I started my club championship with a bad blunder against a player graded lower than me, as everyone else is considerably stronger than me, it could be a tough championship 🙂
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bb4 6. O-O Qe7 7. d4 {Important to block the queen check on c5 with the light squared bishop hanging, a pity I forgot this later!} Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bxf4 {I've won the bishop pair, have a better and mobile centre, and the black queen is misplaced, all for a slightly worse pawn structure, despite the later cockup, this is an excellent attacking position for white.} Bg4 10. e5 {10. Q-d3, breaking the pin and completeing my development was better. The idea behind this move was the cheap shot of an exchange ending with the black queen on e5, and my rook pinning it against the king.} dxe5 11. dxe5 {Played quickly without thinking, I should have captured back with the bishop, or better still not advanced the pawn in the first place. My light squared bishop is now hanging to the queen check on c5. In all the games I haven't won this season, and in some of the ones I have, I have overlooked a simple pawn capture, a check or a fork and fallen behind on material. Obviously this needs cutting out, so I am going to implement a blunder check every move, and mark on my scoresheet when I have completed it. I aim to check every move, though I know I won't manage it at the start, so I will keep a record in my future games of the percentage of moves I blunder check, until it reaches 100%.} Qc5+ 12. Kh1 Qxc4 {Now I'm in trouble, I'm material down and my pawns are shattered. If this goes to an endgame like this, then it is completely over. Luckily it's a kings gambit and my oponents king is still stuck in the centre, the only possible plan of action is to open lines to the enemy king, (set up a discovered attack on the queen) and hope for a mistake.} 13. exf6 Qxf4 14. Qe1+ Be6 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Qxe5 {In the expectation of winning a pawn back for the piece I'm down, and at least giving me something to play with (a kingside pawn majority).} Nxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rae1 {Black, fearing the g pawn, loses his bottle and gives me back the material i blundered earlier. 19.....Ng6 is good enough to hold onto the advantage, covering the g8 square and the pawn can be picked up later.} Rxg7 20. Rxe5 Re7 21. Rfe1 Kd7 22. g3 Kd6 23. Kg2 Rf8 24. h4 c5 25. c4 a6 26. a4 Rf6 27. R5e4 e5 28. g4 h6 29. Rb1 Kc6 30. a5 Kc7 31. Rd1 b6 32. Rd5 Rfe6 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 bxa5 35. Rxc5+ Kb6 36. Rd5 Kc6 37. Rxa5 Kb6 38. Ra1 Rg6 39. Rg4 Rc7 40. Re1 Rc5 41. Rd1 e4 42. Rb1+ Ka5 43. Rxe4 Rcxg5+ 44. Kf3 Rf6+ 45. Rf4 Re6 46. Rg4 Rf5+ 47. Rf4 Rg5 48. Rg4 Rf5+ 49. Rf4 Rg5 {draw} 1/2-1/2
