tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763078346990765922024-03-14T04:08:50.962+01:00The diary of a chess masterAttila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-58213042292972316882011-02-22T16:29:00.000+01:002011-02-22T16:29:38.306+01:00The dance of the knights<div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I played a simul yesterday where I won 4 and drew 2 games and today I won 6 games and got 1 draw. I have very little time, because I am preparing for a chess course. I will fly to Germany to teach a group and play in the team championship. </div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I show only a small game, where the knights are really enjoyed the game. Hope you will enjoy it too! <img _mce_src="http://www.chess.com/js/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" src="http://www.chess.com/js/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-smile.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" title="Smile" /></div><br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC 15 15 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.02.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "finefine"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2328"] [BlackElo "1563"] [Opening "Lengfellner system"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "09:37:52"] [TimeControl "900%2B15"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd7 5. Bd3 Ng8 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 d5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 a6 10. Nf4 Bf8 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Nxe6 Qe7 13. Nxc7%2B Kd8 14. Nxa8 g6 15. Nb6 Kc7 16. Nxd5%2B {Black resigns} 1-0'/></object></div><br />
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<div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Starting rating: 2533</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Best rating: 2533</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Current rating: 2462 </span></span></div><div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Difference from the last day: +4</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Games played: 13</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Overall result: 5-8</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Time used for games: 1 hour 13 minutes</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Puzzles solved: 350</span></span></div><div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Simul time: 2 hours 15 minutes</span></span></div><div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Simul result: 15-2 </span></span></div><div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Time used for puzzles: 1 hour 6 minutes</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Time used for all studies: 1 hour 51 minutes</span></span></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-89876127269141148862011-02-17T12:22:00.000+01:002011-02-17T12:22:32.053+01:00A small simulI played a simul with 15 minutes time control against 4 players. I like to play simuls. I give possibility for many players to play with a master and also it gives me good challenge.<br />
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I played 2 nice games.<br />
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This game was a good example how to make a good pawn exchange to make weak pawn for the opponent. I played a2-a4 to exchange pawns and then a6 was a good target. I won it and then the endgame was easy. I created a passed pawn and pushed it.<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC 15 15 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.02.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "KAS"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2328"] [BlackElo "1613"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed"] [ECO "C90"] [NIC "RL.19"] [Time "05:05:28"] [TimeControl "900%2B15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. d4 c5 13. d5 Nc4 14. a4 Nb6 15. Nd2 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Qd7 18. Qd1 Qb7 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nc6 Nb8 22. Na5 Nd7 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. Be3 Bd8 25. Nc6 Nb8 26. Nxb8 Qxb8 27. Rea1 Qb7 28. Qe2 Be7 29. Rxa6 Rfb8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rxa8%2B Qxa8 32. Kh2 h6 33. b4 cxb4 34. cxb4 Qb7 35. b5 Bd8 36. b6 Kf8 37. Qb5 Bg5 38. Qc6 Qa6 39. b7 {Black resigns} 1-0'/></object></div><br />
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In this game the king were on the opposite side. I made a pawn storm to exchange pawns to open files to attack the king. Later I was able to make a winning attack on the dark squares.<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC 15 15 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.02.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "cnek"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2328"] [BlackElo "1898"] [Opening "French: Winawer, advance, Bogolyubov variation"] [ECO "C17"] [NIC "FR.10"] [Time "05:05:28"] [TimeControl "900%2B15"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 b5 11. Nf3 b4 12. Bd4 Nh6 13. Qh5 Nf5 14. Bc5%2B Kg8 15. g4 Nh6 16. Bd3 Qa5 17. Bd6 Qxa2 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Bd7 20. f6 Ng4 21. Rhg1 g6 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Qh6 {Black resigns} 1-0 '/></object></div><br />
