cliff36 vs. LindseyAnn 1-0

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "cliff36"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteELO "1123"]
[BlackELO "1344"]

{Termination "Black king mated" Mode "ICS" DateLastMove "2008.1.11" Board "4351574"}
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Bb4 5.Nb5 Nxe4 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Ng5
{My first mistake of the game. I guess I didn't notice the bishop also guarding g5. This allows him to win the knight. Better would have been 7...Nf6 or 7...c5 or even 7...a6.}
8.Nxg5
{He is now threatening the f7 pawn.}
8...d5
{My opponent missed the chance to win my Queen (or at least the d-pawn). 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Nxc7+ and I loose the queen. Luckily he missed that. Better is 8...Rf8 though I loose the right to castle.}
9.Bb3 O-O
{It would have been wise to start driving back his knights with my pawns here.}
10.Be3 a6 11.c4
{Another ridiculous move by my opponent. I capitalize on it, but still manage to loose the game.}
11...axb5 12.cxd5 Ne7
{This move wasn't proactive enough. It allowed him to move his queen in on my position and gain control. Better was 12...Nd4.}
13.Qh5
{Threatens mate at h7.}
13...Bf5
{The correct defense.}
14.g4
{He missed 14. d6, which opens up the diagonal for his bishop to come into the game.}
14...Bxd3
{I should have played 14...Bg6 instead of greedily taking a pawn. His queen was way too dangerous and I give him the chance to find d6 while it's still loaded. I do play Bg6 on the next move.}
15.Rad1 Bg6 16.Qh4 h6
{Slowly trying to drive him out of my position.}
17.d6
{This move is no longer nearly as threatening, and it's not even the best move in this position. Better is 17. Nf3}
17...cxd6
{A bit better would have been 17...Bxd6 letting my bishop come into the defense of my king side.}
18.f4
{Once again giving me one of his knights. The computer agrees with taking it, but I do let things get a bit airy around my king.}
18...hxg5 19.fxg5
{19. Qxg5 is much better.}
19...d5 20.a3
{20. Rf3 is slightly better, moving more of his pieces into the attack.}
20...Ba5 21.Bc5 d4
{Very bad. I open up his bishops diagonal and do nothing to help myself.}
22.a4
{Thankfully he followed my bad move with a bad move of his own.}
22...bxa4 23.Bxa4
{Better would been to let the pawn go and play 23. Bc4, keeping it on the good diagonal.}
23...b6
{Not very good, once again cutting off a diagonal for my bishop. Better is 23...Bb6 resulting in a trading of bishops. At this point I should have been trading as many pieces as possible. Since I was up material but he had a good attack going.}
24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Rf3 e4
{I moved into mate here and sealed my fate. Much better is 25...Be1 26. Rxe1 Rxa4, trading down some more.}
26.Rh3 f6 27.Bb3+ Qe6 28.Bxe6+ Bf7 29.Qh8#
{Black king mated. I was winning through the whole game, up until the point where he had a forced mate. That's chess and that's what happens when you let your concentration slip for even a second. Especially in a double edged game such as this one.}
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