Gameroom Chess Tourney?

**Askthepizzaguy** · 12-17-2008, 00:48

My strategy is pretty simple.

I like to render your pieces ineffective. Look at my recent games. I like to trap your bishops behind your own pawns, and make them bite on granite against my pawn formation. I like to take squares away from your knights, so they are less effective. It's all about the pawns.

I like to trade queens, because I render counterplay ineffective with less powerful pieces on the board. I look for forks and pins at every opportunity, anything to limit options.

Don't let me take away options. To keep the game even, open up space and trade your ineffective pieces for my good pieces.

**Prince Cobra** · 12-17-2008, 00:51

Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

My strategy is pretty simple.

I like to render your pieces ineffective. Look at my recent games. I like to trap your bishops behind your own pawns, and make them bite on granite against my pawn formation. I like to take squares away from your knights, so they are less effective. It's all about the pawns.

I like to trade queens, because I render counterplay ineffective with less powerful pieces on the board. I look for forks and pins at every opportunity, anything to limit options.

Don't let me take away options. To keep the game even, open up space and trade your ineffective pieces for my good pieces.

Well, I could be wrong but I still have the good opportunity to trun the game with my pair of knights. The problem was that I made a stupid blunder without preparing the ground first! I do not blame it on a single blunder but this determined the battle.

Third game. At least I finlally got a constant player to kill the time,

**glyphz** · 12-18-2008, 23:37

My duel with Quintus has ended in my favor (2-0). GG good sir

G1: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=11284790
G2: http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=12115548

**Csargo** · 12-19-2008, 06:44

I'm moving tomorrow so I can't be appart of this anymore. Sorry everybody.

**Beefy187** · 12-20-2008, 01:04

Lost the first game (Which I cant find) and won the second game against Wasp

Heres the second game

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=11330388

Good game

**Quintus.JC** · 12-20-2008, 10:39

Update on my games:

2 defeats against Glyphz (both checkmates), completely out-classed by him.
1 win against Pevergreen (resignation), he says he concedes the next game as well.
1 win against Seamus (time), awaiting next game.

**pevergreen** · 12-20-2008, 10:48

Originally Posted by Quintus.JC

1 win against Pevergreen (resignation), he says he concedes the next game as well.

its pevergreen.

I confirm this, im away for a week with no net access and I've left the gameroom besides this.

**Wasp** · 12-20-2008, 13:31

Originally Posted by 187Beefyz

Lost the first game (Which I cant find) and won the second game against Wasp

Heres the second game

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=11330388

Good game

Well played, sir!

**Rhyfelwyr** · 12-21-2008, 01:32

Beefy agreed to a draw in our second game together, meaning that my qualification is now secured!

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=11790287

**Wasp** · 12-21-2008, 15:58

Congratulations, Rhy!

**Askthepizzaguy** · 01-09-2009, 14:31

So what's happening with this thing?

**Thermal** · 01-09-2009, 20:39

my magical duel with glyphz has resulted in me losing

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Beefy187** · 01-13-2009, 00:42

Duel against Caius ended up in my victory.

That makes it 1 win 1 loss against Caius.

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=11361737

Good game

**Askthepizzaguy** · 02-07-2009, 10:31

Askthepizzaguy is slain in battle!

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=11861897

Glyphz versus Askthepizzaguy
1-0
(Black resigned)

1. c4 c6
2. Nc3 Nf6
3. b3 e6
4. Bb2 d5
5. d3 Bb4
6. Qd2 e5
7. a3 Bd6
8. O-O-O Be6
9. Nf3 Qe7
10. Qg5 O-O
11. Nxe5 h6
12. Qg3 Nh5
13. Qe3 f6
14. Ng6 Qf7
15. Kc2 Re8
16. Nh4 g5
17. g3 gxh4
18. Qxh6 Nd7
19. gxh4 Bf4
20. Rg1+

Originally Posted by glyphz

Just wondering, but we still seem very even, and your special pieces are more more 'established' than mine

I maneuvered your queen into a deadly trap, and tried to win the game outright by winning the queen, even though I KNEW you had a good reply by attacking my king.

I gambled that you wouldn't see the move, but you did.

To defend my king against checkmate, I have to interpose with a piece, using my queen loses the queen outright, and using the knight loses a bishop. No master level player would call that position even after losing the bishop, and with strong attack on my exposed king position, I'm done for.

Well played, and although I created the weakness which won you the game deliberately, you seriously deserve credit for keeping a cool head and seeing the solution.

Your queen is toast, but not if my king is. Rematch anytime, my friend.