The Greenwood Chess Club will meet on Labor Day.

Every Monday holiday people ask me if we are meeting, and we most definitely are. 

Chess Lesson 2019-09-02

ICC tourney 1704 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
SuperPuzzler (1665) vs. john2001plus (1747)

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. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. Re1 Qc7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. c4 d4 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Bg5 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bb7 18. Rh4 h6 19. Nxd4 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. f3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxf3 23. Bf4 g5 24. gxf3 Bxf3+ 25. Qg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 gxh4 27. Nc7 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rf2+ 29. Ke4 Rxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Bd6+ 31. Kg4 Bxc7 32. Kxh4 Bxh2 33. Kg4 Rd8 34. Rh1 Rd4+ 35. Kf3 Bf4 36. Rh4 Rxc4 37. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Kf8 39. Kg4 Ke7 40. Kh5 f5 41. Kh4 Kd6 42. Kg3 h5 43. Kf4 h4

[ 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 from 22... hxg5.
Click here from 23... Re2.

Chess Lesson 2019-08-19

Analysis

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Qc2 b4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Na4 cxd5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. O-O Bxb5 16. Rfe1+ Be7 17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. Qc5+ Qd6 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Qxb5+ Kc7 21. Rc1+ Kd8 22. Qb7

[ 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 14... Nd7.
Click here for 17... Qxe7.
Click here for 17... Kf8.

Chess Lesson 2019-08-12

GCT Croatia
Anish Giri (2779) vs. Magnus Carlsen (2872)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 7. e5 d6 8. exd6 Ng6 9. Nfd2 Bxd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxc4 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxc4 Nxh4 15. O-O Nf5 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. c3 g5 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qa8 22. Bc7 h4 23. f3 h3 24. Qb3 hxg2 25. Kf2 g4 26. Qb8+ Qxb8 27. Bxb8 Bh4+ 28. Bg3 gxf3 29. Kxf3 Bxg3 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Kxg2 Bd6

[ 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 7... f6.
Click here for 23. Rd3.
Click here for 24. Qc2.
Click here for 25. Kxg2.
Click here for 28. Kg1.
Click here for 30. Nxg3.

Chess Lesson 2019-08-05

Live Chess, Chess.com
john2001plus (1884) vs. learnychess (1512)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 c5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. e5 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Nc6 13. Rac1 Nxd4 14. Qg4 Nc6 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Nf3 Kd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh7 Rh8 19. Qxf7+ Qe7 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21. Qh5 Rf8 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qh4 Ne7 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Rg3 Qf7 27. Qxh6 Ng8 28. Qxf8+

[ 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

Click here for 17. Bb5.
Click here for 18... Rc8.
Click here for 19. Nf6+.
Click here for 23... Rc8.
Click here for 24. Nh5.
Click here for 27... Rd8.