Five chess players gathered at Kembys Brew Pub in Hiroshima for a casual chess session over a beer or two, including two new members to the group, John and Sena.
Kembys: https://www.kembysbrewpub.com/
Towards the end of last year I started coaching both John and Sena in chess and blogged about a couple of those sessions here
https://hive.blog/hive-147010/@hirohurl/my-first-chess-coaching-session-in-nishi-hiroshima
and here
https://hive.blog/hive-147010/@hirohurl/drunken-blitz-chess-with-a-soviet-era-analogue-chess-clock
Apparently, Sena had been practising a lot since then and was keen to play again. We played three games. In the first game I was white and Sena responded my Queen's Opening with the Chigorin Defence:
- d4 d5
- c4 Nc6 (Chigorin)
- Nf3 Nf6
- Bg5
I forget what happened after that, but the first game ended as in the photo, above, with a two knight checkmate.
The second game provided an opportunity for a "one point tip" about opening as white because, with Sena as white, the first moves were as follows:
- e4 g6
- d3 ...
Far too passive! 2. d4 is much better.
In the third game, I was white again and opened with 1.d4 and it seemed as if we were heading into the Austrian opening:
- d4 d5
- c4 c5 (Austrian)
- cxd5 ...
Then Sena took the d4 pawn, which transposed the opening into a sort of accelerated Hennig-Schara Gambit (without 2... e6). I took the pawn with my Queen, as per the standard Hennig-Schara, and then Sena moved his Knight to c6 but thought he'd blundered as it could be taken by my d5 pawn (see diagram, above). I pointed out that I would lose my Queen if I took his Knight with my pawn, and that is a standard pattern in the full Hennig-Schara Gambit, which goes:
- d4 d5
- c4 e6 <==
- Nc3 c5
- cx d5 cxd4
- Qxd4 Nc6
- Qd1 ...
In our game, the sequence went:
- d4 d5
- c4 c5 (Austrian)
- cxd5 cxd4
- Qxd4 Nc6
- Qd1
After which, I seem to remember a series of Queen moves by Sena, ultimately leading to another lost game. He then tried his luck against Don, who only plays chess when he joins our sessions. They played a clock game with 12 minutes each (no increment) and after something of a mid-game tussle, Don managed to win.
Meanwhile, John, as white, gained a winning advantage over Alena but couldn't see how to convert it, although mate in three was available... they agreed to allow a coaching intervention on my part to get the order of play right - Queen check, Rook check, Queen checkmate, Bob's your uncle.
Cheers!
David Hurley
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It's very cool that you teach chess too, David. You know, it's funny, I've only played chess three times in my life, and I won all three games. What's most interesting about that is that each of those three people had been playing chess all their life. I'm sure that I'd be good at it if I actually practiced and played more, but I don't know many chess players unfortunately. Have a beautiful Sunday! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
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Thanks @tydynrain - beginners can sometimes spring surprises that befuddle more experienced players!
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You're most welcome, David, certainly! Hahaha...apparently so! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
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Looks like fun love the chess boards
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