tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23307395934055298552024-03-06T02:42:38.929+11:00Kill The KingAnthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-72314050353464185932011-09-09T12:36:00.000+10:002011-09-09T12:36:49.826+10:00State Finals, Can't wait for the nationals!Hi all,<br />
Friday seems to be the day where i can publish a post here, however last Friday i was at the state finals helping out and didn’t get to publish anything. <br />
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Today i would like to discuss compensation. Of all the games that I recorded at the state finals, one really stood out, it was round 8 on board 1. Jason Tang won the individual prize on count back, but this was the game where he shouldn’t have won. His opponent, Allen Yu, played much like I would have, and went for an attack to put Jason under pressure. But at the critical moment he did not follow through with his attack and allowed Jason to consolidate his position. After I asked Allen what he was thinking in backing down, and he said that he couldn’t find a way to breakthrough or even draw. He and Jason were astonished when I said; “there was a forced draw that I saw during the game.” “Where???” They both said, Allen was annoyed with himself and Jason trying to refuse that it was the case.<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="80%" height="550"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "State Finals"] [Site "Brighton Grammer"] [Date "2011.09.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Allen Yu"] [Black "Jason Tang"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "104"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. O-O Nc6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bg4 Rce8 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Bh3 Nc4 22. b3 Nxa3 23. Qg6 Qd6 24. Nh5 Qe5 25. Ra1 Nb5 26. Ra4 Qg5 27. Qd3 a6 28. Nf4 Nc7 29. Ng6 Rf7 30. Rg4 Qf5 31. Qe2 Qh5 32. Nf4 (32. Ne7%2B Kf8 33. Ng6%2B Kg8 34. Ne7%2B Kh8 35. Ng6%2B Kg8) 32... Qe5 33. Ng6 Qd6 34. e4 e5 35. Rd1 d4 36. f4 exf4 37. Nxf4 Rfe7 38. Nh5 Be5 39. Qc4%2B Kh8 40. Rf1 b5 41. Qd3 Ne6 42. Ng3 Nc5 43. Qf3 Bxg3 44. Rxg3 Nxe4 45. Rg4 Nd2 46. Qg3 Qxg3 47. Rxg3 Nxf1 48. Rd3 Ne3 49. Kf2 Rf8%2B 50. Ke2 Nc4%2B 51. Kd1 Rf1%2B 52. Kc2 Re2%2B * '/></object></div><br />
I set up the board at the position after blacks 31st move, “Ne7+ draws doesn’t it?” they looked at it and were confused, they both claim to have seen it during the game, but amazingly neither of them looked at it for more than 2 moves! If Allen had taken a little more time he would have seem what I had during the game In that Ne7+ was a draw because of Ng6+ to follow and if black tries to avoid the perpetual check then he would lose his queen, this would allow white to equalise material and have initiative. In this case the attacker didn’t do what they needed to and the defender defended fairly well, this was not the case in my recent game against Ruben Nowak.<br />
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Ruben grabbed a pawn and didn’t appreciate the pressure that white would get in return. And once he made a mistake he did the worst thing a chess player could do! Make more mistakes deliberately because he would lose anyway, in his words, “I was going to lose so it didn’t matter” That’s rubbish; if the defender gives in then they will quickly lose, if they fight on, they might get back into the game. <br />
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When most people sacrifice a pawn in the way I did they expect to see a clear plan of attack, my compensation was a little different and somewhat even more dangerous. It wasn’t that I had a clear plan; rather my opponent was struggling to find any constructive move that wouldn’t lose on the spot. An easier way to describe it is, ‘it’s hard to defend against invisible threats’. As it turns out perfect play would have resulted in a draw, I would like you to let me know what you would try in different positions for black, I won’t refute them, but I will happily explain my thoughts.<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="80%" height="550"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Malitis Memorial"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.08.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Anthony Hain"] [Black "Ruben Nowak"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bd3 Qb4%2B 11. Qd2 Qxb2 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Qb6 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. c3 c5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Rab1 Rd5 19. Qf4 Qxc5 20. Re3 Qe7 21. Rb4 b6 22. Qg5 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rd1%2B 24. Bf1 h6 25. Qh4 g5 26. Qxh6 Nd5 27. Rh3 * '/></object></div>Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-6440347593205346372011-08-26T22:19:00.000+10:002011-08-26T22:19:03.627+10:00My school friendHi everyone, <br />
