Wolframio vs Rwmerrell Playchess.com 10 minute Blitz

 

Playchess.com Rwmerrell (1341) vs. BranislavBecelic (1373)

Playchess.com Game

Two Knights & a Bishop. Pretty solid for a 10 minute game. I was way down on time and slightly worse positionally. Then a discovered attack with check won the Queen. By the end we each had about 30 seconds remaining.

 

Lichess Stockfish 4 win

 

First Win Fritz 19 All Around Dog

A tough opponent. The Dog. All around style. Some hints and one takeback. 

Fritz 19 has animal opponents. The dog is the "all around" character. He wasn't very happy with the loss.

 

 

Fritz 19 1st Analysis

 

10 minute Lichess Game

 

 

Another Lichess Game

[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2023.01.08"] [Round "?"] [White "mital"] [Black "rwmerrell"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1954"] [BlackElo "1871"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "600+5"] 1. d4 g6 {A40 Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense} 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Ne7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e5 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rh5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qe3 Qf8 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Qd7+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. h3 Rh4 26. Rd1 Rf4 27. Rd2 c5 28. g3 Rf6 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Kg2 $4 {There were plenty of mistakes in this 10 minute game. This was the last and costliest.} d4+ $1 {Discovered check with threat on the Knight.} 31. Kf1 dxc3 32. bxc3 Bc6 {Normal White resigns.} 0-1

Blitz Me? Really?

 I decided to give blitz a try. At my age the fast time controls are a real problem. So I was pleasantly surprised to win this one. 

Lichess 30 minute game

 

Novag Citrine Game 001

 This was a 30 minute game. I lost on time. It was pretty even. The Novag surprised me with how well it played. I checked my ideas a few times with Komodo 12 to make sure I didn't blunder terribly. They are my moves so don't blame Komodo for any of this. I used the lichess.com analysis board to create this graphic. The pgn file was created by playing connected to SCID vs PC.

Lichess Game Embed Test

 

Lichess Game

Chess.com Analysis

 LiChess game against Stockfish.

Novag Citrine Game

 I want to play some test games against the Novag Citrine. I set it to look only 5 ply deep. So we both made mistakes. I made the last one. Still I got what I wanted. An unexpected game to test my ability to play the Modern Defense. I did ok and will learn from the loss. 

Chess.com personality Xavier (1900)

My victory over Xavier the 1900 rated Chess.com bot. I'm trying to work my way through all the Advanced computer personalities. Two crowns signifies a friendly (casual) game. Three crowns is for tournament conditions.

A Tough Draw On Chess.com Goodbye 2020

 A tough game that ended in a draw by repetition. The same position 3 times. On New Years Eve 2020.

Chess.com Jonas

 

I admit it took me four games to beat this computer persona. In my defense I was just blitzing the moves to make a quick game of it. Jonas is rated by Chess.com at 1700. More like 1500 I think. Still a tough opponent for me. 

Rooks vs Rook & Bishop Endgame

Pulling Victory From The Jaws Of Defeat!

I've been on a bit of a losing streak lately. Being locked in the house. I've increased my activity on Chess.com. I've been playing a little reckless at times. In the following game I sacrificed a Bishop on move 19. Followed by a Knight on move 21. Actually the Knight was more of a trap than a sacrifice as I mated my opponent on the next move. I needed this win to make sure I finished in the top three of my first round group. To make it to round two.

Chess.com 10 min Blitz Game