Stan

Chess Lesson 2017-09-18: Giuoco Piano

Hastings, Hastings
Steinitz, William vs. Von Bardeleben, Curt

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play online chess

 

Options:
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	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 7. Bd2.
Click here for 7... Nxe4.
Click here for 9... Nxc3.
Click here for 10... Qd7.
Click here for 10... f6.
Click here for 11... Bxg5.
Click here for 16... Kf7.
Click here for 22... Ke7.

Chess Lesson 2017-09-11

Live Chess, Chess.com
JoeKempsey (1250) vs. john2001plus (1778)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. h3 Bf4 14. Qd3 Bf5 15. Ne4 dxe4 16. Qa3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxc2 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rf1 Bb8 20. Rc1 Qf4 21. g3 Qxc1+ 22. Kg2 Qd2 23. h4 Qxd4 24. Kh3 Qxf2 25. Bg4 Be4 26. h5 Bg2+ 27. Kh2 Bf1+ 28. Kh1 Qg2#

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 9. Bd3.
Click here for 10. Bh4.
Click here for 12. Ne5.
Click here for 12... Bf4.
Click here for 22... Re1.
Click here for 25... Re1.
Click here for 25... Bf5.

Chess Club is meeting this Monday.

I'm there and nobody else has show up yet. :-)

Best wishes,

John Coffey

Chess Lesson 2017-09-04: Pirc Lisitsin Gambit

ICC tourney 1306 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
yoshi (1699) vs. BotanicalKnight (1444)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 g6 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nc3 h6 9. Nge4 Bg7 10. f4 Nf7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 hxg5 14. Bg6 e6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qh5 Nh6 17. Bxg5 Bf6 18. Qxh6 Qe7 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rf1

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play online chess

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight