Sunday, January 13, 2008

Fright Night vs. LindseyAnn 0-1



[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "Fright Knight"]
[Black "lindseyann"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "1162"]
[BlackELO "1319"]

{Termination "White king mated" Mode "ICS" DateLastMove "2008.1.13" Board "4349497"}
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Bb5 Qf6
{I missed the whole point of playing Bc5 which is to force him to defend the knight again. He didn't and I totally missed 5...Nxd4 winning the knight.}
6.Be3 Nge7
{Once again the knight is attacked three times and only defended twice.}
7.Nc3 O-O
{I was never going to see it.}
8.Bxc6 Nxc6 9.Nf5 d6 10.Nd5 Qxb2
{For once my pawn gobbling was the right move.}
11.O-O Bxe3
{I'm not really sure what possessed me to make this move. It does double his pawns, but it brings his rook right into the thick of things.}
12.fxe3 Qe5 13.Nfe7+ Kh8
{How I managed to win this game is beyond me. I could have played 13...Nxe7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 and he's thrown away all his knights. Apparently I was unable to count defenders in this game. Then again, nether was he.}
14.Rf5
{He finally makes a move that is so blatantly bad I can't possibly miss it.}
14...Bxf5 15.exf5
{This was whites key error. He is never able to regain stability and thankfully I took the time to find the right move and capitalize.}
15...Nxe7 16.Nxc7 Qxe3+ 17.Kf1
{Yet another sub par move. His king would have been much safer at h1.}
17...Nxf5
{I'm sure I was chasing mate when I let the rook hang. The mate was coming, but not as soon as I thought.}
18.Nxa8 Rxa8 19.Qd5
{It would have been better for him to play 19. Qd3 and trade down a bit to relief some of the pressure I was putting on his king.}
19...Qf4+ 20.Ke2
{This puts him into a forced mate. I get halfway there and then trail off, but I get it eventually.}
20...Re8+ 21.Kd3 Re3+ 22.Kd2 Qf2+
{This is were I lost the mate line. Mate is 22...Qb4+ 23. Kc1 Re1+ 24. Qd1 Qa3+ 25. Kd2 Qe3#}
23.Kc1 Re1+ 24.Kb2 Ne3
{This was not the best move. There was a proper response to it, but I was hedging my bets on him snatching the pawn and allowing me to win the queen.}
25.Qxd6 Nc4+
{Apparently there is a crazy forced mate if I'd played Qxc2 instead. I was content to take the queen knowing that mate would follow in time.}
26.Kb3 Nxd6 27.Rxe1 Qxe1 28.g4 Qe6+
{Get ready for it.}
29.Kb4 Qc4+ 30.Ka3 Qb5 31.h4 Nc4#
{White king mated. I like this mate, as I like any mate that involves the crazy knight.}
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