Mike Serovey Loses To jonesey

Here is another one of my ICC correspondence chess games. This is my first game finished in this section so my score in this section is 0-1. I tried some stuff that didn't work and need to come up with some better ways to play for White if I ever face what Black played again. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/jonesey-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Seven.02.15"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "jonesey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical, Rubinstein system"]
[ECO "A16"]
[NIC "EO.36"]
[Time "18:02:53"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8.d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Na4 b6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxa8 Nxa8 13. d4 Ng4 14. dxc5Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qe8 16. cxb6 Bg5 17. bxa7 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Rd8 19. Qc2 Qxa7 20.Kf1 Bh3+ 21. Rg2 Qb7 22. e4 Rd2 {White resigns} 0-1

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 Draws Tom G. Schrade

Here is an old USCF correspondence chess game. This is one of two games that I played against Tom in this section. It appears that I ended up with 2 losses and 2 draws in this section. This game is one of my correspondence games in which I played the White side of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. I no longer play this gambit because I no longer remember how to. If I were to play it now it would be as a surprise weapon against someone who does not know it. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/TomGSchrade-Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit.html. Here is the game in PGN.

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 O-O 16. Bf4 c6 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Rb3 b6 19. a4 Re4 20. c5 bxc521. Rb7 Rxa4 22. Bxc5 a5 23. Ra7 Re8 24. Rb1 Rc4 25. Rxa5 Rxc2 26. Bd4 Ree2 27.Rg5 Kf8 28. h3 h6 29. Rb8+ Re8 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Bc5+ Kg8 32. Re5 Nc7 33. Bd6Ne6 34. Ra5 c5 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rc8 c4 37. Be5 Ng5 38. Rc7 Kg6 39. Rc6+ f6 40.Bd4 Ne4 41. Kh2 c3 42. Rc7 Re2 43. Bxc3 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

A Couple of Quick Wins

Last night I decided to play a couple of games at ICC. It just so happened that both of my opponents had the exact same rating! I beat both of them in under 20 moves each. In the first game I was actually planning to throw the game in order to get my rating under 1500 because I wanted to play in the under 1500 section this month at ICC. However, when my opponent dropped his Queen I just had to take it! Game over. That is the only time that I have ever played the White side of a Center Counter Gambit. In the second one I played an English opening and my opponent dropped a Rook for a Bishop. A few moves later he resigned. I am not posting either game to my chess site, just here. Here are the games in PGN.

[Event "ICC 20 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "us54186606"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (center counter) defense"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.01"]
[Time "21:19:17"]
[TimeControl "1200+0"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3O-O-O 8. Bd2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Ne4 e6 11. Bxa5 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "ICC 15 12"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "dkinla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A13"]
[NIC "EO.64"]
[Time "21:23:58"]
[TimeControl "900+12"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O8. d4 b6 9. e3 Ba6 10. Nd2 Na5 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. Qa4 {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Draws GrandPoobah069

Here is Game #2 from my ICC correspondence quad. This is a game that I should have won on time forfeit. My opponent overstepped the time control on move #9 and I am sure that I complained about it. However, it appears that he was never warned about it. When he overstepped the second time control on move 36 I complained again and tried to claim the win on time forfeit. The TD said that my opponent was not warned before and thus no win on time forfeit! I had to settle for a draw in a game that I should have won! Why have time limits if you are not going to enforce them? Why let a repeat offender off with just a warning each time he oversteps the time control? My record at ICC for correspondence chess is 9 wins, 10 losses, and 3 draws. This win that I was robbed of would have had me at an even score!

The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/GrandPoobah069-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Quad.04.02"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "GrandPoobah069"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "EO.30"]
[Time "20:54:28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 f5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. d4 b6 13. Nb5 Bc8 14. dxc5 dxc515. e5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxa7 Bd7 18. a4 Qc7 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Rfd821. Qc2 Bg7 22. Nf4 Kf7 23. Rfd1 Bd4 24. Qe2 Rd6 25. b3 Rbd8 26. Bxd4 cxd427. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Nxe6 Rd2 29. Qxd2 Kxe6 30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Qc3 Nd5 32. Qe5Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Nf6 34. c5 bxc5 35. Rxc5 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Rd1+ 38.Kf2 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

