Mike Serovey Loses To Stano

Here is one of my games against Stano, aka Stanislav Szabo. This game was played at Stan's Net Chess back in 2005. This game is one of several losses to Stano. This time I played the English Opening, Botvinnik System and moved too quickly when Stano offered a Bishop sacrifice. Oh, well. Live and learn! The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Stano-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 311864"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mserovey"]
[Black "Stano"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 d6 2. c4 Nc6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-OBe6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Kh2 a6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 g6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. hxg4 Nxg4+ 15.Kh1 Nxe3 16. Qd2 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Qg4 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Rf3 Re8 20. f5 Ne5 21. Rg3Qh4+ 22. Rh3 Nf3 23. Rxh4 Nxd2 24. Rg4 c6 25. Ndf4 g5 26. Nh5 d5 27. cxd5 cxd528. Nc3 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Rc8 31. Bxb7 Rc1+ 32. Rg1 Ree1 33. Rxe1Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Bxa6 Rxa2 37. Bc4 Rh2 38. Ng3 Rh4 39. Bd5 h540. Be4 Rh2 41. Nf1 g4+ 0-1

Mike Serovey Defeats Okie901

Here is one of my games played at Stan's Net Chess. It was played back in 2004 and was my first win against Okie901. The second one I won on forfeit and may post later. I need to take a look at that second game and see if it is worth posting. This game is one in which I played the White side of the Réti Opening and won when I was about to go up my third pawn in an endgame. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Okie901-Reti.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Game 233154"]
[Site "Stan's NetChess"]
[Date "2004.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mserovey"]
[Black "okie901"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nc6 4. Qxc4 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.d3 Bd7 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. a3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe515. Rab1 Bc6 16. b4 f5 17. Nc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rf6 19. Nxb7 Rg6 20. f4 Bd6 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qc5 Qd5+ 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rbc1 h5 25. Rc5 c6 26. Rfc1 Re6 27. Kf3Rce8 28. R1c2 Re3+ 29. Kf2 h4 30. Rxc6 hxg3+ 31. hxg3 R3e7 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33.Rxc8+ Kf7 34. Rc5 Rd7 35. b5 Ke6 36. d4 Rb7 37. a4 g6 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Rd6 1-0

Some Random Thoughts on Chess

I don't have any games to post at this time. I still have two correspondence chess games going at ICC, but otherwise I haven't been playing lately. Other things have taken higher priority. I got to thinking about the chess goals that I posted back in December or January and I realize that I am not making much progress toward them. My recent losses have pulled my correspondence chess rating down, so I need to win both of my remaining games just to make up the points. I haven't played any games at Stan's Net Chess so I'm not making any progress toward getting a 2200 rating there. I would probably need to win 6 or 7 games in a row without any losses in order to reach 2200 points. I'm not sure that I can do that the way that I have been playing lately. I tend to move too quickly, even in correspondence chess games. As a result I tend to blunder. Almost every single game that I have lost was due to my missing something that I should have seen. On occasion, I lose because my opponent played a brilliant move. Most of the time, I just blunder away a piece or too many pawns.

I haven't been playing any OTB chess lately because I can't afford to. There are no chess clubs in my county that I know of and all of the tournaments are an hour away by car. I have to drive to either St. Petersburg or Orlando in order to play in an OTB tournament. That means gas at about $3 per gallon and the entry fees. Unfortunately, I just can't afford to play now. So, I play online because it is cheaper. However, I do miss the human contact that I get with OTB play. I also miss being part of a chess team like I was in high school.

Back in high school I was part of a team that dominated Hillsborough County and even the state of Florida. We won the state high school championship 6 years in a row if I am correct about this. We won the Region 4 (Southeastern) High School Championship 3 years in a row. We didn't fair so well at nationals, though. I miss going over my games with my teammates, especially when I won. I miss the fun things that we did between rounds at tournaments and the non chess things that we did together. Now, when I play I am on my own.

Mike Serovey Loses To McNiff Again

This is my second correspondence game against McNiff played at ICC. This time I had White and played the Botvinnik system. I transposed into it from a Sicilian defense. McNiff now has a 4-0 record in correspondence chess at ICC. My record after 20 games is nowhere near as good! The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/McNiff-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2007Quad.04.09"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "McNiff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "EO.30"]
[Time "20:54:28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8.O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Qb6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Be3 Bd4 14. Bxd4cxd4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f4 Nc5 17. a3 Qb3 18. Nc1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 a4 20. g4 e5 21.f5 Rfb8 22. g5 b5 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. f6 h6 25. h4 hxg5 26. hxg5 Rab8 27. Rd2Na5 28. Na2 Nab3 29. Rdd1 Na6 30. Bf1 Rc5 31. Nc1 Rc2 32. Nxb3 axb3 33. Rdc1Nc5 34. Re1 Na4 35. Re2 Rbc8 {White resigns} 0-1

