Mike Serovey Defeats AntonioMendonca

Here is my first win against Antonio Mendonca Silveira in this quad. I believe that I have played him before and won, but I'm not sure of that. This game started off as a Reti and transposed into a Kings Indian defense. This win brings my ICC correspondence chess rating up to 1682 and my record to 21-14-8.

This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/AntonioMedonca-KingsIndianDefense.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.08.04"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "AntonioMendonca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "King's Indian: fianchetto, classical variation"]
[ECO "E67"]
[NIC "KI.65"]
[Time "19:53:04"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 c6 10. Qd6 Re8 11. Rd1 Bf8 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. h3 Nc5 14. Qe2 a5
15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Be3 b6 17. Rd2 Bd6 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Nh2 Be6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21.
hxg4 Nf6 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. g5 Nh5 24. Rd7 Qc8 25. Na4 Qb8 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27.
Qf3 Rf8 28. Qc3 Ng7 29. Bh3 Re8 30. R1d6 Ra6 31. Rf6 Rf8 32. Qd2 Ra8 33.
Rxc6 {Black resigns} 1-0

Kings-Indian-Defense/Serovey-AntonioMendonca.pgn

Mike Serovey Draws HoldemRulzOK

This is my second game with this opponent. This is my only non win in this quad so I should have taken clear first place. This draw brings my ICC correspondence rating up to 1664 and my record to 20-14-8.

This complete game, with diagrams and analysis, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/HoldemRulzOK-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.08.07"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "HoldemRulzOK"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[Opening "English: Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[ECO "A96"]
[NIC "HD.14"]
[Time "19:53:08"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Kh8 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Rf5 13. b4 a6 14. Bb2
Qf8 15. Nfd2 a5 16. b5 Na7 17. a4 c6 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Rc8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Bd4 Bb4 24. f4 b5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Rfc1 Bd7
27. Qa2 Rb5 28. Bf1 Rb8 29. Bc5 Qd8 30. Bh3 Rh5 31. Bg4 Rh6 32. Nd6 Kg8
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

English-Opening/holdemrulzok.pgn

Mike Serovey Defeats HoldemRulzOK

Here is another correspondence chess game played at ICC. This win makes me 3-0 in this section and brigs my ICC correspondence chess rating up to its all time high of 1664. My over all record at ICC is 20 wins, 14 losses and 7 draws. This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/HoldemRulzOk-Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.08.08"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "HoldemRulzOK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "Blackmar gambit"]
[ECO "D00"]
[NIC "QP.08"]
[Time "19:53:08"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qf3 c6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nh5 12. Bc4 e6 13. Rf1 Qe7 14. Bd2
Nb6 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. c4 Bc7 19. Bb4 Ra8 20. d5 Nxc4
21. dxc6 Qxc6 {Black resigns} 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit/Serovey-HoldemRulzOK.pgn

Mike Serovey Defeats surebus

Here is my latest win from Stan's Net Chess. This win brought my rating there up to 2224. Too bad my USCF rating is nowhere near that high! This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Surebus-Pirc.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 435036; Tournament: Numerical Analysis; Match: H"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2008.06.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "surebus"]
[Black "mserovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nb5 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O-O d5 11. Bb3 e5 12. Nge2 Re8 13. Kb1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Na6
15. g4 Nc5 16. h3 a5 17. a4 Ra6 18. Rd2 Rb6 19. Qd1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxb3 21. cxb3
Qf6 22. Rd2 Qf4 23. Ne2 Qxf2 24. Nd4 Qg3 25. Qc2 Bd7 26. Rd3 Re3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3
28. Qc5 Rb4 29. Rd1 Qxh3 30. Qxa5 Qxg4 31. Qxb4 Qxd1+ 32. Ka2 Bh3 33. Qb6 h5 34.
a5 Bf1 35. Ka3 Qa1+ 36. Kb4 Qxb2 37. Kc5 Qc3+ 38. Kd6 Kg7 0-1

Pirc-Defense/Surebus.pgn

Mike Serovey Defeats Stahlberg Again

Here is my second win against Stahlberg and my second win in this section. This win gives me my highest ICC correspondence chess rating to date of 1663. A few more wins and I'll make it over 1700. This game was a Modern defense. The game was even until my opponent made a blunder that left a key square unguarded. After that, he could not prevent checkmate and resigned. This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Stahlberg-Modern.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.08.12"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Stahlberg"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"]
[ECO "B06"]
[NIC "KF.05"]
[Time "19:53:08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 Nh6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2
Ng4 9. O-O-O Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd2 b4 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Na4 Nd7
15. Be2 Nb6 16. Nbc5 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 a5 18. b3 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 e6
21. g3 Rfc8 22. Kb2 Bf8 23. Rc1 c5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rhd1 a4
27. Ra1 Ra6 28. Rdc1 Qa7 29. Qb5 a3+ 30. Kb1 Qd4 {White resigns} 0-1

