Wednesday 28 October 2009
Rating Watch
Until the offical ratings are out, here's my tally
| Opponent | W/D/L | Rating | Adjustment |
| 1. Matt White | W | 60 | 110 |
| 2. Robert Fletcher | L | NR | 50 |
| 3. T Honore | L | 71 | 21 |
| 4. Tim James | W | 61 | 111 |
| 5. Dean Greenhough | W | 70 | 120 |
| Total | 412 | 82.4 |
Sunday 11 October 2009
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Idle Reserve Game 2 : 2nd Rated Match
This time at Idle Working Men's club
B33: Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation
This was an almost textbook opening, giving me an advantage, unfortunatly I chose not to take dxe8 on move 9, this would've given me a decisive advantage.
I was a bit on the back foot, I gave away my rook to discover-check and take the queen but it didn't work entirely as planned.
I believe I made a mistake on move 32, not taking the bishop at b7, crafty suggested that taking e6 with the rook would've worked (protected by the knight)
It was a lot harder game than last week.
I could've done better here, according to crafty I could've gotten a draw out of it.
Opening
B33: Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation
This was an almost textbook opening, giving me an advantage, unfortunatly I chose not to take dxe8 on move 9, this would've given me a decisive advantage.
Mid-game
I was a bit on the back foot, I gave away my rook to discover-check and take the queen but it didn't work entirely as planned.
End-game
I believe I made a mistake on move 32, not taking the bishop at b7, crafty suggested that taking e6 with the rook would've worked (protected by the knight)
It was a lot harder game than last week.
I could've done better here, according to crafty I could've gotten a draw out of it.
Wednesday 23 September 2009
Idle Reserve Game : First Rated Match
On Tuesday I went down to the Bingley, Andy Wainwright arranged for me to take part in a friendly with the Idle Reserves.
C41 - Philidor's defense
According to chess databases, my 3rd move (Nc3) was weaker (39.5% chance of winning) than the more played alternatives d4 or Bc4 (both at 48.7%).
Black's move 12 was big mistake, allowing a checked fork, and gave me the advantage
On move 35 I missed checkmate by a move
Rather than take the rook with the rook, all i needed to do was move the queen to h7 (which was protected by the knight)
Opening
C41 - Philidor's defense
According to chess databases, my 3rd move (Nc3) was weaker (39.5% chance of winning) than the more played alternatives d4 or Bc4 (both at 48.7%).
Advantage
Black's move 12 was big mistake, allowing a checked fork, and gave me the advantage
Ending
On move 35 I missed checkmate by a move
Rather than take the rook with the rook, all i needed to do was move the queen to h7 (which was protected by the knight)
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