Chess Tournament- Round 5 pairings listed in Post #2 (4 Viewers)

[Chaz McNulty]

Chaz defeats BlackCrowes.
I felt completely stifled the whole game and had absolutely nothing going offensively. We were even in pieces, but he had a little more going on the king side. I managed to open a little room on the Queen side with pawn trade-offs and it ended up putting me in an advantageous position.

I thought the game was looking like a draw for a long time.

 

[BobbyLayne]

oh shoot wanted in, been playing a lot this year....next time

@Nick Vermeil @Sand please keep me in the loop I don't come to the FFA much outside of the Pro Cycling thread

 

[timschochet]

Last game round 4:
@shuke
@Dezbelief

Any update?

 

[shuke]

Last game round 4:
@shuke
@Dezbelief

Any update?

I'm well behind and should probably resign but not going to.

 

[tri-man 47]

Tri-man and Pav drew.

I'm going with "Battle for the Ages".

Tri-man and Pav drew.

I'm going with "Battle for the Aged".

I won’t presume to speak for Pav, but as for me - fixed.

 

[Dezbelief]

Last game round 4:
@shuke
@Dezbelief

Any update?

I'm well behind and should probably resign but not going to.

I'm sure I've blundered bigger leads.

 

[Psychopav]

Tri-man and Pav drew.

I'm going with "Battle for the Ages".

Tri-man and Pav drew.

I'm going with "Battle for the Aged".

I won’t presume to speak for Pav, but as for me - fixed.

Eh? What's that?

Get offa my lawn!

 

[shuke]

Shuke resigns, Dez wins

 

[timschochet]

Round 5

@Zow vs @scoobus
timschochet vs @Chaz McNulty
@BlackCrowes vs @Juxtatarot
@Nick Vermeil vs @Sand
@Dezbelief vs @Psychopav
@tri-man 47 vs @shadrap
@Captain Cranks vs @shuke

 

[timschochet]

I beat Chaz. He had a bad blunder but we played it out anyhow. Interesting endgame.

 

[Zow]

Woz beats Scoobus. Got him with a bit of a trap in the Ruy and it was too much to overcome.

 

[scoobus]

Woz beats Scoobus. Got him with a bit of a trap in the Ruy and it was too much to overcome.

My biggest weakness by far is openings, so if you've got an opening trap, I'm your patsy!

 

[Zow]

Woz beats Scoobus. Got him with a bit of a trap in the Ruy and it was too much to overcome.

My biggest weakness by far is openings, so if you've got an opening trap, I'm your patsy!

I was initially going to gently suggest that when in doubt never intentionally and voluntarily put yourself into a pin like you did when you went d6 on your fourth move. However, I looked at the opening through an analyzer just now and that actually wasn't that bad of a play. Your biggest mistake and only blunder it turns out by far was your next move where, ironically, you pinned my knight to my queen with your bishop. My assumption is that you didn't realize when doing this that I could still play pawn d4 with the same effectiveness because c3 covered d4 so I no longer needed the knight to protect that square. At that point you were, at best, losing a piece for a pawn (had you seen it, you likely would have gone bc6 and resigned yourself to losing the knight after e5). In other words, that was probably the beginning of the end provided no further blunders.

 

[Psychopav]

Woz beats Scoobus. Got him with a bit of a trap in the Ruy and it was too much to overcome.

My biggest weakness by far is openings, so if you've got an opening trap, I'm your patsy!

I was initially going to gently suggest that when in doubt never intentionally and voluntarily put yourself into a pin like you did when you went d6 on your fourth move. However, I looked at the opening through an analyzer just now and that actually wasn't that bad of a play. Your biggest mistake and only blunder it turns out by far was your next move where, ironically, you pinned my knight to my queen with your bishop. My assumption is that you didn't realize when doing this that I could still play pawn d4 with the same effectiveness because c3 covered d4 so I no longer needed the knight to protect that square. At that point you were, at best, losing a piece for a pawn (had you seen it, you likely would have gone bc6 and resigned yourself to losing the knight after e5). In other words, that was probably the beginning of the end provided no further blunders.

