23. Bg2 Qxh2# 0-1

 

1. e4 e5 

2. Nf3 Bc5 

3. Qe2 d6 

4. g3 f5 

5. exf5 Nf6 

6. Bh3 c6 

7. O-O b6 

8. Nc3 O-O 

9. a3 Bd7 

10. b4 Bd4 

11. Nxd4 exd4 

12. Ne4 Nxe4 

13. Qxe4 Qe8 

14. Qd3 c5 

15. bxc5 bxc5 

16. Qc4+ Qf7 

17. Qd3 Bc6 

18. Bb2 Nd7 

19. c3 Ne5 

20. Qc2 Nf3+ 

21. Kh1 Rae8 

22. Qd1 Qh5 

23. Bg2 Qxh2# 0-1

Match, Rematch 15:00 chesshold.com

 L# 15m

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bd7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Ne2 f6 6. Bd2 Bb4 7. Bxb4 Nxb4 8. Rg1 e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Nb1 d4 14. exd4 Rhe8+ 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nd5 18. O-O-O g6 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Bb3 Ne4 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Qf4 Nd6 24. Rde1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qf8 Kd8 28. Bf7 Qxd4 29. Qxe8#

Loss by #, 15:00 Chesshold.com

 1. d4 Nc6 

2. Nf3 d6 

3. c3 e5 

4. d5 Na5 

5. e4 Bg4 

6. Nbd2 Nf6 

7. Be2 Be7 

8. b4 b6 

9. bxa5 bxa5 

10. Bb5+ Bd7 

11. Bc6 Bxc6 

12. dxc6 O-O 

13. O-O d5 

14. c4 dxe4 

15. Nxe5 Bc5 

16. Nd7 Nxd7 

17. cxd7 Qxd7 

18. Nxe4 Qc6 

19. Nxc5 Qxc5 

20. a4 Qxc4 

21. Re1 h6 

22. Bb2 Rad8 

23. Qe2 Qxe2 

24. Rxe2 Rd7 

25. f3 Rfd8 

26. Kf2 Rd2 

27. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 

28. Ke3 Rxb2 

29. Rd1 Rxg2 

30. Rd8+ Kh7 

31. h4 Ra2 

32. f4 Rxa4 

33. Kf3 Ra3+ 

34. Kg4 a4 

35. Kf5 g6+ 

36. Kf6 Rf3 

37. Kxf7 Rxf4+ 

38. Ke7 g5 

39. Ke8 gxh4 

40. Rd7+ Kg6 

41. Rxc7 h3 

42. Rxa7 h2 

43. Re7 h1=Q 

44. Re6+ Rf6 

45. Rxf6+ Kxf6 

46. Kf8 Qa8#

W# 1-0, 10:00 chess.com

 

Rf8# 1-0 15:00 chesshold.com

 W# 15m

1. e4 e6 

2. Nf3 Nf6 

3. Nc3 Bc5 

4. h3 d5 

5. d4 Bb6 

6. e5 Ne4 

7. Be3 Nc6 

8. Be2 Nb4 

9. Nxe4 dxe4 

10. Nd2 Nd5 

11. O-O Nxe3 

12. fxe3 c5 

13. Nxe4 cxd4 

14. Nd6+ Kd7 

15. Nxf7 Qe8 

16. Bb5+ Ke7 

17. Bxe8 Kxe8 

18. Nxh8 dxe3 

19. Kh2 Bd7 

20. Qf3 Kd8 

21. Nf7+ Kc7 

22. Nd6 Bb5 

23. Nxb5+ Kd8 

24. Qf8+ Kd7 

25. Qxa8 e2 

26. Qxb7+ Kd8 

27. Rf8#

L# Advanced Setting 20250925

 [Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2025.09.26"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Guest3631010311"]

[Black "Guest7777957766"]

[Result "1-0"]

[TimeControl "600"]

[WhiteElo "1600"]

[BlackElo "1600"]

[Termination "Guest3631010311 won by checkmate"]

[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/143572813338"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nxe5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7. Ke1

Qh4+ 8. g3 Nxg3 9. Qf3 Nxh1+ 10. Kd1 Nf2+ 11. Ke2 Qe4+ 12. Qxe4+ Nxe4 13. d3 Nd6

14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Nd5 Kd8 17. c3 Re8+ 18. Kd1 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nxc4 20.

dxc4 Re6 21. Kc2 b6 22. Rf1 Bb7 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rf8# 1-0

