"I really don't understand the world anymore." --Jason Gideon in his letter to Spencer Reid on why he's leaving the BAU
I recently came across a list of words which a University of Missouri group says journalists should not use, for fear of offending somebody. This list came out in 1990, so it is not some recent thing. Here are a few of the words which supposedly should not be used.
ugh -- said to be "highly offensive" because it mimics American Indian speech
Dutch treat -- implies that Dutch people are cheap
burly -- too often associated with large black men, and implying ignorance
fried chicken -- again, a stereotype of black people
jock -- can be offensive to some
rubbing noses -- objectionable to Eskimos
many words used to describe females -- airhead, buxom, dingbat, dizzy, gorgeous, pert, petite, stunning, sweetie
Sunday, February 7, 2016
PCC December Swiss
Round 1, chessart(1827)-Richardson(1333/P5)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 cd cd 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Nf3 e6 6 Bf4 Bc6 7 e3 Ne4
Only the 9th-most popular move in the database.
8 a3
A database game continued 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. f3 Nd6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Qe1 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nf7 15. Qg3 d4 16. Nb5 dxe3 17. Nd6 Nxd6 18. exd6 Qf6 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Bxe3 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Bg5 Qg6 23. Qh4 h6 24. Bc1 Nd8 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Re3 Nf7 27. f4 Rad8 28. Rg3 Qh7 29. Bb2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rxg5+ Nxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kf7 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Rd3 f4 35. Qg5+ Kf7 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxf4 1-0
8...Bd6 9 BxB QxB 10 Rc1 a6 11 Bd3 f5 12 0-0 0-0 13 f3 Nxc3 15 Rxc3 e5 16 de Qxe5 17 Bb1 d4 18 ed Qxd4+ 19 Kh8 Rae8 20 Nb3 QxQ+ 21 RxQ Re7 22 Rc2 Rfe8 23 RxR RxR 24 Nc5 Bc8 25 b4 g6 26 Kg1 Re3 27 Nd3 Kg7 28 Kf2 Re7 29 Nf4 Rd7 30 Ne6+ Kf6 31 RxR BxR 32 Nc5 Bc8 33 Ke3 b6 34 Na4 b5 35 Nc5 Ne5 36 Ba2 g5 37 f4?? Ng4+ 38 Kf3 Nxh2+ 39 Kg3 Nf8+ 40 Kf2 Nd2 41 fg+ Kxg5 42 Be6 BxB 43 NxB+ Kg4 44 Nc7 Nc4 45 NxP NxP 48 Nd4 h5 49 Nf3 h4 50 Ne5+ Kf4 51 Ng6+ Kg5 52 Ne5 draw agreed 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Leung(1218)-chessart(1827)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be2 Bg7 7 Be3 0-0 8 0-0 a6 9 a4 Bd7 10 f3 Nc6 11 Qd2 Rc8 12 Nb3 Ne5 13 Bh6 BxB
I have resolved to always take this bishop, after the debacle last week.
14 QxB Be6 15 Nd2Qb6+ 16 Kh1 Qxb2 17 Rab1?
Losing the P/b2 is one thing, but this drops a whole piece.
17...Qxc3 18 Rxb7 Qxc2 19 Rxe7 Qxa4 20 h3 Rc2 21 Rb1 Rfc8 22 R1b7 Rc1+ 23 kH2 qA1 24 bF1 RxB 25 RxR QxN 26 RxB Nxf3+! 27 PxN
27 Kg3 Nh5+ 28 Kg4 Nh2+ 29 Kg5 Qf4#
27...Rc2+ 28 Kg3 Qf2+ 29 Kf4 Qd2+ 30 Kg3 QxQ 31 Rbe7 Qg5#
Round 3, chessart(1827)-Ethan Wu(1804)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 cd cd 4 Bf4 Nf6 5 e3 Nc6 6 Nc3 Bf5
My first-round opponent shut in his Queen Bishop with ...e6. White retains a 10% advantage against both approaches.
7 Nf3 e6 8 Bb5 Bd6 9 BxB QxB 10 0-0 0-0 11 Rc1 Ne4 12 NxN BxN 13 BxN bc 14 Nd2 Bg6 15 Nb3 e5 16 Qd2 Rfc8 17 Rc5 ed 18 ed Bf5 19 Rfc1 Qg6 20 Qf4 Bd3 21 a4 Bf5 22 Na5 Bd7 23 Qe3 Rc7 24 Qc3 Rc8 25 Kf1 Qe4 26 Re1 Qg6 27 RxR+ BxR 28 Qc2 Qf6 29 Qc3 Qe6 30 b4 Re7 31 Qd2 Bd7 32 Rc1 Qd6 33 Kg1 h6 34 Nb7 Qg6 35 Nc5 Bg4 36 Re1 Qc2! 37 Qc1 Re2! 38 Rf1 1/2-1/2
I was down to two minutes here and stopped keeping score. We drew after many more moves.