On this post I would like to talk about a game I had with a friend of mine, but he is not just any friend, he has been a student of mine. I will not disclose his name for confidential reasons. I met him at the start of the year, he knew how to move the pieces, some very basic tactics, and mostly taught himself how to play. When I first met him I would have estimated his rating to be about 800. Nothing special, but he has been very eager to learn and every lunchtime on Mondays and Thursdays he would ask me to have a game with him, during which I would teach him something new.<br />
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The first thing I taught him was the 3 golden rules of the opening, which he understood pretty well. New things he learned included different tactical motifs, the importance of the initiative, the value of a piece in any given situation and much more. I am still teaching him but I would like to share with you the game we had on Thursday. Throughout our games and lessons he has been claiming that he is not improving even though I was telling him otherwise. In the following game, he played better than he ever had before, so much so that for the first time I was not multitasking against him, rather I was in full concentration, as he was playing extremely well and was meeting every tactic perfectly. He showed his intuition was becoming a valuable tool as he made some of his moves on feel rather than logic.<br />
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We analysed the game with the help of a computer and he finally realised how much he had improved when he saw that he played many moves as the best moves! He is without a doubt a much stronger player than he used to be, and I would now estimate his rating at, at least 1350. The reason I am saying all this is simple. The aim of a chess coach is to teach a student so well that there is nothing left to teach them, so that they can be passed on to the next coach. For some coaches this is easier than others, a coach that is rated around 1000 won’t find this too hard. But for me, it is much harder, and my friend has improved so much that I am beginning to run out of thing to teach him.<br />
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Here is the game, and I would like really appreciate your comment on this game, for me, or my friend as I can pass on all messages to him. For those who are having trouble seeing the games I have put the game in pure word format below. This was played with a limited amount of time and his mistake at the end came under time pressure as the bell had just gone. The rightful outcome in my opinion should have been a draw.<br />
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White: Anthony’s Friend Black: Anthony Hain <br />
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 Nc6 6.d5 Nb8 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nc5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.0–0–0 a5 12.Kb1 c6 13.f4 b5 14.Bd3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 a4 16.dxc6 Bg4 17.Ndxb5 axb3 18.c7 bxa2+ 19.Nxa2 Qc8 20.Rhf1 Be6 21.Nac3 Qa6 22.h3 Nd7 23.f5 Nc5 24.Qe3 Bc4 25.f6 exf6 26.Qf4 f5 27.Rxd6 Qa5 28.Rfd1 Nxe4 29.Rd8 Nxc3+ 30.Kc1 Ne2+ 31.Kb1 Qa2# 0–1<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="80%" height="600"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Lunchtime game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.08.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Anthony’s Friend"] [Black "Anthony Hain"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "62"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 c6 13. f4 b5 14. Bd3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 a4 16. dxc6 Bg4 17. Ndxb5 axb3 18. c7 bxa2%2B 19. Nxa2 Qc8 20. Rhf1 Be6 21. Nac3 Qa6 22. h3 Nd7 23. f5 Nc5 24. Qe3 Bc4 25. f6 exf6 26. Qf4 f5 27. Rxd6 Qa5 28. Rfd1 Nxe4 29. Rd8 Nxc3%2B 30. Kc1 Ne2%2B 31. Kb1 Qa2# 0-1 '/></object></div>Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-80707581435014596762011-08-18T17:31:00.000+10:002011-08-18T17:31:31.384+10:00Tal, my favourite playerOk, from now on I am going to make sure that I make at least one post a week, this is mainly due to not having as much time as I first thought I had. For this post I thought I would talk a bit about my favourite player, Mihail Tal, if you search for his name in databases it comes up as Mihail Tal, while the internet has Mikhail Tal. I have no idea why this is, if anyone who knows for certain which is correct please let me know.<br />
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Mihail Tal was a genius, probably the most aggressive player of all time, he was not afraid to sacrifice material to get to his opponents king. After his amazing career which included becoming world champion from 1960 to 1961, he was asked a simple question, “Were the sacrifices you made during your career sound?” Tal’s answer was one to remember, “I don’t know, but they looked like fun.” OK so if he doesn’t know if they were sound then why did he play them? The first thing to remember is that Tal was playing before the time of computers, and he really liked to have the initiative, even at the cost of material, this meant he could use his tactical genius to create problem after problem for his opponents. Many of whom could not work out what was going on and would lose spectacularly. <br />
