Preliminaries are running yet?!
In these days a new BdF newsletter came in telling that the server group 19 was finishing its games,
just shortly before cancelling all server games.
But the semi-finals were started officially already on November 15th 2008 ?! And even more, surely many
games in the semi-finals have already been finished! Incredible...
Giorgio Ruggeri Laderchi contributed on Sept. 23rd, 2006 some very interesting
statistics about this tournament. In summary
782 players from 56 countries have taken part, and even African players from Nigeria and Togo!
I enclose here first game archives from the
server players and the
snail mail players made available
by BdF.
An archive for the
e-mail players was made public
by ICCF on November 14th 2007...
September 22nd, 2008
Finally it goes on...
After a long waiting being impatiently again and again and refusing some opportunities for playing
CC tournaments over ics servers it will go on. Finally we can play our semi-finals!
An invitation came in from the BdF tournament director, and I'm willing to write a blog again,
have a look
here.
December 20th, 2007
... after 15 months
A last action was executed, the worst: I threw in my towel...
After 15 months of pleasure and frustrations, new hopes and disappointments I set a such
bad spot resigning a game which had been lost already in move 12. And that happened in
correspondence chess with all the time having for better analyzing, in a CC tourney I
wished to play very seriously hoping for best results, and against the second last.
:-(
What can I say? Maybe indeed an issue of psychology? When I'm looking back I had to agree
that this happened repeatedly. And what I've also seen in past again and again: this
happens also in high level CC tourneys, not often but repeatedly.
And the unexpectedly happened: I scored as 2nd, have a look at our
final crosstable. Well,
my goal previously was getting to next stage, and I got it but...
Now I'm really nosy whether I will be paired with a CC grandmaster, it was the greatest!
November 28th, 2007
Again news from BdF Open tournament
Again a BdF newsletter came in with news to our Open tournament: in email group 9 the
Russian Nikolai Kizimenko won clearly with 7 points, scoring as 2nd Josef Wagner (AUS)
with 5.5 points ahead of Lars Nowak (GER) with 5.
Also the email group 5 was finished: Dmitry Dobrica (RUS) won with 6 ahead of Walter
Bandl (GER) 6 and Norbert Molzahn (GER).
And a 3rd email group 06 was finished: Kurt Schreiber (GER) with 7.0 ahead of Bernd Laube
(GER) 6.5 and Janusz Kusnierz (POL) with 6.
Finally email group 7 finishing with a glory German success: Herrmann Karg (GER) with 7
ahead of Johann Zitzmann (GER) and Jörg Wedel (GER) both with 6.5 points.
Also another server group 7 is finished: Joaquin Dorner from Guatemala won with 6.5
ahead of Joze Hribersek (SLOV) and Sergey Pligin (RUS) both with 6 points.
It seems the Eastern Europeans are breaking through?!
November 18th 2007
An endless story ends now
Psychology in chess? Of course, that issue exists here, too. At first my hard drive
crashed... and then my willingness for battling on. Weird but true.
For a long time I've been struggling for a win already, and several times I thought that it's.
Now I must understand all battling has been vainly. Is that chess? No but, too.
Belka - Karg
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Bxb2
10.Rb1 Bg7 11.h3 b6 12.Bb4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Bc3 f6 17.a4 O-O
18.f4 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Bh6 20.Qf2 e5 21.f5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Bf4 23.a5 Rab8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rf3 gxf5
26.exf5 Kh8 27.Kf1 Qh5 28.Qe4 b5 29.cxb5 cxb5 30.Be1 Rfc8 31.Ra3 Qf7 32.Rb4 Rc5 33.Ra6 Bg5
34.h4 Bh6 35.Rc6 Bf8 36.Rxc5 Bxc5 37.Rb3 Qg8 38.Rd3 Qc8 39.g4 Ra8 40.Rc3 Ra3 41.Rxa3 Bxa3
42.g5 Kg7!? 43.Bd2 Bd7 44.Be3 Qa6 45.Qg4 Bf8 46.gxf6+ Kf7 47.Kg2 Qc6+ 48.Kg3 Qc3 49.Qe4 Qe1+
50.Kh3 Qf1+ 51.Kg4 Qe2+ 52.Qf3 Qc4 53.Kg5 Kg8 54.Qa8 Kf7 55.Qg2h6+ 56.Kh5 Bf8 57.Bg5 Ke8
58.Qa8+ Kf7 59.Qb7+ Kg8 60.f7+... (The last battling? Forcing an exchanging of queens)
60...Qxf7 61.Qxf7+ Kxf7 62.Kg4 Bb4! (indeed the killer move as already analyzed) 63.Kf3...
(the king has to move to queensside being able to attack) 63...h5 64.Ke4 Bc3 65.Kd5 Bd4
(differing from the analyzed main line but also shortly analyzed) 66.Kd6... (here I had
the hope yet to get into zugzwang situations gaining Black's b5 and e5 pawns against my
h4 pawn) 66...Bb2 67.Kc6 Ba3 (again a trap by Black forcing a draw several moves later)
68.Kd5 Bb2 69.Kd6... (here I realised that likely all hopes are gone) 69...Bd4 70.Kc6...
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70...b4 - have a look to right. Many moves back I'd thought yet here were anything to gain but I must admit I followed just a phantom. To the hell after declining my oppponent's draw offer 3 times I should do the same now, it's time to think of the next adventures... |
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October 27th, 2007
BdF Open tournament news
Today the BdF newsletter for October came in with news: in email group 20 won Edgar Achilles
(GER) with 7 points ahead of Gerhard Loderbauer (GER) und Joel Ibarra Padron (CUB), both
scoring with 6.5 points.
In the server group 2 Stefan Ciesielski (Pol) and surprisingly Frank Penzler (GER) are
sharing first place with a score of 6.5 points. IM Walter Geißler (GER) came in
as third with 6 points.
And even in a snail mail group there is a first finalist: Uwe Nogga (GER) was winning in
group 12. Here just the winners are getting into the final.
October 24th, 2007
A friendly request
An email came in today. Thoralf Wecke is requesting how my both games are running. He hopes
I would been winning both. And offering to deliver again all games finished so far in
our group after my hard drive crash. True, really friendly...
October 17th, 2007
It's going on
Yeah, after a longer struggling with hardware and software problems I got it: my system
is running again...
And our arbiter Moedl? The only living signal was that, on Oct. 20th (!): "Hallo
Herr Belkla, hiermit ersuche ich Sie, Ihre unqualifizierten Äußerungen über
mich gegenüber Ihren Partnern zurückzunehmen. Zum Glück habe ich derartige
Meldungen noch NIE lesen müssen - aber ich weiß eben, woher sie kommen!!!
[...]"
LOL, that was all he did, no correct email addressing my problem and a special leave for
me. He did nothing in this regard being addressed to me. To the hell with such guys
without decency and properness. Very sad that also chess was pervaded...
After this crash I've had the strange feeling that also my willingness for fighting is
broken... :-/
October 14th, 2007
... being missed?
No, not really. I'm struggling yet rebuilding my system. :-((
But no reaction by Moedl?! And Isigkeit just in this way one day later after being informed:
"Lieber Schachfreund Belka, die Entscheidung hierzu trifft der Turnierleiter. Ich
leite Ihre Mail an Herrn Moedl weiter.
mfg Hans-Jürgen Isigkeit"
And that was all, no decision no solution for this problem, and the time is running away.
What is that? After 7 days gone no decision?? To the hell with those bureaucrats...
And so I emailed my both opponents asking for an individual agreement on a special leave
on October 9th, and both replied as expected, in a companionable and friendly manner...
October 7th, 2007
Crashed!!
What a catastrophe - my hard drive had crashed yesterday!! :-((
I trusted of another hard drive being in reserve with almost same data but it didn't
boot anymore - a total catastrophe now. I've lost all my data, have nothing anymore for
this running tournament.
A single, the only line holding me 'alive' is an email from Frenzel. I replied
immediately today asking for support and delivering my ask for a special leave to
tournament director. And he did it just today informing Isigkeit and Moedl.
September 25th, 2007
BdF gives an interim report
Today the BdF newsletter for September came in telling that another chess friends have
qualified for the semi-finals as following:
Email: A. Saidashev (RUS), B. Kovernikov (RUS), R. Heinke (GER), H. Keller (GER),
D. Henrich (GER), St. Ewert (GER), H. Karg (GER), R. Welzenheimer (GER), A. Har-Even (ISR).
Server: V. Makeev (BLR), I. Necula (ROM), Manfred Scheiba (GER), Jörn Gronemann (GER) and
Lyuben Simeonov (BUL)
A little bit daydreaming I wished I could play GM Har-Even... ;-))
September 21st, 2007
It's done...