Round 4, Berger(1532)-chessart(1827)
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c5 3 e3 d5 4 Nc3?
White should play 4 c4, after which I would have traded pawns on d4, transposing into the Panov-Botvinnik variation of the Caro-Kann.
4...e6 5 Bb5+ Bd7 6 0-0 BxB 7 NxB a6 8 Nc3 Nc6 9 a3 Rc8 10 PxP BxP 11 Nd4 NxN 12 PxN Be7 13 Re1 0-0 14 Re3?
It is hard to see the point of this move. Brian has a habit of developing his major pieces prematurely. For example, in a prior game with him he moved his queen 17 times in his first 34 moves!
Qc7 15 Qf3 Qb6 16 Rd3 Rc6 17 h3 R8c8 18 Qe2 Qc7 19 Qf3 Ne4 20 Bf4
My idea here was that 20 NxN PxN 21 Qxe4 Rxc2 is good for black.
20...Bd6 21 BxB QxB 22 g3 NxN 23 RxN RxR 24 bc Qc7 25 Rb1 b5
I saw no reason to allow him the counterplay to be had with 25...Qxc3 26 QxQ RxQ 27 Rxb2.
26 Rb3 h6 27 h4 Qc4 28 g4 a5 29 g5 hg 30 hg a4 31 Rb4 Qxc3 32 Qe2 Qxc2 33 Qxb5 Qc1+ 34 Kg2
34 Kh2 Qf4+ is equally bad.
34...Qxg5+ 35 Kh2 Qf4+ 36 Kg2 Rc2
36...Qe4+ 37 Kh2 Rc1 and white is helpless against the threat of 38...Rh1+ 39 Kg3 Rg1+ followed by 40 Qh1#
37 Qf1 Rc3 38 Rxa4 Qg4+ 39 Kh2 Qh4+ 40 Kg1 Qg5+ 41 Kh2 Rc1 42 Ra8+ Kh7 43 Qd3+ g6 44 Qh3+ Qh5
Black must be careful to avoid 44...Kg7?? 45 Qh8# and 44...Qh6? 45 Rh8+! and I lose queen for rook. Fortunately I had enough time left to think through the position and avoid these blunders.
45 QxQ PxQ 46 Kg3 Kg6 47 f3 Rc5 48 Rg8+ Kh7 49 Rg5 Kh6 50 Rg8 ??? 51 Rh8+ Kg6 52 Rg8+ Kf5 53 Rh8 h4+ 54 Kh3 Ra4 55 Rh5" Kg6 56 RxR RxR+
I must have counted out the moves a dozen times to make sure my king can stop his a-pawn. It indeed does, as I get to b7 when his pawn would still be at a7. I forgot about the simple rule of thumb of moving into "the square of the pawn", which avoids all the tedious counting.
57 KxP Kf6 And white resigned some 20 moves later. 0-1
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 cd cd 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Nf3 e6 6 Bf4 Bc6 7 e3 Ne4
Only the 9th-most popular move in the database.
8 a3
A database game continued 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. f3 Nd6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Qe1 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nf7 15. Qg3 d4 16. Nb5 dxe3 17. Nd6 Nxd6 18. exd6 Qf6 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Bxe3 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Bg5 Qg6 23. Qh4 h6 24. Bc1 Nd8 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Re3 Nf7 27. f4 Rad8 28. Rg3 Qh7 29. Bb2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rxg5+ Nxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kf7 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Rd3 f4 35. Qg5+ Kf7 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxf4 1-0
8...Bd6 9 BxB QxB 10 Rc1 a6 11 Bd3 f5 12 0-0 0-0 13 f3 Nxc3 15 Rxc3 e5 16 de Qxe5 17 Bb1 d4 18 ed Qxd4+ 19 Kh8 Rae8 20 Nb3 QxQ+ 21 RxQ Re7 22 Rc2 Rfe8 23 RxR RxR 24 Nc5 Bc8 25 b4 g6 26 Kg1 Re3 27 Nd3 Kg7 28 Kf2 Re7 29 Nf4 Rd7 30 Ne6+ Kf6 31 RxR BxR 32 Nc5 Bc8 33 Ke3 b6 34 Na4 b5 35 Nc5 Ne5 36 Ba2 g5 37 f4?? Ng4+ 38 Kf3 Nxh2+ 39 Kg3 Nf8+ 40 Kf2 Nd2 41 fg+ Kxg5 42 Be6 BxB 43 NxB+ Kg4 44 Nc7 Nc4 45 NxP NxP 48 Nd4 h5 49 Nf3 h4 50 Ne5+ Kf4 51 Ng6+ Kg5 52 Ne5 draw agreed 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Leung(1218)-chessart(1827)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be2 Bg7 7 Be3 0-0 8 0-0 a6 9 a4 Bd7 10 f3 Nc6 11 Qd2 Rc8 12 Nb3 Ne5 13 Bh6 BxB
I have resolved to always take this bishop, after the debacle last week.