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If you were to put the moves of one of his games into an engine it would often say that Tal was losing badly, however that is only if the player would find the best defence, not an easy thing to do over the board. The game below is one of my favourites of Tal’s, he played this game while he was fairly young, I recommend you play through this game with the help of a computer keeping in mind that both players were strong grandmasters. The computers evaluation swings back and forth with pieces hanging everywhere, and tactics all over the place. Just imagine trying to defend this position against Tal with only a certain amount of time to fork out all the complications, it’s no wonder Tal was so successful.<br />
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On top of the difficulties on the board, Tal’s opponents had to deal with his intimidating and unnerving stare. Here is a picture of Tal performing his stare. <br />
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How on earth can you concentrate with that face looking at you? The intimidation factor clearly played a factor throughout his career as many of his opponents would be so scared that they wouldn’t play their normal game and would actually play worse than they could. There have been many examples where Tal would make a totally unsound sacrifice and his opponent would fail to defend even when there were some fairly obvious moves to allow them to win. It’s almost like a 2600 player when having to defend against Tal would play like a 2200 player!<br />
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Not taking anything away from Tal, he was a true chess player who made some great moves, he would not have become world champion by just intimidating his opponents. I have included a few more of Tal’s games for you to look at, with some of my personal favourites, sacrifices, big attacks and unclear positions. Take the computers evaluation with a grain of salt when analysing these games and keep in mind how difficult it would be to defend against the great attacking prowess of Mihail Tal.<br />
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For those who know me, you would know that my playing style mimics Tal’s and I often sacrifice material to complicate the position, as there are many gambits in my repertoire. Here’s a secret about me that I probably shouldn’t tell you. I will very often sacrifice the exchange to create an imbalance in material, even if it’s losing, as I, like Tal, like complicated positions with different pieces on the board. For example, if both players have knights then I find it boring, where as if there are bishops vs knights then the imbalance helps me to complicate the game. Now don’t try to use this knowledge to counter my playing style, as people tried to do to Tal, because it will probably fail badly. <br />
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No dought I am not the only person who plays like this, my advice when playing people that are that aggressive, is to brush up on your tactics and be prepared to defend, and whatever you do, don’t try to hold on to all the material given to you. Many tried to directly counter Tal's style of play, and pretty much everyone failed.<br />
Here are some of Tal's games.<br />
<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="80%" height="500"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Candidates sf1"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Larsen, Bent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1965.07.23"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. g4 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bd3 b4 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 f5 18. Rde1 Rf7 19. h4 Bb7 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Rxe7 Ne5 22. Qe4 Qf8 23. fxe5 Rf4 24. Qe3 Rf3 25. Qe2 Qxe7 26. Qxf3 dxe5 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Rxe5 Qd6 29. Qf4 Rf8 30. Qe4 b3 31. axb3 Rf1%2B 32. Kd2 Qb4%2B 33. c3 Qd6 34. Bc5 Qxc5 35. Re8%2B Rf8 36. Qe6%2B Kh8 37. Qf7 1-0 '/></object></div><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="80%" height="500"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Riga"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B63"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1957.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15. g6 hxg6 16. h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nf6 18. Rh1 d5 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Qh2 Kf8 22. Qh8%2B Ng8 23. Rh7 f5 24. Bh6 Rd7 25. Bxb5 Rf7 26. Rg1 Ra7 27. Nd4 Ng4 28. fxg4 Be5 29. Nc6 Bxc3 30. Be3 d4 31. Rgh1 Rd7 32. Bg5 axb5 33. R1h6 d3 34. bxc3 d2%2B 35. Kd1 Qxc6 36. Rf6%2B Rf7 37. Qxg7%2B 1-0 '/></object></div><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="80%" height="500"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "URS-ch23"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1956.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 Qxa2 13. Rb3 Qa1%2B 14. Kf2 Qa4 15. Bb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Re1 Ra6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6%2B Kf7 21. Rf3 Qh4%2B 22. Kf1 e5 23. Qd5%2B Be6 24. Nd7%2B Kg6 25. Nxe5%2B Kg7 26. Rg3%2B Qxg3 27. Qxb7%2B Nd7 28. hxg3 Rb6 29. Qc7 Bc5 30. Nxd7 Bc4%2B 31. Re2 1-0 '/></object></div><br />
