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Diagram 11/18/2019 - Black to move
Black has played aggressively to this point in the game. Material is even. What would you do in this position? Full game below.
[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Waterville Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anna Thomas"]
[Black "Don Smallidge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. h3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Be4 14.
f3 Qh4+ 15. Kd2 Bxd3 16. Kxd3 Qc4+ 17. Kc2 Rad8 18. Re1 b5 19. Qd4 c5 20.
Qxc4 dxc4 21. Red1 b4 22. a3 b3+ 23. Kb2 Rd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Kxb3 Rd8 26.
Rd1 d2 27. Kc2 c4 28. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Kf8 30. f4 Ke7 31. f5 f6 32. exf6+
Kxf6 33. e4 Ke5 34. Ke3 a6 35. g4 a5 36. h4 a4 37. g5 h6 38. g6 {Black
resigned} 1-0
The Queen's Gambit Declined, Marshall Defense. Anna and I played an instructive game at the club on Monday night. I am still working on developing a repertoire for Black, so I was pleased with my performance; we got off to a vigorous start, but I think I tried to be a little bit too clever by not trading Rooks right away. This game is a good example of proper King and Pawn play by White.
[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Waterville Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ben Warren"]
[Black "Don Smallidge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
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1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Nd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. f4 Ngf6 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. a4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nf3+ 13. Ke2 Nxd2
14. Bg2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ndxe4 16. f3 Ng3+ 17. Kf2 Nxh1+ 18. Bxh1 O-O 19. Rd1
Rd5 20. f4 Ne4+ 21. Bxe4 Rxd1 22. Bf3 Rd2+ 23. Be2 Re8 24. Ke1 Rexe2+ 25. Kf1
Rxc2 26. h4 Ra2 27. f5 Rec2 28. Ke1 Ra1# 0-1
The Englund Gambit. Ben and I played several games on Veterans Day; I worked on playing Black openings all night. This is the only one we recorded. I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I was trying to play the Scandinavian Defense (but did not really notice that he played d4 instead of e4)! In spite of this egregious blunder, I got lucky when Ben missed the fork that netted Black an extra piece early in the middle game. This game is a perfect example of why taking the time to look over the entire position before making your move is so important.
[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Waterville Public Library"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kevin Clark"]
[Black "Don Smallidge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
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1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. b3 Bc5 4. Qe2 d6 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Bb2 c6 8.
O-O-O Qf6 9. f3 Ne7 10. Qc4 Be6 11. Qb4 Bd7 12. Bc4 Bc8 13. Ba3 Bc5 14. Qa5
Bxa3+ 15. Qxa3 a6 16. Kb2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. d3 O-O 19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. Rdf1
d5 21. h4 d4 22. Ne2 b6 23. g4 c5 24. h5 Qh6 25. Qb2 Rd6 26. Rh3 Qe3 27. Nc1
h6 28. Rg3 Qg5 29. Ne2 Qe3 30. Rg2 Rf6 31. g5 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Qxf3 33. Rg1 Qxh5
34. Qc1 Ng6 35. gxh6 Qxe2 36. hxg7 Qh5 37. Rh1 Nh4 38. Qg1 Kh7 39. Qg3 Rg8
40. Rg1 f6 41. Rf1 Rxg7 42. Qh2 Rg6 43. Qh3 Qg4 44. Qh1 Kg7 45. Rc1 b5 46.
Kb2 b4 47. Qe1 Nf3 48. Qe2 Qg2 49. Qxg2 Rxg2 50. a3 Ne1 51. axb4 cxb4 52. Ra1
Nxc2 53. Rc1 Na3+ 54. Ka1 Nc2+ 55. Kb2 Ne3+ 56. Kb1 a5 57. Rc7+ Kg6 58. Ra7
Nd5 59. Rxa5 Nc3+ 60. Kc1 Na2+ 61. Kb1 Nc3+ 62. Kc1 {Is this perpetual?}
62... Re2 63. Rc5 Na2+ 64. Kd1 Rf2 {White resigned (inevitable) but how will
Black bring it home?} 0-1
The London System. My first game with Kevin was a comedy of errors! We both missed some extremely important and obvious captures. Sometimes we can get carried away with excitement or following a preconceived plan, not noticing how a change in circumstances opens up opportunities we should not miss. This game is a perfect example of not taking the time to look over the entire position before making your move.
[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Waterville Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.8.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark"]
[Black "Don"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. d3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Be2 Bd7 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Ba3 O-O-O 10. Rb1 h6 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Bb4 b6 14. Bxa5
Qd7 15. Bb4 Ba4 16. Qd2 c5 17. Ba3 Qb7 18. Bd1 Qa6 19. Bxa4 Qxa4 20. Bc1 Kc7
21. a3 Rb8 22. Bb2 Rhg8 23. Nh4 Nh5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Qf3 Nf4 26. Rbd1 h5 27.
Qe3 b5 28. Nf3 bxc4 29. d4 Rxb2 30. dxc5 Re2 31. cxd6+ Kc6 32. Nxe5+ Kb5 33.
Rd5+ Nxd5 34. Qxe2 Nb6 35. Rb1+ Kc5 36. Qd2 Qb3 37. Qd4+ Kb5 38. Rxb3+ cxb3
39. Qb4+ Ka6 40. Qxb3 Rg7 41. d7 Nxd7 42. Nxd7 f5 43. Nb8+ Ka5 44. Qb4# 1-0
Mark's favorite opening is the English Opening. He definitely took me to task in this game.
[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Waterville Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.7.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Engel"]
[Black "Don Smallidge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
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1. d4 d5 2. e4 c6 3. e5 e6 4. Nf3 f6 5. exf6 gxf6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Qb6 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. Re1 Nf8 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Nc5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qh5+
Kd8 15. Nf7+ Kc8 16. Nxh8 Qg7 17. Qe8+ Kc7 18. Qf7+ Qxf7 19. Nxf7 Be7 20.
Bf4+ Kd7 21. Nh6 Nxh6 22. Bxh6 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Bd2 Rh8 25. Bf4 g5 26.
Bg3 c5 27. c3 b6 28. Re2 b5 29. Rae1 {Black resigns} 1-0
John won this Caro-Kann advanced variation game handily. See if you can spot where I get into trouble and how John capitalized on my mistakes to win the game.
[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Waterville Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.6.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ed"]
[Black "Don Smallidge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. g3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Bg2 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Qb4 14.
Qc2 Bc5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Bb4 Ne4 19. Nd4 {Black could
play Nexf2 instead of Nxb4?} 19... Nxb4 20. axb4 Bd6 21. Qxe4+ Be6 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Qe7 24. Qxe7+ Bxe7 25. Ke2 Bxb4 26. Rhd1 O-O 27. Bxb7 Rd6 28.
Rxd6 Bxd6 29. e4 Be5 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. f4 Bd6 32. e5 Bb4 33. Nc3 a5 34. Be4
Rc8 35. Kd3 g6 36. Nd5 Rd8 37. Rc1 Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Kc4 Bd2 40. g4 Be1
41. g5+ Kh5 42. Bf3+ Kh4 43. Rxh7# 1-0
Ed won this Queen's Gambit game; after savoring Ed's victory, click the Start button, then the Flip button to see the game from my perspective [I lost the game]. See if you can spot where I get into trouble and how Ed capitalized on my mistakes to win the game.