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tactical_abyss 27-Apr-13, 08:40	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 27-Apr-13, 08:42.
tactical_abyss 27-Apr-13, 08:42	In the blitz game with coco on the previous last game and on page one of this string,he had me in a mate in 5 or 6 I believe,BUT he only had like 5 seconds left on his clock and I had about 35 seconds left.So in a case like that,you have to make EVERY second count and know EXACTLY how to move into mate without error.Even if you "know" the exact mating sequence....are you fast enough to deliver it????Easier said than done!Sometimes your mouse is not perfectly designed for blitz play or your fingers are a bit numb from the last 53 moves I forced upon you to move like lightning because I moved super fast and you found yourself falling behind!So technique,faster tactical ploys and tons of practice can deliver that crushing defeat to TA...as some have done....not very often but it happens! So you may be thinking,well thats why blitz chess is "garbage chess" to me! Well,did you ever hear the phrase..."ones mans garbage is another mans gold?" Blitz chess has many values and yes,some negative values as well.But its positive values can include short range tactical practice in quantity...something you may not get enough of in your long corresp games!
tactical_abyss 01-May-13, 06:53	The table swiftly turns... An e4 pawn with a centralized white Bishop can be a very powerful post for both defense and attacking capabilities.In the case below it is both.I use the pawn as a "pinwheeling"effect to return my Bishop back to the pawn and then reattack later.Around move #30,black misses a few offense attacking move possibilities and this becomes his undoing.I have a masterful way to capture his Queen with a discovered check combination(Rook/Bishop) on move #32.So,in summary,I regained all my points value's back and snatched up his Queen,even with my original Queen sacrifice in this blitz game.I would have had mated him in about another 11 moves or so(max),but my opponent resigned after fighting...finally seeing that my e7 pawn would not have been stopped for Queening on move #43. [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.01"] [Round "-"]5 min,zero increment [White "tactical_abyss"]2523 [Black "pikovandropov"]1525 [Result "1-0"]Black resigns 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Qf6 3. Qxf7+ Qxf7 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Na4 Nd7 7. Be2 a6 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Nxe4 10. d4 Bg4 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 d5 13. c4 c6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bd1 Ne7 16. f3 O-O 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Bb3 Nxe5 19. fxe4 Qg6 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Bc5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. b4 h6 25. Bd5 Rd8 26. a3 Nd7 27. Be7 Rc8 28. Bc5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rf8+ Kh7 31. Bg8+ Kh8 32. Bf7+ Kh7 33. Bxg6+ Kxg6 34. Kf2 Ra5 35. Rf3 Re5 36. Ke3 a5 37. Kd4 Rg5 38. g3 Rb5 39. e5 Kh7 40. e6 Rb1 41. e7 Re1 42. Re3 Rd1+ 43. Ke5 1-0
tactical_abyss 04-May-13, 10:00	What not to do... This is another example of overconfidence and waiting for the right moment to deploy your black forces properly before simply beginning to exchange,even if you are up a Queen on TA! Notice blacks 4th move already....4....Be6.Theory states that exchanging pieces when having the advantage of so many point values is usually an advantageous way to proceed.I agree,but only to a point.It really depends upon your own "inner chess strength" and a judgement call on the power of your opponent that you as black must make.So,sure,set yourself up for exchange,but maybe not so early,for I may very well have something "evil"planned for you!Exchange later!And guess what 4....Be6 does?When I take your Bishop with my Bishop,look where it now leaves blacks King!Its not in a very good position and has caused many an opponents downfall in blitz with Knight forks and more.It would have been better to not move blacks Bishop out at all yet,retreat blacks King to a better safety square and build up some more centralized forces before beginning the exchange game.In any case,i'm not going to annotate each move.In the end,I wittled his points down and my position was overwhelmingly superior with a mate in 1 by the end of the game.But he let his clock run out for the last 20 seconds knowing his game went into the smelly Chinese dumpster behind the building!Close that lid,now! [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.04"] [Round "-"] [White "tactical_abyss"] [Black "paramosha"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 d6 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Bc4+ Be6 5. Bxe6+ Kxe6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 Nd7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Be3 Kf7 10. O-O-O h6 11. dxe5 Qc7 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Qxd6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Rxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. f4 Ne7 19. Bd4 Rhg8 20. h3 Rad8 21. Bxa7 Kc7 22. Na4 Ra8 23. Bb6+ Kd7 24. Nc5+ Kc8 25. a3 Re8 26. Ne6 g6 27. Nc7 Kd7 28. Kd2 Rac8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Kd3 Nc8 31. Ba5 b6 32. Bd2 Nd6 33. e5 Nf5 34. g4 Nh4 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Be1 g5 37. f5+ Kf7 38. e6+ Ke7 39. Bf2 c5 40. b4 Rc8 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Kd5 Ng2 43. Bxc5+ Ke8 44. Bb4 Ne3+ 45. Ke4 Nxc2 46. Bd6 Rc3 47. f6 Re3+ 48. Kd5 Rxh3 49. f7+ 1-0
tactical_abyss 04-May-13, 14:00	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 04-May-13, 15:42.