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Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-31146206938276364242011-08-05T17:18:00.000+10:002011-08-05T17:18:15.697+10:00Outposts!Sorry to all my viewers that I haven’t made a post for a while, I have been busy, tired, and a bit unwell, but with everything back to normal (hopefully) I can return to regular blogging.<br />
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It seems no one was able to get all 5 tactics puzzles right, plenty of people got 4 out of 5 but with no 100% scores, I have been at a loss. Increase the tactical difficulty or decrease it? Why do I say this? I have very sharp tactical games and that is my forte. However not all games are decided on tactics, though most are. I was having a discussion with a friend of mine. And it went something like this.<br />
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“I get the most satisfaction after a tactical crush”, then my friend said, “I find it better when I can have full control and just grind them down”. At first It sounded to me like a positional player talking nonsense. But then I had a thought, having control could mean not allowing any counter play, while grinding them down might mean using your pieces to slowly strangle your opponent like a boa constrictor. <br />
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With this thought in mind I thought I would talk a bit about outposts, many of us know what they are, but not many people seem to know what to do with them. Being an aggressive and tactical player I like to outpost a piece for aggressive reasons, take the below position for example.<br />
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Clearly white is better, maybe even winning, but the most prominent feature of his position is the bishop on d6. It has found a square on the opponents side of the board and is not only protected by pawns, but can’t be kicked with an enemy pawn either, hence it’s on an outpost. Not surprisingly, white won this game, but what would an attacking player want with an outpost? It is quite simple; an outposted piece creates tactics that the opponent has to constantly be aware of. It can get annoying actually. <br />
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Another reason for using outposts like this is to do with the idea of tension between pieces. Meaning in the above position, white’s bishop could capture the knight whenever it wants and the knight does not return the favour. Put yourself in blacks shoes, try to imagine that after every single move you have to consider, bishop takes knight, bishop takes knight, bishop takes knight, and the one time that he doesn’t look at it, is the one time that it works! That would suck, but it shows the power of the outposted bishop here.<br />
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The best piece to have on an outpost is actually a knight, as they can jump away from their outpost and really cause problems. <br />
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Now i would really like to know what you want to learn about, so let me know as a comment and i will look at it, dont ask for an opening like, the 'sicilian' as it is way to vast, but 1 line or variation is fine.<br />
The answers for the puzzles were.<br />
1. Qb2 wins a rook at least<br />
2. Qxf7+ forces mate<br />
3. Rxc4 followed by Nf2+ wins a truckload of matierial or mates<br />
4. Although Qd8 is enough to win, by far the best is Qe6 which will force mate.<br />
5. Rxa3! what a move, it at least wins the queen, if white wants to keep his queen then he wil lose his king.<br />
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No puzzles this time, if you want me to regularly create puzzles then let me know.<br />
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Here is the full game from above.<br />
