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[Event "Foolish Moves"]
[Site "Mobile, AL"]
[Date "2009.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "My LM Opponent"]
[Black "Mongo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{A07: RÈti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 1. Nf3 {
45 min for each player.  LM showed up about 5 minute late.} d5 2. g3 Nc6
3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c4 (6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Nb3
Nd7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. e3 c6 12. d4 e4 13. Ne2 Ng6 14. a4 a5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16.
dxc5 Bg4 17. Ra3 Ne5 18. Rb3 Nd7 19. Rc3 Qe7 20. Re1 Nxc5 {
Kaiszauri,K (2420)-Lechtynsky,J (2420)/Vilnius 1978/MCD/0-1}) 6... e4 $146 (
6... O-O 7. cxd5 (7. Bd2 e4 8. dxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Re8 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. e3 h6 12.
Nh3 Qd7 13. Nf4 Rad8 14. Nfd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Ne5 16. Bc3 c6 17. Nf4 Bg4 18. Qxd7
Nxd7 19. h3 Bf3 20. Bxf3 exf3 21. Nd3 Bd6 {
Kohl,I-Chernova,M/Berlin 2005/CBM 106 ext/1-0 (34)}) 7... Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Bg4 10. Rb1 Bb6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qd2 Bd5 15. Bxd5
Qxd5 16. e4 Qd7 17. Kh2 Rad8 18. Rbd1 Re6 19. Bc1 Rd6 20. d4 exd4 21. Nf5 {
Tunyan,Z-Nemcova,K/Peniscola 2002/CBM 090 ext/1/2-1/2 (46)}) (6... dxc4 $5 {
is an interesting idea} 7. Qc2 Be6 $15) 7. dxe4 $14 Nxe4 $2 (7... dxe4 $142 {
is a viable option} 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 $11) 8. cxd5 $18 Nxf2 (8... Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc3
10. bxc3 Nxd5 $18) 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Nb4 $4 {leading to a quick end} (
10... O-O 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. e4 $18) 11. Nc3 (11. Qa4+ $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} Qd7 12. Qxb4 Qxd5 13. Nc3 $18) 11... O-O
12. a3 Na6 13. b4 Qf6 (13... Nb8 14. Bf4 a5 15. Rc1 $18) 14. Bb2 (14. Qd4 {
makes it even easier for White} Qe7 $18) 14... Re8 15. e4 Bg4 16. h3 {
Mongo - 27 min remaining  LM - 36} h5 (16... Bh5 {
hardly improves anything} 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Ne2 $18) 17. Qd4 (17. hxg4 $142 {
and White can celebrate victory} Rxe4 18. gxh5 Ree8 $18) 17... Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4
Bd7 19. Kg1 (19. Rc1 {seems even better} c5 20. dxc6 bxc6 $18) 19... c6 (19...
c5 {doesn't do any good} 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nf5 $18) 20. Rf1 (20. b5 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} cxb5 21. Ncxb5 f6 $18) 20... c5 21. bxc5 {
Mongo - 22 min remaining  LM - 28} Nxc5 22. Ncb5 (22. Nf5 {
and White can already relax} f6 $18) 22... Nxe4 23. Nc7 Nxg3 24. Rf2 (24. Rb1
$142 $18 {makes it even easier for White}) 24... Re1+ 25. Kh2 {
Mongo - 17 min remaining  LM - 26} Rc8 26. Kxg3 Rxc7 27. Kh4 (27. d6 Rc5
28. Bxb7 Rd1 $16) 27... g6 $2 {Consolidates f5} (27... Rc4 $5 28. Kg3 Rd1 $11)
28. Kg5 (28. Nf3 Re8 $16) 28... Be8 (28... Rc5 29. Rd2 $14) 29. Rd2 Re5+ (29...
Ba4 $5 $16) 30. Kf4 $18 {Mongo 8.5 min remaining  LM - 17.5} Rce7 31. h4
Bd7 32. d6 Re8 33. Bxb7 Re1 $2 (33... f6 $142 $18) 34. Nf3 Rf1 35. Kg3 Re3 (
35... Ba4 {doesn't improve anything} 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Bd5 $18) 36. Kg2 Rb1 37.
Bd5 Kf8 38. Kf2 (38. Ne5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rxe5 39. Bxe5 Rb5 $18)
38... Re8 39. Ba2 Rh1 40. Kg2 Rh3 41. Bxf7 $1 {Demolition of pawn structure.}
Re3 (41... Kxf7 {Decoy theme: f7} 42. Ng5+ {Theme: Double Attack}) 42. Bd5 {
Mongo - 3 min remaining  LM - 12.5} Bg4 (42... Rexf3 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 43. Bxf3 Rxh4 44. Bh8 $18) 43. Ng5 (43.
Bd4 $142 {it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Rhxf3 44. Bxf3
Rxf3 $18) 43... Reg3+ 44. Kf2 (44. Kf1 {and White can already relax} Rd3 45.
Rf2+ Ke8 46. Bc6+ Bd7 47. Bxd7+ Kxd7 48. Nxh3 Rxh3 $18) 44... Rh2+ (44... Rd3 {
is not much help} 45. Nh7+ Ke8 46. Bc6+ Kd8 47. Bf6+ Kc8 48. Rxd3 Rxd3 49. Be7
$18) 45. Kxg3 Rxd2 46. Nh7+ Ke8 47. Nf6+ Kd8 48. Bc1 (48. Be5 {
seems even better} Rd1 $18) 48... Rd3+ (48... Rd4 {cannot change destiny} 49.
Bh6 $18) 49. Kf2 (49. Kf4 $142 {might be the shorter path} Bf5 50. Ke5 $18)
49... Rxd5 (49... Be6 50. Bg5 Bxd5 51. Ne4+ Kc8 52. d7+ Kxd7 53. Nc5+ Kc6 54.
Nxd3 Be4 $18) 50. Nxd5 Kd7 (50... Bf5 {there is nothing better in the position}
51. Nf6 a5 $18) 51. Nf6+ Kxd6 52. Nxg4 hxg4 (52... Kd5 {desperation} 53. Kf3
Kc4 $18) 53. Kg3 Ke6 (53... Kc7 {does not solve anything} 54. Kxg4 Kb6 55. Kg5
Kb5 56. Kxg6 Kc6 57. h5 Kd5 58. h6 Ke4 59. h7 Kd5 60. h8=Q a6 61. Be3 Ke4 62.
Qd4+ Kf3 63. Bf4 Kg2 64. Qd2+ Kf3 65. Qe3+ Kg2 66. Qe2+ Kg1 67. Be3+ Kh1 68.
