2018-06-19

Chess Problem

A minute ago I started looking at my game on itsyourturn.com when I suddenly noticed something.



2018-06-06

Exceptionally nice result in the USCF Online rated chess.com 3+2 blitz tournament



Before the tournament I said that I was going to "bring it."   I felt like I could do well.

I started the tournament at chess.com rating 1800 and finished with a rating of 1848.


In Round 2 I had a nice victory against our friend Mohamed, who used to come to the Greenwood Chess Club.

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "john2001plus"]
[Black "Coupra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Ng6 13. Bg3 a6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15.
Na4 Qa7 16. Bc7 Bd7 17. Nb6 Rae8 18. Bd3 Bd8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bf5 Bxc7 21.
Rxc7 Nf6 22. Qb3 Re7 23. Nc6 bxc6 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qb6 Rd7 27.
Qxc6 Rfd8 28. Qxa6 d4 29. exd4 Rxd4 30. h3 Ne4 31. Re1 Nc5 32. Qb6 Nd3 33. Re8+
Kh7 34. Rxd8 1-0



​In Round 3 I played a national master who in the end got his king trapped in a mating net.

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jahonas"]
[Black "john2001plus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "Coffey,John"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb1 Nfe4 14. b4
Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb7 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qd4 e5
21. Qh4 f5 22. e4 Qe7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qh6 Rf8 25. h4 Rf6 26. Qh5 h6 27. Nf3
Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rd2 f4 30. g4 Rg8 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Rf5 33. c5 e4 34.
Nd4 Rfxg5+ 35. Kf1 f3 0-1

​In round 4 I just outplayed a higher rated player.  (USCF OTB 1964).

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "john2001plus"]
[Black "WarrenJoshuaJones"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. b4 Re8 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Nc5 14. Rad1 h6 15. Be3
Ne6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bf8 19. Rd3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Bf3 Re8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxc6 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27.
Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. Rxf5 Kg6 30. Rxa5 Rxc4 31. Ra6+ f6 32. h3 Bb4 33. Rd1
h5 34. Rd8 Bc3 35. Rg8+ Kf5 36. g4+ hxg4 37. Rxg4 Bd4 38. Rd6 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Be5
40. Rd3 Ra1 41. Rc4 Ra2 42. h4 Kg6 43. Rg4+ Kh5 44. Rc4 Kg6 45. Rd8 Bc7 46.
Rxc7 1-0


In round 5 I outplayed a higher rated player in the endgame.

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PlanetChessClub"]
[Black "john2001plus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Qa4 Nxe5
15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Kf2 Rd8 20. Rad1 Red5
21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Ke3 Re5+ 23. Kf2 Rd5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Be6 26. a3 f6 27.
Ke3 Kf7 28. Kd4 Ke7 29. c4 Kd6 30. b4 b6 31. c5+ bxc5+ 32. bxc5+ Ke7 33. Ba4
Bd7 34. c6 Bc8 35. Bb5 Kd6 36. a4 Bf5 37. Kc4 a5 38. Kd4 Bc2 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. g3
Bb3 41. f4+ gxf4+ 42. gxf4+ Kd6 43. Kd4 Bd5 44. Bd3 Bxc6 45. Bc2 Bd7 46. Bb3
c5+ 47. Kc3 Be6 48. Bc2 Ba2 49. Bf5 Kd5 50. Kb2 Bc4 51. Kc3 Be2 52. Bg6 Bd1 53.
Be8 c4 54. Bf7+ Kc5 55. Be8 Bf3 56. Bf7 Bc6 57. Bxc4 Bxa4 58. Bf7 Bd1 59. Bg6
a4 60. Bf7 a3 61. Bg8 Bf3 62. Kb3 Bd5+ 63. Bxd5 Kxd5 64. Kxa3 Ke4 65. Kb3 Kxf4
66. Kc4 Ke3 67. Kd5 f5 68. Ke5 f4 69. Kf5 f3 70. Kg6 f2 71. h4 f1=Q 72. Kxh6
Qh3 73. h5 Qg4 74. Kh7 Qxh5+ 75. Kg8 Qg6+ 76. Kf8 Qh7 77. Ke8 Kd4 78. Kd8 Kd5
79. Kc8 Kc6 80. Kd8 Qd7# 0-1


In round 6 I had a draw against my old friend Kingsbishop.  I have played him many times on both chess.com and ICC USCF Online rated tournaments.   Usually I do well against him, so I might have missed something.

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "john2001plus"]
[Black "KingsBishop"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bd3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Na5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qa4+
Nc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Nxe5 19. Qe4 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5
21. Qxe5 Be8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qxe6+ Bf7 25. Qe4 Qd2 26. Qd3 Qxd3
27. Bxd3 Bxa2 28. Kf1 Bd5 29. e4 Bc6 30. Ke2 a5 31. Ke3 b5 32. Kd4 Kf7 33. Kc5
Bd7 34. Bxb5 c6 35. Bc4+ Ke7 36. Kb6 a4 37. Ka5 c5 38. Kb6 Be6 39. Kxc5 a3 40.
Kb4 Bxc4 41. Kxa3 Ke6 42. Kb4 Bf1 43. g3 Ke5 44. c4 Kxe4 45. c5 Kd5 46. f4 Bg2
47. g4 Bh3 48. g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 g6 50. Kb5 Bf1+ 51. Kb6 Ke6 52. c6 Ke7 53. c7
Bh3 54. Kb7 Kd6 55. c8=Q Bxc8+ 56. Kxc8 Ke5 57. Kd7 Kf5 58. Kd6 Kxg5 59. Ke5
Kh4 60. Kf4 g5+ 61. Kf3 Kh3 62. Ke4 g4 63. Kf4 Kh4 64. Kf5 g3 65. hxg3+ Kxg3
1/2-1/2




In my last round I sacrificed material against a higher rated player and got beat, but there was a chance to win that I missed.

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mateosh"]
[Black "john2001plus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. fxg3 Bg4
15. Kg2 Qh3+ 16. Kg1 Bxg3 17. Bf2 Bxh2+ (17... Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rxe1 19. Qxe1
Qxf3+ 20. Kg1 Nd7 21. Qg3 Qxg3+ 22. hxg3 Re8) 18. Nxh2 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Nd7 20.
Qe7 Nf6 21. Re1 Be6 22. Qd6 g5 23. Ne2 g4 24. Ng3 Nh5 25. Rxe6 Nxg3 26. Bxg3
Qxg3+ 27. Qxg3 1-0