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<div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Starting rating: 2533</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Best rating: 2533</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Current rating: 2462 </span></span></div><div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Difference from the last day: +4</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Games played: 13</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Overall result: 5-8</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Time used for games: 1 hour 13 minutes</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Puzzles solved: 350</span></span></div><div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Simul time: 45 minutes</span></span></div><div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Simul result: 3.5-0.5</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Time used for puzzles: 1 hour 6 minutes</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Time used for all studies: 1 hour 51 minutes</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span></span>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-33337849240317052952011-02-11T20:34:00.001+01:002011-02-12T08:17:10.574+01:00First day in the heaven<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Today is the first day, when I improved my rating. Good feeling :) I was very busy today. I only solved 3 (35-37) puzzles from the 1001 combinations book in 5 minutes. Then played 3 games in 18 minutes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">In the 1st game, I played against a strong player and the game was fairly balanced, we got only 2 kings left at the end.</span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.02.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "TrendFriend"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Game drawn because neither player has mating material"] [WhiteElo "2467"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: 5.O-O"] [ECO "C78"] [NIC "RL.12"] [Time "09:41:31"] [TimeControl "180%2B0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Ra8 16. Qd1 Ba6 17. Bc4 exd4 18. Nfxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. b3 Ra2 23. g3 Rb2 24. Bc4 Kf8 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. Bd5 Kf6 27. h3 Rc2 28. Kf3 c6 29. Bc4 Ke7 30. Kg2 f6 31. Kf3 Kd7 32. g4 g5 33. Kg3 Kc7 34. h4 Kb6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. f4 Kc5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Rf5%2B Be5%2B 39. Kf3 Rc3%2B 40. Kf2 Kd4 41. Rxg5 Kxe4 42. Be6 Rc2%2B 43. Ke1 Ke3 44. Kd1 Rc3 45. Rh5 Kd4 46. g5 Rg3 47. Bf7 Kd3 48. Ke1 Bd4 49. Bg6%2B Kc3 50. Ke2 Kxb3 51. Bf7%2B d5 52. Rh6 Rxg5 53. Rxc6 Re5%2B 54. Kd3 Be3 55. Rd6 Kb4 56. Bxd5 Kc5 57. Rd7 Rxd5%2B 58. Rxd5%2B Kxd5 {Game drawn because neither player has mating material} 1/2-1/2'/></object></span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">In the 2nd game I played again against the queen pawn opening and this time I played better and got a fine position, but when I was a pawn up I blundered a checkmate.</span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.02.11"] [Round "-"] [White "dragon96"] [Black "Turzo"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2343"] [BlackElo "2445"] [Opening "Old Benoni defense"] [ECO "A46"] [NIC "QP.06"] [Time "09:48:01"] [TimeControl "180%2B0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc4 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nge5 12. Nfxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. f4 f6 19. Rf1 exf4 20. Qg4 g5 21. Rde1 Bc8 22. Qh5 Qe5 23. b3 Kg7 24. Rf3 h6 25. Ref1 Bd7 26. Bd3 e6 27. g3 exd5 28. exd5 g4 29. Qg6%2B {Black resigns} 1-0'/></object></span></div><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.02.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "Libertador"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2462"] [BlackElo "2449"] [Opening "Sicilian: dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O"] [ECO "B78"] [NIC "SI.18"] [Time "09:53:04"] [TimeControl "180%2B0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bxa7 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qa5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Ba4 18. Qe3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Rc5 20. Rhe1 Rfc8 21. Rd2 Rb5 22. Rxe7 Rc3 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Rde2 Rxb3 25. cxb3 Qxd5 26. Kc2 Qc5 27. R7e3 Qa3 28. Kxc3 d5 29. Kd4 Qd6 30. Re5 Kg7 31. Rxd5 Qxh2 32. Rde5 Qf4%2B 33. R5e4 Qd6%2B 34. Kc3 Qc5%2B 35. Kb2 f5 36. Re7%2B Kf6 37. a4 Qd4%2B 38. Ka2 Qb4 39. R7e6%2B Kg5 40. R6e5 h5 41. a5 Qb7 42. Re6 Qb5 43. a6 Qa5%2B 44. Kb2 h4 45. R6e5 Kf4 46. Rxa5 g5 47. a7 g4 48. fxg4 Kxg4 49. a8=Q {Black resigns} 1-0'/></object></span></div><br />
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</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Best rating: 2533</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Current rating: 2462 </span></span></div><div _mce_style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Difference from the last day: +4</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Games played: 13</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Overall result: 5-8</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Time used for games: 1 hour 13 minutes</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Puzzles solved: 350</span><span _mce_style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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</span>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-18323685508944830342011-02-10T17:34:00.000+01:002011-02-10T17:34:02.105+01:00Hard startStarting rating: 2533<br />
