Sunday, December 9, 2007

Twosox vs. LindseyAnn 0-1



[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.7.24"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "twosox"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteELO "1338"]
[BlackELO "1265"]

{Termination "White resigned" Mode "ICS" DateLastMove "2007.12.8" Board
"3938977"}
1.e4 e5 2.g3
{I already knew I'd have a slight advantage here since playing Bg2 would be pointless with the pawn on e4}
2...Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bd3 Be6 6.O-O d4 7.Nb5
{This move was a bit weak since it allowed me to harrass the knight futher}
7...a6 8.Na3 Bxa3
{Ruining his queen-side pawns}
9.bxa3 O-O 10.a4 Qe7 11.Rb1 b6 12.Rb3
{A mistake on my opponents part}
12...Bxb3 13.cxb3 Nb4 14.Ba3 a5
{Instead of this I should have played c5. I'm not really sure what I was thinking, but in the end it didn't make a big difference.}
15.Nh4 Qe6 16.Qa1 Nxd3
{When I played this move I totally missed the responce of Bxf8. However, it seems that trading a rook for two bishops (when I was already up a rook for a bishop) was the move the computer would have made.}
17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Qb1 Nc5 19.Rc1 Qg4 20.f3 Qh5 21.b4 Ne6
{Now the pawn on c7 is covered and I begin to attack on the kingside}
22.bxa5 bxa5 23.Kg2 Qg5
{This is one of those pins that ends eventually, but no one seems to realize
it...}
24.Rd1 Nf4+ 25.Kf2 Nh3+ 26.Kf1 Nf4
{En prise. My attack was poorly thought out. Although I managed to step it up while he dropped the ball a bit.}
27.Kf2 Qh5 28.Ng2
{Mistake followed by another. Downward sprial.}
28...Qxh2 29.Rg1 Nh3+ 30.Ke2 Nxg1+ 31.Kd3 Qxg2 32.Qb7 Qf1+
{At this point, I apparently miss a bunch of mate in 9s. But, I probably won't loose any sleep over them.}
33.Kc2 Qc4+ 34.Kb2 Qb4+
{By doing this I miss a mate, but I thought it would be best to simplify
and lesson the chances that I make a blunder.}
35.Qxb4 axb4 36.a5 Nxf3 37.a6 Nxe4 38.a7 Ra8 39.Kb3 c5
{White resigned} 0-1