New Annotated Game of the Day

Solution to yesterday's puzzle: 1. Qxf6+!! allows white to win a piece and simplify into a won ending after 1...Kxf6; 2. Rxe6+ Qxe6; 3. Rxe6 Kxe6; 4. Bf5+ -- Skewering the king and rook.

Here is my most popular annotated game on Gameknot.

Challenge from sicilian_monster
mybookrunsdeep (1932) vs. sicilian_monster (1838), 3 days per move

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qxb4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Qb3 d5 15. exd5 Rb8 16. Ncb5 axb5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qa6 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Re1 Qa5 22. Bd3 b4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Qe6+ Be7 25. Rxe5 Qc7 26. Bg6+ Kd8 27. Rd1+ Bd7 28. Qxe7+

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Options:
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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Simplification Tactic from Kramnik-Saric, 1991

I will post the solution at the beginning of tomorrows game of the day.

Annotated Game of the Day

Team match
mybookrunsdeep (1936) vs. maksas (1946), 7 days per move

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Neg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 axb5 12. Nxb5 Kd8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Qb3 d5 15. Bf4 Nfd7 16. a4 dxc4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Be3 Qa6 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bd4 h4 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. g4 Ke7 23. Nc7 Qb6 24. Qxc4 e4 25. Bxe4 Ne5 26. Qc3 Nc6 27. Nb5 Rh6 28. g5 Rh8 29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Qe3 Bd7 31. Bg6

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Options:
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	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Annotated Game of the Day

neilskye's 1st thematic (Sicilian)
mybookrunsdeep (2106) vs. mrhazizi (1634), 3d+1d, 5d max

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. c3 Bg5 12. h4 Bh6 13. Nc4 f5 14. Ndb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Nxd6 Rc7 17. Nxf5 Qf6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Rd7 21. Rd1 g6 22. h5 g5 23. Be6 Re7 24. Bb3 Rf6 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26. exf5 Bg7 27. h6 Bf8 28. Rh5 Re8 29. f6 Nd8 30. Rd7 b5 31. Rg7 Ne6 32. f7

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Options:
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	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Annotated Game of the Day!

I'm going to start off with one of my correspondence games from a while ago. I hope it keeps your interest. I will also be including master level games as well, however, as my students will be accessing this page, I will aim a large portion of my discussion at the scholastic player.

League division C3
ystar (1779) vs. mybookrunsdeep (1853), 3 days per move

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qb3 c6 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. Bf1 axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Ne1 Ng4 19. f3 Qg5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qc3 Nf6 22. Rd1 Ra2 23. Nd3 Qe3+ 24. Kg2 Bg4 25. fxg4 Nxe4 26. Qc1 Nxd3 27. Bxd3 Qxd3

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Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Galore!!!

I've wanted to create this blog for a long time and I have finally made the time to get it rolling! Having written for other chess sites and spent innumerable hours behind the keyboard for others, I figured it was time to get my own forum together.

I will be updating this site quite often with games, puzzles, book reviews, instruction and much more. I will also be having guest authors from time to time, so keep an eye out.