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A Nice Crush of My Opponent’s French Defense

Leopold — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:32:27 +0000

KingLeopold (1590) – darkknight580 (1695)

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1. d4 d5 2. e4!? {I give the move e4 !? because this opening is under a
persistent cloud. -Ryan Ripley In practical play Black often tries to avoid
the Gambit with 2…e6, the French defence, or 2…c6, The Caro-Kann. The
French may be met by 3. Be3, the Alapin Gambit. -DR Thematic Game – This is
the starting position.}

2…e6 {Black goes for the French Defense}

3. Nc3 h6?! {Waste of development}

4. e5 a6?! {Double waste}

5. f4 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Bd3 O-O 9.O-O f6 10. Ne2 fxe5 11. fxe5 Nf5 12. Bf2 Nce7 13. c3 {Both Black bishops are blocked in and so is the queen’s rook}

13…Ba5 14. Ng3 b5 15. Bc2 Bb6 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Nh4 Rf7 19. Qg4 Qe7 20. Be3 g5 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Rf1 Qe8 23. Bxg5!! {I can sac this piece without thought as Black is playing without three of his pieces.}

23…hxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kh7 25. Rf6 {And Black can not stop the mate.}

1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Strikes Again in Just 15 Moves

Leopold — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:05:10 +0000

KingLeopold 1584 vs rioutous (michael kosanovich) 1594
On-line Blitz
Chess.com
10-04-2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h4 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 e5 10.0-0 Bd6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Ng5 0-0 13.Qg3 Nh5 14.Qh4 Ndf6? 15.dxe5 Black Resigns 1-0

Knight Mare Chess Puzzle

Leopold — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:52:03 +0000

White to Win; Mate in 10

White wins by mating with the knight in ten moves.

Desert Sun Tournament Team Winners

Leopold — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:19:57 +0000

DSUN Chess Team

Dustin, Casey, Lacey, Hunter C., Hunter L., & Jade. (Not Pictured: Carson & Parker)

Students from Saturdays Tournament

Leopold — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:34:39 +0000

Beautiful constructed check mate

Leopold — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:26:55 +0000

Here my student Parker from Desert Sun Academy beat his opponent for 1st place on the club ladder with this checkmate:

The Problem with Moving the f-pawn

Leopold — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:10:15 +0000

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[White "KingLeopold"]
[Black "zenplayer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "KingLeopold won by resignation"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6 3.Nc3 Nd7 4.e5 e6 5.Bd3 f6 6.f4 fxe5 7.fxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe7 9.Qh5+ Qf7 10.Qxf7+ Kxf7
 11.Nf3 h6 1-0

Testament

Leopold — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:20:01 +0000

Thank you Coach Leo. Owen B. is our son and this is his first year in chess. He is in first grade. After last Monday’s class Owen enjoyed it so much that he got the whole family playing all week long. And since then our older son, Aidan, who is in fourth grade wanted to join too. I just signed him up. I hope it is not too late. We will be at the next class.

28 Cool Chess Sets

Leopold — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:20:54 +0000

Found this while Stumbling on the web. Check it out:

http://walyou.com/cool-chess-sets/

A BDG Attacking Game

Leopold — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:32:56 +0000

KingLeopold (1681)- yuckyflake (1705)
Chess.com 2011.07.31

1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 g6 
7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Rae1 Nbd7 11.Bh6 Bxf3 
12.Rxf3 Qb6 13.Bc4 e6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bb3 Rad8 16.Rh3 h5 
17.Ne2 Ne5 18.c3 Neg4 19.Qf4 e5 20.Qg3 Ne4 21.Qh4 Rd7 
22.Ng3 Nef2 23.Nxh5+ 1-0