Modern-Defense/Stahlberg-Serovey.pgn

Mike Serovey Defeats Stahlberg

Here is a recently finished ICC correspondence chess game. I believe that this is the second time that I have played Stahlberg and the first time in correspondence chess. This is my first game finished in this section. This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Stahlberg-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.08.11"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "Stahlberg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[ECO "A15"]
[NIC "EO.64"]
[Time "19:53:08"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
O-O Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. f4 f5 11. Qd2 a6 12. Bf2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Rb8 14. exf5
gxf5 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Bg2 Nc7 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. d4 Qc8 20. dxc5
dxc5 21. Bxc5 Ne6 22. Ba3 Re8 23. Rxd7 {Black resigns} 1-0

English-Opening/Serovey-Stahlberg.pgn

Mike Serovey Draws Sean McKinney

Here is my last game to finish at this ICC quad. My final score in this section was 4 wins and 2 draws. That should give me clear fist place. This game, along with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/SeanMcKinney-DutchDefense.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.06.06"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "az2112"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[Opening "Dutch defense: Dutch-Indian (Nimzo-Dutch) variation"]
[ECO "A90"]
[NIC "HD.03"]
[Time "11:13:08"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8.
Bxb4 axb4 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. e4 f4 14.
Rae1 Nc6 15. Nf3 Na5 16. Qd3 fxg3 17. hxg3 Qxc4 18. Qd6 Nc6 19. a3 Qb3 20.
axb4 Ra2 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxb2 23. Rc1 Qxb4 24. Rc4 Qb3 25. Rfc1 Rb1
26. Bf1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 b5 28. Rc5 Qa4 29. Qxa4 bxa4 30. Ra5 d5 31. Rxa4 Bb7
32. e5 Ra8 33. Rd4 Bc6 34. Bh3 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. f4 Bb5 37. Kf2 Bc4 38.
Rd2 Ra2 39. Rxa2 Bxa2 40. Bg4 Bb1 41. Ke3 h6 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Kc5 g5 44. fxg5
hxg5 45. Be2 Bg6 46. Bg4 Kd7 47. Bf3 Bf5 48. Be2 Kc7
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2


Dutch-defense/McKinney-Serovey.pgn

Mike Serovey Defeats Sean McKinney for a Second Time

Here is another ICC correspondence chess game I recently finished. I attempted to play the Max Lange attack but got steered into a Two Knights defense instead. Black played a Queen sacrifice that turned out to be unsound and was down material when he resigned. This win gives me a plus record at ICC and my highest correspondence chess rating so far.

This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/SeanMcKiney-Italian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.06.05"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "az2112"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C56"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "11:13:08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5
8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Rxe4+ Be6 10. Nxd4 O-O-O 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bb4 13. Ne4
Rxd4 14. Qxd4 Rd8 15. Qxg7 Qd5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Qh7 Qd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 19.
Nf1 Bc4 20. Qf5+ Kb8 21. h4 Bd6 22. g3 Rxf1+ 23. Kg2 Rd1 24. Qxh5
{Black resigns} 1-0

Italian-Game/Serovey-McKinney.pgn

Mike Serovey Defeats ThreeofSeven Yet Again

I finished my third game with ThreeofSeven yesterday. This is an interesting game because my opponent was threatening a mate in one for about 10 moves but never got to play the mating move because his own King was too exposed to my checks. He made me play this one out to checkmate instead of resigning. This is my third win against ThreeofSeven and it gives me my highest correspondence rating so far.

The game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/ThreeofSeven-Pirc.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.06.04"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ThreeofSeven"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[Opening "Modern defense: Averbakh system"]
[ECO "B06"]
[NIC "KF.04"]
[Time "11:13:08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. b3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 8.
Bb2 Nc6 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ng4 14. Qd2
Bh6 15. f4 e5 16. g3 exf4 17. gxf4 Rfe8 18. Be2 Qh5 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Qd4
Qg2 21. Ne2 Qxh1+ 22. Kd2 Bxf4+ 23. Nxf4 Qxh2+ 24. Kd1 Bg4+ 25. Ke1 Qg3+ 26.
Kf1 Qxf4+ 27. Kg1 Qe5 28. Qf2 Qxe4 29. Qf6 Qe3+ 30. Kh2 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+
32. Kf1 Bh3# {White checkmated} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats ThreeofSeven Again

Here is an ICC correspondence chess game that I just finished. This is my second win against ThreeofSeven (AKA Dave from Castle Rock, CO). I still have one more game against Dave going and I am winning that one too. This win put my ICC correspondence chess rating over 1600 (1611), which was one of my chess goals for this year. It also gives me a plus score in ICC correspondence chess for the very first time!

