This was a game I recently played in a small one-day tournament. It had three rounds, and the first round time control was Game/45 minutes. I work for Disney at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, and this summer we had just opened Toy Story Land. I was working ungodly hours, and my OTB rating suffered for it. I was hoping to correct the decline starting with this tournament, and was somewhat successful.
I consider myself more of a positional player, but the start of the game "got my dander up" a bit, so I unloaded both barrels, so to speak. My opponent is a USCF Expert, and I felt like he was not really taking me seriously.
The game has errors, but I suspect that if I had played it here at RHP against someone I did not know already, I would be accused of using a computer- or at least that would be cool if it happened! 😉
I was black, so I recommend inverting the board when viewing.
EDIT: I had lots of notes in the game, but most of them are not showing up. At least the playing portion works with no notes (see second version)
Header
EVENT
The Villages Saturday Swiss
SITE
?
DATE
2018.10.27
ROUND
1
WHITE
Michael Damey
BLACK
Paul Leggett
RESULT
0-1
WHITEELO
2032
BLACKELO
1740
ECO
D02
PGN
[Event "The Villages Saturday Swiss"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.10.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Michael Damey"] [Black "Paul Leggett"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2032"] [BlackElo "1740"] [Annotator "Leggett,Paul"] [PlyCount "40"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.01.14"] {Time control Game/45} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. b3 $5 {Our previous game saw Bf4. It was a very hard-fought game where I equalized and had a slight initiative, but Michael outplayed me (he is better than me- this game notwithstanding) with a very nice tactical shot in the end. I was surprised that he varied here. } ({Relevant:} 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bb4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be4 12. f3 Qg5 13. g3 Bc6 14. e4 Qe7 15. O-O Nd7 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 b6 18. f4 Bb7 19. Bf3 Nf8 20. Qc3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rf2 Ng6 23. Ng2 f5 24. e5 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qf7 26. Rfd3 Ne7 27. Ne3 c6 28. a4 h6 29. Qb3 Kh7 30. R1d2 g5 31. Qd1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rg8+ {Wojtaszek,R (2733) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) Dortmund 2018 1/2-1/2}) 3... e6 $11 {In my opinion, but Komodo thinks so, too.} 4. a3 $6 {[#] But I thought this was extravagant. I was almost a little offended, thinking "Does he think he can just play anything against me?" I know he did not mean it that way (he is a very nice guy in addition to being a good player), but it had a way of really focusing my thoughts. I told myself "Now I am White."} (4. e3) ({GM Miladinovic is one of my "Master models" for this opening- a GM LB Hansen concept I practice religiously.} 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. O-O Nc3 9. Bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 a5 11. a4 O-O 12. h3 Bg6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Nh2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Ndf3 Nc6 17. Kh1 Qd6 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Nxg6 Qxg6 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Bb5 Nb4 22. Nd4 c6 23. Bd3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxd4 25. Bxf5 Qxd1 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Rbxd1 Nxc2 28. Rd2 Nb4 29. f4 Rde8 30. Re2 Nd3 31. f5 Nc5 32. Rf3 g6 33. g4 Nxe6 {0-1 (33) Alibasic,M (2110)-Miladinovic,I (2607) Bari 2006}) 4... Nf6 5. e3 {And here I decided that keeping White's dark-squared bishop out of the game would be one of my themes for the game.} Bd6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 c6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. f4 Ne4 10. g4 Bg6 11. O-O f6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O-O 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Be6 Kb8 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Bc4 exf4 21. exf4 g5 22. Qe2 Rde8 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg2 b5 26. b4 bxc4 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb1+ Ka8 29. Rb2 c3 30. Rc2 Re8 31. h3 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rc4 33. Rd1 Qxa3 34. Qf7 Qc5+ 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Qc7 Rcf4 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Kb6 40. Qd8+ Kb5 41. Qb8+ Kc4 42. Qb1 Qd5+ 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Rf3 47. Qa2+ Kd3 48. Qb1 Rg3+ 49. Kh1 {0-1 (49) Perez,I (2249)-Rohonyan,K (2306) Seattle 2011}) 7... O-O 8. O-O (8. Bxf5 $6 exf5 {is a Rubinstein theme I was very willing to enter, knowing that control of e4 would be more important than the doubled pawns.}) 8... Ne4 $5 {Not in Komodo's top 5, but the position is still equal. A very rich position indeed.} (8... Rc8) (8... c6) 9. Nbd2 Qf6 $146 {Fritz 13 preferred this move back in 2016 when someone else in the Chessbase universe looked at this position, but Komodo 11.01 does not consider it a top 5 move- but still calls the game equal!} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. Re1 c6 11. Nf1 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Nd6 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. a4 c5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ke2 Kd6 24. Kd2 Re6 25. Re2 Rae8 26. Rc1 f5 27. g3 Rc8 28. d4 Rc6 29. dxc5+ Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Kxc5 31. Kc3 Rxe3+ 32. Rxe3 d4+ 33. Kd2 dxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Kb4 35. Kf4 Kxb3 36. Kxf5 Kxa4 37. Ke6 b5 38. Kf7 b4 39. Kxg7 {Tchalimian,P (2051) -Muller,A (1960) Loire 2011 0-1}) 10. Qe2 Rfe8 {This move is OK, but in the context of the rest of the game, it may be a wasted tempo. I was simply shadowing the White Queen. A game/45 time control makes putting a plan together challenging with lots of pieces active.} 11. Rfe1 {[#]} g5 $5 { This was an inspiration from two sources- a section from GM Lars Bo Hansen's book "How Chess Games are Won and Lost" entitled "The g4 revolution", and also Fischer-Mecking 1970- which Lars also covered in one of his classes a few years back. (There is also another Fischer game where he played the same idea, based on an earlier game, but I can't remember the details.) I certainly won't claim that he would endorse this or any of my moves, but I can solemnly swear that I read his books (and reread still), and paid attention in class!} 12. Nf1 $1 {Komodo endorsed! But still equal.} g4 13. N3d2 Kh8 $2 {I knew this was a mistake after I played it, and regretted not playing ...h5 first.} ({Komodo likes} 13... Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qh6 $11) 14. f4 $2 (14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxg4 (16. Qb5 {is even better, and I did not see this at all.}) 16... Qg6 17. Qh3 Nf6 18. Ng3 $16 {White is better here. Michael spent a lot of time here, and I was surprised he did not go this way. The game move came as a shock to me.}) 14... gxf3 15. Nxf3 (15. Qxf3 $15) 15... Rg8 $17 {See note about wasted tempo on move 10.} ({However,} 15... Bg4 {is crushing:} 16. Bxe4 ( 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxg3 18. e4 Rg8 19. Rf1 Qh6 $19) (16. Kh1 Rg8 $19) 16... dxe4 17. N1d2 exf3 18. gxf3 Bh5 $19) 16. N1d2 $4 (16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. N1d2 Bxc2 18. Rac1 Qg6 19. e4 {is his best bet.}) 16... Bh3 $19 {Good enough to win.} ( 16... Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxd3 {and the hanging knight on f3 is the quickest path to victory.}) 17. Rf1 {I was mystified by this, as Michael spent a lot of time here, and still have a good 25 minutes left.} (17. Nxe4 {is what I expected:} dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxg2 $1 $19 {My main candidate, although I had not decided between capturing with the rook or the bishop before Michael moved and made this line somewhat moot.}) 17... Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 Qg6 $1 {and Michael resigned, and then withdrew from the tournament.} 0-1
@paul-leggettsaid This was a game I recently played in a small one-day tournament. It had three rounds, and the first round time control was Game/45 minutes. I work for Disney at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, and this summer we had just opened Toy Story Land. I was working ungodly hours, and my OTB rating suffered for it. I was hoping to correct the decline starting with this ...[text shortened]... f4 gxf3 15. Nxf3 Rg8 16. N1d2 Bh3 17. Rf1 Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 Qg6 0-1[/pgn]
Doesn't N-h4 followed by the other knight to f3 stop the mate?
It is obvious putting rook to g1 queen check is immediate mate from knight and same with R-f2, knight takes mate even though queen is in danger.
[Event "The Villages Saturday Swiss"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.10.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Michael Damey"] [Black "Paul Leggett"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2032"] [BlackElo "1740"] [Annotator "Leggett,Paul"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] {Time control Game/45} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. b3 {!? Our previous game saw Bf4. It was a very hard-fought game where I equalized and had a slight initiative, but Michael outplayed me (he is better than me- this game notwithstanding ) with a very nice tactical shot in the end. I was surprised that he varied here. ( Relevant: 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bb4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be4 12. f3 Qg5 13. g3 Bc6 14. e4 Qe7 15. O-O Nd7 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 b6 18. f4 Bb7 19. Bf3 Nf8 20. Qc3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rf2 Ng6 23. Ng2 f5 24. e5 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qf7 26. Rfd3 Ne7 27. Ne3 c6 28. a4 h6 29. Qb3 Kh7 30. R1d2 g5 31. Qd1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rg8+ Wojtaszek,R (2733 ) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2757 ) Dortmund 2018 1/2-1/2 } 3... e6 {(equal) In my opinion, but Komodo thinks so, too. } 4. a3 {?! But I thought this was extravagant. I was almost a little offended, thinking "Does he think he can just play anything against me?" I know he did not mean it that way (he is a very nice guy in addition to being a good player ), but it had a way of really focusing my thoughts. I told myself "Now I am White." (4. e3 ) ( GM Miladinovic is one of my "Master models" for this opening- a GM LB Hansen concept I practice religiously. 