This has been the most fun game in my queue for the past couple of weeks. It was a lot of fun figuring out how to convert the queen-for-rooks exchange into a win without letting a tactic slip by.
All critiques are welcome!
Header
EVENT
Clan challenge
SITE
http://www.redhotpawn.com
DATE
2010.12.17
ROUND
?
WHITE
EinZweiDrei
BLACK
MikeKoplitz
RESULT
1-0
WHITEELO
1769
BLACKELO
1604
PGN
[Event "Clan challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2010.12.17"] [EndDate "2011.03.28"] [Round "?"] [White "EinZweiDrei"] [Black "MikeKoplitz"] [WhiteRating "1769"] [BlackRating "1604"] [WhiteELO "1769"] [BlackELO "1604"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "8018173"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Ng8f6 3. d4 Bc8g4 4. Bf1e2 Bg4xe2 5. Qd1xe2 Qd8xd5 6. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 7. c4 Qd5d7 8. Bc1e3 e6 9. Nb1c3 Bf8b4 10. Ra1c1 Nf6e4 11. O-O Ne4xc3 12. bxc3 Bb4e7 13. Rc1b1 Ra8b8 14. Rf1d1 O-O 15. Rb1b3 Nc6a5 16. Rb3b2 Be7a3 17. Rb2b1 Ba3e7 18. Nf3e5 Qd7a4 19. c5 f6 20. Ne5f3 b6 21. Be3f4 Qa4d7 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rd1e1 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Bf4xe5 Be7c5 26. Rb1d1 Qd7f5 27. Be5xc7 Rb8e8 28. Qe2xe8 {Sure, probably there are other ways, but this was fun.} Rf8xe8 29. Re1xe8 Kg8f7 30. Re8e5 {Chasing away the cavalry.} Qf5c2 31. Rd1d2 Qc2c1 32. Re5e1 Qc1xc3 33. Bc7e5 Qc3c4 34. Rd2d7 Kf7g6 35. Rd7xg7 Kg6h6 36. g4 Qc4xa2 37. g5 Kh6h5 38. Rg7xh7 Kh5g4 39. Rh7h4 {The knight is poisoned, so this is fine.} Kg4f5 40. Rh4f4 Kf5e6 41. Nf3d4 {Defends f2. Gotta watch for cheapos.} Ke6d5 42. g6 {Threatens to revive the White Queen.} Qa2d2 43. Re1e4 {Ties up the last loose end. The g-pawn will decide.} 1-0
Nothing special. At the end my opponent underestimates the effect of having his rook pinned to his king, and the effect it has on the moves that were to follow but did not happen.
The most binding of binds I ever was able to pull off! He would have been better off if he had left the rook where the knight could take but he tried to save it and lost the game shortly after.
Not without its blunders, but luckily my opponent returned the favour, allowing me to regain the positional advantage I had got in the opening, convert it into a passed pawn or two (and blunder one away...), and Bob's your somewhat felicitous uncle.
