Chess on Twitter: ChessTweets, the never-ending saga

The game that I've been playing on Twitter continues. My poor opponent has been waiting a few days for me to move. Basically the position has started to get trickier - I'm not sure who stands better, if I've over-extended my position and what I thought was a forcing pawn centre is about to collapse. This is the current position, black to move:

I've looked at a number of moves for black and rejected them:
...d4 [fxe4]
...Ned6
...Bd4+
...Be5
which leaves me with ...cxb with the possible (I mean optimistic continuation) cxd Qxd5; Rbd1 QxN

Mostly I worry that the collapsing pawn centre will bring the g2 bishop to life  pinning the knight on b7.

If I had two moves I'd be happy. Like after a foul shot in pool.

You can download the PGN here: http://chesstweets.com/games/pgn/2051 and see the game on ChessTweets.

Chess tweets: He's just played Rb1

My continuing game on Chess Tweets.

Am I better? My initial thoughts are Qxe6 or a6. More later.

Chess Flash: chess game viewer

This is the Chess Flash viewer for PGNs. You copy your game in, generate some code and add it to your page. It could look better and fit on the page better but hey, it's better than anything else I've found so far. There's a list of sites that use it on the Chess Flash homepage including the Guardian's chess column where I first saw it.

So what have I learnt so far?

One of the ideas behind this blog was to provide a structure for improving my chess. One of the problems I'd encountered before was the lack of structure in any of the time I could devote to chess. Over the summer I haven't fared a great deal better.

What is focussing my mind at the moment is the arrival of not one, but both ficture lists for the two clubs I play for and a request to let them know my availability.

Now is not the time for learning I suspect. I'd probably be much better off immersing myself in some "find the mate/combination/fork/trap" puzzle book.

Appendix 1: BBC Chess Club fixtures

Tuesday October 5 -- Shell v BBC
Tuesday October 12 -- BBC v Railways
Tuesday October 19 -- BBC v GLCC (friendly)
Monday October 25 -- Met Police v BBC
Thursday November 11 -- Home Office v BBC
Tuesday November 30 -- BBC v HMC

Tuesday January 11 -- BBC v Railways (John Lewis Cup)
Thursday February 3 -- Railways v BBC
Tuesday March 1 -- BBC v Shell
Tuesday March 15 -- BBC v Met Police
Tuesday March 22 -- BBC v Home Office
Tuesday May 3 -- BBC v HMC

Appendix 2: Hackney Chess Club, Division 4 fixtures

Wed 13 Oct ATHENAUM 4 v HACKNEY 3
Thu 21 Oct METROPOLITAN 3 v HACKNEY 3
Mon 8 Nov WILLESDEN & BRENT v HACKNEY 3
Mon 22 Nov WANSTEAD 2 v HACKNEY 3
Fri 14 Jan MORLEY COLLEGE 2 v HACKNEY 3
Wed 26 Jan KINGS HEAD 4 v HACKNEY 3
Mon 7 Feb ALBANY v HACKNEY 3
Mon 21 Feb HACKNEY 3 v DHSS
Mon 14 Mar HACKNEY 3 v METROPOLITAN 4
Mon 11 Apr HACKNEY 3 v STREATHAM 3
Tue 3 May GLCC 2 v HACKNEY 3

Losing in 24 moves...

I thought it started quite well...

[Event "Game Without Clock"]
[Site "Fritz Chess for iPhone/iPod Touch"]
[Date "2010.09.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Player"]
[Black "Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 c6
2.c4 d5
3.exd5 cxd5
4.d4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Nc6
6.c5 Bd7
7.Bg5 e6
8.Nf3 b6
9.Na4 bxc5
10.dxc5 Bxc5
11.Nxc5 Qa5+
12.Bd2 Qxc5
13.a3 Qb6
14.Bc3 Ne4
15.Qc2 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 O-O
17.Rd1 Rac8
18.g3 e5
19.Bg2 Nd4
20.Qd2 Bb5
21.Nxd4 exd4
22.f4 Rfe8+
23.Kf2 d3+
24.Kf1 Re2
0-1
Doh!