Friday, August 25, 2006

 

Up and Down

I got a draw as White with a 1700 blitz player, a first for me:

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. e4 Rb8 13. Qe2 b5 14.
Ne3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nb6 19. Rad1 Rbd8 20.
Qe3 h5 21. d6 Qd7 22. dxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qe2 Kh7 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26.
Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Qd1+ 28. Bf1 Qxc2 29. Qf6 Qc7 30. Bg2 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 Qc7
32. Bg2 Qc1+ 33. Bf1 Qc7 34. Bg2 {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2



I certainly wasn't perfect but very solid.
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I got positionally crushed as Black in my last slow game by a 1500 player. He knows his openings!

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3
Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. b3 Kb8 13. Bb5 c6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 h6 16. Bd4 Bf6 17. Qe3 c5 18. Bxc5 Qc6 19. Bxa7+ Kc7
20. Bd4 Ra8 21. f4 Rxa2 22. Kxa2 Ra8+ 23. Kb2 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 e5 25. fxe5
dxe5 26. Bxe5+ {Black resigns} 1-0


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All in all I am spending much less time with chess, and there probably is no big improvement this way *roll eyes*. I don't miss the circles though.

Comments:
hello king: until this spring, i had never ever beaten a 1700 or 1800 or even a 1950, but now have twelve or fifteen of these skins on my wall. i am variously 1575 to 1625, and know im getting better by this. the day will come when instead of every now and then, it can be every week.

here is a truly inspiring wonderfull articel that says this ten times better than i ever can:

http://coloradomasterchess.com/Informant/Ratings%20and%20Expectations.htm

that is to say, to be at any level means to now and again beat those 200 or 300 elo above us. unfortunately, it works both ways! we loose to someone 200 below us. ouch.

take care man, and congratulations. david
 
>until this spring, i had never ever beaten a 1700 or 1800 or even a 1950, but now have twelve or fifteen of these skins on my wall.

Wow, congratulations!
 
Thanks for the encouragment. Keep up the good work and keep hunting those 1700+. One day they'll be breakfast.
 
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