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[trying-to-speedcube...]

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[White "OscarRothAndersen"]
[Black "MaartenSmit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1025"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "MaartenSmit won by resignation"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.e5 d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be7
11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Ne5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4 Nxd3 17.Qf3 Bxb2 18.Rad1 Qh4 19.Rxd3 b6 20.Rb3 Bb7
21.Rb4 Be5 22.h3 Rab8 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Rg4+ Bg7 25.Qf4 Qh7 26.Qg5 Bd5 27.Rh4 Qg6 28.f4 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Qxg5 30.fxg5 e5
31.Rf6 Bxa2 32.Rg4 Be6 33.Rg3 Rbc8 34.g6 Kg7 35.Rgf3 e4 36.R3f4 Bxf6 37.Rxe4 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Bf5 39.Ra4 Be5+ 40.g3 Rfc8
41.Kg2 Be4+ 42.Rxe4 R8c2+ 43.Kf3 Rc3+ 44.Kg4 Rxg3+ 45.Kf5 f6 46.h4 Rxg6 47.h5 Rg5+ 0-1

After move 20 it was just lol.

 

[Carrot]

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[White "OscarRothAndersen"]
[Black "MaartenSmit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1025"]
[BlackElo "1208"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "MaartenSmit won by resignation"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.e5 d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be7
11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Ne5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4 Nxd3 17.Qf3 Bxb2 18.Rad1 Qh4 19.Rxd3 b6 20.Rb3 Bb7
21.Rb4 Be5 22.h3 Rab8 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Rg4+ Bg7 25.Qf4 Qh7 26.Qg5 Bd5 27.Rh4 Qg6 28.f4 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Qxg5 30.fxg5 e5
31.Rf6 Bxa2 32.Rg4 Be6 33.Rg3 Rbc8 34.g6 Kg7 35.Rgf3 e4 36.R3f4 Bxf6 37.Rxe4 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Bf5 39.Ra4 Be5+ 40.g3 Rfc8
41.Kg2 Be4+ 42.Rxe4 R8c2+ 43.Kf3 Rc3+ 44.Kg4 Rxg3+ 45.Kf5 f6 46.h4 Rxg6 47.h5 Rg5+ 0-1

After move 20 it was just lol.

yeah, I did some huge mistakes in the beginning, and just played lol, to see if Maarten would do a lolfail move xD (but didn't happen xD)... very bad game for me >.< not even close to my standard

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

41. ... Be4+ was a lolfail move...

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Odder sucks.


[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[White "OscarRothAndersen"]
[Black "MaartenSmit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "Over 9000"]
[TimeControl "1|1"]
[Termination "Game drawn by stalemate"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 e5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be3 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bc4 cxd4 8.Bd2 dxc3 9.Bxc3 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6
11.O-O Nc6 12.Ng5 O-O 13.Nxe6 Qe7 14.Nxf8 Qxf8 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Rad1 Qf7 17.b3 Rd8 18.Qe3 d5 19.f3 dxe4 20.fxe4 Ng4
21.Qd3 Qd7 22.Qh3 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Rf4 d3 25.Rxg4 Qxg4 26.Qxg4 Rf8 27.h3 Bd4+ 28.Kh1 Be5 29.c3 Rf4 30.Qg5 Bxc3
31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Rxd3 Bd4 33.Qxd4+ Kf7 34.Rf3 Rxf3 35.gxf3 b5 36.Qxa7+ Kf6 37.Qb6+ Ke5 38.Qxb5+ Kf4 39.Qe8 Kg3 40.Qg8 Kh4
41.Qxh7+ Kg3 42.Qxg6+ Kf4 43.Qg4+ Ke3 44.a4 Kd4 45.a5 Kc3 46.a6 Kb4 47.a7 Kc3 48.a8=Q Kb4 49.Qgc8 Kb5 50.Qab8+ Ka5
51.Qc6 1/2-1/2

 

[HASH-CUBE]

i was white

1.e4 e5 2.d3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bg4 5.O-O h5 6.Nc3 c5 7.Be3 g6 8.a3 a5 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.c4 Bd7
11.Ng5 Bxb5 12.cxb5 Qxb5 13.d4 Qxb2 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxe5 16.f3 Nc6 17.Nxd6+ 1-0

time ended on him

 

