Sunday, April 17, 2005

Team Chess 45 45 Round 5: Celtic Dies Again

I made a couple blunders this round that cost me the game. Although I lost this one through bad tactics, I am recognizing that I'm right at that cusp where tactics are only taking me so far - I need to improve my strategic play also. My thought process wasn't too good in this game either. I didn't play carefully enough. Here is my (but mostly Fritz's)take on the game.

[Event "Team 45 45 League T26"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "sacKING"]
[Black "CelticDeath"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "Fritz 8 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+45"]

{A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3 A25:
English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3 } 1. c4 e5 2.
g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. a3 a5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O {
last book move} Be6 $2 $146 {Carelessly developing to a "natural" square...} (
8... h6 9. d4 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. b4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Polak,T/Budapest 2000/CBM 78 (15)}) (8... Bf5 9.
d3 Qd7 10. Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1 Ng4 12. Ne4 h6 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 f5 15. Nd5 g5
16. Bd2 f4 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Bc3 Be6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Qc2 Rbf8 22.
Qe2 Rg6 23. exf4 {Berkes,F-Jakab,A/Budapest 2001/CBM 82 ext/1-0 (48)}) (8...
Bg4 9. h3 {
1/2-1/2 Matamoros Franco,C-Garcia Ilundain,D/Las Palmas 1999/CBM 73 ext (9)})
9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 {...and losing a knight for two pawns.} Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc4
$16 12. Re1 (12. Bxb7 $6 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 c5 $16) 12... d5 13. b3
Ba6 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxb3 15. a4 $18) 14. Be3 (14. Na4 Ba7 $18) 14... c6 $2
{Loses a pawn.} (14... Re8 $142 $18) 15. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Bxc5 {
Eliminates the defender c5} Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Qb8 19. Rb1 Qe5 (19...
Nd7 20. Bd4 $18) 20. Re1 Qf5 21. Bd6 (21. Na4 Bb5 22. Nb6 Re8 23. Qxa5 Rxe1+
24. Qxe1 h6 $18) 21... Bd3 22. Qf4 (22. Re5 $142 $5 Qd7 23. Bc5 Bg6 $18) 22...
Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Bc2 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ra3 (25... Bd3 26. h3 $18) 26. Be5 (26.
Ne2 Rd3 $18) 26... Rb3 27. Rc1 Bf5 (27... Bd3 $143 $2 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5
cxd5 $4 30. Rc8#) 28. b5 cxb5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Bxb1 32. Bc3
Bd3 33. f4 Kf8 34. Kf2 f5 35. Ke3 Bc2 (35... Bf1 36. Kd4 $18) 36. Kd4 g6 37.
Ke5 Kg7 (37... Be4 38. Bxe4 Ke7 39. Bd5 $18) 38. Ke6+ Kh6 (38... Kf8 $18) 39.
Bf3 Be4 (39... g5 40. Kf6 g4 41. Bc6 Bb3 42. Be8 Bf7 43. Kxf7 b4 44. Bg7+ Kh5
45. Ke6#) 40. Be2 (40. Bxe4 b4 41. Bh8 g5 42. Kxf5 g4 43. Kxg4 b3 44. f5 b2 45.
f6 b1=Q 46. Bg7#) 40... Bc6 (40... Bg2 41. Kf7 Bd5+ 42. Kf6 Bc4 43. Bf3 Bd5 44.
Bxd5 b4 45. Bxb4 Kh5 46. Bf3+ Kh6 47. Bf8#) 41. Bb4 (41. Kf6 Bb7 42. Bb4 Bf3
43. Bf8+ Kh5 44. Bxf3#) 41... Kg7 $18 42. Be7 (42. h3 h6 $18) 42... h6 43. Bd1
Be4 44. Bb3 Bd3 45. Kd6 (45. Bf6+ $142 Kh7 46. Bc3 $18) 45... Bc4 (45... Be2
$18) 46. Bxc4 bxc4 47. Ke6 c3 (47... Kg8 48. Bb4 Kg7 49. h4) (47... Kg8 48. Bb4
c3 49. Bxc3 $18) 48. Bf6+ Kh7 49. Bxc3 h5 (49... Kg8 $18) 50. Kf7 Kh6 (50... h4
51. Bg7 h3 52. Bf8 Kh8 53. Bh6 g5 54. Bg7+ Kh7 55. fxg5 f4 56. g6#) 51. Bf6 (
51. Bg7+ Kh7 52. h4 g5 53. hxg5 h4 54. g6#) 51... h4 52. Bxh4 Kh5 53. Bg5 Kg4
54. Kxg6 Kh3 55. Kxf5 Kxh2 56. Kg6 {Black resigns} (56. Kg6 Kg2 57. f5 Kf3 58.
f6 Ke4 59. f7 Kd4 60. f8=Q Kc4 61. Qf4+ Kc5 62. Qe5+ Kb6 63. Be3+ Kc6 64. Qc5+
Kb7 65. Qb6+ Kc8 66. Bf4 Kd7 67. Kf7 Kc8 68. Qc7#) 1-0

2 Comments:

Blogger Temposchlucker said...

The moment before you made your blunder I would rather want to have blacks position than whites.

8:10 PM  
Blogger CelticDeath said...

That's what happens when I get lazy in my thought process. I can't just let myself play. I have to force myself to play correctly.

10:47 PM  

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