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l-d-j 10-Jul-12, 07:36 |
 My submission game The game with which I won the First Knight title. Unfortunately there were some errors in the endgame (I actually intended to play the winning 49...Kxe4 instead of 49...Kxg4? but did somehow not play it, and 50.Ke3 instead of 50.Kd2?? was a draw) but still a good game I think. |
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Who Is Judging |
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June GOM |
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June GOM Winner The judges were andywm, Easy19 and Emannstaedt. It was a very close contest with each judge picking a different winner but we scored all 3 games on points so after they were averaged out, the results are as follows: 1st: Brigadecommander 26.3pts Tie 2nd: Miodrags and LDJ 25pts. Congrats to Janet and thanks to all the judges who spent much time reviewing the games and offering some nice insight and comments on the beginning, mid and end games. |
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About the June GOMgame The other contender for the title, l-d-j's game, caught my interest because of the opening: Benko's Gambit, not something I see too often. A "positional" gambit, which is rather different in its texture to what I usually encounter. One of my fellow judges pointed out that it was straight out-of-the-book for 14 moves, but my knowledge about this opening is limited and I enjoyed the play. So, nice opening, and actually rather good middle game as well, but the blunders in the end game prevented a top placement in the competition. But still, a very nice game, and if pawn endgames aren't your strong suit then you may want to take a look at the blunders in the last moves of the game - they are actually good to learn from. game The winner - brigadecommander's submission. A very solid, positional win. My colleague pointed out 21...a6 as the decisive turning point in the game and the ensuing maneuvers and their crowning combination - especially the way the queen is used - is quite beautiful. I would like to say something more about this game, but I feel that it is actually best served by watching the moves, slowly, as they unfold. The apparent simplicity of the play belies a strategic depth which is well worth the time you spend on it. game All in all, a worthwhile month. Now - all of you (and yes, that includes you, gentle reader!) - please post your own submissions for the August GOM competition here, within the next couple of days. It is time! |
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i am honoured |
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Excellent Thank you. |
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Still open for YOU to enter an August game! That's right, folks! NO fee, NO typing in your credit card data and suddenly finding yourself at the receiving end of an endless string of account withdrawals for stuff you never receive. In fact, we are not even asking for you email address, so you won't even get spammed! Sounds too good to be true? Well, there's a catch (ain't there always?) - the game is going to be judged, and if not good enough, then it won't win! So there! But ... on the other hand ... you *might* win! And won't that be something to have on your wall (virtual though that be)? Just imagine it - a caption saying, in large, virtually-gold letters: >>> I **WON** the Game of the Month contest for August 2012 on GameKnot <<< I know I would like one of those on my wall... So come on! Take a chance and post one of your august games here! This special offer expires in just a few days! ... |
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:-) It's a pity (or a strategy, or a luck strike) GK doesn't have a common place to "advertise" like that... |
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GOM andy |
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well, that was the idea I must admit though, I have entertained the idea of actually posting "advertisements" for this thread in other threads, even other clubs. But on consideration I found the idea to be maybe a bit intrusive. What do you think? Would it be against good gametiquette? |
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Delicate issue! Otherwise, commos functions would have been included in the engine. For instance, I asked for a search function to easily know if somebody has annotated a game in which you participated, but I had no response or repercussion. This feature would promote discussions between players, and probably is not there for a reason. Now, being the club forums the only place able to reach other players "massively", I think we can consider up to any GOTM member to refer to GOTM into their messages on a personal basis. It's up to the club founders to assess the adequatenes of an "advertising" message (rmannstaedt's one or another one). I am normally against this kind of things, but I think also that by doing some advertising ONCE, is no harm. But it's not up to me to decide, of course! |
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Some interesting concepts here... In my team forum I began a 'What's been did and what's been hid' thread, intended to be a place where you could brag about a particularly brilliant piece of play, or bemoan your bad luck in leaving your Queen 'en prise', or show some peculiar feature of one of your games. Responses from others have been, to say the least of it, disappointing. I thought it would make a fine social forum and provoke a lively exchange. The way it has gone does have more the look of a personal blog. Maybe I should just accept this, and treat it precisely as a blog. There's plenty of chess diagrams in it! But suppose you could attach pictures. At the moment we can put up chess diagrams (a great feature underused in my view), but if we could bung up pics, we could then certificate success if we chose. Just a thought. I can't really see it happening... Cheers, Ion |
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Last Day |
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My submission for GotM...game The good old Two Knights' Defence. |
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Great game Ionadowman |