Best rating: 2533<br />
Current rating: 2458<br />
Games played: 10<br />
Overall result: 3.5-6.5<br />
Time used for games: 55 minutes<br />
Puzzles solved: 347<br />
Time used for puzzles: 1 hour 1 minutes<br />
Time used for all studies: 1 hour 1 minutes<br />
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I solved other 20 combinations (15-34) from Reinfeld 1001 combinations in 32 minutes. I started to solve combinations yesterday after a very long break and I find it very hard. I try to do it step by step. I try to find the solution and if I did not find in 5 minutes, then I look the solution.<br />
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Then I decided to play 30 minutes. I played 28 minutes. Once I waited 2 minutes to get an opponent and I solved a combination.<br />
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I continued to lose in the first 2 games. First I faced the Nimzovich defense and we went to scandinavian defense. I got the better position, but then I allowed to open up the h-file, where he mated me.<br />
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In the next game I lost again against the Trompovsky. This time I got an extra pawn and then a winning position, but then I lost on time<br />
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After 4 loses I played a mini match of 4 games and won 2.5-1.5 against the 1988 World under-18 champion and 1993 British champion Michael Hennigan International Master.<br />
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I gave a pretty checkmate with 2 bishops. I wish you like it too :)<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.02.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "MichaelH"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2464"] [BlackElo "2377"] [Opening "Alekhines defense: modern, Keres variation"] [ECO "B04"] [NIC "AL.04"] [Time "10:50:20"] [TimeControl "180%2B0"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxe5 17. Qxb7 Bd6 18. Bh6 Rfb8 19. Qf3 e6 20. c3 Qh8 21. Rxe6 Re8 22. Rxe8%2B Rxe8 23. Bxf7# {Black checkmated} 1-0'/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-90448840242420013342011-02-10T11:36:00.001+01:002011-02-10T13:51:25.548+01:0014 combinations and 0-2I solved 14 combinations (1-14) in 14 minutes from the 1001 combinations book from Fred Reinfeld, then I played 2 games in 10 minutes and lost both of them. The first was a queen pawn opening where he played early a4 and I made a mistake in the development, I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">really</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span>need to check that opening. In the 2nd game, I sacrificed a knight and then an exchange, but I forgot a defend against the checkmate. I needed to come back with the knight to e4 and push up the g- and h-pawns instead.<br />
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Current rating is 2496 after 4 games, overall result is 1-3.<br />
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Then I played with white against the sicilian dragon. He played a rare line and I got a better position when I overlooked a fork. I got a pawn for a knight and wanted to win an other. He defended it intead of castle and I was able to open the position with a bishop sacrifice. I wish you enjoy it :)<br />
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Current rating is 2527 after 2 games.<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata= [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.02.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "Malakhias"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B75"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2432"] [Annotator ",Attila"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] [TimeControl "180"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bb3 h5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Nde2 Nb6 14. Nf4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Bd4 {I missed the fork, Qe2, Nfd5 was better.} e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bf8 19. e5 {Opens the e-file. The king is naked, white gets a winning position.} dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rhe1 Be4 22. Rxe4 Qxe4 (22... Nxe4 23. Qd7#) 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. Qc3 Kf8 25. Nxf6 Rh6 26. Rd7 Rd8 27. Rxd8%2B Bxd8 28. Nd5 g5 29. Qxc4 Re6 30. Qc5%2B Kg8 31. b4 Re1%2B 32. Kb2 Re6 33. a4 Kh7 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kg6 36. b6 Bxb6 37. Nxb6 h4 38. Nc4 h3 39. Ne5%2B Kf6 40. Ng4%2B Kg6 41. gxh3 f5 42. Ne5%2B Kf6 43. Nd3 Ra6 44. Qd4%2B Kg6 45. c4 Re6 46. c5 Re2%2B 47. Kc3 Re6 48. Qd6 Kf6 49. Qxe6%2B Kxe6 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. Ne5%2B Ke6 52. Ng6 Kd7 53. Ne5%2B Ke6 54. c6 Kd6 55. h4 g4 56. fxg4 f4 57. h5 f3 58. Nxf3 Kxc6 59. h6 Kd7 60. h7 Ke7 61. h8=Q Kf7 62. Qh7%2B Kf6 63. g5%2B Ke6 64. Qg6%2B Ke7 65. Qf6%2B Ke8 66. Kd5 Kd7 67. Qg7%2B Kc8 68. Kd6 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0'/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-27154951212323356202011-02-09T14:00:00.000+01:002011-02-09T14:00:55.258+01:003000 in ICC blitz ratingHello :) We met long time ago, I had a long break in blog writing. I hope to post daily from now. I wish you get some good ideas and enjoy to read it :)<br />
