Michael Williams' Chess Page - My Games
The games below are presented for your enjoyment. I don't claim they represent the best chess I ever played, they are just games I found memorable for one reason or another. I'll identify which side I played in each game. My opponent will not be identified. Some of the games will be ones from Internet play where I would only have had the user's "handle" and not their real name, anyhow.
This game is special, but not in the sense that it has any great significance to Chess Theory or that it got any national attention. It's special to me in that it was my first game as part of a college team. The movie The Thief Who Came to Dinner premiered in 1973. Chess figured in the plot of that movie in some way (don't ask me how, I never saw it!). I was attending Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, and our school was contacted about furnishing a team to play in a promotional match against IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis). With a fine grasp of possible history, I didn't make any notes as to how this all came about, and I don't recall a lot of the details.
I played first board, Dave Laudel played second board, Paul Kitley played third board, Lewis Hoff played fourth board, and Doug Ellrich played fifth board. I extend a salute and greeting to those guys in case any of them - or anyone who knows them - ever reads this. The match was played at Lafayette Square Mall, near the main entrance. Butler lost, 2-3, although it was a near-run thing on the last game! I have the results of the other games written down, but in honor of my friends, I will not tell you who won and who lost, other than to present my win here. All I will say about my opponent is that he was, perhaps, a little too ready to trade pieces.
White: Michael Williams
Board 1 - Team Match
1. e4 e5 26. Ke3 Ke6
2. Nf3 Nc6 27. Kf4 h6
3. Bb5 Nf6 28. h4 Kf6
4. Bxc6 dxc6 29. c4 g5+
5. Nxe5 Qd4 30. hxg5+ hxg5+
6. Nf3 Qxe4+ 31. Kg3 Ke5
7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 32. c3 b5
8. Kxe2 Bg4 33. cxb5 cxb5
9. Re1 O-O-O 34. a4 bxa4
10. Kf1 Bxf3 35. bxa4 a5
11. gxf3 Bc5 36. Kh3 Kf4
12. Nc3 Nd5 37. Kg2 c6
13. b3 Bd4 38. c4 c5
14. Bb2 Nb4 39. Kf1 Kxf3
15. Rec1 Rhe1 40. Ke1 Ke4
16. a3 Nd5 41. Ke2 g4
17. Rab1 Nxc3 42. Kd2 Kf3
18. Bxc3 Bxc3 43. Ke1 f4
19. dxc3 Re5 44. Kf1 g3
20. Re1 Rxe1+ 45. fxg3 fxg3
21. Rxe1 f5 46. Kg1 g2
22. Re7 Rd7 47. Kh2 Kf2
23. Re8+ Rd8 48. Kh3 g1=Q
24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 49. Kh4 Qg6
25. Ke2 Ke7 50. Kh3 Qg3++
White was Checkmated
At the time of this game, I had yet to play in any USCF tourneys and did not have even a provisional rating. I would soon be involved in my first tournament, again with a team, again as first board. Playing first board is not an easy task at any time. In my case, since I was not good enough to be on the first team, let alone the first board, at some of the schools against which we played, it was a genuine uphill fight. It seemed like I usually managed one win and one draw, and lost my other games. My rating stayed solidly in the 1400's throughout my college years; and, with my limited over-the-board tournament play since then, it is still stuck there. I have played postal chess since 1992, though, and my postal rating has been just as solidly in the 1800's. I've had several good results, and advanced past the first round of the USCF Golden Knights on one occasion.
