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kendo-ka 29-Mar-11, 05:23	February 2011 Game of the Month Results Here are the final scores from the three judges for February. Congratulations to pawnstar2010 on winning. Quite a close month but there can be only one.   Well done to the other entrants quite a few high level wins for February. pawnstar2010 6.08 untateve 5.5 a_random_guy 5.25 proudlypinoy 5.13 l-d-j 4.34
dynamic-dv 29-Mar-11, 11:21	My entry for March GOM game
damalfi 29-Mar-11, 18:37	Wow Kind of strange... couldn't white win somewhere?
pawnstar2010 30-Mar-11, 04:19	February GOTM results It's an honour to have my game chosen for Feb game of the month - especially amongst some really good games! Thank you very much to the judges for commiting their own time to this worthy venture, and to all those that posted their games. Cheers, Steve
archduke_piccolo 30-Mar-11, 14:56	Check out the final position... ... of the dynamic_dv game: w White, to play, resigned at this point. But could he have held? You'd almost think so wouldn't you? Especially as, if you were to remove Black's lone pawn, and three (!) of White's, leaving just the h-pawn, it would be an easy draw for White. So, what's the story? 1.h6 c5! 2.h7 c4! 3.Kg7 c3! 4.h8=Q Rxh8 5.Kxh8 Kc6! Rounding up the lead a-pawn... 6.f5 c2 7.a7 ... Drawing the King away to the a-file 7... Kb7 8.a8=Qch Kxa8 9.f6 c1=Qch 10.f7 ... Now, did White not have that pawn on a3, this would be the standard f-pawn vs Queen draw. As it is, what difference does the extra pawn make? Well, the stalemate option is not open to White, so the King can not duck into the corner when the f-pawn is attacked. 10...Qh6ch 11.Kg8 Qg6ch Without the a-pawn, White would simply play 12.Kh8, and if 12...Qxf7 it's Stalemate. 12.Kf8 Kb7 13.Ke7 Qg7 Now, if White plays 14.Ke6, Black's Q immediately ducks in front of the f-pawn (14...Qf8) leaving White hopelessly placed. Nor will 14.Ke8 do, as after 14...Kc7 Black will force Mate. But that's coming anyway... 14.a4 Kc7 15.a5 Qe5ch 16.Kf8 Kd7 17.Kg8 (forced) Qg5ch 18.Kf8 ... Bearing in mind that after moving to the h--file, White would have no defence against the Black King simply moving to e7. 18... Ke6 19.a6 Qg6 20.Ke8 Qxf7ch 21.Kd8 Qd7# The effect of the extra pawn was to deprive White of the Stalemate defence that would have ensured the draw with f-pawn vs Queen. Quite an interesting, and I think instructive, ending at several levels.
dynamic-dv 31-Mar-11, 11:23	Check out the final position... Thanks for the analysis Ion, very instructive! Cheers Dave
kendo-ka 31-Mar-11, 11:57	March game of the month entry. I have no particularly good games for this month. I hope the judges don't find this entry too dull.   game
l-d-j 31-Mar-11, 23:15	Entry for March I don't have any particularly good games either, so I'll submit this one: game I liked the way I won several pawns right out of the opening and I didn't make any major mistakes in the technical phase. (And I promoted a pawn to rook because he had to take it anyway )
wildfiree 01-Apr-11, 08:51	Deleted by wildfiree on 02-Apr-11, 00:41.
jotheblackqueen 01-Apr-11, 13:17	Ah Ardin! That Expert Draw against Charleshiggie was still an excellent result even if you think you were lucky. It just goes to show that Experts can make mistakes but that they will a. not make them quite so often and b. they may not be quite so obvious. At least you took full advantage of his mistake when it happened so give yourself credit for that. Charles is a very strong player as I know only too well and his rating isn't over 2100 for nothing. I may annotate that game sometime soon! Cheers and bye for now. Joanne
doji 01-Apr-11, 13:30	That is also my opinion!! charleshiggie is an excellent player and getting a draw against him is a very good achievement. If I were you, I would give it a try for the GOTM thread. I surely didn't achieve that against him! I would say: congratulations. And if you should think you were lucky, just tell me where. The computer analysis shows that you didn't make severe mistakes... that is because you played very well!!
