pmferreira (1342) v Gerald McShepard (1462) Game 9 on chess.com [1 min] blitz 0-1

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This game starts off literally slowly with it taking ten seconds for white to delpy his pawn center. Black opposes with King’s indian and white builds the center while mobilizing the knights. He decides to attack on Kingside and barely moves his pawns other than to support the center. Eventually white runs out of moves and has a stone wall on the Kingside, but white also seems to be out of ides, having left Black the center and leaving his king undefended by open leanes. Black has a more dynamic position while white is decentralized, searching for an attack. Black does not have an attack fully materialized, but keeps the central control on white white loses time.

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Gerald McShepard (1425) v Koala_Tea (1481) chess.com Game 8 1min blitz 0-1

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White gets off to a shaky start against the light squared defense, forgetting to account for the dark squared bishop. The sacrifice of an exchange gives Black compensation as White tries to find an opening but with little results. Black stacks up long range defenders and attackers while White trades down being behind in both time and pieces. Black takes advantage with quick moves, refusing to trade down while maintaining the large edge. A haphazard trade is done to make White lose on time the rest of the way.

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andresasturi (1319) v. Gerald McShepard (1495) chess.com Game 5 1min blitz 0-1

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A classical Pirc to start off with turns into a deadly clash in the center with queens off the board and a slow and deliberate traversing across the board by two minor pieces and the rooks. Black establishes an impasse on the kingside while White opens up at the center. Closing off for a time, they jockey the pieces until the light bishops are forced to be traded off by White. Black doesn’t enjoy the double pawns but divides up whites awns instead while white evens things up. Eventually Black takes advantage of a lack of looking by White and snaps off a rook leaving Black the inevitable victor.

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Gerald McShepard (1535) v jackbolado (1541) chess.com Game 7 1min blitz 0-1

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The game starts off with white attacking the right center as usual despite not entering into a king’s gambit. it’s pretty standard until black throughs the first folly and white decides to stay back, but that may be costly as Black opens with his bishop and keeps the pressure going on from there. white tries to open black on the h file and succeeds but can’t do anything other than get rid for the dark bishop afterward. A fear of the queenside should be there because White cannot find anyway to answer right now.  white should have moved the king back to the side at some point to prevent Black from having an opening alas it is not to be and white loses a sizable amount of time. Black misses a free queen but time runs out on White despite the lucky avoidance.

 

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Gerald McShepard (1495) v. andresasturi (1319) chess.com Game 6 1min blitz 1-0

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This game meets a King’s Gambit that sees Black focus on an attack on the center at the start and then just completely forget about what he was doing. Afterward he goes to defend a pawn and gets deflected on the opposite side with his Bishop. After getting skewered, he loses his queen in trade for a rook and it’s pretty much a slow drain from there on out. Black slowly whittles away as White takes time taking pieces down.

Black does manage to hold out for a moment but eventually falls after leaving the Knights unguarded for a mate in the corner.

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harleyfun (1343) v Gerald McShepard (1439) chess.com Game 4 1min blitz 0-1

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Utilizing a simple King’s Indianish opening, Black goes into some Colleish looking opening but doesn’t develop his knights. “Knights before Bishops anyone? Black is developed in full and starts whittling away the pieces while White is left barred behind the dark pawns, The light pawns do Black no help, but dancing around the e file and no doing much seems to be the cure for the day. White hesitates at 20 seconds and finally launches an attack on the c6 pawn. Even when having an advantage at 13.7 second,s move 37, white refuses to take the pawn, leaving Black with enough wiggle room to come back unabated and win on time.

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Gerald McShepard and third Chess Game, Blitz beats iplayches5

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This game saw a similar setup to the first game ever played but the lanes were more open and aggression was key. White aims everything at the weak f7 square and then leaves Black scrambling for cover. At the same time, white takes advantage of the open leans with the wheen bishop and rook from long distance. Black drops the queen and from there white picks everything apart, trading off to simplify. White is left with a huge advantage with two exchanges and queen rook.

A sloppy mating net finishes Black off.

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Gerald McShepard and second Chess Game, Blitz beats iplayches5

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This game sees a modern defense against a light pawn chain attack that bursts on the sides but stays in tace on the center. Notice the setup that Black has. It is not possible to be checkmated by the queen or rooks without assistance of a bishop or knight breaking the pawns on the f and g file. White has over extended himself while black has limited mobility. But black eventually finds space and starts generating counter attacks while White’s rook and queen are nowhere to be found. The centralized position of black allows swift responses and simplifying gives the advantage with 15-20 second left. A trade off of the pieces lets a knight and bishop flounder around before finally ending with time.

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Gerald McShepard and first Chess Game, Blitz loses to iplayches5

 

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The game starts off with a large pawn structure by black in the center that isn’t as advanced as the small structure by white. White attempts to take advantage of it by opening blacks’s kingside open but black is left with several places to run to, and White finds himself losing ground before Black rallies his pieces into the fray.

 

There were plenty of lanes open for White to harass the enemy king, but time ran out even though he might have been able to hold on position wise. iplayches5 did an excellent job of maintaining composure during the game, even when seemingly down.

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Merry Christmas and Happy Umoja

I know Christmas was yesterday, but I was so focused introducing myself to the world that I plum forgot to say Merry Christmas. So accept this as my belated version of it. it’s not so bad really. There’s supposed to be a Christmas season. I know a lot of people who keep their christmas trees up until Martin Luther King Day. So I figure it’s not really belated.

 

In the spirit of christmas, I wish you and your family well. may all your dreams come true. continue to stay the beautiful person that you are and enjoy yourself and the time you spend with your loved ones.

Strength in every link.

Sincerely,

Gerald McShepard