even a blind squirrel gets a nut somtimes
yesterday i was on US chess live, losing like i was getting paid for it, when i actually won a game using the Robatsch defense. the cool part is, i don’t even know what the hell that is! but i felt like being aggressive and i did, i played what felt like playing, and one cool thing i like about us chess live is it tells you the openings played. so since that worked for me, and felt natural, i will perhaps research that opening and use it more often.
the game notation is listed below. if anyone actually reads this, and wants to see what happened, copy the notation, click on the PGN viewer in my links, and paste and play.
i saw the dude was gonna castle, i felt like laying siege to his fortress and ripping it open and plundering etc etc, so on move 6 i said fuck it and pushed the pawn, on move 9 i figured i wanted some more cavalry, and then i just went berserk and it worked. go figure.
all my other games, i lost to some dude with a higher rating, and at first i was upset. but i looked at it as a lesson. i went and checked the openings, and now i know i need to be prepared for those, as they could get me at anytime.
anyway, here is the game i actually won as white.
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 O-O
6. h4 e6 7. d5 e5 8. Nc3 a6 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bd3 Nbd7
11. Nxh7 Nxh7 12. h5 g5 13. h6 Bh8 14. Ng3 f6 15. Nf5 Nc5
16. Qh5 Qd7 17. Qg6+
1-0
friday, sweet friday
i’m up to 1390 or so on the chess tactics server, which is pretty cool, i guess. Been studying
Practical chess analysis and playing through various games, trying to see patterns, think ahead, etc etc. it’s cool when i think of a move, and when i check it against the text, it is the move the grand master made. makes me think i almost know what i am doing. then i play against a human and lose, so there is that yin to my yang.
in other news, the cancer/bump on my tongue seems to be healing, so maybe i just had 24 hour cancer or something. also, today i bench pressed 200 pounds, so i got that going for me. now if only i could play the grand prix attack correctly…
why not?
i’m putting this on technorati, and i have to post this here link:
Went to the library last night to play some chess. It’s not a “chess club” but every Wednesday, some guys show up to play chess. Got my ass kicked nicely in three games. That’s ok though, I realized what I did wrong (sort of) and I know what I need to do (sort of). Also, “Practical chess analysis” came in the mail. Cool book, I like it. I have some weird bump on my tongue, perhaps I have mouth cancer. I don’t dip or chew, but a lot of guys at work do, so maybe I got cancer from all the second hand dipping and chewing at work.
slowly, and not too surely
So I’ve been spending about one to one and a half hours a day on chess tactics server, a pretty kickass site, but I can’t seem to break 1378 or so, reinforcing not only my stupidity, but also my extremely low self esteem. Last night I studied up on the Sicilian: Sveshnikov variation, I think I have it down pretty good, not so sure I would want to play it as black though…not yet anyway. Lost two games on chess live, but I was pretty fucking tired from the bike ride home, fighting against 30 mph winds. Also, I think I’m coming down with something, or at least my body is fighting it off. Eva is pretty sick, so I am hoping I don’t get it from her. Tonight I think I will study the Scheveningen Variation, which is pretty much the sveshnikov, only with e6 instead of moving the knight, giving black a tiny center.
mission statement
i have a new goal in life. my goal is to become a rated chess master. i need a grail, an unobtainable goal, something to give me a reason to wake up and go on with life, and this is it. here is the thing though….i am 38 years old, so technically, supposedly, becomeing a rated chess master is impossible. why?!?!?!? chess doesn’t rely on physical attributes, so it’s not like younger people have a natural edge. ok, maybe they have been playing for 15 years, but so the fuck what, chess is mental, requires imagination, vision, etc. i’m a dumb guy, true, but dammit, if i study hard enough, i should be able to raise my rating to master. right now, as it stands, as i sit here typing, i don’t have a rating. i have some chess books, and i play chess online now and again. and i figure i will chronicle my feeble attempt at becoming a rated chess master. there is a tournament coming up, i will enter it and truly begin my journey, much like the titanic or the spaceship
columbia.