tactical_abyss 04-May-13, 15:42	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 04-May-13, 18:42.
tactical_abyss 15-May-13, 08:07	What happened to all that granite?Its "pulverized!" This 5 min Queen sac game below is a bit rare since I not only open up 1 file but actually 2 files(both g and h) WIDE open and pulverize my opponent with some fancy foot work with my Bishop so that he cannot recapture my piece without his Queen being captured(so an ex-ray on his Queen)and then later some fancy arm in the air disco duck dancing with my Rook pair on those open files.Its only 23 moves until mate,so you may want to go through this game to see the tactics I employ against the unwary!Yes,these "tactics"can be utilized in your longer corresp games,so its a lesson not only in fast blitz,but in longer games as well.Crazy,right?Or genius?Call it "insane genius"! [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.15"] [Round "-"]5 min zero increment [White "tactical_abyss"]2518 [Black "alexhernandez"]True rating? [Result "1-0"]Black loses to mate. 1. e4 e6 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 Rf8 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. dxc3 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. O-O-O Kg8 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. Bd5 d6 13. h4 Bd7 14. e6 Be8 15. h5 Bxh5 16. Rxh5 Qe8 17. Rdh1 h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Rxh6+ Kg7 20. Rh7+ Kf6 21. g4 Rh8 22. R1h6+ Qg6 23. Rf7# 1-0
tactical_abyss 15-May-13, 09:07	Who said I only win against the weak? I sacrifice my Queen in this 5 min game and I was on the black side which makes it even harder to win!And my opponent was 1878 rated(class A) and close to 1900 in rating.Ahhhh..another pat on my own shoulder,or is that a bug? [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.15"] [Round "-"]2518 [White "kaufhold"]1878 [Black "tactical_abyss"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 Qh4 3. Nc3 Qxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Bb4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd3 b6 7. h3 Ba6 8. Qe3 Bb7 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Ne4+ 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. h4 Nd7 17. Qg3 e3+ 18. Kg1 Bxh1 19. Kxh1 Rac8 20. Qxe3 Rc5 21. Nf3 Rd8 22. Bb2 Nf8 23. g5 Ng6 24. h5 Ne7 25. h6 Nf5 26. Qf4 g6 27. Nd4 Rd7 28. Rd1 Rdd5 29. c4 Rxc4 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Nxf5 Rxc2+ 32. Kh3 Rxd1 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Bd4 Kxe7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qxh7 Rd3+ 38. Kg4 Ke7 39. Qg7 Rxd4+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Ke4 Rxa3 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ Kd7 44. Kd4 b5 45. Qe8+ Kxe8 46. Ke4 Rc4# 0-1
tactical_abyss 16-May-13, 15:58	3 minutes of agony,but not my agony.... A well fought battle with my 1639 opponent who had my Queen already on move #4.This game I went way overboard by only taking whites edge pawn on h2 with nothing in return but that unimportant pawn of his and he scoops up my Queen.A nice wood whittling game where I use a twin turbocharged chainsaw that has a 6 foot chain blade against one of those plastic picnic knives that has no ruff cutting edge on it... the kind you get at the fast food restaurants that take 10 minutes to cut through a soft pancake. Enjoy! [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.16"] [Round "-"]3 min zero increment [White "fous"]1639 [Black "tactical_abyss"] [Result "0-1"]TA mates 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Qh4 3. g3 Qxh2 4. Rxh2 Nf6 5. f3 d5 6. c5 b6 7. b4 a5 8. Bd2 axb4 9. Bxb4 Na6 10. Qd2 Nxb4 11. Qxb4 bxc5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Qb5 Bxc5 14. Nd2 Bxg1 15. Rg2 Bd4 16. Rc1 Bb6 17. a4 Ra5 18. Qc6 O-O 19. e4 Nc5 20. exd5 Bb7 21. Qxb6 cxb6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bb5 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Rxf3 25. Ke2 Rf8 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxb5 28. axb5 Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Nxc1 30. Ke4 h5 31. Ke5 Ne2 32. Kxe6 Nxg3 33. Kd6 h4 34. Kc6 h3 35. Kxb6 h2 36. Ka7 h1=Q 37. b6 Qa1+ 38. Kb8 Qe5+ 39. Ka7 Qa5+ 40. Kb8 Qxb6+ 41. Ka8 Qc6+ 42. Kb8 Ne4 43. Ka7 Nd6 44. Kb8 Qb7# 0-1
