Friday, January 24, 2014

1.e4 a6!? 2.d4 h6!? tournament game between FIDE rated players above 2.250

THE CREEPY CRAWLY OPENING
A Creepy Crawly game in a Women's Int. Tournament game between the two winners:

see also this link


Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Two GMs play a 1.g4 game in a rapid event

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Godena - Montilli, Bergamo (IT) July 2013

A former post discussed Vincenzo Montilli's chess:
http://theamazingchessworld.blogspot.it/2013/01/vincenzo-montillis-games-played-in.html
We are happy to report that in July 2013 Montilli drew a game with GM Godena:

[Event "12th Bergamo Open"]
[Site "Bergamo ITA"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Date "2013.7.19"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Montilli, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 a6 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.Qb3 Rd8 16.Rfd1 Qb4 17.Qc2 Bf6 18.a3 Qa5 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Bc4 Nf6 21.Nc3 b5 22.d5 bxc4 23.dxc6 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qb6 25.Nd4 Nh5 26.Na4 Qa7 27.Qxc4 Nxg3 28.hxg3 e5 29.Nf3 Be6 30.Qe4 f6 31.b4 Rc8 32.Nc3 Bf8 33.Nd4 Qf7 34.Nxe6 Qxe6 35.g4 Qxc6 36.Nd5 Qc2 37.Rd3 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qh6+ 39.Rh3 Qg6 40.Qxg6 hxg6 41.Rc3 Rxc3 42.Nxc3 Kf7 43.b5 axb5 44.Nxb5 Ke6 45.Kg3 Kd7 46.Kf3 Kc6 47.a4 f5 48.Nc3 Bb4 49.Ne2 Kd5 50.Ng3 e4+ 51.Ke2  1/2-1/2

Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Luzhin Defence


Yesterday I wanted to see a movie related to the chess world. So I proposed to my wife to see the movie in subject. She agreed (BTW she has no interest at all in chess) and she liked it a lot. So did I.