User:Sj/Archive/Chess championship/G7

Game 7 (TC1SG7)
Opening: Ruy Lopez, Arkhangelsk Variation

Moves
1. e4        e5 2.  Nf3       Nc6 3. Bb5       a6 4.  Ba4       Nf6 5. O-O       b5 6.  Bb3       Bb7 7. Ng5       d5 8.  exd5      Nd4 9. c3        Nxb3 10. Qxb3     Bxd5 11. Qc2      Bd6 12. Re1      O-O 13. d3       h6 14. c4       bxc4 15. dxc4     Bc6 16. c5       Be7 17. Rd1      Qc8 18. Nf3      e4 19. Ne5      Qf5 20. Nxc6     Bxc5 21. b3       Ng4 22. Rd2      Rae8 23. Nd4      Qe5 24. Bb2      Qxh2+ 25. Kf1      e3 26. Nf3      Qh1+ 27. Ng1      exf2 28. Rxf2     Nh2#  0-1

Comments

 * White played 8. Bxd5; this move was retracted under mutual agreement. JRM · Talk 15:37, 2005 May 17 (UTC)

Yeah, I think I know who is gonna win this game..... Gkhan 19:17, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm playing a lot better than I expected to. I thought I would be really out of touch, but maybe chess is like riding a bicycle... And I suck at blitz chess, by the way. I need careful thought. JRM · Talk 19:32, 2005 May 17 (UTC)


 * From the edit summary: hey, why do you think I played the Ruy Lopez? :)
 * Well take a look at the Ruy Lopez article. The Ruy Lopez opening is defined by 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. It is named after Rúy López de Segura, not User:Ruy Lopez... As for "Arkhangelsk Variation", that is defined by JRM's fifth move, 5...b5. The usual move in that position is 5...Be7, while 5...Nxe4 is in second place. But the Arkhangelsk has been played by grandmasters, for instance Vladimir Kramnik used it against Garry Kasparov in one of the World Championship games in 2000. Here is a word of advice from Rúy López de Segura himself: "Place your opponent so that the sun shines in his eyes." Hope that helps :) Sjakkalle 13:24, 18 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Hey, JRM, open the curtains will ya? Gkhan 20:36, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem. JRM · Talk 20:46, 2005 May 18 (UTC)

Ahh, crap! I just saw it! Well, good game, congratulations. Gkhan 21:00, May 18, 2005 (UTC)


 * It would appear that the checkmate wasn't as imminent as I previously thought! Ahh, well, just delaying the inevitable I guess. Gkhan 22:28, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Nope. You probably thought f2 would be mate, right? That would be so if you hadn't taken my bishop, but as it stands there's just a little bit of material missing to force mate there. You're also lucky I haven't played in quite a while; my endgame is rusty to say the least. As long as I'm making errors, you stay alive. This could take a while. JRM · Talk 22:52, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
 * Well, "endgame"... "middle-game mating" is more like it. JRM · Talk 22:58, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
 * Well, yes I did think you were going to f2, then I remebered I had a rook in the vicinity. Although, I really don't see how you can mate me in this situation. I mean, in like, the next 3-4 moves. Then again, I never were very good at this :P Gkhan 23:07, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, you won't have to suffer for much longer. It's unfortunate that I can't figure out an elegant forced mate (separates the amateur from the master :-), but this will do as well. JRM · Talk 23:15, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
 * I see a way that white could potentially turn this game around in a snap... I'd be amused to see if he sees it... Linuxbeak | Desk 00:22, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * You're talking about g7 I presume? Well, you win some, you lose some.... Gkhan 00:29, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Interesting. If I missed a potential attack, I'd like to hear about it. What's on g7, in particular? Please note 28. Bxg7 Qxg1++. White never had any opportunity to launch a counteroffensive. The only move I would have had to respond to is Qh7+... but that's not much of a threat, is it? JRM · Talk 00:39, 2005 May 19 (UTC)

Thank you for a game well-played. If you're interested, I will put the final touches to my post-mortem and post it here tomorrow. I'll also be interested to know what Linuxbeak has to say on the matter. :-) JRM · Talk 00:25, 2005 May 19 (UTC)

That was a very nice finish, JRM.-gadfium 00:34, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. exf2 was a nice find, but I think I fumbled the rest a bit. I can't help but think I lost a tempo here or there. JRM · Talk 00:39, 2005 May 19 (UTC)

Well, I'm going to take a good night's rest and then it's off to work. I'll put my homegrown analysis of the game here; I'm no deep tactician but it could be interesting to see what I was thinking as I played. It's been so long, I forgot how exciting chess could be. Thanks, Gkhan, and I'm not just saying that because I happened to win. :-) JRM · Talk 00:39, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
 * Moved the analysis to talk. JRM · Talk 18:09, 2005 May 19 (UTC)