14 QxB Be6 15 Nd2Qb6+ 16 Kh1 Qxb2 17 Rab1?
Losing the P/b2 is one thing, but this drops a whole piece.
17...Qxc3 18 Rxb7 Qxc2 19 Rxe7 Qxa4 20 h3 Rc2 21 Rb1 Rfc8 22 R1b7 Rc1+ 23 kH2 qA1 24 bF1 RxB 25 RxR QxN 26 RxB Nxf3+! 27 PxN
27 Kg3 Nh5+ 28 Kg4 Nh2+ 29 Kg5 Qf4#
27...Rc2+ 28 Kg3 Qf2+ 29 Kf4 Qd2+ 30 Kg3 QxQ 31 Rbe7 Qg5#
Round 3, chessart(1827)-Ethan Wu(1804)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 cd cd 4 Bf4 Nf6 5 e3 Nc6 6 Nc3 Bf5
My first-round opponent shut in his Queen Bishop with ...e6. White retains a 10% advantage against both approaches.
7 Nf3 e6 8 Bb5 Bd6 9 BxB QxB 10 0-0 0-0 11 Rc1 Ne4 12 NxN BxN 13 BxN bc 14 Nd2 Bg6 15 Nb3 e5 16 Qd2 Rfc8 17 Rc5 ed 18 ed Bf5 19 Rfc1 Qg6 20 Qf4 Bd3 21 a4 Bf5 22 Na5 Bd7 23 Qe3 Rc7 24 Qc3 Rc8 25 Kf1 Qe4 26 Re1 Qg6 27 RxR+ BxR 28 Qc2 Qf6 29 Qc3 Qe6 30 b4 Re7 31 Qd2 Bd7 32 Rc1 Qd6 33 Kg1 h6 34 Nb7 Qg6 35 Nc5 Bg4 36 Re1 Qc2! 37 Qc1 Re2! 38 Rf1 1/2-1/2
I was down to two minutes here and stopped keeping score. We drew after many more moves.
Round 4, Berger(1532)-chessart(1827)
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c5 3 e3 d5 4 Nc3?
White should play 4 c4, after which I would have traded pawns on d4, transposing into the Panov-Botvinnik variation of the Caro-Kann.
4...e6 5 Bb5+ Bd7 6 0-0 BxB 7 NxB a6 8 Nc3 Nc6 9 a3 Rc8 10 PxP BxP 11 Nd4 NxN 12 PxN Be7 13 Re1 0-0 14 Re3?
It is hard to see the point of this move. Brian has a habit of developing his major pieces prematurely. For example, in a prior game with him he moved his queen 17 times in his first 34 moves!
Qc7 15 Qf3 Qb6 16 Rd3 Rc6 17 h3 R8c8 18 Qe2 Qc7 19 Qf3 Ne4 20 Bf4
My idea here was that 20 NxN PxN 21 Qxe4 Rxc2 is good for black.
20...Bd6 21 BxB QxB 22 g3 NxN 23 RxN RxR 24 bc Qc7 25 Rb1 b5
I saw no reason to allow him the counterplay to be had with 25...Qxc3 26 QxQ RxQ 27 Rxb2.
26 Rb3 h6 27 h4 Qc4 28 g4 a5 29 g5 hg 30 hg a4 31 Rb4 Qxc3 32 Qe2 Qxc2 33 Qxb5 Qc1+ 34 Kg2
34 Kh2 Qf4+ is equally bad.
34...Qxg5+ 35 Kh2 Qf4+ 36 Kg2 Rc2
36...Qe4+ 37 Kh2 Rc1 and white is helpless against the threat of 38...Rh1+ 39 Kg3 Rg1+ followed by 40 Qh1#
37 Qf1 Rc3 38 Rxa4 Qg4+ 39 Kh2 Qh4+ 40 Kg1 Qg5+ 41 Kh2 Rc1 42 Ra8+ Kh7 43 Qd3+ g6 44 Qh3+ Qh5
Black must be careful to avoid 44...Kg7?? 45 Qh8# and 44...Qh6? 45 Rh8+! and I lose queen for rook. Fortunately I had enough time left to think through the position and avoid these blunders.
