Chess With Friends 2018

April Games

Queen Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.04.04"] [White "Chessmaster Tim"] [Black "Ed H."] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 e6 5.Nc3 c5 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Ne5?? (10.g4 Bg6) Bxd1 11.Rxd1 Qc7 12.g4? (12.Nd3 c4 13.Nc1) Bd6? (12... cxd4 13.exd4 c5) 13.Nf3 cxd4 14.exd4 Nd7 15.O-O O-O 16.Rfe1 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Kg2 Nc4 19.Bc1 Bf4 20.b3 Bxc1 21.Rxc1 Na3 22.b4 Nb5 23.Ne2 a5 24.a4 Nd6 25.c3 axb4 26.cxb4 Rxa4 27.Rb1 f5 28.Rec1 fxg4 29.Ne5 gxh3+ 30.Kxh3 Rxf2 31.Ng3 Qc8+ 32.Ng4 Rf4 33.b5 Qxg4+ 34.Kg2 Ra2+ 35.Kg1 Qxg3+ 36.Kh1 Qg2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

March Games

Queen Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.03.31"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Chessmaster Tim"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c4 b6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nfg5 Nxd4 13.Nxf6 Bxf6 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Qh5 Bg4 16.Qxg4 g6 17.Bxg6 Kg7 18.Be4 Rg8 19.Ne6+ Kh8 20.Qh5# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Queen Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.03.21"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Mike M."] [Result "*"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 Nb4 5.Na3 e6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.O-O Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 g6 12.c4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Qb4? (13... Qd8 14.b4 Nxb4) 14.a3 Qb3 15.Qe2 f5?? (15...Kf8 16.Rfc1 Kg7) 16.Bc2 Qb5 17.Nd6+ cxd6 18.Qxb5 O-O-O 19.Ba4 a6? (19... Nge7 20.Rac1 Rd7) 20.Qb6 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 e5 22.Rac1+ Kb8 23.Qb6 Nf6 24.Rc7 Nd5 25.Qxb7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Queen’s Gambit Declined

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.03.14"] [White "Ed H"] [Black "M. Whitty"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.e3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c6 8.Bd3 b5 9.a4 Ba6 10.axb5 Bxb5 11.c4 h5? (11... Ba6 12.Nf3 Qc7) 12.cxb5 cxb5 13.Bxb5+ Kf8 14.Nf3 a6 15.Bd3 Qc7 16.h3 Nc6 17.O-O Nb4? (18... g6) 18.Ba3 Qd6 19.Qd2 Ng4 20.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 21.Qxb4+ Kg8 22.Rfc1 Nxe3?? 23.fxe3 g6 24.Qe7 Kg7 25.Ne5 Rhf8 26.Rf1 Rae8 27.Rxf7+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Queen’s Gambit

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Chris L."] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.e4 a5 8.cxd5 b5? (8...exd5 9.exd5 cxd5) 9.a4? (9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.Bxb5) b4 10.Na2? (10.dxe6 bxc3) exd5 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.O-O dxe4 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Nh4 Qd5 15.Re1 f5 16.f3 O-O-O 17.fxe4 fxe4? (17...Qxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Rxd4) 18.b3? (18.Qg4+ Kb7 19.Rxe4) Bg7?? (18...Rg8 19.Qe2 Qxd4+) 19.Rc1?? (19.Qg4+ Kb7 20.Qxg7) Rhe8 20.Qg4+ f5 21.Qxg7 Rd6 22.Rc4 Nc7 23.Rc5 Qxb3? (23... Qxd4+ Qxd4) 24.Nxf5 Ne6?? (24... Rd7 25.Nc1) 25.Nxd6+ Kd8 26.Nb7+ Kc8 27.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Qe5+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Queen Pawn Opening

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.03.10"] [White "Chessmaster Tim"] [Black "Ed H."] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.Ne5?? (8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.e4) a6?? (8... Bxd1 9.Kxd1 a6) 9.Bxd7+ Ke7 10.g4 Bxg4? (10... Nxd7 11.gxh5 Nxe5) 11.hxg4? (11.Nxd5+ exd5 12.Bxg4) Nxd7 12.e4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 d4 14.Bg5+ f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Bh4 dxc3 17.Qxd8+?? (17.Qf3 Bg7 18.e5) Rxd8 18.bxc3 Kf7 19.e5 Bg7 20.f4 h5 21.g5 fxe5 22.g6+ Kxg6 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 exf4 26.Rg1+ Kf7 27.c4 Bd4 28.Rf1 e5 29.Ke2 Kg6 30.Kf3 Kf5 31.Re1 h4 32.a3 h3 33.a4 h2 34.Rh1 Bg1 35.Kg2 e4 36.Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 37.Kxg1 Kg4 38.Kg2 f3+ 39.Kf2 Kf4 40.a5 e3+ 41.Kg1 f2+ 42.Kg2 Ke4 43.Kf1 Kf3 44.c3 e2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

