This event was horrible for me. To be honest, I didn't even want to go. I pushed myself to go and really wasn't prepared for it. One, I went in there hungover BADLY. Two, I didn't study at all the night before and play a bunch of quick games. Three, I didn't study tactics for two hours before the games. I felt like shit and played anyways. As you will see in my brief comments all of this didn't matter. I won one game, messed up one, and threw away the last two.
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[White "Tipton, Randy"]
[Black "Best, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. Nf3 e5 2. Nxe5 Qf6 3. d4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nh6 6. e4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Qxb4 Ng4 11. Be3 h5 12. Nd5 Qh4 13. g3 Qd8 14. Qxd6 f6 15. Nc7+ Kf7 16. Bc4+ Kg6 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxd7 Rd8 19. Qf5# *
This game was versus a 6 year old boy. My only win of the day. Suprisingly he was pretty good. His day was there and he seemed like a regular. The kid will be great one day. I didn't run this game through the engine as I am focusing on my losses.
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[White "Vasyl Polishchuk"]
[Black "Tipton, Randy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Ng4 4. d4 d6 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bxh6 gxh6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bc4 e6 9. c3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Qc2 f6 13. a4 f5 14. a5 a6 15. b4 Na7 16. Nb3 Qg7 17. Rg1 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 c6 20. Rb1 Nb5 21. Qb3 Rhg8 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Qe7 24. g3 Rg6 25. Nh4 Rg7 26. Ng2 Be8 27. Bxe6+ Kb8 1-0*
I ran out of time in this game. Vasyl had an old analog clock and it was hard for me to tell how much time I had left. I ended up losing by time in a game that I could have won or at least draw. I need to learn how to convert these types of games.
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brown , Wilbert"]
[Black "Tipton, Randy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "1414"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 dxe5 6. Nxe5 g6 7. c5 Nd5 8. Bc4c6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. fxe5 e6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15.Nf6+ Kh8 16. Qf3 Bxf6 17. exf6 Qc7 18. Qe3 1-0
I'll be honest. I was a bit nervous to play Wilbert. He runs the place and I really wanted to show him I could play, so I played defensively. This was the totally wrong approach. I ended up in a cramped position. All my pieces were inactive while all of his were very active. He only played one game in the tournament and it was against me. I hope he wasn't trying to test my skills, because if it was a test. I failed horribly.
Unfortunately I haven't converted the 4th game yet. I somehow managed to mess up my notation. I'm very upset with this game because I was winning the game and managed to get checkmated. The game was mine but I threw it away.
Eh. There will always be another tournament. I know I have to get beat up before I get good.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A not so Memorial Day Weekend Pt.1
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WHAT? Twenty Dollars??
I'm not on the reduced list?
*sigh* Two tickets then.
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I'm gonna have to break up my Memorial Day weekend into a couple of parts. A bunch of things happened and I don't have the time or the resources for each part. Mainly the second part being the chess part and my games are still at the house being analyzed. I can put them up when I get home tonight.
The first part of my weekend started with a visit from Lunee on Friday and an adventure to the old stand by club, Scuzz. I mean, Buzz. Buzz has been the party kid party for almost two decades and its current location is the 4th that I know of. The best thing about Buzz is that you can always count on dark corners, people doing shenanigans everywhere, crazy dancing, drunken debauchery, and everyone getting along (somewhat). Well, the 'new' buzz is none of that. Its located in a part of the city that is designed for middle class to upper middle class people to go party. The whole area is designed for big clubs with expensive drinks, the decor is nice and everyone is looking for someone to hook up with, but not really. As we roll up to the club there are many many nicely dressed patrons waiting outside in the various lines for the many clubs. My first reaction was, 'I'm not dressed for this club.' and I did vocalize that point. Luckily for me, Buzz is located in an alley with a back door entrance. I don't know if they did this purposely so itd seem 'cool'. Like, 'This is the back entrance where all the real clubbin' goes down.' Hahahaha.. that's hilarious but I remember Whitey doing that pre-1964 all over America and it wasn't because it was 'cool'. (Maybe a bad reference but I watched The Great Debaters last night and it was really good) Of course, in order to find this back entrance you had to walk along all the very very very long lines for the other clubs. Of course I pre-gamed and really didn't give a f*ck but all I could imagine was that one young Kandy Kid trying to get in and all the 'pretty' people mocking them and judging them from a far. Buzz used to be the place where that out of place person could go to find refuge. Where being different was welcome and expressing yourself was obligatory. All backgrounds, all demographics welcome. NOT ANYMORE. I'll get more into that in a minute. SO, we find the entrance and they search and card us. We get inside and the girl checks for our names to get on the 'reduced' list. And , ta daaa, they're not. I brought $40 with me under the assumption that it was 10$ to get in. I told Dan I'd pay for him since he hasn't been out in a while. Well, both of us are not on the reduced list and there goes all my money. Mike wanted to go but everyone was inside. I throw down the money and we venture into the mysterious raghall.
