Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4

Over to you....


Regards,
Michael Sayers

Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2 Re8

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4 24.Bc2

Over to you....

Regards, GF

Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2 Re8 15.c4

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4 24.Bc2

Soon I'll settle on a move in the Evan's Gambit game.


Regards,
Michael Sayers

"Bill Smythe" wrote in message ...
"Michael Sayers" wrote:
.... the decision of when to resign
from a lost game is a personal choice. Even if I were losing, so long
as there were still plenty of material on the board, and plenty of
chance that my opponent would slip up and allow a draw (if not a win),
I would fight on. ....

This is a good attitude for OTB players as well

I am an OTB player. I play quite often casually, mostly against
officially inactive players, sometimes intensely, and sometimes during
socializing, almost always while giving odds. So far this year, I
have played 69 such games (all are fully notated and dated). For
reasons connected with the following, I don't play in rated OTB
events:

I. The Presence of Time Clocks
a. Honourable men don't need to have their use of time during a game
supervised.
b. Chess can be both profound and sublime - for this to happen, it is
necessary that all the conditions for artistic creation be present.
Many compelling games have been marred by the extraneous factor of
time pressure.

II. Noise and Distraction
a. Without being a misanthrope, I am greatly adverse to large
assemblies of people. I understand that others don't share this
reaction. I am a pianist, and I prefer not to have the pressure on
when I am not performing.
b. The tendency of other competitors to scrutinize the boards of games
in progress, from a distance of a few feet, is immensely distracting.
Chess is extremely hard mental work, and (for me) slight distractions
can cause serious trouble - especially when the use of a time clock
would discourage me from simply leaving the board or tournament room
until the period of distraction had ended. The worry of being
distracted, eventually becomes the primary source of distraction.

III. The Annotational Restriction
a. My memory for chess is definitely not as good as it whas 5-10 years
ago, so these days, when a game is in progress, I make miniscule notes
for reference after the game is over. In title games, this practice
shouldn't be allowed, as those games occur within the context of a
spectator (public) event, and the effect on the public's reaction has
to be allowed. But in non-title games, note taking for one's records
should be allowed - for instance if an opponent's move is "Qe7", and
one writes: "Qe7? (Qf6!)", or, "Qe7 (18. ... Qf6, 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5
Qxf2+)", I don't see the problem with that.

IV.The Odds Restriction
a.To judiciously decide to give an opponent odds during a rated event,
would not be allowed.

I am experimenting with correspondence chess, with a view to joining
the ICCF, and participating in ICCF correspondence tournaments. There
are probably some practical lessons I ought first to learn, before
entering the first official tournament - hence these rgcc games.


Regards,
Michael Sayers

Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2 Re8 15.c4

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4 24.Bc2 d6

It's your turn.


Regards,
Michael Sayers

Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2 Re8 15.c4 Bg6

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4 24.Bc2 d6 25.Rc4

Back to you.

Regards, GF

Game Report:

Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2 Re8 15.c4 Bg6 0-1

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4 24.Bc2 d6 25.Rc4 1-0

GF

"Goran Fischer" wrote in message
om...
Game Report:

Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2 Re8 15.c4 Bg6 0-1

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4 24.Bc2 d6 25.Rc4 1-0

GF

Wait . . . you can make your opponent resign in correspondance games? If
so, I have a couple going that I'd like to wrap up. If not, isn't that
harassment? If black has a winning advantage in the Sicilian game, I wish
someone would point it out to me.

"fs" wrote in message
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"Goran Fischer" wrote in message
om...
Game Report:

Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2 Re8 15.c4 Bg6 0-1

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4 24.Bc2 d6 25.Rc4 1-0

GF

Wait . . . you can make your opponent resign in correspondance games? If
so, I have a couple going that I'd like to wrap up. If not, isn't that
harassment? If black has a winning advantage in the Sicilian game, I wish
someone would point it out to me.--fs

Goran Fischer has the right to make a game report if his opponent resigned
in disgrace. Michael Sayers ran away without notifying his opponent. That's
the most dastardly act to do in a correspondence chess. If you check Sayer's
website where he posted the games, it's now gone too.

GF might have a better explanation of the Sicilian-Najdorf. Let's wait and
see...

Lance Smith

"Liam Too" wrote in message
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"fs" wrote in message
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"Goran Fischer" wrote in message
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Game Report:

Michael Sayers vs. Goran Fischer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nd7
14.Qd2 Re8 15.c4 Bg6 0-1

Goran Fischer vs. Michael Sayers

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ba3 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 h6
14.Rac1 Bb6 15.Rfd1 g5 16.Qb2 Rg8 17.Bc5 Ra8 18.Qa3 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Qg6
20.Nd2 Ne7 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Rxc7 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4 24.Bc2 d6 25.Rc4 1-0

GF

Wait . . . you can make your opponent resign in correspondance games?
If
so, I have a couple going that I'd like to wrap up. If not, isn't that
harassment? If black has a winning advantage in the Sicilian game, I wish
someone would point it out to me.--fs

Goran Fischer has the right to make a game report if his opponent resigned
in disgrace. Michael Sayers ran away without notifying his opponent.
That's
the most dastardly act to do in a correspondence chess. If you check
Sayer's
website where he posted the games, it's now gone too.

GF might have a better explanation of the Sicilian-Najdorf. Let's wait and
see...

Lance Smith




OK, I see - an unreasonable amount of time has elapsed. Fair enough. Mr.
Sayers will have a hard time getting another game under that name with
anyone who reads this forum.