Chess games

[Doubting Thomas]

OK here's probably the quickest game I've ever won.

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2012.02.09"]
[White "Doubting Thomas"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1372"]
[BlackElo "1212"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "Doubting Thomas won by checkmate"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bd6 3.d4 f6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 fxe5 6.Qd5 Nf6 7.Qf7# 1-0


That's kind of unusual for me since I rarely bring my queen out early, but with my Bishop at c4 I decided to take a chance, and it paid off.

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Here's a game where I totally dominated. I can't feel too good about this win because I was rated 300 points above my opponent. I had someone do this opening to me when I tried playing the Alekhine defense by constantly threatening my knight while getting their pawns out, so I thought I'd try it against the next person who played the Alekhine against me, and this game was the result.

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[White "Doubting Thomas"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1356"]
[BlackElo "1040"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "Doubting Thomas won by checkmate"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4 3.d3 Nc5 4.d4 Ne4 5.f3 d5 6.fxe4 dxe4 7.Nc3 b6 8.Nxe4 c5 9.Qf3 cxd4 10.Nd2 Bb7
11.Qxb7 Nd7 12.Bb5 e6 13.Bxd7+ Ke7 14.Bc6+ Qd7 15.Bxd7 Rd8 16.Bc6+ Rd7 17.Qxd7# 1-0

I did miss a mate in one in there but it's not like it mattered any.

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One tactic I love doing is getting a king/rook fork with my knight. Playing one opponent I managed to do it not once but twice. Then playing him a second game, I did it yet again not once but twice.


[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2011.03.09"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Doubting Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1014"]
[BlackElo "1338"]
[TimeControl "1 in 1 day"]
[Termination "Doubting Thomas won by resignation"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.f4 Nc6 4.c4 d6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.Qb3 b6 7.c5 Nd4 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.c6 Bxc6 10.Qxc6+ Nxc6
11.Nb5 Nd4 12.Nh3 Nc2+ 13.Kd1 Nxa1 14.Ng5 Ng4 15.fxe5 Nf2+ 16.Ke1 Nxh1 17.Bf4 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxg5 19.Bf4 Qxf4 20.g3 Qe3+
21.Be2 Qc1+ 22.Bd1 Nc2+ 0-1


[Event "round 2?"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Doubting Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1060"]
[BlackElo "1347"]
[TimeControl "1 in 1 day"]
[Termination "Doubting Thomas won by checkmate"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.f3 e5 3.c4 Bb4 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 Ba5 6.c5 Nd4 7.Qc2 Nxc2+ 8.Kd1 Nxa1 9.Bb5 Nb3 10.Na4 Nd4
11.f4 Nxe4 12.fxe5 Nf2+ 13.Ke1 Nxh1 14.c6 dxc6 15.Bc4 Bg4 16.Nc5 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qxh2 18.Nxb7 Qxg1+ 19.Bf1 Qf2# 0-1