Blackmar Gambit

[Event "November 2010 Mini Banded Octet I 1850-1900"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.12.03"]
[EndDate "2011.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richard Laura"]
[Black "moon1969"]
[WhiteRating "1941"]
[BlackRating "2135"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7980779"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 {I think this is the Blackmar Gambit, which I read was refutable with careful play, and I thought as Black I could careful play and follow book in CC.} dxe4 3. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 4. f3 exf3 5. Ng1xf3 Bc8g4 6. h3 Bg4xf3 7. Qd1xf3 c6 8. Bc1e3 e6 9. Bf1d3 Nb8d7 10. O-O Bf8e7 11. Rf1f2 O-O 12. Ra1f1 Qd8a5 {I wasn't sure how I got to this point with him White having such an ominous f-file presence and the well-positioned bishop pair. I guess that is the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.} 13. Qf3g3 {White apparently setting up for his king-side attack.} Nf6h5 14. Qg3g4 Nd7f6 {I think out of book now. As Black, just trying to get my pieces into play on the king side, and also noting that my Q has some scope to the king-side.} 15. Qg4f3 g6 16. g4 Nh5g7 17. Qf3g3 Nf6d5 18. Nc3xd5 Qa5xd5 19. Qg3c7 {I think that Qc7 was a mistake for White and diffused the pressure he had on my Black K. Not sure what he should have done.} Qd5d6 20. Qc7xd6 Be7xd6 21. Rf2f3 Bd6c7 22. h4 Ra8d8 {My Black rook at f8 is stuck there. His White presence on the f-file with the double rooks is annoying. Yet, I am a pawn up. I like to refute a gambit and win with the pawn. Gratifying.} 23. c3 Rd8d7 24. Bd3c2 f5 {I think trying to relieve the pressure on the f7 square.} 25. gxf5 exf5 {Nice} 26. Bc2b3 Kg8h8 27. Be3h6 Rf8e8 28. Bh6xg7 Kh8xg7 29. h5 Re8e2 30. hxg6 hxg6 {Still a pawn up, and position improving. Though there is the drawish opposite color bishops. Yet my connected passed pawns on the king-side is nice.} 31. Rf3f2 Rd7e7 32. Rf2xe2 Re7xe2 33. Rf1f2 Re2xf2 34. Kg1xf2 {I am willing to trade because a pawn up, and even with the opposite color bishops on the board because I have the connected passed pawns,} Kg7f6 35. d5 cxd5 36. Bb3xd5 b6 37. Kf2f3 g5 38. a4 a5 39. b4 axb4 40. cxb4 Kf6e5 41. Bd5b7 Ke5f6 {As Black, playing it by feel here.} 42. Kf3g2 g4 43. Bb7c8 Kf6g5 44. Bc8b7 f4 45. Bb7e4 f3 46. Be4xf3 gxf3 47. Kg2xf3 Kg5f5 {I can get the K over in time, and with the opposition, and also just make sure to keep my b-pawn to avoid the draw.} 48. Kf3e3 Kf5e5 49. Ke3d3 Bc7d6 50. a5 b5 {Keeping the b-pawn. And my black K has position.} 51. a6 Bd6b8 {White resigns. Black can get the opposition and drive away the white K and get White's b-pawn, and do more.} 0-1

[Event "November 2010 Mini Banded Octet I 1850-1900"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2010.12.03"]
[EndDate "2010.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "moon1969"]
[Black "Richard Laura"]
[WhiteRating "2135"]
[BlackRating "1941"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "7980792"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian} 2. Ng1f3 d6 3. Bf1b5 {This is when I was doing 3.Bb5 against the Sicilian if black did 2.d6 or 2.Nc6. I started doing 3.Bb5 Rossolimo type game over 30 years ago before it was as common, just to avoid the typical book open Sicilian games, mainly to put my opponent in unfamiliar territory. I won my first regional high school tournament against the returning champion with 3.Bb5} Bc8d7 4. Qd1e2 a6 5. Bb5xd7 Qd8xd7 6. c3 Nb8c6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 {I felt good here. Feel I am doing well in the center. I do have both of my center pawns, and can ultimately challenge the open c-file.} e6 9. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 10. O-O Bf8e7 11. Bc1f4 O-O 12. Rf1d1 d5 13. e5 Nf6h5 14. Bf4e3 f5 15. Nf3e1 Qd7e8 16. f4 Ra8c8 17. Ra1c1 Qe8g6 18. Ne1d3 Nc6b4 19. Nd3xb4 Be7xb4 20. Kg1h1 {Thinking about trying to get his knight.} Bb4xc3 21. bxc3 Rc8c4 {Worried a little about my weak c3 pawn.} 22. Rd1g1 {Getting greedy thinking to get his knight.} Nh5g3 {Ouch. I resigned.} 0-1