This game, along with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/ThreeofSeven-Reti.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.06.03"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "ThreeofSeven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "Réti opening"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "QP.10"]
[Time "11:13:08"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Ne1 Bd7 9. h3 Rc8 10. f4 b5 11. Nef3 Qb6 12. Kh2 a5 13. a4 b4 14. e5 Ne8 15.
Re1 e6 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Ne5 Nf5 18. Nxd7 Qc7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Nc4 Ncd4 21.
c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Nc6 23. Bd2 Rd8 24. Qc2 h5 25. Rab1 h4 26. gxh4 Nxh4 27.
Be4 g5 28. Rb6 Nb8 29. Rb7 Qc8 30. Nb6 {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Draws Paul Farb

This is the second game I found in which I drew an expert. This appears to be the first time that I did that. This game was played in Germany back in 1986 when I was in the Army stationed there. The analysis and diagrams for this game can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/PaulFarb-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Rhine Main March Swiss"]
[Site "Rhine Main AFB, Germany"]
[Date "1986.03.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Paul Farb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 a5
9. Rb1 f5 10. b4 e4 11. Nd5 exf3 12. Bxf3 axb4 13. axb4 Ne5 14. Bg5 Nxf3+ 15.
exf3 Nxd5 16. Bxd8 Nc3 17. Qb3 Nxb1 18. Rxb1 Rxd8 19. Kg2 Be6 20. Qc2 Bf7 21.
Re1 Bf6 22. b5 Ra3 23. Re2 Rda8 24. h4 Ra2 25. Qxa2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 d5 27. Ra8+
Kg7 28. Ra7 dxc4 29. dxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxb7 Kh6 31. Rxc7 Bxb5 32. Rb7 Be2 33. Rb6
Kg7 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Rb7+ Be7 37. Rb2 Bc4 38. Rc2 Be6 39. Rc7 Kf6
40. Ra7 h5 41. Ra5 f4 42. gxf4 Bb4 43. Rb5 Bd6 44. Kg3 Bd7 45. Ra5 Ke7 {Draw agreed}
1/2-1/2

Mike Serovey Defeats Nieuwoudt

Here is a game played back in 1986 while I was stationed in Germany. This appears to be the second time that I played the Grob attack (aka the Spike). I beat a provisionally rated 1900 player. The game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Nieuwoudt-Grob.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Rhine Main March Open"]
[Site "Rhine Main AFB"]
[Date "1986.03.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Nieuwoudt"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. g4 h6 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. e4 e5 4. h3 Bc5 5. d3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nf3 Qc7
9. Qe2 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. Qxe5 Na6 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. O-O dxc4 15.
dxc4 O-O 16. Nfd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfc8 18. b3 Nc5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Bf4 Rc6 21. Rad1
a6 22. Nc7 Ra7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rd7 25. Rfd1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 g6 27. Nxh6+
Bxh6 28. Bxh6 Ne6 29. Kg3 f6 30. Be3 Kg7 31. Rd7+ Kf8 32. Rb7 Nc5 33. Bxc5+ bxc5
34. a4 Kg8 35. a5 {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Draws Richard Trapp

Here is another game from 1990. This one appears to be the second time that I played against Richard Trapp in a tournament. This time I drew him while up a Bishop. I was threatening mate in one but could not avoid his perpetual checks! The game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/RichardTrapp-KingsIndianDefense.html.

[Event "Seventh BCC Open"]
[Site "Brandon Chess Club"]
[Date "1990.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richard Trapp"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Nb3 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bb5 14. Qd1 Ba4 15.
Re3 Nh5 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. g4 Nf6 18. Nfd2 Qb5 19. h4 e5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. d5 Bxh4
22. Rh3 Bg5 23. Qf3 Bxb3 24. Nxb3 Qd7 25. Kg2 Rac8 26. Rah1 h6 27. Nc1 Rxc1 28.
Rxh6 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 f6 30. Qh3 Qg7 31. Qb3 Rc8 32. Qb4 Qd7 33. f3 Rc2+ 34. Kf1
Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rxh1 36. Kxh1 Qh7+ 37. Kg2 Qc7 38. Qa4 Kf7 39. b4 a6 40. b5 axb5
41. Qxb5 b6 42. Qa6 Be3 43. Qd3 Bd4 44. Qa6 Qc2+ 45. Kh3 g5 46. Qb7+ Kg6 47. Qd7
Bg1 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

