Solution To What's Your Move...

Here Comes Santa Claus

By: Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
The music is here: http://xmasfun.com/lyrics.asp?id=27 Cool video
I repeat the post because I've added some pictures.

What's Your Move...

White's been attacking like a madman all game and just played 23.Nc5
What's your move?

Paulkov Wins

Technetium Rd 6. I missed a lot of moves in this game. But I like the game, I got the win.

4 Element Teams In The T51 Playoffs

4 of 7 teams made it. Outstanding.
Rhenium, U2200, is in. Only four teams in this playoff.
Bohrium, U2000, also is in. A completely new team from T50.
Technetium, U2000, will defend their T50 championship.
Selenium, U1800, rounds out the playoff teams.

Good Luck everybody.

A Great Game.

Rhenium Rd 6. One of the best games of the tournament. Very exciting and complicated. MaartenKoning prevailed in the end. Rhenium won the match and advances to the playoffs.

Exciting Draw

Tellurium Rd 6. Jorobo gets an interesting draw against a very fine player.

viking99 Wins

Bohrium Rd 6. Good win by viking99. Bohrium is in the playoffs.

Krysto Wins

Niobium Rd 6. Krysto put more pressure on his opponent than he could handle. Niobium won a second match in a row by a big score.

Insructive Pawn Ending

Niobium Rd 6. Ivio could have won earlier but got to this position after playing Kf4.

UsuallySleepy With A Crush

Bohrium Rd 6. An impressive attack by UsuallySleepy.

Paulkov Wins

Technetium Rd 5. This game won Game Of The Week for round 5. The winning idea is very nice.

The Universe, 4.5 Billion Years Old

Rhenium Rd 6. But universe only needed 21 moves here to score an impressive win.

Krysto Annotates

Niobium Rd 2. Krysto shares his thoughts with us about his very fine win in round 2.

The Fast Play Virus

Niobium Rd 6. I wish not to disparage the player of the White pieces in this game, but a pet peeve of mine is players playing too fast. You see blown games, missed chances, etc. You must think during the game, use your clock. After all the time control is 45 45.

Niobium Wins The Match

Niobium Rd 5. Krysto kept winning material.

An Early End

Niobium Rd 5. Miles' opponent sited an emergency and resigned early. Miles had a great position.

Here Comes Santa Claus

By: Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
The music is here: http://xmasfun.com/lyrics.asp?id=27

Master OfTheKeys Gets The Win

Selenium Rd 5. An interesting game. With the win Selenium won the match and qualified for the playoffs with a round to spare.

Jorobo Wins With A Flourish

Tellurium Rd 5. This is a really good game. Jorobo won a pawn early, got a big advantage, started an attack on the King, and finished it off with a Rook sac forcing mate. How cool is that. It also was the deciding game which decided the match in Tellurium's favor.

LittleWarrior Wins Nicely

Bohrium Rd 5. A mistake by Black and LittleWarrior jumped on it to get a quick victory. This completed a 3.5 to .5 match win for Bohrium

Ivio On The Attack

Niobium Rd 5. I'm sure White regrets castling queen-side. Impressive attacking by Ivio.

Azbycx Wins A Endgame

Tellurium Rd 5. Corrected post, I messed up something before. Still brilliant play

Another Great Endgame

Rhenium Rd 5. MaartenKoning turns a draw into a win by showing superior endgame technique. Studying endgames gives you more points, on the cross table and in your rating.

A Good Win By Bshribharath

Selenium Rd 5. bshribharath has won three in a row.

King-Ghost Wins In 17

Bohrium Rd 5. Chess is war.

FlyingTiger vs. RD1974 Conclusion

FlyingTiger had just survived a horrifying attack, battled back, and was down to just 2:47 on his clock. Here there's an amazing win.

Campagnolo Wins

Rhenium Rd 4. Another quick win for Rhenium, this time by Campagnolo. Rhenium won the match 3.5 to .5 , making it 7.5 out of the last 8.

Seaborgiun Gets A Quick Win

Rhenium Rd 4. White didn't get his King out of the center so Seaborgium tore him apart.

Vael Wins

Selenium Rd 4. vael exploited his opponent's weak opening play and got the win. Selenium won the match 3 to 1.

futureGM Wins

Technetium Rd 4. An interesting game. With this win Technetium won the match 2.5 to 1.5 .

OK. You’ve gotten this far. White seems to have survived. What do you play for White now?

FlyingTiger vs. RD1974 Part 4

So the game progressed. Black missed a really great move. Nc3!!!!!

FlyingTiger vs. RD1974 Part 3

So the game got to this position. Black to play. What would you do?

FlyingTiger vs. RD1974 Part 2

Black played a great move.

LittleWarrior Wins

Bohrium Rd 4. It was probably nervous time for LittleWarrior with his opponents pieces hovering around his King. But he defended it perfectly and got the win.

FlyingTiger vs. RD1974

Selenium Rd 4. A very exciting game, lots of great tactics. Some of it was missed by the players. Can you do better?
I'll present this game in several posts.
You're Black, whats your move?

Universe Wins Again

rhenium Rd 4. Another great game from universe. Very precise

bshribharath Wins

Selenium Rd 4. bshribharath outplayed his opponent at the end. A nice win.

Salvatore Mates In 11

Niobium Rd 4. And the guy was rated 200 points higher. At least before the game.

Round 4 Games

Tellurium Rd 4. This was a speed game played a 45 45. SLOW DOWN. AreYouSerious played the endgame much better than his opponent.

Clutch Win

Niobium Rd 3. Niobium needed a win to draw the match. milesotoole perhaps tried too hard turning down a dead draw. In the end he was rewarded.

A Good Win By FlyingTiger

Technetium Rd 3. A good game. Technetium won the match 2.5 to 1.5.

Nice Play By Seaborgium

Rhenium Rd 3. I really like this game. Very tense moments near the end. This completed a 4-0 rout by Rhenium.

Tamky70 wins.

Rubidium Rd 3. Rubidium won the match 3.5 to .5