White: Michael Williams
(An Internet Game played on the GamesParlor Chess Server)
1. d4 f5
2. g3 Nf6
3. Bg2 e6
4. Nd2 Be7
5. e4 fxe4
6. Nxe4 Nxe4
7. Bxe4 O-O
8. Qd3 g6
9. Bh6 Rf7
10. Bxg6 hxg6
11. Qxg6+
Black Resigned
Black: Michael Williams
(An Internet Game played on the GamesParlor Chess Server)
1. e4 d6 13. Na4 Bxd4
2. d4 Nf6 14. Nxb6 Bxe3+
3. Nc3 Nbd7 15. Kh1 Bxb6
4. f4 e5 16. Qg4 O-O
5. Nf3 exd4 17. Rf3 Nxe5
6. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qg5 Nxf3
7. Bd3 Nxd3+ 19. gxf3 Bd8
8. cxd3 d5 20. Qg2 Bf6
9. e5 Nd7 21. Rg1 Bf5
10. O-O Bc5 22. h4 h6
11. Be3 c6 23. h5 Bxd3
12. a3 Qb6 White Resigned
This is a game I lost, but it is an intriguing game right up to the last. I don't know if I had more at any point and missed it, but my opponent defended well. The endgame could have been interesting if I hadn't blindly walked my King right into the Knight's Royal Meathook.
Meathook is a slang term for a Knight fork from my high school days. A Royal Meathook includes a check on the opposing King, giving it added force.
Black: Michael Williams
(An Internet Game played on the GamesParlor Chess Server)
1. e4 d6 19. g4 Bxg4
2. d4 Nf6 20. hxg4 Qxg4
3. Bd3 Nc6 21. Kg1 h3
4. Nf3 Bg4 22. Nh2 Qg3
5. Be3 e5 23. Rf3 Qxg2+
6. d5 Ne7 24. Qxg2 hxg2
7. O-O Ng6 25. Rg3 Nh4
8. c4 Be7 26. Rxg7 Kf8
9. Nc3 Nh5 27. Rg4 Kf7
10. h3 Bd7 28. Be2 Rag8
11. Ne2 Nh4 29. Bf2 Rxg4
12. Ng3 Nxg3 30. Bxg4 Kg6
13. fxg3 Ng6 31. Bxh4 Rxh4
14. Qd2 c5 32. Bf5+ Kg5
15. Rf2 Qc8 33. Nf3+ Kh5
16. Kh2 h5 34. Nxh4 Kxh4
17. Bg5 f6 35. Kxg2
18. Be3 h4 Black Resigned
You've seen the win and lose, now here's the draw - or at least one of them. I spent a lot of time on the last half of this game, finding the moves to keep the draw alive. If you've sat and agonized over a game, trying to rescue your position, I'm sure you can relate. At one point, I had picked up my pen to write "I resign" on the postcard when I saw one set of moves I hadn't tried and put the pen back down to look at it. That turned out to be the only combination of moves that worked. I had known for several moves that I would have to give up my Rook for his Pawn when it Queened. The part that wasn't clear was whether I could position myself to keep his Rook from picking off my Pawn while also keeping his King at bay. For a while, it looked like I could either take his new Queen but my Pawn would fall, or I could protect the Pawn but at the risk of not taking his new Queen. When I finally worked my way through it all and emerged with the right position at the right time, my opponent brushed it off with "Yes, that's a book draw." He was right, of course, but I can tell you I will never look at a "book draw" the same way again.
