Mike Serovey Loses to Terry Kay

I entered a thematic tournament in which we are to play both the White and Black sides of the Reti opening. In tis game my opponent chose to break form this and to transpose into a Queens Gambit Declined instead of staying with the Reti like he was supposed to. I blundered and lost in 25 moves.

This game, with analysis and diagram, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/TerryKay-QueensGambitDeclined.html. I still have my game as White against Terry still playing. Here is this game in PGN.

[Date "2011.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terry Kay"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3.d4 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.h3 Bb7 13.Qe2 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Bd6 16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.f4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bc3 21.a3 Rc8 22.Kh2 Rc6 23.axb4 Qxb4 24.Nxc3 Rxc3 25.Be1 {Resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Renato Dacany

Here is Round 3 of the tornado played on 14 October 2007. This is my longest game of the tournament and the highest rated player that I beat in that tournament. I made a blunder on move 32 and got away with it. Time pressure caused my oponent to make some weak moves and I was able to easily win the endgame. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/RevatoDacany-QueensGambitDeclined.html. The opening was D37 QGD: 4.Nf3. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Tampa Chess Club Tornados"]
[Site "Tampa Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Renato Dacany"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. a3 c6 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3b4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a5 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Bd2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c5 15.Bxb4 cxb4 16. b3 Qb6 17. h3 Rfc8 18. g4 Qc6 19. Ne5 Qc2 20. Rfc1 Qxd3 21. Nxd3Rxc1+ 22. Ndxc1 h6 23. Nd3 Nb6 24. Nc5 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. f3 Kd6 27. e4 Nfd728. e5+ Kd5 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Kf2 Kc6 31. Ke3 Nb6 32. Kd3 a4 33. Rc1+ Kb7 34.Rb1 a3 35. Ra1 Nd5 36. Kc4 Rc8+ 37. Kd3 Nc3 38. Nc1 Kb6 39. Kd2 Kb5 40. Nd3 Nd541. Nc5 Rxc5 42. dxc5 Kxc5 43. h4 Kd4 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Kxe5 46. Kd3 Kf4 47.Ke2 Kxg5 48. Kf2 Nc3 49. Ke3 f5 50. f4+ Kf6 51. Kd3 g5 52. fxg5+ Kxg5 53. Ke3 e554. Rg1+ Kf6 55. Kd2 e4 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Kd2 a2 58. Ra1 f4 59. Ke1 e3 60. Kf1 f361. Ke1 Kd4 62. Rc1 Kd3 63. Kf1 Kd2 64. Ra1 Kc2 65. Re1 Kb2 66. Rxe3 a1=Q+ 67.Re1 Qxe1+ 68. Kxe1 Kxb3 69. Kf2 Ka2 70. Kxf3 b3 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses To McNiff

I recently completed another correspondence chess game at ICC. This is the first time that I have played McNiff and his first completed correspondence chess game. I tried to play the Cambridge Springs defense but my opponent avoided it by not playing Bg5. So, I transposed into a Queens Gambit Declined, semi-Slav: Meran, Reynolds' variation. I used MCO - 14 to guide me through the opening but my opponent got me out of my book on move 10. It didn't take me long to get into trouble in an opening that I don't know and then to lose! The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/McNiff-QueensGambitDeclined.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Quad.04.10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "McNiff"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav: Meran, Reynolds' variation"]
[ECO "D48"]
[NIC "SL.09"]
[Time "20:54:28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 Ndxf6 14. h3 Nh615. O-O Be7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxb7Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rae8 22. Bxa6 b4 23. Bb5 {Black resigns} 1-0