Recent game against a higher ranked opponent.
I think I might actually have a win record against higher ranks better than against lower or similarly ranked people.
This one opened with an Englund Soller gambit from me, who was playing as black. It gets declined, but I thought it interesting how the board became configured afterwards.
My opponent delayed just long enough for me to kamikaze his obvious plan to castle. It cost me in material; he had a significant point advantage over me for most of the match, but it unbalanced him and exposed his king to attack to such an extent that I was able to chase him to the edge of the board in my territory and checkmate him, even despite missing an opportunity halfway through.
I realize I have to do quite a bit of reading if I want to get better, though.
I win against a fair share of higher-ranked opponents, yes, but the reverse is absolutely true, too, and probably shouldn't be.
The girlfriend's name, infer-able from the above, was Samantha Smythe, and she generally was portrayed as a more tomboyish version of Archie's own Betty Cooper. In the following snippet, in fact, if you're familiar WITH the Betty Cooper character's VISUAL looks, you might have trouble telling them apart, though this seems to have been the case only for this one episode (at least from what I can tell so far ...) ...
Relatively recent game. I think this, though undesignated, is a German Computer. Plays remarkably human-like against me if so, though, not much like I've come to expect computers to behave for this writing ...
I might annotate what happened in this game later, but, even with the extensive gaps, those who don't yet know algebraic notation, the most common method of recording Chess moves these days, they should be able to understand the whole.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtxuy-GJwCo
Some myths of inequality, examined.
And the first time I've ever seen the popular equality of outcome baseball meme portrayed as a (potentially) BAD thing.
Thinking, current:
There are some times and some systems wherein equality of opportunity is good and equality of outcome is not.
There are times when just the opposite is the case, that is,
there are times you WANT inequality of opportunity.
(Millionaires generally don't need food stamps or to be taught how to run a business, CrossFitters don't need to be taught how to do pull-ups , Michael Phelps doesn't need swimming instruction ...)
Somewhat noteworthy game ...
By the midpoint of it, I was getting handled, to put it mildly.
Saving grace was probably that my opponent had TOO much of an advantage in terms of sheer quantity of material. His pawns got in his way; mine, aided by sheer accident of position, did what they were supposed to do.
[Event "10m + 0s"]
[White "Guest10670715"]
[Black "Guest"]
[Site "play.chessbase.com"]
[Round ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} exf4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 6. Bb5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 7. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 8. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bc5+ {[%emt 0:0:13]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 10. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 12. Qd3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 13. Bf6 {[%emt 0:0:31]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:33]} 14. exf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} 16. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 17. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 18. Na3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 19. c3 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 20. Nc2 {[%emt 0:0:26]} Re2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 21. a4 {[%emt 0:0:24]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 22. axb5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 23. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 24. Rab1 {[%emt 0:0:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 25. Rd3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 26. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:0:38]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 28. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 29. Rg7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:0:38]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 31. Ra7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 32. g4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 33. h5 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 34. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 35. g5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 36. Ra6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Re7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 37. Ra8 {[%emt 0:0:19]} b4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 38. h6+ {[%emt 0:0:20]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 39. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 40. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 41. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 42. g6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 43. gxh7 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 44. h8=Q+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 45. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 46. h7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} a3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 47. h8=Q {[%emt 0:0:2]} a2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 48. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 49. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:0:15]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 50. Q5b8+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 51. Qeb5# {[%emt 0:0:3]Mate} 1-0
