Mike Serovey Loses to the Italian Master, Gaetano Caradonna

I recently finished a game that was played on the ICCF server. This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://mikeseroveyonchess.com/games/sicilian-defense-page/sicilian-defense-with-gaetano-caradonna-page/. More complete analysis of this game, and my other games that I played against masters, will be found in my members only area of my chess site once I get it set up. For now, I need to finish the online class in legal and ethical issues and then move before I will have the time and energy to work on that part of my site.

Here is the game in PGN:

[Event "S-Open/5-pr40"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2012.6.1"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Caradonna, Gaetano"]
[Black "Serovey, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1734"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6
6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O
11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.f3 Bh5 15.Qd2 Nd5
16.Be4 f6 17.c4 Nb6 18.Bf4 Nxc4 19.Bxd6 Nxd2 20.Bxf8 Kxf8
21.Rf2 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Re8 23.Ng3 Bg6 24.Rd2 Re5 25.b4 a6
26.a4 Ke7 27.Rc1 Ke6 28.h4 h6 29.Kf2 Bh7 30.h5 Rg5
31.Rc5 Re5 32.Rdc2 Kd7 33.b5 Nb4 34.Rxe5 fxe5 35.Rc4 Nd3+
36.Ke2 Nf4+ 37.Kd2 Ne6 38.b6 g6 39.hxg6 Bxg6 40.a5 h5
41.Nf5 h4 42.Rc1 Bh7 43.Rh1 Nc5 44.Rxh4 Bg6 45.Ke2 Ke6
46.Rh6 Kf7 47.Kf3 d3 48.Ke3 d2 49.Nd6+ Ke7 50.Kxd2 Nxe4+
51.Nxe4 Bxe4 52.g4 Kf7 53.g5 Bg2 54.Rf6+ Ke7 55.Rf2 Bd5
56.g6 Kd6 57.g7 Kc6 58.Rf5 {Black resigns.} 1-0

Mike Serovey Loses to Nathalie van der Lende

I played only one Round of the 18th Annual Southern Open and that was a loss to Nathalie van der Lende of Holland. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/VanDerLende-Sicilian.html. There is a picture of her on that page that is a few years old. Here is a video that shows her near the end of it and you can see what she looks like now. She is the 17 year old girl with the long brown hair.



Here is the game in PGN:

[Event "18th Annual Southern Open"]
[Site "Orlando, FL."]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nathalie van der Lende"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e5 Bd7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Bd3
fxe5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nge7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+
Kg8 15. Qh5 Rf5 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. g4 Rxg5 18. Bxg5 Qe8 19. Re3 Qf7 20. Kg2 Qg8
21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6+ Qg7 23. Rf3+ Kg8 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bf6+ Kg8 26. Rh3 Rc8 27.
Rd1 Rf8 28. Rdd3 Kf7 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Rdh3 Bc8 31. Rg7 Rg8 32. Rhh7 Rxg7 33.
Rxg7 b5 34. h4 a5 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5 Nf5 37. Rh7 b4 38. cxb4 axb4 39. h6 Nce7
40. Rxe7+ Nxe7 41. Bxe7 {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Loses to nithin

In an attempt to back up my chess site I accidentally deleted several pages so some of the links in previous posts no longer work. I will need to recreate all of those missing pages.

Now that I have finished my online Java class with a solid "A" I can now spend more time on chess. I decided to play a game at ICC yesterday and won a pawn due to an opening trap and kept the material advantage throughout this game. However, one blunder cost me this game! Here is the game in PGN:

[Event "ICC 45 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "nithin"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1445"]
[BlackElo "1404"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B33"]
[NIC "SI.34"]
[Time "19:31:31"]
[TimeControl "2700+5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Be3 Nxe4
8. Qd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf3 d5 12. c4 Bf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 Be6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qa6 Qc3 18. Rad1 Rfb8 19. Rd3 Qxc2
20. Bd1 Rb6 21. Qxb6 Qxd3 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qb7 a6 24. Re1 Qb5 25. Qa7 Qa5
26. Re3 Qxa2 27. Qb7 Qa1 28. Qxc8+ Bxc8 29. Re8# {Black checkmated} 1-0

This complete game, including diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/nithin-Sicilian.html.