andywm 01-Apr-11, 20:04	Be Modest Sonata I have replayed some of Charleshiigie games and they are excellent.....you deserve to be commended if you played to a draw w/ him....
wildfiree 02-Apr-11, 00:42	Thanks for your comments, I'll submit it then   game
charleshiggie 02-Apr-11, 01:52	Thanks Thanks for all the lovely comments!
l-d-j 08-Apr-11, 08:34	Game of the month April (for now) game I love the final combination   (my entry may change, but I'll post this one to at least have one submitted)
damalfi 08-Apr-11, 14:44	Quick and smashing. Very nice, l-d-j! A ninja game... Quick and smashing. Very nice, l-d-j! A ninja game...
vocihc 15-Apr-11, 08:49	April GOTM entry game
wildfiree 21-Apr-11, 12:14	GOTM April gameknot.com
riceant 27-Apr-11, 15:32	April GOTM I have a number of possible candidates with wins over stronger opponents but I'm going to submit this game because of the combination in the last dozen or so moves, turning a downhill/drawish game into an exciting win with in a zugswang-like position. Is the opponent's rating a factor in determining GOTM? game
l-d-j 20-May-11, 04:22	March and April GOTM When will the March and April GOTM be announced?
jotheblackqueen 20-May-11, 11:10	Is it too late for me to submit a game for April GOM? Hi everyone! After considerable thought I decided to put this game in as it was another Expert Draw, the outstanding feature was the lack of errors on behalf of both players in a knight ending. gameknot.com Cheers Joanne
archduke_piccolo 20-May-11, 13:07	Jo... ... I see you have got yourself north of the 1800 rating again. Well done: Knew you could and would do it! Cheers, Ion
riceant 04-Jun-11, 14:08	What happened to gotm? Looks like the judges are awol...seems like a number of participants but none of the judges are interested anymore... oh well here's my late May submission... game
charleshiggie 05-Jun-11, 00:31	June Game of the month This is my submission for the June Game of the month. gameknot.com We play a double edged variation of the Gruenfeld defence, in which I, as white, sacrifice a pawn. After 14 moves of theory he deviates from previous games. I throw in a knight sacrifice. The Gameknot post-game computer thinks this is a mistake. However it doesn't criticize any of his following moves, so I must conclude that it is sound. I would go as far as to say it is a winning sacrifice! I would really appreciate your views. After 22 moves I have restored material balance, and a couple of moves later I am the exchange up. He resigns on move 28. Enjoy!
brigadecommander 29-Jun-11, 01:51	Deleted by brigadecommander on 01-Jul-11, 07:47.
charleshiggie 03-Jul-11, 01:47	July Game of the month I have annotated another game, esso78 (1288) vs. charleshiggie (2134), ok it is a bit one-sided, but it does feature a nice rook sac gameknot.com
rookie879 03-Jul-11, 14:30	If it is not late for June GOTM, I'd like to nominate this game game Honorable mention (if anyone wants to know) game Both wins came over 1700 ranked opponents (at the time)
riceant 04-Jul-11, 20:40	June GOTM Hopefully it's not too late for June GOTM, but here it is: game (I felt) This was my best win positionally, despite a positional blunder and maybe a few inaccuracies on my part, but altogether, considering my opponent, supposedly rated 2100 elo in real life (though he quit playing on gameknot recently), this is the most complete game I've ever played from the opening, middlegame to the endgame, combining the knowledge I learned from chess recently, about converting advantages, attacking, open files, tempi etc. A very satisfying win for me. A lot of my wins are tactical, and looking back at my June games I found a number of inadequacies with my play, especially in my winning games. There were advantages I did not look into - eg. pawn majorities, attacking weak pawns, ...but rather I won through complicating the position and tempting opponents into blunders. But that won't work against >2000 players, who generally play near-error-free games (I have no wins against that level of opponents, just a few draws at best). Hopefully if I continue playing like I played in this game, I will be able to defeat some >2000 opponents in the near future.
l-d-j 05-Jul-11, 03:32	July GotM game I think an interesting game from both sides, lots of tactics in the middlegame. I am a pawn up after the opening but squander my advantage. Then he wins 2 pawns but I have compensation thanks to my two very strong central pawns and they bring me victory in the end.