Buuhhh, it's done - a long battle is over. Well, there is always an alternative playing the
Blackmar-Diemer: either the game is turning into a just very short but exciting battle or
it's getting into a very long pulling playing for the pawn advantage. And I had to go the long walk. Yeah, the Belka-Neumeyer line would have done it to me! ;-)
Wecke - Belka
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6 8.O-O Bg6 9.Bg5 Nbd7
10.Qe2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Bh5 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Be2?! Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qxe5 16.Qd2 Qc7
17.Qe2 h6 18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Qg4 Rhg8 21.Rae1 Nf6 22.Qh4 Ke8 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 g6
25.Rf6 Qe7 26.Ref1 Rg7 27.Qe3?! Rh7!? 28.c4 h5 29.h3 h4 30.b4 a6 31.a4 Rd8 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5
c5 34.Qf4 Rd6 35.Ra1 Rd4 36.Qf3 Qc7 37.Qe3 Ke7 38.Raf1 Qg3 39.Qe2 Ke8 40.b6 Qd6
41.Qf3 Qe7 42.Ra1 Rd8 43.Ra7 Rb8 44.Qf4 Qd8! 45.Qe5 Rh5 46.Qf4 e5 47.Qf2 Qd4 48.Qf3 Qd7
49.Qf2 Rd8! 50.Ra3 Rf5! 51.Rxf5 Qxf5 52.Qxh4 e4 (Wecke: "... and it's making towards
after all!") 53.Qh8+... (unexpected and weaker than Qg3..., too far away from the battle
field) 53...Kd7 54.Qh4... (Wecke: "The game is over now. Though I play on a few moves.")
54...Qf1+ 55.Kh2 Qxc4 56.Re3... (renewed just 2nd choice) 56...Re8 57.Qf4 Qd5 58.Qc7+...
(and offering a 17 conditional moves sequence!! Wecke: "I hope you accept my little
moves sequence.") 58...Ke6 59.Qf4 f5 (forced being able to hold the very important
e-pawn) 60.Rg3...
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60...Qe5! differing from Wecke's conditional moves sequence, have a look to left. My opponent counted on ...Kf7 but my choice is much more aggressive forcing the game renewed with sacrificing a pawn again and exchanging the queens. And now my brave BDG combatant resigned: "As already emailed those were my last |
moves. I don't like anymore. I give up!"
And for our tournament crosstable:
- Wecke 1 : 0 Frenzel
- Wecke 0 : 1 Belka
September 17th, 2007
An 17 conditional moves sequence offered!
I don't want to believe what I see: Wecke is offering a 17 conditinal moves sequence!
Incredible, never seen before!! Wecke: "Enclosed quite the last moves from me... I hope
you accept my little moves sequence." O o O o ... No, I don't, differing very early from
his offered sequence forcing again our play! ;-)
Dark clouds are raising in my Karg game. After a first look it seems there could be holes in
my past long analysis?! Do my hopes for a win disappear? :-/
Truly different worries has Frenzel: " It's scaring how I lost my games in the last 3 months.
Before I had hoped for scoring as 3rd or 4th. Now I'll been getting maybe last. In this way
one can lose his interest of playing chess." :-/
Yeah, my friend Andrey got it scoring even as 2nd now being 1.5 points ahead of me - wow!
And news for our tournament crosstable:
- Pavlikov 1 : 0 Dobner
- Frenzel 0 : 1 Neumann
September 10th 2007
A long pulling goes on...
Hopes and disappointments are raising and disappearing in my Karg game. Indeed, patience and
accuracy are highly stressed again and again.
Belka - Karg
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Bxb2
10.Rb1 Bg7 11.h3 b6 12.Bb4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Bc3 f6 17.a4 O-O
18.f4 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Bh6 20.Qf2 e5 21.f5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Bf4 23.a5 Rab8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rf3 gxf5
26.exf5 Kh8 27.Kf1 Qh5 28.Qe4 b5 29.cxb5 cxb5 30.Be1 Rfc8 31.Ra3 Qf7 32.Rb4 Rc5 33.Ra6 Bg5
34.h4 Bh6 35.Rc6 Bf8 36.Rxc5 Bxc5 37.Rb3 Qg8 38.Rd3 Qc8 39.g4 Ra8 40.Rc3 Ra3 41.Rxa3 Bxa3
42.g5 Kg7!? 43.Bd2 Bd7 44.Be3 Qa6 45.Qg4 Bf8 46.gxf6+ Kf7 47.Kg2 Qc6+ 48.Kg3 Qc3 49.Qe4 Qe1+
50.Kh3 Qf1+ 51.Kg4 Qe2+ 52.Qf3 Qc4 53.Kg5 Kg8 (Connected with a 3rd draw offer. And renewed
just in a sub-line analyzed. This reply shows clearly that my opponent also analyzes hardly...)
54.Qa8... (I preferred this move compared with the obvious Qg2... because connected with some
complications.) 54...Kf7 (Within hours replied - it's pity regarding all possible complications.
:-/) 55.Qg2... (Here I examined 4 alternatives: 55.Qb7+ Kg8 56.Qf3..., 55.Qb7 Kg8 56.Qg2...,
55.Qg2 Kg8 56.Qf3... and 55.Qg2 Kg8 56.Kh5..., but the last line with most potential.)
55...Bh6+ (Just jugglery, a trap?) 56.Kh5 Bf8 57.Bg5... (Renewed after long and difficult
analyzing but with a prospect of winning chances.) 57...Ke8 58.Qa8+... (Now a line forcing an
exchanging of the queens. I hope for the KBP endgame.) 58...Kf7 59.Qb7+ Kg8
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... and now the final idea: 60.f7+... - have a look to right. Will that be the last battle?
From tactical reasons I delivered my move only after my leave not giving extra time to my
opponent. 60...Qxf7+ 61.Qxf7+ Kxf7 |
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62.Kg4... (and now a fast switch to the queen's side) 62...Bb4! (yeah, a
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strong riposte, expected and already long analyzed) 63.Kf3 h5 64.Ke4 Bc3 65.Kd5... - have a look to left diagram. 65...Bd4 Just a sub-line in my analysis. But it's raising to a major problem now. Had I overlooked anything in past? After a longer look unexpected problems are appearing... |
September 9th, 2007
Andrey is getting up slowly but steady
Today in the evening a little email came in informing that Andrey has won his game gainst
Koukal.
Yeah, Andrey had a hard to do job winning this game. In a feeble situation I adviced him to seek
his chances in a style confusing the opponent, trying to involve some complications and advised him
to have a look on my own Koukal game. And it worked!
For our tournament crosstable:
- Koukal 0 : 1 Pavlikov
September 5th, 2007
... and it's making towards after all!
A very long tug of war is getting closer and closer to the end. Well, I recall that I've been
thinking about playing the Blackmar-Diemer myself. But I took this tournament very seriously,
wished to be successful as much as possible scoring under the first three being qualified for
the next stage. That's why I got into this situation surprisingly defending myself against a
brave BDG player...
Wecke - Belka
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6 8.O-O Bg6 9.Bg5 Nbd7
10.Qe2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Bh5 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Be2?! Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qxe5 16.Qd2 Qc7
17.Qe2 h6 18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Qg4 Rhg8 21.Rae1 Nf6 22.Qh4 Ke8 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 g6
25.Rf6 Qe7 26.Ref1 Rg7 27.Qe3?! Rh7!? 28.c4 h5 29.h3 h4 30.b4 a6 31.a4 Rd8 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5
c5 34.Qf4 Rd6 35.Ra1 Rd4 36.Qf3 Qc7 37.Qe3 Ke7 38.Raf1 Qg3 39.Qe2 Ke8 40.b6 Qd6
41.Qf3 Qe7 42.Ra1 Rd8 43.Ra7 Rb8 44.Qf4 Qd8! 45.Qe5 Rh5 46.Qf4 e5 47.Qf2 Qd4 48.Qf3... (this
move was replied immediately and not in my analysis - he denied my pawn sacrificing?!)
48...Qd7 49.Qf2... (Offering a draw. But there is a subtle difference: Black's queen is
staying on d7 now defending pawn b7 not on d8 anymore!) 49...Rd8! (no move repetition instead
attacking.) 50.Ra3... (Wecke: "Had always to do anyhow and no time for analyzing 'your'
line. Before I lose more time I decide to play my 'own' main move 50.Ra3..." -- Admitting
that White's attempt to attack is failed?!)
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50...Rf5 - have a look to left. Finally my old idea - trading the rooks being forced now is a win for Black! 51.Rxf5 Qxf5 52.Qxh4... A renewed offer sacrificing a pawn now accepted. |
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52...e4 - have a look to right. And Wecke obviously disappointed: "... and it's making
towards after all." Indeed, that was my goal, all my hope, that's why my pawn sacrifices... 53.Qh8+... Not expected so far and surely weaker than Qg3..., too far away from the battleground. 53...Kd7 It seems crystal-clear now: the battle with my BDG |
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combatant is over in a manner of speaking, just yet a question of endgame technique...
September 4th, 2007
I'm back...
Indeed, I'm back, found back from wilderness in Swedish Laponia to Middle Europe again taking
a large leave from August 8th till September 3rd.
And it's a little bit hard to get "into the line", into correspondence chess again.
My brave BDG combatant repeated 3 times his last move during my leave, the first time
after just 8 days - and that though he took himself 38 (!) days respite for his own last move?!
8-) The other both opponents stayed cool...
On August 26th the recent BdF newsletter told that a 2nd group EM 08 has finished all games
with following results: Aleksander Saidashev (RUS) 6.5 ahead of Harald Keller (GER) 6.0
and our Herrmann Karg (GER) 5.5 - maybe a lucky qualifying for him if I should be able to win
against him.
