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11th January 2008, 11:17am
#1
by WolfLore
Oklahoma United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 97

 This game was the third I'd played against my opponent and in the previous two I had made significant blunders that cost me the games.  This time I was much more cautious and calculating and it paid off in the end.  I envisioned quite a few lines throughout the game and my opponent often moved completely outside of what I expected, but overall I think this game was very well played by both sides until a blunder at the end.
 
 
The Moves List has some of the other lines I considered when I was playing the game.  I don't know how valid they really are, since we didn't play them, but they seemed plausible at the time. 

11th January 2008, 11:34am
#2
by Zeus
Fargo, ND Sri Lanka
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 8

hey nice story mate :) i enjoyed it too...

 

11th January 2008, 12:04pm
#3
by mxdplay4
mids UK England
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 695

13. Bg5+ wins his Q.

11. Bxd5 Bxd5 ( ...Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5) f4 wins the N.

19 Ne4+ Kf5 20. Ng3+ Kf6 21. Nh5+ Kf5 22. Nxg7+ Kf6 23. Qxe5+ Kxe5 24. Re1+ wins his bishop.  Your analysis was nearly there.

 Well played, but you are nearly but not quite there on tactics.

Your opponents game here wasnt actually that good, so you could afford to make a few errors.  Your own analysis of Ne4+ shows youve got the potential to improve a lot so good luck and thanks for showing the game.

11th January 2008, 12:28pm
#4
by WolfLore
Oklahoma United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 97
mxdplay4 wrote:

13. Bg5+ wins his Q.

11. Bxd5 Bxd5 ( ...Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5) f4 wins the N.

19 Ne4+ Kf5 20. Ng3+ Kf6 21. Nh5+ Kf5 22. Nxg7+ Kf6 23. Qxe5+ Kxe5 24. Re1+ wins his bishop.  Your analysis was nearly there.

 Well played, but you are nearly but not quite there on tactics.

Your opponents game here wasnt actually that good, so you could afford to make a few errors.  Your own analysis of Ne4+ shows youve got the potential to improve a lot so good luck and thanks for showing the game.

13. Bg5+ can be met with Ne4, keeps my Queen trapped in the corner and gives his Queen a line to my back rank if my Queen ever stops looking at d1, I'd be giving up my dark square bishop (or checkmate if he takes my light square bishop first.)  I did initially look at it and it might have been a better line than what I played.

11. Bxd5 Bxd5 ( ...Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5) f4 is a good line and one that I overlooked.  Thanks.

19 Ne4+ Kf5 20. Ng3+ Kf6 21. Nh5+ Kf5 22. Nxg7+ Kf6 23. Qxe5+ Kxe5 24. Re1+ again, thanks for the catch.  After my early Rook sacrifice I was trying to avoid losing my Queen even though I had evened the board a little.  This would have been a good line to follow, had I seen it.

 


 
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