Mike Serovey Loses to ThreeofSeven

Here is my third correspondence game with ThreeofSeven at ICC. I won the first two games in which I had White and lost the game in which I had Black. Although I can't prove it I think that my opponent got help in this game from either a computer or a stronger player because his play suddenly improved and he found moves that I missed. If you look at his two losses versus his one win you will see quite an improvement in his play in just two weeks! The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/ThreeofSeven-Sicilian2.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Quad.04.08"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ThreeofSeven"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B33"]
[NIC "SI.34"]
[Time "20:54:28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd58. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 bxc6 11. b3 Bc5 12. f3 O-O 13. Bd3 Rd814. Ke2 Bd4 15. Rb1 c5 16. Be3 e5 17. Rhc1 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 f5 19. c3 Be6 20.b4 c4 21. Be2 a6 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Ke7 26. g3g5 27. f4 gxf4+ 28. gxf4 e4 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. Be2 h6 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Kxc4Kc6 33. a4 h5 34. Kd4 h4 35. h3 Kb6 36. c4 Kc6 37. c5 Kc7 38. b5 axb5 39.axb5 Kb7 40. b6 Kc6 41. Kc4 Kb7 42. Kb5 e3 43. c6+ Kb8 44. Ka6 e2 45. c7+Kc8 46. Ka7 e1=Q 47. b7+ Kxc7 48. b8=Q+ Kd7 49. Qb5+ Ke6 50. Qe8+{Black resigns}1-0

Mike Serovey Draws Stanislav Szabo

Here is a game that I played at Stan's Net Chess back in 2004. This is my only non loss to Stanislav Szabo. This game ended in a draw even though I was up a pawn at the time. Stanislav played the Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack against my Sicilian defense. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Stano-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game #239965"]
[Site "Stan's Net Chess"]
[Date "2004.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stanislav Szabo"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Rab1 d415. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxe4 Qb7 18. Qxb7 Rxb7 19. f4 Rfb8 20. Rf2 Rb321. Rd2 Rxa3 22. Rdd1 Ra2 23. Rd2 h6 24. Kf1 a5 25. Ke1 a4 26. g3 a3 27. b3 Rxd228. Kxd2 Kf8 29. Kc2 Ke7 30. g4 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Rh1 e5 33. Rb1 Ke6 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

Mike Serovey Defeats Mark Tork

Here is one of my games against Mark Tork. It was played a couple of years ago at Stan's Net Chess. I called this opening the Benoni Defense even though it started off as a Reti and transposed into a Pirc. The reason for that was mainly because of Black's setup and queenside attack. Black played a sacrifice that won material and White later played a sacrifice of his own that lost material. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Mark-Tork-Benoni.html. Here is the game in PGN:

[Event "Game 236436"]
[Site "Stan's Net Chess"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Tork"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. d5 c5 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O b59. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 Nxe4 11. Bb2 Nxc3 12. Qd2 cxb4 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. axb4 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 N7f6 17. Re2 e6 18. Qd4 h6 19. Rxe6 hxg5 20. Ree1 Rb8 21. f4gxf4 22. gxf4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rd1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 d5 {White resigned} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats ThreeofSeven Again

Here is the second win against ThreeofSeven played at ICC. This was also a correspondence game. In both games I had White. I am still playing a game against ThreeofSeven on ICC and I have Black in that game. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/ThreeofSeven-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Quad.04.07"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "ThreeofSeven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "20:54:28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 e6 9. O-O Nge7 10. d3 O-O 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. Be3 Nec6 13. a3 a5 14. Nxd4Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. f4Rfb8 21. g4 Ra3 22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. f5 e5 24. f6 Qa8 25. Qh6 Qf8 26. Qxf8+Kxf8 27. Rb1 Ke8 28. Rb8+ Kd7 29. Rb7+ Ke6 30. g5 Rxd3 31. Re7#{Black checkmated} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats Ned Ludd

This is my second win against Ned Ludd posted to my chess site. In this game I played the Black side of a Sicilian Four Knights Defense. Both this game, and the one where I beat Ned Ludd playing the White side of the Reti opening, were played at Stan's Net Chess. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Nedd-Ludd-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Online Game"]
[Site "Stan's Net Chess"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ned Ludd"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O Bc5 12. h3 O-O 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Ne4Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. Re1 Qb4 18. Rb1 Rfc8 19. c3 Qc4 20. Nf1 Qxa221. Nd2 Qa6 22. f3 Rab8 23. Kh1 Rc6 24. Nb3 Rcb6 25. Ra1 Qb5 26. Nd4 Qxb2 27.Rxa7 Qxc3 28. Ra1 g6 29. Rc1 Qb2 30. Re2 Qxc1 31. Qxc1 Rb1 32. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 33.Kh2 Rd1 34. Nc2 d4 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Nxe1 Nd5 37. Kg1 Nf4 38. Kf2 e5 39. Nc2 f540. Kf1 d3 41. Ne3 e4 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Kg3 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nc3 45. Ke1 f4 46. Kd2fxe3+ 47. Kxc3 exf3 48. gxf3 e2 {White resigns} 0-1