MC7 L20 111-131 77%

MC6 L20 Completed 365-96 53% overall 67% again

aw what the hell

another few problems before work

mc6 l20 350-364 75%

Jim Takchess
June 29/05
Aaron Nimzovitch Center for the Tactically Addicted

mc6 l20 303-350 62%

Accuracy does not come to those who plow thru problems early in the am. ugh

MC6 268-303 70%

Can't find my sharpen my tactic book

I can't seem to find my sharpen my tactics books. Last time I saw it I was posting to my blog. Hey Wait a minute! Did one of you take it????

MC6 L20 245 -268 50%

Welcome Silver Dragon

http://adragonsquest.blogspot.com/

a new knight hailing from Gothenberg Sweden. Welcome ! I visited Gothenberg in the 80's . Do they still do the walk through the center of town at night?

Jim Takchess

MC6 L20 191-245 70%

MC6 L20 140-191 75%

A Game with a nice mating net

Here is a game I played against an 1811 player (i'm 1400ish) where I pulled off a very nice mating net. My opponent did a nice knight fork which was a nice removal of the guard tactic which won him a piece. I felt that if I could just get my queen and bishop behind his wall of pawns I cound do some damage. I am interested in what you think. It was good to have this game as I feel I haven't been playing well lately. Cut and
paste the Pgn info into the viewer at this link.

http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/pgnviewer.html

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. f4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 7. Nxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ng4 {
[%emt 0:01:11]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 10. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 11. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qa7 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 13. Bd4 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 16. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 17. Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} 18. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Rd3 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 20. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg5 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} 21. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. Rg3 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 23. Bg4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kc7 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 25. Be2 {
[%emt 0:09:13]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 26. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rc1 {
[%emt 0:01:53]} 27. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 28. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 29. b4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. Qa7+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 31. Qb6+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 32. Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qd4+ {
[%emt 0:01:18]} 33. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 34. Qc7+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 35. Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} 36. Be6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 37. Qc8+ {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 39. Qf7# {(Lag: Av=0.24s, max=0.5s) [%emt 0:00:05]} 1-0

MC6 L20 118-140 82%

some of these problems look awful familar......

MC6L20 Start 111-118 86%

swinging the axe.....

MC5l20 303-396 68% overalll for the level 67% start again

mc5l20 280-303 58%

mc5 l20 252-280 55%

MC5L20 231-252 55%

MC5L20 200-232 73%

MC5 L20 180-200 78%

went a little slower this session . it helped.

MC5 L20 147 -180 65% 72% overall

MC5-l20 Started 111-147 79%

slow and steady.....

finished MC4 L20 334-397 59% overall 64%

L20 MC4 234 -334 60% ish

going through each problem quickly

Feeling like Morphy (edited)

I have edited this post to make my games more reader accessable.These are the last two rated games I played at chess games.com. To view the games cut and paste the moves into the pgn viewer at the link directly below each game. Both games were played against higher rated players game one is against a player 400 points higher. I am very pleased with both these games and I in my euphoria am feeling rather Morphy like. 8)


Game 2
(548) Takchess (1386) - Magnum_ [B02]
Rated game, 25m + 5s Main Playing Hall, 12.06.2005



1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 Nc6 5.d4 f6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bb5 Bg4 8.d5 dxe5 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6+ Kf7 11.Nxe5+ Ke6 12.Qxg4+ Kxe5 13.Bf4#

http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/pgnviewer.html





Game 1

547) Mariano65 (1780) - Takchess (1353) [C46]
Rated game, 20m + 0s Main Playing Hall, 12.06.2005



1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Nf6 5.Nxb4 Nxb4 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Bc2 e4 10.Qe2 0–0 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.Qe3 Ne5 13.g3 Nf3+ 14.Nxf3 Bxf3 15.Rg1 Rfe8 16.Bd1 Ng4 17.Qd4 Rad8 18.Qxd5 Rxd5 19.h3 Ne5 20.Bc2 Nd3+ 21.Bxd3 exd3+ 22.Kf1 Rde5

http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/pgnviewer.html



Mariano65 resigns (Lag: Av=0.45s, max=0.9s) 0–1

MC4 l20 221-234 65% not seeing board well today

MC4 L20 177-221 69%

Listening to the Led Zep and solving problems. It's been a long time since the Book of Love. Yeah!

MC4 L20 147-177 75%

doing some weakness of the files problems. They are flying by.

MC4 L20 127-147 73%

a sweet example of a Boden's mate

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1264050

Unsure if I would have the vision and the guts to pull this one off. A lesson to be learned in this position.

Sweet!

also here is a collection of minatures.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1003043

MC4 L20 111-127 77%

MC3 of L20 complete to 394 50% overall 65%

I start my 4th minicircle of L20 today. Swinging my ax till this damn tree falls.

MC3 L20 346-371 65%

MC3 L20 319-346 68%

Ah the beauty of the pieces in a well coordinated attack!

MC3 L20 293 -319 65%

also reading Pandolfini Endgame book as I do the treadmill. On the pawn endings. Very clear and helpful.

MC3 L20 255-293 60%

thoughts on Pattern Recognition

One thing I find interesting in doing chess tactical problems is the degree that things are solved conciously and unconciously. In solving a problem for the first time, I run an internal monalogue. The king and queen are on the same diagonal seperated by some spaces and a pawn. How can I take advantages of this situation.
pin, skewer, can I move a protecting king by a slap check (that's what I call a sacrifice check, a piece next to the king forcing a capture by the King).

I think there is a benefit to collecting, classifying, thinking about and naming a tactic. I once browsed through a book called Chess Master at Any Age by Rolf Wetzel (sp?). he collected positions wrote them on flash cards with a name. I recall there was a position that he named the Red Baron. Now I don't remember what this position was because it had no personal significance to me. I guarantee that the author who
named it, reviewed it, and has a personal attachement to would quickly recognize it in a game.



It was a great help to me to learn the term removal of a guard. Often seeing a piece guarding I ask if I remove it can I capture material. Now I was aware of the tactic earlier but I see it and am able to take advantage more because I have thought about
it.

MC3 L20 231- 255 68%

MC3 L20 206-230 70%

Am slowly scoring higher in Ct-art. for those that haven't used CT-ART, please note that Ct-art gives partical credit for solving parts of the problem so one get partial credit even if you don't get the first move right. If only I can get this type of prompting when playing over the board. 8)

3C L20 174- 206 69%