Game I recently won which smacks of positional chess ... or at least what I think of as positional chess.
By which I'm using the term to mean "this game was decided, much of it accidentally, by where my pieces happened to be. Masters like Steinitz arranged this sort of thing with much deliberate thought. My case, I lucked into a favorable board. King's fate is more or less decided, mate or devastation more or less forced, probably more than 5 moves away from the end".
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 2. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 6. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:27]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 8. h4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:25]} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 10. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 11. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 12. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 13. Bf7+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:32]} f5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 15. Be6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 16. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:0:25]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 17. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 18. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:0:14]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 19. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 20. Rxh3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 21. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:51]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 22. fxe3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 23. Nxe5+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 24. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 25. Nxe4+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 26. Nd3+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 27. Qg5# {[%emt 0:0:4]Mate} 1-0
Re: positional chess?
This game is rather long for attempting an instructional; even arranging the game log for beginner readability is a chore. But it's also the type of game I'm seeing so much in that I know I'll regret if I don't record it ...
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:1]}
2. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:0:2]}
3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:2]}
4. d4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:0:6]}
5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:0:7]}
6. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:8]}
7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:27]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:6]}
8. h4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:4]}
9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:25]} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:0:6]}
10. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:0:7]}
11. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:0:21]}
12. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:6]}
13. Bf7+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:0:3]}
14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:32]} f5 {[%emt 0:0:2]}
15. Be6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:7]}
16. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:0:25]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:0:6]}
17. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:0:4]}
18. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:0:14]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:6]}
19. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:13]}
20. Rxh3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:0:1]}
21. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:51]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:0:6]}
22. fxe3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:0:2]}
23. Nxe5+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]}
24. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:0:2]}
25. Nxe4+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:0:4]}
26. Nd3+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:0:9]}
27. Qg5# {[%emt 0:0:4]
Mate 1-0
Re: positional chess?
This thread is probably a good place to study behind-the-scenes creative processes, etcetera. I can edit and work on stuff and allow people to see what I'm doing largely without censure. Here I've just eliminated the time stamps on Black's moves ...
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e5
2. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qf6
3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bc5
4. d4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Bb6
5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qg6
6. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:10]} d6
7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:27]} dxe5
8. h4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} f6
9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:25]} Qxg2
10. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qh3
11. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nh6
12. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nd7
13. Bf7+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Kd8
14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:32]} f5
15. Be6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Nf6
16. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:0:25]} Ke8
17. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Rxc8
18. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:0:14]} Kf8
19. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kf7
20. Rxh3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ng4
21. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:51]} Bxe3
22. fxe3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nxe3
23. Nxe5+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf6
24. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} fxe4
25. Nxe4+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf5
26. Nd3+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} Kg4
27. Qg5#
Mate 1-0
... and now with the time stamps on White gone as well, I've got a clean game log ...
1. e4 e5
2. Bc4 Qf6
3. Nf3 Bc5
4. d4 Bb6
5. Bg5 Qg6
6. Qe2 d6
7. dxe5 dxe5
8. h4 f6
9. Bd2 Qxg2
10. Rg1 Qh3
11. Rxg7 Nh6
12. Bxh6 Nd7
13. Bf7+ Kd8
14. Nbd2 f5
15. Be6 Nf6
16. Qd3+ Ke8
17. Bxc8 Rxc8
18. Qb5+ Kf8
19. Rg3+ Kf7
20. Rxh3 Ng4
21. Be3 Bxe3
22. fxe3 Nxe3
23. Nxe5+ Kf6
24. Rxe3 fxe4
25. Nxe4+ Kf5
26. Nd3+ Kg4
27. Qg5#
Mate 1-0
Separate game from above, and one I'll get back to, time permitting.
Opponent resigned, with mate imminent, despite having a higher rank and size able lead and power advantage a few moves prior.
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} f5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 5. exd5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 8. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:5]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 10. Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:53]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} c4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 12. Rxe7+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nxe7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 13. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:0:15]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 14. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 16. Re1+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 17. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 18. g3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 19. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:16]} f4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 20. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:0:18]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 21. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 22. Qf5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 23. d6 {[%emt 0:0:16]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 24. hxg3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 25. b3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} h4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 27. bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:0:31]Guest4877181 reconnected.} 28. fxg3 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 29. d5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 30. Qf1 {[%emt 0:0:60]} Rhh2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bb6+ {[%emt 0:0:17]} 0-1
Time over win against a higher-ranked that underscores the power of pinning.
