Uly Vs. tomski1981 (Final Round) 0-1

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By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2011-11-02 21:51

i'm not sure of the outcome...

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 d6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qh5 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bxd6 Be6 14. g4 Qg5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bf4 Qg6 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Nec8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qg3 Qg7 25. Be2 Be6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bh5+ Kd8 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf8 31. b3 a5 32. Qe3 b6 33. Rd2 Ra7 34. a3 Rf4 35. Qg3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb7 38. Rgd1 Kd7

2n5/rn1k2qp/1ppPb3/4p1PB/1P2Pr2/2N3QP/2PR3K/3R4 w - -

By Uly

Date 2011-11-18 15:29

*Two weeks later*

Position still looks losing, I managed to refute all my drawing ideas and have been looking for more. It's not that the position looks lost, it's that 20 moves down the line black reaches won positions, in all directions I've looked, and I refuse to make a move that I know loses like that.

Will keep looking.

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2011-11-18 18:59

no problem Uly... we're going for best possible moves...

i'm very busy anyway.. please don't feel any pressure whatsoever. :)

By Christian Packi (****)

Date 2011-11-18 19:39

By Uly

Date 2011-11-19 00:51

I probably just have to reach a position in where tomski1981 doesn't have enough time to find the winning move :lol:

By Uly

Date 2011-12-07 21:21

Still looking lost to me, tell me when you get bored or something and I'll resign. Otherwise I'll keep on fighting! :lol:

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 d6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qh5 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bxd6 Be6 14. g4 Qg5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bf4 Qg6 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Nec8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qg3 Qg7 25. Be2 Be6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bh5+ Kd8 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf8 31. b3 a5 32. Qe3 b6 33. Rd2 Ra7 34. a3 Rf4 35. Qg3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb7 38. Rgd1 Kd7 39. b5

2n5/rn1k2qp/1ppPb3/1P2p1PB/4Pr2/2N3QP/2PR3K/3R4 b - -

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2011-12-18 03:37

i won't tell you i'm bored.. and i'm not convinced it's lost. i'm comfortable with the position, but i'm still nervous it could go in a direction where the ending will be extremely difficult.

i'll start to analyze this position now....

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-01-06 03:56

2n5/r2k2qp/1ppnb3/1P2p1PB/4Pr2/2N3QP/2PR3K/3R4 w - -

By Uly

Date 2012-01-06 04:22

Since all moves seem losing I'm going to play the one I've spent the most time in.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 d6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qh5 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bxd6 Be6 14. g4 Qg5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bf4 Qg6 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Nec8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qg3 Qg7 25. Be2 Be6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bh5+ Kd8 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf8 31. b3 a5 32. Qe3 b6 33. Rd2 Ra7 34. a3 Rf4 35. Qg3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb7 38. Rgd1 Kd7 39. b5 Nbxd6 40. Bf3

2n5/r2k2qp/1ppnb3/1P2p1P1/4Pr2/2N2BQP/2PR3K/3R4 b - -

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-03-10 06:06

Dear Uly,

I'm sorry for this delay. I have been hoping i would be able to find some time to make a move. Truth be told, my position isn't a clear win... and so i need big chunks of time to analyze my move. I can't do any meaningful analysis if i only get 15 minutes here and 15 minutes there. However, because my daughter is becoming more active, i can't find the time i need to continue this game right now.

If you want, we can declare draw. Or, if you prefer, we can continue this game a few months down the road, when, i'm hoping, my daughter starts playing more by herself (or with some friends her age). As it stands now, she takes too much of my time, so i'm unable to play at the level i want.

So sorry to keep you in suspense...

regards,
tom

By Uly

Date 2012-03-10 07:03

You don't have to apologize! You have your priorities straight and I admire that.

If you need a few months, or a few years down the line to continue this game, take as much as you need, I don't think it would be fair that we call a draw a game in where you played much better and have me in a near losing position. Don't worry, I'm patient and have many such games in where I'm waiting for my opponents to return in the future.

Good luck with your daughter, I hope one day I have one and live the meaningful experience :smile:

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-10-18 01:20

wife left last night.. this represents about 4 hours of analysis today... (of course, not including the analysis i did while pondering your move. no analysis was done since i asked for this game to be postponed)

inspite of the scores, this game feels/seems like a draw.. let's see what happens! :grin:

2n5/3k2qp/1ppnb3/1P2p1P1/4Pr2/r1N2BQP/2PR3K/3R4 w - -

By Uly

Date 2012-10-18 14:26

Welcome back tomski1981! :smile:

Wow, this games has underwent many iterations of obsolete analysis methods, I'll take a look with my current ones and see what I think, I just hope it's not that I can't save the game!

