I just played this game in the blitz room.
[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1700 Rated Player"]
[Black "paulbuchmanfromfics"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e2-e4 e7-e6 2. d2-d4 d7-d5 3. e4xd5 e6xd5 4. Nb1-c3 c7-c6 5. Ng1-f3 Bf8-d6 6. Bf1-d3 Ng8-e7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd3xh7 Kg8xh7 9. Nf3-g5 Kh7-g8 10. Qd1-h5 Bc8-f5 11. g2-g4 Bf5-g6 12. Qh5-h3 Qd8-d7 13. f2-f4 f7-f5 14. Rf1-e1 f5xg4 15. Qh3-h4 Bg6-f5 16. Bc1-d2 Rf8-f6 17. Nc3-e2 Rf6-h6 18. Qh4-f2 Nb8-a6 19. Ne2-g3 Na6-c7 20. Re1-e2 Ne7-g6 21. Ra1-e1 Ng6-h4 22. Kg1-h1 Nh4-f3 23. Ng3-f1 Bf5-e4 24. Ng5xe4 d5xe4 25. Re2xe4 Nf3xe1 26. Qf2xe1 Nc7-d5 27. Nf1-g3 Nd5-f6 28. Re4-e6 Ra8-e8 29. f4-f5 Rh6-h3 30. Re6xe8 Qd7xe8 31. Qe1xe8 Nf6xe8 32. Ng3-e4 Rh3xh2 33. Kh1-g1 Rh2-h3 34. Ne4-g5 Ne8-c7 35. Ng5xh3 g4xh3 36. Kg1-h1 Kg8-f7 37. Bd2-g5 Nc7-e8 38. c2-c4 b7-b6 39. a2-a3 Ne8-f6 40. b2-b4 c6-c5 41. d4-d5 c5xb4 42. a3xb4 Bd6xb4 43. Kh1-h2 Bb4-d6 44. Kh2xh3 Nf6-e4 45. Bg5-e3 Bd6-c5 46. Be3-f4 Ne4-d6 47. Bf4-e5 Nd6xc4 48. Be5-b8 a7-a5 49. d5-d6 Bc5xd6 50. Bb8-a7 a5-a4 0-1
The classical bishop sacrifice does not work here. I learned this the hard way years ago. If the c8 bishop isn't locked in, then black has Bf5 ! which holds everything together.
Even after the sacrifice, I still had a hard fought battle. I felt as though as I repelled his attack and defended quite well. The game has more than a few mistakes by me in it. I ate up a lot of the 5 minutes, which is rather unusual for me (I play 1 0 and win on time often !!! ).