Qf1+ Kh2 69. Bf4#) 54. Kxg4 Kf6 55. Bb2+ Kf7 (55... Ke6 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 56. Kg5 Kf7 57. Bf6 a6 58. a4 Ke6 59. Kxg6 Kd5
60. h5 a5 61. h6 Kc6 62. h7 Kc7 63. h8=Q Kd7 64. Qd8+ Kc6 65. Qd4 Kc7 66. Be5+
Kc8 67. Qb6 Kd7 68. Kf7 Kc8 69. Qc7#) 56. a4 a6 (56... Ke7 {
does not improve anything} 57. Kg5 Kf8 58. Kxg6 Ke7 59. h5 Kd6 60. h6 Kc5 61.
h7 Kb4 62. h8=Q Kxa4 63. Qd4+ Kb5 64. Qxa7 Kb4 65. Qd4+ Kb5 66. Qd5+ Kb4 67.
Qc6 Kb3 68. Qc3+ Ka4 69. Qc4+ Ka5 70. Bc3+ Kb6 71. Bd4+ Kb7 72. Qb5+ Kc8 73.
Qc6+ Kb8 74. Qd7 Ka8 75. Qc8#) 57. Kg5 Kg8 (57... Ke6 {is no salvation} 58.
Kxg6 Kd5 59. a5 Kc4 60. h5 Kb3 61. Bf6 Kb4 62. h6 Kxa5 63. Bc3+ Kb6 64. h7 Kc6
65. h8=Q a5 66. Qf6+ Kb5 67. Qe5+ Kc4 68. Qd4+ Kb5 69. Qd5+ Kb6 70. Bxa5+ Ka6
71. Qc5 Kb7 72. Qb5+ Ka8 73. Bc7 Ka7 74. Qb6+ Ka8 75. Qa6#) 58. Kxg6 Kf8 59. h5
Kg8 (59... a5 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 60. h6 Ke7 61. h7 Ke6 62.
h8=Q Kd7 63. Qe5 Kd8 64. Qd5+ Kc8 65. Qc6+ Kb8 66. Qd7 Ka8 67. Qc8+ Ka7 68.
Bd4#) 60. h6 (60. h6 Kf8 61. h7 Ke7 62. h8=Q Kd7 63. Qe5 Kc6 64. Qe6+ Kc5 65.
Qxa6 Kd5 66. Qb7+ Kd6 67. Kf6 Kc5 68. Qb5+ Kd6 69. Be5#) 1-0

[Event "Foolish Moves"]
[Site "Mobile, AL"]
[Date "2009.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mongo"]
[Black "My Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 {45 on the clock for each player} c6
2. d4 {I tend to be aggressive, and when offered the entire center I will
usually take it.} d5 3. e5 {Keeping my e pawn on the board and possibly
making it somewhat more inconvenient for blacks knight.} Bf5 4. Nf3 {
Developing and clearing the king side for castling} e6 5. Bd3 {Offering a
trade since there are not too many squares for the white bishop to use.} Bg6
6. Bxg6 $146 {
getting rid of my not so useful bishop and doubling some pawns for black} (6.
Bg5 Qb6 7. Nbd2 Bxd3 8. cxd3 c5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3
Qd8 13. Rac1 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Bxd2 Nge7 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rc2 Nf5 18. Be3 O-O
19. Rc3 d4 20. Rxc6 bxc6 {
Ten Hertog,S (1637)-Vandaele,M (1549)/Hengelo 2005/CBM 107 ext/0-1}) (6. h4
Bxd3 7. Qxd3 h5 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. Ng5 Nf5 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. g3 a6 13.
Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O c5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qd4 19.
Be3 Qg4 20. Kh2 O-O {O'Rourke,R-Orr,M (2360)/Bunratty 1998/CBM 062 ext/0-1 (35)
}) (6. O-O Nd7 7. Re1 Qb6 8. b3 Bh5 9. Be2 Ne7 10. h3 f6 11. Bb2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
fxe5 13. dxe5 Nf5 14. g4 Nh4 15. Bc1 Bc5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bxc5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3
Qxc5 19. Qe3 d4 20. Qg3 Rf7 {Heinrich,S-Wilding,F/Hauenstein 1991/GER/0-1})
6... hxg6 {Black has new doubled pawns: g6+g7} 7. Qd3 {After black's last move,
I had a plan on how I wanted this to go down, or at least something to work
toward.  At this point, with my queen on the d3 square, she's aiming at the g6
pawn, which would then be looking dead at the queen if the f7 pawn isn't there.
So, I'm looking at the possibility of getting my knight on g5, then from there,
using the knight to capture the e6 pawn.  If black captures with fxe6, then
the queen captures the g6 pawn with check forcing the king to move.  I then
have play with the c1 bishop on the c1-h1 diagonal.} Nd7 8. O-O {Mongo - 41
min remaining  My Opponent - 40  getting the king to safety to avoid letting black
develop with check on the a5-e1 diagonal with either his bishop or queen.} c5 {
The thematic attack} (8... Be7 9. a4 $11) 9. Ng5 {in position, and now ready
to roll.  Black has even helped take away a run away square by putting his
knight on d7.  That makes the bishop diagonal on h4-d1 extra nice.} (9. c4 $5 {
deserves consideration} dxc4 10. Qxc4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 $14) 9... Ne7 $15 {
Black's piece can't move: f8} 10. Nc3 {Mongo - 37 min remaining  My Opponent -
36  only 2 more moves to that smother check mate.  I don't really expect that
to happen, but getting one more member of my army into the fight should help
me a good bit.} (10. c3 $5 $15) 10... cxd4 $17 11. Nb5 {One more move to a
checkmate if he doesn't move something.  Black's position is very cramped at
this point and his pieces are really just working against him.} Nc6 $4 {
Black has let it slip away} (11... Nf5 $142 12. g4 Nxe5 $17) 12. Nxe6 $1 $16 {
Demolishes the pawn shield  Mongo - 35 min remaining  My Opponent - 26  This is
just devastating at this point, even more than I had hoped for when I first
came up with this plan thanks to blacks d7 knight.  In addition to the badness
on black's king side, there is now a possible king-rook fork by putting a
knight on c7.} Qh4 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (12... fxe6 {
Deflection from g6} 13. Qxg6+) 13. Nbc7+ $18 {Mongo - 34 min remaining.  You
have to put the knight from b5 on c7 to make it work.  The e6 knight is
ensuring that the king can not move to d8, forcing it to e7.    The e6 knight
is also allowing the c1 bishop to be placed on g5.} Ke7 14. Bg5+ {
a game end-er, forking the king and queen.} (14. Bg5+ Qxg5 15. Qa3+ (15. Nxa8 $2
{is tempting but does not stand up to the reality of the position} fxe6 16. f4
Qh5 $19) 15... Nc5 16. Qxc5+ (16. Nxa8 $2 {catches the eye, but} Kxe6 17. f4
Qd8 $19) (16. Nxc5 $6 Rc8 17. Nb5 Ke8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Rb8 $18) 16... Kd7
17. Qxd5+ (17. Nxg5 $6 {is not possible} Bxc5 18. Nxa8 Nxe5 $16) (17. Nxa8 {
is much worse} fxe6 18. Qb5 Kc8 $17) 17... Kc8 18. Nxg5 (18. Nxa8 $6 {
is impossible} fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kb8 $16) 18... Kxc7 19. Qxf7+ Kb6 20. Qb3+ Kc7
21. Ne6+ Kb8 22. Rad1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Foolish Moves"]
[Site "Mobile, AL"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mongo"]
[Black "My Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 1. e4 {Both players
started with 45 min on the clock.  I went into this game with a certain high
after crushing my last opponent in 14 moves.  That said, I didn't really have
too much optimism about winning this game seeing as my opponent is a good 200
pts above me.  I'm not one to back down from a fight, so its game on!} c5 {
c5!  Dammit, I was really wanting to play a kings gambit tournament game, at
least one.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 {
Bla bla bla, same old boring stuff played a million times.} Be7 6. d4 {
Time to mix it up a bit.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8. Nxc6 {yeah, yeah, he can bxc6 and
have all the center pawns.  All i'm seeing is after that, the c6 pawn would be
week and have a check/fork possibly.} (8. Nde2 O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2
Bb7 12. f4 a5 13. Be3 b4 14. Na4 bxa3 15. bxa3 Rb8 16. c4 Nd7 17. Rf2 Nc5 18.
