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black_cat_hamlet
14-Nov-09, 23:59

A different way of annotating...
I've got an annotation up, but you might not see it as I had saveed it privately first....

so here's the link;
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jotheblackqueen
18-Nov-09, 13:22

A Tale of Two Checkmates
Hi everyone!

May I firstly state that Coach Ion deserves a double standing ovation!

1. His rating got past 2100.
2. He did it by achieving his second High Draw against the Master Mater!

If anyone draws or better still wins against the Master Mater please see me and I will give you a virtual George Cross Medal!

If only, because, guess what, I got Freddied yet again. Here is Part 1 of a Tale of Two Checkmates. Part 2 is a victory in the Annotations Project Part 2 and I will put the link up for that game in that one but meanwhile here is my game against Freddy for dissection by the Inquest Jury.

gameknot.com

Cheers and bye for now.

Joanne
black_cat_hamlet
18-Nov-09, 22:07

*stands up and claps wildly*
jotheblackqueen
20-Nov-09, 13:35

An ignominious defeat
Hi everyone1

I have just lost a game to Nuntar (Michael) - I was busted by move 17 but played on a further 16 moves or so. The story was - he was 3 clear pawns up by move 17 and virtually forced exchanges into a K & P ending. This is a good lesson on how to win these endings. Anyhow, Michael will have the privilege of annotating the game as he is very much the worthy victory. One thing I will say - NxN should be given the skull and crossbones - it loses - it loses - it loses.

Ah well,

It's the weekend folks.

Bye for now.

Joanne
archduke_piccolo
20-Nov-09, 23:08

I think, Joanne...
... that you have lit on a particularly bad line for Black. I had a look at my dear old Yakov Estrin book, which turned up some interesting stuff, but not much of it.

For one thing, he gives 7.0-0 and then 8.Nc3 - the reverse order from nuntar's. That probably isn't very significant. But he does dislike 8...h6 - though not on account of 9.Nh7. Instead he gives 9.Nd5+ Nxd5 10.exd5 hxd5 11.dxc6 with advantage to White. Note that at this point Black dare not take the pawn that has advanced into his position on account of 11...bxc6?? 12.d4! whereat Black drops a piece.

From what little I've seen based in this nuntar vs jstevens game, 9.Nh7 might be just as good for White, unless Black is prepared to play ...Rh8.

I rather think the annotation of this game is going to be interesting...
Cheers,
Ion
jotheblackqueen
23-Nov-09, 07:52

Nuntar v jstevens1 annotated game was deleted
Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that the above annotated game got accidentally deleted. I may choose to annotate it again - Ion and nuntar both commented on the annotation before it got wiped off but if anybody else has any comments to make then they would be much appreciated and I may use these comments as a base for the redone annotation.

Cheers.

Joanne
archduke_piccolo
10-Dec-09, 23:30

Latest game ...
I thought White was unlucky to lose this game:
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Enjoy.
jotheblackqueen
24-Dec-09, 05:58

Coach Ion Ill Again
Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that Ion has another bad dose of the 'flu. It is a horrid time to get it, just before Christmas so let us all hope and pray that he is over the worst by Christmas Day.

Joanne
black_cat_hamlet
30-Dec-09, 06:19

Flanked and Pinned
my game #1 against easy19/Freddy. If you can guess who won, you get a prize!  

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black_cat_hamlet
10-Feb-10, 04:53

You guys should...
check out my game against cheeky_knight - way to turn the game around!

This would be my first time facing this kind of mate - a shame I was on the wrong side of it! lol
archduke_piccolo
10-Feb-10, 12:50

The dear old Philidor's Legacy!
... makes its appearance again.

A tactical motif well worth learning- committing to heart - and keeping a weather eye out for! Well done the cheeky-knight.
untateve
11-Feb-10, 07:55

x-machine
that was a fun little ending. congrats to cheeky.
black_cat_hamlet
12-Feb-10, 16:19

The real kicker, though....
is that the pawn move that lost me the game (30.f4??) actually threatened mate with White! I
had considered moving the g or h pawn just to be on the safe side, but then I thought, 'nah, i
don't need to do that'

suuuure.....lol
black_cat_hamlet
20-Apr-10, 04:24

Withdrawn from the mini-tourney...
So that I might get into another one if I wanted to....but you won't miss out on my second game with claukonen! I sent him a PM with the situation

I'll annotate the game so you don't miss out on it  
black_cat_hamlet
20-Apr-10, 04:26

Dunno why the tourney table thinks....
that I never had any games vs nuntar though.... *shrugs* must be a bug or something  
archduke_piccolo
04-Jul-10, 20:38

Check it out -
My final game in this MT, and one of my more interesting ones (claukonen vs ionadowman). Very tough and even for the fist 30-odd moves, but a sudden collapse brought the curtain down.

Here's the link to my annotation:
gameknot.com

You can see the GK engine's comments if you link through my past game history on my profile.

easy19
05-Dec-15, 03:57

Bumb   stil got loads of questions about this, so moving it up to the top again.!!
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