Hi Number 1,
I remember it well, it is on page 2 of
Thread 133847.
After White's third move you said::
"Never cared for all that memorization required to play the Lopez; the Scotch has given me great results."
I replied:
"Try playing an opening you have never played before by 'feel'. I think most of you
will be surprised at what you do know and infact the less you know sometimes the
better you can play. Fresh eyes, new positions, mind on full alert.
Trust yourself.
Most chess players are better than what we think we are, and yet
these same chess players are not as good as what we think we are.
(hey that is not too bad, quite deep, I'll use that again.)"
.......and I just have!
Here is the again, I've added the notes inside the game, I don't think we could that back in 2010.
Number one is White.
[Event "NYS Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kevin J. Brown"]
[Black "Alexander Wei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1598"]
[Annotator "ESQ,KJB"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Never cared for all that memorization required to play the Lopez; the Scotch has given me great results.} 3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 {The Blumenfeld Variation. In Emms Scotch book, he says it's "worth a punt" and I had won a game last year using it. My opponent was absolutely puzzled by it and used a ton of time in the opening.} 6... Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qxe4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxh1 11. Qd6 Nge7 {Up to here the game had followed the one Emms gave in the Scotch Game - Kritz v. Hohler, Triesen 2005. Here Hohler played Nf6 but there are a few games with Ne7.} 12. Nd2 Qxh2 {I knew he would pawn grab.} 13. O-O-O {This is a novelty but looks stronger than the immediate Qc7+ played in Berek v. Sosovicka, Bratislava, 2010.} 13... Qh6 14. Qc7+ Ke8 {I think Black should be cooked after this; maybe Nf5 is better.} 15. Nc4 Kf8 16. Bg2 {I spent 27 minutes on this move (my first significant time used), but I'm not sure why - it seems an obvious attempt to strip a crucial defending piece.} 16... Qe6 {Not good, but it looks like White wins a piece no matter what.} 17. Bxc6 g6 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 {As good as anything} 19. Rxd7 {Up a piece and only needing to free the Knight on a8.} 19... Nc6 20. Nd2 {Which I miss! How could I not see Qd6+? The Queen exchange is forced and after 21 Nxd6 Ne5 22 Rd8+ or Rxb7 Black can resign.} 20... Kg7 {My opponent actually offered a draw here. It was the third day of a tough tournament, I had no chance of winning prize money, the game was three hours old already and it was a beautiful Labor Day outside. I cashed my chips and accepted the draw}