In this post I use the Chesstempo PGN viewer that can be found on this site:
https://chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer/
Today I was playing an online chess game and my almost-7-year-old son asked me if he could watch it. Obviously I said “yes”, but I also started making short explanations of some of my moves. Even my wife got interested. When the game ended I realised that it was a game that I won without ANY deep thinking! A great example for all chess newcomers. I was playing white.
This is a game that I won without ANY deep thinking! A great example for all chess newcomers.
1.d4I ALWAYS start with 1.d4.
1...d5 2.Nf3This is my second move in vast majority of cases.
2...e6 3.Bf4Fearing …Bd6.
3...Nf6 4.h3Making a hiding place for my bishop.
4...Be7 5.c3My typical pawn setup.
5...c5 6.e3Fearing …cxd4.
6...cxd4 7.exd4I prefer the e-file to be semi-open instead of the c-file to be completely open.
7...O-O 8.Bd3My typical setup.
8...a6 9.O-OI would have to castle sooner or later.
9...b5 10.a3Preventing …b4.
10...Nbd7 11.Nbd2My typical setup.
11...Bb7 12.Re1Placing my rook on the semi-open file. A useful move in the long run.
12...Nb6 13.Qc2Aiming at the h7 pawn.
13...Nc4 14.Bg5Threatening to remove the defender of the h7 pawn.
14...h6 15.Bf4Retreating and waiting for the opponent to make a move.
15...Rc8 16.Rac1I want to move my queen to b1, but first I activate my second rook.
16...Qb6 17.Qb1Moving my queen away from a potential threat from the c8 rook.
17...Rfd8 18.Ne5Making things happen one way or another.
18...Rf8 19.Ng4I want to exchange knights and bring my second knight to the same area.
19...Nxg4 20.hxg4Recapturing.
20...Nxd2 21.Bxd2Recapturing.
21...Qd6 22.Re2Making a place for my dark-square bishop.
22...Bf6 23.f3Making another place for my dark-square bishop.
23...Qg3 24.Be1Attacking the queen.
24...Qd6 25.Rcc2Making way for my queen.
25...Bg5 26.Qd1Bringing my queen closer the action.
26...Bf4 27.Bf2Making another way for my queen.
27...Bh2+ 28.Kh1Moving out of check.
28...Bf4 29.Qg1Placing my queen on the same diagonal as my bishop.
29...Rce8 30.Be3I want to exchange bishops or achieve a draw by threefold repetition.
30...Bg3 31.Bf2Offering a draw.
31...Bf4 32.Be3Offering a draw.
32...Rc8 33.Bxf4I was short on time, so my opponent kept playing for the win by allowing me to exchange bishops.
33...Qxf4 34.Qh2I want to exchange queens.
34...Qf6 35.Qe5I want to exchange queens.
35...Qd8 36.Rcd2Making way for my bishop.
36...Rc6 37.Qe3My plan is to place my bishop on b1 and my queen on d3 threatening mate at h7, but I make this move first, so my opponent would realise my plan later.
37...Bc8 38.Bb1As planned.
38...Qf6 39.Qd3As planned.
39...g6 40.Qe3Attacking the h6 pawn.
40...Qg7 41.Qe5I want to exchange queens.
41...Qxe5 42.dxe5Recapturing with my pawn to keep the enemy bishop blocked by his (or her) own pawns.
42...Bb7 43.Kg1Bringing my king closer to action and preventing a possible long-rang threat of …Rc1+ after which I would lose my bishop.
43...Rfc8 44.Kf2Bringing my king closer to action and preventing a possible long-rang threat of …Rc1+ after which I would lose my bishop.
44...Kg7 45.Rd4Blocking the d5 pawn.
45...Rc4 46.Red2Fearing …Rxd4.
46...Rxd4 47.Rxd4Recapturing with my rook and keeping the c file semi-open (instead of opening it completely).
47...Rc4 48.Ke3Bringing my king closer to action.
48...Bc6 49.Rxc4Making my king my main weapon.
49...dxc4 50.Kd4Going for the a6 pawn.
50...a5 51.Kc5Attacking the bishop.
51...Be8 52.Be4Aiming at c6.
52...h5 53.Bc6Good enough, but g5 would be better.
53...Bxc6 54.Kxc6Recapturing.
54...hxg4 55.fxg4Recapturing.
55...Kh6 56.Kxb5Winning a pawn. It’s a race now.
56...Kg5 57.Kxc4Winning another pawn.
57...Kxg4 58.Kd4Making way for the c3 pawn AND protecting the e5 pawn.
58...Kg3 59.c4Four moves left to reach a queening square.
59...Kxg2 60.c5Three moves left.
60...Kf2 61.c6Two moves left.
61...g5 62.c7One move left.
62...g4 63.c8=QReaching a queening square.
63...g3 64.Qc2+I want to check the king for as long as it takes to prepare for another move.
64...Kg1 65.Qd1+Getting closer to the king.
65...Kh2 66.Qh5+Pushing the king in front of the pawn.
66...Kg1 67.Ke3Getting my king closer to the enemy king. It also freezes the enemy king - …Kg2 would make no sense and …Kf1 would be met with Qe2+ (pushing the king back to g1).
67...g2 68.Ke2I missed that Qd1+ followed by Kf2 was winning right away.
68...a4 69.Qxf7I want to queen my e5 pawn, but from now on I have to avoid a stalemate AND prevent the g2 pawn from queening.
69...Kh2 70.Qh5+Pushing the enemy king back in front of the g2 pawn.
70...Kg1 71.Qg6Avoiding stalemate while placing my queen on the 6th rank.
71...Kh2 72.Qh6+Checking the king AND aiming at the e6 pawn.
72...Kg3 73.Qxe6Capturing the pawn that was blocking my e5 pawn.
73...g1=Q 74.Qg6+Another point of my previous move - the enemy queen has no chance to act at all.
74...Kh2 75.Qxg1+Exchanging queens.
75...Kxg1 76.e6Going to the queening square. Black resigned.
Please notice that it was a blitz game (3m+5s), so there was no time for really deep thinking by definition, but my own thinking was extremely “short-sighted”.
PS.
Recently I changed my chess clock setting (previously it was 3m +10s) and while the games are clearly shorter, my results are actually better. Interesting.
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