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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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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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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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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RR vs RKB endgame

I was checkmated in an earlier game - a worthy opponent who turned down a draw offer. Very engaging and enjoyable fight till the end. It went from even materials to RR vs RKB to Q vs QK to finally P vs PK.
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Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 03-May-09, Ended: 14-May-09
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

Team match
ginger63 (1711) vs. apeja (1732)

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

(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 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ke7 13. Bd3 b6 14. Re1 f6 15. Kc1 g6 16. g4 Be6 17. c4 Rad8 18. Kb2 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Nd2 Rd4 21. Re4 Rhd8 22. Kc3 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Re2 Kd6 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Rb5 Rf4 27. Rb1 Nd4 28. Rf2 Kc5 29. Re1 Nc6 30. Rfe2 Kd6 31. Re3 Rh4 32. Re1e2 Nd4 33. Rg2 Rf4 34. Rg3 Rc8 35. Kb2 Rh4 36. Rg2 Rf4 37. Rg3 Rh4 38. Rg2 Rh3 39. Rf2 b5 40. Bf1 Rh4 41. c3 bxc4 42. cxd4 exd4 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Bxc4+ Kd6 45. Kc2 Kc5 46. Kd3 Rb8 47. Be6 Rh5 48. Bd7 Ra8 49. Nf1 Ra5 50. Ng3 Rg5 51. Bxf5 Rb5 52. Ne4+ Kc6 53. Nxg5 Rxf5 54. Nxh7 Kd5 55. f4 Rf7 56. Ng5 Rb7 57. f5 Rb3+ 58. Kd2 Rxa3 59. f6 Ra2+ 60. Ke1 Rxf2 61. Kxf2 a3 62. f7 a2 63. f8=Q a1=Q 64. Qd8+ Kc4 65. Qc7+ Kb4 66. Qd6+ Kc4 67. Qe6+ Kb4 68. Qe1+ Qc3 69. h4 d3 70. Qxc3+ Kxc3 71. Ne4+ Kd4 72. Kf3 CHECK!

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good endgame played

Narrow win with one pass pawn - invited friend for my first Info-Scout tournament

Time control: 3d+1d<5d
Started: 06-Mar-09, Ended: 13-Mar-09
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

InfoScout 1 mini-tournament
boriskhurgin (1751) vs. ginger63 (1790)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Bg5+ Nf6 11. Nc6+ Kxf7 12. Nxd8+ Rxd8 13. Kxd1 Re8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. f3 Rg8 16. g3 Bg7 17. c3 Re5 18. Nd2 Rge8 19. Kc2 c6 20. Rae1 Bh6 21. b3 d5 22. f4 Re5e7 23. Kd3 c5 24. Re2 c4+ 25. Kc2 cxb3+ 26. axb3 dxe4 27. Rhe1 f5 28. Nf1 Rd7 29. Ne3 Kg6 30. Rd1 Red8 31. Red2 Rxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 a5 34. c4 bxc4 35. Nxc4 Bf8 36. Kc3 Bb4+ 37. Kd4 Kf6 38. Ne3 Bd2 39. h3 h5 40. Nf1 Be1 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Bf2+ 43. Kc3 fxg4 44. Kd2 g3 45. Ne3 Bxe3+

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shortest game - 18 moves to mate

Memorable Indeed
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Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 11-Feb-09, Ended: 19-Feb-09
Result: 1-0, white won

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ginger63 (1802) vs. antigoon (1743)

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 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be3 Bd7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd2 h6 12. g4 g5 13. h4 Nh7 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. e5 Bc6 16. Qd3 f5 17. exf6 e.p. Nxf6 18. Qg6# CHECKMATE!

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queen vs 2 rooks

my highest rating win so far - good display of queen vs 2 rooks
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Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 20-Jan-09, Ended: 11-Feb-09
Result: 1-0, white won

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ginger63 (1802) vs. schaefer84 (1790)

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

Result: white won 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxc4 Qe3+ 21. Kb1 Qxf3 22. Rhf1 Qh5 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Qd3 Qxc4 25. Qxc4+ Kh8 26. Qc7 Rfe8 27. Qb7 Bf8 28. h5 a5 29. Rf1 Rab8 30. Qd5 Ra8 31. Rf7 a4 32. h6 Rab8 33. hxg7+ Bxg7 34. Qxd6 Rg8 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Qf6# CHECKMATE!

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king side attack

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Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 21-Jan-09, Ended: 09-Feb-09
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

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ginger63 (1802) vs. rook4 (1723)

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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Nc6 12. h4 Qc7 13. h5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 d5 15. g5 Nd7 16. h6 e5 17. hxg7 Kxg7 18. Bf2 d4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4+ Qe5 21. Qxd7 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Qg4 Bc8 24. Qh5 h6 25. Bd3 b4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Rdg1 Kh7 28. Rxg5

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go for the king - after building up material advantage

This is memorable as my opponent races to queen his pawn, I build up a trap for the king.

Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 04-Jan-09, Ended: 01-Feb-09
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

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ginger63 (1801) vs. miguelb3lo (1704)

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

Result: white won 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6 6. O-O Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O-O 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. d3 Nf6 11. Be3 Kb8 12. a4 a6 13. Ne2 h5 14. c3 h4 15. h3 Ne4 16. Nd4 Rxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc5 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Ba7 21. c4 Bd4 22. Rb1 Rh6 23. Re4 Qf6 24. Qf3 Qb6 25. a5 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Bxf6 27. d4 Kc8 28. b5 Bg5 29. b6 cxb6 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. axb6 Kd7 32. f4 Be7 33. Kf2 Bb4 34. f5 a5 35. Ke3 Kc6 36. c5 a4 37. Kd3 a3 38. Kc4 a2 39. Re7

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looks like a mess - brillant attack once uncluttered

This game started off with White looking cramped up but as it un-clutters and counter-attack, Black flatters.

Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 06-Jan-09, Ended: 20-Jan-09
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

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ginger63 (1794) vs. lpg1963 (1483)

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

(black to move) 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bb5 Qd7 5. Nc3 O-O-O 6. Nf3 f6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. h4 g4 10. Nd2 e6 11. Nb3 Bb4 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 f5 15. Nc5 Qf7 16. Bf4 Nge7 17. a3 Ba5 18. Qb3 Bb6 19. Nc3a4 Na5 20. Nxb6+ cxb6 21. Qxb6 Nec6 22. b4 Nc4 23. dxc4 dxc4 24. Rac1 Rxd4 25. Be3 Rd5 26. Rxc4 Nxe5 27. Rcc1

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go for the king - not just advancing material advantage

Not settling for a material win, White wins with only combinational attack with Queen, Bishop and Rook.

Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 04-Jan-09, Ended: 15-Jan-09
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

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ginger63 (1794) vs. gilgen (1691)

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

Result: white won 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. h3 h6 8. d4 a6 9. Ba4 Qc8 10. Kh2 Nh7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 O-O 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bxd6 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Nd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Be6 19. e5 c5 20. Qe3 c4 21. Rad1 Qb7 22. Qd2 Rad8 23. Qc2 a5 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. b3 g6 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Bd5 29. f3 f6 30. Qf2 Qd7 31. Rbb1 Qf5 32. Rbd1 Be6 33. exf6 Qxf6 34. Be5 Qe7 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Bd4 Qc8 37. a4 h5 38. a5 g5 39. Qg3 Kg6 40. Qe5 h4 41. Qf6+ Kh5 42. Re5

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my longest game - 69 moves

A very good game of slowly building up the advantage bit by bit till the end game. My opponent was a persistent defender who never give up.

Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 30-Dec-08, Ended: 16-Jan-09
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

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ginger63 (1794) vs. boriskhurgin (1731)

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

Result: white won 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 h6 9. d4 d6 10. h3 Bb7 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. b3 Bc8 14. Nbd2 Nb7 15. Nf1 Nh7 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ng3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Bg5 20. Nxg5 Nxg5 21. Nh5 Qe8 22. Ng3 Nh7 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Bc1 Nd8 25. Re4 Nf7 26. Rg4 Nf6 27. Nf5 Qd7 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Rg6 Nh7 30. Nxh6 Rg8 31. Re1 Rg7 32. Re3 Nxh6 33. Rxh6 Rag8 34. g3 Rf8 35. Qe2 Qf5 36. Rh5 Qg6 37. Re4 Kg8 38. Rg4 Qb1 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qd2 Rf6 41. Kh2 Rg6 42. c4 b4 43. Qb2 Qxb2 44. Bxb2 Ng5 45. f4 Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Ne1+ 47. Kf1 Nd3 48. Ba1 Rxg3 49. fxe5 dxe5 50. Rxe5 Kf7 51. Rf5+ Ke8 52. h4 Rh3 53. Bf6 Rh2 54. Rf3 Nc1 55. Rf2 Rh3 56. Kg2 Rd3 57. h5 Nxb3 58. axb3 Kf7 59. Bd4+ Kg8 60. Bxc5 Rxb3 61. Ra2 Rc3 62. Bxb4 Rxc4 63. Be7 Kf7 64. d6 Rd4 65. Rxa6 Ke6 66. Kg3 Rd1 67. Ra2 Rg1+ 68. Rg2 Rh1 69. Kg4

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