A page for my over-the-board games

from team competitions of 2012


game 6
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 Delhey, Matthias (-) - Hoffmann, Ernst (1328) 04.06.2012 1-0
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game 5
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 Delhey, Matthias (-) - Jaeger, Thorsten (1772) 21.05.2012 0-1
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game 4
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 Einacker, Silke (1905) - Delhey, Matthias (-) 11.05.2012 1/2-1/2
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game 3
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 Kraft, Volker (1117) - Delhey, Matthias (-) 17.04.2012 0-1
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game 2
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 Delhey, Matthias (-) - Wolfhagen, Helmuth (1453) 26.03.2012 1/2-1/2
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game 1
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 Goldbaum, Karl-Uwe (1588) - Delhey, Matthias (-) 19.03.2012 1/2-1/2
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game 6
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Delhey, Matthias (-) - Hoffmann, Ernst (1328), Grosshansdorf 04.06.2012

Kreisliga D Mannschaftskampf, SVG 3 - Sasel 2, round 9, board 8
[Opening: Reti Opening, Lessing Defence (A04)]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 ... from Reti transposed to a Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defence 3. ... e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Be6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. a3 0-0 11. 0-0 b5? 12. Nxb5 axb5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qc2 c6 15. b4 Ne4 white won a pawn, but black has more space and the supremacy on the kingside 16. Bd3 f5 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qf2 Be8 20. Bb2 Rf6 21. Rac1 Nf7 22. Qc2! ... a double attack on the pawns b5 and f5, as rook c8 is only defended once; for instance: [22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Bxb5 ...] 22. ... g6 23. Bxb5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Re6 25. f4 Bd7 26. Ba4 Nh6 27. h3 Nf7 28. Qd3 Ra8 29. Bb3 Bc8 theatening to spear queen and rook with Ba6 30. Rf3 Ba6 31. Qc2 Qd7 32. Rg3 Nh6 33. Ba4 Bc4 34. Bb3 Bb5 35. a4 Ba6 36. Rd1 Bb7 37. e4! ... neither pawn d5 nore f5 could take on e4 37. ... fxe4 38. Qxe4 Nf5?? 39. Qxf5 Rf8 40. Qg4 Kh8 41. Ba3 Rf5 42. Bc2 Rh5 43. f5! Rxe5 44. Bb2 d4 45. Bxd4 Qe7 46. Re1 Rg5? 47. Qxg5 Qxg5 48. Rxg5 Kg8 49. Bxe5 Kf7 black resigns 1-0


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game 5
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Delhey, Matthias (-) - Jaeger, Thorsten, Grosshansdorf 21.05.2012

Stadtliga B Mannschaftskampf, SVG 2 - SF 2, round 8, board 8
[Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch defence (D32)]

Sadly, I played very bad this time!

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 ... rather weak, but ok; a good continuation is maybe cxd4 which may lead to the Schlechter-Rubinstein system: [4. cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 ...] 4. ... Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. b3? ... a bad move, that causes trouble - playable is a3 or cxd5 6. ... cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd2? ... a mistake, looses the d-pawn after dxc4; Bb2 was the right move 8. ... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxd4 10. 0-0?? ... the Queen can't retake on f3 after Nxf3, as she has to defend the bishop, I completly missed that; a3 was the right choice or at least Nxd4 10. ... Nxf3 11. gxf3 0-0 12. Qc2? ... a bad place for the queen, she should move to e2 12. ... Bd7! theatens Rc8 + b5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. Rad1 g5 16. Bg3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 b5 it's hard to know what to do now 18. Be5 ... good move here, but it was maybe even stronger after displacing the rook with Bd6 18. ... Nd5 19. Qd4 f6 [19. ... bxc4 20. bxc4 Nb6 21. c5 Nd5] 20. Bxd5 fxe5 21. Bxe6? ... here Qe4 - threatening perpetual check on g6 and h6 - could have saved white's light-square bishop, as a club colleague pointed out after the match [21. Qe4 Qe8 22. Bb7 Rb8] 21. ... Bxe6 now it's pretty much game over 22. Qxe5 Qf6 23. Rfe1 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bh3 25. Rxb5 Rxf3 26. Rb7 Rf7 27. Rb4 Rc2 28. Rb8 Kg7 white resigns 1-0


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game 4
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Einacker, Silke (1905) - Delhey, Matthias (-), Hamburg Eidelstedt 11.05.2012

Stadtliga B Mannschaftskampf, HSK 7 - SVG 2, round 7, board 8
[Opening: Sicilian, Scheveningen variation (B80)]

my opponent was a very strong female player this time - Respect!