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I set up a the goal to get rated 3000 in blitz on <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/from/Turzo">ICC</a>. My current blitz rating is 2533 in 08.02.2011 and my best blitz rating was 2922 in 29.02.2004. I plan to solve combinations from the Chess combination book from Laszlo Polgar and then play same amount of time. I plan 30 minutes of combinations and then 30 minutes of playing. I wish you also great games! Ciao! :)Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-83916732058121722422010-09-08T20:57:00.000+02:002010-09-08T20:57:32.183+02:00Master tourney round 2: Solid gameYesterday I played the postponed game from round 2. I played with an international master with black and decided to save energy for the coming games and played a fast draw.<br />
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Today I used 1 minute for the daily 5 checkmates. Have a great day! :)Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-1884226454234700332010-09-08T19:11:00.002+02:002010-09-09T14:26:02.913+02:00Master tourney round 4: Sicilian bloodYesterday I played a new idea the Sicilian defense against a young Norwegian player. I wanted to avoid his preparation. He got a good attack. I build up a nice defense on the dark squares, but I overlooked a nice rook sacrifice. He won 2 pawns. I posted a Ne5 strongly. Then he gave back a pawn for the queen exchange. I then started an attack on the queenside and won back another pawn. I entered a rook endgame a pawn up, but his passed pawn was strong enough to keep the balance. We played it out until only the two lone kings remained on the board.<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "First Saturday Master tourney"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.09.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Getz, Nikolai"] [Black "Turzo, Attila"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B36"] [Annotator "Doe,John"] [Plycount "129"] [WhiteElo "2276"] [BlackElo "2331"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O Nd7 ( 11...Qa5 { the standard move with Rfc8 or Rac8 idea and later pawn a6-b5. } ) 12.Rac1 Nc5 13.Bh6 a5 { Preventing pawn b4. c5 knight has a good position. } 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.f4 Bd7 16.f5 Bc6 17.Rf4 ( 17.Qd4%2B f6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nd7 { White has space advantage, but black can get a great sqaure on e5 for the knight which may neutralise the attack and can be good in an endgame. The black pawns are blocked on dark squares, so the white bishop can not attack them, but the knight can attack the white pawns. } ) 17...f6 18.Rh4 g5 19.Rg4 Rh8 20.Rf1 Nd7 { This was a big mistake. I forgot about the immediate Rxg5, I was thinking about h4, h6, hxg5 hxg5 and then Rxg5, but then the h8 rook controls h6 and h5 sqaures and black is fine. } 21.Rxg5%2B ( 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rxg5%2B fxg5 24.Qxg5%2B Kf8 { Black wins. } ) 21...Kf8 ( 21...fxg5 22.Qxg5%2B Kf8 23.Qh6%2B Kg8 24.c5 { only move for the advnatage with Bc4 idea. } ( 24.Rf3 Kf7 25.Qh5%2B ( 25.Rg3 Qb6%2B 26.Kh1 Ke8 27.Qg7 Rf8 28.Bh5%2B Kd8 { Black is much better with the extra rook. } ) 26...Kf8 26.Qh6%2B { draw. } ) 24...Ne5 25.f6 exf6 26.Rxf6 { white has strong attack. } ) 22.Rg3 h5 23.Rh3 Ne5 24.Rxh5 Qb6%2B 25.Kh1 Kf7 26.Rf4 Rag8 27.h4 { This weakened the king and the h-pawn too. } ( 27.Nd5 { This blocks the bishop and gives a big advantage. } ) 27...Ke8 ( 27...Rxg2 { I missed this nice move. White is fine with correct play, but it gives some challenges } 28.Kxg2 Rg8%2B 29.Bg4 Nxg4 30.Kh3 Ne5 31.Rf1 { Preventing Qg1. } ) 28.Rxh8 Rxh8 29.Kh2 Kd8 30.h5 Nf7 31.Bd1 Qc5 32.Nd5 Ne5 33.Qf2 { White gives back a pawn for the queen exchange. } ( 33.b3 { After this white has a much better position. } ) 33...Qxf2 34.Rxf2 Nxc4 35.Nc3 b5 36.Be2 ( 36.g4 { white should defend the h-pawn. } ) 36...b4 { Very strong move, which equalize. } 37.Bxc4 Rxh5%2B 38.Kg3 bxc3 39.Bd3 cxb2 40.Rxb2 Kc7 41.Kf4 Rh2 42.Ke3 d5 43.exd5 Bxd5 44.Be4 Bxe4 45.Kxe4 Rh4%2B 46.Kd5 Kd7 47.Kc5 Rf4 48.Rd2%2B Kc7 49.Rd5 Rf2 50.a4 { The rook endgame is even. White’s a-pawn will be strong enough to balance the kingside-pawns. } 50...Rxg2 51.Kb5 Rg5 52.Rc5%2B Kb7 53.Kxa5 e5 54.Rb5%2B Kc7 55.Rc5%2B Kd6 56.Kb6 Rxf5 57.a5 Rf1 58.Rb5 Ra1 59.a6 f5 60.a7 Rxa7 61.Kxa7 f4 62.Rb8 f3 63.Kb6 e4 64.Rd8%2B Ke5 65.Kc5 f2 66.Re8%2B Kf4 67.Kd4 Kg3 ( 67...f1=Q 68.Rf8%2B Kg3 69.Rxf1 { wins. } ) 68.Rf8 Kg2 69.Kxe4 f1=Q 70.Rxf1 Kxf1 1/2-1/2'/></object></div><br />
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Would you like to improve your chess? I am accepting new students again. Please send me a message if you want to study with me! Thank you.Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-53964843601413687882010-09-07T22:55:00.002+02:002010-09-08T15:09:57.347+02:00Master tourney round 3: Fantastic FrenchYesterday my opponent played the French defense. I played the exchange variation with the aggressive c4 move to open up the position, because most of the french players like to play closed positions. Soon I got a great position and sacrificed a a bishop to destroy the king position. He moved his king in the center and defended very well. Later he started to counter-attack and won by a nice move.<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "First Saturday Master tourney"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.09.