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joywendy: lol...it's happens at times. It depends on the kind you are playing either blitz or the classical chess. Blitz is fast, just play and make sure your time doesn't run out. Fast thinking. Different from the classical chess where you have to seat and think for a while before playing.
So maybe we could play sometime?

Sure. Let me hunt down my user I.d and password again

hey guys, am on chess.com. GMTripleA

decoslim: Seriously we don't really need to see each other before we can play the game of chess.
Register for Chess.com
Download the chess app for andriod via Google Play
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And login to d chess app with your Chess.com login details.
You can play different people online
You can register for tournament
You can play with computers.
You can play with your friends.
Add me via my username decoslim or via email Decoslim@gmail.com to play with me.
This app is also available on iOS.

chess is more fun when it's played live than online.

UjSizzle:
Sure. Let me hunt down my user I.d and password again

Alright, no problem. When you do, just let me know by sending a p.m.Thanks

sazjun: pls any chess players within abeokuta? it hurt when u cant be able to enjoy what u like doing best, wonder why it is difficult to see an opponent around.... Gosh...!! i need a contact. URGENT!

Do you have a mat and clock? Or we could play online.

Long live the game of CHESS.I believe i just started learning...Any advice on how to improve my skill.don't tell me to google search,please.thanks.

Hey guys am on chesstime, invite GMhaywhy.I'll be waiting

joywendy, here is the first game as promised. Im White.

White -- Jay
Black (*******)

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bd7 {I was nervous because I had not been in
a competition in over 10 years and I had barely played over the board (OTB) in
about the same time. I considered this move to be an inaccuracy. It would have
been better for him to wait until I played my knight to f3 and then pin it with
Bg4} 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 e5 {I was glad to see this move} 9.
d5 c6 {finally he seems to have seen the problem associated with putting the
bishop on d7. Now there is no good space for his Nb8. I decide to compound the
problem with one more move} 10. h3 {Now both the Nb8 and the Bd7 are unhappy
with their situation.} 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 h6 12. Be3 Qc8 {I thought for a while
here. I imagined he was lining up for a sac on h3. It may not be particularly
dangerous but I really didnt like the idea and I wasnt too sure of my
calculations} 13. Kh2 Nh7 {with this, I imagined he was going to play ..f5} 14.
Qc2 Qd8 {losing a move in my opinion} 15. Qd2 Ng5 {This was uncalled for. Now he
loses a pawn.} 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bh6 Na6 19. Bxa6 {I didnt even need
to think about this. Im a pawn up and im giving him two doubled isolated pawns.
I could see the win already. This is the result of his 4th move, ..Bd7} 19...
bxa6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re3 {both for attack and defence. I envisaged a situation
when his queen might attack my b pawn and I might be forced to push b3 thereby
putting my pawn en pris. The rook defends along the 3rd rank and can be useful
in attack as well.} 21... Rh8 22. Rc1 f5 {I was a little uncomfortable with
this. I certainly didnt want him to push to f4.} 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Ne2 Qh4 25.
Rg3 Raf8 26. Rc7+ Rf7 27. Qc3 Rf8 28. Qc6 {pawn hunting} 28... Be4 29. Rxf7+
Rxf7 30. Qxd6 Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Rxf6 32. Nc3 Bf5 33. Re3 e4 34. Kg3 {No need to
hurry and give him counterplay in the process. His position is already bad.}
34... Rb6 35. b3 Rb4 36. Kf4 Rd4 37. Ke5 Rd2 38. Re2 Rd3 39. Nxe4 Kf7 40. g4
{this might not have been the best move but I was considering simplifying so I
could push my passed pawn. I actually overlooked the capture of my knight on e4}
40... Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxh3 42. Kd6 Rh8 43. Kc7 Rh1 44. d6 Rc1+ 45. Rc4 Rd1 46. Kd7
Rd2 47. Rf4+ Kg7 48. g5 Rd5 49. Ke6 Rb5 50. d7 Rb8 51. Ke7 Rb7 52. Ke8 1-0*