tactical_abyss 17-May-13, 11:13	Another quick mate even with a Queen sac.... This short game was played while I was eating a greasy hamburger.Just a few tactics against this medium strength 1678 opponent and it was over....time to sip some more soda!Lucky for him I wasen't even concentrating on this game,paying more attention to the ketchup on my fries...else I might have mated him in 10 moves!He basically brought out his Queen way to early,had it attacked and was just on the potential verge of having trapped his own Queen,then my Rook zoomed in for his demise on move 14.Rd8#.Hey!I told you I wanted mushrooms on my burger woman!Must I chain you to the stove? [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.17"] [Round "-"]5 min,zero increment [White "tactical_abyss"]2518 [Black "mindum"]1678 [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxc5 e6 4. Qxf8+ Kxf8 5. e5 Nd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Na3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nde7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nxe5 12. Nb5 Qc5 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Rd8# 1-0
tactical_abyss 20-May-13, 18:03	Wheat fields of Kansas against the skyscrapers of NYC... Clicking your heels or boots three times to wish yourself back to Kansas(like in that OZ movie)won't happen here,not when your in the abyss of hell!The wicked warlock of the east won't melt away in this game,even with my Queen sac on move # 3.What I do here is simply wait in the shadows for weakness to occur and patience,until my opponents Queen overextends himself in my warlock territory...then the skyscrapers of the east simply topple on my opponent when he begins to lose piece after piece until he cannot stand the pain anymore and resigns before I mate him.The ruby boots have been confiscated and sold at my local pawn shop down the street.With the money,I can now buy one Japanese Kobe steak. No need to annotate this game below,since I doubt anyone will look at it anyway with much interest,so I will just keep it as another monument to myself on some rainy night and gloat! Why the heck do I play these Queen sac games anyway?To brag?No.A superiority complex?No. To make a fool out of my opponent?No.To laugh at my opponent and stick my tongue out?No. Then why?To prove that the conventional wisdom of many players that think they must or shall win being up tons of material in point value(like a Queen)has a huge flaw in it! One must understand their own inner weakness's on the board before simply assuming they shall,must or even "probably"will beat a 2500-2600 player in blitz.All it takes is simply a few quick tactics,forks,pins,ex-ray attacks and other ploys to overcome many players on the board,not just beginners...but many players even as high as 2100 in rating.And I have proved this time and time again.Its my way of forcing some opponents to stop being overconfident,to raise a red flag in front of them to bring out their weak play on the board and to show them where and why they went wrong.Many excuses are...well,if I had more time...ect ect.Sure,most players if given 15 minutes or an hour would find many of their own flaws(but not all).But then,they agreed to play me in 5 min blitz,not 15 minute or 1 hour!And I would not sac my Queen in a 10-60 min game!So,if you buy into my poker game,you better be able to back up your skills and not chat nonsense to me,like i'm a fool for sacing my Queen and that I will get crushed now!Hmmmm...have I heard that 10,000 times before or was it 14,000 times?And then I went on to win 18 out of 20 Queen sac games in 3 or 5 minutes?When I respond back to them in the blitz chat(not this Kansas guy),i'm just speaking in general and say..."what was that about you were going to crush me"?What usually happens is that they put their tail between their legs and disconnect from my board at hyperlight speeds either in anger,disgust,disbelief or shock!what they should be doing,of course,is going back and examining their game with me and spot the areas they flawed on.Sometimes it might be something as simple as a few even major piece exchanges(if they can,because I tend to move away from the exchanges...ahhh a secret revealed!).So comprehending your tactical flaws in blitz can teach a lesson in your longer corresp games...well,sometimes anyway! [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.20"] [Round "-"] 5 min,zero increment [White "tactical_abyss"]2500+ [Black "cornfedksboy"]1563 [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Nf3 h6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bc4 e6 7. d4 a6 8. a3 b5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Rf8 11. Bd2 Kg8 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bg5 14. Be4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Rad1 Ne7 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bd3 d5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bb4 Rf7 21. Bc3 c6 22. Ra1 Nf5 23. Rxa4 Qf8 24. Bb4 Qe8 25. Rea1 g6 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. Bb4 Qd7 28. Bd2 Qd8 29. Be2 Rh7 30. c3 Rh4 31. b4 Re4 32. Bf3 Rh4 33. Be2 Qe7 34. Bxa6 Bxa6 35. Rxa6 Qh7 36. h3 Re4 37. Ra8 Qb7 38. Rxb8+ Qxb8 39. Bxg5 Re2 40. g4 Ng7 41. Ra5 Rc2 42. Rc5 Qa8 43. Kg2 Qa2 44. Be3 Re2 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. Rxc6 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qe1 48. Kf3 Qe2+ 49. Kf4 Kf7 50. h4 Rxc3 51. Rxc3 Nh5+ 52. Kg5 Ng7 53. Rc7+ Kg8 54. Ra7 Qb5 55. Kh6 Ne8 56. Re7 Kf8 57. Rxe6 Qxb4 58. Rxg6 Qe7 59. h5 Qd7 60. Kg5 Ng7 61. h6 Ne6+ 62. Kh4 Qe7+ 63. g5 Qh7 64. Rxe6 Qe4+ 65. Kg3 Kg8 66. g6 1-0
