Nice Tactical Finish To A Blitz Game

[Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GuestPLXR"]
[Black "paulbuchman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.Nf3 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3
e5 8.O-O e4 9.Ne1 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 O-O-O 11.b4 Ne5 12.a4 Bd6 13.Nc2 Nf3+
14.Kh1 Qh5 15.h3 Qe5 16.g3 Qh5 17.Kg2 Nh4+
{GuestPLXR resigns} 0-1

[Event "ICS Unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "1700+"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "17??"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.Nd2 f5 5.f3 exf3 6.Ngxf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Bd6
8.O-O h6 9.Ne5 Bxe5 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bc5+ Kf6 {Oops!}13.Ne4#

[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Mr X"]
[Black "paulbuchman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500+"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 {I've just been in a gambit mood lately.} 3.Nc3 {There goes a lot of the fun.} exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 {A tempo is a tempo.} 5.Qd3 {Usually, they go to d1 here. Then, black gets out the f8 bishop, plays d6, and a dull game without pawn breaks begins. Can I use the d3 square to my advantage?} d5 {Perhaps not sound, but worth a try in blitz} 6.cxd5 Nb4 {This only works because I tap the queen at d3.} 7.Qb5+ {Greed! - Gambits work best against when someone clings on to all the material possible.} c6 {another tempo}
8.dxc6 {He holds the d5 pawn but ...} Nc2 {loses the game. Oops!}# 0-1

[Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "GuestNVSV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O Bxc3
8.bxc3 b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Ne5 h6 13.Nxd7 {!} hxg5
14.Nxf6+ {Playing for the attack, instead of grabbing the exchange} gxf6 15.Qh5 f5 16.Rxf5 {?! Right Idea,Wrong Timing ...First 16.Qh6, cutting off all of the king's escapes. Rxf5 remains a lingering threat. eg ... 16.Qh6 c5 17.Rxf5 improves upon the game, because the black king is boxed in. After 16.Qh6! the basic idea is Rde1,Re3, and Rh3.} exf5 17.Bxf5 Kg7 {Best ... i think the others lead to mate!} 18.Qh7+ Kf6 19.Qh6+ {Oops ...19.Rf1 was necessary and leads to a more or less even position.}
Ke7 {Counter Oops ... Simply Kxf5 and after the planeed 20.Rf1+ there is no mate.} 20.Re1+ Be4 21.Rxe4#
{A flawed game but with a nice sound! rook sacrifice.} 1-0