Second game
White *****
Black Jay

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 {I wasnt prepared for this at all. I expected him to capture.}
2... Bf5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Qa5 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Be3 Bg4 $4 {this
is simply horrible. It loses a pawn. I had seen the danger but I was so carried
away with my plans that I forgot about it. Immediately I played this I saw the
nonsense I had played.I I was concerned about moving the Bishop from f5 to make
room for the knight. My worry was whether to put the bishop on e4 or on g4. In
the ensuing self debate, I forgot about the pawn. Luckily my opponent did not
take advantage.} 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4
Nfxd4 14. Nc3 Nxf3+ {At once!} [/i]15. gxf3 Qd8 [i]{the queen has done well on the
queen side. Time to redeploy her to another zone} 16. Bf4 Qh4 17. Bg3 Qh5 18. f4
{Since white has all but killed his dark squared bishop, I decide to remove his
other active minor piece leaving him effectively a piece down.} 18... Bb4 19.
Qd3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 O-O 21. a3 Rac8 {by this time, I had dreams of relocating my
knight to penetrate the gaping hole at f5. It had to be timed properly as the
only thing keeping the white queen at bay is the knight on c6} 22. Rac1 Qh3 23.
Rfe1 h5 24. f3 h4 25. Bf2 Qf5 26. Qd2 {I personally think white should have
taken the pawn instead of trying to defend.} 26... h3 27. Bg3 Ne7 28. Qb4 Qd3
29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxe7 Qxf3 31. Re2 Qxe2 32. Qe8+ Rxe8 33. Bf2 Rc8 0-1*

3rd game

White Jay
Black *****

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qe8 10. c5 c6 {b6 was probably better} 11. Bc2 e5 12. Bxf6 e4 13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 {I probably should have gone to g1-e2-f4.} 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Nf1 Bf5 16.
Ng3 Bg6 17. O-O Rg8 18. Qd2 {I was thinking of playing f3 at some point and
needed the e pawn protected.} 18... Kf8 19. a4 Qe6 20. a5 a6 {makes everything
easier for me} 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Rb6 Ke7 23. Rfb1 Qd7 24. Ba4 Qc7 25. Qb2 Nd7 26.
Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc8 29. Ne2 Bf5 30. Nc1 Kd8 31. Na2 Nb8 32.
Rxf7 h5 33. Rxf5 Rc7 34. Rxh5 Rb7 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Rh7+ Kc8 37. Rxb7 Kxb7 38.
Nb4 Kc7 39. h4 Nd7 40. Nxa6+ Kb7 41. Nb4 Nf6 42. Bxc6+ Kc7 43. Nxd5+ 1-0


There was a fourth game, but its not worth publishing because the guy was a novice and I made short work of him in 16 moves. I finished with a score of 4/4 giving me the individual gold medal but my team got silver.

If anyone has suggestions or improvements to my play, I would like to hear it.

Thanks.

jayriginal: joywendy, here is the first game as promised. Im White.

White -- Jay
Black (*******)

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bd7 {I was nervous because I had not been in
a competition in over 10 years and I had barely played over the board (OTB) in
about the same time. I considered this move to be an inaccuracy. It would have
been better for him to wait until I played my knight to f3 and then pin it with
Bg4} 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 e5 {I was glad to see this move} 9.
d5 c6 {finally he seems to have seen the problem associated with putting the
bishop on d7. Now there is no good space for his Nb8. I decide to compound the
problem with one more move} 10. h3 {Now both the Nb8 and the Bd7 are unhappy
with their situation.} 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 h6 12. Be3 Qc8 {I thought for a while
here. I imagined he was lining up for a sac on h3. It may not be particularly
dangerous but I really didnt like the idea and I wasnt too sure of my
calculations} 13. Kh2 Nh7 {with this, I imagined he was going to play ..f5} 14.
Qc2 Qd8 {losing a move in my opinion} 15. Qd2 Ng5 {This was uncalled for. Now he
loses a pawn.} 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bh6 Na6 19. Bxa6 {I didnt even need
to think about this. Im a pawn up and im giving him two doubled isolated pawns.
I could see the win already. This is the result of his 4th move, ..Bd7} 19...
bxa6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re3 {both for attack and defence. I envisaged a situation
when his queen might attack my b pawn and I might be forced to push b3 thereby
putting my pawn en pris. The rook defends along the 3rd rank and can be useful
in attack as well.} 21... Rh8 22. Rc1 f5 {I was a little uncomfortable with
this. I certainly didnt want him to push to f4.} 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Ne2 Qh4 25.
Rg3 Raf8 26. Rc7+ Rf7 27. Qc3 Rf8 28. Qc6 {pawn hunting} 28... Be4 29. Rxf7+
Rxf7 30. Qxd6 Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Rxf6 32. Nc3 Bf5 33. Re3 e4 34. Kg3 {No need to
hurry and give him counterplay in the process. His position is already bad.}
34... Rb6 35. b3 Rb4 36. Kf4 Rd4 37. Ke5 Rd2 38. Re2 Rd3 39. Nxe4 Kf7 40. g4
{this might not have been the best move but I was considering simplifying so I
could push my passed pawn. I actually overlooked the capture of my knight on e4}
40... Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxh3 42. Kd6 Rh8 43. Kc7 Rh1 44. d6 Rc1+ 45. Rc4 Rd1 46. Kd7
Rd2 47. Rf4+ Kg7 48. g5 Rd5 49. Ke6 Rb5 50. d7 Rb8 51. Ke7 Rb7 52. Ke8 1-0*