tactical_abyss 22-May-13, 21:15	Watch out...there black ice on that abyss ledge! Another boring Queen sac game,against a fairly strong player rated at 1758,so I had to throw in a few quick board psychology curve balls.Sometimes,the way an opponent uses his pawns on the board shows me a lack of proper structural buildup,control,and isolation disconnects....meaning proper lack of theory under his belt,I then proceed or look for Bishop attack areas in open squares and fork attacks at every moment I can.My opponents blunder on move #17...Rb8 and then my subsequent capture of his Rook on move #18.Bxb8 started a chain reaction.Already by move 17,even with my Queen sac on move #3... is beginning to slide my opponent off the ice and into a free fall down into the bottomless pit.Tactics and more tactics combined with a tad of theory can bring even a 1758 rated players game to disintegrate into nanodust.Its important to note that when you see my Knight coming into your King territory,that you do not position your major pieces around your King on the dark squares as in the diagram.You must envision the resting squares of my Knight ahead of time.Just like my dark squared Bishop in that same diagram.You must not only be watchful of your major pieces on the dark squares,but try to control the light colored squares at the same time for a more effective counterattacking game.Theory,my friends,theory! Light and dark square control?I'll get into that in the future.But perhaps only if a club member asks. [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.22"] [Round "-"] 5 min,0 increment [White "tactical_abyss"]2500+ [Black "taarna"]1758 [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 d6 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bc4+ e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 Rf8 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5+ Kg8 11. Ng6 Re8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. f3 a6 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Bxb8 bxc4 19. Bg3 Bb7 20. Nxc4 Nd4 21. Ne5 Rf8 22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Nxe7 Nxc2 24. Rad1 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Bd5 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Re6 a5 28. Ra6 Rb8 29. Bxb8 c4 30. dxc4 dxc4 31. Rxa5 Nd7 32. Rb5 Nxb8 33. Rxb8 1-0 Position on move 22.Ng6+ A fabulous 3 way fork as you can see below.After that,my opponent falls swiftly into the abyss...and the abyss is so deep that you never get a "return"echo!!!Now thats deep!
tactical_abyss 24-May-13, 08:31	Unusual/rare King displacement game This game is where I shove hot coals under my opponents King along with electric shocks built into the metal floor...causing him to jump and dance all the way down to me for an easy checkmate! In this Queen sac game of mine,I take advantage of my opponent not retreating his King properly and not moving into safety,then I attack his King and force him to move his King deep into my territory all the way to square a3 by only move #20!Anyone show me a GK game either blitz or long corresp that you forced your opponents King into your own 2nd or 3rd rank in 20 moves or less,and even the abyss will bow to you!Now,this blitz opponent has no corresp rating and is still at 1200.But that does not necessarily mean that he "is" 1200 in strength.He could be less than 1200 or considerably more.I judge this player to be,perhaps 1300-1400,but then,1 game cannot be conclusive on that issue. [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.24"] [Round "-"] [White "tactical_abyss"] [Black "albatrosi1234"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4+ Ke7 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Re1 Kd6 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. d4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bf4+ Kc5 16. Re5+ Kb4 17. a3+ Ka5 18. b4+ Bxb4 19. axb4+ Kxb4 20. Na2+ Ka3 21. Bc1# 1-0 Mate position showing my opponents King location by only move # 21: Now ask yourself...what the hell is his King doing all the way down on a3 in the still early stages of the game?Now,I have some players asking me about which opening to study and things like that,that are rated anywhere between 1200-1600 when they play like this opponent.Openings?How about basic defense,King retreat,even exchanges when up in material and about a hundred other things to study in basic chess theory,before even thinking about openings?This game proves definite lack of basic development theory which must be studied before playing any game whether it be 5 min blitz or a game with 3 days per move time limits.
