know when I've been having a look at binds and try to play one in my own game and tie my opponent in knots with positional play I occasionally get my head taken clean off by a tactical shot. Lol

Right... the treacherousness of chess, or the liabilities of being a patzer (true for all levels), or whatever... :-)

Indeed. So the match has been postponed?

Well yes and no. Solskytz has been busy, so we haven't been able to schedule a game.

I assume you're talking about game 2 CP, we're discussing 1 of the sub variations you each included in your analysis. You both give nxc5 after qxf5 but nf6+ wins the queen.

Ah true enough-I was looking at the wrong variation. Nxc5 does still win, but Nf6+ is much cleaner and clearer obviously.

I've been busy, and in addition CP6033 has became a SCARY player since we first met - so I really need some preparation before playing him again...

Such as - getting some decent progress on my CALCULATE TILL MATE course by GM SMIRNOFF

Yeah the problem is you do prep, and I don't

Yeah man - you're a natural... I'm just trying to cope :-)

Actually I was thinking I'm lazy......

:-) who knows...

Good news: As of Tuesday night, we are renewing the match. CP needs some "sharpening up" before going to a major tourney in May...

Game scheduled to 23:00 hours , GMT (which is 01:00 here in Belgium, and 19:00 in Canada)

Which major tournament in may?

CP6033: 4.5

Solskytz: 1.5 and a third straight loss!

Here's the game, with some annotations, mostly what I thought about during the game and what came up in post-mortem

His ...h6 was brilliant and asked me to show understanding. Instead of keeping the game tense with g6, I simplified into an ending - and he saw deeper into it than I did. Well done Caleb!

We just finished our 6th game of the match, and we're 1/4 of the way through! Currently the match score is 4.5-1.5 for me.

Here's just the game-I'll try to add annotation soon.

Here my annotated version

Wow!! I didn't realize that Re3 was the losing mistake, and that I still had chances with my R on b3. Very revealing!

I looked at these two pawns as pretty formidable, and didn't think that my K alone could handle them both, together with the black rook. I just didn't see this resource - thanks for pointing it out!

You know, last time we played, when you won that R + B (of difference color) endgame when I was still in Mexico, and explained to me all about exchanging one pair of rooks and pressing - the following day I beat a strong player in the club with that exact same idea, in the exact same type of position (although against you it came from a Petroff, and against him I was white and started with 1. d4). 

I thought about it, and maybe, just maybe, if you play Ke3 I can go Rg3!? Kxe4 f2 and and get a queen vs a rook......you don't have to play Kxe4 of course, but then the threat is f2+, so you have to move the rook somewhere (let's say b6 and then I only have to stop your rook from getting on the f file, and I can play Re2 Kxe4 f2 and win......It's a bit dangerous-it gets complicated, but it might just work.

After doing some calculations I checked the position with the engine, and the engine confirmed my calculation-that after Rg3 Rb6 Ke7 white is alright if he checks the black king and goes Rb8. It also told me that the obvious Rg1! wins as Kxe4 f2 Rf3 f1=Q. 

Fine - you know what? I will now look at the variations you provided... 

We can start playing in like 10 - 15 minutes.