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My 'memorable' chess games.
Credits: the PGN Viewer comes from chesstempo.com.
Eindhoven, August 1980
Korchnoi - Veugen, 0-1
[Event "Kloksimultaan"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[White "Victor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Tis Veugen"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nb6 8.
d3 Be7 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Qc1 O-O 12. Rd1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bf6 14. Ne4 Nd4
15. Rac1 Bb3 16. Rf1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 c6 18. Nc5 Bd5 19. e4 Be6 20. Nxb7? Qc8
21. Nc5 Bg5 22. Rc2?? Bg4 0-1
Eindhovens Dagblad:
Chess.com, 2015.10.23
bazgunn80 - RanaCidu, 0-1
[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[White "bazgunn80"]
[Black "RanaCidu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "1307"]
[BlackELO "1418"]
[TimeControl "1 in 7 days"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg5 { (This move is always annoying for
black.) } 4... d5 { (Preventing Pawn to e4 but weakening e5.) } 5. e3 O-O 6.
Ne5 c5 { (I don't like the stonewall where the Bishop is outside the walls. So,
I counter as early as possible.) } 7. dxc5 { (Hmm, white gives up the center,
and also the defense on the Knight at e5.) } 7... Ne4 { (This forces retreat of
white.) } 8. Nxe4 Bxe5 9. Nc3 Qa5 { (Black must play active due to the weakness
of the pawn at d5.) } 10. Qd2 { (10. Bxe7 is too dangerous causing a
King's attack. 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 Re8 13. Bg5 d4} 10... Nc6 {
(Defending e7.) } 11. a3 { (Pawn d5 is poisened: 11. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8
13. e4 f6 14. Be3 e6 )} 11... Qxc5 { (Forced by a3)} 12. Rd1 { (White increases
the pressure to d5.) } 12... Bg4 { (12... e6 would lock the Bishop at c8.) }
13. Be2 {(This is a natural move but 13.Na4 or 13. f3 would be far
better.)} 13... Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Bxb2 15. Qxd5 { (I was afraid of losing this
bishop after: 15. c3 Bxa3 16. Ra1 and 17.Qa2 , but help troops arrive in
time. Still 15.c3 was a better move than taking the pawn.) } 15... Qxc2 16. O-O
{(A blunder: white counts on 16...Qxe2 17.Rd2 Qh5 18.Rxb2 but that still loses
the bishop after 18... h6. Far better would be 16. Rd2 Bc3 17. Nxc3 Qxc3
that looks dangerous without the bishop, but thanks to threatening Rd8 the
queens will be exchanged.)} 16... Rad8 17. Qf3 Rxd1 18. Ng3 Rfd8 19. h4 Rxf1+
20. Nxf1 Rd1 21. e4 Nd4 22. Qg4 Rxf1+ 23. Kh2 Ne2 {(Looking for a mate.)} 24.
Bxe7 {(Finally, this annoying Bishop did its job, but unfortunately too late.)}
24... Rh1+ 25. Kxh1 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qg1+ 27. Kh3 Qh1# 0-1
Chess.com, 2015.10.23
RanaCidu - polychrome02, 1-0
[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[White "RanaCidu"]
[Black "polychrome02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1519"]
[BlackElo "1374"]
[TimeControl "1 in 7 days"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bb5 Nf6
{(Better alternatives would be 7... Ne7 and 7... a6) } 8. d5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10.
dxc6 bxa4 11. Qxa4 d5 12. e5 { (12. exd5 Qe7+ 13. Kf1 is already better for
black. At this moment I did not like this position for white because of black's
pair of bishops, and future threads against f3 and h3. That was my main reason
for keeping the center closed.) } 12... Ne4 13. O-O O-O 14. Nbd2 { (14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 f6 16. e6 seems to be a lot better for white. My goal is to block
the pawn at d4.) } 14... Nc5 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Rd1 {(Threatening indirectly d5. I
did not know for sure if the Knight had to defend the King by Nf1. It also
enables Nc4 or Ne4.)} 16... d4 {( A strange move that I do not understand at
all. Far better would be 16... f6 to open the lines.)} 17. Nb3 a5 { (17... Qe7
would be better leaving all options open) } 18. Nbxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe7 20.
Bg5 f6 { (This comes too late because the bishops are exchanged. 20... Qe6
is better. )} 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf6 { (22. Re1 is an alternative, but I
speculated on the exchange of queens at move 26 with a winning endgame.) }
22... Qxf6 23. Re1 Bxh3 24. Qb3+ Rf7 25. gxh3 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Re7 Ra7
28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rdd7 Rc8 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rxh7 Rb8 32. Rh8# {(Mate in a lost
position)} 1-0
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