<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="550"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Nuremberg"] [Site "Nuremberg"] [Date "1896.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Chigorin, Mikhail"] [Black "Albin, Adolf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D09"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1896.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bf5 6. Bg2 d3 7. e3 Nh6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bb2 Rae8 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Ba3 Be7 14. Nxe7%2B Nxe7 15. Nd4 c6 16. Bd6 Bg6 17. c5 Kh8 18. f4 Rg8 19. e4 f5 20. e6 Qd8 21. e5 Nc8 22. Qxd3 Qa5 23. a3 a6 24. b4 Qd8 25. Rfe1 Ne7 26. Rad1 Qc8 27. Rd2 Rgf8 28. a4 Rg8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Qa8 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Nxc6 Qc8 34. Nxe7 Qxc5%2B 35. Kh1 Qxe7 36. Qd6 Qa7 37. Rb1 Ng4 38. Qb6 Qa3 39. h3 Qxg3 40. hxg4 fxg4 41. Rbd1 Qh4%2B 42. Kg1 g3 43. Rd8 Be8 44. Qd4 h5 45. Rd3 Rf8 46. e7 Rg8 47. Rxe8 Rxe8 48. Qd7 Qxe7 49. Qxe7 Rxe7 50. Rxg3 Rf7 51. e6 Ra7 52. Re3 Re7 53. f5 Kh7 54. Rg3 Ra7 55. Rg6 Rc7 56. Be4 h4 57. Kh2 Kh8 58. Kh3 Ra7 59. Kxh4 Kh7 60. Bc6 Rc7 61. Bd7 Rc4%2B 62. Rg4 1-0 '/></object></div>Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-29415304611786562582011-07-31T22:51:00.000+10:002011-07-31T22:51:32.539+10:00Back Rank TacticsThe back rank is often the subject of many tactics, i was once told that if i spend some time studying back rank tactics then i would be less likely to fall victim to them in the next few weeks. Irronically when i was told this, the three weeks that followed i had a number of wins through back rank tactics, culminating with my game against Ganesh Krishnan where i had an amazing combination ending in mate. This is the game below. i was black. and my opponent made a big blunder on move 24 just to find my mating reply.<br />
<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="500" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ganesh Krishnan"] [Black "Anthony Hain"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "54"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. f4 Qc5 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. Qc4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bb7 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 c4 20. Bxc4 Bc5%2B 21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Rd7 Bc6 23. Rc7 Rac8 24. Rfxf7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Nf2%2B 26. Kg1 Nd3%2B 27. Kh1 Rf1# 0-1 '/></object></div>So why do so many back rank tactics occur? when someone castles they get thier king out of the centre, behind a barrier of pawns to protect it, but with no pawns on the back rank you need to defend it with a piece, however when your pieces move up to attack or do other things your king can often be left behind. stuck behind his loyal protectors they might not let him escape should he need to.<br />
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So that is why these tactics occur so often, but what can we look for to avoid falling for them. one of the most common ideas to do with the back rank is the idea of distraction, no i dont mean destracting your opponents so that they dont see your threat, rather when a piece is defending the back rank you might try to distract that piece from the defence. here are a few examples. send me the answers in the comments area. if your are correct i will leave you comments and leave a comment of my own. the colour dot in the bottom left corner tells you whos move it is. Not all back rank tactics end in mate. but the threat of mate can be a useful way to win matierial.<br />
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Hope you enjoy these puzzles.Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-74591083700595486932011-07-29T14:03:00.000+10:002011-07-29T14:03:56.115+10:00The Marshall GambitThe Marshall Gambit was first introduced by Frank Marshall against Capablanca in 1918. It is a very dangerous option for white unless he is extremely well prepared. One of the many gambit lines against the Ruy Lopez, it has enjoyed great success over the years even at grandmaster level. for example, in the 2004 world championship match between Kramnik and Leko, Leko played this gambit against the world champion and won. White is even trying to avoid this line by playing 8.a4 or 8.h3 instead of 8.c3. <br />
Here is the main line of the marshall along with the start of my game i had with Rad Chmiel where i was white (and won comfortably) as an illustration of an attempted marshall gone wrong. It began with the previously discussed c3 italian and black got an inferior game due to the superior position of whites knight, take a look at the similarities of the 2 positions and then the differences and you will understand what i meant by white avoids such gambits by playing the c3 italian.<br />
