Fatal trap - can you see the right move to break out?

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It has been a while where there are no exciting game to be worth bloging. This is a rather short game - typical start with a minor blunder on my end. I was able to turn it into a deadly trap which my opponent could have avoided if the right move is played. Can you see the right move?

moeba's mini-tournament » Mini-tournament
ragger (1708) vs. ginger63 (1774)

Time control: 5d+3d<5d
Started: 25-Jan-11, Ended: 03-Mar-11
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

moeba's mini-tournament
ragger (1708) vs. ginger63 (1774)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -2

Result: black won 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bc2 Nf6 8. O-O Bg4 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 Ng6 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. axb5 a5 13. b4 a4 14. Rxa4 Rxa4 15. Qxa4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh4 17. Kh1 Qh3

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It started drawish and boring

It then suddenly turned into an exciting kill when my opponent made a seemingly small blunder that caused his game.

Team match » Team match
ginger63 (1759) vs. windemo (1692)

Time control: 5 days per move
Started: 27-Aug-10, Ended: 27-Sep-10
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

Team match
ginger63 (1759) vs. windemo (1692)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Bg4 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 Bc7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qc2 Bg6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf6 19. Rc5 Qd6 20. Rfc1 h6 21. b4 Bb6 22. Rf5 Bc7 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. Qg3 Ne4 27. Qf4 Nf6 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Ng4 Nd5 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. Rh5 Nf6 32. Qh4 Qe2 33. Nxf6 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd2 35. f4

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Game with Computer Analysis

Analysis shows I made less blunders than my opponent in this game - hence the win.

Game 19-02-2010
ginger63 (1733) vs. yamunotri (1751) Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 17-Mar-10, Ended: 12-Apr-10
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

Game 19-02-2010
ginger63 (1733) vs. yamunotri (1751)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Qe2 f6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qxh8 dxc4 9. Qg8 Bf5 10. Qxc4 Nd6 11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. d3 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nd4+ 15. Kd1 Bg4+ 16. f3 Nxf3 17. h3 Bd7 18. gxf3 O-O-O 19. Bd2 f5 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Re1 Bc6 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. f4 Bc5 24. Kd2 Ng7 25. Re1 b6 26. a3 a5 27. Na2 Bd5 28. c4 Bg2 29. h4 Kd7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bd6 32. Kc3 Ne6 33. Re2 Bb7 34. Rf2 c6 35. d4 Nc7 36. Nc1 Na6 37. Nd3 Ke6 38. Re2+ Kf7 39. Ne5+ Kg7 40. c5 bxc5 41. bxc5 Bf8 42. Nd7 Nc7 43. Nxf8 Kxf8 44. Ra2 Kf7 45. Kc4 Ba6+ 46. Kb3 Ke6 47. Bd8 CHECK!

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Laying a Trap in a seemingly Drawish Game

This game is drawish - my opponent appears to want to draw. I set a trap for a fork of my rooks. After he played the fork - he resigns - do you knwo why?

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ginger63 (1719) vs. dusundurt (1604)

Time control: 2 days per move
Started: 11-Mar-10, Ended: 16-Mar-10
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

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ginger63 (1719) vs. dusundurt (1604)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bb5 Be6 14. O-O Rad8 15. a3 a6 16. Bd3 b5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Be4 Na5 19. a4 Nc4 20. axb5 Ne3

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I win again when opponent missed ambushes - 3 to be exact

Ambush, Ambush and Ambush

Game 01-03-2010
ginger63 (1703) vs. sonata1 (1632)

Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 28-Feb-10, Ended: 07-Mar-10
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

Game 01-03-2010
ginger63 (1703) vs. sonata1 (1632)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +1

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. a3 Bxb3 13. cxb3 b4 14. axb4 Qb8 15. Na2 Rc8+ 16. Kb1 a5 17. Bc4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Qc3 Nfd7 21. b4 Nb7 22. Bxf7+

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Ambush - Counter Ambush!

67th GK tournament » Tournament
splatty42 (1506) vs. ginger63 (1703)

Time control: 2 days per move
Started: 01-Mar-10, Ended: 08-Mar-10
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

67th GK tournament
splatty42 (1506) vs. ginger63 (1703)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 f6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kd2 g6 10. Re1 Bh6+

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67th GK tournament » Tournament
ginger63 (1703) vs. splatty42 (1506)

Time control: 2 days per move
Started: 01-Mar-10, Ended: 10-Mar-10
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

Ambush - Blunder - Ambushed!

67th GK tournament
ginger63 (1703) vs. splatty42 (1506)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Qa5+ 4. Bd2 Qb6 5. Bc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. f3 d6 9. Na3 Nd7 10. Qd2 e5 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. O-O-O a6 13. Ba4 Qd8 14. Bb3 b5 15. Qd5

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I win because of my opponent's blunder

This is a rather strong opponent who attacks aggressively. I was down on material Rook for Bishop and pawn. Also with weaker pawn structure. Did a sneak checkmate when opponent overlook the attack in his bid to launch an attack.