February Games

Queen’s Gambit Declined

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.02.23"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Chessmaster Tim"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Nf6? 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e4 Be6? (7... Be7 8.Bb5 Bd7) 8.Bb5 Qd7?? (8... Bd7 9.e5 Be7) 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qa4 a6? (10... Kd8) 11.Bxc6 b5 12.Bxd7+ Bxd7 13.Qc2 dxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.Nf6+ Kd8 16.Nxd7 Kxd7 17.Qxf5+ Kd8 18.Qf6+?! (18.Ne5 Bb4+ 19.Kf1) Kc8 19.Qxh8 Kb7 20.O-O Bd6 21.Qxh7 a5 22.Qxf7 a4 23.Qd5+ Kb8 24.Qxb5+ Kc8 25.Ne5 Rb8 26.Qd7+ Kb7 27.Qxa4 c5 28.b3 Ra8 29.Qc6+ Ka7 30.Qxd6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Queen Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.02.23"] [White "Chris L."] [Black "Ed H."] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.h3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Na3 Be7 7.g4 Qc7 8.Bd3 e5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxe5 11.f4 Qd6 12.Qa4+? (12.b3) Bd7 13.Bb5 O-O 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Qxd7 Nxd7 16.Nb5 Rfc8 17.e4 a6 18.Na3 d4 19.c4 Re8 20.h4? (20.Ke2 Bh4 21.Kd3) Nf6 21.e5 Nxg4 22.Bd2? (22.h5 f6 23.Rg1) Bd8? (22... f6 23.Rg1 h5) 23.Rg1 Bxh4+ 24.Ke2 h5 25.Rh1 Bd8 26.Rxh5 f6 27.Rah1 fxe5 28.f5?? (28.Rh8+ Kf7 29.Rxe8) Bf6?? (28... Nf6 29.Rg5 Ne4) 29.Rh8+?? (29.Rg1 Ne3 30.Bxe3) Kf7 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Nc2 e4 32.Kf1 e3 33.Bc1 d3 34.Rg1 d2 35.Ke2 dxc1=Q+ 36.Rxc1 Nh6 37.Nxe3 Nxf5 38.Rc3?? Bxc3 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Queen’s Gambit Declined – Marshall Defense

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.02.23"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Mike M."] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Bb4 9.Qd3 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b5 12.Bb3 Nbd7 13.Re1 Nc5 14.Qc2 Ncxe4 15.Rxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bb7 18.Bc2 g6 19.Bxh6 Re8 20.Qe5 f6 21.Qg3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

King Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.02.17"] [White "Mike M."] [Black "Ed H."] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.d3 Nge7 6.Ng5 O-O 7.Nd5 d6 8.O-O h6 9.Nf3 Na5 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Bd5 c6 12.Bb3 Nxb3 13.axb3 a6 14.c4 Be6 15.d4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Rad8 17.g3? Bh3 18.Re1 Qe5 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Qd3 f5 21.Nd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Qf3 23.Bxh6 Qg2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Petroff Defense

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.02.11"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Mike M."] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 d5 5.d3 Qf6 6.dxe4 Qxe5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Qxe5 Bxe5 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Be4 Re8 12.c4? {(12.Bf3 or 12.Nd2)} Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Rxe4 {(Black has equalized.)} 14.b3 cxd5 15.cxd5 h6? {(15… Bf5 or Na6 is better)} 16.Nc3 Rh4+ 17.Kg1 Bf5 18.Re1 Nd7 19.Ba3 Rc8 20.Nb5 Rc2 21.Nd4?? Rc3??? {(21… Rhxd4 stops White’s knight fork and gives Black a decisive advantage.)} 22.Nxf5 {(White now has a decisive advantage.)} Rf4 23.Ne3 Nf6 24.Bb2 Rd3 25.Bf6 Rxf6 26.Rad1 Rc3 27.Nc4 Rc2 28.Rd2 Rc3 29.d6 b5 30.d7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Philidor Defense

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.02.11"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Chris L."] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f6? {(Much better were 3… exd4 or 3… Nd7)} 4.Bc4 c6 5.dxe5 b5 6.Bb3 Nh6? {(Black is a pawn down and their kingside pawn structure about to be wrecked.)} 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.O-O Nd7?? {(Much better was 9… Bg4. Now Black’s game is hopeless.)} 10.Qxd6 Bb7 11.e5 Rf8 12.Qe6+ Qe7 13.Qxe7+ Kxe7 14.exf6+ Nxf6 15.Re1+ Kd8 16.Nc3 b4 17.Rad1+ Nd7 18.Na4 Kc7 19.Re7 Rad8 20.Nc5 Kb6? 21.Nxd7+ Kc7 22.Nxf8+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