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. O-O Nc3 9. Bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 a5 11. a4 O-O 12. h3 Bg6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Nh2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Ndf3 Nc6 17. Kh1 Qd6 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Nxg6 Qxg6 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Bb5 Nb4 22. Nd4 c6 23. Bd3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxd4 25. Bxf5 Qxd1 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Rbxd1 Nxc2 28. Rd2 Nb4 29. f4 Rde8 30. Re2 Nd3 31. f5 Nc5 32. Rf3 g6 33. g4 Nxe6 0-1 (33 ) Alibasic,M (2110 )-Miladinovic,I (2607 ) Bari 2006 } 4... Nf6 5. e3 {And here I decided that keeping White's dark-squared bishop out of the game would be one of my themes for the game. } Bd6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 {(7. Be2 c6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. f4 Ne4 10. g4 Bg6 11. O-O f6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O-O 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Be6 Kb8 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Bc4 exf4 21. exf4 g5 22. Qe2 Rde8 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg2 b5 26. b4 bxc4 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb1+ Ka8 29. Rb2 c3 30. Rc2 Re8 31. h3 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rc4 33. Rd1 Qxa3 34. Qf7 Qc5+ 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Qc7 Rcf4 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Kb6 40. Qd8+ Kb5 41. Qb8+ Kc4 42. Qb1 Qd5+ 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Rf3 47. Qa2+ Kd3 48. Qb1 Rg3+ 49. Kh1 0-1 (49 ) Perez,I (2249 )-Rohonyan,K (2306 ) Seattle 2011 } 7... O-O 8. O-O {8. Bxf5?! exf5 is a Rubinstein theme I was very willing to enter, knowing that control of e4 would be more important than the doubled pawns. } 8... Ne4 {!? Not in Komodo's top 5, but the position is still equal. A very rich position indeed. (8... Rc8 ) (8... c6 )} 9. Nbd2 Qf6 {(Novelty) Fritz 13 preferred this move back in 2016 when someone else in the Chessbase universe looked at this position, but Komodo 11.01 does not consider it a top 5 move- but still calls the game equal! ( Predecessor: 9... Qe7 10. Re1 c6 11. Nf1 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Nd6 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. a4 c5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ke2 Kd6 24. Kd2 Re6 25. Re2 Rae8 26. Rc1 f5 27. g3 Rc8 28. d4 Rc6 29. dxc5+ Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Kxc5 31. Kc3 Rxe3+ 32. Rxe3 d4+ 33. Kd2 dxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Kb4 35. Kf4 Kxb3 36. Kxf5 Kxa4 37. Ke6 b5 38. Kf7 b4 39. Kxg7 Tchalimian,P (2051 ) -Muller,A (1960 ) Loire 2011 0-1 } 10. Qe2 Rfe8 {This move is OK, but in the context of the rest of the game, it may be a wasted tempo. I was simply shadowing the White Queen. A game/45 time control makes putting a plan together challenging with lots of pieces active. } 11. Rfe1 g5 {!? This was an inspiration from two sources- a section from GM Lars Bo Hansen's book "How Chess Games are Won and Lost" entitled "The g4 revolution", and also Fischer-Mecking 1970- which Lars also covered in one of his classes a few years back. (There is also another Fischer game where he played the same idea, based on an earlier game, but I can't remember the details. ) I certainly won't claim that he would endorse this or any of my moves, but I can solemnly swear that I read his books (and reread still ), and paid attention in class! } 12. Nf1 {! Komodo endorsed! But still equal. } g4 13. N3d2 Kh8 {? I knew this was a mistake after I played it, and regretted not playing ...h5 first. Komodo likes 13... Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qh6= } 14. f4 {? 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxg4 (16. Qb5 is even better, and I did not see this at all. ) 16... Qg6 17. Qh3 Nf6 18. Ng3 +/= White is better here. Michael spent a lot of time here, and I was surprised he did not go this way. The game move came as a shock to me. } 14... gxf3 15. Nxf3 {15. Qxf3 =/+} 15...Rg8 {=/+ See note about wasted tempo on move 10. ( However, 15... Bg4 is crushing: 16. Bxe4 (16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxg3 18. e4 Rg8 19. Rf1 Qh6 -+ ) ( 16. Kh1 Rg8 -+ ) 16... dxe4 17. N1d2 exf3 18. gxf3 Bh5 -+ } 16. N1d2 {?? (16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. N1d2 Bxc2 18. Rac1 Qg6 19. e4 is his best bet. } 16... Bh3 {-+ Good enough to win. (16... Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxd3 and the hanging knight on f3 is the quickest path to victory. } 17. Rf1 {I was mystified by this, as Michael spent a lot of time here, and still have a good 25 minutes left. (17. Nxe4 is what I expected: dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxg2! -+ My main candidate, although I had not decided between capturing with the rook or the bishop before Michael moved and made this line somewhat moot. } 17... Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 Qg6 {! and Michael resigned, and then withdrew from the tournament. } 0-1