And there was a little "movement" in our group, too: on August 17th Dobner took a win
over Frenzel surprisingly to me - for our tournament crosstable:
- Dobner 1 : 0 Frenzel
July 27th, 2007
First group's games finished
Today a BdF newsletter came in telling that more than two third of all 3,168 games are
finished. And in group EM 01 all games were already accomplished! Both favourites
Richard Heinke (GER) and GM Abir Har-Even (ISR) have dominated with 6.5 points, and a little
surprisingly Stefan Ewert (GER) has qualified as third with 5.5 points. Now we know our first
potential opponents! ;-)
Since July 7th there are no 'movements' in our group anymore, a sign for hard endgame battles?
July 20th, 2007
Missing my BDG combatant again
And renewed I've been worried about missing Wecke's reply for 15 days! I repeated two times
and yesterday in the evening finally a smoking signal: "All is okay. Just unfortunately
no time for analyzing. Your 52...e4 I didn't take into account. Mmmhh, now you'll still keep
the upper hand. Had should accept your conditional moves. But whatsoever, it's just a game."
Yeah, how did I say? It's getting brighter and brighter... :-)
July 19th 2007
Battle is going on
My feelings are going up and down in my Karg game, patience and accuracy are highly stressed
from time to time. Of course, I don't want to fight like Don Quichotte though some times
feelings like that are coming up. ;-) But again and again it seems to me that there was some
light at the end of tunnel...
Belka - Karg
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Bxb2
10.Rb1 Bg7 11.h3 b6 12.Bb4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Bc3 f6 17.a4 O-O
18.f4 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Bh6 20.Qf2 e5 21.f5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Bf4 23.a5 Rab8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rf3 gxf5
26.exf5 Kh8 27.Kf1 Qh5 28.Qe4 b5 29.cxb5 cxb5 30.Be1 Rfc8 31.Ra3 Qf7 32.Rb4 Rc5 33.Ra6 Bg5
34.h4 Bh6 35.Rc6 Bf8 36.Rxc5 Bxc5 37.Rb3 Qg8 38.Rd3 Qc8 39.g4 Ra8 40.Rc3 Ra3 41.Rxa3 Bxa3
42.g5 Kg7!? 43.Bd2 Bd7 44.Be3 Qa6 45.Qg4 Bf8 46.gxf6+... (open files are the only chance for
any progress) 46...Kf7 (the answer came immediately, was already analyzed: preventing White's
attacks but g-file is opened now) 47.Kg2... (That was a hard to do decision - there were five
alternatives I searched for: Qh5+, Qe4, Qf3, Bg5 and Kg2, and for a long time I waded through
deep waters being frustrated again and again. But very lately I still found a tiny chance in
a line starting with a quiet move 47.Kg2...) 47...Qc6+ (wow just the move I heartly expected!)
48.Kg3 Qc3 (Black's idea is obviously: intruding into White's camp, to white king's back)
49.Qe4... (Defending c2, attacking e5, occupying diagonal e4-a8. My goal: exchanging the queens
and attacking Black's b-pawn. Until here my expectations were fulfilled.) 49...Qe1+ (after 3
days replied and not an answer I relly expected) 50.Kh3... (enables to escape to g4) 50...Qf1+
51.Kg4 Qe2+ (renewed immediately replied) 52.Qf3 Qc4 (That I didn't expect throwing out me of
all analysis. I counted just on 52...h5+. Now I got again into deep waters! Should Karg be
right with his request for drawing?)
| 53.Kg5... have a look on right. There were just two alternatives here: Kg3... or Kg5... And at least very deep into the endgame there is a little hope yet for attacking chances. Yes, I do hope yet... |
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July 9th, 2007
A last big decision?
Yesterday I made my (last big) decision in the game against Karg choosing my response among
five alternatives. Yes, it was a hard to do job in a situation where all seems to be very
unclear, apparently no much promising way. Of course, I didn't gamble, didn't play dice. But
my recent choice is maybe a last attempt trying my luck. If that doesn't work for me then
there is no way anymore...
Already today Karg responded. And his reply meets my expectations! ;-)
July 6th, 2007
Miracle
Surprisingly Andrey came in with an email telling that he had drawn his game against Opitz.
He spoke of a miracle which happened being under pressure over 7 months, struggling against a
loss and gaining a draw while playing a fishy but losing line - wow!
For our tournament crosstable:
- Opitz 0.5 : 0.5 Pavlikov
July 2nd, 2007
Favouriting own main move
I was worried about missing Wecke's reply and sent an 2nd email with my last move on Sunday.
And he replied now immediately. "In any way I hadn't had time analyzing 'your variant'.
But before I lose more time I favourite 'my' main move 50. Ra3..." - Life can be so simple
sometimes!? ;-)
He chose a move differing from my offered conditional move sequence. But all I can see is that
this is not the best. Now I see more and more light on the horizon it's getting brighter and
brighter... And I offered again conditional moves achieving a main goal formulated previously by trading a rook ... and getting an avalanche into rolling! :-)
Regarding my Karg game I've been wading through deep waters for 8 days already. Two souls are struggling
each other in my breast: one is whispering again and again that there is a little chance yet
and the other is telling me: man, give up, nothing to gain it's a dead draw...
June 27th, 2007
Surprise!
Lately in the evening I got a last email. Our tournament director with a game score I couldn't
believe first: Frenzel lost his game against Koukal!
Now our cards in game are renewed melled, a conjectural competitor "died". And
Andrey's chances for scoring as fourth at minimum and being able to qualify for next stage
are getting up.
For 10 days already no living signal from my BDG combatant?! I delivered a conditional moves
sequence at last. Maybe he has stumbled into deep mulling over now searching for a little light
on horizon?! ;-)
And for our tournament crosstable:
- Koukal 1 : 0 Frenzel
June 22nd 2007
... playing yet 50 moves??
My game against Karg is yet running rather slowly but it's a true battle field at least
one-sided. With his last reply he stated: "I think we can play yet 50 moves without
anything is changing." Not encouraging me. But my feeling is saying that there is anything
in position being tactical in nature, having some potential for gaining advantage yet.
Belka - Karg
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Bxb2
10.Rb1 Bg7 11.h3 b6 12.Bb4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Bc3 f6 17.a4 O-O
18.f4 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Bh6 20.Qf2 e5 21.f5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Bf4 23.a5 Rab8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rf3 gxf5
26.exf5 Kh8 27.Kf1 Qh5 28.Qe4 b5 29.cxb5 cxb5 30.Be1 Rfc8 31.Ra3 Qf7 32.Rb4 Rc5 33.Ra6 Bg5
34.h4 Bh6 35.Rc6 Bf8 36.Rxc5 Bxc5 37.Rb3 Qg8 38.Rd3 Qc8 39.g4 Ra8 40.Rc3... (Is Black forcing
now a rook trading?) 40...Ra3 (indeed!) 41.Rxa3 Bxa3 42.g5... (starting a last attempt for
winning) 42...Kg7!? (at least on an 3rd look the best) 43.Bd2 Bd7 44.Be3 Qa6 (Again not on my
papers! I can a huge analysis through away. This is surely an attempt for attacking my king.)
45.Qg4... (At least 3 serious moves were to search for: 45.Kf2..., 45.gxf6+... and 45.Qg4...,
and I made up my mind to the text move having obviously most potential compared to alternatives,
increasing the pressure on Black's king. - There are 3 plans so far: exchanging all major and
minor pieces ending in an endgame where White should have winning chances, resp. moving white
king to queenside avoiding Black's attacks on white king, resp. breaking through on kingside
with a pawn supported by queen and bishop threatening black king. But I can't overview all
consequences for backfire in a safe manner...)
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45...Bf8 - aaahhh, again not in my papers, have a look to left! What the hell is such a move's idea?? I strongly counted on a reply as ...Kh8 or ...Qa1+. Now I have 3 obvious replies: 46.Kg1..., 46.g6... or 46.gxf6+... Again a hard to do job. :-/ |
And news from our tournament again:
- Frenzel 0 : 1 Pavlikov
Wow, Andrey is the first beating Frenzel who was finishing the least games so far, is stepping
slowly but steady forward willing to reach a fourth rank at minimum?! All seems to be possible
in our group. There are not just 2, 3 favorites any more. And maybe a favourited player at
beginning has now to fight yet...
June 16th, 2007
A long pulling and impatience
Today, after 8 long days again my BDG combatant came in with a reply I didn't have in my
paper. But I'm not afraid of that, Wecke just pulled me off of my huge analysis. I had to
start again with analyzing and noticed that it is still a long walk beyond the sunny horizon.
But my e-pawn will pass through. I'm pretty sure I get him. ;-)
And he was so nice to tell something about his Frenzel game. It seems he's breaking through
with a queenside pawn in an unusual battle with 3 minor pieces against the queen. Maybe he beamed with
joy and had to tell somebody that - understandable.
On the other battle field Karg asked a question renewed 3 days ago: "How long do you want
to play on?" What could I say? I'm really interested in this game and want just to win.
That's all. And this is a hard to make thing. It needs pretty much patience and very much time
and careful analyzing. What the hell should I reply in a polite manner? :-/
June 2nd, 2007
A matter of honour?
Only 3 games are running yet. I'm switching between boredom and analyzing stress again and
again. ;-)
Today my brave BDG combatant came in again after a longer time. Indeed, he took an 8 days
respite for his reply!
On May 16th he replied a little bit indignant: "How far the still arising endgame should
be technically won by Black I like to let me demonstrating it. I'll resist with all my endgame
knowledge. :))" Wow, does a challenge look like this?