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Thank you brigadecommander... Had I not butchered my game with the White pieces against zajonc, that might have been given the preference... Oh, well... Cheers, Ion |
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Very Nice |
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Funny |
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Odd... Very strange. I'm beginning to wonder whether 9.Nh3 is sound. Fischer was an advocate, as was Wilhelm Steinitz, but Black seems capable of holding his own at least... Food for thought... |
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Well... Has somebody ever asked them? (Are they addressable?) I doubt the site's programmers have buildt an engine by their own, since a lot of excellent analysis engines are available (and they are not easy to build "from the very start"). It works very quickly, so it can't be all that good. I has no settings to play with... what can we expect? Too "good" is it, even when it fails. For proper, deep analysis, we'll have to export the games to a full-featured chess program... Gk's engine is sometimes good "food for thoughs"... what else? |
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GK engine... You ought definitely not trust its handling of the end game. The thing with endgames is that a human player, without necessarily calculating move by move, can often be looking 10, 15, 20 moves and even more ahead. What they are looking at are positions likely to turn up from where they are now, and judging which to steer for. This is not the same as the analytical calculation of specific moves and variations that is needed for sharp and forcing lines more characteristic of middle game play. As the machine has no algorithm for the kind of approach endgames usually require (bearing in mind endgames can also have their tactical component), they will not be quite so helpful in this region of the game. |
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Need for Additional Judges andywm rmannstaadt miodrags l-d-j If you are interested in volunteering to be a judge, please send me a private message. You must have a good understanding of the game of chess and a minimum rating of 1300. All new judges will be trained by a former judge. Once you have been trained, you will have the opportunity to serve as the sole judge for the months you agree to fill the role. Best, Jim |
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August Judges |
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About the August GOM You would notice that I am copying and pasting from rmannstaedt's judging about the June GOM, but I found it easier that way because my English is not so good as his. We have a kind of scoring template to use, but a large part of it is the personal evaluation of each game. The winner - Ion's submission. A very solid, positional win. I would like to say something more about this game, but I feel that it is actually best served by watching the moves, slowly, as they unfold. The apparent simplicity of the play belies a strategic depth which is well worth the time you spend on it. game If I am corect this was one and only game for the August, and here is a detailed score I have given to this game: Opening 10 Mid game 12 Endgame 12 Mating 0 Tactics 15 Positional and Piece coordination 15 ------------------------------------------ Total: 64 Penalty: Overlooking decisive moves -2 ------------------------------------------ Total: -2 Bonus: Sacrifices 2 High Win 2 Making decisive moves 2 Cool combinations and exchanges 2 ------------------------------------------ Total: 8 Grand total: 64-2+8= 70 Final Score: 70/8= 8.75 Now - all of you (and yes, that includes you, gentle reader!) - please post your own submissions for the September GOM competition here, within the next couple of days. It is time! |
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Thank you... I enjoyed that game, in part because the Two Knights' Defence (2ND) has been one of my all-time favorite openings, but also because White's 9.Kh3 introduced a theoretical component that was interesting to explore. Now I do have a book on the 2ND, Yakov Estrin's monograph of nearly 40 years ago. World champion W. Steinitz thought the move was good, a view endorsed over half a century later by no less a personage than Bobby Fischer. Estrin's book includes a lengthy aside from the main line (9.Nf3) but so far as he was concerned the jury was still out as to the more eccentric alternative. This aside contained enough of an idea how things were like to go to serve me as a guide. Interestingly enough, a couple of years before, I played 9.Nf3 in a Team Game with the White pieces and won a very interesting and tense struggle. In that game, one apparently insignificant slip altered the balance in my favour and led to a win. |
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September entries. 1. game This one features a speculative Knight sac, decided on after a lot of soul-searching when I figured that any other proceeding would enable my opponent (bigpeta) get his attack in first. 2. game Ended rather prematurely, I felt, but an interesting struggle while it lasted. It's good to be able to submit games at all. Lately I've been feeling more than a little jaded, and some very stupid mistakes were more than creeping into my game. Cheers, Ion |
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SEPT ENTRYgame
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When is a mistake not a mistake...? But after 47.Kc3 Kd5 48.e4ch Kxe4 49.Kxc4 Kf3 50.Kb4 Kg3 51.Kxa4 f5 It becomes clear that Black had the one tempo she needs to secure her own promotion and to deny White's. White can prevaricate, but in my view the above line contains the essence of the issue. Overall, Black outplayed White in an ending that, but for the single weakness of the isolated doubled pawn in the centre, would have been close to level. Instructive at many levels: how to win with a strategic rather than material edge; the comparative value of Knight over Bishop in certain types of ending; the bishop's superior mobility in general being insufficient to overcome a strategic or material disadvantage. Well done, brigadecommander! |
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A nice little miniaturegame Sneak preview (White to move): Enjoy! |
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