Tuesday, August 5, 2008

LindseyAnn v. Elsinore 0-1



[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2008.7.14"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "elsinore"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteELO "1289"]
[BlackELO "1514"]

{Termination "White resigned" Mode "ICS" DateLastMove "2008.8.5" Board "5100841"}
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 e6 6.c5 b6 7.Bd3 bxc5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
{This person is rated much higher than me, but that is no excuse for giving up a pawn this early in the game. 6...b6 7. cxb6 axb6 would have opened up his rook, but still been preferable. }
9.b3 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bb2 e5
{There are those alarm bells that i never seem to hear.}
12.Ne2 Qc7
{He missed the fork for one turn, but I missed it for two which is all that matters.}
13.Rc1 e4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 Ng4 16.g3
{The pawn at e4 is hanging, it would have been better to block off the queen with Ng3, because it also threatens the pawn and keeps my pawns nice and tidy.}
16...Nde5
{His turn to make a mistake.}
17.Rxc5 Nd3 18.Rc2 Nb4 19.Ba3
{Playing Rc4 would have put us back to even.}
19...a5 20.Nxe4 Nxc2 21.Qxc2
{I feel like this was one of my biggest mistakes. I pinned the knight and the forgot that I did it, which cost me a rook just after I'd gotten back the lead.}
21...c5 22.Bxc5 Ne5 23.N4c3
{I take back what I said. This was my worst move. Instead of putting my knight on the offense with Ng5, I took it away from his king and block the support of my bishop. It's all downhill from here.}
23...Qxc5 24.f4 Qxe3+ 25.Rf2 Nf3+ 26.Kg2
{And that sealed the deal so I resigned.}
26...Ne1+
{White resigned}
0-1

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