Would one of you mind posting the pgn here so we can play along at home? I know I find this type of commentary helpful and I bet other players would too.

 

[Zow]

Woz beats Scoobus. Got him with a bit of a trap in the Ruy and it was too much to overcome.

My biggest weakness by far is openings, so if you've got an opening trap, I'm your patsy!

I was initially going to gently suggest that when in doubt never intentionally and voluntarily put yourself into a pin like you did when you went d6 on your fourth move. However, I looked at the opening through an analyzer just now and that actually wasn't that bad of a play. Your biggest mistake and only blunder it turns out by far was your next move where, ironically, you pinned my knight to my queen with your bishop. My assumption is that you didn't realize when doing this that I could still play pawn d4 with the same effectiveness because c3 covered d4 so I no longer needed the knight to protect that square. At that point you were, at best, losing a piece for a pawn (had you seen it, you likely would have gone bc6 and resigned yourself to losing the knight after e5). In other words, that was probably the beginning of the end provided no further blunders.

Would one of you mind posting the pgn here so we can play along at home? I know I find this type of commentary helpful and I bet other players would too.

Is there an easy way to do this other than manually typing out the moves? I'd be happy to share, but need to then otherwise find the time to type it out.

 

[Psychopav]

Woz beats Scoobus. Got him with a bit of a trap in the Ruy and it was too much to overcome.

My biggest weakness by far is openings, so if you've got an opening trap, I'm your patsy!

I was initially going to gently suggest that when in doubt never intentionally and voluntarily put yourself into a pin like you did when you went d6 on your fourth move. However, I looked at the opening through an analyzer just now and that actually wasn't that bad of a play. Your biggest mistake and only blunder it turns out by far was your next move where, ironically, you pinned my knight to my queen with your bishop. My assumption is that you didn't realize when doing this that I could still play pawn d4 with the same effectiveness because c3 covered d4 so I no longer needed the knight to protect that square. At that point you were, at best, losing a piece for a pawn (had you seen it, you likely would have gone bc6 and resigned yourself to losing the knight after e5). In other words, that was probably the beginning of the end provided no further blunders.

Would one of you mind posting the pgn here so we can play along at home? I know I find this type of commentary helpful and I bet other players would too.

Is there an easy way to do this other than manually typing out the moves? I'd be happy to share, but need to then otherwise find the time to type it out.

Yes, go to your game and click the three dots in the upper right corner. Select "Email PGN" and then copy, which should copy the PGN to your clipboard, allowing you to then paste it here.

 

[Zow]

Here is the game. I was white/first to move. I think moves 4-10 were the instructive/pivotal ones because his bishop was lost on the 11th move. Then it was just setting up the mating attack while ensuring he didn't have a real threat after Qh3 on his twelfth move.

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. O-O d6
5. c3 Bg4
6. d4 Bxf3
7. gxf3 exd4
8. cxd4 Bb4
9. d5 a6
10. Be2 Nce7
11. Qa4+ Qd7
12. Qxb4 Qh3
13. Qxb7 Rd8
14. Qxa6 Ng6
15. Qc6+ Rd7
16. Qa8+ Ke7
17. Kh1 Nh4
18. Rg1 Nxf3
19. Rg2 Nf6
20. Qa3 Qh4
21. Bxf3 h5
22. Bg5 Qh3
23. e5 Rdd8
24. exf6+ gxf6
25. Qe3+ Kd7
26. Bxf6 Rde8
27. Qc3 Rhg8
28. Qc6+ Kc8
29. Nd2 Qf5
30. Rc1 Re1+
31. Rxe1 Qxf6
32. Rxg8+ Qd8
33. Ree8 Qxe8
34. Rxe8# 1-0

 

[shadrap]

Shadrap beats Tri-man. Tri started attacking early but left his queen a little exposed in doing so. I took the queen & that was pretty much it.
Thanks for the game Tri & good wishes for the future.

 

[BlackCrowes]

BlackCrowes beats Juxtatarot

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Nick defeats Sand. He took pity on me and went on vacation.

 

[Psychopav]

@Dezbelief please go on vacation now. TIA.