tactical_abyss 25-May-13, 18:28	Q sac and win against a strong player... I know that I am murder with my Knights,but this puts the cherry on top of the cake! This 1931 rated player in this blitz game was attacked by me with just about everything,including the kitchen sink!The power of my centralized rook on e1(which is a strong tactic in blitz play as well as corresp)combined with my killer knight fork was this class "A"rated players undoing.Some messages to me say,well,your wins are against only 1400-1600 players with your Q sacs.Not true my friends!I've had wins against 2200 rated as well,but just haven't taken the time to copy the games.So a win with a Queen sac against a 1931 rated player for now,is the next best thing! Check my position out after move # 22: Notice how in this diagram,I could have simply taken his Queen with the fork I developed upon checking his King.But I seen something better!Do you see it?Its a mate in 3 which was 22.Ne6+,Kd7 23.Nc5+,Kd8 24.Nxb7#! [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.05.25"] [Round "-"]5 min,zero increment [White "tactical_abyss"]2500+ [Black "jerbcan"]1931 [Result "1-0"]white mates,no time-out. 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Bc4+ Ke8 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Be6 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxe6 Nb5 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bc4 a6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. d4 h6 16. dxe5 hxg5 17. a4 Nba7 18. exd6+ Kd8 19. Be6 Qe8 20. Bg4 Qf7 21. Nxg5 Qf4 22. Ne6+ Kd7 23. Nc5+ Kd8 24. Nxb7# 1-0
baddeeds 27-May-13, 12:52	Deleted by baddeeds on 27-May-13, 12:54.
tactical_abyss 23-Jun-13, 14:35	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 23-Jun-13, 14:50.
tactical_abyss 23-Jun-13, 14:50	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 23-Jun-13, 15:13.
tactical_abyss 23-Jun-13, 15:13	Queen sacrifice and win against a senior master... Proud game win below.I hear so much nonsense from players about my sac wins are only due to playing only players rated hundreds of rating points below me,so I thought i'd give you a sample win against a 2438 rated player.Now,I did sac my Queen in this game,but instead of just getting a pawn in return,I took his Knight.So thats still giving my opponent a 6 point value lead in the game opening and this is good enough to prove that sacing a major piece against a senior master and winning can still be accomplished by someone like me who simply has alot more experience in blitz than agata below.Even I fooled him with my tactics right out of the opening.Notice what he writes below(I copied and pasted the comment):"Beginner?"And he said this even seeing my rating of 2500+above the board.Now,i'm not going to annotate this blitz win,but I can tell you that approx three quarters of the way through the game,I evened up the game positionally and point wise.After that,later on in the endgame,it was a race with the clock.He would have won when he began to gain ground on the King side and was about to Queen a pawn,but he ran out of gas when I went into "twin turbo overdrive" and began the dance of death with my King to stall.I noticed that his endgame speed per move slowed down to approx a half second slower than me and we were at first neck and neck in 10 seconds left on the clock,so I had to play basically "recklessly",as I said,with my King.I won with only 2 seconds left on my side and he TIMED-OUT.But its interesting to note that my strategy would have been to mate agata,not time him out and I COULD HAVE mated him if it were a 5 min game,not 3 mins,but I knew I did not have "the time"to do it in 3 min with zero increment.I forget exactly what exact move # we were about dead even in position/points but trust me,I speak the truth. So,this sacrifice game I did for several reasons.To illustrate to the club members or others who scoff at my wins that even someone rated only 73 points below my 2511 rating can lose to me in a blitz game when i'm a whole Queen down in the opening.Another reason is to illustrate "smart"play.Which by my definition is to sac intelligently....my Queen,but get atleast a Knight or Bishop in return for the sac.... against a senior master.The 3rd reason would be to test myself and my custom blitz mouse which always keeps an edge over opponents in blitz.Speed kills.And this game,it dosen't matter if agata was going to Queen 5 pawns,he still would have lost on time.Is winning on time as good as a mate?Not quite as good,I agree,but against a senior master when I intentionally sacrificed major Queen material in the opening...well,yes,then its just as good,especially if I evened up the game mid way through!!!! game started! Time: 3 min + 0 sec You are playing white against agata agata: BEGINNER? Game over: you won, agata lost (timeout) agata disconnected [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.06.23"] [Round "-"] [White "tactical_abyss"]rating:2511 [Black "agata"]rating:2438 [Result "1-0"]Agata times-out,white wins. 1. e4 Nf6 2. Qf3 e5 3. Qxf6 Qxf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Be2 h6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 d6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. O-O-O Qe6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. g3 b5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. h4 a5 17. e5 b4 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. Rd6 bxa3 20. bxa3 Be6 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Bxd3 a4 24. Nd2 Qd7 25. Nf3 Bf5 26. Re1 Bxd3 27. e6 fxe6 28. Ne5 Qd4 29. Nxd3 Qxc4 30. Re5 Qd4 31. Rxc5 Rb8 32. Kd2 Rb1 33. Rxc6 Qe4 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Kc3 