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 now the Scheveningen variation is set up which anables black to castle early 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Kh1 ... the move prepares f4 without check problems later in the middle game 8. ... a6 9. a4 ... prevents the planed b5 for black and therefore hinders the development of the bishop to b7 9. ... Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 b6 followed by Bb7 was the better option, maybe 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nb3 Rac8 13. Bf3 ... black has a serious space problem allready and nearly no moves! 13. ... Nb4 14. a5 ... threatening Bb6 14. ... d5 I choose to open up my position, allthough this might become a pawn sacrifice 15. e5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Nd4 Qc4 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 now the passed pawn on e4 is save, but whites f and e pawns are mighty 21. f5 Bg5 22. c3 Rfe8 23. Qg4 Bd2 Bh6 was more save but also more boring 24. Re2 e3 25. Qg3 Qd3 26. f6 Qg6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 b 1:12h / w 0:1928. fxg7 Bg4 no need to take the pawn right now, I thought, but it was: take now or get a problem later! 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rxe5 31. Ra4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Bd4 Rxa5 more solid was Re6 maybe, preparing f6 and Kxg7 34. Kg2 ... white offers draw 34. ... Ra2 35. Kh3 Rxb2 36. Rg2 ... the crucial moment of the game! white theatens Rg4-h4-h8 mating or queening, but there is a simple way to stop the desaster and clearly win the game, which I missed: that is Rb3! Instead I sacrificed my bishop and had to struggle for draw 6. ... Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Rxg2 38. Kxg2 f5 39. f4 b6 40. Kf3 a5 41. Kxe3 b5 offering the a-pawn to get the king free 42. Bxa5 Kxg7 43. Bd8 Kf7 44. Kd4 Ke6 black offers draw 45. Kc3 Kd5 46. Bg5 Ke4 47. Bh6 Kd5 48. h4 Ke4 49. Kb4 Kd3 50. Bg7 Ke4 51. Be5 Kd3 52. Bc3 Kc2 53. Be1 Kd3 54. Bc3 Kc2 55. Be5 Kd3 white found no way to win this and maybe there is no way if black plays precisely, so: draw agreed 1/2-1/2


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game 3
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Kraft, Volker (1117) - Delhey, Matthias (-), Geesthacht 17.04.2012

Kreisliga D Mannschaftskampf, Bille SC 4 - Grosshansdorf 3, round 6, board 8
[Opening: Sicilian Defence/French Variation (B40)]


my opponent was not that strong this time, so I had a very good game...

1.e4Nf3
2.Nf4e6
3.d3...an uncommon move, the normal line in the sicilian is [3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4]
3....g6unusual as well and not quite correct, I think, but the fianchettoed Bishop, that this move prepares, became a powerfull weapon later in the game
4.Be3...threatens to grab a pawn on c5 when I do the Fianchetto
4....d6
5.d4...still no piece developed and the center battle allready begins
5....Qc7
6.Nc3a6
7.b3Bg7finally I got the time to move the Bishop out
8.e5cxd4
9.Bxd4...a mistake, the right way to take back was Qxd4
9....dxe5

now there's no way to avoid a loss: Bishop or Knight takes on d5 looses a piece and Bishop moves looses the Knight on c3

10.Ne2exd4
11.Qd3Qa5+
12.Nd2Nc6
13.a3Nge7still developing
14.b4Nxb4possible because the Rook hangs
15.Qb3d3!
16.Rc1Nxc2+
17.Kd1dxe2+
18.Bxe2Nd4
19.Qb4Nec6
20.Rc5Qd8
21.Bf3...oops, never mind a hanging queen, the game's lost anyway
21....Nxb40-1


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game 2
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Delhey, Matthias (-) - Wolfhagen, Helmuth (1453), Grosshansdorf 26.03.2012

Kreisliga D Mannschaftskampf, Grosshansdorf 3 - Bergedorf, round 5, board 8
[Opening: Indian Game/Knights Variation (A46) tranferred to Slav Defence/Three Knights Variantion (D15)]