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Turzo, A."] [Black "Tran Than, Minh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [Annotator ",Attila"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2010.09.07"] [SourceDate "2010.09.07"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ne5 Nbxd5 11. Re1 c6 12. a3 Re8 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 (13... Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qd8 15. Bxf7%2B {wins.}) (13... cxd5 {Black should play this, so the knight can defend the h5 square.} 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Be3 {white has an advantage because of the e5 knight and better pawns.}) 14. Qh5 (14. Bxh6 {This was a better way to start. If he captures on h6 then Nxf7 wins in a nice way.} gxh6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 (15... Qc7 16. Qh5 Qf4 17. Qg6%2B Kf8 18. Nxh6 {The checkmates on g8 and f7 are undefendable.}) 16. Qh5%2B Kg8 17. Qg6%2B Kf8 18. Qxh6%2B Kf7 19. Bg6%2B Kf6 20. Bh5%2B Kf5 21. g4#) 14... Be6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Bg5 17. Qh7%2B Kf8 18. Qh8%2B (18. Bf5 {This was the only way to get and advantage.} Nf6 19. Qh8%2B Ke7 20. Qg7 Rg8 21. Nxc6%2B Kd6 22. Nxd8 Rxg7 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6%2B Kd5 25. f4 Bh4 26. g3 {The 3 pawns gives some advantage in the endgame for a piece.}) 18... Ke7 19. Qh5 Kd6 20. Nxf7%2B Bxf7 21. Qxf7 Rxe1%2B 22. Rxe1 Qf6 23. Qxb7 Rf8 24. Rf1 Qxd4 25. Bc2 {Bid blunder.} (25. Qh7 {defends the d3 bishop and white is ok.}) 25... Ne3 {great move!} 0-1'/></object></div><br />
Today I drew a 70-move game which ended with only kings on the board. He got an advantage in the middlegame. Then I created counterplay and saved the position. In the endgame I may have had some winning chances. I will post the game tomorrow. I used 1 minute for today's 5 checkmates. It was a long day :) I'm going to sleep. See you soon!<br />
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Would you like the services of a professional chess coach? Please send me a message, if you would like to study with me! Have a great day!Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-66901060413483025482010-09-07T06:23:00.002+02:002010-09-07T15:17:20.221+02:00About teachingThis evening I spoke to a friend in Germany. He teaches chess and has many students. He invited me to to teach in Germany. I am thinking about it. I am also available again for online lessons. I had a break because I finished a long term relationship and I was a bit down. I am fine again and ready for new life :)Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-14692634577671509412010-09-06T21:11:00.003+02:002010-09-07T21:58:54.592+02:00Junior victory, Russian danceI had a great game with sacrifices in my round 3 game. My opponent won with a pretty move. I will show the game tomorrow. After the game I ate bread from an organic store. I also cooked a potato dish with some red onion. I went to the library to get books on rebuilding my broken life. That's an important goal for me. I will summarize the main ideas in it soon :)<br />
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Friday I played a pretty game in the online 45 45 team league. I won a pawn with an in between move. He captured back the pawn, but that opened up a file against his king, which allowed me to win a bishop and the game.<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Date "2010.09.03"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "QueensCounselor"] [Result "1-0"] [Iccresult "Black resigns"] [Opening "Petrov: Nimzovich attack"] [ECO "C42"] [Nic "RG.03"] [Time "13:00:52"] [TimeControl "2700%2B45"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O { We castled on opposite sides. Both player need to attack the kings. Moving the pawns against the kings is a good idea. Like h2-h4-h5-h6 and a7-a5-a4-a3. } 9...Nd7 ( 9...Bxa2 10.b3 a5 11.Kb2 a4 12.Ra1 { winning the a2 bishop. } ) 10.Kb1 Ne5 11.h4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bf6 { It was a big mistake, because of the Nxf7 possibility. } ( 12...Qc8 { Need to defend the g4 bishop. } 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Bxg4 Qxg4 { Ok for black. } ) 13.Nxe5 Bxe2 14.Nxf7 { Strong move to win a pawn. } ( 14.Qxe2 Bxe5 { It was the black’s plan. } ) 14...Rxf7 15.Qxe2 Bxh4 { The final mistake. This capture opened the h-file for the rook to attack the h7 pawn and the king. } ( 15...Qe7 { Black is still in the game. His pieces are fine. } ) 16.Qh5 { Great move, it attacks both h7 pawn and h4 bishop. } 16...Bxf2 ( 16...g5 17.g3 { wins the bishop. } ) 17.Qxh7%2B Kf8 18.Qh8%2B Ke7 19.Bg5%2B { Black resigns } 19...Rf6 ( 19...Kd7 20.Bxd8 { wins. } ) 20.Qxg7%2B Ke6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Rh6 { wins. } 1-0'/></object></div><br />
