Mike Serovey Defeats diegogac

I won Round 3 of the 11 PM Open section of the July Standard tournament at ICC. That makes my current score 1-2. If I win the last round I may get a prize for the best score under 1600. Either way, it would be nice to break even in an open tournament. I played the Kings Indian Attack for a change of pace from the usual Reti and English openings. My opponent last a pawn in a combination and then walked into a fork on his King and Queen. That is when he resigned making this my fastest win in a very long time. However, he still had a defensible position if he had chosen to play it out. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/diegogac-KIA.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 60 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "diegogac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[Opening "Réti: King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[ECO "A07"]
[NIC "QP.09"]
[Time "23:01:47"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Bc5 7. Nh4 Be6 8.e4 O-O 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Bxg2 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf5+ {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats BOD1969

I just completed a game at Stan's Net Chess yesterday. I played the Black side of a Sicilian Four Knights variation and got lucky. My opponent dropped the exchange and a pawn and then I caught him napping and won his Rook for free! That is when he resigned. After this win BOD1969 is still rated higher than I am. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/BOD1969-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 402755"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "BOD1969"]
[Black "mserovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14.Qe2 Qf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxg2 17. Rhg1 Bf3 18. Qe3 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 g6 20. Be4Rad8 21. c3 Qe7 22. Kb2 Qc7 23. h4 e5 24. d5 f5 25. Bc2 e4 26. f4 exf3 27. Qxf3Rd6 28. Rg1 Qc5 29. h5 Qxg1 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses To tsia68

Here is an old game played at ICC. I do not know the date of this game or the ratings of the two players at the time of the game. This is an interesting game because I was losing even though up material! At the point where I resigned I was up a Queen, Rook, Knight, and pawn! I had to resign because White was threatening a mate in one and I had no way to stop it. This game is a Closed Sicilian defense. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/tsia68-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC Correspondence"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "tsia68"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nf3 O-O9. O-O a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Ne2 b5 12. g4 Qa5 13. a3 c4 14. f5 exf5 15. gxf5 gxf516. Ng3 fxe4 17. Ng5 exd3 18. Qh5 h6 19. Nxf7 dxc2 20. Nxh6+ Bxh6 21. Bxh6 Qb6+22. Kh1 cxb1=Q 23. Bd5+ Nxd5 24. Qg6+ {Black resigned} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats Okie901

Here is an old game from 2004 played at Stan's Net Chess. This is my second game against Okie901 and my second win. I currently have a game still going with Okie901 and the material is even, but my position is difficult. This old game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/okie901-Sicilian.html. I played Black against the Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with...g6, without...d6) and transposed into a Botvinnik system as Black. I won on time forfeit in a position that I believe that I was winning. You can play over the game and decide for yourself on that one. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 236435"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2004.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "okie901"]
[Black "mserovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Be3 Nd4 8. Bxd4cxd4 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qc615. Rc1 Qd6 16. a3 e4 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxb2 19. Rc2 Bxa3 20. Rcd2 b6 21.h3 Bb7 22. Ng5 Bc6 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. f3 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Ke7 27. g3a5 28. Kh2 h5 29. f4 a4 30. e5 a3 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses To winerum Again

Here is the game from from Round 2 of the July Standard Tournament played at ICC. I am in the 11 PM Open section. This is my second game against winerum and my second loss to him. I resigned when I was a pawn down and thought that I was going to lose a second one. I had a move that would save the pawn but I missed it and resigned. That is one of the hazards of playing late at night. I get tired and miss things. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/winerum-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 60 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "winerum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A13"]
[NIC "EO.64"]
[Time "23:02:26"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Qf6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bb2 Nd7 8.O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e5 10. d3 d4 11. Bd2 h6 12. Ne1 Qd6 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5Nxe5 15. Nf3 N7g6 16. a3 Rb8 17. b4 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Bg4 19. Rf2 Rbe8 20. Bf3Qd7 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Qf1 Re7 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Qg2 Qd7 25. c5 Ne5 26. h3Nxd3 27. exd3 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rf1 Re3 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Kf2 Qe5 32.Rd2 Re1 33. Qf3 Re3 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses To touchthis

