French Tarrasch

ICC tourney 1704 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
SuperPuzzler (1665) vs. john2001plus (1747)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. Re1 Qc7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. c4 d4 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Bg5 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bb7 18. Rh4 h6 19. Nxd4 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. f3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxf3 23. Bf4 g5 24. gxf3 Bxf3+ 25. Qg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 gxh4 27. Nc7 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rf2+ 29. Ke4 Rxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Bd6+ 31. Kg4 Bxc7 32. Kxh4 Bxh2 33. Kg4 Rd8 34. Rh1 Rd4+ 35. Kf3 Bf4 36. Rh4 Rxc4 37. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Kf8 39. Kg4 Ke7 40. Kh5 f5 41. Kh4 Kd6 42. Kg3 h5 43. Kf4 h4

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Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here from 22... hxg5.
Click here from 23... Re2.

White to play

I present this for your consideration only because my opponent thought that he had me in checkmate, which I found amusing.

January 2019 Member Main #1 Tournament, https://itsyourturn.com
John Coffey vs. badnite

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +2

(white to move) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 d6 3. exf5 Bxf5 4. d4 g6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 d5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Ne6 Kf7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nxc7 Bxd4 14. Nc3 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Bxe1 16. Nxe4 Bh4 17. Rf1 Bf6 18. Nxf6 exf6 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Bg5 f5 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. gxf5 Rf8 24. Re1+ Kf6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rf1+ Kg7 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Qxg6 Qb5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. b3 d4 31. Qxd4 Qf1+ 32. Qg1+ Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Kf7 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. h4 CHECK!

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

English defense

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john2001plus (1884) vs. learnychess (1512)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 c5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. e5 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Nc6 13. Rac1 Nxd4 14. Qg4 Nc6 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Nf3 Kd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh7 Rh8 19. Qxf7+ Qe7 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21. Qh5 Rf8 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qh4 Ne7 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Rg3 Qf7 27. Qxh6 Ng8 28. Qxf8+

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play online chess

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Click here for 17. Bb5.
Click here for 18... Rc8.
Click here for 19. Nf6+.
Click here for 23... Rc8.
Click here for 24. Nh5.
Click here for 27... Rd8.