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This is a thread for posting your own little creations. I played this rapid game five minutes ago on FICS.
/Mats

[Event "17'+2''"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2012.11.30"] [Round "?"] [White "M. Winther"] [Black "N.N"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [TimeControl "1020+2000"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Nf1 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 c6 11. c4 Nbd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Bc2 cxd5 14. cxd5 Ba6 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bb3 Nb6 19. Ng3 O-O 20. g5 Nfd7 21. Nf5 Re8 22. h4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. h5 Nb6 25. N3h4 Qc7 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Nf5 Re8 28. g6 fxg6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nh6+ gxh6 31. Rxh6 Qf7 (31...Kg7 32.Rh7)32. Qg5 Rxe4+ 33. Be3 Kg7 34. O-O-O Rc8+ 35. Kb1 Rxb4+ 36. Ka1 Rc2 37. Rh7+ (37.Rdh1? Rxa2 38.Kxa2 Qxd5) 37...Kxh7 38. Rh1+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Qf8 40. Rh8+ Kxh8 41. Qxf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Bh6 Rc1+ 44. Bxc1 1-0

How about this idea? Usually, a lot of chess creativity is never acknowledged. Today, when it's so simple to copy and paste PGN, why not take this opportunity to show our own games? Also amateur games can be creative and instructive. This rapid game, which I played today, features Bh5!? in the Spanish exchange variation. /Mats
[Event "15'+2''"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2012.12.11"] [Round "?"] [White "N.N."] [Black "M. Winther"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C68"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 $5 7. d3 (7. g4 ) 7... Bd6 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 f5 $1 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. g4 Qf6 15. gxf5 (15. Nh2 Qh4 16. Qe1 Qxh3 17. gxf5 Bf3 18. Nxf3 Qg4+ 19. Kh2 Qf4+ {1/2-1/2}) 15... Qxf5 16. Kh2 Qf4+ 17. Kg1 (17. Kg2 Rf8 $19) 17... Bxf3 18. Qd2 Qh4 19. Kh2 Nf6 20. Rg1 Ng4+ 21. Rxg4 Bxg4 22. Qe3 Rf8 23. Rf1 Rf3 24. Qe4 Rxh3+ 25. Kg2 Rh2+ 26. Kg1 Qh3 27. f4 Qg3+ 0-1

Black has a very easy game - perhaps a small advantage - once White turned the pawn grab down. And 7g4 is supposed to be theoretically good for him, FWIW.

(edit - for White, I mean )

I don't think it's good for white. Look at this game with GM Hector as black:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1572115
/Mats

Going through my game from last night, I noticed that in the final position, the majority of my pieces (7 of them) fall along the a1-h8 diagonal, which was quite picturesque!

2r2r2/p2b1pQk/1p2pP2/P1qpP2p/3N4/2P5/1P4PP/R5K1 b - - 0 26

Here's the full game, which is a fairly classic 'good knight vs bad bishop' situation:

[Date "2012.12.10"] [White "M Fletcher"] [Black "J Simmons"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Bxc6 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd4 Qd7 $6 (13... Qg5 14. Qg3 (14. Nxc6 $2 Rc8 $15)) 14. f4 Rc8 15. Qg3 O-O 16. O-O (16. f5 exf5 $2 17. O-O $16) 16... Qc7 17. c3 Qb6 18. Rf2 Bb5 $6 19. f5 Kh7 20. a4 Bd7 21. f6 g6 22. a5 Qc5 23. Rf4 b6 $4 (23... Rh8 $1 24. Rh4 Qf8 $14) 24. Rh4 h5 25. Rxh5+ gxh5 26. Qg7# *

Mats Winther wrote:I don't think it's good for white. Look at this game with GM Hector as black:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1572115
/Mats

Hector is, as you know, a brilliant attacking player. Theory seems to believe the "gambit" is dubious if White handles it correctly, however........

Which doesn't mean it can't score well in practice, of course

There is a chess database for sharing games on:
http://chessmicrobase.com/
This may be more appropriate than using the Forum which could quite easily become cluttered with brilliancies.

Mats Winther, your first game is indeed nice, you exploited the very bad position of his bishop and knight with a nice combination!! I also play often on FICS, probably sometimes we happened to play against each other, what is your nickname? For sure some time ago I have played (and lost) a couple of games with Matt Fletcher, he recognized me and told me his real name. I also have played lots of creative games on FICS, but I will post a game that I have played three weeks ago on a slow tournament, I'm proud of it because I gradually squeezed my opponent in the corner and eventually demolished him with a very nice combination.

[Event "Torneo di Santa Cecilia"] [Site "Rocca Priora(ITA)"] [Date "2012.11.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Simeone(1927)"] [Black "Salvati(1854)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "1854"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.f3 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 a6 9.Bh6 Ne8 10.Nge2 Ne5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.b3 f5 13.f4 Ng4 14.Ng3 fxe4 15.Ncxe4 Ngf6 16.Bd3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 h6 18.O-O Nf6 19.Ng3 Bd7 20.Bc2 b5 21.Qd3 Qe8 22.Rfe1 Qf7 23.Re3 Rae8 24.Rae1 Ng8 25.Re6 Nf6 26.Nh5+ gxh5 27.Rxf6 Kxf6 28.Qc3+ e5 29.dxe6+ Ke7 30.exf7+ Kxf7 31.Rxe8 1-0

Chessmicrobase only serves the purposes of hiding away your games where nobody will ever look at them. What's worse, they don't even know that a chessboard is checkered. From an amateur perspective, it is probably more valuable to look at amateur games, because it teaches you how to handle these positions at amateur level. Such ideas, as in Simeone's game, we seldom see in modern GM practice, because the opponent seldom allows it. We'll have to go back to Morphy's days to see such refutations of a player's plan. In my second game above I demonstrate that it is sometimes possible to play f5 even if it results in a pawn fork. To a title player this is trivial, but not for the average amateur. The above games are both instructive and entertaining. I think it's quite natural to post games to a thread in a chess discussion group. Supposedly, most chessplayers enjoy watching interesting games, even if they aren't GM games.
/Mats

Mats Winther wrote: I think it's quite natural to post games to a thread in a chess discussion group. Supposedly, most chessplayers enjoy watching interesting games, even if they aren't GM games.

I agree, if in a chess discussion group users can't post chess games, what else can they post? I think that a game, even if played by amateurs, is much more interesting that disputes between organizations and similar stuff.

i drew with a GM in a simul, is this bragging? and do i get a norm for this?

Am I the only genius in this forum?
/Mats

Mats Winther wrote:Am I the only genius in this forum?
/Mats

Mats, this is England where genius has been replaced by false modesty.
You need to post a game you won brilliantly in which you conclude: "I didn't have a clue what was happening."

Also, rename the thread from "Bragging" to "My shameful attempts at rehabilitation of my defective intellect."
Then I guarantee that you will find many contributors.