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Posted by jstevens1 play-online-chess.com 3/07/2008 14:29:58 play online chess	Subject: A narrow squeak against a lower rated player! Message: Just to say that I had a very narrow squeak against a player 300 points south of my rating. I played the game called "In The Dentist's Chair" in the public gallery pretty badly and I was sooo lucky to come away with a win in that match. Has anybody else on this forum had a bad experience like this. If so, and you do not wish to post it on the forum you could always send me a PM! Oh well, Friday today - have a nice weekend everyone! Bye for now. Joanne
Posted by ravster play-online-chess.com 3/07/2008 14:33:36 play online chess	Yes... Message: I have had such a game also 300 points under my rating. I was soo lucky to win it i annotated it: gameknot.com It is called 'the win in your hands. Ravi
Posted by tugger play-online-chess.com 3/08/2008 11:23:06 play online chess	Message: game ratings at the time were as follows... eldude (943) tugger (1709) a very lucky escape for me, i was beaten, but he timed out... i felt very guilty, but relieved at the same time! it was an odd game, i made a mistake and dropped a rook, then made a couple of excellent moves to pull back to within a pawn... then i messed up again, he seized upon my mistake and then timed out... a big shame for him really, it would've been his best win... to be fair to him, he's far better than his rating suggests, he has a 40% time out ratio, and as such his rating is much lower than it should be... i'd guess it should be around the 1400-1500 area.
Posted by chessnovice play-online-chess.com 3/09/2008 06:03:41 play online chess	... Message: I've had similar experiences OTB, particularly in tournament play. I remember there were two years in a row where I was part of a team that wound up pitted against a group of middle schoolers. I never underestimate players by their age, but they were significantly lower rated. Somehow, in both years, I dropped a rook very early in the game and had to fight back to win against very bad odds. To make matters worse, when I hung my rook, the opponent was literally dancing in his chair! My teammates who looked over at me said I was literally turning red with anger. Those kinds of games just wear at my soul. :p
Posted by tugger play-online-chess.com 3/09/2008 08:44:36 play online chess	Message: there's a lesson there... don't dance in your chair until your opponent resigns! i play a lot of poker, and see some similar things happening there... there's always a bit of banter between us all, but sometimes it goes a bit far, and on one occasion the loudest one amongst us lost a big hand, he was down to just a few chips. the lad who won that hand said something rather rude to the loser, and you could see he was not happy. but, it was too early to be giving that kind of stick... he recovered and ended up knocking him out. the moral of the story... you only dish out the stick when it can't come back to haunt you! chessnovice, i'd have been delighted to win from a rook down, especially after my opponent was dancing in his chair, and i'd have made sure he knew how happy i was.
Posted by chessnovice play-online-chess.com 3/09/2008 10:17:08 play online chess	tugger Message: I've had some pretty miraculous comebacks after nasty blunders in tournament play. Believe me, something deep down inside of me wanted to brag something fierce in front of the kid. But like I said, they were young and pretty low-rated. I can understand how they'd feel uncontrollably happy to be on the winning side of the board. And honestly, I think they beat themselves up emotionally more than I ever would. The kid was certainly not dancing in his chair after the game ended. I've made kids cry OTB by fighting back from blunders, and it's not a pretty sight.