Black: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 1998 USCF Golden Knights)
1. c4 e5 22. Re4 Qd5 43. Kh4 Kxe6
2. Nc3 Nf6 23. Rff4 Re8 44. Re1 b6
3. Nf3 Nc6 24. Qb3 Rad8 45. Rc1 Kxe5
4. g3 d5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 46. Rxc6 Kf5
5. cxd5 Nxd5 26. e6 fxe6 47. Rf6+ Ke5
6. Bg2 Be6 27. fxe6 Bc7 48. b5 Kd5
7. O-O Be7 28. Rf1 Bd6 49. Rc6 Rh7
8. d4 exd4 29. h3 Be7 50. g6 Rh8
9. Nxd4 Nxc3 30. g4 Rf8 51. Rc7 Kd6
10. bxc3 Nxd4 31. Rc1 Rf6 52. Rxa7 Kc5
11. cxd4 c6 32. a3 Kf8 53. Rh7 Rg8
12. Qa4 O-O 33. Bb4 Bxb4 54. Rxh5+ Kd6
13. Bf4 Bd6 34. axb4 Ke7 55. Kg5 Ke5
14. Bd2 Qe7 35. Rce1 Rb5 56. Rh2 Kd6
15. e4 Rfb8 36. h4 h6 57. Kf6 Rf8+
16. e5 Bc7 37. Kg3 g5 58. Kg7 Rf5
17. f4 Bb6 38. hxg5 Rxg5 59. Kh7 Rxb5
18. Bc3 Rd8 39. Re5 Rxe5 60. g7 Rg5
19. f5 Bd5 40. dxe5 Rf8 61. g8=Q Rxg8
20. Rae1 Bxg2 41. Rh1 Rh8 62. Kxg8 Kc5
21. Kxg2 Qd7 42. g5 h5 Draw Agreed
Black: Michael Williams
(An Internet Game played on the GamesParlor Chess Server)
1. e4 d6 22. Qe2 Nc4
2. Bc4 Nf6 23. Bf6 Bxf6
3. Nc3 Nbd7 24. exf6 Qd8
4. h3 Nc5 25. Ne5 Qxf6
5. d3 c6 26. Nd7 Qg5
6. Nf3 b5 27. Nf3 Bxf3
7. Bb3 Nxb3 28. Qxf3 Rfd8
8. axb3 g6 29. Nf6+ Kg7
9. O-O Bg7 30. Ne4 Qf5
10. d4 O-O 31. Qg3 Nxb2
11. b4 e6 32. Ra2 Nd3
12. Bg5 Qc7 33. Re3 Nc1
13. Re1 a6 34. Rd2 Rxd2
14. e5 dxe5 35. Nxd2 Rd8
15. dxe5 Nd5 36. Nf1 Rd3
16. Nb1 c5 37. Qc7 Rxe3
17. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Nxe3 Qf6
18. c3 Bb7 39. Ng4 Qg5
19. Nbd2 Nb6 40. Qb7 Ne2+
20. Nb3 Qc6 41. Kh1 Qc1+
21. Nbd4 Qd5 42. Kh2 Qg1++
White was Checkmated
Here's an enjoyable little game. Yes: my second and third moves were planned ahead of time. I have always wanted to try this trick against 1. b4, and this is as close as I have gotten so far.
Black: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 1994 USCF Golden Knights)
1. Nf3 d5
2. b4 Nc6
3. b5 Nb8
4. Bb2 c6
5. a4 a6
6. bxa6 Nxa6
7. e3 Qb6
8. Bd4 Nc5
9. Nc3 f6
10. e4 e5
11. Bxc5 Bxc5
12. exd5 Bxf2+
13. Ke2 Bd4
14. Rb1 Qa5
15. dxc6 bxc6
16. Ne4 Qd5
17. d3 Rxa4
18. c3 Ra2+
19. Ke1 Qxe4+
White Resigned
Here's another quick Postal game. I decided to throw my opponent a curve in this game with my second move.
Black: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 1996 USCF Golden Knights)
1. e4 c5
2. f4 e5
3. Nf3 exf4
4. Bc4 Nc6
5. d3 Bd6
6. Nc3 a6
7. O-O h6
8. d4 cxd4
9. Nd5 g5
10. e5 Bc5
11. Kh1 d6
12. exd6 Qxd6
13. Re1+ Be6
14. Nd2 O-O-O
White Resigned (I had sent "IF 15. Ne4 Qf8")
I'll be the first to admit that my opponent didn't make the best moves in this game. I just like the situation at the end.
White: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 1995 USCF Golden Knights)
1. d4 d5
2. g3 Bf5
3. Bg2 c6
4. Nc3 Nf6
5. Nf3 e6
6. Nh4 Bd6
7. Nxf5 exf5
8. Qd3 Qd7
9. f3 Na6
10. a3 O-O-O
11. Bh3 Nc7
12. Bxf5 Ne6
13. e4 dxe4
14. fxe4 Bc7
15. Be3 Kb8
16. O-O-O Qe7
17. d5 Nf8
18. b4 cxd5
19. exd5
Black Resigned
This one got interesting in a hurry and was over just as quickly. Do you get the idea that I look for the oddball move in a position? You may just be right!