Qd5 36. Rc4 Rb5 37. Rxa4 Qc6+ 38. Rc4 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Qe4 40. Ra5 Qc6+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Kc3 Qh2 43. Kb3 Qxh4 44. Kc3 Qf6+ 45. Kb3 Qg6 46. Ka2 h5 47. Kb1 h4 48. Kb2 h3 49. Nf2 h2 50. Kb3 Qg3+ 51. Kb2 Qxf2 52. Kb3 Qe3+ 53. Kb4 Qd4+ 54. Kb3 Qd5+ 55. Kb2 1-0 "Beginner"?As quoted.Yes,i'm as much a beginner as Einstein was to inventing E=MC squared! And chess psychology is my last reason to illustrate to the readers why and how to win like the Spartans did when they were outnumbered on many occasions. And can I give you other Queen sac wins against 2400+players????Sure!But not from games on GK.There are not enough 2400+players that play on GK to challenge me.The agata game was super rare.At first,I was going to play him straight up,but I said to myself,what the heck...time to prove something to some of my readers that like to simply try and tell me that my sac wins are only due to taking advantage of the meek and weak.No such thing in this blitz game!So put that in your pipe and smoke it... you scoffers,on this one!And please do not choke,I do not know how to do the Heimlich Maneuver! TA
tactical_abyss 24-Jun-13, 07:35	Position above in the agata blitz game at move # 39: As you can see,I not only gained all my points back after his blunder on his move #38....Rc5 and then my move 39.Rxc5,but its my opinion that I have a small initiative for a potential win,but that,of course,is argumentative.With only less than a minute left in the game,however,I was not going to try for a direct win,but use the opponent time-out strategy that I am a pro at.By move # 50 or so,he had me in a mating net,but keep in mind that was ONLY the case BECAUSE from move #38 with the game relatively equal,I decided to roll the dice and play for a time-out of my opponent,rather than play positionally for a win.When one plays strictly for an opponent time-out with the clock running down to less than 10 seconds on both sides,it dosen't matter about mating nets,like a mate in 5.If my opponent has 4 seconds left on the clock and he has me in a mate in 5,its very difficult(many times)to get 5 moves in within 4 seconds.So the technique in a case like that is to shuttle my King around in split second thrusts like you can see I did.So I won by 2 seconds on my side when he timed-out. But in this blitz game,whats more important than my win is how I managed to equalize against a senior master by move #39(combined with his rare blunder).After that equalization it simply became a clock race....and this type of race separates the men from the boys.Super speed techniques require multiple tons of practice and the proper type of mouse and slippery surfaces.Learning how to "throw"your piece faster than your opponent takes sometimes years to master.
tactical_abyss 01-Jul-13, 05:24	The center "creepy crawly" The limelight "creepy crawly".Now what do I mean by this?Creepy crawly's are usually pawn flank attacks on either the white or black side.This creepy crawly pawn attack game is right down the center of the board backed up by my Rooks in this Queen sacrifice game!So my pawns are right there in the center or near the center of the board forcing blacks King to shuttle down...all the way to h3!!!!An amusing game,if you want to stroll through it.All of these games have an open or hidden lesson to learn.Proper development,even early exchanges,a bit more light/dark square control on blacks side,keeping a better eye out for forks(especially with your Queen)are all importantly lacking in this blitz players game.Sometimes posting these blitz games are a lesson in NOT what to do as black.I mean,hey,I just gave my Queen away on move #3 with only a pawn in return...what more do you want?Lets not bring up opponent rating again,i'm tired of hearing that! I want to hear how a player analyzes this game rated at 900-1300 and see's what to do to NEXT TIME to avoid this foolish crap of mine and beat the crap out of me on the board,even if you are 1300 rated!Yes,you can do it,and I want you too!Just a few good moves in mid game should be enough to open the board up and move in with some pawns for Queening and kill TA!I'm standing on the railroad tracks of a freight train barreling my way with my arms extended like a "Y"upwards... and i'm staring up at the sky with blindfolds on waiting to be run over by 50 rail cars carrying huge redwood lumber logs and what happens?The train derails in front of me with all the rail cars plunging into a deep ravine!I can't even die when I want to!Oh well,time for dinner and while I eat my steak,i'll sit on the ravine ledge staring down at the mangled freight cars smoking and on fire.Pass the salt!And for dessert,i'll take a very long stick,put a marshmallow on it and toast it over the burning rail cars!Get my drift????Wheres the conductor? [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.07.01"] [Round "-"] [White "tactical_abyss"]2500+ [Black "sfpp"]1200 [Result "1-0"]Black loses to mate. 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 d6 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Bc4+ Be6 5. Bxe6+ Kxe6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 h6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Nf6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Na4 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Rd8 15. Nc4 Qc5 16. Ncxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Kxe5 18. Rae1 Na6 19. f4+ Ke6 20. e5 Nd5 21. f5+ Ke7 22. c4 Ndb4 23. f6+ gxf6 24. exf6+ Kf7 25. Re7+ Kg6 26. Rg7+ Kh5 27. Rf5+ Kh4 28. g3+ Kh3 29. Rh5# 1-0
baddeeds 05-Jul-13, 07:56	Deleted by baddeeds on 05-Jul-13, 08:03.
