T65 Playoffs - First Blood!

fireball uses the Dutch defense to win the first U1800 Playoff match!

T65 Round 6 - final battle for Division win!

On to the playoffs! JPSVI wins the final battle for U1800 Division championship against co-leaders Le Chocco Bunnies.

Commentary and analysis by JPSVI.

T65 Round 5 - Smashing a Ruy Lopez!

nidusin2 shows how to take apart a Ruy Lopez using the Berlin defence!

T65 Round 5 - Chasing down a Queen!

fireball plays the Smith-Morra against the Sicilian - good game for gambit fans! 

White achieved goal of trapping Black's queen, though Black was left with good resources that lead to some interesting play.

T65 Round 4

LiangLiang dominates with the Grunfëld!

T65 Round 3 continued II

A tactical exchange sacrifice turns the tables for lacibacsi! 

T65 Round 3 continued

Insan996 takes down a King's Indian Defense!

T65 Round 3

fireball and LiangLiang battle together in a French Defense! Rare moment when two Valar Morghulis team-mates play! Complicated game and ending - with LiangLiang prevailing after fireball misses winning end-game moves!

T64 Round 5

pauliewoll destroys the Scandinavian! This opening is known to be drawish, but this game turned out different. 

T64 Round 4 highlights

U1600 team sweeps the round 4-0. Games below!

Skeptic1972 prevails against a strong opponent using the French Defense.

fireball overcomes challenges to win with the Vienna

nidusin2 prevails with the Bogo-Indian 

Insan996 wins with a Queen's Gambit.

T64 Round 1 highlights continued

fireball employs the Staunton gambit against the Dutch, crushing opponent out of the opening! 

Opponent then turns the "won game" into a loss with accurate middle game play and winning the pawn race! Good game for Dutch players to look at. 

T64 - Round 1 - Highlights

Starting with a few highlights (or lowlights :)!) as I look at them. 

Here is a great game where lacibacsi plays a King's Indian against the English. Key exchange sacrifice clinched the win!

T63 Playoffs - highlights III

fireball prevails against a strong opponent using the Budapest Gambit!

T63 Playoffs - highlights II

lacibacsi shows his gambiteer skills using a Knight sac on move 3 against the Petrov (Cochrane gambit). 

T63 Playoffs - highlights I

amicusUK demonstrates his attacking style with a decisive victory.

T63 Round 6 – continued 2

amicusUK delivers a crushing pawn storm!

Black’s normally defensible opening set up was crushed by a King-side pawn attack!