Mike Serovey Defeats AntonioMendonca Again

Here is my game with Black against Antonio Mendonca Silveira. This win puts my ICC correspondence chess rating at 1698. My record at ICC is 22-14-8. This makes me 5.5-0.5 in this Quad, which should be clear first place. This game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/AntonioMendonca-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2008Quad.08.03"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "AntonioMendonca"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B33"]
[NIC "SI.34"]
[Time "19:53:04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b3 O-O 14. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 15. Kf2 Ng4+ 16. Ke2 f5 17. Nd6 Qc5 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. Qe3 Qxd6 20. Qxe5
Qxe5+ 21. fxe5 c5 22. Ke3 f4+ 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. Rg1 Rbd8 25. Rd1 Rf5 26. Rd6
Rxe5 27. Be2 Kf7 28. Rgd1 Ke7 29. Bg4 h6 30. h4 g6 31. R1d2 g5 32. h5 Bc8
33. Rd1 Re8 34. R1d2 Re3 {White resigns} 0-1

Sicilian-Defense/AntonioMendonca-Sicilian.pgn

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 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 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 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

Mike Serovey Defeats Stephen D. Cohle

I just finished another correspondence chess game at ICC. This win leaves me with 2 wins, 0 losses and 2 draws in this section. I don't know how I placed in this section because ICC hasn't updated the cross table in quite a while. At the start of this section my opponent was rated 1622 and he dropped to 1596 as a result of this game. My rating increased to 1580. It is very unlikely that I will finish my remaining correspondence chess game by the end of the year so I still won't make my goal of getting my rating over 1600 by the end of the year.

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

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Class.01.08"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sdcohle"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B30"]
[NIC "SI.31"]
[Time "19:40:17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Nxe2g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. c3 O-O 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 b6 13. c4 Rac8 14.Rfe1 e6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. Bh3 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Kxg720. Nf4 Bf3 21. Ne2 Rd6 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rcd8 24. d4 cxd4 25. Rd3 e526. Red1 Nc7 27. f4 f6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. g4 Ne6 30. Kf3 Nc5 31. R3d2 e4+ 32.Kg2 d3 33. Nc3 e3 34. Rb2 e2 35. Nxe2 dxe2 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxe2 Re6 38.Rc2 a5 39. g5 h6 40. gxh6+ Kxh6 41. h3 Kh5 42. Rf2 g5 43. Rb2 Kh4 44. b4 Nd345. Rb3 Nxb4 46. a3 Na6 47. Rd3 Nc5 48. Rd4+ Kh5 49. Kf3 Rc6 50. Ke3 Ne6 51.Re4 Nf4 52. h4 Kxh4 53. Kd4 Rd6+ 54. Kc3 Rd3+ 55. Kb2 Kg3 56. Re5 g4 57. Rb5Rd6 58. Rb3+ Kf2 59. Kc2 g3 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats GrandPoobah069

Here is one of my games from a correspondence chess game played at ICC. It was part of a quad and one of three games in which I got paired against GrandPoobah069. In all three games he overstepped the time control and was warned about that! I am tired of repeat offenders getting off with just warnings! Why have time controls if you don't enforce them? In this game, however, he overstepped the time control a second time and I got the win on time forfeit. I got lucky in this game because my opponent missed a blunder that I made. I also got lucky to win on time. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/GrandPoobah069-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN. This win, and my subsequent draw with GrandPoobah069 should have me in second place in this quad.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Quad.04.01"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GrandPoobah069"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "Black declared winner by adjudication"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[ECO "B22"]
[NIC "SI.46"]
[Time "20:54:28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. a3 Ba5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa4O-O 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Nc3 b5 17. Qb3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 a521. Rda1 Qc7 22. Qa3 Rfc8 23. c4 Nc6 24. Qa2 Ne4 25. Bd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Nb427. g4 Bg6 28. Ne5 Be4 29. f3 Bb7 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Qc3 f6 32. Nd3 Nc6 33. d5exd5 34. cxd5 Rxd5 35. Nb4 Rd4 36. Bc4+ Kf8 37. Nd5 Qd8 38. Qa3+ Ne7{Black declared winner by adjudication} 0-1

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 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 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

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 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 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

Mike Serovey Defeats JimGaming Again

I finished my second game with JimGaming about a week ago and am now publishing it with my analysis. My opponent went over on the time limit in this game too and got off with a warning. I almost offered a draw but realized that I could win this game. If this had been a regular OTB game it may have ended in a draw. Fortunately, I was able to analyze this game by moving the pieces around on the board until I found something that worked to my advantage! The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/JimGaming-Sicilian.html. This completes all of my correspondence games at ICC. I am waiting for pairings in the next correspondence tournament. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2006Quad.30.11"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "JimGaming"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[ECO "B30"]
[NIC "SI.31"]
[Time "21:08:44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 f6 8.d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh4 Bg7 14. e5O-O 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18. Nd2 d5 19. c4 c5 20. cxd5exd5 21. f3 Bf5 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rfe1 Re6 24. g4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd3 26. Re5c4 27. bxc4 dxc4 28. Re1 c3 29. Nb3 c2 30. Nc1 Bb5 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. h4 h6 33.Ke3 Rd1 34. Kf2 a5 35. Rg1 Kf7 36. Re1 a4 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rxe1 39. Kxe1Ke6 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Kxc2 Kxg5 42. Kc3 Kf4 43. Nd3+ Bxd3 44. Kxd3 Kxf3 45.Kc4 g5 {White resigns} 0-1