Mike Serovey Loses to Pirella

Here is another chess game from 1990. This is one of my many losses with the Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit. I no longer play this gambit because I have a much better record with other openings for White. This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Pirella-Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Seventh BCC Action"]
[Site "Brandon Chess Club"]
[Date "1990.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Pirella"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be3 e6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6
Qa5 15. Nxd8 Qxd8 16. d5 Nb6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b3 Qd7 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Bxb6 axb6
21. Rae1 Bc5 22. Re3 Re8 23. Rfe1 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Harry Ball

Here is another chess game from 1990. I played the Botvinnik system against a closed Sicilian. Things were pretty even until my opponent blundered away his Bishop on move number 18. He compounded his error on move number 33 and ended down a Rook and pawn. This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/HarryBall-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Brandon We're Back Open"]
[Site "Brandon Chess Club"]
[Date "1990.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harry Ball"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. h3 Nge7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bh6 Na5 10. Bd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. c3 Be6 14. O-O Qd7
15. Qg5 f6 16. Qh4 Qf7 17. g4 Bxd5 18. g5 Be6 19. gxf6+ Qxf6 20. Ng5 h6 21.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 22. Kh2 Rf4 23. Qg3 Raf8 24. f3 Ne7 25. Rf2 Qf6 26. Raf1 Qh4 27. Qg2
g5 28. b4 Ng6 29. Rb1 b6 30. a4 Qh5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Rbf1 Rh4 33. f4 Nxf4 34.
Rxf4 Rfxf4 35. a5 Rxf1 36. Qxf1 Rf4 37. Qg2 Qf3 38. axb6 axb6 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats J. Foote

Here is another game from 1990. This appears to be when I had a hot streak going. It is too bad that I have been in a slump for the last ten years as far as OTB play goes! This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Foote-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Third Brandon Action"]
[Site "Brandon Chess Club"]
[Date "1990.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "J. Foote"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxd5 Nf6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. Bf4 Nfg4 11. e3 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 Nxf4+ 13. gxf4 O-O 14. Nc3
Nf6 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Rhd1 Rfe8 20. Bxb7
Rad8 21. Bc6 Rf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Ba5 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nc5 Ng4 26. h3 Nh6
27. Kd3 Nf5 28. e4 Nd6 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Ne6+ Ke7 31. Nxd8 Kxd8 32. e5 Nf5 33.
Bg8 h6 34. Ke4 Ne7 35. Bf7 Kd7 36. Kd4 Nf5+ 37. Kc5 Ne7 38. e6+ Kc7 39. b4 g5
40. fxg5 hxg5 41. a4 Nc8 42. a5 a6 43. Bh5 Nd6 44. Kd5 Nf5 45. Be2 Ne7+ 46. Kc5
Kb7 47. Kd6 Nf5+ 48. Kd7 {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats H. Ross

Here is another game from the Florida Class Championships of 1990. This is a long game and I ended up grinding him down in the endgame. The game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Ross-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Florida Class Championships"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "H.Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. a3 Rb8 11. d4 Ne7 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bd3 15. Rfc1
Bc4 16. Qd1 Nf5 17. Ne5 Ba6 18. b4 Nd6 19. Na4 Bc7 20. Nc5 Bc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22.
Bf1 b5 23. Qc2 Bd6 24. Bd3 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Nd7 27. Qc2 g6 28. Bf1
Ne5 29. Bg2 Nc4 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Ra2 Rfd8 32. Re1 Ne5 33. f4 Nc4 34. e4 dxe4 35.
Bxe4 Rd4 36. Qg2 Rbd8 37. Bf3 Rd2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Qh3 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Ne3 41.
Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qe8 Nd5 43. Qe5+ Qxe5 44. Rxe5 f6 45. Re6 Rd3 46. Bxd5 cxd5 47.
Re7+ Kh6 48. Rxa7 d4 49. Rd7 Rd1+ 50. Kg2 d3 51. c6 Rc1 52. Rxd3 Rxc6 53. Rd5
Rc3 54. Rxb5 Rxa3 55. Rb8 Rb3 56. b5 Kh5 57. Kh3 f5 58. b6 g5 59. fxg5 f4 60. b7
f3 61. Rf8 Rxb7 62. Rxf3 Kxg5 63. Rf8 Rg7 64. g4 Rg6 65. Rf5+ Kh6 66. Kh4 Kg7
67. h3 h6 68. Kh5 Rc6 69. h4 Rd6 70. Ra5 Kg8 71. g5 hxg5 72. hxg5 Rd1
73. Ra7 Rh1+ 74. Kg6 Rf1 75. Ra8+ Rf8 76. Rxf8+ Kxf8 77. Kh7 {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Loses to Reynolds Sampson

