cal234ey Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 14 hours ago, die hard doonhamer said: Paakman01 defeats DieHardDoonhamer by rage quit Aye, you'd worked the Queen into a nice spot and definitely had the upper hand before the blunder. Thanks for the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Division A, Round 13 Sometimes I just hate stockfish. I think I play a blinder of a game, taking advantage of an early inaccuracy in beef's opening and then crushing him with a devastating kingside attack, and the post-match analysis tells me his move 3 really wasn't that bad, and awards me a succession of 5 'mistake' and 'missed win' ratings in a row for not starting the pawn storm a lot earlier - and telling me that when I did eventually do it, the move was decidedly mediocre. Git! Still, a win is a win. AimHere beats beef2711 by checkmate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Division A Dearyme defeats Board_stupid by resignation. I thought I was doing well when I pinched two pawns early on, but I think that only made Dearyme angry and he came back with a fierce attack that had me on the back foot. I more or fought it off, but then threw in a couple of mistakes which made my position untenable. Good game, enjoyed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) Division A Result Eindhovendee defeats Dearyme by resignation after 80+ moves. I was really hanging on in this one for dear life, made about 5/6 only moves in a row to stay in it. I think I relaxed a bit once I had managed to not lose any material then waltzed into an ending where I had Knight + 4 pawns and my opponent had Bishop + 4 pawns. 2 on the kingside and 2 on the queenside. No imbalance. However, it was a very instructive game in how Bishops are that little bit better than Knights. In hindsight, I should have perhaps kept a rook on the board rather than swapping. Even a pawn down I would have probably been able to hold the ending. Who knows? Well played. @eindhovendee Edited October 16, 2021 by Trogdor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) Division A Result Dearyme defeats Board_stupid by resignation. This was an interesting one, we both played a lot of theory out of the gates. 9 moves or so. I then mouseslipped into playing e4 and proceeded to lose 2 pawns which forced me into a pretty big central attack there was no other option. As it happens e4 is a decent move according to the engine. Eventually I won the exchange so I was Rook v Bishop + 2 Pawns. Still materially level but with a positional edge. A couple of slack moves from Board_stupid allowed me to steal the advantage and convert for the victory. Good game @Curmudgeon, I was genuinely panicking a bit when I lost those 2 pawns. It made me play a bit more aggressive than I normally would. Edited October 16, 2021 by Trogdor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Division A Result Dearyme defeats GCarlos9 by resignation. This was shaping up to be quite the slog when Loki put his Bishop on the e file on move 20 ish and my Rook snaffled it for free. It was pretty one sided thereafter. However, the opening was very interesting and is something I need to study up on a little bit. It totally confused me. Good game @Loki until we meet again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Trogdor said: Division A Result Dearyme defeats GCarlos9 by resignation. This was shaping up to be quite the slog when Loki put his Bishop on the e file on move 20 ish and my Rook snaffled it for free. It was pretty one sided thereafter. However, the opening was very interesting and is something I need to study up on a little bit. It totally confused me. Good game @Loki until we meet again. Why did it confuse you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, Loki said: Why did it confuse you? Allowing me to keep parrying your Knight seemed like a strange strategy to me. Its obviously perfectly playable and the computer is fine with it but it's strange. It's like an Alkehine's defense but for White almost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 I don’t study openings so I’m probably the weakest player in the league at opening. Even in divisions B and C I’d find myself behind in matches before developing my pieces to stretch opponents in the middle of the match. I guess if it’s not an orthodox opening I may get an advantage, as my opponent won’t be able to accurately guess what my next moves could be. Stuff to develop for next season. Unless of course I do a millwall and get relegated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 19 hours ago, Loki said: I guess if it’s not an orthodox opening I may get an advantage, as my opponent won’t be able to accurately guess what my next moves could be. Alternatively, if you play an eccentric move very early on, it's a red flag, and the opponent is immediately thinking 'that's not anything like the main opening lines. What is Loki's mistake and what do I do to punish it?'