Mike Serovey Draws Chien Ming

Here is my second game against Chien Ming (fhunfi) at ICC. This time I played White and got a draw. I am pleased with this draw because Chien is rated 500 points above me! Too bad for me that this was a non rated practice game! My rating would have gone up quite a bit from this draw if it had been rated. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/fhunfi-English2.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC 30 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "fhunfi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by repetition"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[Opening "English: Neo-Catalan declined"]
[ECO "A14"]
[NIC "RE.09"]
[Time "00:16:31"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d4Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. e3 c5 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1 Rc7 14. dxc5bxc5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Nd2Nf6 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nf3 Ne4 {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

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 PrincePawn

Here is an old game played at ICC. I played and English opening and Black played something resembling the Dutch defense. At one point I was down a pawn but still managed to win this endgame. The entire game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/PrincePawn-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC Game #317"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "PrincePawn"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. Nge2d6 9. O-O c6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Na6 15.Bxd6 Rfd8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bf6 Nxf6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Bxe2 21.Nxe2 Rxe2 22. Rb1 Nb4 23. Kg1 Re3 24. Rf3 Re2 25. Bf1 Rd2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2Rd8 28. Ke3 Nc2+ 29. Ke4 Rd2 30. h4 Rd4+ 31. Kf3 Nb4 32. Be2 h5 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34.Bxd1 Kf7 35. Ke4 Kf6 36. g4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 b6 38. Kd4 c5+ 39. Ke4 Nc6 40. h5 Na541. hxg6 Nxb3 42. Kd5 Na5 43. Bd1 Kxg6 44. b3 Kf6 45. Kd6 Kf5 46. Kc7 Ke4 47.Kb8 Kd4 48. Kxa7 Kc3 49. Kxb6 Nxb3 50. Bxb3 Kxb3 51. Kxc5 Ka4 52. Kc6 Ka5 53. c5Ka6 54. Kc7 Ka7 55. c6 Ka8 56. Kc8 Ka7 57. c7 Ka8 58. Kd8 Kb7 59. c8=Q+ {Black resigns} 1-0

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 naj-rsc playing the English Opening

Here is an old correspondence game played at ICC. I played the English Opening, Botvinick System, but misplayed it and got a positional disadvantage. I resigned at the point where I would have been down two pawns. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/naj-rsc-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "ICC correspondence 2004SC18QF.06.07"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2004.04.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OnGoldenPawn"]
[Black "naj-rsc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A10"]
[NIC "EO.22"]
[Time "13:46:48"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. f3 Be6 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nge2Bg7 9. O-O Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. b4 Nd7 14. f4 f5 15.b5 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. a4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Rae8 19. a5 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. a6b6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. g4 Qd7 24. Ng3 Qxb5 25. Qb1 Qxb1 26. Raxb1 Be6 27. f5Bc8 28. Ra1 gxf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Re5 {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

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 Mark Tork

Here is one of my games against Mark Tork. It was played a couple of years ago at Stan's Net Chess. I called this opening the Benoni Defense even though it started off as a Reti and transposed into a Pirc. The reason for that was mainly because of Black's setup and queenside attack. Black played a sacrifice that won material and White later played a sacrifice of his own that lost material. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Mark-Tork-Benoni.html. Here is the game in PGN:

[Event "Game 236436"]
[Site "Stan's Net Chess"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Tork"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. d5 c5 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O b59. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 Nxe4 11. Bb2 Nxc3 12. Qd2 cxb4 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. axb4 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 N7f6 17. Re2 e6 18. Qd4 h6 19. Rxe6 hxg5 20. Ree1 Rb8 21. f4gxf4 22. gxf4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rd1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 d5 {White resigned} 0-1

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 Loses To Thomas Cook

Here is another old game from 1993. It is against a strong expert. I played the Black side of a Benko Gambit and failed to play the best moves in the opening. I traded a Bishop and Knight for a Rook and pawn which turned out to be an error because I was already down a pawn before this exchange. The bigger problem was that I weakened my Kingside by trading off the Bishop and I put White's Queen on the long diagonal from a1 to h8. I was able to stop White's mate threats but is shattered my pawn structure and led to the loss of two pawns. In the final position I was down two connected passed pawns so I resigned. The entire game, complete with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/ThomasCook-Benko-Gambit-Declined.html. This was Round 1. I lost Round 2, drew Round 3, and I don't have any further rounds in my score book. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Cheapo Class"]
[Site "Florida"]
[Date "1993.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas Cook"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a4 axb59. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Bg5 Nc7 13. Bc4 Ra7 14. Nc1 Qa8 15. b3Re8 16. Nd3 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Bh6 f6 21. Nf2Kf7 22. g4 Bc8 23. Ne4 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. g5 Qxd5 26. gxf6 Qd4+ 27. Qxd4 cxd428. fxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd1 Rb7 30. Rd3 Ke6 31. Bf4 Kd5 32. Nc3+ Ke6 33. Nb5 Rf7 34.Bg3 Kd7 35. Kf2 Rf6 36. Rxd4 h5 37. Bxd6 Rfxd6 38. Rxd6+ Rxd6 39. Nxd6 Kxd6 40.Ke3 {Black resigned} 1-0

