I found this to be a rather fascinating Grand Prix Attack, played by none other than me.
It's blitz, and my rating is crap. But it has surprisingly little mistakes.
What I found especially interesting is the exchange sacrifice, and how black ruined his position by winning the exchange. This exchange also shows the power of a "Dragon Bishop", although this turned out to be deceiving. Anyhow, thought you guys might find it as interesting as I did. Any thoughts? Comments? Blunders or saving moves that you could find? f5 is definitely losing, but black is in major trouble any case...
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "CMSMaster"]
[Black "Attilanr1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1288"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.09.16"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1. e4 {1} c5 {2} 2. Nc3 {2} Nc6 {1} 3. f4 {3} g6 {3} 4. Nf3 {3} Bg7 {1} 5. Bb5
{7} a6 {2} 6. Bxc6 {1} dxc6 {1} 7. d3 {1} Bg4 {10} 8. O-O {3} e6 {3} 9. Be3 {2}
b6 {3} 10. a4 {8} Ne7 {3} 11. a5 {11} O-O {1} 12. axb6 {1} Qxb6 {2} 13. Na4 {4}
Qb5 {7} 14. b3 {7} Bxf3 {12} 15. Rxf3 {4} Bxa1 {1} 16. Qxa1 {5} Rfe8 {25} 17.
Nxc5 {2} f5 {5} 18. Nxe6 {5} fxe4 {8} 19. Qg7# {(Lag: Av=0.29s, max=0.4s) 2}
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You played well, but Black made several mistakes:
- 6 .... dxc6 is wrong. He should have played bxc6, which would support a later d5
- Why does he let you play 11. a5 follwed by 12. axb6 ruining his queen side pawn structure?
- The exchange sac, giving up the bishop for your rook is really bad, because your queen recaptures taking the diagonal, and your black squared bishop is still on the board. This might be enough to lose the game right there.
- his f5 is also terrible, allowing you to get in the knight to e6 setting up mate in one which he does not see...
This is not to take away from your play. You did well, taking advantage of black's poor moves.
Originally posted by kubuntuNot mate in one, Kf7, although mate follows quickly.
You played well, but Black made several mistakes:
- 6 .... dxc6 is wrong. He should have played bxc6, which would support a later d5
- Why does he let you play 11. a5 follwed by 12. axb6 ruining his queen side pawn structure?
- The exchange sac, giving up the bishop for your rook is really bad, because your queen recaptures taking the diagonal, and you ...[text shortened]... This is not to take away from your play. You did well, taking advantage of black's poor moves.