A Comedy of Errors
I played a g/60 game against someone 151 points higher and should have lost...no, should have won...no, I was right the first time. My opp missed a chance to win the exchange and, most likely the game, early on. Then I found a tactic that should have won me the game, but I later blew it and my opp found a brilliant pin that I had overlooked to finally bring home the point. This game also had an audience.
CelticDeath (FICS 1710) vs. patzerdude (FICS 1861)
1.e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. d4 e6 4. h4 h5 5.c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qd7 7. c5?? Nb4 8. Bb5 c6 (CelticDeath: At the time I thought Nc2+ wins the exchange, but it doesn't.*) 9. Ba4 Nd3+ 10. Kf1 Nh6 (intending Ng4) 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Nge2? Nxb2 13. Qb3 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd3 15. g3 Be7 16. Kg2 g5 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 0-0-0?? 20.Qxa7 Rg8+ 21.Kf3 Qc7 22. Qa8+ Qb8 23. Qa5 Kd7 24. Rhg1 Rg6 25. Ke3 Ba6 26. Ne2 h4 27. Rab1 Qg8 28. Qxa6!! bxa6 29. Rb7+ Ke8 30. Rb8+ Kd7 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Rxg8 h3 33. Ra8?? h2 34. Ng3 Rh3!! and Black queens the pawn and wins 0-1
*Ed (Der Alter Goniff): 9.Qxc2 Bxc2 10.Bxd7+ Kxd7 looks about equal.
CelticDeath (FICS 1710) vs. patzerdude (FICS 1861)
1.e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. d4 e6 4. h4 h5 5.c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qd7 7. c5?? Nb4 8. Bb5 c6 (CelticDeath: At the time I thought Nc2+ wins the exchange, but it doesn't.*) 9. Ba4 Nd3+ 10. Kf1 Nh6 (intending Ng4) 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Nge2? Nxb2 13. Qb3 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd3 15. g3 Be7 16. Kg2 g5 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 0-0-0?? 20.Qxa7 Rg8+ 21.Kf3 Qc7 22. Qa8+ Qb8 23. Qa5 Kd7 24. Rhg1 Rg6 25. Ke3 Ba6 26. Ne2 h4 27. Rab1 Qg8 28. Qxa6!! bxa6 29. Rb7+ Ke8 30. Rb8+ Kd7 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Rxg8 h3 33. Ra8?? h2 34. Ng3 Rh3!! and Black queens the pawn and wins 0-1
*Ed (Der Alter Goniff): 9.Qxc2 Bxc2 10.Bxd7+ Kxd7 looks about equal.
posted by CelticDeath at 8:44 AM
11 Comments:
Hey, I know this game! =)
Beside the erros(for both sides), the knight pin was neat..
Yep. I'll have to be more careful around those outside passed pawns!
Actually 8...Nc2 loses a piece to 9.Qxc2!. I wish I could say I saw this myself, but actually GNU Chess found it while I was analyzing another line...
Hey, you're right! I'll correct the annotation.
I'm not seeing how it 8...Nc2+ loses a piece. 9.Qxc2 Bxc2 10.Bxd7+ Kxd7 looks about equal. What am I missing?
8...c6 is a much better move, though.
You're right, Ed. Fussy found the save with GNU chess and commented above. I didn't notice it when I played the game nor when I did my analysis (unassisted, of course) afterward. So, I footnoted what fussy found. It's obviously not something you would have missed given your near-master level of play!
It's not so much my standard of play; it's the habit of following out lines to the end.
What I mean is, when you're analysing a tactically volatile position--and the one after ...Nc2+ is very much one--don't stop until you get to a position where none of the forcing moves works. After 9.Qxc2, both Queens are hanging, so you have to keep looking at the tactics.
I hope that makes sense and is helpful...
First off, i assume you mean 24...Rgg6, otherwise the game doesnt work.
I don't think I would have given up. After 35. Ke2 Rxg3 36. Rh8 Ra3 (36...Rg2 37. Kf3) 37. Rxh2 Rxa2+ black is winning, but it's not a resignable position.
That was a save that I missed Christopher! Now, I'm gonna lose more sleep....:-/
I've been looking at it further. I see a drawn game. The black king can't stray too far from the f7 pawn. 38. Ke3 a5 39. Rh8 Kc7 40. Rf8 Kb7 41. Rxf7+ Ka6 42. Rc7 a4 43. Rxc6+ Ka5
White's king does need to stay around the center to protect the pawns. A king storm to the a pawn could lead to black grabbing the pawns on d4, f4 or f2. For example:
38. Kd3 Ra3+ 39. Kc2 Rf3 40. Rh4 Rxf2+ 41. Kb3 a5 42. Ka4 Rd2
43. Kxa5 Rxd4
Black cannot get back to be behind the pawn so black never has the support to queen.
38. Ke3 a5 39. Rh8 a4 40. Ra8 a3 41. Kf3 Kc7 42. Kg4 Kb7 43. Ra4 Ra1
44. Kg5 a2 45. Kf6
Of course if 41...Ke7 42. Ra4 Ra1
43. Kg4 a2 44. Kf3 and there is a draw.
And such is the difference between a win, a draw, and a loss....
:(
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