W&L

 20250923

L#

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 Nbc6 6. Na4 Bd7 7. Nd2 Ne5 8. Ne4 Bxa4 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. Be3 Nc4 11. Bc1 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Bc3 f6 14. Bb4 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc2 17. e3 Bf5 18. Bd3 Kb8 19. O-O Bxd3 20. Qxd3 d5 21. Rac1 Qe5 22. Rb1 d4 23. exd4 Qd5 24. Rbd1 Nf5 25. Rde1 Nh4 26. Re4 Nf5 27. Rd1 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxa2 29. Rxd8+ Kc7 30. Qd6#

W, Ba4 Qxf2# 10:00

10:00

chesshold.com

 1. e4 e5 

2. d3 Nf6 

3. Nd2 Bc5 

4. g4 d6 

5. h3 d5 

6. Ngf3 Nbd7 

7. a3 dxe4 

8. Nxe5 Nxe5 

9. dxe4 Qd4 

10. Bb5+ c6 

11. Ba4 Qxf2#

Whomever looks at these posts, I thank you.

21. h8=Q# 1-0

 10:00

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e4 c6 6. e5 f5 7. Bd3 f4 8. Qh5

Bg7 9. Bg6 fxg6 10. Qxg6+ Kd7 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qxh6 Rxg2 13. Qh3+ e6 14. Qxg2

Qa5 15. Qg7+ Ke8 16. h4 b5 17. h5 b4 18. h6 bxc3 19. h7 cxb2+ 20. Ke2 bxa1=Q 21.

h8=Q# 1-0

Rd1# [Loss]

Damn…

 [Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2025.09.15"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Guest6069020810"]

[Black "Guest0949006749"]

[Result "1-0"]

[TimeControl "600"]

[WhiteElo "1200"]

[BlackElo "1200"]

[Termination "Guest6069020810 won by checkmate"]

[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/143175962770"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Qf3 a6 4. e4 d6 5. Na4 Bd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qe3 e5 8. d3 Ng4

9. Qf3 Qf6 10. Qg3 Be7 11. f3 Qh4 12. fxg4 Qxg3+ 13. hxg3 Bxg4 14. Be3 O-O 15.

Na4 Bd8 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. a3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. d4 Bxc2 21. dxe5 Ne4

22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bc4+ Bd5 24. Bd3 Ba5+ 25. Kf2 dxe5 26. Bxh7+ Kf7 27. Nxe5+

Ke6+ 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rf7 30. Rh5 Raf8 31. f4 Bc7 32. Re5+ Kd6 33. Rd1# 1-0

Qf2# 0-1 [Loss, ouch]

 [Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2025.09.14"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Guest6052195236"]

[Black "Guest7217220500"]

[Result "0-1"]

[TimeControl "600"]

[WhiteElo "1200"]

[BlackElo "1200"]

[Termination "Guest7217220500 won by checkmate"]

[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/143136486442"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxh7 Kxh7 8.

Bd3 dxc3 9. bxc3 Ne8 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qf6 13. Qe2 Kg8 14. Rf1

Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 Qf6+ 16. Kg2 Qh6 17. c3 d6 18. h4 g5 19. Rh1 gxh4 20. e5 dxe5 21.

Be4 Ne7 22. Kf2 Qf6+ 23. Kg2 hxg3 24. Qh5 Qf2# 0-1

ÍÓ‰ØØÂÍ

 
We’ve gotta dance
no cadence called,
left, right 
to sway, 
in address. 

Leave not to chance 
that which faith
if magnified
alone, can best.

Driven, and
not specifically deific,
those in grip 
of belief,
in stride- 
melodious
benevolent
guided though not steered. 

My hands out
yours-free to join,
Ours-to lift,  
taking form 
in telling of events. 
 
If bitten,
if misconceived

-transmitting offense.

If one, or more
left aggrieved?
Postures of grace assumed 
in hope of subsequence.

If unresolved-demeanors soured,
yet the want of halt 
to discord obvious, 
it is the might
of aggregated faith
which restores an azimuth
to prominence

-congruous. 

 

Albany, Rotary gambit? W#

 WHOA W# 10:00 

01:08 [clock time]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. Nbd2 exd4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8.

Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 c5 11. f4 Nf6 12. f5 O-O 13. c3 Nxe4 14. f6 Nxd2

15. fxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd2 dxc3 17. Bxc3+ Kg8 18. Rae1 Qd3 19. Rf3 Qc4 20. Rg3+ Qg4

21. Rxg4# 1-0

W# 23. Kd1 Re1#

 1. h4 e5 2. a4 d5 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bh3 Bxf3 6. exf3 e4 7. fxe4 dxe4 8. Qe2 e3 9. Qxe3+ Qe7 10. Nc3 Qxe3+ 11. fxe3 Ne7 12. e4 O-O 13. Nd5 Bxg3+ 14. Ke2 Nxd5 15. exd5 Re8+ 16. Kd1 Re1+ 17. Rxe1 Bxe1 18. Kxe1 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. d3 Re8+ 21. Kd2 Nd4 22. b3 Nf3+ 23. Kd1 Re1#

