Re: Thinking method.

I guess the first game was not as good as I thought.  I hung a rook and neither my opponent nor I saw it for a couple of moves.  :☺  However, I was low on time.

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com​

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:44 PM, John Coffey <john2001plus@gmail.com> wrote:

Something I have tried recently, which is to try to learn something new from every game, causes me to look deeper for new ideas, instead of just being on autopilot against lower rated players.  Whereas I normally use less time than my opponents, now I have been using more, and I am frequently getting into time trouble.  I needed to adopt this method, because I play mostly lower rated players, even online.

Maybe not every move was perfect, but if I had been on autopilot, I might have missed 11... dxe3 followed by 12.... Qxd3.    14... Qf5, good or bad, was an effort to get something more out of the position, along with 17... Nd4.  I am not sure if 22... f5 was correct after 23. Kd1, but my 23... Nf6 was a speculative sacrifice that led to a sharp variation.  My opponent could have picked up a pawn or two at the risk of tactics, but he chickened out.   I think that my 29... Rf8 was a dud, but I was low on time.  Finally, 46... Bxg3 and 47... Rd1 led to a mating net.

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2017.09.08"]

[Round "?"]

[White "skuhl99"]

[Black "john2001plus"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A05"]

[WhiteElo "1570"]

[BlackElo "1854"]

[Annotator "Coffey,John"]

[PlyCount "96"]

[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. Nf3 {7} Nf6 {101} 2. c4 {3} c5 {8} 3. b3 {6} g6 {4} 4. Bb2 {2} Bg7 {0} 5. g3

{2} O-O {3} 6. Bg2 {2} Nc6 {14} 7. O-O {5} d5 {9} 8. d3 {4} d4 {50} 9. a3 {9}

a5 {13} 10. Nbd2 {7} e5 {5} 11. e3 {29} dxe3 {39} 12. fxe3 {4} Qxd3 {5} 13. Re1

{65} Bg4 {285} 14. Bf1 {81} Qf5 {63} 15. e4 {62} Bxf3 {42} 16. Qxf3 {27} Qxf3 {

16} 17. Nxf3 {3} Nd4 {14} 18. Bxd4 {58} exd4 {12} 19. Rab1 {48} Rfe8 {55} 20.

Bd3 {4} Nd7 {14} 21. Kf2 {78} Bh6 {36} 22. Ke2 {47} f5 {24} 23. Kd1 {26} Nf6 {

201} 24. exf5 {110} Ng4 {2} 25. Re2 {114} Rxe2 {35} 26. Bxe2 {25} Ne3+ {14} 27.

Ke1 {68} gxf5 {2} 28. Bd3 {13} Re8 {30} 29. Kf2 {4} Rf8 {58} 30. h3 {11} Kg7 {

25} 31. b4 {5} axb4 {9} 32. axb4 {1} Ra8 {2} 33. bxc5 {3} Ra2+ {2} 34. Ke1 {22}

Ng2+ {3} 35. Kf1 {38} Ne3+ {1} 36. Kg1 {10} Rd2 {2} 37. Rxb7+ {8} Kf6 {2} 38.

Rb6+ {11} Kg7 {1} 39. Rb7+ {3} Kg8 {2} 40. Rb8+ {7} Bf8 {2} 41. Ne1 {21} Kf7 {

13} 42. c6 {4} Bd6 {15} 43. Rb7+ {3} Ke6 {4} 44. c7 {1} Kd7 {3} 45. c8=Q+ {27}

Kxc8 {2} 46. Rxh7 {1} Bxg3 {10} 47. Be4 {214} Rd1 {66} 48. Bb7+ {6} Kb8 {4} 0-1

In the following game, 10. d5 might  not have been technically the best, but it was sharp.  I was counting on him playing 11... Bxb2 because then 12. Rb1  caused him some headache.

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2017.09.08"]

[White "john2001plus"]

[Black "natalia6"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A40"]

[WhiteElo "1860"]

[BlackElo "1724"]

[TimeControl "900+10"]

[EndTime "18:02:06 PDT"]

[Termination "john2001plus won by resignation"]

[CurrentPosition "2r3k1/p1p1N1pp/4pp2/8/5B2/4P2P/P4PP1/6K1 b - - 1 26"]

1.Nf3 {[%clk 0:15:09]} Nc6 {[%clk 0:15:04]} 2.d4 {[%clk 0:15:17]} e6 {[%clk 0:15:02]} 3.c4 {[%clk 0:15:25]} Nf6 {[%clk 0:15:07]} 4.Nc3 {[%clk 0:15:27]} Bb4 {[%clk 0:15:07]} 5.Bg5 {[%clk 0:15:36]} O-O {[%clk 0:15:10]} 6.e3 {[%clk 0:15:42]} d5 {[%clk 0:15:13]} 7.Bd3 {[%clk 0:15:15]} Re8 {[%clk 0:15:12]} 8.O-O {[%clk 0:15:01]} dxc4 {[%clk 0:15:01]} 9.Bxc4 {[%clk 0:15:04]} Qe7 {[%clk 0:14:45]} 10.d5 {[%clk 0:12:00]} Bxc3 {[%clk 0:14:27]} 11.dxc6 {[%clk 0:12:07]} Bxb2 {[%clk 0:14:19]} 12.Rb1 {[%clk 0:12:13]} Qa3 {[%clk 0:13:30]} 13.Qc2 {[%clk 0:11:50]} bxc6 {[%clk 0:12:30]} 14.Qxb2 {[%clk 0:11:05]} Qxb2 {[%clk 0:12:20]} 15.Rxb2 {[%clk 0:11:11]} Ne4 {[%clk 0:12:26]} 16.Bf4 {[%clk 0:11:16]} Nd6 {[%clk 0:12:32]} 17.Rc1 {[%clk 0:10:14]} Nxc4 {[%clk 0:12:31]} 18.Rxc4 {[%clk 0:10:21]} Bd7 {[%clk 0:12:19]} 19.Ne5 {[%clk 0:09:38]} Rab8 {[%clk 0:11:59]} 20.Rcb4 {[%clk 0:09:41]} Rxb4 {[%clk 0:11:40]} 21.Rxb4 {[%clk 0:09:51]} Bc8 {[%clk 0:11:33]} 22.Rb8 {[%clk 0:09:25]} Rd8 {[%clk 0:11:36]} 23.h3 {[%clk 0:09:24]} f6 {[%clk 0:11:33]} 24.Nxc6 {[%clk 0:09:26]} Re8 {[%clk 0:11:37]} 25.Rxc8 {[%clk 0:09:31]} Rxc8 {[%clk 0:11:45]} 26.Ne7+ {[%clk 0:09:39]}  1-0

Since I have been applying this method, I felt like my chess has been "on".  A couple of weeks ago I would have told you that I was in a slump.  

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

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