The BDG Strikes Again!

Up and coming Randel Eng is playing some strong chess these days. 16 years old he has been rated close to 2100, the young man is a formidable opponent. Playing two games of blitz against him last night, he simply out played me in the first game as I was crushed in the Nimzowitsch Defense. Turning the board around, it was a different story when I played the infamous Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and he slipped into one of it’s many traps:

Leopold Lacrimosa(1678) – Randel Eng(2079)

Blitz

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 e6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0  Nbd7 11.Ne4 Nxe4?? 12.Qxf7# 1-0

King vs King

In this game, my young opponent who has beaten me in several games, fails to develop his pieces. Instead he goes on a hunting spree with his queen to gobble up a bunch of my pawns to his demise.

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[White "KingLeopold"]
[Black "KingAnthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1226"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "KingLeopold won by resignation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 e6 (The French Defence) 4.Be3 dxe4 5.f3 Bb4 6.a3 Nd5? (loses a piece unnecessarily)  7.axb4 Nxe3 8.Qe2 Qxd4 9.fxe4 Nxf1 10.Qxf1 Qxb4 11.Nge2 Qxb2 12.Rb1 Qxc2 13.Qf3 O-O 14.O-O Qd2?! (Developing the knight or bishop would have been more prudent) 15.Rbd1! Qh6 16.Rd8!! g6? 17.Qxf7+! (Now my opponent resigns in lew of 17…Kh8 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qxf8#) 1-0

A Christmas Win!

Here I got lucky and beat a player rated over 2000!

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[White "Thanh"]
[Black "KingLeopold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "KingLeopold won by resignation"]

1.e4 Nc6 (The Nimzowitsch Defense) 2.Nf3 f5 (The Colorado Variation) 3.d3 fxe4 4.dxe4 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.Nd4 Bd7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.Nf3 Bc6 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.b3 a5 15.Rd1 Qe8 16.Rd3 Rd8 17.Bb2 Ba8 18.e5 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 dxe5 20.Qxe5 Bd6 21.Qg5 Qe7 22.Re1 Nd5 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Qxe7 Nxe7 25.Rxe6 Nc6 26.Ne4 Rd8 27.Ba3 Nd4 28.Nxd6 Nxe6 29.Nc4 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Ra1 31.Ne3 Rxa2 32.Bc1 Nd4 33.Bd2 Nxc2 34.Nxc2 Rxc2 35.Bxa5 c6 36.Bb6 Rc3 37.g3 Rxb3 38.Bxc5 Rc3 39.Be3 c5 40.Kg2 c4 41.Kf1 Rb3 42.Ke1 c3 43.Kd1 Rb8 44.Kc2 Rc8 45.Bd4 Kf7 46.Bxc3 Ke6 47.Kd2 g6 48.Bg7 h5 49.h4 Kf5 50.Bh6 Re8
51.Be3 Kg4 52.Bg5 Kf3 53.Be3 Re6 54.Kd3 Rd6+ 55.Kc2 Ke2 56.Kc3 Rd3+ 57.Kc4 Rxe3 58.fxe3 Kxe3 59.Kd5 Kf3 60.Ke5 Kxg3
61.Kf6 Kxh4 62.Kxg6 Kg4 0-1

Today I have played 1111 games on chess.com

Stats

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Current:	1818
Highest:	1902 (8 Sep 2008)
Avg. Opp.:	1703
Best Win:	2063 (jbduhadaway)
Today’s Rank:	#8810 of 82,964 (89.4%)
Total Games:	1111
Won:	583 (52%)
Lost:	444 (40%)
Drawn:	84 (8%)

All Games

Total Games:	1111
In Progress:	8
Timeouts:	1 (0%)
Time/Move:	2 hrs 27 mins

The French Go Down in a Hail of Bullets

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[White "KingLeopold"]
[Black "droitaubut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1594"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "KingLeopold won by checkmate"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 e6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O Nbd7
11.Rae1 Nf8 12.Ne4 N8d7 13.c3 Qc7 14.Bf4 Qd8 15.Bd6 b5

(Now I must find the right plan of attack!) 16.Qg3 Kf8 17.Ng5 Ke8 18.Nxh7 Nh5 19.Qf3 Nhf6 20.Rxe6 fxe6
21.Bg6# 1-0

How to Tie Up your Opponent in Knots

This game was just fun for me as my opponets position went from bad to worst destroying his hope of a good game.

