Sunday Games 5/25/08

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.