Well I will say this, the club is nice. The lights were almost gone and the dancefloor was 'kinda' packed. Lighting was great and nobody was fighting. The only problem was everyone was dressed too nice and nobody was really going off. Baggy pants were replaced with 200$ jeans and pacifiers for expensive lipstick. The vibe was definitely not there and the look in the eyes of the few party kids that were there expressed an 'emptiness'. Not only had the vibe escaped the whole dancefloor, the whole club, the whole area... it seemed to escape the most sacred of spots, the party kid. The scene that made this party and progressed a whole culture. The people that fought Fox 5 and rallied on Captiol Hill. People that have given all of themselves are now getting nothing in return. Buzz has turned into the one thing that every Party Kid was afraid of. A Sell Out. An old giant clawing its way through the club industry just trying to grasp onto anything it can. Its f*ckin' sad is what it is.
I say take whatever bit of dignity and integrity you have left and find that dirty spot where everyone can get down again. Where the spirit runs free and the altered mind allowed to wander. A place where those of us can go to get away from spots like FUR. A place where even if we're getting away from it all, we're still going home.
I'll will post more on the events of the evening. Some of my most favorite people came out and that was nice.
WHAT? Twenty Dollars??
I'm not on the reduced list?
*sigh* Two tickets then.
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I'm gonna have to break up my Memorial Day weekend into a couple of parts. A bunch of things happened and I don't have the time or the resources for each part. Mainly the second part being the chess part and my games are still at the house being analyzed. I can put them up when I get home tonight.
The first part of my weekend started with a visit from Lunee on Friday and an adventure to the old stand by club, Scuzz. I mean, Buzz. Buzz has been the party kid party for almost two decades and its current location is the 4th that I know of. The best thing about Buzz is that you can always count on dark corners, people doing shenanigans everywhere, crazy dancing, drunken debauchery, and everyone getting along (somewhat). Well, the 'new' buzz is none of that. Its located in a part of the city that is designed for middle class to upper middle class people to go party. The whole area is designed for big clubs with expensive drinks, the decor is nice and everyone is looking for someone to hook up with, but not really. As we roll up to the club there are many many nicely dressed patrons waiting outside in the various lines for the many clubs. My first reaction was, 'I'm not dressed for this club.' and I did vocalize that point. Luckily for me, Buzz is located in an alley with a back door entrance. I don't know if they did this purposely so itd seem 'cool'. Like, 'This is the back entrance where all the real clubbin' goes down.' Hahahaha.. that's hilarious but I remember Whitey doing that pre-1964 all over America and it wasn't because it was 'cool'. (Maybe a bad reference but I watched The Great Debaters last night and it was really good) Of course, in order to find this back entrance you had to walk along all the very very very long lines for the other clubs. Of course I pre-gamed and really didn't give a f*ck but all I could imagine was that one young Kandy Kid trying to get in and all the 'pretty' people mocking them and judging them from a far. Buzz used to be the place where that out of place person could go to find refuge. Where being different was welcome and expressing yourself was obligatory. All backgrounds, all demographics welcome. NOT ANYMORE. I'll get more into that in a minute. SO, we find the entrance and they search and card us. We get inside and the girl checks for our names to get on the 'reduced' list. And , ta daaa, they're not. I brought $40 with me under the assumption that it was 10$ to get in. I told Dan I'd pay for him since he hasn't been out in a while. Well, both of us are not on the reduced list and there goes all my money. Mike wanted to go but everyone was inside. I throw down the money and we venture into the mysterious raghall.
Well I will say this, the club is nice. The lights were almost gone and the dancefloor was 'kinda' packed. Lighting was great and nobody was fighting. The only problem was everyone was dressed too nice and nobody was really going off. Baggy pants were replaced with 200$ jeans and pacifiers for expensive lipstick. The vibe was definitely not there and the look in the eyes of the few party kids that were there expressed an 'emptiness'. Not only had the vibe escaped the whole dancefloor, the whole club, the whole area... it seemed to escape the most sacred of spots, the party kid. The scene that made this party and progressed a whole culture. The people that fought Fox 5 and rallied on Captiol Hill. People that have given all of themselves are now getting nothing in return. Buzz has turned into the one thing that every Party Kid was afraid of. A Sell Out. An old giant clawing its way through the club industry just trying to grasp onto anything it can. Its f*ckin' sad is what it is.
