Mike Serovey Draws Jamie Calvin

Back in May of 2011 Jamie Calvin and I agreed to a draw in an Electronic Knights chess game. I just added that game along with some analysis to my chess site and the game can be found at http://mikeseroveyonchess.com/JamieCalvin-Modern.html. This is one of my few draws against a correspondence chess master.

Here is the game in PGN:

[Event "11EN1"]
[Site "Electronic Knights"]
[Date "2011.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calvin, Jamie"]
[Black "Serovey, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bxg7
Kxg7 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nce2 a5 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. h4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h5 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15.
e5 Ng4 16. Nxh5+ gxh5 17. Ng5 Rh8 18. e6 Ndf6 19. Qg3 Qb8 20. f3 Nh6 21. Nxf7+
Kh7 22. Nxh8 Qxh8 23. Qe1 Rg8 24. Rg1 Qg7 25. Qe2 Qg3 26. Qa6 Qf4+ 27. Kb1 Nf5
28. Qxc6 Ne3 29. Rd2 Nfd5 30. Rc1 Qf5 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

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 Draws Tom G. Schrade Again

Here is my second game with Tom G. Schrade. This one also ended in a draw despite my many errors. I feel lucky to have drawn this game all things considered. Drawing this game brought my USCF correspondence rating down to 1903. The game was a Queen pawn opening that transposed into a Pirc defense, Byrne variation. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/TomGSchrade-Pirc.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "96CA283"]
[Site "Correspondence Chess"]
[Date "1996.11.04"]
[Round "Game B"]
[White "Tom G. Schrade"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. f4 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3Bg4 9. e5 Bg7 10. Be4 c6 11. O-O d5 12. Bd3 e6 13. Qe1 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nd7 15. g4c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Kg2 d4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. exf6 Rxf622. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Rf8+ 25. Kg2 Rf5 26. h4 Qd6 27. Rf1 Rxf1 28.Kxf1 Qf8+ 29. Kg2 Qf5 30. Qxf5 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

Mike Serovey Draws David Smith

I played an online correspondence chess game with Fegary, a.k.a David Smith. The game was played at ICC. I played the Modern defense a.k.a the Robatsch defense: two knights variation. I have listed all of my games that started off as Modern defenses under the Pirc because they usually transpose into the Pirc. This game can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/David-Smith-Pirc.html and is complete with diagrams and analysis. This is my first game finished in this section. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Class.01.03"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Fegary"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[Opening "Robatsch defense: two knights variation"]
[ECO "B06"
][NIC "KF.05"]
[Time "19:40:17"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxe5 12. f4 Bd6 13. Bd4 f614. O-O a6 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. Re6 h5 19. Rde1 Rh720. R1e3 Kb8 21. c4 Rf7 22. Rg3 Rg7 23. Rd3 Kc8 24. b3 Nh6 25. Rd5 Nf5 26.g3 Rf7 27. Kf2 Ng7 28. Re1 e5 29. Kf3 Ne8 30. Red1 Rfe7 31. R5d2 e4+ 32. Ke3f5 33. Ke2 Rh7 34. h4 Rhe7 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

Mike Serovey Defeats Edward L. Addis II

I see that I need to correct my previous post. I won both games against Edward L. Addis II and thus my score in this section is 2 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws. I got an even score. This game here brought my USCF Correspondence rating up to 1940, and I believe that is my highest ever USCF rating in any kind of chess. My win against Ed in Game "A" can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Edward-Addis-Italian.html. This is Game "B" and can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/EdwardLAddis-Pirc.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "96CA283"]
[Site "USCF Correspondence Chess"]
[Date "1996.11.04"]
[Round "Game B"]
[White "Edward L. Addis II"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Nc3Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Rb1 f515. Bd3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rae8 19. g4 e6 20. dxe6 d5 21.Qb4 Qxe6+ 22. Kf2 Qe2+ 23. Kg3 Qd3+ 24. Kh4 Bf6+ 25. g5 Bxg5+ 26. Kxg5 Rf5+ 27.Kh4 Rh5+ 28. Kg4 Qh3# 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Bob Magabulos

I found another old game played back in 1985 when I was stationed in Giessen, Germany. I called the opening an odd variation of the Pirc Defense but some may disagree on what to call the opening. I won this game in 17 moves against an 1800 rated player when I was only a 1400 rated player myself. This, I believe, was my first win against an 1800, but not my last. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/BobMagabulos-Pirc.html. This was from Round one of the tournament and I don't know right now how well I did in the remaining rounds. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Rhine Main November Open"]
[Site "Rhine Main AFB"]
[Date "1985.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bob Magabulos"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. b3 a6 7. Bb2 g6 8. e3Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 Qa7 13. Rf3 Bg4 14. Rg3 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg3 17. Bxf8 Qxe3# 0-1