Mike Serovey Loses To Nirio Basallo

Here is an old game played back in 1993. I was playing White against an expert who was only a few rating points away from master. I got my Rook trapped by a Bishop and lost the exchange. I was unable to hold the endgame down material and resigned. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Nirio-Basallo-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Sunshine State open"]
[Site "Florida"]
[Date "1993.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Nirio Basallo"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-ONh5 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Nd4 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rf2 Bg4 14. Raf1 Qe715. Bg5 Qe5 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Rad8 18. h3 Bc8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 Kg7 22. g4 h6 23. b4 Rdd8 24. a4 Bf5 25. exf5 Kxf6 26. Ne4+ Kg7 27. f6+ Kh728. b5 Rfe8 29. h4 d5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Nc3 Re5 32. Rf4 Ne6 33. Rf1 g5 34. hxg5hxg5 35. Rd1 Nf4 36. Bh1 Kg6 37. Kf2 Kxf6 38. d4 Ree8 39. Rd2 Rh8 40. Kg1 Rh441. Bf3 Rh3 42. Rf2 Rg3+ 43. Kf1 Ke6 44. Ne2 Nxe2 45. Rxe2+ Kf6 46. Kf2 Rh3 47.Re5 Rh2+ 48. Kg1 Rd2 49. Rf5+ Kg6 50. Bxd5 Rxd4 51. Bxf7+ Kg7 52. Bh5 Rxa4 53.Rxg5+ Kh7 54. Rf5 Rd2 55. g5 Ra1+ 56. Rf1 Rxf1+ 57. Kxf1 Rd5 58. b6 a5 59. Bf3Rf5 60. Ke2 Rxf3 61. Kxf3 a4 {White resigned} 0-1

Mike Serovey Loses To K. Pascucci

Here is an old game played back in 1992. I had Black and attempted to play the Benko Gambit. White sidestepped this by declining the gambit pawn. I still ended up with a slight lead in development and was doing OK until I started to make a series of mistakes around move 27. My final mistake was one that dropped a Rook due to a Knight fork on my King and Rook and that lead to my resignation. The complete game, with analysis and diagrams, can be found at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/Pascucci-Benko-Gambit-Declined.html. This game was Round 3 and I don't remember how I did in the rest of the tournament. This game's score sheet got separated from the rest of the ones for this tournament and I don't feel like looking through all of my old score books just to find out how I did in this tournament! Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "Southern Class Championships"]
[Site "Florida"]
[Date "1992.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "K. Pascucci"]
[Black "Mike Serovey"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. b3 bxc4 5. bxc4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. Bd3Bg7 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Rxb1 11. Qxb1 Qb6 12. f3 Qxb1+ 13. Nxb1 O-O 14. Bc3 Ba615. Ne2 Nb6 16. Na3 Nfd7 17. Nb5 Bxc3+ 18. Nexc3 Ne5 19. Ke2 Nbxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc421. Nxa7 Na3+ 22. Ke3 Ra8 23. Nc6 Kf8 24. Kd2 Ke8 25. Nb1 Nc4+ 26. Kc3 Kd7 27.Re1 Ne5 28. Nxe5+ dxe5 29. Nd2 Bc8 30. Ra1 Ra4 31. Nc4 f6 32. Nb6+ {Black resigns} 1-0

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

Mike Serovey Defeats Nolan J. Denson

Here is one of my games in which I beat a 1900 rated player with White. I played the English Opening and fell victim to a brilliant Knight sacrifice. Unfortunately for Nolan, he got greedy and grabbed a pawn which gave me time to get a Rook back over to the Kingside in order to defend against a mate threat. As a result Nolan was down on material and then got into time trouble. I was still up material when he ran out of time and lost on time forfeit. This was Round 1 of the tournament. I lost rounds 2 and 3 and drew Round 4. This result pulled my rating up a little bit but I didn't score well enough to get a class prize. There was no prize for the biggest upset. I was playing in a game 60 time control which meant that I didn't have to continue to keep score once either player got below 5 minutes remaining on the clock. I stopped keeping score when Nolan got down to about 2 minutes remaining. I have posted the game as far as I kept score and included analysis and diagrams on my website at http://www.mikeseroveyonchess.com/NolanDenson-English.html. Here is the game in PGN.

[Event "SPCC July Tornado"]
[Site "St. Petersburg Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Nolan J. Denson"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d3 Bb7 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 h59. h4 Qc7 10. a3 a6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nce5 13. b3 Ng4 14. Qd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2Nxh4+ 16. gxh4 Qh2+ 17. Kf3 Qxh4 18. Rh1 Ne5+ 19. Kg2 Qg4+ 20. Kf1 Be7 21. f3Qg6 22. Qc2 f5 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qd3 Bf6 26. Rd1 g6 27. e4 O-O 28.Nde2 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Nxe4 Bb2 31. Kg2 d5 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Bxa3 34.N2g3 Rad8 35. Rhd1 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 h4 37. Nh1 h3+ 38. Kg3 Bb4 39. Rd3 Kg7 40. Kxh3Rf5 41. Kg4 Be7 42. Nhg3 Rb5 43. Ne2 {And White eventually won on time forfeit.} 1-0