Black: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 2000 USCF Golden Knights)
1. Nf3 d5
2. g3 g6
3. Bg2 Bg7
4. O-O e5
5. d3 c5
6. c4 d4
7. e3 dxe3
8. fxe3 Bf5
9. h3 Qd7
10. Ng5 f6
11. g4 Bxd3
12. Ne6 Bxf1
13. Qxd7+ Nxd7
White Resigned
This is a game I won, but you certainly won't believe it by the way it begins. I simply didn't start out with my head in this game. Pretty bad for postal chess! I'm pretty sure I should have lost, and I know that my opponent had a forced draw for the taking at one point. I can thank a couple of key things for my win. One is that my opponent passed up the forced draw and other drawing chances because he felt he could win. The other is that he gave me the guaranteed safety of an "IF Move" at two of the worst possible times for him. For those who don't play postal chess, an "if" move is something you can send as a part of your move. Basically, you say "if you play X then I play Y" and you are committed to it. If your opponent does play "X" then "Y" is your move and your opponent sends a reply to it. This can speed up the game and save postage in where the next move is forced or very obvious, but it can bite you if it helps your opponent make his choice. That is what happened here. In two key situations, my opponent suggested my reply to his move and gave me his next move in positions where I otherwise couldn't have been sure what he would do. That made it safe to play the move - and made it my best move in each situation. I have put notes on this game, including pointing out these key "If moves." Once I got back in the game, I proved how deadly a pair of Bishops can be.
White: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 1996 USCF Golden Knights)
1. d4 d5 22. Rfe1 Ne5 43. Kd2 g4 S
2. g3 Nf6 23. Nc4 Nd3 J 44. Be5 Rf2+
3. Bg2 c6 24. e5 Ne4 45. Ke1 R2f3
4. Bg5 A Qb6 25. Re2 K b5 46. Kd2 T Kf8
5. Bc1 B e5 C 26. b4 L bxc4 47. Ra8+ Ke7
6. c3 Be7 27. bxc5 N3xc5 48. Ra7+ Kf8 U
7. Qb3 D Qxb3 28. Bb4 M Rxe5 49. Bb5 Kg8 V
8. axb3 exd4 29. Bxc5 N Nxg3+ 50. Ra8+ Kh7
9. cxd4 Bf5 30. hxg3 Rxe2 51. Rh8+ Kg6
10. Bd2 E Ne4 31. Bd4 Rae8 52. Rxh3 Rxh3
11. Bc3 O-O 32. Bc3 O R8e7 53. Bd3+ W f5
12. f3 Nf6 F 33. Bf1 R2e4 54. b4 Kg5 X
13. Nd2 Re8 34. Ra4 h5 55. b5 g3
14. Nh3 Nbd7 35. Bxc4 P Rg4 56. b6 g2
15. O-O G c5 36. Kh2 R7e4 Q 57. Bd4 Y Rh8
16. e4 dxe4 37. b3 h4 58. Ke2 Z Kf4
17. fxe4 cxd4 38. gxh4 Rxh4+ 59. Kf2 Rg8
18. Bxd4 Bxh3 H 39. Kg3 Reg4+ R 60. Kg1 Rd8
19. Bxh3 Bb4 I 40. Kf3 Rf4+ 61. b7 Rb8
20. Bc3 Bc5+ 41. Ke3 g5 62. Ba6 Kf3
21. Kh1 Re7 42. Rxa7 Rh3+ 63. Bb5 Rd8 AA
64. Bc6+ Black Resigns AB
- Played carelessly, and therefore an error even without his reply. I had played it in some other games, and forgot that I couldn't use it when Black's c-pawn is advanced.
- He was surprised that I didn't play 5. Bxf6, but 5. ... Qxb2 leaves me without a good reply, so the Bishop scurries home.
- 6. dxe5 Ng4, 7. e3 Nxe5 and the Knight recaptures the pawn.
- Hard to believe, but I did this on purpose. I was too intent on getting rid of his Queen. Better is 7. e3 followed by developing the rest of my pieces. I have given Black two free moves and the initiative, but my position would not be that bad if I had avoided this whopper.