January Games

King Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.01.18"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Chessmaster Tim"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5 Nxe4 5.Qd5 Nc5 6.Bg5 f6 7.exf6 gxf6 8.Be3 Be6 9.Qh5+ Bf7 10.Qh4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Re1 Be6 14.g3 Qf7 15.Kb1 h5 16.Bg2 Bg4 17.h3 Be7 18.hxg4 hxg4 19.Qxh8 Rxh8 20.Rxh8+ Bd8 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.R1e8 Ne6 23.Nd4 Kd7 24.Nxe6 Be7 25.Bd5 Qg6 26.Nf4 Qg7 27.Reg8 Qxh8 28.Rxh8 c6 29.Be6+ Kc7 30.Rc8+ Kb6 31.Na4+ Kb5 32.b3 d5 33.Rc7 Ba3 34.Rxb7+ Ka5 35.Rxa7+ Kb5 36.Rf7 d4 37.Rxf6 Kb4 38.Bc4 Ka5 39.Rxc6 Be7 40.Rg6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

King Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.01.13"] [White "Chessmaster Tim"] [Black "Ed H."] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be3 Bb4 5.Qd2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nge2 Nxe3 8.fxe3 Be6 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Qd6 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.g3 f6 13.h4 Ne7 14.d4 Qc6 15.Qb4 Nd5 16.Qd2 Nb6 17.e4 Nc4 18.Qc3 Qxe4 19.Rg1 Ne3 20.Re1 Nd5 21.Qd2 Qd3 22.Bg2 Qxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Nb6 24.c3 Nc4+ 25.Kc1 Rhe8 26.Be4 g6 27.Bc2 f5 28.dxe5 Nxe5 29.Nd4 Bd5 30.Rd1 Nf3 31.Rgf1 Nxd4 32.cxd4 Be4 33.b4 Bxc2 34.Kxc2 Re3 35.Rd3 Rde8 36.a4 Kd7 37.Rf3 Rxf3 38.Rxf3 Kd6 39.Kc3 Kd5 40.Rd3 Re4 41.Rd2 b6 42.b5 Re3+ 43.Rd3 Rxd3 44.Kxd3 h6 45.Ke3 Kc4 46.h5 g5 47.g4 fxg4 48.Ke4 Kb4 49.Kd5 g3 50.Kc6 g2 51.d5 g1=Q 52.Kxc7 Qc1+ 53.Kd7 Kxa4 54.d6 Kxb5 55.Ke6 Qc8+ 56.Ke7 Kc6 57.Kf7 Qd7+ 58.Kg6 Qxd6+ 59.Kh7 Kd5 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

King Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.01.09"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Chessmaster Tim"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5 Nxe4 5.Qd5 Nc5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.exd6 cxd6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qxd6 Re8 12.Qxe7 Rxe7 13.Bc4 h6 14.Rhe1 Rxe1 15.Rxe1 Bf5 16.Ne5 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Re5 Nd7 20.Rxe6 Rc8 21.f4 a5 22.b3 Kf7 23.Re3 c5 24.Nd5 c4 25.Re7+ Kg6 26.Rxd7 cxb3 27.axb3 Re8 28.Re7 Rd8 29.c4 Rd6 30.g4 Kh7 31.f5 h5 32.gxh5 Kh6 33.Re6+ Rxe6 34.fxe6 g5 35.e7 Kxh5 36.e8=Q+ Kh4 37.Qe3 Kh5 38.Qg3 Kg6 39.Qg4 Kh6 40.Ne7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Queen Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.01.06"] [White "Chris L."] [Black "Ed H."] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d5 e5 4.f3 e4 5.f4 Ng4 6.h3 Qh4+ 7.Kd2 e3+ 8.Kc2 Bf5+ 9.Kb3 Na6 10.Nf3 Nc5+ 11.Kb4 a5+ 12.Ka3 Qh6 13.h4 Qxf4 14.b4 axb4+ 15.Kxb4 Ra4+ 16.Kc3 Qxc4+ 17.Kb2 Qb4+ 18.Qb3 Nxb3 19.a3 Qe4 20.Nc3 Qc2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.01.03"] [White "Ed H."] [Black "Chessmaster Tim"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d3 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 Nf6 4.e4 e5 5.Nxe5 Qd6 6.Nef3 Nbd7 7.Qe2 Qc6??? 8.exd5+! Be7 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Nd4 Bb7 11.Nf5 O-O 12.Nxe7+ Kh8 13.Nf5 Rae8 14.Ne4 Nc5 15.f3 Ncxe4 16.fxe4 c5 17.Be3 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Rxe4 19.O-O-O Bd5? 20.Rxd5 Rfe8 21.Qb5 Rxe3 22.Nxe3 h6? 23.Qxe8+ Kh7 24.Bd3+ g6 25.Qxf7+ Kh8 26.Rd8# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Queen Pawn Game

[Site "Zynga"] [Date "2018.01.02"] [White "Chessmaster Tim"] [Black "Ed H."] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d6 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e5 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.b3 d5 6.e3 Ne4 7.Nf3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.a3 Qf6! 10.Ra2 Bxd2+ 11.Nfxd2??? Qxf2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.