baddeeds 05-Jul-13, 08:02	Ok I've got one, and it is shown in the puzzle below. puzzle #104038
tactical_abyss 05-Jul-13, 08:14	Very nice Q sac in this endgame!In reality,unless this is a tactical puzzle,however,it looks like the Q sac would really be approx move #40 or #50 in this game,not move # 1 & 2.Sacrificing a Queen in any game from starting(opening) position like I do on the "actual"move #3,is much more difficult to win at and Judit would never have mated in the game above if she sacrificed her Queen on an actual move #3,well,against Karpov anyway,maybe a GK player! But in any case Joe,yes,the diagram above is a Q sac game....but different than my types of sacrifices.
tactical_abyss 07-Jul-13, 10:05	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 07-Jul-13, 10:36.
tactical_abyss 07-Jul-13, 10:36	I say..welcome to a new GK member...but with thorns on my chess pieces! Yes,this almost 1900 rated player that just joined GK 2 months ago happen to just meet me in the 5 min blitz room.I welcomed him with my Queen sacrifice game on move #3!If you look at his profile,he was just invited to the Dutch Speed Chess Championship.Now,this means a blitz tournament as far as I can see that he is going to!But first,time to meet TA!Now,this is is no beginner and he is a class "A" player indeed.It wasen't long however,before I regained his Queen back through a series of forks.That was his weakness...not spotting the Q/King forks with my Knight.A bit surprising,if you ask me.I did notice that he brought out his Queen a bit too early...another weakness of his.My f pawn was simply murder and lead to his total defeat.I managed to push it all the way up to f7 and it would have been a mate in 1,but he resigned right before the mate and left in a huge hurry!!!Was it shock,awe,disbelief or simply disgust at his performance on the blitz board?If you see a lonely f pawn coming your Kings way,rank after rank... don't just let it alone...kill it!Its not hard to do!As usual,I will not go into a detailed annotation of this game,i'll leave that up to you to analyze and see NOT what to do if you were this 1891 rated player!Good luck in the speed tourney Raymond!And when you come back,be ready for another Q sac game from me or maybe a Basman that is certainly much stronger a game than a horrible,silly and disgusting Q sac game!Why do I play such trash,right? No...the question is..why are a good number of players from 1200 to even 2400 losing to such weak,silly moves?Yes,with many blitz opponents... I simply have a knack to time them out,not win by mate,but that is still good enough for me,especially if I gave my Q to you from move #3!Just timing-out a player being a Queen down,is extremely difficult,believe me...in 3 to 5 min games! So why are these players losing?And the lesson goes on and on and on....Find the answer and you will have snatched the pebble from my swiftly closing hand,grasshopper!Need me to post some of my losses?Sure!If that helps...but it will only be 1 out of every 20 blitz games or so,even with players up to 2200 in rating,or higher.I have no problem with that! All of these blitz gems have a hidden lesson to be learned in them.Take my advice on that! I'm not playing these sacs to make a fool out of my opponents but challenge their preconceived notions that strong material advantage,even being up a Queen should,will or MUST defeat me.Wrong!My Q gift to you will do you no good(in blitz anyway)if you are weaker than me in strategy,tactics and speed....and that goes for all ratings.Some players may have a 2400 corresp rating,but they may very well have only a 1900-2000 equivalent rating in fast blitz due to not really practicing blitz over the decades like I have.A trained eye in blitz is a totally different ballgame than some 3 day per move time limit game!And just because some player is 2300 rated in corresp or OTB,does not mean that they will play blitz on a 2300 level....see? And the "pebble" is still in my hand below: [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.07.07"] [Round "-"]5 min,zero increment. [White "tactical_abyss"]2511 [Black "rayushka"]1891 [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 e6 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O Rf8 8. Be3 d5 9. c3 d4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Na3 Qxb2 13. Nc4 Qb5 14. Bc1 Nxe4 15. a4 Qd5 16. dxe4 Qxe4 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe4 Bc7 20. Ba3 Re8 21. f4 e5 22. f5 Ne7 23. f6 Nd5 24. f7+ 1-0 Now,for some coconut cake to celebrate another sac win!Wheres that ice wine at? TA
tactical_abyss 07-Jul-13, 16:50	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 07-Jul-13, 17:03.
