Confessions of a Patzer

[Event "rated blitz match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2012.07.25"] [Round "?"] [White "robbie_1969"] [Black "Szym"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A15"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [TimeControl "600"] 1. c4 {As a Scotsman i have natural reservations about this opening ever since William Wallace was led away to captivity, but that was like 500 years ago, but still, sigh, oh well, the plan is clear, I will play, 1.c4, g3, Bg2, Nc3 if allowed and see what black is up to} Nf6 {keeping ones options open, i expected ..e5, ..Bc5 and ..Qf6 as the players at my measly level are sometimes want to play} 2. g3 {such a cunning plan} e6 {hmmm, my opponent wishes to contest my evil domination of d5 and put waste to my cunning plan, how, intwesting Meester Bond} 3. Bg2 {I swish my cloak around me and cackle at the devlish cunningness, everything is going to plan, i am not being mated on f2! which is good for me} c5 {hmmm, a kind of delayed symmetrical variation, my opponent wants the d4 and the d5 squares, how ambitious} 4. Nc3 {the sturdy steed is safe from any ...Bb4 ideas, exchanging him off for some measly kings bishop! I am expecting . . .d5 to come any second} Nc6 {no ...d5, how vewy vewy intwesting, the dirty rotten scoundrel, he is messing with my sensibilities keeping all options open, will I play e3 to contest the d4 square, why should I react to his plans, Jeremy Silman said its bad, do your own thing} 5. Nf3 Rb8 {hmm, what is my opponent concerned with? is he planing . . .b6 and ...Bb7, what about ...d5, what's wrong with ...d5} 6. O-O Be7 {ok, thats it, no ...d5 for you} 7. e4 {evah evah evah ! Ok the f3 knight is not ideally placed for this Botvinnik type system it should be on e2 to facilitate the advance of the f pawn, but there is no hungry bishop on g4, but he has gone too far by refusing to play ...d5} Ne5 8. b3 Nd3 {excuse me! waiter! there is a knight in my position, what the heck is it doing there sir} 9. Qe2 Nxc1 10. Raxc1 { ok, i have no idea what the point of that was, but it happened never the less.} a6 {my good man, i had no intention of coming to b5, I have bigger fish than that to fry! like the d4 square for example} 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 {yum yum, no d4 square for you} Bb4 {sigh, such one move attacks, when I move my knight, this bishop is getting it for its impunity and blatant disregard for my majesty!} 13. Nb1 e5 {sigh another one move wonder} 14. Nf5 O-O 15. a3 Bc5 {is that square really safe? is it} 16. b4 Ba7 {and now i have not only the d4 square, but the more juicier, d6 square! from which my trusty steed shall be intolerable} 17. Nd6 b5 {freaking out} 18. c5 {isn't that cosy, everything looks so aesthetically pleasing and I have a warm glowing feeling like sitting beside a fire sipping malt whiskey on a winters evening} a5 {a fly buzzing around my Chardonnay} 19. Nc3 axb4 20. axb4 Bb7 21. Ncxb5 {nom nom nom, back of the net kidz} Bc6 22. Nxa7 Ba4 {what is this, my opponent is giving me the chance to blunder and play ...Ra1, naturally the move is b5, but as a patzer of the lowest order, i must oblige!} 23. Ra1 {what the heck was I thinking, i dunno} Rxb4 {gulp, that rook sure looks hungry} 24. Rfb1 {ok, i confess, i couldn't think of anything else} Rxb1+ 25. Rxb1 Qa5 {it looks roasty toasty for my knight, but there is a single square which saves him} 26. Nac8 Qxc5 {and now my dear friends, pause for a moment, check all checks, check those yellow sticky notes on your monitor and you will easily find the combination} 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxf7+ {take me, take me!} Rxf7 29. Rb8+ Ng8 30. Rxg8# {tada! bah ching! ching! thanks for putting up with these annotations - kind regards Robbie} *