Chess Lesson 2018-04-16

ICC tourney 1421 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of ThePontiff (1371) vs. john2001plus (1689)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 d6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rad1 c6 19. Bb3 Bd5 20. c4 Be6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kf1 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb3 24. axb3 cxb5 25. Ke2 f5 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 f4 28. exf4 exf4 29. Bh2 Bxb2 30. Kc2 Bd4 31. f3 Kf7 32. Kd3 Bc5 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. g3 Bd6 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. b4 Kd6 38. Kxf4 Kd5 39. Ke3 Kc4 40. f4 Kxb4 41. Kd4 Ka4 42. f5 b4 43. f6 b3 44. Kc3 Ka3 45. f7 b2 46. f8=Q+ Ka2 47. Qf2

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 37. Kxf4.
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Chess Lesson 2018-04-09

Live Chess, Chess.com
john2001plus (1855) vs. bigpawn63 (1615)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 f5 16. exf6 e.p. Rxf6 17. Bh7+ Kf7 18. Bg6+ Rxg6 19. Ne5+ Kf6 20. Qxg6#

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Lesson 2018-04-02

ICC 30 0 u, Internet Chess Club
john2001plus (1825) vs. fiddler (1815)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 d4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qc2+ Kg8 14. Qxc5

[ 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

Albert Einstein vs J. Robert Oppenheimer - Chess game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RiKnLzXAOQ

King and Queen versus King and Rook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxeYhm-2B0

Chess Lesson 2018-04-02

ICC tourney 1414 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of john2001plus (1744) vs. CL123789 (1488)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 d6 7. Qc2 c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. d5 Bf5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qb4 b6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nb7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Bb1 h5 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 a5 20. Qa3 Qc7 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qb7 23. Bc3 Nf6 24. Nd4 Nxd5 25. Nc6 Nxc3 26. Nxe7+ Kh8 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3+ Kh7 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Qf6 Ne6 31. Bxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rc8 34. g3 Rc5 35. Rxd6 Rxb5 36. Rd2 Kg7 37. f4 Kf6 38. Kf2 g5 39. Ke3 gxf4+ 40. gxf4 Kf5 41. b3 h4 42. h3 Rc5 43. Rd3 b5 44. Kf3 b4 45. Ke3 Rb5 46. Rd8 Rc5 47. Rf8+ Kg6 48. Rh8 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Rxh3 50. f5+ Kf7 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Ra7 Rh1 53. Ke5 h3 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. Ra7+ Kh6 56. Ra6+ Kh5 57. Kf4 h2 58. Kg3 Kg5 59. Kg2 Ra1 60. Kxh2 Rxa2+ 61. Kg3 Kxf5 62. Kf3 Ra3 63. Ke2 Rxb3 64. Rxa5+ Ke4 65. Kd2 Rb2+ 66. Kc1 Rf2 67. Rh5 Kd3 68. Rh3+ Kc4 69. Kb1 b3 70. Rh8 Kc3 71. Rc8+ Kb4 72. Rb8+ Ka3 73. Ra8+ Kb4 74. Rb8+

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Options:
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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 54. Kf4?
Click here for 56... Kg5.
Click here for 61. Kg1??
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