[Event "Standard Chess League - Season Six"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2011.01.10"] [Round "-"] [White "holdonxhope"] [Black "Ronald R. Nurmi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01d"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "1630"] [WhiteRD "122"] [BlackElo "1860"] [BlackRD "78"] [GameID "272525"] { PaddyPatzer: Good Chess! Enjoy! } 1. e4 d5 { Ronald R. Nurmi: Hello from Des Moines, Best of Chess Ron } { holdonxhope: Hello from CA! Good Luck } 2. exd5 Qxd5 { Ronald R. Nurmi: we having snow about 8 inches so far. } 3. Nc3 { holdonxhope: Wow. Sorry to hear that. Ive been to Iowa before. It was nice. } 3... Qd6 { Ronald R. Nurmi: CA is a big state where are you at? } 4. d4 { holdonxhope: Im in Tehachapi. Its south of Bakersfield. Its pretty much south central CA. } 4... Nf6 { Ronald R. Nurmi: I guess you do not worry about snow or below 0 temps. } { holdonxhope: We get snow quite often in the winter. We are in the mountains so we are at higher elevation. i believe around 3000 or 4000 ft. } 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 { Ronald R. Nurmi: shortly off to a chess afternoon with a group of players. } { holdonxhope: oh cool. i wish i had something like that. unfortunately, this is a small town and there is no club. only one is 45 minutes away. } 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. a4 g6 { Ronald R. Nurmi: I also play on Tuesday AM at a Border's Book Store, but as they may go bankrupt we may have to find another location. } 9. g3 { holdonxhope: That is cool. Not that its going bankrupt. I would love to do something like that. } 9... Bg7 { Ronald R. Nurmi: I enjoy the chance to play o-t-b as I no longer play in o-t-b tournaments. I had been playing 60 games a year the past few years after I retired. } 10. Bg2 { holdonxhope: That's cool. Wow 60 games a year seems like a lot. } 10... Nb6 { Ronald R. Nurmi: I was able to play in about 15 tournaments a year. } 11. Ne5 { holdonxhope: Thats awesome. What did you get your rating up to? } 11... a5 { Ronald R. Nurmi: My rating stayed the same for a while but in the last year it had declined. So I decided to concentrate my efforts on correspondence. I try to have 15-20 games going at a time. } 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Nh5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bxc2 { Ronald R. Nurmi: We had our first below 0 night and we do not need any more. } 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxd4 { holdonxhope: gg } 0-1