I say take whatever bit of dignity and integrity you have left and find that dirty spot where everyone can get down again. Where the spirit runs free and the altered mind allowed to wander. A place where those of us can go to get away from spots like FUR. A place where even if we're getting away from it all, we're still going home.
I'll will post more on the events of the evening. Some of my most favorite people came out and that was nice.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Chigorin Defense
Although I'm researching Gambit lines right now I've decided to keep with my 'uncommon' approach to openings and start studying the Chigorin (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6). After my loss to J.Martinez (2012), I've felt that a need for a more solid defense with black is needed. Of course I could study standard Queen's Gambit Declined/Accepted Lines or the Nimzo-Indian but I try to follow the road less traveled. Sticking with my old stand by, 'All warfare is based on Deception.' My first choice to battle 1.d4 was the Dutch Defence, as it is reliable up to 2200 players and definitely is not standard movement. Unfortunately, I got dissed by a book seller on Amazon and have yet to receive the book. I have instead decided to study the Chigorin since I already have the book, it throws people off, and I believe former world champion Kramnik uses it frequently. I look forward to studying this opening and using it in the future.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
PT Gardener
In between chess studies I like to tend a small container garden I have on my deck here in Baltimore. Although I'm not a real gardener by any means I still enjoy buying some cheap plants at Home Depot and Walmart throwing them into pots full of Miracle grow soil. My friend Dan would cringe at this since most of his plants come from nurseries, mixes his own soil, and fertilizes it himself. Well the plants in one of my containers are turning yellow at the bottom! I don't know if its because its been raining so much or there is a disease. My roommate Sean's plants are doing extremely well despite the fact that the
ir in indoor pots outside and sit in water for days at a time. I even drain the water for him when I'm up there! I wish my plants were like his. :( Hahahah... I really just want to eat the juicy fruits they birth into this world. *slurp*
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
That free Haiku thing..
I love the 'free haiku for u' widget I have on my blog. Its to the left of here. Most of the posts on here are of chess and Baltimore life. This post is about that wonderful little devil, free haiku 4 u. Whenever I check my blog I read that predictably chaotic thing and it brings me much joy. I even like to write some of my own... I know this is lame but here are the latest few:
Throwing my hammer
I examined the pollen
Upon your blossom
Behind the curtain
Paris resigned finally
Lindsay stopped breathing
Ouch! The poison spine
Oh no! A loss of thinking
Love, has won again
Hahahaha... I know I know.. so lame. Oh well, off to my chess studies!
Throwing my hammer
I examined the pollen
Upon your blossom
Behind the curtain
Paris resigned finally
Lindsay stopped breathing
Ouch! The poison spine
Oh no! A loss of thinking
Love, has won again
Hahahaha... I know I know.. so lame. Oh well, off to my chess studies!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Sunday Games 5.18.08 - I won one!!!!
So I had better success this past weekend than my first tournament. I walked away with one victory and on draw. I was able to beat Mr. Robertson in the endgame with both of us only having about 4 seconds on the clock. My draw was with Mr. Amos and it should have been a win for me but he caught my king in the corner and a repetitive check. Last week I learned about the clock and this week I learned about draws. One step at a time though. I thought I'd be slick and take on Jorge Martinez with the Budapest Gambit but he quickly refuted the gambit in the first few moves. I'll have to go back and study those vids again. We ended up in an endgame where he was up 2 pawn and all my pieces were cramped. I don't know what happened with my game against Mr. Campbell. I had the more active position, control of the only open file, both bishops and a passed pawn. I have the analysis of that game at home and will definitely go over it today. Great tournament, I couldn't be happier. Below are my games, one game is annotated by Fritz. You'll have to weed through the comments. I'll post up a better copy tonight.