<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="500"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ruy Lopez"] [Black "Marshall Gambit"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3 b5 9. h3 Bb6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 c6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 Bc7 18. Re2 Kg7) 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 * '/></object></div>So what makes the Marshall so dangerous? Well Black, for 1 pawn gets a large amount of development and alot of pressure against the white king, also black can also, very often be satisfied with just winning material. White is underdeveloped and his king is looking quite unsafe. The practical results are fine for black in this opening. I dont care what the computer would think in a position of this type, i would want to be playing black without a second thought. I have provided you with the Kramnik-Leko game with analysis by Raymond Keene. i have inserted his anaysis lines for you as well. My recomendation, avoid this if your white!<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="500"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Classical World Chess Championship"] [Site "Brissago SUI"] [Date "2004.01.09"] [Round "8"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C89"] [PlyCount "64"] 1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The dangerous Marshall Gambit, which Kramnik had avoided in earlier games.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 {This was first played in the game Petrosian-Averbakh, Moscow 1947. That game saw 16 Nd2 Bf5 17 Qe2 Nf6 18 Re5 Bxe5 19 dxe5 Ng4 and Black went on to win. The point of 15 ... g5 is to prevent Rh4, while 16 Bxg5 fails to 16 ... Qf5.} 16. Qf1 (16. Nd2 {0} Bf5 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Re5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4) 16... Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 22. axb5 {Starting on the road to perdition. White must play 22 Ne4 Nxe4 23 fxe4 when 23 ... Bxe4 24 axb5 axb5 (24 ... Bd3 fails to 25 Bxf7%2B) 25 Bxg5 is in White’s favour. In this line Black must play 22 Ne4 Bxe4 23 fxe4 Nxe4 with approximate equality.} (22. Ne4 Bxe4 (22... Nxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. axb5 axb5 (24... Bd3 25. Bxf7%2B) 25. Bxg5) 23. fxe4 Nxe4) 22... Bd3 23. Qf2 Re2 24. Qxe2 {This was played quickly in the evident belief that White was winning. In fact White must now turn his thoughts to survival by 24 bxa6 Rxf2 25 Kxf2 Qh5 26 Ke3 Bxa6 27 Rxa6 Qxh2 when there is still some fight left in the game. In this line 26 Kg1 loses to 26 ... Qh3 27 a7 Bxg3 28 a8=Q%2B Kg7 29 hxg3 Qxg3%2B 30 Kh1 g4 31 Qxc6 Qh3%2B 32 Kg1 g3} (24. bxa6 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qh5 26. Ke3 (26. Kg1 Qh3 27. a7 Bxg3 28. a8=Q%2B Kg7 29. hxg3 Qxg3%2B 30. Kh1 g4 31. Qxc6 Qh3%2B 32. Kg1 g3) 26... Bxa6 27. Rxa6 Qxh2) 24... Bxe2 25. bxa6 Qd3 {The key move which Kramnik and his team had underestimated before the game. If now 26 a7 Qe3%2B 27 Kg2 Bxf3%2B 28 Nxf3 Qe2%2B 29 Kg1 Ng4 30 a8=Q%2B Kg7 31 Qxc6 Qf2%2B 32 Kh1 Qf1%2B 33 Ng1 Nf2 mate. Alternatively 30 Be3 Nxe3 31 a8=Q%2B Kg7 32 Nh4 gxh4 33 Qxc6 hxg3 34 hxg3 Bxg3 and mate follows. White can also play 26 Bc4 which is refuted by 26 ... Qe3%2B 27 Kg2 g4 28 f4 Ne4 29 a7 Qf2%2B 30 Kh1 Nxd2 31 a8=Q%2B Kg7 and White is defenceless.} 26. Kf2 (26. a7 Qe3%2B 27. Kg2 Bxf3%2B 28. Nxf3 Qe2%2B 29. Kg1 Ng4 30. a8=Q%2B (30. Be3 Nxe3 31. a8=Q%2B Kg7 32. Nh4 gxh4 33. Qxc6 hxg3 34. hxg3 Bxg3) 30... Kg7 31. Qxc6 Qf2%2B 32. Kh1 Qf1%2B 33. Ng1 Nf2#) ( 26. Bc4 Qe3%2B 27. Kg2 g4 28. f4 Ne4 29. a7 Qf2%2B 30. Kh1 Nxd2 31. a8=Q%2B Kg7) 26... Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4%2B 28. Ke1 Nxc3 {Much stronger than 28 ... Qxf3. This final sacrifice lays White’s position to waste.} (28... Qxf3) 29. bxc3 Qxc3%2B 30. Kf2 Qxa1 31. a7 h6 32. h4 g4 {At the end of the game Kramnik said, sportingly: "a beautiful game that will be remembered in the history of chess." } 0-1 '/></object></div>Hope you enjoyed this, If you have anything you want me to look at let me know by leaving me a comment.Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-23479958614398271692011-07-28T12:47:00.000+10:002011-07-28T12:47:19.451+10:00c3 and d3 italianThe italian has been around for a very long time, it aims to hit blacks weakest spot, (f7), and create different kinds of attacks. The Ruy Lopez seems to be the most common after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6, however if white plays the ruy lopez he needs to know alot of theory, because black has lots of gambit lines against the ruy lopez. So if white wants to build up a good position with attacking potential without allowing black such drastic counterplay then the c3 and d3 italian is a great option. in its nature its looks slow, and some call it a delayed ruy lopez, however black needs to tread carefully or he will find himself a victim of a very large kingside attack. This is exactly what happened a few weeks ago in my game against Justin Tan. He played typical moves that are 'supposed' to equalize for black, made a move order inaccuracy and found himself very quickly getting crushed with a MASSIVE yet so logical attack. Although i missed the queen sac that would lead to mate i still managed to win 3 pawns which was easily enough to win the endgame comfortably. The thing to understand about this system, is that you wont always get a large attack, but white will always get a good centre, along with kingside play. it is almost like playing a system because your aim is to have knights on f3 and g3, with the light squared bishop on the a2-g8 diagonal, and if black tries to trap or remove the bishop from there then it will always have a safe square on c2 where it supports the centre and a kingside attack when the centre opens as it innevatably does when white plays d4 at the right moment. <br />