tactical_abyss 07-Jul-13, 17:03	Deleted by tactical_abyss on 07-Jul-13, 17:09.
tactical_abyss 07-Jul-13, 17:09	This is what happens when no one reads my posts... What happens is a 300 ton hairy foot the size of 10 baseball fields stepping on an ant.... which in this case is my unread chess opponent in this blitz game.I keep saying it and saying it and have said it time and time again both in this club and in the regular GK forums:DO NOT take those Knights on a3 and h3 when I open up with a Sodium/Hydrogen Attack game in blitz or any long corresp game for that matter.Sure,its a weak opening,so don't help me to get stronger or equalize immediately!!!!Both in blitz and in my long GK corresp games shows the evidence of all my victims being trampled on severely every time those Knights are taken.It opens up the b and g files for my Rooks and in this case also leaves a wide open file for other attack setups with my Queen,as in this blitz game below.Even when I castle on the queen side it has devastating effects.Its like giving me an open chimney and I place large hydrogen filled tanks on the roaring fire below while my opponent sits chained with his back end tied down on the chimney vent on the roof.When the hydrogen tanks explode guess where the gases are going to escape to?You guessed it! Now,I played this opponent before and his rating on GK is still at 1200 because he has not played any regular GK games ever,even since 2006!But again,as I said before,he is no actual "1200"player.I estimate him to be in and around 1600-1700 in strength.Still,even at that rating,one should have some knowledge on theory regarding opening up files too early and exchanging their Bishops in an open game....a no no!What was that I said about Bishops in an open game?Don't trade them in...right?Right!But my opponent did this Bishop trade early in the game below and paid the price. Go through it if you want or don't.But atleast you get the idea of not what to do in the first few moves using this quick blitz game as an example!The same would apply to your long corresp games.Its best to keep your Bishops in an open game and watch out that you do not open any files let alone 2 files as Bob did in this game.Yes,opening up files is sometimes actually a good idea,but not when your Bishops are gone and you have no real counterattack capability!All he did is give ME,not him the counterattack strength!Here comes the hairy foot the size of 10 baseball fields with razor sharp toenails 25 feet long...watch out!!!Ahhhhhh,help! [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.07.07"] [Round "-"]5 min,zero increment. [White "tactical_abyss"]2511 [Black "bob_sapp_the_bea]1200 [Result "1-0"]Bob resigns under positional destruction and pressure.(Hydrogen pressure!) 1.Na3,e5 2.Nh3,Bxa3 3.bxa3,d5 4.d4,Bxh3 5.gxh3,e4 6.Rg1,c6 7.Rxg7,Qf6 8.Rg3,h5 9.Bg5,Qf5 10.h4,f6 11.Bh3,Qg6 12.Bf4,Qh7 13.Qb1,b6 14.Qb4,Qe7 15.0-0-0,Qxb4 16.axb4,Na6 17.Rg7,Nxb4 18.Rdg1,Ne7 19.Bd6,Nc8 20.Bd7+,Kd8 21.Bxb4,a5 22.Bxc6,Ra7 23.Ba3,Rxg7 24.Rxg7,Rh6 25.Rd7+ and black resigns. Now,return to the ocean you nasty foot!TA command's you!Yes,master,please don't beat me master!Move it foot,now or else I will summon my 600 ton foot and have it step on you!
tactical_abyss 13-Jul-13, 20:57	1. e4 e6 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qxg3+ 4. hxg3 b6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d3 Bb7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O-O Nf2 13. Kb1 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nbxd3 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Rhf1 fxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rhf8 19. Rxf8 Rxf8 20. Be3 Rf3 21. Re1 Rxg3 22. a3 Rf3 23. Nb5 Bc5 24. Qa4 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxe3 26. Nxa7+ Kd8 27. Nb5 Bf4 28. Qa7 Kc8 29. Nc3 Bxe5 30. Ka2 Bxc3 31. bxc3 e3 32. Qa4 e2 0-1 [Event "GameKnot Blitz"] [Site "gameknot.com"] [Date "2013.07.13"] [Round "-"] [White "valli17"]1200 [Black "tactical_abyss"]2511 [Result "0-1"]White resigned,no mate at the time.
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