Wednesday, May 5, 2010

LindseyAnn vs. John1007 1-0



[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2010.4.9"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "lindseyann"]
[Black "john1007"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO " "]
[WhiteELO "1402"]
[BlackELO "1359"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3
{e4 would have probably been a better move here.}
5...Bg4 6.Bxc4 Bh5 7.O-O Qd6 8.b3
{b3 would have been a nice place for my queen to go.... not anymore.}
8...Bg6 9.Nb5 Qd7 10.Bb2 e6 11.Re1
{I'm not playing great moves, but I'm also not playing terrible moves. When I'm playing against someone close to me in skill-level, I tend to try and make the best moves possible until they make a mistake. The only problem ends up being my "best moves possible" usually aren't subjectively the best moves and I tend to build up small weaknesses. My only hope is that my opponent slips up soon.}
11...Nb4 12.Re2
{Fending off 12...Nc2, however 12. Ne5 accomplishes the same goal with a bit more dynamic play.}
12...a6 13.Nc3 b5
{A now white position is getting a bit cramped.}
14.a3 Nc6 15.Bd3 O-O-O 16.b4 Bd6 17.Nxb5
{A really crazy move on my part, but apparently the right one. I needed some space on the queen-side and I realized that trading a knight for two pawns and a weak enemy king was probably a good idea.}
17...axb5 18.Bxb5 Kb7 19.Rc1 Be4 20.Ng5 Bf5
{This was the worst mistake that black made and it probably cost him the game. He didn't need to retreat the bishop, because it was protected by his knight. He did however need to get his king out of the way, because now I win his queen.}
21.Bxc6+ Qxc6 22.Rxc6 Kxc6 23.e4
{I did miss Nxf7, which makes me pretty made because if there's one thing I usually always look for it's knight forks.}
23...Bg4
{He had the chance to protect the f7 square with Bg6, but it doesn't matter because I'm still oblivious to it.}
24.Qc1+ Kd7 25.Rc2 Rdf8 26.e5
{At least I didn't miss this fork.}
26...h6 27.Nf3
{I miss the forced mate (27.exd6 cxd6 28.Rc7+ Kd8 29.Qc6 e5 30.Qxd6+ Nd7 31.Ra7 Ke8 32.Ra8+ Nb8 33.Rxb8+ Bc8 34.Rxc8#)}
27...Bxe5 28.dxe5
{and I miss another forced mate.}
28...Rc8 29.exf6 g6
{I couldn't begin to tell you why he didn't play Bxf3.}
30.Ne5+ Kd6 31.Nxg4
{Wow, I also missed a mate in one... that's pretty shameful. Rd2 would have been checkmate. No worries though, I just extended the game by one extra round of moves.}
31...h5 32.Qd1#
{Black king mated}
1-0

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