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Here’s a nailbiter of a game for ya’. We both fair a couple of tactical errors in this game, but when the dust finally settles, I manage to pull off a checkmate with a Rook and a Pawn, while he has two Queens on the board. Talk about making me sweat!
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.09.05”]
[Round “1”]
[White [...]
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.08.22”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Jim Stitzel”]
[Black “Johnathan S.”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1368”]
[BlackElo “1360”]
[TimeControl “1 in 3 days”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. O-O b6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bd5 d6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Rad1 g5 13. h3 Be6 [...]
I dug myself into – and out of – a couple of holes in this game. My errors ultimately ended up being more than I could recover from, though.
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.08.23”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Jim Stitzel”]
[Black “Blake Cappell”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1354”]
[BlackElo “1476”]
[TimeControl “1 in 3 days”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. [...]
I just noticed – I seem to be playing black a lot lately.
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.08.18”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Qisheng Xie”]
[Black “Jim Stitzel”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1316”]
[BlackElo “1357”]
[TimeControl “1 in 1 day”]
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. d3 Qf6 5. Nf3 Nd6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. Qe2+ Qe6 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 f6 [...]
I was one of those chess geeks in high school that people like to make jokes about. We would meet once a week as a team for a little instruction and to scrimmage for an hour or two, and we went to half a dozen tournaments a year to compare brains with other chess enthusiasts. [...]
The game was going so well until I got impatient and didn’t take the time to look the board over carefully enough.
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.08.11”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Claude Maas”]
[Black “Jim Stitzel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1346”]
[BlackElo “1349”]
[TimeControl “1 in 1 day”]
1. e4 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 d5 7. [...]
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.08.11”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Ehud G.”]
[Black “Jim Stitzel”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1363”]
[BlackElo “1369”]
[TimeControl “1 in 1 day”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 Bb4 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Bf4 d6 8. Nf3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O Rae8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe5 [...]
This has been a rough week for chess. I have not been playing well at all. The game below only ended in stalemate by a stroke of luck, since I was getting torn apart and checkmate was just a matter of time.
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.08.05”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Jim Stitzel”]
[Black “Ercan Bakirci”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “1394”]
[BlackElo “1297”]
[TimeControl “1 [...]
A rematch against Greg M., with different results.
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.07.31”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Jim Stitzel”]
[Black “Greg M.”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1420”]
[BlackElo “1356”]
[TimeControl “1 in 3 days”]
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e3 a6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. b3 b5 6. Bb2 d5 7. e4 d4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qe6 11. Be4 Bb7 [...]
I’m extremely happy with this game.
[Event “Online Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2008.07.30”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Peter Verschueren”]
[Black “Jim Stitzel”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1397”]
[BlackElo “1393”]
[TimeControl “1 in 1 day”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. a3 Bb7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Qe7 10. Nxc5 bxc5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. e5 [...]