Mike Serovey Loses to Spanish Chess Expert Valentin Costa Trillo

This is one of my games that was played on the ICCF server last year. I played what I beleive to be a main line in the French Defense, Advanced Variation and I got outplayed by my opponent. The PGN file that I copied below has some notes and analysis in it, but this game is not yet posted to my chess site because I am still analyzing it. I want to get this posted here for the benefit of those players who want to know what was played in this game.


[Event "FINJUB50pr47"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serovey, Michael"]
[Black "Costa Trillo, Valentín"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[Annotator "Michael Serovey"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.11.01"]
[EventType "corr"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 e6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Bd3 b5
15. Nb2 Nb6 16. Ke2 Nc4 17. Qc2 Qa3 18. Rhb1 f6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 fxe5 21.
Bg6 e4 22. Nxe4 Qxd3+ 23. Nxd3 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Rb8 25. g3 g5 26. Rf1 Nd6 27. Bc6
b4 28. fxg5 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Ba6 30. Rf4 Rc8 31. Bd7 Rc3 32. Rxd4 Nf5 33. Rxb4 Rxd3
34. Ra4 Rd6+ 35. Ke1 Ne3 36. Be8 Ng2+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Bb7+ 39. Kg4
a6 40. h4 e5 41. g6 Kg7 42. Rb4 Bc8+ 43. Kf3 Rxa2 44. Bf7 Ne1+ 45. Ke4 Re2+ 46.
Kd5 Rd2+ 47. Ke4 Bd7 0-1

 

Mike Serovey, MA, MISM

Mike Serovey Defeats Michael Cui

In spite of my sloppy play against a much lower rated player I managed to win this game on time forfeit. My opponent was a little boy who is one of Mike Hoffer's students. I have used Chess Base 11 and Rybka to find improvements to this game for both sides but will not publish all of that analysis because Mike knows about this blog and my chess site, and so will some of his students.

I drew a higher rated player in Round One of the Florida State Championship Prep tournament and this game is from Round Two, when I was still tired from Round One. One of the problems with being a 1500 rated player in an open tournament is that I usually get paired up in the first round! Win, lose or draw, I usually do not have time to recover from Round One before I have to start Round Two! That happened again here!

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

[Event "Florida State Championship Prep"]
[Site "Tampa"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serovey, Michael"]
[Black "Cui, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1567"]
[BlackElo "923"]
[Annotator "Michael Serovey"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qf3 Bb4 14. Ne2 Qg4
15. Qxg4 Nxg4 16. Rd1 O-O 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Be3 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 e5 20. a3 Bd6 21. g4
Rf3 22. Be4 Rxe3 23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24. Nc3 Bc5 25. Kg2 Bc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Na4 Be7
28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Nb6 Rb8 30. Nd7+ Kf7 31. Nxb8 Re2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Rc3 Kf6 34.
Nxc6 Rb7 35. Nxe7 Rxe7 36. Ke4 Kg5 37. a4 Kh4 38. a5 h5 39. gxh5 Kxh5 40. Rg3
Kh4 41. Rf3 g5 42. Rf5 g4 43. hxg4 Kxg4 44. Rxe5 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats Robert L. Eisert

I found an old correspondence chess game in which I deliberately chose to play the Black side of the French defense. Although the French has a reputation for being drawish I did manage to win this one. Even so, I rarely play the Black side of the French because I think that I have better winning chances with the Sicilian or Modern defense. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/RobertLEisert-French.html. So far, it looks like I won every game in this section. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "90SS7"]
[Site "USCF Correspondence Chess"]
[Date "1991.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert L. Eisert"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nf3 d4 8. Ne2Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 e5 12. c3 Qd6 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Qd815. e5 Nd5 16. a3 Be6 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bg5 20. f4 Qxd4+ 21.Rf2 Rad8 22. Rd1 Be7 23. Kh1 g6 24. h3 Bc4 25. Rf3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rd8 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Jordan Ivanov!