But after taking this big respite I believe he didn't expect my last move 44...Qd8!, calculated
surely with 44...e5 and has been surprised?!
Wecke - Belka
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6 8.O-O Bg6 9.Bg5 Nbd7
10.Qe2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Bh5 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Be2?! Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qxe5 16.Qd2 Qc7
17.Qe2 h6 18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Qg4 Rhg8 21.Rae1 Nf6 22.Qh4 Ke8 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 g6
25.Rf6 Qe7 26.Ref1 Rg7 27.Qe3?! Rh7!? 28.c4 h5 29.h3 h4 30.b4 a6 31.a4 Rd8 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5
c5 34.Qf4 Rd6 35.Ra1 Rd4 36.Qf3 Qc7 37.Qe3 Ke7 (2 plans could work: either with a manoeuvre
Rh7-h5-f5 forcing an rook trading and disburdening f7 or a transition into an endgame 2
rooks + pawn versus white queen!) 38.Raf1 Qg3 39.Qe2... (Wecke's alternative move was
39.Qc1...) 39...Ke8 40.b6... (replied immediately and being rather aggressively!) 40...Qd6
(now the music plays on another site) 41.Qf3 Qe7 42.Ra1... (Is this the expected attack
analyzed? Here Wecke replied a little bit indignant as quoted above. :-o) 42...Rd8 43.Ra7...
(Indeed the expected attack. But here I had already analyzed very deeply beyond a line of
move 60 (!), until Black's winning chances!) 43...Rb8 44.Qf4... (as already analyzed)
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... and now surprisingly for my opponent 44...Qd8! - have a look on right! I'm convinced that Wecke expected here 44...e5 being plausible but without a good prospect on winning. And after 8 long days now 45.Qe5... (as already analyzed) I'm true curious what will happen. When will my opponent realise that his attack is running into nowhere? |
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Of course, always presupposed that there is no giant hole in my huge analysis! ;-))
I did put pretty much efforts into my analysis. Yes, it's a matter of honour now! :-)
May 31st, 2007
Big brother is watching you! ;-)
No, not really. ;-) I allowed Andrey to access on my blog here since our game was
finished. He promised to keep it secret. And so my CC friend is having a look again and again
here what I'm doing. Yes, he is really interested in that... ;-)
May 22nd, 2007
Talking to Pavlikov yet...
Indeed, after finishing our game on March we're still talking on chess related and other things.
A good example for that how correspondence chess is connecting people! :-)
Today he delivered all his still running games, with 5 moves delay though. His Frenzel game
is clearly won for him, against Opitz with hard problems for holding a draw, and in his games
against Koukal and Dobner with some chances for winning yet. A likely outcome could be:
+2 -1 =1 - not enough for getting up to the 3 scorers of our group. Two losses in summary were
a too big mortgage.
He surprised me with his archive of all so far finished games of our group containing 2 games
more than my one?! And I was pretty sure to have done a good job for telling outcome of 23
finished games so far. :-/
May 18th, 2007
Huch, the BDG fan is attacking me now?!
Indeed, Wecke is attacking me now on the queenside?! :-O In this way I didn't expect
anything from my opponent. He really believes his attack could be successfully?! Does he
even wish more than a draw? It seems so. Otherwise he had waited for my actions. But in
truth I'm receiving my opportunity now long awaited!
I analyzed very deep, beyond a line of move 60 (!) and found my winning chances in a technical
pawn ending... :-)
May 15th, 2007
My opponent is teasing me
Today my brave BDG player Wecke was very pleased: "40 moves accomplished and nevertheless
no short battle as mentioned in your email from Nov. 19th 2006: 'Tja, BDG und grandiose
Schlacht?? Wie dies auch ausgeht - es wird wohl eher ein kürzeres Scharmützel werden!'
Is that to rate as a success for the attacker or the defender?!"
Ouch, that is hard. ;-) In fact, I'm struggling with my own weaknesses although being
2 pawns up. And I do know of technical endings with 2, even 3 pawns up by one side but being
not able to win with even a such advantage! Sad but true. So what to do? Am I really
dependent on White's assistance offering an opportunity for trading a rook?
May 12th, 2007
A new little hope for beating Karg
My game with Karg is running rather slowly. I think a sign for a hard battle, for longer analyzing
on both sides. But renewed a little hope is arising to 2nd, 3rd time for gaining more than
only a draw. As Germans say: a good thing takes a long time! ;-)
Belka - Karg
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Bxb2
10.Rb1 Bg7 11.h3 b6 12.Bb4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Bc3 f6 17.a4 O-O
18.f4 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Bh6 20.Qf2 e5 21.f5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Bf4 23.a5 Rab8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rf3 gxf5
26.exf5 Kh8 27.Kf1 Qh5 28.Qe4 b5 (Again a deciding position for draw or win. I favoured 29.c5...
by feeling but after long analyzing I chose the text move) 29.cxb5 cxb5 30.Be1... (a positional
move fighting for both sides) 30...Rfc8 31.Ra3... (occupying the a-file) 31...Qf7 (admitting
a weaker 27...Qh5?) 32.Rb4 Rc5 (Karg: "Currently game is absolutely counterbalanced."
- Should that be true? I don't believe...) 33.Ra6 Bg5 34.h4 Bh6 35.Rc6... (a saving move to me?)
35...Bf8 36.Rxc5 Bxc5 37.Rb3 Qg8 (and again an unexpected move - what is Karg's motivation?)
38.Rd3 Qc8
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Who wishes to win has to force something: 39.g4... - have a look to left. Yes, aggressively played, but no other chance playing for a win. White is threatening with a pawn storm on kingside, and attacking e5... |
And some news from our tournament:
- Neumann 1 : 0 Dobner
May 6th, 2007
My big flop
My disastrous Frenzel game is running yet. A true sad outlook. I'm not sure whether I should
throw away this game or struggle on. It could be my opponent takes revenge on my blunder ...
April 30th, 2007
Yet a hard battle not expected
Long 11 days are passed and after hardly analyzing I've had to recognise that my Wecke game
is another piece hard to win. :-/
Our game went on so far as following:
Wecke - Belka
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6 8.O-O Bg6 9.Bg5 Nbd7
10.Qe2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Bh5 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Be2?! Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qxe5 16.Qd2 Qc7
17.Qe2 h6 18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Qg4 Rhg8 21.Rae1 Nf6 22.Qh4 Ke8 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 g6
25.Rf6 Qe7 26.Ref1 Rg7 27.Qe3?! Rh7!? 28.c4 h5 29.h3 h4 30.b4... (just consequently) 30...a6
31.a4 Rd8 32.b5... (Wecke: "In our major pieces endgame I have slight initiative due to
Black's king remained in the center. But who knows its ability in future game? :)) ")
32...axb5 33.axb5 c5 ( a little aggressively played) 34.Qf4... (Wecke's alternative move here
was ...b6) 34...Rd6 35.Ra1... (threatens a check but reduces the pressure on f7) 35...Rd4
36.Qf3 Qc7 (and not 36...Rxc4?? because of 37.Ra8+ Qd8 38.Rxd8+...) 37.Qe3... (abandoning pawn c4?!)
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37...Ke7 - look to right. What could Black do now? Initiative is on White's side due to Black's positional weaknesses. Concluding from my long analyzing there are 2 concepts yet Black could go: running for the idea of forcing rook trading via manoeuvre Rh7-h5-f5 or enabling a technical endgame with 2 rooks and pawn versus White's queen. |
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Both ideas are satisfactory to
Black having potential for winning but not forcing White to anything.
April 23rd, 2007
I'm missed by my opponent
Today an email came in from my brave BDG player Wecke telling: "Also when just 4 days
have been passed I wanted to remember to my move."
Indeed, it's my turn to move for 4 days but 4 days are nothing according to our standard
thinking time. Is my opponent missing me? ;-)) Or is he keen to play on our BDG game? Does he
smell of a chance for holding a draw yet? Four days ago he replied with his last move:
"Also when just 3 games are running to me I have to spend all my energy on our game
[...]" - aaahh 8-)
In fact, it takes me some time again to battle in a jungle of many lines and sublines. And
I must recognise that my positional weaknesses (king in the center yet, not connected rooks)
are more significant than thought before...
And news from our tournament:
- Wecke 1 : 0 Koukal
April 15th, 2007
How many moves yet??
Huh, what is that? Karg was asking me today how many moves I wish to make yet in our game!? 8-)
Is he too tired to play on our game? Does he play too many games in parallel or did he
discover anything being bad for him in our game? ;-)
Well, I thought after something... and replied: "Yet about 35. Our game is still a short
running game." ;-)
April 14th, 2007
Yeah, it worked!
Yeah, my strategy worked! Catched in a closed position, threatened by an uncomfortable draw
I managed to break open this closed position leading to a convincing win.
