Hello! I am new here thats why I am asking: Should I send just the notation of the games or should I send some commentary of my games? How may games should I send via email? Thanks in advance for answering my questions! with best regards, Thomas
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Hi Thomas!
The more information I have on your thoughts during the game, the better, but sending a pgn with only the notation is fine also.
I will usually go over around nine games (one standard tournament) before each session. Nonetheless, if you send more I will be happy to analyze those as well in a later session.
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Thanks, Rafael.
By the way, we will go over your WA State Championship tournament in the next session (April 11th).
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[Event “5th DDBCA”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2023.06.18”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Debaryo Basu, 1531”]
[Black “Chitra .N, 1700”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A45”]
[Annotator “HP”]
[PlyCount “85”]
[EventDate “2023.??.??”]
[SourceVersionDate “2023.03.25”]
- d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Ng3 g6 12. a4 Bb7 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Qd4 Rfe8 22. Ba2 Re6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Rd1 Re8 25. h3 a5 26. Kh2 h5 27. Kg1 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. f4 Re6 30. Rd4 h4 31. Nf1 Re2 32. Nd2 Ne4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxb2 36. Rxa5 Ra2 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. a5 Kf6 39. Rh8 (39. a6 Kf5) 39… Kf5 40. Rxh4 e3 41. Kf1 Ke4 42. g4 Kd3 43. f5 0-1
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Thank you for the game!
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Markus’s Games (3).pgn (3.3 KB)
Hi,
I have playd some recent OTB games, some of them had really interesting moments. Would appreciate if some thoughts could be given on those 
Thank you,
Markus
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Thank you Markus!
I will go over your games and message you as soon as I know the date we will see them in class.
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Thanks for the games Rafael!
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Wa Open 2024.pgn (6.4 KB)
First tournament in awhile and could use going over - 1 game played against a familiar name 
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Thank you, Robert!
Yes, one name in that list of games stood out
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Games Of Markus.pgn (7.8 KB)
Hi,
Im sending some games of my most recent tournament. They are rapid games (15+3) which might not be the best, but i wrote down around 30 moves each game so hopefully something can be found from those
Markus
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Here are some of my recent tournament games:
Rafa’s Games for Analyze My tournament.pgn (9.7 KB)
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[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.10”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Black “Nybäck, Tomi”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A03”]
- f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d4 7. c3 Nc6 8. e4 dxe3
- Bxe3 Nf5 10. Bf2 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. d4 Bg7 14. Nd2 Rb8 15.
Nf3 Be6 16. g4 Nd6 17. Bh4 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qb5 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Rf2 Qd7 - Bg3 Rbd8 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Bxc7 Bxg2 25. Bxd8 Bd5 26. Be7 Qxg4+ 27. Rg2 Bxg2
- Qxg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Re8 30. Ba3 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Kf3 Rd8 33. Ke3 Ke7
- a4 Rd5 35. a5 Rh5 36. Ra4 Rh3+ 0-1
[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.10”]
[Round “2.16”]
[White “Mansner, Harry”]
[Black “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D02”]
- c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 h6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3
dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. Nd3 Bd4 14. Bb2 Nc4 15.
Qa4 b5 16. Qxb5 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Qd2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxe2 21.
Nf4 Re4 22. Rfe1 Bf5 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Qd4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. f3
Rb1 28. Rxb1 Bxb1 29. a3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ba2 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. g4 Kd6 33. Ke4 Kc5 34.
h4 Bb1+ 35. Ke3 Bg6 36. Nxg6 fxg6 37. Ke4 g5 38. h5 a5 39. Kf5 Kxd5 40. Kg6 Ke6 - Kxh6 Kf7 42. a4 c5 43. Kh7 c4 44. f4 c3 45. fxg5 fxg5 0-1
[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.12”]
[Round “3.8”]
[White “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Black “Kanep, Meelis”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B76”]
- e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 - h4 h6 16. h5 g5 17. g4 Qc7 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Bc4 Red8 21. Bb3 a5
- a4 Rab8 23. Qf2 Kh8 24. Rd3 Bf8 25. Rhd1 Be7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Qc5 Re8 28.
Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Nc5 Rb4 30. Re1 f6 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Re4 Rd6 33. Rxb4 axb4 34. c4
bxc3 35. bxc3 Rd7 36. c4 Nb6 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. a5 e4 39. a6 exf3 40. c5 f2 41.
Bc4 1-0
[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.13”]
[Round “4.9”]
[White “Tan, Jun Ying”]
[Black “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D85”]
- d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3
O-O 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 b6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Rad1
f5 16. f4 fxe4 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd6 21. Qxe4
Bf5 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Bf4 Bg4 24. Qxg4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Bxf4 26. d6+ Kg7 27. d7 Rd8 - Bb5 Be5 29. Rd3 Kf6 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Kf3 a6 32. Bxa6 Rxd7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34.
c4 Ke6 35. Ke4 Kf6 36. Kd5 Bc3 37. Bc8 h5 38. Kc6 Ba5 39. h4 g5 40. g3 g4 41.
Bd7 Kf7 42. a4 Ke7 43. Bf5 Kf6 1/2-1/2
[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.14”]
[Round “5.5”]
[White “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Black “Bilguun, Sumiya”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B90”]
- e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qd3 Rfc8 15.
Nd2 Bf8 1/2-1/2
[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.15”]
[Round “6.8”]
[White “Nandhidhaa, PV.”]
[Black “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C56”]
- e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 d3 8. Qe3
Be7 9. O-O d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. b4 Nd7 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Bxd3 Be6 14. b5 O-O-O 15.
Bf1 Na5 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Bf6 21.
Bb4 Nac4 22. Na3 Nd2 23. Rc1 Nd5 24. Nc4 Nf4 25. Re3 Nxf1 26. Kxf1 Nd3 27. Rc2
Bg5 28. Re4 Rd5 29. a4 Rhd8 30. g3 Nxb4 31. cxb4 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 R8d4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 - b6 axb6 35. Nxb6+ Kb8 36. Nc4 b6 37. b5 Kb7 38. f4 Bf6 39. Ke3 h5 40. Ke2 h4
- Kf3 hxg3 42. hxg3 Rd3+ 43. Kg4 Bc3 44. Ra2 Rd5 45. Ra3 Bb4 46. Rb3 Bc5 47.
Rc3 c6 48. bxc6+ Kxc6 49. Ne5+ Kb7 50. Kf5 Ka6 51. Kg6 Ka5 52. Rc4 b5 53. axb5
Kxb5 54. Re4 Bd4 55. Kxg7 Kc5 56. Kf7 Kd6 57. g4 Bc3 58. g5 Rb5 59. g6 Kd5 60.
Ra4 Bxe5 61. fxe5 Rb7+ 62. Kf6 Rb6+ 63. Kf5 1-0
[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.16”]
[Round “7.11”]
[White “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Black “Mäki-Uuro, Miikka”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B67”]
{[%evp 0,95,25,25,56,54,90,59,41,25,38,38,38,39,71,46,46,32,33,25,31,31,31,34,34,32,21,10,11,-13,1,-18,-10,-41,-24,-26,-33,-33,-44,-82,65,62,12,11,48,0,0,23,-11,-46,-26,-23,-45,-52,-35,-79,-45,-57,-73,-70,-34,-50,-23,13,13,0,0,0,41,50,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 Qc7 12. h5 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f4 Rc8
15. f5 Qc5 16. Qd3 b5 17. a3 Rg8 18. Rh3 Qe5 19. Kb1 Bd8 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6
Rc6 22. Rhd3 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Bc8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. a4 Ke7 26. Rd2 b4 27. Na2 a5
28. c3 bxc3 29. Nxc3 Rg5 30. Nb5 Rxh5 31. Nd6 Bd7 32. Bb5 Bxb5 33. axb5 Rc5 34.
