Some chess games are too much fun

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2019.01.04"]

[White "john2001plus"]

[Black "ryanaga2009"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "D07"]

[WhiteElo "1819"]

[BlackElo "1298"]

[TimeControl "900+10"]

[EndTime "17:16:19 PST"]

[Termination "john2001plus won by checkmate"]

[CurrentPosition "5b1r/1Q4pp/R7/k1p3q1/1p3N2/8/PP3PPP/2KR4 b - - 0 29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 e6 8.

Bb5+ Bd7 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 c6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Ng5 b5 13. Bxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6

a6 15. Bf4 c5 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. O-O-O+ Kc8 18. Nxa8 b4 19. Nb6+ Kb7 20. Ncd5

Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxe4 22. Rhe1 Qg6 23. Bxb8 Kxb8 24. Nf4 Qg5 25. Re8+ Kc7 26. Qf7+

Kc6 27. Re6+ Kb5 28. Qb7+ Ka5 29. Rxa6# 1-0

Mating tactic

Here is an interesting win that my opponent missed.

https://chesslevel4.blogspot.com/2019/01/white-to-play-and-win.html

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Surprise 3rd place tie.

I had an interesting and lucky win against Blues4 in a top heavy chess.com USCF Online rated speed tournament with at least a couple of masters.  I went from 1872 to 1902, breaking 1900 which seems very hard to do on chess.com.  Not sure if rating points are easier to get now, but I am about a hundred points higher than I was a few weeks ago.

A couple of my games were too easy where I won quickly.  Against higher rated players I choked in a couple of games making blunders. The remaining 3 games were intense battles that I won.

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2019.01.02"]

[White "Blues4"]

[Black "john2001plus"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A45"]

[WhiteElo "2269"]

[BlackElo "1883"]

[TimeControl "180+2"]

[EndTime "18:05:13 PST"]

[Termination "john2001plus won on time"]

[CurrentPosition "2r5/p6p/n3N3/5p2/1p1pkP2/4P3/1R2K1PP/8 w - - 0 41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 e6 5. c4 b5 6. e3 bxc4 7. Bxc4 Qa5+ 8.

Nc3 Ba6 9. Qb3 Qb4 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Qxb4 cxb4 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nd2

Bg7 15. O-O-O Rc8+ 16. Kb1 d5 17. Ne2 Ke7 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Rd2 Rhd8

21. Rhd1 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Nc3+ 23. Kc2 Na4+ 24. Kb1 Nc3+ 25. Kc1 Nxa2+ 26. Kd2 Nc3

27. Ra1 Ne4+ 28. Ke2 Rc7 29. Nd4 e5 30. Nfe6 Nc3+ 31. Ke1 exd4 32. Nxc7 d3 33.

Kd2 Ne4+ 34. Kxd3 Kd6 35. Nb5+ Ke5 36. Nd4 Rc8 37. Ra6 Nc5+ 38. Ke2 Nxa6 39.

f4+ Ke4 40. Ne6 d4 0-1

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com