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} exf4 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 4. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:0:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 5. Ba4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 6. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:0:20]} 7. Kf1 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} exd3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 9. Nxd3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 10. Qe2+ {[%emt 0:0:13]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 12. Qf3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 13. Qf2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:0:31]} 14. Nxf2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 15. Nce4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:0:46]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Be5 {[%emt 0:0:44]} 17. Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 18. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Na6 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 19. Ng5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 20. c3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 22. g4 {[%emt 0:0:27]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 23. g5 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Nf5+ {[%emt 0:0:18]} 24. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:52]} Bb6+ {[%emt 0:0:27]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 26. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Be3 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 27. g6 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:56]} 28. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:0:33]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 29. Bxe3 {[%emt 0:0:26]} Nxe3+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 32. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Rde8+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} 33. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:0:3]TimeB} 1-0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPEmJcPU4As
Bare knuckles Ladies fight; not something I'm used to seeing ...
One of them stronger than she looks judging by the effect her blows have on her opponent ... sort of a white female version of George Foreman, I guess ...
Other surprise: The one that gets beat is young and has served in the military.
No offense, but, aren't the armed services supposed to TEACH people how to fight well ? 😕
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Cli12w5Uc
Above is link to a long clip of Expo2019.
Happy to see Kortney Olson looking like she did years ago around the 4:50 second mark.
Did a modicum of research and found an article by Ruth Schneider on Kortney:
Humboldt County native Kortney Olson feels like a weight has been removed from her chest.
Literally.
The St. Bernard’s graduate, who is known internationally for her ability to obliterate watermelons with her thighs and who is gaining attention for her approach to selling women’s fitness clothing, underwent a procedure to remove breast implants last week at a facility in Chico.
“In my experience, as soon as I woke up and had these out, I felt lighter. I didn’t have that foreign feeling on their body,” she said earlier this week. “… It was super amazing.”
She said she was encouraged to get the implants to help her achieve what in the bodybuilding world is referred to as an “X physique.” But it was something that for many years repelled her.
“I had been opposed to (implants) my whole life really,” Olson said. “Being in the bodybuilding world, whenever (some women) competed they looked like they were almost bolted onto their bodies. … I always kind of stayed away from it.”
But at a time when she was spending a lot of time working out, including competitive jiu jitsu, she said she felt more masculine. In an attempt to feel more feminine, she decided to get the implants.
But then there were complications.
“(The implants were) textured, which helps the muscle adhere to the implant,” she said. “Apparently, what I was told is I had seromas in both of my breasts from the implant being textured. The body kept trying to fight it. Over the years, I have had to get my right one drained. Every three to six months, it would fill up with fluid.”
She was also diagnosed with Grave’s disease in 2017 — something she is uncertain is associated with the implants. But there are other similar diagnoses in women who have undergone breast augmentation.
Olson’s experience is propelling her to be outspoken about her situations. She documented her experience on her personal Instagram account, sharing the story with her 173,000 followers.
And she wants other women to know there are risks.
“Had I heard my story prior to deciding to have breast augmentation, I wouldn’t have done it,” she said. “It’s the same thing I say when I talk about drug use. Had I heard my story when I was a senior in high school at St. Bernard’s, I probably wouldn’t have picked up drugs. I think it’s very important that people talk about this. A lot of women don’t.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn0dQmexsiw
Kortney Olson clip from a few months before the article in the previous post.
Kortney is the lady you've probably seen on Good Morning America or some similar show showing off her leg strength by scissor crushing watermelons.
(Yeah, I know, but Daytime TV is like that nowadays, and has been for awhile.
It really IS impressive seeing her do stuff like that, though.)
Here Kortney seriously addresses some severe problems that most people considering plastic surgery do NOT think about before going under the knife.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy1-W8zDLLg
Randy Couture in front of Congress on fighter's lack of fair representation in the UFC.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7MyK48L2wM8
Kortney Olson having a playful arm wrestling competition with some Australian guys.
While this link lasts:
Chloe Dorsey frees a deer TWICE by bending the bars of two different metal fences:
A game in which I royally messed up, but had good enough position to stumble into winning anyway ...
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "42"]
1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 8. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 9. hxg4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 11. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:0:24]} Nxf1 {[%emt 0:0:43]} 14. Nxf1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 15. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:0:30]} 16. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:0:21]} 17. Ng3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 18. Qxc6+ {[%emt 0:0:8]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 19. Qxa8 {[%emt 0:0:10]} exf4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 20. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Qxg3+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 21. Kf1 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Rh1# {[%emt 0:0:5]Mate} 0-1