Koukal - Belka
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd3 Nc6 9.Nd5 O-O
10.O-O a5 11.c3 Nxd5 12.exd5 a4 13.Nd2 Nb8 14.Nc4 f5 15.f4 e4 16.Qd4 Nd7 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Na3 Bd7
19.Qb4 Qc7 20.Rad1 Rfc8 21.Nc4 b5 22.Na3 Na6 23.Qd4 Qb7 24.Qd2 Rab8 25.Nc2 Rc7 26.Bf2 Bf6
27.Rc1 Nc5 28.Rb1 Rb8 29.Rfd1 Rcc8 30.Qe1 Rf7 31.Be3 Bd8 32.Qf1 h6 33.Qf2 Kh7 34.Qe1 Bf6
35.Qg3 Rg8 36.Rd2 g5!? 37.fxg5 Bxg5 38.Bf4 Rfg7 39.Ne3 b4! 40.Rbd1 bxc3 41.bxc3 Rg6 42.Qf2 Qc7
43.Rf1 Bf6 44.c4?! Qa5 45.Bh5?! R6g7 46.Bxd6 Nd3! 47.Rxd3 exd3 48.Kh1 Qc3
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49.c5?!... (Surprisingly. Koukal: "It seems to me that we're standing in front of an interesting endgame!") 49...Bd4! (attacking White's pawn c5, captivating White's knight)50.c6 Bc8 51.Bf4 Rxg2! (Black keeps on forcing the game, getting closer and closer the win) 52.Qh4 Bf4 53.Qh3 d2 (captivating again White's knight) 54.Qf3 R2g7 55.d6 Bd4 56.Rd1... and |
resigned at the same time.
Wow, in this game taking hold of some initiative was rewarded. It took me a long breath running my longest game here so far...
And keeping on our tournament records:
- Koukal 0 : 1 Belka
April 9th, 2007
The Scotch battle is over
Yes, my single Scotch game is over but being of some theoretical interest.
Belka - Neumann
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6
10.Qe4 d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Bd2 f5 13.Qxe6+ Bxe6 14.b3 O-O-O 15.Be2 Bc5 16.Rd1 Rhe8 17.O-O Bf7
18.Bf3 Re6 19.h3 Bb4 20.Nb1 Bxd2 21.Nxd2 Nd7 22.Rfe1 Nc5 23.Nb1 Rd3 24.Kf1 Kd7 25.Rxd3 Nxd3
26.Rxe6 Kxe6 27.Nc3 Kd6 28.Bd1 Bg6 29.Bc2 f4 30.f3 Kc5 31.Ke2 Nc1+ (surprising again)
32.Kd2 Bxc2 (Played without conditional moves. Did Black hope for the failure 33.Kxc1...?)
33.Kxc2 Kd4 34.h4 h5 (not expected - Black proofs the kingside?!)
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35.Kd2 a6 36.Kc2 Nd3 (And now forcing a draw by repetition or is there yet a little chance for more than a draw, i.e. 37.Kd2 Nc1 38.Ne4...? But all I searched for leaded to nothing.) 37.Kd2 Nc1 with a draw offer by my opponent - I accepted. |
Asking a question to my opponent why he played 11...Bxd6 he responded:
"Thank you for accepting my draw offer. At the end of the game was nothing to reach yet
by both sides. It saves us a lot time. [...] It's clear that after move 11 my pawn structure
was getting humbly - so what were the reasons:
White puts some pressure, among others on the center. So tempo - tempo - tempo!
- I'm able to connect both rooks.
- Both central files are opened.
- I'm able to occupy both central files with rooks.
- Black is getting more active and makes up leeway."
Indeed, it sounds plausible. So in the case this idea is really working it were a remarkable
reply. A larger field for some research now how White could go on keeping up its aggressive
play! Maybe a long castling in move 14 or a renewed thinking over in move 9 with the
alternatives 9.b3... and 9.Nd2...
And some news from our tournament:
- Wecke 0.5 : 0.5 Opitz
- Frenzel 0.5 : 0.5 Karg
- Belka 0,5 - 0,5 Neumann
March 28th, 2007
Light over the horizon!
Yeah, the sun is rising again in my Koukal game! I managed to break open the closed position
finally with violence moving 36...g5!? and 39...b4!
Koukal - Belka
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd3 Nc6 9.Nd5 O-O
10.O-O a5 11.c3 Nxd5 12.exd5 a4 13.Nd2 Nb8 14.Nc4 f5 15.f4 e4 16.Qd4 Nd7 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Na3 Bd7
19.Qb4 Qc7 20.Rad1 Rfc8 21.Nc4 b5 22.Na3 Na6 23.Qd4 Qb7 24.Qd2 Rab8 25.Nc2 Rc7 26.Bf2 Bf6
27.Rc1 Nc5 28.Rb1 Rb8 29.Rfd1 Rcc8 30.Qe1 Rf7 31.Be3 Bd8 32.Qf1 h6 33.Qf2 Kh7 34.Qe1 Bf6
35.Qg3 Rg8 36.Rd2 g5!? 37.fxg5 Bxg5 (better than 37...hxg5 enabling White a fast draw by repetition)
38.Bf4... (again surprisingly to me) 38...Rfg7
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39.Ne3 b4! - an 2nd lever action breaking open the position, and this time on the queenside,
have a look to the left. 40.Rbd1... (and again surprising ceding Black the b-file) 40...bxc3 41.bxc3 Rg6 42.Qf2 Qc7 43.Rf1... (looking plausible but...) |
43...Bf6 (putting some pressure on the diagonal f6-c3) 44.c4?!... (again and again my opponent surprised me with unexpected moves) 44...Qa5 (heckling White)
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45.Bh5?!... (clearly weaker than the alternative Rdd1... now abandoning the square d3) 45...R6g7 46.Bxd6... (real,
White did devour my pawn but...) 46...Nd3! 47.Rxd3 exd3 48.Kh1 Qc3 - have a look to right. That is a crystal-clear more convenient position than about 20 moves ago, isn't it?! :-) I gained the quality, open files and initiative... |
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March 25th, 2007
My BDG fan is betting...
My BDG fan came in today but without replying with his move, betting only! ;-)
Wecke: "My tips on the first three seated:
- Neumann
- Karg
- Belka"
- Karg
- Belka
- Neumann
Wow! But it isn't a good idea to sell the bearskin too early... ;-))
Well, our game went on so far as following:
Wecke - Belka
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6 8.O-O Bg6 9.Bg5 Nbd7
10.Qe2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Bh5 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Be2?! Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qxe5 16.Qd2 Qc7
17.Qe2 h6 18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Qg4 Rhg8 21.Rae1 Nf6 22.Qh4 Ke8 23.Ne4... (as expected)
23...Nxe4 24.Qxe4 g6 (after longer analysis, no simple decision) 25.Rf6... (surprising me,
attacking f7/e6 - not so bad!) 25...Qe7 26.Ref1... (just consequently) 26...Rg7 (with the idea
to move own king to the kingside, and defending f7/g6 - on the long prospect stronger than
the simple ...Rf8)
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(preventing an intruding of White's queen, and stronger than ...Rd8 or ...Kf8) 28.c4 h5 - have a
look to the right.
Now I'm pretty optimistic to pull through with both pawns into the endgame though my king is a little bit unsafe and my rooks are not connected. :-) |
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March 24th, 2007
A hard battle won
A little surprisingly to me Pavlikov resigned today.
Belka - Pavlikov
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 c6 8.Be2 b5 9.a3 Ng4?! 10.b3 Ne5 11.Bg3 Bf6 12.f4 Ng6
13.O-O Re8 14.Bf3 Ne5?! 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Qf2 exd4 18.e5 dxc3 19.exf6 Qxf2+ 20.Bxf2 Bf5 21.Rfe1 Rc8 22.Re3 Bxc2?
23.Bg4 Rf8 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Rd6 Bg6 26.Rxc3 Re8 (maybe better 26...f5) 27.Re3!... (very active) 27...Rf8 28.Re7 h5
29.Bd4+... (here is clearly to see not only Black's bad development regarding Nb8 and Ra8 but its unsafe king position, too)
29...Kh7 30.Bf3 a5 (Pavlikov: "I have the only answer to continue the game..."
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31.Re5!?... have a look on left. But what about this silent move? Well, White's goal here was playing Be4... However playing this immediately instead 31.Re5... was not possible because of Black's riposte 31...Bxe4. Now this is not possible anymore! And here my opponent resigned. Pavlikov: "I admit my loss and congratulate you! |
You played wonderfully, it is a great lesson for me. Initiative is a powerful weapon!" - This is sportsmanship! :-)
And news from tournament:
- Dobner 0 : 1 Wecke
- Belka 1 : 0 Pavlikov
March 20th, 2007
My Scotch forced into the endgame
Well, my last still running but not yet mentioned game is my Neumann game. Also a hard battle, against an CC IM...
Belka - Neumann
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5
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8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 d5 (deviating from main line) 11.exd6 Bxd6 (not expected, have a look to left.) What is Black's goal accepting a duplicated pawn weakness? Gaining development for his minor piece? Fast short castling? I didn't find a single reference game in my archives but think it's a major reply. Game went on as following: |
12.Bd2 f5 (forcing an exchanging the queens) 13.Qxe6+ Bxe6 14.b3 O-O-O 15.Be2 Bc5 16.Rd1 Rhe8 17.O-O Bf7 18.Bf3 Re6 19.h3 Bb4 20.Nb1 Bxd2 21.Nxd2 Nd7 22.Rfe1 Nc5 23.Nb1 Rd3 (surprisingly to me) 24.Kf1... (very important - the endgame is starting already!) 24...Kd7 25.Rxd3 Nxd3 26.Rxe6 Kxe6 27.Nc3 Kd6 28.Bd1... (very deeply analyzed) 28...Bg6 29.Bc2... (again after very long analysis) 29...f4 30.f3 Kc5 (Neumann here: "Rope pulling is going on.")
| 31.Ke2... (forced) - have a look on right. There hasn't been a true middlegame so far but a fast transition into the endgame. Now a very hard to do job for getting more than a draw - a mission impossible?! :-/ My last hope now is "Контуры Эндшпиля" from Слуцкий/ Шерешевский... ;-)) |
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March 18th, 2007
New chances are raising!