wow! Lovely game. So the guy resign? Lol!! Seriously it was quite obvious you were playing a fish terrible one! Chai even the way he started sef. Using that fianchetto opening feeling tough,I liked the way you dealt with him in that 10th move.even my younger bro won't play this kind of thing. I guess he was even more nervous than you. Nice, I loved the way you arranged your pieces. the man played like he wasn't calculating, some moves were unnecessary and pointless like the queen for queen exchange he did. When he was pieces down and the pawns didn't look like they had any hope of a getting to the other end before a mate would come and some other silly ones. He was too nervous my conclusion. Keep it up, I learnt some things from it. Thanks.
But jay you are mean small why didn't u just do the rook and king mate? Than waiting to promote your pawn (though it was till good)
I almost forgot, how many minutes for this game? Blitz or classical?
Would check the second game

jayriginal: Second game
White *****
Black Jay

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 {I wasnt prepared for this at all. I expected him to capture.}
2... Bf5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Qa5 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Be3 Bg4 $4 {this
is simply horrible. It loses a pawn. I had seen the danger but I was so carried
away with my plans that I forgot about it. Immediately I played this I saw the
nonsense I had played.I I was concerned about moving the Bishop from f5 to make
room for the knight. My worry was whether to put the bishop on e4 or on g4. In
the ensuing self debate, I forgot about the pawn. Luckily my opponent did not
take advantage.} 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4
Nfxd4 14. Nc3 Nxf3+ {At once!} [/i]15. gxf3 Qd8 [i]{the queen has done well on the
queen side. Time to redeploy her to another zone} 16. Bf4 Qh4 17. Bg3 Qh5 18. f4
{Since white has all but killed his dark squared bishop, I decide to remove his
other active minor piece leaving him effectively a piece down.} 18... Bb4 19.
Qd3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 O-O 21. a3 Rac8 {by this time, I had dreams of relocating my
knight to penetrate the gaping hole at f5. It had to be timed properly as the
only thing keeping the white queen at bay is the knight on c6} 22. Rac1 Qh3 23.
Rfe1 h5 24. f3 h4 25. Bf2 Qf5 26. Qd2 {I personally think white should have
taken the pawn instead of trying to defend.} 26... h3 27. Bg3 Ne7 28. Qb4 Qd3
29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxe7 Qxf3 31. Re2 Qxe2 32. Qe8+ Rxe8 33. Bf2 Rc8 0-1*

a much better opponent compared to the other game, started well. Strong defense and it was his weak point. He was just defending not attacking, I guess he's a strong believer of the saying 'a strong defense is the best form of attack'. Not in every case like this one for example, he had a free piece! If he taken that piece he won't have had the problem he faced towards the ending. He is very poor at attacking, poor foresight. He tried sha, he gave you a bit of a tough time I can see from the begining.He would have had you, just that one blunder ruined things and gave u an upper edge.But mehn that stunt you tried in that 14th move, Best part of the game for me he had no choice than to break the pawn alignment in front of the king leaving his king exposed! Wicked and risky but wow!! That's some sacrifice, nice one Just one more move and it would have been checkmate. Though I was lost at some point because of the lettering of the two bishops and knights but Anyways I love the game, so much better than the last. I'm learning some new things and tricks here.hehe

Can't wait for the next game

joshphorlarb: Long live the game of CHESS.I believe i just started learning...Any advice on how to improve my skill.don't tell me to google search,please.thanks.

