Friday, March 16, 2007

White to move and mate in 2


From a recent game I had against Tim, comes this board position. I was white and not in a very enviable position with Queen, Bishop and Knight all being under attack. Turns out to be a nice White to move and mate in two puzzle.

Post in the comments your answer. Remember, no cheating.

Friday, February 02, 2007

ChessOps - RUYL-03B

ChessOps - RUYL-03B I am going to try a new opening for a while.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

2006.10.10


This was an interesting ending. I don't recall having a pawn and a knight play so promenant role in the mate.



[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "http://www.itsyourturn.com"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "*"]
[White "m0smith"]
[Black "tjmadden1128"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Ply "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bb4+
6. Bd2 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. h3 Bf5 9. Nc3 Bxd3 10. Ne5
Be4 11. f3 Bg6 12. g4 h5 13. O-O hxg4 14. fxg4 Rxh3
15. g5 Nh5 16. cxd5 Bf5 17. dxc6 Qc8 18. Qb3 b6 19. e4
Qd8 20. exf5 Bxg5 21. fxe6 Qxd4+ 22. Kg2 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4
Bxf4 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. Ng6# 1-0
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Thursday, September 21, 2006

A good game

[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "http://www.itsyourturn.com"]
This was an interesting game.

[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "*"]
[White "m0smith"]
[Black "tjmadden1128"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Ply "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. a3 Ne4 6. Ne2
Be7 7. g3 Bg5 8. Bg2 Nxf2 9. Kxf2 Qf6+ 10. Ke1 Qf5
11. Rf1 Qg4 12. h3 Qh5 13. g4 Bh4+ 14. Kd2 Qg5 15. Rf4
Qe7 16. Qf1 O-O 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Bxb7
Nd7 20. Nd5 Qe8 21. Nxc7 Qb8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qf3
g5 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Bxa8 Qb3 26. d5 e5 27. d6 a6
28. Bd5+ Qxd5+ 29. Qxd5+ Kg7 30. Qxe5+ Kf7 31. Qe7+
Kg8 32. Nd4 Ng6 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. d7 Bg3 35. Nf5+ Kf8
36. d8=Q# 1-0
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Monday, September 11, 2006

I finally won one.

[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "http://www.itsyourturn.com"]
[Date "2006.08.14"]
[Round "*"]
[White "Michael A. Cleverly"]
[Black "m0smith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Ply "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. d4 c5 5. c3 dxe4
6. Qa4+ Nd7 7. b3 f6 8. Nc4 a6 9. Nb6 Rb8 10. g3 cxd4
11. Bf4 dxc3 12. Bxb8 Qc5 13. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kd1 Bb4
15. Bf4 Qxa1+ 16. Ke2 Qe1# 0-1
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Friday, August 18, 2006

OUCH!!!

[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "http://www.itsyourturn.com"]
[Date "2006.08.07"]
[Round "*"]
[White "tjmadden1128"]
[Black "m0smith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Ply "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bc4 Nf6
6. d3 b5 7. Bd5 Bb7 8. a3 Na5 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. Ng5
Nc5 11. b4 Na4 12. Nxa4 bxa4 13. c4 c5 14. Qxa4+ Nd7
15. O-O Be7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Qd1 h6 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. d4
cxb4 20. Qd2 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Bg5 22. Qc3 exd4 23. Qxd4
Nc5 24. Qxg7# 1-0
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Thursday, January 20, 2005

Matt v. PilotChess

Chess on Palm Pilot


1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nc6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. h4 Qb6 11. h5 Qxb2
12. h6 Qxc3 13. hxg7 Kxg7 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. d5 exd5
16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 f6 18. Qxd6 Kg8 19. Bh6 Re8
20. Ng5 fxg5 21. Qd5+ Be6 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Rc2 Qxc2
24. Qg7# 1-0

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