L, fxe7# 1-0

 L# 10:00

1. e4 e5 2. d4 Bd6 3. c3 exd4 4. cxd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O

8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nf4

f5 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Qxf5 Re8 17. Ba3 Ne7 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. f4 c6 20. f5 Rc8 

21. f6 Rc7 22. fxe7# 1-0

Can no longer post images to the blog, don’t know why…

g5# 1-0 [Watching Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butthead]

 [Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2025.09.07"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Guest1204842913"]

[Black "Guest0436705583"]

[Result "1-0"]

[TimeControl "600"]

[WhiteElo "1200"]

[BlackElo "1200"]

[Termination "Guest1204842913 won by checkmate"]

[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/142859836268"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e4 c6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bh6 6. f5 gxf5 7. Bxh6 Rg8 8. Bf1

Nxe4 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Ng5 Ng4 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Be2 Nxh6 13. Bh5+ Rg6 14. Bxg6+

hxg6 15. O-O d5 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Ne5+ Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Qe1 Be6 20. Qh4 Qh8

21. Qxh8 Rxh8 22. h3 Nxe5 23. Kf2 Nc4 24. Rh1 Nxb2 25. Rae1 Nd3+ 26. cxd3 Rh4

27. g3 Ra4 28. Ra1 Ra3 29. Ke3 d4+ 30. Kf4 Rxd3 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 Rd2 33.

Rh7+ Kf6 34. g5# 1-0

33. Ka4 b5# 0-1

 W# On Shrooms

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2025.09.06"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Guest3699443643"]

[Black "Guest8869412998"]

[Result "0-1"]

[TimeControl "600"]

[WhiteElo "1200"]

[BlackElo "1200"]

[Termination "Guest8869412998 won by checkmate"]

[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/142786009006"]

1. c3 Nf6 2. Na3 a6 3. b4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. Qb3 d5 7. c4 Nc6 8. d4

Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Ne4+ 11. Kd3 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf3 Nxf2+ 14. Ke2

Ne4 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. h3 Ng3+ 17. Kf2 Nxh1+ 18. Kg1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ng3 20. Kg2 Qh4

21. e4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf2 Nxd4 25. Bc4 Qf3+ 26. Ke1 Qh1+

27. Bf1 Rae8+ 28. Kd1 Qxf1+ 29. Kd2 Qxa1 30. Kd3 Rd8 31. Kc4 Qxa2+ 32. Kb4 Nc6+

33. Ka4 b5# 0-1

W Ne4# 10:00

 

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bc5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nxe5 6. Nf3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Nh6

8. O-O O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 Bg4 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qxg4+ Kh8 13. e5 dxe5 14. b4

Be7 15. Qf5 Rg8 16. Qxe5+ f6 17. Qe6 Qe8 18. Nd2 Qg6 19. g3 Bd6 20. Ne4 Bxg3 21.

fxg3 Rae8 22. Qxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nxf6 Rxg3+ 24. hxg3 Re3 25. Kg2 Rxc3 26. Rae1 Rc2+

27. Kh3 Kg7 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Bf7+ Kg5 30. Ne4# 1-0

Loss, Bxg7#

With 00:04.2 left on my clock  Advanced setting, ass kicked.

10:00

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 c6 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. dxc6 f4 7. cxb7 Bxb7 8. g3

Be7 9. gxf4 Nbd7 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. exd6 Bf6 12. h3 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 O-O 14. Be3 Ne5

15. Nd5 Nxf3 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Ke2 Bxe4 19. Rf1 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 Bf3+

21. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 22. Kd2 Qf4+ 23. Kc3 Rae8 24. Qd3 a5 25. Rg1 Rc8 26. Bxg7# 1-0

W# 10:00 Qf8#

 

Recovery!

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 f6 3. d3 d6 4. Bd2 c6 5. c4 Na6 6. a3 Nc5 7. b4 Nd7 8. c5 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O bxc5 12. d4 cxb4 13. Bxb4 c5 14. dxc5 Rb8 15. Bd3 a5 16. Re1+ Ne5 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. c6 Rxb5 19. cxd7+ Qxd7 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd6 23. Qf3+ Nf6 24. Nc3 Rc5 25. Nxd5 Qxe5 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. h3 Qxa1+ 28. Kh2 Rc1 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Qa7+ Kg6 31. h4 Qe5+ 32. g3 Qe1 33. Kh3 Qh1+ 34. Kg4 f5+ 35. Kf4 Re8 36. Qa6+ Kg7 37. Kg5 Re4 38. Qh6+ Kh8 39. Qf8#