Chess Lesson 2018-08-26

Indianapolis open, Chess.com
Xun (1400) vs. Steve Sims (1558)

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

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 e3 8. fxe3 Ng4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qxa3+ 14. Qb2 Qd6 15. g4 a5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Be1 Be6 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Rg1 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rd3 Rfa8 22. Kb1 b6 23. Nd2 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Nb3 d4 27. exd4 Nxb3 28. Bg3 Nd2+ 29. Kc1 Rxb2 30. Bxc7 Raa2 31. Kd1 Bb3+ 32. Ke1 Nde4 33. Bxe4 Rxe2+

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Click here for 20. b4.
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Click here for 27... Rxc5.
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Interesting chess problem.

White to move.

Chess Lesson 2018-08-20

Live Chess, Chess.com
Analysis of john2001plus (1849) vs. Chief523 (1820)

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 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Qxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Rfb8 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. f3 Rd8 20. e4 c5 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. e5 Ne8 25. Rd7 Ra8 26. f4 g6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Kf2 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke8 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. b4 Ne8 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ng7 36. fxe6 Nxe6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. b5 Rd8 39. Rxa7 Rb8 40. Ra5 Ke7 41. Kd4 Rd8+ 42. Kc5 Rc8+ 43. Kb4 Kd8 44. b6 Kd7 45. Rc5 Rb8 46. Rc7+ Kd8 47. Kb5 Ra8 48. Ra7 Rb8 49. Rh7

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 38... Ke8.
Click here for 42... Rd5+.
Click here for 42... Rd2.

Chess Lesson 2018-08-20

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Analysis of John Coffey vs. rupertguinness

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 exd5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 dxe4 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Qb5+ c6 15. Qxb4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxb7 Nd7 18. Qxd5 O-O 19. O-O Re8 20. Nc6 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qg6 22. Qxd7 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Nxa7 h6 25. Be3 Ra6 26. a3 f6 27. Rd7 g5 28. Rfd1 f5 29. Rc1 f4 30. Bd4 Ra4 31. Rcc7 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Re8 33. Nc8 e3 34. fxe3 fxe3 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Re4 e2 37. g4 e1=Q+ 38. Rxe1 Kg7 39. Ng6+ Kxg6 40. Rxe8 Kf6 41. Ree7 h5 42. Re8 h4 43. Ree7 Kg6 44. Rc6#

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Chess Lesson 2018-08-13. Black to play.

Chess Lesson 2018-08-13 Magnus Carlsen Bullet

Lichess Titled Arena 6, https://lichess.org/btPGF7kp
Carlsen, Magnus (2708) vs. Alexander_Zubov (2763), 60

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 e6 13. Rhd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Ke1 b6 16. d5 Na5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc7 Rd3 21. Nf4 Rc3 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bd4+ Kf7 24. Bxc3 Nc4 25. Nd3 Na3 26. Kd2 Nb5 27. Be5 Na3 28. Kc3 Nb5+ 29. Kb4 a6 30. a4 Na7 31. Bd4 Nc6+ 32. Kc3 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ne5+ Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Ke7 36. Kb4

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Bishop
	- Knight

Chess Lesson 2018-08-06

Casual Game, https://itsyourturn.com
Maddog6 vs. John2001plus

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Nfd2 Ne7 11. Be2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Qd4 13. Nc3 Qxc3 14. O-O Ng6 15. Rfc1 Qxe5 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Rhc8 20. Rd1 e5 21. a4 Rc3 22. Rab1 Rac8 23. Qd2 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Kh2 Qh6 26. Qe3 Qxh3+

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 9. Bb5+.
Click here for 10. Nbd2.
Click here for 17. Qb4+.
Click here for 19. Qxb7.

Chess Lesson 2018-08-06

Internet Chess Club, Internet Chess Club
Realityczech (1725) vs. John2001plus (1862)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nbc3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Kc7 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. O-O-O Kc6 14. Nfd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rd2 Be7 17. Ne4 h6 18. Rhd1 f5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Ne2 g5 21. f4 g4 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. Ng3 a5 27. a3 b5 28. c3 Kd5 29. Kc2 c4 30. Bb6 a4 31. Kd2 Bd7 32. Ke3 b4 33. axb4 Bxc3 34. Ne2 Bxb2 35. Nd4 a3 36. Nc2 Ba4 37. Nxa3 Bc1+ 38. Ke2 Bxa3 39. Bc5 c3 40. Kd3 c2

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 33. Ba5.
Click here for 35. Kd2.