A pretty nice (annotated) game.

Game 4386740

[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2007.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ih8sens"]
[Black "ivan2908"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. h4
Nc6 9. g4 {Last mainline move. Perfectly playable though.} Qd7 {
Fritz suggests - Qb6} 10. h5 e6 11. g5?! Nxh5 12. f4 Nxd4 {Nxf4! Is better.}
13. Bxd4 {Again, Nxf4 is better.} Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxf4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Nd5= 17. O-O-O Re8?? {f6 is manditory.} 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Nxh7+ Kg8? {Moving into mate.} 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7 1-0

Lesson to learn: Don't skimp on tactics!

wow. your annotation really made everything perfectly clear.

Originally posted by wormwood
wow. your annotation really made everything perfectly clear.

i detect a hint of sarcasm 🙂.

Here's the story anyways...

ivan asked me to play an unrated game as practice for him and then annotate it afterwards.. so we chatted a lot in game and then i wrote up a quick annotation. emphasis on quick apparently 😛

anyways the game is a nice one to look at whether you like the annotation or not.. it was a tactical game and the moves were pretty obvious.

Don't shoot the good samaritan 🙂.

would 8...d5 of been any better?

Originally posted by jonrothwell
would 8...d5 of been any better?

fritz plays it although I'm not sure I like the move...

wow, i picked a fritz move! cheers for reply.

Originally posted by jonrothwell
would 8...d5 of been any better?

where would you put the knight on f6 after ...d5 9.e5?

Game 4410071

This game is nicer.. that first game sucks 😛.

e8 then c7 probably.

Originally posted by jonrothwell
e8 then c7 probably.

f4 and it looks like close to a lost game. white has a huge lead in development, the pawn storm is half way through, black is cramped and has not even started the counter-attack. a sitting duck waiting to become shot.

Originally posted by ih8sens
Game 4410071

This game is nicer.. that first game sucks 😛.

Sorry to tell you this Matt but if Black had played 25...Ka7 then Black is clearly better I think!! Also I think 23...Qc5+ is more accurate however I don't know if it makes much difference to the position.

Amazing though that both players played well known book moves all the way to move 25!!!

Originally posted by najdorfslayer
... Amazing though that both players played well known book moves all the way to move 25!!!

I don't get it. Well-known book moves should never come as a surprise in a correspondence game, right?

Originally posted by ih8sens
Game 4386740

[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2007.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ih8sens"]
[Black "ivan2908"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. h4
Nc6 9. g4 {Last mainline move. Perfectly playable though. ...[text shortened]... e.} 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7 1-0

Lesson to learn: Don't skimp on tactics!

What a pathetic demonstration of black's most awesome defense. Just a bad game.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
What a pathetic demonstration of black's most awesome defense. Just a bad game.

With a 1200 rating I guess you know pathetic only too intimately 😉

Originally posted by scandium
With a 1200 rating I guess you know pathetic only too intimately 😉

Yes, that would be totally true. I hope the wink indicates that you did look through the second half of that graph.