Chris v Jon

Here is a game I recently played against Chris from the TCC. It was a marathon of a game, and he out-classed me. I made the fatal blunder in the end game, but after giving away 2 pawns in the middle game, hoping for a strong attack with my rook and bishop, with my queen easily accessible. When that attack was defused, I had a difficult time getting equality, and should have salvaged a draw, and possibly with some help a win. But Chris played extremely solid and from my review, did not really make any mistakes. He kept a slight pawn advantage to the end and took the exchange of rooks in a position that he could grap opposition in. A very nice game from Chris. I am looking forward to feedback and definitely a rematch.

Double Sac

This is a game that I was down a piece in the middle game and came up with an idea to double sac to lead to checkmate. My opponent followed my lead and bit on the Rook sac, which sealed the deal.

Chris v Brad

Crazy game I recently played online

I have annotated the game a little bit, as you go through, you can see the comments I have placed in there to give a little insight into how I see things. I hope that it is helpful to you, and also to me. If you see any faulty reasoning, or blatantly wrong observations, please let me know. I think that this is the best way to improve, by talk about what you see on the board and how you process it.
This game is a wild-card, and if you notice something that both I and my opponent missed, let me know. I tried something different in the opening, and thought it was a mistake at about move 9 or 10, but it worked out. Let me know what you think.
Cheers!

Jeff v Joe

Mate in 4 - Chess.com

Mate in 4 - Chess.com

The 2010 World Chess Championship

This is a link from Joe with some good analysis about game 12 of the championship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5URbl3tNyo

Anand retained his title against Topolov in 12 games. He won the last game with black in a tied position at 5.5 points a piece. The link on the right side for Jrobi has some good analysis of this 12 game series as well.

If you are interested in the Queens gambit lines, these games are great to review. All but one game was some variation of the Queens gambit. I thought that game 12 was a great game, and there is a lot to learn from these videos and the videos Jrobi does as well.