The Third Rounds Have Begun

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 d5 ? 4 Nxe5 Nb4 ?? 5 a3 Nc6 6 Bb5 f6? 7 Nxc6 bxc6 8 Bxc6+ Bd7 9 Bxa8 1-0

Black's third move is poor, exd is the proper responce. His 4th move is a wasted tempo. Nge7 would have been better than 6...f6, though Black is allready in serious trouble.

White: Josh Landon
Black: DrChrome
Event: February 2001 Fast #1 Tournament (3)
Date: 2001-05-23
(B02 Alekhine, Two Pawns (Lasker's) A)

1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nb6 4 c5 Nd5 5 Bc4 e6 6 Qh5 ? Nf4 7 Qf3 Qg5 8 g3 Qxe5+ 0-1

Josh was fond of the opening 1.e4 2. Qh5 . The Alekhine precludes that. When white tries to get back to familiar territory with 6.Q5?, he encounters a buzz saw.

White: DrChrome
Black: Kenny,D
Event: February 2001 Fast #1 Tournament (3)
Date: 2001-05-23
(C40 Queen's Pawn C-G (Elephant G))

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d5 3 exd5 Qxd5 4 Nc3 Qe6 5 b3 Nc6 6 Bc4 Qg6 7 Nb5 Bd6 8 Ba3 a6 9 Nxd6+ cxd6 10 0-0 Bh3 11 Nh4 Qg5 12 Bxf7+ Ke7 13 Qh5 Qxh5 14 Bxh5 Be6 15 Bf3 Nf6 16 Bxc6 bxc6 17 Rae1 c5 18 f4 Nd7 19 d4 cxd4 20 fxe5 Raf8 21 exd6+ Kd8 22 Rxe6 Rxf1+ 23 Kxf1 Rf8+ 24 Nf3 Nf6 25 Re7 1-0

The Elephant Gambit is very tactical, and gives black good counter attacking chances. Black overestimates the effects of 10...Bh3, but manages to escape the resulting exchanges only down a pawn. Perhaps I should give myself an exclaimation mark for 16. Bxc6 . it removes black's most dangerous piece and weakens black's queenside pawn structure. (where white has a majority) 18...Nd4 was a poorly considered counter, perhaps better was e4 or g5, though Black still can not equalize.

White: Kenny,D
Black: DrChrome
Event: February 2001 Fast #1 Tournament (3)
Date: 2001-05-23
(B02 Alekhine, Two Pawns (Lasker's) A)

1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nb6 4 c5 Nd5 5 Bc4 e6 6 Bxd5 exd5 7 d4 b6 8 b4 a5 9 Qa4 Bb7 10 Nf3 f6 11 0-0 axb4 12 Qxb4 fxe5 13 Nxe5 d6 14 Ng4 h5 15 Ne3 dxc5 16 Qc3 cxd4 17 Qxd4 Be7 18 Nf5 Bf6 19 Re1+ Kf7 20 Qe3 Re8 21 Qd2 Rxe1+ 22 Qxe1 Bxa1 23 Nc3 Qf6 24 Ng3 Bxc3 0-1

One of the principals of the Alekhine Defence is to bait white into overextending. The Lasker Two Pawn Attack, or Chase Variation, is a valid method of attacking the Alekhine. By sacrificing his c pawn, white can gain good iniative for a king side attack. Kenny was unwilling to make the sacrifice and went to great lengths to protect the pawn. His pawn picket line has disappeared by move 16. 18 Nf5 was a tactical error from which white was unable to recover.

White: DrChrome
Black: Patrick
Event: February 2001 Fast #1 Tournament (3)
Date: 2001-05-23
(B10 Caro-Kann, Closed (Breyer) V)

1 e4 c6 2 d3 d5 3 Nd2 dxe4 4 dxe4 h6 5 Ngf3 Bg4 6 h3 Bh5 7 Bd3 Nd7 8 0-0 Qc7 9 b3 e5 10 Bb2 f6 11 Qe2 0-0-0 12 Rfd1 Bc5 13 c3 Ne7 14 b4 Bb6 15 a4 a5 16 g4 Bg6 17 bxa5 Bxa5 18 Nc4 Nb8 19 Nxa5 Qxa5 20 Nd2 h5 21 Nc4 Qa7 22 Ba3 c5 23 Rdb1 Nd7 24 Nd6+ Kb8 25 Rxb7+ Qxb7 26 Nxb7 Kxb7 27 Bb5 1-0

The King's Indian Attack is an exellent weapon against the Caro Kann defence. Here, Black would have probably been better served by delaying castling untill more of white;s forces were committed kingside. Black was poorly prepared for the queenside pawn advance.

White: Patrick
Black: DrChrome
Event: February 2001 Fast #1 Tournament (3)
Date: 2001-05-23
(A13 English O)

1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 b3 b6 4 Bb2 Nc6 5 g3 Bb7 6 Bg2 Qe7 7 0-0 0-0-0 8 d3 d5 9 Nbd2 g6 10 Qc2 d4 11 Rae1 Bh6 12 e3 Nb4 13 Qb1 dxe3 14 fxe3 Nxd3 15 Re2 Nxb2 16 Qxb2 Ng4 17 e4 Qc5+ 18 Kh1 Bxd2 19 Nxd2 Nxh2 20 Rfe1 Ng4 21 Nf1 h5 22 Bf3 Ne5 23 Bg2 Nd3 0-1

What a fun game this was! Having never before played against an English, I went to the U. of Pitt. site and downloaded the english database. This defence looked interesting! When the positional battle turned tactical, white's errors cost him dearly. I sweep the round and advance.

My Tournament record: 39-8-1

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