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Sidney Robertson"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O d6 5. c4 e5 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Nc5 10. e4 Ne6 11. Ne2 c5 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nxd4 Ne3 15. Qe2 Nxf1 16. Ndf3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 exf4 18. gxf4 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Re8 21. Nc2 Qf6 22. Ne3 Qxf4 23. Nd5 Qc1+ 24. Kf2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 f5 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Nxd2 1-0
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[White "Jorge Martinez"]
[Black "Randy Tipton"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. a3 a6 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Be2 Kh8 17. O-O Rg8 18. Kh2 Ne5 19. Rd4 Ng6 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. Rxd6 Rgd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. b4 b6 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 1-0
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Jay Campbell"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. c4 d4 10. a3 e5 11. Re1 Re8 12. e3 h6 13. exd4 cxd4 14. b4 Bf5 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bf8 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Re2 b6 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. b5 Nb8 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd6 24. Re2 Bc5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. a4 Qf5 27. Bg2 Ng4 28. Re7 Qh5 29. h3 Ne5 30. Kf1 Nbd7 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Be4 Qe6 34. Kg2 Nf6 0-1
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Roland Amos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "52"]
{A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e53. d3 Be7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 (5. c4 d5 $11) 5... d5 $15 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 (7. e4dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qd7 $15) 7... Bd7 {White has a cramped position} (7... e4 8. Ne1 $17) 8. Bb2 $15 {White threatens to win material: Bb2xe5} Bd6 9.Re1 Qe7 (9... a5 10. a3 $15) 10. c4 {White has a cramped position} Nb4 (10...d4 $5 $15) 11. a3 $14 {White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Nc6 12. cxd5Nxd5 {White has a cramped position} 13. Nc4 f5 $2 (13... Nb6 14. Nfd2 $14) 14.Nfd2 {Black has a very active position} (14. Nfxe5 $142 $5 Nxe5 15. Bxd5+ Be616. e4 (16. Bxe5 $6 Bxd5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 $16) (16. Bxb7 $143 Rab8 17. Bxe5 Bxe518. Nxe5 Rxb7 $16) 16... Nxc4 17. dxc4 $18 (17. Bxc4 $6 Bxc4 18. dxc4 f4 $16))14... Nf6 (14... Be6 15. e3 $11) 15. e3 {Black has an active position} (15. Rc1Rac8 $14) 15... Ng4 (15... b5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. f4 $14) 16. f4 (16. f3 Nf6 $16)16... b5 (16... exf4 17. exf4 Be6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nf3 $16) 17. Nxd6 (17. Nxe5$142 $5 Ngxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. b4 $16) 17... cxd6 $14 {White has the pair of bishops} (17... Qxd6 $2 18. h3 Nf6 19. Rc1 exf4 20. gxf4$16) 18. Rc1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc6} Rac8 19. Qe2 (19. Bd5+Kh8 $14) 19... a6 (19... Qe6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Rf1 $14) 20. b4 Qf6 (20... Nf6 21.Rf1 $14) 21. Ba1 (21. Bd5+ $142 $5 Kh8 22. h3 $16) 21... Qh6 {Black threatens to win material: Qh6xh2} 22. Bf3 (22. h3 Nf6 $14) 22... Qg6 (22... Qe6 23. h3 Nf6 24. Bg2 $14) 23. Bxg4 (23. h3 $5 {must definitely be considered} Nf6 24. Qg2 $16) 23... fxg4 $11 (23... Qxg4 $224. Qxg4 fxg4 25. Ne4 exf4 26. gxf4 $18) 24. Nb3 (24. Ne4 Rfe8 $11) 24... Rcd8(24... Qe6 25. Qb2 $15) 25. Qd2 (25. fxe5 $142 dxe5 26. Qc2 $11) 25... e4 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (25... Qf7 $142 {and Black can hope to live} 26. Rc3 Rc8 $15) 26. d4 $4 {White lets it slip away} (26. dxe4 $142 Rfe8 27. Qd5+ Be6 28. Qxc6 Bxb3 29. f5 $16 (29. Qxa6 $6 Qxe430. Qa7 Re7 $14)) 26... d5 (26... Rf5 $5 $17) 1/2-1/2
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Sidney Robertson"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O d6 5. c4 e5 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Nc5 10. e4 Ne6 11. Ne2 c5 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nxd4 Ne3 15. Qe2 Nxf1 16. Ndf3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 exf4 18. gxf4 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Re8 21. Nc2 Qf6 22. Ne3 Qxf4 23. Nd5 Qc1+ 24. Kf2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 f5 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Nxd2 1-0
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[White "Jorge Martinez"]
[Black "Randy Tipton"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. a3 a6 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Be2 Kh8 17. O-O Rg8 18. Kh2 Ne5 19. Rd4 Ng6 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. Rxd6 Rgd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. b4 b6 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 1-0
