Game 5725808
Okay, so I admit I wasn't completely convinced that it was going to work, but letting the e5 pawn hang worked out quite nicely for me in this game
[Event "Clan challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.12.04"]
[EndDate "2009.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "theundertaker"]
[Black "sh76"]
[WhiteRating "1793"]
[BlackRating "1905"]
[WhiteELO "1793"]
[BlackELO "1905"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "5725808"]
1. d4 Ng8f6 2. e3 g6 3. Bf1d3 Bf8g7 4. Nb1d2 O-O 5. b3 d6 6. e4 Nb8d7 7. Bc1b2 c5 8. c3 b6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d5 Nf6e8 12. Ng1f3 Ne8d6 13. g4 Nd7f6 14. h3 Rf8e8 15. c4 Bc8d7 16. Bb2xe5 Nf6xe4 17. Nd2xe4 Nd6xe4 18. Bd3xe4 Bg7xe5 19. Nf3xe5 Qd8h4 20. Ke1f1 Re8xe5 21. Qd1f3 Ra8e8 22. Ra1e1 f5 23. gxf5 Bd7xf5 24. Qf3f2 Qh4xf2 25. Kf1xf2 Re5xe4 26. Re1xe4 Re8xe4 27. Kf2f3 Re4d4 28. Kf3e2 Rd4h4 29. Ke2e3 Rh4xh3 0-1
I think the big mistake was 13. g4?
I think the lesson to be taken out is: don't expand your kingside pawns unless you've already castled queenside unless you have a compelling reason to do so.
PS: This one is definitely going on youtube one day... 🙂
