One Month

Wow, it's been a month since I've last updated the old chess blog. School has been crazy. Deadlines and exams every week. It's finally winding down. Just one more quiz and three more exams until I'm in the clear.

I've been keeping a few games running, mainly with Matthew. I'm posting a series of our last three games. They are ridiculous. For some reason, I never take his threats seriously and I always makes some sort of outrageous mistake toward the end (or in the beginning). So, without further ado, here they are:


Back from the Dust and Back into the Dust
This was the game my last post alluded to. I had suffered an early loss of material, but I held on and fought back. Then, I walked into a mate.

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The Game is Afoot
I actually played a wonderful opening, had a material advantage. And then, I walked into a mate.

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Walked into a Mate
I never found my footing in this game and then I walked into a mate.

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School will be out soon. Just have to survive finals week and maybe I'll have enough time to actually beat Matt.

Pushing Pawns.

I'm beginning to notice a pattern in my life. Chess takes over as soon as I'm not focused on school or work. Sherlock Holmes did cocaine when he was without work, I suppose chess is a much safer thing to be addicted to in times of listlessness.

I'm on break from school right now. It's nice to have some R&R, but I need something to keep me occupied. So, for the time being I'm back on the chess scene. I don't know if I'll be able to keep this up when the semester starts back up, but I'll be enjoying my time back during this break.

And, here's a quick game that I just finished. You'll quickly see why it's not analyzed. It was a nice self-esteem booster to get me over the hump that always happens when I come back to chess.



Back in the Ring

LindseyAnn vs. Carlos05 1-0

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.31"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "Carlos05"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1397"]
[BlackElo "1109"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.5.5"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Board "6750393"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd2 Qxd4 6.Nf3 Qd6 7.Bxc4 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qc5 9.Bxg7 Qxc4 10.Bxh8 Qxe4+ 11.Qe2 Qb4+ 12.Bc3 Qf4 13.O-O Nc6 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Rd3 Nf6 16.Rad1 e5 17.Nxe5 Ng4 18.Nxg4+ Be6 19.Bd2 Qa4 20.Nf6+ Kf8 21.Nxh7+ Ke7 22.Bg5+ Ke8 23.f4 Nd8 24.f5 Qc6 25.fxe6 Nxe6 26.Qe5 f6 27.Qxf6 Nxg5 28.Qf8+ {Black king mated} 1-0

John1007 vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.4.9"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "john1007"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White resigned"]
[WhiteElo "1355"]
[BlackElo "1382"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.30"]
[Board "6769972"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ng5 e6 10.h4 Be7 11.h5 Bxb1 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Rxb1 Rf8 14.Qb3 b6 15.h6 g6 16.e4 Na5 17.Qd3 Nb4 18.Qf3+ Ke8 19.Qg2 Nxc4 20.a3 Nd3+ 21.Ke2 Nf4+ 22.Kf3 Nxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Nxd2 24.Bxd2 Qxd2 25.Rhf1 Rxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Qe3 27.Kf1 Bh4 28.Re2 Qf3+ {White resigned} 0-1

Daveypen vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.4.5"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "daveypen"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1388"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.19"]
[Board "6760751"]

1.g3 e5 2.b3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.h4 Bd6 6.Na3 O-O 7.Nb5 Be6 8.Nh3 Qd7 9.Ba3 a6 10.Nxd6 cxd6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Bh3 Bxh3 13.Nxh3 Rac8 14.Rc1 Nd4 15.e3 Nb5 16.Bb2 Rc6 17.a4 Nc7 18.Ng5 Ne6 19.Ba3 Rfc8 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.h5 Ng4 22.Rh4 Nf6 23.h6 g6 24.g4 Ne4 25.f3 Ng5 26.c4 dxc4 27.bxc4 Rxc4 28.Ke2 f5 29.Qb3 Qf7 30.Rxc4 Rxc4 31.Bxd6 fxg4 32.Qb6 Qxf3+ 33.Kd3 Qf1+ {White king mated} 0-1

John1007 vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.4.9"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "john1007"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "*"]
[Termination "in progress"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.17"]
[Board "6769972"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ng5 e6 10.h4 Be7 11.h5 Bxb1 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Rxb1 Rf8 14.Qb3 b6 15.h6 g6 16.e4 Na5 17.Qd3 Nb4 18.Qf3+ Ke8 19.Qg2 Nxc4 20.a3 Nd3+ 21.Ke2 Nf4+ 22.Kf3 Nxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Nxd2 24.Bxd2 Qxd2 25.Rhf1 *

