Wednesday, December 12, 2007

LindseyAnn vs. Galant 0-1



[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "galant"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteELO "1305"]
[BlackELO "1581"]

{Termination "White resigned" Mode "ICS" DateLastMove "2007.12.11" Board
"4316996"}
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.O-O-O
{This game has been very strange for me so far. None of my moves have been terrible, but none have been very good. Normally I'd have played c4 during the opening and I never castle queenside.}
8...Bb4 9.Na4
{I played this with the intention of playing Nc5, however I don't want to do this while the bishop controls that square.}
9...b5 10.c3 bxa4 11.cxb4 O-O 12.b5 axb5 13.Bxb5 Na7
{He lets me go up a pawn, but my queenside is so weak that I can't maintain the advantage.}
14.Bxa4 Qe7 15.Bc2 Rac8 16.Kb1 h6 17.Rhe1
{I played this with the intention of breaking through in the center}
17...Nc6 18.e4 Qd7 19.exd5
{e5 would have been more prudent. It would have forced his night to
flee to e4 and i could have traded and messed up his pawns (instead of
the other way around)}
19...Nxd5 20.Qd3 Nf6 21.Be5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Qxd3 23.Rxd3 Nd5 24.Red1 Nf4 25.Rg3
{He was forking my pawn and rook, however if 23. Rd4 Nxg2 24. Rg4 and his knight is trapped.}
25...Ng6 26.Re1
{26. Nxg6 fxg6 and his kingside pawns are ruined}
26...Rcd8 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Rxg6 Rxf2 29.Rxe6 Rdd2 30.Rc6
{30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rb8 would have prevented me from loosing all my pawns.}
30...Rxb2+ 31.Ka1 Rxa2+ 32.Kb1 Rxg2 33.e6 Kf8 34.Rxc7
{We were even at this point, but my lack of experience with KP endgames ruined this for me.}
34...Rge2 35.Rxe2 Rxe2 36.e7+ Ke8 37.Kc1 Rxe7 38.Rxe7+ Kxe7 39.Kd2 g5 40.Ke3 Kf6 41.Kf2
{This was a blunder. I was trying to maintain the opposition, but his pawns
allowed him to gain tempos on me.}
41...Kf5 42.Kf3 h5 43.Kg3 h4+ 44.Kf3 Kg6 45.Kg4 Kh6 46.Kf5 Kh5 47.Ke5 g4
{White resigned} *

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