20 Oct '12 07:27>
2 AM Chess ... (The real fun starts about move 25.)
EVENT | ICS rated blitz match |
SITE | freechess.org |
DATE | 2012.10.20 |
ROUND | - |
WHITE | paulbuchman |
BLACK | dagoo |
RESULT | 1-0 |
WHITEELO | 2011 |
BLACKELO | 1900 |
[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "dagoo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 {Yuck ... The MacCutcheon is mostly fun for black. Let's ham it up a little.} 5.Bd3 {I smell bacon.} h6 {At least he didn't play c5. I feel better now.} 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e5 Qd8 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 {More ham ... Bxc3+ looks great, but maybe I can make something wild out of it.} Nc6 10.O-O Bxc5 {I'd still probably take on c3 and play Qa5.} 11.Ne2 a6 {Way to slow ... White's dream is to make an outpost square on d4. Black should remove any such notions with f6 as soon as possible.} 12.c3 b5 13.Re1 O-O 14.Ned4 {With an ideal tempo on c6!}
Bb7 15.Rc1 {Standard tricks here ... Bb1/Qd3/Qh7 mate} Rc8 16.Bb1 Ne7 17.Qd3 Ng6 {White to move and win ... Yep, I missed it.} 18.h4 {? I should have taken on e6. Duh ... Late night chess is for fun only, I guess.} Re8 19.h5 Nf8 {Now, he's snug as a bug in a rug. The whole kingside "attack" must be restarted.} 20.Rcd1 b4
21.Re3 {Forget the structure, move the castle to the kingside! on the double!} bxc3 22.bxc3 Qa5 {If black had a threat, he'd be dangerous.} 23.Nh2 {Rook to the kingside ... on the double!} Bxd4 24.cxd4 Bc6 25.Rg3 {Feel better now} Ba4 {D'oh! I had all my pieces ready for the go, and now he uncoordinates them. Here, I decdied to gamble and just go for it.} 26.Ng4 {Loading Torpedo ...}
Bxd1 {This turns out to be a losing blunder! I'm as surprised as you are.} 27.Nxh6+ {Fire} Kh8 28.Nxf7+ {I saw the perpetual and wondered if there was more.} Kg8 29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.Nf7+ Kg8 {At this point, I used 9 of my last 39 seconds and decided to go for it.} 31.h6 {The cute mate Kxf7 32.Rxg7 got my attention. I'm down material and position. I might as well throw time odds into the mix. Can this be won with 30 seconds?} Qe1+ 32.Kh2 g6 {They'll be none of that.} 33.Rxg6+ Nxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 {So where's my mate? Actually, it's 35.Qg7+ Ke7 36.Nd6+ Ke8 37.Nb7 ... missed that last check on b7!} 35.Qf6 {Luckily, this mates too, but it has more variations. ... Just what you'd want with seconds on the clock ...} Bh5 36.h7 {He's dead meat, but there are a lot of spite checks in the position.} Qxb1 {Hurray!} 37.h8=Q# {With 8 seconds to spare!!! After 26. ... Bxd1, I believe white mates by force in all variations! I lucked into another great variation.} 1-0
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "dagoo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 {Yuck ... The MacCutcheon is mostly fun for black. Let's ham it up a little.} 5.Bd3 {I smell bacon.} h6 {At least he didn't play c5. I feel better now.} 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e5 Qd8 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 {More ham ... Bxc3+ looks great, but maybe I can make something wild out of it.} Nc6 10.O-O Bxc5 {I'd still probably take on c3 and play Qa5.} 11.Ne2 a6 {Way to slow ... White's dream is to make an outpost square on d4. Black should remove any such notions with f6 as soon as possible.} 12.c3 b5 13.Re1 O-O 14.Ned4 {With an ideal tempo on c6!}
Bb7 15.Rc1 {Standard tricks here ... Bb1/Qd3/Qh7 mate} Rc8 16.Bb1 Ne7 17.Qd3 Ng6 {White to move and win ... Yep, I missed it.} 18.h4 {? I should have taken on e6. Duh ... Late night chess is for fun only, I guess.} Re8 19.h5 Nf8 {Now, he's snug as a bug in a rug. The whole kingside "attack" must be restarted.} 20.Rcd1 b4
21.Re3 {Forget the structure, move the castle to the kingside! on the double!} bxc3 22.bxc3 Qa5 {If black had a threat, he'd be dangerous.} 23.Nh2 {Rook to the kingside ... on the double!} Bxd4 24.cxd4 Bc6 25.Rg3 {Feel better now} Ba4 {D'oh! I had all my pieces ready for the go, and now he uncoordinates them. Here, I decdied to gamble and just go for it.} 26.Ng4 {Loading Torpedo ...}
Bxd1 {This turns out to be a losing blunder! I'm as surprised as you are.} 27.Nxh6+ {Fire} Kh8 28.Nxf7+ {I saw the perpetual and wondered if there was more.} Kg8 29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.Nf7+ Kg8 {At this point, I used 9 of my last 39 seconds and decided to go for it.} 31.h6 {The cute mate Kxf7 32.Rxg7 got my attention. I'm down material and position. I might as well throw time odds into the mix. Can this be won with 30 seconds?} Qe1+ 32.Kh2 g6 {They'll be none of that.} 33.Rxg6+ Nxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 {So where's my mate? Actually, it's 35.Qg7+ Ke7 36.Nd6+ Ke8 37.Nb7 ... missed that last check on b7!} 35.Qf6 {Luckily, this mates too, but it has more variations. ... Just what you'd want with seconds on the clock ...} Bh5 36.h7 {He's dead meat, but there are a lot of spite checks in the position.} Qxb1 {Hurray!} 37.h8=Q# {With 8 seconds to spare!!! After 26. ... Bxd1, I believe white mates by force in all variations! I lucked into another great variation.} 1-0