I played an FM in three games in a row today on ICC, and won two of them. The third one I thought I was crushing him, and I just blew it worse than I have ever blown a standard game ever. I was very happy to be able to attack in all 3 of the games, from both sides of the board though. I definitely welcome any comments and criticisms of the games.
[Event "ICC 15 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "TheShootah"]
[Black "bawon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Rae1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd1 b5 16. Re3 b4 17. h4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa6 19. Rh3 Rfc8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxh5 Kf8 23. g4 Qe2 24. Nf3 g6 25. Qh6+ Bg7 26. Qf4 Qe4 27. Qxe4 dxe4 28. Ng5 Ke7 29. Nxe4 Rab8 30. Nc5 Rb2 31. a4 e5 32. Re1 Kd6 33. Rh7 Rg8 34. Nd3 Rc2 35. dxe5+ Ke7 36. Nb4 {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "ICC 15 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "bawon"]
[Black "TheShootah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 fxe6 8. d3 d5 9. Bb3 b5 10. a4 c4 11. axb5 cxb3 12. bxc6 Qb6 13. cxb3 O-O 14. exd5 exd5 15. d4 Bg4 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bf2 Rae8+ 18. Kf1 Ne3+ 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 {White resigns} 0-1
[Event "ICC 15 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "TheShootah"]
[Black "bawon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxe5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Qf8 16. g4 Nb4 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Rac8 19. h5 Nc5 20. Bf2 a5 21. f5 Be5 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. Kxg3 Qe5+ 25. Kg2 c6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Bg4 Rc7 29. Rf6 Rg7 30. Rxd6 Nxc2 31. Rf1 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Bf3 Ne3+ 34. Kg1 Nxf1 {White resigns} 0-1
The last loss was heartbreaking for me, because you can look at my position after 21. f5 and realize I was about to go absolutely bucknutty on him, and I just blew it with 23. Bg3?? I thought exchanging the dark squared bishop would be a plus for me, but I was clearly wrong. Then I blundered terribly with the hasty 33. Bf3. Too bad, because I was ecstatic with the attack I had built up.
"bawon" seemed to play all 3 of those game quite passivly, anyway, congrats with the win.
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According to crafty, the mistake in the 3rd wasn't the B trade or Bf3 (though those moves were favorable to black) but 31. Rf1 ... Re2 is scored 0.01 to white (6.777M nodes)