Would you like the services of a professional chess coach? Please send me a message, if you would like to study with me! Have a great day!Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-20758423456797155202010-09-06T15:07:00.001+02:002010-09-07T22:02:56.283+02:00Quite-checkmateI used one minute for five checkmates today. It was a warm-up for my tourney game which will start in 1 hour. I postponed rounds 1 and 2 because I was travelling in the weekend. Today I will play a talented junior from Vietnam. I got up at 5:30 and worked between 7am-1:00pm in the book warehouse. I ate around 10 bananas for lunch. I'll have 20 minutes rest and then go to play. I will report the result when I arrive home and post the game tomorrow. Until that I show the checkmate I liked most today. It had a solid move which created a winning threat. Can you find it?<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC w20 20 10 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.09.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "TrainingBot"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "1600"] [Time "08:55:00"] [TimeControl "1200%2B10"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5R2/2r3p1/p1r1P1pp/6k1/P1p3P1/7P/3p2P1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"] 1. Re5%2B Kh4 2. Kh2 d1=Q 3. g3# {Black checkmated} 1-0 '/></object></div><br />
Have a great day! :)<br />
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Would you like to improve your chess? I am at your service! I am available for lessons and for training games.Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-37285337814506823222010-09-06T00:41:00.000+02:002010-09-06T00:41:16.505+02:00Side-file checkmate, training with AlexWe had an around 1 hour long lesson with Alex.<br />
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1. First he solved 5 checkmate exercises in around 2 minutes. He was so fast and great! He improves very well, He played 2 long games in this week and won both of them!<br />
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2. We analysed one of his games. He played very well the opening and middlegame and got a winning position.<br />
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3. We studied about the isolated and double pawns.<br />
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4. About pinning and Qh4 check motives if white plays f2-f3.<br />
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5. We studied about creating weak squares by pieces exchange when a pawn captures back.<br />
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We agreed with him about homeworks:<br />
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1. playing a blind game<br />
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2. solving at least 1 puzzle daily<br />
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3. study examples about weak pawns<br />
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4. play at least 2 games in the next week<br />
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After the lesson I solved my daily 5 puzzles in about 1 minute. One puzzle I called a side-file checkmate, because it looked similar like the back-rank checkmate but it was on the last file on the board. Is a new name for this type of checkmate? :)<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC w20 20 10 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.09.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "TrainingBot"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "1600"] [Time "16:41:20"] [TimeControl "1200%2B10"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rq3rk1/1pp2ppp/2b5/2npPN2/p7/2P1R3/PPQN1PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1"] 1. Ne7%2B Kh8 2. Qxh7%2B Kxh7 3. Rh3# {Black checkmated} 1-0'/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-77780234502096650462010-09-04T09:37:00.000+02:002010-09-04T09:37:17.347+02:00Knight checkmate, tourneyI used 2 minutes tody for the 5 checkmates. The last one was a nice queen-knight cooperation. Today will start the tourney, but before the invitation I decided to go to a spiritual conference this weekend. So I asked the tourney director to postpone my weekend games. I travel in minutes and will be back at sunday. See you then! <br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC w20 20 10 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.09.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "TrainingBot"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "1600"] [Time "03:26:55"] [TimeControl "1200%2B10"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1n1Rb1k1/q5pr/5n1p/2p1NQ2/2P2P2/p5P1/P5BP/B5K1 w - - 0 1"] 1. Qe6%2B Qf7 2. Qxf7%2B Kh8 3. Ng6# {Black checkmated} 1-0 '/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-40642659124098851612010-09-03T19:09:00.000+02:002010-09-03T19:09:43.751+02:00Daily checkmate - Queen sacrificeI used 3 minutes today for the 5 checkmate puzzle. I would like to show the 1st one which was easy and pretty. What do you think? :)<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC w20 20 10 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.09.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "TrainingBot"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "1600"] [Time "15:16:26"] [TimeControl "1200%2B10"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qn1kr2r/1pRbb3/pP5p/P2pP1pP/3N1pQ1/3B4/3B1PP1/R5K1 w Qk - 0 1"] 1. Qxd7%2B Nxd7 2. Ne6# {Black checkmated} 1-0 '/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-55697968959689306232010-09-02T21:40:00.000+02:002010-09-02T21:40:17.303+02:00Daily checkmate - The power of the kingI solved today's 5 puzzles in 1 minute. In this one we can look the great cooperation of the king and rook. The idea of taking away squares instead of direct checks, sometimes we not attack the king, but we attack his available squares to force him to the mating square.