- Guarding b3 with my Knight on d2 traps my Bishop, so the idea here is 10. ... Bc2, 11. b4 Na6, 12. b5 cxb5, 13. Nc3 Nc7, 14. Bf4.
- He didn't want my Bishop badly enough to undouble my pawns, as I expected.
- Castling while I can. I had expected him to play Bd6 and exert pressure on my e-pawn with his Rook, rather than let me get away so easily.
- Because I have two pieces aimed at a7, he trades rather than retreat the Bishop in order to have time to save his pawn.
- Forcing my Bishop off the diagonal, as I don't have any other good answer for his threat against my Knight. I don't think I can let my e5 pawn go to get his a7 pawn, which would be the result of moving the Knight now.
- If 23. ... Nxc4, then 24. Bxf6 gxf6, 25. Bxc4. He sent an "If move" of 24. Bxf6 gxf6 here but 25. Re2 Nf2+, 26. Kg2 Nxh3, 27. Kxh3 and my Bishops are gone along with most of my chances. Instead, I offered to sell him my Rook for two Knights and doubled pawns (24. ... Nxe1, 25. exf6 gxf6, 26. Bxe1). Not surprisingly, he declined.
- Not 25. Rxe4 Nf2+ and I lose the Exchange.
- First, I didn't like any of the places I could move my Knight. Second, I didn't dare let him put his own pawn on b4. Most of my moves in this part of the game are aimed at raising threats, avoiding Black's expectations, and keeping him as confused as I possibly could. I think he was trying to do the same, because several of his moves were not what I thought he would do. His comments indicated that he was spending more time on this game than any of his others. That was just what I wanted to hear, because it meant he wasn't finding any easy answers. Of course, I was spending a lot of time on this game as well.
- He sent an "If move" of 28. Bg2 Nxc3. Had he captured on c4 with the e4 Knight, I had planned exactly that, but his actual move makes Bg2 bad because of his announced reply. Instead, my move pretty much forces the trade of his two Knights for my Rook and a pawn. I am counting on using my Bishops to pick off pawns.
- In my notes for this move I wrote "Fasten your seat belts, it's about to get bumpy. One of us won't be here when this ride pulls in at the station."
- Not 32. Rxa7 Rd2, threatening my Bishop and checkmate at the same time. He actually sent this as an "If move." Never advertise traps!
- He sent me an "If move" of a Rook trade on c4, but I felt I needed to keep my Rook around. It actually may have been premature to capture at all.
- Here is the first key "If move" that helped me. He sent "If" 37. b3 h4, otherwise I would not have felt comfortable playing b3, as I expected Black to play Re3 with a fork on the c3 Bishop and the g3 pawn. Later, he wrote that he felt I had too many chances for counterplay if he tried to win the pawn. I didn't see it that way then, and still don't now. It's an example of how, although nothing is hidden on the chessboard, two people can still see the situation very differently. Black's view led him to trade off my g-pawn rather than try to win it, while I was quite relieved because I expected the g-pawn to fall.
- With ... Rhg4+, Black could have had a draw by perpetual check. He was aware of the draw but chose not to take it because he still expected to win the game. I didn't want the draw, either, so I was glad he chose to play for the win.
- Here, as Black, I would have jumped at 43. ... Rf2+, 44. Be2 Rxc3, 45. Kxc3 Rxe2, getting rid of White's two Bishops. If he had played 44. ... Rh2 instead, I had planned 45. Ra8+ Kh7, 46. Rh8+ Kg6, 47. Rxh2 Rxh2. He called ... g4 his "ace up his sleeve," but I was quite glad he didn't go for the Rook-for-two-Bishops trade.
- With his Rooks on f3 and h3, his pawn on g4, and my King on e1, I don't dare try the sequence I outlined above to trade off my Rook for one of his. As near as I can figure it, Black not only can advance his pawn on the trade, but I end up forced to surrender a Bishop for it. I did not write down the sequence at the time, but I think I was looking at 46. Ra8+ Kh7, 47. Rh8+ Kg6, 48. Rxh3 gxh3, 49. Ke2 Rf5, 50. Bh2 Rg5, 51. Kf3 Rg2, 52. Bg3 Rb2 with ... h2 to follow. I couldn't find anything Black couldn't beat.
- Not 48. ... Ke8, 49. Bb5+ Kd8 (or Kf8), 50. Ra8+ Ke7, 51. Re8 Checkmate! If 48. ... Kd8, 49. Bxf7 improving my chances. Black sent me an "If move" for the next move, probably not realizing how critical a move it was.
- This is the second key "If move," and possibly the decisive one. Without knowing that this was Black's move, I probably wouldn't have risked 49. Bb5. Black had the option of playing 49. ... f6, 50. Bd6 Kg8, 51. Bc4+ Kh8 and I don't have a "killer" check or a good continuation that I can see. His comments indicated that he didn't see why I jumped on this move now when I didn't trade before. For the answer, look back at the position after White's 46. Kd2: the placement of the pieces is the same as it is here after 48. ... Kf8, but it is White's move here where before it was Black's. This single difference changes everything.
- My King on d2 makes this possible. It was my next move whichever way he captured - and that's why it mattered that it was White's move with the White King on d2 rather than Black's.
- Black thought 53. Bd3+ was a mistake, and said this move was why. In fact, I was counting on him making exactly this move.
- His pawn's had a nice stroll, but it ends now. The point is 57. ... Rh1, 58. b7 g1=Q, 59. Bxg1 Rxg1, 60. b8=Q!
- Of course not 58. Bxh8 g1=Q! From this point, it's a matter of proving that Black can't Queen his pawn and he can't stop mine. If he gives his Rook up for my Pawn, the two Bishops can clear the Black pawns and force checkmate.
- 63. ... Rxb7, 64. Bc6+ wins the Rook. Instead, Black sets a last trap. If White plays 64. Be5 or Ba7 (or any move of the dark-square Bishop, Black has 64. ... Rd1+, 65. Kh2 Rh1 Checkmate!
- 64. ... Kg3, 65. Bf2+ Kh3, 66.Bxg2+ Kg4, 67. Ba7 and Black's checkmate threat is finally gone plus White's b7 pawn is ready to Queen next move. I had sent this as an "If move" to Black and he couldn't find any way around it. Note that 65. Be5+ f4 does not get the job done for White.
This game had significance for me beyond the thrill of the come-from-behind victory. First, it was my 50th completed postal game. Second, it was my last game completed in that particular Golden Knights section and gave me a 5-1-0 finish. This put me into the second round of the Golden Knights for the first (and only, so far) time. I have finished with 4 1/2 or 4 points in other sections, but those scores only get you into the next round if they need to complete a section and run out of 5-point scorers. A score of 5 points guarantees you an advance to the next round. Unfortunately, I was the "runt of the litter" in that second round section, and got kicked around pretty thoroughly. Still, I was thrilled to make it that far and would like to do it again! Believe it or not, it really was an honor just to be there.
Here's a game from my first-ever postal chess section. I scored 4 wins and 2 losses in my first Golden Knights section. This game and the next are the two best of the 4 wins.
White: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 1992 USCF Golden Knights)
1. d4 Nf6 17. fxe5 Qd7
2. g3 d5 18. g4 Ne7
3. Bg2 c5 19. Bf1 a5
4. Bg5 e6 20. Qc2 h6
5. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. h4 f5
6. c3 Nc6 22. exf6/ep gxf6
7. e3 Bd6 23. g5 Nf5
8. Ne2 O-O 24. Rg1 Kf7
9. Nd2 b6 25. gxf6 Kxf6
10. f4 Ne7 26. Ne5 Qc8
11. Nf3 Bb7 27. Rg6+ Ke7
12. Ne5 Rfd8 28. Qb3 Rd6
13. Ng1 cxd4 29. Bh3 Nxh4
14. exd4 Nf5 30. Rg7+ Kf8
15. Qe2 Qe7 31. Rf7+ Kg8
16. Ngf3 Bxe5 32. Qc2 Black Resigns
Here's another game from my first-ever postal chess section. White's 6th and 7th moves are both valid 6th moves in the same Sicilian Defense line. The fact that he played both moves gave me an extra move that let me steal a pawn, touching off a string of captures.
