Andorra (4)

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Ne2 Ng4 5. f4 c5 {5. …Nc6 gives advantage; I simply forgot all my “preparations”:: altzheimer or/and MPS as with president Bartlet in West Wing; but according to that West Wing series, chess is a good remedy and prevention. I should play more chess before OTB tournaments.} 6. h3 Nh6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d3 {Natural but gives Black advantage. Better was either g4 or Kf2.} Qd5 {Now I had chance to play Nf5 and then place my Knight on e3, temporarily sacrificing Pawn. I was thinking of Ne3 during the game but petit burgoise as I am, it was hard to me to kiss my Pawn good bye.} 9. Ng3 {I was expecting 9. c4 and it really was better. In that case I would return my Queen on d8.} f6 10. exf6 {Mistake.} gxf6 11. Ne4 Bd7 {Better was Bf5.} 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. g3 Bg7 14. Bg2 b6 {?; I spent 20 minutes on this move, because I was seeing ghosts in form of Knight-jumps and terrible Bg2 threatening my Queen. I could play Nf5 right away.} 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. g4 Nd6 {?? Blunder; non of us saw this; now White had Nxf6! and Ne5; I had to play 16. …Ne3 “with complications and little advantage”, which was light-motiff in this game.} 17.Nh4 Qf7 18. Nxd6 exd6 19. O-O h5 {I had to play this. I felt like well adjusted bookish type in fist fight n Western film saloon. It felt so good. Bunch of kids, astenic amateurs with big bellies, old buggers with kanes, kids with their ambitious-attentive-possesive-irritating parents, ticking clocks, few professionals with high rating but absolutelly no joy in their game – typical composition of an open chess festival. Delightful. And few chicks and grandmothers, of course, and few players’ girlfriends walking around in starlette-like dresses. Chess players as a rule don’t have hot chicks as girlfiends, it’s always one per such open tournament… But, let us return to chess – this …h5 isn’t the best move.} 20. g5 {Of course. What was I thinking?!} Rde8 21. Qf2 fxg5 22. fxg5 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 {All of the sudden – I lost my mojo, and I didn’t like my position any more. What happened?! I dunno. Now, I had to play …Ne7 and just make waiting moves hoping for a draw. I felt however I must play “active” which was wrong.} Rhf8 24. Raf1 Ne5 {??} 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Rf8 {Best chance was 27. …c4. I now felt like I defeated myself. White didn’t even had to make serious effort to get a point, during the game he gave an impression of uninterested absent-minded player. Maybe this was something with me:: bad breath, too much farting? Or again Pampliage person, famous ventriloquist, sitting next to my opponent who often casted terrified glances toward him. Pampliaga looks like Walter Matthau without a wig, he is 82 year-old veteran and my destiny -> he always gets the table next to me but sits across to me.} 28. Rxf8 Bxf8 29. h4 Kd8 30. Be2 Ng6 31. Bg3 Ke7 32. Bf3 Bg7 33. Bxh5 Be5 34. Kg2 Nf4 {Oh, different-coloured Bishops, will you help me, please? No, we won’t, dummy, don’t you see he’s got chained Pawns?!} 35. Bxf4 Bxf4 36. Kf3 Bc1 37. b3 d5 38. Bg6 Bd2 39. Kg4 Kf8 40. h5 b5 41. h6 a5 42. Bf5 c4 43. Kh5 cxb3 44. cxb3 K7 45. g6 Kg8 {No goody, my friend. No goody. You should try selling pancakes, my friend.}

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Ng4 5. f4 c5 {5. …Nc6 gives advantage; I simply forgot all my “preparations”:: altzheimer or/and MPS as with president Bartlet in West Wing; but according to that West Wing series, chess is a good remedy and prevention. I should play more chess before OTB tournaments.} 6. h3 Nh6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d3 {Natural but gives Black advantage. Better was either g4 or Kf2.} 8... Qd5 {Now I had chance to play Nf5 and then place my Knight on e3, temporarily sacrificing Pawn. I was thinking of Ne3 during the game but petit burgoise as I am, it was hard to me to kiss my Pawn good bye.} 9. Ng3 {I was expecting 9. c4 and it really was better. In that case I would return my Queen on d8.} 9... f6 10. exf6 {Mistake.} 10... gxf6 11. Ne4 Bd7 {Better was Bf5.} 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. g3 Bg7 14. Bg2 b6 {?; I spent 20 minutes on this move, because I was seeing ghosts in form of Knight-jumps and terrible Bg2 threatening my Queen. I could play Nf5 right away.} 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. g4 Nd6 {?? Blunder; non of us saw this; now White had Nxf6! and Ne5; I had to play 16. …Ne3 “with complications and little advantage”, which was light-motiff in this game.} 17. Nh4 Qf7 18. Nxd6+ exd6 19. O-O h5 {I had to play this. I felt like well adjusted bookish type in fist fight n Western film saloon. It felt so good. Bunch of kids, astenic amateurs with big bellies, old buggers with kanes, kids with their ambitious-attentive-possesive-irritating parents, ticking clocks, few professionals with high rating but absolutelly no joy in their game – typical composition of an open chess festival. Delightful. And few chicks and grandmothers, of course, and few players’ girlfriends walking around in starlette-like dresses. Chess players as a rule don’t have hot chicks as girlfiends, it’s always one per such open tournament… But, let us return to chess – this …h5 isn’t the best move.} 20. g5 {Of course. What was I thinking?!} 20... Rde8 21. Qf2 fxg5 22. fxg5 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 {All of the sudden – I lost my mojo, and I didn’t like my position any more. What happened?! I dunno. Now, I had to play …Ne7 and just make waiting moves hoping for a draw. I felt however I must play “active” which was wrong.} 23... Rhf8 24. Raf1 Ne5 $4 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Rf8 {Best chance was 27. …c4. I now felt like I defeated myself. White didn’t even had to make serious effort to get a point, during the game he gave an impression of uninterested absent-minded player. Maybe this was something with me:: bad breath, too much farting? Or again Pampliage person, famous ventriloquist, sitting next to my opponent who often casted terrified glances toward him. Pampliaga looks like Walter Matthau without a wig, he is 82 year-old veteran and my destiny -> he always gets the table next to me but sits across to me.} 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. h4 Kd8 30. Be1 Ng6 31. Bg3 Ke7 32. Bf3 Bg7 33. Bxh5 Be5 34. Kg2 Nf4+ {Oh, different-coloured Bishops, will you help me, please? No, we won’t, dummy, don’t you see he’s got chained Pawns?!} 35. Bxf4 Bxf4 36. Kf3 Bc1 37. b3 d5 38. Bg6 Bd2 39. Kg4 Kf8 40. h5 b5 41. h6 a5 42. Bf5 c4 43. Kh5 cxb3 44. cxb3 Kf7 45. g6+ Kg8 {No goody, my friend. No goody. You should try selling pancakes, my friend.}