[HASH-CUBE]

I have just played this game too, long but I won, I was expecting not to win

1.e4 e5 2.d3 Qh4 3.Nf3 Qf6 4.Be2 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O h6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 Bg4 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Qg5
11.Bxg4 Qxe3+ 12.Kh1 Ne7 13.Nd5 Qg5 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Nf5 Qg5 16.e5 dxe5 17.g3 O-O 18.h4 Qf6 19.Qe2 Qc6+ 20.Kh2 Nd7
21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Nd4 Qb6 23.Bxd7 Rxd7 24.Nf5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Qxb2 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.a4 Qb6 28.Nc8 Rxc8 29.Qd2 c6 30.h5 g6
31.hxg6 fxg6 32.Qxh6+ Kg8 33.Qxg6+ Kf8 34.Rf1+ Ke7 35.Qf7+ Kd6 36.Rf6+ Kc5 37.Qe6 Rh8+ 38.Kg2 Kb4 39.Qxe5 Qc5 40.Rf4+ Qc4
41.Rxc4+ Kxc4 42.Qxh8 b5 43.axb5 Kxb5 44.Qh5+ c5 45.Kf3 a5 46.Ke4 a4 47.Kd5 Kb4 48.Qh4+ c4 49.Qxc4+ Ka3 50.Kc5 Kb2
51.Qxa4 Kc1 52.Kc4 Kb2 53.Qb3+ Kc1 54.Qe3+ Kb2 55.c3 Kc2 56.Qd3+ Kb2 57.Kb4 Ka2 58.c4 Kb2 59.Qb3+ Kc1 60.Qa2 Kd1
61.Kc3 Ke1 62.g4 Kf1 63.Kd3 Ke1 64.Qb2 Kf1 65.Ke3 Kg1 66.Kf3 Kh1 67.Kg3 Kg1 68.Qb1# 1-0

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

I played this against a friend. I was white.

1.e4 d6 2.d4 b6 3.Nc3 Bd7 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 h6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bb5 Nb4 8.Bxd7+ Kxd7 9.a3 Nc6 10.d5 Nce7 11.dxe6+ fxe6 12.e5 Nf5 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Ne5+! 1-0

a) 14. ... Kc8 15. Nf7 Qf6 16. Nxh8
b) 14. ... Kc7 15. Nf7 Qf6 16. Nxh8
c) 14. ... Ke8 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. Qf7#
d) 14. ... Ke7 15. Nc6+ Ke8 16. Nxd8

 

[Hiero]

Hi all
I'm almost a beginner, but I have just decided to start chess professionally.
Where can I learn chess from medium to advanced without going to chess clubs?
Is it good to learn all of it only on the internet?
what website or youtube channel do you suggest to me?
thank you.

There are all the good basic lessons here.

http://www.chesskids.com/lessons04.shtml


I recommend spending a few bucks and getting Chessmaster. If you go through the lessons meticulously it's not that hard to get up to a 1500-1800 rating. From there you can delve into specific lines of play that interest you.

If you go to a used book store, like Half Priced Books, you can find a good number of chess books. The library also has them for free. The bad thing is that most of them are for absolute beginners or advanced players. It's hard to find good books out there that take you from beginner to advanced.

After Chessmaster, the only books I really recommend are "How to Reassess your Chess" and "Silman's Complete Endgame Course", both by Jeremy Silman.

Yasser Seirawan has a set of chess books out that are alright.


Again, definitely get Chessmaster and go through all the lessons on there. Then look into those two books that I recommended.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

I PWN

 

[Carrot]

[Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2010.07.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "[email protected]"]
[Black "[email protected]"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "632"]
[BlackElo "1311"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Time "5:00"]
[TimeControl "5 min + 5"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Qa4 Qg4 12. Rhg1 Qxg5+ 13. Rd2 c6 14. Qb4 Rab8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qa5 Qxa5 0-1

12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rhg1... just a tiny bit better... right? no material giveaway


Why did Maarten resign? ;D

 

[Mr Cubism]

I played with a friend (maybe FORMER friend after this), he is a beginner and payed very quickly the price when he (white) started with the f-pawn!:fp

 

[Dratini]

I played chess competitively, but have been pretty busy in the past two years, so I haven't gone to any tournaments I'm going to join the chess club in my university next year though

Also, my ICC handle expired. I was mibean though -__-
I think my FICS is also mibean, I'm not sure. Haha I better get on it.

