Annotating your own games...

[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
[Date "2011.01.14"]
[EndDate "2011.02.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GraemeK"]
[Black "tgun77"]
[WhiteRating "1380"]
[BlackRating "1308"]
[WhiteELO "1380"]
[BlackELO "1308"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "8096328"]

{Experiment with RHP annotations.} 1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 d6 3. Bf1b5 {According to the internet, d6 Brings Phillidor's defence. I fancied seeing what my opponent would do if I put him in check... Would he push a pawn, move his knight or bishop?} Bc8d7 4. Bb5xd7 Nb8xd7 {A bishop was moved to bring the king out of check. I didn't want to retreat my bishop and make a second move with a piece so decided to swap bishops. Another option might have been Nc3.} 5. d3 {Simply allowing my bishop to be developed.} h6 {A too pre-emptive move?} 6. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 7. O-O Bf8e7 8. d4 {? Perhaps I should have developed my bishop first before pushing this pawn a second time. I was interested in creating some excitement in the game. What better way than to probe the centre?} exd4 9. Nf3xd4 {I thought that this exchange allows my knight to be more active and I have some centre space on the board. This is easily mitigated by pushing c5. I believed that black had some issues with his development, as his bishop is walled in and I like the space I have at this point in the game. If only I could blockade his pawn on d6 somehow.} O-O 10. Rf1e1 {Creating an extra defender for e5. Might allow for a future push and allow my c3 knight to move. I really need to develop that bishop!} c5 11. Nd4f5 a6 {Stopping Nb5. I was more considering Nd5 at some point.} 12. Nc3d5 Nf6xd5 13. Qd1xd5 {Moving Nd5 hemmed in bishop some more. It was a good outpost for my knight. I wasn't too worried about the exchange as it gave me the option to move my queen aggressively. Retrospectively I should have found a way to keep my knight permanently on d5 as it was a perfect outpost. I really should bring my bishop into play here.} b6 14. Bc1f4 {Not sure where the best square for the bishop was so bring it to f4. Perhaps black could be induced to break up his pawn structure some more.} Nd7f6 15. Nf5xe7 {?! Perhaps swapping a good knight for a bad bishop. I wanted to buy some space and simplify the position for myself a bit.} Qd8xe7 16. Qd5xd6 Qe7xd6 17. Bf4xd6 {Won a pawn and cleared some space for my bishop to zip around the board. I am never sure whether I should really try to swap the ladies off, but I felt it gave me an advantage so I did.} Rf8e8 18. e5 Nf6d5 19. c4 Nd5f4 20. Ra1d1 {Seemed like a logical place for the rook, but perhaps I should have kept it queenside to help the pawns up the board?} Nf4e6 21. b4 cxb4 22. Bd6xb4 a5 23. Bb4c3 Ra8c8 24. Re1e4 {I was starting to think I had tied myself up a bit with some bad pawn moves. Now I was being forced to defend my pawns, and being put on the defensive.} Ne6c5 25. Re4g4 Nc5a4 26. Bc3a1 {Tucking the bishop away for long range attack - I was actually quite proud of this bishop and his diagonal. Silly really. Small pleasures.} Na4c5 27. Rd1d6 {Trying to get on the offensive a bit.} Nc5a4 28. Rd6xh6 {I was just trying to gobble a pawn here - I realized that I would likely exchange the rook, but I knew if I could eat some material I would stand a better chance of a win.} Re8e6 29. Rh6xe6 fxe6 {Part of the gobbling idea was to destroy the pawn bunker behind which the king was protected. It worked!} 30. Kg1f1 Na4c5 31. Kf1e2 Nc5d7 32. Ke2d3 Rc8d8 33. Kd3c2 {Not sure where my king is running too here - but I am usually guilty of not moving my king early enough. I decided to bring him into the game, perhaps a little too soon?} Nd7c5 34. Rg4d4 Rd8f8 35. f3 Rf8f5 36. Rd4d6 {Trying to get on the offensive again!} Rf5xe5 {?? Ouch! Long range bishop did exactly what I hoped he would do - just sit tight and hope that my opponent wouldn't notice him. :-)} 37. Ba1xe5 Kg8f7 38. Rd6xb6 Nc5d7 39. Rb6b7 Kf7e8 40. Be5xg7 {Just trying to gobble material.} e5 41. h4 {Start running a pawn up the board.} Nd7c5 42. h5 {?? What was I doing? That was a brain fart if ever I saw one! I didn't check for possible attacks - I just moved the pawn... that's a swift reminder!} Nc5e6 {I think I just got a get out of jail for free card. I couldn't believe I didn't lose my rook. I can't see any reason why my opponent shouldn't have taken it...} 43. Bg7xe5 Ke8f8 44. h6 Ne6g5 45. h7 Ng5xh7 46. Rb7xh7 Kf8g8 47. Rh7a7 1-0