Here is on of my first games played at Stan's NetChess. My opponent was rated 2402 at the start of the game and is currently rated 2615. Ratings at Stan's NetChess tend to run much higher than those at ICC or the USCF. Consider that my rating at Stan's NetChess is over 2100 while my ratings at both ICC and USCF are in the 1500's. This game was played back in 2004. I was somewhat intimidated by my opponent's rating and was hoping for a draw. If my opponent hadn't gotten careless on move 47 and dropped his Bishop, the game most likely would have ended in a draw. Rook versus Bishop and pawn endgames are hard to win. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/JordanIvanov-FrenchDefense.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 231050"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jordan Ivanov"]
[Black "mserovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.O-O Bd6 9. Re1+ Ne4 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. dxc5 Ndxc5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Rxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Rae8 15. Qg4 Qb6 16. b4 f5 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Nbd2 Rc8 19. Qd5 Rxc3 20. Ne5Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nb3 h6 24. Bf4 Rc2 25. g3 Kh7 26. h4 g6 27.a4 Rb2 28. Na5 Rf7 29. b5 a6 30. Nc4 Rb3 31. Ne5 Rg7 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Kg2 g534. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rh1+ Kg8 36. Bd2 Ra3 37. a5 Ra2 38. Nc4 Rc2 39. Rc1 Rxc1 40.Bxc1 Rc7 41. Bxg5 Rxc4 42. Bd8 Ra4 43. Kh3 Kg7 44. f3 Kg6 45. g4 fxg4+ 46. fxg4Rd4 47. Kh4 Rxd8 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Slop

Here is another old correspondence game played at ICC. This game is one of the few times that I have played the Black side of the French Defense and the only time I can remember playing the Black side of the Advanced variation. I transposed into the French from a closed Sicilian Defense. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Slop-FrenchDefense.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2004SC18QF.06.03"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2004.04.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Slop"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "French: advance, Milner-Barry gambit"]
[ECO "B22"]
[NIC "SI.46"]
[Time "13:46:48"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8.Bc2 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14.Qd3 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nce7 16. Nh4 Bb5 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rac8 19. Qh5 Qxc3 20.Nxg6 fxg6 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Qxg6 Rc6 23. Bh4 Qxd4 24. Be7 Rf7 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses to Jerome Lindsey

Here is a game that I played back in 1985 when I was stationed in Giessen, Germany. The game was played at the air force base in Frankfurt. In that tournament I lost the first 3 rounds and finally won Round 4. I don't show a Round 5 in my notebook, but I thought that these tournaments went 5 rounds back then. Anyway, the complete game with analysis and diagrams can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Lindsey1.html. This was my first loss to Jerome Lindsey and the very first time that I had played the Milner-Berry Gambit in a regular OTB tournament. My second loss to Jerome can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Lindsey2.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Rhine Main August Open"]
[Site "Rhine Main Air Force Base"]
[Date "1986.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Jerome Lindsey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 e6 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qb8 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. Qg4 g6 14. Qg5 Qd815. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 O-O 20. Bg5 Bb421. Re2 Bd5 22. a3 Bb3 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Rd8 25. axb4 Rxd3 26. Kf1 Rd1+ 27.Re1 Bc4+ {White resigned} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Clifford Story

I found an old correspondence chess game played back in 1976. This game was the first time that I had played the Milner-Berry Gambit and was part of the Golden Knights Postal Championships for 1976. I don't remember how well I scored in that postal tournament, but I did manage to win this game. At the point where my opponent resigned I was down 3 pawns! I believed in my attack and kept the pressure up even though I was down material. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Clifford-Story-French.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "1976 Golden Knights Postal"]
[Site "Correspondence Game"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Clifford Story"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-ONxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Nb5 Qxe5 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. g3 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke715. Bf4 Qxb2 16. Bxd6+ Kxd6 17. Rfb1 Qd4 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Rab1 a6 20. Ba4 Qa5 21.Qa3+ Ke5 22. Re1+ Kf6 23. Qf3+ {Black Resigns} 1-0