After a longer time Karg came in again with his reply totally surprising me.
Belka - Karg
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Bxb2 10.Rb1 Bg7 11.h3 b6 12.Bb4 Ne5
13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Bc3 f6 17.a4 O-O 18.f4 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Bh6 20.Qf2 e5 21.f5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Bf4
(offering a draw) 23.a5... (I want to fight on.) 23...Rab8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rf3... (very flexible) 25...gxf5 26.exf5 Kh8
(not expected)
Here I analyzed very deeply, examined all three main alternatives 27.g3..., 27.Be1... and 27.Kf1... trying to find out all
consequences. But I wasn't able to draw a crystal-clear conclusion. In the end, with a little bit feeling, I decided on
27.Kf1... having found a tiny chance for more than just a draw.
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27.Kf1 Qh5 (surprising me totally, have a look to left!) What is going on? Have I overseen anything here? Foremost 26...Kh8 making free the g-file, now exposing Black's queen to the kingside?! It's a little bit scaring for White's king position... But whatsoever I searched for the only thing I found was that Black's last move deserves just |
an "?!"... Yeah, new chances are raising to me! :-)
And a new result from my opponents:
- Neumann 1 : 0 Opitz
The recent BdF newsletter came in with news to our Open "60 years BdF" telling that about
1,000 games are finished, so about 18%.
March 11th, 2007
A long mulling over...
Apart from my Koukal game I've been struggling with my games against Karg and Neumann a lot.
Even within a very long break of up to 16 days for searching for anything I couldn't find a
win in those games. Well, these opponents are the strongest ones in my group but I had a hope
for more than a draw only due to playing as White. :-/
Maybe against Karg is a tiny hope yet...
March 3rd, 2007
The crowbar method
My game versus Koukal is running pretty uncomfortable to me from beginning declining my 2nd
attempt to play a Nimzo-Sicilian system and getting into a blocked position...
Koukal - Belka
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd3... (and early out of all my books!?) ...Nc6
9.Nd5 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.c3 Nxd5 12.exd5 a4 13.Nd2 Nb8 14.Nc4 f5 15.f4 e4 16.Qd4 Nd7 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Na3 Bd7 19.Qb4 Qc7
20.Rad1 Rfc8 21.Nc4 b5 22.Na3 Na6 23.Qd4 Qb7 24.Qd2 Rab8 25.Nc2 Rc7 26.Bf2 Bf6 27.Rc1 Nc5 28.Rb1... (it seems both players
are waiting for each other?) ...Rb8 29.Rfd1 Rcc8 30.Qe1 Rf7 31.Be3 Bd8 (swindling tactically) 32.Qf1 h6 33.Qf2 Kh7
(swindling repeatedly) 34.Qe1 Bf6 (I don't give up...)
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35.Qg3 Rg8 (and this time with a crowbar!!) 36.Rd2... and again no reaction by my opponent apparently?! 36...g5!? And the final thrust - a last attempt to avoid a draw, have a look to left. No return now, a door to a safe draw was slammed. And it's a little bit dangerous, White could punch back. I do hope... |
March 2nd, 2007
It took very long...
On Jan. 25th Pavlikov asked me to support him for buying a Fritz Baumbach book. Of course,
I searched for a such one and suggested "Correspondence Chess - tips and tricks from world
champion". No problem to buy and deliver it to him.
And he was also interested in another book from Anton/Baumbach "Gladiatoren ante portas".
But what we didn't know so far was the detail of transferring money. We discussed credit card
or PayPal, standard money transfer using a bank account or mailing it enclosed in an envelope.
But nothing worked: no credit card, either not reliable or too costly. And now we found a way
solving a such little problem, after a such long time. I'm ordering and paying also the latter
one instead him and he'll deliver a little parcel to me with a book donating me. ;-)
And another results from my opponents:
- Koukal 0 : 1 Neumann
- Pavlikov 1 : 0 Wecke
Febr. 20th, 2007
The 80ies were coming up!
In the last days I came in touch with Bernd Neumann a little bit closer. And he told that he
wasn't able to find any games of me over the internet except one single one, supposed played
in a correspondence chess country competition Germany versus Hungary at the beginning of the
80ies.
Well, I wasn't able to recall exactly but thought that were possible. I recall that I once
played a such competition with and asked him for the notation. He immediately delivered this
jewel and indeed: it is one of my earlier CC games but indeed played in a German CC
competition! I searched and searched for it in my old CC data and found it... It was an
extraordinary feeling which came up to me...
Febr. 19th, 2007
Winning chances are raising?!
There is another hard battle against Pavlikov not mentioned so far. He chose the Philidor
defense, a little disappointment to me because I hoped for a Scotch or Petrov battle. And
I haven't played against up to now.
Belka - Pavlikov
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 c6 (and out of all my archives again) 8.Be2...
(here I intentional hesitated to castle yet) 8...b5 (the idea behind ...c6) 9.a3 Ng4?! (Why that? Moving to e5?
Black is already worse regarding its development) 10.b3 Ne5 11.Bg3... (I hesitated again to castle) 11...Bf6
12.f4... (attacking to take advantage of Black's bad development) 12...Ng6 13.O-O Re8 14.Bf3... (bishop pair with focus
on a little bit weak black queenside pawns)
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14...Ne5?! (Surprising me completely! Pavlikov: "My last move was made on purpose!" - have a look on the left. But Black's text move forces a larger trading of material now letting Black back with significant disadvantages) 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Rad1... (now an avalanche is starting forcing a transition into the endgame) 16...Qb6 |
(Pavlikov: "You were definitely right. Analyzing more deeply, I have discovered I was too optimistic a couple of moves before. I have to defend my position in an ending which is very difficult to save for Black.") 17.Qf2 exd4 18.e5 dxc3 19.exf6 Qxf2+ 20.Bxf2 Bf5 21.Rfe1 Rc8 (already forced
| defending Black's ground rank and the pawn c6) 22.Re3... (very long and deeply analyzed searching
for the truth whether Re2... or Re3... were better on long prospect, with more situations trapping Black, have a look on the
right) 22...Bxc2? (... and it worked! Pavlikov here: "I analyzed very deeply, but White has a big advantage everywhere...") |
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Now I'm pretty convinced to pull through... :-)
Febr. 18th, 2007
A draw offer from Karg?!
Hermann Karg came in with a draw offer?!
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Belka - Karg 1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Bxb2 10.Rb1 Bg7 11.h3 b6 12.Bb4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Bc3 f6 17.a4 O-O 18.f4 Bxc4 19.dxc4 Bh6 20.Qf2 e5 21.f5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Bf4 offering a draw - have a look left. |
It's a little
bit surprising to me. This game wasn't fought out yet!? Is Karg worrying about anything?
Well, I do believe that there are tiny chances for White on the kingside for fighting on,
for a win?! And regarding my catastrophically running game against Frenzel I have to
fight on now in every single game, even against the strongest player in our group... :-/
And another result from my opponents:
- Neumann 0.5 : 0.5 Karg
What I observed so far is that most finished games were short running games only?! My game
against Opitz with 38 moves is the longest game here so far...
Febr. 14th, 2007
A pleasant BDG game
Stumbling surprisingly into this Blackmar-Diemer gambit it's turning into an pleasant game to
me so far.
Wecke - Belka
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 (the Ziegler defense) 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6 8.O-O Bg6 9.Bg5... (probably not
the best better 9.g4...) 9...Nbd7 (a minority move being pretty aggressively) 10.Qe2... (very rarely played) 10...Nxe5
(my 1st analyzed move) 11.dxe5 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Bh5 (again aggressively played surprising my opponent)
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13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Be2?!... (here my opponent was worrying
about being able to fight for a draw) 14...Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qxe5 16.Qd2 Qc7 (played after
analyzing very deeply, an alternative were ...f6) 17.Qe2 h6 (again after analyzing deeply)
18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Qg4 Rhg8 21.Rae1 Nf6 22.Qh4 Ke8 - have a look left. |
I do hope now to safe my 2 pawn advantage into the endgame... :-)
And another result from my opponents:
- Karg 1 : 0 Dobner
Febr. 9th, 2007
A favorite for winning in our group
Hermann Karg was very optimistic e-mailing me today: "I do hope I win. Due to my ELO
I had to get first but in correspondence chess very strange things can happen..."
He is playing three other groups in this tournament, too. And additionally playing in world
champ semi-final played on ICCF server. Does this guy also do anything other than playing
chess? ;-)
And further results from my opponents:
- Karg 1 : 0 Koukal
- Pavlikov 0.5 : 0.5 Karg
Jan. 30th, 2007
It's going on...
Well, after a long break and repeating my last move to Koukal two times our tournament director
took over: our game shall run via him now.