AMEN!
Sorry for the late reply. The main thing is constant practice. Here are some links,
http://www.chesscentral.com/Easy_Improve_Chess_a/152.htm
That might seem a bit bulky, u can try this:
http://chess-skills.com/

Hope it helps

@hayway28 add me on chess.com. Wendzy is the username thanks.I just sent you a friend request. Sorry for the late reply.

thanks@joywendy

joshphorlarb: thanks@joywendy

you are welcome! you can register on chess.com. Improve your tactics with their tactic trainer and practice more with different players though not as fun as playing with a live board but it's cool.

joywendy: wow! Lovely game. So the guy resign? Lol!! Seriously it was quite obvious you were playing a fish terrible one! Chai even the way he started sef. Using that fianchetto opening feeling tough,I liked the way you dealt with him in that 10th move.even my younger bro won't play this kind of thing. I guess he was even more nervous than you. Nice, I loved the way you arranged your pieces. the man played like he wasn't calculating, some moves were unnecessary and pointless like the queen for queen exchange he did. When he was pieces down and the pawns didn't look like they had any hope of a getting to the other end before a mate would come and some other silly ones. He was too nervous my conclusion. Keep it up, I learnt some things from it. Thanks.
But jay you are mean small why didn't u just do the rook and king mate? Than waiting to promote your pawn (though it was till good)
I almost forgot, how many minutes for this game? Blitz or classical?
Would check the second game

Kind words Joy. Thanks

I must say though that he is not a fish (at least he's not such a bad player). However he seems to have one pattern of playing which I later discovered after seeing some of his games.

King and rook mate never occurred to me during the game as his rook was still on the board. I doubt it would have been possible. In addition I was certain I could queen that passed pawn which in its lust to expand (Nimzowitsch) would tie down blacks pieces. My king had already infiltrated the black territory.

Time controls were one hour per side. The dude was ahead on time for most of the game. It was only when he realised he was in trouble that he started using up more time. The game finished with roughly 23 minutes remaining on each side.

You are right, the queen exchange only helped me not him. In fairness to him, the position was already bad for him and he was probably seeing ghosts on the board.

joywendy: a much better opponent compared to the other game, started well. Strong defense and it was his weak point. He was just defending not attacking, I guess he's a strong believer of the saying 'a strong defense is the best form of attack'. Not in every case like this one for example, he had a free piece! If he taken that piece he won't have had the problem he faced towards the ending. He is very poor at attacking, poor foresight. He tried sha, he gave you a bit of a tough time I can see from the begining.He would have had you, just that one blunder ruined things and gave u an upper edge.But mehn that stunt you tried in that 14th move, Best part of the game for me he had no choice than to break the pawn alignment in front of the king leaving his king exposed! Wicked and risky but wow!! That's some sacrifice, nice one Just one more move and it would have been checkmate. Though I was lost at some point because of the lettering of the two bishops and knights but Anyways I love the game, so much better than the last. I'm learning some new things and tricks here.hehe

Can't wait for the next game

This guy is a better player. However when he met my first opponent, I think he won a piece. My first opponent is a very stubborn player (to the point of irritation) and played on until this second guy blundered and lost the game.

What free piece? All he had was a free pawn (after my 8th move) which if he had taken might have probably turned the game around because of the psychological effect of making an unnecessary blunder.

About the 14th move, before then, I had actually wanted to capture on the 13th move with Ncxd4 but I was worried about my opponent playing 14 Bf5 and I wasnt sure how I could meet that comfortably. On the other hand, the pin didnt bother me too much because I could always break it. He didnt have the time or tempo to add pressure to the piece. He either removes the bishop or adds pressure. If he adds pressure, i take the bishop on f3. If he removes the bishop I could play Qb4 for example breaking the pin. Either way, I have an extra pawn.


Theres a third game but the silly spambot banned me for posting it and hid the game. I wrote to the mods to release my post but they didnt. I will post it again and hope I dont get banned.

joywendy, the third game. Hopefully the bot wont hide it this time.