Currently in grandmaster practice there is really ony one way for black to solve all his opening problems, and it is by getting his knights to f6 and g6 copying white so he can try and play c6 and d5. Black can try to play actively by playing d5 quickly but he needs to be ready to both defend his e pawn as it will become weak and a new target of attack, but even if he does this succesfully white can always play d4 and resovle any activity problems he might have, in which case still often gets a better game. For tactically sharp players it it a good opening as they can play without worry of counterplay. The key to remember is that the f5 square is a key in any attack in this opening and white tries to occupy this square with one of his knights, as both can get there easily and black cant easily contest this square. Here is my game with Justin Tan who is rated 2160 fide, showing that even really good players can fall victim to this seemingly quite opening, while it was not perfect play it is very instructive. all the key ideas that i have mentioned above, and i mean ALL of them happened in this game and black got crushed. beacause of the nature of the opening there arent so many opening lines to talk about but the ideas can make it a tricky position for black to play. If black does manage to 'equalize' with the main plan and obtain a fairly symetrical position, then white needs to understand that and such position is in his favour as it will be his turn to move. <div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="600"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata= [Event "MCC Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.07.04"] [Round "9"] [White "Hain, A."] [Black "Tan, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2011.02.19"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 d6 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Ng4 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Qd7 13. h3 Ng6 14. Nf5 Nxh4 15. N3xh4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Qd8 17. d4 Nh7 18. Ng6 Ng5 19. Qh5 Re8 20. f4 Kh7 21. Nge7 Rxe7 22. Nxe7 g6 23. Qh4 (23. fxg5 $3 {Pyke} gxh5 $140 24. Rxf7%2B Kh8 25. Ng6%2B Kg8 26. Rd7%2B d5 27. Bxd5#) 23... exf4 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Rxf4 d5 26. Bxd5 c6 27. Bb3 Bb8 28. e5 Bf5 29. Raf1 Bc7 30. Qe1 Qe7 31. h4 Ne6 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Rxf5 Rg8 34. Rf6 Qg7 35. Qe4%2B Kh8 36. Bxe6 Rf8 37. Rxf8%2B Qxf8 38. Qg6 c5 39. Bf5 Qg7 40. h5 Qxg6 41. hxg6 cxd4 42. e6 Bd6 43. cxd4 h5 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke4 Bf8 47. d5 Bd6 48. Kd3 b5 49. Kd4 Bf8 50. Bd3 Bd6 51. a4 bxa4 52. Bxa6 Kxg6 53. Bb5 a3 54. bxa3 Kf6 55. a4 Ke7 56. a5 h4 57. a6 Bh2 58. Kc5 1-0 '/></object></div>Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-58097628528300736292011-07-27T12:38:00.004+10:002011-08-18T17:08:08.556+10:00Poisoned pawn against Voon<div>As i promised here is my game with Richard Voon, for those who dont know him his fide rating is 1914.<br />
It begins with a najdorf sicilian, and i played my favourite line, which is also the sharpest and most aggresive line against the najdorf, 6. Bg5, the main line followed and voon played Qb6 on move 7, this was a move first introduced by David Bronstein in the 1940's, and whites attack depends on the ability to keep the knight on d4, if Nb3 to defend the pawn then the attack will slow down. Then Paul Keres played 8. Qd2, saying you want my pawn, come and get it. After the pawn is taken whites queenside structure is destroyed and can no longer play for positional compensation, however the time taking this pawn has left black underdeveloped and a fairly unsafe king, naturally white tries to open up lines to begin the attack immidiatly, either e5 or f5, in this game i played f5, black played all the right moves and we reached a critical position where black has to make a choice on move 13. i had just played e5, a second pawn sacrifice, the main line goes dxe5 with the next moves provided. Nd5 was played, though playable it requires more knowledge of the position on blacks part to survive, Rb3, hitting the queen and defending the knight on c3 is a new move in the position which prior to this game i had prepared with the help of a computer, it is both sound and dangerous, whites aim is to play for compensation, and alot of it! Simply developing his peices and castling and white is ready for a full on assault on the black king and his underdeveloped army. So it was played, Be2 and 0-0, black finally captured the pawn on e5 with the idea of winning matierial by playing Bb4 to pin the knight and attack it for a 3rd time. However, this allowed a tactic which gives white a superior endgame at best for black, or a devastating attack at worst. If black had more knowledge of the position he would have played Bc5+ instead of Bb4 to get as many of his peices out as possible.<br />