And here my catastrophically running game against Frenzel after blundering terriblely on
move 10, 11:
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Frenzel - Belka 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bf4 Qb6 8.Rb1 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd3 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Ng5+ Kg6 14.Qd3+ Rf5 15.g4 Bxg5 16.gxf5 exf5 17.Qg3 Qd8 - have a look on left. |
I think there is nothing to rescue here... :-(
And another results from my opponents:
- Pavlikov 0.5 : 0.5 Neumann
- Opitz 0.5 : 0.5 Frenzel
Jan. 28th, 2007
Reaching a thrilling position
My hard fight against Opitz' Sicilian, English attack has overshadowed another hard game against the probably strongest player of our group, Hermann Karg:
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Belka - Karg 1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 Nf6, have a look to left. My 2nd Zvjagincev game coming out of all books and archives already. But surely a win to me against the strongest opponent in our group. |
| 5.Bxc6 dxc6 ... not expected. 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Bxb2 10.Rb1 Bg7 11.h3 b6 12.Bb4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6 ... again not expected and unpleasantly, see diagram on the right! |
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Does Black think after about a long castling? Or grapping my knight only? Two pawns on a row
were true unpleasantly, and Black's bishop on g7 is pretty strong... Here I got into long,
very deep analysis. Well, I found that 16.Bc3... were stopping Black's strong bishop and replying
with 16...Bxc4? were quite weak: 17.Bxg7 Rg8 18.Qh6 Bxa2 19.Ra1 Be6 20.Qxh7 Kd7 21.Ra6 Rgd8
22.f4 c5 23.Be5 with advantage for White, so nothing to fear. But a simple and plausible
riposte of Black were 16...O-O, aren't you?
It's incredible but after this apparently logical answer White were able to force a hard king
attack hided very, very deeply in the position! Ongoing analysis as following:
16.Bc3 O-O 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ne3... sacrificing a pawn for getting advanced development.
18...Bxa2 19.Rbe1 Be6 already forced. 20.f4 f6 21.f5 Bd7 22.Ng4 g5 23.e5 h5 24.exf6 exf6
25.Nxf6 Kxf6 26.Qc3+ Kf7 27.Qc4+ Kf6 28.Qd4+ Kf7 29.f6 Be6 30.Qe4 Qd7 31.Qh7+ Ke8 32.Qf5+ Kd8
33.Rxe6 Qd5 34.Re5 Qd4+ 35.Kh1 Rc8 36.Qxg5 Kc7
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37.f7 a5 38.Re7+... have a look on the left! What a hard king attack - Black is lost. I dispensed with all sub lines, the main line as shown is rather forced. And imagine what a job was done analyzing from move 16 until 38. |
What will Karg reply now? Indeed a thrilling position - have a look on diagram above on the
right...
Jan. 24th, 2007
Where is Koukal??
Correctly with finishing my little break at the end of 2006 I replied to all of my opponents.
And I got in touch again with all except Koukal. On January 16th I repeated my last move
but again no "living signal" so far... :-/
And some action again, another results from my opponents:
- Dobner 0.5 : 0.5 Koukal
- Karg 1 : 0 Opitz
- Belka 1 : 0 Dobner
Now with 1.5/2 points on my account and ranking as first but it is a long way yet.
Jan. 23rd, 2007
My 1st win!
A little bit surprisingly my opponent resigned now.
Belka - Dobner
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6
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8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bg4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 Qc8 13.Nc4 Bh3 14.Bg5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qe6 16.Rfe1 d5 17.Na5 c5 18.Qc6 Qe5 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.exd5 Qxb2 21.Rab1 Qxa2 22.d6 Bf6 23.d7 h6 24.Qxc5 Bd4 25.Qxd4 Qxa5 26.Re5 Qa6 27.Qd5 Rad8 28.Re4 Qf6 29.Rbe1 1:0 |
Yeah - my 1st win in tournament but only a little step forwards. And I won my first
Zvjagincev's move game. White's opening treatment has some potential yet but the outcome of
game has nothing to do with chosen opening: Black failed in moves 19 and 21, played a little
bit weaker in move 16. Interesting: material is total equal but...
Jan. 18th, 2007
Bad guys even in chess
Well, we all know our tornament director is Willi Moedl. But what about Isigkeit, one of the organizers of this event? He had delivered the tournament tender for our group via email to us.
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In the age of 51, living on the isle of Rügen, accountant in
last job, retired, finance director of ICCF, treasurer of chess organization in federal state
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, International CC Master (IFM) and International Arbiter. That sounds
excellent, isn't it?! Well, on January 14th I reclaimed a not correctly accepted conditional moves sequence by my opponent and delivered that email |
to Moedl, too. And I was right in this regard, of course.
But Moedl replied:
"Guten Abend Herr Belka, was ist das Problem? Ihr Partner ist nicht verpflichtet Ihre
Zugfolge zu akzeptieren."
Huch, what is that?? Is this guy not able to read carefully? He got all information needed and
then that. I answered:
"Hallo Herr Moedl,
> Guten Abend Herr Belka, was ist das Problem?
Das Problem wurde korrekt beim Namen genannt - Sie haben nur nicht richtig gelesen! Mein
Gegner hingegen verstand sofort die Reklamation und hat sich entschuldigt.
> Ihr Partner ist nicht verpflichtet Ihre Zugfolge zu
> akzeptieren.
Das hat doch auch keiner behauptet. In diesem Fall aber hatte mein Gegner die von mir
genannte Zugfolge akzeptiert, nur nicht meine Antwort 'wenn - dann' respektiert. Das neue
Jahr ist ja noch jung - ich wünsche mir für den Rest einen aufmerksameren Schiedsrichter."
Well, I think that was not impolite or unfriendly and not at all insulting. But what do
you think what happened in this regard? Yesterday Moedl emailed:
"Hallo Herr Belka, vielmals um Entschuldigung für meine Unaufmerksamkeit!!! Ich hoffe,
ich werde nie wieder so unaufmerksam sein und Ihre Rekalmationen in Zukunft sofort und
richtig beantworten. 100000 mal um Entschuldigung!!! Grüße vom unaufmerksamen
Schiedsrichter!!! W. Moedl"
Wow, what a harsh reaction - is that satisfying? And then Isigkeit as following:
"Lieber Schachfreund Belka,
Herr Moedl ist einer der besten deutschen Schiedsrichter. Daraus resultiert auch, dass er
täglich eine Vielzahl von Entscheidungen zu treffen hat. Offensichtlich hat er hier etwas
übersehen. Das kann durchaus vorkommen! Auch Herr Moedl arbeitet ausnahmslos unentgeltlich
während seiner Freizeit. Eine fehlerhafte Entscheidung bzw. ein Missverständnis berechtigt
Sie jedoch nicht, ihn in einem derartigen Ton zu attackieren. Ich habe mir erlaubt, eine
Kopie dieser Mail zur Information an den Vorstand des BdF zu senden. mfg Hans-Jürgen
Isigkeit"
What? One of the best German arbiters? At such low level?? Wrong in context, bad behaviour,
bad style and insufficient linguistic usage. That is the true face, others just surface. It's
just smelling of dull bureaucracy... Seemingly also chess is offering tremendous career
opportunities for rule-makers, arbiters, administrators, bureaucrats, commentators,
investigators, informants and assorted busy-bodies. :-( Those guys have obviously nothing in
common with our sayings as 'amici sumus' or 'gens una sumus'...
Jan. 17th, 2007
Still waiting for my BDG player...
Yeah, I'm a little bit impatiently. Wecke plays "contemplative" taking his full respite move for move.
| But now a smoke signal! He wrote he was playing an over the board
tournament match with his chess team at weekend, and he won his game. Yes, nice, but I'm eager to see what will happen in our Blackmar-Diemer game! ;-) |
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Jan. 14th, 2007
First results from my opponents
After about 2 months there was some action, first results from my opponents:
- Karg 0.5 : 0.5 Wecke
- Opitz 1 : 0 Koukal
- Dobner 1 : 0 Opitz
On the other hand those games were running very fastly regarding planned tournament playing
time of 2 years?!
Jan. 6th, 2007
Surprising draw offer
Wow, what a surprise! My opponent offers a draw.
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Opitz - Belka 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Qf2 b5 14.g5 Nh5 15.h4 b4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Nf8 18.Bh3 Nf6 19.Ra5 Rcb8 20.Rd1 Nhf4 21.Bf1 Nc5 22.Bxf4 Nxb3 23.Rad5 Nc5 24.Be3 Na4 25.Re1 Nb6 26.Rd2 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Qxc4 28.f4 a5 29.fxe5 dxe5 |
30.Rd7 Qe6 31.Red1 Rd8 32.Qf5 Qxf5 33.exf5 Kf8 34.Bb6 Rxd7 35.Rxd7 a4 36.Kc1 Rc8 Rb7 h6 38.Be3... offering a draw.
That I didn't expect after a such long time being under pressure. Being honestly I'm relieved and will accept.
Dec. 27th, 2006
Tactics...
From tactical reasons I took a little leave from tournament in the last days of year having
more time for my games.
And I analyzed my game against Koukal over and over and didn't find a clear way for forcing
anything on board. It seems to me that White is awaiting, is waiting for me. :-/ So I tried
a suspicious move to third time forcing my opponent to do anything...
And my brave BDG player Wecke needs much time again for replying. A good or bad sign to me? ;-)
Dec. 17th, 2006
My Najdorf runs into endgame
A shadow comes closer and closer - an endgame battle, and maybe on both wings.
