Defeat from the jaws of Victory

1. e4 d5 2. f3 f5 3. b3 fxe4 4. Nb1c3 Ng8f6 5. d3 Nb8c6 6. fxe4 dxe4 {poor pawn structure all round} 7. Nc3xe4 Bc8g4 8. Bf1e2 e5 {things start to go wrong for black} 9. Be2xg4 Nf6xg4 10. Qd1xg4 {Simple stuff from white and they're a piece up} Qd8d4 11. Ra1b1 h5 12. Qg4g6 Ke8d8 13. Ng1f3 Qd4b4 14. Bc1d2 Rh8h6 15. Bd2xb4 {White's turn to not think two moves ahead} Bf8xb4 16. Nf3d2 Rh6xg6 {and we're back to all square} 17. O-O Kd8e7 18. Nd2c4 Ra8f8 19. Rf1xf8 Ke7e6 {?!} 20. Rb1f1 Nc6d4 21. Rf8e8 Ke6d7 22. Nc4xe5 Kd7xe8 {Takes the rook at the second time of asking} 23. Ne5xg6 b5 24. Ne4g5 Nd4xc2 25. Ng5e6 Ke8d7 26. Ne6xg7 Nc2e3 27. Rf1f7 Kd7c6 28. Ng7xh5 Ne3g4 29. d4 Kc6d5 30. Rf7d7 Kd5e6 31. Rd7xc7 Bb4d6 32. Rc7xa7 {How many of you would have resigned here?} Ke6d5 33. Ng6e5 Ng4xe5 34. Ra7a5 {dxe5?} Kd5xd4 35. Ra5xb5 Bd6c5 36. h4 Ne5d3 37. a4 Kd4c3 38. Kg1f1 Kc3d2 39. a5 {Alarm bells... the king's flight squares are limited, g4 is better} Bc5e3 40. a6 Nd3f2 41. Rb5b7 Nf2g4 42. a7 {even here Rd7+ or g3 would make it a routine win for white. Instead white wants a queen asap} Ng4h2 {but instead it is a quite amazing smash and grab from black, you couldn't make it up} 0-1

[Event "Clan challenge"] [Site "http://www.timeforchess.com"] [Date "2011.12.20"] [EndDate "2012.01.08"] [Round "?"] [White "oldwoodpusher"] [Black "robbie carrobie"] [WhiteRating "1810"] [BlackRating "1753"] [WhiteElo "1810"] [BlackElo "1753"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "8932471"] 1. d4 Ng8f6 2. Ng1f3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Bf1d3 Bc8a6 5. c4 d5 6. b3 c5 7. O-O Bf8e7 8. Bc1b2 dxc4 9. bxc4 Nb8d7 10. Nb1d2 Ba6b7 11. Qd1c2 Qd8c7 12. Rf1d1 Ra8c8 13. Ra1c1 O-O 14. e4 g6 15. d5 e5 16. Nd2f1 Nf6e8 17. Nf1e3 Be7f6 18. a4 Ne8d6 19. h3 Bf6g7 20. Nf3h2 Rc8e8 21. Rd1f1 Bb7c8 22. f3 Nd7f6 23. Nh2g4 Nf6h5 24. Kg1h2 Nh5f4 25. g3 Nf4xd3 26. Qc2xd3 h5 27. Ng4f2 Bc8d7 28. Rc1a1 Qc7c8 29. g4 h4 30. Ne3g2 g5 31. Ng2e3 a6 32. Ne3f5 Qc8b8 33. Rf1b1 Bd7xf5 34. gxf5 Nd6xf5 35. Kh2g2 Nf5d4 36. Bb2a3 Qb8c7 37. Rb1b2 Re8b8 38. Ra1b1 Rb8b7 39. Qd3e3 f6 40. Nf2d3 Rf8b8 41. a5 Bg7f8 42. Qe3d2 Bf8d6 43. axb6 Rb7xb6 44. Rb2xb6 Rb8xb6 45. Rb1b2 Qc7b7 46. Rb2xb6 Qb7xb6 47. Qd2b2 Qb6xb2 48. Nd3xb2 Kg8g7 49. Nb2a4 Nd4b3 50. Kg2f2 Kg7g6 51. Kf2e3 f5 52. exf5 Kg6xf5 53. Na4c3 Nb3a5 54. Ke3d3 Kf5f4 55. Nc3e4 Na5b7 56. Ne4xd6 Nb7xd6 57. Ba3xc5 Nd6b7 58. Bc5e3 Kf4xf3 59. c5 e4 60. Kd3d2 g4 61. c6 Nb7d6 62. Be3c5 g3 63. Bc5xd6 Kf3f2 64. Bd6c5 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf1d3 Nb8c6 5. c3 Qd8c7 6. Ng1f3 Bc8g4 7. h3 Bg4h5 8. O-O e6 9. Bd3e2 Bf8d6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Be2xc4 Ng8f6 12. Bc4e2 O-O 13. Bc1e3 Rf8d8 14. Nb1c3 Bd6e7 15. Qd1c2 Bh5xf3 16. Be2xf3 Nc6xd4 17. Be3xd4 Rd8xd4 18. Ra1c1 Ra8d8 19. Nc3b5 Qc7xc2 20. Rc1xc2 Rd4d2 21. Rf1c1 a6 22. Nb5a3 Be7xa3 23. bxa3 Rd2xc2 24. Rc1xc2 b6 25. Bf3b7 a5 26. Rc2c6 Nf6d7 27. Bb7a6 Kg8f8 28. f4 Kf8e7 29. Kg1f2 Rd8b8 30. Rc6c8 {in hindsight, oops} Rb8xc8 31. Ba6xc8 Nd7c5 0-1