I'm not sure about where you guys live, but in Washington, there weren't that many girls playing chess. I took part in one of the annual K-12 matches against British Columbia (2 representatives per grade) and I was the only girl from Washington.

Oh, and I'm one of those London System/Bird's Opening (White) or Modern Defense (Black) players.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Bump! Me against Fritz 6, set on 1620 ELO rating:

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Qe2 Qf4 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 e5 8. Qe3 Qxe3 9. fxe3 Be6 10. O-O-O Nf5 11. Bb5 Nfe7 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rhf1 f6 15. Nge4 O-O-O 16. d4 f5 17. Ng5 e4 18. Nf7 Be7 19. Nxh8 Rxh8 20. d5 Ne5 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. g3 Bb5 24. c4 Bd7 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Re8 28. Rxf5 Bf6 29. Rd7 Rxe6 30. Rdd5 c6 31. Rd2 Kc7 32. Kd1 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Kxd6 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Rf4 h6 36. Rxe4+ Kf8 37. Kf3 a6 38. h4 c5 39. a3 b5 40. cxb5 axb5 41. b4 c4 42. Ke2 Bc3 43. g4 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. a4 bxa4 46. Rxc4 47. Rc8+ Ke7 48. Ra8 Kf7 49. Rxa4 Bg7 50. b5 Ke6 51. b6 Bb2 52. b7 Be5 53. Rb4 Bb8 54. Rc4 Kd7 55. Rc8 Bg3 56. b8=Q Bxb8 Rxb8 1-0

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

[Event "@{"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[White "MaartenSmit"]
[Black "OscarRothAndersen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1288"]
[BlackElo "1283"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "MaartenSmit won by resignation"]

1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.Nf3 e4 5.Ne5 Nxe5 6.Bxe5 d6 7.Bb2 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7
11.d4 cxd4 12.exd4 O-O 13.Nc3 d5 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.f3 h6 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Ba3 19.Qxe8+ Rxe8 20.Bxa3 Qxd4+
21.Kh1 Re2 22.c4 Rf2 23.h3 g5 24.Rxf2 Qxa1+ 25.Kh2 Qe5+ 26.g3 h5 27.Bb2 Qb8 28.Rf5 Qd8 29.Rd5 Qe7 30.Re5 Qb4
31.Rxg5+ Kh7 32.Rxh5+ Kg6 33.Rd5 Qe1 34.Bd4 Qe2+ 35.Kg1 Qxa2 36.Rb5 Qb1+ 37.Kf2 f5 38.Be5 Qc2+ 39.Ke3 a6 40.Rb6+ Kh5
41.Bf4 Qe4+ 42.Kf2 Qc2+ 43.Ke3 Qc1+ 44.Kf2 Qb2+ 45.Kf3 Qc3+ 46.Be3 f4 47.Kxf4 Qd3 48.g4+ 1-0

Chess thread, please come to life.

 

[ExoCorsair]

Has anyone tried Tempest Chess? Chess but in real-time. O_o;

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Woah, that looks really cool! I think it would be rather awkward and non-related to normal chess though... :/

 

[ExoCorsair]

It is really cool; it's also pretty difficult, especially if you try to play conventionally.

Here's the link if anyone's curious: http://www.tempestchess.com/

 

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[Rinfiyks]

Has anyone tried Tempest Chess? Chess but in real-time. O_o;

Yes! I have had an account on there for at least 6 months now (same name as this) but I've not played it for a while because I was so bad at it I am white belt in fast standard and yellow in standard

 

[ExoCorsair]

Awesome! I could never get into it, though... maybe it's because I'd get my butt handed to me every few tables I played.

Tempest Chess is pretty cool, but bughouse and crazyhouse are my personal favorite variations.