45 QxQ PxQ 46 Kg3 Kg6 47 f3 Rc5 48 Rg8+ Kh7 49 Rg5 Kh6 50 Rg8 ??? 51 Rh8+ Kg6 52 Rg8+ Kf5 53 Rh8 h4+ 54 Kh3 Ra4 55 Rh5" Kg6 56 RxR RxR+
I must have counted out the moves a dozen times to make sure my king can stop his a-pawn. It indeed does, as I get to b7 when his pawn would still be at a7. I forgot about the simple rule of thumb of moving into "the square of the pawn", which avoids all the tedious counting.
57 KxP Kf6 And white resigned some 20 moves later. 0-1
Friday, February 5, 2016
PCC January Swiss
Round 1, chessart-Hansen, Smith-Morra Gambit
1 e4 c5 2 d4 cd 3 c3 dc 4 Nxc3 e6 5 Bc4 Nc6 6 Nf3 Be7 7 Bf4 a6 8 Qe2 b5 9 Bb3 Bc5 10 0-0 Nd4 11 NxN BxN 12 Rc1 Bb7 13 Rfd1 e5 14 Be3 BxB 15 QxB Nf6 16 f3 0-0 17 Nd5 NxN 18 BxN BxB 19 RxB 20 R1d1 ( 20 Rc7!) Rfd8 21 Rd6 a5 22 Qb6 b4 23 Qb7 Rab8 24 Rxd7 RxQ 25 RxR+ Kf8 26 RxQ+ KxQ 27 Rd5 Rc7 28 Rxe5 Rc2 29 Rxa5 Rxb2 30 h3
Better is 30 a3, liquidating the queenside pawns and leaving me with four pawns to three on the kingside in a rook and pawn endgame.
30...Ke7 31 Ra6 (31 a3 is still good) f6 32 Kh2 h5 33 h4 Kd7 34 Kg3 Kc7 35 Kh3 Kb7 36 Ra4 Kb6 37 g4 Kb5 38 Ra8 Ke4 39 g5 (39 gh!) Kd3 40 gf gf 41 Kg3 Kd3 42 Ra4 Rb1 43 Kg7 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2
Round 3, chessart-Niamdorj, Catalan
1 d4 e6 2 c4 Nf6 3 g3 Nc6
Usual are 3...d5, 3...c5, or 3...Bb4+.
4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Rb8 7Nc3 d5 8 Ne5 Bd7 9 cd NxN 10 de Nxd5 11 NxN ed 12 Bxd5
I have won a pawn, for the relatively small price of doubled e-pawns.
Bg4 13 Bf3 QxQ 14 RxQ BxB 15 ef
Now my doubled pawns are on the f-file, which is even better for me.
Rbd8 16 Be3 b6 17 Kf1 f5 18 f4 Kf7 19 Ke2 h5 20 h4 g6 21 RxR RxR 22 Rd1 Rc8 23 a4 Kd6 24 Rd3 c5 25 b3 a6 26 Kd2 c4 27 bc Rxc4 28 Rd4 Bb4+ 29 Ke2 Rc2+ 30 Kd3 Rc3+ 31 Ke2 Bc5 32 Rd3 Rc4 33 BxB bc 34 Rd6+ Kf7 35 Rxa6 Rc3 36 a5 Ra3 37 Rf6+ Kg7 38 a6 c4 39 Rc6 c3 40 Rc7+ Kf8 41 a7 1-0
From here we somehow managed to trade off the queenside pawns, with my rook still imprisoning his king on the 8th rank, and my king then infiltrated into his kingside and captured his g and f pawns, at which point he resigned.
Round 4, chessart-Cigan, Gruenfeld Defense
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Bg5 Bg7 5 BxN BxB 6 Nxd5
6 cxd5 is preferred by about 6-1. I should have given it more consideration.
Bg7 7 Nf3 c5 8 e3 Nc6 9 dc
In light of what happens, 9 Qd2 or 9 Be2 would be better options here.
9...Bxb2 10 Rb1 Bg7 11 Qd2 0-0 12 Bd3 e6 13 Nc3 Qe7
The game I had been studying, Sachdev-Kiran, continued 12...Rb8. Jason's line here is much better for black.
14 0-0?
It looks like 14 Ne4 would provide better resistance to black's offensive against my c-pawns.