Here is another old game played back in 1990. I was wining this game until I blundered away my Queen on move #36! Some day I am going to figure out how to blunder proof my chess games! This was a Benko Gambit declined. The game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/ReyoldsSampson-BenkoGambitDeclined.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Florida Class"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reynolds Sampson"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. b3 Bb7 5. Nc3 bxc4 6. bxc4 g6 7. Rb1 Ba6 8. e4 d6
9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Ne2 e6 15. O-O
exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Nc1 Qg4 18. h3 Qd7 19. Nd2 Rab8 20. Ncb3 Nh5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Na5 Nf4 23. Nc6 Rbc8 24. Rfe1 Nbxd5 25. cxd5 Bxd3 26. Qc3+ f6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8
28. Qb3 Bxb1 29. Nxb1 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxb1 32. Na5 Rb2 33. Nc4 Rxf2
34. Nxd6 Rf5 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. Kg1 Rf4 37. Ne8+ {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats Richard Trapp

Here is a game played back in 1990. This is from one of the chess tournaments played in Brandon, FL against someone that I had know for years. I think that this is my only win against him. I think that he is the only one to use this strategy against my English opening. The game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/RichardTrapp-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Second Brandon Action"]
[Site "Brandon, FL"]
[Date "1990.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Richard Trapp"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Ne5 5. d3 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bxf3 7. exf3 e5 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Re1 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Qf3 Re8 14. b3 Qd7
15. Re2 g6 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. g4 Ng7 19. Nd5 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Qc8 21.
Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qh3 h5 23. Qh4 Ne6 24. gxh5 Nxg5 25. hxg6+ Kg7 26. Qxg5 fxg6 27.
Nh5+ Kh7 28. Nf4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Nd5 c6 31. Nb4 Rc8 32. Re6 Kg7 33. Kg2
Kf7 34. Re2 d5 35. Nc2 dxc4 36. dxc4 Bd6 37. Nd4 Rg8+ 38. Kf3 c5 39. Nxf5 Bxh2
40. Ng3 Kf6 {Black Resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats ZiggyStardust

I recently started playing a quad at ICC. I wanted to even up my score in correspondence chess at ICC and get my cc rating over 1600. In my first game from this quad that I completed I drew ZiggyStardust in 12 moves with White. This is the second game completed. This was a rather easy win playing the Black side of a Sicilian defense, Grand Prix attack. This win brings my cc rating up to 1596, my highest so far and my score in cc to 14-14-6. The game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at
http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/ZiggyStardust-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.06.02"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ZiggyStardust"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"]
[ECO "B23"]
[NIC "SI.44"]
[Time "11:13:08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bb5 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. d3 Nxe4 8.
dxe4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Qxb5 10. Ng5 e6 11. f5 exf5 12. Qd5 Ne5 13. Bf4 Nd3+ 14. Kd2
Nxf4 15. Rae1 Qxb2+ 16. Kd1 Nxd5 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Draws Carlisle Clewis

Here is a game from February 1990. I drew an expert with White. The thing is, though, that I was up a Rook, a Bishop and a passed pawn when I had to settle for a draw due to perpetual check! The game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Carlisle-Clewis-Kings-Indian-Attack.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Second Brandon Action"]
[Site "Brandon, FL"]
[Date "1990.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Carlisle Clewis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 d4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxb7 Ra7 13. Bc6+ Nd7 14. f4 Bd6 15. Qe1 O-O 16. e3 Qb6 17. Bg2 Bf5 18. Qe2 Be7 19. exd4 Bf6 20. Qf2 Bxd3 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxf6 Bxc2 23. Bd4 Qf5 24. Bxa7 Nf6 25. Rfe1 Qd3 26. Rac1 Ng4 27. Qxc2 Qd728. Bb6 Rb8 29. c5 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Ng4+ 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 {Draw by repetition of position} 1/2-1/2

Mike Serovey Defeats Carrigan

Here is a Benko Gambit Declined that I played back in December 1989. I beat a player rated 122 points above me with Black. The game was even until move number 38 when I won an isolated pawn. On the very next move White blunders away his Bishop! The complete game can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Carrigan-BenkoGambitDeclined.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Orlando December Tornado"]
[Site "orlando, FL"]
[Date "1989.12.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carrigan"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. Nbd2O-O 9. O-O Ba6 10. Rb1 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nfxe5 Nxe515. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. b3 Rfc8 18. f4 Bg7 19. Bf2 Qb4 20. Rbc1 Rc7 21.Qc4 a5 22. e5 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rb7 24. Ree4 Rb4 25. exd6 exd6 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Be1Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Bf6 29. Ra4 Bd8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. b4 cxb4 33. Bxb4 Rb834. Bd2 Rb5 35. Kc4 Rc5+ 36. Kd4 Bb6 37. Ke4 f5+ 38. Kf3 Rxd5 39. Bc3 Rd3+ {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Dave Pierson