. It's a two-edged sword. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, Aim Here said: Alternatively, if you play an eccentric move very early on, it's a red flag, and the opponent is immediately thinking 'that's not anything like the main opening lines. What is Loki's mistake and what do I do to punish it?'. It's a two-edged sword. How did that work out for you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Loki said: How did that work out for you? How did what? When we played, you didn't play anything eccentric. You played about 6 or 7 moves into the Gioco Piano by the book which is about as far as anyone at my level ever gets before it diverges into random freestyle stuff anyways. Nothing at all like your Alekhines-defence-but-for-white that you were trying against Dearyme. Edited October 17, 2021 by Aim Here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 Division A P W L D Pts Dearyme 12 8 2 2 26 Ziggy 10 7 0 3 24 eindhovendee 9 6 2 1 19 Board_Stupid 14 5 6 3 18 GCarlos9 12 5 5 2 17 AimHere 12 5 7 0 15 beef2711 11 4 7 0 12 el_scorgio 11 2 6 3 9 Purplekangaroo89 13 3 10 0 9 Round 15 GCarlos9 v Ziggy el_scorgio v Purplekangaroo89 Board_Stupid v eindhovendee AimHere v Dearyme Round 16 Purplekangaroo89 v beef2711 Ziggy v Board_Stupid Dearyme v el_scorgio eindhovendee v AimHere 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 Division B P W L D Pts AH13STU 11 9 1 1 28 gkneil 11 7 2 2 23 pleslie999 12 6 3 3 21 Arabjoe 12 6 5 1 19 invergowrie 11 4 5 2 14 Dandies1983 13 3 9 1 10 GordonS496 7 3 4 0 9 Strachanovski 10 2 6 2 8 markf268 9 2 7 0 6 Round 15 Dandies1983 v Strachanovski AH13STU v GordonS496 pleslie999 v gkneil invergowrie v markf268 Round 16 GordonS496 v Dandies1983 gkneil v Strachanovski markf268 v pleslie999 invergowrie v Arabjoe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 Division C P W L D Pts PnBMathematics 14 11 3 0 33 cols407 14 10 3 1 31 paakman01 14 9 5 0 27 RBWatson 14 8 6 0 24 RicheyEdwards 13 7 5 1 22 mackieboz 14 6 7 1 19 DieHardDoonhamer 14 5 6 3 18 The_kid1433 12 5 7 0 15 hammysgp 13 3 10 0 9 LvivKarpaty 13 1 12 0 3 Round 15 RicheyEdwards v PnBMathematics cols407 v paakman01 The_kid1433 v hammysgetinpumped DieHardDoonhamer v mackieboz Lvivkarpaty v RBWatson Round 16 paakman01 v RicheyEdwards hammysgetinpumped v PnBMathematics mackieboz v cols407 RBWatson v the_kid1433 Lvivkarpaty v DieHardDoonhamer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 Are we thinking Gordon has chucked it then? Will publish his league fixtures for now but he’ll need to forfeit his cup place @invergowrie arab you get a bye 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Just now, Frank Grimes said: Are we thinking Gordon has chucked it then? Will publish his league fixtures for now but he’ll need to forfeit his cup place @invergowrie arab you get a bye Best ever cup performance 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 MAD WULLIE CUP ROUND TWO REMEMBER THIS IS 960 CHESS eindhovendee v AimHere gkneil v Dandies1983 invergowrie v cols407 mackieboz v PnBMathematics AH13STU v Dearyme paakman01 v GCarlos9 Board_Stupid v hammysgetinpumped 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkneil Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 52 minutes ago, Frank Grimes said: Are we thinking Gordon has chucked it then? Will publish his league fixtures for now but he’ll need to forfeit his cup place @invergowrie arab you get a bye Pretty sure he has. Not a peep for weeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Board stupid cruises to a cup victory in 5 moves it was the 3rd move before I realised it was a cup game and by then it was too late. My fault 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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