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 Draws Bobby Fisher

Here is one of my games played at Stan's Net Chess. My opponent is going by the name of Bobby Fisher. He is rated about 300 points below me and plays nothing like the former world champion. I outplayed him in the opening and was up a Knight and 2 pawns but blundered by grabbing a third pawn. I had to sacrifice a rook in order to get out of checkmate and that left me with a knight and 3 pawns versus a rook. I couldn't figure out how to win that endgame and had to settle for a draw. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/BobbyFisher-Benkos-Opening.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 402718"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mserovey"]
[Black "BobbyFisher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 d4 4. c4 c5 5. b4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Bxa3 Bxa3 8. Rxa3Nf6 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Ngf3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Qb3 Re8 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Qxb7 Qd6 15.Nc2 Reb8 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxc6 Ra7 18. Rfa1 Ra6 19. Bb5 Ra7 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21.Rxa5 Ne8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe5 Rd8 24. Nf3 Ra8 25. Ncxd4 Bh3 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27.Ng5 Bg4 28. e3 f6 29. Ngf3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Rd8 31. d4 g5 32. h4 gxh4 33. Nxh4 Ra834. c5 Kg7 35. c6 Rd8 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Nf3 Ke7 38. e4 Kd6 39. d5 f5 40. exf5 Kxd541. Ng5 Kxc6 42. Nxh7 Rh8 43. Ng5 Rh5 44. f4 Rh6 45. g4 Kd5 46. Kg3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

Mike Serovey Loses To HaraldP

I am getting tired of posting loses to this blog and my chess site! This is yet another game in which I resigned when I had an OK position! I outplayed my opponent in the opening and was up two passed pawns at one point. I sacrificed one of those passed pawns when I had a better move and then got surprised by a couple of my opponent's moves. The trick is to stay calm when things look bad and to find the saving move or moves.

I don't know what my win/loss recored is at ICC, but I believe that it is on the minus side and that is what is keeping my rating in the 1500 range. I seem to be doing better at Stan's Net Chess. I very recently submitted two games for adjudication at ICC. I claimed the win on time forfeit in both games and I am waiting for the tournament director to adjudicate the games in my favor. This same opponent is about to overstep the initial time control in my third game with him. This is a habit with him and he keeps getting off with warnings each time he does this! I can only claim the win on time forfeit if he violates the time control twice in a game and that irritates me! In an OTB game he would lose the second he overstepped the time control, so why not in a correspondence game? Whey give anybody a warning, especially when they do it in more than one game?

Anyway, here is the game against HaraldP. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/HaraldP-English.html.

[Event "ICC 30 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "HaraldP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A20"]
[NIC "EO.24"]
[Time "18:03:31"]
[TimeControl "1800+0"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Bg2 h6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a3a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Bb8 13. d5 c5 14. Na4 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16. Nac3 cxb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qb6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Qa5 Bc721. Qxb5 Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Ba6 23. Nxc7 Bxe2 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Rb2 Bc4 26. Bf4 Rb627. b5 Rb8 28. Bxd6 Rb7 29. b6 Nxb6 30. Bc5 Ra7 31. Bxb6 Ra1+ {Whiteresigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses To rayz

Here is a game from a correspondence quad I played at ICC last year. I didn't do well in that quad and lost more games than I won. So far my recored at ICC isn't very good and that is why both my standard rating and my correspondence rating are in the 1500 range. I still have some correspondence games going at ICC and at Stan's Net Chess. I will post them here as I finish them. One of the problems that I am having in my correspondence games is that I still tend to move too quickly and thus miss things.

In this game with rayz I played the English opening, Botvinnik system and got into trouble early. I dropped the Rook for a Knight and pawn and got an attack going against Black's King. I had the lead in development but my attack fizzled out and Black eventually caught up in development. I ended up trading down into a lost endgame and resigned. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Rayz-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2006Quad.30.10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "rayz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A21"]
[NIC "EO.23"]
[Time "21:08:44"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 c6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. f4Nbd7 9. O-O fxe4 10. dxe4 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qxd6 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14.fxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe6+ Kd8 16. Bg5+ Kc7 17. Rf1 Qc5 18. Be7 Bd6 19. Na4 Qe5 20.Bxd6+ Qxd6 21. Qxd6+ Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. c5 Ne5 24. Nf4 Bg4 25. Re1 Rad826. h3 Bc8 27. Nc3 Rd2 28. Re2 Rhd8 29. b3 g5 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Nfe2 h5 32.Kg1 b6 33. cxb6+ axb6 34. Kf2 Ba6 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses To jks2000

In Round 4 of the Tuesday night Standard tournament for July, 11 PM Open section, I lost to jks2000. This game is the second time that I lost a game at ICC because of a mouse slip. On move 10 I moved the King over to g8 to castle kingside and the software moved the King to f8 instead! Unfortunately, I could not remember how to ask for a take back of that move. By the time I had figured out how to ask for a take back several moves had transpired and it was too late. Even if I had remembered how to ask for a take back, my opponent could have been a jerk about it and said, "No". He does not have to allow the take back. I wasted so much time trying to get my King into a castled position that my opponent was able to get a strong queenside attack going before I could get my kingside attack going. In the future, I will ask for a take back if I have another mouse slip like that. I have decided not to post this game to my chess site but I will post it here. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 60 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "jks2000"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Opening "English: ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[ECO "A36"]
[NIC "EO.31"]
[Time "23:04:15"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 e5 7. b4 cxb4 8.axb4 a6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Nf3 Kf8 11. O-O f5 12. e4 Kf7 13. Qb3 Rf8 14. Bg5 h615. Bd2 Be6 16. Nd5 Kg8 17. b5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. exf5 Nxf521. Bxb7 Rb8 {Black resigns} 1-0