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.12.18"]
[White "KingLeopold"]
[Black "rumburak24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "KingLeopold won by resignation"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 (The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit) 4…exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nd5?! (8…e6 is usually played) 9.Qf3 c6 10.Bd3 (I challenge his bishop on g6. If he takes its mate.) 10…Nf6 11.g5 Bh5 12.Qf2 Nd5 13.O-O f6? (I did not like this move as he is not developing any of his pieces) 14.Qh4 fxe5 15.Qxh5+ Kd7? (Now he has lost the ability to castle) 16.dxe5 Qe8 17.Qg4+ Kd8 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.e6! (Paralyzing!)  19…g6 20.Rf7!! (This move cinches the win for me as this rook now becomes a “Bone in his craw” for him) 20…Nc6 21.Bf4 h5 22.Qf3 1-0

A 16 Move BDG Crush

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[White "KingLeopold"]
[Black "KanchanKK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "KingLeopold won by checkmate"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 a6? 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Be4?? 9.Nxe4 (My opponent doesn’t have any piece development after 8 moves?) Nf6 10.Ng5 h6? 11.Ngxf7 Qc8 12.Nxh8 Qe6 13.Nhg6 Nd5 14.Bc4 Nc6 15.O-O Na5 (After 15…Nxe5 16.Rxf8+ Kd7 17.Nxe5+ and Black will have to give up his queen.) 16.Rxf8# 1-0

Yet Another BDG Triumph Over a Stronger Player

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[White "KingLeopold"]
[Black "defender01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "KingLeopold won by resignation"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 (The French Defense) 3.Be3 dxe4 4.f3 Nf6 5.Nd2 exf3 6.Ngxf3 (The BDG by transposition) Nc6 7.c3 Be7 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.O-O Nd5 10.Qe2 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 Bd6 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Rae1 O-O-O 14.b4 Qf8 15.a4 Be7 16.b5 Nb8 17.Nfe5 f5 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Qxe6 g6 20.Ne5 Qf6 21.Nxd7 1-0

A Nice Finish to a BDG Game

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[White "KingLeopold"]
[Black "gottfried19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "KingLeopold won by resignation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 Bf5 (BDG Declined Vienna Variation) 5.fxe4 (5.g4 has also been played. The text move allows White rapid development with good attacking chances) 5…Nxe4 6.Qf3 (White attacks both of Black’s developed minor pieces) 6…Nd6 (This move protects f5 and b7 at the same time) 7.Bf4 (White attacks the overworked knight) 7…e6 (Black helps out both bishops with this natural move) 8.O-O-O Nd7 9.g4 Bg6 10.Qe3 Be7N (10…Nf6 11.h3 c6 12.Nf3 Qa5 13.Kb1 Nd5 14.Nxd5 1-0/26 Diemer-Peyer.) 11.Nf3 O-O 12.h4 Nf6 13.Ne5 Be4 14.Nxe4 Nfxe4 15.Bd3 f5 16.g5 g6 17.Rdg1 Kg7 18.h5 Rh8 19.Nf3 Nf7? (Allows White to win a pawn) 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Bd6 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.Bxe5+ Nxe5 24.Qxe5+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Ke7 26.hxg6 Qd6?? (26…hxg6 27.d5 Qxd5 28.Qxc7+ Qd7 29.Rf7+ Kxf7 30.Qxd7+ with mate to follow) 27.Rf7+ (27…Kd8 28.Qxh8+ Qf8 29.Qxf8#) 1-0

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