An evaluation of the position after move 16 is, white has completed his devlopment, while black has at least 4-5 more moves to do this, whites king is safe, blacks is not, the real problem for black is how to develop his light squared bishop and his rooks as they dont seem to have any good squares. So what is good about blacks position? Well, he is 2 pawns up, but they are doubled, lonely and weak, and can easily be attacked.<br />
White has full compensation for the 2 pawns but he must act quickly to expoit this or black will catch up in development and just win.<br />
Back to the game, 17. Rxb4! another sacrifice, 2 pawns down and now sacrificing the exchange, well thats not quite true, because the tactics work out that white gets 2 peices for the rook no matter how black plays, its well known that 2 minor pieces are better than 1 rook, but in this position those to pieces were blacks only developed pieces! Blacks positon will quickly crumble when he has no good pieces and white has 2 monster bishops with a very active rook and knight. In the game blacks pieces got totally tied up defending and black never had any counterplay, so there really isnt much more to say, i have provided a few possible continuations at the critical moment of the game around move 17. If you have any questions just leave a comments and i will respond well withing 24 hours unless its a saturday. 1 last comment on the game, The second last move was a fairly easy move to see if you know what tactics are occuring, but it still looks nice, just playing Nd5 to stick the knight in the way.<br />
If there are any sharp positions you want me to disscuss let me know, otherwise ill talk a bit about the italian with c3 and d3 as this seemingly quite opening is full of tactics and complications. <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="800" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=eeeeee&dark=777777&border=ffffff&bordertext=0&headerbackground=ffffff&headerforeground=0&mtbackground=ffffff&scrollbar=0&pgndata=[Event "Malitis Memorial"] [Site "MCC"] [Date "2011.18.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Anthony Hain"] [Black "Richard Voon"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] [TimeControl "90%2B30"] {2456MB, Fritz12.ctg, Checkmate-PC} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 (13... dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4) 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Be2 dxe5 16. O-O Bb4 (16... Bc5%2B 17. Kh1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rf8 19. Rd1 Bd4 20. Qd3 Rf5 21. Ra3) 17. Rxb4 Qxb4 (17... Qc5%2B {0} 18. Kh1 Qxc3 (18... Qxb4 19. Nxd5 Qxd2 20. Nc7%2B Kd7 21. Rf7%2B Kd6 22. Bxd2 Rb8) 19. Bh5%2B g6 20. Qf2 Nf4 21. Rxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Qg7 23. Qd6 Qd7 24. Qe5 Rg8 25. Bg4) 18. Nxd5 Qc5%2B (18... Qxd2 19. Nc7%2B Kd7 20. Rf7%2B Kd6 21. Bxd2) 19. Ne3 Qd4 20. Qa5 Bd7 21. Rd1 Qa7 22. Bh5%2B g6 23. Qxe5 O-O 24. Bg4 Rae8 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rc4 Qb6 27. h3 Qb1%2B 28. Kh2 Qxa2 29. Rxc5 h5 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Bf3 Qa4 32. Be4 Kh7 33. Bf6 Qb5 34. Nd5 Qe2 35. Bxg6%2B * '/></object></div>Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330739593405529855.post-55457324855989058702011-07-26T16:04:00.000+10:002011-07-26T17:55:59.893+10:00My first BlogHi all,<br />
My name is Anthony Benjamin Hain, i am 20 years old and love chess. i have been playing chess since i was 4 years old. I am a <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stylistically aggresive player and love taking risks. In this blog i hope to show you some of my games and other ideas primarially to do with attacking chess. Feel free to give your imput on my blogs as i would be glad to see what others think.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Although i am currently rated around 1500 my recent performances should, come september, should skyrocket that up much higher. I am currently on a 7 game win streak in the mcc open and malitis memorial. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I also teach chess to others with chess kids. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Enough about me, lets get on with chess.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My favourite topics are gambits, sacrifices and poisoned pawns, so ill have a look at some of them over the next few weeks, in particular the najdorf sicilian has been added to my repertoire and i now know it very well due to hours upon hours of study on it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My next post will include my game against Richard Voon in a poisioned pawn Najdorf, and i will discuss some of the complications that arise in the opening.</span>Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265527979501479385noreply@blogger.com0