By Uly

Date 2012-10-20 01:50

Wow, this seems more lost than I remember it, but, anyway, the other moves lose faster...

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 d6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qh5 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bxd6 Be6 14. g4 Qg5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bf4 Qg6 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Nec8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qg3 Qg7 25. Be2 Be6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bh5+ Kd8 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf8 31. b3 a5 32. Qe3 b6 33. Rd2 Ra7 34. a3 Rf4 35. Qg3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb7 38. Rgd1 Kd7 39. b5 Nbxd6 40. Bf3 Ra3 41. bxc6+

2n5/3k2qp/1pPnb3/4p1P1/4Pr2/r1N2BQP/2PR3K/3R4 b - -

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-10-20 13:01

i have no moves that "win faster" ... i definitely think a draw is possible

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 d6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qh5 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bxd6 Be6 14. g4 Qg5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bf4 Qg6 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Nec8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qg3 Qg7 25. Be2 Be6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bh5+ Kd8 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf8 31. b3 a5 32. Qe3 b6 33. Rd2 Ra7 34. a3 Rf4 35. Qg3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb7 38. Rgd1 Kd7 39. b5 Nbxd6 40. Bf3 Ra3 41. bxc6+ Kxc6

2n5/6qp/1pknb3/4p1P1/4Pr2/r1N2BQP/2PR3K/3R4 w - -

By Uly

Date 2012-10-23 05:57

2n5/6qp/1pknb3/4p1P1/4Pr2/r1NR1BQP/2P4K/3R4 b - -

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-10-24 20:47

2n5/6qp/1pkn4/4p1P1/2b1Pr2/r1NR1BQP/2P4K/3R4 w - -

By Uly

Date 2012-10-24 20:52

Yup, I just played into this in the hopes that you played 42...Qf8, that I think I could defend. I'm going to take a good look at this, if I don't find such a possible deviation from your part, I may just resign because I haven't seen a way to draw it. But I hope I can find something.

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-10-25 07:38

It was hard to throw away Qf8.. i had a lot of analysis.. but it seemed defendable

i'm confident if anyone can find a way to draw, it is you.

at this moment, i do not see a draw and i do not see a win..

By Uly

Date 2012-11-03 14:12

Still looking lost, but it's clear this one is the toughest defense:

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 d6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qh5 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bxd6 Be6 14. g4 Qg5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bf4 Qg6 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Nec8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qg3 Qg7 25. Be2 Be6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bh5+ Kd8 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf8 31. b3 a5 32. Qe3 b6 33. Rd2 Ra7 34. a3 Rf4 35. Qg3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb7 38. Rgd1 Kd7 39. b5 Nbxd6 40. Bf3 Ra3 41. bxc6+ Kxc6 42. Rd3 Bc4 43. Re3

2n5/6qp/1pkn4/4p1P1/2b1Pr2/r1N1RBQP/2P4K/3R4 b - -

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-11-03 21:51

yes, Re3 was the best move in my opinion.. i'm sad you found it.. i was hoping you'd go with Ne2 or Nd5 which seem to really be the same thing..

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-11-06 07:18

I really couldn't find anything better... but somehow i have a gut feeling that there was a better move in this position.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 d6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qh5 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bxd6 Be6 14. g4 Qg5 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bf4 Qg6 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Nec8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qg3 Qg7 25. Be2 Be6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bh5+ Kd8 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rf8 31. b3 a5 32. Qe3 b6 33. Rd2 Ra7 34. a3 Rf4 35. Qg3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb7 38. Rgd1 Kd7 39. b5 Nbxd6 40. Bf3 Ra3 41. bxc6+ Kxc6 42. Rd3 Bc4 43. Re3 Kb7

2n5/1k4qp/1p1n4/4p1P1/2b1Pr2/r1N1RBQP/2P4K/3R4 w - -

By Uly

Date 2012-11-06 07:40

I couldn't find it either, 43...Kb7 looked best.

By Uly

Date 2012-11-15 18:54

Thanks for the game tomski, I've been looking very hard at the game since you moved, and I can't see a way out, all variations seem losing, I don't think I'll be able to save this, so I'm going to:

Resign

*Handshake.*

By tomski1981 (****)

Date 2012-11-15 22:15

*handshake*

good game. i always like playing you, your games are always entertaining. i think you played solid chess.

two moves that i think gave me the edge were:

15.Be2 and 24.Qg3.. I wouldn't throw away this opening for white because of this result.. perhaps there are improvements to be made.

Thanks buddy!

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