1.d4Nf6
2.Nf3d5
3.c4c6
4.Nc3Bg4

the best continuation here is [5. Ne5 Bh5 6. f3], I think

6.e3Bd6
7.Bxd6Qxd6this line leads to draw in most games, probably
8.c5...not so good, causes a static center, but I wanted to gain a tempo back, cd or Be2 was better
8....Qe7
9.Be2Bxf3
10.Bxf3Nbd7
11.0-00-0
12.b4...e4 was better
12....e5
13.Re1e4
14.Be2h6
15.b5Nh7
16.bxc6...better f3
16....bxc6
17.Qa4Rfc8
18.Bg4Rc7forced, because of Nxd5 cxd5 Qxd6 winning a pawn
19.Rab1Nhf6
20.Bh3...I was aware of g5 g6 capturing the Bishop, but wanted to keep the presure on d7, pointlessly
20....g5
21.Bf5Nf8
22. Rb2 Ne6 threatens Ng7, leaving my Bishop without escape-square

23. Reb1 Rd8
24. Bxe6 Qxe6

25. Qa6? I missed my chance to win here: [25. Rb7 Rdd7 26. Qxa7]

25. ... Rdd7

26. Rb7 one move too late

26. ... Qe7
27. Rb8+ Kg7
28. Ne2 h5
29. Ng3 Kg6
30. Rh8? Rd8
31. Rxd8 Qxd8

32. Rb7 now finally f3 had to be played, if not much earlier

32. ... Qd7
33. Rxc7 Qxc7
34. Ne2 Ng8

35. Nc1 Kf6 the knight maneuvering to a5 to attack c6 but black's king is in time

36. Nb3 Ke7
37. Na5 Kd7
38. Nb7 Qb8

39. g3 Nd6 was maybe an option [40. Nd6 Qb1+ 41. Qf1 Qxa2 42. Nxf7]

39. ... f5
40. Nd6 Ne7
41. Nf7 g4

42. Kg2 Ke6 (=) black offers draw

43. Ne5 Qc7
44. h3 Kf6
45. hg hg
46. Qf1 Ng6 1/2-1/2



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game 1 - my first team match
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Goldbaum, Karl-Uwe (1588) - Delhey, Matthias (-), Hamburg Farmsen 19.03.2012

Stadtliga B Mannschaftskampf, Farmsen 1 - Grosshansdorf 2, round 5, board 8
[Opening: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (A06)]

1. Nf3 d5
2. b3 Nc6
3. Bb2

looks allready scary and I had no clue, what this opening is called or all about - now I learned it's the Nimzo-Larsen-Attack, only my defence is not in the books and has no name

3. ... f6

I decided to block that bishop eying my king side right away

4. e3 e5

5. Nh4 threatens Qh5+, so my white Bishop had to come to the defence

5. ... Be6
6. Nf3 Qd7

ready to castle longside, didn't know that white would develop his queenside so rapidly! see next diagram

7. c4 Bb4
8. a3 Be7
9. cxd5 Bxd5
10. Nc3 Be6
11. Qc2

11. ... Nh6
12. b4 a6
13. Na4 Bf5
14. e4 Be6
15. Nc5 Bxc5
16. Qxc5 Nf7
17. Be2 Qd6
18. Rc1 0-0

white's queenside attack is in full swing and my pawn on c7 is awfully weak

19. b5 Qxc5
20. Rxc5 axb5
21. Bxb5 Bd7
22. Rc1 Nd6
23. Bd3 Ra5

finally I solved my problems more or less and mobilised my troups

24. 0-0 Bg4
25. Ne1 Rd8
26. f3 Be6
27. Kf2 Nb5
28. Bxb5 Rxb5
29. Bc3

probably the strongest position of the game for me, but I couldn't gain any advantage, maybe I should have moved Bc4 here

29. ... Ra8
30. Ra1 Rb3
31. Nc2 Bc4
32. Rfc1 Bd3
33. Nb4 Nxb4
34. axb4 Rba3
35. Rxa3 Rxa3
36. Ke3 Bb5
37. Ra1 Rb3
38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

I agreed to my opponents second draw offering, because I saw no way to win this, but the result is ok for me!



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25.03.2012 / update 27.01.2013