a beautiful well-timed attack

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Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 06-Nov-08, Ended: 11-Nov-08
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

Let's play chess
longdiagonal (1756) vs. ginger63 (1750)

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

Result: black won 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. h3 h6 15. a4 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Qd1 Ng4 18. Re1 f5 19. Bf1 Qh5 20. Bg2 f4 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Re2 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Qxh4

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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

highest rating win so far

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Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 28-Oct-08, Ended: 06-Nov-08
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

Let's play chess
ginger63 (1750) vs. troubador (1750)

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

Result: white won 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 b5 10. f3 Nb6 11. Na5 Rc8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. a3 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Bg5 d5 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rfe1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Nf4 22. Nb7 Rxd3 23. Nxc5 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 g6 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Rxe5 Kg7 27. h3 Rc4 28. c3 Kf6 29. Red5 Nc5 30. Rd2d4

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Pawn promotion:
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	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

my first online tournament part 2

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The other 2 are alright - just blunders from the opponent.

Time control: 2 days per move
Started: 06-Oct-08, Ended: 17-Oct-08
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

50th GK tournament
eddiedoc (1558) vs. ginger63 (1727)

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

Result: black won 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nh3 d6 5. Ng5 O-O 6. Nxf7 Rxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. O-O Bg4 9. Qe1 h6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Kh1 Bh5 13. f4 Kg8 14. b4 axb4 15. cxb4 Bd4 16. Ra2 c5 17. a5 Bf7 18. Ra3 cxb4 19. Qxb4 Bc5 20. Qc3 Bxa3 21. Qxa3 Ra6 22. Bd2 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nc5 24. h3 Rxa5 25. Qc3 Rb5 26. Nd2 Nh5 27. Bh2 Rb6 28. g4 Nf6 29. Nc4 Rb3 30. Qc2 Rxd3 31. e5 dxe5 32. Nxe5 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 Rd2

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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Time control: 2 days per move
Started: 06-Oct-08, Ended: 17-Oct-08
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

50th GK tournament
ginger63 (1727) vs. eddiedoc (1558)

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

Result: white won 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 a6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bg5 a5 9. a4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bxd5 Na6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Bc6 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Qc3 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qc7 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. b3 Kh8 21. Bb5 Nc6 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rc8 25. Rc5 h6 26. d4 Qe7 27. d5 b6 28. Rxc6 Rd8 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Kh7 31. Bd3+ g6 32. Qc3 Qa3 33. Qf6 Qc5 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qxg6+ CHECK!

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	- Knight

my first online tournament part 1 (oct 2008 - )

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This is my first online tournament - good fun. Unfortunately, I only completed 4 games with 2 timeouts in the first round. The following 2 are the more interesting games.

Time control: 2 days per move
Started: 06-Oct-08, Ended: 15-Oct-08
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

50th GK tournament
ginger63 (1727) vs. goal10guy (1674)

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

Result: white won 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. f5 Nf6 5. c3 Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxf5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Ng5 Bg6 14. Nxf7 Bxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. Rf7 Nc6 19. Qf4

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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Time control: 2 days per move
Started: 06-Oct-08, Ended: 18-Oct-08
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

50th GK tournament
goal10guy (1674) vs. ginger63 (1727)

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

Result: black won 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 cxb3 e.p. 8. Bxb5+ c6 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxb3 Rb8 11. Qc4 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O Ne7 15. Re1 O-O 16. Ra2 Ba6 17. Bd2 Nac6 18. Rc2 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Ng6 20. Ba1 Rb6 21. Rd1 Nf4 22. Re1 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nexd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4

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Options:
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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

tale of 2 blunders involving Rook endgames

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Here Joseph made the mistake and losing the chance of forcing a draw. Below is where ginger63 turned down a draw offer to make the mistake that causes the game.
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frenckscacco's ITALIA2
grietje (1599) vs. ginger63 (1727)

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

Result: white won 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Be7 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. d4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. h3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bd6 18. Qd3 Rfe8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Qf3 Re8 23. Rb1 c5 24. b3 Qe2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 26. Rc1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxc5 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Re2 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rxf2 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc6 Rf6 34. Rc5 g6 35. Ra5 Rc6 36. Rd5 Kg7 37. Kg3 g5 38. Ra5 Kg6 39. h4 f6 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kh3 Rc3+ 42. Kh2 Rc6 43. Rd5 Re6 44. Ra5 f5 45. Rc5 f4 46. Rc4 Kf5 47. Rc5+ Re5 48. Rc4 a5 49. Rc8 Kg4 50. Rc4 Rf5 51. Rd4 Rb5 52. axb5

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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight