Team De La Maza - This Is A Very Goooood Sign!!!
I just took the scalp of a 1941 rated player on FICS! That's 211 points higher rated than what I was rated in the game. It should have been a draw, and I offered one twice, but he pushed for the win and paid. I have to get back to puzzle-solving, but here is the unannotated game for your enjoyment.
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Time "18:28:24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Innermeans"]
[Black "CelticDeath"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 e5 8. c4 Qe4 9. Nbc3 Qg6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf4 Qf5 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nb5 Rd8 14. Nd4 Qg4 15. f3 Qd7 16. Nd3 O-O 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Re7 Rd7 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22. Rae1 b6 23. Bb2 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd2+ 26. Re2 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Nd7 28. b4 f6 29. f4 g6 30. a3 c6 31. Ke3 f5 32. h3 h5 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. g4 Ke6 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Kg3 Nf6 37. Kh4 b5 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. cxb5 cxb5 40. Kxh5 a6 41. Kh4 Kg6 42. Kg3 Kh5 43. Kf3 Kh4 44. Kg2 Kh5 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Kh4 Kh6 47. Kg3 Kh5 48. Kg2 Kh4 49. Kh2 Kh5 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Kf3 Kh5 52. Ke3 Kh4 53. Kd4 Kxh3 54. Kd5 Kg3 55. Kc5 Kxf4 56. Kb6 Ke5 57. Kxa6 f4 58. Kxb5 f3 59. Kc6 f2 60. a4 f1=Q 61. b5 Qc4+ 62. Kb7 Qxa4 63. b6 Kd5 64. Kc8 Qc6+ {White resigns} 0-1
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Time "18:28:24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Innermeans"]
[Black "CelticDeath"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 e5 8. c4 Qe4 9. Nbc3 Qg6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf4 Qf5 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nb5 Rd8 14. Nd4 Qg4 15. f3 Qd7 16. Nd3 O-O 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Re7 Rd7 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22. Rae1 b6 23. Bb2 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd2+ 26. Re2 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Nd7 28. b4 f6 29. f4 g6 30. a3 c6 31. Ke3 f5 32. h3 h5 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. g4 Ke6 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Kg3 Nf6 37. Kh4 b5 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. cxb5 cxb5 40. Kxh5 a6 41. Kh4 Kg6 42. Kg3 Kh5 43. Kf3 Kh4 44. Kg2 Kh5 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Kh4 Kh6 47. Kg3 Kh5 48. Kg2 Kh4 49. Kh2 Kh5 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Kf3 Kh5 52. Ke3 Kh4 53. Kd4 Kxh3 54. Kd5 Kg3 55. Kc5 Kxf4 56. Kb6 Ke5 57. Kxa6 f4 58. Kxb5 f3 59. Kc6 f2 60. a4 f1=Q 61. b5 Qc4+ 62. Kb7 Qxa4 63. b6 Kd5 64. Kc8 Qc6+ {White resigns} 0-1
posted by CelticDeath at 9:29 PM
7 Comments:
I should have postponed e5 at least 1 move. But I don't know if I had the courage to castle queenside. Probably yes. I seldom see a guy of 1941 who plays the endgame even worse than me. Good game!
Good game. Not an impressive decision on his part to play on at the endgame.
He had a won ending too! 41. Kh6 wins the game.
Yep, you're right! Ah, well, such is chess. One bad move in the endgame and....
55. Kc5??????????????? 55. Ke5 is an obvious move that wins. 1941, Is FICS ratings inflated more that USCF?
I don't care for playing the white side of the portugeuse attack. I usually play 3. Nf3 to avoid it.
Christopher, actually Ke5 doesn't win, either (55. ... Kb4!).
What Surveybot says in its finger notes is that FICS 1941 is around USCF 1806. The bad thing is, I don't think he was even in time pressure. I think he might have gotten rattled earlier on when he didn't win a piece in all our central exchanges. Clearly, though, his endgame was wanting.
I need to correct myself. It's not in Surveybot's fingernotes. If you go to FICS and type in:
tell Surveybot ratings USCF analyse
It will give a list of FICS ratings and corresponding USCF ratings, per its latest survey data.
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