ScumChamps 2022: Something_Smart vs Umlaut (1-0)

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Post Post #1 (isolation #0) » Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:02 am

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Post Post #3 (isolation #1) » Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:55 am

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Post Post #5 (isolation #2) » Fri Apr 01, 2022 4:19 am

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Post Post #7 (isolation #3) » Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:13 am

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Post Post #9 (isolation #4) » Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:42 am

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Post Post #11 (isolation #5) » Sat Apr 02, 2022 5:03 am

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Post Post #13 (isolation #6) » Sat Apr 02, 2022 5:11 pm

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Post Post #15 (isolation #7) » Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:08 am

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Post Post #17 (isolation #8) » Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:55 am

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Post Post #19 (isolation #9) » Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:55 am

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Post Post #21 (isolation #10) » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:48 am

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Post Post #23 (isolation #11) » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:56 am

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Post Post #25 (isolation #12) » Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:22 am

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Post Post #27 (isolation #13) » Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:19 pm

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13... O-O-O
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Post Post #29 (isolation #14) » Sat Apr 09, 2022 12:37 pm

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14... Rdf8
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Post Post #31 (isolation #15) » Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:27 pm

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I think this is the only move that makes any sense
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Post Post #33 (isolation #16) » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:39 am

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Post Post #35 (isolation #17) » Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:58 am

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Post Post #37 (isolation #18) » Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:27 am

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Post Post #39 (isolation #19) » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:23 am

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Post Post #41 (isolation #20) » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:35 am

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Post Post #43 (isolation #21) » Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:10 am

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Post Post #45 (isolation #22) » Fri Apr 15, 2022 10:00 am

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Post Post #47 (isolation #23) » Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:45 am

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Post Post #48 (isolation #24) » Mon Apr 18, 2022 3:50 am

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(expired on 2022-04-18 21:45:57)
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Post Post #50 (isolation #25) » Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:53 am

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24... axb5
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Post Post #54 (isolation #27) » Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:32 am

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Post Post #56 (isolation #28) » Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:02 am

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Tfw you forget pawns can go forward

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Post Post #58 (isolation #29) » Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:16 am

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I mean I think is still okay for me though.

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Post Post #64 (isolation #32) » Thu Apr 21, 2022 9:07 am

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Post Post #66 (isolation #33) » Thu Apr 21, 2022 4:29 pm

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Post Post #68 (isolation #34) » Fri Apr 22, 2022 3:31 am

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I tried adding some PGN tags to the game, you can get rid of them in the next post if you don't like them.
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Post Post #70 (isolation #35) » Fri Apr 22, 2022 7:27 am

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Wow, I can't believe I did that. I guess I don't actually type the URL all that often.

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Post Post #72 (isolation #36) » Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:29 am

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Post Post #74 (isolation #37) » Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:05 am

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Post Post #76 (isolation #38) » Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:52 am

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I resign.

Forced mate in... what, five moves? (37... Ke8 38. Rb7 and then I can only give spite checks to delay Ra8#)

I wasn't thrilled with my position but thought I was holding it together until 35. Be3. Well played!
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Post Post #77 (isolation #39) » Sat Apr 23, 2022 12:23 pm

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Here's the final PGN (no annotations, but might add some later).

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Post Post #78 (isolation #40) » Sat Apr 23, 2022 12:49 pm

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Stockfish says 33... Nd3?? was the game-losing move, but even had I seen the followup coming it's unlikely I would have found a way to stop it; my best move there was 33... c3! which is a really clever pawn sac that I don't think I ever would have spotted. The point is that playing 34. Be3+ immediately doesn't really work, because I can safely play 34... Kb5 since the white pawn on b4 is no longer defended; while accepting the pawn gives me the tempi I need to make serious threats on your kingside (at which point you would have to either perpetual me or lose material).

Alternately I could have played 33... Ne2 so as to block your bishop with Nd4, but that's not nearly as cool.

Really interesting way for the game to end, you just checkmated me faster than I could you.

Haven't analyzed the rest of the game yet. I'm happy to get your comments since you clearly outplayed me.
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Post Post #80 (isolation #41) » Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:06 pm

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The immediate 34. Be3+ was in fact the move I anticipated and when I saw it didn't quite work I just assumed I could ignore Be3 as a threat. I already “knew” that Ra6+ wasn't dangerous because it hadn’t been dangerous one move ago. I just failed to consider all of those factors together.
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Post Post #81 (isolation #42) » Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:20 am

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I also think ignoring a4 in favor of my kingside counterplay, with the assumption that if axb6 the double isolated b-pawns were so weak they would easily be stopped, was a mistake on my part. Not a game-losing one, but something that made the game just that much harder for me so that I could make a fatal mistake later.

Other than that the game looks pretty clean to me.
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