So proud!
31 Jan '13 00:123 editsI've never been so proud of a game! I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and I did it! Sure, I overlooked a couple of things, and my play certainly wasn't perfect, but for once I had a long term plan, stuck to it and won!
1. d4 Ng8f6 2. Ng1f3 g6 3. e3 Bf8g7 4. Bf1d3 {Move 4. and I already don't know if I'm in any named opening.} d5 {I'm giving white control over e5. I'll be trying to regain it and play e5 at some point. This is the long term goal. I want two central pawns in the endgame if possible.} 5. O-O c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nb8c6 8. Bd3c2 O-O 9. Bc1g5 {I would like to get rid of this bishop. It could make my future e5 bad because it aims at the queen. Also, if I wanted to play Qc7 or Qd6 to support e5, the bishop could just jump to f4 and send the queen back.} Rf8e8 10. Qd1d2 Nf6e4 {This serves a couple of purposes, and I liked playing this move so much. It hits the annoying bishop, and if white wants to save it, he'll need to play 11. Bxe4 dxe4, and the f3 knight has to go so white's control over e5 is weakened whatever the outcome. What's more, now my bishop aims at e5, and I can push the f pawn to do the same!} 11. Qd2e3 Ne4xg5 12. Qe3xg5 b5 {I thought a lot about this move. I don't know if it's right, but it turned out perfect. This pawn was supposed to help my future strong central pawns get past white's defences. And that's what it did!} 13. Qg5h4 {This is white's fourth queen move.} f6 {So here goes f4 pretending to defend g5 against the knight.} 14. Rf1e1 e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 {Yes!} 16. Nf3g5 h6 17. Bc2xg6 hxg5 18. Qh4h7 Kg8f8 19. Bg6xe8 Qd8xe8 {White's attack has come to nothing. I'm up in material, in piece activity, and I have my central pawns! He has nothing for now, but I was a little worried that I was going to make a mistake and white would punish my bare king.} 20. Nb1d2 Qe8f7 {To trap the white queen as will be seen. I did think I was aligning my queen with my king, but...} 21. Re1e3 {...I didn't notice white was going to use this fact by playing this move.} Bc8f5 {Queen's trapped.} 22. Qh7xf5 Qf7xf5 23. Re3f3 {Oh, right.} Qf5xf3 {Whatever, I'm still good. Now I need to make passed pawns.} 24. Nd2xf3 Bg7f6 25. Ra1c1 e4 26. Nf3d2 b4 {The b-pawn idea is working! I can't believe this. The point is that after exchanging the pawns, I can get my rook into play through the b-file. It didn't actually happen, and the b-pawn became a passed pawn itself!} 27. Rc1c2 Ra8b8 28. f3 e3 29. Nd2f1 bxc3 30. b3 Nc6d4 {Three connected passed pawns in the center! I didn't dream about three at the beginning of the game. But here they are.} 31. Rc2c1 Nd4e2 32. Kg1h1 Ne2xc1 33. Nf1xe3 d4 {White resigned.} 0-1
1. d4 Ng8f6 2. Ng1f3 g6 3. e3 Bf8g7 4. Bf1d3 {Move 4. and I already don't know if I'm in any named opening.} d5 {I'm giving white control over e5. I'll be trying to regain it and play e5 at some point. This is the long term goal. I want two central pawns in the endgame if possible.} 5. O-O c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nb8c6 8. Bd3c2 O-O 9. Bc1g5 {I would like to get rid of this bishop. It could make my future e5 bad because it aims at the queen. Also, if I wanted to play Qc7 or Qd6 to support e5, the bishop could just jump to f4 and send the queen back.} Rf8e8 10. Qd1d2 Nf6e4 {This serves a couple of purposes, and I liked playing this move so much. It hits the annoying bishop, and if white wants to save it, he'll need to play 11. Bxe4 dxe4, and the f3 knight has to go so white's control over e5 is weakened whatever the outcome. What's more, now my bishop aims at e5, and I can push the f pawn to do the same!} 11. Qd2e3 Ne4xg5 12. Qe3xg5 b5 {I thought a lot about this move. I don't know if it's right, but it turned out perfect. This pawn was supposed to help my future strong central pawns get past white's defences. And that's what it did!} 13. Qg5h4 {This is white's fourth queen move.} f6 {So here goes f4 pretending to defend g5 against the knight.} 14. Rf1e1 e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 {Yes!} 16. Nf3g5 h6 17. Bc2xg6 hxg5 18. Qh4h7 Kg8f8 19. Bg6xe8 Qd8xe8 {White's attack has come to nothing. I'm up in material, in piece activity, and I have my central pawns! He has nothing for now, but I was a little worried that I was going to make a mistake and white would punish my bare king.} 20. Nb1d2 Qe8f7 {To trap the white queen as will be seen. I did think I was aligning my queen with my king, but...} 21. Re1e3 {...I didn't notice white was going to use this fact by playing this move.} Bc8f5 {Queen's trapped.} 22. Qh7xf5 Qf7xf5 23. Re3f3 {Oh, right.} Qf5xf3 {Whatever, I'm still good. Now I need to make passed pawns.} 24. Nd2xf3 Bg7f6 25. Ra1c1 e4 26. Nf3d2 b4 {The b-pawn idea is working! I can't believe this. The point is that after exchanging the pawns, I can get my rook into play through the b-file. It didn't actually happen, and the b-pawn became a passed pawn itself!} 27. Rc1c2 Ra8b8 28. f3 e3 29. Nd2f1 bxc3 30. b3 Nc6d4 {Three connected passed pawns in the center! I didn't dream about three at the beginning of the game. But here they are.} 31. Rc2c1 Nd4e2 32. Kg1h1 Ne2xc1 33. Nf1xe3 d4 {White resigned.} 0-1
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