Don Quixote vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.28"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "Don Quixote"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White resigned"]
[WhiteElo "1185"]
[BlackElo "1363"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.15"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Board "6745947"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nb4 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.O-O c6 11.Re1 Qf6 12.d4 Qxf3 13.gxf3 Kf6 14.dxe5+ Ke7 15.Bg5+ Ke8 16.Rad1 Be6 17.b4 Bxb4 18.Re4 Rf8 19.Rb1 a5 20.a3 Bxa3 21.Rxb7 Rf7 22.Rb3 Bb4 23.c3 Bc5 24.Bd3 Rxf3 25.Be3 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Bxb3 27.Kg2 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 Bxe3 29.Bxh7 Bf4 30.Bf5 Bxe5 {White resigned} 0-1

Deano1 vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.4.1"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "Deano1"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1403"]
[BlackElo "1344"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.15"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Board "6753508"]

1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qf3 a6 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Ne2 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.d3 h6 9.O-O Bc5 10.c3 Bd6 11.b4 O-O 12.Qg3 Rb8 13.Bxh6 Nh5 14.Bg5 Nxg3 15.Bxd8 Nxe2+ 16.Kh1 Rxd8 17.Na3 Nxc3 18.g3 Bxb4 19.Nc2 Bc5 20.f4 e4 21.dxe4 Nxe4 22.Rae1 Nf2+ 23.Kg2 Bh3+ 24.Kg1 Nd3+ 25.Kh1 Nxe1 26.Rxe1 Rb2 27.Re2 Rb1+ 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Nxe1 Re8 30.Nf3 Rb8 31.Ng1 Rb1 32.g4 Rxg1+ {White king mated} 0-1

LindseyAnn vs. Bonk 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.28"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "Bonk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White resigned"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1241"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.14"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Board "6744578"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bxc4 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Nf3 e4 8.Ng5 f5 9.O-O c6 10.d6 Ng8 11.Nf7 Qh4 12.Nxh8 Be5 13.g3 Qh3 14.Bxg8 f4 15.exf4 Bg4 16.Qd2 Bf3 17.d7+ Nxd7 18.Bf7+ Kd8 {White resigned} 0-1

Cuf vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.4.2"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "cuf"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1135"]
[BlackElo "1358"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.13"]
[Board "6754278"]

1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Qd2 d6 7.Nd5 Be6 8.g3 Qd7 9.Qc3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Nxc7 dxc3 12.Nxa8 cxb2 13.Rb1 Rxa8 14.Rxb2 Rc8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.f4 Bxb2 17.Kf2 Rxc2+ 18.Kg1 Bd4+ {White king mated} 0-1

LindseyAnn vs. Brimoy 1-0

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.28"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "brimoy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1351"]
[BlackElo "1116"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.13"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Board "6745820"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bxc4 Nb4 6.Bb3 a5 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O a4 9.Nxa4 b5 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bd2 Bd3 12.Re1 Qf6 13.a3 Nd5 14.Ne5 Bf5 15.Nxc6 Nh6 16.Nxb5 Ng4 17.e4 Bg6 18.Qxg4 Ra6 19.exd5 Rb6 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Rxe6+ Kf7 22.Rxf6+ Kxf6 23.Qe6+ {Black king mated} 1-0

LindseyAnn vs. Cuf 1-0

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.4.2"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "cuf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1342"]
[BlackElo "1143"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.12"]
[Board "6754281"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Be6 3.cxd5 Bxd5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 Be6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Ng4 9.Ng5 Qxd4 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Qxg4 Qxd3 12.Rd1 Qc4 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rd4 Qc5 15.Qxe6 Qh5 16.Rxd7 Rd8 17.Rad1 b5 18.Rxd8+ {Black king mated} 1-0

LindseyAnn vs. Dragor 1-0

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.28"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "dragor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black resigned"]
[WhiteElo "1324"]
[BlackElo "1358"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.7"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Board "6746060"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 e5 5.dxe5 g5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bxc4 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Nxg5 Ke7 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.O-O Nxe5 13.Nd5+ Kd6 14.Nxb4 Nf6 15.Rfd1 Rhg8 16.Bc3+ Nd5 17.e4 Rxg5 18.Rxd5+ Ke7 19.Bxe5 exd5 20.Nxd5+ Kd7 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Bf6 Rdg8 23.Ne7+ Ke6 24.Nxg8 Rxg8 25.Bd4 Rd8 26.f4 b6 27.Rd2 c5 28.Be3 Rg8 29.Rf2 a5 30.f5+ Ke5 31.Rf4 Rf8 32.g3 h5 33.h3 Kf6 34.Bd2 c4 35.Bc3+ Kf7 36.f6 Rg8 37.Kg2 a4 38.e5 b5 39.Re4 Ke6 40.f7 Kxf7 41.e6+ Ke8 42.e7 Rg6 43.Kf3 Rc6 44.Re5 Rc7 45.Bb4 Rc8 46.Rxh5 Kd7 47.Re5 Re8 48.h4 Rc8 49.e8=Q+ Rxe8 50.Rxe8 Kxe8 51.Kf4 Kf7 52.Kg5 {Black resigned} 1-0

