knight, rook and pawn endgame

King's gambit ended up in interesting endgame where white outplays black in the combination of brillant knight, rool and pawn play.

Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 08-Nov-08, Ended: 19-Dec-08
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

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bishop and pawn endgame

Managed to maximize advantage of pawn structure to force a win in a drawish bishop and pawn endgame.

Time control: 3 days per move
Started: 15-Nov-08, Ended: 15-Dec-08
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

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king side double knight attack

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Time control: 3d+1d<5d
Started: 28-Nov-08, Ended: 08-Dec-08
Result: 1-0, white won (black resigned)

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forcing a draw with material disadvantage

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Time control: 3d+1d<5d
Started: 15-Nov-08, Ended: 08-Dec-08
Result: ½-½, draw game

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a good endgame

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Time control: 3d+1d<5d
Started: 23-Oct-08, Ended: 11-Nov-08
Result: 0-1, black won (white resigned)

This is one of my most memorable endgame - where winning a won game is the most difficult. Move 26 was the blunder that cost the game. Not sure why capturing the pawn and check on Move 18 was not played.

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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)

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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)

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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)

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

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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)

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

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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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