This is quite possibly the greatest save I have ever achieved! Somehow black never quite get's his pieces in co-ordination and it costs him the game. Far from perfect, but entertaining. 😀
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[Event "Rated game"] [Site "http://lichess.org/OmX0sREq"] [Date "2016.01.06"] [White "marinkatomb"] [Black "Nucuraspa"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1958"] [BlackElo "1915"] [PlyCount "95"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening, Black Mustang Defence"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 { Zukertort Opening, Black Mustang Defence } 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. Ne5 {This is my pet line against the chigorin which i have posted about before. The e5 pawn is a real thorn in blacks side, white gets a nice game for the 'cost' of a doubled pawn } Nxe5 5. dxe5 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Qxc4 O-O-O 8. Nc3 Qd4 9. Qxd4 Rxd4 10. e3 Rd8 11. f3 Bh5 12. e4 e6 13. Be3 {I think a3 is stronger here, black needs to untangle the two pieces competing for e7. If black plays ..Bc5 then b4 starts a dangerous pawn storm. } Bb4 14. Rc1 a6 15. a3 Be7 16. Ba7 {I had ideas of the knight jumping to b6 and delivering mate but it's a faulty idea, unfortunately} b6 17. Bxa6+ Kd7 18. Rd1+ Ke8 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. O-O Ra8 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Rd7 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 f5 25. exf5 Be8 26. fxe6 {What else? Far too tempting not to try given the circumstances} Bxd7 27. exd7 Bd8 28. Nd5 Ne7 29. Nf4 Ng6 30. Ne6+ Ke7 31. Nd4 Nxe5 32. f4 Nf7 33. g4 Bc7 34. Nf5+ Kd8 35. Nxg7 Ke7 36. f5 Nd6 37. Ba4 b5 38. Bb3 Kxd7 39. f6 Rf8 40. g5 Bb6+ 41. Kg2 Ne4 42. h4 h6 43. Ne6 Re8 44. f7 Rh8 45. g6 Bd4 46. Nxd4 Ke7 47. g7 Rf8 48. g8=Q { Black resigns } 1-0