Wednesday, July 16, 2008

LindseyAnn v. Islandcowgirl 1-0



[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2008.6.26"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "islandcowgirl"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "1257"]
[BlackELO "781"]

{Termination "Black king mated" Mode "ICS" DateLastMove "2008.7.16" Board "5049219"}
1.d4 c6 2.c4 b5 3.e3 bxc4 4.Bxc4 d5 5.Bb3
{I will usually play moves like this when my bishop is threatened, but in this situation it would have been better to play it to d3 or e2, allowing me to slip in on the king side.}
5...Nf6 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Qa5
{As my analysis program would say, "Yikes!". Hung the queen, which I promptly took.}
8.Bxa5 Nd6 9.Ba4 Bd7 10.Nbd2 g5
{Hangs a pawn.}
11.Nxg5 f6 12.Ngf3
{I missed a really easy mate here by retreating the knight. 12. Qh5+ Nf7 13. Qxf7#}
12...Bh6 13.O-O Ne4 14.Nh4
{Ne5 was better here. He can't take with the pawn because of Qh5+ winning the bishop. I never took advantage of the threat on h5 during this game.}
14...O-O 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bb3+
{It would have been better to check with the queen.}
16...Kg7 17.d5 cxd5
{This was a bad move on her part. It allows my queen (my greatest advantage) into the game where she can dominate.}
18.Qxd5 e6
{She's falling apart now and I win the rook.}
19.Qxa8 f5
{Opens a diagonal to the king and the noose tightens.}
20.Bc3+ Kf7 21.Qxa7 Nc6
{Black steps into a forced mate and I nail it.} 22.Qxd7+ Kg8
23.Bxe6+ Rf7 24.Qxf7#
{Black king mated}
1-0

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