Game 24: Win - 42 turns

This was a fun game I played from my iPhone via the chess.com iPhone app. I played against a new member who I think is probably a bit stronger than I am, but I got lucky. I tried the Hippopotamus Defense and got in trouble with it early. In fact, I am surprised this was not a brutal defeat.




[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[White "mtaylor3449"]
[Black "zeeple"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "877"]
[BlackElo "1198"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "zeeple won by resignation"]

1.e3 e6 2.g3 d6 3.Nh3 Ne7 4.Ng5 b6 5.Qf3 c6 6.Qxf7+ Kd7 7.Qxe6+ Ke8 8.Nf7 Qd7 9.Qe4 Rg8 10.Ng5 Ba6
11.Nxh7 Bxf1 12.Rxf1 Rh8 13.Nxf8 Rxf8 14.f4 Qf5 15.Nc3 Nd7 16.a4 a6 17.b4 d5 18.Qxf5 Rxf5 19.g4 Rf8 20.a5 g5
21.f5 Rh8 22.Rh1 Rh4 23.Bb2 Rxg4 24.h3 Rxb4 25.Ba3 bxa5 26.Rg1 Rh4 27.Rxg5 Rxh3 28.Rg7 Rh1+ 29.Ke2 Rxa1 30.Bb2 Rh1
31.e4 Rb8 32.Ba3 dxe4 33.Nxe4 Nxf5 34.c3 Nxg7 35.Nd6+ Kd8 36.Nf7+ Kc8 37.Be7 Nf5 38.Bg5 Ng3+ 39.Kf3 Rf1+ 40.Kg4 Rxf7
41.Kxg3 Kb7 42.d4 Rg8 0-1

A ChessGenius game

This was a win against the easiest setting using the Beginner's Game system.

[Event "Jan 9, 2010 5:55 AM"]
[White "Genius"]
[Black "You"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be2 Ne7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qd2 b6 7. O-O-O Bb7 8. Bh6 d6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. g4 Nd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Kg8 13. Qf4 b5 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. Nce2 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Qxb4 axb3 19. d5 bxc2 20. Kxc2 Re8 21. Ng3 exd5 22. Qxb5 Ba6 23. Qc6 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Ne5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rd4 Qc6+ 27. Kd2 Rb8 28. Ke3 Rxb2 29. Nh3 Rb3+ 30. Nc3 Qxc3+ 31. Ke4 Nxg4 32. Rd3 Qc4+ 33. Kf3 Rxd3+ 34. Kg2 Bb7+ 35. Kf1 Rxh3+ 36. Ke1 Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Qd3+ 38. Ke1 Bxh1 39. a4 Rxh2 40. f3 Qxf3 41. a5 Qe2+ 0-1

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A ChessGenius Game

Event "Jan 9, 2010 3:58 AM"]
[White "Genius"]
[Black "You"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Be3 d6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. O-O Qc8 11. Qd3 h5 12. Rfe1 Bh6 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Bb5 Rh8 16. Nd1 Qc8 17. c3 a6 18. Qc4 axb5 19. Qxb5 Ba6 20. Qb4 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Qa3 Bb5 23. e5 Rxa3 24. bxa3 d5 25. Ng5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 f6 27. Rxe6 fxg5 28. Rb6 Qd7 29. a4 Bxa4 30. Rb8+ Nc8 31. Ne3 Bc6 32. a3 Qc7 33. Rb3 c4 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Rb4 Nb6 36. Re1+ Kf8 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Rdb1 Re8 39. Rc1 Re6 40. g3 Qe7 41. h3 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Rxc1 43. g4 h4 44. Rb2 Qe5+ 45. f4 Qxf4+ 0-1


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Game 23: Loss - 34 turns

This was a particularly embarrassing game for me as I made at least two seriously critical blunders, the last which (failing to notice my rook was being attacked by the black queen) led to my resignation. It was a fun game though for several reasons. First, it was the first game I have played against anyone living for better than 2 years, and also because I played it on my iPhone with the very awesome chess.com iPhone app.

And the viewer here which you see below is also from chess.com.