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= Chess =
 
= Chess =
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'''''Chess'''''—the royal game—will retain its crown until it gets solved. There is still some margin to get there since only miniature versions (known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minichess minichess or microchess]) have been.
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== Openings ==
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A big part of "serious" chess is the opening theory.
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=== Links ===
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* [https://www.chess.com/openings Openings on chess.com]
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* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/rerolpxe Opening explorer on chessgames.com]
  
 
== Fabrice's chess games ==
 
== Fabrice's chess games ==
  
=== [[16 December|16]], [[December (2011)|December]] [[2011|(2011)]] ===
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I'm currently (since {{thisday|9|February|2015}}) playing on the fantastic, free-software platform, [http://en.lichess.org/ lichess] (see '''[http://en.lichess.org/@/laussy en.lichess.org/@/laussy]'''). I won my first tournament there on [[4 January|4]], [[January (2018)|January]] [[2018|(2018)]] in the [https://lichess.org/tournament/NLHnyNXS U1700 Blitz Arena], following a streak of terrible losses allowing me to compete in such low-rated competition. I first broke the 2000-rating barrier on {{thisday|18|March|2020}}, with an admittedly very [https://lichess.org/@/laussy/tv#86 poor game], against an opponent who managed to promote a second queen and who missed a mate in 1, but which was however starting from a 1994 rating, allowing to pass this long-time objective. My current record is '''2057''', achieved on {{thisday|30|March|2020}}.
  
My first game. I was waiting for someone to send me a parameter by email, and started playing crappy blitz chess on the internet. I decided this was a loss of time and decided to play at least 10 minutes games (short by any standard) and to analyze them. During my first game came the parameter by phone, bothering me a little bit, but I won anyway as starting from a neutral rating, I was matched against an easy opponent.
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=== Tournaments I won ===
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* [https://lichess.org/tournament/gMMG2HrK U1700 Bullet Inc Arena] on [[25 May|25]], [[May (2018)|May]] [[2018|(2018)]].
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* [https://lichess.org/tournament/da1CngiV U2000 Bullet Arena] on [[23 June|23]], [[June (2019)|June]] [[2019|(2019)]].
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* [https://lichess.org/tournament/oF3gnNGN U2000 Superblitz] (2nd) on {{thisday|27|November|2021}}.
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* [https://lichess.org/swiss/euWVC6Hp Chess@UAM] on {{thisday|16|October|2024}}. I regularly win such tournaments when I am the top player but this one had two stronger players (one being Diego).
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=== Sicilian defense ===
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My first game. I was waiting for someone to send me a parameter for a computer code by email, and started playing crappy blitz chess on the internet. I decided this was a loss of time and decided to play at least 10 minutes games (as compared to ''lightning'' that go 1 or 2 minutes in all) and to analyze them. During my first game came the parameter by phone, disrupting me quite a lot, but I won anyway as starting from a neutral rating, I was matched against an easy opponent.
  
 
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Be3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. O-O Nge7 11. d5 Ne5 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Ng5 h6 14. f4
 
Be3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. O-O Nge7 11. d5 Ne5 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Ng5 h6 14. f4
 
N5c6 15. Ngf3 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Qf3 O-O 20.
 
N5c6 15. Ngf3 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Qf3 O-O 20.
Bxh6 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. e5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Qc6 25. Nf3 Nf5 26.
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Bxh6 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. e5{??} Qb6+{?} 24. Kh1 Qc6 25. Nf3 Nf5 26. Rbc1 Qe4 27. Bc2 Qg4 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. h3 Qh5 30. Ng5 Qe2 31. Rg1 Rad8{??} 32.
Rbc1 Qe4 27. Bc2 Qg4 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. h3 Qh5 30. Ng5 Qe2 31. Rg1 Rad8 32.
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Qh6 Rfe8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qxf7#
 
Qh6 Rfe8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qxf7#
 
{Sfumato checkmated} 1-0
 
{Sfumato checkmated} 1-0
 
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# 23. e5 is a blunder, the released defence of the knight on d2 is not compensated by 23... Qxd2! 24. Qxe7?? since Qg2#.
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# 31... Rad8 is the loosing move.
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=== King's gambit ===
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<pgn display=horizontal>
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[Event "ICS rated standard match"]
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[Site "207.99.83.228"]
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[Date "2011.12.17"]
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[Round "-"]
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[White "blau46"]
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[Black "Laussy"]
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[Result "0-1"]
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[WhiteElo "1311"]
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[BlackElo "1521"]
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[TimeControl "900"]
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Bc4 d6 5. fxe5 Bg4 {Nxe5 is better} 6. d3 {?} Nxe5 7. Bxf7+
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Nxf7 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nxb6+ axb6 13. c3
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Nf6 14. Qb3 Nh6 15. Ng5 Qc6 16. Bf4 Rhf8 17. h3 Be2 {??} 18. Qe6+ Kb8 19. Qxe2
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Nd5 20. Ne6 {Bxh6 is better} Rde8 21. c4 {??} Nxf4 22. d5 Nxe2+ 23. Kh2 Qxc4 {Rxf1 might be better} 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25.
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Nxf8 Qf4+ 26. Kh1 Qxf8 {Ng4+ is better}
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{blau46 resigns} 0-1
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</pgn>
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== Links ==
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* [https://plus.google.com/+FabriceLaussy/posts/b1Myahy8NW6 Lichess now has real-time analysis].
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* [[Blog:Chess/Knowing_where_to_stop|rating goals for 2015 & 2016]].
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* [https://plus.google.com/+FabriceLaussy/posts/2KZnapuM8Dx Julia plays Chess] (at 2 years old and 8 months).
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=== More links ===
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(For storing, not own-content related)
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz0mg7n1xuQ Grandmaster Chessbrah plays blind bullet]. It is interesting how they anticipate the same moves.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow=3 widths=200px>
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File:Papa-PlayingChess-Apr2006.jpg|[[Raymond|Papa]] playing chess, {{thisday|10|April|2006}}.
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File:JuliaChess-7Jan2023.jpg|[[Julia]] with a board she made herself, on {{thisday|7|January|2023}}.
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Latest revision as of 20:18, 16 October 2024

Contents

Chess

Chess—the royal game—will retain its crown until it gets solved. There is still some margin to get there since only miniature versions (known as minichess or microchess) have been.

Openings

A big part of "serious" chess is the opening theory.

Links

Fabrice's chess games

I'm currently (since 9 February (2015)) playing on the fantastic, free-software platform, lichess (see en.lichess.org/@/laussy). I won my first tournament there on 4, January (2018) in the U1700 Blitz Arena, following a streak of terrible losses allowing me to compete in such low-rated competition. I first broke the 2000-rating barrier on 18 March (2020), with an admittedly very poor game, against an opponent who managed to promote a second queen and who missed a mate in 1, but which was however starting from a 1994 rating, allowing to pass this long-time objective. My current record is 2057, achieved on 30 March (2020).

Tournaments I won

Sicilian defense

My first game. I was waiting for someone to send me a parameter for a computer code by email, and started playing crappy blitz chess on the internet. I decided this was a loss of time and decided to play at least 10 minutes games (as compared to lightning that go 1 or 2 minutes in all) and to analyze them. During my first game came the parameter by phone, disrupting me quite a lot, but I won anyway as starting from a neutral rating, I was matched against an easy opponent.

  1. 23. e5 is a blunder, the released defence of the knight on d2 is not compensated by 23... Qxd2! 24. Qxe7?? since Qg2#.
  2. 31... Rad8 is the loosing move.

King's gambit

Links

More links

(For storing, not own-content related)

Gallery