14...Qxc5 15 Rb5 Qe7 16 R1b1 Rd8 17 Qc2 b6
This move is now possible with the P/c5 gone, and if black can play this move, then my plan of doubling rooks on the b-file is pointless.
18 Be4 Bd7 19 R5b3 Rac8 20 Nb5 Na5 21 Rb4 BxN 22 RxB Rxc4 23 Qe2 RxB 24 h3 Qd5 25 Kf1 Qd3 26 Rd1 RxP+ 27 Kf1 Rb1 0-1
1 e4 c5 2 d4 cd 3 c3 dc 4 Nxc3 e6 5 Bc4 Nc6 6 Nf3 Be7 7 Bf4 a6 8 Qe2 b5 9 Bb3 Bc5 10 0-0 Nd4 11 NxN BxN 12 Rc1 Bb7 13 Rfd1 e5 14 Be3 BxB 15 QxB Nf6 16 f3 0-0 17 Nd5 NxN 18 BxN BxB 19 RxB 20 R1d1 ( 20 Rc7!) Rfd8 21 Rd6 a5 22 Qb6 b4 23 Qb7 Rab8 24 Rxd7 RxQ 25 RxR+ Kf8 26 RxQ+ KxQ 27 Rd5 Rc7 28 Rxe5 Rc2 29 Rxa5 Rxb2 30 h3
Better is 30 a3, liquidating the queenside pawns and leaving me with four pawns to three on the kingside in a rook and pawn endgame.
30...Ke7 31 Ra6 (31 a3 is still good) f6 32 Kh2 h5 33 h4 Kd7 34 Kg3 Kc7 35 Kh3 Kb7 36 Ra4 Kb6 37 g4 Kb5 38 Ra8 Ke4 39 g5 (39 gh!) Kd3 40 gf gf 41 Kg3 Kd3 42 Ra4 Rb1 43 Kg7 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2
Round 3, chessart-Niamdorj, Catalan
1 d4 e6 2 c4 Nf6 3 g3 Nc6
Usual are 3...d5, 3...c5, or 3...Bb4+.
4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Rb8 7Nc3 d5 8 Ne5 Bd7 9 cd NxN 10 de Nxd5 11 NxN ed 12 Bxd5
I have won a pawn, for the relatively small price of doubled e-pawns.
Bg4 13 Bf3 QxQ 14 RxQ BxB 15 ef
Now my doubled pawns are on the f-file, which is even better for me.
Rbd8 16 Be3 b6 17 Kf1 f5 18 f4 Kf7 19 Ke2 h5 20 h4 g6 21 RxR RxR 22 Rd1 Rc8 23 a4 Kd6 24 Rd3 c5 25 b3 a6 26 Kd2 c4 27 bc Rxc4 28 Rd4 Bb4+ 29 Ke2 Rc2+ 30 Kd3 Rc3+ 31 Ke2 Bc5 32 Rd3 Rc4 33 BxB bc 34 Rd6+ Kf7 35 Rxa6 Rc3 36 a5 Ra3 37 Rf6+ Kg7 38 a6 c4 39 Rc6 c3 40 Rc7+ Kf8 41 a7 1-0
From here we somehow managed to trade off the queenside pawns, with my rook still imprisoning his king on the 8th rank, and my king then infiltrated into his kingside and captured his g and f pawns, at which point he resigned.
Round 4, chessart-Cigan, Gruenfeld Defense
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Bg5 Bg7 5 BxN BxB 6 Nxd5
6 cxd5 is preferred by about 6-1. I should have given it more consideration.
Bg7 7 Nf3 c5 8 e3 Nc6 9 dc
In light of what happens, 9 Qd2 or 9 Be2 would be better options here.
9...Bxb2 10 Rb1 Bg7 11 Qd2 0-0 12 Bd3 e6 13 Nc3 Qe7
The game I had been studying, Sachdev-Kiran, continued 12...Rb8. Jason's line here is much better for black.
14 0-0?
It looks like 14 Ne4 would provide better resistance to black's offensive against my c-pawns.
14...Qxc5 15 Rb5 Qe7 16 R1b1 Rd8 17 Qc2 b6
This move is now possible with the P/c5 gone, and if black can play this move, then my plan of doubling rooks on the b-file is pointless.
18 Be4 Bd7 19 R5b3 Rac8 20 Nb5 Na5 21 Rb4 BxN 22 RxB Rxc4 23 Qe2 RxB 24 h3 Qd5 25 Kf1 Qd3 26 Rd1 RxP+ 27 Kf1 Rb1 0-1
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