Nb7 Rc8 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Kc2 Kc7 38. Kd3 Kb6 39. Kc4 f5 40. exf5
exf5 41. g3 h5 42. b3 f4 43. gxf4 h4 44. f5 h3 45. f6 h2 46. f7 h1=Q 47. f8=Q
Qc1+ 48. Kd3 1/2-1/2
[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.17”]
[Round “8.12”]
[White “Luukkonen, Tommi”]
[Black “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D36”]
{[%evp 0,121,27,15,38,-4,4,10,10,-29,-5,-1,0,-18,-20,-33,-7,3,-6,4,39,35,39,31,25,26,41,30,30,30,41,43,44,16,13,29,15,25,25,16,-13,-30,2,2,3,-10,77,63,57,77,74,91,97,85,51,48,69,18,39,36,0,-31,57,35,29,60,45,-19,60,0,9,0,-26,20,28,0,47,-27,38,0,0,-137,-62,-75,-55,-33,-17,-13,0,-74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-44,-44,-28,-34,-40,-34,-34,-27,-20,-29,13,15,57,61,59,32,84,84,97,86,98,101,103,100,100,86]
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nge2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 O-O-O 16. f3 Kb8 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bxh2 19. e5 Bf4+ 20. Kb1 f6 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. exf6 Qh7 23. Qxh7 Rxh7 24. Ne4 Rhh8 25. g3 Be3 26. Nc5 b6 27. Nb3
g4 28. Rhf1 Bg5 29. f7 Rhf8 30. d5 c5 31. Rf5 Rd7 32. Rdf1 Kc7 33. Kc2 Kd6 34.
a4 Re7 35. Nc1 Re5 36. Nd3 Rxd5 37. R5f2 c4 38. Nb4 Rc5 39. Re2 Re5 40. Ref2 a5
41. Rd1+ Kc7 42. Nd5+ Kc6 43. Nc3 Re3 44. Rd4 Rxg3 45. Rxc4+ Kd7 46. Rd4+ Kc8
47. Rc4+ Kb8 48. Re4 Re3 49. Rxg4 Re7 50. Nd5 Rexf7 51. Rxf7 Rxf7 52. Nxb6 Rf2+
53. Kb3 Kb7 54. Nc4 Bd8 55. Rd4 Bc7 56. Rd5 Ka6 57. Rc5 Rf3+ 58. Ka2 Bd8 59.
Rc6+ Kb7 60. Rxh6 Rf4 61. Kb3 Rf3+ 62. Kc2 Rg3 63. Nd6+ Ka7 64. Nb5+ Kb7 65. Nc3
Rg2+ 66. Kb3 Rg4 67. Re6 Rb4+ 68. Kc2 Rb6 69. Re5 Ka6 70. Nb5 Rh6 71. Rd5 Bb6
72. Rd7 Rh2+ 73. Kb3 Rh3+ 74. Nc3 Rh4 75. Nd5 Rh3+ 76. Ka2 Rh6 77. Kb3 Rc6 78.
Rf7 Rd6 79. Kc4 Rc6+ 80. Kd3 Rd6 81. Rf5 Rh6 82. Rf6 Rxf6 83. Nxf6 Bf2 84. Kc4
Kb6 85. Kd5 Be3 86. Nd7+ Ka6 87. Kc6 Bd4 88. b3 Bc3 89. Nc5+ Ka7 90. Kb5 Bb4 91.
Nd3 Bc3 92. Nf4 Kb7 93. Nd5 Bd4 94. Kxa5 Kc6 95. Nb4+ Kc5 96. Nd3+ Kc6 97. Kb4
Kb6 98. Kc4 Bf6 99. b4 Be7 100. a5+ Ka6 101. Nc5+ Ka7 102. Kb5 Bd8 103. Kc6 Ka8
104. Ne6 Be7 105. b5 Bb4 106. Nc7+ 1-0
[Event “VIII ShakkiNet International”]
[Site “Helsinki”]
[Date “2024.06.18”]
[Round “9.15”]
[White “Wartiovaara, Oliver”]
[Black “Aalto, Patrik”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “E52”]
- d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. Nf3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. e4 Nc6 14. Bb2 g6 15.
Rad1 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Ra5 21. h4
Bc5 22. Qf4 Ne7 23. h5 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Bxa3 25. Bxa3 Rxa3 26. h6 Nf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 - Qb7 Qc8 29. e6 Rf8 30. exf7+ 1-0
Thank you, Oliver!
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Here are some of my recent games from a tournament.
Rafa’s OTB Chess Games (21).pgn (7.3 KB)
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Thank you Rafael!
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