<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Date "????.??.??"] [Result "1-0"] [Iccresult "Black checkmated"] [Time "15:15:20"] [TimeControl "1200%2B10"] [Setup "1"] [FEN "8/7k/8/4R1K1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kf6 Kg8 ( 1...Kh8 2.Kf7 Kh7 3.Rh5# ) ( 1...Kh6 2.Kf7 Kh7 3.Rh5# ) 2.Rh5 Kf8 3.Rh8# { Black checkmated } 1-0'/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-14054695753235331622010-09-02T16:49:00.004+02:002010-09-07T22:04:47.376+02:00I plan to give checkmates. Again.I am invited to play in an international master tourney in Budapest at the Hungarian chess federation. It will be a round-robin tourney of 9-11 rounds depending on the number of players. The tourney will start Saturday and we'll play a one round every day. My goal is to play my best chess. The instructive games will be analysed and and shared here. The time control will be 90 minutes/players plus 30 seconds per moves for 40 moves, then 30 minutes and 30 seconds/move for the rest of the game.Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-88020036383548107862010-09-01T22:09:00.000+02:002010-09-01T22:09:18.318+02:00Queen-Knight cooperationI solved my daily 5 puzzles. The first 4 was easy and needed only 1 minute for all of them, then the last one was hard, I used 3 minutes to solve it. So Today I worked 4 minutes on the puzzles. <br />
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Can you solve the puzzle which gave me the challenge? :)<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata= [Event "ICC w20 20 10 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.09.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "TrainingBot"] [Result "1-0"] [Iccresult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "1600"] [Time "15:55:20"] [TimeControl "1200%2B10"] [Setup "1"] [FEN "7n/6k1/5Npb/4P3/1p1PQ2P/pP6/P4q2/1K4R1 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rxg6%2B Nxg6 ( 1...Kf7 2.Qb7%2B Kxg6 ( 2...Kf8 3.Rg8# ) ( 2...Ke6 3.Qd7# ) 3.Qh7# ) ( 1...Kf8 2.Qa8%2B Kf7 ( 2...Ke7 3.Qe8# ) 3.Qe8# ) 2.Qb7%2B Kf8 ( 2...Kh8 3.Qh7# ) ( 2...Ne7 3.Qxe7%2B Kg6 ( 3...Kh8 4.Qh7# ) 4.Qh7# ) 3.Qc8%2B ( 3.Qc8%2B Kg7 4.Qg8# ) 3...Kf7 4.Qe8%2B Kg7 5.Qg8# { Black checkmated } 1-0'/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-20709130174017874642010-08-31T16:54:00.000+02:002010-08-31T16:54:29.700+02:00The pawn-knight-rook checkmate combo<div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Today I used 6 minutes for the 5 examples, 4 were very easy and took around 15 seconds each, but the 5th was quite hard and I used 5 minutes to solve it. It shows a nice motive when a pawn, a knight and a rook can checkmate the king which has 2 pawns which block him.</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Can you solve it? Can you post a comment on this post where you write how many minutes did you use? </div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Date "2010.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "Puzzle"] [Result "1-0"] [Iccresult "Black checkmated"] [Time "10:34:41"] [TimeControl "1200%2B10"] [Setup "1"] [FEN "5rr1/2R1R1Nk/p4p1p/1p6/8/4P2P/5PP1/3b2K1 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf5%2B Rf7 ( 1...Rg7 2.Rxg7%2B Kh8 3.Rh7%2B Kg8 4.Rcg7# ) ( 1...Kg6 2.g4 Bxg4 3.hxg4 Rf7 4.Rxf7 h5 5.Rg7%2B Rxg7 6.Rxg7# ) ( 1...Kh8 2.Rh7# ) 2.Rxf7%2B Kg6 ( 2...Kh8 3.Rh7# ) 3.g4 { The pawn joins to the action. The Key move. It defends the knight and take away the h5 square from the black king. } 3...Bxg4 4.hxg4 Kg5 5.Rg7%2B Rxg7 6.Rxg7# { Black checkmated } 1-0'/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-70233390055474833502010-08-30T16:18:00.000+02:002010-08-30T16:18:23.629+02:009 moves checkmate in the study with trainingbotI solved 5 checkmate examples with trainingbot. I used 3 minutes for the 5 checkmates.<br />
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I like most this 9 moves forced checkmate. Can you find the solution? :)<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC w20 20 10 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.08.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Turzo"] [Black "TrainingBot"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "1600"] [Time "10:09:25"] [TimeControl "1200%2B10"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k3/p2p1p2/2b1pp2/P1N3bR/1PPP4/2P3BQ/2q1r1PP/6K1 w - - 0 1"] 1. Rh8%2B Ke7 2. Re8%2B Kxe8 3. Qh8%2B Ke7 4. Bd6%2B Kxd6 5. Qf8%2B Kc7 6. Na6%2B Kb7 7. Qb8%2B Kxa6 8. b5%2B Bxb5 9. Qxb5# {Black checkmated} 1-0 '/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-30017376336146196262010-08-29T22:37:00.000+02:002010-08-29T22:37:48.162+02:0029.08.2010. Training with AlexI slept very well around 10 hours long and got up at 8. I needed that, because over the week I got up at 5:30 am and went to sleep around midnight most of the days, because of social life We talked a lot and looked movies.<br />
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Around 10am I went to the Gellert-mountain and picked figs from the trees, also climbed some to get sweet, riped ones from the top. I enjoyed it very much. I ate a lot for lunch and filled a big box with figs for tomorrow.<br />
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At 13:30pm we went to the vegetarian festival with Gorge. Just catched the tram in the last second, before the door was closed.<br />
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I attended 2 lectures about healthy living and foods. They said, it is very important to eat fresh fruits and vegetables and whole foods. Stop eating, white bread, white sugar, coffee, black tea, smoking and alcohol. Fresh air, clean water and sunshine are good for us. Also very important to be healthy on all levels. We need harmony in our body, soul and spirit.<br />