Black: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 1992 USCF Golden Knights)
1. e4 c5 15. Bd3 Nc6
2. Nf3 Nf6 16. Nxc6 bxc6
3. Nc3 d6 17. c4 Bd7
4. d4 cxd4 18. Re2 Rhb8
5. Nxd4 a6 19. Kf2 Kd6
6. Bc4 e6 20. a3 c5
7. Bg5 Be7 21. cxd5 exd5
8. f4 h6 22. Bc4 d4
9. Bh4 Nxe4 23. R1d2 Bb5
10. Bxe7 Nxc3 24. Rc2 d3
11. Bxd8 Nxd1 25. Bxd3 Bxd3
12. Rxd1 Kxd8 26. Red2 Rb3
13. O-O d5 27. Rc1 Re8
14. Rfe1 Kc7 28. Kf3 Kd5
White Resigns
This game is from my second postal chess section. When Black resigned this game, I had to study the position a while to see why!
Black: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 1993 USCF Golden Knights)
1. d4 d5 15. g4 Ba6
2. g3 e6 16. Bf1 Bxf1
3. Bg2 Nf6 17. Rdxf1 f6
4. Bg5 Be7 18. dxc5 Nxc5
5. Nc3 O-O 19. h4 Ne4
6. Qd3 Bb4 20. Qe1 f5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 21. g5 hxg5
8. Qxc3 h6 22. hxg5 Kf7
9. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rh7 Ke8
10. e4 c6 24. Rfh1 Rc8
11. e5 Qe7 25. Nd4 a6
12. f4 Nd7 26. Qb4 Qxb4
13. Nf3 c5 27. axb4 Black Resigns
14. O-O-O b6
This is another one of the draws, and another I thought was a good game - as did my opponent, who wrote:
"I thought this was a well played game. I enjoyed it and I'm kind of sorry to see it end. Congratulations on a fun and interesting game."
I couldn't agree more. After I received 40. Kd5 from my opponent, I sent him the rest of the game as a series of "If" moves. He agreed with my analysis, having foreseen the same continuation, and accepted the draw offer.
Black: Michael Williams
(A Postal Chess game from the 2001 USCF Golden Knights)
1. d4 d6 17. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. a4 c5
2. Nf3 Nf6 18. Rd3 Rxd3 34. bxc5 Kxc5
3. Bg5 Nbd7 19. cxd3 Rd8 35. h4 Kd5
4. Nbd2 e5 20. Kc2 Ke6 36. h5 Ke6
5. e3 Be7 21. b4 a6 37. d4 exd4+
6. Bd3 b6 22. Rc1 Rd6 38. Kxd4 h6
7. dxe5 Nxe5 23. a3 Rc6+ 39. Ke4 Kf6
8. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Kd2 Rxc1 40. Kd5 Kg5
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Kxc1 Kd5 41. Kc6 b5
10. Be4 Rb8 26. Kc2 f5 42. axb5 axb5
11. Bc6+ Bd7 27. Kc3 c6 43. Kxb5 Kxg4
12. Qf3 Bxc6 28. f3 g6 44. Kc4 Kxh5
13. Qxc6+ Qd7 29. e4+ Kd6 45. Kd3 Kh4
14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 30. exf5 gxf5 46. Ke2 Kh3
15. O-O-O Rhd8 31. g4 fxg4 47. Kf1 Draw
16. Ne4+ Ke6 32. fxg4 Kd5 Agreed
| My Favorite Opening with White |
| 1.
| d4
| Nf6
|
| 2.
| g3
| d5
|
| 3.
| Bg2
| e6
|
You will see it in several of the games above, but this is almost my exclusive opening as White. The key moves are White's. Black's moves are interchangeable, and other moves are also possible. I play this against nearly everything that doesn't force me to answer the specific move.
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