Polonaris vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.26"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "polonaris"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1063"]
[BlackElo "1275"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.5"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Board "6741140"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Be3 O-O 7.h4 Bg4 8.d4 a6 9.Bc4 Qd7 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.b3 Qc6 12.a4 Nxe4 13.Qe2 Nxc3 14.Qd2 Ne4 15.Qd1 Nc5 16.b4 Nxa4 17.Qc1 Qxc4 18.Nd2 Qe2+ {White king mated} 0-1

Knowlesey vs. LindsyeAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.28"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "knowlesey"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1016"]
[BlackElo "1274"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.4"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Board "6745389"]

1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bc5 6.Qe1 Nxe4 7.d3 Nf6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.h4 Be6 10.h5 Nxh5 11.g4 Bxg4 12.c4 Nd4 13.cxd5 Nxe2+ 14.Kh2 Qh4+ 15.Bh3 Qxh3+ {White king mated} 0-1

LindseyAnn vs. DMAC79 1-0

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.28"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "DMAC79"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black resigned"]
[WhiteElo "1244"]
[BlackElo "1256"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.4.3"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Board "6745944"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 h6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 Be6 6.Ne5 c5 7.dxc5 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 g6 9.b3 Bxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.Bb2 Qa5 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Rad1 Nxc5 15.Nb5 Qc8 16.Bxg7 Rg8 17.Bd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Ne6 19.Qe4 a6 20.Nc3 g5 21.Rd5 Qc6 22.Qd3 g4 23.g3 Rd8 24.Rd1 Rc8 25.Nb5 h5 26.Na7 b5 27.Nxc6 bxc4 28.Qxc4 f5 29.Qa4 Kf7 30.Qxa6 Rcf8 31.Qb7 h4 32.Qxe7+ Kg6 33.Qxe6+ Kh5 34.Rxf5+ Rg5 35.Rxf8 {Black resigned} 1-0

Skylight1 vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.28"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "skylight1"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.3.31"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Board "6746068"]

1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 c6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.Nf3 Re8 11.Bd1 Rxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Qe7 13.Bg5 Bd7 14.Nbd2 dxc3 15.bxc3 Re8 16.Rb1 Qxe2+ {White king mated} 0-1

Bojangal v. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.3.21"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "Bojangal"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1039"]
[BlackElo "1191"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2010.3.31"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Board "6729366"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.O-O Nc6 5.Ng5 Nxg5 6.f4 exf4 7.Rxf4 Bd6 8.Rg4 Bc5+ 9.Kf1 d6 10.Rxg5 Qxg5 11.h3 Qf4+ 12.Ke1 Qf2+ {White king mated} 0-1

Larry111 vs. LindseyAnn 0-1

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2009.4.4"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "Larry111"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1139"]
[BlackElo "1048"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2009.8.24"]
[Board "5868243"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.Bxg4 Nexg4 8.h3 Nh6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Bd2 Nf5 11.O-O-O O-O 12.f3 Qd7 13.Qf2 Rac8 14.e4 Ne7 15.e5 Ne4 16.fxe4 Bb4 17.exd5 exd5 18.Qf3 Rcd8 19.Ne2 Bxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Nc6 21.h4 Nb4 22.Kb1 Rc8 23.Nc3 c5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Rhd1 Rd8 26.a3 Nc6 27.Nxd5 Nxe5 28.Qe4 Qe6 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Rxd8+ Kxe7 31.Qxh7 Qc4 32.R8d4 Qe2 33.Qe4 Qxe4 34.Rxe4 f5 35.Red4 g6 36.Rd5 Rxd5 37.Rxd5 Ke6 38.Rd8 f4 39.b4 Kf5 40.Rd5 a6 41.Kb2 Ke4 42.Rd8 Ng4 43.Rd7 Ne3 44.Rxb7 Nxg2 45.c4 Nxh4 46.c5 f3 47.c6 f2 48.Rf7 Nf3 49.c7 f1=Q 50.c8=Q Qe2+ 51.Kb3 Nd4+ 52.Ka4 Qb5+ {White king mated} 0-1

LindseyAnn v. raven.. 1-0

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2009.3.24"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "raven.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1123"]
[BlackElo "864"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2009.4.29"]
[Board "5837563"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nd7 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 f6 7.Bb5 e5 8.Qa4 a6 9.Be3 a5 10.Nbd2 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.O-O Bb4 13.Nc4 Bc5 14.Bxc5 bxc5 15.Rac1 Ne7 16.Ne1 O-O 17.Nd3 Nb6 18.Nxb6 Rxb6 19.Nxc5 Qe8 20.Qxa5 Rb7 21.Nxb7 Qb8 22.Rc7 Rc8 23.Rxe7 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Kf7 25.Rxb8 Kg6 26.d6 h6 27.d7 h5 28.d8=Q Kh6 29.Qh8+ Kg6 30.Qc7 f5 31.Qcxg7+ {Black king mated} 1-0