Posted by ionadowman play-online-chess.com 3/09/2008 12:51:39 play online chess	Round 1... Message: ... Easter tournament, Wellington, 1977. My opponent was one J. Blaikie, rating somewhere between 600 and 700 below mine. Here's the plot: White: Mr Blaikie; Black: Yr Obdt Servant 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 d3!? 8.Qxd3 0-0 9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.Nb3 Nge5 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qf1 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Kh8 14.Be3 f5 15.f3 f4 16.Bf2 Rf6 17.Nd4 c5? 18.Nf5 g3? 19.Bh4! ... Now I began to realize I had a fight on my hands... 19...gxf5 20.Bxf6+ Bxf6 21.exf5 Be5 22.Qf7 Qg1 23.Qh5 Bd7 24.Rxe5! ... Bold and courageous! The amazing thing about this was that White had just 6 minutes left on his clock to reach move 36 (Time control 36 moves in 90 minutes)! I still had 40 minutes... 24...dxe4 25.f6 Qe6 26.f7 Rf8 27.Re1 Qxf7? 28.Qxe4+ Qg7 29.Qxc5 Rg8 30.Re2 Bc6 31.Qf2 Qd7 32.Rd2 Qg7 33.Rd4 Qe5 34.h3 Re8 35.Qf1 Bb5 36.Qd1 Qe1+ Both sides make the time control with flags trembling... 37.Qxe1 Rxe1+ Now that the queens have come off, Black has a long and technically difficult ending with very problematical winning chances... 38.Kf2?? Rf1# OK, I was never in much danger of losing, but even a draw would have been sufficiently embarrassing. Good on my opponent, though, and he came very close to sharing the point! Cheers, Ion
Posted by lturner play-online-chess.com 3/11/2008 05:33:02 play online chess	Nothing personal Message: But....why do people post really bad played games as a badge of honor?
Posted by chessnovice play-online-chess.com 3/11/2008 06:08:44 play online chess	... Message: I would say it's because being able to identify and explain mistakes is as much of a component of learning as being able to identify and explain good moves.
Posted by ionadowman play-online-chess.com 3/12/2008 23:52:27 play online chess	But there can be other reasons... Message: ... Now, me, I'm into stories. My main hobby is miniatures wargaming - campaigns if I can get 'em - because the game tells a story. So does a game of chess. And, if we experience a story that interests us, we tell it to others. In chess, quite often an imprecisely played game (i.e. "badly" played) leads to a good story. Further, not only do 1500-level players play at 2000-level every now and then, but 2000-level player occasionally will play a 1500-level game. That's when interesting "human interest" things happen. Cheers, Ion
Posted by g_one play-online-chess.com 3/20/2008 03:01:16 play online chess	If only everyone ....... Message: Chess coaches should teach their students a bit more etiquette (if I spelt that wrong I hope you know what I mean). For me Susan Polgar sums it up, "win with grace, lose with dignity."
Chess news: Kamsky-Topalov Chess Match Back on Track -- The world chess championship semifinal match between Gata Kamsky of the United States and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has been set for February 16 to 28, 2009. Kamsky and Topalov and their representatives signed the contracts Tuesday at the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. The chess match will be played in Bulgaria after the country’s chess federation agreed to put up a prize fund of $250,000. Topalov, the No. 1 ranked chess player in the world, was seeded into the match by the World Chess Federation. Kamsky earned his place by winning the World Cup last year. The winner of the chess match will face Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, in a title match under ... Russia defeats England at Chess Olympiad -- Top seed Russia bounced back after drawing Germany in the last round to beat England 3-1 Wednesday in round six of open division play at the Chess Olympiad. The Russian chess team was led by former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik over Nigel Short on board one. Short gave up a rook and two pawns for two knights and was then ground down. Russia's other win came from Dmitry Jakovenko on board four at the expense of Stuart Conquest. The other two games, England's David Howell versus Peter Svidler and Russia's Alexander Morozevich versus Gawain Jones were drawn. It was a big win for Russia, after 11th-seed Germany had battled all four games against ... Armenia takes possession of 1st place at Chess Olympiad -- The Russian chess team — touted as the strongest ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad — was derailed in Thursday open division play in round seven of the chess tournament by the defending gold medal Armenian team 2.5-1.5, which took sole possession of first place. In the only decisive game of the chess match, Gabriel Sargissian defeated Alexander Grischuk on board three. The other three games were all draws, with Armenian Levon Aronian versus Vladimir Kramnik on board one, Vladimir Akopian versus Peter Svidler on board two, and Tigran L. Petrosian versus Dmitry Jakovenko on board four. The win gave Armenia 6.5 match points out of seven. France, Germany and ...