Nc3 Ba6 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Nge2 Rb7 22. Nd4 Nxd4 {
Saltaev,M (2485)-Vouldis,A (2300)/Aegina 1994/TD/0-1}) (8. h3 O-O 9. Bb3 a6 10.
f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rad1 Rc7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5
Nd7 17. Qh5 Qa8 18. Qe2 Bc5 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qc8 {
1/2-1/2 Norberg,J (2195)-Molander,R (2328)/Stockholm 2005/CBM 104 ext}) 8...
bxc6 9. Qf3 {White has 38 min remaining, Black has 41.  Setting up for e5,
dxe5, Qxc6+.  It's nothing really, because of Bd7 after that, but what the
hell.} Qc7 $146 {Black has a cramped position  Yeah, i'm thinking that
probably wasn't the strongest move there, but what do I know.} (9... e5 10. h3
O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Ba6 17. Qd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Bb4 19. c3 Bxe2 20. Re1 Bb5 21. Rb7 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bc4
23. Bxa7 Bxa2 24. Rxe5 {Zapfl,H-Fischer,M/Mannheim 1990/GER/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10.
Qg3 {White has 33 min remaining, Black has 35.  White threatens to win
material: Qg3xg7  Pinning the d6 pawn from moving because of Qxc7, also
threatening Qxg7, and if black 0-0, then Bh7 threatening a mate with Qxg7 or if g6
then Bishop takes the rook on f8.} O-O {Black has a cramped position} 11. Bh6 {
White has a mate threat} Ne8 {Black has a cramped position  Well, I did miss
this defending move, but it's not a big deal.  It did hem up his pieces pretty
good tho.} 12. Rfe1 {looking at supporting an e5 push eventually.  Or maybe
getting the rook up and over for some more firepower.} d5 {Black trying to be
sneaky ninja like, but it doesn't work.  He's threatening the c4 bishop.  If I
trade queens, I go down a piece because the h6 bishop is also threatened.  I was
worried for about 2 seconds, until I saw that I can just Bf4, and by by threat.
} (12... Kh8 $5 13. Be3 e5 $11) 13. Bf4 $16 Qb6 {looking to get the b6 pawn.} (
13... Qb7 $5 14. Bb3 Nf6 $16) 14. exd5 {White has 26 min remaining, Black has
29.  If black exd5, then he drops the bishop on e7 thanks to my earlier placed
rook - so that's out for him.  If cxd, then Bxd5!, exd5, Nxd5, and then can
pickup the undefended bishop on e7 with either the knight or rook.} Qxb2 $2 {
bad move, allows me to get a seriously passed pawn.} (14... cxd5 $142 $5 15.
Bxd5 $1 {registering a claim to victory} Bb7 $16) 15. dxc6 Qxc2 $6 {grabbing mo
re material, but putting himself in a big bind positionally.  Almost all of his
pieces are still on the back row!} (15... Qa3 16. Rab1 a5 17. Qf3 $18) 16. c7 {
cuts off the rook from moving to b8, VERY close to queening, and i have an
open f3-a8 diagonal to attack a rook that can't move.} (16. Bd3 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Qb2 17. Rab1 Qa3 $18) 16... Bh4 {nice move.  If
qxh4, then my plan kinda falls apart, because then Qxc3 and is way more active
again.} (16... Bh4 17. Qxh4 Qxc3 $18) (16... Bf6 17. Rac1 Qf5 $18) 17. Qf3 {
threatening to pick up the rook.} Bxf2+ {I missed this, not really sure why.  He
wins a pawn after I take, then he takes the knight.  Curses!} 18. Qxf2 Qxc3 19.
Rec1 {re-enforcing the bishop and indirectly the c7 pawn, which is what this
game is all about now.} Qa5 20. Qf3 {eying that rook again.} Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bb7
{trying desperately to connect those rooks.} 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. Rab1 {not look'n
good for black.  I'm able to setup and have too much attack going on.} Qc6 24.
Bb5 {forcing the queen, and thinking about possibly grabb'n the knight, then
picking up the bishop for free.} Qd5 {not wanting me to grab that bishop, and
if i move my queen, threatening a mate with Qxg2} 25. Bd7 {White and black both
have approx 9 min remaining.  It's go time.  When Qxd7, I snag the bishop on
b7, have both rooks protecting c7, and looking at Rb8 allowing promotion.} Qxd7
26. Rxb7 a5 {waste of time methinks.  I don't give a rip about the a5 pawn,
i've got bigger things to do.} 27. Rb8 Nxc7 {sac'n the piece so I can't
promote.  Unfortunately for black, that's just too big a deficit to come back
from.} 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 {He's got 2 defenders for the knight, I've got 3
attackers, no need to calculate, that's all you have to know.} 29. Bxc7 Qd2 {
threatening a back row mate and trying to double up on the c1 rook should i move
my bishop.} 30. Qf4 {guards both the bishop and rook at the same time.  Also
offers a queen trade.  In this case, i'm ok, because if qxf4, bxf4 and is
already guarding the c1 rook - so there is no back row mate possible and i'm
up a bishop.} Qxa2 31. Bxa5 {sneaky sneaky guy I am.  If Rxc1+, Qxc1, Qxa5,
Qc8 mate.  Also if Qxa5, Rxc8 mate.  In fact, if the black rook comes off the
8th rank at all, the queen can slide down to b8 for a mate.} Ra8 {
Again gaining up on my poor bishop - so rude} 32. Qc7 {White has 5 min
remaining, Black has 2.5.  guarding on the diagonal, but more importantly
threatening a mate.  Qc8 finishes it off because of Rxc8, Rxc8 mate.} h6 {
he didn't think my antics were amusing.} 33. Be1 {
stopping the constant attack on my bishop} Qa3 34. Qc3 {Offering a queen trade.
