2017-04-17 Chess Lesson. Queen's Gambit Accepted.

ICC 30 0, Internet Chess Club
yoshi (2043) vs. fiddler (1737)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -1

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 cxb3 8. Bxb5+ Bd7 9. Qxb3 a6 10. Ne5 Bxb5 11. Qxf7#

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2017-04-17 Chess Lesson. Bogo Indian.

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fiddler (1732) vs. yoshi (2048)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. Rc1 d6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Nbd7 13. c5 dxc5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc2 Na6 17. Nc4 Be4 18. Qb2 Rfb8 19. Qe5 Nc5 20. Ncd2 Bd5 21. Bc4 c6 22. Qd4 Nce4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Ne5 c5 25. Qd3 Qd6 26. Nf3 Ra4 27. Rfd1 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. Qc2 Bb3

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2017-04-10 Chess Lesson

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john2001plus (1746) vs. thefidebullet (1214)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e5 2. Nxe5 f6 3. e4 fxe5 4. Qh5+ Ke7 5. Qxe5+ Kf7 6. Bc4+ d5 7. Bxd5+ Kg6 8. h4 h5 9. Bxb7 Bxb7 10. Qf5+ Kh6 11. d3+ g5 12. Bxg5+ Qxg5 13. hxg5+ Kg7 14. Qe5+ Kh7 15. Rxh5+ Nh6 16. gxh6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6+ Kxh6 18. Qxh8+ Kg6 19. Qg8+ Kf6 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Qh7 Ne5 22. Qf5+

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2017-04-10 Chess Lesson

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ulfhethinn (1787) vs. john2001plus (1732)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2 Bxg2 7. Rg1 Be4 8. Rxg7 Bg6 9. Nf4 Kf8 10. Rxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Nxg6+ Kf7 14. Nxh8+ Qxh8 15. Bd2 Qxh2 16. O-O-O Qh5 17. Qg3 Bd6 18. f4 Rg8 19. Qf2 Nb4 20. Kb1 Qf5+ 21. Ka1 Nc2+ 22. Kb1 Na3+ 23. Ka1 Qb1+ 24. Nxb1 Nc2#

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2017-04-10 Chess Lesson

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Analysis of Mintaka-epsilon (1726) vs. festivaleiro888 (1849)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. h3 Nd4 9. a4 Be6 10. a5 h6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. c3 dxc3 15. Nxc3 Nf6 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rc3 23. b4 b5 24. axb6 e.p. Nxb6 25. Rxa6 Rb8 26. Ba2 Rxd3 27. Ra7 d5 28. Rf1 f6 29. Rc1 Kh8 30. Rcc7 Nc8 31. Rab7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Kh7 33. Bxd5 Rxe3 34. b5 Re2 35. Rb8 Ne7 36. Re8 Nxd5 37. exd5 Rd2 38. b6 Rb2 39. d6 Rxb6 40. d7 Rd6 41. d8=Q Rxd8 42. Rxd8 Kg6 43. Kf2 h5 44. Rd6 Kf5 45. Ke3 g6 46. g4+ Kg5 47. Ke4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Kxg4 49. Rxf6 g5 50. Kxe5 Kh4 51. Kf5 g4 52. Kf4 Kh3 53. Rg6

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2017-04-10 Chess Lesson

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Ritterwald (1467) vs. mbonyce (1417)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -1

(black to move) 1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 cxd4 3. Nxd4 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nd2 Rb8 9. Nd2b3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d6 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. e3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e5 15. Qc2 e4 16. Qc7 a5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rc6 d5 19. Rfc1 Kf8 20. Be1 Ng4 21. h3 Nf6 22. a4 b5 23. Bxa5 bxa4 24. Bxd8 Bxd8 25. Nc5 Ke7 26. Nxa4 Rb4 27. Rc1c2 Rxa4 28. Rc8 Rb4 29. f3 exf3+ 30. Kxf3 Ne4 31. Rc8c6 Nd6 32. h4 Rb3 33. Rc6c3 Rb4 34. b3 h6 35. Rd3 g6 36. Rc5 Ke6 37. Rc6 Bf6 38. Ra6 Be7 39. Rc3 f5 40. Rd3 Kf7 41. Ra4 Rb6 42. b4 Nc4 43. Rb3 Re6 44. Rd3 Rb6 45. Ra2 Rxb4 46. Rc2 Rb6 47. Rcc3 Re6 48. Rb3 g5 49. Rbc3 g4+ 50. Kf2 Bb4 51. Rb3 Bd2 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53. Rc7 Bxe3+ 54. Kg2 Bd2 55. Rxc4 dxc4 56. Rxd2 Rc6 57. Kf2 c3 58. Rc2 Ke6 59. Ke3 Kd5 60. Kd3 Rc4 61. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 62. Kxc3 h5 63. Kd3 f4 64. gxf4 g3 65. Ke3 g2 66. Kf2 g1=Q+ 67. Kxg1 Kxd4 68. Kf2 Ke4 69. Kg3 Kd5 70. Kf3 Kd4 71. Kf2 Ke4 72. Kg3 Kd5 73. Kg2 Ke4 74. Kg3

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