An early morning game

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rgautier - fireatwill

1-0, 4/6/2011.

[#] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 h6? +0.89

[3...Nc6 +0.22]

4.O-O a6 5.c3 Qe7 6.b4 Be6 7.Bxe6 Qxe6 8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Qg4 12.Qxg4 Nxg4 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nf5 Bf6 15.Rab1 Ne5 16.c4 Kh7 17.c5 Nd3? +1.75

[17...dxc5 18.bxc5 +0.41]

18.Bxf6 Nxe1 19.Bxg7 Nf3? +3.75

[19...Rg8 20.Rxe1 +1.75]

20.Nxf3 Rg8 21.Bxh6 Rg6 22.Bf4 Rg4 23.g3 Nc6 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Nxd6 Rg6 26.Nxf7 Rf8 27.N7e5 Rd6 28.Ng5 Kg7 29.Nxc6 Rxc6 30.Be5 Kg6 31.Nh3 Re6 32.Nf4 Kg5 33.Nxe6 [1-0]

Generated by Aquarium

I really liked playing this game. It got interesting at move 18 where I gave up a rook for a bishop and (what I thought would be two pawns). I don't often play games where piece trades are uneven - most trades are either hung pieces or one-for-one trades of Knight for Bishop or vice versa, pawn for pawn, etc. In this case, my opponent failed to use all of his pieces during the game, leaving his Queen's rook locked away until late in the game, and this slow development cost him. As usual, the game is an amateur game (I'm a D-level player, for sure) so I'm sure you'll have plenty to pick at. Annotations are from a blunder check by Rybka 3.

A Game with Rich

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boyderamblockchillt - rgautier

1-0, 3/25/2011.

[#] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h4 Nh5? +1.02

[11...h5 12.Kb1 +0.37]

12.g4? +0.29

[12.Nd5 b5 +1.02]

12...Ng3 13.Rh2 Nxf1 14.Rxf1 h6 15.g5 h5 16.Rg2? -0.33

[16.Nd5 Be6 +0.72]

16...g6? +0.64

[16...Bh3 17.Nd5 -0.33]

17.Nd5 Be6? +1.12

[17...Bh3 18.Bxb6 +0.37]

18.Nxe7? +0.22

[18.Bxb6 Qb8 +1.12]

18...Qxe7 19.f4? -0.44

[19.Rd1 Qb7 +0.22]

19...exf4? +0.18

[19...Bh3 20.f5 -0.44]

20.Bxf4 Bxb3? +0.68

[20...Rfd8 21.Qe3 +0.07]

21.axb3 Qxe4 22.Re2 Qd4 23.Bxd6 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Rfd8 25.Bc7 Rxd2 26.Kxd2 Ra7? +1.36

[26...b5 27.c3 +0.22]

27.Bxb6 Rd7 28.Kc1 Nb4 29.Bc5 Nd5 30.c4 Nc7 31.Kc2 Ne6 32.Bb4 Nd4 33.Kb1 Nxb3 34.Re1 Kg7 35.Bc3 Kg8? +156.50

[35...Kf8 36.Bb4 +1.07]

36.Re8 Kh7 37.Rh8# [1-0]

Generated by Aquarium

The interesting thing about Amateur chess is just how many inaccuracies there are - it's almost like the two players are playing a different game. Here is a 5 minute game I lost because I didn't stop and think - several times, but critically at move 35. It should have been automatic to move Kf8, but I choked and gave the game to my opponent. The other big kick in the pants belongs to move 16, where I miss Bh3 completely (and for the next two moves...)


The annotations are courtesy the Rybka 3 engine and the HTML generated board is courtesy of Aquarium 2010.