Here is an old game played back in 1988. My opponent dropped a couple of pawns ad then his Knight and it was over after that. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/DavePierson-BenkoGambit.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "St. Pete Quad"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, FL."]
[Date "1988.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dave Pierson"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bxa6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Bd2Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 Rfb8 13. b3 Nb6 14. Rb1 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. e5 Bb7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Qc2 f5 21. Ng5Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Be5 24. Qd2 Rd4 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Rbd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. Kh3 h6 31. f4 Bf6 32. Nf3 Qxf3 33. b4+ Kf834. b5 Qf1+ 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Bd8 37. Kf2 d5 {White resigned} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses to Yossue Leyva

Here is Round 4 of the tournament mentioned in previous posts. I found a combination that would win material but misplayed it on move number 22 and lost instead. The game can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/YossueLeyva-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Tampa Chess Club Tornado"]
[Site "Tampa Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yossue Leyva"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne2 a5 12. c3 Be7 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Bc2 Qb615. Rb1 Rfc8 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. h3 Bc4 19. a3 Rab8 20. Nd4 Ba2 21.Ra1 Rxb2 22. Qc1 Qxa3 23. Nb5 {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats Tek Ajao

Here is Round 2 of the tornado played in Tampa on April 20, 2008. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/TekAjao-DutchDefense.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Tampa Chess Club Tornado"]
[Site "Tampa Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tek Ajao"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bg5 h69. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 c6 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Rad1 e5 13. d5 e4 14. dxc6 Nc5 15. cxb7Bxb7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qc2 exf3 18. Rxd5 fxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8 20. b3 a5 21. Rfd1Ne4 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses to Radek Laburda Again

On April 20, 2008 I played in a tornado at the Tampa Chess Club. I won one game and lost three so my rating is going down after that one. This game is the second time that I played Radek Laburda on Board 2 in Round 1. There were only 8 people in the open section so I ended up on Board 2 for Rounds 1 and 3 and on Board 4 for Rounds 2 and 4. I didn't sleep well the night before and it affected my play in the last 2 rounds.

This game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/RadekLaburda-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Tampa Chess Club Tornado"]
[Site "Tampa Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Radek Laburda"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. a3 Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Qf5 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 Nbd7 15.Be3 Ng4 16. Qd2 Ndf6 17. f3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Re8 20. Qd2 h5 21. Bg2Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe6 23. Rd1 a5 24. h4 b5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Qe7 27. Rb1 Nd7 28.Rb2 Nb6 29. Qe2 Nc4 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Re2 Rxe2+ 32. Nxe2 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Nc2 34. f5Nxb4 35. Ke3 g6 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. Nf4 Kf7 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Na6 40. Nd3 Kf641. Ne5 Nb8 42. Kd3 c5 43. Nf3 c4+ 44. Kc3 Nc6 45. Kc2 Nb4+ 46. Kb2 Nd3+ 47. Kc3b4+ 48. Kc2 Nf2 49. Ne5 b3+ 50. Kc3 Nd1+ 51. Kd2 Nf2 52. Kc3 Ne4+ 53. Kb2 Ng354. Nd7+ Ke6 55. Nf8+ Kf7 56. Nh7 Ne2 57. Ng5+ Ke7 58. Nf3 Nf4 59. Kc3 Nd3 60.Nd2 Nf2 61. h5 Nxg4 62. hxg6 Kf6 63. g7 Kxg7 64. Nb1 Kf6 65. Kb4 Kf5 66. Kc5 Nf667. Nc3 Ne4+ 68. Kxd5 Nxc3+ 69. Kxc4 b2 70. Kxc3 b1=Q 71. Kc4 Ke6 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Lord Haw Haw

Here is my latest game played at Stan's Net Chess. This win put my overall record at 23-10-3. It also brought my rating at Stan's Net Chess up to 2216. This game is an English: ultra-symmetrical variation that transposed into a Botvinnik system. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/LordHawHaw-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 431210"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mserovey"]
[Black "Lord Haw Haw"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-OBg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Be3 f5 14. Qd2 f4 15.Bxf4 Nd4 16. Bh6 e5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nd5 Bc6 20. f4 Bxd5 21. exd5Qh4 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. c5 Rac8 24. Qb4 Qg3 25. Qxb7+ Kh8 26. Qe7 Qe3+ 27. Kh2Qh6+ 28. Bh3 Qd2+ 29. Kh1 Rfe8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Be6+ Rxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Rf7+Kh6 34. Qh3+ 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats joblack