White Jay
Black *****

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "?.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Opening "QGD: 4.Bg5"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O
8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qe8 10. c5 c6 {b6 was probably better} 11. Bc2 e5 12. Bxf6 e4
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {I probably should have gone to g1-e2-f4.} 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Nf1 Bf5
16. Ng3 Bg6 17. O-O Rg8 18. Qd2 {I was thinking of playing f3 at some point and
needed the e pawn protected.} 18... Kf8 19. a4 Qe6 20. a5 a6 {makes everything
easier for me} 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Rb6 Ke7 23. Rfb1 Qd7 24. Ba4 Qc7 25. Qb2 Nd7
26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc8 29. Ne2 Bf5 30. Nc1 Kd8 31. Na2 Nb8
32. Rxf7 h5 33. Rxf5 Rc7 34. Rxh5 Rb7 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Rh7+ Kc8 37. Rxb7 Kxb7
38. Nb4 Kc7 39. h4 Nd7 40. Nxa6+ Kb7 41. Nb4 Nf6 42. Bxc6+ Kc7 43. Nxd5+ 1-0*


This guy was playing really fast!

There is a 4th and final game but its not worth showing because the guy was a novice and the game was over in 16 moves.

I ended up with the individual gold medal while my team had silver.

Well I got banned again for posting the third game. Im not sure what to do anymore. The mods on this section either dont exist or they are incompetent. I have been mailing them to release my post and nothing has been done about it.

jayriginal: Well I got banned again for posting the third game. Im not sure what to do anymore. The mods on this section either dont exist or they are incompetent. I have been mailing them to release my post and nothing has been done about it.

We should hook up for a game on chess.com one of these days

@joywendy Hope you don't mind if I also add you up

InesQor:

We should hook up for a game on chess.com one of these days

I've always wanted to learn, teach me!

MissMeiya:

I've always wanted to learn, teach me!

Nice! I'll absolutely love to. Let's do that sometime soon.

InesQor:

We should hook up for a game on chess.com one of these days

We should!

Thanks to the mods for releasing the third game.

hey, jay nice games... Sorry i no fit form analysis for now......

chessguru: hey, jay nice games... Sorry i no fit form analysis for now......

Thanks bro

@jayriginal you are welcome.
That ur first opponent ehn Seemed like a fish to me, waiting till someone makes a blunder at the end is just pathetic. Why not just play well from the beginning? Oppurtunist is what he is, very cunning. The free piece I was talking about is that pawn he refused to take. Mmm....you are right about that.I would re anaylize that ur first game to see if The rook and king mate would work.Thank goodness the post has been released. Would check that later. You are on chess.com? Add me let's play congrats on the gold medal
Chessguru! Hello!
InesQor I don't mind at all.

joywendy: @jayriginal you are welcome.
That ur first opponent ehn Seemed like a fish to me, waiting till someone makes a blunder at the end is just pathetic. Why not just play well from the beginning? Oppurtunist is what he is, very cunning. The free piece I was talking about is that pawn he refused to take. Mmm....you are right about that.I would re anaylize that ur first game to see if The rook and king mate would work.Thank goodness the post has been released. Would check that later. You are on chess.com? Add me let's play congrats on the gold medal
Chessguru! Hello!
InesQor I don't mind at all.

I used to think that I was on chess.com

Apparently Im not. I will find time and open an account soon and maybe download the app on my phone.

As for the first guy, he really isnt a fish. I think he was just playing too quickly.

Hi all. Please add me on chess.com ModestusBombastus. Thanks.

@joywendy Thanks!

P.S. Joywendy sometimes the clock is a really mean thing. So when I see a recorded game, first question I ask is: how many minutes/hrs per side and how much incremental time? Personally I love 5 minutes (and less) games cos they force me to think fast. Blitz is lovely until your internet connection lags. Oh, the rage then! Lol

I had closed my account on chess.com a while back cos I didn't have enough self-control. My new username is NesQor.

@Jayriginal please let me know your chess.com username once you have registered so I can add you up.

I just sent requests to a couple of usernames that I found on this thread. Let's have at some games sometime!

@MissMeiya If you're still down to learn to play chess, we should find some time this weekend to go through the basics, and move on from there.