a_random_guy 08-Jul-11, 13:04	June GotM WARNING! This is a long post game This game started as a standard Bryntse gambit against the Karo-Kahn (1.e4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5 Nf6 5.Bc4!? Bg4!? 6.Qxg4 Nxg4 7.Bxf7+ Kd7 8.Be6+). After a somewhat bad middle game from both side (It is hard to play correctly in openings like these), I managed to play a flawless attack starting on move 26. I am white. Position after 26.Be4+!, black to play: Black has to play 26...Rc6 (26...Kb8 27.Ra8#). I followed with the quiet yet deadly 27.Nb5, threatening 28.Ra7+ followed by Bxc6, winning either the king or the queen. Black defends the rook by playing 27...Nb8 (Nxe5 was slightly better). I follow on with another quiet but powerful move, 28.Rfd1!, threatening to land a piece on d8. Position after 28.Rfd1!, black to play In this position, all of White's pieces, except the dark-squared bishop, are attacking the black king. Black has one useless rook on h8, a unused bishop on f8 (which is blocked by his pawn which is himself blocked by my knight since move 10), a queen that can't move AT ALL (The d file is occupied by my rook, 28...Qf7, Qg6, Qh5 are all met by 29.Ra7+ Kc8 30.Rd8#, and 28...Qc8 is answered by 29.Ra7#), a pinned rook on c6, a sided knight on b8 and a vulnerable king on b7. White is threatening 29.Rd8, winning a lot of material or mate. (Example: 28...h5 29.Rd8! Qxd8 (29...Pretty much anything else 30.Ra7#) 30.Nxd8+ Kc8 31.Nxc6 and black must lose his knight shortly afterwards (31...Nxc6?? 32.Bxc6 followed by 33.Ra8#, 31...Nd7?? 32.Ra7! followed by 33.Rc7#, 31...h4 32.Nxb8 Kxb8? 33.Ra8#)) In order to avoid a piece landing on d8, black plays 28...Bg7, which turns out to be a big mistake. (Better was 28...Kc8) I can simply take the bishop with devastating effect. So I played 29.Nxg7. Position after 29.Nxg7, Black to play The black queen is attacked. What to do? Unfortunately for black, there is no safe squares for the queen. 29...Qc8 is met by 30.Ra7#, the d file is owned by my rook, so the only safe squares are on the kingside, which is away from the defenses! Black saves his queen with 29...Qf7, but allows me force a mate in a couple of moves, starting with 30.Ra7+ Kc8 (forced) 31.Bf5+!. Position after 31.Bf5+!, black to play. Black actually resigned here, but the continuation is still interesting. Black has five ways to answer this attack, and they all fail. Variation 1 (Knight block): 31...Nd7 32.Bxd7+ Kb8 (32...Kd8 33.Bxc6+ Kc8 (33...Qd5 34.Rxd5+ Kc8) 34.Ra8#) 33.Bxc6 Qa2 34.Rxa2 Rh7 35.Ra8# Variation 2 (Rook block): 31...Re6 32.Rc7# (The rook can't move!) Variation 3 (Queen block): 31...Qe6 32.Bxe6+ (Transpose in variations 1 and 2 minus the queen. Ouch.) Variation 4 (Pawn block):31...e6 32.Rxf7! (Threatening 33.Na7#) Nd7 (32...Na6 33.Na7+ Kb8 34.Nxc6+ Ka8 (34...Kc8 35.Bxe6#) 35.Ra7#)(32...Rd6 33.Rc7+ Kd8 34.Rxd6+ Nd7 35.Rdxd7#) 33.Rdxd7 and Black's position is hopeless Variation 5 (Queen takes bishop) 31...Qxf5 32.Nxf5 (Threatening 33.Nxe7#) Rh7 (or Re8, Rd6 fails to 33.exd6) 33.Nxe7 Rxe7 34.Rxe7 (Threatening 35.Na7# the other way!) Nd7 (34...Na6 35.Na7+ Kb8 36.Rd8+ Rc8 37.Rxc8#) 35.Rdxd7 Kb8 36.Na7 Rc8 37.Rb7 Ka8 38.Nxc8 b5 39.Nb6# A great ending to an epic queenless attack. Honorable mentions: high draw: game Squeezed to submission: game
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