Black resigned after a few more moves when he left his rook vulnerable and I
picked it up.} 1-0

[Event "Foolish Moves"]
[Site "Mobile, AL"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "My Opponent"]
[Black "Mongo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1305"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
{Game starts with 45 min for each player.  I went into this game pretty
psyched after the wins from the last two round. I started out pretty strong,
very aggressive, then the switch just kinda turned off for me...} d5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 {Nothing too fancy by this point.} e5 {
forcing some action, otherwise the e4 push forks the white knight and bishop.}
6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Be2 {removing my pin.} (7. b3 Bb4 8. Be2 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 Bc3 11. Rb1 Ne4 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Be5 14. Rd1 Nc3 15. Qe1 Qh4 16. Nf3
Qh5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bb2 d4 19. Bxc3 dxc3 20. Rd7 Rad8 21. Rbd1 Rxd7 {
Franke,M (1168)-Liu Yi Nan,J (1174)/Kranenburg 2005/CBM 105 ext/0-1 (32)}) 7...
Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3 Bd6 $146 {
getting my other bishop aimed at the soon to be week king side pawn.} (8... c6
9. O-O Be7 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qe7 14. Nd3 Bxb2 15.
Nxb2 Qf6 16. c4 O-O 17. cxd5 Nc3 18. Qc2 Nxd5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Nd3 Rad8 21.
Rac1 Qd6 22. Rcd1 Qg6 23. Rd2 {
Krebs,J-Langner,M (2345)/Germany 1992/TD/1-0 (40)}) 9. O-O {
White has a cramped position} Qd7 {re-enforcing the white bishop, and looking
at 0-0-0 then marching my h, g, & f pawns at the enemy king.} (9... c6 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 $15) 10. b3 $11 Bxf3 {getting rid of the h2 defender} 11. Bxf3 (
11. gxf3 $2 Qh3 12. f4 g5 $19) 11... Be5 {re-enforces d5 and threatens the
rook on a1 while keeping my bishop aimed at h2.} 12. Rb1 h5 (12... Qd6 13. h3
$11) 13. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4  White has 39 min remaining, Black 38} (
13. Bb2 $142 $5 {would allow White to play on} Qd6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qxd4
16. exd4 $11) 13... g5 $17 {
continuing on with my plan to bust up the king side.} 14. c4 g4 {i'm wanting
the h3 pawn gone and my h5 pawn moved to g, so my rook has a straight shot
down to the king.} (14... O-O-O $142 15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 g4 $17) 15. hxg4 $4
(15. Bxd5 $142 {would hold out} O-O-O 16. f4 $11) 15... hxg4 $19 16. Bxd5 (16.
Re1 {does not win a prize} Qf5 17. Bb2 $19) 16... O-O-O {kind of a multi-purpose move.  1. getting the king to safety  2. guarding b7 with the castled king  3.
threatening c6 forcing the bishop to move, which would then cause a mate because
Qxd1, Rxd1, Rxd1 mate thanks to the rook on h8 covering the escape path.  4.
I'm figuring he won't allow #3 to happen, so i thought having the Rook on d8
on g8 may not be bad.} (16... Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Qf5 18. Bc6+ bxc6 19. Qd7+ Nxd7 20.
Bd2 Bf4+ 21. Kg1 Qh7 22. f3 g3 23. exf4 Qh2#) 17. f4 {I was a little surprised
by this, seeing as I can gxf and have another open file for my rook.  It does
allow for Kf2 should I want to do c6 as described earlier.} (17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18.
Qxd7 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Nxd7 $19) 17... gxf3 {At this point, I'm feeling fairly good
about this position / game.  Somewhere around here also, I lost focus and
hammed it up.  Oh well.} (17... Bc3 18. e4 Qe7 19. Be3 Rxd5 20. cxd5 Qxe4 21.
Bxa7 $19) 18. Qxf3 Nxd5 {Not the best move and may have been the game ender.
I needed to look at getting my queen or other pieces and continue on with my
plan.  No, instead I got distracted by the b7+ threat.} (18... Rh5 19. Bxb7+
Kb8 20. Bd5 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 $19) 19. Rd1 (19. cxd5 Bh2+ 20. Kf2 Rhg8 $17) 19...
Bh2+ {I think this move came way to late.} (19... Qe7 20. cxd5 Rdg8 21. Bb2 $19
) 20. Kf2 $17 Rdg8 {Black has a king attack} (20... Bd6 $5 21. Rxd5 c6 $17) 21.
Rxd5 $15 Qe6 {My queen is really poorly placed on the white squares.  I can
never seem to get her activated.  If so it would have changed the game.} 22.
Bb2 {White threatens to win material: Bb2xh8} Bg3+ {a move to save my rook.}
23. Ke2 {White has 28 min remaining, Black 24} Rh2 24. Rg1 Qg6 {Again, totally
the wrong move.  I was looking at getting the queen over to c2 and finally
getting some play and maybe even getting a piece, it just didn't happen.} (
24... Bd6 $5 {should be considered} 25. Kd3 c6 $11) 25. Qf5+ $14 {forces the
een trade.  I saw it coming, but was un-inspired and pretty much spent by this
point.} Qxf5 (25... Qe6 $5 $14) 26. Rxf5 $16 Bd6 (26... Bh4 27. Kf1 f6 28. Bd4
$16 (28. Bxf6 $6 Rf8 $15)) 27. Kf3 $18 Rg3+ (27... Rh7 28. c5 Bg3 29. e4 $16)
28. Kf2 b6 29. Rxf7 Rxe3 $4 {but even a better move would not have saved the
game.   Total miscalculation.  I was looking at Kxe3, Bc5+ and picking up the
g1 rook as compensation.  However, Bd4 pretty much just makes me lose my rook
for free.  It was one of those things that is clear as day - after you do it.
The one word in my mind after I set the piece down and hit my clock was - FUCK.
} (29... Rh5 $142 $18) 30. Rf3 {I was AMAZED that he missed that.  Just
freak'n amazed, and somewhat relieved, although, I already knew how this game
was going to end thanks to the pawn advantage that i had so generously given
to him.  I think he owes me a beer for that!} (30. Kxe3 $142 {
and White has it in the bag} a5 31. Kf3 $18) 30... Rxf3+ (30... Re4 $5 31. Bc1
Rg4 $14) 31. Kxf3 $16 {Both Black & White has 16 min remaining  After this,
it's pretty much just a series of bad moves on my part.  I really think I
should have won this game had I kept my focus.  My opponent simply took
advantage of my mistakes and won the game.  Good job.} Kd8 32. Bf6+ Ke8 33. Ke4
Kf7 34. Be5 Rh4+ 35. g4 Kg6 (35... Bxe5 $5 36. Kxe5 Kg6 $16) 36. Bxd6 $18 cxd6
37. Rg2 a6 $4 {simply worsens the situation} (37... Kg5 38. Kd5 Rh6 39. Re2
Kxg4 40. Re7 $18) 38. Kf4 (38. Kd5 $142 {and White wins} Kg5 39. Kc6 $18) 38...
Kf6 39. Rd2 Ke6 40. Kg5 Rh8 41. Re2+ Kf7 42. Rf2+ Ke7 43. Rf6 (43. Rg2 Kf7 $18)
43... Rg8+ (43... Rh2 $5 $16) 44. Rg6 $18 Kf7 $4 {shortens the misery for Black
} (44... Ra8 $142 $18) 45. Rxg8 Kxg8 46. Kf6 b5 47. cxb5 axb5 48. a3 d5 (48...
Kf8 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Ke8
51. Ke6 Kd8 52. Kxd6 Ke8 53. Ke6 Kd8 54. g5 Ke8 55. a5 Kf8 56. g6 Kg7 57. Kf5
Kh6 58. a6 Kg7 59. a7 Kf8 60. a8=Q+ Ke7 61. g7 Kd6 62. Qa5 Kd7 63. g8=Q Ke7 64.
Qad8#) 49. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Foolish Moves"]
[Site "Mobile, AL"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mongo"]
[Black "My Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "476"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} 1. e4 {
45 min on the clock for both players.  Going into this game I was exhausted.
I had gotten up early and it had been a long, but fun day.} e6 {
The french, joy....} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7.
Bd3 {I'm REALLY feeling un-inspired in this game.  Just kind of moving the
pieces without doing much thinking to be honest.} (7. f4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qd2
a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O-O b5 12. h4 Qb6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Kb1 Ne7 15. Bd3 b4 16.
Nd1 a5 17. h5 h6 18. g4 a4 19. f5 b3 20. f6 gxf6 21. exf6 Nc6 {
Podkriznik,G (2341)-Soln,P (2413)/Skofja Loka 2000/CBM 079 ext/0-1}) (7. Nh3 c5
8. Qg4 Kf8 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. f4 Qa5 11. O-O-O h5 12. Qf3 d4 13. Nb1 Bxc5 14. a3
Qc7 15. Bc4 a6 16. g4 b5 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. f5 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Nxe5 20. Qe4 Rd8
21. fxe6 Rxh3 {
Zarges,P (1338)-Bolte,C (2074)/Bad Zwesten 2005/CBM 104 ext/0-1 (35)}) 7... O-O
$146 {Black has a cramped position} (7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nge2 (9. Qh5 g6
10. Qh6 Bf8 11. Qh3 Nc6 12. f4 Bb4 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Nf3 Qxc3 16.
Ng5 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 Qb4+ 18. Ke3 h6 19. Rhf1 Qf8 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Rb1 Qc5+ 22. Ke2
Nd8 23. Qg3 a6 {Bird,H-Mason,J/London 1883/HCL/0-1 (46)}) 9... Nc6 10. f4 O-O
11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Kb1 a5 14. g4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qb6 16. Nd4 f6 17.
exf6 Rxf6 18. Nce2 a4 19. h4 a3 20. b3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 {
Kickert,G (1032)-Kuhn,A (1215)/Winterberg 2002/CBM 088 ext/1/2-1/2}) (7... c5
8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Qg4 Nxe5 10. Qxg7 $15) 8. Nf3 (8. Qh5 g6 9. Qh6 Bg5 $11) 8... c5
$11 {Black undermines the pawn chain} 9. Nb5 $2 {Pretty dumb move on my part.
I was looking at Nd6, but thats about it.  I don't think that is even a good
square really.  Again, just moving pieces.} (9. O-O $142 $11 {
and White can hope to live}) 9... c4 $17 {should have seen that one coming.}
10. Be2 Qa5+ {....and that one.  yah for wasted tempo...} (10... Qb6 $5 11. a4
a6 $17) 11. Nc3 $15 Bb4 {Black pins: Bb4xc3} (11... Nc6 12. O-O $15) 12. Qd2
Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 {
This is really starting to look draw-ish...} Na5 {Probably not the best move
for him here.  He really can't go anywhere with it because the b3 square is
hemmed up by my pawns.} (15... f6 16. Rab1 $15) 16. Ng5 {
Looking for some play and not finding it} (16. Rab1 Bd7 $11) 16... f6 {
Black threatens to win material: f6xg5} 17. Nf3 {I considered exf6, but just
wasn't feeling the love.  I figured he'd probably fxe5, then I'd have a nice
place for my knight on e5 and keep his white bishop blocked in.  Since we have
same colored bishops and his pawns are on that color and mine are not, I
figure I have a slight advantage if the game ever gets past this draw state.}
fxe5 {as predicted.} (17... Nc6 $5 $15 {is an interesting alternative}) 18.
Nxe5 $14 {36 min remaining for white, 34 for black} Nc6 {
I guess he doesn't like my knight there, pity.} 19. f4 {I'm not wanting his
white bishop to get free, so if NxN, then fxe5 and we keep it my way.} (19.
Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 e5 21. dxe5 Bf5 $14) 19... Nxe5 $11 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
{well some of the rooks are off the board now anyway.  Draw here we come....}
Bd7 22. Bg4 {The g4 square seemed like a good place for the bishop.  It keeps
his tied up defending.  I thought about Bh5, then getting a rook on f7, but
ultimately i think that would fail because if Bh5, then black, g6, then white
has to move the bishop and then black can h5 gaining some tempo and some
serious ground with his pawns.} Rf8 23. h4 b5 24. a3 a5 25. g3 Rb8 {I'm beginning to wonder if those double pawns aren't going to bone me on this one.} 26.
Rb1 a4 {Black has a new backward pawn: b5  ...And they are not.  Now I don't
have to keep my rook on B since if he pushes b, I can take it with C3 and can
cause some serious issues for black.} (26... Rf8 27. h5 $11) 27. Rf1 h6 28. Kg2
Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {A bishop endgame occurred} 30. Kf3 Kf7 (30... Ke7 31. h5 $14
) 31. Kf4 (31. Bh5+ g6 32. Bg4 g5 $14) 31... g6 {Secures f5+h5} (31... Ke7 32.
Ke3 $14) 32. Bh3 {28 min remaining for white, 25 for black.  This is such a
drawn game its crazy.  I had a hunch that my opponent may not realize it or may
make a mistake though.  I moved the bishop to h3 so I could push g4 then maybe
h5.  If I'd have just h5, then black could have g5+ and it's def draw time.}
Kg7 33. g4 Be8 34. g5 {It's go time.  If he pushes h5, then I take the e6 pawn
and its over thanks to all his pawns being on the same color as my bishop.  If
he trades, then his chances of draw are much closer.} hxg5+ 35. Kxg5 {
I take with the king getting the opposition and hopefully getting him into the
fray.} Bf7 36. Bg4 {looking to push h5.  then ....gxh5  Bxh5, Bxh5  Kxh5....
and his king is forced backwards since my king would control the g&h6 squares
and my pawn hemming up the f6 square.  Still could be pretty drawn tho.} Be8 $4
{another step towards the grave  Heh, fritz has some funny remarks.  Anyway,
game ending move.  Allows the e6 pawn to fall, then its pickup sticks and
promotion time.} (36... Bg8 $142 $16) 37. Bxe6 $18 Bf7 38. Bd7 (38. Bxf7 Kxf7
39. Kh6 g5 40. Kxg5 Ke7 41. Kf5 Kd7 42. e6+ Ke7 43. Ke5 Kd8 44. Kf6 Kc7 45. e7
b4 46. cxb4 Kb6 47. e8=Q Kc7 48. h5 Kb7 49. Qd7+ Ka6 50. c3 Kb6 51. h6 Ka6 52.
Qc7 Kb5 53. Qb7#) 38... Bg8 39. Bxb5 (39. e6 Kf8 40. Kf6 Bxe6 41. Bxe6 Ke8 42.
Kxg6 Ke7 43. Bxd5 Kd6 44. Bf7 Kc6 45. h5 Kb6 46. h6 Kc6 47. h7 Kd6 48. h8=Q Kc7
49. Be6 Kb7 50. Qc8+ Kb6 51. Qb8+ Ka6 52. Bc8+ Ka5 53. Qa7#) 39... Bf7 {
27 min remaining for white, 18.5 for black.} 40. Bxa4 {All in all, I played
pretty poorly and at best deserved a draw, not a win.  Regardless, my opponent
played WAY WAY better than someone rated 476.  Koodo's to you!} 1-0

[Event "TMC 1 Day G60"]
[Site "R'Dale"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "My Opponent"]
[Black "Mongo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[ECO "D02"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6
3 Bf4}  1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.a3 {Nothing
too exciting up to this point.} Bg4 8.Bd2 Ne4 9.Nxd5 $4 {Just an
out right blunder / miscalculation} Qxd5 10.Ng5 {Clearance to
allow g2-d5 (fritz) I see what he was trying to do, I think he
just missed the ....Bf5 move} Bf5 11.Bf4 $2 {Looking at the undefended
c7 pawn?} h6 {I looked at the e5 variation that fritz had, just
didn't like it or go too deep into it really. I figured i'd get
the knight out of there and back to blocking the bishop where
he belonged  } 12.Nf3 $2 Rac8 {Probably not the absolute best
move here, but I figured I'd not need to let the pawn hang for
no reason. I have 43 minutes left on my clock at this point.} 13.c3 {shoring
up the d pawn, much to my dismay.} g5 {Be gone, vile bishop!} 14.Bc1 {I
figured he'd move the bishop to e3 or d2, I was surprised to
see it at C1, but hey, works for me.} Qe6 $4 {And now time for
my biggest blunder of the game. It was one of those where you
see it is bad as you are putting the piece down, but can't seem
to stop your self and everything is in slow motion and you are
saying "nooooooo!" LOL. My intital idea was putting the white
bishop on h3 and getting that mess cleared up. Honestly, I was
playing more blitz chess than anything here, and this retarded
move is proof that I had better slow the hell down. forfeits
the clear win (fritz)} 15.d5 $14 {And my punishment cometh White
threatens to win material: d5xe6 (fritz)} Qd6 {Best spot I could
come up with.} 16.c4 $4 {And to my absolute amazment (and delight),
my opponent blunders even worse than I did, and allows me to
keep my Knight, which I didn't deserve to have. a transit from
better to worse (fritz)} Ne5 {Time to exit, stage right, and
get my trade on} 17.Nd4 {....or not. I guess he's wanting my
bishop. Well, I didn't see any reason to let him have him, and
I kind of liked the defensive role it had taken with my opened
up (but heavily defended) king side.} Bg6 18.f4 {Yeah, I think
this was a bad idea, opening up a diagnol to the king and leaving
the c pawn hanging.} Nxc4 {Yes, pawns are indeed tasty.} 19.Nb5 {Yeah,
this move isn't helping his situation any either. I guess he
was thinking he was forking the queen and the a7 pawn maybe.
Who knows.} Qc5+ {And hear comes the pain... I have 36 minutes
left on my clock at this point.} 20.e3 Nxe3 {With a fork, and
a discovered check waiting. No choice for him but to take it.} 21.Bxe3
Qxe3+ {Getting ready to pick up the rook....} 22.Kh1 Nf2+ {King
Queen fork, giving up the rook} 23.Rxf2 Qxf2 {As it turns out,
rooks are more tasty than pawns.} 24.fxg5 {trying to break open
my king side, just a little to late methinks.} hxg5 {Going ahead
and taking care of that rascal before he becomes a problem.} 25.Nd4 {Yeah,
I'm thinking he's just flustered at this point and not really
paying attention anymore.} Bxd4 {Ouchy.} 26.Qg1 {Wanting to get
my queen off the board.} Qxb2 {Yeah, I could have Qxg1, Rxg1,
Bxg1, Kxg1, but what fun is that. Right now, the My bishop is
a threat to the white queen, and the bishop queen combo is a
threat to the rook.} 27.Qc1 {Not sure what he's thinking here.} Qxa1 {I
get the rook for free, and now the queen is pinned to the king,
and has to trade. I'm left with 2 rooks and 2 bishops vs a bishop.
No contest.} 28.Qxa1 Bxa1 29.h3 c6 {getting his material off
the board, and opening up some space for my rooks.} 30.g4 cxd5 31.Bxd5
Rc2 {You shall not pass! } 32.Bg2 Be5 {Taking
away the h2 run away square} 33.Kg1 Rd8 {setting up the mate} 34.Bf1 Bh2+
{should have Rd1 first, oh well, just like me to do it the hard
way. Again, slowing down some would help.} 35.Kh1 Be4+ {Again,
Rd1. I can't believe I missed this.} 36.Bg2 Bg3 {Go ahead and
move him back and take away the squares. I'm guessing based on
his previous play that he'll just take the bishop on e4, and
i'll back row mate him anyway.} 37.Bxe4 {And he does} Rd1# {And
I do. I had 32 minutes remaining, and my opponent had 23.}   0-1

[Event "TMC 1 Day G60"]
[Site "R'Dale"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mongo"]
[Black "My Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early
Nc3}  1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 {I thought this was
interesting placement of it. Not that its bad (or good), just
interesting.} 5.Nxe4 dxe4 {The pawn structure already getting
crazy.} 6.f3 {White threatens to win material: f3xe4 (fritz)
I'm looking at freeing my knight (if exf3, Nxf3). I have used
only 1 minute off my clock so far.} Bf5 {I was suprised to see
this move as well. I'm not convinced this is the best route.} 7.g4 e6 $2
{Yeah, an out right mistake. I'm guessing black is thinking of
getting the queen to h4+ after gxf5. I think it would get awfuly
uncomfortable if that happend, so I end up H4.} 8.h4 Bxg4 {Black
is just trying to grab some material for the trapped bishop.} 9.fxg4 {At
this point i'm liking the advanced pawns on g & h - at least
if black castles kingside, which looks possible, but not definate.
I'm guessing i'm going to try to castle queen side at some point
to improve king saftey.} Nc6 10.Bb5 {I considered c3, but I figured
I should develop a piece and pin the Knight. If Qxd4, then Bxc6+,
leaves the queen hanging for free.} Qd7 {I don't think this was
blacks best move. Maybe moving the F8 bishop or even a6.} 11.Bg5 {Starting
to clear the way to the queen side, and prevent black castling
queen side for the moment.} Bg7 {Getting ready to 0-0?} 12.c3 {re-inforcing
the d pawn so I can "relax a little" as fritz would say.} h6 {What,
no bishop love?} 13.Bf6 {I'm looking at the bishop trade off
with my pawn ended on f6, and eventually having a pawn on g5
and h4.} Bxf6 {As expected.} 14.exf6 O-O-O {Rook and Queen combo
creating some possible power.} 15.Qe2 {Looking at snagging the
e4 pawn and reenforcing my white bishop.} Qd5 {protecting the
pawn} 16.Bc4 {No soup for you. I'm guessing at this point the
black queen may go to a5, making it somewhat harder/more dangerous
to castle queenside.} Qd6 {Looking at bringing the queen to g3
with check. Tho, there is not much he can do with that check
as it turns out.} 17.Qxe4 {Snagg'n the pawn. I have 51 minutes
remaining....} Qg3+ 18.Ke2 {This may or may not be the best spot,
but I did like the amount of squares controlled by the king alone.
Also, the queen is no longer a threat, even in my back ranks.} h5 {trying
to get some play for his rook to join the fray. I think that
is bad for me, and it also helps me achive what I wanted way
back when I put my bishop on F6.} 19.g5 {yeah, we don't want
to trade and let rooks come out and play, umkay?} Na5 {wasted
move?} 20.Bd3 Rhe8 {probably a pretty good move here, setting
up for some future pawn pushing badness. I have 47 min left on
my clock, black has 40.} 21.Rh3 {Fun's over, time to go now,
buh by.} Qd6 {After this move, there is some badness in store
for me. Its all about the e5 square, and opening up thte center
for his pieces.} 22.Nf3 {Finally getting the knight into the
action, and putting more pressure on the e5 square.} Nc6 {Had
he not made that knight move to a5 earlier, he'd have already
been ready for it and beat me to the punch. But since he lost
the tempo, I can avoid what he had in store. Lucky me.} 23.Ne5 {I
want to trade, and take advantage of my extra piece, but I can't
trade with the pawn, at least not yet.} Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Qd5 {He's
looking at the discovered check if I QxQ, Exd5. I see it, and
am cool with it cause I want to chop some wood.} 25.Qxd5 exd5+ {as
expected, taking d5 with discovered check.} 26.Re3 {More trades
pls sir.} Kd7 {I'm not so sure about this move, but whatever,
RxR, RxR, Kg2 and i'm ready to move my Re1 and trade his remaining
piece away.} 27.Rxe8 Rxe8+ 28.Kf2 Kd6 {I'm guessing he's getting
ready to c5 here soon.} 29.Re1 {Your piece, give it here pls} Rxe1 30.Kxe1
c5 {Exactly where I thought we'd be, and how I wanted it.} 31.dxc5+ {We
don't want him pushing it to c4, besides, after Kxc5, he can't
move forward at all, in fact he will have to move backwards!} Kxc5 32.b4+
{While I like this move, I should have just Bxg6, and prepared
to promote my f pawn. Because if fxg, then f7..f8 queen. If not,
then its just Bxf7, Bsomewhere else, f7, f8 queen. Either way,
game won. I just decided to do it the hard way....again.} Kd6 33.Kf2 {starting
to cut off the path to the h4 pawn, which is blacks only hope,
as small as it is.} Ke5 34.Kf3 {White controls pretty much then
entire 4th rank, black can not advance.} d4 {I looked at the
cxd+ route, but decided against it. Again, the hard way or no
way for me!} 35.c4 {I have 37 min left.} b6 36.a4 {Yeah, the
a & b pawns are not going anywhere anytime soon.} a5 37.bxa5 {I
could have b5, then just left the c pawn there, but i figured
the c pawn may could march down if need be.} bxa5 {Black has
25 min left.} 38.Bxg6 $1 {the death sentence (fritz) Yeah, this
was way past due. Way I saw it, he couldn't stop the f pawn from
promoting, and neither could he promote his d pawn because my
king can get there first. My soon to be promoted queen was just
insurance of that, but not required.} fxg6 39.f7 {Yeah, no stopping
that one.} d3 40.f8=Q Kd4 41.Qd6+ {It's over really, I don't
need no stinking c pawn.} Kxc4 42.Ke3 {.....and black resigned.