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ginger63 (1703) vs. zenit32 (1715)

Time control: 5 days per move
Started: 28-Feb-10, Ended: 03-Mar-10
Result: 1-0, white won

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ginger63 (1703) vs. zenit32 (1715)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -1

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bd3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qf6 14. O-O Bh3 15. Rf2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Qe3 f6 21. g4 f5 22. Ng5 fxg4 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5 g3 25. Nxh3 gxf2+ 26. Nxf2 Qf6 27. Qe4 Ne7 28. Bh3 Ng6 29. Ng4 Qg5 30. Bg2 Re8 31. Kh1 Rad8 32. Bf1 Rd2 33. Bd3 Nf4 34. Qh7#

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Beautiful Finish

It has been a while where there is a spark. This game started quite drawish until the imbalance of king side and queen side attack.

61st GK tournament » Tournament
musicfan (1701) vs. ginger63 (1674)

Time control: 2 days per move
Started: 07-Sep-09, Ended: 16-Oct-09
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

61st GK tournament
musicfan (1701) vs. ginger63 (1674)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -3

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Bg4 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxe5 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rd3 O-O 14. Rad1 Qe6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Qd3 Qd6 19. Qxa6 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qd3 Qa3 22. g3 Be7 23. Qd7 Bb4 24. Qxc6 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Qxc2 26. Qa8+ Kh7 27. Nd5 Qxe4+ 28. Kg1 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Bd6 30. Nc3 Qg6 31. a4 f5 32. a5 Bc5 33. a6 h5 34. Qb7 h4 35. b4 Bb6 36. Nd5 h3+ 37. Kf1 f4 38. Nxb6 Qd3+ 39. Ke1 f3 40. Qxf3 Qxf3 41. Nc8 Qa8 42. b5

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	- Knight

Shortest Win - 12 Moves

Opponent resigns after 12 moves - fierce attack on King Side but left homebase vunerable.

Perspicaz's mini-tournament (Verano 2009). » Mini-tournament
chesscrime (1799) vs. ginger63 (1719)

Time control: 7d+2d<15d
Started: 03-Jun-09, Ended: 15-Jul-09
Result: 0-1, black won

Perspicaz's mini-tournament (Verano 2009).
chesscrime (1799) vs. ginger63 (1719)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -2

Result: black won 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxb7 Nd7 10. g3 Rb8 11. Qxc6 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Qa5

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	- Knight

RRB endgame - pass pawn win

another beautiful st attack followed by pass pawn endgame win. Hard win.
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Time control: 3d+1d<5d
Started: 29-Apr-09, Ended: 03-Jun-09
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

InfoScout 1 mini-tournament
ginger63 (1724) vs. caballos (1722)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +4

Result: white won 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. exd5 e4 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Re1 Bxf5 11. f3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. fxe4 Bg6 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Bf2 Ne5 17. Qh3 Rc8 18. Nc3 Qf6 19. Rf1 Qf4 20. Bc5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bxd6 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Rc4 24. e5 Bxc2 25. e6 fxe6 26. dxe6 Nf6 27. e7 Rd4 28. Ba3 b5 29. Bc5 Rg4 30. a3 h5 31. Nd5 Be4 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Rxf6 Bxg2+ 34. Kg1 Bc6+ 35. Kf1 Rc4 36. Rxc6

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	- Knight

RK endgame - a tough fight to win

The game started fairly closed and then after several exchanges, I am a pawn behind. The pawn structure was not symmetrical and I manage to exploit the positional advantage to advance the pass pawns to end with a win.
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Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 28-Mar-09, Ended: 31-May-09
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

Team match
ginger63 (1724) vs. rejtelmes (1735)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

Result: white won 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 Bb7 10. d4 h6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Bc2 Ne8 14. b3 Nb6 15. c4 Nd7 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Ba6 19. Qc6 Nf6 20. h3 Nh5 21. Nf1 Bc8 22. a4 Bd7 23. Qc3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qd3 f5 26. Nd4 Bf6 27. Rad1 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qg5 29. Nh2 fxe4 30. Qxe4 Bf5 31. Qe2 Bxh3 32. Qf3 Bf5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Qe4 Rxd5 35. Nf3 Qf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. Nd4 Re5 38. Rxe5 dxe5 39. Nc6 e4 40. a5 Nc8 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. Rxc7 Nd6 44. b4 Nb5 45. Re7 Rc8 46. Rb7 Nd6 47. Rb6 Ke6 48. a6 Kd7 49. a7 Kc7 50. Rb8

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