Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Patrick V. Matt
Patrick finally put me out of my misery. I was Black and was going to resign sometime before the end but Patrick suggested we play it out. Not a bad game really.
1. c4 f5 2. e4 e6 3. exf5 exf5 4. Nf3 g6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 Ne7 7. Bf6 O-O 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bxe7 Rf7 11. Bg5 Qc6 12. a3 b6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nd5 Kg7 15. d4 f4 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qf5 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. Bf6 Kf8 21. b4 Na4 22. Rd4 Ba6 23. Be7 Kg8 24. Nf6 Kg7 25. Rxf4 Nc3 26. Qe3 b5 27. Qxc3 Qxe7 28. Ne4 Kh6 29. Qh3 Kg7 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Qe5 32. Qd7 Kg8 33. Qf7 Kh8 34. Be2 Qa1 35. Kd2 Qxh1 36. Ng5 Qxh2 37. Qf6 Kg8 38. Ne6 Qh6 39. Bc4 c5 40. Ng5 d5 41. Bxd5 resign
Black's 9th move is bad. It leaves the Knight under protected and vulernable to the Bishop. Bringing the othe Knight out to cover would have made more sense.
Black's 12th move traps his own Bishop, giving no safe square to move to if it were to be attacked.
Oh wasn't that nice of Black to give White a nice safe place to park a Knight on White's 14th move?
Black's trapping the Bishop on the 12th move now bears fruit by trading a Black Bishop for a White Pawn. Black is down a Bishop and a Knight and the Queen is trapped and ineffective.
Black's 17th move tries to bring the Queen into play. Instead it allows White to fork the Queen and the Rook. This leaves Black down Knight, Bishop and Rook. Oh well, play on.
In the endgame, White was many pieces and could have played more agressive by swapping pieces and winning the game sooner. Black's taking the rook in the 35th move was fatal. The Queen was no longer able to protect the King.
Patrick finally put me out of my misery. I was Black and was going to resign sometime before the end but Patrick suggested we play it out. Not a bad game really.
1. c4 f5 2. e4 e6 3. exf5 exf5 4. Nf3 g6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 Ne7 7. Bf6 O-O 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bxe7 Rf7 11. Bg5 Qc6 12. a3 b6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nd5 Kg7 15. d4 f4 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qf5 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. Bf6 Kf8 21. b4 Na4 22. Rd4 Ba6 23. Be7 Kg8 24. Nf6 Kg7 25. Rxf4 Nc3 26. Qe3 b5 27. Qxc3 Qxe7 28. Ne4 Kh6 29. Qh3 Kg7 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Qe5 32. Qd7 Kg8 33. Qf7 Kh8 34. Be2 Qa1 35. Kd2 Qxh1 36. Ng5 Qxh2 37. Qf6 Kg8 38. Ne6 Qh6 39. Bc4 c5 40. Ng5 d5 41. Bxd5 resign
Black's 9th move is bad. It leaves the Knight under protected and vulernable to the Bishop. Bringing the othe Knight out to cover would have made more sense.
Black's 12th move traps his own Bishop, giving no safe square to move to if it were to be attacked.
Oh wasn't that nice of Black to give White a nice safe place to park a Knight on White's 14th move?
Black's trapping the Bishop on the 12th move now bears fruit by trading a Black Bishop for a White Pawn. Black is down a Bishop and a Knight and the Queen is trapped and ineffective.
Black's 17th move tries to bring the Queen into play. Instead it allows White to fork the Queen and the Rook. This leaves Black down Knight, Bishop and Rook. Oh well, play on.
In the endgame, White was many pieces and could have played more agressive by swapping pieces and winning the game sooner. Black's taking the rook in the 35th move was fatal. The Queen was no longer able to protect the King.