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Jay Campbell"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "25 5"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. c4 d4 10. a3 e5 11. Re1 Re8 12. e3 h6 13. exd4 cxd4 14. b4 Bf5 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bf8 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Re2 b6 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. b5 Nb8 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd6 24. Re2 Bc5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. a4 Qf5 27. Bg2 Ng4 28. Re7 Qh5 29. h3 Ne5 30. Kf1 Nbd7 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Be4 Qe6 34. Kg2 Nf6 0-1
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Roland Amos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "52"]
{A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e53. d3 Be7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 (5. c4 d5 $11) 5... d5 $15 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 (7. e4dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qd7 $15) 7... Bd7 {White has a cramped position} (7... e4 8. Ne1 $17) 8. Bb2 $15 {White threatens to win material: Bb2xe5} Bd6 9.Re1 Qe7 (9... a5 10. a3 $15) 10. c4 {White has a cramped position} Nb4 (10...d4 $5 $15) 11. a3 $14 {White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Nc6 12. cxd5Nxd5 {White has a cramped position} 13. Nc4 f5 $2 (13... Nb6 14. Nfd2 $14) 14.Nfd2 {Black has a very active position} (14. Nfxe5 $142 $5 Nxe5 15. Bxd5+ Be616. e4 (16. Bxe5 $6 Bxd5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 $16) (16. Bxb7 $143 Rab8 17. Bxe5 Bxe518. Nxe5 Rxb7 $16) 16... Nxc4 17. dxc4 $18 (17. Bxc4 $6 Bxc4 18. dxc4 f4 $16))14... Nf6 (14... Be6 15. e3 $11) 15. e3 {Black has an active position} (15. Rc1Rac8 $14) 15... Ng4 (15... b5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. f4 $14) 16. f4 (16. f3 Nf6 $16)16... b5 (16... exf4 17. exf4 Be6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nf3 $16) 17. Nxd6 (17. Nxe5$142 $5 Ngxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. b4 $16) 17... cxd6 $14 {White has the pair of bishops} (17... Qxd6 $2 18. h3 Nf6 19. Rc1 exf4 20. gxf4$16) 18. Rc1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc6} Rac8 19. Qe2 (19. Bd5+Kh8 $14) 19... a6 (19... Qe6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Rf1 $14) 20. b4 Qf6 (20... Nf6 21.Rf1 $14) 21. Ba1 (21. Bd5+ $142 $5 Kh8 22. h3 $16) 21... Qh6 {Black threatens to win material: Qh6xh2} 22. Bf3 (22. h3 Nf6 $14) 22... Qg6 (22... Qe6 23. h3 Nf6 24. Bg2 $14) 23. Bxg4 (23. h3 $5 {must definitely be considered} Nf6 24. Qg2 $16) 23... fxg4 $11 (23... Qxg4 $224. Qxg4 fxg4 25. Ne4 exf4 26. gxf4 $18) 24. Nb3 (24. Ne4 Rfe8 $11) 24... Rcd8(24... Qe6 25. Qb2 $15) 25. Qd2 (25. fxe5 $142 dxe5 26. Qc2 $11) 25... e4 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (25... Qf7 $142 {and Black can hope to live} 26. Rc3 Rc8 $15) 26. d4 $4 {White lets it slip away} (26. dxe4 $142 Rfe8 27. Qd5+ Be6 28. Qxc6 Bxb3 29. f5 $16 (29. Qxa6 $6 Qxe430. Qa7 Re7 $14)) 26... d5 (26... Rf5 $5 $17) 1/2-1/2
Monday, May 12, 2008
Games from Sun 5/11/08
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Sidney Robertson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "25+5"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O b6 5. c4 Bb7
6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 h6 8. d3 O-O 9. b3 Bc5 10. a3 Nd4
11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bxd4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rad1 Ng4 15. Ne4 Bxf2
16. Qc3 e5 17. Rxf2 Ne3+ 18. Kg1 Nxd1 19. Qc1 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 f5
21. Nd2 Qg5 22. Qd1 c6 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Qa1 d6 25. Qb1 b5
26. Ba1 a5 27. e3 g5 0-1
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[White "Nelson Gonzalez]
[Black "Randy Tipton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25+5"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 Qd7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O-O 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxd4 10. Bd5 Nxd5
11. Qxd4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Kb8 13. a4 c6 14. Qf4+ e5 15. Qxe5+ Qd6
16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 f5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qe3 Bg7 20. Qc5 Rhe8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. g3 Bg7 25. Rd1 Qc7
26. Re1 Bd4 27. Qf3 Qb6 28. b3 Qc5 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Ne2 Qxc2
31. Nxd4 Qe4 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Nc2 Kc7 1-0
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[White "Richard Adams"]
[Black "Randy Tipton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25+5"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. exf6 Nxf6 5. Bf4 Bf5
6. c3 g6 7. Bd3 Qd7 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qc2 e6
11. Nbd2 Rde8 12. b4 Nh5 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxe5
