An early morning game

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

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.