Here is my most recent game completed at Stan's Net Chess. This game helped me to reach one of my goals set last year. This win put my rating at Stan's Net Chess over 2200 points. Keep in mind that the ratings at Stan's Net Chess are inflated. My highest USCF correspondence rating was 1940 and highest OTB rating was 1793. My new rating is 2203 and my opponent's rating dropped to 2210. This game was my second time playing the Dutch defense and my first win with it. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/joblack-DutchDefense.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 429544"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "joblack"]
[Black "mserovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Rc1 Qe8 12. b4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3 e4 15.Nd4 Qf7 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. Nce2 Ne5 18. Nf4 a5 19. b5 g5 20. Nfe2 a4 21. Qc2 Nd322. Rxd3 exd3 23. Qxd3 Qe7 24. c5 Qf7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bg4 28.Bg2 Rae8 29. Rf1 Bxe2 30. Qg6 Bxf1 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Bg2+ 33. Bxg2 Qe1+ 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats richcavalier

Here is another one of my wins played at Stan's Net Chess. In this one I played the White side of an A23 English: Bremen system, Keres variation. From there I transposed into my usual Botvinnik system. For part of the game my opponent's rating was over 2400, but it dropped to 2358 at the conclusion of this game. My rating went up to 2190. I am only 11 points away from reaching my goal of going over 2200 at Stan's Net Chess by the end of 2008! Depending on the rating of my opponents I can go over 2200 with one or two more wins and no losses.

This entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/richcavalier-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 425751"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2008.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mserovey"]
[Black "richcavalier"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Be69. O-O d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. a3 Bf6 15.Nc3 Be6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Re8 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Nf2 Ng6 21. Bxb7Rb8 22. Bc6 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Rb6 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Be3 Rd6 26. Bxa7 Bf6 27. Ne4Bd4+ 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Nc5 Bh3 30. Re1 Qc6 31. b4 h6 32. Qe2 Rd8 33. Qe4 Qf6 34.Qh4 Qxh4 35. gxh4 Rd6 36. Kf2 Rd4 37. b5 Rxh4 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. b6 Rh5 40. b7Rxc5 41. b8=Q Rc2+ 42. Ke3 {Black resigned} 1-0

I have decided that I am going to play another quad at ICC because I can play for free because I have my membership paid up until December. I just need one more win to get my ICC correspondence chess rating over 1600. Yes, I may have to put up with someone going over on the time limit and getting away with just a warning, which irks me to no end, but I really do want to play more correspondence chess.

Mike Serovey Defeats James the II

Here is another chess game played at Stan's Net Chess. This game was a B22 Sicilian: Alapin's variation (3.c3). White played some moves that I wasn't expecting but many of those moves turned out to be blunders. You can see the entire game, complete with analysis and diagrams, at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/James-the-II-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 425740"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2008.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "JAMES THE II"]
[Black "mserovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-OO-O 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Be2 e4 11. Ne1 c4 12. f4 Qc7 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Bxf4 15.Qc2 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Re8 17. d4 Bg3 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nf3 exf3 20. Rxf3 Qh4+ 21. Kg1Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Bg1 Bh2 24. Ke1 Qxg1+ 25. Rf1 Qxg2 26. Ra2 Bg4 0-1

New Software Available at My Chess Site

I know how some people hate to give out their email addresses to websites because they are afraid of spam. Well, I have a small solution to that problem. If you want to be notified when I update my chess site you can do so without giving me your email address. I just uploaded a small application that you can get for free. Once installed on your computer it will check my site once a day for updates. If it finds that the site has been updated it will display a small message on your computer screen that tells you that my chess site has been updated. You can get this application by going to http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/ and scrolling down near the bottom. The link to click on is just above the button that allows you to make a donation to my site. If you would like to make a similar application for one of your own web sites you can buy the application making software from me for a measly $5.95 for personal use and $19.95 if you want master resell rights. I will upload the application making software and sales page to http://www.mikeseroveyenterprises.com/ later on today. Check my Products page for more information.

My Hugpage on Chess

I recently found out about something called hubpages. They basically give you some web space so that you can publish articles on any topic that you want, as long as it is not on their list of forbidden topics. We can get paid for publishing articles there. I set up a hubpage on how to win at chess. It can be found at http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Win-at-Chess. I plan to publish other related articles there as well and they will go into a group on chess. Please check it out and leave some nice comments for me to read.