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At 17:00 We met with Iza to talk, walk and pick figs on the Gellert-mountain. We had a great time together. She talked about the new novel She started to write.<br />
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We had a lesson with Axel between 19:00-20:15<br />
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He solved the checkmate from my last game, which I showed in the last blog post. Then He solved 3 examples from trainingbot. He was very fast. I think he arrived to a new level.<br />
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Then we analysed 2 of his last games and studied about the ideas of weak and strong squares. We studied also about exchange good pieces for bad pieces. About weak pawns and what to do if a player has a development advantage: Try to exchange pawns to open the position and try to attack the king and pawns, be aggressive! You need to win before the opponent develops and save the position.<br />
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In this game in the first 12 moves he played very well, like a master. Then made a mistake, but the opponent did not look it. Axel developed all of his pieces and got a winning knight in the center:<br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata= [Event "ICC 15 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.08.28"] [Round "-"] [White "gtserb"] [Black "rivel200"] [Result "0-1"] [Iccresult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "981"] [BlackElo "984"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo: Italian four knights variation"] [ECO "C26"] [Nic "VG.02"] [Time "15:38:47"] [TimeControl "900%2B0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d3 h6 6.O-O d6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rad1 Qd7 13.Nh4 { The f7 pawn is pinned by the b3 bishop, so not really defends the g6 bishop. Black should solve this challenge. } 13...Rfe8 ( 13...Bh7 ) ( 13...Kh8 14.Nxg6%2B fxg6 { f4 is a great hole and the f8 rook is well placed on the opened file. } ) ( 13...Nd4 14.Qe3 Bh7 ) 14.Nf5 ( 14.Nxg6 { It was winning. } ) 14...Bxf5 { Good idea to exchange the strong knight. } 15.exf5 Rad8 ( 15...Nd4 16.Qe3 Nxc2 17.Qxc5 Nd4 ) 16.Ne4 Nxe4 { An ideal exchange for black, because the e4 knight was in the center. } 17.dxe4 Nd4 18.c3 ( 18.Qe3 { It was the good move to save the queen. } 19...b5 19.Be2 Qc6 { Black has a small advantage. } ) 18...Nxe2%2B { White has no time to capture the d7 queen, because he is in check. } 19.Bxe2 Qc6 20.f3 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 { White resigns } 0-1'/></object></div><br />
After the lesson I created a great dinner. I cooked potato with cabbage and spices, made salad from cabbage, onion and paprika with cumin, salt, lemon and sun seed oil. I made a dessert from wheat flakes with cinnamon. Then I wrote this blog and ate in the same time and also George arrived home and we talked a bit about the book stores and publishing. <br />
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I will finish this post, then I eat the dessert while read and go to sleep. Bye-bye, Have a great day!Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-3542814319969777062010-08-29T09:19:00.000+02:002010-08-29T09:19:27.999+02:00Pretty checkmate with rooksI played a 45 45 game with a player from Argentina and he gave me a very nice checkmate. I made a mouseslip with the rook and moved to g5 instead of g4 where I lost the echange and he played well the endgame. Wello done! :) <br />
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<div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "ICC 45 45"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.08.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Morovon23"] [Black "Turzo"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2307"] [BlackElo "2318"] [Opening "QGD Slav: 4.Nc3"] [ECO "D15"] [NIC "SL.03"] [Time "11:21:16"] [TimeControl "2700%2B45"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a5 e6 8. Qb6 Qxb6 9. axb6 Ra8 10. c5 Nbd7 11. e3 e5 12. b4 e4 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Rb8 16. Bd3 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. h3 Nh5 19. Ne2 f5 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Ne4 23. g4 Bf6 24. g5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rbe8 26. Kg2 Bc8 27. Ra3 Re6 28. h4 h6 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Kh2 Rg6 31. Ra2 Rf7 32. h5 Rg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rg2 g4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Kg3 Kh7 37. Kf4 Kh6 38. Rd2 Be6 39. Ra1 Rg7 40. b5 axb5 41. Ra8 Kxh5 42. Rh2%2B Kg6 43. Rf8 Bf7 44. Rc8 b4 45. Rch8 Rg8 46. R8h7 {Black resigns} 1-0'/></object></div>Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-37299341110385228722010-08-28T00:02:00.002+02:002010-08-28T00:02:41.600+02:00HolidayToday is a blog free day.Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476307834699076592.post-22165822303944156922010-08-26T23:39:00.001+02:002010-08-26T23:42:29.511+02:00Blog free dayI have a blog free day today, I am thinking about this blog, I want to decide what I want to write here. Can you help me? Do you have any idea about it? Have a great day! :)Attila Turzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14076878823162383735noreply@blogger.com0