Mike Serovey Defeats diegogac

I won Round 3 of the 11 PM Open section of the July Standard tournament at ICC. That makes my current score 1-2. If I win the last round I may get a prize for the best score under 1600. Either way, it would be nice to break even in an open tournament. I played the Kings Indian Attack for a change of pace from the usual Reti and English openings. My opponent last a pawn in a combination and then walked into a fork on his King and Queen. That is when he resigned making this my fastest win in a very long time. However, he still had a defensible position if he had chosen to play it out. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/diegogac-KIA.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 60 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "diegogac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1533"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[Opening "Réti: King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[ECO "A07"]
[NIC "QP.09"]
[Time "23:01:47"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Bc5 7. Nh4 Be6 8.e4 O-O 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Bxg2 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf5+ {Black resigns} 1-0

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 Loses To tsia68

Here is an old game played at ICC. I do not know the date of this game or the ratings of the two players at the time of the game. This is an interesting game because I was losing even though up material! At the point where I resigned I was up a Queen, Rook, Knight, and pawn! I had to resign because White was threatening a mate in one and I had no way to stop it. This game is a Closed Sicilian defense. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/tsia68-Sicilian.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC Correspondence"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "tsia68"]
[Black "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nf3 O-O9. O-O a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Ne2 b5 12. g4 Qa5 13. a3 c4 14. f5 exf5 15. gxf5 gxf516. Ng3 fxe4 17. Ng5 exd3 18. Qh5 h6 19. Nxf7 dxc2 20. Nxh6+ Bxh6 21. Bxh6 Qb6+22. Kh1 cxb1=Q 23. Bd5+ Nxd5 24. Qg6+ {Black resigned} 1-0

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 winerum Again

Here is the game from from Round 2 of the July Standard Tournament played at ICC. I am in the 11 PM Open section. This is my second game against winerum and my second loss to him. I resigned when I was a pawn down and thought that I was going to lose a second one. I had a move that would save the pawn but I missed it and resigned. That is one of the hazards of playing late at night. I get tired and miss things. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/winerum-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 60 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "winerum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A13"]
[NIC "EO.64"]
[Time "23:02:26"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Qf6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bb2 Nd7 8.O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e5 10. d3 d4 11. Bd2 h6 12. Ne1 Qd6 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5Nxe5 15. Nf3 N7g6 16. a3 Rb8 17. b4 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Bg4 19. Rf2 Rbe8 20. Bf3Qd7 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Qf1 Re7 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Qg2 Qd7 25. c5 Ne5 26. h3Nxd3 27. exd3 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rf1 Re3 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Kf2 Qe5 32.Rd2 Re1 33. Qf3 Re3 {White resigns} 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 Again

Here is the second win against Donnell6909. This time I played the White side of an English opening, Botvinnik system. Again, my opponent blundered away material and then he walked into a checkmate. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Donnell6909-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 20 12"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "Donnell6909"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A16"]
[NIC "EO.64"]
[Time "20:44:22"]
[TimeControl "1200+12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Re8 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8.O-O e5 9. h3 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Be3 h5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Nf8 14. Rc1 N8h715. Nd5 c6 16. Ndc3 Nd7 17. Qe1 f5 18. Qg3 Ndf6 19. Qxg6 fxe4 20. dxe4 Re721. Bd4 Kh8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nf8 24. Qg3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Ne6 26. Ba1 Qb6+27. c5 Qd8 28. Nf6 Qf8 29. Qg6 Bd7 30. Qh7# {Black checkmated} 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 monitaChe

Here is a game played back in 2005 at Stan's Net Chess. I played the Kings Indian Attack and miscalculated a combination. Instead of winning a pawn I lost my Queen for a Knight and 2 pawns. I resigned when I was about to lose another Knight. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/monitaChe-KIA.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 294042"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mserovey"]
[Black "monitaChe"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Be7 6. e4 Be6 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. b3Nh5 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxh5 Bg4 12. Bxe5 Bxh5 13. Bxg7 Rh7 14. Bd4 f615. f4 c6 16. a4 a6 17. Nc4 Qg4 18. Bc3 Bf7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5Bc5+ 0-1