Mike Serovey Draws Eric Lang

Here is one of my games from an OTB tournament played in 2005. I haven't played that much OTB chess in the last 3 years so I don't have that many recent games to publish. In this game I missed a couple of winning moves and had to settle for a draw. As a rule, if the game goes more than 60 moves and ends in a draw then I have probably missed a win somewhere. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/EricLang-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "SPCC July open"]
[Site "St. Pete Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Eric Lang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c5 8. d3 b69. cxd5 exd5 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe415. dxe4 Qe6 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Rfe8 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Bxg2 21.Qxg2 Rad8 22. Qc2 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7Ra8 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke8 30. Rc7 g6 31. g4 a5 32. Rb7 Ra6 33. Kd3 a4 34. f5axb3 35. axb3 Ra2 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. Rxb6 Kf7 38. h3 Rh2 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. Rf3 Ra241. e6 Ra7 42. Rf7+ Rxf7 43. exf7 Kxf7 44. Kc4 Ke6 45. Kxc5 Kd7 46. b4 Kc7 47.b5 h5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. h4 Kb7 50. b6 Kb8 51. Kc6 Kc8 52. Kd6 Kb7 53. Ke6 Kxb654. Kf6 Kc6 55. Kg6 Kd7 56. Kxh5 Ke7 57. Kg6 Kf8 58. Kh7 Kf7 59. h5 Kf6 60. h6Kf7 61. Kh8 Kf8 62. h7 Kf7 {Stalemate} 1/2-1/2

ICC and Me

Last month I did renew my membership in ICC even though I am a little unhappy with them. I got the student discount rate because I am now in graduate school. I had one correspondence chess game still going and didn't want to lose it on forfeit. I had that happen to a few games years ago when I failed to renew my ICC membership. It hurt my ICC correspondence chess rating and my correspondence chess win-loss ratio. Also, ICC does have some lectures and training programs that can help me improve. Overall, I think that the money that I spent to renew my ICC membership was worth it and I will get enough value for my money over the course of 2008. We will see about renewing for 2009 when the time comes. As for playing any more correspondence chess games at ICC, I may, but right now I am leaning toward not playing any more at ICC. I am still having a problem with the fact that they don't enforce the time controls.

Mike Serovey Draws Slowstar9

Here is the last game I started in 2007. It is one of the games I played at Stan's Net Chess. Although the game started off as a Benko's opening I tried to transpose into a Catalan. It didn't work because my opponent steered us into Indian lines and we ended up transposing into an off line of the Bogo Indian defense. I went up 2 passed pawns and had to settle for a draw because I left weaknesses around my King that allowed the Black Queen to check my King. Black had a draw by perpetual check. Any attempts to get out of this would lead to a bad position for White. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Slowstar9-Benkos-Opening.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 415561"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mserovey"]
[Black "slowstar9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. g3 e6 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.a4 Ne4 9. Qe3 Nd6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Na3 Nb4 12. Rfc1 a6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 a515. Qc3 Nd5 16. Qc1 c6 17. e3 f6 18. Ne1 b6 19. Rxc6 Bd7 20. Rd6 Qe7 21. Rxd5exd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Qc7 Rc8 25. Qxb6 Qe4 26. b4 axb4 27. Qxb4Bc6 28. f3 Qxe3+ 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

Mike Serovey Defeats Sean McKinney

This is the last of my correspondence chess games played at ICC. It was this game, and 3 others like it, that caused me to decide not to play anymore correspondence chess games at ICC. This is the fourth game that I should have won on time forfeit and the fourth time that my opponent got off with just a warning and extra time to play the game! I believe that is cheating and I am not going to put up with it anymore! My opponent's rating at the start of this game was 1590 and it dropped to 1541 by the end of this game. Mine went up to 1595, only 6 rating points away from reaching my goal of going over 1600 rating points! I need one more win and no losses to reach my goal. However, if I continue to play correspondence chess games at ICC I am going to continue to have this problem of people getting away with cheating!

I got outplayed in the opening and went down the exchange and 2 pawns. Then a few moves later my opponent gave back the material. Then I blundered away 3 pawns only to have White return them in a sacrifice. I managed to win the endgame and White resigned. This game is one of the few times that I have won playing the Black side of the Réti. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/az2112-Reti.html. Here is the game in PGN. My record in this section is 2 wins and 4 losses.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Seven.02.21"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "az2112"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "Réti: King's Indian attack"]
[ECO "A05"]
[NIC "EO.26"]
[Time "18:02:54"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 a6 9. c5 Ne8 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Ncxe7+ Kh8 14.Nb6 Qxe7 15. Nxa8 Bh3 16. Re1 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rc1 Qe6 20.Bf2 Rxa8 21. Rc7 b5 22. Qc2 Qxa2 23. g4 h5 24. g5 Nd5 25. Rxf7 Be6 26. Qxg6Bxf7 27. Qxf7 Rf8 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. g6 Nf6 30. Qh4 Qxb2 31. Bd4 Qc2 32. e4Qd3 33. e5 Qxg6+ {White resigns} 0-1