I entered the July Standard tournament played at ICC. I am in the 11 PM Open section. Here is the game from Round 1. I played the Black side of a closed Sicilian defense and made several positional errors that eventually led to the loss of a Knight. That is when I resigned. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/touchthis-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 60 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "touchthis"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B40"]
[NIC "SI.43"]
[Time "23:03:29"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. c3 Ne7 6. Bg2 Nbc6 7. O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 d5 9. Re1 b5 10. e5 d4 11. c4 bxc4 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. Nfd2 Qc7 14. f4Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Rab8 16. Nd6 Nc8 17. Ne4 Nb4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. a3 Na6 20. Qa4Bxf6 21. Qxa6 Bg7 22. Qa4 Nb6 23. Qc2 Rfc8 24. b3 Nd7 25. a4 a5 26. Ba3 Bf827. Rec1 Qb6 28. Rab1 Rc7 29. h4 h5 30. Qe2 Kg7 31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Be7 33.h5 Rh8 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Be4 Nf8 36. Rc2 Kf7 37. Rg2 Rg8 38. f5 exf5 39.Bxf5 Rc6 40. Be4 Rc7 41. Bd5+ Ne6 42. Rf1+ {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats Donnell6909 Again

Here is the second win against Donnell6909. This time I played the White side of an English opening, Botvinnik system. Again, my opponent blundered away material and then he walked into a checkmate. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Donnell6909-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 20 12"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "Donnell6909"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A16"]
[NIC "EO.64"]
[Time "20:44:22"]
[TimeControl "1200+12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Re8 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8.O-O e5 9. h3 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Be3 h5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Nf8 14. Rc1 N8h715. Nd5 c6 16. Ndc3 Nd7 17. Qe1 f5 18. Qg3 Ndf6 19. Qxg6 fxe4 20. dxe4 Re721. Bd4 Kh8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nf8 24. Qg3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Ne6 26. Ba1 Qb6+27. c5 Qd8 28. Nf6 Qf8 29. Qg6 Bd7 30. Qh7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats Donnell6909

Here is the first game that I played against Donnell6909 at ICC. I had Black in this game and played the Four Knights variation of the Sicilian Defense. My opponent made several mistakes in this game and made me play it out all the way to mate. I would normally resign when down a Queen, Bishop and 2 pawns but Donnell6909 made me play it out anyway! I get insulted when that happens. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Donnell6909-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 20 12"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Donnell6909"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
[BlackElo "1535"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B33"]
[NIC "SI.34"]
[Time "20:29:20"]
[TimeControl "1200+12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Bg5 Qa58. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Nb3 Ke7 12. Rb1 b6 13. Bb5 Bb714. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bxe4 16. Nb5 Qxc2 17. Qd6+ Kd8 18. Rbc1 Qd3 19. Qc7+Ke7 20. Nxa7 Qd6 21. Qxd6+ Kxd6 22. Nb5+ Ke7 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Rfe1 Rhg8 25.g3 h5 26. h4 Rgc8 27. Kf1 Bb7 28. Ke2 d5 29. Ke3 Rc4 30. Nxd5+ Bxd5 31. Rxc4Bxc4 32. Ra1 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 Bxa2 34. Kd4 Kd6 35. Kc3 Kc5 36. g4 hxg4 37. h5Bb1 38. Kb2 Bh7 39. Kc3 b5 40. Kb3 b4 41. Kb2 Kc4 42. h6 b3 43. Kc1 Kc3 44.Kd1 b2 45. Ke2 b1=Q 46. Ke3 Qe1+ 47. Kf4 Qxf2+ 48. Kxg4 Qf5+ 49. Kh4 Qg6 50.Kh3 Kd3 51. Kh4 Ke3 52. Kh3 Kf3 53. Kh4 Qg4# {White checkmated} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses To monitaChe

Here is a game played back in 2005 at Stan's Net Chess. I played the Kings Indian Attack and miscalculated a combination. Instead of winning a pawn I lost my Queen for a Knight and 2 pawns. I resigned when I was about to lose another Knight. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/monitaChe-KIA.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 294042"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mserovey"]
[Black "monitaChe"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Be7 6. e4 Be6 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. b3Nh5 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxh5 Bg4 12. Bxe5 Bxh5 13. Bxg7 Rh7 14. Bd4 f615. f4 c6 16. a4 a6 17. Nc4 Qg4 18. Bc3 Bf7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5Bc5+ 0-1