Opitz - Belka
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O
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10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Qf2 b5 14.g5 Nh5 15.h4 b4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Nf8 18.Bh3 Nf6 19.Ra5 Rcb8 20.Rd1 Nhf4 21.Bf1 Nc5 22.Bxf4 Nxb3 23.Rad5 Nc5 24.Be3 Na4 25.Re1 Nb6 26.Rd2 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Qxc4 28.f4 a5 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Rd7 Qe6 31.Red1 Rd8 32.Qf5 Qxf5 33.exf5 Kf8 34.Bb6..., have a look to left. |
Until now I could resist White's powerful opening handling based on today's modern Najdorf
treatment. No single chance for more than a draw. And I have to fear White's pawn storming on
both wings yet...
Dec. 15th, 2006
... various things
In the meantime my game with Karg was getting into running as well, and also a Zvjagincev game.
But after Black's move 4 we are alone again, no single reference...
In my catastrophic game against Frenzel suffering this classical bishop sacrifice I analyzed
very deeply but wasn't able to find a way coming out of troubles, of loss... :-(
| And with Andrey Pavlikov I was getting in touch much closer than
with any other guy here in this group. So it should be: correspondence chess is connecting the people in all over the world, is much better than all politicians' phrases about peoples friendship - amici sumus! |
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Dec. 8th, 2006
Deep impact!!
What have I done? Have I been dreaming, been sleeping with open eyes??
Frenzel suprised me in my single Anti-Sicilian Rubinstein game with a bishop sacrifice in a
very classical way sacrificing on h7!
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Frenzel - Belka 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bf4 Qb6 8.Rb1 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd3 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Bxh7+..., have a look to left. I mulled over very long whether it were better to capture with bishop or rook in move 11, and didn't think about White's 10.Bd3... only a few minutes - aaahhhhh :-( |
Well, I differed from IM Andrew Martin's recommendation 7...Qc7 because of my weak pawn d7
being under some pressure but I haven't been lucky with the whole line so far... :-/
Dec. 7th, 2006
A long hard battle with the Najdorf
It seemed to me that Opitz didn't play best with moves 18 and 26. So I was able to take a
little breath.
Opitz - Belka
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6
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8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Qf2 b5 14.g5 Nh5 15.h4 b4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Nf8 18.Bh3 Nf6 19.Ra5 Rcb8 20.Rd1 Nhf4 21.Bf1 Nc5 22.Bxf4 Nxb3 23.Rad5 Nc5 24.Be3 Na4 25.Re1 Nb6 26.Rd2 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Qxc4 28.f4 a5 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Rd7 Qe6, have a look to left. |
But over the horizon, in a possible endgame I see White storming with pawns on the queenside,
so today's ideas with White on the kingside and Black on the queenside will be
changed to the opposite?! Indeed, a long hard battle...
Nov. 24th, 2006
A very optimistic BDG player?!
My opponent Thoralf Wecke was very optimistic: "After a long poring over and moving
pieces over the board I do believe to have found the right strategy. There will be a great
battle on the 64 squares hopefully and a true enjoyment for every BDG player!"
Have I already lost?? Probably not yet... ;-)
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1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Ne5... A standard position was reached in the Ziegler defense, have a look to left. And I'm familiar with it. :-) But it's indeed pity - I had wanted to play my Belka-Neumeyer line very much... |
Nov. 23rd, 2006
An IM is playing in our group!
Accidently only I read in the recent newsletter of BdF that Bernd Neumann got the title of an
International Master in correspondence chess awarded on the occasion of ICCF congress in Dresden
on October 2006. That should one really know of his opponents, now I'll have a look on this
game against him with other eyes!
Nov. 19th, 2006
Diemer lives on!!
I could not believe what I saw - Wecke is playing a Blackmar-Diemer gambit?!
Wecke: "I thought you were playing ...Bf5 and I get into the Belka-Neumeyer line. :)) It's pity."
Incredible, he knew of me as a BDG player, and he wished to play me my own line! 8-)
Nov. 15th, 2006
Getting into troubles with Najdorf
Yeah, my Nimzo-Sicilian opening against Frenzel is running in known navigable water yet. I'm
nosy whether IM Andrew Martin's ideas are working...
But with my Najdorf system against Opitz I'm getting into troubles now: he chose the English
attack and forced a sharp play.
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Opitz - Belka 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4... Surely a standard position yet in the Najdorf, English Attack, have a look to left. |
And here I trusted in Joop Oosterom's idea playing 11...Qc7 but playing onwards five, six moves
I have to realise that this might be a tempo loss, better immediately 11...b5!? Opitz has had
pretty much pressure on me now... :-/
Nov. 8th, 2006
I got my Anti-Sicilian
Also Koukal avoided my Rubinstein system. But with a 3rd run I got my Anti-Sicilian now - Frenzel
replied with 3.e5...!
My Zvjagincev game is running for Black's move 6 already. Being in the balance yet but I'm
lurking to make my thrust f4 attacking, opening the game with some hope...
Nov. 4th, 2006
Another games running, new Rubinstein
Almost all games are running now. And a new try playing the Rubinstein system against Koukal.
My Zvjagincev system game came out of all archives I have with move 4 already. In this game
my strategy worked getting out of all my opponents' preparations! :-)
What I noticed: about the half of all my opponents are retired guys?! And the oldest is already
85 years old - unbelievable.
Nov. 2nd, 2006
... lost a first battle
I did my best keeping my Nimzo-Sicilian system against Opitz but after moves 4 till 6 we have
now a crystal-clear Najdorf on board. And a recent, sharp line into the bargain:
the Anti-Najdorf weapon English Attack. Hard times are coming up... :-(
But there are 3 other games yet being able to play my Rubinstein. Or will Julio split to pieces
my Anti-Open-Sicilian idea??
Nov. 1st, 2006
First disappointments
Aaaahhh, I'm disappointed: Opitz is avoiding my offered Nimzo-Sicilian (Rubinstein) system,
trying to switch to other, well-known and widely analyzed Sicilian systems, and Pavlikov
surprised me with the Philidor defence pulling out me of all Scotch or Petrov dreams! :-(
The Sicilian systems are like a huge lake where one could drown pretty fast, and against the
Philidor I've never played so far I know...
Oct. 30th, 2006
Greetings from Russia
Today a very friendly greeting from Russia - Pavlikov is one of the strongest players in our
group.
And I was very pleased at his reply 1...e5! I had already feared Sicilian forcing me to an
unorthodox line like Closed Sicilian or Zvjagincev's move. So I await a comfortable Scotch or
Petrov now... :-)
Oct. 29th, 2006
An idea came to my mind...
Am I right with my opening ideas?? An idea came to my mind spontaneously: I emailed to my chess
friend Julio in Venezuela asking him for his opinion! :-)
Hopefully he can give some additional hints...
Oct. 27th, 2006
A 2nd opponent's greeting
Yeah, another chess email from Dobner. I feel this extraordinary emotion again like in the
past, many many years ago! :-)
Oct. 25th, 2006
A first chess email arrived
Big events throw their shadows - the first email arrived sent by Opitz! The first little step
in a tournament played maybe over two years...
Oct. 15th, 2006
I'm ready to start!?
I put quite much time and efforts into my preparations, created good recent archives, searched
for much promising lines and created adequate opening reports reported here as
overview.
And I had much luck: against all stronger opponents I'm playing as White! :-) This small
advantage I want to use for playing wanted opening lines being surprisingly resp. positionaly
strong for White. And as Black player I have a "secret weapon", too...
But searching for my opponents' games in the web I had much less luck: except for Karg and
Koukal I didn't find any games?! And I searched in archives of DESC, IECG, ICCF, in ChessBase
databases. Opitz, Frenzel, Neumann and Karg played several tournaments via ICCF but no games
in the total ICCF games archive - what is that?? :-/
Oct. 10th, 2006
Information on my tournament group comes in!
Yeah - post from tournament director telling who are my opponents! A little disappointed
that there are just a few foreign opponents. But about 750 players from all over the world -
that's a true large tournament!
In a book shop I saw Sanakojew's "The 3rd attempt" and was fascinated, bought it -
awesome, Sanakojew was the 12th world CC champion!
Oct. 4th, 2006
Gaining serious CC experiences from a strong CC master player
Just accidently I met formerly very strong CC player Heinz van Kempen in a chess forum - the
big chance for me to gain some experiences for playing my CC tournament!
And he was willing to give some hints as creating recent large game archives, searching for
my opponents' games in web in order to be able to find out their favourited opening lines, as
White playing Sicilian and Scotch, as Black playing Slav, Nimzo-Indian, Queens-Indian, Sicilian,
avoiding French and accepted Queens Gambit... And he recommended to create opening reports with
ChessBase database in order to be able to find most promising lines.
Wow, a big job is to do!
Sept. 23rd, 2006
Interesting statistics on our Open
Just accidently stumbled over this information but very interesting
statistics on players from all over the world
taking part in this CC Open, 56 nations - wow! :-)
Sept. 17th, 2006
Starting a new CC tourney adventure...
Well, stumbling through web I took accidently notice from an invitation of our German correspondence
chess association. Our well-known CC association is celebrating its 60th anniversary and did
invite to an international CC Open. That was exciting - it catched my eyes! After a long
time I was very interested again in playing a big CC tournament.
But the dead line for registration was yesterday?! With little hope but immediately I sent an
email to tournament director enclosing all needed information... and got a reply confirming my
registration at the very last time point! :-)
Probably about 20 years are gone that I played a big CC tournament seriously...
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