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[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2012.03.03"] [White "Laxed"] [Black "Nilaa"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "809"] [BlackElo "908"] [TimeControl "15|10"] [Termination "Game drawn by stalemate"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 {My first mistake of the game. I should have just gone with Kc3 to defend e4} e4 {forces knight to move, and effectively controls that square for the rest of the game} 4.Ne5 d5 5.Qh5+ {I would usually think twice before over extending to the side like this, but i knew my pawn would be able to ward off a threat pretty well} g6 6.fxg6 Qe7 7.gxh7+ Kd8 8.hxg8=Q {I feel pretty happy for a brief moment because i just knocked out two pawns and a knight and got a second queen out of the deal. In the next split second I sigh as I realize what must come next.} Rxg8 {Black takes the new queen in order to keep from losing any more pieces} 9.d3 {Puts pressure on center and clears a path for the queen's bishop} Rg5 {I didn't see the rook coming, but was glad I remembered the bishop I had just freed up.} 10.Bxg5 Nc6 11.Bxe7+ {If I had let the queen come to me, I wouldn't have been able to get revenge on a potential Nxe5.} Bxe7 12.Qh8+ {I thought I was sooo clever.} Bf8 13.Nc3 {I decided to keep the bishop pinned there for a bit and use it as an opportunity to FINALLY develop my pieces.} Nxe5 14.Qxf8+ {…or maybe that's what I SHOULD have done. I knew that if Bxd3, my pawn would just take it back, so I wasn't too worried about that black knight.} Kd7 15.Nxd5 {I knew better than to take that bishop. So I decided to get another pawn out of the way and bring my rook closer for a check-mate somewhere down the line. I SHOULD have been developing my bishop/castle/rook stuff.} Ke6 {Gotta prevent Kxd5…} 16.Nf4+ {First though during analysis: "oh, should have done Qg8." An even better move might have been Pxe4, which would give me a pawn at center AND defend d5.} Kd7 17.d4 {To threaten the knight.} Ng6 18.Qg8 {I should have noticed Nxg6, but I have no idea why I didn't even think about my own knight just sitting there.} Nxf4 19.Bb5+ {finally got that bishop out AND with the king in check, I didn't have to worry about Nxg2 for a check.} c6 {As usual, I over extended a bit too much with no way of fighting back. I'm starting to do it less and less often. At least I know I'm learning SOMETHING.} 20.Bc4 b5 21.Be6+ {realized my beloved queen was protecting me} Kc7 {I spent some time wondering what I should do next. Then I saw the bishop confronting mine and didn't really think things through. "I'll take his bishop. He'll take mine. I'll take his rook. Good."} 22.Bxc8 {Oh wait.} Rxc8 {Shoot.} 23.Qg7+ {"Get out of the way of the rook. Put the king in check. Oh, and I should probably castle."} Kb6 24.O-O Nh5 25.Qe5 {Feeling pressure from the knight, I decide to bite back with a very simple fork on both the pawn and the meanie-head knight.} Rh8 {Completely forgot about that rook.} 26.Qxh8 {Huge blunder for black, but I'm as happy as a queen.} Nf4 27.Qb8+ {Put king in check and take that pawn as he flees.} Ka6 {King stays close to pawn, so I can't capture. Here's where everything starts going haywire.} 28.Rae1 {Wanted to get the rook(s) into the action.} Nd3 29.cxd3 {I don't think it would have been better to dodge the knight and take e4 because I would just lose another pawn to Nxb2, AND the rook on e4 would have been restricted by the pawn right next to it.} exd3 {To be expected, but I start to think about the potential P=Q coming up.} 30.Re6 {Setting up for Rxc6 to check.} d2 31.Rxc6+ Ka5 32.Rd1 {I should NOT have worried about the pawn, because I could have delt with him on the next turn. Qxa7 would have been much much better.} Kb4 33.Rxd2 Ka5 34.Rd3 {Wanting to close in that gap.} Ka4 35.d5 {I felt like that pawn was in my way.} b4 {Good move by black, keeping the pawn with him like that.} 36.b3+ {I knew this would threaten the king, but I didn't take the time to fully evaluate my options. Ra6 would have been a check-mate.} Ka3 {Now the king wants to sneak through.} 37.Rc5 {That was kinda a mouse slip. I was putting the rook back after seeing what it would look like else where, and couldn't remember exactly where it was supposed to go. I should have brought the other rook to d2 to prevent the king from coming out.} Kxa2 38.Qxa7+ {Finally taking that pawn, but king can move too many different places now. I should have brought the c-file rook to one of the bottom two rank} Kb2 39.Rd1 {Keep him out of rank one, at least.} Kxb3 40.d6 {My pawn was in the way of me fully utilizing my rook.} Kb2 41.d7 {might as well get another power piece in there too, right?} b3 42.d8=Q {I'm not entirely sure how this ended in a draw…}1/2-1/2

#4903 by Riebeckite

15:43, March 04, 2012 by Riebeckite

#4904 by rh

16:05, March 04, 2012 by rh

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