16. b5 Na5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bd4 Nf4 19. Qb1 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nxd4
21. cxd4 Re2 22. Qb4 b6 23. Nf3 Nc4 24. a4 Rhe8 25. Rae1 Qe7
26. Qc3 Nd6 27. Ne5 Qe6
*
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Sidney Robertson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "25+5"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O b6 5. c4 Bb7
6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 h6 8. d3 O-O 9. b3 Bc5 10. a3 Nd4
11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bxd4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rad1 Ng4 15. Ne4 Bxf2
16. Qc3 e5 17. Rxf2 Ne3+ 18. Kg1 Nxd1 19. Qc1 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 f5
21. Nd2 Qg5 22. Qd1 c6 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Qa1 d6 25. Qb1 b5
26. Ba1 a5 27. e3 g5 0-1
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[White "Nelson Gonzalez]
[Black "Randy Tipton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25+5"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 Qd7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O-O 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxd4 10. Bd5 Nxd5
11. Qxd4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Kb8 13. a4 c6 14. Qf4+ e5 15. Qxe5+ Qd6
16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 f5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qe3 Bg7 20. Qc5 Rhe8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. g3 Bg7 25. Rd1 Qc7
26. Re1 Bd4 27. Qf3 Qb6 28. b3 Qc5 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Ne2 Qxc2
31. Nxd4 Qe4 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Nc2 Kc7 1-0
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[White "Richard Adams"]
[Black "Randy Tipton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "25+5"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. exf6 Nxf6 5. Bf4 Bf5
6. c3 g6 7. Bd3 Qd7 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qc2 e6
11. Nbd2 Rde8 12. b4 Nh5 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxe5
16. b5 Na5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bd4 Nf4 19. Qb1 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nxd4
21. cxd4 Re2 22. Qb4 b6 23. Nf3 Nc4 24. a4 Rhe8 25. Rae1 Qe7
26. Qc3 Nd6 27. Ne5 Qe6
*
Sunday, May 11, 2008
THE CLOCK!!!! (my first tourney)
[Event "Sunday Quick"]
[Site "Fells Point Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[White "Randy Tipton"]
[Black "Jay Campbell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "25+5"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Qc7 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.c4 d4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nge4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Be7 13.Re1 c5 14.e3 Nc6 15.a3 Bf5 16.exd4 exd4 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Ra2 Bg4 20.Qc1 Bf8 21.Bxh6 0-1
I finally did it. I bought my USCF rating and I went to the Fells Point Chess Club for my very first tournament. As expected, I got my ass stomped. As expected everyone was around 1700+, and as expected, I had a great time. I was proud of my play yesterday. I held out in the opening in all games, resigned two, and lost by time on two. Time control is way different OTB (over the board) than it is online. 25 5 games go by quick! Online when you move the time automatically moves for you, OTB you have to hit your clock and record your moves. I have all my games in PGN and will post them for analysis soon, but I really wanted to show this game. I made a great tactical shot but was so excited I forgot to hit the clock and my time went down 10 mins! Then time control got to my head and I lost it all. First valuable lesson is always watch your clock and always hit the clock after every move!! Hahahah. Oh well. I still had fun and the guys there are really nice. I can't wait for the next tournament. I definitely addicted.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Baltimore Roller Derby 5.3.08
I'm a bit late for this post but wanted to share my experiences at the recent Roller Derby in Canton, Baltimore. A friend of mine at work told about it and although she didn't make it out, I went with my Blabes and my roommate. We had a blast. The beer was $3 a pop and the Roller Derby was fantastic. I used to watch the professionals do it late night (3am) on the sports channel. Although this league wasn't as professional as those girls there was still a lot of elbow throwing and body slamming! The rules are crazy, each team has to play offense and defense at the same time, each team has one point scorer a piece, the point scorer has to loop the t
rack once and all opposing members she passes on the second loop count as one point a piece. I'd go more into it but it took me 30 mins just to figure it out myself. The Mobtown Mods won for the second year in a row and they were fantastic. I'm glad I checked it out and it made a wonderful Saturday evening out. There is boxing Friday the 16th and I might check that out as well.
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