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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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

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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Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

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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Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

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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Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

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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Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight