Here's a test from a ridiculous game I played in the last round of a tournament. Interestingly, it gives my comments, but leaves out the variations.
My OTB play is such that my team mates or club mates are always nervous, because I blunder and swindle with unsettling frequency and drama.
[Event "Orlando Autumn Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paul Leggett"]
[Black "Bruce Kutikoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 {Komodo 8 already thinks black is on the better side of equal. Whatever.} 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. e4 d4
8. Nc4 O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Ncxe5 $4 {Sometime in mid-summer I quit calculating in favor of "Oh, this looks OK", with the expected results.} Bxe5 $19 {Of course. I realized my mistake before Bruce played this, and after my anger subsided, I just decided to pretend like I had sacrificed a piece and play on until the position became untenable, and then go home and contemplate chess retirement.} 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nc6 13. f5 Bc8 14. Bf4 Re8 15. g4 {As I played this move, I remembered the game H. Danielsen- T. Luther, Petermaennchen GM 1999, where Danielsen won with a kingside pawn storm and his queen, where the number of pieces on the board did not matter for some time. I used the game as inspiration.} Nh7 16. Qe1 Ne5
17. Qg3 Qf6 18. h4 Qe7 {Black is still better, but I have made progress. GM Lars Bo Hansen taught me about the "Tal Assault Ratio" in his lectures and writings, and the idea starts to gain traction in the position.} 19. g5 h5
20. Bh3 f6 {Bruce thought this would bottle things up, but it did tend to make my attack planning a little easier, as there were fewer lines and dynamics to consider.} 21. g6 Nf8 22. Bg2 Nfd7 23. Bf3 {White is going to pick up the h-pawn with a continuing attack.} Nxf3+ {A bad exchange, after which Komodo 8 considers the position equal.} 24. Qxf3 Nf8 25. Qxh5 c5 26. Qf3 c4 27. h5 {In my mind I was still a piece down and playing with house money, so I just let the queenside go and focused on creating kingside pressure. The dark squared bishop on f4 is a monster, holding the white position together.} Nd7 28. Rf2 Ne5 29. Qh1 {I played this because I wanted to stay on the h-file, but h3 was in the line of the c8 bishop and left the black knight free rein to snag the g6 pawn. Komodo is not a big fan, though.} cxd3 (29... Ng4 30. h6 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 cxd3 32. hxg7 Qxg7
33. cxd3 Qh8 34. Qf3 Qh4+ 35. Bg3 Qg5 36. Bf4 Qh4+ $11) 30. h6 dxc2
31. hxg7 Qxg7 32. Rh2 Nxg6 $1 33. Rg2 $5 {I thought this was a finesse, but "Not so fast!", says my silicon Sancho Panza.} (33. Bh6 Qe7 34. Qg2 {and the rest are non-intuitive moves that I am sure Bruce and I would both have missed.}) 33...Kf7 {Students of GM Hansen know this as the "run from the bully" defense,
but the pawn on f5 and the bishop on f4 keep this from being an effective
method.} (33... Nxf4 {is better, as Bruce and I discussed after the game.}) 34. Rxg6 Qh8 35. Rh6 Qg8+ 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Rh7+ {I think it was only here
that Bruce realized that the d8 square was not a haven.} Qf7 (37... Kd8
38.Bc7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Bh6# {Bruce called this an interesting game. That's probably true, even though it is rife with errors. It is curious that most of the game occurred on the f-, g-, and h-files!} 1-0
19 Mar '15 20:08
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