I play black and transpose into the KID. I've studied it a little bit on chess mentor. I wear myself out with a 1.5 hrs of quiet positional play trying to figure out how to push f5-f4 when I had several opportunities but didn't take them because...
Fritz takes me through an opening I've never seen before. I end up choosing book moves, but pieces are quickly liquidated resulting in an endgame that is even or slightly better for black. I make a few errors, and Fritz achieves a winning positi...
Maybe the opening isn't my weakness. I usually play the first 7 or 8 moves pretty accurately (they're in an opening book and have a name although I have no idea what it is at the time). In this game I achieve a winning position. Then I make a t...
I'm studying Mastering Chess Openings Vol 1 by John Watson since it's going to take a month for FCO to arrive (note: do not buy books from The Book Depository if you live in the USA). Here's a basic look at the ideas behind the Guico Piano. In g...
I castle queenside under an open file and a fianchetto'd bishop. But his king is in the center, and I'm doubled on the d file with my pawns advancing... I make some errors in the sharp position that follows and end up with equal material and a m...
Slighty modified position from Bologan- Van Haastert, Italy 2005. This checkmate employs several checkmate themes depending on how black attempts to defend.
I outplay white the entire game but blunder in the end and lose.
I play fairly well. I miss a few opportunities and black trades rooks for an additional pawn to let me close out an easy win in the end game.
In poker, a player is said to be on "tilt" when he is begins to react emotionally and stops thinking clearly. It usually happens after a tough loss. I've found in poker that wins and loses come in streaks. The reason is completely psychological. W...
I win but I'm not proud of this game. Both sides make a lot of mistakes. We reach an endgame. White blunders, and I have a forced win. In a few moves, I blunder back allowing him to draw. Unfortunately Fritz doesn't understand opposition ideas...
Another game. I make some mistakes but learn something from them.
I decided to try to play against the Fritz engine @1200 instead of the Rybka engine. I don't think Fritz knows how to property adjust the difficulty level when it's using another engine. This game was very easy. Rybka @1200 is much much harder ...
Wow, what an incredible and devastating move. It's one of the problems in The Art of Checkmate. I had to look up the answer! I was able to solve this one. It's nice combination of Anastasia's and Lucena's (Smothered) Mate.
I'm reading the Art of Checkmate by Renaud and Kahn. I really liked this combination found in the book. Notice that black has so many moves and yet none will save him. Here's another beautiful position. White has a smothered mate, but his pie...
The first 40 moves of an interesting game against the Chess.com's iphone ap at level 5. The computer schools me by taking the only open file, and I eventually school it back by capturing the file and taking it's dominated knight. Lessons learne...
I get my butt handed to me on this one. Lessons learn: 1. When you push a pawn, you make a hole. 2. Look for tactics that your opponent can play, not just tactics you can play. Obvious, but I really spend too much time thinking about what I want ...
I'm a Sabrewolfy, and I'm a chessaholic. Haha. I started playing when I was 9 or 10. I lived in the country, didn't have a computer, and my brothers really weren't interested. So I never got to play anyone. I would rent books at the library a...
Fritz (Rybka 4 @ 1200) vs Sabrewofly 12/24/2010
