Notable Games Index
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Some notable games I've played, ranging from spectacular and lucky to careless and stupid. There's also games I've played against Grand Masters and International Masters, and some games I found to be Interesting too.

Note: All of the analysis are my own and not done via chess software (unless otherwise noted). Therefore, I may have missed other opportunities or even mis-analyzed these games. (Feel free to email me any corrections or lines.)



RECENT GAMES updated
Some recent games (as of 4/25) I played online, I'll move them to their appropriate sections as they get older.
Joe vs. guest4068
Setup for the endgame win
Joe vs. guest7271
Attack!
guest7465 vs. Joe
A mating attack
Joe vs. guest5156
A mating trap
Joe vs. mshmash - Game Four
Again under time pressure, another draw
Joe vs. mshmash - Game Three
Under time trouble, I settle for a draw in a winning position
Joe vs. mshmash - Game One
First of an exciting four game series
sjitendran vs. Joe
Too busy attacking, I neglect the safety of my King and pay dearly
Joe vs. solarmoon73
An excellent crunchtime endgame
Joe vs. aspiraxus - Game Two
A crazy game in which I abandoned my normal opening
Joe vs. aspiraxus - Game One
I fell for a simple trap and lost this game badly
guest1761 vs. Joe
"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake"
Joe vs. guest1761
A simple yet nice trap at the end of the game
guest3599 vs. Joe
A pretty good attack
Joe vs. rudycabato
Game three
Joe vs. rudycabato
Game four
safakes vs. Joe
A knight on the rim is dim


GRANDMASTER GAMES
As the title states, my games against real-life GrandMasters.
GM Petr Kiriakov vs. Joe
My first game against a chess Grand Master!
Joe vs. GM Boris Alterman
We played a time-odds blitz game
GM Boris Alterman vs. Joe
My 50/10 simul game against him


THE GOOD...
Some very good games, including impressive ones against some high-rated players (two IMs, or International Masters).
These games are from the Internet Chess Club (ICC), unless otherwise noted. Names other than "guest###" mean that those players were/are members at ICC.
High-Rated Players (1900+)
baerchen vs. Joe
A win against an IM (International Master)
turzo vs. Joe
A draw against another IM (I should have won this game!)
Joe vs. tim-tim
An win against a fairly high-rated opponent (2128)
Joe vs. DSantoro
An impressive win against a fairly high-rated opponent (2036)
grapsch vs. Joe
The "Freedom" Defence in action against this 1936 player

guest530 vs. Joe
One of the best five-minute games I've played
Joe vs. guest668
One of my favorite games showing proving that you shouldn't always give up
Joe vs. Logicolle
A nice Knight sacrifice leading to a mate
guest1630 vs. Joe
My Queen wrecking havok in White's camp
Joe vs. guest2137
A very nice attack
guest1473 vs. Joe - Game Two
I annhialated my opponent in the re-match (see "The Bad" for Game One)
guest400 vs. Joe - Game One
A race of passed pawns
guest1397 vs. Joe
I ignore White's passed pawn and set up a mating attack
Joe vs. guest1301
An excellent game with a very nice endgame
Joe vs. schoenml
I exploited Black's backrow predicament throughout the latter half of the game

Lucky Games
Joe vs. guest400 - Game Two
I won with only 0.03 seconds left!
guest1538 vs. Joe
Although I won this game in nice fashion, White overlooked a drawing move in a losing position
Joe vs. guest1368
Perhaps the LUCKIEST and BIGGEST COMEBACK game I've played online

Comebacks
guest777 vs. Joe
White underestimates my passed pawn threat
Joe vs. guest921
A major comeback
guest1432 vs. Joe
Two Rooks and pawns vs. Rook, Knight, and pawns
gaby_dagher vs. Joe (Yahoo! game)
White slowly loses his advantage
Joe vs. muuurak (Yahoo! game)
A Rook up, Black's insistence to save his Rook costs him the game


THE BAD...
Some games that I have lost or blundered away.
Rubenstein vs. Joe
A draw against an ICC-rated 1982 player, perhaps I could have won?
xvp vs. Joe
I got greedy in the midst of my attack and paid the price--by setting White up with a nice mate-in-three counter-attack!
Joe vs. guest1473 - Game One
A great game by my opponent, I was caught unexpectedly by a Rook sacrifice which would have led to a mate


AND THE UGLY.
The games that I have lost spectacularly. (No, I wasn't drunk in any of these games!)
Petrovich vs. Joe
My first game against a real-life chess Grand Master! How did I do against this chess pro?
(Hint: What category is this game in?)
guest791 vs. Joe
I was totally caught unexpected by White's 11th move
Two consecutive games in which I got mated very quickly!
guest323 vs. Joe
I got mated in 13 moves!
guest638 vs. Joe
The fastest game I've ever been mated in!


INTERESTING
Joe vs. guest845
A very interesting position in the QGD, does White really have an advantage?
Joe vs. guest869
Black plays too aggresively in the beginning

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