I had 35 min left on my clock.}   1-0

[Event "TMC 1 Day G60"]
[Site "R'Dale"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mongo"]
[Black "My Opponent""]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[BlackElo "1535"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1529"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo}  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4
Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.Nc3 Be6 {I thought this was interesting. I see
no reason not to take it. Black ends up with an open (soon to
be) rook file on F, but with doubled pawns on E.} 6.Bxe6 fxe6 7.d3 {Getting
ready to deploy the bishop or Knight to G5 and maybe get some
play. Fritz suggests Na4.} h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 8.Be3 {Trying
to trade the bishops and extend my already castled rooks power
down the F file.} Bxe3 9.fxe3 {White has new doubled pawns: e3+e4.} Nf6
{Pretty symmetrical position here. Time to shake it up a bit.} 10.d4 {I'm
sitting at 59 min left (out of 60). You could say we were playing
a little fast....} exd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Ne7 {I
thought this move was interesting. Not really something I'd have
considered because I like to advance instead of retreat, but
interesting none the less.} 14.Nd4 {I'm looking for the E6 square
with my knight. Black can't take the d5 pawn because of the Knight
for on e6. 55 minutes left on my clock. I really should slow
down a bit.} Qd7 {My opponent had 56 minutes left on his clock
at this point. We are both playing way too fast.} 15.Ne6 {White
threatens to win material: Ne6xf8. A beautiful square! (fritz)} Rfe8 $4 {gives
away a clear win (fritz). I'm not so sure about black having
a clear win, but Re8 was a big mistake.} 16.Rxf6 $1 $18 {Annihilates
a defender: f6 (fritz). And this is why its a big mistake. If
gxf6, then Qg4+ with a mate soon to follow.} Nxd5 {Another mistake.} 17.Qxd5
{Yum, another piece. I'm sitting pretty good at this point, which
is usually about the time I screw up  } Kh8 {Sees the badness,
gets the hell out of the way.} 18.Rxh6+ {I'm looking for the
mate here, I thought I saw it, but fritz suggestion is stronger
(of course). Now, the mate is there if he makes the wrong move
in a little bit, problem is he doesn't. I had considered just
retreating my rook and enjoying my big advantage which would
most likely had been a fairly easy win. I had 47 minutes left
on my clock at this point, PLENTY of time.....} gxh6 19.Qd4+ Kh7 {Any
other move (Kg8) leads to mate. Problem is, Kh7 was stronger
than I had anticipated when taking the H pawn with my rook intially.} 20.Qe4+
Kh8 21.Qd4+ {Unfortunatly, I couldn't see how to finish this
game (successfuly anyway). Fritz's Re1 was the key, but I just
didn't see it, and it is much longer and drawn out than I had
hoped for.} Kh7 $11 {Again, not seeing a safe(ish) way to finish
off this game, I offered a draw after this move (much too my
dismay at having a won game earlier). My opponent MOST EAGERLY
accepted. Time to study some more...}   1/2-1/2

[Event "TMC 1Day G60"]
[Site "R'Dale"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "My Opponent"]
[Black "Mongo"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[BlackElo "1529"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[JsCom "startply 0"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6
3 Bf4}  1.d4 d5 {I came into this game pretty much assuming I
was going to get clobbered. That being the case, I don't back
down from a fight, so it's on like donkey kong baby.} 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 Bg4
4.c4 e5 {I just didn't like the trade off and the variation that
it may bring. I thought that maybe e5 would be more interesting,
and developmental for my black bishop along the a3-f8 diagol.
This proved true in the near future.} 5.Qb3 {I'm seeing a couple
of bad things in store for me here. One, no defense on the b
pawn, an indirect attack on the f7 pawn after the c & d pawns
are removed (assuming a knight move to g or e5 was in the works.
All in all, I thought all that sucked for me.} Bxf3 {So, lets
start by removing a future attacker, and doubling some pawns.} 6.gxf3 exd4
{thinking that exd would open the king file, which may (or may
not) be good for me.} 7.cxd5 {I didn't really expect him to do
that, at least not yet. I like my response and the power it provided.}
Nb4 {pretty good square, attacking the d5 pawn, possible king
rook fork on c2 if the queen were removed, also a possible check
(maybe for future combo) on d3 assuming no pesky queen or bishop
is bearing down on it.} 8.Bd2 {White threatens to win material:
Bd2xb4 (fritz) Yeah, that didn't really worry me too much.} Qxd5 $15 {Probably
not my strongest move, but my thinking was, if Bxb4, then Qxb3,
axb3, Bxb4+, then allowing me to castle queen side and have a
rook on the d file. Alternatly, if QxQ, then NxQ and I still
have a bit of play. Also, I know my opponent is good, and will
probably use his queen to inflict much badness upon my position,
so I thought it may be good to remove her while the getting is
good. That may not be a sound plan, but hell, it was a plan.} 9.Bc4 $2 {Yeah,
he's attacking my queen, and very soon the f7 square (with check),
but I'm guessing he just overlooked my next move.} Qxf3 $19 {Well,
now he can't Bxf7 because that would drop a piece. He's also
got the H1 rook hanging and both sides of his board are more
than likely too open for his comfort.} 10.Rf1 {Honestly, I didn't
think he'd put it there. I was guessing g1 giving the king a
tad more freedom and attacking the g7 square.} a5 {guarding the
knight, so if Bxb4, then Bxb4+, Nd2, Bxd2 +, Kxd2, then some
combination of badness with my d4 pawn and castling queen side.
At least thats what i'm seeing anyway.} 11.Qa4+ $2 {kind of a wasted
move. Easy blocked with c6 (which I do next), and also a possible
fork with b5, but more importantly the key d3 square is missing
a required defender.} c6 {I'm looking at the possible fork here,
forgetting something key to what i was looking at earlier.} 12.a3 {Trying
to get my knight out of his hair. It has been a constant thorn
to white the entire time.} d3 {Yes, the move that wins the game.
Coincidentally, not the move I made. I am still freak'ing kicking
myself for missing this simple damn move. Instead, just like
a freak'n n00b, i go for the material grab with b5. Unfortunatly,
I don't have the rest of the notation, because I missed it somewhere
around this area. Suffice to say, I end up screwing the game
up a good bit later and lost. You don't get many second changes
when playing an approximatly 1900 level player. Anyway, had I
played the most awesome d3 move, the following would happen.
If White Bxd3, then Nxd3mate. If axb4, then Qe2 mate. The only
non immediate mate, is Nc3, Nc2+, Qxc2 (forced), dxc2 winning
the queen and soon the game. I am still freaking kicking myself
for missing this one. Normally, this would not happen, but it
did. I have only myself to blame at a chance lost and many rating
points that could have been. Oh well, maybe next time.}   *