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Friday, April 29, 2016

The Stonewall Attack against Sparkchess Claire!

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You - Claire
1-0, 2016.04.29.
[#] 1.d4 A game against the online Sparkchess Claire opponent. 1...c6 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 I thought I'd play a dynamic opening I haven't used for some time. The Stonewall Attack. d5 4.Bd3 Still not in the Stonewall. So far this falls in the Colle System. h5 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 a6 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.f4! With f4 White is now in the Stonewall setup. O-O 9.Rf3! Lifting the Rook to get him into the attack. Qc7 10.Nd2 Making sure Black doesn't clog things up with Ne4. Ra7? Does nothing. 11.Rh3 Re8 The perfect setup for the Stonewall. White has a lot aimed at blacks King side, and blacks pieces are all on the Queen side. So White can afford to sacrifice his Rook for the attack. 12.Rxh5!! Nxh5 13.Qxh5 g6 14.Bxg6 ! and now the Bishop, but there are no Black pieces to come to the rescue of the King. 14...fxg6 15.Qxg6 Kf8
[15...Kh8 16.Nf7#also is mate! ]
16.Qf7# [1-0]

Saturday, April 23, 2016

A Fun Puzzle From Chess.com

Crushing Win Over Sparkchess.com Boris

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You - Boris
1-0, 2016.04.22.
[#] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 e6N
[4...c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 ...1-0, Kasparov Garry 2795 - Georgiev Kiril 2605 , Paris 1995 It "Intel Chess Grand Prix" (active);
4...Bg4 5.Ne5 Bh5 6.f3 e6 7.e4 c6 8.Nxc4 Bb4 9.Be2 ...1-0, Kasparov Garry 2851 - Afonso Sara, Lisbon 1999 Simultan;
4...Bf5 5.Ne5 Nd5 6.e3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nd7 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Qf3 ...1-0, Kasparov Garry 2700 - Computer "Elite privat", Hamburg 1985 Simultan "Man-machine";
4...a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nb6 9.Ng5 ...0-1, Vallejo Pons Francisco 2650 - Bacrot Etienne 2717 , Linares 3/ 5/2006 It (cat.20)]
5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe4 8.Qc2N Nd6 9.Bd3 g6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh6 Nf7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.O-O Nc6 14.Rfe1 f5 15.Ne5 Nfxe5 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 c6 18.Re3 f4 19.Rf3 Qe7 20.g3 g5 21.Re1 Bd7 22.gxf4 gxf4 23.Kh1 h5 24.Rg1 Kh8 25.Rh3 Be8 26.Bg6 h4 27.Qe4 Qf6 28.Bxe8 Raxe8 29.Rg6! Re7 There is no good move.
[29...Qf7 30.Rxh4 Qh7 31.Rxh7 Kxh7 32.Rg4 Kh6 33.Qg2 Rg8 34.Qh3# ]
30.Rxf6 Rxf6 31.Rxh4 Kg8 32.Qg2 Rg7 33.Rg4 Rxg4 34.Qxg4 Kf7 35.h4 Ke7 36.f3 Rf7 37.h5 Kd7 38.h6 b5 39.Qh4 Rf8 40.h7 Rh8 41.Qh6 Kd6 42.Qg7 Re8 43.h8=Q Rxh8 44.Qxh8 Kd5 45.Qe5 Kc4 46.Qxe6 Kxc3 47.Qxc6 Kxd4 48.Qxb5 a6 49.Qxa6 Ke3 50.Qc6 Kd3 51.a4 Kd4 52.Kg2 Ke5 53.Kh3 Kd4 54.Kg4 Ke5 55.a5 Kd4 56.Kxf4 Kd3 57.Qc5 Kd2 58.Ke4 Ke2 59.Qc2 Kf1 60.f4 Ke1 61.Kf3 Kf1 62.Qc1# [1-0]